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The  Brethren  At  Work. 


^^  Behold  I  Bring   You  Good  Tidings  of  Great  Joy,  which  Shall  he  to  AU  P<wpfo."  — Ldkk 


2:  10. 


Vol.  IV. 


Lanark,  111.,  January  2,  1879. 


No.  1. 


Tlje  Brethren  at  Work. 

EDITED  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 
jj    MOORE    &    M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 
SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS: 

g   jjtLLElt, LADOGA,  IND. 

^'^  gTElN.      ------       NEWTOKIA,  MO. 

^TiinHAN. VmnEN,  ILL. 

^"      ggUTZEB,       -     -     -     -     -WAYNE3B0K0,  PA. 

J^rnE  A-  LEAK' URBAKA.    ILL. 

—    A  CLOSE,  HARD  MAN. 

hai'l-  '^'''^f" '"''"  ^"*  Sol'Jiiion  Hay. 

^""      n,l,.„«<k-.l:.n.lsavt>,l. 
11,.  iiiii'-lit^'l  Jinil  shaved, 
J  llie  niun'  he  liiiil  tlie  more  he  craved. 

The  liiirtl-efti'iKHl  dollar  hi-  tried  to  gain, 
tiroiiglit  hiui  little  but  care  and  pain; 

For  little  hi- H|R-nt. 

.\nd  all  he  lent. 
Up  iiiiiile  it  bring  hiui  twenty  i)er  cent, 

Such  wiis  the  life  of  Solomon  Hay, 

The  yi'ars  went  by  and  liis  hair  (,'rtnv  yray  ; 

Ilis  cheeks  grew  tllin. 

And  his  soul  within 
^few  hard  as  the  dollar  he  worked  to  win. 

]jut  liL'  lUed  one  day,  as  all  men  must. 
For  life  is  Meeting  and  men  but  dust ; 

The  lieira  were  gay 

That  laid  liini  away, 
iuit  that  was  the  end  of  Solomon  Kay, 

Xiipy  iniiirreled  now  who  hail  little  cared 
For  Solomon  Uav  whih-  his  life  was  spared. 
Mis  lands  weit- sold, 
And  hii  liard-eariunl  gold 
All  went  to  the  lawyera,  I  au)  told. 

YntfliPii  wlircli'eat  and  plii^h  and  save, 

Sor  caiTy  their  trea-siiros  beyond  the  grave. 

All  tljeir  L,'iil<l  ^ooie  day 

Will  melt  iiway. 
I,iki-tlieselli?ih  saviii's's  ol  Solomon  Hav. 

— Bible  Bnnmr. 


TRUE  REPENTANCE. 

liY  II.  B.  HUOZ. 

ALL  men  are  sinful  by  nature,  and  that  we 
have  inberited  a  sinful  body  through 
Adam,  we  can  learn  in  Rom.  3;  33, '' For  all 
have  s'mued,  and  come  short  of  the  glory  of 
God." 

Itisaad  indeed  that  a  true,  genuine  ropen- 
(sDce  id  80  little  esteemed  in  this  our  day  and 
age  of  llie  world.  There  are  but  few  that  have 
ftltand  experienced  a  godly  sorrow  for  their 
sius,  wbicli  worketh  repeutauce.  The  trouble 
IS,  there  are  but  few  that  are  willing  to  examine 
tlieir  sinful  condition  and  make  an  ell'ort  to  ob- 
taju  forgivenesa  by  ackuowlndging  that  they 
aresiuuer?.  Yet  this  is  the  first  step,  for  how 
i*n  Tve  be  troubled  about  our  sins  unless  we 
li:>ve  come  to  a  knowledge  of  them?  iNow 
)ftati«»iiip  TheScriptures  tell  us, "that  siu 
"the transgression  of  the  law."  The  tree  of 
the  bowledge  of  good  and  eVil,  ts  jet  in  us, 
*P'ntually,  and  thus  we  hiivo  bherited  through 
Adam,  a  tendency  toniii. 

Much  13  prL'HfltW  ill  this  onr  day  about  man 
Wasiui^Vi^.  hutnuUo  much  about  his  re- 
■IfDiption  fioni  such  n  sinful  state.  It  is  clear 
'^W<,  according  to  the  words  of  our  Savior, 
'H  unless  a  man  is  born  again,  he  cannot  see 
tW  kiugdoni  of  God,  that  ia  we  must  be  regen 
ffaiedby  a  spiritual  birth  before  we  can  enter 
'WViugdom  prepared  for  the  children  of  Gtod. 
lue  Scriptures  admonish  us  to  repent  H»d  be- 
''"e  tlie  Gosiwt,  Here  repentance  is  ivlaced 
firat,  not  bec«(i9P  w«  can  repent  without  MieV- 
'igiktrathw  i»eGause  repentance  is  the  'first 
''^P  to  a  irwc  ifM(h  in  God.  Such  b  M-wh  l'«ith 
""kswo-a^rx.  OW  things  havep.issed  awav, 
^iil  WW  ifihiiii^s  have  auppared.  tending  to  the 
j'«7''f«oi  Wedelipht  in  the  law  of  the 
^  »Di  «od  great  pleasure  in   the  'hou.se  of 

■**'"^"ld  only  consift-r'hownWful  it  is  to 


trifle  with  the  leastof  God's  commands,  I  know 
we  would  lead  better  lives.  If  a  man  obtains  a 
true  knowledge  of  God.  and  comes  to  a  true 
repentance,  he  is  sorry  for  his  sins  and  his  heart 
is  converted  and  full  of  godly  sorrow.  Snch  a 
heart  is  a  sacrifice  well  pleasing  in  the  sight  of 
God.     A  new  spirit  pervades  the   whole    being. 

Repentance  and  conversion  do  not  only  con- 
sist in  outward  motions  of  the  body,  but  also 
in  the  power  of  the  Spirit  that  is  in  us  and 
urgesns  to  the  sacrificing  of  the  flesh  to  the 
glory  of  God,  and  to  open  a  door  to  Christ.  The 
prophet  says  in  one  place,  that  some  are  con- 
verted, but  not  in  truth,  "  they  are  like  a  de- 
ceitful bow." 

Many  boast  of  having  repented,  but  their 
works  do  not  show  it.  .James  says  that  faith 
must  have  works,  in  order  to  save.  With  deep 
regret  we  see  that  the  contrary  is  too  often  the 
case,  in  this  our  day.  for  we  don't  hear  or  see 
much  else,  but  avarice  and  rascality,— lyinj,' and 
cheating,  jealousy,  hatred,  anger,  quarreling, 
enmity  and  vain  talking,— of  such  like  the 
world  is  fhll.  Some  live  us  though  there  was 
no  God  in  heaven,  and  no  Christ  had  died  for 
us. 

Now  it  becomes  us  to  ask,  Are  we  aa  breth- 
ren and  sistei-s,  free  from  all  thesft  evil  deeds? 
If  not,  we  are  not  justified  before  God.  We 
must  have  other  virtues,  such  as  charity,  peace, 
knowledge  of  the  truth,  justice,  meekness,  hu- 
mility, kindness,  holiness,  modesty,  temperance, 
godliness  and  all  other  good  virtues,— whoso- 
ever has  snch  virtues,  is  converted  by  repen- 
tance and  faith  in  God.  In  snch  a  one  the  im- 
age of  God  is  found,  and  ho  is  a  partaker  of  the 
divine  JViiJ^-  It  seems  according  to  the  Scrii|- 
tures  tHaf  if  we  have  experienced  all  ^his,  we 
may  fall  back  into  the  sleep  of  sin.  Panl  tells 
all  such,  to  "arise  that  Christ  may  give  them 
light." 

We  hope  that  all  the  readers  have  come  to  a 
true  repentance  and  holdout  faithful  to  the  end. 

Lit  nark,  III. 


SUPPLYING  THE   ELLIPSIS. 

WHEN  I  was  out  West  1  heard  an  English 
Baptist  preach,  who  took  for  his  text  the 
language  of  the  apostle  Paul  to  the  Corinthiunp, 
"  The  grace  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  the 
love  of  God,  and  the  communion  of  the  Holy 
Ghost,  be  with  you  all." 

He  said,  "  Brethren  and  sisters,  that  which 
is  clearly  stated  in  this  Scripture,  is  impressed 
upon  our  minds  and  we  know  it  and  now  I  will 
read  it  as  we  we  know  it:  '  And  now  may  the 
grace  of  onr  Lord  Jesns  Christ  be  with  you  all, 
and  now  may  the  love  of  God  be  with  you  all. 
and  now  umy  the  communion  of  the  Holy  Ghost 
be  with  you  all.'  Now  we  have  this  Scrii)ture 
to  the  Corinthians  is  really  intended,  and  I  pro- 
pse  to  talk  to  you  awhile  from  theae  proposi- 
tiohs.'' 

He  Vv'jnt  6d  ilnd  said,  "Nbrf  lU;!^'  the  grace  of 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  b^  *itb  yOu  all."  After 
talLing  awhile  upoii  IhSt,  he  stated  the  next 
(lioposition  with  thl' "ellipsis  supplied,  and  th<-n 
the  Ifist;  theil  ftaSA,  "  1  have  now  talked  to  you 
upon  this  ScViVture  with  the  etli|)sis  supplied." 
After  meeting  I  went  to  him  and  said,  "  Sir,  I 
like  that  way  of  supplying  the  ellipsis."  Are 
there  not  other  Scriptures  that  will  admit  of 
that?  He  remarked,  "  I  suppose  there  are."  I 
asked  him  to  supply  the  ellipsis  in  tlie  formula 
of  Christian  baptism  given  in  the  commission. 
He  says,  "  are  you  not  a  Dunkard  minijter?" 
1  answered,  I  am  what  they  call  a  Dunkard,  and 
preach  sometimes  for  them.  *We  donotsnpply 
the  ellipsis  where  Dunkard  preachers  are  pres- 
ent, if  we  know  it,"  says  he. 

ANOTHER  CASK. 

This  brings  to  mind  whatoccnrnnl  about  two 
years  ago.  I  heard  a  Campliellit*  minister  rea- 
soning upon  the  text,  "  V\)r  God  hath  not  giv- 
en us  the  spirit  of  fear;  but  of  power,  ajid  of 
love,  and  of  a  sound  mind." 


He  said,  "It  is  clearly  demonstrated  in  this 
Scripture  what  the  apostle  meant,  and  I  will 
read  it  as  he  means  it.  ".\nd  be  hath  not  given 
us  the  spirit  of  fear;  but  he  hath  giten  us  the 
spirit  of  love;  and  he  hath  given  ns  the  spirit 
of  power;  and  he  hath  given  ns  the  spirit  of  a 
sound  mind."  "  Now,"  he  says,  "  I  have  only 
supplied  the  ellipsis  with  words  which  already 
existed  in  both  the  minds  of  the  apostle  and 
every  other  reader  of  this  text."  I  aaked  him. 
at  the  close  of  the  meeting,  to  supply  the  ellip 
sis  in  the  formula  for  Christian  baptism.  All 
the  answer  he  ^ave  nie  is,  "  you  are  a  Dunkard 
preacher  and  I  know  it."     Lkmi-kl  Hillrry. 

RAMDOM  SHOTS  THAT  HIT. 


IIY   H.  W.  LANDES. 


PAUL  said  to  the  Galations.  5:26,  "Let  us 
not  be  desirous  of  lurin  i/lon/,"  that  which 
the  apostle  wanted  the  brethren  not  to  do.  is 
just  what  the  Brethren  now  at  times  want  to 
du— just  the  reverse.  *We  hear  of  things  di 
not  many  hundred  miles  from  here,  which  is 
no  more  nor  leas  vain  glory,  a  glorying 
self,  what  self  can  do— all  empty  indeed. 

I  once  heard  something  like  this  from  a  min- 
ister, "[  will  go  there  and  it  won't  take  me  long 
to  convert  him  or  her  a^  the  c  ise  may  be."  This 
im  in  the  conversation,  is  the  vain  glory,  part 
of  it  just  as  if  the  Lord  did  not  now  do  his  work 
as  he  did  ISOO  years  ago.  The  Lord  added  daily 
such  asshould  be  saved.  Acts  2:  47.  I  was  re- 
minded of  a  circumstance  that  did  happen  a 
year  ago,  in  the  time  of  Bishop  Siebert,  an 
Evangelical  Bishop,  when  he  had  a  revival 
iueeting  in  the  City  of  Philadelphia,  and  their 
religion  was  the  mourner's  bench  kind;  but 
then  they  as  a  church  were  plain,  very  plain, 
(my  father  and  mother  belonged  to  tliein,  and 
in  their  plainness  they  would  to-<Iay  be  con- 
demning many  brethren  and  sisters.)  The  bish- 
op had  some  converts  that  professed  the  expe- 
rience of  forgiveness  of  sins.  A  year  after  the 
bishop  came  to  the  city  again,  and  one  of  the 
fyrmer  converts,  a  lady  came  to  him  and  shook 
hands,  and  was  much  astonished  at  the  bishop, 
he  not  knowing  her.  She  was  ,in  style.  She 
answered  him  this  way,  "  Why.  you  converted 
me  a  year  ago."  He  looked  at  her  from  head 
to  foot  and  said,  "  Yes,  that  looks  like  some  of 
my  work," 

So  say  I,  if  the  vain-glory  part  can  convert 
them,  the  big  "1"  and  the  big  "me,"  then  I 
am  assured  it  looks  exactly  like  their  work,  and 
not  like  the  Lord's.  That  is  one  featnre  of  this 
vain  glory.  Another  manifests  itself  in  this. 
At  the  end  of  a  discourse,  a  ministering  broth- 
er would  request  the  congregation  that  all  those 
who  were  for  Christ  should  show  it  by  raising 
their  right  hand;  if  none  would  raise,  why, 
UOtie  for  Christ?  To  all  those  who  practice 
that  as  an  evidence,  I  would  ask  where  is  it  re- 
corded? Where  is  it  demanded  from  us?  Just 
give  the  chapter  and  verse.  If  that  is  right, 
to  demand  it  and  practice  it.  There  i*  a  chapter 
where  some  say,  that  snch  things  are  written 
but  1  have  not  fonnd  it.  It  lis  said  in  that 
chapter,  (called  j*«;i/)"SfV(on),  little  children  were 
baptized.  The  jailer's  daughter's  name  wm 
Hhoda,  and  she  married  a  shoemaker.  If  nil 
those  things  are  in  that  chapter,  it  may  do  fiv 
some  to  believe  them  and  obey  theui;  but  for 
rae  it  ia  vain  glory. 

Brother  Jetise  Cvosswhite  espUined  his  con- 
duct once,  a  jTar  or  moi-e  ago,  wlren  in  meeting 
and  the  same  i-eqnest  wa.s  mftde,  but  he  did  not 
get  up.  He  explained  himself  after  meeting  to 
thr-  pwacher,  and  said  *hat  he  hatl  long  learned 
not  to-do  the  liiddiTig  of  a  man,  unless  he  whs 
coftvintx-d  that  be  was  a  better  man  than  hini- 
«e(f.  of  which  Ire  had  his  doubts.  One  more 
shot  and  then  1  will  put  up  for  this  time.  I 
will  shoot  like  the  Irishnmn  did.  When  he  was 
not  sure,  if  it  was  a  calf  or  a  deer,  he  shot  tin* 
way, if  a'dwf,  he  would  hit  it,  ifacalf  he  would 


iss  it.  This  missionary  movement  is  a  move- 
ment where  vain  glory  can  manifeat  itaelf.  In 
this  work  we  need  brethren  that  are  sound  to 
the  core — that  are  stripped  of  vain  glory  and 
exemplary  brethren.  Now  brethren  that  are 
not  thus,  why  should  they  seek  to  bi-  put  to  a 
work  which  they  are  not  (lualified  for,  and  in 
which  they  can  give  no  example.  "Oh,"  says 
one.  "  If  the  heart  is  right,  all  is  right,"  the  out- 
side makes  not  so  much  ditVerence."  Yes.  the 
Master  says,  make  tirat  the  tree  good,  and  then 
will  the  fruit  be  good.  ''  A  good  tree  cannot 
bring  forth  corrupt  fruit,  and  a  corrui)t  tree 
(Cannot  bring  forth  good  fruit." 

Now  when  bn'threu  are  that,  and  seeking 
for  a  positiomind  trying  to  get  it  in  various 
ways,  then  I  think  they  are  seeking  their  own 
glory,  and  not  his  who  they  claim  ban  sent 
them.  If  he  had  sent  them,  they  would  speak 
his  words,  and  would  hwd  the  apostles  word*, 
"  bet  UM  not  he  desirous  of  vain  glory.  If  we 
liave  a  laree  stock  of  vain  glory,  we  cannot  dis- 
pense of  it  to  the   Almighty   for  anything   of 

Value.  • 


THE  BROAD  AND  NARROW  WAY. 


Cm  HIST  points  out  two  ways.  The  one  ia 
J  broml  and  the  other  is  unrrotv:  the  one  is 
filled  with  many  travelers;  the  other  has  but 
few.  Christ  came  to  save  us  from  our  sins, 
lie  taught  us  the  way  of  salvation — showed  us 
the  narrow  way.  He  warned  us  of  the  dangers 
and  trials  which  beset  life's  pathway. 

Our  life  is  very  fitly  represented  as  a  journey. 
And  it  is  a  very  short  one,  too.  To  some  it  is 
only  a  few  weeks  or  a  few  nioiilii;!.  and  the 
longest,  just  a  few  years.  But  a  happy  thought 
is,  that  those  whose  pilgrimage  is  short,  whose 
journey  is  ended  in  youth,  that  Jesus  hiw"  pur- 
chiLsed  a  home  to  which  he  takes  them,  and  in 
which  they  can  dwell  liappily  throughout  all 
the  ceaseless  ages  of  eternity. 

Ubedience  to  parents  is  the  first  command- 
ment with  promise.  This  is  where  the  first 
step  on  the  broad  road  is  taken.  Children  dia- 
obey  their  parents.  Children,  if  you  haveChrii*- 
tian  parents,  thank  God  for  it.  Disobedience, 
through  unbelief,  was  the  sin  of  our  tirst  par- 
ent-s,  the  cause  of  their  being  cast  out  of  that 
beautiful  garden,  the  Garden  of  Eden.  When 
know  our  duty  and  do  not  do  it,  we  are  on 
the  broad  road,  and  unless  we  repent  and  return, 
like  the  prodigal  son.  it  will  lead  us  to  certain 
destruction. 

We  need  not  be  in  doubt  as  to  whether  we 
are  on  the  right  way — the  narrow  way.  No, 
we  need  not  be  in  darkness.  We  have  the 
Word  by  which  we  may  knoir  whether  we  are 
right  or  wrong,  on  the  broad    or   narrow    way. 

Each  day  brings  us  nearer  our  long,  onr  eter- 
nal abode.  -'Strive  to  enter  in  at  the  strait 
gate,  for  many  I  say  unto  you,  will  seek  to  en- 
ter in  and  shall  uot  be  able."  Jesus  says, "  I 
am  the  way,  the  truth  and  the  life,  and  no  man 
comelh  to  the  Father  but  l»y  me."  If  any  man 
enter  in  he  shall  he  saved.  Out  of  Christ  and 
his  doctrine*,  we  are  all  on  the  broad  way. 
"There id  no  other  name  given  under  heavaa 
among  men  by  which  we  may  be  saved,  but  the 
name  of  Christ."  Then,  "  If  ye  love  me  seep 
my  commandments."  "Why  call  me  Lord, 
Lord,  and  do  not  the  things  which  I  say  unto 
you?-"  "  If  ye  continue  in  my  word,  theu  aw 
ye  my  disciples  indeed. 

May  we  be  enabled  by  divine  grace  to  strive 
lawfully  to  become  heirs  of  God  and  joint-heirs 
with  Jesus  Christ,   where   we  can  ever  praise 

Father,  Son,  and  holy  Ghost,  without  end,  ia 
my  prayer. 

True  charity  is  not  tivj  charity  of  giving 
alms,  of  cldthing  the  nak«d  and  feeding  the  hun- 
gry; but  the  cTmler,  ttn*  more  difluult  .<md 
more  eleviife-l  charity  of  judging  favorably,  the 
imputed  flr  iM-ovwt  errors  ofothew— a  charity 
.•io  seldem  pnictictd. 


XMK  iJKiiyx'ti.i^K:>r  A^r  avokic. 


Jo 


*iUa^ 


COME  TO  JESUS. 


COKfE  to  JemiH,  lake  Hit  yoke. 
It  is  ewy,  thus  He  apokp; 
''oiU''ninI  wtk  Hin  plorinuH  love. 
And  a  home  willi  lluii  ubovi;. 

rornc  bikI  iliIc  Him  to  for^ve 
All  your  hiiim  and  let  you  lire. 
(■(im«-  iiiid  olItT  Him  your  all, 
And  obi-y  Hin  hc-dvcnly  cfiM. 

(,'ome  mid  liriiij,'  to  Him  yfjur«Jii, 
Knock  and  He  will  It-t  you  in, 
Sppk  and  you  will  nnrply  find 
httvc  tiiiit  in  both  true  and  kind. 

(,'oii)c  without  II  wavering  durjbl. 
And  (K'giii  the  iH-avt-nlj'  rouU-; 
Cfmin  and  don't  ne^lfct  lo  pray 
Tnt^t  Ood  both  niRht  awd  day. 

''iiiiji'  and  do  not  turn  futitii: 
In  thi<  wayh  ui  nin  and  pride; 
('onuf  and  tn-iid  tin-  narrow  way 
Li-adiiiK  on  to  ■■ndli-<,>t  day. 

<'om(-  t-o  Him  and  be  content— 
but  your  liflj  lor  Him  be  ttpenf; 
'I'hen  when  all  your  dfty»  are  pax^icd. 
Y'oii  with  Him  may  dwell  at  lant. 

(Jomii  to  ./cmiN,  dinner  do. 
And  in  llini  your  niindx  renew: 
Ilrciiivc  Ji'MUn,  oh  liow  kind! — 
SinntT,  xeck  and  you  nliall  find. 

Herir  Him  knoekiiij;  at  your  heaH; 
Will  you  not  now  makf;  the  utart 
To^iroiMirc  and  win  tlie  prize 
Of  a  home  beyond  the  akiexi' 

(.'omf,  why  do  you  longer  wail  ? 
Soon  for  you  'twill  be  too  laU-; 
Oh,  then  come  for  life's  the  time 
To  refrain  froni)tin  and  crime. 

Come,  prepare  to  reign  on  hig)) 
Where  there 'h  neither  pain  nor  «iKli. 
Thou  when  eiirihiy  dayn  are  o'er, 
You'll  be  blr«l  (on-verinore. 


A  WEEKS    COMPANIONSHIP 
WITH  THE  ROCKIES, 


.  I'l'MiKIIIII  III.. 


many  r, 


T)roai 


es  chififly  from  the  cactaceae  crder,  es- 
(J  pfciaJly  the  prickly  pear  \-ari-ie«.  are 
(1    principally  tlue  the  irnlustry  of  Charles 


f  thow'  in  tjie  '*  Far  lisnt/' 
ing  alonpr,  wp  cannot  hut  notice  thf 
acreage  of  golden  grain  in  full  ripen 
sbockH,  and  th»*  alrnafly  cotintlesH  i^tackx  j  and  iJavid,  all  younger  members  ot   the 


''■A..M 


TT  was  on  tlic  moniinf;  ciC  tlic  l:i||i  i,i 
^  S('pt™iliiT,nii(liillliiiiig|]  tlimvciitli 
cr  wiw  very  iiicli-iMi'iil,  iljilly  anil  niiny. 
nothini;  liiunili'il  uiir  lilllc  |>«rty  of  six: 
liivtliivn,.!.  It.  Miim>n,  II,  11.  Kolck,  W. 
A.  Mcior  iinil  fricMids,  II,  .Si-nivy.  niiil 
Chftl'li'V  ('rawl'ord,  IVoln  coDsiniiinjilinL' 
tlu'iv  im'vioUBlyiimiiigiHl])lmi  uf  a  »li,ii|, 
ivsiiitc  from  tliu  busy  carps  and  laliois 
of  life  forawliirl  ujiinto  the  nionntaiiis 
for  a  general  recreation,  Ininling.  trout 
•    ing,  Ijotanizing  and  geologizing. 

Not  until  high  noon,  however,  <Iid  the 
modem  .lehu  (Searcy),  to  whose  ec|ue.s- 
trianship,  wiw  cntruated  the  lines  that 
contridled  the  spirited  four  in  hand,  sig. 
nailed  the  waitJngpii«senger,stotake  seats 
ill  (lie  chariot. 

A  minute  more  and  the  sharp    ci'ack 
of  the  '•  Othello's  Coil"  sent  us    merrily 
along  over  the  fertile    soil    towards   the 
jierpetual  snow-capjicd  peaks  only  forty 
oi-  fifty  miles  westward.  Not  over  a  liai'. 
ren,  desolate  prairie  of  t\ieuty  year  ai'o 
\\hen  \ast  Inu-ds  of  wild  game,"l>\iftlalo, 
elk,  deer  and  antelope,  swarmed  over  the 
country  nndisturlied    in  their  morning's 
meal  of  waving  grass,  and   the    (nolile) 
red  man  roamed  at  will,  foreooth  to  wak- 
en the  echoes  liy  the  wonderful  cries   of 
helpless  women  and  cliihiren  of  the  poor 
frontiermeu;  mingled    with    their  own 
fiercer  shrieks  and  fiendishly,  nuirderous- 
ly  howls,  while  Lathing  their  glittering 
Wades  and  merciless  tomahawks  in    the 
warm  How   of   innocent   blood.     .Since 
then  how  changed!  being  now  as  beau- 
tiful and  thrifty  a  country  as  ever  the 
sunlight  of  heaven  kissed  into   fruitful- 
nes5. 

This,  once  mythical,  laiid  of  the  "  Kar 
West"  Ls  to-day  thickly  dotted  with  beau- 
tiful homes,  as  attiaclive  with  stu-round- 
int'orrhards.  <:.irf;ius  ind  flocks,  m   are 


of  the  same  luxuriant  returns,  together 
with  the  green  ricks  of  newly  mown  hay, 
all  pointing  upwards,  high,  as  though  to 
direct  the  thoughts  of  the  people  to  the 
abode  of  him  who  hath  in  a  temporal 
maooer,  so  richly  blessed. 

The  "  dugout"  and  sod  house  has  giv- 
en pla(M;  for  the  new  and  more  comfor- 
table frame,  brick,  or  stone  dwelling. 
Two  miles  from  Longmont,  we,  round  tlie 
corner  of  brother  T.  A.  Turner's  field  of 
Kail  wheat.  Southward  less  than  a  hiire 
dred  yai-ds,  wejiass  on  the  left,  his  new- 
ly erected  house,  a  well-planned,  spa- 
cious frame  with  wall  fillings  of  brick, 
making  It  substantial  and  warm.  Close 
by  we  ford  the  rushing  St.  \'iain,  to  the 
lii-ad  waters  of  which,  far  up  in  the 
mountains,  our  imaginations  iin--  ear- 
rieil  in  anxious  expectation  of  the  good 
time  we  will  have  Irouting. 

Forty  roils  further,  and  we  pass  the 
upper  farm  and  snug,  little,  white,  frame 
cottage,  of  brother.!.  H.Mason.  Though 
now  occupied  by  a  tenant,  it  was  his  old 
residence  before  the  completion  of  his 
newly  con^Iiin-led  grout  in  the  fiouiish 
ing  village  of  J.ongrnont.  But  space 
prohibits  a  notice  of  the  beautii'ul  farms 
and  homes  by  the  «  ay,  and  so  we  skiji 
along;  again  heading  WestAvard-juaking 
a  i\'\v  minutes  halt  at  the  Itoyliood's 
home  of  brother  .J.  H.,  to  procure  tfie 
loan  of  that  a]|-imj)ortant  and  indisjien- 
sable  acijuisition  to  the  culinary  dejiart- 
nicnt,  on  a  triji  of  this  kind  the  "  jfulr/i 
Ortir  which  Juot hei' Mason  (now Ilagci') 
so  freely  grants. 

The  next  |)oint  is,  I'ella  post  office,  - 
turning  to  the  North,  we  re-cross  the  St. 
N'raih  \\'liieli  is  here  spanned  by  a  good 
formidable  modern  bridge.     Immediate, 
ly  on  the  left  is   the  iviilely  known  and 
hos]iitabIe  home  of  brother  Isaac    liun- 
yan,  a  well-to-do  farmer  and  stock  grow- 
er, now  living  in  a  soniewdiat  semi-retir- 
ed life,  This  is  one  of  the  oldest  locations 
in  the  valli^,  lu-other  and  sister  llunyan 
having  resided  her'e  for  ainio.st  a  score  of 
yeai's.  have  experienced  the  bitter    w  ith 
the  sw  cell,  the  formrer  ipuility,  princijial  ■ 
ly,  during  the  "  wo-aliaw"  times,  when 
the  old  California  road,  along  which  so 
many  tragical  scenes  were  enacted,  pass- 
ed in  close  pr;>xiinity  to  their  door.  On- 
ward we  go,  iiassing  alternately  ou   the 
right  and  on  the  left   eiiually   pleasant 
homes  until  the  eye  catches,  beyond,   a 
glinijiseof  the  green,  dense  foliage  of  a 
grove  on  the  right.     O,  yes,  it  is  the  ar- 
boreta around  the  villa  of  the  editor   of 
the  llo]ne  .Uirror,  (brother  J.  S.  h'loiy). 
We  now  dip  our  pen  to  chronicle  the 
notice  of  what  is   conceded  to   be   the 
moat  inviting  ajiot  for  a  couitry  seat  in 
Central  or  Northern  Colorado.  But  what 
less  would  be  expected  to  satisfy-  the  ar- 
tistic tiLste  of  the  proprietor  and  his   ar- 
dent admii'ation  for  the  beautiful  in   na- 
ture.    Ou  a  nearer  ap))roach  and  upon  a 
closer  diserimimition,  we  find  to    be,  not 
what  is  strictly  an  arboreta,  but   a   pro- 
fusion of  botanical  growth    in    a  multi- 
plicity of  variety;  from  the  tall,  slender 
Cottonwood,  some  hundreds  or  more  ai-- 
ranged  in  rows  on  the  West  and  North 
its  a  i)rotection  for  the  more  tender  vari 
eties  against  the  severe  cold  and    storm 
iu  the  Winter  -to  the  delicate  flowers  of 
a  thousand  difl'erent  hues,  in  various  elus 
ters  and  groups  of  w-hich  the  more  rare 
and  fragrant  are  cherished  in   swingin" 
and  stationary  vases  as  house  plants;  the 


family 

Adjacent  on  the  North,  is  the  main  or- 
chard of  not  a  few  thrifty,  bearing  trees 
of  apples,  peaches,  jjears  and  Siberian 
crab,  together  with  the  luxurious  gi-api 
iu  clusters  here,  there,  and  everywhere, 
perfect  little  vineyards  in  themselves. 
M'e  cannot  tarry  to  further  itemize  on 
the  surroundings,  the  buildings  so  cozily 
embowered,  and  the  fresh  stream  of  rip- 
pling water  just  from  the  snow-caps 
ilown  the  deep,  blueeanyon  and  flowing 
sipiarely  through  the  premises. 

We  are  now-  about  four  mUes  from 
r.ongmont  by  the  best  road,  but  have 
driven  about  six,  having  purposely  tak- 
en the  longest  route. 

(J'o  he  '■imttnued.') 


w 


foliage  of  which  is  due  to  the   fostering 
care  of  .Sarah  and  Lizzie;  while  the  rep- 


sentations  i.f  some  of  the 


ECHOES  FROM  THE  CENTER. 

An  Aged  Fattier  Gone  to  Rest  —  Kindness  to 
Parents  —  Siinilay  Work  —  Reunion  — Tlie 
Home  Altar—  Saturday  niglit  —  Lord'-^  Day 
Tile  Advents. 

irivm  Our  Sp«U1  Cun«i.,n,l.nt.] 
NI-MHKU  VI. 

IIILI'^  officiating  in  our  business  in- 
terest, we  received  a,  mess.age   to 
attend  the  solemn  scenes  of  another  fu- 
neral occasion.     To  assist  in  the   service 
;uid  witness  an   aged  father  lowered  in 
the  tonilj.     On  the  morrow  we   wended 
oui-  way  to  the  scene  of  death,  some  four- 
teen miles  distant.     Soon  after   our  ar- 
rival we  met  brother  E.    Beagle    whom 
w-e  assisted  in  the  service.   While  behold 
ing  the  corpse  of  this  aged  father,  being 
ninety-nine  years   and   ten  months  old 
we  thought  of  the  many  trials  he  had 
undergone,  of  the  sufl'erings  and   priva 
tiirtis  that  are  incidental  to  life.  He  out- 
lived the  time   allotted  to    man;  "The 
days  of  our  years  are   three-score  years 
and  ten;  and  if  by  reason   of  strength 
they  be   four-score   years,  yet   is   their 
strength,  labor  and  sorrow;  for  it  is  soon 
cut  off,  and  we  fly  away."     Psa.  90:  10, 
So    with   father  Ilansbottom,  his  days 
were  many,  yet  in  looking  back,  oh  how 
short  his  time  compared  with  eternity! 
It  was  soon  cut  off.  His  trials  were  m,auy. 
In  later  years  he  possessed  none  of  this 
world's  goods,  and  he  lived  with  his  chil- 
dren ;  .some  of  whom  treated  him  not  with 
that  respect  that  is  due  from  children  to 
parents,  which  greatly  inci-eased  his  tri- 
als.    How  many  aged  parents  are  shun- 
ned by  their  children.     The  life  of  man, 
the  true  adage    says,  "  is  twice   a  child, 
and  once  a  man,"  and   this  latter,  help 
less  period,  is  what   many  aged   dread. 
Many  are  not  cared  for  as  they   should 
be,  and  hence  life  is  a  burden. 

Son  or  daughtei-,    wherever  you   be, 
remember  that  aged  father   or  mother 
comfort  them  in  their  declining  years. 
■'  Be  kind  to  thy  parents,  for  when  thou  wert 
young. 
Who  liived  thee  so  fondly  as  they? 
They  caught  the  first  accents  that  fell   h-oiii 
thy  tongue. 
Anil  joined  in  thy  innocent  glee. 
Be  kind  to  thy  parents,  for  now  they  are  old. 

Their  locks  intermiugled  with  gray; 
Their  footsteps  are  feehle,  once  fearless  and 
and  bold, 
Thy  parents  are  passing  away." 
Father  Ransbottom  died  at-  the  resi. 
dence  of  his  son,  where  he   was   kindly 
treated  until  his  body  was  placed  in   its 
last  j-esting-place  to  await  the  summons 
at  that  ;jrcia  day.  Thus  we  pass  through 
the  great  panorama  of  life.     Our  gener 
ation  leaving  the  stage  of  action  to   an- 
other, and  by   and   by  we,  who   are  yet 
young  will  be  numbered  with  the  dead. 
Great  God  help   ustoprepaie  for  the 
final  hour. 


To-day  we  met  at  the  Gardner  s, 
house  for  divine  service,  at  !)):.■}(, 
The  service  w-as  introduced  aftV 
usual  manner  by  singing  and  rihi " 
Brother  W.  C.  Teeter  then  deliiipi?-^" 
to  us  on  the  great  love  of  God.  .  t 
God,  who  is  rich  in  mercy,  for  ^^  '  ' 
love  wherewith  he  loved  us."  ]?,,;  "^^ 
4.  The  follow-ing  thooghts  were  el' 
ed  from  the  text:  ' 

1.  The  love  of  God,  H-hich 
from  its  antiquity,   and 
the  essential  dignity  anil  glory  of\;i,'-' 

2.  The  glorious  results  o'f  the  - 
fice   of  Christ,  being  the   gift  of  (■" 
for  the  redemption  of  the  world,  apul'i 
was  prompted  to    offer  this  sain- 
his  great  love  that  he  had  for  a  ],  , 
ruined    world;  "for  God  solu\>,| 
world,  that  he  gave    his    only   >„.,,^ 
Son,  that  whosoever   believeth   in  t, 
should  not  perish,  but  have   everla,,ti 
life."     John  3:    l(i.     Another  mi.,:,' 
made  a  few-   remarks  and    selei  t. 
closing  song  of  praise,    the  I:Jth    i 
Then     went  to    prayer,    dismissed  a, 
took  the  parting  hand. 

On  the  20th  inst.,  we  held  a  reunio 
at  mother  Bosserman's,  guests,  consist 
ingof  children  and  grandchildren.  Hav 
ing  previously  provided  oursel 


selves  „-i,(, 
provision,  each  family  started  for  the  ri 
ternal  roof,  in  honor  to  our  aged  motliei 
The  occasion  was  one  of  pleasantness  an.' 
much  enjoyed  by  all.  After  partakin.. 
of  our  meal,  we  made  a  bestowal  of  irifi, 
to  our  dear  mother,  to  further  show  on 
love  and  esteem  for  the  one  who  hi- 
stood  over  us  as  a  watchful  sentinel  ami 
.as  an  angel  of  love  and  mercy.  We  thn 
began  to  think  of  the  parting  hour,  m\ 
it  w-.%s  then  proposed  that  we  have  a  sen 
son  of  devotion  around  the  home  altit: 
which  w-as  seconded  by  many,  and  desii 
ed  by  all.     The  724th  hymn 

"  Happy  the  home,  when  God  is  there 
And  love  fills  every  breast," 

was  selected  and  read  and  some  remark-, 
appropriate  to  the  occasiim,  were  made 
by  the  one  officiating,  and  this  company 
of  parents  and  childl-en  joined  in  thi- 
song  of  jiraise  and  devoutly  knelt  in 
piayer.  This  was  a  meeting  long  to  h. 
i-eiuembered  by  all.  While  there,  «. 
thought  of  the  sainted  dead  of  the  house 
hold,  who  couldnot  be  with  us  in  person, 
the  memory  of  whom  we  hold  sacreii. 
And  also  of  the  possibility  of  never 
meeting  on  this  earth  again,  as  one  of 
our  dear  lu'others  and  his  companion 
will  soon  leave  for  the  far  West.  Bui 
then  this  thought  consoled  us,  and  aha])- 
py  thought  indeed,  that  this  large  fam 
ily  of  father's,  thirteen  in  all,  (parent- 
and  eleven  children)  together  with  their 
wives  and  husbands,  all  are  members  ui 
the  church — the  pillar  and  ground  of 
truth.  Then  what  if  some  are  dead, 
and  more  may  soon  follow,  or  if  we  are 
sejjarated  here  ou  earth,  if  we  are  faitl 
ful  to  Christ,  our  Great  Head '.  Oh,  glo 
rious  thought!  a  grand  reunion  will  be 
ours  with  all  the  redeemed  in  the  eterns! 
world,  where  the  parting  hour  nerer 
more  will  come.  Then  the  great  neces 
sity  of  being  prepared.  How  man) 
households  make  no  profession  of  Jeans, 
How  many  members  of  families  are  yet 
out  of  Christ!  Can  they  expect  a  rem 
ion  in  the  heavenly  world?  They  "he 
live  and  die  in  Christ  shall  be  resurrect 
ed  in  Christ  and  ever  be  with  hira-  Ho» 
necessary  then  to  get  into  Christ.  Hei' 
the  door,  and  by  him  all  may  obtain  sa' 
vation.  They  shall  be  able  to  pot  « 
Christ.  "  As  many  of  you  as  have  been 
baptized  into  Christ,  have  put  on  IJhrist-' 
Gal.  3:  27.  "Know  ye  not,  that  s" 
many  of  us  as  were  baptized  into  Jesu' 
Christ,  were   baptized   into   his  death' 


a»rv 


I'iiii:  BJriiixiii^KJc  ^vr  woKic. 


f^''^  „e  are  buried  with  him  liy 
f*"*' "^Into  death :  that  like  as  Christ 
Vif^,^  up  fro™  *'"'  '^<""-*  ''y  "'^  g'"" 
ir»^f**  v^tber,  eveu  so  we  also  should 


3 


have  u<>  night  in  New  York.     The  mge   eralburialaoccurred  while  wewerethere. 


•    „e>vnes8of  life."     Kom.  li:  3,  4 
-    -p  we   great  consolation,  that 
li^"  1    th  w'e  will  be  raised  and  be  re- 
in glory- 

lai'  -evening  we  went  to  the  Old 

.1  for  divine  service.     Had   a   fair 

^         Prother  W.  C.  Teeter  address- 

the  i^oodness  of  God,  based  up- 

;  4,  and  elicited  from  the  text 


,&■ 


Roiu.  -  •  ■ 

fi""'"'         ,  f  ,-    1 

Tlie  goodness  ot  (.tocI. 

\    In  the  creation  of  man. 

(a) 


In  the  plan  of  redemption. 
That  the  goodness  of  God  should 


leSiJ  •" 


to  repentance 


jboi 


j„ia  not  spur 
>ess,  but  because    of  th 
-    ,itV9te<l,   he  should    love 


That  the  sinner 

n  with    contempt  that 

goodness 


3. 


and  honor 
„  nil  his  appoiutiuents.  On  Lord's 

\  ^^.(,  ]eassembled   at  the   same  place 

irorsbip,  aud  found  our  large  church 

id  to  it^^   capacity.      The  funeral    of 

.   |,^i^  l,rother  Daniel  King  which  had 

deferred,  was  attended    to   to-day. 

TU^neftker  arose  amidst  that  solemn  as- 

Vilv  and  read  the   8Hth   Psalm,    and 

.^pclliis  remarks    upon  the    4th    para- 

,1]  "  Lord  make  nie  to  know    mine 

,'iid,  ami  tbe  measure  of  my  days,  what 

t  is';  tliiit  I  may  know  how  frail  I  am," 

,1  licUberated  upon  it  from  the  follow- 
ing aeductious. 

1     The  end  of  human  existence. 

2,    Tbe  brevity  of  life. 
Tbe  frailty  of  man. 

Death  Is  not  the  total  extinction  of 
b.'in'^.  It  is  ii  change  of  state,  from  time 
to  eternity.  The  future  existence  and 
immortality  of  the  soul  is  taught,  both 
by  reason  and  from  the  Scriptures.  And 
tbat  lie  eball  live  forever,  is  a  cheering 
tlioiifbt  to  the  Christian.  The  word 
preached  was  attentively  listened  to  by 
tbe  auditors,  and  we  believe  good  im- 
nressioDs  were  made.  Brother  W.  C. 
Teeter  made  a  few  aditional  remarks, 
ind  closed  the  exercise,  and  this  solemn 
assendily  dispersed  to  their  homes. 

lu  the  eve  we  attended  the  meeting  in 
tlie  town  hall  to  listen  to  a  sermon  on 
(lie  Sabbath  (piestion  by  elder  Canright, 

Seventh  Day-xVdventist.  They  are 
creating  some  stir  among  our  citizens, 
and  seem  to  base  salvation  on  the  sev- 
enAday.  S.  T.  B. 

A  VISIT  TO   NEW  YORK- WHAT 
I    SAW  AND   HEARD. 


TN  the  montli  of  October,  my  mother 
■*■  and  I  had  occasion  to  "  go  down  to 
the  sea  in  a  ship."  The  weather  was 
hoisterous  as  is  usual  at  that  season 
the  year,  in  consequence  of  which  our 

OCEANIC    KXPEBIENCK 

ffas  not  as  charming  as  we  would  have 
red.  Tbe  ceaseless  rolling  aud  heav- 
ing of  the  ship  caused  corresponding  ev 
olutions  in  our  sympathizing  stomachs, 
and  we  underwent  the  usual  affliction 
incident  to  all  voyages  on  the  high  (lit- 
■■■ally  so  in  our  case)>8eas.  Sea  sickness 
IS  the  bane  of  sea  voyages.  Some  have 
supposed  that  it  was  foreordained  by  the 
^''do/the  xea  to  prepare  one's  system 
tor  those  climatic  and  dietetic  changes 
'ftident  to  traveling  to  distant  countries. 
In  our  case  we  felt  much  improved  aft 
er  the  eflfects  wore  away. 

^Vesailed  from  Norfolk  on  the  liHh  of 
October,  and  landed  in  New  York, 

TIIK  ui£i:.\T   MKTIKH'OLIS    OF  TlIK  WESl, 

^'^  the  night  of  the  1 7th.  We  remained 
aboard  tbe  ship  till  morning.  The  noise 
^d  bustle  of  business  awoke  us  a  "great 
*tile  before  day."     Emphatically  they 


fur  gold  absorbs  evi^ry  other  emotion. 
Its  vast  opportunities  for  the  accumuln- 
tion  of  wealth, 

ITS   n.MMITABI.K  «  OMMEltCK, 

its  rapid  communication  with  all  parts 
of  the  globe,  gives  it  a  position  eijual  to 
that  of  any  other  city  in  the  world. 
It  has  twenty  nine  miles  of  wharfage 
and  one  of  the  finest  bays  kn»wn  to  the 
navigators  Its  climate  is  as  mild  as  the 
climate  of  Virginia.  Its  length  is  thir- 
teen miles,  and  its  popidatiou  numbers 
over  l,00ll,0i(0souls.  It  is  growing  rap- 
idly, and,  without  some  special  adverse 
providence,  is  destined  to  become  the 
greatest  city  that  ever  existed.  As  the 
great  West  is  developed,  so  will  our 
great  metropolis  continue  to  unfold  its 
marvelous  and  exbaustess  capacity. 

As  the  measureless  posibilities  of  this 
vast  continent  of  agricultural,  manufac- 
turing and  mineral  wealth  exceeds  by 
many  fold  that  of  any  other  country  that 
istributary  toone  city, so  will  New  York, 
in  the  same  proportion,  exceed,  in  popu 
lation  aud  wealth,  any  other  city  that 
exists  or  ever  existed. 

To  one  who  has  never  wandered  be- 
yond the  suburbs  of  our  interior  towns 
and  cities,  the 

.STIIEKT  SCKNKS    IIV  t,AS   LKHIT. 

present  a  thrilling  spectacle.  Night  is 
the  time  for  recreation  and  gayety.  They 
seem  to  love  darkness,  or  the  hour  of 
darkness,ratherthanthehour  of  light.  Its 
numerous  theatres  where  tens  of  thous- 
and human  beings  murder  the  precious 
moments  in  laugbter  and  in  humorous 
and  light-minded  frivolities,  its  gamb- 
ling, andathousand  and  one  other  hells, 
lu'iug  the  fashion  and  gayety  of  the  city 
(m  the  streets  going  to  and  fro.  In  ec- 
centriciti<w, ihe  abomination,  the  absurd- 
ities etc.,  of  fashion  is  exhibited  nightly 
on  the  thoroughfares  and  promenades. 

The  thousands  of  street  cars,  the  tens 
of  thousands  of  omnit >uses,  carriages  <tc. 
and  the  elevated  rail  ways  ply  their  mas- 
sive work  till  the  "  wee  small  hours." 
The  sounds  of  its  cars,  its  engines  and 
factories,  its  drays  and  omnibuses,  its 
carriages  and  buggies,  its  steamships  and 
tugs,  its  shouting  and  its  running,  min- 
gled W'iththe  hum  of  a  million  of  hu- 
man voices,  makes  a  continuous  noise  as 
of  a  great  waterfall,  or  of  an  approach- 
ing thunder  storm.  Everything  is  on  a 
vast. scale.  Business,  amusements,  fash- 
ion, gross  wickedness,  etc.,  are  develop- 
ed to  great  magnitude  and 

ITS  RKIJlilON 

exhibited  the  same  peculiarity.  Not 
withstanding  vast  wealth  has  been  used 
in  the  construction  of  religious  temples, 
and  millions  of  dollars  are  annually  con- 
tributed to  the  support  of  the  ministry, 
yet  only  one  in  ten  of  its  population 
habitually  attend  public  worship.  The 
poor  of  this  modern  Sodom  are  without 
the  blessed  religion  of  Jesus,  except  the 
few  poor  slaves  that  bow  to  the  shrine 
of  the  Scarlet  Whore,  and  they  know 
no  more  of  it  than  is  doled  out  to  them 
by  a  tyrannical  priesthood.  Other  denom  • 
illations  are  drifting  into  the  same  slime 
pits  of  Satan.  The  idea  among  relig 
ious  rulers,  of  official  supremacy  and  in 
tallibility  is  extending  more  rapidly  aud 
langerously  than  manyof  us  are  aware. 
AVe  visited  (ireenwood, 


It  seemslhat  that  inexorable  tyrant/cM 
ion,  has  intruded   her   loathsome    pres 
ence  into  the  sacred  preciucta  of  mourn- 
ing, for  no  sympathetic  tear  or  at!eetion 
ate  sigh  was  allowed  to  escape  the  heart 
of  the  bereaved    ones  who   looked  with 
stoical  unconcern  on  the  business    oper- 
ation of  burying  the  beloved  dead    out 
of  sight.     The  fumes  of  the  cigar,  min 
gled  with  tbe  suppressed  laugh  and  irrev. 
erent   conversation   of    the    attendants. 
The  consolations  of  religion,   the    voice 
of  lamentation,  the  irrepressible   ejacu- 
lations of  bereaved    love,   must  not  be 
heard,  lest  its  echoes  distvu'b  the   sleep- 
ing consciences  uf  those  who  would  for- 
get that  "  it  is  aj)pointed  luito  man  once 
to  die.''     One  of  the  chief  attractions  of 
the  metropolis  is 

TlIK  VI.YMOTII  OR.\TOR, 

IL-nry  Ward  Beeeher.  We  went  to 
hear  him  on  Sunday  morning  as  every 
other  \i8itor  does.  The  house  was 
crowded  to  ovei-flowing  when  we  arrived 
a  few  minutes  after  11  A.  M.,  and  we 
thought  ourselves  fortunate  to  get  good 
standing  room. 

The  great  preacher  in  due   time   and 
order,  took  his  text  aud  preached  in  his 
characteristic  style.     He  uses  no  note  or 
mauuscript,  but  talks    in    a   plain   way 
about  the  huAine>ts  of  Christianity.     He 
is  intensely  practical  in  his  remarks  ami 
excoriates  sin  with  an    unfeeling  hand. 
The  great  fault  with  wdiich  he  is  atllict- 
ed,  is  his  love  of  popularity.     The  there- 
fore and  wherefore  has  adopted  the  the- 
atrical style  of  speaking,  half  humorous, 
half  in  earuest  style.     When  he  "  conu\s 
down"  on  sin,  the  hovise  usually  ^'comes 
down"  (in    modern   parlance)    too.      A 
"  point"  (rhetorical)  with  him  is  to  say, 
something  humorous,  and  a   resppnsivji 
laugh  is  his  reward.     I  took  notes  of  his 
sermon,  intending  to  send   them  to    you 
for  publication,  but  as  there   was  noth- 
ing in  it  of  special  interest  to  your  read- 
ers, I  will  let  this  notice  suffice.     How- 
ever, in  his  discourse,  he  referred  to  cer- 
tain Christians,  who  thought  itwjis  nec- 
essary to  deny  themselves  of  worldly  en- 
joyments, asascetics.     He  denounced  the 
idea  as  false,  and   maintained   that   our 
tastes  were  given  to  us  by  the  Lord  aud, 
consequently  it  could  be  no  sin  to  grat- 
ify them.     I    thought,  "  poor  soul,"  he  | 
knew  little,  either  of  the  letter  or  spirit 
of  Christianity.     In  the  evening  we  in- 
terviewed 

THK  WONDKHS  OK  THK    TAUKIIN.VCI.K. 

Where  the  famous  Dr.  Talmage  holds 
forth  the  Word  of  Life.  This  great 
temple  is  built  m  the  form  of  an  am- 
phitheatre, aud  will  seat  about  7,ni)()per- 
sons.  It  is  illuminated  by  nearly  500 
gas  jets,  aud  the  architecture  is  very  im- 
posing. The  service  was  similar  to  that 
in  any  other  city  congregation,  with  the 
exception  that  a  trumpetei-,  elevated  on 
a  platform,  with  a  silver  trumpet,  aided 
the  great  congregation  in  praising  the 
Lord  in  sacred  song. 

{To  be  contimied). 


marshy  valley-*.  KoiiiHtim^  aero^i  sandy 
deserts  wht-rt  ev.-ryihlrig  i.-.  parehed. 
Alone  you  must  wander,  making  the  soul 
weary,  for  which  cause  many  travelers 
have  turned  back,  which  was  to  them  an 
eternal  loss.  Then  press  onward,  for  by 
and  by  you  will  come  to  an  oasis — a  fer- 
tile spot,  where  vegetation  is  seen  all 
around;  where  the  birds  are  chanting 
their  sweetest  music  in  praise  to  their 
Creator  in  all  things;  where  you  can  sit 
by  the  shaded  brooks  and  drink  of  the 
waters  of  life  from  the  everlasting 
springs  as  clear  as  crystal,  giving  the 
weary  saint  a  slight  foretaste  of  tbat 
beautiful  country  he  is  traveling  to. 

But  these  delightful  spots  are  ony  rest- 
ing places;  your  journey    must   be  re- 
newed; the  blessings  will  only  be   real- 
ized fully    at  the  journey's   end.     You 
will  often  get  into  places   that   will  be 
beset  with  thieves  and  robbers,  who  are 
continually  infesting   this    liighway    of 
holiness,   have    ever    tried    to  persuade 
travelei-s  l)ack,  or  if  unsuccessfnl  in  this, 
to  make  war  upon  them.     Their   weap- 
ons, though  deadly,  can  be  overcome  ))V 
those  given  in  the  holy  Scriptures,   viz., 
the  graces  of  (iod,  who  are  given  to    all 
that  are  willing  to  move  forward. 

In  those  sacred  truths,  you    will    also 
learn  that  distinguished  personages  have 
traveled  this  great  thoroughfare,  though 
narrow  it  may  seem  to  be.     The   great 
King  of   glory,  his   prophcti,  apostles, 
evangelists  and  others  have  gone  over  it, 
marked  it  out  and  hallowed  it  by    their 
blood;  the  difficulties  you  have  to  over- 
conu',  they  overcame.     So   the    road   Is 
]m.ssable,  for  those  who   are    weak    will 
be  borne  up  a^  upon  angels  wings,    and 
the  iiery  darts  of  the  wicked    will    fall 
harmless  at  their   feet.     What   a  good 
High  Priest  the   Christian   warrior  has, 
lie  asks  bim  not  to  do   all    the  fighting, 
but  aids  him,  and  does  the  hardest  him- 
self.    Just  as  the  farmei-  with  bis  crops, 
lie  may  labor  hard  in  pi-eparing  tli-*  soil, 
but  what  is  tliatto  be  compared  to  what 
the  Lord  does  toward  bringing   furtb   a 
crt)p?     He  asks  man  to  do  a  small    part 
towards  it;  the  balance  he  will  do.     Si> 
in  your  jouiiiey  towards   the    heavenly 
Canaan,  it  may  seem  hard,  but  the  hard- 
est work  is  not  yours  to  do.     Think  oi 
I  the  great  army  of  saints  who  havt*  pre- 
ceded you — all  of  whom  lauded   safely 
at  their  journey's   end,   passed   through 
tbe  pearly  gates  of  the  New   Jerusalem, 
joined  the  innumerable  nmipany  of  an- 
gels, "  and  just  men  made  perfect,"  where 
they  are  before  the  throne  <)f  the   great 
Jehovah,  singing  praises  to  him  forever, 
and  as  their  courage  is  a  stimulant    for 
von  to    pres^   forward,  so  try  anil  help 
others  by  yours,  strengtliening   the   ar- 
mies of  the  Lord  an<l  weakening  those 
of  the  prince  of  darkness. 

Let  us  help  each  other  to  that  best  of 
places,  that  beautiful  land,  the  glory  of 
wdiich,  "eye  hath  not  seen,  ear  beard, 
neither  entered  into  the  heart  of  man, 
the  joys  prepared  for  tbe  jieopleof  God." 


A  WORD  TO  YOUNG  CONVERTS. 


TlIK  CITY  OV  THE  DEAD. 

It  is  one  of  tbegrandest  cemeteries  in  the 
world.  The  vast,  fabulous  sums  of  mon- 
ey tbat  are  expended  ir  adornment,  gor- 
geous masonry,  carriage  and  foot  ways, 
ornamental  shrubbery,  monuments,  sep- 
ulchres, ttc,  is  incredible.  They  liter- 
ally garnish  the  homesof  thedead.  Sev' 


B^ 


ELOVKI)  brethren  and  sisters,  you 
have  set  out  on  a  journey  to  a  bet- 
ter country,  which  if  continued  on,  will 
lead  you  to  a  haven  of  rest,  where  the 
turmoils  of  earth  are  unknown.  Your 
way  there  may  at  times  be  rough,  but 
as  in  all  undertakings  no  excellence  can 
be  enjoyed  without  labor;  so  in  this,  tbe 
road  is  narrow,  sometimes  leading  over 
rugged  mountains,  apparently  over  dan- 
gerous  cliils,    then     again   down    into 


1)UAYKU  is  one  of  tbe  very  highest 
privileges  that  lie  within  the  reach 
of  fallen  creatures  on  the  earth.  This 
privilege  of  prayer  is  something  divine- 
ly required  of  us  all.  I*rayer  may  be 
defined  as  the  lifting  up  of  the  desires 
of  the  heart  unto  God  for  things  agree- 
able to  his  will,  in  the  name  of  Christ 
In  other  words,  it  is  the  soul  enti-rating 
(lod.  to  bestow  blessings  on  account  oi 
the  great  sacrifice  ottered  forsiun^-i-s  ot 
the  cross  of  Calvary.  Such  is  true  pray 
er.  It  is  simply  man  drawing  uigl 
through  Je&us  aud  speaking  to  God. 


THK    «RETHKK>r    A-l   ■WOKK. 


JartUary   n 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

PUBLISHBD    WEEKLV, 

J     H     MOORE.  '  KDITOKH. 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN,  I 


I  dutribaliog  tracU  free  in  loi-alitiw  where  there  Bkotrkb  .1.  W.  Metzger.  onfJer  date  of  Dec. 
i»  no  fT'f»cii\ng,  •tid  where  thej-  will  likely  ilo  |  |2tb,  writoi:  "Lea  home  on  the  morrane  of 
good.    Head  the  mrcrelary'n  report  in  llii«i*<tie,     Xor,  SiUli;  nelit  to  Cerro  Gordo.  111..  lue*.  Bro 

It,  II.  Miller,  hsul    meeting  day  and  night  un- 


Ti.»  Rn«T..tt»s  tt  WnllK  "i"  I* -ll>  nl    «1  •'>«   per  An. 

lUli)  in  n.l.»r>c».     Ati*  "l"-  wl,,,  «l)l  .rf.'l  u.  «ij{)>(  ci.inf. 

,„j  .1..  no  »m  p-cM.- F.llri<inr.t  ropy  fret  «f  nhnt.e. 

,nd  for  Mth  n-lJiiioi'iil  u«ui«  (0»'r  ""J  •b<.»e  ll.e  ninr 
n.„,p.l  iLcncnl  »1"  1«  •1I»"«<1  I'"  T"  «"' •  ''''''' 
nmount  c«n  I't  aeJ<icio«l  from  Ibo  in-,D»y  litfcr*  *en.linj(  U 
(ou.  M..ii.y.rnlb,  T'o.i«l  Clr.lor..  ll<-«i.ier"l  I''"" 
or  Jmn..  i,r<.|»tl7  .dJr™.<-l.  «111  b.  .1  o..t  n.k  » I.™ 
.en.ling  jV„fl.    r,.  Mir.  ib.l  II  1.  I.-.!  •  ;b«li       "  "  '■  " 

«.Urei*il  frcT.     I'MOigr  «i«ni-  miy  b*  •f"!  f"'  nm-iinl. 

uii.I.r  l.no.  bol  iil."J>  "n """"7  "  »""  ""  «"  " 

Sul«OPltiil»n«.  null  c,mo,iir,i™ii«».lni'n'l"l  <«'  lb«  T^ 

p.r.  ^.  wtll  »  •"  b">l"' •""■  "•"""■"■'  "'"  "■"  ° 

floe  •houlJ  li»  a*!re«ip<l 

XOOSZ  *  ZSEIUAH, 
Lanark.  Carrell  Co..  HI 


unixi.nv. 


ititonif.ii  It.  H.  Miller  erpi-ete  to  iK-ot  I.an- 
iirk  Hometime  during  thia  month. 

lino.  .I.e.  LHlimaii  i«  «pemling  Nome  week" 
jireaehiilg  in  the  Teritra!  MiBHimi  field. 

Tim  «dlre«  of  Nn.ili  Ilenriidia,  until  further 
nr.tiee.  will  li-  LawrenB'.  Douglas  Co.,   Kanirnn. 

Illio.  S.  J.  I'eeli  of  thi«  plato.i^on  a  vi»it  and 
preaching  lour  among  friend"  and  ridativea  in 
Ohio.  __^_ 

UrioTMKli  l.odiriiud  elder  Henry  Kurtz,  many 
yearn  ogo.  u«ed  to  work  together  in  Hio  name 
printing  ollice. 

Tub  Mormona  ato  rapidly  punhing  their  set- 
tlomenl«  into  Arizona.  Idaho,  Now  Mexico  and 
nlhi-r  jioinl".  They  are  doing  their  utmost  to 
itpread  their  heresy. 

Ilo  not  eouelude  that  you  can  handle  the 
aword  of  the  Spirit  »killfiilly  without  constant 
training.  U  r„fpiiri',*  study  to  understand  the 
word  in  all  it*  parts. 

llllBTiniBK  Unniel  Miller  id'  Milleilgoville.  and 
IJ.  K.  Ehy,  of  Lanark,  loft  hero  last  week  for 
the  mission  (lold  in  Wisconsin,  expecting  to 
s|>end  a  leiv  weeks  holding  inectitlgs. 

A  uii.l.  w.is  recently  iiiti-odneod  iu  the  Vur- 
Tiiout  Legislature  proiiibiting  giiinblirig  of  all 
kinds,  even  tlio  grah-bag  at  church  fairs.  Good 
for  Vermi'tit.  hut  a  disgrace  to  the  churches. 

1  r  is  sai'l  of  Stephen  that.  "  ho  was  a  good 
luaii  and  full  of  'he  Holy  dhost,"  Would  to 
God  that  we  liad  more  ofsudi  Holy  Ghost  mcji, 
to  jircacli  iinil  defend  the  doctrine  as  Stephen 
did 

TiiK  BR'tlimi  lit  Hifltory  QrovL',  Ul.,  Intcly 
elected  Hro,  Uurrison  Croiiw  to  tlie  niinialry, 
Brit.  Andrew  Uiiltor  to  tlip  dencou'B  oflice,  and 
1)11(1  liro.  Geo.  1).  /olIuiB  ordnined  to  tlie  older- 
8hi[i.  _ 

Wb  tiro  ill  reci*i|tt.  of  neveriil  urticles  from 
HiKter  Mnttie  A.  Lenr  in  iinitwor  to  quurien  ixib- 
liiihi'd  ill  till'  "  Hiblu  CIiutH"  dui)»rtinuut.  Tliese, 
alonit  witli  nitiny  uthor  articlm^  frarii  her,  will 
upiienr  soon. 

HuoTiiKK  Gibson,  who  has  jnat  cloHod  ii 
meeting  iit  Kulls  City,  Nob.,  Bays  tlmt  lie  is 
iiii|)i'Oviiig  ill  liealtli,  iind  Btaiidiuff  the  worlt 
well,  lie  tliiiikti  of  vinitinK  Mticoiipin  Co.,  Til. 
before  coming  to  this  piirt  of  the  State. 


I  Gkvti.k  rea/i^r,  how  much  projfrww  havo  yon 
made  in  the  divin"  lift?  during  th*  !a^t  y^ar? 
Do  you  fe*-!  th.»t  you  h,tpe  done  what  y>iii 
could,  or  t.^n  wl- ii'it  all  make  nome  improvH- 
mcntM  durniK  th**  y»-ir.  and  thu«  be  better 
prppwrwl  for  thefutua-  kingdom. 

Uhotiikk  Lii'br  held  a  few  mectingH  in  Shiui- 
non  vn-t-V  before  hut,  aud  from  there  went  to 
Dut(;ht<jwu  toaHdiMt  in  itHcrieHof  iiiL-ctingi.  Hi- 
Ktandt*  prejM^hinK  ^"'f^*  we"  f'""  "»  "•'^  """'■ 
Nothing  but  zeal  for  thp  cauw  kc'-ps  him  alivf 

If  it  i»  the  duty  of  nintem  to  have  their  hi-ads 
covered  on  entering  the  hout^c  of  wonthiji,  it  is 
aiKO  the  duty  of  brcthr.'n  to  remove  their  colt- 
ing  on  the  name  octfwion.  Always  chow  be- 
JAHUAR?  i,  1879  eoming  respect  when  yon  fnrer  the  hou«e  of 
Ood.  _^^_ 

Livixtia  piouB  life,  i»  an  up-hill  businewt;  it 
reriuirei  a  conitant  effort  upon  the  part  of  thi- 
ChristiRii.  lie  wiio  will  not  »triv(>  cannot  ex 
pL'cl  to  outer  the  kingilom.  To  the  hunibii- 
ffdlowcr  of  the  Ma*t«r,  however,  thin  striviiig 
in  delightful— ther."  i<  B  crown  of  life  just  \n}- 
yond.  _  _ 

A  SI8TKR  wishes  to  know  where  people  get 
the  authority  for  saying  "  we"  or  "  us,"  in 
preaching  and  writinw.  wlu-n  only  "  I"  is  meant, 
Likely  most  of  u-*  oan  take  the  hint,  th<mgh 
we  know  thai  it  i»  common  u«age  for  public 
speakerM  and  writer«  to  u»e  the  plum!  i'rm. 

Tni«  week  we  commence  the  pnbliHliiijg  of  a 
aeries  of  article-,  entitled.  "  A  Wta-k's  Com[iiin- 
ionshij)  with  the  Hockies."  Its  publication 
hiw  been  delayed  till  tlu-  dead  of  tin-  Winter, 
and  the  reading  of  it  will  now  b-*  refreshing  to 
many  minds  somewhat  wearied  of  the  monoto- 
ny of  the  soiKon. 

It  i«  astonishing  how  churclics  are  encourag- 
ing feasting  and  levity  by  endorsing  suppers, 
fairs,  dancing  and  festivals  gotten  uj)  for  the 
purpose  of  making  money  to  defray  church  ex- 
pen:<08.  In  some  places  they  have  adoptx.'d  u 
si>ccie8  of  gambling.  May  heaven  hasten  the 
day  when  churches  will  rise  above  such  corrup- 
tion.    -   " 

TiiK  Mrethren  at  Siioal-t,  Martin  Co.,  Ind., 
have  lately  elect,od  Hro.  David  N.  Norcross  to 
till!  ministry.  He  wm  formerly  a  member 
of  the  Carnphellite  church,  but  some  of  tin- 
Uretlirou's  piunphlets  having  fallen  into  liis 
hands,  shook  hin  faith  in  that  doctrine  so  seven-- 
ly,  tliat  he  came  over  to  the  Urethron.  Hope 
ho  may  prove  a  useful  minister  of  the  Gospel. 

A  NifMiiBK  of  brethren  and  sisters,  having 
Bvailid  themselves  of  the  benefits  of  the  late  ex- 
cuisioii  rates  from  thin  part  of  the  Stati.-,  are 
now  on  a  visit  among  friends  and  relatives  in 
the  East;  no  doubt  having  a  good  lime  visiting 
tlie  land  of  their  childhood,  and  spending  many 
pleasant  hours  with  kind  relatives  and  acquain- 
tane*?8. 


CinusTMAs  trees  and  merriment  generally 
took  the  place  of  Christ  in  many  ehnrcbes  bust 
Cliristma?  eve.  We  thank  Ood  that  the  Breth- 
ren chuix:hes  have  not  yet  resorted  to  such 
worldly  customs  to  entertain  the  people. 

Thbre  are  tbonsaiult  of  people  in  the  world 
handling  property  belonging  to  thi<  Lord,  and 
will  pay  neither  principal  nor  interest,  to  help 
adx'auce  the  Master's  cause.  They  will  have  a 
big  account  to  settle  iu  the  coming  judgment. 

Thkre  is  no  ijuestion  in  my  mind  about  the 
Brethren's  doctrine;  that  is  all  right;  but  may 
not  some  of  uk  he  a  little  wrong  sometimes? 
Were  we  all  us  good  as  our  doctrine,  the  Gos- 
]>el  light  would  certainly  sliiiio  with  greater 
brilli&Qcy. 

Bko.  David  Mrower.  while  preaching  in 
\Va.ihington  Territory,  concluded  to  rai»e  a 
club  of  subscribers  for  the  UiiKTriRKN  AT  Wobk, 
and  succeeded  in  doing  so.  That  is  right.— 
Plant  the  seed,  let  the  paper  water  it,  and  God 
will  give  the  jncreaae. 

The  Board  of  Manugers,  of  the  Tract  As- 
^         ■     ■■ ^'--1  {hi'.§Kt.OO  be  u.cd  in 


Thk  devil  \»  getting  things  a  little  mi.ted  just 
now.  He  has  one  man  traveling  over  tbecoun- 
try,  lecturing,  and  charging  the  people  75  cents 
a  night  for  telling  them  that  he  does  not  know 
where  they  came  from,  and  then  along  conies 
Hob  IngersoU  and  charges  .V)  cents  a  night  for 
telling  that  he  does  not  know  where  the  people 
art-  going  to.  Men  who  pay  ^1.25  for  learning 
nothing,  ought  not  to  complain  about  hard 
times, 

Tiikuk  is  coming  to  this  ollice  an  exchange, 
hiiving  a  circulation  of  about  75,000.  The  read- 
ing matter  is  generally  good,  but  the  last  num- 
ber contains  a  large  picture  of  Santa  Clans 
with  a  pipe  in  his  mouth.  What  kind  of  work 
is  this  for  a  religious  jiaper?  When  will  Prot- 
estants learn  to  (piit  advertising  the  traditions 
of  Uomanism?  And  then  how  do  such  papers 
expect  to  honor  Christ  by  publishing  such  pic- 
tures? . 

Many  of  the  American  people  are  like  a 
"rolling  stone"  They  move  too  much  for 
their  own  good.  It  makes  their  children  rest- 
less, and  in  too  many  instances  weakens  the 
love  of  home.  Learn  to  let  well  enough  alone, 
and  make  the  beat  of  your  surroundings.  To 
move  children  from  place  to  place,  when  it  can 
be  avoided,  is  tun  much  liko  cutting  in  two  the 
tlirc;id  of  lile.  The  place  of  one's  childhood  and 
familiar  surroundings  are  endearments  that  are 
hanl  to  give  up  and  forget.  We  admire  enter- 
prise, but  the  thing  may  sometimes  be  overdone. 
Our  advice  is,  if  you  have  a  good,  comfortable 
home,  keep  it;  make  home  liappy,  and  do  all  in 
your  power   to   build  up  the   morals  of  your 

iglibyrliood. 


til  Drc.  7th.  th'.n  went  to  West  I«ebanon.  War- 
rvnCo.  Ind.  Ci>mm«-nced  mating  the  saur- 
pvening.  ctMyfd  thern  till  the  10th:  durinj  that 
tiof.-  I>apti3>-d  '.no  young  sister,  so  one  more  » 
added  to  the  fold  of  Christ.  May  she  ever  prove 
fciithful  is  our  pnyer." 

A  SKWHubscriiwrsays:  "I  wish  to  sutecribe 
for  the  BuBTliaEX  at  Wobk  the  coming  year. 
Wl'  have  been  reafling  borrowcl  ones  for  some 
tim-.and  think  it  aa  .'icpllent  p^per.  We  are 
B;iptistH.  but  are  almo-it  ppn.uaded  to  become 
Tiinkcr-*  through  thp  reading  of  your  paper." 
By  this  our  r«?ailer^  cnn  see  whether  it  pays  to 
send  the  piper  to  <.ut.8ider.s.  Send  alone  your 
doualion-i  for  th«  "Outsiders"  Fund,"  so  that 
■nd  to  thoua.inds  who  do  not  belong  to 
thechurch,  yet  may,  by  the  reading  of  our 
paper,  he  persuaded  toembrace  the  whole  truth. 

Retknti.y  at  the  close  of  services  iu  the  Meth- 
odist church,  the  minister  urged  upon  every 
nienibcr  to  renew  hi-i  ^ub3c^iption  for  their 
church  periodicals,  and  if  they  had  never  taken 
any.  they  should  subscribe  at  once.  He  said, 
every  member  should  keep  hinifwlf  well  posited 
on  all  church  tjuestioim,  and  that  the  pajier 
would  give  them  a  tunil  of  knowledge  which 
would  be  not  only  a  satisfaction,  butabenetit 
to  them  all  through  lite.  This  is  a  common 
occurrence  among  other  people.  It  is  one  way 
they  have  of  defending  their  doctrine,  and  keep- 
ing up  an  interest  among  their  people.  It  would 
be  far  better  for  the  Brethren  church,  if  our 
ministers  wonid  urge  upon  the  members  the 
importance  of  keeping  one  of  the  Brethren's  pa- 
pers in  tlieir  families,  they  wonld  greatly  aid  in 
advancing  the  cause,  and  add  to  the  life  and 
zeal  of  the  church. 


polwhed  stones  Rnd  figures  of  animals  engr,,^ 
on  thrm.     Oof  ho'^dr^-d  thousand  men  wereem 
ployi^  at  a  tion*.  and  these  were  relieved  by  tt" 
same  numl»er  at  the  end  of  three  montbB      • 
long  time  was  spent  in  leveling  olf  the  rock 
which  the  edifice  slands.  and  twenty  ycais  f 
the   erection  of  the  edifice    itself.     The  Bton*^ 
were  raised,  step  by  step,  by  means  of  a  machin 
made  of  short  pieces  of  wood;  aud,  last  of  aii 
commencing  from  the  lop,    the  stones  were  ca! 
raented  together  by  layers  of  cement  not  thicfc 
er  than  a  strip  of  paper,  the  strength  of  whick 
is   proved  by  the  age  of  these   enormous  ma( 
rials."  


a    HAPPY  NEW  YEAR! 

I  'I'n  AJ.I,  'II  i;    liE  .\|iKi;S 

[May  God  bless  you,  and  enable  all  1 
[         to  be  more  faithful  during 
[;  the  present  Year 

f'  than 

I'  in  the  Past. 

"Ilrefhreii,  Pray  for  r.«." 

nx-  Goil.  froiii  whom  nil  bh-ssing^  floi 
I'raiso  Him  nil  creatures  liuro  bcloiv, 
I'rniBv  Ilim  iilmvc  ye  llciivciily  Host, 

iMO  Fiiiher,  Sim  iind  Holy  Oliof^i.  " 


PAMPHLETS  FREE. 


,  T  a  recent  meeting  of  the  Boaid  of  Manag- 


A' 
ers  of  the  Tract  Association,  forty  dollars 
vicrc.  appropriated  for  the  free  distribution  of 
tracts  and  pamphlets  in  places  where  the  doc- 
trine of  Christ,  as  advocated  and  maintained  by 
the  Brethren,  is  not  known,  or  where  the  peo- 
ple have  but  little  knowledge  of  our  faith  and 
practice.  We  th^-refore  request  calls  for  pam- 
phlets, and  urge  brethren  aud  sistei-s  to  send  for 
some  and  put  them  to  work  where  they  think 
good  can  be  accomplished.  These  pamphlets 
are  not  to  distribute  among  members  of  the 
church,  hut  in  the  waste  places,  and  wherever 
they  will  be  read  by  those  who  are  seeking  the 
Truth. 


THE  PYRAMIDS 

riTHE  large  pyramids  of  Egyjit  are  regarded  as 
X  the  most  wonderful  jjiece  of  workmanship 
iu  the  world.  Some  of  them  were  likely  built 
in  the  days  of  Abraham,  and  some,  in  all  prob- 
ability, date  beyond  that  period.  Many  of  them 
are  in  a  good  state  of  preservation,  though  over 
4,000  years  old. 

The  largest  one  covers  about  thirieen  acres  of 
ground,  and  is  484  feet  high.  The  base  is 
composed  of  a  layer  of  stones,  each  of 
which  is  about  thirty  feet  sciuare.  Off  the  top 
of  this  is  another,  yet  smaller  layer,  and  so  on 
till  it  is  toppetl  out  with  "lie  stone. 

It  is  said  tuat  the  immense  stones,  used  iu 
the  erection  of  tho«H  pyramids  were  "  obtained 
from  the  quarries  in  the  Arabian  hills,  and  were 
carried  over  the  river  by  a  bridge  of  boats.  They 
were  then  brought  by  means  of  a  causeway, 
which  of  itself  took  ten  yeai-s  to  construct,  and 
which  \i  sail  to  have  been  a  fine  work,  with  its 


SECRETARY'S  REPORT  OF  Tgg 
GOSPEL  TRACT  ASSOCIATION^^ 

IT  is  now  a  little  more  than  two  years  sinp* 
the  organization  of  the  Gospel  Tract  Asao. 
ciation,  whicb  fills  an  important  positioa  iq 
'•  sounding  out "  the  Go.>.pel  to  those  unacquaint 
ed  with  the  faith  and  practice  of  the  Brethren 
The  press  is  a  pnwerful  means,  either  for  go^j 
or  evil.  That  the  enemy  knows  how  to  uti|j,^ 
the  press  to  disseminate  error,  is  apparent  to  all 
The  friends  and  ailvocates  of  Truth,  feeling  that 
the  enemy  should  not  monopolize  this  nobU  ^\_ 
of  printing,  aud  use  it  wholly  for  base  purposes 
have,  in  many  instances,  made  it  subserve  the 
interests  of  the  Gospel  of  liberty.  Good  boob 
and  pamphlets  have  been  published  by  the 
millions  and  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  reading 
public.  The  results,  God  alone  knows.  The 
Gospel  Tract  Association  aims  to  fill  a  useful 
position  in  the  missionary  field.  Men  who  will 
read  aud  compare  with  the  Bible,  may  often  be 
reached  by  tracts  and  pamphlets. 

The  amount  contributed  to  the  work,  though 
small,  has  been  judiciou'^ly  applied,  and  we  have 
cause  to  believe  that  much  good  has  been  done. 
We  hope  that  this  well-begun  work  will  he  con- 
tinued, and  that  those  who  have  been  highly 
blessed  with  an  abundance  of  the  earth's  goods 
will  seek  a  blessing  hy  giving  to  the  work.  The 
Board  of  Directors  will  look  after  the  interests 
of  the  Association,  and  see  that  all  donations 
are  properly  applied.  Following  is  a  statement 
of  the  financial  condition  of  the  Association: 

Prinliiig  Fund, $301.30 

Distributing  Fund, 134.20 

Amount  Distributed  in  Pamphlets,. . . .     4S,17 

Amount  now  Ai)propriated. 40,00 

Balance  of  Dist.  Fund  on  hand, 4B.03 

The  amount  donated  for  printing  pamphlets 
has  been  used  as  designed,  and  there  is  on  hand 
pamphlets  to  the  amount  donated.  This  fund 
cannot  be  diminished,  since  the  money  in  Dis- 
tributing Fund  is  used  to  purchase  from  Print- 
ing Fund  to  send  out  pamphlets  free.  Donations 
for  either  Fund  are  solicited.  All  sums  of  §5,00 
and  over  go  into  Printing  Fund.  AU  sums  un- 
der $5.00  are  placed  in  the  Distributing  Fund. 

The  field  of  usefulness,  and  to  labor  in,  is  very 
large.  We  have  had  abundant  evidence  that 
the  work  of  spreading  the  Gospel  can  be  suc- 
cessfully carried  on  by  means  of  hooks  and 
tracts.  Will  those  who  can,  come  and  help  iii 
the  good  work?  A  few  thousand  dollars  thus 
spent  may  bring  many  souls  to  the  knowledge 
of  the  truth  as  wenoweujoj'it.  Come  then  aud 
place  your  gifts  in  the  hands  of  the  Association, 
aud  thus  help  to  teach  others.  The  pamphlets 
can  be  sent  out  much  cheaper  in  this  way  than 
if  left  to  individuals. 

In  addition  to  the  thousands  of  paf;e8  already 
sent  out  hy  the  Association,  a  large  number  ot 
pamphlets  have  been  sent  out  by  private  dona- 
tions. Let  the  good  work  go  on.  Let  there  be 
united  eflbrts  in  the  labor  of  free  tracts.  Send 
donations  to  this  office. 

M.  M.  Eshelman,  Secretary. 


They  are  having  hard  times  in  England.— 
Several  large  banks  and  manufacturing  estab- 
lishments have  gone  into  bankruptcy. 


The  money  raised  at  our  late  District  Meet- 
ing has  been  received  by  the  family  to  whom 
it  was  sent.  It  caused  much  rejoicing  in  ^"^ 
family.    The  brother  and  sister  write  thus: 

Dear  Bntlmn:— 

"  Accept  our  heart-felt  thanks  for  the  gener- 
ous gift  lately  received  from  your  hands,  lo 
Bio.  Eby,  who  so  kindly  remembered  us.  and 
the  Hear  brethren  who  so  liberally  contribiiteo 
to  the  wants  of  strangers,  we  feel  under  special 
obligation  to  return  our  thanks.  Our  afihc- 
tions  have  been  great,  but  we  are  assured  that 
"  those  whom  the  Lord  loveth.  he  cliaateneth. 
Mav  He  bless  and  prosjier  you  all,  is  our  earn 
est  p.ayir.     Yours  in  the  cause  of  Chri>t, 


-  ...arv . 


THE    BRKTHKB.^?^    ^T    AVOKK. 


jgE  OLD  ORDEK. 

,u„_Lay  tb'  Axe  to  tlio  Root- 
le ^  ^..  Whatever  a  Man  Thicks  is 
•'''",'mI  Is  KiSt'  ">  Him "  -  Joining 
'"■  that  are  Nearest  Right— No  Pict- 
,he    BMl"y      "■■"   " ■" 


but 


-  The   Uproar  and 


jjiong 


the  Isms. 


Ji''*.  .,^„t  mil  tlirimhj  infpiretl  book  of 

rji:!'''  "   ,j,iifies  of  God's  hrinri  and  r/inr- 

''■''■  ■  .n  is  the  voice  of  the  ok///  //■»/'  «»</ 

'  --■   of  heavPD    and    earth,  the 


""'  ,^  ,^tl,e  everlasting  Father.  His  Son 
iiy  ^^  ,  jjit^,  the  world  as  the  one  Media- 
^.  pi'^^  1  Jesos— one  sent  to  save.  By  and 
p.  Ill-''*'"  ^^^^  ggpt^  the  Mediator.  God  rec- 
i'""'^*' he' world  unto  hims-elf.  It  was  the 
"^''"^        eeded    reconciling,  not  the  eternal 


THE  NEGROES'  MISSIONARY 
MEETING. 


jndge  us,  "  for  the  hope  of  the  promise  made  of 
God  unto  our  fnthers."  But  many  \v^ll  rejoice: 
many  will  thank  God  and  take  courage,  going 
Torwani  to   the  battle  with    new   courage,  new    ri>HI£HK  are  those  who  often  speak  dierespect- 


Sftvior 


and  lledeenier  set  up.  fixed  and 
'^""^j^Xial  one  religion.  This  one  n-lir/ion 
'•'''*.  iu  the  onr   hrmh  of  God  a^  the  o»hj 


*  .  ,*r*i".  rule  and  Jivw  for   the  govern- 

*'''''''! Xl>'><l'!/.  the  .'/.'■""'"'  "'"^  I'"'"'-  '!f  '/"^ 

'"'    "  Yes,  that  is  all  right."  says  some  one, 

f'*'*,  ^^  is  rt  sf/s^f"  "/"  '■W'V/'o"  as  g"0'i  iw  the 

''      glaim  from   hoiiven.   and    there    is  un 

S""!    ..  p^  jjew  Testament  rules  governing 

"'ioctriue  of  humility,  no  cross  to  hear." 

*■""     '    No  cross  in  it,  no  crown  to  win;  no 

^  no  one  to  do  the  saving;   no  divine- 

i*"'  "*  7  riilea  to  govern,  and  there  is  no  gov- 

Triily  there  is   mfhiiuj   in  such  a 

\'(Hi  say  ''    i"  "^  ff""^^  **  *'"^"  system. 

■J*""^   teoi  is  not  good,  how  do  you  kuow  it? 

S'ttnot  good,  then  your  system  is  not  good; 

'  mpnrcd  yours  with  ours,  and  found  it  6n- 

'ml  not  hrltcr.    If  yours  is   not  hotter, 

irilia*  a  Savior  in  it,  the  promise  of  eter- 

7life  liouor.  glory,   mansions  ahove.  sitting 

°  lithe  beavBQly  hosts,  singing  the  songs  of 


(g„i  lijis  no  Christ  in  it,  no  cross,  no 
'""  Testament  rules  of  faith  and  practice,  it 
lis  uot  boi-n  of  God.  Christ's  system  has  in  it, 
i|,  ,10,-}:,  ita  results,  the  promises  of  better 
HiDgi  tocoiue.  and  the  marks  of  the  Lord  .festi.-< 
])^tnstbe  old  order,  the  ancient  iraij.  Thiols 
jti  order  that  has  triumphantly  marched  on 
uJoD,oTercoi»ing  opposition  and  now  stauds 
Jralylisedaa  the  only  iufallible  system,  the 
iljJiTiuely  appointed  way  of  Life.  The  sys- 
(u  we  advocate  and  defend,  leaves  a  flood  of 
-lit  wherever  it  passps.    This  cannot  be  s,*id 

oilier  systems  of  religion;  they  leave  nothing 
kt  mist  and  darkness  behind.  The  men  who 
iricaoght  in  these  systems,  are  groping  about 
JD  the  dark,  having  no  compass,  no  chart  to  help 
Ibtai  out.  To  all  such,  the  Lord  offers  Ins  com 
ffl<,., /lis  char  I.  ,Wi\\  you  accept  them,  and 
m\(out?  Some  have>aid  they  want  to  come. 
Tbeyare  hegiiiuiug  to  see  that  there  is  more 
poiter  iu  tlie  sword  of  the  Spirit  and  the  lance 
cf  tonimou  sense,  than  in  their  uninspired 
(mJs  and  confessions  of  faith.  They  arc  nwv- 
m;  aad  we  stand  ready  to  welcome  them  on 
\im  pklfonii.  the  Word  of  God. 

By  the  beauty  and  power  of  the  one  Gospel, 
tbt  camp  fires  of  true,  vital  piety  h.-ive  been  kept 
tmriiiug  brightly  through  all  ages  since  its  in- 
ifodudioii.  By  its  vitalizing  power,  men's  hearts 
tire  Weu  warmed,  nourished  and  kept  pure  and 
tiilhful  for  the  coming  kingdom.  Like  the  Gal- 
im  fisherman  of  old,  there  are  men  who  shun 
lotto  lay  the  are  to  the  root,  trimming  and 
fnining  by  the  power  of  the  Gospel,  to  the  glo- 
ry of  God  and  the  edification  of  all  saints.  There 
ueali  along  the  line  a  great  cloud  of  witnesses 
'|>r  the  Truth. 

We  are  for  the  old  order,  the  original  platform, 
lli^oBefcrue  foundation,  authorized  by  Christ 
""King,  and  perpetuated  by  the  one  body, 
filled  ont  from  the  world.  We  are  for  it,  not 
'waose  it  is  old,  but  becnuse  Chrlnl  is  in  it,  was 
"if  Author  of  it,  and  will  fulfill  all  of  its  prora- 
^  when  He  comes  in  His  glorified  manner. 
'|i  seeking  knowledge  concerning   that  order, 

'f  original  foundation.   axiA  how   to  get  on  it, 


*"^  «'oy  OH  it,  there  must  be  no  dotihta 
'^'Mg.  As  God  may  ^ive  ability  the  plow- 
*'>»reoftrath  shall  be  run  straight.  The  su- 
preine  Ruler  holds  out  no  inducement  to  irork 
"""'»d  the  gp,.jjt  heaps  of  rubbish  that  have 
.^nwup  on  the  way  of  life.  We  have  not  been 
^'todefeud,  live  and  practice  the  uninspired 
Mirations  of  men,  but  in  defense  of  the  Gos- 
f-  And  while  in  search  for  the  ancient  prin- 
^i'l^>aiid  landmarks,  some  will  be  ready  to 


zeal  in  the  strength  of  the  Lord;  hence  whatev- 
er may  befall  us.  shall  be  counted  all  joy  and 
not  grief. 

Says  one,  "  Whatever  a  man  thinks  is  right, 
that  is  right  to  him."  Then  if  a  man  thinks 
Infidelity  is  right,  it  is  right  to  him.  "  O,  no;" 
you  reply,  "thatcannotbe;  Infidelity  is  wrong." 
Yes.  but  you  said.  "  Whatever  a  man  thinks  is 
right,  that  is  right  to  liiiu;"  now  if  a  man' 
thinks  Infid"dity  is  right,  then  it  is  right  accord- 
ing to  your  uninspired  declaration.  Suppose  a 
man  should  think  that  Mohummedanism  is 
i-ight,  would  Ihat  make  the  doctrine  of  Moham- 
med right?  Is  the  religion  of  Christ  right,  be- 
cause a  man  thinks  it  is  right?  It  is  right 
whether  a  man  thinks  so  or  not.  It  is  right 
because  God  is  in  it.  because  it  came  out  from 
Him;  He  is  the  Author  of  it. 

Anothersajs,  I  joined  the  Universalist  church 
because  I  consider  its  doctrine  the  nearest  the 
Truth."  Before  you  could  compare  Universal- 
ist  doctrine  with  the  Truth,  you  bad  to  kn-^w 
what  the  Truth  "vas,  and  if  you  knew  what  the 
T'riith  WHS,  why  did  you  not  aceept  it?  The 
nearly- like-it  can  never  bo  as  good  as  the  thing 
itself. 

Here  comes  another  who  says,  "  I  joined  the 
Dunkard  churchbecause  I  believe itsdoctrinethe 
nearest  right."  How  could  you  tell  it  is  "  near- 
est "  right,  unless  you  know  what  is  preciwlg 
right?  If  you  know  what  is  precisely  right, 
why  not  accept  it,  and  not  something  neorlij 
right?  A  man  will  be  blessed  for  joining  the 
church  of  Jesus  Christ,  the  one  body,  which 
obeys  the  Truth,  walks  in  the  one  intij,  but  the 
man  who  joins  a  church  because  lie  believes  its 
doctrine  the  "  nearest  right,"  has  no  promise  of 
eternal  salvation,  no  well-grounded  hope  of 
reigning  with  Christ. 

Here  comes  a  third  pei-son  who  declares  hii 
joined  the  Methodist  church  because  be  thinks 
it  is  nearer  the  right  than  any  other.  If  you  do 
not  know  the  rif^hf  ivaii,  how  do  you  know  the 
Methodist  doctrine  is  nearer  than  any  other? 
If  you  do  know  the  right  way,  why  not  accept 
it,  and  walk  in  H.  and  be  safe  beyond  all  doubts? 
It  is  no  credit  to  a  man  to  be  walking  in  a  way 
that  is  nearlg  right,  not  quite  right,  when  he 
c'Mifesses  that,  he  knows  what  h  pnriselg  right. 
If  he  kno\v«  the  right  way,  he  ought  to  have  the 
lioiit>s(y  and  manliness  to  ittep  on  it  and  iralk  in 
it.  A  shrewd,  wise  man  will  not  take  a  dollar 
that  is  nearly  genuine.  0  no;  he  knows  better 
than  that;  he  will  only  take  the  gettldne  dollar. 
Then  accept  the  Bible,  the  one  Book  and  the 
only  one,  made  and  given  for  all  nations,  people 
and  tongues. 

A  fourth  man  declares.  "  I  joined  the  Luther- 
an church  because  I  think  it  is  nearer  the  Bible 
doctrine  that  any  other."  Well,  yes;  how  do 
you  know  it  is  nearer  the  Bible  doctrine,  unless 
you  know  what  the  Bible  doctrine  is?  If  you 
know  what  the  Bible  doctrine  is,  why  not  ac 
cept  //.  and  not  something  uearlg  like  it,  or  like 
it?  If  the  Lutheran  doctrine  is  like  the  Bibh 
doctrine,  why  not  accept  the  Hilde  doctrine  in- 
stead of  an  imitation?  The  imitation,  the  like- 
ness of  a  horse  is  not  the  horse.  The  man  who 
would  try  to  pa^s  the  likenei^s,  the  picture  of  the 
horse,  for  the  real  horse,  would  be  denounced  as 
a  cheat. 

"  You  are  loo  particular,  too  narrow-minded," 
is  the  voice  of  the  popular  multilude.  Just  as 
we  expected!  A  man  may  preach  Shakerisni, 
Methodism,  Quakerism,  XJiiiversalism,  Luther- 
ism,  Campbelli^m,  Spiritualism.  Beocherism, 
and  even  IngersoUism,  and  the  multitudes  are 
not  ut  all  alarmed ;  but  let  a  man  come  out  with 
Go^pelism,  a  plea  to  unite  on  the  Bible,  the  Bi- 
ble only,  theono  Book  of  Inspiration,  and  forth- 
with all  tlu  /Vm.s- run  together  and  unite  against 
the  plea,  the  one  common,  only  true  doctrine. 
Why  this  opposition  to  the  Bible-the  whole  of 
it?  Why  this  alarm  tmd  uproar  when  a  man 
urges  others  to  do  preciselg  what  the  apostles 
and  all  early  Christians  did?  Where  i>.  the 
danger  of  uniting  on  the  one,  common  platform 
—the  Truth,  the  whole  Truth,  and  nothing  but 
the  Truth?    Come  let  us  reason  together. 


fully  of  the  negroes,  and  ridicule  their 
religious  zeal;  but,  with  a  little  application,  the 
whites  might  learn  something  from  them.  The 
one  below  is  a  lesson  to  the  point: 


.•\t  a  missionary  meeting  among  the  negroes 
in  West  India,  it  is  related  the  following  reso- 
lutions were  adopted; 

Rfsohfd,  That  we  %vill  all  give  something. 
Itesolred^  That   we  will  all    give  according  to 
our  ability. 

llesolved,  That  wo  will  all  give  willingly. 
At  the  close  of  the  meeting,  a  leading  negro 
took  hi-i  spat  at  the   table  with   pen  and  ink  to 
put  down  what  each  came  to  contribute.  Many 
advanced  to  the  table  and  handed  iu  their  con- 
tributions, some  more,  some  less.     Among  the 
contributors  was  an  old  negro  whow.is  very  rich, 
almost  as  rich  as  the  rest  combined.     Me  threw 
dawn    a  small   -silver  coin.     "Take   dat   back 
again,"  said  the  clminuun  of  the  meeting;  "dat 
may  be   'cording   to  de  first  resolution,  but  not 
according  to  de  second."    The  old  mim  accord- 
gly  took  it  up.  much  enraged.     One  after  an- 
other came   forward,  and  all    giving  more  than 
himself,  he  was  ashamed  and  again  threw  iu  a 
piece  of  money  ou  the  table,  saying.  "  Dur,  take 
dat."     It  was  a  valuable  piece  of  gold,  but  it  was 
given  so  ill-temperedly   that  the  chairman  an- 
swered, "  No,  sir;  that  won't  do.     Dat  may  be 
'cording  to  do  first  and  second    resolutions,  but 
not  'cording  to  de  third."    The  old  man  was 
obliged  to  take  it  up   again.    Still  angry  with 
himself,  he  sat  a  long  lime,  and  nearly  all  were 
gone,  and  then  he  advanced  to  the  table,  with 
mile  on  his   countenance,   and   laid    a  large 
sum   on  the  table.    ''Dai*,  now,  berry   well," 
said  the  presiding  officer,  "  dat  will  do;  dat  am 
'cording  to  all  de  ri?.olutions." 

This  narrative  contains  in  a  nut-shell  the 
whole  formula  of  benevolence.  The  fii-st  duty 
is  to  give;  the  second  is  to  give  according  to 
your  ability;  the  third,  which  is  equal  to  that, 
is  to  give  willingly. 


the  Word  of  Qod,  will  make  thi4  church  a  soit- 
able  place  for  thf  nth  and  the  poor  to  meet  in 
one  common  brotherhood,  where  pride,  fashion 
and  wealth  do  not  destroy  the  peace  and  proB- 
perity  of  Qod'a  people. 

5.  Let  this  church  be  the  home  of  your  af- 
fections, around  this  altar  vrith  God'n  children 
1  come,  and  bow  in  prayer;  come  and  sing,  come 


and  hear  the  Word  of  Life;  come  with  your  in- 
Huencc  aud  council  to  help  build  the  cause  and 
save  souls. 

6.  To  those  outside  as  well  aa  in  the  church, 
this  was  built  for  God  and  should  be  kept  clean. 
We  hope  you  will  remember  this  point  and  not 
romo  in  to  chew  and  spit  tobacco,  making  the 
floor,  if  po.H.'iible,  worse  than  a  pig  pen;  we  talk 
plain  on  this  point,  because  we  don't  want  it 
forgotten. 

About  in  this  way,  probably  not  just  in  thiB 
order,  we  proaehed,  then  closed  by  prayer, 
thanking  God  for  the  plea.4unt  place  we  had  to 
meet  in  worship,  iLsking  him  to  bless  the  labor* 
of  the  Brethren  to  keep  the  church  pure  and 
holy.  That  the  primitive  faitll  and  practice  of 
the  Gospel  may  ever  be  the  established  order  of 
this  church,  that  the  Holy  Ghost  may  reign  in 
their  hearts,  rule  over  their  lives,  and  be  their 
Comforter  when  the  powers  of  earth  have  failed. 
So  this  meeting  ended,  aud  they  call  it.  dedi- 
cating a  chuToh,  and  I  do  not  know  that  there 
will  be  any  faull  found,  unless  it  be  to  the  name 
dedication,  and  before  that  is  done,  we  hope  the 
subject  will  be  looked  at  from  a  Scriptural 
stand- point. 

The  house  being  in  Cerro  Gordo,  so  n^ar  the 
railroad,  the  Brethren  give  an  invitation  to  our 
ministers  to  stop  and  preach  for  them  ivhen 
they  can  do  so,  as  there  are  about  sixty  members 
living  in  and  near  town,  a  congregation  may 
he  raised  easily. 


mil 


FROM  R.  H    MILLER. 

I  HAVE  just  returned  from  Cerro  Gordo,  111., 
where  I  went  ou  the  first  of  Dec,  to  dedi- 
cate the  new  church  built  iu  Cerro  Gordo.  Bro. 
John  Metzger  built  it  with  his  own  means,  ex- 
cept a  part  of  the  basement,  aud  a  little  work. 
This  is  a  noble  example  of  liberality  and  love 
for  the  church. 

Some  of  your  readers  will  wonder  how  a 
church  is  dedicated.  Well,  I  cannot  tell  what 
others  say  or  do,  but  I  will  tell  them  how  we 
did.  One  of  the  brethren  opened  the  meeting, 
as  is  common  with  us;  I  then  tried  to  preach 
on  the  following 

1.  God  has  built  a  church  on  earth,  embrac- 
ing all  the  truth  and  righteousness  there  is  for 
man's  sanctification  and  happiness.  To  that 
church  the  Christian  should  look  in  all  his  work 
for  the  good  of  man.  In  the  cause  of  temper- 
ance the  Christian  should  carry  his  work  into 
the  church;  in  his  charities,  go  to  the  church; 
in  his  life-work  take  all  into  the  church;  turn 
it  over  to  Qod,  in  his  name  and  by  his  authority 
govern  all  your  life.  You  need  no  other  organ- 
ization, secret  society  or  human  system  to  di- 
vide your  time,  strength,  talent,  means,  robbing 
God  of  his  rightful  service. 

2.  How  the  Christian  should  conduct  him- 
self in  the  Lord's  house.  That  it  is  a  place  of 
wor-hip.  not  to  meet  for  conversation  on  world- 
ly 


litters,  to  talk  of  farming,  &c.,  but  asolemn, 
sacred  place  for  singing  praise;  worship  in 
spirit  and  truth;  you  should  feel  the  house  of 
God  .so  sacred  that  as  soon  as  you  enter  the  door, 
youtakeoffyour  hat  in  honor  to  Christ,  your 
head,  for  thus  you  should  pray  or  prophesy, 
says  the  ilpostle. 

3.  The  house  should  not  be  desecrated  by 
worldly  amusements;  never  allow  church  festi- 
vals. Christmas  trees,  and  like  amusements  to 
be  held  here  to  gratify  vanities  of  fashion.  Let 
everything  said  and  done  in  this  church,  be  to 
the  glory  of  God.  This  church  was  built  for 
the  Brethren,  us  all  of  our  churches,  where  the 
plain  teaching  of  God's  Word  is  to  be  carried 
out  in  its  primitive  purity. 
M.  M.  E.  ^     ^j^jg  j^  ^  pjjjjjj  church,  suited  to  the  wants 

of  raaii^  and  the ,  ponditiou  of  society;  iu  it  we 
living  in  Falcstice;  of  Ihcse  S,000  \  hope  a  plain  people  may   always  "'-*  ^^   -<>- 
ship  God.    That   plainness  of  dress,  taught  in 


Thk  last  census  shows  that  there  are  about 
15.300  Jews 
live  in  the  city  of  Jerusalem. 


THE  DREADED  JEWS. 

HE  London  Spectator,  in  substance  sayB, 
that  "  the  dread  which  the  Jews  are  awak- 
ening in  EiLstern  Europe  almost  equals  the 
dread  felt  fur  them  in  Western  Europe  six  hun- 
dred years  ago,  and  is  based  on  the  same  grounds. 
They  display  a  wonderful  talent  for  accnmula- 
tion  with  which  Christianscnunnt  compete,  and 
which  tends  to  make  of  llieui  an  ascendant 
caste.  It  is  gravcdy  aaserttd  in  I  he  Koumanion 
Parliament  tluit  the  true  diUicnlty  in  the  way 
of  allowing  them  the  equal  rights  which  were 
secured  by  the  Treaty  of  Berlin,  is  the  certainty 
entertained  by  Uoumanians  anil  Servians  that 
they  would  gradually  oust  the  peasantry  till 
they  possessed  the  whole  laud.  In  Hungary  it 
is  asserted,  even  in  Keuter's  telegrams,  that 
they  have  purchased  so  many  estates  as  to  make 
an  alteration  in  the  Constitution  needful  and  in 
Germany,  literature  is  full  of  the  success  of  the 
Jews  in  ousting  the  ancient  families. 

Their  remarkable  succphs  in  politics,  and  their 
instinct  for  acquiring  pecuniary  control  of  the 
Press,  are  observed  in  all  free  countries,  and 
have  recently  called  forth  pamphlets,  and  even 
books,  penetrated  with  a  most  energetic  hate. 
Consideiing  that  a  hundred  years  ago  the  Jews 
were  a  despised  caste,  their  rise  into  a  dreaded 
order  has  been  singularly  rapid  —  too  rapid, 
some  imagine,  for  'them  to  be  perfectly  safe  in 
their  new  position. 

The  explanation  of  their  success  is,  we  pre- 
sume, that  their  peculiar  capacity  exactly  suits 
the  conditions  of  modern  life,  and  their  best 
defense  would  be  this — that  in  the  country 
where  they  are  most  perfectly  free,  France, 
they  are  leiwt  hated  or  distrusted." 

Likely  other  people  could  be  equally  success- 
ful were  they  to  apply  themselves  with  as  much 
diligence.  A  true  Jew  is  not  ashamed  to  be  a 
Jew.  Let  Christians  also  learn  to  be  Christians, 
and  act  like  Christians,  and  many  of  them  will 
get  along  much  better.  It  is  acting  like  the 
worid,  that  causes  so  many  professing  Christians 
to  degenerate.  All  this  might  be  explained 
wore  it  necessary. 


In    Northern    Illinois,     tht-r.'     are    fourteen 
churches  and  not  le.-s  than  fifty-six  ministers. 


THK  UOSI'EL  PREACHER. 

In  answer  to  many  inquiries  in  regard  to  Beoj, 
Fr;iiikliii*s  "(;osi'el  Pieiulier."  we  will  lieie  stnt* 
tliiit  tlie  book  Is  now  kept  at  this  oftlce  for  sitle.  U 
is  tlie  beat  colleellon  of  sermons  we  know  of.  Miu> 
istcrs  will  ilnd  it  a  valuable  work.  The  book  la 
uiMtly  in  ijiled.  well  bound  in  clotW  aad  wUl  be 
sent  po.it-pai'l  f"rS>"n, 


a^HK  liiiKXHiiK^sr  ^T  av^ork:. 


J^anuary   ^ 


O^nii    l^ible   <^M. 


"  Tht  Worth  of  Truth  no  Tongue  Can  Tell^ 


ThU  Jrp«rimeDl  1«  ilf-l(tnc<l  for  «klnf  •od 
Bible  <}nMliont.  »nd  for  ib*  i.c'-'""  '■'■  ^'"-f" 
tlw.     All  ouMllong  «houM  br 


„  _.  '«riD( 

or^rripliirkl  rllffioul' 


•  (bori  ftDil  ioih«  polnl. 


a  for  Ibli  ilepMtin*Dl.  mujl 


la:  2(t:  "For  oni 
J.  w.  Wall. 


Plcnsr  fflvf  your  vf^w»i  of  Ifr-b. 
Ood  is  a  roiDtiiming  (Irf." 

Whnt  ift  tlio  mpanlnK  of  the  Iiuit  l»«  w.irilfi  »f  i 
Cor  17'  WV    "Annthciitii  Marnn  itllia,"  aii'l  wJial 

Was  .Iiidiui  prft-wnt  wlif-n  fwt-wiwlilnK.  the  Lor.  n 
Supper.  niM  the  r.f>mmm\m  wen-  lnf«titiil«] .' 
Somo  one  win  plfiw  oxpliiin.        .1.  M.  nKTBirK. 

\Vc  rend  In  Gon.  I :  -Mf-  "  IM  "k  'niik«  ma"  '"  ""^ 
own  lmaK«.  rifUruiir  nki-m»n." 
man  in  the  form  of  liimm-lf.  or  w 
Itiinl  V 

ripwc  fflvc  nil  f^I'l  ,    _      ., 

deliver  Bucli  n  mir-  iirilo  Siitan  for  tlio  dwilnKaion 
of  tli«  Jluali.  Iliiit  till-  «j-lrU  may  lit-  Havod  In  tin;  day 
oftlicLoHi  JcunH."  M.  W.  Kr.ni, 

l»lfiui(M-x plain  Jol.i,l:  lrt:"WliHi  iv<T<*l.oin, 
not  nf  liUmd,  nor  of  llic  will  of  the  floHh,  nor  of  Hi.- 
win  of  man.  lint  of  (Jod."  Wluit  lilrtJm  nr«  Iktc 
refcrrt'dto,  nntuni!  ontplrllimiy  sy^viir  v 


1)1(1  Ood   loaki 
w  till-  lma«<-  Hl'lf' 
\.  lUti.usuKn. 
itiiMoTi  on  1  for.  r, 


nndentand  it  all,  as  ciime  to  pass  rood  afWr,  Id 
the  gHFcien,  when  an  opportunity  prMent^d  it- 
self to  Peter  to  u»e  bin  stfel.  But  now  Jesiib 
proc#e<lH  to  diiiabuxe  bis  mind  of  the  muiappre- 
henaioB:  "  Put  ap  thy  (word  into  it*  plac«,  for 
all  who  take  the  sword,  mnrt  perish  with  the 
flword." 

HAKISO  WtO»ELrTE«. 

The  scribea  and  Pharisees'  teaching  conaiated 
of  theannice  and  cuiuniin  of  the  law.  while 
judRraent,  and  mercy,  and  faith  were  ignorwl: 
hence  a  prowlyte  to  nucb  a  religion  wbb  only 
adding  an  idol  to  idoU  already  poswmsed;  hence 
two- fold  more  a  cl.ild  of  hell  than  themnelves. 
T.  D.  Lyon. 


Will  the  KmcTiinKS  at  Woiik  (five  «n  explana- 
tion of  till-  latUT  claiiHc  of  Uk'  HfUli  ver«c  of  the 
fiand  oIiai)UT  of  I.iiko,  wlilcli  rea-Imw  follow* :  "  And 
be  that  lialli  no  aword  lot  film  bcII  IiIh  Karment  and 
buy  one," 

Will  HoiiM-  one-  ({Ive  iw  lui  cxidniialfon  on  1  ('.>r.;!: 
12,i;iy  1.  WliolMllif  I'lillder?  a.  WliaUlifniatc- 
rlnlV  a.  lU>vt  Hliail  n  iiian'B  work  !«■  Irl.-d  l>.v  lire? 
4.  If  u  inairH  wouK  In-  hnincd.hnwKliall  Hi'.l"- »av- 
ed  yi-t  «o  an  by  (IrcV  Jt-  »-  WjiiTsint. 

PliiiwccxidalnlTliii.  l;li;  Lukii  Kt:  ir.;  Mark  it; 
aS;  Mark  Id:  17,  18.  To  wliat  law  Jiaa  the  Sirlpl- 
uruB  rt'ferNice  and  Ui  what  pxtcnt  Bliimld  H  1)0  lined  y 
What  In  the  nioHt  e»U-onn'dV  H««  it  ri-feronce  t^i 
any  partl'-uhir  Ltiing'/ 

AlHo.  Mark  W:  U,.  which  reads  an  rollowB:  "  Woe 
unt*»  you  ncrlhiw  and  I'luirlm-eN,  hypocrlteH!  for  ye 
OompuHH  m-a  and  land  to  mako  one  proHelyt<';  and 
whon  he  1h  inndo  yc  rnahe  him  two-fohl  more  tin 
child  of  Iiell  than  ymirMelvi-H."  H.  A.  Ui.Kliv. 

PleiutOKlvcnncxidiinatlon  of  Kev.  -J-J-.-J.  It  reads 
tlnw:  "  In  (he  nildHt  of  Uie  hLiwI  of  it,  and  on  eith- 
er Bide  of  tlio  river,  wiw  tlieri)  tlie  tree  of  II  fc,  « lik  li 
bare  twelve  miuiiKH  of  fmllK,  and  yleld.-dlierfiiill 
every  moiiih:  and  the  Iciivi'h  of  thr  tree  were  for 
the  healing  of  tlio  nations."  A  HicoTmiit. 

Will  ionie  one  lie  HO  kind  njt  (o  exitlalu  MaU.  ^■. 
20.  !!u:"And  If  thyrlKhleye  ollend  lliee.  pliirk  It 
out,  and  caMt  IL  from  Ihee:  for  It  In  piollUdili' for 
thee  that  one  of  thy  meiiitierit  Nhotihl  iJeriMli,  and 
not  that  tliy  whole  liody  Hinmld  be  cn»t  Into  hell, 
And  if  thy  right  hand  offend  thee,  ciil  It  off."  ete. 

S.  A.  PLICKJNdlCll. 

gome  ouo  will  pluiutu  explain  Mark  10:17,  IK: 
"And  these  Hlgn»  ahull  fcditiw  llieiii  Hint  believe; 
In  my  name  flliull  they  east  onl  devils;  they  Hhall 
Hpeuk  wltli  new  tongiieH;  Llioy  Hhall  tako  up  ser- 
pentH:  iiiid  If  tliey  drink  any  deiuUy  thing,  It  hIiuU 
not  hurl  them;  Ihey  hIiuU  lay  hatulH  on  the  Hick, 
Olid  tliey  altnll  retuver."    Who  l<i  referred  toy 

■I.  r,.  niiowN. 


SELL  THE  GARMENT  AND  BUY 
A    SWOKD. 

S.  A.  llmj:— 

IN  ttuswer  to  yo;r  qnory  in  regnnl  to  litike 
2'i:  30,  I  oUer  my  liumble  opinion;  uol 
however  debarring  otliors  from  the  same  liberly. 
Our  Savior  liail  jnstetitereil  upon  liUpiwsion; 
the  powers  of  earth  and  hi-ll  had  coiubincd  to 
destroy  Him  and  His  religion;  nitieli  now  d(v 
peiidcd  on  tlm  fidelity  of  Hia  disciples  to  llim 
and  Mis  cause.  .lesus  therefore  culled  their  at- 
tention to  the  fact  of  tlieir  appointment  to  eat 
and  drink  in  His  kingdom,  and  to  set  on 
thrones,  judging  the  twelve  tribes  of  Israel. 
How  lonsoling!  Hut  .leans  wanted  to  inform 
them,  tliiit  tliL-y  were  at  present  about  to  enter 
a  fiery  ordeal,  and  Ho  wished  to  prepare  them 
for  it.  "  And  lit'  siiid  unto  tlunn.  When  I  sent 
you  without  purse,  and  scrip,  and  shoes,  lacked 
ye  anything?  And  they  said,  Nothing.  Then 
said  he  unto  them,  Hut  now,  ho  that  hath  a 
purw  let  him  take  it,  and  likowisu  his  scrip:  and 
he  that  hatti  no  sword,  let  him  sell  his  garment, 
and  buy  one."  As  if  ho  had  said,  from  the  first 
until  now,  you  have  Wen  highly  favored;  you 
went  forth  casting  out  devils,  you  healed  the 
iick,  you  was  hailed  every-where  as  a  God-sent; 
but  now  the  cilic  Xxoa  changed,  and  "  Satan  Ihls 
desired  to  have  you,  (Peter),  that  lie  might  sifl 
you  as  wlieat,  but  I  have  prayed  for  thoe.  Hint 
thy  faith  fail  not.  Remember,  my  dinciples, 
that  this  that  is  written  of  me,  must  be  accom- 
plished, for  the  things  concerning  me  have  an 
end;  and  they  said.  Lord,  behold!  here  are  two 
BwordH."  0,  how  must  Jesus  have  become  wen- 
ried  by  this  time!  How  he  must  have  grieved 
at  their  lack  of  discernment  I  He  then,  to  re- 
lieve himself  and  put  an  end  to  their  further 
concern  about  the  matter,  added,  "  It  is  enough." 
JeauB  knowing  that  they  would  soon,  very  soon, 


FOR  MY  YOUNG  FRIENDS. 

HV  MART  J.  hTKKJ*. 

My  Jjfftr  Young  Fritndn: — 

DO  you  ever  have  evening  reveries?  Have 
you  ever,  on  a  beautiful  evpning  in  Au- 
tumn, when  all  alone,  watched  the  setting  of 
the  nun,  and  observed  clonely  the  changes  of 
nature?  If  yon  have,— luid  1  know  you  have- 
did  they  not  tell  you,  that  life  is  short  and  time 
ifl  fleeting? 

The  trees  that  a  few  days  ago  were  clothed  in 
green,  are  now  stripped  of  their  venture.  The 
beautiful  green  carpet  that  covered  the  earth  w 
now  quite  sear.  Only  a  few  fragraenta  of  the 
luxuriant  stems  that  furnishtid  the  nation  with 
itM  produce,  are  left  for  us  to  behold  a.""  we  scan 
the  stirps  of  nature.  And  what  does  all  this 
mean?  What  doex  it  tell  uh?  Young  friends, 
does  it  not  toll  us  that  we,  too,  are  changing? 
and  cro  long  must  quit  this  arena  of  life?  Yes, 
this  it  tolls  us,  and  this  is  why  I  write  thi«  even- 
ing. 

.Jtist  one  year  ago  to-day  I  met  here  (in  tlie 
school-room)  with  nearly  fifty  pupils.  Thin 
evening,  after  they  hinl  all  departed,  and  I  whm 
loft  alone,  I  seated  myself  near  a  western  win- 
dow for  a  few  moments'  rest  before  I  left  the 
Kchool-room.  The  ticking  of  the  clock,  the 
)|uietiide,  and  the  changes  of  nature  in  my  view 
abroa/l,  as  I  looked  from  the  window,  made  nie 
think  of  the  sad  change  that  has  taken  place 
here,  sina*  one  year  ago,  (Nov,  1!*,  Iti77). 
Ouo  of  my  oldewt  pupils,  from  the  effects  of  diph- 
theria, is  no  lunger  able  to  be  with  us.  Five 
younger  ones, — two  since  our  last  vacation — 
have  left  us  to  join  tliat  glorious  school  which 
is  singing  around  the  throne  in  heaven.  'Tis 
sad  to  writ*!  of  them,  but  I  know  they  are  hap- 
pier than  I  or  Lliosi-  with  whom  I  am  permitted 
again  to  meet.  They  were  sweet  little  children, 
and  I  loved  to  meet  them.  I  miss  thcirsmiling 
faces,  and  sweet  little  kisses.  Ah!  I  did  not 
think  when  liwt  we  parted,  that  ere  we  met 
again,  some  of  us  would  cross  the  Kivcr  of  Life. 
Dear  young  friends,  you  who  attend  school,  ha-* 
it  ever  occurred  to  you,  that  some  day  soouei' 
or  later,  you  must  part  with  your  school-mates 
and  teachers,  never  ajjain  to  meet  them  here? 
0,  I  entreat  you  to  be  kind  to  them!  .^s  you 
should  love  and  esteem  your  parents,  so  love 
and  esteem  your  teacher.  As  you  should  love 
Jind  treat  your  brothers  and  sisters,  so  treat  your 
wcliool-imites.  Treat  them  with  such  respect, 
that  should  you  be  the  first  to  quit  this  stage  of 
life,  that  they  nuiy  deeply  feol  your  absence; 
that  when  they  think  of  you,  gone— lliey  may 
know  that  their  loss  is  your  gain.  Cultivate  a 
kind  and  generous  spirit  toward  uU.  Begin 
'  when  ytiung  to  lit  your  mind,  the  immort^il  part 
of  man,  to  dwell  forever  with  ila  God.  Ilemem- 
ber  there  is  a  vast  deal  of  work  to  perform  and 
.10  time  to  bo  lost.  So  be^in  when  young  to 
try  to  gain  a  true  knowledge  by  learning  of 
Him,  our  Civator;  for  He  is  all  we  are  to  learn 
about.  Ho  says,  "  Learn  of  me.*'  "  Kor  I  am 
meek  and  lowly  in  heart." 

And.  dear  teachers,  there  is  a  great  responsi- 
bility, concerning  the  welfare  of  our  pupils,  rest- 
ing upon  us.  Christ  has  given  us  the  talent  for 
teaching,  and  Ho  expects  us  to  improve  it,  that 
at  His  coming  He  may  receive  His  witli  usury. 
Then  lot  us  try  so  to  teach  our  pupils,  that  when 
we  aro  done  with  this  earthly  toil,  and  stand  at 
the  "pate  ajo]',"  that  we  may  say,  here  Loi\l  is 
what  thou  hast  delivered  unto  ine;  behold,  I 
have  gained  beside  these,  other  talents.  '  Then 
will  our  Lord  say,  "  Well  done,  good  and  faith- 
ful servmit;  thou  hast  been  faithful  over  a  few 
things,  I  will  make  thee  ruler  over  many  things: 
enter  thou  into  the  joy  of  thy  Lord." 


1)^ 


DEATH. 

EAU  reader,  the  day  is  not  far  distant  when 
a  remorseless  foe  will  confront  you.  Your 
strength  of  arm,  and  pride  of  intellect  and  stout- 
ness of  heart  will  not  avail.  Powerless  as  a  leaf 
driven  before  the  blast,  you  mvist  yield.  The 
rarest  skill  and  the  wisdom  of  the  wisest  men 
I  annot  save  you.    Though   hosts  of   devot«d 


friends  surround  you,  yet  every  effort  of  theirs 
in  your  behalf  will  be  in  vain.  Death  will  con- 
quer you.  Yeureyes  will  close  to  all  earthly 
sighU;  your  earn  grow  deaf,  even  to  the  tender- 
e«t  whispenof  love:  your  lips  will  be  sealed 
4Uid  your  throbbing  heart  will  cease  io  beat 
YoQ  will  be  laid  in  your  coffin  and  borne  to  the 
grate,  and  weeping  friends  will  turn  away  and 
leave  you  to  the  solitude  and  silence  of  your 
narrow  home. 

Deathless  spirit,  reading  these  brief  lines,  re- 
member you  are  reading  your  own  experience; 
for  you  are  mortal,  and  it  well  becomes  you  to 
st^jp,  if  only  for  a  moment,  and  ask  yourself  the 
Holemn  que-stions,  "  Am  I  ready  to  endure  this 
momentous  ordeal  ?  Am  I  ready  for  the  hour 
of  dissolution,  and  the  darkness  of  the  grave?" 
Whether  prepared  or  not,  the  hour  is  verj-  near 
when  death  will  claim  you  for  his  own.  Already 
his  shadow  darkens  your  pathway,  and  the  fatal 
dart  is  poised  with  unerring  aim  in  the  hands 
ol'  the  destroyer.     There  is  then 

"No  room  for  mirth  or  trifling  here. 

For  worldly  hoi>e  or  worldly  fear; 

If  life  so  soon  is  gone; 

Nothing  is  worth  a  thought  beneath. 

But  how  you  may  escape  the  death 

That  never,  never  dies! 

How  make  your  own  election  sure; 

And  when  you  lail  on  earth,  secure 

A  mansion  in  the  skies." 
You  may  live,  with  God's  help,  so  that  death 
even  shall  not  be  feared;  and  though  you  fall 
before  the  king  of  lerroi-s,  you  shall  conquer, 
and  go  shouting  home  to  glory,  victorious 
through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord. 

Selected  by  Sadik  A.  Moats. 


NOT  AS  IT  ONCE  WAS. 

BY  ASA   nEAUSS. 

WHEN  I  look  back  and  view,  in  my  early 
days,  my  state  of  existence,  and  call  to 
mind  the  dangerous  course  I  was  pursuing, 
it  causes  a  deep  shudder  and  a  painful  emotion, 
excited  by  the  then  dangerous  precipice  I  was 
just  standing  on,  by  times  I  was  wholly  uncon- 
cerned of  that  course  that  would  lead  me  down 
to  everlasting  ruin,  and  in  the  luture  be  banish- 
ed from  the  presence  of  so  benevolent  and  mer- 
ciful a  lieiug,  who  has  borne,  in  patience,  with 
many  a  faithless  rebel  like  myself,  and  did  not 
cut  me  off  as  a  cumberer  of  the  ground,  but  still 
extended  Ilis  mercy  still  longer,  and  longer,  un- 
der the  powerful  teachings  of  His  Holy  Spirit. 
Truly,  we  can  say,  "  The  long-suffering  of  God 
waited  as  in  the  days  of  Noah,"  when  we  were 
in  prison  and  by  the  Holy  Lamb  of  God,  preach- 
ing tQ  us  in  our  lonely  and  lost  state  of  impri«- 
unment,  and  daily  teaching  us  to  come  out;  but 
could  find  no  pardon  till  the  uttermost  farthing 
was  paid,  and  when  once  delivered  from  bond- 
age and  filled  with  the  love  of  Jesus  that  makes 
US  wise  unto  salvation,  we  can  say  our  feelings 
and  desires  are  not  as  they  once  were.  What  a 
bright  change!  Behold  ii  new  creature  in  Christ 
.lesus.  And  what  is  the  effect?  It  brought  all 
the  animal  nature  of  man  under  the  subjection 
of  the  spiritual  Law.  It  brought  the  ''  wolf  to 
dwell  wi;h  the  lamb,  the  leopard  to  lie  down 
with  the  kid,  the  calf,  young  lion  andfatliug  to- 
gether; and  a  little  child  shall  lead  them."  And 
if  the  soul  listens  to  and  obeys  the  teachings  of 
the  grace  of  God,  it  will  bring  it  to  the  cross  of 
Christ,  which  will  crucify  or  correct  self^  and 
prepare  the  heart  for  the  reception  of  the  love 
of  God,  in  which  there  is  neither  fear  or  partial- 
ity. This  brings  the  divers  natures  to  harmo- 
nize, so  that  the  "  cow  and  bear  shall  feed,  and 
their  young  ones  lie  down  together,"  so  it  is  not 
as  it  once  was.  As  the  elder  said  to  John, 
"  Weep  not,  behold  the  lion  of  the  tribe  of  Ju- 
dah,  the  root  of  David  hath  jnevailed  to  open 
the  book  and  to  loose  the  seals  thereof." 
tiherkston^  Out. 


When  a  stranger  enters  your  church,  always 
take  him  to  a  seat.  He  will  not  only  feel  at 
home  then,  but  also  likely  come  again. 


Some  pei-sons  have  great  zeal  for  the  interests 
of  their  congregation,  but  care  nothing  about 
the  church  at  large.    Is  this  from  ignorance,  or 

it  selfishness? 


Do  not  allow  yourself  to  rest  satisfied  while 
you  can  point  to  nothing  valuable  that  your 
hands  produced,  nor  anything  which  you  can 
call  your  own,  bought  with  money  earned  by 
your  own  labor. 


W'HEN  1  hear  a  person  who  has  broken  the 
laws  of  the  land,  railed  at,  and  hear  people  cry, 
"  Oh,  he  is  a  vile  wretch;  he  desen-es  his  sen- 
tence;" for  my  part  I  can't  throw  a  stone  at 
him,  but  I  see  that  if  God  were  to  leave  me  to 
myself,  I  should  commit  as  foul  crimes,  and  a 
thousand  times  worse. 


|(feni^   of   |{nffrtst. 

— Thzke  are  said  to   be  over  6;i,00f>  mij 
telegraph  lines  operating  over  the  ocean  bed. 

— At  Atzala.  Mexico,  a  mob,  incited  by  pri«i. 
killed  20  Protestants,  and  wounded  a  number Tf 
others. 

— Lettebs  from  China  stat«  that,  during  n. 
recent  famine  7,(K>0,000  people  died,  5,000,0(jo^ 
the  single  province  of  Shausi.  ^ 

— EuHt-  Burritt.  while  earning  his  living 
a  blacksmith,   mastered  eighteen   ancient  I«n 
guages  and  twenty-two  European  dialects 

— En'glii?h  speculators  have  sold  about  U 
tons  of  stone  by  the  ounce,  specimens  of  ow 
patra's  Needle,  which  still  remains  wholo  „  , 
unbroken.  < 

— As  exchange  notes  it  as  a  curious  fact  th 
for  the  last  forty  or  fifty  years  New  Jei-sey  k_ 
had  an   almost   unbroken  line  of  Presbyterian 
governors. 

— A  NEW  calculating  machine  has  been  in 
vented  by  an  English  professor,  by  means  of 
which  the  most  complicated  problems  can  be 
solved  by  simply  turning  a  crank. 

—The  New  York  Tribune  says,  the  turn 
seems  to  have  come  in  the  tide  of  immigration 
For  eleven  months  of  the  present  year,  the 
number  arriving  was  72,147.  against  52,009  for 
the  same  period  last  year,  and  H5,S20  for  the 
same  period  the  year  before. 

— The  Russian  Baptists  who  have  been  three 
years  in  prison  at  Odessa,  for  promulgatifle 
their  faith,  have  been  recently  tried  and  acquit- 
ted, to  the  great  joy  of  the  spectators  at  the 
trial.  The  Attorney  General  had  demanded 
their  exile  for  three  years  to  the  mines  of  Sibe- 
ria. 

— A  Louisiana  paper  reports  that  there  are 
now  nearly,  if  not  quite,  fifty  cases  of  leprosy 
in  Lafourche,  in  that  state,  all  originating  from 
one  person  thus  suffering,  who  some  twenty 
years  ago,  settled  on  Bayou  Lafourche.  A  Leg- 
islative i-  .  ..ry  is  asked  for. 

— The  J-ws  first  settled  in  America  about 
the  year  1650.  From  that  time  until  the  be- 
ginning of  the  present  century,  only  six  con- 
gregations  had  been  established.  At  prpsent  it 
IS  estimated  that  there  are  at  least  300  congre- 
gations, and  between  250,0lXi  and  300,000  Jews 
in  the  United  States  alone. 

— New  discoveries  of  gold  have  been  made  iu 
Siberia,  near  the  source  of  the  Konnissar,  and  a 
nugget  of  gold,  weighing  1-17  pounds,  the  larg- 
est ever  discovered  in  Russia,  and  probably  in 
the  world,  has  been  found  on  the  banks  of  the 
Upper  Toungouska,  about  100  versts  above  the 
river's  mouth. 

— Three  protestauts  at  Aicoy,  Spain,  have 
been  imprisoned  for  saying  that  Mary  was  mar- 
ried, and  had  other  sons  besides  Jesus  Christ. 
In  Mahon,  the  sub-governor  ente^d  the  church 
during  services,  and  stopped  them  "  because  the 
singing  was  heard  outside."  The  same  was 
done  in  Cadi/. 

— An  association  has  been  formed  in  England 
entitled  "The  Church  of  England  Funeral  and 
Mourning  Reform  Association,"  to  encourage 
the  adoption  of  such  observances  as  are  consist^ 
ent  with  the  hope  of  a  resurrection  to  eterual 
life,  and  to  discourage  feasting  on  the  day  of 
burial,  and  all  useless  and  extravagant  expend- 
iture iu  the  coffin  and  its  furniture,  and  iu  the 
wearing  of  mourning. 

—The  Bible  Society  of  Geneva,  Switzerland, 
which  has  undertaken  to  send  a  copy  of  the 
New  Testament  to  each  school  teacher  in 
France,  has  already  sent  27,fH)0;  80,000  being 
the  full  number  required.  Each  costs  about 
sixty  cents.  Among  the  many  letters  of  thanks 
received,  is  one  from  a  Roman  Catholic  nun. 

—To  a  certain  txtent  the  interest  felt  by  the 
people  in  the  late  prophetic  conference  may  be 
measured  by  the  request  for  the  New  York 
Tnbiiiie'n  "  Extra  No.  i6,"  which  gives  a  de- 
tailed report  of  the  meeting  and  contains  all 
the  papers  and  addresses.  Twenty  thousand 
copies  have  been  sold,  and  another  edition,  iu 
better  type  and  more  convenient  form,  is  being 
prepared;  price  25  cents. 

—The  war  between  England  and  Afghanis- 
tan has  coinmeucvd.  The  English  troops  sta- 
tioned at  Jamrood,  under  General  Brown,  have 
taken  the  Afghan  frontier  fort  Ali  Mu^-jid.  ""^ 
advanced  still  farther  in  the  Khyber  Pass.  Be- 
low the  fort,  the  pais  varies  in  width  froiu  -W  tu 
50  feet,  and  the  mountains  on  each  side  rise  te 
(he  height  of  1,500  feet.  On  these  mountains 
the  Afghans  have  collected  to  the  number  of 
4,000,  breaking  General  Brown's  comniuoica- 
tions.    The  Ameer  is  strengthening  Cabul. 


a^HE    BItETHKEN    A.T    AVOKK. 


rRESPO>JDEXCE. 


pit  Lick  and  Salisbury,    Pa. 
from  ■'"  

p  irill  try  t°  si*»  "^  *^^^  thoughts  concern- 
W  •„»  our  coiigregaliou,  loculity,  etc.  Our 
II  j"°j;,„  is  called  the  Elk  Lick,  with  « 
rtio"^"  ,  -     yf  about  two  hundred,  niaov   of 


,;«!«'"" 


luitf  youDp,  with  some  few  aged  auJ 


•*'-""t'"soWiers    of  tbe  cross.     Our     meeti 
Tsli"",       ggt^  in  Salisbury,  on   a   street   for- 

,  (jfl-ii  iis  Jerusalem,  and  latterly  Uniou, 
'^  i  wbich  we  Ibiiik  a  good  place  to  lo- 
"'^^^^  hurcli.  We  have  out  of  the  two  huu- 
■■'"V  membership  of  fifty-seven  in  this  place. 
'^1 '  p  another  place  of  worship  in  Addison, 
^  bout  forty  members  reside,  at  which 
^^^^  -e  have  preaching  every  third  Sunday.— 
'*'^^^  Ulster  nearer  than  eight  or  nine  miles. 
?il'"iir  niiiiiste'"*'  live  in  Salisbury,  except  elder 

who  liveJ  about  three-fourths  of  a  mile 
^•'^ rt'li-east of  hrre.  During  this  la«t  year,  we 
^1  lineteen  members  by  deaths  and  removals. 
'^S '  r  new  cburch,  which  is  now  completed,   is 

story.  i>litin  edifice,  40x70;  the  room  on 
^^■condHooi"  being  40x60,  for  general  ser- 
^  -imd  the  tii-st  floor  has  a  Suuday-school- 
"""^j  liitcheu,  dining  room  and  pantry. 
^We  propose  having  the  dedication  sermon 
•hod  bv  elder  James  Quinter,  ou  Sunday 
f)ec.  ii'-Hh.      There    are,   also,   other 


brethren  expected  from   ubroad.- 


preacn 
Morning. 

fi'e  expert  to  conUnue  the  meeting  for  several 

javs  thereafter. 

Our  post-othce  is  Ktk  Licit,  the  surrounding 

the    same    name;  so   if    any    of  our 

r  friends  wish  to  communicate  with 

ur  Brethren,  please  oliserve  the  distinc■ 


t(^wIli:'hip 
gtelliron  or 
anyof  (i»r  ^ 

(iou-  *"*"'■  I'r.'iiich  R.  K.  so  long  in  coutempla- 
(f,ii  is  now  completed,  and  connects  with  all 
i?flV  passenger  trains  ou  the  main  line;  so  that 
the  edil'^i's  at  Lanark  need  not  excuse  them- 
selves the  next  visit  to  Meyersdale  for  a  con- 
veuiencp  to  come  to  our  place,  as  there  is 
Drovision  made  for  ministers  to  ride  at  half  fare, 
whicli  is  fifteen  cents. 

We  have  preaching  every  Sabbath  morning 
or  evening,  Sabbath-school  every  Sabbath,  so- 
cial prayer,  Wednesday  evening,  each  week.— 
U"  any  of  our  brethren  pass  through  our  coun- 
try, to  them  and  all  who  desire,  we  extend  a 
oeneral  invitation  to  stop  with  us,  and  preach 
thi'  iinsearchabk  riches  of  God's  Word. 

S.  C.  Keim. 


for  forty-five  years,  if  I  mistake  not,  and  held 
the  office  of  an  ordained  elder.  More,  I  have 
no  doubt,  will  soon  follmv.  We  also  found  an 
aged  sifter,  firm  in  the  faith,  and  near  the 
kingdom.  For  more  than  twenty  yenrs  this 
sister  hii.''  been  praying,  (as  her  daughter  told 
us),  that  the  Lord  might  send  the  Brethren 
that  way.  At  last  they  came.  0,  what  a  joy 
for  her! — what  a  meeting  for  us,  with  one  so 
good! 

Brifjhfun,  Sacravmtio  Co.,  Cat. 

From  D.  N.  'Workman. 

ON  Nov.  5th,  commenced  meeting  in  what 
is  known  as  the  Jonathan's  Creek  Branch 
church  of  the  Brethren,  and  continued  until 
Saturday.  9th,  at  which  time  we  had  six  atldi 
tious.  Also  held  a  Communion.  We  then 
thought  it  beat  to  still  continue  longer.  So  we 
continued  until  Nov.  2(Jth,  at  which  time  we 
held  another  Love-feast,  and  I  believe  it  was  a 
Love- feast  indeed;  twenty-six  additions,  and  one 
applicant,  which  was  baptized  the  next  morning, 
making  in  all  twenty  seven  additions,  while  I 
was  there,  and  ouh  applicant  when  I  left.  We 
believe  that  many  more  were  ready  to  become 
Christians,  as  many  of  them  said  they  would 
not  stay  away  long.  May  the  Savior  help 
them  to  prove  faithful  to  their  promise,  is  my 
prayer. 

We  feel  that  we  cannot  feel  thankful  enough 
to  the  dear  brethren,  sisters  and  friends  for 
their  kindness  during  our  stay  mth  them. — 
Many  were  the  tears  that  were  shed  whtn  we 
parted,  and  many  "  God  bless  you,"  went  up 
from  warm  hearts,  when  upon  the  bank  of  the 
stream,  we  bade  them  farewell.  Now  may  the 
God  of  peace  ever  keep  them,  is  my  prayer. — 
With  this  we  send  our  love  and  warmest  re- 
gards to  them  all.  hoping  to  re-visit  thera 
at  some  future  time. 
Ashhn„l,  OhifK 


aged,  and  feel  like  work  again.  Brethren  pray 
for  us,  we  need  your  prayers.  We  are  not 
very  well  fortified;  and  our  company  is  small, 
and  where  the  enemy  sees  weak  places,  he  will 
try  and  break  through  and  scatter  the  »heep.— 
They  all  say.  that  it  wa^  the  best  meeting  they 
ever  was  at.  May  God  bless  him  wherever  he 
labors.  Brethren  that  feel  to  come  and  help  us, 
are  invited  to  come. 

Yours  fraternally, 

7.  Albauoh. 

Dec.  ht.  isrs. 


From  Daniel  S.  Replogle, 


right  path'.  At  home  we  expect  sympathy  in 
our  sorrow,  gentle  wordii  when  we  do  wrooft. — 
Parents  ^>hould  wield  an  influence  wilh  their 
children,  and,  through  all,  guard  them  and  keep 
thoni  from  evil;  for  it  is  white  young  the  seed 
is  sown,  which  in  time  brings  forth  good  or 
bad  fruit.  Let  all  try  to  make  home  happy, 
when  years  have  rolled  hy  in  remembrunc«  of 
it,  that  they  may  all  say  with  futlQedB  of  heart, 
my  home  was  to  me  the  most  beautiful  and 
dearest  place  on  earth.  A.  E.  Kkaoy. 


From  Germany. 


I 


From  Cedar  Lake  Church,    Dekalb 
County.,  Indiana. 


0 


UR  Love-feast  is  among  the   things   of  the 


From    South  Waterloo,  Iowa. 

ON  the  evening  of  the  21st  of  Nov.,  brother 
John  Wise  commenced  a  series  of  meet- 
ings in  our  meeting-house,  in  the  West  end  of 
our  congregation,  and  continued  until  theevi  n- 
ing  of  the  2t)th,  during  which  lime  he  held 
forth  the  Word  of  Life  with  power.  The  im- 
mediate result  of  his  labors  was,  two  young 
pei-aous  came  forward  and  were  received  into 
tbe  cluirch  by  baptism.  We  believe  that  oth- 
ers were  seriously  impressed  relative  to  their 
soul's  salvation.  And  while  brother  John 
poioted  sinners  to  the  lamb  of  God,  he  did  not 
fail  to  instruct  and  exhort  the  members  to 
love  and  faithfulness  in  their  Christian  duties. 

On  Thursday  Nov.  liSth,  (which  was  Thanks- 
giving day),  we  commenced  a  series  of  meetings 
in  our  met  ting-house,  in  the  eastern  part  of  our 
congregation,  at  10  o'clock.  The  first  meeting 
was  conducted  by  the  resident  ministers,  but 
in  the  evening  of  the  same  day  brother  Wise 
eame  among  us,  and  commenced  to  hold  iorth 
the  Word  with  his  usual  zeal  and  power,  and 
thus  continued  up  to  the  evening  of  the  3rd  of 
Dec,  There  were  no  other  applicants  at  the 
last  meeting,  but  we  think  the  membei-s  weie 
edified  and  built  up  in  faith  and  love.  We  had 
an  evidence  of  this  fact  on  the  3rd,  which  day 
the  members  met  in  council,  to  attend  to  the 
general  business  of  the  church,  at  which  meet- 
ing the  church  was  well  represented,  and  the 
business  that  was  bi'ought  before  the  meeting, 
was  pleasantly  adjusted,  and  we  hope  to  the 
satisfaction  of  all.  For  some  time  past,  there 
has  been  a  cloud  hanging  over  this  church,  but 
from  present  indications,  we  have  reason  to 
Iiope  that  before  long,  we  will  be  again  permit- 
ttd  to  enjoy  tlie  sunshine  of  prosperity  and 
peace,  which  is  30  essential  to  our  present  and 
future  happiiiess.  Jacoh  A.  Muhray. 


From  Waldemar  Meyers. 

ELDER  George  Wolf  and  myself,  have  just 
closed  a  five  night's  meeting,  at  the  Chap 
''ral  school-house,  San  Joaquin  Co.  The  house 
wa.-*  crowded  all  the  time,  with  good  attention. 
Two  members  of  tbe  CampbelHte  church,  made 
"P  their  mind  to  travel  with  us  Zionward.  One 
■  '^"m  had  been   a   member  in   that   chrdi 


hundred  and  twenty  members  were  in  attend- 
ance. The  ministerial  force  wiis  strong,  con- 
sisting of  Brethren  Jacob  and  Jeren\iah  Gump, 
of  Allen  Co.,  lud.,  Michael  Shotts,  of  Steuben 
Co.,  Peter  Long,  of  Lagrange  Co.  Those 
brethren  were  eldere,  and  there  were  other 
brethren  in  the  second  degree  with  us.  The 
brethren  labored  earnestly  in  the  Master's 
cause. 

Our  house  is  40x90;  and  it  was  crowded,  and 
very  good  orJer  and  attention.  We  expect  to 
commence  a  meeting  in  the  last  part  of  our 
district,  on  New  Year's  evening,  and  continue 
about  one  week,  and  then  commence  at  our 
meeting-house,  and  continue  about  a  week  also. 
Jajues  Barton. 

From  Elsie,  Clinton  Co.,  Michigan. 


lh>ir  Unthrrn:— 

I    WILL  try  and    pen   you   a  few    thoughts, 
that  came  to  my  mind  while  I  was  reading 
the  Ust  number  of  the   BhkTiiren  at   Wokk, 
dated  Nov.  '.i^^lh.    1  have  been  a  reader  of  this 
paper  for  almost  two  years,  and    am    happy   to 
say  that  I  have  read  many   good  sermons   and 
admonitions,  which  I  shall  try,  in  my  weakness, 
to  treasure  up.  and  especially  do  I    approve   ol 
brother  Moore's  numbers,  which  he    calls  "  A 
Few  Observ.ations."     These,  I  think,  are  admo- 
nitions and  warnings  in  the  right  direction,  iu 
this,  our  day;  for  we  see   every   day   more   and 
and  more  of  these  evils,  namely  pride  in  our 
church,  and  we  are  glad  to  see   and   read,   that 
our  editors  arc  taking  a  stand  against  it,  and 
are  trying  to  carry  it  out  by  their  example. — 
It  is  said  tl  a'  pri  le  goe^  before  a  fall,  and  I  fear 
sometimes,  that  pride  is    tolerated    a  little   too 
much  in  our  church,  and  it  is  time  to  keep  this 
evil  down.    I  fear  sometimes  our  ministers  do 
not  preach  enough  about  what  God  demands 
of  his  followers.     God  is  a  God  of  order,  and  if 
the  cnurch   loses  its  order,  where  will  we  be? 
I  say  let  our  brethren  who   start  out   to   work 
in  their  fields  of  labor,   take  the   order   of  the 
church  right  along   with  them,   and  preach  it 
up  and  carry  it  out  themselves.     It  will  help  a 
great  deal  in  keeping  up  the  Ancient  Land- 
marks of   the  church.    I  think  the    church 
should  be  very  careful  in  sending  out   mission- 
aries, to  see   that   such  brethren  are  sent  out 
that  have  fully  complied  with  the  Gospel  order 
of  the  church  in  dress,  as  well  as  other    things. 
God's  people  are  to  he  a  peculiar  people— a  sep- 1 
arate  people  from  the  world,  andif  our   minis- 
ters go  out  to  preach,  and  dress  like  the   world 
and  look  like  the  world,  I   cannot  hTame  their 
converts  if  they   do    the  same;  because   they 
will  say,  "If  the  preacher  can  do  so  and  so,   I 
can  too."    This  is  the  way  they  will  reason  tliis 
matter.    I  might  quote  much  Scripture  in  de- 
fense of  non-conformity,  hut  I  can  not  in  my 
weakness,    do  the  subject   justice;  so   I   will 
leave  it,  and  cite  all  Bible  readers  to   examine 
for  themselves,  and  see  what  God   demands  of 
all  His  children. 

I  will  close,  by  wishing  you  ranch  auccesa 
with  your  valuable  paper.  May  it  be  a  power 
for  good,  and  be  a  means  of  bringing  nniiiy 
into  the  church,  to  he  lively  epistles,  read  and 
known  of  all  men,  is  my  prayer. 
Marin,  Fa.,  Dec.  Isi,  187S. 


rilO-DA\\is  Sunday,  audaa  I  am  seated  be- 
1  fore  my  Englidh  book  (the  Brethren's 
Hymn  Book),  my  mind  is  carried  back  far  be- 
yond Uic  briny  deop,  and  has  concentrated  itself 
solely  upon  the  blessed  Redeemer  and  his  cross. 
How  lonely  passes  the  time  away;  1  have  no- 
body here  with  whom  I  can  sing  and  pray, — 
nobody  here  to  talk  with  about  tbe  blessed 
hopes  of  a  brighter  day, — all  is  left  behind  in 
America.  If  it  was  not  for  the  hope,  would 
not  my  lot  bo  hard?  But  I  am  thinking  now 
of  that  beautiful  hymn: 

"  Mow  oft  I've  seen  llie  llowing  teara, 
Anil  lii'aid  you  tell  yuur  Uopes  and  fears; 
Your  hearts  wltli  love  nave  suemM  to  (lame, 
Wlii<'h  makes  meliope.  we'll  meet  again." 
Oh  yes,  beloved  brethren  and  sisters,  will 
that  not  be  a  happy  day,  when  we  all  shall  meet 
again,  where  parting  is  no  more?    0,  how  do 
I  pray,  that  I  may  be  one   of  the   happy  ones, 
that  are  gathered  around  God's  dazzling  throne 
in  heaven,  where  we  shall  sing  praises    forever- 
more.     Rev.  7:  9,  10.     Now  beloved  brethren, 
is  it  not  possible,  that  I  could  get  a  paper  from 
you  once  in  a  while;  it  woidd  he  as   balsam   to 
the  open  wounds  of  my   heart.    I  have  paid 
for  the  papi'r  till  January,  and   if  I    can    make 
it  possible  about  exchanging  money,  then    will 
I  gladly  send  the  money  for  your  paper  for  the 
next  year.     But  let  me  not  wait  much   longer, 
as  I  want  to  hear    of  the    success  the  Breth- 
ren are  having  in  America.     Here  the    people 
are  too  proud  and  wicked  to  follow   the  meek 
and  lowly  Lamb.     Now  beloved,   be   thousand 
times  kissed  with  the  holy  kiss  from  your  broth- 
in  Christ.  (i.  Mestk. 

Xfjr.  Uih,  1>QS. 


Drill-  Brethren:— 

BY  request,  I  shall  try  and  give  you  some 
church  news  from  this  part  of  Michigan. 
I  was  at  a  Communion  meeting  iu  Eaton  Cr.; 
and  there  formed  the  acquaintance  of  Bro.  0. 
F.  Yount,  of  Ohio.  I  insisted  on  him  to  come 
and  pay  us  a  visit,  as  we  live  sixty-five  miles 
from  any  church;  our  little  flock  consisting  of 
twenty-six  members,  and  some  living  a  consid- 
erable distance  away,  and  I  am  the  only  minis- 
ter. Brother  Yount  came  and  helped  us;  he 
commenced  Monday  evening,  Nov,  11th.  On 
Wednesday  night  three  came  forward,  and  on 
Thursday  they  were  baptized.  Thursday, 
he  said  would  be  the  hist  night,  but  the  inter- 
est seemed  good;  he  then  concluded  to  stay 
over  Sunday.  Right  here  some  of  our  Breth- 
ren's joy  was  turned  to  mourning;  our  deacon, 
brother  David  Baker  was  attending  meeting 
and  enjoying  himself,  when  on  Thureday  even- 
ing the  news  came,  that  his  little  boy  was  very 
sick.  After  meeting  he  started  home;  had 
fourteen  miles  to  go,  and  he  wm  forly  minutes 
too  late  to  see  liia  hoy  alive.  He  died  with  the 
diphtheria.  On  Saturday  brother  Yount  preach- 
ed the  funeral,  to  a  very  interesting  crowd  of 
people.  Back  to  our  meeting  at  home  again.— 
Sunday  night,  two  more  came  out.  Met  on 
Monday,  and  had  meeting,  two  more  were  will- 
ing to  go  along,  and  were  baptized.  Monday 
night  three  more  were  wiling  to  follow  the  ex- 
ample of  the  Lord.  Tuesday  they  were  bap 
tized.  and  Tuesday  night  was  his  last  sermon. 
There  were  others  almost  ready  to  go.  He 
I  worked  faithful;  and  ho  saw  our  situation,  our 
building,  that  we  were  four  years  at  work  at, 
it  seemed  had  been  shaken,  and  he  felt  that  it 
took  work  Iu  git  it  =olid  again.     I  felt   cncour- 


From  the  English    Prairie  Church. 

ON  the  Sth  our  meeting  was  held  in  the  Eng- 
lish Prairie  church.    The  attendance  was 


large.  Services  were  opened  hy  singing  and 
prayer.  Uncle  and  brother  Peter  Long  chose 
for  his  subject  Philippians  2:  it,  10.  The  name 
of  Jesus  should  be.  antl  is  very  great.  What 
Christian  has  not  read  the  life  and  death  of  Je- 
sus, without  a  tear,  not  thinking  that  his  name 
is  exalted  and  sweet?  The  adversary  is  groat, 
he  goeth  about  "Seeking  whom  he  may  de- 
vour." But  the  name  of  Jesus  is  more  exalt- 
ed, it  reaches  beyond  the  confines  of  this  world. 
Wliy  should  we  be  ashamed  to  name  the  name 
of  Jesus,  when  it  is  above  every  other  name? 
Brother  Burger,  from  Ohio,  closed  with  well- 
timed,  and  pointed  remarks;  that  daily  mortals 
are  passing  from  the  stage  of  action,  and  how 
unspeakably  happy  are  those  that  have  named 
the  name  of  Jesus.  It  is  Gol's  will,  that  all 
should  be  saved.  He  does  not  want  one  soul  to 
be  lost.  There  are  two  roads  we  are  all  to 
choose,  one  or  the  other;  would  that  all  would 
name  the  name  of  Jesus,  that  the  portals 
of  heaven  can  be  reached.  Meeting  closed 
with  prayer,  and  singing  the  380th  hymn. 

We  again  met  in  the  evening  lor  worship.— 
Brother  Truly  addressed  the  congregation, 
from  the  same  subject.  He  said  the  subject  is 
inexhaustible.  The  name  of  Jesus  is  so 
exalted;  and  told  U8  why  his  name  is  exalted 
and  necesaarv  that  it  should  be. 
HOME. 
We  will  close  with  saying  a  few  words  in  re- 
gard to  onr  earthly  honii*,  where  we  all  need 
asisislauce  and  encouragement  to  keep  us  in  the 


Report  of  Meetings  near  Fredericksburg, 
Chickcsaw  Co,,  Iowa. 

ON  Sunday,  Nov.  ITtli,  brethren  Joseph  Ogg 
and  William  Hipes,  of  Minn.,  commenc- 
ed a  series  of  meetings,  at  the  above  named 
place,  and  continued  until  Wednesday  evening, 
Nov.  20th. 

On  Friday  evening  I  commenced  and  contin- 
ued till  the  evening  of  the  27th,  making  in  all 
thirteen  mt><!lings.  The  turnout  was  large  and 
order  was  good.  The  result  wiw,  four  baptized 
and  many  more  near  the  kingdom. 

Brother  Hipes  is  said  to  have  delivered  a  con- 
vincing discourse  on  the  Lord's  Supper,  whilst 
brother  Ogg  caused  quite  a  commotion  in  the 
Freemason  camp.  The  ministering  brethren 
having  broken  the  ice,  I  had  comparatively 
easy  work.  The  people  being  mo4ly  single 
immorsionists,  I  delivered  a  discourse  on  trine 
immersion.  Some  of  the  |)eople  seemed  to  be 
a.-itonished,  that  so  much  could  be  said  in  favor 
of  trine  immersion;  although  the  half  was  not 
told.  There  are  now  fifteen  members  in  Chick 
saw  Co.,  with  a  very  good  prospect  for  more, 
but  no  preacher. 

The  Stein  and  Ray  Debate  seems  to  be  doing 
a  good  work  at  the  above  named  place.  Also 
the  Brethren's  pamphlets.  Send  them  on 
brethren,  and  if  we  can't  send  preachers  in  the 
presence  of  men,  we  can  have  those  silent  mes- 
sengers of  the  pen  and  press  preached  to  the 
people  in  such  places  as  the  above,  and  much 
good  can  be  done  in  that  way. 


W.  J.  H.  Bacmak. 


Notice. 

WilEHEAS.  at  the  last  District  Meeting 
held  Hi  the  Southern  District  of  Indiana, 
George  W.  Studebakcr,  John  H.  Caylor  and 
David  Bowman,  were  appointed  a  committee  to 
take  into  consideration  the  propriety  of  procur- 
ing a  farm  with  suitable  buildings  thereon,  for 
the  purpose  of  keeping  more  comfortably  than 
heretofore,  the  unfortunate  poor  members  who 
are  permanent  church  charges. 

Whereupon  we,  the  committee  orgauixed  on 
the  8th  day  of  Nov.,  1S7S,  and  appointed  Da- 
vid Bowman,  clerk,  and  ordered  that  the  house- 
keeper of  the  different  branches  of  the  church 
in  Southern  Indiana,  he  requested  to  present 
tbe  matter  to  their  churches  and  instruct  tlieir 


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TTTT<:    BREXHKEISr    ^X    WOKK. 


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d^legat*-*  to  thp  next  District  Meeting  relfttivc- 
thereto,  nt  which  lime  ojid  place  thi»  comniit- 
tee  will  report  progrem.  By  order  of  the  com- 
mitte*.  David  Bowmak,  Clerk. 

Echoes  from  the  West. 

Our  Series  of  meetings— A  Olorious  Season— 
A  Noble  Elfort— A  Few  Crumbi  of  the  Seed 
SuwB. 

Nu.  rv. 
)K<)THEI{  D.  a  (Jibrton.  of  Porrin,  Mo., 
<:umo  to  m  on  the  2nd  of  IK-o.,  and  com- 
.■d  n  itcriL-s  of  iiipetingi  tho  «ame  evcming. 
and  (  ontinued  till  th<-  I2th,  The  ordf^r, attt-nd- 
sncp  (uid  ntt^ntion  wer«  mowt  pxwdjcnt  during 
thi-  wholf  timi-  of  thow  mf^tiiigH.  The  jireach- 
ing  wftfl  good— touching  «nd  infitinj?,  and  vriu 
much  appreciated  by  both  Knint  and  Binnt^r. — 
Thf  n-tnlt  in,  that  foiirff-ii  pn-cioiiH  hoiiIh  wi-re 
made  willing  t^j  put  on  (;bri>tt  in  bfiptiHm.  to 
wttik  in  newness  of  life.  ThiH  wn*i,  in-Ieed.  « 
featt  of  fat  things  to  im.  The  groat^ist  revival 
that  t)ii«  church  has  n-alizird  since  its  organiz- 
ation, t^n  years  ago.  Tlie  chwrcli  hfw  bi-en 
much  revived. 

Tho  church  at  FnlU  t-itv,  hat  had  a  glorioun 
neaion;  father*i  and  molherM  have  hoi-n  m;nle  to 
weep  for  joy,  iw  they  wilncHHed  tl»-'ir  children 
coming  to  the  Savior,  taking  tho  ne&'*<t[iry 
i!t«j)H  to  have  their  namr-H  writi^-n  in  the  great 
church  hitoU  of  et^rnnl  life.  Not  only  Kreth- 
ren'"  children,  hut  other.n,  aUo,  have  been  made 
to  feel  the  ])OWer  of  (lod'fi  work,  and  become 
willing  to  obey  theOoupcl, 

The  cliurch  anil  rnirii><t.erH  Heenii-d  t»»  wrtrk 
NO  harrnonioiiNly  together,  that  it  waH  t-nuugh, 
of  iUii-lf,  to  infiiKe  new  life  iinfl  energy  into 
the  moKt  indifferenl  in  the  cauHe.  Krotlier 
Qihson'M  ffTort  wan  far  from  being  ftnythiiig 
tdse  thiui  iiolde.  lie  luhored  witli  all  the  pow- 
er UTid  energy  given  him;  juhI  t<t  11)1  it  seemed 
a.t  if  lie  c'Mild  not,  poHnibly,  long  endure  to  la- 
bor at  be  did  hen-,  althuiigb,  lie  neenied  to  he  in 
a  tiettc-r  condition  phyHicatly  at  the  cloNe  than 
when  ho  came. 

Truth  wriM  the  theme  of  liltt  fli-nt  diacouroe. 
Whatii  tnifli?  .John  Ifl:  38,  is  a  (juention  of 
Pilate.  ThiH  was  unKVvered  in  a  logical  man- 
ner. Proof  text,  John  17,  "Thy  word  ih  truth." 
S.  The  sanctifying  irillucnce  of  divino  tiuth. 
1  PeliT  1;  22,  "  Seeing  ye  have  purilied  ycmr 
souh  in  obeying  the  truth;"  John  17,  "  Sancti- 
fy them  through  tho  truth." 

.'1.  The  remilt  of  obudience  to  the  truth:— 
Freed. tin  from  Hiii— "Tho  truth  nIuiII  make  you 
free.  J(j|in  S;  ,'12.  Truth  docK  not  admit  of  any 
CDiuinirison.  It  cannot  he  nnidu  more  true, 
neither  can  it  he  made  any  Iuhh  true.  It  docH 
not  Jidniit  of  impi-ovenieiit,  eitlior  hy  adding 
to,  01'  tiiking  from,  but  is  perfect  within  itself. 
Itev.  22:  IK,  in,  declaring,  "  If  any  man  shall 
ndd  unto  thcKt'  things;"'— meaning  truth— "(lod 
sliall  add  unto  him  tho  plagueH  that  are  written 
in  thi(i  book."'  "  Any  mmi  taking  froui  the 
words  tjf  this  book,  or  prophecy,  God  shall 
take  away  bin  part  out  of  the  book  of  life,  and 
out  of  tliP  Holy  City,  and  from  the  tilings  tluit 
arc  written  in  this  Hook,"  \»  us  much  truth  an 
any  other  i)iirt  ol  (Jod's  wonl. 

To  ilo  iiiiy  les«  than  the  truth  demands,  is 
doing  b-ds  lihin  Hod  waiitii  us  to  do.  To  do 
more  thitii  the  truth  demands,  is  doing  more 
than  (Jud  wuiit.s  m  to  do.  Either  would  he 
wanting.  God  jiistiisks  of  us  what  ho  wants 
US  to  obey,  ncitlier  moi-o  nor  I«»h. 

1.  \Vu  ought  to  bo  sure  that  wo  have  tho 
truth. 

2.  That  we  have  iiothiup  more  than  the 
truth. 

3.  We  ought  to  bo  careful  and  not  mix 
truth  and  error  together;  for  Satan  did  that, 
and  to  do  HO,  would  be  following  the  example 
of  Satan. 

To  be  a  half  way  Christian,  will  only  make 
somebody  believe  that  wo  are  poor  readers,  or 
that  we  are  not  siucore  in  what  wo  do.  or  that 
the  chiMa<»  or  «oin-body  else  gota  hold  of  our 
Uible,  and  tore  out  some  leaves,  so  that  it  does 
not  contain  tho  whole  truth. 

0.  I'\.UN-KY. 


we  went  to  the  water  and  baptized  one  swUjr.  jcoromitt*^;  of  arrangements  could  not  make 
On  Saturday  we  commence  preaching  again. ,  final  settlement,  nor  the  clerk  luroish  his  r^ 
and  preached  m^ven  iermomi;  holding  forth  the  I  t^rt-  Henc«  the  delay.  The  report  will  prot>- 
word  with  such  power,  that  another  soul  wm  j  ably  i*e  made  t«for*f  long.  The  chorche^  yet 
made  willing  to  come  out  and  sene  the  Lord,  I  in  arrears  will  have  to  pay  up.  bo  that  the  ex- 
and  many  more  were  made  to  weep,  who.  we  J  pen^es  and  overplus,  what  there  may  he.  can 
are  made  to  believe,  anr  almost  perauaded.—  |  be  equali7,ed  among  all  lhe_  churches.  mis 
Brethren  come  over  and  help  u».  We  now 
number  nine,   four   brothere  and   five   sister?. 


Mretbren  come  and  preach  for  ns,  do  not  let 
the  good  «ed  that  has  l>een  sown,  be  plucked 
up  hy  fwme  of  thew?  "iumi".  The  brethren 
prearfaed  on  Friday  night  and  left  the  next 
morning.  May  the  gof>d  Lord  bless  thein,  is 
the  prayer  of  yoor  brother, 

Davifi  H.  Kbi.i.y. 
Dm.  Wh,  1H7H. 

From  J.  S.  Flory, 


Ihar  JirHhren: — 

WE  will  drop  a  few  line»  concerning  our 
visits  among  the  brethren  .tince  here. 
On  Saturday  before  the  last  Sunday  in  Xov., 
IJro.  Frank  Holsinger  took  me  to  his  home, 
about  five  miles  from  the  city,  acroaa  the  state 
line  into  Kanttas.  IJrother  Ilol.singer  haa  a  fine 
location,  and  nursffry  htisinexs  to  a  conHiderable 
extent.  His  father  and  mother  also  reside 
with  bim,  and  are  members  of  tho  church. — 
Sisti'r  HoiHinger  is  a  daughter  of  elder  Long, 
of  Maryland.  Meeting  in  school-house  at 
night,  also  twice  on  Sunday.  There  are  some 
eight  or  t^-n  members  in  the  neighborhood,  and 
a  good  prospect  for  mon-.  if  they  had  a  resident 
minister.  Who  will  be  moved  to  como  and 
locat*'  there,  and  help  by  the  grace  of  Ood,  to 
build  up  the  church  P 

On  tlie  following  Saturday,  about   5   o'clock 

in  the   morning,  we  took  the  train  lor   Cent«r- 

iew.  Mo.,  where  we  arrived  about  8  o'clock. — 

At  the  depot  we   met   brother  A.   Hutchinson 

and  other   brethren.      It    wiis   indeed   a   glad 

meeting  with  brother  Hutchinson   and    family, 

after  a  separation   of  six  years.      Owing  to  a 

severe  (tnow-storm    setting    in,   there    was   no 

meeting  that  night.     We  tlien   had  two  ap- 

I>ointmentrt  for  the  next  day  at  the    Brethren's 

nieeting-bousc,     Ilrothcr  S.   S.  Mohlcr    and 

brother   J.   Crumpacker  (my   brother-in-law), 

from  Cornelia,  Mo.,  were  also  in    attendance. — 

Owing  to  the  inclemency  of  the  weather,  the 

atteiirtlince  was  not  so    largo;    nevertheless  we 

I  had  a  pleasant  intercourse  with   the  niemben) 

and  friends  i)f  that   locality;  and   felt    that    it 

waa  good  to  be  there.     We  returned   to  the 

city   Monday  morning.      Saturday  following, 

brothi-r  llolsinger  again  came  to  my  door  while 

it  was  snowing  severely,  and  .taid  I  must  go 

with  him  as  appointments  were    mode.      Two 

meetings  Sunday.      Keturnod   again    Monday 

morning.     Have  calls  from  dillerent  directions. 

tifcome  and  preach  for  them,  but  we  can   not 

po.tsibly  lill  hut  few  such  calls.    It  im  8uri>ns- 

ing  how  rapidly  tho  church   is  spreading  over 

this  great  western  country.    From  emigrations 

and  conversions,  congregations  are  springing 

up  throughout  the  land.     Wo    hope   the    pnic- 

tical    i)rinciides   of    the   Gospel    and     peculiar 

churncU'ristics  of  the  clniroh,   will   keep     pace 

with  the  prosperity  of  our  beloved  brotherhood, 

that  from  tho   outward   evidences,   it   may  be 

known,  tho  inner  life  is  indeed    consecrated    to 

Ood  and  weaned  from  the  world. 

Kmxms  Citif,  Mo.,  Dec  12th,  JH7S. 


will  be  fairaeSB.  A  Leeuy.  Cor.  Sec. 

Notice  to  Southern  District  of  Ind. 

OL'K  nii^sionarj-  funds  being  about  exhaust- 
H.  and  as  the  brethren  appointed  on  the 
Southern  Million,  expect  to  make  another  trip 
to  their  field  of  labor  soon,  we  are  compelled 
to  call  on  the  different  congregations  of  South- 
em  Indiana,  for  more  funds.  Several  congre- 
gations have  not  responded  to  the  call  made 
last  Spring.  We  hope  that  all  ehurcbes  know- 
ing themselves  delinquent,  and  those  that  have 
not  responded  to  the  call  made  last  Spring, 
will,  as  soon  as  circumstances  will  admit,  re- 
spond to  this  call.  8.s  the  money  is  needed.— 
Send  it  to  B.  F.  Koons,  Nettle  Creek,  Wayne 
Co..  Ind. 

The  following  is  the   quota  of  each   congre- 
gation : 

Upper  Fall  Creek, 

Piermont, 

Mississinawa, 

Owen  Co. 

Beech  Grove, 

Stony  Creek, 

Middle  Fork  Wild  Cat 

Four  Mile 

Lower  Fall  Creek, IW 

Buck  Creek IS^* 

Howard  Co., 2.00 

Raccoon, 2.00 

Nettle  Creek 10.00 

Potato  Creek, '5 

Cicero 200 

KillBuck, 1.50 

By   order   of  the    ('ommitteeon   ways    and 
means.  W.  R.  Deeter,  Clerk. 

Xov.  Jflh,  l>uH. 


$2.00 
2.50 
4.00 
2.00 
1.00 
1.50 
4.00 
1.50 


lousiness  tlrparfmtnf. 


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■•1|>lng  h»»'!.  •oJ  Jo  K>vi  \->  lb*  yr. 


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P.kl'l:a«  9KXT  TO  THE  POOIL  — Below   ^,  „^ 

InllUI.  ..nij  ,  ni.a  !■! J  for  oMot  the  nlnre  ftltiij.  tylT^ 
Ur  ■  TMF  Tor  llie  lanor  ;  °    - 


DIED. 

Obituaries  should  be  brier,  written  on  but  one  side  of  the 
pappr.  »ni]  separale  from  all  other  business. 


A  Reminder. 


From  Exeter,  Fillmore  Co.,  Neb. 

1  WILL  give  you  a  short  sketch  of  our  meet- 
ings here  in  the   far  West:     Bretliron    S. 
C.  Stump,  of  Falls  City.  Nebraska,  mul   Urias 
Shick.  of    Beatrice,  Nebraska,  cauie    to    us   on 
the  2Sth  of  Nov..  to  hold  a  series   of  meetings. 
Had  preaching  that  eveuing.  at  our  school- 
house  to  an  attentive  congregation.    On   Fri- 
day night  went  to  hear  a  minister  of  the  M  E 
fraternity.  He  gave  us  a  lecture  on  the  plagues     „.,„^  ......._„..    _.    ....    ...,...,,,  ,,,,,., 

Of  Nebraska.    On  the  same  day  at   10  o'clock,    not  yet   paid   in   from  several   churches,   the 


11HE  notice  given  in  tho  Buktuhpn  at  Wquk, 
in  1877,  and  the  first  iiuniher  of  the  I'vim- 
Hire  ChrUtian,  iu  187S,  in  relation  to  the  Al- 
haugh  poor  fund,  still  stttiids  open.  More 
mon«y  in  the  committee's  hands  to  contribute 
to  poor  churches  that  come  under  the  provis- 
ions of  tlio  will.  And  in  order  to  avoid  much 
unnccetisiiry  corrc-pondeiice  it  is  proper  to  state 
that  individuals  and  rich  churches  need  not 
a|ipiy.  But  those  churches  composed  mainly 
of  poor  persons,  barely  able  to  provide  for 
thonisolves.  and  not  well  able  to  provide  for 
their  still  poorer  members  and  neighbors,  are 
the  churclies  to  be  benefited  by  the  provisions 
of  the  will,  anduH  such  will  please  send  their 
appHcatioua  to  the  uudei-signed,  when  the 
committee  will  act  upon  it. 
By  order  of  the  committee. 

*  IUmu  Bowman. 


Report  of  Annual  Meeting  Expenses. 

NO  doubt  many  Brethren  have  been  onxious- 
ly  waiting  to  see  the  report.  It  was  ex- 
pect^-d  ere  this  time,  that  tlie  report  would  have 
been  published,  but  in  consetjuenco  of  there 
being  between  four  and   live   hundred  dollai-s 


LAV  Y.~In  the  Upper  Stillwater  church,  Mi- 
ami Co.,  Ohio,  Nov.  3nd,  1S76.  son  of  broth- 
er George  mid  sister  Lavy,  aged  2  years,  5 
months  and  2:5  days.  Disease  diphtheria. 
Funeral  discourse  from  1  Peter  1,  by  the 
brethren. 

L.WY.— Also  in  the  same  family,  David  Wil- 
son Lavy,  aged  1  year  and  5  days,  of  the 
same  disease.  Funeral  discourse  from  Job 
14:  1.  2,  by  the  brethren. 

EsiANURL  Hoover. 

LOHMAN. — In  the  hounds  of  the  Arnold's 
Grove  church,  Dec.  13th,  Joel  Lea,  son  of 
brother  George  W.  Lohman,  aged  2  years, 
3  months  and  !)  days.  Funeral  services  on 
the  14th,  by  the  brethren,  from  1  Cor.  15:  22, 
J.  J.  Emmebt. 

LA  IIICK.-On  Rock  Creek,  San  Luis  Valley, 
liio  Grande  Co.,  Colorado,  Joanna,  daughter 
of  brother  Henry  and  sister  Larick,  aged  9 
years,  10  mouths  and  IS  days.  Funeral  dis- 
course was  preached  by  the  writer,  to  an  or- 
derly congregation.  M.  M.  B.^sHoll. 
SWITZER.— In  the  I'anther  Creek  church, 
Woodford  Co.,  III.,  December  :ird,  Ida  V. 
Switzer,  daughter  of  brother  James  and  sis- 
ter Mary  F.  Switzer,  aged  5  years  and  11 
days. 

We  have  had  eight  cases  of  diphtheria  in 
our  neighborhood,  that  fell  into  the  hands  of 
the  doctors,  8i.\  of  the  eight  are  now  sleeping 
in  the  dust  of  the  earth.  How  lonesome  we 
feel  since  our  little  Ida  is  gone. 

Jaues  R.  Gish. 
BURGER.— Near  Keota,  Washington  Co., 
Iowa,  Nov.  19th,  1878,  of  membranous  diph- 
theria, Almira  Jaue,  daughter  of  brother 
Joseph  and  sister  Salinda  Burger,  aged  0 
years,  7 months  and  1  day.  Funeral  servic- 
es hy  elder  John  Thomas. 

Amelia  C.  Nopzioer. 
NEHER,— In  the  Osage  congregation,  Craw- 
ford Co.,  Kansas,  Nov.  7th,  1S78,  Willie,  son 
of  brother  David  and  sister  Christina  Ne  her, 
aged  4  years  and  2  days.  Funeral  services 
by  the  brethren.  D.  D.  Shivelv. 

SWINK.— In    the  English   River  congrej?a- 
tion,  Keokuk  Co..  Iowa,  Dec  9th,  lS7S.S;mi- 
mie  E..  son  of  friend  Oliver  and  sister  Bur 
bara  Swink  aged   one  year,   11   months  and 
2;J  days.     Funeral  services  by  elder  Jacob 
Brower,  from  John  11:  23. 
Thus  littU-  Sammie   who  seemed  so  near 
and  dear  to  the   family   and  relatives,  was  of 
short  duration,  and  is  now  gone  to  Jeaus,   to 
ever  dwell  with  him.  Sami-el  Floey. 


OUTSIDERS    FOND. 


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P.  M.,  and  arrives  in  Racii 


ivea  Lanitrk    t(|* 
4!)  P.  M. 
Day  pfLie^nger  train  going  west  leiites  Lnnark  M  ii:W  < 

M.,  ami  arrives  al  llock  Island    «  S:6y  P.  M 
Night  p,ia§eugBr  trains,   going  eo^'i   unu  wmI,  bM'  *^- 
leare  Lanark  a(  :J:18  A.  SI  ,  nrriving  in  Iwcioeal  9  ' 
A.   M..  and   at   Rook  IsIanJ  nt  UrUH  A.  SI. 
Freight  and  Ac-commodalion    Trnjne    will    run    """'  ■ 
12:  10  A,  .M,.    8:10  A.  M.  and   Mat    at  12:10A' 
and  fi:  15  P.  M. 
Tirko's  nrc  a,-.d   for  al.-'Te   trains   only,    rwitor' 
trains  make  ciose  oonneolion  ot  Wcsierb  Union  Ju"'""" 
0.  A.  Smith,  Ai«'' 


PiWseiiKera  for  Cliicago  siiould  lenve  I-nn^J^ ' 
1-2:21  P.M.;  run  to  the  Westeru   riiion  .1""'''"^" 
hei-Q  tliey  nei>,l  Wiiit  liut  live  iiiinuleH  fi.r  •>-  ' 
cage.  illhv:.ukee  iiiui  st.  I'.uil  |,.i,seii;;.'i  : 
thus  reacli  Cliic:,;..,  ,it  7  4",  tin- -imie   '■*' 
reach  I.uniirk  Innu  t  liifac:"'  g"  to  I't.   U  ■>> 
l>ot.  t;ik.'   the   Cliifa^'n,   MUwaukee   ami  ^'-,'u 
tmi.i  ;.t  liv.-  in  tl,.-  rvniins:    run   Nortil  to  tlie* 
l-'..hiiK-Unri.  .■li;tTn;.-,'ar9  for  Lanark,  »""  *" 
hereat  2:i'i  m  the  luyniing. 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


•'Behold  I  Bring  You  Oood  Tidings  of  Great  Joy,  which  Shall  he  to  All  People."  —  Lckk  2:  10. 


vol.  IV. 


Lanark,  111.,  January  9, 1879. 


No.  2. 


Bretlireii  at  Work. 


EDITED 


AND  PUBLISHBU  WEEKLY 


MOORE    &    M.  M.   ESHELMAN. 
SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS; 

,„K        ------       LADOGA.,  IND. 

*■"'        ,.. XKWTONIA,  MO. 

"■  _,,,•         - VIRDEN.  ILL. 

\eirrzEii. waykeshoho,  pa. 

^.^   .     LE-^K, UllBANA.    ILL. 

px^^  ^- 

'    ~^    LONGINGS. 

I  liiup  1"!  sfit'iiytli.  O  Lord, 
l^i.r  siientrlli  Lo  rise  to  Thee. 

I  loiiLilV.rsiylil.O  1-tird, 
Ktiiaiyht  thy  face  to  see. 

llcmgfoi'  life,  ()  I.Miil, 
For  life  tlint  Thou  didst  give. 

1  long  to\-  grace,  0  Lord, 
I"or  giace  that  life  to  live. 

1  |,,]i4  !■'!  i"';i.T.  0  1-oi-d, 
Km  |.(Mii'  tint  kimw.s  no  end, 

1  i,>iii:  iiH  I..N.-.  Ol-ord. 
l-'iu  tovp  tlmt  Tliou  (lost  aemV 

1  hmp  for  hoiip,  O  I.oid, 
Tor  hupe  in  Thy  jfreat  love ; 

I  long  lor  fiiilh,  (3  Lord; 
For  faith  to  rise  nhove. 

I  long  I'fi'  'Pill.  O  Lord, 
For  zeal  in  Thy  great  ciinse ; 

1  long  for  light,  t)  Lord. 
For  liglit  to  Jpurn  Thy  laws. 

1  long  for  Christ.  0  Lord, 
For  (Christ  who  died  for  me. 

1  long  for  rest.  0  Lord, 
For  riist  eternally. 

I  loiij,'  for  Tiict'.  0  Lord, 
Fni  'rii..-e.  lov  Thee  I  long; 

Wlieii  hliJill  1  luid  in  Thee, 
Tilt'  hnrden  of  my  songV 

Selected  by  D.  IC,  U. 


rolls  away,  we  may  be  ready  to  meet  death  with 
A  welcome.  0  may  God  help  us  to  Hve  near 
him,  may  we  live  in  daily  and  hourly  commun- 
ion with  him.  To  yon,  dear  unconverted  read- 
er, let  me  beseech  you  to  no  longer  delay  your 
return  to  God,  hut  come  at  the  comraencenieut 
of  this  new  year  ami  dedicate  your  hearts  to 
God,  and  may  you  who  read  and  I  who  write 
tliese  words,  so  spend  our  days  here  that  should 
your  eyes  be  closed  in  death,  and  the  fingei-s 
that  write  these  Hues  lay  motionless  in  the  tomb 
before  iiuotlier  new  yejir  comes,  that  we  tuay 
meet  at  God's  right  hand  and  sing  his  praise 
evermore.  May  God  help  you  to  receive  this 
exhortation,  and  help  you  to  remember  tliat 
you  are  responsible  to  him  for  what  you  read, 
and  the  improvement  you  make  of  it;  and  may 
I  remember  that  I  must  meet  what  I  write  at 
the  judgment  bar  of  God. 


lightenmeut,  and  salvation  from  their  terrible 
thralldom.  I  will  present  the  subject  to  the 
onsideratiou  of  your  readers  at  an    early  day. 


LIGHT. 


RY  LIZZIE  B.  MYERS. 


THOUGHTS  AGAINST  INFI- 
DELITY. 

bY  H.  C.  LVrAS, 

IHAVE  for  sometime  been  wondering  v 
some  of  the  able  contributors  to  the  col- 
\unns  of  the  Brethren  at  Wohk,  have  not 
said  more  in  regard  and  agamst  tho  iucrea.>iing 
tendency  to  infidelity  among  the  people  of  this 
so-called  and  enligtened  age  It  is  undeniably 
true,  that  there  is  a  continual  strengthening 
and  growing  of  intidel,  atheistic  and  free-think- 
ing notions  among  the  people  in  many  ueigli 
borhoods. 

■f 


A  NEW  YEARS  EXHORTATION. 

JiY  .\MOS  CHAMItEKLlN. 

ANOTHER  year  is  past  and  gone,  never  to 
return.  Oh  how  swiftly  time  flies,  hours 
days,  weeks,  months  and  years  pass  in  rapid 
succeision.  Yes,  lime  passes  rapidly  away,  and 
with  it«  rapid  flight  carries  us  on  to  the  great 
boiindles'i  ocean  of  eternity.  As  we  look  hack 
over  tlie  |)ast  year,  what  mixture  of  joy.  grief, 
sorrow,  pieiisure  and  pain.  We  behold  liow 
many  triiils,  temptations  we  have  safely  passed 
tlirmigli,  by  tbefgrace  of  our  God.  who  13  ever 
iUe  Hiid  willing  to  sucor  us  if  we  but  trust  him. 
till,  bow  thankful  we  should  be  to  him  for  the 
innumerable  blessings  he  has  btstowed  upon 
u<  iu  Ihe  year  that  has  just  rolled  away.  While 
we  have  been  spared  to  see  the  year  1S78  pass 
iiray,  many  of  our  fellow-beings  have  gone  to 
etemity.  Yes,  all  around  us  death  has  been  do- 
ing it^  work,  and  how  solemn  Ihe  thought,  that 
lii^cy  thousands  of  those  who  fell  by  the  very 
Hud  ot  death,  have  gone  to  the  unseen  world 
"Dprepiired  to  meet  God  in  peuee. 

It  is  now  a  fitting  time  to  consider  our  past 
"'e^-  How  have  we  si)eut  the  past  year?  Has 
't  Wit  our  chief  concern  to  live  for  heaven? 
'o  ii  word  have  we  spent  the  past  year  to  the 
j'^'icr  aiid  glory  of  God  ?  If  we  have  it  is  well. 
""'  ill  looking  back  over  the  past  year  we  will 
'id  Uiany  misteps,  many  unkind  words,  and 
'^^'  '''*'*■  l>rotherly  kindnes8.[Do  we  shudder  at 
""rremembnmcoof  the  past?  How  would  wt- 
*«!  just  now  sliouid  the  Master  of  solemn  a.--- 
^'"blie.  appear:-'  Are  we  ready?  Have  Me 
jjiirlamp  trimmed  and  burning?  Have  we  on 
'^w^ddin:;garme'at..§ready  to  enter  into  the 
""^niago  supper  of  tho  Umb?  Oh.  let  us  prof- 
'"•y  the  past. 

I  ■  **"  ^'^  "'^  t^o  un  encement  of  the  new  year. 
'^  -itdicate  anew  our  hearts  to  God.  and  strive 
(jj  /■  -^' *^^'" 'leaven  and  eternal  happiness;  so 
^^«  should  it  be  God's  will  to  call  us  to  anoth- 
'""^''1  IjV  tlie  hand  of  death,  ere  another  year 


The  excuses  presented  by  the  adversary 
souls  to  the  miuds  of  those  who  do  not  prut'e^ 
Christianity,  are  very  numerous  and  many  of 
thera  are  very  puerile.  Y'et,  to  the  uninformed 
mind,  these  weak  and  groundless  cavils  are  hut 
too  Weighty  in  many  instances. 

Another  reason  that  these  dark  doctrines  are 
getting  foothold,  is.  that  the  professor  of  relig 
ion  is  often  unable  to  answer  the  feeble  objec- 
tions of  some  disbeliever.  Professors  of  Chris- 
tianity should  be  enlightened  upon  the  evidences 
of  the  same  and  always  be  able  to  "  give  a  rea- 
son of  the  hope  within  you."  They  should  be 
able  to  point  to  the  many  prophecies  and  their 
signal  fulfillment.  The  weak  and  unfounded 
icavils  of  disbelievers  should  be  taken  nj)  and 
answered  both  publicly  from  the  pulpit  and 
in-ivately  by  the  fireside.  Light  is  never  a.sliam- 
ed  of  more  light, — but  darkness  shuns  light.— 
does  not  desire  investigation.  Truth,  though 
kept  iu  the  dark  for  centuries  will  finally  be  ex- 
posed to  the  rays  of  light. 

A  noted  writer  on  infidelity,  has  said  that 
tliere  are  two  causes  for  unbelief  of  the  testi- 
ninny  of  the  sacred  writings:  1st,  man's  hatred 
towards  God,  and,  2nd,  his  lack  of  information. 
The  apostle  said. '*  the  carnal  mind  is  enmity 
against  God,"  and  Christ  said,  "men  have  loved 
darkness  better  than  light."  So  these  are  good 
reasons  why  men  naturally  wander  further  from 
God,  and  are  not  inclined  to  seek  him. 

I  suppose  it  has  always  been  the  case  to  a 
greater  or  less  extent;  but  Paul  enumerates 
among  the  signs  of  the  coming  of  Christ,  that, 
"men  shall  be  lovers  of  their  own  selves,"  and 
putting  this  and  the  foregoing  passages  togeth- 
er it  is  not  surprising  that  tliere  are  many  de- 
nying the  truthfulness  of  our  sacred  Record 
and  Kevelatioii  of  Jesus  Christ. 

A  word  to  the  follower  of  the  Master.  There 
are  many  things  to  draw  our  attention  and  ser- 
vice from  the  despised  Na/.arene,  but  let  us  not 
falter  or  flinch  from  any  known  du*y  and  the 
promise  of  the  reward, — heirship  with  Christ 
will  not  fail.  Tliere  are  many  commotion-- 
around  ua,  but  let  tliem  not  cause  us  to  lessen 
our  devotion,  or  to  disregard  our  vows  to  the 
kind  Master, 

For  some  time  I  have  had  In  consideration  a 
project  which  1  think  if  carried  out  would  be 
of  great  benefit  to  many  whoar-  in  darkness 
and  have  not  at  hand  the  adequate  meahs  of  en- 


"  And  fiod  said,  let  there  he  light,  and  thtire  wsus 
liglit"    (ien.  1:3. 

IN  the  beginning  of  the  creation,  when  the 
earth  wiis  without  form,  and  darkness  on 
the  face  of  the  deep,  how  soon  did  it  become 
necessary  to  have  light,  and  God  saw  that  it 
was  good,  which  is  aWo  the  experience  of  every 
living  soni  upon  the  face  of  the  earth. 

Taking  a  natural  view,    what   could  we   ac- 
complish if  we  had  not  tlie  great   lumiuftrj-  of 
the  day  to  give  us  light.    How  dreary   when 
the  sun  does  not  shine  for  several  days,  and  how 
wp  long  to  see  his   brilliant   rays,  chceviug   all 
nature  and  rousing  tlie  very   soul    to  new   lite, 
and  should  call  forth  praise   and   thanksgiving 
from  every  heart;  this  it  will   wherever  God 
blessings  are  duly  appreciated.    As  we  havo  the 
sun  to  light  this  world   naturally,  so  God   h:is 
noc  left  us  in  darkness  spiritually,  but  has  pro- 
vided us  jigaiu  with  the  necessary   Light,-r-his 
Son,  of  whom  John  said.  "  That  was   the  true 
light  which  Ughteth    every    man    that   cumelh 
into  the  world."    Then  thi  iiuesiion  arises,  why 
are  so  many  walking  in  darkness?     "The  light 
shineth    in  darkness    and  the  darkness   com- 
prehendeth  it  not."     Here  is   where   the   great 
trouble  comes  in.     What  would  be  thought  of 
a  man  buihling  a  house  without  a  window,  and 
living  in  it  witrh  the  doors  closed?,   H«t  cpuld 
not  tell  whether  the  sun   was  shining  or  not. 
neither  would  he  care,  for  all  is  darkness  within. 
That  man  would  be  pronounced  a  maniac,   hut 
all  men  are  wiiier  naturally  than  to  put  up  such 
a  building.     How  careful  to  have  plenty  of  win- 
do  wr  to  give   light   iucide;  very   commendable 
too,  for  God  gave  the  light  for  us  to  enjoy  it. 

I  do  not  think  it  very  wise  either  to  curtain 
those  windows^fto  heavily  that  the  light  cannot 
penetrate  and  give  the  room  a  gloomy  apptsar- 
ance,  especially  in  the  Winter  season;  let  the 
sun  shine  in  all  you  can,  and  it  will  be  all  the 
more  cheerful  as  well  as  healthful.  Just  so  spir- 
itually. The  sinner,  while  he  closes  every  av- 
enue, bars  every  door  against  the  light  of  God, 
cannot  know  what  enjoyment  that  light  atTords, 
any  more  than  the  man  in  the  dark  house,  both 
will  be  unhealthy,  and  finally  must  perish. 
Then  open  wide  the  door  of  your  hearts  ye  un 
converted,  let  the  light  of  God  shine  iu  your 
hearUs;  walk  as  the  children  of  light  in  all  the 
ordinances  of  the  Lord  as  becometh  those  pro- 
fessing godliness,  and  the  reward  is  sure.  No 
one  need  have  any  doubts  who  is  obedient  to 
the  Master  in  all  things.  All  it  requires  is 
willing  mind,  the  denial  of  self,  submission  to 
the  will  of  God.  to  secure  the  crown  of  glory 
in  the  kingdom  of  heaven.  Why  not  purchase 
it  at  so  small  a  consideration  and  be  forever 
happy,  rather  than  suffer  an  eternity  of  misery, 
for  the  sake  of  a  tew  days  gratification  of  self 
and  the  enjoyment  this  world  aflords  outside  ot 
Christ?  Solomon  concluded  that  "all  waA  van- 
ity and  vexation  of  spirit. 
Nora  in. 


display  among  the  Brotherhood,  a«  many  oth- 
er schools  have  done  for  their  patrons;  but  the 
school  did  not  do  it  all.  And,  neither  will  our 
institutions  do  it  all.  And  just  in  the  same 
way  they  may  do  much  to  favor  both  plainnewi 
of  drew  and  plainness  of  speech,  but  yet  the 
school  will  not,  and  cannot  do  all  that  ia  done. 
We  have  school-houses  that  are   not   known 

by  that  name,  nm-  are  they  regarded  in  that 
light,  and  nearly  all  the  tniinhlg  a  man  or  wo- 
man gets,  is  got  there.  Those  place*  are  what 
we  call  our  homes,  by  way  of  altachment,  bat 
in  truth  they  are  onr  school-lmiisrs.  In  them 
are  tho  earliest,  deepest,  longest  and  strongest 
impressions  made  that  are  made. 


PLAINNESS  OF   SPEECH  UPON 
PLAINNESS  OF  DRESS 


UY  LANIIOX  WEST. 


nuoi 
XJ   yo 


KOTHKH  Moore,  in  No.  46,  we  read  of 
our  visit  to  Ashland  0,  and  the  i-eflec- 
tious  liud  while  viewing  the  Brethren's  Schofd 
Building.  We  endorse  every  conclusion  you 
made,  but  while  wo  do  this,  wc  hope  that  n.« 
one  will  attribute  every  deviation  from  plain 
nessof  dress,  to  the  one  factthit  the  Brethren 
have  a  school- ho n-*e.  Those  schools  ot"  th  • 
Brethren  may  do  much  to  increase  the  habit  o 


If  in  these  the  training  from  childhood  up, 
has  been  to  favor  plainness  of  attire.  Ashland 
nor  any  other  school,  will  be  disgraced  by  the 
vanity  of  its  graduates.  But,  if  the  atmosphere 
breathed  in  those  home  schools,  we  should  say, 
has  been  such  as  to  feed  the  desire  for  display 
in  biiildings,  homes,  carriages,  fnrniture,  cook- 
ery, clothing,  jewelry,  artificial  (wnaments,  &c.; 
you  may  rest  assured  that  it  will  take  the  long 
term  atthoseschoolsiind  that,  too,  underguard, 
to  pluck  up  the  tares  which  have  already  been 
sown.  The  school  mav  indeed  serve  as  a  kind 
of  scapegoat  to  lay  the  fault  upon;  but  the  poor 
goat  did  not  ootnUiit  the  Bin;  it  only  served  as 
an  instrument  to  lay  the  sin  on,  and  thus  i-ase 
tho  conscience  of  the  one  who  committed  it. 

In  our  little  observation,  we  notice  that  it  is 
not  always  where  the  plainest  parents  live,  that 
the  plainest  children  are  reannl.  Nor  do  we  >tee 
that  those  who  were  brought  up  outside  of  the 
Kurches'  training,  are  the  niuit  v.un.  And 
again;  neither  do  we  see  that  those  who  have 
the  most  education,  make  the  most  di.>play;  hut 
we  see  the  reverse,  more  gentlemen,  modesty 
and  humility.  Neither  do  we  see  tliow  who 
have  the  least  education,  show  the  least  vanity, 
but  (juite  the  reverse;  for  lu'rc  we  see  vanity, 
conceit,  stubbornness,  with  geuenilly  a  ntrong 
desire  to  display  Homething,  if  it  be  un  more 
tlnm  their  weakness.  And  in  this  last,  there  in 
scareely  ever  a  failure, — the  weakne^^s  is  shown. 

Wc  should  also  say,  that  the  teachers  in  our 
homes — school-houses  are  those  to  be  blamed 
for  thi;  evil  intluencca  at  work,  as  much  or  more 
than  the  teachers  in  the  higher  schools.  Be- 
cau.se  in  the  first  they  have  to  deal  with  the 
■raw  material  when  it  is  pliable,  plastic,  and  in 
the  hands  of  the  first  workmen;  but  In  the  sec- 
ond case  every  teacher  must  work  with  material 
that  has  already  been  worked,  perhaps  more 
than  once,  and  which  may  be  at  times,  itill  un- 
der the  first  hammer.  Iu  that  case  it  is  not 
I  a-'y  to  make  a  neat  job  of  it,  but  most  likely 
there  will  be  a  failure.simply  because  the  work- 
men did  not  work  (or  the  same  thing  and  in  the 
same  way.  Butlet  the  failure  be  great  or  ^mftl^ 
the  last  school  and  the  last  teacher  mu^it  bear 
the  sin  away,  when  by  right  it  should  have  been 
the  first, — the  parent. 

We  have  known  cases  where  ordained  elders 
made  a  great  ado  about  the  dress  of  their  mem- 
bers: and  when  asked  why  they  indulged  v.ui- 
ity  m  their  ()wn  children  at  home,  hiul  nti  more 
to  reply,  than  to  say  that  these  were  not  yet 
members  of  the  church.  This  was  just  the  way 
to  keep  thom  out  of  it,  an  1  why  they  were  not 
in  it. 

No  man  and  woman  can  be  said  to  rule  well 
their  own  house  when  they  go  plain  and  their 
children  in  the  tip'  of  fa>hion.  Thesr  vain 
things  all  cost  something,  and  s.nnebody  must 
buy  them,  and  .somebody  must  pay  for  them, 
ami  that  someboiiy  is  re-spousible  for  th**  deed 
done,  and  the  thing  won. 


It  is  easier  to  forgive  an  ancient  enemy  than 
tlie  friend  we  have  otIend<:d.  Our  resentment 
L-r.uvs  with  our  undesert,  and  we  feel  vindictive 
1. 1  due  degree  wlthourowndoubtsof  the  chnuce 
:(  finding  forgiveness. 


TCJflE    BItKTJH:iiE>r    AO.'    AVOKKl. 


Ja 


auarv 


CHRISTIAN  WANTS. 

Iwitot  my  ble»s*-<l  I't""*!  *<'  *"^■■ 
I  wBiii  UiH  pardoning  love  in  me, 
1  wnnt  to  know  my  cins  forgivpn 
And  to  \k-  «iiiilwl  upon  hy  heaven. 

I  want  tb"*  L-xcrfi""  '-r  yraae,  .  i 

I  wiuitin  flni-t  »  l.iiiiiig-plfux-, 

I  wmil  >"  tT*-'  HIk  I'lve  •liviiie. 

I  waiitin  mr*  his  grace  »h'»uld  nhine. 

1  wimt  tiiy  lnart  mort-  «oft  Ut  »>*«"'. 
1  wuit  uiy  Jiatiu  more  to  know. 
I  wuiit  Ui  tW'l  thiit  blood  api»Iie(l. 
Tbfit  llowtd  from  Je«u»'  pierwd  flide 

I  w«nt  tin;  Lord  nbould  Iww  my  will, 
I  wurtt  Hi"  pr*"*"  nee  with  mr-  Htill, 
I  want  a  Ho/t  bcliftving  hcHrt, 
I  wnnt  with  all  my  xiiiH  »'»  pnrt. 

I  wBiit  th(>tCliriHt  should  cleHnMo  my  mouI 

I  wBiit  in  .JfHiiH  to  he  whoh*. 

I  want  It  due  compowed  mind, 

I  want  in  ChrintHom©  pini:c  to  find. 

I  want  to  lovf  my  Jesun  more 
Thiin  1  have  don*'  liereto/orr*, 
I  want  Ut  loveliirt  pcopli.-  too. 
And  prBiff-  the  Lord  in  all    I  do. 

I  want  to  U-ol  (iod'n  imrdoning  love, 
I  want  my  Irown  heart  to  movi-, 
r  wnnt  HiK  Hi>int  for  my  guide. 
I  liHVe  ten  thouK«nd  wantM  he«ide. 

I  want  my  dayw  Blmiild  all  lie  mjhmiI 
III  Horving  God  with  true- ojit^-nt, 
I  want  at  l«-it  when  I  do  die 
To  meet  my  Savior  in  the  fiky. 

Then  to  sit  down  and  tell 

The  wonders  of  Imtnnnuel, 

Then*  all  my  wantu  will  then  bo  o'er, 

Wlioii  1  do  real- li  that  Imj)py  whore. 

-Set. 

A  VISIT  TO  NIlW  YORK     WHAT 
I   SAW  AND  HEARD. 

DK.  Tiilnmgc,  like  hiH  ln-otiicr  of  I'lyni- 
otli,  enters  to  the  wi«h<*H  of  hiscm- 
ployei-H  in  lii^  miiiistrntinnH.  HiH  stylo 
is  8MiMJilinri(ti,  ftiit!  ]in  Htu(linii»ly  iivoidH 
thoHi-criticinmM,  of  jiopulnr  sins,  wliicii 
diHtiiijfiii>^hi'ii  thi-  juvm-hint^  of  the  ayon- 
iivti  ftiid  jiiicieiit  pro])lM'I«. 

For  iiiHl(im-(^,  wln-ii  he  Imd  uL-crwiun  to 
refer  to  liidieM  ntlire  lut  c-onijiliiiienli-d  it 
iiu  lieiug  lor  tlie  \iisl  lour  or  live  yejirs 
*'  (jraccful  mid  bacomiiKj  hctjoiul  (niij- 
thinij  he  had  hnoiimy  Witli  one  single 
gulp,  witliout  a  gi'irnnee,  lie  Hwnllowed 
nil  the  Rboniiniitions of  fnsiiioniihlo dress, 
iU  dirty,  tuwty  tmilH,  its  bustle  wliiel 
distorts  the  "  huninn  form  divine,"  its 
chignon,  whieli  is  ft  caricature  of  that 
image  in  which  man  was  made,  and  its 
additional  array  of  useless  and  sinful 
nppendixieeH  and  etceteras  whicli  are 
enuMH'rati;tl  by  the  prophet  Isaiah  in  ids 
warning  to  tlit*  daughters  of  Jerusalem. 
Isaiah  3:  I«. 

1  ^vrite  to  you  from  New  York  rel- 
ative to  a  revival  sermon  that  the  Dr. 
jwoposod  to  deliver  on  the  subject  of  the 
"  The  niglit  mh:  of  New  York."  The 
Tlie  i>tli  of  the  serial  has  been  delivereil 
and  I  read  them  with  a  thrilling  interest. 
They  shov."  oil'  tlio  immoralities  of  the 
exceeding  great  eity  in  graphic  style. 

The  slime  i>itfl  of  Siddiu  are  exi)lored 
with  a  masterly  hand.  As  I  expected, 
however,  he  lashes  vigorously  tin;  hood- 
lums, and  dashes  bravely  through  the 
slums  and  ccsispools  of  Five  Points  and 
fourth  ward  and  the  dance  houses  and 
other  notorious  resorts  of  sin,  while  sin 
in  its  ^■arDished  and  gilded  drapery,  its 
manifestations  in  fraudulent  business 
manipulation  and  social  rotteuuess,  and 
a  thousand  other  forms  that  is  Icgalizetl 
by  common  usage,  passed  unnoticed  and 
unrebuked. 

That  menagerie  on  Hall  street,  calleil 
by  way  of  distincition  as  "  The  Stock 
Exchange,"  where  men  are  plundered 
daily,  openly  and  legally,  of  vast 
fortunes,  where  the  most  successful  trick- 
Fter  and  manipulator  and  sebemer  is  li- 


on-eyed and  exiolled  ill  private  and  pul^- 
lic,  is  not  down  on  the  black  list  that 
now  arouses  the  rii^teou'*  indignation 
of  tbe  eecleHiaslical  dignity.  The  sin- 
ful rivalries  of  society  mongers,  the  ex- 
tortwuHof  merchants,  and  the  Jegalized 
thefts  of  broker*  and  operators  in  all 
branches  of  busini-ss,  the  thouf!and-«  "f 
Ijrjuor  mtk<'A  and  vendors,  r#'c<-iv.-»j  in 
his  graceful  ml«hce,  hw  endo^winent  of 
their  ojierations. 

Here  hwUtry  continues  to  repeat  itself. 
The  poor  "  Magdali-ns"  must  bf  stoned 
by  tiie  whitewashed  and  gilded  pliarist-'s. 

A   STKA.NfiK  HV W.KV.l. 

is  the  result  of  this  proceedure  of  Dr. 
Tfthnag*-.  A  Dr.  Fullon,  of  thi-  Hapti?*! 
side  of  the  hall,  putJ*iu  an  n[)r)earanre  in 
a  sermon  on  *'  The  liright  .Side  of  New 
York."  He  criticises  Talmage's  serial 
in  a  caustic  style.  I  le,  Fulton,  don't  see 
much  sin  inthe  great  eity.  Me  says,  "  he 
don't  know  much  about  its  haunts  of 
vice,  and  don't  want  to  know  it."  He 
thinks  she  ought  to  be  held  up  instead 
of  trying  to  dra<^  her  down. 

He  says  that  "some  people,  (meaning 
Dr.  Talmage  of  course)  just  now  seem 
to  take  a  <lelight  in  rummaging  about 
in  dance-houses,  gin-mills,  brothels  and 
other  liaunts  of  vice,  clawing  at  what 
ever  uninviting  pile  of  refuse  they  come 
acro><s,  and  dragging  to  light  all  manner 
of  secret  abominations,  What  possible 
excuse  can  there  be  for  upturning  loath- 
some, moral  impurities  after  this  reck- 
less fashion,"  and  closes  with  a  grave  in- 
timation that  "the  vice  which  is  thus  so 
seduously  treated,  must  be  inside  and 
not  outside  of  those  who  are  hunting  for 
it." 

Well,  I  am  of  tlie  opinion  that  New 
York  will  neitiier  be  better  nor  worse 
because  of  these  sermon  or  the  quarrels. 
I  coincide  with  Dr.  Talmage  in  his  oj)in- 
ion,  that  "  if  iniquity  advances  in  the 
next  hundred  years  as  fast  as  it  has  in 
the  jiast,  there  ■will  not  be  a  vistigc  of 
moial  and  religious  influence  left. 

A  power  out-sideof  such  as  are  brought 
to  bear  on  her  social  and  business  sys- 
tem by  these  means,  can  alone  renovate 
the  corrupt  fabric.  It  needs  a  j)ractical 
representation  of  that  view  of  the  Chris- 
tian religion  which  is  illustrated  in  the 
lives  of  the  representative  members  of 
our  church.  It  needs  the  preaching  of 
that  religion  that  condemns  and  e.vconi- 
munloatrs  pride  in  ils  every  manifesta- 
tion and  dishonesty  and  all  other  forms 
of  legalized  sin. 

Now  Brethren,  there  is  an  eftcctuat 
door  opened  in  this  modern  Sodom  for 
the  testimony  of  the  Son,  Jesus.  Who 
will  go  in  and  work;!  Let  two  faithful 
and  capahh  evangelists  be  commission- 
ed by  our  next  A.  M  ,  to  make  a  tour 
of  the  cities  of  America  from  New  Yoi-k 
to  SanFrancisco,  from  Montreal  to  New 
Orleans,  and  promulgate  a  pure  doctrine 
to  those  who  sit  in  the  region  and  sliad 
ow  of  death.  Go  not  into  the  gilded 
t*mple.  The  poor  do  not  go  there. 
Those  who  "  hear  the  preaching  of  Jesus 
gladly,"  are  not  seen  among  the  bediz- 
ened worshipers  of  the  religious  aristoc- 
racy of  the  great  cities.  Street  preach  ■ 
ins;  will  not  do.  There  is  too  mucii  hur- 
imd  bustle  tte.  The  public  squares 
of  which  there  are  many  are  compara- 
tively (piiet,  and  they  otfer  the  best  op- 
portunities for  such  work.  There  are 
always  scores  and  hundreds  of  pei-sons 
on  ple;is.Hnt  seats,  and  doubtless  the  Lord 
.)uld  direct  many  a  Lydia  there  whose 
heart  would  be  ojiened  to  receive  the 
truths  of  the  (Jospel. 

Let  the  brethren  give  the  suggestion 
respectful  consideration.  If  nothing  else 
can  be  done,  let  a   number   of  brethren 


combine  to  subscribe  a  fund  sufficient 
to  defray  the  exjrtnses  of  such  a  com 
mission.  One  cent  per  member  would 
make  a  two  year  tour,  wherein  every 
city  and  every  quarter  thereof  could  be 
reached,  and  thus  the  striking  features 
of  apo.stolic  missions  wouhl  again  be  il- 
lustrated by  our  church.  Asa  begin- 
ning, I  urtVr  to  pay  the  quoto  of  one 
thousand  m«mber».  Are  there  one  hun- 
dred brethren  who  will  do  likewise? 
Fut  down  your  names  before  the  honor 
able  list  is  filled.  If  it  is  possible  let 
the  preliminaries  be  completed  by  the 
opening  o^  Spring,  ami  let  the  mission- 
aries he  in  the  iieia  Ijy  the  time  of  the 
Pentecostial  gathering,  audi  will  uuder- 
tJike  to  guarantee  that  the  A.  M.,  will 
have  nothing  but  "Godspeed"  forit.  Af- 
ter twenty  names  are  down,  a  choice  will 
he  made  for  men,  yeff  men  of  God  who 
will  not  wa'^te  their  time  in  doting  about 
"  questions  of  words,  and  uf  their  law 
and  endless  genealogies,"  which  gender 
strilVi  to  the  subversion  of  the  people, 
but  will  boldly  proclaim  the  truth  as  if 
in  in  JesuH. 

There  are  eapahle  brethren  in  our 
church  who  are  unencumbered  with  fam- 
ilies, and  who  W(mld  gladly  go  out  thus 
into  the  highways  and  hedges  of  the 
world.  Let  us  send  them.  Brethren, 
send  your  names  to  the  office  of  the 
BuKTintKN  AT  Wokk;  sisters  send  your 
names  there.     Look  who  comes  next. 

D.  C.  MoOMAW. 

A  WEEKS    COMPANIONSHIP 
WITH  THE  ROCKIES. 

UY  J.  (\  FLiNDEIlJifltO. 


A' 


Nl'MliKK  II. 

HALF  mile  further  and  anotber' 
stone  school-house  is  passed  diag- 
onally to  the  right  as  we  turn  left  to- 
wards the  mountains  again.  The  same 
grand  panoramic  view  of  thrift  and  in- 
dustry continue  to  greet  the  eye.  A  few 
more  turns  and  crooks  and  the  passing 
of  another  granite  edilice  of  learning, 
bring  us  close  up  to  the  stately  foot  hills. 

The  objecti%'e  point  on  the  programme 
for  to-day's  joui'uey,  is,  brother  Mason's 
mountain  ranche  far  up  the  canyon  be- 
yond the  blue  ridge.  Whirling  along, 
a-scending  and  descending  with  deflec- 
tions to  the  right  and  to  the  leit,  rising 
higher  and  higher  in  successive  grada- 
tion, till  finally  we  are  introduced  to  the 
lieauties  of  mountain  scenery,  by  cross- 
ing the  line  of  the  first  great  geological 
upheavel,  through  a  narrow  defile — long 
since  carried  out  by  the  rapid  and  vol- 
uminous waters  of  the  St.  Vrain.  The 
first  page  of  the  great  geological  book, 
is  now  spread  out  before  us,  it  is  a  vol- 
ume of  itself.  On  the  left  is  a  great 
picture,  and  on  the  right  another  within 
a  wreath  of  ideographics  in  miniature. 
The  beauty  of  this  scene  is  entirely  shut 
olf  from  an  observer  on  the  East,  since 
the  broad  svu'face,  many  miles  in  length 
dips  sharply  eastward  and  is  thorough- 
ly coated  with  gra-ss  and  a  liberal  sprink 
ling  of  the  smaller  growths  of  pine, 
giving  it  the  appearance  of  a  vast  ridge, 
rising  in  height  almost  to  the  dignity  of 
a  mountain  range. 

The  awful  page  on  the  AVest  is  in  hi- 
eroglyphics though  of  an  unmistakable 
legibility.  Igneous  ejections  are  evidenc- 
ed by  the  huge  dikes  of  Tapin  rock  in 
the  picture  on  the  left.  All  the  while 
traveling  up  thi-t  stuiiendous  gorge,  the 
eye  is  regaled  with  the  beautifully  mot- 
coloring  upon   its   gigantic  walls, 


tied 


while  the  long  sloping  park  itself  is 
clothed  in  haljiliments  of  verdure,  love- 
ly to  behold  for  the  Winter  gi-azing  of 
the  "  cattle  upon  a  thousand  hills." 


At  length    the  star-glitterin? 
of  niglit  closes  in  around  us,  an.l  .i" 
maining  two  mile^  driven  in  tl^   , 

At  last  we  arri\'e  at  the  ranche o    ^ 

dezvous  for  the   night,   which  «•    ' 
temporarily  vacated,  therefore  n     ' ' 
greet  us,  the  occupants  living  at      ^ 
in  Estes  Park.    \\'e  take  Possession  T' 
ever  and  make  ourselves   at  \^^y^     ' 
couple   of  the  party  took  care  ' t  '^ 
faithful  horses  while  the  rest   get       ' 
preparing  for  the  supplying  of  ,^^^  ''i 
chil  temporal  wants.     The  \\v\yx,    '' 

lit  and  fires  kindled  in    both ^ 

stove  aud  fire-place — kitchen  aij ' 
respectively. 

The  evening  was  spent  in  cl,j, 
icircle   around    the    cheerfully  v  i 
spruce  pine;  e.vchangingfact8])r„,„;^°' 
ly,  and  discus-sing  generally  tli, 
of  interest  during   the   day  y,,, 
hour  in  the  night.     Wearied  and  ,i 
the  l)allets  were  unrolled    and  ouref]  ■ 
given  over  foi'  the   sweet   repose.    ■;,' 
morning  came  and  with  it  a  clear 
sky  and  a  pure,  balmy  atmo,spherf     ' 
pered  with    a   glowing  wealth  of  "j 
shiue  kissing  away  the  early  blusher 
morning    that  never   emanated  frc,^ 
more   ett'ulgent  sun.      Breakfast 
we  packed  our  vehicle  and  resumed 
journey.    AVe  no;v   leave   this  sloi,,  " 
mountain  meadow  by  an   abrupt 
south-westn-ard  to  find  ourselves  in 
very  midst  of  the   real,    old  prim, 
granite,   piled    and   clumped   into  i  i 
grown  mountains,    whose  summits  i! 
scaled  in  turn  by  the  spiral  trail,  at 
ing  new   views  of  other   ranges  ,.i,,,| 
higher  and  higher  mantled   with  (|,|i' 
pine  forests  and  above   timber  line;! 
bald   gray   summits  are  skirted   « .i 
broad  belts  of  the  eternal  snows, 
far  above  those  towering  heights 
ible  the  splintered  storm-rifted  teininj 
peaks  themselves  looking  down  into 
ery  park  and  canyon  far  out  over 
praii'ie' as  if  the    very   sentinels  on„.| 


to  see  that  man  has  time   and 


iraiv 


his  work  of  high  self  advancement. 

Now  the  narrow  road  winds  aloLi;  r 
steeji  side  of  a  gigantic  mountain  to  i 
left  under  the  beetling  crags  and  I,,, 
ly  projecting  cliffs — circling  out  to  i 
right.     And,  we  have  passed  horse-sin. 
bend — the  beginning  of    an  other  i;, 
you  leading  north-eastward  to  the  va 
of  the  little  Thompson.     At  each  • 
cessive  turn,  the  scenery  becomes  in 
aud  more  rugged;  now  among  caslel 
ed  monuments  and  frowning  hutiiv- 
looking  contemptuously  down  upmi 
puny  forms;  then  the  massive  walls i;r 
ually  break  away  and  thesurface  mv 
into  sloping,  grassy  hill-sides;  ilevei 
ing  into  lovely    parks   aud  enclhiD   ; 
bowers.     And  thus  for  a  tune  fff 
shut  in  from  all    that  lies   iieyond- 
walls  solid,  walls  broken,  wall,-;  ofgi 
ite  aud  of  gneiss,  conglomerated  w. 
and  walls  of  Quart/.,  smoky,  miik), 
playfully  interrai.ved  with  clay  and  " 
and  even  entire  clusters  of  pure  cn^" 
quartz,  most   exquisitely  grand  t','  * 
hold — and  far   more   picturesque  iii;i 
any  po.ssible  stretch  of  the  imagiu;!'"' 
is  able  to  portray.     No  marvel  then  ifii 
the  beholder  should    be   entraneeJ  »i 
awe  stricken  in  turu,  while  conteml" 
ing  upon  the  mighty   convulsions  I't-' 
ant  forces  that   must   have  shaken 
earth  to  its  center  to   have  give"  '' 
tence  to  such  yawning  canyons  amii'' 
bidden  heights.      A\'ith   evei'y  *'".- 
the  soul  expanded  with  ecstasy.  '* '" ' 
up  into   the  atmosphere   of  a  oeir  i' 
sciousness  of  itself,  and  a  new  >'""" 
its  privileges.      And   thus  bron!'"   ■ 
practical  knowledge  to  the  acqaa'"''  ^ 
with  one  of  the  great  central  coii"""' 


ilril-;    HKKTHUKX    ^Vr    AVOKlv. 


3 


,bat    the    I'lizes    "'"    '■""'"l  "8 

"'    .'heaven,  are  placed  so  near  us 

.!!'■"''.     ,uvJesires  by  their  size  and 

i"^'   ,  _.,.  .„  far  above  us  that   we 


our 
nd  V^t  so 
►""''ahul'  bai'l  and    high  in  order  to 

-     '  "^I'p  <'"•■  '*"■  "'S''*  '°  Sister  Park 
li'  ""i"'  ii^e  of  Twin  Sister   moun- 


,!>!»' 


*  "x his  park  is  quite  an  extended 
"■  f  niouu'"''^  meadow,  resemljling 
in  its  general  contour— per- 
(f  rise  to  a  few  more  rivulets 
"'  ""•  taUii"! streams  than  some  others 
'"J^^ujequence  of  its  being  so  near  the 
""^'f  the  rockies — Longs  Peak,  sc 
'°-  ■  honor  of  Colorado's  second  ex 
°  H.  Lofg'"  ^*-'''  """^  doubt- 
1''^^' '.'....  t,i  iieide  its  summit:  as  did 


i.thei*  ■ 


"   1    first  to  scale  lis  summii 

^'    Pike,  i'ikes  Peak  in  isor, 

Kieiuont     Peak 


d  so 
1843   bv 


*'"^1  Fremont,  though  the  State  was 
"frisiteJ  l-y '-'>''  Spaniards  in  1S43. 
V-  vicinity  is  getting  to  be  quite  pop- 
,  a  Summer's  resort  for  the  tourist ; 
'"^  -.lie  witli  the  more  juvenile  ele- 
I'"'"  ^  -■— -    by  the    great- 


c.iuseCiod  ilelights  to  spare  and  exercise 
his  mercy  to\vai'ds  us.  His  goodness  gave 
us  existence,  and  by  its  eontinu.inee  our 
existence  is  perpetuated.  We  are  alive 
under  increasing  responsibilities.  Now 
many  privileges  and  blessing  have  lieen 
given  us  through  the  yeai-  just  ended. 
For  all  these  we  must  give  an  account,  tal- 
ents, time,  opportunities,  Sunday  ser- 
mons, bountiful  harvests.  And  because 
we  are  alive  we  should  be  filled  with 
hearty  gratitude  to  God.  Our  lips,  heart, 
and  lives  should  show  forth  h.'s  praise. 
Now  let  us  erect  an  annual  stone  as  a 
memorial  and  inscribe  upon  it,  Ebenezer. 
Let  us  resolve  to  live  more  to  God  in  this 
year  than  u  e  did  in  the  past,  and  let  us 
awake  to  diligence,  zeal  and  devoteduess 
to  the  cause  of  personal  religion,  and  in 
efforts  to  glorify  God  and  do  good  to 
men. 

THE  MISSIONARY  QUESTION. 

1!Y   S.   '^.  .-.HARH. 


cDt- 

lal'i 


Prawn,  perhap 
,l,unJ»U'-'''  of  ^vild  flowers  and    car- 
-     .f  irreeu  mosses,  oruamented  with 
vtmgt'l  b'  1  ,1      1.  •      ri      • 

Ineliell,  buttercups  and  tlie  fair  lily  m 
I," lakelets  by  the  wayside.  "  A  gaudy 
11(1  gentle  air,  may  slightly  touch 


Ifheart- 
slj  Ifcn'  1 


But  its  innocence  an 
lolishes  the  dart." 
(To  Ic  contmued,) 


1    mod- 


THE  LAST  DAY  OF  1878. 

UY  S.  S.   IV.  HAUMEltS. 

e  all  of  us  here  alive  this 


ilay?' 


ff  lio  ar 

)Ml.  3:3-  -  ^.     , 

R' f  Is  liighly  proper  on  particular  oc- 
ca.'^iuiis  to  take  a  retrospect  of  our 
jistory  and  the  dealings  of  God  with  us 
Uroildi  Ite  year  just  past,  viz.,  LSTS. 
[be  arcliitect  does  this  during  the  rising 
,f  the  structure  he  is  erecting;  and  a 
liaclievdops  this  at  the  annual  examin- 
Ition  of  liisor  her  pupil.  And  also  the 
mrinerin  consulting  his  log-book,  and 
tbe  merchant  when  he  takes  an  inven 
ly  of  his  stock  yearly. 

How  proper  then  that  Christians  and 
Ike  sinner,  andin  fact  every  person  should 
jit.and  the  last  day  of  the  year  seems 
suitable  period  for  it.  Tiie  heading 
of  our  article  presents  a  very  appropri- 
lie  subject  for  meditation.  "Why  are 
illofus  here  alive  this  day  i"  The  words 
of  Ike  bending  of  this  article  apply  to 
many  this  day  to  whom  it  was  not  appli- 
cable this  d.ay  one  year  ago.  Thousands 
have  been  Iku'u  in  the  year  which  has 
j«st ended;  many  of  these  may  die  in 
tliiiir  infancy ;  some  may  live  to  be  the 
of  society ;  some  may  rise  up  to 
tall  God  blessed.  The  parents  should 
iee  to  it  that  they  train  them  up  relig- 
iously ill  the  fear  of  the  Lord,  and  a 
knoivledge  of  the  Scriptures. 

The  beadiug  of  this  article  is  applied 

many  hrst  year  to  whom  it  is  not  no^v 
"pplicahle.  They  were  then  alive,  but 
Wf  they  are  inhabitants  of  the  tomb, 
■oil  their  souls  have  entered  the  eternal 
*le.  Some  died  unprepared  we  fear 
•"iit  least  aliens  to  Gwl,  strangers  to 
"•lifntance,  faith  and  holiness.  There 
"e  many  of  us  alive  this  day  and  it  is 
itondei-ful  that  it  is  so,  amidst  so  many 
''"igers  diseases  and  death. 

When  we  contemplate  the  matter, 
'•"■■  amazing  it  is!  (That  a  harp  of  a 
"wusaud  strings  should  keep  in  tune  so 
*"*?)•  This  is  the  more  surprising  as 
"""■yof  us  are  sickly,  weak,  aged.  Some 
P'fliap.?  have  been  at  the  Kates  of  death. 
J«  brought  back  again.      Our   being 

™e  18  entire!  y  owing  to  the  goodness  and 
Wience  „f  Qod.  It  is  not  because  we 
'*"■<■«  it  or   are  worthy  of  it,  but  be- 


LOOKING  overtheentire  brotherhood 
one  would  hardly  discover  a  single 
brother  or  sister  wdio  would  not  like  to 
see  more  souls  brought  to  Christ  and  the 
borders  of  Zion  extended.  The  church 
as  a  body  has  given  its  approval,  and 
recommended  the  support  of  foreign 
missions  as  well  as  the  missionary  efl'orts 
in  the  several  church  districts  at  home. 
The  general  sentiment  prevailing  throub- 
out  the  church  in  favor  of  missionary 
w'ork,  may  be  judged  by  the  expressions 
triven  from  all  parts  through  our  church 
papers,  and  the  organized  efforts  in  Penn 
sylvauia,  Ohio,  Indiana,  Illinois,  Kansas 
and  Nebraska  and  perhaps  in  other  States. 
There  has  also  a  system  of  operations 
been  proposed,  both  by  committee 
through  Annual  Meeting,  and  by  con- 
vention. That  the  Brotherhood  is  able 
to  raise  ¥100,000  a  year  and  not  feel  it, 
cannot  be  questioned.  That  we  have 
suitable  ministers  for  missionary  work, 
has  been  proven  by  the  success  of  those 
who  have  gone  forth  as  evangelists.  Let 
us  see  now  what  we  have  to  make  mis- 
sionary work  more  successful.  (1.)  Al- 
most universal  sentiment  in  favor  of  the 
work.  (2.)  Some  successful  experiments 
at  home  and  abroad.  (3.)  A  system  of 
systems  amply  good  enough  to  com 
mence  work.  (4.)  An  abundance  of 
means  to  defray  all  expenses.  (5.)  Suf- 
ficient talent  and  competent  ministers  to 
begin  the  work  on  a  comparatively  ex- 
tensive scale.  Why  then  is  our  mission- 
ary work  thus  far  a  failure  2  I  am  aft-aid 
we  have  too  little  of  the  self-sacrificing 
spirit  among  us.  Too  many  who  are 
capable  of  doing  missionary  work,  love 
the  comforts  of  home,  the  pleasures  of 
society  and  church  advantages  too  much 
to  go  out  and  "  endure  hardness  as  good 
soldiers"  and  start  other  churches.  They 
delii'htto  enjoy  the  advantages  that  oth- 
ers have  brought  to  them  without  feel- 
ing the  duty  ot  doing  something  in  re- 
turn. Others  again  who  are  possesseil 
of  thousands  of  dollars,  act  as  though 
they  did  not  owe  the  Lord  a  cent,  ami 
o-enerally  the  more  money  some  possess, 
the  leas  they  feel  they  can  spare  soriie  for 
the  cause  of  Christ. 

Now  let  me  say  that  I  believe  we  have 
everything  we  need  to  make  the  mission 
ary  cause  a  success,  except  a  truly  self- 
sacrificing  .spirit.  No  great  cause  ever 
succeeded  without  great  sacrifice.  None 
ever  made,  nor  ever  will  make  so  great 
a  sacrifice  as  was  made  by  Christ.  All 
the  apostles  and  first  Christians  made 
sacrifices,  even  of  tlieir  lives.  All  suc- 
cessful missionaries  make  great  sacrifices 
and  so  do  their  families,  and  it  is  only 
because  this  spirit  is  not   more   general 


in  the  brotherhood  that  the  success  is 
nol  greater.  We  profess  to  be  a  self- 
sacrificing,  cross-bearingpeople.  Where- 
in does  that  self-sacrifice  consist  I  Let 
a  brother  travel  through  the  churches 
from  Philadelphia  to  St.  Louis,  behold 
the  well-cultivated  farms,  fine  stock, 
comfortable  homes,  and  tables  spread 
with  luxuries  far  more  unnecessary  than 
are  some  of  the  fashionable  garments  of 
those  whom  we  call  proud. 

Now  let  me  suggest  that  we  go  to  work 
at  once.     When  Districts  can   be  called 
together  and  organized  as  in  Northern 
Illinois  recently — let  some  of  the  holders 
make  a  call ;  then  wherever  a  church  is 
favor  of  such  work,  let    the  elder  of 
that  church  propo.se   the  matter,  organ- 
ize and  go  tt)  work,  and  where  only  half 
a  dozen  members  in  a  church  are    favor- 
able let  them  come  together,  form  their 
plans  and  go  to  work  in  some  way.  'Then 
let  those  who  have  the  matter   at   heai't 
start  out  and  wake  up  the  people,    tak- 
ing neither  staff  nor  scrip,  and  I    assure 
them  if  they  have  the   right   spirit  and 
preach  the  right  doctrine,  and  work    for 
the  Lord,  neither  they  nor  their  families 
will  suffer,  except  when  suft'ering  is   for 
their  good. — Primitive  Chri-itlim. 


heart-*,  while  jnii  have  Tieen  often  asked 
if  I  am  his.  Why  am  I  ibuK?  Vet  all 
this  has  fulliUed  the  promise, "  I  will 
1 


WHAT  ARE    YOU   DOING? 


.  II.  COVEKl. 


iring  thee   blind  by   a  way   that  they 
know  not;  I    will   lead  them  in   patbii 
that  they  have  not  known,  I  will  make 
darknes.s  light  before  them;  and  crook- 
ed things  straight;  these  things  will  I  do 
unto  them    and    not  forsake  them.     He 
instructed  them ;  they  had  the  finest  op- 
portunities in  the  world  to  learn.    If  you 
have  been  unprofitable  learners,  the  fault 
ha.s  been  your  own,  you  have  had  every- 
thing favorable  in    your  situation.     A 
tbouaand   sources  of  information   have 
opened  around  you.  You  have  the  Scrip- 
tures, the  preaching  of  the  Word,  Chris- 
tian a'^sociatious  and    actions   from   the 
Holy    One,    which  teaches   all    things. 
Everything   that   has  befallen  you  has 
taught  you  a  lesson.     Some  things  you 
must  have  learned — that  this  is  not  your 
rest,  the  folly  of  trusting  in   your   own 
hearts,  tile  greatness  of  your  unworthi- 
ness,  ami  that  is  of  the  Lord's  mercies. 
He  kept  thee  as  the  apple  of  his  eye, 
the  tenderest  part  of  the  tenderest  mem- 
ber.    Did  the  serpent   bite  them  i     He 
I  provided  a   remedy    and    healed    them. 
Did  enemies  assail   them?     It  was  not 
with  im])unity.     He  reproved  kings  for 
their     saki's,   .saying,  "  touch    not    my 
anointed  and  do  my  prophets  no  harm." 
Amalek,  Sihon,  king  of   the   Amoritcs, 
and  ()g,  king  of  Basban,  found  to  their 
peril  that  he  made  their  cause    his  own. 
Did  Balaam  use  divination  and  enchant- 
I  nient?     He  owned  there  was  no  enchant- 
!  nient    against    Jacob,    nor  "divination 
1  against  Israel.     Hecursed  them,  but  the 
1  curse  was  turned  into  a  blessing.  Intheir 

siii^ 

The  Lord  was   their   shade   and    right 

i  hand.     lie  preserved  tbem  in  their   go- 

1  ing  out  and  in  iheir  coming   in.     They 

were  a  people  saved  of  the  Lord,   and 

I  who  has  tenderly,  kindly  kept  you.  Have 

I  you  bad  no  enemies  (     Wliy    have   you 

1  not  been  a   prey  to  their  tifetb  ?     Why 

I  has  not  your  heart  turned  back?     Why 

have  not  your   steps   declined   from  his 

way  ?     He  has  held  you  up.     You  have 

been  kept  by  the  power  of  God  through 

faith  unto  salvation.     Tlii-*  is  what  he 

has  done  for  you.     What  have  you  done 

for  him!     What  are  you  doiug!     What 

do  you  intend  to  do  i     Christians  open 

your  eyes. 


"  He  found  him  in  a  desert  hiiid,  and  in  the 
waste  howling  wilderness;  he  led  liiin  about,  he 
instiucted  him,  he  kept  him  as  the  apple  of  bis 
eye,"     Deut.  32;  10. 

AND  will  this  not  apply,  O  Christian 
to  thee,  as  well  as  to    Israel?     He 

fouud  him  in  a  desert  laud,  in  a  waste  ,  ,.  ^,  ,  1    n 

.,  ,                    ,      ,           1- 1    1     '  traveling  were  they  exposed  to  the 
howling  wilderness,  and  where  did    he   °,  .,    .       ,     , 

find  you?  What  was  your  natural  state? 

"I  am  found  of  them   that  sought  me 

not;  I  am  sought   of  them   that   asked 

not  for  me."     You  did  choose   him,  but 

as  the  cause   or   consequences   of    his 

choice,  ye  have  not  chosen  me.    I  have 

chosen  and  ordained  you  thatyou  should 

go  and  bring  forth  fruit  and   that  your 

fruit  should  remain.     Who  can  refuse  to 

acknowledge  him?     We    love   him   be- 
cause he  first  loved  us.     There  was   no 

road,  and  much  depended  on  their  move- 

meuts,  he  therefore   became  their  con- 
ductor, and  he   knew    how  he  did  this. 

It  was  by  a  fiery  cloudy  pillar.     As  this 

advanced  they   removed;  as  this  turn- 
ed to  the  right  or  left,  they  turned  also, 

as  this  paused,   they  remained.     Thus 

they  were  freed  from  all   anxiety.    The 

distance  they  had  to   go   was  not  great 

ill  itself.  He  led  them  about;  and  h, 
he  not  thus  led  you!  You  know  the 
way  of  man  is  not  in  himself.  You  cry 
unto  the  Lord  and  say,  "  Lead  me  in 
thy  truth  and  guide  me,  for  thou  art  the 
God  of  my  salvation."  On  thee  do  I 
wait  all  the  day.  And  be  said,  "  1  will 
lead  thee  and  guiile  and  instruct  thee 
with  mine  eye,  and  has  he  ever  ab.an- 
doned  you  ?  What  mistakes  has  be  pre- 
sented ?  How  often  has  he  hedged  your 
path  to  keep  you  from  going  astray'? 
From  how  many  embarrassments,  the  ef- 
fect of  your  acting  without  him,  has  he 
extricated  you?  He  has  led  you  in  the 
right  way,  but  it  has  often  been  a  trying 
one,  and  such  as  you  could  not  have  fore- 
seen or  conjectured  in  your  temporal  af- 
fairs. 

He  has  perhaps  checked  you  and  turn- 
ed you  back.  You  have  had  life  to  be 
I'iii  again,  and  to  seek  other  openings 
and  labors,  and  as  to  your  spiritual  ex- 
perience, instead  of  gaining  more  of  the 
assurance  of  hope,  doubts  and  fears  have 
invaded  you,  and  instead  of  victory 
over  your  enemies  you  have  been  led  to 
see  and   feel   more   of  the   evil  of  youi- 


In  the  Jewish  dispensation  there  were 
.some  very  holy  things,— golden  vessels 
in  the  holy  place, — and  these  had  a 
great  position,  as  it  were;  they  occupied 
a  very  important  place  in  the  manife.sted 
presence  of  God;  Inityet  they  were  only 
the  sliadows  of  things  iu  the  heavens, — 
types  of  something  that  was  coming, — 
aud  now  we  are  being  taught  about  the 
heavenly  things  themselves.  Now,  what 
are  the  heavenly  things?  If  you  have 
come  to  Jesus,  been  washed  in  the  pre- 
cious blood,  sealed  of  the  Holy  Ghost, 
you  are  the  heavenly  things  iu  Christ— 
you  are  the  vessels  for  (iod's  service. 

An  hour  of  vice  is  as  long  as  is  an 
hcmr  of  virtue;  but  the  difference  which 
follows  upon  good  actions  is  infinite  from 
that  of  iil  ones.  The  good,  though  it 
diminishes  our  time  here,  yet  it  lays  up 
a  |)lcasure  for  eternity,  and  will  recom- 
[ii-iise  what  it  taketh  away  with  a  plen- 
riful  return  at  last.  When  we  trade 
ivith  virtue,  we  do  but  buy  pleasure  with 
i  he  expense  of  time;  so  it  is  not  so  much 
a  consuming  of  time  as  an  exchange. 

a     ■     M     

No  man  is  securely   loved  except  by 
bose  who  know  his  foibles. 

.\n  .apt  ipiotation  is  like  a  lamp  which 
ibngs  its  light  over  the  whole  sentence. 


-THK    BnKTHKK>J^    ^T    AVORK. 


Januap 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

P  U  B  1. 1  s  H  >; »    w  K  E  K  L  y , 

J    H.MOORE.  UditoBS. 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN,  ) 


Old  brothfr  Lrebr.  .ince  our  lul  noliw  of  I  coming  in  rather  latter  than  our  mnUing  derb  I  ry.    The  suMcasion  i»  by  no  means  d^ 


TiiK  Uhitiii 


'Ml  r. 


Uo»K  triU  I"-  •«ni  m   (l>f  p*r 

ly wl...  uilt  -i^rrl  ui  «i|rlil  i»i 

>r  OH  nililKI'iiinl  fopy  free  r.r  rhnrir«. 


ind  fVi 

»lid  f.)r  ritrli  ft'I  liLi.iuul  Dumc  (uf«r  aii'l  nwip  iin-  nine 
ontiiM)  Iticniirriil  wilJ  (»  nirowwl  ten  per  Wfil  .  whlrh 
tmnunl  tiuii  Iw  .ic-IuciPiJ  troiu  lite  looni-y  Uftrr  •etiJJnfC  it 
(Ou«  M.iin-ji-rtil  t.v  I'O'ial  Onlrni,  Kfp"ter«"l  I-Plli-r« 
or  Anttn   pnTp.rl/  Jjr*...-.!,  fill  be  01  cur  ri.k.     When 

ICU.Img  .Uitri.  I*  Mirr  ll.ul  il  I*  D'.l  n  chrfk.  If  il  i-  • 
•hl^cl■.  ir  cn-i.  ■■•  .'>tr<TiI«  I..  PoHea,  wbilr  *  Omft  fm  tii- 
Coll»(f'ea  froc,  l'.-'l-iB<  .Iuo.i-«  Hiftjr  l>*  "Hi  fur  umwinli. 
UD'lrr  1  nn,  tiur  olwnx*  xrnl  i!ir  pt-mry  if  yw  fn„  ([H  ii 
flut«ripii<»nf,  oii'l  c(.ii.ni<inic«iion«  inieodwl  f'»r  (h«  p*- 
ili«r»  conn--clc.I  with  tht  of. 


all  l.ui 
«  ■hoiil'l  bt  iulii*m*'i 


UOOai  A  ECBELlfAtl, 

Lfcurk,  CftiT&li  Co..  ni 


JANUAI17  ft,  M79 


Mh.  N.  a.  M((>»nr»-I 
of  mectiiif^A  ill  Lfiliark. 

-■♦■• 

WliRN  riiL-IuniiiK  Htniiipfi 
them  fiwt  I')  llic  i'ti|"r. 


I  in  HOW  lioMinjf  asuricH 


pleujii*  do  not  iiltck 


Thk  snow  ii)  "iiiil  to  In-  Iroiii  one  to  tJirci-  drt 
il'-'x*  in  Nortlii-ni  Mmioiiri. 

Oku  more  hm  ln'cn  Imjiliz-d  in  iJi-iiiniirk. 
Tlioii  tlifir  little  btt/iil  i«  inerea.ting. 

\Vk  lire  Olio  wm  k  liiU-  witll  tiie  Chthlrrti 
at  li'ftrl:,  biit  will  Kuoji  bf  up  to  timi?. 

Wk  liiiv<-  juHt  riTrivi'd  un  nitcrcttiiig  nrtJrie 
from  Km.  Ii.  II.  Millur.  It  will  nppcar  noxt 
week. 

Ol'H  rcrwIiTu  will  jili-iwr-  cxcubi-  «s  for  being  a 
few  dny"  jiitr*  tliii*  w«i'k.  We  will  noon  be  on 
time  ngnin. 

Ukoiiikh  UuurKL-  Mourcr  of  the  Nii])c>rvillL' 
cliuri'li,  III..  i-xpci^tH  to  inory  to  Kiidhils  in  the 
SpiiiiK*  ,   _     ,^, 

TiEKitif  in  II  preiu:heriii  ToXait,  who  in  Bald  to 
lm%'<!  piviiched  4,00')  HenrioiiH  during  the  tiixt 
yenr. 

Tmk  bout  woiipon  with   which   to  fight 
battle,  il)  the  "Bword  of  the  Spirit" — the    W' 
of  God. 


him,  liw)  been  preaching  in  (he  Arnold's  Grove, 
and  tlickory  Orovc  cougregatiomt.  He  m  now 
preaching  at  \Vaddara'B  lirove. 

KoH  the  want  (»f  sufficient  noni>areit  lyp^. 
imrt  oforir  money  ImI  fails  Ut  ujipr-ar  ihiN  week. 
[  Tho*tc  who  )(«ve  feut  ju  money  and  do  not  ^e« 
il  reported  in  thin  i-nui;  will  li.iv<--  patience, 

Af  a  proof  of  the  Btrength  of  infidi-Jity  in 
Germany,  it  in  stated,  that  a  weekly  paper  pub- 
lished there,  which  oppoHe^  Ciinxtimity,  has  a 

circulation  of  t>iX>,000  c«pie*, 

tinirrnKlt  Hixon  informs  iis  that  his  discuwion 
with  elder  WiKcr  jiassed  off  iiieasHutly.  Our 
reiideni  will  likely  hear  more  about  it  in  the  fu- 
ture. The  Hubjcct  di-HCiuwed  viwt  the  number  of 
iu;tioii"i  in  baptism. 

SoHKof  ourBubscribers.  who  are  taking  the 
VhiUlffn  at  Work,  want  it  folded  in  with  the 
JJiiBTHJiKN  AT  WoHK.  Thi.1  ciuHiot  be  done  for 
two  reasons:  I.  It   would   retpiire  u  greiit  dciil 


handle  them,  but  by  barti  work  they  will    the  farther  we  trace  the  line   toward 


soon  be  up  with  their  part. 

Those  who  have  not  renewed,  will  please  do 
so  at  uno.:  that  they  may  not  miss  any  number 
of  the  paper.  It  ia  still  a  good  time  to  collect 
subscribers. 


tolic  age  the  less   we  are  inclined 


the 


of  extra  labor.     2.  It   would  he  a  violation  of 
the  ]>oi>tat  law. 

Thonh  wishing  the  BrelhrenV  Hymn  Hooks 
would  better  ordiT  them  from  ibe  J'rimitirr 
ChiiKtiiin  oliice.  As  the  book  i»  publiahed  there 
they  are  bett4-r  prepared  than  we  to  till  orders. 

A  fAliD  received  from  Snnlh  Hend,  Ind.,  in- 
forms US  that  Hro.  1'.  H.  Wriclitrtnmii  has  Imh-ii 


A  THIP  TO  ASHLAND,  OHIO. 

OX  the  morning  of  Dec.  l^th,  I  received  a 
letter  from  liro.  S.  Z.  .Sharp,  urgently 
reqaeating  me  to  come  to  Afhliind  at  ouce  on 
hiismetm  relating  t*^*  the  starting  <if  a pajwr  there; 
li.-iut-  on  tile  morning  of  the  lltth  I  left  Lanark 
.-itid  m.-t  t\u-  Krethreu  at  Ashtiind  on  the  20th. 
We  pleasantly  talked  over  the  project,  believing 
that  the  good  of  the  Brotherhood  should  be 
kept  in  view,  and  that  whatever  would  be  done 
ahould  l>e  in  harmouy  with  the  priiitiples  of 
truth  and  according  to  divine  wisdom.  Our 
sincere  desire  is  to  labor  in  such  a  way  as  to 
keep  down  the  spirit  of  strife  and  ungodly  emu- 
lation. Knowing  that  papers  exert  a  power  in 
the  church,  we  nnith  desire  that  they  may  be 
conducted  m  harmony  with  the  distinctive  fea^ 
ttires  of  our  Fniteniity.  We  do  not  feel  that 
we  alone  are  entitled  to  the  patronage  of  the 
church,  but  have  so  endeitvored  to  conduct  our- 
selves and  the  Biikthhfn  at  Wohk  ;w  to  merit 
the  confidence  and  respect  of  the  Brethren. 
We  arc  for  all  things  that   will  make   us  more 


«ndo^ 


*>1b.. 


their  claims  to  legitimate  succession. 

The  early  bishops  at  Home,  like  all 
bishops  of  the  tirst  centurj-.  had  charge  ofT'* 
home  congregation  over  which  they  ^^j  "T*^ 
appointed.  Each  individual  church  bad  V  "' 
iffnirs,  ha.l  its  own  ov^rjj^ 
ay ''"''if''^ttotheroliBg,J''^ 
the   elders,  or  oveFv««,>      **'■' 


of   its  own  local    affni 

and  was  in  iio  way  s 

man  aside    from  the  emers,  or  overveers 

congregation.     Popes  and  presiding  py^^ 

unknown.      The  apostolic   method     '         *'" 

government  did  not  demand  such. 


''W, 


(juite  siuk.     Ilojie  he  may  soon    recuvor  and  he    j.ious  and  active  in  the  holy  work  of  the  Lord. 

prei)ured  to  lesunie  hi«  regular  Mwrt  in  thi 

field. 


As  time  advanced  and    corruption  iuf. 
the  bishops  in  the  larger  cities  began  i    ,  ^^ 
of  themselves   more  hifjlily  than    IL, 
Their  advice  was  considered  superior  t. 
country  bishops,   and  by   degrees  the\ 
the  pre-eminence,  hence  the  title  "  niei  ] , 
bishop."  -From    these  came  the   pope  a      " 
pitimate  head  of  the  Komau    Catholic  ch     ^ 
They  were  not  content  with  the  simple  m  tv. 
of  church    goveniment    practiced  by  Hj   J" 
Christians.     Carnality  caused  them  to  look  t^^ 
higher  human  power  than  that  invested  y,  ,1' 
overeecrs  of  a  congregation,  hence  they  iusft 
ed  the  supposed  higher  order,  and  though  tV 
heresy  is   much  talked   against  by   protest 


generally,  yet  there  are  but  few  deni 


""""latifiii. 


Unpkii  dat«  of  Dec.  .'JO,  1878,  Bro.  I.  H.  Crist 
of  Qinird,  III.,  says:  ''Bro.  I).  M,  Gibson  coiii' 
nieneed  preaching  in  the  West  Otter  Cr^ek  on 
Chrintnias  day.  The  congregations  are  large, 
and  to-day  two  were  baptized.  The  meeting! 
are  to  he  continued." 


Tubs 


is  said  to  lirtve   laid  four  feet  deep 


on    the    Ii'Vel  at    Oswego,  Ne 
week  in  December. 

So  f.ir,  wc  huvo  had  u  pleasant  Wiut^-r. 
Weather  cold,  ground  covered  with  snow,  mid 
sleighing  excellent. 


Wk  are  sorry  to  state  that  we  can  furnish  no 
more  buck  numbers  of  the  debate.  Quite  a  num- 
ber of  extra  copies  were  printed,  but  the  last 
one  Is  disj>oiJcd  of,  and  .still  thcreureliundreds 
of  ordera  for  more.  We  can  aupply  them  from 
the  beginning  of  the  present  volume,  but  no 
furtlier  buck  without  reprinting. 


"  l>it.  Kane,  finding  a  flower  under  the  Hum- 
buldt  glacier,  was  more  affected  by  it  because 
Vork  till'  Iiu.t  "'  K'"""'  beneatli  the  lip  and  cold  bosom  of  thu 
ice,  tliiiu  he  would  have  been  by  the  most 
gorgeous  garden  bloom.  So  some  single  strug- 
gling grace  in  the  heart  of  one  far  removed 
from  Divine  influences  may  be  dearer  to  God 
tliau  a  whole  catalogue  of  virtues  in  the  life  of 
one  nioro  favored  ol  heaven." 


Till:  (ioliffH  Ccntifr  naya  it  hiu*  no  objection 
to  the  D.  D.  alHxcit  to  11  ninu's  name,  provided 
it    means  "  Double  Diligence." 

Bkhtiikkm  Levi  Trostlo  and  George  Mourer 
have  been  holding  some  meetings  with  the 
Brethren  at  Cherry  Drove  and  Shannon. 


Just  beforo  going  to  press  we  received  a  ciinl 
from  Bro.  I).  B.  Gibson,  slating  that  he  is  now 
holding  meetings  in  South  liund,  hid. 

Most  of  the  coiigregntion»  iu  this  county 
have  heoQ  holding  series  of  meetings  of  late. 
The  romls  ui-o  in  an  excellent  condition  for  that 

purpose. 

•^t       -—- 

John  Plory  of  Bridgewater.  Va.,  we  loarii, 
has  been  preaching  in  Sangamou  Co.,  111.  Wish 
he  could  have  oallcd  ou  us  before  returning 
home. 


BiioTHKK  It.  II  Miller  is  preaching  a  series  of 
doctrimil  serinons  in  the  Antioch  church,  Ind. 
From  there  he  expeet-s  to  go  to  New  Paris,  and 
tiien  come  to  Lanark. 


Ol'H  readers  will  excuse  the  typographical  er- 
rors found  iu  some  of  the  Supplements  this 
week.  They  werv  not  noticed  till  several  lum- 
dred  of  the  shcetji  weiv  printed. 

Bkothek  Daniel  Vanimau  is  likely  near  Lo- 
rain, Adams  Co.,  Ill,,  holding  a  aeries  of  meet- 
ings, as  he  e.vpected  to  leave  home,  Jan.  2ud  for 
that  place. 

The  article  entitled  "  Christmas,"  In  No.  50 
of  last  volume,  should  have  been  credited  to 
Lizzie  B.  Myern  instead  of  Lizzie  Miller.  The 
mistake  was  ouni. 


The  Carroll  CoutUy  QazttU  and  job  office,  in 
Lanark,  has  been  purchased  by  Bro.  Plate,  for- 
mer foreman  of  this  office,  and  Mr.  A.  V.  Clark, 
formerly  tlie  niailing  clerk  of  our  ofBce.  They 
Jtr.-  fKitli  practifjij  printers,  and  energetic  young 


A  i)B.\ti  old  brother  writes:  "0, 1  would  like 
to  see  you  both!"  Yes,  we  too,  would  like  to 
see  all  of  our  readers— would  like  to  talk  with 
them  of  the  good  things  of  the  kingdom,  to  sing 
and  pniy  with  them  and  have  the  blessed  fel- 
lowflliip  that  ever  attends  those  who  love  the 
Loid,  The  old  brother  who  desires  to  see  us, 
liivs  stood  long  in  the  ranks  of  the  Lord,  and  for 
tliirty  years  has  tried  to  point  people  to  the 
Lamb  of  God.  He  has  had  the  joy  of  baptizing 
about  two  hundred  and  fifty  penitent  believers 
into  Christ,  iind  lieard  them  confess  the  name 
It  lie  Lord,  the  K'in((  and  Captain  of  their  sal- 
vation. God  bless  the  dear,  old,  faithful  pil- 
grim.i  who  have  so  long  withstood  theatornia 
of  life!  God  being  our  helper  wo  hope  to  see 
llio  old  brother,  with  all  the  redeemed,  beyond 
the  Jordan  of  death. 

OUR  PROSPECTS. 

Our  proapects  lor  this  year  are  what  we 
might  call  good.  We  have  a  lai-ge  increase  of 
new  subscribers,  while  the  old  ones  are  pretty 
much  all  renewing.  On  the  account  of  three 
other  weekly  papers  being  started  among  the 
llretliR-n,  we  had  expected  a  considcnible  fall 
i»g  off.  but  so  far,  that  does  not  seem  to  be  tlie 
case.  Wo  Imve  mauy  reasons  to  feel  much  en- 
couraged in  our  work,  believing  that  ourefTorls 
are  generally  appreciated  by  the  Brotlierhooil. 

Our  agents  have  been  working  faithfully. ' 
most  of  them  having  increased  their  list.*,  and 
many  are  still  hard  at  work.  May  God  bless 
and  lielp  them  in  their  earnest  efforts  to  circu- 
late the  truth  und  build  up  the  cause. 

SPECIAL  NOTICE. 

WE  are  adjusting  the  names  on  the  mailing 
galleys  a-f  fjist  as  possible,  and  it  will  re- 
quire a  lew  weeks  yet  before  everything  can  be 
properly  arnuiged,  and  for  that  rejLson  a  few 
may  get  the  paper  a  little  beyond  the  time  for 
which   they    have  subscribed.      UvulwaIs   are 


To  advocate  obedience  to  the  one  divine  Law, 
set  forth  and  confirmed  by  the  one  Lord,  for  the 
rule  and  government  of  the  one  body,  is  work 
that  every  "new  creature"  should  earnestly 
covet. 

Before  leaving  Lanark.  Bro.  Moore  and  I 
agreed  that  it  would  be  well  to  move  the  Chit- 
i/mi  at  Work  to  Ashland,  enlarge  it,  and  change 
its  name;  but  on  reaching  Ashland,  I  learned 
that  the  arraugemeuls  for  publishing  the  Gos- 
ptl  Treacher  had  so  far  proceeded,  that  it  must 
go  forward.  It  was  then  suggested  that  the 
two  i)ropo3itions  be  combined,  and  that  I  go  to 
Ashland  and  aid  in  the  work  there.  This  plan 
was  telegraphed  to  Bro.  Moore,  who  at  once  re- 
plied, refusing  to  accept  the  proposition.  After 
reading  to  the  Brethren,  Bro.  Moore's  conclu 
sions.  I  returned  home,  arriving  on  Sunday 
morning  the  22nd  in  time  to  assemble  with  the 
children  of  God  in  puljlic  worship.  Brother 
Jloore  and  I  talked  over  the  project,  looked  at 
it  from  various  stand-points,  and  concluded  best 
to  make  no  change  at  present.  We  thought  it 
prudent  not  to  be  the  means  of  increjising  pa- 
jjers  among  us,  but  to  go  on  where  we  are,  as 
we  are  doing  well,  and  think  the  Brethren  gen- 
erally appreciate  our  ladors.  We  say  this  much 
by  way  of  explanation  for  the  satisfaction  of 
many  wlio  are  making  inquiries  concerning  our 
intentions. 

I  would  have  taken  pleasure  in  remaining 
with  tlie  Brethren  in  and  around  Ashland  a  few 
days,  in  order  to  become  better  acquainted  with 
theui,  and  to  worship  with  them,  but  circum- 
stances seemed  to  call  for  an  immediate  return. 
Hope  to  be  able  to  spend  more  time  with  them 
nt  the  next  visit.  m.  m.  e. 


THE  POPE. 


rpHK  term  pope  is  from  a  Greek  word,  mean- 
J  ing  ftsthei;  and  was  formerly  applied  to  all 
the  bishops  in  the  West,  but  is  now  restricted 
to  the  bishop  of  Rome,  or  the  pope,  as  he  is 
generally  called.  He  is  considered  the  visible 
head  of  the  church,  hence  if  they  claim  Christ 
as  head  also  they  acknowledge  two  heads.  The 
woman  that  has  two  heads  (hi:sbands)  is  a  for- 
nicator, and  so  it  is  with  the  church  of  Borne. 
That  church— tlie  church  at  Rome  —was  found- 
ed by  proper  authority,  became  united  with 
Christ,  but  finally  broke  her  vow  and  took  up 
with  the  pope,  a  second  head,  and  thereby  be- 
came ft  fornicator.  Not  only  that,  but  is  the 
"  mother  of  harlots."  Rev.  1";  .i.  Some  of  her 
daughters  also  claim  two  heads,  and  hence  they 
are  harlots  too. 

Those  who  call  elders  the  "heads  of  the 
church"  want  to  cnn^'der  (he  point  well. 
Christ  is  t!te  \w.%\  of  the  clnircli.  and  the  only 
liead  that  a  true  church  will  aclmowledge. 

The  Roman  Catholic  churcli  regard  the  pope 
ivs  the  legitimate  successor  of  Peter,  claiming 
that  he  was  the  first  bishop  of  Kome.  The  ar- 
guments in  support  of  this  claim  are  of  a  very 
doubtful  character,  especially  when  it  comes  to 
tracing  a  line  of  popes  through  the  firat  centu- 


clear  of  this  evil  more  or  less.     If  they  do 
worship  a  pope,  they    must  call   somebody  Z' 
the  "  head  of  the  church."  thus  virtuallv 
knowledging  that  the  church  has  two  heads 
Looking  over  the  list  of  the   popes  I  not" 
that  the  See  has  been  vacant  a  number  of  tim 
In  the  seventh  century  it  was    vacant  one  jpa 
and  three  months.     At  another  time  two  vean 
and  nine  months,  and  still  at  another  time  tw 
years  and  three  months.    The  chair,  at  times 
has    been  filled    by  very  wicked  men  about  a,« 
void  of  Christianity    as   some  of  the  heathpn 
tyrants. 

At  one  period  the  pojie  virtually  ruled  fV 
civilized  world,  and  so  effectually  did  he  do  hiK 
work,  planting  the  standard  of  error,  that  nios! 
denominations  still  contain  in  their  practice 
some  of  the  marks  of  the  beast.  It  is  astouisb- 
ing  what  effect  the  Roman  Catholic  relioit.iihn 
had  on  the  world.  Tiicir  energies  drove  tW 
stain  so  far  into  Christendom  that  years  will  be 
required  before  it  can  be  entirely  removed. 

____^_^^  J-  H.  M. 

DID  JEStJS  BAPTIZE  P 


Uid  Christ  l»apti/f  by  pruxy  y  ur  did  lie  )«i]iiift 
with  hi"  own  hands?  for  his  disciples  did  net  baji- 
tize  any  one  till  the  day  of  Pentecost.  Tliej-  were 
not  yet  baptized  with  the  Holy  Ciliost,  :uid  tliere- 
fore  could  not  have  made  those  they  baptized  liol) 
men  because  not  Iioly  themselves.    ,1.  P.  X?;nKH. 

IN  John  4:  2,  we  learn  that  "  Jesus  baptizd 
not,  but  his  disciples,"  and  therefore  what 
baptizing  he  did  was  by  proxy.  For  wise  pur- 
poses, no  doubt,  he  baptized  none  by  his  own 
hands.  Water  baptism  has  been  intrusted  to 
human  agencies,  fvhile  Holy  Ghost  baptism  is 
in  the  hands  of  God.  The  power  to  adniiaister 
Spirit  baptism  has  never  been  given  to  man:  It 
is  a  divine  work  intrusted  to  divine  agency.  In 
salvation  are  human  and  divine  parts.  Water 
baptism  belongs  to  the  human  part:  this  the 
disciples  could  perform.  But  Spirit  baptism 
belonging  to  the  divine  part  was  reserved  for 
Christ. 

The  passage  above,  quoted  from  John  4;  2,  is 
proof  that  the  disciples  did  baptize  before  thi^ 
day  of  Pentecost.  Not  having  rtceived  the 
Holy  Ghost  did  not  disqualify  them  to  bapti/e. 
They  were  actiiig  under  the  direct  and  special 
instructions  of  the  Savior  whose  word  was  of 
sufficient  authority  to  them.  They  were  half 
enougb  to  partake  of  the  communion,  and  there- 
fore holy  enough  to  baptize. 

It  is  unscriptural  to  supprse  that  the holine« 
of  the  administrator  has  anything  to  do  with 
the  holiness  of  the  cirdidate.  Holiness  i^n"' 
transferable  from  one  person  to  aiother.  Top 
administrator  cannot  malcc  the  candidate  holv- 
That  is  a  work  belonging  to  him  and  his  Gd- 
The  baptized  disciple*  baptiml  those  who  de- 
manded it.  not  by  their   own  imthority,  but!') 


the    authority   of  Jesus  Christ.     He  was 


rith 
them,  and  personally  directed  them  in  all  their 
work.    When  he  left,  the  Holy  Ghost  or  Com- 
forter came  in  his  stead.    John  11:  16,  26- 
J.  M.  «- 

The  Chicago   post-oihce   wa^  burned  a  fe* 
days  ago.     No  letters  lost,  however. 


January^ 


THE    13KETIIKi!.:X    -A.T    AVOHaC. 


THE  OLD  OHDBH. 


ffill— Cbiist's  Blessings— LookiDg  for  a 


^Tbe  Legacy— When  the  Gospel  is  the 


power 


Qi  God   unto   Salvation— Death  and 


rrection— Pedobaptist  and  Baptist    Or- 
ijgjs"-The  Gospel  Order. 

nhetv  rt  tcstiiiiieiit  is,  tlit-re  must  also  of 
°  ^  ^tv  I'f  *''^  tl'-'i»t''  '•''  t'"^  tcstiilor.  F(ir  a  testii- 
Bf*"^"'  ;,f  force  alter  men  are  ileml ;  otherwise  It  is 
P""'  '^treng"'  "*  •'"  ^^■'"'*  "**■  l<sti»tw  liveUi."— 

Tug  word  "  rfif/o"ic"/      means  the  Gospel 
,lan  of  salvation,   the  one  Law   for  the 
.  ruineot  of  the  "  one  boily  "  of  the  Lonl  nod 
-"*/or  Jesus  Christ.    The  word  "  Tcshitor  "  ev- 
llv  means  the  Lord  and  Savior  of  mankind. 
f^Jori^,  L"ir,   If'///,   Truth,   Covemnit,  and 
.„„fi,l,  are  iiaed  intercliaogeably  in  the  Liv- 
!  Oracles.     These  .terms  are   (luulilied,   cou- 
ted  an^  coiiii>ared  as  "old,"  "  new,"  "tii-st,"' 
..second."  "  better,"  "  perfect,"  **  living."  These 
lifying  words  show   that  (here    has   been  a 
h  nae-    There  can  be  uo  new  Covenant  unless 
there  be  fir^t  fui  oH.  Covenant.     There   can  be 
.,/■(»«'/    without  ajiist;  nor  can  any  one 
>eak  of  a  "  ^'"f'  Covenant  "    unless  there  be 
first  a  i/oini  one.     Moses   was   the    mediator  of 
I  p  grst  Covenant,  Christ  of  the  second. 

\  will  mny,  or  may  not,  have  express  condi- 

jns  This  is  entirely  at  the  option  or  wish  of 
lU  testator.  A  will  in  force  is  supposed  to 
i(,je,  (1)  a  duly  qualified  testator;  (2)  a  legacy; 
,3)  ]P2al  heirs;  (4)  conditions;  (5)   an   executor 

executors :  i*')  the  death  of  the  testator.  The 
^ill  of  Jesus  the  Christ,  i^  not  wanting  in  any 
of  these  particulars.  He  himself  is  the  duly 
quaiiticJ  Testator.  The  legacy  is  the  forgive- 
ness of  sill?,  the  gift  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  and  the 
promise  of  eternal  life.  "  Being  justified  by  his 
grace,  we  should  he  heirs  according  to  the  hope 
of  etfrual  life."  Titus  3:  7.  The  conditions, 
faitii,  repentance,  baptism,  and  "  patient  con- 
tinuance in  well-doiug,"  walking  in  "  all  of  the 
commandments  and  ordinances  of  God,  blame- 
less." The  church,  the  "  one  body,"  is  the  ex- 
ecutor, and  is  in  duty  bound  to  execute  the  Will 
of  the  Redeemer.  Christ,  the  Testator,  died, 
thuii  giving  power  to  his  Will  in  hi^  absence. 

Before  the  death  of  Christ,  the  great  Testa- 
tor of  the  Will,  lie  distributeJ  blessings  on  va- 
rious conditions,  because  all  power  was  given 
to  him  in  heaven  and  on  earth.  '"  And,  behold, 
they  brought  to  him  a  man  sick  of  the  palsy, 
lyiug  on  a  bed:  and  Jesus  seeing  their  iaith 
said  unto  the  sick  of  the  palsy:  Son,  he  of  good 
cheer;  thy  sins  be  forgiven  thee."  Matt.  0:  '2. 
"That  is  the  idea,"  says  one,  "  justitiell  by  faith 
ohIij."  Not  so  fast,  iny  friend;  "how  readest 
thou?"  "What  saith  the  Scriptures?  "  "And 
Jesus  seeing  tlwir  faith  said  unto  the  sick  of 
the  palsy.  Son,  he  of  good  cheer;  thy  sins  be 
forgiven  thee."  Are  you  now  ready  to  con- 
clude that  this  case  of  a  special  blessing  is  a 
model  for  all  who  wish  to  come  to  Christ?*  Ob- 
serve it  was  their  faith,  the  faith  of  others  that 
Jesus  saw.  The  Testator  had  not  yet  died, 
heuee  could  grant  blessings  on  any  condition 
he  saw  fit.  In  doing  this  He  violated  no  law, 
disobeyed  no  one. 

Now,  turning  to  Luke  8:  36-i9,  we  look  at  it 
closely  to  see  if  -it  is  a  model  for  all  those  who 
were  to  come  after.  The  condition  of  the  woman's 
salvation  was  fitifh,  but  not  that  of  others,  as 
in  the  case  of  the  paralytic.  True,  all  must 
ba?e  faith,  hut  not  faith  ouhf  as  in  this  woman's 
case.  However  before  proceeding  further,  let 
as  call  to  the  witness  stand  the  penitent  on  the 
cross.  To  this  case  many  resort  in  support  of 
their  theory,  hence  regard  it  as  a  inodfl  for  all 
those  who  come  after.  If  this  he  a  model,  why 
'snot  the  case  of  the  young  man  who  was  told 
Msell  what  he  had  and  give  to  the  poor,  also  a 
model?  Why  is  not  the  paralytic  a  model  if 
t*ie  penitent  on  the  cross  is  a  model?  Not  one 
«  these  can  serve  as  a  mode!  for  a  man  to  get 
iuto  Christ  now.  The  Will  is  in  force,  and  we 
^ust  comply  with  the  conditions.  It  will  not 
w  to  go  into  ecstacies  over  the  penitent  on  the 
"^ross,  asserting  that  to  be  a  model  for  us. 

^n  thus  reasoning  we  do  not  wish  to  be  un- 
«eRtood  as  teaching  that  Christ  hud  no  Will 
V^rchis  death.  He  had  a  Will,  his  Father's 
Will, 

had 
y  was  just  as   much  his   before  his  death  as 
{*'*■    It  was  his  to  t/ive,  and  the  conditions  of 
fJiH  were  also  at  his 


to    perform,   but   before   his  death    he 
power  to  deviate   at   pleasure-    The   leg- 


command.     In  John 


'  «e  are  taught  that.  "  If  any  man  will  do  his 


will,  he  shall  know  of  the  doctrine,  whether  it 
be  of  God,  or  "whether  I  speak  of  myself."  Here 
he  speaks  of  the  necessity  oi  (hi tiq  the  Father's 
''il),  sometime  before hia  death.  The  will,  then, 
oiild  be  done  just  as  fast  as  it  was  revealed.  To 
all,  the  command  had  l)een  given,  "  Kepent." 
Men  therefore  should  repent.  To  all,  the  com- 
mand had  gone  forth,  'Believe."  Hence  all 
could  believe.  The  conimand,  "  Be  baptized  " 
wus  also  givea,  therefore  all  could  do  that  part 
of  the  Will.  We  have  now  brieliy  notic«d  thi- 
aid  order  of  things  up  to  the  last  night  of  our 
adorable  Jesus  in  the  "  upper  room  "  in  Jerue-a- 
leni.  The  work  done  there  we  shall  leave  for  a 
future  chapter. 

Fii-st,  there  must  be  a  Gospel,  a  Word  of 
Truth:  second,  this  Gcspel  must  be  preached; 
third,  somebody  must  hear  it;  fourth,  those 
hearing,  must  believe  it;  and  fifth,  obey  it. 
When  all  these  transpire,  then  the  Gospel  is 
"  The  pimcr  of  Gori  unto  salmtioti.'  Here  are 
five  ult'ar  and  distinct  points,  all  necessary  to 
the  work  to  be  awompli.shed.  Now  keep  these 
points  in  view;  First,  the  Gospel  was  given; 
second,  the  apostles  believed  it;  third,  they 
preached  it;  fourth,  the  people  beard  it;  fifth, 
and  obeyed  it. 

Upon  what  conditions  has  Jesus  bequeathed 
his  legacy?  Remission  of  sins,  the  gift  of  the 
Holy  Spirit  and  the  hope  of  eternal  life.  Let 
us  note  particularly  God's  order- //i<-  oW  ord»r 

A  sinner  stands  condemned  before  God,  not 
because  Adam  sinned,  not  for  Adam's  acts,  nor 
Adam's  guilt,  neitht^r  for  any  other  person's 
guilt,  but  because  of  his  mm  s/h.s",  the  actual 
sins  which  he  has  committed.  The  r//f(7  of 
Adam's  sin,  separation  ii-i>m  God.passed  upon  all 
men,  but  from  this  Christ  redeemed  all  without 
any  conditions.  ''Dust  thou  art,  smd  unto  dust 
shalt  thou  return."  "'Forsinceby  man(Adaiii) 
came  (physical)  death,  by  man  (Christ)  came 
also  the  resurrection  of  the  dead.  For  as  in 
(or  by)  Adam  all  die,  (leturn  to  dust)  even  so  in 
(or  by)  Christ  shall  all  be  made  alive"  (redeem- 
ed from  dust).  1  Cor.  15:  21,  22.  ,1/;  shall  be 
raised  from  the  dead,  saints,  sinners,  infants  and 
idiots.  The  "i/h/// of  original  sin"  is  not  found 
in  the  Bible.  No  one  is  dead  in  trespasses  and 
sins  in  Adam,  but  each  sane  adult,  or  person 
capable  of  discerning  right  from  wrong,  becomes 
dead  in  trespasses  and  sins  which  he  himself  rom- 
mits.  Any  one  who  has  ability  to  hear  and  be- 
lieve, is  lalled  fo  follow  Jesus  according  to  the 
Divine  conditions.  We  now  call  Matthew  2!S; 
18-20  to  the  witness  stand,  "And  Jesus  came 
and  spake  unto  them,  saying.  All  power  is  given 
unto  me  in  heaven  and  on  earth,  »Go  ye  there- 
fore, and  teach  all  nations,  baptizing  them  in 
the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of 
the  Holy  Ghost:  Teaching  them  to  observe  all 
things  whatsoever  I  have  commanded  you:  and 
lo,  I- am  with  you  alway,  even  unto  the  end  of 
the  world.  Amen."  First,  tearh  all  nations; 
second,  bdjjfizimj  them;  third,  icnvhimj  them  to 
observe  all  thintjs  whatsoever  Christ  command- 
ed. Now  conies  Mark  IG:  15,  lU.  '^  And  he 
said  unto  them,  Go  ye  into  all  the  world,  and 
preach  the  gospel  to  every  creature.  He  that 
helieveth  and  is  baptized  shall  be  saved;  but  he 
that  helieveth  not  shall  be  damned," 

First,  preach  the  Gospel;  second,  those  whr» 
hear,  shall  believe  and  he  baptized.  Mark  adds 
belief  to  what  Matthew  said.  Third,  the  great 
object  of /(■«(■/(/»(/,  hearing,  helievimj  and  being 
baptised,  is  salvation.  "  But  he  that  helieveth 
not,  shall  be  damned."  So  far  we  have  from 
these  two  witnesses,  preachim/,  beliif,  bajitism, 
salvation  to  those  who  hear,  and  (hnnnafhn  to 
those  who  hear  not.  Next  we  call  up  Luke  24: 
46,  47.  "And  said  unto  them.  Thus  it  is  writ- 
ten, and  thus  it  behooved  Christ  to  suffer,  and 
to  rise  from  the  dead  the  third  day:  .-ind  that 
repentance  and  remission  of  sins  should  be 
preached  iu  his  name  among  all  nations,  begin- 
ning at  Jerusalem." 

He  states  that  repentance  and  remission  if 
s/H.'f  shall  be  preached;  lience  we  have  a  com- 
plete model  of  what  is  to  be  done.  Taking  the 
three  together  they  agree,  and  teach  us  that 
there  must  he  preachinijy  repentance,  faith,  bap- 
tism and  remission  tf  sins;  these  things  to  be 
first  preached  at  Jerusalem.  Out  of  these  three 
witnesses,  theologians  of  different  schools  have 
evolved  three  different  orders.  First  order, 
Pedobaptist.  "(1) Baptism;  (2)  preaching;  (3) 
repentance;  (4)  faith;  (5)  remission  of  sins." 
All  truly  consistent  Pedobaptists  will  admit 
that  it  is  their  rule  to  baptize  or  sprinkle  in  in- 
fancy, hence  before  teaching.     When  they  baj)- 


'izf  an  adult  who  believes  and  has  been  taught, 
it  is  an  exceptiou  to  th«  rule.  How  they  can 
find  in  the  last  commisaion,  one  order  for  an 
adult  and  another  for  an  infant,  we  fail  to  per- 
ceive. IVrhaps  they  can  tell  us  haw  they  find 
t,  and  U'her<j  to  find  it. 


Second.  Baptist  Order.  "  (1)  Preaching;  (2) 
repentance:  (3)  faith;  (4)  remisMon  of  sins;  (5) 
baptism."  Now  here  we  have  two  onhrs,  dif- 
fering from  each  other,  both  claiming  to  be 
drawn  from  the  last  great  commission  of  the 
infallible  Teacher,  tho  Captain  of  our  salvation, 
tlm  Bishop  and  Shepherd  of  our  souls.  From 
the  theories  and  ileductions  of  uninspired  writ- 
era  we  turn,  and  look  towards  the  third,  or  Goa- 
\.e\  Order,  (l)The  Gospel  in  fact;  (2)  those 
who  heard,  believed  it;  (3)  they  all  received  it; 
(4)  the  apostles  were  given  power  to  preiieh  it; 
(.i)  they  preached  it  "  with  the  Holy  Ghost  sent 
down  from  heaven;"  (fi)  the  preachei-s  baptized 
all  penitent  believers  "into  the  name  of  the 
Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost;" 
(7)  they  taught  them  "to  observe  w/n/it/iji 
which  Ji-Aus  hail  commanded  them.  From  this 
we  learn,  that  the  Gospel  of  Christ,  ej-iits;  (2) 
must  be  preached;  (3|  must  be  heard— (Uoiu, 
10:  14-17);  (4)  to  be  believed;  (a)  and  obeyed; 
therefore  the  Gospel  of  Christ  consists  oi'  fartu 
to  be  hflieved;  mminands  to  be  obeyed,  and 
/inimises  to  be  enjoyed  or  hoped  for.  The  Gos- 
pel Order,  then,  is, (1)  faith;  (2) repentance;  (;i) 
baptism;  (4)  remission  of  sins;  (5)  the  gift  ol 
the  Holy  Ghost.  For  further  proof  let  us  turn 
to  Acts  2:  38:  "Men  and  hrethl-en,  what  shall 
we  do?  "  First  in  order  was  preaching  by  Pe- 
ter; (2)  the  hearers  believed;  "  Faith  couK-th  hy 
hearing."  (Rom.  10:  17i.  Their  heartj?  are 
changed;  they  are  filled  with  godly  sorrow,  and 
want  to  know  what  to  do.  Let  the  Holy  Spirit 
give  the  answer:  (3) "  Repent,"  and  (4)  "  he  bap- 
tized," (.5)  "  for  the  remission  of  sins"  (U)  "  and 
ye  shall. receive  the  gift  of  the  Holy  Ghost." 
Thus  the  Holy  Ghost  commands  a  sinner  to 
hear  the  Gospel,  believe  it,  repent,  be  baptized, 
and  he  shall  have  the  remission  of  sins,  the  gift 
of  the  Ilolij  Spirit,  and  the  hope  of  eternal  life. 
This  is  the  divine  arrangement,  the  old  order. 

By  carefully  following  the  Divine  order,  the 
reader  will  notice  that  Christ's  life,  death  and 
resurrection  constitute  the  three  leading /oc/.t 
of  the  New  Covenant, — that  faith,  repentance 
and  baptism  to  all  alien  sinners,  constitute  the 
three  leading  commands  to  them,  and  that  re- 
mission of  sins,  gift  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  and 
hope  of  eternal  life,  are  tin-  three  grand  prom- 
ivrs  to  all  who  comply  with  the  conditions.  Is 
not  this  the  Gospel  order?     If  not,  why  not? 


in  that  method  on  our  part.  We  hope  that  all 
will  work  together  for  good,  keeping  the  peace 
and  harmony  of  the  church  in  view.  An  our 
papers  have  much  to  do  with  the  [war^  and 
prosperity  of  the  church,  it  is  hoped  that  they 
11  be  conducted  in  a  way  that  will  reflect 
credit  on  the  cause.  So  far  oa  we  are  concerned, 
individually,  we  are  ready  lo  do  anything  that 
will  be  for  the  good  of  the  Brotberhoo<l  at  large. 
Our  object  is  to  do  all  lu  our  power  for  the  in- 
teri'st  of  the  cause.  We  have  no  reaBon  to 
complain  about  patronage.  Our  lint  in  large, 
with  prospects  of  increasing.  We,  however, 
have  this  much  to  say  at  present:  Whenever 
our  editorial  brethren,  throughout  the  Brother- 
hood, net  ready  to  consult  together  with  a  view 
of  forming  some  kind  of  a  consolidation  ho  an  to 
have  less  pajwri  in  the  church  they  will  find  ui 
ready  for  just  duch  a  move.  And  I  am  satisfied 
that  every  brother  and  ninter  will  say.  amen. 


GETTING  UP  A  SENSATION. 

rilHE  y?fi///f  p'lag  wants  us  to  either  "prove 
1  or  withdraw"  what  we  said  about  Ray's 
"  rough  and  unbeconiiug  language."  We  need 
not  prove  it.  Our  readers  know  the  fact  of  the 
matter.  They  read  his  speeches  and  know  just 
what  he  writes.  We  cannot  take  it  back— what 
we  said  is  true.  That  part  of  the  article,  refer- 
ring to  My  Ray,  was  written  very  deliberately. 
To  Mr.  Ray's  credit  we  state,  that  in  this  writ- 
ten discussion  he  is  not  near  as  rough  as  he  was 
at  the  Newtonia  debate.  He  has  improved  that 
much.  Of  course,  hia  cry  will  be.  that  we  are 
tryinR  to  manufacture  prejudice  against  him. 
But  so  far  as  the  manufacturing  business  is  con- 
cerned he  is  far  ahead  of  us;  he  does  that  part 
himself, 

Mr.  Ray  says:  "We  hope  Mr,  Moore  will 
prove  or  withdraw  his  charges.  If  lie  thinks 
Mr.  Stein  needs  help,  let  him  come  to  his  rescue 
in  a  more  honorable  way." 

Bro.  Stein  is  getting  along  finely.  We  are 
well  pleased  with  his  defense.  He  needs  no 
help,  if  it  is  his  first  written  debate,  and  he  has 
for  his  opponent  the  best  Baptist  debater  of  the 
South-west.  But  Kay  is  getting  uneasy;  there 
is  something  coming,  he  has  written  a  hook,  and 
that  is  to  ciniie  imto  I  lie  witm?-is  sf-.iM  to  f.'sti- 
fy  against  him;  and  to  ward  off  the  l)l(»w  and  if 
possible,  lessen  the  shock,  he  is  trying  to  raise 
a  sensation— he  wants  somebody  to  .sympathize 
with  liim.     \'.-iil\  his  c.i-.e  is  a  hard  one. 


OUR  PAPERS. 


rPHE  Brethren  at  Ashland,  Ohio,  have  started 
J.  a  paper  entitled  the  Gospel  Preacher,  the 
first  No.  of  which  is  before  us.  It  is  a  neatly 
printed  sheet,  edited  by  brethren  S.  H.  Bashor 
and  S.  Z.  Sharp.  In  this  connection  some  ex- 
planations may  be  necessary.  We  have  been 
corresponding  nearly  a  year  with  the  Brethren 
at  Ashland  in  regard  to  moving  one  of  our  pa- 
pers there,  and  for  that  purpose  visited  them 
last  Fall.  At  first  the  matter  was  very  strong- 
ly urged,  but  we  did  not  see  our  way  altogether 
clear  to  do  anything  at  that  time,  A  few  weeks 
ago  Bro.  Eshelmau  was  requested  to  visit  Ash- 
land immediately  to  see  if  something  could  not 
be  done  for  the  interest  of  both  localities.  He 
did  so.  At  first  it  was  thought  to  move  the 
Children  at  M'nric  to  Ashland,  enlarge  it  to 
twice  its  present  size,  and  leave  the  Bkbtiiicrn 
AT  Work  at  Lanark,  but  the  Brethren  at  Ash- 
land had  gone  so  far  with  their  project  of  start- 
ing another  paper  that  they  could  not  wpll 
withdraw.  It  was  then  proposed  to  have  the 
Bketukbs  at  Wokk  at  Lanark  under  my  care, 
while  Bro.  E.  would  go  to  .\shland  and  edit 
one-fourth  of  the  Gospel  Preacher  in  the  interest 
of  the  youth,  and  both  papers  to  belong  to  one 
firm.  Bro.  E.  returned  home  and  we  talked 
over  the  projects  carefully,  and  concluded  not 
to  make  any  change  at  present.  We  are  very 
much  concerned  about  the  good  of  the  cause, 
and  want  to  labor  for  the  interest  of  our  holy 
religion. 

We  do  not  feel  that  it  bet^omes  us  to  express 
an  opinion  in  regard  to  the  effect  of  a  multi- 
plicity of  papers  in  the  Brotherhood,  but  shall 
earnestly  labor  to  give  no  occasion  for  strife 
between  the  Bhkthben  at  Work  and  its  con- 
temporaries. We  haveour  method  of  sounding 
out  the  Gosi)el,  and  see  uo  necessity  for  a  change 


PALESTINE  TO  BE  RESTORED. 

The  I.Dndmi  conespoiulcnt  uf  the  Lr.Ko.s  MEtt- 
ciiiv.  writes  to  Lliut  journal  as  follows:  "I  can 
state  as  Ji  fnct.  and  not  as  a  mere  ruiuor.  tluit  a 
Hyndiciile  is  actually  in  process  of  couso]i<hition, 
wliich  1ms  for  ils  sole  ol)ject  the  purchase  of  I'nies- 
thif  from  tlic  Turkish  (iovcrnmeut  and  it.sre8torftr 
tiou  to  tlie  .li^wsinsome  fonii.  I  know,  but  EUn 
not  at  lilierty  In  mention,  the  name  of  the  Secreta- 
ry of  the  boily,  whieli  alieady  numbers  some  very 
hillueiitial  iiiemlii-i'M,  and  I  "can  vouch  for  tlie  con* 
liUencw  with  which  the  Secretary,  who  ia  not  a 
iiH-iuber  of  tlie  .Jewish  race  or  religion,  but  a  well- 
kuo\iii  mnn,  regards  tho  future  success  of  the 
scln'Uic;  uml  his  experience  of  the  world  and 
kiiiiwU'dgc  iif  mou  are  too  important  to  In-  i(jiiored," 
The  above  indicates  the  very  thing  we  have 
been  expecting  for  some  time.  It  would  seem 
that  the  fulfilling  of  prophecy  is  at  hand,  and 
that  the  day  is  not  far  distant  when  the  times 
of  the  Gentiles  will  be  fulfilled,  and  the  Jews 
permitted  to  return  to  their  native  land. 


NOT  SO  FAST  IF  YOU  PLEASE. 

•"pHE  Baptist  Battle  Flag  n  getting  a  little 
J,  out  of  its  latitude  dictating  for  us.  It 
says: 

'''V)xG  Brethren  at  ICori  has,  in  violation  of 
its  contract,  shut  out  the  discussion,  and  sends 
it  out  on  a  little  extra  slip." 

Is  the  printing  of  a  matter  in  a  supplement 
shutting  it  out  of  the  paper?  Our  people  want 
to  preserve  the  debate  and  prefer  it  in  a  supple- 
ment. Is  Mr.  Kay  afraid  to  have  the  debate 
preserved?  It  looks  very  much  like  it.  The 
tide  is  turning  against  liim,  he  feels  it,  and  now 
wants  to  raise  a  cry  of  victory  for  effect.  The 
man  would  better  save  his  breath  till  the  battle 
is  over,  lie  will  need  it  long  before  he  gets  his 
backward  single  iminersionist  Baptist  Oiurch 
traced  hack  to  tho  apostolic  times.  The  gentle- 
man will  have  enough  to  do  if  he  keeps  his  own 
^ide  of  the  question  straight. 


Maxy  who  cannot  be  con\-ince(l  by  argument, 
can  sometimes  be  won  by  love. 


THK    HKKa'tiKl-J^^'    ^T    -WaUK.. 


Januarv' 


rj'   9 


<^ItII     l|ibl. 


"  Tht  Worth  of  Truth  no  TonjM  Can  Tell." 

Thl»  dpp*rlin*nl  la  dwign*'!  for  uklng  *nd  •o*werio| 
BIbIt  oumUoo..  •Dd  for  Ihi  loloHoTi  of  Sonpiur.!  dlffiral- 
Um.  All  DUMiioDi  •hould  b«  »Ui»d  -ith  cndor.  sad  M- 
■wertd  wlOi  u  much  cl»»rn««  m  poMlhk.    m   ordPT   to 

tnaoir  IllWr  T™ih.     ABlcW  for  CbK  dep.nm.iil.  nnjl 
B  thorl  kDct  to  the  point. 


riftno  flvf  ymtr  vlc»»  of  IK-b.  12:  »:  "  Kot  out 
God  Ix  u  cwiittumlDg  flri--"  •'■  ^V-  ^Vali- 

Wni  Aulttc  one  tellmc  liow  lonn  Nnuli  «'»»  Ijoll.l- 
ingthottrk/  I..tAia,PitN..oi.. 

■What  l»  tlio  iupjuilni  of  tit..  Ia»t  two  «onl»  of  I 
nor  tt-  ovv  ••Anatlioina  Maruit  atlili." ai"l  wliat 
I^p,a«nl«ltV  W.n.Mn...K«. 

Supper,  nnrl  tbfi  C-iniiiinnlnn  wfTc-  ItiHtituU-O? 
Some  oiu'  will  please  fxpliiin.       J.  M.  Dkti.kk. 

We  rejul  In  Qpn.  1 :  W:  "  JM  ii«  mahe  rniin  tn  our 
own  IniHRe.  lifter  our  Ilken.wH."  lJl*l  (i»'\  iit»^*' 
man  In  Hie  f'«rm  of  lilmwlf,  or  wiu.  the  lmaK<-  «plr- 
ItUj^ly  A.  nr,M.I.V«KK. 

Pleanc  (dvc  an  expIimBtlon  on  1  V.nr.Tr.rr.  "To 
deliver  mielKirmo  unto  .Siitirn  for  tlio  deiitriietlon 
Of  tlie  Jli-Hli.  tliut  tlie  flplrlt  mil)  l.e  siived  In  the  diiy 
0ftIieLor.IJr-ini»."  M.  W.  Kkim. 

PleBneexpliiln  .I"hn  1 :  Kt:  "  Which  were  horn, 
not  of  hh.o.I.  nor  of  tlie  will  r.f  the  riesh.  nor  of  the 
Will  of  miin,  hut  of  (io.l."  What  hirtlm  nri,  hero 
referred  to,  nuturul  or  Hplritimli'  ^  ^,  ^J^^^.J,,^ 

Will  dome  one  ftWtf  un  (in  expliinntlon  on  I  Cor.a: 
12, 13?  1-  Who  in  the  ImilderV  a.  Wliivl  tlie  mato- 
ri^y  3.  Mow  itlinll  a  nijurx  work  bo  trie.1  liy  Ilrey 
4.  If  «  innn'H  woiik  he  l)urned,liownJiaIliii:l>e  hhv- 
ed  yet  HO  im  hy  flreV  H.  H.  WiiriMiai. 

Plcaneitive  luievj.lanHtlon  of  lU-v.  22:i!.  II  icu'Ih 
tlnw :  "  In  the  initht  of  the  iitreot  of  It.  aoil  on  ettli- 
er  Bide  of  the  river,  wiistderu  tlio  tree  of  life,  wliicli 
bare  twelve  Hiumier  of  fruits,  and  yielded  lier  fruit 
every  niontli:  and  the  )eiive»  of  tliP  tree  were  for 
the  Iiealinjr  of  thr-  nnlionit."  A  HiifiTrrKii. 

Will  Home  oiiehe«o  kind  lu  to  exithiln  Mutt,  f.: 
20,  SO:  "And  If  tliy  rlKlit  eye  olfeiid  tliee.  plurlc  it 
out.  and  nwt  It  from  line:  f.-r  it  Ih  iirollliihlc  lor 
thee  that  one  of  tliy  nmniljeiH  HJiould  perlHli,  and 
not  that  thy  wliolo  body  Hiionld  he  cast  Into  hell. 
And  If  thy  rlalit  hand  olTeiid  tliee,  rut  it  off,"  et*-. 
S.  A.  riJUKINfll'-U. 

Sonio  one  will  jileiwe  oxpialn  Mark  1(1:  17.  IH: 
"And  tiiese  hIhuh  ■hail  follow  tliein  that  liclleve; 
In  my  name  Hhall  they  ciwt  out  devils;  they  Hliaii 
Hppfili  Willi  new  toiiKueH;  they  «hall  tal(o  up  m-r- 
penlM;  mid  it  they  drink  imy  (loudly  tlihiR.  It  Hhnli 
not  Imrl  llieTii;  tliey  ntuill  lay  liandu  on  tlie  nick, 
and  thev  whull  ri-covcr."    Who  Ih  roforred  toV 

.1.  L.  IJiiowx. 


QUERIES  ANSWERED. 

rieiweevpliilii  1  Tim.  I;ii;  I.uko  111:  ir,;  Mark  ft: 
88:  Murk  HI:  17,  1«.  To  wlillt  law  hm  the  Seript- 
urei)  rul'eM>ni-e  ami  to  what  extent  olionld  It  bo  UHed  V 
WbatiHllie  nioht  osteimied'i'  Hiw  it  reference  to 
any  pnrtleular  tiling  V 

Will  the  IJiiitTirnKS  at  U'mtK  kIvo  an  explana- 
tion of  tlie  Iiilterelawso  of  Uio  until  veiiie  ol'  the 
SSmI  clia|iter  of  l.uke.  which  rvadti  iih  foUowd :  "  And 
be  that  hatii  no  Hwurd  let  hiiu  hoII  his  garment  and 
buy  one." 

Alflo,  Mark  aa:  Ifi,  which  rondH  jib  followa:  "Woe 
unto  you  surlhiat  and  PharlBees,  hypocritoH!  for  ye 
OOmpati!!  tiiia  and  land  to  luidte  one  ]iroBeIyto;  and 
Vhen  h»  ifi  made  yo  make  htm  two-1'old  more  the 
Oblld  of  hell  thiui  yoin-HidveN."  S.  A.  Uluuy. 

THE  law  alluded  to  by  the  riposHe  in  1  Tim. 
1:1>,  is  tlio  moral  law.  There  were  I  wo 
lawd  given  by  Moses,  the  ceruntonial  law,  niid 
the  moral  law;  the  object  of  the  latter  wjls  Io 
reatmin  criinun,  nn>l  to  punish  tlioso  who  would 
commit  them.  Thin  law  wan  not  i'or  the  right- 
eous as  H  rcNtrainer  of  criuicH,  or  an  inllicter  of 
puiiichnieut,  for  such  comuiitted  uo  transgres- 
sions, therefore  the  law  did  notlin  against  them, 
It  was  harmless  so  far  iu<!  they  were  concerned, 
There  was  nothing  la  them  for  it  to  take  hold 
upon. 

Luke  Ifi:  15.  Thehypociitical,  worldly  Phar- 
isees are  again  the  subjects  of  our  Lord's  rebuke. 
Our  Savior  had  been  speaking  iigaiust  the  love 
of  the  world  and  a  conservative  spirit.  These 
haughty  Phorisees  treated  Ilia  teachings  with 
contempt;  our  translation  bkj-s,  "  They  d«rided 
him."  It  would  perhaps  be  a  more  litenil  ren- 
dering to  say,  "  They  turned  up  their  noses  at 
him."  The  original  expresses  the  utmost  con- 
tempt. The  blessed  Jesus  turned  to  them  and 
said,  "Ye  are  they  which  justify  yourselves  be- 
fore men;  but  God  knoweth  your  hearts;  for 
that  which  is  highly  esteemed  among  men,  is 
abomination  in  the  sight  of  God."  By  your 
worldly  wisdom,  your  worldly  prudence,  your 
standing  in  society,  your  wealth,  you  have 
gained  a  reputation  among  men,  and  by  them 
you  are  highly  respected  and  esteemed ;  hut  God 
who  penetrates  the  exterior,  and  who  sees  your 
hearte,  and  knows  the  corruption  and  vile  hy- 
pocrisy that  lurkd  there,  holds  you  in  abojuina- 
tion.  The  fpierist  does  not  say  what  point  he 
wants  explained  in  the  above  passages.  Faith, 
however,  is  the  principle  theme. 

The  first  passage  is  our  Lord's  address  to  the 
father  of  the  demoniac,  who  was  posseseed  by  a 


dumb  Bpirit.  The  disciplea  could  not  cast  out 
thiH  devil,  and  when  the  father  api*aled  to  Je- 
BUi,  H«  addrewed  to  him  the  language  indicated 
byourqoerist;  "If  thou  canst  b<?lieve,  all  thingn 
are  pfMnible  to  him  that  belitfveth."  The  father 
had  said,  "  If  thou  canst  do  anything,  have  mer- 
cy on  ua  and  help  us."  Jenus  told  him  it  all 
depended  on  himself.  I  am  uufBciently  able  to 
effect  a  cure,  I  am  nufiiciently  able  to  do  any- 
thing, I  can  fuminh  the  power,  if  thou  canst 
but  exercise  sufKcient  faith  to  receive  it.  Why 
is  It  that  we  are  not  cleansed  from  all  »in,  when 
the  apostle  t^Il"  us  that  "  this  is  the  will  of  God 
even  our  sanctifieation?  "  The  cleansing  [>ow- 
er  is  in  Jeaus;  in  Him  is  the  ability  to  cleauHe 
US  from  all  sin;  if  we  are  not  pure,  the  fault  ia 
ours;  on  our  part  it  is  lack  of  dwire,  or  lack  of 
faith. 

Tlio  second  passage  alluded  to  the  signs  that 
shall  follow  those  that  believe.  The  word  iir- 
rnmjumy  would  better  express  the  meaning 
than  "  follow,"  "  these  signs  shall  accompany." 
These  tiigns  were  miraculous  powers  that  were 
conferred  upon  the  apostles  and  those  converted 
by  their  immediate  ministry.  These  signs  were 
confined  to  the  apostolic  age,  and  in  that  age 
were  literally  fulfilled.  It  is  a  fact,  according 
to  this  prediction  of  our  Lord,  that  not  one  of 
the  apostles  lost  their  lives  by  |)oi8ou,  while 
Mohammed,  who  styled  himself  the  apostle  of 
(iod,  lost  his  life  in  this  way. 

TIIK  8W0III)  ANII  OARMENT. 
The  whole  verse  reads  thus:  "Then  said  he 
nnto  them,  but  now,  he  that  hath  a  purse,  let 
him  take  it,  imd  likewine  his  script:  and  he  that 
hath  no  nword,  let  him  sell  his  garment  and 
buy  one."  The  last  clause  is  obscure,  and  difli- 
ult  to  understand  it.  We  have  seen,  and  heard 
several  explajiatioUN,  the  one  we  most  favor  is 
that  of  IJishop  Tearce.  He  thinks  that  the 
word  iiiiuhainiii  Ininalated  sword,  has  been  in- 
serted here.  In  the  Hible  Union  tran«liition  the 
tl«u.fe  reads  thus:  "  And  be  who  hath  none,  let 
him  sell  his  garment  and  buy  a  sword."  The 
above  is  said  to  bo  far  the  moat  literal  rendering. 
Such  being  the  rase,  sword  stands  rather  awk- 
wanlly  in  the  passage;  by  substituting  ojir  for 
sword,  the  construction  is  far  better.  The  pro- 
uonii.iBl  ndjectivo  "  none  "  would  then  refer  to 
script  in  the  former  clause.  Then  the  meaning 
of  our  Savior  is  plain;  He  tells  His  disciples, 
that  now  He  ia  about  to  send  them  into  all  the 
world,  among  inhosititable  tribes,  prudence 
would  therefore  dictate  that  they  nnike  provis- 
ions for  their  journey,  so  necessary  would  it  be 
that  they  have  scrip,  or  bags  to  carry  provii^ion 
in,  that  rather  than  be  without  these  they  had 
iM'ttor  part  with  their  upper  garments  to  pro- 
cure them.  Some  are  for  retaining  the  word 
umrhmrmi,  and  think  it  should  be  translated 
/nii/'r,  which  wo-s  necessary  on  long  journeys 
for  providing  forage  and  fuel. 

WOK  1:NT0  SCIUBMS,  PHAtirtEES  AKI)  HVl'OCItlTKS, 

Scribes  or  writers  among  the  ancients  were 
men  of  learning,  and  were  held  in  high  esteem; 
they  are  frequently  in  Scripture  called  wise 
men.  and  counsellors.  Their  reputed  wisdom 
gave  them  great  auLliority  and  influence  among 
the  people  who  looked  uji  to  them  as  the  ex- 
pounders of  the  law.  This  influence  and  power 
they  had  greatly  abused  in  the  time  of  our 
Savior,  as  by  their  traditions  and  false  glosses 
they  had  .so  perverted  the  Scriptures  as  to  make 
them  of  no  efl'ect.  Our  Savior,  in  the  scathing 
rebuke  of  the  above  passage,  joins  them  with 
the  Pharisees  to  which  sect  they  generally  be- 
longed. The  Pharisees  were  a  sect  who  pre- 
tended to  superior  sanctity  and  wisdom,  but 
who  only  made  their  religion  a  cloak  to  cover 
the  most  vile  and  infamous  acta.  Our  Savior 
uniformly  speaks  of  them  with  censure  and  in- 
dignation. 

"  Compass  sea  and  laud."  This  was  a  pro- 
verbial expression,  intinmting  that  they  left  no 


HAPPY  NEW  YEAR! 
BT  I).  8.  M EKTZEB. 

A  glad  New  Vparl 
To  all  our  multrs  every-wher*- ; 
May  you  enjoy  Im  prospects  fair. 

And  all  tta  chwr. 

View  not  the  Past 
Its  many  fallings  to  lament, 
llut  leam  to  I»e  full  well  content 

Wiia  joya  tli-iu  hast. 

Jtejrin  anew 
Tliy  life  on  eartli  with  hope  to  I.ve, 
And  let  each  day  some  surety  give. 

Of  deeds  most  true. 

Improve  thy  mind 
And  let  tliy  heart  in  peace  be  free; 
Where'er  you  go.  wliert-'er  yoii  be. 

Be  RioiiT  and  kinh. 

If  thus  while  here 
Vou  strive  the  best  of  life  to  gain. 
There  shall  a  joy  each  year  remain, 

H.MTV  Nkw  Ykar!  ! 
li'fit/nmboro.  Pa. 


means  untried,  but  did  all  ni  their  power  to 
gain  converts  to  their  system.  I'roselyte  means 
a  stninger  or  foifigncr,  hence  it  wjis  chiefly 
among  the  heathen  nations  that  these  converts 
were  made. 

"The  child  of  hell."  This  was  a  Hebraism, 
or  a  form  of  expression  peculiar  to  the  Hebrew 
language,  raeiining  an  excessively  wicked  person. 

"  Two-fold."  The  Greek  word  here  translat- 
ed "  two-fold,"  is  (Upfoitron;  dipUm  means  hy- 
pocrisy, fraudulence,  and  tfiploierou  means  more 
hypocritical,  more  fiiiudulent;  it  is  simply  the 
adjective  ni  the  comparative  degree.  That  is. 
the  Scribes  and  Pharisees  were  hypocritical,  and 
deceitful,  but  these  proselytes  were  more  so. 
And  this  character  is  attested  toby  Christian 
writers,  Justin  Martyr,  a  writer  of  the  second 
century  says,  that  "  The  proselytes  did  not  only 
disbelieve  Christ's  doctrine,  but  were  abundant- 
ly more  blasphemous  against  Him  than  the 
Jews  themselves,  endeavoring  to  torment  aud 
cut  off  Christians  wherever  found. 

M.vTFiE  A.  Leak. 


FOR  YOUNG  SISTERS. 

BY  MAHY  J.  STEES. 

IN  No.  50  of  the  Brethrkn  at  Work,  we 
read  that  a  brother  writes:  "  We  think  the 
HKKTintEN  at  Work  quite  a  help  to  the  young 
members."  Yes,  it  is  invariably  ahelp;  butam 
sorry  to  think  that  many  neglect  to  adopt  it  as 
a  help.  Possibly  you  will  ask  why  I  think  so- 
I  shall  tell  yoa  by  asking  a  question.  Do  yon 
read  the  whole  or  part  of  the  paper  every  week? 
Who  can  answer,  "I  do?"  While  conversing 
with  young  sistera,  I  frefjupntly  have  occasion 
to  speak  of  the  paper,  aud  I  am  inclined  to  be- 
lieve that  some  do  not  read  one  article  during 
the  week,  and  more  inclined  to  believe  that 
they  neglect  to  read  the  Bible.  Dear  young 
sisters,  we  have  undertaken  a  great  work.  The 
object  of  this  work  is  the  hope  of  receiving  eter- 
nal life.  God  says,  if  we  leave  one  command 
undone,  we  are  in  debt  for  the  whole.  O,  con- 
sider that  debt!  How  can  we  pay  the  debt, 
unless  we  daily  read  and  meditate  the  Word  of 
God.  It  is  our  duty  to  read  it  so  that  we  may 
become  instructive  to  those  of  our  surroundings, 
and,  like  the  faithful  serv.int,  improve  our  tal- 
ent. It  is  very  necessary  to  be  systematic  in  all 
we  do;  otherwise  we  will  get  subjects  huddled 
in  our  minds.  A  very  good  system  by  which 
to  get  our  daily  lesson  is  this:  Read  two  chap- 
ters each  week  day  and  three  on  Suuday  from 
the  Old  Testament,  and  one  chapter  each  week 
day  and  two  on  Sunday  from  the  New  Testa- 
ment. This  will  take  you  through  the  Bible  in 
one  year.  By*limiting  your  lessons  you  will  be 
more  apt  to  get  one  each  day,  and  will  retain 
more  of  what  you  read.  To  read  without  writ- 
ing, is  to  be  guilty  of  downright  folly,  says  an 
author.  If  you  desire  to  learn  to  write,  think 
and  compose,  keep  a  pencil  and  blank  paper  be- 
side you  and  note  subjects.  When  you  hear 
your  subjects  referred  to  iu  a  discoui-se,  add  from 
time  to  time  the  information  you  acquire  on  it. 
Methiuks  I  hear  some  say,  "  I  haven't  time  to 
do  this."  It  is  true,  there  are  vai-ious  domestic 
duties  to  pef'orm  aud  every  girl  should  know 
how  to  perform  them,  but  the  mind,  too,  needs 
cultivation.  Of  this,  I  will  speak  further  in  the 
future.  We  are  laboring  for  a  life  eternal,  and 
if  ive  devote  all  our  time  to  duties  pertaining  to 
this  life  and  neglect  to  cultivate  the  mind,  the 
never  dying  part  of  man,  how  can  we  expect  to 
inherit  that  eternal  life? 


Dear  sisters,  we  are  working  in  the  garden  of 
the  Lord.  What  a  beautiiul  errdeu  it  is!  How 
I  wish  I  had  commenced  sooner  to  gather  the 
beautiful  (lowers  that  bloom  therein.  How 
weet  they  are!  Just  let  me  name  a  few  that 
constitute  a  favorite  bouquet:  Matt.  22:  37,  39; 
John  13. 1.1;  1  Cor.  IL  But  the  last  mention- 
ed some  would  like  to  discard  because  they  are 
ashamed  to  wear  it.  Jesus  says,  "He  that  is 
iU'-hamed  of  me  and  of  my  wonls,  of  him  will  I 
also  be  ashamed."  This  covering  is  just  as 
beautiful  as  is  the  delicate  flower  of  innocence 
in  a  bouquet  of  natural  flowers.  Come,  young 
sisters,  we  must  work  with  greater  zeal,  for 
sooner  or  later,  we  must  take  the  place  of  our 
older  sistera.  Are  we  capable  of  this  lot?  If 
we  know  how  and  what  to  do.  we  are.  And  to 
know,  we  must  read  the  Bible  aud  Christian 
periodicals.  Let  us,  young  sisters,  begin  afresh 
this  New  Year  to  learn  of  Jesus  and  Him  cru- 
cified. 


|((cm5   of  |[nlcresl. 


Chbist  prefers  forgiveness  to  every  other  vir- 
tue. He  enjoins  it  oftener^  more  earnestly, 
more  anxiously,  and  with  this  weighty  circum- 
stance, that  the  forgiveness  of  others  is  the  con- 
dition upon  which  we  are  to  expect  and  ask 
from  God  forgiveness  for  ourselves. 


— Oi-Hi  55.(XM>  immigrants  have  aoughi 
homes  in  America  last  year. 

— OvEBeO.fHJti  Bibles  have  been  sent  fro^ 
Philadelphia  to  Australia  and  the  antipod^ 
since  January  IS78. 

—The  English  Bishops  have  come  to  a  res^^ 
lution  not  to  grant  licenses  for  the  remarriage, 
of  divorced  persons. 

— It  is  proposed  to  build  a  ship  canal  across 
the  peninsula  of  Florida,  a  distance  of  75  miJeg 
from  Matanzas  Inlet  to  Suwannee  River.  ' 

—Of  191  Congregational  ministers  who  have 
died  during  the  past  four  years,  ninety-seven 
had  passed  the  limit  of  70  years,  and  ninety, 
four  had  not  reached  it,  the  average  being  $5 
years,  4  months  and  19  dajs.* 

— It  is  a  significant  fact,  and  one  hopeful  for 
the  future  of  a  great  people,  that  some  of  the 
leading  statesmen  and  thinkers  of  France  have 
lately  given  it  as  tlieir  opinion  that  the  hope  of 
France  lies  in  a  Protestantism  based  on  an  open 
undiluted  Bible. 

— Manl-el  Pardo,  ex-Pre^ident  of  Peiu.has 
been  assassinated.  Mauuel  Pardo  governed 
Peru  from  1872  to  1876.  He  was  the  candidate 
in  1872  of  the  popular  party,  aiyj  his  election 
was  preceded  by  the  desperate  riot  during  wliidi 
President  Balta  was  assassinated. 

— The  Primitive  Methodists  of  England  are 
considered  the  poorest  Christian  community  in 
that  country,  and  yet  they  raised  last  j-ear 
^loU.OOO  for  missionary  purposes.  This  was  an 
average  of  §1.0n  for  every  member  of  the  deuom- 
ination,  and  a  higher  average  than  that  of  most 
of  the  wealthier  denominations. 

—The  holy  See  has  obtained  from  the  English 
government  an  assurance  that  Roman  Catho- 
lics in  Cyprus  shall  enjoy  the  same  liberties  as 
in  England.  In  consequence,  large  plans  for 
proselytism  in  the  island  are  being  organized 
and  they  hope  that  Cyprus  may  become  the  base 
for  an  extensive  Asiatic  propaganda. 

— The  six  columns  that  remain  of  the  great 
Temple  of  the  Sun,  at  Baalbec,  are  in  danger  of 
fiilling.  The  Turks  have  undermined  them  and 
the  frosts  may  complete  their  destruction  with 
the  coming  Winter.  These  columns,  the  larg- 
est and  most  beautiful  in  the  world,  measure 
with  pedstal,  capital  and  entablature,  about  S9 
feet  in  height. 

— The  American  Bible  Society  have  procured 
a  new  stop-cylinder  ])ress,  upon  which  alone,  a 
whole  Bible  can  be  printed  every  minute!  This 
is  the  briefest  and  most  significant  commentary 
possible  on*tbe  achievements  of  modern  inven- 
tion iu  the  dissemination  of  the  ever-living  Di- 
vine Word-  What  a  preacher  the  modern 
printing  press  has  become! 

— GiHiios's  house  at  Lake  Leman  is  now  a 
hotel,  in  which  there  is  room  for  the  sale  of 
Bibles;  Voltaire's  printing  i)ress,  from  which 
he  scattered  widely  his  infidel  tracts,  has  beeu 
appropriated  to  printing  the  Word  of  God, 
which  he  sought  to  destroy;  and  Chesterfield's 
parlor,  wliere  an  infidel  club  used  to  meet  and 
rail  at  religion,  is  now  a  vestry  where  the  songs 
aud  prayers  of  the  penitent  go  up  to  God.  Thus 
God  makes  the  wrath  of  man  to  praise  him,  aud 
the  remainder  he  restrains. 

— It  seems  that  in  spite  of  the  death  of  llrig- 
ham  Young,  who  was  the  leading  spirit  of 
Mormunisra,  that  iniquity  is  still  on  the  in- 
crease. Mormon  missionaries  are  constantly  at 
work  among  the  lower  classes  in  Norway,  Swe- 
den, Denmark,  England  and  Scotland,  making 
converts,  chiefiy  of  the  women,  to  their  fnitb. 
These,  they  persuade  to  emigrate  to  Utah,  to 
become  the  polygamous  wives  of  Mormons,  ^o 
les.s  than  three  thousand  of  these  foreign  con- 
verts have  come  to  our  country  within  the  past 
six  months. 

—An  exchange  gives  the  following  facts  in 
regard  to  the  Papacy:  "The  custom  of  kissing 
the  pope's  toe  was  introduced  about  A.  D-  t"°' 
Adrian  I.  caused  money  to  be  coined  with  his 
name,  A.  D.  780.  The  first  pope  who  kept  an 
army  was  Leo  IX.,  1054.  In  1077  Gregory  VIL 
compelled  Henry  IV.,  Emperor  of  Germany,  to 
stand  barefooted  in  the  snow  at  the  gate  of  tl'^ 
Ciistle  of  Canosa.  The  pope's  authority  wa?  es- 
tablished'in  England  in  1079;  and  in  UCI 
Henry  II,  held  the  stirrup  while  Pope  Alexan- 
der III.  mounted  his  horse.  In  1191  Ct-M'"^ 
IH.  kicked  the  crown  from  off  the  head  of  the 
Emperor  Henry  VI.,  to  show  his  prerogative  O' 
making  and  unmaking  kings.  Kissin?  to* 
pope's  toe  and  other  ceremonies  were  abolishe 


by  Clement  XIV.   iu  1773.    The   pope 


was  de- 


prived of  the  remains  of  his  temporal  powers 
December,  1870." 


j^tiuary 


XJriE    3rcKTtLKKiSr    ^VT    AV^OKl-C 


^=;g^ESPONDE>JCE, 


CtMTQ^ 


Echoes  from  the  Center. 

Ibe  Brethren— An   Afflicted    Sister- 
-Home    Mis 
Anointing   the  sick- 


farevfeU. 


B 


Botue 


fWni  for  9l«'»'  P»i"'»I«n'l«-°t-l 
Nl'MHEB  Vll. 

it  of  the  Brethren,  I  went   to 


?huv 


oU,  to  assist  brother  Jesse  Cal- 


series  of  meetings  at  that 
wrt- '"  "^'^'rived  on  the  29th  of  November, 
pl"*^^"  ,  ^jjjjt  olcl  veteran  of  the  cross  at  work 
1  f"""' plaster's  cause  and  in  good  spirits.  The 
'^  i^g  continued  until  the  close  of  the  week, 
'"^^""wp-t  was  growing,  and  we  trust  will 
ffhe  ini'^'^' 
ot  lose  it5  effect. 
"  n    Saturday  we  visited  our  dear  sister,  Laiira 

le  who  is  passing  the   crucible  of  atHi 
gberso^^^  had  a  very  pleasant  interview  with 

*i''tkii"l    l'^'"^'^'-     ^*'^*'   '^"'"''^    *''"'"  ^'"^ 

I  lilies  we  sfent  the  afternoon  in  conver- 

Tn  About  Zion,  and  the    upbuilding    of  the 

f  "ter's  cause.     The  dear  sister  not  being  able 

«end  meeting  at  the  church,  she  desired  a 

****        f  devotion    at    their    pleasant   home.— 

*^*''ther  Calvert  selected  some  consoling  words, 

^^""th  chapter  of  2  Cor.,  after  which  he  otier- 

Anv  0-  petition    in  behalf  of  all   present,   and 

ecially  of  the  suiTering  sister.     Amidst  suf- 

f  ^'  g  it  was  a  season  of  joy  and  the    power  of 

^Jerwas   greatly    appreciated.     How    many 

''V.-riD''  saints  on  earth,  desiring  to  be  uncloth- 

U  that°they  might  be  clothed  upon  with    that 

f:'    e  which  is  from  heaven.     Yes.  dear  sister, 

bile'you  are  in  this   tabernacle,   suftering    as 

^     do  and  being  burdened,  oh  continue  faith- 


LuntifGod  shall  call  you,  then  can  you  be 
aothed  upon,  that  mortality  might  beswallow- 
ed  up  of  life- 

On  Lord's  day  we  went  to  the  Southern  part 
of  their  district,  to  dedicate  their  new  church, 
called  Oak  Grove.  This  is  a  large  substantial 
bidding,  40x70,  and  well  finished,  with  a  seat- 
."  capacity  of  about  one  thousand.  About 
10  A.  M.,  the  people  began  to  pour  in  fi'om  all 
points  of  the  compass,  until  this  spacious 
building  was  densely  packed.  Brother  Calvert 
introduced  the  service,  by  reading  Solomon's 
dedicatory  prayer  of  the  Temple.  1  Kings  8: 
00-30.  Then  suggested  as  a  song  of  praise, 
t^|K.325th  hymn,  and  then  went  to  prayer. 
For  a  motto  for  his  discourse  he  selected  the 
How  dreadful  is  this  place!  this  is  none 


dwell  with  Christ,  which  is  far  better.  Oh 
what  a  world  of  suflering  this  is!  But  cheer 
thou  wearj-  one.  afWr  passing  through  the  cru- 
cible. There  is  a  home  beyond  where  sorrow, 
sickness,  pain  and  death  can  never  come. — 
Praise  God  for  the  happy  thought.  Were  this 
r  only  home  we  would  soon  despair  and  bow 
to  earth;  our  dust  would  mingle  with  its  kin- 
dred element,  the  dust  of  the  esirth  long  be- 
fore the  appointed  time.  But  the  glorious 
thought,  there  is  a  house  not  made  with  hands 
eternal  in  the  heavens,  nwaitiug  the  faithful 
which  animates  and  cheers  the  heart  and  causes 
ti8  to  wait  patiently  until  the  Father  calls. 

To-day  our  dear  brother  James  and  wife  took 
their  departure   for  the   far   West,  to   occupy 
their  future  home,   and   the   formerly   joyous 
hearts  now  wore  a  solemn  aspect,   and  sorrow 
was  depicted  upon  their  countenances;   all    be- 
cause the  uncertainties  of  life  are  such,  that  in 
all  probability    we  never  mot-e    on  earth    shall 
meet  again.     But  Jis  we  are  all  sailing  together 
in  the   good  old  ship  Zion,  we  trust  that  if  thi 
hills  and  valleys,  mountains  and   streams,  that 
now  separate  us.  will  separate  us  while  this  lifi 
remains,  we   will    meet  on   the   goldi'n    shore, 
where  we  can  reunite  and  never  more  take   the 
parting  hand.     We   accompanied   them  to   the 
train  and  there  amidst  the   tears    and    farewell 
greetings  of  a  kind    mother    and  son,  brothel's 
and  sisters,  we  saw  them   board   the  train    and 
wo  saw  them  no  more.     Such  are  the  changing 
scenes  of  life.     We  are  glad  that  there  is  a  be- 
ing who  is  unchangeable,  and  tlia'  i?  our   God. 
And  we  greatly  rejoice  that  His  laws  are   fixed, 
and  that  where  He  dwells  and  where    we    may 
dwell  is  an  eternity  of  perpetual  love  ami  holy 
enjoyment.     May  God  help  us  to    secure   that 
liome.  S.  T.  Bosskrman. 

Dec.  lllth.  1S7S. 


were  rich  and  poor  farmers;  and  judging  by  the        On  the  26th,  utarted  for  J.  P.  Eber«olea,  Han- 
tears  that  flowed,  the  Lord  must  have  carried    cock  Co.,  Ohio.     Had  a  few    meetings  at  the 


From  D.  B.  Gibson. 


words, 


,  i^   the 


J>,„r  Bretlirni:- 


rcL 
1   t 


other  but  the  house  of  God,  and  thi 
.-.ite  uf  heaven."  Gen.  28:  17.  The  sermon 
was  indeed  very  interesting,  and  we  trust  pr..f- 
itabletoall.  In  listening  to  his  eonvm.ing 
arguments  and  strong  appeals,  and  of  the  gr.-at 
responsibilities  resting  upon  the  Christian, 
both  m  the  care  of  the  body  and  the  church, 
it  was  enough  to  make  one  feel,  how  dreadful 
is  the  place.  In  the  evening  we  re-asaembled 
for  divine  services.  The  audience  was  cnter- 
biined  in  the  light  of  the  Gospel,  by  one  of  the 
ministers  present,  on  the  mortality  of  man  and 
his  responsibility  to  God.  Here  we  had  the 
pleiisure  of  meeting  brfther  J.  W.  Reese,  of 
Portage,  and  brethren  Lois  and  our  youthtul 
brother  Young,  from  Green  Spring.  Next 
morning  returned  home,  and  have  since  learn- 
ed that  the  meeting  at  Oak  Grove  church,  was 
a  success,  and  that  fjuite  a  number  were  added 
Ijy  baptism.  Returning  home  as  brother  P.  J 
Brown  aiTived,  we  left  Dunkirk  for  Pleasant 
Ridge  chvrch  of  Eagle  Creek  branch,  wlieie 
ffc  commenced  operations  in  the  camp  of  the 
Lord.  I  rciuainod  with  brother  Brown  until 
Wciiiiesday,,  when  brother  K.  Bosserman  took 
my  place  in  assisting  our  old  veteran  of  the 
cross.  On  Saturday  we  exchanged  again  and  [ 
remained  in  the  camp  with  brother  Brown  un- 
til the  close  of  the  meeting  on  Tuesday.  The 
results  were  glorious.  Six  precious  souls  were 
added  to  the  church  hy  baptism,  and  the  inter- 
est manifested  by  all  in  attendance  was  good. 
Wh  return  our  thanks  to  the  dear  people  in 
that  vicinity,  for  their  kindness  shown  while  in 
their  midst.  Great  was  the  rt-joicing  in  the 
camp  when  it  was  seen  that  the  rock  was  be- 
ginning to  break  under  the  hammer  of  the  Gos- 
pel, HO  powerfully  wielded  by  brother  Brown. 
We  have  reason  to  believe  that  there  was  joy 
in  heaven,  in  beholding  the  enlargement  of  the 
Mugdom.  0,  may  the  Gospel  trumpet  he  her- 
alded forth  long  and  loud  until  the  enemy 
shall  be  baniihed  from  the  land. 

Again  were  we  called  to  visit  one  ot  Ihe 
Lord's  afflicted,  our  dear  sister  Triphena  King. 
Brother  A.  M.  BoWi^i-s  and  brother  W.  C.  Teet- 
er a,-sisted  in  the  solemn  duty  of  anointing 
with  oil  in  the  name  of  the  Lord.  Our  dear 
sister  is  suflering  very  much,  hut  feels  resigned 
to  the  will  of  an  overruling  Providence,  and 
tlpMres  to  depart  when  the   Master   calls,   and 


the  '2Sth    of    November.      The    meetings 
were      largely    attended,     and     the     interest 
wiis    intense;  and    the    church  was  much 
couraged.    At  the  farewell   many  tears  were 
shed. 

I  only  staid  at  home  three  days.  Home 
sweet  home;  be  it  ever  so  humble,  there  is  no 
place  on  earth  like  home.  Here  I  could  rest 
my  poor  worn  down  body  and  wt.'ary  mind,  and 
enjoy  the  association  of  my  own  loved  onus. 
from  whom  I  am  so  often  and  so  long  separat- 
ed. 'Tis  here  I  could  lay  by  the  sword  of  the 
spirit  and  rest.  There  remaineth  a  rest  for  the 
people  of  God. 

I  started  for  Falls  City,  Neb.,  on  the  2nd  of 
December.  This  church  has  had  its  dark  days 
of  glouin,  that  hung  over  it  like  a  portentious 
loud,  but  I  am  rejoiced  to  say  that  peace  and 
larmony  have  been  restored  to  a  great  extent; 
and  I  found  the  members  in  as  good,  if  not  bet- 
ter, working  condition  than  any  congregation 
I  have  visited  tor  a  long  time.  Hence  there 
was  co-operation  from  the  beginning  of  the 
meeting.  God  blesstd  our  united  ett'orts,  and 
saints  were  made  to  rejoice,  and  m^ny  to  turn 
to  the  Lord.  To  His  name  he  all  the  praise.— 
The  congregation  was  very  large.  I  continued 
for  eleven  days.  Tbere  were  fourteen  baptized, 
and  several  more  applicants. 

The  ministers  here  are  Christian  Forney, 
elder  S.  C.  Stump,  J.  Johnston  and  brother 
Lichty.  The  congregation  numbers  now 
about  one  hundred  and  thirty  members. 

I  seldom  form  a  closer  attachment  for  a 
church  than  I  did  here.  May  the  Lord  keep 
them  in  peace  and  love.  They  are  disiiosed,  I 
am  glad  to  say,  to  carry  out  our  distinctive 
features  in  general  appearance  and  deportment. 
1  have  now  enjoyed  about  a  week's  rest, 
which  I  so  much  needed.  Am  now  a^ain  in 
the  field.  May  God's  blessing  attend  those 
who  so  kindly  remembered  sister  Gibson. 
Pen-ht,  Mo,,  Dec.  20th.,  WH. 


conviction  to  many  hearts.  Some  we  know 
have  abandoned  brandy  and  evil  habits,  and 
try  to  change  their  lives.  Some  have  abandon- 
ed the  State  chiyrch,  and  several  publicly  de- 
clared they  would  never  more  indulge  in  the 
pernicious  custom  of  eating  animal  blood. — 
How  far  they  will  go  in  the  reformation  of  lifi>, 
God  only  knows.  Remember  in  your  prayers, 
those  poor  people  sitting  in  darkness. 

I  have  had  opposere.  and  hittw  lUid  learned 
ones  too,  who  have  tried  hard  to  ensnare  me  in 
words,  so  that  I  might  be  brought  tefore  the 
mngistrntf  and  imprisoned;  but  the  Lord  bus 
stood  hy  me  and  delivered  me  from  them  all. 

I  am  Wfll  only  I  am  wet  through,  having 
been  in  the  raiii  eevoral  days;  but  such  things 
a  missionary  can  bear  with  joy,  when  the  seed 
he  scatters  is  received  by  hungry  aoula.  I  shall, 
if  tho  Loi-d  pL-rmits,  return  to  thi(>  place  tin 
middle  of  January  next.  Srveral  calls  from 
h«re  and  other  places  far  and  near  have  come, 
which  demand  my  personal  attention.  1  do 
not  see  how  I  ever  shall  be  free  from  traveling, 
yet  God  sees  farther  than  I,  and  I  hope  to  be 
more  and  more  a  willing  and,  obedient  child  of 
the  Father.  I  am  not  near  as  small  as  I  cau 
be  yet,  but  still  I  am  conscious,  I  grow  down- 
ward; and  God  grant  that  to  go  on  until  I  am 
nothing,  but  lie  all  in  me. 

Dpo.  2nd.  Found  all  reasonable  well  at  home, 
and  can  say,  the  one  mentioned  to  be  baptized 
when  1  left,  was  received  into  the  church  the 
day  appointed. 

I  have  commenced  a  series  of  meetings  in 
our  new  hall  this  week,  and  had  last  night  a 
good  attentive  congregation  of  new  people  we 
never  saw  before.  May  God  bless  the  work  lo 
further  increase. 

All  communications  are  closed  on  account 
of  snow, 

Our  old  sister  Karew  will  he  blind  in  a  short 
time,  and  needs  an  operation  to  remove  a  sul)- 
stance  growing  over  the  eyes.  She  is  in  the 
hands  of  a  doctor  at  present,  and  we  have  to 
uui-Tie  her  in  our  home;  so  we  have  to  bear  bur- 
dens of  all  kinds.  Ask  God  that  we  may  be 
able  to  do  so  and  to  be  faithful  until  death. 
C.  Hope. 
Nov.  27th,  ms. 


old  cnnrch.  Dec.  Ist,  dedicated  their  new 
church,  on  Limestone  Ridge.  It  h  one  among 
the  best  buildings  in  the  brotherhood.  The 
audience  wa»  very  large,  and  the  meeting  in- 
teresting. Had  meeting  Monday  evening. — 
Tuesday  hiul  a  Love-fLOJ^t  at  the  same  place. 
It  Was  a  fea-tt  indeed.  I  then  continued  the 
meeting  until  December  llth,  with  eleven  ad- 
ditions hy  baptism,  and  still  more  fi'lt  willing 
to  come.  May  the  good  Lord  eviT  bleM  tad 
care  for  the  lambs  of  His  fold,  and  save  them. 
Arrived  home;  found  all  well.  Thanks  be  to 
the  Lord,  and  thanks  to  the  brethren  and  «i»* 
ters  and  friends,  for  their  kindness  to  me. 

Report  of  Money   for    the    Maple  Grove 
Church,  Montgomery  Co.,  Iowa. 


Two  sisters.  South  Bend,  Ind $  .20 

J.  C.  Marsh, 1.00 

H.  B.  Mitchell, 1.00 

A  Widow 1.00 

Sarah  Varner, 3.57 

B.  Gragg  and  wife. 2,00 

T.  G.  and  C.  Snyder, 3.95 

.lohn  H.  Miller, 2.00 

T.  J.  Robinson, 1.00 

Libby  Leslie, 1-00 

Klla  Schoonover - 25 

PheteZook. 8.00 

JohnS.  Fox l.U 

William  Haw 8.00 

W.  Wiland 1.00 

Hetty  Engle 6.00 

Josiah  Berkley S.06 

W.  B.  Woodarxl  and  wife, 1-00 

Nancy  R.  Bey. .13 

An  aged  sister,  at  Malvern,  111., 2.00 

Jacob  Arnold,  3.50 

AnnaM.  Shirk, 6,25 

W.  J.  Zellers 50 

Joseph  Stitzel 250 

AnnaM.  Shirk, T.OO 

Total,  853.04 
Sn..vs  Morton. 
N.  C.  WonKM.\s. 

,  please  copij. 


Scioh,  Dvr.  14th,  }k7H. 
Frimitiir  Chriatiti 


From  Croton,  N.  J. 


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From   Denmark. 


Dcir  Hirllireu:— 

GRA(3E,  meroy  and  peace  be  muUiplicd  un- 
to yon  evermore,  as   well    as  to  all   the 
household  of  faitU  in  vour  land  of  liberty. 

On  leaving  tliia  Seld  for  a  time,  1  can  tell 
you  that  I  have  had  meetings  every  evening, 
and  twice  Sunday,  with  continued  interest,  and 
increased  congregations.  I  have  held  thirteen 
meetings  in  the  vicinity  of  Thisted,  and  suc- 
ceeded in  opening  up  a  promising  flcld  for  good. 
We  have  gained  many  warm-hearted  friends, 
of  whom  we  expect  some  may  come  out  on 
the  Lord's  side.  We  have  had  rain  and  muddy 
roads  and  very  dark  nights,  yet  the  houses 
have  been  crowded  all  the  time,  and  nearly  over- 
crowded the  last  lime.     Among   those   present 


HE  Brethren  here  have  been  building  a  new 
house  for  worship,  which  according  to  pre- 
vious appointments,  was  dedicated  to  the  ser- 
vice of  the  Most  High,  on  Dec.  .5th,  at  10:  yo, 
opened  by  siuging  the  32ud  hymn.  Prayer  by 
brother  J.  1'.  Hetric,  of  I'liiladelphia,  Pa.— 
Preaching  by  brother  James  iiuinter,  of  Hunt- 
ingdon, Pa.,  from  Psahns  '27;  4:  "One  thiiit; 
havtl  I  desired  of  the  Lonl,  that  will  I  seek  af- 
ter; that  I  uuiy  dwell  in  tlie  house  of  the  Lord 
all  the  days  of  my  life,  to  b-jhold  the  beauty  of 
the  Lord,  and  to  imiuire  in  his  temple."- 

Our  bouse  w;i3  filled  to  its  utmost  capacity, 
with  eager  listeners,  who  after  being  dismissed, 
repaired  to  their  homes,  and  to  places  where 
bodily  hunger  could  be  satisfied,  to  return 
ain  in.  the  evenmg  to  hear  brother  tiuinter. 
On  the  Cilh,  brother  Hetric  preached  an  ex- 
cellent sermon.  In  the  evening  brother  tjuint- 
er  addressed  us  from  1  Chrou.  28;  4;  "  For  the 
Lord  searched  all  hearts."  This  discourse  we 
beard  men  remark,  was  the  most  powerful  one 
they  ever  listened  to. 

On  the  evening  ol  the  7th  was  our  Love- 
feast.  Brother  IJuinter  addressed  us.  We  feel 
that  our  spiritual  strength  was  increased,  and 
was  renewed  by  might  in  the  inner  man.— 
.\bout  sixty  members  comnumed.  The  house 
was  filled  lo  overflowing.  After  services 
brother  CJuinler  took  his  leave  for  tho  Amwell 
church.  Brother  Hetric  remained  with  ns  un- 
til the  l'2lh.  He  preached  several  instructive 
discourses  Although  we  see  no  immediate  re- 
sult of  these  meetings  in  the  conversion  of 
souls,  yet  we  trust  the  word  preached  will  he 
"  bread  cast  upon  the  waters"  which  will  re- 
turn not  many  days  hence;  for  wo  believe  that 
there  are  those  that  .are  almost  persuaded  to  be 
Christians.  Alios  S.  CnAMUBlll.is. 


From  Nancy  Wise. 

WE  have  reached  our  new  home  in  Hlinois.  ' 
1  will  comply  with  the  requests  of  many 
who  wislieil  fo  hear  fnnn  me;  as  it  is  my  lot  to 
be  a  kind  of  a  pilgrim  in  this  world,  and  there 
are  many  kind  brethren  and  sisters  and  friends, 
that  wished  me  to  write  to  them,  I  thought  I 
would  write  one  letter  for  all  who  take  your 
paper. 

I  like  my  home  much  thus  far.  The  people 
are  very  kind  to  iiie.  I  have  not  seen  many  of 
the  members  of  this  congregation  yet,  but 
what  1  have  seen  are  very  kind.  The  weather 
has  been  ctdd,  and  the  roads  icy. 

Dearly  beloved,  I  think  this  world  is  a  world 
of  sorrow  and  grief.  1  get  so  very  lonesome. 
I  have  none  ol  mv  friends  or  relatives  to  asso- 
ciate with.  The  people  here  are  all  strangers 
to  me.  There  is  no  place  on  earth  like  my  na- 
tive home,— the  land  of  my  friends.  Sisters 
pray  for  nie,  that  we  may  all  meet  in  heaven. 
kulberrlj  Omre,  Bmiii  Co..  ///. 


Fiom  Jesse  Calvert. 

I  LAST  wrote  you  from  Elk  Lick.  Nov.  lllb, 
from  there  I  went  to  Meyersdale,  and  held 
a  few  interesting  meetings;  a  few  applicants 
for  baptism.  On  Friday  I  returned  to  Elk  Lick, 
and  bapti/od  two  more,  making  in  all  thirty  at 
that  place.  On  Sunday  evening,  I  left  for 
Scalplevel,  to  fill  a  few  appointments.  Stopped 
at  .lohnstown,  and  attended  one  meeting;  then 
reached  my  appointments,  where  we  had  au 
interesting  meeting  of  a  week,  with  four  addi- 
tions. 


From  Nodaway  Co.,  Mo. 

f)mr  Jlirllirtit .- — 

AS  an  item  of  news  frdin  this  county,  we 
will  say  that  we  had  a  very  interesting 
series  of  meetings  at  the  iLiple  Llrove  school- 
house,  commencing  Dee.  1st,  and  ending  on  the 
evening  of  the  10th,  conducted  by  elder  A. 
Harper,  of  Ray  Co.  Wo  were  made  to  rejoice 
to  have  the  happy  privilege  of  leading  two  pre- 
cious souls  into  While  Cloud,  and  baptized 
them  according  to  the  Master's  charge.  May 
they  hold  fast  their  profession  without  wavering. 
Many  more  deep  impressions  were  made. 

S.  A.  HOSBKROKH. 

(irnhmn.  Mo. 

From  Lincoln,    Pa. 

l>nr  lirftlnvii: — 

TWO  have  been  received  into  the  chureh 
here  at  Ephrata.  since  our  late  revival,  and 
we  hope  that  still  a  few  more  may  conic  before 
long. 

We  have  started  a  sort  of  social  meeting  m 
oar  district,  held  at  private  houses  every 
Wednesday  evening.  This  1  think,  should  be 
done  evciy.where.  Brethren,  meet  together 
once  in  the  middle  of  the  week,  and  learu  the 
Scriptures  more  perfectly.— sing,  pray  and  glo- 
rify the  Lord  for  his  goodness,  and  feed  and 
warm  jour  spiritual  lives,  that  they  die  not. 
L.  AsuES. 
Dk.  Sisf,  li7S. 


THt;    KKKTHIlK>s'    ^X    AV'OKK!. 


From  the  Four  Mile  Church,  Ind. 

OUR  church  is  situated    near  the   beautiful 
littlo  Htreara,   ciilled   Four   Mite    Creek, 
from  which  it  took  it*  name.     It  ww  organized 
io  tlie    .v.-ar   lS(i:».  bv    brethren    Jacob   Miller, 
John  Hart  and  Holton;and  i»  Haid  to   be  th.- 
fint  church  of  the    Brethren    ever   e^UWinhed 
in  the  Stat*  of  Indiana.      When    thi-   church 
wa^  organized,  it  wa«  then  in  what   waH   called 
the  Twelve  Mile  purchase.      At  that  time  the 
Red  man.  the  hunting  ground  and  hi«  wigwini 
wa»  not   very   far   W.-Ht  of  u..     The  tide    of 
emigration   and   civiliwition  hai  driven    them 
westward,  and  they  are  no  more  running    over 
ourStaU-;   but   the   wildcrnew  they   inhabit^^d 
ha*  now  beeome   on.-   of  the  garden    »i>ot«  of 
AmcricH:  and    instead    of  their    wigwams,  the 
BrBtliien  have  erectod  their  churches  in    which 
to  won-liip  the  tru.-  and  living  Ood.    In  organ- 
izing thi«  church,  brother    Daniel    Miller   and 
John     Moyer    w.-re   chrwf-n    to    the  niiniHlry. 
and   ChriKtopher  Witt^-rand   Jow-ph  Kingrey. 
were    chom-n    for    deiu-^>mi,     Th.-   chureh    in- 
creiiHC'd  very   fa«t;  and  thrtre   hiw  been   quite  a 
number    of  HjH'akerH   ele..U-d   in    tiiis    church, 
and  moved  todiflereut  parU  of  tlie  eon  ntry  — 
Among  them  are  brotlier  I)ani«l    Mill"  r.  John 
Moyer.  William  Mom,  John    Whiteneck,  Hi'-I 
HamilUin.  .lohn  lIunMel  and  Joneph   McCnrty. 
Brother  Daniel  Miller  it  living  in  Monr  oe  Co,, 
Iowa,  and  brother  Hamilton  in  living  in    How- 
ord  Co..  Ind.     The  ro-t  hiive  pa-sHed  from   lRb<.r 
to  reward.     But  two  Hpeaki-r-t  havo  di<'d  in  thw 
dtftrict  since  it«  organ izntion.      Bullwr     Ly- 
brook  died  about  the  year  IH^H,   and    Abraham 
Mo«H  died  in  the   year   IH(I().       We  Jiave    from 
one  hundred  and  fifteen    to  one   hundred    and 
twenty  in.'iiiberH,   with    live   speakern   and    iix 
defirnriM, 

Broth..rS.  If.  UoMhor  camo  to  our  church 
November  2(Uh.  and  hliiyed  until  Deoomber 
10th:  and  preadied  twenty-two  HormonH.  which 
reBuIl4id  in  tweniy-Bix  additiouH  by  luqilwni. 
and  n  general  good  fi*eling  by  all  Unit  att«-nd- 
cd  tlie  nieetingrt.  We  luiiHtMay  that  we  were 
made  to  n  juice  to  Heo  «o  many  of  our  friendi 
and  neiglibors  come  out  on  the  Lord'n  Hidi-, 
and  eHpeeially  8omo  of  our  own  family.  In 
the  liwt  year  we  have  received  thirty-two  merii- 
bern  in  the  churcli.  Iloping  the  good  Lord 
may  Iie^tow  his  graci- on  iH  all;  Hint  we  iimy 
bo  kepi  in  the"  Unity  of  thn  npirit  and  thu 
hontJMcd'  peace,"  which  has  ever  charaetorixed 
our  ctuign-gution  witli  a  very  few  exception;*. 
Would  (ufiod  that  all  ninnlnnd  would  serve 
him  in  all  Iiin  teuchiugH.  I'ride  and  wel- 
fishneaB  is  a  great  hindnince  to  the  advanceiiient 
oftbeUoBpol  in  its  true  light  among  mankind. 
Jacoii  Knit. 
liostun,  hulhuit. 

Prom  Upper  and  Lower  Conowago 
Churches.  Pennsylvania. 

Binn'IinKNMIenry  Suylnr  and  .lesNe  Fox, 
..f  .Miirylniid,  and  (liduon  HuUinger,  of 
Meilitm  Co.,  Ohio,  came  and  labored  with  us, 
from  the  7tb  until  the  evening  of  the  Ulth  of 
December,  in  tho  Ui)I><t  Couawago  church. 
On  the  evening  of  tho  I'iUi.  brother  J.  A,  Sell , 
from  Hliiir  Cu„  and  brother  William  Howe, 
from  Millliii  Co..  Pa.,  commenced  preaching  in 
Lower  Conuwago  rhurch,  and  eonliiiued  until 
the  evening  of  the'i^ud;  and  mi  the  evening  of 
tho  2:Ji'd  came  to  Latiiunre  meetiiig-liouse, 
Upper  Conawago,  quite  near  tho  dividing  line 
of  tho  two  congregations.  They  continued 
their  labors  until  tho  evening  of  tho  21Hh.— 
The  result  of  tluw  meeting  wiw.  six  precious 
souls  were  made  willing  to  covenant  with  their 
God,  by  baptism,  three  of  which  were  bnpti/.ed 
ftfttr  the  evening  services  wore  over,  and  then 
went  on  their  way  rejoicing.  We  have  rea-son 
to  believe  that  many  solemn  impressions  were 
made  among  the  audience  as  the  people  were 
quite  orderly.  To  us  the  meetings  were  quit  e 
enjoyable,  iw  tho  most  were  within  a  radius  of 
from  three  and  one-half  to  ten  miles  of  thj 
place  we  call  home;  so  myself  and  family  could 
attend  the  most  of  them;  and  often  we  were 
made  to  feel,  if  not  like,  yet  similar  to  a  IVter 
of  old,  "It  was  good  to  be  there."  On  tho 
wliole,  it  was  good  to  be  there, 

J.r.  Lkukw. 
Ijotimore,  A'hins  Co.,  Pa. 


Preaching  Wanted. 

Drtir  lirrihren:— 

I  NOTICE  in  the  Brethhks  at  Wouk,  a 
great  many  calls  from  ditferent  place.*  for 
pr^acbers,  and  a  few  from  Kansas:  but  have 
never  noticed  a  call  from  this  county,  (Potta- 
watamie),  and  I  cannot  keep  still  any  longer. 
I  am  confident  that  if  we  do  not  ask  we  shall 
never  have  any  preaching,  and    we    feel   somi.- 


whnt  discouraged  in  thin  respect  We  have  not 
bad  any  preachiog  nearer  than  twenty-live 
miles,  since  we  mored  here  seven  years  ago.  I 
know  of  but  two  merolx-m  in  this  county,  and 
they  ar«  brother  David  Tf-et^r  and  myself,  and 
we  would  like  to  have  tome  preaching.  Min- 
istering brethren  pacing  through  here  on  the 
Kanwas  Pacific  K.  K-  could  «top  off  at  Wame- 
go.  and  by  having  notice  we  will  meet  them 
there.  I  hope  thi«  call  will  not  be  in  vain,— 
I  think  some  good  could  be  accomplished  here. 
KauHaa  need«  more  good  prejicb^rs  and  the 
Truth  ought  to  be  expounded  to  these  people. 
W.  B.  I'KirE. 
UuismlU,  Potlaimtamif.  Co..  Kan.,  Dec.  2Kth. 

Prom  Ervin,  Howard  Co.,  Ind, 

Ihiir  Bnffimi: — 

I^HKSE  few  linea  will  inform  you  that  the 
health  of  this  section  is  very  good  at  this 
time,  and  we  have  abnndant  reason  to  be 
thankful. 

Kegulnr  Winter  net  in  with  considerable 
snow  about  th«yOlh,  and  now  it  is  fine  sleigh- 
ing. 

Brethren  J.  (J.  Koyer  and  Andrew  Gulp, 
from  White  Co..  Indiiinn,  paid  m  a  vi^it  on 
Cbristmnii  day.  They  held  four  meetings  while 
liere.  ,\lthough  there  wnrc  no  additions  to  the 
church,  yet  we  think  there  wen-  some  deep  im- 
prejwions  miidi',  and  hope  that  much  good  may 
reHult  from  their  laborn.  May  the  blessings  of 
thi-  LnnI  iittend  th.-Ir  labors  wherever  they  go. 
Hijii.  Hamilton. 

Der.  mh,  IHTH. 

From  Woodbury,  Pa, 

ON  November  iSth,  brother  Buckalew.  of 
Cliftcm  Mill,  Virginia,  came  to  this  con- 
gregation, and  eojumenced  a  series  of  meetings, 
which  lasted  until  tho  25th.  He  preached 
twelve  sermons.  Tho  brother  faithfully  d<-Iiv- 
ered  the  messages  from  Ood  to  us,  in  comfort- 
ing tho  church,  and  warning  tho  sinners. 

The  weather  and  roads  Iiave  been  very  un- 
favorable for  tho  attendance  of  our  meetings; 
lience  they  were  not  so  large  as  they  would 
have  been  under  the  circumstances.  But  we 
feel  sure  that  his  labor  was  not  in  vain.  One 
precious  soul  came  out  on  the  Lord's  side  and 
was  buried  with  Christ  by  Christian  baptism, 
and  rose  lo  walk  in  newness  of  life. 

LOTTIR    KBTItlNr,. 
^fan•a.  Pa.,  Der.  2Hfh,   tS7S. 


Ministering  Brethren  Come  West, 


W^ 


K,  who  an?  in  Llie  Fiu"  West,  would  lie 
very  gliid  if  the  brotherlioud  would  send 
us  n  missionary.  There  arc  nine  members  in 
this  vicinity,  and  wo  have  not  heard  one  ser- 
mon prcaclied  by  the  brethren,  since  wo  are 
here,  excepting  the  sermons  that  five  of  us  have 
heard  nt  the  Love-foiLst  in  Jewell  (!o.,  Kansas, 
and  that  was  a  trip  of  about  ninety    miles. 

There  are  a  few  menibera  here  that  have  not 
heard  a  sermon  pre  ached  by  the  Ilrethven  for 
over  live  yeaw.  Bivthreu  think  of  it,  whether 
it  would  be  proper  lujd  right  to  send  us  a  miss- 
ionary? IsuAEi,  Bae«. 

Beaver  City.,  Funias  Co.,Neb..  Dec.  2i)th. 


DIED. 

Ub.tuivricN  should  bi-  brief,  writlon  on  bul  one  side  of  tho 
paper,  and  ■ei>uralv  from  »U  other  buaiaesi. 


OIUK.— In  tlio  Antorin  obincli,  111.,  I>oc.6th,  ,  Uniigliler 
of  brolher  Homy  ami  Siism  Oibe  ,  age  I  one  year, 
ciKlil  monlbi  nnd  rwonly-lUreo  dftjs.  Fimeral  services 
by  Iho  biolliron,  from  Mutt.  21:  Ifi. 

.SllAOO.— In  llio  Hiimo  oongrcgition,  D«c.  4lb,  lisior 
Suian  Shngo,  ngo J  23  y  '■rs,  S  mo  il  )u  and  17  dnjs.  — 
Kunornl  sorvicciby  tbv  brolbrou,  from  RuTfUtiooB 
H:  13.  J.  C.  Diuv, 

(■(HtltRI..— In  Wuync  Co.,  Ind..  Not.  Iflth  ,  brother  U»n. 
ioH'orrol,  ftgcJ  IVJ  ycnrs,  P  monllni  nnd  .'>  doys.  Fu- 
nerni  ler^icos  l>y  Ibc  wriler,  from  Micbignn,  and  Cliri*- 
linn  llottlemnn,  from  WnyncC«.,  Obio,  fi-oin  2  ('ov. 
from  (ho  Ul  (o  Hit  4(li  toiio.  J.  It.  Shoehakkr, 

FlHSTONi;.— 1«  llie  Kiglil    Milo   congrcgntion,  Fmiiklln 
Co.,  Kjin..  hroUiur  NaOmn  Fiislonc,  aged    SO  y  ears,  4 
months  and  2  day«.    Kuiu'ml  servictn  by  brother  Pcier 
Hriibnkti-  and  olheni. 
ThiK  iiibjeot  of  thli  aolico  cut   lii»  foot  v«ry   bnd 
with  ihe  iixo,  and  olovon  days  iifter  Iip  look  Iho  Inok-jnw, 
luid  in  lo«!i  (hitn  llirou  dnya  after  this  he  callod  for  ike 
eldeni,  and  was  noninlod  with  oil  in  tbo  name  of  Ihe  UtJ. 
J.tUbs  T.  KiKEti. 

MAHTIN,  —  In  lUchland  church.   lUchUud  Co.,  Ohio. 

Dec.  Wlh.  brothor  Stimuel  Mnrtin,  ngoJ  67  ytan,   i 

monthM  iiml  15  days, 
Brother  Samuel  wo*  a  coniinlent  member  of  the 
ehiiroh  for  mi»ny  yeiir».  Ho  Ie«»c«  u  wife  ond  many 
friends  to  mourn  thoir  loim,  H«  will  be  groatlpf  missed 
in  tbc  family,  church  and  ueigbborUool.  .\llbough  wo 
feel  the  l/««  it  U  gain  to  him.  Tbo  Funeral  occasion  was 
improved  (Voro  «ov.  14:  1»,  by  brother  J.  C.  McMullen. 

CnB»TI\S     iloUIKHAS. 

(  Vindicator  and  P.  C,  please  copy). 


RrnDIVG-Iotbe  A.kUod  'h-n-h,  V-W-  10'*"'  '"•"• 
Cor.  R*Jdiflg.  f«od  iaogI.i*T  of  brother  M<1  «"'*' 
Undu.  owd  I  y™'.  2  mODihi  and  26  JajB. 

J.  D.  P*«Kra- 

BnWI,*Nl>  —la  Ihe  Pio«  Cr«ek  congregation.  Ogk 
Co-.m-fept-fflberZard.  lfT8.  of  diphtheria.  Anna 
H,  Bo-Uod.  daughter  of  btoiher  IJ.  F,  »n-l  »is«er 
Mary  Ko-land.  aged  'J  ye^n,  8  monthi  and  ^-i  <i*J»-- 
FuDer.1  diwour-e^j&ln.und  Forney,  from  .Mat..  IB^   J- 


Danish  Mission  Report. 

Wftddara's  Grove  church.  Ill ^2«.25 

Cherry  Grove  church.  Ill 1^-J' 

Muilberry  Grove  church.  HI-, ^;'j'^ 

Mohican  church.   Ohio. o-^' 

Spring  Creek  church,  Ind., ^-f^ 

Cyru«  Wallick  Mich f '^' 

Simon  K«dabaugh.  Ohio, ^-J"' 

John  C.  Miller,  la., J".^ 

Sarah  Berkley, ^■'' 

D.I',Herk.y ■^'' 

Kettle  Creifk  church.  Ind,, ""'^ 

Oakland  church.  Ohio J-^|^' 

t^-Kiiig. „• 

D.H.Mertv. 3-^« 

I'hebeA    Holtz. ^'"I 

Mivhan  Vouug, • 

Stanisburg  church. 1"-^JJ 

IJarbara    Paul • 

Milledgeville  church,  111 '^l-'"' 

H.  F,  Myers, 1-"" 

C.  F.  Kowlanh,  Treasurer, 
L<n,arlc.   111.    Dfc.  ^th,  1S7S. 
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Ik.'cl  G'i.,Nnll.<in  DntUl  SO..KAUry  E  Bout  8  0O..JU  Bolwrln 
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Jacob  J  M(y«ra8  M..J  WitmarrS  St>..S  Ft.ni*r  ITo  J  Km 
»..J  nKUllrri«o..Dnnli!l  Wx*onge<io..J  II  Miller  -J  oo. 
>»holoGo.,KI.n'kTODlOuo..M  CSIiulU  4Qo..W  H  Cnlven 
Tb*  monty  lai  tliwi  li(i«  llili  wttX  for  ilie  vsnt  of  aion  ly 
Further  rti|»ti  n»xi  «cek. 


January  g 


ra  tor-natngrt'  B«rTir«c.  »i  »o.m  W 
[«..  .«ii<  dlHlnrtlj  lli»I  It  l»  f<"  Ul.  Pw,. , 


.u..  u.  ouotjiiq.1,  .,„^;^  «•  14^ 


Pdffwhiek  church,  Iowa, 

Marj-  Shalleuberger.  Juuiata  county,  Pa, 

D  A  N'lrcrosB,  Martin  county,  Ind, 

H  Bidliuger,  Lancaster  county,  Pa,    . 

Gvcbew  church.  Iiid. 

J  Y  Snavel;-,  McLean  county.  111 

D  Slump.  .Allen  county,  Ittd, 

C  and  H  Rusher,  Kosciusko  county,  Ind, 

J  Gump,  Noble  county.  Ind, 

J  Knop,  Ogle  couuly.  III, 

C  Bowman,         .  ,  ■  .         . 

I  L 

J  H  Stager, 

A  P  Reed 

Samuel  Click,  Mo,     .... 
.J  H  Hiller,  Holt  county.  Mo, 
D  Wysong,  KIkhart  county,  Ind, 
(:  Howen,  Folk  county,  Iowa, 
W  D  Lawahee,  \\'abasli  county,  Ind, 
Elizfthelb  Eadton,  Benton  county.  Iowa, 
Clia^  Frautz,  Grflut  county,  W  Va,     . 
Previously  received,         .         .         ,       . 

Total  received, 


PAl'KBS  SVST  TO  THE  POOR.  —  Bulow 
wffk  lo  w"k  Ihr  ...lOilpor  uf  pni*"  •'"<  to  |UQ 
iDltlnla  only)  "r.J  I»lil  fc»  oiHof  Hip  nWrn  (uii< 
lar  tt  yi.«r  for  tl."  ]»l«f 

MM, 

K  S,  Juniata  county,  Pa, 

,T  H,      " 

E  N,  Oranf:  county.  Kan, 

(.;  \\"  N,  \\'rigbt  county,  Mo, 

.1  B,  Elkhart  county,  luu, 

,J  T.  Huntertowu,  Ind, 

K  R,  O^le  countyt  III, 

H  AV  H,  Cream  Hill,  Iowa, 

D  li.  MilKreburg,  Ind, 

F  H,  Highland  county,  Ohio, 

SH,         "  "  "     • 

N  V  K,  Adaius  county,  Pa, 

J  B,  Fayette  county,  Pa. 

L  B,  Kosiuska  county.  Ind, 

W  B,  Benton  county.  Iowa, 

E  E, 

M  L,  Tiuua  county,  Iowa,     . 

H  R,  PHWuee  City.  Neb. 

Previously  reported. 

Total  disbursed, 


•        «32  \i 

.  charging  l,;T,.o''/iti', 


830  50 


greaUy  ti 


OUTSIDERS'  FUHD. 

_  nd*.  not  niomlwnt  of  Uib  eh  „.  .u.u, 

liJfllnl  ijy  rwilinf!  the  BRRTl.nK.N  at  U'uhk  during  lliodiiqi. 


0  inlglilb. 


_„ onler  lo  rrocL  *a  mauy  of  Ibio  aw*  oa  ponlble,     . 

niikkn  lb«  follawliiB  llbtnl  off«r:  Send  iit  IhP  nniniw  of  » 

Hi  yon  think  woulJ  reedunrt  apprecidt*  Uio  pn|Hir,  nnd  ne  will  urtf all. 

, -■- -  i>ook,  M  llioy  ooino  In,  nnii  Bond  them  Iho  jBiwruUii 

■    ralaedtoiw^  forit,  charuliigbulol     "' 


aed  lo  paj  U.  ... _.  .„  .  — 

It  t<™l«r«  will  uiako  doD»llori«  lo  Uila  mnd,  and 

b  •mnno  ihoio  whou  uuuv*  inny  te  roniitiln 
[.urpmv,  nlwnyi  atal.^  JiBtliicirj  lb/ 


W  H  Clark.  Worth  county.  M.i, 

J  H  Miller.  Ind 

E  A  Orr,  Mo.  .... 

B  Roker,  Fulton  county  III. 

B  Liut,  Mai-liftll  county,  Ind, 

S  A  Smith,  M.iiris  county,  Kan, 

L  H  Flack.       "  "  " 

Mr-t  McGauKhey,  Putnam  county,  lud, 

S  Dunning,  veruou  county,  Mo,     , 

D  Harmon,  Shannon,  III, 

\V  Flickinger,  Lanark,  111.  . 

J  P  I.nrew,  Adams  county,  Pa, 

J  Y  Suavely,  McLean  county,  111, 

S.Tohuf.m, 

S  Helrielt,  Elkbnrt  county,  Ind,     . 

Sister  LebniHii,NeL 

U  PBrliikwortb.  m,     . 

SS 

G  Mnrniogilar.  N  Hampton,  Iowa, 
.1  R  Kistler,  Salina,  Ivan, 
Previously  reported, 


Total  received, 


1  2ii 

2  0(1 


placed  on  oar  11(1,  bii'l  iwld  fur  oi 

E  Moore,  Taylor  county,  Iowa, 

D  D  Miller,  Elkiiorn  county,  Ind, 

.Ino  Wells.  Lyon  county,  Kan, 

G  W  Gardner,  Piiliiaui  county,  Ind, 

Dr  A  Webster,  Lasalle  county,  111, 

Mis  S  Frit/,  Clay  county,  Ind 

E  A  P,  Vernon  county.  Mo, 

E  L,  Somerset  county.  Pa, 

.1  L,  Adams  county.  Pa, 

T  S.  McLean  c'»unty,  III, 

W  Miller,  Allegany  county,  Pa, 

B  F  HetricU,  Daviei  county.  Mo, 

J  H  Fiiliburn.  Elkhart  county,  Ind, 

C  E  Siiyior,  Richardson  county,  Keb, 

E  Todd,  Knightstuwn,  Ind, 

.1  WSpence,  Clark  county,  Ohio, 

D  Roberts,  Cowley  county,  Kaii, 

Previously  reported, 

Total, 


887  6 

h.Mt* 

%  1  i< 

10 

1  l> 

1  0 

10 

1  0 

H 

1  II 

,'. 

10 

10 

10 

.  10 

W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 


Day  passcuger  tmin  going  east  leaves 
P.  M.,  and  iirrives  id  Kacino  ft(  Bt«  1",  M 

Day  paasenger  train  going  weat  leave?  ..nn' 
M.,  and  arrives  al  Hock  Island        ":J''  ' 


Lanark    •H^'*' 
.1  i:06  F 


»e3t,o.e.t«J 


Nijhl  pa^seaptr  irninB,   going  enat  an-i      - 
leavo  Laoark  ni  -J;]?  A.  M,.  arriving  in  liac>°' 
A.    M..   and   ni    Hook  Island  al  ♦i;00  A- M 


Freight  and  Accommodation    Trnios    win 
12:  10  A.  M..   S:10  A.  M.,  and  ewl 


wetl  " 


'mI^'io*" 

and  5:  15  P.  M, 
Tifkefa  are  sa.d   for  at.->Te   traina   only. 


Iralni  make  close  connection  at  Western  Union  - 

G.  A.  SMITH-  H-'-' 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


■'Behold  I  Bring  Tou  Good  Tidings  of  Great  Joy,  whkh  Shall  he  to  All  /"«<>/)?«."  — Ldke  2: 


10. 


Vol.  IV. 


Lanark,  111.,  January  23,  1879. 


No.  4. 


-ftie  Brethren  at  Work. 

EDITEU  &NU  PL'BLISHKD  WEEKLY 


H-  MOORE   &   M. 


M.  ESHELMAN. 


SPECIAL  CONTRIBDTORS: 


^  fl.  aii-i-Kit, 

,   „.  dlElN,       - 

„,  vjsiaAN, 

„   B.  MESTZE". 
gllTIE  A.  I.8AI1 


-       NEWTONIA,  MO. 

-  -  VLKDE.V,  ILL. 
-WATNESIUHtO,  1-A. 

-  UKBANA,     ILL. 


THE  CONTEIITS  VOL.  4.  ITO.  4. 


Xlie  (>W  UriliT.— M.  M.  tsbelmaii 

lioil  nlt''*'*'"S  ">"'  ^Voik.— J,  it.  Mouie 

Tin'  H»lv  I-Jiml— [f'f""l'll>''I]— -I-  II-  Moore. 

Lost  AiU.— MI-   Mu..i» 

A  iliiil  to  l're;ichds.— J.  II.  Moore 

CONTUnil'Tl'.n  AHTIfLliS; 

i  Week's  CoinpiinionsiilpSvltli  tlio "Rockies,  No. 

_j.  C.  I-'umluilmrgli  

peter.-J.  U.|n"IT"  

ExjipiieiK:"  IIS  aTe;u  1,1        »    ,1    il,  llaiinian... 

HiMVi'iily  Asiiiration.— .hiinos  \*it. -. . . . 

ILipiiiuiss— Li/-/-iL'  IJ.  Myers 

Gospel  Oil  .S:c.— 1).  C.  Biiiljnker ;.... 

Ilea^i'dh   i;'-llriIiniiB,—Is:ilK-lla  F.Kelso 


II.'Mill.T. 


A  N''-^ 
Aiioll"! 


1  Vtiii 


.;i.-('.  II.   H;iMu 


1  ilo 


-Miiitliii  Bcejihly  l 


CoBRKsroNPENCli: 

From  Ci-'iitnil  Illinois.— J.  C.  I.aliman 

ChiMn'TisJMrftuiy.— I.i//ie  IS.  Myers 

Aiiiiiia!  Mii.-lLii'.,';Kx|)eii8e3.— Abram  I.eedy... 

Retuiiicil  111  His  Vomit.— K.  W.  Lamles 

From  Maty  E.  Hitter 

From  Lyiicb'sStation,  Vii.— From  C.Wood... 

From  Jt^sae  Calvert 

FroiK  Solomon's  Creek,  liid.— ...* 

Echoes  fiotii   the  West.— C  Forney 

El.k-r  Daviii:G:irlacl].— J.  K.  Ilofler 

The  IJoiu'boii  College.- .lolm  Arnold 

From  The  Silver  Creek  Churcli.  William's  Co., 
Ind.-A.  K.  IJrowii 


selected: 

The  Rich   Fool 

An  Import  ant&Question 

The  Bible 

Trine  luiinersion.— S.  IIodv  i 

POETRY : 

Never  Mind.— Mary  C.  Dale 

Good  News.— George  I).  Zoller.'< 


SOMETHING  NEGLECTED. 


BY  R.  H.  MII-LEIl. 

WE  have  jUt*t  closed  our  meeting  at  Dors, 
in  the  Antioch  church,  which  had  in  it 
one  very  reniarkahle feature,  thatip,the  conduct 
of  little  boys  and  girls,  from  fii'e  to  twelve 
years  of  ape — a  large  uumhi;r  of  such  atteiuied 
the  meetiug.  These  chihiren  would  taku  the 
front  Seats  till  the  house  was  over- crowded,  then 
they  would  take  seats  on  the  edge  6f  the  plat- 
form, on  thel;tloor,  near  the  stand;  and  their  or- 
der and  behavior  were  as  good  as  could  be  ask- 
ed, and  we  encouraged  them  in  it,  because  we 
fear  they  are  often  neglected  iu  our  meetings. 
Oft«n  the  children  stay  in  the  far  end  of  the 
house  among  the  hardest  sinners,  while  the  old- 
er ones  take  the  front  seats. 

I  Want  to  see  the  congregation  turned 
around— the  young  people  brought  in  front  to 
sing  and  bear  and  bow  in  prayer,  as  though  the 
Weetiiig  was  for  them.  Such  a  course  would 
be  nearer  the  ancient  order  of  tlie  church.  In 
the  days  of  the  primitive  church  when  meet- 
"ig  began  in  the  morning  about  nine  o'clock, 
toe  children  had  their  places  near  where  fhe 
speaker  stood.  The  first  singing  was  done  by 
'he  children;  the  first  prayer  was  specially  for 
ttein;  the  first  Scripture  was  read  for  them;  the 
first  speaking  wiis  done  to  them.  It  seems  iu 
*he  primitive  age  of  the  church,  the  main  fea- 
^wre  of  their  r-guliu-  meetings  on  Lord^s  day 
was  to  instruct,  oncounige  and  train  their  chil- 
"ren  iu  their  religious  service,  that  Satan  should 
"ever  lead  them  oft'  iu  sin  and  rebellion  against 

'^'f.     These  uhildren  were  c;illed  ^aUchnnieinf^ 


because  they  were  J^arners  in  the  m«ctiiigs  for 
worship.  These  children  often  knew  the  Script- 
ture  to  be  rciwi  and  spoken  of  the  next  Sabbath, 
ami  were  aii.xiously  waiting  and  studying.  This 
well  prepared  them  to  have  their  hearts  lead  to 
the  sacred  truth  of  the  Gospel. 

Hut  I  have  not  told  it  all,  these  children  were 
not  confined  in  their  place  all  the  time  of  meet- 
iug. Aften  their  particular  part  of  the  service 
W!us  over,  Ibey  were  dismissed  and  permitted  to 
go  out  while  the  oMer  ones  did  the  singing  !uid 
henrd  a  discourse  especially  for  them.  This  was 
about  the  order  of  holding  meetings  iu  the  days 
of  (Mement,  Chryaostom,  Basil,  Cyril.  These 
old  fathers  took  a  greater  interest  in  the  chil- 
Jreu  of  their  day,  than  is  taken  now,  and  the 
best  idea  in  it  is.  the  teaching  of  ihildien  was 
right  in  the  church;  it  wasa  church  work,  done 
iu  iUeirreliff ions  tiffricf.  Their  work  was  fur 
ahead  of  the  Sabbath-school,  orin  other  words, 
it  was  doing  all  the  work  of  the  Sahbnth-school 
ill  the  church.  The  childreu  were  made  the 
first  and  great  feature  appearing  in  their  relig- 
ous  service.  This  is  one  of  the  great  reasons 
why  the  church  increased  so  fast  in  that  ago. 
The  children  were  taught  younger  than  now  to 
feel  the  church  was  theirs — the  church  was  for 
them.  Now  many  think  the  church  i.s  for  old 
|)eople,  that  the  young  must  run  otl'  in  sin — 
wander  a  prodigal  till  he  is  starving,  and  many 
die  and  never  come  back. 

The  old  fathers  did  all  they  could  to  keep 
them  from  every  sin,  aud  teach  them  in  every 
truth.  This  is  the  reason  these  old  I'lithera  bap- 
tized some  very  young.  They  tell  usof  baptizing 
some  that  were  only  seven  years  old,  but  they 
were  better  taught  in  Scriptural  truth  than 
many  (rf  our  children  at  twice  that  age. 

Our  meeting  at  Dora  reminded  us  of  the  meet- 
ings of  the  primitive  church,  when  so  many  of 
the  little  i'oys  aud  girls  made  the  company 
around  the  stand.  We  shall  long  remember 
how  these  little  boys  and  girl.s  gathered  around 
us  to  shake  hands,  when  our  last  meeting  closed. 
They  came  from  the  feeling  of  their  own  warm 
'hearts,  (they  were  not  told  to  come),  but  they 
knew  older  ones  had  no  preference  over  them, 
and  hardly  sn  much  as  they,  hence  they  came 
first  to  express  their  regard  to  one  who  they 
knew  had  great  concern  for  them.  If  Jesus 
would  take  "little  children  in  his  aims  and 
bless  them,"  we,  too,  should  do  and  say  all  we 
Can  to  blesi  and  save  them, 

But  we  want  to  turn  the  thoughts  of  our 
ministry  to  the  young,  because  we  feel  that  they 
are  too  much  neglected  in  our  meetings  for 
worship.  The  minister  should  try  to  make  his 
discourse  iutere.'iting  to  them,  if  he  can  possi- 
bly do  so.  Then  he  won't  need  to  scold  them 
to  have  good  order.  We  should  so  illustrate 
our  subjects  with  figures  and  things  the  chil- 
dren understand,  that  ai'e  interesting  and  in- 
structive. Always  have  aconcern  for  theyouug, 
especially,  the  young  in  the  church.  If  you 
must  slight  any,  let  it  be  some  old  ones,  they 
can  bear  it;  hut  never  show  a  coldness  to  the 
youug,  it  will  luirt  them  and  your  influenco 
too.  Try  sometimes  and  getup  something  pur- 
posely for  the  young,  and  try  in  every  discourse 
to  get  something  that  will  interest  aud  instruct 
thpm.  Your  kindness  aud  regard,  especially, 
to  children  has  great  influence  over  thetn. 
Friendship  with  childreu,  is  almost  everything. 
Cold  logic  and  reason  may  do  for  the  old,  but 
friendship  and  kindness  mingled  with  siuiple  il- 
lustrations of  Gospel  truth,  will  win  the  chil- 
dreu and  turn  their  thoughts  to  sacred  thing;', 
aud  live  iu  their  memory  to  point  them  to  God 
when  70ur  labors  on  earth  are  done.  The  re- 
sult of  our  labors  iu  the  Antiouh  church,  were 
not  so  cl-arly  manifested  in  good  doue  as  we 
desired.  Four  made  the  good  coufession,  one 
reclaimed,  aud  we  hope  our  effort  to  pre.s.'ut 
our  doctrine  has  left  many  good  impressions 
To  encourage  the  brethren  and  sisters,  and  turn 
the  feelings  of  others  who  are  uot  in  the  church 
more  toward  t'.ie  leaching  of  the  blessed  S;tvi..r 


A  NEW  TEAB'S  GIFT. 

BT  C.  H.  UALSBAUOH. 

RLESSKD  be  God  for  tim  njcorded  historj-  of 
Lazarvis.  After  the  angels  had  carried 
him.  into  Abraham's  bosom,  f/ii.t  was  the  testi- 
uiouy  of  the  father  of  faith  conceruing  him. 
Lazarus  in  his  lifetiuw  received  hi*  evil  things; 
but  now  he  is  comforted. 

This  rigorous  winter  sensou  is  the  time  to 
try  the  souls  of  the  poor,  aud  in  another  sense, 
uo  less  the  aoids  of  the  rich.  Seaufy  food  and 
insufficient  raiment,  poor  shelter,  or  none  at  all, 
t*st  the  strongest  faith  aud  the  most  Job-like 
patience.  Winter  also  testa  the  godhness  of 
the  rich,  if  Christ  is  iu  them,  He  will  show 
Uimself  in  the  cold  season.  11a  man's  relig- 
ion can  stand  the  Winter,  there  is  Divinity  in 
it.  The  Straight  Gate  demands  frost-proof  as 
well  as  fire-proof.  To  sit  by  a  warm  stove,  aud 
tie  in  a  cozy  bed,  and  be  clad  with  abun- 
dance of  heavy  apparel,  and  partake  of  rich 
fare  three  times  a  day,  and  Imve  mouoy   iu  the 

best,  or  perhaps  invested,  whilw  some  poverty- 
stricken  fellow-mortal  is  shivering  in  want,  or 
some  alien  lies  weltering  iu  his  blood,  next 
door  to  us — this  turns  out  the  blackside  of  our 
L'loak.  The  Crows  puts  the  ends  of  the  earth 
into  neighborhood.  Luke  10;  2i*-S7.  When 
God  became  man  He  maau  every  man  our  broth- 


even  to  the  threshold  ol  staivution  befor«  they 
will  prats  their  de.stitutiou  on  the  rvtuctant  at- 
tention of  others.  Uod  is  iu  the  wint«r,  auA 
He  speaks  no  uncertain  language.  He  thai 
hath  eai-s  to  hear,  let  him  hear.  11.^  that  h-.i*  a 
heart  to  feel,  let  him  imitate. 


The  illustration  of  this  sublime  truth  by  the 
church,  is  God's  standing  advertisement  to  the 
world,  written  with  the  blood  of  Jesus.  The  pre- 
incarnate  Savior  "  was  rich,  yet  forour  sakes  He 
became  poor,  that  we  through  his  poverty  might 
be  rich."  Our  tiHatmeutof  man  uil^Htti,  is  the 
leepcst  test  Christianity  admits  of.  Tried  by 
this  principle,  we  can  see  where  we  stand  as  in- 
dividuals, aud  what  is  the  stiititu  of  the  church. 
Jesus  died  for  Cesar  aud  ilerad,  not  becaii?e 
they  were  monarchs,  but  because  they  were  hu- 
man. The  publican,  the  harlot,  the  malefaotor, 
the  outcast,  the  pauper,  the  loathesome  leper, 
stand  on  the  same  level  in  relation  to  the  lu- 
caruation,  as  priuces  aud  potentates,  Roths- 
childs aud  Stewarts.  Deprecation  of  the  poor 
because  of  their  poverity,  is  unchristian.  I 
have  seen  a  great  orator  in  our  own  Brother- 
hood refuse  to  take  a  scat  in  a  rail-car,  because 
there  were  colored  folks  in.  This  was  putting 
Christ  to  an  open  shame.  The  blood  of  Je^us 
flowed  as  freely  and  warmly  for  black  as  for 
white.  "  ^1//  flesh  is  as  grass,  aud  nil  the  glory 
of  luau  as  the  flower  of  grass."  The  rich  and 
mighty  have  no  prerogatives  as  to  their  nature, 
uo  immunities  as  to  the  common  destinies  of 
that  nature.  All  are  imbred  iu  a  common  ruin, 
all  purchiisedby  a  common  ransom,  all  amen- 
able to  a  common  tribuiml,  all  partake  of  a 
common  inheritance,  or  a  common  perdition. 
Heaven  has  no  upper  seats  for  tlie  rich,  and  hell 
no  comfortable  quarters  to  be  purchased  with 
gold  or  greenbacks.  Neither  I'aradise  or  Pan- 
demonium has  bids  to  olfer  to  the  mammon  of 
unrighteousness,  save  a  higher  rapture  or  deep 
er  torment  according  to  the  use  we  make  of  our 
moncv. 

These  are  thoughts  which  should  come  home 
to  our  inmost  hearts  with  overwhelming  force 
while  the  severe  seasou  is  passing.  If  we  climb 
to  the  higher  end  of  the  Cross,  aud  lay  our 
hearts  on  the  lieart  ol  the  man-loving,  man- 
redeeming,  sin-atoning  Kmmanuel,  aud  stretch 
our  hands  ou  his  hands,  place  our  feet  ou  his 
feet,  we  will  uot,  cannot,  neglect  the  [)oor.  All 
the  shiver  of  winter  and  all  the  grinding,  pinch- 
ing agonies  of  poverty  were  iu  Christ's  suffer 
ing.  It  gladdens  His  great,  loviug,  yearning 
Brother-heart,  to  see  His  Bride  feed  the  hun- 
gry, clothe  the  naked,  provide  for  and  comfort 
the  de.stitute.  Those  who  were  "forward  a  >  ear 
ago"  iu  tie  mission  of  mercy,  will  not  be  lag- 
gard now.  2  Cor.  S:  10.  11.  The  mUeat  poor 
must  be  soui/ht  "tit.  Souls  of  the  finest  luould 
.!■•  not  flaunt  their  ni-^-^^Hlies.     They  will  sulU-r 


ANOTHER  YEAR  NEARER  HOME. 

IIY   M.\IITn\  IIKKOULY. 

AXt)TllKH  year  hiwpasied  away,  and  n.;  are 
nearer  to  the  tomb.  This  is  a  solemn 
thought,  but  one  that  should  Ijc  considered  by 
each  and  every  one;  that  we  are  one  year  ucar- 
rto  the  tomb,  than  we  were  when  this  year 
commeuceri.  When  we  permit  our  niiiid.s  to 
run  back  over  the  year  which  hns  just  closed, 
we  notice  many  changes.  We  think  of  ^ome, 
who  were  in  the  bloom  of  youth,  and  in  the  vig- 
or of  numhood,  and  s<nui:  more  advanr.-d  in 
years;  yes,  even  from  (lid  ;itie  duwu  to  Ibo  lit- 
tle infant  on  its  mother's  kne^-,  wlio  were  with 
and  among  us  in  the  last  year,  hut  toilay,  how 
chaugfd  the  scene!  How  many  b^nies  have 
been  visited  and  miwl'iMwi  liy  the  king  of  tenors, 
iu  the  removal  of  some  dear  one  that  is  now 
sleeping  iu  the  silent  city  of  the  dead. 

But  why  should  we  marvel,  since  it  is  just 
the  fulfilling  of  the  decne  that  wettt  forth  long 
since:  "Dust  thou  art,  and  unto  dust  shaft  thou 
return."  Much  rather  let  us  wonder  why  it  is 
that  we  are  yet  here.  Is  it  on  account  of  the 
sood  that  we  have  done'r*  Most  itssuredly  not. 
We  must  acknowledi^e  that  we  all  to  a  certain 
extent,  have  merited  God's  displeasure,  rather 
than  hi«  favor.  But  we  ar*  glad  to  krww.  »nd 
w-  rejoice  in  the  thought,  that  God  1i:l-;  been 
niercitui  unto  \is.  He  h.is  not  dealt  with  us  ac- 
cording to  our  sinfl,  neither  rewarded  us  accord- 
ing to  our  iniquities.  Through  his  long  suffer- 
ing, and  and  his  mercy,  our  almost  useless  livea 
have  been  prolonged,  an  uu)uument3  of  his 
amazing  love.  Since  we  are  aware  that  '*  Our 
diiy.s  are  iLs  the  grass,  or  like  the  flower  ol  the 
field,"  and  that  this  life  is  but  a  journey  to  the 
tomb,  the  thought  comes  up  like  this:  Shall  we 
survive  the  present  year'r'  It  may  be  bi-fore 
another  New  Year's  day  will  dawn;  it  will  b« 
said  of  us,  that  we,  too,  have  gone  to  our  long 
home. 

The  questiou  now  arises:  Are  we  ready  and 
waiting  for  the  change':'  If  -so,  happy  are  we, 
''  for  the  Lord  uphohleth  the  righteous,  he 
knows  their  days,  aud  their  inherit  luce  shall  be 
forever."  Oh,  brethren  and  sisters,  let  u^  re- 
double our  diligence  and  trust  in  fhe  God  of  our 
salvation,  remembering  that  our  Savior  said, 
"  Fear  not,  little  Hock,  for  it  is  your  Father's 
good  pleiwure  to  give  you  the  kingdom."  What 
a  cheering  thought  to  us,  if  we  have  tried  to 
live  the  life  of  a  Christian,  when  our  labors  and 
our  sorrows,  temptations  aud  trials,  sicknes> 
and  afllictious,  shall  all  be  over,  and  we  can 
look  beyond  all  this,  to  a  brighter  and  far  se- 
reuer  clime,  where  we  shall  never  part  with 
our  loved  ones,  and  never  know  sorrow,  sick- 
ness and  death  any  more,  but  shall  bask  in  the 
sunlight  of  eternal  felicity. 


Because  all  men  feel,  and  know,  and  see,  said 
iiulher,  that  they  must  dl''  and  disappe;ir,  each 
seeks  an  earthly  immortality  in  being  evermore 
remembered.  Sometimes  great  soverpignf, 
princes  and  nobles,  h&w  sought  it  by  rearing 
pillars  of  marble  or  lofty  [lyramids  pointing  to 
the  skies;  by  these  they  have  fancied  themselves 
immortalized.  And  still,  by  «reat  churches  and 
other  sumptuous  edifices,  warriors  have  pursued 
aud  striven  to  perpetuate  honor  aud  renown 
after  their  famous  victories  Learned  men  seek 
by  the  composition  of  books  an  undying  name, 
as  we  oft«u  see  in  our  own  day.  But  as  to  the 
everlasting,  imperishable  honor — mu  eterujty 
with  God— to  this  they  p«y  no  rcgarl.  Ah,  wt. 
are  a  despicable  i  ace  I 


li  I  !•;    BKKTilRElSr 


GOOD  NEWS. 


»V  fiEOROE  n.  /Ml.l.HU^. 


littl. 


,l«t.rity  on  111-  part  ..f  the  anpl.-r  |  thero».'Iv«  as  God's  chosen  people;  and 


THE  I-'>rJ  rcvojiN  FIi»  umiliup  fate. 
And  Bi-iilly  lull  the  «li"wcr»  of  grace. 
God's  glory  in  Hi»  t^-mplo  Khio"''. 
And  all  our  priff  and  woe  il.-tline«. 

The  Gospel  trunilii-t  »«eetlv  «ound». 
The  music  roils,  the  spirit  bounds: 
Harmonious   are  the  strains,  and  clear. 
To  all  who  have  an  ear  to  hear. 
Of  old,  the  cliildn?!)  pni.veil  and  mourned. 
Hut  niau;  eiirs  thiir  niu-ic  s|.urned. 
The  busy  tlirong  |»r.-ssed  to  and  fro, 
Nur  hsteni-d  to  their  talis  of  ivoe. 

So  oft  the  ghwl  husannas  roll. 
And  ravish  the  enlii(lilened  soul, 
Son  as  the  deiv  of  liiKliI  from  heaven. 
The  words  of  life  and  love  are  (jiven. 

The  children  of  the  kinKdom  weep. 
And  tell  the  (jroims  and  iinRiiish  deep. 
That  pierci'd  the  bosom  of  the  Lamb, 
Who  died  t^i  save  rebellious  man. 
Two  heralds  i.l  the  l)iis|iel  came. 
With  hearts  in  tune  to  play  the  strain, 
The  one  ciiri'-worn.  and  whito  with  age. 
The  other  near  lilc's  middle  stage. 

The  entertiiinnient  cheered  us  all, 
(With  few  exwptionsi  large  and  small, 
I  wiab  some  more  would  lime  improve. 
And  vilfit  us  at  Hickory  Grove. 
Lord  bless  our  old  brother  I.ielir, 
And  Lemuel  who  was  with  him  here: 
Hijuiii  them  with  thy  love  and  might. 
To  buttle  fur  the  truth  anil  right. 

Urother  Ke],ner,  too,  and  fliiinler, 
Came  to  visit  us  this  Wtiiler. 
Each  did  his  fnlentji  employ. 
And  their  presence  yielded  joy. 

And  thus  ffoni  idiice  to  phiee  we  rimm. 
To  bring  the  wamlenng  sinner  home: 
And  cheer  llie  pilgrim  on  the  ro«d, 
That  lends  to  happiness  and  (iod. 

Soon  will  our  battle  end  below, 
Then  we  shall  ijiiit  this  vale  of  woe: 
And  meet  ill  lliiiti!eli:{litful  place, 
To  worsl.iii  tied  and  see  his  face. 

No  pen  cim  tell  in  ju-ose  or  rhyme, 
The  beauties  ol  that  land  and  dime, 
Where  joy  unsullied  moves  their  tongues, 
To  piaiso  (he  Lord  in  sacred  songs. 


A  WEEK  S   COMPANIONSHIP 
WITH  THE  ROCKIES. 

Iiv  .1.  r.  l'|tN)>Klllil'](()l[. 

NI'Mllf.K  I\'. 

BI'M.OW  is  a  .sjioi'tsmiin  looking  an.v- 
ioiisly  into  Ihii  vvntcr,  aiiiiurently 
apellbomul;  lie  eviilently  "pi<'»  a  fine 
liii;  trout,  saliiionlike,  rinlit  there  near 
the  top  of  tile  water  liluler  the  eilge  of 
tliat  leaningslali  roek;  anil  is  now  ea:;er 
ly  etigaoeil  in  trying  to  capture  him.  In 
the  ell'ort  to  apply  tlie  (ly,  lie  iliscovers 
that  his  pole  is  too  short  anil  seizes  hold 
oi'  a  tender  twig  that  aids  him  to  lean 
fur  out,  and  tossing  the  fly  again  and 
again,  thoughtless  Jls  to  the  feelilene.ss  of 
the  l«  ig,  till  the  tension  overcomes  the 
adhesive  force  of  the  fiber,  the  result,  is 
(^uite  obvious.  Down  the  stream  a  lit- 
tle furtlier,is  allsliernian  sunarelypercli- 
ed  on  a  Hat  rock;  he  is  after  a  big  fish, 
throwing  far  out,  full  length,  seemingly 
having  ample  line,  but  his  troutship 
raanifest.s  no  appetite. 

The  lly  is  changed,  aha,  now  the  fish 
darts  ipiickly  as  if  to  take  it;  but  more 
sagacious  than  it.s  younger  brothers,  de- 
tects the  fraud  and  k-isurely  floats  a\vay. 
The  large  trout  are  very  cute  and  cun- 
ning, hut  .soon  foi'get  unless  once  .or 
twice  hooked;  and  all  there  is  to  do 
once  having  the  right  fly,  is  to  keeji  it 
p]a>  fully  skipping  on  the  water.  At 
length  thefisUeriuan  triumphant,  atlroit 
ly  whirls  his  victim  from  its  aepieous  ele- 
ment to  fall  among  the  cobble  stones 
near  the  edge  of  the  water  or  perchance 
-triking  a  larger  stone,  ilouiidei-s  into  the 
w,t:.-j-.  liUt  .so  ijally  stuuueJ  that  ouly  a 


needed  to  secure  his  trout.  Our  e.K]>e 
riences  are  varied,  and  the  transition  of 
scenea  are  lively  in  the  e.tlreme. 

One  of  our  number  injudiciously  ven- 
tures out  upon  a   ►leiidi-r   j.ine   sapling 
and  cmtK  his  fly  gently  upon  the  rijipling 
waters;  it   instantly   diaajipeara.      The 
delicate    cord    trembles    and    the   pole 
fiends  sharply  to  the  pressure.     The  eye 
keenly  follows  the  golden-hued    beauty 
in  ita  aerial  flight  to  the   full    length  of 
the  tackle,  and  many  feet  higher,  direct- 
ly over  head.     It  will  now  be   lost    un 
leas  successfully  intercepted  in  the   fall. 
Awake  to  this  fact  with   ujdifU-d    arras 
and  spread-out  singei-s,  nervously    held 
in  postion,  the  angler  aims  to  catch  with- 
out fail,  for  never  so  large  looks   a    fish 
as  when  thus  dangling  thirty  feet  in  the 
air  and  likely  to  escape  into    the  water. 
Alna,  too  sleep  his  troiiliship  sjila-hi-s  in 
the  water  almost  simultaneously  with  its 
would-be  captor,  who,  having   lost   his 
eijililibrium  in  the  excitement,  had  but 
little  choice   in    the  matter.     The  time 
flies  away,  the   day    far  spent  and   the 
parly  fully  satisfied  with  their  success  as 
glorious  enough  lor  one  day,  being  load- 
ed with  trout   and   feeling   not   a  little 
hungry,   set  llieir    footsteps  campwurd. 
Hai-k  we  go    Ihrough    thick  brush   and 
jungles  of  cedar,  pine  and  asjien  almost 
imlienetrable,  shutting   out   what   little 
light  was  still  lingering  in  the    heavens. 
The  situation  waa  any  thing  but  envia- 
ble; and    calculated  to   make   one  feel 
somewhat  timin;  for  why   shouldn't  it? 
Altliough  a  bear  fight  would  be  glorious, 
jiriiviilecl  we  were    victorious.     But   we 
had  foolishly    left    caniji   that  morning 
without  weajiousof  any  kind,  and  I  had 
myself  seen  a  real,  live,  wild  bear,  but  a 
little  wl^^sfl■om  hen  two  years  ago,  and 
even  firiil  several  shots  at  it.  Just  think 
of  it!     We   went   plundering  thiough, 
hovvever,   over   rocks  and  fallen    trees 
along  the  course  of  the  stream — always 
steering  clear  of  any  black    object  that 
possibly  might  be  a  bear  coming  down 
for  a  fresh  mess  of  trout  or  to  drink  un- 
der the   cover  of  the   evening  shades. 
Finally   circling  the  last  bend  and  up 
over  the  ridge  at  the  lower  end    of  the 
park,  we  sight  camp,  all  safely  in.     No 
time  is  now  lost  making  ready  the  even- 
ing rejiast,  which  consisted,  jirineipally, 
of  wellbrowued  trout  and  steaming  hot 
biscuits,  with   an    abumlanee   of    fresh 
mountain  butter,  -  a   sui)j)er  of  crispy, 
juicy  morsels,  never  to  be  forgotten. 

Kach  day  is  but  a  repetition  of  the 
routine  just  detailed  with  an  occasional 
slight  variation.. 

In  mountaineering,  a  portion  of  the 
time  is  ussally  devoted  to  the  hunting  of 
wild  and  larger  game.  To  tlie  appre- 
ciative mind  for  the  sublime,  and  to  the 
lover  of  the  beautiful  in  this  life,  noth- 
ing holds  comparison  with  the  richness 
of  the  feiLst  obtained  by  a  week's  com- 
panionship w-ith  the  wonderful  freaks  of 
nature  as  disphiyed  in  this  region  of  the 
Rocky  Range.  And,in  jioint  of  health, 
for  enervated  spirits,  energy  prostrated 
and  recuperation  in  general,  it  simply 
has  no  ei|ual. 
Crreely,  Colorado. 


BY  J.  n.  UOFFKH. 

rilllli  world  evidently  was  never  so 
-*-  much  in  need  of  salvation  as  at  the 
time  wlien    the   generations   worshiped 


the  unkow-n  (lod,"  w-hoin  the  Israelites 
professed  to  know.  These  Israelites,  or 
at  leii-st  the  Jews,  or  those  among  them 
who  were  known  as  Pharisees,  regarded  |  the  boisterous  deep,  also,  subsided   into 


the  rest  of  mankind  they  looked  upon 
as  outcasts  from  Ood.  In  their  religion 
thev  were  very  zealous,  but  towards 
those  whom  they  believed  to  be  rejected 
liv  (jori,  they  were  intolerant. 

When  these  Israelites,  ivho  were  no 
longer  anation,  had  probabh  the  strong- 
est hojies  of  speedy  deliverance  flora  the 
oppression  under  which  they  groaned, 
and  of  the  restoration  to  a  people,  as  in 
ages  past,  in  fulfillment  of  the  words  of 
their  prophets,  as  understood  by  them, 
tliere  appeared  among  them  a  man  ol 
very  humble  parentage  and  appearance, 
will!  called  to  these  devoted  people,  ask- 
ing iheni  to  repent,  "  for  the  kingdom 
of  heaven  is  at  hand."  They  probably 
suiiposed  that  if  the  heavenly  kingdom 
was  indeed  at  hand,  it  came  as  a  reward 
for  their  devotion  and  zeal ;  and  they 
weie  no  doubt  indignant  when  they 
heard  this  carpenter's  Son  ask  them  to 
repent.  They  knew  the  young  man, 
who  was  born  in  a  stable  in  one  of  their 
villages.  Little  notice  was  therefore 
taken  of  him  as  he  went  about  selecting 
a  few  persons  of  like  humble  parentage 
and  ]iosition,  and  with  them  traveled 
throughout  the  country,  declaring  to 
these  very  religious  Israelites  that  they 
were  hypocrites,  and  had  need  of  deep 
repentance.  But  the  humbler  of  the 
ppojde  felt  themselves  irresistably  drawn 
after  him ;  and  those  whom  he  called,  at 
once  obeyed,  leaving  friends  and  prop- 
erty, without  even  asking  whither  be 
was  going. 

The  humble  people,  who  asked  not 
whence  lie  came  or  whither  he  was  go- 
ing, but  looked  to  his  character  and 
works,  w'ere  by  no  means  left  without 
encouragement;  for  he  not  only  preach- 
ed the  (Jospel  to  the  poor,  declaring 
those  blessed  who  were  poor  id  spirit, 
who  mourned,  who  were  weak,  who 
hungered  and  thireted  after  righteous- 
ness, and  who  were  merciful,  pure  in 
heart  and  peacemakers,  but  he  also 
"  healed  all  manner  of  sickness  and  all 
manner  of  diseases  among  the  people," 
and  continually  went  about  "doing 
good."  All  these  things  he  did  in  the 
humblest  way;  asking  even  those  whom 
he  healed,  not  to  make  it  public.  But 
the  doings  of  the  proud  and  self- right 
eons  amongthe  Jews,  he  denounced,  call- 
ing tfiem  *'  blindness  of  the  blind." 

This  made  him  enemies  of  the  lead- 
ers and  those  in  authority;  but  among 
the  common  people  he  had  many  friends. 
Little,  indeed,  did  those  "  learned  in  the 
law"  see  in  this  *'  friend  of  publicans 
and  sinners"  that  answered  to  their  idea 
of  the  promised  Messiah. 

t'nder  these  trying  circumstances, 
when  all  the  leading  people  were  against 
him,  he  boldly  declared  that  his  follow- 
ers must  eat  his  flesh  and  drink  his  blood. 
lle:iring  this,  many  of  his  disciples  even 
said,  "  This  is  an  hard  saying,"  and 
walked  no  more  witli  him.  But  undis 
mayed  he  turned  to  the  twelve  chosen 
ones,  and  said,"  Will  ye  also  go  away?" 
Nothing  could  have  satisfied  the  peo- 
ple more  than  the  reply  of  Peter,  who, 
havingjust  heard  language  fromliisMas- 
ter  which  was  looked  upon  :is  repul- 
sive, said  to  him,  "  Thou  hast  words  of 
eternal  life,"  even  adding,  "  And  we  be- 
lieve, and  are  sure,  that  thou  art  the 
Christ,  the  Son  of  the  living  God."  But 
Pcfer  knew  of  what  he  afliirmed,  for  he 
had  seen  the  M;ister  miike  the  lame  walk, 
the  blind  to  see,  the  deaf  and  'lumb  to 
hcjirand  speak;  to  turn  water  into  wine; 
to  feed  thousands  of  hungry  people  with 
a  few  loaves  and  fishes;  and  even  the 
dead  he  saw   him   restore  to  life.     Yes, 


"a  great  calm"  at  his  Master's  voicp 
Nor  did  his  constant  followers  see  any. 
thing  offensive  in  the  assertion  that  they 
must  eat  the  flesh  and  drink  the  blood 
of  him  whom  they  appreciated  as  gooj. 
ness  and  righteousness  itself;  for  they 
had  heard  hiindeclare  thoseliles.sed"who 
hunger  and  thirst  after  righteousness." 
AlthoUL'h  thiae  devoted  men  kneiv 
how  unpopular  their  Master  was  amono 
the  leading  Israelites,  and  that  he  made 
no  eft'ort  to  gain  popularity  or  poivej, 
they  nevertlieless  hoped  that  he  would 
restore  Israel  to  be  again  a  kingdom,  for 
this  they  understood  by  the  prophets,  the 


proi 


lised  Messiah    would    do.     ,So 


were  they  of  this,  that  they  even  diapm. 
ed  among  t  hemselvea  as  to  w-hom  of  them 
should  be  the  greivtest  in  the  new  king, 
dom;  and  two  of  them  asked  for  special 
positions  therein.  What  kingdom  did 
they  e.\pect  he  would  establish,  whom 
"  the  winds  and  the  sea  obey,"  who 
healed  the  people  of  their  infirmities  and 
brought  the  dead  to  life  again!  For 
such  a  King  they  might  well  be  willing 
to  endure  hardships  and  abuses.  None 
of  the  disciples  were  as  ready  to  fight  fur 
the  Master  as  Peter,  and  on  more  than 
one  occasion  did  he  show  that  he  ex- 
pected  to  be  well  rew-arded  for  this  de- 
votion. 

Could  it  be  possible  that  the  man  win, 
rejieatedly  showed  that  he  knew  tli- 
thoughts  of  the  people,  would  tolei-i;. 
a  traitor  among  his  chosen  ones?  K,,, 
the  sake  of  gaining  a  little  "  filthy  lu. 
ere,"  one  of  them  betrayed  hiin  into  tli.- 
hands  of  his  bitterest  enemies.  ISiit 
while  he  w-as  thus  gratifying  his  lustfoi 
gain,  he  hardly  e.vpected  tliat  any  hai m 
could  come  to  bis  iVIaster;  for  lie  kueu 
his  powers,  and  that  on  a  former  ooc;i- 
ion  he  escaped  "  through  the  midst  of 
them"  when  they  bad  him  on  the  hill 
intendinir  "  to  cast  him  down  headlong." 
But  in  this  eflbrt  to  indulge  the  love  of 
money,  the  Shepherd  was  smitten  and 
the  sheep  were  scattered. 

Just  before  this  h.appelied,  the  Master 
had  said  to   his   disciples,     "  He  that 
hath  no  sword,  let  him  sell  his  garments 
and  buy  one."     This  proiiably    euciuii 
aged  Peter    to  strike    the    enemy  wi-l 
the  sword,  and  wound  a  man.     But  li 
his  spirit  must  have  sunk  in   him,  w  li' 
the  Master,  whom  he  was  defending,  told 
him  to  put  up   his   sword,    and  miracu- 
lously healing  the    wounded   man,  de- 
clared that  he   could   have   more  than 
tw-elve  legions  of  angels  to  defend  Im 
And  what  a   defence    would    this  In 
been  ?  for  one  angel  was  known  to  have 
smitten  eighty-five  thousand  Assyrians. 
I"  it   possible   that   the  ^  man   who  had 
such  a  force  at  command,  and  w-ho   bad 
shown   his   authority  over   storms  anil 
fiends,  would  suffer  a  few  timid   men  to 
take  and  lead  him  before  unjust  rulers, 
who  would  be  sure  to  condemn   him  to 
death? 

The  disciples  had  not  comprehended 
the  Master's  words  w-hen  he  said,  "  I  aia 
not  come  to  destroy,  but  to  fulfill;"  and, 
"My  kingdom  is  not  of  this  world;"  nor 
when  he  spoke  of  his  death  and  resur- 
rection. And  seeing  that  his  Mflstei" 
would  not  defend  himself,  nor  allow  oth- 
ers to  do  it,  Peter,  to  avoid  getting  into 
trouble  by  being  identified  with  him. 
now  commenced  to  deny  his  Lord.  But 
he  still  lingered  near;  for  there  scemcil 
to  be  an  unconscious  tie  that  held  htiu. 

Karnestly  yearning  for  his  faltering 
disciples,  the  Lord  turned  his  pitying  cj'f* 
upon  Peter,  unmindful  of  his  ovvn  terri- 
ble fate  which  ho  knew  awaiteJ  1"™- 
Seeing  this,  Peter  became  conscious  of 
his  error,  and  "wept  bitterly."  ^^  "^ 
there  eversuch  a  thing  heard,  thata  mii»- 


Janiin^^y 


23 


a'iriK    HHKTMHKISr    ^VT    A\'01<lv. 


,  lie  was.  led  iiw.iy  to  be   crucified,  lor 
;.rsbo«'etl  iVom  Lis  Father,  *'  iiiauy 


J  works,"'  should  only  be   concerned 
f  r  hi^  friends?     "  AVeep  not  for  me,  but 
for  yourselves,  and  for  your  chil- 
said    to    those    who    followed 
Did  IVttr  How 


ffeei' 

dren."'  ^' 

after  ftU'l  bewailed  him, 


fully  fonipi-' 


heml    his  Master's  mission  f 


The  Lord  was  crucified  and  buned, 
nd  thn  'if-"^t  Peter  was  outrun  by  the 
other  discijtles  in  going  to  the  sepulcher 
.  gj.^  whether  it  is  true  what  tlie  women 
dechu-ed,  that  the  Master  is  risen.  The 
body  ^^''*-^  ""*"  there;  and  Peter  probably 
jjmou'nced  to  reason  with  biiiiself. 
wbfth'-r  indeed  the  iMa»ter  had  nut  laid 
^l^^wu  his  power  in  order  to  gain  greater, 
f^ji-  had  h»'  not  said,  '*  I  lay  down  my 
life,  thiit  I  might  take  it  again  T'  When 
be  saw  th(!  risen  Savior,  his  love  for  him 
wfts  uo  doubt  stronger  than  ever.  *'  Pe- 
ter lovest  thou  nie?"  was  asked  by  th<! 
Lord  on  a  later  occjision.  '  Why  was 
tliis?  r)i<l  "ot  Peter  try  to  defend  him? 
pid  he  not  try  to  outrun  tlie  rest  to  meet 
jesu^  lifter  the  resurrection  ?  Being 
qrieved  at  the  repetition  of  this  question, 
Peter  dedftred,  "  Lord  Ihou  kuowest  all 
tilings,  rltou  knowest  that  I  love  thee." 
Uut  the  Lord's  only  reply  was,  "  Feed 
mv  lambs,  feed  my  sheep." 

The  Ma-ster  had  spoken  many  para- 
bles to  his  disciples;  and  in  one  of  these, 
concerning  the  heavenly  kingdom,  he 
said  that  the  King  told  those  servants 
who  were  not  aware  that  they  ever  min- 
istered tfl  his  wants,  "  Inasmu(!h  as  ye 
have  done  it  unto  one  of  the  least  of 
thi'^e  uiy  brethren,  ye  have  done  it  unto 
ujc."  Not  only  on  the  cross,  but  all  tie 
time  he  was  in  the  world,  the  Lord  gave 
his  life  for  his  friends.  He  never  did 
anything  for  his  own  gratification;  and 
the  only  way  he  could  be  acceptably 
loved,  was  by  loving  as  he  did. 

Peter  now,  probably  for  the  first  time, 
understood  ^vhat  was  meant  by  the 
words,  '^  It  is  more  blessed  to  give  thar 
to  receive:"  and  that  to  honor  him  who 
out  of  love  died  for  others,  like  love 
must  be  shown ;  for  what  else  could  the 
Lord  have  meant  by  telling  him  to  feed 
the'lambs  and  sheep?  With  his  want- 
ed zeal,  he  therefore  went  about  doing 
what  he  believed  the  Lord  thus  required 
of  him. 

But  he  had  not  yet  comprehended  the 
vastaess  and  universality  of  the  Master's 
love.  He  still  supposed  salvation  was 
limited  to  the  deseeudauts  of  Jacob,  who 
bad  the  literal  Word  of  God;  although 
he  bad  heard  It  said  of  his  Master,  that 
he  was  "  the  Lamb  of  God,  w'hicli  tak- 
etb  away  the  sin  of  the  world."  He 
was  to  feed  theMaster'slambsandsheep; 
but  he  was  not  yet  aware  that  they  were 
not  all  of  the  fold  of  Israel. 

In  a  vision  Peter  saw  in  a  large  vessel, 
let  down  from  heaven,  "all  manner  of 
fuurfooted  beasts  of  the  earth,  and  wild 
beasts,  and  creeping  things,  and  fowls 
of  the  air,"  accompanied  by  a  voice  which 
said,  "  Kise  Peter,  kill  and  eat."  Should 
a  .Tew,  as  Peter  was,  be  asked  by  a  heav- 
enly voice,  to  eat  anything  that  the  law 
liad  not  promised  clean?  And  in  this 
vessel  there  must  have  been  no  clean 
beasts  and  fowls,  for  he  exclaimed,  -'Not 
80,  Lord;  for  I  have  never  eaten  any- 
thing common  or  unclean."  But  the 
answer  comes  from  heaven, "  AVhat  God 
bath  eleansed,  call  not  thou  common." 
Was  everything  in  that  vessel  therefore 
clean,  even  the  creeping  things?  Peter 
would  hardly  Imve  compreliended  the 
*iiil  force  of  that  vision,  had  not  just 
then,  three  men  called  unto  him  to  come 
to  the  Gentile,  Cornelius,  who  also  had 
^en  a  vision,  and  was  told  to  send  for 
him.     When  he  came  to  Cornelius  and 


saw  the  divine  blessing  come  upon  him  the  world  which  the  devil  ort'ei-s  von, 
and  his  friends,  who  were  all  Gentiles,  for  he  will  not  keep  his  word,  and  if  you 
he  comprehended  the  character 'of  his  listen  to  him,  your  greatest  good  w!!! 
Master's  love,  and  exclaiued,  "Of  a  truth  be  destroyed.  Profit  1 
I  perceive  that  God  is  no  respecter  of  tal  adviee' 
persons,  but  in  evi-ry  nation,  he  that  fear- 
eth  him  and  worketh  righteousness,  is 
accejited  of  him." 

As. Peter  learned   to   kno^^■    the  true 


character  of  the  Lord's  love,  so  evident- 
ly do  others  in  following  him  "  in  the 
regeneration."  And  bow  gently  are  led 
out  of  their  selfish  love  wlierem  they 
are  ever  ready  to  defend  their  religion, 
or  the  Lord  as  they  looked  upun  him;  if 
they  only  Ijeiir  in  mind  that  tlie  teachings 
of  God's  Word,  as  well  as  the  L(»rd's 
earth  life,  nre  all  >iUMinn.Ml  up  in  love 
to  God  the  good  and  true,  and  to  our 
fellow-beings. 
Mount  .Tdij,  Pa. 

EXPERIENCE  AS  A  TEACHER. 


rjlITAT  experience  is  the  best  and  most 
"^  thorough  teacher  in  the  various  av- 
ocations of  life,  is  an  est:d))islu-d  and 
generally  admitted  fact.  Those  who 
have  been  educated  in  the  school  of  e.\- 
perience  are  regarded  as  safe  and  relia- 
ble. As  one  pretty  well  schooled,  I  feel, 
by  way  of  encouragement  ami  advice,  to 
say  a  few  words  to  others. 

In  the  reflection  of  my  own  experience 
I  feel  nervous  and  my  hand  trembles 
while  I  write.  I  have  trodden  the  gid- 
»ly  paths  of  youth— •!  have  seen  and  felt 
that,  youtful  hopes  are  seldom  realiz- 
ed ;  I  have  seen  the  vigorous  frames 
of  young  men  di-op  suddenly  in  death; 
I  have  observed  the  blooming  cheeks  of 
the  robust  youngmaidensuddeuly  eclips- 
ed in  the  pale  palor  of  death;  I  have 
hearH  and  felt  the  groanings  of  disap- 
pointments, I  know  by  actual  experience 
that  "Man  is  of  few  days  and  full  of 
trouble."  I  have  learned  that  earth's 
greatest  enjoyments  are  delusive;  its  best 
friendships  limited;  its  ordinary  sympa- 
thy treacherous.  I  have  walked  through 
the  (to  the  flesh)  luxuriant  valley  of  sin ; 
and,  with  Solomon,  can  say, ''  all  is  van- 
ity and  vexation  of  spirit."  I  have 
learned  that  the  enjoyments  found  in  the 
path  of  sin,  are  not  substantial,  hence 
say  to  you,  could  your  hopes  of  true 
pleasure,  ti  ue  character  and  true  success 
on  that  foundation  of  which  Christ  is 
the  chief  corner-stone.  There,  amidst 
the  fadings  of  earth's  pleasures,  the  visi- 
tation of  its  disappointments,  the  treach- 
ery anfl  coldness  of  its  friendship,  you 
will  have  an  anchor  on  which  to  lean. 
When  adversity  comes,  when  friends 
fail,  when  health  decays  and  the  sorrows 
of  death  summoned  you,  you  can  say, 
"  it  is  well." 

Aged  sinner,  a  few  words  to  you. 
Think  back,  is  not  all  I  have  said  in  re- 
gard to  sin  true?  Does  it  not  accord 
with  your  own  personal  experienced 
Think  back,  view  yourself  in  the  mirror 
of  the  past;  think  of  the  many  blight- 
ed hopes  in  your  own  experience;  think 
of  the  many  sad  disappointments  you 
have  met;  think  of  the  fleetuess  of  time, 
and  tell  me  does  not  that  thorough 
teacher,  experience,  tell  vou  it  is  high 
time  to  change,  and  make  the  glorious 
promises  of  heaven  your  safe  prop  while 
on  the  verge  of  the  tomb?  You  know 
that  what  I  have  stated  in  this  short  and 
mperfect  article,  is  hardly  a  drop  in  the 


»y  the  e.xperinien 
he  aged  veteran  of  Cbri.st 
gives  you.  Make  the  Cross  your  stand 
ard  and  your  hopes  of  moral,  social  and 
spiritual  purity  will  be  realized.  The 
thorns  of  earth  will  be  in  full  bloom  for 
you  witli  the  roses  of  heaven. 

To  the  tried  Christian,  I  would  say  I 
know  bow  to  sympathize  with   you.     1 
have  experienced  your  sorrows  and  feel- 
ings of    disappointment;  I    have   been 
surrounded  by   the   sorrow   of  death;  I 
have  trodden    the   gloomy   road   of  ad 
versity:  I  have  felt  the  pangs  eiiu!-ed  by 
tr(.-afhero\i8  friemUhip;    my    eyes    have 
been  dazled  by  the  liery    arrows   of  the 
enemy  when  flying  all  around  me  in  the 
darkness  of  spiritual  midnight.     I  have 
ielt  the  conseiousuess  of  my  own  weak- 
ness and  temleney  to  evil.     But   amidst 
all  this,  I  cjiu  say,   that    I    experieiu-ed 
the   help  and     consolation   of   heaven. 
Wlien  sui-rounded    by   death's  sorrows, 
and  loved  ones  were  falling  as  it   were, 
to  the  right  and  to  the  left,  and  my  i;arc 
win-i^  greeted  with  the  doleful  sound    of 
the  tomb,  my  heart's  burden  and  sorrow 
were  lightened  by  the  cheering  promise 
of  the  Muster.     When  almost   discour- 
aged by  adverse  circumstances  iu   life,  1 
have  felt,  through  the  medium  of  God's 
promises,  the  rest  prepared  for  the  peo- 
ple of  God.    When  pushed  by  the  band 
of    ti-eacherous   friendship,    I  have   felt 
and  experienced  that  in  Christ   I   had  a 
true  Friend,  and  have  found  vvarm,  sym 
pathizing  hearts  among  the  passers    by 
In  short,  1  can  testify,  from  actual    ex 
perience,  that  the  Lord  will    indeed    be 
with  us  in  .six  troubles,  and   not  forsake 
us  in  the  seventh.     God    forbid  that  we 
should  glory  in   anything,  save   in    the 
(Ji'oss  of  Christ. 

Tried  soldier  of  the  Cross,  be  firm 
amidst  the  shouts  of  the  inhabitants  of 
bliss.  You  will  soon  be  crowned  v\"ith 
victory  through  him  who  loved  us,  and 
gave  himself  for  us. 

May  God  help  all  to  a  saving  kuowl- 
edsre  of  the  truth.  What  we  have  felt 
and  seen,  with  confidence,  we  tell. 


d.velwpment,  and  ih.-n-  i^   un   point  of 

a.iainiiient  at  which  the  M.nt  i^^atinfied, 
but  is  intently  reaching  forwm-d  to  high- 
er and  nobler  aciiuisitions. 

The  mode  of  assimilations  in  the  spir- 
itual world,  are  analogous  to  the  growth 
in  the  natural  world.  At  fir^tisonly  the 
embryo  iu  the  new    birth,  but     finally 
arives  to  the  full  statue  of  the  man,  Christ 
Jesus.     In    the   woik   of   regeneration, 
Christ  is  received  within  us,  the  hope  of 
glory,  for  if  we  liave  not    the   Spirit  of 
our  blessed  Savior,  we  cannot  elaimany 
inheritance   in   those  "many    mansions 
prepared"  for  us,  in   our  Father's  king- 
dom.    Saints  are  siudying   iu    order  to 
show    themselves   approved,  and     thai 
their  proliting  rn^iy  appear  to  all.     God 
has  many  good  gifts  to  bestow  npon  his 
children  yet;  be  always  witbliolds  (hem 
till  they  can  appreciate   sueii    heavenly 
blessings.     They  are    not   apr  to  covet 
anything  while  entirely  igunraat   of  its 
worth,  hence  we  see  the  utility  of  «pir. 
itual  enlightenment  that  we  may  "  covet 
the  best  gifts,"    which   the  Creator  is 
willing  to  dispense  to  every   ton    and 
daughter  of  Adam's   race.      Wbi-ii  the 
renewed  mind  is  fully   eonseious  of  it« 
high  ami  iuuaortal   destiny,  ii   will  de- 
sire to  liring  all  within  its  reaeh,  also  to 
enjoy   the     rieh    provisions   flowing   to 
those  who  have  tasteil  of  the  -.'ood  word 
of  God. 

The  Christian  looks  forward  for  a  bet- 
ter state  of  tilings,  when  his  warfare  on 
earth  terminates;  yes,  the  irue  believer 
is  assured  of  an  eternal  assoeiation  with 
Christ  and  the  redeemed  ones  uf  earth, 
and  the  high  orders  of  angelie  hosts, 
there  to  join  with  them  iu  ascribing  all 
praise  and  adoration  to  him,  \\  !io  is  the 
only  Potentateand  Sovereign  of  the  uni- 
verse." "Great  and  marveloii--  are  thy 
works,  Lord  (iod  Almighty."*  just  and 
true  are  thy  ways,  King  of  saints." 


HEAVENLY  ASPIRATIONS. 


HV  JAMES  WIItT. 

"Covet  earnestly  the  best  gifta."     1  Cor    VI: 
31. 

rpHIS  is  a  command  given  by  the  in- 
-^  spired  apostleto  believers  in  Christ, 
those  of  his  day  who  were  called  to  be 
saints. 

The  devoted  follower  of  Jesus,  by 
I'ightly  applying  himself  to  the  study  of 
God's  revealed  truth,  contained  in  the 
Bible,  may  come  to  ascertain  the  pre 
scribed  means  foracrpiiringtbo.se  divine 
gifts,  promised  to  those  who  do  not  be- 
come "  weary  in  well-doing,"  but  are 
continually  an.xious  to  secure  to  them- 
selves *'  glory,  honor  and  immortality." 
Tliere  are  many  inducements  for  the 
child  of  God  to  assiduously  strive, 
though  iu  a  lawful  way,  to  attaiu  to  a 
high  degree  of  moral  excellence,  know- 
ing there  is  none  attainal>le  without 
great  labor;  be  will  meditate  upon  and 
be  guarded  by  the  counsels  of  Jehovah. 
Our  advancement  in  the  divine  life, 
depends  upon  our  exertions  and  a  duti- 
ful compliance  to  all  tlie  precepts  and 
exambles  of  our  divine  Pattern,  and  by 


A  RICH   FOOL. 

^OMK  of  you  have  perhaps  heard  of 
^  that  ricli  man,  who,  when  a  friend 
called  on  him  forsomethiug  fur  the  Chris- 
tian comudssion,  drew  bis  cheek  at  once 
for  :?H),00().  He  took  the  gentleman  to 
the  cupola  yonder.  The  old  man  said, 
■'  That  land  is  mine  Jia  far  as  you  can 
see."  He  told  him  to  look  at  the  pas- 
ture for  thirty  miles  around  and  see  all 
tliose  cattle.  "Thos-.'  are  all  mine,"  he 
said.  He  took  him  to  another  point  and 
showed  him  houses  and  gardens  and 
stacks  stri'tcbing  away,  and  said,  "These 
are  all  mine."  He  then  pointed  to  the 
to^^■n  near  by'  where  w  ere  large  build- 
ings, ■•  These  are  all  mine."  The  wh(d« 
of  this  is  mine. 

I  came  to  the  West  a  poor  boy,  and 
have  earned  all  this  myself."  Wheu  he 
got  through,  the  gentleman  said,  "Well 
what  have  you  got  up  yonder?"  The 
old  man's  countenance  fell,  and  he  ask- 
ed, "what  do  you  mean?"  *'What  have 
you  got  in  heaven  ?"  "  1  haven't  got 
anything  there,"  the  old  uiau  said. 
"  Isit  possible  a  man  of  your  ability, 
discredence  and  prudence  would  enter 
eternitv  a  pauper?"  the  friend  said. 
But  a  few  months  from  that  time  the 
man  died  as  he  lived.  The  world  may 
say  he  was  rich,  but  the  Won!  of  God 
says  he  was  a  fool.^a  Moody. — Sel. 


To  neglect,  at  any   time,  preparation 

for  death,  is  to  sleep  at  our  post  at  a 

seige;  to  omit  it  in   old  age,  i.-^  to  sleep 
doing  30,  enai-les  us  to  "  Krovv   m  grace  ,  ^^^  ^__  ^^^^^^ 


bucket.     For  your  soul's  sake,  profit  by 

your  past  experience.  anil  in  tlie  knowledge  of  the  truth  as  it 

Young  Christian,    a  few   remarks   to   is  in  Jeaus."  i      Trui-  ministers,   in  the    .leUvery 

you.  I  can  sympathize  with  you.  Dis- ]  The  human  mind  is  susceptible  of  in-  their  sermons,  fear  none  but  God,  an 
dain  an  acceptance  of  the  delusive  and  finite  degrees  of  advancement  in  the  dare  say  anything  that  (iod  ixin 
fascinating  (to  the   flesh),   pleasures   of  line  of  moral  [irogression,  and  spiritual    minds. 


I  liKK>r    AT    WOIiK. 


Januaiy    ^j. 


The  Brethren  at  Work, 

PUBLISHBD    WHEKI-r. 


J    H    MOORE, 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN 


,}■ 


'  OiR  ro«den.  will  |.l«i«  eicu,-  u-  .1  tl.«  it^m  !  Sour,  one  informed  us  that  at  «  certain  meet- 
dfp«rt.„ent  of  th..  ,..,-r  tlnn  m.K  .«  uU  -o  in-  ing  «n  effort  w-,  n.ad.  to  r..«  n^.:d  uioDey  to 
■      ■  *  holding    cjirry  on  Ugally  appointed  .-uissiou^ry  «ork.  hut 

U,  twi-lvf  ■  Ihaf  the  eldem  and  deacons  took  astandHgaiu-t 


or  ilmfls, 


filruli.    If* 
oflllcoied  free.     r<i«in|to  ■m 


,  ,  n  ,1  .     ^    I  I  '  -uii  01    tlM*  per  *"- 
ill  ivniJ  iia  rl|[ht  nxiir* 

r    aii'l   fttx>*E   ilip  nin'* 

.  I    n-n    p*r  cont.,   "likh 

i.,lnw..l  iiuu>  di''  money  l^f.-rr  •'■n'tinR  1« 

irni  l.y  I'oX*!  iMcm.   IlP(h«"r*.l    ^-^^^'^ 

rlj'  n-liIrM-cI.    "iil  '<* 


.1  II  i>  t 


r»,.-. 


ir  II 


Hbllr  nJran  c 


wHI  I 


nil  )..,-i»' 


io*  thould  he  ftJiIrcMi 


UOO&E  A  E6HELUAU. 

lASiik,  Cimll  Co..ni 


UlfAa5.1LI... 


JAIIUARY  33, 1879 


TnKfiddriM^-ol  Mo-.-M  liriihiiKr  i-*  clutng*- 
from  VirJ.'iJ.  Mucotipin  Co.,  Ill.,to  (iirtird.saiiK^' 
connty  and  Sinle. 

SoMB  inittttkifi  occum-d  in  our  Iifwlily  prejHir- 
ed  index  liwt  ww-k.  Tltin  notict'  will  Iw  a  -iifli- 
cioiit  iipology. 

Thk  Brcthn-ii  lit  \V.iddtiiii"iiGtovclu-ld  mf*-t- 
injtH  ,'vi-ry  niylit  (or  llin'i-  w.-i'kH.  Tlu-y  cIo«id 
ww'k  before  la->t. 

BiuiTUKFi  Rnofli  ICI.y  w(w  lioMinK  mcftinK- 
in  till-  Vrllow  Croi-U  conKrcRfition  liwt  m-i-U,  ut 
the  Studcliiilicr  ni'-i-tinK-lioiiMC. 

TliK  Hrcihn.nut  llidtory  Orovi;  ludd  nmrU 
ing  iill  lo-t  we.  k.  Wn  w(fr«  witli  tlu'ni  «fvprjil 
niRlit*.  Tlic  intercBt  was  pxcclli-nl.  »i"l  t'ui- 
grogntions  good. 

Thk  cmM  w.-iiMiT  ii  fuid  1o  luivf  i)r'>duci'd  iin 
i(:«  liridg.'  over  tin-  Niugimi  I{iv(.«r.  It  Mpftin 
till"  rivtT  ju-t  lii'lnw  (III- Fnlk  niid  in   nciiily  i> 

iiiili-  in  Icnglli. 

•  ■♦■• 
HitOTiiHli  S.    Corn-11   fiiy*:  "  I    noliti'  n  I'vw 
niiHtiikpH  in  Oliituiu-y  notiti-s  in  Vol,  1,  No.  L,'. 
Tlic*  niiiiio  Ci)rrcl  Mliould  lifi  GorMl,  and  Wiiyiic 
Co,  Ind.,  sliould  Iji*  Wiiyno  Co.,  Ohio, 

*  Hntnilrii  Uiinii'l  Milli-r  lofi  Ift«i  wnOc  for  ill'- 
WiHPonsin  miBKinn  lii'ld,  with  the  iiitciitinn  of 
Hppndiiig  Rcvrnil  wt-vUtt  prtiuliine,  Hiothrr 
Ddvid  F.  Ehy  iicconipiinii'd  liiiii. 

Tint  Biwthn-n  (it  iJutcbtowu  lu'ld  niglil 
mooting'*  nil  Inut  wi'i»k.  Wo  went  with  tlleni 
pint  of  the  tiiiii'.  rorisrcgations  ffiir  and  infci- 
Bnt  f;ood. 

nuoTiiKii  U,  W.  Stricklftr  writoH  thrit  broth- 
er Diinii'l  \'iiniiiiiiu  i«  Imvilig  very  ijitorestiiij.' 
ii»>Mtiti(jH  lit  Loniini',  AditTnH  Co..  III.  Congi'*- 
f^ntions  large  niid  Iht'  IicHt  of  iiiten'Mt,  Oiiu 
rando  thi^  good  confeiuioii,  and  otlicia  iilmoet 
ponundi'i^ 

Wk  bpg  pftrtlon  for  n  iimnWr  of  typocmpli- 
icrtl  pri'iir*  wliicli  opciirrcd  in  Iiwt  i»KUO.  Much 
oilic"  work  prevenfed  us  from  rending  tin-  |)voof 
as  rnrcfiilly  iis  we  woultl  like  (o  Imvc  done.  1' 
tiikes  tin  iiinnciiHt'  nmonnt  of  work  imd  clnKr- 
wuloliiiig  1o  avoid  erron-. 


Jii^tsoch 


tcn-xling  a»  ihuhI,  tu*  f-wcb  of  u*  wn» 

meclingn  at  diir.irnt  (Mjintc.  from  l*-n  I ,  ---.  ,,,     . 

m.l«.  aw.v  fr tl.„  .,ir..*.  .I„l,.  tl,..  m^r  »a.    it.  »..d  henc  m,lhmg  co,Ud  Wdono, 

put  in   lji»...n.lllKT<-l..re  co..ld  m.1  be  at  Ih^  !  »«rk  a- lh.t  ,-    wh.l  hart,  th.- c.tt«-.     K*" 

i.f  tlie(jo-p.l.  ought  to  be  tnsuoiple*  ol  tUe 
Ho.rk  and  do  all  in  th'-ir  power  to  hi-lp  the  good 
c;i.i».-  alung.  \Vh.«ver  h4^ard  of  llie  eldt-rs  and 
d'^acond,  in  the  apMtolic  time*,  opposing  mis- 
work?'     Tlieir  mission  was  to  "preach 


: 


Bm/rniTH  Lomut!  Ililbry,  'y^^-n  lawt  heanl 
from,  was  prca4:bing  in  Ogden.  (Champaign  Co. 

III.  BrothiT  John  V.  Soavely  ww  ai-i^ting 
liini.  Thpy  tlioiigbt  of  i.p-'nding  "orne  tim*^  ifi 
that  county,  .and  lik<-Jy  hold  nie'-tingwal  ^<•*e^al 
points.  Ilopf  (tutowH  will  crown  their  (-(Tort*-. 
ns  Ihftt  chiirrh  needw  h<-Ip  in  the  niini«trj-.  May 
(iwl  bleu  and  help  thern. 

Tub  Bible  K^-ri-ion  Comraltt**-  iBprogreMinK 

finoly  with  their  work.  The  Engli*ih  r*rvi«ieni 
hav)' (ximpleh-d  fhi-  New  Te«tnnii-nt.  iind  ^-ent 
the  result  of  tb' ir  labore  to  (be  Aiiieri.-an  revin- 
ef".  In  a  few  diiyH  we  »hall  likely  have  a  piiJ»- 
li-licd  -dition  of  the  Hevis^d  New  T.-ntament. 
(t  ii  thought  by  wiine  that  i*.  will  gradualfy 
miperwdo  the  coniiiion  revi»ion  no  long  in  uw. 

BrtoTHKK  D.  It.  OiUon.  writing  from  South 
B^nd,  Ind..  «ay*:  "  Ph-a-e  nay  through  your  pa- 
per that  I  will  cloHO  my  evangelJHtic  labors  in  n 
few  dnyM  on  account  of  buiiine»«  arrange- 
mentH  that  reqitiro  my  immediate  nUention  at 
home.  Hope  thin  will  be  Halihfaclory  fo  thoj-e 
cb'un'heH  defiriiig  my  mrvicee.  I  will  give  due 
iiofice  when  I  i  nier  the  field  (igaiii.  Bapfi'in 
y.Hterday.  Congregations  large  and  good  in- 
tero*-l.'* 

"  Goo;)  NKWrt  "  in  t  he  beading  of  an  excellent 
piece  of  poetry,  written  by  liro.  Oror«e  I).  y.»\- 
bir".  of  Hickory  Grove,  111.,  and  (lubliNlu-d  on 
-eeond  page  of  thlH  i«Hue.  The  n.ini«ter«  who 
have  preached  at  that  place  can  see  how  tlieir 
abitri*  lire  appreciufed  by  the  kind-hearted 
uieniberM  who  rei-ide  there.  Brother  George  io 
wliat  we  call  a  "born  poet."  Me  ia  ii  poet  be 
eauHe  nature  mnde  him  ouch. 

•  ■^-* 

''IIf)W  IT  fft  Du.nk"  in  (he  title  of  an  interest 
ing  vol  nine  received  from  tin- Fidelity  Publishing 
Conipiiny.  Chicago,  III.  Tint  book  proposes  (o 
tell  how  Hie  public  in  Hwindled  by  lightning  rod 
peddit Ti'.  cfinnty  map  upent)*,  and  Hhar))ers  gen- 
erally. T^o  book  JM  well  worth  rending,  mu!  is 
c;i!eiibifed  to  put  famierfl  on  their  guard  against 
Muindlen',  travi'ling  agents,  &c.  Price  $1  00. 
AddrcHH  I'^delity  PublinhingCo.,  1H2  Dearborn 
St,,  Chicago.  _ 

Do  not  fail  to  read  Bro.  R.  H.  Miller's  article, 
publiHhed  on  the  lirst  page  of  this  i.nfiue.  It 
liealu  a  Kubject  that  hoa  been  too  mudi  neglect- 
ed among  Uic  Bretliren.  The  childran  and 
yout  li  of  our  pcoi)le  have  not  received  the  prop- 
er altentifin  religiously — their  religious  educa- 
tion liiti  been  greatly  neglected,  thus  leavinir 
many  of  them  to  grow  up  witliout  a  proper 
knowledge  of  the  teachings  of  the  Bible.  Since 
it  i»  with  tlie  youth  and  riding  generation  that 
the  government  of  tlie  church  must  one  day  be 
left,  it  is  highly  necessary  that  they  be  well 
h-ained  for  tho  work. 


monary . 

theOiwpel  to  every  creature."  and  do  all  m  their 
power  to  sprvad  the  truth.  Men  who  oppose 
lh»  spreading  of  the  Gospel  oppose  the  very 
work  the  apfwtle*  loot  th<ir  hvea  in  trying  to 
do.  "  Ww  unto  me,  if  I  preach  not  the  Go? 
pel "  iihould  be  a  warning  to  evcrj-  Christian. 


A 


BTtoTHKit  Marh'ii  Meyers  hat  been  holding 
some  meetings  at  Erie,  about  30  miles  iiorth- 
eoKt  of  Hock  Inland.  A  good  interest  win  man- 
ifested. He  expects  to  return  this  week  mid 
spend  considerable  time  working  iij)  the  inter- 
est there. 

Onr  of  our  subscribers  writes  tliu-*;  "  I  nm 
reqilested  by  the  Baptists  in  onr  neiglilwrhood. 
to  writ4>  you  for  trnct.s  and  pamphlets,  and  es- 
pecially Bro.  .1.  W.  Stein's  '  Why  I  Left  the 
Baptist  Church.'  Send  me  some  and  I  will 
distribute  them,  believing  they  will  do  good." 

TltK  CItrixtittu  StnniliirJ  says:  "  Information 
received  in  Wiwhing^ton  is  to  the  effect  that  a 
plan  has  actually  been  comidefcd  by  leading 
.Jews  for  the  purchase  of  Palestine.  The  de- 
taila  are  not  given,  but  it  is  confidently  asserted 
that  the  long  cherished  scheme  of  Jewinh  patri 
ots  is  about  to  be  accomplished." 

Whkn-  strangers  or  outsiders  come  to  meet- 
ing, make  a  special  effort  to  give  them  front 
seats,  where  they  can  bear  (he  Word  preachfd. 
We  want  to  see  them  cotiverled,  and  the  closer 
they  are  to  the  preacher  (he  more  effectually 
that  can  be  done.  Take  8i)ecial  pains  to  nccom- 
moilate  and  make  them  feel  that  they  are  wel- 
comed. In  this  way  their  regular  attendance 
at  meetings  may  be  secured,  and  thereby  their 
con*-fr  ion  effected. 


Hkugioi'S  people  oro  sometimes  too  carftioS^" 
about  apparently  small  things,  which,  if  proj)- 
erly  attended  to,  would  add  much  to  the  inler- 
ent  of  others.  If  n  strange  brother  or  sister 
(omos  to  mooting  it  is  frequently  the  case  that 
we  do  not  pay  suflicient  attention  to  them;  we 
salute  those  we  know,  but  make  no  spa-inf  effort 
to  become  ncquaiuted  with  etrangers.  This  i: 
not  right.  If  a  strange  brothec  or  sister  come.' 
into  the  eongregatiou  do  your  utmost  to  make 
them  feel  at  home;  make  a  special  effort  (o  be- 
came acquainted  with  them,  and  introduce  them 
U>  all  the  others;  do  not  feel  backward  about  it, 
but  walk  riglit  up  to  them,  learn  their  name, 
biii  tliem  God  speed,  make  tlieiu  feel  h!ipi>y,  and 
thus  help  the  cause  along. 

An  old  brother  visited  a  place  some  week* 
ago,  for  the  purpose  of  holding  a  series  of  meet- 
ings. The  people  told  him  that  they  feared  the 
young  people  would  gmitly  disturb  his  meeting, 
a*  they  were  in  the  habit  of  talking  and  making 
a  noise  in  time  of  preaehing.  The  old  preacher 
told  them  he  would  attend  to  that.  So  when 
the  congregation  gathered,  he  went  back  among 
the  young  people  and  wanted  to  know  if  they 
could  sing?  He  found  out  what  hymn^  they 
could  sing,  and  succeeded  in  getting  them  to 
sing.  Me  let  them  sing  quite  awhile.  Then 
after  prayer  a  short  time  was  spent  preaching, 
and  tiieii  more  singiny.  Tho  next  evening  the 
same  way,  until  the  people  became  greatly  iu- 
ten-sted,  and  not  one  particle  of  disturbance 
during  the  meeting.  This  was  far  better  than 
scolding  the  people  for  their  misconduct.  i 


A  HINT  TO  PREACHERS 

FASHIONABLE  young  lady  was  he.ird  to 
remark:  "  I  do  n-.t  fee!  right  when  I  go  to 
ourihurc-h.  When  I  see  our  minister  dr*-sstd 
in  the  hiebt  of  fanhion  I  do  not  feel  good.  It 
is  an  example  to  us  who  are  younger.  And 
there  is  bis  wife,  dresshd  in  the  finest  style:  it 
is  a  temptation  for  us  to  dress  fine,  loo,  O,  I  do 
wif.b  the  minister  and  his  wife  would  dress 
plainer.  It  would  be  such  a  great  lielp  to  us." 
We  would  to  God  that  all  fashionably  at- 
tired mini^ter,^  could  re  ilize  what  they  arcdoing 
toward  degrading  Christianity.  They  are  lead- 
ing the  church  Mill  farther  down  into  ruin  un- 
til finally  it  will  become  no  better  than  the 
world.  Woe  be  unto  them  in  the  final  judg- 
ment, when  the  damnation  of  thousands  will  be 
traced  to  the  unfaithfulness  of  ministers,  who. 
iij(.tead  of  being  the  leaders  of  fashion,  should 
be  ensamples  to  the  flock.  A  corrupted  minis- 
try will  end  in  a  corrupted  church,  and  both  go 
to  ruin  together. 

Then  tlieir  wives  should  he  models  in  the 
-cliurch.  If  tliere  is' any  woman  in  the  world 
who  ought  to  dress  plainly  it  is  the  preacher's 
wile.  They  have  more  influence  in  that  way 
lluiii  they  arc  generally  aware  of.  As  a  gener- 
al thing,  a  fashionable  preacher's  wife  is  dressed 
tilt  finest  of  any  person  in  the  congregation. 
Instead  of  beinj.' an  ensaiuple  to  younger  wo- 
men -leading  them  into  (be  way  of  Mirtplicity 
and  righteousness,  they  beconu  the  leaders  of 
Cushion,  and  thus  bring  the  church  on  a  level 
with  tlie  world. 

Even  among  our  own  people  there  are  some 
whose  hearts  are  yojuning  fur  fashions.  They 
ioiig  for  the  day  when  our  church  government 
will  not  be  so  strict,  and  they  can  be  permitted 
to  adorn  themselves  as  they  please.  Such  per- 
sons know  not  the  consequences  of  that  they 
wish;  they  know  not  the  ruin  they  would  bring 
on  tlie  church  of  God  if  they  could  but  have 
their  own  way.  If  these  persons  could  see  some 
of  the  exchanges  received  at  this  office,  and  read 
how  many  pious  hearts  are  bleeding  over  the 
Corruption  creeping  into  the  popular  churches, 
they  would  get  down  on  their  knees,  and  pvf\y 
God  to  keep  the  Brethren's  church  free  from 
this  sin.  Even  John  WeBley,in  hisday,  lament- 
ed over  the  condition  of  his  people  when  he 
.-iaW  luiW  they  were  bringing  their  fashions  and 
styles  int'J  the  chtircb.  I  pray  God  that  our 
church  may  bo  kept  free  from  this  sin,  and  may 
God  grant  that  all  onr  ministers  and  their 
wives  may  be  good  Piisamples  to  the  flock. 


LOST  ARTS. 

in  his  lecture  on 


.  H.  U. 


MU.  Philips,  in  his  lecture  on  "Lost  Arts, 
takes  some  of  the  conceit  out  ft*'  tlte  Amer- 
ican people.  While  reading  his  lecture  I  almost 
concluded  that,  surely  "  there  is  nothing  new 
under  the  sun."  It  is  generally  supposed  that 
the  ancients  knew  nothing  of  glass,  but  Mr. 
Philips  cites  numerous  instances  to  show  that 
even  in  the  time  of  the  Savior  glass  was  manu^ 
lactured,  and  that  in  many  respects  it  was  supe- 
rior to  that  of  the  present  day.  It  was  malleable, 
and  could  be  bent  and  twisted  around  like  leath- 
er. Take  the  Egyptian  painted  glass,  and  you 
can  saw  it  it'to  layers,  and  every  layer  has  upon 
it  the  original  picture  jwrfect.  The  color  was 
in  some  way  struck  straight  through  the  glass. 
He  also  shows  that  the  ancients  used  spy- 
glasses of  a  very  superior  character.  The  paint- 
ing done  by  the  Egyptians  three  thousand 
yean*  ago,  is  as  bright  to-day  as  when  finished. 
He  mentioned  what  is  known  as  tlie  "  Damas- 
cus sword,"  made  of  steel,  that  can  W  bent  like 
lead,  yet  as  sharp  as  a  razor.  This  is  more  than 
the  best  of  Americans  can  produce. 


■  Did  the  aot  ieiit«  have  rwilwayt?  Iltr«i4,jy^ 
says  that  rails  were  laid  from  the  quarritg  t© 
Thebes.  150  miles,  and  they  carried  these  blocks 
uf  stone  I H  them  by  machinery.  That  tnmt 
ni.-an  locomotives.  It  i*  claimed  that  the  an- 
cients  h*l  steambo  tl»  —  we  know  they  bad 
steam." 

LepMCUs  wa^  sent  (o  Carthage  to  examine  th^ 
ruins.  He  say-.:  -I  have  seen  carv«l  on  ibt 
ruins  of  Carthage  wvry  known  spinning  m^ 
chine  in  Europe."  This  carving  was  done  a 
thousand  ye^rs  liefore  the  Europeans  invented 
the  spinning  machine.  They  did  not  i^Q^^ 
that  they  were  t'^ed  by  the  ancients  a  Ihuusand 
year*  Ijefore  thai  time.  Thus  it  is  shown  that 
we,  with  all  our  iniprcivemeut^,  are  not  so  fiy, 
ahead  of  the  aiuitnts  niter  all.  .i,  h   a, 

TRINE  IMMERSION. 


Iirough 


I  ill.  J.  P.  Durbin.  while  traveling  tli 
X)  Syria,  visited  many  places  of  interest 
amoiiir  which  whs  Pliiladelphia,  where  St.  I'an] 
founded  a  church,  being  one  of  the  seven  of 
Asia.  This,  the  doctor  ^8ys,  is  still  in  existence 
und  the  only  one  founded  by  tlie  great  Apostle. 
I3y  reading  the  first  chapter  of  the  Bevelationg 
the  reader  will  find  all  but  this  one  had  iq  a 
measure  retrograded  from  their  first  principles 
and  the  different  woes  pronounced  against  them 
if  they  would  not  repent  from  their  sins,  which 
they  did  not,  and  consequently  suffered  the  pen- 
alties of  their  folly. 

To  the  church  of  Philadelphia  it  was  said: 
"  I  know  thy  works;  behold  1  have  set  before 
thee  an  open  door,  and  no  man  can  shut  it,  fo^ 
thou  hast  a  little  strength,  and  hast  kept  my 
word,  and  hast  not  denied  ray  name.  Behnld  I 
will  make  them  of  the  synagogue  of  Satan, 
which  .say  they  are  Jews,  and  are  not,  but  do 
lie,  behold  I  will  make  them  to  come  and  wor- 
ship before  thy  feet,  and  to  know  that  I  luved 
thee.  Because  thou  hast  kept  the  word  of  my 
patience,  1  also  will  keep  thee  from  the  hour  of 
temptation  which  shall  come  npon  all  the  world 
to  try  them  that  dwell  upon  the  earth,"  Rev. 
3:  8-10. 

Dr.  D.  says  tliat,  through  all  the  great  per- 
secution of  the  churches,  the  Wars  in  the  East 
and  the  inculcation  of  false  doctrines,  the  prom- 
ise has  been  verified  to  the  letter,  and  to  day 
3,000  Christian  Greeks  are  permitted  to  worship 
there,  The  Greeks  practice  trine  immersion, 
showing  conclusively  that  this  was  the  ancient 
mode  of  initiating  believers  into  the  Church  of 
CiniBt—Iirrthrtn'sMfiocate. 


GOD  BLESSING  OUR  WORK. 

A  FAITHFUL  worker  in  the  Master's  cuu.^e 
writes  thus: 

"  God  did  not  bless  our  labors  through  our 
last  short  series  of  meetings  with  any  ndditioi.8. 
What  the  reasons  are,  God  only  kuosvs.  I  be- 
lieve it  was  not  in  the  fault  of  thochurch,  neith- 
er do  I  believe  it  was  in  the  fault  of  the  preach- 
ing; for  I  believe  it  was  with  ^oyoi." 

We  sometimes  feaa  that  r^aiutn  often  look  ul 
the  wrong  direction  for  blessings.  U  is  com- 
mon Ui  POppose  that  a  meeting  is  not  o.S*!*ff 
unless  tht?rf  «(re  additions  to  the  church.  Then 
again,  many  su/^ff'^e  that  a  minister  who  can- 
not bring  his  scoreS  Into  the  church,  is  not  an 
able  preacher — is  not  tho  man  to  build  up  and 
instruct  the  church. 

Of  course  it  is  encouraging  jifttf  desirable  io 
see  sinners  come  flocking  home  to  God,  and  ev- 
ery lover  of  the  kingdom  will  ;>ray  fo:*  the  suc- 
cess of  the  cause  in  this  respect,  but  do  BOtlet 
us  conclude  that  God  does  not  bless  a  meStliDg- 
pst  because  there  are  no  additions.  I  belieVe 
there  are  many  good  and  profitable  meeting^' 
even  where  no  one  unites  with  the  church. 
The  church  needs  instruction  utid  encourage- 
ment, and  that  is  one  object  of  preaching.  To 
determine  the  succ(«»  of  a  meeting  by  the  num- 
ber of  additions  to  the  church  is  not  always  the 
best  method.  It  would  be  more  advisable  for 
all  parties  to  do  their  duty  in  full  and  leave  the 
result  with  the  Lord.  Plant  the  good  seed,  let 
others- witter  and  God  will  give  the  increaee. 
Do  not  Inmenfc  over  the  want  of  success  because 
you  cannot  see  the  immediate  success  of  your 
labors.  Preach  the  Word  in  its  simplicity: 
God's  Word  will  not  return  to  him  void.  The 
coming  judgment  \7il!  reveal  the  effect. 

— -— — _^— ,  ^-  "•  ^' 

The  Brethren  at  Lanark  expect  to  commence 
a  series  of  meetings  Thursday  evening,  Jan.  23. 
Hope  the  ministering  brstbwiv  wH'  eaJl  '"  ^^ 
help  us. 


„ unary 


Q3 


THE    X^KKTHliE>;r    J^T    AVOKIC. 


'^QtJT  THE  HOLY  LAICD. 


Jerusalem — witnesses  to  the  uiRnrelous  accura. 
«y  of  the  Word. 

ir^TlXE.  or  th^  Holy  Lai..l,  a«  it  U  most  '"'*"'  *^'""ft*P  » 

nilvcalM.K  atouiitryof  wfstern  ''f^'^e  Holy  Lnn-i  MifficieHtly  confirms  the  state- 
Piit-Hof  the  Holy  l\ige.  When  "the  south 
wind  hlows,"  there  is  heat.  (Luke  12;  oo). 
U'htn  a  rldud  arL«es  in  the  west,  there  is  rain. 
The  Orientiil  year  is  still  divided 
into  >efison3  l.y  the  fall  of  the  early  and  lute 
raius:  and  any  marked  defitiency  in   the  ruiu- 


ff-1'" 


irdiM  on   the   Mediterraiitau    Sea. 
Iti 


A*'**  "  f^,f,j,s  the    western    bomidiiry. 
t  the' "ft'"'*  latitude  as    Georgia, 
^      an  excellent   climate.     It  ia  ahout  flwALuke  12:  54). 
^'- J  length,  and  has  an    average  hrertdth  ol 
""'  ili's;  »^'^  lii.Ol'O  square  miles,  and  i>opula- 

iiaiuL-  Palestine  is  derived  from  Philistia. 
name  of  a  narrow  .■^trii)  <if  country 


falls  of  the  season  is  still  followed  hy  ternl.l. 
drouths,  acconipaniid  by  famiiie.  disease  and 
death. 

The  nisi'ascs 


Tlie 

„  ,jl,jug  the  Mediterranean  Sea.  and  in  th. 
*■""  Vr"  I"""*'  **'  '''"^  ^^"'^  Land.     It   is  truly  a  are  of  the  .same  types  :is  those   that   existed  in 


^.    j^f  bills   and    valleys"    and   remarkably  *lie  scriptural  days,   and   so  heur   witness   to 

ratfd  fr*""  "*''^''   countrita   by  mountains  scriptural    truth.     Around   the   Sea  of  Gali 
*'  jgjerts.     Its  only  seaport  is  Jaffa,  about  30  f»^ver  abounds,   such   as   prostrated    the  littl 


toil 

miks  fro'» 
.,  tlR'  I'niJ  '■'^''-^  rapidly  till  it ,. 
■  ht,  and  then  recedes  t» 


sideral 


l.le  li 


Jerusalem.  From  the  coast  on  the /lausliter  of  Jainis,  and  the  mother-in-law  of 
ihes  a  con-jPeter.  At  Bethany  sudden  and  fatal  diseases 
the  east  till; 'ire  experienced  like  that  wliich  overcame  Laz 
f.ii:hed. 


■  Jurdan  and  Deiid  Sea  ii 


avus,   whom     Jesus     loved.      Sun-strokes 


[he  rt^fi' 
Ih  m;il*>'i2: '*"  ^"1*^"'"'^'''°"  "*^  **"' '^"'^  ^'''"'^■j^"'""'0"  "P""  the    plaiu^  as  when    the   son  of 

therein  ii«''>'"S  *'"^*' ''"  interests  the  Chrisfii!n'the  Shunauiite  woman  fell  under  its   influence. 

Leprosy,  in  it^  utmost  loathsomenes-S. 
is  OS  prevalent  as  when  Mo-^^es  made  it 
a  type  of  mortal  siu,  and  Jesus  Christ 
of  his  power  to  heal.  Blindness  is 
fearfully  frequent.  In  the  town  of 
Lydda,  at  lea^t  one-third  uf  the  inhab- 
itants are  blind.  Audthe  blind  still 
sit  by  the  wayside  begging,  clamoring 
lor  aid  in  those  pitiable  notes  tliat 
moved  the  pitying  heart  of  the  Lord. 


Domestic  Life. 


tion  that  he  is  standing  upon  "  the  old  ways," 
the  ways  of  Ood.  All  the  sacred  places  an- 
there,  there  just  where  they  sliotildbe,  to  answer 
the  requirements  of  the  holy  narrative.  There 
IS  Bethlehem;  you  can  almost  fancy  you  mw 
the  eastern  star  pointing  to  it,  the  birth  place 
of  Jesus.  And  there  Bethany,  Bethel.  .lericho, 
Jerusalem,  Joppa.  Shiloh,  Shechem,  Samaria. 
Xain,  Nazareth.  Tibena.>i,  (^aporuauni.  Dan, 
P.imascus,  Gibal,  Sidon,  Sarepta.  Tyre.  Acre. 
Cesarea.  Gaza.  Boershoha.  and  Uehron"  Look- 
ing more  closely  we  Bnd  Getbsemane,  where 
Je.-^us  was  betrayfd.  and  Aceldama,  houglit 
with  the  price  of  that  (reason;  Siloam  and  Gi- 
lion.  All  the  memorable  localities  may  be 
Umnd.  aHecting  our  minds  like  well-remomberi'd 
features  upon  the  countenances  of  the  well- 
beluwd. 

Foil  iita  ins. 

The  fountains  are  there  that  used  to  slulte  the 
thii-st  of  the  prophets,  pritsts  iind  kinys;  that 
of  Elisha,  near  Jericho,  and  of  David,  near 
Hebron;  and  of  Joab,  at  Gibeon;  the  wells  at 
Bethlehem  and  Shechem.  and  many  other 
from  which  the  traveler  rejoices  'o  drink  and 
he  refreshed. 


THE  OLD  ORDER. 


The  domestic  life  of  the  inhabitants 
of  Palestine,  as  it  was  so  vividly  depict- 
ed by  the  Bible  writers,  has  remained 
substantially  unchanged  for  forty 
turies,  luid  so  beai-s  its  part  of  Bible 
testimony.  In  the  sultry  liour  of  noon 
the  people  still  sit  under  "  their  own 
vine  and  tig  tree,"  and  sleep  at  night 
in  booths  upon  the  house-tops.  Thi 
bread  they  eat  is  still  tbat  daily  bread 
for  which  Jesus  taught  ua  to  pruy— 
thin,  small  loaves,  live  imikiiig  a  meal, 
balled  once  a  day,  and  always  eaten 
fresh.  New  wine  is  still  kept  in  new 
buttles,  and  .so  "  both  are  preserved." 
People  recline  at  the  table  while  e.it- 
ing.  as  they  did  at  the  Last  Supper  of 
Jesus.  The  sound  of  the  grinding  is 
still  lieaid  through  the  quiet  night, 
the  millstones  small,  and  always  turn- 
ed by  women,  as  in  t)ie  oldeu  time. 
The  salt  used  U  still  of  that  sort  that 
lazily  loses  its  fiavor  and  cannot  be 
traveler  as  to  observe  the  abounding  light  that]^'"^*^^  »S'^»"-  '^^^  virgins  at  the  weddings  still 
Mimtry  of  the  Bible  sheds  upon  the  5(Wc(7spy  I  i^o  forth  by  night   with  lighted  lamps  to  meet 


A 


Viewed  from   this  stand-point,   Palestine  is 
grunt  "  Chiiniber  of  Imagery,"    in  which  every 
object  may  be  iisei  to  interpret  Scripture.    Ev- 


the  bridegroom.  And  the  dead  at  fimerals  are 
still  carried  without  a  coffin,  upon  an  open  bier, 
amid  the  death-songs  of  the  minstrels  and  the 


erytree  tliiit  grows  there,  every   flo 


that  h'""''"^'*^^'^"^  of  the  mourning  women. 


covers  hillside  or  plain,  every  bird  that  attunesj 
'  the  morning  echoes,  every  star  that   glitters. 

from  heaven  to  suggest  the  glory  beyond,  every 
I  fauntain  whose  water  revives  the  thirsty  travel  ■ 

er-everythiug  has  a  voice  to  explain  this  vol- 
,  ume, and  open  hiddfn  allnsions,  making  "dark 
■  ttiugs  light,"  and  crooked  things  straight. 
,  •  "Verily,"  cries  aloud  the  cntluisiastic  travel- 
!  er  when  he  first  realizes  this  great  fact,  "  Veril) 
i  the  God  of  t\mLa)td  is  the  God  of  the  Book 
!  He  has  preserved  the  Land  that  our  faith  may 
I  fce  thoroughly  confirmed  in  the  Book." 

The  Birds 
I  ofthe  Holy  Land  are  tunefal  -witnesses   to  the 


Farniiiii 

The  farmers  of  the  Holy  Land  still  use  the 
tools  of  labor  and  practice  the  systems  of  hus- 
bandry to  which  so  many  references  are  made 
upon  the  Sacred  Page.  Traveling  there,  we  see 
Cain  a  "  tiller  of  the  earth,"  and  Elisha  "  plow 
ing  with  a  yoke  of  oxen."  Whenever  the  rav- 
ages of  war  are  intermitted  for  a  season,  the 
"round  yields  with  its  ancient  abundance. 
Then  "  the  mountains  drop  down  sweet  wine," 
as  in  the  poetical  figure  of  Joel,  and  "the  hills 
How  with  milk."  The  olive  tree  still  "  sucks  its 
oil  from  the  flinty  rock,"  and  the  honey-bee 
stores  up  her  luscious  tresisures  in  the  hollow 
k. 


ffiiuy  statements  of  the  biblical  narrative.    StilH™'-'  ,       ,      -  ,      <■   t        u  i-i 

»,„  I    1  u.  ,,    ..  ■  .  J  i.-         f  I.     .     Then  the  glowing  words  of  Josephus  are  lit- 

ihe stork  "kuoweth  the  appointed  time  of  her'  .^   ,      m,       .i     j  i-         i-nf 

rftm;„„    u  1  .  .1  ■      tk.  .1.,.^  >era  y  veriHed.    Then  the  descriptions  ot  Moses 

wmmg;  the  eagle   mount^th   up  in  the  clear,!        ■>  .  ,       ■      i.      i       -i         n 

i,i,.„„i      ,,  ,    ,,  L\     u  ! become  again   true,  wherein   he  descnbes  old 

ulue  sky;  the  spaiTow  chatters  upon  the  house-  "'^^^""^  ,      ,    t    .     i       ii     i  i    ■ 

i^r.      J         ,,. .,      «        ^    ..  ■       .  I.  Canaan  as  a  and  of  wheat  and  barley,  and  vines 

wp.  and  IS  80  d, '  five  for  a  farthing ;    the  young '  ^''"'*«*"  •"  *• 


c  1,11  and  fig  treas,  and  pomegranates;  a  laud  of  oil, 
olive  and  honey;  aland  in  which  the  inhabits 
ants  eat  bread   without  scarceness;  there  is  nc 


ravens  cry  aloud  to   God  for  thi 

fowls  ofthe  air  that '  sow  not,  neither  reap,  nor 

gather  into  bams,'   are  fed   by   our  heavenly  .     . 

Fktlio,-"    i\i\.  c  1      iu„   1,  .«j    lack  of  anything  in  it. 

dinner.      Other   references,   under  this  head,;      ^^        ■'  .      ^ 

"light  be  greatly  multiplied. 

The  Clotliiny 


The  sower  going  forth  to  sow,"  still  scatters 
a  portion  of  his  seed  among  the  thorns   and  a 


"f  the  people  in  the  "Holy  Land  is  still  of  the  portion  upon   the  rocks  and  a  portion   by  the 
«me  fashions  worn  in  distant  limes.    Customs  wayside,   where  the  fowls  of  the  air  come  and 


°f  ^ress,  so  whimsical  and  eccentric  in  our 
country,  are  as  settled  in  the  Orient  as  theeter- 
-tltcy  never  change.  And  no  the  girdle 


nal  hill 


devour  it  up.  -^nd  still  that  which  falls  upon 
good  ground  "  brings  forth  some  thirty,  some 
sixty,  some  an  hundred  fold." 

The  (ieognivliy 


°f  Judah,  the  sandals  of  the  Gibeonites,   the 

'nantleof  Elijah,  the  tnrban  of  Daniel,  thelof  the  Holy  Land  is  a  solemn  witness  that  He 
cloak  of  Paul,  and  the  seamless  robe  of  Jesus.  |  who  created  the  country  inspired  the  Book, 
"^y  all  be  met  with  any  day  iu  the  streets  of  The  traveler  cannot  fail  to  experience  the  seusa- 


MSlltEll  IV. 

The  Faithful  Minister— Afflictions  and  Distress- 
es WillCome— A  Touching  Letter— Through 
the  Pearly  Gales  — "I  will  have  Nothing 
Left"— God  trios  Man's  Heart. 

MINISTER  of  the  Lord  Jesus  is  one  who 
faithfully  carries  God's  messngo  to  the 
people.  Among  the  Gentile.i  "they  that  itrr 
fjrcui  exercise  authority."  '"  But  it  ghall  not  be 
Nf*  among  you,"  says  Jesus,  "  but  whosoever  will 
be  great  among  you,  let  him  be  your  minister.'' 
Is  that  all?  No;  but  "  whosoever  will  be  fhirf 
auumg  you,  let  him  be  your  servant."  Matt. 
20:  25,  20,  27.  On  another  occa.-'ion  the  Lord 
said,  "  But  let  the  greatest  of  you  become  your 
servant."  Matt.  23:  11.  From  these  pawagea 
we  learn  vfhere  those  who  desire  to  be  great 
and  to  be  chief,  shall  bei)liiced.  They  mi»il be- 
come bervaDts,  and  servant  implies  muster,  and 
master  pru»>iii)>poses  authority  to  say  "  (io,'~  and 
Come."  This  the  church  maintains  ia  btnng 
her  right  from  Itomans  10:  li>.  She  insists  aj  - 
on  the  privilege  of  saying  "  Go,"  and  "  Couie,'" 
so  that  the  minister  who  reliises  to  go  and  cenne 
when  called,  is  regarded  as  not  perfonning  his 
duty.  Paul  says  to  his  son  Timothy,  "  B»  a 
good  minister  of  Christ."  1  Tim.  4:  tJ.  Thit. 
every  minister  desHjes  to  be.  Tliere  is  no  ciwi- 
demiiation  to  him  who  labors  to  be  <t  ijtml  uvAi- 
i^ter  of  Christ.  And  more;  the  man  wko 
preaches  (Ac  H'f)r(/',.in  st^ason  and  optof  seascti, 
beani  about  in  hia  body  the  marks  of  the  Lwd 
Jesus,  is  a  good  mirister.  Hut  atiisl  yotiil  inisi- 
isters  must  early  learn  to  endfiwe  8ttiicti(,«i». 
necessities,  distresses,- bufletinps,  good  fame  and 
bad  fame.  They  niUbt  learn  to  be  chastised, 
though  not  killed;  p«or,yet  makiDg  manyriah; 
having  nothing,  yet  possessing  all  things— 
Testimony— 2  Cor.  6>.l-12. 

These  severe  trial*  and  alflicSions,  all  g»otl 
ministers  willingly  endure,  looking  to  the  gneat 
Master  for  the  crown.  Tlie  iniaislry  ialiksa^d 
unto  a  man  who  hac^servaiits.  Ho  couimiuu^ed 
them  to  go  out  into  bhe  field  an*  .sow  good  mh  d, 
which  they  willingly  did,  being  obedient  serv- 
ants; asking  no  wages,  save  their  daily  btead. 
They  sowed  the  seed,  andretuiaed  tothei»nia- 
ter,  who  bade  them  get  into  th©  wilderne**  un- 
til he  would  call  them  to  retwn.  White  they  I 
were  seeking  their  living  aniid  hardsh^.  the 
master  gathered  the  grain;  sold  it  to  meichiMit- 
meu,  and  increased-  his  land^.  Then  he  called 
his  servants  and  wnimanded.  ihein  to  sow  again, 
sending  them  otf  as  at  first.  I  tell  you  the  cries 
of  them  which  sowed  ''  are  watered  in**). the  ears 
of  the  Lord  of  Sabaoth." 

1  have  before  me  a  letter  from  which  I  shall 
glean  a  little,  in  order  to  show  what  comes  to 
pass  quite  frequently:  "-I  have  got  into  very 
straitened  circumstances,  having  spent  con 
siderable  time  in  preaching,  thus  neglecting 
some  things  at  homo.  Of  course  there  were 
losses  here  and  there,  and  having  interest  to 
pay.  and  some  debts  of  others.^my  home  mu?t 
now  be  .sold,  and  1  know  not  where  to  go. 
do  not  want  to  abandon  the  cause,  but  I  do  feel 
that  the  miuisterrt  have  to  endure  much  hatd' 
ness."  Here  was  a  devoted  minister,  one  who 
loved  the  cause  which  he  was  called  to  defend, 
Hia  calls  were  numerous.  The  funerals  had  to 
be  attended  to;  home  work  in  the  church,  and 


many  other  duties  devolving  upon  a  miniiit*r, 
called  hiin  from  his  secular  labors.  No  one 
pitied  him  and  his  crops  while  he  went  about 
hia  Father'.-)  bu^inean.  None  there  wen;  who 
loved  hiiu  a.s  they  loved  theniHelves.  Poor  min- 
isters! What  if  they  are  burdened,  ca^t  down, 
homeless,  wanderer*  from  place  to  place,  seeking 
every  spare  moment  to  collect  from  this  broad 
i-arth  the  comforts  and  necessaries  of  life  ?  What 
it  they  long,  and  long  tt>  teach  other*  the  way 
of  life,  whtuialledto  feed  tin- starving  soul  «-ith 
the  Bread  of  Life?  Yes,  tchit!  Shall  they  not 
be  j;ladly  welcomed  '*  over  there  "  when  worn 
out  with  labors  and  sorrow.s,  they  meet  Jesus 
lace  to  face?  Here  they  will  forever  appear  in 
glory,  but  %vhere  is  the  man  who  refused  to  bear 
some  of  the  burden?  Let  him  take  his  risks;  I 
seek  them  not.  To  bunlen  the  ministry  for  fear 
that  a  little  help  might  "spoil"  it,  is  not  the 
old  onifr—uMi  God's  great  and  good  arrange- 
ment. E'/iiitliti/  runs  through  Goil's  plan  of 
salvation  from  Alpha  to  Omega,  and  woe  to 
him  who  tramples  under  foot  that  equality. 

I  believe  the  great  body  of  tlie  choreh  wants 
its  ministers  cun-d  for— desires  that  they  be 
made  comfortable.  It  in  only  in  certain  local- 
ities whei-e  it  is  supposed  to  be  God's  service  to 
atUict  and  neglect  a  minister.  It  is  the  laity's 
business  to  look  after  the  distrenyed  ministers, 
and  the  congregation  that  neglects  this  duly, 
has  certainly  become  Laodiceanized  —  neither 
cold  nor  hot,  but  very  lukewiirm. 

'■  Will,"  says  one,  "there  are  »o  many  calls 
for  aid.  If  1  give  to  all,  I  will  h:»Te  nothing 
left."  You  put  it  too  strong.  The  calls  do  not 
ii.sk  for  nlf  you  have.  They  seek  only  'i  little  oi 
what  belongs  to  the  Lord;  ami  how  do  you 
know  that  the  culla  for  you  to  let  go  a  little,  is 
not.  Oiid'snielhod  of  trying  you?  IVrhanceyour 
heart  has  become  so  completely  wrapt  up  in 
worldVy  possessions,  that  calh  have  become 
necessary  to  strip  olT  the  mantle  of  covetousness, 
and  check  the  spirit  of  greed.  You  know  that 
it  is  yomr  duty  to  "  give  to  him  that  lusketh 
thee"  f«r  a  good  purpose,  and  if  you  obey  not 
this  coisinand,  how  think  you  to  vnter  the 
pearly  g:»tes  of  the  eternal  city?  €k)d  wisely 
said,  "  Gmre  to  him  that  asketh  thee,"  for  it  is 
by  giviuK. that  the  heart  is  k»pt  from  foiling 
into  idohiAry — covolousness. 

I  rejoice' that  G.-vil  reqiwres  to  givp,  and  the 
manner  ho  wants  ustogiv*.  C'fiving  shows  just 
what  kind-  of  heart*  we  Ixive.  God  hitf  many 
ways  of  trying  us,  and  assuredly  we  need  to  be 
tried.  Tb.en  help  your  iniiiiHters.  When  he  is 
called  awB.^,  go  and  look  after  his  work.  See 
that  his  corn  is  attended  to,  his  wheat  gathered, 
and  the  fanily  made  cotafortuble.  God  bless 
the  poor,  Wd-working  minister  and  his  family! 


"Gettmh  Belioion" — yes,  we  get  it;  not  in 
bulk,  however,  but  hy  degrees.  The  Christian 
lile  is  not  merely  a  term  of  years,  but  a  process 
of  grace. 

"It  is  a  very  good  rult-in  all  tilings  in  life, 

Wlieu  judging  a  friend  or  a  bfwtUer, 
Xot  to  took  ut  the  question  aloiw  on  one  side, 
But  always  to  turn  ti)  the  other." 


'<i\}c  'Jji-rll^rcii  ;il  WjiA. 


rs  ~:^isss3:t^-z: 


,\ 


J.  H.  MooRB.  &  M.  M.  Ebheuu^. 

,11-:  nKCi  nu:.N  xv  '^vor;;  i 


1  Pn.. 


:  CI" 


lt« 


icnt  piiritv. 

'  n.c(iti(ii««  t;>u  Nc«'  Tcsyimfnta*  t!ic  only  Infftlllbl* 
L'     111'  fiiitii  mill  jir.u:ui.'c. 

Vnd  innlnwlni  llvM  t'lc  «'>vcrTign.  unmerited,  unw- 
1  iuilgr.ii:c  of  Ood  ivtlitforily  Kuurce  of  pufdun,  and 

!"ii?t  l!n;  vic-irou*  mlTcrins^  nml  iniTitoriou*  work*  «( 
li  -i<A  lire  tltc  only  price  ol'  reJciuiiUon : 

Int  F.iilli,  R"p<-rthin<-cnri  I  ni;ili«m  iirv  condlHon&ot 
■   tA-M,  nnJ  Ikikc  for  lii.-  rcini».-ioii  of  %m„: 

"•ml  Trine  Imracrsion  or  di^Miin^  '^»'-'  candidate  *ree 
n  -  (■jk:t;-forw.inJ  in  Christian  B.i])li->.iii : 

Thnt  Fcel-Wj»»hing,  n*tiuglitln  John  ij.  )•  .i  Jivine 
-  jmin.iml  tO  1>;  obicrved  in  the  tliurtli ; 

Tliit  tlio  Lonl'ii  Siii>pt-T  i«  n  full  mtul,  .mil.  i  vjonnec- 
Oil  vr.iXt  ilv-  Cominiiiiinn,  (.h'lul.l  be  iflWcfi  in  ifte  even- 

r,  -ij-  jitttT  the  clo".*  of  tlw  d.iy : 

Th.it  the  S.ilufition  of  the  Holy  Kits  or  Ki>*  o* 
Ii-i  ;lv.  i,  blndinif  \\\y.>n.  the  Ibllawcn  of  ChrUl: 

'ihnt  Wnr  and  Ki-tnlintiondrecoiitrarv  It  ti>«  spirit  and 
-Ifdv-nyiiig  pnnciplc*  of  tlie  r.:ligIon  of  Jvuvu  Christ: 

Th.it  ii  Non-Conformllv  lt>  the  world  In  dpe»s  cii*tom«. 
liilv  wnik  niidconvtTMlion  i»C99cntiul  lo  Inic  liolinccs 
iiid  Cliri*tiaiipk-lV. 

It  insintnin*  th.il  in  public  wor^hi^  or  rclljlious  cser- 
■iscs.Chri»tliin«»houlJ.tppenra.sdir«i:le*HniCor,  n;^^S. 

It  al'O  advocate*  l-'ic  scriptuml  diilv  t>f  Anoinlins  th* 
MLk  with  oil  in  the  muno  of  the  Lorvf, 

In  short  it  i»  a  vindic.ntor  of  all  thnl  Chmt  nnd  th« 
\postlc*  hrtvc  vnJoini.-d  ii|>on  iisnnd  aims  >">■'''  *'»<  «<>"■ 
Iliciiiiji  thcorlc  mid  diword^  of  iiM>livn  Chri'tcmiom,  to 
point  out  uroiind  tt.iit  nil  Tsv.i-t  ton.  eJc  to  Iw  iiif«!libly 
'■>fc.  Price,  per  Annum,  $1.50. 


MOORE  &ESHELHAN, 

Lanark,  Carroll  Co., 


III. 


^f^ 


^rHK    miETHREIsr    AJV    ^OKK- 


eXanui 


^^  aa 


■rfc-  Worth  of  Tnilh  iw  Tongue  Can  7'«K." 

Til.  .Lp-Hmtnl  !■  d-ijool  '«'  "'■I"!  "''  '"XSi^f 
KK,  ,„,.!«»..  mJ  for  ifc'  ■"l»ii<>"  °'  8«"P'V"'  ■'"?"■' 

M  ibon  anJ  to  the  point. 


Plf.i..,.  live  yotir  vlitwn  of  Ilel.,  K: »;  "•;■"'  our 
Ootl  i«  It  cMitiumllKt Ore."  J-  " •  "  •"•'• 

Will  ».mti.  OIK.  l«ll  m«  1...W  long  Noait  w-"  '•""'l- 
l„gl,„-„rk?  ..„AH.IV.M-.„. 

Wl,»t  I.  ^l..^  mt-ittlnK  "<  tho  liotl  t»o  .v.,r,l.  of  1 
Cor  II-  SiV    -Anatlicma  Maran  ..lltn,  an.l  wlml 

Wiui.ImliWprcHcntwIii-iifwt-uiutMnK.lhi^Lon  U 
Supi>i*r.  ittul  th«  rommuiilgn  wer..-  iiwlUuU-U.' 
Some  <iii''  will  i.U-iwc  explain.       J-  41-  I>iiT«i<;K. 

W<-  r.  -vl  fi.  C-ii.  1 :  -^'y.  "  ^M  nn  miik.-  i.wi»  In  wir 
oun  im.w.  «n<T«..r  llk^rn*.."  DU  «"<1  "'"f'- 
mftn  III  llii-  fnrin  of  Iituix.-lf.or  was  tli«  fniii(f«'«i'lr- 
lt„„,i.  A.Iln..l.lK»K>l. 

I'li-iwo  Rivi.  im  oxi-liiimtion  on  I  CoT.r,-.:,.  "To 
deliv.T  H.i.-Iw. ......  iHit..  s,a;...  for  II..'  .l.^lr...--t  »n 

of  til.-  ili'^>l'.  tlmt  tlir  Hj)lrlt  may  h»  imvr<I  In  tin-  duy 
oftl».]...r.l.I.^.m."  M.W.Kf.m. 

Plr-iwi.  Pxpliiln  .Mini:  l8:"WI.ic»i  wftn  Wni. 
not  ..r  l.)oo.l.  nor  uf  (Iti-  wUI  «'  H'^'  "^•'•'''  ""^  *'V 
villi  Ml    P'.nii.  but  of  (f.«l."    WIml  Llrltia  iirt;  1ht« 
rtforr..!  LMmUnil  '"' «i''"^"^''' j.  y.^^^VELV. 

Will  iioinBMicKivfiiHnnoxpliinoll<m  (.111  ('ur.3: 
W,  l.-ty  1.  wlio  l«  Mic  l-iilM'T?  J.  Wliitt  till-  III  .i<- 
rlniy  ^1.  IlfW-M-allii  li.iiii'rtwnrk  l.r-lrl.-.ll.y  Ml'-.' 
4    If  II  iiiJirrn  woMK  iKilnitncd.lioWBlmllticli'-  h;iv- 

•dy.aH...whvilri-y  H.  H.  WiimiKH. 

I»li>iii..-HlvojinP«|.lanntlon  <.f  lU-v.  '/aia.  UiuiuIh 
tliiw:  ■■|iitl.rnil.M..rU.HBLm:l  ..f  H.iiikI  on  I'lHi- 
er  Bill-  I'l  til'-  rlv.T.  wiu.  Ui«ri,  ll.«  in-cof  llf.'.  wlilcli 
ban-  I  w.-Ivf  iiiiinri.T  of  fnilU.  an.l  yit-l.Ifd  h.-r  fruit 
ftveryiii'mlli:  mnUIio  leiivflH  of  tlm  trci*  w on- for 
tlio  iK'nliiiK  f'f  Llii'  imtlonH."  A  ItitoTiir.n. 

Will  N«iii.<  mil' 111' no  Uiiidiutto  txi'lulii  Mdll.  Tt: 

SO,  m:  •■  aiki  If  iiiy  r\M  fy  "ff*""'  t'""<"'  i''"'**  " 

ont.  iii.il 'lu't  It  fn.m  llii-c:  f..r  It  l«  prolital-lc  for 
HiPi-Il.iit  i.iiL'of  thy  nii'inbcm  Hliunlil  |inri»tli.  i"hI 
not  tliiit  tliy  wdolei  liuily  bI.ouUI  1>o  ciwt  Into  liuH. 
And  if  tliy  rlBht  liutid  uttaml  tJioti,  cul  it  i>i\"  I'tc. 
S.  A.  Flickinukii. 

Will  till'  Ifitit'i'iiiii^N  AT  Work  pli-iiHi- give  (111 i*\- 
plnniilli'ti  ..II  Ufalt,  ai:  17.  wliidi  n-iuU  iih  foUowB: 
'•LH  him  nlikli  1h  on  the  hoiidcloiinotfonH'dowii 
to  take  iimlliiiiK  out  iif  IiIh  Iiouho." 

AlflOVPiNo  '10,  wlitcli  ii'iHlnaa  fylhnv*:  "Thon 
Bliiill  two  111-  ill  tiK'  lii'Iil.  Ill'-  oiif'  »1'»11  '"■  I'''"*"  "'"' 
the  (itlivr  left."  .lANiillin.l.Y. 

Siiiiii-  oiii-  win  iilciwci  pxiilaln  Mnik  HI:  17,  I»: 
"Anil  llii'Hi' HlKi't'hall  f.illuw  thfiii  thai  I'dlcvc; 
Id  my  iiitnii'iliall  lli(>y  cunt  out  d.-vll«:  they  hIiiiII 
Bpciili  Willi  new  toiiKUOM;  they  hIihU  liilio  ill.  hit- 
penlrt;  iiiiil  if  llicy  drink  any  dniidly  thinjt,  It  »lmll 
not  hurl  tlicin;  tlicy  »hivll  lay  iianilH  on  tin-  nick, 
and  thi-v  nhall  n-t-ovcr."    Wliu  lit  r(?fcrr<'d  toV 

J.  L.  Hiuiws. 

HAPPINESS. 

IIY  I.IZZIK  11.  MYKIIS. 

II'HliSllMK  tlioro  in  no  ono  in  nil  tlie  worlil 
who  w  not  in  (nirHiiil  of  liuppinrHs;  butllii' 
manner  in  wliitli  many  aro  scokinK  it  In  really 
woinloifiil.  Till'  niisiT.  wl.ile  ho  clutciu'H  the 
peimii'K  iind  IiohhIk  his  thousands,  (tivou  thoiiKli 
perhiipH  in)t  qniti'  lioni'stly  Kuiued).  turning  tin- 
poor  Irnni  Iiim  door,  ttutlV-ring,  tliinlis  hu  ciijoyH 
thin.  '•  Your  Kold  and  silver  id  cunkuri'd,"  Sc. 
JaiiUK  .'.:  -^  Tlii>  incbriato  enjoys  hJHBhiM  whih' 
he  is  clutlii'd  ill  ruB^.  his  family  starviiiK  mid 
destitution  all  iiround,  yet  hu  will  spend  tin-  hwt 
penny  for  that  wliidi  is  dcsti-oyiuR  liiw  hoiiI  and 
body.  Tilt'  ihcwcr  iind  snudct-r  takes  prcat 
comfort  with  liis  quid  and  pipe.  defiliiiB  the 
pure  air  Clod  hiia  givi'li  u*  to  breathe,  with  tlu* 
fuiues  of  tohacro,  to  the  disgust  of  many,  and 
how  it  can  l)e  pleasing  in  the  sight  of  Uiid,  I 
couuot  concoivo.  "  Wliiitsoever  things  ai*o  pure, 
whatwoever  things  are  lovely."  &c.  PliilippiaiiH 
4;  8.  The  ftisliionable  world  think  they  have 
more  eiijoYim'nt  than  any  other  eiass  perhaps, 
are  under  no  restrictions  whatever,  but  what  is 
it  and  liow  long  docs  it  lust?  The  end  of  all 
their  enjoy  nieiits  is  remorse  of  conscience. 

This  reminds  mo  of  a  conversation  with  a 
friend  who  had  been  visiting  relatives  in  the 
city  who  liavt;  all  things  about  as  they  wisili  it 
to  move  in  high  circles;  hut  as  the  conversation 
advanced,  she  condnthd  there  was  uot  i-o  much 
solid  comfort  in  it  as  many  suppose — there  is  too 
much  formality.  I  remarked,  it  is  about  all 
form  and  little  reality.  The  mode  of  living  at 
the  creation,  (though  there  was  a  perfect  sys- 
tem), was  so  Hiiii|>le  that  I  do  not  believe  any 
one  can  truly  enjoy  the  life  fashion  dictates.  It 
is  not  natural,  but  contrary  to  God's  Word. 
But  there  ii  true  happiness  even  in  this  life,  if 
it  is  only  sought  in  the  right  direction.  The 
child  of  (jod  who  humbly  walks  in  the  path  owr 
Master  marked  for  U-<,  \a  washed  in  the  blood  of 
the  Lamb,  (tarries  out  the  principles  of  the  Gos- 
pel in  every  deed,  hiw  enjoyments  of  ho  much 
a  higher  order,  (that  the  carnal   mind   know_4 


nothing  of)  even  in  tJii»  life  and  a  hope  that  in 
steadfast  in  the  world  to  coinp.  ^V^lat  beauties 
the  regenerated  heart  (w*eii  in  the  plan  of  salva- 
tion as  found  in  the  Hook  of  all  hooUn.  and 
what  pleasure  in  thp  freedom  from  condemna- 
tion, such  are  truly  fiaf/py. 
Nora.  III. 

NEVER  MIND. 

DT  HAKT  C.  IMLK. 

Wliafu  thf  iiiw  of  iilwayii  frt-ttinn 

At  the  trialB  wi*  hIihII  find. 
That  are  dtrnwn  alonjf  our  palbway? 

Travel  on  and  never  mind. 

Travel  onwanl,  worklnsr.  Ii"]ilnjr. 

<a«  no  linK«*ti"« Blanct-  Letiind, 
At  the  IriaU  oiiei-  Piie<iiiiitert-d; 

Look  ahead  and  nuver  nilrid. 

Wlittt  U  paat. '»  V"^  forever. 

I^t  the  fretliiiK  he  r««l«ried. 
It  wdl  nrvcr  li'-Ip  the  maltir- 

T)o  yor  hMt  aiol  never  mind. 


i.friend.you, 
.    idnd, 
...ity. 
\('r  mind. 

iifteii  Mi».iken 


And  if  M.. 

Whom 

rthuiild  I 

Look  to  I'l  .■. 

rnfri'-iull;    W'tiU 

Wlion  the  fe<'liiijr»  are  nnklnil; 
Take  them  not  iim  lliey  are  uttered, 

I'aM  tlicm  by  and  never  mind. 
Falu  may  Ihrcnten.  rlouila  may  lower. 

Foes  and  Ir^iilorH  he  tomhiuod;. 
ifymitriMtin(;o(ll.ili'vin«. 

llv  wliniclpyou.nrver  miiwl. 

GOSPEL   OIL.    AND    CHURCH 
MACHINERY. 

HY  1).  0.  HftUliAKKIt. 

THE  above  caption    was  auggestcd  recently, 
while  attending  a  council  ineiting.     Hear- 

ng  some  very  unph-asnnt  words  and  shafp  rc- 
torU  made  use  of,  it  m.  nied  cpiite  evident.,  that 
ft  few  drops  of  Uio  good  old-fiwhioned  Gospel 
„j1  (love)  properly  applied  to  the  bearings,  es- 
pecially to  the  main  journals.  (otIiciaU)  would 
have  mode  a  dccid*  d  improvement  in  the  run- 
ning of  the  church  ninchinery.    I  once  hnd  the 

(ire  of  an  engine,  to  which  wiw  attached  quite 
an  amount  of  machinery,  and  ever  so  much  care 
was  rteeded  to  keei>  every  journal  and  bearing 
well  oiled,  in  order  that  the  labor  of  the  engine 
was  not  needlessly  increased,  and  that  perma- 
nent injury  to  the  machinery  was  not  incurred, 
llenco  my  instructions  were,  "  Uetter  use  too 
much  oil  than  not  enough,"  as  oil  is  always 
cheaper  thiir  repairs. 

While  visiting  recently  the  engine  rooms  of 

the  city  water-works  of  DosMoines,  where  is  the 

finest  and  most  ponderous   machinery   I  have 

er  seen,  I  noticed  quite  an  improvement  over 

the  old   way  of  oiling.    There  is  provided  for 

mh  important  journal  a  snniU  glass  vessel  in- 
to which  enough  oil  may  be  put  at  once  to  last 
two  days;  tlie  glass  allows  ono  to  see  when  the 
oil  is  about  exhausted.  Now,  dear  brethren  and 
sisters,  lot  us  make  the  application  to  ourselve>'. 
Has  not  the  great  Master  Machinist  in  the  con- 
struction of  liis  delicate  inacliinery,  (cbiinh 
government)  provided  each  part  a  vessel  for  oil? 
"  The  wise  took  oil  in  their  ve8sels,"icc.  M^itt. 
ITi:  H.  "But,"  siiys  one,  "this  oil  was  lor 
lamps."  Very  well;  I  think  the  same  kind 
may  be  used  freely  upon  our  church  machinery, 
and  if  we  do  uot  wish  to  see  the  ba<l  eftecta  of 
permanent  injury,  and  be  i)hiepd  under  the 
painful  necessity  of  making  repairs  every  little 
while  we  mmt  constantly  keep  oil  iu  our 
vessels,  and  if  we  are  as  watchful  as  we  ought 
to  bo  we  can  soon  discover  when  they  need  re- 
plenishing. Thank  God.  the  oil  costs  but  a  tri- 
fle, iu  comparison  to  the  great  permanent 
injury  that  is  sure  to  result  from  a  neglect  to 
kee|)  well  oiled.  Unkind  words,  0,  how  they 
pierce  tho  soul!  I  might  add  that  this  Gospel 
lubricator  aids  wonderfully  in  running  family 
machinery;  really  no  family  can  get  along 
smoothly  without  it. 


A  residence  is  a  dwelling-place,  as  heaven  w 
the  |H.rmanent  residence  of  Jehovah,  while  a 
r**idency  is  a  dwellingpUce  for  some  tiro-,  yet 
not  a  p^^anent  residence.  The  Chn^^jan  s 
rwidence  is  earth,  while  life  lasts,  and  theChns- 
tian-s  hope  is  to  have  a  lasting  rwidence.  or 
plac^of  abode  with  God  in  heaven.  HeaTen. 
how  inexpresnbly  haj.py  shall  ChnBtians  be, 
when  they  «hall  l>e  welcomed  to  dwell  forcver- 
in  the  realms  of  the  West.  We  can  look 
over  the  ely^ian  fields  of  heavenly  blessedness. 
witha  diiiwmiDgeye,  brought  to  the  view  by 
Apocalvp^e.  The  golden  city  with  all  of  its 
splendor,  is  brought  vividly  to  the  mind;  yet, 
comparatively  thinking,  we  have  but  a  superfi- 
cial idea  of  the  beauties  of  heaven.  Dear  read- 
er, have  vou  ever  thought  of  that  beautiful  land 
where  Gml  dwells?  Where  all  is  briffht  and 
glorious?  where  reigns  the  pun  std.-lighty  -loy 
there  is  unfading.  Sorrow  can  never  enter  that 
blissful  abode.  Sadness  is  known  no  more. 
Pain  shall  be  exlinct.  All  is  peace  and  harmo- 
ny No  weariness  entea-th  there:  nor  ever 
grow  tirwl  walking  the  golden  street*  of  that 
iM-autiful  city  of  our  King. 

Heiuier,  do  you  think  when  you  look  among 
tho  people  of  God.  there  is  no  enjoyment  there, 
that  the  way  is  too  humiliating?  Don't  let 
such  thoughts  pass  the  mind;  but  give  your 
heart  to  Jesus,  and  j-in  in  with  the  people  of 
God,  seek  salvation  early,  and  you  mil  find 
pleature  which  the  world  can  never  give.  Karth 
has  uo  charms  for  me;  iU  enjoyments  are  so<. 
over,  and  we  feel  sadder  than  before.  Us  pleas- 
nres  Irnve  no  teachings  of  Jesus,  nor  of  ihi 
powers  of  the  world  to  come.  How  true  the 
languagw  of  Holy  Writ:  "  We  know  not  what 
a  day  may  bring  forth."  Now  tlu-  voice  of  mel- 
odyand  praise  ascending  high,  seemingly  out- 
vieing  angels;  then  sinking  low  in  the  valley  ot 
gloom.  Joyful  and  sorrowful  scenes  or  events 
are  alike  forgotten.  How  vain  to  remeiiiher 
now  childhood's  innocent  glee;  youth's  uncloud- 
ed morning.  Let  us  pass-to  the  real,  the  infi- 
nite, the  unchangeable,  the  imperishable  heaven. 
Turn  away  from  the  seen  to  the  unseen;  "  For 
the  things  which  are  seen  are  temporal;  but  the 
things  which  are  not  seen  are  eternal."  As  the 
most  valuable  treasures  lie  concealed  in  the 
ocean's  nethermost  caves,  and  are  impenetrable 
and  superior  to  the  seen;  so  heavenly  and  eter- 
iil  things' unseen  by  mortal  eye,  are  superior  to 
earthly  and  finite  things.  Behold  the  heavenly 
way!  See  the  monumental  piles  rising  in  view 
as  so  many  memorials  of  those  who  have  gone 
before!  No  painful  separations— no,  the  lasting, 
the  abiding,  the  eternal.  0,  for  a  home  in  that 
world  where  all  is  perfection.  Where  we  may 
realize  our  heavenly  reflections. 

Wiitorho,  lotva. 


|{lcms   of  %\ttrtHi 


■  fwbiit 


AN  IMPORTANT  QUESTION. 

1)EA1)  the  follott-iug  passages  in  their  con- 
V  nections,  inserting  first  sprinkle,  and  then 
immerse,  when  baptize  occurs,  and  see  which 
makes  the  better  sense: 


Mull.  ;i;  .-..li.T.  11, 13, 10. 

Miill.-2o:-J2.2». 
M;tll.-'s;  111. 


1.-.,  liJ, 

.  7.  Vi,  Ui,2\. 


Acts  It:  IS. 

Acts  8: 12,  13.  l«.  :w.  ;ii>. 
Acts  10:  37,  47,  4tt. 
Acts  11:0. 
Acts  i:!:  24. 
Aets  10:  15,  :i:t. 
Acts  is:. s.  :!■■'. 
Actslii:;t.4..-.. 
Arts:;:i:  lO. 
Houi.O:y,  4. 
1  Cor.  1 :  13,  17. 
1  Cor.  10:2. 
iCor.  12:13. 
ICor.  15:2». 
Gal.  11:27. 
Eiih.4;5. 
Col.  2 :  12. 
lleb.  0:2. 

Selected  from  one  of  Bro.  John  Kline's  tracts. 
1  think  it  is  too  good  to  be  lost. 

.oHN  y.  Snavei.y. 


l.ukr:io: 
.I..1UI  1:;;. 


iO,  28,  31.  33. 

J.S,  20. 
.luhn  4:  1,2. 
.lolin  10:40. 
Arls  ]:,-,.  22. 
At^ta2t:tR,  41. 

1  ret 


THE  BIBLE. 


I     den 


HEAVENLY    REFLECTIONS. 

HYJSAllKI-ltA  V.  KKLSO. 

nE.WEN  is  the  home  of  Jehovah;  the  par- 
adise of  God.  What  a  beautiful,  blissful, 
happy  place  heaven  must  be;  it  is  beyond  the 
limit  of  our  finite  imagination,  as  "  Eye  hath 
not  seen  nor  ear  heard,  neither  hath  it  entered 
the  heart  of  man  what  God  has  prepared  for 
those  tha'.  love  him."  Celestial  city  of  holy, 
pure  inhabitant's;  how  angelic,  how  God-like, 
how  spiritual  shall  all  be  who  will  gain  an  ad- 
mittance into  that  joyous  place!  Blessed  will 
those  be  who  shall  inherit  the  heaven  of  heav- 
ens; the  residence  of  Jehovah. 


Bible  is  the  young  man's  own  hook.  It 
■nounces  vices  without  feeding  a  danger- 
ous curiosity.  It  dignifies  virtue,  uot  as  a 
means  of  getting  on,  but  m  success  and  happi- 
ness now;  and,  best  of  all,  it  gives  the  young 
man  the  one  exclusive  way  in  which  vice  is  vau- 
(|uished  and  virtue  attained.  It  lifts  up  Chris- 
tians. It  invites  to  the  cross.  It  oft'ers  the 
new  heart  and  the  right  spirit.  It  penetrates 
the  disguises  of  elegant  sin,  and  exposes  the 
sophistry  of  cultivated  iniquity.  It  flashes  its 
n-vealing  rays  upon  the  opening  abyss  to  which 
the  tempter  leads.  It  unmasks  the  voluptuous 
iinge!  of  light  and  shows  the  malicious  fiend. 
Into  the  scale  against  the  "  pleaeurea  of  sin  for 
a  season,"  it  throws  the  "  peace  of  God,"  and 
the  '■  pleasures  forevermore." 


— Enolasd  has  2,T59  periodicals. 
— Nor  one  dollar  is  spent  in  Cuba  for 
education. 

—The  Khedive  and  family,  including  hisj^ 
retaries.  receive  now  $1,500,000  a  year. 

— Ix  Thibodeaux,  La.,  there  are  fifty  j 
The  original   one   arrived   there   twenty  yj^ 
ago. 

—One  of  the  northerly  provinces  of  Brazil 
suffering  from  famine  and  pestUenceof  tfaem^ij 
horrible  character.  T 

' —The  national  debt  of  Great  Brititm  ij-  ' 
round  figures  £775,O00,(KIO  sterling.  That?. 
Franc.'  is  £ft4O,0fiO,000. 

—On  TiK-sday,  Dee.  17.  for  the  fir*l  \i^^-^^ 
Ifi  yciirs,  the  paper  dollar  wa'  woith  10  i  ceQt, 
and  gold  Io.st  its  premium. 

—The  Government  of  Spain  ha^  deci'l^^t, 
expel  all  foreigners  belonging  to  the  l,itJ,t,J' 
tional  Society  from  that  country. 

—A  si'KciAL  from  Geneva,  Switxerhiud,  .^ 
ports  that  greatdistrcss  prevails  in  that  ccy^^n^~ 
There  are  (i.OOD  unemployed  persons  in  (j, 

— CHKSTsa-T  trees  are  known  to  have  ij^^ 
900  years.    Lime  trees  have  attained  ftilfi  v..j 
in  France,  and  birches  are  supposed  to  l)et.,,|,j|, 
ly  durable. 

—The  thermometer  on  Saturday  morning  m 
Richmond,  Vii.,  was  only  five  degrccB  hIiovp 
xero.  The  James  river  is  blocked  wifli  ii;*.  ir.jm 
Richmond  to  its  mouth,  and  of  course  n.Lvis^. 
tion  i.s  suspended. 

— Thk  Chrhtiftn  Weehlif  says  that  an  \l.,\\r^^^ 
medical  society  has  requested  the  papers  tn 
cea.sp  reporting  suicides,  convinced  tlmt  t[,^ 
publicity  tends  to  increase  the  nunibei  i,t  .^ii. 
murderers.  And  adds:  "  We  have  little  ,|Mii|,t 
that  it  is  also  true  in  this  country." 

-Thk  Government  of  Samoa  ha^sfuUlin 
country  a  mat  six  feet  square,  mad  eof  cot:iiamii 
fiber.  It  is  300  yeari  old,  and  valued  hI^l'.ihkj 
Inside  of  it.  as  a  token  of  good-will,  was  ivrai). 
ped  up  the  recent  Samoan  treaty  with  otir 
Government. 

— Restokinq  the  Drowneii. — A  New  Yurk 
physician  says  that  any  person  who  httsuu! 
been  in  the  water  more  than  two  hours  mity  U 
rest<ned  to  life  by  thoroughly  warmiiif:  Lim 
Wrap  the  body  in  a  blanket  or  quilt  iiml  [m\ 
hot  water  on  it,  and  continue  to  do  so  until  tbf 
subject  revives. 

— At  G:25  on  the  evening  of  Dec.  M 
large  irrolite  was  seen  at  Bayard  Olu' 
from  the  East  and  disappeared  below  ti . 
ern  horizon.     When  alntost  directly  overii€ai1, 
it  exploded   with  a  distant,   thundering  nois^ 
Two  flashes  accompanied  the  explosion.    Itwi- 
seen  in  neighboring  towns. 

— Mr.  W.  C.  Jones,  who  five  years  ago  gav, 
the  Church  of  England  Missionary  Society  $1^ 
000,000  tt.s  a  capital  fund  for  the  .support  of  ni  ^ 
tive  evangelists  in  certain  missions,  has  latfly 
given  a  further  sum  of  §175,000  to  be  useJ  m 
the  extension  of  evangeli>tic  work  by  the  tiatit-- 
church  of  India. 

—It  is  remarkable  that  the  Alglians,  vrhu, 
til  a  great  degree  of  probability,  claim  tbat 
they  are  Israelites,  and  ol  the  ten  tribes  >1j  "I'l 
now  be  attacked  at  the  instiga'ion  nl  Xh'-wmi- 
field,  who  is  of  the  tribe  of  Judah.  The  .^fgliaD^ 
are  recognized  by  ethnologists  as  of  the  sjiuf 
lingual  stock  with  the  Hebrews,  and  the  UeW 
ic  features  of  the  race  are  said  by  some  oben- 
era  to  be  unmistakable. 

—London,  Dec.  *23.— The  weather  i^  sewre 
throughout  Great  Britian.  There  has  .ilsobt^j 
a  deep  snow-fall  here  and  in  many  piirU  nt  lb' 
Continent,  In  Scotland  it  is  especially  m-""' 
and  all  the  railroads  in  the  North  are  bl^^l^^'^' 
Two  Loudon  mail  trains  were,  at  the  bsl  i  ■ 
counts,  snowed  up  ten  or  twelve  nul''^ 'f'^^ 
Aberdeen.  AUogethtr  seven  trains  are -^no"- 
up,  and  the  traffic  is  stopped.  The  suo'v  ^'--^ 
falling  last  night.  In  bome  places  it  i^  ""|^^ 
than  twelve  feet  high.  It  is  the  heaviest  sfl"  " 
fall  in  thirty  years. 

— SuiTHERS  Russia  bids    fair  to  riv 


:|f 


An  old  philosopher  once  said  that  time  was 
his  estate,  and  he  was  verj'  careful  not  to  waste 
his  fortune,  Sjme  people  do  not  act  very 
phil(»ophically  iu  this  matter. 


sylvania  in  the  production  of  P«"'ol^""':  _  ^^ 
discovery  of  oil  indications  near  the  L'l'P  ^ 
Sea  was  made  public  some  time  siiaf .  ■  ^^ 
boring  wells  in  that  vicinity  it  has  been  i'"^  ^ 
in  abundant  quantities.  One  well  yieltl'  ^ 
(WO  barrels  a  day,  smd  the  oil,  free  from  ^_ -^ 
forced  seventy-five  feet  into  the  air.  - 
burg  manufacturing  firm  recently  ■' 
improved  drilling  and  refining  outhi  i 
to  he  used  there,  and  *  ompanies  liT'-  -  ^^ 
forming  for  the  further  development  ot  iw  ■ 
ritorj- 


'I'ME    MtKTtlKEjSr    ^VT    ^V'OKlv. 


From  Central  Illinois, 


.  jiffthrfit: — 

''  -  [-yQ  that  you  might  likftn  hear  soine- 
f''''  ,.  of  the  Cfntr.ll  Missinn  field,  I  have 
1  "ited  from  a  preaching  tour  in  com- 
^'''i'til  hnither  S.  KiiMlt-abarger,  who  kiud- 

f^'  ^^  >i\\W^  ^^- ''°''  "'"  S''"'^  '"■'™*'  ^^  '""' 
>•■'''"'  yver  thiri  tit'ld.  having  heeu  reliev- 
!*?"*■'"  ^j^jt  to  the  Bureau  Co.  Brethren,  liy 
1^  ""^  i,  from  Rock  Creek.  We  boiirdca 
^^  \i  Vmboy.  III.  Central  It.  R.  for  La- 
Kt"""j  ,[,^r«  took  the  Rock  Island  R.  R.  to 
•■''^■""y^n.^liiill  Co.,  where  we  were  met,  iiud 
S'""^' '.,]  to  the  neighborhood  of  brother  D<ir- 
'""^  i  bree'P-  when  we  i)reached  for  a  number 
*"       The  attendance  was  reasonable,  con- 


ii*^^- 


the  cold  1 


(ither.      We  then  took 


KP  across 

"^     (er  who  hiid  her  U*g  broken;  found    her 

"m'^J  M>''''t'^'  "'*'"*^'"S  '''"^^■'y,  not  yet  able  to 

'^"ler    (■"»';    *"     ""^     *^"°'"'    '"'*'  ^^'^"^   "hunt 

'  '  I, be*.     ^^   ''^'"^    ^   8633011    of  worship 

^'    [|,,i,|,  a  wish   expressed   for   fellowship 

"i,\i,e  brethren,  and  also    for  preaching  in 

ttoffu.  hft  "Wing   to   appointments  bu-ing 

'''  ,|.,j.j,rd  could  not  stop  to  fill   any    at   this 

"     SI)  proceeded  to  the  neighl)orhood  of  Bro. 

■ft  life  i"''^-''  ^''^'' '''  L'lcon;  here  we  remain- 

''  ■     jayj.     Had   good    attendance,  and  in- 

•  d  interest,  but  now  the  time  has  come  tn 

j.'[i,rjd.  I'u'nai"  Co.     The   first    meeting 

iuiall.  Dwina  to  short  notice,  bnt  increased 

"iiler-'st.  until  the  inclemency  of  the  weath- 

li.^ked  the  attendance. 
I  i-t  tliiy,  by  request,  preached  the  funeral  of 
y-lhodist  woman,  lu  whose   house  we  held 

„if  weetiu^s- 

[i„,t-i,(g  over  the  ground  ol  Central  Mii- 
tiL'lii,  wpare  not  without  hope;  although  nu 
,„[ijite  eilectri  from  this  trip, a  beginning  bus 
rtii  uiii'le.  and  with  the  proper  training,  the 
jf;ivis  aiiiy  he  gathered  not  many  days  hence. 
ilVliiiJ  the  Brethren  full  of  zeal;  and  it  is  the 
ish  for  some  brother  to  come  and 
them,  thinking  thereby  to  Iiave 
Pir  iipjioiiitmentji  regular  that  the  love  of  God 
nilwi  uccasionally,  would  not  be  su  apt  to  die 
,t,  iiud  that , the  work  would  be  more  success- 
I,  which  is  in  accordance  with  the  conclusione 
it  District  Meeting:  and  if  after  this  mattei- 
iii'eu  settled,  and  some  one  takes  charge, 
Iti^f  ni'w  field  could  be  worked  up  in  the 
We  think  missionary  woik  may 
(pru|ierly  done  this  way;  Cor  there  is  no  use  in 
preaching  a  few  discourses  and  then  abau- 
oning  the  field.  Our  doctrine,  or  rather  Bible 
Irine,  iieeils  living  out  just  where  it  is 
itht'il.    I  mean  a  practical  religion. 

J.  C.  L.VHMAN. 
}'m>ikliH   drove,  Ler  Co..  III.,  Jan.  10,  1S71K 


ij,rp-->-ii 


Children's  Meeting. 


)KitHAI'S  it  would  be  interesting  to  you 
;t'iil  ytmr  many  readers  to  hear  of  the  snc- 
■*  ■  'lurChildren's  meeting.  Our  aged  Bro. 
I'.  I.ii'hr  lit'ing  with  us  for  some  time  it  was 
'ilMireto  devote  one  evening  to  the  children, 
"rlirigly  Tuesday,  Jan.  7th,  was  appointed, 
Jmemhers  and  friends  invited  to  bring  their 
ildfuii.  Tiie  evening  being  pleasant,  many 
f^■  present.  The  eliildren,  about  fifty  in 
iraber.  from  about  four  to  fourteen  years, 
^wwattd  on  the  front  seats,  which  had  been 
mpd  for  them,  and  0,  what  a  sight!  only 
w  present  can  realize.  It  was  indeed  lovely 
**"  their  eyes  sparkle  and  their  counte- 
-11'^  bpiun  with  satisfaction,  eager  to 
tiMvliat  "Grandpa"  had  to  say  to  them. 
'"'■1  opened  by  singing  the  72nd  hymn 
Ipfttjer.  then  742nd  hymn  to  the  tune  and 
'fi*  'Piecious  uatu'!,"  then  addressed  thu 
i*ff'-ti,  though  speaking  was  very  hard  labor 
a^coimt  of  hoarseness.  They  heard  many 
'niugs,  which,  if  remembered  and  carried 
"ill  he  to  tlieir  advantage  in  time  and  eter- 
l  ^"^Wiis  followed  by  brother  Enoch  Eby, 
J"y  appropriate  remarks  to  the  children, 
"great  responsibility  of  parents  was  deep- 
l^'i'fe^wlupon  them.  This  made  it  solemn. 
JJ' were  imide  to  sned  .tears;  and  not  only 
■""«'",  but  iwrents  and  all  received  instruc- 
'■  ^■hich  I  hope  all  will  profit  by.  The 
'  ren  said,  '■  What  a  value  is  before  us." 
^.nhere  was,  if  one  soul  is  worth  more 
"  world.  Now  when  we  consider  that 
tht^  "'■'™»'ng  of  those  precious  souls 
.  *  lu  a  great  mea3ure  on  the  parents  and 
^^'auner  of  training  their  little  ones,  it 
*'|"reater  responsibilily  upon  parents 
■ire  aware  of,  I  fear.  After  the  ad- 
'"Mh  hymn  was  sung.  After  prayer, 
_j  ■  "ymn  was  sung,  and  the  congrega- 
'"!"r>*d  in  ,1  verj.  orderly  manner.     It  is 


ItllUg 


my  humble  opinion   that  such    meetings   held 
occ^jionaily    would  be  productive  of  good. 

Lizzie  B.  Myers. 
Nora,  III ,  Jan.  \  jh7.'*. 


Annnal  Meeting  Fxpenses. 

I)  EPORT  of  the  Finance   Committee  of  the 
t     Annual  meting  of  IS'S,  held  near  North 
Manchester,  Wabash  Co.,  Ind. 

RECEIi'Ts: 
Amount  received  of  the  Southern   District  of 

Ind §  !»10.00 

Amount  received  of  the  Middle    Dis- 
trict of  Ind., 16S7.90 

Amount  received  from  the  sale  afttr  the 
meeting,  1615.0o 


Total  amount  received, S4,li:i,01 

expenimti're.h: 

Bread,  l(i,0<JO  pounds, §  ibO.W 

Beef,  y^^,455  gross, 1138.20 

Butter,  1,312  pounds, 91.84 

Apple  butter,  141  gallons, 70.50 

Cotfee,  420  pounds 104.00 

Tea,  1 7  pounds 10.00 

Sugar,  5H0  pounds, 55.13 

Milk,  132  gallonn, 13.20 

2  00 

.■).00 

47.90 

57.15 

876.12 

3l.*J2 

4.00 

.50  00 

30.00 

50 


IVpper,   10  pounds, 

Sail.,  4  barrels 

Pickles,  6-1  barrels, 

Railroad  fare , 

Pine  lumber.  58,408  feet, , 

Oak        ■•       2.630        '*     , 

Timber, 

Use  of  J.  Crill's  farm, , 

Brick.  6  M. 

Meat  boilers, 

Hardware, 25.40 

Tiuware 102.15 

Freight 

Knives  and  forks,  14  gross, 

Dishes, .-.,.. 

Muslin,  725  yds., 

Towling,  40  yds 

Wood.SC, 

Hay 

Corn.  200  bushels,... 

Printing, 

Une  of  cook-stove.. .  •'. 

Cooks, 

Dish-washers, 

Lime, .( ....._ 

Secretary  charge 

Building  furnace, 

Interest, 


Total  amount  e.vpended, S3,854.S1 

Balance  on.  hand. S25S.20 

This  leaves  some  money  in  the  hands  of  the 
Treasurer,  to  be  refunded  as  soon  as  the  church- 
es have  all  paid  their  quoto. 

By  order  of  the  Committee  of  Arrangements, 
the  above  report  wa.s  presi.-nted  to  me  for 
my  sii^uature,  and  to  be  forwarded  to  the  press. 
It  is  l;ut  due  to  the  Committee  of  Arrange- 
ments and  others  appointed  by  them,  as  well  as 
other  Brethren  who  lived  in  reach  of  the  A.  M,, 
and  responded  to  every  call  and  worked  as  a 
band  of  Brethren,  until  every  arrangement 
for  our  Great  Annual  Meeting  was  complete, 
to  say  that  they  did  nobly,  yet  nothing  more 
than  they  ielt  to  be  their  duty,  to  make 
Brethren  from  a  distance  in  attending  the  A. 
M.  as  comfortable  as  tlie  nature  of  the  case 
would  permit.  And  as  to  the  Committee  of 
Arrangement?,  it  was  thought  by  some  that 
theysliould  have  been  in  part  selected  from 
other  congregations,  and  not  alt  out  of  the 
Manchester;  but  we  think  differently,  because 
they  very  often  had  to  be  called  together  in 
consultation  on  very  short  notice,  and  those 
living  off  in  other  congregations,  could  not 
have  been  with  them. 

We  all  feel  satisfied  that  we  had  a  very  good 
meeting,  and  we  are  further  satisfied  that  the 
meeting  gave  general  satisfactiou  to  the  out.siile 
world.  Some  men  concluded  before  hand  that 
it  would  be  a  burden,  and  unneecesaary  expense, 
but  said  afterwards  that  it  was  worth  thousands 
of  dollars  to  the  community. 

Abkaham  Lebuv,  Cor.  Sec. 
(  Vindicntw  and  P.  C,  please  copij). 


Returned  to  his  Vomit. 

Brethren  in  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ:^ 

A'  FEW  lines  from  me  at  this  time  might  be 
made  use  of  by  you,  if  you  arc  not  over- 
crowded; but  if  you  have  a  good  deal  on  hand, 
then  you  will  have  no  room  for  anything  from 
me,  so  there  ivill  be  no  more  loss  than  tin*  time 
to  look  over  this. 

The  few  years  that  I  am  in  the  ministry  I 
have  seen  that  the  lore  part  of  Prov.  26:  11, 
has  come  true;  "As  a  dog  returncth  to  bis 
vomit,  so  a  fool  returneth  to  his  folly."    A  3  car 


or  so  ago  we  had  quite  an  interest  up  some  fif- 
teen   miles  from  here  among  the   Missionary 
Baptists.     The  second  meeting    we   held,   the 
elder  was  there  himself,  and  much  pleased.    As 
soon  as  the  meeting  was  brought  to  a  close  we 
were  introduced,   and  warmly  commenced   to 
talk  aliout  what  we  had  held  up  during  preach- 
ing, which  was  upon  the  Trinity,  as  we  have  it 
in  the  1st  chapter  of  John.      Before   we  got 
along  very  far,  1  made  him  promise  in  presence 
of  his  memlwrs,  that  should  he  become  con- 
vinced of  tlie  truth,  that  ho  would  come  to  the 
church,  and  he  wanted  me  to  do  likewise.     So 
we  joined  hands,   and  promised  that   the  one 
that  had  thi'  truth,  and  could    prove   the   same 
by  one  or   two' witnejwes,  should   yield.     We 
then  began  to  engage  with    all    the   power  we 
had.  and  l)efore  midnight  he  confe-ised  that  his 
doctrine   wils  not  the  right  kind,  and  his  mem- 
bers saw  it  plainly,  loo.     They  then  said,    "  If 
you  turn,  we  will  go  with  you."    Then  the  eld- 
er liad  several  places  where  he   held   meetings, 
and  the  next  time  he  told  them  that  he  could 
no  longer  preach  the  way  he  had,  that    he   had 
been  in  error,  and  that  all  that  he   had   baptiz- 
ed,   wore   not   baptized    aright,    also,   that    he 
would  have  to  leave  them  and  go  to  the  Breth- 
ren,    tjuite  a  number  wailed    for   liim    to   act, 
then  fhey  would  follow.     A  few  days   after,  he 
came  to  my  place,  and  we  had  a  good  time    till 
about  3  o'clock  in  the  morning.     But,   during 
that  night  1  lound  out  that  he  was  not  as  will- 
ing a.s  Paul  wa^  to  count  all    thiuijs   loss   that 
he  might  win  Christ.      He  wanted   the  assur- 
ance from  me,  in  an  indirect  way,  that  he  could 
go  iLS  soon  as  he  belonged  to  us,  and   preach  to 
them    that  be  formerly  baptized    und  re-baptize 
them:  when  he  found  out  that  we  had  a  calling 
and  did  not  call  ourselves  as  he  had  already 
called  himself,  then  it  began  to  lower,   and  liy 
the  next  morning  about  9  o'clock,   when    he 
left,  I  was  pretty  sure  that  he  would  not  come, 
could  he  not    preach.     A    few    wteka   later  he 
held  meetings  at  his   old    place,    and  took  the 
above  text,  "  The  dog  has  turned  to   his  vomit 
again,"  and  denied  everything  in  the    presence 
of  many  who  formerly  heard   him    say    what  1 
have  above  mentined.     The  Scripture  is  verily 
true,  but  the  honest  ones  had  their  eyes   opn\, 
and  through  that  conduct,  were  convinced,  and 
quite  a  number   have  come  imd    have  proved 
themselves  good  members,  while  he  himself  be- 
came so  low,  that  he  was  not  respected   a,t   all. 
He  sofrout  anil  left  the   country,    iind  went  to 
other  fields  where  he  may  lead  some  other  blind 
ones  and  get  paid    for    it.     Thu   curse   of  God 
Almighty  follows  all  audi  that  willfully  preach 
another  Gospel.  H.  W.  L.vxdks. 

0.ih»r»€  City,  Kan.,  Jan.   1st,  mu. 


From  C.  H.   Balsbaugh. 

riMlINK  not,  IJL'loved  Ambassadors,  that  I 
i  have  not  a  hearty  Christian  New  Year's 
greeting  for  you.  1  spent  the  first  day  in  ex- 
cruciating suHl'ring.  I  could  scarcely  turn 
from  side  to  side  for  agony.  I  need  a  broad 
phylactery  to  bear  the  glorious  inscription  of 
the  Divine  Fatherliood,  and  His  Paternal  care 
for  poor  me,  as  recorded  in  Ueb.  12;  5-11. 
Such  training  of  such  creatures,  with  such  re^ 
suits,  is  a  study  for  augel.4.  Eph.  3:  10. 

This  rigorous  season  penetrates  to  my  mor- 
row. I  have  never  sufiVred  so  from  the  effects 
of  the  cold.  Winter  represents  the  Slnai-.-ide 
of  Deity.  The  Cold,  snow-clad,  ice-crowntd 
ministtr  has  given  me  a  rough  New  Year's  j^al- 
utation.  My  scanty  stock  of  provision  was  so 
injured  by  the  frost,  that  I  must  throw  part  of 
it  away — perhaps  moat  of  it.  I  felt  like  taking 
a  good  earnest  cry  over  my  loss,  but  the  Spirit 
whispered  Heb.  10:  34,  into  ray  soul.  But  in 
truth  it  is  a  severe  trial  for  ine.  Job's  triumph- 
ant reception  of  hia  utter  destitution  and  be- 
reavement strengthens  lue.  Job  1:21.  The 
loss  of  my  potatoes  and  fruit  may  bring  mc 
wagon-loads  of  provision  from  Jo.seph's  gran- 
ary. The  "  nether  springs  are  fresh  and  sweet, 
but  the  "upper  >pring8"  are  fresher.sweeter,  more 
ravishing,  and  they  well  out  of  the  heart  of  our 
Emmanuel  forever  and  ever.  "  Thanks  be  unto 
God  for  His  unspeakable  Gift."  May  1879  be  a 
glorious  year  for  the  Church  of  the  living  God. 


From  Mary  E.  Ritter. 

THOUGH  I  be  deprived  of  meeting  with  my 
brethren  and  sistera  Lii  Ibo  public  assem- 
bly, I  can  meet  often  with  God  in  secret,  (jod 
is  just  as  near  and  as  precious  here  as  in  the 
East.  I  |)ray  Him  that  a  minister  may  be  sent 
to  us  to  preach  the  whole  truth,  that  our  souls 
may  be  edilied  and  the  sinners  be  persuaded  to 
turn  to  the  Lord  and  live.  I  would  love  to 
hiive  brethren  and  sisters  around  me  aa  in  for- 
mer times,  so  that  we  might   worship   God  to- 


gether, and  be  able  to  speak  words  of  love  and 
comfort  to  each  other.  Will  you  ministers  who 
.ire  abuuodaiitly  abb' to  travel,  come  Ihii  way 
with  the  Bread  of  life?  Do,  please.  Come 
and  gather  the  spcaltpred  sheep  togetlier,  and 
feed  them  with  that  Bread  which  giv.-th  life. 
We  will  gladly  receivyytm,  and  help  bmld  up 
the  church  of  God.  Ungodly  fHshious  ud 
coldness  have  the  rule  here  as  in  most  other 
plates.  Come,  then,  and  help  to  give  the  pec- 
pie  something  better.  I  long  to  see  the  time 
when  mighty  congregations  will  llourish  all 
over  this  broad  Und.  Trials  and  troubles  are 
many;  80  let  us  ank  God  daily  to  help  us  over- 
come them.  I  often  think  of  you  who  are  lo 
highly  favored.  1  envy  you  not,  but  desire  the 
same  great  blessings.  God  bless  you  ull! 
Middtf  Itnmli,  Ihi.lijeumn  Co.,  Kim. 

From  Lyncti's  Station,  Va. 

Ih'ir  Ihethiai:— 
Y<>UR  paper  is  doing  good;  it  is  making 
X  friends  to  the  cause  here.  We  have  no 
preaching  by  the  Brethren.  We  heard  no 
preaching  last  year.  0,  that  some  of  the  breth- 
ren we  rend  of,  would  come  and  preach  for  us. 
We  have  a  school-liouse,  that  we  have  the  priv- 
ilege of  this  year.  We  hop.-  to  have  the  breth- 
ren preach  forus.  Send  us  some  of  your  tracts; 
here  is  the  place  for  them.  Pray  for  us;  pray 
God  to  send  the  Gospel  to  this  part  of  Mi.s  vine- 
yard, that  Hia  church  may  be  built  up  in  Camp- 
bell Co..  Va.;  for  we  believe  God  lias  a  people 
here.  We  long  to  see  the  time  come  when  the 
Brethren  shall  stand  on  the  walls  of  Zion  in 
this  county,  and  proclaim  the  Gospel  to  dying 
men  and  women.  Strange  to  say  no  preaching 
hero  by  the  Brethren  tor  one  whole  year,  bnt 
none  that  we  know  of.  God  bless  you  and  en- 
able you  to  send  out  your  paper  all  over  the 
hind,  that  the  cimse  of  the  Brethren  may  he 
m;ide  known  to  the  piople. 

Thomas  C.Woon. 


Jnn.r>th,  1S7H. 


From  Jesse  Calvert. 

ONE  move  year  is  ended.  I  have  done  but 
little  for  my  Matter;  only  three  liundrej 
and  sixty-nine  have  been  added  to  the  church 
at  the  meetings!  1  held.  Some  came  after  the 
meetings  would  be  closed;  probably  to  the 
amount  of  four  hundred  iind  fifty. 

1  just  clo-^eil  a  meeting  at  Solomon's  Creek. 
It  was  indeed  a  very  good  ni'-^ting;  one  sinter 
was  restored,  and  many  Siiiil,  '"f  will  soon  come 
to  Jesus."  Hope  they  will  not  forget  it.  We 
had  an  interesting  Sunday-school  meeting , 
and  I  hope  it  will  be  ijrotitalde  for  all.  May 
God  bless  the  rising  gefit;ratiun,  to  be  (pialified 
for  the  dutitrsofthe  church  wheu  the  old  breth- 
ren and  sisters  are  gone.  This  is  the  place  and 
way  to  teach  them  in  the  Sunday-school. 

Jan.  7th,  1^7'.K 


From  Solomon's  Creek  Church, 
Elkhart  Co.,  Ind, 

A  SUNDAY-SCHOOL  meeting  was  held  ac- 
cording to  appointment  in  the  above 
named  church,  on  Thursday,  Jan.  2ud,  1879. 
Aa  the  Superintendent  and  Secretary  were 
both  absent,  an  organization  was  ertected,  by 
electing  brother  Jesse  Calvert  Superintendent, 
.John  Sturgis  Corer.<ponding  Secretary,  and  J. 
H.  Wartsler  Ileeording  Secretary,  after  which 
the  following  topics  were  presented  for  consid- 
eration: 

1.  Are  Sunday-schools  an  advantage  to  our 
children,  to  our  church  and  to  our    country? 

The  subject  wiis  Opened  by  brother  John 
Sturgis,  followed  by  other  brethren,  with  very 
appropriate  remarks. 

2.  In  it  important  for  parents  to  attend  the 
Sunday-school  with  their  children  ? 

Was  opened  by  brother  Lewis  Muntz,  follow- 
ed by  others. 

a.  What  are  the  best  qualifications  for  offl- 
cei-3  and  teachers,  in  order  to  successful  Son- 
day-school  work? 

Opened  by  brother  WiHiam  Bussard.  Upon 
this  question  we  heard  from  some  of  the  sisters 
as  well  (Ls  from  the  brethren. 

4.  How  shall  wc  secure  the  regular  attea^ 
ance  of  parents  and  children?  and  by  what 
means  can  the  friends  of  Sunday-^chool  work 
overcome  the  opposition  to  it  in  the  brother- 
hood  ? 

Opened  by  brother  John  Sturgis. 

5.  Should  the  international  lesson  leaves  be 
used  iuourtchools? 

Opciii'd  by  brother  John  Robinson.  Upuu 
this  ([uestion  brother  Jesse  Calvert  made  some 
excellent  remarks,  showing  why  they  should 
not  be  u£cd. 

On  motion  of  John  Sturgis,  a  committee  of 
five  were  appointed  to  ammge  a  programme 
for  the  oeiLt  meeting.    The  comQiittee   rvtired 


for  this  purpo.«;  bnl  forlllic  ivont  of  line,  (il 
Kmu-  evening  nieeliuii)  l"  urranne  a  |ir.i- 
gramine,  snbmilM  Ibc  folloming: 

Wo  the  coromiltee,  have  conclvideil  that 
each  member  of  the  commits  "ball  «end  in 
their  remlulioiis  an.l  loi.i..  tu  the  ComM'""''- 
ing  Secretary,  from  »bich  be  will  draw  off  a 
prosraiume  for  lb.,  ne«t  meeting,  which  will 
b«  publiahed  in  due  time. 

Jous  STfliols.  Chairman. 
W.  II.  KmunlllufM,  Sec. 

The  meeting  wa»  plcasonl  and  we  boi*  pri.f- 
itable,  not  -0  many  being  in  atlendiince  .o. 
might  have  la^en,  a«  the  wealber  w«»  Mven-ly 
cold.  Jb-k  Calvekt,  Superintendent. 

.1.  11.  W.>BT81.l;lc,  Srcrelarv. 


have  all  the  n)eml«T>  been  m  can  fol  »•  lb  ■• 
should  bar- H«-n  to  av.,id  giving  offeni^e  i:i 
any  way  that  might  de.lroy  the  peace  and  bar- 
monv  of  the  church?  If  not.  a«  we  ent."r  the 
New  Year  and  a<lvance.  let  u»  be  more  careful. 

The  prophet"  have  foretold  future  ctenU 
that  bare  and  will  come  to  paa».  Our  latter- 
day  prophet"  "eem  t-.  mim  their  mark.  .loseph 
Smith,  William  R.  Thorman.  and  a  nuinljer  of 
otherJ,  have  made  a  failure.  No  doubt  they 
did  the  beat  they  could;  hot  a>  God  did  not  in- 
tend for  any  one  to  know  the  exact  lini.'  when 
the  Savior  would  eome  again,  but  ki  pt  that  to 
bimnelf;  none  were  yet  able  to  1*11.  aimply  la- 
eau«e  they  were  to  guess  at  it,  «n|J_8ue-»  work 
did  not  hit. 

mil  City,  N'li. 


C.  FOKXET. 


Echoealfrom  ttic  Weal. 

The  New  Voar-The  Old    Vear-Tha    Fuluro 
who  cui  t«ll? 

(rr<«i  vur  IW«^l  iv.n^iwnd'ne] 
KO.  V. 

Tun  New  Year  come«  to  every  one  at  the 
munu  lime,  like  the  tidal  wave  of  the 
0;ean,  it  wiiit»  for  no  man.  To  nome  it  may  be 
ahappy  8ca«on;lo  others,  a  Bea.oii  of  sorruw 
and  Brief.  Many,  no  doubt,  have  reached  .Ian., 
mii),  in  a  condition  (inaneially  oppre»«ive. 
But  few,  comparatively  Hpeakiuc,  can  »ay, 
"They  never  were  IjetU'r  i>r.  pared  tocomnienco 
a  New  Year.  H.-giumjig  a  N.w  Year  always 
renewa  in  our  imuda  i*e»li  lircumstances  and 
oceurrenru.  of  rurnior  New  Years,  while  some 
with  fond  recollections,  are  Ihiuking  over  the 
New  Years  of  loriner  days,  atlendiiig  Ihe  11U|.- 
tial  feast  of  some  happy  couple  just  «tarling 
out  in  life  with  bright  pio»|iects  of  many  hap- 
py days  tngelber  u«  man  and  wife,  each  cxiiccl- 
ing  to  iiii.lie  llii'  idher  bappier,  as  tiley  advance 
in  the  pathway  of  lile.  Olbers  again,  think 
of  some  brother,  sisler  or  kind  friend  whose  ri- 
maina  were  consigned  to  the  <ilent  tomb.  The 
marble  slab  with  tho  nainu  inscribed,  erected 
in  some  well-known  graveyard,  marks  his  last 
rosting  place. 

.lust  now  we  are  made  to  think  of  some 
whiHB  ]ileinrint  liu.'es  and  cheering  aniileBgreet 
od  UM  in  tlio  family  circle  uliout  one  year  ago, 
but  now  by  us  are  scon  no  more.  Among  them 
waa  one  wbci  was  well  known  to  many  of  our 
renders.  Our  chiljien  u»od  to  call  him  gr.'ul- 
grandjia.  Nearly  one  ycair  ago  be  dosed  liia 
eyesindealh,  at  the  advimccd  ago  of  eighty 
years  and  nine  days.  No  doubt  many  have  uot 
yet  forgotten  him,  esjiccially  lii»  children,  and 
many  friends  may  tliinli  of  him  as  they  enter 
tho  New  Year.  In  thinking  over  what  has  tak- 
en place  ill  tho  lost  year,  we  are  made  to  ex- 
claim, ■'  What  other  year  ejui  mark  the  time  of 
■0  many  bank  failurea  all  over  tho  world,  a" 
187H.  No  former  year  can  mark  tho  time  of 
so  much  bold  and  daring  highway  robbery. 
Many  of  tho  best  business  hou»ea  that  »tood 
the  linancial  panics  of  lormer  years,  have  also 
been  laid  low  in  the  ravishes  of  bankruptcy  in 
18TS.  Aliuont  every  periodical  records  a  num- 
ber of  crimes  and  outra(>o«.  Tho  number  ol 
suicides  and  marriage  divorces  is  also  alarm- 
ingly on  the  iiicreiLse.  May  not  tho  world,  in 
looking  back  as  she  enters  tjie  New  Year,  see 
great  room  for  inwirovenient? 

The  silver-locked  vel.vau  of  the  eros> 
»a  he  advances  under  the  banner  of  King  Je- 
ans, lighting  manfully  the  baltloa  as  a  faithful 
soldier  of  Ihe  Masler,  found  iu  1H7S,  at  least 
the  usual  aiiieunt  of  work  bir  him  to  do.  The 
faithful  luiuister  of  the  tiospel  in  tlie  time 
marked  by  18i>S,  had  a  fruitful  season  for  his 
mission.  Thousalida  have  been  made  willing  to 
como  to  Christ,  for  pardon  and  eternal  rest. 

Now  is  a  good  time  for  ministers  to  consider 
and  see  whether  they  have  done  all  they  could 
for  the  conversion  of  souls,  and  tlui  upbuilding 
of  Zion  in  tho  year  just  closed.  Have  we  at- 
tended all  Ihe  meetings  we  could,  or  did  we 
leave  some  calls  unlueded,  that  we  could  have 
filled?  If  so,  let  us  be  more  faithful  in  the 
year  we  have  just  entered. 

TO  THE  I-AITY. 

Have  j-ou  been  as  faithful  in  your  religious 
services  us  you  should  have  been?  Did  you 
newr  suffer  your  seat  to  bo  vacant  in  the  house 
of  worship,  unless  you  had  such  an  excuse  as 
God  would  accept.  Paul  says,  "  Forsake  not 
the  SBsembling  of  yourselves  together  as  the 
manner  of  some  is,  but  so  much  the  more  as 
ye  sec  the  day  approaching."  Lay  members 
sometimes  think  it  is  not  nfcessary  for  them 
to  attend  meeting  evi  ry  time.  This  is  a  mis- 
take. If  the  profes-or  betrays  a  want  of  /.eal 
in  the  cause  of  Christ,  somebody  will  accept  it 
aa  a  lawful  cause  for  making  no  profc-^sion,  and 
it  leads  to  something  in  the  church  that  will  rc- 
Bult  in  small  congrojjations.  This  tends  to  dis- 
courage the  minister,  and  brings  about  a  .eener- 
al  stasnation  in  the  cause  of  Christ,    .\gain 


Elder  David  Garlach. 

IILDKK  David  ((.■riach.  bishop  of  the  While- 
^J  n.ck  district.  Lancaster  Co.,  I'a.,  has  now 
l>,en  nearly  two  years  in  an  almost  helidess 
eondilion.  frem  |,aralysis.  On  Sunday,  Febru- 
ary U.'.lh.  1«77,  he  and  two  ministering  breth- 
ren of  other  nenominalions,  were  bidding  fun- 
oral  «.rvic<9i  in  the  Hethel  of  his  native  town 
of  Mount  Joy.  He  rose  and  commenad  to 
•peak  in  his  usual  earnest  way,  but  suddenly 
his  right  hand  dn.pfierl  by  his  side,  and  his 
spi'ccb  failed  in  an  undnished  sentence;  but  he 
retain.sl  sufficient  slrength  to  «le|)  bai^k  to  his 
seat,  which  he  kept  till  the  clote  of  the  servic- 
es, when,  by  the  aid  of  tw.i  men,  he  was  able 
to  walk  to  a  carriage,  in  which  he  wa»  taken  to 
his  house. 

IIU  whole  side  was  now  paralyiwd,  and  be 
,-ould  n<.  longer  speak  so  as  to  be  underitood; 
out  he  etmtinu.'d  to  lie  conscious.  Iu  a  few 
days  his  speech  commenced  to  improve,  and 
his  leg  to  gain  a  liltle  power;  and  after  many 
weeks  confinement  to  bed,  he  was  agiiin  able 
to  walk  and  to  speak  some.  Oraduallj  he 
g.iin.sl  strenglb  till  he  could  walk  out.  and  even 
to  be  taken  to  a  funeral  and  several  meetings; 
but  he  never  since  was  able  to  preach,  or  even 
to  bold  a  lonK  conversation. 

Next,  he  was  alllirted  with  a  sort  of  muscular 
spasms,  which  came  over  him  rather  suddenly, 
and  several  times  rendered  him  for  some  hours 
unconscious.  Those  spells  greatly  reduced  his 
strength,  and  niailo  him  nervous.  It  is  almost 
tha'O  months  since  ho  had  the  last  severe  at 
tiuik,  and  thus  far  he  has  been  pretty  comfort- 
able during  the  Winter.  He  call  go  about  in 
the  house  and  speak  with  the  friends  that  come 
to8cehim;and  when  Ihe  weather  is  fair,  he 
can  generally  walk  out  into  theyard. 

Sisler  Uerlocli  hiul  been  quite  unwell  for 
smne  time  before  her  husband's  nIHiction    come 

|ion  him;  and  ever  since  she  has  been  almost 
as  helpless  as  be,  although  there  are  very 
few  days  that  she  is  not  able  to  go  about  the 
house.  She  is  very  weak,  and  in  llesh  she  is 
very  much  wasted,  and  her  eyesight  is  bad. 
ll.r  affliction  isdiaease  of  the  kidneys.  They 
do  ni't  suffer  much  acute  physical  pain;  but 
neither  can  nurse  the  other,  while  both  need 
kind  hands  to  take  care  of  them,  which  they 
have  iu  her  sister's  duughter  and  her  husband, 
with  whom  they  live.  Days  and  nights  often 
grow  long;  but  feeling  the  assurance  "  That 
all  things  work  together  for  good  that  love 
(Jod,"  they  are  not  without  comfort. 

J,  II.  Hoi'I'Bn. 

Mnuiii  Joij,  i'n.,jii«.  all,  ims. 


NV«  weleave  the  work  in  the  hands  of  the 
I,„d  h-lieving  Ihat  I'aul  may  plant  and  ipol 
1„  may  water,  but  Ood  must  give  th"""***; 
May  the  l.orf  ever  keep  His  chosen  Israel  m 
the  grssl  eld  path.  i>  mv  prayer. 

*  A.  K.  Baowx. 

Ijk,  H/lh.  IKiS. 

The  Bourbon  College. 

rrO  the  Brethren  of  the  Northero  District  of 
I  In.'iana;  As  I  wish  to  close  op  the  Bour- 
bon College  matter.  I  would  like  for  the  con- 
gregations composing  said  district,  to  pay  up 
their  quotoas  laid  upon  them  by  the  committee 
a,  soon  ».  possible,  and  also  all  individual 
brethn^n  who  are  able  to  do  so,  as  I  wish  to 
get  relieved  of  the  bdrden  as  soon  as  I   can. 

Send  all  monies  to  the  undersigned  at  Mi  - 
ford.  Ko-ciusko  county,  Ind.  Send  by  draft, 
exi>ress.  ..r  post-ollice  onlers. 

'  Jons  AuN-OLO. 


■^nsiness  tlcjjarlmtnl. 


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p"&>gU«J2-J5.   ..l>Tfouii«ll»»    ■.«AM«'nI5o 
ttlM        S  J  n"niS»r<lu"  1  "f -■  ■ "    "   Oiimlinoiif   -    , 

n-Kicj-sixi  .--B  H*^'''^'"'"*''"' '^^  •  •""  ^^''^  '* 

Uy:m.n  1 «-....  A  C'«tgrT  16  V.. . .  J  J  W«tl.m«.,  i  ;  , 
ISO  .AM.-JKSl'O...  0»»  K»r""  *  00  L.ml«*  n 
To.inMl3M....J  AriLUifRcraip  «'i"l-1  Ttf.ni,.  1  , 
^00  M  BnimWtujti  I  eo  .  .J  J  Bowman  .1  W  C  M,i 
SIinUM">"B'"l»>  ■J^^'^'"'""^'  ■  ''■  "  """'^  '■  - 
3r„d«lli;l  ..  Thom«  Do^-'r  '  M- 

POOR  FUND. 


..ij  I  v* 


hail  I  Ul 


,1  tho  ffllU  City  cburoli.  Nebrn^kft,  Jnn-  8'h. 
Sclrow.  daughter  of  brother 
N*<irow.  ngeJ  6  yeirs,  5  mon' 
awl  21  ''"y-  Dis*"»'  mcmbrnnoua  oroiip.  com 
with  i1i]<hthcriii. 
2SttM.  I2:lfl. 
STOVER -In  IheOftkUndcbursh.  Dark  Co..  Ohio.  Nov 
22n.).  I87S.  hrolher  Dftvi-I  Slovcr,  Ogcd  S7  ycnrS,  9 
nionDi*  ftnil  '^^  dnj». 
tT.AMI'TnN -In  ihP  Mine  church  (ind  same  dny.  Lilm. 
nof  fri<!ii'iChnrlesCrnn.plon.ftH  21  years, 
Fuueiiil  hy  thebrotbrcD. 

Emakukl  Hooveu. 
I'KPPI.Y. -December  17ih.  1878.  of  dropsy,  sister  Phobe 
Pcffly.wifeof  Dnnicl  Polfly. 

On  hor  death  bed  she  fell  to  come 
10  Ibi 


compnn 

4  oioiitlwoid  Ifldoya. 


lo  Christ.  n.n>l  her 
wi«ho.  ««ro  lo  go  10  tbc  wftler,  wbioh  wa.some  ditilauec 
from  iU  h.mso.  and  w*«  complied  «itb.  After  be.ng  -- 
incr»ed  -ho  eipiesscd  herself  as  ivivnl; 
Gotl.bui 


lo  serve  her 
Bhc   dying    the   ne»t   d.iy 
J.  L,  Whitkiik*!'. 


short, 

FHOernl  by  Ihe  brelbron. 

In  IhoTurkcy-eroek  congregation,  Elkhnrt  Co,, 

:'c.  2.1rd.  1878.  Mend  Andrew    Blily.   aged   40 

years,  8  nionlhs  and  21  days. 

nUKTER  —In  the  ttnme  district.  Dee.  l26tb     1878,  Owen 
■  —   ■  Fuueml 


HLILY.- 
Ind..  i: 


fun.1,  llml  1 
bell.ln((ln>i 


i,aiii)<loii>)Ud  in  ll>pp 
111,  flnrk  cuuoly,  0  . 


SS  MolilPt,Onrn»liii.  ".. 

..I(.linwn<-.:i,i.ii    M- 

HWic,  MnmliBll  ■.""'■'-■  ^^   ^  ■' 

D  WhsWiiiu.  Jii'k"^"  '  """I.'.  "•■  >■■■'" 

0  W  II''Hp,         " 

D  XolT.  filmnl  cumitj.  llllocl. 

D  L  VnliTiMtlKii,  Dfiiry  counlj,  M 

Jul.n  WnU*.  StdpliiJiiwn  rouulv,  HI 

L  liiilT.  SahW  eoiiiily.  Il"l 

ProTlouil)  report«I 

Tiilnl  mcplvi"! 

PArKRS  SENT  TO  THE  I'OOlt.  —  Bulow  wi>  nrliB-.wlrt,„  ■ 
wiKV  lo  wsi-K  lb"  iionibot  o{  pnww  wnt  te  -  •  - 
Inilliil*  only)  aiul  I»1<1  for  out  of  " 

lar  a  J«t  tor  Hio  papor ; 
Win  T  Cliirk  county,  Ohio — 
S  SI,  Ki'iipMit       '.         "    — 
J  K,       •'  ■  "         " 

J  G,  B.Bvrr  Dom  rounlj-,  Oliit 
8  0,  Umn  c.iiinty,  Obi"  ' 
H  8,  WoiTpnalmrg  wun.y.  Ohi 

A  F.  Jcw'll  tlly.  Ki"i 

JW,Ai>1.ln..J,0f.K.n 

A  n, 

EC,  rnnMlUniiiill,  ■" 


■oftin.1,  diiirglng|.m..ii.' 


From  the  Silver  Creek  Church, 
William  Co.,  Ind. 

]),,„■  Ihilltrar.— 

I)KUMIT  me  to  aity  to  your  many  readers  of 
till'  Hkkthkks  at  Work  tlint  the  arli  of 
the  Lord  is  moving  iilong  slowly  in  our  church. 
It  hiiving  pleased  the  Giverof  all  things,  to  en- 
able us  to  build  a  liirge  and  commodious  house, 
whicli  was  dedicated  ou  the  lat  of  December. 
The  ministers  present  were  J.  C.  Rosenberger 
and  elder  John  Brown.  Tho  meeting  continu- 
ed one  week,  iu  which  time  we  held  our  Com- 
munion. It  was  a  happy  meeliug  to  .-ill, 
to  comuiemorute  the  broken  body,  and 
shed  blood  of  our  dear  Itedeemer,  whose 
example  of  feet-wnshing  we  celebrated,  by  the 
single  mode. 

As  thp  meetings  progressed,  wo  were  made 
to  rejoice  at  the  wilinguess  of  six  precious 
souls  coming  out  on  the  Lord's  side,  willing  to 
leuve  all  and  follow  him.  We  think  from  the 
interest  luanilcsted,  that  there  are  others  who 
are  almost  persuaded  to  lecome  Christiuus. 

Ou  the  mth,  brother  Rosenberger  came  to 
labor  with  us  again,  holding  three  meetings  at 
the  Primrose  meeting-house,  and  five  at  the 
new  meeting-house;  then  going  thirteen  miles 
West  to  Ihe  Presbyterian  meeting-house,  and 
preached  nine  sermons. 


.  ogcdU  years  5  luonlhs  and  26  days 
by   brother  John  n.  Miller  and  writer. 

OKYEK.— 1»  tlic  same  oongregation,  Jan.  "ih,  I^jI', 
brother  Gabriel  Goyor.  aged  IU  ymr^.  10  months  and 
6  days  Fimcral  discourse  by  the  brethren,  from  the. 
UtlorcliiuNeof  Ihe  1st  Terse  of  Ihe  20lh  chapter  oVi 
Kings.  Da«<ei.Wvso.vo. 

COY— In  Solomon's  Creek  congregation,  Elkhart  Co  , 
Ind,.  Dfe.  yard,  1878,  tillimsn  Coy,  son  of  brother 
Duvid  nnd  Msler  Lovinn  Coy.  nged  17  years.  7  monlhs 
and  6  days.    FuncniV  by  the  writer  and  D.  Yonti. 

Jkssr  Calvbrt. 

FRANTK.— In  llicliognnolnircb.  Logan  Co..  Ohio,  Nov. 
■22na  1878.  sister  Abby,  wife  of  elder  Al.rara  Frant/.. 
who  preceded  her  to  the  aplritUnd  a  liitlc  over  four 
years,  aged  7-3  years,  fl  monlhs  and  25  days,  Funeiiil 
by  J.  N.  Knuffman,  from  2  Tim.  4;  0, 7  and  6. 

A.Mii.i.Ka. 

URUMBAUOn.— Sialer  Dorinda  Brumbangh,  wife  of 
friend  George  UnimUugli,  ngod  88  years,  II  months 
and  2^  diiys.  Funeriil  acrvioee  by  the  brethren,  from 
1  Peter  1:  2-1  and 25.  -T-  H.  Millkk. 

FRAZlMIt,— In  Union  Center  district,  Jan.  1st,  1879,  sis- 
toe  Sal..ma  Fraiier.  wife  of  brother  S.  Frazier,  iu  the 
2'.ith  year  of  hor  ago.  F,  Amii.kjiyek. 

KUU'.— In  Iho  Springflold  ohuroli,  Eaton  Co.,  Mich,, 
Nov.  Ilth,  187fi,ofdiijlitlieria,FftnnvElij!abeih,  daugh- 
ter of  brother  Samuel  and  sister  Munmda  Kulp,  aged 
4  years,  »  months  and  21  dnys.  Funeral  by  brother 
Hcnjatuin  Fryfoglo  nnd  llie  writer,  from  Mark  10;  l-V 
1(5  I.  N,  Mii.LKii. 

IlOllSK.— In  the  Hock  Kuu  church,  fioshcn,  Ind.,  Dec. 
;51i.t.  1ST8,  sisler  Mttlinda,  wife  of  Jacob  Home,  aged 
20ycurH.  2  mouthe  and  21  dny«. 

Samuii.  ]J.  Ci  1.1.1-11. 

SMITH.— In  the  Cedar  Ijike  church,    Dekalb   Cn.,    ind,, 
Dec.  2"d,  1878,   brother  Snmuel   H.  Smith,   aged    C8 
years,  10  months  and  4  days.     Funeral  hy  Jumca  Uar- 
ton  nnd  George  Rufnor, 
IlUSS.-Ncar  UoUidnyftburg.    IJlair   Co.,  I'a,.    Notrmber 
7th,  1878,  Miss  Alice  Unsa.  in  her  21  si  year  of  licr  age. 
Slic  (nlTeredmuch  ilnce  )ni.t  January,  but  bore  it  all 
without  Dmrmuring.    One   week   pravious  to  her  death 
rho  was  confined  lo  her  bed  but  unable  to  lie  down.  Fun- 
eral aervicos  at  the  lirolhren's    meeting-house,    by   Mr. 
Dcmoycr,  Melhodinl,  uf  which  she  was  a  member,  assist- 
ed by  broiher  liticc  Sell,  after  wliioh  her   rcmaius    were 
)i1iiccd  besides  lho»e  of  her  little  etstcr  in  Ihe  Urolhren's 
graveyard,  Emii.v  U.  STiiLtn. 


grtMtlylx 


OUTSIDERS    FUND. 
1  ihoumndi,  not  nipnilHT*  of  ilis  church,  who  mii 
iHIoJ  I'J  iciuUuB  ihi  !liiniifti:»  \t  Wouk  durlnt  ih. a 
„„ .lor-nrh  (wroaiijf  of  tlil-  cIm*  ni  iwnlble.  w.  »«!■ 

S'vHii'th'lnk  ^ulJ  r«id  lind  Bii|>r«clnto  tho  i-ii«.r.  jurf  m  -Ul  ou 
onlor  tlium  In  a  liooli.  ^  ''■^"V  '^"iiie  In,  and  ("iiil  thpin  the  \M>t , 
„  ll«  nion.;y  can  ho  mi.ed  to  my  for  It.  churcl.ig  l.ul  on*  dolfu. 
Sn.,1.  nU  oor  lemlort  will  mako  dimi.llt.Hi  It.  Ihl.  HiuJ,  nnd  tbu. 
D.  lo  do  •  |P>w)  work  smonK  Ihow  vrhoM  n«iiiM  may  bs  forwl* 
mi^i,  -ending  money  for  thin  vurf^f.  nlwayi  ilatr  dUlintllj  1),. 

'"Mo^w^Mknowlodgo,  from  wook  to  weak,  *ll  dousllOM  r^ 
and  fwiior*  sont  out: 


PAeEBS  SKNT  TO  OUTSIDKHS,— Tho  fonowlOKa* 
pl»c«l  un  our  li«t.  ■H'l  ^<1 1°'  •>"'  "f  ""^  *"**•  '""* 

M  Hunl,  Mt.  Cnrnill,  I" ■   ■  • 

Provluusly  roi«vt«d 

Ti/lal 
Torwiird  un  Ihe  niim-a  n 

&Dd  do  nut  furgot  lo  doiml 


S&ilroad  SennOB. — Just  Ibe  thing  for  Invellers  from 
tnrlh  to  hiiiven.  By  J.  S.  Mohler.  A  neatly  jirinled 
triu'i  of  I'i  pages.  It  should  be  purchased  by  the 
hiiudrcdo  and  distributed  in  all  the  railronil  stations  in 
the  land,  I'lico.  3  copies,  10  cen  8;  \'i  copies,  'ii) 
cents  ;   100  copies,  r2.00. 

BlMUal  intUultles.-y  Dr.  John  Nevin.  W«  know 
no  work,  intendrd  to  enlighten  the  reader  on  Bible 
customs,  etc.,  llmt  we  con  recommend  lo  all  ible  ro  ad- 
era  more  oheerf\ilIy  than  this  volume.  It  should  be  in 
every  library.     12nio,  Cloth,  1,60. 


Sabb&tlsm.  — Ry   M-   >•■  E^belman.    10  pagM,  pri. 
conls.  20  copies  $1   00,     Treals  the  SaWmlh  q-i' 
briefly  showing  that  the  observance  of  the  8e»wii'JJ 
Sabhalh  passed  away  wilh  all  otlier  Jewish  dnp   " 
Ihivt  Ihe  '•  first  day  of  Ihe  week,"  is  the  preftirrt-  ^} 
for  Clirislians  to  assemble  in  worship. 

Th9  Pillar  of  riru;  or,    Israel  in  Hondage^-Bemg 
count  of  the  Wuiulcrfiil  t^ccnes  in  tho  Life  of  im 
Pharaoh's  Daughter  (Mose.l,  Togelher  witb  P.c 'if 
Sketches  of  tho  Hebrews  uuder  their  Task-mMltr- 
Bev.  J.  H.  Ingraham.  LI-  D..  author  of  '■Pni" 
House   of    David."     Liirge  12nio,  Cloth,  W*l- 

Campbell  and  Owen  Debate,  -'■^"'"'■''''?  ""*?'"! 

lion  nf  ilie  Social  System,  and  all  Ihe  sysleuiMl-'^ 
ici-m,  nn.-itni  nnd  mo.lein.     Comrb'ie  in  o'" 

Tbis  will  always  remain  a  leading  workonlln'" 
of  Chrisiirinily,     Jl.'-'i. 

PasMTer  and  lord's  .Sappor.--By  J-  w.Be*r  ^ 
work  of  great   merit,  and  should  be  >"  '"*  ",     ^ 
every  person,   who   Wishes  to   ihorougbly  umi     -j 
this  subject.     Bound    in  good  cloth  ;  268  ?"!!« 
75  cents. 

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ly  i-riutcd  oil  good  papier,  ready  to  nil  o"  . 
catc  ntlachod  and  all  well  bound  together  m  n^ 
form,  BomewhiU  after  Ihe  .lyle  of  blank  notr  w 
One  of  Ihese  books  should  he  in  "'«  """^V'    „,  d 
then,    when  a  member  calls  for  o  w      ^ 


nd  handed 
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one  of  these  c;>n  be  tilled  oiil.    signed   by 
cut  off  from  Ihe  duplicate  a 
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Piissencers  for  (^lilciiiro  slioiiltlje^iv    ^^^^^ 
1-2:21  I*.  M.;iiin  totl.e  W.st-  "'        " 

here  tlii-y  iiecil  wait  l...'  n  .  -  "":''' "  ,^^|  (^ 
ciigo.  Milwatikee  ami  --i    i   '  '■  i  '    ';'"^r:ii 
tlius  rciich  Cliicagii  :i'  '■   '"'  ''"   ~"''i-t    W-. 
reiicli  l,;Lit:ti'k  from  CIium-^'i  .  ^"  \"     _„j  - 
pot.tiiK"  the   Chi.^iiKo.  Mtlvvaiik.;e  ■»     „  , 
Iiitiii  lit  live  111  the  evenini:;  nm  -^"'''  ^j  .irt 
U..lunction.cliangec!ir3  for  J-nii.trfc. 
heio  lit  22il  in  the  morning- 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 

"Behold  I  Bring   You  Good  Tidings  of  Oreaf  Joy,  which  Shall  he  to  All  I^ople."  —  Lvkx  2:  10. 


vol.  IV. 


Lanark,  111.,  January  30, 1879. 


No.  5. 


SDItEC  ABD  POBLISHBD  WBBKLT 
MOORE    &    M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 
SPECIAL  CONTRIBDTORS: 

_,.---        LADOGA.  IXD. 
KILL-    '  _      .      .      ,       ITEWTONIA,  MO. 


4.  LEAB, 


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WAYNESBORO,  PA. 

-  UHBANA,    ILL. 


'jIecONTENTSVOL.^,  NO.  5. 

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'"       1 1  nrdci-— M-  M.  Eslielmira. ...... .. . 

Tl"'      ;  ,.r  iml  McCoinicU  Ucljate  Agiim. 
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HiM.ri  iiclmliv— Di'iiis   (^laik 

Lii'sUmL-,  Tenn. — I,  U.  I'eiice 

£1,1  U>1'<.-11'-  '■«-.  Kan.-s.  D.  Jleniker 

VCiHi'iB— E-  L-  Laurence  .. . 
Xiie  I  iii.liiin.— Delia  St  itanuiii 

SELF.ITE1): 

laltNiV-Cliiistiaii  Cvii'-'sun-  ■  -     -- 

SPRINKLING   AND   POURING 
PUT  TO  THE  TEST. 


it  receives  no  knowledge,  ju3t  as  the  ejes  re- 
ceive no  light. 

Here,  then,  we  see  that  the  discussion  does  not 
assist  one  side  to  see  trutli  on  the  other;  hence, 
the  sides  are  not  brought  any  ntarer  toeether. 
But  now  let  u9  see  how  the  sides  are  separated 
farther,  and  more  firmly  established  in  previous- 
ly adopteil  notions.  While  no  truth  is  heard 
in  the  discussion  which  opposes  them,  all  truth 
Inch  seems  to  lavor  them,  is  received;  and  all 
truth  which  aeems  agaiDst  their  opponents,  is 
also  received.  Hence  in  the  discussion  of  a  sub- 
ject, each  side  gets  additional  evideoce  in  favor 
nf,  and  none  against  its  previously  adopted  no- 
tions. It  also,  gets  aditional  evidence,  against, 
and  none  in  favor  of  the  notions  of  the  opposite 
side,  thereby  separating  the  sides  further  and 
giving  them  increased  confidence  iu  previously 
adopted  notions. 

If  people  will,  they  can  bury  their  understand- 
ing and  it  cn»Ho/ be  reached  by  either  knowl- 
edge or  reason,  and  there  are,  by  far,  too  many 
professors  of  the  religion  of  Jesus  Christ,  who 
dn  this  very  thing.  They  are  the  cause  of  nine- 
tenths  of  all  the  infidels,  skeptics,  and  scoffers 
that  have  ever  defamed  the  name  of  God.  I  de- 
sire so  to  impiess  this  truth  npun  your  mind 
that  it  may  never  be  erased.  Disregard  it  and 
you  lock  yourself  in  the  prison-house  of  heath- 
enism. You  make  yourself  lower,  more  degrad- 
ed and  more  debased  thau  the  vilest  reptile 
that  creeps  upon  the  earth;  for  it  is  tvhat  it  is 
because  it  was  so  miiiie,  but  you  are  so,  because 
j  you  ivish  to  be. 

1  now  invite  your  attention — I  beg  of  you  to 
open  your  understanding,  that  you  may  receive 
the  truth— or  perchance  I  should  be  .  mistaken 
that  you  nii^  see  it  clearly,  and  having  seen  it, 
that  you  will  be  as  desirous  of  eradicating   it 


BAPTISM  has  probably  caused  more  strife 
iiiid  coutentioa  among  professors  of 
Christiiinity  thau  any  other  subject  contained 
itheBible;andit  seems  that  the  more  it  has 
been  tontesti^d.  the  farther  the  parties  have 
been  separated,  and  the  more  Jirmly  they  have 
ustablished  iu  previously  adopted  notions. 
Strau^eas  this  seems  to  be,  it  is,  nevertheless^ 
1  *ad  and  well  known  truth. 

When  alt  fully  understand  u  subject,  they 
iTj,w— their  thoughts  are  all  the  same.  If 
nen  always  agree  when  they  understand  a  sub- 
ject, what  nunt  be  the  conclusion  when  they 
tl'mgree^  Evidently  it  is,  that  they  do  not  all 
imlersffiiid  it. 

Wpll.now.  if  people  would  think  >s(  alike^ 
if  they  ail  /'«//</  understood  a  subject,  would  they 
not  think  more  and  more  alike  as  they 
increased  in  knowledge  concerning  it?"  Yes; 
4S  our  knowledge  increases,  so  our  minds 
!iil  tlioiights  and  faith  should  become  the  same. 

"You  said  the  more  peopU-  discussed  baptism, 
tbe  more  they  disagreed,  are  we  to  infer,  then, 
tliat  the  more  people  study,  investigate  and  dis- 
cus it,  the  less  they  will  hwiv  aliout  it?"  No; 
we  think  the  more  ppople  study,  investigate 
aud  discuss  a  subject,  the  Ni"/*e  they  will  know 
ribout  it, 

'Well,  then,  if  the  more  we  know  on  asubject, 
Ihe  less  we  disagree,  and  the  more  we  discuii  a 
subject,  tlie  more  we  shall  know,  why  is  it 
that  the  more  wc  discuss,  the  move  we  disagree?" 
The  reason  why  people  are  not  more  united  by 
aiiciiHsing  a  tjuestion,  is.  because  ihey  do  not 
^^cuis  to /car/1.  Each  side  thinks  it  already 
"«Ube  truth,  and  expects  in  the  discussion. 
net  to  bo  taught,  but  to  teach.  Bach  side  --loses 
it'urider-ttaudiug  to  what  the  opposite  shall  say, 
Just  as  we  close  our  eyes,  and  of  course,  with 
the  understanding  closed,  like  the  eyes  closed, 


from  my  mind,  as  I  have  been  iind  am,  of  ini 
parting  it  to  you.  I  desire  that  ynu  give  me 
your  undivided  attention.  I  do  not  wish  you 
to  argue  in  your  mind,  as  I  proceed,  nor  to 
think  of  anything  else  than  just  what  I  say, 
that  you 'may  know,  when  lam  thmugh.  just 
what  1  have  taught  and  what  I  believe.  The 
reii'^on  why  some  pupils  do  not  understand  a 
teacher's  explanation,  is,  because  they  do  not 
concentrate  their  H'/io/e  minds  upon  just  what 
the  teacher  says.  They  think  nf  something  at 
home,  their  friends,  their  clothes,  their  books, 
the  room,  the  weather  and  a  thousand  other 
things  which  only  they  and  the  Lord  know. 
Althou^lh  their  minds  leave  the  explanation  on- 
ly long  enough  to  losC  one  word,  that  is  one 
link  out  of  the  chain  of  reasoning,  and  that 
chain  that  was  binding  all  the  facts  of  the  sub- 
ject together,  making  it  a  simple  unit,  falls  to 
the  ground,  and  the  subject  scattere,  divides 
and  mystefles  before  the  mind  of  the  pupil  un- 
til it  is  plunged  iu  midnight  mental  darkness. 
You  may  have  wearied  of  thislong  introduc- 
tion, but  I  feel  assured  that  if  I  have  succeed- 
ed in  convincing  you  of  the  truths  contained 
in  it  that  I  have  done  more  for  you,  than  all 
the  teachers  you  have  ever  had.  Hoping  then 
that  you  are  willing  to  learu,  that  you  arc  open 
to  conviction,  that  you  will  give  your  whole  at- 
tention, that  you  will  not  argue  in  your  minds 
iind  that  you  will  think  of  nothing  while  I  am 
talking,  but  what  I  say,  1  shall  proceed  to  give 
iiii  explanation  of  the  mods  of  baptism,  taught 
in  the  language  of  the  commission,  which  reads, 
"baptizing  them  in  the  name  of  the  Father, 
and  of  the  Son.  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost."  1 
think  lean  expliiin  this  language  so  that  no 
one  will  be  left  in  doubt  a^  to  whether  or  nut 
it  teaches  pouring  or  sprinkling. 

Every  sect,  so  t.ir  as  I  know,  believes,  in  ad- 
ministering baptism,  it  is  safe  to  do  as  this  lan- 
guage teaches.  However,  it  is  understood  to 
teach  no  le.i3  th;in  six  dijferent  ways,  viz:  Bv 
sprinkling  or  pouring  on  dry  laud,  by  spriiik- 
ling  or  pouring  in  water,  and  by   forward  and 


the  Fath#r,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of   the  Holy 
Ghoat."     I  now  repent  that  this   Umyuayr   Is 
conceded    by     all    Ohrintians  to    be    correct. 
One  thing  is  self-evident,  that  ia,  the  language 
is    not    authority    for  si.c    modes  of    haytism 
Christ  was    not  baptized  six  times — six    wayp. 
He  taught  all   one   way.     Paul,     the     inspired 
writer,     says,    "  one    Lord,     one     faith,     ONB 
BAiTlSM."     But  some  who  profess  to  be  follow- 
ei-3  of  Christ,  say,  there  are   as  many  bnpfiams 
as   the   people   want.     They  regard  sprinkling 
■^nd  pouring  on  dry  land  or  iu  the   wiiter,   Hin- 
gle  or  trine  immei-siou.  each,  as  Gospel  baptism. 
But  as  we  prefer  the  word  of  the  Lord  to  the 
opinions  of  men,  we  ask  which  of  the  sis  differ- 
ent modes  is   the   "  one  baptism,"    which    Paul 
exhorts  us  to  adoot  and  jiractice. 

To  learn  the    mode   taught,   we    must  know 
what  wordexpressesthe  act.  and  what  it  means. 
We  all  agree  that  "  baptize"  is  the  word  which 
expresses  the  act*  to  be  performed,  but  wc  do 
not  agree  as  to  what  the  word  means.    Some 
say  it  means  to  sprinkle   only;  others  say   it 
uieans  to  immerse  only;   others  say   it  means 
each  way.     Long   sermons   and    lectures   have 
been  delivered  in  favor  of  each  delinition.    Men 
of  most  extensive  learning  have   written   hun- 
dreds of  pages  to  prove,   each,    his  own  way  to 
be  correct.      It  is  therefore    useless   for  us  to 
spend  time  disputing   on    the    meaning  of  the 
word.    We  will  try  each  nuauiug  in  the  sen- 
tence, and  if  all  make   equally    good  sense,  we 
shall  say,  that  all  are  etjually  correct.    But  if 
oue  meaning  does  not  make  good  sense,  teaches 
an  absurdity,  of  course  we  shall  cast  that  aside 
as  spurious.     If  only  one  meaning  can  be    used 
without  destroying    the   sense  and  pur^jose  of 
the  pasange„then  it    is  evident   that   onlv  one 
meaning  is  correct.    If  baptize   mean  sprinkle, 
then  no  living  person,  of  any  age,  of  any    col- 
or, in  any  church,  in  any  country,  has  ever 
been  baptized.     U  baptize  mean  sprinkle,  then 
we  can  insert  "sprinkle"  for  the  original  word, 
and  not   change    the   thought  expre.ssed.      .\. 
Campbell    says,    "The    prspir   definition  of  a 
term  substituted  for  it  will  always  make  as  good 
sense  as  the  term  itsell.    This  is  an   infallible 
canon   of  interpretation."       Substituting   the 
word  "■sprinkle"  for  the  word  "  baptize,"   the 
lauguage  is,  "  I  sprinkle   thee   in    the  name  of 
the  Father,   and    of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy 
Ghost."     The  language  now  is  in  the    most  fa- 
vorable form  it  is   possible  to  put  it  to  prove 
that  sprinkling  is  baptism,  and  if  it  cannot  be 
supported  when  we  have  done   this,    it   follows 
that  it  is  false— not  based  upon  fact,  and  should 


ceiving  or  being  baptized. 

L. — What!  is  the  man   who  gets  baptized, 
(sprinkled)  scattered  in  snialldrops  or  particle*? 
S. — No;  it  is  the    uater  that   is  sprinkled — 
scattered  in  small  drops  or  particles. 

L — Then  it  is    not   the    man   you   sprinkled 
(baptized),  but  the  irafer,  ia  it? 

S. — No; — We — we— wi-  s.irinkb-   a  man  just 
like  we  sprinkle  a  floor. 

L.— O.that   way!— sprinkle  a  n>ftu.  just  like 
we  do  a  floor,  do  youP 

S. — Yes;  we  do  it  just  that  way. 
L.— Well,  how  do  you  sprinkle  a  tloor? 
S. — Why  wo  sprinkle  water  or  sa-id  upon  it. 
L. — But  did  you  not  say   you   sprinkled   the 
tloor? 

S.— Yes,  I  did. 

L.— Then,  why  do  you  talk  about  ►priukling 
"water"    and   "sand?"     If  you  sprinkled    the 
'foor,     will  you  plea.M>  tell  me  hotv  vou  did  it? 
S.— We  do  not  sprinkle  the  //oor,  we  sprink- 
le water  and  aand  upon  the  floor. 

L.— You  say  now  that  you  do  not  Hprinkle 
the  floor,  but  did  you  nut  say  awhile  ago  that 
you  did  sprinkle  the  floor? 

S. — Yes.  I  said  so;  but  1  *v  now  that  I  was 
mistaken.  U  is  water  and  ■■'and  we  sprinkle, 
and  not  the_//ooc 

L, — You  said  you  sprinkled  (baptized)  a  nutn 
just  like  you  sprinkled  njlinr,  and  now  you  say 
you  don't  sprinkle  the  floor,  but  the  water  aJid 
sand,  do  you  mean  by  that  that  you  do  not 
sprinkle  (baptize)  the  man,  but  the  water? 

S.— Well— 1— I  aiH-  1  have  got  mixed  up  on 
this.    The  only  way  in  which  a  man  could  bt 
sprinkled,  that  I  see.  would  be  to  put  him  in  a  . 
dry  house  and  k*eephini  thf^e  until  there  wouhl 
be  nothing  left  of  him  but  dry  bones  and  flesh. 
Then  he  could  be  grated  fine,  like  we  graU  nat- 
megx,  and  after  being  grated  he  could  be  sprink- 
led, (scattered  in  small  pm  tides),  in    the   name 
of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy 
Ghost.     In  this  wa/  it  in  simple,  plain  and  eiwy 
to  see  how  a  man  can  be  sprinkkd,  but  I  see 
now  that  that  is  the  only  way  it  is  pos.-^ible  to 
do  it  and   obey    the   langu.ige    used.     But  I  do 
not  see  what  benefit   baptism    can    be   to  dead 
nion— to  men  who  havi*  returned  to  dust,  and  1 
do  not  see  what  \m-   dead   men  could   be   to  a 
church,— baptism  is  for  liriiiy  men.    A  liviko 
HAS  CANNOT  UB  ti'MiSKLKi).  therefore  no  living 
man  ever  has  been  sprinkled.     I  now  see  very 
clearly  that  sprinkling  water  upon  n  man  is  not 
sprinkling  the  man.  and  if  baptize  mean  sprink- 
le, I  see  clearly,  tuo,   that    I  have   never   been 
been  sprinkled,  it 


l,e  abuudooed  by  every  lover  of  truth,   l,o,«»ty    I'^pW'A   lor   /J""™   ..ever  1 

'  was  only  liairr  that  WM  sprinkled,     ho  .1    bap- 

tize mea.i  sprinkle,  it  wk  not   I  that  was  bap- 


and  holiness.  All  who  desire,  or  have  had  wa- 
ter sprinkled  upon  them  for  baptism,  admit  in 
thai  the  necessity  of  being  baptized.  It  makes 
no  difference  what  baptism  is  for — whether  it 
is  a  condition  of  salvation  or  whether  it  is  a  du- 
ty which  the  pardoned,  or  saved  of  God,  must 
perform.  So  If  I  can  show  that  no  living  p.  r- 
son  has  ever  been  baptized,  |if  baptize  mean 
sprinkle),  I  shall  expect  all  who  love  the  truth 
and  try  to  obey  it,  to  proceed  at  ame  to  be  bap- 
tized. 

Let  US  hear  the  la.iguage  once  more;  '"  I 
sprinkle  thee  in  the  name  of  the  Father,  and 
of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost."  I.,  lul- 
niiuistering  baptis.n  by  sprinkling,  it  is  intend- 
ed to  be  done  precisely  mtl.is  language  teaches. 
Wu  shall  examine  it,  therefore,  a..d  «ec  what  it 
does  teach— see  v»hether  it  teaches  what  is  done 
by  those  who  believe  baptize  means  sprinkle, 
p.,  that  sprinkling  is  baptism. 

Learner.— What  is  it  that  spriukles? 
Sl.ri.iklcr.— It  is  "  1,  /.  <■,  the  minister. 
L.— What  does  the  .ni..i»ter  do? 
S.— Ho  "sprinkles." 
L— What  does  "sprinkle"  mean? 
S.— Webster    says    it    means    lo  scatter  in 
small  drops  or  particles. 
1,  _WhBt  is  it  that  is  to  be  sprinkled— .scat- 


bickward  immersion  in  water. 

The  language  used  by  the  person  administer-    tered  in  small  drops  or  particles.- 
in6b.ptis;,il"!bapt:z.  thee  i.  t:.e  a«n.  of  I     S.-Il  i»  "  thee"  ,.  ...    the   man   who 


tizcd,  but  the  iniler.  A.id  whether  baptism  is 
for  the  remisssion  of  sins,  or  not,  I  thought  it 
was  necessary  to  he  baptized  when  1  had  water 
sprinkled  upo.i  me,  and  now  since  I  see  very 
clearly  that  I  was  mistake..,  that  I  wasnot  bap- 
tized, and  have  not  been  baptiz-d  yet,  1  want 
»ou'  to  bo  baptized  as  .nuch  as  I  did  wheji  I 
hiul  water  sprinkled  upon  me. 

Examine  "pouring"  by  the  same  rule,  and  .t 
is  see.,  to  be  eciually  absurd,  and.  therefore,  un- 
scriptural.  Only  li'iuids.  and  matter  in  flue 
particles,  can  be  poured.  Ueh.re  a  intli.  could 
be  poured,  he  would  have  lo  be  reduced  lo  a 
liquid,  or  to  dusi.  The  only  way  in  which  he 
could  be  poured  would  be  to  put  him  in  a  ves- 
sel and  iiirlt  him  like  we  do  lead. 

Hut  now  try  the  wonl  ./i;i/<iny  and  sec  how 
clear,  sensible  and  eitsy  it  would  be  to  obey  the 
command.  "  Dipping  then  in  the  name  of  the 
K.ither.  and  of  theSou.aud  of  the  Holy  Ghost" 
Could  language  be  more  eoniplet<-,  lucid  and 
,K,8itive?  Surely  "the  way  of  transgressors  is 
hard."  

Were  the  Christian  perfect,  he  would  still  b 
subject  to  atHiotion,  owing  lo  the  state  of  th 
.world  around  him.  Indwelling  sin,  therefore, 
not  certainly  the  nieiusure  of  our  tribulation. 


THjK    UKKTiiKK^C    AT    AVOKKl. 


J^^^ary  . 


A  CALLING. 


I.  I,AVRKN'r;K. 


SINNER,  JeRus  calls  you  home, 
Come,  wliy  will  you  longer  roam, 
Can  you  not  tbe  Savior  hoc. 
And  the  Cross,  of  Calvary? 

Jesus  loves  you.  this  I  know, 
For  the  jtible  UilU  me  no; 
Eterunl  lite  he  will  give, 
If  you'll  only  louk  and  live. 

Why  will  yoii  Hih  call  refuw? 
One  of  two    ways  you  muxt  eboow; 
Ooe  Is   brood   and   leadn  trj  hell, 
Where  the  devil's  angfl«  dwell. 

The  other  way  i»  very  olraight 
Having  but  a  narrow  ;;Htc; 
But  It  loads  to  joys  on  bi^h. 
Where  the  Haint*  shiill  never  difi. 

In  that  bind   one  hour   to   Iw, 
And   the  Savior's   f»CL'   to  we, 
Will    rppay    iih   for  the  woe, 
We  havo    witnessed   here   bftlow. 

It's  a  city,  I  am  told. 

With    its  atrwitii  all   paved  with  koM; 

But  f  tun't  itti  g]ory  know, 

While  I  dwell  in  sin  below. 

The  other  way,  the  Christians  know, 
Ends  in  darkness,  death,  and  woe; 
Now  it  Kcerns  with  flowers  cast, 
But  my  friend,  it  will  not  la-**. 

Soon  or  latj-r,  Christ  will  come, 
To  collect  Ilis  children  home; 
Oh,  when'  will  you  tlu-n  aiipenr, 
If  you'll  not  UiN  calling  lieur:-' 

If  on  earth  you've  been  aihaniod. 
And  have  not  your  Siiviornamed; 
When  von  meet  Ilim  at  His  throne, 
He'll  eternally  you  disown. 

Hut  >vby  nr-edyou  como  through  fear, 
When  tlironiih  love  yon  can  draw  near; 
Tliink  how  much  He's  done  far  yon, 
And  how  little  you  can  do. 

Now  tbo  gates  yon  see  iifnr, 
Christ  ftir  you  lias  left  njiir; 
He  came  once.  His  nil  to  give. 
That  the  sinners  hero  might  live. 

Tho  Cross  at  first  may  large  wjijieur, 
But  sratilier  grow  when  we  draw  nenr; 
Come,  we'll  (like  you  by  the  Inind, 
Thus  we'll  nmreh  to  Cunaan's  land. 

ECHOES  FROM   PENNSYLVANIA. 

»Y  KMIl-Y  It.  HTII'I.Kri, 

A  Rufioshiiig  Season— A  Sarles  of  Mtiotins:8~ 
Our  LuVflfeaKt-CloBoof  tlinSunduy-&-hool— 
Death  and  Kunorftl  of  u  Uelovoii  Sister— 
Siiul»  Rmiiriiliig  toUud. 
rril  Vl   coii^'rc^'ulit.n     iiL     1  )lltu■^^llvilI^.^ 
-•-      HIdiv  ('()..    IVnusylviiiiia,   Ims  i*n' 
joyed    n  lirlij^litrul    reason    of    rffi-esli- 
raent   -one  wliich  will  loni(  lie   rcinem- 
bered  by  ftl  Iciust  Home  who  were  in   at- 
temlimce.     'J'liosc  wlio  abm'utoil    tliom- 
Belvcs  from  tliis   Bliower  oi"  (lod's  Iovt< 
truly  missi'd  n  glorious   and  i-i^fresbing 
season.     "Nfglfct  not  tli«  aaM(;mIding  of 
yourselves   togetlicr,"   is  a   word   of  in- 
spiration. 

\  M:itii.s  OF  MKKriN«;s 
was     coinnieiuHMl    heru     on    Saturday 
evening,    Oct.  5.    by     brother  ,J.     W. 
Smouse   of  Sinixhurg,  Indiana    Co.,  Pa. 
The  evening  ua-s  dark  and    rainy,   con 
seqnently  the   congregation    wns  small. 
The  l)rother  spoke  from  Malt.    :»8:    ■_'(». 
On  Sunday  morning,  be  addressed   the 
congregation  from  2nd  Cor.  Ij:  l>.  Sun 
day  evening,    brother    J.    W.   Wilt  of 
Clarr  M  congregation,  ^^1rae  to  his  assist- 
ance,    lie  addre.ssed  the    congregation 
from  Ileb.   2:   2.  an<l   part  of  the  third 
verse.     Monday  evening,  Ije  upoke  from 
Numbers  .-is :  2;J:  *' Hut  if  ye  will  not  do 
80."    The  evening  was  again  rainy.     It 
was  decided  to  hrdd    services  on    Tues 
day   mi>rning.     Tiie    congregation    was 
quitt^  small,  but  the  Lord  has  promised 
to  be  with  those    who   assemble    in  bis 
name,  if  but  two  or  three.    At  ten  A.M. 
we  hud  agaiu   the   happy    [irivilege   of 
meeting    in    God's   house  for   worship. 


Brother  Wilt  aeain  addretssed  us  from 
Philip.  3;  14,  and  conclusion  hy  broth- 
er Smouse.  Oh,  fli at  every  one  might 
press  more  vigorously  for  that  prize  to 
be  obtained  at  the  end  of  the  race,  and 
found  their  tfaith  more  determinedly  on 
the"  Hock  of  Ages,*' Christ .Tf«U8 — that 
glorious  prize  is  at  tbe  end  of  the  race, 
so  run  that  ye  pi^pJ>taiq- 

The  evening  services  opened  by  sing- 
ing that  old  familiar  hymn,  32H.  Ad- 
dress by  brother  WiJt  from  2  Samuel  12: 
7:  *'  Thou  art  the  man"  Reader,  art 
thon  tbe  man  that  hath  great  possessions, 
and  yet  wilt  tliou  rob  thy  neighbor? 
Uetiim  thy  stolen  goods  and  come  and 
follow  Jesus.  Thou  art  the  one  whom 
.IfMM  calls. 

"Pray  without  wosing,"  is  a  Bible 
command.  Krectyour  family  altar,  and 
while  none  but  God's  eye  beholds  the 
scene,  pour  out  your  heart-felt  thanks 
to  him  to  whom  we  are  indebted.  Wed- 

■    i 


Sunday     morning,   Oct.    20th,    sung 

praises  to  God  from  (ib*i,  that  beautiful 

hymn  by  Sutton.     Text,    Amos    4:    12: 

"  Prepare  to  meet  thy  God."     This  was 

not  sj>oken  directly  to  us.     The  Lord 

viwited  the  Israelites  with  apeKtilencetbat 

they  might   return   to  him.     He  is  the 

same  God    to  day.      We   must  prepare 

oarBelve-'j  t"  inherit  eterpaD    life.     Fight 

the  good    fight   of  faith.     Our   life  is  a 

continual  warfare  with  Satan.  We  must 

not  only  make  good  resolutions,   hut  do 

them.     \\'e  cannot  receive   the  benefits 

outside  the  church,  or  if  so,    why  come 

in  it?     Faith  in  God  is  the  believing   of 

jiardon   according  to   his  Word.      Ke 

pcutancc  an<l  bajjtism  are  the  conditions 

theieof.      Ask  yourself  this    question, 

Have  I  siibmitt^^d    to    the    will   of  the 

Lord?    If  not,  immediately  "Prepare  to 

meet  thy   (-Fod."      While  we  sung  the 

'2^>iHh  hymn,  the  last    invitation  of  this 

meeting  was   extended    to   the  sinner. 


nemlay  evening  again  addresse.n,yl,rolh.    (,)„(.  more  responded    to    the    invitatic 


wSmoiiHe  from  i'salms  llfl:  IH:"I  will 
pay  my  vows."     Header,  have  yon  paid 
all  your  V(»ws   unto   the  Lord?     If  not, 
go  this  night,  for  tomorrow  may  be  too 
}uU'.      Ur-jiiember,     dear     reader,   that 
vows  are  solemn  engagements,  and   that 
we  may  at  sometime  have  vowed  a  vow 
and  not  fulfilled  it.      Sinner,  delay   not| 
paying  your  \ows  until  you  are  prostrat- 
ed  ujionabedof  nflbction,  jjer-lmps  your 
death-bed.       Deathbed     repentance   is 
doubtful,     (tod  gives  us  jdejity  of  time 
U>  npent,  and  work  out  our  soul's  salva 
tion,  but  he  tloes  not  want  us  lo  procni-s 
tinate. 

Thurwlay,  Oct.  loth,  WJis  the  day  juv- 
viously  a])pointetI  for  our  Love-feast. 
Kre  the  ajipoinU'd  hour,  4  o'clock  P.  M., 
a  goodly  number  had  assembled  to  cel- 
ebrate the  solemn  ordinance  of  God's 
iiouse.  Brethren  Wilt  and  Smouse,  w'fh 
tiie   re.iident    iiiiniHters  brother   Gral'ii 


Myers,  James  Price  and  David  Sell, 
were  the  ministeis  present.  Brother 
Wilt  read  from  1  Cor.  U.  lie  spoke 
oil  the  subject  of  self  examination. 

1.  K.xamination,  condemnation,  and 
judgment. 

2.  Our  temporal  tables  and  the  Lord's 
table. 

Tliere  is  a  vast  difterence  between  oui- 
temporal  tables  and  that  of  the  Lord's, 
and  let  us  )))•  very  careful,  brethren  and 
sisters,  that  we  make  that  pi-oper  dis- 
cernment. Let  us  not  eat  damnation  to 
ourselves  by  not  "  discerning  the  Lord's 
body." 

(U-OSK  01''  OUU  SUNDAY 'WCMOOU. 

As  the  close  of  our  Sunday  school  came 
during  our  series  of  meetings,  we  feel  to 
say  a  word  about  it.  On  Sunday  morn- 
ing Oct.  I;i,  its  first  sefjsion  closed.  It  I 
was  addressed  by  Itrother  J.  W.  Wilt. 
We  trust  that  (Jod  will  bless  the  work  | 
of  brother  Kills  Brubaker  and  all  of- 
iiirers  and  teachers  engaged  in  the  work. 
May  it  be  the  object  of  every  one  who 
labors  in  the  Sunday  school  cause,  to 
try  and  do  his  whole  duty  in  the  ser 
vice.  I  have  many  times  been  made  to 
wonder  why  we  close  our  Sunday-school 
in  the  Winter  and  keep  our  publicschools 
in  session.  Could  not  the  children  at- 
tend Sunday-school  once  during  the  sev- 
en days,  when  they  atU^iid  public  school 
five  days  in  the  week? 

OK.VTII    OF  AS  AOEU   SISTKlt. 

A  dear  old  sister,  Mary  Yon,  one  of 
our  number  has  passed  into  the  val- 
ley and  shadow  of  <leath.  Her  remains 
were  c(»usigned  to  the  tomb  the  follow- 
ing Wednesilay.  This  dear  sister 
was  very  unexpectedly  called  from  the 
stage  of  action.  When  will  be  our 
evening  time?  Perhaps  soon;  yea,  very 
soon. 


and  came  forward  to  embrace  the  Sav- 
ior. She  complied  with  that  beautiful 
command,  "Remember  thy  Creator  in 
the  days  of  thy  youth."  AVe  repaired 
to  the  river  side,  and  emblematical  of 
^^hrist's  burial  and  re.sui-rection,  she 
wiw  baptized  in  the  liipiid  stream.  Thus 
seven  precious  souls  accepted  Jesus  at 
his  word.  At  times  our  dear  brother 
was  caused  to  become  much  discouraged, 
buc  the  darkest  hour  came  just  before 
tlie  morning  dawn.  This  was  our  last 
meeting  ou  this  occasion.  How  beauti- 
fully we  were  reminded  of  our  last  meet- 
ing liere  on  earth. 
Jlffllidffijuhuvfi,  Pa. 


SIN  AND  ITS  REWARD. 


JOHN  I„  SNAVKl.Y. 


when   they   know  to  do  good  andT"' 
not.     Men  sin  when   they^-hano-   "^ ' 
truth  of  God  into  a  lie,  and  ivorsb? 
«erve  the  creature  more   than  the  c  ^^ 
tor,  who  is    blessed  forevermore."    t/* 
man  who  is  unconverted,  to  whoni(. 
manifests  so  much  patience,  and  he     '' 
verts  and  abuses  that  patience,  is  sinn 
but  let  him   remember,  though   h^   ^'^' 
prosper  even  in  his  vice,  he  is  \^,-j^^  , 
it  were,  in  the  chain   of  his  sins  tjii    ' 
day  of  God's  wrath,  when    he   m^g.  ,  ' 
brought  to  judgment,  and  have  execimw 
on  him  the  most   terrible   punLsh,,    ' 
"  The  Lord  knoweth  how  to  deluv 
godly  out  of  temptation,  and   to  res 
tbe  unjust    unto   the  day    of  jmj„Q    *' 
to  be  punished." 

Would  we  escape   this  judgment 
must  often    pass  sentence  of  condern 

Take   heeaoi 


tiou  on   ourselves  here. 


};iviug  tbyself  liberty  of  committiui 


'gune 


rp  1 1 K  great  1  lai'  to  tlie  li;ipi)iuess  of  man 
■^      and  tliftt   wliich  procures   all    his 
iniKeries,  is  «in.      Take    away  sih,  and 
nothing  will  harm  liira.  "  For  the  wages 
of  ^in  is  death,    lint   the   gift  of  God  is 
eternal  life,    through    Jesus    Christ  our 
Lord."  Rom.  G:  2.3.  IIo\v  dreadful  must 
be  the  ca.se  of  those  who  continue  in  sin, 
or  those  who  continue  to  transgress   the 
law  of  God ,  for,  says  the  ajiostle,  "Sin 
is  .the  transgression   of  the   law."     Set 
yourself  to  the  study  of  the   Scriptures 
and  you  will  find,  in  every  dispensation, 
that  the  people  who  lived  and   submit 
ted  to  the  commands   of  God  had  peace 
and  pro.spei'ity,  and  that  no   other   peo- 
ple enjoyed  the  riches  of  God's  blessing 
as  much  as  those  who  stood  U|ion  God's 
W'cn-d.     On    the   other    hand,  you  will 
liud  when  the  people    walked    contj-ary 
to  his   will,  poverty  and   division   soon 
fell  upon  them,  and   their  dispensation 
was  M'ound  up   in  sorrow,    unless  thev 
repented.     Tbe  peojde  were  not  only  to 
have  intentions   to  repent,  or  to  repent, 
but  had   to   do  the   work,  or  that  duty 
would  rise  up  against  them  in  judgment. 
The  same  instructions  are  for  the  people 
to-day. 

Men  and  women  do  not  sin  because 
they  do  not  know  what  sin  is,  for  the 
apostle  hasmade  that  too  plain  and  com- 
prehensive to  be  misunderstood.  We 
can'  easily  comprehend  that  everything 
we  do,  think,  desire,  say,  or  omit'to  do° 
or  anything  that  is  found  defective  when 
conijiared  with  the  Law  of  God,  is  sin. 
Then  the  reason  man  is  so  proue  to  sin, 
must  be  on  account  of  the  depravity' 
and  pride  of  tbe  heart  from  which  come 
evil  thoughts,  murders,  adulteries,  for- 
nications,  thefts,  false  witnesses,  bias 
phemies.  These  are  tbe  things  which 
defile  a  man.  Matt.  15:19,20.  That 
which  defiles  a  man,  is  sin.     Men  sin 


sin.     To  begin  a  sin,  is  to  lav  a  found 
tion  for  a  continunace.     The  trrenf  i  ■ 
irance  to  many  souls  to  come  to  Chri 
and  (piit  or  leave  otf  sinning,  is  thev 
so  much  addicted  to  the  pleasure  of  th' 
life,  and  we  know  of  nothing   that  re 
ders  leaving  oil' sin   so  insupporlahlp  i„ 
tbe  professed   adherents   of  rt-lio-iQQ 
the  vain  love  of  the  world,  which  isdin 
gerou.s;  and  why  is  it  dangerous?  ]j 
cause  it  is  forbidden    by  the  apostle  i, 
positive  language:  "  Love  not  the  worlj 
neither  the  things  that  arc  in  the  world 
If  any  man  love  the  world,  the   love  of 
the  Father  is  not  in  him,  for  all  that  is 
in  the  world,  the  lust  of  the   flesh    thi- 
lust  of  the  eye  and  tbe   pride   of  hfe  fc 
not  of  the  Father,  but  is   of  the  worlil 
and  tbe  world   passeth    away,   and  the 
lust  thereof,  but  he  that  doetb  the  will 
of  God  abiileth  forever." 

Until  tbe  soul  is  freed  from  this,  it  can 
never  have  a  true  love  for  God.  Then 
love  not  the  world,  for  it  is  transgress 
ing  the  law  of  heaven.  It  is  sin,  and  ht 
thatcoraniittethsin,  isof  thedevil.  1  John 
3:  8.  The  apostle  would  inquire,  "Know 
ye  not  to  whom  ye  obey ;  his  servants  p 
are  to  whom  ye  obey,  whether  of  sin  un- 
to death,  or  of  obedience  unto  righteous- 
ness!" Faithful  servants  to  both,  we 
cannot  be;  "we  cannot  serve  God  and 
mammon."  Tbeu  the  way  is  clear;  God 
or  tbe  world  must  be  left  at  parting 
time.  Ah,  tbe  love  of  the  world  is  a 
moth  in  a  Christian's  life.  It  looks  to 
be  such  folly  to  labor  all  om'  lives  for 
the  "  meat  that  peri.sheth."  The  honors 
and  riches  of  this  woi'ld,  which  are  noth- 
ing compared  to  the  glories  of  heaven, 
and  neglect  the  food  of  heaven  and  eter- 
nal life. 

Sinner,  «  bat  a  condition  will  you  be 
in  when  you  leave  this  world,  having 
never  repented  and  left  otf  sinning?  You 
will  find  it  true;  you  will  wish  you  had 
never  been  born. 

Tbe  apostle  Paul  addiesses  him.seIfto 
us  by  the  word  of  tbe  Lord,  telling  us 
that  the  Lord  himself  shall  "  Descend 
from  heaven  with  the  voice  of  the  arch- 
angel, and  with  the  trump  of  God,"  to 
.summon  the  dead  to  appear  before  the 
tribunal  of  God.  The  righteous  shall 
hasten  out  of  their  graves  with  joy  to 
meet  their  Redeemer.  These  are  ther 
which  are  not  defiled  by  sin.  Othen 
shall  also  be  raised,  and  they  will  call 
for  tbe  hills  and  mountains  to  fall  on 
them  to  cover  them  from  tbe  scrutiniz 
ing  gaze  of  their  Master.  All  mint 
come  forth—"  They  that  have  done  good 
unto  tbe  resurrection  of  life,  and  they 
that  have  done  evil  unto  the  losnrrec- 
tion  of  damnation."  Salvation  is  not 
promised  more  surely  to  the  godly,  than 
damnation  is,  and  is  to  be  executed  upon 
the  wicked.      Let   us  therefore   try  in 


J^' 


in  TV 


HO 


Hffle  to  Iw  proving 
"    .,illl.e.     bata, 


he 


t\,'  wase^  or  hire  of 

a" '-'         " 


which  of  these  b\o 
atan's  influence  is  great, 
ji'  liibors  liani  to  keep  out  of  the  heart 
f  njan  things  that  are  good,  especially 
''.  ,u„hts  of  passing  from  ihis  life  to 
other  world.  He  knows  full  well  if 
can  only  lianish  thoughts  of  death, 
niuch  easier 
ieath.  Think 
,fteii  on  the  subject  of  mortality;  it  will 
Jure  a  tendency  to  make  you  jnore  ear- 
jfst— more  diligent  in  working  out  your 
jKntion.  It  "'ill  ilo  much  iu  taking 
vour  hoart  off  from  vanities,  and  create 
jjsires  in  you  for  holiness.  And  now, 
|jl,l(  children,  abide  in  him  that  when 
te  shall  appear,  we  m.ay  have  confi- 
j,,ni-eand  not  be  ashamed  before  him  at 
]ji3  coHiiiig- 

CHRISTIANITY  VS.  FORMALITY. 


ene- 
answer. 


JIV    H.    p.  BUJNKIVORTH. 

THAT  leligion  in  the  present  day  is 
undergoing  a  series  of  revolutions. 
ij„t  equaled  for  centuries,  I  believe  no 
^je  man  could  question;  and  the  pro 
^fss  of  Christianity  to-day,  is  a  mat 
t"ei  tot  to  be  doubted.  On  the  streets 
of  our  towns  and  cities,  we  find  men 
enmi,"''!   '"    conversation    oil    i-eligious 


toi«cs. 


In  the  Western   States  it   is  no 


ijDU3Ual  circumstance  to  enter  astoreand 
li^ar  the  views  of  ditlereut  persons  con- 
teraing  the  second  coming  of  Christ, 
and  other  all-important  subjects. 

Occasionally  we  hear  men  advance  the 
ides  that  as  long  as  a  person    entertains 
conscientious   views  on  the  Scriptures, 
Iboiigh  they  might  have  the  same  relig- 
ion or  ideas  antagonistic  to    their  oppo- 
nent, and  though  the  one  could  advance 
the  idea  that  man  must  in  order  to   be  a 
Ckistiau,  follow  Christ,  and    the   other 
siys,  I  do  not  believe  that:   for  I  know 
llie  mail  who  pays  bis  just   debts,  who 
resiiects    his  neighbor   and   lends   and 
IwiTows,  and  never   cheats   or  lie^,  or 
steak,  is  the  man  who  will  be  saved,  re 
gnnlless  of   any   other   imposed  duty. 
N'oiv  how  shall  we  reach  the  answer  to 
lliec|iiery?     Which  is  right,  or   which 
will  Jo  to  risk  ?     We  find  our.wlves   in 
volved  between  Christianity   and  mor- 
ality.   We  conclude    that   man,  to  be  a 
Christian,   must  become    amoral    man, 
hit  a  man  may  be  a  moral  man  and  not 
aCiristian.     Further,  we   advance   the 
id™  that  a  man  m.iy   outwardly  attend 
ibe  ordinances    imposed    upon    (-hurch 
memhers  to  which  they  gladly  submit; 
'leiaaybe  an  attendant  weekly,  and  pay 
lis  subscriptions,    and    be  considered  a 
souil,  thorough-going    Christian   man. 
1  el  there  is  a  danger ;  he  never    has  ex- 
perienced the   transforming  power   that 
•wssaiily  constitutes  a  true  Christian, 
Ike  man  morally  good  has  a  good  stand- 
»S  in  society;  yet  he  has  not  bec^ome  of 
Ike  eame  mind  as  his  Master.     He  will 
«»t  conform  to  the  Christian  life,  but  is 
!rt  lirairous   of  having   his   own  way. 
Cm  we  conclude  that  this  unrenewed 
"II.  this  stubborn  mind,  is  a  mind  thor- 
""sUv   subdued   by  the  transcending 
^»«  of  God's  Holy   Spirit.!     Has   he 
«»meof  no  reputation  in  order  to  fol- 
'»•  lis  Master?  Has  he  followed  Christ, 
even  plea,sed  not  himself !  Certaiu- 
'?"»'-    Is  that  character  a  Christian  in 
'"■i-y  sense  of  the  word?     The   Script- 
y  »y,    "  He  that  knoweth  his  Fath 
.'.*"!',"'  ""''  'l"*'"'  i'  n"t>  shall  be  beat 
taany  stripes." 

says,  "  We  are  obliged 
...  -~  wish,   neither   can  we 

fy'-'We   desi 


who 


'« with  I 

fte  formalist 

do,  ] 


desire,    but   we  must 


pray 


the  book,  therefore  we  cannot  pray 
ttth"'  •        °*'''' *'"'ays  a  formal  pray- 
"  sinks  the   emergency   of  a   man 


subjected  to  ricisitudes  in  life  that 
volved  an  ejaculatory  prayer?  Wh.at 
shall  we  do  under  the  circinnstanc. 
Shall  we  omit  to  pray  because  no  fori 
is  at  hand  ? 

I  tell  you  loving  readers,  we  waL. 
something  more  consoling,  something 
more  durable,  something  to  which  we 
can  flee  as  to  a  tower"  for  protection 
against  the  fiery  dart  of  a  known 
my,  and  what  shall  we  do  >.  I 
"  Take  it  to  the  Lord  in  prayer. 

If  we  have  trials  and  temptati<m8,  if 
anything  in  the  afiairs  of  life  demands 
a  withdrawing  from  the  world,  a  secret 
entering  into  the  dark  and  mysterious 
recesses  of  the  soul,  and  there  pouring 
out  our  soul  before  (iod,  we  should  in 
stantly  do  so.  The  form  of  prayer  is 
nut  at  hand,  but  O,  my  God  thou  know- 
est  that  the  upward  lifting  of  the  eye, 
the  deep  sigh,  the  yearning  of  the  spirit 
within,  speaks  more  than  prayer  could 
ever  utter.  Thou  hearest  and  answerest 
such  prayer,  and  art  ever  ready  to  hear 
thy  children's  petitions,  and  answer  as 
far  as  thou  seest  would  be  good  for  the 
desired  wants.  Then  I  lay  my  wants 
on  .Icsus,  and  he  will  attend  unto  my 
cry,  for  precious  in  th.^  sight  of  the  Lord 
are  his  children. 

THE  LAW  AND   THE    GOSPEL    ON 
THE    MARRIAGE  RELATIONS. 

HV    r.  F.  IlFTWKlI.KIt. 

TIV  the  seventh  chapter  of  Paul's  first 
-•-  epistle  to  the  Corinthians,  he  in- 
structs them  concerning  things  whereof 
they  had  previously  written  to  him,  and 
among  the  circumstances  are  made  men- 
tion of,  where  one  member  of  the  head 
of  a  Gentile  family  was  converted  and 
the  other  was  not.  The  marriage  rela- 
tion having  Tjeen  formed  while  they 
were  yet  both  unconverted,  and  the 
<jiiestion  as  to  whether  such  a  marriage 
relation  is  to  be  broken,  iu  case  the  un- 
believing husband  or  wife  is  minded  to 
remain,  is  answered  on  this  wise;  "  But 
to  the  rest  speak  7,  not  the  Lord;" 
(mark  that),  "  If  any  brother  hath  a 
wife  that  believeth  not,  and  she  be  pleas- 
ed to  dwell  with  him,  let  him  not  put 
her  away.  And  the  woman  which  hath 
a  husband  that  believeth  not,  and  il'  he 
be  pleased  to  dwell  with  her,  let  her  not 
leave  him.  For  the  unbelieving  bus 
band  is  sanctified  by  the  wife,  and  the 
Ullbelie^■ing  wife  is  sanctified  by  the 
husband;  else  were  your  children  un- 
clean; but  now  are  they  holy.  But  if 
the  unbelieving  depart,  let  him  depart. 
A  brother  or  sister  is  not  under  bondage 
in  snch  eases;  but  God  hath  called  us  to 
peace.  But  what  knowest  thou,  0  wife, 
whether  thou  shalt  save  thy  husband  ? 
or  how  knowest  thou,  O  man,  whether 
thou  shalt  .save  thy  wife.  But  as  (lod 
has  distributed  to  every  man,  as  the 
Lord  has  called  every  one,  so  let  him 
walk." 

As  this  Scripture  is  sometimes  taken 
by  Christians  as  authority  to  marry  out 
into  the  world,  I  quote  it  all,  and  wish 
to  present  a  few  thoughts  as  a  help  to  a 
right  application  of  it.  The  way  to  in- 
terpret a  Scripture  correctly,  is  to  take 
in  consideration,  first,  all  the  Scripture 
that  bears  directly  upon  the  same  subject; 
second,  all  the  facts  and  circumstances 
onnected  with  it;  and  third,  but  not 
least,  an  apjdieation  in  a  sense  in  which 
they  all  harmonize. 

Truth  is  not  divided  against  itself 
We  will  first  notice  the  circumstance  un  - 
der  which  these  questions  arose.  The 
marriage  referred  to,  according  to  the 
evidences  that  were  formed,  not  only 
before  they  parted,  believed,  but  before] 


they  had  ever  heard  of  the  religion  of 
Jesus  Christ.  The  propriety  of  break-' 
ingthis  marriage  vow,iu  view  of  the 
evil  attending  the  dismemberment  of  a 
fannly,  of  severing  the  cord  u|)on  which 
the  iiitlueuce  for  good  depends;  through, 
which  (as  Paul  says),  the  unbelievrng 
husband  is  sanctified  by  the  wife,  and 
the  unbelieving  w-ife  by  the  husband; 
tor  the  believer  by  his  own  act  thus  to 
forfeit  his  influence  for  good  over  those 
who  had  become  hk  or  ier  own,  by  cir- 
cumstances over  which  they  have  now 
no  control, an actthat  is  not  only  against 
every  feeling  of  true  kindness  and  love 
bflween  husliand  and  wife,  against  cv. 
ery  impulse  of  nature  that  is  motherly 
in  a  mother,  or  fatherly  in  a  father,  but 
under  all  ordinary  circumstances  against 
the  law  of  (iod.  These  were  some  of 
the  conditions  of  thesubject  in  question, 
an<l  the  simple  fact  that  sucli  a  question 
under  such  circumstances,  arose  at  all, 
IS  in  itself  conclusive  proi>f  that  the 
thought  of  forming  such  relations  vol- 
vuntarily,  was  totally  foreign  to  their 
views  of  Christianity.  "  But  God  has 
called  us  to  peace,"  says  Paul,  as  anoth- 
er ground  of  the  expedience  in  every 
one  remaining  iu  the  condition  in 
which  God  has  called  him;  in  mat- 
rimony or  otherwise,  in  circumcision  or 
iiiicircumcisiou,  bond  or  free. 

But  the  sanctifying  influence  which 
the  believing  husband  or  wife  exerts 
over  the  unbelieving  compauiou,  and 
over  the  family,  may  be  good, for  remem- 
ber, Paul  does  not  .say,  over  the  companion 
who  hasa  sort  of  a  historical  faith,and  ex- 
pects to  become  a  church  member  before 
he  dies,  but  over  the  unhdieoing  wife 
or  husband.  The  supposition  that  this 
sanctifying  influence  under  these  circum- 
stances justifies  a  volunliirii  marria"e  of 
like  character,  puts  the  question  in  this 
wise;  Is  it  expedient  for  a  Christian,  to 
marry  an  unbeliever?  The  liberty  to  a 
voluntary  choice  based  on  these  given 
premises,  either  embraces  that  much,  or 
nothing. 

Is  there  any  fellow.ship  connected  with 
a  Christian  marriage?  "  What  fellow- 
ship hath  he  that  believeth  with  an  iu- 
fidel  ?"  Does  Christian  marriage  imply 
a  yoking  together?  "  Be  not  unequally 
yoked  together  with  unbelievers."  "The 
wife  is  bound  by  the  law  to  her  husband 
as  long  as  her  husband  liveth."  To  the 
penitent,  it  is  said,  "  Come  ye  out  from 
among  them,  and  be  ye  separate,"  saith 
the  Lord,  "and  I  will  receive  you." 
Can  two  be  bound  together  and  yet  be 
separated  ?  "  But  if  her  husband  be 
dead,  she  is  at  liberty  to  be  married  to 
whom  she  will,  only  in  the  Lm'd"  Can 
we  many  only  "  in  the  Lord,"  and  the 
other  '■  outof  the  Lord,"  and  yet  marry 
"  OEly  in  the  Lord?" 

From  the  days  when  the  sons  of  God 
saw  the  daughters  of  men,  that  they 
were  fair,  and  brought  upon  themselve;* 
the  displeasure  of  (iod  by  taking  tliein 
wives  of  all  which  they  chose,  down  to 
the  present  time.  In  all  the  history  of 
God's  chosen  people,  we  can  see  that  it 
was  his  design  continually  th^it  they 
shall  be  a  separate  peopU.  The  fact  of 
his  being  grieved  with  their  mixing 
with  the  daughters  of  men  in  the  early 
history  of  our  race,  is  not  based  upon 
any  temporary  design,  but  upon  a  prin- 
ciple that  is  as  eternal  as  God  himself, 
and  custom  cannot  change  it- 


IS  IT  SO? 

flbiUlUn  '-lou'iirn]. 

T  is  said,  that  if  a  Masonic   minister 

is  in  his   pulpit  preaching  Christ, 

and  him  crucified,  and  a    Masonic   Jew, 

who    regards    Christ   as    an    impostor. 


I 


ahould  enter  the  church,  and  make  that 
mmistera  Masonic  sign,  he,  the  minis- 
ter of  Christ,  would  be  boun.l  bv  hi. 
Masonic  oath  to  make  a  corresponding 
sign  in  answer  to  it.  It  is  added,  that 
m  making  this  sign  of  intelligence  and 
secret  understanding  with  an  enemy  of 
the  Lord,  he  would  dis.semble  before  the 
congregation,  pretending  to  make  a  ges- 
ture prompted  by  the  spirit  of  his  dis- 
course; but  in  reality  he  would  be  h.dd- 
mg  Masonic  by-play  with  an  infidel,  and 
that  mfidel  perhaps  making  merriment 
out  of  the  Christian  minister  for  his 
own  diversion. 

Can  these  tilings  be  so?  Does  the 
Christian  minister,  by  becoming  a  Ma- 
son, take  a  halter  around  hi,  own  neck 
and  place  the  end  of  it  in  the  liand  of 
an  infidel,  to  be  led  blindfolded  into  dis- 
simulation and  fraud  ? 

It  is  furthermore  said  that  the  worst 
and  bitterest  enemies  which  our  repub- 
lican government  has  to  encounter,  are 
clergymen;  and  that  these  clergymen 
are  largely  members  of  the  "mystic 
brotherhood."  If  half  of  the  Protestant 
clergy  of  the  Northern  States  are  Ma. 
sons,  probably  three  fourths  or  more  of 
those  of  the  Southern  States  are  such; 
and  they  are  declared  to  be  rank  ene- 
mies of  the  government. 

Add  to  these  facts  that  it  is  not  now 
the  Jesuits  of  the  Ilomish  church  that 
assassinate  kings  and  princes,  but  it  is 
the  Jesuits  of  the  lodge  who  do  such 
things,  aud  one  would  suppose  that  the 
subject  of  Freemasonary  ought  to  en- 
gage the  atteuli<ui  of  every  honest  man 
and  woman  in  the  land. 


liY  r>.   M,  MII.I.Elt. 

rroMK!  home!  This  word  ha-  associ- 
^'-  ated  with  it.  Die  beautiful,  sub- 
lime as  well  as  sadness.  The  home  of 
the  redeemed  of  the  Lord.  How  rich 
grand  and  inexpressibly  noble.  Our 
homes  here  arc  at  times  the  home  of 
mourning  and  grief.  The  social  ties  are 
severed  by  the  hand  of  death.  Loved 
ones  are  its  victim,  gone,  to  meet  no 
more  in  the  family  circle  here  below, 
while  the  home  of  the  reiieemed  in  the 
celestial  city,  is  the  reunion  of  the  ran- 
somed of  the  Lord.  No  more  death, 
sorrow  or  disappointments,  no  teartug 
asunder  of  the  ties  of  near  ami  dear 
ones,  but  ascribing  of  praise  to  the 
Lamb  of  God,  who  has  redeemed  us, 
and  made  us  kings  and  priests  unto  God. 
How  happy  the  thought,  when  looking 
back  across  the  river  of  death  and  sing- 
ing the  songs  of  redeemed  love.  It  is 
our  privilege  to  attain  to  that  state. 
Faith  gives  us  the  victory  over  the 
world,  and  finally  triumphs  over  death, 
the  grave,  hell  and  unbelief ;  while  un- 
belief in  the  heart  goes  back  to  the  flesh 
pots  of  Egypt,  and  liorters  eternal  life 
for  a  morsel  of  meat,  for  a  little  revel- 
lings  to  gratify  the  flesh- 
But  the  spirit  of  Caleb  and  Joshua 
confides  in  tiod,  goes  forward  at  his  bid- 
ding, leaving  unbelief  in  the  rear,  lays 
hold  on  the  commandments  of  God  and 
hopes  tor  eternal  life. 


"  I»have  known  of  instances  where  a 
whole  family  voluntarily  did  without 
an}  gifts  that  they  might  send  coal  and 
flour  to  some  who  were  suffering.  And 
I  have  not  doubted  that  they  were  re- 
paid by  him  who  said  that  good  done 
to  his  children,  was  done  as  to  him- 
self." 

He  that  despiseth  small  things  shall 
fall  little  bv  little. 


i'i-XK    HRKTtlKKX 


VI  Itl.ISHKl)  ^VUKKl.V. 

J.  H.  MOORE.  '  Kjji-iuK.-.. 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN.  | 


Tii»  Br. 


wlllr 


„,ll  he  "Hi  •!    It  ''"   P"*"' 


par.  u  w-U  M  >1l  l.u»lD«»  nmfur.  o.m.rr.-.l  «..b  tht  or- 
lot  ihouM  be  adJrcMpd 

UOOaS  ft  ESHELUAII. 
IdAArk,  Cinell  Co..  til  > 


UHABE,  ILL., 


JAKUAUT  30, 1879 


nHfDty.     H'-  tl.niks  of  tniv-liiiK  'i"<l  l-n-iitiiiiiK 

conHidprably.  

TiiK  Hretlin-ii  at  Arnold'n  Grove  held  h  nerien 
of  m.«jtin8H  last  week.  llr..tlirr  fJ-nrg'.-  1>. 
y.idlern  wat  with  tlieiii. 

Can  iinyof '•nrrend'Ts  fimiiMi  unn  copy  of 
/!,•//*«  H'/M/rV  ri-(i«n?  Thf-  houk  i«  out  '»» 
print  and  dillicult,  '.o  tind;  h.-in;«  thin  mlicv. 

NnT  thr*  riiaii  who  niulc<'»  tho  loiidcut  profftK- 
sion  in  tin-  l«-8t  Chrirttiiin.  but  In-  wlif.  ni.-plfly 
nnd  luinihly  Hiiliiiiit*  trj  all  OtiiVn  n'tniirfm...iitH. 

Wk  Imrii  Hint  arniiiBi-nii'iiN  urr-  IjuIiik  mado 
to  hold  anoth.T  Propl.rUc  <..■  Adv-nt  (%.nf.T. 
ptioe.  in  London,  Hl)tMit  thefirHt  wfwk  mMiirdi. 

Tub  JinilnvnK  AtJvorak  '\*  thv  title  of  ii  nnw 
paptrr  ju-t  Btiirt*-a  by  iJrotluT  D.  IJ.  I'aliriiey. 
-r  Waynt'Hborn.  Pii.  It^  "lalio  np  i"  ROod,  and 
till)  n|)pPHi'ain:«  Ill-lit. 

Tub  Brothi'on  at  Corro  Gordo  III.,  coiiuliidcd 
to  cotiinioiice  II  sorien  of  nie«tin>iB  .Iiiiimiry 
•JUh.  Thoy  oxiiect  Brothor  (Jcorgo  Cripi-  lo 
III-  wiMi  Ihini. 

TiiK  CathoIicB  axf  siippo"''^  *«  he  «lroiiBly 
i)pp(.Hcd  to  HOcret  ordcrw,  hot  tin-  "Soi:iftyol 
JvBiw,"  known  iiH  Jomiitminiuiip  them,  is  unid 
to  ho  (I  nee-rut  soric ty  of  tli«  woi>l  onh-r. 

liiinTUHit  WnUr-rnn-r  M.-yorn.  th.-  llrothr<'n*« 
truv.-linK  fvitn^-'lisl  in  (Itililiiriiiii,  i«  «iid  to  hi' 
doijiK  a  ROod  work  iu  tliiit  State.  SuviTitl  liave 
liUt'ly  been  added  lo  the  church. 

Mlt.  .lohn  hcMiiK'Vi  I'orinvr  editor  of  the  C»'f;W- 
rn  <'en^iT.\nw  started  a  paper  in  Albany,  N. 
Y.  en*itli-d  VVf  /.mn's  WuhUmtxv.  Mr.  I.i-ni- 
ley  lit  u  bold  nnd  ft-arless  writer. 

'Thk  H.  H.  Witter,  with  whom  Uro.  llixon 
hi'ld  hi»  jmblie  diflCHSsiou,  wax  a  llup!i«t  ininis- 
tor  of  considerable  exporience  as  ii  dt-lmler, 
birt  Bro.  Ilixon  wmh  euougli  for  him. 

Wk  an*  out  of  No.  1  oi  lhi»  volume,  hrnce 
rannnt  till  order*  for  them,  New  sulj^crihers 
will  have  to  ooinmeiiee  witli  No.  2.  of  which  we 
^till  hav"  a  few  hack  nnuihera. 

Wccftnuot  fill  orders  for  any  more  Alma- 
iiflcfl.  The  publishers  inform  ns  that  the  edition 
'\^  now  run  out.  Those  who  have  ordered  Al- 
nianues  and  do  not  receive  them  will  pleiwe 
inform  ui  what  tt)  do  with  the  money. 

BuoTHKK  Siimucl  C.  Hashor,  formerly  of 
Whiteavillf.  Mo.,  expects  to  make  Colorado 
his  home.  Hope  success  may  erown  his  elVort-- 
iu  building  up  the  cause  iu  that  part  of  tlu'  far 
West. 

Thupk  of  our  readers  who  'vimt  to  know 
how  our  ancient  Brethren  used  to  tnivel  and 
preach  in  an  early  day  nhoutd  not  fml  to  rciid 
the  article  "  Froai  the  Pacific  Const."  That 
looks  like  pioneer  preaching. 

*'  BiitLE  vs.  Matkkiali>m.*"  By  Elder  Wm. 
M.  Roe.  This  is  the  hook  to  post  one  aniiinst 
the  Soul  Sleeping  Doctrine.  172  pngi«.  liound 
in  paper  cover  and  sent  postpaid  for  .50  cents. 
Address  thi^  office. 

Bkothbr  Lemuel  Hillery  returned  home  the 
middle  of  la^it  week,  much  pleased  with  hin 
trip,  having  preached  one  week  at  Hudson. 
He  expresses  himself  as  plea-sed  with  the  pros- 
pect of  doing  good  in  Champaign  county,  pro- 
vided proper  ministerial  aid  can  be  procured. 
He  thinks  it  a  fine  county,  and  there  ar*'  special 
inducements  held  out  forthose  wishing  to  labor 
iu  the  interest  of  the  caufie. 


The  price  of  the  Bbctrrb»  at  Wokk  from 
thp  fifst  of  March  to  the  «ud  of  the  year  will 
be  $1.30.  With  u  litth-  effort  n  i.umU-r  of  n-w 
RubHchben  raijfht  Ij*-  gnthered  to  comm#oce 
the  fint  of  March.  Try  it.  and  m*  what  you 
can  do. 

Bctwekn  the  shoreH  of  the  "known"  and  the 
"unknown"  roll  the  wavtw  of  u  mighty  ocean, 
in  which  the  hijiheBt  alUinment"  of  human 
knowledge  i»  lost,  but  which  a  (,'hristian'H  faith 
can  bridge  with  a  single  pray<-r.  What  a  power 
there  is  in  faith! 

BiioTHBit  E.  A.  Orrsays:  "I  am  well  plea«e*l 
with  the  tract  busineas.  Pamphlet*  have  al 
ready  done  much  good,  and  I  li«-lii-ve  they  will 
continue  to  do  good  work.  I  know  somp  con 
vention*"  nindr  by  reading  them  that  could  prol>- 
ably  not  have  U-i-n  reached  in  any  other  way.' 

Ol-k  letter  thitt  week  from  Limi-stone,  Tenn., 
indicates  that  the  cause  is  i.ro«iK-riug  in  Tenn. 
The  Brolhr-'n'ft  plan  of  devoting  Christmas 
Bcason  to  (tp-rial  religi.jus  nerviees  is  certainly 
a  good  one.  We  Khali  U-  pl^asi-d  to  hear  from 
the  Brethren  in  Tennensee  quite  frequently. 

In  the  Elk  Lick  congregation,  Somerset 
County.  Penn,,  thr  re  are  said  to  be  about 
..ightecn  members  und.'r  fifter-n  years  of  age. 
It  is  cneoujaiiiiK  to  see  young  I>eopIe  thus 
w>miuK  to  the  Lord,  and  i)rep»riug  themselves 
for  the  mure  arduous  duti-s  in  the  chui;|h  of 
(iod. 

Ik  order  that  all  our  Milweribf-rs  may  see  the 
CttiUlrfu  nf  BVk.  and  know  of  its  contents 
and  appearance,  we  conclude  to  dt-vote  the  last 
two  pai^es  of  the  Bhkthukn  at  Wohk  to  that 
j.urpose  next  wci-k.  Hence.  look  out  for  some- 
thing interesting  for  the  old  and  young. 

Thr  Sunday  School  at  Dutchtown,  this 
county,  was  organiw;d  .luue  20.  with  ten  tench- 
er!*anda  full  corpd  of  officers.  The  average 
attendanee  wa«  about  sixty.  Seven  of  the 
pupils  were  bapti/.ed  during  the  summer,  thus 
sliowing  that  where  the  Bible  is  taught  there 
will  be  ir""d  results.  School  closod  January 
ISth.  1  f 

Skvkum.  lu'-ilir.-ii  have  expressed  their  a[)- 
proval  of  Bro.  D.  C  Moomaw's  project  of  hav- 
nig  the  Gospel  more  extensively  preached  in 
cities,  and  have  also  went  in  their  vouchers  for 
the  same.  Hope  to  liear  of  others,  and  next 
week  we  shall  coiiimenco  publishing  these 
vouchers  that  Uie  readers  may  kno*  how  the 
work  IH  progressing. 

A  WKITKR  in  one  of  our  exchanges,  when 
speaking  of  a  certain  brother  and  sister,  says; 
They  have  raised  it  splendid  family  of  chil- 
dreii,'obedient  to  them  in  all  tilings."  What 
ji  ble-Ksing  it  would  be  if  that  could  he  said  of 
all  families.  Tl  e  bringing  of  children  up  in 
the  nurture  and  admonition  of  the  Lord  ought 
to  be  one  of  the  noblest  objects  of  life. 

Bhothkk  .John  S.  Snowberger,  of  Monticello. 
Ind..  under  date  of  .lanutiry  l.'Sth,  writes:  "The 
good  work  is  still  going  on  with  us.  Last 
Sunday  one  morf  was  baptized,  and  to-day  two 
more  wore  willing  to  go  into  the  flowing 
stream  imd  make  the  good  confession;  and  the 
waters  are  still  troubled.  May  Gq(l  still  add 
auch  as  are  to  be  saved." 

BiwTiiEH  Brower's  letter  from  the  Pacific 
Coast  this  week  is  interesting.  It  is  evident 
that  the  Brethren  need  ujinisteiial  aid  to  suc- 
cessfully carry  on  the  missionary  work  in  those 
Western  Territories.  Here  is  a  good  chance 
for  some  of  our  wealthy  ministers  to  do  good, 
and  an  equally  good  chance  for  some  wealthy 
ones  who  are  not  ministers  to  lend  a  helping 
hand  in  spreading  the  truth. 

Thk  Chief  of  Police,  who  of  couree  is  posted 
on  all  such  matters,  says  that  three-fourths  of 
the  abandoned  cirls  in  the  City  of  New  York 
were  ruined  by  daueing.  Young  ladies  allow 
goutlemen  privileges  in  dancing  which,  if  taken 
under  any  other  circumstances,  these  gentlemen 
would  be  reported  as  improper  pei-sous;  and 
thus,  step  by  step,  girls  are  brought  to  ruin. 

It  ia  not  a  common  thing  to  hold  a  Love 
Feast  in  mid-winter,  but  the  feast  at  Elk  Lick. 
Peiin..  at  the  close  of  the  year,  is  sai.i  to  have 
been  a  very  enjoyable  one.  Brother  i^tuiuter 
was  in  attendance,  and  gave  a  full  account  of 
it  in  the  Priinititr  Chrhtian.  The  Brethren 
iu  that  congregation  have  just  completed  a 
large  two-atory  house  of  worship  in  Salisbury. 
The  audiance  room  is  above,  while  the  lower 
part  is  used  for  other  purposes  in  time  of  Love 
Feasts,  etc.j 


Bbotheb  J.  W.  Stein  is  expected  at  Mount 
Morrill.  III.,  Feb.  l>t.,  and  vrill  remain  but  a 
f,;w  davs.  having  been  called  theiv  on  special 
husinf^.  We  eipect  to  be  with  him  while  he 
w  th^re.  And  from  that  point  Brother  Kshel- 
man  has  arranged  to  go  to  Hudson,  111.,  to  hold 
a  seriwi  of  meetings  for  the  Brethren. 


sent  fiery  serpents  among  them,  and  they  » 
8or«ly  tried.     Tbey   then  went   to  SIo»e,    *^ 


Lsked  him  to   pray    for  them.     So  it  i 


Wb  are  in  rec^-ipt  of  a  long  letter  from  old 
Brother  I^^c  Price,  of  Penns-ylvania.  He  is 
getting  quite  old,  too  old  to  preach.  HU  day 
of  labor  is  over,  and  now  he  sits  quietly  in  the 
boat,  musing  on  the  silent  past,  waiting  for  the 
keel  to  strike  the  other  shore.  God  bless  the 
old  preacher  in  his  declining  age,  and  give  him 
grace  to  pass  gently  over. 

"TintouoH  BiiiLE  Lands."  Notes  of  travel 
in  E^'vi.t.  the  I)e«ert  and  Palestine,  by  Phillip 
Scbaff.  I).  D..  LL  D.  Square.  12mo.  pp  413. 
New  Vork:  American  Tract  Society,  This  is 
the  most  intenfsting  book  sent  Qs  for  examma 
tion  since  we  have  been  in  the  publishing 
biminess.  Every  reader  should  haye  a  copy, 
Kept  at  this  office  for  sale,  and  sent  postpaid 
for  ?*2.2.5. 

BaoTHElt  Je.se  Heckler,  of  Hickory  Grove, 
who  has  been  spending  some  time  preaching  in 
Cedar  County.  Iowa,  returned  home  week  be- 
fore la.st.  He  has  mode  arrangements  to  locate 
in  Cass  County.  Neb.,  in  a  locality  where  there 
are  eleven  members  and  no  minister.  That  is 
the  way  to  spread  the  truth  and  build  up 
churches.  He  thinks  of  moving  sometime  in 
the  Soring.  _ 

A  SENSIRLK  brother,  who  had  just  united 
with  the  church,  on  being  asked  to  explain 
some  points  of  the  docrrine.  replied,  "I  will 
explain  as  far  as  I  understand  it.  but  for  the 
rest  you  must  wait  till  I  learn  more."  That 
was  certainly  a  sensible  conclusion.  Never 
explain  things  farther  than  you  know  them, 
and  f«»r  the  rest  wait  till  you  learn  it.  Children 
should  learn  to  walk  before  they  attempt  to 
run. 

Souk  years  ago  a  cliurch  iu  Quincy.  Ill ,  so 
ran  down  that  the  Presbytery  sent  a  messenger 
to  formally  disband  it.  He  could  find  no 
officers,  no  male  members,  and  only  one  female 
member.  To  hi-  surprise  she  answered,  "1  will 
not  Im?  disbanded!"  and  demanded  a  minister. 
A  minister  was  sent,  and  a  church  speedily 
built  up.  Let  small  churches  with  few  nieiii- 
bers  m»ke  a  note  of  this,  stand  up  for  the 
cause,  aud  keep  working  away  till  they  get 
some  one  to  come  aniong  them  and  build  up 
the  church. 

A  Philadelphia  minister  has  the  good  sense 
to  "  oppose  the  practice  of  wearing  full  mourn- 
ing, contending  that  it  is  not  consistent  with 
health,  sense  or  religion.  He  says  that  a  bit  of 
black  ribbon,  worn  in  some  way.  will  tell  the 
story  of  bereavement  just  as  well  as  !i  complete 
mourning  suit;  by  substituting  this  simple 
badge  of  mourning,  a  weight  of  useless  expense 
and  a  costume  that  is  always  gloomy  and,  iu 
warm  weather,  very  uncomfortable,  would  be 
taken  from  the  shoulders  of  bereaved  mourn- 
ers." But  among  Christians,  even  the  ''  black 
ribbon,"  as  a  badge,  should  be  dispensed  with. 
as  the  custom  is  uncalled  for,  and  adds  nothing 
to  tlie  good  of  the  cause  in  any  way,  shape  or 

form. 

— -. —«— 

Undkk  date  of  January  18,  Brother  John 
Metzger,  of  Cerro  Gordo,  111.,  says:  "I  have 
been  afllict«d  for  some  time  with  rheumatism, 
so  that  I  could  do  no  labor  in  the  missionary 
cause.  My  health  is  improving  somewhat,  and 
if  it  be  the  Lord's  will  1  hope  the  time  will  soon 
come  that  I  can  start  on  ray  mission  again, 
as  there  are  so  many  hungry  souls  stai'ving  for 
the  Breiul  of  life.  Letters  come  nearly  every 
day,  "Can't  you  come?"  We  expect  to  com- 
mence meeting  iu  the  new  meeting  house  the 
fii-st  of  next  month.  Our  meetings  in  Cerro 
Gordo  have  been  interesling  suice  the  new 
house  is  finished;  congregations  large.  Miu- 
iatering  brethren  traveling  over  our  railroad, 
stop  with  us." 


DlaL 


THE  OLD  ORDER. 


\''0U  wi)  vou 
ih.s>uur 


ou  pray  l-ecause  it  is  your  tlitty.  Is 
highest  motive?  Do  you  pvay 
because  you  are  comniauded?  Do  you  pray  be- 
cause you  have  a  right  to  thus  speak  to  your 
heavenly  Father?  0,  gracious,  hallowed  privi- 
lege! Sweet  prayer,  divine  blessing  I  Howcim 
a  man  with  the  love  of  Christ  in  him  pass  by 
the  exalted  privilege  of  prayer? 

Many  years  ago  a  nation  sinned,  and  God 


.  «^ 
^  iti  n.- 
E»fneration.  In  times  of  peace.  pUnty 
health  the  people  play,  dance.  rwTel  and  rioi*^ 
pleasure,  but  when  famine  asd  pestilpupp  " 
then  they  want  good  men  to  pray  for  j^^*- 
When  the  calamity  la  removed  then  lite  i>^' 
raoh  of  old.  they  go  on  in  pride  and  ejtrj,** 
gance — they  want  uo  more  prayer.  *" 

Faith  and  Prayer 
are  twin  sisters,  and  never  travel  apart     Jt 
faith,  much  secret  and  open  prayer;  biilef 
little  prayer;  no  faith,  uo    prayer.     -Contini! 
in  prayer,  and  watch  in  the  same  with  tha,i 
(jiving; "    so  speaks   the   man  of  In.spi,^»: 
Can  a  man   rout  iu  "r  ia    prayer  when  he  n„]^ 
begjui?     How  can  a  man  "  uafrh   in  I  he 
with  thanksgiving."  if  he  never  began  gfvhl 
thanks?     Is  this  a  command  of  God?    q^^ 
ly  it   is.     Is   it  right   to   obey  the  CfMnina,^', 
-  Continue  in  prayer?  "     Every  voice  ^e^|)^,n,^, 
■'  It  is  right."     If  it  be  right  to  obey  the  zt.i 
maiid  of  tfod,  then  the   mau  who  contiouf, 
prayer  is  continuing  to  do  right,  and 
will  be  condemned  for  this. 

When    .Jesus,  the   Christ,  had  gone  up  in. 
heaven,  the  disciples  who  saw  him  ascenj  ^. 
into  »n  upper   room  in    Jerusalem,  and  fh 
'■  continued  with  one  accord  iu  prayer  and  si 
plication,  with  the  women,  aud  Mary  the  nion 
er  of  Jesus,  and  with  his  brethren."     Thativ, 
a  grand   prayer  meeting.     The  apostles  n>r. 
there,  women  were   there— yes,    the  mother  !■ 
Je^iH  was  there,  and   his  brethren  were  tlitr. 
0,  thatthi^oW   (Wer  were  not  dead,  but  ah,, 
in  full  power!     I  do  not  advocate  the  pandein., 
nium  style  of  prayer,  but  the  apostolic  mam,, 
— the  or'ierli/  inauner.     Are   we  not  a^ur 
that  the 

Effectaal  Prayer 

of  a  righteoua  man  availeth  much?  Jamej 
16.  Why  then  neglect  the  thing  which  at,,. 
vfh  wiirlif"  Arouse,  aud  on  to  duty!  Let  ti. 
dull  sluth  eat  up  your  hojieof  glory.  Ali!  ivi 
begin,  and  then  drawback?  Why  this  cii 
ness?— why  this  iiidiflerence  and  careltssn. 
concerning  the  coining  kingdom?  Is  ii  btcai 
so  little  fj/'fftital  prai/er  is  being  sent  up  to  t; 
throne  of  God? 

Do  you  want  to  know/(0(y  (>'ml  nnsiirrs  pr.! 
er?  That  is  not  the  knowledge  to  seek  afl. 
God  alone  knows  when,  where  aud  howHp«, 
answer  as  He  sees  proper.  Our  business  n  i 
ask  for  the  strength  which  we  have  not,  IW  ti 
things  we  need,  believing  that  God  will  abd 
dantly  supply.  Of  course  it  is  useless  to  ^i 
Him  to  do  that  which  we  can  do  ourseh 
Why  ask  Him  to  give  us  new  hearts,  when  I 
has  given  us  all  the  means  to  make  tht-ai  dk. 
Do  as  He  bids  us,  and  most  itssuredly  the :: 
heart  will  be  the  result.     Do   not  think  H 

vou  can 

Change  the  Miiiil 

of  Deity  by  your  prayeriii.  for   his  ikhi  ■ 
changeable.    His  mind  is  to  rniswer 
that  is  right,  and  wrong   prayers  iii^  : 
answered.     He  does  for  us   "  abundantly  aii' 
all  that  we  ask  or  think."    We  are  not  cal' 
to  dirtiite  to  the   Lord  how  and  what  He "' 
do,   but  to  beseech   Him— to  ask  in/'iHh' 
needed  things.     "  I  say  unto  you,  That  if  i' 
of  you  shall   agree  on   earth  as  touchiuv  a' ^ 
thing   that  they   shall   ask,   it  shall  be  i'-"'-'^^ 
for  them  of  my   Father  which  is  in  heuva 
The  trouble  is  not  about  God  answering  |)M' 
ers,  but  the  trouble  is   there  are  too  few  ";' 
ing   to  ask    God    in  faith.     A    gond  many 
agreeing  to  ask  for  what  fhoj  -•"''■,   but  the 
are    asking    in  faith.     Some   want  to  see 
God  answers  prayer,  and  if  they  cannot  see ' 
He  <lorx  it,  then  they  will  not  ash  at  aJI.  ^^''^ 
further  our  Lord,  the  one   Redeemer  an^  N^' 
ior:  "I  say  unto   you.    What  things  soe"''' 
desire,  when  ye    pray,   believe  that  y^^^' 
them,  and  ye  shall   have   them."    ^'''"",    , 
ye  receive  when  you  ask.     Is  it  a  strong 
foUliewi'    When   Jesus  say.s  "  M'>'A'  f'' 
man  obey  by  not  believing,  or  by  doing  J 
thiny  elsf?    "  0,  well,"  says  the  skeptic  ^ 
pose  I  should  desire  a  million   dollars.  «> 
God   for   it.  would   He  give   it  to  rae?  ^^ 
riches  are  a  snare   to  men.  and  no  "san    ^^ 
desire  to  be   led  into  temptation.        °^  ^ 
ter  charity   aud  di'sire  spiritual  P"^'  ^ 
voice  of  God.     "  As  new-born  hab<  - 
sincere  milk  of  the  word."  saithtb' 
Until  men  can  labor  as  if  they  labor^a  ^^^ 
as  though  they  gave  not,  skeptical  ^" 


.T'* 


o^'^^'l 


THE    13RETH:RE>r    -A.T    AVORK. 


Xo  one  shou'd  even  cipect  God 
^  '"'"IrToh^ly  desires.  Should  «  nmn  sud- 
v>  ""*  Ve  a  roitUoii  doUai-.  he  could  aot 
i*'^  '^Xwri  to  luin  he  would  go  at  once. 
,B^«'^'.  r^r  spiritual  gilts,  for  grace,  fur  pt-ace 
fi'i>  '^*:  ,,Qd  strength  to  overcome  sin,  and  the 
ith  ^''  :  "i  hear  He  is  ready.  He  is  willing- 
f»lhf»""  M.  M.  F 

'       Hi'""*'"; 

PEEACHING  IN  CITIES. 

.  tl  us  wliv  tlie  Ocnnim   BapUsts  do  not 

*■''""'  ' '--t.     Mnst 

ricullural 
'hile 


modiou!  house  of  woraliip  in  M«riou.  atid  wyeral  1  5.  Did  he  unit*  with  the  Brethren  church 
families   moved    into    town    from   tlit-   l>ry  (Voek  |  ^^  g^^^  opportunity? 

u^ijjhborhood— others  went  elsewhere— still  >vc  ,  ^^  j.^  .  ^^^^  ^.j,  ^^^^^  thirteen  yearn  after  iho 
mnintained  preachiBg  '"  tl'»t  neighborhood  some-  y^^j,^.^,^  orgauized  at  Urv  Creek,  and  two  years 
«l.at  regularly  until  September.  l&Gi  when  1. llic  ^^^^^  ^^^  ^,^g^^^  ™,^j^  AUmugh  was  the-  t-lder  of 
only  preaclifir  in  the  county,  removed  o  ^»'**;  tiieCampbelHte  church  at  the  time  of  the  dehatc, 
lii>.SR  loeiigage  in  a    moro   general    work.      Ihat  I  .         ..    • 


^m^y'^  in  cities  and  tow  us  ?  M-  'S' 

'"^'  cRE  may  be  several  reasons  for  it.  Mt 
f'^Your  people  are  en-aged  in  agricullu 
1  jj^yce  live  iu  the  rural  districts,  wh 


tflUJP"*'" 


i"^"'  '.  vely  f**^'  *"■*  foun^  in  cities  and  towns 
'"■r^liad  much  to  do  with  keeping  our 
t'''*  ^  ^,yt  of  towns,  for  ministers  are  more 
i^^^  ?  to  travel  and  preach  where  there  are 
""^''u  r^  or  where  they  have  special  calls  to 
■^"^r    and  of  course   they   get   but  few  calls 

'^^  ""education  and  general  habits  of  our  nun- 


point  was  "'glecte*!.  as  a  rt^ulu  and   mi  It  occas- 
ionally was  iliere  pn'ni-hing  iliere. 

Out  of  the  few  lamili^  spoken  <.f  above,  eight 
sold  lo  German  Bnptists  and  moved  away.  Sev- 
t"  heads  of  families  have  died.  A  few  who  aw 
l^ft  iu  the  n-ighborhuod  have  membership  lu  the 
iluirch  at  Lafavtttc,  and  some  ten  or  twelve 
have  membership  at  Marion.  Others  not  men- 
tioned have  moved  to  other  part*,  while  there  are 
remaiuing  in  the  vicinity  several  who  have  no 
local  membership.  Daniel  Albaugh.  wife  and 
one  daughter  joined  the  t'.ermnu  Baptists;  also 
Atuiilla  Newman.  Mr.  Albaugb  always  believed 
with  Tunkers,  and  simply  united  with  the  Disci- 
ples because  there  wt-re  uo  TonUers  there  at  the 
lime  and  when  a  favoralde  opportunity  was 
oficTvd  he  went  with  them.  Mi-s.  Albangh  is  n 
Siifller  from  Pennsylvania.  Nearly  all  ot  her 
conueclious  arc  Genuan  Uaptists.  The  daughter 
married  11  German  Baptist,  a  s>yi  of  a  miuiMer 
\ouilla  Newman's  son  and  wife  have  since  united 
with  the  Church  of  Christ.  Jonathan  Keys  [why 
was  elected  to  the  ministry    by  Tonkers]  and  nile 


hut  afterwards  united  with  the  Brethren. —  VA.] 
G.    Did  Miss  Albaugh  marry  a  Gerinim  Bap' 

tiat?  ' 

A.     No  ;  hut  he  and  his  wife  have  come  to  the 

Brethren  since. 

7.  How  long  after  the  discussion  was  it  that 
"Aquilla  Newman's  aou  and  wife,"  joined  the 
Campbellite  church  ? 

A.     About  eleven  years. 

8.  Did  Jonathan  Keys  live  in  Linn  county 
at  the  time  of  the  debate? 

A.     No  ;  we  think  he  lived  in  MarshuU  cnunty 


The  debatfi  was  held  in  their  house,  their  people 
listened  to  it.  some  of  them  were  convinced  by 
it  and  united  with  the  Brethren,  and  among 
them  was  the  elder  of  the  Campbellite  Church. 
Here  is  "  nnvaruislied  statement  of  factii  "  for 
you.  But  hear  the  gentleman  in  hlrt  clotting 
paragraph.     He  says: 

"  From  the  above  unvarnished  utatement  of 
facts,  it  is  evident  to  every  eloar-headcd ,  unprfju- 
dicetl,  eamlid  perwn,  thai  the  little  bau<l  ot  Uiwi- 
ples,  known  as  the  Dry  Crick  Church,  cenwal  to 
meet  in  the  meeting-house  where  the  debate  wa« 
held ;  not  because  of  the  splendid  victnrv  of  Quin- 
ter  and  the  deleat  of  McCounel!,  but  because  of 
death,  emigration,  change  of  local  mcmbernhip, 
absence  of  ministers  lo  pn-acU  the  gospel,  the  ab- 
sence of  the  elders,  etc.,  and  the  epringing  up  of 
other  congregations." 

Now  why  did  he  not  say  that  the  "  abaence  of 


iW 


■idai't  them  to  country  work  much  better 
that  usually    required    in    cilies.  at  least 


anil  movc<l  back  sbortiv  after,  bought  a  home  near  the  elders"  wu:*  caused,  to  a  great  extent,  by 
till- Lafayette  Campbellite  church,  and  '•"IT^'^e  one  of  them  joining  the  Bretliren,  because  con- 
united  with  them  for  convenience'  s«ke.  ^.^^^^^  ^^^^^^  ^^^  Campbellite  doctrine  was  not 
y.  Have  the  "German  Baptists  *  church  1.^^.^^^^^^^^^,^  I  prcMUne  that  is  an  "unvarmsh- 
rn  the  neighborhoba  wherothe  debate  yas  held'H  ^^j ..  j.^^^  ^^^  ,,^^^^  j^^  ^p^^^^  ^^.  ..,,^.^th," 
A.  Yes;  member,  all  around,  aud  a  nieotmg-  ^.  ^^^  ^^^.^^^  „  ^^^^^  "  change  of  local  member- 
house  within  two  and  a  half  miles.  ..     .V,     ,,..,,      ..  L 

in.    Hastlie   Brethre,!  church  Increased  or  Ul"t>.    but  what  the  Imthreu  «.,.  m  au.w.r  to 


,'i,?rt«'r«Iii.  the"  dSpK-*-.    Sborily   alltr  the  de-        111.    Has  the   Brethren  church  increased  or  l --v    ....■■■•---■■-■••■-■■■.-.■■■■■------ 

"lei  b.  li»d  thc'Joil  „r  »  ....^t  d  Jv„.e,l  Tuuker.    ,,^^„^,j  ;„  j^e  neighborhood  where  tho  debate    ™'  1""  ;™»  "'"«•;;  '»"«  »»  ""»  »^;«''  ""   " 

and  bis  brolher,  who   atleiid.d    llie  discussion  fur  "  I  Mr.   McCnniiell  s   "  unvarnished  statementi  ot 


""   tbinlc  so,  and  for  that  reason  towns  have 

voided-     It  reiiuires  more  lueaehing,  and 

i  '  work  to  build  up  and  maintain  a  congre- 

'"  '  of  oar  people  in  town  than  in  the  coun- 

"' '"  To  work  successfully  in  a  town,  the  min- 

^   liiiuself  ouglit  to  live  there,  and  give  special 

"'"lion  to  the  work.     But  owing  to  llie  fact 

'   ,  „„rly  all  our  niinistere  are  farmers,  they 

"kept  in  the  country,  and  do  not  feel  dispos- 

^'lo  work  mueh  in  towns. 

l^lie  want  of  greater  missionary  eBforts  upon 
Ibf  pirt  of  our  people,  has  also  had  mugi  to  do 
|„  krepins  them  oufof  towns.  They  luive  but 
|°„.  misiionaries.  and  these  are  coulined  to 
nnlry  labor,  and  do  not  have  time  to  work  up 
la  interest  in  cities.  ,    ,    ,      , 

1  am  much  iu  favor  of  city  work,  but  unless 
„  Lite  hold  of  it  right  it  will  not  prove  a  sue 
is  When  the  apostles  went  into  a  city  to 
bmlii  up  »  church,  they  spent  mouths,  and  even 
years  in  one  city.  Tliey  did  not  preach  a  few 
MUious  in  one  city,  and  a  few  more  in  some 
other  place,  and  so  on,  but  when  they  entered  a 
place  it  was  with  the  intention  of  accomplishing 
wmelUiug,  and  they  were  lenerally  successful, 
biMUSe  tbey  clung  to  the  work.  And  if  our 
ptcple  intend  accomplishing  anything  m  cities 
they  mint  work  on  tho  same  principle.  Ap- 
point skilful  men  to  the  work  and  let  them  take 
their  time  to  it. 

The  first  Christian  church  established  on 
earth  was  in  the  city  of  Jerusalem.  The  apos- 
tles spent  most  of  their  time  preaching  and 
huilding  up  churches  in  cities.  By  them  the 
truth  was  planted  in  the  larger  cities  and  per- 
mitleil  to  work  its  way  into  smaller  places. 
Their  plan  was  a  successful  one. 

Times  and  customs,  however,  have  changed. 
Our  people  do  their  most  successful  work  in  the 
rural  districts,  though  wc  have  a  number  of 
churches  in  towns,  and  some  of  them  are  doing 
»ell.  The  apostles  could  do  more  in  towns 
than  we.  They  were  better  preachers,  better 
infonned,  had  more  zeal  than  most  of  preachers 
these  times,  and  then  they  possessed  the  pecul- 
iar and  good  lacul  y  of  holding  on  till  they  ac- 
complished something.  They  did  not  preach  a 
few  sermons  in  one  city,  and  then  go  to  anoth- 
er, but  took  hold  of  the  work  with  a  will  and 
then  clung  to  it.  •<■  «•  »■• 


the   purpose   of    settling,  or   hearing   settled,  the 
i-snes  between  the  two  people,  is  today  ill  sympii- 
lliv  with  us,  but  out  of  nndue  deference  to  the 
feeluiir^  of  bis  mother,  withholds  bis  obedience  to 
llie'tiTisp.!.     Ill  Marcli  last  I  baptized  iho  daugh- 
ter of  Mr.  Ransier,  a  most  leohnis'l'unkcr.     She 
was  eiluealed  a  Touker   in  the  strictest  sense.  Ijut 
when  she  "became  d  woman"  she  tnrneil  inini  the 
doctrine,   and,  -ith    hei    husband,   eoi.Hssed    the 
Christ.  Another  fuel;  The  German  Baptists  hay. 
no    cliiircli    iu    the     neighborhood     where     the 
debat.-     was     held.        At     the      time      of    the 
debate   wo     had     three     congregations    in    the 
county;     the  Tunkers  one,   perhaps  two.      \N  e 
now  have  seven  in  working  order,  ami  a  ueucleus 
of  some    twenty    or    thirty    meinbirs    within  two 
miles  of  the  Tunker  Church  for  nnolher;    and  it 
is  confidently  expected  that  within  the  nent  year 
there  will  be  a  congregation  organucJ. '  Besides, 
we  have  brethren  all  over  that  county  not  reckon- 
ed  ill  these  organizations.     At  the   time  ol  th« 
debate  we   had   but  one    minister   living   in  tile 
county      We  now  have  five,  and  another  spending 
half  his  timein  Linn  county.     Our  members  then 
would  n.il  have  exceeded    350.     W  e  now  double 
that  number,  while  a  large  number   have  gone  to 
other  parts.     Surely  the  Quinter  and  McLonnell 
debate  ruined  our  cause  in    Linn  county,  Iowa,  in 
conseouence  of  the  grand  victory  achieved  by  the 
head  Mid  front  of  the  Uerraan  liaptist  Iriitermty. 
Another  young  lady,  a   daughter  of  a  ^erm.n 
liaotist,  has  since  been  baptized  into  lie  one  body. 
\lso  at  other  poinLs  in    the   Stale,    where  we  had 
no  churches  at   the  time  of  the  debate  and  the 
German  Baptists  were  strong,   we  have  now  flour- 
ishing churches.  „  .    . 

From  the  above  unvarnished  statement  of  facts, 
it  is  evident  to  every  clear  headeil,  unprejudiced, 
candid  person,  that  the  little  band  ol  Diciplc, 
known  as  the  Dry  Creek  Church,  ceased   to  meet 


was  1 
A 


.Id? 


j\.  Increased  ;  nearly  all  are  Brethren  within 
two  miles  around  the  CampbelUte  house  where  the 
debate  was  held. 

11.  Have  the  Camphellitea  increased  or  de- 
creased wh.re  the  debate  wiis  held? 

A.  Uccreaaed  ;  no  worsUip  in  the  old  church 
»ny  more.  [And  but  few  meetings  have  been  held 
llitre  by  the  Campbellites  since  the  diaciisaiou.— ' 
lid.] 

12.  Have  the  Campbellites  seven  churches 
in  working  order  near  where  the  debate  wa.i 

held? 

A  No;  the  nearest  is  two  and  a  half  miles 
north  of  the  Brethren's  house.  The  Uiothreu 
have  preached  some  in  there 

13.  How  many  united  with  the  Campbellite 
church  at  the  time  of  the  debate? 

A.     One,  at  the  time  of  the  debate, 


facts." 


McConuell's  "  unvarnished  statementi  of 


MORE  HEART  CONVERSION. 

THKItEare  pei-sons  who,  because  they  were 
baptized  with  certain  things  on,  think  they 
have  a  Gospel  right  to  continue  wearing  them. 
They  say,  "If  these  things  were  good  enough 
to  be  baptized  in,  there  is  no  harm  in  wearing 
them  "  When  people  talk  that  way.  there  is 
something  not  just  right  ubout  the  heart.  More 
than  likely  the  heart  has  not  been  fully  converfc- 
el.  People  who  hate  the  things  they  once 
loved,  and  now  love  the  things  they  once  hated, 
are  not  inclined  to  evade  the  Gospel  simplicity 
iu  that  way. 

When  old  brother  Henry  Kurt/,  was  baptized 

U     How  many   united  wi'th  "the   Brethren  Ue  wa.s  attired  m  his  priestly  robes.    How  would 

chui^^h  at  the  time  of  the  debate?  i'  1""»  l-^ed  for  hiiii  to  have  continued  wear- 

cnuicnaiiu  ,,,„,„  ing   them,  c  aiming  that  if  they   were  good 

.\      Eleven  at  tune  of  debate.  '"&  '  ,  .     .,  .  i. 

...  „„„  :„  ii,„    .  unieh  to  be  bap  ized  in,  tbey  were  good  enough 

1.5      How  many  members  were  there  m  the    ■  uu'B" '"  "J^      i  '      -■  "  . 

Campbellite  church  at  the  time  of  discission?      t»  wear?     It  i.  presumable,  tha  the  Mi  op^^ 

7  They  had  some  forlv  or  fi^y  at  Iho  time  of   eunuch   was  baptized   in  his  olhcial  costume, 

the  debate,  but  at  preseiil  no  church,  |  Should  he  have  continued  in  his  oflicial  costume 

IB.    How  many  members  were  there  in  the 


Brethren  church  at  time  of  debate? 

A.  About  filVy  1  at  nrcsent  there  are  live  tnin- 
isters,  six  deacons  and  ahontone  hundred  and  eight 
lay  niembei^. 

17.  Did  more  Campbellites  die  than  Breth- 
ren? 


^"^^"'^.Ll^eXere  the  debate  was  held  ;  ,\.  About  an  equal  number  of  each  church 
m,  LI  e'or°rr,demlid  vttory  of  Quinter  ,,„e  died,  and  more  Brethren  have  moved  away 
ad    the   defeat  of    McConnell,   but    because   of    tban  Campbellites. 


d»tl.;  "emigration,  change  of  local  >"f";b«"''  ,^ 
ibsence  of  miuislers  to  preach  the  gospel,  ihe  ali- 
lenee  of  the  ciders,  etc.,  and  the  spruiging  up  ot 
Zr  congregatimis.  N.  A.  McCoNSEU,. 


THE  aUlrfTER   AND  McCONNELL 
DEBATE  AGAIN. 

./,  ;/.  Shore— hncnd  :  ,  ,      , 

OINCK  you  have  published  to  the  world  atlarge, 
0  and  your  brethren  in  particular,  that  the 
Church  of  Christ,  on  Dry  Creek,  Linn  county, 
Iowa,  has  disbanded  or  gone  down ;  that  it  was 
broken  up  or  went  dowu  in  consequence  of  the 
quinter  and  McConnell  debate  held  in  that  vi- 
cinity iu  October,  1867,  and  since  you  point  Ui 
Ihis  as  an  evidence  of  the  victory  Mr.  (Juintor 
Wiucd  in  said  discussion,  and  have  likewise  said 
that  wherever  your  people  have  held,  iliscuasioni 
with  the  Disciples,  the  Disciples  have  gone  down, 
etc. 

Will  you  permit  me  to  make  to  your  readers  a 
plain  statement  of  facts  in  reference  to  the  church 
"h  Dry  Creek,  where  Quinter  and  McConnell 
debated  ? 

Iu  18.50  there  were  living  in  that  locality  a  lew 
families,  some  of  whose  membeia  were  connected 
with  the  Church  of  Christ,  which  mel  alternate  y 
at  Marion  [six  miles  distant]  and  Dry  Creek. 
About  that  limtf  they  commenced  a  house  of  wor- 
ship which  was  never  finished  ,  still    it    was  occu 


1'   •■uiuii   nat  iicvci     iiumuv.- ,  "-■■■      -- 

pied  as  a  place  of  worship  for  lilteeD  years.     D... 
i»g  this  time  the  Diciples  built   a   large  and  com 


nF.M,lRKS. 

Some  weeks  ago  Mr.  N.  A.   McConnell  was 
holding  a  series  of  meetings  at  this  place,  and 
while  here  frequently  visited  the  office.     A  few 
days  before   leaving   he  presented  the  above, 
wishing  to  know  if  we  would  publish  it,  at  the 
same  time   giving  us  to   understand  that  if  we 
did  not  publish  it  in  the   Buethrek  .it  Wonit 
it  would  be  published  elsewhere.    Of  course,  we 
a»reed  to  give   him  a  hearing,  and  thought  it 
best  to  have  some    additional    "  iinvarnislie.i 
statement  of   facts  "  from  the  other  side  ot  the 
house  to  publish  along  side  of  his  "  unvarnished 
statements,"  hence  sent  a  proof  oi   the  article, 
and  a  number  of  questions,  drawn  from  his  ar- 
ticle   to  the  brethren  living   near  where  the 
debate   was   held.     Below  are  published  those 
questions,  followed  by   the  brethren's  answers. 
The  reader  can  likely  tell  where  the  "  varnish 
comes  in: 

gl'ESIlONS  iSD  .INBWF.IIS. 

1.  Who  were  tho  eight  families  that  sold  to 
German  Baptists? 

Ams  None  have  sold  to  German  Baptists  since 
the  debate,  but  tliree  before  the  debate. 

3.    Who  were  the  seven  heads  of  families 

that  died?  ' 

\  QuiW  B  number  have  died,  and  some  have 
moved  away,  that  is,  if  we  count  back  Iwentynuie 
yZ  as  Mr' McConnell  does.  Hut  since  the  de- 
Lie  only  a  few  have  died  or  moved  away. 

3.  Who  are  those  living  in  the  vicimty  that 
have  no  local  membership? 

A.  Only  three  wilhin  two  milea  of  the  house 
where  the  debate  was  held. 

4  Did  Mr.  Albaugh  believe  "  with  Tunkers 
before  he  joined  the  Campbellite  church? 

\  No;  he  first  believed  the  Campbellite  doc- 
trine and  probably  would  have  conlinneil  with 
them,  had  "they  praclice.l  what  ihey  pre.chcl. 


lan  uarapoeiiiLes. 

One  of  our  sisters  turned  Campbellite  lor  a  lew 
years,  and  dressed  in  the  vuiu  fashions  ol  the 
world  but  she  soon  saw  that  w«8  not  the  way  lo 
heaven,  and  so  turned  back  lo  the  Bretiireu  church. 
Five  Campbellites  joined  llie  Brellircn  s  ehureli 
■■  Surely  the  (Jiimter  and  McConnell  debate 
iued"  the  Dry  Creek  Campbellite  ehuroli.  liul 
we  don't  waul  to  boast  of  our  work:  give  Ood  the 

^'"^  Yours  Truly, 

T.  Q.  Snvdf.u, 

J.  C.  MlLLEB, 

Daniel  Ai.BAiuti! 
Linn  county,  Iowh. 

AUUmON.Vt.  REM.lllKS, 

Wc  are  not  aware  that  wc  "  have  published 
totlie  world  at  large,"  "that  the  Church  of 
Christ,  on  Dry  Creek,  Linn  county,  Iowa,  h,.s 
disbanded  or  gone  down,"  but  as  a  matter  ol 
,„■«'<  it  has  been  published  to  some  extent,  that 
the  "  Campbellite  Church  has  disbanded  or  gone 
down  in  consequence  of  the  tininter  and  Mc- 
Connell debate."  The  "Church  of  Christ,  on 
Dry  Creek,  Linn  county,  Iowa,"  stands  today 
lirm  as  a  rock,  but  the  "  Campbellite  Church  " 
is  among  the  things  of  the  post.  It  could  not 
stand  the  light  ot  truth  shining  upon  its  un- 
scriptural  practices.  We  are  not  any  ways 
■alarmed  about  the  "  Church  of  Christ  going 
down.     It  has  stood  the  test  too  long  for  that. 

From  the  above  "unvarnished  statement  ot 
fads  "from  both  sides  of  the  house,  it  would 


all  the  days  of  his  life  just  because  he  was  bap- 
tized that  way  ?  I'anl,  who  was  baiitized  only 
a  few  da.vs  after  being  lonvicted,  hud  not  time 
to  lay  aside  his  costly  array  and  attire  himselt 
in  becoming  plainness  before  his  baptism,  and 
he  laid  no  claim  to  the  privilege  of  dressing  in 
Ihe  style  of  the  world.  The  same  might  be 
said  of  the  three  thousand  who  were  baptized 
on  the  day  of  I'eiilecost.  They  were  convicted 
and  baptized  the  same  day,  and  doubtless  many 
of  them  were  attired  in  their  fashionable  garbs, 
yet  they  did  not  plead  for  fashion  on  that 
ground.  Nor  will  any  other  penon  whoM 
heart  has  been  fully  converted. 

U  at  times  so  happens  that  persons  are  con- 
victed and  baptized  the  same  day;  and  not  no- 
frequently  while  fashionably  attired.  This  can- 
not be  well  avoided.  But  for  such  persons  to 
come  up  and  plead  that  they  can  dress  fashion- 
ably all  the  days  of  their  lives,  just  because 
they  were  so  dressed  when  baptized,  shows  that 
something  is  not  just  right.  They  need  a  re- 
newing of  the  mind  before  they  can  prove  by 
their  walk  and  conversation  just  what  is  right. 
Tho  heart  needs  a  little  more  conversion. 

J,  H.  u. 


MEETl.-iOs  in  Lanark  closed  Sunday  evening. 
One  applicant  for  baptism. 

Asi>  now  comes  a  report,  stating  that  a  Cin- 
cinnati engineer  has  just  completed  a  contract 
with  French  capitalists  to  build  a  narrow  guage 
railroad  from  .larta  to  Jerusalem. 


The  sufferings  in   England,  from  the  great 
deiiression  in   business,  is  increasing,  and  it  is 


seem  clear  that  the  "  tluinter 
debate"  did  ruin  the  Campbellite  Church  on 
Dry  Creek.  Of  course,  we  do  not  claim  that 
It  materially  affected  the  mind  of  every  mati 
woman  and  child  in  the  State,  nor  that  ,t 
changed  the  minds  ol  thousands  in  Lmn  county 
who  did  not  hear  the  debate,  but  that  it  did  have 
some  effect  on  the  "Dry  Creek  "  Campbellite 
Church  IS  evident  from  the  "  unvarnished  state- 
ments" before  US.  The  question  is  not  what 
effect  the  debate  had  where  it  was  not  hold, 
but  what  effect  had  it  on  the  Campbellite 
Church  "on  Dry  Creek,  linn  county,  Iowa.' 


""^'m'-::,:       ::    bTt'^-orst  has  not  yet  come.    The 
and   McConnell    •'"  fi,„  „„n;  the  death 


ieareuT.n».  .ite  ">'.°-  ■■"'  -      .      ,     .    ^i 

poor  and  weak  must  go  to  the  wall;  the  death 
rate  is  constantly  increasing,  and  cnmes  m 
becoming  more  numerous. 

Jlsl  as  we  were  about  Enishing  thLs  pa^, 
we  received  a  letter  from  Brother  David  F. 
Eby,  sUting  that  Brother  Daniel  MrUer  « 
having  good  succ«s  on  the  Wisconsin  mission. 
Four  have  been  baptized,  and  among  them  was 
an  aged  Campbellite  preacher.  The  inler«t 
was  running  high,  and  the  congregat.oa. 
Urge. 


'Vtll-7    Um-yVHUKW    A.T    "WORIC 


0IU    phh  (jfraoa. 

"  Thf  irortJi  of  TrtUh  no  Tongut  Can  Tell " 

ThU  departTDPDi  !■  ilcaifcnM  for  Mhln|t  kn<]  kn<»priDf 
0IM«  lUMilum.  ftnil  ror  tb«  aoliiMon  of  «triptor«l  'ilffimt- 
Um  All  qiiniinn..  ohoult  ho  aUIr  I  tiiIi  cMtlor.  uiij  «o- 
<»»r*-l  niih  <u>  much  rlp-irn*"-*  .^  |N-«.iM«.  [d  oHer  U 
proDor«  llilile  Trulh.     .^nklri  tut  tbit  dvputmnit.  moat 


AHEAD,  »7«.    i»ftn».  iiioiitb,  amm,  bandi*.  fin 
g'-n*  and 


Ploaso  (jivp  ycHir  vl.-wn  of  Uvh.  12:  2fl;  "  For  our 
Ood  Is  ft  consuming  firp."  J.  W.  Wall. 

Will  «oi(K-  oiiK  ti-llmc  how  IdUK  Nnati  waa  tiujld- 
iDg  tliu  ark?  Jhkaul  J'kviioh. 

What  fs  the  meuninir  of  thi-  liwt  two  w*iikIii  of  j 
Cor.  Ifl:  ti't  ■•Anathiniiii  Maran  nlha."  ami  what 
JainruaKc  \n  It'/  W.  II.  Mll.Ll!lt. 

Wfia  Jiidiw  prtw-nt  wlion  focUwanrilnH.  the  lyord'a 
8u|i]>tT.  anil  tlie  Conmiiiiihm  ivcrw  inatllutt-d? 
Sonit*  iJii.'  will  jilea^c  (•Ti>laln.        J.  M.  Dktiiick. 

I'lfiiHt'  Biv«  an  fxplaniitinii  ,m  ]  Cor. .'.;:.:  "To 
delfvnr  .iiicli  an  onr-  unto  Satan  for  Ihfi  di-atrnrtlon 
of  tJif  UpsIi,  that  tlip  Hpirlt  may  Im>  itavi-d  In  tht-  day 
of  the  Lord  Jesus."  M.  W.  Kbim. 

ricjutc  oxiihilu  Johni;  13:  "Which  wonj  horn, 
not  of  hlijod,  nor  of  tin-  will  of  the  llcali,  nor  of  the  ( 
»lll  of  man.  but  of  find."    What  hirths  Me  \ifn- 
r«ferrf^  to,  natural  or  nidrilnal  ? 

J.  Y..'*navi:lv. 
1.    How  iriitiiy  llirnjici  arc  n-ffTD-d  to  In  I(«v.  ri: 
I  ?    2.    What  i'<iiiMltlnt<>d  thr.  hnyUniu  of  •*  our  fath- 
om "n-foncil  tjj  In  iCor.lo;  I, ay    a,    IIow  ofli-n 
wore  thi-y  Imj.li/.-d  iinlo  Mn«nHy 

TftOMAl  Ill.ArK.  J(l. 

PlpfwcKlvcanr-itpliiinitlon  of  H(>v.  S2:2,    Itroiwbi 

thuH:  "  In  the  mldnt  of  the  iitroct  of  It,  and  on  eltli 

er  Hide  of  iliv  rivor,  wtun  thriK  Uii'  tri'^-of  llfi-,  whlcli 

him-  tw.ilvi-  uiannw  of  frniUt,  and  yl«'tdcd  her  fruit 

every  month:  and  (lie  Ii'avcd  i,f  the  tri-r.   wc-rc  for 

•  the  hcallnff  of  the  nations."  A  HitoTiiKft. 

WlllHomr<  om-heao  kfinl  na  to  cxidatn  Matt.  . 

«»,  DO:  "And   If  thy  rlKlil  c-yn  omuid  thoc,  pluck  it 

out,  andm.l  II  from   II.....:  r..r  it  Ih  prolHahl..  for 

thf^clhrd  ..lU'of  tJ.y  nn'inhfTH  nhould   jltIhIi, 

not  thalthy  whol..  hody  HhouM  he  riwt  Into  ht'ti, 

And  If  thy  rlRht  hand  offend  Ihci-,  nit  It  off,"  rtr. 

H.  A.  J-'LiOKiNdicit. 

Will  111.'  KiiFTMiir.N-  AT  WotiK  [ilcimr. givo  aimx- 

Idanuliiui  .>n  Matt.  I'l;  17.  which  h.-uIh  hh  f.dlowH: 

"Li-I  hliii  wirirli  Is  on  I  In-  In.im-l-.iJ  not  come  down 

to  take  anytldiiK  "Ul  of  IiIb  hiin»c," 

Al4ov(Ttn.  40,  which  rendu  ax  f.dl.nm:  "Then 
Hhi.ll  two  t...  In  llu,  lldrl,  the  .>n<.  Hhall  ho  taken  Jind 
the..tln-rlen."  .lANii  Hkiii.v. 

Si.iii.-  i.ne  will  jileiiHc  expljifn  Mark  ID;  17,  IH; 
"And  theso  hIuhm  «lmll  follow  them  that  heih-ve; 
In  my  nanio  flluill  they  ciwt  out  devllH;  they  uhall 
■peakwllh  nt'W  louBuert;  Ihey  Hhalltakn  iij.  ner- 
pontu;  an.l  if  th.-y  <|ii„i<  ,i„y  u.'adlv  thhitf.  It  Hl.all 
not  hull  fhein:  Ihey  xlndl  lay  lian.h  on  Ih.-  m,  ' 
ami  th.-y  Minil!  reeover."     Wh„  !«  refened  toy 

J.  J-.  HllOWN. 


.  and  be  permitted  to  a^iiociate  with  holy  angels. 
.     ,.  ,.        ,„     "^^  J'"'"'  ''« ''""'»"    ".J  the  ./.iril.  of  ju,l  men  made  perfetl  through 

.^i,^  lo^L    ""'      .        •    7^'  •.""•»»<-»)/»    d.ell   .„.„%  ,he   blood-»a,hH.br„ogof  ,he 
tbeWjof  every  .„,,„«:  ^d   plaot ..  .d.,pM  j  „,■  ,,„„  »!,„  ha,  lo,<J  ,„.  and  ha,  done  ™  much 

^i      ,       'T     .  T"":"  '"  '"•'>"""«  ";»'  :  -'i.  'he  Ka.her,  and  .looping  «,  iL  »,  .0  fake 
'?    f,  God.     And  .0  far  ..   man  „   ,n  11,,  i  „„„„  ,,i„,„„  „„,  hum.,,;.,:  Iba.  I.y  .0  doing 

,ma«e  and  l,ltpi,e.«  ,0  far  niii.t  h.  he  liiie  Ilim:    he      "  '      " 
and  thi8  aa  to  form,  for  in   Jmu,-,  G«al  appear^nl 
aa  a  man:  and  in   Hiiirit  also,  if  we  live  Christ- 
like, for  conid  He  h*-  otherwise  in  u*  and  we  in 
Ilim?    See  .John  17:  al  i3,      .1.  li.  Hopfkb. 


Jtfiiia   of  ;Ji,te^ 


THE  ORPHAN. 

BY  VBLl.\  hTLThMA.V. 

I'm  Id  this  world  of  care 

Wllhout  a  father'^  I'jvu: 
>'o  mother's  voice  in  evi-tiiuK  |>  ayer— 
•   'tiwy  are  with  Ood'ahnvc. 

No  HiHt«'»  g.inlle  jimih-— 

Xo  hrother  I.-ft  me  here; 
I'm  left  alonu  a  little  whllf 
Without  a  kindrod  dtar. 
Itiit  .r.*niiti  in  my  friend. 

In  Illm  I  |iiit  my  trunt, 
Srj  when  my  Itfu  on  Bartli  Hhall  end, 
I'll  dwell  amoiic  the  jiwt. 

And  «hen  In  thai  (,Teat  day. 
What  Iileannn-M  niim-  will  he. 

If  in  that  world  fto  far  awai. 
My  i.,ii.-nCt  I«liall  nee. 

And  wli.'ii  >.in  km-el  t.»  j»ray, 

A.I.I  jiiNliin..  Hurd  f.u  me, 
Thitl  I  more  initlenl  ..very  day, 

And  faithful  U'>  to  It.'. 

THE  LOVE  OF  GOD. 

«V  JAUVM  WIKT. 


— S.V.VKEY  baa  been  iatel.v  81,^11^!^°?^ 
land.  "."e.nSki,    , 

—It  is  proposed  to  hold  a  worl,)'  r  . 
York  in  IbSn.  """ti., 

—The  finding  of  rich  gold  depo,,,,  . 
Tennessee  is  attracting  much  atfenti     '"  ^'^' 
— Thh  p-irst  Preahjtcrian  Church  i 


III.,  just   completed   at 


costof  to,,^"""^ 
burned  on  the  -second  instant.  '  '*  ^ 

lave  boen  ik 
venlora  of  ,nctal  pens,  aud  to  have  fi        '" 
I  then  of  brass  in  ISld.  '"^  "i-i  I, 

— TllK  lier,-ditary   protector  tjf  j 
has  been  arrested  and  lljn)wn  into  p/^*"'"  ' 
the  famous  car  of  the  idol  is  for  sale     '^°"'  ^^  ■ 

-S2.:,04,,inO  was  the    price   paid  t„  p 
by  Great  Britian  for  a  little  inlet  of  th,. "/'""' 
Ocean  i„  South-easteru  Africa.  ''      ''^'^ 


-]s  a  mound 
s  of  .T  creni 


recently  opened  l„  pi^i 
.-ted    body  were  f„„„j  >    ■ 


WISE  MASTER  BUILDER. 


IVIIJ  some  one  jlv,.  iin  an  e\|,lanatlun  on  1  Cur  3 
'?•,'.!"  '•"■I"' I"  ll,„  builder  y  a.  Wbattbemale. 
rid  /  :i.  How  slwll  a  Imui's  w,„li  lie  tried  l,y  u,..'. 
4.  1  r  a  man-,  ihuik  i,„  imin,.,!,  ;,„„  ,i„||i  „ 
•d  yet  HO  as  by  (liey  jj  jj  ^„ 


nlie 

ll,TMl!,t. 

builder?  I  say  Paul.  IK.  wits 
ease  spoken  of  as  n  "  wisp  master, 
builder."  Me  w;ls  then  going  about  and  build- 
ing up  cburcbea,  and  was  one  of  llie  biiildeisi  ol 

the  Coriutbiau  cliureb,  imd  he  (Paul)  ,ai,l  that 

Ihcy  welu  the  temjile  of  Qud,  and  if  any   nim, 

would  delilo   the    temple  he   would  be  ilestroy- 

oJ.     So  those  thai  would  dolil,,  the  leniple  are 

some  of  lliewuod.    hay    and  stubble  which  are 

l'"'"'"'''l "''<'r:  and   those   that  would   not 

defile   ,u-,.  the  (johl,   silve.-,  luid  precious  atone, 

ivh.ch    aie  calle.l    ||„.  substantial    material  of 

wbieb  ll,e  temple  of  God  is  built.    At  the  eoiii- 

ing  of  the  LonI  .Ji.sus  every  juuu's  work  sluill  be 

tned,  hence  all    the   temples    that  a,o   built  on 

Jesus  Phrist,  that  suie  foundation,  which  Paul 

had  laid  for  the  (,'oriuthiaus,  will  bi.  tested,  and 

he  ,8  warning  those  who  would  build   on  that 

foundation   that  they  should   be  ciuvfnl   how 

they  build  therc.on,  for  the  work  waa  all  to  be 

trieil;  and  ii«  I'luil  wik  the  ivise  master  builder 

he  would  be  savisl  even  if  many  of  his  convert.s 

would  be  destroye,!  ,is   hay,  stubble   ,u,d  wood. 

Ithmk  that  all   those   who  are  preaching  and  |  these  shalfye  "do  bee 

converl,ng  ,neM  and  women  to  Christ  are  buihl 


IME  fall  of  man  in  Kden'a  garden  gave  an 
occasion  lor  im  exhibition  of  the  grace  of 
(iod  towards  the   human  liunily,   and  there  ai-e 
two  itersonages  more  promiiienlly   brought  to 
in  man's  tall  aud   redem[,tinn.    The  fall 
wiw  occiLsioned  by  thi-  disobedience  of  the  tirst 
man,"  who  was  of  the  earth  earthy;"  the  atone- 1 
meat  wos  accomplished  by  the  Model  Man,  "  the 
Lord  from   heaven."     When   we  consider  that 
"(iod  was  in  Christ  reconciling  the  world  unto 
lumself "  during  the  period  of  His  sulleriug,  la- 
bor and  self  denial,  we    may    then  more  easily 
see  that  thi.  supreme  love  of  our  Creator  was 
extended  to  us,  luid  this  will  enlist  our  sympo- 
thy  and  supjiort  to  forwiud  the  cause  of  Christ; 
Mid  could  we  also  know  that  we  are  the  recipi-^ 
ents  of  divine  coiniawsion,   our  benevolent  na- 
tures should  be  called  out  in  aflc'ctionate  obedi- 
ence to  all  the  renuisitions  of  our  divine  Teaclier, 
as  the  promised   rewarda  contaiiied  in  the  Glo.s- 

WllOisIhe  builder?     I  say   Paul      IK,  w.Ls    TIu  ,''""p,  "T    '',7  ""'*■    '"  *''"""   "'^'' "" 
in  this  ease  sonkenf        •     •  huthlul  lu  Chnst.    The  commsuds  are  to  occu- 

,11  inis  ease  spoken  of  ns  a"  wise  mnslei-     nv  (ill  I,.,   ,.„.„««   «..,,  ;r  r -.i  ^  , 

py  till  ne  comes,  nnu  it   we  are  faithful  over  a 

few  things,  we  shall  be    made  ruler  over  many 

things,  when   we  enter  the  joys  of  our  Lord. 

Our  life  should   be   "hid  with  Christ  in  God." 

If  we  are  "risen  with  Christ"  we  will  "sot  our 

all'ectious  on  things  above,"  and  not  exclusively 

on  thiugs  of  oortli.    Through  the  work  of  ,-e- 

deinptiim  our  salvotion  has  been  obtained,  as  we 

"  have  Iwen  bought  with  n  price  "—the  precious 

bloorl  of  Christ,  which  entitles  us  to  an  iuberit- 

ailee  with  all  th,.  saiuls  in  light,     Itehold  what 

manner  of  love  that  wo  should  be  called  the 

sons  of  God.  ond  equal  with  our  Elder  Brother 

in  the  fruition  of  heaven. 

Hy  cousUmtly  dwelling  u]iou  the  truth  of  the 

Gospel,  we  imbibe  the  nature  of  ils  Author,  and 

when  we  arc   "  thoroughly  furnished  for  every 

good  work  "  we  will  be  like  him,  for  this  enables 

us  to  see  Uiiu  as  he  is;  Christ  was  interested 

during  his  ministry,  in  the  work  of  his  Father. 

He  was  heard   to  suy,   .■  Jly    Father  woiketh 

hitherto,  luid  I  work,  aud   greater  works  than  I 

I   go  to  the   Father." 

e.  ih  the  e,,use  Of  chr,.t  Olid  sh^id-:;^  i:;;;^  ir^:;;!r:;r^;i -::- :-;--^^ 

on  the  right  hand  of  the  throne  of  God,  inter- 
cediug  for  us.  The  promised  Comforter,  the 
Holy  Spirit,  is  at  present  with  the  children  of 
God,  guiding  tliem  into  the  way  of  truth  and 
righteousness,  that  was  pointed  out  by  Jesus, 
our  Ksompler.  This  is  done  by  bringing  to 
our  remembrance  all  thiugs  whatsoever  he 
would  have  us  perform. 

Now,  since  God  hns  done  so  much  for  ns,  are 
we  not  willing  also  to  deny  ourselves,  lake  up 
our  cross  and  follow  the  Caplniu  of  our  salva- 
tion, will,  was  '■  made  perfect  through  sutlering" 
aud  "  was  tempted  in  all  points  as  wearo,  )et 
without  sin?"  Through  the  present  life  we  may 
prepare  for  that  futuresUte  of  existence  beyond 
ke  I  "|e  «'«"..  where  we  may  become  in  possession 
ot  the  glorious  felicities  revealed  unto  us  by  the 
Holy  Spirit  in  our  home  in  the  heavenly  world. 


ight  .Iraw  us   back  into  the  bosom  of  the 

Father,  to  again   enjoy   that  sweet    fellowship 

and  communion  severed  by  our  fall  from  iuno- 

cency  and  purity  before  contaminated  with  sin. 

Meditating  upon  the  precious  truths  of  the 

Gospel  of  Christ  enables    us  to  grow  in    grace 

and    the   knowledge  of  divine  things,   for  the  j 

truths  of  the  liible  are  food  for  the  soul;  it  is  by 

I  this  means  that  the  divine  nature  is  developed. 

and  fern,  babta  in  Chris,  we  grow  up  to  the  full 

stature  of  the  man  Christ  Jesus. 

How  consoling  to  the  minds  of  those  who 
have  been  rerfewed  after  the  image  of  him  who 
created  them  to  dwell  upon  the  destinies  of  our 
iuuuortal  spirits.  Our  highest  natures  can  on- 
ly be  satisiied  when  we  awake  in  the  likeness  of 

our  liedeenier.  though  at   present  it  .loth    not    skull,  which  WMulilived  as  an  urn 
lully  ,ipp,.ar  what   we  shall  be;  neither  are  our 
Unite  conceptions  able  to  comprehend  what  it 
is  to  be  like  Christ. 

Our  greatest  delight  and  higheit  ambition 
should  la;,  that  after  the  vicissitudes  of  life  are 
over,  we  may  ourselves  be  in  astateof  readiness, 
and  have  induced  as  many  other  members  ol 
the  raw  who  came  u,ider  our  influence  also  to 
have  embraced  the  Go^pel  of  the  blessed  Son  of 
God,  that  they,  with  us,  may  receive  the  crown 
I  ol  life  when  death  intercepts  our  earthly  career. 
[  or  Christ  ccnes  to  collect  his  jewels—the  pre- 
cious ones  of  earth— aud  gather  them  home, 
where  they  2nay  have  a  right  to  the  "  tree  01 
life  and  ent<.r  in  through  the  gates  into  the  city." 
the  Ne'w  Jerusalem,  "  lilcsted  are  they  who 
do  the  commaudiupiits," 

There  are  n,any  great  and  precious  promises 
crontained  in  the  written  Word,  and  the  enjoy- 
ment of  these  are   insured  to  us  if  obedient  to 
inch  commands  as  •■  If  ye  love  me   keep   my 
co,nmandnients,"     Christ  gave  to  men  a  perfect 
law,  and  this  law  contains  the  new  co,u,uaud- 
ment  that  we  should   love  one  onother.    He 
o],ened  up  a  "  new  and  living  way  "  from  earth 
to  ablessed  immortality.    Our  hopes  of  eternal 
life  are  coulinually  confirmed  while  conteniplal- 
ing  upou   the  n,»ritorious   work  of  our  dear 
lord.    The  children  of  God  are  at  present  the 
recipients  of  his  g,-,ice,  and  enjoy,   to  a  limited 
extent,  the  blessings  of  Christianit).    The  rea- 
son they  do  not  enjoy  more  is  because  Satan  is 
permilted  to  exert  his  influence  in  opposition  to 
the  peaceful   doctrines  of  the  cross;   but  when 
once  he  is  bound,  and  his  power  circumscribed 
within  the   narrow  liuiits  of  the   "bottomless 
pit,"  then  will  the  long,  aud  much  desired  reign 
of  Christ  in   iierson  begin   on   earth,  aud  the 
"kingdoms  of  this  world  will  become  the  king- 
dom of  Christ"  aud  , ield  to  him  their  happy 
llegiance. 


— A.v  Iri.sh  lady  living  at  Flushing  u. 
land,  is  ovei-  one  hundred  and  nineyem  r* 
and  is  OS  hale  and  hearty  as  ever,  ^^''' 

-The  United  States    appears,  by  the  »  1 
tic,  of  mortahty  in  various  countries,  lol!,:'" 
healthiest  country  in  the  worid. 

— A  GENTi.KsiA.v  in  Pennsylvania  has  a 
which  hits  been  pronounced  by  antiquariaaVl" 
be  a  shekel  which  was  current  com  B.  c  33V" 

—An  English  gentleman  is  raisi^^Y^^ 
peas  from  seed  taken  from  the  folds  of  an  £„'' " 
tian  mummy,  where  they  had  lain  fo,  w' 
years,  '  ^ 


— I.v  four  days  from  Dec 
inches  of  rain  fell  in   San 


MOSHEIM'S   "AN  IMMERSION.' 


BY  SAMUEL  SALA. 

MOSIIEIM,  in  his  Ecclesiastical  History  says: 
"  liaptism  was  performed  in  the  first  cen- 
tury, by  an  immersion  of  the  whole  body  in  the 
baptismal  font."  This  is  considered,  by  some 
as  being  equivalent  to  saying  single  immersion 
was  practiced  in  the  first  century;  but  trine 
immersion  is  also  on  imiimMmi  of  the  whole 
body,  for  the  whole  body  is  immersed  in  the 
sense  Mosheim  refers  to  the  "  on  immersion 


•  37   to  Jan.  1,  ,i, 

1,        .,       ,  "iienavenlura,  C.I 

-oth  mail  and  telegraphic  communication.., 
suspended  by  the  storm. 

-Tall  trees  near  a  house  or  ham  are.o.! 
lirotecton.  from  lightning.  A  tall  po,,lar  J 
IS  as  good  as  any  lightning-rod,  being  a™.: 
conductor  of  electricity. 

—The  oil  well  of  the  Los  Angeles  Compn, 
in  the  Sespe  district,  from  a  depth  of  1,500  f^,' 
,s  spouting  oil  to  a  hight  of  fifteen  feet,  and  it 
such  quantities  as  to  be  uncontrolled. 

—A  IIKAVV  locomotive  e-Yploded  Jan.  2,  aljmil 
two  miles  from  summit,  on  the  Central  Pacillt 
railroad.  The  engineer  was  killed  iii-staallj. 
others  fatally  or  seriously  injured.  The  explo- 
sion was  terrific,  spreading  ruin  all  around. 

Up  to  the  2nd  ult.,  there  had  been  supprra- 
cd  under  the  Anti-Socialist  law  in  the  larger 
German  States  Ui  clubs,  and  forty  periodicsli 
and  135  other  publications  had  been  blacklisted. 
—The  immense  establishment  of  Wanimakir 
in  Philadeljihia  is  lighted  with  the  electric  light. 
The  Timrs  sa.ys  his  g-as  bill  has  amounted  to 
¥200  each  Saturday  night;  electric  light  bill, 
$10.60-  No  wonder  gas  stock  is  depreciatiug. 
—Chabi.es  F.  Markley,  the  boy  who  im 
caught  robbing  a  store  in  Jersey  City,  said  that 
he  obtained  a  knowledge  of  the  "dulies"  of  a 
burglar  by  reading  the  weekly  hoys'  papers. 
He  was  sent  to  the  State  Reform  School.  There 
ought  certainly  to  be  some  way  to  reach  Ike 
writers  for  and   publishers  of  these  detestable 


—The  New  \'ear's  of  1S7,^  w,i3  a  cold  one. 
Reports  Jan.  2nd  give  the  thermometer  below 
zero,  as  follows:— Omaha,  nineteen;  Youktoii, 
D.   T.,  twenty.five;   St.   Paul.   Minn.,  thirtj: 


The  question  then  ,s  What  d.d  Mosheim  mean    .Springfield,  III.,  twenty;  Chicago,  twenty-three: 

bv      an  iinnieesmn  cf    tl.n  ,..l.-,„  l  .  3.  ..  „      ,-.    .       oi  _.  ,       <  ^__  "    .  ." 


I'oiiudatiou. 
■ss  trouble  ill 
rouble-some 
points  are  member* 


wood.  h.ay  and   stubble  on    that 

Were  this  done  there  would  be  le 

the  church  in  the  present  day 

members,  about  doctrinal 

who  are  taken  into  the  church  before  they  are 
taught,  and  then  when  another  one  like  Paul 
comes  along  and  jireaches  the  whole  doctrine 
such  meiubers  will  become  stubble  in  the 
.jhurch  to  the  man  that  had  converted  them, 

M.  FORN.^Y, 

IN  THE  IMAGE  AND  LIKENESS      I 
OF  GOD. 


«'«rea<li„Gen.l:2«:.i.etu.makeman 
own  image,  after  our  llkenesi"  Did  (iod 
mw,  in  the  form  of  himself.  „r  „,«  the  image  spi 

A.  iIoi.l,l.\OE]{. 


by  "  an  immersion  of  the  whole  body  ?  "  Ev  ,- 
dently  trine  immersion,  for  the  following  reii- 
He  cites  Girard  Vossius  as  his  authority 
aud  Vossius  says,  "  The  ancient  church  practic- 
ed trine  immersion  all  over  the  world  except 
Spain."  2.  On  page  !ll.  Vol.  1,  in  a  note  at 
the  bottom  of  the  page,  he  says,  "  Tertuliian 
gives  an  account  of  the  ceremonies  used  in  bai>- 
tisiii  in  the  -second  century,  and  says-  •  They 
were  not  dipi».d  once,  but  thrice.'"  3  On  page 
113,  on  the  subject  of  baptism,  he  refers  to  the 
second  book  of  Chrysostom,  who  says-  "  Chri  t 
delive,-ed  to  his  disciples  one  baptism,  in  three 
■mmersions  of  the  body."  4.  On  the  same  page 
Augustine  were  great 
■if  to  infuse  into  the 


he  says:  "  Jerome  and 
and  ntible  men.  and  lab.i 
mind,  .d  lb.    people  ju.t  notions  of  religion 
And  Jerome  savs.  •■  We  are  thrice  dipped  in  wa- 
er  that  the  ,uystery  of  the  Trinity  m.ay  appear 
to  be  but  one."    Augustine  says,   "  ifter  vou 
professed  your  belief,  thre*  times  did   we  s'lil)- 
merge  your  heads  in  the  siKred  fountain." 

This  is  sufficient  to  show  what 
eral  practice  of  all  antiquity. 


:  was  the 


(Cleveland,  seven.  At  New  York  it  fell  twenty- 
five  degrees  from  five  o'clock  to  twelve;  Louis- 
ville, navigation  suspended.  Reports  from 
Wtttertown,  Oswego,  and  Buffalo,  say  that  roads 
were  blocked  and  trains  suspended,  and  in  some 
places  abandoned. 

—The  Vellowstone  Geiseh.— These  Gef- 
sers  are  the  most  remarkable  in  the  world. 
There  are  more  than  10,000  vents.  The  Grand 
Geyser  throws  a  column  of  water  six  feet  in  di- 
ameter 200  feet  high,  while  the  stream  ascends 
1,000  feet.  Its  eruptions  occur  every  tweutf- 
four  hout^,  and  continue  twenty  minutes.  The 
Giantess  throws  a  stream  twenty  feet  in  diame- 
ter sixty  feet  high,  and  through  this  five  or  §i> 
smaller  jets  250  feet  high.  It  plays  twent.v 
minutes  once  in  eleven  hours.  The  Giant  sends 
up  a  fivi^foot  column  140  feet  high  for  three 
hours.  The  Beehive  projects  a  column  Ihne 
feet  in  diameter  to  the  enormous  height  of  21* 
leet  for  about  fifteen  minut.s.  Old  Faithful 
very  regular  for  firteen  minutes,  once  an  hoar. 
gen-  sends  up  its  ma-ssive  column  six  feet  in  diaine- 
I  ter  100  lo  -KO  feet  high. 


M-iriK  ii3tii:ajriH>:>;  ^vr  wokic 


Echoes^from  the  C«nter, 


■fmm  Our  SpwU! 

Old  year— New  Year's  Day— A  New  Field 
I**  ^    Fading  Flower— Another  Day's  Labor 

7  the  Camp- 

■"yT-gER  year  ia  now  numbered  with  the 
I '  hipp'  of  the  past.— Yeo  gone  with  all  its 
'  d  sorrows,  and  the  result  will  oulj-  be 
"■"  ^td  in  eternity.  Ah,  whut  has  th^  past 
<*^^  ot  *?eu!  It  has  witnessed  in  this  our  be- 
^^  j^d.  acuuiitry  hlessstd  with  peace  and 
ritv.  Productiveness  every-where,  and 
f''^*^  well  filled- the  result  ot*  the  labor 
f^'^'^lie  liands  of  the  husbandmen.  V'liver^al 
^^^  abouutls  within  her  borders  and  with  sis- 
f'^'g(if,„fi,aiid  no  culumities  have  befallen  her 
"'  t!ie  scourge  of  the  fever-stricken  South. 
**?  =  ffitnes'^ed  many  sorrows  throughout  the 
IJ  nations  arrayed  against  nations,  and 
*  v'liohie  Rons  have  fallen  victims  in  this 
"  iful  carnage  to  satisfy  the  ambition  of  un- 
*'*]|v  ma.  It  has  also  witnessed  disasters 
^  '  Ujid  and  sea;  all  of  which  toacli    us   that 


BJX'U 


laJi<I  » 

duoiiii^d  to  dissolution  and  must  pass 
..y  In  the  peace  and  prosi»erity  enjoyed,  it 
iialdiiwake  thankfulness  in  every  heart  and 
,,(ini|it  lis  all  to  greater  otnlience  to  our  Di- 
Kii'tior.  Ill  tlie  trials  and  tribulations  en- 
,  1  should  tause  induration  to  flow'  from 
«rv  i.'!art  and  acknowledge  a  power  Divine. 
^jjjj'goTprUs  the  universe  and  guides  the  desti- 
„,H.f  uatio"!^- 

'\'en-  Yeiir's  day  is  here — and  a  v<?ry  cold  da\ 
tjj  and  while  we  driiw  our  comforter  around 
fii  bracing  the  storm  or  sit  by  the  hot  fire  on 
Ibis  cold  Winter"!' day,  how  uiahy  in  this  wide 
rturMares^ollVring  "for  the  uecesssu-ies  of  life, 
jiid  ilo  uoi  enjoy  the  blessings  that  wp,  through 
ll,H  IVoviJence  of  God,  arc  permitted  to  do. 
Stioiild  Dot  this  awaken  sympatliy  within  our 
li^irt,  toivnrds  the  poori'  The  doplh  ot  our 
-juipatliy  is  always  measured  by  the  amount 
of  practictil  heuefit  we  bestow  upon  the  sutl'e: 

IBg 

t*r. 

Tliis  is  Sunday,  and  tlie  word  of  life  will  he 
[if 111  forth  from  the  stand  to  the  people  throu] 
„ut  l!ie  laud.  Oh.  may  God  enlighten  the 
minds  of  thf  Pauls  and  the  Peters,  that  thi 
j,y  tlie  truths  of  the  Gospel  may  he  spoken  i 
inthcouvincing  terms  tlmt  many  wanderers 
irlllr^^tarn  to  the  fold  of  Christ.  Brother  W. 
CTeettT  and  brotlier  E.  .Bo.-isermau  conducted 
thtiservice^  at  the  Oid  church,  and  preaolied 
udIo  the  people  as  God  gave  ability,  and  we 
learu,  ba<i  good  audienct;  and  attention 

Tlie  writer  opened  npaNew  Field  among 
Ihe  Baptists,  down  on  the  iilanchurd,  and 
preaclied  in  their  church  to  quite  an  interest 
ing  cangrpgatiou.  To  stand  in  the  temple 
t'jiilJDg  forth  the  truths  of  the  Gof^pel,  is  a  very 
rrspoiiHble  position,  yet  it  affords  me  plciwur^ 
lutem:h  humanity  the  way  everlasting,  that 
we  might  all  become  more  God-iibe,  and  be 
brought  so  near  his  holy  image,  that  he  can  see 
Cod  in  us  and  dwell  with  us  and  we  with  him 
lliroiighout  the  annals  of  oternity. 

T'^dHj-  yvii  recf-ived  the  intelligence  that  the 
brirtliieu  and  friends  are  woi.^liii'ing  at  the 
bo^ie  of  mourning  at  the  Old  churcli.  A  lit- 
tle bioouiiag  plant  of  bi-othti-  Pliyles  13  now 
ursjipett  in  tLe  cold  embrace  of  death,  and 
viiiiig  hearts  is  the  satl  lot  of  that  dear  family. 
Brother  E.  Bossermau  ofljciiited  in  the  funeral 
iiits,  and  held  forth  the  truths  of  the  Gos- 
Mai*  God  gave  ability.  This  world  is  one 
'ut  house  of  mourning.  Thouijh  many  are 
iMi>.vs  associated  iu  life,  yet  sorrow  and  grief 
>ff  the  common  lot  of  all.  Our  associations  iu 
lifsareof  short  duration.  Soon,  all  very  soon 
separation,  the  wife-,  the  husband,  the 
preot  or  child  is  stepping  off  the  stage  of  ac- 
' ''I,  and  sad  hearts  rest  in  the  bosom  of  the 
imivors.  This  exemplifies  the  fact  clearly  to 
"Wiiiiuds,  that  in  this  life  we  have  no  abiding 
P'»fe,  all  doomed  to  dissolution  however  dear 
^"'.  This,  then,  draws  the  mind  and  our  as- 
I'l'^lions  heavenward,  '"Knowing  in  yoursi-lves 

■  ^'i'lve  in  heaven  a  better  Bud  an  oodur- 
•  '-tnuce."  What  a  consolatiou  to  the 
^Midii!  Thia  is  the  inheritiinc  gained,  the 
JDduriug  substance,"  which  Paul  calls  ''m  in- 
J'f'tanwii.corruptible.  and  undeHled.that  fad- 
lot  away,  ix-servcd  in  heaven  for  yoH,  who 
^yei't  by  the  power  of  God  thrmigh  faith 
""  0  Bdlvatiyn  ready  to  be  revealed  in  the  last 
'J"*^-  1  Peter  1 :  4,  5.  This  i:i  iU:  Christian's 
'^^''  ''^^^  upon  this  anchor  we  tvat  nad  uwait 
J^t-idding  of  the  Miiiter.    Sinaer,  would  you 

'*■  this  hop*.,  this  holy  peace  wid  serenity 
^J"^ your  soul?  Lay  hold  on  the  .  promises 
■'^'^t'y  yielding  obedience  to   all  His  divine 

'-'iQ'l*.  that  wh«a    lifti  with   jO)  -its  trialfi 


are  over,  jou  tun  liv^  m  ptsce  tLd   Lol>li«'»>.  iu 

that  housu  not  made  with  hands,  eternal  in  the 
heiivens. 

Lord's  day  ia  here  again,  and  hailed  with  joy 
by    the  believere  in  Christ,  : 


I  thfi 


id  II. 


Uii'd  on  i\.e  (rain  for  Wahiln.  and  ar- 

Mtn.e  evening.  Next  mor»ii-g,i  start- 
ed on  Ihe  steamboat  l«.r  MuUumah  county,  jn 
the  lower  end  of  the  Willamette    Valley.     Ar- 


nd  onward  we  go     hved  at  Slott'a  Landing, 
toourtieldof  labor.     Our  home   mission  tield    Sandy  river, 
being  somewhat  '  .... 


somewhat  large,  and  the  calls  lor  preach- 
ing irequent,  we  divide  up  the  ministerial  force, 
and  alternate  each  Sunday,  thus  building  up 
the  cause  by  mutual  labor.  Btother  E.  Bosser- 
mau met  the  appointment  at  the  Gardner 
sehool-house.  Brethren  W.  C.  Teeter  and  Ja- 
cob Witmore  at  Pleasant  Rtdge  church.  The 
writer  at  a  .point  some  fifteen  milea  distant, 
near  Fiudlay,  Ohio.  We  met  a  full  house,  and 
tried  to  entertain  them  for  a  while  in  the  spirit 
of  the  Gospel.  Subject,  "  The  blind  Beggar." 
Mark  10:  411-52.  Many  souls  are  sitting  out- 
side the  gate  and  are  totally  blind;  cannot  see 
any  attractiveness  or  beauty  in  the  person  of 
Jesus  Christ  or  the  Christian  religion.  Thus 
they  sit  and  procrastinate  until  the  harvest  is 
past,  the  Summer  ended  and  their  soul  is  nut 
saved.  Now  and  then  a  few  are  made  sensible 
of  their  condition  and  they,  like  the  blind  m^n, 
are  begging,  and  when  Jesus  ma.kes  that  path 
Hi^  passing  way,  they  embrace  the  opportunity 
and  cry,  "  Jesus,  thou  son  of  David,  have  mer- 
cy upon  me,'*  obey  the  call,  comply  with  the 
conditions,  and  are  saved.  Oh  sinner,  Jesus  is 
pa-vsiug  by,  perhaps  tins  is  the  last  chance,  lh<- 
last  opportunity.  Will  you  not  ^^eizetlie  bless- 
ing while  it  may  be  obtained'?  Come,  oh  come. 
Je-us  will  stop  and  eifect  a  cure.  Will  you 
permit  him':-  S.  T.  Bosserman. 

Jnu.  Ulh,  J879. 


near  the  mouth  of 
on  the  20th.  Lodged  with  friend 
J.  Stutt;  next  day  I  w«ut  to  brother  J.  Hein- 
ey  ^.  Here  we  held  sU  meetings,  five  at  the 
White  school-house  and  one  at  Slotfs  school- 
house.  On  Friday  tti;.2rth.  brother  J.  Heiney 
conveyed  me  to  Portlnnd.  and  nest  day  to  Uay- 
ton,  Yamhill  Co.,  where  we  had  three  meetiugH. 
Lodged  with  brother  Samuel  Doney  on  Sunday 
iiit;ht;  thence  home,  at  which  place  I  arrived  I 
on  the  31st  of  Dec.  Found  all  in  moderate 
health.  While  I  Was  on  my  trip  I  hftd  very 
good  luck,  enjoyed  good  Health  and  generally 
met  a  very  knnd  reception;  preached  thirty- 
three  sermons  since  the  l.^th  of  November,  and 
attended  three  council  meeting*.  Had  very 
good  attention  generally,  for  which  I  feel  truly 
thankful  to  the  Lord  and  to  the  brethren  and 
sisters  and  friends  for  their  kindness  towards 


From  the  Pacific  Coast. 


FOR  the  satisfaction  of  many  of  the  readers 
of  the  Brethuen  at  Work.  I  wilt  say,  I 
left  my  family  and  residence  on  the  6th  of 
Nov.,  nt  rottfe  for  Washington  and  Idaho  Ter- 
ritories, on  a  mission  of  love.  Traveled  most 
of  the  way  by  steamboat,  some  by  railroad, 
some  by  stage,  sometimes  on  a  wiigon,  some  on 
horseback  and  some  on  iiiot.  Arrived  at  broth- 
er Moses  Hunts,  Columbia  Co.,  W.  T.  on  the 
nth  of  November.  Remained  with  the  Breth- 
ren here  a  few  days.  Had  a  very  .small  council 
meeting  on  the  Hth. 

On  the  15th,  in  company  with  brother  A.  E. 
Troyer,  of  Columbia  Co.,  we  started  for  the 
I'ulouse  country ;  arrived  at  brother  .\.  P.  Flory's, 
Whitman  Co.,  W.  T.,.  on  the  loth.  Had  a 
small  meeting  on  Sunday  afternoon. 

On  the  17th,  in  company  with  brother  Flory 
we  started  to  brother  Abraham  Steward's,  Ar- 
rived there  the  same  eveuius;.  This  is  in  Ne/ 
perce  county,  Idaho  Territory.  We  found 
nine  member^  of  the  church  residing  in  th 
neighborhood.  Here  we  held  a  series  of  meet- 
ings; had  ten  public  meetings  and  one  council 
nu^cting,  at  which  time  we  organized  a  church, 
calling  it  the  Palouse  Valley  church.  There 
were  seventeen  members  present,  and  all  agreed 
to  carry  out  the  general  order  of  the  church 
We  then  held  a  choice  for  a  minister  and  dea- 
con: the  lot  lell  on  brother  Thonms  Steward 
lor  minister  and  brother  Nathan  West  for  dea- 
con. May  the  Lord  enable  them  to  be  useful 
and  faithful  in  their  calling.  They  had  one 
deacon  before  we  organized  the  church,  viz  , 
brother  William  li  King.  The  address  of  all 
these  official  brethren  is  Moscow,  Nezperce 
Co.,  Idaho  Territory.  Duriug  these  meetings 
there  was  one  accession  bybaptisin.  The^e  wirt 
the  first  meetings  ever  held  by  the  Brethren 
in  that  countv. 

On  the  28th  of  Nov..  iu  company  with 
brethren  Thomas  Stewaiil  and  Nathan  West, 
we  started  for  the  Pataha  church,  Columbia 
Co,  W.T.  Arrived  at  brother  A.  E  Troycr'oou 
the  Syth.  Ileniaiued  here  one  week;  had  seven 
meetings  and  one  council  meeting.  Found 
things  iu  apitiful  condition  with  most  of  the 
members — so  much  so  that  it  was  necessary 
to  disorganize  this  church.  On  the  morning  1 
left  that  neighborhood  there  were'  two  made 
application  for  membership,  to  be  attended  lo 
at  the  firnt  opportunity    that  will  otfer    itself. 

December  the  7th,  C.  W.  Frick  conveyed 
me  down  to  brother  F.  N.  Winder 'w.  the 
same  county.    Had  two  meetings  here- 

On  Monday,  the  9th,  brother  F.  N.  Wind^^r 
conveyed  me  to  Dayton,  the  county  seat  ol 
Columbia  Co.  Went  from  Dayton  to  Walla 
Walla  £ity.  Arrived  at  Walla  Walla  city  on 
the  ilth.  Lodged  with  brother  George  Bashor, 
who  resides  about  one  mile  East  of  the  city. 
Nex  diiy,  went  out  to  David  Bashor's.  nine 
miles  nearly  South  oi  Walla  Walla,  where  I 
met  brother  David  and  .lister  Kiestor,  who  ar- 
rived here  from  III.  the  Sth  of  Nov.  AVbil^  in 
this  neighborhood,  held  four  meetings;  Lhtnce 
.back  to  \^'Hlla  Walla  city  the  J6th  of  Dee. 
Uamaiued  here  with   brotlier  George   Bashors.' 


Distance  traveled  on  tile  above  journey  is  be- 
tween eight  and  nine  hundred  mile^. 

Now  after  taking  the  above  long  and  tedius 
trip,  being  absent  from  home  eight  weeks,  and 
having  labored  hard  for  the  cau^^e  of  our  Divine 
Ma>ter,  I  wish  to  saj-  to  the  Brethren  jn  the 
Atlantic  Stttte.H,  that  we  need  help  hero  on  thi; 
coast  very  much  indeed.  We  have  a  scope  ot 
country  all  of  five  hundred  miles  in  length, 
with  only  one  ordained  elder  to  preside  over 
these  scattered  brethren  and  churches.  East- 
ern Oregon,  Washingtou  Territory  and  Idaho 
Territory,  as  it  stiinds  now  only  have  one  ur- 
t;anized  church,  with  only  one  young  nmii-.ter 
and  three  deacons,  who  reside  at  Moscow,  Irla- 
ho  Territory,  near  the  Huf  between  W.  T.  and 
I.  T.;  and  here  in  the  Willamette  Valley  church, 
we  have  a  large  territory  with  only  a  very  few 
working  ininiHters,  and  our  members  very  scat- 
tering indeed.  While  you  are  working  at  the 
missionary  cause  out  ther.>.  Mntik  of  the  large 
tield  of  labor  here  in  the  f.r  West.  Could  not 
-ome  of  theelilers,  mini-sters.  deacons  and  pri- 
vate members  emigrate  to  this  country,  and 
settle  down  somewhere,  and  help  us  carry  on 
the  great  work  of  the  Lord?  Souls  are  starv- 
ing here  for  the  breail  and  water  of  life. 

There  are  so  many  calls  here  for  meeting 
—many  more  tjian  we  can  comply  with;  and 
very  seldom  do  I  have»ttuy  'niinisterial  hel[>  ai 
our  meetings,  while  you  iu  there  often  have  fruni 
four  to  eight  or  more  ministers  pre.'entat  one 
meeting.  Will  you  not  consider  our  condition? 
Can  you  do  your  duty  and  not  heed  this  Mac- 
edonian call?  Our  country  is  good  enough,  and 
the  climate  mild.  We  have  had  very  Utile  rain 
since  the  15th  of  Nov,,  and  a  few  little  snows; 
mostly  very  fair  weather  of  late;  but  this  is 
not  common  here  at  this  sea*  on  of  the  year. 
.  Since  I  arrived  home  we  had  six  meelingH 
here  in  our  ueighborhood.  Brother  A.  H.  Bal- 
timore, of  Albany,  Linn  Co.,  was  with  us  at 
four  of  these  meetings.  Attention  and  order 
were  good.  Closed  our  meetings  last  night. 
Our  text  last  night  was  the  Lord's  Supper, 
showing  the  difference  between  the  Jewish 
pa>«sover  and  the  Supper  instituted  by  the  Sav- 
ior the  lust  night  before  His  crncilixion. 
Vours  fraternally, 

DaVih  Bkowkji. 
Siih'm  Oregon,  Juji.  0,  1879, 


t«i  Colorario  iiud  iimk«  that  oor  future  home. 
Tamk  it  .n  yoinl ..  cuuutiy  >%»  ati*  one  could 
desin\  MyaeU'  and  Utile  family  «ai>ave  for 
KaiiMw,  to  see  our  sister  whom  we  have  not 
seen  for  wveral  years. 

WhitmiUe,  J//..,  Jnn.  W/i,  lH7U. 


Missionary  Convention. 

THIS  tuissionary  question  has  been  lallcL-d  of 
by  <piiu?  !v  number  of  brethr.n'ih  Middle 
Indiana,  and  at  a  Love-feast  last  Fall.  Two 
councils  were  held,  and  I)oth  decided  in  favor 
of  a  eonveution,  and  I  wai  reqiiestfd  lo  eorres- 
pond  with  the  brethren  to  obtain  a  place  to 
hold  the  Convention.  On  applicition  to  Jonas 
Umbangh,  the  elder  of  the  Spring  Creek  con - 
eregation,  he  informed  me  that  they  will  take 
the  ni.eting.  Coustrinently  on  the  22nd  day 
of  April  ne.s:t.  this  meetii.ti  wJl  l>«-  held  with 
the  Spring  Creek  brethren.  \^  this  is  an  ad- 
joining congregation  t^  when?  llio  next  Dis- 
trict Meeting  will  he  held  the  day  following, 
brethren  can  com**  to  the  Cnnwntion  and  thea 
be  conveyed  tn  D,  M.  A  general  invitation  is  * 
given.  Bi-ethren  coming  by  rail  to  the  conven- 
tion will  necf-ssarily  h:iv«  to  come  on  the  -l\tX 
to  Pnrslon  orCulanio  stations  On  the  Eel  River 
Valley  R.  H..  where  they  will  be  met  with  con- 
veyanri^.md  taken  lo  place  of  nie<tinK.  Breth- 
ren of  Middle  Indian.i  are  way  behindourMst«r 
State  districts  in  this  nobl^  work,  which  biM 
tor  its  olijeit  the  salvation  r.f  conlt.  Now  lot 
us  organize  on  the  Brethren'^  Work  of  Evan- 
gelism, or  Nome  suitable  plan  that  we  mny  agree 
upon.  \.  Lkedt. 


Danisn  Mission  Report. 

Panther  (Ircik  church,  Iowa, ?  2(K) 

Moses  Millor, 6.00 

Upper  Couawagii  iihurch,  Pu 2.00 

Shannon  church,  ill 16.85 

H.  H.  IJean.  Pa l.So 

Levi  Zumbrum,  lad., 1.00 

Fn-m    an    unknown   person    at    ByroU, 

Ogle  Co..  III., '.....    a.oo 

Jonathan's  Cre«k  church,  Ohi*) 1.00 

Total ^3*2.35" 

C.  P.  !towi„vNM),  Treasurer. 
Lnitirk,  in.,   Jan.  l'>th,  IH7'J. 
(P.  C,  plmx*  ropy.) 

Report  of  Danish  Poor  Fund. 


From  S.  C.  Bashor. 

Dntr  Ihfithren:— 

I  LEFT  Colorado  the  7th  of  last  month,  and 
arrived  here  the  Hith.  Ghul  to  meet  with 
the  dear  friends  again;  but  feel  sad  to  seethe 
cause  not  progressing  us  it  should.  There  is 
no  one  that  loves  the  cause  of  our  Master,  that 
looks  indifferently  upon  a  congregation  that 
has  lost  its  inlluence.  especially  when  they 
have  seen  the  rise  and  progr^-ss,  and  have  labor- 
eil.  wept,  and  praytd  for  its  success  and  tri- 
liroplian*  victory  over  error.  But  alas!  when 
ministers  fail  to  work,  losing  their  influence, 
deacons  unwilling  to  give  the  pcoj.le  encour- 
agement and  the  laity  cold  andiurtifl'crcnt.how 
sad  to  think,  sinners  driven  farther  and  farther 
from  the  cburclh  and  probably  die  without 
even  being  brought  into  the  luld  of  Chrift;  all 
because  the  church  haa  not  the  power  Lo  save, 
nor  the  influence  to  draw.  Yet  there  are  »ouv- 
warm-hearted  brethren  and  sisters  wno  have 
sad  hearts  and  low  spirits,  to  them  I  will  say. 
never  cease  praying  to  Him  who  mtiketh  inler 
cession  for  you  with  groanin^s  that  cannot  hi- 
nt tered.  Erect  the  family  altar,  and  once  a 
day,  or  oftener'get  your  fcmiliis  together  «iid 
bow  in  sincere  player.  If  you  thus  l>rin;i 
about  a  reform  in  your  own  liome,  then  yc.ij 
may  expect  a  reform  in  your  neighbors'  homes. 
,  In  conclusi  )u  will  say,  we  expect    to  return 


Christian  Royn, 

M) 

H.F.Myers, 

,„ 

C.  Koyt'r, . . . 

,u 

From  nil  unk  1" 

(>..  Ill 

...     1  l«l 

Tulul, 

*:V(X) 

C. 

V.  )li 

V|,,\.SI> 

Treasurer. 

hniArk,  III..  Jnn 

mii,- 

ixrn. 

P.  C. 

plpn^ 

mpij. 

In  the  Midst  of  Life  we  are  in  Death. 

^PHIS  thought  was  brought  very  forcibly  to 
1  our  minds  by  the  circum'tanrr's  attending  a 
visit  to  Bedford  Co  ,  tllis  State,  from  which  w* 
have  just  returned.  On  bust  Saturday  morn- 
ing I  left  home  by  special  requi.st  by  letter,  to* 
visit  a  r«ick  brother,  he  wishing  to  be  anointod 
I  traveled  twenty-five  miles  on  the  cars.,  Wan  , 
met  by  a  brother  with  conveyanc*',  then  traT- 
eling  ten  miles  brought  me  to  the  place  where 
he  resided.  Arrived  at  5  o'clock  P.  M.  Found 
him  sufl'ering  exceedingly  in  body,  but  alto- 
gether rational.  I  talked  with  him  concerning 
his  desires  and  hope?,  and  the  probability  of 
the  near  approach  of  death.  After  talks  of 
theee  things,  he  calmly  and  intelligently  ex- 
pressed his  resignation  to  the  will  of  Dim  in 
whosehaod  his  destiny  ^las. 

About  one  hour  after  my  mrival  the  brother 
who  was  called  to  he  with  me  iu  tin;  service  ar- 
rived. We  then  still  waited  for  the  arrival  of 
some  friends  who  wore  oxpectwd;  u«ju!y  anoth- 
er hour  elapied  before  they  came.  At  tliat  , 
fhe  sick  brother  asked  to  be  lifted  up.  He  vat 
lip  on  a  chair  a  f(MV  minutes.  VYe  were  now 
preparing  to  commence  the  work;  however  he 
a-ked  to  be  laid  down  again.  Ho  arose  upon 
liis  feet,  and  asked  his  attendants  not  to  pre* 
too  hanl  upon  his  body,  was  in  the  act  of  falU 
ilig.  was  laid  upon  his  tied  (as  we  thought)  in 
a  fiiinting  condi'iou.  Ue-toratives  were  sA- 
miniatered,  butala«Ithe  spirit  haxi  depsuted  lUid 
brother  Jacob  Clingenpeel  wa*  numbered  with 
those  that  sleep  in  .lesu*.  We  wer?  sorry  that 
the  anointing  was  not  aaually  performed,  yet 
•  virtually  I  Mieve  it  was.  and  that  (he  bUwiaK 
designed   was  imparted  to  hitn.      Thus  just 


TiriK  liKKXii-HK^r  ^T  wokk:. 


January    3^ 


ftbmit  two  Iioiirs  afttr  my  arrival,  he  p»-'«ed 
awav.  I  reniainea  over  Simday.  an.!  on  Mon- 
day  "at  II  o'clock,  preached  the  funeral  to  a 
large  congregation,  (considering  the  inclemen- 
cy of  the  weatiier)  of  nympathizmg  fr.end» 
and  relatives  including  the  youthful,  dintrw?- 
ed  and  heart-broken  widowed  «i«t*r,  with  her 
infant  of  a  few  nionths  in  her  atma.  Tbu» 
were  severed  the  union  in  matrimonial  life  of 
about  thirteen  months.  These  affectionata 
hearts,  seven  months  of  this  short  period,  were 
consecrated  to  the  «ervic«  of  God.  which  se- 
cures to  them  the  assurance  that  He  wi  I, 
with  the  precion-i  gift  of  a  Savior.  "'Freely 
with  him  give  ihem  all  thinKs." 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  wa«  about  twenty- 
five  yean  of  age,  and  only  a  few  «hort  week« 
ago,  bid  aa  fair  for  long  life  as  any  other,  and 
presents  to  all  thi-  importance  of  beuig  always 
ready. 


IJ.  V.  MOOMAW. 


From  George  W.  Cripe. 
1     hold  a  im.tracti'd  meeting  with  the  Breth- 


LEl'T  home  on  the  23rd  of  December  U> 
ting  with  the  Breth- 
ren at  Millmine,  Illinoin:    preached   three    dii*- 
oourne*,  and  on  Chri^lmiwl  went  to  CerroOor- 
do    to   atUuid    a  Communion.     The    occasion 
wa«  a  very  Nd.*mn  one.  being  the  fin.t  meeting 
of  the  kind  pver  held  in  Cerro  (Jordo,  and  what 
mfub-  it  still    more  «oiemn,   th«   mating    waH 
held  in    the   new  meeting-hou«e.   built  liy  our 
dear  old  brother  J.din    Met/ger.   and    he  lieing 
very  much  aill.et.-.i   at  the   time-no   much  r,v 
that  the  liretlireii  w.-re  afraid  he  would  endan- 
ger bin  life  by  att.-ndiliK.  "iid  tri.-d    to  p.-n^uade 
him  not  to  attend.     Hnt  th«    dear   old    brother 
Buid,  "  You  can  wrap  me   up   in    bInnkelH   and 
robe.andcarrymeouttotheMl.'igh,   and  then 
carry  me  into  the  church,  and  I   do   not   (hmk 
it  will  hurt  me."     They  did   oo,  and  to  seethe 
deiir  old  brotlier  fitting  during  the  w-rvices  and 
enjoying  tlie  leiml  iw  he  did,  though  HuiTering 
severe  pain,  imprenfi-d  our  mindtt    more   of  the 
fe.ding»of  our  IdeNHed  L-.rd.  at  the  time  he  imiti- 
tuted  thiH  Hacn-d  ordiiiiince.    InimediaU'ly  ftfter- 
wnrdH    I    thought    of  ihe   many    excuM-K  «ume 
make  in  trying  lojiiHlily  themHcIveHfor  abnenf^ 
ing  from  tiie  hoiiKe  of  (iod;  here  wiw  the   dear 
old  brother  who  had  preached  the  ghi'l  tidings 
Bome  f.irty-live  yearn,  nnd   Hpeiit  lltouHfindB   of 
dollars  in  time  and  money,  now  in  hi«  o\<\  dayK 
built  a  nice,  comfortable  chureli  in    whicli  the 
people    of  (Vtfo  (inrdo  can  iiieel  and    worHlup 
God,  whicli  again  coNt  him  about  two  thoiisiuid 
dollars.     May  Ood  blchH  Iiini    and    r.ward  him 
ttbundanlly,  and  may  weredoublt-  ourdiligcnce, 
and  spend  more  time    and    money   for  the  He- 
deemerV   kingdom.      If  we  hud    one  hundred 
suchmen,  the  glad  lidiiigrt    of  Halvalion    could 
ho   preached    among    all    natiouH.      Miiy    God 
operate  on  Iho  hearts  of  tliowe  wlio  are  hlcHHcd 
with   thoiwiiiidB,   to  give  more  freely  to  the 
cauHu  of  God. 

We  wont  buck  to  Millniine;  prenche*  Home 
eleven  more  didcoiir-cM;  had  wnuiU  congrega- 
tions, owing  to  the  «tormy  weatlier.  Two  bap- 
ti/.d  on  Kriilay  after  New  Year's  day.  by  elder 
David  Trostle. 

1  came    liome   and   commenced    preaching. 
Wc  are  still  liiildiiig  meetingH,  but  no  additions 
yet.     We  have  large  congregutions.     Hope  the 
Lord  will  blecs  cmr  laboin. 
Peltis,  hid..  J'in.  /■),  /ST.'J. 


Our  Papers. 

TRULY  our  cliurch  papei-s  are  welcome  vis- 
itoi-fl  to  tho  t'iiristiau  family,  bringing 
good  news  from  all  parts  of  the  brotherhood. 
Almost  every  paper  tells  of  some  precious 
souls  who  have  come  out  on  the  Lord's  side, 
and  have  forsaken  the  kingdom  of  Sutnii,  and 
have  enliiited  under  the  banner  of  King  Jesus 
in  the  army  of  the  saints,  to  fight  the  battle 
of  the  Lord.  This  is  encouraging  to  the  fol 
lowers  of  Christ.  They  also  come  loaded  with 
many  sout-checring  sermons  from  all  partit  of 
the  bvotherhooil.  eiicoiiragiug  the  sftint  on  his 
pilgrimage  journey,  and  warning  sinners  to 
flee  from  the  wrath  to  come,  T  am  truly  glad  to 
see  that  so  maiiy  of  our  dear  brethren  and  sis- 
ters are  taking  such  an  active  part  in  making 
our  papers  both  interesting  and  protitable  to 
Baint  na  well  as  to  sinner.  Our  papers  are  good 
missionaries.  They  make  their  weekly  visits 
to  many  families,  where  our  ministers  cannot. 
They  are  also  good  preachers  at  home  where 
the  ministry  is  weak,  to  aid  in  converting 
souls  to  Christ.  This  we  have  experienced  in 
Cowley  Co,,  Kan.,  where  our  organization  is  not 
quite  three  years  old.  Our  number  is  few 
and  the  ministry  weak,  and  the  doctrine  new 
to  most  people;  yet  we  have  two  live  agents  for 
the  BnirrHREN  at  Work,  who  are  introducing 
the  paper  to  families  who  will  not  come  to 
hear  the  Brethren  preach.    One  of  our  agents 


*     f  .1,  u      „j    for  the  good  cau^e.aod  made   listing  impress- 

one  year  ago  wa..  servant   of  th.    --Id    -nd  J^^^^^  ^^^  ^^^   ^^^^^  ,..„  ^ 

engaged  in  playing  card.,  playing   the  fiddle  •  ^^^^      ,^  j^^   ^^^   ^,„ 

curbing  and  Bweanng.  chewing  and   «mok.ng    B  .i^ce  he  preached    in    this  county, 

tobacco;  he  ha«  now  forBOok  all   th.^h^^^^^^^  ,^  ^^^^^  ^,„   .^j  ,^,^,. 

and  «  now  a  faithful  worker  m    he  vu^yard  of  |  j^^  ^^^  ^^^  ^^^  ^^  ^^^  ^^^^   ^„    ^^^^,      yf 

W    ,n   U  „     fn.    in   iJ  adledacouncilmeetmgat   .iBt*r  Chrisbaum  s 

Wtnjield.  Kan..  Jan.  10.  1X79.  ^^^^     ^^^^  ^^^.^^  ^,y  ^-^^^^   ^^^  p,ay 

er:  then  brother  Gish  read  the  12th  chapter  of 
Romans.  Brother  Ho-lgden  then  proposed  to 
organic  a  church.  Afl  it  '^s  the  first  in  Kansas 
we  name'  it  the  Lal>ette  County  church,  com- 
posed of  twenty-four  membera.  Brother  Joel 
Kenberry  and  the  writer  are  in  the  firet  degree 
of  the  ministry.  Brother  Hodgden  has  the 
overwight  of  this  congregation.  Oh,  if  we  had 
many  mon-  brother  Hodgdena,  good  earnest 
laborers  aw  he  is,  the  Gospel  would  soon  be 
preached  where  it  is  not  known. 

S.  D.  Renikeb. 


The  Witter  and  Hixon  Debate, 


!)mr  Hrelhrrn:— 

HE  diBCUwiion  l>etween  brother  A.  J.  Ilixon 


T 

1      and  Mr.  Witter,  of  which  you  have  wver- 

h1  time*  made  mentioA  through  tho  columns 
of  your  paper,  took  place  here  at  the  Brethren 'fl 
meeting- house  Dec,  26th  and  27th.  It  pawed 
off  pleasantly.  I  will  give  you  the  proposition: 
Baptism  a«  rx)mmanded  by  the  Lord,  and 
practiced  by  the  apoBtlet*  and  their  immediate 
HucceKHors,  wan  one  immersion  into  the  name  of 
the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy 
Spirit.  Mr.  Witter  afiirracd,  brother  Hixon 
denied. 

Some  of  the  Brethren  feared  that  brother 
ilixon  would  not  be  able  to  compete  with  the 
learned  Baptist;  but  their  fears  were  prema- 
ture, for  he  provfd  himself  capable  to  meet 
any  emergency.  The  people  gtmerally,  except 
the  BaptisU,  claim  that  the  Brethren's  cause 
came  out  HHcce.s-iful,  and  some  even  express  the 
idea  that  Mr.  Witter  will  never  challenge  our 
Brethn-n  (or  another  debate  on  baptism. 

The  Brethren  ffid  much  elated  over  the  ef- 
fort of  (heir  champion.  Brother  Hixon 's  clos- 
ing speech  was  truly  elotjuent;  and  judging 
from  the  appearance  of  Mr.  Witter  and.  the 
uudii-nw,Iwe  feel  that  they  felt  *  the  force  ^and 
weiglit  of  it.  too. 

This  is  brother  Hixon's  first  discussion:  Mr. 
\Vittfr  hiiscoiifridei'Hble  experience  in  discuss- 
ions,  having  taken  part  in  several 


Dksnis  Ci.auk. 


(hod  Ilojif,  Ohio. 


From  Limcsionc,  Tennessee. 

I),<ir  Ihrlhnn:— 

WE  have  had,  so  f.ir,    considerable    rain  and 
cold  weather  this  Winter    For  a  month 
post,  embracing  the   latter   part   of  December 
and   first  of  January,   tho   weather  lin.s   been 
uite  cold  for  this  climate,   though    with  light 
snow  falls.    Tlio  coldest  was  about  three  dt- 
rees  below  zero. 

During  laat  Sunday,  the  waters  were  quite 
higli  in  tliis  vicniity,  doing  considerable  dam- 
age to  farms,  carrying  away  fences,  etc. 

The  Brethren  in  a  number  of  congregations 
have  devoted  the  Christmas  season  to  religious 
exercises,  feeuing to  glorify  God,  to  advance 
His  kingdom,  and  to  renew  their  spiritual 
strength.  As  a  result,  many  poor hungryaouls 
were  fed  with  the  Bread  of  life,  and  greatly  re- 
freshed, and  a  number  were  gathered  from  the 
ranks  of  sin  into  the  fold  of  Christ.  At  Cher- 
okee eh-veii  were  added  to  the  church,  includ- 
ing two  recluimed.  At  Limestone  seven  were 
added  by  baptism  and  one  reclaimtd,  while  at 
Leeaburgh,  eight  were  baptized  and  three  more 
applicanto,  making  thirty  accessions  in  all  at 
tin-  thrie  places  above  named.  , 

"0,  praise  the  Lord,  all  ye  nations;  praise 
Him,  all  ye  people,  for  His  merciful  kindnes.s  is 
great  towards  ua:  and  the  truth  of  the  Lord 
indureth  forever.     Praise  ye  tlie  Lord." 

J.  B.  Fknck. 

Jan.   Ifi,  lh7'J. 


From  the  Springfield  Church, 
Summit  County,    Ohio. 

WK  commenced  a  series  of  meetings  in  nur 
ineeting-houee,  on  the  evening  of  Jan- 
uary 1st,  1870,  and  closed  on  the  evening  of  the 
i'tth.  The  first  few  days  were  very  lold,  and 
we  had  small  meetings,  and  just  about  the 
time  the  people  became  interested,  the  meetings 
closed,  with  no  additions.  Brother  S.  J.  Feck, 
of  Lanark,  111.,  did  tho  principal  preach  fug,  as- 
sisted by  hrcilher  J.  J.  Hoover  and  S.  Sprankle. 
of  Stark  county,  who  are  both  young  in  tlie 
ministry,  but  able  speakers,  and  several  others 
of  adjoining  districts;  so  we  did  not  lack  for 
ministerial  help. 

On  the  Sth.a  series  of  meetings  commenced 
in  the  West  Nimishilten  church.  Stark  county, 
wliere  brother  Peck  did  nearly  all  the  preach- 
ing. FriNiching  twice  a  day,  and  one  day  three 
time-.  Jacob  Mishi.eh. 

M»>/n>lurf.  Ohio,  ./rill.  13,1879. 


From  Labette  Co.,  Kansas. 

BHOTHKIt^Sydney  Hodgden  came  to  us  on 
the  37th  of  December,  and  labored   with 
us  u  liil  the  2ud  of  January.    He  worked  hard 


OKirffj'j.  Knn.,  Ja». 

Vi.  if^u. 

fallen 

J^siyijji- 

iir>.«nl  v^  111-  J™!  wlllr.l 

.iiciNii..'  i,.f.i.-af'  M  lit. 

Ob-ianriwBbould  be  brief, 
paper,  and  eepflratc 

wriiwn  oa  but  one  iide  of  the 
from  all  oilier  buflineee. 

.«TKW.\r[T.— Mury  Morget  .Siewarl  wn«  horn  August  Oth. 
1W43.  andraurried  Snmuul  B,  Johnson,  Oclober  18lh, 
IS70,  and  Jii-d  January  8lli.  I87n.  aged  35  years,  4 
uionlliM  nnd  'I'J  days.  Oeohok  1bvi\. 

WHITMOKK.— Near  South  EngliBh,   Keokuk   Co,,   Iowa. 
Jaii.J'Jili.    Ift7!i,  Francis   Wbitmore,    widow   of  David 
Wbilmorp,  riRod  4'i  years,  8  inonlba,  aod  28  tiny*. 
She   morrd   wiili   her  ion-in-law,    Eli  Jodm     from 
R^iokinijhDm  Co.,    Virgiuia,    nboiU    llirce  yeors  ngo.  SUe 
trnw  a  inmiljcr  of  the  Monnoiiilc  cliurcb,  nnd   seemed    lo 
be  iculoiu  in  ilio  cause  of*ber  Master.       Funeral   services 
in  llic  Urotliren's    roceliDg-liotise,   by    the  writer,    flroni 
Hnlthcw  H:  U.  Samukl  Flohy. 

I'FRKV.— In  Cicero  oliurch,  Ilnmillan  Co.,  Indiana,  Dec. 
Snl.  Jacob  Perry,  son  of  J.  N.  anil  M,  J.    Perry,   aged 
16  manllie.     Diaeaee  diplilherlft. 
PRRKV.— In  the  »anie  family,    of  tlio  snme  disease,  Deo. 
4lh,  Annii  I'erry,  aged  li  years  and  10  monlbs.    Funer- 
al by  I'lercc  and  Howser. 
KIMEH.— In  (be  Snginiiw   cln,rch,   December    7tli,    1878, 
I'cler  Kisei',  son  of  brotbor  and  sister  Julian  Kiser,  iu 
the  Ifiili  year  of  bis  age. 
Pelernnd  bis  younger  brotber  and   ft   neigbbjr  boy 
woni  oul  (o  sboot  rnbbits  by  moonligbt.    They  aaw  a  rnh- 
bit  nnd  the  ueigbbor  boy  shot  at  it,  nnd  Peter  only  about 
eight  ynnls  from  liiiii  was  sbot,     Tbi-  whole  loud    of  shot 
entered  Ibc  lower  part  of  Hic  sboubler  blode   nnd  passed 
through  lo  the  heurl,    causing   inslaol    death.      There  is 
some  HuipicioD  thnt  the  boy  did  it  inieuliunnlly,    as  there 
are  some  mysterious    things  connected   with    the    affdir. 
Vcslerday  Ihe  boy  had  a  I'lul,  but  did  not  get  ibrough 
with  il.     His  father  had  gone  away    with  the  wrilor,  and 
also  hi*   Hon  and  wife,  lo  attend  a  meeting  the  next    day. 
We  did  not  gel  home  until  the  iieil  morning,    nnd    n-hen 
wo  tnlercd  the  room  >ve  wiluesHed  n  and  siglil.    Tlie  fu- 
ncml  Mcrmon  was  preached  by  elder  Isaac  ^dler,  of  Bnv- 
ry  county,  Michigan,  BEJisted  by  Ihe  writer,    from    Phil. 
I:  21.     This   text  was  selected  by  llie  Iwo  little  sisters  of 
tilt  depnrled  one.     Tliey  have  Ibe  eympalby  of  the  entire 
community.  Z.  Ai.baiuiu, 

WniTiaE.VriIElt.— Near  Milwood,  Indiana.  Jason  M., 
son  of  brother  Moses  nnd  litter  Su.tnu  AV  hit  death  er. 
aged  1  year.  S  months  and  15  days.  PuuernI  aurriccs 
by  the  Hrelhren.  J.H.  Millbb. 

Ultl'^KK.— In  Itume  dietricl,  near  Wyandot  county,    Ohio, 
Nov.  Jlh,  167fl.   sister  Eliinboth  Ann  Greek,  wife  of 
brother  Simon  Greek,  aged  80  years,   8  months  nnd  9 
day(r. 
Sbc  loaves  a  kind  huaband   and    «cven   children  to 
mourn  their  Iom.  wbieh    i»    her   eternal  gain.       Funeral 
sorvicoi  by  the  writer   akd  brother  John    Kabell,    from 
Heb.  0:  37.  Jous  P.  Ebkuiiiii.e. 

PHBNICIK.— iln  the  bounds  of  lliu  ITrbaua  arm  of  the 
<}hureb,  Norn   L.,   daughter    of   frtends    Joseph   and 
Louisa  I'henieie,  aged  -1  years  and  9  days.      Disease 
diphtheria. 
Norn  wiia  n  stveet  child,  the  youngest  uud   pet  of  the 
fdiiiily.     Itut  JoKu*  traoiiplaned  this  dear   little    floweret 
lo  fiiircr  bejilthier  climes.     In  thy  heticr  home   may  we 
meet  thee.  Mattie  A,  I,ra«. 

.STdXEllOOK.— At  Honrietin,  IJlair  Co-,  Pcnnsylvanin, 
Jati.  Olb,  187(1,  of  heart  diionae,  my  beloved  father, 
iiged  6ll  years.  7  months  and  26  days.  Funeral  ser- 
riees  by  brother  Daniel  Holeinger  and  olbera.  from 
«ev.  IG:  15.  .  S.  B.  Stonkuook. 


J.  JIMIIIir,  K.«lu.k(.  Co.,  InJ 

J.  Amlck.lii.l 

n,  H.M?riy.)l1i.<..lCu.  lii.l 

Hiiil.Cjirroll  ('.,,  Ill 
V.  D.  Hlrl.  CInrk  Cniii,l), 'U"  - 
Pn'tloiulj  rrlMrt*<l.    . 

Total  n".'l»*1 

PAPKHS  SPN'T  TO  Tlllt  POOH. 

wti'li  lo  wci-k  ll""'iif"l"'f  "t  PUI""  I  ,,, 

tnltlnb  only)  ■ml  |mIiI  Tor  iiUt  of  Uis  abaio  l\inil,  charging  bni 
Ut  a  jfor  fur  tli"  l-nlier  : 

A.  (J.  e.,Mllfl.fTl,  InU .  .,..( 

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ilivDi  III  n  bi>ok,  *■  Iliv)'  tome  in.  nnd  »fnA  Uiii 
u  the  monoy  can  bo  nJiml  to  piiy  for  It,  cliargiuK  um 
Ilotw  all  OUT  roiutuni  will  Diiiku  donalloiii  tu  till*  rii'>,1 
III  tu  do  n  ffooJ  wiirk  omunK  thoao  wliojo  nnmea  inu> 
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Total  (o  ilnte :  ■ tH  )  < 

PAPEBS  SKXT  TO  OUTSIDSBS.— Thn  fallowIaB  nun«g  bin  Wit 
plicwl  on  our  lUI,  nnd  paid  for  ont  Of  tlip  aboTe  ftiDii: 
¥  B.  Chii«en,Ohl(i.-.. I   1  o> 

Oci.,  Sitwr,  Ii.i«liisko.  Ind _ i  ni 

Jill,,  Jiui<i-,HiarkFCo,Olil"  \  n- 

11.  !'liiill,glnr)(cCi>.,Olil'>  I  I,, 

A.  .1.  SbownlliT,  Itocklnnliniii  '  ■"  .  \«  i  (.■ 

A.  Ili-mlngcr,  Plntt  Cii.,  Ill .  .      i  i> 

Fterluiul;  rgpurtcd »  S' 

Total. .   ..    PUS' 

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reach  Laniirk  frum  t'liica-n:  ^'m  to  Kl.  \\  :'>"■■, 


not,  take   the   ChicaKn.   ^?ii^^^lllkpe 


Iniin  at  live  in  the  evening;  lun  N»rtl' t"  '^i,* 
y.  Junction,  change  cats  for  Limark,  a""!  '^" 
here  at  2^1  in  the  morning. 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


•*  Behold  I  Bring    You  Good  2'idings  of  Great  Joy,  which  Shall  be  to  All  People.''^  —  Lokk  2: 


Vol.  IV. 


Lanark,  111.,  February  6,  1879. 


No.  6. 


EDITED  ABD  POBLISHEO  WEBKLT 


ministry  ot  .Iesu«  uud   contemplate    His    soiil-     ItS:  tj.     God  luis    His   timea  and   seasons.    His    tliere.     Tliose  who  "  iiear  (lie  iii-eiichiiiK  of  Je- 
liiirrowiug  rebuffs  from    His    Baptism   to    His  [  ways  and  means,  and  uotliiug  will  so  put  us  in-    sus  gladly,"  are  uot  seen  jimoHi;    ill-'  be.lii.-iiej 


^.  MOORE   &    M. 


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^5E  CONTENTS  VOL.  4,  NO.  6, 

Payf 


tiAl.  AilTKi.i-^: 

■iinw's  I'niposition,— l^i'epareil..- 

;, 'I-Kl^rs- r.m.I  Kxi.liiinwl 4 

*  I  tliv  i!'>u^e.— .T.il.Mooro 4 

i.-M.  M.  KslmliniUi 5 

n  of  Salv;iliini.— J.  II.  Moor«. ...  4 


KPlTOli 


TlieCli'ii-' 


.  [-,11 


TIM  111""-'"  I  '■R'it"">-^"-II'  Uiilslmiigh....  I 

(vM  l!..ii-l"l  Tliv^ell-.'-l.i'iimt-l  Uilleiy 2 

Ml^^iiinai^   \Voik-— S,iiMli  M.  SiuuiLlPra i 

fh,,   viitlijviiv  ami  Honor  ot   our    .Suvioi-'s 

,,,j,",.llioo.l.-W.  JIoioiiKh 2 

iV.)|>ltf  ^\■i'l  r.tik.— n.  p.  liiink worth 3 

Tlie  Tw"  HuHils— G.   Neviilger a 

f(,llKKsrOSI»EI>tK: 

\\:  lies  fritin  t'le  Miami   V'liUey.— Jno.  Ciilviii 

Biigl't " 

Ilonif  Agftin-t'-  !'•  ^''b\\\\ il 

Kruiu  Wooslor  CliurcU,  01no.—lHaac  Steel —  it 

From  Crilboa.  Ohio.— -lease  Calvert 0 

Fwm  Kiviii,  Howard  Co,  Indiana.— Hiel Ham- 

iitou " 

From  CarletoD.  Neb— .1.  C.  Bryant (i 

From  t'hlciigo.  I"-— Daniol  Mutlinger « 

From  J.  W.  Soiithwootl il 

Noticp.-J.  W.  -Wilt .1 

From  John  IJoldin ii 

From  Croton,  New  Jersoy.- Ai  S.  Chmnberlin  h 
From  11  IJaplist  I-ady 5 

Tlic  F-litjiiette  of  death.    .  .       .  :; 

Cheai)  I.iteniture .    .    .  :i 

Aiiraiol  n!J  I'oeiu.  -  '-i 


THE  CHRISTIAN  LEGATION. 


HY  < 


.   liALSBAUOn. 


T(,  Brother  A.  S.  Lnr,  of  Jllimis.— 
VOUR  letter  of  Jaimury  7tb,  made  me  groau 
1  in  »\nrit.  My  heurt  bleeds  for  you,  and 
for  tLi^  ijuverty-strickea  ambassadors  of  Christ 
wlioj:.' soul.H  are  ou  fire  with  tlie  inspiratiou  ol 
l\w  Cro-s,  and  who  Avould  gladly  pusli  the  con- 
luests  of  tlie  Gospel  into  the  territory  ol  Apol- 
lyoQ,  but  are  hrld.back  by  genera!  lack  of  sym- 
pilhy  In  the  rlmrch  with  the  blessed  mids  of 
Ifiiiis.  Some  ministers  need  bridles,  some  need 
spurs,  but  thosi?  who  "  know  nothing  but  Jesns 
Christ  and  Him  crucitied,"  hav^i  D.vine  voices 
mthin  and  without  to  guide  them.  To  say  that 
tlie  Church  as  a  Body  i**  but  half  awake  to  tlie 
grauJeiir  and  re.spousibility  of  her  mi-sion, 
might  I  e  oSensive  to  many;  and  yet  to  say  k-ss 
iTouId  be  ofiensive  to  the  Truth.  To  be  as  in 
t^Qton  the  exemplilicalioo  and  promulgation 
of  the  Cross,  as  .lefuis  was  to  bk>ed  aud  die  upon 
It  for  the  aiiis  of  the  world,  w  oiild  make  a  very 
ditit;rent  people  of  ii^.  But  the  "  farm, "  and 
'he "  tiye  yoke  of  yxen,"  and  the  "  wife" — or  in 
uther  words,  the  seductions  of  the  world  and  the 
flesh— destroy  our  relish  for  the  viands  of 
Eiumaiiufl'3  table.  If  we  would  penetrate  more 
'^«'pb'  into  the  awful  myslery  tnd  significanif 
oflhe  IncurnatloQ  and  tbrCrncifixiou,  and  look 
upon  humanity  aud  sin,  and  gaw  through  tin- 
viates  of  IVarl,  and  down  into  the  flaming 
flaomation  of  ruined  souls,  as  Jesus  did  and 
'''*',  there  wou'd  be  less  contention,  pridf, 
iiamnioii-worship,  and  sell-idolatry. 

The  ac:umt  you  giv.-  ot  your  ministry,  broke 
^y  heart,  0  w'.iat  a  solace  to  the  Christ  lov- 
"^S.  "onl-seekiuB,  sei'-s-icnticing  arabasaador  of 
^''^ven  that  "  he  has  not  an  High  I'ri»'at  which 
^oot  bo  touched  with  the  feeling  of  our  in- 
^"Toities;  but  wa-i  in  all  points  tempted  like  ns 
"« We,  yet  without  sin."    Tarn   back   to   the 


Crucifixion.    Sven  His  chosen   pupils,  whom 
He  had  constantly  under  His  eye  and  voice  and 
personal  magnetism,  were  so  carnal  and   selti-»h 
and  spiritual  doltish,  that  Ue  sharply  rebuked 
tht^m  again  aud  again,  even  saying,  "D  fools, 
and  slow  of  heart  to  believe."     He  crossed  Geu- 
npsaret  in  a  surging   tempest  to    proclaim   the 
glad  tidings  of  salvation  to  the  Gadarenea,  cast 
a  Ifgion  of  devils  out  of  one  soul,  thus  opening 
the  way  and  manifesting  His  readiness   to  dis- 
po:isess    the    whole  population    of    demoni,4cal 
thralldom,  but  they  besought  Him  to  leave  their 
coHits.     With  what  heart-ache    must  He   have 
turned  His  back  on  that  benighted  people.  And 
His  dear  Capernauin,  whom    He  had  exalted  to 
Heaven  with  the  exhibition  of  His  Divine  Love 
and  Power.  He  had  to  denounce  with  the  wrath 
of  Omnipotence,  and  consign  to  the  abyss  of 
hoi)pless  d.imnation.  Who  can  fathom  the  wail 
of  the  GtHlman  in  Luke  13:  34.  or  interpret  the 
bitter  meaningof  Luke  I!(:4l':'     0  those  tears! 
From  what  a  bottomless  fount  of  loveand  sym- 
pathy and  agonized  disappointment  they    gush- 
ed.    Tie  servant  is  not  above  his  Master.   You 
are  walking  in  His  steps,  and  feeling  a  little   of 
the  sorrow  that  crushed  His   heart  in   His  life- 
consuming  work  of  saving  souls.     In  all    your 
conflicts,  privations,  sacrifices,    weariness,   dis. 
appointments,     and    discouragements,     He    is 
whispering  into  your  inner  ear  the  thrilling 
interrogation  of  Mark  10:  38. 

The  ministry  includes  the  cup  of  Gethse- 
mane;  but  also  the  presence  and  power  of  Him 
who  drained  it  to  the  dregs,  and  filled  it  again 
to  the  brim  jirith  the  water  of  life.  "  Lo,  I  am 
with  you  Uw&yn"  is  a  pledge  which  is  sustained 
by  the  everlasting  love  and  veracity  of  Jehovah- 
.Jesus.  "Said  I  iiut  unto  thee,  that  if  thou 
woi'LOEST  BELIEVE,  thou  shoiiklrst  see  the  glory 
of  God."  John  11:  4il.  Your"  life  hid  with 
Christ  in  God,"  His  heart  beating  in  your  heart.. 
His  love  kindling  your  aspirations  {ind  quick- 
ening your  energies,  and  unvailing  to  your  in- 
ner gaze  the  glory  and  rapture  of  Heb.  12:  U, 
you  can  go  forward  in  your  arduous  duties, 
weeping  as  you  sow  the  seed  of  the  endless  har- 
vest, ever;'  fibre  of  your  being  quivering  in  the 
highiChrist-sustainedconfidenceof  1  Cor.  15:  .5P. 
The  reproach  of  the  Cross  has  not  yet  ceased. 
To  imitate  the  self-forgetting  /.eal  of  the  Lamb 
of  God  in  the  upbuilding  of  the  Temple  of  grace, 
we  may  be  cut  to  the  core  by  the  insinuations 
ot  our  own  members  that  we  are  "  beside  our 
selves."  Mark  3:  21.  When  the  minister  has  a 
large  territory  to  cultivate,  and  the  calls  are 
many  and  pressing,  and  he  must  expose  himself 
to  inclement  seasons,  while  his  wife  and  little 
children  struggle  at  home  with  grim  want;  and 
then  to  be  told  that  unless  he  provides  for  the 
necessaries  of  his  own  family  he  is  worse  than 
an  infidel— 0  how  must  such  inhumanity  thrust 
like  a  poisoned  dagger  through  his  spiritual 
sensibilities.  When  such  blows  fall,  let  the 
words,  "Looking  unto  Jesus,  the  Author  and 
finislier  of  faith,"  roll  over  your  bleeding  heart 
with  the  overwhelming  tide  of  Divine  consola 
tion.  TurnHeb.  12: 3,  info  a  sympathetic  heart- 
beat with  the  past  experience  and  present  tend- 
erness of  the  Godman.  In  all  your  perplexities 
and  dark  passages,  forget  not  that  James  1:  5. 
is  the  cardiphoniaof  Him  who  died  for  you,  and 
whose  minister  you  are.  Let  ear  and  eye  and 
mind  and  heart  be  ever  open  and  eager  to  catch 
the  mind  of  God  in  every  passing  providence 
The  holier  you  are,  the  more  you  "crucify  the 
flesh,  witb  the  affections  and  lusts,"  the  more 
you  allow  the  Holy  Ghost  to  wrap  your  body, 
soul,  nnd  spirit  in  the  nghteousneas  of  Jesus, 
the  more  will  iou  leain  when  and  where  God 
would  have  you  go,  aud  what  to  do  for  the  ex 
tension  of  Hia  Kingdom.  Xotallyour  calls  may 
have  the  Divine  endorsement  "Satan  may  bin- 
der, once  and  again."  i  Tbens.  '2:  It*.  ^  on 
may  map  out  a  certain  locality  for  your  labor?, 
and  may  be  restrained  by  tlw-  Holy  Ghost.  Acta 


to  harmony  witb  His  ends,  as  a  radical  com-  worshipers  of  the  religious  ari^ucra.y  of  the 
mitmentto  Uom.8;  1,2.  "For  me  to  live  i,«t  groat  cities.  Street  preaching  will  not  do.  Tliere 
Christ."  "  I  live, yet  not  1.  but  Christ  liiefh  i«  ,  i,*  ton  much  hurry  aud  buatle  Jic.  The  pul-lic 
inf."  "I  am  (leleniiined  to  hiotr  nothiti'j  in/  squares  ot  which  thero  aro  amny,  are  compara- 
Chhi.-t."     Suerly.  "the   man  of  God   ia   thor-    tively  quiet,  and  they  offer  the  b.st   opp»rt"ni- 


ougbty  furnished  unto  all  good  works."  2  Tim. 
3:  17.  "  Ambassadors  for  Christ."  "beseeching 
in  Christ's  st^rad,"  authorized  and  panoplied  by 
Christ — such  a  ministry  will  be  "  the  power  of 
God  unto  salvation"  to  many  souls.  It  will 
spread  like  leaven,  and  castoutdevils,  and  pluck 
brands  out  of  the  suburbs  (if  Hell,  after  the 
minister  has  passed  to  his  rest. 

You  have  the  arm  of  Divinity  lor   your  sup- 
port. His  eye  for  your  guide,  His  lieait  to  pity 
you,  His  Spirit  to  comfort  you,  and  all  lb' 
surances   of  "  God    manifest   in    the    flesh"   to 
"make  you  more  than  conqueror  through    Him 
that  loved  us."     What  grace  has  done,    it  can 
still  do.     Jesus  is  "  the  same  yesterday,  and  to- 
day, and  forever."     "  All  power  in  Heaven   and 
in  earth,"  are  His  today.  In  Him  still  "dwell- 
eth  all  the  fullness  of  the  Godhead  bodily."  "In 
Him  are  hid  all   the   treiisuiea  of  wisdom   and 
knowledge."     It  is  still  the  office  of  the    Holy 
Ghost  to  "  take  of  the   things  of  Christ  and 
show  them  unto  us."     Here   are  boundless  re- 
sources, and  free  acces?  through  the  atonement 
and  intercession  of  Incarnale  Deity.  The  world 
is  given  us  to  save,  and  all  the  weapons   of  the 
Divine  armory,  and  all  the  riches  of  the  Divine 
treasury,  put  at  our  command  for  the  great  con- 
fiummation  "  Watch  ye  stand  fast  in  the   faith, 
quit  you  like  men.  be  strong."     1  Cor.   16:   13. 
Be  much  in  prayer.     Let  the  fire  on  your  altar 
never  go  out.     Pray  and  wrestle  earnestly*  for 
personal  sauctification,    for  the  unity    of  your 
family  in  the  purpose,  claims,  and  sacrifices   of 
your  high  calling.     Call  in  faith  for  the    fulfill- 
ment of  Matt.    9: 38.     In   every    possible    way 
consistent  with  holiness  endeavor  to   kindle   in 
your  members  an  exalted  apprehension   of  the 
magnitude  and  urgency  of  the   Christian    lega- 
tion, including  the  eft'ortsofthe   laity  no   less 
than   of  the    ministry.     Drones    in  the  church 
are  the  sport  of  devils.     "  Why   stand   ye   here 
all  the  day  idler'"      Hands   pocketed   or    arms 
akimbo  are  a    reproach  to  any    Christian    pn)- 
fessor.     If  Heaven  and  Hell  are  living  realities 
to  our  faith,  we  will  not  let  minister's    families 
struggle  in  want  and    isolation,  while  the   hus- 
band and  father  is  executing  his  olfice  in  the  or- 
der of  his  course.     Luke  1:  8.    Minister  to  Je 
sns  of  your  substance,  and  thus  show  yourself 
in  sympathy   with   His  sufferings   and  glory. 
Luke  S;  3.     Such  sacrifices  are  Koiug  to  count 
in  the  day  of  judgment.     Heb.  13;  Iti.  Thilipp. 
4:  is.     Matt.  25:  34^0.     .lesus    [)uts   the   cup 
of  water  ou  record,  and  notes  the  falling  hair. 
How  few  really   "love    His  appearing"  because 
they  are  not  one  with  Him  in  the  character  and 
object  of  His  Cross.    Let   us   make  sure  work. 
Deception  is  easy.  Five  were  wise  and  five  fool- 
ish.    O  how  many  lamps  and   no  oil.    Speak 
boldly  yet  lovingly  and    tearfully    for  Jesus,  at 
home  and  abroad.      Knit  us   many  hearts    to 
yours  in  sympathy  and  prayer  as  you  can.  Fray 
God  to  print  into  your  heart  in   large  living 
capitals  the  famous  parenthesis  of  2  Cor.  10:  4. 
Let    this     be    your    battle-cry:      "MIGHTY 
THUOVGH      GOD     TO    THE    PULLING 
D()\V-N  OF  STRONGHOLDS" 


MOOMAWS  PROPOSITION 
TOW  Brethren,  there  ia  an  tfiectual  door 


jS  opened  in  this  modern  Sodom  for  the  tes- 
timony of  the  Son,  J*;sob.  Who  will  go  in  and 
work?  Let  two  faithful  and  .M/iu/v/c  evangelists 
be  commissioned  by  our  next  A.  M.,  lo  make  a 
tour  of  the  cities  of  America  from  New  York  to 
San  Francisco,  fnim  Montreal  to  New  Ortean-. 
and  promulgate  ii  pnre  doctrine  to  tho^e  who 
sit  in  the  region  and  shadow  of  death.  Go  not 
into  the  gilded  temple.    The  poor  do   not  gc 


ties  for  such  work.  There  are  always  scores  nnd 
hundreds  of  persons  on  plen'i^!it-*eat«,«ndilonbt- 
less  the  Lonl  woubl  direct  many  ii  I.ydia  there 
whose  heart  would  bo  opehed  to  receive  the 
truths  of  the  Gospel. 

Let  the  brethren  give  the  sugteation  respect- 
ful consideration.    If  nothing  uUe  c-an  bo  done, 
let  a  number  of  brethren  c'uubine  to  subscribe 
a  fund  sufficient  to  defray  the  expenses  of  tnich 
a  commission.     One  cent    per  memlKT    would 
make  a  two  year  tour,  wherein  every   city  and 
every   quarter  thereof  could    be   n'acbi'd,  and 
thus  the  striking  feature*  of  ;ipostolie  mjusions 
would  again  bo  illustrated  by  our  church.     As 
a  beginning.  I  offer  to   pay   thi-  quoto  of  one 
thousand  niembei-s.      Are   tbori-  one  hundred 
brethren  who  will  do  likewise?     Put  down  your 
names  before  the  honorable  list  is  tilled.     If  it 
is  possible  let  the   preliminaries   be   completed 
by  the  opening  of  Spring,  nnd  let  the    miiwion- 
ariea  be  in  the  field  by  the  time  of  the  TVntecos- 
tiiil  giitbenng,  and  1  will  underlakp  to  gtmran- 
tee  that  the  A.  M..  will  have  nothing  but  "  God 
speed"  for  it.     After  twenty  names  are  down,  a 
choice  will  be  made  for   nirii,  yes   men  of  God 
who  will  not  waste  their  time  in  doting  about 
"  questions  of  words,  and  of  their  law  and  end- 
less genealogies,"   which  gender  strife   to  the 
subversion  of  the  people,  but  will    boldly    pro- 
claim the  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus. 

There  are  capable  brethren  in  our  church 
ho  are  unencumbered  with  families,  and  who 
would  gladly  go  out  thus  into  the  highways 
and  hedges  of  the  world.  Let  us  send  them. 
Brethren,  send  your  names  to  the  office  of  the 
UnKTiiiiKN  AT  WoHK;  sistem  send  your  names 
there.     Look  who  comes  Ufxt 

D.  C.  Muo«AW. 
S.  T.  Bosseruian  says,  "you  can  take  do^vn 
luv  name  as  one  accepting  brother  D.  C.   Moo- 
niaw's  proposition.    Mav  Ood  bless  the   move- 
ment," 

Franklin  Angelnjyer,  (»f  Locke,  Ind.,  says; 
"  I  am  glad  to  see  the  movement  that  D.  C. ' 
Moomaw  has  made,  in  regard  to  h.iving  the  QoB- 
pel  preiiohed  in  our  large  cities,  throughont  onr 
broad  land.  He  says,  one  '  cent  per  member 
would  makeii  two  year's  tour,  I  will  pny  thequoto 
of  one  hundred  members,  i?  1.00  (one  dollar). 
How  many  will  do  likewise  ?  Let  us  send  the 
Bread  of  Life  to  the  poor  of  our  cities.  How 
can  they  hear  without  a  preacher?  Let  us  not 
let  this  opportunity  p;i8s  unheeded.  Let  us 
send  brethren  sound  m  '  the  fuith  once  delivered 
unto  ihe  saints.' and  let  us  equip  them  well"0 
fight  battles  for  the  Lord.  If  they  could  win 
but  one  soul,  the  good  we  did  with  our  few  dol- 
htrs  could  not  be  estinmted.  If  wo  do  raise  the 
neede  1  amount,  (and  I  know  we  caa),  then  let 
us  s-end  men  that  are  willing  to  hiizzard  their 
lives  for  the  name  of  our  Lord  Jtsus  Christ. 
See  AcLs  15:  2«.  Do  not  wait  till  next  week, 
next  Summer  or  next  year,  butlet  us  work  to- 
day, '  for  the  night  cometh  wherein  no  man  can 
work.' " 

Alexander  W.  Ileese,  of  Warner.burg,  Mo.. 
says:  "  In  a  late  issiue  I  see  that  brother  Moft- 
niaw  proposes  to  start  a   fund  for  carrying   on 
missionarj-  work  in  the  large  cities.     If  such  a 
scheme  should  be  inaugurated,  some  of  us   here 
wish  to  send  in  onr  names  aud   mite.s.     Please 
advirtB  us  if  the  thing  is  started. 
kkuahks. 
We  suggest  that  no  money  be  sent  to  Qf,  hut 
that  each  one  send  in  their  obligations  on  a  pos- 
tal card,  or  otherwise.— Eds. 


Sublime  words  make  not  a  just  man— Ii   U  ft 
tiituoUK  life  that  maketb  one  de^r  to  GoA. 


TMK    BKKTJtlKE^r    -A.T    WORK:. 


Feb: 


ruary 


A  dkAND'  oiD'PO'teM. 

TITHO  shnW  jinigp  man  by  hin  munner*? 
Vl  ^^'ho  Mmll  know  bim  hy  hw  dr««'r' 
Ptuiii<*rs  mny  lio  fit  for  princ**, 

Trinc's  fit  for  !*oniething  W*: 
Cruiiiple<l  shirt.  ninJ  iJirty  JHili.t 

May  !»cclothe  the  c-Idffi  or«? 
Of  thft  deopcst  (li'iN-ilitji  (ind  fwlings, 
Thflt  to  honor  upward  Hoar. 

There  an*  "prinfpt  of  crystal  nectar, 

Ever  wi'llinv'out  of  stone; 
There  are  purjile  I'uds  and  fjolden, 

Hidden,  crmlied  and  overgrown. 
Qod.  who  counts  by  mooN.  not  dreM»i, 

Lnvea  and  prc^iper*  you  and  nie. 
Wliilc  he  valiip*  thronet  the  hiffhest 

But  ax  pebble*  of  the  tea. 

Man  iinpriitt»fd  nbrjve  hi»  felloH»t, 

Oft  forgetn  Iim  fellowH  then; 
Matter-,  rulent,  lordH.  remember, 

That'""  your  uu'iinest  kind  of  men; 
Men  by  labor,  men  by  feeling, 

Mi'ii  by  thouglit  and  men  by  fame, 
Claiuilng  equal  riglitK  to  xunahino. 

In  a  m«n"H  enncbling  name 

There  are  foam-embroidered  oceann, 

There  lire  little  wefd-elad  rillH, 
Tliere  nre  fofdde  inch-high  faplings, 

Tliere  lire  cedarH  on  the  hillH. 
Ood,  wito  coiintH  by  hohIh.  not  utotioDH, 

Loven  iiiid  proMpen*  you  and  me, 
Kort<}  Iliin  all  vain  dintinctlonH, 

Are  ax  pebblea  in  the  Bea, 

Toiling  liiiudi  Jilone  are  buildern 

Of  a  nr-tion'h  wealth  or  fame; 
Tilled  Ia/.ineii4  in  peuHJoned, 

Fvd  and  fattened  on  the  same— 
By  thi'Hweatof  otliera'  foreheadn, 

Living  only  torejoicj', 
While  the  poor  mau'w  outraged  freedom 

Vainly  liff'd  up  hit  voice. 

Truth  and  jutttii-e  are  eternal. 

Morn  with  lovline-Hit  and  light; 
Secriil  wrongn  fihull  never  pro-nper, 

Whili*  there  in  n  Bujuiy  right. 
Ood,  xvliune  word-lieiird  voice  in  Hinging 

BoundlesN  love  to  you  and  mo, 
Sinkfl  opprrNHion  with  itatidfri, 

As  pebbleH  in  the  Hca. 


WHY  BOAST   OF   THYSELF? 

IIV  l.KMITKF,  nU.I.KUY. 

WK  ftre  swelling  in  our  own  cHtinm- 
tion.  just  wliiic  we  nre  getting 
smaller  in  tin*  (Minmtion  of  othpi-H.  Tin- 
credit  wr  gi-t  from  (loil  find  every  true 
child  of  (lod  for  wliat  we  have  done,  i« 
not  bwcauHi'of  liowniucli  we  liave  done, 
l)Ut  from  the  motive.  Not  becmme  of 
how  WD  liiive  done  it,  but  from  the  mo- 
tive. For  we  ma)-  do  a  thing  right,  mo 
far  fM  form  is  concerned,  just  for  the 
admiration  of  iiu'n,  to  please  men,  and 
the  life  be  lilark  within. 

Wlien  we  want  to  do  somethin-r  lo 
please  nu'n  and  to  cause  />iij  /,  to  kwcD 
uj)  within  lis,  we  are  apt  to  tell  all,  a//, 
AM*  we  have  done,  only  when  we  tliink 
we  have  done  nmch,^and  when  we 
think  pi'obably  we  have  done  more  than 
our  neighbors.  Sometimes  our  neigh- 
bors nre  compelled  to  receive  our 
apologies  as  an  evidence  of  our  boast- 
ing: for  instance,  a  woman  goes  to  a 
great  deal  of  troulile  to  get  up  a  good 
meal  of  victuals;  th»'  table  is  crowd- 
ed and  the  food  excellent,  but  just  list- 
en: "  Now  nit  up  and  eat  if  you  can  find 
enough,  and  its  not  very  good  either." 
When  she  said  this,  she  thought  it  was 
about  the  best  meaJ  she  had  ever  gotten 
up. 

Again,  a  man  has  followed  chopping 
wood,  trying  to  do  iw  much  as  he  can  in 
one  day,  ( to  bo;L><t  over,  of  course').  Now 
see  him,  hear  the  sigh  of  regret — And 
hear  him  .say  to  his  friends,  "  Another 
day  has  parsed, and  I  have  not  done  very 
much — I  have  ohopj>ed  only  seven  and  n 
half  cords  of  wood.  I  suppose  if  it 
were  measured  cai-efuUy  it  would  make 
about  eight  cords."     My  brethren,  mar 


vel  not  if  I  tell  jou  such  a  spirit  ought  1  go  to  the  table  of  the  Lord,  and  in  truth 
not  to  exist  among  us.  oliey  the  command,  "  Do  this  in  remem 

If  we  are  traveling,  preaching  and  ex-  brance  of  me,"  while  be  refuses  to  obey 
posing  ourselves  much,  so  as  to  have  phe  command  e.iually  as  binding. "  Go 
something     big  to     tell,   or    v/r\u^;    it 


at     once    becomes   a   little,     disgusting 
piece  of  work   in    the  eye^    of  God   and 
of  every  saint.     Just  so   it  is    brethren 
with  us;   if  we  are  laboring  only  U)   get 
people  into  the  church, it  would  beavery 
little  work,  and  hardly  worth   mention- 
ing,   though   we  converted    our   thous- 
ands; but  if  we  are   instrument>t  in  the 
hands  of  God  to  get  people    to   let    the 
Loi-d  convert  them,  and    are   reproving 
sin,  no  matt<;r  where  it  is  found,  wheth- 
er in  the  church  or  out,   and    e.xhorting 
and  comforting   the    believer,    then    we 
ought  to  keep  right  on,  be  diligent;  and 
if  in  one  year,  five,  U-n,  or  twenty  years,  j 
you  prove  yourself  an  instrument  in  the 
hands  of  (rod  to  save  anenou]  from  ruin 
go  on ;  you  have  done  a  great   and    big 
work.     Never  give    up    while   you  are 
doing  with  pure  motives   just  what  the 
L(jrd  has  UAil    you,  and    in  the    way  he 
hiw  told  you.    God  is  setting  tliat  thing 
down  as  a  big  work.     Don't  be  disc(»ur- 
(tgt;d,    if  you  can't   see  anything  great 
tli:it  you    have  done,    only  keep  oti.      If 
you    work  for  the   Lord,  it  will    be  re- 
•orded,  and  you  will  be  astonished  how 
it  will  foot  up  at  the  end  of  the  race.  In 
his  own  good  time  he  will  j)ubliHh  your 
work.     And  others  who  are  making  out 
their  own  list  and  counting  up  the  won- 
ders tiu-y  have  wrought,  will  be  surpris 
ed  liow    little    it   foots    up  at  the  end  of 
tile    race  when    (Jod    declares    his  own 
record  o(  their  work. 

Hrethren  and  sisters,  let  us  be  like  the 
preacher  where  enemies  tried  to  discour- 
age him  by  snying,  "  Vou  can't  preach, 
and  you  better  quit,  for  you  have  been 
iuhtrumental  in  saving  but  one  person 
in  twenty  years."  The  preacher  asked, 
"  Have  I  done  this  much?"  They  ans- 
wered, "  Ves,  we  think  just  about  this 
much."  He  replied,  "  Then  i)ere  goes 
for  another  twenty  years."  Oh,  may 
(lod  help  us  to  work  for  him  and  not  for 
ourselves,  then  we  will  have  done  a  great 
work  indeed. 


ye  into  all  the  world  and  preach  the 
(lospel  to  every  creature." 

But  in  sending  out  our  missionaries  to 
preach,  some  e.vpenses  must  necessarily 
be  incurred,  and  as  a  matt^-r  of  course, 
it  is  as  much  the  duty  of  Chriiitian  men 
and  women  to  give  their  money  to  send 
the  (joBpel,  as  it  is  the  duty  of  the  min- 
isters of  Christ  to  go  and  bear  it  to  ev- 
ery creature. 

Now  we  believe  that  in  sending  our 
missionar-ies,  great  care  should  be  exer- 
cised to  make  the  money  thus  expended 
accomplish  the  most  possible  good. 

THE  AUTHORITY  AND  HONOR   OF 

OUR  SAVIOR'S  PRIESTHOOD, 

BY    W.  BOROl'OH. 

"Christ  glorified  not  himaelf  to  be  made  a 
high  priest;  but  he  that  said  uato  him.  Thou  art 
my  Sun,    to-d.iy  have    I    b -gotten  thee."     Heb. 


MISSIONARY  WORK 
HY   SAHAH  M.  t^AlSDKHS. 

IlK  Israelites  were   required  to  gi 
le-tenth  of  their   annual   Income 
for  tlie  services  of  their  sanctuary,    aud 


rri; 


if  (iod  had  reasons  why  they  should  giv 
tliis  siuu,  have  we  not  the  strongest  rea- 
sons to  believe  that  it  is  his  will  that  bis 
jieople  in  these  last  times  should  do  at 
least  as  much,  especially  since  he  has  biid 
upon  us  the  duty  of  preaching  the  <ios- 
pel  to  evei'y  creature?— a  duty  which  was 
not  laiii  on  his  ancient  people. 

Douiitless  mauy  of  us  think  that  we 
have  given  as  the  Lord  has  prospered 
us,  but  is  it  so?  I  think  not.  We  would 
not  think  it  prudent  to  force  it  upon  the 
membei-s  of  the  church  to  give  one  tenth 
of  their  annual  income  to  the  Loi'd,"for 
the  Lord  loveth  a  cheerful  giver,"  but 
they  ought  to  consider  it  their  duty  as 
well  as  their  privilege,  "  on  the  Hrst  day 
of  the  week  to  lay  by  them  in  store" 
such  contributions  a.s  would  annually 
amount  to  this  sum. 

In  these  last  days,  when  God  has  ojieu- 
ed  every  iloor  for  the  entrance  of  bis  (tos 
pel,  aud  su  amply  provided  the  church 
with  talent,  and  when  the  Macedonian 
cry,"  Come  over  aud  help  us,"  come^s  in 
from  every  ijuarterand  from  all  parts  of 
the  world,  how  can  any  true  Christian 
refuse  to  do  his  part  in  fulfilling  what 
is  evidently  God's  deejgu?     How  can  he 


GI  UD  also  said  at  another  time,  ''  Thou 
'  art  a  priest  forever  after  the  order 
of  Melchisedec."  Ileb.  .=>;  (1.  This 
prie.st,  "being  made  perfect,  became  the 
authorof  et^-rnal  salvation  unto  all  them 
that  oliey  him."  Heb.  5:9.  He  is  call- 
ed of  (rod  a  high  priest,  "  after  the  or- 
der of  Melchisedec."  Heb.  5:  10.  Mel 
chisedec  was  a  priest,  who  had  no  pre- 
decessors nor  successors  /h  /lis  ojfice ;  he 
did  not  descend  from  a  lineal  priesthood, 
neither  was  his  office  handed  down 
through  a  line  of  successors,  therefore 
he  wn-s  "  without  father,  mother  or  de- 
scent, having  neither  beginning  of  days, 
nor  end  of  life;  but  made  like  unto  the 
Son  of  God;  abideth  a  priest  continual- 
ly." Heb.  7:  3.  He  was  asking  of 
rigtheousness,"  so  wa-s  the  Savior.  He 
was  "  king  of  peace,"  so  was  the  Savior. 
To  this  priest  Abraham  paid  tithes.  The 
Levites  in  Al^raham  ])aid  tij;hes  to  him, 
and  received  a  law,  called  the  law  of 
Moses;  which,  however,  \\as  not  perfect, 
containing  carnal  commandments.  But 
out  of  the  tribe  of  Juda,  came  another 
priest  after  the  similitude  of  Melchise 
dec,  of  which  tribe  Moses  spake  noth 
inar  concerning  the  priesthood.  He  was 
not  made  by  the  law,  but  by  an  oath  by 
him  that  said  unto  him,  "The  Lord 
sware  and  will  not  repent,  Thou  art  a 
priest  forever  after  the  order  of  Mel 
chisedec,  by  so  much  was  Jesus  made  a 
surety  of  abetter  testament."  Heb.  7: 
21,  2'2. 

The  law  made  nothing  perfect,  conse- 
t^uently  there  were  many  priests,  because 
they  were  not  suffered  to  continue  by 
reason  of  death.  But  tliis  man,  because 
he  continued  ever,  hath  an  unchangealde 
priesthood,  wherefore,  he  is  also  able  to 
save  them  to  the  uttermost  that  come 
unt».)  (rod  by  him,  seeing  he  ever  Hveth 
to  make  intercession  for  them.  Heb.  7: 
•24,  2.").  He  does  not  need  to  offer  up 
daily  sacrifice  for  h's  own  sins  and  for 
the  people's,  as  did  the  priests  made  by 
the  law,  "  fur  this  he  did  once  when  he 
ottered  up  himself,"  Heb.  7;  27,  thus 
making  a  great  difference  between  his 
priesthood  and  that  of  the  Levites.  By 
the  eternal  priesthood  of  Christ,  the 
Levitical  priesthood  of  Aaron  is  abolish- 
ed, aud  the  temporal  coveuant  of  the 
fathers  vanished  under  the  eternal  cove- 
nant of  the  Gospel.  "  If  the  first  cove- 
nant had  been  faultless,  then  should  no 
place  have  been  sought  for  the  second." 
Heb.  S:  7.  The  Lord  made  a  new  cov- 
enant with  the  house  of  Jacob,  and  the 
house  of  Juda,  saying:  "  I  will  put  my 
laws  into  their  minds,  and  write  them 
in  their  he.arts,"    Heb.  8:   K),    and  "  all 


shall  know  the  Lord  from  the  leag, 
the  greatest."  Heb.  8:  11.  Thin].** 
was  written  in  the  minds  and  heart*  * 
theapostles  and  inspired  men,  who^-^ 
it  to  be  read  and  jjreached  through  n 
successive  generations  until  all  sh  li 
come  to  know  the  Lord. 

"The  firstcovenaut  had  also  ordinan 
of  divine  services,  ami  a  ^vorld]p  g- 
tuary,"  Heb.  0:  I,  which  I  need 
describe  here,  "  but  Christ  being  com 
a  High  Priest  of  good  things  to  com 
by  a  greater  and  more  perfect  tabernad  ' 
not  made  WMth  hands,  that  is  to  say  «  ' 
of  this  building;  neither  by  the  bloo'j 
goats  and  calves,  Init  by  his  own  bloo^ 
he  entered  in  once  unto  the  holy  pJa-  '  , 
having  obtained  eternal  redemption  f  ' 
u»."  Heb.  fl:n,  12.  "For  this  c,  *  ' 
he  is  the  Mediator  of  the  New  Test 
ment."  Heb.  0:  15.  For  a  testament 
ia  not  in  force  until  the  testator  is  dead 
Under  the  law  almost  all  things  wgr 
purged  with  blood,  and  without  she^ 
ding  of  blood  is  no  remission;  it  wa« 
therefore  necessary  that  the  patterns  of 
things  in  the  heavens  should  be  purifi^ij 
with  these;  but  the  heavenly  thiup 
I  themselves  with  better  sacrifices  than 
these.  For  Christ  is  not  entered  into 
the  holy  places  made  with  hands,  which 
are  the  figures  of  the  true,  but  into  heav- 
en  itself,  now  to  appear  in  the  presence 
of  God  for  us;  not  as  the  high  priest 
did,  once  a  year  or  he  would  have  Jigj 
many  times,  but  once  for  all  aud  for  all 
time  to  come.  So  Clirist  wag  once  oft'er- 
ed  to  bear  the  sins  of  many,  and  unto 
them  that  look  for  him,  shall  he  appeai 
the  second  time  without  sin  unto  salva- 
tion.  Melchisedec  received  tithes(o'ift8) 
of  the  people.  The  priesthood  of  Aaron 
also  received  tithes  of  their  brethren. 
No  less  honor  is  due  to  our  great  High 
Priest;  hence  it  becomes  our  indispen- 
sable duty  to  offer  without  reserve  our 
tithes  of  thanksgiving  and  supplication 
to  him  daily  that  we  may  be  guided  and 
protected  by  his  mighty  power. 

In  conclusion,  I  would  state,  that  I  did 
not  write  this  article  to  spring  new  ideas 
upon  this  subject,  l)ut  have  mereU 
brought  it  to  your  notice  to  reflect  uj  on. 
Paul  gives  us  a  beautiful  lesson  upon 
this  subject,  and  calls  it  the  first  princi- 
ples of  the  oracles  of  God,  and  negli- 
gence in  the  knowledge  of  the  same,  la 
reproved.  Then  let  us  seek  to  know 
these  principles,  that  we  may  become 
more  thoroughly  attached  to  our  great 
High  Priest,  who  to-day  is  sitting  at  the 
right  hand  of  God  to  make  intercession 
for  us. 
North   Liberty,  Intl. 

(To  he  continued), 

THE    ETIQUETTE    OF  DEATH, 

rpiIE  royal  personage  and  the  humblest 
-^  peasant,  the  rich,  the  poor,  the 
chieftain,  all  command  a  certain  dei,'ree 
of  attention  in  death  that  was  not  Re- 
lieved in  life.  The  miserable  Irish  hod- 
Cfirrier  dies  in  a  hovel  where  he  wasun- 
cared  for  while  living;  but  as  soon  a;* 
the  breath  is  out  of  his  body,  a  host  of 
"friends"  gather  in,  and  an  expensive 
wake"  is  planned  for  the  coming  night. 
There  is  to  be  free  whiskey  and  a  uft^- 
turual  frolic,  and  on  the  coming  Sumla.) 
if  Pat  happens  to  die  after  the  middle 
of  the  week,  a  big  funeral  is  to  be  par- 
aded. The  most  significant  part  of  thf 
poor  man's  career  was  ended  after  he 
was  dead. 

A  well -to  do  individual  dies,  nn] 
neighbors  speak  solemnly  of  tbeevn: 
they  discuss  the  manners  and  merits 
the  man,  passing  lightly  over  his  f" 
Death  has  softened  asperities,  and 
nity    to  the   departe<i.       Many    ^^ 


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XJriJb:   HJtiKTilKElsr    ^VT   AVOKK. 


^"Tj  the  house  where  the  fiineral  ser 
*'^'    is  preached,  or  loiter  in  the  reL-ei>se8 
Ttbe  premises.     "When  the  fuaeral  cor- 
^      is  arraigned  before  the  craped  abode, 
1  the  real   mourners   have   occupied 
*"  riftges immediately  behind  the  hearse, 
"^he  extra  vehicles  are  quickly  tilled  by 
nee  people  who  seek    this   opportu- 
.     in  fine  weather  to  steal  a   free   car- 
•  (re  ride  through  the   suburbs   to  the 
beautiful  cemetry  five  or  sis  miles  away. 
u  is  common  that  a  part  of  the    burial 
jces  of  many  Christian  churches    be 
fyrujed  at  the  grave;  and    while  this 
reniony  is  going  on,  the    males    stand 
nritb  uncovered  beads,  uud  the    delicate 
females  are   exposed    to   the   scorching 
>  lasts  of  a  death-dealing  wind.    A  wail 
ms  daughter  in  delicate    health  takes  a 
cold  or  chill  from  which    she    never   re- 
covers,     l^he  immediately  loses  her    life 
in  keeping  the  etifiuette  of  death. 

A  letter  appeared  recently  in  the  Loii- 
ihm  Tijnts,  in  which  ti.e  writer  asked 
for  legii^lfttiou  upon  the  burial  i|uestiun; 
lie  nays.  "  Let  the  burial  services  of  the 
church  of  England  be  so  arranged  that 
the  whole  of  it  tnay  be  read  in  the  church 
or  chapel."  The  argument  being  that 
staudijig  for  several  minutes  in  the 
pelting  rain,  or  in  u  Idinding  storm  of 
giiow,  their  hearts  br(d;eu  with  grief,  and 
stomiicbs  without  accuf-tomed  support, 
niuat  often  jn-ove  dHtrinieutal  to  carele^^<, 
yet  well  uieaniug  mourners.  In  couu 
trv  places  it  is  not  uncommon  to  see  lit- 
tle children  kept  in  view  of  the  colKn 
(luring  protracted  religious  exercises, 
aud  then  taken  for  miles  to  the  church- 
yard, no  regard  being  ]iaid  to  storm,  or 
to  the  incapacity  of  infancy  to  under- 
stand what  the  tears,  torture  and  slow 
travel,  are  all  for.  The  snail  pace  of 
the  funeral  ti"ai;»  would  seem  to  be  en- 
forced in  order  to  i)rolong  the  misery 
alreidy  drawn  out.  A  terrible  sacrifice 
is  made  for  the  etiquette  of  death. 

Selected  by  A.  J.  Blougii. 


CHEAP  LITERATURE. 


THKRE  area  dozen  publishing  houses 
in  the  United  States — there  is  at 
leant  one  in  Chicago — using  all  the  fa- 
cilities of  their  business  to  turn  out,  one 
after  another  as  fast  as  type  and  ma- 
chinery will  do  it,  this  sickly,  demoral- 
izing trash.  Talcs  of  adventure-  by  land 
and  by  sea  among  the  Indians,  among 
the  islands  of  the  racillc  and  the  At 
lantic,  among  the  slums  of  the  cities, 
the  gutter,  the  pawn-shop,  the  thieves' 
quarter.si,  the  low  variety  show — no  mat- 
ter where  the  plot  is  lai'd,  the  charaeter- 
istici  are  always  the  same.  GQQ'lness  is 
burlet-qued  and  sneered  at,  evil  is  glossed 
over  and  rendered  "  smart.'*  What  l>oy 
that  reads  these  books  does  not  envy  the 
smart  villain  who  always  gets  in  the  last 
word  and  the  best  argument?  Vile  Ian 
giKige  is  hinted  at  or  openly  used;  slang 
and  bad  grammar  show  up  bad  manners 
and  worse  morals;  coarse  aud  cruel  sporls 
are  minutely  described  and  boldly  en- 
couraged; the  obedient  boy  or  girl  is  al 
ways  a  fool  or  a  sneak;  the  unruly  and 
impenitent  is  always  the  manly  fellow; 
and  so  these  books  goon,  through  iui- 
pussible  but  fascinating  adventures  that 
render  the  sweet  but  homely  tasks  dis- 
tasteful, until  the  reipiisite  number  of 
pages  has  been  filled,  when  there  is  a 
grand  denuuemeiit,  the  good  sneak  i»  un- 
masked, aud  the  hero  (!)  who  had  been 
iibu^ed  by  parent.'*,  guardians  or  circum- 
«t!uices  so  lung,  is  rewarded  for  Ids  rrb<^-l- 
Hnii  |,y  Mgme  great  stroke  of  fortune  that 
leaves  the  reader  forever  dissatisfied  with 
theordinary  and  natural  course  of  events. 
Thia  is  only  a  general  uutliut    »)f  this 


dime  and  nickel  literature, 
characteristic  of  one  will  be  found  the  i 
leading  feature  of  the  othera.  Only  as 
our  rising  generation  reads  more  and 
more  of  these  publications,  serial  writers 
and  publishers  find  demand  for  higher 
spiced  sensation — and  they  supply  it. 

"  Ah!"  said  a  fond  mother,  "  my  boys 
would  not  like  such  books." 

Are  you  sure?  If  never  a  night  sees 
their  eyes  close  until  they  have  talked 
with  mother  about  all  they  have  seen, 
done  ind  read  for  the  day,  perhaps  they 
have  been  taught  not  to  admire  these 
books;  have,  with  a  little  guidance,  ac- 
quired a  taste  for  better  reading.  But 
if  not,  if  the  mother  has  been  too  busy, 
has  calls  to  make  or  receive,  other  duties 
or  pleasures  that  she  thinks  paramount 
to  knowing  all  her  children  do  and 
think, let  her  flatter  herself  that  her  boys 
would  not  like  to  read,  without  discrim-  I 
ination,  anything  that  smacks  of  adven- 
ture and  daring. 

Remember  tliere-  are  thousands  and 
thousands  and  thousands  of  these  per- 
nicous  stories  issued  annually,  and  they 
must  be  sold.  The  ghouls  and  vampires 
that  can  send  out  such  deadly  things  to 
murder  innocence  and  happiness,  are 
not  philanthropists  to  adhere  to  a  losing 
venture.  The  books  are  bought  and 
sold.  Some  mother's  boys  and  girls 
read  them.  Are  you  sure  it  is  not  yours? 
There  are  books  and  books  and  books 
in  this  class  of  literature  whose  heroes 
had  run  away  from  homes  in  which  they 
were  not  appreciated,  and  to  these  books 
may  seriously  be  traced  the  epidemic  of 
runaways,  of  which  we  see  and  read  aud 
hear  so  much. 

There  are  other  books  which  narrate 
in  all  their  sickening  details,  dog  fights, 
chicken-fights,  and  animal  torture  of  ev- 
ery description,  that  palliate  these  great 
crimes  aud  accustom  the  minds  of  the 
young  leaders  to  contemplate  torture 
and  cruelty  unmoved,  and  thus  enable 
the  youth  to  take  active  part  in  such 
sport  when  opportunity  otters.  There 
are  few  people  born  cruel.  Cruelty, 
like  any  other  vice,  is  acquired., 

"  We  first  endure,  tiieu  pity,,  then  em- 
brace." 

It  is  useless  to  try  to  stop  the  publica- 
tion of  this  trjishy  literature,  except  by 
destro^\ing  the  demand  which  creates 
the  supply.  Fathers  and  mothers,  look  | 
to  it  that  your  children  have  good  read- 
ing, alid  plenty  of  it,  and  no  other 

As  we  have  already  said,  somebody's 
children  are  reading  these  books.  Is  it 
yours  I  An  awful  responsibility  lies  on 
the  parents  that  permit  it.     Is  it  yowi 

[This  is  a  sad  picture,  yet  true.  Par- 
ents see  what  your  children  read.  Give 
them  good  food,  good  examples,  good 
manners,  good  ways.  If  you  do  not  you 
may  be  sure  that  they  will  seek  the  bad, 
and  follow  it,  and  die  with  it.  Take 
your  children  in  your  arms,  talk  with 
them,  love  them,  keep  them  in  the  good 
and  guard  them  from  the  evil. — EdsJ 


What   is '  would  not  a-s  often   be  found  wrestling  ' 
with    the    comparatively  little  incidentn 
coming  under  our  notice;  charity  would 
cover  them  with    wing^  outspread  with 
aflVction  and  love,  and  our  strongest  de- 
sires would    be    to    forgive    and    forget. 
"  But    people   will    talk,"    and    the 
conse<pience  is,  vanity  is  produced  in  the 
heart.     We  regret  that  we  are  so   prone 
to  express  ourselves  so  quickly,    for  the 
tongue  is  a   little   member,  hut   what  a 
world  of  iniquity  lieth  underneath.  Oft- 
times  we  are  pained  to  hear   that  such 
an  one  is  bearing  tidings  about  our  char- 
acter that  assimilates  us   with    those   of 
an  opposite  nature.     We  are  not  prepar- 
ed to  receive  such  from   those  we  only 
know  to  love;  consefpiently  in  the  heat  I 
of  the  moment  we  say  what   wo   should 
have  kept  to  ourselves.     Oh,  the  bitter- 
ness it  causes  us,  the   intense  grief,  the 
agony.     Yes  a  word  spoken  in  wrath,  is 
a  cup  of  sorrow.     *'  A  soft  answer  turn- 
eth  away   wrath."     "  But   people   will 
talk."     Oh,  let  US  have  charity,  it  bear- 
eth  all  things,  and  therefore  the  tongue- 
lashing  of  our  dearest  ones. 

Brethren  and  sisters,  it  does  seem  that 
we  should  not  do  so,  but  it  is  neverthe- 
less true,  and  we  are  guilty.  Can  we 
withstand  future  attacks  (  Will  we  try  i 
By  (.iod's  grace  we  may  comply  with  his 
reipiirement  if  we  will.  Oh,  our  stub-  I 
liorn  wills,  how  obstinate,  how  contrary. 
This  is  not  the  Spirit  of  Christ.  Will 
we  retain  a  spirit  antagonistic  to  that, 
that  bringeth  forth  the  fruit*  meet  for 
repentance?  Let  us  con-^lder,  pause,  re- 
flect, aud  change  ova  ouvei'satiou;  for 
our  conversation  should  be  as  one  pro- 
fewsing  godliness.  Brethren,  love  one 
another,  for  love  is  of  (lod.  Hatred  is 
of  the  devil.  "  Choose  ye  this  day  whom 
ye  will  serve." 


^fcnis  of  %\\Ux'C'si. 


— QcKKH  Victoria  huloat  fiv«  graD^childnn 
by  deatti. 

— T118HIC  is  ii  prospect  of  war  bptwe^n  Frane« 
and  Tunis. 


THE  TWO  ROADS. 


W 


PEOPLE  WILL.TALK. 


BY  H    V.  BRINKWORTH. 


HEN  we  hear  the  various  express- 


behalf,  we  often  feel  to  bear  the  same 
as  best  we  can,  and  generally  consider 
the  source  of  emanation.  It  is  the  char- 
acteristic trail  of  a  Christian  to  be  swift 
to  hear,  slow  to  wpeak;  but  many  of  us 
do  not  possess  the  needed  characteristics; 
and  why?  Simply  because  we  not  cul- 
tivate the  art,  for  there  is  a  science  to  be 
developed  here  worthy  of  all  atleniiuo. 
I  often  think  if  we  only  couM  practice 
more  truly  this  spirit  of  forbearance,  we 


— TaiiKK-FOirKTHa  of  the  murjera  ure  cauiwd 
by  whisky. 

-Thk  mnouQt    aunaalty    paid    for  Mtrong 
drink  i-tJI.WKl.OOO.OeO. 

— Ui'ssi  V  idconHidpring  the  question  wh^lhir 
wooieii  shall  nractica  mt-iUciue. 

—It  U  feured  that  the  h««Ilh  of  Mr.  Spur- 
geoii  is  piTinanently  broken. 

— TwKNTt  thonnand  f<>«iil  insect*  have  b 
dug  u|)  at  ttie  great  insect  bfd  in  Colorado. 

—A  CULOBBD  woman  iiiimfl  Ro*e  Wi«e,  ed 
rccontly  at  Crisfiubl,  M.I..  Maid  to  bo  1 16  rn 
of  "ge.  .  .  M    ti.,/M 

— Av  hiventop  hft-«  fi:nIim^  irwa>'  fbrTBBaing 
shc-ep's  stomachs,  and  tlu-y  are  nrtw  tnade  into 
k'alhor  bag«. 

—An  exchange  Ray4  that  a  LhuufMud  differ- 
ent iudiistrii-a  are  iovuWyd  in  LUw  iiroduction  of 
a  loaf  of  bread. 

—The  Rildp  hiw  biv-n  tmn^latwl  eomptet« 
into  the  Turkish  lanpiia^f.  Tliere  nrft  150,000,- 
00(1  pi'ople  in  Turkey. 

— Tur.  Presbyterian  Hurd  of  Relief  for 
Disabled  Miniistei-H  hax  diNl.nbuttd  during  the 
la-st  26  yeai-s  over  *1,OOO.OUO. 

— At  Jonesborongh,  Ark.,  Profi-ssor  Henry 
Dierk,  in  atteuiptiui;  a  Itallouu  ascension  r^ 
coiitly,  fell  ft  distance  of  1000  feet. 

—Is  Ni'w  York  tlity  Ih^re  arn  1.739  rum 
liolen  less  than  tliere  witk  a  year  ago.  This 
ppeaks  well  for  the  exeiHi>  laws  of  tbat  city. 

— Du.  WiUou  uf  the  Riigli.sli  Mis'siunary 
Conference,  saya  that  only  one  of  every  thrpe 
persons  on  earth  htw  ever  heard  of  tlic  name  of 
■lesus. 

— Tub  States  increa-iiig  f.iste>tt  in  popuU- 
tiftn  nrf  Knnsa.**,  Minnesota,  Xe'iraska,  Califor- 
nia, and  Colorado.  N'w  Knglaml  barely  holds 
her  own. 

— THRdliaster  to  the  t^teauier  lij/antin  on 
the  Mediterranean  Sea,  reaxilted  in  the  loss  of 
150  lives,  14  persons  only  being  saved  from 
the  steamer. 

—Statistics  show  thnt  fifty  ont  of  every 
011^  bunded  of  our  iii;-ane.  and  nikty-five  ont 
of  every  one  hundred  piiuper-s,  became  ao  from 
the  uae  of  liquor. 

-The  four  wiv-fteni  counttt-*  of  Ma«j<achu- 
selU  siitVcri'd  djitiuijie  in  tln"  extent  of  over 
$850,000  by  the  terrible  storm  hi  the  fccocd 
week  of  December. 

— DisTitiws  is  on  the  irieiva.se  in  England. 
Many  tliousands  are  supported  by  rehel  funds, 
and  thousands  mord  are  in  d  mger  o''  aturviir 
tiou;  6,500  in  Manchester  alone. 

— Chapping  of  the  hituds,  whicli  is  one  of 
the  most  disagreeable  inconveniences  of  cold 
weather  can  bo  ciwily  prevented  by  rubbing 
the  hands  with  powdeiv-d  starch. 

— Thk  women  wore  allowed  to  vote  on  the 
lager-l)eer-optioii  tinostion  at  Plynionth,  N.  H., 
the  other  day,  and  the  ttale  of  the  liquor  was 
proliibited  by  a  vote  of  three  to  one. 

—A  CuLKBSB  Jiillologur  predicts  that  m 
fifty  yeani  San  Francisco  will  be  a  Mongolian 
city  under  the  uuinc  of  "  Choo  Kiang,"  and 
ruled  by  a  prince  of  the  dynasty  of  Cliina. 

— TriB  gospel  (<uug8  iif  Mp.  S/inlcy  are  trans- 
lated into  German  and  printed  in  parallel 
columns  with  the  original,  so  timt  they  can  be 
snng  iu  Eugli'h  and  German  by  the  same 
audience. 

— CorNi  Rumford  declared  thnt  a  dinner  for 
1,000  persons  could  lie  cooked  with  ten  ceuta' 
worth  of  fuel,  a  statement  which  people  were 
slow  in  belicTing:  but  a  Frenchman  has  re- 
cently invented  a  cooking  apparatus  by  which 
livf  ceiiti'  worth  of  coke  can  be  mode  to  cook 
a  meal  for  1,500  pewons. 

— Tub  interior  of  Greenland  is  an  unknown 
territory.  Threi-  Danish  scientific  gentlemen 
;  who  were  exploring  the  coiist,  undertook,  the 
the  world,  "  ^^*v  there  is  nothing  covered  ;  |,^^t  summer,  to  peuetrate  th^  ray-itery,  and  to 
that  bhall  not  be  revealed;  and  hid  that '  jts^-end  a  mountain  45  miles  from  the  coast 
whall  not  be  made  known."  Thus  we  ^  ■^{wy  started  July  U  on  their  toilsome  journey 
Hee  that  the  ileedsdone  iu  the  body  will  be  of  twenty  three  days  over  the  ice,  encountering 
made  a-i  clear  and  coniiirehensive  to  ihf  '  logs  and  snowstorms  ou  the  way.  The  weath- 
world,  a-'  if  the  Hftcreil  Orb  himself,  er  cleared  July  31.  when  they  ascended  the 
wouhl  write  with  golden  letters  ui-on  ,„ountuin,  wbich  w.^-^  o^oO  feet  high.  A*  fer 
the  western  horizon,  the  actions  of  eiich  a.  the  eye  could  reach,  only  ice-sheets  and 
one  dnrinj,'  the  day.  Verily  "the  way  of  glaciers  could  Ih-  seen,  and  not  the  smallest 
the  transgressor  is  hard."  *i'«k  of  land  free  of  ice. 


BY  »*.    NKVISOER. 

SOMETIME  ngo,  while  waiting  at  the 
depot  for  the  freight  train  to    pass, 
so  that  I  could  unload  my  grain;    I    no- 
ticed that  each  car  was  labeled,  or  mark- 
ed, so  that  any  one  c))uld    tell    to    what 
road    it  belonged.      While    musing   on 
the  variety  of  names,  the  thought   came 
to  my  mind  that  there  are  but  two  ways 
or  roads  spoken  of  in  Holy  Writ.     And 
as  there  are  but  two  roads,  men  are  trav- 
eling ou  one  or  the  other  of  these  roads. 
While  one  road  leads  to  peaceful  happi 
ness  beyond  the  tomb,  the  other  leads  to 
regions  of  dark  despair.  We  came  to  the 
couclusi<m  that  if  the  children  of  men 
were  labeled   like  the  cars,  to  designate 
which  road  they  were  traveling  on;  and  I 
if  every  clark  and  ungodly  deed,  from  the  1 
midnight  murder  down    the  whole  cat- 
alogue of  crimes,  to  those  little    unkind 
ftcts  that  we  do  to  our  fellow  man,  were 
printed  ou  the  actors  brow,  how  rhaiig- 
cil  would  be  the    actions!     Those  petty, 
jealous  feelings    which  occur,   even   in 
the  "  children  of  light,"  would  be   sub- 
dued   more    and    more    until  we  could 
realize    that    "  unfeigned   lovc    of  the 
l>rethren,"  and  become  more  Christ  like, 
"  that  ye  may  prove  what  is   that  good, 
acceptaltle  and  perfect  will  of  (lod.  ' 

Though  we  do  things  that  we  would 
be  ashamed  for  men  to  know,  and  can 
to  some  extent  keep  them  hid  from  men 
at  present;  yet  do  we  not  know  that  the 
Kin"  of  heaven  sees  and  knows  every 
wor3,  th.night  aud  action  of  men?  And 
not  only  this,  but  his  eyes  behold  the 
darkest  recesses  and  the  most  intricate 
labyrinth  of  our  hearts.  Beside  tliis,  all 
our  actions  shall  be  made  known  to 
covered 


•iJlK     HHi:Till^K>r    ^1'    "WOKIC. 


Feb,-, 


^Ijc  Jjrrtljriii  at  ||)orlj. 

'  Pl'BLISUKD  WEEKLV. 


J    H    MOORE.  I  I 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN.  f 


Tm«  B««Tniii:*  «t  W„«k  will  hr  uttil  <ti  II  6"  p«r  mi. 
lum  in  aiUiino*.  Any  one  who  wiU  tend  a»  «)^i  hadim 
ud  |I'.»  00  will  fTcfiip  an  i»i|i|iii»n«l  copy  free  of  ch4r((». 
wid  forMch  wl'lliionfiln*!!!*  (ITT  irntt  ■!«*•  thf  nio« 
n»iiir>|  llicnKFiii  will  (-■  nJIowf-l  IWJ  por  CpW-,  which 
ftaouni  nu  1*p  .lr.l.i<-lcil  fr.im  ihr  mon*j-  l.»forf  ••■n.llng  II 
Uu*  M(in»yii»iil  h^  l*(»l*l  Or-irrB,  IIrKl*l«rr<J  I^icri 
or  dn.n..  propffly  n.ldrM^r.l.  will  be  ol  our  ri-k  Wl,.n 
■eDiJidfi  dmft.  h*-  "'ir*  ihm  ii  )•  not  ■  chwrk.  If  ll  In  » 
chMk,  It  co«i»  «■  "0  teiii*  10  collvcl,  while  *  ilnti  e»a  li« 
oolli-clwl  tref.  ro'tng.-  mompii  m«7  b(*  moI  Tor  omouDl- 
aodtr  1  OI>,  Iml  iiI»B7*m«'I  lb*  moos;  If  yia  c«u  grt  II 
8iilxcrjpliori»,  nnii  coinniuiiicAllon*  inl«o<l«J  for  ib«  pft- 
por,  M  xell  <M  ntt  hURinMH  maltari  c^innMUd  wiih  the  of- 
Im  ahould  b«  BddrMiKl 

KOOU  ft  X3EKLUAK, 

Unuk.  CtmU  Ce..ni' 


Ik  aiww«r  to  m«ny  inquiriw,  we   will  Btate        The  mooeT.  approprialed  b>  the  Tract  Asso- 
cannot   powiibly   till   ord-m   (or  back    ciatiun   for  the  free  dwtribution   of  traOs.  w 


>T,imi  AIIV«.  IHTlt. 


Thv.  atldn-yn  itt  .Ut-tfi'ul\tTtv.t\]  bv  Dun- 
kirk, Ohio,  till  I-Vbniary  IMli. 

H.  TMny.hv't*  iwldrt-sH  in  rhHOfrpd  from  Muyn- 
villp,  Iowa  to  Abili'iif.  Kiin"io«. 

TuK  Southern  Itidianu  I)i"trif;t  Mi-r'tirifj  will 
bi'hvid  in  tlip  Sl<in>  Cn^fk  church,  Ai)ril  IHh, 
IH'H. 

BitoTKKit  G.  W.  (libMon.  writt'B  from  Oiniril, 
IllirioiH,  lliMt  two  more  hiivo  biiBD  received  iiit^ 
th«  cliiin-h  by  faupti-m. 


Bhotkkii  J(!hhi'  Hoop,  of  Liiigau'iri',  Miiry- 
liuid,  liiiN  ht-efi  iiuilc  ill  for  nomo  tiiii*',  lint  in 
now  coiiviilesciti^. 


TlIK  Dintrirt  m 
(rict  of  loH'ii,  wil 
cniiDfy.  Ajtiil  7tli 


cftiun  for  tlip  HouthiTii  DIh- 
lic  held  lit  Mt.  Ktn(^  Adanm 
|H7». 


that  1 

numb^n  contuinitig  the  dcbut*^.  E»en  number 
two  of  the  pre*ent  volume  in  exhaiuled.  New 
■ubHcnben  will  har«  t(>  commeDce  with  num- 
ber three. 

If  your  neighbor,  or  any  on^  el»e  want*  to 
MbuBe  you,  juat  l«t  him  ttlon^;   let  him  empty 

hot  ■"barrel,"  and  then  likely  you  can  putwtnu- 
thing  into  it.  It  is  difficult  to  put  anything  in  a 
barrel  thatiM  full:  hett«>r  have  it  emptied,  and 
if  potwible  cleared  well,  before  putting  much 
in  it. 

Jkrl'halku  is  Haid  to  be  adding  1,500  to  itn 
Jewi«h  population  erery  year.  Should  the  con- 
tempUted  railroad,  from  Jaffa  on  theMeditcrrii- 
nean  Sea,  to  Jerunalem.  be  coraplet/^1,  it  will 
greatly  increase  the  population  of  the  place,  aud 
flof»d  the  country  with  travelers  and  pilgrims. 

MuKwhooppoie  the  Bible,  on  the  ground 
that  it  Rpeakn  of  miracleii,  ought  t«  remember 
that  the  preHervation  of  that  Book  if  a  miracle 
of  itnelf.  Nothing  «hv(?  the  Divine  hand  could 
have  NUMtained  the  bleH<>e(j  Book  miiid  the  op- 
poKition  there  haH  been  urged  agiiinHt  it. 

Asa  proof  of  the  great  amount  of  labor  re- 
rpiired  to  trannlatc  the  ijcripturen  into  Ho.xe  of 
the  foreign  InnguageH,  it  in  stated  that  in  Mada- 
goncar  a  band  of  rcviHcrs  has  »et  for  ten  year*. 
endt-BToring  to  render  the  tranwlation  a»  correct 
Eu  poHHible. 


irly  exhausted,  hence  but  few  more  tracts  cuo 
be  sent  out  free  until  more  money  is  appropri- 
ated.    If  some   of  those,  who   are  abundantly 


might  be  accomplished  by   lending  panp"^ 
other  good  reading  matter  in  defen^  ©f  .f*  ^ 
ble  doctrine.  ^*  Bi. 

In  this   way  every    isolated    member' 
might  become  a  mii-Bionary  station:  b  k^.  '" 


able  to  do  so,  would  donate  to  this  fund.consid-  ;  jjjg  Lq^j  where  people  could  meet  and  b- 


.Table  fiood  might  be  accomplished  by  the 
proper  distribution  of  good  pamphlets  and 
tracts.  The  Secretary  *""  make  his  report 
next  week.  ^^ 

Khikxi.  0.  W.  Sell,  of  Emporia.  Kan.,  says: 
"  My  wife  joined  the  Brethren  charch  last  Fall. 
One  of  the  members  here  gave  us  some  of  yoar 
papers  and  we  have  read  them  over  several 
times.  I  do  not  belong  to  the  Brethren  myself. 
I  wa*"  baptixed  in  the  Campbellite  faith,  but 
tiiey  hold  to  things  I  cannot  sanction.  The 
(riitli  18  whar  I  Slant."  VVe  hope  the  Bketh- 
HEN  AT  Woks  will  prove  a  great  help  to  our 
friend  in  his  search  after   the  truth. 


sing,  and  hear  the   Scriptures    read,     n 
and  Biaters,  try  this  method,  and  see  if  aotn 
will  not  grow  out  of  it.     By  proper  effoj  ***'' 
might  succeed  in  having  a  church  in  yon    ^^'' 
house,  and  then  call  for  a  minister  to  com    ^ 
assist  you.  ^^^^^^^^^  j  n 


OUTSIDERS'  FUND  EXPLAIJje*. 

EVEKAL.  who  have  lately  written  us 


Thk  JJihIrirt  Melting  mI'  Northern  Indiiinii 
will  ho  held  M>iy  1«(.  1H7H.  in  the  Whitehead 
niceting-liou^f,  Elkliiul  county,  Indiana, 

Bhothkii   David   Whito    writcH:    "In    the 

Black  Hiver  church,  Ohio,  fifteen  prcciouHsonli' 

were  bapti/ed  into  Christ,  at  our  lato  meetings. 

The  church  hns  been  (difirdandsfri'ngthened." 

•^■ 

Dit,  ('iirr  lold  the  truth  when  he  yuid  in  re- 
ply to  Col.  fnyerHoH'H  idcus:  "Ti-ach  men  to 
die  like  hen^'lH  and  j  i  u  go  a  I<  ng  wtiy  lownrHri 
teaching  them  tu  live  like  brulcH," 

Wk  are  in  receipt  of  a  roll  of  iiianuNcripf, 
from  sister  Miittie  A.  Lear,  containing  aiiMWers 
to  a  iiuniher  of  queries.  Will  cornniince  pub- 
lishing them  next  wcok. 

Two  were  ba|)ti/.etl  at  brother  David  Piiler- 
baiigh'H,  two  iiiilcM  north  of  town,  hist  week 
One  wjw  horn  the  Shannon  i-ongregation,  and 
the  other  from  Cherry  tirove. 

BnoTHKK  Martin  Meyer  left  hero  last  Thurs 
day  morning  for  the  Wisconsin  miHsion  Held, 
linit*'  an  interest  is  being  worked  ufi  in  that 
part  of  the  countrv. 

BltoTllHii  Daniel  Vanimaii  has  been  holding 
some  very  interesting  nientings  in  Adams  coun- 
ty, IP,  Nino  came  forwai-d  at  one  point.  A 
leport  of  hi«  work  will  appear  soon. 

Thk  First  Dittrirl  of  West  Virginia,  will 
hold  ila  nr-xt  Di^^trict  Mwting  on  th©  ISth  and 
19th  of  April,  in  the  Inuey's  Creek  church. 
Further  notice  will  be  published  in  due   time, 

BiioTHKii  .lohn  NichoUon  has  been  holding  a 
series  of  meetings  in  Toledo.  Ohio.  With  wlmt 
success  we  have  not  learned,  but  hope  there  are 
good  projipocl*  for  building  up  a  church  in  that 
city. 


Most  all  the  names  on  our  list  have  now 
been  properly  adjusted,  and  if  any  of  our  sn!)- 
ccribei-s  fail  to  get  their  papeitt,  tliey  will  please 
inform  uh  at  once,  that  we  may  nniko  the  nec- 
essary corrections. 

SixcE  the  year  1804  the  Bible  is  said  to  have 
been  translated  into  315  iangnagcs.  To  aixoni- 
plith  this  has  requiivd  an  imnn-nse  amount  of 
labor,  saying  nothing  about  the  time  and  pa 
tience  required  to  learn  the  difTerent  languages. 

Brothkk  .John  W.  Mrfzger  hns  been  under 
the  doctor's  care  for  five  Wteks.  aud  wishes  us 
to  say  to  the  Brethren  in  the  Southern  District 
of  Indiana,  that  he  is  now  uimble  to  fill  his 
I)lacc  in  the  mission  field,  but  expect-*  to  n*- 
-nme  his  labors  a^  soon  as  it  is  safe  for  him  to 
do  so.  He  wrote  from  Cerro  Gordo.  111.,  expect- 
ing to  return  to  hi.,  home  in  Indiana  in  a  few 
iiuy«. 


Wk  have  i  n  hand  a  few  hundnd  ixtra  cop- 
ies  of  No.  .1,  that  mi(;bt  do  good  if  they  were 
judiciously  distributed.  Send  for  a  bunch  and 
distribute  them  among  your  neighbors.  They 
will  be  sent  post  paid  for  thi-  following:  3  cop- 
ii'H,  10  cents;  11  copien,  30  cents;  a"  copies, 
50  cents. 

Tiip.  last  two  pages  of  this  issue  is  taken  up 
with  the  ChiUrennt  W,nk.  that  all  our  reiul- 
ersmay  see  and  know  of  its  contents.  Kxara- 
!  inu  it  carefully,  and  if  you  like  it,  and  think  it 
will  int/trest  your  children,  subscribe  for  it. 
Price  60  cents  per  annum. 

HkoTBKh  Martin  Meyer  held  but  five  meet- 
ings ot  Erie,  on  the  Bock  Creek  bottoms,  and 
had  to  close  on  the  account  uf  IHgh  waters, 
Thekterest  was  ccmd,  and  the  house  densely 
crowded.  Brother  Meyer  thinks  of  returning 
to  Erie  and  work  up  the interestin  that  locality. 

Wk  learn  that  bmtlier  John  K.  Ollinger,  of 
Trotwood,  Oliiy.  has  been  eonfined  to  his  bed 
nearly  three  nionlhH.  "His  days  on  earth." 
Hays  brother  Simon  Oaks,  "seem  nearly  ended, 
but  luN  hope  of  an  eternal  house  beyond  the 
river  grows  stronger  and  stronger  as  his  body 
wastes  away." 

Ovkh  one  thousand  dollai-s  have  been  sub- 
^crilH-d.  in  Knghiud,  to  be  expended  in  explor- 
ing the  Sea  of  Galilee  in  the  Holy  Land.  He- 
cent  developments  in  the  Bible  lands  render 
new.s  from  that  part  of  ttio  world  extremely 
interesting.  We  shall  endeavor  to  keep  our 
reodei-H  posted  on  all  that  is  important. 

FuoM  various  sources  we  learn  tliat  many  of 
our  brethren  are  quitting  the  use  of  tobacco, 
aud  are  determined  to  carry  out  their  vows  in 
ahstaining  from  its  use.  God  he  thanke<l  for 
that.  We  call  that  good  news,  ami  hope  the 
day  is  not  far  distant  wluMi  not  one  particle  of 
tobacco  will  he  used  in  the  brotherhood.  W 
shall  do  our  utiuoit  to  get  all  our  people  to  quit 
it.  for  when  Christ  and  the  holy  angels  come  in 
the  clouds  of  lieaveii,  we  are  sure  that  not  one 
if  thein  will  be  using  it,  and  when  tliat  event 
takes  iiliice  we  want  all  onr  members  to  be 
ready  and  prepared  to  Iw  caught  up  amidst  the 
throng  of  holy,  heavenly  heing.s.  Brethren, 
think  over  this  matter,  and  let  us  lieor  your 
conclusions. 


Dft,  McLeod  of  Philadelphia,  has  preached 
against  the  expensiveness  of  fanerals.  A  re- 
form society,  on  thi.>*  subject,  has  been  organized 
in  England,  with  prominent  individuals  at  its 
hesd. 

It  is  generally  supposed  that  the  times  demand 
just  such  a  societj.  That  is  because  churches 
do  not  do  their  duty,  and  enforce  the  Bible  rules 
and  principles  laid  down  to  govern  the  church 
in  all  such  cases.  Let  Chri'^tiansdo  their  duty, 
set  a  good  example  in  such  matters,  and  th.ere 
will  be  no  need  ot  extra  societies. 


misunderstand  our   method  of  senrf  ^ 


It  is  a  fact  that  some  ministers  need  holding 
bark  a  little,  while  others  need  spurring  up. 
The  same  treatment  is  not  adapted  to  both 
clitsses.  To  know  how  to  treat  men  they  must 
be  studied,  and  their  dispo:!iition9  understood, 
and  our  treatment  applied  accordingly.  But 
above  all  things  do  not  discourage  ministers, 
but  encourage  them  in  that  which  is  right  and 
just.  If  you  think  they  are  too  fast,  do  not 
throw  a  stumbling  block  in  the  way,  upset  the 
vehicle,  and  smash  everything  to  pieces,  but 
counsel  them  to  keep  in  the  right  direction, 
and  not  take  the  wrong  road,  and  after  awhile 
you  may  succeed  in  getting  them  to  drive  slow- 
er so  that  the  main  army  can  keep  up. 


TiiK  Methodists  of  this  place  nre  holding  a 
very  interesting  revival  meeting.  On  last 
Thursday  evening  it  was  our  privilege  to  he 
present.  The  discourse,  tliough  well  delivei-(d. 
was  not  doctrinal,  but  directed  largely  to  the 
sympathies,  consisting  in  the  recital  of  a  num- 
ber of  exciting  incidents.  Near  the  close  of  his 
di-tcourae  the  s|.eaker  said  he  "  thanked  (Jod  that 
tlie  Gospel  does  not  teach  Methodism,  nor  Lu- 
therisin,  nor  Congregationalism."  To  this  we 
thought  "  Amen."  The  sooner  people  get  to 
discardini;  these  "  i^ns "  imd  laying  hold  on 
tile  old  Uuapel  order  the  better  it  will  be  for  the 
religions  world.  It  is  not  modern  isms  that 
should  be  preached,  hut  the  Gi)spel.  Let  all 
ministers  get  to  lu-eaching  the  one  Lonl.theone 
faith,  and  the  one  baptism  timght  in  the  Gospel, 
and  it  will  not  be  long  till  we  all  will  be  por- 
I  fectly  joined  together  in  the  same  mind,  and  the 
j  same  judgment,  all  speaking  the  same  thing. 


KituM  the  J'roffiesswe  Christian  we  learn  that 
bretliren  Bashor  and  Sharp  have  been  visiting 
at  Berlin,  I'a,  The  object  of  their  visit  is  thus 
staNid  by  that  paper: 

"The  primary  object  of  the  visit  of  these 
brethren  at  this  time  was  to  take  in  the  Pro- 
(/(■ras/iv  Chrinfiiin,  they  and  we  believing  it 
would  be  better  not  to  have  two  papers  in  the 
same  field  at  ^he  same  time.  But  during  the 
interview  it  was  ascertained  that  brethren 
Bdshor  and  Sharp  were  only  authorized  to  take 
and  not  to  give,  and  that  no  union  could  be  ef- 
fected without  the  total  extinction  of  the  Prif- 
yresKive  Christian,  in  name,  character  and  mau- 
a);einent.  This  we  were  not  prepared  to  submit 
to,  though  we  were  exceedingly  anxious  to  con- 
solidate. We  are  willing  to  give  up  all  the 
name,  if  need  be,  though  a  better  is  not  to  be 
found  in  the  catalogue,  half  the  management, 
or  all  if  it  must  he,  but  to  our  principles  we  ad- 
here the  more  firmly."  • 

THE  CHURCH  IN  THY  HOUSE. 

IN  the  epistles  of  Paul  we  find  frequent  men- 
tion made  of  the  church  that  is  in  thy  house. 
Col.  4:  1.".;  Rom.  16;  5;  1  Cor.  16: 19;  Philemon 
2,  showing  that  in  the  apostolic  times  there 
were  entire  households  set  apart  to  the  worship 
of  God.  The  entire  family  was  converted,  set 
up  a  religious  altar,  and  worshipped  around,  it. 
The  family  had  heard  the  glad  tidings,  embrac- 
ed the  Christian  religion,  and  invited  others  in 
to  share  in  the  joys  of  the  Lord. 

A  similar  course  might  be  pursued  in  many 
localities  in  this  age.  There  are  households 
where  at  least  mOst  of  the  family  are  member?, 
and  no  chuich  in  the  vicinity,  and  not  very 
often  meeting  by  the  Brethren,  Now,  if  such 
families  would  invite  their  neighbo)-s  to  meet 
with  them  each  Sunday  evening,  or  some  other 
evening  of  the  week,  and  spend  the  time  sing- 
ing, reading  the  Scriptures,  and  in  prayer,  it 
certainly  would  have  a  good  eflect.  In  this 
way  churches  could  be  built  up,  the  doctrine 
spread  aud  many  souls  saved.  Such  families 
who  are  well  posted  in  Scripture,  and  have  a 
cl.ar  understanding  o*"  the  doctrine,  might  in- 
vite their  neighbors  to  their  houses  and  instruct 
them  more  perfectly  in  the  way  ot  the  Lord. 

These  families  could  do  a  good  work  by  send- 
ing for  a  few  dollars'  worth  of  books  and  tract", 
and  at  the  close  of  the  meeting  divide  them 
among  those  in  attendance,  requesting  them  to 
reiid  the  works  carefully  and  return  them.  Then 
lend  to  others  and  so  on.     Another  good  work 


SEVEl 
ton 
piper- to  outsiders  for  *1.0'i   a  year,   henc* 
will  have  to  explain  a  little  fartber.     Ther*  ^ 
many  outsiders  who  will  not  subscribe  for 
paper,  yet  derive  much   good   from  reading  jt^ 
To  such  we  agree  to  send  the  paper   lor  fti  f|n 
provided  some  one  will  donate  the   monev 
throwing  otf  50  cents  to  make  the  burden  \Lu 
er  for  those    who  donate,    but    if  the  oiilgij 
pays  for  it  himself,  then  he  must  pay  fuij     ■ 
the  same  as  other  subscribers. 

It  is  worked  tu  this  way:  Our  readers  a 
us  the  nanie«  of  outsiders  whom  they  thi  i 
would  be  benefited  by  reading  the  paper.  Th 
names  are  carefully  entered  in  a  book  kept  f 
that  purpose,  and  taken  ofl'  and  placed  on  \V 
mailing  list  just  as  fast  as  money  is  donated  I 
pay  for  them.  If  three  dollars  are  donated  in. 
day,  three  names  will  be  taken  off  of  the  boolt 
and  passed  over  to  the  mailing  clerk  ttji 
will  place  them  on  his  regular  mailing  list  for 
one  year.  When  more  money  comes  in,  then 
more  names  are  sent  over  to  the  mailing  clerk 
By  this  it  will  te  seen  that  outsiders,  who  re- 
ceive the  paper  for  one  dollar  a  year,  are  those 
to  whom  the  paper  is  donated.  The  poor  fund 
is  worked  on  the  same  principle. 

Last  year  we  paid  something  over  two  hun- 
drtd  dollars  towards  sending  the  Brethrks 
AT  Work  to  poor  members  and  well-dispoied 
outsiders.  We  concluded  thit  was  a  little  too 
heavy  a  bui'd-!n  for  u*  to  be\i'.  anrl  hence  off-r- 
ed to  tlirow  off  fifty  cents  on  each  paper  doaat- 
ed  to  outsiders  aud  poor  members  provided  om 
readers  would  pay  the  other  $1.00.  Heiiw 
these  funds.  The  regular  subscription  price  ol 
the  paper  is  ^1.50.  alike  to  outsiders  and  all 
only  we  throw  off  50  cents  when  yon  want  to 
donate  the  paper  to  some  one  who  will  notsub- 
scribe  for  it.  Hope  we  are  fully  understoori 
this  time. 

We  owe  many  thanks  to  onr  generous  heart- 
ed members  for  donating  so  freely  to  these 
funds.  The  paper  is  doing  good,  only  keep 
the  work  going.  Heaven  will  amply  reward 
you  for  all  the  efforts  you  make  looking  to  the 
salvation  of  your  fellow  mortals. 


THE  CONDITIONS  OF  SALVTAION 

BY  salvation  here,  is  meant  pardon,  or  re- 
mission of  sins.  He  who  is  pardonei  is 
saved  from  his  sins,  and  justified  in  the  sight 
of  God. 

In  salvation  there  is  a  human  pai-t,  and  also 
a  divine  part.  The  human  part  man  performs; 
it  consists  of  things  that  he  cau  do.  The  di- 
vine part  God  attends  to;  this  consists  in  things 
that  man  cannot  do,  but  God  can  do  them  for 
man.  Man  i.s  the  one  who  is  to  be  benefited— 
is  to  receive  all  the  blessings. 

As  an  illustration,  the  reader  is  referred  to 
Naaman's  case.  He  was  told  to  go  and  di|' 
himself  seven  times  in  Jordan,  aud  he  should 
be  healed  of  the  leprosy.  Going  to  the  Jordan, 
and  dipping  himself  seven  times  was  the  hu- 
man part.  This  Naaman  could  do,  and  did  do. 
To  heal  him  of  his  leprosy  was  the  divine  part, 
and  was  something  that  Naaman  himself  could 
not  do:  God  did  it/<«/-  him,  but  on  certain  con- 
ditions, which  were  clearly  specified.  God 
placed  the  virtue,  not  at  the  beginning,  not  in 
the  middle,  but  at  the  end  of  these  conditions. 
The  conditions  were,  going  to  Jordan,  and  dip- 
ping himself  seven  times.  When  he  reached 
Jordan,  and  stood  down  in  the  water  he  was 
not  yet  healed.  He  dips  himself  five  times,  yet 
eceives  no  benefit,  liecause  the  virtue  has  n"' 
yet  been  reached;  but  when  he  dips  himself  th'" 
seventh  time  he  comes  to  where  God  has  placed 
the  virtue,  or  power,  and  is  healed.  Who  did 
the  healing?  We  answer,  God;  that  wat  the 
divine  part,  and  the  great  object  to  be  attained- 

This  healing  was  a/ȴr  gift  from  God;  I^**' 
man  did   nothing  to  merit   it.      He  wiis  told 


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THE    HRKTHKlL^r    AT    AVOKK. 


'T  re  lo  find  it ;  diiJ  what  the  old  |>ni]iliet  com- 

ded  liioi.  and  was  blessed  in  the  d«d. 

Salvation  from  siu  is  also  a  free   gift:  it  is 

ething  ^(*^  does /or  oian.     Man  does  Doth- 

-,  merit  it-     II  is  therefore /r*r.  and  hence 

'  God  pardoDB  on  certain  condition 


pos 


fttes. 
ing 


fCta* 
ing 

hich  af^  clearly  specified.     These  conditions 
brAce  the   hutnan    part  in    salvntioD:    they 
iititute  the  part  that  man   must    perform  in 
j,r  to  reach  salvation.     Salvation  is  free,  but 
1  be  accepted    before    it   can   be    possessed. 
To  accept  it  is  to  comply  with  the  conditions. 
To  show  that  salvation  is/rrc.    and  at    the 
nje  time  offered  on  certain  conditions  I  must 
llustrate.     Suipose    we   have   in     the    neigh- 
borhood a  highly    respected    family,    composed 
t  father,  mother,    son    and  daughters.      The 
on  hsving  been  led    into  bad  company,    falls 
"nto  the  habit  of  drinking,  becomes  a  drunk- 
-pl,  and  brings  disgrace  on     himself  and    kin- 
Jred.     He  becomes  despised  and  is   rejected    by 
all  respfctflt'lp  people.     Bii'.  be  has    a    wealthy 
mcle.  who  loves  him,  and  is  pained  because  of 
his  degraded  condition.      He  resolves  to  do 
somethiHg  in  behalf  of  the  young  man.  and  if 
issible  reform  and  tievate  his  character.    This 
must  be  done  by  elevating  the   aft'ectiona   and 
■rounding  him  with  better  and  uoliler  associ- 
Hence  the  uncle  makes  him  the    foUow- 
El'er:    "  If  you    will    agree   to   quit   your 
drinking,  reform  your  life,   leave   oti'  your  bad 
associates  and  sign  a   pledge   to   that  i-ftect,  I 
will  make  you  a  present  of  SlOO,  and  give   jou 
the  U5e  of  the- best   farm   1  have;   and  if  you 
hold  out  faithful  to  the  promise  for   ten   years 
I  will  give  you  a  clear  title  to  the  entire  farm." 
The  young  man  agrees  to   accept   the   offer. 
He  signs  the  paper  in  the  presence  of  an  officer, 
quits  bis  driukiug.  forsakes  his   bad    associates, 
receives  his  ^100,  and  the  use  of  the  best  farm. 
Having  reformed  his  life,  hi-  is  respected  by  all  as 
aiTood  neighbor  and  a  faithful  citizen.  Remain- 
incr  faithful  to  his  promise,  at  the   end  often 
years  he  receives  a  clear  title  to  the  farm,  and 
it  is  his  own. 

I  now  ask,  is  not  that  &UiO,and  farm  &frpi- 
it)U)iei-il('il  gift?  Did  the  young  man  do  any 
thing  to  merit  it?  Was  not  the  whole  thing 
for  his  good,  to  elevate  his  affections  and  reform 
his  life?  Yet  the  whole  thing  was  on  certain 
conditions. 

Just  so  it  is  with  our  salvation.  The  sinner 
is  degraded,  has  become  polluted  with  pin,  and 
is  therefore  unfit  for  thedecent  society  of  heav- 
en. To  take  him  into  heaven  in  hi;*  present 
pollutf^d  condition  would  be  to  disgrace  I  hi 
paradise  of  God,  hence  his  affections  must  be 
elevated  and  his  character  reformed.  To  effect 
this,  God  proposes  certain  conditions,  not  aS  a 
price  for  pardon,  but  as  a  means  by  which  to 
reach  pardon.  Before  lie  can  receive  pardon 
three  things  must  be  effected.  (1)  His  affect- 
ions must  be  changed.  Things  he  once 
loved  he  must  now  hate,  and  things  be 
once  hated  he  must  now  love.  He  must  "set 
'his  affections  on  things  above."  (ti)  His  life, 
or  conduct  must  be  reformed:  he  must  cea^e  to 
do  evil  and  learn  to  do  well.  (3)  His  relation 
rau&t  be  changed;  he  must  come  out  from  the 
world  and  be  duly  initiated  into  the  family  of 
God,  and  then  he  receives  his  first  gift — the 
remission  of  his  sins. 

The  affections,  or  heart  must  he  changed  by 
faith.  "  Without  faith  it  is  impossible  topleiise 
God,"  Heb.  H:  6,  and  "he  that  believeth  not 
shall  be  dammed."  Mark  Iti:  It).  Man  cannot 
set  his  affection  on  things  above  without  faith. 
"For  with  the  heart  man  belif-vetli  untorisht- 
eoiisness,"  Horn.  10:  10,  hence  the  change  of 
affections. 

The  life  or  conduct  must  be  changed  by  re- 
pentance. Repentance  is  the  reformation  of 
life,  or  as  the  prophet  expresses  it:  "  Cease  to 
do  evil:  learn  to  do  well."  Isaiah  I:  Ifi,  IT. 
God  "now  commandeth  men  every- where  to 
repent,"  Acts  17:  30,  and  "except ye  repent 
ye  shall  all  likewise  perish.    Luke  13:  3. 

The  relation  is  changed  by  baptism,  or  being 
born  again,  for  Christ  said  to Nicodemus,  'Ex- 
cept a  man  be  born  of  water  and  of  the 
Spirit  he  cannot  enter  into  the  kingdom  of 
God."  .John  3:5.  "Born  of  water"  here 
refers  to  water  baptism.  It  is  in  baptism  that 
^he  sinner  pledges  himself  to  "live  a  life  of 
obedience  until  death."  When  he  is  buried 
with  Christ  by  baptism,  "in  the  likeness  of  his 
death*  (Rom.  6;  5)  he  by  a  figure,  cornea  in 
contact  with  the  blood  that  cleanseth  him 
from  all  sina.    1  John   1:7.      Hence  we  have 


ftuth.  repentance,  and  baptism  laid  down  as 
cnm/itionH  of  salvation,  pardon.  These  are  the 
human  parts  in  salvatisn.  The  divine  part  is 
to  p»rdon  our  sin^  give  us  the  gift  of  the  Ho- 
ly Ghost,  and  the  promise  of  eternal  life. 


THE  OLD  ORDER. 


KUUUElt    VI. 


OU  R  needs  drive  us  upon  our  knees.     Greater 
hr 


help  than  ourselves  we  must  have,  hence 
we  seek  the  help  from  Cue  who  is  greater. 
Prayer  reacts  favorably  upon  onrmind?,  because 
we  are  expecting  something  grand  and  imporU 
ant.  We  are  looking  for  grace,  for  blessingi", 
hence  go  where  they  may  be  had.  But  the  in- 
quiring man  asks, 

Does  God  Answer  Prayer? 
God  answers  prayer.     If  we  conclude   that  He 
does  not,  then    why  do  we    pray  ?     Do    we  ask 
with  the  expectation   of  ml   receh'nttj?     This 
would  be  mere   mockery.     Let  us  go  to  the  Bi- 
ble and   find   out    whether   God  has   answered 
prayers.     If  God  hii.<  answered  prayer,  and  ftill 
coiiiQiands  us  to  pray,  then  He  continues  to  an- 
swer prayer.     Pharaoh  begged  Moses  to  entreat 
the  Lord  to  take  away  the  pUgue  of  the  locusts. 
Hear  the  divine    Record:  "  .\nd    he   went   out 
from  Pharaoh,  and   entrnated   the   Lord.     And 
the  Lord   turned  a  mighty   strong    west  wind, 
which  took  away  the  locusts,  and  cast  them  in- 
to the  Red  Sea."     Ex.  10:  18.  Ut.     That  prayer 
was   answered.     Now    listen    to  the   prayer   of 
Jacob:  "And   Jacob  said,  O  God  of  my  f.ither 
Abraham,  and  God  of  my  father  Isaac,  the  Lord 
which  saidst  unto  me.  Return  unto  thy  country, 
-L.;^!  to  thy  kindred,  and  I    will  deal    well    "vitli 
thee:  I  am    not    worthy  of  tlie  least  of  all  the 
mercies,  and  of  all  the  truth,   which  thou  hast 
shewed  unto  thy   servant:  for   with  my   staff  I 
piussed  over  this  .lorJan,  and  now  I  am  become 
two  bands.     Deliver  me,  I  pray  tbte,   from  the 
hand  of  my  brother  Esau:  for  I    fear  him.  lest 
he  will    come  and  smite    me,  and  the  mother 
with   the   children,     And    thou   saidst,    I    will 
surely  do  the*?  good,  and    make  thy   seed  as  the 
sand  of  the  sea,  which  cannot  be  numbered  for 
multitude."     Gen.  32:  9-12.     Hear  the  result  of 
tliis  prayer — look   at  the   answer:  "And  Esau 
ran  to  meet  him,  and  fell  on  his  neck,  and  kiss- 
ed him:  and  they  wept."    Gen.  33:  4. 
We  next  (urn  to  Hezekiah,  who  when 
Sick  I' nto  lleatli, 
ii-skpd  to  be  spared.     God  seat  the  prophet  Isa- 
iah to  him    with  this   answer:  "Go  and  say  to 
Hezekiah,  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  God  of  Da- 
vid thy  father,  I  have  heard  thy   prayer,  I  have 
seen  thy    tears;  behold,    I    will    add   unto   thy 
days  fiiteeu  years."     Isa.  38:  5.     "  I  have  hmril 
thy  prayer,"  says  God.     "  I  have  seen  thy  tears." 
Blessed  be  the  name  of  God!     But  we  bring  up 
a  case  or   two    more    of  ans-wer   to    prayer,   as 
found  recorded  in    the  Old    Testament.     While 
Moses  was  on  Mt.  Sinai  receiving  the  Law,  the 
people  demanded  an  Egyptian  god,  and  Aaron 
made  a  golden  calf  for    them.     This  the  people 
worshipped.     When  Mo^es  came  down  and  saw 
the  wickedness  of  the  people,  he  was  filled  with 
anguish.    To  God  he  goes,  who  tells  him  that 
He  will  destroy  this  rebellious  people,  and  make 
of  him  a  greater  nation.     But   Moses  began  to 
pray  for  the  people  and  said:  "  Oh,  this  people 
have  sinned  a  grtat  sin,   and   have  made  them 
eods  of  gold.    Yet   now,  if  thou  wilt  forgive 
their  sin:  and  if  not,  blot  me.  I   pray  thee,  out 
of  thy  hook  which  thou  hast  written.    And  the 
Lord  said  unto  Moses,  Whosoever  haih  sinned 
against  me,   him   will  I   blot  out  of  my   book. 
Therefore  now   go,  lead  the   people  unto   the 
placeof  which  I  have  spoken  unto  thee:  Behold, 
mine  Angel  shall  go  before  thee:  nevertheless, 
iu  the  day   when  I   visit.  I  will   visit  their -sin 
upon  them."     Ex.  32:34. 

Look  at  Kigali 
and  the  prophets  of  Baal.  Up  to  Mt.  t^armel 
goes  a  great  company  of  prophets,  dressed  in 
.  gorgeous  apparel,  for  they  are  the  popular  men 
of  the  day.  Meek  Elijah  follows  after,  ready  to 
vindicate  the  plea  of  God.  The  altar  of  Baal's 
prophets  is  ready.  The  wood  is  in  place;  the 
animal  is  there;  so  the  prophets  began  to  cry 
unto  their  god.  And  more;  they  "cut  them- 
selves after  their  manner  with  knives  and  lan- 
cets, till  the  blood  gushed  out  upon  them." 
1  Kings  18:  28.  Their  god  would  not  bear. 
He  could  not.  Witness  meek  Elijah.  His  altar 
is  reatly.    The  sacrifice  ia  in  place,  and  that  the 


pleaof  iriiud  might  not  be  set  up.  he  said:  "Fill 
four  barrels   with   water,   and    pour   it  on  the 
burnt-sacrifice,  and  on  the  wood.     And  he  said, 
Do  it   the  second  time.     And  they   did  it   the 
second  time.     And  be  aaid,  Do  it  the  third  time. 
And  they  did  it  the  third  time.     And  the  water 
ran   round   about   (he  altar;  and   he  filled   the 
trench  also  with  water."     Elijah  was  not  afraid 
of  water,  not  even  much  water.     Hear  his  pray- 
er.    "Hear  me,  (>   Lord,  hear   me,   that   this 
people  may    know  that  thou  art  the  Lord  God. 
and  that  thou   hast  turned    their   heart  back 
again."     Head  the  answer:  "  Then    the  fire  of 
the  Lord  fell,  and  consumed  the  burnt-sncrifice, 
and  the  wood,  and  the  stones,  and  the  dust, and 
licked  up  the    water  that   was   in  the   trench 
Behold  the  effect:  "  And    when  all   the  people 
saw  it,  they  fell  on    their  faces:  and   they  said, 
The  Lord,  he  is  the  God;  the  Lord  he  is  God." 
,  1  Kings  18.     Should  the  reader  desire  one  more 
remarkable  answer  to  prayer,  as  recorded  in  the 
Old  Testament,  turn  to  Daniel    sixth  and   read. 
Let  u8*bow  search  the  New  Testament  for 
More  Answered  Prayers. 
"  For  a  certain  woman,  whose  young  daugh- 
ter had   an   unclean  spirit,   heard  of  him,  and 
came   and  fell    at  his   feet:  (The    woman  was  a 
Greek,  a  Syropheuician  by  nation,)  and  she  be- 
(•ought  him  that  he  would  cast  forth  the  devil 
nut  of  her  daughter.     But  Jesus  said  unto  her. 
Let  the  children  first  be  filled:  for  it  is  not  meet 
to  take  the  children's  bread,  and  to  cast  it  unto 
the  dogs.     And  she  answered  and  said  unto  him. 
Yes,  Lord:  yet  the  dogs   under  the    table  eat  of 
the  children's  crumbs."     The    final    answer  of 
Jesus  was:  "For  this  saying,  go  thy  way;  the 
devil  is  gone  out  of  thy   daughter."     Hear  the 
result;  "  And  when  she  was  come  to  her  house, 
she  found  the  devil  gone  out,  and  her  dausthter 
laid  upon  the  bed."    Murk  7  :  25-30. 

Our  next  Gospel  ca^e  is  that  of  Peter  who 
was  put  in  prison  by  Herod.  "  Peter  therefore 
was  kept  in  prison:  but  prayer  was  made  with- 
out ceasing  of  the  Church  unto  God  for  him." 
Were  these  prayers  answered?  Did  God  hear 
this  prayer  which  was  made  without  ceasing? 
Let  the  Oracles  of  God  apeak:  "And  behold, 
the  angel  of  the  Lord  came  upon  hioi.  and  a 
light  shined  iu  the  prison;  and  he  smote  Peter 
on  the  aide,  and  raised  him  up.  saying,  .\rise  up 
quickh".  And  his  chains  fell  off  Ironi  his  hands. 
And  the  angel  said  unto  him,  Ginl  thyself,  and 
bind  on  thy  sandals:  and  so  he  did.  And  he 
saith  unto  him.  Cast  thy  garment  about  thee, 
and  follow  me.  And  he  went  out,  and  followed 
hiui,  and  wi-it  not  that  it  was  true  which  was 
done  by  the  angel;  but  thought  he  saw  a  vision. 
VYhen  they  were  past  the  first  and  the  second 
ward,  they  came  unto  the  iron  g.ite  thatleadeth 
unto  the  city;  which  opened  to  thein  of  his  own 
accord:  and  they  went  out,  and  passed  on 
through  one  street;  and  forthwith  the  angel 
departed  from  him.  And  when  Peter  was  come 
to  himself,  he  said,  Now  I  know  of  a  surety, 
that  the  Lord  hath  sent  his  angel,  and  hath  de- 
livered me  out  of  the  hand  of  Herod,  and  from 
all  the  expectation  of  the  people  of  the  Jews." 

Acts  12. 

Cornelius  Heard. 

"  And  Cornelius  said.  Four  days  ago  1  was  fitst- 
ing  until  this  hour;  and  at  the  ninth  hour  I 
prayed  in  my  house,  and  behold,  a  man  stood 
before  me  in  bright  clothing,  and  aaid,  Corneli- 
us, thy  prayer  is  heard,  and  thine  alms  are  had 
iu  remembrance  in  the  sight  of  God."  "  Well, 
now,  since  the  prayers  have  been  heard,  is  that 
not  sufKcieut?  Why  dear  angel,  if  my  pray- 
■s  are  heard,  that  is  all  I  ask;  that  is  quite 
enough  for  me."  Is  this  the  way  praying  Cor- 
nelius reasoned?  O  no;  but  meekly  subniis- 
>ive  he  waits  for  the  command  of  the  Lord,  who 
said:  "Send  therefore  to  Joppa,  and  call  I  i  her 
Simon,  whose  surname  is  Peter;  ho  is  lodged  in 
the  house  of  one  Simon  a  tanner  by  the  sea-side: 
who,  when  he  cometh,  shall  speak  unto  thee. 
ImuiedJately  therefore  I  sent  to  thee;  and  thou 
hast  well  done  that  thou  art  come.  Now  there 
fore  are  we  all  here  present  before  God,  to  hear 
all  things  that  are  commanded  thee  of  God." 
.\,h!  there  was  one  at  Joppa  who  could  help. 
"  We  are  all  here  present  before  God."  What 
for  Cornelius?  "To  hear  «//  Ihhi'jH  that  are 
inmitiii tided  thee  of  God." 

Conditions  of  Success. 


'th  gmtitnde.  5.  Not  in  an  exalted  manner, 
but  with  humifity.  6.  We  most  not  doubt,  bat 
beliece  that  we  receive,  and  tre  shall  rereire.  7. 
The  spirit  of  ohedirnrt  must  dwell  in  ui.  8.  W# 
must  be  ready  at  all  timed  to  /or<jiPe  injuritt. 
J>.  To  ever  a.vk  accordiug  to  Him  Will.  "  ThU 
18  the  confidence  that  we  have  in  him,  that  if 
we  ask  anything  according  to  hij  will,  he  hear- 
eth  ufl."  1  John  5:  U.  10.  To  ever  uk  in  tht 
uaiiir  of  Jfsti.i.  11.  I'nion  with  others  who 
follow  the  Gospel  directions,  will  lead  to auccetn. 
See  Matt.  18;  1ft.  When  God  set  op  His  phys- 
ical system,  He  did  it  in  strict  harmony  with 
the  natural  laws  of  matter;  and  "  when  he  or- 
dained the  mor,il  system,  he  did  it  aUo  in  strict 
reference  to  the  nature  and  laws  of  the  raind.\ 
All  answers  to  prayer  are  in  harmony  with  the 
laws  governing  the  moral  system.        y.  h.  r. 


FKOM  A  BAPTIST  LADT. 

Dear  l■:dllm\•!.— 

\'0\}  express  a  desire  to  hear  from  your  tnb* 
scrilwrs.  I  am  not  a  subscriber,  but  a  Tery 
attentive  reader.  Some  kind  friend  sends  me 
your  paper  to  read  and  distribute,  and  I  should 
like  to  aubscrilw  for  niyself.  but  my  husband, 
although  be  likes  it,  wants  bin  secular  papen, 
and  having  hod  a  succession  of  misfortunes,  and 
being  a  member  of  several  "fraternities,"  you 
will  probably  understand  why  we  have  but  Ut- 
tle  money  for  reading  matter.  But  L  have  dis- 
tributed them  faithfully,  have  sent  them  by 
mail  and  otherwise  where  I  thought  they  might 
do  good,  and  if  you  have  tracts  or  other  litera- 
ture to  dispose  of,  in  the  same  way,  I  will  her*- 
after  have  a  very  good  chance,  as  the  railroad  il 
about  to  be  completed  and  the  cars  will  run  in 
three  or  four  weeks,  and  I  can  go  to  the  station 
and  give  them  to  the  passengers. 

I  aip  rending,  with  intense  interest,  the  Stein 
and  Itay  Debate.  (I  am  a  Baptiitt).  I  am  re- 
taining all  the  numbers  for  a  final  reading  when 
it  shall  be  completed.  I  am  at  preient  a  little 
afraid  our  champion  will  come  off"  second  heat." 
Yours  will  win  outside  readers  hy  the  superior 
chasteness  of  his  language.  I  believe  in  trine 
inunersiou,  and  if  I  had  not  been  once  immersed 
before  I  thought  as  I  do  now,  I  would  be  bap- 
tized hy  no  other  mode.  I  like  your  position 
on  secret  societies.  I  have  for  many  yean 
watched  the  workings  of  <>Jd  Fellowship,  and 
have  long  ago.  by  slow  ib-grees,  become  firmly 
convinced  that  it  is  a  farce.  1  would  write  an 
ar'icle  on  the  suhject  and  offer  it  to  you  for 
publication  if  it  were  not  for  offending  my  hue- 
band,  who  does  not  like  lor  me  to  apeak  against 
them,  and  as  I  believe  him  to  be  conscientious 
in  his  devotion  to  the  order,  I  do  not  wish  to 
wound  his  feelings. 

God  speed  you  in  your  noble  warfare,  on  the 
worUl-blighting,  soul  destroying  curse— alcohol. 
Il  is  sweeping  the  earth  with  the  besom  of  de- 
struction, and  then  i-hurch  members  say  it  is  a 
good  thing  in  its  place.  I  hope  the  day  may  be 
near  by  when  you  will  have  flourishing  church- 
es all  over  Texat. 

Very  UespectfuUy, 

*     •     • 

HKUAltKS. 
From  the  above  it  can  be  seen  whether  it 
does  any  good  to  send  the  paper  to  outsiders. 
Through  the  kindness  of  a  free  hearted  brother, 
whose  name  we  withhold,  this  Baptist  lady  has 
been  permitted  to  read  the  Bkethkkn  at  Work 
and  a  number  of  our  tracts,  and  it  is  gratifying 
to  see  how  eagerly  she  grasps  for  the  truth. 
May  God  bless  her,  and  thousands  of  others  iu 
search  of  the  truth.  Brethren,  send  along  your 
donations  and  let  us  see  if  we  cannot  get  the  • 
paper  into  the  hands  of  a  couple  thousand  out- 
siders. See  our  terms  on  last  page  of  No.  6, 
and  each  one  lend  a  helping  hand. 

A.  W.  Vaniman  sajs:  "  Four,  persons  were 
baiitiwd  recently  in  the  Pleasant  Hill  church, 
Macoupin  county,  Illinois, 

Stokhs,  disasters,  losses  by  sea,  have  been  un- 
usually frequent  of  late. 


God  has  not  promised  to  answer  mere /orw 
I)rayer.  It  must  come  from  the  heart.  I.  The 
heart  must  feel  the  uattt  if  prni/er.  2.  It  must 
reverence  God.  3.  We  must  have  a  Jiliid  spir- 
it.   \.     We   must  not  come  murmuring,   but 


Owixo  to  its  local  prohibition  law,  Missouri 
hat  16  counties  in  which  there  is  not  a  single 
liquor  saloon.  ^^.^^__^^^ 

BUSINESS  NOTICE. 

h  any  iti  (.Til  Ml^^■libl■t^.!u  not  m-eive  ibetr 
paper  reyiiliiily  they  will  please  inform  us  at  once, 
givinu  Ibeir  ii;mii-  and  add  ess  in  full.  ,Mwa>-s  stat- 
ing by  whom  the  sulwription  w»is  sent  and  when. 
Do  not  write  abusive  lettei-s,  but  a\plain  yourself 
fully.  We  do  not  send  the  paper  to  any  atldresa  un- 
less the  parly  liassubscribed  (or  it,ui  some  one  has 
.Hubsciibt-il  and  paitl  for  him.  \Vv  seuit  no  duns  to 
parlies  who  liavv  not  onlered  the  paper,  and  if  the 
piipiT  sliouKl  chance,  by  mistake,  to  go  a  few  weeks 
over  the  time  of  subscription  we  ai-e  i-csponslble. 


TT-TW    BUKTiiKEISr    ATV    AVOBK:. 


Feb: 


rua 


(^dt(t;rs|ioiukiirc. 


niBUjDpVTlt>1>tSDl->  jun.Ott\}Mtt>ijtBtjUt}ia.—iiA» 


Echoea  from  the  Miami  Valley. 


Plaasaot  Sunday*  —  HolidayB  in  Wolfe  Creak 
Church— Test  of  Disclpleship— ThoDghta  at 
Cioao  of  lh«  Year  -The  Brethrea  at  Work 
ud  Ashland  College. 

1RKCENTLY  enjoyed  woYeml  very  plp»«uit 
Sundays.  In  the  first  plao  I  m<'t  with 
the  lin-tlin-ii  and  nutera  in  th«  aancluary  of 
the  Lord  to  celfibrata  the  prai^ee  of  tbo  Mo4 
High.  After  aervicfs  wi;  »topi>ed  at  the  hornet* 
of  brethrt-n  and  BwterK,  whose  conTenwtioD 
WHS  in  heaven  -whottc  delight  and  mr-ditationi 
werpintheluw  of  the  Lord;  and  out  of  th»- 
■hundnnctf  of  their  hearia  they  iipoko  of  the 
miirvi-ioun,  gracionn  work  of  redi-ntpliou. 

We  thonjfht,  flntt.  how  mach  bi'tter  it  in  to 
spend  our  Sundays  in  reiwling  tli«  ScrijitureK, 
and  tiilking  of  their  divine  origin,  power  and 
infliietic*',  than  to  ronven-e  about  IiindB,  flock 
and  "Mh>  newfl  of  the  diiy:^'  ')r  whiit  ix  tforxi-, 
uae  our  tonguw  m  (orr/ifn  of  hell  in  diBaeminaU 
ing  tho  foiblea  and  [wocadilios  of  brethren  and 
friendit.  and  piilting  «  wrong  construction  on 
their  good  deedn. 

Sproird.  what  a  mighty— an  almighty  lenven- 
ing  power  would  the  Brotherhood  be,  if  all  itw 
BubJi'CtH  were  'living  epiKtIeH"  "of  rigllt/'iiUN- 
nemi  and  peace,"  having  their  "dpeech  with 
grace  neaioned  with  nalt,"  obeying  from  the 
heart  thi*  form  itf  doctrine  delivered  unto  theui, 
A«  the  lioIidayH  are  upent  in  idle  and  wicked 
amuHeinontt,  religioiiM  frfilirH,  fejwt*,  imd  gam- 
bling, not  to  tifiy  anylhing  oC  bull  rnomti,  gaui- 
bling-helU.  and  d-rih  ..fdr-Imucliery.  tli.-  Hr.-th- 
reu  on  Wolf  Creek,  1<»  count^-ract  theao  evilK, 
andtri  prexent  abetter  oppnrl unity  of  flputidiiig 
these  dayn,  conrluded  to  have  religionH  MerviwM 
on  them.  Accordingly,  nieetiugfi  wi-n-  ap- 
pointed for  ChriHtniiw'  and  New  Year's  Dny>*. 
Them-  meetings  were  well  iitti'nded. 

Elder  Uurahangh  nnulu  Homo  very  appropri- 
ate^ reinurki  at  our  ('hri«tniaM  meeting  on  the 
teat  of  dimipIeHhip.  M-s  naid  that  wo  hear 
mncli  blasting  in  our  diiy  of  how  much  we 
love  till)  Lord,  and  Lo!  here,  Pind  Lo!  there  in 
Christ.  The  pulilicanx  and  hnrlotH  went  iiitti 
the  kingdom  of  lienven  before  llie  bniir.tiiig 
Scribe  and  Pharioco.  In  the  day  of  judgment 
the  boa'^ting  ela.s.i  ia  Nent  away  from  tlio  Hitr, 
with  tho  daniniiifi  di'niiniintionM  of  Mm  "Judge 
of  tlic  quick  and  the  deiid."  IJut  tliere  i^  a 
"more  eieellent  wiiy."  luid  thut  Ih  the  ujiuj^tdlic 
way.  And  that  in,  we  nhould  let  ourliglitso 
ihinu  thut  men  may  **ei<  our  good  workt*  mid 
glorify  our  father  whiili  it  in  lieuvi-ii.  We 
should  kIiow  our  love  in  a  practical  miuimT, 
and  that  only  can  bt)  done  by  keeping  his  coni- 
mandiiu'iild  and  loving  one  another.  "  ]''or 
whosoever  lovi'th  inw  kecpetli  my  command- 
moot*,"  MayM  the  Lord.  "Whosoevor  lovetli 
mo  not,  kc'peth   not   my  wiiyingn."    "Hythia 


Home  Again. 

/v«r  lireUtren: — 

1LLIX0I3  Brethren  who  feel  conc«med:  I 
remained  over  night  with  Dr.  Fabmey.  at 
Chicago.  Took  the  Lak*-  Shore  Railroad  at  3 
A.  M.  Iteatbed  Soath  Bend  at  noon,  in  the 
hope  of  finding  my  wife  at  our  aon'a,  but  failed. 
Neit  day  I  took  the  train  to  Nitej  and  Kala- 
mazoo. There  I  laid  by  till  3:30  P.  U.,  and 
reached  oar  iitation  (Bhx^miogdaJe)  afVr  five: 
but  did  not  get  home  till  next  evfiuiog,  becauu* 
no  team*  were  paaaing  on  account  of  anow 
atorm  and  depth  of  snow.  The  thermomeUifr 
haa  not  been  lower  than  6^  below  zero  at  any 
time.  I  found  the  feeble  ood  ncV  convalescent. 
My  companion  in  now  willing  to  go  with  me 
to  any  place,  but  never  to  be  left  back  any 
more.  ThuM  you  aee  I  am  re-inforced,  and 
those  that  desire  myservicA"  can  bavetherain  a 
double  form — but  not  otherwine  She  thinkx 
eihe  ban  l>eoti  divorced  oftro  ennugh  and  ouglit 
to  be  entitled  to  enjuy  the  love  and  kiudoeati  oi\ 
the  loved  oni-ri  abroad  aa  well  an  we  pre^hent: 
perhapH  Hhu  is  right,  and  if  it  ^vuuld  be 
Ifft  lo  a  vote  among  the  preacber'a  wiven.  a 
large  majority  might  )>e  the  result. 

We  now  denign  to  leave  home  for  South 
Bend,  and  if  my  countrymen  find  me  a  houae 
to  apenk  in  and  a  congregation  to  apeak  to,  we 
nhali  likely  remain  thre<!  or  four  wwkx.  Then 
I  tthall  be  at  thn  aervice  of  Brethren  at  any 
placo  desired,  but  1  don*t  think  it  Ijeat  to  ttliift 
too  often. 

.Some  Ilrclhren  may  say:  "Why  don't  you 
«lay  in  your  own  State;  ia  tliere  not  work 
enougli?"  Yes,  my  Brethren,  there  is  more 
than  I  can  do.  I  have  pbinb'd  the  seed  by  the 
blearing  of  fJod,  others  are  now  watering,  and 
I  am  now  hiboring  to  euIiHt  others  into  the 
field.  Xot  any  good  brother  in  qualified  to 
labor  aucceKHfuUy  in  the  ^11^aion  Held.  1  met 
with  a  number  in  Northern  lllinoia  lately,  lliiil 
could  do  a  great  deal  of  good  liure,  but  there 
lire  very  few  Htiuiding   idle.     Tlu^y  (iro  like  the 


builders  of  the  Temph-  in  Cyrus's  time.  Thei 
have  a  great  work  to  do  for  the  Lord.  They 
cannot  come  down  here. 

Time  iiud  Iiuiguiige  would    fail  me  lo  exjfi'eva 
my  gratitude  for  the    niiiijy  tokens  of  kindnehs 


and  love  sliowii  me.     Be 
enjoyment  wepmed    to  b? 


it  sutliclent  lo  say  our 
iitiial.     Not  leaving 


ahall  all  aien  know  that  ye  are  my  diseipleH,  if 
ye  have  love  one  to  another."  "  By  this  we 
know  tlnit  we  have  jijissed  from  deiiHi  unto  life, 
bocau'*e  we  love  the  brethren." 

"So  let  our  lives  and  lips  expresn, 
Tho  holy  gOBpel  wo  profess." 

As  tiie  old  year  departed  we  had  to  think  o( 
the  ninny  changes  that  took  place  in  its  eour.ti>, 
Beloved  side  companion»,  lovely  cliildren,  and 
foiul  j>arentii  were  called  to  try  tho  stern  reali- 
ties of  eternity.  Aching  voids  were  niiule  in 
many  hearts,  which  the  world  can  never  fill. 
On  the  other  hand  we  thought  of  the  bliss  of 
those  who  lived  and  died  in  the  Lord.  .\nd  of 
those  blessed  lambs,  who 

"Before  their  heart  had  learned, 
In  waywarduesM  to  stray; 
Before  their  feet  Inid  even  turned 
The  Jark  and  downward  may; 

"Ere  siu  had  sear'd  the  breaat 

Or  sorrow  woke  the  tear; 
Roae  to  their  throne  of  changleaa  rcat, 
In  yon  celestial  sphere." 

I  cannot  conclude  thene  echoes  without 
preyaing  my  approbation  and  satisfaction  of 
the  Batiafactory  manner  in  which  the  Khkthukn 
AT  WouK  is  conducted.  We  were  particularly 
plea-ed  with  your^edilorial  obiervatiuns  on  our 
institutions  of  learning,  plainneas  of  attire  and 
noncomformily  in  general,  etc.  Your  conclu- 
sions were  the  natural  results  of  investigated 
truth.  God  bless  you  in  your  efforts  to  pro- 
mulgate primitive  chriationity. 

A  great  many  brethren  of  the  Valley  think 
it  best  to  keep  our  schools  and  periodicals  aepo- 
rate.  To  let  each  stand  on  itd  merits  or  foU  on 
its  demerits. 

Jxo.  CALvia  Bbiuut. 
2ieu  L$battori,  0. 


out  'Wen  the  little  ones,  whose- conntenoiici-sj 
beamed  with  joy  und  eyes  sparkled  with  pleiis- 
uri'.  Long  shall  I  remember  tho  blessed  sight 
before  me  in  the  different  congregations,  of 
those  bright,  angelic  countenancea  of  purity 
and  innowuce— a  heaven  on  earth.  If  we  only 
would  Ijecome  as  little  childn^n,  knowing  noth- 
ing but  to  do  our  Kather'a  will,  as  given  ua  by 
the  dear  Saviour. 


There  area  few  yet  omoug  tho  Uretliren  wlio 
cannot  fully  see  the  propriety  of  bringing  the 
childron  tog<?ther  on  the  Lord's  day  to  teach 
them  by  word  of  mouth,  and  from  tho  Book. 
Why.  dear  Brethren,  could  you  select  a  holier 
flpot  on  the  face  of  this  globe  than  the  house  of 
tho  Lord?  Could  you  bring  them  into  belter 
company  than  your  brethren  and  sisters  nnd 
their  cliildren?  Could  you  give  theiu  better 
eniploymont  than  to  sing,  road  and  pray? 
Would  you  like  to  seo  a  handsomer  f-ight  tlmu 
to  seo  fifty  or  a  hundred  little  children,  and 
that  mmiy  of  your  grown  up  sons  and  daugh- 
tiTs,  with  their  iiilluTB  and  their  mothers,  bow- 
ed down  ni>iin  the  footstool  of  Jehovah,  the 
King?  Where  would  tlnit  unbeliever,  that 
sceptic,  that  d-'fanier,  that  mocker,  who  comes 
into  your  congregation,  I  aay,  where  would  he 
hide  his  fare? 

1  will  close  by  aaying,  bf  of  good  clteer  all 
yo  that  work  in  the  Vineyard  of  the  Lord. 

F.  V.  La'HK. 
Jilovmini/tialr,  Midi,,  Jan.  17,  1679. 

From  WooBter  Church,  Ohio. 

AT  present,  for  tho  t^atisfactiou  of  the  broth- 
erhood in  general  and  more  especially  to 
thow  who  formerly  resided  in  thw  church,  and 
were  ac(iuaint<Hi  with  the  difticulties  existing 
here,  I  can  truly  say  that  thediirk  cloud  which 
had  been  hanging  over  us  for  sometime  hasdis- 
appeared,  and  the  d.ty  dawn  has  again  appeared 
to  us,  aud  we  foel  thut  the  good  Lord  has  bless- 
ed us. 

Our  aeries  of  meetings  began  at  thoFountain 
Uill  meeting-house,  on  the  Sth  of  January,  and 
continued  until  the  13th.  Brother  Silaa  Hoov- 
er, of  Somerset,  Pa,  was  with  ua  and  labored 
earnestly  for  the  salvation  of  soufc.  I  am  sorry 
to  say  there  wero  no  addition*  to  the  church  at 
Ihi.-*  place,  although  there  was  a  good  interest 
manifested  in  attendance,  aud  iu  giving  utteu- 
lion  to  the  word  preached.  W«  hope  the  seed 
town  may  be  a^  bread  cast  upon  the  waters,  ! 
which  can  he  gathered  many  day«  hence.  I 

From  hers  the  meetings  wero  moved  to  Faro-  | 


dice  meeting-hoose  on  the  evening  of  the  Hth, 
where  brother  Hoover,  accompanied  by  others, 
labored  earnestly  iu  the  cause  of  Christ,  point- 
ing sinners  to  the  Lamb  of  (lod,  and  warning 
them  to  flee  from  the  wrath  to  come.  Here 
we  were  made  to  rejoice  in  seeing  eight  precious 
AoutsJ  who  were  in  the  prime  of  life,  come  out 
from  the  ranks  of  Satan,  renounce  sin  and  all 
the  pleasures  thereof,  and  enlist  under  the 
blood-stained  baoner  of  King  Emanuel,  to  go 
forth  as  soldier*  of  the  cross,  to  fight  the  bat- 
tle of  the  Lord.  Our  meetings  closed  on  the 
evening  of  the  19th.  Brother  Hoover  bade  m 
farewell,  and  it  caused  some  degree  of  sorrow 
to  think  that  we  had  to  part,  and  that  be  could 
remain  with  us  no  longer.  He  bad  to  leave 
for  another  fi^ld  of  labor.  la&AC  iJTREL. 

From  Gilboa,  Ohio. 

1  CLOSED  a  meeting  at  this  place  last 
evening  with  a^  much  interest  as  I  ever 
saw  at  any  meeting.  Three  were  received  by 
bapti>'in  and  one  restored  to  fellowship,  and 
f)uite  a  number  of  applicants  which  will  be 
baptized  in  due  time.  May  the  Lord  bless 
them  all;  and  hope  through  their  influence 
many  more  will  come. 

The  brethren  and  sisters  were  all  well, 
exej-pting  two  brethren  who  are  on  their  death- 
beds with  consumption.  What  a  great  pleas- 
ure it  wiLS  to  be  at  their  bed-sides  and  hear 
them  talk  of  tlieir  heavenly  homes.  Brother 
Welch  was  raised  l)y  Catholic  parents;  his 
mother  came  lo  his  bed  to  weep  for  him  because 
ot  his  Protestant  profession.  He  gently  re- 
jdled  to  his  mother:  "Do  not  weep  for  me,  but 
for  yourself;  my  joy  is  complete  and  I  am  will- 
ing nnd  ready  to  go  to  sleep  in  the  arms  of 
Je'iii",  knowiufr  that  I  am  saved  through 
obedience  to  him."  Oh!  blessed  hope!  Broth- 
er Conine  is  aho  perfectly  happy  and  said:  "I 
am  willing  lo  (-uU'er  stitl  more;  it  is  all  pleas- 
ant with  me.  Only  one  thing  troubles  me,  and 
that  is  my  dear  children."  But  he  hopes  that 
ere  Umg  they  will  all  come  to  Christ — that  the 
family  may  all  meet  iu  heaven.  Dear  children, 
think  of  a  father's  prayers  and  tears  for  you. 

I  arrived  at  Carey,  and  there  found  Brethren 
Levi  H,  Dickey  and  S.  T.  Bosserman  at  work; 
good  interest  up,  and  one  baptized  to-day. 
More  at  the  close  of  the  meeting.   _ 

Jessb  Calveht. 
Jdti,  21, 1^9. 


sinners  are  left  without  eicuse. 
Lave  I)een  so  far  as  follows;  "'The  *  n 
John  15  :  6.  The  essentiality  of  ^\.  ^ 
"Come,  now,  and  let  us  reason  togethe-w'"' 
The  Christian  race.  1  Cor.  9  :  24.  Xyj '  *f^-; 
mersion,  and  "Remember."  aa  fouDd  in*?'** 
16 :  25.  Bro,  Lagenbeel,  from  Ha,  jf  "^ 
was  also  with  us  and  preached  some  ex^^ 
and  timely  sermons.  He  also  gayg  * 
preaching  to  the  York  county  Brethr***''" 
hope  to  give  you  a  report  of  additions  ' 


Jan.  21,  0^9. 


lent 


From  Chicago,  111. 

IT    seems   to   me    very   strange   indeed  th 
there  is  no  Brethren   Church  in  thi     ■ 
Some  time   ago  I  read  in    the    Brbthrrs^"^' 
Work  that    there   are  about  twenty  Bretb  *' 
living  in  Chicago.     There  is  a  need  for  a  p^'^" 
live  christian  Church  htfre:  this  ia  a  lare«f!  i 
Let  it  not  be  overlooked  as  it  has  beenforrn    i 
A  Free  Baptist  would  be  glad  to  co-operate    ^ 
get  others  to  do  the  same.     I   do  not  belon 
any  religions  society    now;    have   longed  to 
the  Brethren  come  here  and  proclaim  the  ^ 
pel.     Such  of  the  Brethren    thut    have  not  "* 
in  view,  but  the  glory  of  God  and  i 
world,  need  to  gather   in    prayer  to  the  Loi^'f 
the  harvest  to  send  forth  laborers.     I  know  it, 
Lord  will  hear  and    grant   the  request  of  i\,   * 
who  will  thus  pray  him.  "^ 

D.VNIEI.   HoTTHfOBR 
H20  rinoop  St.,  Chkafjo.  III. 


■tself 
dying 


From  Ervin,  Howard  Co.,  Indiana. 


'^IMTE  iteneral  health  is  good  ,  and  union  and 
1  hrtiinony  prevail  among  us.  I  notice  in 
our  paper  tliat  a  very  singular  circumstance 
occurred  last  week  in  Fountain  county,  this 
Slate.  I  copy  it  off  for  the  Bhethhen  at 
WoKK,  that  others  may  see  how  mysterious  are 
the  ways  of  Providence,  and  how  necessary  it 
ia  to  be  ready  when  the  messenger  of  death 
conip-i. 

Mr.  Lconidas  Grover  who  resides  in  the  vicin- 
ity of  Newtown,  lives  on  his  farm  with  a  mar- 
ried diinghter  aud  her  husband.  On  the  even- 
ing referred  to,  the  married  couple  had  been 
absent  on  a  vitiit  to  come  neighbors,  and  upon 
n-turning  at  a  lale  hour,  entered  the  house, 
finding  everything  in  usual  order,  and  suppos- 
ing that  Mr.  GroTer  had  already  retired,  went 
to  bed  themselves.  Next  morning  the  daugh- 
ter arose,  and  prepared  breakfast,  went  to  the 
udjoiuiug  room  to  call  lier  father,  and  was 
horrified  to  find  him  lying  upon  his  shattered 
bed  a  mutilated  corpse.  Her  screams  brought 
her  husband  quickly  to  the  bedroom,  and  an 
inspection  disclosed  a  ragged  opening  in  the 
roof,  directly  over  the  breast  of  the  unfortu- 
nate man.  which  was  torn  through  a.s  if  by  a 
cannon  shot,  and  extending  downward  through 
the  bedding  aud  floor;  other  holes  showed  the 
direction  taken  by  the  deadly  missile.  Subse- 
quent st^arch  reveahd  the  fact  that  the  awful 
calamity  was  caused  by  the  fall  of  a  meteoric 
stone,  and  the  stone  itself,  pyramidal  in  shaiw, 
and  weighing  twenty  pounds  and  a  few  ounces 
avoirdupoLi,  and  stained  with  blood,  was  un- 
earthed from  a  depth  of  nearly  five  feet,  thus 
showing  the  fearful  impetus  with  which  it 
struck  the  dwelline. 

The  position  of  the  corpse,  with  other  sur- 
roundings, when  found,  showed  that  the  victim 
was  asleep  when  stricken,  and  that  death  to 
him  was  painless.  Hibl  Hamilton. 


From  J.  W.  Southwood. 

BROTHKRK.  H.M.llercame  to  onr  place 
of  meeting  viz ,  Dora,  Indiana,  on  the 
4th  of  January,  1879,  and  remained  with  us 
one  week:  preaching  in  all  thirteen  sermons 
and,  as  is  usual  with  him.  the  preaching  w« 
mostly  doctrinal,  and  delivered  with  power  and 
plainness,  so  that  many  were  made  to  feel  the 
weight  of  Gospel  truth,  and  some  to  acknoB]. 
edge  its  saving  power. 

He  then  went  from  here  to  Lancaster,  which 
is  aoont  twelve  or  fourteen  miles  east  of  this 
place.  At  that  point  it  was  my  happy  lot, 
to  hear  him    four  times. 

May  the  Lord  bless  him  and  hia  labors  wher- 
ever he  goes. 

Monument  City,  Ind. 


HAVING  concluded  to  move  from  my  pres- 
ent  location  (in  ca.se  I  can  suit  myself)  in 
the  coming  Spring,  and  having  received  a  num- 
ber of  solicitations  to  move  into  other  localities 
or  congregations,  I  herewith  desire  to  say,  that 
if  there  are  any  who  may  desire  my  as3i.stauM, 
to  corre3[)ond  with  me  immediately.  Would 
likewise  reque.st  correspondence  with  others 
who  have  not  as  yet  extended  any  invitation  or 
proposition,  as  I  have  a  desire  to  locale  ptrina- 
nently.  My  reasons  for  the  contemplated 
change,  are  ou  account  of  inconveniences,  and 
having  no  permanent  occupation  outside  of 
the  ministry.  If  you  wish  to  write,  do  so  at 
once.    For  further  information  address. 

J.  W.  Wilt. 
Sarnh,  Blair  Co.,  Pa. 


From  John  Boldin. 

,  Indian:!, 


From  Carleton,  Neb. 

nUOTHKK  J.    U.    Fillmore,   from    Iowa,   i.. 
L)     now  liolding  a  series   of  meetings  amoug 


^rHESpricgfield  church,  Indian:!,  is  still  in 
1  love,  aud  among  the  living,  standing  iu 
harmony  with  the  dillereut  churches  aurrounii- 
ing  it,  trying  to  serve  God  and  our  fellow  man. 
Our  watchmen  are  at  the  gates,  but  have  not 
of  late,  heard  a  single  solemn  knock.  It  seems 
the  people  are  slow  to  comprehend  the  truth 
and  interpretation  thereof.  With  an  eye  of 
faith  we  look  to  God  for  a  refreshing  shower  of 
grace.  May  the  Lord  hless  the  missionary 
cause  beyond  the  vast  Atlantic.  Greetings  to 
the  Brethren  who  dwell  there.  Hope  to  vife\ 
you  by  and  by  bej  ond  the  river  of  Jordan. 


From  Croton,  New  Jersey. 


/>*, 


mK    are 

I  f      now. 


No  iidditious  as  yet,  but  we  believe  there 
arc  several  who  are  "counting  the  cost "  and 
are  "almost  persuaded."  Bro.  F.  holds  forth 
the  word  in  ita  purity,  and   in   such  a  way  that 


Brethren: — 

having    Teiy    cold   weather  here 
This   morning   the  thermometer 
stood  10"  below  zero. 

The  Brethren  have  resolved  to  call  theirnew 
church  the  "Bethel." 

I  see  in  N«.  1,  of  the  present  volume  of  thf 
BiiETHREN  AT  WoRK  you  make  me  say  that 
the  hymn  used  at  the  opening  of  the  dedica- 
tion servics  was  the  32nd.  which  is  a  mistake. 
The  first  line  of  the  32nd  hymn  i»:  "^o^ 
moves  in  a  niyhterioua  way.  His  wouderi  to 
perform;"  while  the  one  that  was  used  com- 
mences: "0,  bow  thine  ear,  eternal  One;" 
being  the  325th.     Fraternally, 

Auos  S.  Chambhbi.i>'- 

Jan.  ui,  mo. 


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The  Bretiiren  At  Work. 


"  Ue/wld  1  Hrimj   You  Good  Tidings  of  Great  Joy,  which  SluiU  he  to  All  Peopfe."  — Ldkk 


Vol.  IV. 


Lanark,  111.,  February  13,  1879. 


No.  7. 


BDITED  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 


H.  MOORE    &    M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 


SPECIAL  CONTRIBDTORS: 

-----        LADOGA,  INI). 

_  _  .  .  NEWTONIA,  MO. 
VIRDEN,  ILL. 

-  -  -  -  WATKKSnoilO.  PA. 
-----      DKBANA,    ILL. 


THE  CONTENTS  VOL.- 4,  NO.  7. 


ItlAI-  ARTICL 


V.v^i 


PBlTOIt: 

Man  V  Converts 

(iood  Advice 

Il;iy'3  Sensation.— -I.  II- Jln'i' 

Il'isiiifss 

AVti!itSnu>kiiig  floes  for  boys 

Cliililit^ii  »t  Meeting.— .).  II.  Mdorr 

Tlie  Dili  Onlei-.— M.  M.  Esliplmjin.— 

Iteport  of  Tracts  an<l    I'amiihlcls  (listiihtilvil 
fiOf.— M.  M.  Kslielmaii .     . 

I,ostliisSc"non.— J.  II.  Mo.i 
COKTIill'l'l"'^''  AitTKXiw: 

The  A'ltliorityandllonoi'ofoiir  Savioi'-;  Priest 
liooil.— W-  Horoiigli 

Btirying  tli<!  Dead.— Daniel  IJiiglit , 

Ilie  Literiil  Intcn"'Pl.iition  of  tl'O  Holy  Scripl- 
uri'S.— A  U-x  W.  Heese 

Jiuiiis  niHl  the  Communion.— M.  Forney 

Likeness  and  Xma^e.— David  L.  Williams 

Qiicstioiis  Answi^red. — Mattiu  A.  I.par 

^iciiil  Mcoting.— II.  K.  Dale 

ElIkh'S  from  the  Center.— .S.  T.  It.xsserman. .  .. 

Oui'(ii»l.— S.  J.  Harrison 

True  Enjoyment. — Vma  EUer 

cbBREsroNDEKcir: "  ■**■  ^^  --  -  - 

From  Winiield,  Kansas.— John  Easton 

Fiom  Westi'ni  Illinois.— II.  W.  Strickler 

From  Siili-m,  Oregon.— Samuel  Forney 

From  Old  Ilrothcr  Price 

From  New  Knteri)riso,  Pn.— Michael  Keller. . . 

From  Uyonson  Station,  I*a.— Henry  Wise 

Xotice.— H.  E.  Koons .- 

Diiuish  Mission  Report.— C.  P.  Rowland 

From  Denmark.— Kskildseu 

From  Jesse  Calvert 

From  C.  Hope 

ACaid.- E.  I'mbaugli 

Twollurials  in  one  day.— ^^.  c.  i;.  nn. 

From  II.  C.  Lneas 


lELECTED : 

....     3 

The  Unliniahed  I'ravi 

( 

lOu  !^lly  nndDo  S«\. 

."> 

UOETItY  : 

Is  Your  Lamj)  Binning  V  -    . 

i 

God 

....    2 

ECHOES  FROM  THE  CENTER. 

The  Pruning  Knife— A  Wanderer  Returned— 
A  Pleasant  Visit— Sunday's  Labor— A  Snffer- 
Infr  Sister, 

THE  Gns[»el  is  the  only  pruner  that  works 
etlectual.  And  (he  person  who  handles  it 
should  not  forget  tlmt  his  life  i.s  to  he  govern- 
ed by  it,  and  that  it  also  will  be  his  judge  at 
the  liniil  day.  Then  brother,  judge  not  harsh- 
ly nor  decide  prematurely, 

To-day  we  met  iu  churth  council,  as  is  our 
custom  once  per  ciuttrti'V.  and  labored  in  the 
vineyard  of  our  divine  Master.  Considerable 
tofltter  was  brought  befor*^  that  body  which  was 
adjusted  and  finally  disposed  of  as  we  believe  iu 
thefoii-  of  the  Lord.  Christ  is  the  Vine,  we  are 
the  branches.  The  Vine  needs  no  trimmin 
fiut  the  branches  do.  Christ  is  perfect,  and  all 
true  branches  have  life  and  by  abiding  in  the 
Vine,  they  have  lite  more  abundantly.  No  vine- 
dresser will  detach  a  branch  from  the  vine  un- 
less it  is  a  decaying  or  fruitless  branch,  or  not 
growing  out  at  the  proper  place.  Hence  he 
''list  he  keen  of  perception  and  good  judt-nient; 
""ust  study  the  nature  of  the  vine  and  the  best 
"nethods  of  rendering  it  productive.  And  in 
order  to  do  the  vine  no  injun,-,  he  niu^  aciiuaint 
("ttiBaf  with  the  pruning  knife,  and  how  to  use 
't  with  accuracy.  So  it  is  with  the  body  of  believ- 
ers when  adjusting  church   business.      They 


must  baacfjurtiuted  with  the  pruner,  (the  (ios- 
pel),  study  how  to  enrieh  the  hrauch.  not  apply 
tlie  knife  (judgment)  too  soon,  so  that  the  vine 
sustains  no  injury.  He  must  also  be  of  keen 
perception,  good,  sound  judgment,  to  knew 
wiipn  to  dotach  the  worthless  branches,  so  that 
the  vine  (the  body  of  Christ)  sustains  no  injury 
by  being  cumbered  too  long  with  unfruitful  or 
disobedient  branches.  Do  j  on  envy  tlie  posi- 
tion of  those  who  have  to  decide — the  body 
or  comniittee.s?  Ah,  no;  I  trow  not.  It  is  a 
very  i-espousihle  pnsition,  one  for  which  we 
must  account  for  in  eternity.  Then  let  us  pray 
for  one  another  that  all  may  be  done  to  the 
honor  aud  glory  of  God,  and  for  the  welfare  ol 
souls. 

During  our  meetings  a  wanderer  returned  to 
the  fold  again,  and  sought  safety  in  the  cU^ft  of 
the  Hock.  Christ  J<sus.  Tlierc  was  rejoicing 
anuing.the  saints,  aud  feelings  of  triumph  over 
the  works  of  the  devil  He  may  be  able  to  en- 
snare and  decoy  the  I:^inl>s  fioni  the  Iloolt,  but. 
bless  the  name  of  the  Hcly  Etcrn^il,  he  cannot 
hold  them,  and  when  they  return  repentant, 
wiU  and.fUH  be  received  despite  all  his  pretense 
of  power. 

Again,  we  made  a  flying  visit  of  a  few  days 
among  tlie  brethi»|i  to  aiwist  in  a  series  of  nieet'- 
ings.  (>u  the  19th  iust.,  was  escorted  to  the 
place  of  meeting,  near  Vanlue,  Ohio,  and 
found  the  brethren  already  at  vvork  a  few  days, 
and  a  good  degree  of  interest  worked  up.  lie- 
mainid  until  the  23rd.  Two  confessed  ChrisI 
and  were  baptized  while  there.  We  were  joiu' 
ed  by  our  dear  brother  J.  Calvert,  who  contin 
.(iedth%'*(i<wtjnfi,until  the25tji,  and  we  IgBrn 
since  that  they  repaired  to  the  watei>ide  again, 
and  others  were  made  happy  in  a  Savior's  love. 
Oh,  the  joy  that  sinners  experience  when  once 
relieved  of  guilt,  aud  regrets  expres-sed  for  not 
coming  sooner.  One  dear  brother  that  was  bap- 
tized, at  the  close  of  our  meetings,  desired  to 
make  a  few  remarks,  and  with  tearful  eyes  said, 
"  If  I  would  have  started  out  in  this  good  cause 
twenty  years  ago,  my  children  might  all  beglo- 
rifying  God.  I  have  raised  a  family  of  eleven 
children,  and  only  one  is  taking  up  the  cross 
with  me."  Oh,  what  a  solemn  statement!  Fath- 
ers and  mothers  yet  out  of  Christ,  will  you  not 
come  and  enter  the  fold  that  you  may  be  the 
means  of  getting  your  children  to  glorify  God 
and  he  prepared  to  meet  eacb  other  in  heaven  r' 
I  see  more  and  more  propriety  of  evangelizing 
the  world.  Brethren  ot  the  Cross,  arise!  gird 
upon  youi-selves  the  whole  armor  of  God  arul 
go  forth  in  the  power  of  his  might,  and  tell  the 
good  news  of  a  saving  Gospel  to  a  sin-ruined 
world,  that  many  more  may  be  made  free  of  sin 
and  travel  with  us  on  the  highway  to  heaven. 
Let  tlie  church  arise  aud  shake  off  her  dull  sloth, 
unearth  her  coffers  and  establisih  an  evangeliz- 
ing fund,  open  np  the  Law  of  Go  1,  use  every  Bi- 
ble means  to  save  sinners,  th<it  the  whole  world 
may  know  Christ  and  he  eaved.  All  may  he 
saved,  "  for  there  is  no  difference  between  tlie 
Jew  and  the  Greek;  for  the  same  Lord  over  hII 
is  rich  unto  all  that  call  upon.  For  whosoevtr 
shall  call  upon  the  name  of  the  Lord  shall  be 
saved.  How  then  shall  they  call  on  him  in 
whom  they  have  not  believed?  and  how  shall 
they  believe  iu  him  of  whom  they  have  not 
heard?  and  how  shall  they  hear  without 
preacher?  and  how  shall  they  preach,  except 
they  bp  sent?"     Horn.  10: 13-15. 

Then  is  not  the  church  responsible?  Oh 
may  she  arise  in  all  her  beauty,  love  and  power 
aud  go  forth  in  the  beauty  of  holiness  and  bring 
forth  the  life-giving  food  which  will  be  to  the 
saving  health  of  the  nations  of  the  earth. 

Today  we  met  at  Plea.sant  Uidge  church  for 
divine  service,  aud  were  pleased  to  see  bo  many 
gathered  together  in  the  courts  of  our  God. 
And  from  ti.e  expression  of  the  counbenances 
in  the  audience,  th.-y  thought,  "beautiful  for 
situation,  the  joy  uf  the  whole  earth,  is  Mount 
Zion."  Tiien  we,  with  the  Psalmist,  "  tiiought 
of  thy  loving  kindness.  0  God  iu   the  inid.it  of 


thy  t^'uiplf,"  for  his  mercy  towanls  us  in  per- 
mitting us  again  to  meet.  The  service.s  were 
introduc*'d  in  the  usual  nnmner.  The  »peakrr 
then  arose  and  off*  red  the  following  motto  for 
discourse:  "  Tlierefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God, 
Behold  I  lay  in  Zion  for  a  foundation  u  stone,  a 
tried  stone,  a  precious  corner  stone,  a  sure  foun- 
dation; he  that  believeth  shall  not  make  haste." 
Isa.  28:  16,  aud  deliberated  upon  the  following 
deductions: 

1.  The  Foundation   which  Hod  has  hud  for 
the  support  of  his  church. 

2.  The  character  of  Christ  as  a  Foundation, 
a  Stone. 

3.  The  character  and  safety  of  believera. 
Christ  is  the  Sure   Foundation,   the  Eternal 

Ilock,  and  all  who  build  upon  thiit  Rock  will 
stand  the  lest  at  th<'  final  day.  Believers  in 
Christ  sliall  he  sei-ure  and  when  the  storm.s 
eonw  they  find  repose  and  safety  in  the  Rock  of 
their  Salvation.  They  will  be  composed  in  the 
hour  of  iheir  dissolniion.  and  can  sing,  "  Come 
welcome  death,  thou  end  of  fears  I  am  prepar- 
ed to  go."  Sinnei-awill  make  haste  in  the  final 
day,  and  will  run  to  and  fro,  crying  unto  the 
rocks  and  mountains  to  fall  upon  them  and  hide 
them  from  the  face  of  hiin  that  sitteth  upon 
the  throne. 

To-day  by  sppcial  request  I  again  visited  the 
house  of  atUictiou.  Our  dear  sister  King  who 
ha*i  long  been  suH'crJn^'.  desired  to  have  a  season 
of  devotional  exercises  and  in  complumco  to  lu-r 
request  I  visited  their  humble  abode.  The  drar 
youngsister  has  strong  consolation  in  Chriitt, 
and  impatiently  waiting  the  bidding  of  the  Mivs- 
ter.  Wt  read  the  5th.  chapter,  pf  jypc^  Cor., 
;»nd  endeavored  to  speak  some  woM<(  otcouBola- 
tion  to  her,  aud  to  those  whom  she  holds  dear 
to  her  heart.  Though,  to  sing  upon  such  oc- 
casions is  mort  painful  than  pleasant,  yet  as  it 
ivas  her  desire,  we  tried  to  sing  a  song  of  praise, 
selecting  the  411th  hymn. 

"0  there's  a  better  world  on  high; 
Hope  on,  thou  pious  breast,  etc. 
Then  went  to  prayer  with  that  dear  family  in 
behalf  of  our  sutlering  si.'fter.  Yes.  mother, 
God  M'ill  hear  prayer  and  soon  he  will  bid  thy 
dear  daughter  to  come  up  higher,  and  then  she 
can  exchange  a  world  of  sorrow  and  pain  for 
one  of  love,  pleasure  and  happiness. 

May  God  ble.ss  us  all,  tmd  conduct  us  all  safi 
ly  to  that  land  where  we  can  enter   that   house 
not  mate  with  haiuls  eternally  in  the  heaveuii. 
S.  T.  BossBauAN. 


fe.'l."  "I  helJL-ve"  so  and  so,  and  th-n  becomes 
angry  it  those  who  hear  his  opinlouH  do  not 
concede  to  them. 

Reader,  what  is  jour  god'C  Is  it  Opiuion? 
Do  you  object  to  things  Iiecause  they  are  con- 
trary to  your  oitinion  or  because  you  know  they 
are  not  the  truth?  Do  you  advocaU-  thtug* 
because  they  ai-e  truths,  whith  .vouch  prove, 
or  because  they  are  your  opillion^:'■  I'rjictical- 
ly  with  many  ifpimun  in  God.  A  nuui  am  loose 
his  reputation  sooner  in  no  way  than  to  oppose 
peoph'  on  opinions,  U  is  evident  many  of  our 
ministeiTs  are  serving  the  god  ot  Opinion.  They 
can  pri  tub  with  tiemendous  zi-al  and  power 
against  sonu-  evils  which  exist  in  "other  denom- 
inations" bfcausf  it  is  popular  to  do  so,  but  to 
corrrut  errors  into  which  some  ot  their  breth- 
ren ha  vd  fallen,  is  too  much  IWr  them  to  do. 
They  would  lose  their  re[>utation  il  they  did 
that!  So,  we  tee  more  attention  is  paid  to  opin 
ion  than  truth. 

God  spei'd  the  day  when  all  our  ministers 
shall  hn-ak  the  uiiadulli'ratcd  Ba'ad  of  Life  r^ 
gardles.>i  of  o[)iriioii-<.  Opinion  is  a  tarce  and 
they  who  trust  in  it  will  liinl  it  out  nOniftime, 
even  if  it  be  not  before  they  woep  and  gnash 
their  teeth  in  outer  darknei^s. 


WILLIE. 

Willif,  tliunaitgnrirlo  Uml. 

Von  fell  benealh  the  chast'ing  rod, 

So  young,  too  fair  on  earth  to  stay, 

-So  (.Jod  has  taken  you  away. 

Dear  Willie,  loved  so  well  while  here. 

Your  death  caused  many  a  bitter  tear, 

Your  life  was  very  t  rief  on  earth ; 

V'jur  voice  is  hushed  from  joy  and  luirth. 

But  you  have  joiUfd  the  angel  throng; 
Yon  wen*  too  |mic  to  ilo  one  wrong— 
Von'vi'  juijied  tlial  bright  angelic  hand, 
Cherubic  legions  lill  that  band. 

Ve.s.  Willie,  you  are  happy  there, 
Vou'U  always  be  an  angel  fair, 
You  beckon  your  dear  parents,  "come, 
To  meetme  in  tliat  belter  home." 

Dear  parents,  mourn  mt  Cor  your  child, 
Just  look  and  sue  liiose  youth  so  wild. 
They'erstaggciing  home  along  the  street. 
Their  loving  parents  there  to  me«-t. 

Willie  will  never  share  their  falf ; 
He's  living  in  that  high  estate, 
Where  only  angels  over  dwell, 
Dear  Willie,  now  a  long  farewell. 

Sflected  by  SVIUK  K.  liKitKl.i:v. 

OUR  GOD 


BV  .-.  J.  HAKItlSON. 


M" 


wor-Oiip.  Our  God  is  he  whom  we  obey 
love  and  honor.  The  most  popular  god  at  this 
time  i»  Opinion.    A   man    says,  "!  think."   "I 


TRUE  ENJOYMENT. 

IIY  VINA  KLLRH. 

WORLDLY  joys  and  pieoHures  an-  extended 
unto  all  who  denire  them,  but  the  joys 
aud  pU'asnn-s  whith  the  world  can  atVurd  ns,are 
of  short  duration.  They  nre  momentary:  or, 
iiko  the  kuu  in  the  Weat,  th<-y  .u-'  sonn  yone. 

Tef: how  wmv .,i  s r  ..  ,1  a,-- 

ure,  instead  ol'pr.-iMriH-  ,,t    in 

the  world  to  come,  How  ruaTiy  ..i  ,,iir  vuiing 
friendu  do  we  see  giving  the  service'  of  tln-ir  best 
days,  to  the  enemy  who  in  only  seeking  to  d(^■ 
.ttroy  their  never  dying  souls. 

The  wise  man  Solomon  said,  "  Remember 
thy  Creator  in  the  day»  of  thy  youth,  while  the 
evil  days  come  not,  nor  the  yearn  draw  nigh 
when  thou  shitlt  say,  1  have  no  pleiuure  in 
them."  Would  it  not  then  be  wisdom  in  us  all 
to  try  and  prepare  for  heaven?  For  the  thmga 
of  this  world  are  tnmi-itory  and  will  all  piws 
away. 

But  the  happiness  which  the  pilgrim  expe- 
riences, and  the  joys  which  animate  his  heart, 
are  of  a  durable  nature,  and  will  reach  beyond 
the  glooniv  grave.  Then  cheer  thee  up,  weary 
pilgrim  thou  shaltbc  well  repaid  for  thy  few  days 
of  toiling  here — heaven  shall  be  thy  reward 
and  thy  everlasting  home.  There,  among  the 
joyful  exclamatious  and  unceasing  halleujahsof 
an  innumerable  company  of  angelic  beings, 
shalt  thou  enjoy  thysidf  in  that  peaceful  home 
above. 

FOUND   OUT. 

N  the  top  of  a  hill  was  an  orchard,  and  on 
one  of  the  trees  was  a  boy  slealingapples; 
another  boy  was  at  the  bottoiu  of  the   tree,  on 
the  watch  to  see  that  nobody   found  them  out. 

Nobody  was  near  that  they  could  see;  hut 
that  did  not  prove  that  no  one  j-aw  them;  for, 
seven  miles  off.  Professor  Mitchell,  the  astron- 
omer, was  examining  the  setting  sun  with  bis 
great  telescope,  and  the  hill  happened  to  come 
within  its  range,  the  actions  of  the  boys,  the 
very  tell-tale  look  on  their  faces,  attracted  his 
notice.  He  saw  what  they  were  up  to.  He 
found  them  out.  There  was  no  escaping  the 
great  eye  of  his  telescope  looking  full  upon 
them.    They  little  thought  of  such  a  thing. 

But  there  was  another  eye  upon  them,  a 
greater  eye  and  a  sharper  eye,  and  the  eye  fol- 
lowed them.  It  was  God's  eye,  and  his  eye  is 
on  US.  It  sees  near,  it  sees  afar  off.  It  sees  iu 
the  day.  it  sees  in  the  night.  It  se*?  out  of 
doors,  it  sees  in  doors.  It  sees  our  actions,  it 
sees  our  hearts.  It  sees  us  too  by  name,  l*ro- 
fessor  Mitchell  did  not  know  the  boys.  God 
knows.— A'W. 


0^ 


ri-iK  KinrrHi^KN-  -a.t  avokk. 


Februc 


GOD. 

OTHOU  Ettfi^^ii*?!  whose  prp9«BM  briglit 
AIUp*'i*'*<'^'i  ^*""1*>-  ^"  motion  B'l id.-: 
Uncliatiji^JthiOuvIitiiii"""  ttlMfTftitiiig  bliglit. 
Thoa  onl>  <J  Hi!    Tlicw  w  no  Go"i  beside. 
Ji'ing  «("»<'  all  Iwing-:  Miehiy  On*-! 
Vhomnom*cftiicomprr>l,.'iii,arid  none  explore 
VhotillM  .'xlsf.'n--  with  tliynelf  alonp; 
Smbnicing  nil.  Hupiiortinj?  all.    ruling  o'ei— 
U«ng  whom  we  call  (iod— and  know  no  mor-. 

A  million  torche«,  lichtz-d  by  thy  Imnd. 
Wander  unwearied  through  the  blue  aby»w; 
Tlu'V  own  tliy  power,  BC(;«mi»liNh  thy  command 
All  gtiy  with  hfe.  all  ehwiuent  with  blittH; 
Whnt  ahull  we  eall  th-m  ?  Pile-  of  crynUl  light ? 
A  glorioiH  comjmny  of  golden  fttreamH? 
Lampnof  ci-IeHtial  ether,  burning  bright}' 
Sun«  lighting  t«y»temH  with  their  joyouH  beftniM? 
But  thou  to  theHe  wrt  iw  the  noon  t«  night. 

Yes,  OS  n  dro;)  of  wafer  in  Ihe  Ben, 
All  this  ningnifit-ence  in  lint  in  thee: — 
Whrttare  ten  thousand  wurldncoraprirfd  to  thee'f 
And  what  imi  I,  then?    Ilcnven'ii  unnomberM 

ho^t, 
Though  multij.li-d  by  myriadH.  nnd    nrrny'd 
In  all  the  gl'Ty  of  Hubtiment  thought 
Ih  but  an  iitom  in  the  bitlanw  weigh'd 
Agninut  thy  greatnewi.  it  ti  cipher  br.jiight 
AgainHt  iniinity!  What  am  I  then?  Niuightf 
NiiughtP—HiitMio  elllucnce  of  thy  light  divine. 
IVrViiding  worldt,  liiitli  reiicli'd  niy-boxom  too; 
YeH,  in  my  spirit  duth  thy  Spirit  "bine, 
Ah  nliineti  the  nun-beam  in    n  drop  of  dew, 
Nauglit?— But  I  live,  and  on  hoi>e'»    jiinionH  lly 
Eager  towiirdH  thy  preHctice;  (or  in  tln-e 
I  live,  and  l.realhe,  and  dwell;  aHpiring  high, 
Kven  to  the  throne  of  thy  Divinity. 
I  am,  0  Ood,  andnurely  thou  niunt  bel 

Thou  art!  directing,  guiding,  all.     Thou  Jirt! 
Direct  my  inider»taiidiug  then  to  tlu'e; 
(Joiitr.'l  my  spirit,  guide  my  wandering  heiirl; 
Thougli  but,  an  atom  'iiiidnt  immen»ity. 
Still  I  am  Moniething  fa-hioiied  by  thy    bund! 
1  hold  a  middle  rank  'twixt  heaven  und   eartli, 
Oil  the  but  verge  of  being  Htand, 
Clo«e  to  the  reiilm  where  iingelH  Iiiivi-  tlieir  birth, 
Just  oil  the  boundary  of  the  Hpirit  land! 

Selected  by  Mattik  A.  Lkak. 


hr 
jiarerl 


THE  AUTHORITY  AND  HONOR   OF 
OUR  SAVIORS  PKIKSTHOOD. 

IIY    IV.  ItOIIOUHU. 

'■Cliritl  glonli"d  not  himwelf  to  bu  liiiide  a 
high  priertl;  but  he  that  Hiiid  unto  him,  Thou  art 
my  Sdii,  to-day  liiive  I  ln-g'itten  thee."  ilel). 
5:  Ti 

IN  tilt'  l.nnl  mill  Su\  inr  .It-mis  ChriHt, 
WL'  liavr  (in  High  rriest  wIidih  pn-- 
ferrcd  iibove  llu-  imgt'lH,  l)oth  in  j)fryon 
and  in  ttilicc  In  pcrHon  Im  is  owned  of 
(loil  lui'l  iicknowledgeil  to  In-  bin  Son, 
miidc  ctjual  with  (i«><l.  This  luw  ntn-tT 
been  stiid  of  any  of  tin.!  nngtds,  nuicli 
le8>t  of  tlie  I'liiil  L't'ejitmcs  of  liiiinjinity; 
the  pricHtliood  of  Anton  not  cvt-cpted, 
ultliough  their  ollVringH  wi'W  nuee])tiih)e 
with  (iod  v\iien  properly  made.  When 
our  great  lligli  I'i'iest  was  l»a[)tizi'd  of 
John  in  Jordan,  "  coming  up  out  of  the 
water,  he  saw  the  heavens  opened,  and 
the  Sjiirit  like  a  dove  descending  upon 
him,  anil  tbei'e  came  a  voice  from  heaven, 
Haying,  Tliis  is  my  hMoved  Son  in  wlioni 
lam  well  pleased."  Mark  1:1(1,11. 
Such  lionor  never  was  conferred  upon 
any  being,  or  creature,  except  the  Savior; 
but  this  is  not  all;  in  addition  to  the 
personal  honors,  lie  also  received  oflicial 
honors.  God  by  an  oath  made  liim  an 
High  Priest  forever  after  the  order  ot 
Melchiaedec,  and  also  anointed  him  King, 
and  gave  him  a  kingdom  and  scepter  of 
righteousness  by  which  to  g^overu  his 
people;  set  him  upon  themajestic  tin-one: 
gave  him.self  all  power  in  heaven  and 
inearth;  enwrapt  him  with  grandeur 
Ihat  outsliines  tiie  sun.  which  forever 
guards  him  and  foitiiie-s  him  against  the 
approach  of  his  enemies.  Of  his  pow- 
trr,  he  spoke  to  the  eleven  in  the  moun- 
tain, saying,  "  All  po«er  Ib  given  unto 
me  in  heaven  and  in  earth."  He  givejs 
us  an  illustration  of  his  magnificent  glo 
rv,  splerdor  and  luightness  in  the  eon 
vei'bion  of  Saul  of  Tarsus. 


Saul  of  TarsuH  was  at  that  tinnf  an 
enemy  of  Christ,  he  wai  in  pursuit  *»f 
the  follotvers  of  Chri'tt.  equipped  wiih 
all  the  jiower  that  th«*  Iloman  govern 
meut  could  biwtow  upf»n  him  a«an  officer. 
woH  made  chief  in  thin  work.  Then  we 
have  the  chief  of  sinners  eoming  in  «ju- 
taet  with  the  Chief  of  righteousness,— 
our  great  High  Priest  and  King,  and 
what  is  the  resulti  The  chief  of  sinners 
is  melted  into  subniiswiou  by  the  brill- 
iant splendor  of  the  Sun  of  Righteoun 
ness  as  a  snowflake  melt>*  under  the 
bright  rays  of  a  noonday  sun. 

Then,  my  dear  reader,  if  you  are  not 
at  peace  with  the  Sun  of  KighU'oiiHness, 
if  you  are  yet  in  open  rebellion    agaiuf-i 
him,  how   can    you   hope   to  meet  him 
without   a   preparation f      "The    Lord 
lliy  (iod  is  a  consuming  fire."     I)eut.  4: 
24;  Hell.  ]■*:  20.     In  consequence  of  the 
ightness  Iff  his   glory,   lo  tlie  unpre- 
I,  luraven  itself  would  be  a  place  of 
excruciating  torment.     'J'hen  it  liecomes 
important  that  we  be  at  peace  with   the 
Lord  our  King  and  Priest,  for  we   mimt 
all  meet  hiiM  in  his   splendor  to    ren«ler 
an  account  to  him  for  our   dee<ls.      We 
fear  that  there  will   be   many   that  will 
not  be  able  to  withstand    the    brilliant 
glory  of  him  thatsitteth  n|)on  the  throne, 
but  will  call  for  rocks  and  motmtains  to 
hide  them    from    the  brightness   of  his 
splendor;  for  our  Lord  is  a   consuming 
lire.     Hut   not  so   with    those    who  are 
prepared  to  meet  him  in  jieace;  for  they 
shall  be    like    him.     To    them,    heaven 
will  be  a  ha|ipy  j)lace;  no  niglit    there; 
for  "  the    Lamb   is   the  light   thereof." 
Itev.  'il :  2.'i.     No  waiting  for  a   revolu- 
tion to  receive  liglit  from  another    plan- 
et, or  planets  which  can  only   give    us 
light  a  portion  of  the  time  at  best,    but 
is  illuminated    forever   and    ever  by  the 
honor   and  glory    of    our    great    High 
Priest.      Such    are  iiis   oflicial    lionois. 
They  are  \\'orlli)    of  the    acknowledge- 
ment of  all  humanity.     The  angels   do 
aeknowlc-dge  them.     And  there  can    be 
no  reason  given  why  we  should    not    do 
the  same,  and  with    gladness  obey    his 
commandn\ents.     Then    let    us  put  on 
the  whole  armor  of  faith,  and  fight  man- 
fully the  battles  of  the   Lord,  and    ob- 
tain the  great  treasure  laid  up  for  us. 
■  .♦.-^— — 
BURYING  THE  DEAD. 
IIY  IIANIKI,  lIltmilT. 

"  Buried  witli  him  in  baptism,  wherein  also, 
ye  are  risen  with  him,  through  the  faith  of  the 
operation  of  Hod,  who  hath  niihed  him  from 
the  dead."     Col.  2:I'i. 

iVerent  nations,  have  va- 
in dealing  with  their  dead. 
Some  hasten  them  liack  to  their  origin, 
"  dust  thou  art,  and  unto  dust  shalt  thou 
return,"  by  the  quick  proL-ess  of  <-rema- 
tinii.  Others,  like  the  ancient  Egyptians, 
enbalm  them  in  odors  to  keep  them 
from  decaying;  and  perchance  avoid  the 
soul's  transmigration.  Others,  again 
bury  them  into  the  earth,  where  they 
slowly  return  to  their  mother  dust, 
which  also  is  the  most  reasonable  way 
of  dealing  \vitli  them.  But  people  ant 
not  buried  while  they  yet  Uve,  neither 
an?  they  raiseil  from  the  dead  l>efore  they 
had  died  and  were  buried.  To  l>uiy 
men  while  yet  alive,  is  inhumau,  and 
wei'e  it  done,  it  would  be  atrociously 
wicked;  but  to  raise  people  from  the 
dead,  bo<lily  before  they  had  ilied  is  im- 
possible. ^'L•t,  spiritually,  I  am  afiaid, 
the  former  is  fre(juenliy  done,  and  the 
impossibility  of  the  latter,  attem|)teti 
to  prove.  That  the  "old  man"  of  the 
believer  in  Christ,  is  *'  buried  with  him 
in  baptism,"  is  a  doctrine  taught  so  un- 
mistakably plain  in  the  New  Testament, 
that,  to  attempt  to  disprove    it,    a    man 


TITKN,  of  dif 
-^'^  riousways 


simply  exposes  his  folly,  his  ignorance, 
or  his  total  insiD»_*rity.  But  it  i^  not  the 
outward  form  that  ac«>mpli«hes  the 
\vork,  liut  that  which  is  wrought  within. 
PeKT  tells  us  that  "  baptism  doth 
save  us,"  Hut  not  the  outward  washing, 
the  immersing  of  the  body,  which  he 
terms  "the  putting  away  of  the  filth  of 
the  fiej^h,"  but  the  inward  workings  of 
the  Spirit  of  God;  the  "old  man"  being; 
Iiuried  into  Christ's  death;  the  separat 
ingof  the  "body  of  sin"  from  the  soul; 
and  henre  "the  .answer  of  a  good  con- 
^ci.'nee  t'>ward  God,"  by  or  through 
"  the  re-jurrection  of  Jesu^  Christ  from 
the  dea.l." 

The  "old  man,  the  body  of  sin"  is  not 
buried  into  the  baptismal  waters,  but 
into  Christ's  death.  It  is  the  believer's 
A/Jy  that  is  immerseil,  "buried"  into 
the  watery  element  in  baptism,  and  typ- 
ifies that  which  takes  place  within:  not 
that  which  took  place,  a  m'^nth  or  a 
year  before,  but  that  which  takes  place 
jit  one  and  the  same  time.  The  immers- 
ing, the  burying  of  the  body  of  the  be- 
liever, typifies  not  only  the  burying  of 
the  "  old  man"  into  Christ's  death,"  but 
at  it  is  in  baptism  also  raised  out  of  its 
watery  grave,  it  therein  typifies  the  res 
urrection  of  tlie"new  man,"  the  rising 
with  Christ  through  the  faith  in  the 
Houl  which  grasps  God  in  his  resurrect 
ing  power,  with  which  he  raised  Jesus 
from  the  dead. 

Baptism  is  the  grafting  in  of  the  be- 
liever, into  Christ,  a  branch  into  the 
True  Vine;  the  being  planted  "  together 
11  the  likeness  of  his  death,"  in  order 
that  we  may  be  also  "  in  the  likeness  of 
his  resurrection."  But  to  be  planted  to- 
gether in  the  likeness  of  Christ's  death, 
we  see  that  it  is  necessary  that  the  "  old 
man"  first  dies,— Christ  was  first  cruci 
tied,  and  then  he  was  buried.  But  mark, 
he  wa.-*  not  first  risen  from  the  dead  and 
then  buried.  So  likewise  must  our  "old 
man"  be  first  cucified  before  he  is  to  be 
buried,  but  not  risen  with  Christ. 
,  But  what  is  the  "old  man,"  and  how 
is  he  crucified?  The  old  man  is  our  sin 
fill  mature,  the  inherited  sinful  inclina- 
tions and  evil  propensities.  It  is  equiv- 
alent to  the  body  of  sins,"  the  members 
of  wliich  are  "fornication,  uncleanness, 
inordinate  affections,  evil  concupiscence, 
and  covetousness^  which  is  idolatry,  an- 
ger, wrath,  malice.  l>lasphemy,  and 
filthy  communication,"  Col.  3:  5-8,  and 
to  crucify  it,  is  to  forever  renounce  them ; 
to  cross  the  desires  and  appetites  thereof 
by  doing  just  the  contrary  to  what  they 
tempt  us  to  do. 

To  "  be  dead  with  Christ,"  is  not  to 
really  have  died;  that  our  nrt^wm/ bodies 
are  dead,  but  "  to  be  dead  indeed  unto 
sin,"  and  to  be  dead  indeed  unto  sin,  is 
not  that  shi  itself  is  dead,  but  that  we 
are  dead  unto  sin;  and  to  be  dead  unto 
sin,  is  to  "have  crucified  the  flesh,  with 
tile  passions  (margin)  and  lusts,"  Gal 
5;  24,  to  have  forever  renounced  sin, 
and  in  our  hearts  resolved  never  more 
to  will  unto  sin.  Hence  our  will,  is  the 
life  of  the  "  old  man"  or  the  "body  of 
sins,"  and  when  we  no  more  will  unto 
sin,  for  Christ's  sake,  then  are  we  in- 
deed dead  unto  sin.  Not  that  sin  is  dead 
in  us.  For  it  moves  yet  in  our  mortal 
bodies,  strive-s  for  the  mastery,  wars 
against  the  spirit,  trying  to  get  the  sway 
and  so  to  reign  in  us.  But  Paul  tells 
ihe  Uomau  brethren  u  lio  were  "dead 
indeed  unto  sin,  but  alive  unto  God 
through  Jesus  Christ,  our  Lord:"  "  Let 
not  sill  therefore  (because  they  were  dead 
unto  sin)  reign  in  your  mortal  bodies, 
that  ye  should  obey  it  in  the  lusts  there- 
of." Uoin.  0:  11,  12.  Hence  he  who 
has  '•  crucified  the  old  man,"  for  Christ's 


wh. 


^_^_  ^  a,; 

sake,  whose  "'ill  unto  sin  is  deatPT" 
a  Gospel    subject  to  be   "  burietj     *"- ' 
Christ  in  baptism,"  in  order  that  h  ^ 
also  ris-  ■'  witli  him  through  the  f^jt^" 
the  operation  of  God.    who   raised  V 
from  the  dead."     He  who  divorce  ' 
"buried    with  Christ   in    baptise  i/*^ 
being  baptized  into  his  death,  theW^ 
planted  together  in    the   likeness  of    ' 
death,  the  being  also  in  the  lik^r;,     '  ' 
his  resurrection,  the  rising   of  th. 
man  to  walk   in    newness    of  lif,.     -    " 
the  administration    of  the   rite  of  l  "^ 
tism.  the    immersion    of  the   body   \' 
Imrying  wf  the  believer   into   the  \ 
tismal  waters,  and  disconnectedly  ^1 
it,  without   any  Scriptural  authoritp 
month,  a  year,  or   two   years  befo^,  '" 
commits  so  great   a    crime   as  h^ 
breaks  the  command,  "  Thou  shalt 
commit   adultery,"    puts   asunder  tti 
which  God  has  joined  together,  or  as  i 
who  takes  the  spirit  of  the    body^cou 
mits  murder. 

The  Gospel  subject  for  l)aptism,  tiui 
must  be  dead  unto  sin,  before  be  Nh-' 
be  buried  with  Christ  in  baptism  \  ' 
he  is  not  rerpiired  to  have  risen  wiii 
him.  The  thought  of  Christ  heii, , 
buried  after  he  was  risen  from  the  LJea-i 
Who  evtr  thought  of  bur^nug  the  siiin . 
after  they  have  risen  from  the  dea,| 
when  the  Lord  hjis  descended  fn,i 
heaven  with  a  shout,  with  the  vui^e  ,,| 
the  archangel,  and  with  the  trump  ,  ■ 
God  t  Thess.  4 :  1  (5.  Who  does  uut .., 
the  inconsitency  of  such  a  thought,  y, 
the  absurdity?  And  yet  it  isnom^r 
so,  than  the  doctrine  that  those  whu  ai. 
risen  with  Christ,  shall  then  be  "  buriei 
with  him  in  i)aptisin."  The  truth  i-, 
the  old  man  is  buried  with  Chiist, 
buried  into  Christ's  death,  in  baptisn; 
never  more  to  rise,  but  to  mortality  aui 
deca}';  and  the  new  man  risen  wiii; 
Christ  to  walk  in  newness  of  life.  "Oli, 
says  one,  "  Cornelius  w^as  risen  wii, 
Christ  before  he  was  buried  in  baptism 
I  deny  the  assertion,  and  ask  foritspruif 
He  was  no  more  buried  with  Christ,!ii, : 
risen  with  him  when  the  Holy  Spirit  tV: 
on  him,  than  was  Saul  the  son  of  Kl^ii 
when  he  met  the  company  of  propbt-;- 
and  the  Spirit  of  God  came  upon  liim, 
I  Sam.  10;  10,  and  how  couhl  Saul  have 
been  buried  in  Christ's  death  anil  m-' 
with  him,  seeing  that  Christ  himself  hi! 
not  yet  died  and  risen  ? 

Receiving  the  Holy  Spirit,  is  not  li- 
ing  in  Christ.  For  that  which  rises  i>i 
new  creature,  a  new  man,  not  the  IIl-I 
Spirit,  though  the  latter  possesses  \l 
new  creature,  the  new  man,  and  it  is  H" 
greater  miracle  for  the  new  niau  :. 
Cornelius  to  receive  the  Holy  Spirit  !'■ 
fore  he  was  born,  though  conceived,  th.^; 
it  was  for  John  the  Baptist  to  be  fiH^i 
with  the  Holy  Ghost,  and  leap  for  '}"] 
before  he  was  born. 

In  the  setting  out  of  this  article.  I 
mentioned  three  ways  that  men  il'''' 
with  their  dead,  and  now  let  us  *••- 
whether  it  does  not  agree  with  thepra' 
tice  ot  the  present-day  Christian  }'i ' 
lessors,  in  a  spiritual  point  of  view.  '''' 
find  many  who  do  not  bury  their  coi. 
verts,  those  who  are  seemingly  dt-ail  u''* 
to  sin,  at  all,  but  pass  them  through 'l-' 
quick  process  of  cremation— an-''"'"' 
bench,  revival  excitement  and  there  ; 
consume,  and  reduce  the  old  man, 
body  of  sins  in  them  so  complete! yi  tj" 
for  them  to  sin  any  more  is  siui}>ly  '" 
possible.  ( ?)  Others  enbalm  them  ^^-^ 
which  fre([uently  tabes  six  or  eig' 
weeks  before  they  deposit  them  m  '■ 
tomb.  This  is  done  to  keep  them  fr"|'| 
mortification  and  decay,  and  is  ter  ' 
in  the  Scripture,  "making  provision  ' 
the  flesh,    to    fulfill    the  lusts  therei^i 


'rM.h:    13KKXtlKElSr    J^T    AVOKlv. 


3 


ith,  thfie  to 
to    pass 


Xber«  ftga'"-  •"^^''^^S  8"ffi'--'^'!>f  evi.J.-iice 

(^^.jieVftUat  tLtir  convifts   Lave    *.ru 

*?    J  the  old  man,  are  ilea<l  iudeeil    un- 

^^  lin  an*-^  ^^**  ^  "^"'    '■'■**''^ "'■*"'   **   "'^'^' 
*"  o  is  conc**!^'*^^  in  the  hearts,  they  bury 

^"  ^ ibeir  oUl  man,  the  "boily  of  sius," 

1,/l.flptism,  iuto  Christ's  d 

rtltV  and  decay,  and  finally 
■  to  ol'li^'iou;  in  order   that   they    may 
hrouf'h  the  faith  in  the   poweiful  oper 
tion  of  tfod  in  raising;  Christ  from   the 

aead,  flls"  ^'®*^  ^^''■'^  ^"^'  '"^"'^  ^^'"^'^  ^" 
newness  of  lite;  and  by  this  rfsiuivctiou 
finally  Lon<iuor  death  hell  and  the 
rftve,  and  obtain  the  t^owu  of  life  with 
the  inheritance,  incorruptible,  and  that 
ffldeth  not  away,  which  is  reserved  for 
tbeui  in  heaven. 

-■HE    LITERAL    INTERPRETATION 
OF  THE  HOLY    SCRIPTURES. 

BY  ALES  W,  llKEiE. 

"  Hut  he  answered  and  aaid.  it  is  writtf  a  llum 
shalt  ii"t  live  by  bread  alone,  but  by  every  word 
tliat  procetdeth  out  of  tho  mouth  of  God." 
llHtt.  4:4. 

TUK  Scriptures  of  Divine  truth  com- 
prise a  revelation  of  the  will  of 
God  to  the  human  race.  This  revela 
tion  is  addressied  to  moral,  intelligent, 
fltc'Ji'i**'^^'^*'  beiugs.  It  is  the  voice  of 
the  Creator,  clothed  in  huiuau  language, 
fldiivessing  itself  to  the  moral  nature  of 
uiau  through  the  prescient  faculties  of 
mind.  While  the  intimate  connection 
between  mind  and  matter  is  too  subtile 
for  the  tinite  conception  of  raau — this 
we  do  know  that  we  are  broui^ht  iuto 
relation  with  exteru.il  things,  solely 
through  the  medium  of  the  organs  of 
;ial  sense.  Language  is  but  the  ex- 
of  thought — the  medium,  which 


8p' 


presBion 

by  common  consent,  and  tho  forco  of 
imperious  circumstance  ia  used  as  the 
vehicle  of  communication  between  man 
and  his  fellow- man.  Worils  are  but  the 
Bigus  ot  ideas,  they  have  no  intrinsic  val 
ueorspecial  meaning  in  themselves.  They 
are  arbitrary  terms  employed  for  the  ex- 
pression of  mental  tbrms  and  forces, 
God,  in  communicating  his  will  to  man, 
employed  the  instrumentality  of  human 
language  to  convey  the  workings  of  the 
divine  mind  to  the  comprehension  of 
human  intellif^ence,  for  this  is  the  only 
agency,  short  of  miraculous  interven- 
tion, by  wliich  he  eoiiUl  reach  the  human 
luiud. 

Inhis  view  of  tho  subject  be  correct, 
it  then  inevitably  follows,  as  a  logical 
sequence  to  the  proposition,  that  we  are 
to  accept  the  literal  interpretation  of  the 
Holy  Scriptures  as  the  rule  of  faith  and 
practice.  We  are  to  accept  what  God 
says  as  being  what  he  really  means. 

Some  mouths  ago  the  writer  fell,  in- 
cidenlly  into  a  conversation  with  a  learn- 
ed divine  of  a  popular  denomination,  in 
whieh  he  took  occasion  to  compliment 
the  Brethren,  on  their  blameless  life  and 
amversation,  on  their  devotion  to  the 
cause  of  Christ,  and  their  veneration  for- 
the  Wordof  God<(.*  thei/  an/lerstood  it — 
btroui^dy  emphasising  the  latter  clause. 

He  then  added,  that  he  had  just  fin 
ished  reading  a  book  defending  the  doc 
trinesof  the  Brethren,  which  had  bi'en 
loaned  him  by  one  of  our  pre.ichi-r.s. 
"  Yes,"  said  he,  ''  it  is  a  very  well  writ 
ten  book,  andlogically  convluf^ive,  if  you 
(ulniH  the  premises!  "But,"  he  contin- 
ued, "I  by  no  means  adiiiil  hla  premis 


"  Wherein,"'  1  asjced,  '"are  the  prem 
ises  defective?''  "  Well,  there  are  insu 
perable  difficulties  iu  the  way  of  a  liter 
(il  interpretation  of  the  Scriptures."  Thi 
letter  killetk,  but  the  spirit  maketh 
alive."     Al  thltj  point  iu  the   conversa 


ti*»n.  we  entered  into  a  friendly  discuss 
ion  of  the  points  iiivolvt*^i,  in  whieli  h" 
emleavored  to  sustain  bis  position  against 
.a  literal  interpretation  of  the  Word, 
which  continued  for  pt-rhaps  an  hour. 
As  many  points  of  interest  weri*  brought 
out,  and  some  of  the  o\>jections  introduc- 
ed being  rather  novel  to  my  mind,  I  was 
led  into  some  reflection"  on  the  subject, 
which  I  emboilied  iu  a  sermon  sh<»rtly 
afterward,  foimded  on  the  language  of 
the  text  at  the  opening  of  this  sketch. 
As  I  dislike  the  frequent  use  of  the  per- 
sonal pronoun,  the  essence  of  the  con- 
versation above  alluded  to,  will  be  giv- 
en in  the  form  of  "objection,"  and  "  an- 
swer." 

1.  Objection.  The  Brethren  them- 
selves, with  all  the  stress  they  lay  upon 
the  subject,  do  not  UteraJJy  "obey"  the 
Divine  Word.  Example:  We  are  com- 
manded to  go  into  all  the  world  and 
"  preach  the  Gospel  to  every  creature.'''' 
Now,  a  home  is  a  creature — a  mule  is  a 
creature,  but  you  do  not  preach  the  Gns- 
pel  to  them,  hence  you  fail  to  dt»  as  the 
Go8})el  commands." 

Answer.  The  Gospel  is  addressed  to 
God's  moral,  intelligent,  accountable 
creatures — not  to  the  '*  beasts  that  per- 
ish." They  are  not  subject  to  the  mor- 
al government  of  God.  They  are  not 
included  in  the  list  of  inLelligeiit,  think 
ing  creation,  hence  are  not  embraced  in 
ilie  command.  To  preach  to  them  would 
be  a  palpable  absurdity, — and  we  can- 
not have  so  low  an  estimate  of  God,  as 
his  character  is  revealed  to  us  in  the 
light  of  his  Word,  as  to  suppose  that 
he  would  impose  an  absurd  obligation 
upon  his  creatures.  The  man,  however 
sincere  he  might  be  in  attempting  to 
obey  the  //^fj-t/^  word,  who  would  preacli 
to  the  horse  and  mule,  would  he  consid- 
ered a  fit  subject  for  the  lunatic  asylum. 
Olijection.  The  proposition  then  in- 
volves the  (piestiou  of  ahsurditij.  "What 
is  au  absurdity?  Is  it  defiinitely  set- 
tled? Might  not  a  thing  which  would 
appear  absurd  to  one  mind  present  a 
very  reasonable  aspect  to  another?  How 
can  we  arrive  at  ajust  conclusion  as  to 
tlie  intimate  essence  of  what  an  absurd- 
ity is? 

Answer.  That  there  are  degrees  of 
absurdity,  we  cannot  deny.  That  some 
minds  have  a  keener  perception  of  the 
ludicrous  than  others,  is  etpially  true; 
but  we  arrive  at  all  conclusions — we 
reach  the  truth  by  the  general  consent 
of  mankind.  Some  things  are  a  palpa- 
ble absurdity — by  common  consent  they 
are  accounted  as  absurd,  because  they 
strike  the  minds  of  the  ma^s  of  mankind 
as  absurd,  therefore  they  are  absurd.  If 
I  were  to  say,  "  the  moon  is  made  ol 
green  cheese,"  this  would  constitute  an 
absurdity  by  the  universal  verdict  of  in- 
tellit'ent  men.  So  in  regard  to  the  man 
who  should  preach  to  the  horse,  the  ass 
etc.,  the  universal  verdict  would  be  "that 
man  is  a  fool" — a  greater  one  than  the 
animal  to  whom  he  preaches. 

Objection.  Christ  says  at  the  last  sup- 
per, when  ho  took  bread  and  blessed, 
then  brake  and  distributed  to  his  disci- 
ples, "  this  is  my  body,  broken  for  you;" 
also  of  the  cup,  "  this  is  my  blood  shed 
for  you."  Do  you  believe  this  to  be  lit 
erally  true?  Answer — we  do  not.  This 
is  figurative  language.  Ah,  but  says  the 
objector, '*  we  hold  you  strictly  to  the 
proposition,  Christ  says,  this  is  my  body, 
this  is  my  blood.  You  can't  dodge  olf 
into  jS^urtfs!  You  mustatick  to  the  text'' 
Answer-  Very  well.  You  would  not 
insult  the  intelligence  of  mankind,  and 
Ko  do  us  the  injustice  to  assert  that  we 
think  there  are  no/v"'"^'' '"  the  Bit.ie. 
We  know  that  the  awred  pages  ai-e  full 


of  figures  of  speech,  melapimrs,  allego- 
ries, parables,  similes,  etc.,  etc.,  many  of 
wheli  cannot   be   interpreted  literally, 
but  our  poMtioH,  is,  that  where  the   Bi- 
ble teaches  plain  duty  without    the    aid 
(if  ligurative  speech,  it  Is  our  plain  duty 
so  to  interpret  it,  and  simply    to  obey  it. 
Any  contrary  statement  puts  us  in  a  false 
position,  and  one  that  does  no  credit  eith- 
er to  our  honesty   or  intelligence.     We 
do  not  believe  in  the   doctrine   of  tran- 
uVistautiation,  aa  taught  by  the  Romish 
church,  because  it  is  neither   supported 
by  the  Word  of  God,    nor   by   common 
sense.     It  is  a  palpable  absurdity  in    it 
self.     Look  at  the  circum-itance  where 
Christ  uttered   these  memorable  words. 
Was  the  body  of  Christ  literally  broken 
at  the  time?     Did  he  not  sit  at  the  table 
in  his  entire  personality  at  the  very  mo- 
ment he  gave  utterance  to  this  declara- 
tion?    Was  there  a  drop  of  his  precious 
Idood  shed  upon  the   occasion    when  hi 
said, "this  is   my  blood   shed  foi-  you?" 
It  is  universally  conceded   that  the    ag 
of  miracles  ceased  with  the  mortal  lives 
of  the  apostles,  and  yet  if  this   doctrine 
were  true,  how  many   millions   of  timvs 
has  this  miracle  been  enacted  within  the 
past  eiL'hteen  hundred  years.     Think  of 
the    vmnumbered    millions  of  nominal 
Christians  all  over  the  world  who   have 
celebrated  this  ordinancH   since    the  sad 
night  of  its  institution  by  our  adorable 
Redeemer  himself.     Would  not  Christ's 
body  have  been  consumed  centuries  ago, 
unless  miraculously  renewetl?    The  doc- 
trine is  absurd,  unworthy  of  Christ,  and 
hence  we  reject  it  as  unworthy  of  us. 

OVtjectiou.  You  teach  that  })apti8m, 
the  literal  washing  with  water,  is  enen- 
tial  to  mlvatioTiy  while  the  or<linance  re 
ally  teaches,  by  its  spiritual  signfication, 
the  cleansing  of  our  carnal  natures  by 
the  Holy  Spirit. 

Answer.     We  are  jdainly  command- 
ed to  repent  and  be  baptized  for  the  re 
mission  of  sins.     We    Ijelieve   that   tlie 
penitent  believer  is  the  only  proper  sub- 
ject for  baptism  on  the  face  of  theeartli — 
the  only  one  embraced,  or  comprehend- 
ed in  the   command.     In  that  sense  we 
do  believe  that   baptism    "is   essentiaV 
to   salvation.      Faith,   repentance,   and 
baptism  are   the  conditions  of  pardon 
and  acceptance,  and  these  conditions  are 
truly  and  literally    within    the  reach  of 
every  man  .and    woman  of  the    human 
race  within    the   sound  of   the    blessed 
Gospel  of  the  Son  of   God.  To  say  that 
men  ever  have   been,  or  can    be   saved 
without  baptism,  since   the  commission 
was  given  to  the  apostles  and  their   suc- 
cessors, is  to  say  what  God  has  nowhere 
leclared  in  his   Holy   Word.     It   is  to 
say  that  men  can  be   saved   outside  of 
God's  method;  it  is  to  say  that  men  can 
remodel  God's  plan;  it   is   to   say  that 
they  can  improve  God's    way,   and   tliatl 
what  God  has  plainly  and  emphatically 
commanded,  man    may   ignore  and    set 
aside — it  is  to  say  that  we  may  safely  re- 
gard "  the  commandments  and  traditions 
of  men"  while  we  neglect  and  refuse  to 
obey  the  commandments  of  God.  These 
are  surely  not  "  safe  grounds"  for  us   to 
occupy,  and  we  rlishonor  (Jod  when  we 
exact  the  opinions  of  men  above  his   in- 
fallible Word. 

(7b  be  continued). 

DEPENDENCE. 

TilERK  is  no  more  important  lesson 
for  men  to  learn  than  that  of  their 
utter  depencb'nce,  as  well  tw  of  all  thingt 
in  this  worhi,  upon  each  other  relative- 
ly, and  absolutely  upon  something  that 
ranuot  l.elong  to  this  world.  It  is  well 
understood  that  in  this  world    there    is 


nothing  that  exists  of  itself  and  is  there* 
fore  entirely  iii«b-p.ndent;  nothing  that 
has  within  itwelf  all  the  means  of  itH  ex- 
istpnce.  But  that  th^-re  must  be  some- 
wbere  a  cause,  which  ha.s  its  own  exis- 
tence within  it»elf,  niuwt  be  admitted. 
And  more  than  this;  it  must  be  the 
cause  of  all  other  existence  outside  of  it, 
in  regular  succession  from  the  highest 
to  the  lowest.  And  since  no  cause  can 
produce  its  own  equal,  this  first  or  orig- 
inal cause,  must  be  superior  to  its  high- 
est and  all  \Ut  production ;  hence  a  Being 
above  all  human  beings  that  were  an( 
will  be  iu  all  worlds,  and  to  all  othei 
creatures  and  creation. 

There  is  nothing  iu  human  life  that  is 
more  constantly  and  clearly  before  man 
than  his  utter  dependence;  not  only  up- 
on the  things  which  surround  him,  and 
upon  his  fellows,  but  upon  tiie  almost 
innumerable  parts  of  hisown,  being;  aa 
well  as  the  dependence  of  all  th«se 
things  upon  a  First  Cause.  A  person 
wlio  is  a  perfect  human  being,  with  all 
the  faculties  complete,  is  nevertheless 
utrerly  helpless  without  surroundings 
suited  to  his  capacities;  for  what  would 
the  best  eyes  be  wortli  without  light? 
and  the  best  ears  without  sound?  And 
if  a  man's  surroundings  were  ever  so 
completely  suited  to  a  pertect  human 
being,  so  far  as  there  is  a  defect  in  hira, 
are  they  useless. 

From  an  increiwiug  knowledge  ol"  tliis 
dependence,  man  is  cotistautly  discover- 
ing new  issues  in  naturi-.  AU  discover- 
i*'sand  inventions  are  thus  made.  The 
relation  between  things  is  tln-Ir  dupend- 
ence  upon  each  other.  Human  wantP 
are  evidences  of  human  dependence,  &jn 
these  direct  attention  to  the  relation  he 
tween  man  and  man,  and  hetween  mai 
and  otlier  things;  and  continuing  thu. 
investigation  it  must  lead  to  a  bettor 
kno\\  ledge  of  the  relation  between  cn'a- 
ti'm  and  Creator,  thus  hetween  cause  and 
ellV-et,  until  the  lirst  cause  iscontemjdat- 
ed.  It  must  prifgress  from  dead  matter 
to  living  spirit,  and  thence  from  spirit- 
ual creation  or  ed'ect,  towards  spiritual 
Cause. — Jit.  Joij  Herald. 


THE  STOLEN  SERMON. 


milE     ]Vatc) 
■L     stealing  t 


the    sermon- 

g  story  of  a  young  man  who 
stood  before   a  presbytery    in  Scotland, 
asking   ordination ;    Principid    Rubison 
was  moderator.     The  young    man    was 
rigidly  examined,  and  asked  to    preach. 
The  examinatitm  and  the  sermon   were 
both  satisfactory.  The  candidate  retired, 
and  the  moderator   said:    "I  feel  com- 
pelled to  say  that  tho  sermon  which  the 
young  man  has  preached  is  not  his  own. 
It  is  taken   from  an  old  volume  of  ser- 
mons, long   out   of  print.      Where   he 
fouml  it  I  do  not  know.     I  supposed  the 
only  copy  of  the  volume  to  lie  found  was 
in  my  lilirary,  and  the  candidate  has  had 
no   a<xess   to   that."     The   young  man 
was  calletl  in  and  asked    if  the  sermou 
he  had  preached  was  his   own.     "  No," 
he  frankly   said.     "  I   was  pressed  for 
time,  and    could    not  make  a  sermon  in 
season.     The  sermon  1  preached  was  one 
which  I  heard  Principal  Robison  preach 
some  time  ago.     I  took  notes  of  it   and 
liked  it  HO  well  that  I  wrote  it  out  from 
memory,  and  have  preached  it   to  day." 
N'othing  was  said;  there  was  nothing  to 
be  said  I 


God  overrules  all  mutinous  accident 
bring<»  them  uncler  \\U  laws  of  fa; 
and  makes  them  all  serpice.ible  to  I 
purpose. 


'I'll  I.    i;i{i;'j; :  i;i ;  N 


W'OJtlC. 


Februrti-y     ^  .^ 


^r|c  fircffircn  af  Itlorfi. 

I'l  III.ISHKII  WKKKI.V. 


J.  H    MOORE, 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN, 


.}' 


Tii«  Bsminns  JIT  >V«RK  «.in.p.»nl  1.1  Sl.«»  [.trnn. 
sum  in  n.lMrn"-.  Any  -kk-  «Ii"  "fill  »cn'J  "<  fiRliI  tiiuiiM 
Uil  fl-2iHl  Hill  ■.'.■'i>r  nil  iiililiiluuiil  vaff  frctr  of  cliargo. 
ftiiij  ror  iMcli  :..]  iHiximl  n«ni«  ciTcr  nnd  nUjin  lh«  nine 
Okiiii'^l  ilii' :i>;<'ni  mil  l-c  itUowo'l  i*n  jirr  ccni.,  which 
kniuiiiii  I'Hn  lie-  'i[>iiiictr>l  fruni  thr  laoaey  liorcrc  hcd'Hiik  it 
loun  Mon^/xroi  ly  l'u>lal  UrJon,  I(rgi»i«rH  I^tlcni 
or  drnft*.  progierlf  a'Mreixrtl,  "ill  !>«  "I  our  null.  When 
soRitiiiit  JtaO,  W  »iire  Iliai  ii  In  nil  u  chrck.  IT  il  ■•  n 
cfarok.  il  cu'ln  ui  :U)  tenU  ro  oolki:!.  wbili^  &  rlraft  rnn  Ir 
ooltrric'l  Tri-c  I'liirn^fp  "tiioi]<*  iiin/  he  urnt  fur  atijouiit 
iiijfr  I  'H'.  i.Nt  -,li.,.«.  -..nl  ItiP  ii...iir.j'  if  ^'iii  c(in   ((ci  il 


A  LCTTKB  JuHt  receivKl  from  Brulber  It.  H.    HEPOBT  OF  TRACTS  AKD  PAMFH- 
[  Miikr  iufornif  us  that  be  Una  been  aicJc  for  ovrr  j  LETS  DISTRIBUTED  FREE. 

a  uvifk,  auij  inT  tliiit  it^HMiii  IiiiA  not  LM^ukblelo  - - - 

roiiii- toLaoiirle.  iM«-a**i-xi)wUd.  H*- 1'™»''''"  i  /"v  X  tit;  I'fitii  ..!  OeaniUr.  l'??*.  the  Boaiti 
tocomeiuHtw.M/»nMh«i-i«l>le.  Muvli  pn^ach- HJ  „(  MiOia^i.-ra  orderwi  that  tracU  aud 
injf,andgreat«xpiwuwh  T«/r-^tlya)f.-atdhi»|  j,^,„j,,j^j„_    H,   tl,„  amount  of  ^0.   nhould  be 

i^nt  out  ftre.     Onl.v  un<r  aud   a  half  month? 
We  are  inf-frmwl   thwt    7%^   Ihnron.  a  pa-    h«v**»-]ap*ed  Bimt.- the  order  was   gi\-<.'n.  aud  in 
per  publitihi^d  in    I'enni'ji  Ivauia.  Jihm  bet'D  pul*-  I  thttt  lime  ]01h  ^jpies,  or  about   25."f»<J  pnge«  of 
lijibiag  flooie  ntateiuentK  abnut   the    tinaiicial    rtrvding  matlvr.  ta^   U,eu   sent  out  to  different 

piirtii  of  the  country.    That  the  reader  may  eec 


8ul>M 


ImI    .'. 


irntinr 


fl09  nboiiIU  )>c  M'JdrPMPil 


riicnJf'I  for  Ihf 
iiiccicJ  with  ih«  of. 


UOOBZ  ft  SSHELUAK, 

Laurk,  C&rroll  Co.,  Ill 


LANAIEK,  IM... 


rFiiiitrAitv  i:i,  ih;». 


BBOTHKit  Gkokok  W.  Cnii'K.  wi-art*  informed. 
i»  hoIdinK  a  jwrii-n  of  ineetingwiit  f-Vrro  Gordo. 
III.  ___^^_ 

Notk'Fj^  i>r  n  number  of  Diiitrict  Mpetinj^K 
will  np|ti'iir  Muon.  They  have  been  delayed  for 
wiint  of  room. 

Wk  art*  inlormed  that  elder  Kli  CnylorB,  of 
NMlih'cvilii!,  hid.,  iH  lyinK  very  low  with  tin* 
brontliial  twver,  mid  ih  not  eicpected  to  recover. 

HiidTiiHti.s  Fii.i.MriiiK,  or  loWH.  find  Luceii- 
beel.  of  KtinHiu-.Iiiti'ly  lii^ld  »  Mt-rii^M  of  mpclinK" 
in  theUi'Ihi'l  Clmrdi,  Tlmyer  county.  Net., 
One  mmlo  the  good  confession. 

'I'liK  DiHtrict  Mi-etiiiK  of  Northern  lowii  will 
l)>-  hrtl't  1)11  tlic  7rl]  ol'  Miin:li  next,  in  the  meet- 
ing hnii-",  fiiiir  tilid  one-liiilf  mileN  ninith  ot' 
Wiiterl'to,  Bliickhawk  coimiy. 

Ui  It  generous  contribntom  nnd  correiipond- 
ciitit  will  plen^c  I'^f'ii'-e  thi'detiiy  ofnomoof  tln'ir 
arlicli'M.  VVi- lire  tluilit;  llie  bent  lor  tlieiii  we 
ciiri,  mid  itn*  iJianlfful  lor  tlio  nid  tliey  me  tliiiN 
iilTording  ua. 

liiKUiiKK  I).  B.  OiJisd.v,  nnder  diile  of  Kelj- 
rimry  Itli,  wriU'*  from  ('liiatm»,  ntuting  that  Ium 
iiieetinnH  til.  South  Ifeiul,  liid.,  cIoHod  wilh  dix- 
leen  Hil'Iitions,  nnd  au»  rcxtored.  He  wrut  on 
his  way  hoiii(»i  whore  hu  oxpects  to  renmiii  for 
(he  prcHri.l. 


biwinfM  of  tbii  t»flic<;  that  are  doing  iis  harm 
in  certain  locoliticM.  An  wc  Mldom  get  to  *kk 
that  paper,  and  are  not  ported  on  iiH  contt'ntc. 
we  cannot  now  correct  the  t(tateraent*t  Mrhicb  it 
hoft  be«;n  circulating,  ft  will  be  a  favor  to  ua 
if  M«me  one  will  wnd  un  »  cojiy  of  Tht  !)faron 
conlftining  the  ob;i'ctionableiitatement»«,  fiothat 
wc  <(in  j>ul»Ii«h  ()»■  ne(;eM.tjiry  corrcetionx. 


BUSINESS. 

11  UK  fill  Ion  ing  i>i  a  nam  pie  of  ielters  freijiu-nt- 
\y  received  iit  thin  ofiice: 
"I  registered  you  on^*  dollar  about  the  last 
of  November  for  tlic  BnmiiiK.N  at  VVobk 
rty  ealling  at  the  poHt  otlice  I  find  you  received 
the  money,  4)[it  I  have  not  received  the  paper. 
Sfy  time  was  up  the  Ut  of  Sei)f*'mber,  but  re- 
r.'ivcd  tlio  piijier  till  the  third  number  of  tl.e 
Sleiii  and  fiay  debate.  I  wrote  you  to  send 
me  tiie  paper  froni  that  time  on,  I'leiuie  get 
the  dei>a(e  complete,  n«  I  want  it  ull.  John 
Wdllter." 

Thin  letter  come*  to  nh  witlioiit  any  po-it_ 
oflice  or  Htate,  and  therefore  can  not  hv  atcend- 
d  to;  but  had  lie  given  hiM  address  tlie  whole 
mutter  could  be  looked  up,  Hut  aa  it  itt  noth- 
ing can  he  done,  and  of  coume  we  will  be 
blamed  for  not  attending  io  olt  buBine«s. 
Ome  for  all.  iiljow  nr*  to  say  tliat  we  raunot 
heiiil  the  jmjjer  to  any  one  iinlewH  we  knovv  I; 
iwldri'«n.  No  iiiun  nhould  ever  write  without 
giving  hiK  addrcHH  in  full.  We  get  scores  of 
httei-M  on  business  and  no  address  on  them 
whiitev<  r;  hence,  they  miiBt  be  laid  aside  til) 
the  partii'H  write  again. 


HitKTiritKN  B.  B.  Wliitmoffliid  Inane  Studo- 
liiiker  lield  a  serieH  of  iiieelingH  at  Sliarpuburg, 
111.  I-'oiir  were  added  to  Ihe  church  by  biipti«jn. 
'I'lit-y  hIho  held  ii  few  meetings  in  the  west  jiart 
i.r  Christian  county,  and  had  the  pleasure  ot 
''iiig  one  come  and  coufcNs  Clirixt. 

Ov  thi'Mcventh  pnge  will  ho  found  ii  loiter 
III  iiiir  aged  brother,  I^aac  Price  It  \>i  likely 
Jiir  lii.'*t  lulicle  he  will  be  able  lo|)iviiiireforthe 
I  ••H:^,  uud  ho  very  much  denii-ed  to  he  heard 
nii.e  more  on  the  Hubject  which  helms  given 
n  iii-h  Httentiou  to  in  former  yearn.  His  age 
■  iiilltH  him  to  a  lu'iwing. 

SuMi:,  whom   we  thought  were  getting  our 

iMpi-r  i-egulnrly,  now  inform   us  that  they  have 

'f  received  «  copy  for  six    nionth.s,   and  even 

i.er.     Of  coume  these  ptTHoiis  do   not  feel 

Il  toward  us  abont  it,   though  we   are  inn o- 

li  of  any  int4'ntional  error,  and    very  much 

■•t  the  mistake.     If  persons  who  do  not  re- 

'■■  their  papers  in  due  time   would  inform  m 

■  'i  the  fuct,  the  matter  could  be  looked  np,  and 

till!-  un])leasant  feelings  iivoidod. 


GOOD  ADVICE, 


\  sisTKR,  who  hiLs  the  weHki-e  of  souls  ut 
ir[.  snys:  ''I  will  send  in  my  mite  for  sending 
laper  to  i)onr  membem.  If  I  hud  as  much 
Mueofour  members  I  would  send  more. 
-  I  had  the  misfortune  to  loo^e  nearly  all 
oney  I  hod,  and  have  much  to  pay  in  our 


AT  the  installation  of  a  Baptist  minister  in 
Lower  Canada,  recently,  the  following  ad- 
vice was  given  to  thy  congregulion.  The  speak- 
er said : 

*'  Dear  brethren,  I  suggest  tliat  you  pray  for 
your  minister  daily;  guard  hi«  reputation  care- 
fully; hear  him  jireiich  weekly;  lihten  to  ihe 
word  wiikefully;  labor  with  him  patiently,  both 
ridividually  and  collectively;  •  *  •  *  gjy,, 
him  a  hit  of  meat  and  a  ball  of  butter  occasion- 
allj  ;  call  on  him  frequently,  but  tarry  briefly; 
greet  him  cordially,  but  not  rudely;  and  may 
the  (Idd  of  all  grace  bless  you  abundantly,  and 
add  unto  you  daily  such  iia  shall  be  saved  eter- 
nally." And  tothis  wefurlherndd:  If  he  makes 
any  mifitalte",  go  to  him,  and  in  a  Christian 
ipirit,  tell  liim  of  it,  not  as  a  fuult-finder,  but 
one  wlio  loves  the  cause.  Do  all  you  can  to 
help  your  minister  along,  both  spiritually  and 
teniporally.  If  he  is  beliind  with  his  work,  help 
him.  If  he  is  poor,  bear  part  of  his  burden,  and 
flod  will  bless  you  for  it. 


■  (i  here  in  the  city,  1  cannot  do  much.  . 
:■'  do  all  I  can  for  the  miB.siou  cause  while 
<  ling  through  this  wilderness  of  woe.  My 
-r  is,  that  much  good  may  be  done  through 

•■■  paper  and  the  missionary  cause." 

'  K  visit  to  Mt.  Morris  last  week  was  a 
.lit  one.    Mt.  Morris  is  a  plensantly  lo- 

!  (own  about  2;">  milcN  east  of  L.inark,  and 
■:.ted  in  the  midst  of  a  large  .«ettlement  of 

Itren.  We  were  with  them  three  dtiys.  aud 
!"d  nieotin;;s  in  the  town  hall  each  even- 
Such  an  a^yeinbly  of  people  is  said 
before    occurred     in    the    history    of 

i  iw.  Brother  Slein  reached  the  ])lftc"e  the 
Uy  before,  and  while  there  preached  some 
rmontf.     We  left  on  Wednesday  evening, 

■  r  Stein  expecting  to  remain  till  the  first 
•  this  week.    A  number  of  brethren  aud 

^'rom  a-ljolnin*  churches  were  in  attend- 


liOST  HIS   SERMON. 

HOW  docs  this  look  for  one  of  the  greatest 
preachers  in  America?  "  Bishop  Simjwon. 
at  one  of  his  Yale  lectuivs,  found  liimself  in  an 
unpleasant  predicament  when  lie  came  before 
his  audience,  a  portion  of  his  manuscript  being 
mi*siug.  A  professor  went  in  search  of  the 
mislaid  pages,  however,  and  ihe -spoaker  occu- 
pied tlio  momenta  before  his  return  with  a  few 
interesting  i-euiinisceucea  of  President  Lincoln 
If  some  uneducated  farmer  should  lose  a  part  of 
hi."!  sermon  while  on  his  way  to  nifetinK,  and 
send  some  one  out  jn  search  of  it,  it  would  not 
look  so  bad;  but  when  it  comes  to  a  college  pro- 
fessor having  to  depend  on  manuscript  it  is 
rather  a  poor  comment  on  education. 

This,  however,  reminds  me  of  what  is  told  at 
.lohn  Wesley's  expense.  Mr.  Wesley  entered 
the  meeting-house,  pulled  oft"  Ins  overcoat,  felt 
the  pocket*",  ii^•^t  one  and  thcu  tlie  otli<  r. 
seemingly  very  umch  troubled.  Kinaliy  agood- 
hearted  old  .sister  stepped  up  to  him  and  said: 
"  Brother  Wesley,  wliat  is  the  matter?  you 
seem  troubled."  "I  have  lost  my  sermon,"  he 
replied.  "  Well."  responded  the  piousold  sister, 
"  can  you  not  trust  the  Lord  for  one  sermon?  " 
Mr.  Wesley  said  that  tnught  him  n  lesson. 


where  they  have  been  didtributed,  liicreby  give 
the  names  and  uddrei^ses  of  jiersons  to   whom 
they  have  been  wi't: 
.1.  1*.  Mooniaw,  Purple  Cane,  Neb. 
Henry  Crouce.  Montrose,  Iowa. 
(;.  C.  Iioi>t.  Miriibile.  Mo. 
Miirtin  B'lwerx.  I'olfax.  Ind. 
A.  T.  Meiz,  IIutsoDville.  Mo. 
.}.  K.  Xeher.  Salem,  III. 
Kmma  Watson,  Geneva,  Ind. 
Thos.  C.  Wood.  Lynch's  Station,  V'a. 
W.  H.  Ownby,  Moscow.  Kan. 
.LP.  Neher,  Itoseville,  UI. 
Wm.  H.  Sell,  Martinsville,  Mo. 
A.  White,  Hedge  City,  Mo. 
Mn*.  L.  G.  St.>ne.  Woodland.  Cal. 
L.  G.  Carman.  White  Kock'.  Kan. 
Marnhalt  £nni.s,  Corning,  .Ark: 
Bell  ».rkley.Ca.-(opolii.  Mich. 
I).  Il-mbey.  Maliomet,  III. 
.1.  H.  Goodman,  Woburn.  Ill, 
\).  M.  Miller,  for  WifconNim  Mission. 
1).  E.  /uck,  K'epl-r.  Kan. 
IJ.  T.  Hoffman,  Bri»tolville.  0. 
J.  W.  Smouse,  Smicksburg,  Pa. 
Waldemar  Meyer,  Latbrop,  Cal. 
E.  .4.  Orr,  Stewiirlsville,  Mo. 
('.  M.  Murtin.  l''f.  Larned,  Kan. 
C.  IJ.  I'aigc,  Mt.  Vernon,  O. 
AInum  Mock,  Boydston  Mills,  Ind. 
Allen  Ives,  Burr  Oak,  Kan. 
S.  II.  Swihart,  Appleton,  Wis. 
A.  Ohmert,  Salem,  Oregon. 
.1.  H.  itobertB,  Myrtle  Point,  Oregon. 
Here  we  have  1,018  tracts  and  pamphlets,  or 
2."j,0U0  pages  of  reading  matter,  at  the  extreme- 
ly low  rate  of  si.\  and  one-fourth  pages  for  one 
cent.    This  shows  what  can  be  done  by  print- 
ing  in   large  ciuantitins.    The  American  Bible 
Society  are  now  putliug  out  good  Testaments 
for  five  cents  each.    They  can  do  this,  because 
much   of  the  money  is  donated,  and  they  are 
enabled  to  publish   them  in   large  quantities. 
So  in  the  case  of  good   books  aud   pamphlets. 
If  i)ublished  in   large  quantities,   they  can  be 
put  out  very  cheap. 

The  design  of  the  Tract  Association  is  to 
sound  out  the  doctriue  of  Christ  by  means  of 
the  press,  at  the  mere  cost  of  labor  and  mate- 
It  is  not  calculated  to  enrich  anyone 
financially,  nor  to  further  Ihe  cause  or  pleas  of 
any  jjarticular  person  or  persons,  but  to  make 
known  tlie  apostolic  faith  and  practice. 

We  nii^ht  write  column  after  column  giving 
the  results  of  distributing  pamphlets  free,  hut 
think  it  not  expedient.  Now  what  say  you, 
brethren  aud  sisters,  shall  this  work  be  contin- 
ued? Shall  the  Distributing  Fund  be  replenish- 
ed, so  that  this  work  may  be  carried  forward 
with  more  vigor  than  ever?  Calls  continue  to 
come  for  these  silent,  biit  effective,  messengers; 
and  now  shall  they  h-;  heeded?  Mny  our  hearts 
be  80  impressed,  that  our  hands  will  be  moved 
to  act  for  the  good  of  our  fellow-men.  We  are 
but  instruments  in  God's  hands  for  any  good 
purpose,  and  as  He  willeth  so  should  we  hasten 
to  pcilVrm.  M.  M.  Eshei.m.\k, 

Secretary. 


lag  accomplished  tluu  in  the  apostolic  timeg^ 

If  you  alliiw  i^oplt  U\  dres^  and  act  about  ^ 
they  piea>^e.  a(ur  they  «n-  in  the  ehurcb,  their 
coQTersion  will  be  fuund  (juiti-  an  efi»y  matter 
There  is  but  li'.tle  convef-ioD  to  be  done.  Jt  j 
much  like  plowing:  if  a  man  only  about  half 
plows  his  ground  he  can  get  over  a  great  amoun* 
of  it  io  a  short  ttuie. 


MANY  CONVERTS. 

ONE  of  our  exchanges  is  sadly  mistaken  in 
stating  that  it  "  is  capable  of  proof  that 
when  everything  is  taken  into  account,  the  ex- 
tention  of  the  kingdom  of  God  ha.*i  been  greater 
during  this  century  than  during  the  age  of  the 
apostles."  It  is  generally  presumed  that  one 
million  persons  were  converted  during  the  firat 
century,  and  at  that  time  there  was  but  one 
church,  and  everybody  had  to  join  that  or  none. 
They  had  but  one  baptism  and  every  convert 
had  to  submit  to  I  hat  or  nothing,  but  not  so 
now.  There  are  hundreds  of  churches,  and 
most  people  can  find  something  just  to  suittheir 
mind.  And  as  for  baptism,  they  can  have  that 
in  most  any  way  they  want  it,  or  if  desired,  not 
at  all.  Let  men  now  start  out  and  preach  the 
plain  old  Gwpel  as  it  wai  preached  by  the 
apostles  luid  they  will  find  whether  more  is  be- 


SAYS    SENSATION. 

THE  cditoH'  of  the  Bkethken  at  Work 
entered  into  a  written  agreement  to  pub- 
lish our  discusf-ion  in  that  paper.  They  btgan 
to  pubii.th  il  in  that  Tonker  paper,  according 
io  agreement,  but  when  hard  pressed  they  have 
forfeited  their  word,  contract,  and  honor  by 
shutting  it  out!  They  have  deliberately  and 
wiKully  violated  their  written  obligation!' 
Yea.  they  know,  that  printing  tlte  discussion  in 
that  separate  little  slip  only,  is  "shutting  it 
out  of  the  paper."  By  this  trick  their  paper 
can  be  circulated  without  Ihe  debate.  Wfav 
did  they  agree  to  publish  the  debate  in  the 
Brethre.v  at  WoitK,  if  they  did  not  intend  to 
do  it?  We  (inuanil  that  the  discussion  be  pub- 
li.-ihed  in  the  Brkthren  at  Work,  according 
to  contract. 

Also,  the  editors  of  this  Tuuker  paper  refuse 
to  "prove  or  withdraw"  their  per^oual  charges 
that  we  have  used  "rough,"  "unbecoming  and 
abusive  expressions,"  in  the  discussion.  They 
know  that  they  cannot  prove  it,  and  they  have 
not  the  kind  of  religion  to  prompt  them  to 
■correct  the  injury.  The  Tunker  editors  have 
turned  "the  Key"  and  shut  out  the  discus.sion. 
They  "love  darkness  rather  than  light." — Bap- 
tist Battfe  Ftaij. 

The  great  champion  debater  of  the  Baptist 
church  is  still  laboring  to  save  his  loht  cause 
by  getting  up  a  sensation,  and  wants  to  make 
his  readers  believe  that  he  is  doing  wondere 
with  our  doctrine,  and  nmking  havoc  in  the 
ranks  of  our  people.  Not  knowing  anything 
else  to  get  up  a  sensation  over,  lie  makes  a  drive 
at  cur  sdppUment,  and  wdnts  to  make  his 
readers  believe  that  a  supplement  is  not  a  part 
of  the  paper.  Many  of  our  readers  expressed 
a  desire  to  have  the  debate  printed  on  a  separate 
sheet  so  they  could  preserve  it,  aud  so  far  as  we 
have  heard  from  them  they  are  well  plea-sed 
with  tlie  plau,  and  did  it  not  cost  too  much  we 
would  put  the  sui)plement  up  in  a  shape  so  it 
could  be  hound  into  a  book  after  the  debate  is 
over.  Hut  it  seems  Mr.  Kay  does  not  want 
this  done;  he  don't  want  it  preserved,  but 
wants  it  in  the  paper  so  that  when  the  paper 
is  torn  up  the  debate  will  be  destroyed  too. 
While  it  was  printed  in  the  paper  many  of  our 
readers  would  cut  it  out  and  pa--^te  it  in  their 
scrap  book  in  order  to  preserve  it  entire. 

But  tliere  are  some  things  being  brought  to 
light  that  does  ]iot  please  Mr.  Ray.  He  has 
written  a  book,  endeavoring  to  trace  the  Bap- 
tist Church  to  the  times  of  the  Apostles,  aud 
in  doing  so  has  run  the  line  through  the  church 
that  practiced  trine  immer.sion,  and  in  many 
other  respects  were  very  much  like  the  Breth- 
ren. They  would  not  go  to  war,  would  not 
take  oaths,  and  obeyed  the  commands  of  the 
Lord  blamelessly.  These  things  are  being  held 
up  before  the  gaze  of  the  public,  we  are  print- 
ing them  in  a  form  to  be  preserved,  and  that 
Ray  does  not  want  done.  The  supplement  is 
sent  out  with  each  paper,  aud  all  our  subscrib- 
ers get  it. 

As  for  his  rough  language,  each  reader  of 
our  paper  is  a  witness  to  that  part.  It  needs 
no  proof.  He  might  as  well  ask  us  to  prove 
that  D.  B.  Kay  is  not  a  Baptist  preacher.  If 
he  Mere  to  see  some  of  the  letters  we  get  at 
this  office,  and  hear  what  some  of  our  readers 
say  about  his  "rougli,  unbecoming  nnd  abusive 
expressions,"  he  would  be  ashamed  to  ask  for 
I)roof.  We  confess  that  we  "have  not  the  kind 
of  religion  to  prompt  us  to  correct  the  injury" 
that  the  champion  debater  of  the  Baptist 
Church  does  to  himself.  J.  H.  M. 


The  South  Bvnd  (Ind.)  DaiUj  Tribune  pub- 
lishes an  interesting  biographical  sketch  of 
Bro.  John  Studebakcr,  who  died  at  South  B.-:id, 
Ind..  Dec.  15,  1877.  The  funeral  .sermon  wa^ 
preached  by  Bro.  R.  H.  Miller,  and  will  he 
published  in  the  next  issue  of  this  paper. 

Brother  P.  R.  Wrightsman,  of  South  Beud, 
Ind..  after  an  illness  of  eleven  weeks,  is  now 
able  to  be  up  and  walk  around  in  the  house. 
He  writes  us  that  he  is  improving  slowly,  aud 
itishoi>ed  that  he  will  soon  be  able  to  resume 
is  regular  ministerial  duties. 


uhT«»''>' 


13 


THE    KK3-:Xttt{K>^    ^T    AVOKK. 


THE  OLD  ORDER. 

Nl  MBEK    VII. 

The  rrajri-  of  Faith. 

„o  ■i*--ed  of  piissiiig  through  the 
"'  otb^ '^f  Physics  uud  Mc-taphywcs  iu 
'*^'''  I  e  trml!  of  faithful  prayer.  God  au- 
^^   .,.,.    Mor*-;  He  aii^iwers  all  j'raij.;- o/ 


^^"■' 


Pfli- 


ioJ  ?!' 


Christ,  hiiTe  no  doubts  ahout 
God   is  "ot   only  Lord  of  tlie 
hut  nUo  of  the  body.     The  Christ 


.  ^itnl  and  arose,  not  only  did  so  ior 
1  also  for  the  body.     The  same  con- 


H^ul,  b»i 


for  '*>' 


■sted  for  the  sDui,  was  also  manifest- 


bodv.  The  Redeemer  for  the  soul 
'T  "tlie  Hedeenier  forthe  body.  The  church 
't"  rchased  with  his  own  blood."  The 
^  coiisi'^'s  of  people,  liuman  beings,  and 
'  1  f.  a  wav  opened  up  for  tbeiii  to  nian- 
'^  J  l,l,ss— not  only  *'"''  t'l'^i''  s"»l«  luid  spir- 
"'  nr  their  changed  bodies.  Sou!  mid 
'  ust  be  changed— purified.  Body  must 
^  ,j  too.  God  takes  care  of  soul  and 
'  ,  (jjjg  life.  God  takes  care  of  the  body 
'^,-  life.  Or  to  be  plaine--  ''i"'^  "i*^-""  ""  "i-*- 
^oieaustokeep  sou!  abd 
\Vliere  these  means 


Or  to  be  plainer,  God  gives  us 

s;>irit  pure  before 

are  not   (■ufficient, 

s  tlie  lack  when    we  ask.     God  gives 


„,eaD*  to  preserve 


our  bodies 


lil,  He  re.'idily  supplies  tht 


When  these 
wants. 
n  Creator  of  the  soul  is  also  the  Creator  of 
iodv.  T''^  Provider  and  Nourisher  of  the 
1  ■;  slso  Provider  and  Nonriaher  of  the  body. 
-  jiot  know  that  your  bodks  are  members 
Christ?"  1  ^'^^'  *':13.  Doth  not  Christ 
f^^Hii  members?  Do  we  care  for  one  of 
liauds?  Yes,  truly;  we  bestow  upon  it 
.ilcsjv,  becnuic  it  is  a  part  of  its.  "  What! 
v„H  not  know  tliat  your  body  is  a  temple  of 
t  Ho'y  ^pi"'  '"  y**"*  ^^"ch  you  have  from 
jj"  Tlie  body  a  temple;  is  that  all?  No, 
ii'-you  are  not  your  own;  for  you  were  bought 
ilh  a  pi-ice."  1  Cov.  6 :  19,  20.  The  body  is  a 
niple.  Wliat  is  in  the  temple?  The  Holy 
kost  Does  God  take  care  nf  the  temple  of  the 
^ly  (Jhost?  He  does,  where  we  are  not  able 
liikf  cure  of  it.  "  Likewise  the  Spirit  also 
[luetli  our  infirmities."  Rom.  8:  26.  Here  it 
(jprewly  stated  that  the  Sp\ri*r Iwlpeth  our 
im'tlies.  What  are  infirmities?  Weakuess; 
■blMcss;  especinlly  disease  of  the  l)ody.  Hence 
(Spirit  helps  to  make  ns  strong  where  the 
niinary  means  fail.  We  now  come  to  the 
Healing  of  the  Sick, 

1^  ill  looking  at  this,  shall  present  no  man's 
/■,ni;  uor  have  I  a  theory  of  my  own;  but 
Doirins  that  the  Lord  has  a  theory  upon  this 
iliject,  1  shall  leel  under  obligations  to  urge  it. 
Qd  jou  want  it  urged.  More,  ytui  want  to  he- 
Ti'aiid  practice  it.  You  want  to  believe  and 
nctice  what  the  Lord  says.  You  cannot  nf- 
ri  to  believe  and  practice  something  else  in 
lice  of  the  Lord's  work 
TiieLord  prescribed  a  remedy  for  the  sick 
«1.  He  gave  His  Son.  What  for?  For  the 
iclouly?  For  the  soul  and  spirit  only?  No: 
il  for  soul,  spirit  and  body— that  the  whole 
ail  might  be  saved.  Faith,  repentance  and 
ijitism  are  given  for  the  cure  of  the  sick  soul, 
it*  are  the  prescribed  means — the  things  of 
ifLoiit.   Jesus'  coming,  work,  sufi'ering,  death, 

urrcction,  and  ascension  make  every  man  free 
fin  "tlie  law  of  sin  and  death."  We  arehap- 
!  Ill  (itheviug  this.  We  are  happy  in  agree- 
igtbatthe  Lord  knew  how  to  cure  the  sick 
III.  The  soul  becomes  conscious  of  its  weak- 
snd  goes  to  Jesus  for  cure,  for  strength. 
Miylyiiig  witli  the  demands  of  the  Lord,  it  re- 
i'«  remission  of  sins,  the  gift  of  the  Holy 
M,  and  eternal  life.  It  is  cvired;  and  from 
™«forlh  is  fed  upon  the  Bread  of  Life. 
"is  our  duty  to  obey  even  when  we  cannot 
M"itf}  clearly  that  the  thing  commanded  can 
'*"y  goad  in  itself.  In  Itself,  or  apart  from 
'^command  of  God,  the  people  could  not  see 
'^t  good  could  come  by  striking  the  lintel  and 
'*  side  posts  with  blood.  Could  not  the  de- 
'''J'Dg  angel  know  whom  to  spare,  without 
"tiiB  blood  on  the  door  posts?  Yes;  but 
'"'"unian  part  God  required,  and  palvation 
^i  therefore  not  be  obtained  without  it. 

''Sour  duty  to  obey  God  when  we  can  see 
^^^'^)\  that  the  thing  commanded,  in  itself, 
^*PWt  from  God,  cannot  do  any  good.  Adam 
'"i  were  commanded  ml  to  eat  "  of  the 
^°^  the  knowledge  of  good  and  evil."  Had 
^^^  commaodod  to  abstain  from  this  tree, 
'  ^""1  -^ould  have  befallen  those  who  ate  of  it; 


but  ill  enling,  they  disobeyfd  the  command  ol 
(iod.  It  would  have  been  usclest  for  Noah  lo  | 
build  an  ark — could  have  done  no  good,  it  God 
had  nut  commanded  him  to  build. 

Abraham  wai  ooiimiaDdod  to  t«ke  his  son 
I^Har  and  offer  hitu  to  God  on  Mt.  Moriah.  It 
was  his  duty  to  go  and  obey  God.  though  the 
thing  commanded  may  have  seemed  clearly 
wrong  iu  itself.  Saul  was  comuuiuded  to  de- 
stroy ail  the  Amalekites,  men,  women  and  chil- 
dren. In  itself  and  apart  f mm  the  command 
this  may  seem  wiong,  yet  it  was  the  duty  of 
Saul  to  obey  the  command  of  God.  Thus  we 
see.  what  may  appear  wrong  to  us,  is  riglit  with 
God.  Whatever  God  commands,  is  right.  The 
simple  fact  that  He  commands  a  thing  makes 
it  right. 

"  And  he  called  the  twelve,  and  began  to  send 
them  forth  two  and  two;  and  gave  them  power 
over  unclean  spirits."  Mark  6:  7.  1.  He  call- 
ed the  twelve.  2.  He  gave  them  authority  over 
unclean  spirits.  3.  They  went  lortli  as  God 
commanded.  That  is  how  they  obeyed  the 
command,  "  Go."  Hear  the  result.  "They  cast 
out  many  deviU,  and  anointed  with  oil  many 
that  were  sick,  and  heajed  them."  Mark  G:  13, 
They  expelled,  not  simply  .sonir,  nor  a  /ni\  hut 
many  devils.  They  anointed  not  simply  some, 
nor  a  J'eiv,  but  »ifl«y  that  were  sick.  And  more: 
they  were  Ueahd.  Now  what  was  sick  and  wafc 
healed?  The  soul?  No;  but  the  body.  What 
was  sick  and  was  healed?  The  spirit?  No;  but 
the  body.  The  medicine  for  the  soul  and  spirit 
was  not  oil.  ''  They  shall  lay  hands  on  the 
sick,  and 

Tlioy  Shall  Recover. 


the  LonJ."  This  is  all  the  elders  can  do.  Hav- 
ing i'rayfd  over  the  sick  jhTson,  and  anointed 
him.  their  part  ul  the  work  is  done. 
What  the  Lord  I>ops. 
1.  The  prayer  of  faith  shall  save  thesick  per- 
son. God  answei-s  the  prayer  f/ /nilh.  The 
elders  cannot  auswer  their  otni  pnnjer,  but  the 
hnd  gives  the  effect— the  answer,  and  that  is. 
the  sick  person  shall  tr  sarcd.  2.  And  the  Loi-d 
shall  niisp  hwi,  (the  sick  person)  up.  The  elders 
cannot  i-aise  him  up.  hut  the  Lord  can.  :!.  If 
lie  have  committed  sins,  they  shall  he  forgiven 
liim.  //";  but  if  not,  then  there  are  none  to  be 
forgiven.  God  does  not  even  leave  the  guilty 
man  on  his  dying  couch  without  the  promise  of 
remission.  These  are  to  console  the  guilty,  that 
if  the  prayer  of  faith,  anointing  with  oil  in  the 
name  of  the  Lord,  aie  complied  with,  he  shall 
be  free  from  his  guilt.  If  he  have  not  commit- 
ted sins,  (the  negative  side  of  the  case.)  he  sliall 
be  saved,  raised  up  also.  m.  m.  v.. 


CHILDREN  AT  MEETING. 
11 1  H.  Moody,  in  a  discourse  recently  delivered 


And  they  weLt  forth,  and  preached  every-where, 
the  Lord  working  with  them,  and  con6rn)ing 
the  word  «'ith  signs  following."  Mark  ItJ:  IS, 
20.  The  Lord  gave  authority  as  follows;  1.  Go 
uto  all  the  world.  2.  Preach  the  Gospel  to 
every  creature.  3.  Baptize  them  that  believe, 
4.  Expel  demons,  5.  Anoint  the  sick  with  oil. 
Doing  this,  my  protection  shall  he  upon  you, 
and  tlie  result  of  my  work  through  you  shall 
be.  1.  Believei-s  shall  speak  with  new  tongues. 
2.  They  shall  take  up  serpents.  3.  Poison  shall 
not  hurt  them.    +.  The  sick  shall  get  well." 

"  Nbw  see  here,"  queries  a  friend,  "  that  was 
the  apc-toHc  c6itT?e7  and  not  designed  for  ns." 
Let  ud  see.  "  Take  this  and  divide  it  among 
yourselvea."  "Do  this  in  remembrance  of  me." 
Luke  22.  Was  this  command  to  the  disciples 
only?  No;  for  we  read, ''Take  eat;  this  ia my 
body,  which  is  biokeu  for  you;  this  do  in  re- 
membrance of  me."  1  Cor.  11:  21.  Very  well, 
\u)\v  we  all  believe  that  the  loaf  and  cup  were 
designed  for  all  believers  in  all  ages  of  the  world. 
Luke  records  it,  and  then  Paul  brings  up  the 
same  thing  which  we  accept  in  all  good  faith 
Now  let  us  take  a  look  at  anointing  the  sick 
with  oil  in  the  name  of  the  Lord.  Matthew, 
Mark  and  Luke  teach  concerning  the  healing  of 
the  sick  by  those  who  were  sent  by  Christ. 
Next  we  go  to  James  who,  in  an  epistle  says, 
"  li  any  sick  among  you  "  (the  disciples)  ?  "  let 
him  call  for  the  eldersof  the  church:  and  let 
them  pray  over  him,  anointing  him  with  oil  m 
the  name  of  the  Lord :  and  the  prayer  of  faith 
shall  save  the  sick,"  (person)  "and  the  Lord 
.shall  raise  him  up;  and  if  he  have  committed 
sins,  they  shall  he  forgiven  him."  James  5: 11, 
15,  "  Yes."  says  my  friend,  "  but  I  do  not  be- 
lieve it  that  way.  My  ojuuion  is  that  it  means, 
that  a  nian  will  not  be  raised  up;  that  the  pray- 
er of  faith  will  HO/  save  the  sick  person  in  this 
age  of  the  world."  So  you  can  believe  the  com- 
munion has  been  handed  to  us,  and  are  confirm- 
ed because  Paul  speaks  of  it  in  approving  terms. 
Why  can  you  not  accept  the  anointing  the  same 
way?  Matthew,  Mark  and  Luke  show  that  it 
was  used;  not  only  used,  hut suaxss/tdl y  used. 
James  comes  in  and  commands  that  it  be  i'07i- 
tinited—t\iat  all  believers  will  be  blessed  in  us- 
ing it.  Still  more:  he  shows  that  they  shall  be 
saved,  as  in  times  past.  Let  us  now  throw  aside 
prejudice,  ignorance,  false  teaching  and  look  at 
it  as  we  do  at  all  other  plain  Scriptures.  If  this 
be  an  institution  in  God's  house,  it  is  there  by 
the  authority  of  God,  and  all  our  *'  if's,"  and 
"  suppo.sitions  "  cannot  get  it  out. 

"Is  any  sick  among  you?"  Is  there  a  sick 
;)f/'.soH  among  you?  Not,  is  there  a  sick  .som/ 
among  you,  for  no  elder  can  anoint  the  soul 
with  oil.  2.  Let  the  sick  person  call  for  the 
elders,  or  eldest,  in  the  church.  This  is  all  the 
sick  person  can  do;  he  must  eall.  :i.  Let  the 
elderi  pray  over  him.  i.  Anointing  him  (the 
sick  person)  with  oil.     How?    "In  the  name  of 


"  why  people  don't  bring  their  babies  to  church. 
1  have  often  pitied  those  poor  mothers  who  can- 
n'lt  atl'ord  nurses,  and  who  art  kept  from  church 
because  they  have  to  mind  the  baby.  Suppose 
they  do  cry;  we  don't  mind  it  at  home,  and  I 
don't  see  why  it  should  be  so  awful  here.  There 
are  some  fidgety  people  who  don't  like  babies, 
but  then  1  think  they  are  the  ones  who  ought 
to  stay  at  home.  I  hope  the  time  is  coming 
when  it  will  be  the  fashion  to  bring  bal)ies  to 
church," 

This  is  about  as  good  an  o|)portunity  jls  I 
shall  likely  have  for  making  some  remarks  in 
regard  to  bringing  children  lo  meeting.  It  is 
well  enough  to  leave  babies  at  home  when  it 
does  not  prevent  the  mother  from  attending 
services,  but  for  mothers  to  stay  at  home  all 
their  lives  for  fear  the  baby  will  cry  in  meeting 
is  not  right.  If  there  is  anybody  in  the  world 
who  ought  to  attend  church  it  is  a  mother. 

Let  them  come  to  meeting,  bring  their  chil 
dren,  do  their  best  to  keep  them  quiet,  and  if 
they  do  cry  a  little  that  need  not  disturb  any 
ontK  There  are  persons  who  can  eUep  soundly 
uihIit  good  preaching,  but  if  some  b.iby  chances 
to  make  a  little  noise  it  seems  tospuil  the  whole 
meeting  for  them.  If  these,  as  well  as  all  oth- 
ers, would  pay  strict  attention  to  the  word 
preached,  and  let  the  mothers  manage  the  chil- 
dren as  best  they  can,  they  would  derive  more 
good  from  the  meeting.  Who  ever  heard  of 
sheep  feeling  bad  and  running  oil'  from  their 
food  just  because  Fome  of  the  lambs  got  to  hleat- 
ng  a  little?  We  certainly  ought  to  have  as 
much  judgment  as  sheep. 

Children  who  are  old  enough  to  behave  them- 
selves should  he  encouraged  to  occupy  front 
seats,  near  the  ministers.  Tins  will  cause  them 
to  observe  better  order,  and  be  more  attentive 
to  the  preaching.  Give  them  hymn  books  so 
they  can  take  pait  in  the  singing.  Children 
love  to  sing,  and  should  be  encouraged  in  it. 

Mothers,  having  small  children,  should  occu- 
py seats  next  to  the  aisle.  If  necessary,  they 
can  then  pass  out  without  disturbing  any  one. 
Parents  ought  never  to  allow  their  children  to 
contract  the  habit  of  running  over  the  floor  in 
time  of  services;  nor  should  they  be  allowed  to 
run  out  and  in  while  the  meeting  is  in  session. 
The  habit  is  a  bad  one  and  should  be  diecoun- 
tenanced  on  every  hand. 

Last,  but  by  no  means  least,  let  the  minister 
not  keep  the  meeting  up  so  long  a.t  to  greatly 
tire  all  the  mothers  and  children  in  the  meeting, 
They  should  remember  that  mothers  have  a 
hard  time  of  it  at  best,  and  some  regard  should 
be  had  for  their  feelings.  If  the  little  folks  do 
not  behave  themselves  just  right,  speak  to  them 
kindly,  and  in  a  gentle  tone.  Harsh  words  do 
not  become  a  minister,  especially  so  when  speak- 
ing to  children.  ■'■  H-  *•- 


twenty-two  there  were  various  disordem  of  the 
cinulntion  luid  digestion,  palpitation  of  the 
heart,  and  more  or  less  marked  taste  for  Btrong 
drink.  In  twelve  there  wiw  frequently  bleeding 
of  the  nose  and  ten  had  disturbed  sleep,  and 
twelve  had  slight  ulceration  of  the  mucous 
membrane  of  the  mouth,  which  disappeared  on 
ceasing  from  the  use  of  tobacco  for  some  days. 
Medical  treatment  was  of  little  u»e  till  the 
smoking  wiw  discontinued,  when  health  and 
streutjth  were  soon  restored.  This  is  no  "old 
wife's  talk."  The  facts  arc  given  under  the 
aulh-uity  of  the  J<mrt,al. 

This  is  bad  enough,  hut  the  effects  to  be 
thereby  carried  to  the  rising  generation  is  still 
worse.  Think  of  these  thirty-eight  boys  when 
they  grow  up  to  manhood  and  marry.  There 
are  thirty-eight  tender-hearted  young  wives  to 
be  annoyed  by  the  offensive  habit,  and  oh,  the 
bitter  heart  aches  to  be  thereby  produced. 
Th-n  think,  these  thirty-eight  men  are  to  be- 
come fathers  and  teach  their  children  the  same 
habit;  and  then  look  down  a  few  generations 
and  see  the  result;  health  lost,  mouey  spent, 
wives  rendered  sick  and  tired  of  life,  and  a 
whole  generation  of  smokers,  whose  habits  are 
of  no  real  benefit  lo  anybody,  leathers,  are 
thete  the  lessons  you  are  teaching  your  chil- 
dren ? 


YOU  SAY  AND  DO  NOT. 


ONKday  last  Winter  at  adepot  on  the  It,.viO. 
K.  K.,  a  man  stepped  up  to    me  and  said, 
"I  presume  you  ai-e  «  protes.«(or,  sir?" 
"Yes,  sir,"  I  replied. 
"What  church  do  you  preach  for?" 
"I  pi-each  forthe  German  Baptist  Brethren." 
"Well,  sir.  there   is   not  much  difference  be- 
tween us." 
"What  church  do  you  belong  to"!*" 
'T  belong  to  the  Disciple  Church,  sir." 
"Well,  yes.  there  is  quitoadilTorence  between 


•WHAT  SMOKINO  DOES  FOR  BOYS. 

A  CERTAIN  doctor,  struck  with  the  large 
number  of  boys  under  fifteen  years  of  age 
whrm  he  observed  smoking,  was  led  to  inquire 
into  the  effect  the  habit  had  upon  their  general 
health,  says  the  British  Medical  JonrnaL  He 
took  for  this  purpose  thirty-eight  boys,  aged 
from  nine  to  fifteen  years,  and  carefully  exam' 
ined  them,  and  in  twenty-seven  of  them  he 
discovered   injurious   trace    of   the   habit.     In 


"Not  in  baptism,"  said  he. 
"Yea,  sir,  considerable." 
"Plen.se  state  the  dift'erence,  will  you?" 
'Yen,  air,  we  say  and  do,  and  yoy  say  and  do 
not." 
"How  is  that?" 

"When  I  take  lui  applicant  for  baptism  into 
tlie  water  I  say  I  baptiiw  you  in  the  name  of 
the  Father,  and  do  it,  and  of  the  Son.  and  do 
it,  and  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  aiid  do  it;  hut  when 
you  bapti/.e  you  *v.y  3  on  1iapti/.e  in  the  name  of 
the  Father,  and  don't  do  it,  and  of  the  Son,  and 
don'tdo  it,  and  cf  the  Holy  Spirit,  thenyoudo, 
therefore  fail  to  do  what  you  promised  the  ap- 
plicant to  do  in  the  name  of  the  Father  and  of 
the  Son."' 

"Well,  now."  said  the  Disciple,  "there  is 
something  in  that  I  never  saw  before."  After 
pausing  a  few  moments  he  said,  "  You  have  on- 
ly a  partial  baptism  after  all.  When  you  bap- 
tize there  is  a  part  of  the  applicant  immeraed 
betbre  you  say  anything." 

'■  Very  well,  my  friend,  when  you  take  an  ap- 
plicant into  the  water  to  baptize  there  is  a  part 
immersed  before  you  say  anything." 

"We  will  talk  about  it,"  said  the  Disciple, 
"  on  the  cars." 

When  we  boarded  the  cars  he  and  i  sat  to- 
gether. He  then  confessed  that  he  had  never 
looked  at  the  commission  in  that  light,  but  I 
want,  said  he.  to  do  just  what  the  Gospel  re- 
quires at  my  hands.  I  gave  him  brother  Quin- 
ter's  pamphlet  on  the  Origin  of  Single  Immer- 
sion, also  brother  J.  H.  Moore's  pamphlet  on 
Trine  Immersion.  J.  Nicnoi.soN. 

The  Weekly  Beacon,  published  at  Akron, 
Ohio,  says:  "The  Baptist  Church  holds  a  'So- 
cial Tea  Meeting  '  on  Wednesday  evening  at 
the  cbuich  parlors.  All  the  members  of  the 
church  and  congregation  are  to  sit  down  to  a 
social  meal  at  T  o'clock,  after  the  style  of  the 
'love-feasts'  of  the  early  Christians.  It  is  to 
he  witho!it  charge."  So  it  wonldseem  that  the 
'•early  Christians  "  did  have  "  love-feasts." 

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TtIK    UJiKTHKKJC    ^T    AVOKK:. 


0«i|   gililir   (flaas. 

"  JVic  iror/A  of  Truth  no  Tongue  Can  Tell" 

nil  Jcportmeni  i»  '(Mic'i^i  1«t  wking  anJ  >o««riDg 
Bible  quMJion*.  »nJ  for  ihf  -olution  of  Hcrip.uml  Jifficul- 
tiM  All  quMlioiw  «bouM  fw  flAiM  wiih  c»nJor,  »dJ  »ii. 
«wer«d  wiih  M  much  elcuroM*  u  po»«ibIP.    Id   orJ«r   to 

tromoi*  IJible  Tnilh.     Articlw  f«r  tbi>  d*p«rtni«ni.  mtut 
»  ibori  »Dd  to  th«  polDl. 

Will  some  one  tell  me  liww  lon({  Noah  wm  liulld- 


ma  Mar-iri  Ktlia."  nod  what  : 
VVMI.  Jlri.i.K);.      i 


Ingthc  ArkV 


JSHAEL  rENllOlt. 


Sonic  one  will  pleiwe  compuro  and  explain  Act* 
l:ie.HndM«lt.  S7:5. 

Also  Ex.  2(:  10, 11.  and  John  I:  la.       il-  H-  Ji- 

rieaac  givo  an  fjtplnnatlon  on  1  C"orG:6:  "To 
deliver  such  an  one  iinlo  Satan  for  tht-  dcntnictlon 
Of  the  flesh,  that  th«  »i)lrlt  may  ho  «avwi  hi  the  day 
of  thP  Lord  J(wu»."  M.  W.  Kkim. 

rifiuii' explain  Johnl:  13:  "Which  wcr«  hum, 
not  of  blood,  nor  of  the  will  of  thw  (IcBh,  nor  of  the 
will  of  man,  but  of  Oml."  What  hlrlhs  are  here 
reffrrwl  tfl,  nntnral  or  Hplrltnal '/ 

J,  Y.  .SNAVELT. 

1.  How  many  thront*  aro  rrifwrr^d  Ui  In  Hw.  n: 
1 1  2.  Wiifit  coiiHlUut4?(l  lh«  haptlHm  of  "  our  falh- 
era-n-r.rrt'dtoln  l  Cor.  10:  l.-i'f  3-  How  often 
wen-  Ihcy  haptl/i-d  iinlo  hi<m-nt 

TllOMA.H  Ilr.ACK.JjI. 


PleiuK-Blvnani'Xplariallon  of  Kfv.  22:2.  ItroiwlB 
tbuM :  "  In  tlin  nihNt  of  Ihc  Htri-d  of  It,  imd  on  (dtli- 
er  Bide  of  the  river,  wiw  thf-re  the  !"■« of  llfo,  which 
bare  twelv«  uiniiner  of  frult«,  and  ykddwl  ln>r  fruit 
evi-ry  month :  and  llie  IcuveB  of  th"  tree  wwft  for 
tho  healliiR  of  the  ii»tloii»."  A  BlioTJlKii. 

Will  Home  oni-  he  ho  klntl  i\n  to  explain  Malt.  ■> 
20,  30:  "And  If  tliy  rlRht  eye  offend  thee,  phick  It 
ont.  nnd  cast  It  from  thee:  for  It  fa  firolllahii- for 
thwthat  one  of  thy  m'-mheii*  should  pr-rlidi.  and 
not  Ihiil  tliy  whohi  hody  Hhoiild  he  ciwt  liiUi  hell. 
And  If  tliy  right  hand  offend  thee,  cut  it  off."  etc. 
H.  A.  ri,icKW<H'.ii. 

Will  the  nnKTirriT:s  at  Wouk  r'I<'»'«*K'V''  "h'-x- 
planiilion  oh  Mail,  21:  17.  which  n-iulH  ax  followH: 
"].,et  him  wlilrh  h  on  llie  hi)ii»eLii|i  not  come  down 
to  take  aiiylliliiK  out  of  hlH  Iiouho." 

Al«o  Verne  ■in.  which  reiidit  lUi  follows:  "Then 
BluiU  two  he  in  the  Meld,  t)ie  one  Mhall  ho  taken  mid 
the  other  left."  Janh  Hm'.u\. 

Home  one  will  pleiLse  exjiliiln  Mark  1(1:  17.  18: 
"And  tlicHu  HlgiiH  •<hiLll  follow  tlii<m  that  believe; 
In  my  nameHliall  theyrimtent  rievllti:  they  hIi'iII 
upeak  wHli  new  toiitfui's;  tliey  »h«il  take  np  m-r- 
pentii;  and  If  they  drink  any  doiully  thing,  It  Hhall 
not  hurt  them;  Ihey  nhall  lay  liniidH  on  Die  Hick, 
Hnd  they  Hliall  recover."    Who  Ih  referred  toV 

.1. 1,.  KltOWN. 
Will  you  or  some  of  your  niuhiH  plcjixe  explain 
UntU  Id:  IJ.  12!"  II  roiidfi  lOt  f.ilhnvtc  "  Iln(  he  HaKl 
unto  them,  A II  men  ('aiinot  receive  lliitt  miylrig.  n>iV* 
they  to  whom  11  N  given.  Tor  there  are  noiiie  en- 
nucliH.  which  were  ho  hoiii  frointliolr  motlHT'ii 
woml):  and  there  are  Honie  ennuclm,  which  were 
madeeiiniichitof  men:  and  there  he  eunuciiH,  which 
have  made  liieinHelvuH  uuhucIih  for  tin*  klng{Iuin  of 
lieavcii's  Mike.  Ilotluitls  abh«  torecelveil,  lei  him 
rerclv..  H,"  ]•'.,}.  Fuantz, 


Cor.  I«:  wy    "  Anatli 
liUjguage  U  Iti' 

Anathema  in  Greek,  it  meaos  tuxuned:  i.  r, 
a  (»**n(ou  dJ-voted  to  de»tructioa.  The  apfwtle 
did  not,  likely,  oay  this  in  the  way  of  a  vriah  or 
imprecation,  but  wi  a  prudiction  of  what  would 
come  upon  tbein,  should  they  continue  ini|)eDi- 
tent.  and  continue  to  hatfl  and  eiccrat^  the 
Lord  JesuH  ChriHt.  Paul  probably  hen*  allud*-s 
to  Home  of  the  modes  of  eicoramunication 
among  the  JewH,  of  which  th^re  are  said  to  have 
been  three.  One  of  these  form*  of  excommuni- 
cation in  an  atniost  exact  counterpart  ot  the 
lonaH  of  excommuoicatioo  now  ia  voxue  in  the 
Itoroau  Catholic  church. 

Maran  atha:  Thin  \n  a  Syric  word  meaning, 
our  Lord  ih  coming,  i  e.,  to  execute  the  judg- 
meut»  dcnounwJ.  The  apcwtie  here  probably 
alludeH  to  the  lawt  verw*  of  Malachi:  "  Les.  I 
come  and  nraita  tho  earth  with  a  curse,"  and 
periiapM  intimat^-H  that  the  Lord  wa.s  now  rooh 
to  come  and  itmite  the  Jewish  nation  with  that 
curw!,  which  prediction  wasfi-ariully  fulHIIed  in 
a  yery  few  yearii.  Mattie  A.  Lkak. 

LIKENESS  AND  IMAGE. 


JUDAS  AND  THE  COMMUNION. 

Wiw  JudaH  proHont  when  foot-wiwhlng,  the  Lord'H 
Supper,  and  tlio  Oomniunlou  wore  luHlltiiledi' 
Some  one  will  pleiwo  ex]dulii.       J.  M.  DicntlOK. 

HE  wiu  pretJHut  lit  Ivut-waHliiiift,  mul  aUo  ut 
the  Lord'n  Supper,  or  elite  ho  ctiuld  not 
have  jmrtaken  of  the  "nop."  It  n[i|)ciir)i  tliut 
ininicdiiitely  after  tlu-  Hop  iif  went  outtohetray 
the  Savior,  mid  did  nut  iiuy  more  return.  And 
09  tlio  Conimuuion  vimn  not  nerved  till  afti-r  Ju- 
diiH  went  out,  it  Ihererore  followa  tlint  he  did 
not  partake  of  tlie  Comiuuuion. 

M.  FoitNRT. 


QUESTIONS  ANSWERED. 

riense  give  your  vUnvH  of  Heb.  Vi:  2P:  "  For  our 
God  la  H  comiumlng  hru."  J.  W.  Wall. 

I^llE  iipustio  had  been  npoaking  of  the  neceti- 
^ity  of  Herviug  God  iiccepliibly  with  rever- 
ence find  godly  fp'ir;  now  in  th«  cluuwc  under 
consideration  Hu  gives  tho  reason  why  they 
should  thuH  nerve  Him.  For,  or  in  coDsidt-ra- 
tioD  of  the  fact,  tliut  God  ia  u  couHuniiug  Are. 
This  huiguiige  of  tlio  upoatio  tit  u  cjuotfitlou 
from  Dcut.  4:24. 

lu  the  preceding  part  of  the  chapter  Paul  hud 
labored  to  show  the  Hebrews  the  superiority  of 
the  Goc])?!  STsteiu  over  the  Jewish  religion, 
The  superiority  of  Jesus,  tho  Mediator  cf  the 
New  Covenant,  over  Sloses,  tho  uitdiiitor  of  tho 
Old  Covenant.  He  had  taught  them  that  tlie 
crime  of  forsaking  Christ  and  His  Law,  was  at 
Diuch  more  heinous,  as  their  privileges  were  t-w- 
perior  to  those  who  lived  under  the  law,  and 
that  in  proportion  as  their  crime  wita  grvater, 
flo  would  their  jiuuwhinent  Ix'  greater.  Tlien 
again,  in  the  clause  we  are  considering  He  re- 
iterated the  great  truth,  that  i.in  under  the  Gos- 
pel \a  as  abominable  iu  Ood'd  sight  as  it  wiu 
under  the  law;  and  as  God  is  a  coniiuming  firv' 
His  grace,  if  we  place  ourselveti  beneath  it«  raye, 
will  consume  our  sins.  Otherwise  His  judg- 
ments will  consume  uh. 

What  is  th«  meauiug  of  Win  hut  two  woida  of  l 


We  rea«l  In  Oen.  J :  M,  "  I,et  uH  make  rnan  in  our 
own  Image  after  our  llkeneiw,"  Did  (Jodmakemim 
In  the  form  of  hlmtielf,  or  was  Iheimage  npiritual  't 
A.  lIoi-i,i.\oKn. 
UMILITUDE  or  likeneasdoes  not  necessarily 
IJ  require  a  full  reMemblance  in  all,  orevenin 
part  in  the  figure  that  illuBtratea  the  thing  it-elf 
For  instance,  tlie  Lord  is  to  come  at  a  thief  in 
the  night.  There  w  to  Ije  a  reHenililaiice,  h 
likenesB  here,  and  how  are  we  to  ajjply  it?  We 
are  not  to  look  to  the  t«'niper  and  di'-guisL-  oi 
the  vilhiiu  who  breaks  open  liouveM  in  the  night, 
but  to  the  sudden  and  unexpected  maiiiier  in 
»'}iicli  he  ccuiies.  Chrittt'ii  coming  is  to  be  jusi 
as  unexpected,  and  hero  ia  where  exiattt  t)ie 
similitude.  So  also  in  regard  to  the  query; 
there  is  not  a  positive  iileiitity  nor  ii  close  re- 
semblance existing  betwi-eii  man  and  bis  Crea- 
tor, not  even  in  any  one  piirticular  point.  Man 
cannot  be  like  God  in  a  bodily  I'orni;  for  God  i^ 
a  sjiirit  and  exists  every-where,  fills  even  the 
vast  immensity  of  space;  is  every-  where  present. 
Neither  do  wo  resemble  God  spirituully,  iu  spir- 
itual purposes,  in  spiritual  designs,  and  spiritu- 
al nccomplishments,  from  the  fact  that  we  are 
to  bo  spiritmiUy  regenerated  so  as  to  l)ecouie 
Ilia  ajjiritual  children,  and,  too,  we  are  depend- 
ent upon  Him  for  the  accomplishment  of  our 
spiritual  works  and  be  is  responsihlo  to  none; 
ho  works  and  no  one  can  hinder. 

Mut  the  likeness  that  exints  between  God  nnd 
man,  certainly  cmisista  in  authority.  God  pa-is- 
ed  man  in  authority  over  all  of  the  things  of 
earth.  Sen  Qun.  1 :  20.  All  thiugd  here  is  to  be 
Hubject  to  his  will  and  control.  Just  so  with 
God;  He  hna  absolute  control  of  the  universe; 
all  thing'4  are  subject  to  His  will  and  power. 
This  likeness  still  remains.  Our  position  is 
continued  by  the  apostle  in  Corintliians;  ho 
says  thai  u  man  ought  not  to  cover  his  head,  for 
be  is  tho  image  of  God ;  God's  power,  or  author- 
ity is  never  surnudcred,  neither  should  man 
surrender  his  authority;  hut  if  he  covers  his 
head  in  prayer  or  prophesying  he  virtually  does 
it,  as  hair  denotes  |)ower  or  autliority.  So  the 
wi>inan  is  permitted  to  have  thia  power  on  her 
head  because  of  the  angels;  but  because  of  the 
authority  that  God  placed  in  mau,  she  is  lo 
cover  tliat  authority  and  thus  surrender  to  her 
head  (the  man).  Her  long  hair  denotes  her 
treedom  and  full  equality  with  angels  where 
there  is  to  be  neither  male  nur  female,  bond  or 
free,  but  ore  all  to  be  one  iu  Christ,  The  wo- 
man then  will  be  equal  with  the  man,  but  here 
not  bo;  bho  la  to  bf  subjcet  to  liirii  iu  all  things; 
luid  a  covering  is  worn  to  denote  her  surrender 
to  her  bead  {man).  Hut  man  exhibits  hia  pow- 
er or  authority  by  uncovering  his  head  in  pray- 
er kc  ,  yut  he  ia  not  to  wear  \\'\s  hair  long,  while 
the  woman  is,  thowing  that  hia  aiithortLy  is 
limited,  that  ho  is  not  equal  with  God,  that  his 
likeness  is  diminished,  hence  he  ought  not  to 
cover  bis  head  imismuch  w>>  he  ia  the  imago  of 
God  and  this  exhiliits  bis  authority.  Hut  he  is 
to  crop  that  power  that  is  on  his  head  to  show 
bis  inferiority  to  God,  that  \\\i  power  ia  limited 
while  God'a  is  not;  then  ho  i.s  to  crop  his  hair 
(the  puwer)  to  show  the  limits  of  his  power. 
The  woman  is  not  to  crop  her  hair,  (the  power), 
but  to  cover  it,  showing  her  entire  and  com- 
plete snrrender  of  power  until  she  is  permitted 
to  enjoy  the  cupauity  and  society  of  angels,  and 
there  and  then  made  equal  with  all  of  God's 
created  beings,  to  enjoy  completely  and  fully 
the  ble?!«iugi>  of  all  that  gloritied  statA  in  heaven 
where  all  are  one  in  Christ. 

Datiu  L.  Wiujamp. 
Broitnat'ilU,  ii». 


IS  yOOR  LAMP  BURNING? 

Say,  i*  your  himp  Imrnlm;,  my  brother? 

I  pray  you  Iwk  quickly  and  see ; 
For  if  It  were  burninp.  lh<-n  snnly 

Some  liejima  would  fiill  brightly  upon  me. 
Str<iit.  strait  la  the  rowl.  but  I  falter. 

And  oft  fall  out  by  the  way; 
Tti'-n  lift  your  lamp  hight-r,  my  brother, 

J^eil  I  should  make  a  fatal  delay. 
There  are  many  and  m.any  around  you 

Whof'.liow  wherever  you  po; 
If  you  thought  that  they  walked  in  ashadow 
Your  I.tmp  wMuld  bum  brighter  you  know, 
rpon  the  dark  mountJtiiis  they  stumble: 

Th»-y  are  brulst-d  on  tlie  rocks,  and  they  He 
Willi  their  while,  pleading  faces  turned  upward 

To  the  clouda  of  the  pitiful  sky. 
There  is  many  a  lamp  that  ia  lighted. 

We  behold  I  hem  aiiear  and  afar: 
Hut  not  many  of  them,  my  brother, 

Shines  stftiulily  on  like  a  star. 
I  think  were  they  trimmed  night  aud  morning. 

They  would  never  burn  down  or  go  out, 
Though  from  the  four  qoarters  of  heaven 

The  winds  were  all  blowing  about. 
If  once  all  the  lamps  that  are  lighted 

.Should  sti-iulily  blaze  In  a  line. 
Wide  over  the  land  and  ocean. 

What  a  ginJIe  of  glory  wonld  ahine. 
How  all  the  dark  pUces  would  briRhlenl 
How  the  mists  would  roll  up  and  away  I 
IIow  the  earth  would  laugh  out  In  her  gladness, 

To  hail  the  millennial  day. 
.Sjiy,  fa  your  lamp  hunihig.  my  brother? 

I  pray  you  look  quickly  and  see; 
For  if  it  were  burning,',  then  aiirely 
Some  beams  would  fall  brightly  upon  me. 

Selected. 


A  eiKQi.B  sigh  breathed  from  th«  bottom  of 
a  burduued  heart  it  a  loud  ory  in  the sar  of  God. 


SOCIAL    MEETING. 

ilY   II.   K.  KAl.E. 

1).AUL  t'dts  US  "  hil  Scripture  ia  given  by  in- 
spiration of  God,  and  is  profitable  for  doc- 
iriiie.  for  reproof,  for  cornclion,  for  instruction 
in  righteousness  that  fbe  man  of  God  may  bo 
p"rfrct,  tborouglily  furni'-hed  unto  all  good 
works."  Upon  this  Scrii)ture  we  all  agree. 
Paul  further  ftnys  '*  not  forsaking  the  a-^'icmbling 
of  yourselves  together  as  the  manner  of  some  is, 
but  exhorting  ouo  another,  aud  so  much  the 
more  m  we  see  the  day  ,ipi)roaching."  This  is 
a  gortd  work,  and  Paul  would  have  us 
provoKed  unto  love  and  good  works.  He  did  not 
want  his  brethren  to  neglect  it. 

I  Iwiieve  iu  the  aposflu's  time  they  held  what 
we  cull  prayer  meetings.  Here  the  believers 
would  aing.  and  pruy,  and  exhort  one  another. 
But  some  people  understand  these  to  have  been 
puldic  meetings.  Paul  says,  "  let  the  prophets 
s[)('ak,  two  or  three  aud  let  the  other  judge." 
1  Cor.  H:  20,  This  is  when  they  came  togeth- 
er fur  public  preaching.  "Let  the  word  of 
Christ  dwell  in  you  richly  in  all  wisdom,  teach- 
ing and  admonishing  one  another  iu  psalms  and 
hymns,  spirituiit  songs  singiug  with  grace  iu 
your  hearts  to  the  Loid."  "  Whatsoever  ye  do 
iu  word  or  deed,  do  all  in  tho  name  of  the  Lord." 
As  we  are  living  where  iniquity  abounds  and 
the  love  of  many  waxing  cold  we  ought  to  per- 
form every  hiniible  duty  devolving  upon  us. 

THE    UNFINISHED  PRAYER. 

'  [The  lnd«i.1 

BKLOW  we  reproduce,  with  much  pleasure,  a 
singularly  sweet  and  touching  little  poem 
that  hiis  gone  the  rounds  of  the  press.  The 
poem  is  justly  admired  for  its  touching  tender- 
nes.-*.  and  the  simple,  yet  graphic  touches  with 
which  the  author  portrays  child  nature.  It  wa^ 
fir,-.t  i)rinted  in  the  Prisbyterlau  fmie-r,  of  Mo- 
bile, and  is  the  production  of  Mrs.  E.  H.  M&rse, 
recently  of  Prnttville,  Alabama.  She  had  writ- 
ten it  for  a  friend  in  Chicago,  w  ithout  intending 
it  should  reach  the  public  eye.  Her  brother,  J. 
K,  Ha/.tn,  now  Secretary  of  the  Presbyterian 
Publication  Committee,  at  Richmond,  Va.,  faw 
tho  poem  among  hia  sister's  papers,  aud  request- 
ed the  privilege  of  publishing  it. 

"  Now  I  lay  "— "  repeal  il  darling  " — 

"  Lay  me,"  lisped  the  tiny  lipa 
Of  my  daughter,  kneeling,  bending 

O'er  her  folded  finger  tips. 
"  Down  to  >leep"— "  To  sh-ep,"  she  murmured, 

And  the  curly  head  bent  low; 
"  I  pray  the  Lord,"  I  gently  added, 

"  You  can  say  it  all,  I  know." 
"  Pray  the  Lord  "—the  sound  came  faintly, 

Fainter  still—"  my  aoul  to  keep;" 
Then  tho  tired  bead  fairly  nodded, 

Aud  the  child  was  fast  asleep. 
Uut  the  dewy  eyes  half  opened 

When  I  clasjwd  her  to  my  breast, 
And  tliC  dear  voice  softly  whispered— 
"  Slumma,  God  knows  all  the  rest." 
O,  the4rusliug,  sweet  confiding 

Of  the  child-heart!  Would  that  I 
Thus  might  tfu.st  my  Heavenly  Father 
Uim  who  heara  my  feebleat  cry  I 


||fc»ns  of  ^nfci;caf. 


— Sevekai.  Socialists  have  been  expeli^^jf 
Metz.     Are  they  bound  for  America?  ^'*' 

—It  is  believed   that  about  60  persons 
killed  in  a  recent  coal-miue  explosion  in  WaT* 

—The  Grand  Orient  of  Free  Masons  ■ 
France  baa  expunged  all  recognition  of  q^ 
from  the  ritual.  ^ 

— DiKisa  the  late  cold  spell,  ice  was  gaij, 

ed  in  Atlanta,    Georgia;  a   thir"  " ■       *'' 

known  before. 


bmg  scarcely  e,^ 


—In  nearly  all  parts  of  France  there  has  bee 
a  snow  blockade,  suspending  all  travel  5 
communication. 

—A  BAPPHiBR  weighing  two  pounds,  and  vgi 
ued  at  ¥50,000,  was  recently  found  in  Ceylon  b" 
two  boys.  ' 

'^— A  BAD  case  of  yellow  fever  has  just  occurrtJ 
at  New  Orleans,  aud  they  don't  know  what  t 
think  of  it. 

— Thk  hereditary  protector  of  Juggernaut 
has  been  arre-sted  and  thrown  into  prison,  and 
the  famous  car  of  the  idol  is  for  sale. 

—The  Supreme  Court  of  Indiana,  in  a  suit  of 
a  church  against  a  member,  derided  that  a  sub. 
scription  taken  on  Sunday  cannot  he  collected 

— The  recent  storms  have  seriously  affected 
France.  Tbe  Seine  ia  rising  and  aoveral  towns 
are  partially  Hooded.  The  Loire  is  altio  tWmv 
and  great  alarm  is  felt  along  its  bunks. 

—The  Iowa  yearly  meeting  of  Frieuds  rel 
ports  lor  Iowa,  Wisconsin,  Oregon,  Minnesota 
aud  Nebraska,  a  membership  of  9,077,  Themt 
gain  tbe  piist  year  was  158. 

—A  TRAMP,  nearly  frozen  to  death,  was  piclt- 
ed  up  a  few  days  since  in  Bedford  county,  Pa 
and  upon  his  person  was  found  a  certificate  of 
deposit  on  the  First  National  Bank  of  Uollj. 
daysburg,  for  S5,650. 

— According  to  a  scientific  journal,  "  half  the 
vinegar  told  now  is  rank  poison;  and  a  Miissa. 
cbusetts  chemist  states  that  out  of  twelve  idrs 
of  pickles,  put  up  by  uiffereut  wholesiale  dealers 
he  found  copper  in  teu  of  them." 

— In  Brazil  the  ravages  of  small- pox  are  ter- 
rible. It  is  said  that  iu  Ceara  it  ia  impossible 
to  make  cofKus  to  supply  the  demand,  and  the 
people  dig  ditches  and  tumble  into  them  the 
unshrouded  corpses,  eight  or  ten  at  a  time.  As 
many  as  500  or  600  die  daily  in  the  city  ol 
Ceaia  alone. 

— The  plague  has  appeared  among  the  Cos- 
tacks  of  Astrakhan,  Russia.  During  threedays 
from  Jan.  1-3,  li3  persons  ditd  out  of  1!I5  at- 
tacked by  it.  The  plague  has  now  increased  to 
a  panic  in  Astrakhan  and  Saratow.  The  people 
die  like  fliea  aud  lie  uuburicd  in  thestrei't 
General  anxiety  prevaila  throughout  Russia. 

—A  MAX  condemned  for  murder  in  Vermont, 
admitted  that  hia  guilty  pa=eion  was  arousal  in 
a  game  of  foi-feit?,  at  a  ''sociable  "  of  the  church 
of  which  he  was  deacon.  He  laid  the  blame  of 
his  downfall  tu  the  kissing  forfeit  which  he  was 
udjudgi^d  to  pay.  Satan  must  ho  pleo-sed  with 
churcles  where  "  sociaWeii "  tskc  the  place  of 
prayer-meetings, 

—Jacksonville,  Fla.,  Jan.  13.  —  A  serae 
shock  of  an  earthquake  was  felt  last  nightabout 
11:15.  It  lasted  about  thirty  seconds  audhad 
a  aouth-east  to  north-west  motion,  Buildiugs 
were  violently  &hakeu,  crockery  rattled,  and 
doors  were  thrown  open.  The  shock  was  leit 
at  St.  Augustine  and  down  the  gulf  coast,  from 
Punta  Kassa  to  St.  Marks,  as  well  aa  over  th* 
interior  portion  of  the  State.  Nothing  of  Ihf 
kind  was  ever  experienced  here  before. 

—  Mh  Tiilmage  Haid  in  his  pulpit  last  Sunday: 
"  I  had  a  gieat  fire  up  at  my  house  the  other 
day.  I  burned  up  five  hundred  manuHcript 
sermons.  When  I  began  to  preach  I  wrote  out 
all  my  sermons,  word  for  word.  lexplaineda!! 
the  mysteries  of  religion,  ;ind  the  doctrine  of 
election  was  a-)  plain  as  a  San  Francisco  fog. 
But  as  I  stood  by  tho  kitchen  fire  and  saw  tliow 
sermons  burn,  I  thought  they  threw  out  wore 
warmth  than  they  ever  had  before." 

~DnRi.No  the  first  week  in  January,  a  heavy 
fall  of  snow  obstructed  trains  in  Kome  of  t"* 
Middle  and  Western  States,  BueiuesH  ou  all 
trains  ceuteruig  at  Buffalo  was  completely  f*"*- 
peuded.  The  weather  was  intensely  cold,  in 
some  plneea  the  coldest  known  for  U  J'"^ 
Some  were  frozen.  There  was  almost  coutem- 
poruiieou'^Iy  a  similar  snow- f.dl  in  Eurrtpe.  I" 
Scotland  the  train!*  were  geuLrally  ^tol>ped:  "> 
some  places  the  drifts  are  reported  to  hayel««n 
1-2  feet  dee|).  In  Swiiaerland  and  I""'^''  " 
France  and  Germany  the  etorm  was  a!wo» 
equally  severe;  the  heaviest  snowfall  for  tbirV 
years. 


jr.^br"'^''^ 


I'JrlK    l^KKXlrlKKiS^    ^VT    AVOKIC 


^ocrpsjiottilcnrc. 


'"'        From  Winfield,  Kansas. 

TO  tbose  niiniitters  or  Brelhren  who  iutf  ud 
coming  West,  I  will  give  a  short  sketch 
f  county-  It  18  one  of  the  largest  iu  the 
It  hes  in  a  compact  squjre  tor  lulhirly- 
^'**'niilps  north  aud  south,  by  tliirty-fuur 
Jwtst,  uiiii  contains  4,500  quarter  suc- 
'*^  of  land,  sutlicient  for  an  ordinary  farm- 
!^"°^  opulation  of  25.000.  Winfield  is  the 
'"^  i„  seat,  located  on  the  Walnut  and  Tim- 
'"  freek;  has  a  population  of  about  2,000.  and 
.  ■  a  liea't'^y  and  prosperous  condition, 
w'at  eight  inilea,  is  the  Arkansas  river, 
mile-  Miulb 
th  a  populu 


DoughLH,    and 


lid 
twenty 


"*  I  a  cast,  Dexter,  and  north  of  Dexter,  twelve 
""..  Lazette,  and  a  number  of  post-offices  dot- 
letter  the  county. 
Vow  about  the  soil;  it  is  a  deep,  black  lonm, 
sting  "P""  *  '"^*^  colored  subsoil,  con^i-ti^g 
f  1  ani  clay  *"^  gravel;  both  soil  and  sub-soil 
°  .       go   porout.   that   surface    water    rai»irtly 

.=  through  them;  aud  iu  no  case  is  tliere 
passes  1111""=  ■         J    •  ■  , 

fl  difficulty   expeneUcpQ   in   crossing     with 

"'"joii  or.  took,  any  water  course,  or   beds   of 

lois.     Teams  may  be  driven  across   springs 

reeks  or   low    bottoms    fearlessly    witliout 

daoger  of  miring.     CowU-y  county  is  well  wat- 

j.  uo  other  county  iu  the  State  has  more 
\   aius  or  y'^""*  P*""*^  clear  running  water.  The 

„ri(ge  depth  of  wells  is  about  twenty-five 
f  t  Timber  of  various  kinds  on  all  streams. 
\Vood  i-*  Iro'ii  three  to  four  dollars  per  conl. 
fial  bus  been  discovered  in  the  eastern  part  of 
the  couuty  at  a  depth  of  two  hundred  and  fifty 
Wt  but  the  cheapness  of  timber  has  given  no 
i„iliic^mi--nl3  to  prospect  for  coal.  In  all  parts 
oftlie  county  the  supply  of  the  best  mag- 
iipsia  limestone  is  inexhaustible.  When  tiiNt 
tukfo  frora  t'le  quarry  it  is  soft  and  easily  work- 
ed with  the  hamnu-r  or  chi^eUand  bRw,  but 
wlieii  exposed  to  the  air  and  sun  it  hardens 
and  becomes  durable,  appearing  much  like 
marble.  The  climate  here  is  by  no  means  a  dry 

oue. 

Tljis  couuty  containa  one  hundred  and  eleven 
Bchoo!  difttiicta,  nearly  all  of  which  have  suU- 
stautiiil  school-houses.  There  is  a  church  or- 
ganiJ;atioii  in  nearly  every  neighborhood  in 
the  couuty.  Moit  of  these  hold  their  services, 
in  school-houses.  The  Brethren  have  Incited 
ou  Silver  Creek,  in  what  is  lernied  the  Uo»e 
Valley  school  districts,  about  nine  miles  snutli- 
eajtof  Winfield.  We  have  about  twenty-five 
mumbers  iu  this  di^itriet.  There  were  three 
bsptiwd  at  our  Love  feast,  one  a  Baptist,  lie 
wished  to  follow  the  examples  of  our  dear 
Savior  fully.  We  can  boast  of  one  thing,  that 
is  the  nasty,  filthy  tobacco  sin  k  no  more  with 
tht  Brethren.  It  is  a  sin  to  spend  money  for 
tobacco,  when  children  need  clothes,  aud  with 
the  same  money  we  all  can  pay  for  the  Bretii- 
KES  AT  WoKK,  and  the  Children  (it  Work;  and 
bare  some  left  to  give  to  the  poor. 

John  Eastos. 


the  guests  of  a  crucified  Savior  in  an  upper 
tnd  better  kingdom;  and  right  here  would  say 
II  the  language  of  brother  David,  that  this  is 
the  common  wav  of  preaching  the  Gospel. 
By  this  time  the  interest  of  the  uiectiiig  grew 
intensely  warm.  The  congrega'ion  increased, 
and  the  enemy  began  to  be  much  alarmed, 
when  he  fouud  many  of  his  ranks  had  been 
already  wounded.  Two  nights  the  house  wai 
so  crowded  that  Ih pre  was  no  ^funding  room 
for  any  more,  aud  I  had  to  give  up  my  seatand 
stand  very  close  behind  the  speaker,  and  ^onie. 
cold  as  it  was,  stood  out.si 'e  and  looked  in  at 
the  windows.  Our  valiant  brother  kept  up 
his  preaching  for  twelve  sound  sermons,  and 
found  two  more  ready  to  come  into  thecburch, 
aud  two  others  greatly  impressed.  The  next 
morning,  after  having  dismissed  the  meeting, 
and  had  taken  our  leave  for  other  fields  of  la- 
bor, and  had  gone,  and  was  but  a  little  way  on 
the  road,  one  of  the  convicted  persons 
stopped  us,  and  told  us  that  he  could  bold  out 
no  longer,  and  to  count  him  one  of  our  candi- 
dates. Bidding  him  a  hearty  good-bye,  we 
went  on  a  mile  or  more  further,  and  auother 
man  stopped  us  on  the  road,  aud  told  us  to  en- 
roll his  nam"  with  the  saints,  making  in  all 
five  applicants  at  this  place.  There  is  a  terri- 
tory here  of  twelve  miles  wide,  and  eighteen 
long,  that  has  no  religions  organization.  Hut 
thanks  be  to  the  Lord  of  heaven  there  is  now 
the  way  opened  for  the  Brethren,  as  there  is 
now  nine  of  us  within  one  mile  and  a  half  of 
each  other,  wnd  we  have  the  sympathy  of  about 
all  the  surrounding  neighborhood.  Who  will 
come  and  help  lis  move  the  ark  along? 

We  then  reached  t'amp  Point,  where  broth- 
er Daniel  preached  two  telling  discourses  in  the 
Christian  church.  There,  too,  I  think,  is  a 
good  opening  for  the  Brethren.  Who  will  go? 
We  then  took  the  parting  hand,  exchanging 
greetings  of  love,  and  was  soon  found  on  the 
%vay  to  our  temporal  homes,  there  to  be  faith 
ful  in  our  calling  till  th»  cold  band  of  death 
approaches  us.  when  earthly  powers  shall  fall, 
aud  even  life  itself  shall  fade  away,  and  the 
summons  for  uh  to  cross  the  river.  Then  may 
the  Lord  reach  his  hand  and  say,  "  Come  ye 
blesed  of  my  Father,  enter  iuto  the  joys  of 
your  Lord."  H.  W.  Stkicki.er. 

Loraine^  IU. 


Prom  Salem,  Oregon. 
Dmr  lUuihnn:— 


ent  prices,  wheat,  80  cents;  oats,  40  to  51  cent-t 
per  bushel.  The  season  thus  far  has  l>een  ex- 
traordinary fair;  some  rains  in  Sept#mber,  and 
since  occasionally  rain;  warm  and  much  sun- 
shine. Hence  Fall  grain  looks  very  promising. 
Flowers  are  blooming,  and  many  apples  yet 
on  trees  not  frozen.  Fruit  of  all  kinds  was  a 
good  crop.    Health  generally  good. 

Samuel  Forxht. 


Piai 


From  Old  Brother  Price, 
Brfthrn,:— 


l^LDERD.  Brr 
1j     in  pre.ichiii 


From  Western  Illinois. 

BROTHER  Daniel  Vaniman,  one  of  the 
evangelists  of  the  Southern  district  of 
llltuuis.  came  to  Berry,  Pike  county,  about  the 
first  of  December,  and  preached  seven  sermons, 
wilL  one  addition.  From  thence  he  was  con- 
veyed by  brnther.I.  Clingingsmith  to  Liberty, 
.\'lains  county.  He  remained  a  few  days  with 
the  Brethren,  and  preached  twelve  sermons, 
aud  nine  precious  souls  stood  up  for  Jesus. 
From  there  he  went  to  Concord  church,  same 
county,  where  he  preached  four  sermcnis,  and 
baptized  three  that  had  previously  stood  up. 
At  this  time  brother  Daniel  felt  it  his  duty  to 
go  home  and  see  his  family,  one  of  whom  was 
'I'ry  sick  with  the  lung  fever.  After  remain- 
ing a  few  days,  and  arranging  some  affairs 
of  bis  own,  ho  set  out  agaiu  with  a  determined 
2eal  to  make  his  mark  in  the  enemies'  camp. 

On  the  evening  of  the  eecoml  of  January  I 
Qiethim  in  Camp  !*oint,  f/fcd  the  next  day  con- 
veyed him  to  ray  place,  some  eighteen  miles 
distant.  We  have  no  meeting-house  at  this 
place,  but  a  school-house  26x18.  where  we  coni- 
■aeacedour  meeting  the  same  evening.  Broth- 
^T  Daniel  did  not  fire  much  shell,  hut  a  good 
^eiil  of  shot  iu  the  enemies'  camp.  Two  or 
'hree  rounds,  and  one  of  the  cneraica  fouud 
}i"Belf  prostrate  at  Jesus'  feet.  Brother  Dan- 
'el,  in  his  clear  way  of  tspoaking,  soon  cnnvinc- 
*^  tbe  people  that  he  didn't  intend  to  pull 
down  their  hou'^es,  lest  they  might  complain, 
^«t  that  he  would  build  them  a  better  house, 
^"d  then  invite  them  in,  that   they   might  he 


rower  devotes  much  of  his  time 
pre.icliing  the  Gospel,  but  his  territory 
is  too  large,  heme  not  able  to  fill  all  the  calls 
for  preaching;  besides  Washington  Territory 
iis  dependent  upon  him,  wliere  be  is  now  spend- 
ing about  two  luonths,  looking  after  the  scat- 
tered lambs  of  the  f'olrl,  and  has,  since  lie  is 
gone,  organized  one  church.  We  know  this 
is  his  duty  as  an  ebler,  but  I  feel  lik*  calling 
the  attention  of  the  Brethren  to  the  fact  that 
Oregon  and  Washington  Territories  are  two 
extensive  fields,  and  the  churches  in  which  the 
two  elders  live,  are  too  weak  to  bfar  all  the 
traveling  expenses  necessary  for  thera  to  attend 
to  the  many  urgent  calls  ill  the  various  parts 
of  the  above  Territory.  They  are  willing  and 
faithful  workers,  and  often  go  and  pay  their 
own  expenses,  but  the  calls  are  too  many  and 
the  expense  too  great,  and  the  cause  of  Christ 
has  to  .sutler.  Therefore  I  am  constrained  to 
ask  the  Brethren  of  the  Atlantic  States  if  there 
is  not  a  funil  raised  in  the  church  for  the  pui 
pose  of  carrying  on  tlie  missionary  work  iu  the 
isolated  district,  or  among  the  isolated  Breth- 
ren? and  if  so,  could  it  not  be  arranged  so 
that  some  means  could  also  he  furnished  to  the 
Brethren  of  the  Pacific  Staten  who  have  to 
carry  on  that  part  of  the  work,  so  that  it  might 
be  carried  on  to  a  greater  extent,  and  thereby 
many  hungry  starving  souls  for  the  want  of 
the  bread  of  life  might  be  fed? 

Tne  cause  of  my  writing  in  the  manner  I  do, 
is  the  heavy  impression  that  was  made  ujjon 
my  mind  this  Fall,  when  an  urgent  call  came 
from  Washington  Territory  from  a  small  dis- 
trict, (partly  torn  to  pieces  by  a  wolf)  and  the 
r'lmrch  here  not  feeling  themselves  able  to  hear 
the  expenses,  they  were  refused,  upon  which 
they  renewed  tlnir  ciill,  to  which  elder  Brower 
responded,  took  the  burden  on  himself,  hesidtN 
speuding  several  mouths  time  in  the  field.  The 
liist  account  we  had  he  was  in  Idaho,  and  of 
necessity  should  be  in  the  field  all  tlie  lime. 
Brethren,  think  of  this;  it  is  worthy  of  a 
thought,  aud  demands  attention. 

The  debate  is  read  with  great  interest  here 
by  the  Brethren  and  many  others,  and  think 
Stein  is  ably  defending  the  truth.  The  cause 
is  moving  slowly  here;  had  some  additions  in 
tlie  la.st  year. 

The  crops  last  aenson  were  ordinary,  being 
an  unusually  dry  Summer;  wheat  only  yielded 
from  ten  to  thirty-tivehushels  per  acre.     Pres- 


THE  blessing  of  the  Lord  be  with  you, 
Thank  the  Lord  my  health  is  much 
improved;  as  well  now  as  I  ought  to  ex- 
pect ever  to  be  at  my  age,  with  the  antece- 
dents of  my  pa-'t  experience,  1  am  taking  good 
care  of  myself.  On  good  days  I  go  to  meet- 
ing. I  enjoy  meeting.  Never  get  drowsy. 
The  poorer  the  sermon  the  more  wakeful  I  am. 
But  thank  the  Lord  we  are  well  supplied  at 
present.  Our  elder,  brother  Oottwalt  is  uned- 
ucated, but  verj'  xealous,  energetic  and  perse- 
vering. He  is  rtii  excellent  housekeeper.  Broth- 
er J.  T.  Meyers  is  a  zealous  brother;  and  hiu* 
a  free  flow  of  words,  and  speaks  distinctly, 

I  have  cposed  to  preach.  Even  in  exhortations 
my  mind  tlitj)  abruptly  from  one  thing  to  quite 
a  different  one.  My  memory  fails  me  iu  texts 
aud  iu  words.  Discretion,  0  that  blessed  fac- 
ulty in  a  public  flpeaker,  has  been  faded  out  in 
my  mind;  and  I  find  my^elf  flying  from  grave 
to  comical  in  a  sudden  Hit  of  the  mind. 

After  meeting  yesterday,  and  during  the 
night,  I  was  under  serious  exercises,  whether 
I  ought  to  rise  at  all  in  meeting. 

The  thought  of  passing  away  does  not 
trouble  me;  hut  to  remaiu  with  Taculties  fading 
nut.  is  not  comfortable  to  me.  I  had  always, 
for  many  years  past,  expected  to  die  suddenly; 
while  in  full  possession  of  my  mental  faculties 
I  thought  I  had  heart  disease,  but  two  years 
ago  when  I  put  myself  under  the  care  of  a 
physician  for  dropsey,  (which  he  curedj  I  learn- 
ed that  my  heart  was  perfectly  sonud.  So  now 
the  prospect  is  I  shall  decline  gradually  in 
I  mind  and  body  to  the  end.  I  try  to  say,  the 
will  of   the  Lord  he  done. 

When  a  boy  I  was  raised  on  a  farm,  on  the 
bank  of  ariver,  (Schuylkill),  and  in  .June  1 
often  sat  on  the  hank  and  saw  the  shad  trying 
to  go  back  to  the  ocean  from  whence  they 
came.  They  were  too  old  to  swim  below  water, 
but  would  fioat  partly  on  top  aud  make  con- 
tinued efforts  to  keep  under  water,  but  in  vain. 
The  parallel  is  not  strong,  but  I  have  oft  ot 
late  had  that  rememberance  come  to  my  mind, 
Before  I  pass  away  I  would  like  to  see  our 
many  papers  all  hoist  the  flag  of  freedom  from 
all  that  intoxicates;  and  to  see  the  Communion 
Cup  freed  from  alcohol.  The  Bible  appears  lo 
speak  of  two  kinds  of  wine,  t)ne  the  figure 
of  heaven,  the  other  the  figureof  hell.  It  was 
no  doubt  in  my  mind  the  latler  that  Jesus 
when  he  turned  water  lo  wine.  The  word 
"  Must"  is  a  cavil,  and  the  same  that  Paul  rec- 
ommended to  Timothy.  If  he  was  to  drink 
no  longer  water,  not  likely  the  apostle  Paul 
would  recommend  any  other.  I  am  just  as 
confident  that  Jesus  Christ  did  rot  make  a 
drink  with  alcohol  in  it,  as  I  am,  that  He  is  my 
Savior. 

In  the  days  of  the  apostles  there  was  a  dis- 
tinction between  Iho  world  and  the  disciples; 
greater  than  now.  in  more  things  than  dress. 
The  worshipers  of  Buchns  did  use  the  alcoholic 
wine  and  the  apostle  call  it  the  cup  of  devils. 
When  Jesus  gave  the  cup  He  called  it  the 
fruit  of  the  vine.  Never  is  it  called  wine  in 
reference  to  tho  cup  of  the  eucharist.  Who 
originated  the  idea  first  that  Christ  made  wine 
that  would  intoxicate?  We  know  alcohol  is 
one  of  the  inventions,  I  mean  when  extracted 
from  grain  or  fruit,  when  on  the  way  to  putre- 
faction; and  the  juice  of  the  grape  when  fer- 
luentfd  is  on  that  road,  but  can  witli  care  be 
arrested-  If  not  it  goes  on  to  the  acetic,  and 
becomes  vinegar.  Before  distillation  was  dis- 
covered, it  was  dirticult  to  keep  wine  from 
fermentation,  and  it  could  not  be  conveyed 
from  place  to  place.  To  keep  or  to  carry  it, 
they  luld  to  It  alcohol  or  spirits  of  wine. 

The  mode  of  preparing  the  juice  of  tho  grape 
to  use.  and  to  keep  for  use  as  a  drink  became 
lost;  and  the  distinction  between  the  blessing 
and  the  curse  was  also  lost. 

The  Mohammedans  with  all  their  errors  of 
war,  polygamy,  eU\.,  yet  retained  so  much  of 
the  principles  of  the  religion  they  apostatized 
from,  as  to  use  no  intoxicating  drinks  for  cent- 
uries. It  is  only  since  they  hold  free  intercourse 
with  Christian  nations  that  they  have 
begun  to  drink  intoxicating  wine  and  to  swear. 
When  a  Mohammedan  drinks  or  swears,  they 
fay  of  him,  "he  drinks,  or  he  swears  like  a 
Christian."  But  enough. 
Sdutytkill,  Pa.,  Jan.  Hi,  1^0. 


From  New  Enterprise,  Pa. 

OX  tho  evening  of  the  20th  of  December 
brother  James  Quinter  commenced  a  ae- 
ries of  meetings  in  our  district.  He  preached 
three  sermons  in  the  Watersride  meeting-houw, 
and  on  Sunday  the  meeting  wa*t  moved  to  the 
large  meeting-house  at  New  Enterprise,  where 
he  continued  till  on  the  evening  of  the  26th, 
during  which  time  he  held  forth  the  Word  of 
lile  with  great  zeal  and  power.  The  immedi- 
ate result  of  his  lahora  wa-s.  there  was  one  made 
willing  to  come  and  join  in  ivith  the  children 
of  God,  and  was  received  by  baptism.  We  be- 
lieve that  niiiiiy  more  were  seriously  impressed 
relative  to  their  Roul'a  salvation.  While  broth- 
er .lames  pointed  sinners  to  the  Lamb  of  Qod, 
he  did  not  fail  to  instruct  us  as  membent,  to 
love  and  faithfulncis  iu  our  Christian  duties; 
and  I  think  we,  as  members,  were  edified  by 
our  meetings,  which  it  was  our  happy  priv- 
ilege to  be  if  we  all  give  heed  to  what  our  dear 
brother  has  tried  to  teach  us. 

MifHAEi.  Keller. 


From  Ryonson  Station,  Pa. 


Dm 


Wi 


BiTthrni: — 

commenced  a  series  of  meetings  on 
the  6th  of  Jiinuary,  and  continued  for 
three  weeks.  We  expected  brother  Sterling,  of 
Fayette  couuty,  to  bu  with  us,  but  wn  he  did  not 
come,  wo  did  the  best  we  could  ourselves.  We 
hud  very  intere.'^tiug  meetings;  pretty  good  at- 
tendance, and  the  best  of  order  through  the 
entire  meeting.  Tho  result  was,  four  were 
made  willing  to  be  buried  with  Christ  by  bap- 
tism, to  rise  to  walk  with  Him  in  newness  of 
life.  There  were  also  four  reclaimed,  making 
eight  in  all.  May  the  Lord  keep  us  all  by  His 
grace,  that  We  uniy  all  be  bright  and  shining 
lights  throuijh  our  day  and  generation,  and 
liaally  Kliine  forth  in  the  kingdom  of  our  God 
Ijcyoud  tho  silent  waters  of  death, 

Henry  Wisk. 

Notice. 

fy\0  the  elders,  brethren  and  sislers  of  the 
1      Southern  District  of  Indiana: 

The  Brethren  appointed  by  the  last  District 
Meeting  for  the  Southern  Indiana  mission  de- 
sire to  make  another  misdiou.  There  are  bufc 
six  dollars  and  fifty-six  cents  in  the  treasury. 
I  have  agreed  to  lulvance  In  the  Brethren  the 
necessary  funds  to  Qi\rry  on  said  mission.  Now 
will  the  different  churches  in  Southern  District 
of  Indiana  please  see  to  this  mutter  at  once? 
A  f'Mv  of  th'--  charchiM  have  dune  nobly  in  thia 
good  work,  while  others  have  done   nothing. 

Send  money  by  bank  draft,  post-office  order 
or  registered  letter,  to  B.  F.  Koons,  Nettle 
Cr<ek.   Wajne  county.  Imliana. 


Danisn  Mission  Report. 

Waddain's  Grove  church,  111 if  15.00 

Mary  B,  Miller,  la 1.00 

Tiilpehocken  church,  Pa 11.35 

Jeremiah  Rothermel,  Po 5    ^-OO 

A.J.  Myers,  Ohio 10  00 

Anna  M.  Shirk 3,00 

Henry  Sprankel,  Ohio 2.00 

English  i'rairie  church,  Ind 4.20 

C.  Blickenstali;  111 25 

Sarah  A.  Lichty,  la 2.25 

Pine  Creek  church,  lad 2.20 

Total $52.25 

In  No.  2,  Milledgeville  church  wa-i  credited 
with  ?21.00  instead   of  $11.00.     Also  "  Stania-     . 
burg"    diurch  should   have    been  Stanislaus 
ehiirch,  California. 

C.  P.  Rowland.  Treasurer. 
Lanark,  III.,  Jan.  '^Hth,  l!^<K 
(P.  C.,}ih'i$e  coptj.) 

From  Denmark. 

"If  out  Gospel  isliid,  it  is  hid  for  those  that 
perisli."    2<'or.  4:3. 

'pHESE  few  lines  read  with  serious  reaection 
by  an  earnest  believer  may  cause  both  joy 
and  sorrow;  for  if  any  thing  can  gladden  a 
heart,  it  must  be  this,  that  then-  is  a  saving 
Gosiwl  given  from  heaven,  and  tj  have  part  in 
it  for  the  welfare  of  our  souls.  What  joy  in 
this  world  can  be  compared  to  this?  None  at 
all;  for  not  only  do  3  it  deliver  from  the  fear 
of  de^th,  but  rather  makes  one  exclaim,  "Death 
isto  me  a  gain;"  and  moreover  while  we  live 
it  gives  pca<^'e  aud  joy  to  the  soul,  and  fills  the 
heart  so  it  flows  over  with  praise  and  thanks- 
giving to  him  that  brought  it  to  fallea  man. 
But  who  is  not  pained  to  see  that  this  glorious 
Gospel  is  hid  from  so    many?      Judging    from 


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'I-JHIK    HHK'IVI-IKKjS'    -iVa^    AVOKKl. 


Kebi 


ruary 


the  fruit  whereby  ii  tiw  i^  to  be  known,   it   in 

evid.iit  it  is  lii<i  from  the  inmiy.  C'autw  and 
eflfrct  follow  each  olht-r,  and  ln-nce  it  profitu 
but  littK"  to  do  as  many  do.  ^pcnk  uboiit  fiiith 
and  iv|).-iitiiiice.  Jiiid  church  salTiilion  una  p*t- 
ditioii,  otc.  If  thote  tliingH  w«  c«l!  fruit  *> 
company  not  thwu  things,  which  «nthout 
we  iirv  empty,  hollow  soundH.  The  Gos- 
pel of  peace  will  ever  i  roduc^  "fruit  mp*t  for 
rept'ntiiiicc."  GoJ'm  rrue  (hildr*nart  ofU*n 
said  to  jiidpc  otherH  when  they  prwent  thn 
GoSpt-l  truth;  but  (JodV  people  know  and  (idmit 
thwt  only  one  shall  be  the  judR.-  of  all-  Hut  if 
we  sie  ti  sign  over  H  dour  repn-fcnting  a  jjIhk* 
flowing  over  with  pollened  liquor,  who  would 
not  sui)|»o?e  that  intide  that  door  wiw  df-alt  out 
stronp  drink?  So  poor  niniier,  bad  aetionw  show 
the  heart  to  be  corrupt  and  a  ntrangerto  gnu*. 
I  tremble  when  I  Ihiiik  of  them.  May  (iod 
jfraiit  that  the  New  Year  bring  great  blenn- 
iiig«.  tliat  Iht  n<)«prl  may  be  Kprei.d  aud  tw 
lifved  of  many.  Lo!  (he  great  harvest  for 
thoiie  cent  in  the  ],Uu:c  of  Je«UH,  may  all  hold 
hard  to  tbe  form  ill  which  it  i«  delivered,  for 
uuto  all  who  do  othorwine  it  promiwed  a  fearful 
curse.  Lord  of  host,  "land  by  thy  poor  chil- 
dren ftnd  be  with  Ihcm  eveimoro. 

0.  C.  ESKILDMKK. 

From  Jc8»c  Calvert. 

W1-;  I'loxed  a  meeting  lant  night  in  the  out 
HkirtH  of  thiH  di^trict.  We  preached  in 
a  Cumpbellite  church.  Wo  could  only  have 
the  church  four  dayii.  They  eot  very  uneii*y, 
and  I  druprted  the  reiuarli  on  the  text  "Loarii 
of  me,"  Wiitt.  U:  2!».  that  we  need  not  go  to 
I'eter;  »e  were  laught  to  learn  of  .JeMUH.  ()n<> 
of  tlieii  IJretlireu  went  for  rue.  I  Hiiiiply  told 
him,  ailer  annwr-riug  bin  (piention,  tliitt  no  geii- 
tlemftTi  would  do  um  be  did  at  a  piotracted 
moeting.  I  then  preached  them  one  iformon 
on  buptiniK,  and  our  time  wiw  out.  The  truth 
on  that  Hubject  had  a  telling  ellect  on  the  audi- 
ence. We  baptized  lliree  and  have  more  ai>- 
plieanlH,  and  renlored  one.  Could  we  have  had 
meeting  loiiaer  wn  Ihinit  much  good  would 
have  been  iiecomplij^lied. 

Tlii:*  DKiniiiig  we  aceompHnied  brother  L.  II. 
Dickey  to  a  l)rother  StalU,  and  found  him  very 
mck.  Iliw  requent  wiut  to  be  aniiiiinted.  Tliii 
WttH  done  for  him.  Al't^Twurd  he  paid,  "1  am 
now  reatly  to  go  to  eternity,  aJid  feel  Hafe  ami 
happy.  1  wiHli  and  liope  (o  meet  my  family.  [ 
0,  what  Hwt'et  comfort  in  a  dying  hour!  All  iK 
well,  because  I  have  done  all  the  coiiimand- 
nients  of  my  God,  and  can  die  in  peace."  Can 
thoHO  who  do  not  thus  obey  Iho  truth  »iiy  as 
much? 
Fosforiii,  Ohio,  Jail.  %,  ]S79. 

From  Chriation  Hope. 


J),ur  liifflimi.— 

1)101{1IA1*S  you  wonder  at  my  ttilence.  I 
have  been  from  honu'  for  some  time.  I 
went  to  Frederick  shaven  to  lill  an  appoiulinent, 
and  had  a  good  congregation,  which  had  been 
called  together  by  our  friend,  the  Methodmt 
misfiionary.  Krom  there  went  to  Old  Scugen, 
the  most  norllu'rii  point  in  Denmark,  where 
we  held  two  mcetingit.  Mad  large  congrega- 
tiouM.  Hero  lound  Home  relatives  of  brother 
Eskildsen.  A  young  girl  w«8  made  to  see  her 
niul'ul  condition,  and  believe  on  Je.iii>i.  8hi 
expectsi  to  join  the  church  of  God  soon.  The 
meetings  had  a  good  eR'ect  hero.  TIhh  is  a 
promising  field  for  the  work  of  the  Lord. 

From  Old  Sciigen,  we  went  two  miles  oa^t  to 
Scagen,  where  no  missionary  ever  Huccoeded  in 
doing  any  good.  Wo  wont  from  house  to 
house  to  get  a  room  to  hold  meeting  in,  and  at 
last  we  got  uauialt  one  by  paying  four  erownii!. 
Held  two  meetings;  many  were  moved  by  the 
word  spoken.  The  interest  manife«ted  demands 
my  return  soon.  From  thei-e  1  started  home, 
but  on  the  way  hold  meetings  wherever  I  can. 
Have  mode  many  warm  friends,  and  are  gladly 
welcomed  by  all.  Thus  we  learn  that  the  bit- 
ter opposition  which  lirst  met  »8,  i«  rapidly 
subsiding.  The  church  and  mission  are  now 
rei-pected,  and  our  members  loved  by  all.  This 
is  a  change  for  the  better.  When  wo  lirjitcame 
all  hated  uc,  and  tried  hard  to  withhold  every 
IDchof  ground,  but  this  is  ho  no  more.  I  will 
reach  home  Janury  8th,  and  leave  on  the  Hth 
for  the  South,  to  remain  one  week,  then  come 
home  a  few  days,  then  start  for  Thyland.  Thus 
is  my  time  spent.  All  earnestly  pray  for  me, 
that  soul  and  body  may  be  sustained.  My  wife 
is  still  poorly,  but  is  |».itieiit  when  she  hears 
that  the  work  of  the  Lord  is  prospering. 

Now  since  some  have  asked  me  alont  the 
country  I  traveled  through.  I  will  give  a  short 
description  of  it.  About  Scagen  the  country 
is  generally  level,  and  not  much  above  the  lev- 
el of  the  ocean.  Here  and  there  is  a  quicksand 
hill.    These  run  sometimes  in   ridges,  and  are 


heaped  logethT  by  nlrong  windn.  Scag^^^n  i'^ 
built  on  Hand  and  ver)'  near  the  water.  The 
wavM  sornetimej"  roll  up  to  il,  hence  qaite  dan- 
gerou*  for  "ailon".  Vessels  are  p/»melinie« 
wanhed  awbore,  and  they  stick  bo  deep  in  the 
Hand  (hat  no  human  power  can  get  them  "ut 
Near  the  end  of  S(«gen  is  a  light-houM?  12.3 
feet  high.  The  top  ix  rp,'M-h''d  by  a  stairwaT  ol 
216  ft/'p*.  f)n  the  top  is  a  gliw«  arch  large 
enough  to  hold  «eT*n  or  eight  perKoafl.  Here 
in  a  large  lamp  which  gives  out  a  very  fine 
light.  Thi»  can  be  n^en  over  thirty  milct  dis- 
Unt. 

Therein  very  little  vegetation  in  Scagen; 
nothing  but  drifting  wand.  I  noticed  one  little 
spot  crivered  with  tr**fit.  and  a  little  ground  in 
titled.  The  town  contains  1,400  inhabitant*, 
who  live  moiitly  by  finhing.  The  people  are  ig- 
norant, and  have  generally  no  means  of  their 
own.  In  poIiticK  and  religion  they  stick  eloHC 
to  the  prient  and  police.  At  first  they  were 
afraid  of  u^,  thinking  us  criminals.  Tbej*  how- 
ever Hoon  got  ai^/|uainted  with  us,  and  conclud- 
ed that  we  had  as  much  right  to  preach  there 
OS  their  priest.  A  number  asked  us  to  come 
again.  The  time  of  my  departure  has  come, 
HO  I  must  gird  on  my  sword  and  start  to  the 
battle.  Farewell  to  you  all.  T  wish  you  all  a 
I(ap[>y  New  Year. 
Jimp,  Jim. ./,  /«7.'/. 

A  Card. 

My  reply  to  the  diicournes,  delivered  in  reply 
to  my  "  Ephlh  to  the  members  of  the 
Christian  church,"  at  Dodgertown,  had  the  de- 
sired ellect.  The  date  for  the  origin  of  back- 
ward baptinni  waM  too  much,  even  for  the 
minister,  who  hoped  that  the  next  r/i/sf/C  would 
be  luldressed  to  him.  Although  tliia  "next 
epistle"  wtt.s  puldiwhed  in  tlie  Hhkthren  at 
Woiiit  of  .July  ith,  and  a  copy  sent  to  this 
theologian,  yet  we  liear  nothing  from  him. 
This  is  all  the  evidence  necessary  to  prove  that 
tlie  argument  uflfd  in  the  reply,  in  favor  of 
trine  immersion  and  in  opposition  to  other 
modes  of  baptism  arc  unimpeachable.  This 
fact  has  prompted  me  to  publish.  Hystnm  atically 
arranged  in  hand-bill  form,  the-se  invincible 
arguments,  for  general  distribution.  I  will 
send  theju  po-'^t  pjid  io  any  at  10  cents  per  doz- 
en or  00  cyDtK  per  hundred.  Here  is  an  oppor- 
tunity for  scattering  broadcast  over  our  land,  a 
knowledge  of  that  mode  of  baptism  which  can 
be  traced  to  no  other  source  than  Christ  him- 
self. Address  E.  Umiiai'oii,  Pierccton,  Kosci- 
uiiko  county,  Indiana. 


,  paf-eri»  I"  persons  who  think  of  etudying   pho- 
nngraphy.  that  contains  alphalMtt  and  answeri. 
many  question  on  the  sabj«ct.      Sent  on  re- 
ceipt of  two  ifaree-cent  stamps. 
yfaroinb,  lit. 


"ignsini^ss  jOfpavfiuE 


It 4hral  In  tUBtnf^  tmnH  In  •|«rtt,  vnlg, tt*  l.^ _-"" 


MOXETUST. 


B'rtllcii  ^Ctlee\i. 


■  ton.  *.ii„.  a?t^ '-S!! 


'■■■'  "  TS    i=*n   ri„^ 


I  r<o    Mr* 


""•h!-. 


J*p« 


.  .  .iif  B  on  but  one  Biila  of  ih* 

,  utJ  &ei>Am«  from  all  other  bavineas. 


TwoJBurials  in  One  Day. 

ON  the  2.3rd  I  tvitneHsed  an  unusual  scene, — 
iilitt  b.ibj  of  sevoateea  dayj  old  was 
buried  bonoatli  the  clods  of  earth,  while  the 
father  aud  a  girl  living  in  the  same  family,  de- 
sired to  be  buried  with  Christ  in  haptihin.  The 
former  grave  having  been  opened  to  bury  the 
child,  it  was  tirst  buried,  then  the  ice  was  cut 
to  admit  the  ordinance  of  baptism,  to  he  per- 
formed OS  exenii)liried  to  us  by  Christ.  Thus 
three  were  buried:  one  to  await  tlie  firat  res- 
urrection, the  othi-r  two  to  rise  in  newness  of 
life.  Here  was  truly  xorrow  mixed  with  joy; 
the  mother  and  wife,  who  had  her  cup  fillid 
with  sorrow  in  the  lo.-s  of  her  beautiful  darling 
babe,  and  returned  in  joy  over  her  dear  hus- 
band, who  stood  out  long  in  the  barren  mounts 
ains  of  sin  and  lolly,  at  \a»\  joining  her  in  the 
Clnistian  warfare.  Oh,  the  joy  to  that  wife 
antl  mother  in  the  veiy  time  of  advoi-sity. 

Mimy  more  fathers  and  husbands  are  just 
doing  as  tliis  brother  did.  Why  not  come  and 
join  your  dear  wife  in  her  Christian  warfaiv,  bc- 
foiv  it  is  too  late?  Should  that  be  the  ca.se. 
you  could  never  mci-t  with  her  in  the  kingdom 
of  our  God.  Would  it  not  even  now  be  a  tor- 
ment to  you  to  know  that  you  should  be  doom- 
ed to  die  the  death  that  never  dies,  aud  your 
Christian  companion  join  tlie  heavenly  lio.st,  to 
dwell  with  Christ  forever,  and  you  sink  down 
into  everhiHling  torment?  This  will  he  j-our 
certain  doom,  if  you  do  not  turn  to  Jesus  while 
you  have  the  opportunity. 

S.  C.  Kkim. 
h'lk  Lick;  Ph.. "Jan.  28th,lS7'J. 


From  H.  C.  Lucas. 

THROUGH  the  kindness  of  the  editore_  I 
would  say  through  the  Brbthhes  at 
WoKK  to  those  who  have  written  me  for  the. 
paper  treating  of  short  hand  writing,  that  I 
will  accept  of  good  books  in  return  for  instruc- 
tion, as  I  think  of  establishing  a  free  liluary 
in  the  West  or  South  as  soon  as  I  can  make 
arrangements  to  do  so.  Should  be  glad  to  have 
correspondence  with  miy  that  this  proposal 
would  suit.     1  still  send  the  large  sixteen  page 


KODERICK.— In  tlic  Hnirpalcli  clinrcli,  NoWe  Co..  luJ- 
Ailiet  A'lfliu.  <l»ughUr  of  brother  l>a*i<I  nad  Ntel«r 
lUJtrick.  •pJ  Ojmr.,  7  month*  bocI  19  Jaj*-  D'«- 
eu*  mnkereJ  oorc  thronl. 

BODKKU.'K,— Id  themniffdwlrirt.  Fth.  Int.  of  lung  "f- 
fMlloo.  Mionlo  Bltiel,  infant  Jaugbltr  of  tnenA  JOKcph 
Rfldfrick,  ugeJ  1  month  nnd  8  dafs. 

n.)ih  tK>aieu  wcr*  e»rri«I  b/  one  hwrse  •t   the  eiuno 

lime,  OLiJ  bolhfiin«r»l»  preached   by    ihe   wriler  nl   Iho 

■sue  lime.  It'XJAViN  Lkib. 

HrSTElt.— In  tbcSugnr  KMge  congi^gftlion.  Dnncook 
Co..  Ohio.  .Inn.  lOlh.  J*n»ie  H..  Uoiigbter  of  ftieiid 
John  nnd  tiiicr  lliini^r,  »gcd  4  je»ra.  *  monlha  and  11 
dny».     Funorol  eorvio**  by  the  wriler, 

J.  F.  Ebcbsolb, 

WAI.DItrS— In  the  Springfiel'l  diafrict.  Tnd.,  Jnn,  •itllb, 
infnnt  JntijtMer  of  brother  Harrison  nnd  Sftrnh  Wiil- 
drin,  ngcd  yO  dnye.  Funernl  B*r*ko8  by  broiber 
Cbrislinn  Weaver.  Jua-i  Boi.i>is. 

KING  — Ncnr  Dunkirk.  Ohio,  Jnn.  2IHb.  swler  Tripbenn. 
daugbler  of  sister  Lydin  King,  aged  17  years.  5  monlbs 
and  'Jl  day*.  ScrvicM  by  the  writer,  usiHlcd  by  brotb- 
er  E.  IJoMcrnion,  ftom  2  Cor.  5:  1. 

S.  T.  IlOSBBRMAS. 

IIACHSTBITKII.— In  tho  I.ick  Creek  church,  Owen  Co., 
hid.,  Jnn.  2:!nd,  18711,  sister  Siis/innn  HHohstetter.  nged 
70yeAni.  8  month»  nnd  U  days.  fHoernl  by  brother 
Da»id  Culler  nnd  R.  R.  Goihom, 

JoH.v  Loso. 

rAnmSON.-  Lyd»n  Mnrgel  Cnrriaon,  dnugbler   of  sislor 
.Sijsim  Ciu'rinon.  Jiin.  4tb  1879.  nged  4  months  nnd  27 
iliiys.     Funcrnl  servicoi  by  the  writer. 

K.  IlRCKU.tK. 

OOUGIINOl'It.— Near  Ellthnrt.  Polk  Co..  low*.  Jnnunry 
•24lh.  I-oniii  I).,  son  of  Jlrolhcp  SEvmiiol  nnd  sisler  De- 
Iju  GoiiKbnoiir.  nged  10  years  and  22  dnys. 
Ho  1VU9  siok  aeorly  n  mouth.    He  had  been  ntlcnd- 

ing  school  very  regular  before  he  took  sick,   nnd  studied 

rery  hard— most  t«o  much   so,    aa   the   doctor   thought. 

The  nnluro  of  the  diaense  wns  inflnnmlJou  of  the  brnin. 

Tbe  funciiil  wns  largely  attended.    Services  by  one  «f  the 

brelhrcu.  from  Hob.  !•:  27.  J.  W.  Moatx. 

STL'TZM.VN.— In  Rttifgo  district.  Elkhart  county,  Ind.. 
August  oli.t.  brotlier  John  Stulunw,  aged  78  yenrs,  0 
monlljs  nnd  7  days.     Pimcrnl  scrvJcos  by  brother   I-evi 

WeuTCT  nnd  John  Metiler. 


K  ■  >■  Sl.r.*k  I  50    J  W  Bonll.^.^  *"*'  I 

II,..!.!'  ll.il  ir  „r,  Sl-^kl-X  I  5U.,PMIAM  I  to  Jh  '^ 
IM,  J'-.«n.M.  I  M  .S.«l,  \  «,Mill..,  *M  J«»Sb,i^""t 
A  »Aikl  M  ,KIIopl.in.=  ^'  Slmi,n  CKkr.  J  jj  ^  a^^'  '''* 
Cliamb-BilC  .J  llP-.j»r  1  W  H«yn«hm»n  ISO  .JeZ.  "'■ 
aSiDiiltJIKl  I  Kln».)  UN  CPBorfcify  2  M  Psh.lU  j^"* 
T>im>r'.:t     PH'Iwrl'O    nriiJ«mlnTnni»rlW,  CR  jj^  1 

K,ll«13ie    SllMTongrrJ  («J    KllnMS-«i.M    Gm  I~,  ' '" 


ItORDEB.  -In  Ihe  same  district.    Oclobor   2!trd,    btolber 

Williiiin  IJordtT,  aged  74yc(irs.-!   uionlhs  aud   1    day. 

Services  l.y  John  Meuler  aud  Jacob   Benller.    from    1 

Cor.  16:  2-2. 
SHAFNliH.— In  Elkharl  Valley  district,   September  8th, 

brother  Franklin  Shnfiier,  aged  81   years.   10  months 

aift  8  days. 

He  was  anointed  with  oitin  tho  nnmc  of  the  Lord, 
nnd  had  a  desire  to  be  with  the  Lord.  Thus  we  have 
ruason  to  believe  that  be  felt  asleep  in  the  arma  of  Jcsijs. 
Services  by  I).  B.  Stutsman  and  tho  writer,  from  llev. 
22:  12.  Joiis  Metzlkb. 

FIKE.— In  the   Milledgeville  oburch.   Carroll  Co.,  111., 

Jan.  2')lb,  187fl,  of  etyaipelns,  brother  Elias  M.  Fike 

iigiii  20  yoara,  2  months  nnd  0  days. 

He  bore  his  aflliclion  with  Chris  ian  fortitude,  and, 
tbough  young  and  surrounded  with  nil  that  ho  could  de- 
sire to  mako  life  happy,  lie  expressed  a  desire  to  depart 
and  be  wilb  God.  People  addressed  from  1  Thess,  4:  13, 
l>y  Miclinel  Uiiiiiacl  aud  llie  writer. 

M.  M.  lilllELMAN. 

ULElvY.— In  Ihfl  Tuikey  Creeck  congregation,  Ind.,  Jan. 
17tb,  1871),  of  lung  fuvor,  Minnie  Klixahcth  Ulcry,  in- 
fant daugblci-  of  brother  Levi  and  sister  Catheiine 
riery,  agtit  11  rnoiilb*  and  12  days.  Funeral  by  John 
i(.  Miller  and  the  writer.  Daniel  Wteoxq. 

{'ARTER.— In  the  bouuds  of  the  St.  Vrain  ohuroli,  Rould- 
cr  Co.,  Colorado,  Jan.  16th,  brother  J.  H,  C,  Carter,  aged 
CD  years. 
Ho  leaves  a  qorrawing    wife  (a  sLslor)  and  six  chil- 
dren to  mourn  ]ii|'dcparturo.    Some  days  before  his  death 
bo  called  for  the  elders  of  (ho  church,  to i>e   anointed    in 
the  name  of  the  Lord.    Wns  fully  rosigued  to  the  will  of 
God,  and  died  with  a  full  hope  aod  prospect  .jf    a  blexsed 
immortality.       I-'unernI   diucoiirso   by    the   umlervigncd 
He  wo^  the  first  adult  member  of  this  arm  of  Ihc  chureU 
taken  from  us  by  dcnib  air.co  il«  orgaciiation  four  years 
ago.    A  large  concourse  of  friends  followed  him   to   his 
la*t  resting:  place.  .J.  S.  Flout. 


W.  U.  R.  R.  TIME  TABLE. 


Mltlil  tUl'nw  1  -,;  ^    )i; 

KAST  not  Ml 

Day  fixiinv !■  M 

X!gh«  to.i.tT-i   ,      V    il 

.\ci\)IiiiiioiIaUou r.  e.  II. 

T[rkriaHn'«>l.t  r.'talviL'Iinliii  mil).  I  „.—„c,.,.  i,,.,ri.  uir.ii,.  ,li.„> 
c»».i«lluii  „l  \V«I.Tn  Li,ioii  ,I.iiicH,«.,  I.,  A.  .^M^U.  Ay^i.l 

Passenfiers  for  Chicago  sliuulil  leave  Lanark  at 
12:21  P.  M.;niii  to  the  Western  t'nioti  .Iiuictioii; 
here  thfv  need  w;iit  Imt  live  iiiiniite.'*  f.u  tiie  Clu- 
caji...  MilM.uiK.T  .111.1  St.  I'.iiil  luss.-iijjL-r  li:ini  jui.l 
tiiusi-e;u-h('liini-..;it.7;4:>  tliesame  .■vniini.'.'  To 
reaeJi  Laii;iik  lii.m  Clueayo;  yo  to  l-'l.  W;iviie  lU- 
pi.t.  l;ik>-  the  CliiLiijio,  Milwatikee  and  si.  Paiil 
tiMiii  ;it  tivi- ill  tin- tveuiug;  run  North  to  the  W. 
U.  Juuctitm.i  liiiuiie  cars  for  Lanark,  and  arrive 
here  at  2:21  in  the  morning. 


■n.*.!"!-'" «5  1.  A  Kfigi-iw  .: 

IW.  .n\VKnlglit>auai  1  U>..lMt 
StuIunai>2nn..Aiir«n  BcrkrjtMl* 
Lcil  Onrtipr  U  00  .Uenrj  SiifE""! 
t4C.;.  ClUttlitdt  1  »..Jrir<.l.  Si 


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;um  t  0»,,Alio 

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liillluls  only)  iiri<l  |ia1d  Tot  oiil  u(  tbu  nbovo  fimd,  clmrgliii; 
Inr  n  ymu  tor  Ihip  ihiiht  : 
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THE  CONTENTS  VOL.  4,  NO.  8. 

EPiToHiAL  AiiTif:r,E6:  Page 

XUe  KUlev  iind  Younger.— J.  H.  Moore 4 

Tlie  UM  Order,— M.  M.  Eshelman 4 

House  Burned.- '■ 5 

An  ExpUm^tioii : .^ 

CONTHU'lTED  AltTICLES: 

Tlie  I'it«nil  Interpretation  of  tlie  Holy  Script- 

yj.ea,_Aiex  W.  Reese  Number  2  1 

A  Visit  to  Sliaker  Town.— Landon  West 2 

God  ft  Consuming  Fire.— J.  R.  Hoffer 0 

Sipna  follow  them.— D.  L.  Williams fl 

(Jutstions  Answered,— Maltie   A.  Lejir tl 

Tlif  Teiicliingfi  of  Jesus.— .James  Wirt <( 

TliH  "I'uve  of."— S.  J.  Harrison r. 

ruuenU  yermon.— It.  H.  Miller 1 

COKKllsro.SDENCE: 

From  Wliite  Hock,  Kansas.- James  L.  Swit^nr  " 
From  Il'*l>'iblic  (_'o.,  Kansas.- S.  C.  Haslior..      7 

From  Home  Cliurch,  Ohio.— Jesse  Calvert 1 

From  F.  F.  I^cphr 7 

Frtim  Black  River  Churcli.Oliio.— O.  J.  Mvers  7 

From  Fulton  Co.,  Pa.— W.R.  Truax 7 

From  Whitely  Creek,  I!!.— James  F.  Davis 7 

From  Creaton,  Iowa.— (ieorge  \V.  Keim 7 

Sundav-school  Convention.— A. W.  Bowman... 7 

From  I>.  -N'-  Wnrkmuu 7 

From  Central  Illinoi8.—K.  Heckman 7 

From  Pike  Creek  Cburcli,  111.— Lewis  LeDuc.  H 

From  Monticello,  lad.- J.  A.  Weaver 5 

selected: 
An  Appeal  from  a  Lady  to  the  Gentlemen  —  'A 

A  Small  Audience " 

Ueturn  of  the  Jews '> 

Covetousness ■'• 

FOETRY : 

Make  Childhood  Sweet « 

Xever  Failing  Bank ^ 


FUNERAL    SERMON  OF  JOHN 

STUDEBAKER,  OF  SOUTH 

BEND,  IND. 


HY  B,  U.  UILLEIt. 


"I  have  fought  a  good  light,  I  have  linished  my 
course,  I  have  kept  the  laith.  Henceforth  there  is 
acrownof  righteousness  which  the  Lord,  the  right- 
eous Judge  shall  give  meat  that  day;  and  not  to 
me  only,  but  unto  all  them  also  that  love  his  appear- 
ing,"  2  Tim.  4:7.  8. 

THIS  text  was  selected  by  brother  John  Stu- 
(lebaker.  something  near  five  years  before 
his  death,  to  be  used  at  his  funeral,  because  it 
would  in  Mome  degree  express  tlie  feelings  of  his 
own  heart,  which  he  wished  to  have  impressed 
upon  i\w  minds  of  his  family  and  friends  when 
they  came  to  the  last  farewell  tocoDsigu  him  to  his 
resting-place,  to  await  the  great  resurrection 
when  the  glory  of  all  his  hopes  will  be  fully 
realized. 

There  are  several  points  in  this  text  to  which 
we  refer  in  their  order,  hoping  that  these  raav, 
as  the  old  father  seemed  to  desire,  he  left  a  last- 
ing monument  in  the  memory  of  his  children, 
on  wliich  is  written  the  life,  the  experience,  th*- 
hope  of  their  father.  It  is  not  needed  that  we 
speak  now  of  him  personally  as  it  has  been  done 
in  the  papers  of  your  town. 

The  liinguugf  of  the  text  gives  the  impre-sive 
figure  of  an  uldsoMier  when  his  warfare  i^s  en- 
ded, passing  from  his  labor  to  his  reward.  It  is 
hw  l.vsi  l„.,k  back  <.v«r  the  many  Imrd-fouglit 
battles  of  his  life.  He  says  first.  "  I  liave  fought 
a  good  fight."  This  language  expresses  the 
f'-'^liug  ut  the  apo>tl-.  wh.'u  hL-contemplateH  the 
Hfe  of  the  Chistian  wilh  it^  trials  and  labors  as 
«  warfare  ended,  the  victory  won.  and  the  old 
soldier  lays  hi^  armor  by.  The  soldier's  life  is 
full  of  iuterfcttt,  trials  and  dangers— his  com- 
mon   lot;    watching    and   fighting        his  great 


work.  Though  the  battle  be  hard  and  long,  the 
fight  is  a  good  one,  because  it  brings  the  victo- 
ry at  last.  How  well  this  thought  in  the  text 
applies  to  father  Studebaker;  he  could  look  back 
over  a  long  life  full  of  trials,  misfortunes  and 
sufferings,  but  deliverance  and  victory  have 
come.  The  last  battle  is  over.  His  passport 
sealed  to  go  home.  But  ere  he  starts,  he  selects 
this  text  to  tell  us,  the  fight  in  all  its  troubles, 
has  been  a  good  one. 

Our  old  father  spent  nearly  fifty  years  in  the 
service  of  the  Master.  In  all  that  time  the  good 
tight  has  been  the  great  work  of  bis  life — the 
cause  of  Christianity,  the  strictest  honesty, 
charity  to  the  poor,  even  beyond  his  ability, 
to  do  good  to  all  around  him,  and  ever  contend 
for  the  faith  once  delivered  to  the  saints,  have 
made  the  great  and  unwavering  features  in  his 
long  life.  Well  might  he  look  back  over 
his  labors,  and  with  the  apostle  say,  "  I  have 
fought  a  good  fight." 

Another  thought  making  this  text  impressive, 
the  warfare;  it  is  not  alone  for  the  benefit  of  the 
soldiers,   but  mainly    for   the  good  of  others. 
Thousands  reap  the  reward  61"  the  soldier's  suf- 
fering   and  victories.    Many    rejoice  in  peat^^e 
and  prosperity,  where  the  soldier  bled  and   died 
for  the  cause  of  others.    So  the  apostle  in  many 
hard  fights  suffered  long.     And  how  many    are 
richly  blessed  by  the  labors    ot  that   soldier   of 
the  Cross.     So,   too.  our  old  father,     a  faitliful 
soldier  in  bis  integrity,   fought  the    battles   of 
life  for  the  good  of  others,  teaching  and  defend- 
ing the  sacred  principles  of  his  religion,  in    in- 
dustry and  honesty,     thus    laying  the  founda- 
tion of  prosperity  for  the  family,  who   in    busi- 
ness and  influence  are  equal  to  any  in  the  West. 
They,  to-day,  should   look    back  to  the  life  of 
their  father  and  feel  the  truth  of  the  text,  that 
he  has  "  fought  a  good   fight"  for  them.     This 
thought,   too,    sweetens   the  bitterest    cup  in 
the  life  of  the  soldier,  to  see  his  sufiering  is  the 
cotfiu  in  which  the  richest  jewels  are  kept.     In 
the  land  of  contest  and  trial,  the  golden  sheaves 
are  gathered  for  the  angel  harvest.     So,  too,  the 
church      as    well    as     his    family     may     also 
look  hack  and  see  his  labor  for  fifty  years    often 
more  than  he  was  able  to  bear,  and  witness  too, 
that  he  has  "  fought  a  good  fight." 

Second,  the  apostle  says,  "  I  have  finished  my 
course."     In  this,  is  expressed  the   feelings   of 
one  who  has  laid  down  the  cross  and  is  ready, 
waiting  to  receive  the  crown.     The  work  is  fin- 
ished; then  comes  the  change  from   labor  tore- 
ward.     Uh,  how  sweet  is  rest  to  the    worn    out 
and  atticted  soldier,  when  he  receives  his  long 
furlow  to    go   home;  his  final  discharge     sign- 
ed; his  passport    sealed.     He  gently  sings, 
"  When  I  can  lay  my  armor  by. 
And  dwell  with  Christ  at  home." 
The  Christian  .-^ees  much  oi  God  in  the  work 
when  it  is  finished;  trials,  aflictions  and  sorrows 
may  have  made  up  its  days  and  years,  but  God 
appointed  them  all,  and  his  divine  power  safe- 
ly keeps  his  faithful  soldier  when  the  storms  of 
sorrow  rage.     The  work  i^    finished;  how  good 
it  is  for  the  soldier  who  can  stay  till    his    work 
IS  well  done.     He  takes  his    passport  and    goes 
home;  but  he  leaves  the  work  he  has  finished,  a 
blessing  to    all  behind    him.     The  apostle  has 
gone  home,  but  what  a  glory   in  the    work   he 
has  left  us.     How  many  bright  Christian  exam- 
ples are  left   a   shining    monument  where  the 
work  is  finished  and  the  laborer  gone  home!  So 
it  is  with  our  old  father;  hi't  place  in  the  family 
circle  is  vacant,  but  his  Christian  example   still 
lives  in  the  hearts  of  his   family    and  friends— a 
treasure  richer  than  jewels   and    more    Insting 
and  bright  than  marble  glass;  and  we  pray  that 
that  example  may  ever  live  in  all  iw  power  and 
influence,  when   other   years  have   come,  still 
pointing  the  dear  ftimily   to  the   Lamb  of  God 
that  taketh  away  the  sin  of  the  world. 

Third:  "I  have  kept  the  laith."  This  is  an- 
other look  I'aul  takes  over  his  past  life,  and 
speaks  of  the  great  joy  and  comfort  in  his  faith 
unshaken,  unwavering,  when  he  comes  to  cross 


the  river.  Through  all  the  misfortunes  of  life, 
in  perils  by  land  and  sea,  in  prison,  in  stripes, 
and  among  false  brethren.  His  eternal  inheri- 
tance in  saving  faith  never  failed  him.  lu  the 
cold,  damp  dungeon  at  Philippi,  his  feet  made 
fast  in  the  stocks,  faith  could  find  songs  at  mid- 
night to  sing  of  redeeming  love,  and  cheer  the 
prisoner  with  the  hopeol  immortal  life,  and  the 
crown  of  righteousness  soon  to  be  given.  His 
faith  in  God,  he  kept  to  the  last,  even  when  led 
to  the  block  of  Nero,  and  all  men  had  forsaken 
him;  "Nevertheless"  said  he,  "the  Lord  stood 
by  me  to  strengthen  me." 

How  true,  the  same  unwavenng  faith  in   ihe 
life  of  our  old  father.  In   adversity  or  in  pros- 
perity, in  sickness  or  in    health,     his  faith  nev- 
er failed  in  its  strength,  or  wavered  in  its   firm- 
ness.    But  in  all  his  reverses  in  Ohio,  when  all 
was  lost,  faith  was  still  his  strong  support.     In 
poverity  and  want,  he  ever  worked  in  the  cause 
of  the  Master.     His  trust  in  God,  sure  aud  stea<l- 
fast,  and  when  nearly  six  long  years,  par  lyzed 
and  helple-ss,  all  his  work  turned  into   faith,    it 
was  all  and  all  to  him.     When    I    visited  him 
last,  a  little  before    his   death,    though  our   ac- 
quaintance wosintimatefor nearly  twentyyears, 
I  could  not  be   sure  he    knew    me,   for  he  was 
speechless.     But  when  we  got   the   Testament 
to  read,  and  have   a  season  of  prayer  with  him, 
he  would   bow  his  head  and  point  his   palsied 
hand  to  the  sacred  Volume,  showing  us  clearly 
that,  while  his  body  was  sinking   down    under 
attiiction,  his   faith  would  rise  in  its  strength 
above  all  the   weaknesses  disease   could   bring, 
and  stand  his  strong  support  when  death's  man- 
tle was  spread  around  him. 

"Henceforth  there  is  a  crown  of  righteous- 
ness which  the  Lord  the  righteous  judge  shall 
give  me  at  that  day."  A  crown  implies  all  the 
honor,  and  power  and  wealth  that  can  be  con- 
ferred upon  the  conqueror  when  the  warfare  is 
elided.  This  Paul  uses  to  represent  the  glory 
of  eternal  life  given  to  the  soldier  of  the  Cross 
when  the  victory  is  won.  ''By  henceforth"  Paul 
means  the  crown  is  now  ready,  waiting  for  me; 
not  a  crown  of  gold,  pearls  and  diamonds  to 
give  earthly  honors  and  power,  but  a  crown 
of  righteousness  to  give  the  heir  of  God;  "an 
inheritance  incorruptible,  undefiled  that  fadeth 
not  away  reserved  in  heaven"  given  when 
crowns  of  gold  and  diamonds  have  lost  their 
value. 

Our  old  father  would  have  this  text  at  his  fu- 
neral, because  it  points  his  Children  to  his 
htipe  in  the  crown  of  righteousness,  richer  than 
all  earthly  things,  and  waiting  for  him  beyond 
the  river.  "The  Lord,  the  righteous  judge  shall 
give"  that  crown  when  the  soldier  gets  his  last 
discharge  and  comes  home.  It  is  not  a  boun- 
ty of  a  few  acres  of  land,  or  a  few  dollars  in 
money.  But  a  right  to  sit  with  him  on  hi-* 
throne.  Oh,  the  crown  of  righteousness  which 
gives  the  right  ol  him  who  gives  the  crown, 
and  made  kings  and  priests  in  the  resurrection 
made  in  the  glorious  likeness  of  the  Son  of  God, 
crowned  to  reieu  with  him  forever. 

This  crown  the  Lord  will  give  at  that  duy. 
There  is  a  day,  u  time  appointed  when  the 
Judge  shall  give  the  crowu.  We  may  all  soon 
change  worlds,  then  go  and  take  the  crown, 
when  the  Judge  s  lys.  "  Come  ye  blessed  of  my 
Fath(?f,  inherit  the  kingdom"— you  are  now 
crowned;  for  that  yotiratreeti  are  paved  with 
richer  jewels,  your  jasper  walls  and  gates  of 
pearls  finer  than  earthly  kings  have  ever  worn. 
As  Abraham  would  look  for  a  '*city  whose  mak- 
er and  builder  is  God."  so  our  old  lather  did. 
out  of  his  amiotioiia,  look  to  that  city,  and  feel 
that  the  "crown  is  waiting  for  me."  Out  ot 
his  long  afflictions  on  earth,  he  could  look  be- 
yond the  river,  to  that  citj  where  no  more  sick- 
ness or  sorrow,  pain  or  death  ever  enter  its  jas- 
per walls:  no  funeral  trains  ever  walk  its  gold 
en  streets.  , 

"  And  not  to  me  only,  bat  unto  hll  them  that 
love  his  appearing."  Thisshowa  the  ardent  de- 
sire of  the   apostle   for   the    welfare   of  others; 


still  like  the  faithful aoldier,h is  warfare  isnotfor 
himsflf  only,  but  also  for  the  good   of  others: 
like  this  great  government,  is   the   fruit  of  the 
revolutionary  mtruggle  our  father;   made.     The 
soldier  then    fought  and  bled    for  our  good  as 
well  as  his  own.     So  the  apostle,  in  all   his   la- 
bor and  work  of  life,  toiled  and  suffered  for  his 
brethren,  aud  when  he  left  the  field  of  i»attle  to 
take  his  crown,  would  not  go   till    he  tells   his 
brethren  the  same  glory  is  waiting  for  them.  This 
point  iu  the  text  wo  can  realize  when  we  think 
how  great  are  the  blewings  given  to  thechurch  by 
the  labors  of  the  apostle.     What  a  heritage  for 
alter  generations  has  been  given  by  the    labors 
of  this  old  apostle,  to  lead  them  on  to  righteous- 
ness and  to  victory,  to  lay  down  the  cross  and 
take  up  the  crown.     How  truly   this   beautifol 
thought  in  our  text,  "not  for  me  only"  applies 
to  the   life  of  father  Studebaker.      Few   men 
ctnild  be  found  who  had  mor*-  couceni  for  the 
welfare  of  others  than  he.     His  charities   wer« 
often  more  than  his  circumstances  would  allow; 
his  family,  the  church,  and  the  poor,  were  three 
great  objects  in  the  work  of  his  busy  life;  never 
forgotten  in  his  poverty  nr  alHiction.  or  chang- 
ed when  better  circum>taui-es  came;  and  we  are 
glad  to  see,  that  after  so  much   labor  and    love 
in  his  eventful  life,  plenty  and    peace  crowned 
his  old  age.     This  text  points  his  children  hack 
to  all  the  lib >ni  of  his   life,  with  the  thought, 
"not  for  me  only"  and  turns  us  to  his  crown  of 
glory,  taken  with  the  wurds  "nut  for  me  only." 
In  conclusion,  a  few  words  to  the  family,  and 
we  are  done.     To  our  old  mother,  who  has  been 
bereaved  of  her  husband,  we  can    turn    with  no 
earthly  comforts  aufficifint  to  fill  the  heiu't  left 
aching  by  death.     In  your  dirlining  years  your 
pathway  must  he  Irnelyand  droar,  even  amidst 
all  the  comforts  earth  can  give.     But  you    can 
turn  from  these  sorrows  of  earth,    where  death 
is  written  u[ion  all,   to  the    brightest   hopes  of 
eternal  life,  and  from    the  grave  of  a  risen  Sav- 
ior, learn  the  glories    of  a  resurrection   in    the 
likeness  of  the  far  off  God.     Go  to  the  throne  of 
grace,  where  the  powers  of  the  resurrection  can 
reach  you,  and  there  "wait  all  the  days  of  yonr 
ajipointed  time  till  your  vhangi-  come."     Trust 
in  God  for  support  and  help  wln-n  all  the  pow- 
ers of  eatth  have  failed,  for  he  is  able  to  moke 
"all   things  work  together  for  good  to  them 
that  love  him." 

And  to  you  children,  we  would  say,  though  it 
seems  there  is  no  need  thi:t  we  should  tell  yoa 
bow  great  your  duty  to  your  weeping    mother^ 
for  you  whose  kindness  never  failed  in  the  long 
afllictions  ot  your  father,  cannot  fail  to   appre- 
ciate all  the  importance  of    the  duty   you   now 
owe  to  a  good  mother,  when  atfiiction,   old  age 
and    weakness    have  come    upon  her.     All  her 
eujoVment  in  this  life  is  shallow  in  the  cup.  and 
must  be  filled  with  the  love  and  kindneiis  of  her 
children.     And  we  are  gliul  to  see  the  Christian 
example  of  your   father  is  brightly    living   in 
your  memory,  and  we  pray  God  that  the    busy 
scenes  of  coming   years  may    never  destroy  the 
memory  of  such  a  lather  from  your  hearts.    We 
would   not  tell  you  not   to  weep,   but  rather 
thauk  God  that   children    have  tears  to  shed, 
when  bidding  tUrewell  to  one  who  has  done  so 
much  for  them.    But  we  pray  you   will    long 
treasure    in   your   hearts   tlie    bright  example 
death  cannot  destroy,  and  may  it  turn  yonr 
hearts  more  to  the  si»iril    world,    when   you  go 
to  his  grave  to  weep.     But  O  take  with  you  the 
empty  tomb  of  the  risen  Savior   to  cheer  the 
darkness  of  death  with  the  glories  of  a  resur- 
rection, "when  this  conuptib'e  shall  put  on  in- 
corruption,  aud  tins  mort;il   put  on  immortal- 
ity," and  all  the  sorrows  ol  death  are  swallowe^l 
up  in  the  hope  of  eternal  life.     There  you   can 
find  a  reiuion  not  to  sorrow  as  those  who   have 
no  hope.     May  God  bless  you  all. 


It  is  little  troubles  that  wear  the  heart  out. 
It  is  easier  to  throw  a  boinbahell  u  mile  than  a 
feather — even  with  artillery. 


Ti-iJ'j  KJiK'i'i-iHK>:  j\'L^  avohk:. 


Febru 


ary    Qq 


NEVER  FAILING  BANK. 

IHAVK  jinevcr  railing  Btink, 
A  moiv  Hum  goldpn  stor**: 
No  earthly  bank  in  half  no  rich. 
How  tlicn  can  I  be  poor? 

'TU  wht'H  my  «tock  in  Hjjfiit  'UiJ  gon*"' 

And  I  without  r  groat. 
I'm  glad  to  Ii«ti'n  U>  my  Bank, 

And  tx-g  a  littlo  noli>. 

Sometimes  my  Banker  smiling  Hnya, 
Why  don't  you  ottncr  coiiu'? 

And  wh-'ti  I  draw  a  little  ftot*-. 
Why  not  a  larger  Hum? 

Why  live  ko  ni^gard'y  ^"^  pfior? 

Your  Hank  containK  a  plenty; 
Why  fomi-and  tak*-  a  one-pound  not*. 

When  you  might  have  twenty? 

Ye*,  twi-iity  thousand  ten  time*  told, 

Ih  but  a  trifling  num. 
To  what  your  Father  haa  laid  up, 

Secure  in  Christ  hiH  Son. 

Since,  then,  my  Banker  i»  mo  rich, 

I  have  no  eaiiw  to  know; 
I'll  live  upon  rny  cajih  lo-day, 

And  draw  again  fo-inorrow. 

I've  bi;en  n  thoiii*and  timen  I)cfore 

And  never  been  njected; 
Sometimes  mv  Banker  gives  me  more 

Than  a»ki-d  for  or  expected. 

Hometime*  I've  felt  a  little  proud. 

I've  managed  things  «o  clever; 
But,  oh.  before  the  day  ih  gonr-, 

I  felt  JW  Jioor  fw  ever, 

SometimeH  willi  iluHlifru  in  my  face. 

•IiiHt  at  the  door  I  ntand, 
I  knew  if  Mo^eM  kept  uie  Uirk, 

I  ^iii'i-ly  liiiint.  hi'dniiined. 

Should  all  the  bankH  in  Britain  fail, 
The  hank  of  Kngliuid  xiiiiwh, 

BririK  in  your  iwU*  to  Zion'»  Bank— 
\  ou'|]  »un  Jy  have  your  u-uh. 

And  if  yon  hrive  but  one  fiimill  iwli; 

I'l'iir  not  to  bring  it  in; 
(Jome  boldly  to  the  Bnnlt  of  Oraeo, 
Tliu  Btuiker  iu  within. 

All  (nrKL'd  notes  will  he  refusi'd; 

MenV  merit-*  are  njeeti'd; 
There 'h  not  (ixingle  note  will  paiw, 

'J'luit  (iod  Inui  n:it  ucce])ted. 

The  Brink  is  full  nf  pren'onn  noteM, 
All  Nigned  and  sealed  and  free; 

Tliongh  miinv  doubting  hohIs  may  miy. 
Tliuro  is  iiotono  for  mc. 

Bare  unbelief  will  lead  theehild, 

To  Hay  what !«  nut  true, 
I  tell  the  Noul  tlint  is  selMiwt, 

These  notett  belong  to  you. 

Seh-ctedby  Hakkikt  Bid 


THE    LITERAL    INTERPRETATION 
OF  THE  HOLY    SCRIPTURES. 

HV  AI,KX  W.  KltK.si'. 

Nl'MltKK  n. 

•'  But  heftHhwetcd  nndwaid,  it  is  written  thou 
shalt  not  live  by  hrend  alone,  but  by  every  woi*d 
that  proceedeth  out  of  the  iliouth  of  Ood." 
Mnti.  4:  4. 

OIUECTION.  But  "we  nre  mwd  by 
gnicf,  tliiough  fjiitli,  iinil  that  not 
qf  ouiselvos;  it  is  the  gift  of  Gcul.  If 
of  fnitli,  it  is  then  no  niort;  of  works." 
Sucli  being  the  ciwe,  how  tbtm  cnn  i/ap- 
tiy/u  bet-aseutial  to  8iilvjiti<»n — the  litci- 
al  act  of  wftshino;  l)y  wntori 

Anawer.  Very  true,  we  are  saveil 
by  grace,  not  by  water,  and  throny;ii 
faith,  which  is  merely  the  inslrument  of 
our  salvation — out*  of  tiie  prime  factors 
in  the  great  work  of  ntanV  rt'dennitioti 
from  ruiu  and  sin — but  the  man  who 
considers  baptism  non-essential  to  tiiat 
work,  and  wlio,  in  positive  violation  of 
God's  Word,  refitMe.t  to  ljebapti.ztjil,  could 
give  no  surer  evidence  that  he  lias  neith- 
er r^pfinttiUffi  iior  faith.  Tlie  heart  of 
sueh  a  raan,>o  far  from  being  tilled  with 
humble  penitence  and  suhmissiun  to 
God's  will,  is  full  of  rebellion  against 
God  and  his  Holy  Word.  So  far  re 
movftA  is  he  from  *' a  living  faith,"  and 
hnmility  of  heart  that  is  acceptable  in 
the  -^ight  of  (iod:  he  is  Hterallv   "  dead 


I  in  treiipasses  and  in  sins"— he  M  yfit  *'  in 
the  gall  of  bitternewt  and  bond  of  fniqni' 
ty;"  having  "  a  name  to  live"  while  he 
IH  dea(J." 

Objection.  Hut  how  about  the  thief 
on  the  croHM?  He  wtwnoihaptized,  and 
yet  Christ,  on  hi«  ex|>reMion  of  faith 
alone,  declared  to  him  in  tin*  agonies  of 
death,  "Today  shalt  thou  be  with  me 
in  Paradis*^!" 

A  RHWer,  Thf-re  was  no  comtiiand 
given  to  the  thief  on  the  cross  to  be  bap- 
■d.  It  wasan  impoKsibility  for  him 
to  be  Imptized.  He  was  a  malefactor, 
suffering  the  extreme  penalty  of  the  law 
under  a  Pagan  government.  He  wa'^  in 
the  iron  grip  of  a  stern  inexoralde  fate. 
There  was  no  e-ncape,  Christ  himself 
was"  numbered  with  the  IrauHgressors," 
and  a  victim  to  the  --ame  despotic  law. 
Had  Christ r'ommandi'd  bajitifm  for  the 
thi'-fthen  must  liehaveexerted  hisdivine 
jjower,  and  woi-ked  a  miracle  in  behalf 
of  this  violater  of  law  in  order  to  make 
it'jjosHible  fru-  him  Xai  obey. 

Hut  (ioddeniaridf*  no  impossibilities  of 
men.  He  only  iler/iands  at  their  hanilw 
hut  he  himself  declarer  to  be  bnt  their 
reaNoanbleservict*.  P>iit  he//'y#y  command 
youand  meto  rejient.  bi;licve,ani!  bi^/'///^- 
tizr^f,  and  there  is  no]>romise  for  us  \n\- 
IcMS  wr-  do. 

Besides  all  this,  the  Testator  wo-i  then 
alive,  he  had  not  left  his  will  behind 
him,  by  compliance  with  the  piovislons 
of  which  we  can  only  *'  inherit  eternal 
life."  Christ  had  the  gift  of  eternal 
life  in  Iiis  own  hands — lie  could  best<nv 
it  n])oii  whomsoever,  and  in  what  mau- 
ner  he  chose,  lie  could  say  to  tlie  woman, 
"  Thy  sins  be  foi-^-iven  thee"  he  rould 
saj',  "  'J'hy  faith  hath  made  the  whole." 
Hut  the  Testator  has  gone  from  earth. 
He  has  left  his  will  behind,  and  we  aie 
to  conifl  into  lieiishipin  accordance  with 
the  provisions  of  tJiat  will,  and  iniw 
iithcr  limy. 

Objection.  liut  wt-  think  you  lay  too 
much  htressonminoi- matters-  -non' essen- 
tials, etc.,  such  asdi-ess,  taking  of  oaths, 
wasiiing  feet,  wearing  jewelry  etc. — 
while  you  arc  inclined  to  neglect  "the 
w  eightier  matters  of  the  law."  These 
little  thinu'M  we  regard  as  the  "mint,  the 
cummin,  the  arise."  « 

An^wer.  This  is  the  great  delusion  of 
the  age  I  So  impernieated  with  the 
"faith  alone"  doctrine  is  the  popular 
mind,  that  the  great  doctrine  of  Gospel 
obedieuceis  almost  totally  ignoi-ed.  "Hi 
liev{<!  only  believe!"  is  proclaimed,  not 
only  trom  every  sacred  desk  in  village, 
hamlet  and  town,  and  re-echoed  from 
the  lowly  log  "  meeting-house"  of  the 
illiterate  negro,  to  the  metropolitan 
hurch  gorgeous  in  its  imitation  of  pagan 
architecture,  where 

"  fhrouvih  the  lone  drawn  aiwle  and  frctt^'d  vault 
The  pealing  anthem  sounds  its  notes  ot  praise," 
imt  the  refrain  is  caught  up  by  stroll- 
ing adventurers,  and  peripatetic  evangel 
ists  wlio  peddle  out  the  same  kid-glove 
and  rose-water  gospel  on  the  most  ac- 
commodating terms,  and  at  bed-rock 
pri(!e8 — (all  per  "spot  cash.") 

If  Cicero,  a  Pagan  Orator,  could  ex- 
i-laim, "  the  times  are  changed,  a«d  we 
change  with  them!"  how  much  more 
could  an  impartial  historian  say  this, 
contrasting  t^e  faith  in  (-hristas  preach- 
ed in  the  days  of  the  apostle  Paul  with 
the  presen*  -status  of  popular  Christian* 
ity.  If  one  portion  of  God's  Word  may 
be  changed  in  ihe  iniert-st  of  any  one. 
sect's  peculiar  views,  why  not  another 
portion  in  behalf  of  some  other  denomi- 
national view?  If  the  Bajnist  may  re- 
translate the  Wi^lf  to  sustaiu  single  im- 
mersion, why  not  the  Methodist  and  oth- 
er Pedo-baptist  sects,  to  U[iho]d  and  de- 


fend sprinkling  infants  and  otherwise 
If  one  man  may  talc*-  liberties  with  the 
iuspired  text,  wherefore  not  another? 
"My  views  are  as  ^ood  as  yours."  And 
this  door  once  opened,  no  power  on  earth 
can  shut! 

Is  not  the  taking  of  oaths,  of  all  <Ie 
scription.  positively  forbidden  in  the 
^)crii)tures?  With  what  sort  of  confist- 
ency  then,  can  one  calling  himself  a  fol- 
lower of  Christ,  do  this  God-forbidden 
thing?  Is  not  the  wearing  of  gold,  and 
jewelry,  and  costly  array  equally  forbid- 
den to  the  ffdlower  of  Christ?  How 
then  ran  a  follower  of  the  "  meek  and 
lowly  Jesus"  so  disregard  the  command 
of  his  Master  as  to  adorn  his  perishing 
body  with  these  idle  gewgaws,  which  at 
best,  but  minister  to  earthly  vanity  and 
pride?  God  says  you  must  not  do  these 
things.  Modern  Christianity  says,  "these 
things  are  not  essential  to  salvation- 
wear  them  if  you  like".  What  mockery 
of  Christ  is  this! 

Sometime  siuce,  not  very  long  ago,  a 
great  "  revival"  meeting — a  "  union" 
meeting,  was  started  in  this  town  by  a 
couple  of  traveling  evangelists,  assisted 
by  all  the  pastors  of  the  local  churclies. 
The  meetiu'^  continuetl  for  several  con- 
secutive Weeks,  and  over  two  hundred 
conversions  were  claimed  as  the  "  net 
proceeds"  of  the  work.  Curiosity,  per 
imps  mo]-e  than  anything  else,  led  me  to 
attend  one  of  the  night  meetings  which 
was  held  in  one  of  our  large  and  fash- 
ionable churches.  The  structure  was 
densely  packed— I  was  about  to  say 
fj-om  pit  to  gallery,  and,  indeed,  the  au- 
iliem-e  looked  not  unlike  that  one  might 
oliserve  at  the  opera  or  tirst  class  theatre. 
There  was  the  floating  of  white  ostrich 
l)lume8  over  velvet  bouueta  and  hats — 
the  rustle  of  silks,  the  faint,  sweet  odor 
of  costly  perfumes,  the  glitter  of  gold, 
the  Hash  and  sparkle  of  jewels,  the  flut- 
tering of  gay,  parti  colored  ribbons  and 
scarfs,  the  waving  of  delicate,  spray- 
like, feathery  faiLs^  in  soft,  white  jewel- 
ed bands.  The  woman  in  scarlet  shawl 
was  there,  and  the  hunilde  Christian  in 
patent-leather  booti<,  "in  jiurple  and  in 
line  linen,"  and  diamond  breast  jiin  was 
at  her  nide.  One  of  the  evangelists,  plad 
in  faultless  black  presided  at  the  organ, 
and  conducted  the  exercises  in  praise — 
with  every  motion  of  his  body,  the  soft 
rays  of  light  from  the  chandeliers  reflect- 
ed and  sparkled  fj'oiii  the  diamond  pin 
in  his  bosom.  He  sang  a  highly  sensa- 
tional song, 

"Almost  Persuaded," 
At  the  conclusion  of  this  performance 
he  arose,  came  to  the  front  of  the  plat- 
form, and  made  a  brief  harangue  to  the 
audience.  He  stated  that  if  any  one  in 
the  crowd  wished  to  confess  Christ — to 
speak  a  word  for  Jesus,  now  was  their 
time.  Don't  delay!  Speak  at  once!  Be 
quick!  Time  is  precious!  Just  a  word! 
Be  brief!  Long  speeches  are  not  want- 
ed! Any  of  you  over  there!  (indicat- 
ing a  certain  part  of  the  house).  You 
over  there!  (indicating  by  a  gesture  an- 
other!) You  here  in  front  6tc.  The  ar- 
yumentum  ad  homiuem  acted  like  a 
iharm.  Several  penitents  arose  in  i|uick 
succession,  and  made  a  few  stereoiyped 
and  trite  remarks,  and  then  subsided  to 
the  evident  relief  of  all  well-balanced 
minds. 

One  highly  dressed  sister,  sparkling 
with  jewelry,  redolent  with  perfume, 
and  L-iiirying  .-i  .vuowy  b-arher  of  great 
length  ovi-r  a  blaek  .silk  velvet  hat,  arose, 
in  my  immedi.ite  vicinity,  and  in  a  trem- 
ulous voice,  faintly  echoed  the  j)opular 
refrain,  "  I  love  Jesus!",  .,,,[  ,. 

I  looked  at  this  vain  womjanl,  coveted 
with  these    (Jod-forbidden    deckings   of 


human  pride,  and  the  words  of  j^jj^ 
rose  involuntarily  to  my  mind:  *'  It'any 
man  saith  I  kuow  birji,  and  keepeth  Dot 
bis  commandments,  he  ih  a  liar  and  the 
truth  is  not  in  him." 

Objection.  "Then  you  think  this  wo. 
man,  though  she  says  she  loves  Jeaug 
will  be  lost,  because  she  was  fashionably 
dressed  I 

Answer.  I  did  not  say  so.  but  wil] 
}io>t  say  that  she  will  be  saved  living  i^ 
open  and  palpable  violation  of-God'n 
Holy  Word  l" 

Ah  !  um  I  well— ah  !  oan't  gay  that  she 
uilll  Then  you  think  iiohodij  but  tht^ 
Jfunkard's  will  be  saved!!! 

Answer.  Has  anything  of  the  sort 
been  intimated  in  the  present  discussion 
on  my  part?  I  think  candor  will  com. 
pel  you  to  say  there  has  not.  Are  not 
the  positions  ^ve  assumed  amply  sustain- 
ed by  the  Scriptures  of  divine  truths  As 
to  mere  opinions  of  men  about  the  wurd" 
the  ditierence  .amolmts  to  but  little;  one 
man's  opinion  beingaboutas  good  as  an- 
other's. But  when  (iod  speaks, why  should 
man  seek  to  evade,  or  explain  away  the 
plain  meaning  of  the  word?  Is  not  this 
a  perilous  course?. 

If  Christ  has  commanded  us  to  wash 
one  another's  feet,  enforcing  the  com- 
mand by  ])ersonal  example,  what  should 
we  care  what  man  may  say,  or  do  uuto 
us!  Do  God's  people  need  more  than 
this?  If  so.  then  we  may  well  doubt 
theu'  professions  of  "  faith  aloue"  in 
Christ.  If  we  are  commanded  in  the 
Book  of  Inspiration — not  once  merely, 
but  repeatedly,  to  "greet  one  another 
with  a  holy  kiss!"  What  but  hnmaii 
pride  and  rebflHon  .igainst  God,  shall 
keep  us  from  obeying  the  Word  of  God. 
Does  it  matter  that  we  call  ourselves  the 
friends  of  Christ  it  we  cast  contempt  on 
his  authority  and  Word?  "Ye  are  my 
friends"  says  C^hrist,  "if  ye  do  whatso- 
ever," (mark  that  word,  ^^lohatHoetiev)  1 
comm.Hud  you." 

Those  who  obey  God's  Word — "  that 
fojnn  of  doctrine  once  delivered  to  the 
saints,"  will  be  saved  whoever  else  \\\a.y 
not;  whether  they  be  called  Dunhinls 
or  not,  and  none  others  will;  God  ha.s 
so  declared;  "and  if  God.  be  for  us  who 
.shall  be  against  us?"  i^    ,.  t 

Wtwrenshwi'tj,  Mo.         jMUTd 


A  VISIT  TO  SHAKER  TOWN. 


liY  l,ASUi>S 


DUKIXG  our  stay  with  the    brethren 
atZii 


at  Zimmerman,  in  Green  Co.,  Ohio, 
and  on  Saturday  January,  18th, on  which 
day  we  had  no  meeting  in  day-tiiiif, 
Brother  Rideuour  and  ourself  walked 
up  from  brother  Daniel  Shoup's,  where 
we  had  lodged,  to  see  and  learn  what  we 
could  of  our 

SUAKElt  FlUKNDS. 

Upon  arriving  at  their  home,  we  went 
first  into  a  building  used  as  a  shop,  where 
we  met  an  old  man,  alone  and  at  work, 
to  whom  we  introduced  ourseivt*^,  and 
then  told  the  objects  of  our  visit. 

This  old  man  is  named  Moses  East- 
wood, aged  seventy-five  years,  a  native 
of  Ohio,  and  reared  up  in  the  society  o\ 
which  he  is  now  an  elder.  We  thought 
ourselves  fortunate  to  thus  meet  one  ot 
the  societies'  oldest  and  best  men,  and 
so  we  made  free  to  ask  questions,  and  he 
was  (juite  free  to  answer. 

The  following  is  a  summary:  The 
name  of  theii'  village  at  this  place  i-^ 
Water- Vleit,  and  the  farm  is  located  in 
both  Green  and  Montgomery  counties, 
and  their  home  is  five  miles  east  of  the 
Dayton  court  house,  and  near  to  the 
Xenia  Koad.  There  are  two  homes  in 
the  village,  one  foi-   the   ao-ed    and   the 


U'JtlK    HHKXHl^KN    -A.T    WORK. 


tht:  m'ul'lle  n: 


youth 


tber  1***"  I 

h"lJren.  Thi-  main  buililings  are  brick,  I 
\   botb  arc  large   aod    commodious, 

'       all    jrood   land,   a   large  part  of 

^     ■  '  *  devoted  to  tarniiug  aud  grazing. 


etc. 
room. 


^.  I  finite  a  large  orchard  of  hoth  Itirg, 
*  i  BUiall  fruits.    They  have  a  number 
'f  outbuildmgs,    such  as    barns,  sllops, 
"^      also    a    mill,  chapel     and  school- 
Only  a  short  time  aso,  tbey  lost 
barn  by   fire;   supposed   to  have  been 
t  on  fire  by  some   one   smoking   in  it, 
while  lodging  there  for  the  night. 

^Ijey  are  much  imposed  ujion  by  the 
o-called  tramps,  and  also  by  .some  w  ho 
j,e  know  n  as  being,  "  Winter  Shakers." 
But  although  fully  aware  of  the  fact, 
jljey  did  not  complain  or  say  hard  things 
J  is  very  often  done  by  others.  And 
were  told  by  others,  that  they,  the 
Sliak^fSi  *'''-■  ™''J'  S'^"'^  '"  lodgestraugers 
and  to  feed  the  hungry. 

TUKll:    KAITTr. 

Xbey  believe  that  both  the  Old  and  New 
X,.staments  are  llevelatious  from  God, 
ind  they  also  lielieve  in  a  present  and 
sontiuual  revelation.  This,  they  be- 
lieve, is  by  visions  to  certain  ones  by  olJ> 
tainiu"  knowledge,  and   these  th«y  al- 


should  also  lie  provided  for.     When  el- 
der Hall  had  returfled  to  where  we  were, 
he  began  a  very   pleasant   conversation, 
and  seems  to  be  a  ra,an  quite  intelligent. 
He  s.aid  th^y  did  not  invite  othei-s  to  eat 
with    them    because   of  the  ceremonies 
wliile  at  table.     These  we   did  not  see, 
but  suppose  the  statements  correct.     He 
said  that  all  of  each  family  eat  at  the 
same  time,  aud  in  the   same   room,  but 
the  males  at  one  table  and    the    females 
at  another.    All  kneel  and    prsiy  (in   si- 
lencel  both  before  and  after  meals.  They 
regard  every  meal  as  a   sacrament,   and 
that  while  it  is  being  eaten  there  is   not 
a  word  spoken,  unless  something  may  be 
lacking  to  some,  or  something   has  been 
overlooked.     He  said  that  the  food  w.as 
spread  on  the  table  in  sections,    all    the 
same,  and  each  one  in  the  same  way,  and 
that    each    section   was    just   for   four 
persons  and  no  more;  and  these,    seateil 
in  a  scpmre,   had    some   of  everything 
on  the  table.     There  was  mo.stly  one  sis. 
ter  who  did    not    sit  at  the  first  talde, 
but  served  others  supplying  whatevir 
was  lacking.    They  eat  no  pork,  but  use 
beef  and    luutton,    but  sparingly.      We 
.wer&.'soon  asked  to   come   and  eat,  and 


authority  belonging  to  their   particular 
offices. 

The  duty  of  elders,  both  male  and  fe- 
male, is  to  gi»vern   the   families  under 
their    charge,   in    connection    with  a.s 
sisUant  elders  of  the  same   family,  and 
the  faith  of  ths  fraternity.    The  deacons 
are  retpured  to  look  after  the  temporal 
aflairs  r>f  the  family,  to  oversee  the  farm, 
its  stock,  grain  etc.,  aud  to  see  also  that 
sufficient  is  obtained  for  the  support   of 
the  family.     Each  one  of  the   family  is 
expected  to  do  some   part   of  the  labor 
pertaining  thereto,  and  we  believe  that 
uo  member  is  looked  upon  as   an    idler, 
but  all  have  some  useful  employment.    ^ 
The  trustees   attend    to  all  matters  of 
the  family,  relative  totradeand  to  finance. 
These  are  the  business  men  of  the  Home. 
We  ilid  not  see  them   in   worehip,  but 
from  what  they    told   of  it,  we  think  it 
peculiar.  Wc  were  in  their  service  rooin 
but  saw  in  it  little  else  than  vacancy—.' 
stove  in  the  center,  and  but  four  or  six 
short  benches  -each  near,  ,iud  along  part 
of  each  wall. 

We  were  told  that  at  worship,  which 
is  on  Sunday  of  each  week,  they  come 
together  and  four  persons  who  are  sing 


•with  Mr.  Hall  to  lead  the  way,  we  went   era,  take  their  places  in  the  center  of  the 


the   written  Word, 


low,  are  later  than 

but  to  agree  with  it.  They  claim  to  I 
t:ike  all  of  tho  Gospel  and  to  belii:ve  in 
Christ's  second  coming,  but  think  he  has 
come  the  second  time,  but  in  spirit,  aud 
do  not  look  for  him  to  appear  in  person 
any  more.  They  hiok  for  him  to  again 
come,  but  in  spirit,  to  each  one,  who '  re- 
ceives him,  and  when  he  has  thus  comb, 
he  is  to  remain.  Those  who  remain  faith- 
ful until  death,  have  the  fulness  of  the 
spirit,  buttho.se  who  fall  away,  have  lost 
It,  or  had  but  ajiarl  of  it.  They  claim 
that  this  spirit  is  obtained  by  confession 
of  sins,  and  the  taking  of  the  cross, 
which  is  the  giving  up  of  all  that  is  Ijad, 
to  lie  led  by  it  no  more,  but  to  be  led 
by  the  good  spirit,  and  then  to  have 
all  things  common. 

They  assert  that  a  special  revelation 
was  made  to  one  Ann   Lee,  and   that  it 
has  made  the  female  ecpial  with  the  male, 
in  every  respect.     That   Christ  opened 
the  way  fully,    for  the  males,  and  that 
Ann  Lee  has  now  opened   this  way   for 
the  females.     They  tell  us  that  Ann  Lee, 
was  born  in  England,  in  173'J,  and   liv- 
ed  about   forty-eight   years,      that  she 
worked  miracles,  in  healing  the  sick  etc., 
but  that  her  main  work  was  to   set  the 
example  to  her  followers  by   taking  up 
her  cross.   And  that  she  could  know  the 
sin  aud  what  it  was,  iu  those  who   came 
to  see  bev,  that  she  was   a   disoerner  of 
spirits.      There  have   been,   they   say, 
revelations  of  late  years,  but   only   oc- 
casionally, and  not  so  much  as  formerly. 
The  example  of  Ann  Lee,  was   given 
for  both  male  and  female,  aud  they  say, 
they  admit   none  to   memhershiii,  who 
are  bachelors  in  feeling,  or  any  one  who 
hates  a  woman  or  does  not  love  children. 
They  do  not  take  the  dead  letter  of  the 
New  Testament,  as  they  say,    but  take 
the  spirit  <if  it,  and  in  case  any   do   not 
have  it  correctly,  the  elders  endeavor   to 
instruct  these,  by  both  reason,  experience 
and  Scripture.  They  hold  that  the  term 
called  ••  day  of  judgment,"    means   dis- 
pensation of  judgment,    and    is   present 
and  continual. 

After  hearing  the  foregoing  from  el- 
der Moses  Eastwood,  we  were  told  to  go 
to  the  South  Building  and  consult  the 
elders  there,— one  Stephen  Ball,  who 
is  elder  iu  the  family  of  younger  mem- 
bers. To  this  we  went,  and  were  wel- 
comed in,  just,  as  they  were  called  to  din- 
ner.   They    bade  us  remain   where   we 


were,  until  they  had  dined,  an^ 


through  tlie  dining  hall  into  a  smaller 
room  where  a  lalile  was  furniNhed  with 
abundance  of  food  gotten  up  in  good 
style,  lint  without  flesh  of  any  kind. 
Tlie  furniture,  dishes,  chairs,  were  all  of 
the  plainest  kiud.  So  were  the  tables, 
aud  that  too  without  any  table  cloth  up- 
on any. 

Their  stoves  are  as  plain  as  a  plank, 
not  large,  not  a  flower  or  letter  on  them. 
Their  beds,  or  rather  lounges,  were  well 
furnished,  with  two  in  eai'h  room  where 
but  two  brethren    reside  together,    and 
these  sleep  separately.     We    were  t.dd 
that  fliis  is   the  order  thronghont  -the 
Home — each  one  sit eps  by  himself.  Aft- 
er dinner,  we  returned  to   elder  Ball's 
room,  and  there  continued  the  conversa- 
tion.    We  give  first  a  sketch  of  his  lite. 
Stephen   Ball    was   born    in   Cornwall, 
England,  in  1815.     Came  to  America  iu 
1832.     For  awhile  he  was  a    Methodist, 
and  with  others  who  looked  for  Christ's 
glorious  return,   in    184:1,   (some  say  it 
was  in  1840),  he  met  with  those  known 
as  Millei-ites,  at   Clncinnatti,  Ohio;  and, 
on  the  day  set  for   the  long  looked  for 
event.     They  being  disappointed  in  this, 
as  all  know,  and  just  at  the   same  time, 
meeting  with  some  Shaker  missionaries, 
he  and  about  seventy  others   of  the  dis- 
appointed MiUerites,  at  once  joined    the 
I  Shakers.     And  from    that  time  to  the 
'  present,  he  has    been   a  Shaker;   and  is 
now  one  of  the  three   elders  of  the  vil- 
lage.   Moses  Eastwood,  before  mention- 
ed" in  the  older  family.     Stephen   Ball 
ofthe  younger,  and  Margaret  Patterson 
of  the  sisterhood,  iu  both   families.     In 
large  villages  they  have  four  elders,  two 
male  and  two  female,  but  in    this   they 
have  but  three,  and  at  pres(!nt  have  no 
minister.    They  number  in  this   village 
forty  one.     Their  uumlier  here  seems  to 
be  falling  ofl:'.  They  are  opposed  to  war. 
in  regard  to  going  to  law,  this  is  not  done 
with  each  otiier,  for  all  things   are  held 
in  common.     But  will  go    to   law  and 
sue  the  Gentiles   to  obtain    rights  and 
claims. 

Their  oflicers  and  grade  are  as  follows: 
Ministers,  elders,  deacons,  trustees  and 
members.  The  duty  of  the  minister,  is 
to  travel  from  one  village  to  another,  and 
to  preach  when  they  thought  proper, 
tiom  both  Old  and  New  Testament. 
These  also  select,  when  this  is  not  done 
by  the  famdy,  those  to  fill  other  oflices, 
aud  to  give  to  all  who  are  chosen  either 
,d  then  we  I  by  the  family  or   by   the 


minister,    th< 


room,  where  they  as   a  center,  remain 
standing  aud  singing,  while    the   others 
in  cii-cles,  the  childr,-n  nearest  the  center, 
and  the  oldest  and  largest,  in  circles  out- 
side,  pass  at    a   rapid    rate   around  the 
singers,  keeping  time  to  the  music,   with  i 
both  hands  and  feet.     This,  they  say,  is 
1  Ezekiel's  "  wheel  witliiu  a  wheel,"   and 
is  continued   in   motion   sometimes   for 
half  an  hour.     They  use  only  vocal  mu- 
sic, and  are  said  to  give  considerable  at- 
tention to  the   cultivation    of  this    gift. 
Both  sexes  come  together  in  worship,  and 
the  service  is  shared  by  birth,    and   they 
have  other  meetings,  al30,'whe,f  all  come 
together  for  social  conversation  upon  all 
useful  and  general  topics,  but  aside  from 
this,  there  is  not  any  or  very  little  inter 
course  between  the  sexes.     Some   meet- 
in<'s  are  for  social  enjoyment  and  others 
for  religion. 

They  all  arise  at  about  the  same  time 
and  at  the  ringing  of  the  bell,  ami  at  this 
they  all  go  to  meals.     If  any  are  in  any 
way  reViellious,  the  elders  of  the  family 
try  to  reason  with  them,  but  if  they  will 
not  hear,  they  are    then    expelled.     But 
if  confession  is  made,    they   are    at  once 
forgiven.    When  any  apply  for  member- 
ship, an  inventory  of  what  they    bring, 
is  taken,  and  if  they  should  in  a  year  or 
BO  wish  to  withdraw,  this  much  they  can 
take,  but  if  they    stay  until   confirmed 
and  then  leave,   they  can  take    nothiug 
but  themselves.  Tney  h.ave  missionaries 
in  dirt'erent  fields,  and  have  also  one  pa 
per.     They  have  seventeen   villages   in 
the  United  States,  but  none  in  any  oth- 
er country. 

The  Shaker  faith  is  held  to  be  the 
second  visible  coming  of  Christ.  They 
regard  their  church  as  the  New  Jerusa- 
lem come  down  to  earth,  and  their 
church  to  be  indeed  the  Lamb's  wife. 
This,  they  hold,  in  the  millennial  time, 
and  theirs  the  millennial  church. 

Membership  is  obtained  by  the  appli- 
cant confessing  all  past  sins,  aud  this  is 
made  to  one  or  more  elders.  In  case  all 
cannot  at  once  be  remembered,  the  ap. 
plicaut  is  received,  and  confession  may 
be  then  further  made,  as  sins  areTemem 
bered  until  all  are  confessed.  This  is 
the  rite  of  admission  to  membership,  and 
is  full  or  incomplete  just  as  confession  is 
made. 

Kepentance  is  held  to  be  the  waters 
of  life,  and  this  with  the  baptism  of  the 
Holy  Spirit,  makes  the  new  birth,  which 
they  regard  as   two  fold.     The   one   to 


the  l;r.v  ttit-  ..tb,-!-  of  a  tiiglier  opler. 
They  hold  that  .^nlvatioll  is  for  n.uie  lint 
the  Sliakei"s.  To  be  saved  from  sin,  is 
to  deny  ourselves  of  all  sin.  An<l  they 
hold  also  that  Christ  did  not  recognize 
either  the  parental  or  marriage  relation 
in  his  church,  and  therefore  these  rlo  not 
belong  to  it  and  are  not  found  iu  it. 

They  oppose  the  use  of  all  stimulanta 
as  mere  beverage.      Require   all  appli- 
cants to  lay  aside  tobacco,  but  do  allow 
it  in  some  case^.     Do  not   at   all   allow 
smoking.     Their  motto  is,  that  he   who 
will  take  oB'ence  will  also  give   otVencc. 
They  do  not  claim  perfection.     They  are 
the  most  confirmed  spiritualists  we  have 
er  met,  and  their  reading  matter   was 
largely  made  up   of  this  chts^.    To  our 
iplestion,  they  replied,  that  all    commu. 
nications  with  spirits,  here  in  the   West, 
was    only  spiritual,  but   that     in    the 
East  it  was  material    aud    visible.     But 
they  ailmitted  that  one  might  have   all 
these  evidences  and  atill  not  lie  iu  a  sav. 
ed  condition. 

They  claim  that  Christ's  life  and  reign 
was  spiritual,  but  that  they  are  now  in 
the  celestial  state.  Their  church  r.da 
tion  is  heaven  itselt",  and  do  not  look  for 
a  better  one  on  this  earth.  They  do  not 
believe  iu  a  resurrection  of  the  dead, 
but  believe  that  the  elect  immediately 
after  ileath  pass  into  the  eternal  home 
above. 

We  now  close  our  sketch  of  our  vifti>, 
feeling  that  the  world  alforils  its  vanity 
I  in  religion  as  in  all  other  things.  We 
give  no  comment  further,  and  woujd 
say  as  we  close  that  what  we  have  given 
is  near  all  in  their  own  language.  This 
will  account  for  its  short  explanations. 


AN  APPEAL  FROIVI    A   LADY  TO 
THE  GENTLEMAN, 


J^Veu 


To  the  Editor  of  the  Chronicle — Sir: 
uriosity,  the  curiosity   of  a  wo- 
man, is  aroused.      Will   you   or 
some  of  your  scieutificially  inclined  read- 
ers try  to  satisfy  it!     I  have  sought  in 
vain  and  must  have  help.    I  am  recently 
from  an  interior  city.     There   tobacco- 
juice  and  swearing  were  a  never-ending 
source  of  trouble  on  the  streets.     In  the 
house  —whether  that  house    was   public 
or  private — we  were  comparatively  free 
from  either  nuisance.     Ou  e<iming   here 
the  infrecpiency  of  profane  language  and 
tobacco-juice  on  the  street  was  a  source 
of  surprise  and    pleasure  to    me,    but  I 
find  that  no  place   of  amusement   or  of 
instruction,  not  even  a  private  parlor,  is 
sacred  from  the  invasion  ot  tobacco,  and 
ladies  in  public   business  have   assured 
luethey  are  obliged  cover  to  the  center  of 
theircarpets  to  save  them  from  thegreatest 
enemy  of  neatness  and  cleanliness  known 
to  woman.     Why,  a  year-ohl  baby  with 
a  cup  of  syrup  and  tea  spoon  will  not  in- 
jure a  parlor  worse  in  half  an  hour  thart 
will  a  man  with  ten  cents'  worth  of  to- 
bacco.    Why  can't  they  use   it  in  their 
offices,  work-rooms,   saloons,  etc.,   and 
keep  it  out   of  our  way!     That's  what 
we  want  to  know.     If  you  must  li-  dir- 
ty, gentleman,  please  don't  make  us  suf- 
fer  at  home   an.i  abroad  for  your  ill 
taste. 


The  soul  i-liugs  in  the  midst  of  the 
infinity  of  worlds  and  planets  to  the  lit- 
tle space  that  an  eyelid  covers— to  a 
vanishing,  a  scarcely  discerned  glance; 
ami  upon  Ihecelesfal  nothing  rests  its 
earthly  paradise,  with  all  its  perfumed 
flowers,  with  all  itswaviug  trees. 

Truth,  like  r.ises,  often  Idossoni-  upon 
a  thorny  stem. 


Thli:    i3RI^TiiliE>r    Jl.T    'WOKK.. 


Februa] 


ry  ao 


lie  jKlrrtfirrn  nf  ^orfi. 

LHllUSllKU  WEKKLV. 


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«oll(Cltd  frop.  I'optrAjtc  iiAmp*  nmy  he  ««nt  for  nmounU 
aadar  |.IX>,  hul  alimya  ncnil  ihr  raoney  if  you  cau  |[ct  it. 
SubKcnpliooB.  KDil  com  muni  ration*  lotenJod  for  lb«  pa^ 
Mr,  •«  wpII  ■■  all  hiniiiP»»  tn«H»rit  maD^rAi't  with  the  of. 
ioc  ahoul'l  br  addrvMcd 

UOOBE  t  ESEZLUAK, 

LuuTk,  CirroU  Co..  Ill 


Tbe  Debate  dtxt*  not  uppear  tbw  wt^k. 
Hrother  .Stein  being  prtKned  with  much  buHi- 
UL'tn  while  ftt  Mt.  Morri<  cmjuM  not  get  liirn?  to 
prepare  his  ninth  ad(lr«^fl.  and  a^  wv  print  tiro 
ttpeecbeH  At  one  time,  and  thi-re  not  b«iof;  two 
here,  it  nimt  be  delaywl  till  npxt  week. 

Wk  desire  th«   name   and    address  of  every 

Suoday-Hchool  SuperintpRd-nt  in  the  country, 
fl-H  we  ha»e  itomething  interentirig  to  nend  them. 
Our  readers  will  pleane  Head  uh  thti  arjdrefuiof  all 
they  know,  especially  those  who  were  Superin- 
tendents lost  year. 


THE  ELDJBBS  AND  TOUNQEB. 


LANARK,  ILL.. 


FKIIItlAKY  iO,  Ih;». 


Bhothkr  Ht»pp  writes  encouraginKly  from 
Denmark.  May  the  good  camie  continue  to 
prosper.  _ 

Qouii  niRDDers  necesaarily  belong  to  good 
morAU,  and  good  morals  form  an  essential  part 
of  Christianity. 


Ip  you  desin;  an  intermting  book  to  read, 
send  to  thit  oflice  for  "Through  the  Hililf 
Landii."     I'rice  #2,ii.'i. 


BitoTURii  S.  Ii.  Hafihor  haa  beon  holding  ii 
■eries  of  meetings  in  the  Meyor»*dale  congrega- 
tion, PennHylvanitt. 

BlioTHKH  Diivid  E.  I'rictt  dtiiried  for  the  ('en- 
tral  IlIinoiH  mission  fii'ld  the  first  of  Iiwt  wc«k, 
expecting  to  remain  iiboiit  three  weeks. 


.  BiioTUBit  Knoch  Ebystortod  to  Clayton  coun- 
ty, Iowa,  ln'tt  TburHday,  for  tlie  pur])OHc  of  an- 
sistiog  in  organizing  a  now  congregalion. 

rUiioTHKit  IVterS.  Myl■r^^^f  McVeytown.  I'n,, 
we  leorn.  expi'ctM  to  Htnrt  for  KanmiH  wiOi  an- 
other excurnion  party  aliout  the  'Uh  of  March. 

BnoTiiKit  Daniel  Vanimun  writes:  "Count 
me  one  dollar  for  the  Moomaw  proposition.  I 
can  see  Home  of  tbi>  Apoxtolic  ring  in  that,  and 
want  tu  seu  it  tried  thoroughly."     Who  coiucn 

aozt? 

-^« 

FnoM  E.  W.  Kuouir  we  Jearn  that  Hitter 
^nnnah  KnoiilT  died  iit  Elkvillc,  III.,  tlie  2nd 
iniit.  SiHter  K.  biul  long  toiled  in  the  vim-yard 
of  the  Lord,  and  many  will  roniemhrr  her  kind- 
neMS,  and  her  devotion  to  Gospel  truths. 

Pbih-i,k  who  are  themselves  full  of  faiiltw  have 
very  little  liiiHini'NS  talking  aliout  the  fan  Its  of 
others.  lie  who  attends  to  his  own  faults  will 
have  but  little  time  loft  to  look  after  the  faults 
of  bis  neighbors. 

TiiR  Brethren  in  the  Hear  Oct-k  church  are 
circulating  a  subscription  to  raisn  mouey  to 
purchase  the  Campbellittt  meeting-house  in 
Palmer,  four  miles  North-east  of  Morrisonville, 
Illinois. 

BliOTHEU  Diuiiel  Vaninum  biw  just  closed  a 
wrien  of  mentings  in  the  Macoupin  ('n-nk 
Church  with  four  additions.  From  there  he 
goes  to  Montgomery  county  to  hold  a  series  of 
meetings  at  a  new  point.  Success  attend  tli 
work. 


Uhotiikk  N.  T.  Brubaker  informs  us  that  the 
Brethren  of  the  Wabash  church.  Indiana,  have 
been  holding  a  series  of  very  interesting  meet- 
ings, io  which  they  were  annisted  by  Brethren 
A.  Miller,  A.  Lcedy,  I).  Shively,  and  D.  Buwser, 
There  were  no  additions  at  the  time  of  the  meet- 
ing, hut  the  church  was  much  edilJed  and  built  j 
up-  _    _       ^ 

Tify.  world  glorips  in  the  sword,  and  speakn 
of  it  in  the  higheHt  terms,  while  it  looks  down 
on  the  ((low  with  di^'diiin.  Hut  to  the  plow  tiie 
sword  must  one  day  yield,  for  the  nword  itself 
shall  be  bi-aten  into  plowshares,  ile  who  u-ses 
tbi-  sword  will  pi^risb  by  it,  but  be  who  stands 
hy  the  plow  will  confer  blessings,  not  only  on 
himself,  but  others. 

Thk  Brethren  ut  Holivia,  Westmoreland 
county,  IV,  have  been  holding  a  series  oC  meet- 
ings. Seven  were  baptized  aud  four  other  ap 
I)licants  await  baptism.  Among  those  who 
united  with  the  church  was  one  Catholic.  Broth- 
er (Jcorge  llitnawalt,  fnmi  Spring  Itun  was 
with  them  aud  jtreacbi-d  the  snund  doL-tnne. 

TliK  CbrintUin  Imtrj;  jtublished  at  Atlanta, 
On,  deals  some  heavy  blows  against  chur(;h 
fa  rs,  and  church  gambling.     The  wriler  bays: 

"  Wo  have  always  thought  that  the  best  way 
to  raice  money  for  religious  i)urpor.eH.  is  to  ajj- 
pcal  to  none  but  religious  motives.  A  small 
amount  raised  in  this  way,  will  do  more  good 
than  a  large  amount  raised  in  any  other  way, 
Dili's  a  iiiir,  or  a  picnic,  or  a  strawberry  festival 
apiJ>-al  to  religious  motives  otilyf  It*  not  the 
love  of  aniuHenicnt,  or  the  love  of  something 
I'ito  besides  the  love  of  God,  aiti)ealed  tor" 


MmiMAivV  prDposition  is  receiving  a  iiuuibcr 
of  lifHHy  iii'|ii-ov»ls.  We  will  soon  o])en  a  ol- 
UQin  f.ir  the  lu-iietit  of  the  move,  and  will  pub- 
lish Irom  week  to  week  such  promises  m  may 
be  sent.    Let  us  hear  from  others. 

We  are  in  receipt  of  advanced  sheets  of  the 
Brethren's  Tune  and  Hymn  Book,  published  by 
the  P.  C.  brethren  at  Huntingdon.  Pa.  The 
print  is  clear,  and  the  jiaper  good.  We  shall 
have  something  more  to  say  about  the  book 
when  it  is  ready  for  filling  orders. 

Brotheb  Jesse  Calvert,  writing  from  Green 
Spring.  Ohio,  under  date  of  February  10th, 
sayu:  "  We  closed  our  meetings  hire  last  night, 
having  been  here  ten  days.  We  had  a  pleasant 
meeting,  good  order,  verj'  large  congregations, 
good  interest,  p'ifteen  were  added  by  baptism. 
and  a  number  t^aid,  at  no  distant  day  tbhy  will 
.unit*  with  the  church.  God  help  them  to  come 
.soon.  This  was  one  of  the  most  pleasant  plai.e.H 
.weaver  visited.  We  found  some  oppokitioii. 
al»0;a  preather  was  in  the  neighborhood  teach- 
iiflg  that  baptho  meant  to  sprinkle,  and  that 
'Jordan  wa*  only  a  little  epoiity  rivul-;!.  running 
tbroii?h  the  sandy  desert,  fome  places  could  be 
jteeu  auitAome  places  could  not.'' 


In  No.  6  wat  published  a  story  of  a  most  ex- 
traordinary death  reported  to  have  laken  place 
ill  Fountain  county  Indiana,  whereby  a  niim 
was  lulled  Ijy  ii  fulling  iiieU'or,  whitb  fell 
tlirinigb  the  ro'if  of  a  house  in  which  be  was 
sleeping.  The  notice  was  sent  us  by  Bmthcr 
lliel  Hamilton,  who  clipped  it  from  the /»»/(««- 
<i]>(jlis  Stale  Joiinidl.  Tlie  report  is  found  to 
be  unlrue.  and  has  proved  the  most  successful 
'•  Nill  "  of  the  period,  as  a  largo  portion  of  the 
press  of  the  country  has  !)een  caught  by  it. 
Meteoric  stones  frequently  fall,  but  this  was  a 
"sell." 

Onk  of  our  exciianges  says;  "  To  escape  con- 
scription, fifteen  thou.sarid  Mennoiiitea  will  em- 
igrate from  Russia  this  Winter  and  settle  in 
several  of  the  North-western  States  of  this  Un- 
ion. They  are  an  honest  and  induslrious  peo- 
ple. I<ike  the  (Quakers  they  are  opposed  to  war. 
'I'lieir  religious  tenets  arc  peculiar.  They  be- 
lievtj  that  the  terms  "  Person  "  and  "  Trinity  " 
ought  not  to  be  n|)|)lied  t..  the  leather.  Sr>ii  aud 
Holy  Ghost.  They  Is-lievn  that  the  N,-w  Tes- 
tament is  the  only  rule  nt  luilli;  that  tlien-  is 
no  original  sin;  thai  infants  should  not  be  bap- 
tized; and  that  Christians  ought  not  to  take 
oath,  hold  otlice,  or  use  physical  force." 


"  Tlie  eldere  which  are  smonK  yon  I  eihort,  who 
am  alsii  an  i-lder,  ami  a  wlliie«9  of  the  sufferings  of 
f'ljnsl.  and  also  a  iiartaker  of  ibe  glor>  ttiat  sliail 
t,f  r'-viMle<J  :  I'l-*-'!  the  tl  ck  of  f.od  winch  is  ammtK 
juu,  taking  the  oversif(>it  Utere<»f,  not  by  constraint, 
but  willingly:  n^.t  forflllhy  lucre,  bat  of  areaJy 
mintl;  aellber  iw  l»eing  lorda  over  God's  lieritage, 
but  Ix-in^ensaiiipleit  Ui  the  iltwk.  And  wlien  the 
chief  fthejihenl  shall  appear, 
crown  of  glory  that  f.-uleth  not 
younger,  submit  yourselves  unto  the  elder.  Vea. 
all  of  you  he  subiect  one  to  another,  and  be  clothed 
with  buDilllty:  for  (iod  resi^teth  the  proud,  and 
giveth  grace  to  the  bumble."—!  Pet.  J:  1-3. 

I^FTKUwas  amply  qualified  to  properly  in- 
struct the  elders  in  relation  to  all  their 
duties.  He  was  an  elder  hioiself  and  could 
therefore  speak  from  experience.  Yea,  he  was 
more  than  elder;  he  was  a  divinely  appointed 
apostle  of  the  Lord,  and  inspired  by  the  H^ly 
[  Ghost  to  preach  and  write,  and  therefore  his 
writing  should  be  regarded  as  the  words  of  the 
Holy  Ghost. 

He  instructs  the  elders  to  "  feed  the  flock  of 
God  "  over  which  they  have  been  appointed, 
and  to  take  the  oversight  of  the  church  willing- 
ly, and  to  do  the  work  with  a  ready  mind.  But 
while  dtjing  so  they  should  not  become  "  lords 
over  God's  heritage,"  for  it  was  not  only  becom- 
ing, but  a  special  duty  that  they  should  be  "en- 
samples  to  the  flo(;k."  The  younger  is  instruct- 
ed to  submit  himself  to  the  elder  of  the  congre- 
gation, as  bis  "teacher,"  "pastor,"  "shepherd," 
"overseer,*  "housekeeper,"  and  "bishop." 

To  the  church  has  been  given  the  authority 
to  set  apart  certain  persona,  who  are  to  take  the 
oversight  of  the  congregation;  to  watch  over  it 
as  a  shepherd  careth  frr  bis  fiock;  to  feed  it, 
ihat  the  members  may  grow  in  grace  aud  the 
knowledge  of  the  truth.  If  he  is  the  kind  of  a 
man  the  Holy  Ghost  wants,  and  possesses  the 
cjualifications  the  Scriptures  require,  be  will  be 
a  fit  "  enaample  to  the  flock,"  hence  those  who 
submit  to  his  government  will  be  doing  that 
which  is  well  pleasing  to  the  Lord. 


his  own   glory,  but  the  glory  of  God,  and  the 
salvation  of  souls.     Every    member  should  aid 
him :  ( 1 )  by  living  as  Christians  should  live,  anj 
(2)  by  assisting  others  to  live  right.     Each  on 
should  labor  to  cause  no  trouble,  and   aogjat  ■ 
settling  the   troubles   others   cause.     No 
should  be   "self-willed."   especially   elders,  but 
let  each   one   labor  for  the   good  of  the  causA 
shall   receiv-  a  |  constantly  keeping  the  welfare  of  the  church  ij 
Likewise. >♦■    view.     Every    member  should  feel  free  to  talk 
with  the  elder  about  that  which  pertains  to  the 
good  of  the  church,  and  ofier  such  suggestion 
as  they  may  think  prudent.     Their  advice  will 
often  come  good,  and  serve  as  a  great  help  jn 
church  government.     And  auy  elder,   who  haa 
the  meek  spirit  of  his  Master  will  gladly  enter 
tain  well-meant  suggestions  from  any  member 
of  bis  flock.     Brethren,  help  one  another. 


THE  OLD  OHDER. 


NITUBBR  VI  n. 

TO  forciblj  impress  the  idea  that  God  baa  a 
Will — a  written  Plan  by  which  men  muat 


(  illtiSTlAN  women  should  learn  to  be  "  keep- 
ers at  home,"  Titus  2:  .5.  "that  the  name  of  God 
1)P  not  blasphemed."  Home  should  be  the  lioli- 
•  St  place  o'u  earth,  and  every  lawful  ellV.rt  should 
be  put  forth  to  make  it  a  liitle  paradise.  The 
wife  and  mother  .should  ho  freat<.'d  with  great 
kindne>H  for  she  is  tlie  moulder  of  cliuracters. 
She  who  thinks  that  the  woman's  mission  is 
not  a  uoblo  one,  has  n  poor  conception  of  what 
it  takes  to  constitute  a  Christian  mother  Thi 
education  of  the  .soul  for  el^-rnity  begins  at  the 
ireside,  and  mothci-s  who  sludv  to  be  keeiM-rs  at 
liome.  and  train  their  cbildren  for  usefulness 
wi  I  he  amply  n>wanied  in  the  coming  future. 
\V  hut  (lie  world  most  stands  in  need  of  at  this 
tiiii"  islJiri^timi  mothers,  praying  mothers  who 
will  take  piciisuro  Hi  traiumg  children  for  the 
Lord. 

Bkothkk  Daniel  Miller  seems  to  be  meeting 
with  good  success  on  his  Wisconsin  mission. 
Up  to  Februarj-  the  9th  fourteen  were  baptized, 
and  three  applicant^  for  baptism  the  next  day. 
He  was- then  preaching  at  Woodstock  with 
crowded  bouses  aud  great  interest.  Brother  D. 
F.  Eby.  who  has  returned,  reports  excellent 
prospects  for  n  big  work  there  if  the  mission  is 
rightly  managed.  We  are  pleased  witli  Brother 
Miller's  method  of  staving  in  one  place  till 
something  can  be  accomplished.  This  thing  of 
scattering  meetings  all  over  the  countrv,  and 
thereby  not  eslttblishini:  the  doctrine  as  vou  go 
isueitber  apostolic  nor  reasonable.  "  I 


Properly  there  can  be  no  church  government 
without  officers,  whose  duty  it  is  to  take  charge 
of,  and  look  alter  the  wants  of  the  church.  In 
one  sense  elders  are  rulers,  but  not  lords.  They 
are  to  lead  the  flock,  not  drive  it.  As  "  ensam- 
ples  to  the  flock"  they  are  to  labor  to  keep 
ill  advance  of  the  congregation  in  every  good 
word  and  work,  not  for  the  purpose  of  excelling, 
but  in  order  to  lead  the  flock  to  higher  and 
nobler  plains  of  Christian  virtue.  He  who  seeks 
to  elevate  the  affections,  and  purify  the  morals 
of  his  congregation,  by  setting  them  good  ex- 
amples, will,  by  the  grace  of  God,  succeed;  and 
long  after  he  has  closed  his  labors  on  earth,  his 
name  will  be  mentioned  with  respect  and  be  re- 
garded as  a  father.  But  he  who  stands  behind 
liis  congregation  and  connmiticls  them  to  do  this, 
and  to  do  that,  thus  lording  it  over  God's  herit- 
age will  soon  find  very  little  piety  in  either 
himself  or  his  congregation.  Christians,  like 
sheep,  will  follow  much  better  than  drive. 

Wheu  it  comes  to  Christian  piety  and  true 
holiness  the  elder  should  lead— he  should  be  a 
man  who  stands  in  advance  of  his  congregation, 
otlierwise  he  cannot  be  an  ensample  to  the  flock. 
Sad  is  tlif  condition  of  that  congregation  whose 
housekeeper  is  looked  down  upon  by  the  church 
and  the  world:  lamentable  the  condition  wheu 
the  eldei's  light  is  cclijjsed.by  the  surrounding 
darkness.  "  If  therefore  the  light  that  is  in 
tine  be  darkness,  how  great  is  that  darkness! " 
Matt,  6:  2".  But  when  it  comes  to  authority 
tlie  wants  of  the  congregation  should  be  con- 
sulted; every  member  should  have  a  voice.  Care 
should  be  taken  to  instruct  them  properly  re- 
garding their  duties  that  their  voice  may  be 
governed  by  the  Scriptures. 

Not  only  the  younger  should  submit  them- 
selves unto  the  elder,  but  says  Peter.  "All  of 
you  be  subject  one  to  another."  This  includes 
every  member  in  the  congregation.  Each  one 
should  consult  the  welfare  of  his  brother  or 
sister,  for  all  belong  to  one  family,  and  their  in- 
terest in  the  great  salvation,  is  a  common  one. 
If  your  brother  and  sister  are  weak  and  disheart^ 
ened,  encourage  and  help  them  along.  If  your 
ministers  should  err,  or  do  that  which  is  not  a 
credit  to  the  cause,  go  to  tlieni,  and  admonish 
them  gently:  this  do  for  the  good  of  the  cause 
which  they  are  laboring  to  vindicate.  It  is  the 
duty  of  your  housekeeper  to  watch  over  you 
with  a  tender  care;  it  is  your  duty  to  watch 
over  him  ;ls  an  'issisftitil.  He  is  to  care  for  your 
interest  and  it  is  your  duty  to  assist  him  in  that 


come  to  Him,  is  the  business  of  every  Qosnel 
minister.  H'ftatis  sounded  out,  becomes  a  ae- 
rious  question  when  we  know  that  so  much 
depends  on  htaring.  That  God  has  a  Will  is 
evident.  That  He  gave  this  to  us  by  His  Son 
vident.  That  it  is  written — put  in  form 
of  words— is  accepted  by  all  who  believe  in  Je- 
sus, Being  so  much  of  one  mind  we  pass  to  the 
further  consideration  of  the  conditions  of  that 
Will. 

Let  us   suppose   that  there  resides  in  a  beau- 
tiful  part  of  the  country,  a  very  rich  nobleman 
He  IS   surrounded  with    all  that  can    make  him 
comfortable   and   happy.     He  knows  no  want- 
no  poverty  ever  pinched  him,  and  unpaid  bills 
never  came  dunning  into  bis  spacious  mansion 
He  has  no  relatives,  none  upon  which  to  bestow 
his  vast  possessions.     But  in  his  vicinity  there 
are  five  poor  orphan  girls.     He  sees  their  pov- 
erty.    There  is  no  eye  to  pity,  none    to  offer  a 
helping  hand.     No  words  of  sympathy  are  ever 
given  them.    They  are  considered  "outcasts." 
and  no   kind  hand    is  open    to  their   griefs  and 
sorrows.    The  nobleman  sees  them,  and  resolves 
to  help  them.     They  have  not  mcrihd  his  sym- 
pathy, but  he  concludes  to  do  them  good.    He 
begins  to  supply    their  wants,    with  or  without 
conditions,  as  he  sees  fit.     Being  sole  owner  of 
all  that  he    possesses,  be  can    do  as  he   pleases. 
While  alive  he  can  give  conditionally  or  uncon- 
ditionally as  he  chooses.     Finally  he  concludes 
that  he  should  make  his  last  will  or  testament. 
He  understands  the  language  he  uses.    He  is  of 
sound  mind,  and  has  a  clear  title  to  all  his  pos- 
sessions.    He  then  proceeds  to   bequeath   his 
possessions  to  the   five  orphan    girls  on  the  fol- 
lowing conditions.     1.  All  shall  marry.     2.  All 
shall  marry  farmers.     3.  Eiich  must  be  married 
by  a  preacher.     4.  They  must  continue  to  live 
with  their  husbands.     He  then  adds,  "  She  that 
complies  with  said  conditions  shall  inherit;  but 
she  that  complies  not.  shall  disinherit." 

The  testator  dies.  His  will  is  read.  The 
legatees  come  forward  to  be  examined.  The 
first  is  asked:  "Are  you  married?"  "No," 
she  replies.  The  will  reads,  '*  1.  All  shall  mar- 
ry." You  are  not  married,  therefore  are  disin- 
herited. The  decision  is  just;  the  will  cannot 
be  set  aside.  The  Infidel  says,  "  I  do  not  be- 
lieve." The  Will  of  God  says,  "  Believe."  "He 
that  believeth  not  shall  bedanmed."  Mark  16: 
16.    This  is  the  doom  of  the  unbeliever. 

The  second  orphan  comes  forward.  "  Are 
you  marriedy"  "I  am,"  she  answers.  Then 
you  have  complied  with  condition  first.  Con- 
dition second  reads:  "  All  shall  marry  farmers." 
Have  you  married  a  farmer?  "  -'No;  I  married 
a  lawyer."  Then  you  are  disinherited.  "lie- 
pent  ye,  and  believe  the  Gospel."  Mark  1: 15. 
Do  not  think  you  can  inherit  by  simply  com- 
plying to  that  part  of  the  Will  which  says,  "be- 
lieve." Kepentance  is  also  a  condition  of  sal- 
vation. 

Orphan  third  stands  up.  Are  you  married? 
"lam."  Are  you  married  to  a  farmer?  "I 
am."  Were  you  married  by  a  preacher? 
"  No;  I  was  married  by  a  Justice  of  the  Peace." 
Condition  third  reads,  "Each  must  be  married 
by  a  preacher."  Vou  have  not  complied  with 
this.  You  cannot  inherit.  So  it  will  be  with 
those  who  try  to  inherit  the  kingdom  by  sim- 
ply complying  with  faith  and  repentance.  The 
believing  Pentecostians   were  commanded  "re- 


.   ,1.      II  1  If  1  ■    .  .  """    P^"^'    '^'"'   ^^   baptized  every  one  of  vou  in 

«.rL    U,«   watchfulness  .for  good,  not  for  I  the  na...  of  .feus  n,ri,t  for  the  rem  Jion  of 


riiarv 


QO 


THK  1jkexh:i4b:^  ^t  avork:. 


T^sball    receiTe  the  gift  of  the  Hoij 

i^t-  "■  ^^-     Condition  third.  »'  be  bap- 

*^'!^'usVbe  complied    with.     The    Will  so 

'**"'*''  fourth  comes  forward.  Are  you  mar- 
Oit''*°  "  This  is  according  to  condition 
^'  vcTrea<ls-  "  -^'^  ^^"'^  niarn--"  Are  you 
■'"l  to  a  ii^rmer?  "  Yes."  This  is  according 
►"^^  -      se<--ond.  "  All  shall  marry  farmers." 

■'  third  reads,  "Each  must  be  married 
•fii^^^°    her."     "D'^d  a   preacher   marry  you? 

I  was 


was  committed?"  How  do  I  know  it?  What  an  able  ambassador  of  Christ,  impressing  upon 
a  question  for  a  Bible  reader  to  ask!  The  last  us  our  duty  to  God.  Making  us  all  feci  that 
words  of  our  blessed  Master  as  he  is  expiring    there  is  a  great   work  for  the  Christian  people 


married  by  a   preacher."     Condi- 
^'''  '^1  reads.  "They  must  continue  to  Hto 


rti 


He" 


You   cannot  in- 


So  it  w 


nil  he  with    all  those    who  have 


th  the  couditions,  faith,  repentance 

but   turn  again   to  the   beggarly 

For  it  had  been  better 


'^rJ^'lnhe  world 
*"        not  to  have  known  the  way  of  right- 
■^  than,  after  they   have   known   it,  to 

*'^c    '   the  holy  commandment  delivered  un- 


ollieiB- 


But  it  i*  happened  unto  them  ae- 
to  the  true  proverb.  "The  dog  ia  turned 
own  vomit  again;  and  the  sow  that  was 
■^  Tj  to  her  wallowing  in  the  mire."  2  Pet, 
"^Vs^-  ^^^^  ^'^^^  forgotten  that  they  "were 
^^^g^^rom  their  old  siu«." 

^  The  fiffb  ^"^  '*'*'^  orphan  now  appears.     Are 

rried?  "  I  a™  married."     You  have  com- 

''!j  rith  the  first  condition  which  reads.  "All 

Uluiarry."     ^^^   y°"    marry  a   farmer?    "I 

Condition  second  reads,  "  All  shall  marry 

ave  complied  with  this.     Wf  re 

I  was."     This  is 


You 
„u  ^jrried  by  a  preacher? 
'  "  rding  to  condition  third  which  reads,  "Each 
*''!(  be  married  by  a  preacher."  Condition 
Trth  i*ads,  "  They  must  coutinue  to  live  with 
Lrbusbands."  Are  you  living  with  your 
usbaud?  "  1  ft"'-"  "^^  ^iadh  replies.  Then 
have  complied  with  all  the.  cotulitions  of  the 
^"S  hence  shall  inherit  all  that  has  been  be- 
^  Allied  to  you.     So  it  will  be  with  those  who 


repented    and    been    baptized, 


quel 

Ijare  believed. 

•  Repent  ye  and  believe  the  Gospel."  Mark  1: 
■:;  •'  Hp  that  believeth  and  is  baptized  shall 
bisftved."  Mark  16:  16.  "  Repeat  and  be  bap- 
tod  every  one  of  you."  Acts  2:  38.  "  Contin- 
ue in  the  things  which  thou  hast  learned." 
3  Tim.  3: 14-  "  Continue  ye  in  my  love."  John 
If  ye  continue  in  my    word,  then  are 


15;  it. 


John  S:  31.    "  If  that 


jeDiy  disciples  indeed. 

ffbicb  ye  have  heard  from  the   beginning  shall 

remain  m  you,   ye  shall    continue  in    the  Sou. 

jnd  in  the  Father."     iJohn  2:  24. 


upon   the  cro&s,  "  Father   forgive   them,  thej" 
KKOW  KOT  what  they  do,"  ia  how  I  know  it. 

It  is  not  the  poxsfgsion  of  wealth,  honor,  glo- 
rj',  fcime  or  reputation  that  is  condemned,  but  the 
ever  lusting,  longing  at\er  them.  The  penni- 
less widow  may  be  as  much  a  subject  of  condem- 
nation in  view  of  the  Scripture,  "  The  love  of 
money  is  the  root  of  all  evil,"  as  the  RothFchilds. 
What  a  man  has  is  a  very  uncertain  criterion 
by  which  to  decide  whether  he  is  "  born  of  the 
spirit"  or  not.  It  is  what  he  does  that  de- 
cides the  question.  We  have  known  persona  to 
rise  from  want  and  penury  to  wealth  and  opu- 
lence, by  some  unlooked  for  circumstance,  who 
were  actually  the  most  cruel  and  oppressive 
people  we  ever  knew.  They  always  had  the 
irill  to  be  so,  but  lacked  iheoppDrtunity.  Such 
persons  are  no  better  in  want  and  penury,  in 
the  sight  of  God,  than  if  they  had  millione.  A 
great  many  poor  console  themselves  with  the 
thought,  "  I  am  poor,  therefore  I  aukaafe  so  far 
as  the  money  question  is  concerned."  Nothing 
can  be  a  greater  delusion.  You  are  no  better 
than  if  you  had  billions.  Without  one  cent 
you  can  lore  money  as  much  as  though  you  had 
oceans  of  it;  and  it  is  the" /ore  "of  it  that  ia 
condemned. 

In  reference  to  glory,  honor,  fame,  popularity 
and  reputation,  the  same  is  true. — It  is  not  the 
possession,  but  the  irrepressible,  incessant  de- 
sire for  them  that  is  condemned. 

Christ  "made  himself  of  no  reputation." 
How  different  from  men  now!  "Whosoever 
exalteth  himself  shall  be  abased;  and  he  that 
hunibleth  himself  shall  be  exalted."  Just  so; 
and  are  we  not  all  witnesses  to  the  truth  of  i*? 
I  What  ia  more  disgusting  to  sensible  people  than 
self-praise,  self-laudation.  Oh,  how  odious  a 
person  becomes  who  occupies  our  attention  by 
talking  about  himself!  "  /  did.  /  saw,  /  heard, 
/  said,  /  preached,  /  wrote,  /.  /,  /  own,  /  con- 
trol, /  support."  Do  we  not  abase  those  who 
exalt  themselves,  and  »^xalt  those  who  humble 
themselves?  Certainly  it  is  not  wrong  to  be 
exalted,— to  have  reputation,  glory,  honor,  and 
fame,  or  Christ  would  not  have  taught  us  the 
means  by  which  we  can  be  exalted. — He  would 
certainly  not  teach  us  how  we  might  obtain 
a  thing  if  he  did  not  want  us  to  have  it.  "  He 
thathumbleUi  himself  suai,l  iiE  exalted." 
S.  J.  Hariuson. 


to  perform  while  upon  this  earth.  Our  meet- 
ing continued  seven  days,  only  having  meeting 
at  night  except  on  Sundays  when  we  had  it 
twice.  By  the  active  labor*  of  our  ministering 
brethren,  and  the  united  help  of  the  members, 
especially  the  young  members  who  worked 
eivrnestly  for  the  cause  of  their  Master,  ( 
dear  young  brethren  and  sisters,  let  us  continue 
to  do  more  for  Jesus  than  we  ever  have  done 
before,  for  great  will  be  our  reward  in  heaven), 
much  good  was  done  in  the  name  of  the  holy 
child  Jesus,  for  ten  souls  were  made  willing  to 
repent  of  their  sins,  and  be  baptized  in  the  name 
of  Jesus,  and  many  more  are  thinking  seriously 
about  their  soul's  salvation.  Our  prayer  is  that 
they  may  be  able  to  choose  that  good  part  which 
many  choose  while  they  have  life  and  health. 

Our  meetings  closed  with  a  good  feeling  pre- 
vailing among   all.     The    member?    were  made 
stronger  in  the  faith,  and  sinners  caused  to  feel 
that  all  waa  not  well  between  them  and  their  God. 
J.  A.  Wkavkr, 
Feb.  Sth,  1^9. 


country.  Impelled  by  a  myotic  sense  of  the 
importance  of  giving  to  the  world  the  example 
of  a  community  living  on  the  model  of  the  apos- 
tolic society — building  a  "spiritual  temple"  of 
faith  and  good  works  in  the  very  country  where 
the  actual  Temple  once  stood,  and  raising  a  sac* 
ritice  of  prayer  where  the  ancient  sacrifices  were 
offered — these  humble  settlers  have  gathered 
from  (Germany,  England,  and  America,  and  have 
established  a  society  which  in  some  respecta  re- 
sembles the  well  known  American  secta,  Bible 
Communiata,  etc.,  but  which  is  uotdistioguish- 
cd  from  the  rest  of  the  world  by  any  pecaliu 
ideas  on  domestic  matters." 


COVETOU8NES8. 


c 


OVKTOUSNESS  is  undue  de«ire  of  gain. 


EETURN  OF  THE  JEWS. 


M.  M.  E. 


THE  "  LOVE  OF.' 


FROM  MONTICELLO,  INDIANA. 
E  are  having  a  beautiful   Wiuter  iu  this 


THERE  are  some  things  which  all  men  like 
and  some  things  which  all  dislike.  All  the 
good  "hick  we  can  hope  to  do  is  based  upon 
Ikii  truth.  If  this  were  not  universally 
i«,  by  what  means  could  we  expect  to  stimu- 
lile  imd  encourage  men  to  do  right?  It  is  by 
tirlue  of  this,  that  we  can  have  confidence  in 
Iht  claims  of  heaven's  law.  From  a  misap- 
pretension  of  a  few  passages  of  Scripture,  bear- 
ing OL  this  point,  some  very  gross  errors  have 
grown. 

■•  The  LOYB  OF  money  is  the  rout  of  all  evil." 
1  Tim.  6:10.  "Let  this  mind  be  in  yoa,  which 
»»  also  in  Christ  Jesus;  who,  being  in  the 
form  of  God,  thought  it  not  robbery  to  be  equal 
•ilk  God:  but  m.vde  himself  of  no  reputation." 
Phil,  2:  .1,  6,  7. 

Fnim,  these  passages  some  have  concluded 
lh«t  it  is  wrong  to  possess  either  money  or  rep- 
nlation.  Indeed,  there  are  somany  who  believe 
Ihis  that  I  have  often  pitied  those  who  had  to 
(udiire  their  rebukes  and  bitter  persecution.  A 
man  possessing  means,  is  made  a  target  at  which 
the  deadly  arrows  of  denunciation  and  disappro- 
bition  are  shot,  with  the  full  assurance  that  it 
ii  the  will  of  Heaven's  Almighty  King.  All 
llii>  is  the  effect  of  ignorance.  Ignorance  be- 
trayed, condemned,  spit  upon,  bufi'eted  and 
Itonrged  the  Savior  of  the  world.  Had  it  stop- 
H  kure,  however,  we  might  apologize  for  what 
™fts  done,  and,  with  patience,  endure  it  to  the 
«ad,  but  it  never  stops  at  half-way-  it  always 
poshes  its  measures  to  the  last  extreme.  In 
this  case  the  work  was  not  completed  until  Je- 
ws was  nailed  to  the  cross,  suspended  between 
iMven  and  earth,  and  the  barbarous  and  wick- 
^  yell  pierced  the  air,  "Hail,  King  of  the  Jewsl" 
"But,  hold  on  sir,  you  are  going  too  far— you 
"e  putting  your  picture  in  too  strong  colors," 
My>  my  friend.  "  How  do  you  know  ignorance 
•as  the  instrument  by  which  this  horrible  deed 


w 


thankful  for  these  continued  blessings.  We  no- 
tice that  death  is  still  among  us  as  both  old  and 
young  are  called  from  this  world  of  sin  to  try 
the  realities  of  another.  The  church  in  this 
arm  of  the  brotherhood  is  in  a  flourishing  con- 
dition, as  all  the  brethren  and  sisters  seem  to 
be  laboring  for  their  soul's  salvation,  and  the 
welfare  of  the  cause  of  Christ. 

On  Jan.  15th  we  commenced  aseriesof  meet- 
ings at  the  Carson  and  Shady  Green  school- 
bouses,  continuing  a  week.  The  teachings  of 
our  blessed  Savior  were  held  forth  unto  a  sin- 
sick  audience  who  manifested  a  gnat  desire  to 
learn  what  was  necessary  for  them  to  oblain 
eternal  life,  by  our  home  ministers  who  preach- 
the  words  of  eternal  truth  unto  them  with 
great  power  and  feeling,  causing  sinners  to  cry 
out,  "  What  shall  we  do  to  be  saved?  "  Praise 
to  our  Father  in  heaven,  for  nine  precious 
souls  were  made  to  say,  "  I  will  arise  and  go  to 
Jesus."  They  were  received  into  the  church 
by  baptism. 

From  the  above  named  places  we  further  con- 
tinued our  labors  by  beginning  a  series  of  meet- 
ings  at  our  church,  where  we  had  the  pleasure 
of  hearing  the  voice  of  our  beloved  brother 
Daniel  P.  Shively,  of  Peru,  Ind.,  who  preached 
five  sermons  for  us.  He  labored  earnestly  in 
the  cause  of  Christ.  We  were  all  made  to  feel 
that  it  was  good  to  be  there,  and  hear  him  por- 
tray unto  us  the  beauties  of  heaven,  also  the 
terrible  punishnieut  that  awaited  those  who 
would  not  heed  the  teachings  laid  down  iu  the 
Book  of  divine  Truth.  Being  afflicted  he  could 
not  remain  any  longer  with  us.  but  had  to  re- 
turn to  his  home.  However,  we  arc  happy  to 
say  that  his  labors  were  not  fruitless,  as  souls 
were  made  to  feel  that  all  was  not  well  between 
them  ami  their  God.  Also  Brother  Miller,  ot 
Wolcott,  lud.,  was  with   us  two  day 


U. 


BLACKWOOD'S  Edendvro  MiOAzi.vE  is 
noted  for  its  superior  collection  of  inter- 
esting reading  matter.  It  deals  with  living 
subjects.  A  late  number  contains  an  ably  pre- 
pared article  on  "  The  Haven  of  Carmal  "  from 
which  the  following  interesting  extract,  in  re- 
gard to  the  return  of  the  Jews  to  Palestine,  is 
made; 

"  There  is  another  feature  in  the  possible  fu- 
ture of  Palestine  which  is  worthy  of  considera. 
tion— namely,  the  Jewish  immigration,  which 
may  be  said  already  to  have  commenced.  Hith- 
erto the  insecurity  of  the  country  and  the  ob- 
structiveness  of  Turkish  officials  have  deterred 
Jewish  capitalists  from  employing  their  money 
in  the  land;  but  the  Jewish  population  of  the 
poorer  class  has  for  several  years  been  increas- 
iug  iu  Jerusalem  at  the  rate  of  over  a  thousand 
souls  per  annum. 

The  number  of  Jews  in  the  Holy  City  is  now 
probably  not  far  short  of  10,000,  or  nearly  half 
the  total  of  inhabitants. 

Many  reasons  have  heen  suggested  for  this 
influx  of  Jews  into  Palestine.  The  terror  of  the 
conscription  has  driven  away  a  number  of  Pol- 
ish and  Russian  Jews  from  those  countries,  and 
the  ll'itlidah  or  alms  distributed  to  the  poor  in 
Jerusalem  has  also  proved  an  attraction  to 
many.  Religious  attachment  to  the  Holy  City 
has  also  heen  in  many  cases  the  reason  of  the 
return  of  the  poor  and  more  pious,  and  no  one 
can  visit  the  Wailing  place  on  a  Friday  without 
being  impressed  with  the  reality  of  Jewish  de- 
votion, and  the  vitality  of  their  belief  in  the 
future,  and  of  their  sorrow  for  the  past  and 
present. 

It  would  appear,  also,  that  an  interest  in  Pal- 
estine is  gradually  growing  up  among  the  more 
influential  class  of  European  Jews;  and  among 
the  wonderful  changes  which  are  so  rapidly  de- 
veloping in  the  East,  we  may  perhaps  be  des- 
tined to  witness  an  exlensive  movement  in 
Palestine,  by  which  the  Jews  would  become  the 
owners  of  the  country  and  the  chief  employers 
of  native  labor. 

In  such  a  case  the  town  of  Haifa  would  cer- 
tainly rise  to  a  position  of  importance  as  the  I 
only  good  port  within  the  limits  of  the  Holy 
Land.  From  the  Christian  era  downwards,  it 
has  been  a  favorite  abode  of  the  Jews.  In  the 
twelfth  century  it  is  specially  noted  as  having 
a  large  Jewish  population ;  and  at  the  present 
time,  its  trade,  which  is  growing  steadUy,  is 
principally  in  the  hands  of  the  Jewish  inhabit- 
ants, who  number  1,000  souls,  or  about  a  quar- 
ter of  the  population. 

Christian  information  with  regard  to  the  Jews, 
is,  as  a  rule,  so  imperfect,  that  it  is  not  easy  to 
estimate  the  influence  of  such  organi-/,ation  as 
is  represented  by  the  "Universal  Israelites  Alli- 
ance;" hut  it  is  indisputable  that  the  Jews  have 
taken  and  are  taking  meiusures  to  promote  in- 
dustrial education  and  the  employment  of  Jew- 
ish capital  in  Palestine,  and  it  can  scarcely  be 
doubU-d  that  they  arc  well  fitted  by  character 
and  by  linguistic  attainments  to  deal  with  the 
native  population  of  Syria. 

The  subject  of  colonization  in  Palestine  ex- 
cites much  interest  in  certain  classes  of  English 
society  Colonies  have  alrcody  been  started  in 
the  country,  and  a  society  has  been  formed  for 
the  promotion  of  agriculture  in  the  land. 

The  Germans  who  live  at  Haifa  and  Jaffa  are, 
however,  the  only  colonists  who  have  practical- 
ly ,ucc"cded  in  establishing  themselves  in  the 


referring  to  Dent.  13;  IT,  we  learn  that  idolater! 
were  to  be  stoned  to  death.  The  witnesses  were 
to  throw  the  fir^t  stones  and  aflerwards  the 
whole  congregation  to  continue  to  stone  them 
till  they  were  stoned  to  death.  If  a  town  went 
into  idolatry,  every  man  and  every  Iieast  was  to 
be  killed  and  the  property  of  the  town  was  to 
be  burned  to  ashes. 

It  makes  a  man  dishonest.     He  is  a  robber, 
for  he  robs  God  and  robs  society. 
It  prevents  the  spread  of  the  Gospel. 
It  destroys  natural  affection.    A  man  has  no 
sympathy  for  the  salvation  of  his  children  or  of 
his  neighborhood.    Neither  a  covetous  deacon 
nor  a  covetous  minister  is  to  be  ordained.    The 
covetous  man  is  not  to  enter  into  heaven.  (1  Cor. 
6.)     Says  a  minister,  we  are  the   poorest  people 
in  the   world  and  we  can't  give  a  cent  to  mis- 
sions of  any  kind.     A  wicked  circuscomes  along 
The  liaplist. 


and  raises  i^l.Ot^'  in  a  few  hours. - 


HOUSE  BURNED  DOWN 

BROTHER  Daniel  Miller,  writing  from  the 
Wisconsin  mission  field,  under  date  of 
February  ttth,  says;  "  I.iLst  night,  when  I  waa 
about  half  through  with  my  sermon,  the  alarm 
of  fire  was  i;iven.  Robert  Norman's  house  waa 
ou  fire,  and  burned  down.  We  had  no  more 
preaching  that  night.  Some  furniture  was  sav- 
ed. We  want  you  to  send  us  ?50  at  once." 
The  money  was  borrowed  here  and  forwarded 
to  Brother  Miller  that  the  sutfering  family 
might  be  relieved,  as  they  are  poor  and  have  no 
home  of  their  own.  Brother  Miller  said  he  and 
Brother  Martin  Meyer  »  oulj  stand  good  for  the 
money,  but  it  is  too  much  for  two  men  to  pay, 
and  we  take  this  method  of  asking  the  memberB 
of  Northern  Illinois  to  bear  the  burden.  Send 
to,  or  hand  in  your  donations  at  this  office  and 
they  will  be  paid  over  to  Brethren  Miller  and 
Meyer.  Brethren,  remember  the  poor,  and  do 
them  good  as  you  have  upportuuity. 


AN  EXPLANATION. 

IN  the  last  number  of  the  (lospel  I'reaaher, 
under  the  head  of  "  Consolidation,"  is  pub- 
lished an  article  calculated  to  make  a  wrong 
impression.  It  is  not  prudent  for  firms  to  pub- 
lish confidential  business  letters.  If  the  readers 
understood  all  the  attending  circumstances  it 
would  not  make  so  much  difl'erence. 

As  an  explanation  we  will  here  say,  that 
there  being  quite  a  feeling  for  less  paperein  the 
Brotherhood,  a  business  correspondence  was  en- 
tered into  between  the  Primitive  Christian  ed- 
itors, Brother  Sharp  and  ourselves,  to  see  if  we 
could  not  hit  upon  a  plan  to  have  less  juvenile 
papers,  and  thus  concentrate  forces,  believing 
it  would  be  for  the  good  of  the  general  Brother- 
hood. The  idea  seemed  plausible,  and  we  were 
very  favorable  to  it.  But  Brother  Sharp  hav- 
ing' written  us  that  he  intended  to  start  a 
youths'  paper  at  Ashland,  thus  increasing  in- 
stead of  diminishing  papers,  we  fear  the  project 
is  not  feasible,  however  miicli  it  may  he  desired. 
The  publishing  of  business  correspondence, 
relating  to  projects  of  this  kind,  has  a  tendency 
to  produce  an  uncalled  for  sensation  which  does 
not  always  leave  th.'  bist  of  feelings. 

When  we  conclude  to  leave  Lanark  aJ>d  lo- 
cate elsewhere,  due  notice  will  be  given  in  the 
lintTlliiKN  iT  WoliK.  There  is  such  a  thing 
as  letting  good  enough  alone. 

BnoTilEB  J.  W.  Stein  returned  home  from 
Mt.  Morris  last  Thursday. 

Bbotheb  Lemuel  Hillery  has  been  holding  a 
series  of  meetings  in  Lanark.  He  is  making 
preparations  to  go  West  in  the  Spnng. 

BlioTHBH  Samuel  Peck  and  wife  returned  last 
week  from  their  trip  to  Ohio,  expressing  them- 
selves as  highly  pleased  wilh  Iheir  visit. 


TJriK  ]u<ktiikk:n^  avr  av-qkic. 


Feb 


'-^^   i. 


i«[  -^iUe  (^lass. 


"  The  IforM  0/  Trw/A  no  Tongue  Can  Tell." 

Tilt  d*p«rlineul  is  Jwignr-)  f.r  iu>kii>K  hd'!  ■emffrinc 
Bible' quwtioDK,  anJ  for  ibn  nolutlun  of  Scriptural  diffirul' 
Hm.  All  auMlioni  ehould  b«  hU(«<J  witb  candor,  •n'i  «i>' 
■■«r»<l  wi(o  M  much  cle«rn«u  ■«  poMlhl".  in  order  to 
prviodi*  llil'lp  Trulh  Ariic)**  fur  Ihifi  d*i>«nnieal,  mii«t 
M  «hon  utd  to  ibo  point. 


Will  flome  one  toltme  how  Iorr  Noati  w.-u  build- 
ing tbe  ftrk  ?  Isbabl  Tkniuji*, 

Some  onci  wlJI  please  compnre itnd  «xpluln  AiU 
1:18.  ami  Matt,  37:  &. 

AlBoEx.aiMO  U.aiKlJoIiii  1:13.        11.11.11. 

Pleaw  explain  Jolinl:  |.1:  ■■  Which  wcr*- tMirn, 
OOt  of  blood,  nor  of  the  will  of  the  Ili-»h.  nor  of  tlui 
win  of  mnn,  hut  of  Ood."  Whut  births  Hre  hfrc 
nftiTDd  U),  nitttirat  or  aptrltuAl  'f 

.1.  Y.  HSAVKhY. 

Flciuii- Kivu  on  ■•x|iliiiiuti'in  of  lU-v.  2U :  'i.  1 1  reailn 
Uiua:  ■■  In  thi-  inl'iNt  uf  Ihf  dtn-r-t  of  it.  arnl  «ii  cfHi- 
•TSldcof  tliprlvfr.  wiiflthiT*' th'itrco'if  Ilfi-.  whlfh 
bRTO  twelve  niftiiiicr  of  fnillft,  and  ylchhrfl  tii-r  fnilt 
e¥ory  month:  and  Itiu  h-iivciiuf  tlio  triM)  v.tsic  Uti 
the  huklliiK  of  tlin  nutionii."  A  JIkotukk. 

Will  Nomc  niifh^Ro  kliiil  lu  to  cxplitln  Matt,  r^; 
29,  .1":  "And   If  thy  rl({hl  i-yc  ofTond  Ihc-o,  pluck  It 
out.  and  f jLHt  It  fri.in   Ihfi-:  for  It  In  jirofttiihln  for 
thet' Ihiit  •iiji- iif  thy  niinibcTit  ithould   |M<rliih.  anri 
not  that  Ihy  whole  hudy  ithouJd   hu  tuutl  Into  he II. 
And  If  tUy  rifflit  hand  oflund  Dico,  cut  It  off,"  ftc. 
S.  A.  Ki,h;i{Inoki{. 
Will  lli«-  Buktiiiiiin  at  Wohk  jdcam-iflvc  anfx 
plnnntlon  on  Mutt.  :^4: 17.  uhich  readn  hh  fidlown 
"  J>H  hliii  which  Ih  on  tin-  houMrtoji  not  cointi  duwn 
to  tiik't  anytliliiK  out  of  IiIh  lionitK." 

AlHovf^me  -lO,  wliloh  roadn  lut  folhiwri;  "TIk'ii 
ahull  two  he  in  Mm  liild,  the  one  rthall  ho  Nilcu  and 
tho  ottnir  IrfL"  Jank  ltBi:i>Y. 

Plp.'iM(>  Kivp  ail  rx|d]uiatto)i  un  Antn  'i:  47:  "  And 
the  Lord  added  tfi  ttin  chiirrh  dully  nuc-h  an  nhoiild 

h«  HflVi'll." 

]{"nian>iH:.i.'i:  "  Who  nliail  lay  nnylhliiK  tn  tho 
rharH.'ufOud'HidcctV 
Tliiiof'y  a:  10:  "Thorcforo  1  ciiduro  till  thhiwi 

for  UlC  I'IcvI'h  Sllkl!."  IlKNJtV  H<-|lt'..\NTZ. 

Will  villi  or  Homu  of  yonr  rniidrrti  |)]i-aHit  i'X|duiii 
Mult.  Ill:  11,  ]»V  It  roiidKiLHr<(IlowH:  "  IttillKmad 
niilo  Uii-iJi,  All  Tnnn  (raiumti •■(■(■! vi<  Ihh  Kiiyiiin,  Hav» 
thoy  to  whctni  It  JbrIvi'Ii,  Tor  llicrti  rri  «iiinr*  eii- 
nuohH,  wlihrli  wpfo  no  horn  from  tiiidr  inidli{-i''ii 
womb:  and  thiim  iico  Hoino  uiinucliti,  wlilcii  woiu 
rnadu  I'miiii'liH  uf  ntun :  and  thoiu ho oiinnchH,  wliii-h 
have'  initdc  tlu-mmdvcB  onnnrim  for  the  klnjiduni  of 
hmvi'n'H  sake.  Ilr  that  In  iibin  to  1  ocolvo  ft,  !«t  hhn 
rocolve  it."  ]■',  ,I,  FhaNTz. 


the  witne««  retirvd,  the   luiraclen  c^tv^A   when 
they  bad  fullj  accompliohe*)  ihvir  work. 

DAritf  L.  \ViLUAi1.4. 
Brotcnnille,  Mo. 

QUESTIONS  ANSWERED. 

Wad  .ludiut  present  wJirji  fe*l-wa,ihtng,  tb**  I,or«I'fi 
Siipp'T.  aixd  the  Cornniunion  wri«*  Iniitllutud? 
Some  onn  will  pleaa«  I'Xjdiiin.        J.  M.  Detuick. 

JUDAS  evidently  waa  [>rew.-iJt  wheu  feel- 
wiwhing,  and  thf  LoH'h  ,Sui(i>er  were  id- 
Ntitnled,  m  it  wst»  while  tbcy  were  at  bupjier 
that  JeauH  gave  him  the  ho{>,  and  bade  bim  do 
quickly  what  bu  bad  to  do.  Si*  John  KJ:  2fi. 
P'«et-wa«bing  had  wrtainly  tak<?n    lAari-  Iwfore 


GOD  A  CONSUMING  FIRE. 

]'J«-(ift(.  (fiv«  your  vliiwH  of  Ileh.  lit:  2ft:  "  For  uur 
Ood  1»  a  ((inBumiiiK  1I113."  J.  \V.  Wall. 

rrilK  uiiiwtlo  IN  not  iilouo  iu  aiiying  that  "Our 
X  I'l'il  if*  a  I'onsuiiiiht,'  liru;"  I'or  it  liad  la-cn 
already  anuuuncud  tlirougli  Mosfn:  "  ]''or  tho 
Lord  thy  (iod  is  11  conNiiTuiii>{  tins  oven  a  jeal- 
ous God."  Ueut.  4:34.  Kven  tli«  bcHt  nifn, 
like  MuHcs,  are  iu  their  tinitonosH  so  voiy  iimuh 
inferior  to  iafinito,  diviiiu  purfeutiou,  that  (iud, 
iu  Ilia  xlory  (Ex.  ;W:  18-2:!).  and  in  Ilin  boli- 
noaa  (Dent,  y;  5),  would  utterly  destroy  tliem. 
Hut  in  Mi»  condeHci'iiding  love  of  "  God  with 
UH  "  (Matt.  I:  21,  2;J;  John  ;i:  16;  Kev.  lit  20), 
He  is  not  cuiiHUuiiug  an  a  deatroyor  of  men,  bnt 
of  siu  uud  that  iu  man  which  i»  uppo^ted  to  His' 
glory  and  holiuesM.  No  ihmmoii  can  he  «» (-ood 
aa  to  be  able  to  receive  God  in  His  jmrity,  for 
this  would  retjuiro  liiiii  to  he  equal  with  (Jod; 
hpnce  lilt  can  only  come  to  man,  as  a  man,  or 
God  with  man.  J.  U.  Hopi'bk. 

SIGNS  FOLLOW  THEM. 

Some  one  will  |)ii.(wo  e\i)lain  Mark  Itl:  17.  is: 
"And  Unite  HiKiiB  •ihull  follow  them  that  hellevo; 
Iu  my  name  sliatl  they  cJist  out  devilw;  tliey  hIuiII 
apeak  with  new  tonjrues;  they  shall  take  up  ser- 
pentJ*;  and  if  they  drink  any  deadly  tliiuR,  It  ahull 
not  hurt  thi-m;  thoy  Hhalllay  hands  on  the  atck, 
and  they  hIiuU  recover."    Who  la  rofened  tuV 

J.  L.  Ititow.v. 

WHO  in  referred  to?  Those  who  believed 
ou  Christ  in  the  fieltiiig  up,  orestnblihh- 
ing  the  sydt^m  of  Chriiitianity.  God  aaw  prot>- 
er  to  accompany  His  works  of  grnco  with  digus 
and  wonder.-*,  while  He  was  establishiug  it  ou 
earth,  as  Ho  did  the  Mosaic  dispeusiitioii.  Mo- 
ees  and  Aaron  wrought  wondera  until  it  wa.s 
proveu  beyond  doubt  that  tliey  wero  appointed 
of  God  to  deliver  tbe  Israelites,  and  theu  when 
the  design  of  the  miracle  was  fully  uci^ouiplish- 
ed  they  ceased.  We  learn  a  lesson  here:  that 
God  gave  power  to  His  believers  to  do  those 
aigcs  atid  woudera  in  order  to  convince  the  peo- 
p'e  that  Chri-st  was  the  Messiali.  Paul  terms  it 
a  witaesfl.  Iu  speaking  of  the  preaching  of  the 
Word  he  says,  that  "  God  bore  thera  witneas 
with  ftigna  and  wonders  and  divera  miracles,  by 
the  gilt  of  the  Holy  Ghost."  This  makes  it 
plain,  and  shows  clearly  the  purpose  of  these 
signs.  &c.  God  does  not  hold  tbe  witne»a  in 
tbe  stand  always,  but  when  he  has  fully  tastified 
Ui  tbe  truth  he  is  fret-rl  from  hi^  nervices,  a^ 
with  Moses,  so  also  with  the  early   Chriatiwi*;  I 


the  supper,  mt  we  learn  by  the  rf'adiug  of  the 
foriuer  part  of  thia  chapter.  It  i^  equally  wr- 
tain  that  Judas  wiw  not  present  at  the  Com- 
munion, for  we  read  in  vcrte  ^K  "  Me  then, 
having  received  the  aop,  went  ininiejliftt«ly  out: 
nod  it  wu  uight."  Now  if  wo  turn  to  Luke 
2ii;  20,  wc  tind  that  the  holy  Commuuion  was 
instituted  after  Hupper,  The  above  ia  my  un- 
demtandiiig  of  the  matter;  neverthelesis  there 
are  Home  ditr^cuUies,  for  in  verse  21  wo  read, 
"  Hut,  heboid,  the  hand  of  bim  that  betrayeth 
me  is  with  me  on  the  tjihle."  IVoni  this  lavt 
qiioLiition  many  take  it  for  certain  that  Judas 
wan  preNcnt  at  the  Communion. 

We  read  lu  Gen,  i :  vo.  "  Let  ua  mnko  man  in  our 
own  Image  afUir  our  likuniM'."    Did  God  make  mnn 
In  the  form  of  himaelf,  or  wita  the  image  8j)irltuidy 
A.IIoLLiNoiii: 

"  An  image  is  an  imitatiou,  representation,  or 
aimilitude  uf  any  jttrsou  or  thing,  drawn,  iiaint' 
ed,  hr  otherwiwe  made  perceptible  to  the  j-ight." 
Wobiter.  We  read  in  John  4:  24,  "God  is  a 
si)iri1,"  and  in  Luke  iI4:  31),  our  Lord  luloi'med 
His  diHciplos  that  a  apirit  hatb  not  fleah  and 
bonea.  A  ajiirit,  then,  is  without  parts,  and 
without  dimcnaiouA.  Man  uotild  not  have  been 
made  iu  the  image  of  God;  ax  to  form,  the  im- 
age must  have  confli>ted  in  a  .>jplrif.Mal  iiuitatiou 
or  aimililude.  The  prophet  Habakkuk  iuforma 
UH  that  God  ia  of  purer  eyes  than  i<>  behold  e^nl, 
and  that  He  cannot  look  on  iniquity.  The  pu- 
rify and  perfeetiona  of  .lehovah  areevory-whero 
t;au)jht  in  the  nncred  Hecord;*.  Holomou  informs 
ua  that  he  had  found  that  God  miide  nmn  ii|)- 
rigbt;  but  bo  bad  sought  out  many  inventions. 
Mau  was  originally  u  representation  of  bis  Mak- 
r«r,  iu  moral  and  Hpirituid  perfections. 

J'lease  kIvo  an  explanation  ou  1  (Air.  fi:fl:  "To 
deliver  Miich  iMi  one  unto  .'^ataii  for  the  destruction 
of  the  llesh,  that  tho  spirit  may  be  aaved  lu  tho  day 
of  the  Lord  Jesua."  M.  W.  KiiiM. 

The  apostle  here   rofera  to  one  who  was  a 
member  of  the  chbrch,  but  who  had  beeu  guilty 
of  a  most  heiuoUB   misdemeanor,  namely,  ha\'- 
iug  his  fatlier'a   wife.    The   pure  soul  of  the 
apostle  revolts  at  euch    groHs   conduct,   aud  be 
denounced  against  it   tho  scvercHt   punishment 
known  in  the  apostolic  cburcb.     The  species  of 
puuishnient  hero  referred  to  was  wholly  contiu- 
ed  to  that  nge  of  the  church.     It  was  uukitowu 
iu  tho  .Jewish  churt'h,  and  discontiruicd  in  the 
Christian  church  after  the  age  of  the  apiistles. 
It  was  a   kind    of  puniahnieut   administered  iu 
extraordinai'y  ciises,  in  which  the  body  aud  the 
USind  of  an  incorrigible  transgressor  were  deliv- 
ered J>y  the  command  of  God,  into  the  power  of 
Satan,  to  ho  tortured  with  diseases  and  terrors; 
but  while  tho   body   aud  mind   were  thus  tor- 
mented, the  spirit  was  in  the  hands  of  a  merci- 
ful God,  who  was  waiting  to  be  gracious.    This 
allliction  wtw  generally,  iu  idl  probability,  only 
for  It  Hcasoii,  though  sometimes  it  was  evidoutly 
unto  death,  as  the  phrase,   "destruction  of  the 
Hosh "  seems  to  imply.    A  jicrson   thus  given 
over  by   the  power  of  God  into  the   hands,  or 
under  the  influence  of  Satan,  could  not  help  but 
experience  the  deepest  contrition,   remorse  aud 
humility  of  spirit,  so  tiuit  iu  the  end  this  dire 
punishment  would  be  for  his  good.    Though  it 
was  for  the  destruction  of  the  flesh,  yet  it  was 
for  salvation  of  the  spirit.     It  was  this  specits 
of  piiuishuient  that  was  nieted   out  to  Acauias 
and  Sapphira,  and  to  Elyuuis  the  Sorcerer. 
Mattik  .'\.  Lk; 


MAKE  CHILDHOOD  SWEET. 

Wait  not  till  thi*  little  hands  are  at  rest 

Kre  yi(u  fill  tliem  full  of  flowera; 
Walt  U'jt  for  tjie  crowning  tuberose 

To  tnah''  swe«'t  la-tl  s-'wl  hours; 
But  while  In  the  busy  household  band, 

Vourdjirllntf*  still  nenl  your  iru'^liDg  band, 
Uh,  lill  ih^-li  U\*-s  with  i^weftne^i: 

Walt  not  till  the  litUe  hearts  are  atlll 

For  ^le  loving  IiXiktuid  plirasei 
liut  while  you  gently  cliide  a  fault 

The  gwijd  deed  kindly  praiiie. 
The  woni  you  wonid  sprak  beside  the  hler 

FalUswwtcr  far  on  the  living  ear: 
Oil, ill!  your  lives  with  sweetness! 

I,et  never  u  worldly  hautde  keep 
Vour  heart  from  the  joy  ewb  day  should  reap. 

Circling  your  Uvea  with  aweelnesfl. 

Give  thankn  eaeh  morn  for  the  sturdy  boys. 

Give  thanks  for  the  fairy*  girls; 
With  a  dower  of  wealth  like  this  at  home. 

Could  y  >n  rille  the  earth  for  pearlsl 
Watt  not  fi>r  death  to  gem  love's  crown. 

llul  daily  show<-r  life's  ble.saingB  down, 
And  rill  youi-  hearts  with  sweetness. 

Uemrmljpi-  the  homes  where  the  light  has  (led. 

Where  the  mse  has  faded  away; 
And  thij  love  tluit  glows  in  youthful  hearts, 

Oh,  cherish  it  while  you  mayl 
An<l  make  your  liujue  a  garden  of  llowurn. 
Where  joy  simll  bloom    through  chlldbood'i 
hours, 
And  lilt  your  lives  with  sweetness. 

Selected. 


Items  of  Jnfrresf 


THE  TEACHINGS  OF  JESUS. 


llY  JAUIvS  WIHT. 


— Ge-V.  Kauffiuan  of  the  Russian  arn~""~" 
Englaud  liai  gained  but  liUle  in  territ<,r  '^  **■ 
Afghan  war,  and  ha*  met  with  reverse  ^^" 
have  been  concealed  by  the  papers.  - 

—The  SoHlh-uesUrn  ^^'^rocnU- s^^y^^i^ 
Catholic  ecclesiastical  teachers  and  2CHyi      ** 
of  charity  are  at  work  amoug  the  colored  '"^^ 
of  the  South,  visiting  from  cabin  to  cabi  '*"^'" 

— LiviKu    creatures   would  hardly 
thing  to  post  by  mail,  but  on  an  average  ^  ''^ 
iou  of  packages  containing   canary  a..,t    ^^ 


birds,  aud  bees,  are  annually  sent 
G  rman  post-office. 


"«"gli  tU 


A  SMALL  AUDIENCE. 

ONE  of  the  Savior's  most  delightful  discourses, 
second  only  to  the  Sermon  ou  the  Mouut, 
is  that  delivered  at  Jacob's  Well  to  butonelivt- 
ener,  and  that  oue  a  poor,  despised  Samaritan 
womau.  It  encourages  the  hear;  of  n  minister, 
of  course,  to  be  able  to  preach  to  multitudea — 
often  it  fosters  vanity  and  pride.  But  let  him 
not  couut  it  condescension,  when  the  occasiou 
calls  for  it,  to  sjieak  the  truths  of  the  Gospel  to 
solitary  listeners,  or  to  "  two  or  three  "  gather- 
ed together  in  the  name  of  Jesus. — Selected. 


Thb  bird  of  wisdom  Hies  low  uud  seeks  his 
food  under  hedges;  the  eagle  himself  would  Ite 
btarri'd  if  be  always  tioured  aloft  against  the  sun. 


"  I  am  the  li^flil  of  the  world."-iTohn  8: 12. 

AS  inan  tiPcM  a  guide,  it  is  surely  wisdom  in 
him  to  follow  the  instructions  of  a  Teacher 
sent  from  heaven.  Cliriat  is  such  a  teacher  ahd 
Hia  written  Word,  in  connection  with  tbe  ex- 
perience of  Hih  devoted  followers,  as  His  Spirit 
accompanies  tbesL',  guiding  them  into  all  truth, 
aie  sufKcient  to  enlighten  the  world's  moral  at- 
mosphere, and  all  that  follow  iu  the  footsteps  of 
tbe  ble.ssed  Savior  enjoy  that  ?piritual  light 
which  wiil  illumine  their  pathway  from  earth 
to  glory. 

The  teachings  of  the  Gospel  make  tbe  future 
all  radiaut  with  lite,  light  and  immortality, 
when  in  simplicity  they  are  obeyed.  Christ  is 
to  the  f-|»iritiui!  or  moral  world  what  tbe  mate- 
rial sun  ia  to  the  natural  world,  aud  tbe  analo- 
gy is  so  perfect  as  to  be  termeiia  the  sacred 
iiccord  the  Sun  of  Kighteousness.     Mai.  4:  2, 

The  truths  of  the  Gospel  are  beams  of  light 
and  love  which  radiate  from  oue  common  cen^ 
trt — tbe  cross  of  Christ.  Aud  as  far  as  their  rays 
expend  a  cheerful  aud  benign  influence  is  felt, 
jJispclling  the  thick  gloom  of  sin  and  iniquity 
that  would  otherwise  remain;  for  while  men  are 
in  a  natural  state  they  love  darkness  rather  thai: 
light,  and  the  reason  is  obvious;  their  deeds  are 
evil.  Tbey  are  uot  yet  enlightened  by  that 
true  tight,  the  Redeemer  of  mankind.  Jesus 
taught  His  disciples  to  let  their  light  shine  be- 
fore men,  aud  that  they  should  uot  keep  it  hid- 
den or  concealed  so  that  others  bebuldiug  the 
virtue  of  doing  good  works  might  also  be  con- 
strained to  glorify  our  Father  who  is  in  heaven, 
by  yielding  implicit  obedience  to  all  the  require- 
ments of  the  Gospel.  Christ  is  tbe  light  of  the 
present  world,  and  will  be  the  light  of  the  eter- 
nal or  celestial  world,  and  in  that  great  city,  the 
New  Jerusalem,  the  Lamb  is  the  light  thereof. 
Uy  following  Him  the  saiuts  have  the  promise 
of  the  light  of.  life.  John  11:  5.  The  true  be- 
liever, like  the  prophet  of  old.  may  look  confid- 
ingly to  God  aud  say,  Thou  sbalt  guide  me  with 
thy  counsels  aud  ai'terwards  receive  me  lio 
to  glory.  If  we  are  faithful  here  ou  earth, 
dwelling  with  fallen  aud  benighted  beings  like 
ourselves,  we  may  soon  he  u^hered  into  that 
world  of  light,  to  enter  upon  employments  suit- 
ed to  our  increased  powers  of  mind  and  soul. 
Heaven  is  the  abode  of  bright  bpings  of  cease- 
less activities,  who  are  continually  engaged  in 
the  perforuiiuice  of  missions  received  from  their 
Creator.  Earth  is  the  abode  of  fallen  man.  but 
Clirist  has  given  unto  us  a  perfect  Law.  and  if 
we  wish  to  enjoy  eternal  life  in  the  future  state 
we  must  be  willing  to  be  governed  by  this  Law. 
Jesus  says,  "  I  am  the  way,  the  truth,  and  the 
life:  no  mau  cometh  to  the  Father  but  by  me  -' 


The  Scripture  sets  Christ  before  us  as  our  mod 
el,  oarexampler;  His  life  wo  should  imitate  to 
be  Christians;  His  actions  are  for  u-4  to  copy, 
and  if  we  love  Him,  we  will  keep  His  command- 
meuts.  He  is  our  elder  brother,  hence  joint 
heirs  witb  Him  to  that  iucorruptible  estate  that 
has  through  Him  beeu  so  graciously  bequeath- 
ed to  all  the  elect  of  God.  This  estate  consists 
in  a  blissful  immortality  of  light  aud  love  near 
thft  Throne. 


— TnE   fears  entertained    that  RuRgj.    . 
once  iu  Bulgaria  would  be  detrimental  t      t '^ 
lou   and   the    Bible,    have   passed   awj,v     t" 
Russians  have  favored   tbe   circulation    f 
Bible.  **" 

— There  is  a  colony  of  Mormons  in  Wj 
but  they  are   not  at  ail    prosjierons.     Yji     1"' 
of  men  enticed  iuto  it  «' e  generally  fr«ui  ^  ^ '^' 
those   who  find   it  hard  work  to   maintairi'"^" 
vrife  and  one  family.  """ 

— A  MAS  seldom    finds  out  that   the  BiKi' 
not  true    until  he   discovers   that   his  con,     ' 
life  is  condemned  by  it.     After  that  the  B  J' 
becomes  a  book  that  will  not  bear   the  tesl    ^ 
the  scientific  method.  '^' 

— "  SirriNG  Bull "  and  his  warriors  have  Uf, 
Canadian  aoil,  aud  are  now  %vithin  the  tcrritrt 
of  the  United  States.     There  is   great  restlp 
ucss  among  all  the  Indian  tribes  in  theTerrit 
ries,  and  bloody  conflicts  are  anticipated. 

— A»  English  correspondent   says  that  M 
Spureeon  is  a  groat  beer  drinker,  and  is  jn  11 
habit  of  taking   something   stronger.     His  (.\ 
pression  that  he  "  smoked  cigars  to  the  glorv 
God,"  makes  us  fear  the  above  report  is  true. 

— One  of  the  advantnges  of  beiug  raised  ii> 
Russia  is  the  certainty  of  having  a  good  tnui. 
Everj'  young  man,  no  matter  what  his  statioi 
iu  lite  may  he,  must  become  independcut  In 
learning  how  to  gain  a  livelihood  with  hia  oki, 
hands. 

— The  commissioner  of  agriculture  has  order- 
ed a  large  number  »if  shoots  of  the  bamboo  plan! 
from  Japan,  for  the  purpose  of  introducing  tin- 
plant  into  this  country.  He  ia  confident  it  cm, 
be  successfully  grown  here. 

— The  United  States  sent  out  an  en(oii]o!i> 
gical  commission  this  year  to  investigate  tlir 
Rocky  Mountain  locust  and  other  insect  pest- 
in  the  far  West,  which  reports  Ihat  there  wiil 
be  no  general  invasion  of  the  Western  Statp- 
and  Territories  during  1879. 

—A  coRBEsi-nNDENT  of  the  Christian  i^nm 
exposes  the  fact  that  slavery  in  its  worst  fl,lrlll^ 
coutinues  unchecked  in  Turkey,  aud  that  hun- 
dreds of  youth  from  Christian  families  in  tb^' 
provinces  overrun  by  the  late  war  are  held  as 
slaves  by  their  Mohammedan  owners. 

—  Zioti's  Herald  says  the  turning  of  a  minis- 
ter, called  of  God  to  preach  the  Gospel,  to  dab- 
bliiig  in  polities  and  venturing  into  oiouey 
speculations,  is  a  spectacle  to  men  and  angels. 
The  Christian  at  Work,  which  will  be  facetious 
even  over  grave  matters,  adds,  "  aud  a  spectiicle 
to  devils  too."  Aud  thiuka' the  devil  bat  too 
many  spectacles  of  that  kind. 

— It  is  stated  on  the  authority  of  Dr.  Dp 
Boismont  that  since  the  beginning  of  the  pres- 
ent century  not  less  than  100,000  Frenchmen 
have  committed  suicide.  The  statistics. for  thf 
year  IS 76  show  the  number  for  that  year  was 
5,567,  which  would  show  more  than  400.000  io 
tbe  present  century.  Undcmbtedly  200,000  have 
perished  by  their  own  hands  in  that  time. 


Weke  it  uot  for  tbe  clouds  that  darken  i 
there  would  be  no  rainbow  ia  our  lives. 


— .\n  article  iu  the  Independent  affirms  tbnt 
"  Missionaries  find  that,  except  MohammedttDS. 
the  Jews  are  the  hardest  people  to  convert  to 
Christianity."  This  is  attrihuted  to  their 
knowledge  of  the  fact  that  their  religion  was 
demonstrated  to  be  true,  and  every  leliRiM 
having  any  just  claim  to  be  true  is  foundfil  up- 
on it;  therefore  it  is  uot  strange  that  ihey  cling 
to  it  tenaciously.  And  yet  they  are  actually 
losing  faith  in  it.  No  people  can  alwaysretain 
an  active  luith  in  a  religion  the  facts  and  eipJ- 
rtencea  of  which  are  all  id  ages  long  past. 

—A  French  railroad  engineer  recommends 
lime  as  a  preservative  of  wootl.  In  practice, 
be  digs  a  large  hole  iu  the  ground,  in  wticn 
be  places  the  wood  to  be  prepared,  and  coTer* 
it  with  freshly  burnt  lime,  which  is  b!''"'' 
slacked  by  the  addition  of  water.  About  eigbt 
days  are  required  to  fully  complete  the  proce^- 
Tho  wood  becomes  so  hard  that  it  has  been  usw  ^ 
for  haiuraera  in  factories. 


20 


THLE    UltKTHKEN    A.T    ■VVORIv. 


tforrcsjiomlfncc. 


l^'^  hurch  uewB  for  the  V\  mter  80  far.  is 
({^  t  ^0  V^o\\^e  and  gratifying  as  we  could 
[I    "''  ^     have  some  encounigiaa   things  to 

M''  W  J.  H.  Bauiuan  entered  our  field 
^^''^^'  aarv  on  the  14th  of  December,  and 
^'"'.'*'''^'.eeli9  of  ardent  labor  at  three  ditfer- 
^iX^''^  ^itliin  the  limits  of  ourcougregation, 
(''f''*^    >lit  applicants  for  admissiou  into  the 


From  Rome  Church,  Ohio. 


V* 


''**'i'    (-^'edinS  ^""^"^  ^"^' '"  ^^^   course    he 


J  thB  limite  of  Solomon    Valley    cnugre- 


'  the  night   of  the  21st   of  January, 

''""''  til  the  last  account,  seven  sermons 
'^'  ■hfd,  fn*^  rewanled  with  five  addi- 
**'*.'..  tn  the  church,  ani  au  apparent 
...  I„m  nud  revivifying  of  the  spiritual 
H  t  th^  beloved  there.  It  ■woiild  Dot  be 
f^^^'^iitticc  to  pass  silently  by  the  superior 
^^^^  nd  earnest  warm-hearted  hospitality 
^^""liierly  love  that  prevails  among  the 
*°'^  r^n  L'f  Solomon  Valley.  Another  nutice- 
f'l'ture  amoug  the  Brc-thr.-u  here,  is  their 
■^'l  li'uon-conformity,  plaiuiiess  and  order. 
•^"'"^lieir  peace  and  harmony  lod  brotherly 
'*""  d  spiritui*'  prosperity  attributable  to 
measure? 
L.frard  to  the  character  and   power  of 


love 
[his  in  ft 

'  .  Bauman's    labor  in   the   ministry,   we 
i'f"'"         .u afifip^       Well  filled  houses. 


,f re  more 


than    gratified. 


character- 


,  t,.,vi.'r  hearts  and  flowing  tears  el 
i'tbe  series  evpry-where,  especially  at  the 
,    ■  yet  the  weather  was  severe  and   uufavor- 
irmucli  of  the  time  he  was  here. 

g  ijitiiul  labor  upon  the  frontier  is,  in  some 
JlecK  sin'il'"'  *"  *^'"'  "S"'^"!^"'"'''  P^o^ress 
T  tlie  Slid  has  to  be  brjken  up  and  left  rot 
111  many  cases,  before  it  is  prepared  to 
,i„i,te  and  sustain  the  growing  crop.  Yet 
that  not  a  single  Gospel  ser- 


JAXVARY  2(1.  I'r^nrbe,!  the  fuucrnl  of 
Samuel  Snider,  aged  three  year^;  an!  threi- 
dayt).  Congregations  large  and  apparently  iu- 
tert>*»ted. 

Jan.  27.  Two  meetings  to-day.  Congrega- 
tions large. 

Jan.  2S.     Two  meetings  to-day,  much  inter- 
t,  one  baptized. 

Jan.  29.  Two  meetings  to-day.  Visited  the 
sick.  Had  pleasant  interviews  with  them  in 
regard  to  their  future  condition. 

Jan.  30.  Very  interesting  meetings,  one 
baptized,  making  five  in  this  church  at  thit* 
meeting  and  a  fan-  more  applicants,  and  I  hope 
many  more  will  come.  We  now  hid  farewell 
and  go  away  to  meet  no  more  on  earth  but 
hope  to  meet  the  loved  ones  above- 
Jan.  31.  Arrived  at  Green  Spring  church  in 
time  for  evening  meeting. 

Feb.  1.  Preached  the  funeral  sermon  of  sis- 
ter Melissa  Shafer  to  a  very  large  congregation 
of  sympathizing  friends.  Disea-e,  lung  fever. 
Aged  2!*  year.s.  11  months  and  H>  days.  She 
wa.s  one  of  those  tender,  loving,  ijiotheily  sis- 
ters— was  loved  by  all  both  in  and  out  of  the 
church — was  a  faithful  Sunday-school  worker, 
and  a  faithful  Christian.  0.  how  great  the 
los-i  to  father,  mother,  brothers  and  sisters,  and 
to  the  cliurch  and  to  a  dear  companion,  but 
your  loss  is  her  gain.  She  said,  after  talking  to 
all  kindly  and  bidding  farewell.  "I  am  now 
tired  and  wish  to  sleep.  Darken  the  windows.'" 
Turning  over  on  her  side  she  died,  or  went  to 
sleep  in  the  arms  of  Jesus.  Now.  dear  father 
and  mother,  prepare  to  meet  your  daughter  in 
a  better  world.  Husband  continue  faithful;  it 
will  not  be  lon^  uutil  you  can  take  her  by  the 
hand  ayain.  May  we  all  prepare  to  meet  be- 
yond the  river  of  death. 

jEseB  Caiaeht. 


Oospel  with  power.     Our  prayers  is,  the   Lord 
renew  tliem  abundantly. 

Some  of  those  received  during  these  meet- 
ings, are  quit^  voung,  but  they  are  not  too 
young  to  give  their  hearta  to  the  Savior,  and 
to  flee  the  Satjinic  allurementj*. 

On  the  evening  of  the  24th,  brother  Jacobs 
commenced  meeting  and  closed  on  the  night  of 
the  2Tth.  These  meetings  were  held  in  a  school- 
room in  Friendsville.  The  Wiubrenarians 
held  mfeting  in  the  Reformed  church  at  the 
same  time,  in  the  same  place,  but  the  people 
crowded  into  the  school-room,  while  the  Wine- 
breuarians  bud  acarsety  any  hearers.  Six  ware 
baptized  hy  brother  Jacobs,  and  one  made  ap- 
applicatioo.  D.  J.  Mybss. 

Hoinervillr,  Ohio,  Ffbnianj  3,  1^79. 


From  Fulton  Co..  Pa. 


jirbil.- 
germ  ill 


From    F.  P.  Loehr. 


itiiiuy  opinion, 

is  ever  entirely  lost.     Let  us  thank   God 
i  tiikf  courage.  James  L.  Switzkh. 

\kl,l''-'-'  

From  Republic  Co..  Kansas. 

I  LEtT  Andrew   county,  -  Missouri,   January 
ITth.  find  arrW'J'i  fit  this  pl't**;^  on  t^J"  ^^*-^^- 
Maourlirothor-in-lawatthedep'it,    also    met 
etaerW.  J.  H.  Biinman.of  lowH.    and    brother 

Fadel.v,  if  Bi>ri-  ^^^^'  ^'"'^  ^''^*'^-  ^^^  ^^'^''^ 
conveyi^i  to  the  house  of  N.  K.  Williams,  three 
miW.m.th-east'olScandia.  We  were  very  giad 
to  meet  with  the  loved  ones.  It  has  b;en  five 
years  sioce  we  bade  our  brother  and  sifter  fare- 
Bell;  then  to  meet  again  after  so  many  day:*  it 
i.a*oiu-i.e  of  much  plea.'^ure.  A  few  hours  of 
social  convi^nsation,  brother  Bauman  returned 
to  bif  uppoiutnieut  three  niilei  weU  of 
where  he  has  been  holding  meetiu?. 
nr  Fadely  and  my.-»elf  remained  to 
.'jintment  at  the  school-house 
met     at 


fori 


toffi 

fill  m    upp' 

in  this  neighborhood,  whore 
the  usu;d  hour  lor  niglit  meeting.  Had  a  full 
house  of  attentive  listeners.  Next  mornin 
«e  wrre  taken  to  the  plnw  where  brother  Bau- 
man wus  holding  forth  the  word  oflife  to  the 
peojile.  where  I  tried  to  preach  as  God  gave 
ability.  After  a  hearty  exhortation  by  broth- 
er Bauman,  three  arose,  and  said  by  their  act- 
ions that  they  were  tired  of  sill.  On  the  niglit 
pfevioiis  three  more  came  out  ou  the  Lord'.s 
«de,  which  makes  six  at  that  place.  Thus  vou 
see  that  brother  Bauman  labors  are  not  in  vain. 
After  remaining  with  brother  a  few  hours  con- 
tmiiii;  about  things  past,  present  and  I'ulure, 
we  Iwile  him  farewell,  and  retunieil  to  our  ap- 
poiutnient  at  the  school-honse,  where  wc  have 
been  lahoring  one  week.  It  seems  that  the  peo- 
ple are  well  pleaied  with  the  doctrine  of  the 
BiWo  (Ls  preached  and  prai'ticed  by  the  Breth- 
ren, What  will  be  the  result  of  our  ett'ort, 
Gid  tiiily  knows.  We  will  continue  the  meet- 
ing a  U-w  days  longer,  then  visit  our  Brethren 
in  Jewell  county.  Will  say  that  brot;her  Kade- 
Ij  is  ayoung  minister,  well  re;id  in  Scripture, 
ind  fluent  in  doctrine.  We  divided  the  burden, 
lint  the  work  of  the  Lord  is  easy  when  we 
work  for  His  glory. 

So  far  I  am  very  well  pleased  with  this 
fflunty,  and  can  recommend  it  as  a  good  farm- 
ing country.  Scandia  is  i  thrifty  little  village. 
It  is  growing  very  rapidly.  My  slater  is  the 
0"ly  member  that  lives  in   this   neighborhood 


ICAME  htre  with  my  wife  to  uur  lormer 
home,  where  we  had  lived  twenty  years,  be- 
ins  connected  with  the  church  called  Turkey 
Creek.  Brother  John  Leathermau  being  house- 
keeper then.  The  church  was  then  composed 
of  less  than  one  hundred  members.  The  terri- 
tory embraced  sixty  miles  east  and  west,  and 
about  twenty-five  or  thirty  north  and  south. 
Now  at  this" time  composes  ten  churches,  aver- 
aging not  less  than  two  hundred  members.  For 
about  twenty  years  harmony  and  union  pre- 
vailed, but,  as  is  always  the  case,  Satan,  the 
Adversary  of  God  and  man  disturbed  the  fold, 
but  thanks  be  to  God.  He  heard  the  command 
'■  Get  thee  behind  me  Satan." 

I  attended  a  council  meeting  last  Saturday 
in  uur  "  Big  Church,"  which  was  conducted, 
not  hy  the  otheials  only,  but  by  the  cliurch. 
botli  male  and  female  members  uFcd  the  liber- 
ty tu  express  their  minds  freely  just  as  they 
did  at  a  council  meeting  at  Waddam's  tirove, 
in  Illinois,  %vheiv  I  was  present,  li  our  mem- 
bers are  made  to  feel  not  only  at  liberty  to 
speak  their  min.?,  but  really  their  duty  to  speak 
then  love  and  good  will  doth  prevail.  I  felt  to 
make  this  remark  because  there  is  a  lack  in 
this  respect  here  and  there.  The  olhcial  Ireth- 
ren  transact  bubiness  among  themselves  that 
properly  belongs  to  the  body,  which  causes  a 
coldness  and  indiflference  among  the  private 
members,  hence  the  meagre  attendance  at 
church  meetings. 

I  preach  in  the  Disciple  church,  nt  Milford 
this  week.  I  then  go  from  church  to  church, 
to  do  what  I  can.  We  have  very  attentive 
hearers,  and  large  congregations. 


Ihur  lirffhmi:— 

I  WILL  givu  a  short  sketch  of  our  meetings 
here  in  the  Lickiug  Creek  church.  Broth- 
er Buckalew.  of  (Clifton  Mill,  Virginia,  came  to 
us  on  the  7th  of  December.  Commenced  A  se- 
ries of  meetings,  which  lasted  until  the  Uth. 
He  preached  nine  sermons,  holdiug  forth  the 
Word  with  power,  and  encouraging  the  church 
to  press  onward,  and  warning  sinners  to  flee 
the  wrath  to  come.  May  the  Lord  reward  him 
for  bis  labors  of  love.  Three  precious  soul* 
were  made  to  feel  the  need  of  a  Savior,  and 
came  out  on  the  Lord's  side  and  were  buried 
in  the  rolling  stream,  and  arose  to  walk  in 
newness  of  life.     Afterward  two   more. 

On  the  I8th  of  January,  brethren  James  U. 
Lane  and  W.  L.  Spanogte,  of  Hill  Valley,  H-.nf- 
ingdon,  counry,  Penn..  came  and  labored  until 
the  evening  of  the  22ud.  On  the  morniug  of 
the  22nd.  two  were  made  willing  to  come  and 
take  passage  on  the  old  Ship  of  Ziou.  After 
preacbing  and  the  Gospel  rules  were  laid  before  I 
them,  we  repaired  to  a  place  where  the  ir.e  was 
removed  and  baptism  was  adrainist^ered.  Hope 
that  all  these  lambs  may  be  nourished  in  a 
proper  manner.  May  they  become  aa  a  city 
set  upon  a  hill,  that  others  seeing  their  good 
works  might  glorify  their  Father  which  is  in 
heaven,  and  be  constrained  to  do  His  will. 
How  precious  it  is  for  Brethren  to  dwell  to- 
gether; and  often  we  were  made  to  feel  if  not 
like,  yet  similar  to  a  Peter  of  old  "  It  was  good 
to  be  there.  W.  R.  Truas. 


Though  our  Piatt  friends  are  noted  for  their 
Christian  conduct,  however  plenty  room  for  im- 
provement. One  Methodist  friend  remarked 
that  if  they  could  only  have  more  i>uch  preach- 
ing, our  community  would  be  betVr  off. 

Gkohur  W.  Keu. 
Frb.  2.  1H70. 

Sunday-School  Convention. 

INASMUCH  aa  the  Brethren  of  the  Middle 
District  of  Indiana,  deem  it  necessary  for 
the  general  advancement  of  the  Sunday-school 
cause,  and  in  order  to  come  to  a  moye  successful 
action  and  unanimity  of  sentiment,  it  is,  there- 
fore, proposed  to  hold  a  Convention  in  connec- 
tion with  the  Miiwionary  Convention,  (which 
has  been  announced)  at  the  Spring  Creek 
church,  Kosciusko  Co.,  Ind.,  beginning  «t2 
o'clock  P.  M.,  April  2!^t,  and  continuing  wilh 
an  evening  session.  A  programme  will  be  put^ 
lished  in  due  time. 

It  will  be  remembered  that  the  Missionary 
Convention  is  to  he  belil  April  22ud,  the  day 
previous  to  District  Meeting.  Those  coming 
by  rail  will  stop  at  (Villaiiier.  on  Detroit.  Eel 
River  i*!:  Illinois  11.  K  ,  or  Pierceton,  on  IHtb»- 
burg.  Ft.  Wayne  J;  Chicago  U,  R,,  where  they 
will  be  met  with  conveyances,  bj  giving  proper 
notice,     A  general  invitation  is  given. 

D.  MiLl.RIt, 

A.  W.  BoWM.is, 
Committee  of  Arrangements. 
A.  W.  Bowman, 

C'>rrespondin2  Secretary. 
KiU'tli  At(i)iclie»frt;  Imi. 

I'.  C,  pUai^c  (^ojiy. 


From  Whitley  Creek.  111. 


From  Black  River  Church,  Ohio, 


prayer  is  that  ere  long  she  may  liave   *he 


Oar 

privilese  of  meeting  regularly  with  God's  peo- 
P'"-  Brethren  preached  a  few  times  here,  hut 
'« the  most  of  th-j  poople  thi  doctriue  is  new. 
^t  as  fir  as  1  am  able  to  judge,  success  will 
*w  the  result,  provided  the  Brethren  con- 
tin  i 


'^'■ngiilar  meetings. 


S.  C.  Bashor. 


!)ivr  Brethren: — 

I  WILL  give  you  a  short  sketch  of  our  meet- 
iugs     in    the    Black  River  church,   Med-  I 
ina  county,  Ohio. 

Brethren  P.  J.  Brown  and  Henry  Jacobs,  of 
Congress,  Ohio,  came  to  us.  by  invitation,  on 
the  Mth  of  January,  and  commenced  u  series 
of  meetings,  and  continued  to  the  20th.  when 
brother  Hrowu  started  for  home.  Brother  Ja- 
cobs continued  up  to  this  date.  Three  had 
been  received  into  the  church,  and  on  the  2l8t, 
one  more  was  baptized,  and  on  that  evening 
when  invitation  was  given,  eleven  more  arose. 
Oh  what  jejoicing  in  the  camp  of  the  believer?, 
to  see  Satan's  ranks  thinned  and  the  believers 
strengthened  hy  young  volunteers.  Ou  the 
2:3nd,  these  eleven  were  received  into  the  church 
by  bu[itiMn.  making,  in  all,  fifteen  during  these 
meetings.  On  the  night  ni  the  22nd  was  our 
last  mealing.  The  house  was  filled  to  its  ut- 
most capacity,  and  the  best  of  attention  and 
order  were  ;;;ivrn      The  bnlliren  preached  the 


Ihur  Brethrm:— 

LAST   Septemhur,    myself  and  family    were 
vifiitng  the  brethren  and  sister*  and  friends 
in  Christian  county.inthe  neighborhood  where 
we  had  lived  for  fifteen  ytars.  and  where,  as    I 
verily  believe,  1  heard  the  the  first  Go.spel  ser- 
mon.   It  was  preached  by  brother  A.  S.   Leer 
and  brother  Henry  lirubaker.  many  y^arw   ago. 
When  we  came  here  there  was  but  one   mem- 
ber except  my  wife.      We   now  number  eight 
members,  and  if  we  could  have  preaching    reg- 
ularly, we  would  soon  have  many  more.    When 
I  was  in  Christian  county,  I  had    the  pleasure 
of  hearing  brother    A.   S.    Leer    proclaim    the 
truth  of  the  Gospel  in  its  purity.      1^  requested 
him  to  visit  us  in  our  isolated  condition,  which 
he  responded  to  ou  the  Lolh   of  Nov.   hwt,  in 
company  with  brother   Daniel    Vaiiiman  and 
Jacob  Whitehead.    Had  eleven  discourses.  The 
result  of  which  wa^i,   four   were   added  to   the 
church  by  baptism,   and   one    more   applicant. 
The  aitplicaut  was  taken  suddenly  ill  about  the 
close  of  the  meeting,  but  she  is  still   strong    in 
the  faith,  and  wishes  to  bo  baptized  when   it    is 
convenient.    May  the  Lord  help  her  to  hold 
out  faithful,  and  not  put  it  off  too    long.      Wt 
had  a  good  meeting,  and    1   think    many    were 
almost  persuaded  to   come   out   on    the  Lord's 
side.  .1^4 

Bruce,  UmUrie  Co.,  Ill 


From  D.  N.  Workman. 

ACCOUDING  to  promise,  I  have  now  visited 
the  Owl  Creek  and  Danville  churches. 
Brother  Calvert  wax  to  accoiupiuiy  'ue  but 
sickness  prevented.  1  then  called  on  brother 
.\.  M.  Dickey,  who  at  once  responded  to  the 
call,  and  drew  the  Gospel  sword,  and  made 
deadly  strokes  at  the  enemy.  Our  lueetinga 
were  very  pleasant,  and  seemed  to  be  enjoyed 
by  almost  all  that  attended  them.  The  most 
of  the  brethruu  and  sisters  in  these  churches, 
Muuui  to  bd  vwy  imLiv«  in  thvir  M«ftt«r*»  work. 
In  the  Owl  Creek  church  there  were  five  addi- 
tions, and  in  the  Daiiviile  there  were  twenty. 
So  you  can  see,  dear  brethren  and  sistl•r^,  that 
the  labors  of  these  churches  are  not  in  vain  in 
the  Lord.  Wo  commeuccd  the  meeting  Jan. 
4tli,  and  closed  them  on  Jan.  28th.  Now 
may  th«  Lprd.bleBi*  and  Itcep  us  all,  i*  my  pray- 


AnhlanfifPbio, 


JambsF.  Oavis. 


From  Creston,  Iowa. 

Diur  Urethral:— 

1)KKMAPSaUttle  news  from  this  part  of 
llnii-n  county  would  bfe  of  some  interest 
to  you.  The  few  brethren  and  aifeters  living, 
here  are  still  trying  to  serve  our  Redeemer  a* 
best  they  can  under  the  circumstances, 
much  beloved  brethren  M.  Meyers  a. 
father  Sink  gave  us  a  monthly  call  until  Win- 
ter set  in,  then  we  had  no  more  preaching  by 
brethren  until  the  15th  or  ICth  of  January 
brother  Samuel  Garber,  of  Decatur  Co.,  Iowa, 
came  to  us  and  preached  one  week  m  the  Meth- 
odist church,  and  it  might  be  well  to  say  that 
the  beat  of  order  prevailed  throughout  the 
meeting.  Our  Piatt  friends  showed  the  best 
respect  to  the  elder.  He  cave  all  good  advic^, 
i  which  if  obeyed,  will  make  our  vicinity  much 
beM...r  in  the  w.iy    of  piety    .i:id    true  holiness. 


Ou 
liiul  oU 


From   Central   Illinois. 

HAVlNll  Ih'cii  r.'iiiiestctl  (ocdmeiiiHl  I'veach 
11  t'mieriil  for  siftter  ilimt't*'  aifter's   child, 
ami  to  IbIjof  with  thf-m  u  wiiilc;  uud   alter  con- 
aullini;  with  Bom?  of  our   Hrcthvcn   here,  we 
giivp  coiijtent,  to  go  as  tho  Master  has  saiil,  "Qo 
preach  my  Gospel."    So  we  sliuted,  Iccompan- 
leil  by  brother  (i.  W.  Dale.     Iteached  the  place 
of  meeting  Sotnrdfiy  evening  the  18th.    Had 
good   order   and   attention,      tio  we  contioud 
meeting  Sunday  and  every  night  until  Wednes- 
day nignt.    Interest  continued  to  grow  better, 
i  lifter  we  had  tallied  to  the  people,  we  gave 
an  invitation,  and  three  persons  came  out  OS 
the  l.ord'n  side,  to  go  with  the  people  of  God. 
So  we  iiunoiineed  another  Uleeting  for  the   fol- 
lowing night  and  the  next  day  at  brol  lier  .lohn 
Kikea.     .\fter  services  we  went  to   the  water- 
side, where  prayer  was  wont  to  be   made;  the 
hrethn-n  haviug  cut  the  ice  open,  which  was 
about   tiftecn  inchea   thick,   and  were  buried 
with    Christ    in     baptism.      May    the     good 
Lord  bless  them  and  enable  them  to  hold  out 
faithful  to  the  end. ,  , 

At  night  we  went  back  again  to  giv^  them  a 
farewell  discourse,  which  resulted  in  the  best  of 
order  and  attention.  Many  good  impressions 
were  made.  Wc  felt  as  though  we  could  not 
leave  them,  feeling  the  value  of  their  precious 
souls,  and  so  near  the  kingdom.  Hoiw  the 
seed  sown  will  be  as  bread  cast  upon  the  waters, 
to  be  gathered  not  many  days  hence. 

Next  day,  at  111  A.  M.,  preached  the  funeral 
of  sister  Susan  Ciirrison's  child:  then 
look  our  leave  for  Woodford  county,  where  the 
IStvthreii  had  a  meeting  in  progress.  Met 
with  thein  in  their  meeting-house,  where  we 
were  kindly  received.  The  next  day,  went  to 
meet  with  the  lit.-thren  in  I'ike  Creek  congre- 
gdlioii.  Met  with  our  dear  brethren,  Menno 
Staulfer  and  Henry  Kuiity.,  of  Piatt  count)-. 
Illinois,  who  were  laboriug  with  the  lirethren 
for  the  MiistiT.    Jlsy  Mod  bhss  their  labors, is 


IIIE    BRETHKKJ^r    ^X    "WOKIi. 


Febr 


our  prayer.  Staid  with  thoiii  until  Saturday 
afternoon;  then  went  to  our  nocisl  meeting,  to 
mwt  with  our  do«r  Brethrt-n  at  home.  The 
next  day  attenile<i  regular  meeting,  and  afV^r 
serricee  we  started  home. 

Will  iav  to  to  the  brethren  and  watem,  that 
we  met  with  in  our  truvelH,  and  especially  thone 
that  live  in  Lacon.  that  th^y  hare  our  Iwwt 
thanks  and  well  wishps  for  their  kindneun 
shown  to  u«  while  with  them.  We  arrivod 
home  Sunday  evening  the  26th,  Found  all 
well.  K.  Hbckman. 

Cornell.  III.,  Jan.  27th.  mO. 


Frooi  Pike  Creek  Church,  Illinois. 


t-^~The  Dijitrict  Mei-ting  of  Northern  Dis- 
trict of  Indiana,  will  he  held  May  litt,  Ibl'J,  in 
the  Union  Center  TJuitnct.  at  the  Whitehead 
meeting-houMe,  three  milee  west  of  New  Paria. 
Klkbart  county.  Indiana.  New  Paru  in  the 
only  railroad  station  to  stop  at. 

JuHR  CALriBT,  Clerk. 

I5f  The  I-tiiitrict  Meeting  of  the  Fin»t  di*- 
trict  of  West  Virginia,  will  Iw  on  the  18tb  and 
l&th  of  April,  IH79,  with  the  Luneys  Creek 
church,  at  their  meeting-houMe,  at  Big  Hpriog. 
Tbotte  coming  by  Boston  &  Ohio  K.  It.,  will 
•top  off  at  Keyier.  where  they  will  hare  cou- 
veyanceH.  by  previouHly  writing  to  Martin  Coi»- 
ner,  and  informing  him  of  the  number  of 
pawiengers.  No  conveyance  aft«r  the  morning 
of  the  day    previous  to  the  day  of  meeting,  un- 


Jaimh  W.  McDohali). 

t^"  The  District  Meeting  No.  1,  Virginia, 
will  be  held  at  the  Valley  meeting-house,  Bote- 
tourt county  Virginia,  on  the  IHth  and  lUth  of 
of  April.  It  ifl  reijUPHted  that  the  chiirche-i  by 
their  reprewntativcH  will  pay  in  the  amount  of 
their  oHHeNHment  to  pay  expenstn  of  the  forth 
coming  Annual  Meeting.  If  you  can  poasibly 
do  more  than  the  amount  UBHetnwd,  do  so,  as  it 
may  be  needed. 

B.  F.  MoouAW,  Iteceiver  and  Cor.  Sec. 
:■*?-  The  Dintrict  Meeting  of  the  Northern 
Dintrict  of  Iowa  and  Minnesota,  will  be  on  the 
7th  of  March,  in  the  meeting-house,  four  and 
ono-half  miles  nouth  of  Waterloo,  in  Black 
Hawk  county.  The  Brethren  desire  a  repre- 
sentation of  hU  tho,Hub- districts. 

J.  A.Ml'IlKAY. 


f  nnifit  gshev. 


WE  have  had  meetings  twice  almost   every  , ,       ,  .  , 

day  for  over  one  week;  brother  Stauffer  | '««  >>y  special   agreement, 
and  Kuntz  hHving  volunteered  to  bow  the  good 
seed   among    us.      It   has   taken    root,    indeed 
much  more  no  than  they  are  probably  aware  of; 
two  were  baptized,  and  others  were  only  deter- 
red through  fear  of  the  cold   snow    wat<'r.     In 
justice  to  the  Brethren,   I    beg    leave  to   state, 
that  without  one  single  exception,    all    those 
who  were   fortunate  enough  to   hear    brother 
Stauffer  speak,  cannot  find  words  proper.  U)  ex- 
press their  satisfaction,  and  unbounded  admira- 
tion, for  bin  talent  ai  a  spiritual    speaker;    and 
Jet  me  add  further,  that  your  humble   Kervant 
has  seen  the  world  in  times  gone  by;  has  beard 
over  so  many  of  the  so  much    ranked   eminent 
spoakora.     of   almost     every     other     denom 
ination    known;     and  during    a    residence  of 
five  years  at   Itome,    while   an    oHiwir  in   the 
French  army,  I  have  had  occasion  daily  to  list- 
en to   the  sermons   of  the   highest   and    most 
talented  dignitaries  of  the  Itoranii  church,  not 
excepting  I'ope  PiuH  IX:    but   never,  no.  never 
before,  have  I  heard    words   an   beiiutitul,    and 
nrguments  more  convincing  than  those   of  our 
beloved    brother  Stauffer.      Every  syllable  of 
which,  the  listener  could  tnue  from  his  lips  to 
the  very  bottom  of  his    hoiirt.      Many    a   time 
during  his  sennons,  a  desire  arose    within    mo, 
that  I  might  be  able  to   launch    lis   I    have   in 
times  past,    the  soldiers  under  my   command, 
this    plain  sorviint   of  our  Lord,   agiiinst   those 
modern  theatrical  performers   of  certain  Bect«, 
whose   liigh-luned,   studied    sentences   are  but 
cnlculaU'd    to  ronrute,  insU-iwl  of  nnlighti'n  the 
mind  of  their  hearers.     Verily,  verily,  our  Lord 
.(esus  from  over  tliere,  not  from  Itome,  appoints 
his  tishernmti  here  below, 

Brother  Kiintz's  romnrksworoHhort,  convinc- 
ing and  to  the  point.  Ho  is  also  an  excellent 
vocalist. 

Once  more,  beloved  Brethren,  accept  the 
most  heartielt  thanks  from  your  brethren  and 
sisters  here;  mid  rest  assured  tlint  we  sliall  ever 
remember  you,  and  the  good  time  we  enjoyed 
with  you,  while  in  our  midst. 

Loi^iH  LKl)^;^^ 
C/iemn,  III.,  h\b.  I',  ls'7ii. 
I  The  above   shows    what    thosn    irom    other 
lands    think    of   the    Bretliren's    plain,  him  pie 
method  of  preaching   the   uuadultruted  truth. 
Take  courage  and  presi  with  vigor  ou. — Eds  J. 


I  iiCCK.-  to  ehf  boood^  of  ihe  Bi?  OroT*  choreh,  Benton 
roLinlj.  ro«».  .Voieraber  Zlth.  1&7S,  Lrotber  Thoiuft- 
Baek,  ^t'l  A9  je*n,  ft  mootbi  »■!  iC  4mj». 

Brother  Buek  "m  bora  M«reh  8th,  ITW,  is  Bed- 
ford coualj.  Peiio.7l»»l)i»  W«#  nurd  in  md  «b«ul 
HUijtiowo,  HonitT»et  eoimij,  P».  Wm  owrried  So' 
l«r  2'Jlh.  JSl'i  to  rntlienne  WiniMDs.  Sbe  die-i  in  Surk 
eouoly.  Ohio.  Mmreh  2Ttb,  1M2.  About  two  jfn  •fter 
be  wu  Hurried  again  o  sifter  Eliiabeih  Wiotro-l* 
jear  after  b«  wu  received  into  Ihe  church,  and  ira«  a 
conni-tedt  member  till  hii  ImI.  On  the  3rd  of  June,  I 
be  wu  Ntruok  with  pBl»7,  ibkt  he  eouM  not  more  hia 
IcA  am)  ar.d  leg.  and  fltlkllj  could  mote  nothing  but  hii 
right  Land  aad  bead.  In  the  meaDtime  be  called  for  lh< 
cMcn.  and  woa  aaointtd  in  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

Prria  Foeuit- 
I'rimiiir:!-  Christian,  plta»e  copy. 


jgusincaa  icparfajp^ 


Sooki,  Fuflilets,  Irsctt,  ek,  for  Sile  it  thii  OSu. 


ObitUkrlei  ihoutd  be  brief,  written  on  but  one  aide  of  the 
pftper,  and  iepankt«  from  all  other  buslaeas. 


<^iniimiu'cnictit». 


Monou  of  Loie-fewla,   Dlalrioi   McetingH,  eio,,  ahould 

be  brief,  and  wrlttou  on  paper  iopar«l« 

ttum  other   bualuenr. 


roy- Nr.»r8yracuiio,  Ind,  Deo    23rd,    l87fl.    of  icurlet 
foTer,  Tilghuiao.  von  of  brother   Dntid  and   miKor  Je 
m\muV.oj,  ngod  IT  yearn    7  iiiuntbg  and    .''i    dnjs.     KU' 
oeral  diicourio  b^  Ju««a  Calvert  and  Davis  Vuunce. 
R.  (lALi^QUin. 

MOR— In  Yellow  Crepk  dlHtrict,  Annie  Moo.  ageil  !>'.> 
TearN,  T  monlbe  and  10  in/a.  SorTieoa  bjr  John  Meti- 
Icrand  nthers.  from  Itev,  14;  13, 

OItBN'CnATN',-ln    Ibe  Turbej    Creek   church,    riiwnef 

oounljr,  NelirnHkri.  HiHlerHuHie  A„  wifi.  of  brolher  Jnmea 

Obenchain  onil  daughter  of  brolher  A,   W,    and    BiHtrr 

Mary  Miller,  aged  W  jenrn,  ft  montbii  and  6  drtje. 

8ho  NulTrred  much,    and    bore  ber    nulTcring^    »illi 

Chrintinn  rortltudo.  and  waa  fHllv  renigned  tu   the  »i1l  nf 

the  I^rd,  whom  eho  tried  In  Henro  iiince  i>he  wti«    Ihirtnm 

jrearn  uld,  Bliiadktu  Kiiith. 

.SPKlNOKlt.^ln  Ihe  Anliotrim  oongregalion,  Md.,  Decem- 
ber ITlh,  IHTH,  brother  Kmanucl  tjpringor,  ugud  H7 
yearn,  11  months  and  10  days.  Thus  bas  [iiutii"]  nwny. 
a  fuilhfiil  nervant  of  (iod.  J.  E.  S. 


DISTRICT  MKKTINOS. 
H-t'rThe  Brethren  of  the  North-western 
district  of  Ohio,  will  holil  their  next  Annual 
District  Conference  at  Eiigle  Creek  church, 
Hancock  Co.,  Ohio,  on  Saturday,  May  24th, 
187(1,  at  10  A.  M.  Those  interested  in  the 
miMionary  cause  will  please  meet  the  day  pre- 
Tious,  at  1  .\.  M.,  to  devise  the  best  means  for 
the  spread  of  the  Gospel.  Those  wishing  to 
attend  the  meetings  will  stop  off  at  Dunkirk, 
Ohio,  and  are  also  requested  to  notify  the  un- 
dersigned several  days  previous,  so  the  neces- 
sary arrangements  can  he  made  to  convey 
them  to  the  place  of  meeting. 

S.  T.  BossKKMAN,  Cor.  Sec. 

r^"The  District  Meeting  of  Southern  Ind. 
will  be  held,  the  Lord  %villing,  on  the  !Hh  day 
of  April,  1879.  in  the  Stony  Creek  district 
church,  three  miles  East  of  Noblesville,  which 
is  the  stopping  place.  We  also  desire  to  see 
all  the  churches  represented  iit  that  meeting 
either  by  delegate  or  letter. 

John  Caylob. 
Frimilive  Christian,  please  coyy. 

r^'The  District  Council  of  Southern  Iowa, 
will  be  held  at  Mt.  Etna,  Adams  county,  Iowa, 
April  7th,  1879.  The  Brethren  will  hold  their 
Love-feast  on  Saturday  the  5th  of  April,  Intfore 
the  Council.  A.  Haiiakhu. 

Frimilice  Chrietiun,  please  copy,  \ 


aTUAI-KY.-Iu  Ihe  Yellow  Oreek  coDgregaliou,  Heaford 
ooiihly  Til..  Jan.  '2Ut.  IHT'.i,  HiHler  Nnrrit't  Slruley,  ikgrd 
II&  yuarH,  0  muulheand  H>  doye.  Funeral  soryiccR  by 
tho  llrolhren.  f^oiu  Ileb.  1>;  21,  'iS. 

C.  L.KiTK, 

SHALI.ENBAIU1KH.-In  Uie  Lo»l  Creek  church.  Snyder 
eouHty,  ruuii-ylrania,  January  2(llh,  IHT'.i,  brinbor 
JuhuSbnlloiibarger,  igeil  ST  ycura  and  4  umntbN,  Ku- 
Dvrul  sertlcoB  by  brother  Holumon  Sicber  nnd  others. 

H.  J.  SlIALI.BNUAIIUEII. 

nONYWlTV,— In  (he  Turkey  Creek  cbiircb.  I'uwiiee  Co., 
Neh.,  Feb.  lal.  infant  dmtgUler  of  brollicr  John  niid 
siHior  M.  Jtouywity.  l^urivral  oocnalou  by  broihrcn 
William  8iuiib  and  William  I'ullen. 

W18K.— In  Dunkirk.  Ohio,  on  Ihe  Sth  insl  ,  at  the  res- 
idence of  hii  brother.  Mr,  George,  ion  of  elder  Chria- 
lltin  \\'\w.  at  ^laiiaRald,  Ohio.  Fuucral  services  in 
the  i;.  B.  church,  by  (be  writer,  ftvm  Penluu  811:  i  to  a 
large  audience.  S.  T.  Do««auiiAs. 

WYSONll.— In  KIkh-rtcoiinly,  Ind,.  Fob.  4ih.  of  mem- 
branouR  ferer,  Alviii,  9un  of  brother  Daniel  and  Mary 
Wytiong.  aged  I  year,  II  luouthH  aad  H  duyi.,  Funoral 
Horvicoa  by  J,  Anglmyer  and  the  writer,  fruin  the  wonlg. 
"  Weep  nol  for  uie,  but  weep  for  yoursolveit  ivikI  your 
children."  J,  H.  Millw. 

ailONTS.— In  Ibo  borders  of  Mill  Creek  church.  Ad(tm» 
C-i.,  III.,  brother  Itubert  Shonia,  aged  TO  yaarv,  11 
niontbeand  1  day. 

Brother  llohert  waa  blind  for  about  twonly  acVen 
year*,  during  Mhlch  lime  he  could  not  do  any  work,  but 
had  to  be  wailed  on  na  a  child.  He  died  in  (he  hope  of 
the  Savlur:  and  we  irust  he  will  ooiue  forth  with  eyes  to 
behold  iho  gloriea  of  a  betier  world. 

SnONTS.— In  Ibeaame   fnmily,   Jan.    lat.    IRT'J.    fi-itnd 
Wiofield  ShoDie.  aged  Uf*  years.  10  months  and  IB  days, 
tie,  like  many  ulbers,  put  oft  the  one   thing   needful 
until  it  wag  loii  laio. 

ailONT.^.— Si»ler  I'olly  Shonle.  wife  of  brother  Robert 
."^boaiD  ideccaiedi.  waH  born  May  .SOih.  I8i:t.  anUdid 
January  '.^Jnd.  \HT.t,  aged  66  yeari.  T  uionlhe  and  2'-i 
•J  aye. 

.She  was  anointed  with  oil  lu  the  name  of  the  Lord, 
after  vLich  the  expreesed  a  dciiire  tu  be  abaeni  froiu  the 
body  and  proneBl  with  Ibe  l.urd  May  the  bleasio)^  of 
(iud  real  opoa  the  borca*ud  family  irho  moura  Ike  Iuba  of 
Ikcu' friaadj,  U    W.Siucuu. 


Trine  Imnnnlon  Tr«e«d  to  the  Apertlei.  —  Being  a  eolleo- 
-  Ill  <it  lii"iorJcal  quotations  from  modern   and   ancient 
ihorw.  proving  that  a   threefold    immemion    wiw  the 
ly  method  of  baplijiing  erer  practiced  by  theapostlea 
and     Iheir     immediate    Duccettaors       Dy    J-    H.    Moore- 
64  \>ngve.   prifC.  1.'.  ccnis ;  10  copieB,  fl  00. 
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gpiTOUIALAKU— ■ 

The  OUl  Or.k-r.-M.  M.  EsUelmftU -  -  - 

Moo""^^^''"  I'roposition »- 

Xiie  "Dciicoii's"  Mistake 

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!imii-il  to  Ik-iiLh.— Jiimes  L.  Swil/er T 

\  Minister  Wimtca.-deorse  Diile ■^■■-  • 

\  VLMt  Among  the  Chinches  of  Upper  East  _ 

li'iiiiMSOe— C.  F.  Dctwiler ' 

vron.  Filniove  Co..  N>hr<;slc:i.-John  J.  Mm  S 
om  NHtlo  Creek  Church,  Ind.-B.  F.  Wissler  tf 
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SELECTED : 

There-  is  ;i  \a\w\  ol  I'l 
BetUT  been  liuii' 
A  Few  Proverlis 
A  Pope 

rOETKY : 

Whiit  Christ  Taui-liL 
Tlje  C(Miietry 

ThelUver  of  D'':iii' 

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■  ii,.|i.ji' 


WORDS  OF  ENCOURAGEMENT 


BY  F-  r.  IXEHR. 


composed  of  so  many  young  and  bright  looking 
children,  who  had  already  submitted  themselves 
under  the  banner  of  King  Euiniauurl,  despising 
the  gay  follies  of  ti  wicked  and    perverse    world. 
I  wish  to  .say  to  them  in  particular,  he   euconr- 
aged.  be  firm,  be  standfast,   he  immovable;  you 
are  doiDg  a  great — a  noble  work ;  your  meek  and 
modest  appearance  speaks  volumes  in  favor  of  a 
-ielf-denying  Savior.     It  is  easy    preachinjt  and 
talkinc;  about  humility   to   a  mixed   congreya- 
tjon  when  the  samples  of  humility    are  before 
the  eyes.     Let  me  repeat  the  words   of  eucouv- 
a-ement,  my  dear  youug  brethreu    and  sisters; 
f  you  stand  linn  and  true,  and  walk  consistent 
with  your  profession,  you  will  not  only  gain  to 
yourselves  the  esteem  and  love  ol  all    the   chil- 
dren of  (iod.  but  aNo  that  uf  the  children  of  the 
world,  and    thereby  create  an  intiueiite   in    fa- 
vor  of  the  much    despised   religion    of  Jesus 
Christ.     If  your  daily    walk  aud   conduct  ia  in 
harmony,  then  you  are  an   epistle  known    and 
rend  by  all  around  you. 

Now  while  I  addressed  myself  particularly  to 
the  membei-s  of  Illinuis,  I  wi.sh  whatever  en- 
couragement is  given  them  may  be  appropri- 
ated to  every  one  deserving  in  all  our  wide- 
spread Fratevnity.  Wherever  triie  merit  is 
lacking,  I  praj  you,  my  brethren  uml  siatt  rs  lu 
the  Lord,  resolve  with  me  tu  double  our  dili- 
gence, and  devote  more  of  our  time,  if  imssilde, 
more  of  our  means,  which  God  has  blessed  us 
with,  to  the  alleviation  of  human  misery  and  do- 
pravity. 

"Can  we  whose  snula  are  lighted. 

By  wisdom  from  on  high? 
Can  we,  to  men  benighted. 
The  Lamp  of  light  deny? 
'  vSalvation,  O  salvation! 

The  joyful  sound  proclmui. 
;  Till  earth's  remotest  natitjii 
j      Has  learned  the  Mef^siah's  name." 
Noiv  a  word  to  the  old  and  feeble— tho&e  who 
h;ive|)onie  theark   of  the   Lord   along:    be   of 
goodbheer,  entrust  the  work  of  the   Lord   into 
the  lirnds  of  those  whom  the    Lord  has   raised 
by  oJr  side  to  occupy    when    we  are  gone;   put 
intolheir  hearts  the  trust  which  he  had  entrust- 
ed iito  our  hands.    We  all  have  made  many 
b'uiaers.    The  Lord  has  borne  with  us,  there- 
fore U    ns  hear  with  our  young  brethren  also. 
Axl  ye  young,  in  the  prime  of  manhood,  don't 
loite  by  the  way;  go  forward  while   the  Mace- 
donia!   call    is    made.     And   ye   Joshuas    and 
Caleis,  lead   the  host  along.     Blow  the  trumij- 
et  Idd  and  long. 
^hfnrd,  hid. 


Xiiw,  failb,  the  Hulutance  in  of  Rain, 
We  bnpe  beyond  this  lite  t'ohtaia; 
The  wilnvas,  though  unse«u  we  kflow, 
Tluii  Cliriat  duth  dwell  wttli  «s  below. 

]1>  faith  thf  vuu'lil  and  all  \v;ut  made. 
Ami  lii'iueii  with  lieiiuliesovei'lalil; 
H\  fiiUli  thesniiitsof  oMtlhl  walk 
With  <io.l,  ami  i.f  hia  truth  dUl  t;»lk. 

By  faith  we  <|uit  our  sin  and  »ham9. 
And  owu  our  Saviur's  Knuious  name; 
lly  faith  we  live  and  praise  our  God, 
And  p:ias  beneath  the  ehasicniuft  rod. 

lly  faith  we  sliivp  to  walk  tin-  way 
That  leads  from  ibii  kness  unto  day ; 
liy  faith  the  way  is  clear  ami  bliRht 
AntI  lit  with  rays  of  blisaful  liybt- 

IJy^faith  weseek  a  home  above, 
And  dwell  below  in  Jesus  love; 
Hy  faith  his  Word  we  do  obay. 
Ami  travel  in  the  narrow  way. 

lly  faith  we  hud  the  mercy  seat. 
And  ivov  sit  at  Jisns'  feet; 
Hy  faith  we  keep  the  word  he  «pOke, 
And  gladly  bt^ar  ItiH  easy  yoke. 

And  now  more  faithful  eliould  we  prove. 
While  dwelling  in  this  world  bdow; 
And  then  a  crown  of  lilV  lie'Il  Rive, 
And  take  iw  home  with  him  tollve. 


A  WARNING  AND    INVITATION. 


HY    W.  U.  MILLHH. 


the   emotion 


DearBrethrm: 

1  CANNOT  withhold  from  you 
ohuy  heart  produced  by   my  late- sojourn 
.J,Mmiu.Northernlll,uot  only  because 

of  the  general  good   will   and   kindness  sho«n 
,nefarbeyondmydc.ei-viug,   but  much   more 

because  of  the  -/..Mof  the  Lord-the  cau.e  of 
suttenng  humanity,  w>tb   ^vhich  every    hear 
seemed  to  be  filled,  and  the  readiness  to  do  and 
to  act,  as  welt  as  to  submit  to    one    another   m 
loT^    Oh !  that  all  our  beloved  Fraternity  couhl 
x^}.  the  UUs  cjoycd  by  tUso  who  live  rot  | 
for  Ihemselve.  only,  but  for  him  who  lived  and 
dadforarebellious  race,  and  left  n  pattern  to 
be  imitated  by  all  that  arc  born  anew  by  a  spir- 
itivlblith.    Yes,  if  it  were  only  possible    that 
all  such  oouU  see  aud  underfltaoa  that  al|  they 
arfi  and  h.v^,  i-  the  LoriV.  whether  they  he  >n- 
teiimn-^lor    temronU   gifts,    and  that    all  the 
Wt^bVVa  of  thft\  mystical  body-tUe  church   ot 
■ie-fe^VChViB'.-*tt.  in  d.ty  bound  toserveon^an- 
•i.VKr,t.>t*te^he  members  of  ..ur  natural^dy, 
^\1lhT?^  *rUctance,   .erve  each  other.     Ibtre 
•i,  tt^  V-.t.on  a.Hked  if  the  f^  ^  to  h.  v lo  hed, 
■th.  \umd  will  readily  do  it.     Thi*.^tned  to  be 
^  lan-ely  exhibited  amcufi  ycm  ^^  it   cheered 
me  up  and  gave  rue  new  impul«  to  devot*  all 
remaining  powew  wiOii^  metjo  the  cause  oi  my 

^My  heart  ^  often  tbrilled  with  joyful  emo- 

iio  Jm  l««kmg«v^  the*tt*ntiv«  congregation.  {  ^" 


A  FEW  PROVERBS. 

rriEH  go  round  than  fall  in  the  ditch. 


15  Better  go  alone  than  go  in  had    company 

B  slow  to  promise,  but  quick  to  perform. 
•  fitter  go  to  bed  supperless  than  to  get  up  in 

deb: 

Qt  your  coit  according  to  the  cloth, 
etch  the  hare  before  you  sell  hissinn. 
Garity    begins  at   home,    but    dodS  not  end 
th«. 

b  not  rip  lip  ol^  ?/oifes. 
bing  nothinrii*  '«  doing  ill- 
iligence  flotumands  success.  n 

tht  is  the  worst  kind  of  pov(  rty. 
tpevideuce  is  a  poor  tra.le  to  fallow, 
beds  are  fruits;  works  are  but  leaW. 
:o  unto  othere  as  you  would  have  them  d( 
uro  you. 

very  couple  if  i^ot  a  pair- 
yerythinp;  («  good  in  it?  wason. 
.veryhody'*  business  is  OobudyV  husioc». 
Hlse  fPiettdB  are  wor*  than  ope'»  en«ime*. 
'ortunp  knocks  o*^f  at  lease  nt  ewy    man' 

d(r. 

good   ser»«it»i  'bnt 


'ire  »nd  watt*    are 
mters, 
treat  bdrfc^rf  are  not  biters. 
Iredt^rrtio  andlittlepain  m.fcwiiiTnrfn  ifeary. 
iive  a  TOgue  rope  onouifh  w*^    he  will    ii*tig 
■Sd. 


TUOUtill  I  am  youug  in  yeara,  and  bi  the 
service  of  luy  blt>s8ed  Maitter,  yet  I  fee!  it 
my  duty  la  ^ive  you,  my  dear  unconverted 
friends  ftr  little. advice  aud  warJling.  Every 
true  Huu  and  woTiiidi  know  that  tliey  hav--  a 
soul  to  save,  or  to  he  forever  lost.  1  hope  that 
all  who  r-^ad  this  article,  are  Bible  readeni. 

There  lived  about   ISOO  years  ago  a    man 
whose  uauio  is  above  every  name,  aud  that   was 
Jesus.    When  everything  was  ruined  and   un- 
done hy  reason  of  !<in  aud   folly,  God  sent  this 
man,  Je.sus,  down  into  this  lower  world  of  aor- 
w  to  suffer  end  die,  that  you  and  1  might  have 
everlasting  life.     He  left  the  shining  courts  of 
heaven,  where  all  is  love,  joy  and  peace  to  be 
the  sacrifico  for  our  salvation.    He  spent  h 
time  in  teaching  the  people  the  way  to  eternal- 
glory,     lie  was  rejVcted,  betrayed  and  delivered 
into  the  hands  of  wicked  men,  a  crown  of 
thorns  was  put  on  his  head;  he  was  led  away  to 
Golgolha,  was  nailed  to  the  rugged  Cross,  ex- 
panded between  heaven  and  earth  and  suifercd 
the   ignominious   death    upon    the  Cross;    was 
buriid  and  after   three   days  was   raised  again 
from  the  dead,  and  after  forty  days  wa-s  received 
up  into  glory,  and  is  now  seated  at  the   right 
hand  of  God,  the  Father,  there  interceding  for 
you  and  for  me,  that  we  may  be  spared  a  little 
longpr  aud  r-^ura  to  the  great  It'.-deeraer. 

'■ro-day,  if  you  bear  his  voice,  harden  not 
your  hearts/'  I  have  no  doubt  in  my  mind  but 
that  you  have  heard  that  still,  small  voice  whis- 
pering,  'Come  unto  me,  and  I  will  give  you 
rest."  A  preci'Hi-*  re^t— glory  to  God  for  RUcb 
a  rest.  Come,  sinner,  and  enjoy  that  test;  it  is 
prepared  for  yoti  by  that  same  Jesus  who  died 
for  youriiitis.  Why  will  jr.u  not  come  when 
hehai^ortesomiich  Ut  yn.i?  Todiyis  the 
day  ofsaiVation;  come,  now,  let  us  n.'ason  to: 
gethet. 

Suppose  tlwt  great  and  notable  day  of  the 
Lord  i-hould«ome  wbileyou  areengnged  in  iill 
revelling''  Hiid  abominable  M[)oita  of  the  wicked, 
what  dp  yon  think  your  condition  would  beV 
Do.V-ou  not  think  it  would  W  critical?  I  think 
yrtd  would  rail  for  the  rocks  and  mouniaiiiH  to 
fiill  on  youand  hid.-  yon  from  the  faC'-ofhim 
thatMtteth  upon  the  throne,  and  from  the 
Lamb  forever.  Tlur..  will  be  •  (Tying  time  tor 
you  if  you  are  not  pp-pared  t*i  meet  God  You 
will  have  U»  be  cast  iuio  oatw  darkness,  where 
there  will  be  wef-ping  mA  gnashing  ofteeth, 
where  Sat^n  aud  th*-  <«*»  prophets   are. 


will  be  a  sorrowful  separation.  I'arents  will  be 
separated  from  their  childreu ;  bnu  lu-r  from  sis- 
ter; wife  from  hnsbni^.  Some  will  be  thrust 
out  into  darkness,  and  others  will  go  away  into 
life  everlasting. 

The  apostle  John  says.  "He  that  knoweih  to 
do  good,  and  docth  it  not,  to  him  it  ia  nin."  All 
those  who  can  distinguish  good  from  evil,  know 
what  it  is  to  do  good.  If  yon  know  how  to  do 
good,  why  not  do  itV  It  will  be  no  disgrace. 
That  same  Jesus  that  we  have  been  talking 
about,  says.  "He  that  is  ashamed  of  me,  and  of 
my  words  of  him  will  my  Father  uUu  be  asham- 
ed." ^  I 

*'  O  turn  ye,  0  turn  ye,  for  why  will  ye  die, 
I      WhenOod  in  great  mercy  in  nomingso  nigh?" 
j      Now  I  entreat  you,   :w  oue  that  wishes  your 
lura  well,  to  come  to  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ: 
embrace  the  truth,  hold  to  the  truth  and  stand 
firm  in  it.    Do  not  put  it  oif  till  to-morrow,  or 
next  daj',or  some  other  time  in  the  future,  but 
come    now.      "The  spirit   and    the  bride  say, 
come;"  Christ  says,  come;  the  clmrrh  says,  come; 
mid  he  that  is  athirMt  let  him  come  and  drink  of 
the  water  of  life   freely.  .  Come  aud  go  along 
with  us.  mill  hand  ill  liarirl,   wv    will   -^u   Zi..n- 
ward,  "toward    the   nnn-k    for   the   prize  of  the 
high  (railing  of  God  in  Christ  Jenus."     We  will 
go  onward  and   upwurd  to  the  city— tl(.'    New 
.leniHalem.     There  iw  plenty  of  rooui    to  spm-e; 
there  are  thousiuids    and    niultiiJitd   thousands 
of  the  heavenly  houtt  praising  t/od,  bulrthereia 
room  for  thousands  more.     "Therd-lB  more    re- 
joicing over  one  sinner  that   ii-ptfliteth,   than 
over  Tiiuet;'-nine  ju»t  persons  1h.it  need  no  re- 
pentance." Come  to  Jesus  just  now.    Would  to 
God  thatevery  one  would  accept  of  JesowChriat. 
Tour  ti_jne  may  nothi*loiig«n  ear*l-^/ou   may 
,Ile-!  uwiiy  ill  a  immicTit.    ol    tune.      W..    do 
uoMcuow  when,  but  iiiaiv^  yourseU  h  .^oldier  iu 
the  army  of  the  Lord.    ''Kernel nlwr  thy  Crea- 
tor in  the  days  of  thy  youth." 
MorriKonville,  HI. 


FliOM  the  following  it  would  seem  that  it  U 
not  a  very  nice  thing   tu  be  a  pope  alter 
all: 

"A  German  correspondent  says  that  the  pope 
is  an  object  of  universal  pity  at  Korae;  that   he 
weeps  piteously   and    has   aged    much;  that  he 
frequently  packs  up  to  -^o  to  Perugia,  but  at  the 
last  moment  changes  his  mind:  that  he  is  in 
deadly  fear  of  poison,  and  only  eato  food  brought 
to  him  hy  i  is  brother,  making  his  own  coifep, 
and  keeping  hia  wine  under  lock  and  key.  Two 
attempts,  the  correspondent  says,  have  already 
been  made  to  poison   him.     When   he  took  ill 
after  drinking   aghtfs  of  wormwood,   some   of 
the  carditiuls  tritd  to  dissuade  his  brother  from 
bringing  any  other  than  the    Vatican  doctors; 
but  he  called  an  outside  physician,  who  admin- 
I  ii-teied  a  powerful  antidote. 


ba<l 


iJiioTHKit  David  Wolfe,  of  tlie  Yellow  Creek 
church,  Marshall  county,  Ind..  says:  "  WV  had 
a  series  ot  meetings  in  January  la.st,  resulting 
in  eighteen  additions  by  baptism,  aud  others 
who  have  made  up  their  minds  to  be  bnptixed. 
Thow  who  <«P.\\uelcd  the  meetiniis  were  J.  11. 
SwihaH,  and  D.ivid  Swihart.  his  brother,  from 
W«ba^h«^5uuty,  Ind.,  with  the  brethren  here." 

UoKOPELLOW  aptly  says:  "The  little   I  have 

«een  of  the  world  teaches  roe  to  look  upon  the 
errors  of  others  in  sorrow,  not  in  auger.  When 
I  take  the  history  of  one  poor  heart  that  hftd 
sinned  and  suffered,  and  represent  to  myself  the 
struggles  and  temptations  it  ha»  pa-"sed  though, 
the  brief  pulsitions  of  j..y,  lli»-  tV^vcrish  inquiet- 
ude of  hope  and  fear,  the  pres^ure  of  want,  tke 
desertion  of  friends,  I  would  fain  leave  the  err- 
ing >*oul  of  my  fellow-man  with  Himfioiu  whose 
hand  it  came." 


Prayer  is  a  shield  to  the    soul,  a  i*Hcrifii:e   to 
That )  God,  aud  a  scourge  to  Satuu. 


'Vi-ii-:   bj{j:'I'h  KK>3'  at  "Wohk:. 


Febm 


ary 


WHAT  CHRIST  TAUGHT. 
HY  W.  B.  If C WILLIAM.*. 

RKPKXT.  bclKVf.  and  he  buptizod. 
All  my  comnianditobey. 
Is  whut  Christ  taught  bin  people  here, 
Before  ho  went  away. 

If  words  hftve  auy  mpaniiifr.  thin 
Ih  what  the  Scriptural*  t«uch; 

But  thvre  are  thone,  who  in  thin  day, 
A  diltVrnit  doctrine   preach. 

Thoy  preiicb  tlmt  fiith,  and  fjiith  ulone, 

I»  alJ  that  JH  eaauntial; 
Have  fuith  and  thon  you  are  awHured, 

Your  heart  in  [^enifootial. 

Oljedienpp  then  in  not  r^fiuircd; 

Oh,  how  thi-y  do  oThhi-iijWi'I 
For  we  are  told  thp  dcviN,  do 

AIko  betievn  and  tremble. 

Tremble,  but  why,  if  fhey  believe? 

Becau.w  wc  find  it  given, 
The  Lorii'jt  t'omniandH  they  dinobeyed, 

While  they  were  yet  in  heavin. 

Angeln  they  were,  in  heaven  onci', 

But  di«ol)i'dient  grew; 
Ood  Rpared  thf-ni  not.  but  cant  them  down, 

Into  hi'll's  (larkriexH  threw. 

If  nrtKcl",  thi-y  who  dwfit  with  Ood, 
Were  (rom  Jijji  prerfenw-  driven, 

For  not  obeying  the  comrnandi, 
Tbut  unto  them  wore  Riven, 

How  nan  bin  HorvantM  lipre  on  earth, 

Expei!t  toentrT  tlu*re. 
If  Chriit'H  coniiiiandH  they  fail  to    Icffp 

He  gnvn  to  thi*ni  while  Jiere? 

Th«  advociitcK  of  "faith  alone," 

Purrlwitiee  too  laU*  will  Iwarn, 
Faith  witli  guod'worlcH  they  munt  pohhchn, 

Tbe  ln'Hveiily  crown  to  earn. 

JJear  friendH.  if  you  a  home  would  gmii 

With  Oljii^t  b.j<.nd)b.'Hky, 
.\II  his  command-*  you  tihr>uld  obi-y, 

Ah  far  mt  in  you  lie. 

For  w«  are  on  probation  bore, 

Tu  UN  a  hAw  IN  given, 
lly  (,'hriHt,  to  giiirle  un  in  tim  way, 

That,  inidrt  from  earth  to  hoiivon. 

Hut  if  \v(<  fail  Ihift  haw  to  keep, 

-And  lrr)ni  i(«  leachinir^  Hiniy; 
{■liiint  will  not  idaiiii  nn  an  bin  owi^ 

hi  tlmt  grcal  jiidgnicnl  day. 

Oil,  limy  we  be  oftlinHf  who  jilmll, 

The  welcome  plaudit  hear, 
"Well  done  thou  faitlifiil  Hprviint,  roine, 

Witii  me  iity  Kiii^'doni  Hbiire." 

Voii  have  proved  faitlifiil  in  thi«  life, 

My  »tatii(.p«  did  olnty; 
Into  the  joy  now  of  lliy  Lnrd, 

Kntor  you  may  thifi  day. 


j  they  landed.     And  there  aIbo   the  little  J  tie  printing  office  in  a  part  of  hi^  dwell 
I  band  of  Brethren  »»ettlfd,  who  came  ov^r }  ing,  which    he  did    in    the   Samnu-r  of 


[  five  ) earn  hi^fore,   in    17Ii».      And    there 
C'hriwtopber  Sower  alw>   nettle'!    on    hia 
urrivnl  in  America,  and   lived  there  till 
in  the  Spring  of  1 72(J,  he  nayB  they  mov- 
ed  to  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa.,  and  settled   on 
what  wa«  then  called  the    Jfu/tlf/ar/i  or 
(Mill  Cifek)  where  they  Iive<i  till  Home- 
time  in  April  IT.'tl,  He  Hayw   they  mov- 
ed   Itack    again    to     Germant»^jwn     and 
bought  a  MX  atTetown  lot  of  Mr.  (i.  A. 
(iruher  (the  writer  ha»  the  original  title 
of  it),  there  he  built  for  himself  an   nn- 
UMiiuJly  large,  fine  hoiiae   for  that  time. 
IIJH  object  in  building  it  ho  large,  wan  to 
accommodate  the  Brethren  with  a  place 
to  hold    their  ineetingH.   ax  they  had  no 
church  houHc  then,  and  the  muBt  of  their 
dwelling  houHCH  were  too  small  to    have 
meetings  in;   for    they     being,    witli  a 
few  excej)tionH.  all  poor     Here  they  liv- 
ed, and  here  Ifoth  of  the  old  people  died, 
and  were  buried  in  a  corner  of  their  lot, 
iifi  tliey  hail  no    graveyanl   at  that  time. 
The  motherdied  in  December  17.">*i,  and 
the  Father  in  September  1  7.')H.     And  as 
<'iiriMto]ilier  junior    wan  the  only  child, 
he   inherited    everything    they  had,  and 
continui'd  the  \ariouH    tiadex  and    m-cu 
patiouH  juht  HH  the  old  man  had  left  ihem, 
until  the  Uevobition  broke  out.     When 
(iermantown  be<;ame  m   disturbed   that 
for  tile  sake  of  peace  and  safety,  he  took 
refuge  in   IMiiladelphia    where  he  staid 
from  the  itth   of   (October   1777,    till  the 
iJ.'Jrd  of  May  I77H,  he   came   back,  and 
the  next  night  he  was  taken  prisoner  and 
marched  bareheaded  and    liarefooted  to 
wardn     N'alley  Kuige.     lint    the    night 
being  HO  dark  that  they    could    not    get 
along,  so  they  erejit  into  n  farnier'.s  barn 
till  next  morning,    and    arrived   at  the 
camp  on  the  :!(5th.   Was  a  prisoner  there 
till  the  2'.Hh  when  General   Washington 
ordered  his  releiwe,  ami  (leueral  (iillcspie 
gave  him  a   [lerniit  or  pass  to  goto  his 


CHRISTOPHER  SOWER. 


IIY  AllltVM  1( 


TN  No.  3,  page  7  of  the  IJiMCTjiitKx  at 
^  WoitK.  I  uoticerl  a  short  sketch  <if 
Christopher  Power,  which  is  but  anoth- 
er instance  of  .sunudiody's  attemjit  to 
wi-ite  what  he  did  not  know.  I  will 
therefore  try  to  rectify  the  errors  of  it, 
and  perhaps  add  mW^w  particulars  to  it. 
Chi-ietoplier  Sower  way  not   /mt-ii 


in  J/tme  Jhtnnsfufif  hr  tiieauthor  asserts 
for  he  says  in  his  manuscript  journal 
( which  I  have)  tlmt  he  was  Ixu-n  un  the 
'-'<ithoi'  Sept,,mlusr,  17'iJ.  in  Lansjdie,  a 
smnll  town  six  miles  I'rom  Marpurg  in 
the  Province  Witgenstfjin,  in  the  m->vi\\ 
i>{'  Prussia,  and  emigrated  with  Lis  fath- 
•  liiithe  Autumn  ofl'iil,  instead  of 
i  72*;. 

2.  He  never  ••elth-d  in  Phil.idelphia, 
■  -ther  as  printei*  and  bt>nkseller.  or  pri- 
me citizen,  for  at  that  early  day.  very 
ftw^  if  auy,  Germans  settled  in  Phibv 
deljihia»asif,wa^  V-..nsidered  the  ■•  Ku- 
glishV  town."  Jliit  about  the  same  time 
that  W^flo.  Penn  founded  the  city  of 
brotherly  Love,  Daniel  Fr.ancis  Paste- 
rious  founded  Germantown,  or  the  ''G^v- 
ntan'a  tQwn,"  as  it  iraa  then  called, 
about  .six  miles  Norfh^vest  from  the  ^->v 


brethren  in  Methatchy,  but  not  to  Gi 
mantown  as  he  would  still  be  unsafe 
there.  So  he  did  not  return  home  till  the 
•J:lnl  of  June,  and  on  the  :?sth  he  waw 
warned  out  of  his  own  house  by  lawless 
marauders  who  began  to  sell  his  goods. 

He  then  took  refuge  with  liis  father- 
in-law,  Brother  Henry  Shurpneck,  where 
he  Nlaid  till  tiie  7th  of  April  1781),  he 
mi>ceil  to  Methatchy  with  three  of  his 
chihlrcn  to  Brother  C<mrad  Sl^un'n,  where 
he  also  died  on  the  2()th  of  August  17S-[, 
and  not  in  Phihidelphia,  as  erroneously 
asserted.  He  is  also  buried  there  in  the 
old  Meunonite  graveyard.  Tlie  follow 
ing  Epitaph,  said  to  be  conipo.sed  l)y 
himself,  is  on  bis  tombstone: 


1738,  and  printed,  bp»<ide  other  matter. 
a  Germaa  A  K  C  book,  and  an  almanac 
for  1731f,  the  first  in  America. 

The  following  year  he  printed  a  neat 
hymn  book  fur  the   Fraternity  at  Kphra- 
ta,  of  SIS  page-t.      But   as    sonn    a--   the 
office  was  ej^tabli-shed,  he  was    earnestly 
solicited  to  print  a    newspaper,    hut   he 
refused  on  the  pies  that  the   press  had 
been  procnrpri  by  the  Brethren   i^yv    the 
glory  of  God,  and    he    would    therefore 
not  profane  it    by    publi'^hing   a    news 
pajier.     But   he  changed    his  mind  and 
agreed  to   f»u!>lish  a   pajier  about  four 
times  in  a  year.     The   first    number   of 
which  was  issued  on  the  L'Oth  of  August 
]7.'iO,  under  the  title    of  "  The  Pennsyl 
vania    Historigrapher'    or  Reporter   of 
events  in  the  kingdom   of  nature  and  of 
the  church.      It  was  mo    well    patronized 
that  he  soon  issued  it  monthly,  then  semi- 
monthly, then  Weekly,  and  in  .oizf  more 
than  twice  as  large. 

From  the  above,  it  is  seen  that  the  a<«- 
sertion  of  jirinting  a  magazine   in  17.'ij, 
is  also  an  error,  as  the  press  had  not  yet 
arrived,  anrl  did  not  attemjit   i)rinting  a 
magazine  until    I7f'i4.  he  published    one 
under  the  title  of  "r>as  Geisthicbf  Mag- 
azine."' /.  ^.,  The  Spiritual  Magazine,  or 
Things  Xew  and  Old  from  the   treasure 
of  the  scribes  instructed  unto  the   king- 
dom of  heaven.     And  instead  of  print 
ing  the  ferond  Bible  as  asserted,  lie  did 
actually  print  the  first   ever   attempted 
in  any  Eurojjean  language;  and   consid- 
ering the  circumstances  under   which    it 
was  brought  forth,  it  may    well    be   re- 
ganled  as  the  work    of  Providence,    as 
well  as   a  monument    to  his  ingenuity. 
For  let   it   be  considered  that  the    (Ger- 
man Colonies    were  yet  almost  la  their 
infancy,   and  that  there  was    no  paper- 
mill,  no  ty))e  foundry,  and   no  jn^inter's 
ink  manufactory  in  America;  and    hiui- 
If  no  practical    printer.     But  he   saw 


I  74.1.  a  large  quarto  of  1 2fi4  p^^^^ 

Much  more  might  be  said  abom 
and  the  subsequent  edition-*  of  jv 
no  (loubt  would  be  interesting  tn' 
ofyour   readers.     Ami    also  aljout*?-' 
ca^t  iron  stoves,    his    philauthror) 

referred  to  in  saM   ?"  .*'''J 


other  matters  reft 


I  to  in  said 


But  as  thi'  is  already  a  ereatdenl   i'^'" 
.  .    ,        .    .'-   _         **'   l(i| 


er  than  int*-nded,  and  the  latter  n      ""^ 
ing  so  suitable  for  a  relieious  \.^, 
wdl  close  by  asking  the  readers'  h  r 
with  what  I  have  written.      But      ^^^^^ 
field  is  so  large,  it  would  have  been      ■ 
to  write  a  volume    than  to  conden^****' 
in  a  nut  shell.  " 

Ifarlt>jsvilh,  Pa. 


EVANGELIZING  THE  ClTlfis 


TT  sbouM  be  gratifying  to  every  \^^.^ 
J-  of  apostolical  religion,  embellish!! 
with  apostolical  usa^res,  to  see  that  T 
embryo  proposition  to  include  the  «;.-  "^ 
m  our  Work,  ot  evangelism  soon  m 
with  such  practictl  and  substantial  ^r^^ 
spouses  as  are  indicated  in  No.  4,  oft/ 
current   volume   of  the    Bj:ki     '         ^ 


"•■"RK^    AT 

W  oijK.  This  is  as  it  should  be.  Wh 
we  consider  the  fact  that  the  moralg  and 
tastes  and  religion  of  a  countrv 
powerfully  influenoe.l  by  adjoining'  cit^ 
ie*^,  we  have  the  key  to  the  fact  that  the 
evangelizing  of  the  cities  was  the  moat 
prominent  feature  in  the  apostolic 
tern  of  missioQH. 


sys- 


An  attentive  review  of  the  labors  of 
the  primitive  missionaries,  shows  that 
the  cities  were  the  centres  of  their  oper- 
ations, and  that  the  rural  districts  receiv. 
ed  tiieir  knowledge  of  the  new  religion 
from  the  cities. 

Our  church  has  reversed  the  pro- 
gramme,hence  the  enquirie.s  are  frequent- 
ly propounded  us.  "Why  do  you  not 
preach  in  the  t<twus    and    cities!"    The 


tiict  Ik,  to  our  mortification, 


we  write  it, 


we  have  culpably  neglected  them,  and  if 
the  great  necessity   of  Bibles,    and    the   there  should  be   anything  in  the  futuie 


untold  difficulty  of  getting  theia  from 
abroad ;  as  there  were  at  that  tjrae  no 
facilities  for  importing  them.  'Jte  few 
that  were  imported  had  to  come  \y  way 
of  England,  where  tlie  boxes  conja'ning 
them  were  weighed,  and  sixpeice  per 
pound  duty  was  charged.  Beeiles,  at 
le.%st  one  hundred  per  cent  to  tht|  Cap 
tain  or  uewlauder  as  commis-ion  for 
their  transport,  consignment,  etc 


like' 


brought  them  to  a  price  that  poi-  peo- 


ple could  not  afford.     Cousequen 
Bilde  Society  of  Halle,  founded  1 


"  Dontli,  thou  hast  confiuoreil  m.-. 

'Twas  hy  thy  dart  I  was  sliua, 
But  Christ  will  conquer  thee, 

And  1  shiill  rise  agiihi." 

'A.  It  Ik  asserted  that  he  was  a  printed* 
and  book-seller  before  he  came  to  this 
country,  and  had  settled  as  such  in  Phil- 
adelphia. But  the  fact  is,  he  ntver  vhis, 
either  a  printer  or  book-seller;  but  a 
clock  and  mathematical  instruuieut  mak- 
er, which  he  followed  until  about  I7:i5 
or  ;J(i.  Then  the  little  printing  press 
which  thti  Brethren  iuid  in  the  old  Couif- 
tiy,  was  sent  af:er  them  to  Germantown, 
and  as  nobody  seemed  to  have  auy  room 
for  it,  Christopher  Kower  took  it  in  cus- 
tody. And  as  he  was  a  nalural  (ff'uu\\ 
he  e.xperimented  in  the  art  of  setting"  up 
type,  in  which  lie  soon  succeeded  so  well, 
tlv»the  printeil  a  numlur  of  small  hyiiius  |  th' 
and  other  religious  broadsides,  wliich  he 
distributed  gratuitously.  -    ' 

While  there  was  no  German  printing 
in  America,  there  was  such  a  Jack  for 
school   books   and    other  printing  that 


HililebramU  a  noble  Barou  of  C.i  stein, 
was  appealed  to;    who  very  geni 


ously 

iavo]-cd  our  colonies  with   a  nunj)er  of 

nffeii,. 


copies     So  did  also  that   of  i^, 
But  the  supply  was  far  short  oft  >   de 
mand,  which  led    him   to  consid  *  the 
propriety  of  printing  .an  edition 
himself.     He  couimuuicated   his 
tion  to  a  few  of  his  friends  iu  Gei  lany, 
w!)o  encouraged  him   in  the  ho[  that 
with  God's  help  he  might  succeed 
on  which  he    issued    a   circul; 
specimen   page  on   the   back  of 
commenced   making   preparation: 
Mr.  Fleckensteiu  of  (termantown 
cd  him  in  making    the   matrces  t 
the  type.     The  old   anvil   lipou 
they  were  forged,  is  still  preserver 
while   thus  engaged,  a  Mr.     lU  irich 
Fhenfried  Luther, — who  was  con  cted 
with  a    type  foundi^    in  Frankft  ,   on 

.Main— kin.ily  pre>ented  him  ^ 
small  font  of  type  for  the  purpose, 
^r  regar<led  this  as  providential 
w;is  so  much  encouraged  by  it  th 
immediutely  commenced  on  it  \\\  an 
efjition  of  one  thousand  copies,  th 


>ity  prevailed  on  him  t*o'Oi>vri'  tt  lit- :  lurm  -of  wliich  waa  stylick  off  in  A  just 


which 


!y  the 
Cai-1 


of  it 
uten- 


u,,. 

vth  a 
aud 
A 
wist- 
cast 
hicli 
But 


th  a 

e.pow- 

aiid 

he 


nsmg  in  jiuigmeuttn  condcninus," 
we  may  have  some  difficultiea  of  a  seri- 
ous nature  to  adjust  in  the  intermiiialile 
future. 

As' the  work  has  l.eeu  inaugurated,  it 
remains  fol'  us  to  see  that  it  is  executed 
in  the  most  efl'eetive  style. 

1.  The  operations  of  the  apostolical 
missionaries  should  be  studied  and  copi- 
ed as  models,  with  those  variations  and 
modifications  that  will  cari'cspond  witL 
the  variations  and  mutations  of  the  times 
and  customs.  The  ;/mi,/x  nf  the  Gos- 
2>c4i.s pliant,  mith  reference  to  karmlext 
miurges,  and  halrils,  but  riijid  wilk  re- 
elect to  midinamm  and  commandmentH. 
h  would  have  been  another  irampos- 
sibility,  and  also  an  absurdity  for  tbe 
apostles  and  ])rimitive  Christians  to  have  ■ 
perpetuateil  tlie  incidental  or  accidental 
usuagesof  that  age. 

Had  that  lieen  essential  to  the  purity 
of  the  faith,  we  would  to-day,  he  .an  ei- 
act  copy  of  the  Asiatic  churches  in  dress, 
niauners,  habits,  occupations,  etc.  I  do 
not  think  the  apostles  embarrassed  the 
progress  of  the  new  religion  by  an  inter- 
mmable  and  uncompromising  controver- 
sy concerning  things  that  were  not  es- 
sentially sinful,  or  that  would  not  alfect 
the  .salvation  of  souls. 

That  the  apostle  Paul  recognized  the 
importance  of  adopting  his  acts  to  haim- 
less  <-ii-euin8tsnces,  is  evident  from  his 
circumcision  of  Timothy  to  conciliate 
the  Jews,  and  his  withstanding  Peter, 
who  withdrew  from  the  Gentile  Chris- 
tians for  the  same  purpose  when  he  (Pe- 
ter) should  not,  have  done  it.'  'A'  care- 
ful perusfil  of  the  fourteenth  chaptei-  of 
!  Itouiaus  will  show  how  cliristianssljoulil 


'rnK  lii^tyrni^K^s-^  ^vt  "wox^iv. 


.nisfl''"*^  toward  each    other. 

:hat    cbapu 
I   verily  bt 


^'*rsine'l  into  our  bearte, 


-e  the  doctrines    of  that    cbapttr 


iue-tenths  of  tbe  troubles  tbat  af- 
tbe  brain  of  Satan, 


lieve  "'^  ^^^  congregations    would  nev- 


r        iTjjere  sbould  be  no  fears  of   fail 

'  ■    the  ultimate  success  of  tbe   work, 

"T^,riis  to  tbe  building  up  of  c-burcbes 

''  .    ^.jtit-s,  or  tbe  support  of  the  work- 

'"      1  do  not  tbiuk  tbe   first   missiona- 

oppr 

work 


rit"*  ^M'^": 


(led  larije  sums  in  tbeii 


X hey  did  not  disdam    to 


*"'  ,^pi].  own  hands,  fortlieir  own  sup 
'^'  ^^.(i^n  they  bad  tbe  opportunity  t<i 
I'^  J  neither  shoidd  our  luiHsionaries, 
,  \j  Jit.  PiUil  assisting  Aquilla,  tbe 
,  liOied  Ufiman  to  fill  a  large  contract 
'. i-nte  lit  '^  reasonable  compensation, 
bow  would  tbat  suit  a  modern 
I  presume  our  missionaries 
ulJ  not  disdain  to  copy  the  course  of 
1  t  emiii**nt  apostle  under  similar  cir- 
■es,  but  a    proper    discharge    of 


aiis-^i^'naO'- 


ciirustani 

little   leisure    for 


tlieilutit's  incumbent   on 


them    would 

fcular    work. 

A g  to  the  funds  necessary  for  the  work, 

■urs  to  me  tbe  church  ought  surely 


have 


either  could  not  accept,  iben  lt!t  the  next 

highest  take  bis  jdace,  etc. 

Let  a  brother  at  some  central  poiut, 
say  Brother  Moore,  of  Lanark,  111.,  be 
chosen  for  treasurer  and  dieburser  and 
secretary,  and  let  tbe  prayers  of  the 
churches  serve  as  canvassing  agents  to 
keep  the  treasury  supplied. 

Now  brethren,  don't  fight  against  this 
work,  lest  you  be  found  fighting  against 
the  Lord,  and  bis  might>'  millstone  fall 
on  you  and  masb  you  to  powder.  If  it 
be  not  of  the  Lord,  it  will  fail.  Just 
wait  and  see,  in  the  meantime  send  along 
your  X  and  your  prayers,  and  if  only 
oue  soul  is  converted,  you  have  a 
one  hundredth  share  therein,  the  value 
of  which  will  be  estimated  and  paid  at 
the  office  of  tbe  Secretary  of  the  treas- 
ury in  the  kingdom  of  (ind,  when  your 
souls  is  summoned  up  there  to  enter  into 
tbat  rest  prepareil  for  bis  people. 

Let  us  bear  what  tbe  brethren  have 
to  say.  We  don't  want  much  discussion. 
The  command  is,  "Go  into  the  vineyard 
and  wiH-k,^^  not  discun-s. 


■bend  the  responsibility   of  con- 


it  occi 

trilmtiiig  promptly  to  it. 

I  think  I  do  not  overestimate  tbe 
financial  status  of  tbe  brethren  when  I 
,,oiiipute  the  number  of  brethren  whose 
jj^iiiftl  income  is  *oi'()  and  upward, 
J  -i^ooi);  and  of  that  number,  do 
-,i[ ',[,){)  realize  an  income  of  fi-om  $1 ,000 
to  *J,'*t"^  annually 

T..  ,'-«.ve  are  two  thousand  members 
with  I'd  income  of  1.^00,  are  there  not 
l,)(i(one  twentieth)  \7bo  would  con- 
tribute one  fiftieth  (tbe  Jews  'Jsed  to 
i:onsecrate  one-tenth  to  the  hoT(\),  to 
the  conversion  of  the  citieal  If  we  do 
not,  remember  the  following  prophecy: 
Wickedness  will  continue  to  increase 
in  jii-oportion  to  the  increase  of  popula 
tion  as  two  is  to  one,  tbat  is,  as  tbe  pop- 
ulation is  doubled,  sin  will  be  (juadru. 
pled,  and  tbe  money  we  withhold  from 
tbe  Lord's  work  will  be  used  by  Satan 
!o  corrupt  the  church  and  to  destroy  the 
Bouls  of  our  children.  Tbe  ministers 
who  should  either  be  in  the  vineyard 
themselves  or  working  up  the  cause  and 
iflteresb  of  miegions  in  their  own  congre- 
gations, will  fritter  the  precious  moments 
away,  either  biting  and  devouring  one  j 
another,  or  selling  their  own  bouIs  and  | 
the  souls  of  their  fellow-members 
for  the  poor  "pottage"  of  men's  ftatter- 
iee  and  official  ad'^'ancementa.  etc. 

And  the  sequel  of  such  a  state  of  af* 
fairs  will  be,  an  outpouring  of  dtvitie 
vengeance  on  our  country,  iu  pestilence 
or  war  or  famine.  Woe  be  unto  us  then  1 
when  (lod  begins  to  make  in«piisition 
for  sin. 

Let  the  nam^ei?  and  vouchers   continue 
to  pour  into  the  office  of  the    Bhktjikkn 
iT  WoiiK  until  one  hundred  are  on    the 
Lord's  register,  and  then  we    will    pro- 
ceed to  elect  two  of  tbe    Lord's    messen- 
gers and  send  them  out  into  the   wbited 
harvest  field,    to     gather    the      ripened 
Bheavea.     If  it  would  not  be    premature 
I  would  suggest  that  brethren  should  be 
chosen  who  are  unencumbered  by  large 
families,  and  who  have  been  found    val- 
lAQt  in  defence  of  our   doctrine.     Could 
We  transfer  Brother  J.  W.  Stein  to    that 
tieldi     Tbe  interests  of  Christ's    kin? 
dum  could  be    safely    entrusted    to    his 
bauds.     Brother  A.  Hutchinson  of  M*".. 
has  been  found  faithful.     What  do  you 
think  of   tbe   following  as   the  plan   of 
flection  i     Let  each  contributor  signify 
his  or  her  choice  in  a    private    vote  ad- 
dreaswl  to  Brother  J.  H.  Moore,  and  the 


THE  CEMETERY. 


BY  ELIZABETH  TItU.W. 

1'VK  liPPD  in  sight  of  the  citv  here, 
I  meiin  the  place  of  ivst, 
Where  many  mnuldering  imlliiins  lie. 
Returning  into  duat. 

But  at  the  nsurrection  day, 

Tlu-  fii-st  one  and  the  best, 
Who  know  which  ones  will  then  arise. 

And  be  forever  bleat. 

Who  knows  who  will  lie  silout  still. 
Till  the  liist  trump  shall  Bound: 

No  mortal  here,  but  (iod  can  know, 
And  no  one  under  ground. 

For  S'd  has  said  that  silence  reigns. 

In  that  ia^t  resting-place, 
Until  they  meet  ni?'r  Savior  here, 

And  see  him  face  to  face. 

Oh,  thai  how  we  poor  inoitah  here 
Oil  Hrth  should  spend  our  breath, 

So  we  vith  Jesus  may  arise, 
And'scape  the  second  death. 

God  oily  kaowH  the  day  and  hour, 

Who  all  must  come  to  die; 
So  hewill  give  us  all  our  dues, 
In  bll  or  in  the  sky. 


A  few  years  ago  some  school   bonds  |  wo  turn  to  tbe  Obi  TwtaniMnr,  we  will 

fuid,  Bouieiinu-s  the  propht,'t«liU'l  uo  taste 
for  speaking  either.    Sometiniea  they  did 
not  wish  to  go  wlien    they    were   cdled 
iipon  to   po  and    preach    to  tbe  people. 
Perhaps  Christ   would   rather  not  have 
come  into  this  world  and   sutVered    per- 
secution and  death;    but  he  nobly   said 
to  his  Father,  *'  not  my    will,  but  thiae 
done."  Then  if  we  ^vish  to  be  Chris 
tians,  we  must  work  the  works  of  Christ. 
Please  read  tbe  adventure  of  J<mah.  He 
Wiis  Heeing    from    tbe    presence    of   tbe 
Lord.    He  dill  not  wish  to  go  where  be 
wasseut,  b\it  after  all  bis  delay, see  with 
what  success   his   labors  were    blessed; 
yet  it  seems  even  willi  that,  he   wjia  not 
pleased.     Success  could  not  lift  him  up. 
lie  was   a   true    man — a  true  pri)i)het. 
He  honestly  told  the   shipnien,  that   be 
was  fleeing  from  the  Lord,  and  also  that 
because  of  him  the  st(U'ni  was  upon    the 
wat'-rs,  and  he  told  them  to  throw    him 
out  into  the  sea,  and  lie  was  three   days 
and  three  niijhts  in  ileep  water,  because 
he  tried  to  run  away    from    duty.     The 
success  of  Jonah    may   teach  us  a  good 
lesson.     Ill'  did,  sim]dy    what   he   was 
tohl  to  do.  Ills  seiiuoa  was  a  very  short 
and  easy  one.     No  high  education    was 
rei|uired  to  tell  the  tidings.      Any   one 
with  the  right  spirit  could  have  done  the 
same  work,  be  had  been  sent  to  do.  Hia 
tidings  were  ready,  and  be  went  and  de- 
livered them,  with  tile  success  tbat    was 
to  be  bis. 


re  forged  on  some  school  districts  iu 
this   State.      Ttie  suit  came  otl"  a  few 
weeks  ago,  when  I  was   summoned  sev 
eral  hundred  mile**  from  home  as  a  wit- 
uess  for  the   State.      When  many  wit- 
nesses had  given  their  testimony    liefore 
me.  one  by  one,    they   would   march  to- 
ward   tbe  witness-stand,    lift  up  their 
liands,  and  say  at^er  the  one  who   qual 
ifies  them,  "so  help  me  God."     When    I 
was     called,    I  came    forward   and    ap- 
proached tbe  clerk  and  said  tbat  1  would 
affirm.     lie   was    so    bothered    tbat    he 
hardly  knew  the  atlirmatiuu.     Tlieu   he 
lifted  u[)  bis  band  and  retiuested   me  to 
do  so  too,  which,  of  course  1  refused,  and 
answered  Inm,  "yea,  yea,  instead  of"  so 
help  me  (Jod."     After  1  got   through,  I 
was  asked,  why  I  did  not  take  an  oath, 
I    answered,   that    the  Master    said    we 
should  not,  and  so  also  di<l    the    apostle 
James.     Tbe    answer  was,  "yes    that  is 
right,  I  believe  the  same  as  you  do,  only 
I  believe  In  my  form  which  our    church 
believes  iu,    tbat  is    tbe  church   of  the 
Uuited    Brethren."      We    had  iiuite  an 
interesting    talk,   when    another    made 
this  remark,  "  well,  what  would  you  do 
if  that  affirming  was   also  against  your 
belief?"    I  answered    that  to  affirm  was 
not  against  the  Scriptures,  and  therefore 
I  c(mld  comply  with  it.  Now  if  this  prac- 
tice don't  make  a  distinction,   why   wan 
I    asked,   afterward,  the  I'eason  tbat  I 
would  not  take  an  oath  i     The  fact   is, 
tbe  one  that  swears  is  known;  the   one 
tbat  swears  not  is  also  known.  "By  their 
fruits  ye  shall  know  them." 

Brethren,  swear  not,  and  the  Judge 
of  the  quick  and  the  dead  will  reward 
us  according  to  that  which  we  have 
done. 

Onborne  Cit;/,  Kan. 

NATURE  AND  REVELATION. 

IIY    M.  C.  MILI-BB. 


T 


W 


HOV  I  REFUSED  THE  OATH. 


w 


Biitboveall  thinga,   my   Ijrelhren,  swenr 
not."  J-fles  .5;  12. 

tEN    the  ftji()9tle»  said  this,  they 
(Vere  more  of  one  mind  than  we 
aye  nc.     There    \va.s   then    one  Lord, 
one  tab,  one  baptism,  and  it  made  a  vast 
diti'ereje  what  Ijelievers   jiiactiicd.  By 
their  inctiee    they  were  distinguislied 
from  t!  worhl.      They   then    believed 
what  amefl     said,   "swear    not;"    and 
Janieslys  just   what  the    Master    had 
said  saetiiue  liefore,  that  they    should 
not  Bvar  by  heaven,  not  by  the   earlh, 
not  byhe    head.     Matt-   6;   US.      It  is 
therefe  right  not  to  swear,  which  is  to 
put)  an  oath,  or  cause   to    take    an 
»1  James  sajs,  "neither   by    any 
th."     But  to  atiirm    is  right,   to 
a.ssert)sitively,  or   to  tell    \fith   confi 
dence.'aul  wants  Titus  to    affirm  some 
thiut;i->n«laut!y.    It   is   also   said  that 
I'aul  firmed    that    Jenus     was  ali 
Khoil.vas  sure    that  it  was  I'etcr  wlio 
knock  at  the  door,  therefore  she  con 
stautl  affirmed    that  it    was    even   so. 
Thi  are  many    (<ood  meaning    pro- 
fessoriow  who  can    see  no    ditfereiice 
iu  tlii  They  even  nay  that  they  be- 
lieve ;  same   that  we   do,   only  they 
have  lother   form   of  doing   it — "  It 
does  1  make  so  uiucii  difference   what 
we  (bwhat    w.-    believe.     This    outer 


be 
outh, 

othe 


'wu  brethren  receiving  the  highest  num  _^ 

I.T  Of  vote,  be  declared  elected,  and  if  I  worknot  the  necessary  work. 


E  talk  of  born  poets,  which  is  all 
right.  But  sometimes  we  are 
inclined  to  talk  of  born  Christians  and* 
boru  ministers.  Isthia  light?  When  I 
hear  a  man  preach  a  good  sermon,  I  al- 
ways think  he  has  been  a  worker,  and 
not  only  a  worker,  but  that  he  is,  to  a 
greater  or  less  degree,  an  inspired  man. 
A  man  may  «peak  fluently,  he  may  speak 
learnedly,  but  he  cannot  speak  with  that 
power,  or  God  cannot  speak  through 
iiim,  unless  he  is  a  man  iu  whom  the 
Holy  (ihost  abides.  Ministers  must  be 
born  of  the  Holy  Ghost  if  they  would 
instruct  their  listners  in  the  right  way. 
It  is  God's  work  and  not  man's.  A  man 
may  be  well  informed,  he  may  be  con 
sidered  a  wise  man  by  the  world,  yet  he 
must  count  it  all  as  nothing  in  compar 
ison  with  Christ.  Again,  a  man  may 
know  but  little,  he  may  be  consiilered 
ignorant,  yet  be  very  wise,  be  very 
learned. 

His  education  may  have  been  receiv- 
ed from  that  great  Teacher.  "\'erily, 
verily  I  say  unto  you,  he  that  beiieveth 
on  me  the  works  that  I  do,  shall  he  do 
also."  John  14:  12.  To  be  born  a 
Christian,  or  be  a  natural  speaker,  I 
think  is  a  wrong  idea.  All  have  to  be- 
come believers,  t.i  be  Christians,  and  no 
matter  how  easy  it  may  be  for  some  to 
speak  they  ha\e  ne<-e»Barily  got  to  learn 
«  hat  to  say  and  how  to  say  it-  Some 
have  more  talent*  than  others,  but  then 
more  will  be  retjuire-l  of  them.  So  ihere 
in  no  e-vcuse  for  any. 

Somelimesthe  church  calls  a  brother 
to  the  work  of  the  ministry,  who  thinks 
he  has  no  talent  for  serving  in  this  di 
rection.  He  never  should  think  so;  iter- 
er.     lie  may  have  no  ta.'itp  for  it.  but  if 


BETTER  BEEN  BURIED. 

HE    well-known    anti-tobacco    man, 
(teorge  Trask,  tells  the   following 
of  himself; 

"About  fifteen  years  ago  we  gave  a 
lecture  in  which  we  aimed  to  show  that, 
as  thecoiumon  use  of  tobacco  takes  away 
desire  for  food,  blood,  muscle,  health 
and  strenjjth,  it  must,  without  fail,  short- 
en life,  and  if  so,  the  habit  would  at  last 
lead  to  the  person  killing  himself,  hence 
a  breakiug  of  the  command  of  God, 
•Thou  shall  not  kill.' 

"As  we  closed,  the  preacher  rose  and 
said;  'I  believe  the  arguuient  in  this 
lecture  is  final;  I  believe  thousands  who 
use  tobacco  are  poisoned  to  death  and 
cut  short  their  lives-  But  I  have  a  hard 
case  to  solve,  and  I  wish  Mr.  Trask  to 
solve  it.  I  know  a  man  within  ten  miles 
of  this  place  who  smoked  his  pijie  to  the 
day  of  his  death;  and  he  lived  to  be  ll»4 
years  of  age.' 

"liVe  confess  we  were  puzzled.     The 
(pieetion  was  to  the  point,  and  the   peo- 
ple laughed  at  our  expense.     At  la.sl  we 
hit  upon  the  Socratic  style  of  reasoning,, 
and  c[uestions  helped  us  out  of  the  troub- 
le.    'Sir,'  I  asked,  'are  you  sure  the  old 
man  lived  and  smoked  till  he  was  1114!' 
'Yes,' he  replied.     'How   did    helookC 
'He  looked  like  an  Egyptian   mummy.' 
'Had  he  moral  feelings!'  'O  no;  he  seem- 
ed to  have  no  sense   of  (iod  or  religion 
whatever.'     'Did  he  manifest  any    pub-^ 
lie  spirit!     Did  he   like  good   schools, 
good    roads,   good  order  and  the  like !' 
'O  no;  no   more   than   a  mud   turtle  or 
oyster.'      'Had    he    u family!'       'Yes,  a 
large  one  and  a    mean   one — altogether 
too  large.'     'Did   he   love   his  family!' 
'No,  I  think  not.'     'Did  he  hate  his  fam- 
ily !'     'N'o,  I  think  not.'  All  in  a    word 
— ilid  lie  love  anybody  or  hate  anybody, 
dead  or  alive,  in  this  world  or  any  world! 
•No,  I  think  not.'     Well,  well,  brother, 
the  conclusion  of  the    whole   matter   is 
simply  this, — the  old  man  was  dead  fif- 
ty years  ago,  only   you  did   not    tiiiiy 
bim" — Selected. 


He  that  lo.-*e«  bis  conscience  has  uoth* 
ing  left  worth  keeping. 


TtlJ-:    JiUKTJhlKKX 


f  Ijf  l^irtlncn  iit  Itlorl;. 

IM  ItLlSHKi)  UKKKi.V. 


.1.  II.  MOUItK,  t  Kunotti*  AND 

M.  SI.  KSIIELMAN.  i  I'HOPBlKTnnj*. 


S.  .1.  IIarrim>n. 


'  Bnornim  Silax  Hoorrr,  who  ha«  iceii  labor- 
ing  ffir  HuniP  time  aiaoug  llii-  lir^tiiren  ia  (Jliio, 
liiiH  nrtiirned  to  hin  boim-  in  Somerset  f.'tunty. 
Pa.  Ifojw  hi*  may  Hoon  tx"  prff/arM  toftit^r 
thtt  Ci'M  «f(<ui],  Tor  thon  ix  much  ii<^t<l  of  livp, 
L-ii«rg«lic  prearhiiig. 


THE  -DEACON'S"  MISTAKE. 


**  house  of  God 


The  I 
.  Ihpf 


H'lTI 


ftxxl  (or  I* 


mil  r 


A..y  .. 


n  nililiiionKl  o 


ftlKiTt  llic  ninr 
<ril  will  I'calluvoil  U'n  jfor  MDI  ,  vhlcli 
.InliK'io'I  from  lln^  monrv  kwrora>fii'iin){  it 
ton*.  Money i"i)ni  liy  ro«tnl  Or-lpm.  Kpfiw«r<«I  I^ri^r* 
or  dniO*.  i>rnpcrlj'  iwl.IrwpJ.  nIll  he  iH  our  n.k.  When 
■enJmK  dmf*.  >*  •'"■<■  •'>"'  '•  '•  "<"  "  '"''"''  ""  "  '"  * 
ohtck,  i>  eonf  »•  :«>  rrnn  lu  colloci,  whil*  h  <]r«n  c*n  b* 
•ollEClfil  ft'".  ri..l«(f  «l»(np-  mii7  bp  "fnl  fi-r  nmounti. 
under  1  i«>.  lul  olwaji  wtn-l  the  monpy  If  ymi  cou  gt-i  n. 

flutiBonj'iion",  iiii'l  ftm 
^tr,  &■  Hcll  I'  nil  hijilnr' 
flO*  aboul'l  he  addrCMcd 

UOOBE  ft  ESSELUAU, 

LADuk,  Cftmll  Co..ni 


D  ^iinpried  with  (he  of. 


U.VAItK.lll... 


I  »:nK(  Aiti  i7,  in'iii. 


liKOTHKit  jt.  IJ.  Miller  iiifoniiH  at  lliat  he  i» 
improviiiK  slowly,  hut  in  not  iihlc  to  do  much 
yet. 

ly  Simon  HfirHhrnrin  will  hrwarA  hinnAAreHi*, 
we  will  cl rfiilly  f'trwftrd  bin  piipcr.  We  can- 
not Bend  thp  jmpcr  unlena  we  know  tlip  partiea' 
addn«s. 

BiinTllKJt  I).  U.  Oih>*ou'B  (Mhlrfiw  in  irlirinj?r(l 
from  i'.rrin,  (.'Iiiilon  county.  M<»..  bi  Norhoroc, 
Carroll  copnfy,  miiiir  Stuto.  MinccrrMponfh-iit.'H 
will  pJeiiso  tulie  notiw. 

Know  thv  J'rhnilive  Chriitinu  wo  Iciirn  Ihttt 
Brother  .).  P.  lli'tnc  luw  resignud  Jhji  chiirKt-  of 
tliechurrhwl  riiilii'Mi.liia,  Ph.  It  i>*  not  waid 
where  he  piirpoHc-*  to  locntp. 

BnoTHHii  Allen  Boyer,  of  Lcliti.  III.,  H(iy«: 
"Wo  hfivy  lind  six  wcolis'  nn-r-tingB  in  the 
WaddaniV  Grove  Church  this  Winter,  princi- 
PhII.v  conduct^'d  hy  Mii-  luifm;  niinidttTH;  the  in- 
teri!Ht  wiw  guiiil  iill  tliri7iiKh." 

TllK  nimolicitod  iirticlu  from  Brother  XL  II. 
Miller,  ]>uhliMliP(l  in  this  iK,sue,  is  liiKlily  ftppre- 
ciiited  liy  ux.  It  in  tiinely.  mid  to  the  pointy 
He  mIiows  the  iimtter  up  in  ifft  trmt  liRht. 

TllK  Maj'Ie  Qrove  culoiiy,  locutiiiRiii  Kaniifu'', 
\»  nieetiny  wiMi  good  ftiicc-ts,  iisiihunt  Trxhurrh 
nienilier-.  liav.'  iilrciuly  Ki(:;jiiri''d  thfii  inl^-ntiniiM 
to  tnliK  up  ehiirnH  iiud  hccorne  iii(»HiherH  oC  the 
ooloay.  TJiiptiHuii  exc/)llent  wiiy  of  etitiibliiih- 
iug  iiuaJtliy  coiigrngiitinuri  in  the  U'ect. 

V^ow  U.  ('.  Keniier  w.*  Um-u  that  Brefcliren 
Krider  nnd  Cottvnnini  Iiitoly  lielrl  n  rtorjea  of 
laeetingrt  in  the  Jjnur  (-reek  chnrili,  jndiiuir. 
None  were  iidded  diirin>{  the  meeting.  Tho 
brother  aUu  Htiit^'K  thitt  they  iirc  nnicli  in  nor'd 
of  more  help  in  the  iiiiiiiHtry,  and  donires  mini«- 
termg  brethren  to  call  nml  help  them. 

FnoM  S:  L.  Sliowjiltcr,  of  the  Station  Church, 
Green  eounty,  Pa.,  we  hnvtlie  followinp:  "Wo 
have  n-ceiitly  cloHtitl  n  series  of  nieelingH,  wliicli 
coiuineiiewi  the  fourth  ility  of  Jiuiuury.  and  clon- 
ed tliu  nineteenth,  whii-li  re^iUtid  in  ei^lit  iic- 
Msiions  to  the  cliurdi,  fourlfybaptinni  and  four 
reclaimed;  itnd  we  think  deep  iiii|)rcnaions  were 
made  on  others  wlio  are  probnhly  counting  the 
cost.  Tlie  preaching  was  dniie  hy  our  home 
miuiitters,  Adam  Wine,  Janice  A.  Murray,  C.  .1. 
SliowjiltiM-  and  Henry  Wi^te.  MeetiiigM  w»-]l  at- 
tended and  order  good," 

DnoTiisA  Abram  11.  CaHsel'a  srtiulfl  about 
ChrUtopher  Sower,  in  this  issue,  jh  interesting 
and  well  worth  preserving.  We  invite  Brotlier 
Cti-Nel  to  write  again.  Our  readers  wonid  be 
pleased  to  hear  frorti  him  (luite  fivqaently,  and 
as  the  brother  is  getting  ohl,  will  not  likely  be 
here  inueU  lougei-.  Me  lias  collected  ii  viist 
au)i.nut  of  uiiitter  tbut  rtoiild  be  valuable  to uiu 
r*?ftders,  and  wo  suggest  that  he  makeimcirortlo 
get  as  much  of  it  as  possible  before  the  pnhUe, 
that  it  iiiay  be  preserved  after  he  lian  gonn  to 
bia  long  hume.  , 

Ox  another  page,'  Brother  D.  C.  Modnm^V 
ihaJcesa  fe\fr  suggesiionR  i-egardirig  missionary 
work  ni  cities.  While  the  brethren  are  sending 
in  ftlieir  names,  and  offering  auggesf  iouii  we  will 
givrt  the  Duitter  special  attention,  and  in  ooiin*o 
of  lime  may  have  Nomo  remarks  to  offer  about 
the  nmnajfing  department  of  the  p;-oject.  Kvery 
sfej.  u\:Pn  should  be  with  care,  that  the  glory 
of  Ood  mA  the  *alr;ition  of  sinnera  hifly  In-  kept 
i'l  liew;  Nothing  ehoiihJ  bo  done  out  of  vain 
itiory  or  Cor  6ell-iot«r6Bt.  Gruttt  cHre  Bhould  be 
t*k..;i  to  respect  the  rights  of  others  of  the  sanw 
body.  The  dislinctive  features  of  our  people 
uMXHi  be  M/Ihered  to  in  the  work,  for  towns  are 
tbe  v*-ry  pIwcM  where  they  we  so  muchneeded. 
Br.th-^M  and  sUters.  pray  for  the«ucceM  of  the 
uiUBioliBry  work.     — — 


rrnROUOH  the  kindm-Ksof  a  brother,  who 
1  liv««  iu  Ohio,  w«  ar^  in  receipt  of  fl  opy  of 
th?  January  number  of  Tfm  Iffaron,  cont^iiniag 
the  objertional  article  referred  to  a  few  weekt 
ago.  I^-fernng  to  the  BitKTiiiiK.s  at  Wokk  it 
soy«: 

"  Ono  of  our  wekly  patKT«  now  ha«  n  nub- 
Hcription  li*>t  of  ov<>r  ten  tnonnAnd  named,  we 
itre  t^jid.  the  net  proJitd  on  which  makes  ayeiir- 
ly  income  of  clear  profit  ol  full  lour  thouj^and 
aollarx," 

In  reply  to  the  above  we  tttatp;  It  i^  wlf-evj- 
dent  thdt  we  know  more  nbotit  the  bn3iae>8  and 
condition  of  this  '-IKoj  than  any  body  eNe.  and 
tberefitre  what  we  say  i>ii((ht  U*  he  pgurded  as 
correct  beyond  doubt. 

Ilegurding  our  circulation,  it  in  likely  that  the 
BiiCTifltKN  AT  Work  Iiuh  nut  lurgeasub-cription 
lint  aJ>  any  paper  in  the  Brotherhood,  but  it  in 
not  ten  tbouxand,  though  we  hope  it  eoon  will 
be. 

The  ax<<T(ion  about  our  nel  profifa  l>ei])g 
yearly  full  four  thoujiand  dollars  is  fMl«e  from 
I  beginning  to  end.  Our  income  U  not  half  that 
amount.  We  think  that  »<•  are  doing  rt-aion- 
sbly  well  in  busiue*..  bnt  to  say  that  wh  an; 
making  "  lot*t  of  money  "  ic  incoi  reel.  Brctli- 
reii  oliDuld  not  puUiih  things  they  kuow  notli 
ing  abuut,  and  thua  vet  ns  in  a  faUu  light  befon 
the  Brotherhood.  As  the  Vim/iitdor  cni»cd  a 
part  of »aid  article  friin  the  jMnwi,  uud  iuj-uU 
stance  cudori*ed  what  wn^  said,  we  renprctfully 
SiijfgeHt  to  the  editors  of  both  of  these  papers 
the  propriety  of  taking  back  what  tbey  havi- 
said  aliotit  the  Bkkthhkn  at  Wohk  m  referred 
to  above,  on  the  ground  that  we  deny  it  being 
true. 

A"  to  the  circulation  anrl  j)rolits  of  other  pa- 
pers, or  the  protltK  ari^iing  from  the  lawful  bus- 
ineHS  in  which   any  brother  i»  engaged,  we  are 
not  concerned,  are  not  pryijig  into,  for  we  have 
all    we  can   do  to  attend    to  our  own  busines.'' 
d  llif   ralliny  of  the    Ijord.     And    more;  wi 
huvn  neither  time  nor  disponilicji  to  look    nft^^r 
and  publish  the  private  iitfaimof  other  men,  noi' 
to  bo  "  bo^y  bodies  in  other  men's  matters."     1 
Pet.  t:  5.     Our  mission  is,  to  '"sound  out"  the 
W()rd  of  the  Lord,  and  to  lie  about  our  Master's 
business.    Thia  is  quite  enough  for  the  ^ainti 
of  God.'  "        ■  if' 

The  following  from  otir  book-keeper  anrl 
mailing  clerk  is  n-iipeetfolly  submitted  to  our 
renders : 

Ol'I'ICB  BltMHUBN  AT  WORK,  [ 

Lanakk.  Ii.i.„Fhu.21,1S79.  ( 
Til  M'/ioiii  it  Mm/ Concent: — 

This  is  to  certify  that  the  strttemeiits  6f  thfr 
Dmeou  relative  to  the  circulation  ntid  the  pro- 
ceeds of  the  HlthmiUKN  at  Wohk.  are  false. 
Uaviug  charge  of  the  biisincfl.'*  vi  the  oflice,  i 
know  the  exact  afiiouut  received  iiud  paid  out, 
aud  the  net  proceeds  lack  very  much  of  being 
^^;*^"J-  S.  J.  HAiimsoN,  Clerk. 

Opfick  Brkthukn  at  Wohk,  i  ■ 
i  Lan-ari^,  hx.,  KEit.  ai.  1879.  ) 
Having  been  in  the  employ  of  brethren  Moore 
&  Esheliuau  tm  mwliug  clerk  since  April  1st, 
187S,  I  hereby  certify  that  at  no  one  time  have 
t*n  thousand  copies  of  tho  Buethkkn  vt  Wohk 
been  mailed.  However,  the  i)aper  being  a  good 
and  truthful  evangelist,  I  would  have  no  regrets 
were  the  list  ten  tiuiea  ten  thousnud. 

S.  M.  EsHi-i.MV.V.  Muiliiii^  Clerk. 


THE  OLD  ORDER 


Tho  Chiifdi  of  Ood. 

rVHVj  cliiirch  of  God  Is  compose.!  of  inei^ibfr*. 
J  The.se  member-',  both  male  and  fem.ile,  are 
heii-s  nf  God  —  jiririt  heir*  with  the  hoM  Jesus* 
Christ.  Tiiey  all  come  to  the  Lord  in  the  same 
way.  All  are  baptised  into  Christ.  One  did 
not  yepejit  into  Christ,  imotber  />elin-e  into 
Christ,  while  a  iMrd  wm.h-'/^t/ift/  into  Christ. 
bit  ea4:h  was  bHp*i7.ed  i«to  lie:  "  one  body,"  jmt 
on  Christ  ,accordi»i(;  to  the  pieacribed  Rules, 
The  privileges,  hp»oi-s  ami  cDJoymentit  belong 
to  every  cil  i/.en  of  Christ's  kingdom.  As  a  body, 
they  are  called  "  the  elect  of  God;"  "children 
offJod:"  "choMi  generation; *'  **pillnr  and 
grtjund  of  the  truth:"  *"  pecnlinr  ijeorde;"  "hi>- 
n»t'n>ri;"    "t«?mple  of    the   l|..;v    •■i,Mr,f;" 


._eiflber  is  a  child  of  God.  another  is  oo  I^^*  ^• 
If  tbe  '■  one  b*tdy  "  in  a  '"  peculiar  jwople."  "'^" 
each    rafmber   in   that    body  w   peculi«r. 
rights  of  one  m-nif)er   are  not    nupcrior 
rights  of  another.     There  is  no  "  high  and  low 
iu  the  faaiily  of  God.     Tbe  right  arm 
of  an  arm  than  th«  left  arm. 
no  morethHua  ha;id.     Tbi 

of  the  left  hand  are  not  superior  to  thme  ■>*  *''^ 
right  hand.  Both  draw  nourishoicnt  from  the 
Riinie  source — both  are  alike  honored.  Tbe  eyes 
ure  not  troubled  aud  annoyed  because  the  ears 
are  io  the  came  hrad.  Neither  are  they  ead, 
sorrowful,  envious,  or  spitefiil  because  tbi-.V  are 
not  the  fwt, 

"  Well,   since   all   are   members  of  the     one 
body.'  then-  must  be  one  set  of  Rules  for  their 
government;  otherwise  there  would  be  confus- 
ion and  diKcord."     Very    true;  and  ?^inte   this 
"  one   bfidy,'"   Ibis  "  holy  nation  "   is  to  contin- 
ue tlirough    all  Hges   nntill^hrist  conies  again, 
the  "  one  Ijonl  "   gave  them  a  set  of  liules  that 
are  pft/fci,  tumpltie,  potca/ul,  as  their  law  iu 
faitli  and  practice."    They   were  made   for  tbe 
government  of  llin  people  iu  Asia.  Africa,  En- 
rope,  America  and  the  Islands.     "  In  every  na- 
tion be   that   feareth  Iiiui.  and   worketh  right- 
eousnes-s  is  accepted  with  bini."    Acta  10:  35, 
Climate  bos   no  efTect  on  the  Rules.    Age 
cannot  change  them;   neither  can   sex.  race  or 
color  change  them    one   whil.     Not  a   part  of 
them  were  de.*igiied  for  an  old  man,  aud  »  part 
for  a  young  man;  the  whole  of  llieni  were  de- 
sigij<:d  for  //((/;!,  whether  old  or  young.     Not  a 
part,  were  set  forth  for  Africa  and  another  part 
for  Amoriea.     The  Chinese  who  submit  to  these 
Hules  in  their  native  land  are  just  as  much  the 
"  cliildren  of  God  "  as  the  men  who  were   born 
and  raised  in    Kansas  and  who  obiy  the  Divine 
Hub's.    Their   being   born  in  Kansas  does  not 
make  them  children  of  God,  nor  give  them  bu- 
ptrior  privileges,  rights  and  enjoyments  in  the 
"  house  of  God."     These   Rules  have  the  same 
governing  power  over  a  Dane  as  over  a  French- 
man.    The  winters  of  Minnesota  and  tiie  sand 
storms  of  Africa  have  no  effect  on  these  perfect 
Rules.    Heat,  cold,   rain,  snow,  suushine  and  i 
darkness  cannot  overthrow  them.     Strifes,  en- 
vies, loves,  bates,   jiidgiueuts,    w^iVks  and  talks 
Cannot  sob  aside  tiiu  Divine    Kules.     Opuiionfl,- 
tlioughls,  taiL,?,  "Wishes  aud  feelings  cannot,  iu 
tbe  lea.st,  affect  the   Rules.    They  are  Jixfil. 
Courts,  assemblies,  conventions,  councill  cannot 
change  them. 

W^orda  and  sentences  not  found  in  the  Bible. 
Cannot  be  brought  forward  and  substituted  for 
those  in  the  Bible.  Some  words  and  saitences 
found  in  the  Bible,  cfinHoi  ir  faA'C/j  o«/arid  funn- 
ed into  a  creed  or  discipline.  If  they  ari  fit  for 
a  creed  or  discipline  out  of  the  Bible,  thin  they 
are  fit  for  one  in  the  Bible.  And  moie;  they 
are  better' arranged  iu  the  Bible  than  thiy  poe- 
t-ibly  can  be  when  taken  out  of  the  Bibb. 

The  Bible  doc  not    exact  more  of  a  man  iu 
I'^-ance  than  it  do'-s  of  one  in  New  Vorlv    Tbe 
B.'uk  Lliiit  reveals  God    to  the  man    iu  Inrojie, 
reveals  Him  to  the  man  in  America,    4nd  the 
niiui  who  yields  obedience  to  the  Diviu**  Relies 
in  Hwitzerlaud,   will  talk   and  act  like  ihe  one 
who  liiis  yielded  obedience  to  them  in  Mohigan. 
Metier  still;  the  man  who  is  governed  If  these 
Rules  in  America  will   bo  the  same  in   relaud, 
in  Germany,  in   Arabia,  in  Egypt.     If  iiibmis- 
^ion  to  these  Rules  in  America  will  mate  him  a 
peculiar  man,  ho  will  he  peculiar  iu  Jipau,  in 
Uiudoostan,  in  Palestiiie,if  he  continues^  yield 
'.'U'ilifnce.     If  a  mau  in  Illinois  submitJpthesi 
RuUs,  and  thereby  b';  known  asaChristi 
not  the  man,  who  submits  to  them  h 
also  be  known  as  a  Christian?    If  full 
sion  to  the  Divinv  Rules,  and  to  them 
the  p.ii't  of  a  Greek,  is  all  that  Is  xci\ 
liim,   will  not  a  full  submission 'to  tho'l 
aim  to   them  ouly,  on  the  part  of  a  cfr/en  of 
Vir^iniiihenll  that  God  will  require  in  *(ler  to 
eternal  salvation?     If  those  who  lived  iifl'iilc*- 
tine  compli*'d  with  theso  lUiles,  and  thee  only, 
and   were  saved,  then  those  iu  Ameri8  who 
cuu^dy  with  the  same  Rule.*,  and  to  tliei^only, 
wi'l  a)-n  be  saved      Jf  tho^e  RulPfi  weretjl  that 
wen    re-iuire.l   of  bttiefers  tiiflitwH 
yeiu-^  ago,  will  any  more  be  required  offieliei 
ers  now?  ' ' ' 


famUy  of  God."    If  <"•'   ""^  ^'^^''  '^'"""" J«  P™""  h  »u-  Bib,, 


Hot 


further;  tlmt  which  l.  in  tl.*-  Bibl. 
to  he  proven  l.v  Ihe  Bibl...  The  nier.' 
iti,,„  Ih.  J):l,l.  i,  |.n,..f  .„ffi,i,.„,- ''="ktt 
rijrht.  If  It  he  „„/  in  the  Bihie  ii ;,  ''  "  » 
the  thine  is  not  euential  t„  ohc.ti.ncet'* 
j,„oniorei  The  H.lle.  of  f«ill,  .„d  practiw  |^^„„  °  ^ 
1   .       .  .....  g  P«iiii^4 


1.    Thelett  hand  is  I  Ih^^isnoneedof  proof  from  the  jnips^ic"**. 
riehteimH  pnvileg"!  l"rf"l'""  """■"'  '1"»1-  '"»d,  le«8ur„,j^    *• 


lection.     The  Rules  of  God  being  perfect     ^'' 
than  they,  cannot  be  required.    '        ,  •  ""i'*!* 


Less  than  ik 
Bible  Rules  is    not  worth  seeking  aftc 
will  not   condemn    the  man    who   belifl 
obeys  the    Bible,   and    nothing 
R^-ader,  what  tliink  you':' 


0.1 


"S    LuttheU;,,,^ 


THE  WAY  TOU  SAT  Ij 

hich 


L'^^KI'VTH. "■—nern.u 

IJ     or    wrons;  if  it  lie  not  wroug,  then    j 
right;  It  it  lie  not  right,  then  itisivroag;,f,i  |" 
right,  then  it  ia  not  wrong;  and  Kit  be  wro 
then  it  cannot  be  right.     liight  and  wrono  *' 
op[)o.site  iu  meaning,  therefore  whut  is  th 
cannot  he  the  other.  * 


red 


Had  Ood  wen  fit  to  make  xmieihinsV"'  in 
llie  llihic.  i>  condition  of  ohediVnce,  HiiVonld 
Imve  put  it  in  Mf  B;W,-,  for  the  KMir  ldl»  U3 
ivliiil  i,r»,,,na  »hati«  miglil  lifljf,  »»n>ny 
iiiid  veligimwly.    Ueuce  that  whi(4  i»J>ot  in 


There  i.^  just  one  thing  iu  the  world  aud  th 
is  power.    This  is  either  positive  or  neirat 
We  decide  which  of  those  two  it  is  Ijy  its  «„  i- 
cation.     Whenever  it  is  applied  to  iirom  J 
truth,  piety,  virtue,  peace,  prosperity,  it  i,  „„,-_ 
tive.  hut  when  opposed  to  these,  it  is  negativ 
God  is  positive;  the  devil,   uegulive,    Chr' 
tians  are  positive;  sinnei-s,  negative.    God  A 
good;  the  devil,  evil.    Cliristians  are  kind  luj 
nieicifiil;  sinners,  rough  and  abusive.    Thentw. 
itive  builds  up,  the  negative  teiiri*  down.     Wlmt. 
ever  is  not  positive  is  of  the  devil,  whatever  t 
positive  is  of  liod. 

A  man  is  more  excusable  for  doing  what  in 
itself — according  to  the  letter  of  the  law— is 
wrong,  under  some  circumstances  than  others 
It  is  even  right  to  violate  the  Utter  of  the  law 
when  necessity  demands  it.  We  learn  this  from 
wliat  Christ  said  to  the  Pharisees  when  thn- 
found  fault  with  his  disciples  for  ^^,",ng  » ^v^\ 
which  is  not  lawful  to  d.;  upon  the  Sabli,|"h 
day."  Christ  eaU,j  allention  (1)  to  what  David 
had  done,  which  was  in  open  violation  to  (he 
/f»fOf  the-law,  and  yet  no  one  had  ever  sus- 
pected lie  did  any  wrong,  (a)  "  The  priests 
*_*.  '...iTofaU"  the  Sabbath,  aud  are  blame- 
less." We  regard  this  as  conclusive  proof  that 
eircuiuslauces  of  necessity  make  it  right  to  vio- 
late the  letter  of  the  law.  But  circnmstautei 
iifipr  make  it  right  to  do  wrong.  If  circum- 
stances make  it  right  to  violate  law,  then  ills 
n<jht  to  violate,  and  ti-roiiij  not  to  do  it. 

The  Scripture  is  proBtable  for  doctrine,  re- 
proof and  correction.  It  is,  not  only  the  privi- 
lege, but  the  dulij.  of  the  minister,  with  tbe 
Scriptures,  to  reprove  his  hearers  of  any  sim  of 
which  they  are  guilty,  aud  correct  any  errors 
which  Ihcy  commit.  So  with  the  coutrlbuloni 
to  our  religious  jonrnals— in  short,  so  we  ought 
to  do  wilh  each  other;  but  it  is  very  important 
that  it  be  dime  in  a  proper  way— that  a  good 
spirit  pervade  the  work. 

We  are  all  human  and  proue  to  evil  —  all 
come  short  of  perlectiou.  We  ought,  therefore, 
to  bear  in  mind,  that  those  with  whom  we  deal 
and  associate,  are  made  better  or  worse  by  oor 
conduct.  If  some  of  our  friends  do  wrong,  ne 
can  only  prove  that  we  are  better  than  they  by 
doing  right.  If  our  friends  do  wrong  by  usitis 
our  duly,  as  Christians,  to  trll  them  of  it,  but 
uot  to  abuse  them.  If  we  think  our  friends 
neglect  their  duty  towards  us  we  should  infoiui 
thgm  of  it  in  a  kind  ivud  affectionate  way,  then 
if  there  is  any  good  principle  in  them,  they  will 
do  better;  but  if  we  abuse  a  man  it  is  calculattii 
to  excite  his  evil  and  base  nature  causing  bini 
to  treat  us  worse  than  beforei  We  would  furth- 
er observe,  that  we  iire  'often  mistaken  wheu  we 
think  our  MeUriM  ars  hegleeting  Us  ulu!  tU 
they  are  to  blame  for  it,  and  it  is  certainly  very 
uncharitable  to  censure  any  tjne'fof  n  iWaig  of 
which  he  is  not  guilty.     ■'■■•-■■     ."  '  :. 

Attention  to  the  business  of  thia  (**e  an* 
the  different  impressions  which  the  diffwent 
Idlers,  that  have  been  receive  1.  have  made,  bw 
caused  me  to  pul.Ush  theso  thoughts  for  yonr 
consideration.  Acting  in  the  the  capacity  which 
I  dp  my  opijorliinities  ai'e  uusurpaseingly  ioi^\ 
from  which  to  make  observations.  On  the  oa« 
hand  are  tho.w  doing  business  with  the  office, 
on  the  other  i.9  tlie  oftice  doinii  business  with 
them.  Generally,  I  think  thiwe  who  do  bnsil 
nesswith  the  office  mean.  todl>  just  whati^ 
right,  and  if  they  k«ew.thestriclDre.spUced  up- 
on the  employee«^„clUeaK»to««tendt«i»«P 


f'""^""^ 


•27 


THE    BRETHKli.:^    ^X    ^VOKJi 


Hud  )u;ciinitel,v,  they    wnuld 


*^  \^rt(rif  propnetH.rs  for  wilfully  iieg- 
"^  .hf'"-  Sinc«  I  liartj  be-ii  here  no  oue 
*'■' '  ipifiitioDaliy  in-plecU^  Ocoa?i.>nt»lIy 
^r  ixi-'T^  I'U*  '^'P  alirni/-!  corre..t  U  as 
'"'       j,re  notified  rif  it.     Hnn-pver,  we  art* 

F***  iffedof  errors  ill  Mich  a  way   th«»  we 

*°  '^  rtke  tiie  correct !<»ii3.  Theu  th«  |>-irU*>s 
'  «lr<i  Ihe  correction  to  be  made  become 

*"''Ti.iid  wril«  in  a  inmi^  ir,t,f. 

X  o*'  I  '"'*'^  ***  *^''"  ^""'^  attention  to  what 
*"  tlie  li'''t  I"""*  ofthisartictecoucprning 
*  -jtjiiic*^  altenuc  casi'P."  A  man,  wlieu 
•^  „ii^lit  say  what  he  would  bo  excusiible 
^  i  if  irriftf"  it  would  not  be  oxcusable,  for 
'■^t  wrilt^"  i«  J'^'"'  df-liberntely. 

e,liti>r8  iire  a»  mixious  that  their  sub- 
get  whiit  tl"*.v  subscribe  for  tis  the  Bub- 
nre  theinseives,  and  the  sub-fcriherrt  »re 


(lisaiipoiiited  when    they   do   not  get 


.  '"iJ^y  >ubsi^nbed  f..r  f  ban  the  editor...     Hut 

^tbi-*  '•■''  '*  ''*  '^'"'''  *"  ^'■'^  *'""  l^'tfi's  to 
\^rt<»ppcimen  of  what  I  consider  to  be 
,^p  Iftter  of  a  genuine  Christian,  I  sul)- 

W  E  took  your  paper  last 

rsnd  «'P  '■'^^  '^  ^'^'"''  ™'"^''-  ^^'  S"''  ""  the 
icfv  l)ut  l-^  '*"'^  ^^'  ^  "^  ^'^'^'^  't  again  this 
\\>  got  numbers  1,  2,  4,  but  nuniben*  3. 
fft  did  net  get.  Our  Post  Master  says  they 
Qtcoiiie.     The  love  of  God  be  with  von. 

Tij;  letter  i^lii>i<l-  Everyone  who  rends  it 
L^;  hetUT— is  made  to  love  the  writer.  We 
„  :u4  wli;it  the  brother  wants.  His  njuiie 
^j^,irei<nregivea.  The  letter  is  ;,{ort.  He 
{fi  rcalizf*  that  we  htive  no  time  to  rend 
intw^sary  ra::I'rr  so  conies  to  the  point  at 
iu  au  ortlce  like  this,  where  fifteen  to 
inty  thousand  letters  are  received  in  a  yi-nv, 
souie  f/^F  ^  hundred  or  more,  it  is  a  matter 
Diurb  importaueo  that  letters  be  brief. 

S.  J.  Harrison,  Clerk. 


A  DANGEROUS  COURSE. 

yONCi  the  papers  published  iu  our  brother- 

ood,  we  fear  a  spirit  of  contention  will 

up,  tending  to  make  division  nnd  discord. 

ii,)oDt:on!ie  greatest  dangers  is  that  of  mis- 

prejenUtion.     If  oag  of  the  pajiers  luisn-prr- 

nl  auotiier,  iu  its  object?  and  purposes,  tliew- 

soon  unijleasant  feeling    arise.     To  avoid 

Ik  triw  position  and  pitrpos^  of  each  pa- 

ihould  bo  acwpted  in  its  ()wn  avowed  oHject 

firen  byjitself.     There  are  some  good  things 

ill  of  our  papers,  and  if  we  were  able    to  af- 

ritbepi]»euses  we  wosM  take  them  all,  and 

tliiiukfal  to  some  of  the  editors  for  seud- 

jEi  their  paper  free. 

Tne  reusoa  for  writing   this   article   at  this 

istliis:  An   editorial   in  the   Deacon   and 

iediu  the  Viiidicalo)-,  will  betaken,  general- 

loputthe  Brethrp:n  at  Work  and   Primi- 

Chmtiini  in  a  false  lie^ht  before  the  reader. 

QDHot  Speak  eo   positive   of  the  Friuutive 

'iau  as  I  had  nothing  to  do  iu  forming  the 

:t«rof  tliat  piiper,  but  I  judge  from  the 

it  pursues.    With  the  Brbthrfn  at 

ml  I  did  have  something  to  do,  and  I  lielieve 

ifesomflhiug  once,  setting  forth  tlie  course, 

lit  should  hi-    taken  in  the    paper.     The 

HitoriftI  comes  in  conflict  with  that,  there- 

fJ  i^peuk  again  that   all  may  see  the  true 

Iwhon  taken  in  our  paper.     We  here  give  part 

pbeMiraet  taken  from  the  February  number 

mVkilirdtor,  page  57: 

fThe  Dmnni  thiriks  it  '  pays'weW    to)Je  noii- 

l^mM  on   ■  vital  church    issu^ff."    Gfubs^'  ht^ 

J^|to  get  and  livi;|t  a  fair  paying  piitronage.  it 

N  for  mi  «ditor  to   talk  iW  wnte  so  as  to 

F«alltunlhurt  noone." 


presume    the    right  of  our    brethren  to 


*rffitb  u8should;be  granted  frc-ely,  and  lljat, 
■i^itbout  auy  hard  feeling,  but  we  want  the 
Nfifr  to  see  the  p;^icise  point  ubput  which  we 
^f'    We  take   tile  position    that  these  viloJ 

*  (ou  whith  We  are  censured  for  being  non- 
*"^ttal)  have  been,  and  ought  to  be  settled 
l^fAiiQUa!  M..eting,  They  have  all  been 
^f^  there  aii<l  decidion^made  upon  them, 
.    "Mj  be  againj.    In  these  discussions  at  A. 

"ehave  been  as  free  and  outspoken  aa  any 
^  ^ri^ther  (^linter,  top,  of  P.  C.  ha*. been 
^f^wat  A.  1^.  to  lijscuss  all  the  viUd  issm-s 
^«>oie  up.    I   think   it  likely  that  none  iu 

T'ttherhuod  have  been  mure  outspoken  on 
!  "^uvsat  A.  AI.,  tiian  some  of  the  editors  of 


Now  here  s  the  point  of  difll-rence  with  that 
editoriHl:  Wi  believe  the  A.  M.  is  the  proper 
place  to  disftiss  these  rifat  issurs.  uot  in  our 
pnpeis.  Th*  editors  believe  it  right  to  dis- 
rn^^  them  iu  their  papers,  iis  well  as  at  A.  M.. 
only  "-ith  tlis  difference:  at  A.  M.  both  eidee 
arc  discussed  while  in  their  papers  they  would 
discuss  only  me  side,  and  continue  the  discus- 
sion Irom  yeir  to  year  just  as  done  at  A.  M..  on- 
ly they  have  but  one  side  of  it  in  the  paper.  To 
get  the  idea  olearly  before  you.  suppose  at  our 
common  chu-ch  meeting  some  mattera  of  differ 
euce  come  uj.  and  are  investigated,  discussed 
and  settled,  tie  b..st  that  can  be  done  by  the 
chun  h.  Bu'  one  p:irty  says,  we  will  not  let 
that  decision  of  the  church  alone,  but  publicly 
write  and'  ^eak  against  the  decision  of  the 
church,  justas  they  did  at  church  me.>ting: 
they  will  be  foverued  by  their  own  opinion,  not 
by  the  decision  of  the  church,  either  publicly  or 
privately,  in  the  church  or  before  the  world. 
Now,  suppote  that  course  is  continued,  from 
year  to  yea",  when  would  the  church  have 
peace?  Neter  while  time  lasts.  But  in  that 
church  is  another  party,  who  say,  we  will  accept 
the  decision  of  tht-  church  as  the  heat  that  can 
he  done  hom;  we  will  uot  write  or  s]>eak  i)ub- 
licly  against  it  before  thn  world,  but  wait  till 
another  meeting,  if  there  be  auyMiing  wrong, 
then  bring  it  np  in  a  legal  manner  and  try  and 
get  it  better,  aud  not  he  all  the  time  fussing 
from  week  to  week  about  the  vital  issues,  or 
any  other  issitis. 

Now  we  belong  to  this  latter  party,  who  be- 
lieve our  differences  should  be  discussed  at 
cunix-h  Cieetiugs.  District  meetings  and  Annu- 
al Meetings.  We  believe  when  these  vital  issitei 
are  discussed  it  should  he  a  free  discussion  for 
both  sides.  A  discussion  of  oue  side  only,  iu 
any  case,  will  be  more  likely  to  produce  preju- 
dn,e  and  hard  feeling,  than  it  will  ol  wisdom 
and  knowledge;  a  continual  discussion  of  both 
sides  may  be  a  source  of  knowledge,  but  it  would 
produce  division  in  some  of  its  forms.  Then  we 
thiuk  our  position  is  clear  in  this  matter,  when 

e  advise  the  B.  at  W.  to  go  to  A.  M.,  discuss 
and  argue  all  these  vital  issues,  as  much  aa  you 
choose,  get  the  best  decision  you  can.  then  ac- 
cept that  decision  for  the  time  being,  and  wait 
till  anotheryear,  then  better  it  if  j'ou  know  how. 
But  for  the  good  of  the  c'uirch,  for  the  peace  of 
the  brotherhood,  don't  be  continually  discussing 
these  differeuces  on  vital  issues  in  your  paper. 
Be  settled  and  fixed  in  the  work  for  peace  and 
union,  and  love  in  the  church;  do  not  be  led 
into  this  contention  among  brethren,  or  moved 
from  your  pnrposo  by  these  insinuations  that 
you  work  to  pleasn  all  and  hurl  none.  Let  the 
brotherhood  decide  this  matter,  let  them  decide 
whether  they  want  this  continual  debating  in 
nur  papers,  let  them  decide  if  they  want  these 
questions  discussed  at  A.  M,  and  there  stop  the 
contending  among  brethren.  If  the  brother- 
hood wants  the  discussion  to  continue,  from 
year  to  year,  especially  on  oue  side  of  the  ques- 
tion, if  they  want  a  paper  to  keep  up  a  con- 
tinual warfare  on  somebody,  even  on  the  A.  M., 
I  hope  they  will  not  find  it  in  the  B.  at  W. 
But  I  am  confident  the  brotherhood  wants  aud 
jieeds  papers  that  respect  and  accept  the  decis- 
ions of  A,  M.  on  all  vital  issues.  They  will 
support  such  papers,  aud  they  will  be  a  great 
means  to  keep  union  and  harmony  in  the 
church. 

We  have  tried  to  make  our  views  plain  in  this 
matter,  and  have  done  so  with  due  respect  to 
the  Deacon  aud  Vindicator.  Justice  required  of 
us  to  set  tljis  matter  plainly  before  the  brother- 
hood, that  the  plain  diflerence,  and  thedifl'erent 
courses  taken  by  the  papers  referred  to,  may  be 
clearly  !irien,t\>r  our  only  object  is  to  get  the 
true  position  of  our  paper  before  the  brethren, 
aud  in  making  the  contrast  with  their  positiou, 
if  we  have  not  done  them  justice  we  are  ready 
to  correct. 

There  are  three  positions  that  may  be  taften 
by  the  papers  published  in  our  brotherhood;: 
first,  a  paper  may  take  oue  side  of  all  vital  issues, 
and  publish  nothing  but;  that  side,  rejecting  all 
that  may  be  suid  on  the  other  side.  Second,  a 
paper  may  discuss  both  sides,  and  open  its  col 
uuins  to  all  that  may  bo  said  cm  either  aide; 
each  of  the-<e  can  huve  continual  discussion,  but 
on  very  ditlVrent  principles.  The  third  is  our 
.position,  that  these  discussions  be  confined  to 
A.M.,  and  not  continued  or  permitted  in  our 
papers. 

■    But  let  .lis"  look  at  these  vital  isshea  a  little 
further  if  we  can  find  tliem.     We  suppose  thi 


are  such  questions  as  the  Mis3ionari«s,  the  Sal>- 
bath  School.  Education.  Non-conformity,  S:c 
Now  if  we  have  guessed  the  meaning,  all  of 
these  question^  have  been  before  A,  M  ,  and  de- 
cide»l  by  it.  Aiid  we  advise  tlie  B.  xt  W.  not 
to  figh^jMiust  the  decision  of  A.  M.  on  these 
subjecMffipt  to  publish  anything  against  them 
in  the  paper,  not  that  we  believe  the  A.  M.  in- 
fallible, but  there  is  a  right  way— a  legal  way. 
to  bring  all  of  them  un  again  and  discus-s  them 
at  A.  M.,  and  have  them  changed.  But  further 
the  B.  AT  W..  and  all  other  brethren  have  u 
itiiht  to  rarry  out  and  advocate  publicly  and  in 
the  church  all  the  decisions  of  A.  M.,  but  no 
brother  has  a  right  to  oppose  them  publicly, 
except  iu  their  discussion  at  church,  District, 
or  A.  M.  To  grant  the  right  of  every  brother 
to  oppose  publicly  evpry  decision  of  the  church 
and  A.  M,.  would  he  virtually  destroying  the  A. 
M.  itself,  and  setting  up  not  only  Congregation- 
alism, but  individualism,  and  destroy  all  the 
union  and  oneness  of  the  church. 

Here  another  matter  is  brought  up  incident- 
^ly.  That  is,  the  natuw  ofthe  decisions  ot  A, 
M.  Some  brethren  have  held  the  A.  M.  its  a 
legislative  IJody— that  is  not  correct.  They 
might  just  as  well  call  a  church  meeting  a  law 
making  body.  The  A.  M.,  aud  all  church 
meetings  are  judiciary,  merely  as  a  court  to  de- 
cide upon  all  questions  brought  before  it.  The 
A.  M.  ha?  no  power  to  originate  bills,  and  pass 
them  as  a  law;  but  hear  the  case  brought  up 
from  a  lower  court,  or  District  Meeting,  and 
decide  it,  as  a  Supreme  Court  would  do.  Its  de- 
cisions are  to  our  brotherhood,  as  the  decisions 
of  the  Supreme  Court  to  the  citizens  of  the 
United  States,  not  as  the  Congress,  to  moke 
laws,  but  to  decide  the  case  accordmg  to  the 
laws  already  made.  So  our  A.  M.  decides  the 
case  brought  before  it,  according  to  the  Gospel 
—the  law  God  has  made  for  the  government  of 
his  church.  All  these  cases  that  come  up  must 
be  decided  by  some  body,  either  each  individual 
must  decide  for  himself— that  would  be  individ- 
ualism; or  the  .church  must  decide  it  —  that  i 
would  be  Congregationalism;  or  each  District 
Meeting  uiu.st  decide  for  itself- that  would  be 
division  at  once  on  the  principle  of  State  rights 
or  secession ;  or  the  A.  M.  must  decide  it  accord- 
ing to  the  15th  of  Acts,  That  is  union  and 
fiospel.  and  the  order  of  onr  brotherliuod  — the 
only  safe  ground  there  is  for  us.  Tried  ;ind 
proven  for  more  than  a  century,  it  has  held  our 
church  together  as  one  body,  and  we  shall  sus- 
tain it  as  our  fathers  have  dune,  anr]  our  papers 
should  walk  in  their  footsteps.  Search  the  old 
paths — support  the  way  we  know  gives  peace, 
union  and  strength,  and  oppose  any  cource  that 
brings  division,  weakness  aud  discord.  While 
we  have  so  many  papers  multiplying  in  our 
brotherhood,  it  requires  more  caution  to  gnard 
against  hard  feeling,  and  division.  We  have  no 
right  to  blame  brethren  for  starting  a  paper,  we 
can  only  have  a  right  to  blame  them  when  they 
run  their  papers  so  as  to  do  harm.  But  wlien 
we  get  too  many,  and  I  think  we  have  that  now, 
some  must  go  down  or  coDsolidate,  but  whi! 
they  do  last,  we  hope  they  will  do  good  if  pos- 
sible, not  be  trying  to  bite  and  devour  one  an- 
other, for  generally  persecution  turns  back  with 
coals  of  fire  to  burn  the  fingers  of  the  aggressor. 
1  have  spoken  plainly,  apologies  are  not  needed 
because  we  are  brethren.  R.  H.  MiiJ.Eit. 


MOOMAW'S  PROPOSITION, 

II.wiNd  for  its  object  tlie  preaching  of  the  (.ios- 
pelbythe  Hrethren  in  Ihc  ditreient  cities  of  tlie 
L'nited  dilates.  Tliose  wi.sliing  loeinilritmteto  tbis 
I'und  will  send  in  llieir  iiaiue-s  un  ji  card, , or  other- 
wise, but  do  nut  send  the  money  till  further  notice 
is  given.  When  $:;00.  is  iironiised  then  two  men 
slioulil  I'P  selected  and  jnit  to  work.  These  men  to 
hf  selected  by  the  vi>le  of  the  donors.  They  slimild 
lie  men  s  lunil  iu  the  failli.  and  able  to  tcacli  otlier^ 
also — men  who  are  willSii^  to  lalior  with  those  to 
theeommtin  walK«  "f  Hfft  fje;u'ch  the  Scriptnu-s 
carefully  and  a,ee  Iu  \yliat  e).\teivt  the  Apostles  hibur- 
ed  in  cities.  .    n      ' 

The  following  amdiints  Ifave  been  subserihed, 
mid  other  niimes  will  be  entered  .'is  they  come  In : 

I),  e,  M.»mn".  McnuimLK  Vh  ^VM 


y..  a.  H-ii.>iu«,  [imuiui,  hoii 

ItunlPl  Shimf :  Ali-ini-,  lOiri 
.\nliuili[iitvk«r,  WklfwJi.  loi  . 
(iJiNM.-  Cl.il!.ti.|.h-i,  llfll'iri,  Mv.,., 
fiitti.frlnftnnd'iri'nrt-'niiM'l.'Mnt^in 
.I.U,   llnil'-'-.  IVtn   PnrtliUiKF.  Fu 
■j'.l.ln.  Kli.irN.-l,  KMrrton,    T. 


Will,  IVoHff.  Aithliiii.  k.'i 
JiHua  n.  SUmki.  AtuliJKiii.  K> 
Wn>.T.nudt»nrr  A,  llnolln. 


We  would  be  pledged  to  publi»h  all  the  en- 
couraging letters  received  at  this  ofBcp.  but  can 
spare  room  for  a  few  extracts  only: 

Arthur  Brubaker:  "I  am  poor,  but  thank 
ttie  Lord.  I  ran  work  with  my  hands  and  Mrn 
enough  to  help  the  proposition  one  dollar." 

Catharine  Suplee:  "O,  that  such  may  be  sent 
who  are  willing  to  preach  1o  the  lowly,  and  the 
outcast  in  the  highways  aud  hedgen.  and  if  pos. 
sille.  *  compel '  thorn  to  come  in  while  time  and    ' 
opportiuiity  are  ofterod." 

■lames  L,.Swi'zer:  *' I  think  our  little  mem-" 
ixr^hip  here  of  4ft,  will  put  at  leait  one  thbui- 
aud  cents  into  the  work.  Brethren,  every-whem, 
rouse  up!     I'ut  your  slioulders  to  the  wheel." 

J.  A.  Kepner:  "  The  subject  of  spreading  the 
Uoapel  has  been  much  handled,  pro  and  cou,  and 
IS,  perhaps,  not  well  understood  by  some.  We 
are  inclined  to  think  that  it  de()eud»  on  several 
things.  Iu  the  lirat  |)lace.  it  depends  largely  on 
tbemoUveH.  If  tlie  proper  motive  he  kept  in 
view,  the  blessing  of  the  Lord  will  follow.  I 
mn  fully  persuaded,  iu  my  mind,  that  if  the 
church,  aa  one  man,  would  unite  in  the  causa 
of  spretiding  the  Gospel,  that  the  Lord  would 
be  plea-^ed,  and  his  blessing  would  surely  follow. 
Some  of  us,  who  are  quite  well  a.lvanced  in 
years,  nnd  have  been  thinking  over  these  things 
tor  a  number  of  years,  are  so  firmly  convinced 
that  the  Brotherhood  has  been  somewhat  slack 
in  that  respect,  that  it  needs  no  comment  at 
this  time  But  wh-n  I  think  hack  over  the 
past  history  of  the  church,  think  what  has  been 
done,  and  what  might  have  been  done,  and  even 
what  the  church  is  doing  now,  and  then  think 
what  the  church  might  do.  1  mn  made  to  trem- 
ble, to  think  of  the  responsibility  that  rest*  up- 
on us,  especially  so  when  1  look  around  and  see 
how  the  Lord  liiw  blesaod  us.  So.  Brethren,  go 
on  iu  the  work  of  spreading  the  Gospel,  and  be 
a--,ur^d  that  the  Lord  will  ble^s  ynu  for  all  the 
good  work  you  do,  and  when  our  labore  are 
over  with  us  here,  then  we  »hall  hear  the  wel- 
come iuvilalion.  '  come  up  hither,'  " 

J.  G.  Harley:  "  I  wee  Brother  Mooniaw  mokw 
a  proposition  to  have  the  Gospel  preached 
throughout  the  large  cities  of  the  United  Stales. 
I  fully  indorse  that  move.  I  think  that  is  ac- 
cording to  the  Scriptures,  for  the  Master  said, 
that  the  Coapf!  should  lie  prescbe  1  throughout 
the  whole  w»n-ld.  to  every  creature;  but  then  wo 
want  to  sond  men  who  are  s.iund  in  the  faith — 
men  who  will  preach  the  cross  of  Christ,  fearleas 
of  what  men  shall  do  unto  them;  who  will  not 
shun  to  declare  the  whole  counsel  ofliod— men 
who  are  filled  with  the  love  of  Cod  in  their 
hearts,  who  will  Imoiv  nothing  hnt.Ie:<U9  Christ 
and  him  cmcitied.  Men  like  Lemuel  Hillery  or 
John  Stein  or  Alexander  Iteese  or  hundreds  of 
others  like  them.  Wednn't  want  money  seek- 
ers, or  men  pleasers  in  this  work.  They  would 
be  of  no  use;  now,  if  you  send  men  like  those,  I 
will  give  my  order  for  ten  dollarw,  1  know  the 
Lord  will  blesi  the  work." 

The  following  letter  from  AtchiBon,  Kansas, 
also  approves  Of  the  missionary  move.  The 
writer  says; 

;>-/;■  Urethrm:— 

In  Vol.  4,  No.  2,  of  BitK'niuEN  at  Wohk,  we 
think  the  right  Htep  has  Itten  taken.  In  the  right 
direction,  by  Brethren  Moomiiw  and  Sharp,  on 
the  missionary  question.  The  cities  are  neg- 
lected too  much.  The  old  order  was  to  go 
from  city  to  city."  Titus  1:  5.  We  numW 
about  ten  members  here;  four  in  the  city 'of 
Atchison  aud  siic  within  nine  miles.  We  have 
no  preaching.  Now  Brethren,  who  will  be  sent 
to  preach  for  us?  Brother  Win.  Feebler  an- 
IhoriMs  me  to  give  his  name  for  ten  dollars 
when  the  work  in  commenced  here.  The  hum- 
ble writer  will  give  the  came.  Brethren,  come, 
we  will  see  to  your  wants  as  well  as  we  can. 
Don't  forget  us  when  passing  through  here. 
This  is  a  railroad  centre;  railroads  running  in 
every  direction.  Will  some  of  the  Brethren 
stop  off  and  drop  a  lew  seeds?  We  hope  there 
will  be  more  missionaries  sent  out  until  every 
soul  that  is  groping  in  darkness  conies  to  the 
light  of  the  Gospel. 

Yours  in  love  of  the  Truth, 

John  D.  Sheahkr. 
Atchison,  Kan, 

It  will  be  noticed  that  tliese  two  breihren 
promise  ten  dollars  each  wheu  the  work  com- 
mences in  the  city  of  Atcliisou,  As  they  intend 
their  money  to  appiv  to  wwV  done  in  Atchison, 
it  ni'gitt  not  be  amiss  lor  tlieni  to  secure  the 
servieeH  of  «ome  goo^i  evitngelist  aud  work  up 
the  interest  in  that  place.  We  suggest  that 
they  citlier  do  this  or  eUe  let  lh.-ir  amountji  go 
into  tht!  fund  without  any  reservation.  Atchi- 
son would  be  all  excellent  pomt  at  which  to 
build  up  a  church. 

BiiOTHEn  Daniel  Milter,  writing  from  the  Wis- 
consin raissiott  Keld,  Rays  that  eighteen  have 
been  received  into  the  church  by  baptism,  and 
one  reclaimed,  with  increasing  prospects  of  good 
vet  to  befte.-..|.vl'«  -■'-. 


THK    BRETHKEM^    ^T    WOKIi. 


February   g^ 


0,n;  iiBr?  (^rass. 


"TA*  Worth  of  Truth  no  Tongue  Cam  Tell.' 


•hli  depfcrtment  It  Jwinn*-!  for  Mkloff  «>d  »n.w«rla(i 

•  qtiMilou.  -nd  for  Ihe  .olulion  of  Scriptor»l  diffitnl- 

AU  QU««iloM  iihould  U  <ii»t«d  wiih  e*ndor,  m(J  m- 


ThI 

AU  QU 

tw«r»d  Willi  M  mueh  elMrnwn  "  poMtWe. 

promote  Hlble  Truth.     Articlei  for  llil»  d«p»nai«t,  otut 

bt  tkort  ksd  U>  tbe  poinl. 


I   ordsr   t« 


Win  some  one  t«ll  uie  how  lo»K  Noah  wiu  l)uU<J- 
ing  the  ark?  Ibhakl  I-kneod. 

Some  one  will  pleaao  compare  and  explain  Acta 
1 :  J8,  and  MiitU  27 :  ft. 

AlfloEx.  3i:  !0  ll.andJohn  I:  I".        II-  H-  R- 

Will  thO  nilKTIIIlKS  AT  WoJtK  pIUMf-  gIVO  311  VX- 
plAniltlon  on  MhH.  M:  n,  wl.lrli  h-imIh  (w  follows: 
*•  Let  him  which  1«  on  tin-  hoiiscUip  not  come  down 
to  take:  Knytliinic  out  of  IiIh  hoiiHf." 

AlNOVcnto  40,  which  riwlmut  follows:  "Thun 
ShBll  two  hv  in  tlip  llcl'l.  tl»*  «.n«  Mlmll  be  tfikt-u  ami 
tbe  oiii.T  Icri."  Jank  Kbkdv. 

Pteiw  Klvcan  cxplimiitlon  on  Arln'j-.il:  "  Ami 
Ihe  I.or<!  luldcd  to  till-  cliiirch  dally  sufli  at  tthotild 
bo  inv«»d," 

BonminiBiaa:  "Who  kIiuII  Iny  BiiythhiK  toUm 
charge  of  iiod'tt  elect '/  " 

Tlinot'iy  «:  10:  "TIi(!n>for«  J  pndiiro  all  lliiiiK* 
for  till-  eli'cl'H  Hiikc."  IlKmiY  HiiuiAsr/.. 

Win  ymi  or  Bomp  of  your  roadom  jdt-awi  cvplalii 
Matt.  1*:  11.  luy  Un-HdHadfolIowM:  "  IIiiIIh' itald 
unto  tlji'in.  All  men  ciuinot  ropolvo  iIiIh  Haying,  hswh 
they  to  whom  il  U  glvon.  Tor  thoro  nn-  »onii<  eu- 
nuohd,  which  were  ho  horn  from  thulr  mother's 
woBili:  andthciro  iiro  soiiH'  oiiniichH.  which  wnnj 
mode runuohii  of  m(<ii :  iiitd  thoro hccunuchfl,  whkh 
have  uiiidf  lln'insflvcs  eunucliH  for  tin-  klriRdom  of 
heavon's  sak".  Jlr  thai  Is  iihlo  to  i«c(«lv(>  It.  It't  him 
receive  It."  F..T.  Fhantz. 


JUDAS  AND  FEET-WASHING. 

Wm«  JudiiH  iircHfnt  whoii  fi-nt-wiwIiinK,  tin-  I-ord's 
Suppiir.  and  the  (;<iiiimunlon  were  Inslltuti'dV 
8ome  one  will  jileiue  explain.        J.  M.  I)ktki<:k. 

MV  opinion  is  tliitt  lie  wtiB  pretteut  at  tlio  first 
two  only.  .lolin  lit.  "  ARi-r  tliatjie  pour- 
ftb  wiitiTiiito  11  btixiii,  tunl  b['({iiii  to  wiwh  bin 
dwcipli-'H  I'l'tl,  Hiid  to  wi]..'  tlieni  with  the  towel 
wherewith  lie  wiin  ninled."  .IrHus  miitli  to  hioj 
"  He  that  in  wiiahed  nevdoth  not  siive  to  wiwh 
hi»  foot,  hilt  in  clean  every  whit:  und  ye  iiro 
clean,  but  not  all.  For  ho  know  who  nliould 
botray  iiini;  therefore  ho  Hiiid,  Ve  uro  not  all 
clean."  VerHes  ll>,  U.  "  .lesuH  lUiHWored,  II" 
it  in,  to  whom  I  flliall  k'^'"  "  ""p,  when  I  liuvo 
dipp(;d  it.  And  when  lie  liiul  dii)ijed  the  Hop,  he 
jiuvo  it  to  .ludiis  Incariot,  tlio  hou  of  Simon." 
Vemo  2ii.  "  ilo  then,  liiivinK  received  tlie  nop, 
went  imniwliiitely  out;  and  it  wftuniKht."  Verne 
Ilo.  From  llio  above  we  wonid  conclude  that 
1)0  wttK  present  during  feoUwiwihinK  uud  part  of 
the  >tiipj)i<r,  liut  went  out  b*'fore  it  wuH  over. 
Noitlier  would  we  Kiippuse  that  alter  lie  had 
conceived  to  betray  his  Lord  he  would  b««  a  fit 
subject  to  piirtuko  of  the  Ouunnuniou. 

A.  W.  Vasjhak. 
Virdtu,  111. 

THE  FOUR  BIRTHS. 

PIoAHo  expliiin  John  1:  IS:  "Which  were  born, 
not  of  hlood,  nor  of  the  will  of  the  llesh,  nor  of  the 
will  of  mmi,  but  of  Uoil."  What  bUllu  are  hent 
referri-il  to,  natural  or  uplritual  f 

J.  V.HHAVKI.Y. 

n  Kit  K  are  four  births  named,  but  only  one 
Willi  promiso.  I.  "l)f  blood  "—^iifh  an 
tlie  .lews  tbiiiued  from  Aliriihaiii,  bein^;  blood 
kindred  and  descenduiitH  of  tbe  line  of  Abraham. 
Upon  tliiN  pretext,  John  the  Uaptist  n'j«'ott<d 
many  of  them  who  came  to  his  baptism. 

2.  "Of  the  will  of  tbe  flesh."  Choosing 
way  reliKioii^ly.  in  whicb  tliero  it)  the  lea.st  orooK, 
or  self-deniut,  luid  in  which  the  llesh  ran  be 
most  gratified,  and  whore  the  caruul  mind  kecpn 
tbo  ascendency;  whatever  tbe  form  or  pret«*n. 
uiona  may  be. 

3.  "Of  the  will  of  man."  Following  the 
multitude;  heiuR  led  by  popular  opinion,  or 
taking  up  such  a  kind  of  relifjion  ait  will  please 
the  most  people,  and  by  whitb  you  may  s.Ture 
thu  most  friends  and  honors.  All  thc^'  are 
without  promise. 

4.  "  But  of  Qod."  Those  who  repent  of  their 
bin«,  renounce  everything  the  Word  of  God  for- 
bids, submit  to  all  the  Lord's  commands,  take  up 
the  cross,  deny  themselves  of  all  sinful  lustw, 
obey  the  Lord  iu  pielerence  to  tbe  neanwt 
fneuds  in  the  world,  and  thereby  declare  that 
they  love  }{im  mo8t;  thus  being  born  of  the 
Spirit,  led  by  the  Spirit,  and  sanctified  by  the 
Si>iht,  the  promise  m  everlastijig  life. 

A..  E.  EtidiunuouiaL 
Union  City,  Ind. 


INFLUENCE  OF    THE  STUDY  AND 

OBSERVATION  OF  NATURAL 

OBJECTS  UPON  THE 

MIND. 

BT  H.  STUVMll. 

HOW   few,    how    very    few    indeed,    there 
are  who  can  apprw-iate  the  great  eoul  cul- 
ture that  IS  derived  from   a  careful   otody  and 
otMervatiuu  of  the  natural    object*)  which  snr- 
HHuid  U8  iu  tiuch  great  profu^oo  on  every  side! 
or  haTe  any  ade<juate  idea  of  the  tender  and  el- 
eTated  euiotioiia  eiperienced  wlien    surrounded 
by    theee   mute,    though    instructive,    t^acheri 
which  proolttim   m  thi  oioat   onequivocu!   and 
I  irrefutable  manner  the  power,  wisdom,  grandeur. 
Please  inve  an  explanation  of  llftT.  22:  a.    Itr««a«    „blimity.  love  and  brueticeuce  of  tb«  Kuler  of 
thus:  "  In  the  midiitof  the  street  of  it,  and  on  eith-    .u  un.  ij  l  i. 

,      ,,,  .,        ,,    .         , ,  ,       I ,  ,     ****  univwae.     Who  aui  Btaad  on  a  stairr  niitht. 

er  side  of  the  nvpr.waatliere  tJietreeof  llftj,  whloii  ■    .       .        i  . 

bare  twelve  mHniier  of  fruJta,  and  yieJdwlhur  fruit  Mi*'-*  up  into  the  dear  canopy  ol  heaven,  and 
every  monlb :  and  tbe  leaves  of  Uio  tree  wtffe  fur  bfthoJd  the  ghtterij4[  ittttTtt,  couiitleaa  ia  ntimber, 
the  healing  of  the  tiatioiu.''  A  UtiOTKJA,     t  liiiniiaatiiij,  ^  their  pitla  aiul  molloir  lijjht,  the 


QUESTIONS  ANSWERED. 


THE  prophet  Ewkieldeecribeu  the  scene  thus: 
"And  by  the  river,  upon  tbe  bonk  thereof, 
on  thi*i  side  and  vn  that  side,  shall  grow  all 
tre*M  for  meat,  whose  leaf  shall  notfaj0,iuither 
shall  tbe  fruit  thereof  be  consumed:  It  thai  I 
bring  forth  new  fruit  according  to  hi«  month*, 
becaune  their  waters  they  issued  out  of  the 
sanctuary;  and  the  fruit  thrreof  shall  be  for 
meat,  and  the  leaf  thereof  for  medicine."  The 
prophet  gives  the  plural  number  treee,  as  tree 
in  the  singular  is  here  used,  it  must  be  what  is 
called  an  ewillaije  of  the  singular  lor  the  plural 
number.  The  trees  of  life  were  distributed 
througout  the  city,  along  the  streets,  and  along 
the  banks  of  the  river.  Street  i>t  also  an  tnnl- 
Uiijf  or  soljstitution  of  tbe  lingular  for  the  plu- 
ral number. 

Manner  is  an  interpolation,  it  does  not  b^ 
long  to  the  t^xt,  it  i«  nimply  twelve  fruitt.  that 
is,  truit  twelve  times  in  tbe  year,  as  is  explained 
by  the  clause,  "  yielded  her  fruit  every  month." 
By  the  leaves  of  the  tree  are  perhaps  meant  the 
truths  of  Ood's  Won!,  wjiirh  are  the  only  anti- 
dotes to  ein.  But  thank  God,  thefe  leaves  are  a 
sufficient  antidote;  if  prop«rly  applied,  they 
will  heal  tbe  nations  of  that  U'rrible  leprosy  of 

Will  some  one  be  BO  kind  as  to  explain  Malt..'.: 
».30:"And  If  Iby  riKht  eye  offend  thee,  pluck  it 
out,  and  cast  it  from  tliee:  for  Ills  prollUble  for 
thee  that  one  of  thy  members  should  perish,  and 
not  that  thy  whole  body  should  be  c'<«t  into  h»'ll. 
And  if  thy  right  hand  offend  thee,  cut  it  off,"  f '''■ 
S.  A.  Fl.ICKIN<tRR. 

"^'liuses  thee  to  offend,"  Bible  Union  Trans- 
lation. The  word  "  offend  "  is  Hhtnduhcthra  in 
the  original,  and  ai)pears  to  be  compounded  ol 
skarulalon  a  stumbling-block,  and  lathra,  pri- 
Viite  or  bidden.  It  is  then  something  conreal- 
<>d,  and  placed  in  one's  pathway,  over  which  he 
may  stumble  and  fall. 

il  thu  right  hand^or  right  eye,  which,  no 
doubt,  means  tbe  profitable,  or  honorable  em- 
ployment, or  the  darling  idol,  be  the  occasion 
of  this  stumbling,  pluck  it  out,  or  cut  it  oif. 
Leave  the  employment,  tear  the  idol  from  you. 
Whatever  lofs  the  one  may  occasion,  what.*yer 
pain  the  other,  better,  far  better  suffer  iu  this 
world,  than  to  suffer  eternally. 

Mattib  a.  Lrak. 

THE  RIVER  OF  DEATH. 

liY  .1.  w.  woi.Tnwoori. 

'Th*  over  Iho  river  I'm  going, 

The  river  so  icy  and  cold ; 
To  dwell  In  that  city  of  glory. 

Whose  hIhh^iIs  are  all  covered  with  gold. 

Asj*1hI  me.  dear  Savior,  to  ever 

He  faithful  my  duly  to  do; 
Iu  word  and  In  dinnl  und  in  actiou, 

My  daily  v»i-atlun  pursue. 

So  wiiiMi  my  last  breath  I  am  breathing. 

And  my  dnys  on  earth  are  all  o'er; 
I'll  meet  Tliee  in  jieace  up  in  li(^a\eu, 

To  dwell  on  that  beautiful  shore. 

Help  iiie  to  Ih<  instant  in  praying, 

.\ndf.illhful  to  every  trust; 
So  wliea  from  Ibis  ennh  I'm  departing 

I'll  piutut  to  the  lionie  of  Ihii  juni. 

The  river  of  death  *s  so  chilly, 

That  many  ila  waters  do  fear; 
Jtul  all  must  iia-H-s  over  tb.-U  river, 

No  miiUer  how  gloomy  and  drear. 

1  should  Unit  all  now  were  preparing 

To  cross  the  c^dd  river  of  deatli. 
H«fore  the  dark  stream  they  arti  nearing— 

Itefore  Ihi'y  must  draw  their  hwt  breath. 

So  V,  Imn  they  come  down  to  Ibis  river. 
There  .lesuH  will  be  their  hi«l  friend. 

And  wiLli  Iliiu  to  uttt  up  iu  heaven. 
They  then  shall  in  triumph  ascend. 

fonie  brother,  eomo  sister,  come  ninner; 

Como  gri>iit,  and  come  small,  luid  come  all. 
This  river  of  death  you're  approaching 

Then  do  bear  the  Savior's  kind  ealL 


earth  below,  without  having  createdwithin  him 
an  indelible  impre»«ion  of  the  gn*tn*^^ 
wiadom  of  their  Creator?  Who  caig^  "^P'^Jj. 
the  ocean,  now  one  boiling,  secthijg  "^^ 
water,  threatening  destruction  to  JveiTthmg 
within  the  range  of  it«  power,  nowi  calm  and 
placid  surface  on  which  the  smalleatboat  could 
float  with  impunity,  and  not  be  tilld  «"*''  ^"^ 
at  the  manifestatioDH  of  the  laws  of  nature  and 
the  unb.^uoded  power  of  their  Autlpr?  >^  no- 
I  say.  can  j.enetr.ite  the  bowels  of  tie  earth  and 
there  behold  the  l>eauties  and  wouJers  hidden 
from  external  view,  and  the  varioiB  minerals 
for  the  u^e  and  comfort  of  mankird.  without 
a<:know:edging  the  desi;,'U  of  theT  Creator? 
Who  can  gaw  upon  the  majestic  fonst.  compos- 
ed, as  it  is,  of  sUtely  mouarchs.  th-'  growth  of 
which  wa.s  only  accomplished  in  cpJturie«.  and 
of  flinaller  growths  covered  with  verJant  foliage, 
and  many  with  the  most  delicious  fruits,  and 
from  wiione  foliage  is.-ue  forth  straiiu  "f  delight- 
ful muMC,  and  not  feel  that  their  Creator  has 
most  M  isely  and  bounteously  providtd  for  man  s 
comfort  and  pleMMire':-  Look  at  tke  orchard 
now  covered  with  beauteous  blosscms  which 
exhale  delightful  perfumes  succeeded  by  fruits, 
Look  at  tbe  field  and  meadow  now  cbthed  with 
vernal  foliage  interspersed  with  flowers,  whose 
beauteous  cf.lors  and  delightful  exhalations  make 
a  mo.it  pleasing  scene;  see  these  glasses  grow 
up  changing  their  color  from  a  greec,  to  a  gold- 
en hue  and  bearing  upon  their  stalks  the  grain 
trh'ch  forms  the  nutrient  materials' that  sustain 
our  beings,  w.""  are  almot*t  instiuctiTely  led  to 
exclaim,  truly  the  Autiior  :L'>d  Bestower  of  all 
these  blessings  is  a  powerful,  beneul'^^t  oiid 
loving  Being,  whom  to  honor  and  save  should 
be  the  delight  of  our  lives. 

Ill  view  of  these  facts,  I  would  say  to  every 
young  person,  and  all  indeed,  observe  and  con- 
tenii>Iate  the  objects  which  God  hiis  given  for 
our  study;  let  all  the  objects  of  His  creation 
with  which  you  come  in  contact,  be  an  open 
book  from  which  you  can  learn  a  leeson  of  trust 
and  humility,  and  by  conjoining  with  this,  a 
careful  study  and  practice  of  His  Word,  you  will 
be  truly  enabled  "  to  look  from  Nature,  up  to 
Nature's  Qod." 


Jfcmo  of  Jntcresf. 


THOUGHTS  AGAINST  INFIDELI- 
TY -ITS  CURE. 

BY  H.  C.  LUCAS. 

11HEKE  is  a  remedy  for  unbelief  of  the  ai 
thenticity  and  truthfulness  of  the  Sacred 
Oracles.  Men  who  deny  the  inspiration  of  the 
Word  of  God,  are  wilfully  ignorant  of  Bible 
language,  and  facts  connected  with  the  fulfill 
ment  of  prophecies  of  the  Bible. 

Ask  them  concerning  the  destruction  of  Bab- 
ylon. Tyre,  Damascus,  Egypt,  &c.,  and  the 
seemingly  singular  fulfillment  of  the  worde  of 
the  i)rophet  in  every  instance,  and  they  are  not 
informed  on  those  things  at  all,  or  but  very 
imperfectly. 

If  suitable  works  on  the  subject  of  the  cause 
of  unlielief  and  means  of  rescue,  could  be  placed 
111  tbeir  bands,  and  they  cou!d  be  induced  to 
read  them  carefully  and  investigate  the  subject 
with  fairness  and  fulness,  we  could  have  abun^ 
dant  rejtaon  to  hope  for  their  full  recovery  frjm 
their  terrible  thralldom  in  the  dorkneea  of  un- 
belief 

For  some  time  I  have  thought  it  would  be 
well  for  followers  of  the  Miwter,  and  friends  o 
His  Word,  to  keep  a  small  library  of  suitabb 
books  in  their  respective  neighborhoods,  and 
circulate  these  wherever  they  could  induce  their 
neighboi-s  to  read  them,  no  difference  whether 
they  wei-e  avowed  disbelievers  or  not;  for  many 
times  there  are  serious  doubts  that  are  not  ex 
pressed.  And  it  would  doubtless  be  beneficial 
to  all  to  read  these  worke,  having  a  tendency  to 
strengthen  and  establish  more  firmly  the  faitl: 
of  believers. 


THERE  IS  A  LAND  OF  PURE 

DELIGHT. 

WE  learn  from  an  .American  writer  that  the 
authorofthisfamiliar  hymn  (Isaac  Watt.s) 
wrote  it  at   South  Hampton,    hia    native  town, 
while  sitting  at  the  window  of  a  parlor  which 
overlooked  the  river  Ilsh^n.  and  iu  full  view  ot 
t!ie  Isle  of  Wight,  "  beyond  the  swelling  flood," 
representing  "the  land  of  puie  delight" 
"  Where  everlasUng  spring  abides. 
And  iievi^r  witlif  nug  iigwer^i." 
And  then  we  suppose,  as  the  poet  looked  up- 
on  the  waters  then  before  bim,  he  thought  of 
"■    final  passage  of  the  Christian,— 

■■  Deiith  like  a  imir  >w  sea  divides. 
That  heavenly  land  from  ours." 

—SekcUd. 


Whk.v  God  hay  broken  tby  idols  it  ia  not  for 
thee  to  put  the  broken  piects  together  ogai  i. 


— A  TEKaiBLE  famine   is   reported  in   ii~^ 
Egypt.  "fP" 

—The  Bible  is  now  freely  circulated  ;„  r, 
ugal  "- 

—It  is  feared  that  a  'general  commercial 
lapse  is  imminent  in  Sweden.  ^'' 

— IrREAT  alarm  prevails  in  Eutojw  concen 
the  rapid  spread  of  the  black  plague.  ""^ 

—The  gold  mines  of  Georgia  are  said  to  t, 
duce  not  less  than  ^l.lXKt.OOO  per  annum. 

— The  Winter  continues  excessively  se,. 
Europe.     Paris  ha.s  been  blockaded  with  hu  '" 

■The  electric  light  in  the  cathedral  at  B 
tol,  England,  is  pronounced  a  "brilliant  ^fuccej  ■ 

—A  TORNADO  blew  down  four  bousesaud 
elmrcli  in  luka,  Miss.,  Jan,  30.     Six  lived  w!t 
lost. 

— TuEKK  i*  a  Baptist  church  with  a 
gatioii  of  a  hundred  at  the   "  city  of  Sai 
where  was  Jacob's  *ell. 

Chicago  ranks  next  to  New  York  City  , 


coughs 


amount  of  business  with  the  post  office  , 


depart- 


ment of  the  Government. 

—The  Texas  Legislature  has  passed  aiia,i 
requiring  all  railway  trains  to  ntop  notlesstliMi 
five  minutes  at  any  station. 

—The  Mormon  dignitiiries  at  Salt  Lake  ri^ 
nouuce  the  decision  of  the  Supreme  Court,  aid 
defy  the  authority  ol  the  United  States. 

— WeLI  authenticated  reports  say  tliut  Pmt- 
estantism  is  rapid!?  increasing  in  France.  It 
is  also  reported  that  the  Jesuits  are  fast  growing 
in  France.     What  then? 

— CuMi'LAlNTe  come  from  Idaho,  of  Moroiiin 
outrages.  Some  who  were  engaged  in  th. 
Mountain  Meadow  massacre  have  settled  ihif, 
and  have  not  fully  changed  their  habits. 

— "FoRMEKi-Y  one  sermon  converted  3,inh 
sinners,"  said  Elder  Burgess,  of  Butler  Uuiv.;r. 
sity,  (lud.).  in  a  sermon  recently;  "  now  it  tak- 
li.OOO  sermons  to  convert  one  sinner." 

— Olt  of  3.50(1,000  persons  in  London,  thei.- 
are  church  sittings  for  only  1,0&2,826,  not  quite 
a  third,  leaving  over  2,417.000  without  any  yc- 
eibility  of  hearing  preaching  of  any  kind. 

. — Thkkk  are  rumors,  apparently  well-fuuul. 
ed,  that  tjueeu  Victoria  is  seriously  thinking  u! 
abdicating  the  throne  of  Great  Britain  lu  favijr 
of  the  Prince  of  Wales. 

— The  Pope  has  sold  the  last  ship  of  his  nav. 
Sensible!  What  does  the  head  of  thettljurrh 
want  of  a  ship  of  war?  St.  Peter,  Irom  wbum 
he  clftinia  descent,  was  u  fi^'hennan,  notaoiid- 
miral. 

— A  TORNADO   struck  the  town  of  Lockport. 
Texas,  on  Sunday  evening,  Jan.  2*J,  demolwliii 
forty    houses,   including   clmrcbes,  the  Court- 
house, and  Masonic  Hall.     One  child  wtiskillHl 
and  several  persons  badly  hurt. 

— "  Sermokh  "  are  becoming  more  and  mor- 
mere  farces.  One  reported  in  San  FriuiCL-u 
recently,  was  on  the  subject  of  '  Economy."  afiJ 
one  in  Oaklaud,  subject,  "  Early  SettlenjHiit  of 
California."  About  as  much  Gospel  in  tlieni  aj 
in  Josh  Billings'  ai»horiBmB,or  in  MarkTftaini 
Innocents  Abroad. 

-The  Indiana  iu  the  United  States  and  Ter- 
ritories are  e.stimated  at  ii75,000  iu  number, 
these,  70,000  are  church  members,  iuoludm? 
Catholics,  and  more  than  200.000  nnni;niii 
Christiana;  112,900  are  so  far  civilized  that  th.( 
Iress  like  American  citizens,  and  4u,(MXJta"^ 
learned  to  read. 

— A  HO  LID  or  cubic  inch  of  gold  weighs  K'  !■ 
ounces  troy,  and  is  worth  ^209  Si.  A  cui' ' 
foot  of  fine  gold  is  worth  $362,tJ0(K  U'nl*^ 
States  coin  is  nine-tenths  tine.  Acubicioi" 
-f  this  in  gold  weighs  a  little  more  than  nuif 
miices  troy,  and  is  worth  *  109  28;  a  cubic  fwl 
■f  this  standard  gold  is  worth  $292,500. 

— DiciSESTKHB  in  RuPsift  number  ovfrlW"''' 
KN).  The  Stundists.  who  have  the  sam 
ion  to  the  Greek  Church  that  the  Metbodi--^ 
!o  to  the  Church  of  England,  are  incr^a-'i"?^ 
apidly  that  the  Minister  of  Public  Woffb-ip 
lias  dispatched  a  comiui^siou  to  Ode*wa  to  iH'^ 
nto  the  circumhtances  attending  the  grofft 
hat  and  other  heterodox  sects. 

—A  FABMER  name-l  r>onald-'on.  lif"? 
Ilobinson  township,  Washington  coanty, ' '*- 
lad  his  cellar  cleaned  up,  a  few  davs  ago-  w^*" 
;:o*J  in  notes  were  found  under  a  lot  "f  p'"^^^ 
11  a  tin  box,  and  t;200  in  gold  in  »'"'^"'' ,.l' 
Lrni.  r  believed  it  was  j,\iu:^  there  by  ^^^'\ 
r.  and  culling  hiB  two  brother*  together,  aH^ 
ejual  diviaien  of  the  spoils. 


f.bra!^]Z-j^ 


Correspondence 


Wayside  Notes. 

.,  to  thB    Wti'e    Oak    Church.    Highland 

r  nnij'  ""'"■  '"  "'"  ^'°°''   ''''^'<    Church, 

mrmon'  County;  the  Beaver  Creek  Church. 

(rt»  County. 

^rp  |,=lt  our  home   on    Tui*sday,    Dec.  31st, 

U     and  ot  Belloi.t.    Uiehland    couiit.v,    met 

',l„r  James  .4.  Ridenoiir,  of  West  Virginia, 

|,T»ached     iu      our   vicinity      for    some 

ta     till    *^*'    could   eet    retidy   to     go  on 

4  bii»  in  "'« '*''°"' "'"■''■     ^>'   "'gl>'»'eB0t 

''.^Ijdiise  of  brotiier  Jonathan  Moser,  near 

"       town,  in  which  is  the  house  ofthe  body. 

,    ,„  „  the  White  Oak  church.      Thia    body 

%rrfhren  should  not  be  forgotten,    for  they 

i„t  few  in  number:  have  no    minister,    and 

'^s,,nt  only   one   deacon.      However  they 

Jjaot  to  give  up,  for  two  adjoining  churches 

ply  |,reaching  twice  a  month.      They,   also, 

'feiiu  interesting  Sunday-school,    with  good 

'"^«are,  and  kei>t  up  tlironghont  the  Wint^, 

,  j],  we  regard  as  being  a  most  favorable   in- 

,1  prosper. 

!!*■ 
[rat: 


that  the  truth  is  still  loved,   and 
At  this  place  we  h.-id  thri 


with  g'lO'l  attendance,  and  very  good  in- 
iiud  felt  when  we  left  that  we  had 
our  meetings  too  soon.  One  made  aji- 
[jjaliuiilor  uienibership,  and  others,  no  doubt, 
jidliuve  doue  so,  had  we  staid  longer;  but 
jt  Kord  had  goue  ;ihead,  and  we  had  to  go. 
fetni't  that  others  will  go  soon  endeavoring 
bnild  up  the  cause  at  this  place, 
ffe  ^taid  with  brother  Moser,  whose  health  is 
Jlqaite  poor,  but  is  thought  to  be  improving. 
bis  home  we  drove  west  eighteen  miles, 
Clemiont  county.  This  was  the  coldest  ride 
jbsTM-ver  bad;  nor  do  wo  desire  anymore 
^l  We  hwl  to  face  the  wind  all  day,  and  that 
oirith  the  mercury  several  degrees  below  zero; 
,t  ffe  c;uiie  through  all  right.  At  night  got 
broth-T  iVingles,  where  we  remained;  and 
there  sent  word  to  the  church,  that  w« 
id  come. 

On  Kriday,  the  3rd,  and  with  the  mercury 
inp  from  20^  to  28"  below  zero,  we  came 
liie  church  at 

eXONK  I.If'K. 

H*re  is  another  body    of  Brethren,   who  are 

,lsobit,'hly  favored  as  they  might  be,  and  as 

jbould   be.     There  is    none   other     near 

I.  and  they  also  feel  that  they  are    ncglect- 

Tbey  have  now  two  ministers,   and   some 

111  Djemljers.     They,    like    most   others,  feel 

itlhey  are  neglected,  but  still  they  have  one 

sbleisiiig,  and  that  is,  they  all  seem   to   be 

wace  with  themselves. 

it  this  place  we  had,  with  one  exception, 
twice  a  day  until  Febrnary  the  lOih, 
(n  the  writer  drove  to  Green  county.  ]3roth- 
fiidenoiir  however  remained,  and  preached 
more,  and  closed  on  Sunday  night, 
Ibthivc  applicants,  and  ethers  almost  per 
M:  bciRc  as  before,  the  meeting  had  to 
it  should  have  gone  on,  for  the  ap- 
aliopisfor  meniber.ship  were  made  at  the 
meeting,  and  the  feeling  amongst  all  class- 
•ismchasit  had  not  been  before.  But 
iitrfiiig  had  to  close,  and  on  Mond.iy  brotli- 
iimw  came  to  Green  county.  We  then 
« llito.igh  to  Salem  church,  of  the  Disci- 
mi  there  met  brother  \i.  F.  Darst,  from 
Imer  Creek  church.  The  meeting  here 
«»t  large,  but  it  was  thought  to  be  becau.sc 
™pp(i.<cd  ca.se  of  sraall-pox  iu  the  iieigh- 
;•«!.  The  se.vton  of  this  church  is  one. 
'llo;er,s,  a  native  of  Bedford  county,  Pa. 
'Ws  pleasant  family  wo  staid  till  Satur- 
■i^ll,  when  we,  with  friend  Rogers,  went 
«  f«  Sugar  Creek  church,  used  by  the 
stans.iNewlights),  at  which  phco  w^^  met 
'Hisou,  Mr.  Uush,  of  Dayton,  Ohio;  at 
«iquest  We  spoke  to  thia  very  attentive 
'•■"pontile  thought  tli.it  God  not  only 
Wonr  norahlp,  butcalls  for  itto  be 
»"!htway.  John  4:24. 
•»  tliis  place  we  went  to  the  home  of  one, 
i>«,  and  there  lodged.  They  had  never  be- 
^  any  of  oijj.  people^  fltlj  ^ygfg  ,.gj.y  ,^,jj-_ 
"  itarii  of  our  faith  .and  practice.  These, 
'■ny,  others  that,  wc  meet,  seem  very 
PfMaliified  with  the  manysyatcnis  of  re- 
;Md  they  all  lament  the  fact,  that  there 
Wtli  of  the  world  iu  all  the  churches, 
,  j"*  e*|iecially  the  fact  that  the  little 
^«  "  preached  must  cost  so  mucli. 
'  "^  01  li  :vc.  a  great  demand  now  for  a 
"'Of  preaching,  :,nd  that  too  with 
I^.ttou  can  he  under  the  present  system. 
^  'r  business,  the  best   w.iges  are  paid 

«in  ti!  "'"  ''"'  "■'"'''  ""''  *'"•■  "'°''  "*' 
">'.  those  who  get.  most,  or  require 
•'iieral  rule,  do  the  lea-st  work. 


e given 


A  more  kind  "  farewell,"'  we  have  never 
heart),  than  was  given  us  as  we  left  this  pleas- 
ant home. 

From  this  place  we  went  north,  and  by  10 
A  M.,on  the  12ih.  we  hail  reachea  the  Breth- 
ren's church,  at 

71MMEBMA.V, 
Here  we  spoke  on  Sunday  and  Sunday  night. 
Brother  Janies  came  on  Monday  noon.  Here 
we  remained  for  two  weeks.  Had  preaching 
twice  each  day,  with  a  few  eiceptions;  and 
mostly  large  and  attentive  audiences. 

We  visited  elder  Moses  Shoiip,  now  iu  his 
•eight.vsiilh  ye,ar:  and  found  this  old  father,  a 
fioueer  iu  the  State  and  church,  to  he  in  better 
health,  than  for  months  past,  and  feels  much 
interest  in  the  iinal  success  of  the  Word.  Were 
also  to  the'  house  of  brother  Daniel  Sboup, 
when  it  was  thought  that  his  family  of  twelve 
children,  and  as  yet  unbroken,  must  give  up 
one  of  their  number.  The  disease  was  diph- 
theria, and  very  bad,  but  it  is  now  thought  that 
the  little  daughter  will  recover.  We  also  visit- 
ed the  school  of  brother  William  Shoup.  and 
as  well  that  of  a  Miss  DarsI,  and  find  in  both, 
every  faculty  tor  making  the  tender  plant  both, 
wise  and  good.  These  teachers  seem  to  priie 
their  calling,  and  both  seem  well  qualified  to 
fill  it. 

We  left  the  meeting  on  Suudav  the  28,  and 
cams  over  to  Lower  Miami,  elder  George  Hol- 
ler's charge,  and  brother  James  staid  at  Zim- 
merman till  Monday,  27lh,  when  the  meeting 
closed,  with  thirteen  additions  and  three  ap- 
plicants. May  the  Lord's  blessing  attend  this 
body  of  believers,  anil  a.s  well  all  others  who 
love  the  name  of  Jesus.  Landon  West. 


From  Brother  Hope. 

J/.  .¥.  KsAe/imn,.  Belmcd  Byothei-: — 

WILL  you  receive  some  hints  from  your  old 
Danish  friend,  and  heed  them  ':■ 
1.  As  a  work  in  the  press,  use  your  pen  on- 
ly as  a  recreation.  2.  Leave  the  Sunday-school 
in  the  hands  of  others.  Do  not  imitate  God 
in  being  every-where;  and  do  not  the  work 
that  others  should  do  for  their  own  good.  As 
a  rule,  be  in  your  hed  at  ten  o'clock,  and  rise 
not  before  five.  3.  Let  your  usefulness  be 
known  by  preparing  aud  fitting  and  pushing 
others  into  work,  who  shall  come  after  you, 
hut  who,  too  often,  are  crowded  out,  and  even 
forbidden  to  come  forward,  that  others  may  see 
their  own  name  as  a  seal  to  everything.  4.  Be 
ever  so  eager  on  this  noiut,  that  you  spare  none, 
not  even  old  sisters,  but  get  them  to  work  in 
the  vineyard.  If  the  work  be  divided  in  each 
church  as  it  ought  to  be,  none  will  have  it  too 
hard  and  none  will  be  idle.  5.  Beraeinber  you 
are  called  ou  to  work  as  a  minister  until  all 
come  to  the  unity  in  faith,  and  to  a  ripe  old 
aj/e,  and  tbe  fullness  of  Christ.  If  you  do  this, 
and  that  is  the  only  Gospel  order,  then  you 
will  have  many  helpers,  aud  get  time  to  rest 
and  live  long,  and  never  fall  into  the  snare,  to 
let  the  devil  cheat  you  out  of  j  our  life,  by 
working  youraelfinto  an  untimely  grave.  6.  Let 
Vour  oSice  work  be  as  short  and  as  little  as 
possible.  Let  the  Brethren  be  at  work  a.s  much 
as  possible.  The  paper  will  be  more  edifj  iiig 
aud  answer  better  to  its  name.  7.  Better  uo 
editorials  at  all  than  one  run  out  in  haste.  Bet- 
ter have  yonr  readers  look  disappointed  for  an 
editorial,  thau  have  them  carelessly  pass  it  by, 
because  they  get  tired  of  the  never-failing 
mannas. 

Tf  you  have  room,  dear  brother  for  all  these 
rules,  you  will  get  a  little  time  to  rest  now  and 
then.  If  you  have  only  room  for  some,  then 
take  freely,  and  use  what  you  can;  but  plea.se 
look  at  them  on  ail  sides  before  you  turn  them 
out.  You  know  they  come  from  one  who  loves 
you  a  little,  if  not  much.  Finally,  remember 
I  have  no  fault  to  find,  only  at  a  glance  have 
seen  uo  need  to  kill  j'oursell,  if  you  take  care, 
aud  use  piudence.  Lot  the  Brethren  do  the 
main  work  in  your  papers,  that  your  editorials 
may  be  as  salt  giains  in  the  whole  mass.  Use 
brevity  iu  word  aud  in  work.     ■ 

If  you  will  tdopt  the-e  rules  you  will  feel 
somewhat  better,  aud  live  longer.  You  have  oft- 
en wrote  similarly  to  me,  and  wrote  so  in  the 
paper.  Please,  physician,  take  your  own  pills 
and  you  will  be  cured. 

Meetings  in  town  are  more  and  more  attend- 
ed, and  incre:ised  in  interest.  Hope  some  good 
may  coine  from  them.  Two  have  applied  to  be 
baptized,  aud  Eskildseu  has  gone  to  see  and 
baptize  one  if  she  is  r^ady. 
Iljorriny,  Jin.  18,  1879. 


ren  s  papers.  They  are  all  doing  a  noble  work 
and  I  hope  there  will  ,1,11  be  a  greater  ellort 
than  has  yet  been  mode,  for  we  see  that  in 
every  country  where  we  gel  our  paper,  circu- 
lated,  that  the  result  is  good.  Seeing  this,  1 
am  induced  to  work  for  the  Brethren's  papers 
in  every  section  I  visit,  hence  there  are  many 
names  sent  in  by  others  that  do  not  come  on 
our  list.  1  hope  all  the  Brethren  will  work  in 
this  way,  and  thereby  we  will  get  a  wider  circu- 
lation for  our  papers,  and  if  we  can't  get  those 
who  don't  belong  to  us,  to  subscribe,  just  hand 
tbera  your  papers,  and  you  will  in  that  way, 
preach  some  telling  sermons,  sowuig  some 
seed  that  will  after  while  bring  forth  much 
good  fruit.  May  the  Lord  continue  to  bless 
our  dear  editors  in  their  great  and  noble  enter- 
prise. But  while  I  am  thinking  over  the  good 
that  IS,  aud  can  be  done  by  preaching  and  send- 
ing ohr  papers  and  tracts  out,  it  does  appear 
to  me  that  our  elTorls  are  confined  too  much 
in  one  direction,  that  is  north  and  north-west, 
and  the  south  too  much  neglected.  Why  is 
this?  The  cry  is,  "  go  west."  Yea,  the  cry 
comes  hurling  back,  "come  west,"  aud  why',' 
"  Here  you  can  get  great  gain."  I  do  not  see 
any  wrong  in  this,  but  why  is  there  so  little 
said  about  going  South '!•  It  is  not  because  the 
people  in  the  South  are  not  as  ]ireciou8  in  the 
sight  ot  the  Lord  as  any  where  else,  no,  the 
blessed  Lord  shed  as  much  blood  for  them  as 
tor  any  other  people:  and  for  them  He  says,  "go 
ye,"  and  now  who  will  go?  There  are  States 
having  no  preacher  of  .  the  Brethren.  The 
dear  Brethren  of  the  South  are  doing  all  they 
cau.  I  know  their  zeal  for  the  cause,  for  that 
IS  my  native  home.  They  have  too  much  to 
do;  they  need  help;  the  territory  is  too  large 
lor  them  to  cultivate.  Now  who  will  go  to 
some  place  down  there,  where  there  are  nr 
Brethren,  aid  help  to  spread  the  Gospel  farth. 
er  Sontlri*  I  feel  confident  that  there  are  many 
places  where  much  good  could  be  done,  if  some 
Brethren  would  settle  there,  and  preaeli  tbe 
Gospel  as  taught  and  practiced  by  our  people. 
Oh,  I  think  so  much  about  it,  that  if  1  were 
able  to  go,  and  bad  means  to  sustain  my  family 
I  would  go  aud  spend  the  remainder  of  ni\ 
days  in  preaching  the  Gospel  of  our  blessed 
Lord  to  those  people.  But  I  am  poor,  and 
cannot  do  as  I  would  wish  in  this  respect. 
Should  I  ever  be  blessed  with  the  means  to  en- 
able me  to  preach  the  Gospel  where  it  has  not 
yet  beeu  preached,  1  certainly  would  go  South, 
May  the  Lord  speed  on  the  time  that  large 
churches  may  he  planted  all  over  the  Southern 
States,  is  my  earnest  prayer. 

Isaac  Bii.rmnEu 
Jidm  Hills,  Itid..  I'rb.  I'l.  m;i. 


all  been  sowing  the  good  aeed  broadcast  among 
and  It  IS  springing  forth,  as  there  is  quite  a 
niimlier  soon  to  be  engrafted  into  to  IhU  branch 
of  the  \  me,  and  others,  1  „m  convinced,  are 
diggng  deep  for  the  hidden  treiMurea  of  the 
■ospel,  which,  when  found,  we  hope  will  cause 

em  to  titrn  their  eyes  upon  Calvary,   and  b». 

■Id  a  crucified    Uedeenier.      Elder  Jame.   L 

«itzer  and  brother  Lawrence  Garraan,  an 
still  working  for  the  cause  of  Christ,  and  we 
hope  to  see  rich  cluster,  of  fruit  growing  out 
of  their  labors.     We   have  had  several  pemons 

im  other  branches  engrafted  into  this.  Tbej 
aeera  to  be  doing  fine;  and  we  hope  the  wind, 
and  storms  of  sin  may  never  l<air  them  looM 
that  they  aa  well  as  the  rest  of  thia  little  con- 
gregati.n,  may  prove  faithful,  is  the  earne«t 
pi-ayer  of  your  humble  biother  in  Christ. 

D.  R.  Co.NLEl, 

trb.  7,  JV7.'). 

Burned  to  Death, 

BUIINEI)  to  death  on  Chrialma,'  day,  little 
Cora  Hunter,  aged  nearly  six  years.  Juil 
atier  roturning  from  a  viait  to  grandfather  and 
grandmother,  little  Cora  was  taning  care  of 
her  two  younger  brothers  in  the  house,  while 
her  mother  was  doing  the  evening  milking,  ■ 
few  paces  from  the  door.  Suddenly  the  door 
opened,  and  Cora  ran  out  into  the  wind  with 
her  clothes  all  ablaze,  crying,  "(),  mamma! 
mamma!  1  am  burning."  The  strong  wind 
made  the  blaze  burn  fiercer,  and  her  mother 
m  trying  to  put  out  the  fire,  came  very  new 
burning  herself.  All  the  clothes  were  burned 
ofif  of  the  child  in  tlireo  minutes.  She  wu 
then  carried  into  the  house,  and  after  midnight, 
breathed  her  last.  What  seems  remarkable,  is 
that  alter  the  first  fierce  heat  she  did  not  ap- 
pear to  sulfer  much  iiaiii,  aud  passed  quietly 
and  peacefully  away. 

Brother  liiuman  preached  the  funeral  ser- 
mon on  the  27th,  from  Solomon's  language, 
"Boast  not  thyself  of  to-morrow."  Many 
will  remember  the  strong  appeals  and  telling 
applications  he  made.  We  laid  little  Cora  ii 
the  grave,  and  turned  audly  away,  thinking  of 
her  lust  agonizing  and  prophetic  cry,  "0  mam- 
ma! mamma!  I  am  burning." 

.1ami:s  L.  SwiTZER. 


0^ 


Why  Not  Go  South? 

KKKL  ^liid  to  see  thfi  spirit  that   is 
Ttrflfiren   for  the  speeding  of  tlip 

by  sriu!iitg  hiissioiiaries,  tr.iCt!<,  nod  tliP 


in  tlie 
Gnspel 
llreth- 


From  Sandy  Church,  Ohio. 

Dear  Brethren: — 

URseritM  of  meetings  began  ttt  the  Frve- 
burg  nioetiug-iiouso,  on  the?  2Tth  of  Jnn 
niiry,iiud  continued  until  (he  evenini^  of  tlit 
Ist  of  Kt^bruaiy.  BrotI.er  Silas  Hoover,  of  Soiu- 
ei'Het,  P>mnsylviiiiia,  wa^  with  m,  and  (abordj 
earnestly  for  the  salvation  of  soula.  I  am  sorry 
tnsny there  were  uo  acliHtions  to  thcchurch 
at  thia  place,  although  there  was  q  goud  inter- 
est manifested  in  attendance  and  in  giving  at- 
tention to  the  word  preached.  Wo  hope  the 
setd  town  may  bring  forth  frnit,  some  thirty, 
some  sixty,  and  some  a  hundred  fold,  m  due 
time. 

From  here  the  meetings  were  ninved  to  the 
Iteiiding  meeting  house,  on  the  ewniiig  of  the 
1st,  where  brother  Hoover,  aceonipHuied  by 
others,  labored  earnestly  in  the  Ma^ler'f  cause, 
pointing  dinners  to  the  Lamb  of  God^  und 
warning  them  to  lite  from  tlie  wrath  (o  csme. 
Here  we  were  made  to  rejoice  iu  seeing  eight 
pn'ciourt  soub  leave  the  ranks  of  Satan,  and 
come  out  on  the  Lord's  pide.  They  liaTfe  en- 
li^i'd  undi.T  t-ho  bloiul-htaiiied  banner  of  King 
Inmiuicl,  to  go  forth  as  soldiers  of  llie  croas, 
and  to  fight  the  battles  of  the  Lord. 

Brethren,  here  we  can  see  the  benefit  of  Sun- 
day-school, and  are  trying  to  obey  Christ,  when  i 
He  says,  "l'\fd  my  lambs." 

Onr  meotirips  elo.«*d  on  the  evening  of  thy 
9th.  Brother  Hoover  hade  \i»  farewell,  aud 
started  for  his  home  in  Pennsylvania.  May 
the  good  Lord  bless  him,  and  crown  his  ofitortt*, 
is  our  prayed.  \    '  \  .■     d_  g  Bt;8u. 


From  JcweU    Co.,  Kansas, 

1111  K  White  Itock  congregation,  1  believe  i>t 
in  a  proipepoa?  c  Midition.  Although  a 
col  I  Winter,  we  find  love  and  zeal  will  cause  it 
to  bud  aud  bring  forth  Iruit  at  ail  eoasona  of 
the  year.  It  has  leen  well  nourished  and 
waimedtliis  Winter  witli  Gospel  truths,  by 
able  and  talented  ,brgthren.  Bretliren  Lemuel 
llill.ry.  WiilMin  ll,.wmuri  and  S.  |{  i^liur,  have 


A  Minister  Wanted. 

WILL  you  p!ea»o  ntate  in  tlu'  nuKinnK.v  at 
W  oiiK,  that  we  lire  in  need  of  a  minis- 
ter. Brother  Jonathan  Swih;irl,  who  has  been 
our  minister,  hftsgone  to  hldiani^  and  left  U9 
without  aaheplierd.  and  I  fear  his  flock  will 
donbtle.H.s  more  or  lews  go  astray.  This  is  a 
good  farming  counti-y;  food  for  JVuit,  and  a 
good  railroad  point.  I  ho|)e  tliat  this  may 
come  to  the  eyes  of  tome  minihter  wlio  wiW 
come  and  preach  Tor  us.  Our  church  is  rather 
small,  but  there  is  ii  ehance  fyi*  an    increase. 

Comnninications  frum  any  minister  will  re- 
ceive prompt  attention.  Gkohok  Dalk. 

Churilon,  Lucas  Co.,  Iowa. 


A  Visit    among  the  Churches    of 
Upper  East  Tennessee. 


A^ 


/Mir  Drcihrcn: — 

S  (  had  a  plcunant  and  |)rofitahle  visit 
among  the  Rrethren  of  Upi»er  Hu&t  Ten- 
ucrtsijo,  1  hope  a  little  accouut  of  it  with  a  few 
olM.rv;itions  may  he-  of  Home  interest  tp  the 
read.  IS  in  ffoneral.aad  at  we  are  glad  to  have 
people  move  among  us  frum  the  Norfh  aud 
E;wt,  Ihope  alittle  defccriptiou  by  the  way  of 
the  hill  country,  will  not  be  amiss.  East  Ten- 
nessee is  a  valley  of  valleys,  lying  between  the 
CiiniberlBndMfinntaintt,  on  the  West,  and  the 
Allegbaniea  on  the  IJant.  It  is  all  divided  into 
long  Mnd  uarraw  valleys  between  low  ridges, 
running  in  thu  same  general  directions  with 
the  monutain^. 

Besides  its  productivenss  in  coal,  iron  and 
many  other  useful  minerals,  it  presents  a  great 
variety  of  soil.  Though  much  of  it  is  well  worn 
by  the  syHtomlcM  farming  of  slavery  times.  It 
lun  some  very  good  and  productive  lands,  aud 
L  ptople  wiio  are  kind  luid  hospitable,  and 
how  a  steady  tendeucy  tonioreprogre*3Jveue»8 
than  there  was  found  here  in  days  goue  by. 

Frora'this  place  (eleven  miles  west  of  Kqoz- 
ville),  wi'have  almoU  a  straight  road  up  through 
Beaver  Creek  and  Riclitund  valleys  to  Meadow 
Branch  churc'i.  a  di!!itance  of  fifty-four  mites, 
and  from  there  twenty-tliree  miles  to  Cedar 
Grove.  ,  , 

The  chun:h  at  Meadow  Branch  had  not  been 
very  prosperous  for  some  tiiiie.  Its  minister 
and  some  of  its~tflomberfl"had  moved  away  sev- 
urnl  years  ago,  and  being  a  ueiT'  church,  and 
alone  without  a  n)iui(.t.er.uud  too  far  from  other 
liiiti  Ins  t')  iccvlve  uiuib  help,  joon   bi-gan  to 


deolin.,  mi  .•.rlnn,  r.-.r.i.~in  tl.-  .■..Bhb..,l.ood 
«k«l  of  w.p,n8«..'.  ■•«.»'  ':'""""''"' 
chu«:h."  But  the  Brethren,  not  l»u.|!  q"  ^ 
««lv  lobe  wiped  out,  »»d  l,.>-.njyet  .l.tllH 
,tr,nKth,.ndl>»vmgke,>t  HI.  »ord  and  »» 
denied  Hi,  n»me,  went  to  work  »nd  bo 
.  ,„ee.i„B-hou«.  1-t  Kail  the  Urelhre,,  .e.^t 
.nd  held  a  series  of  meeling.  there,  f"  /■°"' 
revWed  thera,  and  cnnlirmed  Ihem  .n  the.r  fa.th. 
and  fifteen  we,^  add-l  to  their  m.mher.  Ihe 
member,  ofthi,  ehnr.h  live  mo«tly  among  the 
hilU  and  knob,.  Some  of  the».  h.ll«  «"•  'I  ■  L- 
rich  to  the  top,  while  r,l,her,  are  th.n  and  -lat,. 

After  meeting  »ith  the  Hrethren  here  tour 
day,  and  thrc-e  nisht.,  1  took  my  journey  up 
the  country,  accompanied  by  brelhre,,  Bartly 
Harri,  and  .Jacob  I.enherg,  the  l«tU-r  bemu  a 
mini.ler  in  lhe,eeo„d  degree »inc*  la<t<ktoK,r. 

On  the  night  of  the  Ulth  we  preached  1^)  a 
goodly  congr..gati..n,  at  the  hou.e  of  brotner 
Sanmel  Welte,  in  the  louud.  ol  the  Oe<lar 
arovo  church.  Thin  eul^cojigregalion  w«» 
alio  built  uji  »inc<-  the  clo«'  yl  the  war. 

On  the  night  of  the  l.'.th,  we  .layed  with  a 
fkniily  in  which  the  mother  i«  the  only  mem- 
ber of  the  church,  while  her  hu.Uud,  though 
kind  and  hospilahl..,  i«  n..t  quite  farvorable     o 

the  .trict  diKipiin d  doctrine,  ol  the  church. 

Here  the  family  i«  growink-  up,  the  ul(le« 
daughter  about  grown,  and  1  think  about  rea.ly 
to  .ido  with  her  mother,  on  who«e  brow  are 
trace«  of  Borrow  and  Hlriiggl™  that  can  be  le-t- 
l«r  iniagincJ  than  de-cribed.  May  the  hord 
.irengllien  and  ,u-tain  her,  that  by  »  'Uaele 
walk,  »he  may  win  Iho.e  to  the  crom  ol  thrwl, 
who  iiro  cndeariil  to  her  by  the  Ktrouge.l  tie. 
of  nature.  May  .In-  reali».  in  the  luton-  the 
full  fruition  of  l'.alm.  la«:  <1,  -Jle  that  goet  . 
forth  and  wwprdh.  bearing  prociou.  «eod,  "hull 
doubtlcM  come  again  with  rejoioiug,  bringing 
bin  hheaven  with  him." 

Krom  broUlor  W.-lb«  we  went  to  Cedar  Hrove, 
wliero  we  aUyed  lour  ilayi.  and  nights,  and  had 
eight  meeting,.  Here,  ii«  at  the  other  iilace,. 
wo  met  warm  heart.,  and  liaiiil,.  Among  them, 
uyoungei.lt'r,  ,.'eui.iiK  ,li"iig  iu  the  liulb  "ud 
only  twelve  year,  old,  having  joined  the  church 
over  a  .Ve«r  ago.  There  are  irUier  pie.iou, 
nheave,  there,  which  1  think  are  nliuct  ready 
to  bo  gathered.  Thi,  elinrch  eltend,  over  a 
large  territorjs  and  they  have  a  nnmber  ol  iiiiii- 
intei-ing  lirethwn,  throe  of  whom  are  yet  joiing 
in  the  niini,trv. 

On  the  21«t  we  went  to  While  Horii.,ii(leeii 
miloH  lonth  of  <^«lar  Orove,  and  liilloeil  miles 
eaat  of  Meadow  Uraneli.  liretliren  Thomas 
Bevry  and  I'orrj-  Heekner  lire  the  ministers. 
Ili'ro  we  hail  throe  nii'eting,,  ami  got  jm,l  well 
enough  aoiuuiuled  with  the  brethren  and  •is- 
tcr,  to  ho  sorry  lo  leave,  but  the  lime  was  set 
when  I  would  ti-)'  to  be  at  Inmio,  and  I  began  to 
feel  that,  "  be  it  ever  so  humble,  there's  no 
place  like  home.*' 

What  I  yet  wi«h  to  say  for  llio  church  at 
White  Horn,  is  that  the  sister,,  young  and  old, 
were  not  ashamed  to  tiilce  off  their  boiniets  in 
the  house  of  Hod.  May  the  Lord  hie,,  thoin 
for  it.  C.  K.  Dnwil.KU. 

llMirr  ItUUje,  Trm.,  f'k  11,  1H19. 

From  Fillmore  County,  NebrMia. 

tirnr  Ihrlhirii: — 

ON  Monday  evening,  .lanury  U7t.h,  elder 
Henry  lirubiiker  ami  brother  Uriah  Sliiek, 
of  Beatrice,  commenced  a  series  of  iim-lings 
three  mile,  iiorlti-west  of  this  place.  The 
imietiug,  continued  until  ifunday  evening,  Feb- 
ruary 2nd.  The  Wonl  wai)  preached  with  wich 
couvinciug  power  that  four  aoul,  were  convinc- 
ed uf  the  duly  they  owe  to  their  Lord  and 
Master,  and  solemn  iiiipressiodis  were  iiiiule  u(*- 
on  otiiei-s.  If  the  brothren  could  have  remain- 
ed with  us  a  while  longer  otlbei-a  would  have 
enlisted  under  the  banner  of  Kii;g  Emanuel. 

We  felt  Borry  and  lost  when  the  two  dear 
brethren  and  si,ter  who  wiw  witJi  them,  left 
UB,  but  we  will  put  our  trust  in  the  Lord,  and 
live  in  hope,  that  some  dear  iiiiiiist«*riiig  broth- 
er will  come  over  and  help  us  to  labor  in  the 
Master's  Vineyard. 

I  will  say  to  readers  of  your  paper,  that  this 
in  a  good  country,  and  I  am  not  afraid  to  advise 
Brethren  to  locate  here.  There  are  now  sixteen 
members  here,  earnestly  praying  for  u  minister 
to  settle  among  them.  1  will  gladly  give  any 
information  desired  concerning  the  country,  to 
any  one  that  wislies  to  address  me  at  the  above 
named  idaoe.  John  J.  Joiiuix. 

K^eltr,Xeb.,Ftb.G,  1S7!). 

From  Nettle   Creek  Church,  Indiana. 

Dear  liivthreii: — 

BKOTHEl;  William  fleeter  came  to  L..cu6t 
Grove,  Nettle  Creek  church,  on  the  37th 
of  December,  and  held  forth  the   doutrijit   for 


nine  or  ten  days.  The  immediaV  result' wa'. 
three  addition..  Many  deep,  and  we  hope, 
laating  impr<!««ion«  were  made;  some  of  which 
are  likely  to  bear  fruit  in  the  immediate  future. 

Hrother  UreUfr  u  a  j»»lous  defender  of  the 
Truth,  and  has  his  heart  in  the  work;  and  as 
he  intend,  devoting  all  hi,  time  to  preaching, 
the  Brethren  would  do  well  to  keej,  hira  in  Ine 
Sold.     Give  willing  haniU  a  chance  to  work. 

Nettle  Creek  church  u  in  a  prosperous  con- 
dition, numerically,  yet  much  room  for  spirit- 
ual improvement.  It  numbers  over  four  hun- 
dred, including  eight  ministera. 

BUXJAMIK   F.  WiSSlKB. 

I'tbruary  Hlh,  ll^'J. 


N.Trll.eni  llHtnetof  Ind..  In  liiiimC 


■nter  Piatrict. 

„,    „.,    WLileliead  m~"'"«-b°'f '/X  I'ii"'' 
.„t  ot  New  Par...  KlVhart  Co,  Ind..  Ma)  Ist. 

Fin,.m..nc  of  «»' .y"e!l'"lt''r/ S  .r"*. 


el.urcli.  at  their  mcetlng-hou.si 
Al.rll  t»th  and  l»t!i. 


valley  meeting- 


'gnsincsa  Bqiartmc 


lit. 


bouse, 
S„rtheni  DIstrirt ..( Iowa 


and  Mirnesota.  in  the 


Notice  to    the    Brethren    of   the    Maple 
Grove  Colony. 

WK  hope  all  oar  membera  will  wcure  their 
certificates  of  membership  before  leav- 
ing the  church  in  which  they  are  living,  as  it 
i,  much  easier  to  obtain  a  letter  while  pre,<ent 
in  person,  than  U.  get  one  by  writing  back  for 
It,  and  more  .specially  if  there  should  be  some 
little  dlOiculty  in  the  way,  which  had  to  be  set- 
tled before  a  letter  could  lieobtaiiied.  We  have 
had  some  experience  in  mattera  of  till,  kind,  and 
we  have  a  case  now  in  this  arm  of  church, 
wherein  the  membcni  failed  or  neglected  to  get 
their  letter  before  leaving.  There  now  seems 
to  be  some  difficulty  in  the  way,  which  will  re- 
iiuire  considerable  writing  between  the  parties 
holore  the  mntt.T  will  be  i.eltl..d.  We  there- 
loro  advise  all  ourin.inber,  that  expect  to  locale 
with  the  colony  this  S|iriiig,  or  ut  any  future 
time,  to  secure  their  letters  before  leaving. 
There  is  a  number  of  families  in  this  neighbor- 
hooil  that  will  start  in  a  few  weeks  for  Norton 
■county,  Kan.iu,  the  location  of  the  colony,  and 
will  organize  a  cliruch  a,  soon  as  located,  or 
they  will,  rather,  take  their  organi/,ation  with 
them.  But  the  majority  of  the  colony  mem- 
ber, will  not  go  until  .Seplcmlier  or  October 
next. 

There  is  a  strong  iirobability  that  there  will 
ben  railroiui  through  the  colony  in  less  than 
twelve  months.  We  insist,  therefore,  on  all 
that  want  claim,  in  that  locality,  logo  iminedi- 
ately  and  secure  Ibem  without  delay.  Our 
agent,  .1.  it.  Hamilton,  writes  under  date  of 
.Ian,  finth,  that  emigration  had  already  began 
to  How  into  that  |i»rl  of  the  country.  We 
have  now  belonging  to  the  colony,  enonsih  to 
give  u,  about  seventy-five  church  members, 
miuiy  of  tliese  have  already  secured  their  claims, 
and  others  will  go  soon  to  secure  theirs. 

N.  C.  WoliKii.ix. 


r;^=ro„;,m3o„.h;:,tmUe^.h;. 
Waterloo,  in  Black  Hawk  county,  la.,  Mann  .m- 

r^l-The  Di,lrict  Meeting  of  ^ortl-J™  f  ""j 
.asandSonthern  Nebraska  will  be  held    Apnl 

7th,    at  Burr  Oak,  .Jewell    co,inty     Kan^a^^ 

Th.»- coming  by  rail    over  the  B    »•  «.,  wdl 

come  to  lied  Cloud,  Nebraska,   f  ease  in.o^ 

hrother  W,gner,  at  lied  Cloud,  and  the  wnter 

at  Salem,  Kansas.     Please  infora.    us  in  time, 

and  you  will  be  met  at  the  depot. 

•lAMEf-  M-.  DAII.B"' 


n'.  c. 


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y  Orten  or  Drnfl*.  "t  Iw.r  Uurn  n-,^' 

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UrlK*   ■€■  pnbllJi.  foim  •.■»k  ti  »»1,»|,,.' 

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menibcr   of 


STONEK.— Mr,  Dimicl  Sloncr  'lieJ  a'  I" 
Union  IJri.lge,  on  the   2Pih  IJlt.,   ag. 
monllis  nnd  IG -iiiys.     Tl.<- dccensed  v 
,|.o  Brelhron  rhurch  for  slxty.fiye   ?«"».  ""J  ""^ '"^ 
of  pli'veD  brollier*  and  sisters. 

ah  I'rairie  church.  Woolcoltavillo.lDd. 


other  EU  Plank,  aged   12   jea", 


H,ANK.- 
4n...nth«»nJ22dr.y«.    Funeral  SerricoH  by   Dav.d  M. 
Trul.y.  N.  U.8.UTT. 

FA1>EI.Y.-In  the  Long  IJrnueh  congrognlion.  Harrison. 
O  Mo  Foh.  8th.  1870.  Surah  Ann.  infant  Jaughiep 
of'rrici.  l.)"'--"bm..lM«lPrS«i»i.aFo.i..|y,  aged  I  year 
i  luonlh*  und  22  d»y».     FuniTol  by  IViUiam  U-  Sell. 


In  Sugnr  Crcok  churoh,  'Allen  couuiy.  Ohio, 
n.  (Itiughior  of  hrother  Solomon 
1  iiionlhB  ana  21  daye.    Funeral 


HIUIWN 

BJiitor  Lytlio  Jane  lirn 
Miller.  oKoJ  21  years. 
Uy  ihs  Brethren. 

VIM'I-^NT-In  the  nooii 
(ind  Hollic  VincenI, 


Lg.-d 


rcU.    infftnt    sou  of  William 
■  inocihii, 

Danikl  IJuowKP. 


POOH  FUHD. 


■■•^ 


■low  «•  ni^koi'wloiliip  Tnm 

r  scndliig  111"  BURT1I11E>  «i  "  "KK  ii<  TOOK  nr. 

lo  i«j  ftif  il"  paP"""'    THw'ttfn.llnKmoriiijrtoni,!..   ,. 

,i«w.  .loio  di.ii'"Hy  "i"'  I' I* '"' '';« ''«"■  Fi'*!',  vw;,  ,,1,, , 

od  10  hn«  »"tj  "*!"  "h"  («'•  ••'''.  ">  "nlUliui,  .a,,., ': 
fiinil,  tl.-l  »<<•  l<«tft"  "t  "»>"'!')»>"'  U'-nil'tn  ni«jr  b,  n,»,i.  .f 

wl»l"e  "J"  l"i""-'""^  "*"■"'■'*'''''  ""'*"'«  ""■  S<ni  tini 
helping  l'»n''.  *>"J  '*'>  8™^  *"  "'"  >**"■ 
L   Berk"/.  Ulnrk  Htiwk  Co  ,  I" 
A    B,MIIIW.EIIil>MtCo..Iiiil 

Sb.'rumD.Ulilu 

,T.  llui.iWrl.Siiiumil C",  0- 

I'n'U'unlj  r(i[">rted 

ToMl  to  JM« : 

rAPEnsaKNT  to  THK  POOR.-B*Iow  w«VknnWM 
wnnk  (f  wink  ilie  numlisr  ot  un»n  Miit  to  poor  mnnib.o  ,,, 
inllliili  'I'lly)  Olid  pnld  M  (mlut  tlm  kIkxd  ntnlt,  diuglnt  <'<i' 
lu  n  jear  (ft  llie  V*I*»  ; 

B«i^\Vl.  - 

C.  M   n.SUcrmsn,  Ot.!c.. 
1'ti.vloiiily  nporlml 


Tiilul  ti 


Uupr  all  uut  n«< 
>!•  (u  du  •  Rood  w 

Wlx'XoxnaiiiKni 


From  Joseph  I.   Cover. 

Jh'itr  Hitllnvn: — 

ACCOUDINU  to  previous  arrangeuients  by 
Ilie  counsel  of  tlie  chiirftli,  tt  series  ot" 
iiioctiiiKM  wiis  Ijcgiin  .Iiui.  25th,  ut  Kftirview 
luectiun-liouSL',  in  tlie  (n-orgv'H  Creek  bntiicli, 
Kayettt-  county,  Pfi.,  under  the  cart-  of  biutliren 
WilliiiHi  mid  Solomon  Buckiilow,  Iiutli  of  S.i- 
Ii'ui  cougrpgiition,  Picston  county,  West  Vir- 
giuirt.  TJiey  came  in  the  cause  nud  service  of 
Jcmis.  tiiid  woi-L'  in  tlie  haxitU  of  the  council 
uud  of  tbe  Holy  t^pirit.  preacbint;  ppatrc  aud 
rycouciliiition  to  tlu-  cliiirch  and  (o  dinners, 
spiiriiitf  U.0  buiiuiii  i-nergy  on  their  jKirt  Ut  do 
souls  good.  Five  gouls  were  induced  by  the 
HtroTig  hulAi  of  the  (iospel  Truth,  and  deuioii- 
Bttfttion  (tf  tiie  Hi>irit,to  leave  the  world  of  tolly, 
tiin  anil  irioM,  iiud  like  new  burn  btibes  to  the 
lowly  meek  J«iiii«,  to  come  to  the  cross  and  be 
baptized  into  ihe  fold  of  Clirist.  thereby  show- 
ing fruit  into  tine  lioiiuc-si^,  and  be  obedient  tu 
the  heavenly  cull  We  tliink  we  have  reasons 
to  be  thankful  I**  the  Lord  for  what  he  is  ever 
«willing  to  do  for  his  eburth  and  people. 

Many  Htrange  thiujis  Imve  been  reported  of 
tills  branch  since  tlw?  bibori*  of  the  committee 
of  the  A.  M.,  but  truth  in  stronger  tlnm  fiction, 
and  must  prevail.  So  dear  Brethren,  opposers 
to  the  church  of  the  liiiug  l.iod  will  have  to 
bear  their  own  reward. 

AV(f  iJeneva,  I'a.y  Feb.  J4y  lf<7if. 


WFNDT  — U  miron  Co.,  Uhio.  ftibruary  Gth.    \SV.<.  Cla- 
rn  yUM.  diiughtcr  of  Frederick  and  sister  Wrodt,  aged 
Bywrs   4  inonlhs  and  27   days.      FHiteral    services   i" 
Iho  Moihodist  church  in  Now  tlitvMi.hy  the  wriier. 
Qeobob  W,  Elliot. 

SNOWlJICltOEB.— Noiir  Waynf-s-boro,  Pa..  Doc.  l^ih.  sis- 
tor  Mary  Snowhergor,  aged  Bii  years,  7  months  and  4 
dnjt. 

She  was  a  member  of  Ihe  Brethren  church  foi'  fighly 
years.  Hor  w.ilk  and  ui  righlnca^  of  lifo  cones- 
[Kiuded  Willi  the  p  rofcsMon  she  made.  Her  kitid  and 
chnritablc  heart  always  roioeiuborcd  the  saying  of  Jesus. 
'■The  poor  JC  have  ulwajs  wilh  you."  Ye!  the  poor 
never  weutuway  hungry  or  Qold.  Mnny  brclhron  and 
sisters  •harcil  her  hospitality.  SUc  survived  her  hus- 
band Ihiriy-lhrce  years.  Shehudlwelvo  ohUarou.  Hor 
oldest  sou  is  in  hi«  »eveniy-eighih  year.  She  has  scon 
her  dMCondiinta  down  to  the  fiflh  generation,  having 
two  graud-aftughtcra  that  have  grand -children.  Her  fu- 
noml  sermon  wiia  preached  l>y  the  writer  and  Jnbo)j  Sni- 
der, to  a  ve-y  large  audience  of  relatives  nnd   rriends. 


OUTSIDERS    FUND. 

u  lu  ...,.,.,  ...  dnn  u  (lovltlr,  ■*  ,,,. 

llli^r.il  ulliif  Solid  III  IliB  finmia  ef  nd.  . 
r<vii!  I'lid  ftH"*''''"'"  till' pappr.Midite  Mil,,' 
k-aalliKy  uoiuo  In.nDdHiuiibiunthiu,.., 
.  ml-nO  to  i«>  lor  It,  cl.araiiig  linl  „(,.  ,■        ^ 
I  will  umko  doniLliijii*  lo  lliU  fui.d.  uid 

ny  for  iTiU  |iiiri"i«i,  iiiw»v«  tUta  dlillin 

inlKa.'r'""  "'•"*'  •"  "•■''''■  "II  diMil 


Uid  im|w™  unit 

L  Bnrkcy.  Bluck  B»wk 

J.  SI.  Rldiniuiir.  Boiituii 
John  W»li«,  8t.-i*c>ii*i 
P(i>Yioo*ly  miiotceJ  . . . 


ToIbI   lodnle 

PAPEK3  SEST  TO  OUTSIDKIIS,— Tb»  billovln);  n. 
plaCHl  oil  our  Hat,  and  pnld  lotuut  of  Uip  aUtla  fUuU, 

,l.e,B..«ri.*n.  Black  Hi>"kC,  H    

,1.  W.  Wlolrod■^  LmhII"  t'li    '" 
J.  3  K'lniljt,  Cliiiln"  Co..  '' ' 
I'roviiiiisly  ri'iw(l*id 

Toliil  lodiiW 

Forwiinl  ui  tli«  naioM  of  tbouc  only  who  will  mit' 
and  do  not  lorgvl  (o  domito  •nmvUlliis  to  tl>«  tnni. 


Incts,  ekJorSaltitty 


|^nnonmfi;mi(«fs. 


KoTitiH  of    LoTC-featits.    Districl    Moetiogs,   elc..  should 

be  brief,  &n<l  wriiten  on  paper  sepM«te 
from    other    business. 


mBTRICT  UBHTISOS. 
North-western  District  of  Ohio,  at   H»gl»  Creek 

church.  lUncock  Co.,  0.,  Kay  Mtfa,  ut  10  A.  M. 
Soutliern  hill,  in  the  Stony  Creek  DUtrlct.  three 

mlle»  KA-nt  of  X.jble«villo.  April  9tb,  ibl9. 
Soutbum   lowit,  at  Mt.  Ktna,  Adnw  C«..  Iowa. 

AprU  Itb.  1870. 


K.  Old 

UKY.— In  the  Cednr  I.ako  chnrch,  Dcknlb  Co..  Ind,,  Jan. 
{Jliit.  of  typhoid  pneumonia,  brother  Johu  Ury,  Agt-d 
60 yeni-8,  "months  uud 25  days,  ^o  leaves  a  deav 
compimion,  a  Bister,  and  six  children  to  mourn  Iheir 
loss. 

r.\UNKL.— In  the  same  churoh  and  on  the  eanie  day.  nnd 

fiituio  diicime,  brother  John  Pnrncl,   aged   &2yoiU'ti,  S 

months  and  'H  days. 

lie  leiives  n  dearwifc  and  seven   children   lo  mourn 

theif  loM.   The  rimcinl  ofthesetwo  brethren  was  preach- 

«>.l  ■(  one  time  nt  the  snme  house,  by  the  ivriter. 

Jebxhiaii  Gump. 

P,  C,  please  copy. 

EMMKIIT.— In  the  Arnold's  Grove  dislrict,  Carroll  Co., 
III.,  of  dropsy  of  the  heart,  brother  George  Emmerl, 
age.!  70  years  and  '2  days. 

Tlie  deceiised  was  an  exemplary  member  of  Ihe  Breth- 
ren church  from  his  youth  up.  His  sufferings  wne  it 
liuies  most  extreme,  hut  he  bore  all  patiently,  always 
desiring  the  will  of  the  Loril  to  be  doue,  whiither  il  l.e  lo 
live  or  to  die.  ^Vishingto  be  obi^dient  in  all  thini!«,  he 
enUed  for  (ho  elders  of  the  church  to  a  lininJsier  the  riie 
required  in  James  5:  14.  May  Ihe  Lord  bless  the  be- 
renveil  family.  Funeral  servicer  from  Itev.  H:  12.  U.  by 
Ihe  brethren,  to  a  largo  assembly  of  reUlivea  and  friends 
J.  J.  Emukrt. 

HOOT,— In  Wabash  church,  Indiana,  sislcr  Nancy  Itool, 
wife  of  brother  Jacob  Itoot,  aged  over  oighty-onc  year!< 
Funeral  lervjojs  by  brcthron  J,  llrin-iji  and  ^V 
Minnich. 


OOAN.— In  the  same  churoh.  Dee.  l^lh.  i.f  eonsumplloi., 
brother  lieorgeOgan,  aged  -11  years. 
He  united  ttiih  ibe  church  during;  hia  sickness.     He 
lenves  a  wife  nnd  four  children  to  mourn  their  loss.     Fu- 
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pot.  tak"   the   liiH'..[.M.   Mil«":tiik^'      J,,, 
tniin  at  live  in  the  eveiiiiit,';  "'"..^IrL  i^- 
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The  Brethren  At  Work. 


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^B^ONTEKTS  VOL.  4,  NO.  9. 

^J-^^i^^'SSu^^U^Moove ":'1 

J^  r,,™  E<!")BniW""-J- 11.  Mooro * 

S;iirrf»M«»«"«»-"M-  EBhelman ^ 

l,,„tl,er  Cta-ce  to  <lu  Good 4 

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tract  Work ■ 

ZIJ  from  the  We»t.-C.  For„ey ;! 

,1  Dialog™  ""  Masonry 

S-oa  •sArK.-Josiah  G.WliW..  » 

OMrlM  An8wetea.-Mattie  A.  Loal' « 

;,„e.-W.J.H.Daumau ° 

AC  Hon  in  Bavtlsm.-Jol.n  Funk  

f  „„r  in  tiro  Spirit.-Daniel  l)i1gl.t. ' 

coMiEsrO''"™"''-  - 

Urom  David  A.  Noroross •  ■  ■  I 

IZ  Mlll.rBl,urs.  In,lia,m.-.I.  H.  War.tlc-r. . .   , 

Mpnioriam.-Tlioniiw  D.  I.yon ' 

'toes  From  tl,e  Couter.-S.  T.  Bosserman. ...  1 

B«»«ov,N<>l>>'<i»»'»^"-K-lJ''»---,-"; 

.,,lh.'  llri-tliren  and  Friends  in  Oliio.-S.  .1. 

■  iwkS;  Witc •■■; , 

(ten  days  at  NaporviUe.-TliomiUs  I).  Lyon....  . 
5  mI3ra«l.Col,«ee.l»liana.-JolrnH  Crnn>  S 
From  ModMto.^ Stanislaus  louuty.  Cal.lo.n.a  _ 

11.  (S.  Fn-dcrick 

,:,.,,„  ii  llrtlLOili.st  I.adv.-lillle  Snyder h 

'  ,„  .i„„thBend.ln<liana.-P.K.Wri3l"tsi"a"  » 
l.-,oin  Princeton,  nll.ioi«.-Mary  MoArtbnr. . . .  S 
Mi-moriam.-Hoster  A.  lirubaker » 


", ril,      WV,„ti,tl,ei„flnenee?     Cau   we    uttering    from    the   heart,   words  of  falsehood,    timee  then.n,to:  and  thn,  UoeUmg,   nnlo  h.na 

ofonrfaah.     "''^»' "* '^"^  "'»"'°  „„,„„„,  ^  I  A„a  J^  i„„,.a   „w„y    Wkward,  and    .hall  l,e  opened  the  r?ch  honntie,  o<  ,t,   tre«- 

po  mito  .lesns  and  ever  be  looking  nnto   '  ■»  »»    f"" '""f""'"    '  ,        '   ,     .     f^,,^,,   („    „„,    t„   th,   oomtort  and   consolation    of  hil 

U  we  50  backward  to  .lesns,  how  can  we      ■  a„d  went  backward   ami    not  fotwuid."    kingdom,  their.  «tv  it«  eomforta  and   conaolnt- 

wilUtretcb  ont  my  hand  agirinst  thee  and  ,l<v    they  mourn,  yet  are  they  comforted.     IhonEh 

itroy  thee."    Jeremiah   l.V.  6.    So  mneh  for    they  weep,  yet  can  they  rejoiw.    lor     wlielh- 

er  I'aul,  or  AppoUos,  or  Cephas,  or  llw  world, 

or  life,  or  death,  or  things  to  come,"   uU  ar« 

theirs.    Hill  though  all  things  are  theirs,  they 

""•>■■'""' ,.     ^     ,         ii.,.„„.„„J     ureuolthrirowu,  for  they  are  bought   with 

church,  of  Lexington,  iventueky,  while  engaged  _..,..         ..a.v.. 

a  debate  with  Mr.   Jacob  Ditr.ler,  of  the  M 


if  our  heads,  and  in  close  connection  with 
casoniug  faculties,  (and  use  your  eyes  and  rea- 
ioii  togetUer),  designed  for  I  he  use  of  the  body 
inafonv«rdaction-agoing  forward  and  up- 
d.     There  is  no  backward    action    or  back 


backward  action. 

A  few  remarks  in  refereue 


to  the  Greek  woi-d 


ward.  There  is  no  backward  action  or  DaeK-  A  few  remarks  in  reference  to  the  HreeK  wora 
ward  tending  in  all  tlie  duties  enjoined  upon  L;,  (i„t„).  Elder  L.  B.  Wilks,  of  the  Christian 
the  Christian  '  ,.l..,-M,   of  I.evinirton.Iventuekv,  while  engaged 


The  commission  as  given  by  the  Lord  to  his    in  a  debute  with  Mr.   Jacob  Dit.ler    0  the  M^ 
scinles.  (see  Matt.:iSlli.l.  is  the  acknowledged   ^1  church.  South  of  l.eivisv,  le,  Kentneky,  he  d 


disciples,  (see  Matt.  aS;  ml.  is  the  acknowledged 
formula  lor  baptism,  by  all  the  professed  Chris- 
tian churches;  sp  far  as  my  knowledge  extends, 
and  what  does  it  teach?  It  teaclics  that  the 
liclicver  must  be  baptized  "into  the  name  of  the 
Father,  and  into  the  name  of  the  Son,  and  into 
the  name  of  the  Holy  Ghost."  Now  in  order 
to  get  into  each  of  the  names  of  the  Godhead, 


„iWeisiger  haU.LewisviUe,  Kentucky,  from  the 
13th  to  the  23rd  of  December,  made  the  follow 

iiig  very  ,. - 

tendency,  looking  forward,  and  is  never  render- 
ed back  or  backwarf;  eit  is  the  strongest  word 
in  the  Greek  language  to  express  the  word  hi- 
(0 "     See  the  hook    of  the  tewisviUe   Debate. 


great  price.  The  Lud  having  i.nVcha«.d  them 
through  his  own  prc'tloua  hloud.  and  they  hav- 
ing  hiimlily  snbinitti'd  their  all  unto  hhn,  and 
surrendered  themselves  uuconditionnlly   to  his 


detlielouow-    - 

haa  a  forward    sovereignly,  they  are  li.s.     Whether  thej 


to  get  into  each  01  ine  names  01  un,-  .............    ....      —^  - 

it  leqiiires  a  forward  actionlfor  each  of  the  di-    page  SH(l.  Wilks  ninth  reply. 


vine  names.  Into  implies  a  forward  motion 
To  illustrate:  When  you  enter  into  a  contract 
with  neighbor  B.,  you  make  a  forward  move,  iu 
order  to  meet  his  propositions.  Hut  if  you 
draw  back,  or  out,  your  contract  will  not  be 
consummated,  hence  there  will  he  no  contract. 


sblbcted; 

The  heart 

The  liilldel  and  the  Bible 

rOETRY : 

The  Moneyless  JIau -. 

Tlic  (iharaetorof  Hnppy<tife.i. 
(liir  Heavenly  Laud 


ACTION  IN  BAPTISM. 


BY  JiiHS  ru>K. 


The  forward  action  in  this  case,  means  con 
tract,  or  in  other  words  compliance.  The  back- 
ward action,  means,  no  contract;  so  also  IS  it 
the  Olie  with  baptism.  The  forward  action, 
means  ohniinrr,  or  baptism.  The  WVward 
action  disobedience,  heme  no  baptism.  Tie 
forward  action  is  caused  by  attraction,  or  a 
drawing  spirit,  and  is  always  connected  with 
obedience.  But  the  backward  action  is  produc- 
ed by  a  repulsive  spirit,  or  spirit  of  disobedience, 
with  which  it  isconuected.  For  exomple:  When 
Christ  said  untohisdiaoiples,  "no  man  can  come, 
unto  me,  except  the  Father  draw  him,  or  it 
■e  given  him  of  my  Father."  "From  that 
time  many  of  his  disciples  went  hack  and  walk- 
ed no  more  with  him."  John  6;  65,  06.  Why 
did  they  go  back?  Because  they  had  a  spirit 
of  disobedience,  John  6:  60,  61;  lihey  resorted  to 

the  backward  action. 

1  will  also  refer  ycra  to  the  case  6f  tlie  "sow 
thatw,is  ^yasllcd,  who  returned  to  her  w.iUow- 
„»  in  the  mire."  Now  of  whom  Was  this  apok 


In  conclusion:  Who  would  desire  to  enter  in 
to  heaven  backward?  Ithink  none  would  de 
sire  that  posture,  for  they  would  not  lie  able  t. 
see  the  Lord's  thee,  in  lliat  position.  If  you 
start  for  heaven  backivard,  will  you  not  enter 
there  bucUwaiTi,  (if  you  enter  there  at  all)  ex 
cept  you  turn  about?  ■    cij  );■- 

■■I)  tutu  J  c,  turn  ye.  tiJr  why  will  you  flo,    , 
When  God  In  great  mercy  is  coiuiug  SOTllgli. 
ItipoH,  Calif ornin.  'V 


POOK  IN  THE  SPIRIT. 


BY  nAJJIEI.  BRIOHT. 


or  die,  they  are  nevertheless  the  Lord's.     Thus 
to  know  the  depravity  of  one's  own  heart,  the 
inahility  of  pleasing  God  accoriling  to  our  sin- 
ful nature,   and  at   the  same   time  having  the 
blessed  assurance  of  being  adopted  into  the  fam- 
ily of  God,  finally  to  he  heirs  and  joint  heirs 
with  Christ,  wo  experience  the  promised    bless- 
ing, "Theirs  is  the  kingdom    of  heaven."     Tlie 
promise  is  not  theirs  .<*ri//   iin  the  kingdom  of 
heaven,  in  some  future  time;  but  theirs  ia  ths 
kiiigdomofheavon,  though  not  in  its  persou- 
ally  mantlpsted  stote,  in  its  immortalized   pow- 
er and   giory,  but  iu   its  heaveuly   principles 
which  mold  and  prepare  us  to  be  legal  suhjccta_ 
for  the  inheritance  of  it  iu  its  manifested  pow- 
er and  glory  ofimmortaliKed  bodies;  in  its  com-, 
forts  and  consolations  of  living  iu  "  righteous- 
ness," having  "  pear.,  with  God  and  towards  all 
men,  and  under  all  ciicum^tances,  "Juy   m  the 
Holy  Ghost." 

Hut  there  is  another  state  of  being  poor  in 
spirit,  hut  with  which  no  promise  ia  connected. 
Wo  sometimes  lind  per.wns'who  have  much  to 
say  about  the  poverty  of  their  spirits;  hut  when 
we  search  into  the  secrets  of  their  hves,  and 
iiiid  the  fruits  of  haVing  their  hearts  Hlled  with 
jealousy,  envy  and  malice  towards  their  fellow- 


-Blessed  are  the  poor  in  Bliiiit;  for  tlieiis  is  the 
kingdom  of  lieayeii."    Matthew  r,:  a. 
rrUERK  ate  two  ways  of  being  poor;  poor  in 

1  the  spirit,  and  poor  flnancially.  Tliero 
can  no  better  definition  he  given  of  typified 
spiritiial,as  well  as  financial  poverty  ,thau  the  m 
'stance  ofthe  prodigal  son,  given  by  our  Savior,    j^.,,,,,,.,^,^,.,^  — ^ 

Beijig  far  away  from  father,  kindredand  friends,    i^^.,,^,.  „„  „„„a„  „o  more  at  their  complain- 

and  having  wasted  all  his  substance  with  not- I  j^^^  ^^^„j  j^,.  p„„jn„i  of  their  spirits. 

ous  IivinB>  the  midst  of  a, nighty  famine,  he   '  _  j,^,  „^,  „„„  miserable   than 

couldnomore  make  a  live, 1,0.1  Jorije^N;.;2^^ 

Uo  thorcfore,  jonied  himself  to  a  citmeii  01  tin  I  ..  ,  ,  „ 

couiitry.-beiug  altogether  done  with  himself. 
He  »ives  himself  unto  a  man  of  means,  in  the 
hnmWo    submission  of  gladly  being  olothed 


iIO\Af  oftenlste'mind'bf  the  conscientious,. 

1 1  innocent,  unassuming  ■•*'^*"*'' '"  .td 
0,1  to  wonder  why  so  many  ol  the  Icirned 
■■divmes"  and  "theologians"  of  the  liresent  age, 
are  so  loaU.c  to  acknowledge  tho  forward  action 
-  i,,„ii,i„-''  WithalUheircdvwatioiiintheclas. 
.  ,n„l  1,11  their  knowWge  of  sacred  literature; 
.  .litheEttglish.Oi-wknuil  Latin  lexicons,,, 
one  hand,  and  the  Uihle  in  the  other,  they  al- 
most invariably  practice  thebackward  act,on  ,n 
baptism.  While  all  the  evidences,  that  can  be 
produced  from  the  Holy  Scriptures,  are  in  la 
vorof  the  torwiid  action. 

1„  the  Mosaic  baptism  of  the  Ist^Htes  the 
Lord  said,  "speak  to  the  children  of  Israel   that 
they  go /«r,™r<;." -Exodus   14:  1.5.     Paul  says 
we' should  not  be  ignorant  of  this   circum- 
stance-Jesus' baptism  of  suH'erings  in  the  God- 
honoied,    heavcn-blessed  "Garden   of  Gethse- 
mane,"  was  a  triune  action  by  a./f"/ror<' action, 
and  who  dare  deny  it?     His  ignominious  death 
upon  the  Cross,  in  the  "likeness"  of  which  pen- 
itent believers  are  "planted,"  wius  by  a  iorvravd 
action.    And  in  fact  the  whole  plan  of  salvation 
in  God's  economy  of  grace,  has  u  forward   tend- 
ency.   "Press  towards  the  mark   for  the  vn'*^ 
was  I'aul's  example,  and  he  says   we  should  be 
followers  of  him  as  he  was  of  Christ.    Suppose 
ye,  he  went  backward?   H  so,  how  culd  he  see 
the  "mark?"    Jesus  says,  "Come  unto  me,    and 
Paul  says,  "ever  looking  unto  Jes-sihe  Aut..or 


,?:::::::"  Valso,  ,n  ^— ..el^dtoeatjusts^looaas^y  - 

"sow."  it  was   written  for  our  instruction  and 


than  malice!  and  nothing  woundshu  soul  more 
than  hatred  and  envy.  The  person  whose  heart 
and  spirit  is  in  such.*  condition,  IS  truly  poor. 
Of  such,  it  cannot  besidd,"!  knuw  thy  poverty, 
but  thou  art  rich."     But,  thou  art  ji»or,u./«''. 


■"SOW,     11-  "*"     ....--„..     ..-  ,    ,■  - 

warning,  that  we  who  cUtim  to  be  believers  in 
Christ  should  not  resort  to  ^  UMmH  aciim.  2 
Peter  2. 

Tliere  is  the  case  of  the  soldiers,  who  ca,ne  to 
the  Savior  to   arrest  hi,n.      When   Jesus  sa,d, 

whom  seek  ve'i'"    They  answered  h,m,  'Jesus 


anu.ue„.j-. But    Such  a  heart  and  spirit  must  first  he  purged  by 

Thisisa  true  picture  of  real  P'^'f""'  L,,,       „,i„„„,  the  Spirit  of  God,  and  assume 
such  povertyh«  no  bless.n,  "-""f J    ^  "';  M,,,,  .'rinciples  of  the  kingdom  of  Uoaven,  before 

To  bein  like  manner,  poor  m  ^^»  H'-  ;  t"         ^  ,.^^,;,,  ,^^  ■„,,  .Thei,.  «  the  kmg- 

the  pro,nise  of  a  ricll  bte.smg.  ,  ,  For  theirs       '^^^^  ^^^  ^^^^^^ j,^^,_^  _^  ^^^  „„j  ,„,.  ,„ 

the  kingdom  of  heave.,."  1  „  ,  Holy  Ghost."    Oh,  that  all  those  "which 

This  being  "poor  iu  spirit    consists  m    hor  ^^  regenerated  and  re- 

oughknowleilgeofone'sself.Tbemoreweleamlhear,  •    „,..,.,,,.„,.»„  ,„if,U 


cV"    They  answered  him,  "Jesus    ougUKUoiMeob.  .-..■-  ,„  hecome   in 

„f  Na.ireth."  Jesus  saitli  unto  him  "I  am  he/'  \  '» .l.-l»-*:it:i  o^sT I-  find   ourselves 
and  as  soon  us  he  said  that,  "they  all  went  back- 
ward and  fell  to   the  ground."    Na.aman,  the 


leper,  learned  that  the  backward  action  meant 
di-obedieuce,  and  the  forward  action,  obedience; 
which  iacleariy  demonstrated  by  the  resu  t  0 
his  action.    There  U  the  case  of  Kh,  who     tell 
backward  and  broke  his  neck;"  another  exam- 
„le  01  backward  action.    Why  does   Luke  tell 
[,  to  "ren,emher  lot's  wife?"     Because  she  was 
„„  exan,ple  of  disobedience;  for  she  looked  back 
and  became  apillar  of  salt,   and  the  Lord  hod 
commanded  her  not  to  look  back.     Now,  let  us 
hear  what  the    prophets  say   on   the   subject. 
Isaiah  says,  "Ah,  sinful  nation,  a  piKiple  laden 
with  iniquity,  a  seed  of  evil  doers,  childorn  that 
are  corrupters.     They  have  fo^aken  the   Lord, 
they  have  provoked  the  Holy  One  of  Israel  un- 
to anger,  they  have  gone  away  l^cl.<m,-d.      Is. 
1 .  5     Also,  "in  transgressing  and  lying  asainst 
the  Lord,  and   deparmig  away  from  our  God 
speaking  oppre.s.siou  .*1  -vol.,  oouc.ivi..k  and 


,wed  through  the  Holy  Spirit,  so  as  to  la  fill 
ourselves,  ...»   .--r-  i^Jtbeinjuiiclionofour  Savior,  "Be  ye  tfieretore 

spirit; and  the  more  helpless  we  find   ourselves  .  ^,^^^  .^^,^^  ^^^^^.,    oh 

I    he.  Nafurdly  i.icli.ied  to  that  which 4|evil  Ime^c  y       ^ ^^^^^^^^ ^  ,^^^^^  .^^^^^^„ 

Enslaved  by  the  power  of  J-l-ness      junper       ttat  Uicy    ^^.^_^  ^__   ^^,^^    ..^^^^^ 
with  evil  prope.i.ities,  burdened  """^tlieh  a  y  ^  ^^^^^^^  ^      ,h.U 

weight  of  guilt,-tlie  fruit  o  1"' -" '"'"''"";  I  „n,e  condemned;  and  01  may  they  alUxp*. 
J,  finds  himself  altogether  "f™' J  "lice  the  peaceful  realUy,  the  sublime  sweet- 
such  conviction  being  caused  by  the  0 pe  ahons  ^^^^  ^^^^^^_  ^^_^  ^^^^^^  j^^,^  _^,  ^^^.^  ,„  ,„,^„ 

of  the  Spirit  oi  God,  OS  soon  as  man  com^i  to  ^^^^^^,^^^  ^^^^^^^^^  "l.-„„u.yE,.ad 

,„ch  a  degree  of  being  .•>.™^"' 'f' 'L ^  i    „  .-l.A...-  UB  .ouo.vKS;"  theirs  shall  be  the 
„oi.igs,  invites  him  tocomc  to  |  YK    ^^^^^  ^^  ^^^^^^__^  ^^_^^^  .^  ^^^__,.^^j^  ^^^  ,„„. 

solations,  here  in  this  vale  of  toai-s,  and  in  lU 


with  bis  eeiitltr  «  ""•■■&"'  ---  - 

"     s     •Comeuntomeallyelhat   are  heavy 

iaden.andlwillgive  you  rest."     And  man 

knowing  his  degradation,  feeling  his  weig 

burden,  and  seeing  his   extreme   poverty    will 
cIl  and  beg  for  help,  and  seek  for  aid  and  suo- 

0  and  will  find  llie  promise  of  God  verified 
It'o  him,-He  that  seeketb.hall«.,d;he  that 
leth  shall  receive;  and  he  that  knocketh,  un- 

Toh,™  .Hall  "=  »>«'"*■"  Thus,  seeking  he 
hal  find  the  kingdom  of  heaven;  thu^  asking 
r^u^l.receiveagraeiou.eutrancea„d»lmit- 


.usummated  glory  and  power  iu  the  worid  to 
come.  

WHiuionemindmaybeatleto  grasp  sub- 
lime ideas,  another  m.iy  be  capable  ol  lofty 
fl.ght;  yet  both  ar>.  from  God:  which  should 
teach  us  that  whatever  talents  or  fame  we 
possess,  to  llim  alone  belongs  the  praise. 


THE  MOMEITLBSS  HAN. 

trhis  (jKiutirul    puOlU    W!IS   fOtpiKMcd   y^^HT^'HHtl 

by  lIciirVsliiiil..ii.  MarjiiviiU',  K>.  Sucli  ([.•lus  of 
iwolry  ar^  ii.it  t.ft.-n  mpl  will,,  u-rittcu  by  aiillton. 
whoi.Y  uaim-A  um  uover  knuwo  In  liiBtoryJ. 

JS  there  no  pliice  on  the  face  o{  the  earth 
Where  chiirity  dwelleth,  when-    virtue  Iiv 
birth." 

Where boflOdw  in  liii.lu.-.^  hiiiI  mercy  will  heav.-. 
And  the  jioor  and  the  wretched  Hhall  auk  and 

l-eceive? 
Is  there  no  j.Iiice  on  earth  where  a  knock  from 

the  |)Oi)r 
Will  bring  some  bright  angel  to  open  the  door? 
Ah!  search  the  wide  world  wherever  you  can, 
Therv  is  no  ojien  door  for  the  nioneylew  man 


THj;    KliK'J'HRKrsT    A.U'    "WTOKK:. 


less  nn.I  id|jlatr«u»;  tint  we  slioiild  ad-  jconiraande.1  in  thr-  Scriptures,  yet  it  i« 
.lrcs.H  the  Father  fliroit^'lj  the  .>ioD,  Je-  hloulitless  entirely  prajier  and  Iieneficial 
pendiijgon  the  Spirit  to  helj,  our  iiillmi-  in  it«  effect-,  We  are  eumman.li'd  to  l,e 
■  ties.    l{„r„.  X:  -Jii;!.;,,!,.  2:  Ix.  f.,und,  not  .jnly  always,  hut  everywhere 

The  dittercntkindu  of  prayer  may  be  praying,  and  as  the  places  are  not  es- 
pul.lif  or  private,  iu  the  family  or  clos- 1 pccialiy  mentioned,  we  are  at  liberty 
•t,  eonnisting  of  invoc.itioMH  or  intercejia.  to  make  our  own  aiijjointments,  and  we 
!on»,  ejaculatory  or  occaiional.  cannot  think  of  any  place  more  .suitable, 

I'ublie  j.rayer  in  projjer  and  iwcful,  i»  than  in  the  family  circle,  and  in  no  way 
an  imperative  duty, and  a  glorious  [iriv-  better  calculated  to  benefit  ourselves  by 
liege,  enjoined  by  the  hi);heflt authority,    thua  securing  the  continual   presence  of 


Go  look  ill  the  hati  where  the  rhandelii.r  li^ht 
Drives  oir  with  splendor  the  dark 
Where  the  rich  hanging  velvet 


and  encouraged  by  tlie  most  illustrioui 
eiamples,  and  precious  promises,  esjiee 
ially  when  iiracti..ed  with  becoming  sin- 
cerity, when  mainly  intended  for  the  ear 
of  (rod,  with  a  pure  desire  for  the  ben- 
•fit  of  the  audience,  without   any  desire 


Sweepsgracfullylownwith  ,l-tr,n,ming„f  gold    e       '     ,'       ""'J'™.'"'-  »•'""'"'    ""y  'ie^ire    is,  when  other  things  in  the  family  reg- 
And  niirron  ol  ..ilver  lake  up  and  renew,  ""  •"■"■"Kfe'''""''^''""'"'  or  intention    of  ulntions  are  in  harmony,  with  the  sanc- 


And  mirror*  ot  .-.ilver  take  up  and  renew 
In  long  lighted    vistan,  the'wildering  view. 
Go  there  ui  your  patche..  and  find  if  you  can. 
A  welcoming  smile  for  the  moni-ylcHS  man 


(i*»d  with  us,  ids  .Sjiirit  permeating  our 
whole  beint;,  a  continual  growth  in  grace, 
and  a  me.'ins  by  which  we  may  bring  up 
our  chiltiren  in  the  fear,  nurture  and  ad- 
mimition  of  the  Lord,  the  resultof  which 
is,  when  other  things  in  the  family  veE^' 


ei.^        - -••'  ."  ...Lrui,.^,,    oi  umiiuiis  are  in  narmon}',  Wltn  tne 

]>andering  to  the  [.artinlitie,  of  the  hear-  tifying  influence  of  the  Holv  .Spirit,   th. 

ers,  but  with  an  eye  single  to  the  glory  chil.lren  are  at  an  eariy  Jay  lu-ouglit  in- 

of  (io<l  and  tlie  good  of  souls.  The  surest  to  tlie  fold  of  Christ,     This  is  true,  a-s  the 

Go  look  in  your  church  of  the  cloud  reaching    K"'"'''"'"' '"''""■"■""  in  ''le  service,  is  a  rule  demonstrates    by    many    example^ 

•P""-  H'"'°'"™""™-'i''<-»i'liwhichwecanbring   anything  to  the  contrary  is    the   ex-cep- 

Which  gives  back  to  the  sun  the  same  look   of   tnirselves    into    immediate    presence    of   tion. 

Where  ll,r;.rcl,e,  and  column,  are  gorgeous    "if  r '"'  .'"'j*  '"  ^""  f-    "  -'"'"'   "'""'''        '^o  il'lstrate:  I  recently  had  a  conver- 

I  talk  face  to  face,  with  Ins  tr,end,and  feel  L.,i„n  wi,h  a  vonn^  brother  on  thissub- 
as  ,f  we  were  present  with  God  alone,  ject,  whose  father  kept  up  this  service 
the  s,„rit  he  ping  our  mhrniitie,"  there  in  the  family.  He  says  to  me,  that,  "once 
wi  be  no  such  thing  as  vain  repetitions,  i„  .hedays  of  my  yo,;th,  fatherwas  away 
i.ltiplying  synonymous  words  to  ex-  fr,„n  home  to  be  absent  fbr  a  season, 
press  an  idea,  as    though  God    did   not   „„d  one  evening  after  dark  I  was  return 


ed  enemy;  but  in  our  private  or 

d.-Totions   "where    none    but   g  j*"'^' 

hear. "  .  j"''  c«{ 

It  is  sometimes   the   case    th 

through  the  mediation   of  the      -*"'• 

jealousy  or  envy,  and  other  of  th '"''''" 

of  jiassions  belonging  to   our  r,      ''^'"^' 

and  fallen  hiimau  nature,  that  \f  ' 

be  guilty  of  instituting  and  wagin"  ""'*" 

lentless  warfare  against  theoble  f'^''^' 

we  have  selected  and  prosecuted         ■  ' 

orously,  and  eontinually"; until   pati'^*' 

and  forbearance  ceases  to  be  a  vin 

i-pait,  aud    they   are  driven    '""'' 
-  -  "   away 


us:  confidence  is  totally  destrT*^ 
and  they  are  compelled  for   self  r,  "^"^ 
tion  to  withdraw  their  fellowshi,,  f" 
■  "  .'    "Ota 


within^ 

And  tliu  wuIIh  Hcctii  M  punvwi  a  «ouI  witlioul  xin 
Go  down  thi'  lunn  uJfiIoiii— w-e  the  rich    uud     " 

great, 

InOiL'p()in|ini)d  (lie  pridt- of  their  worldly  pmIuU 
Walk  down  in  yonr  j>iitchi>H,  und  find  if  you  can 
Wlio  opens  u  pew  for  ihl*  moneyIe«n  man, 


Go  look  to  your  jitdgi-x,  in  dwrk  (lowing  Kown, 
Witli  tho  wcfilcH  wluTcin  liiw  wciKhutli   rjiiictly 

down; 
Where  he  frowns  on  Hki    weak    iind  sniil 
the  strong, 

Aud  piiuishosriKht  luid  juKtifieu  wrong; 

WhtTHJnrurx  tliL'ir  UnmU  on  the-  liiMc  htive  luid. 

To  a-iid  a  Vt-niicl  they've  nlrcady  nnido; 

Go  llwro,  in  thocnurt-niDni.und  find  if  you  ciui, 

Any  hiw  (or  tlio  ciwo  of  n  nionovlemi  nmn. 

Go.  look  in  thclmnks,  whcri'  marainoDdofB  hold 
HiH  Jiundrcdx  of  tliouHuiiflM  r)f  Hilvcr  mul  gold; 
Wliere,  safe  from  tlio  hi»;id»  of  the  Btitrving  und 

poor. 
Lies,  pilo  upon  pilp,  of  the  glittering  ore; 
Wnlk  lip  lo  tlie  (■riun).(T,nh,  there  yoii  iimy  ntiiy, 
Till  yiiir  liml.    " 


HrtJiie   \v»*   mean    In-fore  the 


bought  IS  formed  withiti."     There  will  L„,|  the  thought  occurred    to   me 

lit^  then   no   Iiim.»i,»rr  nn.I   I...,,,; i,     /.n  ... 


h.mie,  being  out  a  little  late  on  duty 


'have  grown  old  and  your  hair   in  us   n 


be  then  no  humming  and  hawing  to  fill 
up  time  between  sentences;  but  with  a 
knowledge  ol  our  own  sincerity  and 
honesty  of  purpose,  and  that  (iod  is  pres- 
ent with  us,  and  a  knowledge  of  our 
wants,  we  can  tell  him  all  in  the  most 
Jilaiu  and  aiinjile  language,  and  "we 
know  that  he  heareth  us,  if  we  n.sk  nc- 
■ording  to  his  will." 

i'rivftte  or  closet  pi-ayer  consists  in  the  I 
secret  breathings  of  our   soul -the  holy 
aspirations  of  our  minds,  the   spontane- 
ous iiromjitingsof  thelloly  Spirit  with 


,  that 
now  there  will  be  no  gathering  of  th. 
family  around  the  altar;  no  prayer   go 


us,  and  because  in  all  this  we  fail 
eomplish  our  object,  and  if  they  art°°' 
are  not  provoked  to  expose  our  defo'-* 
ity,  we  are  likely  to  cuistrue   every"'""' 
of  theirs  into  an  intention  agaiust  on  ^' 
terest,  or   our   .le.sigus.       We   theref™" 
count  them   our   enemies,    and   by      « 
words  and  fair  speeches,  induce  the 
warry     to     believe      aud    synmath?' 
with    us.      Such   is   human  \Z!^'^, 
human     dejiravity,    aud    has    been  e. 
emplified  in  manyinstances,  and  abound 
upon  the  page  of  history,  both  sacred 
and  profane,  and  has  been    the   fruitful 
cause  of  the   destruction    of  kingdoms 
and  empires,  and  the  flowing  of  rivers  of 
the  vital  fluid  of  human  e.xistence. 
I  sometime  since  heard  a  lecture  i,p„o 


,,     ,    ,  ,       •    --  L--J-     b"  " -"^'^  """"  a  lecture  UDon 

up  to  (jod  from  that  altar  until  fath-    tn's  subject,  and  the   siieaker   ,K.-  u 
,.».„-„„       Tl,;.  .1 1.1    ,-      I-  .  .     .- 1  __.,     .         .,  '.  oneu    at 


turuK  gray, 
Aiidy.iu'll  Iind  at  the  hank,  not  one  of  his  clui 
W  itii  imniey  to  lend  to  a  iiionnyless  man. 


■ver   influenced 


or   induced  by 


Then  go  to  your  hovel— no  raven  has  fed 
Th."  will,  who  ha.iKulfered  so  long  for  her  bread 
Kn....I  down  by  lier  pill.iwiiud   kiss   the  death 
I'^wii  the  lips  of  the  angel  your  poverty  loss- 
Then  turn  in  your  agony  upward  to  God, 
And  bless  whili.  it  smites  yoii.tlio  chasleiiing  ro.l 
And  y.m'll  find  at  tli..  end  of  life's  little  s|,uii, 
There's  a  welcome  above  for  the  nioii.>yle»n  mall. 

A  home  in  heaven!  what  a  joyful  thought, 
As  the  poor  iniiu  toils  in  liis  weary  lot! 
His  heart  oppress'd,  and  with  anguish  driv'n 
Kroni  his  home  below  to  his  home  in  heaven. 
tNileeted  by  1.'k.\nk  Aj.j.hn. 

OF  PRAYER. 

at  D.  r.  uooMAW, 


"I  cnhort  therefore,  that,  first  of  all,  suppi:. 
cations,  jirayers,   intei-ccssions.   and  giving  ot 
thanks,  be  made  for  ail  men."    1  Tim.  -2:  1 
l)  V  this,  we  learn  that  it  is  meet  and 
-L*     right  to  [iray  and  give   thanks  fo 
all  men,  ami  the  reason  why.     Proceed 
ing  III  his  charge  to  Timothy,  the    n]ios 
tie  e.\horted  and  enjoined  that,  "  (iist  of 
all"  as  a  matter  of  the   highest  imju.r 
tance:  "Supplications,  prayci-s,  and   in- 
tercessions" suited  to  eyery  emergency, 
and  accompanied     with    thauksgiving! 
should  be  made  in  behalf  of  themselve.- 
each  other,  and  for  all  men  without  dis 
tinctiou,  and  without  excejition  of  thi>i. 
enemies  anil  persecutors,  in  the  spirit  of 
genuine  philauthrophy. 

Prayer  is  an  ex])ressiou  of  our  desirea 
to  God,  with  an  humble  confidence  that 
we  shall  obtaiu.  them  through  the  me 
diation  of  Christ.  The  object  of  pray- 
er is  God  alone  through  Jesus  Christ  as 
the  Mediator.  All  supplications,  there 
fore,  to  saints  or  angels, and  all  worship 
of  the  creature,  however  exalt<!d,  is  use 


outward  circumstances,  as  may  be  th 
casein  jiublic  prayer.  This  kind  of 
prayer  may  be  either  ejaculatory  or  oc- 
casional ;  thus  the  Christian  pi-ays  al- 
ways, as  exhorted  by  the  Master,  Luke 
in:  1,  and  may  be  performed  either  men- 
tally of  vocally. 

In  ourcalm  and  undisturbed  moments, 
while  musing  ujion  the  mercies  of  God, 
and  contemplating  our  dependence  upon 
him,  the  uncertainty  of  life,  the  dangers 
atliiidiug   us,   and    the   temjitations  to 
which, we  are  exjiosed,  we  may  silently 
iivoke  (lod's  carefulness  over  us  by  his 
supervising  and    jirotective   providence, 
il  to  grant  us  the  exercise   of  wisdom 
and  prudence,  so  that  we  may  in  no  way 
di-shonor  the  profession  of  his  name,  or 
provoke  his  disph-asure.     Hut  wlien  ex- 
posed to  sudden  danger  or  taken  by  sur- 
lirise  liy  accident,  or  the  approach  of  an 
enemy,  in  the  hour  of  trial  or  temptation, 
in  our  social,  political,  religious  oi-  com-' 
mercial  iutereoui-se,  we  may  ask  God  lo 
;gest,  control  and  overrule  all  for  our 
dvautage  and  for  the  gloi-itying  of  his 
name;  this  may  be   done  mentally    or 
vocally.  Besides  this,  occasional  seasons 
should  be  set  apart  for  private  or  closet 
prayer,  to  retire  from  the  outside  world 
for  secret  and  solemn  devotion,     'i'his  is 
the  native   element  in    which  the   true 
Christian  lives,  the  atmosphere  he  loves 
to  breathe.     This   sentiment  is   beauti 
fully  e.xpressedin  the  12-lthhymn: 
"  I  love  to  steal  awhile  away 

From  every  cuiubering  care. 
And  spend  ttiu  hour  ot  setting  day 

lu  bumble  grateful  prayer. 
I  lore  in  solitude  to  siied 

The  poniteuti.il  tj-m- 
And  all  his  promises  to  plead 
Where  none  hut«o.i  can  heai-. 


i'aiuily  prayer,  though  mt /josUivel!/  Ia»enibly,  in  th 


er  returns.  This  thought  so  distressed 
me  in  that  dark  lonely  night,  that  my 
heart  was  filled  with  emotion,  and  the 
big  unbidden  tear  rolled  down  over  my 
I  cheeks."  How  sad  the  thought  that  at 
that  great  day,  when  the  books  are  open- 
ed and  the  nations  are  judged,  that  thei'e 
will  be,  then  and  there,  parents  whose 
lost  children,  will  approach  them  for  n 
dereliction  of  this  important  duty. 

The  quotation  at  the  head  of  this  ar- 
ticle, enjoins  that  interce.ssions  be   made 
for  all  men,  especially  for  the   rulers  of 
the  nations.     Oh,  how  earnestly   ought 
we  to  be  engaged  in  this  exercise!    See- 
ing that  the  pro-sperity,   happiness   and 
religious  liberty,  of  the   people  are   so 
much  dependent  ujion  the   character   of 
those  who  are  in  authority;  seeing   thitt 
the  blessings  of  heaven  have  always  at- 
tended the  nations  over  which  righteous 
sovereigns  presided,  and  the  indignation 
aiid  wrath  over  those  that   were   other- 
wise, and  in  this,  as  well  as  other  things, 
ought  we  not  watch  as  well  as  pray,  and 
to  do  all  that  we  can  do  to  secure  such, 
without  sacrificing  our  Christian  princi-' 
pies!     "God  save  the   commonwealth." 
l.'nder  this  section  of  our  subject,  we 
may  present  our  duty  to  pray   or  inter- 
cede for  our   enemies.     This   is  a  duty 
most  jinsitimfi/  commanded  by  the  great 
Author  of  our   blessed   Christianity,  to 
Jiray  for  them  that  "hate  and  despiteful- 
ly  treat  us,"  and  I  opine  comes  as  much 
in  collLsion  with  our  nature  and  requires 
humility  and  more  grace  than  any 
duty  recpiired  at  our  hands.    How,  then, 
shall  we  commence  this  arduous   work? 
It  occurs  to  me  that  the   only  way  that 
we  will  be  likely  to  succeed  for  good,  is 
first  to  take  the  beam   out  of  our   own 
eye,   and    by   returning  good   for  evil 
where  it  can  be  safely  done,  without  the 
risk  of  having  them  trampled  underfoot 
and  being  turned   upon   and  rent,   and 
then  wem.iyeonsistentlvpr.ayfor  such 
iiiterpo.siiion  on    the   pan  of  God,  aud 
such  blessings  from  his  hand  as  will  re- 
sult in  our  mutual  good  aud  to  the  Mo- 
rifying   of  his  name.     And    when  %e 
would  propose  to  engage  in  this  service, 
It  shouM  by  no  nieaus  be  in  the   publi,' 


considerable  length  on  the  point  of  p^,. 
ing  for  enemies,    and    assuming   that  it 
wa.s  a  powerful  instrument  in  the  accoin 
plisbment  of  a  reconciliation,  and  doubt 
less  it  is   60  if  properly  applied.     The 
prelmiinaries  as  stated  above,   having 
been  attended  to,  but  while   listening  to 
the  lecture  my  mind  was  led  to  enquire 
m  the  circle  of  my  acquaintance  for  ex- 
amples to  which    the    lecture  might  be 
applied,  and  they  were  found,— cases  of 
various  forme,  and  among  them,  some  of 
the  peculiarities   of  which   I  thought  I 
understood,  and  was  led  to  believe  that 
if  the  aggressor  would  cease   to   be  an 
enemy,  and  so  to  act  as  to  restore  lost 
confidence,    it  would  not  require  much 
prayer  to  secure  an  amicable  adjustment 
and  a  perfect  reconciliation. 


'e  presence  of  our  sujppos- 


ECHOES  FROM  THE  'WEST. 

A  Short  Lecture  By  D.  B  Gibson,  In  the  Falls 

City  Church— Winter. 
■jyV  dear  youug  friends,  you  have  now 
made  up  your  minds  to  follow 
Christ  your  Savior,  and  I  ivill  remark 
that  It  is  impossible  to  follow  him  and 
at  the  same  time  follow  the  world.  "Ye 
cannot  serve  God  and  mammon."  Ye 
cannot  serve  God  acceptably  and  follow 
Baal  too.  God's  people  are  a  separate 
people— always  were  and  always  will 
be.  ^  When  we  see  a  people  claiming  to 
be  Christian.^  and  fotlowinij  the  world- 
its  luttx-ims  and  fashions,  we  have  an  ab- 
surdity and  impossibility. 

I  shall  ask  nothing  of  you  that  is   not 
required  by  the  Word  of  God.     Notice 
Paul's  instruction  to  Timothy— a  bishop. 
"  I  will  that  men  pray  every- where,  lift- 
ing up   holy   h.auds  without   wrath   or 
doubling."     "In  like  manner,  that  wo- 
men adorn  themselves  in  modest  apparel, 
with  shamefacedness  and   sobriety;   not 
with  braided  htiir,  or  gold,  or  pearls,  or 
costly  array."     1  Tira.  2:.  8,  9.     This  is 
the  requirement  of  God's  Law,  not  man's 
law.     This  is  (iod's  order;    not  our  or- 
der. If  it  was  our  order,  we  could  change 
it  to  please   ourselves;    but  it   is  God's 
Law,.nnd   "the  law  of  God  is  perfect;" 
hence  unchangeable,  and   must  remain 
forever. 

The  Scriptures  require  plainness  aud 


>iarc 


h    O 


Tx^j-:  7u^KTiinp:>r  ^vt  -woiik. 


3 


LI  ibf  world.     1  IVl  3: 

,  9;Kom.  12:  1,  2.  Our 

and  non-con- 


o  ;i:l  Tim.  3:  S, 

lople  require    plainness 

itv  to  the  wurld ;  therefore  onr  neo- 
„\e  ai-e  God  3  people. 
'  wain  Piiiil  says,  "evtry  woman  pray- 
•  ror  prophe-'-ying  with  her  head  uncov- 
/"]  Jislionoreth  her  head.''  '2  Cor.  11. 
Tlit-rff're  we  requiie  of  our  sisters  that 

I  V  fover  their  heads  at  time  of  wor- 
.]  in  with  a  plain  covering,  and  thereby 

.  ,ve  their  subjection  to  tbe  Gospel. 
Ai'siOi  ^^*'  ^^^^  '^  God's  Law — not  from 
human  discipline — "Swear  not  at  all.'' 
Alntt.  ^  '■  3"i-   '^^g^'n,  James  says,"  Above 

II  ihing^.  my  brethreu,  swear  rwi.  Our 
Riethren  do  not  ewear  because  God's 
^Void  forbids  it.  A  ehm-ch  that  allows 
^.atb-taking  contrary  to  God's  Word,  is 
uut  God's  church. 

Ai'aiu,  we  read,  ''Dearly  beloved, 
„^-eu^e  not  youi-selves,  but  rather  give 
place  unto  wrath ;  for  it  is  written, veuge 
^m;e  i--'  miue  and  I  will  repay  saith  the 
Lord."'  Horn.  12:  lil-'il.  Christ's  ser 
niou  on  the  Mount,  Matt.  5:  6,  7,  also 
forbids  war  and  retaliatiation.  God's 
Wf  I'd  does  not  allow  fighting.  See  John 
IS:  3<>-  "My  kingdom  is  not  of  this 
world,"  *  *  *  or  else  "my  servants 
ffould  fight."  Our  members  are  not  al- 
lowed to  avenge  themselves,  nor  go  to 
war,  because  God's  Word  forbids  it. 
Goil,t'oJ"  a  wisepurpose,  reserved  for  hlm- 
gi;lf,  the  right  of  dealing  out  vengeance. 
)Vt!  would  be  poor  objects  to  deal  out 
veu^eance;  we  would  not  know  when  to 


stop. 


We  see  men  will  sometimes   un- 


(Ifitake  to  deal  out,  who  do  not  know, 
when  to  stop,  but  kill  their  fellow-man; 
become  murderers,  anil  ''we  know  that 
no  murderer  shall  inherit  the  kingdom 
of  Got!."  Our  church  is  opposed  to  se- 
cret societies.  We  read  in  God's  Book, 
"Be  ye  not  unequally  yoked  together  I 
with  unlieUevers;  tor  what  fellowship 
iiatb  righteousness  with  unrighteousness, 
aud  what  communion  hath  light  with 
darkness?  and  what  concord  bath  Christ 
with  Belial;  or  what  part  hath  he  that 
helieveth  with  an  infidel  ?  and  what 
agreementliath  the  temple  of  God  with 
iduls?  for  ye  are  the  temple  of  the  living 
God ;  as  God  hath  said,  1  will  dwell  in 
them,  aud  walk  in  them;  and  I  will  be 
their  God,  and  they  shall  be  my  people. 
'Wliereforft  come  out  from  among  them, 
and  be  yc  separate,  saith  the  Lord,  and 
touch  not  the  unclean  thing;  and  I  will 
receive  you,  and  will  be  a  Fatlier  unto 
you. aud  ye  shall  Vtemy  sous  and  dangb- 
tt'rs,  saith  the  Lord  Almighty."  2  Cor. 
(1:  14-ly.  '^'his  passage  of  Scripture, 
i\itli  a  number  of  other.-),  forbtds  secret 
^H.ifties.  Our  church  is  opposed  to  se- 
I  ivt  societies;  tiherefore,we  are  the  church 
-i' Christ. 

We  regard  these  passages  of  Sei'ipture 
as  an  essential  first  tea<^hing  to  our  ap- 
plicants, in  order  that  you,  as  well  as  all 
<iiir'npplitsants,  may  know  what  will  be 
i'*'(pilred  of  you  before  you  unite  with 
the  church  of  God — "the  ground  aud 
pillar  of  ihu  truth."' 

The  18th  of  Matt,  was  refeiTed  to  aud' 
read  jw  usual,  aud  such  questions  were 
a'»ked,  and  remarks  made  as  were  ap- 
propriate for  the  occasiou. 

WINTKU 

is  upon  us.  Wo  sensibly  feel  its  icy  grasp. 
Like  the  revolutions  of  the  eartli,  it 
^mn:6  in  its  turn.  Sometimes  it  may 
seeiii  to  be  delayed  by  Aulumn's  chil- 
ling wind,  but  at  last  it.  must  come.  Aft- 
er the  waters  were  assuaged  from  the 
earth,  God  did  not  only  say,  "  I  do  set 
my  bow  in  the  cloud,  and  it  shall  1)e  for 
■'i  token  of  a  covenant  between  nie  and 
tlieearth."     Geu.    11:13,    but  also  said. 


1  harvfst,  cold  and  bear,  Wid  Sum- 
mer and  Winter,  and  day  aud  night  shall 
not  cease."  Gen.  8:  22.  Winter  comes 
because  God  lias  ordered  it  so.  and  it 
continues  to  come  because  God  said  it 
should  not  cease.  Wintt-r.  like  all  oth- 
er seasons  of  the  year,  has  its  advantages 
and  disadvantages;  its  joys  and  its  sor- 
rows. "WTiile  we  may  snil'er  much  un- 
der the  hammer  of  frost  and  piercing 
winds,  it  makes  enjoyable  the  home  and 
fireside.  At  no  season  of  the  year  can 
home  be  more  fully  appreciated  than 
when  we  are  driven  together  by  the 
howling  storms  of  Winter  to  enjoy  the 
genial  warmth  of  a  comfortable  stove  ill 
some  humVde  cottage.  It  is  then  that 
we  can  realize  how  pleasantly  we  are 
situatt'fi,  and  more  especially  when  tht 
temperatui'e  of  the  weather  sinks  nier 
cury  down  to  twenty  degrees  below  ze 
ro. 

Such  as  have  plenty  of  everything 
necessary  to  render  themselves  comfort- 
able aud  happy  in  cold  weather,  no 
doubt,  wish  at  timea  that  Winter  was 
here  already.  While  others,  less  favored 
with  the  comforts  of  life,  dread^  its  re- 
turn. 

Header,  this  season  of  the  year  affords 
an  excellent  opportunity  to  do  good  to 
sutlVriug  humanity.  It  is  now,  that  a 
poor  lad  and  his  suffering  sister,  would 
duly  appreciate  a  comfortable  home, — 
a  warm  and  comfortable  garment.  Few 
of  us,  comparatively  Sjieaking,  know 
anything  of  the  amount  of  suffering  for 
the  want  of  sutficient  clothing  aud  shel- 
ter iVom  the  chilly  winds  of  icy  Winter. 
"I  was  naked  and  ye  clothed  me,"  Matt. 
25.  Again,  Winter  seems  to  be  the  time 
employed  for  acquiring  knowledge.  It 
affords  a  time  for  study  aud  meditation, 
I  not  only  to  the  rising  generation  as  they 
are  making  preparation  for  future  use- 
fulness, but  it  also  affords  much  useful 
time  for  ministerial  work. 

The  work  of  evangelism  seems  to  be 
more  energetically  caiTied  on  in  the  Win- 
ter thaB  any  other  season  of  the  year. 
This  is  fully  verified  by  the  work  that 
is  being  done,  of  which  we  have  a  report 
in  almost  every  paper.  We  do  not  know 
as  people  are  more  likely  to  die  in  the 
Winter  than  in  the  Summer,  but 'it  seems 
sometimes  as  if  the  Lord  had  to  wait  a 
little  with  his  work  for  a  more  conven 
ieut  season.  This  season,  if  ever  it  comes, 
must  be  in  the  Winter. 

Religious  work  always  seems  to  ])ros- 
per  better  iu  Winter  than  Summer.  This 
is  not  BO  because  God  favors  this  season 
of  the  year  more,  but  because  any  cause 
dependent  upon  human  agency,  prospers 
in  proportion  to  the  time  and  energy 
employed  in  the  cause. 

God's  work  claims  our  attention  at  all 
seasons  of  the  year  alike.  Let  us  pray 
for  more  universal  eueix-'y    at   all  times. 

C.    l''oHNEY. 

Falk  City,  Neh. 


OUR  HEAVENLY  KING. 

BV  J.  W.  SOtTUWOOD. 

OL'K  beaTuiily  King 
To  Him  wc  aing 
Our  simgs  ui'  gfdteful  pmisL-; 
While  hctt?  we  stay 
We'll  Him  obey. — 
Thus  spend  our  eatlhly  days. 

So  when  we  die 

With  Ilini  on  tigb 
VVe'll  reign  forevermore; 

And  sing  His  praise 

Through  eiidlcHs  days, 
On  heaven's  golden  aliore. 

For  there'.^  sweet  rest 

For  all  the  blest, 
And  none  shall  weary  be, 

Who  dwell  iu  love 

With  those  Above, 
And  Christ  their  Savior  see. 

Then  let  ua  strive 
W  bdo  we're  alive 
To  giiiu  thut  hftppy  laud; 
Uiiceiisiiig  pray 
Both  night  aud  day 
For  His  protecting  hand. 

For  Christ  is  all 

And  those  who  call 
On  Him  shall  live  in    peace, 

Where  love  is  pure, 

And  I'rieudship  euro, 
Aud  pleiisuns  never  cease. 

Then  let  ns  try 

To  live  on  high. 
With  Christ  who's  all  in  nil, 

Which  we  can  do 

It  we'll  he  true, 
And  heed  His  gracious  call. 

THE    INFIDEL  AND  THE  BIBLE. 


At  Folkestone,  Englnud,  an  e.\traor- 
dinary  person  callint;  himself  "Elijah, 
the  prophet,"  has  been  astonishing  tht 
people  of  that  town.  He  goes  about 
dressed  in  sheepskins,  and  carries  above 
his  head  a  placard  bearing  the  words, 
"lam  Klijfth,  tlie  Prophet,"  and  quoting 
from  Malachi  ils  his  authority,  "Behold 
1  will  send  you  Elijah,  the  Ti-ophet,  be- 
fure  the  cDuiiug  of  the  great  aud  dread- 
ful day  of  the  Lord."  He  ha«  addre>»- 
ed  several  g-itherifigs,  and  has  a  notion 
that  England  has  some  connection  with 
the  Ten  Lost  Tribes.  An  attempt  has 
been  made  to    punish    bim  for    causing 


an  obstruction  iu   the  b'.rcets,    but  llie 
While  the   earth  rema'ineth,   seedtime  I  magistrate  dismissed  the  charge. 


A  VIRGINIA  banker,  who  was  cliair- 
■^*-  man  of  a  noted  infidel  club,  was 
once  traveling  on  horsebat^k  through 
Kentucky,  having  with  him  bank-bills 
to  the  amount  of  twenty-five  thousand 
dollars,  when  he  came  to  a  lonely  forest, 
where  robberies  and  murders  were  said 
to  be  fretpieut,  he  was.so(m  lost  through 
taking  a  wrong  road.  Tlie  darkness  of 
night  came  quickly  over  him,  and  liow 
to  escape  the;  threatened  danger  he  knew 
not.  In  his  alarm  he  suddenly  e,spied 
in  the  distance  a  dim  light,  aud  urgiug 
his  horse  forward,  he  at  length  came  to 
a  wretched  looking  cabin.  He  knocked, 
and  the  door  was  opened  by  a  woman 
who  said  that  her  husband  was  out  hunt 
ing,  but  would  shortly  return,  and 
she  was  sure  that  he  would  cheerfully 
give  him  shelter  for  the  night.  Th 
banker  tied  up  his  hort^e  and  entered 
the  cabin,  but  with  feolings  that  could 
better  be  imagined  than  described. 

There  he  was  with  a  large  sum  of  mon- 
ey, and  perhaps  in  the  houi^e  of  one  of 
the  robbers  wliose  name  was  terror  to 
the  country,  in  a  short  time  the  man 
of  th«  house  returned ;  he  had  a  deer 
skin  cap,  seemed  much  fatigued,  aud  in 
no  talkative  mood ;  all  this  fot'eboded  the 
infidel  no  good.  He  felt,  for  his  pistols 
in  hi!*  pockets,  and  placed  them,  so  a9  to 
be  ready  for  instant  use. 

The  man  asked  the  strangtT  toVetJre 
to  bed.  but  this  he  declined,  saying.tbat 
he  would  ^it  by  the  fire  all  night.  The 
man  uryed,  but  the  more  he  urged,  the 
infidel  wiu(  alarmed;  he  felt  sure  that 
this  was  his  bust  night,  but  he  was  de- 
termined to  sell  his  life  as  dearly.as  pos- 
sible; his  infidel  principles  gave  him  no 
comfort.  His  fears  grew  into  i)erfect 
agony.  Avhat  was  to  be  done'^  At 
length  the  backwoodsman  rose,  and 
reaching  to  a  wuodeii  shelf  he  took  down 
un  old  book  and  said,  "Well,  stranger, 
if  you  won't  go  lo  bed  I  will,  but  it  is 
my  custom  always  to  read  a  chapter  of 
holy  Kcripture  before  going  to  b.*d." 
What  acliange  did  these  words  produce! 
Alarm  was  at  once  removed  from  the 
skeptic's  mind.     Though  avowing  him- 


.nelran  infidrtl.  hi-  now  had  confidence  u 

the  Uible.  11-  h  Ii  ^afH;.hi;  f-lt  that  the 
man  wlio  kept  an  old  Bible  in  the  house 
and  read  it,  and  bent  his  knees  in  pray- 
er, was  no  robber  or  murderer. 

He  listened  to  the  simple  prayer  of 
the  good  man,  and  at  once  diHriiissed  all 
his  fears,  and  lay  down  in  that  rude  cab- 
in and  slept  as  calmly  as  ever  he  hadun- 
.ler  his  father's  roof.  From  that  night 
he  ceased  to  revile  the  good  old  Bible. 
He  became  a  sincere  Christian,  and  of^en 
related  the  story  of  his  eventful  journey 
to  prove  the  folly  of  infidellty.—.SW. 

A  DIALOGUE    ON   MASONRY. 

rplIE  following  conversation  is  said  to 
-*•  hav«  taken  place  between  two 
ueigbova — P.  aud  I).: 

P. — Good  morning,  Mr.  1).  What 
seeinstobe  the  matter  i  You  look  so 
downcast. 

I>. — It  is  no  wonder.  I  suppose  you 
have  heard  that  my  son  John  has  joined 
the  Free  Masons. 

P. — Yes,  but  that  is  nothing  strange. 
I  rather  looked  for  it  before  this. 
1).— Why  so,  Mr.  P.? 
P. — Mecause  he  has  been  taui^iit  from 
his  childhood  that  Mivsonry  is  lioth  prof- 
itable and   popular. 

D. — Mr.  P.,  are  you  trying  to  insult 
me  more  than  my  son  did?  From  a  child 
I  have  taught  him  that  Masonry  is  both 
selfish  and  sinful.  I  have  also  been  to 
the  expcnwe  of  getting  for  him  all  the 
a]iti-mius<mic  books  I  could  hear  wf,  even 
the  Chrhtiiin  (.'i/nosurf!.  I  have  done 
all  in  my  power  to  get  his  inind  fixed 
against  Masonry. 

P. — Mr.  I).,  let  me  explain  the  matter 
to  you  more  clearly,  and  tlien  see  if  we 
cannot  find  where  you  have  taught  your 
boy  contrary  to  what  you  think  you  did. 
Tliere  are  some  things  strantier  tlian 
ither  words  or  books.  Ai-e  there  not  in 
our  town  produce  merchants  who  are 
Christians,  and  at  the  same  time  anti- 
masons  i  Are  there  not  in  our  town  all 
kinds  of  merchants  who  are  auti  masons? 
D. — Yes,  but  what  haa  that  to  do  with 
the  case? 

P.— A  good  deal.     Have  you  not  for 
the  last  twenty  years  sold  all  your  grain 
to  Mr.  A.,  a  rank  Mason  ^   .Do  you    not 
buy  all  your  groceries  of  Mr.   W.,  and 
your  dry  goods  of  Mr,  B.,  and  are  they 
not  both  Masonsi     It  is  not   only    you, 
but  nearly  every  pretended   anti-mason 
will  deal  with  Masons  in  preference  to 
men  of  their  own  minds.     Your  son   is 
ambitious,  just  going  into   business,  and 
is  not   blind   about   such   things.      He 
knows  that   the    Masons   are   sworn  to 
support  one  another,  and  also  have    the 
patronage  of  must   all    anil  masons.     If 
all  the  anli  masons  would  stop  support- 
ing Masons,  the  thine  would    not   stand 
two  years.     Were  I  a  young  man,  just 
going  into  business,  aud  had  nothing  in 
view  but  making    money.  I    wovild  join 
the  Masons.     Now  Mr.    U.,    I    presume 
you  can  see  why   I    was  Hot   surprised 
when  your  son  joined  the  Masons. 

I). — 1  see  the  point.  I  have  done 
wrong,  and  many  others  are  doing  the 
same  and  do  not  know  it. 


Many  have  yielded  to  go  a  mile 
with  Satan,  who  never  intended  to  go 
with  him  twain;  but,  when  once  on  the 
way  with  liim,  have  been  inv(.-igled  fiirth* 
er  and  further,  until  they  know  not  how 
to  leave  him.  Thus  he  lea<ls  poorcrea- 
tures  down  into  tlie  depth  of  sin,  by 
winding  stairs,  and  tliey  see  not  the  end 
of  that  to  which  they  are  going.— 
Worth  intjUm, 


XHl';    KRETiiliK>v'    -i-T    "WOUli. 


ri  Ili.ISIIKI)  WKKKLV. 


nRonixR  T.  N.  Baawt  K«yii:  •*  My  addn 
Tehama,  Cherokw  wanty.    KaoKie.     We  hu' 


Bkkthbes  VaviA  Frantz,  Wagoner  ao.l  Mill-  f  at*  them  among  the  people. 
r   laUrly    held    fyur    mM'tiog*   at    th.*   I'rl'ana    that 


If  it 


I'.^^'ioQt 


.1.  II.  MOOItB.  ( 

M.  M.  KSIIKI.MAX. . 


Trie  DBrriinitN  AT  Won  Hill  hfitnim  Sl.M  p»r  an- 
luo)  >n  B^lfanc*.  Any  oiip  who  will  "inJ  im  cirJh  nrnnFii 
ud  Sl*2  fH'  will  ri>pM*#  an  nililitionni  iwpy  fre*  of  oh«r([», 
anil  fur  each  iL-Miiionitl  nnni*  |i>vor  nit<J  alfotn  ibr  nior 
Ommc*)  ihtniTfni  will  hi>  iillunp'l  i*ii  j'pr  ccnl.,  whffh 
ftDiaoni  can  t>c  -IivJik  i«4l  rrutn  the  monry  Ivforv  nonJinH  it 
tou*.  Monc/iteni  l>^  I'coIhI  tlnlun,  livgi'tered  l^itet* 
or  JraDa.  (iropar);  AildrM-cxI.  will  b«  nl  oiir  riik.  Wheri 
■eoillnic  (Irnfr,  Ur  ■iir'-  ihal  il  in  not  «  chrck.  If  ll  i»  n 
ebf»k.  il  c'liln  rm  ^0  renia  lo  collcot.  wbil«  *  ilmft  onn'T« 
«i>llrc<>-il  (rvr.  I'uilngp  Rlnmini  (n«y  hn  «<int  for  niiiuunU 
unilrr  I  "•>.  hiil  nltrnyii  ipti'I  ihp  monvj  if  juu  can  ifri  1(. 
Suhachpiionn.  nnil  coomuiiicalioDi  ini«ivJ*<l  for  rhe  pa- 
Mr,  ui  Hclt  tu  All  hiiaioMa  maUen  oonnecie'I  wllb  Ihi  of- 
f  M  ■bonid  be  kddrcMcd 

UOOSE  ft  ESEELUAV, 

Lanark,  Carroll  Co..  Ill- 


a  fine  country.     The  churrh,  lur**,  coa*i^t-i  o{ ,  churcU.  in  Chainpaign  coaiity,    Illinois-     That    me^^. 
ttreaty  ijietnbem,  one  ifx-aker  anil  three  d^acoiia. 
We  wouM  be  much  plea^Mi  jT  mure  hel|i  in  thp 
miniittry    would    move   here,   and    help  carry 
on  the  work." 


t    Toil  hay*-   gooil   patters  *« ''istribat*  ^T*     J 
congnigatiMns.     The  reading  of  thf-     '"* 


I  coogreeation  »tai)d9  in  ne«i  of  more  mmietenal    tjjg 

aid.     It  wouiti  do  well  by  M*me  good,  energetic  i  ^j|(  awaken  an    interest   tor   preachin    ' 
niinister  who  will  M-'ttle  among  them.     ^'^^''-^  j  causing  the    people  to  seurch  more  diih    ' 


A.  J.  Bowen,  St.  Joseph,  III- 


for  the  truth. 


LANARK.  IM- 


MAIH'II  B.  1h:J(. 


Ip  Simon  IlarNhniiiii  will  xcnd  uh  his  addrenn, 
hix  order  shall  lie  chni-rlully  attcndi'd  to. 

TuKftK  is  a  bill  In-fore  th*?  LeffiMlatureof  Illin- 
oia,  to  prohibit  flntt,  necond  and  third  couHiriH 
niRrrying. 

BlloraBliJ.  W- South  wood's  addrenniH  chang- 
ed Ironi  Moniimeni  City,  Indiana,  to  Lincoln, 
Wabash  county,  Indi/iun. 

Tub  addrexH  nt'  Hrnthnr  Danipl  fVy  in  now 
chnogod  from  Mt.  t'lirroll,  IllinoiH,  to  Kcnl, 
StephitnHon  coniify,  IllinoiN. 

LoTTiB  Kotriiig  writf'N  tliift  the  Wfiodbiiry 
churol),  Penntiyiviuiiri,  in  prottpering.  Four  hav 
been  ndded  lo  the  church  nince  tho  JJntt  of  Jiui- 
miry. 

Iv  till'  porxoii  from  North  Liberty,  Ind.,  will 
send  u«  his  numc,  wi- can  (five  hira  credit  on 
Bubitcriptioii.  and  Mi'iid  tin- brjuk  ordered,  viz.: 
"  IJible  V8  MnteriiiliHtii." 


TliKiiK  hai  been  msoy  s  dog-fight  ori^r  a  hone 

that  did  not  havi-  one  particl<-  of  meat  on  it.  and 
KO  hare  ji^ople  often  fallen  out  about  things 
that  were  of  no  earthly  value  whatever.  They 
who  (juarrfl  and  tight  arrmure  to  Io»e  more  than 
they  gain.  IJntter  givH  tip  the  love  of  conten- 
tion uud  keep  ix'ace  in  the  family. 

WitiTivo  from  May  Hill,  Adam's  county, 
Ohio.  W.  (J.  Calvert  saysr  "  We  (the  borne  min- 
mlnnt)  cloned  our  seriea  of  incdtingH  here  to-day. 
Feb,  Kith,  it  having  he^-n  in  progiens  two  woi-kH, 
Fivi-  yormg  men  of  good  character  and  standing 
made  lijiphcation  to  b<;  received  into  thf  e.hiircb. 
Thf  bri'thren  and  niater*  are  very  much  encour- 
aged. Thank  Qfii  for  the  bleaaingH  which  ho 
adda  t^)  our  laborit." 


Much,  however,  depends   on  the  conte 
epaper.     Our  people  are  generally  Tery  c  **' 
dikrentplatVin  our  district  "of  church, .  t'ous  about  what  they  di.stribute.  and  we  thtot 

literature  already. 

of    thp    likKTHMPv     ._     T., 


j      BitoTHEit  J,  G  lUyer,  writing  from  Monti- 

'ct-l!o.   Indiana,   says:  "Our   meitings  held   at  i  "^  P^I*"- 

Itl.  .  ...      .  u„.. 

I  wen-  w'.ll  attended,  and  the  preaching  of  (he 
Word  attended  with  encouraging  result?.  The 
church  has  tieen  warmed  up.  Nineteen  sinners 
mad-"  willing  to  take  up  the  cros.'*  of  Jesus; 
many  otbers  set  to  counting  the  coot,  and  we 
bi'lii've  much  good  done  in  the  name  of  JesUf. 
Hretbri-u  Dani'l  Sliively  tuid  Daniel  Bowser 
from  Peru.  Indimia.  Saiuufi  Myprs  from  .\d- 
aoisboro,  and  Abraham  Miller  from  Wolcntt, 
visited  UP  during  oiir  meetings,  and  held  forth 
the  Word  of  Life.  May  the  Lord  bles3  them 
and  11H  all,  and  keep  us  faithful  to  the  end." 


Thk  price  of  the  Hiiktmjihk  at  Wokk,  from 
the  lirnt  of  April  to  th.-end  of  thoyeftrJM  iftl.lO. 
A  liuinber  ot  new  HubHcriljerrt  might  he  obtaiu- 
6d  on  those  terniM. 


Olli  aged  Bnfther,  John  M'-tzger.  in  in  the 
field,  and  hard  at  work  again.  It  »<eemfl  that 
nothing  but  d<>iith  will  ntop  him.  He  alwiiVM 
«ayH,  "  It  in  (M'tter  to  wear  out  than  to  ruf^t  onl." 
If  Home  of  thoHe,  who  are  muting  out  for  thi 
want  of  a  xyHteniatic  plan  to  carry  on  miwHion- 
ary  work,  would  follow  thtH  old  i)rother*H 
ami.li*  tln-y  would  have  hut  little  time  left  to 
grumble  about  phinn  or  any  thing  eii4e. 

Thk  FiiKK  D isr t: ,■*.'< ion  ii  the  title  of  a  month- 
ly, publi»hed  by  Brother  L.  O.  Hummer,  of 
Topeka,  Knnitaa.  Our  iinpre^Mon  iit  that  tbe 
paper  in  a  little  too  "  free  "  for  the  good  of  our 
humble  and  HcH-di-nial  religion.  It  is  (-nough 
that  we  be  iih  our  MiwitiT,  whu«e  kingdom  is 
not  of  tbiH  world.  Care  »hould  bw  taken  t» 
avoid  the  mixing  of  the  church  and  world.  The 
piip'-r  JH  edited  with  ability,  and  contains  some 
Holid  thought. 


Thr  editor  of  the  Woodbury  (Md.)  Netcssays: 
"  We  attended  a  chnrch  in  Baltimore  not  long 
I  Hino".  when  the  pre;iilier  prayed  earm-Ktly  that 
(jod  would  blesa  liim  in  liis  sec'oon  and  direct 
him  "hat  to  say,  that  be  would  dictate  every 
I  word  that  he  .-bould  utter.  When  the  time 
'  came  for  him  to  pn-ach,  he  pulled  a  nianu'^cript 
out  of  hilt  i)()cki!t  and  rfiid  a  sermon  that  he  had 
written  luontbH  ago  and  preached  a  do/eu  times- 
We  Mhould  pronounce  action.^  of  thi«  kind  sac- 
rilegioUH,"  hypocritical,  and  mockery  of  God  of 
the  worst  type.  Tlii^i  thing  is  often  done  and 
we  think  calls  loudly  tor  a  reform  in  our  fas h- 
ion.ible  pulpits." 


keep  the  columns  of  thp  Urbthrex  at  VV 
clear  of  objVcti'mable  matter,  and  aim  to 
lish  only  such  articles  as  may  be  a  credit  tn  *l 
cause,  so  that  no  one  need  fWl  ashamed  toh     * 

-    tf\    oitll.ir    1-1ID    tininl^  k.^..       *^ 


the  paper  to  either  hi.i  weighbor 


'"■ "  »tfanger. 


Our  object  is  to  preach  tb*^  Oospel,  earnestl 
contending  for  the  faith  once  delivered  unto  11 
saints. 

If  thia  method  of  spreading  the  trut^i  g  ■, 
you,  aud  you  think  it  will  accomplish  good  1 
the  matter   before  the    members   and   see  wh  t 


FUTURE  RECOGNITION. 


Please  gi  Vi 
Will  wekno 


us  your  views  on  liituie  reromiih^,. 
■L-arl,  other  in  the  f.itniej-  Van 
weriug  yuu  will  oblige  many  Itretliren. 

A  ISitOTiiEn. 
E  have  much  faith  in  the  doctrine  of  futuj- 
recognition,  believing  it  clearly  taught 
in  the  Scriptures.  The  folJowing,  spoken  by 
the  Savior  to  the  Jews,  is  satisfactory  evidence 
to  that  efft^ct: 


w 


Two^  uiore  Iiavo  boon  biiptized  in  Donniarlt 
one  of  tliciii  (1  .vmiiiK  mini  of  prfiiiiittiiig  uttcful 
itcxH.  Hrotlier  Ilnjut  writes  t-iieoiirn(fingly  of 
till!  pnnjiects  of  (III'  iniKHion. 

HiKiTiiKli  David  !•;.  Price.  wril.inK  from  the 
(Jenlnil  Misaioii  field,  unyn  fliut  llo  is  hiivinft 
very  iilemiiint  raertingn— well  ntlendod  by  nt- 
teiitive  bniirers.  Two  wore  added  to  tho  church 
lit  i.acuii, 

lIlioTliEU  lemuol  llillcry  hiu  gone  to  Wood- 
ford county  to  hold  u  unries  of  iiicotings,  J'Voiii 
thero  he  (jobs  to  Ciirtlmsc,  Mis»ouri,  oud  tlieiice 
to  KiuHiw,  to  speud  considenible  time  pretichiug 
in  Unit  Sttito. 

A  OEKTLEiUN,  writing  from  Jorusaleni,  gives 
u  hinicntnhle  picture  of  the  dintrras  prcvoiling 
in  tho  Holy  City.  The  W,„t.;r  ruins  have'  been 
very  scnrce,  iind  the  liind  throughout  i>  Kconrg- 
Gii  by  swarms  of  lociist«. 


HiioTiiKH  .Jesse  f'slvert,  writing  from  Herring. 
Ohio,  under  date  of  February  '21t.t,  says:  "  I 
came  here  Saturday  the  15th.  and  on  the  16th. 
dedieat<.d  the  new  church,  a  very  good  building, 
10x.'».3.  It  was  filled  to  overflowing,  and  good 
attention  given  to  tho  preaching,  which  con- 
tinned  till  to-day  with  good  interest.  Nine 
were  added  to  the  church  by  baptism,  one  re- 
stored, aud  another  to  be  restored  to-morrow. 
I  left  the  meeting  in  the  hands  of  IJrother  U. 
Hrower,  us  I  was  compelled  to  leave  lor  other 
fields." 


SoMK  of  our  readers  wish  to  know  whether 
we  will  Iteop  the  lirethreii's  Hymn  aud  Tune 
Book  for  sole.  As  yet,  wo  have  nmde  no  ar- 
rnngenient  to  that  efleel.  When  the  book  is 
completed,  and  ready  (or  delivery,  further  no- 
tice will  be  given. 

liaoTBFnC.H.  Halsbaiigh.ays:  "Iliaveoften 

^ profoundly  griiteful  that  tho  Lord  gave  us 

our  beloved  Mrother  Stein.  -  *  •  *  j^^^.. 
er  did  the  commission  receive  n  more  thorough 
analysis.  Poor  Kay,  writhfs  aud  groans  and 
foams  OS  if  in  the  embrace  of  a  iJon  Cimalrieltn:" 

J'KlisoKs  subscribing,  or  sending  subscribera, 
for  either  of  <^r  papers,  should  alwiiys  sl,il, 
(Ihlmrthj  whether  the  subscription  is  to  extend 
for  one  year  from  date,  or  only  to  the  end  of  the 
present  year.  The  price  of  the  I)rei«hen  at 
WoiiK  to  the  cud  of  1S7I1  is  only  $1,30. 

liaoTllKa  Henry  Landis,  one  of  our  hard- 
working agents,  living  in  Carroll  county,  Indi 
ana.  has  been  confined  to  his  bed  for  some  time 
Willi  the  lung  fever,  but  when  heia-d  from,  Feb- 
ruary 17.  was  improving.  May  the  lord  spare 
him  for  still  greater  usefulness. 

Thk  ilmlh  of  Gold.  A  series  of  dramatic 
skeUhes  illustrating  the  life  and  times  of  Chry- 
aostom  is  an  interesting  volume,  aud  cannot 
fail  t.j  edify  any  one  who  Ls  fond  of  poetry 
Fri.  e  ?1.(I0.  Published  by  A.  S.  Barnes  &  Co , 
Old  J 18  William  St.,  Stv  York. 


Mhotiiku  .fohn  Metzger.  under  date  of  Fel>- 
ruury  22iid,  says:  "Ou  tlie  .30th  of  .January, 
myself  and  wife  left  home  for  Indiana,  where  1 
have  lived  for  a  number  of  yearn,  aud  on  the 
31st  met  with  the  brethren  in  church  meeting 
in  tho  old  nieeting-houee.  An  election  was 
held  for  three  speakers,  cesnltiug  in  the  choice 
of  Samuel  Suylor,  Joseph  Nelier  and  Solomon 
Ulickenstair.  I  left  my  home  yesterday  morn- 
ing, and  came  here  to  Adams  county,  Illinois. 
Had  meeting  near  lioraine  last  evening;  good 
congregation.  I  will  likely  remain  here  one 
week.    Hope  the  Lord  will  prosper  our  work." 

HBOTHKn  .John  Nicholson,  writing  from  Dris- 
toville,  Ohio,  says:  "Our  Toledo  meeting  was  a 
success.  Our  meeting  in  the  Maumee  church, 
Defianco  county,  Ohio,  closed  with  ten  acces- 
sions. Brother  R.  K.  Uerkeybile,  from  Toledo, 
assisted  me  ]iart  of  the  time.  The  meeting  in 
Po]ilar  liiilge  church  closed  with  four  additions, 
and  two  others  made  application.  These  two 
were  lueiubers  of  the  United  Brethren  church. 
In  the  lueeling  1  held  here  Brother  A.  Beikey- 
bile  preached  two  discourses.  At  the  meeting 
on  the  south  side  of  the  Maumee  River,  I  jireach- 
ed  five  discourses,  and  baptized  one,  a  young 
mim  of  considerable  talent.  Arrived  home  safe- 
ly on  the  nth  of  February." 


TnK  following  shows  whether  it  does  any 
good  to  send  out  tracts  and  pamphlets;  "I  do 
not  belong  to  your  church,  still  I  am  a  faithful 
re;ider  of  your  papei-s  and  books.  I  read  all  the 
pamphlets  and  tracts  J  can  get  hold  of,  and 
some  of  them  have  made  lasting  impressions  on 
my  mind.  I  wish  1  had  more  of  them;  they 
are  th(  very  thing  to  do  good.  Send  them  out 
all  over  the  land,  into  places  where  they  do  not 
have  preaching.  You  know  not  what  good 
they  do.  There  is  one  brother  living  in  my 
neighborhood,  and  we  like  to  hear  your  people 
preach.  lam  almostabeliever  of  yourdoctriue. 
I  am  trying  to  learn  more  of  your  church,  and 
what  I  know,  I  believe  to  be  right.  I  wish  I 
had  the  tract,  called  the  *■  Railroad  .Sermon;"  I 
think  I  will   send  and  get  a  lot  of  Ihcui.— Re- 

UKI'l  .i  J.  ItoBEIlTS." 


This  is  the  way  a  boy  writes;  "  I  have  b-en 
a  reader  of  your  paper,  and  was  beginning  to 
get  quite  interested  in  it,  and  the  principles 
that  it  advocates,  but  I  have  not  seen  its  col- 
umns in  my  parents'  house  this  year.  I  am  a 
boy  thirteen  year,s-  of  age,  and  my  parents  are 
members  of  the  church,  and  we  are  poor, 
know  there  is  a  poor  fund  containing  money  to 
be  used  ttir  sending  the  paper  to  those  who  are 
not  able  to  pay  for  it.  but  I  have  a  dollar,  aud  1 
will  send  it  in  this  letter,  so  send  the  paper 
along  for  eight  months."  We  wish  every  poor 
family  had  a  boy  iu  it  like  that.  That  boy  has 
pluck,  and  tho  world  is  in  need  of  thousands  of 
just  such  boys.  Hope,  when  he  grows  up  to  be 
a  man,  that  he  will  always  keep  a  religious  pa- 
per iu  tho  family,    (lod,  bless  the  poor  boys. 


Wm.  C.  TiUTKinx  was  in  Lanark  last  week, 
aud  preached  a  few  times  in  the  Advent  church. 
He  culled  on  us  a  few  times  while  here,  and  ey- 


phiiiied  his  new  views  of  the  prophecies.  He  is 
still  working  away  on  the  prophecies  of  Dauiel, 
but  has  learned  a  lesson  from  his  past  mistakes, 
aud  now  sets  no  definite  time  for  the  coming  of 
Christ.  His  present  theory  is  that  Daniel,  as 
It  roads  in  the  Hebrew,  says  nothing  about  the 
coming  of  the  Lord,  but  speaks  more  particular- 
ly of  the  breaking  of  the  Arab  power,  and  the 
opening  up  o'  Palestine  lo  the  return  ..f  ihe 
Jews.  He  luus  iinother  now  theory  about  bap- 
tism, but  we  did  not  learn  what  that  ie.  Dur- 
ing the  last  year  lie  has  been  living  in  Chicago, 
wliere  he  has  a  small  congregation.  His  home 
is  in  Boston,  but  he  now  goes  to  Virginia.  We 
give  the  above  as  a  matter  of  news,  thinking 
that  some  of  out-  readers  would  like  to  know 
what  the  mtiu  is  doing. 


ANOTHEa  CHANCE  TO  DO  QOOD. 

AS  there  arc  a  number  of  churches  and  Sun- 
day-schools desiring  copies  of  the  Bbeth- 
KBN  .IT  Wokk,  for  free  distribution  among  the 
outsiders  who  attend  the  services,  wo  conclude 
to  make  thorn  a  special  oiler,  for  we  believe  this 
is  one  method  of  doing  a  great  deal  of  good. 
The  Cliilihtn  at  Wofh  may  be  distributed  among 
tho  children  and  young  people,  while  the  Breth- 
llEX  at  WoilK  should  bo  placed  in  the  hands  of 
those  who  lu-e  older.  In  answer  to  inquiry  al- 
ready made,  wo  make  the  following  liberal  offer: 


1  -•  1  _■  1.. 

S.J  10 

l-l  u 

■il.l* 

'  '■!?   missionary  work 

mcv.n  <o„,..T...:it-u„  ,n  the  Brotherhood,  es- 
p.cially  those  congregations  that  are  soiuewlmt 
wolHtwi,  aud  where  the  doctrine  of  our  people  is 
lint  Ml  gen*>r.nlly  known.  nn,i-,-egft{iou8  tVel- 
m^t  di.pos...!  U,  trv  ihism-h- ,| ..,  «,.roading  the 
truth  lu  tlA.ir  l.,calu.e>,  »um„K  th-ir  ueighhon*. 
Bbould  rai.e  the  money,  ftd  order  a  number  of 
papomfor  thi.«  or  mx  months,  to  be  sent  to 
*on.e  one  whom  they  may  „ppoi„,  to  take  care 
of  .uid  di.Hrib«w  them  ftft^-r  Ihe  close  of  services 
If  ynu  are  holding  meetings  at  soim,  isolated 
pwuu,  send  fur  copies  of  the  paper  and  dislrib- 


■  Strive  to  enter  in  at  the  strait  gate:  for 
many,  I  say  unto  you,  will  seek  to  enter  in,  and 
shall  not  be  able.  When  once  the  master  of 
the  h.  >u«e  is  n?en  up,  and  hath  shut  to  the  door 
and  ye  begin  to  stand  witlunit,  and  to  knock  at 
the  door,  saying,  Lord,  Lord,  open  unto  us;  and 
he  shall  answer  and  say  unto  jou,  I  know  you 
not  whence  je  are:  Then  shall  ye  begin  to  say. 
We  have  eaten  aud  drunk  in  thy  presence  and 
thou  hast  taught  iu  our  streets.  But  he  .shall 
.say,  r  tell  you,  I  know  you  not  whence  ye  are; 
depart  front  me,  all  ye  workers  of  iniquity' 
There  shall  be  weeping  and  gnsishiug  of  teeth 
when  ye  shall  see  Abraham,  and  Isaac,  aud  Ja- 
cob, and  all  the  prophet,^,  in  the  kingdom  of 
God,  and  you  yourselves  thrust  out,"  Lukf  13- 
2:! -28. 

Here,  we  are  taught  that  the  disobedient  Jtw*. 
who  rejected  the  Savior,  shall  weep  and  guish 
their  teeth  when  they  see  Abraham,  Isaac  and 
Jacob  in  the  kingdom,  and  they  themselves 
thrust  out,  As  they  shall  see.  Abraham,  Isaac 
and  .Jacob,  it  follows  that  they  will  be  able  to 
recognize  tliem,  either  by  former  acquaintauce, 
or  by  their  bt^iug  pointed  out  to  them.  This  is 
one  proof  of  future  recognition. 

The  transfiguration  is  our  next  point  of  evi- 
dence: 

"And  aft^T  six  dsys  Jesus  taketli  Peter, 
James,  and  John  his  brother,  and  bringeth 
them  up  into  a  liigh  mountain  apart,  and  wai 
transEgured  belbre  them:  and  his  face  did  shine 
aa  the  sun,  and  his  raiment  was  white  as  the 
light.  Aud,  behold,  there  appeared  unto  thera 
Moses  aud  Elias  talking  with  him.  Then  iin- 
swered  Peter,  and  said  uuto  Jesus,  Lord,  it  is 
good  for  us  to  be  here:  if  thou  wilt.  let  us  m.ike 
here  three  tabernacles;  one  for  thee,  and  one 
for  Moses,  and  one  for  Eligs."  Matt.  17: 1-4. 
Long  betbre  this  time  Moses  had  died  and 
wiis  buried,  while  Elias,  who  was  translated, 
never  saw  death,  yet  they  were  known  by  the 
three  apostles,  who  were  with  the  Savior  on  the 
Mount.  It  makes  no  difference  how  they  found 
out  one  was  Moaes  and  the  other  Elia«,  the 
point  proven,  is  that  these  two  men  were  recog- 
nized after  death,  and  it  is  but  reasonable  to 
suppose  that  they  also  knew  each  other.  Peter's 
biriguage  in  the  fourth  verse  shows  that  he 
knew  them. 

Our  next  reference  is  th«  case  of  the  rich  man 
aud  Lazarus; 

"There  was  a  certain  rich  man,  which  was 
clothed  in  purple  and  fine  linen,  and  fared 
sumptuously  every  day:  and  there  wa-"  a  cer- 
tain beggar  named  Lazarus,  which  was  laid  at 
bis  gate,  full  of  Rores,  aud  desiring  to  be  fed  with 
the  crumbs  which  fell  from  the  rich  man's  tahlp: 
moreover  the  dogs  came  and  licked  his  3ores- 
And  it  came  to  pass  that  the  beggar  died,  and 
wa«  carried  by  the  angels  into  Abrahnm's  bosom: 
the  rich  man  also  died,  and  was  b:ir.ed;  and  in 
hell  he  lifted  up  his  eyes,  being  in  torments, 
and  J^eeth  Abraham  afar  off,  and  L^zanis  in  his 
bosom."     lidk^  1*:;:  V.U2Z. 


THK    BKKTIiKE.:N^    ^T    AVOKK. 


_u;  lay  at  the  rich  man's  gate — they 
^j  to  know  each  oilier  in  this  world,  mid 
If"*^  -Lpy  reached  the  unseen  n-orid,  or  (he 
''^T  of  diwtn'*'*^'^  spirifct.  they  at  once  recog- 
^1  -h  other.  thoug:h  fiir  apai't.  for  Ihe  ricli 
**        a,  \brahani  a/ar  off,  and  Lazarus  in  IH: 


w  Abraham  ajar  njf,  and  LozMrii 


^  ■  \ot  likely  that  we  will  know  any   Ie§s 

1     rt^urrectiou  than  now.     It  is  safer  to 

e  tliat  oar  knowledge  will  increase  rath- 

'^hiin  diminish.     It  this  be  true,  we  c*rtaioly 

'^        .(,(Tuize  each  otlier,  and  ereii  if  we  do  not 

^   h  iip*^° '"  know  each  other  when  we  first 

i"*     there  will  he  plenty  of  opportunities  for 

out  who  this,  that  one,  and  the  other  is. 

in  some  way,  hecome  acquainted  with 

Isaac,    Jncob   and  all  the    prophets, 

well  as  others,  will  be   pointed  out  to 

1  jn  tins  wiiy  we  may  become   acquainted 

.  jjjjjygands  who  walk  and  talk  in  the  land 

the  redeemed.     Let   us   labor   to    meet  each 

l^\,,T  beyond  tlie  river.  j.  h.  m. 


Th'-.v. 


QUERIES  ANSWERED. 

T  would  like  to  ask  you  11  few  questions,  to  be 

vpieil  tbioHBb  the  paper;  (I)  Was  Christ  him- 

*"|V;i  carpenter  l>y  trade  V    {2)   In  what  did  t  lie 

**    ,pr  nieaii  the  disciples  had  followed  him  in 

t:!)  Why  do  the  elders  break  the 

the  bretliren?    (4)   Did  Christ 

hen  bo  said.  "  IJiit 

bencefortli  of  this 


supper,  but  that  in  all  these  things  there  l>e 
neither  male  nor  female,  neither  bond  nor  fref, 
but  that  we  all  be  one  in  Christ.  We  might 
present  a  number  of  reasons  for  our  views  on 
this  question,  but  think  that  the  DiiBTaRKS  at 
WoKK  is  not  the  place  to  discuss  matters  of  thi« 
kind. 

4.  We  think  not;  for  the  Savior  took  the  cup, 
gave  thanks,  and  gave  it  to  the  disciples,  tell- 
ing them  to  drink  all  of  it.  Matt.  2ti:  'itl.  A 
careful  reading  of  the  narative,  as  recorded  in 
Matthew.  Mark  and  Luke  would  seem  to  indi- 
cate that  he  did  not  partake  of  either  the  bread 
or  cup  after  the  giving  of  thanks,         .i.  h.  m. 


CHILDREW6  MEETINGS. 


ONE  evening  after  meeting  in  Lanark,  some 
little   boys  and    girls  came  to    the  writer 


and  tr>-  to  do  them  all  the  good  we  can.  Oh, 
what  ft  blessing  to  have  good  children,  and  if 
they  are  not  good,  whose  fault  is  it?  Let  pa- 
rents answer  this.  n,  m.  e. 


.FIRST  ANNUAL  MEETING. 


jljt.tei 
Jli.lt.  Ift: 
treiKl  the  same 

Lnk  tl'e  contents  of  the  cuii,  h 
Liyunloyou.  I  will  not  drink 
fnitof  the  vine,  until  that  day  ivhen  I  drink  it 
«  with  you  ill  my  Fatber'a  kingdom  V"    Matt. 
^8^:30.   Your  brother  in  Christ.     ^^  ^^  ^ 

CHRIST  was  a  carpenter  by  trade,  for  Mark 
tl;3savs:  "  Is  not  this  the  carpenter,  the 
.  n  of  Marv.  the  brother  of  James,  and  -loses, 
1  pC  Juda,  and  Simon?  and  are  not  his  sisters 
here^with  ns?  And  they  were  offended  at  him," 
This  \9  decinive  proof  that  he.  who  made  the 
-orld  did  not  think  himself  too  exalted  to  work 
at  a  useful  employment  the  greater  part  of  h 
lifeon  earth,  thus  setting  a  good  example  be- 
foie  hi^  followers  who  should  come  after  him 
Idle  ministers,  and  idle  professors,  are  not  true 
Christians.  Thny  are  of  but  little  benefit  to 
either  the  church  or  the  world. 

2.  Mrttt.  19:  28  reads  a.s  follows:  "  And.Iesus 
gaid  "iito  them,  Verily  I  say  unto  you.  That  ye 
which  have  followed  me,  in  the  regeneration 
ffhen  the  Sou  of  man  shall  sit  in  in  the  tlirone 
of  his  aJory,  ye  also  shall  sit  upon  twelve  thrones, 
iadgiiig  the  twelve  tribes  of  Israel." 

The  rendering  of  this  passage,  as  it  stands  in 
the  common  version,  is  not  good.  Christ  him- 
self was  not  regimcrated,  hence  no  one  can  fol' 
loif  bmi  in  the  regeneration.  Below  we  give  a 
few  Tifuderiugs,  which  will  likely  throw  some 
light  ou  the  passage: 

Anderson's  Translation.  "  Jesus  said  to  them 
Verily  I  say  to  you,  That,  in  the  restoration, 
ffhi^ii  the  Son  of  man  shall  sit  on  his  glorious 
throne,  you  also  who  have  followed  me  shall 
sit  on  twelve  thrones,  judging  tlie  twelve  tribes 
of  I*rnel." 

Wilson's  Translation.  "  And  Jesus  said  to 
tbem,  Indeed,  I  say  to  you,  That  in  the  reuova- 
tion,  when  the  Son  of  man  shall  sit  on  the 
throne  of  his  glory,  you,  my  followers,  shall  sit 
ou  twelve  thrones,  judging  the  twelve  tribes  of 
Isnwl." 

The  language  doubtless  refers  to  that  great 
revolution,  or  change  in  the  universe  when  the 
dead  shall  rise,  and  there  shall  be  a  general 
change  and  a  new  order  of  things  start  up. 
The  meaning  of  the  passage  would  seem  to  be 
fiboutthis:  "Verily,  I  say  unto  you.  that  ye 
which  have  followed  me,  shall  sit  upon  twelve 
thrones,  judging  the  twelve  tribes  of  Isi-acl,  in 
Ihodayof  renovation  when  the  Son  of  man 
shall  sit  on  the  throne  of  bis  glory." 

3.  This  question  is  piiz?,Iing  many  minds,  and 
M  discover  that  quite  a  ditlcrcnce  of  sentiment 
prevaiU.  Wo  Imve  on  hand  an  article,  written 
V  Brother  Wm,  B.  Sell,  of  Missouri,  giving 
Mme  of  the  reasons  why  the  sistoi-s  do  not  break 
the  lireaxl  of  communion.  Tlie  article  will  be 
P'Jblished  soon.  But  with  all  due  respect  for 
'"6  practice  of  the  general  Brotherhood  wo 
niHst  say,  that  we  have  never  been  able  to  see 
't  juit  as  they  practice  it.  After  having  care- 
'illy  examined  the  reasons  visually  giy^,  and 
■compared  them  with  our  under.stauding  of  the 
^■cnptur.;!*,  we  are  confirmed  in  our  conclusion;', 
i-m  there  ehould  be  no  distinction  between  the 
"felbreu  Hjid  sisters   rogarding  the  breaking  of 

"^  Wcad,  or  passing  the  cup.  Our  idea  would 
''^'"make  no  more  distinction  in  the  breaking 


and  wanted  a^children's  meeting  just  as  soon  as 
possible.  Well,  the  brethren  thought  it  "  pos- 
sible" to  name  Monday  evening,  Feb.  17th,  for 
such  a  meeting;  so  when  the  time  came  there 
were  about  fifty  little  boys  and  girls  present, 
and  quite  a  number  who  were  not  so  little. 
After  singing  a  few  good  hymns,  Urothir  D.  1'". 
Ehy  spoke  to  them  about  singing  with  the 
spirit.  Some  hymns  teach  joy,  hence  should  be 
sung  in  a  joyful  spirit;  some  arc  solemn,  hence 
should  be  sung  in  a  solemn  spirit.  Brother 
Moore  then  told  them  something  about  the  life 
and  times  of  the  Savior.  Brother  M.  V.  Sword 
followed  with  some  Bible  incidents  with  which 
the  little  boys  and  girls  seemed  quite  familiar. 
The  course  was  a  short  review  of  Bible  stories 
taught  the  Infant  Class.  This  class  is  compos- 
ed of  about  thirty  little  boys  and  girls  who  are 
not  supplied  with  books,  but  who  are  taught 
Bible  facts  by  Brother  Sword,  in  a  plain  con- 
versational way.  The  writer  then  spoke  to 
them  a  few  minutes,  closing  with  the  following; 
Two  men  went  from  Jerusalem  to  tt-U  king  Da- 
vid what  Absalom  intended  doing;  after  they 
had  gone  a  little  ways,  a  boy  saw  them  and 
went  and  told  Absalom,  who  sent  men  after 
them  to  arrest  them.  The  two  friends  of  David 
went  to  a  man's  house  in  Bahurim.  This  man 
hiiil  a  well  in  his  yard,  so  the  two  friends  went 
down  into  the  well,  and  the  woman  "  took  and 
spread  a  covering  over  the  well'.'*  mouth,  and 
spread  ground  corn  thereon; "  and  the  men  who 
were  after  them  could  not  find  them.  Question; 
Who  were  the  two  men  who  hid  in  the  well? 

Before  the  meeting  closed,  the  children  re- 
qii-'sted  another  meeting,  hence  an  appointment 
wa-i  made  for  Monday  evening.  Feb.  24th.  This 
was  a  pleasant  meeting;  about  seventy-five 
children  were  present,  besides  many  older  peo- 
ple. Oae  thing  which  forcibly  impressed  ray 
mind  was  this:  Brother  Harrison  was  at  meet- 
ing about  ten  or  twelve  minutes  before  the  time, 
and  many  children  being  there  also,  he  said. 
"  Let  us  sing."  All  were  ready  at  once,  and 
joined  in  singing  a  hymn.  Another  hymn  was 
selected  (the  children  doing  that  part  promptly), 
and  Brother  H.  asked  how  many  were  brave 
enough  to  start  it.  A  few  hands  went  up.  "All 
riglit,  ready,  sing,"  said  he.  A  few  voices  were 
heard  at  iirst,  but  before  a  \\nc-  was  sung,  all 
were  quiet.  Then  said  he,  "How  many  are 
willing,  not  only  to  start,  but  to  sing  the  piece 
through?^  How  many  are,  not  only  wilUnij  to 
do  it,  but  how  many  are  hrave  enough  to  go 
through?"  More  hands  went  up  now  than 
before.  "  All  right,  read) ,  sing,"  said  he,  and 
nearly  all  tried.  At  fii-st  it  seemed  they  would 
fail,  for  they  had  neither  the  same  key  nor  the 
game  time;  but  before  they  were  through  with 
the  first  verse,  all  had  the  same  key  and  the 
same  lime.  "  Now,"  said  he,  "  this  is  what  we 
want.  You  will  have  this  work  to  do  sometime, 
and  we  want  you  to  be  able,  not  only  to  sinrf, 
but  to  go  through.  And  when  you  start,  you 
will  likely  make  more  or  less  blunders;  but 
don't  stop  for  them,  —  go  on,  press  fonranl. 
and  you  will  be  sure  to  succeed."  Yes,  verily; 
for  the  man  who  will  stop  because  he  blunder- 
ed is  not  wise.  Go  on  and  do  better  is  far  more 
sensible. 

After  prayer  the  little  folks  were  addressed  by 
S.  J.  Harrison,  M.  V,  Sword,  Lyman  Kby  and 
the  writer.  The  question  about  the  two  men  in 
the  well  was  answered,  and  another  one  given 
them.  The  talks  w^re  brief,  interspersed  with 
singing.  Care  must  be  taken  at  such  meetings 
that  the  children  be  not  wearied.  We  began 
promptly  at  seven  and  closed  at  eight;  and  all 
seemed  happy  and  joyfiil.    May  the  Lord  help 


Will  some  one  be  ko  kind  as  to  explain,  tbrougli 
the  Bkethkkn  at  "Wobk.  whcu  and  wbeio  the 
llrst  .\iinual  Meetbig  was  licld?        A  nRiniiKii. 

ANNUAL  Meetiugs,  among  the  Brethren, 
are  but  a  little  over  a  hundred  years  old, 
they  having  been  introduced,  or  rather  came 
into  use,  gradually. 

Soon  after  the  Brethren  commenced  settling 
in  this  country,  and  organizing  churches,  they 
found  it  necessary  to  hold  church  meetinga  for 
the  purpose  of  attending   to  such   business  as 
pertained    to    the    good    of  the  cause.      They 
were  remarkable  students  of  the  Bible,  it  being 
their  only  rule   of  faith   and   practice.      They 
wen?  humble,  and   had  a  disposition   to   learn 
from  each  other.     At   their   church    meetings, 
they  were  free  to  talk  over  the  points  of  differ- 
ence between  them,  in  order  that  they    might 
come  to  a  greater  unanimity  of  practice.    Ques- 
tions of  importance  were  introduced  and  ttUked 
over  in  a  Chri»tian   spirit.      Sometimes   grave 
ditficulties  camo  up,   and  were   disposed  of  ac- 
cording to  the  best  light  and  knowledge  they 
possessed,  always  pointing  to  the  Bible  as  their 
standard  of  truth,  and  theiv  only  bond  of  union 
At  first.thechurcheswere confined  toa  small 
portion  of  territory,  and  held  their  yearly  Feasts, 
which  seem  to  have  been  preceded  by    council 
meetings,    which    were   attended  by    members 
and  ministers  from  every  church.   This  method 
was  found  sufficient  for  every  purpose    for  the 
first  thirty  or  forty  year-s,  but  as  the    churches 
multiplied  and  spread  into   other  States,    thus 
rendering  it  impracticable  for  all  the   churches 
to  be  represented  at  every  feast,  it  became  nec- 
essary to  set  apart  every   year   a   certain    time 
and  place  for  this  general  council  ni'^eting,    In 
this  way  our  Annual  Meetings  wore  introduced 
among  the  Brethren,  but  just  when  we  are  not 
able  to  tell.     We  know  of  no  history   giving 
the  date  of  the  first  Annual  Meeting  among  ua, 
hat  we  gather  from    the    Brethren's  En- 
cyclopedia, page  It).     Brother  Kurtz  gives  the 
date  of  the  First   Love-feast   in    Germantown. 
Pa.,  on  Chri,-taia»' day,  December'.ijth,  1723,  but 
says  nothing  definitely  about  when  wnd   where 
the  first  Annual    Meeting    was  held.      Likely 
brother  Abrani  Cassel  can  supply  our   lack    of 
information  on  this  point.      As  the  Brethren 
first  settled  in  the  vicinity  of  Germantown,  Pa., 
it  would  seem  reasonable  that  their  first  Annual 
Meeting  was  also  held  in  that  vicinity. 

lu  those  early  days  these  meetings  were  held 
in  a  very  simple  manner;  very  much  like  our 
present  council  meetings.  They  had  no  clerk, 
nor  were  any  minutes  kept.  Every  thing  was 
asked  and  answered  by  theword  of  mouth.  Im- 
portant cases  were  frequently  answered  by  let- 
tei-s,  which  were  sent  to  the  churches  where 
such  difSculties  existed,  or  from  where  the  cave 
came.  The  object  of  these  yearly  meetings 
was  not  to  legislate,  or  make  laws,  but  to  ascer- 
tain what  the  Scriptures  taught  on  all  quch" 
tious  that  came  before  the  meeting.  With 
them  every  thing  was  settled  by  the  Bible — they 
referred  to  chapter  and  Verne,  if  it  were  jjossi- 
ble  to  do  80.  They  did  their  best  to  reproduce 
the  Apostolic  order  of  church  government,  and 
conformed,  as  best  they  knew,  to  the  exact 
teachings  of  the  Scriptures. 

This  is  what  we  are  pleased  to  call  the  old 
order,  or  rather  the  Apostolic  order.  It  is  the 
original  ground  occupied  bv  our  ancient  Breth- 
ren one  hundred  years  ago,  and  by  the  apostles 
more  than  eighteen  hundred  years  ago,  and  is 
the  only  ground  that  is  infallibly  safe- 


To  U9  the  privilege  of  talking  to  the  children,  is 
highly  appreciated.  From  them  will  come  the 
future  church,  or  rather  by  them  will  thehouee 
of  God  be  perpetuated.  They  will  condtitute  a 
link  in  God's  great  chain  which  he  is  making 
for  his  owu  glory. 

These  children  are  living  in  a  reading  age, 
and  it  is  important  what  they  read.  It  in  by 
reading  that  many  minds  will  be  moulded, lieuce 
great  care  should  be  taken  to  giv»  tlwui  the 
right  material  with  which  to  shape  and  polish 
their  minds.  The  Bible  is  the  only  Book  that 
can  do  this  work  right;  all  other  works  are  only 
helps  to  get  to  the  Bible. 

Up  to  the  present  we  have  been  laboring  un- 
der some  disadvantages  in  publishing  the  Chil- 
lirrn   at    TT'ort,   and   the   income   barely    paid 
expensitf.     These  things,  however,  are  of  little 
weight  when  compared  to  the  benefits  accruuig 
to  the  youth.     We  are  still  willing   "  to  spend 
and  be  spent "  for  the  good  of  the  youth.    And 
in  order  more  fully  to  reach  their  minds,  and  to 
give  room  for  much  good  matter  that  ha.s  been 
sent  to  us,  we  some   time  ago   concluded  to  en- 
large thn  paper;  hence  shall  soon  send  the  read- 
ers of  the  Children  at  Work  a  larger    paper  at 
the  same  price  ~  fifty  rnits  a   year.     We  hope 
our  readers  will  do  what  they  can  to  extend  its 
circulation.    Send  ,  for  sample  copies,  and  for 
price  list  to   those  who   want  to  distribute  the 
paper  free.     Do  nut  think  to  go  into  the   busi- 
ness to  make    money,  for   there  is   not  "  lots  of 
money"  in  it,  but  if  you  want  to  work,  looking 
to   Jesus  for  your  reward,  come  and  help  ua. 
There  is   plenty  of  vexation    and  labor   in  the 
publication  of  a  paper,  but  the  consciousness  of 
doing  good,  and  leading  souls  to  Christ,  is  suffi- 
cient incentive  to  overcome  all  the  trials.  Come, 
then,   and  help   in  the  great    work  of  leading 
souls  to  Christ. 


(•f  bread  than  in   f.-et-waslun"   or  the   Lord*.>    all  of  us  to  be  more  concerned  for  our  childitn, 


TO  BE  ENLARGED. 


LAST  June  the  Childrm  at  Work  was  first 
issued  from  this  office  as  a  semi-monthly, 
exclusively  designed  for  children  and  young 
people  generally.  On  the  third  of  October  we 
began  to  issue  it  weekly  in  order  to  meet  the  de- 
mand of  Bible-? chools,  and  many  of  our  sub- 
scribers. Improvements  in  contents  and  ai>- 
pearance  have  been  made  from  time  to  time,  as 
circumstances  would  permit.  The  hearts  of 
many  dear  children  have  been  made  glad,  and, 
we  trust,  brought  nearer  to  Jeans  who  died  and 
aroee  for  them.  Perhaps  not  u  f«w  of  us  who 
a'e  older  in  year:*,  have  been  fed  also,  and  thus 
added  to  our  faith  and  comfort  in  divine  things. 


THE  TRACT  WORK. 

BROTHER  G.  W.  Uoxie,  of  Applegate.  Jack- 
son county,  Oregon,  says:  "  According  to 
offers  made  for  sending  pamphlets  free  for  dia- 
tribiition,  I  requeit  you  to  send  some  tome,  for 
I  am  the  only  brother  here  in  the  ministry.  I 
tell  you  1  need  all  the  help  I  can  get  to  make 
the  doctrine  known.  As  fast  as  I  read  your  p^ 
per»  I  send  them  forth  for  others  to  read,  and 
when  they  tell  nie  that  they  have  lead  them, 
and  re-reud  them  three  or  four  time?(,  itdoes  me 
good.  My  soul  does  bles«  the  Lord  for  the  kind 
offers  made  by  the  Tract  As.-tociatiou.  I  sent 
you  money  for  tracts  before,  but  my  money  is 
about  out,  and  1  am  poor,  hut  still  I  am  willing 
to  work  for  the  salvation  of  bouIs.  Oil!  breth- 
ren, if  you  could  only  send  some  one  to  labor 
with  me  in  the  Gospel,  how  glad  I  would  feel." 
The  money  appropriattal  by  the  Association 
for  the  free  distribution  of  tracts  was  all  used 
Iwfore  this  brother's  order  reached  us,  j'et  his 
call  was  too  urgent  to  he  refused,  so  wo  sent 
him  a  package  of  pamphlets  at  our  expeoRe. 
May  God  bleas  him  in  his  efforts  at  doing  good. 

THE  BRAZIL  CALAMITY. 

Till']  Bufi'erings  in  Brazil  baiib'  description. 
U  .seems  that  the  worst  of  calamities  are 
reserved  for  our  day.  But  ns  the  end  draweth 
nigh  we  may  look  for  such  things: 

Nkw  York,  Fkh.  U.  —  The  Herald's  letter 
from  Brazil  gives  a  frightful  picture  of  the 
droiifjht,  famine,  and  pestilence  raging  in  the 
northern  portion  of  that  country  U>r  more  than 
a  year  past.  It  is  siaid  to  be  the  greatest  eiilam- 
ity  known  in  two  hundred  years.  Half  a  mill- 
ion people  have  been  swept  away  by  starvation 
and  disease.  The  snuillpox  and  black  plague 
carried  off  victims  in  appalling  numbers,  and 
thousands  of  bodies  are  rotting  on  the  open 
trenches  at  Ladoga,  Funda.  Thousands  of  oth- 
er corps's  are  torn  and  devoured  by  wild  ani- 
mals. The  starving  peasants  eat  up  their  own 
offspring.  Some  pVaccH.  including  the  city  of 
Oerea,  are  depopulated.  There  are  terrible 
stru'^'gles  for  life.  The  children  are  abandoned, 
and  tlie  young  souls  sold  for  bread.  Thousands 
of  living  skeletons  were  to  be  seen.  Govern- 
ment aid  is  tardy.  The  letter  presents  n  picture 
of  woe  such  un  eim  hardly  be  paralU  led  in  histo- 
ry, except  by  the  siege  of  Jerusalem  and  the 
blui:k  death  which  desolated  Europe  in  the  luur- 
tceiith  century. 


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"  The  Worth  of  Truth  no  Tongu4  Can  TtU.' 


» d"i 


ij  for  iwkinit  uid  inswMng 
lulion  of  Scriptural  liiffieul- 
■Inlrd  with 


Thin  lI<^p>lime^l 
Bible  q'lpniioni.  snj  fir  tho  t 
tlM.     All  qumlions  *hf.uVJ  l.< 

twerp.J  »iih  u  much  olcurniwi  m  poMibIc,  lo  «iruor  w 
promorc  Uible  Tmih.  Arliolu  for  tbia  dop»rlinenl.  mual 
b«  short  uid  to  tb«  poiot. 


Some  one  will  pleasp  comiiare  and  explain  Acta 
1: 18,  unii  MatU  27:5. 
Also  Ki.  21:  10  il.iiiid  .lolin  1;  18,  II.  II.  U. 
Will  Uio  liKKTiiRiiN  AT  WoHK  pU-«*>e  gl  vc  Hii  ex- 
ploniilii'ii  on  Mult.  24 :  17.  which  renil«  iia  fwIlowH : 
"  l^ei  him  which  Ih  on  thi>  hoimotop  not  wtmo  down 
to  takt!  an)'thlnK  out  of  lil»  houso." 

Also  verse  -10.  which  ri-iida  iw  follow »:  "TJien 
ihall  two  l>f  In  tho  (IfUI.  the  one  shiill  In*  tiikin  mid 
the  othPr  Ipft"  .Tank  Hv.r.ur. 

Pleaaf  ff\\e  «n  pxplnnntlori  on  AcUV:  <7:  "  And 
thB  Lord  mldt'd  to  Ihu  ihurch  daily  »iich  m  Hhunld 
bo  Bavi'd." 

Rom!iii>(  n::;!;  "Who  hIiiiII  iny  anything  lo  the 
chftrpri  fil'  Ood'H  elect  V  " 

TinioUiy  a:  10: '■ThfTcforo  I  ('ndnn-  nil  thlnKH 
for  thu  idcit'a  »Hit»-."  IlKNKir  H(■lIllA^T/. 

Will  you  or  Numo  of  your  niHrk'rti  pltuiM'exjdaln 
Miltl.  Itt;  11.  Vl'l  It  rc-adH  iw  follows;  '■  iJuthc  H;ild 
unto  thcin.  All  men  riinnol  rwolvc  this  miylnK,  nav* 
they  to  wliom  it  In  ((ivfjn.  I'or  thflre  iin-  noinrt  ou- 
nuohs,  wlilch  wine  hu  born  frvm  thoir  mottiv'H 
womb:  and  Ihuro  arc  uonir  cunuchH,  which  were 
madofuniit'hHof  mpn:  aridthorelicounuehii,  wlilch 
have  nimlc  tlipmHcdvL-a  ennui'hH  for  the  klngdmn  of 
hoavcii'a  (take.  lie  thai  f»  ahle  to  receive  It,  let  hini 
receive  lU"  K.J.  I'liANTZ. 


NOAH'S  ARK. 


Will  Boiiiu  0110  tell  nie  Iiow  Ion((  Noiih  wan  build- 
ing tho  ark  t  Imkaki,  1'kniioij. 
THIS  \*  n  iiuostion  I  ilouljt  wlictht-r  ii  P'tmoji 
now  livitiKCftn  anmver  correctly,  iw  I  know 
of  no  luMtory,  cither  sacred  or  profane,  tlmttdU 
us  tho  aniouiit  of  time  uiied  in  itN  construction. 
If  IJrotlicr  I'enrod  would  liitvc  ufcked  the  rjuos- 
tion,  How  lonj;  do  you  »upiionr  Nuali  wiw  build- 
ing the  ark?    1  would  iinKwcr  thuH: 

AccordiiiR  to  (lie  dimnnsionH  and  Hiicrilicn- 
tiona  of  tliat  building.  fi»  laid  down  in  the  liiblc, 
I  would  iiroBunie  it  would  talto  four  men  about 
seven  yourH  to  conHtruct  it.  And  an  tlic  num- 
ber "Huvrn  "  RueiuH  to  In-  Miu:r(<d  tlirou^lioul  the 
aacrcd  writiuK''  (^f  tbe  ItibJi.*,  I  HupiiOHi-  Noah 
WUN  eugaffi-il  Hcvcn  yearn  in  building  tin- ark. 
Wo  often  hear  it  Hind  from  lltopul])it,  that  Moidi 
wtw  preaching  to  the  Anitdeluviansone  liundrod 
and  twi'uty  yearn,  and  that  the  ark  wa«  undei 
construction  the  Haiiiu  length  of  liiuo.  I  liud 
no  Ruch  Scripture,  and  niinihtcrK  oliould  becaro- 
ful,  and  not  mako  Scriptiiren  of  their  own. 

,IOHIAH  Q.  WiNKY. 
ditiiphrll,  Mich. 

QUESTIONS  ANSWERED. 

ric;^e  explain  ilohnl:  i;t:  "Which  won*  born, 
not  of  blood,  uoi  of  the  will  of  the  tluHh,  uur  of  the 
will  of  man,  but  of  IJod."  What  blrtlm  me  hero 
referred  to,  natural  or  spirltunll' 

.1.  Y.  Snavkly. 
rpUK  relative  pronoun  ivhich  refers,  as  its  uii- 
1  teccdetit,  to  thnn  in  tl;c  preceding  verso, 
who  had  received  Christ,  imd  to  wlioni  li<'  gave 
power  to  bfcunit'  the  sons  of  God.  iV-i-aoun 
who  befoine  tho  fOUH  of  God  nro  born  of  the 
spirit.  Tho  Jews  set  gieat  valno  ou  their  nat- 
ural doscpnt  from  Abraliani.  Aud  perhaps  no 
people  ever  had  more  to  be  proud  of,  in  the 
matter  of  ancestry,  than  had  the  .Icmvh.  Some 
of  the  iioblcht  and  grandest  charactoi>  that 
grace  the  pages  of  history  uru  uuniberi'd  in 
AbrulnmiV  tine.  Uutiuuch  lut  they  valued  thia, 
thifl  birth  of  blood,  this  n)ynl.  noble  blood,  or 
uiuch  \v*  they  valued  their  legal  rites,  tiudr 
births  of  tlie  will  of  tho  llc'-h,  the  apontle  iii- 
foriUH  them,  that  these  birtlia  will  avail  them 
nothing,  hut  if  tlu-y  will  be  saved  tliey  must  be 
born  of  God,  and  they  c^uld  only  thus  be  burn 
through  faith  in  Joau^  Christ. 

Will  some  one  give  us  au  uxpUuiatiou  on  l  Cor. 
a:12.1S*!'  1.  Whoisthebuildeiy  2.  What  the  ma- 
t«ri;dl'  8,  How  siiall  a  man's  work  be  tried  by 
lirei'  4.  If  a  man's  work  be  burned,  how  vtuili  lu- 
be saved  yeliioas  hy  lirey"         J(.  U.  Wiutmku. 

As  to  the  first  question,  the  apostle  him>elf 
has  unswered  that,  any  man,  iin  indefinite  num- 
ber, whoever  wishes  to  use  the  material,  mity  do 

BO. 

2.  What  the  material?  It  is  optional  witli 
the  builder  to  use  good  or  bad  material,  if  he 
Select  the  gold,  silver,  precious  stones,  meaning 
good,  sound  doctrine  and  practices,  such  an  are 
provided  in  God's  great  storehouse,  the  precious 
Scriptures,  he  can,  with  these,  erect  a  building 
that  will  abide  the  test  of  any  fiery  ordeal.  Uut 
if  he  select  the  wood,  hay,  or  stubble,  rtpro- 
sentiog  the  faUe  and  pernicious  doctrine  and 
pnictice*  that  jirevailed  then  in  the  Corinthian 
church  and  which  have  since  prevailed,  to  the 
detriment  of  this  holy  building,  then  when  the 


6er)-  t^t  comes  these  humui  creeds,  buman 
opinions,  false  glcwefl,  no  matter  what  they 
may  W,  how  venerable  they  may  l>e,  will  l« 
connumed  by  the  devouring  6re. 

3.  How  shall  a  man's  work  I«  tried  by  fire? 
It  is  not  literal  ffl*  here  upoken  of,  but  th^  fire 
of  God's  judgments.  Fire  Iteing  the  most  fwn- 
etrating  and  searching  thing  known  in  nature, 
the  metaphor  is  fre'iuently  employed  in  Script- 
ore  to  denote  the  penetrating  nature  of  God's 
t«itfl,  oM  gold,  silver,  and  precioun  atone«  can 
endure  the  fire,  they  can  stand  the  ordeal.  wof>d, 
hay,  or  stubble  will  he.  cfmsumed.  -lust  what 
the  judgment*  are  to  which  tne  aixMle  alludi^^M, 
cannot  perhaps  be  determined.  Some  Ihiuk 
that  the  day,  he  speaks  of,  is  the  time  of  thp 
dentruction  of  .ferusalem,  and  the  sweeping 
away  of  the  Jewish  polity;  if  so,  then  we  may 
know  what  the  apostle  means  by  the  term  fire. 
The  term  points  out  the  extreme  rigor,  aud  to- 
tally de«tructiv«  nature  of  thoie  judgments. 

ii  a  man's  work  be  burned,  how  shall  he  l>e 
saved  so  m  by  fire:-*  If  tho  material  used  were 
wood,  hay,  or  Htubbh-,  meaning  doctrines  not 
drawn  from  God's  holy  Word,  then,  of  courne. 
they  must  perish  in  the  fiery  U^hi,  but  the  build- 
er, what  of  him?  First,  be  shall  suffer  loss; 
great  indeed  will  be  his  los«.  He  may  have 
preached  with  great  eamestnesa.  he  may  have 
endured  many  hurdrthips,  he  may  have  labon-d 
very  diligently,  no  matter,  if  his  teachings  were 
not  pure,  unadulterated  truth,  alt  his  labor  will 
bo  in  vain,  all  his  work,  no  matter  how  much 
labor  thoy  may  have  cost  him,  must  cmd  will 
be  burnud  up. 

"  Yet  be  himself  shall  be  saved;  yet  so  an  by 
firo."  His  personal  salvation  will  be  a  hair's 
hremlth  deliverance  if  he  be  saved,  a  mere  es- 
cape. If  his  false  teaching  be  the  result  o/  ig- 
norance, God,  in  his  mercy,  will  extend  salvation 
to  him,  but  it  will  he  barely  salvation,  if,  how- 
ever, there  be  a  portion  of  willful  and  obstinate 
ignorance  in  him  his  case  is  far  more  critical. 
Tho  above  is  certainly  a  solemn  warning  against 
error.  Tho  man  who  teaches  or  practices  an 
error  is  expo.ied  to  imminent  danger.  Unless 
hit!  misconceptions  be  the  result  of  shuor  igno- 
rance, and  he  be  Very  sincere,  he  lias  uot  one 
particle  of  ground  for  hope.  Oh,  let  us,  by 
God's  grace,  disabuse  our  minds  of  error. 

Mattie  a.  Leah. 


THE  CHARACTER  OF  HAPPY  LIFE. 

Hnw  happy  is  he,  Itoni  and  taiiglit, 
That  servetli  not  anot  lier's  will ; 
WlioHi!  armor  is  his  lionost  tliougjit. 
And  sim|de  trutli  his  utmost  skill! 

Whose  passions  not  his  masteis  are. 
Whose  sold  is  still  prepaved  for  death, 
Vnlied  unfo  the  worhUy  care 
Of  public  fume,  or  private  breath  ; 

Who  envies  none  that  chauce  dolh  rame, 
Of  vice;  who  never  understood 
How  deepest  wounds  are  given  by  praise; 
Nor  rulc^i  of  state,  but  rules  of  good: 

Who  liaMi  liis  life  finm  rumors  freetl. 
Whose  coiiscii'iii-e  is  his  Htron«  leticaf ; 
Whonn  Htale  can  ni'illier  llatteivrs  feed. 
\<»r  ruin  make  oppressors  grcU; 

Who  (kid  dutli  late  and  early  pray 
Jloie  iif  \m  uraee  than  gifts  to  lend; 
And  entcrLiuns  tliu  harmless  day 
With  a  religious  book  or  friend:  . 

This  man  is  freed  rrnni  servile  bands. 
Of  liojie  to  rise,  ur  Tear  to  lull; 
Lord  of  liimstdf,  though  not  of  lanUa; 
Aud  having  nuUiiiig,  yet  hath  all. 

—Sthctcd 

PEACE, 

I'Y  W.  J.  H.  BAUMAN. 


1)PUC1':  isfomothing 
islicd    by  every  CI 


that  ought  to  be  cher- 
Christian:  i>eace  wiihail 
men  is  what  we  should  strive  for.  To  establish 
peace  was  the  object  of  the  Savior's  mission  ou 
earth.  Pence  inemia  to  be  quiet,  free  from  war 
or  disturbance.  Uut  peace,  like  every  thin;;  else, 
may  be  abused;  and  a  good  thing  turned  iuto  a 
curse  will  invariably  prove  the  worst  kind  of  a 
cunM?.  To  illustrate:  A  certain  man  having 
business  away  from  home  for  several  weeks, 
employed  a  man  to  take  care  of  his  things  wtiile 
he  was  absent,  and  told  his  neighbor  vrhat  a 
good,  sleady  hiuid  he  had  emi)loyed.  "Yes," 
said  bis  neighbor,  "  if  he  were  a  little  steadier 
he  would  stand  still  entin'ly."  Thus  it  is  vrith 
many  people.  If  they  were  a  little  more  peac- 
able  they  would  stand  still  entirely,  and  let 
everything  go  to  destruction  for  feur  of  hurting 
Somebody. 

Olten  members  in  the  church  will  Kacritice 
principlo  (unwittingly)  for  fern-  somebody  will 
think  harp  of  them.  This  looks  like  healing 
the  outside  of  a  wound  while  the  inside  is  get- 
ting worse  all  t)ie  time. 


Gospel  peace  implies  the  removal  of  cause 
It  is  healing  in  iU  nature  and  permanent  m  it; 
cure.  Insteiwl  of  l>eiug  deceptive  and  smugghng 
jo  disposition  it  fci  open-hearted  and  frank.  It 
seeks  tjie  good  of  all.  and  hence  when  it  sees 
any  one  jumping  over  the  precipic  of  .sin.  it 
will  lift  the  warning  voir.-,  though  it  may  be 
Rpijrned  and  repni.'wd  harahly.  It  will  keep  on 
laboring  for  the  good  of  others  whether  their 
labor  is  8ppreciat*.d  or  repulsed.  They  will  tell 
the  people  their  sins  and  the  house  of  Jacob  its 
transgression  a  whether  tb«  people  or  the  house 
of  Jacob  like  it  or  not.  Their  object  is  peace 
on  a  permanent  basis.  They  recognize  the  cor- 
rectness of  Solomon's  saying:  "Open  rebuke  is 
better  than  secret  love."  0,  l»rethren.  let  us 
labor  for  thw  kind  of  peace.  It  may  hurt  for 
the  time  being,  but  will  moat  assuredly  after- 
wards yield  the  peaceable  fruitof  righteousness. 
If  we  make  enemies  by  telling  men  the  truth. 
«e  have  Jesus  in  our  cowjiany;  he  did  the 
same. 

Peaceful  men,  according  to  the  Gospel,  are 
men  of  principle,  and  instead  of  seeking  their 
own  praise,  honor,  and  applause,  they  seek  the 
glory  of  God,  and  find  honor  only  in  the  prin- 
ciple of  trntb  and  love.  They  seek  not  their 
own.fct  the  good  of  others;  and  as  no  one's 
good  consisteth  in  being  wrong,  they  will  not 
(latter  the  wrong  doer.  Their  speech  will  be 
seasoned  with  Gospel  salt.  They  will  be  con- 
trolled by  the  serpent's  wisdom,  and  the  dove's 
harmlessness.  We  should  always  labor  for 
peace  of  this  kind.  In  our  lives  should  be  eX' 
eniplified  the  song  of  the  heavenly  choir  at  the 
time  of  our  Savior's  birth:  "Glory  to  God  in 
the  highest;  peace  on  earth  imd  good  will  to- 
ward men."  God  should  be  glorified  in  our 
bodies  aud  our  spirits  for  they  are  his.  "  Hal- 
lowed be  thy  name"  should  shine  forth  con- 
Hpicuously  in  nnr  character.  That  peace  is  our 
object — should  be  exemplified  in  alt  our  inter- 
course with  our  iellow-men.  Our  speech,  our 
conduct,  our  all,  should  exemplify  the  fact  that 
good  will  towards  all  men  reigns  in  our  hearts. 
If  Gospel  iiowcr  reigns  in  our  hearts,  we  will 
have  no  pleasure  in  the  destruction  of  any;  not 
even  of  our  enemies.  Such  peace  never  kicks 
the  falling,  but  does  all  iu  its  power  to  reach 
forth  the  helping  band  to  the  needy.  This  kind 
of  peace  is  taught  by  ChriiJt,  in  example  and 
precept.  When  ho  iiddressed  the  scribes  and 
I'bariseps  as  byjuicrito,  &c.,  he  aimed  to  do 
them  good.  When  he  told  the  sellers  and  buy- 
ers in  the  temple,  that  they  had  made  the  Lord's 
house  a  den  of  thieves,  he  intended  their  good, 
though  he  brought  upon  himself  thoir  displea.s- 
ure.  He  sought  not  bis  own,  but  the  good  of 
others.  In  the  severe  reproofs  of  the  martyr, 
Stephen,  as  well  as  in  Ins  humble  resignation  to 
the  treatment  he  received,  aud  in  the  proyer  he 
olfeied,  the  pi'inciples  of  true  peace  are  exempli- 
Iied. 

May  God  help  all  to  follow  after  peace  and 
holiness,  witliout  which  co  man  shall  see  (en- 
joy) the  Lord. 

Nont  SpritKjs,  laira. 


f«?ms  of  ^Hfci-csf 


— A  t-OLoSy  of  tiwedes   intend  to 
North-east  Georgia. 

— Floripa  orange-growersareexperiaieny 
in  making  wine  from  oranges.  ^ 

— AKcHBisirop  Purcell's  financial  Ijaj,  i-  - 
foot  up  to  a  million  dollars.    It  stirs  Calb'v* 
ism  deeply.  ^"^ 

— TuK  Wesleyans  of  England  have  resol 
to  build  one    hundred  chapels   per  year  f    'i^ 
next  ten  year?.  '*'* 

— The    Bible   has  been  translated  i 
into  the  Turkish  language.    There  a 
000  people  iu  Turkey. 


**ttteb 


'^I'plete 
"-  2S,000. 


— Mr.  Sankey  has  been  having  overfl     ■ 
meetings  in   Newcastle,   England,   sotaet    ^ 
holding  four  a  day.  ** 

— It  is  estimated  that  the  snow  jn  StoH 
this  Winter  has  occasioned  a  loss  to  the  Hl 
land  sheep-farmers  of  £100,000.  '^^' 

—  At  a  meeting  of  the  Ladies'  Anti-Polr.„ 
Society,  Salt  Lake,  it  was  stated  that  "  Bripli  ^ 
Young  owned  a  large  distillery."  "^ 


THE    HEART. 

riMlKOii,  throb,  throb.  Never  sleeping,  but 
i_  often  tired,  loaded  mth  care,  chilled  by 
despair,  bleeding  with  wounds,  often  inflicted 
by  those  wlio  do  not  understand  it,  or  burdened 
with  affection,  it  must  beat  on  fov  a  Ijletime, 
Nothing  finds  a  lodgment  in  its  chambers  that 
does  not  add  to  its  labors.  Every  thought  that 
llie  luiud  generates  steps  upon  the  heart  before 
it  wings  its  way  into  the  outer  \r9th\.  The' 
memory  of  tlie  dead  loved  ones  are  muuuiaius 
of  weight  upon  its  sensitiveness;  the  ansi'ties 
of  the  soul  stream  to  the  heart  and  bank  them- 
selves upon  it.  as  the  early  stiowdrifts  cover  Ihe 
b'uder  plant;  love,  if  it  loves,  fires  it  with  fever- 
ish warmth  and  makes  it  the  more  sensitive; 
bate,  if  it  hates,  heats  it  to  desperation  and  fills 
it  with  conflicta.  Still  it  works  on.  AVben 
slumbor  closes  tho  eyelids  the  heart  is  beating- 
beating  beneath  all  its  burdens;  it  works  wliile 
we  sleep;  it  works  while  we  pl.iy;  itache.t  when 
we  laugh.  Do  not  unnecessarily  wound  it;  do 
not  add  to  its  bleeding  wounds.  Speak  a  kind 
word  to  cheer  it;  warm  it  when  it  is  cold;  en- 
courage it  when  it  despairs.— A'cW^rf. 

Wkbsteh  once  beautifully  said:  "  If  wc  work 
upon  marble,  it  will  perish;  if  wo  work  upon 
brass,  time  affects  it;  if  we  rear  ttmples,  they 
will  crumble  into  dust;  if  we  work  upon  our 
immortal  minds— if  we  imbue  them  with  the 
just  fear  of  God  and  love  of  our  fellow-men— we 
engrave  upon  those  tables  something  which  will 
brighten  for  all  eternity.  • 


oung  owned  a  large  distillery." 

Soi'TH  Carolina  has  abolished  her  oulv  A' 
"^y  at  all  opent^ 


vorce  law.  thuS'    leaving  no 
secure  a  divorce. 


"  I  Ail  n  home  missionary,"  once  observed  a  ! 
Christian  mother;  "six  pairs  of  little  eyes  are  ' 
daily  watching  my  looks,  as  w^ll  as  listening  j 
to  my  words;  and  I  wish  my  children  never  to 
see  m  me  that  which  they  may  not  imitate."      i 


— The  valuable  library  of  the  Birmiugha 
and  Midland  Institute,  numbering  SO  000  v  I 
umes,  bos  been  burned. 

— Toua'To  leaves  are  fatal  to  cows,  as  a  Kp 
tucky  farmer  learned  a  few  days  ago  by  login 
three  valuable  animals  which  ate  some  of  tl 
weed  w  ith  their  hay. 

—The  Anti-Chinese  bill  has  passed  the  Houbp 
by  a  vote  of  155  to  72.  It  prohibits  the  inipor- 
tiition  of  over  15  Chinese  ou  a  vessel  owned  bv 
a  United  States  citizen. 

—The  pope  has  sent  ten  Jesuits  to  Central 
Africa  to  evangelize  the  countries  traversed  bv 
Stanley  and  Livingston.  The  mission  will  cost 
^40,000,  and  includes  500  porters,  servants  etc 

—A  Chicago  doctor  recently  prescribed  lor  a 
baby  a  mile  away,  attacked  with  the  croup 
which  was  held  up  to  a  telephone  so  that  he 
could  listen  lo  its  breathing  ajid  hear  its  sjjrin 
cough. 

— PiiOPKSSOR  Cox,  of  Indiana,  who  recently 
examined  the  Arizona  mining  reginn,  says  that 
the  mining  proj-erty  of  Southern  Arizona,  once 
developed,  would  supply  the  world  with  precious 
metals. 

— The  Daily  Inter  (kian  says:  '' Cincinuatti 
has  cut  down  the  salaries  of  its  school  teachers 
so  as  to  meet  the  extra  expense  of  lawyers'  fees 
etc.,  of  the  Southern  Riiilroad.  Nothing  like 
economy!" 

— The  electric  light  will  make  a  valuable  sav- 
ing of  coal  in  Englaud.  According  to  a  very 
careful  estimate,  recently,  the  quantity  consum- 
ed ill  gas  making  wjis  set  down  at  ti.56O,0lXi 
tons,  against  a  production  of  111.300.000  tons, 

— Thk  largest  of  the  pyramids  was4SIfeetin 
height  and  863  on  the  sidep.  The  base  covered 
eleven  acres.  The  stones  are  about  sixty  feet  in 
length,  and  the  layers  nro  208.  It  employed 
350.000  men  in  building. 

— There  will  soon  be  no  necessity  for  en- 
countering the  dangers  of  the  St.  Gotthard  Puss 
iu  Winter.  A  tunnel  through  the  mountain  is 
being  Iwrod  from  Switzerland  and  Italy.  It 
will  be  the  loHgest  tunnel  in  the  world,  having 
already  reached  13,481  yards,  and  nearly  3,0W 
yards  are  still  lo  be  excavated,  which  will  re- 
quire another  year. 

— The  Catholic  pros.i  ia  publishiug  a  letter 
from  Bishop  Meurin,  Qf  India,  asserting  that 
the  body  of  St.  l'r«ucis  Xuvier,  who  died  in  1552. 
on  lieing  exhumed  recently  at  Goa,  was  found 
uncorrupted  and  unchanged.  The  Bishop  sajs 
he  examined  the  body  thoroughly.  "  I  ""^  "'' 
lowed  to  lift  up  the  right  foot,  aud.  being  by  I'o 
means  of  an  enthusiastic  frame  of  niiuJ,  to  in- 
spect it  leisurely  from  all  sides.  The  same  I 
did  with  the  hand  and  the  hesid.  The  right 
foot  was  quite  complete  aud  intact;  the  heel, 
the  sole,  the  toes,  thu  nails,  the  muscles  and 
tendons  beneath  the  skin,  everythiug  in  perfect 
order  and  well  preserved,  tliough  hardened, 
shriveled,  and  of  a  brnwi.i.h  color."  The  eye* 
were  not  sunken,  says  the  Uishop,  and  Ihew 
were  ntj  signs  of  decay.  Yet  tiie  body  was  nev- 
er embaltned. 

—On  the  22nd  6f  Januarys  disastrous  en- 
gagement occurred  between  a  small  body 
British  troops  stationed  at  Korke's  Drill.  Ca[* 
Cobmy,  and  an  overwhelming  number  ot  ''''"■' 
The  British  force  wsta  nearly  or  quite  ftin'i*!""*' 
ed.  iteinforcements  sulKcieut  to  put  down 
Zulus  will  be  promptly  sent  to  Southern  Afr^** 


yi!,<-r^ 


'X'idE    litcKTHl^l^N    ^T    ■\VOKlv. 


^orri'Siiomlcucc. 


i.Jojmajl.full.- 


From  David  A.  Norcross. 

,.gpXiia«l  heartily  endorse  brother  D.  C. 

^minaWs  proposition    in  No.   6,  present 

1  am  ready  to  lend  a  helping   hand. 

',''"'"  but  vi-ry  little  of  this  world's  pooda,  iind 

l'*"  ^^  arm  to  work  with,  and  .-.  wite  and  five 

*'-^  ,„  to  support,  and    now    out  of  emjiluy- 

("^biit  when    I   meditate  upon  the  goodness 

eD  •        .  ,    _  i.i„„.-„j  „„A  consoling  promisco. 


V.i...t  his  word  stands  su 


tliat  he  will  never  leave  nor  forsake  his 
"^n-  The  word  is" Go  into  all  the  world 
*^ri.iicU  the  Goipcl  to  every  creature." 
.  jii;  15.  How  can  you,  who  have  plenty 
spare  of  this  world's  goods,  draw  your 
Irings  against  such  a  divine  utteranceV 
"^.ploliowiug  the  footsteps  ofourSdrior  and 
...n^ties  111  this  matter:-'  See  Mutt.  Jl:l 
1  \,-t«  f>'-  4"-  I'"'*"*  '*''y='  «i»eu  to  everything 
'  .Christ  says-  The  word  is,  "Go  toach," 
j]!  that  caimot  say  amen,  would  better 
,e  yoiirfielves,  whether  ye  be  in  the 
We  liave  brethren  that  are  mighty  in 
l1  are  running  over  with  zeal. 


flit" 

If 


ist 


I  are  not  able  to  cairy  on  the  work  them- 
les.  They  are  Wiiiting  for  the  ciiurch  to 
'  ..go"  fhev  know  no  cause  to  obtiiin  but 
■'^Lur,rs.  and  are  able  to  turn  many  from  the 
^triDf*'  ^^  "'^"'  ""^  esponce  them  to  Christ. 
w  Ii-i^'^  ""  other  leader   but  Jesus,  and  for 

oi'and  his  cause  they  are  ready  to   do   battle. 

peniragiiP  '"  "''*'"'^  °*  *'''*  '*'"'*'  ^  have  faith 

believe  that  the  church  would  be  blessed, 
id  (but  God  will  sustain  and  strengthen  the 
lifljsoftlie  evangehst  who  would  enlist  in  the 
^it  viork  of  restoring  the  true  woi-ship  and 
of  our   blessed    Lord.      We    who  are 


rtcbiiig  ' 


(illDg 


in  the  c;iijse,    and    are   not   able    to  do 


inch  m  teaching  others,  must  hold  up  and 
ij.Dort  those  brethren  that  are  able,  by  our 
rsjers  aud  liberal  donationa.  May  Ged  bless 
fir  brother  Miioinaw  and  others  in  getting 
i,ciiii3P  of  our  blessed  Lord  preached  and  es- 
sbfd  over  our  land.  I  am  weak,  and  can't 
iich.biityou  will  always  Hnd  me  ready  to 
ivaiuentoall  lawful  and  Gospel  meana  to 
iifll'orth  the  teacbmg  of  Christ. 
Simh.  IiiJ.,  F'-b.  7th,  J87!K 

From  Millersburg,   Indiana. 

UDEK  Daniel  Shively  and  raysplf  conimenc- 
t^i  B  series  of  meetings  on  the  evening 
Jaiiuiiry  29th,  and  closed  on  Sunday  even- 
,  Feb.  Itth,  in  the  little  town  of  Millersburg, 
lUihart  county  Indiana.  Brother  Issaae 
kkey  as'.isted  as  much  as  possible;  he  having 
Ibr  calls  which  prevented  his  regular  attpnd- 
Oii  Saturday  and  Sunday  nights  broth- 
\)ms  Younce  held  forth  the  word  with 
jffer  and  spirit. 

Uillersljurg  has  four  organized  churches, 
rmuE  l'i-fi:irmed,  Methodist,  Lutheran  and 
r?.^hj-ten.iii,  with  members  of  the  Christian, 
itholic,  Baptist  and  Brethren  churches.  The 
tere'ft,  nuaitested,  exceeded  anything  of  the 
er  beheld.  Large  gatherings  and  at- 
otire  hfiirers.  Doctors,  merchants  and  even 
^salitoii-keeper.  with  others  who  never  at- 
lifd  Liii't-tings  before,  were,  with  an  excep- 
lot  a  uight  or  two,  regular  attendants. 
Tbt  re.fult  of  the  meeting,  was,  one  took 
ik  cross,  while  the  foundation  of  many 
^sliaki-n.  We  have  reason  to  believe  that 
■A  wiis  cast  njjnn  the  waters,  which  will  be 
I'^iTrtl  not  many  days  hence.. 
II"  Saturday,  the  8tli,  while  attending  coun- 
swti.ng  at  the  Rock  Ran  meeting-house. 
Jlh^r  one  made  application  and  was  bapti7.ed 
liffitlier  Shively. 

On  Kridiiy,  the  Ttn,   brethren   Shively   and 

'M  weat  to  the  Rock  Run   meeting-house, 

Pfacli  the  funerals  of  sister  Horn  aud   Ben- 

"'I  luiifinian.    About  two  years  ago,  during 

''fe  sural,  a  tree  wan    blovrn    out    by    the 

''-»''uiit  the  first  of  February  friend  Kauff- 

"  tliopperi  it  off,  and  standing  upon   the 

"■P  part,  which  Hew  back,  was  thrown  about 

P>i;f«thigh,  and  when   he  fell   he  struck 

fjots  of  another  tree,   which   injured   the 

■^^1  c„rd.  paralyzing    the    lower    half  of  his 

J- "I'd  about  a  week  after,  he   departed  this 

^Jf-im  tli«  etiects  of  it. 

'  'le  the  brethren    were  gone  to   preach 

'"flerala,  I  remnined  in  town  to  attend  the 

j"    0'  Miss  Robinson,  aged  fourteen  j'ears 

'"iQeuifrnths,   who  committed  suicide   by 

g  at  oue  time  tliirtv-sLt  dos^s  of  morphine. 

^^■^ii  in  the  house  of  strangers,   not  being 

'h^T^^  *''**  '^^"^^  °^  ^^^  uncle,  with  whom 

wT    I   ^'*"'^'  ''''*  ''o'"g  »»  orphan.  Being 

mT  ^*^'^"^hy,  she  had  the  appearance  in 

%,""':  ^''^'■I'-  T-  il      WAIlSTr.ER. 


In  Memoriani. 

Wii.l.IS  Lyon  Sager,  son  of  John  and  Emily 
Sager,  of  tho  Hudson  eougregation,  was 
born  May  IGth,  1S77.  aud  died  Januurr  20th. 
1879, 

This  darling  boy  was  one  of  remarkable 
brightness  aud  sweetness  of  disposition.  The 
indescribable  and  irresistahle  charm  which  at^ 
tached  to  his  every  act,  and  his  intelligence  so 
f,ir  beyond  one  of  hia  years,  rendered  him  the 
idol  of  the  neighborhood.  Before  his  spirit 
caught  one  taint  from  earth,  it  spread  its  light 
wings  and  soared  to  Go<l.  The  bud  in  which 
so  many  fond  hopes  centered,  must  bloom  in 
eternity.  Although  he  Wsw  the  object  of  much 
love  and  affection  while  with  us,  yet  we  bless 
the  hand  which  has  taken  him  from  us,  because 
it  is  the  hand  of  a  Father,  whose  providences 
may  often  be  mysterious,  bnt  are  ever  kind. 

Since  the  finst  wild  burst  of  grief  ia  over,  and 
we  are  able  to  think  more  calmly  of  our  loss, 
we  are  becoming  gradually  persuaded  that  his 
removal  at  this  time  is  but  an  exhibition  of 
that  perfect  propriety  and  fitness  of  things 
which  (could  we  but  intelligently  observe  it)  is 
never  violat.:d  in  the  disposition  of  events. 

Death,  whieli  introduced  him  to  heaven,  to 
its  Savior  and  to  its  sinless  angels,  at  no  other 
period  would  have  found  him  so  allied  to  them 
in  character,— so  fitted  for  their  society.  Un- 
able to  speak,  one  of  his  latest  acts  Wiis  to  pull 
away,  with  evident  efibrt,  his  mother's  hands 
from  her  face,  accompanying  the  act  with  a 
look,  which  coming,  iis  it  did,  almost  hom  the 
other  shore,  spoke  inliuitely  more  tlian  could 
have  been  expressed  in  words,  implying  a  per- 
fect conclousnesa  of  the  nature  of  the  change 
already  taking  pbice,  and  more,  a  look,  remark- 
ed by  all  present,  which  is  a  source  of  in- 
exhaustible comfort  to  the  good  mother. 

The  funeral  services  were  conducted  by 
brother  Lemuel  Hillery  on  the  Slat,  from  Mark 
10;  14,  after  which  the  remains  were  followed 
by  the  whole  community,  to  the  Hudson  cem- 
etery, where  they  were  interred  near  those  of 
half  brother  and  other  relatives.  Side  by  side 
they  sleep  in  the  city  of  the  dead. 
"  Wr  have  a  son.  a  darling  son ; 

His  age  we  Ciumot  tell ; 
For  lliey  reckon  not  by  months  and  years. 

"Where  lie  lias  gone  to  dwell. 
'I'o  us  for  twenty  anxious  months. 

His  infant  fliniles  were  given; 
Ami  then  he  badf  farewell  to  earth, 
And  went  to  live  in  heaven. 

^\'e  cannot  tell  what  form  is  his, 

Wlwt  looks  he  wcareth  now, 
Xor  guess  how  bright  a  gh)ry 

Crowns  his  shining  seraph  brow ; 
The  thoughts  that  fill  his  sinless  soul. 

The  blisB  that  he  doth  fw\. 
Arc  niinibercd  with  the  aeeiet  things. 

^VlltL■h  tJ  d  will  not  reveal. 

Hut  we  know,  for  God  liath  told  us  this, 

Tliiit  he  is  now  at  rest. 
Where  other  blessed  inCants  be. 

On  their  Savior's  loving  breast. 
We  know  h)sfii)irit  feels  no  more 

This  weary  load  of  llesh, 
Uut  his  sleep  is  blessed 

With  endless  dreams  of  joy  forever  fresh. 

We  know  the  angels  fold  him 

Ci'jst-  Li^m-ath  their  shining  wings, 
And  soothe  hiiu  with  a  song 

That  breathes  of  heaven's  divinest  things. 
We  know  that  we  shall  meet  him, 

(His  mother  dear  and  I), 
Wliere  God,  for  aye,  shall  wipe  away, 

AH  tears  from  every  eye. 

What  e'er  befalls  his  parents  twain. 

His  bliss  can  never  ceiise: 
Their  lot  may  here  be  grief  and  fear. 

But  his  is  certain  pe.ice. 
It  may  be  that  the  Tt-niptBr's  wiles 

Loved  souls  from  bliss  may  sever. 
Hut  if  our  own  poor  faitli  fail  not, 

He  must  l)e  ours  forever. 

When  we  think  of  what  our  darling  is. 

And  what  we  still  must  be: 
Whfu  we  muse  on  tliat  world's  perfect  bliss. 

And  this  world's  misery: 
When  we  grow  henealh  this  load  of  sin, 

And  reel  this  grief  and  pain, 
Oh!  we'ilYather  die  and  go  tu  him, 

Than  have  him  hero  agahi." 

Thomas  D.  Lyon. 


Echoes  from  the  Center. 

trroni  Oiif  Spc<c[»l  CurrMiwii'li'iit.J 
NUUHEIl  I.X. 

The  Tomb— In  the  Mission  Field— A  Telegram 
— Comforting  the  Bereft— Incemives  to  Ho- 
liness—Home  Meeting — Lord's  Day. 
LIFE,  however  sweet,  is  short.  Our  stay  up- 
on earth  is  but  momentary.  IHiis  is  the 
experience  of  the  past.  Since  my  last,  I  again 
stood  by  the  side  of  weeping  friends,  mourning 
the  loss  of  a  departed  aaint.  Our  dear  siater 
King,  of  whom  I  instle  mention  of  in   my  last 


mi^ive,  15  no  more  in  the  flesh.  She  has  been 
stripiMid  of  mortality  and  clothed  from  that 
bouse  in  heaven,  made  by  hands  nuseen. 

Was  just  about  to  board  the   train   for   the 

fesion  field,  when  a  messenger  approached 
me.retiuesting  myserriccesin  the  last  act  of 
kindne.<is  towards  the  departed,  and  to  give 
words  of  consolation  to  the  beretl. 

The  dear  sister  suflVred  long  aud  oft  express- 
a  desire  to  depart  but  waited  patiently  until 
the  aiigt'l  of  peace  beckoned  her  to  come,  when 
quietly  and  calmly,  she  departed  for  the  Elysian 
fields,  obscured  from  mortal  sight.  About  two 
years  ago,  we  led  her  down  in  the  liquid  stream, 
where,  in  accordance  to  the  divine  command, 
she  put  on  Christ,  and  now  she  has  died,  as  we 
believe.a  faithful  Christian. 

Mother,  maj-  God  bless  you  in  your  widow- 
hood. Be  joyous  amidst  your  sorrow;  all  your 
children  liave  entered  the  church  militant,  and 
three,  the  church  triumphant.  With  your  two 
remaining  lambs,  oh,  live  faitVul  to  Christ. 
Cleave  close  to  his  bleeding  side;  it  will  not  be 
long  until  He  will  relieve  you  of  earth,  and 
say,  "It  is  enough,  come  up  higher."  Then  a 
happy  and  unending  reunion  will  be  yours  to 
enjoy  within  the  frescoed  alabaster  walls  of  the 
New  Jerusalem. 

My  contemplated  trip  being  thus  delayed,  I 
started  for  the  mission  field  on  the  l!>t  inst., 
near  Sydney,  Ohio.  Met  our  dear  brother,  0. 
F.  Yount,  at  the  depot.  He  boarded  the  train 
for  his  home.  From  ahast>  conversation  ivith 
him-  learned  he  had  labored  with  the  Brethren 
here  for  a  few  days,  already,  and  that  the  meet- 
ings were  growing  in  interest.  We  continued 
them  until  the  4th,  when  I  received  a  dispatcli 
to  return  home  next  day.  Our  meetings  con- 
tinued to  grow  in  interest,  and  the  waters  were 
troubled.  One  expressed  his  desire  to  join  the 
church  lit  last  meeting,  and  more  were  count- 
ing the  cost.  Having  to  leave  the  meeting  so 
abruptly,  I  hope  some  soldier  of  the  cross  will 
drop  in  soon  and  revive  and  carry  on  the  good 
work. 

In  compliance  to  the  message,  returned  next 
day  and  visited  the  house  of  mourning,  and 
found  Mr.  George  W.  Wise  had  departed  this 
life.  Funeral  services  in  the  U.  B.  church,  by 
the  writer,  assisted  by  Mr.  .lohnston,  pastor 
of  said  church. 

The  deceased  waa  the  son  of  elder  Christian 
Wise,  of  Mansfield,  Ohio.  He  was  visitrng 
his  brother.  Dr.  Wise,  of  our  village  and  whi 
here  took  sick  and  died.  A  sis-ter  and  aged 
mother,  from  Mansfield,  were  present  at  the 
funeral.  Thus  other  hearts  are  pained  ond 
mourn  the  loss  of  dear  ones.  Ah,  who  has  not 
stood  by  the  bedside  of  a  dying  friend?  Who 
has  not  stood  by  the  gaping  tomb,  where  loved 
ones  were  hidden  from  mortal  view?  In  th: 
humanity  standi  on  one  common  l>asis,  all  have 
their  sorrows,  all  h«ve  tears  to  shed,  all  have 
interest  in  the  spirit  world.  This  should  bo  to 
us  an  incentive  to  greater  holiness,  greater  love 
and  greater  piety. 

The  Brethren  commenced  a  series  of  meet- 
ings in  the  Eagle  Creek  church,  on  the  even- 
ing of  the  8th  inst.,  expecting  foreign  aid.  But 
as  is  the  ca^e  with  the  many  Macedonian  calls, 
we  were  disappointed.  We,  by  the  grace  of 
God.  held  the  fort  until  the  11th,  when  our 
dear  brother  Jesse  Calvert  came  to  our  relief. 
Remaining  with  us  three  days  only,  having  en- 
gagements ahead,  he  had  to  leave.  The  inter- 
est is  growing  and  we  purpose,  God  willing,  to 
continue  a  few  days  yet,  and  sei'  what  the 
Lord  will  do  for  us.  Wo  expect,  ere  the  meet- 
ing closes,  that  some  will  be  willing  to  take  up 
the  cross,  and  tln-n  to  the  waterside  we  go  to 
take  them  into  the  church  through  tlie  initia- 
tory of  holy  baptism. 

This  is  another  beautiful  Lord's  day,  and  the 
labor  is  divided  again.  Brother  E.  Bossernian 
continued  the  meeting  in  the  Old  church  to- 
day. Brother  W.  C.  Teeter  at  Pleasant  Ridge 
and  the  writer  at  the  Disciple  church.  We 
met  a  large  audience  and  entertained  them  in 
the  light  of  the  Gospel  as  God  gave  ability.  In 
tlie  evening  we  coucentrated  our  forces  to  the 
Old  church,  and  our  meeting  continues  with 
increased  interest.  Oh,  may  God  bless  the 
mournerain  Ziou!  How  the  poor  souls  strug- 
gle! The  teal's  are  falling,  the  groans  are  heard, 
and  we  hope  thut  every  hindering  cause  will  be 
removed,  that  many  will  cast  their  burden 
down  and  flee  to  Christ.  May  God  hleaa  the 
success  of  Ziou  cvery-wbere,  aud  yuve  the  pur- 
chase of  His  blood,  ia^  tuy  Rruyer, 

yV,  .   , . ,     .  j,    S.  T.  BosysBMAN. 

Dunkirk,  Ohio,  Fek  mh,  1S7'J. 


From  Exeter,  Nebraska. 

BRETHREN  Henry  Bruhaker    and  Uriai 
Sbiek.  from  Beatrice,  Gage  co  unty,  came 
on  the  27tb  of  Jan.,  ,to  hojd  u  few  meetiigs 


with  us.  Brother  Brabaker  preached  in  th 
evening  of  the  above  named  day.  The  attend- 
ance was  fair.  The  meetings  were  continued 
for  spvpu  succeeding  evenings.  Four  souls 
were  made  to  see  their  condition,  and  came 
over  ou  the  Lord's  side.  They  were  baptized, 
and  rose,  wehojie.  to  walk  in  newness  of  life. 
We  think  there  is  a  go<Kl  prospect  for  more. 
One  made  application  who  could  not  be  receif- 
ed  on  account  of  domestic  troubles.  We  hope 
the  difBcnIty  will  soon  be  removed  and  the 
dear  sonl  become  a  shining  light  in  the  church 
militant.  Two  were  received  by  letter.  This 
makes  us  a  flock  of  sixlyen  with  no  shepherd. 
We  pray  that  some  ministering  brother  will 
move  here  and  help  build  up  a  church. 

We,  the  brethren  and  sisters  here  are  very 
thankful  to  those  who  came  and  preached  to 
us.  We  hoiw  we  shall  not  he  forgotten  in  their 
prayers  and  intercessions  to  God. 

Since  they  departed,  wo  have  Wen  holding 
social  meeting  each  Sunday  evening.  We  sing 
and  pray  and  encourage  each  other  in  the  way 
leading  from  earth  to  heaven. 

Brethren  in  the  Eiist,  do  not  forget  us  West- 
ern peiiple.  We  have  souls  to  save  as  well  as 
you.  You  have  generally  plenty  of  help,  but 
we  have  not  and  cannot  get  it.  Other  denom- 
inations send  preachers  wherever  they  are 
wanted.  Think  of  thi.s.  Brethren,  and  see  if 
you  cannot  devise  a  plan  by  which  we  can  have 
meetings.  We  cannot  take  our  money  beyond 
the  grave,  and  there  is  danger  of  its  standing 
against  us  in  the  day  of  judgment. 
Your  Brother  in  Christ, 

D.  R.  Kklly. 


To    the    Brethren  and  Friends    in  Ohio. 

WE  lelt  Akron  Feb.  ^rd,  and  arrived  in  the 
evening  of  tho  same  day  at  Ashland. 
Here  we  visited  brethren  and  friends  until  the 
evening  of  the  12th  inst.  Wo  also  had  a  look 
at  the  college  building.  It  is  firm  in  structure 
and  plain  in  appearance.  We  hnpH  righteous- 
ness may  dwell  in  its  gigantic.  The  Brethren 
will  be  blessed  if  they  train  the  rising  gener- 
ation in  the  nurture  and  adomonition  of  the 
Lord. 

Evenening  of  the  12th,  we  left  .\Hhlaud  and 
arrived  at  Lanark  the  Uth.  Found  all  well. 
God  bless  all  the  Brethren,  sisters  and  friends 
to  whom  these  lines  nniy  come. 

S.  J.  Pkck  a  Wipb. 


Ten  Days  at  Naperville. 

ON  the  10th  of  January  I  left  my  home  to 
visit  Naperville  church,  arriving  in  the 
evening  at  brother  John  Ilollinger's,  where 
they  hiul  arranged  for  a  night  meeting,  and 
quite  a  number  of  the  neij»hbora  attended.  I 
found  this  family  well;  had  an  enjoyable  night 
with  brother  John  and  family,  hut  had  to  leave 
early  next  morning,  in  company  with  brother 
John,  who  gave  me  a  seat  in  his  «leigh,  for 
Naperville.  Passing  through  Juliet,  Lockport, 
and  other  places  of  interest,  we  finally  arrived 
in  Naperville,  stopped  at  the  house  of  brother 
Barkdotl  till  meeting  time,  when  wo  went  to 
the  meeting-hou.se,  two  miles  in  the  country, 
where  we  found  the  people  assembling  for  wor- 
ship. At  this  place  we  met  twelve  times,  also 
held  one  meeting  at  Batavia,  ten  miles  away. 

I  must  confers  that  I  wa^  encouraged  and 
strengthened,  by  the  interview  with  the  breth- 
ren and  sisters  in  Naperville.  They  surely 
yive  unmistakable  signs  of  being  Uiimj  branch- 
CH  in  the  true  vine.  0,  it  Joes  me  good  to  read 
those  living  epistles  that  are  known  and  read 
of  all  men.  As  one  man  said  to  me  while  there. 
"  Your  people  are  the  best  people  that  we  have." 
He,  too,  had  bten  reading.  Oh,  brethren  and 
sisters,  just  think  of  the  thous:inds  looking 
over  the  wall,  reading,  J'W(f/(/((/,  iikadino;  and 
not  only  this,  but  their  conclusions  are  formed 
by  what  they  read;  and  our  children  jierhaps 
stand  at  the  head  of  this  class  of  readers;  we 
are  writing,  they  are  reading.  Children,  re- 
member that  you  should  run  as  you  read— the 
race  ii  before  you,  and  you  must  run  it.  OhI 
start  now! 

But  the  time  came  at.  last  to  return  home, 
then  came  the  trying  lime.  To  leave  such  kind 
friends  and  such  lovely  children,  is  more  than 
I  can  describe;  but  I  had  to  start.  A  telegram 
from  lionie  wa^  received  by  one  of  the  Brethren 
for  me;  but  the  train  was  gone  an!  1  was  with 
it.  I  c:ime  home  with  a  lighter  heart  than  if  I 
had  received  the  telegram.  I  arrived  only  to 
find  my  family  in  deep  mourning  over  the  death 
of  a  dear  little  grandson,  Willis  L.  S;iger.  We 
found  brother  Lemuel  Hillery,  as  a  God-send, 
had  fallen  in  at  this  time  of  our  need,  who  com- 
forted us  by  pointing  us  to  Willis'  good  home 
in  heaven.  Brother  Hillery  spoke  to  a  crowded 
house,  from  the  words  "Suffer  little  children  to 
'  come  unto  mo,"  etc.  Many  were  the  leiu-s  shed 


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upon  (In.  occasion.     Thus  w^  have  't  Joy  «ud 
trouble,  tenn*  and  ..miles  by  little*.  b«l   to 

recollect  the  t.>Hr.  I  w^w  i"  NaperviHc  when 
themer^  mrntion  of  brethren  Mourer  and  Hol- 
linger's  rt-movai  to  K«n«a«  wa«  referred  to: 
sun-ly  they  keenly  feel  it.  nnd  will  nion- keenly 
fe..l  it  when  the  time  corner  t^  «ay  'furewel I 
T»kec<.urace,  brethren,  we  are  ueiinnK  thL- 
shores  where  no  f«rewoll  team  are  nh^d.  lie 
faithful  a  few  more  d»y«-it  will  not  U-  long, 
we'll  anchor  by  and  by.        Tho«a«  D.  Ltok. 

Pram  ft  Methodist  Lady. 

PERMIT  me  to  nay  a  few  word*.  I  have 
been  reading  the  niiCTHRKS'  at  Work 
for  over  a  year,  and  am  highly  |.le«i*e.I 
with  it.  and  think  it  brii-RM  many  uw-riil  in- 
fltrucliou«.  if  »..  ar-  willing  to  put  them  in 
practice,  which  we  nil  ^hnnld  do. 

1  am  w  Methodi^^t  My.  When  I  joined  the 
churnh,  I  thonuht  the  Methodist  chnrch  wa* 
the  only  fru*  church  tlierr.  WM.  hut  Bince  I 
haverea.1  the  HiiCTiiiiKN  AT  Wohk.  and  stud- 
ied the  Scripturex  more.  I  find  thnt  th-y  leave 
outftgreat  many  UiingH  that  lire  in  th-  Hidy 
Book,  and  «inre  I  bt-came  ae.pirtinted  with  the 
Brethrenchurrh,  I  feel  wrll  convinc-d  that  it 
in  the  mo«t  Htrict  and  true  church  I  ever  m.w 
or  heard  of.  1  gne««  th.-y  do  everything  (ac- 
cording  to  my  theology)  that  the  Lord  hfts 
comumuded  !W  to  do,  while  the  MethodiHt«  are 
fur  from  it. 

I  am  quite  young,  but  there  never  wiw  a  per- 
son ton  young  l"  f-'How  .leMUM.  and  I  f.'.-l  us 
though  "  I  wanted  more  of  the  love  of  .)"'-.ub 
in  my  heart.  1  do  not  ferl  near  en<mgli  to  my 
bli»*ed  Savior,  I  waiitio  get  nearer. 
it.;tit  for  my  mouI  1  long  to  find: 

Savior  of  all,  if  luiix-  Thou  art, 
iOiveme  thy  meek  and  lowly  mind, 
And  Htaiiip  Tliiiie  imtige  on  luy  li<'"rl, 
J  have  Ji'Ninl  people  «»y,  "  I  am  too  young  to 
btjcuuie  iiOiriHtiiUi,  I  wdl  wait  until  I  get  old- 
er." SinnerK,  you  un-  luiNtakeii,  the  Hinuji-r 
y(iu  lay  away  nH  Vour  i\u,\i»U  hul.ifs  and  Htrive 
to  do  tie  ooniiuauduioutH  of  the  One  tliat  «•«« 
evwy  thougjlt  or  move  you  make,  tho  butter 
ofl  you  will  Iim;  for  wo  knovif  not  the  hour 
M'hun  our  Lord  will  come,  to  tako  an  to  His 
liomcfthovo,  where  till  i"  love  and  hiii)|)inc'iM,  it 
we  are  rmly  ready;  and  il'  we  are  not  jtrL-pared, 
what  a  thought  it  is  to  think  of  being  put  in 
that  cold  grave!  But  we  have  all  got  to  go 
there  Boimer  or  later;  and  ho  let  uh  all  «trive  to 
do  what  in  right.  Pray  for  me.  Ohristiini  friends, 
that  1  may  live  a  life  so  that  when  my  liour 
cpnies,  1 -will  bo  propiiiwl  to  meet  you  all  in 
that  beautiful  home  a))oVe. 

Kpfik  Snyi)ku. 
Miasomi  VtiUeti,  Iowa,  M.  23r(/,  187:k 


,DY  HKSXKll  A.  JUtni.VKEU. 

STSTEtlEmelino  TJrnlakor  was  lim-n  June 
Sthi  1855.  and  died  November  20th,  ISifi, 
aged  23  yeftra.S  months  and  '2i  days. 

Her  discuse  wiLscoiiHUrnption.  Her  Hiitleving 
wjw  long,  and,  at  times,  very  painful,  though 
m1i.'1io»-c  it  with  Cliristiiiii  I'ortitudo  and  with- 
out B  murmur.  Her  mother  luid  suffered  with 
the  same  disiea«e  for  several  years;  and  when 
(ilie  saw  that  she  must  cross  the  cohl  Ktroiim  of 
death,  she  requested  a  dear  aunt  mid  nncle,  to 
take  her  two  little  ^irlK  that  were  no  dear  to 
her  Jind  train  them  to  be  good  and  UHeful,  in 
the  fear  of  tlie  Lord,  that  tliey  might  meet  her 
in  lioaveu.  Her  request  being  grant)id.  father 
and  mother  took  the  solemn  chm'ge  in>ou  them 
to  do  all  they  could  for  the  little  orphan^i. 

All  seemed  to  go  well  for  awhile.  By  and 
by  Kmma  grew  to  be  a  woman,  and  in  Dec, 
1873,  was  married  to  Joseph  Brubakor.  iSoon 
after,  our  dear  mother's  health  began  Uj  fail. 
We  all  Baw  that  we  mnsL  give  her  up.  Oue  day 
she  called  all  of  us  to  her  hod,  and  told  u^  that 
ahe  waut<?d  to  bid  uh  finx'weil.  She  said,  "Vou 
have  been  dear  to  me  but  I  will  have  to 
leave  you.  Be  good  childrt-n;  be  kind  to 
father,  Emma  and  Mary;  ijrei)are  to  uieet 
me  in  a  bettor  world."  This  we  are  all -try- 
ing to  do. 

After  mother's  death.  (1873),  Emiiia,  in  com- 
pany with  her  husband  and  heveral  ofhei-s, 
united  with  the  church.  She  touk  littlo  Mary 
with  her,  but  it  was  not  long  till  Mary  took 
the  brain  fever,  and  was  called  from  her  side. 
This  was  hard  for  Emma.  She  was  the  only 
one  of  the  family  that  was  left.  Her  fatlur, 
moth#r,  brother  and  sisters  were  encircled  in 
the  cold  arniH  ef  death.  But  still,  with  :i  sweet 
loving  smile,  she  said  '*Tlie  Lord  does  all  things 
welL'* 


In  a  short  time  EmmaV  health  began  to  fail. 
We  saw  the  arim  monster  comiug  clo»«r  and 
clowr  until  he  had  fH9t«ued  hix  cold  icy  hand* 
upon  her.  Physician  ad'-r  phyhiciau  was  con* 
suited,  hut  none  did  aoy  good-  Still,  ►he 
thought  her  health  would  be  rostored.  She 
d^«ir<d  so  much  to  live  for  the  sake  of  her  huB- 
baud  and  little  son.  B.-forw  her  death.  »he 
called  tor  the  eld.-n»  of  the  church  and  wa« 
anointj-d  with  oil  in  the  name  of  our  Lord. 

Kor  awhile,  "he  w>emed  to  be  better,  and  we 
thought,  perhaps,  nhe  might  h*-  spared,  but 
not  so.  She  began  to  grow  wor^e.  She  wt 
her  hou»e  in  order,  bade  farewell  to  all  that 
were  dpar  Ut  her.  She  de^ired  to  be  abt^nt 
from  the  body  and  prewnt  with  the  Lord. 

Welefd  tOKympathizc  with  brother  Joseph 
in  his  sad  berf-avciiient,  but  we  sorrow,  not  ai 
otherHdo  that  have  no  bopp.  for  we  feel  that 
Kmma  hiut  gone  to  rest.  Oh.  brethrr-h  and  sin- 
tern,  think  of  the  loved  ones  over  there.  We 
know  not  what  hour,  soon  it  may  be.  some  of 
usmay  hecalh'daway.  Oh.  may  we  be  pre- 
pared to  meet  it  like  those  loved  ones  that 
have  gone  before  us. 

Emma's  grandfather  and  great-grandfather 
still  survive  her.  Her  gredt-g  rand  fat  her  is  in 
his  ninety-sixth  year;  he  has  a  good  mind,  and 
reasonable  health.  He  belongs  to  the  church, 
and  is  waiting,  piriiently,  for  the  Master's   call. 

Emma  haa  several  uncles  and  aunts  bUII  liv- 
ing. Some  of  them  belong  to  Uil- church  and 
some  do  not.  But  we  hope  all  will  take  Em- 
nia»  (ulviee  and  follow  the  Jootstp|)s  of  Jenus, 

Oh,  may  we  all  do  right  that  we  shall  meet 
ill  that  heavenly  land,  where  there  will  be  no 
more  sorrow,  where  the  Savior  will  impel  t#ars 
from  our  eyes. 

Funeral  exercises  were  condiicted  by  breth- 
ren Maywood  and  Younce  and  others,  to  a 
large  congregation  of  sympathizing  friends. 
Text,  :f  Cor.  S;  1.  Hymn  was  selected,  "Dear 
friends,  farewell,  1  go  to  dwell." 

Dearest  Kmma,  thou  hast  left  us; 
Here  thy  loss  we  deeply  feel; 

But  'tis  God  that  bath  bereft  us; 
He  can  all  our  sorrows  heal. 

Yet  again  wo  hope  to  meet  thee, 

When  the  day  of  life  U  Hed, 
Then  in  heaven  with  joy  to  greet  thee, 

Whore  no  liirewpjl  tear  is  shed. 


From  Brush  College,  Indiana. 

SO  far  as  I  know  we  are  trying  to  serve  God 
aoeording  to  his  appointed  way,  being  in 
union  uud  feUow»bi[i.  While, traveling  through 
this  unfriendly  world,  we  all  have  our  trials 
and  difiiciilties  to  encounter. 

In  the  past  week  death  vi'«ited  our  corner 
and  called  one  of  our  neighbors  from  time  to 
eternity.  Prepared  or  unprei»ared,  she  whh  a 
kind  and  a(Tectionat«  mother;  and  w«  trust  she 
sleeps  ill  .Icsus.  She  leaves  n  husband  and  two 
Hinii-ll  children  to  mouvu  their  loss.  Funwal 
seivices  wore  held  at  Brush  College  meetiijp- 
house.  by  Brethrt'ii  Bear  and  Swihart,  from  1 
Cor.  15:  il,  2a.  ;i    ,  . 

So  we  nee.  we  bto  pftasinjf  off  6ho  stage  of  ac- 
tion, and  as  death  findw  us,  BO  will  judgment. 
Oh.  how  careful  we  ^ll(mid  be  not  to  wound 
each  otluir's  feelinny.  We  should  pray  for  each 
othm-.  that  w»t  enter  not  into  temptation. 
Sometimes  a  harsh  word,  coming  Jroni  a  broth- 
er or  nister,  euta  deeper  than  t^u  wf.uld  fpui 
non-pro leBBorfl.  Then  as  laborers  in  the  Anne- 
yard,  let  us  bear  one  another's  burdens,  and  so 
fullill  the  law  of  (^lirist.        John  H.  Cbi-iu!, 


From  Princeton,  Illinois. 

Ikm-  Ihrt/nn,:--- 

ENCLOSED  find  a  niite  for  the  travclin-; 
ministers.  Pie.ise  say  through  your  pa- 
per, that  I  wish  some  of  the  ministering  breth- 
ren, while  on  their  preaching  tours,  would  visit 
us.  We  would  like  to  have  some  meetings.  Wo 
have  not  had  any  since  last  harve.«t.  We  think 
it  is  time  for  some  one  to  come  to  us.  We 
hope  they  will  not  slight  us  any  longer.  Come 
to  Princeton  and  one  mile  sotith  and  two  miles 
wmtisour  house.  I  will  accomodate  all  the 
Brethren. 

I  am  the  only  member  near  Princeton.  Hope 
you  will  not    forget    me  and    think    it   is    not 

rth  while  to  look  after  one  sinner.  \Vfi 
should  remember  that  tliere  is    more    rejoicing 

heaven  over  one  siiiuer  that  repenteth  than 
over  the  ninety  and  nine  that  needeth  no  re- 
pentance. 

I  love  to  road  the  Bukthhkn  at  Wouk  to  see 
how  the  Brethren  are  workiug  in  building  up 
churches  over  the  country. 

M.\Rif  McAhthik. 


Prom  Southend,  Indiana.  '    ^„j.j„f35    'BcilarflHe„J 


1  IfE  h.ve  ju.t  had  .  seriM  of  mating  'n  our  | 
VV  district,  by  our  homo  minatera,  and  a 
,„„d  .n^Mng  II  wM.  Th.-  member,  altend.ng 
,„«  much  biiilt  up  m  the  truth,  as  .tu  in  Je- 
.,„  and  .  number  wen.  added  to  the  church, 
a„done  recluinied.  Although  I  was  Mck  and 
could  not  att«nd,  vet  the  glorious  new.  of  the 
Ark  moving,  "o  restored  my  soul,  that  1  was 
made  happy  though  sick,  poor  and  weak  physic- 
ally vet  I  felt  strong  in  my  Master's  cause,  and 
like'takiog  those  dear  h.mbs  by  the  hand  and 
•aving,  (ii"l  ole»»  you;  we  will  journey  tosether. 
;.mi  .!;;.»  be  at  home.  Wlnle  sick  1  have  been 
frequently,  'like  Moses,  up  on  the  mount- 
ain top,  and  looked  over  into  the  promised  land, 
and  felt  I  heard  the  music  there.  But  my 
work  is  not  yet  finished,  and  am  left  to  com- 
plete it.     May  God  lea.i  me  to  do  it  right. 

P.  R.  WM011TSM.IS. 

FtL  M,  1179. 

From  Modesto.  Stanislaus  Co..  Cal. 

WE  do  not  ol ten  see  letters  from  thi.  part 
of  the  moral  vineyard.  I  nill  say  that 
this  branch  of  the  church  is  in  a  healthy  cond.- 
lion-^all  in  peace  and  prosperity.  Our  house- 
keeper has  appointments  four  times  in  each 
month,  and  occasionally  leaves  a  new  one  on 
the  fifth  Sunday.  Nearly  four  mouths  ago 
there  was  an  interesting  meeting  held  in  our 
church;  and  after  being  under  conviction  for 
over  one  year,  I  felt  it  my  duty  to  come  out  on 
the  Lord's  side.  On  the  22nd  of  October  last, 
I  unlisted  in  the  cause,  and  on  the  27th  was 
baptiwd,  and  now  marching  under  the  banner 
of  King  Immanuel;  my  companion,  going  with 
me.  All  I  have  to  regret,  is  that  I  did  not  en- 
list sooner.  1  long  to  see  the  season  come 
when  sinners  shall  come  flocking  home. 
Yours  in  brotherly  love, 

B.  6.  FllEIlEMCK, 
Frh.  mil,  Irnn- 


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WMIB.r  1  (W.  .W  P  T„r,"T  1  CO    S«n,l,  Ht„.,^t  I  M    R  M  Ik  "'  "" 
K  W.I«ol49-.I-l-7^'™lsi"sli^l  ■U.nnHxoIllOu    A  B,k,[',''^ 
BOIlcktOO-.STMIU.raOe  .J-flaW«  lin  ,E  Biv^  ,  j.   " 

fl  n.,i.ii,ij«t  lit  CO.  '^ 

POOR  niHD. 


I,ni.,iKlij,  OirTMll  U...  ni 

c.i-  i:ii.«ii,Mn"Ti''C«.ni,  , 

Jinpl.  Or...  Cliufvh,  In 

B  HnwU.  otld  otUunt,  Hlfcbnrt  C. 
ST.  Mlllut.  AUKiuU  Gi,Vn.., 
I'irvluu.ly  trl«l1(il 


|^nnottn«i«tni«tnfs. 


SoTioiw  of  Lote-fwi*M,   DiaLrkl  Mejlingi,  etc.,  ihoald 

be  brief,  and  wrilUin  on  paper  aepante 

Itom  other  biuiiaeas. 


DiaTRicrr  meetings. 
North-western  District  of  Ohio,  at  Eagle  Creek 

church,  Hancock  Co..  0..  May  24tb,  at  lO  A.  M. 
Snuthern  Ind.,  in  the  Stony  Creek  District,  tliree 

miles  eiist  of  Noblesville.  April  0th,  1870. 
Southeiii  Iowa,  at  ML  Etna,  Adams  Co.,  Iowa, 

April  Ith.  187fl. 
NorUiern  District  of  Ind..  in  Union  Center  District, 

at  the  Whiteliead  ineeting-house.  tlnee  miles 

west  ot  New  Taris,  ElkbavL  Co..  Ind.,  May  1st. 
I'irst  District  of  West  Virginia  andLinieys  Creek 

cliiirch.  lit  their  meeting-bouse,  at  Hig  Spring, 

April  LSUi  and  l!)th. 
District  No.  1.  Virginia,  at  tlie  Valley  mecling- 

liouse.  Uutetomt  Co.,  Va..  April  iStb  and  lOth. 
Xortliern  Dihlrict  oCIowa  and  Minnesota,  in  the 

nieetiu^'-luuisc,  lour  and  oiio-lialf  ,n:^iles  south  of 

Waterloo,  in  IJliick  Uiuvl:  county,  la.,  Miuehlth. 
Ill  .S"ortlH'rn    Kausaa    and    Suutberu    Nebraiska, 

April  1th,  1870,  at  JcweJl  Co.,  Kan. 

v3?"The  District  Moetiu}^  for  the  State  of 
Michigan,  will  1h\  held  in  the  Brethren's  new 
cliurch,  about  seven  miles  80utU-«H8t  of  Lowell, 
in  Thorn  Apple  district,  on  the  9th  day  of 
Miiy.  at  10  A.  M.  Delegates  and  others  com- 
ing' by  r.tilroad,  will  stop  off  at  Lowell,  D=troit 
js:  Milwaukee  U.  R's.  There  will  be  couveyaiices 
to  place  of  meeting,  on  the  day  before  the 
meeting.  A  general  rcpreaontation  of  the  sub- 
districts  is  desired. 

Josi.Mi  G.  WiNRY,  Clerk. 


Tutnl    I 


• iTiia 

PAPKRS  SKXT  TO  THE  POOR.  — Dolow  w«  ■(ikno»l«j-,  »_ 
vfok  b>  w'Vk  tba  iinmlwr  of  jutpun  Mnl  lo  iratr  u»iiib«n  (rlrin,? 
IrlUnltbuly)  and  paid  tor  out  of  IhB  sbovt  nuid,  cWKlDg  bni  on.  ij' 
JBt  *  jvat  ftit  Ilio  P<ir<"  ■■ 
A,  P.,  Olrnnl,  la '   | ,  yj 


.\,s.,  ^llnt.l^,m--. 

W,T,  V...  Lttiiark,  Ul 
M.F.,  Ml]ill"l-"'rv.  Inil 

I,  r,n).v.„,K,<T, 

L.t'-iSlviU'Wdll,  Vb. 
Pnvluiuljr  roportwj . .   . 

TWW  lodntc... 


OUTSIDERS    FUND. 

THEKKBr»  thooBinil».  TIM  ninmbjra 'ci  rtie  rUuTch,  wbo  mliUbi 
jnMUy  lipriulltwl  by  Knuliug  Ojo  Bbeihhkx  at  W'utus.  ilurlagUn irt^u 
«nd  In  onlpr  to  roncli  u  ninny  o(  this  clruu  ni  poallil*,  Wo  ccludTul 
□imkallieftillon'mKKlH'i^ ')'''•<'''  Suod  ui  Iho  DUiii!*  i>t  lUtli  wVIAvi 
taiin  Ihlnk  woulrtrwid  nnd  ttpproclato  tl.P  imjwr,  Mid  wtwm  urrWld 
iMitrt  tlieiii  ill  n  U-ok,  ni  tliay  tome  IQ,  and  f»tiil  tlttoi  Iha  pni,,  ^  ^ 
w  thu  inunuy  «n  If"  nilfod  to  ["V  fiir  11,  fli»tjing  Imt  ..ucid»ll,n  .^ 
Hop*  ttll  uiit  rott'lou  will  nuJiu  doiintloiw  to  tliU  Aiml.  and  ihu,  .n.^; 

Whoii  iwnSiig  mom')  f.)r  Ibli  j>nri>o*i',  Aveay  tlnU'  dit(<ncll)r  ilui  li  ^ 
totthnOUTnii'iiiitriMv  ,        ,.    . 

Below  WD  ntknowlwlBu,  fioui  mosk  lo  wi.ok,  nil  ilg 
null  jinpo™  "pnt  "Otf 
1,.  I,.T.Miil«iieli.  l'« 
I),  Wliiliii"r,St,Ji*-]'ii.  1.,  I 
Proilaiitly  niwi'lod  . 

Tolnl  tn  lUto. .  . 
PAPEH8  SUNT  TH  II!    .  -ifi};!!-      Tt,.  (..|l....lrii; 
plttourtou-iUHl-Utlv^iiU  i>i»al.iriiui'i(  llu  .vti.>vi-  fliud 

J.  L,  Li'iitliLTinan,  lickhi;:    V-.,u 

0.0.  Ill  ..'----- 

i'rpvi.tiwly  rnimrtoiJj  i - 


TuIaI 

(fbrwiHil 


»  Jifv 

imthAnAmcior  tliiieimlywhn  will  Ki<pn<diil< 
totgal  to  dDcmto  wuiotblns  to  tlio  hiuil. 


Trine  lomemon  Traced  to  tlio  Apostles.— Being  (i  oollec- 

linn  of  histf)ricnl  <iuolftlioiis  (ifiin  inoilorn  iwul  audciil 
Autliorii,  )intviiig  iliiLi  A  (Lrvcfulil  immersion  wn^  tbe 
ouly  nirUioil  of  biipiiiiug  over  practiced  by  llicnpoNtks 
And  tlioir  iiiiiuotlintc  Bucccssor^.  Ity  J.  II.  Moore. 
C4  pngi'S.  jiricp,  1.^  cents;  10  copies,  $1  0{). 


W.  U.  R.  R.  TIME  TABLE. 


11  LMnnik,  Suiiilnj*  MOVi>l«l,  [u  falliiwn ; 
WfST  |lrtrXf>. 


.   lilHl'.M. 
a:4iA.M. 

aiai'.sj. 

Mmlni  iiidkr'TiiHc 
...^MITn,AK«^l 

ilioulil  leave  Lanark  ;it 


I'lisiifiii'ers  fur  Cliics- -.i^.i.i.i  ,.  .tvc  ,...i...i^  .v 
1J:13  I'.  M.;ruu  to  the  Wo.Hterii  Inion  Junetiou. 
Iiere  tlifv  lu'rd  wait  but  live  luiiiutes  fur  the  Chi- 
ejij,'".  Milwjniki'.'  ;iiia  .St,  I'iiiil  piiasonger  UMin.ami 
Ihiis  rc;.rh  ClDr.i-.'i' ;it  ~:4.".  the  s;mie  evening.  To 
n'iicli  l,;iii;ii  k  itniii  Chicago:  go  to  Ft.  Wavne  de- 
put.  uk'  111.'  I  lac  ago.  Milwaukee  ami  .St.  Taiil 
tiitm  at  iivt- 111  thi- eveniiiK;  run  North  to  tlit?  W. 
U.  Junction,  ehange  cjirs  for  haiiark,  and  arrive 
here  at  1 :5T  in  the  morning. 


^atlijii  |^al«!«?|i. 


,1. 1«n1.— ll.rv.  M  ;  11 


ObiliiftriM  shoultl  be  brief,  writien  oa  hi!f  ,ine  si.leof  r: 
paper,  and  sep^Tftte  from  all  otlier  bMiiinesn. 


j 


IIRLMAN.— In  the    Mnplc    Grove   cluiri;li     M^nl^n.rd. 

,    C'o,,  Iowa.  Jan.  L'ltli.    (iei-rge   IV,  son   (.f  lasHioi  N' 

nnd  6i»ter  Miillic  M*lni«n    ageO  7  m^mlff  «n''  '"^■ 

Funenililioiijthtsfiom  Hull.  19i  14.  liy  the  wrinT, 

,,     . ..  .  N.  C  WoBKii' 

M(rCl!KSNEV.-^Fob.'  3rd,  1S70,  dW   niolher  Cbtrli 
McOlieaaey,  aged  78  years,  6  monllis  ftmi  0  dn.". 
Tlie  8-ibjeot  of   ibi»  iioiiue   was  tt  mcmbei-  «'•  '' 
Cfimpbcllite  cluu'cli.     TiioirniiaLBlcr    fniling  In  c'""' 
pri'iitl.  hei-ruuciJ>l.  il..>  u.ii.i  u,..  cf.Ueaup'm  lo  fill 
place,  whioh.bc 'i' I  ■  i,i- n'lility,  ff""  ^ 

brr5  2^:  10.  S.C,  WorKii' 

KSirOUTS.— Ai  iIm'  -.  r....  ■:■-■.  -A  ».. r  hm  iii-!"'*  I-"^' 
lirjtllier.  in  Cherry  Tree,  (iriint  1',  0.,  I'l.,  Ft''  ' 
1870,  Mrs.  Uory  Kniporle.  in  Iho  S1«t  y««r  of  o't 
She  was  eslccinuil.  revered  ami  lOTCd  by  all  "li.i  * 
:lwr.  H«r  dcialh  !«««  a  end  vat-moy  in  llie  '^'""'  ' 
liouie  unil  uoioniiinily-  ^    h-oT 

Ml/SSKLMAN.— la  tlie  Lower  Deer  CroeU  eonzr«j»i^ 
Ciinoll  Co  .  Iml.,  foli.  13lh,   Daniel  Muaseiiuii.  *-  ' 
yi  yo;.r^,  6  luuutlis  a.i.l  1 1  days.  Funeral  by  lUr  «'"'■ ' 
from  .lolui  11:  2-5.  S\W»h  Mv««« 

KtM>fiIlSON.— OnlhcTiliof  Jan.  1S7JI.  Mory  ^'"''"Jj 
ivifu  of  our  yniHig  friend.  George  H.  Kjip^^iOi 
drto!.hu-i-ofi:Mer.Uk'ii  IvM.orB'ivr  Oak  cou?r*P"^°; 
Jewell  County,  Kan.,  aged  18  years  aiJ  20  J")*'  J'^ 
ncral  sermon  by  brolher  IV.  J.  11.  Bniia"">'  ^p'""  _ 
tcsi,  ■*  Mnn  is  of  few  dnya  and  M\  at  trouble,'  i"  '^  ' 
ncoIioB  with  "  Teach  us  lo  apply  f'r  henr's  unio  " 
don.."  J*«iBil..S«'Ti« 

GARUIIK.— In  thv  Lihcrtyvillc  chlircli.  .Tefferso"  «""  ' 
iowu.Jao,  Ulh.  1871t,  sisnir   Samli    Garber.  - 
yeai-iH.  11  monilis  and  o  Jujf.    t^he  wuu  "  ' 
the  church  for  over  foily  yeain.   She  "'"*' 
ford  connly,  I'n..  to  luwa,  in  the  year  W  > 
'  lie  over  three  ye^rs  ehe  wn-y  deprived  of ""  ■  ■ 
iu  this  life  whatever,  having  receei'ed  a  --i' 
palsy,  thereby  lout  the  u»o  of  one  whole  m  ' 
hcrsptech.     Tongue  cannot  describe  bet  ^""";     ^ 
fijw  days  thai  life  renjaiuod  in  her  olay  '""'""jlj^^-^r 
ncral  improved  by  brethren  I'eter  Un.  l^""'* 
and  James  Glotfelly.  from  Ucb.4:  H'.  'l- 

P.  C,  please  cavu. 


.;<-!  ■ 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


''Behold  I  Bring   You,  Onod  Tidings  of  Great  Joy,  which  Sliall  he  to  All  People."  ~  Lvs.^  2: 


Vol.  IV. 


Lanark,  111.,  March  13,  1879. 


No.  11. 


EDITED  AHD  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 

—  BIT  — 

MOORE    &    M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 


KILLER,       ■ 

StElN.      - 

'    mektzer. 

•^  jnE  L.  LEAR, 


SPECUL  CONTKIBUTORS; 

-  -     -       LADOGA.  INI). 
-      -      -       NEWTUNIA,  Mil. 

-  -      -      -  TIKDEX.  ILL. 

_     _     -WAYNESBORO,  PA. 

-  -     -     URBANA,    ILL. 


-^CONTENTS  VOL.  4,  NO.  11. 


,.I,U.  AltTICLE-S:  l'!lg« 

T    jiiiiv  IiUers.— M.  M.  Esliplman.. ■ 

in«iit'"l'tl>e.Sick.-.T.ir.  Mnoi-e 

fot«iii''  Iii'iuei's'™ 

jBini-TEDAnTICLES: 

1  Look  lit  0111  House.— Diimel  Vaniman 

inKtltii'!-'  AboutSuudny-scliool.— R.  II.  MilK'r  : 
ilo  tlie  Sisters  not  break  the  Biivul  nl* 


wiiy  ' 

Com  111"  "'on 


V— W.  IJ.Sell.. 


r,,i(i  AConsiniiiiig  Fii-e.— Josiah  G.  Winey  il 


Colli' 


ion  of  tlic  MiiiO.— Mary  J.  Stees- . 
-I.eiih  T.  Coiulry. . 


yaIu,.of  Kind  Words. 
The  !''""■■■  "  ''"" 


IT.  SUckinan.. 


.ftUiis;!" 


1^1111.— M.  Cvees. 
h,.  Ciiied  tlieiii.— MiiRdalena  Fraiitz.  ... 

'f„u,  IMi,  i-.d'^-n 

j-,,,1,1  Miiiuel  MiuTiiy 

iliini  Times— Wluit  Ttiey  Affnct.— Occasional. 
fiooiMiiiiut'^'''"'*'-'''-  Indiana  Co.,  Pa.— .1.  W. 

Fr> ' 

Prom  ?;iitilieltl.  Minhigiui.— loim  Trowbridge. . 

Froru'.'iiviiigtiMi.OIiio.-I  Hart 

FiumSiiiitli  Bend,  Iniliaiiii.— DaTiifl    Wliiiuipr 

Crwii  Iwiiw  nicry.-V 

Fiom  W.  J.  II.  Haumaii 

rioiii  Slionuau,  Grayson  <'■■  .    ii---  :■      i 

Ukiie 

From. I,  Iv.  Olinyer 

From  Aima  Holmes 

Special  Notice.— S.  A.  Mooi  e 

Totiie  Mi'iBory  of  Sister  Ilannali  KuoiiIL  .1. 1'. 

HoU 

From  Augnsta  Co.,  Yirtjiiiiii,— K.  P  Moubriiy. 
Kdioes  I'l'oiii  tlie  Center.— .S.  T.  Uossermiin  — 
Ffijra  llock  Iliiii,  Goshen.    Indianii.  —  Annie 

llnnfiisiicigei' * 

From  GenrgeW.  Cripe 

lOETltV : 

niri*t,-.J.  W.  Southwood 

Tlie  Flower  of  Heaven.- Jae.  Y.  Heckler  .  . 
No  TiiiH-  I'm-   IlatiiiL' 


NO  TIME  FOR  HATING. 

iJ.'g..nr  with  ffudl  awiiy  with  strife. 

Our  human  hearts  niimating: 
I,.l  us  he  friends  again!   This  life 

Is  all  too  short  li>r  lintinjr: 
^11  dull  the  day,  siulark  the  way. 

Ml  roiiKh  the  roail  we're  faring— 
Far  better  weal  with  faithful  friend. 

Than  Iwlk  along  imt-aring. 

Away  with  scorn !  Since  die  we  mnst— 

And  rest  on  one  low  pillow ; 
There  are  uo  rivals  in  llie  dust— 

Xu  lace  beneath  tiie  willow, 
.So  dry  tlie  bowers,  so  few  the  llowers, 

Our  tartbl)  way  discloses, 
Tar  better  stuup  where  daisies  droop, 

Tlian  tramp  o'er  broken  roaesl 

Of  what  are  all  tlie  joys  we  hold. 

Compared  to  joys  above  ns, 
And  what  are  rank,  and  power,  and  gold. 

Compared  to  hearts  that  love  usV 
So  rteet  our  years,so  full  nf  tears, 

Jill  closely  death  is  waiting, 
(mu|  tjives  us  s|ijici'  f'.r  loving  grace, 

Hut  leaves  no  liine  for  hating. 

—Splerhd. 


EAST  OF  THE  JORDAN. 


HOW  HE  CURED  THEM. 

)1Y  MAODALK^TA  PKANTZ. 

.^NV  of  the  nougregatlonsmadeit  apart  of 

llieir  religion  to  twist  tlieir  necks  out  of 

oiflt  to  witness  the  entriince  of  every   person, 

pissed  up  the  aisle  of  the  church.  Being 
"orrieil  of  this  ttiniiag  practice,  Mr.  Deaustop- 
P-'liii  lus  sermon  and  said,  "Now  you  listen  to 
1"',  and  ri]  tell  you  the  names  of  the  people 
wflity  enter."  He  then  went  on  with  his  dis- 
'"Jrip,  uiitii  a  gentleman  entered,  when  lie 
iiiirle.i  out  like  an  usher:  *'  Deacon  A,,  who  keei)H 
'wp  over  the  way."  He  then  went  on  with 
li'*sernion,  when  presently  another  man  pasa- 
« mil)  the  aisle,  and  he  gave  his  name,  resi- 
"Bw  and  oceupiition;  so  he  continued  for 
*"«ielinie.  At  length  some  one  opened  the 
*»',  whowas  unknown  to  Mr.  Dean,  when 
•"HfiKl  out:  "A  little  old  man  with  a  drnb  coat 
Matiold  white  hat;  do  not  know  him-Iook 
jr yourselves."  The  congregation  was  cured. 
'fwiT/uHrf  LeatUr." 

»ty.\K,s,  We  were  at  a  protracted  meeting 
^''<*l'J' tiie  Brethren  in  our  town  a  few  days 
•S^iflnd  wlien  any  one  would  enter  the  house 
't'eenH  that   hall  the   audience   would    turn 

■''''*' niinisier  several  times. 
.Now  i\i, 


I'-'tkol  tn 


tilings  should  not  he  so.    It  shows 


J,],"""' i*'!""'"'"^-  '^he  minister  loses  confi- 
»'!hV"i  audience,  and  the  meeting  closes 
til,"  J^*'''^v  additions.  But  when  we  goto 
^ok*^'t  'T  *^'^'''''  go  there  with  a  pure  motive. 
lin- will     P'"^**''^''"'  "i^d  l«t  others  come  when 


Cm, 


'-''^'■■/o.  III 


HY  SELAH  MKIUIU.I.,  I-.   H,, 

Arcbavhtjist  of  Amerkun   Palestine    h'j-ploio- 
tion  Society. 

THE  ruins  in  the  country  east  of  the  Jordan, 
and  especially  those  in  the  Hauran  are  t're- 
quently  spoken  of  by  travelers  and  writers  as 
"giant  cities."  But  to  one  who  hiLs  nev^r 
ited  this  region,  this  phrase  is  som what  mislead- 
ing. Indeed,  the  ruins,  with  the  exci-pt.ion  of 
those  at  Palmyra,  Haalhec.  Gerash,  Knnawat 
and  the  Castle  at  Salchad,  are  n--iiliii'  massive 
norvcry  impos^Tg;  s'Kll.th-  ■  :  nt 

none  the  less  remarkable  ami .;,  .    _         m-ir 

way.  But  the  phrase  "Syrian  l.ir-ri't"  which  ia 
much  more  frequently  used  than  the  one  just 
referred  to,  is  also  much  more  misleading:  for 
the  country  from  Mount  Uernion  and  Damas- 
cus on  the  north  almost  to  the  Arabian  deceit 
on  the  south,  and  from  the  Jordan  ea-stward  as 
far  as  men  have  explored,  is  for  the  most  part, 
one  of  great  natural  fertility,  and  skillful  hus- 
bandry under  the  protection  of  n  good  govern- 
ment could  make  it  one  of  the  gardens  of  the 
world. 

Two  Thousand  Years  Before  Christ 
this  region  was  occupied  l>y  a  people  who  had 
reached  such  a  condition  of  prosperity  and 
wealth  lis  to  hecome  an  enviable  object  of  con- 
quest to  a  distant  Elamite  king  to  whom,  after 
his  successful  campaign  heie^thoy  were  subject 
for  a  series  of  years.  Five, and  a  half  eenturies 
later  in  the  time  of  Moses  and  Joshua,  these 
people,  although  spoken  ot  as  a  ■  remnant,  are 
still  prosperous  and  powerful,  and  make  a  for- 
midable resistance  to  the  hosts  of  the  invading 
Hebrews.  We  learn  from  the  Cuneiform  rec- 
ords that  several  times  between  the  sixth  and 
the  ninth  centuries  before  Christ  this  region 
was  invaded  by  Assyrian  armies,  who  returned 
thence  laden  with  immense  spoil,  or  with  gold 
and  silver  and  costly  urlicles  that  had  been  paid 
as  tribute  or  ransom  to  the  conquering  king. 
AH  of  which  shows  the  great  wealth  of  tliose 
cities  and  towns  whose  sites  are  covered  now 
with  the  rains  of  a  later  but  still  ancient  civili- 
zation. 

If  we  come  down  to  tin- 

Roman  and  Christian  Times, 
we  find  that  this  land  is  dotted  with  cities  and 
villages,  some  of  which  are  important  centers  of 
political  and  religious  influence;  that  snbtitan- 
tial  roads,  the  gre  it  thoroughfares  of  travel  and 
commerce,  cross  and  recross  it  in  various  direc- 
tions; and  that  Itesides  the  many  temples  of  the 
old  religion,  the  churches  of  tlie  new  faith  are 
numbered  here  by  I  he  hundreds.  The  resources 
of  the  soil  must  have  been  immense  to  have  sup- 
ported the  dense  [jopiilation  which  flourished 
here  in  the  early  centuries  of  the  Christian  era, 
to  say  nothing  of  themullitudt;s  that  lia<I  nour- 
ished and  passed  away  previous  to  that  time. 


Tlie  remains  show  that  this  population  was 
not  only  vast  in  uumbei-s.  but  that  it  was  also 
one  of  wealth  and  intelligence.     And  as  to 

The  Fertility  of  This  Kegioii. 
it  is  probably  true  that  the  soil  can  never  be  ex- 
hausted. A  prairie  may  Ire  in  lime,  unless  it  in 
i;ept  up  by  fertilizers;  but  the  Hauran  plains 
and  hillsides  are  kept  fertile  by  the  perpetual 
decayof  the  lava,  rock  and  a*hes,  from  which 
source  the  waste  of  the  soil  by  cultivation  is 
constantly  rejdenished.  (Even  under  the  wretch- 
ed system  of  husbandry  which  prevails  at  pres- 
ent, the  prodnctions  of  the  country  east  of  the 
Jordan,  are  surprising,  and  the  wheat  of  the 
Hauran  plains  is  by  far  the  finest  that  is  raised 
in  Syrian.  The  pvimipal  market  for  the  Hau- 
ran wheat,  is  Acre,  and  during  the  shipping 
season  three  thousand  to  live  thousand  camels 
arrive  there  in  asiugle  week,  loiided  with  grain, 
six  to  eight  bushels  forming  a  camel  load.  On- 
ions also  are  raised  in  great  quantities,  and  are 
universally  used  as  an  article  of  diet  Besides 
the  large  home  consumption,  the  surplus  amount 
of  products  that  are  shipped  from  Syrian  ports 
every  year,  is  really  surprising  when  compared 
with  the  popular  idea  of  the  barrenness  and 
poverty  of  the  country.  Take,  for  instame, 
such 

Ueiioral  Articii's 

as  apricots,  raisins,  wine,  nut  ■',  olives  and  olive 
oil.  barley,  wheat,  tobacco,  potash,  wool,  and 
hides,  and  the  surplus  amount  shipped  pearly 
from  the  country  reachesas  high  as  several  mill- 
ion pounds  for  each  of  the  products  named.  To 
these  should  be  added  the  thousands  of  cattle 
and  sheep  that  are  shipped  to  Egypt  (although 
tbu  Tnvkiiih  gnverflm«nt  tries  toproventUlnH-a"" 
far  a.'*  pnssible),  and  the  vast  quanlity  of  raw 
silk  that  is  sent  to  Europe.  (Thi:*  old  Syria, 
torn  and  ruined  and  f')ngbt  over  as  it  has  been 
for  four  thousand  years,  witli"all  its  wild  moun- 
tains, and  dc'-p  gorges,  and  square  miles  of  sol- 
d  rock,  and  deserts  and  desr)lation  and  wretch- 
ed liitsbandry.is  itill  comparatively  a  fertile  and 
prodiiclive  land,  as  its  yearly  products  abun- 
dintly  show). 

It  is  one  of  the  marvels  of  the  age  that  tlie 
Turkish  UoYcrinu^iit 
does  not  see  that  it  is  for  itsinterest  in  every  re- 
spect to  encourage  the  agriculturist  instead  of 
throwing  obstacles  in  his  way  and  then  robbing 
him  of  the  little  that  he  is  able  to  i)rodu''e  un- 
d'.T  the  most  (Usadvanta.siteous  and  disheartening 
circumstances. 

The  Soil  of  Syria 
is  rich,  and  it  might  bo  made  to  yield  a  vast  rev- 
enue, that  which  nothing  would  be  more  wel- 
come to  the  depleted  puhlic  treasury  iit  Constan- 
tinople. Roads  might  be  buiU  and  guarded 
necessary,  so  that  communication  between  the 
interior  and  the  sea  coast  would  be  easy  and 
safe. 

The  ro:ids  in  Syria  are  at  present  only  paths 
or  trails  full  of  rocks  and  stones,  along  which 
it  is  difficult  for  loaded  aninmla  to  pass. 

A  Uuilroud 
cnnnectiug  some  of  the  Moabite  and  Hauran 
cities  (that  is  sites  of  ancient  cities)  with  Da- 
mascus, following  perhaps  the  line  of  ancient 
Uoinnii  roads  which  were  generally  built  both 
straight  and  level,  and  running  thence  to  the 
searbourd,  provided  the  present  ruuinous  system 
uf  boxing  the  farmers  could  at  the  same  time  be 
remedied,  would  do  much  toward  redeeming  the 
country  to  a  condition  of  prosperity,  and  as  a 
measure  of  political  economy,  it  would  be  a 
step  toward  a  true  and  permanent  refoini  which 
everywhere  in  thi't  empire  is  so  badly  needed. 
I  Here  is  an  opportunity  for  the  English  I'ro- 
t>;ctorate  to  show  its  practical  benefit]. 

At  Present 

it  is  haiiHv  aiiexaL^:^eiatiou  to  i-ay  that  the  gov- 
ernment does  all  in  iUs  power  to  crush  out  agri- 
culture.    For   instinee,   the    tax-gfttiierer    will 

"take  the  best  year  in  five  as  the  basis  of  his  es 
timafe  of  the  yearly  i)roduction  of  «  given  farm- 

.  er.     It  is  as  well  known  to  him  m  it   is   to  the 


farmer  that  the  production  a-Idoin  naiht-M  that 

amount.     But  that  fact  is  not  considered.     The 

faiiner  is  obliged  to  pay  taxes  for  that  amount 

ery  year,  even  though  his  crops  fall  far  below 

.  or,  as  sometimes  happens,  if  tli.-y  havo  failed 

altogiith^r.     The  result  is,  that  a  y.ar  seldom 

passes  when  the  farmer  is  uot  in  distresp. 

Take  as  another  instance,  Ihg 

Olive  Trees, 

wliicb  do  not  begin  to  bear  until  long  after  they 
arc  planted;  but  every  tree  is  taxed  yearly, 
whether  it  bears  or  not.  Tlie  consequence  is, 
that  no  new  olive  orchards  are  planted.  The 
nnm  who  should  do  it,  would  be  made  bankrupt 
hy  the  taxes  he  mn-*t  pay  on  the  trees  long  be- 
foie  they  had  begun  to  produce  any  fruit  at  all. 
If  the  crops  are  poor  and  the  farmer  cannot  ^Wy 
his  tax,  soldiers  are  sent  and  the  man's  goods 
are  taken  anil  sold,  and  his  family  left  thereby, 
perhaps,  in  destitution.  *  The  whole  system  of 
Turkish  taxation,  including  their  custoni-luniae 
regulations,  is  one  of  bribery,  robbery,  and  ex- 
tortion, oppre.ssive  to  the  people,  and  ruinous 
to  the  government. 

BE  KIND.  BOYS 

Y^OU  are  made  to  be  kind,  boys— -generours, 
1  magnanimous.  If  there  is  a  boy  in  school 
who  has  ft  club-foot,  don't  let  biru  know  you 
ever  saw  it.  If  there  is  a  poi?r  boy  with  rugged 
clothes,  don't  talk  about  rag's  in  his  heaving. 
If  there  is  a  lame  hoy.  a.ssign  him  some  part  of 
the  game  which  does  not  require  running.  If 
tliere  is  a  hungry  one,  give  him  a  part  of  your 
dinner.  If  there  is  a  dull  one,  In  Iji  lum  to  jet 
U's  Ii'sson.    Ifthei'flin  ftbrisl.i  i- 

viousof  him;  for  if  one  boy  i-  ]m 
eiit*,  and  another  is  envious  n|  i.ii.-jn,  ili.Tr  aiv 
two  great  wrongs,  and  no  more  talent  than  be- 
fore. If  a  larger  or  stronger  boy  Ids  injured 
you.  and  is  sorry  for  it,  forgive  him.  *A11  tlie  . 
school  will  show,  by  their  countenances,  how 
inuLh  better  it  is  than  to  have  a  great  fist. 


STEIN  AND  RAY  DEBATE. 

llnij'n ninth  wijii(ni.\  conliniietl  fniin .■niiipL-ninil. 

From  the  facts  thus  lieveluped,  we  are  able  to 
make  out  the  following  order  of  events: 

1.    Jesus  came  to  Bethany  six  days   before 
the  passover. 

,  2.  JesuB  was  invited  to  a  "supper"  prepared 
for  him  in  the  house  of  Simon  the  leper  two 
dayv  before  the  pi'ssover. 

;i.  Martha,  Mary  and  Lazarus  were  present 
with  other  Jews,  at  his  .-iupper. 

i.  Mary  anointed  the  feet  of  JesUB  while  at 
this  supper 

5.  .1/  lite  chm-  (if  this  supper  in  iS'/moM'x  hoi(.*r 
in  liethanij,  J/'siin  arose  ami  imahetl  his  dii^niiUx 

/'■'■'• 

6.  At  the  close  of  this  Bethany  supper,  the 
devil  put  it  into  the  heart  of  Judiis  to  bttray  .le- 

aiid  he  went  to  the  chief  priests  and  made 
the  bargain  to  betray  bini.  And  from  that  time 
hehouglit  op|)ortunity  to  deliver  him  up. 

7.  About  two  days  after  the  Bethany  supper 
.lesus,  with  the  twelve,  entt^red  the  upper  room 
at  Jerusalem,  to  eat  the  passover. 

8.  At  the  close  of  the  p^s-Jover  Jesns  iiisti- 
l.utud  the  communion  or  Lord's  supper.  There- 
!ore.  thefeel-wasliing  has  no  conneelion  either 
111  time,  place  or  circumstances  with  the  com- 
munion. 

The  real  church  ordinances  ni'ty  be  identified 
by  the  following  cliaracterietics: 

1.  A  church  ordinance  is  a  solemn  religious 
rite  or  ceremony  eiijoi  .ed  by  Christ  or  the  a])os- 
tles  u[ioii  the  uliurclies  ils  organi/ations. 

2.  A  church  onlinanee  must  be  performed 
by  the  church  in  her  organized  capacity,  or 
through  her  ordained  otTicers 

3.  A  church  ordinance  must  be  observed  as 
a  prescribed  form  of  solemn  wordiip.  including 
invocation  and  prayer. 

4.  A  church  ordinance  must  commemorate, 
Afl  a  sacred  monument,  some  great  fundamental 
fiet  of  Christianity. 

'->.  A  church  ordinance  must  be  continued 
by  revealed  law  of  p^rpetuify. 

fi.  The  church  <H'dinanct's  were  observed  by 
the  apostolic  churches. 

Keet-wMshing  is  wanting  in  all  the  above  par- 
t  '  u'ars,  auil  therefore  is  not  a  church  ordiuaiic. 
TheTunkti  churehe.sare  not  churehes  of  Christ, 
Iwcause  tht-v  have  established  feet-washing  as  a 
saving  church  ordinance. 


TWI-:  Kia;'ri-iTiK>J  a-T  wokk:. 


iMaroh 


THE  FLOWER   OF  HEAVEN. 
HT  J.vs.  Y.  nKrKr-KK. 

A1,MIGHTY  God,  «t  who-f  riglit  Iian<). 
The  muIlitii'U'olaiigeiHalaiiJ, 
Ut'hoi<i  liovv.  In  till-  court*  nbovp. 
Where  uM  was  harmony  ami  li>ve. 
Until  an  ndvi?rsnrv  s»Hi.d 
Was  r-iixcd  iigainst  llis  iuij{lity  band, 
WhoH  Lucii-r  willi  fou!  revolt, 
Proposed  liis  Ntaiiilanl  to  exiilt. 

Aiiibitioii.  imdr-nnd  a4?l(i«biiifi««. 

The  advernarj'  did  jx-snt'xs; 

Both   great  in  ijower  and  grt-  .t  in  migbt. 

He  mixed  hi»  dfirkiiesR  with  liiw  hght— 

The  KPiapbs  mw  mid  iindenitoyd— 

Htf  mixed  bin  <-vil  lulh  tiie  good: 

And  tbun,  by  Jrnudiind  stratagem.        ^ 

He  nought  the  Trinne  diadem. 

The  Fiitlier.  Hon  and  Holy  GIio«t. 
Tlie  Cabinet  o(  lieavi-ii  comjfowd; 
And  in  their  councilt  liigh  and  grand. 
The  Cherubim  at  IIih  right  hand. 
They  laid  a  [dan,  il"  [iiirijoiie  M-ah-tl, 
ToaiiKelt  "ol  in  Cull  revealed, 
How  Sntan  and  bin  rebel  ho«t. 
Would  find  athwt  their  glory  lont. 

The  Son.  the  innige  of  llin  Sire, 
^r-iioni  all  the  xhinijJK  bosN  admire, 
Tft'e  Mower  ot  btfavitn,  the  Morning  Star. 
Who  then  had  neither  wound  nor  near. 
AroHo  before  the  heavenly  ho«t, 
The  Father  ami  the  FIolj  (ilioHt, 
And  Hiinkf  in  aeceutH,  mild  and  true. 
"I  go,  thy  will,  0  Uod,  to  do!" 

Tltc-  Hierarcha  and  Clierubim, 

III  reverence  bowinl  to  worehiii  Hini; 

They  rjined  their  liarjw  and  driiw  the  Ktringn, 

Whtln  cirelinR  on  their  «hining  wingn, 

With  iiu:en«e-cdorH  round  Hi«  throne. 

Ill  all  ihat  pure,  eelt"«lial  zoiir, 

I'ntil  the  dome  of'lieaven  rung. 

Ah  when  the  utarji  ot  morning  hung. 

In'tho  oLerual  «uo»  greal, 

TJio  liodheud  did  thin  uarth  crcuto; 

Arid  ill  the  period  ol'H>]>an, 

IIiH  lilial  jiurt  exaltud  man, 

Whom  He  endued  with  strengtii  and  power 

To  hiTve  hit)  Maker  and  adon;; 

And  in  obedience  to  Hm  will, 

To  keep  liiK  hand  IVom  doing  ill. 

When  man  wiui  inado    willi  glory  bright, 
(iod  told  him  how  to  keep  nriglit; 
01  d.in^vr  him,  Hu  did  iici|uiiiut. 
And  gavo  liiiu  only  one  nwlraint; 
l''or  ill  Ihe  gardt^'U,  ><e<'niiiig  stood, 
The  treo  uf  knowledge,  ill  and  geod, 
A  tree  dellled  by  SataiiV  hand, 
Which  Adam  did  not  understand. 

Hut  Adiiiii  fell  with  all  liii*  race — 
A^tonitthcd  angeU  receivud  his  cana, 
Hut  Mtill  they  khw  no  hidp  for  liini 
In  lieaveii  among  the  (Jheriibim; 
And  yet  IVoni  what  th>>y  saw  and  lieard, 
They  knew  that  ninn  (ihonhl  be  rcxtored. 
Tlioy  witnehBod  in  tlio^ourls  abovo, 
Soaie  tokens  of  rodcomiug  love. 

TliP  Serpent-bruiser,  woninn's  neod. 
Was  promised  to  retiuite  the  deed: 
Hut  tiiLMi  His  chariot  waited  long, 
I'lilil  he  came  enduring  wrong:— 
Meanwhile,  the  ligures,  types  and  sigiiN, 
In  .shadows  dark  retlected  lines 
Of  uumistaken  evidence, 
That  peace  and  pjii'doii  would  command. 

The  Star  appeared  In  Hetlileheni, 
To  gain  the  Hoyat  dindein; 
Hut  then  his  niisHion  did  begin 
Hy  repriinandinf;  vice  and  sin; 
And  tlierelor*?,  He  was  not  iucliucd 
To  tlatter  up  the  carnal  mind. 
Hut  rather  to  reprove  the  ill, 
To  worship  God  and  do  his  will. 

Not  like  the  potentatcrt  of  earth, 
Wtnt  lie  in  worldly  splendor  fortli: 
H«*  taught  the  will  of  Qod  to  man, 
And  laid  the  great  salvation-plan; 
He  made  a  way  from  earth  to  heaveu, 
That  man  may  have  his  sins  forgiven: — 
Subnii9.*ive  to  the  will  of  God. 
He  purchased  lire  with  His  own  bloo<l. 

His  foe,  the  advei"sury  power, 
Brought  out  his  forces  in  that  hour— 
And  marshalled  them  in  proud  array. 
When  .luda.*i  did  tlie  Lord  betray. 
He.  seeming  raised  the  powers  of  bell. 
To  bring  hifi  forces  to  prevail; 
The  conflict  raged  willi  power  divine. 
Like  David  and  the  Philistine. 


Arcliangeln  from  their  thronco  on  hi)(h. 
Beheld  ihe  Lord  of  glory  dif. 
The  dtvil  Uiougbt  hi*  riviil  uliiin. 
In  hup--",  the  vit:tor>*  I'l  g^in; 
But  how  def)-at^-d  H«.i  hin  h<»t. 
Wh'-n  bin  pretention"  all  were Iwtl 
The  ho»t»  of  ht-H  wen-  captive  ted. 
Th»«ir  guilt  redouodingon  hi*  hiwl. 

The  Seraphim  in  high»rr  J'plifn-. 
Were  looking  down  four  thoui-Hnd  years. 
Upon  thin  world  in  mortal  night, 
.    Heholding  dawn,  the  morning  light — 
Saw  hell  defvut^'d  when  He  ro-e, 
Triumphant  overall  Hin  fo<s, 
The  CoH'jueror  of  death  and  hell, 
iJrd  u'erHi"  eneniies  jirevail. 

Tlie  way  of  life  on  earth  wa-i  made; 
The  debtfftr  guilty  man  wan  paid, 
And  pardon  (dlered  by  Hw  blood. 
To  thoite  wljo  do  the  will  of  Uod. 
The  time  that  prophets  wiaiied  to  see. 
Wan  gained  with  y>y  and  victory— 
Tfiat  man  wait  free  from  AdamV  full. 
And  graee  wan  offend  unio  all. 

lie  next  a«r«nded  up  on  high. 
And  rode  triumphant  through  the«ky: 
The  heavenly  armiex  followed  Hm, 
The  Khining  host*  of  Cherubim: 
Attending  angelut  swelled  the  train. 
When  he  returned  to  heaven  again: 
Th'-y  Maw  Ili^  troidiies  far  and  wide. 
Hilt  woundr'd  hand^  and  open  side. 

The  rebel  angels  down  were  driven 

Forever  from  tlie  courts  of  heaven, 

To  dwell  in  angui:<h,  woe  and  pain, 

In  cliaini  ot  darkness  to  remain, 

li-'served  nttaiiiHt  the  day  of  God, 

To  make  them  know  and  feel  His  rod, 

When  He  will  execute  His  ire, 

With  judgments  and  with  tornu'iits  dire 

The  ca|)tive  saintH  of  ages  past. 
Were  kept  in  Shelo's  fetters  fast. 
Until  Ho  van(piiHlied  death  and  hell, 
And  »4  a  Conti'ror  did  prevail. 
He  look  tho-ie  captives  by  the  hjind. 
And  led  them  to  His  Fatherland; 
And  I  hen-  heftire  the  throne  of  God, 
Tlii;v  realized  His  precious  blood. 

The  patriarchs  of  olden  time, 
Tlie  Naints  of  every  land  and  clime, 
The  prophets  and  the  martyr-band. 
Went  home  to  their  Fatherland, 
To  sue  their  Savior  and   adore, 
And  worship  Him  foreverinore; 
To  ning  before  the  great  T  AM, 
The  song  of  Moses  and  the  Lamb. 

Suspended  o'er  the  throne  of  God, 
A  triune-colored  rainbow  stood; — 
The  eiders  sat  around  the  throne, 
In  diiz/.liiig  white  tlu-ir  garments  shone; 
Aiurmany  thouHand  angels  bright. 
Came  hovering  round  in  flhining  white. 
With  golden  harps  and  silver  strings, 
To  cvown  the  Conq'ror  King  of  king;^, 

Ilis  coronation,  great  and  grand, 
Was  witnessed  by  the  angel  baiid, 
While  shouts  of  the  hallelujah  rang. 
And  thunders  fipake,  and  voices  sang:— 
The  Hierarelis  and  princes  bowed; 
And  us  the  voice  of  waters  loud, 
Their  praises  made  the  welkin  ring 
With  honor  to  the  victor  King. 

The  Conqueror,  the  Flower  of  heaven. 
To  whom  all  power  supreme  is  given, 
Ih  Lord  of  lords,  and  King  of  kings, 
The  Head  of  all  created  things: 
He  is  the  Sovereign  Monarch  now, 
Aud  every  knee  to  Him  shall  bow. 
For  He  must  work  and  He  must  reign. 
Till  all  thiiig.H  are  restored  again. 


A  LOOK  AT  OUR  HOUSE. 

][Y  ItANlKb  VANIMAX. 

Doii^tjmll  Other  people's  howie  tlown. 
Jiuild  a  better  one  hy  the  side  of  theirs 
ami  invite  them  over,  ^"^ Preach  the 
word^^^ 

WHEN  I  first  begtm  to  }n't'aeh,  n  ven- 
erable okl  tieftcoii  said  to  me? 
"Brother  Ujiiiiel,  I  want  to  tell  you 
sonh'Lbin[;;:twheu  you  go  out  to  juTach, 
don't  pull  other  people's  house  down,  or 
they  will  fij^ht  you.  You  fii-st  !)uild  a 
liftter  one  hy  the  side  of  theirs  and  in- 
vite them  over."  This  is  a  good  idea, 
and  may  be  done  after  the  following 
plan : 


The  Bretbr»-n  preach  the  Grtspel,  1. 
Jieeaiise  the  Saviur  commanded,  not  on- 
ly to  preach  th»;  Gospel,  but  to  CO  into 
all  the  w.lrI*^and  preach  the  Gospel  to 
every  creature.  2.  BecauBe  the  "Goa- 
pel  of  Christ  is  the  power  of  God  unto 
Malvfltion,  to  every  one  that  believelh." 
:t.  Hecaus*-  the  preachiuc,'  of  the  (ios'pel 
improves  socieTy.  by  elevating,  and  en- 
nobling the  race.  It  mak««  the  drunk- 
ard sober,  the  rogue  honest,  the  liar  truth- 
fulfsthe  cruel  kind,  the  vain  modest,  the 
licentious  virtuous,  encourages  the  poor, 
Hlrens*''*'^'^  ^^*'  ^^^*^i  heals  the  broken- 
hearted, comforts  the  sick  and  the  dying: 
imd  thu8  elevates,  ennobles,  and  comforts 
the  race. 

After  the  Gosjiel,  which  U  composed 
of  fact>i  to  be  believed,  commands  to  be 
obeyed,  and  promines  to  be  received,  and 
enjoyed,  has  been  preached  ami  believ- 
ed; that  \^,  after  the  dinner  believes  with 
all  hi^^  heart  that  Jesus  Christ  is  the  Son 
of  Go4l;  changes  his  lieart  and  repents — 
changes  his  life  from  a  life  of  disobedi- 
ence to  a  life  of  obedience — demanding 
l»aptism  into  the  body  of  Christ;  after  a 
proper  understandin^is  had  between  the 
eandidates  and  the  saints — we  go  to  a 
certain  water;  af:er  we  get  there,  and 
after  a  word  of  prayer,  we  make  another 
advance  from  this  point,  and  like  Philip 
and  the  eunuch,  i^o  down  into  the  water, 
botii  the  administrator  and  the  candi- 
date; there,  while  bowed  upon  his  knees, 
the  caiidi<late  is  immersed  face  forward, 
and  is  thus  buried  in  baptism,  in  the 
ikeness  of  Christ's  death.  Face  forward, 
because  this  is  the  ^  primitive  practice  as 
instituted  by  the  Savior,  aud  handed 
down  (o  us  through  the  apostles,  as  is  the 
united  testimony  of  all  the  ancient  wri- 
ters who  describe  the  practice.  There 
being  not  one  case  of  single  hachoard 
immersion  recorded  beyond  the  reforma- 
tion, which  shows  this  practice  to  be  a 
f  human  invention,  less  than  400  years 
old. 

'1.  Hecause  the  face  forward  action  is 
in  the  likeness  of  Christ's  death.  He 
bowed  his  head  in  death,  and  Paul  says, 
"we  are  planted  together  in  the  likeness 
of  his  death,"  not  in  ihe  Zilceness  of  his 
burial. 

The  Brethren  baptize  by  trine  imraer- 
sion,  because  this  is  the  %  primitive  prac- 
tice, as  commanded  by  Chj'ist  and  hand- 
ed down  to  U8  through  the  apostles. 
Clirist,  in  Matthew  28:  10,  commands  to 
baptize  "them  in  the  name  of  the  Fath- 
er, and  of  the  8un,  and  of  the  Holy 
(iliost,"  which  we  cannot  see  how  to  do 
without  doinp  just  .as  commande<l.  Had 
he  commanded  to  baptize  them  in  the 
name  of  the  Father  only,  it  woidd  re- 
ijuire  an  action  to  obey  the  command. 
Had  he  commanded  to  baptize  them  In 
the  name  of  the  Son  only,  it  would  also 
ri'nuire  an  action  to  obey  the  com- 
UKimi.  Had  he  commanded  to  baptize 
them  in  the  name  of  tlie  Holy  Ghost,  it 
would  in  like  manner  i-equire  an  action 
to  ob(;y  the  command.  Now,  inasmuch 
as  the  Lord  did  not  command  to  baj)- 
tize  them  in  the  name  of  either  of  these 
alone;  butiu  the  name  of  each — in  the 
name  of"  the  Father,  aud  of  the  Son, 
and  of  the  Holy  Ghost,"  therefore,  we 
do  just  as  commanded.  It  I  would  tell 
the  boy  to  dip  my  pencil  into  the  water, 
and  into  the  milk,  and  into  the  wine, 
he  could  uot  not  possibly  obey  the  com- 
niauil.  short  of  dipping  tlie  pencil  three 
lniM> — ouu.-ii.  n.nch  >iil.-.iittin'.  Again, 
if  I  command  the  boy  to  write  his  name 
in  the  book  of  Maitiiew,  and  of  JIark, 
and  of  Luke,  he  will  at  once  see  that  he 
must  write  his  name,  three  times  to  do  as 
commanded— <»nce  in  each  book. 

This,  the   lirethren   do  uot  re-rard  as 


three  baptipras,  but  three  actions  ren  ■ 
ed  to  romplete  the  one   bapti-im,  o    " 
the  Greek  ha«  it.   the  "dippin«"  L^u'^" 
uf  by  Faiil  in  Kphesians,  A:  .CThl 
didute,  who  has  beleived,  repented      ^ 
lieeu  thus  baptized,  has   complied  V 
the  Lord's    conditions    of  pardon.       . 
the  Lord  placed  Naaman's   cure  on    l' 
other  side  of  the  seven  dips   iu   j^^.. 
and  the  blind    man's   ability   to  see  ^"* 
the  other  side  of  his  wa.shing  in  the  P  '^ 
of  Siloam:  and  they  must  come  to  \\\ 
the  Lord  plac'd  the  blessing,  or  do  ;(-:./ 
-Mit  it  -just  so  tile  Lord  jdaced  8alv.Htio 
or  pai'don  on  the  other  side  of  faifi. 
pentance.  anrl    baptism,  an<l   the   sioj. 
must  come  to  where  it  is,  or  do  with, 
it.     "Without  faith,    it  is  impusaib 
])lease  God."     "Pie  that   believeth 
is  baptized,  shall    be  saved."     And 


out 

to 

and 

to 


the  Pentecostians.  who  had  already  h 
lieved,  Peter  said,  "repent,  and  be  ban 


tized  every  one  of  you    in  the 


DHnie  of 


lesus  Christ,  for  the  remission  of  j 
aud  you  shall  receive  the  ^\h  of  the  Ho 
ly  Ghost."  And  to  8aul,  wlio  believed 
and  was  penitent,  Auanias  said,  "Ww 
tarriest  thou?  arise  and  be  baptized  and 
w.a.sh  away  your  sins."  "  Except  a  man 
be  born  of  water  and  of  the  spirit  he 
caunot  enter  the   kingdom    of  heaven' 

The  penitent  believer,  who  is  the  onh 
proper  subject  for  Christian  baptism  be 
ing  thus  baptized — l)orn  again,  born  in- 
to  the  family  of  Gorl ,  pardoned — is  a  child 
of  God,  and  1ms  the  promise  of  the  Ho- 
ly  Sjiirit,  for  which  the  brethren  pr,iy 
and  lay  hands  on  every  one  they  hap. 
tize,  as  did  the  apostles."  "And  thev 
prayed,  and  laid  their  hands  on  tliem 
aud  they  received  the  Holy  Ghost,'' 
Acts  8;  15,  17.  And  when  Paul  had 
laid  his  hands  on  them,  the  Holy  GhosI 
came  upon  them.  Acts  19:  6.  Ami  in 
Ileb.  0:  "2,  the  laying  on  of  hands,  is  b\ 
Paid,  classed  among  the  first  principles 
of  the  doctrine  of  Christ,  along  with 
"faith  toward  God,  and  repentance  froiii 
dead  wcu'ks.and  the  doctrine  of  baptisms 
etc." 

Now  he  belongs  to  the  saints,  is  onr 
of  them,  and  must  now  walk  in  newnes- 
of  life;  must  novv-,  in  common  with  all 
the  saiuts,  botli  give  and  take  counsel 
when  necessary.  The  Brethren  never  gu 
to  war  with  carnal  weapons,  against  any 
one;  they  never  learn  the  art  of  war,  be 
cause  Jesus  says,  "love  your  eneniie.*, 
bless  them  that  curse  you,  do  goodtn 
them  that  hate  you,  and  pray  for  them 
tiiat  despitefully  use  you,  and  perseCut*- 
you."  "Resist  not  evil."  "Ketnrn  good 
for  evil,"  Paul  taught,  "If  thine  euemy 
hunger,  feed  him,  if  he  thirst,  give  him 
drink."  "Be  not  overcoraf;  of  evil,  but 
overcome  evil  with  £Tood." 

The  Biethren  never  go  to  law, one 
against  another  in  civil  courts,  but  set' 
tie  their  owu  trouides  accordingto  Matt. 
18.  "If  thy  brother  trespass  atjainit 
thee,  go  and  tell  him  liis  fault  between 
thee  and  him  alone,"  etc.  Paul  say.'',  ^ 
Cor.  ti:  (I,  "Brother  goeth  to  law  witli 
brother,  aud  that  before  the  unbelievers: 
now  there  is  utterly  a  fault  among  yo"- 
because  you  go  to  law  one  with  anotb 
er."  .  The  Brethren  do  uot  join  secret 
oath-bound  socictie-s.  1.  Because  iji 
doing  so,  they  would  violate  the  Law  ot 
God  to  begin  with,  in  taking  au  oatli 
Je?us  says,  "swear  7iot  at  all,  neither  h) 
heaven,  for  ic  is  God's  throne,  neither  ^) 
the  earth,  for  it  is  his  footstool,  neitliei 
by  Jerusalem,  for  it  is  the  City  o*'**'* 
great  King;  neither  slialt  thoa  swear  M 
thy  head,  because  thou  canst  not  m^''' 
one  hair  white  or  black;  but  letyour 
communications  be  yea,  yea,  nay.  "^? 
for  whatsoever  is  more  than  these,  cod- 
eth  evil."     Jesus  says,  "above  all  th"'^'' 


•I'J^K    RKKTHRKIsT    ^VT    \\-OHK. 


.  f^tliren,  swe;ir  not,  ucitherby  heav- 
eitber  1>.V  the  t-iirtli,  ucither  by  any 
^'  pati,  but  let  your  yea,  be  yea,  and 
''  'r  naVi  ""J''  '"'*'  ^^  fall  into  couJemn- 
*''  ■"  Because  tbe  Bible  being  a  per- 
'"'  ljw,  contains  every  obligation  to 
.1  jinii  man:  and  the  Christian  having 
1  n'ly  <'°""'  u"'''^''  e^'ery  obligation  in 
\  iiilile,  therefore,  whatever  other  obli- 
iiou  the  secret  order  enjoins  upon  the 
PI  rist-«n>'*  necessarily  human,  scbismat- 
•   1  and  dangerous;  for  we  may  neither 


^la 


uor<Iimiiiish  from  the  Bilile.    3. 


'ftiise  we  bftve  already  pledL'ed  our 
&\  litv^to  Christ's  La«',  which  embraces 
'  ^viiole  duty  of  mac;  iun]  it  is  there- 
f  e  iuipos!^ihle  for  us  to  i)ledge  our  fi- 
llitv  to  fiiiother  institution  differing 
film' the  church  of  Christ,  nud  enjoining 
,  tifS  not  found  in  the  Bible,  and  maiu- 
■„  our  fidelity  to  both.  ■  -A.  Because, 
•Latever  time  or  money  is  spent  by  the 
Ciivistiau  to  do  good,  through  the  >)adge, 
•  cmlited  to  this  worldly  institution, 
•[isteivd  of  to  the  church.  "Be  not  un- 
enii.'iUy  yoked  together   with    unbeliev- 

The  Brethren  refuse  to  raise  their  hand 

J  sweur  lihethe  world  does  when  call- 
^1  before  magistrates  or  civil  courts,  they 
j,i,„j,ly  affirm  without  raising  their  hand, 
as  our  laws  allow.  Jesus  says  whatso- 
ever is  more  than  yea,  yea,  and  nay, 
,i,,v.rometh  of  evil;  simply  raising  the 
,,u  such  occasions,  would  be  that 
more  than  yea  and  nay,  and  there- 
ioiu  cometh  of  evil.  The  saints  are  un- 
Jertbe  deepest  and  most  profound  obli- 
(ratioii  to  God.  to  tell  the  ti-uth  without 
au  with;  and  Jesus  desiring  that  they 
should  at  all  times,  feel  and  realize,  that 
ontlis  are  therefore  useless  to  them;  for- 
badje  them  taking  oaths  under  any  cir- 
e'uiiifitances. 

The  Brethren  and  sisters  adorn  them- 
selves in  plain  and  modest  apparel,  and 
uttt^rly  repudiate  the  vain  and  ever  chang- 
iugfashionsof  the  world,  comprehend- 
iog  "the  plaiting  of  hair,  the  wearing  of 
golil,  and  of  pearls,  and  (jf  costly  array." 
Because  so  taught  by  the  Holy  Spirit, 
both  through  Peter  and  Paul.  1  Peter 
3:  3;  1  Tim.  3;  8.  Herie  the.  Holy  Spirit 
says,  '•  I  will  that  women  adorn  them- 
selves in  modest  apparel,  with  shame- 
faceduess  and  sobriety."  The  shame- 
facedness  and  sohriety,  must  not  be  for- 
igottei),  but  must  gowith  the  modest  ap- 
parel. Braided  hair,  gold,  pearls,  and 
costly  array,  we  are  forbidden  by  the 
Holy  Spirit  to  wear,  therefore,  the  saidts, 
governed  by  the  Holy  Spirit,  will  not 
wear  them,  but  will  adorn  themselves  in 
modeat  appareh  Whatever  in  our  ap- 
paiTel,  is  neither  for  our  comfort,  con- 
veuience,  or  healtli,  is  both  useless  and 
wrouj5,  costing  more  than  it  is  worth, 
«ik1  should  at  once  be  rejected.  Our 
iilipjuvl.  should  be  modest,  plain,  neat, 
comfortable,  convenient,  and  as  health- 
ful as  possible.  And  whatever  can  be 
ngreeably  adopted  in  our  apparel  that 
^'ill  make  it  cheaper,  neater,  more  con- 
*'enieiit,  comfortable,  healthful,  or  mod- 
est, should  be  hailed  with  joy,  by  every 
ebild  of  God,  bftcause  all  this  biings  us 
to^wd  the  point  where  the  poor  can 
"iieet  us  in  these  commendable  jwints, 
Wd  feel  at  home  in  the  assemblies  of 
tte  saints. 

In  the  worship  of  God,  the  brethren 
Tlifar  before  the  Lord  with  theii-  heads 
iiiovered,  and  the  sieters  wiili  their 
iifads  covered,  in  honor  to  God;  be- 
''ause  the  Holy  Spirit  teachea,  in  1  Cor. 
'^•■^:  5,  "Every  man  praying  or  proph- 
**yiug,(preai:hing)  with  Ids  head  cover- 
^'l  dishonoreth  his  head.  But  every 
jvornfinpiayiuj,  or  prophesying,  (preach 
'"?)  with  her  head  uncuverd,  dishonor- 


etb  h^r  head,  for  that  is  even  all  one  as 
if  !>ht-  were  thorn."  This  eovtriug  spok- 
en of,  cannot  mean  the  hair,  for  then  if 
the  hair  were  shorn  or  sh'iven  otf,  she 
would  be  uncovered,  and  that  would 
not  be  even  all  one  a.s  if  ^c/te  >cere  n/uiv- 
en;  there  would  then  l»e  no  '*as  if"  about 
it;  it  would  be  the  thing  ifself.  The 
hair  cannot  mean  the  covering  spoken 
of  on  the  man,  for  then  must  he  take 
his  hair  off  every  time  he  prays  or  proph- 
esies, (preaches),  which  would  be  im- 
possible. Hence  the  brethren,  uncover 
their  heads  in  time  of  woi-ship,  that  is, 
they  remove  from  their  heads  tlie  cover- 
ing usually  worn  for  protection,  and  the 
sisters  wear  a  covering  on  tht*ir  heads 
during  the  time  of  worship,  usually  a 
plain,  white  cap.  A  cap,  because  this 
was  considered,  by  the  brethren  and  sis- 
ters, to  be  as  suitable  as  anything  they 
could  adopt.  Plain,  because  then  there 
would  be  no  superfluity  about  it.  All 
adoj)ting  the  same,  shows  the  "  same 
mind,  perfectly  joined  together  in  the 
same  judgment,"  as  commanded  by  the 
apostles,  and  exhibits  that  oneness  which 
is  so  commendable  among  the  children 
of  God. 

The  Brethren,  in  the  evemng.  or  close 
of  the  day,  in  connection  with  the  Lord's 
Supper  and  the  Communion,  wash  one 
another's  feet,  aa  the  Lord  (commanded. 
Good,  substantial  food  is  bi-ought  togeth- 
er by  the  membei's,  in  sufticient  quanti- 
ty to  make  a  good,  substantial  meal  for 
all  the  members  present,  and  jdaced  on 
tables,  around  which  the  members  are 
seated  as  one  family.  Before  eating  this 
Supper,  one  brother  rises  from  Su]>per, 
girds  himself  with  a  towl,  and  both 
washes  and  wi[)es  the  feet  of  anoth- 
er, who  then  rises  and  takes  the  towel, 
and  girds  himself  with  it,  aud  both 
washes  and  wijies  the  feet  of  the  next, 
and  so  on  until  each  member  has  follow- 
ed both  the  example  autl  command  giv- 
en by  the  Master  to  each  one  of  his  dis- 
ciples, as  is  couched  in  the  following  lan- 
guage: "If  I  then  your  Lord  and  Master 
have  washed  your  feet,  ye  also  ought  to 
wash  one  auothei-'s  feet;  for  I  have  giv 
en  you  an  example  that  ye  should  do  as 
I  have  done  to  you."  John  13:  14,  15 
The  sisters,  in  like  manner,  wash  one 
another's  feet  at  the  same  time  the  breth 
ren  do.  The  example,  the  Master  had 
given  to  the  first  one  of  his  apostles  aft- 
er he  had  washed  and  wijied  his  feet,  he 
repeated  eleven  times,  and  thus  gave  the 
same  example  practically  to  each,  and 
the  command  to  them  all,  that  ye  sliould 
do  as  I  have  d^ne  to  you,  meant  one  as 
much  as  another.  Each  one  being  un- 
der the  deejtest  obligation  to  the  Master, 
not  only  to  do  as  the  Lord  had  done  to 
hii/iy  but  to  teach  the  ba|>ti/,ed  converts 
to  observe  all  things  whatsoever  the 
Lord  had  commanded  them. 

After  every  brother  and  sister  has  fol- 
lowed both  tlie  example  and  command 
of  the  Master,  and  all  are  sealed  to  the 
table  again,  aud  after  giving  thanks  to 
the  Lord  for  the  meal  before  them,  they 
ate  together  as  one  family,  the  supper 
instituted  by  the  Lord  in  that  upper 
room  in  Jerusalem  in  the  8an\e  night  in 
vrhich  he  was  betrayed,  and  which  is, 
by  Paul,  called  the  Lord's  Supj)er,  in  1 
Cor.  11,  find  carries  the  mind  forward 
to  the  marriage  supper  of  tlie  Lamb, 
which  is  3'ot  in  the  future.  Jesus  said, 
"I  will  no  more  eat  thereof  until  it  be 
fultilled  in  the  kingdom  of  God."  Lnkf. 
22:  1(5. 

In  immediate  connection  with  this 
8U])per,  the  Lord  instituted  the  bread 
and  cup,  coiii:iii-m"r.'itive  of  his  death, 
as  the  following  ScriplLues  cle-irlysliow: 
''And  as  they  were   eating,   Jesus   took 


bread  aud  blessed  it,  and  brake  it,   and  \ 

!;aid,takeeat;thisismy  b..dy,eic."  Matt. 
2t;:  2G.  "And  as  they  did  cat,  Jesus 
took  bivad,  and  blessed  au«l  brake  it, 
and  said,  take  eat;  thisismy  body,  etc." 
Mark  14:  22.  Luke  says,  -likewise  al- 
so the  cup  after  supper."  Luke  22:  30. 
Paid  says.  1  Cor.  11:  23.  "I  have  re- 
ceive.! it  of  the  Lord,  that  which  1  also 
delivered  uutoyou,  that  the  Lord  Je^us, 
in  the  same  night  in  which  he  was  be- 
trayed, took  bread,  and  when  he  had 
given  thanks,  he  brake  it,  and  said,  take 
eat;  this  is  my  body,  which  is  broken 
tor  you."  "After  the  same  manner  hi 
took  the  cup,  etc."  "As  oft  as  you  eat 
this  l>read,  and  drink  this  cup.  ye  do 
show  the  Lord's  death  till  he  comes; 
this  do  in  remembrance  of  me." 

The  Brethren  never  could  see  how  a 
bit  of  bread  and  a  sip  of  wine,  taken  be- 
fore dinner,  could  constitute  (unj  supper, 
much  less  the  Lord's  Supper,  hence  they 
practice  the  Feet-washing,  the  Lord's 
Suppeiv  and  the  Communion,  all  in  con- 
nection, and  in  the  night,  as  the  Lord 
instituted  them,  and  as  Paul  receiv- 
ed it  of  the  Lord,  aud  delivered  it  to  the 
Corinthians. 

The  Brethren  practice  the  salutation 
of  the  holy  kiss;  because,  five  times  com 
manded  by  the  apostles  in  their  letters 
to  the  saints — three  times  by  Paul,  and 
twice  by  Peter.  From  all  the  various 
salutations  practiced  among  the  various 
nations  of  the  earth,  the  Lord  chose  tids 
to  be  the  manner  in  which  his  followera 
should  salute  one  jinother.  It  contains, 
in  it,  the  tenderest  expression  of  love 
known  among  men.  The  tenderest 
mother,  in  every  nation,  kisses  her  little 
darling.  It  is  an  outward  expression  of 
an  inward  feeling  of  love  for  the  little 


*  Tiiat  tSip  toi'wanl  mition  iu  oaptism  i-s  tlif 
primitive niL'thoii,  scfi  Writings  dI  llif  Ibp.iltiw. 
1  p.  SiJ.  Juilaou  on  Hitptism.  114.  Hiiifrliain's 
AHtitjuitie.i  1  p.  .537.  Munuun'iiLs  of  .\iitiquity 
r(!presi'iit.  Joliii  wilb  his  tight  hiiiid  iiowiug  tlie 
lieiid  of  Jpsus  fnrwiivtl  into  the  wutcr  tii  Impti/e 
him,  Ri>b.  History  ot  H;ipti'<m.  .VHI.  501.  .Iiul- 
aoii  on  liuptism,  774. 

Tluit  the  trine  -iction.  is  the  oncient  practice, 
see  in  tbe  writings  of  the  following  Ancient 
Grtieks: 

t  The  siuglc  backward  immersion  of  tile  pre.s- 
ent  day.  hein"  nowhere  found,  until  iuvuuted 
hy  tlie  English  Baptists,  since  the  reformation, 
ami  thereiure  uut  -lOO  years  old. 

I  (;i)  TheodoH't,  says,  "Binghiim  charges  Eu- 
iiomitis  with  making  an  innovation  upon  the 
originiil  institution  of  baptism,  delivered  by 
('hrist  and  the  npostles,  in  that  lie  made  aeon- 
trary  law  that  men  should  not  be  baptized  by 
three  immersions,  nor  with  an  invocation  of  tbe 
Trinity.  Antiquities  of  the  Cbr.  Ch.  1  p.  MU. 
(b)  Peliigius  condemns  the  hinpln  immersion  of 
Eunouiius  as  contmry  to  the  Gospyi  given  by 
Clirist.  who  appointed  every  one  to  l)e  baptized 
with  threp  immersions,  Maying  to  his  disciples, 
(it).  Iijiptize  all  nations  in  the  name  of  the  Fath- 
er. Ibid,  (c)  Gregory  Nyssa,  says,  "Eunomius 
permitted  the  liiw  of  Clinsl.  *  ■'  *  *  jimj 
taught  that  biipti-'m  was  not  to  be  given  in  the 
nann*  of  the  Kath-r,  and  of  the  Hon,  iind  of  Ihi* 
Holy  Spirit."  Jhid.  p.  4S7.  (ri)  Chrysorttom 
says,  "tourist  dcltvcred  to  bin  ditciplea  one  bap- 
tism in  three  iinnvTsiona  of  thi;  Itody,  when  he 
said  to  them.  Go  li-ai-h  all  nations,  baptizing 
them  in  tbe  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son. 
aud  of  the  Holy  Spirit.  Ibid.  1  p.  540  (e) 
.Jerome,  commenting  on  Epli.  4;  5.,  ^ayw.  "'Vy'e 
ar<^  tbriit-  dip|»ed  in  water,  that  the  mysterv  of 
the  Trinity  may  appeartobe  but  one,  and  there- 
fore, though  we  be  thrice  put  under  water  to 
rfpn'sent.  the  nivHUfry  of  the  Trinity,  yft  it  in 
repulfd  but  one  bnptixin.  OhrystapH  Mode-*  (jl 
IJaptisui.  72  7:J.  Jerome  understood  Paufs  on.- 
brtpi.it.m  to  ht;  triune,  (f)  Monulu!^.  about  A,  1). 
2.'iG  says.  Tb''  doctrine  of  our  holy  mother,  tin- 
Catholic  church,  has  always  by  brethren,  bwn 
with  us,  and  doth  atill  abide  with  u:^,  and 
especially  the  article  of  baptinm,  and  the  trint- 
iinnitrsion  wbiTi-wir.b  it  i*  C'debrat*rd:our  Lord 
having  said.  Go  ye  Mild  baptizftbi-  Gentiles  in 
tbe  luune  of  the  Fiitlier,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of 
the  Holy  Spirit.  Work  of  Cypnaii.  1  p.  -JKl 
The-ie  distinguished  Grei-k"  ol  the  third,  fourth 
and  fifth  centuriM.  read  the  Greek  conimision 
ui  tlieir  native  tonaue  as  ic  tirat  stood  in  the 
•jjii:red  iiciou.  They  tell  U3  it  nquirea  baptism 
into  fiieli  name  of  iho  Trinity.  If  my  iriend 
will  addme  hist  one  ancient  Greek,  wh"  snys, 
it  don't  teach  trine  immersion,  1  will  uive  np 
Tbe>.e  !*ix  witnc-ses  for  liia  one. — J.  VV.  St^in,  in 
Stein  and  Hay  Debate. 

The  singieiminerfion  intented  by  Eunomius 
and  condoiiiited  by  the  nbove  ancient  writer*, 
was  ^ilullle  fi  rward  immersion,  and  was  not  ud- 
Hiini^lervd  iu  then  imu  of  the  Lord  .Jertus. 


one.  So  the  L.r.l  Wiu-x,  rbai  in  every 
nation,  hi*  tru,-  f..ll..w,-rs  wnuUl  hare  an 
inward  love  one  for  another,  that  would 
willingly  find  an  outw.ird  expression  one 
to  another,  in  the  dearest  toh^n  of  love 
known  to  the  race,  and  he  has,  there- 
fore, not  only  ijranted  them  the  privil- 
ege  of  expressing  their  love,  one  to  anoth- 
er, but  five  times  commanded  it. 

The  elders  of  the    Bretlirf-n    church, 

anoint  sick  members  with  oil  in  the  name 

of  the  Lord,  \v!i,-n  they  call  f.}r   them  to 

d..  so:  because,  so   commanded    by  the 

Holy  Spirit.  J.-imes  .'.:  U.     -Is  any  sick 

among  you  i  let  hiui  call  for  the   elders 

of  the  church,  ana    let  them    pray   over 

liim,  anointing  him  with  oil  in  the  name 

f  the  Lord:and  iheprayer  of  f^lth  shall 

ave  tlie  sick,  and  the  Lord'  shall  raise 

him  up:  and  if  he  have  committed  sins, 

tli.'y  slmll  be  forgiven  him."     Here   are 

three  things  rc<piired,  and  three   things 

promised,     1.     To  call  for  the  elders  of 

the  church.     2.     To  ]iray  over  him.    3. 

To  anoint  him  with  oil  iu  the  name   of 

the  Lord.     The  three   things  promised 

are,  1.     To  be  saved.     3.     To  be  raised 

ui).    S.     If  he  ha\'e  committed  sins,  they 

shall  be  forgiven  him.     "They  anointed 

many  with  oil  that  were  Mck;  and  li.-al- 

ed  them."     Markfi:  la. 

It  stands  every  one  in  hand  tlesiring 
to  bo  saved,  to  do  the  best  he  knows, 
and  the  Brethren  cannot  see  any  safer 
course  to  pursue  tlmu  simply  to  obey  all 
the  requirements  of  thft  New  Testament, 
in  all  their  simplicity;  believing  that  the 
better  we  succeed  in  doing  tliis,  the  bet- 
ter we  will  grow  in  grace,  aud  the 
knowledge  of  the  truth,  and  the  greater 
will  be  our  power  for  good. 

Here  is  where  we  live.  Examine  our 
house  carefully;  compare  it  with  yom-a; 
and  if  you  are  convinced  that  it  is  .safer, 
come  over.  Thousands  have  come,  and 
yet  there  is  room  for  more. 


WHY  DO  THE  SISTERS  NOT 

BREAK  THE  BREAD  OP 

COMMUNION? 

ItY  W,  11.  SELL. 

rpiIK  above  is  a  questi<m  often  asked 
-■-  by  brethren  and  sisters.  I  will  say, 
that  I  am  jierfectly  satisfied  with  the 
practice  of  the  lirethren;  I  believe  it  is 
in  harmony  with  the  Word  of  (Jod.  By 
the  breaking  of  the  bread,  is  represent- 
ed tlie  broken  body  and  crucified  Sav- 
ior,  and  since  the  Savior  was  crucified 
Tiy  man  alone,  and  not  by  the  woman, 
it  looks  consistent  with  the  Word  ot 
(lod,  for  the  brethren  to  break 
the  bread.  The  Savior  says,  "as  oft  as 
ye  eat  this  bread,  ye  do  show  tiie  Lord's 
death  till  he  come."  All  take  part  in 
eating,  hence  all  shew  his  death. 

There  is  some  testimony  in  Paul's  first 
letter  to  Timothy, '2:  14,1  wish  to  bring 
to  liear  in  favor  of  the  above.  Paul  says, 
"Adam  was  not  deceived,  hut  the  wo- 
man being  deceived  was  in  the  trans- 
gression." Adam  was  not  deceived,  but 
because  he  loved  his  wife,  he  })artook  of 
that  which  w;us  given  him  by  her,  hence 
the  way  to  the  tree  of  life,  W;i4i  opened 
to  him  by  his  wife.  Christ  was  born  of 
a  woman-  the  very  part  that  lirought 
the  evil  upon  mankind. 

Man  has  nothing  to  do  in  this  matter, 
yet  he  needed  a  Savior,  and  the  benefits 
of  divine  favor  as  much  as  the  woman. 
Brethren,  I  submit  the  above  to  your 
judgment,  if  you  think  that  theremight 
lie  any  nourishment  for  the  pure  mind 
to  digest,  and  would  aft'ord  good  and 
wholesome  tlioui;hts,  y«m  can  give  it  a 
place  in  the  paper. 

Aftn-tin'^vilfe,  JIo. 


THTK    >$UETHKK:N'    ^T   WOKKl. 


flir 


PI  BMSHKI)  YVEEKLY. 


J.  11.  MOOUE.  *  ElHTOB*  AMI 

M.  M-  ESIIEI.MAN*.  i  riKii*i!ieT«'if. 


s.  .1.  IlAitiirM'N. 


lURI  IT 

>nJ  n 

kli<l  for  (•(toll  aiMili< 
•TnoiiDi  mil  !«•  iltJi 


chrck,  I 


AT  HnltK 
Any  cnr 


tie  (CDi  «l  tlMt  V  «n- 
will  nrnJ  UK  iri^ht  nnriir* 
)iinl  cipy  free  of  clinrKC 

II   lip  iill(iHr<I    icn    pw   crrn..    wJiUh 
IcJ  frorti  ihc  monpy  l.ff'-rr  ■*n'Iiii|{  II 
mryFcnt  hy  Fomnl  tlnlem,   llcpnienyJ    Uiifr. 
,   pr..,,*rlyii.l.lr<-..c.l.  HillLt^Bf  ourri-k      fllir.i 
.Ir-in.    he  xiirc  llml  H  (x  not  n  ch^ck        \t  it  i>   • 
t  riwl-.  im  30  c»nl»  to  collect,    wbiln  a  'lrr»(l  con  l.t 
I  fri-j.,      I'livtAfrc  ■loinpn  iiiftj  ^•l^  "f  n'   f"'   nnioiinlii 
unVlcr  1  'HI   lull  aiwrtya  ■■■ml  ili*  money  if  you  cm,   ((PI  II. 
Siil...<r.i.iion..  and  onmii.iinic.ll'in.  intcn.l*.!  for  ih<-  p»- 

f»r.  a*  "til  a*  »»  l><i«in"»  nxiUrr*  ctinr-i'-il  wjlb  iho  of. 
eo  nhouiJ  bi'  ft'I'lrcwipJ 

UOO&E  &  SSHEI.UAK, 

Un*rk,  CUTOU  Co.,  Ill 


A  BKOTilErt  writM  that  wh^r^  h*-  live,,  ihe  i  Kr/-KSTi.Y.  a  miniMcr  in  Vrrginia  delivfo-*!  a 
marfcKt  i«  full  of  infidel  need,  aodth.-n.-wulHrg'*  dwoor^-  /m  the  imporlance  of  reajng  the 
H8le  tor  it.  vet  th- l*f)I)!e  ar*.  w  i»iK>r  lliat  man>-  Hrrtlircn*-  |i*pei3.  and  k«*piug  jx^tt-d  ..n  the 
IM  infidi-Hty  i  doinpt  of  the  church.     A»  ft  result,  that  church 


MR.  I.- 


FOBWARD  IMDlEHSloii^ 


I.-<»t«c  Krrett,  of  Ciiirjunatti, 


of  them  ciinnot  pav  their  laxe».     m^—  .......^..*^    „ - -  -      -  , 

Ktt  powtcMion  of  our  couutrv.  and  liin.-«  will  I*  ■  Fciit  in  eight  ufw  sub^cnbere.  wM.  wil!  now  l.^  i  the  O 

■     *    ■■     -  kfpt  intffi'«t«d  i»  the  work  and    movement-i  c 

I  the  htjAy.  If  inimHt^-m  will  aUo  mention  the 
I  irnporlante  of  circulating  our  paf«r*  nmoiiJi 
!  oot-.de™,  and  have  thv  congregatiou  exiniinjH 
,.».-  ^mrint  ujfer,  likWya  hiindleuf  papiTT  would 


wt  mUc   writers  and    prpachf.^ 


one  of 


Btill  worw.     ItemoTjf  the  Bible,   and  al!  of  our 
influence  for  good  i^  gone. 


beltites.  and   editor  .,f  the  c/*'^'^' 

■^1  .Vf/iM'/dr*^/.  thp  leading  P^per  in  that  el,,.    .  "* 

^•mvolvlugthe  mani,^..,  "' 


aiiNwer  toaquf-ry  i 


Hkmiikk  Juliii  B,  Lehman,  of  Orrgrtn,  sa;»:  | 
'  So  far  at  I  hnti-  h<-iinl.   your  ri-twl-r*   are  well  * 


nil a*ed  with  IJrothf-r  Stein'n   argiim«-nts.     We  I  won    be  going   to   hundreds  of  cou^regat 

•  .  ^  .  ....        ..-.  .  ...  •  i.i_.J:._!l...i;...,*1 


LANARK,  ILL.. 


MAitcn  i«.  in;». 


Wk  Iuh.'oii  hiii.-l,  r..r-fil.-.  f.ii 
(Jiiint<;r  luid   McCniiii'-ll  IA-Ijii(c 


■  cnpi...^  nl  thi- 
Pripp,?l,i!5. 


BKOTllKri  Daniel  M.  Miller  and  wife  itart  for 
PeniiKylvania  thin  w««k,  expecting  to  rL-niiiin 
sfvoral  Wi'ekrt. 

BiiiiTUKU  n  W.  Oibson  nay*;  "I  am  cal!<'d  to 
Southern  Iowa.  Youfpaper  w  «ndorw?d  cvery- 
wliere  I  travi'l." 

TllK  cloHing  part  of  Mr."  IttiyV  ninth  negative 
will  be  found  on  the  (ir-it  page  iiiMb-ad  of  tlie 
fifth,  M  unnouncod  in  the  Supplenutnt. 

HicoTUKTi  Enoch  Ehy  iti  to  b.-  in  Laimrk. 
Manh  lioth,  at  Cherry  Orove  Mn-  liith  niirl  -JlNt. 
aud  thi-n  hoi'h  to  AriKild'K  Grovr-  to  remain  over 
Sunday.  _*-_ 

HrioTiiKii  Jesce  Calvert  commenced  a  PoricH 
of  mectiiiif-  Pit  Huntington.  Indiana.  Fell.  SSnd, 
and  up  to  last  reporU,  lliirty  had  been  received 
into  the  church. 

In  many  rottpects  the  clniiTh  resembles  «  crew 
crossing  tlie  ocean  in  a  large  vessel.  The  vewel 
iH  aiming  for  the  otlier  Hboro,  and  every  niovo- 
mentxliould  brt  HubHtii-vient  to  Umt  end. 

Tjikiib  in  a  movoniout  on  foot,  in  Germany, 
to  inereiwe  the  number  of  colonists  in  the  Holy 
Land.  There  are  a  number  of  Gertnans  in  Pal 
e»finp  at  preoont,  chielly  Hinuiin  Catholics, 
however. 

UnoTHKit  ij.  W.  Gibson,  writing  from  Girnnl. 
illiuoin,  Hays:  '"During  the  month  of  Fehrunr^' 
four  were  received  into  the  chiireh  liy  bniitistn. 
and  0)10  expelled  from  the  fellowship  of  the 
church." 

A  CARD,  juBt  received  from  Brother  Isaac  Price. 
informs  \\%  that  Elder  John  W.  Price,  of  Nortli 
Coventry,  Cliester  county,  I'einisylvnnin,  died 
on  Saturday  morning,  Marcli  Ist,  in  theiiixly 
ninth  year  of  lii«  age. 

THK  Pari  fir  Cliristidii  Mrxsmyer,  published 
at  Momiiouth,  Oregon,  Hays:  "  While  other 
countrioH  are  sutlering  from  famine,  war  and 
plagues,  we  of  Oregon,  are  the  highly  favored 
of  the  Lord,  blessed  with  liealth.  peace  nnd 
plenty." 

IJhotuku  .lacob  Kindig,  of  Woodford  county, 
Illinois,  hoH  been  preaching  among  the  Breth' 
ren  in  Anguflta  county,  A'irgiuiii.  Hope  he  if 
enjoying  himnelf  among  friends  and  relatives  in 
his  old  liome  State,  aud  yet  be  about  his  '"Fath- 
er's business." 


think  they  arc  oound  a.s  Gospel— rightly  divid- 
ing the  word  of  truth  an  a  workman  that  need- 
eth  not  to  he  aithanied.  We  bid  him  God  ipeed. 
Always  ca»t  the  net  on  the  right  side  of. the 

"Wi'-"  ...      _ 

Wk  have  on  hand  an  intereiiting  article  en- 
titled ■' The  Itoftring  Lion,"  by  Brother  D.  A. 
Lichty,  of  Hamlin,  KanMaH.  Tin-  article  reach- 
ed iiH  a  couple  of  months  ago.  and  nhould'have 
appeared  at  once,  but  it  wiw  unintentionally 
placed  on  the  wrong  hook.  Hence  Us  delay. 
It  will  appear  next  week.  We  very  much  re- 
gret that  it  did  not  find  its  way  liefore  the  pub- 
lic sooner.  _ 

BnoTHBB  J.  S.  Buckley,  of  Macoupin  county, 
hiiyn:  "We  like  your  jiaper  very  much.  My 
wife  has  been  raisi-d  up  in  the  Christian  church, 
but  dince  reading  your  paper,  and  also  tlieSteiu 
and  Ray  Dehat*,  biw  become  very  much  di».sat- 
iMiiird  with  her  church,  and  haa  made  applica- 
tion for  iiii'nilM.'rHhip  in  our  church,  and  will  be 
baptized  as  soon  as  health  will  permit." 

SoiiK  of  our  Urethrui,  whom  we  esteem  very 
highly  for  their  works'  sake,  and  the  repeated 
good  advice  they  have  given  us, think  we»|ight- 
ly  erred  in  publishing  the  names  of  some  who 
were  proposed  to  work  in  cities,  not  that  they 
are  opposed  to  sending  such  men,  but  they  tliink 
it  best  not  to  nominate  that  pu!>licly.  W 
cheerfully  accei)t  their  suggestions,  hoping  to 
profit  by  them  in  the  future. 

Ouit  people  must  not  forget  tlie  iinportunce 
of  contributing  to  the  support  of  the  Di 
Mission.  The  mission  is  now  in  a  prosperous 
Condition  and  shotild  be  well  «uslaiued.  It 
would  be  well  to  bring  the  matter  liefore  the 
dilhrent  District  Meetings,  through  which  the 
various  congregations  could  be  urged  todo  their 
part  towards  defraying  the  expenses  of  the  iiiis- 
sioD.  Brethren  and  sisters,  let  us  keep  the 
work  Lioving. 

It  took  over  fifteen  hundred  years  to  write 
the  Bible.  From  Moses,  who  wrote  the  first 
book,  to  John,  who  wrote  the  Kevelation,  was 
II  long  period  of  time,  ilore  than  thirty-five 
persons  helped  to  write  it.  Some  were  slieji- 
honls,  some  fanners,  some  fishermen,  one  a 
tentruiaker,  some  kings,  some  judges,  some 
princes;  some  were  learned,  some  were  unlearn- 
ed; and  yet  nil  agree  in  what  they  wrote,  be- 
cause guided  by  the  same  Spirit. 


Many  thanks  to  our  readers  for  seudinp  us 
the  mimes  of  so  many  Sunday-school  Suiitrin- 
tendents.  We  have  sometliiim  iiniiortant  to 
send  them,  hence  we  want  all  tlieaddrcssestliHt 
can  be  procured  of  such.  Do  not  be  afraid  ol 
sending  us  tlie  addresses  of  too  many. 

TuBRK  is  a  movement  on  foot,  in  the  Middle 
District  of  Pennsylvania,  to  secure  a  home,  or 
provide  a  place  where  the  poor  members  of  that 
district  can  be  more  conilortahly  cared  for 
The  institution  is  to  be  called  the  "  Brethren',-. 
Home  of  Cliarity."  The  move  is  a  good  one 
The  poor  ought  not  to  be  neglected. 

In  Asia  Minor,  where  the  itpostles  preach- d 
and  bailt  up  congregation)^,  there  are  said  to  b<- 
nearly  one  hundred  Protestant  churches.  The 
missionaries  are  pushing  their  work  with  ener- 
gy, though  they  shun  to  teach  some  things 
taught  l>y  the  apostles.  May  the  time  speedily 
roll  on  when  the  pure  Gospel,  as  it  was  preach- 
ed eighteen  hundred  years  ago,  will  here-echoed 
from  one  end  of  the  land  to  the  other. 


llitoTUKU  Hojic,  writing  from  Denmark,  un- 
der date  of  February  Htli,  says:  "  This  morning, 
before  going  to  meeting,  I  will  t^ll  you  that 
one  dear  brother,  twenty  years  old,  aud  two  sin- 
ters were  added  to  the  church  by  baptism. 
I'Jvery  thing  seems  bright;  the  Lord  bless  his 
little  band.  Those  three  who  were  baptized, 
were  from  town.  While  we  were  engaged  in 
prayer  at  the  water,  a  tittle  bird  came  down 
luid  rested  awhile  on  Brother  Eskildsen's  head. 
I  keep  two  meetings  every  day  where  I  go  now.'' 

BiioTiiKR  Daniel  Miller  and  Martin  Meyer 
have  returned  from  the  mission  field  in  Wiscon- 
sin. They  report  thirty-two  baptized,  and 
twelve  other  applicanta.  Two  were  also  re- 
claimed. They  held  three  council  meeting^: 
One  at  Sugar  Tree,  where  one  deacon  wjisolect 
ed.  One  at  Woodstock  and  elected  two  deHCons. 
The  other  council  meeting  was  held  at  Hjuss- 
wood,  and  every  thing  satisfactorily  adjusted 
at  all  points  where  meetings  were  held.  At 
present  the  mission  is  in  an  excellent  condition, 
and  needs  to  be  looked  iifter  with  care. 

Some  of  our  contributors,  when  writing  arti- 
cles for  the  press,  will  take  the  common  siiied 
letter  paper,  spreiul  it  out  aud  write  clear  across, 
from  one  side  to  the  other.  Manuscript  put  up 
after  tliis-monner  is  generally  rejected,  the  lines 
being  too  long,  and  the  sheets  of  paper  too 
wide.  To  rewrite  it  requires  more  time  than 
we  can  spare.  Where  sheets  are  so  wide  they 
cover  up  too  much  of  the  type  case,  thus  ivtard- 
iug  the  work.  Manuscript  paper  should  he 
narrow,  say  not  over  five  or  six  inches  wide. 
Contributors  wishing  instructions  on  "  How  to 
Write  for  the  Press,"  can  obtain  them  on  a 
neatly  printed  sheet  by  asking  for  them.  We 
have  collected  and  printed  a  valuable  set  of 
rules  for  the  benefit  of  those  not  accustomed  to 
writing  for  the  press. 


who  could  do  a  good  work  by  distributing  them 
among  the  outniden*  who  attend  meeting. 

BiioTBBB  Adam  Hock,  of  Union  county,  Illin- 
ois, writex;  '  I  have  read,  in  the  Bbktiihkn  at 
Work,  of  noiiie  who  were  destitute  of  the  Bread 
of  Life,  but  not  as  long  ass  we  were,  for  we  did 
not  get  to  heiir  the  pure  Word  preached  for 
twelve  years,  till  last  Summer,  when  a  brother 
came  down  from  the  North  and  pr*  ached  for  us. 
and  li.'iptiwd  three.  Now  there  are  nine  of  us, 
and  no  shepherd.  We  jir^y  the  Lord  that  he 
may  hf»r  our  iirayer,  and  bless  us  like  he  did  in 
hearing  the  prayer  of  Cornelius.  Now  breth-: 
ren.  come  and  seek  that  which  is  lost.  Here  is 
a  great  lietd  in  which  to  work." 

BnoTHKK  R.  H.  Miller's  article  on  Sunday- 
schools,  published  in  this  issue,  deserves  a  care- 
ful riiidiiig.  After  reoiltng  it  do  not  set  up  the 
cry,  "something  new."  for  the  method  of  in- 
structing cliildren,  an  advocated  by  him,  is  us 
old  as  the  church  itselt.  It  is  time  the  Breth- 
i;pn  were  turning  their  attention  more  in  that 
direction.  Brother  Mdler  promises  otlur  arti- 
cles on  this  .'tnbject,  and  we  trust  to  see  a  gener- 
al awakening  up  among  our  people-  Of  late, 
we  have  made  children's  meetings  a  speciality, 
and  it  is  encouraging  to  see  liow  the  little  folks 
enjoy  the  jireaching.  and  we  tell  you  it  makes 
some  of  the  older  ones  feel  good.  That  which 
the  young  people  can  understand,  because  of 
its  siin|dicity,  can  be  understood  by  those  wlm 
are  older.  We  need  more  Bible-schools  adapted 
to  the  wants  of  the  young  —  schools  in  which 
the  Bible  is  taught  in  all  its  original  purity. 


ting  a  person  into  the  water  when  he  ig  k!  ^"^ 
ed,  gives  the  following  answer  upon  that 


■•'»etl"eman„e,ofp, 


ject: 


•'  As  to  tlie  MOPK  of  tlie  iuimeraioii.  wJi,.i 
ward  or  bttckwiinl,  we  liave  no  cerUiJn  ki„ 
Itiit  we  ineliiif  to  Ihe  ojiiiiion  that  tlie  i, 


!  canilitlates  knelt  in  the  Wjh^"'' 
^^    ^riiiiiii, 


riiiiiti,. 


UQlDer. 


niotum  in  iiiimersioii  is  modem  anil 
in  tlie  Kast  tlic 
were   immersed 
Chrisliaii.  \'ol.  1.  pii; 

This,  coming  from  a  backward,  aintpj^ 
sionist  gives  it   douliie    weight  in   contro'vr" 
But  Mr.  Eirett  is  not  alone  in  this  conclusi'*' 
with  lim  agree   the  best   historians  of  ^up- 
aod  modern  tiniis.  and  we  very   much  doubl" 
there  can  he  found  a  single  historian  of  uckno  i' 
edged  ability,  wlio  would  venture  to  write 
erwise. 

Mr.  Judson,  a  learned  Biiptist  historian  Dg 
■■  Immersinii,  however,  "li^'n^aintditsgroiim 
until  the   middle  of  the  seventeenth  centum 
when  the    Westminster    Assembly  of  Divin 
voted,  by  a  nmjority  of  one,  that  inuuef^JQ^^ 
sprinkling  were  indifl'ereut.     Previuusly  j,,  jj^^^ 
period,    the    Bjptists    had    formed  chiiroW 
different    parts  of  the  country;  and  having  ^i. 
ways  seen  infants,  when   baptiztid,  taken  in  th^ 
hands  of  the  administrator,  aud  laid  under  w 
ter,  in  the  baptismal  font,  and  not  having  much 
if  any.  communication  with  the  Baptists  ou  thi- 
continent,  they  thought,  of  coui-se,  that  a  can- 
didate   for   baptism,   though  a  grown  peRon 
should  be  treated  in  the  same  manner,  and  laic 


y  were  prol,;,. 


Tub  temple,  which  stood  on  Mt.  Moriah 
when  the  Savior  was  on  earth,  was  not  the 
temple  built  by  Solomon.  Solomon's  temple 
was  destroyed  about  five  hundred  and  eighty 
eight  years  before  Christ,  and  the  nation  itself 
carried  into  captivity.  Fifty-two  years  after 
this,  the  rebuilding  of  t!ie  temple  wascommsnc- 
ed,  and  was  completed  five  hundred  and  fifteen 
years  before  Christ,  or  about  seventy-three  years 
after  the  destruction  of  the  former  temple-  In 
breadth  and  height  it  was  twice  the  size  of  .Sol- 
omon's. In  the  time  of  Herod  this  temple  had 
become  much  decayed,  and  he  undertook  the 
repairing  of  it,  which  work  occupied  forty-six 
years.  John  11 :  20.  Strictly  speaking,  it  was 
not  a  new  edifice,  but  rather  a  complete  repair- 
ng  of  the  second  temple.  In  this  temple  Judas 
threw  down  the  pieces  of  silver,  aud  not  iu  Sol- 
omon's temple,  as  has  been  supposed. 


There  is  going  the  newspaper  rounds,  an  ar- 
ticle, stal  ing  that  in  Pennsylvania  a  sick  woman 
wa.s  taken  into  ice  cold  water,  immersed 
three  times  after  the  custom  of  the  Gerinau 
Baptists,  then  fainted  and  was  supposed  dead. 
She  was  then  wrapped  iu  blankets,  carried  to  a 
house,  and  after  several  hours'  work,  was 
brought  to  consciousness,  though  it  took  much 
longer  to  thaw  out  her  haii*,  which  was  a  moss 
of  ice.  Now,  we  have  uo  faith  in  such  glaring 
a-isertions.  They  are  published  for  mere  effect, 
and  wheu  once  investigated,  are  usually  found 
to  he  without  foundation.  When  our  readers 
see  such  in  secular,  or  any  other  kind  of  papers, 
it  is  best  to  pay  no  regard  to  them,  for  our  peo- 
ple generally  have  seuse  enough  to  know  how 
to  liandle  and  care  for  sick  persons  who  are 
baptiz-'d.  Knowing  this,  we  can  rest  assurtd 
that  they  will  do  their  work  right,  and  to  the 
credit  of  the  cause. 


backward  under  the  water.  Thi 
bty  confirmed  in  this  idea,  by  the  phrase.  "Im. 
ried  in  baptism.'  The  consequence  has  bem, 
that  all  the  Baptists  in  the  world,  who  Uu 
sprung  from  the  English  Baptists,  have  prac 
ticed  the  backward  posture. 

"  But  from  the  beginning  it  wa.s  not  so.  In 
the  apostolic  times,  the  administrator  placed  b:- 
right  hand  on  the  head  of  the  caudidatp,  whi 
then,  under  the  pre&snre  of  the  admiuistrutof. 
hand,  bowed  forward,  aided  by  that  gemiflectiori 
which  instinctively  conies  to  one's  aid,  Tvhn; 
attempting  to  bow  in  the  practice,  until  hh 
head  was  submerged,  and  rose  by  his  owl  ef- 
fort."    \Jitdsou  "II  Biiptisin,]},  112.] 


OUR   SPECIAL   OFFER. 

Jliich  gootl  can  be  accompliBhed  in  moat  niiy  In 
cality  by  distributing  the  JJiietuiien  at  Wou 
regularly  among  well-disposed  outsidei's.  Tliei 
will  tiike  great  jileasure  in  reading  it,  liecomi-in 
teresteil  in  its  contents,  and  therefore  form  a  strong 
attachment  for  tlie  churcli  and  its  doctrine.  Con 
gregatioiis  wishing  to  try  this  method  of  .siiremlifli; 
the  truth  among  their  neighboi's  should  proceed  ti 
raise  the  money,  order  a  number  of  papers  sent  l- 
the  address  of  some  Inother  or  sister,  who  is  to  cm' 
for  and  distribute  them  at  tlie  close  of  service.' 
This  method  of  doing  missionaiy  work  will  1« 
found  especially  serviceable  in  localities  where  iien 
congregations  are  building  up. 

.„                                       ....  "V«r"s' .  ■  Kor  O' "i'w  1 

BRRTHKEN  AT  Wi.liK  iiionlli..  inunll*  )«t 

^    VoiiW*  lu»ne\iiiltvn,  t\  :«    J  1!.«J    I*" 

K;      -'            "            ■•  S.SU        S.W        I- 

l^    ■■         ■■          -  :    ;i  TO  ,    T  2i     n.y 

■ji ,,  .,■    i.Tfi  ■-   a.w  .  IS'" 


To  many  of  our  correspondents  we  owe  a 
word  of  apology  for  not  answering  their  letters. 
We  have  now  on  liand  not  less  than  fifty  letters 
thiit  ought  to  he  answered.  Some  of  them  can 
be  answered  briefly,  while  to  answer  others  will 
require  ^everal  hours*  writing.  Not  a  few  con- 
tain questions  involving  important  issues,  while 
many  others  nsk  for  intormation  on  doctrinal 
points  and  church  government  which  will  re- 
quire a  special  effort  in  answering.  We  also 
have  on  hand  scores  of  queries  that  we  have  not 
lime  tu  ans^^d-iit  preseit.  Uut  hope  to  reach 
them  hviurv.'  hmg  We  w,.uht  like  to  do  more 
work  if  we  could,  aud  would  take  pleasure  in 
doing  it,  but  are  now  straining  every  nerve. 
Therefore  we  hope  our  corre.-pondents,  who 
have  written  us,  as  well  as  those  who  have  sent 
us  queries,  will  pardon  us  if  their  requests  arc 
not  responded  to  as  soon  as  they  would  desire. 
Gbidiy  would  wo  answer  all  your  Ictteio  if  \ve 
only  had  lime  to  do  so. 


TOO  MANY  IDLERS. 

THERE  are  many  Idlei-s  in  the  world.  Man} 
of  them  don't  know  how  to  work;  som. 
know  how,  but  don't  want  to  work.  Theybavf 
not  t)ie  first  principle  of  success— hpgiii to  iporl 
And  those  who  never  begin,  cannot  iierseveff. 
unless  it  be  iu  idlene^-a.  Twist  and  turn  nsy" 
may,  you  will  always  find  this  one  factevft 
staring  you  in  the  face;  they  idle,  and  ktqx''' 
There  they  are,  constantly  before  you,  a  i'*'' 
army  of  incompetent  fellows,  full  of  excii«^ 
They  tell  of  tlicir  fall,  their  bad  luck,  justa-sif 
failures  were  a  recommendation  to  evcrjbiw.^" 
sympathies.  Sometimes  one  of  them  "dig* 
his  ambition  stirred  up  a  little,  and  then  heg«" 


to  work  with  a  mighty  rush,  but  lie  soon 


find- 
thorns  here  and  there,  and  then  he  falls  bK^ 
into  the  old  mire.  Now  why  all  this?  Siinpi) 
because  they  did  not  sow  good  seed  lU 
youth.  How  can  they  expect  to  reap  a  S"*"^'^ 
harvest  in  their  old  age?  Boys,  you  have  h" 
oue\outh.  How  can  )  on  expect  eo-'-ea"' ^  ^ 
fort  iu  old  age,  if  you  spend  your  youthful  "?' 
in  sin,  folly  andwastingsV  The  only  wa-^|^' 
get  the  thing  better,  is  to  educate.  ^'>P  ^^ 
girls  must  he  taught  to  work.    Notou'y^'"' 


yiarch.    1'^ 


THE    BRETKKIu^r    -A.T    A\''OKIC. 


5 


"  .  ffi.rtc.  1*"^  *•»*"  principles  of  saving  should  |  The  popular  Sahbath-schoo!  is  too  far  from 
'  ■  p.l,t  tht^in-  Ifc  "  easier  to  «-aru  than  to  j  the  church  to  do  i'.  much  good:  it  is  too  uear 
^  .  lai  there  is  a  vast  dimrence  hftweeu  I  the  wi-rld.  If  children  are  brought  up  aud 
**Ii«?  and  hoarding.  There  is  such  a  tiling  »s  I  taught  in  the  Salil.ath-schnol  ju^t  like  tlic  world. 
**  vi^  by  giiring;  but  to  hoard  for  s^elfish  pur-  thej-  will  then  rwiuire  a  church  to  Iw  like  the 
*'^'"is  uot  savi.ig  iu  a    Bible  si-iise.     Do  not  I  world  before  they  will  accept  it;  for  the  tt- nden- 

'^n"i'  J"**"*"  ^"^^  '"  '***^  "'  **""*■     '^  *"""  '"*  I  '^^  ''^■•'lently  is  that  the  church  becomes  like  the 
^  ko  oi'iintry,  keep  them  at  work,   aud  when 
11,    give  them  business  to  attend 


Let   them    begin    early    to  do  busiiiei>s  for 

and  learn  valuable  lessons.    .Be  manly  to- 

'     1,  v.>ur  boy»,  if  you  would  have  them  to  be 

ANOINTING  THE  SICK. 

IV    ,  late   number  of  the  B'iffir   Flay,   Mr. 
\Vebbcr,  spe^iking  against  the  anointing  of 
sitk  with  oil  iu  the  name  of  the  Loi-d,  says: 
,.^yi,eii  tb<' niiniculous  h(*alingscfiiSL'(l,  the  cus- 
,  of  ■  ain'intiiig  with  oil,"  cnnnecteil  with  it.  eeii.s- 
'""  j|g„,    TliP   Hoiiuui   Oiitholica  prart'ie  tbe  oil 
"ling,  and  call  it '  ex' ipme  unction,'    The  Jtor- 

^  .    >..„..»^    mill   Till\lff.l-»s   \t0Mt  nil  ■!  liiiiiiliji-  jii^ 


moiis. 


■Vdveiits.  and  Tiinkci-s  keep  up  ;i  siiuilur  s 


,:'.iun.    However,  we  think  tliat  it  is  eminently 


proi'prt 


pray  fm- the  recovery  of  the  aick. through 


use  ff  t''^  nii'»ns.  Many  pei-suns,  doubtless, 
are  ttnw  liviUK  in  answer  to  prayer." 

If "  miraculous  healiugs  "  have  entirely  "ceas- 
1"  how  dees  it  happen  that  "  many  persons, 
doubtless,  are  now  living  in  answer  to  prayer?" 
If  there  are  persons  "  now  living  in  answer  to 
uraver,"  why  reject  the  apostolic  order  of  anoint- 
ing tlie 

Jiinies  says:  "  Is  any  sick  among  you?  let 
him  call  for  the  eldei-s  oft  the  church;  and  let 
thein  pray  o^^'* '"™'  anointing  him  with  oil  in 
the  name  of  the  Lord:  and  the  prayer  of  faith 
sbail  save  the  sick,  and  the  Lord  shall  raise  him 
up-  and  if  he  have  commited  sius,  they  shall 
be  forgiven  him."  Jas.  5:  14,  15.  Why  have 
confidence  in  "  the  prayer  of  faith,"  and  yet  re- 
ject the  anointing,  which  was  commanded  iu 
connection  with  it?  If  we  must  do  away  with 
the  anointing  because  "  miraculous  healings 
ceased,"  why  not  do  away  with  "  the  prayer  of 
faith?  "  Why  should  it  be  "  eminently  proper 
to  pray  for  the  recovery  of  the  sick,  through 
the  use  of  means  "  aud  yet  reject  what  the  Lord 
h»3  prescribed  ? 

Why  call  it  a  "'superstition?"  Did  James 
teach  superstitious?  "  Was  it  a  "  superstition" 
when  James  wrote?  if  not,  when  did  it  become 
a  "superstition?  "  Is  the  anointing  with  oil, 
in  the  name  of  the  Lord,  any  more  of  a  "'  fiui»f  r- 
stition"  than  to  "  pray  for  the  recovery  of  the 
sick,  through  the  use  of  the  means?"  If  so. 
why?  Is  it  not  safe  always  to  do  just  as  the 
Master  has  commanded,  leaving  the  conse- 
quences with  the  Lord?  j.  H.  m. 


SOMETHING  ABOUT  SUNDAY- 
SCHOOLS. 


THEIK  effect  on  the  church  is  a  matter  of  no 
little  importance.  It  may  be  good  or  it 
may  be  evil.  The  popular  Sunday-school  is  an 
institution  half  way  between  the  church  and 
the  world.  It  is  a  kind  of  separate  or  distinct 
institution  to  itself.  Though  professing  to  teach 
Scriptural  truth,  it  does  that  with  so  uiiich  lat- 
itude, so  much  liberty,  and  on  such  general 
terms,  that  the  church  is  considered  a  very  dif- 
ferent institution  from  it. 

Tlie  popular  Sabbath- school,  to  be  acceptable 
with  all,  must  leave  out,  or  keep  silent  on  many 
things  the  Scriptures  teach  and  the  church 
holds  sacred.  How  could  such  a  school  he  a 
benefit  to  the  church?  Would  it  not  rather  be 
an  injury?  For  if  any  truth  be  left  out  in 
Sabbath-school  teaching,  the  children  are  then 
learned  to  consider  that  truth  of  but  little,  if 
any,  importance.  Every  truth  of  the  {Jospel 
everything  held  sacred  by  the  church,  must  be 
taiiglit  in  the  Sabbath-school  to  make  it  a  ben- 
efit to  the  church.  We  say  this  because  it  is  a 
growing  evil  in  Sabbath-schools  to  give  latitude 
enough  to  please  all.  What  is  taught  iu  Sab- 
bath-schoul  is  of  as  much  importance,  if  Hot 
moce,  than  what  is  taught  in  the  church;  for 
the  way  children  are  taught  when  young,  they 
will  likely  go  when  tht-y  are  old.  If  all  the 
truths  of  tlie  Gospel,  &s  held  by  the  church, 
were  strictly  taught  in  the  Sabbatl- chool,  it 
would  be  diflicult  to  get  a  well-founded  objec- 
tion; but  when  ihfl  school  is  difteront  fro.n  the 
church,  that  many  of  the  leading  features  of 
*he  Gospel  and  the  church  are  left  out  of  the 
Sabbath-school  teaching,  it  gives  good  ground 
'Or  objection,  nnd  no  doubt  is  one  cause  why 
*ome  of  our  brethren  oppose  it. 


Sabbath-school  that  teaches  its  children.  If 
the  Sabbnth-school  ha-t  picnics,  festivals,  and  uU 
the  vanities  of  the  world,  it  will  train  the  chil- 
dren to  them,  aud  they  will  want  a  church  of 
the  same  kind.  Such  a  Sabliath-school  will 
tend  to  pull  the  church  over  to  the  world,  and 
t  has  seldom  failed  to  do  so;  for  the  training  of 
the  children  is  making  the  church,  whether  in 
the  Sabbath-school  or  out  of  it. 

To  benefit  the  church  the  Sabbath-achool 
must  be  brought  nearer  to  it.  The  primitive 
order  in  the  church  was  to  make  the  teaching 
of  children  a  church  work.  That  is  the  best 
plan  ever  known,  though  it  has  been  sadly  neg- 
lected. The  Sabbuth-school,  as  a  separate  in- 
stitution from  the  church,  will  fail  in  doing 
what  is  needed  to  be  done  for  our  children,  un- 
less it  is  brought  nearer  the  church  than  often 
is  done.  What  we  mean  here,  is  this:  that  in 
the  Sabbath-school,  as  we  have  often  seen,  the 
teaching  is  only  a  kind  of  morality  the  world 
can  accept  as  readily  as  the  cliurch.  The  sing- 
ing, a  kind  of  glee  music  as  well,  if  not  better, 
suited  to  the  world  than  the  church.  The 
school,  a  kind  of  pastime  with  nothing  more 
solemn  or  sacred  than  worldly  people  fully  en- 
joy. Such  a  Sabbath- school  is  too  far  from  the 
church  to  be  of  much  benefit  to  it.  For  such  a 
school  will  generally  take  the  hack  seats  and 
take  but  little,  if  any  part  in  singing  iu  church; 
in  fact,  they  feel  like  the  church  is  averydifl'er- 
ent  institution  from  the  Sabbath-schonl,  and  no 
connection  between  them;  hence  they  have  as 
little  thought  or  interest  in  the  church  as  if 
there  was  no  Sabbath-school  at  all. 

When  we  say  we  want  a  Sabbath-school  near- 
er the  church,  we  mean  one  that  teaches  the 
same  things;  one  that  sings  the  same;  one  that 
not  only  reads  and  studies  the  Scriptures,  but 
with  the  same  sacred  object  and  feeling  of  rev- 
erence: one  that  would  teach  the  children  to 
feel  that  the  church,  like  all  the  truths  of  the 
Gospel,  was  for  them;  one  that  would  teach 
them  to  love  the  church  as  well  as  the  Sabbath- 
school,  or  even  better;  to  love  its  songs,  its 
prayer,  its  teaching,  and  feel  such  interest  in 
the  church  that  they  ^ould  want  the  front  seats 
there  as  well  as  in  the  Sabbath-school;  one  that 
would  teach  them  to  love  the  church  and  all  it: 
sacred  truths,  —  more  than  the  vanities  and 
pleasures  of  the  world. 

We  will  notice  somethings  further  that  tend: 
to  make  the  Sabbath-school  too  much  like  the 
world.  One  is  the  use  of  other  books  beside 
the  Bible.  This  separates  it  more  from  the 
church,  and  brings  it  more  under  the  influence 
of  popular  sentiment.  It  should  use  the  same 
books  the  church  uses;  that  would  bring  it 
nearer  the  church.  Another  thing  is  the  mu- 
sic, and  probably  there  is  nothing  else  has  more 
tendency  to  separate  the  Sabbath-school  from 
I  lie  church  than  its  music.  Singing  is  a  part 
of  divine  worship  and  has  been  much  abused 
and  turned  from  its  sacred  use.  The  importance 
of  it  is  not  fully  appreciated  by  the  church 
The  singing  in  the  church  is  almost  a  matter  of 
chance,  every  one  selecting  such  tunes,  and 
sinking  as  it  suits  them.  We  have  taken  much 
pains  in  selecting  hymns,  three  revisions  prob- 
ably, to  have  the  best  of  hymns,  hut  almost 
nothing  in  selecting  suitable  tunes.  On  ac- 
count of  this  neglect  on  our  part,  others  have 
given  us  our  music,  nnd  often  such  as  seem  to 
be  of  the  world  is  chosen— one  class  for  the 
church,  another  for  the  Sabbath-school. 

Our  church  should  have  its  music  an  it  has 
its  hymns.  The  tunes  are  as  important  as  the 
hymns,  and  should  be  selected  with  as  mnch 
care,  and  suited  to  all  the  wants  of  the  church. 
Why  be  .so  careful  about  the  hymn  and  so  care- 
leas  about  the  tune?  If  we  have  hymns  for 
certain  occasions  we  should  have  tunes  suited 
to  the  same  occasion. 

We  should  do  more  than  we  have  in  the 
matter  of  working  for  the  wants  of  our  children 
spiritually.  Our  preaching  should  bo  more 
adapted  to  their  wants  and  their  capacity;  more 
to  their  interest;  more  suited  to  their  feelings, 
then  they  would  feel  more  interest  in  the  church. 
Tlie  same  is  true  of  our  hymns.  We  hardly 
have  any  suited  specially  to  the  young.  We 
should   have   nearly   half  our   pleaching,  our 


hymns,  and  our  tunes  suited  to  them.  As  they 
are  suited  to  almost  every  condition  of  the  old, 
so  should  they  suit  every  condition  of  the  youne. 
Our  music  should  be  varied  imd  suited  to  the 
young  as  well  if  not  even  more  than  the  old. 
In  fact,  the  young  should  be  taught  and  de- 
I>ended  upon  to  do  nearly  nil  our  singing  in 
church.  Often  the  singing  ii^done  by  a  few  of 
the  old,  the  young  take  no  part  iu  it,  no  preach- 
ing suited  to  them,  no  hymns  for  them,  they 
sit  as  strangers  in  the  farther  end  of  the  church, 
because  it  seenw  little  is  intended  for  .them  to 
do  until  they  get  old.  It  is  not  a  wonder,  that 
under  such  circumstances,  some  of  the  Breth- 
ren's children  should  go  to  other  churches,  or 
the  world.  When  their  spiritual  instruction 
and  w.ints  are  not  supplied  in  our  own  church, 
they  will  often  go  some  whore  else. 

Though  we  have  been  talking  about  Sabbath- 
schools,  We  are  not  as  strong  in  favor  of  theiu 
as  some,  because  we  believe  there  is  a  better 
thing  than  they  are;  that  is  the  primitive  prac- 
tice of  the  church,  where  the  children  and 
the  young  were  taught  in  the  church  in  their 
regular  meetings  for  worship.  It  w.is  then  a 
church  work  to  teach  the  children,  and  it  was 
the  first  work  in  their  meetiug;  the  children 
did  the  singing.  They  were  uot  neglected  then, 
every  thing  in  the  first  service  was  suited  to 
them;  it  was  their  meeting,  their  preaching, 
their  singing,  and  the  prayer  was  for  them, 
That  is  the  reason  why  so  many  came  to  the 
church  in  its  primitive  days;  the  church  used 
all  the  means  of  grace  God  has  given  to  save 
their  children.  Their  training  was  not  a  sepa- 
rate institution  from  the  church,  but  one  of  the 
main  features  of  its  work. 

Let  those    who  cannot  well  consent  to  Sun- 
day-school,  accept  a  better    way,  an    older  aud 
more  successful  way,  observed  iu  the   primitive 
church.     We  are  commanded  to   bring    up  our 
children  in  the  nurture  and  admonition  of  the 
Lord,  and  how  could  there  be  a  better  way,  or  a 
Iwtter  place    than  in  the   church?     We  do  not 
mean  to  baptize  them  first,  that  is  uot  the  com- 
mand, but  bring   them  up  in    the  nurture  and 
adm-inition  of  ,the  Lord.     First,   how  can  that 
be  done  in  the  church,  or  any  where  else  with- 
out the  work  '.n  adapted  to  their  condition  and 
wants?     The    Savior   hilks  about  children;  he 
talks  to  the  young  man,  and  the  damsel.     The 
apostles  talk  to  young  men,  and  damsels,  they 
talk  about  Jesus  when  he  was  twelve  years  old. 
Paul  talks  to  Timothy   when  a  young  mun, 
about  him  knowing  the  Scriptures  from  a  child, 
about  his  mother  and  his  grandmother  teaching 
a  child.     If  these  inspired  ihen  would  thus  talk 
about   these   children    puhliclj ,   talk   to   these 
young    people   about    what   their  mother   aud 
grandmother  did,  and  about  their  childhood, 
cannot  you,  brethren,  with  the  same  spirit  come 
down   to  the   young,  find   something   suited  to 
their  condition?    And  further,  if  these  inspired 
apostles  could  do  so   publicly,  —  tell  of  Jesus 
when  a  child,  tell  of  the  damsel  as  well  as  the 
woman,  of  the  young  man  and  the  child,  as  well 
as  the  old,— can  you  not  publicly  speak  to  them? 
Teach  them  in  the  church  as  well  as   the  apos- 
tles in   the  Gospel,   publicly,   when   he  says, 
"  Children,  obey  your  parent?  in  the  Lord?" 
If  David  could  say  publicly,  "  Come  yechildren, 
hearken  unto  me,"  can  you   not  in  the  same 
spirit,  aud  in  the  same   public  manner  in  the 
chi^rch,  teach  the  children,  too?    We  believe  it 
is  your  duty  us  it  was  theirs.     If  David,  in  his 
old  age,  would  call   the  children  around   him, 
and  tench  them   publicly   the  fear  of  the  Lord, 
may   you  uot  CiUl  them   around  you  in   the 
church,  and  teach  them  there  with  as  much  oi 
even  more  special  care  than  you   would  teach 
the  old. 

Two  things  are  indisiwnsable  in  teaching  the 
young.  One  is  kindness  toward  them;  without 
that  you  cannot  draw  them  to  you  or  the  church. 
Friendship  and  kindness  have  an  influence  over 
them  lasting  and  deep.  Coldness  and  rigid  in- 
difierence  towanl  the  young  drive  them  from 
you,  and  IVom  the  church.  Scolding  for  every 
little  fault,  will  soon  discounige  children,  and 
destroy  your  influence  over  them.  Kindness 
and  friendship  can  cure  their  faults  much  better, 
and  win  them  over  to  you,  to  the  church,  and 
the  Gospel. 

Another  thing  essential  in  teaching  the 
young  into  make  your  subject  interesting  to 
them.  Explain  it  so  they  can  understand  it. 
If  you  get  them  to  take  an  interest  in  your  sub- 
ject, you  must  show  an  interest  in  them.  Yo" 
study  to  illustrate  and   prove  your  doctrine  to 


old  people,  turn  your  efi"ort  a  little,  study  to 
prove,  illustrate  and  adapt  it  to  the  young,  you 
cftu  soon  see  a  change  in  them.  If  you  will 
adupt  every  thing  in  your  meeting  to  the  wanta 
of  the  young,  the  singing,  the  preaching,  the 
praying,  nnd  even  th©  pkce  where  they  sit,  giv- 
ing them  the  nearest  front  seats,  you  will  see  a 
change  soon;  you  will  have  good  order  without 
trouble,  you  will  soon  have  the  young  taking 
an  interest  in  the  church,  iu  the  meeting,  in  the 
preaching,  and  in  the  Gospel.  That  will  give 
prosperity  as  in  the  primitive  days  of  the  church, 
because  that  wivs  the  primitive  order. 

One  reason  why  so  many  of  our  young  people 
take  so  little  interest  in  religion,  and  so  much 
interest  in  the  world,  is  because  thechurdh  juat 
lets  thera  alone,  or  rather  tries  but  little  to  suit 
any  thing  in  the  church  to  them,  while  the 
world  suits  every   thing  to  them.     We  have 
often  heard  members  complain  that  their  chil- 
dren were  so   much    inclined  to   run   after  the 
world.     One  v«ason  for  that  is,  the  church  has 
not  gone  after  your  children  as  it  should.     It 
ha>i  just  let  them  alone,  or  nearlyao;  sometimes 
it  has  given  them  a  little   reproof  or  scolding 
for  being  so  much  after  the  world,  which  often 
has  a  tendency  to   make  them    worse.     If  you 
want  to  save  your  children,  persuade  the  whole 
church  to  go  after  them  with  all    the  means  of 
grace  turned  to  work  on  the  young,  all  adapted 
to  their  condition.    The  church  can  do  more 
than  your  individual  efforts.     Otlen  the  mother 
weeps   because  her  children   do   not  come  to 
Christ;  she  would  give  them  every  inducement 
injier   power,  aud  turn  all   her  labors  in  that    ■ 
direction,  but   how    feeble  they   are,  compared 
with  the  Work  of  the  whole  church.     And  more 
feeble  still,  when  the   church  shows   little  con- 
cern for  the  young,  aud  sometimes  a  rigid  cold- 
ness instead  of  love  and  kindness. 

This  idea  of  letting  children  run  with  the 
world,  and  in  all  the  ways  of  the  world  till  they 
are  grown,  then  convert  them  back  to  the 
church,  though  common  now,  was  not  the 
course  of  the  primitive  church,  and  should  not 
he  now.  The  remedy  is  not  in  the  hands  of  the 
individual  member,  but  in  the  church,  and  its 
whole  service  must  be  turned;  all  its  means 
used  to  win  the  young  to  Christ.  We  don't 
mean  that  any  truth  in  the  Go-<ipel  be  changed, 
but  all  the  means  of  conversion,  and  salvation 
be  used  hy  tlu"  church,  in  such  a  way  that  they 
reach  the  young.  That  the  young  be  made  the 
special  object  of  all  the  means  of  salvation. 
This  will  give  the  ihurchun  influence  over 
them,  and  keep  them  under  its  control  instead 
of  the  world  leading  them. 

To  show  that  we  are  not  alone  in  the  senti- 
ments hero  offered  we  will  give  jjart  of  the  de- 
cision of  A.  M..  in  17811.  "Inasmuch  as  the 
Word  can  be  brought  nearer  to  the  hearts  of 
children  iu  a  simple  conversation  or  catechizi^ 
tioi),  or  however  it  may  be  called,  than  other- 
wise iu  a  long  sermon,  so  that  they  apprehend 
the  Word  of  divine  truth,  *  *  •  *  hence 
we  admonish  in  heartfelt  and  humble  love  all 
our  in  God  much  beloved  fellow  members,  dear 
fathers  and  mothers  of  families,  as  also  pastors 
and  teachers,  our  in  God  much  beloved  fellow 
laborers,  *  •  •  *  t]iat  they  would  use  all 
possible  diligence,  that  our  dear  youth  might 
be  provoked  to  love  God,  and  to  appreciate  hia 
word  from  their  childhood.  Do  uot  spare  any 
labor  and  toil  to  convince  them  by  our  teaching, 
and  by  our  life,  not  after  the  niminer,  which  18 
almost  too  common  now-a-days,  where  the 
young  are  made  to  learn  something  by  heart, 
aud  then  rehcArse  it  m  a  light  (thoughtless) 
manner,  then  are  permitted  to  go  on  iu  a  life  as 
thoughtless  lu  before— but  that  th^  may  give 
themselves  up  to  God  in  an  earnest  life." 

Here  we  have  the  old  brethren,  nearly  ahun- 
ilred  years  ago,  iu'A.  M.,  giving  the  true  prin- 
ciple of  teaching  our  children;  making  it  the 
duty  of  the  pastors  and  teachers,  as  well  as 
others,  that  they  teach  the  children  not  in  long 
cormons,  hut  in  a  manner  suited  to  them.  They 
>iiy.  '■  use  all  jiossible  diligence  Jiot  to  spare 
any  toil  and  labor  to  convince  them  by  our 
teaching,"  that  the  teaching  should  not  be  done 
in  a  light  and  thoughtless  manner.  To  fully 
carry  out  this  decision  of  I7S9,  would  he  to 
adopt  the  primitive  practice  of  the  church  ia 
the  day  of  Clement,  Chrysostom,  Bassil,  and 
others  of  the  Greek  fathers  who  made  it  their 
first  great  work  to  teach  the  children. 

H.  H.  MlLLBB. 


Price  of  the  Ukkthues  .\t  Work  from  the 
first  of  April  to  the  end  of  the  year.  ^1.10. 


THE    BKKXMKKN    ^T    "VVOKIC. 


Iiitt   $me   pa 


uu. 


by  which  to  perform  our  duty,  the  lock  is  in  us, 

arid  not  in  them.     We  are  too  iiicoiii'i:)tent  with 

"  rA<  W^orth  qf  Truth  no  Tongue  Can  TtlL"  \  our  mind.     We  forget  that   all  elw-  we  i.w^-* 

herein  vAnity,   and  that    when  this   immort^il 
ni«  d*p«riffieni  i»  JwiRow!  for  Mkfoi;  »nd  M.wfriD^  leaven   the    frail    body,   it   pws   into  the 

Mpirit  laud,  there  to  resume  \i»  exuttence  an  God 


opportunities,  if  we  fail  to  receive  them  as  aids  I  itovc-r.  to  lighten   the  burdfilft  of  others.     A 


nhle  quMiji 
Uw.     All  .(I 


md  tot  Ih"  Kolution  of  Soripiural  diffii 
unt  iihoiiM  )>c  itnlpiJ  *rith  cftodor.  anl  bi 
niicli  ol««irnM«  tui  poMtble.    In   order  \ 

promoie  IJil>l«  Truth.     AtIIoIm  for  ibU  dcpuimeot,  loui 

be  short  »nd  (o  ibo  poinl. 


Some  one  will  pleiue  coin|iare  ami  ex|)litin  Aetn 
l:  18,  and  Matt,  27:5. 
AlAO  Ex.  81:  10.  II.  and  John  l:ia  11.  H.  R. 
Will  the  ItitKTiiKKX  AT  WoBK  pleasc  givc  an  ex- 
planation on  Matt,  24: 17.  which  reads  afi  followa: 
"  Let  him  wliirli  \«  on  tlm  houHelop  not  come  down 
to  take  .'inythin;;  oiit  of  hlH  houM-." 

Alno  venie  Jo.  which  remls  an  follows:  "Then 
tbiill  two  hv  in  the  fii-ld,  tlie  one  Hliall  lie  taken  and 
the  other  left."  .Tank  Hrkhv. 

rieiwe  (,'ivo  nn  expJnnaHon  on  Aela  a:  47:  "  And 
the  Lord  added  lo  tlie  ehiireh  dally  itueh  a»  sLontd 
be  siivfd." 

RimiiuiHHiail:  "Who  mhall  lay#ttnythlng  to  Ihe 
charRf  i)f  (Jod'selectV" 

Timotfiy  a:  10:  "Thfreforo  1  endure  all  thinpi 
for  the  elecfB  sake."  I!i:Ni{y  .S(iii[.\nt/. 

Will  ynu  or  nome  of  your  reailern  fdease  explain  | 
Hatt.  Iti:  11,  12?  Jt  i-eadx  im  folIuWH:  "  Ruthe  na^d 
Untotlnni,  All  men  eiuinot  ri'i-clvetlilHK^iylnf;.  tiav* 
they  to  whom  It  In  jfiven.  Tor  there  are  Home  eu- 
nuchs, whfr'Ii  were  «o  honi  front  lliolr  motliei'H 
womb:  and  llieri'  are  Home  euiiuehtt,  which  were 
made  ennui-JiH  o/  men :  and  there  lie  euniicha,  wliirh 
have  made  tlimtxelven  ciiniichs  for  the  kingdom  of 
heaven's  mike.  lie  tlial Js  idih'  torecelve  it,  let  him 
receive  It."  V.  .1.  Fiiantz, 

OUR  GOD  A  CONSUMING  FIRE. 


Pleiune  Klve  your  vieWH  itf  Jlnh.  M:  21':  "  Fo/our 
Qod  Is  ft  conHimiinK  lire."  J.  W.  Wall. 

rpIlE  above  Scripture,  evidently,  Iium  reference 
J.      to  the  wioked.     Iti  looking  over  Ihe  Mucred 
pageH  of  the  Hihle,  we  find  on  in-iirly  overv  pi'gf, 
either  directly  or  indirectly,  iliai  God  ia  love  to 
them  that   love  him,   and   keep  liiit  comnnind- 
mentA,  and  \v.w  pn'jiared  a  pliuietit  hiiHa  I'ursuch. 
But  ou  the   iithirr  liitiid,  we  litid  tliat    "  God  w 
I  aiigry  with  the  Hinner  every  Any"  and  hiw  pro- 
pan-d  II  place  of  iurnienl  fur  Die  devil  and  hiii 
ailgeU,  iLiid  all  tliooe    who  live  and   dio  in  Llieir 
sio»<.     "  Upon  tlie   wicked  lie  Hliitil    rain  HHarcH, 
fire  and  hrimMtnne,  and  a  liorrihle  tempi'Ht:  thiH 
shall  bo  the  jiortion  of  thoircnp,"    I'salin  11:0. 
"  Therefore  have  1  poured  out  mine  indignation 
npon  them;  I  huvo  coimunied   thom   wi'Ji  thi 
fire  of'niy  wriith:  their  own  way  hiivo  f  recom- 
peiiMpd  ujjon    tlieir  lieadH,  Hfiitli    the  Lord  God." 
Bzekiel  22:  HI.     See  also  Mill.  4:  1;  Jer.  '2iil4; 
lBaiah5:SJ;  itiiiim.'2',i:ti,  7. 

I  might  go  on  from  Scripture  to  Scripture,  to 
ahow  that  the  text  liaa  relvrencu  to  thu  linul 
doom  of  the  uriyodly,  but  let  tho  above  huflice. 
May  I  impress*  upon  tho  wicked  Hinner  that  if 
you  persevere  iu  your  Hin»  and  initjuities,  and 
die  in  that  staU.'.  at  tho  day  of  judjjuieiit,  you 
must  exclaim,  "  God  in  n  conNuminR  fire." 

Jo-SIAH  0.  WiNKY. 


uppoinbi.  Aretre  godly  and  righleouti,  or  are 
we  ungodly?  Hear  the  senl^Dce.  "Come  (hou 
good  and  faithful  iiervaiit;"  or.  ''Away  from  me 
into  everlrutting   fire." 

Di'ar  rcailer.  are  you  achild  of  Ood?  Do  you 
love  him?  "  If  ye  love  me,  keep  my  command- 
ment*." In  Ood  in  your  every  thuught?  God 
ifi  every-where.  There  is  tat^ty  no  where,  save 
in  God,  in  tlie  newneex  of  life,  in  thf!  xpin't  of 
all  grace  Kujteritboundin^.  Wo  should  ever  fol- 
low on  to  know  the  Lord^  adding  to  our  faith, 
virtue,  knowlwlge.  temperance,  patience,  godli- 
ne«w.  brotherly  kindnew.  charity.  Do  envy, 
hatred,  malice,  revenge,  covetousnctts  abound  in 
you?  Oaj»t  them  from  yoii,  for  they  iire  not  of 
God.  If  tbeKi^  attribiiteH  are  within,  the  tongue 
tell,  for  "from  thr-  abundance  of  the  heiirt 
tho  mouth  Hp<*aketh."  Hence  let  us  take  care 
how  we  Hpeak, 

"If  uindom's  Witys  \oird  wisely  seek. 

Five  thIngHolwerve  with  c;^ro:      \ 
Of  wlmm  you  speak,  U>  whom  you  speak, 
And  Imw,  and  when,  and  where," 
This  reijuires   a  constant   cultivation  of  the 
mind,    "fis  only  with  patience  and  earneiit  la- 
bor that  wo  may   gather  the   ripe  and   golden 
grain.     Then  let  um  not  be  weary  in  well-duinK, 
for  in  due  hciiboji  we  nIuiII  reap  if  f^ve  jaiiit  not. 


warui  clasp  of  the  band,  accompanied  by  a  word 
of  en(oor.ig«ro*'nt,  giveit  new  vigor  to  many  a 
weary  traveler  along  life's  rugged  pathway,  and 
ret.*.*  like  a  halo  of  glory  upon  them  us  they 
jyiimey  to  the  end. 

A  little  wunl  in  klndncM  spoken; 

A  motion  or  a  te.-ir, 
liun  often  healed  the  heart  that's  broken. 
And  m:(de  ;i  friend  sincere. 
Shrjiherdxtotcn,  Pa. 


jfpius  of  ^ufcresf 


— TuE   plague  in    Russia  is  said  to  be^ 
pearing.  '''*S[. 

— TnE  heaviest  bhow  storm  of  the 
Quebec  wa-s  on  February  12tb. 


'*^ft 


The  labor  troubles  iu    England  K 


abated,  but  ruther  increased, 


ate 


lot 


THE    POOR. 


DT  n.  ST»  KUAN. 


CHRIST. 


IIY  J.  W,  BOUTHWOOIJ. 


CULTIVATION  OF  THE  MIND. 


Christ  is  the  W;iy,  the  Scriptures  say, 

Thatleadit  111  joys  on  high; 
That  Way  In  sure,  »i>  eonie  bo  pure. 

And  travel  to  tho  t>ky. 

Christ  Is  thu  Truth,  come  age  and  youth 
yVnd  Bearch  this  Truth  to  (ind; 

I'or  It  in  Lrue,  and  will  renew 
Votir  heart  and  strength  and  mind. 

Christ  l»  the  Mf'e,  that  knows  nohliife, 

(fur  piiln  iiiir  derttli  imr  sin ; 
Tliiit  Jjife  will  liwt  wiien  tii|ie;iB  past— 

Cuinu  now  and  you  shall  )vl]h 

Vea,  Christ  hi  all,  come  Rreat'/ind  smal) 
And  toiirn  of  Ilini  the  waji     m-< 

To  Joys  on  high,  wliere  none  utar*(lie. 
IJutllvetnemlleHH.Iay.        ^T   » 


Come  leaiii  this  Way  ami  it  obey. 

Then  in  lh;it  Truth  vou'll  live; 
Since  Chi  in  is  all.  then  heed  His  call. 

And  you  He  will  furgive. 

Christ  is  our  King,  theii  let  us  sing. 

And  priilso  Jifc  holy  name; 
Then  we'll  be  blest,  with  peaceful  real. 

Ami  crowned  with  lieavenly  fame. 


ABHOTHEK  and  I  have  been  out  tr^-ing  to 
secure  aid  for  some  of  our  poor,  and  we 
are  glad  to  report  that  the  Brelhreu  are  so 
charitable  and  take  such  great  interest  in  help- 
ing the  needy. 

H  is  often  stated,  and  wo  heard  it  on  our  trip, 
tiiat  "  we  will  not  help  because  the  man  is  a 
drunkard,  or  he  ia  lazy,  or  he  ha.s  some  other 
bad  habit."  Such  excuses  will  not  do.  It  ii^ 
not  the  man,  alone,  who  nutters,  but  a  mother 
and  hi-r  children.  Many  of  us  have  plenty  and 
to  spare.  Lotus  remember  the  poor  and  help 
them.  I  Iwlieve  that  covctousinp-'^s  and  pride 
will  bo  the  downfall  of  our  cluircli.  We  should 
make  good  use  ef  what  we  have,  for  we  may  not 
need  it  long. 

God  lA  uo  respecter  of  persons,  neither  should 
we  be.  I  have  often  noticed,  when  at  church, 
that  the  memberri  would  eome  in  flocks  and 
clicks.  Tho  rich  would,  also,  prefer  to  sit  by 
themselves,  causing  the  poor  to  have  to  assem- 
ble themselves  together,  i  have,  also,  noticed 
that  members  would  salute  and  invite  their 
ftllow-asaotiiates  home  and  tlie  poorer  cliiss 
would  havo  to  «taud  back  and  look  on,  and  af- 
ter tliis  wa5  over,  start  home  a  foot.  And  we 
hardly  ever  see  a  carriage  etop  to  take  in  one  of 
the  poor,  but  if  some  of  the  rich  should  be  un^ 
lucky  enough  to  be  a  foot,  he  is  taken  in  at 
oiice.  I  truly  hope  that  none  of  our  membeis 
are  such,  for  how  will  they  feel  when  it  is  said, 
"  lilassud  are  tho  poor  iu  spirit:  for  theirs  is  the 
kingdom  of  heaven." 


—.Joseph  Cook,  iu  one  of  bis  popular  1 
dciiomiuated    the   large,    fashionable  ch      ^ 
"  Sunday  club  palacejs."  "thfv 

— A  (California  preacher  assured  his 
that  he  had    procured   an    alarm    clock  '^^u^'' 
would  wake  up  the  congregation  at  the  clZ."^' 
the  services.  ^of 

—At  Kansas  City  a  l.■^nd-^lide  octurn^  • 
cut  being   made  for  the   Chicago  fi;  A|t„    ^} 
road.      Six     persons   were    killed   aud 
others  wounded.  ^"^ 


II  respect 


-Teruou  is  spreading  in  Europe  with  r 
to  the   plague,  and  uo    i-rtcautions  Heeu]''(r,^ 
sufficient  to  protect  the  wtsteru  part  of  tl 
tinent  against   the   scourge   cominw    " 
East. 


'"'om  th. 


-The" 


onundrum"  is  ii  prevailing  nxv. 


but  one  has  just  turned  up  which 


isanct, 


..mil         ■  ,      I.      ij  .  ""'"rable 

lo  what  fWuUj  should  a  married  man  af*    i 

himselt  ?     To  that  of  his  wile  and  children." 
—There  is  said  to  be  a  peach  tree  in  Sands  St 

Brooklyn,  which   bears  two  crops    annual]. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Horticultural   Society  * 

cently.  a  coinniittefc  was   appointed  to  f        ^ 

gate  this  novelty. 


mvesti- 


ir 


HY  MAIty  .1.  MTKliS. 

riMIK  mind,  (the  intellecluiii  faculty  of  man), 
J  is  continually  expanding.  The  more  it 
knows,  thu  more  it  is  capable  of  knowing. 
There  is  no  limit  to  its  c:ij)acity.  It  can  never 
be  filld. 

One  object  afler  another  is  presented  to  us 
through  our  senses,  which  sets  us  ty  thinking. 
What  do   we  do  when    we   think?     Why,  we 
consider  the  conditions  of  an  object,  or  muse 
andmedilateuponasuhji'ct.    Thinking  requires 
our  continuous  attention,  tuid  the  poweiiof  dis- 
tiuguiMhiug  between  what   is  seen  and    what  i« 
not  seen.     IJy    trying  to  see.  we    leani    to  see. 
By  placing  truths  before  our  niindc  and  think- 
ing closely,  we  often  think   out  other  truths. 
These  truths  existed,  but  the  mind   had   not 
discovered  them.     Patience,  study,  observation, 
and   listening,  are  ettective  means  of  thinkiug. 
Guod-infonuiug   books   and    papers  are  aids  to 
thinking.     Willi  these  we  can  feed   the  mind 
as  with  food  we  feed  the  stomach.     If  we  teed 
the  stomach  with   healthy   lood,  we   keep  the 
body  in  a  healthy   condition.    So.  also,  if  we 
feed  the  mind  witli  good  iuforination,  whether 
it  be  obtained  through   books,  conversiition,  or 
observation,    we  shall    find    that  its  unbounded 
field  can  thoroughly  be  fitted  for  the  great  teni- 
pie  of  our  God.     It  is  a  responsibility  of  ours  to 
plant  in  this  field,  seed  which  will  yield  a  plen- 
t^-ous  harvest,  and  to  be  laborers  of  that  iiarvest. 
The  mind  should  not  he  crammed   with  mere 
huskrt  oi  knowledge— none  but  true  and   pure 
literature  should  be  read. 

We  have  the  Bible  with  its  divine  commanJii 
and  promises;  literature  uith  it.-*  prose,  poetry, 
and  «ong:  and  the  pr-.mi^e  of  divine  wislwtn  to  I  hand*, 
avail  by   them.     Being  biwsed    with   inch  fine  I      Then, 


VALUE  OF  KIND  WORDS. 

!•'■    I,K,\H  T.  roNDllY. 

0<IU>M().N  says,  "  A  woi-d  fitly  spoken  is  like 
0  apples  of  g6id  in  pictures  of  silver."  Do 
we  reali/.!' the  power  of  kind  words?  We  are 
sailing  upon  the  vast  ocean  of  time,  gliding  on 
toward  tleatti's  portal,  through  which  we  must 
pass  to  the  bouine  whence  no  traveler  returns. 
Wo  are  all  probationers;  each  day  brings  us 
nearer  tho  end  of  our  life's  journey.  To  some, 
tho  journey  is  attended  with ,  pleasure  —  not  a 
ripple  to  mar  tlie  jH-ace  and  liuppintss  of  their 
lives,  as  they  lloiit  along  so  quietly  under  the 
blue  dome  of  heaven.  By  their  side»  in«:losc 
proximity,  are  otbi'i-s,  over  the  horizon  of  who.se 
livos  sorrow  broods  like  a  funeral  pall.  Their 
sky  seems  overcast  with  dark  clouds.  Not  a 
star  illuminates  tbeir  solitary  pathway.  Ruugh 
atonns  and  surging  waves  beat  around  them, 
uutil  tbey  are  ready  lo  cry  out  in  their  loneli- 
ness. Tears  of  penitence  may  atlevinle  the 
ating,  but  they  never  make  amends  for  thi 
wrougii  done.  How  their  sad  hearts  yearn  for 
hunnm  sympathy. 

A  kind  word  costs  nothing,  yot  has  power  to 
heal  many  a  wound  that  indifference  and  neg- 
lect have  made.  Kind  words,  also,  produce 
their  own  image  on  men's  souls,  andaWautifuI 
image  it  is.  They  sooth  and  quiet  and  comfort 
the  hearer.  They  slnune  him  out  of  his  nour 
and  unkind  fwling.  I  am  always  made  to  feel 
sad  when  1  hear  people  spoiik  uukindly,and  try 
to  lessen  the  reputation  of  their  fellow-beiugs. 
Go,  look  m  the  nearest  oiien  grave,  you  will 
not  have  to  go  f*r,  and  see  what  is  the  end  of 
your  enemy,  and  may  you,  Uam  that  moment, 
act  wisely.  Although  your  proud  heart  may 
say,  "Ami  not  independent?"  No;  for  the 
ery  air  you  brcathejou  are  depending  on  Ood's 
mercy,    and  your     future  destiny  it    in   hi« 


THE  SETTING  SUTJ. 
BY  M.  CRBE.S. 

OW  oft  when  Wje  gaze  on  the  western  hori- 
zon find  see  the  beautiful  colors  ol'  the 
setting  sun,  arc  we  made  to  think  of  the  s-'Uiug 
sun  of  our  lives!  How,  that  after  the  toils  and 
sorrows  of  this  life,  we  lay  our  weaiy  bodies 
down  on  our  couch  for  the  last  time,  and,  if  we 
have  lived  lives  devoted  to  God,  how  serene  and 
glorious  doe-s  our  latest  sun  set!  We-can  then 
feel  that  our  Savior  is  with  us  and  that  he  will 
take  us  by  tho  hand  and  gently  lead  us  through 
the  cold  stream  of  death,  and  land  us  safe  on 
Canaan's' shore;  for  he  has  promised  to  all  those 
who  will  love  and  serve  him  in  this  world,  a 
Ijome  in  heaven,  which  he  himself  has  gone  to 
prepare. 
0  how  sweet  It  will  be  ia  that  beautiful  hind, 

So  free  from  all  sorrow  and  piiin, 
With  songs  on  out  lips.and  witli  hai-ps  in  our  liaiul,". 
To  meet  one  another  again. 
This  is  the  hope  ot'  the  Christian;  but  how 
diil'crcnt  will  it  be  with  the  sinner,  when  he 
draws  nigh  to  the  hour  of  death!  What  sor- 
rows will  burden  his  Joul;  his  sun  will  not  set 
in  the  beautiful,  bright  colors  of  peace  and  con- 
solation, but  thick  clouds  will  gather  around 
him.  and  oh,  what  remorse,  for  a  life  sjirnt  in 
sin!  All  the  talents  that  God  had  given  him 
wasted  in  the  .sinful  pleasures  of  this  world,  and 
now,  Ihough  his  companions  gather  around  him 
and  sympathize  with  him,  yet  it  gives  him  no 
comfort,  for  ho  feels  that  his  life  has  been  wa^^ 
•d,  and  that  there  is  no  hope  Ibr  him  now.  tie 
fain  would  turn  to  God  in  these  his  last  mo- 
ments, but  it  is  too  late;  his  sun  is  set,  and  his 
soul  is  lost  forever. 

Then,  my  dear  re&der,  if  you  are  a  child  of 
God,  and  are  w.-Uking  in  the  strait  and  narrow 
way,  I  say  to  you,  press  forward  and  you  will 
got  your  reward;  but.  if  you  have  not  yet  made 
your  peace  with  God,  I  beseech  you  to  do  m> 
lo-dn^,  for  ere  to-morrow's  light  may  dawn  ur- 
on  you,  your  latest  suu  may  set  aud  you  will 
have  to  share  the  fate  of  all  sinners.  May  God 
help  us  all  to  live  for  him,  is  my  prayer. 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 


—More  than  half  of  all  the  letters  mailed ' 
the  world  are  written  in  English.  The  Ifln 
000,000  who  speak  the  English  languagi^hav^ 
far  more  books  and  newspapers  than  allth 
other  1,200,000,000  of  the  earth. 

—The  proportion  of  soldiers  who  cau  read 
and  >vrite  in  the  several  armies  of  Europe  is »« 
follows:  Germany,  965  in  1.000;  Sweden  Idfy- 
England.  860;  Holland.  750;  Belgium,' 700- 
France,  635:  Portugal,  395;  Spain,  490;  Austria 
460;  Italy,  4.50;  Ru.ssia,  115;  Turkey,  7o. 

—The  trouble  in  France  hai  culminated  in 
the  resignation  of  M:icM;tiion,  and  the  election 
of  Jules  Grtvy  to  the  Presidency  for  u  torai  of 
seven  years.  It  appears  that  the  temper  of  the 
French  people  is  quieting  down  to  peaceful  so- 
lutions of  political  crises. 

—A  NEW  syn.igogue,  said  to  be  one  of  the 
finest  of  its  kind  in  Europe,  and  costiug$220- 
000.  exclusive  of  the  ground,  has  been  opeaed 
iu  Warsaw.  Instead  of  the  Jews  flnckiugto 
Palei^tiue.  they  are  said  to  be  gathering  in  large 
numbers  iu  the  Russian  cities. 

A  NEW  method'  has  been  inventvl  for  pro- 
pelling  the  street  cars  in  New  Vork;  it  is  an 
engine  worked  by  compressed  air  contained  in 
tanks  under  the  seats,  and  operated  byoiieniaii 
on  the  pliitform;  it  will  run  ten  or  twelve  miles 
without  charging  the  tank. 

— It  is  said  that  so  acute  is  the  sheep's  sense 
of  heaving  that  she  can  distinguish  the  cry  of 
her  own  l.ainb  among  a-*  many  as  a  thousand 
others  all  bleating  at  the  same  time;  and  the 
lamb,  too,  is  able  to  recognize  its  mother's 
voice,  even  in  the  midst  of  a  large  flock. 


It  it  not  the  height  to  which  menareadvanc- 
ed  that  makes  them  giddy:  it  is  the  looking 
down  with  contempt  upon  those  beneath. 


— The  use  of  the  magic  lantern,  which  may 
be  so  arranged  as  to  throw  ihe  picture  of  a 
common  watch  or  chronometer  on  a  white 
screen  iu  places  much  visited  at  night,  lia'ibeen 
suggested  as  a  cheap  and  ingenious  substitute 
for  tower  clocks. 

— Here  is  a  curiou.s  item  from  the  hftr 
Ocean  >  ■'  If  Ferdinand  de  Lesseps,  the  projector 
and  constructor  of  the  Suez  Canal,  is  appointeii 
Governor  of  Algiers,  lie  will  have  a  new  field 
Ibr  bis  engineering  projectn.  Heisoneoftliose 
who  believe  that  the  waters  of  the  Mediterra- 
nean can  be  turned  into  the  Great  Desert  with 
results  highly  beneficial  to  Northern  Africa" 

,— The  movement  for  the  taxation  of  church 
property  has  gained  strength  in  Connecticut, 
■iiid  a  bill  has  passed  tlie  House  providing  for 
the  tax;ition  of  all  property,  of  rcli^'ious,  educar 
tional  and  benevolent  organizations  not  now  in 
Use. 

—The  widow  of  Thomas  Leonard,  Mrs.  Ebi- 
abeth  Leonard,  lately  iied  iit  Gninittville.  South 
Carolina,  at  the  great  age  of  lo7  years.  At  her 
funeral  was  her  only  .surviving  ^on,  over  80  ye^ 
of  age.  and  there  also  stood  .-.round  the  graved 
graudchild  56  years  oM,  several  great-grand- 
diil.lien  over  40  years  of  age,  greatrgreat-grand- 
children  25  years  old,   and' a  number  of  ff«at- 


l«t    us  strive,  by   every  meant    in  our  i 


iucapduw  ol  doiug  right,  and   are  trRn«fni-m«,l  I  ..  .  ,     .         ,  „.  .  .         ..'  ,        ,■ imorfk- 


iuto  tke  most  odious  tools  of  despotism 


J  -  "n.         iiiriciin,-    living   Ul      |Jirpt-iiu>"  —     - 

and   are  transformed    sceridenfc,  and  210  liave  died,  making  altoge* 


1  »r  nearly  yoo. 


.«-h    13 


THE    BRK'n-H^EN    uVT    AVOKlv, 


{i*on'Pslin»ilcnrc. 


t 


t^  *" ": 

!5»' 


prom    D.  B.  Gibson. 

•  Itr^hrei*: — 

_^.,,„geiiitic  labors,  for  the  season,  are 
,iw  .-D'le'I.  and  I  am  iigaiu  p.t  home,  iil- 
.  bs.'iic^  of  abuul  six  weeks.  I  visited 
county.  lUiuois.  where  I  speut  near- 
iveeks  visiting  old  friends  :md  preachin,- 


1  j  „  short  series  of  nieetiugB  in    the    West 
I'reek  cougresation,  my  ohl  home  chmxh 


*^"'  ,r>  ran  over  a  period  of  thirty-three  year?. 
-  iiiv  father  located  in  the  neighborhood  of 
.'tiug-house,  not  n  member  but  he  and 
'^^  ,  r  li'P^  uoiirer  than  eight  miles.  Perhaps 
^°  ,„[,il>or  of  members  in  Morgun,  SaDgamou 


miies  were,  in  all,  eighteen  or 
-lite.  Now,  by  irni;irution  mid  conver- 
jlipre  are  not  less  tliiin  tive  hundred  mem- 
"  ■n,ey  are  divided  into  four  district-,  if  I  mis- 
^e'liot.  Hei*- I  »sed  the  «ible  that  was  used 
^  father.  Old  brother  George  Bean  blossom, 
lad  and  John  Crist,  are  all  now  sleep- 
the  long  bi-'^t  sleep  of  death,  wlnre,  sweet 
ITtlH'ii"  rest  till  tlu3  corruptible   shall    put  on 

forruption.  and  mortal  alsall  put  on  iuunor- 
"!(,.     1    lalwred   here   during  the  holidnys, 

,  ,|]tIiough  tliH  weather  was  very    eohl,    the 
'  ^pgation"  were  large,  and  the  interest,  good. 
,"  Clime  out  ami  were  bftptized,.though   th.- 
jce  ffiis  thick,  and  the  water,  cold. 

Tiie  ministers  an?  elder  D.  R.  C.  Nead,  -Javan 
eibi«iiin<l  David  Vaniman. 

Qii  the  setond  day  of  ,Tanuary,  I  left  brother 
j,  (;  Gibson's,  at  Giraid,  Illinois,  for  South 
olnil  Imliann,  where  I  arrived  at  noon  atfatli- 
fStiifis-  I  s[ieiit  a  few  days  with  them,hold- 
■  meetings  at  tlie  Wanger  meeting-house, 
par  the  city.  Tliis  district  is  very  deticient  in 
miQisterial  aiil.  the  eft'ects  of  which,  are  very 
apiwreut. 

I  then  spent  the  remaining  time  in  Indiana, 
ortiicliii'S  '"^  ^'^^  South  Bend  district.  The 
i^^,l  again  blessed  our  lal)or  here  in  a  general 
renva!.  Saints  were  encouraged  and  sinners 
turn-'il  to  Go't-  The  house  was  deu.sely  packed. 
Tiie  interest  never  dunini?hed,  but  continually 
iai'roii''ed.  Among  the  converts  were  repres- 
sentalivi'S  from  four  different  denominations. 
Hitherto  God  ha.s  helped  us.  To  his  name  be  all 
thf  glwy  forevermore.  The  ministers  here  are 
elder  D.  B.  Sturgis,  Daniel  Whitnier  and  Isaac 
B*rly. 

I  DOW  withdraw  from  the  fiield  for  the  prcf- 
eat,  The  many  acts  of  kindness,^  the  tearful 
farewell,  the  many  hearty  prayers  for  myself 
3ud  family,  and  seasons  of  rejoicing  together, 
will  evtT  niakx)  a  green  spot  in  my  memory, 
wnili!  life  sliall  last — an  oasis  in  life's  desert 
iviute.  Brethren  and  sisters,  wliere  I 
have  labored  and  whose  hospitalities  I  have 
iliared,  may  God  bless  and  save  you  all.   Amen. 

?(n-in,  Mo,  Feb.  6,  l><7fi. 


preached  three  discourses  to  large  and  atten- 
tive congregations. 

Jan.  *J 7th.  Went  to  riymouth,  thence  to 
■Tno.  Knisleys.  Visited  friends  and  preached 
here.  On  Saturday  went  home  to  my  son-iu- 
biw  in  White  county.  On  Monday  left  here 
tor  t^amden.  where  I  arrived  nt  four  o'clock 
P.M. 

F'-brnarv  ^th,  commenced  a  series  of  meet- 
ings in  biijver  Deer  Creek  dis^trict.  We  contin- 
ued ovi-r  Sunday.  Three  precious  souls  made 
it  thfir  choice  to  follow  Christ.  Some  others 
said  they  would  come  soon,  tjuit  with  a  high 
ai'd  very  niuch  increased  interest.  This  meet- 
ing was  held  by  the  request  of  the  young  peo- 
l»le.  Many  insisted  we  should  remain  longer, 
but  we  thought,  its  it  wai  the  fii-st  meeting  of 
the  kind  they  hud  ever  held,  that  we  should 
quit.  We  expect  to  return  to  the  same  place 
on  the  fifth  of  March  and  stay  awhile.  We 
pray  the  Lord  to  be  with  and  assist  us  in  our 
labors. 


From  Samuel  Murray. 


Hard  Times— What  They  Affect. 

k'  TJ.VRD  times!" — Yes  the  times  are  hai'd. 
Xl  We  hear  the  cry  of  "hard  times"  daily. 
When  ive  iislt  for  subscribers  to  our  periodicals, 
the  cry  is  repeated.  Let  us  see  what  is  afiected 
by  the  "  hard  times."  We  go  to  the  peopled 
{eveu  Brethreu's  houses),  and  we  look  around, 
aud  find  fine  pictures  upon  the  wall,  fine  furni- 
ture, tables  loaded  with  luxuries,  and  many  un- 
necessary things.  Their  clothing  is  as  fine  as 
ever.  Surety  this  does  not  look  like  hard  times. 
We  look  upon  center  tables,  find  political  papers 
and  magazines  there,  but  the  times  are  too  hard 
totake  a  church  paperl  Ah!  yes,  here  is  what 
the  hard  times  affect.  They  are  too  hard  to 
afi'nrd  spiritual  food. 

Not  long  since  we  heafd  a  conversation  like 
Hiis:  "  We  can't  atford  to  have  a  series  of  ex- 
tra meetings  this  Winter.  We  can't  accom- 
plish anything  without  stranger.*,  and  we  can't 
afford  to  get  them;  and  then  our  coal  bills  are 
to  pay,  as  times  are  too  hard."  Upon  hearing 
thesfi  remarks  thoughts  like  these  cauie  to  my 
mind:  Do  not sinnerii  need  salvation  in  haid 
times?  Is  the  church  justifiable  in  folding  its 
arms  and  sitlingat  ease  in  hard  times?  Does 
not  the  prophet's  language  apply  as  well  in 
hard  times  as  good  times,  when  ho  says,  "woe 
to  them  that  are  at  ease  in  Ziou?"  Did  tli 
apostle  only  labor  in  easy  times?  Did  not 
Christ,  our  blessed  Master,  labor  at  all  times, 
for  the  salvation  of  sinners  whilst  on  earth  V 
My  Bible  teaches  me  be  did.  Should  not  his 
professional  followers  do  likewise?  But  the 
idea  that  sceuirf  prevalent,  is  the  times  are  bard, 
jinil  our  carnality  mmf  be  gratified  fii-st,  and 
i  lieu  if  there  is  any  thing  left,  we  will  devote  a 
lew  pennies  to  the  Lord's  cause.  Self  requires 
all  and  the  Lord  takes  care  of  his  own  cause, 
and  sinners  go  to  hell  without  any  effort,  on 
our  part,  for  their  salvation.  My  Brethren, 
these  tilings  ought  not  to  he  so.  Let  us  not 
love  slei-p,  hut  awake  to  righteousness. 

OCC.VSIOSAU 


Prom  Sunfield,  Michigan. 
Dear  Brtthmt; — 

IT  being  too  cold  and  stormy  to  take  the  lit- 
tle ones  out  to  meeting,  I  thought  1  might 
pass  the  time  iu  a  good  cause  by  penning  a  few 
lines  for  the  Bkkthres  \t  Work,  I  do  not 
know  but  what  they  will  serve  to  fill  the  waste 
basket,  if  nothing  else  Well,  if  they  go  there, 
I'll  try  again. 

Now.  a  little  about  our  Master's  cause.  We 
are,  as  far  as  I  know,  in  union  and  fellowship. 
We  had  one  addition  on  New  Year's  day,  and 
two  since  then.  As  that  is  a  good  beginning, 
I  hope  the  work  may  continue,  thus  bringing 
into  the  told  of  Chrisit  many  that  arenow  sport- 
ing on  the  barn-u  mountains  of  sin  and  folly. 
The  Master  i^  doing  his  work;  a  great  many 
has  he  lain  low  in  the  last  four  or  five  weeks. 
There  hiis  been  considerable  sickness  this  Win- 
ter. But  the  Lord  does  all  for  the  best;  so  we 
must  leave  it  all  with  him  aud  be  content. 

Now,  as  I  desire  to  see  others  occupy  the 
space  in  your  paper,  that  are  more  capable  of 
writing  than  I  am,  I  shall  close,  hoping  to 
meet  you  all  in  heaven.  The  Lord  bless  those 
across  the  briny  deep.     Farewell. 

IoxaTrowhridok. 


THK  following  is  a  report  of  my  work  since 
December  20. 1878:— 

Spfut  one-  week  in  the  Squirrel  Creek  church, 
Wabii^h  county,  Indiana.  Preached  at  several 
plaee-s;  had  largo  attendance  iiud  good  attention, 
but  IK)  additions. 

Next  we  spent  nearly  one  week  in  the  Mex- 
ieodiHrict,  Miami  county,  liuliana.  Preached 
sttwoditVerefft  places;  had  large  and  attentive 
congregations,  but  no  additions. 

Brother  .1.  Swihart  was  with  us  at  both  places. 

From  here  wg  went  to  Iluntiugdon,  our  home 
eougivgatiou.  Preached  a  few  tun^s;  arranged 
to  have  brother  K.  H-  Miller  preach  a  series  of 
doctrin.il  sermons;  was  soiTy  I  could  nOt  re- 
main and  hear  them.      . 

Jail,  10th.  1S70. 1  started  to  Laport,  in  the 
Northern  part  of  the  State.  Ileniained  here 
o'eriiigbt,  taking  the  train  next  morning  for 
Jfew  Carlisle,  where  we  were  met  by  some 
frieiifis. 

Although  the  weather  was  very  cold  we  had 
M  enjoyable  time  visiting  friends  whom  we  had 
iiotstien  for  many  years.  We  preached  nearly 
"«y  evening  at  different  places.  Some  said  if 
we  would  come  next  Summer  and  preach  they 
would  unite  with  us.  There  are  only  about 
™f  a  d'lz^n  members  living  iu  this  section  of 
country.  I  think  tliere  is  a  grand  opening  here 
w  the  Brethren  to  do  ii  good  work. 

l*'roiii  li..re  we  went  to  South  Bend,  where 
wp  met  brother  gibsou  for  the  first  time. 
Brother  AVbitmer  took  us  out  in  the  coufry  to 
Jislioiiie,  which  is  near  the  meeting-house. 
J^e  .attended  the  meetings  here  with  brother 
Gibson  for  five  days  and  nights.  We  had  a 
'aree  att^-ndanc^-  aud  the  best  of  attention. 

'^'^  tlieu,  went  to  D.  Ruple's  district,  aud  1 


Fiom  Covington,  Ohio. 


0^' 


enbergcr  came  to  us  and  remained  about 
two  weeks.  We  held  meetings  at  difterent 
places.  We  believe  the  apostolic  doctrine  was 
preached  to  the  people.  The  houses  were  filled 
with  anxious  li^teners. 

The  power  of  God  was  visibly  manifested: 
several  were  baptized;  sinners  awakened;  aud 
brethren  and  sisters  much  encouraged.  May 
God  continue  to  bless  the  labora  of  our  broth- 
er. 

Brother  Daniel  Mohler,  from  Kansas,  was 
with  us  during  a  part  of  our  meetings.  Their 
pre-scnce  made  glad  many  relatives  and  old  ac- 
quaintances. 

They  visited  their  i^ed  father  for  the  last 
time,  with  the  awful  assurance  of  meeting  him 
in  the  haven  of  eternal  rest,  by  and  by.  It  was, 
indeed,  a  sympathetic  scene,  to  see  relatives  and 
parents  together  for  the  last  time,  exhorting  one 
another  to  be  faithful  in  their  duties.  There 
were  five  preachers  of  the  same  name  and  family 
present.  1.  Hakj. 

Fehnianj  2Ut,  1S79. 


From  South  Bend,  Indiana. 


From  Sherman,  Grayson  Co..  Texas. 

Ihuv  lUithreu:— 

1)KUH.\PS  you  would  like  to  hear  something 
of  our  Italy  of  America  (Texas).  People 
have  their  oats  nearly  all  sown;  some  have 
corn  rlanted.  The  plows  have  been  going  in 
every  direction  for  over  a  month. 

We  have  preaching  regulary  by  Brethren. 
Elders  Jacob  Dcrkey  and  Gephort  are  preach- 
ing for  us.  We  have  the  best  order  iu  our 
meetings  that  1  have  ever  seen  in  any  country 
from  Pennsylvania  to  California,  Illinois  or 
any  other  country;  and  we  have  no  cut-throats 
here,  as  many  Northern  people  suppose,  but  a 
Qod-feariug  people. 

Yours  truly, 

J.S.  Lakue. 
.V.nv/i  tsl,  IS70. 


From  Anna  Holmes.  ' 

!).urIireU>ri;t:—  , 

1^V.\S  alone  about  twelve  years.  There  was 
another  brother  and  sister  here,  but  I  could 
not  get  to  see  them  often. 

Over  two  yeai-s.  ago  Northern  Illinois  sent 
out  two  missionaries  to  hunt  up  the  scattered 
members  here.  Brethren  Price  and  Newcomer 
were  the  first  to  come.  Alter  this  two  came 
till  last  Summer.  Lemuel  Uillery  baptised  my 
husband  and  oldest  daughter.  This  Winter  K. 
Heekman  and  George  Dale  came  down  and  held 
a  series  of  meetings,  and  two  more  of  my  daugh- 
ters, and  a  sister  camo  out  ou  the  Lord's  side, 
aud  were  baptized. 

Litam,  Hi,  Ffbrtianf^ith,  1S79. 


From    Manor    Church,    Indiana   Co  .  Pa 

iJrur  lirflhnn.— 
ii  11  iVNOR"  is  the  name  of  this  distriit.  It  is 

ilL  situ.ited  in  the  center  of  Indiana  Co., 
and  has  a  territory  of  about  t;hirty  miles  square, 
extending  into  Cambria  county. 

Daniel  Ober.  Levi  Fry,  Joseph  Holsopple  and 
Daniel  Brallier  arc  our  ministers.  Daniel  Ober 
IS  the  bishop.  There  is  a  large  corps  of  deacons 
aud  a  Idity  of  about  two  hundred  and  twenty 
members. 

We  are  aU,  so  far  as  I  know,  in  peace  and 
union.  Wehad  a  refre«hing  season  last  Fall 
aud  Winter.  Jacob  W.  Smouse,  of  Armstrong 
county,  Pensyivania,  came  to  us  about  the 
middle  of  last  September  aud  preached  for  us. 
Ten  were  baptized.  Brother  Sniou.-e  returned 
to  us  again  about  two  months  after,  and  preach- 
ed one  week.  Owing  to  had  weather,  the 
meetings  did  not  create  the  interest  they  would 
most  likely  otherwise  have  done.  At  one  of 
these  meetings  a  certain  one  murmured  be- 
cause hvotber  Smouse  nmde  a  distinction  be- 
tween repentance,  conversion  and  regeneration, 
The  murrnurer  claimed  they  were  all  tlie  same 
thing.  Brother  Smouse  Aked  him  wliat  reas- 
ons he  had  for  so  thinking;  but  he  did  not  have 
any.  Therefore,  brother  Smouse  told  him,  that 
he  hoppd  hewonld  not  interfere  again  unless 
he  had  more  to  say  than  he  had  at  this  time, 
and  he  held  his  peace. 

Brother  Smouse  is  now  holding  a  series  of 
meetings  in  the  Manor  school-honse.  What 
the  succe>s  is  Ido  n^^  know,  as  I  have  not  been 
therijyet.  Our  church  meeting  is  on  the  sec- 
ond Saturday  iu  March.  .J.  'W'-  I''«Y. 

Frbrmrij  Siitit,  Jii7U. 


ON  the  20th  of  January,  brother  D  B.  Gib- 
son and  Samuel  Murray  came  and  began 
a  series  of  meetings,  which  continued  fourteen 
days.  BroElier  Murray  remained  with  us  but 
four  days,  delivering  four  telling  discourses, 
which  had  a  salutary  effect  upon  the  church 
and  world  [)resent.  Brother  Gib.«on  delivered 
seventeen  sermons  of  good  quality,  drawn  from 
the  word  of  God.  Brother  David  Ilupel  gave 
us  tone  interesting  discourse.  Had  intended  to 
give  the  deductions  of  all  sermons  given  by  the 
Bri'thren.  but  concluded  that  unnecessary. 
Suffice  it  to  say,  they  were  good  and  powerful, 
resulting  in  the  conversion  of  sixteen  souls, 
which  were  added  to  the  church  by  confession 
and  baptism.  One  reclaimed,  making  iu  all 
seventeen.  Those  who  came  were  from  the 
Lutheran.  Methodist,  United  Brethren  and 
Baptist  fraternities.  "Bless  the  Lord,  oh  my 
soul,"  says  the  Psalmist. 

Daniel  Whitmeb. 


From  J.  K.  Olingcr. 

Ihnr  liifitlunt:— 

I  NOTICED  a  small  mistake  about  me  in  this 
week's  number  of  the  Bukthurn  at  WonK. 
I  have  been  able  to  he  up  all  the  while  part  of 
the  time.  I  am  stilt  able  to  get  up  and  walk 
to  my  chair,  but  I  have  been  confined  to  my 
room  over  three  months.  Please  correct.  My 
complaint  is  catarrh  consumption. 

I  am  well  satisfied  with  the  old  order  of  the 
Brethren,  luid  with  the  way  1  was  baptized,  let 
othni-s  say  what  they  nmy.  Brethren  and  sia- 
ters',  be  strong  in  the  faith,  we  have  come  in 
diuigcrous  and  critical  times. 

^  Special  Notice. 

IS.  X.  Moore,  author  of  what  is  called  "The 
,  True  Story,"  do  hereby  acknowlekge  that 
1  mi'*ap|)lied  the  title;  and  that  the  charges, 
therein  made,  against  the  church  and  individual 
Brethren  concerned,  are  unfounded  and  there- 
fore withdrawn.  S.  A.  Mhore. 

To  the  Memory  of  Sister  Hannah  Knouff. 


From  Isaac  Ullery. 

Jhiir  Ihtthnn:— 
T17E  have  just  closed  a  series  of  meetings, 
V\  The  results:  Three  baptized  and  one 
applicant,  which  could  not  be  baptized  on  a.c 
count  <»f  ill  health.  Hope  the  Lord  may  grant 
him  strength  so  it  can  soon  ho  done. 

The  meeting  was  conducted  by  brother 
M-niio  Stautfer  and  others.  Elder  Jacob  Wag- 
oner and  John  Arnold  preached  a  funereal 
sermon  on  the  last  day  of  the  meeting. 

La  Flam,  Pmii  Co.,  III.,  Feh.  I'M,  ISJ'.K 

From  W.  J.  H.  Bauman. 

JUST  closed  a  three  and  one  half  weeks' 
meeting  in  the  Solomon  Valley  congrega- 
tion, llesult.'ii:  Twenty-one  baptized  and  many 
more  near  the  kingdom,  guilty  of  the  com- 
mon failing,  we  closed  too  soon.  Was  assisted 
nearly  a  week  by  brother  Switzcr,  of  White 
Rock^  Kansa.'^.  I  stai-t  to  Peabody  to-morrow 
moraing.  GoA  bless  all  lawful  efforts  for  the 
spreati  of  the  Gospel. 
Osboi^ne,  Kail.,  hek  Ulh,  ^;:'. 


rpiIE  subject  of  this  notice,  was  born  in  the 
1  year  1805.  in  Chester  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania. Her  parents  moved  to  Frederick  county, 
Maryland,  the  same  year.  In  1827,  she  moved 
to  aiiami  county,  Ohio.  Wa.s  baptized  into 
Christ  by  elder  Michael  Ettor.  She  lived  in 
Ohio  I'orty-four  years.  In  IV"!.  moved  to  Ot- 
tuinwa,  Iowa,  to  live  with  an  only  daughter. 
She  lived  there  and  in  Southera  Illinois  with 
her  son,  something  over  five  years.  Her  hus- 
band died  in  Oltumwa,  Iowa,  in  the  year  1874. 
She  came  to  California  in  the  Fall  of  1876, 
with  an  atllicted  daughter.  She  remained  in 
California  liutil  the  Spring  of  187S,  when  she 
returned  to  Iowa  with  her  daughter,  thence  to 
her  son's  in  Elkville,  Illinois,  at  whose  house 
she  died,  February  2ud.  1S79.  Her  age  was  74 
years  and  9  day«.  She  was  taken  to  Ottumwa, 
Iowa,  and  buried  by  the  side  of  Iier  husband. 
She  was  sick  sixteen  days.  Cause  of  death  was 
nervous  prostration  aud  noart  disease.  She 
was  con.^cious  to  the  last  moment.  She  closed 
her  own  eyes,  and  kept  them  closed  until  the 
spirit  took  its  tlight  from  its  earthly  habitation 
into  the  presence  of  him  whom  she  loved  so 
well  while  here  upon  earth. 

Thus  another  aged  soldier  of  the  cross  has 
passed  over  the  silent  river,  and  we  feel  to  ap- 
ply the  apostle's  language  to  her;  "I  have 
foujiht  a  good  fight.  I  have  finished  my  course, 
[  have  kept  the  faith."  In  those  virtues  which 
shine  out  so  brightly  in  Christian  churches, 
love  to  God,  a  triie  devotion  to  his  cause,  inflex- 
ibility of  purpose,  kindness  to  tho.se  around, 
none  possessed  in  a  greater  degree  than  her- 
self. Possessing  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the 
Scriptures,  she  was  able  successfully  to  combat 
error  and  win  souls  to  Christ. 

While  at  the  writer's  house,  the  many  letters 


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a-HK    BilKTHliEaNT    -^X    AVOKK. 


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^h  e 


she  ivmvod  from  all  parts  of  tlie  brothi-rliood, 
fully  attest  the  high  esteem  iu  which  sIk-  wa^ 
held  by  her  fellowmcmbers.  Brethren  and 
sisters,  let  us  follow  ht-r  godly  life;  children, 
wmember  thy  dear  mother's  counsel.  Sacred 
be  her  memory. 

hUhrop,  Ffhnutrif  mh,  lH7iK      <' 

{Pn'iiiilirt    Christi(in,plm»f  copy). 


From  Augusta  County,  Virginia. 


0^ 


Dfiir  Brethreti : — 

^FTEN  had  my  soul  bt-t-n  made  to  rejoice  at 
the  rich  admonition  of  our  dear  brethren 
who  arc  Itanding  upon  the  walls  of  Zion.  de- 
claring the  truth  and  the  unwarcliable  riches 
of  God  to  adying  world,  through  the  coltimnK 
of  your  devoti?d  pnper;  ofUm  would  my  hoii! 
almoHt  Hink  in  dcHpflir  and  I  b(!  ma'e  In  wi^h 
that  I  was  bock  in  the  tle«h  pots  of  Kgypt.  for 
want  of  8omp  bmth'T  or  sist^r'n  rwlmonition. 
At  times  I  would  fi-r-l  m  if  all  alone,  and  no  one 
to  cheer  me.  But  the  blessed  thought,  "  not 
nil  alone."  .leHUssays  ftod  i«  faithful,  who  will 
not  suffer  UH  to  be  t<;»ipU*(l  above  that  we  are 
able;  but  will,  with  the  temptiition.  also 
make  a  way  to  ettcai"',  that  we  may  be  able  to 
bear  it. 

I  have  been  much  Htreiytthenwl  in  reading 
the  exporiences  of  our  brethren  and  NiHt**r»  in 
their  trials  and  aillietions,  and  [  have  taken 
courage  to  go  on,  let  assail  me  wluit  may— I 
will  still  stand  up  and  fight  the  enemy  of  our 
souls.  Jesus  htw  promised  to  be  with  iii  in  the 
sixth  trial  and  in  Ni-venth  he  would  not  forsake 
or  leave  us. 

Within  the  last  year,  in    this  and    iwljoining 
ueighbrirhoods,  ti  great  many  persons,  young 
and  old.  have  pansfd    from   time   to  eternity. 
MoNt  of  these  i)ersonH  wert'  near  seventy  yi-ars 
old,  tlie  time  allotU'd  to  man,  but  few  were  pre- 
pared to  meet  di-atli.     Thus  we  see,  wlrni  peo- 
ple put  oir  Chriht  inyoutli  tiuit  when  they  get 
oldaud  lire  Ji.-iir  (hi-  grave,    their   hearts   have 
grown  MO  hard   that   they  celdoin  prepum   for 
eternity.     By  this  wo  can  see  that  if  we  jiut  off 
Christ  while  young,  and  %vhen  he  calls,  tliat  he 
nuiy  put  us  olf  in  old  Jige  and  dfiith.      Siiiiier, 
if  you  n-iid  tliin,  I   sity,   do   not   procrastinate, 
hut  \iivU-n  to  retuiii,  for  tin-  night   will    come, 
and  may   In-    near  at  hand,  wherein    no    man 
work.-lh,  that  in  the  iiifilil  of  death;  and  if  you 
are  not  prepiired  to  uu'i't,  tin-   Bridi-groom,  you 
will  Jiave  to  hear  that  lamentable   voice,  "  De- 
part from  mo,  ye  workera  of  iniquity,    I   never 
kiii'w  you." 

My  father  hii-  just  retuniod  from  a  journey 
over  the  Blue  Hidge  mountains.  lie  has  told 
ni({  nomething  very  eurioun,  which  he  leiirned 
while  iivcr  there,  ibi  wax  told,  that  there  is  u 
divide  in  the  niountiutis  ruiininit  fnuu  the 
Shenandoah  river  square  across  the  mountains 
for  aliout  four  or  five  milua,  which  (it  first  was 
only  vihihle,  but  now  tlu'  space  in  the  earth 
is  about  three  feet  wide  and  one  side  gradually 
sinking  down.  He  was  also  inforiued  that  lui 
bottiim  had  been  reached  yet,  that  persons  had 
taken  ropes  and  chains  und  spliced  thorn  togeth- 
er but  failed  to  reaeh  Uie  bottom  of  the  creviee. 
Tlie  prophesifpt  an-  fiuit  fulfilling,  and  it  looks 
as  if  it  would  not  he  long  until  Christ  M'ould 
make  lii^  secoiul  advent  into  the  world  and  to 
declare  that  lime  .hIihII  be  no  more. 

I  begin  to  see,  fnuu  a  Mcrii)tural  standpoint, 
that  thing><  are  heginning  to  bu,  and  nn>  already 
»o  in  some  things,  like  in  the  days  of  Noah, 
while  the  ark  was  building,  that  the  people 
were  marrying,  buying  and  selling,  mid  getting 
gain;  so  also  shall  it  be  in  the  days  of  the  Son 
of  Man.  People  do  not  heed  the  Gospel  trutli. 
but  are  nmuiug  after  sects,  creeds  and  isms, 
trying  to  crowd  out  Gospel  light. 

In  the  eight  months  of  which  I  have  been  a 
reader  of  the  Bucthkkn  at  Wohk,  I  have 
counted  the  accessions  to  tlie  church,  througli 
the  columns  of  your  paper,  which  is  about  sev- 
enteen hundred  and  fifty.  Thus  we  see  that 
the  Gospel  truth  is  spreading.  I  like  tlie  way 
the  Brethren  out  West  are  holding  meetings. 
From  what  I  can  read  in  my  paper,  I  think 
they  are  coming  nearer  the  apostolic  order. 

I  like  D.  C.  Moomaw's  move  for  preaching 
in  cities.  11.  F.  Moiiiuay. 


Echoes  from  the  Center. 

'From  Our  .Hiieclitl  Oirrr^iwnJBnLl 

.vl'mukr  xn. 
Joy  and  Triumph  In  the  Camp— By    the  Wa- 
terside—Lord's  Day  Labor— Baptism   by 
Night— Visit  to  Lafayette  Chnrch. 

BEAUTIFUL,  for  situatir.n.  is  Mount  Zion; 
and  in  her  temple,  we  daily  assemble.  Our 
meeting  continues,  and  the  rock  h  breaking; 
tears  are  tailing  from  the  penitent,  and 
the  saints  express  joy.  Prayer',  deep  with 
feeling,  were  offered  in  behalf  oh   struggling 


Wanderer,  and  it  wan  soon  evident  that  a  vie- 
tory  Would  be  won.  G<Ki  heard  our  prayers. 
Cold  orations  were  disdained;  the  burning  lava 
ascended  from  that  volcano  of  grief  and  sor- 
row within  that  pent  up  soul,  and  the  victory 
was  gained;  a  soul  wa.**  free  from  the  fettem  of 
sin,  and  enlertui  the  camp  of  the  saints,  accord- 
ing to  the  divine  plan,  rejoicing  in  the  God  of 
his  tialvation.  To  the  waterside,  we  repaired 
and  Uili:d  up  our  souls  U)  God  in  behalf  of  one 
another — the  penitent  and  the  sinner.  SuintH 
shijd  tears  of  joy,  and  sinnent,  tears  of  sorrow 
and  grief,  over  the  returning  ones.  The  mw-t- 
ingH  continued;  renewed  attacks  were  mivle 
along  the  line;  another  was  relieved  firora  the 
enemy's  grasp;  and,  to-day,  thr«;  more  souIh 
were  received  into  the  church  by  Christian 
baptism.  This  gave  us  renewed  energy  und 
suflicient  momentum  to  press  forward  and  con- 
tinue the  labor*  in  the  Manti-r's  cause. 

To-day  is  Lord's  day,  and  onward  we   go   U> 
our  different  stations  of  labor.      Brethren    W. 
C.    Teeter  and    K.    Bosserraan   continued    the 
service  at  the  Old  church;  brother  Jacob    Wit- 
more,  at  Pleasant  Ridge;  the  writer,  at  the  Bap- 
tist church.      VVe  had   a   targe  audience  and 
deliberated  on  the  subject,  "Jesus,"  Matt.  1:  21, 
— his  advent  and  mission.     Thus  we    endeavor 
to  feed  the  hungry  souN,   and    obey    the  com- 
mand of  our  Ma.iter,  in  preaching  the   Gospel. 
In    the   evening    we  re-assembled    in    the  Old 
church  to  engage  in    the   closing   exercises    of 
the  jtresent  series  of  meetings.      We  preached 
the  word,  as  best  we  could,  to  a    large  and  in- 
terettting  audience.     At  the  close    of  the  exer- 
cises we  gave  another   invitation,   and    a  dear 
sister  came  forward  and   refiue»t<-d  baptism  "in 
the  same  hour  of  the  night,"'    Tlie  preliminary 
arrangeme'its  were  made,  and  then  we  went  to 
prayer,  and  then  repaired  to  the    waterside,     ft 
was  the  most  impresaive  scene  I  ever  witnessed. 
The    large   audience   nssembled    with    us,  and 
while  we  led  the  dear  penitent  down   into  the 
water,  the  most  profound  silence  prevailed,  and 
tlie  twinkling  stars  from  the  upper  deep  looked 
down   ti[)on    us    like   angelic  sentinels,    which 
added  niiicli  to  the  solemnity  of  the   baptismal 
scene.'    We  then   repaired  to  our  home.-*,   re- 
joicing in  God  for  his   goodness  and    for   the 
successful  efforts  which   he  granted   unto  us. 
Wo.iild  say  to  my  dear  brother,   Jesse   Calvert, 
our  prayers  were  heard,  and  your  labors  were 
not  in  vain.     Those   two   dear  souls    were  re- 
claimfid,  the  wheels  of  the   church   were  un- 
clogged.  and  tlie  fruits  of  our  labors,  six  access- 
tons  by  ba|)tism.     Praise  God  for  liis  goodness. 
To-day  1  visited  the  Lafayette  church,   Allen 
county,  Ohio.    The  Bjethren  thought   it  well 
to    continue    tlieir    meetings    uwhilc    longer. 
Brother  Calvert  labored  for  them  one  week,  re- 
sulting in  nine  additions  to  the  church.  Broth- 
er I).  Browt^r  and  the  writer  also  labored  a  few 
days  with  them,  with  apiiaront  good  effect.    In 
all,  eleven  nccessions  by  baptism,  one  reclaimed 
and  one  more  applicant.     The  cliurch  is   much 
built  up  and  having  a  commodioua  house  of 
worship,  they   I'eel  that  labor  in   the  Master's 
cause  will  be  more  pleasant,  and,  nodoubt,  wilj 
obtain  better  results.     To  insure  success  in  the 
promotion  of  the  cause,  there   must  be   union 
of  sentiment.     I^'om  observations,  we  see  that 
holy  Christian  affection   and   fraternal  love   is 
measurably  lost,  among  some  Christians;  and 
where  this  is  the  case,  the  power  is   lost,  and 
the  cause  cannot   prosper.     Then,   to  insure 
success,  the  church  must  be   in    harmony   and 
union,  moving  along  iu  one  solid  body   against 
the  enemy— sill.      Success  will   be  ours,   the 
cause  will  pros|)er,  souls  will  be  saved,  and  God 
will  be  glorified.     Then,  Christian,    work;    tby 
warfare  will  soon   be  over,    when    a  crown    of 
righteousness  will   be  yours  to  wear  through 
one  bright,  eternal  day.        S.  T.  Bosskiiman. 


From  George  W.  Cripe. 


I)rar  Brrthrtn : — 

OUR  meetings,  of  which  you  gave  riotice 
(fome  time  ago,  closed  with  thn-e additions 
by  baptism,  and  one  reclaimed.  We  hod  very 
good  meetings,  large  congrtgatioos— many 
ctmld  not  get  in  the  large  chorch;  some  one 
naid  eight  wagons  lelt  Sunday  evening,  besides 
many  of  the  town  peojile.  The  best  of  onier 
prevailed,  and  the  church  is  much  refiesh^. 
There  were  not  aa  many  additions  as  we  wished 
and  prayed  for;  but.  when  we  rememl>er  that 
tbw  church  has  received  nearly  one  hundred 
Hieml>ers  within  one  year,  we  were  satisfied. 
The  brethren  and  sisters  h«re"  are  alive  to  the 
work,  and  are  very  desirous  that  brethren  trav- 
eling over  the  WabEish  R.  R.,  should  stop  with 
them,  a^  they  can  raise  a  good  congregation  in 
a  few  hours. 
F,ttil.  Indiana,  Fth.  U. 


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t{yi  ..IM    Shmlj   sn,   Lincoln  Wrftlil  M     A   ItalTi. 

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1^ 


fallen  I^sIpcij. 


i>  ilMd  irlilch  dJ«  In  Ills  Lord.— Bit.  U  -  '■ 


ObiWiiriea  Bhould  be  brief,  writion  oa  but  ooe  siile  of  lh« 
papt^r,  and  separate  from  all  other  buBJDeaB. 


.  111.,   Fel.n 


From  Rock  Run,  Goshen.  Indiana. 


THE  ark  of  the  Lord  is  moving  on.  On  the 
8th  of  February  we  met  in  council.  One 
young  sister  came  out  from  the  world  and  was 
baptized.  On  the  17th  iust,  we  had  our  meet- 
ing to  send  out  the  annual  visit.  It  was  a  very 
pleamnt  meeting.  Upward  of  ninety  members 
assembled  together  in  the  name  ol  the  Lord. 
On  the  ii^iid  we  met  again,  the  report  of  the 
visit  being  brought  in;  uotliing  serious  was 
presented,  for  which  we  thank  God.  I  believe 
there  was  joy  in  heaven  among  the  angels,  to 
a  wanderer  return  home,  as  one  has  been 
convinced  that  she  wan  on  the  way  to  ever- 
a-sting  destruction;  so  she  came  out  and  de- 
sired to  be  baptized.  ,\lso,  one  was  reclaimed. 
May  others  follow  their  example  before  it  is 
too  late.  We,  also,  had  meeting  to-day  and 
this  evening;  brother  Abraham  Nttf  prtathtd 
the  word  with  power. 

ASNMK  RAKKRNSI'EIUiEIt. 

February  •■iHnl,  1^9. 


CI.KMMKB.— In  SIl-  Carroll.  Cnrroll  county, 
ary  Li-lrd,  1S7!'.  Kjlher  JJrunncr,  youugest  duugltlor  of 
brnihtr  Wiltinm  N.  und  aialcr  Mnry  A.  Clcmnier.  iiged 
•^  years,  2  uionlhs  anA  !■(  days. 

Her  diienae  viaa  typhoid  fever  aud  spinal  tnoningilia. 
Slio  siifTcred  inleiiauly  for  three  iveekii.  The  dear  paronls 
nnd  fiimily  can  dry  their  lenrs,  hopefully  looking  forward 
Vj  the  gloHoua  murreoiion  morn.  Her  remains  were  in- 
lered  al  Hickory  Grove,  where  the  funeral  servicea  were 
held.  Olid  the  ocootion  improved  from  2  Sam.  12:  22,  22, 
by  (lie  brethren.  John  J.  £m»i:kt. 

](IUDI-K.— In  Carroll  Co.,  Intl.,  Fob.  28th,  187II,  of  scar- 
Icl  fever.  .Amanda,  dtiwghler  of  friend  Samuel  nnd  sis- 
ter i^falinda  Ui'ldle,  aged  1  ycnr,  b  luonlhsand  lodnys. 
J.  S.  Snowukiigf.r. 

SUSTAK.SOS,— In  Momhall    Co.,    lowft,  Scplember  7tU, 
If;**,  Lewis  FrnuciK.  son   of  friend   Frank    and   sister 
Nun?y  Suslafdon,  aged  three  moutliH  and  sevou  day^. 
IHRICH— In  the  Upper  Stillwater  cliuroli,    near  Brad- 
ford, Miami  Co.,  Ohio,  Fob.  lUth,  I87U,  siRlcr  Kiiinbelh, 
wife  of  Jacob  llitrich,  aged  133  yoara,  6  months   and  10 
doys.    Funeral  disoourxe  by  tlio  Brethren,  fVom  1  Cor, 
16:  67. 
She  was  ailing  for  tnnny  years,  and  had  to  suffer 
iiiach,  bulborc  all  wilh  much  patience.    Before  she   died 
nhe  called  for  llie  elders,  and  wiia   unoinlcd    wilh   oil    in 
the  tionie  of  the  Lord,     Wc  feel  assured  that  the  mouru- 
ids  uun  liafOA  gojd  hope  Ihnt  she  is  gone  to  rest. 
Emamikl  iioovF.it. 
BAINTEII— In   Pleosonl Mound.   Bond  Co,.  III.,  Febru- 
ary ISlli,  of  membranous  croup,  DorcieE.,son  of  friend 
Andrew  niid  sister  N'nncy  L.  Buinter,  nged   1    year  and 
8  months.      Funeral    services   by    Allen  Taylor,    from 
Mntl.  IB;  1    2.     Little  Derlio  was  too  good  for  erirlh,  (o 
heavun  he  is  gone.    The   parents  deeply  niouru  Iheir 
loss. 

Primitive  Christian,  please  copy, 

HOCK. —In  Ihc  "Dry  Creek  churoh,  Linn  county,  Iowa. 
Feb.  2-lih,  1870.  of  scarlet  fever,  David  Bock,  only 
son  of  brother  Samuel  and  sister  Catharine  Book,  aged 
1  year,  1  month  and  22  days.  Funeral  services  posl- 
ponod  oil  account  of  sickness  ia  the  family. 

Jacob  Book. 
KIKPF.— Ill  White  county,  near  BurneiUnllc,  Indiamt, 
Feb,  2<i(li,  of  lung  pneumonia,  I'llicMay,  daughlher  of 
brother  Joseph  T.  and  sister  Elimbcth  Rieff,  aged  7 
years.  7  moalhs  aud  II  days.  Funeral  services  l>y  ilie 
Brethren,  from  1  Thcw.  4:  Kt-lS,  Her  eulferiiigs 
were  great,  hut  now  stcepiug  Ihni  blessed  sleep  in  Je- 
»»».  JosKeii  AwicK. 

(jllOVK, — In  Washington  Branch,  Kosciusko  Co.,  Ind,, 
Fob,  Uih,  1870  sister  Susan,  wife  of  brother  Jncob 
Orove.  aged  lH  years.  H  monlhs  and  26  days. 
Sho  died  of  cancer.  She  suffered  much,  but  bore 
her  KuHeriDg.witliout  a  murmur.  She  hiubcen  a  member 
of  the  church  for  about  Iwenty-li  ve  years.  She  was  a  no- 
ble woman,  an  amiable  wife,  a  kind  and  alTeclionalo 
mother.  She  is  universally  mourned  by  all  who  knew 
her.  Wilh  her  it  can  be  truly  said,  Ood  has  recalled  his 
own.  Sho  was  the  mother  of  eight  children,  three  of 
whom  are  dead.  Funeral  services  by  brother  A.  li.  I'u- 
lerbaiigli,  from  Mioftli  2:  10.  \_  K.  Lr.i'.tiv. 


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POOR  PDND. 


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tjou  ot  hialuTical  quotAtious  from  modern  and  nncietit 
authors,  proving  that  a  threefold  immersion  was  ihe 
only  method  of  bapliting  ever  practiced  by  the  nposllcs 
and  their  immediate  successors.  By  J.  H.  .Moore. 
64  pages,  price,  15  cents;  10  copies,  fl  00. 


W.  U.  R.  R.  TIME  TABLE. 


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:il  forxel  lo  ilonale  wDiallUDg  u 


^nnonnttiMncnfs. 


NoTicss  of   Love-feii-ils,   District   Meetings,  etc.,  ahouU 

bo  brief,  and  written  oa  paper  separate 

from  other  businesF, 


mSTRlCT  MBBTINOS. 
Xorth-wfstein  District  of  Ohio,  at  Euglo  Creek 

churcb,  Hancock  Co.,  O.,  M;iy  2-lth.  at  10' A.M. 
S'nilheni  Intl..  in  the  Stony  Cveiflc  Di.strict,  three 

miles  oast  of  N  ibU'Sville.  April  !)th,  ]87». 
Southern  lywit,  at  Mt.  Etna,  Adams  Co.,  Iowa, 

April  "til,  I8t0. 
Xorthern  llistrictof  Intl.,  in  Union  Center  District-, 

at  the  Wliiteliend  meetiiiK-hrmse,  tlireo  miles 

west  of  New  Paris,  KIkhart  Co.,  IikI.,  May  1st. 

Kii-st  District  ol'  West  Virtjinia  ami  ^iiney.*  t'reefc 

ehurcli,  at  their  meeting-house,  at  Big  Spring, 

April  itsth  and  llith.  * 

District  No.  1,  Viryinia,  at  the  Valley  ineRting- 

house,  Botetourt  Co.,  Va.,  April  iSth  and  19th. 
Xoitheru  Di.strietof  Iowa  and  iHiiiii<'3'>Ui,  ia  tbe 

meetiny-liouse,  four  and  oiie-Iialf  iuIIps  south  of 

Waterloo,  in  Black  Hawk  county,  la.,  Marchltli. 
Ill  .Northern    Kaiisii.s'  and    Southern   Nohniska, 

April  7tli,  1S7».  at  Jewell  Co.,  Kan. 
IiiThoni  A)ii)ledi.slrict.  MIchisaii,  in  the  JJretli' 

reii's  new  church.  May  (>tii.  at  in  A.  M. 

;:^"TIie  District  Meeting  of  the  Northern 
District  of  Illinois,  will  he  held  in  the  Arnold's 
Grove  church.  Carroll  Co.,  IU.,  ou  Tuesday, 
May  ]3tli,  ISTO,  commencing  at  S  A.  M. 

John  .1.  Eumeht.  Clerk. 

J^^Therewill  be  a  Communion  Meetiagin 
tlie  Monticeilo  church,  White  Co.,  lud-  three 
miles  iioth-east  of  Monticeilo,  on  the  <»'h  "' 
June,  commencing  at  4  o'clock  P.  M. 

John  S,  Skowiiekoer. 

2^^The  District  Meeting  of  MiHai^  D'-tncj 
of  Indiana,  will  be  heH  on  Wednesdny,  April 
2.-?rd,  1879,  m  Sugar  Creek  district.  South 
Whitlev.  on  the  Eel  River  raiirnad.  is  theonly 
nation  to  stop  at,  six  miles  from  place  of  meet- 
ing. Delegates  will  be  met  at  station  day  I*- 
litre  meeting.  Meeting  to  commence  at  9  AM- 
A  general  representation  ii  much  desired^ 
Joseph  Amick,  Cor,  Sef. 
Primitive  Christian, plraae  copy. 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


"Beheld  I  Bring   You  Good  Tidings  of  Great  Joy,  whieh  Shall  be  to  All  People."  ~Ln^  2: 


Vol.  IV. 


Lanark,  111.,  March  20,  1879. 


No.  12. 


file  J)rftfn>'"  «t  llJorlt. 

EDITED  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 
H.  MOORE    &    M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 


^   a.  UILLEIl, 
;   W.  STEIN,       - 

p.  B.  MBNTZER, 
BiTTIE  A.  LEAR, 


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SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS: 

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NEWTOXIA,  Ml). 

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THS  CONTENTS  VOL.  4,  NO.  12. 


jBlTOalAL  AUTU-LEs:  Pllge 

Tilow  Falao  Hpiiorls.— 4 

The  Mt.  Morris  School .  4 

IlowOin  WeV .4 

Our  Piilestiiiel.ettdrs i 

i  Wife's  Holy  Sacrifice :, 

The  Mist'ike ■.    .    .    .    5 

CoiisoliilaLi  »i 4 

CONTltIBt■'i■^-I'  articles: 

Tiie  Konring  I.ioii. — D.  A.  I.ichty 2 

fl'Jiero  our  Ministers  iiro.— Cyrus  Bvicher 3 

TKree  Altswers.— DailTtfl  Hnght 0 

MC'i'iiiiKof  TwM  AV'ords.— Dpiniis  Clark 0 

The  Four  Ilirtlis.— S.  IfruiulmuRli C 

How  uuiuy  TliroiiPsV — DavJil  Kiuime) fl 

JiulJis.— Xoali  11.  Shutt 0 

God's  lJuil»liiijr.—-T.  S.  Molilcr 1 

Two  Biiptiat  Preachers  Silenced.— I.  J,  Roseii- 

berger 1 

CliJiracter.— E.  Stuver  1 

Giiililren's  MeBting.— S.  J.  Harrison 5 

cojirespondence: 
On  tlie  Way  to  Pales  tin  p.— .1,  W.  McGaivey. . .  ."» 

Waysido  Note8.~LiUKloii  West "I 

From  the  Honey    Creek  Chuivh,,01ilo.— S.  J-. 

Nicljol^ii ..,..,„. ,  ^ 

From  t'eiittTView,  Mo. — A  Hutchison.. 7 

From  N.  C  Xielsou 7 

From  C.  Hope 7 

From  George  W.  Criiiri 7 

From  Lutavette  Sutpliin 7 

From  Faederickabiirg,  lowii.— Caroline  Pease.  7 

From  C.  C.  Hoot 7 

From  White  Hock.  Kaisas.— J.  L.  Switzer 7 

The  Gospel  Sounded  Out.— Sarah  J.  Fniit .s 

From  Peabody,  Kansas.— H.  Shomber 7 

From  South  ISend,  Ind.— P.  11.  Wrightsman...  8 
From  Benjamin  Sapp. •* 

KLKCTED : 

Value  of  Spare  Minutes :| 

poetry: 
Come  Home  Poor  Sinner.— J.  \V.  Southwood.    .  3 
The  Rest  of  the  Pious  Dead.— George  D.  Zollera  S 
A  WainihR 1 


GOD  S  BUILDING. 


HY  .1.  S.  MOHLKR. 

Will  some  one  give  us  an  explanation  on  1 
Cor.  3: 12.  13, 

1.  Who  iUhe  buildei-? 

2.  What  the  material;' 

•i.    How  shall  a  man's  work  be  tried  by  fire? 
i.    If  a  niau'iS  work  be  buniod,  how  shall  he 
be  saved  yet  so  as  hy  fire? 

B.  U.  Whitmeb. 

THE  first  thing  necessary,  to  the  construction 
of  a  building,  is  {isfnumhttion.  The  solid- 
ity, and  durability  of  a  building  depends  largely 
upon  tliat.  The  cpostle  says,  1  Cor.  3:  11,  "For 
oilier  foundation  can  no  man  lay  than  that  is 
laid,  whioh  is  Jesus  Christ." 

A  foundation  nec>'ssarily  implies  a  buildinf;. 
The  building  is  doubtless  the  ohuri'Jj.  The  apos- 
tle furthersays.  1  Cor.3:  9, ''Ye  are  God's  huihl- 
'«•/■"  Again,  "In  whom  ye  are  also  builders  to- 
gether for  a  habitation  of  God,  throuiih  the 
spirit."  Eph.  2:  22.  Again,  "Ye  ako  as  lively 
itones,  are  built  up  a  spiritual  house."  1  Peter 
2:5. 

1.  A  building  also  implies  builders.  The 
*"iWfrs  are.  doubtless,  ministers  of  the  Gospel. 
Theiipo3tle  calls  himself  a  "wise  mastt- r-huilder.' 
1  Cor.  3: 10.  If  Paul  was  a  Imittier,  so  were  the 
'Mt  of  the  apostles,  and  their  anocessors  in  ail 
^esof  the  church,  unto  whom  is  committed  the 
^'Til  of  reconciliation.  They,  in  a  nifa^ure, 
*tand  in  Christ's  stead.  Through  their  instru- 
">*'nfali(y  sinners  are  brought  into  the  church, 
"id  aic  nourished  with  the  bread  of  life,  (the 
^onl  of  God).    Says  Christ  to   Peter,  "Feed 


my  lambs;"  "Feed  itiy  sheep."  .lohn  21:  15.  \(i. 
Thus  Christian  character  is  formed,  till  our 
whole  nature  is  changed  into  tlie  image  of  God's 
dear  Son,  and  we  as  lively  stones  are  clr^•^Ned 
aud  polished  here,  in  the  quarry,  by  skilled 
workman,  (builders)  till  we  fit  an  appropriate 
plate  in  the  heavenly  buildinij. 

2.  A  buildinii  implies  iiuitfritil.  By  mahri- 
fil,  we  understand,  is  meant,  the  elements  that 
form  character,  if  the  material  be  good,  our 
character  willbe  good.butif  thenmterial  be  bad. 
so  will  our  character  be. 

Paul  compares  good  nmterml  to  gold,  silvpr, 
precious  stones,  wiiich  will  pass  through  tin- 
tire  uninjured— rather  purilied:  while  bad  char- 
acter, or  bad  material,  is  compared  to  wood,  hay, 
stubble;  combustible  matter,  that  is  easily  de- 
stroyed by  fire.  The  material  ibrming'good 
character,  might  be  summ(-d  up  thus:  honesty, 
truthfulness,  temperance,  chanty,  patience, 
paryer fulness,  upright  conversation,  humility, 
aud  whatever  tbiuga  are  lovely,  and  of  good  re 
port;  while  the  material  forming  bad  character, 
is  dishonesty,  falsehood,  slander,  pride,  intem- 
perance, nnthankfulnoss,  adultery,  forniiation. 
profanity,  etc. 

3.  Tried  by  fire.  The  w.nd  lire,  is  from  J'ur 
Pnron,  and  by  Greenfield.  :is  iippliLd  to  1  Uor. 
3 :  13,  la.  has  a  tropittd, and  emblematical  mean- 
ing, signifying  discord,  dissension.  This,  iu  all 
probability  is  the  meaning  of  the  apostk-;  for 
the  church  whom  he  addressed  the  language  to, 
had  gotten  into  trouble,  and  dJviainas  had  ol»- 
tained  among  them.  One  said,  "I  am  of  Paul 
another,  I  am  of  Ai»ollos;  and  another,  of  Ceph- 
as," and  so  0]i.  The  apostle  meant  to  convey 
the  idea,  t^t  the  planting  and  care  of  churches, 
was  the  minisieni  irork;  and  in  thS  icorh,  if  the 
minister  was  not  careful,  mateiiu.1  would,  or 
might  get  in,  that  would  iu  tli(>  eiid  prove  de 
structive  to  the  church,  and  end  like  the  church 
at  Corinth,  in  divisions  and  contentious.  The 
purity  of  God's  Word  will  develop,  or  throw  to 
the  surface  such  corruption  sooner,  or  later,  like 
the  corruptions  in  the  Corinthian  church;  that 
the  wood,  hay  and  stubble,  in  the  church,  may 
be  separated  from  the  good  material.  In  this 
way,  churches  have  been  tried  ever  since  the  in- 
troduction of  Christianity.  The  churches  hav- 
ing the  most  gold,  silver,  precious  stones,  hav- 
ing been  tried,  were  found  faitl.ful,  aud  remain- 
ed like  the  Philadelphia  Church;  while  those 
churches  having  mainly  wood,  hay,  stubble. 
like  the  Laodicean  church,  have  been  destroyed— 
gone  down  in  all  ages  of  the  church,  and  will 
to  the  end  of  time— were  consumed  by  the  fire 
of  God's  Word.  The  language  of  the  apostle, 
may,  however,  also  apply  to  the  final  judgninnt; 
but  we  know  that  churches  are  largely  blessed 
already  in  this  life,  or  forsaken,  as  the  material 
is  good  or  bad. 

4.  How  are  v/esaved  bi/Jire,  if  ouj-  works  are 
burned? 

This  language,  we  think  has  direct  reference 
to  tlie  ministry,  1.  f.,  //Hf7<//;ii/— building  for  the 
Loni.  It  is  possible  for  a  minister  to  be  a  good 
man- a  converted  man;  and  to  phmt  a  church, 
or  churches,  and  care  for  them,  yet  error  may 
be  introduced,  which  at  tlie  time  may  pass  un- 
perceived,  or  things  may  be  tolerated,  and  even 
encouraged,  like  the  party  spirit  in  the  Corin- 
thian Church,  that  iu  the  end  will  prove  itj*  de- 
struction. Not  that  ministers  willed  it  so 
in  the  beginning,  but  almost  imperceptibly  er- 
ror gained  ground,  till  the  whole  church  was 
leavened  by  it.  In  this  way.  a  minister  may  be 
saved,  and  his  work  be  lost,  by  the  fire  or  test 
of  God's  Woni 

We  do  not  mean  that  nil  of  such  minister's 
work*  would  be  lost.  Some  of  the  churches  he 
pbiiited  might  be  saved.  .lohn,  the  revelator. 
planted  the  Laodicean  Cliurch.  as  well  as  the 
Philadelphia  Ciiurcb,  yet  his  work  on  the  Lao- 
dicean Church  was  lost,  while  he  was  saved,  as 
well  fts  the  Philadelphia  Churcb.  In  the  Bible, 
the  word  of  G.<d  is  compared  to  lire,  aa  well  as 
to  a  hammtr  that  breaketh    tlie  rock  in  pieces. 


When  the  term./irf,  is  used,  it  has  reference  to 
the  penetrating,  aud  purifying  power  of  God's 
Word.  In  this  figurative  sense,  we  can  under- 
stand the  apostle's  languugo  to  the  church  at 
Corinth. 

A  WARNINQ. 

Sinners,  the  voiie  of  (Jud  regard ; 

His  mercy  speaks  IiMlny; 
Hecidls  yon  by  His  sov'n-JRu  Woitl, 

From  sin's  destruelivu  way. 

I.iki-  the  louRli  sea  that  cannot  rest. 

Vou  live  devoid  of  pi-ace; 
A  thou.saiid  stintfs  williia  your  bruiist. 

Deprive  j  our  houIs  of  t-nae. 

Your  way  in  dark,  and  leads  to  hell. 

Why  will  yon  pei-severe? 
Can  you  in  woo  and  darkness  dwell, 

fsh'it  up  in  black  despalrV 

Why  will  you  in  the  untoked  ways 

Of  sin  ami  folly  go? 
In  paiu  yuu  travel  all  your  days, 

Toreapotcriml  w.ie. 

Hellcct,  thou  hiist  a  soul  to  save. 

Thy  aius,  how  \\\^\i  they  mount; 
What  are  t!iy  liopes  beyond  the  grave? 

How  stands  that  dark  account  V 

Death  enters  aud  there'tt  no  defense ; 

His  time  there's  none  can  tell. 
He'll  in  a  moment  call  tlico  hence. 

To  heaven  or  to  hell. 

Thy  ilesh.  peilmjis  Lhy  chii-fest  cme. 

Shall  crawling  worms  consume; 
Hut  ah  1  destruction  stops  not  there. 

Sin  kills  beyond  the  tomb. 

To-day  the  Gospel  call,  to-day, 

Sinner,  it  speaks  to  yuu. 
Let  every  one  forsake  his  way, 

And  mercy  will  ensye, 

'i^h-rti-dl.yCMl.  Hyl/.  X 

TWO  BAPTIST  PREACHERS 

SILENCED 


,  BY   I.  .1.  HOSENIIKHOKK. 

WHILK  in  the  passenger  room,  waiting  for 
the  train  at  Toledo,  Ohio,  we  fell  into 
conversation  with  a  Uaptist  minister,  who  was 
not  long  in  holding  asserting  that  he  preached 
purely  the  doctrine  of  Christ  and  his  apostles, 
to  which  we  immediately  replied,  that  we  were 
under  the  impression,  that  he  preached  neither 
referring  him  tothe  clearand  undeniable  script- 
ural texts  on  "anointing;"  "the  kiss  of  charity 
•'laying  on  of  hands  etc."  At  that  moment 
came  up  his  brother  minister.  Mr.  Eddy,  whom 
I  received,  having  met  him  before.  He  then  re- 
marked, 'here  is  a  man  that  believes  in  trine 
immei-sion  alone  as  baptism."  I  replied  that  he 
was  correct. 

I  then  inquired,  do  you  as  ministers  of  the 
Gojpel  deny  that  the  language  of  the  commiss- 
ion, "baptizing  them  in  the  name  of  the  Fath- 
er, and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost,"  re- 
quires three  actions? 

Said  they,  "We  do." 

By  them  stood  a  bright  boy  of  about  ten 
summers.  I  inquired,  "is  that  your  boy?"  "It 
is,"  said  one  of  the  ministers.  Said  I,  "sonny 
please  step  this  way;  we  want  you  to  settle  this 
question."  The'  bright  boy  stepped  up  with 
alacrity.  I  then  remarked;  "sonny  suppose  your 
pa.  having  been  up  street,  and  made  a  purchase 
of  goods,  and  on  his  return  you  would  inquire 
and  say;  "Papa  where  did  you  purchase  those 
goods'  ?  To  which  he  would  repl\,  'I  purchased 
them  of  Brown,  and  of  Kay.  and  of  .Jones,'  how 
many  purchases  would  your  papa  have  made? 
"Three"  said  the  boy.  "Very  well  sonny;  now 
our  Savior  says  that  we  should  be  baptized  "in 
the  nam-?  ot  the  FalhiT,  ar:d  ol  the  Son,  and  of 
the  Holy  Ghost.'  How  many  actions  in  that 
baptism?"    "Three."  said  the  boy. 

Pntting  the  boy  on  the  shoulder,  I  remarked: 
'sonny  you  are  all  right  on  trine  immersion, — 
stick  to  it."  I,  turning  to  tlie  minister  remark- 
ed, "you  gather  all  the  boys  and  girU  eight  and 
ten  years  old  iu  Toledo,  and  I  will  guarantte 
that  every  one  is  a  trine  immersicnist;  but  let 


them  hear  you  men  pro:»ch  until  they  get 
twenty  years  old,  and  then  they  with  you,  can- 
not see  how  that  huiguiige  reiiuires  three  ac- 
tion!!." 

(!iU»m.  Ohio. 


CHARACTER. 
BY  K.  STl'VKR. 

ClUARACTKlt  may  he  defined  as  the  resultant 
;  arising  from  the  fusion  of  tlie  various 
trains  ot  thought  and  habit-s,  which,  through  a 
longer  or  .shorter  time,  have  been  followed. 

Character,  made  up  as  it  thus  is  of  various 
and  frequently  hetreogHnt'ous  traits  is  ofditTer- 
eiitkinds,  aud  betwe.n  the  upright  and  unW© 
cluiracter  which  elicits  our  udiuiration  and  calls 
H-th  our  vesp'Tt.  by  the  elfulgence  bf  its  ema- 
iiutious.  purity  of  purpox.'s  and  tlu-  salutary  ef- 
:t.s  which  it  ex-rts  upon  all  who  come  with- 
in the  range  of  its  inliuences,  and  the  sunken 
and  depaved  character  which  presents  so  mmiy 
'lenu'iits  of  hideousness,  and  so  infects  the  siir- 
■oun.ling  atmosphere  with  the  g^rms  of  moral 
death  and  dcgradatiou  that  f  ho^e  brought  with- 
in the  baneful  range  of  its  jwwer,  must  pos<e»8 
the  most  undaunted  ibrtitu^f,  l.'.sb  tliey  likewise 
partake  of  and  ivssimibite  a  portion  of  the  nox- 
ious elements  with  which  tlu'y  nr«  brought  in 
contact.  Tlit-re  are  many  pha-^eH,  or  in  other 
words,  characters  iu  which  conim.Mid.iblo  and 
non-commendable  traits  niiii^lo  and  cuniingle 
in  varying  proporLionir  and  ctuislitute  the  basis 
(or  the  ritiiost  infinite  variety  of  actions  aud 
purposes  which  are  constantly  impelling  man- 
kind. 

When  we  thpa  view  character,  and  consider 
the  almost  Infinite  uifiiiPnce  it  exerts  on  maii- 
kiml,  for  weal  and  woe,  both  in  time  and  the 
vast  eternity  beyond,  we  should  consider  the 
possession  of  a  true,  moral,  Chiistiaii  character, 
the  most  priceless  boon  that  we  could  poss-ibly 
obtain.  Yet  alas!  how  ofien  is  this  great  bless- 
ing regarded  with  levity  and  thrown  aaide  with 
inditferenco,  nay,  even  scorn.  But  while  we 
may  desire  to  possess  a  boon  so  commendable, 
the  question  may  arise,  Iiow  are  we  to  obtain  it? 
Can  it  b('  bought  with  money  or  position  in  life? 
No;  none  of  those  things  can  procure  it  for  us, 
and  it  cau  only  be  obtained  by  long  continued 
efiort  and  mentaldiscipline;  it  isouly  beginning 
early  iu  life,  and  persistently  and  miremittingly 
adhering  to  true  and  noble  purposes,  Ibriuing 
good  habits  and  clinging  to  them,  that  auy  ex- 
'llence  in  this  direction  can  be  attained. 
In  view  of  these  facts,  (as  facts  I  verily  be- 
lieve they  arej.  I  would  say  to  all,  and  espec- 
ially those  entering  upon  life's  journey,  giimd 
your  thoughts  aud  actions  with  a  religious  zeal, 
so  that  nothing  impure  and  base  may  form  u 
constituent  of  your  intellectual  and  spiritual 
being,  remembering  that  every  thought,  deed 
and  action,  no  matter  how  insignificant,  has  a 
bearing  on  your  present  and  eternal  destiny. 

CHOOSING  HUSBANDS  AND 
WIVES. 

OF  one  thiug  girN  luui  be  sure,  and  thnt  is, 
that  the  young  men  who  make  tlie  best 
sons  and  brothers  will  also  make  the  best  hus- 
bands. And  yuuug  men  may  be  eoually  sure 
that  those  girls  who  are  the  beat  daughters  and 
sisters  will  also  as  a  rule,  be  the  best  wit es.  If 
a  young  man  before  he  is  married,  is  destitute 
of  those  aifections  aud  principles  which  come 
out  in  filial  obedience,  fraternal  courtesy,  and  a 
controlling  sense  of  duty,  he  will  be  equally 
destitute  of  them  after  he  is  married.  The 
mere  iact  of  wedlock  will  not  change  the  fun- 
damental principles  of  his  nature.  He  will  be 
e.ssentially  the  same  human  being  after  mar- 
riage—or,  at  least  after  the  honey-moon— that 
ho  was  before.  The  same  principles  hold  tnie 
with  regard  to  women.  The  girl  who  is  duti- 
ful to  her  parents  and  industrious,  unselfish  and 
truthful,  will  be  almost  certain  to  be  a  blessing 
to  him  wlyf  gets  her  for  a  wite. 


U'HK    WUKTHUKN    AT    WOKK. 


Alaivh    -Jo 


THE  ROARING  LION. 

BY   11.  A.  1,1.  HTY. 

ELDER  Stc|ilu'lisull  (S.)ul  SleepiT) 
from  C'liii'ftLio.  is  now  holding  fl  w 
riw  of  mi-(lii(ipi  on  I'ony  Cnik,  lirown 
couuty,  Kaiisns,  under  prctfuse  of  re 
viewing  the  ground,  covered  by  l)rotli- 
er  C.  Forney,  a  few  weeks  since,  on  the 
dootrine  of  ininiersion,  llie  Lord's  f-up- 
per  and  feet-wnahing.  It  is  a  wcdl  an 
thentieated  faet  that  llie  residt  ol  hrotii- 
er  Koniey's  elVorts  was  not  a  mere  tacit 
acquiescence  on  the  part  of  the  audience; 
•  but  testimonies  more  taUKible  and  pow- 
erful have  BjHiken  in  belialf  of  tlie  word 
oftrutli.  Tlic  immediate  consc'cpu'nce 
was,  tliat  at  least  four  intelligent  young 
men  and  women  have  l.id.llj  and  fear- 
lessly inaile  the  iioljle  confession,  and 
were  forthwith  "ba]jtized  into  the  name 
of  the  Father,  anil  of  thc^  Son,  and  of  tli(- 
Holy  Ghost."  This  was  actually  "beanl- 
ingthe  licm  in  liisden"  at  a  jdace  wher 
both  Soul  .Sleeper  and  Infidel  elementn 
largely  abound,  and  both  these  have  re- 
cently assumed  the  more  violent  and  fe 
roeious  part  of  the  lion — henc^e  this  fear- 
ful roaring.  There  is  eviiblilly  a  cmita 
for  this,  and  what  is  it!  manifestly  be- 
cau.-e  the  lirethri-ri  still  coiili-nd  for  the 
failh  "oni-e  delivi-red  unt/i  the  saints," 
an.l  arc  willing  to  perpelimte  (by  pre 
cept  and  example)  the  immutable  com- 
mandments of  our.Loi-d  anil  .Savior  Je- 
sus Christ.  This  is  what  hurts.  Tliis 
is  the  everlasting  eyesore. 

Does  it  hurt  you,  Mr.  S.,  to  see  us 
walk  in  the  simidicitv  of  the  Gosjiel? 
You  cannot  well  get  al'ouiid  the  slinip 
points  yourself,  with  your  well-studied 
logic  and  barefaced  sophistry,  neither 
will  your  venomous  slangs,  vitupera- 
tions and  innuendos  redeem  you  nor  the 
ca'UJ^e  you  have  espoused. 

We  will  now  proceed  to  notice  a  few 
of  his  wild  assertions  on  trine  iniiuerson. 
Ileipiolesalittlefioin  Polycnri>,t'lenient, 
Neiinder,  Ol'igen  and  Tertullian—lays 
them  on  the  altar,  passes  judgment  and 
condemns  them  in  omnibus  and  brands 
them  as  heretical.  The  time  was  when 
our  opponents  were  willing  to  test  the 
issue  entirely  on  the  wi-i tings  of  the  early 
Christian  fathers,  but  lately  they  discov- 
ei'  I  hat  it  proves  too  much  foi-  them, 
therefore,  now  it  is  heresy.  Mr.  S.,  makes 
them  as  bad  as  the  Apocryplia,  and  sums 
it  up  in  these  words,  "  I  never  read  a 
more  silly  book  in  my  life  than  the 
Apocr\'[)ha,  and  tlear  knows,  1  have  read 
some  pretty  bad  ones." 

The  only  point  he  tried  to  make  w-as 
from  Terlullian;  udiich  reads  something 
like  the  following;  "We  ask  the  candi- 
<late  in  the  church,  whether  he  will  re- 
nounce the  devil  and  his  pomps  (Mr.  S., 
savs  be  ought  to  say  his  pimp)  and  his 
angels.  Then  we  go  into  the  water  and 
arc  three  time^  immcrseil,  answering 
somewhat  more  than  the  Lord  command- 
ed," andthis  ''somewhat  more,"  he  plac- 
ed under  the  most  powerful  magnifying 
gla.ss,  his  indefatigable  nature  was  sus- 
ceptible of,  then  dared  to  assert  that 
TertuUiaif  referred  to  tw-o  of  these  diji' 
y>/«y.v  when  lie  said,  "somewhat  more." 
But  it  was  doomed  to  hang  on  the  el- 
der's bare  testimony.  It  is  much  more 
reasonable  to  suiijiose  he  had  reference 
to  theijuestions  asked  the  aiiplicaut  while 
yet  in  the  meeting- house,or  in  thacrclesia, 
chnrcii,  as  to  the  nnmuciatiouti,  and  not 
to  the  mode  of  baptism.  It  is  simply 
pieposterous  to  dM'arf  that  language  to 
mean  the  mode  of  bapti.sm. 

Would  Mr.  S.  dare  to  say  that  the 
applicant  was  asked  by  the  administra- 
tor fas  is  customary  among  some  sects) 
whe'.her  he  would  be   immersed    back- 


ward or  forward  ?  whether  once,  twic. 
oi-  thriee!  If  so,  then  he  might  say  willi 
the  greati-st  propriety,  they  are  requir- 
ed to  answer  "more  than  the  Lord  com- 
manded." 

Any  candid  scholar  will  concede  that 
he  referred  to  the  questions  enumerated 
in  the  text,  to-wit:  Will  you  renounce 
the  devil,  A-c. !  This  then  is  what  was 
more  than  the  Lord  commanded.  It 
must  therefore  be  very  ba<l  to  renounct^ 
the  devil.  It  certainly  is  biul  for  the 
devil;  but  not  (or  the  individual.  "U'  - 
sist  the  df  vil  and  he  will  flee  from  you." 
The  conclusion  of  the  whole  matter 
hinges  on  this  point:  If  Tertnllian  prove-, 
anything,  be  proves  trine  immersion  and 
nothing  more,  and  there  is  no  dodging 
the  issue.  And  as  he  made  no  attemiit, 
in  his  lengthy  discussion,  to  disprove 
trine  immersion,  either  by  the  ivritings 
of  the  early  C'hiistian  fathers,  nor  by  the 
writings  and  teaching  of  Christ  and  thi- 
a|)o8tle«,  we  dismiss  this  subject  by 
noticing  a  few  of  his  (juotations  and  re- 
marks. To-wit:  ".Instill  Martyr  ."ays 
nothing  of  trine  immersion.  Clement 
makes  no  mention  in  all  his  writings 
about  baptism,  much  less  trine  immer- 
sion. 

Origen  spoke  of  infant  baptism  wdiich 
is  idder  than  trine  immersion.  Teitul 
ban  is  the  first  whoever  introduced  trine 
immersion.  Then  he  comes  down  with 
the  following  clinches:  "  I  hope  that  ig- 
norance will  screen  the  majority  of  the 
ijmit  Duiikard  cdiurch,  who  number 
their  membership  by  the  hunilred  thou- 
sand, who  hold  to  the  blasphemous  doc- 
trine of  trine  immersion,  because  they 
do  it  through  ignorance." 

Not  much  ignorance  Mr.  S.  We  ask 
no  favors,  sympathies  or  intercessions 
from  you.  We  know  what  we  are  do- 
ing, therefore  we  do  it  boldly  and  fear- 
lessly, in  the  face  of  all  the  mockery  and 
base  vitii]ierations  you  may  bring  to 
bear  against  the  ordinance.  We  mean, 
furthermore,  to  perjietuate  it  as  long  as 
the  world  stands,  unless  we  also  aposta- 
tize. I  have  but  few  comments  to  olfer 
on  his  proofs.  If  Justin  Martyr  and 
(Menient  are  silent  on  trine  immersion, 
please  tell  me  how  loudly  they  speak  of 
.Soul  Sleeperism.  You  said  when  you. 
.sleej),  your  soul  sleeps,  therefore  you  are 
a  Soul  .Sleeper.  Do  Justin  Martyr  or 
Cb;inent  say  the  soul  sleeps  if  If  not,  then 
your  doctrine  is  erroneous  according  to 
ytnir  conclusions.  Probably  .Soul  Sleep- 
erism was  not  '^t'liiK'tetV^  (TertuUian)  as 
early  afi  that. 

On  the  subject  of  the  passover,  he 
again  e.vhausts  all  his  resources,  and  la- 
bors with  commendable  assiduity  to 
j)rove  that  Christ  did  eat  the  pas.sover 
\vitli  his  disciples  in  that  upper  chamber 
in  Jerusalem.  Here  he  made  one  good 
point,  and  that  without  sophistry,  any 
misconstruction  of  language,  and  well 
may  he  do  so,  when  Xemoni'  Contradk- 
cult'  and  the  Bible  on  his  side  in  the 
bargain.  But  here  comes  the  trouble. 
Somebody  must  be  abused  anyway,  and 
brother  Forney,  Moore,  Miller,  or  Stein 
must  be  assailed.  Now  he  makes  ttie 
unqualified  affirmation  that  "  the  Dunk- 
ard  church  denies  that  Christ  did  eat 
the  jiassover  with  his  disciples."  It  was 
disgusting  and  at  times  ridiculous  to  see 
him  fighting  an  imaginary  foe  under  a 
strange  delusiou.  I  imagined  I  could 
see  his  enemy  whom  he  ^v-is  hired  to  van. 
quish  (Balaam)  away  up  ou  yon  moun- 
lain's  heights,  out  of  all  harm's  reach, 
from  whence  they  could  behold,  with 
unbeclouded  ey(^s,his  maneuveringdown 
in  the  joggy  valley,  banging  away  at  the 
bush,  behind  which  he  supposed  he  had 
pl.'lccd  the  Dunkard    cL-urch,    until  the 


last  twig  was  cut  down,  and  wh^-n  he 
ap,,roache<l  the  spot,  to  bag  his  ganie, 
behold  it  wasn't  there.  Just  at  this  crit 
i,-al  moment  his  monitor  informed  hiio 
that  "they  don't  deny  the  p.-Lssover,  but 
dtny  it  being  on  lawful  time."  This  eo 
disconcerted  the  speaker  tliat  he  s.ion 
closed  the  meeting,  and  that  rather  ab- 
ruptly, stating  that  he  was  getting  cold 

•kc. 

On  the  following  night  he  finished  up 
the  passover  by  reading  various  te,stirao- 
nies  in  reference  to  the  iinparation  day. 
By  this  inani|iiilation  he  tried  to  prove 
that  Christ  and  his  disciples  celebrated 
the  Jewish  passover  according  to  -the 
law  of  M.ises,  at  least  as  fa».aH  tuM  was 
concerned:  but  as  the  weekly  Sabbath, 
immediately  followed  the  I4th  or  prep- 
aration day,  therefore  he  insisted  that 
the  preparation  had  direct  reference  to 
the  weekly  Salibath  ;  without  the  most 
remote  allusion  to  the  ]«.schal  feast-  But 
he  made  a  comi>lete  failure,  as  well  in 
this,  as  in  all  former  attempts,  to  prove 
his  assertion,  and  concluded  by  hanging 
it  upon  his  own  bare  testimony. 
FKi:'r-w-\suiNi:. 

The  first  point  he  aimed  to  make  on 
this  subject,  was  to  rule  it  (uncondition- 
ally) out  of  "that  upper  chamber  in  Je- 
rusalem, and  drag  it  down  to  Bethany, 
to  the  house  of  Simon  the  leper— just 
two  days  before  the  Lord's  Supper- 
Anybody  (not  half  so  talented  .as  is  Mr. 
S.,)  can  prove  that  a  supper  was  served 
at  the  house  of  Simon  in  Bethany;  but 
it  requires  the  most  indefatigable  ener- 
gies of  a  more  talented  logician  than  Mr' 
Stephenson  to  demonstrate  the  fact  that 
Christ  washed  any  one's  feet  on  this  oc 
casion.  But  it  is  quite  clear,  by  the 
concurrent  testimonies  of  Matt.  -Id:  Mark 
14;  Luke  i2:  and  John  1'2;  that  there 
was  such  a  supper  served  at  Simon's 
house.  Was  this  the  Lm-iVs  Supper! 
Did  Christ  serve  this  supper!  I  say  no. 
This  was  Simon's  supper,  and  Martha 
sei-ved— and  Lazarus  also  was  a  guest, 
and  Mary  was  there ;  she  came  very  near- 
ly doing  «  hat  you  tried  to  prove  that 
Christ  did.  Slie  "anointed  his  feet  with 
ointment  and  wiped  them  with  her  hair." 
This  is  the  nearest  allusion  any  of  the 
authorities  make  of  feet- washing  on  this 
occasion.  Here  then  is  the  conclusion 
of  the  whole  matt  er.  This  supper  took 
place  two  days  before  the  Lord's  Supper, 
and  not  on  the  preparation  day — in  Beth- 
any, not  in  Jerusalem;  in  the  bouse  of 
Simon  the  leper,  and  not  in  the  upper 
chamber.  At  this  supper  Martha  serv- 
eil,  and  not  Christ-  Lazarus  and  Mary 
also  were  present.  Now,  if  Christ  did 
wash  the  disciples'  feet  at  Simon's  sup- 
per, then  he  was  more  than  a  guest,  and 
the  questions  of  propriety  and  decorum 
would  be  involved,  and  it  is  left  for  Mr. 
S.,  to  say  when  and  where  he  was  to 
stop:  Can  you  prove  that  Simon  the 
host,  and  Mary,  Martha  and  Lazarus, 
were  not  disciples!  We  pass  on  with 
the  narration,  and  would  call  your  at- 
tention to  the  fact  that  JiuLts  did  not  be- 
tr.ay  his  Master  on  this  occasion ;  but  that 
b(!  simply  negotiated  with  the  chief 
priests  to  betr.iy  him-     "And  from  that 

ti ,  he  sought  opportunity  to   betray 

him."  Matt.  2G:  Ifi.  Read  the  follow- 
ing verse,  which  shows  plainly  that  the 
betrayal  was  yet  in  the  future.  Now- 
read  to  the  4Cth verse,  and  tell mewhetli- 
er  ibecontractw-as  executed?  Then  read 
to  the  4'Jib  verv-,  ami  can  yon  conscien- 
tiously declare  that  Judas  betrayed  his 
M.aster  at  Simon's  supper,  over  in  Beth 
ail}',  two  days  before  the  passover?  I 
trow  not. 

Now  this  proves,  again,  too  niueh  for 
your  cause;  for  it  proves  positively  that 


(irt^rthe  p:i^hal8iipper(wbieli  you  on. 
ceded  was  in  Jeru-.dem)  an-!  not  before 
did  the  betrayal  t-nke  plae,..  !„  Getl,,^' 
mane's  garden,  and  nowhere  in  or  al^,,,, 
Bethany. 

It  also  proves  that  Judas  not  only  Jjg. 
trayed  his  M.isler,  but  that  he  did  not 
betray  him  at  Simon's  supper,  but  after 
the  Lord's  Suiqier,  and  that  be  (f.dlowg 
the  narrative  closely),  betrayed  him  on 
the  selfsame  night  in  which  Christ  serv. 
ed  the  paschal  supper  «itli  the  tweK> 
only,  at  least  two  days  later  than  ii,,!  ' 
time  wht-u  he  approached  the  chief 
priests — with  "how  much  will  ye  gi^^ 
me"  and  about  fifteen  furlongs  from  the 
place  where  he  gave  the  signal  kiss,  and 
that  Christ  wa-shed  the  disciples'  feet  on 
the  same  night  of  his  betrayal.  These 
facts  are  plain  to  the  sincere  Bible  .stu. 
dent — the  assertion  of  Mr.  Stephensnn 
that  "feet- washing  isanti-bible" — to  tli, 
contrary  notwitllstanding.  Christ  say.s 
If  I,  your  Lord  and  Master,  have  wash, 
ed  your  feet,  ye  also  ought  to  wash  one 
another's  feet."  This  language  is  plain 
enough  for  the  Brethren,  and  had  he 
proven  that  he  employed  this  language 
in  .Simon's  house — it  w-ould  in  no  wise 
invalidate  the  divine  injunction.  But 
Mr.  S.,  (with  others)  think  if  they  can 
crowd  feet-washingout  of  Jenis.alem,and 
]dace  it  in  the  house  of  Simon  the  leper 
therefore  it  is  no  church  ordinance.  His 
onclusion  is  soinsipid  and  wishy»washy 
that  we  are  constrained  to  abandon  it 
without  further  comment.  But  the  Elder 
says  that  Christ  did  not  mean  that  any 
one  else  shtmld  observe  this  injunction, 
ave  the  apostles.  He  a-sks  for  testimo- 
ny as  to  whether  the  apostles  ever  taught 
"feet-'A'ashing?"  I  will  here  ask  him 
whether  ho  can  prove  that  they  ever 
washed  each  other's  feet  ?  Then  he  says 
this  \v;ls  enjoined  on  the  apostles  on  ac- 
count of  their  aspirations,  (because  they 
asked  him,  "who  should  lie  greatest?") 
to  teach  them  humility.  Well,  this  is 
good  logic,  and  what  was  good  for  them, 
may  not  come  amiss  to  us.  I  will  ask 
the  Klder  as  to  his  aspirations.  Dues  it 
ever  occur  to  you,  in  your  cogitations, 
and  meditations,  that,  way  over  there, 
in  the  everlasting  millennium,  you  shall 
be  rewarded  with  scepter  and  diadem  to 
reign  as  king  or  jiriest?  Then  take  a 
practical  and  apostolic  lesson  ou  humil- 
ity; then  reasoning  from  that  hypothe- 
sis, those  who  have  no  .aspirations  higher 
thau  that  of  door-keeper  in  the  house  of 
the  Lord,  can  dispense  with  it  as  inap- 
projjriate. 

I  think,  in  the  epistidary  writings 
you  will  find  one  of  the  apostles  making 
reference  to  feet-washing.  But  Mr.  S. 
makes  that  of  no  consequence,  because 
"it  was  an  old  widow  si.vty  years  old," 
aud  quotes  from  John  13,  "He  that  is 
w..ished,  ueedeth  not  save  to  wash  his 
feet,  but  is  clean  every  whit,"  Stephen- 
son version  is  as  follows;  "He  that  is 
w.'ished,  needeth  not  save  to  wash  his 
feet  only,  tie  rest  is  clean."  Now 'whom 
shall  we  believe?  It  is  quite  sickening 
to  follow  his  dissertation  on  the  spirit 
and  intent  of  this  feet- washing;  but  as 
I  have  gone  far  beyond  my  limit,  I  will 
close  with  the  following,  as  another  spec- 
imen of  hissweeping  assertions:  he  says, 
"you  haven't  got  a  mau  in  the  L'lUteu 
States,  who  believes  that  Christ  meant 
for  the  apostles  to  teach  feet-washing, 
therefore  they  never  taught  it."  -1" 
furthersays,  the  great  commission  should 
rrad  as  follows:  "Teach  them  to  observe 
all  things  whatsoever  I  have  command 
ed  von — to  teach." 


Prayer  is  the  key  of  the  morning  i' 
the  bv)it  at  night. 


nil 


jXaroh    '-Jo 


■rHI>;    l?Hl--TlTI<K>s-    .-VT    Avoiac. 


COME  HOME.  POOR  SINNEK. 

IIV  J.  W.  SOUTH^VOOD. 

/  ll>ME.  for  the  gate  is  now  opeu. 
I  I     That  beimtiful  gate  tiiat  is  straight, 
file  way  is  iiarroiv,  but  sure. — 
Come,  wh)'  do  you  tai-ry  and  wait? 

Coioe,  for  the  Savior  is  calling, 
He's  calling  you  home  to  the  sky; 

He'll  give  you  a  home  with  the  blest. 
Then  why  will  you  tarry  and  die? 

Come,  for  the  Savior  is  pleading. 

He's  jjleading  for  you  up  on  high; 
Cuine,  lor  all  things  are  now  ready. 

Oh!  why  will  you  tarry  and  die? 

Come,  for  thy  daylight  is  fading. 
Soon  darkness  will  cover  thy  sky, 

.Ind  shut  out  thy  chances  for  glory, — 
Oh,  why  do  you  tarry  and  die? 

Come  and  receive  the  salvation. 
That  Christ  to  His  people  will  give; 

CoQJe  and  partake  of  it  freely. 
And  you  shall  eternally  live. 

Come  and  accept  of  the  Savior, 
The  Savior  who  reigns  upon  high; 

Ciniie,  and  He'll  give  yon  a  mansion, 
Then  why  do  you  tarry  audMie? 

Come,  while  the  Spirit  is  striving. 

And  with  its  kind  wooing  comply; 
For  it  will  not  always  thus  strive, — 

Oh?  do  not  then  tarry  and  die! 
Cuuie,  while  rich  mercy  is  oti'ered, 

And  onto  tlie  Savior  draw  nigh; 
Come  and  accept  of  His  Gospel, 

.\ud  do  not  thus  tarry  and  die. 
i'litue,  and  obey  its  injunctions, 

.Wid  with  its  kind  teachings  comply; 
'!  lii'U  you  shall  in  heaven  be  blest, 

And  dwell  with  your  Savior  oq  high. 


I  AIl-v 
I  Kuliii 
I  Cariu 


WHERE  OUR  MINISTERS  ARE. 

HY  ryitl's  BUrHEK. 

AFTER  .a  good  deal  of  work,  I  have 
succeeded  iu  gettiutr  out  a  list 
from  the  Brethren's  almauac,  of  the 
places  where  our  ministers  work,  and  I 
was  surprised,  and  no  douljt  manj  of 
my  brethren  will  be,  of  the  amount  of 
work  on  our  hands.  The  large  fields 
are  to  be  cultivated.  Some  are  ripe  for 
the  sickle — ready  for  the  harvest.  In 
the  si.\-  New  England  States  oiu-  faith 
and  practice  was  pre.iched  but  once  by 
two  of  our  Brethren  who  preached  in 
the  St;ite  of  Miiine,  which,  however,  did 
not  yield  the  fruit.i  desired. 

In  the  Slate  of  New  York,  we  have 
no  minister.  None  in  Delaware,  South 
Carolina,  Florida,  Alabama,  Mississippi 
nor  Louisiana.  The  AVesteru  States  are 
all  represented  (-.\cept  Arkansas  and 
Nevada.  Thus  we  have  I.t  States  out  of 
the  thirty-eight  of  the  Union  where  the 
Brethren  do  not  preacli. 

Beginning  with  our  nativeState,  where 
tlie  doctrine  of  the  Brethren  wa.s  first 
held  forth  on  this  continent,  at  German- 
town,  near  the  city  of  Philadelphia, 
more  than  a  century  ago,  we  have  (JS 
counties,  of  which  33  are  represented, 
viz: 

-}'l»ms-   l.i  Indiana 9 

Armstrong 5  Jefferson 1 

""'lord Ih  Juniatta 8 

"Its 7  Lancaster ii 

"}'" 13  Lel)anoa 9 

owilford t  Lehijfh 2 


"West  Virginia,  2h  counties  are  repre- 
sented. 

Barbour 13  Monroe 4 

Bra.\tou 1  Marion 2 

Berkley 1  Mineral 7 

"dmer  1  freston 13 

Grant 7  Focohoulas 6 

Hardy 4  Pendleton 5 

rayette (i  Randolph 1 

Hampshire 1  Ritchie I 

Harrison 1  Raleigh 1 

{■'"■IS i  Taylor 3 

Marshall 2  Upsbar -1 

Monongalia  1  Wirt 1 

Mercer 1  

Total !IU 

In  this  State  we  have  II  counties  with 
but  one  minister  iu  each.  Virginia  with 
'M  counties,  has  IB  represented,  viz; 

Alleghany 2  Lee 1 

■^"S'lsta 19  Montgomery  ......  i 

Uedlo.d  1  Orange }. .   1 

Berkley    1  Page ;..   b 

Botetourte .5  Roanoke 9 

Floyd 13  Rockingham 33 

Franklin  15  Shenandoah 13 

Frederick 2  

Lancaster 1       Total..'. 125 

North  Carolina  has  4  in  Ashe  county; 
Georgia,  1  in  Morgan  county,  and  Te.vus 
one  in  KauH'iuam  county.  This  gives 
the  Southern  States  277  ministers. 

Beginning  with  the  Western  States, 
we  have  Ohio  with  88  counties,  40  of 
wliich  are  represented. 

Adams  ft  Lucas  I 

Allen   2  Miiboniltg ....   1 

Ashland 14  Medina    

Athens 1  Miami   

Clark    r,  Moiilgomery 

Clermont 3  Miisluiighani 

Columbiaua 4  Paulding  ... 

Cra wturd  2  Perry 

Darke 11  Portage 

Oetiance    9  Pixible 

Fairfield    3  Putnam    

l''ulton 4  Richland   6 

Greene 4  Ross    1 

Hamilton 2  Sandusky 1 


.  10  Union  . 

-19  Westmoreland 

.  2  York 


,Cj'"l>ria 14  Mitutu „ 

^"s-s'er 4  Montgomery 19 

'i'^"oa 1  Perry 5 

'^'■™!0Tii I  Philadelphia 2 

Umberlaad 15  Schuylkill 2 

™"l>liin 5  Somei-set 39 

f^ayette 

f'ranklin 

Pultou 

Greene ^  

Rantingdon 1.',      Total 801! 

The  largest  number  of  ministers  in  any 
one  county  in  the  United  State.s,  is  in 
Somei-set.  The  State  of  New  Jersy  has 
3  ministers  in  the  county  of  Hunterdon, 
f  he  remaining  10  counties,  not  repre- 
sented. This  givej)  us  3O0  ministers  for 
'ke  Middle  States. 

Next  comes  .Maryland,  with  2,'i  coun- 
"««;  7  being  represented,  viz: 


Garrett s 


4  Frviii-ri 
1  T«li...t ,  . . . 
8  W  oshlugu 


3 


Total  . 


IliUicnck- 
Henry.. 


1   Setiei: 

7  Shirk   . . , 
1  Summit 

8  Tnirabutl 


.13 


Hni  kinnf    1  Tuscnrawas 4 


Holim-s 


...13 


Ku'ix  . . 
Licking 
Lo^an  ■  ■ 


"2,   Waviio  . . 

1  ^Villiams 
4  Wood     i 

2  WyiuidoUe  1 

3  

Total: 227 

This  gives  Ohio  227  minister?  with' 15 
counties  represtiuted  by  only  one. 

Indiana  has  ')2  counties,  38  repr«Hent 
ed. 

Allen 2  Laporte 2 

Blackford y  Miidison.. 

Carroll 17  Marshall 12 

Cass 3  Miami 11 

Clay 3  Mohtgompiy 5 


Cliuloii    4  Noble 

Deal  born 1  Owpji 

D.-Kalb /..    2  Pulaski. 

Delaware 9  Putnam .  - 

Elkhart 23  Uantloliih 

Franidin 2  St.  Joseph 1-1 

Fulton 1  Tipppc;iii 

Grant 3  Union 

Hamilton 4  VViibioli 

Henry - ,5  Waynr. 

Howard IX  Wells  . 

Huutinston 1;")  White 

Kosciusko Ill  Whitly 

LaUrange 3 

Total 248 

Indiana  has   only  two  counties  repre- 
sented by  one  minister. 

Illinois  has  101  counties,  with  34  rep 
resented,  viz: 

Adiims 2  McDonough 5 

Bond 4  McLttan 4 

Carroll 23  Macon I 

Cliampaign 4  Moultree 1 

Christian 2  Ogle 12 

Clark 1  Piatt Ifi 

Crawford I   Pike 1 

Cumberland 1  llichland 

DuPag" 3  Sangamon G 

Edwards 1  Schuyler 1 

Fulton 7  Stepteuson fl 

.Id  Daviess 1  Tazewell 1 

LaSalle 1  Wayne 1 

Lee 5  Whiteside 4 

Livinpstnn 1   Will  2 

Macoupin 8  Woodf<»i-d G 

Marion 4  

Moriran 1     Total 142 

This  givt^s  Illinois  142,  with  14  coun- 
ties repi'fsentfd  by  only  one  miiiiMter. 

Next  comes  MichijL^an,  with  77  uoun. 
ties,  9  of  which  are  represented,  viz  : 
Barrj',  .  .  .  1  Montcalm,  .  ,  1 
Berrien,  .  .  3  St.  J(i.'<epli,  .  ,  2 
Eaton,  .  .  .  ^'  ^'tn  Hnri-ji.  .  .  5 
lona,  ...  1  Winona,  .  ,  3 
Kent,         ...    2  — 

Total,         .         .      21 


Thisgives  the  State  »F  Michigan  21, 
Willi  three  countit*  ivprc-^eutcd  by  only 
one  minister. 

Wisconsin  has  8  ministei-s— Richland, 
4;  Dunn,  3;  Pierce,  1. 

Atiunt-yuin  ha^  5  nuuisters — Filmore, 
Uice,  1;  Winona,!;  Berrien,  1. 

Iowa  baa  HU  countie-s,  with  41)  repre- 
sented, viz: 


Adams, 

Appanoose, 

Benton, 

Blackhawk, 

Butler, 

Cedar,    . 

Clinton. 

Cli.Tokee, 

lUiiLs, 

lJe<:alur. 

Fivnmut, 

Cuthrie, 

Flt.vtl, 

Ibmliu, 

liurri^on, 

Howard, 

•htckison, 

Ji'iferson, 

.Johnson, 

Keokuk, 

Linn, 


2  Louisa,        ,      .         2 
■    S  Luca»,        .        .         I 

3  Madison,        .        .     ) 
.  17  Mahaska,  .         .  2 

r>  Marion,  .  i 

,       4  Miirslmll,     .         .      lo 

3  Mouvop,  .     3 

1  Montgomery,  4 

3  Folk.         .      .         .7 

.      4  Poweshiek,         .  0 

1   lUy\        ...      I 

.       5  Shelby,    .  •  I 

3  Story.  .         .      3 

1  Tama.         .         .  1 

1  Union,  .         .       1 

.     2  Van  Buren,        .        i 

1  Wbi)l-1Io.         .        .     1 

.      5   Washington,      .         2 

1  Wayne,        .         .     i 

S  

(J     Total,  .    133 

This  gives  Iowa    133    ministers,  with 
111  counties  represented  by  one. 

Missouri  has  114   uounties,   with    2."> 
counties  represented,  viz 


■  t ,   and   well 
}  >lu)uld  go 


An 
lJartt)u,     . 

BtmlH-, 

C;*ldwell, 
Carroll, 
C.il.ir,       . 
1'liiiton, 

D.tt,^ 
Dalh... 
DeKalb,  . 
Harrison, 
H,-nry,    . 
Holt,    . 


2  Ja.'iper, 
1  .liibn^iint, 

1  Mert'..r,       . 
4  Morgan. 

2  Newton.     . 
1   Nt)daw»y, 
4   Plielns, 
1  lUy,     . 
1  St.  Claire, 

1  Saline, 

2  Schuyler, 

3  Vernon, 
3  — 

Total,         .         .      .511 

uri  5U,  with  10  coun- 


Tins  gives  Miss^ 
ties  represented  by  1  minister. 

The  State    of  Kentucky  has  1  minis 
ter  iu  LiviiJi^stone  county. 

Tennesee  has  94  counties,  with  8  rep 
resented,  viz: 

Greene,  .  .  4  Cuinl)erland,  .  1 
Hamblin,  .  .  1  Wa-^liingtoo,  .  21 
Hawkins,  .  .  10  White,  .  .  1 
Johnson,        .        .      1  — 

Snlliv.-.ii,    .        .  1    Total,        .        .     46 

This  gives  the  State  of  Tennessee  4G, 
5  counties  represented  by  one. 

Nebraska  with  (l.j  counties,  is  repre- 
sented in  !),  viz: 

Burt,         .        .  1  Richland.        .        .    1 

Colfax,  .  .  2  Hichardsou,  .  8 
Dodge,       .         .  2  Thayer,  .         .    4 

Gage,  ...  6  Washington,  .  1 
Pawnee,    .        .  1  — 

Total,        .        .      2G 

Kansas,  with  84  counties,  has  30  rep- 
resented, viz: 

AndiT.-ion,         .         .     1  Marion, 

liDurbin,      .        .        3  Montgomery, 

Bniwit,    .         .         .4  Ness, 

Cowley,        .        .        2  Newton, 

ColVev,      .         .         .     1   Neoslio, 

CniwtVrd,      .         .         2  Onborue, 

Doujihis,  .        .    6  Republic, 

Elk,     ...        1  Russell,   . 

Cloud,       .         .         ,1  Rice,     . 

[■nuiljin,     .        ,        4  Howard,  . 

levvol,      .  .    .5  Sumner, 

Lawrence,    .        .        1  Washington, 

Lyon,       .        .        .1  Woodson, 

Linn.    ...        1  Wilson,  .        .  2 

Mii.uii,     ...    1  — 

.leHei-son,      .         .         7     Total,         .         .      f)(> 

Kansas  has  (iO  ministers,  10  counties 
represented  by  one. 

Colorado  has  4  inini.Htei*8 — 1  in  Boul- 
der, 1  in  Lasltemas,  1  in  St.  Joaijuin, 
and  one  in  Stauilaus. 

Oregon  has .')  miuistera — Coos,l ;  Jack- 
son 1,  Linn  2,  Marion  1. 

California  has  1  in  Alameda  and  1  in 
San  Joaquin. 

Thus  we  have  1.578  ministers,  distrib- 
uted throughout  23  States. 

By  looking  at  these    figures,    we   can 
readily  see  that  some  bretliren  have    re 
ally  too  much  on  hands.  Such  as  Broih 
er  Ileyfeer,   all   alone   iu   the  State   of 
Georgia,  or  Josepli  R.  Long,  in  the  lat'ijH 
State  of  Te-va-s;  and  those  of  our   mini'* 
ters,  living  alone  in  a   county   through- 
out the  different  States.     Tluy  neeit  our 
prayers,  and  they    need    at  least   some, 
more  than   this,   they   need   money   to 
maki!  them  more  free,   and   where   the 


b).  >Uvt-i,  >,\\.  ,1,1.  j^,, 

"l-pli. <,  »\i:n  i, ..„,;,( 
over  the  borders,  or  send  some  where 
help  IS  needed.  For  if  you  look  over 
the  list,  you  will  find  that  where  the 
ministers  are  so  thickly  settled,  they^rc 
not  kept  busy,  then  they  put  their  heads 
together  and  a  paper,  or  a  school  or  some- 
thing of  the  kind  is  started;  for  all  men 
mu.st  have  work.  At  sueh  places  there 
are  frequently  from  two  to  four  or  five 
ministers  while  otiiers  must  struggle 
alone.  In  places  of  four  or  five  being 
at  one  place,  they  could  have  meeting  ■ 
at  four  or  five  places.  But  we  will  just 
leave  off  and  say  that  something  Mhould 
be  done,  for  one  soul  is  worth  more  than 
the  whole  world,  luul  there  are  millions 
yet  to  s;ivr  in  our  Vnited  State.s. 

THF  REST  OF  THE    PIOUS    DEAD. 

UY  OKintUB  D.  ZOLLF.H^. 

To  Sister ICilti  Priic.— 
He  re-slsfrom  his  laUirs,dearf,.thvr  now  sleeps. 
In  the  quiet  hnie   gniv«?    wh.  re    no  saint  ever 

weepH, 
Sweet  is  the  refuge  n.-'or  troubled  by  fees 
Nor  sickness  nor  sorrow  can  break  their  repose 
0,  blessed  are  the  doiid  who  die  in  the  Lord! 
They  rest  from  their  labon*.  ajid  gain    their  re- 
ward ; 
Tii«ir  works  live  to  witness  while  tht-y  wjLst*  in 

the  grave, 
And  inlluence  others  thrir  .souU  to  save. 

0,  children,  remember  tb.'  counsels  yon  hpard— 
Your  father  oft  read  fnun  the  Life  giving  Word, 
His  prayei-sofdevolion;it  tlu- family  shrine. 
When  his  soul  was  i;ontroJled  by  the  Spirit  di- 
vine; 
As  he  slowly  traversi^d  the  cold  wiih-n*  of  dt-ath. 
When  the  shadows  were  deep'uing  and  he  aiwp- 

od  for  his  breath. 
He  cast  on  his  family  the  liwt  lingering  look, 
And  referred  yon  to   Gnd    and    His   life-giving 
Book, 

O  how  sweet  it  will  be  in  that  bright  world  to 
meet, 

Wliere  no  storms  ever  hinw  and  no  hurges  tthall 
beat; 

Tliey  shall  dwell  with  their  God  in  that  beau- 
tiful clime, 

Where  the  health  of  bis  people  shall  never  de- 
cline. 

Th'^  ArehanKel's  voice  »hull  pfiil  tbio"  the  slties 

And  the  bodies  of  saints  shall  awuke  and  arise: 

Then  the  soul  and  the  body  iunnorhil  shall   he. 

And  reign  with  the  f,..rd  in  -K-rnity. 


VALUE  OF  SPARE  MINUTES 

■jlTADAME  de  Genlia  composed  sever- 
-'-'-^  al  charming  volumes  while  waiting 
in  the  school  room  for  the  tardy  princes 
to  whom  she  gave  daily  hs.'^ons. 

Daguesseau,  one  of  the  chancellors  of 
France,  wrote  an  able  and  Imlky  work 
in  the  successive  intervals  of  waitiuir  for 
dinner. 

Klihu  Burritt,  when  earning  his  liv- 
ing  as  a  blacksmith,  learned  eighteen 
languages  and  twenty-two  dialects,  by 
simply  improving  his  "spare  moments." 

A  celebrated  pliysieian  in  Loudon 
translated  Lueretius  while  riding  in  his 
carriage  upon  his  daily   rounds. 

l)i*.  Darwin  composed  nearly  all  his 
works  in  the  same  way,  writing  down 
his  though tti  in  a  memorandum  l)ouk 
which  he  carried  for  the  purpose. 

Kirk  White  also  learned  (Jreek  while 
walking  to  and  i'v<>  from  a  lawyer's  oftice. 
— Selected 


Horace  Greely  never  said  a  more  truth 
fid  thing  than  vvhen  he  declared  "that 
the  darkest  hour  in  the  history  of  any 
young  man  is  when  he  sits  down  to 
study  how  to  get  money  without  hon- 
estly earning  it.'" 

No  gift  of  God  does  or  can  conti'a- 
diet  any  other  gift,  except  by  misuse  or 
misdirection. 


Tl-IK    HRETJHKKM    JsJV   AVOliK. 


^arch    3^ 


^  It  «  X     'lit        f     '      Thehh  «  au  important  fjuwlion.  in  HiiBwer  t«    nvful    tn«<liuni   through    wlinrh   lo  do    eoo-l. 

WhV     mVViUtCH    ill      HlOrlt.     which  we  would  like  tnM.f  a  lew  wilpr^I.-ivd    fon.^  arid  help  u«  in  tea-bing  llicy<»u«g- ««'* '" 

'■  ■'   ^  ■  <  article.^.     The  qiie-tion  h  ilrit«:  Wliv  were  mnri;    „,,  rfoing  you  will  alw;  gr-'W  strongir  io  luvv 

ITBLISIIKO  WKKKLY.  i  |i«>oi>le  converU-d  iu  thiHirMtcntury  Hmn  now?    j,|,d  ,n  truth.     A  er^at   fif-Iri  i*  o|)<?ii,  aitd  were 

" i  There  i*  a   reMnou  ior  it.    uiid  w«    would  like  lo    jj^^j.^.  ^^.j,    thrmnaiid  in^trutU-rs   nil  would  Iimi"** 

it  well  explained  for  the  benefit  ol  the  pre«-    ^,,„„rf»„t  work.     There   are  Hil-U-   Wtei.  Bitjle 

commandfl.  Hilile  promiw?*  to  write  atwiut.     Th«^ 
Bimpl"  story  '»•  the  CroM*  -lioul.l  It^  stMinped  up- 


I    |[    MOOItK. 

M.  M.  KSIIEI.MAN. 


Tii«  BntTiiKKS  AT  W.HK  will  1*  .cnt  >■  11,'iO  p«  -n. 
luiii  II)  nJ*«ncc.  Any  o"*-  «h.i  «iU  ..n.I  »•  *i([hi  nnmfi 
\nd  J12  0(1  will  rcreiTP  mi  ii.|.liHr.rinI  ".py  frw  of  cliargp. 
Hid  for  wwli  «<MilioDal  Diiroii  M>»er  »n>t  «I.o»ii  t be  nine 
(ii>n.e.»fhi'ni:fi.'  will  l><- nUuw.-i  Ifii  jicr  rml,.  wliicl. 
kiiiminl  tain  hr  .lc.)i.rli!'I  fr-rni  thP  monry  liff.Tf  ■i^D'llnjt  '< 
UtuK,  Mu..ivn-ml.y  I'o.inl  nr.lvm,  K^iri-i*r«l  Uilrr« 
or.lr-n-.I....p"lyB.I-lrr..(-l,  «ilH.- «.  our  ri.k.  Wl.,u 
■eu'liDR  drift,  *•<■  'xitt  tlml  H  i"  not  n  check  If  ii  !■  t 
check,  it  c.-i»  u«  :(0  ':eii'«  i«  cllpcr.  whtlf  a  .Iraft  c«ti  (.♦ 
♦ollccli-d  frtP.  Poi-lniri'  •i«i"I'«  mny  '*  <"•"'  f'"  ifnoiinK 
iiuder  I.IXI.  Iiut  olwayp  "tn.l  Hi*  money  if  y.,u  cm,  (("i  >'• 
Muba.inplion«,  nnfl  comiinii'lr'Ul'Hn  tfilciiilr'l  for  Ihe  p*- 
per.  M  well  u  »1I  hupiuMii  mollpn  o..niiPClcd  with  ibu  of. 
flcp  dhould  be  •ddrMictI 

uooue  ft  zznzviiM, 

Lanark.  Carroll  Co.,  111- 


I  cut  general  ion. 

Wf  cult  (tpecial  attention  u>  tin-  article  head- 
■  I  ed,  "  Where  Our  MinM^m  Ar-,"  hy  Brother  on  tlie  h-art  of  every  little  boy 
[  I  Cynm  ]Iu(;h(.-r.  It  tontHinn  valualilir  alatisticm 
I  well  worth  pre^erviug.  l-jxaniine  the  article 
carefully  and  report,  to  u»  all  'Trom  you  may 
tind  in  it.  We  wiith  to  preserve  the  article 
with  itii  tlie  corre<;tionH  we  can  obtain.  Writ*; 
the  correetiifnK  on  a  ulip  of  piipi-r  fwparate  from 
all  other  biiNineM). 


I.AMItK.ll.L.. 


MUK'K  SO.  in;i). 


rid  girl.  Send 
for  m^-cimi-o  copies  and  price  liot  uf  enlarged 
paiwr.  In  large  lots  the  Work  will  be  sent  to 
one  address  rrrij  ihfap.  Are  yon  t*aching  ehil- 
dn?n  Hiblelnith?  Then  send  for  the  Work. 
Are  you  trying  to  govern  a  Bible-Echool?  Send 
for  a  lot  of  Work*.  Are  you  traveling,  preach- 
ing iliH  G'wpe!  y  Send  for  a  hunch  of  Workn  to 
give  to  till*  ciiildren  who  come  to  meeting. 

I'lease  reraenibt-r  that  we  do   not   fnaintain 

that  the  ChiUren  ^(  Work  in  the  fiest,  the  hmj- 

Lanark  mid  niprged  into  the  Cluhln-n  at   HV/rA".  1  r,it,  the  nirml,    the  chtapfgt    impi-r.     Xo,  not  at 


Wk  have  now  purchaxe'I  of  Hrntber  II-  -I. 
Kurtz.  tb«'  ChU'/rfn'/t  Pujifr,  tbe  oIde->t  juvenile 
paper  in  tin-  Krcitbfrrliood.     It  will  bi?  nrived  to 


Aii-iSfi  tho-e  liiU'ly  Impliwd  in  lb*-  Hcmey 
Crei-k  Church,  Ohio,  were  liv»t-  UajjlintH.  The 
good  work  is  progrci^ing. 

liiiMTHKli  U.  II.  Miller  writ4'n  that  he  in  »dow- 
ly  iiiipniving  in  beultli.  but  i(t  not  yet  able  to 
do  much  travi-liiig  and  pr<>iu-hing. 

\  iiKi'nHT  of  tbe^oniiiiiw  Fund  in  crowded 
out  thin  W''ek;'it  will  tiiipftriiext  ittHiio.  There 
imiver^iUS  --uhjcribed  nlrejidy.  It  will  likely 
dOOQ  reuch  lf2<10  or  even  more. 

TiiK  Diitrict  Meeting  for  Northern  Indiana 
in  one  and  a  half  mile«  t«outli-we«t  of  New  I'ariii, 
invtetid  ol'tlirec  iiiilea  went  iw  wjih  piihliHJied  in 
the  iiwlice  of  iiueting. 

Tnii  Bri'thren  have  fi.iir  un-i-lirin-lioiiKeH  with 
ii.  (ivf  iiijli-ii  (if  Wayiirwbcro,  IVnnwylvanin,  in 
fit'dition  to  the  coiijiuodioiiH  cliurch'hoiue  in 
the  toicn.  Th''y  are  f«id  to  he  in  n  pronpermw 
coiiditlon. 


MnoTiiKii  Landon  Went  says:  '*  In  our  '  Viwit 
to  Shaker  Town,'  and  hi^t  parngraph,  it  ohoulil 
have  been  '  uiriety  in  worship  '  imttoad  of  'vani- 
ty in  woi-Hbip.'  Pli'iiN«  correct,  iw  we  wish  to 
ciut  no  lellectinn." 

TuK  Ifr/oniier  (in(/  Jeinn/i  'y/wiMconii'Htonur 
talile  ihix  week  in  »  now  divHs,  nitd  othorwi>ie 
gn-atly  lijinroved.  Tho  wlieut  i«  growing  in  in- 
ti'r<-f>t  and  popularity,  and  uimbles  uh  to  knop 
IMMled  on  the  .Icwi'*h  moveinentu  generally. 

Uhotiiku  S.  C.  Khiiii,  Klk  Lick,  Peniisylvniiin, 
wrilts:  "  My  health  it*  tieivly,  but  uteadily,  im- 
proving. Hope  tho  Lord  nmy  bh-iw  andintspire 
you  with  the  Holy  Glui.'*t  to  euablo  you  to  lill 
the  po-^t  you  now  occupy,  with  lidclily," 


Thi"  arrangement  makea  one  jmper  le«t  among 
UH,  bnving  but  two  juvenitf  pap'-n  in  the  liroth- 
erhood,  one  at  Huntingdon.  TcnnKyivania,  and 
tbe  (-Iher  at  Lanark,  Xo  elTorl.-t  will  be  spared 
to  make  the  ihiUlivn  >it  U'orl  iiif..Te>tiiiK,  use- 
ful and  inHlriictive. 

Thk  H)b!e  Claflit  department,  on  itixth  pHge, 
in  hecoining  quite  int^TiNling,  and  will  doub'- 
leoii  prove  profitable,  Wnterit  are  permitted  to 
eKjirei-fi  diifi-rent  views  on  queslionn  pre.-enUd 
do  ju«  to  throw  rt»  niu<  b  light  m  podfibh-  on  the 
meaning  of  Scripture.  'Thin  in  done  without 
any  atU-mpL  to  run  into  controveniy.  Several 
«ubjectj<  have  been  qull^  well  cxplmned,  and,  no 
doubt,  Jittvo  proven  edifying  to  IJible  student.^ 
gouernlly. 

CONSOLIDATION. 

SfXC]']  tho   beginning  of  the   preiient  year, 
much  hiM  been    r<Hid    about  comtolidating 


linOTiiKii  Saniuel  Murray,  writing  i'rom 
Huntington,  Indiana,  Hnyn  ^hut  liiH  heattli  iu 
now  li-'tU^r,  and  that  he  in  able  to  enter  the  iield 
Hguiii.  He  expected  to  commeiico  a  senes  of 
nieeliiigs  in  the  Lower  Deer  Creok  District, 
March  15th.     

HiioTDKit  S.  W.  Lindower,  of  tho  Carey 
Church,  Wyandot  county,  Oliio,  aaya:  '*  Wo 
have  a  good,  suhatantial,  hriok  church,  40x70, 
Tile  hi)U80  wan  dedicated  December  1, 1878, 
Siuve  then,  fieventoon  have  been  n-ceived  into 
tile  church  by  huptium,  and  one  recbiimed. 
'I'here  are  others  countiuj;  the  enst  and  will 
tome  if  the  Lord  spares  them." 


MisiSTEns  owe  n  special  duty  ti-  all  n.-n  tim- 
vrl*.  which  IB  at  times  overlooked.  Next  to 
iiiM  Uihle  aud  hymn  book  every  member,  wheth- 
er old  or  young,  should  I'o  i)rovided  with  a  re- 
ligiuus  jmper  to  keep  up  t!ie  iiitere.st  till  they 
become  strong  in'the  work.  Miuiatew  should 
suggest  these  things  to  those  who  come  into 
the  church,  especially  the  daily  reading  of  the 
Scriptures.  Urge  upon  them  tlie  importance 
of  making  the  Uible  their  life  comi)anion.  No 
one  who  does  not  read  tlie  liihle  should  expect 
to  grow  in  grace  and  in  the  knowledge  of  the 
truth.  ___^^^ 

Is  its  great  haste  to  finish  up  business,  Con- 
greiMt  worked  all  day  ou  Sunday,  and  through 
the  night  following.  When  the  Houc-e  was 
called  to  order  the  next  morning  n  venerable 
tnau  »i;h  a  Jong  heard  arose  in  one  of  tlie  [jnl 
lerie-,  and  cntrd  out  wi{h  a  thrilling  voice; 
"lUarye!  Hear  ye!  The  wickvd  Bhall  be  turn- 
-d    )rit«  hell,   and  all  the  nations   that   forget 

-1.  This  nation  haa  forgotten  God  ~  this 
'  •ifzre'W  has  forgotten  God.  and  will  be  cast 
iiil.'heli:''  It  renuius  to  be  see.i  what  will 
beciuii"  of  :i  nation  that   forgetM  God  by  disrj- 


paperx  that  lu-e  and  papernHhHt  are  to  be.  I 
aonally  I  have  not  been  unwilling  to  make  con- 
iiiderabh)  fiiicrifice  in  order  to  bring  all  the 
juvenile  papers  into  one.  believing  that  ii  great- 
er unity  could  be  maintained  among  the  cliil- 
ilren.  And  I  havetlieiwHUranceof  the  publi>li- 
eni  of  tlic  other  juvenile  papers  that  they  think 
it  wouM  bo  wi-II  to  do  so,  biit  the  investments 
of  each  are  such  t  hat  considerable  tiacriflce  would 
have  f.o  ho  made,  and  junt  how  to  unite  «o  that 
no  one  might  xuHtain  too  great  ll>-^',  ha.s  h«-'eu  a 
Hubject  of  careful  thought  with  ub  at  least. 

Propositions  have  been  made  to  place  all  un- 
der my  fluperyi^^ion,  but  on  condition  that  1 
locale  flomewhere  else.  This  I  thought  at  one 
time  1  could  do,  hence  the  card  that  appeared  in 
Hiiotiicr  paper  to  this  elleci;  liut  circumtitance.s, 
over  which  I  had  no  control,  prevented.  To  do 
good,  was  the  only  motive,  hut  even  in  this  we 
are  souietinies  hindered;  [lerhaps  all  for  the  bet- 
ter. I  am  Hwaro  that  if  I  possess  qualifications 
(o  conduct  II  children's  paper  in  the  East,  then 
I  posHo.'tstheiii  to  conduct  one  in  the  West.  The 
Itliur  of  publication  is  not  what  would  make 
the  paper  good  or  had,  but  ittt  contents  would 
show  just  what  its  editors  are  and  wish  others 
to  he.  Even  childreu'n  papers  mu8t  stand  upon 
their  own  merits — nut  on  nome  particular  per- 
ton  or  phice.  I  Lave  repeatedly  iissnred  my 
hroihreii  tliiit  if  the  good  of  the  cause  demands 
my  retiromeiit  IVom  editorial  labors  aud  respon- 
sibilities, no  one  would  rejoice  in  the  retirement 
more  than  your  unworthy  servant.  The  posi- 
tion is  full  of  vexation  aud  trials,  and  these  no 
nuiii  should  covet.  But  some  persons  must  till 
these  positions,  however  unploiusant  the  task, 
and  I  presume  I  may  oa  well  be  a  public  mark 
as  any  other  person.  Tlie  Lord  can  and  will 
sustain  so  long  as  the  motives  are  riglit,  aud 
these  we  hU  should  carefully  guai*d.  Hut  more 
out  con.><oIidation. 

After  ascortiiiniug  that  I  could  not,  at  this 
time,  leave  Lanark,  we  opened  corresptaidenoe 
with  Urotlier  Kurlz  relative  to  the  purchase  of 
the  VhiUltrn'a  Paper,  and  we  are  pleiised  to  in- 
form our  readers  that  we  have  succeeded  iu 
piirchuiing,  hence  shall,  on  the  fii*st  of  April, 
begin  the  publication  of  ii  larger  youth's  paper 
without  iuciVH-sing  the  price.  The  Cliildtni^s 
Pttprr  was  issued  monthly.  We  have  agreed  to 
fill  the  unexpired  subscriptions;  hut  more  of 
thi*  in  the  ftiture.  ■ 

The  content-  of  the  enlanied  pa|iir  will  he 
greatly  improved.  Those  who  are  engaged  in 
Bible  work,  whether  in  the  family,  in  tho  church 
or  in  Sunday-school,  will  find  the  Chililrcn  nt 
Wwk  n  valuable  aid.  The  duties  of  children 
to  pareata.  of  parents  to  children,  and  of  man 
lo  num.  will  be  diaeu'sed.  Our  young  brethr.-n 
!i!:d    Mrlerswill    (i lid  the    ChUiliruat    I!'-Ji7,  a 


all;  for  this  would  be  about  as  absurd  us  to  say 
that  I  am  the  I»«t,  the  largest,  the  nicest 
editor  in  the  church,  which  I  am  not.  The 
paper  ^lu^t  recommend  it,--elf.  If  it  possesses 
inferior  teaching,  the  people  will  find  it  out.  If 
it  rI<ji-«  not  look  well,  il-rviulera  will  know  it. 
If  it  is  good  in  most  points  those  who  see  it  will 
learn  that,  ton.  so  we  are  spared  the  absurdity 
ot  telling  it.  To  talk  about  the  IjrHt;  the  hrq- 
int.  the  nirest.  the  chenprnt,  is  to  presume  that 
our  readers  are  too  ignorant  to  find  out  such 
things  for  themselves.  The  Lord  epare  us  from 
manifesting  so  much  weakness. 

Towards  our  contemporaries  we  shall  endeav- 
or to  manifest  just  what  we  ted— a  due  res|)ect, 
much  love,  and  great  desire  for  their  prosperity. 
We  have  no  lash  to  lay  on  them  from  week  to 
week,  no  desire  to  meddle  in  their  business,  no 
defamation  aud  mi-srepresenlation  to  scatter 
over  the  land  lest  they  succeed  more  than  we; 
no,  (he  ChiUirdti  atWork  irill  not  go  into  strife 
and  vain  glory  to  please  the  flesh  and  puff  up 
the  mind  of  any  one.  But  it  «1ibII,  if  the  Lord 
permit,  work  with  others  by  love,  by  kindness, 
by  long-suffering,  by  gentleness  and  Christian 
courtesy.  The  peace  of  the  church  shall  he 
kept  in  view.  The  love  of  God.  the  love  of  (he 
truth,  and  Uui  /ore  of  each  other  miii-t  be  main- 
tained whether  unruly  men  are  pleased  or  not. 
All  lovers  of  children,  all  workers  in  the  house 
of  tho  Lord,  all  holy  men  and  w-nnen  are  re- 
spectfully invited  to  join  in  djrecling  the  minds 
and  hearts  of  tho  young  from  the  vanities  of 
this  world  to  tho  glories  of  the  world  to  come. 
There  is  no  time  to  sleep;  no  time  to  quarrel; 
no  time  to  sound  out  our  own  honor  or  praise; 
no  time  to  be  selfish  and  rebellious.  Such  (liii:gs 
are  fpun  beneath,  hence  to  be  avoided.  God 
will  lake  care  of  the  results  if  we  only  do  our 
part. 

I  have  uow  endeavored  to  present  this  matter 
to  you  witliout  oiie  hitter  feeling  towai-ds  any 
one.  On  the  contrary  I  entertain  tbe  most 
kindly  feelings  towards  all  ot"  my  editorial  bretli- 
ren,  hopiiii;  that  uomanifestatiousof  self-huida- 
tion,  jealousies,  .ind  bitterness  mny  ever  come 
to  the  surface,  hut  if  such  sliould  be  felt,  they 
may  all  be  overcome  at  once.  God  bless  us  in 
all  good  work.  m.  m.  e. 


Brother  Stein  will  is.«ue  a  lircular  (Utlerliw 
f.irelonL*.  exi.U!ninL-lhech:.nirtef  and  aim, 
th.- In-tituti..i..     We  are  n..t  yet  ioformej^^J 
tho  det^'N   in  lull,  but   give  the   foMowi,,- 
some  of  the  characteristics  of  the  euterpri».  *" 

1.     The  Institution  is  to  Iw  an  individuaj  , 
ternn'=e,   owned  by    Brt-threii    .1.  W  Sr«i„     "" 
M.  S.  Xewconier,  and  is   to  remain   under  tK 
exclusive  c<jntrol  of  Brethren. 

a.     Itistoaffonl  "educational  facil|ti<.- 
tending  from  the  preparatory  department  of 
education,  to  a  thorough  collegiate  course,  witi, 
a  provision  that  tho.se  who  may  prefer  any  tr-i 
studies  may  have  the  privilege  of  doing  pq  ' 

:j.     Ail  students,  as  well  a.i  teacher?,  areto  Ka 
restricte<l  to  plainness  of  dress.     All  whoattond 
the  school,   members   or  no    members,   will  l 
required  to  submit  lo  this  restriction. 

The  town  of  Mt.  Morris,  we  learn,  j, .. 
much  in  favor  of  the  school  going  into  th 
hands  of  Brethren,  and  will  aid  in  supportin 
the  Institution.  They  are  highly  pleased  with 
the  idea  of  restricting  all  the  pupils  to  p]„; 
dre?.''ing.  Mt.  Morris  is  about  twenty-five  niiU 
east  of  Lanark,  and  on  a  roud  running  direct  I 
Chicago,  it  is  in  what  is  known  as  the  Silve 
Criek  congregation,  which  church  is  under  tlif 
oversight  of»BrntIit  rDavid  E.  I'fic(\     .i.  u  „ 


THE  MT.  MORRIS  SCHOOL 

BltOTIlEIl  J.  W.  Stein  is  making  prepara- 
tioiis  to  move  to  Mt.  Morris,  Ogle  county, 
Illinois,  to  take  charge  of  the  llock  River 
Seminary  and  Collegiate  Institute  atthatpkice. 
This  is  one  of  the  oldest  Educational  Institu- 
tions in  the  State;  surrounded  by  an  excellent 
country  and  in  the  midst  of  a  large  setllenient 
of  Brothreu.  The  location  is  beautiful,  and 
comumnds  a  mo>t  extensive  view  of  the  sur- 
rounding country. 

Tiiis  Institution  was  founded  hy  the  Meth- 
odists i-orae  forty  years  ago,  and  for  a  long  time 
reri-ained  their  headquarters,  hut  the  church 
li;.Tiug  selected  another  point  i'ur  their  educa- 
tional work,  the  Institution  at  Mt.  Morris  fell 
ii'to  private  hands,  and  was  oflered  for  sale. 
The  Brethren  in  Mt.  Morris,  fearing  it  might 
fall  into  worse  hands,  and  be  used  in  a  way  that 
would  prove  injurious  to  the  community,  con- 
cluded to  purch.iM'it  aud«^t^ldlsh^l8chooI  un- 
•Wr  tlic  exciu-iivi-  ciuilrol  i.f  Hr«ibi-eu. 

Tlie  property  consists  of  a  largo  stone  build- 
ing, four  stories  high,  aud  a  well  arranged 
boarding  house  three  stories.  The  lot  contains 
seven  acre-;  of  ground  well  fenced,  and  iunnex- 

hlle.it  tomiition.  sitn.ited  on  n  lot^y  elevation 

1  lue  lui^.sL  of  ihe  town. 


THOSE  FALSE  REPORTS. 

TO  u.s  it  i.s  a  iiialfer  of  painful  regret,  that 
editors  among  the  Brethren  will  persistin 
publishing  false  reports  about  this  office  after 
we  have  come  out  and  publicly  deuied  them 
thi'seudeavonug  lo  cast  reflections,  not  only 
on  us,  but  also  on  the  church.  When  brethren 
come  out  and  make  a  statement  regarding  their 
own  business,  that  statement  ought  to  be  re- 
spected. Tliis  thing  of  aeeusing  brethren  of 
being  dishonest  is  a  bad  feature,  aud  makes  a 
bad  impression  on  the  church  and  the  world 
Whenever  people  will  learn  to  mind  their  own 
bu^ineB8  and  let  other  people  attend  to  theirs 
the  world  will  be  inucli  better  off. 

Had  the  editors,  who  are  publishing  these 
false  reports,  wj  itten  us  we  would  have  taken 
pleasure  in  giving  tliem  tho  exact  facta  in  the 
case,  but  instead  of  that  they  publislf  tlie  reports 
before  tho  church  aud  the  world;  we  came  out 
and  publicly  denied  them,  and  still  they  keep 
publisliing  them,  and  adding.yet,  other  charges 
equally  false.  Of  cnur.-'e,  we  could  produce  the 
evidence,  and  show  up  wherein  these  ri)>i>rl-. 
are  false,  but  do  not  wish  to  devote  eith*^i  : 
or  place  to  that  kind  of  work.  It  is  not  j'l. 
«nt  to  our  readers,  nor  is  it  profitable  to  tliL 
cause.  Our  motto  is  to  attend  to  our  own  bus- 
iness and  let  others  attend  to  theirs,  and  not  be 
busy  bodi-'s  sibout  other  men's  matters.  More 
than  likely  the  time  is  not  far  distant  when  the 
Brotherhood  will  more  fully  understand  the 
objects  and  motives  prompting  the  publishing 
of  these  false  reports.  Let  the  above  nfild  bints 
suffice  to  satisfy  the  minds  of  those  who  luay 
have  seen  what  is  being  reported  in  oth^r  pa. 
pei-s  about  u3.  We  have  denied  the  correct: 
of  the  reports  once,  and  think  that  suffici' n 


HOW  CAN  WE  ? 


'■linthnn  K,l,t<„-^:- 

I'h'ji^e  .send  tu  my  address  '  Bible  vs  M.itorialisni,' 
by  Ekler  AViii.Kowe.  Find  enclosed  two  dollars; 
lit'tytieuts  for  the  book,  and  tbe  lialancc  aj'iilyto 
my  subsciiiitinii.  Athiress,  Xorth  Liberty,  St.  Jo- 
seph county,  Indiana." 

niinS  is  a  specimen  of  many  letters  that  are 
I  received  bv  publishing  houses.  How  can 
tluy  be  attended  to  without  the  name  of  the 
sender?  This  kind  of  business  produces  much 
unpleasantness.  Sometimes  a  writer  will  give 
his  name,  hut  omit  the  name  of  his  post-office. 
O^.here  will  give  name  of  post-offici!,  hut  not  the 
uauie  of  the  State.  And  occasionally  the  uame 
of  the  seudor,  post-office  and  State  are  not  given. 
Now  let  us  look  at  the  result  of  this  iiegligi;iice- 
A  man  orders  a  paper,  hook,  map,  or  some- 
thing that  he  feels  he  really  needs.  He  wants 
it  just  iis  soon  as  lie  can  get  it.  In  fact  he  is  ui 
a  great  hurry  about  it,  needs  it  badl.v-  %  li"'' 
riedly  write.s  out  his  order,  but  fails  to  put  in 
his  name.  By  the  next  train  it  is  carried  to  i» 
destination,  and  in  due  tiuie  it  is  laid  down  « 
the  proper  place.  On  opuiiiug  (lie  letter,  tne 
receiv.-r  finds  the  money  and  address,  hut  «o 
name.  He  i.-  very  anxious  to  till  the  onlfr.  He 
knows  that  the  man  will  be  looking  for  it.  "^ 
fneU  that  the  man  ouglit  to  have  it  at  onc%l>"^ 


how  !■> 


et  it  to  him   is  Uie  question. 


Wlwt 


THE    1?KETH:KK:X    -A.T    AVORl^:. 


Tbe  ouly   thing  he  can  do  i 


'^    ,il  the  m»»  «"*''^  ^"'°- 


And  what  is 


'■^*°  |!o  w*t's  •>"«  *^'''^'''  ""  *'""'^'  no  paper. 


ihn^i'"' 


!;«:  iu»  hook,  no  papir.  Hf 
^  publi-her-*  itre  slow  in  business." 
other  week,  and  iinother,  and  then 
jA  not  unlikely  forgets  to  give  mime 
.  Xow  the  matter  is  nut  advanced 
There  are  thousaiiils  of  leltcrs  to 
and  to  look  at  »ll  of  thfm 


uia 

'and  then  we  would  have  to  depend 
'l  ntv  of  1'""''  writing.  So  we  can  only 
"ri  e  ^^ender  waits  two  or  three  weeks,  or 
.  Months,  aud  then  writes  something  af' 


»  ibi-eii  — Ahout  four  months  ago  1  sent 
ty-!)  for  the  KitKTHRKS  AT  AVoRK.  I  Walt- 
^.  ««.ks  iuid  then  wrote  you 


A  WIFE'S  HOLY  SACRIFICE. 


TH  E  fol 
opF 


bout  it.     I 

'''"'■"ted  tin"*!**  months   more,  and  still  no 

ff  ""vow  if  thiitisthe  way  youdo  bnsinp^S 

— PJ';    i-  ,ny  money.     I  guess  you  don't  want 

•^.JtlH'P'P"'--;'  .^       ,       -      ,- 

t[„ie  he  15  1"  real  earnest,  so  he  gipes  his 
,,o^t-o9ice.  county  and  State,  and  the 
'"'■  |,  promptly  filled  mid  the  perplexity 
\V.>  are  very  anxious  (o  fill  all  orders 
'  tly-  There  is  nothing  to  he  gained  hy 
fillin''  «»  order.  We  are  in  business  to  do 
.  ,.Jto  do  business,  but  in  ordertodo  tliis. 


Tliis" 


d.r  1 


ollowins  tflfcching  incident,  which  Bish- 
op Peck  relates  of  his  own  life,   will  well 
apply  to  the  wives  of  hundreds  of  preachers  in 
.>iir  uwn  fraternity;  he  said  that  when  it  became 
prohable   that   he  would   be   niatle   bishop,  his 
wife,  one  of  the  loveliest  of  women,  aud  a  deli- 
cate invalid,  came  to  him  aud  remonstrated:  "I 
need  you.     Your  strength  is  not  equal    to  the 
burilens.     I  cauuot  spare  my  husband.     Others 
can  do  the  work  of  the  churches."     But  he  re- 
plied that  he  did  not  feel  at  liberty  to  decline. 
When  he   weut  to  Conference,  and  saw  how 
affairs  were  tending,  he  wrote  to  his  wife,  say- 
ing that  they  must  both  pray  over  the  subject, 
and    i^eceive  the  decision  of  the   Conference  as 
the  decision   of  the  Lord.    "  This."  said  the 
iiishop.  "  is  the  only  serious  letter  I  ever  wrote 
my  wife,  to    which  she   never  replied."     When 
he  was  elected,  aud  husband  and   wife  met,  she 
fell  at  his  feet  and  buried  her  face  in  her  bauds. 
e](claiming,  "  It  ia  not  right,    I  cannot  endure 
it.     I  cannot  give  up  cny   hu^h.ind."     After  a 
time  she  looked  up  and  said :  "  Go  aud  take  care 
of  the  churchi-s,  and  the  Lord  will  t;ilie  care  of 
me;  but  you  are  no  longer  my  husband.     \ou 
arc  niy  sacrifice." 


the  aged  saint*,  or  he  who  is  on  the  way  to 
eternal  ruin? 

A. — He  who  is  on  the  way  to  ruin. 

B. — Well,  then,  whom  do  you  say  should  sit 
on  the  front  seats? 


rules  must  be  observed. 


A. — Why,  those  who  have  not  made  their 
prare,  calling  and  election  sure.  But  will  chil- 
dren behave  when  they  are  altogether  that  way' 
Would  it  still  not  he  better  for  children  to  sit 
by  their  parent?  could  not  better  order  be  had 
in  this  way  thaii  the  other? 

B. — If  children  are  properly  instructed  they 
will  be  so  interested  that  they  will  always  be 
orderly.  It  would  be  belter  for  parents  to  have 
their  children,  large  or  small .  ait  with  them 
but  the  church  roimnf  bring  ahout  that  order 
80  she  should  do  the  liext  best  and  that  is  to 
seat  the  young  in  front.  With  speaker  liefore 
and  parents  in  the  roar,  disorder  would  very 
seldom,  if  ever,  exist.  Very  few  children  con- 
duct themselves  improperly  when  they  kiiow 
their  pnrrnts  see  them,  hut  if  they  can  get  in 
the  hack  part  of  the  house  where  neither  their 
parents  or  the  preacher  can  see  them,  aud  they 
have  any  disposition  to  be  disorderly,  they  will 
then  hp  so.  S.  .1.  Hahkison, 


large  number  of  student*,  and  hiul  taken  my 
seat  in   the  coach,  I  was  oppn-ftsed   with  such 
sadness  as  I   have  never   felt  Ix-fove  on  leaving 
home.     I  gazed   with   dim   vision  on  the  good 
old  town   as  it   receded  from  my  view,  and  the 
last  object  that  caught  my  eye  was   the  green 
pines  and  the  white  monumenbt  of  the  cemetery, 
with  the  Clay  monument  rising  high  above  the 
lofty  fore-st  trees.     It  struck  me  at  once  to  ask 
iuy«elf,  Is  this  an  evil  omen  ?    Already  our  firefc- 
born  lies  sleeping   there,  and  shall   another  of 
my  little   flock,  or  some  of  my  dear  friends,  be 
laid  there  ore  I  return?     Aud  while  I  thought 
oil  these  things,   I  began  almost  to  envy  the 
traveler  who  has  no  friends,   no  wife,   no  chil- 
dren: for  it  tears  the  very  heart  out  of  aman  to 
bid  uU  these  g'^'^'I-^yi  for  such  &  journey  as 
mine. 


V  something  to  those  who  want  their  ad- 

■-ychaiiJie^'     ^'-'  "'"■^   ^°   S'^'®  *'^®    address 

*    you  formerly  received  j-our  paper  as  wel! 

(he  one  you  want  it  sent  to.     Unless  this  be 

tU  address  cannot  he  changed,  and  the 

I  III.,  v,'e  can  do  i»  to  write  you  for  former 

j,jp.^or  wait  ""til   >'0"  write  again.    True, 

n'lio  need  most  to  read  this,  are  not  likely 

]  it,  Jit  all,  hut  other:*  may  learn  to  exer- 

A   ,i,.iii,  <-  and  forbearance   towards  business 

M.  M.  R. 

OUR  PALESTINE  LETTERS. 

[;;.lii,  w.'fk's  iis\u'.  \te  commiMue  publisliiiig 
[Miies  of  articles,  entitled  '^  On  the  Wny 
iMi'^tiiie,"  hy  Professor  McGarvey,  who  is 
^mjj„t,  ,il,out  six  months  traveling  in  Eiig- 
iJ  e'rai'Ci?,  K;:ypt  and  Palesline.  Mr.  Mc- 
Ijrvey  itanJ-*  ^IS^  ^  ^  writer  aud  commenta- 
)r  having  been  a  close  Uible  student  a  number 
(\vm.  His  letters,  especially  from  Kgypt 
I'iili'sline  will  be  read  and  sought  after 
(ith  interest.  Affer  reaching  Egypt  he  will 
j^nd  =ome  time  among  the  Pyramids  ai.d  co- 
awl  ruins  in  the  'Maiul  of  the  Pharaoh:'." 
fbcn  1>^  gops  to  the  Land  of  Palestine  —  the 
.wdoftlie  Bibli-  —  to  travel  over  the  country 
lite  up  a  description  of  the  land  and  what- 
m  may  prove  of  interest  to  the  Bible  student. 
We  have  made  special  arrangements  with  the 
arkh'in  Slamlard  and  obtained  permission  to 
puulisli  tliese  letters  in  tbe  Bhethhen  at  Wokk. 
Ilwy  will  doubtless  be  an  interesting  feature  in 
Ihe  [lajier  this  season.  Do  not  fail  to  read  the 
mqiiiblished  this  m-ek.  Tell  your  ueighbors 
ibout  tliese  letters,  likely  theyj  want  to  read 
Ibemautl  will  subscribe  for  the  paper.  The 
BftETHiiKN  AT  WoiiK  will  he  f-eut  from  tlie  first 
of  April  to  the  end  of  tbe  present  year  for  81.10. 

THE  MISTAKE. 


"CHILDREN'S  MEETING." 


,t?      U    it 


TilKfoilnwing,  clipped  from  the  Iowa /UrtJ 
1  shuU  Stalesiium,  ahows  just  ubout  ho 
iniicli  .sDuu^  people  know; 

'Ttic  niiiikcrs.  who  soLtled  in  Ponusylyauia  one 

HbnilR'il  and  sixty  years  a'^'o.  no  longer  hold  their 

11 1'umnion,  "liut  tlivide  it  up  like  oflier  people. 

Tbvir  hiiiciKiCL'  has  become  so  completely  a  "  palo- 

ur  Dutcli,  (Itrrman  and   lingiish  as  to  be  no 

I'tiiKcr  iiitcUiKilile  to  pcrsousol'  those  iiatioualitiea. 

:iiiv  fiiMH'  (.-c-Ubiicy.  but  don't  enlorce  it.    Mi-u. 

■■-'A  children  all  labor  hard  and  long  in  Ibi- 

I  lii'y  rise  and  retire  very  early,  and  eat  live 

'  '1  ly.    They  keep  the  original  .Sahbnth  day, 

'i  ale  the  1  ,ord's  Mippcr  at  iii^lit.    At  such 

■^'iitheyeo  througli  llie  iV-vm  ui:  washing 

'ill's  fuel  as  an  act  of  bumiliation." 

I'll.'  [ii-ople  above  referred  to  are  not  Ureth- 

>ii.  but  are  known  as  tlie  Euphrate  Tankers,  a 

l^dy  of  fieople   who.  under  the  leadership  of 

'•"•mriid  Beisel,  split  off  from  the   Bretliren  not 

f"  from  the  year  1T2G.    Tliough  they  wont  out 

/'«"!  us  yd  they  arc  not  of  us.    Their  faith  and 

pfittticL'  are  difFerent  in  many  respects. 

And  after  all,  it  may  be  that  we  are  to  hlame 
^^riiot  spreading  the  truth  more,  that  people 
"^'glit  he  better  acquainted  y/ith  us.  Before  long 
"eUiiiH  publish  a  tract  giving  a  full  account  of 
■  people  —  their  faith  and  practice  —  and  we 
»*"t  a  couple  of  millions  of  these  traots  distrih- 
^W  In  America  and  England.  We  want  every 
H'  fo  see  the  light,  and  then  if  we  fere  misrep- 
'^^^tited  it  will  not  be  our  fault. 


WHAT   kind    of  a    meeting   is 
dilVereut  from  other  meetings? 
B. — What  i*  a  meeting  of  any  kii|fl? 
A. — It  is  the  coming  together  of  ppople— peo- 
ple meeting. 
B.— Are  children  people? 
A.— They  are. 

TJ.— Well,   M-hat  would  a  ''children's  meet- 
ing" be,  then? 
A. — It  would  he  a  meeting  of  children. 
B. — Well,  then,  we  both  understand  what  a 
children's  meeting  is. 
A. — Yes;  but  1  don't  see  any  use  in  them. 
B, — Do    you  s-ee  any  use   in  any   kind  of 
meetings? 
A. — Yea,  sir. 

B. — Well,  what  use  do  you  see  in  them? 
A.~{I)  It  t«  a commond;  (3)  Itgive*  opportu- 
nity to  teach  the  Word  of  God;  (S)  It  in  a  ben- 
efit to  the  child  of  God  to  enjoy  the  fellowship 
of  the  saints.  ' 

B— (1)  Should  children  not  obey  God's  com- 
mands? (2)  Ilo  children  not  need  to  be  taught 
the  Word  of  God?  (3)  Is  the  company  of  saints 
no  benefit  to  children? 

A— Oh,yeN!cliildreushouldoheyGod,9houlJ' 
he  taught  the  Word  of  God  and  should  live  in 
the  society  of  God's  people. 

3  _'riien,  if  children  are  benefitted  just  as 
other  people,  and  other  people  are  benefitted  by 
meetings,  do  you  not  .see  there  is  just  the  same 
use  in  '■  children's  meetings"  that  there  is  in 
other*meetings? 

A.— Yes;  but  what  do  you  call  them"(i)il- 
dren's  meetings"  for? 

B.— Because  the  instruction  is  especially 
adapted  to  the  wants  of  (;/[ii(/rim— truth  is  told 
in  such  a  way  that  even  children  can  under- 
stand it.  This  is  not  the  case  in  other  meetings; 
therefore  the  propriety  of  the  name. 

A.— But  we  do  not  read  the  words  "children's 
meetings"  in  the  Bible. 

B.— No;  neither  d(*\e  read  the  words  "trlnf 
immersion  "  in  the  Bible. 

A.— Well,  I  yield  there  is  propriety  in  the 
name  and  the  meeting;  but  there  is  yet  one 
thing  1  don't  like:  You  have  the.  children  sitin 
front,  and  the  older  people  back  of  them— even 
the  old  brethren  and  sisters.  Now,  why  do  you 
do  that?    ■ 

13. —Are  the   front  seats  any   hotter  than  the 

back  ouea? 

A,_No;  but  it  i-(  t:.i.(  t^  understand  the 
speaker  when  yon  are  nc;ii-  ti-  liim;  and  there- 
fore, I  think  the  old  brethren  who  have  borne 
the  burdeniiof  life  and  thecross  of  Christ,  should 
sit  on  the  front  seats— should  have  every  comfort 
which  it  is  in  the  power  ofthc  church  to  give. 

13_ —Which  should  the  church  labor  most  for, 
the  present  comforts  of  the  i^ed  saints  or  the 
salvation  of  souls? 

A. — The  salvation  of  souls. 

B._Thon,  if  those  on  front  seats  can  be  bet- 
ter and  easier  taught  than  those  on  back  aeatf, 
who  ought  to  sit  there? 

A.— Why,  those  who  mo«tt  need  to  be  taught 
—whose  present  course  will  lead  to  eternal  de- 
ttruction. 

B,_Well,  then,  who  most  need  to  be  taught, 


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ON  THE  "WAY  TO  PALESTINE. 


ON  Sat 
year 


[Fram  tTiaCnnt4n.w|iiii!ii<«iii>t«r  ifMrul  Amnintuani.i 

Phil.miei.I'Hia,  March  4. 
Di'or  Brnthn-Erretf.— 
N  Saturday  last  I   completed   the   fiftieth 
ear  of.my  age.     On  Sunday  1  delivered  a 
parting  discourse  before  a  joint  meeting  of  llu^ 
Broadway  aud  Slain   street  congregations,  in 
the  house  of  the  latter,  and   on  Monday,  at 
3  P.  M.,  I  started  on  my  long  voyage. 

I  have  passed  through  no  such  ordeal  as  that 
of  Sunday  since  X  hade  farewell    to  the  church 
at  Dover,   Missouri,  seventeen   years  ago.     My 
friends  there  were  as  true  and  jis  devoted  as  hen-, 
but  not  so  numerous,   nor  had   I  known   them 
HO  long.    To  bid  them  a  sttitfiblf  farewell,  was 
mo^  than  I  could  do.     t  did  what  I  could.  Tlie 
tears  of  many,  the  good  wishes  of  all,  and  the 
fervent  prayers  that  were   pledged  for  me  and 
mine,  made  me  feel  ashamed  that  I  am  not  more 
worthy  of  such  love.     But  the  Jicnj  trial  came 
on  Monday,  when  the  carriage  drove  to  the 
door,  and  the  moment  came  for  bidding  fare 
well  to   my  own   home  and  household.    1  bad 
already  been  upstairs  in   my   library,  to  take  a 
l:wt  look  there,  and  as  I  gaz-d  upon  the  rows  of 
familiar  books,  I  said  within  myfclf,  "  Good  hy. 
my  dear  old   friends;  and  if  I   never  see  you 
again,  Godi)less  you  f.>r  the  good  you  have  done 
me,  and  the  happy  bonis  we  have  spent  togeth- 
er."   I  next  weut  to  the  kitchen  to  hid  farewell 
to  the  servants.     Riithful  -liui  had  that  nioru- 
iug  expressed  an  earnest  dc.>ire  to  go  with  nie; 
and  when  I  told  him  that  u  whale  might  swal- 
low him  as  he  did  Jonah,  he  «ivid,  "  If  he  do,  I 
can't   be'p  it.     I  want  to  go  anyhow.     I  aint 
never  seen  nothiu'  and  I  want  tdsee  so.ucthin' 
before  I  die."    He  promi-'cd  me  that  he  will  do 
all  that  he  can  for  my  wife  while  I  am  gone, 
and  I  know  that  he  will.     When  I  bade  farewell 
to  him  and   Fannie,  the  cook,  I  had  to  stop  in 
the  porch  and  lean  againbt  il|j,i^p9t  awhile  he- 
fore  I   approached   my   weeping  family.    I  fit 
had  been  the  hearse  at  tbe  door,  waiting  to  take 
me  to  the  cemetery,  tiicru  could  .-carcely  have 
been  more  grief. 

But  I  must  draw  a  vail  over  that  scene.  I 
left  my  griei-itrickcn  wife  in  the  hands  of  Kood, 
motherly  Sister  Herndon,  and  I  know  that  she 
and  other  loving  friends  will  give  her  all  the 
comiort  in  their  power. 

When  1  had  bidden  farewell  to  some  friends 
who  had  gathered  at  tbe  depot,  among  them  a 


My  work  iu  the  Broadway  Church  and  in  the 
Bible  College,  I  left  in  hands  that  can  he  relied 
on.  Brother  II.  Turner,  well  known  and  well 
beloved,  takes  my  place  in  the  former,  while 
Brethren  Graham  and  Grubbs  divide  between 
them  my  work  in  the  latter. 

Leaving  home  on  Monday, at 3 P.M.,  I  reach- 
ed this  city  by  the  line  of  the  Pvtmitylvania 
Uailroad,  ofi  Tuesday  at  about  S  P.  M.  I  am 
iLstonished  at  the  amount  of  business  done  by 
the  corporation  wbiih  own  this  road.  From 
an  annual  report  published  in  a  PittHburgh  pa.- 
per  yesterday,  I  learn  that  tlieir  businei-i  last 
year  amounted  to  more  than  thirty-one  viillions 
of  doUai-s;  and  the  excellence  of  their  manage- 
ment  is  seen  in  the  fact  that  during  tllPyear 
1S7S,  though  their  business  was  largely  in.reas- 
i-d,  their  actual  oxpcm^es  were  materially  dimin- 
ished. 

The  scenery  along  the  road  from  Pittsburgh 
to  Philadelphia  is  verj*  striking,  especi.iUy  that 
in  Allegheny  mountains.    The  lIorse-shoeBend 
whtTo  the  road,  in  descending  the  e;wterii  slope 
of  the   mountain"!,  almost  doubles  on  iti  own 
track,  presents  a   marvel  of  engineering  xkill, 
while  the  surrounding  group  of  valleys  and 
mountains  is  grand   iu  the  extreme.     But  the 
crandoBt,  and  hy  far  the  most  expansive  scenery, 
is  just  helow  the  junction  of  the  Juniata  River 
with  the  Susquehanna.    The  broad  expanse  of 
the  latter  river,(oulle  the  w-idth  of  the  Ohio  at 
Cincinnatti,.ia  juitt  bvfore  jou,  and  only  a  tew 
feet  helow  the  railroad   track;  beyond  lliis,  in 
front,  is  a  far-reaching  valley,  with  lofty  knobs 
to  the  right  and  a  long  mountiin  ridgo  to  ttie. 
left,  while  slill  farther   to  the  left   vou  avo  the 
gap  between  the  ends  of  two  hifty  ridges  where 
the  river   seems  to  have  cleft  its  way,  and 
through  thisgAp,  as  far  as  the  eye  can   reach, 
you  behold  mountain  after  mountain,  till  the 
horizon  is  terminatt.d  hy  the  dim  blue  tip  of  the 
loftiest  pidge  of  the  entire  range.    1  have  seen 
notjiing  e«iual  to  it,  except  some  of  the  views 
along  New    Iliver,  on  the  Chesapeake  &  Ohio 
road. 

On  our  arrival  in  Philad'dphia,  we  met  with 
a  cordial  expression  of  the  brotlierly  Iovh  indi- 
cai-d  by  the  city's  name.  Brother  S.  W.  Van 
Cnlin,  an  elder  and  a  pillar  in  the  church,  met 
us  at  the  depot,  and  recognixing  me  by  my 
picture  in  the  Livimj  Pulpil,  took  possession  of 
U8  and  guided  us  to  his  house,  whore  we  are  now 
enjoying  a  most  hospitable  entertainment.     * 


We  sail  to-morrow  morning  at  8  o'clock,  on 
the  steamer  Pennsylvania,  of  the  American  line. 
Our  route,  ko  far  an  we  can  forecast  it.  will  lead 
us  without  much  delay  through  Kngland, 
France  and  Italy  by  rail,  and  thence'  to  Alexan- 
dria 'oy  water.  \Ve  propose  to  give  one  week 
to  Kgypt,  and  go  thence  hy  water  to  .loppa. 
With  .Jerusalem  as  headquarleni,  we  will  f>ee  all 
of  Palestine;  thence  we  go  to  Daiuitfcus,  Baal- 
bec  and  the  cities  of  Pba-nicia,  terbiinating  that 
part' of  our  tour  at  Beirout,  whence  we  sail  on 
the  homeward  voyage.  My  companions  are  my 
cou-iln,  Frank  Thompson,  a  young  farmer  from 
near  Lexington,  and  Brother  W.  B,  Taylor,  of 
Eli//abethtown,  Kentucky,  a  former  student  of 
the  Bible  College,  of  Bethany  College  aud  of 
Virginia  Univerxity, 

It  occurs  to  me  to  close  this  first  letter  with 
the  rcmaik  that  in  the  apostolic  times  I  find  my 
standard  of  a  Christiiui,  and  that  in  being  tbe 
correspondent,  while  abroad,  of  the  Aimiolic 
Tmes,  :he  Standard  aud  the  Clirist'KVh,  I  am 
exactly  suited. 

My  next  letter,  providence   parmitiing,  will- 
be  mailed  at  Qucenstown.  Ireland. 

J.  W.  McGarvbtc 


THK    KKKTiiKElsr    ^T   "WOKKL 


M: 


01.11  §me  (Cross. 

"  7^  ll'orlh  0/  Truth  m  Tomjiu  Cim  Ttll/ 


'iroh 


ThiB  depanmcot  ii  dfiifntH  for  Mklnf  and  kiuiw*rioj( 
81bl«  ()ucfltion<.  Mod  for  Ibe  ■olurlua  nr  t'Tipliintl  ililTieui- 
tlM.  In  orter  (o  ;irriDolc  Itihl*  Tniih.  all  qucatloai 
tboulii  hv  sLaIxJ  Kiib  candor,  ond  aniitrrwJ  wlih  lu  much 
olMmcM  M  poMiWt.  ArticlM  for  tbU  drf  ulmrnt,  mud 
b«  ahoii  MiJ  U)  iho  palm. 


2.     U   lit   belutred,    1.  That   the   builder,  or  to  his  own  sentence  which  they  could  not  give 

builclen.  in  every   individual    who  rpc^-ivL*  (hy  it.  it  i»  v:ry  jirobabli;  they  niigfat  use  the  words 

faith)  ChriMt  as  the   foundatiou  of  their  salra-  Mnrnn  nthu;  that  is,  in  S^c,  tht  Lord  conifth, 

tion — preiwhrr  as  well  3.1  lay  merab^r,     2.  That  or  he  will  surely  and  quieVv  come  to  put  this 

the  de*:dj  and  actions  of  fath  individual  are  bijt  t^enteno.-  in  exerution. 


18. 


or  her  material  with  which  they  build  upon 
Christ,  an  their  nalvalion.  3.  That  the  "fir-,"' 
itpoken  ot.  i»  a  fi^furo  of  the  "  fierj-  trialH,"  trib- 
uUtioDB,  j>en»ecutionB,  &c.,by  which  tbo»e  deed» 
and  actions,  on  wbU  sh  faith,  patience,  prayer, 
hope,  &c.,  Hhall   be  tried.     4.  That   those   who 

hold  out  faithful,  through  all  the  crucibles  that  j  in  the  Chri»tirtD  chuicli.  he  reminds   them  that 
Will  the  lUiKTiimis  AT  Work  i.teHHi-give  ai.  ex- 1  they  have  to  piL.».  will  thereby  have  the  *■  wood,    the  Lord   -Jesus  Chn«t   will    come  himself  and 

hiiy,  and  stiibble"  burned  out  of  their  building    pnuiwh  \t.-~Hixhnp  Putrirk  in  Do'ldridfje.    This 
— their  faith,   hope,    love,  prayer,  kc. — and  «q    is  the  p;i»iage  supposed  to  be  referred  to  in  the 


Conipa 


"  Id  beautiful  allusion  to  this,  when  the  apos- 
tle was  fipL-akin;;  of  a  secret  alienation  from 
Chrifit,  maintained  under  the  forms  of  Christi- 
anity, (which  might  pt?rhaj«  le  tht-cace  among 
many  of  the  Coriuthians),  as  this  viasi  not  a 
crime  capable  of  being  convicted  and  censured 


Iffcma  of  J[„fpp, 


— Toe  Pope  ha")  i^s 
the  sale  of  rtlics, 


planatlon  on  Mutt.  :^t:  IT,  wblcli  re:ul»  uh  rollows: 
"Let  him  wlilcli  Ih  on  ttic  buiififtop  not eumo down 
to  take  unytliliiK  out  of  hiB  lioiise." 

Also  vpnte  40,  which  reads  iw  foJlown:  "Then 
Shall  two  tie  in  tlie  Jlcid,  the  0110  shall  be  tnkr-n  and 
the  other  left."  .Iank  Hekov. 

Pleasf  give  an  explanatinn  on  Act«  2:  47:  "  And 
the  J>ord  ruldi-d  lo  the  pIiuh  h  ilatly  sueli  lu  shoulil 
be  saved." 

IlomanHS;  ra:  "  WJjo  nhall  lay  anytlilns  to  llie 
Char^re  of  Ood'n  elcet  'f " 

Timot'iy-i:  10:  "Therefore  I  endure  all  thinff" 
for  tJie  elect's  sake."  lIiiMiv  .Sc;iriiANTZ. 

Will  you  or  some  of  your  rentiers  iileane  explain 
Matt.  It):  11,  l2'f  It  reads  us  follows :  "  Iluthesald 
unto  tln-in,  AI!  mt-n  raiinot  recielve  thiH  saylnK.  nav* 
they  to  whom  It  Is  Klven.  For  there  are  Honn-  «u- 
nucliH,  which  were  so  barn  from  thetr  mother's 
womb:  and  there  are  some  riumielis,  which  were 
madeeunmihsof  men;  and  tlinrebneimuchs,  which 
have  wijide  tlinmselvea  eunuchs  for  the  kingdom  of 
heavi'irH  sake.  He  that  is  able  to  receive  It,  Ii-t  him 
revive  It."  F,.T.Fj!ant/. 

Will  you,  or  sonic  one  else  piciute  kI  vc  an  r'\i»);i»[i- 
tlonof  Hev.a:  JTV  Itrr-tnlsllius:  "IJethiit  Imth  an 
ear,  let  him  hear  what  the  NjiliH  siiilh  ujilo  ll.f 
churrli.'.s:  To  him  lltjtt  oveieumcth  villi  I  j^jve  to 
eat  of  llii-  Iiiilili'ii  ininina.  and  will  glvchlm  a  whit)* 
BtoiA  !i!i.|  ill  tiji-  stone  a  new  name  wrltti*n,  wjiltli 
no  man  Jviiowcth  saving  ho  that  recelvclh  It." 

Maiiv  Zicti.Jtn. 
I'lense explain  1  Tim.  n : «,  which  reiuls  iw  rolloiv« : 
"Uiit  If  any  provide  not  for  hisuwn,  and  esiiectally 
for  t hi>HO  of  his  own  house,  he  hiitli  denied  the  lailli, 
and  JH  worse  than  an  Inlldel,"  n,  h. 

I'li-iwe  explain  tliruugh  tlio  Hiiktjiiii'.n  at  ^Vokk 
the  iiicJiTiliiBof  ICor.  l.-.;m  Itreiuisiis  follows: 
"  J*:].i.- nhiil  nhal]  they  do  which  are  Imptlml  for 
the  d'iiil,  If  the  dead  il.ie  not  at  alll"  why  are  they 
then  liajiti/ed  for  the  dead  "/• " 

What  are  we  to  understand  )iy  the  terjii,  '■  Why 
are  they  then  baptized  for  the  dead  Y  "  .].  K, 

IdiBlro  an  explanation  on  1  Tim.  r.:  aJ:  "Some 
men's  sins  are  ojien  l.efoiehaml.  golnj.'  before  to 
JudgiiKiil;  and  some  men  they  follow  after." 

S.  A.  Wiiti'ituv. 
Please  give  your  views  throuirli  the  liiiKiininN 
ATWoitK.of  MattarKfl,  whlJI  rends  as  follows: 
"Agree  with  tlilne  adversiiry  ijnlckly,  wlilli'  tlioi 
art  III  the  way  with  hliri;  lesl,  at  any  ihno  the  iid- 
veriary  deliver  theo  to  the  jn.lgc,  uuil  iUv.  Jiulg. 
deliver  thee  to  the  omcor,  iind  tliou  ho  cast  Into 
I)rl8oii." 

Also  I  Tim.  (i:  0, 10:  "  ].et  not  a  widow  bo  taken 
Into  the  number  under  three .Hconi  ycaisold,  having 
been  the  wife  of  mie  mini,  well  iv|i.,iU)d  of  lorguod 
works;  if  HiiehiivelmnjghnipelilMren.lfshphave 
lodged  strangers,  if  she  have  Washed  the  saints' 
feel.  If  .she  Imye  relieved  the  aflllcled,  If  she  have 
dlllgeiitlj  followed  every  good  work." 

J.  H.  Ki.i.Kii. 
\\  111  siiiiio  one  pleaso  e.vidaln  Ileh.  7:  i.  :i;  ••  yor 
this  Xlelchiacdec,  khigofSiilom.  priest  of  tho  most, 
high  Cod,  whometAbniliam  returning  from  the 
sluuKhteiof  tim  kings,  and  blessed  him;  without 
fatliui.  wilhoiil  nioihor.  without  descent,  luiving 
Iieither  beglniiinj.  Ml  days,  m.rendi.f  life;  buLmmle 
like  unto  the  Son  of  tiod;  iibideth  a  prist  eonlin- 
— -^.^  M.  n. 


ally." 


THREE  ANSWERS. 


V  III  some  ,VM  give  us  an  ex|daii!itioii  ..n  I  Cor 
8:  \2iri  I.  Who  i.s  the  builder?  K.  Wlmt  the  ma- 
terbdy  ;j,  How  shall  a  man's  work  be  tried  by 
UTnY  4.  ]f  II  man's  work  be  Imrned,  liow  Klmll  he 
be  saved  yet  so  a-s  by  llreV"  H,  H.  WliiTMKli. 

I  WILL  give  tliree  of  the  most  common  views 
on  these  queries. 
1.  The  builder,  or  builders,  are  believed  to 
be  the  preacher?-,  who  build  up  a  churcli  by 
gathering  souls  unto  Christ,  like  Paul,  ApoHos, 
Cephas,  Peter,  John,  &c.  They  are  "laborers 
together  with  God,"  and  the  converts  to  Clirist 
are  "God's  husbandry."  and  "-Gods  building" 
Verse  !t.  2.  The  material  is  the  converts, 
whereot  some  are  spiritual,  while  others  are 
carnal.  3.  That  these  couverts,  which  are  the 
builder's  work,  shall  be  judged  in  the  great 
judgment  day,  where  the  spiritual  shall  "abide  " 
but  those  who  walked  not  after  the  spirit,  but 
after  the  fle^h,  "shall  be  burned."  4.  That, 
though  the  carnal  converts  shall  not  stand  the 
judgment,  yet  the  preacher  shall  be  saved. 

Hemakks.— This  view  seems  to  haveobstachs 
iD8urmountab!e.  1.  It  proves  (?)  the  doctrine 
of  annihilation.  For  inasmuch  as  the  carnal 
converts  are  equivalent  to  "  wood.  hay.  and 
Stubble,"  they,  in  judgment.  "  shall  be  burned  " 
2.  It  would  show  that  all  those  wlio  preach 
Christ  and  gather  souls  unto  him,  though  they 
be  carnal,  yet  the  preacher  "  himself  shall  be 
saved. '  which  is  incon.Hbtent.  3.  The  apostle's 
declaration,  that  "he  himself  diall  be  saved- 
yet  so  as  by  fire,"  is  utterly  inaj^plicable  accord- 
lug  to  this  view. 


"shall  b«t  saved;  yet  so  as  by  fire."  liriefly 
is  Ixdieved  that  a// who  do  build  on  Christ  as 
their  salvation,  bring,  nevertheless.  "  wood,  hay, 
and  htubbK'"  in  with  the  "gold,  silver,  and 
precious  stones;  "  and  that  these— carnal  it  ien— 
must  be  burned  or  purged  out  like  m  the  dross 
ix  purged  from  gold." 

itKMARKw. — This  view  seems  more  consistent, 
however,  there  is  one  point  in  it  dark  and  irrec- 
oncilable. The  apostle  speaks  of  some  whose 
worK  that  thf-y  build  upon  Christ,  will  "abide," 
and  they  "  shalj  receive  a  reward;  "  and  of  olh- 
cr*  whose  work  shall  not  abide,  but  "fliall  be 
burned,"  and  by  this  burning  "  sulfer  Iokh  "  but 
they  themselves  be  "saved;  yet  so  as  by  fire." 
Hut  according  U)  this  view,  there  are  none  whose 
work  will  "abide."  and  they  receive  a  reward.  I 
for  it  jdaces  them  all  under  the  chms  wliich  | 
Paul  says  "shall  snlft-r  loss;  but  he  himself 
shall  be  saved;  yet  so  as  by  tire." 

3.     It  is  believed,  1.  That  the  builders  arc  the 
believers  in  Christ.     2.  That  the  material  is  that 
which  bflii'vers  receive  and    practice.     3.  That 
every  one   "  must  appear  before  the  judgment 
seat  of  Ciirist;"  and    that  tiiere  every  "mhn's 
work  "  that  ho  ha-i  built  upon  Christ  for  his  sal- 
vation, "shall    bo  made   manifest;  for    the  day 
shall  declare  it,  because  it  sluill  be   revealed  by 
(ire;  luid  the  fire  hhnll  try  every  man's  work,  of 
what  sort    it  is."     That  the  day  that  shall  de- 
clare, or  Tuake  uianife-it  the  works  of  every  man 
and  woman,  is  the  day  of  judgment.     Tliat  the 
"  fire  "  that  shall  reveal  the  secrets  of  the  hearts 
oi'  the  childre?!  of  men,  is  the  hoIineNS  of  the 
Lord,   which  shall  try  every  man's  deeds  and 
actions,  as  well  hh  souls  and  spirits;  and   that 
notliing  can  stand   before  him,   that  is  unholy 
and  impure. 

4.  If  a  man's  «w7,:  be  burned,  how  shall  A^ 
bo  saved,  yet  so  as  by  lire?  It  is  believed  that 
"  with  men  this  is  imjjossible,  but  with  God  all 
things  arc  possible."  Matt.  19:  26.  That  those 
whoso  works  were  wrought  in  God,  to  his  glory 
and  honor,  will  receive  ''n  reward;  "  but  those 
whoso  works  were  not  all  prompted  by  pure 
motives  and  holy  desires,  Ihcir  works  will  be 
consumed  by  tho  holiness  of  the  Lord,  for  "God 
is  a  consuming  fire,"  and  so  forfeit  their  rewards, 
'VuflerloaV'  but  they  being  in,  or  on  Christ 
tho  foundatiou,  their  souls  slmll  be  saved  from 
the  lake  of  fire,-  the  second  death.  That  they 
whose  "  works  abide "  shall  be  saved  and  re- 
warded "  by  grace,"  but  tliey  whose  "  works 
shall  bo  burned  "  shall  be  saved  "bv  fire." 

Hkhaiiks.— This  view  is  here  stated  smiply  I 
becnuao  many  b-Iiove  so;  but  who  sees  not  that  I 
it  is  closely  allied  to  the  Uomisli  purgatory,  ani 
eomi)letely  coutlicts  with  his  predilected  view 
of  other  parts  of  Scripture,  and  so  shrinks  with 
horror  back  I'rom  it  as  he  would  from  a  viper? 

Having  thus  given  the  above,  three  views  of 
this  subject,  if  the  querist  and  reader  can  he 
reconciled  to  nonr  of  them,  then  it  would  prob- 
ably be  the  best  to  consider  this  subject  as  one 
of"  Iwloved  Brother  I'aul's"  d<'ep  things  which 
are  "  hard  to  bo  understood,"  2  Pet.  3: 15.  IG. 
leaving  it  to  him  to  explain  when  wecomcover 
there,  and  meditate  upon  things  whV:li  are  more 
easily  understood.  Suffice  it  to  know  that  noth- 
ing will  "abide"  that  is  not  sanctified  by  the 
all-sufficient  atonement  made  on  Calvary. 
"  Without  holiness  no  man  shall  see  tlie  Lord." 
Daniki.  Uriouu 


preceding  vente,  as  written  with  his  own  hand." 
Denni.s  Clark. 
Good  Ho2»f.  Ohio. 


w 


THE  FOUR  BIRTHS. 

rie-ase  explain  .Tohnl:  1.1:  "Which  were  boni. 
not  of  blood,  nor  of  the  will  of  the  flesh,  nor  of  the 
will  of  man,  but  of  (;od."  What  birtlis  are  here 
referre*!  to,  natural  or  spiritual '/ 

3.  y.  SXAVICI.Y. 

E  understand  the  first  birth  to  mean  this: 
For  instance,  a  man  joins  a  church  just 
because  his  parents  belong  to  that  church,  not 
considering  whether  the  Bible  is  on  his  side  or 
not,  but  "must  follow  my  parents,"  lience  is 
born  into  the  church,  of  blood  and  not  of  God. 
I  The  birth  of  the  will  of  the  fie.sh  is  similar. 
The  man  looks,  not  to  God's  Word  for  knowl- 
edge, but  seeks  a  church  to  suit  his  fancy,  to 
suit  liis  style;  oat^  in  which  be  can  do  just  about 
as  he  chuo'es,  and  still  retain  his  popularity. 
Such  are  Horn  of  the  will  of  the  flesh,  and  not 
of  God. 

"  Nor  of  the  will  of  man."  To  be  born  of  the 
will  of  man,  is  to  join  some  church  to  please 
some  one  else.  "I  know  not  what  the  Bible 
says,  but  to  please  and  satisfi'  him  (some  friend) 
I  will  join  the  chinch."  Therefore,  that  man  is 
not  born  of  God,  but  of  the  will  of  man. 

'*  But  of  God."  The  man  who  seeks  in  earn- 
est for  salvation,  searches  the  Scriptures,  prays 
to  God  for  wisdom,  &c.,  for  his  own  good,  and 
not  for  somebody  else — such  a  man  is  born  of 
God,  and  a  glorious  birth  it  is.  What  a  bless- 
ing to  be  called  a  child  of  God! 

S.  BarsmAron. 


fSf 

—The  SoutLern  Methodist  Pnl  r  . 
is  in  debt  $300,000.  ""'hiiig 

—The  Japanese  have  a  daily  n. 
Jaimn  GaictU.  "^Ml.-  , 

—Steamships  for  Europe  usualh- 
thirty  thousand  letters  each  trip      "^^^ 

— A  RIVOIUTION  ofsoDie  magnituJ 
ken  out  in  Sonora  in  the  north-weat 
Mexico.  ^^  1', 

—The  Bishop  of  Manchester  has 
letter  strongly  denouncing  smokin    ?"'' 


-The  State  of  Nevada  is  the 


onlyo 


Union  with  no  dehfs.  and  monev  i„  .l 
rv.  "'"  li.  . 


to  foreign  fields,  Germany  morclhT^I',"" * 


The  United  States  sends  460 
oreign  fields,  Ge 
Great  Britain  1,000. 

—A  OoNOREGATioXii  Church  in  III 
rejected  a  candidate  for  its  pulj.it  „„ '"J'' '" 
Kround  that  he  used  tobacco.  "'I 

— Fbiii  was  not  injured  iu  California  1 
cold  weather  a.s  much  as  was  feared  H 
moud  aud  peach  trees  are  in  lilossoni      ""' 

—A  movement  in  New  York  is  co„te,„|,| 
for  tile  poor  and  rich. 


to  iu,ake  all  Episcopal  churches  free  seatej'""' 


—Severe  shocks  of  earthquake  vn,  f  ■ 
Itome  and  Sienna,  Feb.  25.  Two  pritiU  ' 
several  villagers  were  killed  at  Sienna         ' 


■The   Presbyterian  Board  of  Re|j, 


fi;,,;,, 

"Wf  than  t 


HOW  MANY  THRONES? 

1.  flow  many  thrones  are  referred  to  in  Rev.  i-l : 
1?  2.  Wbatconstitutedthobaptismof  "ourfatll- 
ora"rcrorrortloin  1  Cor.  10:  1,  2?  3.  Howotlen 
were  they  baptized  unto  Moses? 

Tiiojus  1JI.ACK.  Jr. 

J  ANSWER,  two,  though  inthat relationship 
yet  in  the  far  future.  At  the  present  lime, 
God,  the  Father,  has  a  throne  in  the  heavenly 
city  above.  Jesus,  iu  his  triumph  over  sin  and 
the  devil,  obtained  the  honor  of  heing  sealed 
with  the  Father  on  his  throne,  Rev.  3;  iil.  and 
when  Christ  makes  his  second  advent  into  this 
world,  he  will  then  &cciipy  his  own  throne  for 
one  thousand  years.  When  the  new  heaven 
and  the  new  earth  shall  be  created  the  throne 
of.Bod  aud  of  the  Lamb  shall  exist  in  the  rela- 
tionship precisely  as  mentioned  in  the  passage 
above,  under  which  the  river  of  life  is  said  to 
take  its  rise,  and  will  continue,  or  remain  to  be 
BO  until  the  great  consummation  of  all  things, 
when  God  shall  bo  all  in  all,  1  Cor.  15:  2S. 
David  Kimhel. 


some  one  will  pleusu 
1:  IS.  and  Matt.  27  ;r,. 


JUDAS. 

'(raip.irc  and  explain  Acts 


y 


DtMihi-m,  I'll. 


UDAS,  when  he  saw  that  he  was  condcniupd 
by  betraying  the  innocent  blood,  threw 
down  the  thirty  pieces  of  silver  (amounting  to 
about  *15.)  into  the  temple,  departed,  and  went 
out  and  hanged  himself  Acts  1:  18,  adds  that 
he  fell  headlong  and  burst  asunder.  History 
seems  to  establish  the  fact,  that  after  he  left 
the  temple,  he  crossed  the  dark  valley  of  Hin- 
nom,  on  the  south  sleep  hillside,  south  of  the 
valley,  hung  himself  and  by  a  breaking  of  the 
rope  or  branch,  fell  headlonj  aud  burst  asunder. 
The  steep  hill-precipice,  south  of  ninnoiu  val. 
ley,  may  well  be  the  scene  of  this  two  fold 
'''■''"'■  NoAU  H.  Shuti. 


MEANING  OP  TWO  WORDS. 

What  is  the  meaning  of  tho  last  two  wt.rtls  or  1 
Cor.  10:  22?  ■■Auathema  Maran  atha."  and  wliat 
hmguagolslt?  W.  II.  Miller. 

Inns  ijuery  Moiaius,  awaiting  an  answer.  I 
have  before  mo.  Vol.  2,  of  the  "  Cottage 
Bible  and  Family  Expositor,"  hy  Rev.  Wm. 
Pattou,  D.  D.  lie  gives  the  following  exposi- 
tion of  the  pa.ssage: 

"When  the  Jews  lost  the   power  of  life  and        Dipeicclties  are  placed  in  our  way  that  w 
doalh  they  used,  nevertheless,  to  pronouu.e  an    may  overcome  them,  and  pas,  through  condlcl 
Amthemt  on  persons,  who,   according   to  the  |  lo  victories,  aud  through  victories  to  I 
Mosaic   law,   should   have  been   executMl.  and 

^tijraccrr""  "-'^-irt::::!,.. --:-".--  ---  «^>i-w « 


MoKEY  is  a   bottomless  sea,  in  which  honor, 
conscience  and  truth  may  be  drowned. 


lirough  victories  to  triumphs 
If  ever  a  good   Christian  fell 

press  their  faith   that   Clod  would,  on.  way  ^r"   jTof  e^^r^tlTk^otrd'^  ^, ''7''' "^ 
-.other,    .    .    .    interpose,loaddthMeffiLy|ipparent   '         '"'"''"''^''^''f""'''''''^'"- 


abled  ministers  has  distributed  _ 
000,000  in  the  last  tweuty-aix  yeara. 

—Tin;  Nihilists  are  at  work  in  R„„i„    , 

Governor  of  Charkoif  was  recently  lii,,i'  ^ 

and  seriously  injured.     He  has  since  died    ' 

—Key  West,  Floridi,  is  rejoicing  i„  u„ 

covery  of  sponge  of  superior  quality  i„  ,,,  | 

bor,  which  it  had  supposed  was  extinct  Ih,,, ' 

—The  clergy  cost  the  United  States 821  (, 

000  annually;  the  criminals,  SlO,00(l  oi'-   , 

lawyers,  ?7O,0OO,000;  aud  rum,  ?200,o'(iCI,0(t. 

— Thikiv-  six  Indians,  the  reninaut  of » I 

that  niided  in  Idaho  last  Summer,  hav,.  ]" 

surprised  and  slaughtered  in  the  Salni,,,,  1(1  \ 

Mountains. 

—A  DANDV,  smoking  a  cigar,  enteral  a  n,- 1 . 
ajerie,  when  tho  keeper  ordered  him  lo  takt  I, 
weed  from  his  mouth  lest  he  should  trad  1", 
other  monkeys  bad  habits. 

—The  waters  of  the  Vistula  have  ovi.rfl.iii 
submerging  forty   villages  in   the  viciiuli 
Wareawin  Russia.    The  dam   above  tlfi-i 
has  broken,  and  there  is  a  great  inundatio 
a  great  loss  of  property. 

—Michael  Hall  drank  a  quart  of  whisl  ; 
within  ten  minutes,  in  Sntro,  Nevada,  oii  all 
of  §10.  II.S  remaiued  uueoiiscious  forty-ei^:! 
hours  and  died  at  the  end  of  that  time. 

— A  great  storm  swept  over  Italy  aud  ^m\\- 
ern  Prance  lately.  The  reports  state  tlial  li» 
whole  coast  was  strewn  with  wrecks,  and  ii 
many  ports  small  craft  were  blown  out  to  « 
aud  lost.  The  new  quay  at  Posilippo  was  al- 
most entirely  destroyed. 

— It  is  reported  that  eighty-sis  persons,  in- 
cluding the  ministry  aud  the  chief  princrs  of 
the  realm,  have  recently  been  massacred  by  or- 
der of  the  king  of  Burmah.  The  details  uf  lln 
massacre,  ,is  reported,  are  horrible.  Tho  kiiig'l 
object  is  the  re-establishment  of  a  despotic  foini 
of  government.  British  interference  is  hoH 
for. 

—Dr.  C.  C.  Blake,  of  Decatur,  Illinois,  aiiUi™ 
of  weather  calculations,  declares  that  iiotliii'- 
eitraordinary  will  occur  in  the  next  five  y.■a^ 
"  to  mar  the  even  tenor  of  nature's  ways."  ail 
stakes  his  reputation  on  the  issue.  Pial'i^' 
statement  up  somewhere,  aud  mark  how  far  ll'^' 
events  of  these  coming  years,  as  they  translir-. 
sustain  him.  ^ 

— .\  REMARKAliLE  phenomenon  occurrtd  )u 
the  voyage  of  the  mission  bark  John  Willi""' 
to  Gilbert  Islands  and  Ellice's  Group  t'tl''^'" 
Turpie  says  they  sailed  through  a  ma.>;sot  iiaiu- 
ice-stone,  which  he  estimated  at  six  hiui'lr^ 
miles  ill  length  and  one  hundred  and  fifty  n"'" 
in  width,  aud  that  on  some  of  Ihe  islan'l" 
ridge  til  feet  high  had  lavn  washed  uit  "  " 
supposed  that  a  terrible  sub-marine  conml*" 
had  taken  place.  The  usual  currents  and  fro"' 
winds  were  reversed,  so  that  they  had  '» '""'' 
muuicate  with  some  of  the  islands  on  "1"' " 
termed  the  windward  side. 


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■fli     __— 


THE    BI^ETHREN    -A.T    AVORIC 


ifoirfspomlcn^c. 


Wayside  Notes. 

Lower  Miami  Church:  at  "Dayton, 
■^  ham-  ;iii<i  at  Libeity:  with  their  re- 

^  >,liiite  result  of  our  ineetiug  at  Zim- 
t^"""."  iifa3,thirU*eii  i>apti/,-;rl  and  tlir^-e 
"^'""""iji'tore  thf  closf  uf  this  lueetiug, 
i>*"**hp  Luwer  Miami  Church,  which  is 
■  1 1'^ '  ^^  ^f  Brother  Gtorge  Holler,  while 
K''";'^esreniaintd  at   Zimmerman   two 

'""^TBK '-""■''" '''■""    ^""^"^^ 

inters.  Brethren  George  Holler  and 
'''"""  \rith  ail  ahle  hotly  of  deacon 
^  "'Ind  these  assisted  hy  quite  a  large 
if"'    jjiijers,  and   they  all  desirous  that 

■  ri,]enourcntiif  to  this  (jlace  on  tho 
^^'''\  ich  day  the  iwily  of  hrother  Israel 
1"°  '^Ij'^  jiad  of  late  years  been  a  resident 


aud  Kl^oD.  aiid  there  learoed  thut  two  others 
had  apf'lied  for  membership  after  our  departs  | 
ure.  A  gofid  work  should  never  coase-,  because 
all  of  its  friendit  cannot  he  present. 

From  thi*,  we  drove   west   some  nine  mile'* 
to  the  town  of 

LIUBBTY. 
Thi^  we  ar»  told,  is  the  oldest  town  in  Mout- 
gomrry  county,  and  has  hut  few.  if  any,  of  our 
Hret'.ireu  in  it.  However,  we  met  here  very 
w.»rm  friends,  and  were  favored  with  the  use 
of  the  United  Brethren  Church.  After  hav- 
ing four  meetiugs  here,  the  writer  to  m^et  oth- 
er calls,  passed  on  to^Vinchester.  Prehle  county, 
from  where  we  now  write.  As  to  the  result  of 
the  nieetiijg  at  Liberty,  there  were  niue  baptiz- 
ed and  others  would  come  soon. 

Landos  Wfst. 

From  the  Honey    Creek    Church,    Ohio. 


f-"":; 


aud  who  had  died  on  the   2.'5th, 


itted  to  the  grave.  Brother  Jacob 
TMiansV  had  been  called  for  the  occa- 
'■  1  (ielivered  the  fuueral  oration  to  a 
"" .  ^'tti*ative  audience.  The  age  of  the 
""        ■        was  near  seventy  years. 

an  30th,  while  at  the   house 


;^  brother.^ 

^^XhurJ'lay.-'i 


,^  Siimuel  Bock,  we  were  sent  for  to 

^^' j  l,'.jpti7.e  a  sick   young    man,    named 

*"     A  small  body  of  Brethren  assembled 

""      nt's  home;  had  there  a  short  service, 

^^T-h  the  sick  hrother  who  was  unable  to 

r  "self,  was  taken  in  a  chair  and    carried 

tbiiHli  of  a  mile  to  a  stream  and  there 

'''"'!  [jg  seemed  to  suffer  no  inconvenience 

Wiiue,  ft"**  ^^hen  redressed  and   placed  in 

[  _^ijl^'es[)ressird    himself  as   being  now 

JE' meeting  at  this  place    was  continued  for 
eeks.and  its  immediate  result  was  fifteen 

La,  ftU'l  requests  to  go  on 


ptii 

jVoBi  this  poll 

■tug's    close, 

intto 


lit  and   three  days  before   the 
we   left  brother   James   and 


DAYTUN. 

|,reffesi'ol<''on  three  evenings,  before  broth- 
jiine*  could  come.  From  this  point  aud  in 
amy  ^'^^^  ^  Brother  Shoup,  we  drove  out 
iSuini^iy  morning  to  Zimmerman  aud  spoke 
(heir  regular  meeting.  We  there  learned  that 


Ihe  time  since 


we  had  left  them,  two    weeks 


(ore,  SIX  others  had  applied  for  membership. 
jitliis  we  feel  glad,  for  we  wish  the  desire  to 

rightandtoget  right,  to  be  felt  not  only 
tile  we  are  with  the  Brethren,  hut  also    after 

jw  gonr.    We  want  it  to  be  lile-long   with 

,all.  ^      .  ,  . 

Bmlticr  James  came  into  Dayton  at   night, 

iJwehail  a  large  audience  with  good  atten- 
n.  Our  meeting  here  continued  until  the 
■htof  Fi'bruary  11th,  with  two  applications, 

Hhe  wit*-  of  Brother  Elson  (dentist).     These 

(reW|-tiz.-d  onthe  12th.  aud  near  the  home 
Brotlier  George  Garver,  when  on  our  way  to 

at  next  point. 

The  whole  company   were  provided   with   a 

viddiuuer  by  brother  aud  sister  Garver,  aud 
home  and  day  will  long  be  remembered  by 

ay.  if  not  of  the  entire  company,  for  its 

iMiiut  iLssociations, 

this  place  we  drove  on   north,    to  the 

im  of  Brother  Clark   Yount.  from   whence 

rt  were  conveyed  to  the  meeting  at  the 

GINGHAM  CHVltCH. 

le  ministers  of  this  church  are  brethren 
muel  Coppick,  0.  F.  Yount  and  Francis  Neal. 
Ve  wen;  met  liy  brother  L.  H.  Dickey,  of  Sen- 
ca  county,  Ohio.  He  had  been  in  this  church 
Btsorae  days,  and  at  another  point  had  bap- 
some  applicants,  but  liis  voice  failing  to 
extent,  and  other  denominations  showing 
'rth  ijiiite  an  opposition  to  the  Brethren's 
utb.iieaEd  Brother  Yount  gave  us  special 
to  i-ome  and  assist  them.  This  we  did 
Wrfiilly,  and  shall  ever  remember  this  visit 
nlh  pleasure.  We  see  in  this  body  quite  a 
ttl  lor  tl  e  work;  aud  aa  an  immediate  result 
'itis,  there  are  quite  a  number  of  the  Breth- 
W's  children  have  come  into  the  fold,  and  all 
stn  to  Eo  ueacefully  on- 

Tbe  homes  of  Brethren  Coppick,  Nefll,  Hon- 

«i.  Abi-ani  Karn,  Clark  Youut,  with  others 

^iwe  names  we  cannot  now  give,  will  ever  ha 

•^ght  of  with  pleasure. 

Brother  Dickey  left  for  his  home,  on  Satur- 
|*rlhe]5th,  and  on  Sunday  nignt,  we,  too, 
^  the  farewell  to  say.  As  to  the  immediate 
'^"«of  the  meetings,  weconld  see  no  more 
'^QlbL^;  That  those  who  are  now  in  the  work 
*««Tery  willing  to  still  watch  and  labor  on. 

^*ii  Monday,  the  17th,  we  drove  back  to  Day- 
''^'CalW  at  the  homes   of  Brethren   Kichl 


Dnir  Brrtlirni.— 
^lAHlS  church  is  situated  in  the  north-western 
1      part  of  LoudenviUe  District.  Was  dedicat- 
evt  la't  August. 

According  to  arrangenienta,  I  brought  David 
Workman,  of  .\shlaud.  Ohio,  to  this  place,  who 
commenced  fireiiigin  thu  camp  with  such  pow. 
er  that  in  a  few  days  Satan's  rinks  were  caused 
to  tremble,  by  thirty-nine  denying  him  as  their 
captain,  and  enlisting  in  the  urniy  of  the  Lord, 
by  complying  with  his  requirements,    and    be- 
ing baptized.     Also  one   ajiplicant.      Nineteen 
helouged  to  five  different  dV nominations;  six 
to  the  Baptist  church.     One  was  a  member  of 
that  church  lor  thirty-five  years.  He  is  seventy- 
five  years  of  age-     He  says  for  the  last  twenty 
years  he  has  been  convinced    that  he   has  not 
Ibllowcd  nil  till'   commands   of  the    Bible,   hat 
hp,  like  many  others,  thought   jutt  so   he    be- 
longed to  the  church,   that   was   all  that   was 
required;  but  when  he  examined  his  Bible  more 
closely,  he  said  that  there  was  something    that 
he   had   omitted,   aud   that  wsus   feet-washidg.  | 
He  says  he  stopped  too  soon;  hut  he  is  now  as-  | 
sured  even  in  his  old  days  that  by  the   help    of 
God  he  can    live   nearer   his   Savior,   and  feel 
assured   of    an  eternal    life.      There  were   sis 
Methodists  and  four  Albrights,  one   of  which 
was  class  leader  and   Superintendant    of  their 
Sunday-school.    There  were  two   Wiuebrenar- 
ians,  one    of  which   is  in   his   seventieth  year. 
Also    one     that    belonged    to    the    Heforraed 
Church.     Ten  of  the  remaining    twenty  were 
of   the   Brethren's  children.    The   remaining 
ten  were   of  outsiders.      There  are    many,  we 
believe,  that  are  almost   persuaded  tu   become 
Chris'ians.    Tlie  youngest  one  that  was  bap- 
tized wjis  in  his    thirteenth   year.      And  now, 
young  reader,  do  not  put  off  coming   to  your 
riavior  until  you  get  old— you  may  not  live  to 
bo  old,  you  may  put  it  off  until    you    are    lost 
and  that  forever. 

Brother  David  has  been  doing  the  preaching 
hi^l^elf  since  he  came,  except  one  sermon, 
which  brother  William  Murray  preached. 
Brother  Morgan  and  William  Workman  could 
not  attend  the  meeting  on  account  of  sickness. 
Brother  Joshua  Workman  and  David  Brubaker 
could  not  attend  all  the  time  on  account  of 
having  quite  a  distance  to  come.  The  word  of 
the  Lord  was  spoken  with  such  power  that  sin. 
ners  were  caused  to  weep  over  their  sinful  con. 
dition.  While  fathei-s  and  mothers  were  made 
I  o  rejoice  to  see  their  sons  and  daughters  for- 
sake Satan,  and  turn  in  with  the  offered  terms 
of  mercy,  husbands  were  made  to  see  their 
wives  come  out  on  the  Lord's  aide,  while  wives 
were  made  to  weep  for  joy  to^.e  theircompan- 
ions  forsake  the  Devil  and  his  pernicious  ways, 
and   try  to  serve  the  Lord. 

Just  about  twenty  years  have  rolled  into 
eternity  since  brother  David  was  baptized  with- 
in a  mile  of  this  place.  He  started  to  serve  his 
Master  when  but  a  youth;  and  is  still  trying  to 
serve  him  by  preaching  the  word  of  the  Lord 
m  its  primitive  purity,  and  calling  sinners  to 
repentance.  What  a  good  work  ^he  has  been 
doiug  for  his  M>i3ter  while  at  this  place! 

W°*  are  surrounded  with  five  different  de- 
nominations, but,  nevertheless,  we  are  in  up- 
wise  alurmed,  fur  truth  will  stand  when  all 
else  pass  away. 
.Our  church  stands  just  one  mile  and  a  halt 
north  of  the  old  Greentown  Baptist  church, 
which  vias  organized  about  forty  years;  it  being 
the  oldest  church  in  the  association,  formerly 
called  the  Greentown  Association,  but  is  now 
called  the  Mansfield  Baptist  Association.  It 
has  been  left  without  a  pastor  for  the  last  four 
years.  There  are  several  of  their  members 
that  have  joined  our  church.  Where  the 
members  do  not   work  in   union   the  church 

must  fall.  ,. 

Brother  David prfachedthirty-twodiscourses, 

which  closed  the  meeting  on  the  22nd  ot  I'eb- 

ruary.     As  we  can  do  nothing  of  oureelves  we 

give  God  the  p'-ai-^e. 


Fiom  Centerview,  Mo. 

Dear  Sivtki-rn : — 

AS  an  item  of  chun'.h  news,  I  will   say    that 
it  is  known  to  some  of  your  readeix,  that 
the  \Valnut  Creek  congregation,  .Johnson   Co., 
Mo.,  has  been  destitute  of  a  minister  ever  .^iuce 
the  death  of  older   Joseph    Wampler,   only   as 
they  could  get  a  call  from  others.     The    writer 
has  been  trying  to  visit  them    once  a  month, 
but  being  oft  aillicted.  could  not  alwavs  attend. 
SohrotherJ.  S.  Mohler,  of  Henry  county,  Mis- 
souri, was  solicited  to  preach    tor  them   a   few 
day?*,  and  acconlingly  1'*  came  and  commenced 
the  work  on  Saturday  evening,  the  2'2nd   inst., 
and  continued  until    the  evening   of  the  'i.ith. 
1    being  again    in    the  crucible   of   allliction, 
could  not  attend;  so  brother  Mohler  was  left  to 
lahtu-  alone,  but  we  believe  the  Lord    was  with 
him;  for  this  morning  we  received   the   iutelli- 
geuce.  thtit.  during  his  short  stay   with  them, 
the  church  wa*  edified,  and  two  precious  souls 
covenanted  to  walk  with  Jesus,  and  live  a  new 
lite.      Both    of   these   were   young  men  in  the 
prime  of  life.     May  the  blessing  of  God  atti-nd 
them  through  life.     Others,  also,  were  made  to 
feel  the  weight  and  power  of  sin,  and  we   tniet 
they  will  soon  follow  the  noble  example  of  the 
voung  men.     May  the  favors  of  heaven  attend 
brother  Mohler  for  his  labors  of  love. 

In  conclusiun.  I  wish  to  say  there  is  a  good 
openint,'  here  f<fr  some  ministering  hrother 
who  may  wish  to  settle  in  the  West.  This,  I 
am  told,  is  the  first  organization  of  the  Breth- 
ren in  Southern  Missouri.  They  have  no  local 
minister,  yet  they  have  a  good  meeting-house, 
■IDx.id  (brick),  with  baspiuont,  aud  about  thirty 
niembrrs.  Who  will  corae  and  locate  among 
them  and  pre.'ich  for  them?  They  have  a  good 
country.  The  meeting-house  stands  abouttive 
miles  north  of  Knobnoster,  through  which  the 
Missouri  II.  II.  runs.  A.  Hitcjiison 

February  .i7th,  1S79. 


Sahvel  L.  SicHoteoN. 


From  N.  C.  Nielson, 

Dnir  Ji,Ttl,rr„:~ 

I  OFTEN  long  for  the  fellowship  and  associ- 
ation of  the  blood-bought  children  in 
Christ  across  the  great  ocean,  and  especially 
those  whom  we  have  seen  face  to  face.  This 
brings  to  memory  the  great  day  when  all  shall 
meet  never  to  part— a  glorious  day  when  we 
shall  have  liberty  to  go  into  the  marriage  hal^ 
clothed  with  the  Christian's  parment.  In 
Matt.  22: 11-13,  we  read  of  a  man  who  had  en- 
tered the  marriage  room  without  the  proper 
garment,  but  wa-s  told  to  go  out.  What  a 
tearful  warning  to  all  who  are  trying  to  get 
in  without  doing  what  Christ  says. 

Dearly  beloved  brethren  and  sisters,  watch 
aud  pray,  that  we  may  become  fully  clothed 
with  the  heavenly  garment,  having  oil  in  our 
vessels,  waiting  for  the  coming  of  Jesus  our 
beloved  Savior. 

I  receive  the  Biikthiikn  at  Wokk  regularly. 
I  am  encour-Hged  by  the  news  it  brings  of  the 
increase  in  the  house  of  God.  I  am  glad  that 
the  good  work  goes  on,  and  that  many  sinners 
turn  to  their  loving  Savior.  I  have  read  broth- 
er Miller's  hook;  also  hrother  Bashor's,  and  am 
pleased  with  their  defense  of  the  truth.  I  wish 
that  many  in  Denmark  could  know  the  facts 
set  forth  in  those  works.  I  have  reason  to  be- 
lieve that  they  would  he  a  great  means  of  do- 
ing the  people  good.  With  the  assistance  of  a 
good  dictionary.  I  can  now  read  English  quite 
well.  With  sincere  love  to  you  all,  I  remain 
your  brother  in  Christ  .lesus  our  Lord. 
To,nni?rhy.  iPnmark,  Feb.  Srd,  1H79. 

From  C.  Hope. 


Ih-itr  ]i)-ethren : — 

I  CAME  home  from  Scagen  last  Friday,  ac- 
companied by  a  young  convert  who  was 
baptized  yesterday.  I  have  had  many  well-at- 
tended meetings  in  that  place,  and  found  many 
earnest  seekers  after  the  truth  and  good,  kind 
friends.  Scagen  has  been  noted  a^"  the  dark 
place  in  Denmark.  The  people  were  consider- 
ed the  most  degraded  of  any  in  this  country; 
but  it  now  promises  to  he  one  ot"  the  brightest 
spots  in  our  nation.  A  sister  of  the  one  re- 
cenllv  baptized,  is  near  the  ''one  body,"  and 
we  lo'ok  for  others  to  follow  soon.  Tbe  young 
man  above  mentioned  is  a  good  singer,  and 
bids  fair  to  be  a  useful  man  in  the  church. 

We  had  a  good  congregation  yesterday.  Our 
hall  was  well  filled.  Shall  have  three  more 
meetings  here,  then  go  elsewhere  to  labor. 
Some  here  in  Hjorrine  are  near  the  kingdom. 
The  same  may  he  said  of  many  other  places, 
have  reason  to  be  much  encouraged.  The  Lord 
bless  you  and  us  iu  the  great  work  of  teaching 
the  way  of  Christ. 

Yours  in  Christian  bonds. 
.  Il/wring,  Febniarn  3><l,  lUi'*. 


From  George  W.  Cripe. 

H'lir  BrrOirrn: —    ' 

I  HAVK  just  closed  a  v^ry  interesting    meeU 
ing  npar  Wolcott,   Indiana,   of  some  five 
days  duration.     Brother  Joseph    Amick,    from 
Burnett's  Creek,  was  with  nio  a  few  days  and 
labon-d  to  the  general  satislaction  of  all.     Bap- 
tized four  Campbellites.  and  two    Baptists   will 
be  aa  soon  iLs  the  brother  gets  able.       He  took 
very  sick  soon  after  he  and  his  wife   gave   their 
haiidrttoihc  church:  so  we  thought  he  had 
better  wait  a  little;  and  one  young  sister   that 
had  made  no  profession,  making  seven  at  thii 
meeting.     Brother  Abraham  Miller  is  the  eld- 
er,    I  pity  hrother  M„  as  he   ha'i   two   much 
to  do.     Calls  are  coming  in  from   every  direc- 
tion.    He  is  a  poor   mau,   but   quite  an  able 
minister.      May  God  blrss  him  in  his  noble 
work,  and  open  the  hearts  of  the    Brethren   to 
help  him  hear  his  burden, 
Pitr,l,  luff.,  Feb.  -.Kinl. 

From  Lafayette  Sutphin. 

Ot)U  number  is  still  increasing.  Brother 
William  Pullen.  from  Pawnee  City,  came 
tons  on  the  ITth  nit.,  bringing  the  Gospel  of 
peace  and  ghid  tiding.-*,  "llow  beautiful  are  the 
feet  of  them  that  preach  the  Qtspel  of  peace, 
and  bring  glad  tidings  of  good  things."  Rom, 
10;  10. 

Three  precious  souls  left  the  ranks  of  sin 
and  came  out  upon  the  Lord's  side.  "The  mer- 
cy of  the  Lord  is  from  everlasting  to  everlast- 
ing upon  them  that  fear  him,  and  his  righteouB- 
nossunto  chilclren's  children." 

{■:i„„ru,vl,  ^'chn,d■.^.  Frh.  -yinl,  1^79. 


From  Fredericksburg,  Iowa. 

Jkar  lii-ethren: — 

WE  have  been  having  a  series  oi  meutinga 
in  our  neighborhood.     Brother  Marcus 
Fowler  labored  with  u*,  by  the  means  of  which 
three  were  added  to  our  number.    We  were  all 
very  sorry  to  have  him    leave  this  place;  but 
God  grant  that  we  may    all  meet  again.      We 
are  all  very  thankful  for  the  good  he  has  done 
in  this  place,  and  trust   that   God    may   repay 
him.      We     have   fourteen    members  in    this 
;;hliorhood;   we   hold    social     meetings,  in 
leh  w"  all  enjoy  ourselves  very  much.     May 
we  all  walk  in  the  way  of  the  righteous,  and  by 
God's  help,  may  we  follow  in    lie   foolsteiB  of 
ur  MiLstiT.  Caiku.ink  I'kask. 

Fi-briHmjH.  1.^79. 


Danish  Mission  Report. 

Mary  E.  Leedy,  Indiana 

East  Nimiahilleu  Church,  Pa 

Eagle  Creek  Church.  Ohio 

Amanda  11.  Ciissel.    Pa 

.\hner  Fiddler,  Ohio 

White  Oak  Church.  Pa 

S.  Keim,  Ohio 

J.   K.  0. 


,  §1.00 
.  2.00 
.  5.60 
.  1.00 
,  .  1.00 
.  15.00 
.  ,  1.00 
,  .     10 


Mouticello  Church,  lud 5.60 

Total »32.10 

C.  P.  llowi,AKn,  Treiwurer. 
Liimrk,  III.,   Mar.  7th,  m'J. 
(P.  C,  please  ropy.) 


From  C.  C.  Root. 


IF  our  coming  District  Meeting  relieves  me 
of  the  Home  Mission,  I  may  travel  some 
in  the  States  of  Indiana  and  Illinois  this  com- 
ing Summer  and  Fall,  if  spared.  I  expect, 
about  the  end  of  this  month  (March),  to  engage 
in  the  service  in  an  uiievangelized  territory  of 
so jie  (forty  miles  square,  lying  between  the 
north-eastern  aud  north-western  churches  of 
our  (North  Missouri)  District,  and  labor  towards 
opening  a  connection  of  the  churches  together. 

)in  east  to  west  throu^liout  the  District. 

Mhfibilf-,  Mhsonri. 


A  Correction. 


OF  s^iction  3,  of  the  Contemplated  Oregou 
Colony,  where  it  reads  "Distinction  to  be 
mad.'  in  persons  applying  for  membership,"  it 
should  read,  "  No  distinction  to  be  made,"  etc. 

A.  E.  KlNUSLKT. 


From  White  Rock.  Kan. 

•    Jh-r  iirdhren:— 

Wi:  are  most  woefully  iu  need  ot  a  good 
blacksmith  and  a  good  shoemaker,  or 
rather  shoemcuder.  in  our  valley.  Two  good 
mechanics  would  tiud  good  situations  here  aud 


•XH.i:    BREaHRE^r    ^X    AVOIiJi- 


M 


arcl, 


cotiKl  soon  build  lip  a  good  troAo.     Xone  but 
Bretbrvu  iitvd  upi'ly. 

Our  little  vftlleyis  now  jfrftiy  well  iiettlwl  up, 
aud  slill  they  couk.'.  UhaI  l-'iill  Itnither  Detrick, 
from  lowiiaiid  Brullior  WyluDd.from  Mimouri, 
came.  Hrotber  Hiiunmn,  I'rotii  Nora  Kprinfpt, 
will  bi-  auioiiK  us,  nnd  otlienday  they  will  fol- 
low hitn  bithiT. 

U(ir  littiv  cliurcb  in  lloumhing.  Kour  were 
baptized  (wo  weeks  npo,  and  foiirniorf  will  Iw 
soon,  and  the  proiipect  is  8titl  good  tor  mun*. 

Ill  the  valley  here  wi>  havf   h  icx/d   localioii 
for  a  country  store,  and  wi- nf<'d   u   pfjj^t-ofliw. 
So  we  think  II  Nlioeinak<-r,  ii  lila<:ktinith,  a  mer- 
chant aod  a  po.-it-niii.'<t<--r  would  ureatly  fiicil  t  itc 
our  bu!iiu(wi  intereilH  here,  nud  xupply  a  vacuity 
which  we   Iiogtn  to  feel  to  be  pr*:»Mag.      VVitti 
regard  to  the  )-|>intiJal  HtatuH   retjuired,  I    wi»h 
to  avuil  myself  ol  the  present  opporltimty    to 
append    H    Itearty    approval    of  what     Iirolln*r 
Brulmker,   of  Oage    t-ounty,   Xi-bra>ika,    wrot4f 
some  lime  ago.     A    vounji    brother   wiui   here 
tile  ni^ht  the  pujier  came,  containin;;  inn   urti* 
do.     I  read  it  aloud,  and  tlieu  reniiirked  that  I 
hod  a  u<>od  mind  to  nit  dovpn  and  write  a  great 
big  amen  to  \m  arliele.      'J'ho  young    brother 
jtayM,  "  What  will  you   do   with    brethren  that 
are  not  in  ortin-  when  they  come  among  yoiii'" 
I  replied,  we  will  K>'»d  them    on    wext.       Then 
Boid  he, '■  We  will  get  (Jiem  at  Uuir   Oak."     I 
don't  ^nI)po»e,    however,  they  would    I»«   any 
more  welcome  there  than    here.      The  fact   iti, 
wo  have  too  many  nativeH  of  that  kind  at  both 
place§  now.      VVish    I    were   talenU'il.       Have 
often  desired  to   he  heard    oa    non-conformity 
and  otiier  tnpirx,  but  nm  ko  Madly  in  the  rear  of 
''Working  Hrelhren,"  aud  "Iliintingdou    High 
Hl'Iioi)]  lJre(hreii,"nHd  "I'rogreHsive  Hrethren," 
and    "iJeiiroii    IJrethren,"    "  I'Vei*    'DlMeMHuifui 
Hretlireu,"elc,that  I  hrive  tofifeal  n  uiiirrb,  aud 
wedge  mynelt  in  edgeway«  like  I  fttii  now  doing 
to  bt  heiird  al  all. 

HrothiT  llamhey,  of  Miniouri,  iioundH  a  note 
in  thiH  week's  Priniitivfi^  which  liiM  a  terrible, 
and  Nuggontive  warning  to  uaall. 

VVJicn  1,  tor  tin-  lant  time  turn  my  eye.i  to  be- 
hold tile  Netting  Hun,  may  it  not  be  itliintng  on 
the  diHUienibered  fragmentn  of  our  gluriouH 
fraternity.     Forbid  it  Almighty  God! 

.1.  h.  SwiTznit. 
Muir/i  hf.  iH^.i. 


toait  under  the  nound  of  such  prenching  and  to  the  con*tienc«(  of  all.  Itwhightimp  that 
utitl  remain  in  sin.  jVm  the  nature  of  sin  and  it<j  the  fearful  predjodice  of  our  frateroity,  in  re- 
awful  eouMequence  wereao  clearly  demoni^trat-  Ution  to  city  preaching  be  overcome,  and  we 
ed  that  none  cuold  help  bat   comprehend  it,  go  wt  our  Commi*»ioner  haa  ordered.   "Preach 


and  aUo  the  enjoyment  and  happiness  that  U 
in  reserve  for  tho«ft  who  forsake  "in  and  live 
obedient  to  all  the  re<)iiirementi  of  heaven, 
really  ought  to  have  ijc-en  induwment  enough 
to  cause  every  sinner  present  to  come  to  Christ, 
fornake  siu  and  secure  a  home  in  the  Paradise 
of  God.  We  trust  that  the  fruits  of  Brother 
Bauman'H  labor  will  be  Hpen  long.  0.  may  it 
he  aa  br^a/l  cant  upon  the  waters,  that  will  re- 
turn not  many  dayn  hen(^.  We  believe  we 
have  Iji'on  much  profited  by  these  meetings. 
May  God  then  grant  us  all  more  of  hi»  Holy 
.Spirit,  that  we  may  be  shining  lights  to  the 
world;  and  may  it  not  be  long  till  we  ^thall  be 
mwle  tp  rejt(ice  because  of  sinners  coming  to 
(-liri.it  in  thi.i  community,  and  learn  that  thi 
waya  of  Christ  are  far  superior  to  the  ways  of 
sin;  and  may  the  Lord  .ibnndantly  ble>-*  th* 
brethren  and  sisters  throughout  the  brother- 
hood. 
God,  blew  Brother  Bauman,  too, 

For  his  labors  here  in  love; 
And  may  he  evi-r  k»*ep  in  view 

Mis  reward  is  in  the  heaven  above. 

lie  left  hi»  home,  his  family,  dear. 
To  preach  the  truth  to  hungry  souls; 

Aud  all  our  heart.'ii  have  beenonucli  cheered, 
And  count  it  precious  ax  pure  gold. 

Dear  Brother  Bauman,  labor  on; 

So  yours  the  crown  will  he  at  l;i.st. 
Truly  the  time  will  not  belong 

When  all  life's  sorrows  will  he  past. 

Then  we,  who've  walked  iu  all  God's  ways, 
Will  stand  acquitted  before  his  throne. 

There  we  xhall  ever  «ing  his  praise, 
Witli  joy  iinsiJcakable  aud  uuknowu. 

Brethren,  pray  for  thi^  little  flock  of  breth- 
ren and  sisters.    May  God's  blessiilgs  rest  upon 
UH  all;  i-i  the  prayer  6f  your  Brother  in  ChrJHt, 
H.  Shomiiek. 


the  Ooopel  to  every  creatunf."  Are  the  cities 
of  America  wor»«*  than  ancient  Corinth  which 
wa»  renowned  for  her  wickedness?  or  Jerusa- 
lem whieh  wa^  so  hiaspheracuo?  yet  God  plant- 
ed but  name  there;  and  it  was  in  this  citv  that 
the  apostlfes  were  baptized  with  the  Holy  Ghost. 
Then  go  ye  in  cities  and  every-where, 

I'.  K.  WiaGHTsM.iS. 
Marrh  '<fh.  Ihlif. 


gnaincss  icnarfi,, 


■fallen  ^sfpcp. 


ilrh  Mr  In  tb*  Uirl— Bf'   H  ' 


Ohiiokrlu  •hoiilii  tic  brirf,  wrilicn  on  but  one  side  of  ihe 
p*per,  aiel  lepftrale  from  >11  other  btisineas. 


From  Benjamin  Sapp, 


The  Whole  Gospel  Sounded  Out. 

'r/lK  work  begun  by  the  Brethren  in  iJecem- 
1  lier  is  still  going  ou.  JJuring  a  Heiies  of 
uiLctings  which  were  held  lit  Huglir  Tree,  three 
more  cumo  forward,  coufcBsod  and  were  baptiz- 
ed iuto  Christ.  When  tho  meeting  dosed  at 
Sugar  Tree,  the  Brethren  wont  to  Wood  Stock, 
when-  they  hiul  been  holding  meplings,  arid  on 
Sunday  seven  came,  confessed  and  were  baptiz- 
ed. On  Monday  two  more  coufessod  and  four 
were  baptized. 

Through  the  iiearing  of  tho  whole   Qottpol— 
the  pure  Gospel— the  faith  once  delivered    to 
the  saints,    some  that    were   blind    have    been 
made  to  see  tlie  truth    a^^  it    is   in    Jesus,   and 
Home  that  were  Uuie  Imve  been    nuide   to    walk 
in  the  light  as  He  is  in  the  light.      Some   who 
have  been  made  to  tremble  more  tliau  once  at 
their  own  unbelief,  nearly  bordering  on  iulidol- 
ily,  when  bei-oniing  cmifiiuiidfil.  pi-rpleveil  and 
bewildered  at  injinui;  only  n  pint  of  the  Gospel 
with  so  uiiuiy  ihJliTent  doetrmes  iidvoiated    by 
hiirihuj»,  and  at  the  saniu  time  all  claiming  to 
be  guided  by  the  same  one  Holy    Spirit,— such 
stand,  trouibling,  doubting  no  longer,  nor  lusk- 
ing  who  is  righty  nud  which  is  the  right  way? 
Through  the  influence  of  the  Brethren's  preiich- 
iiig,  they  have  at  hwt  couie  to  a  knowledge  of 
the  truth  lu*  it  is  in  Jesus,  and  it  is  lio])ed,  have 
becoaie  strong  in  tho  Lord  and   the  power  of 
his  might.     We   can    truly  exclaim    with  the 
pialmist,  our  heavenly    Father    hath  delivered 
us  in  peace  from  the  enemy  that  was  against 
U9,  and  God  has  sent  forth  bis  mercy  aud   bin 
truth. 

We  have  great  reason  to  believe  that  more 
are  almost,  if  not  altogetlier,  per-iiaded  to 
come  out  on  the  Lord's  side.  Up  to  this  date, 
eighteen  have  come  into  the  church  and  one 
reclaimed.  Sahah  J.  Km  it. 

_y  WfstLima^  Wisci^ngin,  Fehrmrij  llth. 


WE  are  here  not  as  the  lo5t  sheep  of  Isr,iel, 
tor  we  Iiave  preachers,  besides,  we   have 
also  the  word  of  God,  which  will  lead    us  to  the 
true  Sliejilierd.     But   the   field  is   too  large  for 
tiMrm  to   do  justice,  so  we  tbou»hL  iw  the  breth 
reii  were  i)assing  along  on  the  HanJbal  &  St.  Jo- 
sepli  If.  It.,  they  might  stop  at  Clarence  station, 
Shelby  county,  Missouri,  sixty-four  m^es   west 
of  (Jnincy,  and  preach  to  us  aud  rest  themselves 
a  few  days.     We  will  fetch  them  from   the   It. 
ii.,  and  take  them  to  it  again.       We   are   poor 
liero,  80  we  can't  promise  any  thing  much,  but 
we  feel    it   our  duty    (o   do   suinethiug.      We 
think  there  is  a  good  opening  here.     If  any  of 
the  ministering  Brethren  are  passing  along  and 
Inive  time  to  stop,  let  them  write  us  a  few  lines 
aboutsix  days  before  hand,  stating  where  they 
will  start  from,  and   the  time  they  will  start; 
tlien  wo  will  know  what  time  to  be  at  the  sta- 
tion.      When   any    writes,   address    Brother 
John  iVange.  Hager's  Grove,    Shelby    county, 
Missouri,  or  Benjamin  Sapp,  Cherry  Box,  Shel- 
by county,  Missouri.     If  any  come  in  from  the 
North  on  the  Northern  Missouri   R.   It.,  they 
will  chaugocarrt  at  Kirksville,  Missouri,  and  go 
oiist  on  tlie  Q.  M.  5;  P.    U.   U.,   mA  get  off  at 
Edna,  Knox  county,  Missouri.   Address  Broth- 
er William  J.    Coalebak,    or    John    S.  Hays, 
Hedge  Citj,  K'uox  .ounty,  Missouri. 


From  Peabody,   Kansas. 

l)fiir  lirrf/iren: — 

AMONG  the  things  of  the  past  is  a  series  of 
meetings,  whicli  we  held  in  our  congre- 
gations: and  we  trulv  fee!  encouraged  and 
strengthened  iu  the  hope  of  our  salvation. 
Brother  W.  J.  H.  Bauman,  from  Floyd  county, 
Iowa,  was  with  us  and  preached  fourteen  ser- 
mons. Sinners  trembled,  although  only  one 
came  out  on  the  Lord's  side.  It  seemed  almost 
impoiiible  for  any  yet  out  of  the  ark  of  safety 


From  John  HoUinger. 

WE  arrived  at  Russel,  Kansas,  March  7th. 
Wist  of  Kam-as  City,  the  train  consiat- 
■d  of  fourteen  coiichea;  and  the  conductor  said 
there  were  tive  car  loads  of  emigrants  loft  in 
Kansas  City,  that  could  not  be  taken  with  our 
train. 

We  are  well  pleased  with  the  country.  The 
weather  is  nice.  The  people  are  plowing,  sow- 
ing and  making  garden.  Wheat  looks  well. 
Children  are  going  barefooted.  Masons  and 
carpentei-s  are  at  work  building— quite  a  con- 
trast withJoliet,  Illinois. 


WHITE,— In  ihp  Englifili  Kiitr  ongregnlicm.  near  Soulh 
Eofcliib,  loiTA  Mnrch  Dtli  I67K,  Itroilifr  Tlioniiu  J. 
White,  in  llii;  jtnli  year  of  liJR  n|;c.  l-'iiDeral  bjr  LliliT 
Jobn  Tboinos  frotn  Job  H>:  '2^-21, 

Sakuiei.  FLonv. 

ItKUMUAUOH.-  In  Klkliarl  comity.  ln<l.,  February'  24th. 
iiiiter  C-albarine  [Jrumbnugli.  nged  71  ymrn,  T  nionlliii 
ancl  U>  dajTR.  FuLcrul  flcrvtce<i  by  the  JtrMlircn,  fratn 
2  Tim,  4:  d-S.  J.  I].Mii.u;i>. 

JOSHO. — .Nor  Nolilenvillc,  tlitmiUon  county.  ludiann, 
Petirimrjr  2Tlh,  1HT'<,  JJroOicr  John  Gofho,  ngcit  ti& 
yonn  nn<]  16  dny».  Fiincrrtl  Borviooc  bjf  M,  Iti'onnman 
nnil  ('lappcr,  from  Itevelntinn  14:  IS. 

M.  IJUB.SASIAX.'  ; 

MyEIU.y.— Janiimy  MJJnJ  187V,  of  ilijilillieria,  Wiiirretl, 
onlj  cbild  of  fri(>nds  John  P.  aud  Annio  K.  My«rl}-, 
iigc^U  0  mondiH  and  2U  ilnya.  Emiia  J.MviiBi.i. 


.SIti)WA[.TEIt.— In  the  South  Waterloo  Church,  IJlutk 
Hftwk.  Co..  Ift..  Pebnmry  aSnd.  IB79.  Brother  I.e»i  ,\. 
Showalier,  ngcd  41  y enrs,  l>  months  nnd  1  dny. 

The 'IccoAEtcd  tva*  u  single  luiin.  lie  tuiiglif  IwiMily- 
onc  tfiTim  of  scliool.  Ho  was  r»  fiiilhfiil  iirotlier;  bplovcd 
iiud  re(tpGcl«d  by  all  whu  knew  him.  The  funeral  servieeB 
were  conducted  by  iho  Brelliron,  in  the  presence  of  nn 
Hnusuallj'  luige  congregntion.  from  :;Tini.  1;  B-S, 

J.  A.  MeHHAV. 

llIMIiS. — In  Iho  Itncoon  Cburdi,  Moutgomerj'  coiinij', 
Ind.,  February  17tU,  1879,  Daniel  Iliinps,  (Sen.),  ngcd 
HS  ycara,  10  month*  nnd  23  days. 

He  wfw  lii>rn  ia  UUfi,  in  the  Stole  of  Murylnml, 
He  movcdlo  IJolciourt,  Virginia.  In  181«  he  mariied 
Mary  WrightJiman,  In  li^'J.},  he  moved  lo  Bosa  eomily, 
Ohio.  In  IK|i>,  he  moved  to  Mont|{omory  county  ln<i,. 
neiir  Ladoga,  where  he  died  at  ihe  residence  of  ihe 
writer.  Ho  wns  a  member  of  tho  Drelhren  Church  aboui 
ihirly-five  jeiirs.  Dasibi,  Hiwkh.  Junior. 

Priiiutive  Christian,  phase  copij, 

WELCH.— In  tho  Fnirview  church,  hid.,  Porlinfi  A..dftugh 
tor  of  Brother  Tliomiw  C.  nud  uialor  M.  E.  Welch,  aged 
18  yciin,  *2  months  and  20  dnya.  Funeral  by  Brother 
Isaac  Billhiuier. 

WELCH.— hi  the  sume  church  and  family,  February  ICth. 
1870,  niBtcr  Margaret  E.,  wife  of  Brother  T.  C.  Welch, 
aged  37  years,  10  months  and  0  days. 

Her  Biiircrings  were  great,  but  she   bore    them    witJi 
ChriKiinn  fortitude.     Fun  oral  occasion  improved  hy  leaac 
from  Hcb.  13:  H. 


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PAPERS  SENT  TO  0UT8IDKI1&— The  bUovlD.  «.»    i. 
pl««l  oa  our  ll.r.  »i,d  p<dd  for  out  of  th.  »^"V^A^    ^" 

T.  SiiufLTit,  Codac  Cii„Iuwii 

Pnvlmuly  reporlnl 

Total  lo  Jnir  y. . . , 

rur*«rt  111  tiK.  HAmM  of  0)o»  only  who  will  ippt«i,,„  ... 
«nil  do  not  forge!  lo  doniiin  unialUlnE  lo  tb«  ftind,  *^*^^"'  ""  V 


Knnonttiji[mj[nfs. 


Biiihiii 


A.  G.  ; 


From  South  Bend,  Ind. 


N  regard  to  the  proposed  plan  of  sending 
pure  Gospel  to  the  great  cities  of  America, 
)18  suggest^-d  by  Mrother  D.  C.  Mooinaw,  you 
may  set  m."  down  for  one  dollar.  In  addition 
to  this,  if  (iod  \w  my  hidper,  I  offer  as  soon  as 
the  weather  gets  pleasant  and  my  health  still 
improves,  to  preach  two  weeks,  in  the  city  of 
Chicago,  111.,  aiid  hear  my  own  expenses.  I  do 
not  offer  to  preach  any  humau  Gospel,  but  to 
preacli  the  ererlastin.j  Cmprl,  und  so  tell  the 
raesaage  of  the  Master,  as  may  commend  itself 


{Primitive  Christian, plense  copy). 

DICK.— In  Ihe  Manor  cougregation,  Indiana  county    Tn., 
Feb.  IJih,  1870,  sisler  Margaret  Dick,  aged   70  years, 
II  mouths  and    6  days.      Kuncral   occasion    improved 
from  Hob.  13:  14.  by  Ihe  writer. 
Tho  subject  of  this  notice  was  of  very   quiet  dispo- 
silioii.    She  was  beloved  by  all  who  knew  hc-r.    She  lived 
about  thirty  years  in  widowhood.     She    united    witli    the 
church  about  leu  year*  ngo,  and  led  a  oonBislout  Chiiaiian 
Shesuflercdmuch  in  her    last    illness,   but   passed 
away  soronoly,  leaving  evidence  of  a  good  hope.      Wns 
rod  lo  the  grave   by  a   large  concourae  of  people, 
mourned  bj  mouy.but  not  oa  those  wilhoul  hope. 

JOMKPIl  HoLaoriLK, 
LENTZ.— In  tho  Macoupin  Oreok   Church.    Moulgomery 
county,  Illinois,  February  2:Jrd.siiler  Eliinbelh.   wife 
of  Brother  Adam  Lonti,  aged  01  jcttra,   2   monlbs  nnd 
!21  d'lys,     Diseasu  pneumonio. 
Theauhjcclof  this  notice  WO!*  a  faithful   mother  in 
Israel.     She  was  much  beloved  by  hor  family    axd  neigh- 
bor).    She  Iraves  a  husband  and  eight  children  lo  mourn 
her  luM,  which  i>  her  oiornal  gain.    Two  of  the  children 
arc  members   of  the    Brethren   Church.     Mny    the   Lord 
help  iho^e  that  arc  yel  outside  of    ihe    fold    of  Cbrist    lo 
come  to  him  «o  as  lo  be  prepared  lo  meet    their    departed 
molUcr  in  tho  climes  of  celealia!  glory.     Funeral  occasion 
by  Daniel  Vuniman,  from  2  Tim.  -|:  G-S,  to   a   large   con- 
course of  people.  D.13.STri.iinAKeK. 

LONOANBCKER._I„, be  George's  Creek  congregation, 
layette  county.  Pa.,  of  con>.uu,ption.  sisler  Mary  A n- 
neilu  l-ot.gftueckcr.  eonson  of  Hroiher  Joseph  Long- 
anecker,  ngcd  IJI  years,  6  months  mul  IT  days. 

She  was  a  »ery  exemplary  mother  of  tifleen  children 
fourteen   of    which    survive   her.     and     also    thirlyfive 
I.r„.idcl.ildren.     IJeing  of  a  .juicl  and  inoffenaive  turn, 
race  m  the  church    of  her  choice    was    plci-nul   nnj 

agrecMe  f..r  many  years.      Sh.   w«,    rnlihlul  to er 

household,  and  obedient  lo  the  ieachin;,s  of  the  church 
^he  bore  her  afflictions  wi.hout  a  murmur.  She  cal.ed 
for  the  elder*,  enjoying  the  anoiniiog  in  full  promise  of 
the  Fa.her-»  will.  She  died  like  ihcalill  vesperV  bre.« 
L  large  concourse  attended  the  inierment  Funeral  -lis- 
course  hy  IJrethren.  from  2  Tbeaa.  I:  H.  \2. 

Josmii  1.  Covia, 
Primitive  Christian,  please  copy. 


NOTiom  of  LoTO-feaalfl,   Dislrict  Meetings,  elo    sbtm 
be  brief,  and  wrilleu  on  paper  sepaniie  ' 
from  other  hueiuesa, 


DlflTRICT  -MEETINGS, 
Nortb-westaru  District  of  Ohio,  at  Eaglo  Cr« 

chiiccli,  Iliincock  Co..  0..  May  24tb,  at  lo  A-  M. 
Southern  Ind..  in  the  Stony  Creek  District,  llu.. 

miles  eiwt  of  N.iblesville.  April  (ith,  1S70. 

Southern  Iowa,  at  Mt.  Etna,  Ailanis  Co..  \u\\. 

April  7th.  187». 
Norlherii  Distrlctof  Tntl.,  in  Union  Center  Diiiric 

at  the  Whitehead  mecting-lioiise,  oneiimldn^ 

halliiiili-s  south-west  of  New  Paris,  KlkhiiitC.i 

Intl.,  ^[lty  1st. 

First  District  of  West  Viininin  andLmioys  Ctfd 
church,  at  their  meetlug-buuse,  at  llig  Sprint, 
vVpril  18th  and  Iflth. 

District  No.  1,  Virginia,  at  tho  A''alley  iiicclini' 
liouse,  Botetourt  Co.,  Va.,  April  18th  and  imh. 

Ill  Xoitlieni  Kaiisiia  and  Southern  Kebriwk;. 
April  7tb,  1S79,  at  Jewell  Co.,  Kan. 

In  Thorn  AiMilf. list.  ii't,.  Miehig;m.  in  the  lUAV 

ren'sni^w  riiinili,  m,,v  ml,,  at  hi  A.  M. 
Nurthern  ilislurt  ,,i  Ulniiiis,  iiitlie  Arnold'sGmvr 

Cliurcb,  Carroll  Cu„  on  Tuestlay.  May  i:jth,  iA> 

A.  M.      • 
Middle  District  nf  Itidiaiiii.  in  Sugar  Cn-u-k  Dis 

trict,  April  Y.ii-d,  at  9  A.  M. 

LOVE- FEASTS. 
In  the  Moiiticello  Church,  ffliite  Co.,  Iml.,  Jimf^. 
at  4  P.  M. 

3^"In  the  Southm  Dietrictof  Ohio,  at  Pon- 
ald'a  Creek  raeetiog-bouse.  seven  miles  uortli- 
west  of  Siiringfield,  Clark  Co.,  Ohio,  Muv  l^th, 
1879.  D.  B.  H, 


W.  U.  R.  R.  TIME  TABLE. 


wy^^r  iiui  .Ml, 


miy.     f,«..-.^on 


SJIITII.* 


PitsaenRei-s  for  Cliicago  Blionld  leave  V'*"'''f5,r 
:i:ia  P.  M.;iiiii  to  the  Western  Ifnioii  Jimct?  ; 
m-i-  tl„.v  ,,..,.1  uait  iMit  liv.-  loi.iuI.'H  f..r  the  (J^ 

a  7  4,-.  till'  s.niK'  .■vwiitiL'-    '^ 

■hiullL'U'    k'"   t"    '■"'■     ^^  ■'■*'"[' (111 

nitlH-irvenint';  mil  North  W  11'^ 
ciianKe  cars  for  Lanark,  and  »rn 
11  the  morning. 


tl]lL>  , 

read  I 
|JOt,  t 

tr^itn  ^it  |]v.' 
ir.  Ji.tirti.iii 
here  at  l  :."j7 


.irk 


[The  Brethren  At  Work. 


'BehoU  I  Brim}   JVu  Good  Tidings  of  Great  Joy,  wkich  Shall  he  to  All  People."  — hv^s  2:  10. 


Vol.  IV. 


Lanark,  111.,  March  27,  1879. 


No.  13. 


EDITED  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 
H    MOORE    &    M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 


ff.  ST ELS t 


SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS: 

-      .      -      -        LADOOA,  LSD. 

-  -      -      -       NEWTONIA,  MO. 
.      .      _      _      -  VIKllEN.  U,L. 

-  -      -      -WAYNESBORO,  PA. 


THE  CONTENTS  VOL.  4,  NO.  13. 

PllgO 


Bp.T.'iUAi.  art:ci.ks: 

UiblP  Scliools 

SumeStninge  People 

OiirSpeci.ll  Offer 

SIooma*"s  I'ropositton. . . - 

■f.STHlBl-Tr-U  AIITICLES: 

'  j'llse  Vulue  vs.  True  Value.— C.wus  HucIum-.. 

Hie  Kiiiy'lo'"— W.  Borough 

.  ,j  j5vil,  Jiiitl  IIow  to  Avoid  it.— S.  J.  irjvvrisnii 
J-rrat  am!  Noted  Kveiits'of  tlie  Sixtli  mid  Sftv- 

fiithSenls.  and  tlieMillenrttum.— I).  Senger.  2 
Til-  iMvim-'and  llii-  Unman  Ft.w<-r  in  tlifwork 
ol  Salvation.— R.  11.  Mill-:''  .      . 

oonHKsroNDENCE: 

l^rom  r^.  C.  Bsislior '* 

Votes  of  Tnvvtil.-I.  J.  Hosenbt'i>i.-r « 

rrom  Xmtli  Miin.dicster.-I).  S.  T.nulterbaiigli  ii 
V  Visit  to  ClierHkso  County,  Iowa;   A  Sudden 

Deatli.— Wm.  Ikonbevry 'i 

TlieTime  to  Kvangellte  in  Cities.— C.  C-  Itoot  o 

From  D.  S.  Kuplogle "' 

from  rmatillii  County.  Oregori.-D.PeeWer. .  7 

111 iL-l'  Noti-'S.— -lolin  Zuck 1 

Killed  l»v  II  Cow.— JonatliHU    1-iclity 1 

From  Kosciusko  County.  lud.— David  Bechtr  ^ 

illieimev ' 

I'roni  West  I'nity.  Oliio.— Israel  Kunkel 7 

From  IIiniti'Ktou.  liuu^msojr  HotlKden.,..  7 

l-iLiiVi  i:ik  i.ick,  IM—S.  C.  Keim " 

l.-,L.iiiSilvei  Cn'cltCluircli.  Oliio.-Di".  Woltt.-  7 

yroiii  F.  !'■  Lii'lu- ' 

Uuilding  a  Meeting.— David  Beclitellicimer. .-  7 

From  I'hebL'  TraiUz "■ 

Fiom  Morrill,  Itrown  Co..  Kansas.—    J.  Liclity  t 

rrogiamme.— A.  W.  Uowniau,  Cor.  Sec S 

Wisconsin  Mission  Field.— D.  F.  Eby 8 

roETBY: 
My  Uaiid  in  Christ'^  Delia  Stutsman.. ^ 


cm^s  from  tlie  life  within;  so  in  conversion, 
man  may  sow  the  good  seed,  tlie  woixl  of  God, 
b.it  God  most  give  tlif  new  life  which  makes  it 
grow.  M'Ui  may  work  with  all  the  tiwaiis  ot 
grace  to  cultivate  the  new  lite  till  it  grows  on 
to  perfection ;  hut  all  its  growth  comes  from  the 
life  God  has  "ivec. 

A  clear  onderstaiidiiig  requires  that  we  note 
another  thing  on  this  point:  Siilvation  is  soiiie- 
tiiues  a-scnhed  to  the  works  of  man;  such  a«,  sav- 
ed liy  faith,  saved  hy  work-t.  saved  by  prayer, 
saved  hy  baptism,  &c.  A!»ain,  salvation  is  as- 
cribed to  the  works  of  Divinity;  sach  as.  saved 
by  the  hlooA  of  Christ,  saved  by  grace,  saved  by 
the  Word,  saved  by  liis  vesurreclion,  sjived  by 
the  power  of  God. 

It  is  necessary  here  to  make  a  proper  distinc- 
tion ill  referriuy  salvation  to  its  cause,  and  to 
the  means  by  which  it  is  given.  When  it  is 
said  we  are  stived  by  faith,  by  prayer,  by  bap- 
tism, etc.,  it  is  referring  to  them  a?  means:  like 
the  axe  cuts  the  tree  down,  and  the  saw  cut.s 
the  log  off.  They  are  only  means,  and 
the  thing  done  is  ascribed  tg  them.  Hut 
when  we  say  the  man  cut  the  tree  down,  the 
man  sawed  the  log  olV.  wu  refer  the  woik  done 
to  the  power  that  did  it;  no,  when  we  say  saved 
by  the  blood  of  Christ,  by  grace,  by  tlu-  Spirit, 
by  the  power  of  God,  we  refer  salvation  to  the 
power  which  gives  it,  not  to  the  means  by  which 
it  is  piven. 

Some  would  set  aside  all  these  means  to 
which  salvation  is  ascribed,  and  have  salvation 
given  without  them.  Others  would  go  too  far 
in  making  the  means  of  grace  equal  in  impor- 
tancB  with  the  power  that  gives  the  means  and 
the  Halvalion,  making  the  axe  and  the  saw  equal 
at^t^^e  j^BU.llja^JJtade  ^li^ai  and  cut  tli-  tiee 


to  them;  while  it  should  only  be  applied  to  the  j  grace  m  the  Gospel.     ''Sanctify  them    through      • 
works  of  Divinity  in  a  general   or   unqualified  '  thy  truth,  thy  word  is  truth,"  ahowing  that  it 
^giisp  j  is  God  who  sanctifies  his  children,  and  that  he 

There  are  other  terms  that  we  should  1*0  care-  I  does  so  through  the  means  of  the  Go-«pel.   Sanc- 
fnl  in  using,  for  the  purpose   of  giving    a  clear  |  titicatiou  has  referenre   to   the  ell'ect  of  God's 
understanding;  su<ih  aa  redemption,   regenera- j  word  upon    the  heart.     The   condition   of  the 
tion,  (begotten  again,  new    birth)  justification,  |  heart  is  the  subject  of  !«anctificatioir.  and  as  the 
conversion,  pardon,  salvation,  sanctificatiou,  &e.    mean.-)  of  grace  atF-ct  the   heart;  the  work  of 
All  these  things  are  used  to  express  somV  relar    sanctification  goes  on  as  the  Chriiliim,  "grows 
tion  in  the  work  of  redemption:  some   of  them    in  grace  and  in    the  knowledge  of  the  truth." 
are  special  and    apply    to   a  oerlain   part  of  it;    .lustificatiou  begins  its  work  in  faith    that  pu- 
while  others  are  general,  and  apply  to  the  va-    ritie.s  the  heart,  and  dedicates  it  to  a  holy  work; 
rious  n^lations  in  it;  as.   regeneration    and  be-    so  repentance  sanctifies  the  life;  baptism   sane- 
gotten  means  the  beginuing  of  the  new  life.  Tiie  :  tifiea  the  whole  man.  or  turns  him    over,  soul, 
sower  sowed  the  good  i^eed,  some   fell  hy  the    i,ydy  and  spirit,  in  righteiiu;*  and  holy  eovenant 
wayside;  it  did  not  begin  to  grow,  Some  fell  on    with  God,  but  the  woi  k  of  sanctification  i«  not 
stony  ground;  some  among  thorns:  it  began   to    complete  until  all  the  means  of  grace  are  applied^ 
grow,  but  perished.     Somefell  on  good  grmmd.    nud  the  work  of  lile  in  (Christ  is  done, 
it  also  began  to  grow.     ThiabeginniiiKto  grow        An  error  in  dnetriue.  or  a   misunderstanding 
is  regeneration,  because  generate,  meanij  the  be-    of  these  terms  often  is  a  cause  of  the   improper 
sinning  of  a  new  life;  hence,  regeneration  and    use  of  them;  orerrorin  doctrine  will  select  one 
begotten  have  reference  to  the  beirinning  of  the    of  these  terms  and  turn  it  from   its   Scripluro 
work  of  redemption,  and  it  Ih  begun  by  a   new    meaning  to  the  support  of  that  error;  aid   this 
life,  which   God    mu-st  give;    but    without  the  j  word,  sanctification  has  bnen  used  in    that  way 
means  of  the  Gu-n'el  to  cultivate   it,  thoiw,  or 
I  he  world  will  grow  up  and  choke  it  till  it  will 
perish. 

.Justification  and  pardon,  and  the  new  birth, 
have  reference  to  another  part  of  thi  work,  not 
thebeginningof  it,  but  to  entering  a  new  re- 
l.ition  in  the  covenant  of  grace,  coming  into 
the  fellowship  of  the  saints.  .Tustitication  and 
pardon  mean  acquittal,  and  freedom  from 


by  those  who  profe.ss  to  be  vo  holy  and  pure 
they  cannot  sin.  These  claim  the  word  sancti- 
fication teaches  that  idea,  while  the  Scripture 
does  not  even  apply  that  term  to  any  man  in 
that  condition,  for  the  holy  men  of  God  did  not 
claim  to  be  so  perfeftt.  and  never  aijplied  that 
term  to  any  one  in  that  seiiM'.  save  when  it  is 
applied  to  God.  Such  an  error  does  not  only 
turn  that  word  from  its  Scriptural   use,  but 


THE   DIVINE   AND  THE    HUMAN 

POWER  IN  THE    WORK  OF 

SALVATION. 

liV  U.  H.  MILLElt. 

A  FAILURE  to  distinguish  properly  between 
the  divine  and  the  human  power  in  salva- 
tion, often  leads  to  the  improper  application  of 
terms  and  indefinite  ideas,  leaving  great  truths 
out  of  sight  and  magnifying  miuor  ones  beyond 
what  is  their  real  importance.  In  the  Script- 
ures the  divine  and  the  human  power  are  blend- 
ed together  in  the  work  of  Providence  iuid  re- 
demption for  the  blessing  and  salvation  of  man, 
yet  the  work  of  God  and  the  work  of  man  is  al- 
ways distinct.  In  all  the  patriarchs  and  proph- 
ets, we  see  the  work  of  liuniau  agency,  but  not 
any  plainer  than  we  behold  the  works  of  Divin 
ity. 


Paul 
hut   God 


With  the  apostles  the  same  is  true;  in  them 
we  see  the  work  of  human  agency  for  the  saWa. 
tion  of  man;  but  above  the  human,  we  see  the 
power  of  God  working,  all  and  in  all,  for  in  the 
norkoi  Divinity  is  Hie  po^^^"  ^^  *'^.^- 
may  plant  and  ApoUus  may  water, 
mves  the  increase.  .\  proper  distinction  between 
the  work  of  the  Creator  and  the  creature,  is  im- 
portant HI  a  clear  uiidei-standing  of  all  the  means 
of  salvation.  Man  may  use  the  means  God  has 
i;iven,  but  the  divine  power  must  give  the  bless- 
ing. 

This  figure  will  illustrate  the  idea:  Human 
.i^eiicy  niay  prepare  the  ground  and  plant  the 
-.rn.butahigh-r  i.ower  must  make  it  grow; 
uumau  power  cannot  give  it  life-that  must 
■  nme  from  God.  Man  may  work  in  the  plant- 
ing and  cultivation   of  it,   but  all   its  growth 


wi'tirtbem.  The  power  to  s; 
must  come  from  hini;as  the  pu.wi  i.^  >  iit  the 
tree  is  in  man  aiul  must  come  from  liiiu.  How 
weak  and  foolisli  to  throw  the  axe  and  saw  away 
because  they  have  not  power  in  themselves  to 
cut  the  tree!  Weaker,  still,  the  man  who  gets 
aside  the  means  of  grace,  because  they  have  not 
power  in  themselves  to  save!  How  much  more 
safe  to  accept  all  the  divine  power,  and  all  the 
means,  and  salvation  given  by  them. 

There  is  another  thing  to  be  noted  here,  that 
is  in  speaking  of  the  divine  and  the  human  work. 
The  term   "essential,"  is  often  applied   to  the 
means  and  the  cause  without  any  distinction, 
which  leads  to  confusion  and  misunderstanding. 
\Essential  means  important  in   the  highe.it  de- 
gree, and.  when  not  qualified,  should  only  be  ap- 
plied to  the  works  of  the  Divinity.     The  works 
of  the  Father,  the  Son.  and  the  Holy  Spirit,  are 
only  essential  to  salvation.    The  woi-ks  of  the 
creature  are  not  so  important,  or  so  great,  and 
should  not  be  called  essential  in  the  same  sense. 
Ail  the  means  of  grace  have  their  special  design. 
There  is  a  special  design  or  purpose  in  iuith,  so 
is  there  a  special  design  in  repentance,  and  bap- 
tism, and  prayer,  and  so  with  every  means  ap- 
pointed in  the  Gospel.    And   when   the  term, 
"essential"  is  applied  to  any  of  these  means,  it 
I  should  be  limited  to  their  design   and   object, 
because   they  are  essential  to  that  object  only. 
To  use  the  term,  "essential"  in  a  general  sense, 
and  apply  it  to  all  the  commands  of  the  Gospel, 
makes  them  asimportanta^  the  blood  ofChrist; 
and  would  make  every  one  of  them  not  only    a 
condition  of  pardon,  but  the  power  that   merits 
pardon.    Faith  does  not  merit  or  purchase  par- 
don, repentance  does  not,  neitherdoes  baptism— 
not  all  tie  wor'.;s  of  the  creature  cm   merit    or 
purchase  salvation.     It  is  the   blood  of  Christ, 
the  work  of  Divinity,  tliat  merits  and  givessal- 
vation;  and  the  word  "essential"  cannot  apply 
to  both  in  the  same  sense.     It    applies  to    the 
works  of  the  creature    in    a   limited    or  special 
sense;  as,  faith  is  essential  to  a  change  of  heart; 
repentance  is  essentia)  to  a  .  hauge  ot"  life;  bap- 
tism is  essential  to  a  chan  -e  of  state  or  relation, 
Every  ordinance  is  e-^ential  to  the  design  of  it. 
and  in  that  limited  sense,  it  should    be   applttd 


New  birth  means  a  change  of  state  or  .relation,  turns  the  people  away  from  the  Gospel  means 
\  man  living  in  the  world  in  sin  cannot  be  ac-  of  true  sanctification,  and  from  the  commands 
quVed  from  sin  while  living  in  rebellion.    A    in  Gol's  Word. 

change  of  stat«  comes  with  acquittal  from  sin;  One  great  reason  why  those  terms  are  im- 
as,  the  prisoner  is  freed  fi-oni  prison,  or  chaiigi  !*  r  properiy  used,  is  the  error  in  dodrine  which 
his  state  when  ho  is  justified  or  pardoned.  H.  makes  it  oecesstiry.  One  will  settle  on  the 
"•"^-■^  ^tVto  a  u'eW  ffl^*ftf  fitWum'^lTOff  ^oes  j  ^orff  rr^oueratibn, foand his ductrinc,  and  build, 
read,  the  door  of  the    lij^  church  on  that  word-  in  it  i^  nil    hi-   indds 


r  of  the 


free  liecaiise  the  pardon 

prison  opened  to  him  by  the  otlicei 

the  pardon  is  given  biin  because  the  conditions 

of  pardon  are  in  his  favor;  he  accepts  and  pleads 

them  for  his  acquittal.     The  power  of  the   law 

gives  him  pardon  and  freedom.     The  conditions 

of  the  law  are  the  means  he;  uses  toobtaiu  theai. 

Then  we  see  that  justification  or  pardon   and 

freedom,  or  change  of  state  into  all  the  blessings 

of  citizenship;  all  refer  to  the  same  period  in  his 

deliverance. 

Convei-aion   is  a  general    teim.   it  means   a 
change,  and  may  be  applied  to  any   change    in 
the  work  of  salvation;    to   the  beginning,  the 
middle  or  the  end  of  it.     Its  first  or  primary  ap- 
plication  would  be  to  the  beginning  of  it,  or  to 
regeneration,  the  time  when  the  new   life  be- 
gins, for  that  is  a  change  from  death  to  lit'.-;  all 
subsequent  changes  are  only  changes  in  the  life 
already  begun;  and  conversion  should  apply  to 
all  subsequent  changes  in  a   secondary  seiuo. 
The  new  life  begins  in  faith  that  works  by  love 
and  purifies  the  heart.    The  very  beginning  of 
new  life  is  the   great   conversion.    The  change 
of  heart  is  conversion;  repentance  changes   the 
life:  that  is  conversion  on  the  same  principle 
every  other  change  in  the  Christian  life   m   he 
goes  on  to  perfection,  may  be  called  conversion. 
but  all  are  apijlied  in  a  secondary  sense,  except 
the  tirsl.  because  that  is  prior  to  all  others^  and 
the  beginning  of  them. 

Salvation,  or  saved,  are  general  terms,  and 
mean  deliverance  or  freedom  from  any  state  ot 
condemnation  or  death.  It  may  be  applied  to 
the  beginning  of  the  new  life,  and  it  may  be  ai>- 
plied  to  the  work  of  faith,  or  to  the  work  of  le- 
p.'iitance  or  baptism,  in  fact,  it  is  applied  to  al- 
most every  means  of  grace,  but  only  in  a  aec- 
ondary  sense;  it  IS  applied  to  all  the  works  of 
the  Divinity  in  it.s  primary  or  full  sense. 

Sanctification  is  another  term  of  general  ap- 
plication; its  primary  memlngisto  set  apart 
CO  a  holvnr  religious  n»o;  in  this,  is  included 
the  preparation  for  religious  or  holy  purp.ses. 
Sanctification  is  applied  to  the  setting  apart,  or 
.■0  i«ecration  of  the  Christian  to  a  holy  lit^. 


essential — he  wants  no  more,  lnoks  no  further, 
but  stops  satisfied;  while  he  has  only  the  begin- 
ning, the  first  word,  and  the  first   work  in   re- 
pentance.   Another  will  take  the  term  ronvfr-^ 
sion  on  the  same  principle,  apply  it  to  a  change- 
of  heart,  and  stop  there  to  build  his  doctrine, 
and  his  church;  he.  like  tiie  other,  thinks  noth- 
ing more  is  essential,  and  he  tares  but  little   to- 
know  what  else  is  to   be  lound  in   the  Gospel. 
He  feels  that  he  is  safe  where  he  is,  and  he  has 
but  little  need  for  any  word  but  conversion   to 
prove  that  he  is  safe,  and    that  word   need  not 
apply  to  any  thing  hut  a  change  of  heart  for 
him.    Another  will  take  the  regeneration,  the 
justification,   or   pardon   and    new  birth,  then 
turn  back  tobuild  their  doctrine  on  it,  holdmg 
they  have  all  the  essentials  in  it,  and  caring  but 
little  for  any  more,  because  they  hold  their  safe- 
ty is  in  this. 

liut  the  true  and  Scriptural  meaning  of  all 
these  terms  will  destroy  all  these  partial  doc- 
trines, and  give  us  the  whole  truth  in  a  hihtory 
of  the  church  which  once  accepted  them  in  all 
their  meaning:  beginning  with  regeneration,  so 
on  to  justification,  or  pardon,  the  new  birth, 
conversion,  salvation,  sanctification,  accepting 
all  the  means  of  divine  appointment  belonging, 
to  each  of  them,  just  as  the  church  did  eighteen, 
hundred  years  ago.  so  it  should  do  now. 

SHORT  METER. 

ASllUKTrac'-er  tune  is  good;  short  lueter 
j^ennons  are  better  than  long  meter.  Who 
wanU to  listen  to  along,  dry.  prosy  sermon? 
Xoboly!  Who  wants  to  listen  to  a  long,  dry, 
testimony?  Nobody!  Whois  edified  by  a  lonr, 
dry,  soulless  prayer,  so  cold  that  it  brings  on 
the  chills?  None.  Who  likes  long,  dry,  chilly, 
death-like  ucwspai)er  articles,  so  long  that  tew 
have  the  time  or  patience  to  read  them?  Pei^ 
haps  oni- in  every  thousand  that  read  the  par 
per>.  Then,  please  give  us  short  meter.  \  uur 
seruons.  exhortations.  t*'stimony.  but  esptvial- 
ly  your  articles  for  the  Hhktiies  at  Worn,  let 
th-m  b^  short  meter,  full  of  sharp  point*,  writ- 
ten under  the  direct  rajs  of  light  Irom  the  eter- 


3  also  appli^'i  to   the  u 


se  of  all  the   means  of  1  n.l  throne.     Pray,  give  us  short  meter. 


THK    HllK'rHLUlc:s:    ^T    AVOliK. 


March 


MY  HAND  IN  CHKISTS. 
BTPKLL.V  STl'TSMAN. 

M^  'Ktti  i  ill  Christ'!i,ht>  Ifiuletli  where  he  listv, 
Tlin>;i,'li  flowery  fieMs  or  'neatli  a  gloomy 
sky: 
My  failU  is.  he  will  i'rJDg  me  s^tfely  through, 
The  ilU  of  life  ti:l  I  am  railed  to  die. 

&fy  hattd  ia  Chrivt*^  1  care  not  wlint  luny  conic 
It  he  ia  miue  1  cannot  yield  to  sin; 

Hif  evcrla-tiiii:  »rni3  «n>  around  rae  here. 
Then  I  rail  safely  trui<t  at  laiit  to  win. 

My  hand  inChrist's,!  cire  not  how  death  corne«; 

By  pestilence  in  the  day  or  in  the  night, 
1  siiiill  h'-  >afe  hene.ith  hi.H  ffentle  care, 

.And  dwell  with  him   who'a  love,  and  troth, 
and  Uaht. 


fall  at  a  mi.liiight,  like  thelit.T»l.  Thi'ii 
tile  cry  will  111- inil<!<'."Hfh«|il  tlm  Itrii|«- 
l^fiioiu  c'oini-lli."  All  worxliiii  will  I.,. 
ntnlijieil  for  i..)llll.laja.  Dun.  >i:  U.  Tlie 
:>.;t(ni  ,]ay*  <-otiiiiteiic*'tliii-ty  daya  hnfur*. 
tbi-  sixth  wal  clo-i'i*. 

Tlirit?  great  i-wnta  will  take  place  in 
those  thirty  <iny«.  The  lirat  ii  the  uk- 
iny  away  of  the  daily  aacrificu  ah  aliuve 
stated.  The  second  is  the  Devil  lieiiicr 
cait  down  to  stand   before  the    woman. 


in  the  time  that  the  lieast  and  faUe 
jirojibet  have  the  sway  over  the  earth. 
They  will  no  doiilitissne  a  jiroclamation 
til  the  natiotis  of  the  earth  to  deliver  tiji 
the  .Jewa;  and  tho^e  that  will  not  do  it, 
u'ill  lie  chastiHerl  with  pl.-igues  sent  up- 
on   them.     Kev.    1 1 :  ."i.  tj.     Those   two 


end  of  the  chapter.     They  will   „. 
and  lament  tor  the  Savior;   "they    "^^ 
look   upon   him   whom    they  pj^-     ! 
The  re.siirrection  of  the  s.iint-s  will  i 
the  end  of  1, 2:111   days;    thi.5   is  the  J  *' 
resurrection.     The  Jews  will  Ijg  ,. 
reeled  at  the  end  of   1  ,.3:i.5  days.     71    ^' 
prophets,  Klijah  and  Enoch,  will  posesa  I  two  resurrections  will  lie  forty  five  H 
power  to  gather  the  Jews,  as  Muses  and    apart.     Daniel  waa  one  of  the  old    t 


Aaron  did  from  Egypt.    The  Jews  will 
no  iloiilit  accept  thoM!  two  witne^es  as 


JU.v  hand  in   Chriiit's,    who  hore   up   Calvary's 
height, 
The  Cro**.  mill  gave  his  precioun  life  up  there  I  the  woman,  or   wise    virgins. 

To  itave  a  wretch  like  me;  csn  I  e'er  d'luht,  "'  ■- 

Or  give  ni.vseifa  victim  to  despair? 

No:  I  will  cling  the  closer  to  his  C'rosH, 

.\iid  with  a  eliihr«  devotion  hold  him  fast; 
My  hand  in  hi«,  I'll  safely  pii««  along. 

Though  stormnmiiy  howl,  my  heme  I'll  f,'ii 
lit  lait. 


even  down  to  death's  cold 


Rev.  13:!*,  y,  10.  The  periecutiiin  is  the    ''"'il'  Mi-ssiali,  whom  they  have  so    long 

lii'en  looking  for,  on  account  of  the  jiow- 
er  lliey  piLssess,  to  do  wonders. 

After  the  JtiWH  are  all  lironght  into 
Palestine,  the  lieast  will  tiinster  an  army 
of  two  hundred  thousand  thousand,  Kev. 
!l:  Hi.  or  all  nations, 

will  take  place   under  the  sounding  of 
tile  si,vtli  augel.     Rev.     0:1:1, 

'J'lie  two  witnesses  will  commence 
their  mission  in  the  thirty  days  under 
llie  si.vtli  seal  Iiy  jirolectiiig  the  woman 
in  her  Higlit  to  the  wilderness,  then  to 
gather  the  Jews  under  the  seventh  seal. 
'I'lieir  time  to  nccoin]>Iisli  this  is  nearly 
l,2(;o  days  less.  Those  twenty  days  will 


pain  the  woman  will  lie   in;    thirteenth 
verse.     Tile  woman,  or  church,  will    he 
in  pain  ten  days.  Hev.  •!:  ID.    The  third 
event  is  the  .Savior's  coming  in  like  man 
ner  as  he  aseenileil.     Acts  1:    )1.     Not 
as  a  king,  liut  as  amnn-child,  to  remove 
Kev.  12: 
(1,  11.  The  Woman  will  be  fed  and  nour- 
ished in  the  wilderness  1,2(1(1   days,  or 
three  and    n    half  years.     At  the   time 
of  the  .Savior's   coming   to   remove    th 
woman,  or  church,  the  two  witnesses  will 
come,  anil  the  woman  will  fly   into   th< 
wilderness  withtwowiiigs  of  a  great  en 
gle.  Kev.  12:  14.  There  mission  heielasis 


lab  prophets,  and  he  was  told  to   m  i. 
way  till  the  end  be;  for  thou  shalt  r  " 
and  stand  in  thy  lot  at  the  end  of  d 
that  is,  l,'J:t."i  days.  This  proves  the  ti  ' 


!  Jews'  resurrection.     Da: 


ofthi 
1:1. 

The  ne.vt  event  will 
of  the  dead  Israelites. 


time 
12: 12 


be  the    h 


'ui'jitig 


My  hiiiid  in  Christ' 
He'll  bear  rae'.af.-ly  through  thedying  strife,  I ''^'""'''ysi   <"■  ""■™   and  a  half  years.  I '''' "™"P'<''I '"  'te  flight  of  the   woman 


Kev.  ]  1 :  ;).  Tliese  are  the  Iwo  olive  trees 
ofZech.   4:   U.  14;  Kev.    11:   4.     The 
god  of  the   earth    is   the    man   of  sin,  2 
Tliess.  2;  ;i,  or  two  horn<;d  beast.     "Ke- 
hold  I  will  send  you  Elijah  till'  ]iroi)het 
before  the  coming  of  the  great. 'imi  ilread- 
ful    day   of  the    Lord."     .Malaehi  4:  .0. 
The   other  one   is   Enoch.     Those  two 
h.ive  a  work  to  accomplish   yet.     I  will 
let  this  sulHce  on  the  events  of  the  thir- 
ty days  under  the  si.\lh  seal.     The    fill- 
uess  of  the  Gentiles  will  be  just   at   the 
tide  loo  lengthy.     I  will  refer  the  feud-    <'Ii"i<-' of  the  sixth  seal,  and  the   door   ofi 


And  Hate  to  those  who've  only  gone  hehiro 
To  where  I  -oou  shall  dwi-11  in  higher  life. 

GREAT     AND    NOTl-.D  EVENTS  OF 
THE  SIXTH    AND  SEVENTH 
SEALS,  AND  THE  MIL- 
LENNIUM. 

Iiy  lUNIKI.  SES'MKK. 

I>  y  reijuest,  I  will  give  an  outline   in 

condensed  form.     If  I  would  eom- 

lUcMi  as  I  should,  it  would  make  this  ar 


er  to  th'e  .Scriptureon  the  events  of  those 
seals.  "And  1  beheld  when  he  hud 
ojioueil  the  si.xth  seal,  and,  lo,  thei'e  was 
a  great  enrthiiuake;  and  the  sun  became 
black  as.snckeloth  of  hair,  unci  the  moon 
becume  u-s  blood."  Kev.  li:  12.  Matthew, 
Murk  and  Liikespenlc  of  the  same  event 
iu  regard  to  the  sun  and  moon.  And 
many  of  the  jirophets  also  refer  to  thet-e. 
History  shows  tliat  that  took  place  in 
May  Ui,  USD.  Iiy  this  we  know  that 
the  sl.vtii  seal  opened  then. 

"And  the  stars  of  heaven  fell  unto 
the   earth."  Kev.  II:  i;t.     This  occurred 
Nov.  IS,  1833.     "And  the   heaven   de- 
liuited  as  a  scroll."  Kev.  (i:  14.  This  has 
reference  to   the   Savior's  coming  as  a 
man-child    to     remove    the     woninu." 
l{cv.  12:  5,  (1.  liut  before  ho  comes,  the 
■devil,  beast  and  false  prophets  will  take 
away  the  daily  sacriflce,  or  scatter  the 
holy  people.     This  will  stoj)   the   wor 
ship  of  (iod  thirty  days  before  the  si.xtli 
seal  closes.    Dan.  11:  31;  '2:  7,  11.  This 
will  be  the  Komau  jiower,  the  ten  hoi-u- 
ed  beast  spoken  of  in  the  7th  of  Daniel, 
»be  fourth  kingdom,  which    will    break 
all   others  to  jiieces.  Daniel    7:    7,  10. 
This  is  the  downfall  of  Babylon.    Rev. 
18,  or  the  destruction  of  the  whore.  Rev. 
17:  13,  IC,  or  Protestants  who  stand  in 
the  shoes  of  the  Roman  Church,  making 
laws  of  their  own  to  worship  God.     The 
falling  away  must  first  come,  and  is  now 
coming  very  fast,  not  of  numbers,  but  of 
the  true  faith.     There  will  still   a  num- 
ber remain  steadfiust  to  the  ancient  land- 
marks, but   they   mil    be  looked  upon 
with  ,=coru  and  derision    by   those   who 
have  dejiarted  from  them. 

The  man  of  sin  is  the  two  horned  beast. 
Kev.  I.'i:  ll;Dan.  7:8,20.  "Littleborn." 
The  king  of  fierce  countenance  is  the 
same.  Dan.  i:  23.  The  ten  horned  beast 
is  the  Pope  of  Rome.  He  will  give  the 
little  horn,  the  ten  kings  to  comiuer  the 
world.  Rev.  17:  1?,.  Dan.  11:  31.  The 
downfall  of  the  literal  Babylon  was  a 
type  of  the  spiritual.  The  spiritual  will 


in  the  wilderness.  Kev.  1 1 :  3 

Their  12(ii)  days  will  end  a  little  be- 
fore the    beast's.     The    beast    will   kill 
them,  Kev.   11:7,  and  their  dead  bodies 
will  lie  in  the  street  where  our  Lord  wa-s 
crucified.     Those    two    witness-e.-is,  will 
be  great  posts  to  the  beast,  as  Mo.ses  and 
Aaron  were  to  Pharoah  in  Egypt.    The 
beiLst  will  rejoice  when  he  gets  jiower  to 
kill  them.     Wiien  those   two   witnesses 
are  killed,  the  beast  will  fall   upon   the 
Jews  and  take  the  half  of  them  captive, 
Zech.  14:  2.     After  the  witucwscs  lay  in 
mercy  will  be  closed  against  them.  Then  I  the  .street  three  and  a  half  days   "The 
will  be  fullilled  the  saying  of  the   reve-'|  "1"''*  "f  lifr  fro'"  t'"d    will   enter  into 


JUilgerl 
':  10. 


lator,  "He  thut  is  unjust,  let  him  be  un 
just  still;nnd  he  which  is  filthy,  let  hin 
be  filthy  still:  anil  he  that  is  righteous 
let  hinijlie  righteous  still;  ,™d  ho  that 
is  hcjy,  I'-t  hiii'i  be  holy  still."  llev. 
II.  Just  what  they  ni-e  at  the  close  of 
the  sixth  seal,  that  they  will  remain. 

The  dooi'  of  mercy  will  bo  opend  to 
the  Jews  at  the  opening  of  the  seventh 
seal,  when  one  door  is  closed,  the  other 
one  will  be  opened.  There  are  great 
md  noted  events  to  take  place  in  the 
l,2(iO  days  under  the  seventh  seal.  12- 
liii  and  30  will  make  I,20n  days.  Dan 
12;  U.. 

The  sounding  of  the  seven  angels  will 
take  place  under  the  seventh  seal  spoken 
of  in  the  Sth,  (Ith,  loth  chapter  of   Kev. 
The  same  is  spoken  of  in  Kev.    Ki,   in  a 
more  condensed  form.     Terrible   events 
will  take  place  under  the  seventh  seal  in 
the  1200  days.     "And  power  was  given 
unto  him   to   coutiuuo   forty   and    two 
month."     Rev.  13:  a;  Daniel  7:  So;   12: 
7.     The  ten  horned  beast   and  the   two 
horned,  receive  their  powers  to  do  won 
ders  from  the  dragon.   Kev,  1:!:  2.  They 
will  cause  Are  to  come  down  from  heav- 
en, and  cause  an  image  to  speak,  to   de- 
ceive the  people-     Kev.    13:  13;  14:  13. 
Those  two  wicked  ones  will  not  be  jier- 
mitted  to  do  wonders  in  the  thirty  days 
under  the  si.xth  seal.  The  salt,  or  church 
iuust  be   removed    first,  then  God    will 
periuit  the  Devil  to  give  power  to  those 
two  wicked  ones  to   do   wonders.    And 
that  power  they  will  hold  I2i;o  days  un- 
iler  the  seventh  seal. 

During  the  time  of  this  dreadful  ca- 
lamity that  will  fall  upon  the  inhabitants 
ofthe  eai'th,  there  will  be  three  against 
three-.  The  Savior  and  the  two  witness- 
es, or  Elijah  and  lOuoch  will  be  .against 
the  devil  and  beastaud  the  false  jiropbet. 
Those  two  witnesses  will  have  superior 
powers.  Kev.  1 1 : .-,,  6.  'I'hey  will  gath- 
er the  Jews  from  all  ^luarters  ofthe  earth 


them,  and  they  will  stand  upon  their  feet, 
and  great  fear  will  fall  upon  them  which 
saw  them."  Kev.  11:11.  Just  then  a 
voice  will  be  heard,   "come  up  liittier." 


,     -   1  ^'  "''"  '»ke  all 

Zeeh.  14:  2.  This   the  ]ieople   of  the   land  to  bury  tl 
The  alloted  time  to  bury  the  dead  isse 
en  month.     Ezek.  3!l:  12,  13,  14,  jj  ,  ' 
At  the  end  of  2,;iOO  days,  the   laml  win 
be  cleansed,  7'he  Jews   will   bg 
by  the  law.     Kora.  2:  12;  Dan. 

The   resurrection    of    the  Jew-j    ji 
burying  of  the  dead,  the  cleansing  of  j^^ 
land,  and  the  judgment  will  occupy  0(j- 
days,     add    iltio  to    1,-335    will   \nj^^ 
2:)00  d.ays.     Then  the  worship   of  Goj 
will  commence  again,  and  David  will  1|„ 
king  over  the  house  of  Israel.     Exei  [tf. 
24,  2».     Then  the  .lews  will   build  .Te. 
rns.alem,  Jer.  30:  1 8,  and  the  temple  east 
of  Jerusalem,  Ezek.  40;  to  the  end  of  the 
book.     It  will  take  the  Jews  nearly  for. 
ty  years  to  build  Jerusalem  and  the  tem- 
ple.    The  Devil    will  be   east   into  the 
bottomless  pit   forty  years   befoi-e  the 
6,1)00  years   close.     The  marriage  of  the 
Lamb  will  take  place    in    the  time  that 
the  Jews  are  building  Jerusalem.  Rev. 
ID:  7,  8,  II.     Tiis  is  the  evening  of  the 
world  of  which  our  supper  is  an  emblem. 
The  seventh  seal  closes  when    the  6  DOO 
years  end.    The  seventh  thousand  isthe 
millennium.  Christ  and  the  1 44,000 
the    sawits    will    descend   and 


and 

reign  on 

earth  a  thousand  years.    They   will   l,p 


Itnraediately  after  they  are  ascended,  the  y    ,,  ,„,,    ,;,,,,  „,,,.  j,,^  ,,„^,^ 
hanor  will  come  as  Lord   of  lords,  and  j  i,„k^,  00 ; -,8,  09,  ..jo.     There  will   b7a 

covenant  made  with  the  house  of  Israel 


King  of  kings.  Rev.  19:  1(3.  The  first 
resurrection  of  saints  will  takeplace,  and 
the  great  battle  of  Armageddon  will  be 
fought.  Rev.  l(i:  HI.  Ezek.  30;  Zech. 
14:  Rev.  Hi:  11,  to  the  end  of  the  chapt- 
er- There  will  be  blood  up  to  the 
horses' bridle.  Rev.  14;  20.  This  bat' 
tie  will  take  place  at  the  close  of  the 
sounding  ofthe  sixth  angel  or  the  sixth 
vial. 

The  Savior's  coming  on  the  white 
horse  will  be  at  the  end  of  l,2ilO  days, 
and  armies  in  heaven  will  follow  him, 
and  blow  the  trumpets.  And  the  dead 
saints  will  be  raised,  and  the  living,  or 
woman  that  fled  in  the  wilderness,  will 
be  changed  in  the  twinkling  of  an  eye. 
1  Cor.  13:. 52. 

There  will  be  forty-five  days  occupied 
in  the  first  resurrection,  and  battle  of 
Armageddon,  and  the  binding  of  S.itan 
to  cast  him  in  the  bottomless  pit.  This 
brings  out  the  1,335  days  or  events  that 
will  take  place  in  them.  Dan.  12:  12. 
The  next  and  noted  event  is  the  sev- 
nth  angel  sounding.     Kev.  10:    7;    m 


iu  the  mille 


1 7.  The  world  is  full  of  wicked  people, 
besides  those  that  are  in  the  army.  The 
events  of  the  seventh  vial  will  destroy 
all  sinners  from  the  earth.  It  will  fin- 
ish the  work. 

The  next  and  noted  event  will  be  the 
resurrection  of  the  whole  house  of  .Israel. 
This  resurrection  of  the  Jews  will  take 
place  at  the  end  of  1,335  days.  I  refer 
the  reader  to  the  Scriptures  on  the  res- 
urrection ofthe  Jews-  Jer.  30:  il-  Ezek 
37:  11,  12,  13;  Dan.  12:  2,  3. 

There  will  be  a  great  lamentation 
among  the  Jews  after  they  are  raised 
from  their  graves,  Zech.  12:   10,   to  the 


1.  Jer.  31:  31, 
1  will  show  where  I  get  the  idea  that 
the  Devil  is  c.-ist  into  the  bottomless  pit 
forty  years  before  the  0,000  years  are 
ended.  He  ivill  remain  in  the  pit  just  .1 
thoustvnd  years  as  the  Word  says.'  He 
will  be  loosed  from  his  prison  forti'  years 
before  the  7,000  years  end.  God  has 
two  objects  in  view  iu  doing  so.  The 
first  is,  Jerusalem  and  the  temple  must 
be  built  before  the  millennium.  This 
gives  the  Jews  time  to  do  it.  The  sec- 
ond is,  to  prove  the  Jews  forty  years  be- 
fore the  seventh  thousand  ends-  The 
Jews  being  tempted  forty  years  in  the 
wil.lerue.ss  \va.s  a  tyjie  ofthe  forty  years 
at  the  end  of  the  millennium.  'J'he  can- 
011  was  a  type  of  the  heavenly.  Satan 
will  deceive  a  great  number  in  those  for- 
ty years.  Those  who  will  not  leave 
themselves  be  deceived,  will  be  united 
witu  the  saints.  The  Jews  were  first, 
so  they  will  come  in  last. 

The  saints  being  kings  and  priests 
over  the  house  of  Israel  iu  the  millenni- 
um, will  draw  into  the  camp,  as  the  Jews 
let  themselves  be  deceived.  Toward  the 
close  of  the  forty  years,  Satan  will  bring 
the  deceived  ones  together  like  the  sand 
of  the  sea,  Rev.  20:  «,  and  encompass 
the  camp  of  the  saints,  and  fire  will  fall 
down  to  consume  them.  Then  Satan 
will  be  cast  in  the  lake  where  the  beast 
and  false  prophet  are.  They  had  him 
cast  in  at  the  battle  of  Armageddon  a 
thousand  years  before.  Ne.tt  comes  the 
resurrection  and  judgment.  Here  I  will 
close,  the  brethren  and  sisters  are  post- 
ed on  that. 

Cednr  Jiapids,  Iowa. 


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M':  m;irrinn-:>:   .vt  ^voI;K:. 


^l.AiNST  Ti 


^aLSE  VALUf 

f*"^  VALUi-. 

isy  CVltri*  BCCHEIl. 

^IIE  man  ••'•;''•  ^^''"'  ""'^'i  •«  be 
j.  «<iii!ii  lias  lie  any  ilebtsi  How 
1,  will  llis  cliililren  inherit  1  This  is 
X  » -iv  "B""  ^alu*^"-  ^ ""  a*''  *'''at  d'J 
I .  ilo  tor  tile  poor,  the  needy,  tlie  np- 
^^ed  the  sick  and  iraprisonctl  I  Did 
j,,,lo  it  out  of  pure  motives?  Did  he 
1    it  to  benefit  his  fellow- men,  and  serve 

ViUiderbilt  died,  leaving  a  hundred 
nliou  dollars.  How  much  iuvs  he  laid 
,  in  heaven?     (it;neral   (irant  travels 

1  H  civilized  worhl,  lionored'  wherever 
.J  because    he   was   a   great  Cieueral 

]|„M'  many  tears   did  he 

poor  widows  and  orphans 


our  pi''' 
liringinf! 


to 


shed   for   the 
The  I'h 
•ffe  stands  and  prays,  thanking  God  that 
he  is  not  as  other  men.     The   publican 
^,,,^,  ''Have  mercy  upon  a  poor  sinner." 
Tlie  trreat  revivalist  is  heraled  forth   in 
riodicals,  as    beiug  the  meaus   of 
souls — ten,  twenty,  a  hundred, 
two  hundred — to  Christ.     Who  gets  tlie 
Ijonor?  (.Tod.  If  so,  well  and  good.  There 
is  a  poor  minister  struggling  along  with 
(lis  family;  studying   by   the    midnight 
li.rht,  having  a  kind  word  to  .all  he  meets, 
n  U'ar  for  the  oppressed,  a  widow's  mite 
for  the  poor  and  needy ;  striving  in  Vtonds 
do  all  he  can  for  the  church.     I   will 
got  ask  who   gets,  but,   who   gives  the 
honor?     God?     God?    For  the  minister 
c;utuot  be  valued  tiy  the  honor  man  be- 
stows, but  by  his  self-denials  and  sacri- 
fices for  the  Word  of  God. 
"Large  was  his  bounty,  and  his  soul  sincere; 
Heuveu  did  a  recorapeuse  as  largely  send; 
Ho  gave  to  niif^ery  all  he  had — a  tear; 
lleg.iiaed  from  heaven  ('twas  all  be  wished"). 

a  friend." 
.Such  may  be  the  case.  One  man  may 
spend  thousands  fur  the  spreading  of  un- 
ileliled  religion,  yet  he  who  pays  a  wid- 
ow's mite,  or  even  "a  tear,"  may  receive 
the  greater  honor  in  the  sight  of  God. 

A  hard,  unkind  word,  or  look  maybe 
imprinted  on  the  memory,  which  years 
cannot  efface.  A  smile,  or  a  kind  word, 
ill  like  manner,  may  take  root;  and  while 
the  former  may,  if  developed,  do 
amount  of  evil,  the  latter  may  be  the 
means  of  changing  governments.  Look, 
read  of  the  mother  of  Napoleon,  then  of 
tie  mother  of  Washington. 

The  children's  ])apers  are  valued  at 
fifty  cents  a  year.  Give  it  to  a  child,  and 
let  it  read  it  one  year,  and  you  cannot 
get  near  its  true  value.  One  article  may 
lie  the  means  of  saving  that  child,  which 
would,  in  \-.'due.  alone. accurdinirtoGod's, 

Wonl  .a '.lit    tn ■■  tli  -I   liii-  whole 

\>MvW, 

,''  great  lawyer  and  state-sman  oncesaid, 

A  hatever  you  get  for  an   article,   th,it 

much  it  is  wiu-th."     But  this  is  false.  A 

had  hook,  costing   one   dollar,   may  be 

worth  not  one  cent,  while  a  good    book 

("isting  the  same,  may  be  worth  worlds. 

'A  liltle  word  in  kindness  said, 

\  motion  or  n  tear, 
Ua.s  ofloii  healed  the  heart  that's  sad, 
And  made  a  irieud  sincere." 
iict  us,  therefore,    not   despise  small 
tiling.?,  for  we  know  not   what   a  kind 
v.-ord  may  bring  forth.     Always,  let  us 
look  .at  the  motive.     Do  all  to  the  honor 
of  God.     Some  things  you  should  never 
Jo,  because  they  are  sinful.  Things  that 
are  good  in  themselves,  may  u"t  he  doni! 
out  of  a  pure  motive,  and  if  not  sinful, 
no  good' is  derived  from  it.     In  other  re- 
spects you  can  do  a  thing  and   not   be 
benefitted,  yet  others  may  be;  you  your- 
self may  not  gain  the  plaudits  of  heaven, 
but  others  will  through  you.  'Jane  Tay 
Ira's  Poem  on  the  Philosoi>her's  Scales, 
lay  teach  us  a  lesson  on  true  and  false 
Juea. 


Tbe-e  scmles  were  not  made  to  weigh  sugar  j 

nii.I  li's;  I 

Oh  no!  for  such  pru;;urtics  woiidruus  hud  tbey, 

Tbat  t|oAlities,  tWhngs    aud   thoughts  they 

could  weigh: 

Together  with  articles  small  or  immense. 

From  mOuntAins  or  planutA  to  atoms  of  sense. 

Naught  (vas  the,-e  as  bulky,  hut  there  it  would 
l»y. 
And  iitsught  so  ptiiereal,  but   tliero  it  wouIA 
stay. 
And  iiol  30  reluctmit,  but  in  it  mnst  go — 
All  wbicli  some  fx»mi)les  moro  clearly  slunv. 

•'The  tirst  thing  he  weighed,    wa-*  the    head  of 
Voltflirf. 
Which  retniiie3  all  the  wit  Uml  hud  ever  b'-eii 
th.-n-: 
A-s  11  WL'iijht,  hi'  threw  in  tin'-  torn  scr;ip  of  a  li-:if' 
Cuntuining  thi)  praviT  of  the  pt^iiitciit   thu-f; 
WIu'n  the  ^kuU  rose  nioft  witli  m.  suddi-ii aspill, 
Th:ili  it  bounced  like  a  l»;ill  on  the  rool"  of  llic 
cell. 

'"One  time  he  put  in  Ali-xunder  the  Great, 
With  tlie  giirment  that  Dorcas  hud  made,  for 
a  weight. 
And,  thoiij;h   ctnd    iu   armor  from    sandals  to 
crown, 
The  hero  rose  up,  and  the  garment  went  down. 

"A  long  row  of  alms-houwc!*,  amply  endowed 

Fly  ft  well-ealeemed  Pharisee,  busy  ami  proud, 
Next  load  one  scale,  wliile  the  other  was  press- 


ed 
By  those  mites  the  poor  widow  dropped  into 

the  chest, 
Up  flew  theeudowinent,not  wfiighiug  an  ounce, 
And  down,  down   the   lartliing   worth  caiue 

with  a  bounce. 

"By  further  experiments  (no  matter  how), 
lie  found  that  ten  chariots  weighed  less  than 
a  plow, 
Thtumh  balanced  by  only  a  ten-penny  nail; 
A  shield  and  helmet,  a  buirkler  and  spear. 
Weighed  less  th.;n    a   widow's  uucrystalized 
tear. 

"A  lord  and  a  lady  went  up  at  full  ^ail. 

When  a  bte  chanced  to  light  ou  the  opposite 
scale; 
Ten  cioctors,  ten   lawyers,  two  courtiers,  one 
earl. 
Ten  counselors'  wings,  full  of  powder  and 
curl, 
All  heaped  in  one  balance  aud  swinging  from 
thence, 
Weighed  less   than   a  fow    gmiua   of  candor 
and  «pnse; 
A  first  water  diamoud,  with  brilliants  begirt, 

Thau  one  good  potato  washed  from  the  dirt, 
Yet  not  mountains  of  silver  and  gold  could  sui- 
fice 
Olio  pearl  to  outweigh— 'twaa  the  pearl   of 
great  price. 

"Last  of  all,  the  whole  world  was  bowled  iu   at 
the  grate. 
With  the  soul  of  abeggar  to  serve  for  a  weight 
When  the  former  sprung  up  wiih  so   strong  a 
rebuff, 
That  it  mmle  avast  ronl  and  escaped  at  the 
roof. 
When  balanced  in  air,  it  ascended  on  high, 
And  (tailed  up  afolt  a  balloon  in  tlie  sky. 
While  the  sciile  with  the  soul  iu't  so  mightily 

.  fell, 
That  it  j.M-ked  the  philosopher  out  of  his  cell." 


•    iitry, or  s^nu;*-,  ovvr  which  th-  , 
K.I.-  >  ;uitLi)rUy  txH-utip.  Thf  tinuecom- 
jioiiems  parti*,   ijovenifti  h\  like   func- 
tions, are  found  in.  the  kingdom  ofhcav- 
eii.     The  Sou  of  niau, — the  lietU'rmer  of 
the  worhi — thf  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  is  the 
Kinil,  Monarch,  Sovereign,  orSupretue 
Mairisrrate.  whose  wJU  is   supreme   law 
to  his   siilyeci«.     The   foUuwers  of  the 
Lord  Jesus  Christ  are  his  subjects,  who 
are  lu  duty  bound  to  I'tspect    and    obey 
his    law.     'I'he    territory    is    the  whole 
worhl — tbepbinet  or  •,;lobe  upon  wliieh 
we  live.     The  kingdom   ot   heaven   of 
wliich  we  now  speak,  is  the  kini;dom  of 
Christ  on  earth,  whieh  was  set  up  when 
Christ's  pbiu  of  salvaiiou  wag   i'ulliUetl, 
which  shall   stand    til!  tliti  end  of  time, 
when  the  earth  shall  be   rolled   up  as  a 
scroll,  when  the  King  shall    stand  with 
one  foot  upon  the  .shore   and   tlie  other 
upon  the  sea,  and  tU'clare  tli.it  time  .v/r«<./ 
be  no  more,  when  he  will  take  his  wor 
tliy  subjects  to  the  kingdom  triumphant 
above. 

•2.  AVe  will  consider  the  sower  ot*  the 
good  BOed.  From  the  text  we  infer  that 
the  fiower  wsis  a  ^nod  man,  a  good  hus- 
bandman, for  he  sowefl  good  seeil.  lie 
sowed  itupou  well  prepared  ground;  he 
sowed  it  with  antici[»ation  of  aj^jiin  leiip- 
insj  good  seed  of  the  same  variety,  just 
as  the  good  husbandman  does  at  this 
a^e  "Kut  while  lie  slept,  the  enemy 
came  and  sowed  tares  amon^  the  wheat." 
We  will  here  notice  tiiat  it  was  a  custom 
to  take  asleep,  or  rest,  at  noon  among 
the  peopleof  thatage;  so,  while  the  sow- 
er was  resting,  the  enemy  came  and  sow- 
ed bad  seed.     This  was  a  bad    man,  for 


3 


etid    of 

I   "     ■■■ .  ■  ■  .\-  fc.i    iiie     good 

seed  !■*  the  Sou  of  man;  tlie    lield   is  the 
world;  thf  good  seed  are  the  children  of 
the  kingdom;  but  the  tares  are  the  chil- 
dren of  the  wiekeil  one;  the  em-my   that 
sowed  them  \»  the  devil,  the   harvest    is 
thf  end  o'C  the  world,  aud  the  reapers  are 
the  angels."     The  Son  of  man  shall  send 
forth  his  angels  and  thi*y   shall   gather 
out  of  liiskini;doiii  all  things  that  offend, 
anfl  them  which  ilo  iniipiitN',    and    shall 
cxi^t  them  Ina  tiiinaee  of  lire;  there  shall 
be  wailing  and  gnat^iiiiigof  t»-etli."  Here 
we  have  the  Savior's  own    language   in 
regard  to  the  tinal  state  of  the   wicked,, 
aud  who  dare  deny  itt     It  is  not  for  any 
man  to  do,  though  he  have  the  popular- 
ity of  a  Ileecher,  only  at  his  owu    peril. 
"Then  shall  the  righteous  ^hine  forth 
as  the  sun  in  llu-  kiugdum  of  their  Fath- 
.T."     What  ft  glorious  thoviglu! 
"Wh.-n  we've  been  there  ten  tlioiisand  yearn. 

Bright  xhiaiiig  us  the  sun, 
We'vi'  no  lej.s  days  to  sing  (Jod's  pvaiae, 
Timn  when  we  first,  betfiui." 

May  this  be  the  h:ipi»y  lot  i)f  u.^  all. 
FOR  HUSBANDS  AND  WIVES. 

USUANDSaud  wives  who 


H 


THE  KINGDOM. 


BY  W.  IIOROL'GII. 


[Synopsis  of  a  sermon  delivered  by  BrotluT 
Dauiol '  VVliitmer,  Nov.  10th,  18T8,  to  th.- 
Whibmer  congregatiou.  South  Bend  District, 
ladiaua,  with  a  few  thoughta  of  the  imler  lu- 
seric'iil. 

"The  kingdom  of  heaven  is  likened  unto  a 
man  whieh  sowed  good  seed  in  his  field;  hut 
while  men  slerit,  his  enemy  came  and  sowd 
tares  amonn  the  wheat,  and  went  his  way." 
Malt.  24: -2;. 

AVING  your  iiuliviilual  atteulioii 
(1  fervent  jirayers,  we  will  con- 
sider llrst,  tlie  kiugdoiii;  second,  the  i-ow- 
er;  tliii'd,  the  fitdu. 

Ti>  form,  or  constitute  a  kingdom,  re- 
, [Hires  n  king,  sulijectsiiiid  territory. 
A  king  18  a  monarch — sovereign— a  su 
preme  magistrate,  whdse  will  is  supreme 
law  to  Lis  su1j"cts.  The  siibjeets  .ire 
tlie  people  who  me  lioniid  to  respect  and 
obey  the  king's  laws.     The  -territory   ie 


w 


he  sowed  bad  seed  in  antieijiation  of  de- 
stroying the  good  man's  seed.  The  seed 
all  sprang  forth  and  gre;v  U])  together, 
both  good  and  bad.  This  being  observ- 
ed by  the  servants,  they  desired  to  root 
out  the  bad  seed,  but  not  so,  said  the 
owner,  lest  you  also  root  out  the  good 
seed ;  but  let  them, grow  together  until 
the  harvest  when  the  tares  shall  be  burnt 
up,  and  the  wheat  gathered  into  my 
barn. 

'i.     We  will  consider  the   held.     The 
field  is  the  world,  the   territory   of  the 
kingdom.     This  is  the  field   whieh   the 
Savior  referred  to  when   he  called   the 
eleven  together  and  told  tliein   tliat  all 
power  in  heaven  and  in  earth  was   giv- 
en unto  him.  "Go  ye  therefore  and  teach 
all  nations,  baptizing  them  in  the  name 
of  the  Father,  aud  of  the  Son,  and  of  tlie 
Holy  Ghost,  teaching  them   to   observe 
all  things  whatsoever  1  have  commanded 
you;  and,  lo,  I  am  with  you  alw.iy,  even 
unto  the  end  of  the  world."    Hero  the 
King  promises  to  be  with   his  subjects 
in  the  field,  even  to  the  end  of  the  world. 
Then  this  injunction  rests  not  upon  the 
eleven  alone,  but  follows  ail  successive 
generations  to  the  end   of  time.     This, 
then,  includes  the  generations  of  to-day, 
and  we  find  this  command  resting  upon 
us  with  just  as  much  force  as  it  did  up- 
on the  eleven.    Then,  there   is  a  great 
work  for  us  to  do.     We  are  commanded 
to  work  in  the  Lord's  vineyard.     There 
are  various  kinds  of  work  in   this  Held; 
the  ground  must  be  cleared   of  timber, 
stone,  and  anything  else   that  may  ob. 
struct  cultivation;  the  field  must  be   put 
in  order  by  plowing  and  harrowing  be- 
fore it  is  ready  to  receive  the  seed.  7'hat 
is.  we  are  to  teach  the  world,  in  its  wild 
and  unbelieving  state.all  about  the  char- 
acter and  purpose  of  the  King.     If  this 
be  done  so  as  to  remove  all  unbelief  and 
doubt,  the  field  will    be  cleaivd   of  all 
obstructions;  the  jdoiv  of  faith  will  break 
up  the  field,  and  the  harrow  of  i  epeu 
tiince  pri'pare  it  for  thegood  seed.    Thus 


wish  to 
i   would 

do  well  to    cut  out  the   following  and 
plaee  it  where  they  eiin  read  it  once  a 
wtH'k,  or  even  oftener  if  necessary : 
He  a  Christian,  and  marry  a  Christian. 
Never  both  get  angry  at  onee. 
Never  taunt  with  a  jiast  mistake. 
"I  forgot"  is  never  an  a -ptable   ex- 
cuse. 

A  good  wife  is  the  greatest  earthly 
blessing. 

If  you  must  criticise,  let  it  be  done 
lovingly. 

They  who  marry  for  physical  charac- 
teristics or  I'.xternal  considerations,  will 
fail  of  happiness. 

Never  make  a  remark  at  the  expense 
of  an  other. 

Never  talk  at  each  otlier,  either  alone 
or  in  company. 

Give  your  warmest  .sympathie-s  for 
each  other's  trials. 

If  one  be  angry,  let  the  other  part 
the  lips  only  for  a  kiss. 

Neglect  the  whole  world  beside  rath- 
er than  each  other. 

Never  speak  loud  to  each  other  unless 
the  house  is  on  fire. 

Let  each  strive  to  yield  oftenest  to 
the  wishes  of  the  other. 

Always  leave  home  withloviiigwords, 
for  they  may  be  the  last. 

Marry  into  ditferent  blood  tempei  .i- 
ment  from  your  own. 

Never  deceive,  for  the  heart  oncB,mis- 
led  can  never  trust  wholly  again. 

It  is  tlie  mother  who  molds  the  charac- 
ter and  fixes  the  destiny  of  the  child. 

Never  find  fault  unless  it  is    perfectly 

certain  that  a  fault  has  been  committed. 

Do  not  herald  tlie  sacrifices  you  make 

io  each  other's  tastes,  habits,  or  prefer- 

enci'S. 

Let  all  your  mutual  acooiumodations 
be  spontaneous,  whole-souled,  and  as 
free  as  air. 

The  very  felicity  ia  the  mutual  culti- 
vation of  usefulness. 

Consult  each  other  in  all  that ,  comes 
within  the  experience,  observation,  or 
sphere  of  the  other. 

A  hesitating  or  grum  yielding  to  the 
«ishes  of  the  other  alwa>8  grates  up*m 
a  loving  heart. 

Never  rellect  on  a  pa.st  action  which 
was  done  with  a  good  motive,  ami  with 
the  best  iudgment  at  the  timn. 


He  who  is  ignorant  of  the  wa)'  to  t'e 


ihc"Ood80«l  will    be   produced  from  |  sea  should  take  a  river  as  a  guide 


TH1-;    BRETHKKX    -VT    ^Valll<. 


flip  l^roflircn  nf  ItlorTt. 

I'lliMSin:!)  WKKhl.V. 


J.  II.  MOlHtE.  '  El»ITOR«  AND 

M.  M.  KsnKI.MAX.  1  PioriiiET.m'.. 


j      BRomRR  N.  C.  Workmnn'ii  •ddn^n  i»  cli»Dg-  j      Ov  another  page  will  be  found  a  lengthy  ar- 
' '-d  from  S'-iora,   5fontconipr>T«un(y.  Iowa,  toitiJconthe  '-Oreit  and    Not'>H  ET^-nts  of  the 


Till  Bnn-iiAmii  at  Wuik  will  lie  Rem  ai  ll.M  per  kii. 
(uiii  in  a>lT*nee.  Any  ••'"f  who  will  Rrnd  ii>  ci|{hl  tuinca 
iDd  |1'J  IK)  will  rrccJTc  an  n'lititionitl  eopj  tree  ot  ehmrgn, 
•ml  for  i-iMiii  ml'lilionBlnnni*'  (ovsr  nn-l  aImtc  i1i«  oiIl<■ 
OMln^«^  Hi.' fijtcut  will  Li-nllowrrl  l^li  prr  rcni.,  whirti 
amniint  cnn  he  'loiiiriril  from  Hip  money  iittxire  n«n<Ilirie  ii 
lou».  Sloncvwul  by  ro»lnl  Onli'M.  HcginUtr'l  l^tUTu 
or  .Irnft.,  property  n.|.lrp"i-'l,  will  bp  dI  our  rii-k  W),pn 
•fniliiiE  ilmrt.    he  fiir*  iliitl  il  !■  nol  n  chrck 


eh(«k.  I 


Cnllfi 


M  :]U  c<nl« 
I'll  free.      I'ir«i«gc  ■ 


iituiiy*  9pni 


.,  roIltMj 
ini'f  nmy  l-n 

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whilf 


1  Jrofl  c 
I  for   am 


r  jrou  cau  k<iI  It, 
il<tn<le<l  for  the  pa- 
aeowdwitb  the  of> 


iiinim(ioni> 
,  u  well  an  All  biirtiiiMs  Dialion  e<i 
•hould  b«  addrsMfd 

HOOU  *  ZSHELIUH, 

Luurk,  CirroU  Co.,  HI' 


LAMItK.  ri.l.., 


MAIKH  :£;,  iN7n. 


IJn.iTJfru  Archy  \'im  If^ki-,  ot  IVrnifylvatiiH, 
will  locnU*  in  Nfil)riwI(H,  nhout  nine  milfn  from 

Two   piraonn  were  biijitizi'd   oni*  rnile  nortli- 
wrst   of  Lttnurk    litflt    w.-i-k.   iind   anotluT  ont- 

Jl\v;itt>t  l)Il|>tir)lll. 

Thk  iiHilri'M   o(   0.    W.    llHrtriiMH  in  Wiillii 
Wiillrt,  Wiillfl    Wiillii  cijunty.  ()iP((on.     Thoiw; 
winhiiift  to  know  ]m  luldn-iH  wilt  iiiiikc  noto  of 
thin.  ^ 

HitOTHBit  S.  C.  Kfiini  informs  hm  tlint  Broth'-r 
DuniftI  M.  Millar  rPHfhi'dKlklick,  IVnndylvaniji, 
on  the  J8tli  of  Miircli,  iiiul  mm  lo  proBcli  for 
tlu'tii  on  Sundiiy. 

1'lirt  I'ipc  ("reek  Church  in  Tiidiajii  iH  8Hid  to 
bf  ti  i»rj{c  t!ong relation ,  and  compcHifd  litrgely 
of  young  tiicmbfrH.  May  th<'y  become  useful 
wmkorB  in  the  Mafttfr'n  vincynrd. 

Wk  an*  arran^jini.'  to  riiliii'Kt'  the  Clnli/rfu  at 
H'orA-  next  wcpk.  PartifN  deHiriiig  Hamplo  cojj- 
ihs  will  jili'd'^ff  drop  UN  a  card.  Tho  pa|)er  will 
continue  to  increaHc  in  interunt  and  UHululjicflti. 


Norton.  Norton  county,  Kaiinin.  ^V*;  wish 
hioi  »iui'f**ii  iu  hi*  new  field  of  labor,  and  m»y 
thv  bltuwiugs  of  the  Lord  rvHt  on  the  Maple 
Grovf  Colony,  in  the  i^(ere^t  of  which  Brother 
Workman  is  now  eanip'^tly  laboriog. 

EiJiit'  Biirritt,  widely  known  tu*  the  "  leam- 
rd  bliick«milh."  died  March  (itb.  wt  hw  home  in 
New  Briiaiii.  Cuonfctrcut,  wh<-n-  hp  viai  born 
in  IHIO.  lie  was  maitcr  of  twenty-three  lan- 
(fuftgen.  mo«t  of  which  he  Jeam'-d  while  work- 
ing at  the  anvil.  A  desire  to  read  the  Script- 
ures in  thf  '(figinal  led  him  to  make  tanguagefl 
his  study.  ____ 

Ik  aningle  day,  week  before  lant,  over  three 
thouHand  iiettlern  for  Kanoaa  piwned  through 
Kanxiirt  ("ity,  showing  that  There  will  be  an  im- 
inenHe  umigration  to  the  WenU-rn  Slwt^Tt  tbi« 
Si)ring.  A  number  of  the  Brethren  are  also 
moving  Wewt,  thu«  enlarging  ourojiportunities 
for  uflefutno8H  in  spreadijig  the  tnith. 

Neh  arrangouients  havf  been  oiitde  for  run-  | 
niiig  two  through  daily  trains  bctwi-fn  -Milw 
kee,  and  Atchison  and  Leavenworth.  Thewe 
trains  will  jnixx  over  the  Wetttern  Union  U.  It., 
and  there  will  be  no  change  of  cars  Imtwepn 
MilwBukw'  and  the  MitMiuri  lliver.  The  ar- 
rangement will  prove  lidiautageoiiH  to  travel 
Went  from  tliiH  part  of  the  State  o»peciaIIy, 


I  Siith  and  Serentb  Seals,  aud  the  Miilenniom." 
!  l)y    Brother  Daniel   Senger.   of    Linn   county, 


more  or  less  abut«d.     Ev.  n  our  Savior' 
could  not  ej'eape  the  attack  of  Sat, 


lie 


*ork, 

""  s  ag^nt-. 
Some    are    ready  to   admit  that  in    t^, 
n»l«nc*s   the  Sunday-**: liool     work  hiu 


"  mauj 


rot.  the  ar.uk  by  n.qu~t  ot  par-    ,„„,h<I  into  fiiu  and  aiiiuMmpnUo  tl,pi„-   ^° 


Ik-h,  who.  knowing  thxt  he  had  givi-n  the  i^ub- 
j^ct  coniiderable  thought,  dej-ired  to  see  his 
views  iu  print. 

AvTKR  thin  week  the  debate  will  be  published 
in  I  he  pajH-r,  and  not  any  more  on  supplement: 
Brethren  from  different  points  have  advised  us 
t.o  do  «).  and  thua  give  no  one  occasion  to  find 
f4ult.  Theexpenwsofpriuting  the  supplement 
are  over  ^7'X'tiOa  year.  Our  income  is  not  sul- 
ficieut  to  ju-tity  this  expense.  When  the  de- 
bate i-.  printed  m  a  supidement  it  reaches  our 
readers  not  less  than  two  weeks  late.  This  is 
unavoidable,  but  by  indPtling  it  in  the  paper,  it 
will  reach  the  readers  much  Sooner. 


BldiTIIKH  S.  Z.  Sliiiri*  expects  to  be  at  his 
home  iu  .\sliland.  Ohio,  the  2l>th  of  Marcli,  and 
ivmniu  tilt  April  3rd.  Me  is  spending  mo.>4t  of 
hit  time  traveling  in  the  intorost  of  the  school. 

BitoTliKU  W.  J.  11.  Haiimaii,  writing  from 
Burr  Oak,  Kunsas,  under  date  ni  March  15th, 
vays:  "  1  expect  to  start,  home  on  ITtli  in^t. 
My  lueotingH  hero  are  inlere-sting.  I  expect  to 
immerse  a  number  to-iitorrow." 

BitoTiiKii  Lewis  Koh,  of  Drcatur  county, 
Iowa,  lately  held  a  series  of  meetings  in  the 
Prairie  Urove  Church,  Iowa,  resulting  in  six 
contuHsiug  aud  awaiting  baptism,  making  ton 
iu  all  for  that  church  since  hutt  May. 

TiiK  National  Temperanct-  Society,  58  Reade 
Street,  New  York,  is  jiiibtishing  un  immense 
Huiouut  of  tem]>ernQce  litoraturo  in  tract  aud 
book  form.  We  are  iu  receipt  of  quite  ti  roll 
from  them,  and  fiud  much  profitable  reading 
matter  iu  the  works. 


TnoBB  who  donate  money  to  be  applied  in  the 
preaching  the  Gospel  iu  the  citiex  of  America, 
may  rewt  a-iftured  that  every  cent  of  it  will  be 
given  to  the  men  who  do  the  work.  There  will 
he  no  middle  men  in  this  arningemcnt  to  get 
the  best  half  of  the  money.  We  believe  in  ap- 
plying the  money  direct  to  the  purpose  for 
which  it  is  intended,  and  not  give  half  of  it  to 
sonio  one  for  collecting. 

TlClrt  week  we  are  compelled  to  omit  the  Bi- 
ble VlntH  department  in  order  to  make  room  for 
the  abundaijcu  of  correspondence  and  church 
newH  we  have  on  Imnd.  To  those  who  write 
notes  of  travel  and  church  news  we  suggest  the 
propriety  of  them  making  tlieir  articles  as  short 
itv  possible.  We  want  all  the  church  news  we 
can  obtain.  If  carefully  written,  much  news 
might  be  sent  in  on  postal  cards. 


BIBLE  SCHOOLS. 

SCHOOL  is  a  number  of  persons  assembled 
one    place  to  be  taught.     Four  things 
enter  into  a  school.     1.  IVrsona  who  desire  to 
be  taught.     2.    A    propery  qualified  teache 


A    ate 


We  are  sorry  that  a  number  of  our  readers 
failed  to  get  No.  10.  The  paper  was  mailed 
here  promptly  aud  in  good  order,  and  we  can- 
not imagine  why  it  sliould  fail  to  reach  the 
subscribers.  We  cauuot  supply  any  more  of 
this  number,  as  we  do  uut  luive  tliem. . 


"Wk  have  just  received  and  stored  away  iu  our 
oflice  over  twenty-four  thousand  pounds  of  ex 
cellent  paper  made  to  order,  and  much  superior 
to  that  which  we  are  now  using,  hence,  after 
this  week,  our  readers  will  find  the  Hketuhen 
AT  WoitK  printed  on  a  much  better  quality  ol 
paper.  _  _  _ 

SuMfrriMK  in  April  there  will  he  commenced, 
in  the  Cliildifn  tit  Work;  a  series  of  Bible  les- 
sons, and  will  continue  duriug  the  year.  These 
lessons  will  prove  a  great  help  to  those  engaged 
in  the  study  of  the  Scriptures,  and  will  be  found 
especially  useful  in  lamilie^,  Bible  Schools  aud 
Sunday-schools. 


It  if  reported  that  the  Governor  of  Syria  has 
:a11<'d  n  railroad  convention  at  Damascus,  of  the 
more  prominent  men  of  Syria.  'J'he  object  is 
to  jjropoae  the  building  of  a  railroad  from  Da- 
mascus to  the  llauran,  where  lays  the  great 
wheal  region  of  thnt  country,  and  also  to  ex- 
t^iid  a  roar!  west  from  Damascus  to  the  Medit^ 
ernmean  Sea.  This  will  be  a  grand  move  to- 
wai'dH  making  I)am;LScus  a  great  trade  centre. 

BuoTHRU  Jesse  Calveit,  writing  from  Hunt- 
ington, Indiann,  under  date  of  March  13th, 
says:  "  We  commenced  a  meeting  at  the  Shock 
Church,  Clear  Creek  congregation,  and  closed 
March  10th.  At  these  meetings  forty-seven 
were  received  by  baptism,  and  two  reclaimed, 
nmking  in  all  forty-nine,  and  still  more  prom- 
ised that  they  would  come.  I  arrived  home 
March  12th,  found  all  tolerably  well.  1  was 
gone  on  this  trip  two  months  and  four  days. 
A  few  over  one  hundred  were  added  to  the 
church  at  the  meetings  held.  Thanks  be  to 
the  Lord  for  the  success  of  Zion." 


'BiwrrHER  S,  7,  Sharp  wiites:  We  just  clos 
.'d  a  series  of  meetings  in  the  Four  MiieChuich, 
Indiana.  Two  were  bapti/ed  aud  niiiiiy  otherH 
nearly  ready  to  coue.  Several  pi'oniised  to 
come  shortly.  Labored  in  tlic  interest  of  Ash 
land  College  also,  » ith  good  succes:*.  We  are 
much  iud^t^  to  our  old  Elder  D.  Brower  and 
Eider  .lacob  Itife,  for  their  aid  in  I«-half  of  the 
' ' '!l*-*^e,  also  to  the  members  who  rlonuted  so 
'ii>endly  to  this  school." 


BuoTiiKH  P.  It.  Wrightsman  purposes  to 
spend  cue  Week  preaching  iu  Chicago  at  his 
own  expense.  If  he  will  inform  us  of  the  time, 
one  of  us  will  try  and  meet  him  there.  Now 
who  will  volunteer  to  preach  in  other  cities? 
There  are  thousands  of  places  where  preaching 
is  needed,  and  where  it  will  do  good.  Bretliren, 
who  can  speud  a  week  or  two  in  towns  and  cit- 
ies should  do  so.  If  you  cannot  preach  much, 
send  for  a  bunch  of  pamphlets  or  Bhrtiikex  at 
WoitK  and  distribute  them  among  the  people. 
Our  readers  have  no  idea  how  much  good  pam- 
phlet^s  and  tracts  will  aceomplish  if  judiciously 
distriliuted. 

Bkotuer  George  W.  Crijw!  who  has  been  ho'd- 
ing  a  series  of  successful  meetings  in  the  Ogan's 
Creek  congregation,  Wabash  county,  Indiana, 
says:  "  My  wife  and  I  left  home  on  the  liLst  of 
February,  and  came  to  this  congregation  and 
commenced  meeting,  continued  one  week;  bai>- 
tized  nine  precious  souls.  The  brethren  and 
sisters  here  ar"  workers.  We  held  large  revival 
meetings  in  thi^  congregation  before,  tjuite  a 
uuinber  of  young  members  are  here,  and  all 
seem  to  be  doing  well.  Seven  of  them  are 
teachers.  During  our  meetings  this  church 
called  two  more  brethren  to  the  mitiistry.  The 
lot  fell  on  Brethren  Stephen  Uiery  and  Perry 
Early.  May  the  Lord  bless  them.  John  Wright 
Wilt  their  only  minister,  with  A.  Leedy  w«  their 
elder. 


Sometliing  to  be  told  or  made  known,  i. 
A  I'lace  of  meeting.  The  thing  to  be  made 
known  in  a  Bible  School,  is  the  n-veiiled  Will 
of  God.  The  persons  to  be  taught  are  those 
whose  understanding  can  be  addressed.  The 
teachers  are  tliuse  who  have  been  "  born  of 
God."  are  "full  of  the  Ihdy  Ghost,"  "mighty 
in  the  Scrii.tnres  "  "  i!pt  tii  tench."  The  place 
should  be  determined  by  circumstances. 

Paul  was  "a  teacher  of  the  Gentiles."  To  do 
the  most  good,  he  called  his  learners  together 
at  one  place.  At  one  time  he  colled  the  eiders 
together,  taught  them,  and  then  before  leaving, 
knelt  down  and  prayed  with  Ihera  all.  Acts  20: 
28-38.  Jesus  went  early  in  the  morning  "  into 
the  temple,  and  all  the  people  came  unto  him; 
and  he  sat  down  and  taught  them."  John  8: 2. 
Je.'tus  was  the  teacher.  "  All  the  people  "  were 
the  scholars.  "  In  the  temple,"  was  tlie  place 
of  meeting,  and  "early  in  the  morning"  was 
the  time  of  assembling.  Surely  the  above 
ought  to  be  a  grand  lesson  for  us! 

Paul  places  teachers  third  among  those  set 
apart  in  the  family  of  God  to  help  those  who 
need  help.  The^e  teachers  were  required  to  in- 
struct such  as  needed  special  instructions  Both 
men  and  women  were  thus  engaged  in  the  prim- 
itive cluirch.  There  was  great  simplicity  in 
their  methods  of  teaching.  Order  and  efficien- 
cy were  chief  points  in  their  work.  The  intel- 
ligent part  of  man  is  being  dealt  with  in  the 
act  of  teaching,  hetice  order,  system,  clearness 
and  aptness  must  he  observed. 

Men  and  women  may  he  taught  at  their 
homes  by  a  minister,  but  for  convenience  and 
holy  fellowship  the  Lord  desires  them  to  meet 
at  one  place.  Being  together  enables  the  teach- 
er to  do  better  work,  and  with  greater  ease.  So 
it  is  in  the  case  of  teaching  children  the  Will 
of  God.  They  may  he  taught  at  home  and 
should  be  so  far  as  their  parents  can  teach  them; 
but  the  reasons  that  bring  parents  to  the  pub- 
lic a'Jsembly  to  be  taught,  hold  just  as  good  in 
the  case  of  children.  Every  parent  can  instruct 
his  children,  but  then  there  are  others  who  can 
instruct  his  cliildren  still  better.  Every  parent 
can  instruct  himself  to  a  certain  extent,  but 
then  there  are  other  persons  who  can  take  them 
still  further  into  the  knowledge  of  God's  Will. 
"  Well,"  asks  a  friend,  "  how  about  Sunday- 
schools?  Do  they  accomplish  any  good?" 
Proper  questions  indeed,  aud  without  any  apol- 
ogies 1  shall  at  once  grapple  with  them.  If  I 
properly  understand  the  advocates  of  the  Sun- 
day-school, they  aim  to  teach  children  and  adults 
the  great  facts  of  the  Bible  and  the  precious 
promises  of  the  same.  Tije  mind  is  drawn  out, 
expanded,  and  cultivated,  not  witli  false  science 
aud  vain  philosophy,  but  with  Bible  truth. 
AVhere  this  is  done,  there  will  be  good  results; 
but  if  opinions  and  false  theories  have  l)een  set 
up  aud  maintained,  then  the  life  of  the  pupils 
will  be  wrong  and  the  end  miserable.  That 
good  ha^  been  done  In  the  Sund,iy. school  is  ev- 
ident; that  evils  have  grown  out  of  some  of 
them  is  perhaps  equally  true.  But  the  same 
mey  be  said  of  meetings  ti  worship  God.  Why, 
at  Corinth  wl  en  they  had  come  together  to  ob- 
serve the  ordinance*  of  the  house  of  God,  they 
went  to  eating  and  drinking  unworthily.  What 
did  the  apostle  do?  Did  he  say,  Have  no  meet- 
ings at  all?  No;  hut  he  set  about  to  correct 
the  evil,  not  by  putting  away  all  meetings  of 
the  kind,  but  by  attacking  and  correcting  the 
evils  iu  thoae  meetings.    All  good   things  are 


Bible  truth  and    holiness  of  character,     u  ■  "' 
tact    that    too  o!t*;o  they    are  run    in  ^  ' 

mechanical  way  to  the  hurt  of  the  dear  v      l 
These  and  kindred  evil    havf  caused  many      i 
disposed  persons  to  regard  the  SunJay.s.(,l,Q  i 
entirely  detrimental  to  the  young.     Thev  h 
therefore,    turned    their  strength   agaiogf  tv 
whole  work  instead  of  attempting  to  ro,  t     ^ 
the  evils  which  appear,  a.'*  Paul  did  at  Cor 
Mauy  meetings  for  public  worship  areci.uH 
ed  in  a  disorderly  manner,  yet  we  all  have 
dence  enough  not  to  advocate  the  putting  a\ 
of  public  meetings.     Our   pens   and    voices 
not  raised  against  public  meetings  because  n 
evils  have  crept  in,  but  against  the  evils  alo 

nieoU 


,Iust  that  wise  should  we  be  in  regard  to 


iugs  for  the  study  of  the  Biblo.     If  t|,p    > 
been  conducted  improperly.or  if  wrong  teachi 
has  been  set  forth,  then  let  us  try  to  remove  th 
wrong  and  leave  the   good  stand.     Not  one 
us  can  afford  to  tiglit  against  truth,  or  the  studv 
of  the  truth. 


I  w-iy  of 


But  there  /.'  a  proper  and  successful  i 
teaching  the  Bible  to  tho-i^e  who  need  to  h 
taught.  To  get  at  the  matter  promi}Hv,  \  g],_ij 
call  the  meeting  for  Bible  study,  a  lUblt- Srhmi 
because  it  is  made  up  of  learners  who  are  seek' 
ing  information  from  the  Bihh.  A  Bible  School 
does  not  suggest  the  teaching  of  traditions 
opinions,  creeds.  If  traditions  were  to  be  taught 
then  it  would  be  proper  to  call  it  a  Tradition 
School;  if  creeds,  then  a  Creed  School;  ifopiu- 
ions,  then  an  Opinion  School.  When  pei-song 
come  togefnerto  sing,  it  is  called  a  Singing 
School.  When  they  come  together  to  study 
and  recite  geography,  it  is  called  a  Geography 
School.  Then,  since  we  come  together  to  study 
aud  recite  from  the  Bible,  why  not  call  it  a  Bj. 
ble  School?  Surely  this  is  the  most  apprnpri- 
ate  name;  and  I  suggest  that  all  schools,  w|i ere 
the  pure  Word  is  taught, be  called  Bibteschnols 
That  this  name  should  be  adopted  as  expressive 
ofthekindof  work  we  do,  n'ill  nppear  more 
clearly  as  we  proceed  with  mir  investigations. 

I  ob.-erve  that  by  forming  the  impilsirto 
classes,  aud  assigning  teachers  to  Ihein,  all  be- 
ing  in  the  same  room,  much  confusion  is  created 
during  recitation.  This  has  ever  been  an  ob- 
jectionable feature  to  many  brethren  and  sisters 
advocates  as  well  as  opposeis  of  Sunday-schools. 
In  other  schools,  no  such  course  would  be  at- 
tempted, for  the  simple  reason  Ihat  no  efficieut 
work  could  be  done.  If,  then,  we  are  so  quick 
to  exercise  good  judgment  iu  training  our  chil- 
dren for  the  duties  of  this  life,  ought  we  not  to 
he  equally  wise  concerning  the  training  of  the 
mind  for  the  world  to  come?  Certainly  we 
ouglit.  Not  one  of  us  would  attempt  to  teach 
reading  in  the  midst  of  so  much  confusion.  The 
man  who  would  attempt  to  teach  mathematics 
by  having  a  half  dozen  persons  talking  at  the 
same  time,  w-mld  be  put  down  as  not  just  the 
man  for  that  kind  of  work.  The  family  where 
parents  and  children  all  talk  at  the  same  time, 
is  not  getting  along  very  well.  Thus  you  see 
in  other  things  we  adopt  the  best  methods  in 
order  to  get  the  best  results.  Why  have  we 
been  80  clow  in  seeking  the  best  methods  of 
teaching  the  Bible?  Yes,  why?  0  may  we  be 
more  active  in  our  Master's  vineyard,  and  not 
so  much  concerned  for  our  own  vineyards! 

I  invite  your  attention  to  the  following  plaii 
of  doing  Bible  work: 

1.  Let  all  who  wish  to  be  taught,  assemble 
at  one  place,  at  a  certain  hour  of  the  first  day 
of  the  week. 

2.  Those  under  seven  years  to  occupy  the 
front  scats,  and  to  be  regarded  as  the  first  or 
primary  class. 

3.  Those  from  seven' to  fourteen  years  to  he 
regarded  as  the  second  class,  and  to  occupy  seats 
next  to  class  first. 

4.  All  over  fourteen  to  constitute  the  third 
class,  and  to  occupy  seats  behind  class  second. 

We  will  now  suppose  all  to  be  seated  in  this 
way,  and  the  time  of  instructing  is  at  hand, 
singing  and  prayer  having  been  attended  teas 
on  any  other  occasion.  The  teacher  of  the  pn* 
mary  class  now  proceeds  to  ask  the  little  boys 
aud  girls  Bible  questions  and  relate  to  them 
Bible  incidents  in  the  most  efficient  manner. 
He  should  not  occupy  over  ten  minutes.  While 
this  exercise  is  being  conducted,  all  othci"S  may 
be  either  aLlenlive   listeners  or  engage  ii"  t*"" 


THE    X^KETtIKE>^    ^VT    AVORK. 


'  ( ihi'ir  lesson.  As  soon  ^l^  class  first  has 
'■^  bliclv  iie»rd.  the  teaclier  takes  his  cluss 
ff*!*  '  part  of  the  room  and  in  the  most 
P^'^  naer  hears  them  repeat  the  Scriptures 
J'^'.  .ley  ni*y  ^^''^  iiiemorized.  Whilst  this 
*''""      Jnne.  the  teauhor  of  class  second  will 


^  aone.  ■ 


his  exercises.     Hero   are  many 


iris  who  need   instructions  in  Bil.le 

1  j[j(,  great  evfiits  that  are  recorded  iu 

'ue«sed  Book.     If  the  teacher   be   apt,  he 

,     t  the  lesson  so  as  to  engage  not  only 

^  '  t  otion  of  his  class,  but  that  of  class  third 

1^'*  II     ghould   spend  abont  ten  minutes  in 

„  out  the   points   of  the   lesson,  after 

''     \,  fire  minutes  may  be  devoted  to  askiiip 

,1  ail- 


iwering   questions.     If,   however,  class 


■birJ  i"^^ 


not  find  it  profitable  to  listen  to  the 


ii,m  of  class  second,  its  members  may  ... 
'^'       the  study  of  the  lesson.     No  danger  of 


•  a  the  lesson  too  well.     When  the  teache 

(  1  ^secoud  is  done,, he  directs  his  pupils  ti 

OC£OfS  ^ 
j^,,ded  up""' 


unto  yourself  position  and  power,  but  because 
you  tmiil  to  tio  gooil.  because  you  have  a  nua- 
sage  from  (iod  to  deliver.  More  concerning 
Bible  Schools  will  be  given  iu  the  Childmi  nt 
iVorf:.  May  diviue  wisdoiii  illuminate  our  un- 
derstanding, and  help  us  to  do  the  will  of  the 
Lord  in  an  acceptable  mauuer.  u.  M.  e. 


SOME  STRANGE  PEOPLE. 


W^ 


Biptism 


:oud  is  done, 

;h  seats  as  may  have  bfen  previously 
f  necessary,  renjain  just  where 
I  would  suggest  that  a  brother  or 
ija  placed  in   each    seat  with  the  mem- 
nf  this  class.     These   brethren  and   sisters 
(1  be  known  as  sub-teachers,  and  shall  hear 
npils  recite  the  verses  that  have  been  coiu- 
Ut^j  to  memory.     And   then,  too,  they    may 
■reathelp^  in    maintaining  order.     Now  let 
(iruto  class  third  while  class  second  is  re- 
uting  ve-^es. 
rpije  teacher  of  class  third  should  be  very  fa- 
i- ,.  ,vith  the  lesson.     If  he  would  be  suceess- 
ljt>  will  adopt  the  subject  plan.    This  is  to 
■ittu  a  subject  a  week  in   advance.    The  first 
I.  jinbject  is  the  Bible.     Indeed  the  arrange- 
ment-of  the  Bible,  its  history,   &e.,  can    not  be 
g\\  taii''ht  short  of  several  lessons.     Then  pro- 
such  subjects  as  Faith,   Repentance, 
Holiness,    Happiness,  Love.  &c.     Do 
not  be  afraid  to  teach  doctrine.     Our  experience 
■   ^iie  uiore  doctrine,  the  better  the  attendance, 
the  better  the  school.     Let  the  teacher  occupy 
t(Q  or  fifteen  miuut-is  in  giving  oral  instruction, 
and  then  spend  about  the  same  time  in  asking 
and  answering  questions.    Each  pupil  should 
We  pencil  and  paper,  and  when  the  teacher  is 
giving  instructions,  carefully  note  items  for  fu- 
ture reference.     Be  just  as    precise  and  careful 
iiithis  work  as  you  would  iu  arithmetic  or  any 
other  branch  of  study. 

Should  the  members  of  class  third  memorize 
Scripture?  Yes,  every  one  of  them.  The  mure 
yon  get  fred  in  your  mind,  the  better  for  you. 
This  is  the  gr^at  object  of  the  Bible  School. 
Suppose  the  subject  is  Love,  *ould  it  not  be 
Tery  profitable  to  memorize  all  the  verses  you 
can,  containing  the  word  lore?  Certainly  it 
iToiild;  and  if  the  teacher  is  apt  he  will  hear 
you  recite  them  in  such  a  way  as  to  do  you  good 
and  all  who  hear  you.  Commencing  with  those 
on  the  first  seat,  each  will  in  turn  rise  and  re- 
peat a  verse,  so  that  all  may  hear. 

I  shall  now  briefly  state  some  of  the  advan- 
tages of  this  method.  1.  It  is  simply  three 
short  sermons  iu  one  hour,  so  arranged  as  to 
reach  all  who  attend.  2.  There  will  be  less 
Doise;  hence  more  can  be  taught,  and  taught 
better;  and  more  can  hear,  and  hear  better. 
This  alone  should  commend  it.  3.  Where  'liere 
is  3  hick  of  teachers  for  ten  or  fifteen  classes, 
enough  efficient  ones  can  be  had  by  this  plan, 
and  if  necessary  one  person  can  conduct  the 
whole  school,  providing  the  sub-teachers  do 
their  duty  in  hearing  the  verses  of  classes  one 
and  two.  4.  There  will  be  greater  unity  in 
thiugs  taught.  5.  None  will  remain  from 
school  through  fear  of  being  asked  to  teach. 
6.  All  the  teachers  should  be  members  of  the 
church,  and  by  this  method  these  can  always 
be  had.  The  importance  of  only  believers 
Christ  being  teachers,  is  pei-haps-  not  as  fully 
regarded  as  should  be. 

Tliese  suggestions  are  submitted  to  the  pray- 
«ful  consideration  of  the  beloved  ones  of  God. 
1  should  he  pleased  to  have  them  tried.  If  they 
are  found  to  be  impracticable,  tht-y  should  not 
be  received,  for  no  method  should  be  adopted 
that  will  cripple  and  mutilate  (he  truth.  I  do 
not  wish  to  be  understood  as  maintaining  that 
tbis  method  is  the  most  nearly  perfect,  but  I  do 
believe  it  to  be  far  superior  to  our  present  meth- 
^-  Close  observation  and  much  study  have 
Wght  me  to  these  conclusions,  and  I  givi- 
them  for  your  benefit,  let  us  labor  to  do  good 
^ork.  Let  us  teach  the  children  in  such  a  way 
^  will  make  them  better  and  wiser.  Do  not  go 
about  the   work  to   make  a  display  or  to  heap 


E  presume  the  Lord  male  the  Gospel  plan 
of  salvation  just  as  good  and  as  perfect 
he  knew  how,  and  even  went  so  far  as  to  give 
his  only  begotten  Son,  that  whosoever  believeth 
on  him  might  not  perish,  but  have  everlasting 
life.  He  took  the  pains  of  having  this  perfect 
law  of  liberty  carefully  written  and  handed 
down  to  rising  seneratious,  yet  the  world,  and 
much  of  the  church  are  not  satisfied.  They 
would  like  to  see  a  few  things  changed  for  their 
own  special  benefit.  The  road  is  too  narrow 
d  difficult,  and  then  it  is  not  popular  enough. 
They  cannot  enjoy  themselves  as  they  would 
like.  They  expect  to  live  here  but  a  short  time, 
and  want  to  enjoy  themselves  while  here. 

They  look  on  lieaven  as  about  the  next  best 
place  after  this  world.  They  know  they  miist 
die,  and  as  they  do  not  want  to  enter  the  other 
place — though  if  they  had  their  own  way  about 
it  they  would  much  rather  live  on  in  this  world 
— they  conclude  to  make  some  kind  of  a  prepa- 
ration for  heaven.  They  do  not  like  to  alt^r 
the  Bible;  to  live  outside  of  a  church  they  think 
is  not  safe,  hence  they  look  around,  not  to  find 
what  the  Bible  teaches,  but  to  find  a  church 
that  suits  t/ipir  idea  of  religion.  One  man  be- 
longs to  the  Free  Masons;  he  doe?  not  want  to 
give  them  up,  hence  he  must  have  a  church 
that  will  allow  him  to  retain  his  membership  iu 
that  secret  order.  Another  has  been  used  to 
attending  theatres  and  places  of  amusement 
generally ;  he  selects  a  church  to  suit  his  wants. 
A  woman  has  been  bred  in  fashionable  society 
— she  still  loves  fine  dressing  and  so  must  have 
a  church  to  suit  her  mind.  In  this  way  the 
work  goes  on,  and  each  one  selects  a  church  to 
suit  his  or  her  peculiar  taste. 

Of  course,  people  did  not  have  that  privilege 
in    the   ApnstoUc  age, 

church  then,  and  every  body  had  to  join  that 
or  noue.  But  people  are  trying  to  improve  (?) 
religion  now;  they  want  everything  to  their 
notion,  and  more  than  likely  if  they  ever  reach 
heaven,  they  will  not  be  satisfied  with  the  place. 
Things  will  not  be  arranged  as  they  would  like. 
They  have  got  so  used  to  having  things  to  their 
notion  while  here  that  they  may  fiud  it  difficult 
to  submit  to  the  rulings  of  another. 

Then  there  is  such  a  thing  as  striving  to  en- 
ter in  and  not  being  able.  The  Savior  says: 
"  Strive  to  enter  in  at  the  strait  gate:  for  many, 
I  say  unto  you,  will  seek  to  enter  in,  and  shall 
not  be  able.  When  ouce  the  master  of  the 
house  is  risen  up,  and  hath  shut  to  the  door, 
and  ye  begin  to  stand  without,  and  to  knock  at 
the  door,  saying,  Lord,  Lord,  open  unto  us;  and 
he  shall  answer  and  say  unto  you,  I  know  you 
not  whence  ye  are:  Then  shall  ye  begin  to  say. 
We  have  eaten  and  drimk  in  thy  presence,  and 
thou  hast  taught  in  our  streets.  But  he  shall 
say,  I  tell  you,  I  know  you  not  whence  ye  are; 
depart  from  me,  all  ye  workers  of  iniquity. 
There  shall  be  weeping  and  gnashing  of  teeth, 
when  ye  shall  see  Alraham,  and  Isaac,  and  Ja- 
cob, and  all  the  prophets,  in  the  kingdom  of 
God,  and  you  yourselves  thrust  out."  Luke  13; 
24-28. J.  H.  M. 


Such  a  rebuke  as  this  is  sufficient  to  effect  a 
reformation  among  the  more  serious  and  pious 
people;  but  the  most  scathing  sarcasm  will  not 
overcome  the  whole  oi  any  audience.  Hence, 
we  consider  this  method  a  partial,  if  not  au  en- 
tire failure;  for  the  very  persons  who  niosit  need 
to  be  reformed  are  the  least  Ukely  to  be  im- 
proved. 

There  is  another  way  by  which  this  can  be 
jj- runt  Hf  lit  I  If  sfruird  irith  all,  and  no  one  have 
the  unpleasant  tflsk  of  rebuking,  and  no  one  the 
embarrassment  of  being  rebuked. 

A  person,  who  discharges  his  duty  by  reprov- 
ing his  audience  for  indulging  iu  this  evil,  of- 
fends those  who  most  need  his  instruction,  and 
thereby  loses  the  iiiHuence  which  he  might 
otherwise  have  retained,  and  still  fails  in  effect- 
ing the  desired  reformation. 

If  we  can  secure  the  same,  or  a  higher  stand- 
ard of  order  without  resortiug  to  an  offensive 
measure,  it  is  always  better  to  do  so.  If  we  can 
avoid  giving  an  opportunity  to  do  wrong,  it  is 
evidently  better  to  do  so,  than  to  give  the  op- 
portunity and  then  censure  and  reprove  for 
usii  g  it. 

"  vVell,  how  is  this  to  be  done?  How  can 
you  avoid  giving  opportunities?  W"uld  you 
have  the  sermon  so  interesting  that  all  would  be 
so  absorbed  in  it  that  they  would  not  see,  hear, 
fiel  orthink  I  f  any  thingelse?"  No;  n// cannot 
make  their  discourses  so  interesting  as  to  do 
that — if  they  could,  that  would  be  thr  way;  but 
it  is  impossible  with  so  many  that  it  is  really  of 
no  practical  value. 

Our  remedy  is  a  simple  one,  as  you  will  Fee. 
Let  the  preacher's  stand  be  between  the  doors  of 
entrance,  then  the  audience  will  sit  facing  the 
door,  and  when  any  one  enters  all  can  see  him 
without  turning.  Thus  the  whole  trouble  can 
be  avoided  smd  no  one's  feelings  hurt. 

S.  J.  Hahkison 


Jems  of  3|ntcitcsf» 


OUR   SPECIAL    OFFER. 

Much  good  can  be  uccompliHhed  in  most  any  lo- 
cality by  distributing  Llie  IIuetiiurn  .\t  Wouk 
regularly  among  well-iUiiposed   outsiders.     Tliey 

will  t;tki.'  great  pleasure  in  reading  it.  become  in- 

teri'stcil  in  its  contents,  and  therefore  form  a  strong 

altauhment  for  the  church  and  its  doctrine.    Con- 

Sri-gatious  wishing  to  try  this  method  of  spreading 

the  truth  .imong  their  neighboi-s  should  proceed  to 

for  there   was   but  oue.|-tiU5SL.tUe.iiaeiiey.  order  a  number  of  papers  seiit  to 

the  address  of  some  brother  or  sister,  who  is'to  cai'e 

and  distribute   them   iiL  the  cicse  of  services. 

Tliis  molhod  nf  doing  missionary  work  will  lie 

found  especially -'ervict-al lb-  in  local i ties  wlieve  new 

.'titiitions  iiie  bnililine  ii|i. 


MOOMAWS  PROPOSITION, 

lIwiNi;  loritsnbjiTl  till.' |n(.Mrhiin,'nf  tlieCios- 
|.<d  by  the  lirethren  in  the  diflVnni  >  ih^-s  ..i  \\\r 
United  State-s.  Those  wishing  to  c^'Ui  i  iljiitriu  Huh 
fund  will  send  iu  their  names  on  ;i  c;iiil,  oi  hHkt- 
wise,  but  do  not  send  the  money  till  further  notice 
is  given.  When  giaoo.  is  promised  then  two  men 
should  be  selected  and  put  to  work.  These  men  to 
be  selected  by  the  vote  of  the  donors.  They  should 
be  men  s  -und  in  tlie  faith,  and  able  to  teach  others 
also— men  who  are  willing  to  labor  with  those  in 
tlio  i'ommon»,walks  of  life.  Search  the  Scriptures 
ciucfuliy  and  see  to  what  extent  the  Apostles  labor- 
ed in  cities. 

Tlie  following  amounts  have  been  subscribed, 
and  other  names  will  be  entered  sis  they  come  in: 

F.T.  WulfcWrtkBloo,  MliU ....8  1  00 

MiirKiiri't  DiuiKlortT,  York  Sl'rini^,  I'l'                                                 .      1  OO 

ll,S,,lck(-i-.Hlir.  Dale.  r« '  0" 

Aiii..nil»  McGlolliliiii.  Uu|)kluJ>,  M"  U 

C.  C.  Kw(,  Mln.llU-.lUu 1  '""I 

.Mli'ij  Unws,  ClJntlwtod.  W.  Vii,   .  .     1  '«) 

B,O.Slilvvly,San Jw?,Cnl...  -  "0 

D.  Buw'iinnn,  GclIyBliurK,  I*ii, . .  '  "• 

Ellen  I'ark (I r,  Salem,  Knii _            1  "i 

J.  C.Bfidiy,  Suiiimli  Mill*.  1'" 


AN  EVIL,  AND  HOW  TO  AVOID  IT. 

ALL  concede  that  turning  around  to  see  who 
is  coming,  and  how  he  looks  is  a  bad  hab 
it.  It  annoys  the  speaker  very  much  by  caus- 
ing him  to  lose  confidence  in  himself,  his  subject 
and  his  audience.  We  are,  therefore,  certain 
this  practice  is  a  harmful  one  and  should  bo 
stopped.  "  But,*'  asks  my  friend,  "  how  can  it 
he  done?  " 

Nothing  attract*  the  mind  so  much  as  curios 
ity;  30,  when  anyone  comes  into  church,  all 
are  excited  to  know  who,  or,  possibly,  what  it 
is. 

A  Presbyterian  minister,  iu  an  easitem  city, 
was  Tiading  his  text  one  morning  when  somi 
one  entered  the  church.  All  turned  around  t 
see  who,  or  what,  it  was,  that  was  coming.  H' 
atoppeJ  reading,  waited  until  all  gave  attentioi 
and  then  said,  "  I  wish  you  would  give  heed  onl\ 
to  what  I  read;  if  anything  but  a  human  beiu) 
cornea  in  I  will  tell  you." 


i  Uurn 


.(P.O.  iJol8l«oiiJ'. 


ii  s»iiii>i 


ir  Ciiy,  1 


AlcyA.Owi'lO* 

.1.  Jt.  MllliT,  Lwkp,  Unl 

Liutn  K.  Wallua-.  lliiiiillli,  Kur. 

J.  D,  M..yM.  M«liil«n.I,  Pn 

Mnry  C.  Mooiuaw,  McnunnliJi',  Vd 
Jiicob  Uorncr,  Liiiillii,   In<l... 

l^llirr  llonier,    "  ■'     

Sniirj  noTUvT,    "         "    

Dnnlcl  Ziii^k,  l-ariiiliisloii,  Ul, 
DbiiIcI  llvlic-  Cliiri'iicoCenttf.N.  ' 
P.   P.   L(IHeli,Miill"'iT>Gr(.n..  rif 

K,  J.Ouki-l.  Onuw.1,  luwn 

\.  Knitiillid".  0.  IJi>lBl«'''n-..- 
3o^  -I'll  B-iploRl.-,  ni.s.-r»10.VT..  Pi. 

J.  K.Kl-I.T,SiiUiio.  Ki.n 

B.  h.  Fi. lie II "lock,  (!'■  ".  iiotKl"  '■ 
W.  U.  WuollBnl,  WulkiT,  |..«n- 
I'.  I.,  lliiiu',  Ook».  I'M.. 


ii...i  r..t.i.i» 


vvilli'.or.^K'iii 

i^.IUnillii.Knii 


J.,ll.itU.  \V1» 

P.  It.  WriKlil'inwi.  Soiilii  BwiJ.  I 

.Iii>.  11,  Glili,  ItoBD<Mk«,  ni 

.hi'.  A.  riilrj  Hiid  "ifo.  (iwlio't-  '' 

llnrtln  Mltl..r,  I>H-ku,  Iml 

>lar^rel  Ausli'myiT.  I."  kf,  l.i'i 

D.'liiinn  Ar.gl*m>*t, 

3fl]i..ii-l  Ilokt-. 

M.  A.  1I1»;(!!<.,  W.-p1p.  .i'      '    ■ 


— A  RAILROAD  is  to  be  built  from   .lafl'a  to 
.lerusalem. 

— As  international  exposition  will  he  held  in 
Mexico  in  1880. 

— A  FRIENDLY  Spirit  prevails  at  present  be- 
tweeu  the  Turks  and  Russians. 

Jai'an',  according  to  the  geologists,  hu 
coal  enough  to  be  equal  to  the  annual  yield  of 
Great  iJritam  for  a  thousand  years. 

— Dk.  Newman  Hall  declares  that  thechurches 
of  Great  Britian  have  lest  thirty  thousand  mem- 
bers within  the  last  three  years,  by  intemper- 
ance. 

— The  temperance  women  of  Chicago  have 
petitioned  that  a  thorough  course  in  physiology 
and  hygiene  be  introduced  into  the  public 
schools. 

— A  HOOK  once  owned  by  Martin  Luther  and 
containing  manuscript  notes  made  by  his  hand, 
is  owned  in  Maine.  It  is  a  Latin  translation  of 
Solomon's  Song,  with  a  preface  luid  uotea  by 
Luther. 

— " SriKNtK,"  says  Dr.  Holmes,  " is  a  good 
piece  of  furuiture  for  a  man  to  have  in  an  upper 

hamber,  provided  ho  has  common  sense  on  the 
ground  fioor." 

— The  Scriptures  give  four  names  to  Chris- 
tians, taken  from  the  four  cardinal  graces: 
SaintSytor  their  holiness;  Jielirt>my  for  their 
faith;  Brethren,  for  their  love;  DisciplcH,  for 
their  knowledge. 

— It  is  proposed  to  construct  a  line  of  tele- 
graph through  the  whole  extent  of  the  continent 
of  Africa,  connecting  the  EnglishSouth  African 
colonies  with  the  Egyptian  lines  at  Kartum, 

— A   FLOOD  of  petitions  is  pouring  into  the 
I  Wisconsin  Legislature,  praying  for  prohibitory 
temperance  legislation.    Twenty-one  were  put 
in  on  ime  day,  the  signatures  aggregating  near- 
ly (i,000. 

— Thk  Mayor  of  SheRield,  Kngland,  states 
that  in  one  district  in  that  town  there  are 
4,000  pei-sons  destitute  and  iOO  families  actual- 
ly starving.  The  relief  fund,  except  about  £800, 
has  been  expended. 

— Mit.  Moody,  criticising  the  self- conceit  of 
some  reformed  drunkards,  said,  '"  You  might  as 
well  be  full  of  rum  as  full  of  egotism."  Ego- 
tism is  very  intoxicating  to  some  constitutions 
and  often  makes  men  act  very  foolish. 

Mrs.  Haves,  in  spile  of  prejudice  and  the 
imperious  demands  of  fiwhion,  has  succi-dt-d  in 
banishing  the  wine-cup  from  the  White  House; 
and  in  doing  it  she  commands  the  respect  even 
of  those  who  are  less  rigid  in  their  personal 
habits. 

— In  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  there  is  a 
proposition  before  the  board  of  alderman  forbid- 
ding screens,  blinds,  curtains,  or  any  other  ob- 
struction to  a  full  view  to  the  interior  of  saloons 
or  bar-rooms.  The  liquor  dealerH  are  alarmed 
for  the  result. 

—The  Church  Missionary  Society  has  just 
{iLSSumed  the  care  of  a  new  mission  station  at 
Ga/.a.  Palestine,  and  has  appointed  A  Schapira, 
a  Christian  Jew,  to  the  charge.  This  society 
also  proposes  to  send  out  shortly,  an  expedition 
to  the  south-western  end  of  Albert-Nyaivza. 

—A  WEEKLY  newspaper  is  projected  at  Home,  ■ 
to  be  under  the  immediate  inspiration  of  the 
Pope.  It  will  be  published  simultaneously  in 
five  languages,  and  will  be  edited  by  Counestar 
biln,  of  Perugia,  with  Monsigueur  Pecci,  the 
Pope's  brother,  as  the  power  behind  the  throne. 

— A  REAL  telegraph  has  b>}en  invented  by  an  , 
English  mechanical  engineer.  A  writer  in 
London  moves  his  pen.  and  simultaneously  at 
Brighton  another  pen  is  moved  in  precisely 
similar  curves  and  motions.  The  writer  writes 
in  London,  the  ink  marks  in  Brighton.  The 
pen  at  tlie  receiving  end  has  all  the  appearance 
of  being  guid.d  by  a  spirit  hind.  The  appara- 
tus is  shortly  to  be  made  public  before  the  So- 
ciety of  Telegraph  Engineers. 

—Thk  members  of  the  Society  of  Friends  in 
Philadelphia  are  taking  active  steps  toward  the 
formation  of  settlements  in  the  West.  It  is  the 
intention  to  form  an  association  which  shall 
purchase  tracts  of  land  and  sell  farms  and  lots 
to  Friends,  or  those  in  sympathy  with  thom, 
and  to  aid  those  whose  means  are  limited  in  the 
erection  of  dwellings,  etc.  The  association  will 
jay  out  roads,  and  erect  meeting-houses  and 
school  buildings.  In  all  deeds  a  clause  will  be 
inserted  prohibiting  the  sale  of  intoxica'iug 
liquors  as  a  beverage. 


DOtl 


auiK  niiKTjtiXiKr*;^  jsjr  "vvoxiic. 


From  S.  C.  Bashor. 


Dmr  linfhrrn:- 


w 


CA  I  t^re  will  remember  oi  (tbariug  lii;r  kindness;  aud 

Qt*l^r!l|tOIUlCltl^^*  will  r»joic6  U)  Itaru  that  ebe  id  now  with  the 

— ^ flaintff. 

.,M«-,i-Mi-j<*..     I      Q^jt,^  ^^^^f  ^,^^  Hthwe  took  th«-ir  leav*- 
with  UnithiT   DiivM  Wiuf.  to  visit  a  point  of 
■om''  iiit'-r«-"t,  U'tHfen   Xt-wton  and  Troy;  re- 
tumi-(I  RKMin  on  Sahh>.th  r^vfnin^lht-  16th,  ^>ok 
,  our  Auiil  Irav*'  thellith.     Thi^  Spirit  of  the  Lord 
HEX  I  last   wrot.»(o  .vou.our_m«-i...K>.    «^^ed  t.>  W-HlhTing  with  many  pen-n..,-ounK  ! 
and  old.  in   att«^>ndari<:4>  at  th<?  muL>tiug,  xo  that  I 
many   ri-gretti'd    to  nee  tho  r^ecting  clow.     It 
Hccnui  t-%cwi\'mg\y  nnfortunnt*?  to  cio«e  a  tnwt- 
itig  wjtl)  (-iicli  flattering  \\rf»»\H'ci».     VVc  J'ondly  [ 
trojit.    homrvtr.   that  tho  church  there.  \t\  iXi* 
united  and    lont-rtnl   tiloHs,   will,  in  ilue  tiue, 
gather  thf*)  wrpntling  houIs  int**  the  fold. 

My  wile  having  npi-nt  many  lonely  houm  in 
our  alwnc/',  Wf   mad'*  nrraugcnn-*nt*)  for  her  to 
niM't  u*:  hho  arrival  on  tho  lltb  iost.;  we  tliux 
fornu'd  Ji  jflt'iixaut  ttcvjiiaintance  with    many  of 
tin-  dear  mfmberH  of  the  Covington  and  Xpwton 
hnincht"*:  hIxo  n  nnnibfr  of  the   iniiiistcrinf: 
bri'tbrpn  from  the  adjoining  congrugationx.  who 
viiited  llir  meeting;  hopp   the  Lord  will  ho  Ih- 
vor  UK  and  them  that  we  may  be   permitted  to 
rt-new   our  acqiiaiiitanw,  if  not  in  this  life,  we 
ni«y  on  tin-  otlier  happy  shore. 
I      The  chrirch  then-  -scf-mH  to  be  exerting  a  large 
and  hcjiltby  influence,  br-ing    under  tlie  car<>  ot 
walcliful  NliepherdiJ.     We  f-pent  one  night  with 
lirothcr   U.-nry    Mohler.    where  we   found  bis 
aged  father,  Elder  Uudy  Mohler,  much  aOlict^d; 
weak  in  body,  but,  happy  to  aay,  strong  in  spir- 
it.    The  exHUiple  of  theHe  faithful   veterauH  of 
the  croHM   iH  very  <'i)i:oura«iiig   to  us   who  are 
young   in    thw   i-ervic«.     We  felt  eorry  to  find 
IJrolher  Dr.  S  he  1  hi  burger  yet  in  so  much  ntllic- 
*ion,  but  hapjiy  to  find  him  bearing  his  affliction 
with  no  much  Chrifitian  patjence. 

We  felt  (tome  enibHrriwscd,  at  times,  during 
the  meeting,  at  the  ai)*ence  of  some  of  tlie  home 
niiniaters;  we  feel  tliat  the  interest  of  a  mcet- 
i»K.  'Hight  to  be  jiucli  lis  to  demand  a.*;  much  as 
pOHnible,  the  iJiesenct!  of  olliciaU,  the  laity  and 
their  children.  At  tho  date  of  this,  we  are  with 
the  Itrethreii  near  Dry  on.  Ohio.  Interest  eu- 
eoiiragiijg.  j,  J,  RosKNiiETtOEit. 

Fihruary  21, 1879. 


■crpHtilt  in  progress  in  R"public  county 
Kansas.     We  rontinoed  the  meeting  over  Sun- 
day, the  26th  of  Jftniinry.  without  anv  immedi- 
ate additions,  but  think  our  tahnr  will  restilt  in 
tome  good.     On  Tu-^day,  the  SSth,  we  left  Ke. 
public  county,  for  .leH-ell  county,  conveyed  by 
our  brother-in-law  within  three  mile^  of  EldrT 
Switwrs.  to  which    pince  we  made   our  w«y  on 
foot.     Found    Eider  S,  at    home,  jii-t  returned  l 
from  the  field  of  battle.  report«  good  newn;  the  j 
enemy  giving  ground:  some  five  added    to  our 
number,  through  the  infitrtimentality  of  Broth- 
er   Hiiimmn.      At   night   we   preached    in    the 
school-house  close  by.     Neif.  day  wereeonveyed 
to   Burr  Oak   in  Elder  Ivph'  district.     Met  at 
niftht  in  Ilurr  Oak  Hchool-houw,     Preached  to 
1  ieemirtgly  intenaled    congregation.      Miule 
■cqunintnnre  wnth    a  number  of  niembcrw  next 
day.     Wft»  met  at  this   place  by   Bmlber  .!.  M 
Bailey  and  friend  .fames  Little,  very  glad  to  Kce 
them.     Hrolher  .1.  M.  B.  iw  a  minister,  but  Kor- 
ly  to  H«y  thai  he  has   preached    but  little  for  a 
COnBiderable  time.     Hope   he   will    never  give 
way   t«  Huch    would-be  di«c(uir»gemeiit«,    but, 
stand  up  and  go  forwurd  in  liiHhigh  and  honor- 
ed calling.    Here,  at  Burr  Oak,  we  left  IJrotiier 
Padely,  aud    I  was  conveyed    to   the  liome  of 
Brother  Bailey,  where  I  renmined  until  Sunday 
morning,    February  2nd.     Visited  some  Brr'th- 
ren  and  enjoyed  the  kind  ho»pIt;dity ')f  Brother 
B.  and    family,  then  leaving  this    place  in  com* 
paoy  with  Brother  and  Sister  Bailey,  we  arriv- 
ed, lute  in   the  evening,  at   Brother  Deetert  on 
Limestone.    Brother  Doet*r  w  the  only  working 
miniKter  in  tlii>t  riongregafion,  and  ha  wc  formed 
hlH  nctjuaintance  at  Burr  Oak,  and  were  rerjuent- 
ed  by  him  to  come  fo  his   place  and  aHsiKt  in  a 
protracted  effort  fo  tlie  upbuilding  of  the  ciiuse, 
we  did  HO,  and  met  with  Brother  I'Vididy  again. 
We  Ht4iid  here  until    Wednesday,  am]    then  left 
entile   weather  neemed   to   us   unfavorable  for 
meeting  and  we  were  very  anxiouH  to  return  to 
loved  one«   left  in  Itepublic  county.     Leaving 
Brotlier    Fitdely   to  continue  tho  meeting,  in 
company  with  Brother  A.  W.  Austin,  (deacon) 
we  were  soon  ut  the  home  of  Brother  Dejtrieh, 
where  we  found  (luito  a  number  of  members  at- 
tending church  council.     Staid  overnight  with 
Elder  Switzer,  next  morning  1  boarded  Brother 
Switzer'H  wagon  and  soon  wo  were  on  oiil-  way 
to  White  Rock  City.    Sjient  a  short  time  lool, 
ing  at  Mill   Property,  then  onward  to  Seandia 
mid  soon    we  were   comfortably   seated   in  our 
brother-in-law's  house.     Found   that  our  little 
boy  hud  been  in   poor  health,  but  wiw   bottiT 
Next  nmrniiiR   Elder  Switzer,   bidding  us  all 
farewell,  returned  home.     We  staid   hero  until 
Monday  the  10th  of  February,  when,  in  compa- 
ny with  brother  and  sister,  we  soon  arrived  at 
the  depot,  M-horc  we  bid  tlieiniarewoll,i)robably 
for  the  last  time,  and  aopn  we  were  on  our 
to  Mi^Muuri, 

What  we  flaw  of  Kansas  we  can  recommend 
B8  a  good  country;  we  fuund  the  people  kind 
and  fcoeialile,  we  felt  ourselves  at  home  wherev- 
er we  Btopped;  wc  return  our  thanks  to  breth- 
ren  aud  friends  fur  their  kindness;  it  would  have? 
been  u  great  pleasure  to  me  to  have  remained 
longer  in  Kmimw.  Will  say  to  those  brethren 
and  friends  that  dewired  luc  to  settle  down  in 
KanKtw,  that  I  think  I  would  better  let  well 
enough  alone.  I  am  bound  for  Colorado,  if  tho 
Lord  will.  We  aiv  now  making  prei>ur«tion8 
to  start  tho  ii4th,  hope  no  one  is  disappointed. 


From  North  Manchester.  Indiana. 


r  way 


Notes  of  Travel. 


WK  left  home  November  the  80th,  and  being 
pressed  with  calls,  have  continued  our 
absence  with  simply  an  occa'sioual  rest  at  home, 
save  during  our, meeting  at  home,  which  com- 
menced on  the  eve  of  January  the  1st.  We 
labored,  agisted  bv  our  home  ministry,  vintil 
the  eve  of  the  !lth,  when  we  were  relieved  by  I 
Brother  Calvert,  who  continued  with  us  until  | 
the  21»t.  The  attendance  and  interest  weru  su- 
perior to  any  previous  meetiug  held  with  us. 
We  felt  that  the  church  was  much  revived. 

The  eve  of  February  the  6th  came  the  time 
appointed  for  U8  to  visit  the  dear  brethren  and 
siflterB  of  Covington,  Ohio.  The  congregations 
there  were  very  large,  and  there  seemed  to  be  a 
marked  aud  eager  attention  given  tu  the  word 
preached.  Their  large  house,  at  limes,  became 
filled  before  the  hour  of  service;  and  there  was 
soODa  prayerful,  growing  interest  manifested. 
Among  those  baptized  was  the  wife  of  Brother 
Ca«u:l,  upon  whose  premises  the  Annual  Sleet- 
ing wa-t  held  in  1876.    Many  brethren  aud  sis- 


I  AM  again  btforo  your  many  readers,  who 
1  likely  remember  tho  cry  that  went  out  from 
here  through  the  Biikthhkn  at  Work  the  7th 
of  last  November,  claiming  souls  were  starving 
for  manna  from  on  high.  Happy  to  say,  relief 
hitjt  come.  Yes,  the  call  has  been  heeded  by 
brethren  from  the  North.  J.  H.  Miller  aud 
Wysong,  from  Millfoid,  Indiana,  accompanied 
liy  Brotlier  F.  1'.  Lo-lir  and  wife,  from  Michigan. 
Met  with  tlie  members  uf  North  Mancbesler 
District  on  Friday,  February  2Ist.  held  eveuinj; 
mifting  at  tlie  house  of  Brother  Abraham  and 
Sister  11.  Miller,  for  the  benefit  of  our  dear  old 
father,  Henry  ButterbHugh,  who  is  deprived  of 
meeting  us  at  the  sanctuary;  reason,  decline  of 
life.  Ho  is  eighty-.six  years  old,  and  is,  as  may 
bo  supposed,  (juito  feeble. 

Saturday,  22nd,  met  at  10  A.  M,  at  the  meet- 
ing-house, lis  was  previously  appointed.  There 
the  brethren  met  many  who  eagerly  waited  to 
meet  friendly  faces  and  hear  them  talk  of  heav- 
en audits  enjoymants,  whidi  tKoy  did  witli 
power,  a-*  the  Loidgavo  tliem  utterance.  After 
singing  and  i>rayer,  Brother  Miller,  for  a  foun- 
dation to  build  u]>on.  flelectod  Psalm  01:  2, 
"From  the  end  of  tho  earth  will  I  cry  unto 
thee,  when  ^^\y  heart  is  overwhelmed;  lead  me 
to  the  rock  that  is  higher  than  I."  After  giv- 
ing a  full  defiuitioii  of  the  word  "cry,"  he  called 
our  attention  to  Clirist,  the  sure  foundation,  the 
eternal  rock,  and  all  who  build  upon  that  rock, 
will  be  led  in  safety,  and  will  stand  the  tost  at 
the  fiual  day,  &.<:.  Brother  Wysong  selected 
and  sung  hymn  numbt  r  7S0,  suited  to  the  oc- 
CJk^ion;  prayer,  then  adjourned  for  evening. 

Met  again  at  7  P.  M.  Good  attentiou  by  all 
present.  Preaching  by  Wysong.  Text,  1  Cor. 
14:8, ''For  if  tho  trumpet  give  an  uucerlain 
sound,  who  slmll  prepare  hiuwelf  to  the  battle?" 
The  brother  in  question  havipg  a  severe  cold, 
yet  handled  the  subject  nobly,  leaving  many  (jis 
I  we  think)  lasting  impressions.  Followed  by 
Brother  .].  H.  Miller,  who,  in  conclusioH,  called 
our  every  attention  to  the  necessity  of  being 
prepared  to  Hoe  tho  wrath  to  come,  or  entmv, 
at  tlio  sound  of  tho  trumpet,  and  come  inside  of 
tho  walls  of  the  great  city,  the  htmse  of  the 
Lord,  kc. 

Sunday  tho  23rd,  10  A.  M.  Beautiful  to  be- 
hold I  to  see  80  many  meet  at  the  house  where 
prayer  is  wont  to  be  made.  Brother  F,  P.  La-hr 
led  iu  the  exercises  by  singing  a  German  hymn, 
then  the  old  veteran  showed  his  zeal  fur  the 
glory  ot  Zion  by  calling  our  attention  to  hymn 
number  221,  putting  much  emphasis  ou  the 
fourth  aud  fifth  verses.    Subject,  1  Cor.  1:21. 


22,  23.  Ilouee  filled  with  attentive  ligteaers. 
eager  to  hear  the  truth,  and  nothing  but  the 
truth,  as  it  flowed  from  tlie  iips  of   oar  brother 

with  convincing  power.  Te>iiaieiiy  b>'  Brother 
Wywmg.  Closed  by  ninging  hyam  793.  then 
dismiki»ed  for  evening. 

Met  again  ut  7  P.  M.,  and  f<»r  what  ?  To  wor- 

Khip  God,  He  (rust,     Ves.  the  Terycouutenana* 
]  of  thi»i   jMviple  assembled  here  to-ni'gbt,  goes  l-o 
j  show  they  came   far  this  nolde  purpose.     Our 
attention  was  called  {t*y  request)  to  hymn  339, 
'■  With  tearlul   eyes  I    look   around,"  Ac.     Oh! 
I  behold  the  fcwcet  voice,  "  Coiue  tome."     Also 
hymn  67  waA  sung,  then    to   prayer.     Brother 
Wysong  took  the  stand.     Text.  Isuiah  35:  3,  to 
close  of  chapter,  telling  us  of  the  Wauty  of  trav- 
eling on  the  highway,  the  way  of  holiness,  kc. 
and  Brother  Miller,  in  conclusion,  said  he  felt 
loath  fo  leave  us.  and  why?  Let  me  answer,  we 
believe    he  saw  a   beautiful  and  telling  couute- 
imnce  on  every  Christian  man  and  womau,  also 
on  our  mighbors  and  children,  ail  desiring  spir- 
itual food,  fts   it  flowed  with  great  power  from 
the  lips  of  the  man  of  God.     Much  more  might 
be  tiaid,  but  let  thi^  suflSce.    Only  this,  we  feel 
much   strengthened  and   built   up  in  the  inner 
man.     May   the  eood    L(»rd    bless  our  yoong 
brethren  aud  their  labor,  who  engaged  so  earn- 
estly in  the  cause  of  the  Master  during  the  abort 
stay  with  us. 

Believing  the  ground  is  well  broken    up,  and 
in  good  order  for  cultivation,  who  cornea  next? 
Closed  by  singing  hymn  783.     As  yet,  uo  con- 
verts.    Now  we  leave  the  work  in  the  hands  of 
God.     Paul    may  plant,  A|)ollos  water,  but  God 
must   give  the  increase.     May    the  Lord  direct 
us  all  in  the  good  old  Gospel  path,  is  my  pray- 
D.  S.  T.  BurrEUUAfOH. 
P.  S.     At  this  juncture.  Brother  R  P.  Ladir 
arise*,  and  invites  young    and    old   to  meet  to- 
morrow  evening,   February    24tli  at   the  n.-ual 
hour,  for  won-bip.     Text.  .John  14:C,  "  No  man 
Cometh  to   the  Father,  but  by    me."     Pressing 
on  the  minds  of  the  young  that  Jesus   Christ 
was  once  a  child  like  unto  us,  more  than  he  was 
divine,  not  polluted  by  the  use  of  cigars  and  to- 
bacco,    Also   of  the   necessity   of  us  meeting 
together  and    making   a  common  stock  of  our 
knowledge.  &c.    Our  little  folks,  with  sparkling 
eyes,  solaced    themselves   into    perfect   silence, 
eager  to  hear  what  graudpa  had  to  say.     Closed 
for  evening.     Preaching    to-morrow   evening. 
February  23th.     Very  disagreeable,   raiu   aud 
snow,  but  few  out.     The  old  soldier  at  the  stand, 
saying  the  grouud  was  well   plowed,   and  once 
he  could  not  plow  any  more,  he  would  hoe,  then 
pull  weeds,  and  finally  carry  wafer.    Let  us  all 
take  courage  by  this,  and  reiu>w  our  zeal  in  the 
cause  of  our  Master.     So   close   the  labors  of 
our  bretliren  at  this  time.    May  the  Lord  bless 
them  and  us,  is  my  prayer.  D.  S.  T.  B. 


calld  that  cannot  be  attended,  uqj 
very  uiuoh   needed    here.     Nun-    ( 
thai  intend  going  ^'est,  callat  An.-, 
at  the  country.     We   think  that  - 
ntends  to  farni  for  a  living  will   .' 
bind  here  as  any  where,  and  wetb 
is  a  very  healthy  country,  as  it  ismn 
to  drain  well,  aud  not  so  much  as  i 
wash.     The  taciiities  for  sehoolB  an- 
houses  are  well  buiit.     Aurelia  is  ni  '■      ' 
with   one  railroad.     Here    we  M«t/^'''^ 


the  acquaintance  of  Brother  Ezra  Sl'i 
ark,  Hlinois.  who  had  been  iu  the  0,.^" 
of  Cherokee.     He  said  that  the  ' 


good  where  he  had  been.     Land 


tountrj,  i, 


*^'"'  bo  !„,,, 


very  reasonable  iu  either  of  these  counf 
brethren  requested  me  to  say  to  our  n  "^  ' 
brethren  who  travel  West,  to  stop  oH'  '^'" 
and  look  at  the  country  and  preach*  ^^'' 
We  closed  our  meetings  on  the  ,'*''' 
the  fmirtii  ol  March,  having  had  thirtc'r""^' 
and  prL-aebed  one  funyral,  and  on  the  ""^'^ 
of  the  titlh  took  the  traiu  forborne  p^'""' 
well.  Thanks  to  the  brethren  and  M.t"""* 
friends  for  their  kindness  while  we  ^'^  " 
them.  May  the  Lord  bless  us  all,  is  th"^  ^' 
of  your  unworthy  servant.  '"^" 


Waterloo,  loira. 


"■  iKKNOEiih, 


A  Visit  to  Cherokee  County,   Iowa; 
A  Sudden  Death. 

1LBPT  my  home  ou  the21stof  February,for 
Aurelia,  Cherokee  county,    Iowa,  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty-fire  miles  west  of  Waterloo,  sit- 
uated on   the   Iowa  division  of  the  I.  C.  U.  K. 
Here  is  a  small  church  of  twenty   members. 
Met  with   them   the  21st  at  the  Early  school- 
house.    Tho  next  meeting  was  at  the  Leoiiiird 
school-house,  where  we  continued  for  one  week 
with  good  interest.  We  had  our  home  at  Broth- 
er ICeelin  Leouttrd's.  (  ntheeveningof  the2atb, 
James    Brannon,  who  lived    about  eight  miles 
from  the  place  of  meeting,  imd  had  come  to  at- 
tend the  meeting,  and  on  llie  evening,  as  staled 
above,  he  went  with  us   to  meeting,  as   before, 
and  came  home,  and  came  into  the  house  appar- 
ontiy  as  well  JLS  usual,  but,   inside  of  five  min- 
utes, was  dead.     He  died  witliout  a  groan  or 
a  struggle.    The  physician  said  (leatb  wa^  caus- 
ed by  the  stoppage  of  the  action  of  the   hearL 
He  m^s  born  in  Sligo,  Ireland;  and  had  lived  in 
the  Cathrjlic  faith  the  greuttr  part  uf  his  life, 
but  he  became  dissatisfied  and   uiiilod  with  the 
River  Brethren,  and   died  in  that  faith.    Little 
did  we  think  when  we  met  him  that  we  would 
bo  called  on  to  preach  his  funeral  before  we  left 
but  such  was  the  case.     The  congregation  wa^ 
not  very  large.     Such  is  life!     Wo  think  that 
Mus  very  sudden  death  simuld  serve  a.s  a  warn- 
ing to  us  all.    Let  each  one  of    us  ask   I  im  elf 
the  question,   had  it  been  me,  could  I  say  like 
Paul,   "lam  ready  to  he  offered."    Life  13  nu- 
certain,  but  death  is  certain. 

On  the  first  of  Maridi  we  met  with  the  Bret).- 
rennud  sisters  in  council,  pr-paratory  to  the 
District  Council.  \Ve  wei-e  made  to  rejoice  to 
see  that  there  w.w  nothing  but  love  and  |,oace 
among  the  members.  The  church  appears  to 
be  in  good  working  order,  with  Brother  John 
Karly  in  the  ministry,  and  Brethren  Keeliuaud 
i-lias  Leonard  in  the  deacons'  ofiice.  Brother 
J'.arly  has  no  help  except  the  deacons     The  la 

boris  very   heavy  on  him     Tb.r«  ""^  j--^  "unesseu  tneseenectsoi  evaus-'---- 

J       a  y  on  mm.     Ihere   are  many    idea  of  what  is  experienced  by  those  who  h»T^ 


The  Time  to  Evangelize  in  Citie 

BEING  deeply  impressed  with  the  iinpoH. 
of  the  Moomaw  I'ropositiou,  Um  pro 
ed  to  take  up  my  pen  and  break  a  long  X' 
of  this  method  of  communication.  '^' 

My  recent  engagements  in  the  home  mi^. 
of  our  District,  completely  contirius  my  iy, ' 
humble  opinion  of  the  importance  of  city  '" 
gelism.     About  one-half  of  the  work  wSi 
have  been  directed  to.  proved  to  bearrange<i(„ 
in  churches,  procured  iu  town.    And  tVoi   11 
apparent     adaptation    of    a   |)eculiar  IcK,,, 
peculiar  plain  and  common  place  talking  i,rt.a,!( 
er,  with  those  strange  feature."  in  the  hervil 
&c.,  to  the  minds  of  the  .sober   thinkiug  of    ; 
orders  and  ranks  of  auditors,  even  iu  the  uxk-. 
cities  in  our  land,  we   arrive  at  a  decided  cu 
elusion  that  I  he  proper  time  fur  our  city  ^vai 
gelism  has  not  only  come,  but  that  the  \,T^i 
time  has  been   let   but  too  heedlessly  p,L^  J, 
ever  siuce  the  church  in  America  hasb:uleraL 
gelists,  aud   cities  in    "all  the  world",  to  m.. 
gelize.     (Leaving   it   to   the  judgment  of  tl,. 
editors  whether  to  iusert),  I  will  here  relate  U 
example,   the  instance  of  evangelizing  ia  tl. 
town  of  Clifton  Hill,  Missouri,  where  nevtr  i»  - 
tore,  a  brother  had,  perhaps,  been  seen,  erev.; 
heard  of,  except  by  the  person  who  s-ei'it  ii»  tii. 
caU.     Here  the  most  fashionable  church  ;■ 
had  been  procured,   sexton  at*  post.  j;,.i 
style.     The   attendance   immense,   (-.ani   tti  f„ 
from  twelve  miles  around).     To  this  vast  aud;. 
ence,  and  in  the  most  simple,  plain  and  commoi! 
style  of  speech  possibly  at  command,  we  trii  1 
to  relate  the  old,  old  ftory  of  the  cross,  mid  tlieu 
ou  and  on  to  the  condition.^  of  its  avail  to  nil, 
until  arriving  at  the  proper  point,  where  .ill  (ii 
possibb)  of  the  peculiarities  of  the   primitiw, 
apostolic  cliurch  and  Gospel  order  were  redcln'l, 
and  vehemently  contended  for;  the  subj..'ct'<m- 
bracing  the  moral  and  ceremonial  law.'i,rmd  tt' 
ordinances  of  the  church. 

Now  the  results  iu  so  proud  a  place  yjcv 
many  warm  exprejision^  of  approval;  fo  wit: 
"Never,  since  my  childhood,  did  1  hei.r  iliii 
that  simplicity."  "It  can't  be  money  yon  pre.icli 
for,  you  seem  to  have  nothing  at  slaKe  hutyour 
conscience  and  your  liR'."  At  this 'exprmioji 
I  remembered  what  the  brethren  .said  at  lbs 
District  meeting:  "  Men."  said  they,  "  nlio  ivil^ 
hazard  their  lives  fur  the  cause."  A  l:iJy,oi 
whom  it  could  little  be  expected  fioiii  herniiv 
appearance,  said:  "Don't  ti.ey  remind  oneot 
the  old  apostles?"  as  if  from  reading  the  Scriil^ 
uVes,  shehad  imagined  tlie  orderof  the priiuifiTe 
Christiaas.  At  baptizing  in  the  subiirlis,  a 
large  portf>»n  of  the  vast  coneourse.kneltattliii 
waterside  during  the  prayer,  regardless  of  tlifif 
broadcloth,  silk  and  satin.  Here  also  one  said, 
"That's  now  according  to  my  uotiou of  tti* 
com  mission." 

Brethren  and  sislers,  do  not  withhold  your 
cheerful  donations  from  so  good  a  csi'^f.  sup- 
posing the  cause  to  be  pn-malure.  or  tli"t  the 
pride  and  vanity  of  cities  have  advanced  bijond 
the  reach  of  the  simplicity  of  iJie  church  au' 
her  doctrines.  For  wc  find  the  power  fo  Ite  wi"i 
God  and  his  Word,  while  the  service  of  his  i-afUJ 
for  the  execution  of  his  ])ower  to  save,  is  vefltw 
in  bis  obedient  children  in  the  wrndd.  kw^^^ 
we  forfeit  our  heirship,  let  us.  nli  let  us«i'*^tbat 
we  combine  our  united  services  in  the  jirnmu!- 
gation  of  our  Father's  method  of  doitig  woiiiif" 
iu  the  earth.  NOW  ia  tho  time  to  evang'''"^- 
I  thought  it  expedient  to  give  those  who  liii" 
not  yet  witnessed  theseeffectsof  evangeli*'"-*" 


r.r.-U 


'ri-i>;  iu^3:tiiki:>s'  ^vt  avokk. 


,_,  [hc"  t"  po*  theirs 
.  ,.  gcfn'  


ilioiil.lersto  Ihe 
irk.  pTlu'w  the  grt-iitist 


^ver  offered  by  the  church  to  di 
^  ,1_  C.  C.  n<w.<T, 


From  D.  S.  Replogle. 


**'  jiu"  m*^'*''2  on  acconut  of  Ihe  in- 
*'''^'  oAl'^  weatlitfr.  aid  the  meeting  he- 
'""h-uii'*"^  off.  I  was  "'•'^e  to  say;  (i>rt 
l'^  *  ^-lier*.  Mtiuy  bad  to  leave  their 
'  ,1  k  fiioruiug  to  fill  their  appoint  me  nt-i. 
^  ,  „ii,t,  some  of  them  met  with  small 
''"'*,■  tioii3-  Titis  makes  u»  sympathize 
^'^C  mill'*'**'''*'  ^^'^°  "^^   placed    upon   the 


few  thoughts  for  your 
t,ii8  Sabbath  day.  a^  I  was  deprived 


7<nu  to  preach  the  everhistiDg  Gospel. 


■„.?w"""' 


«ht  do  much  good  to  them,  i 


M^^^y 


d   ID  prayer  in    behalf  of  them, 

j),t  be  witii  them  in  Spiri*.  that  we 

'vilh  Paul.  "  We  give  thanks  to  God 

!  for  JO"  i"'  ""i^'"g  meiitiun   oF  you  in 

**■      J"  111  this  way  we  might  help  them 

**  'i,     WhL-n  we   take    notice  sometimes, 

^'^  ftless  and  UDConcerued  «oine  lay    mem- 

jre  in  fenrfing  meetings  aud  helping  tUeir 

^     iii'^'^''*  "I""?'  ^^  must  almost  conchide 

,|ip  love  and  the    sympathy  that   they 

li  have  doi^s  not  uiauifest  itself  as  it  should. 

'  1.J  without  faith  is  dead."  says  James.     I 

".relv  hinting   at  some   things    which    I 

'".f',.i4iaps  might  not  be   amiss:  and   if  I 

!iabf  theine-'ins  of  doing  a  little   good  by 

'  ^failiflODit'f"''  I  will  freely  do  it.    A  great 

tliiu'-sare  done  sometimes  among   our 

n)bcrst!irtt   are   done   Ihoushtlessly,  espec- 

Jraraousour  young  members.     The   follow- 

'■^„er)[  the  things  I  wish  to  mention:   A 

rttioie  ago  th^re  was  a  meetiug   appointed 

j(,|,o(,l-lirtuse.  on  a  certain  eveniug,  for  a 

ii-lier  that  (lid  not  belong    to    our   churcli. 

had  the  pleasure  of  attendiug  said    meet^ 

,  eutcring  the  house  we  found  it  well   filled 

i^ihlisteuiug  hearers,  and  among  some  of  the 

pj^re  were   some  of  our  young    members 

^«ere  en.^a^ed  in  talking    and    laughing 

tile  preaching  was  going  on.     I  felt   griev.d 

.{his:  but,  nn  doubt,  these  young  members 

off  of  th"ir  «uard,  and  were  not  thinking 

fist  they  were  doing.  Such  conduct  is  wrong 

'fdo  not  like  for  non-profesRoi-s  to  annoy  our 

tfliue*.  ^"^^  when  oar  young  membeffi  go  to 

lift  niettiugs,   tbey  should   behave  just  a.s 

(j.'o  in  their  own.      God  sees  our  aclions, 

inattL'i-  where  we  are.     We  should    be    verj' 

refu!  liow  we  let  our  light  shine,  showing  to 

with  whom  we  associate,  that  we  ha\6 

*ncoairi5rted  to  Christ,  and  are  to   live   like 

jtii((iaus  should.      I  don't  think  that  therr^ 

i  Biiy  professors    of  religiJU  watched    clo-ier 

auour  memberii  are,  and  why  i■^  it?  Because 

i()foless  to  be  a  peculiar   people,   a  separate 

iiple  from  the  world  and  try  to  be   lead    and 

wrneil  by  the  Bible.     It  should    be   our   de- 

ogood   where  we  go  to  hear  preaching. 

i  preach   who   will.      We   can  always  leavn 

Dirtliing  good  by  it.     No  man-that   preaches 

tlie  Scrijitures  but  what  will  tell  us  some- 

iDggooil  if  we  want    to  be  honest    about   it. 

iobmittliese  few   thoughts  for  our  young 

eralwrs  especially,  who  may  chance  to  read  it. 

iLy  God's  choicest  blessing  rest  upon   all 

il'schosen  people  every-where. 

D,  S.  Replogi.k. 
Haria,  Pa. 


From  Umatill  County,  Oregon. 

i>nif  lirethen:— 

ITE  have  a  very  large  field  here  for  mis^ion- 
11  ary  work.  There  are  many  hungry 
m  to  W  fed  with  the  bread  of  life;  and  how 
in  they  be  ffd  without  someone  to  distribute? 
ifKneeil  [ireaching.  How  can  we  hear  with- 
Ot preachers?  Rom.  10;  14.  We  had  three 
^iow  discourses  last  Fall  by  Elder  David 
[fower,  as  he  passed  through  this  part  of  the 
™try,  which  I  think  left  quite  a  good  ini- 
f^iou.  Wohiive  only  five  or  six  members 
Mbe  bounds  of  a  liuudred  or  hundred  and 
f'rmiles  square.  These  are  father  Bnslior 
^wife,  Brother  Craddock  and  David  ICiester 
"iwif'e,  who  expect  to  take  their  departure  in 
'^Tdnysfor  Willamette  Valley,  where  they 
*PMt  to  ninke  their  permanent  home.  We 
''f*  to  hear  or  see,  some  of  our  Breth- 
^  ^migrating  to  this  valley,  and  settling 
iJ'Jii'J  us  soon,  especially  ministerial  help,  to 
'''nil  push  the  good  work  along  in  the  way 
'■noralizing  and  convertinir  the  people  of  this 
^^"'^  to  Christianity.     This  country,  cspec- 

'ythis  valley,  is  an  excellent  place  for  poor 
^ple  to  get  a  start.  The  soil  is  Tery  pro- 
*'"e;  wheat,  oats  and  harlay,  vegtaMe?,  and 


aliuo^t  all  kinds  offruit  and  berne.s,  otherthau  _  ^"W.  dear  Hrethren.  ihe  prophet  (ells  us  a 
the  tropical  fiiiits  do  well.  We  liavf  never  '  S'*-''' <*«•' "bout  this  L-'-nder  and  Commander  of 
had  imy  tiling  like  a  l<d«l  failur«'  in  grain  '  She  people— Israel.  «nd  the  Lord  who  is  the 
crops  and   only  partially  in   the   fruit  crops.  ■  Oautain  of  oursnlvalioii.  has  made  no   provin- 

Chunc*rs  for  pour  i>eopl   "  '  '  -      ..  ■    I; — .-. ^^-  ..... 

rouiitry  are    re 


more  preciona  souls,  we  hope,  rote  to  walk  in 
OHwne^a  of  lif..;  nnd  to-day  five  more,  and  two 
reelaim.-il,  making  in  all  foriy-four.  Othen 
wen-  deeply  impressed,  and  raado  to  feel  a  ^ense 


.o..r,>eopk.t«  ga  home,  in  tbi,  i->n^ '-r  r.tre.t:  but  th.  watch  wo,xli.o«,r.r.y.' !  of  their  duty.  The  m'o^t  of  th^*e  were  B^th! 
rer,  .-on,!.  Many  g.t  land  by  oN-w..«n!  ye  .«id,er.  of  the  cro^..  Pull  down  I  r-n's  eh.ldren:  .ome  from  the  tvinb7e„lnans 
mull  iiayment  and   getting   from    t'le  strongholds  ot  butnn.  secHr\>  and  nrotect    nno  fr».n  n...  f..n,„i:.,.  — „  /^_ ._.    .,      t    ..     ' 


makiug  ooe  smiill  payment  and   getting   from 
one  to  five  ynar«  t.)  make  the  final  payment. 

There  are  v.Ty  good  chances  for  renters  in 
this  valley.  This  is  also  a  very  good  place  for 
people  that  have  to  labor  for  a  living.  Persons. 
thinkuig  of  emigratiug  to  this  valley,  would 
do  well  to  get  here  the  b-'ginning  of  harvest, 
which  is  commonly  about  the  first  of  harvest. 
Thire  is  always  a  great  df mand  for  bibor  dur- 
ing harvest  an!  threshing  season,  wliiih  com- 
monly lasts  till  about  the  middle  of  October. 
A  man,  two  horses  and  wagon  commonly  gets 
S2,.50  toS3.0l»perday;meu§l.,5(J  to  ?3.00  per 
day;  women  get,  as  cooks,  from  §1.00  to  $!iO0 
jier  day  through  harvest. 

D,  Pkkhi.kr. 


batan.  secUR.  and  I'rotect  |  one  from  the  Catholic-,  one  from   the   Lutherl 

" '      . .     -  -    .-         uij^^  .^j^^  ^^^   ^^^^^^^    Newlighta.      Our  District 

immlk-ri-d  seventy  bi^fore  the  meeting,  and  now 
one  hundr.-d  and  l.-n.  M«y  the  Father  that 
rul"H  the  univeriP,  give  wt  grace  to  feed  the 
lambs,  and  may  we  pray  that  they  may  be  kept 
from  the  hour  of  temptation.  The  meeting 
lasted  fourt.'en  days;  and  was  a  season  of  re- 
freshing  which  will  be  long  remembeied. 

DoilSET  HonouBH. 
Mnrcb  Ollt,  lS7i\ 


MX  .ronN  zrcK. 
f 

Nl-MllBIl  I. 

iT  is  my  desire  upon  thi-  present  occasion  to 
proH^nt  to  you  a  I'hw  briel  notes  of  the 
labori*  of  our  esteemed  Brotlier,  M.  M.  Eshel- 
man,  editor  of  the  Children  nt  M'urK;  who 
treated  ua  with  a  "feast  of  fat  things"  during 
the  first  week  of  ^tarch.  Kir^t,  I  will  say  in 
behalf  of  the  Clarence  Brethren,  Cedur  county, 
Iowa,  that  Brother  Eshelman  has  our  sincere 
thanks  for  the  elective  service  rendered  during 
liis  short  stHV  with  us. 

He  arrived  at  Clarence  the  last  day  of  Feb- 
ruary, and  in  the  evening  of  tiie  first  of  March, 
met  at  our  school-house  for  worshij).  where  he 
delivered  liis  first  sermon  among  us.  to  a  very 
respectable,  quiet  aud  attentive  congregation. 
Subjrjct,  The  Bible,  or  God's  word.  Tlie  fol- 
lowing points  we  gleaned  from  the  di-'coursf-, 
which,  in  our  judgtuent,  werequile  instructive; 

I.  The  Old  Testament  Scriptures  wore  pre- 
sented as  being  sucseptiblc  of  the  following 
divisions: — 

1.  Hihtorical    p;irt. 

2.  Prophetical  p.irt. 

3.  Poetical,  or  song  part. 

i.     Iiiw  pirt. 

11.  The  New  Testament  v/as  diviih'd  fur  tin- 
purpose  of  helping  all  to  study  ib  to  advantage, 
as  follows: — 

1.  Facts — statements,  or  things  done. 

2.  Commands — things  to  be  done. 

3.  Promises — things  to  be  hoped  lor. 
Very  practical  hint*   were  given   upon    the 

above  points,  \vhieh  were  well  received  by  the 
people.  But  our  dear  brother  will  please  ex 
cuse  brief  allusions,  as  our  object  m  giving 
l)oints  as  set  forth  above  is  to  edify  and  assist 
others  of  our  4eai*  brethren  who  still  think 
they  can  learn  hnw  to  present  truth  to  their 
audiences  in  a  manner  that  will  have  a  tend- 
ency to  instruct  and  write  impressions  U2)"u 
their  hearts. 

March  2.  We  again  met  at  10  A.  M.  for 
services,  when  Eph.  G:  10  was  read,  and  the 
subject  of  the  Christian  soldier  was  deduced 
therefrom.  Some  general  remarks  ou  soldiery 
were  presented,  and  special  attention  called  to 
the  following: 

I.  The  Christian's  Captian, 

II.  The   Christian's  armour, — breastplat' 
helmet,   phield,  sword,  sliod;  and  with  their 
uses  as  applied  tothe  warfare  against  the  "wiles 
of  the  Devil," — glorious  Christian   graces  pro- 
vided for  the  Christian's  triumph. 

III.  The  Knlislmf-Ui. — getting  into  service, 
putting  on  the  armour, — faith,  repentance  and 
baptism.  Faith  changes  our  heart;  repentance 
changes  our  action;  and  ijaptisiu  changes  our 
relationship. 

1.  The  applicant  desires  a  knowledge  of  the 
work. 

2.  Must  make  application. 

3.  Must  beexainiuedor  inspected— visited — 
taught,  questioned  like  Phi'ip  asked  the 
euuuch. 

4.  The  applicant  must  he  willing  to  accept 
the  t*?rms  of  duty. 

.*).  Passed  in— takes  the  solemn  pledge  to 
centinue  faithful  until  death. 

IV.  Drill  duty. 

1.  In  God's  word — the  sincere  milk  of  the 
word. 

2.  Prayer  —  the  Christian'*  communion 
with  the  Captian. 

3.  The  ordinances — which  give  life  and 
power  of  the  church. 

4.  Singiue — cheers  the  drooping,  weary 
heart. 

o.  Our  enemy.  Satan — who  is  prpsented  in 
all  the  forms  of  sin. 


the  fugitives  who  nr*-  trying  to  escajw  from 
the  enemy's  ranks  "pluek  them  as  brands 
from  the  huriiiiig"  ere  they  perish  in  the  flames. 
Let  every  orderly,  every  watchman  on  the  walls 
of  Zion  fall  into  rank  mid  tile,  put  on  the 
Christian's  uniform,  that  tliey  may  be  n>adiiy 
identified  and  not  killed  for  the  enemy.  O  may 
the  missionary  work  of  the  church  he  so  ar- 
raiig»>d  that  conn-ntnition  of  elTort  may  be 
rea^lil)  efl'euted.  There  seems  to  be  so  much 
drill,  so  much  parud.-.  so  much  phmning,  and 
so  litth'  storming  the  enemy's  work.  May  Hod 
bless  Ihe  work  of  the  Christian  soldier.  More 
anon. 

Clarence,  Cedur  Co.,  lou-a. 

Killed  by  a  Cow. 

QUITE  a  melancholy  affair  occuivd  near 
Falls  City,  Nebraski^  on  Suudny,  Febru- 
«r.v  23rd,  by  which  Mrs.  Rhoda  Ann  lleikes. 
lost  her  life.  The  circumstances,  in  short,  an* 
about  as  follow-;  and  from  it  a  Itisson  may  be 
learned,  nov>;r  to  let  a  dog  ncconnmny  any  one 
when  going  auiong  cows  that  have  young 
calves: — This  unfortunate  woman  went  to  a 
neighbor's  house  on  the  day  above  named  to 
make  a  call.  Finding  the  neighbors  absent, 
except  the  children,  sliespont  some  time  with 
them.  During  this  time  ^ho  accompanied  the 
neighbor's  children  to  the  barn  to  see  the  calves. 
She  was,  also,  followed  by  her  little  dog.  While 
at  the  barn,  the  cows  came  up,  and  sei-ing  the 
dog,  attacked  him.  The  dog  ran  to  the  wom- 
an to  escape  the  fury  of  the  cows.  The  lattfi 
thereupon  attacked  the  woman,  threw  her  iu 
the  ground  and  vented  their  mad  fury  on  lit-r 
person.  Slie  received  injuries  from  which  she 
ttied  on  the  following  Saturday.  She  remained 
speechless  and  unconscious  from  the  time  she 
received  her  injuries  until  death. 

Deceased  was  the  wife  of  Frederick  Heikes, 
Her  age  was  49  years,  4  months  and  13  days. 
Funeral  services  ou  Sunday,  March  2,  from  1 
Cor.  15;  26,  to  a  numerous  concourse  of  friends 
and  neighbors.  Jonatii.^n  hirnTY. 


From  Elk  Lick,  Pa. 


OX  Saturday  the  Ist.  two  mow  were  added 
to  our  number  by  baptism.  The  ice  waa 
about  eight  inches  thick  on  the  river,  which  is 
unusual  for  thiitime  of  year.  About  one  hun- 
dred spectators  were  present.  The  reason  wrb, 
the  applicants  Were  citizens  of  Salisbury,  and 
the  number  was  swelled  from  tlip  vilbige  by 
the  curious.  We  have  our  chinch  l..ciilcd  in 
Ihe  village,  and  have  regular  prcfiching.  prayer 
nie.tings  and  Sunday-school.  Many  are  awak- 
ening tothe  doctrine  a«  preached  and  practiced 
by  the  Brethren.  I  would  earnestly  advise  the 
Brethren,  wherever  it  is  at  all  possible,  to  build 
their  churches  in  towns  and  villages,  as  the 
greatest  number  can  be  collected,  therefore  the 
gp-ati'st  power  for  good. 

Two  of  our  ni«mbers  miked  for  certificates  of 
nifiulier^hip.  They  remove  to  uear  llagers- 
towu,  M  irylrtiid.  Miy  God's  blessing  go  with 
t'lem-  S.  C.  Kkim. 


'iniis 

1     com 


From  Kosciusko  Co..,  Ind,         y. , 

ON  the'J.'ith  of  February,  my  youngest  brotli- 
er in  the  ilesh,  a  minister,  with  Brother 
JosF^ph  Amick,  both  from  White  jountv,  this 
State,  came  into  our  congregation,  and  remain- 
ed with  us  one  week,  and  laborul  faithfully  in 
the  cause  of  Christ.  There  was  great  interest 
manifested  among  Ihe  Brethren  and  |teop!e  in 
general.  The  inimediute  result  was,  four  pre- 
cious souls  baptized  and  one  r-'clnimed,  v/liich 
made  great  rejoicing  among  tlie  children  of 
God,  and,  we  believe,  with  the  angeU  in  heav- 
en. Many  more  are  counting  the  cost,  a-id 
we  hope  and  pray  that  they  will  come  before 
long,  and  know  the  reality  or  tlie  religion*  of 
.lesus  Christ.  Ye^,  my  dear  friends,  don't  put 
it  ofi:'  too  long,  for  the  door  will  be  closed  ero 
long,  and  if  yuu  have  not  made  your  pence 
with  (rod,  you  will  stand  without  and  knock, 
and  you  can't  enter.  Come  while  it  is  called 
to-day.  Yes  come  to  Christ,  in  the  heart-felt 
wish  and  prayer  of  your  unworthy  servant, 

DaVIII  BKrllTKLHKIUKIt, 


From  F.  P.  Lxhr. 

evening  Brother  George  W.  Cripe 
commences  a  Keries  of  uiiweiugs  in  the 
Ogau's  Crcok  church,  iwar  this  place.  I  shall 
be  with  him  till  the  middle  of  next  week,  then 
visit  the  adjoining  church  near  Dodgisrtown. 
My  address  will  be  for  fl(uno  wc'kn,  North 
Manchester,  caro  of  A.  Leedy.  I  desire  to  be 
at  their  Sunday-school  an i  Missionary  Conven- 
tion. 1  cannot  yet  see  that  it  is  a  work  of  the 
Devil,  as  some  seein  to  look  at  it.  I  have 
been  in  the  mission  field  for  a  number  of  years, 
jkUd  hava  not  yet  got  riidi  nor  yroud  liy  rditoiy- 
ing  salary;  nor  nplif-icd  liy  teiitliirig  little 
children  in  Sunilay-school  amltalkiug  to  young 
uipu  and  young  wonieu,  that  they  might  be- 
come Christians,  though  they  Imve  often  shown 
to  me  their  love  and.  ivupect.  If  wo  old  men 
had  been  kept  from  had  society  wluui  children, 
wociMiId  hav«*80')ner  got  riil  of  had  habits. 
Korlh  Manclicnfer,  Ind. 

From  Silver  Creek    Church,  Ohio. 

Dfitr  Urvthren:— 

0 lift  series  of' meetings  began  at  Primrose 
meeting-house  on  the  25th  of  February, 
and  continued  until  March  3rd.  Brethren 
David  Itittenhonae  and  Jacob  Shanour,  our 
home  ministers,  labored  earnestly  for  the  sal- 
vation of  wouls.  We  had  two  addition*  and 
good  interest.  We  hope  the  seed  sown  may 
■bring  forth  fruit  some  thirty  some  sixty  and 
some  a  hundredfold  in  due  time.  May  the 
Lord  bless  them  and  crown  their  effort*,  iaonr 
prajer.  Di{.  Wolff. 


From  West  Unity,  Ohio. 

Ihar  Brethren: — 

I  WILL  give  you  a  sketch  of  a  happy  meet- 
ing which  we  had  on  Bunker  Hill,  in  the 
Reformed  Church,  seven  miles  north-east  of 
Bryan.  We  had  good  order  and  attention  paid 
to  the  word.  Mt.etiug  coninionced  February 
22nd,  and  closed  March  3rd.  Four  came  out 
ou  the  Lord's  side  and  were  baptized.  Many 
more  are  counting  the  cost;  ho|)0  they  will 
learn  right  from  wrong. 

The  meeting  was  conducted  by  iirother  I.  J. 
Ropcnbergor.  Some  of  our  brethren  here 
were  present  in  time  of  the  meeting.  Good 
fecliug  prevailed  around  in  the  neighborhood. 
May  the  Lord  bless  him  aud  his  labors  wher- 
ever he  goes.  Israel  Kunkkl. 

From  Huntington,  Ind. 


P  ROTHER  Jesse  Calvert  tame  to  ua  Febru 
JJ  ary  22nd,  and  commenced  a  seriea  o 
riicftings.  lie  told  the  story  of  the  cross 
with  power.  Saints  rejoicid  nnd  sinners  trem- 
bled. On  the  second  day  of  March  twelve 
made  the  good  confession,  and  in  two  days  af- 
ter, sixteen  more,  and  two  days  after  that,  nine 


Building  a  Meeting  House. 

rpHE  Bri'thren  of  Beaver  Dam  congregation, 
1  Kosciusko  county,  Indiana,  contemplate 
hiii'.ding  a  meeting-hou.-ic  this  comiug  8ea50U4 
We  would  like  to  have  the  best  and  most  con- 
venient style  of  seats  for  Communion  meetings, 
soiin-  to  change  iuto  tables.  Let  me  hear  from 
the  Brethren.  David  Bechtei.heimer. 

Sevastopol^  Indiana. 


From  Phebc  A.  Frantz. 

1)  UO  TIIKR  John  Filzg'-rald,  of  Dark  county, 
)  Ohio,  and  Brother  Oliver  Vouut,  of  Tip- 
pecanoe, Ohio,  came  to  us  on  the  22nd  of  Feb- 
ruary, and  commenced  a  series  of  meetings, 
which  lasted  until  the  8th  of  March.  They 
preached  twenty-two  sermons  in  all.  five  in 
the  Donald's  Creek  Cliurch  aud  seventeen  in 
our  church,  in  New  Carlisle.  The  ministers 
are  two  zealous  soldiers  of  the  cross,  holding 
Ibrtli  the  word  with  jiower  and  encournging 
the  church  to  press  onward,  warning  sinners 
to  flee  the  wrath  to  come.  Four  precious  souls 
came  out  on  the  Lord's  side,  and  were  buried 
in  the  rolling  stream ,  and  arose  to  walk  in  new- 


a*IiE    BRETIiKKjN'    .^X    W'Olili. 


ness  of  life.  Many  more  good  iinpres8ion« 
were  rand*.  Somf  said  they  would  com?  »oon. 
Hope  thc«e  good  resolutions  will  h^.  carried 
out  Those  of  us  who  are  in  the  church  of 
Christ  shiMild  bi  more  z^iiomly  enz.i;!-J  f'Jr 
those  who  are  Ii-ft  b.'hind  that.  thpy.  too,  may 
fcel  the  lofwi  of  sin  and  come  to  Jctiis.  M-m- 
b«re  should  not  be  rold  and  indifferent  durinR 
these  meetings,  but  should  be  lively  work  er« 
in  the  cause.  OhI  th^t  all  our  beloved  frat4T- 
nity  could  realize  the  bliss  enjoyed  by  those 
who  live  not  for  themselvea  only,  but  for  hirn 
who  lived  and  died  for  a  rebellious  race,  and 
left  a  pntf^-rn  to  he  imitat*'d  by  all  that  are 
born  anew  by  a  spirituul  birth.  Ye*,  if  it  were 
only  possible  that  alt  such  could  see  and  under- 
■tand  that  all  they  have  and  are  i.H  the  Lord's, 
whether  tli<-y  l»o  intellectual  or  t^mponil  (lifts: 
uid  that  all  the  mi-mben  of  that  niVHtical 
bodj— the  church  of  .leans  Christ— are  in  duty 
bound  to  serve  eacli  otlier  even  as  the  members 
of  our  natural  body  servo  each  other.  My  dear 
young  associates,  I  cnlrcut  of  you  to  come 
to  Jesus,  hfed  the  many  good  counsels 
given  hy  our  belcived  brethren  while  with  us. 
The  wine  man,  Solomon,  said,  "I^•ulembe^  thy 
creator  in  the  days  of  thy  youth,  while  the 
evil  days  C(mie  not,  nor  the  yeara  draw  nigh 
when  thou  shalt  say,  I  have  no  pleasure  in 
them."  Would  it  not,  then,  be  wisdom  in  us 
all  to  prepare  fur  heaven?  Kor  the  things  ol 
this  world  are  transitory,  and  will  all  pass 
away;  and  oven  while  here  the  Christian's  en- 
joyraentis  far  beyond  tlnit  of  tho  sinner. 
JVcc  C'lirfiKle.  Ohio. 

Wisconsin  Mission  Field. 

MUCn  hfw  been  flflid  on  the  subject  of  iui>-- 
sionnry  work,  but  a  little  less  «'////«;/  and 
a  great  deal  more  (/oiii;/,  would  result  in  much 
more  pood.  Talking  about  missionary  work 
and  piiius  ai  to  getting  the  money  necessary  to 
defrny  the  expenses,  Anen  put  me  very  much  in 
mind  praying  for  the  poor  and  not  giving 
them  tho  necossaries  of  life.  If  I'mil's  jdan  is 
adopted  we  will  have  plenty  of  miSNionary 
money  and  to  si)are,  a-  the  Lord  hfts  prospered 
UB  all  very  well.  There  is  one  more  feature  in 
the  niissiniiary  movctient,  that  could  be  great- 
ly improved.  Do  nnt  wait  till  you  are  siiit  by 
the  niiHrti(mary  enmiuitleo  for  fear  you  will 
have  to  pay  your  own  exiiennes,  and  then  feel 
bad  Ifeause  you  are  not  nent.  If  you  think 
you  have  a  calling  in  that  direction,  go  and 
try  your  talent  with  the  full  assurance  that  if 
the  church  don't  pay  your  expenses  the  Lord 
will.  Not  every  picaclier  is  calculated  for  a 
missionary.  A  man  may  be  a  very  fjood  lucal 
preacher,  and  capaldi'  of  doing  much  goud  at 
home,  but  as  a  iiiisMionary,  be  a  failure. 
Two  preachers  should  go.  Hotli  preach- 
ers sliould  be  of  a  talkative  nature,  friend- 
ly  to  all  nu'u,  miglily  in  tho  Scriptures,  always 
ready  lo  mrct  the  adverse  power  with  liunihli 
holdniss.  In  ]»reachiiig, one  should  be  a  pow' 
erfiil  expounder,  tiie  other  a  good  exhorter;  the 
expounder  to  speak  first,  and  the  exhorter  to 
folloA'.  Often  a  sermon  is  spoiled  when  the 
preacher  thinks  he  has  a  prupliecy,  when  he 
has  but  an  exliortation. 


and  preached  theGosj>el  in  iU  primitive  purity, 
to  ft  large  and  attentive  audience:  so  much  «<> 
that  many  declared  that  they  never  heard  the 
Gosple  preached  so  effectively.  Kven  some  of 
the  member*  of  the  M.  E,  Church^said  it  seem- 
rd  to  them  that  they  had  never  heard  preach- 
ing before.  Krom  there  he  went  to  Kock 
Bridge.  MOme  tw^-lve  mile*  east,  where  there  are 
a  few  meralHTi,  scattered  and  a  church  partly 
organizeid.  Had  meeting  m  private  hou"-* 
fora  fewevenings.and  on  Friday  at  two  o'clock 
P.  M.,  preached  a  funeral  sermon  at  Wood- 
stock, in  the  Disciple  meeting-house.  The 
people  of  Woodstock  invited  Itrother  Miller  Ut 
preiieh  there  that  evening,  and  offered  their 
house  to  him  as  long  as  he  wanted  it.  He 
preached  tliere  that  evening  and  the  next  day. 
(Saturday),  at  eleven  o'clock,  to  a  large  and  at- 
tentive audience,  and  madp  some  good  impress- 
ions—so  much  so  that  they  rcqu(-?*ted  him  to  con 
tinue,  but  w  \m  appointment  for  that  evening 
was  at  Sugar  Trw.  he  could  not.  Some  follow- 
ed him  to  Sugar  Tree.  lie  had  quite  a  number 
of  meetings  at  Sugar  Tree,  awakened  quite  an 
interest;  a  few  were  buried  with  Chris  t  in 
b8pti.im,  and  more  were  induced  to  search  the 
Scriptures.  It  now  came  to  the  point  that  it 
was  necessary  for  Brother  Miller  to  continue 
his  labors  at  Woodstock  and  at  Sugar  Tree, 
and  tho  time  being  here  that  duty  called  him 
home. 

After  arranging  matters  at  home,  Brother 
Miller  again  left  home  on  the  16th  of  January, 
IHlit.  for  Wisconsin;  and  made  Woodstock  and 
Sugar  Tree  the  baj"*  of  his  labors.  IIr  lounr] 
the  people  at  both  places  very  intelligent, 
kind-hearted,  well-behaved  and  truth-seeking. 
After  laboring  one  week  at  Woodstock  and 
one  week  at  Sugar  Tree,  Brotlier  Miller  fuuiid 


«.-ries  of  abufivea  on  the  faith  of  the  Brethren 
That  his  arguments  were  veo'  ronrinchty.  your 
readers  are  invited  to  consider  the  folllowing: 
He  said  he  came  along  where  the  "Donkard-n"' 
were  baptizing,  and  it  reminded  him  of  a  lot  of 
ducks  dipping  for  worms.  His  sermons  on 
the  supper  were  equally  ridiculous,  and  upon 
the  whole.  hi«  attacks  and  the  reply  of  Brother 
Forney,  only  served  to  strengthen  our  cause. 
The-e  latter  sermons  of  Stephenson  we  did 
not  deem  necessary  to  reply  to.  as  they  were 
wlf-convicting.  Jon.\thas  Licbtv. 

Marrh  lOtb,  M9. 

Programme. 

rpHK  following  propositions  are  to  beconsid- 
J  end  liy  the  Sunday-school  Convention,  to 
be  held  April  21st.  at  the  Spring  Creek  Church, 
Kosciusko  Co.,  Indiana,  commencing  at  3  o'clock 
]>.M.:  ^     , 

iVop.  1st.— The  influence  of  Sunday-schools 
in  general,  to  be  introduced  by  Joseph  Amick 
and  Sidomon  Aukernmn. 

Prop.  2nd.— The  propriety  of  Brethren  hold- 
ing Sunday-schools,  by  John  Wright  and  Jo- 
seph Leedy. 

Prop.  3rd.— The  manner  of  conducting  Suu- 
day.schools.  by  J.  C.  Murray  and  W.  S.  Toney, 

Prop.  4th.— The  best  means  to  secure  the  at- 
tendance of  parents  and  children,  by  Dorsey 
Hodgden  and  J.  S,  Snowberger. 

IVop.  ."ith.- How  can  opposition  to  Sunday- 
schools  among  the  Brethren  be  be-st  overcome? 
by  J.  U.  Cruuiriue  and  J.  S.  Snell. 

Prop.  (J th.— Singing,  by  Benjamin  Neff  and 
William  Summer. 

Tiie  above  named  brethren,  with  two  excep 
tioiis,  have  accepted  the  duties  assigned    th-'m, 


called    Brother    Martin    Meyers  to  hit 
aiice.     As  soon  as  Brother   Meyers  ca; 


tliatthec(uuinuiy  iifn  deacon  was  not  siirtieient,  I  and  will  be  expected   to   be  present,   and  give 
that      something    more     was    needed,    so  he    the  ciiuse  their  support.     All  others   have   the 

privilege  of  taking  part, 
the  Those  coming  by  railroad  either  to  Collamer 
or  Pierceton.  to  attend,  the  Sunday-school  or 
Missionary  Convention,  will  be  met  with  con- 
veyances on  Monday.  April  21st,  by  giving  due 
notice.  A.  W.  Bowmax,  Cor.  Sec. 

North  Mfiiirlfstrr,  Tnd..  Mnr>-h  13th. 


Misfionary  lilo  is  very  iiard,  especially  in  tho 
Winter  season.  Men  of  a  strong  constitution 
and  a  ready  luind  >hould  go.  The  coiistitutioii 
to  meet  the  changes  of  beds  and  ditVtrent  tem- 
perature of  sleeping  rooms,  and  n  ready  mind 
to  meet  a  false  teaclier.  Any  brotlier  wlio  lias 
an  experimental  knowledge  of  niiK!<ionary  labor 
would  rather  give  a  few  dollars  towards  it,  and 
stay  with  his  family,  than  to  go  himself,  even 
if  his  expenses  are  jiaid. 

Brother  I).  M.  Miller,  in  company  with  a 
deacon,  left  his  home  on  the  24th  of  December, 
18"(S,  for  the  Wisconsin  Mission  Field.  Went 
on  the  cars  as  far  as  Mineral  Point;  left  Min- 
eral Point  (ui  the  25th,  for  a  seventy  miles' 
sled  ride,  witii  mercury  two  degrees  below  zero, 
and  coldincreivsing.  Arrived  at  Brother  Abra- 
ham Studebaker's  six  miles  nortli  of  MuscoJa, 
late  in  tlie  evening.  Left  Brother  Studebaker's 
on  tlte  morning  ot  the  2t>th,  (mercury  sixteen 
degrees  below  zero),  for  pleasant  Kidge,  some 
twenty-seven  miles  fartlier  north.  Arriv- 
ed at  Brother  Stout's  late  in  the  al't»r.ioon. 
Brother  Miller  preached  his  first  sermon  that 
evening  at  Brother  Stout's,  to  a  small  audience. 
Sugar  Tree,  four  miles  farther  north,  was  tlie 
place  intended  for  Brother  Miller  to  [(reach, 
but  the  house  was  occupied  by  what  was  called 
a  "Ministerial  Association,"  which  was  to  last 
but  a  few  days;  but  when  Brother  Miller  would 
take  no  interest  in  the  Association,  they  i)ro- 
loDged  it  nearly  all  week,  apparently  to  keep 
Brother  Miller  out  of  the  house,  consequently 
there  was  some  time  lost.  But  the  Methodists 
opened  their  house  to  Brother  Miller,  near 
Brother  Stout's,  where  he  had  several  meetiugs. 


deacon  went  home.  The  Brethren  with  their 
combined  efforts,  and  the  help  of  the  Lord, 
Inive  done  much  gortd;  in  fact  the  work  is  just 
begun,  nwt  only  at  Woodstock  and  Sugar  Tree, 
but  at  different  places  where  they  have  preach- 
ed while  in  Wisconsin. 

The  Brethren  arrived  lioine  on  the  first  day 
of  March,  witli  the  expect.itiou  of  going  back 
to  Wisconsin,  if  no  opposition;  for  the  way 
tliey  left  things  a  continued  ministerial  labor 
is  needed;  and  those  that  Ijegun  the  work  iire 
best  adapted  to  carry  it  out.  When  they  left 
Wisconsin,  they  had  quite  a  number  of  appli- 
cants, and  nniny  searching  the  Scriptures. 
The  Tract  Association  should  be  made  more 
H'ective.  We  found  a  great  demand  for  tracts 
in  Wisconsin.  Many  more  should  be  sold  than 
what  are,  as  many  are  willing  and  able  to  pay 
for  them.  Kvery  missionary  should  take  as 
many  tract^s  with  him  as  he  conveniently  can, 
make  it  know'i  that  such  as  are  able  and  will- 
ing, would  he  expected  to  pay  for  them,  and 
the  money  appropriated  in  publishing  tracts 
and  sent  to  the  poor. 

Many  of  tho  Brethren  have  no  idea  wliat  an 
amount  of  good  can  be  done  by  distributing 
tracts.  Even  tho  Buktiifikx  at  Wokk  is  do- 
ing a  great  deal  of  good.  Wo  had  about  a  do/^ 
en  copies  of  them  with  us,  and  distributed 
them  one  evening  after  meeting.  In  a  few 
evenings  after,  we  wore  asked  for  more  papers, 
and  were  sorry  to  say  that  we  had  no  more, 
but  those  distributed  went  from  hand  to  baud, 
and  were  a  groat  lielp  to  the  missionary  work, 
because  they  and  the  preacher  agreed,  and  the 
two  agreed  witli  tlie  Qospel.  So  mucli  tor  pa- 
pers that  are  free  of  contention.  A  Gospel 
paper  and  a  Gospel  preacher  always  do  good 
and  true  work.  D.  F.  Eiiy. 

From  Morrill,  Brown  Co.,  Kan. 

IT  may  be  interesting  to  the  iiiimy  readers 
of  the  liuKTiiUE.v  .\T  WouK  to  give 
a  short  report  of  the  meetings  held  here  by 
Brotlier  ('.  Forney.  During  these  meetings. 
Brother  F.  preached  a  series  of  doctrinal  aer- 
mons— rather  in  reply  to  au  attack  made  by 
one,  J.  M.  Stephenson,  a  Soulsleeper — against 
our  faith.  It  will  be  remembered,  also,  that  the 
aforesaid  J.  M.  S.,  also  made  a  personal  attack 
on  Brother  Moore,  refiectiug  on  his  (Moore's) 
scholarship,  which  was  again  reported  to  Broth- 
er Moore,  and  the  latter  replied  in  au  editorial, 
which  w.is  read  during  our  meetings.  Brother 
Forney  made  a  gallant  defeuse,  and  made  some 
powerful  criticisms  on  the  grammar  adducci 
by  .1.  M.  S.,  in  his  analysis  of  the  commission. 

The  immediate  lesLilta  of  Brother  Forney's 
preaching  were,  four  additions  by  baptism  and 
one  reclaimed,  lesides  many  convincing'  im- 
pressions were  nuide. 

These  seruioui  necessitated  Stephenson  to 
preach  another  series  of  sermons,  or  rather  a 


^'allirii  |^sl^«tP- 


iG  Lont— It.'v.  H  ■  la. 


ObitUATies  should  be  bri*f,  written  on  bttt  one  side  of  the 
piiper,  and  separate  from  all  other  businesH. 


KINNKV.— .March  .jlli,  1S71I,  ofineiubranous  croup,  Fred- 
eric Aiistiu  Kinney,  inftinl  son  of  friends  .lohii  nnd 
8a™l  Kiancy,  iiged  1  yeiir,  10  monlhsami  'J  days.  Fii- 
iinprcivcd  from  Kev.  7:  9. 

D.  E.  Hbviiakrr. 

COLLINS.— In  the  bounds  of  the  I'anther  Creek  Church. 

WoodforJCo..  111.,  November    I8lh.    of  diphlheriii.  lii- 

tie    Ella,  only  diiuglilcr  ol'  David  M.  and  sister  Suswn 

Collins,  nged  8  ycaiennil    7  monlhs.  '  Fiinei-al    by  thu 

Jlrelhreu.  James  R.  Grsii. 

ItOVKR.— In  Ihe  Buffalo  Valley  IJislrict,  Union  Co  ,    Pii  , 

Maroh  13lh,  Sister  .\nii,  Wife  of  KIdor  Charles  Iloyer, 

aged  (11  yeai-a,  !l  months  and  "JO  duys.     Disease  caucer. 

0.  L.  Beavub. 

LOSGANKCKKH.— In    Whiiesi'le  county.  III,,  Fcbnmry 

21lU.  Uliinhcth,  daughter  of  Jacob   and    Lydia    Loiig- 

nnecker.  formerly  from  Wayne  county,   Ohio,    Her  age 

WA-s  40  years  and  iwu  inanilia, 

Wheu  she  was  between  (he  ago  of  twelve  nud  fourteen 
year*,  she  lo^l  the  good  use  of  her  mind  through  spfisiiis 
nnd  ulher  drran^ciniila  and  kept  growing  worse  und  wor>e, 
iind  al  liiat  \\i\^  relieved  of  all  her  puiua  and  helpless  ooa- 
iliii.n..  W.  IV.  H. 

(Priniidre  Christitm, please  copy). 


Camptell  and  Percell.— a  Debate  on  the  Roman  Caihu- 
'   ;  i;Hi(;M.ii.      l-nce,  SI.60. 

CliriBtian  BaptiBm.— With  ile  Anieccdents  nnd  Conae- 
n>ricen.     Lfj  Alesunder  Campbell.     Cloih,  J1.2ji. 

Brethren*!  EnTelopea.— Prepared  especially  for  the  use 
of  our  people.  They  contain,  neatly  printed  ou 
Ibr  bat'k.  a  complete  auininury  of  our  position  as  a  reli- 
gious boily.  Trice  15  ols.  per  package — 26  in  a  pack- 
age, or  60  els.  per  hundred. 

Any  i)f  llie  above  wurks   sent  post-paid  l\ir  the 
annexed  price.    Adilress. 

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Tiitnl  loiUto  - 


^\iiuonui:i'mFn{r.. 


Notion  of   Love-feasta,    Diairicl    Meciings,   eic 
be  brief,  and  written  on  paper  flopapsij" 
f^om   other  busiaess. 


DISTHICT  MEKTINGS. 
In  -Vortlteni    Kansas    and    Soutliern  Xtbrib 

Aiuil  7th,  1S70.  at  Jewell  Co.,  Kiiii. 
Ill  Thorn  Apiile  diHlrict,  Michigan,  in  the  Uw 

icn's  new  churdi,  May  fltii,  at  10  A.  M. 
Noi  tiiern  District  ol  Illinois,  in  the  Arnold'sG, 

Church,  CjutoU  Co.,  on  Tuesday.  May  isth, 

Middle  plstrict  of  Indiuna,  iu  Sug;ir  Creek  li 

trieL,  April  i;.1rd,  at  P  A.  M. 
Soiithorn  Di.itrict  of  Ohio,  at  Donald's  ricel;],,, 

iiig-house.  seven  miles  north-west  of  SpiiiitM. 

Clitrk  Co,,  Ohio,  May  Llth. 

,  J^^^Tlie  District  M'jetiiig  of  the  North   , 
District  of  Mrsi>oiiri,  for    1870,  will  be  lieM 
the  Smithfork  Meeting-house,  one  mile  u  .i 
of  Plattsliurg,  Mny  otli,   at   9  A.  M.     Ai- 
Love-feast  in   (:onnef:tit)n    witli     the    Dis' 
Meeting,  at  same  plaee  on  tlie  evening  of 
previous  day,  {Sunday  tlie  4tl;),  to  whicti  : 
usual  iuvitatiou ;  auiJ  the  special  request  of  > 
leading  Brethren  ia,  that  n  full  representa'.  ■ 
of  all  the  churches  at  District  Meeting  be  - 
liciled.  C.  C.  Root,  Clcil 

S^J^Tlie  District  Me-^ting  for  Westeru  1' 
trict  of  Pa.,  will  be  held,  Lord  willing,  in  ; 
Brethren's     new    meeting- house,    Duuui) . 
Oreelv  Urauch,  Bedford  Co.,    Pa.,   on  Ttievi. 
May  2()th,  1S7H,  comniencing  at  9  o'clock  .K  )\ 
The  nipetiiig-house,  ui  which  the  bu^iDess  - 
sion  will  eonvcui!,  is  situated  about  three  mi' 
west  of  Pleasant vi lie;  five  miles  north  of  K- 
Paris;  twenty-two  niilei  south   of  Johustcw; 
Cambria   Co.,   Pa.      Brethren  coining  on  ■' 
lit^dford  aud  Bridgeport  ii.  H.,  will  stop  otl  ' 
Man's   Choice,   fnurteen   miles  from  plai''   ■ 
meet  iijg,  at  which  place  the  delegates  will    ' 
met  with  conveyance,  if  iiotiHcd  in  due  lii 
Any  further  informal  ion  can  hehad  by  addi"  ■ 
Brother  John  B.  Miller,   New   Paris.  Bedifi 
Co.,  Pa.  JubErii  L  Cover,  Cor.  Sei 

LOVE- FEASTS. 
Iu  the  Mmticello  Church,  White  Co..  Ind.,  Jim-^ 
at  4  I'.  M. 

:WWe,  the  Brethren  of  Wabash  ^ 
Indiana,  intend  holding  a  Lov^-feis"  ' 
commencing  at  10  A.  JI.     HretineD  c  'H' i--  '' 
Wabash  on  the  (ith,  drop   me  a  notice,  aiJ' 
will  meet  you  there.  N.  F-  Bit*  iukeg 

Primitive  Christutn,  phase  coftH- 

E^^We,  the  Brethren  of  Loraine.  .^^'■' 

Co.,  111.,  intend,  the  Lord  ivillmg,   !■ 

Uve-fea.st  in  H.  W.  Stiic't'e'-'s  bam 

lay  eveni'iar.  May  4th.    IVi-achio^  '<'••■■ 

aence  Friday  evening  the  '2ni.    A-^     '*'*,,, 

I  number  of  applicants  here  for  haptisiHi     ' 

proposed  to  put  it  oil' till   Sunday,  May     ^* 

vhen  we  can  get  help   from   the  DnDJ^tr^' 

learty  invitation  is    ei^tended    to  all  ^*'"'   ' 

lisposed  to  come.     Brethren  and  sisters  co 

we  want  your  influence,  „    „     ^^,,| 

II.  W.  StbicK"-^'' 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


"Behold  I  Bring   You  Good  Tidhigs  of  Oreal  Joy,  which  Shalt  b«  lo  All  I'eopU." ~ hvfiK  2: 


10. 


Vol.  IV. 


Lanark,  111.,  April  3,  1879. 


No.  14. 


flic  Jf>»:«^*'i»'f"  '1*  iDoifj, 

EniTEU  AUD  PUUIJSHKU  WEEKLY 


SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS: 


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THE  CONTEJSTTS  VOL.  4,  NO.  14. 


PllRO 


gplTi.RIALAKTICLES: 

1K,«  ICat-li  Fish  .■> 

Xi)liiif<;« '""^  *'"'  ^""""'    MceliliK :i 

prufi'ssiir-KiKipp's  TeniblL*  Prediction .=; 

Principle;  not  ru)if>\ ;, 

Tiie  Kefonii -I 

OOSTinnt'TED   ART1CI,I>: 

|.,,v.— Mattic  A.  Leai a 

jliP  I'oDi-.— CtKtrUitlH  T.  Huiid a 

ill  KKlimtiitiuii  to   Youufj  ilimilK-rs,  or  my 
]  irst  Kxppripucc  in  Uic  Olmrrli.— G.W.  Ki-ini  a 

'fli-pf  (ireat  Fiimily  Kveiils.— .  T.  K.  Plank ;i 

jii.iHipr  L(i-hi-  to  the  Point ;! 

On  tlie  Hoiisp-top.— Franklin  Kpyer d 

Flowers.— I  sabellu  V.  Kelso « 

How  tit  Adjust  DilliciiUies.— E.  Kyle o 

Stein  and  Kay   Debate 1 

The  Trinity  of  tlio  Godlieiid.— 1>.  I.onjjJtiK'ckcr  iJ 

Items  in  IJrii'f.— I).  E.  Unibidcer ci 

Eciiues  from  the  Cetiter. — S.  T.  Uossermun (J 

FiMMi  Walla  Wiilla.  WadliinRton  Ty.— Eliza- 
beth Xeister 7 

IJiirl  N'otes.— Jpbii  Zuck 7 

Kioiii  llie  California  Cbuicli.— W.  Meyer 7 

Fruin  Muitiiomsili  Co..    OrfHoii.  —  .It-nnie  A. 

SK-phens .". ...  7 

Frmii  Mrs.  KHzabeth  .M  7 

FromJfiirrOaks.  III.— .1  I         i  .     ■  .  7 

From  West  Pine  Branch.    \Vih.-Ji.u.  P.  Kcvp,  7 

Speeiiil  >io  ice.— Daiii(d  Hrower 7 

Contemplated  Orngon  Colony— IJy-Luws  Con- 

tiiuied.— A.  E.  Kiiigsley,  Sec 7 

Friiiii  Loraiiie,  Adams  Co..  Ill— II.  W.  Slriekler  s 
To  my  Dear  Friend Tillie  Ci-Hsfiad.— Mini  I  -  E. 

Miller s 

From  Samuel  Leckron  ^ 

FOETltv: 
FMvei-3  tbat  never  AVitlier..  ;i 

I,onk  to  Jesus.— J.  W.  SoutliWi>nd 
Tlie  Sermon >i 


STEIN  AND  RAY  DEBATE. 

ho\).  1st— Brethren  {or  TunJcer)  Cliurchea  pos- 
ma  the  Bible  Characteristics  which  entitle 
Ihem  to  be  regarded  as  Churches  of  Jesus 
Oliriat. 

1.  W.  Stein,  Affinns. 
1).  B.  Ray.  Deuics. 

E1.T>ER  X).  B.  RAYS  ELEVENTH  REPLY. 

MR  Stein  still  iioMs  that  an  unpardoned 
cbild  of  the  dpvil  can  put  on  Christ  in 
baptitiin '.  For  the  STiptures  tor  pardon  before 
putting  on  Christ  iu  baptism  read  Luke  7:50; 
Mu3:lJ,  IG:  Actsl0:43,  arnlGal.  3:  26,27. 
Oae  wilfully  and  persistently  refusing  baptism. 
orauy  other  command,  shows  that  he  is  uupar- 
annfd— condemned — not  for  want  of  baptisiv. 
hill,  "because  he  hath  not  believed  in  ili«  hame 
oflbeoiily  b"gottcuSon  of  God."  John  3:  18. 
Tile  iii:m  that  can,  wUli  tilt*  facts  ot  MbtO'ry  Ije- 
fflfplihu,  say  that  the  aucit-nt  Novatians  and 
WaMniies  were  TuakCM,!'s  lo  be  pitied.  He  is 
POfscsk'd  with  thd  spirit  of  error.  Wu  find  no 
'«l  Hucieut  Novation,  or  Waldcnsiau  do:  anient 
"■•"'cluotl tains  "trine  immer-tion,"  feet-washing. 
Crltfts<:ag,  as  a  church  ordinance.  These  an- 
'fftt  witnesses  held  only  two  sacraments — 
™U'cli  or iliLmnces— "baptism  and  ll»e  Lord's 
"Pl>fi."  or  communion.  They  h«d  no  "full 
"••fil"'  Lord's  supiier.    See  Jonea'  Ch.   Hist.   p. 

m. 

"lit  the  Tutikershaveasiwany  saving  cliiirch 
oniiniia.  t's  as  U  jiuj'.s  '-^LTcn  sacraiuent'i." 

'^-  Thf.  ancient  Novritians  and  Waldcuses 
Hik-i  iliose  that  iircftessed  to  be  true  believ- 
,*rt«td>eal  saints."  See  in  Jones'  Cb.  Hist, 
Pl^  2*3,  ni.      AJs*    Perrin   chap.  U.      Also. 


D'Anvers  on  Hap,  p  22:*.  Tli^-^e  anci.-nt  wit- 
nesses regarded  tiie  "eout'ouudiug  tht-  work  of 
the  Holy  Spu-it  in  regeneratitui  with  the  i-xttr- 
nal  rite  of  baptism"  as  a  nmrk  of  nuticbrist.  But 
the  Funkers  make  "baptism  and  regeneration 
two  names  for  one  ael."  Nead's  Works  p.  24S. 
Tbes.-  luicieut  Waldeiises  would  have  regarded 
the  Tunkfrs  as  belonging  to  the  army  of  anti- 
christ, vet  Mr.  Steiu  says  that  they  w«re  Tunk- 
ers! 

Ofcourse.he  may  find,  amongst  all  the  jitreams 
ot  slander  poured  out  upon  ttiese  ancient  wit- 
nesses, where  they  have  been  charged  with  near- 
ly every  heresy  in  doctrine.  But  where  iu  their 
own  documents  is  the  proof  that  the  ancient  No- 
vatians and  Widdeuses  held  the  Tunker  faith 
and  practice?  Those  Baii list,**  who  "Imve  prac- 
ticed feet-washing,  laying  on  of  hands,  and  tli-- 
salutation  with  a  ki-s,"  did  not  nutke  saving 
church  ordinances  of  these  customs.  Why  can- 
not our  friend  see  the  diflerence  between  a  soci- 
al greeting,  or  act  of  religious  hospitality,  and  a 
saving  church  ordinance? 

Mr.  S.  thinks  that  it  is  lawful,  but  ''not  ex- 
pedient" to  extend  the  savitig  church  ordiuancfi 
of  the  'holy  kiss"  to  the  "sistfirs"!  If  the  kiss 
is  altogether  holy,  and  essential  to  salvation,  as 
the  Tunkers  hold,  why  not  the  pastor  admin- 
ister it,  like  baptism,  to  all  eiiually,  without  re- 
spect to  sex,  race  or  color?  We  >till  think  that 
a  kiss  that  must  be  forced  by  chnrch  law  is  on- 
ly formality  or  hypocrisy. 

We  did  not  charge  our  friend  with  either  of 
these;  for  those  that  receive  the  colored  mem- 
bers with  the  voluntary  loving  kiss  are  not  li 
able  to  the  charge  of  ''hypocrisy"  in  this  par- 
ticular. 

He  liiuts'efi4t  we  are  gitllty  of^'  thesiii  of  the 
Pharisees  who  charged  Christ  with  casting  out 
devils  through  Beelzebub.  We  have  not  charged 
the  Tunkers  with  casting  out  devils  at  all. 

It  cannot  be  shown  that  it  was  "already"  in 
the  heart  of  Judas  to  betray  Jeans  till  afcer  the 
feet-washiug  supper.  We  have  established,  with 
absolute  certainty,  that  the  feet^washing  occur- 
red at  the  Bethany  supper.  Our  positions  re- 
main unmoved. 

He  claims  that  he  "'did  not  aim  to  misrepre- 
sent" us  when  he  charged  us  with  holding 
(which  we  do  not)  that  "the  disciples  ought  not" 
to  wash  feet;  but  in  thesamo  sentence  he  makes 
another  equally /(//sp  charge,  that  we  do  "not 
do  it"— wash  feet,  and  assigns  us  to  "outer  dark- 
ness" where  is  "weeping  and  gnashing  of  tc^th." 
Matt.  25:  30.  Even  if  he  has  no  regard  for 
truth,  lie  ought  to  fear  that  lake.  Kev,  21:  8. 
We  have  on  diilerent  occasions  "waslied  the 
saints'  feet"  according  to  the  example  of  Jesus; 
and  we  are  still  ready  and  willing  to  do  so  again. 
Buf  if  is  not  onrcustoni  to  boast,  like  the  Tunk- 
ers, of  our  works.  However,  we  do  not  enter 
into  rebellion  against  Christ  by  making  ffet- 
waihing  a  church  ordinance,  to  save  the  soul. 
Must  we  make  a  saving  chuich  ordinance  of 
training  children,  because  we  are  required  to 
"bring  them  up  in  the  uurr.ure  and  admonition 
of  the  Lord"?     Where  is  the  jirnof  that  "ft-et- 

Wttshiiig  was  put  into  tlie  upoaiQlk  church  by 
Christ?     What  apostolic  church   practiced  it? 

Mr.  Steiu  charges  that  we  claim  "only  two 
christian  ordinances"!  Wc  said;  ''two  thurch 
orJinances."  Why  does  hecontiuUe  to  falsely 
state  our  positions  while  they  liVe  iu  print  be- 
fore his  eyes?     Is  that  tlrt  Spirit  of  Christ? 

Mr,  Stein  states  another  reason  why  the  Tuuk- 
er  churches  are  chutches  of  Christ,  '.\s   follows: 

'  My  second  rcascrti  why  the  Brethren  possess 
this  5ih  charactwislic,  i«  that  not  only  'love.' 
t)ut  •peace,'  'hnig-suffering,'  'gc»llenes>,'  'good- 
tieSN' 'faith,' ^nuekuess,'  etc.,  important  frui  s 
of  ihe  SH^it.  are  manifest  in  them.  They  are 
gentle  toward  all  men,  envy  no  one,  resent  not 
indig«itie«,  conquer  by  returning  good  for  evil, 
ariH  hdlihrnr  to  he  incompatible  with  christian- 
Hyr 

This  sounds  like  tb"  prnj-pr  which  Boys:  "God. 
I  thank  thee,  that  1  am  not  as  other  men  are. 


cxiorlion-r^,  iiuju-^t.  adulterers,  or  even  as  tin- 
publican,  r  fast  twice  in  the  wt-ek.  I  give  tithes 
of  all  that  I  possess."  Luke  IS;  U.  12.  Wo  do 
not  believe  thai  the  Tunkers  are  as  holy  and 
inb'NS  Ks  they  boast  themselves.     We  agree 

1.  That  ivm-s  in  general  an;  unspeakablo  ca- 
iimities. 

2.  That  no  christian  has  the  right  to  propa- 
gate or  defend  his  religious  principlot  with  car- 
nal weapons. 

3.  That  no  church  of  Christ  hiis  the  right  to 
propi^ate  or  defend  her  principle;,  with  tho  car- 
nal swoi-d. 

4.  But  in  the  present  age  of  the  world  po- 
litical governments  have  the  same  right  to  use 
carnal  weapons  iu  selfdefenw!  atth.y  have  to 
exist.  This  is  taught  in  Rom.  13:1-7.  The 
political  "powers  that  be  lue  ordained  of  God;'" 
the  pnliiical  ruler  "ii  the  minisiir  ot  God,"  "a 
revenger  to  execute  wrath  upon  hmi  that  does 
evil."  As  the  political  power  is  ordained  of 
God  to  punish  evil-doers,  if  those  uvil-doera 
should  come  as  a  liand  of  robbers— an  army- 
toshiughter  and  plunder  tlu'citizf.-ns.  it  is  the 
duty  of  the  government  to  punish  with  ciu-nul 
weapons  suet  «  company  of  evil-doers.  Must 
our  government  sit  down  and  allow  men,  wo 
man  and  children  to  be  slaughtered  and  onr  cit- 
ies and  towns  given  to  thw  torch  of  the  incen- 
diary toe,  without  an  I  tloit  tu  punish  the  evil- 
doers*? 

5.  As  it  isthedutyof  political  governments, 
under  some  circumstani:e!«,  to  bear  the  sword 
against  their  enemies,  it  Itt  not  unlawful  for 
Chri-,tian  citizens,  who  enjoy  tin-  protection  of 
ihiise  governments,  to  "be  subjf(>t  unto  the  bigh- 
er  ijowers,"  and  to  aid  iu  resiuiug  the  laud  from 
the  army  of  robbers. 

Mr.  Steiu  asks:  "Ho'v  i:iii  «,ii  i  ..>i-,  i,..  *  'im  i-,. 
tiaris?"  Abraham  was  the  faLhor  ol  the  f.iLth 
ful,  and  yet  he  with  his  soldier  servants  fought, 
overthrew  and  slaugtered  the  tour  kings  that 
had  captured  Lot  and  his  family;  and  Meluhis- 
edcc  blessed  him  as  he  was  "returning  from  the 
Hiaughter  of  the  kings,"  See  Gen.  14:  13-24; 
Heb.  7:  1.  Are  the  present  Tunkcrj  better  than 
Abraham?  MostS,  who  talked  face  to  face  with 
God,  ami  brought  down  the  tables  of  the  law 
from  the  flaming  summit  of  Mt,  Sinai,  led  the 
armies  of  Israel  in  battle  aga;nst  the  idolatrous 
Amalekites.  Are  the  Tunkere  better  than 
Moses?  Cornelius,  the  centurion, —soldier  ea|>- 
tain — a  devout  luan  of  pi-ayer  and  alms,  wa-i  the 
first  gentile  convert.  While  John  tie  Baptist, 
the  harbinger,  was  preaching  and  baptizing, 
"The  soldiers  likewise  demanded  of  him,  saying, 
and  what  shall  we  do?  And  he  said  unto  them, 
do  violence  to  no  man,  neither  accuse  any  false 
ly;  and  be  content  with  your  wa;<e.«,"  'Luke 
3:  14).  H"  it  had  been  contrary  to  Christianity 
for  one  to  serve  as  a  soldier,  John  would  not 
have  endorsed  tiieir  continuanco  in  the  army 
with  the  reception  of  "wage8"iisbuldiord.  Neith- 
er Christ  nor  the  apostles  mfadeuuy  law  against 
disciples  bearing  arms  as  citi/,ui)s  ()f  civil  ffOV* 
eruments.  Therefore,  the  Tuukurs  iu  mukliii! 
laws  on  the  subject  have  viglateii  tho  word  of 
GoJ. 

Ml*,  titein  claims  that  the  Tanker's  garments 
!>re  not  "soiled  with  the  blood"  of  war.  Let  us 
see.  "During  the  late  war  the  annual  council" 
cf  the  Tunkers  "offered"  "the  government  its 
hearty  sympathy  in  its  etfort.s  to  put  down  tho 
rebellion."  Also  Mr.  Stein  quotes  Origen,  with 
approbation,  where  he  claims  that  Christians 
tight  for  the  king  by  praying  for  the  success  ot 
his  arms.  If  the  Tunkers  were  in  hearty  sym- 
pathy with  the  government  in  the  war  "to  pui 
down  the  rebellion,"  their  garments  wen'  soib-o 
^viih  blood  as  really  as  though  they  had  been 
in  the  army.  Tne.  J.-ws,  in  the  SaVior'.«  tiini-. 
vvviv  -iiUlv  ..f   tiiL-    Hood   of  Abd.     tMail.  23: 

.    .  XeijatUt:    TlloTmtk.-i 

Cuiuii'-s  are  n->t  churches  of  Christ,  bec.<u«i 
i>t  their  unscriptural  church  government.  Ir  i 
a  conhalized  hierarchy.     In  hisreitsou'^    "iVh* 


I  left  the  Baptist  Church."  p.  3.  Mr.  Stein  says: 
"Have  they  a  i^'imblican  form  of  church  gov- 
ernment? So/ioirrtv,  only  that  with  us,  for 
the  saVe  of  more  thorough  di-cipliiie.rrfrv  P'irt 
i.s  sul.j'rt  to  /Ac  Wio/r."  Thi«  contain^  the  ^e..d« 
otpopi.ry.  TheTunkercommittcf  in  arrang- 
ing  for  the  Newtouia  diseuBHin,,  aflinm  d  Mint. 
"In  nuittei-8  of  government  and  dl-.rn„.ue,  each 
local  organisation,  or  part  of  the  church  of 
Christ,  is  subject  to  the  whole  body"!  Mr.  J. 
H.^Monre,  in  Bbkthubs  at  Wuuk  for  Jan.  Ut, 
1S77,  says:  "The  speeiai  object  of  thi^  National 
Conference  is  to  decide  matters  for  which  no 
'Thus  .sidth  the  Lord  cjui  be  found.'*'  The  so- 
called  Tunker  Oliurche',  ruled  over  by  a  Na- 
tional Council,  even  in  matters  not  ci.ntained 
in  the  word  of  God,  are  u.»t  clmrcb^s  of  Christ, 
hvcause  they  luive  n-j,-cted  the  II... I-  as  the  only 
rule  of  faith  and  prHClice. 


|(f«?ma  0^  |iifit«iesf. 


Phk  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Itnilroad  la,st  year 
carried  I8,824,'22!)bu3heU  of  gi.tiu  to  tho  sea- 
hoard. 

Ai.Lthccotton  grown  iu  North  Carolina  will 
not  pay  her  liquor  hill,  which  nmounts  to  *8, 
.'itm.iWO  11  >ear,  by  more  than  a  million    dollars. 

Thr  Philadelphia  Uibl^  Society  has  ledueed 
thepiiceof  neatly  bound  »iblun  to  2.*!  centra 
copy.and  of  Ti-stameuts  to  live  cents. 

ST[r.L  another  famin-  is  rep.rted.  This 'time 
it  is  in  the  most  fertile  portioins  of  Bolivia.  In 
one  small  town '2(IG  persons  died  from  want  of 
food  in  20  days. 

SviT  for  ^MOO   I  M  against 

Beechorby  hispul.M  --.-s  incurred 

on  his  Life  of  Christ,  ivhiLli  \u'ie   loat  by  his 
failure  on  the  (contract. 

Boston  pro|)o^es  to  diipense  with  hymn 
books,  and  to  "throw  up"  the  venies  on  to  a 
canvass  by  means  of  a  magic  lantern,  ko  as  to 
be  in  sight  of  the  congregation. 

A  TEST  of  Mr.  Elison's carbon  feleplmne  has 
been  made  in  England. by  which  a  conversation 
almost  in  a  whisper,  between  persons  in  Lon- 
don and  Norwich.  115  miles  apart,  was  carried 
on  without  difficulty. 

There  is  a  proposition  before  the  Missouri 
Legislature  to  divide  that  State. 

The  agitatitm  of  the  Chinese  (piestion  will  be 
resumed  at  the  opening  of  Congress. 

The  Eastern  press  gives  the  Jissurauce  that 
the  peach  crop  promises  well,  and  that  shad  sea^ 
son  will  surely  open  by  the  middle  of  April. 
The  average  New  Bnglander  wanta  to  live 
through  the  i-had  season. 

Alexander  the  Great,  seeing  Diogenes  look- 
ing attentively  at  a  parcel  of  human  bones,  iisk- 
ed  the  philosopher  what  he  was  looking  for. 
"That  which  I  cannot  find,"  wiw  the  reply,  "the 
dilVerence  between  yourfathor'sbon^sand  thoxe 
of  hiasliive^,'' 

The  Denver  TiniiA  says:  "Il<-porU  from  thf 
grazing  lands  down  the  Pbitlexay  tb«t  thr  gra.ss 
is  growing  rapidly  under  tile  warm  spryig  weath- 
er now  prevailing,  and  cattle  and  sheep  arc  thriv- 
ing ui)on  it  aftur  their  long  and  hitler  cxperi- 
cnec  with  cold  and  storms." 

On  the  12th  of  March,  Sxegdtn,  the  second 
commercial  town  in  Hungary,  was  destroyed  by 
a  flood  caused  by  the  overflow  of  the  river  Thfi*s. 
The  river  burst  its  last  dam,  and  the  waters 
rushed  iu  with  great  force,  desfroyintj  the  town 
and  rendering  HO.Otm  petiple  homeless.  The  suf- 
fering is  terrible  A  hundred  square  mile-'  iu 
the  neighborhood  ot  the  town  are  lloode<l.  and 
the  crops  in  the  district  are  destroyed.  It  is  not 
known  how  many  lives  have  been  lost, but  several 
thousand  persous  have  been  drowned.  The 
townsof  Csorgrad  and  Szentes.  one  of  l(I,tK>0 
and  the  other  of  2t'>.0('0  inhabitants,  are  aI.so 
fighting  the  flood. 


■JM1-;    HItin  H  l{K>.-    AT    AVOHfcC 


LOOK   TO  JESUS. 

BY  J.  W.  SOLTHWOon. 

LOOK  111  .Irsus.  Ili'V  till-  Satiiir, 
Lnolc  to  Hiiil  iu  ciirni'iit  pruyfT: 
Look  1.1  Ilim  '"  f'i'l'i  ""'  ■'■■iilitilgi 
Thus  you  can  Hi«  lil.'..nig  nlinre. 

Look  111  Him  wliuii  romiil  Ilia  tablf— 
Look  to  lliiii  liy  civiiiB  tli«nk»: 

Look  (o  llini-iiii|iliiri'  lli«  lili-HNing",— 
Lift  voiir  souls  to  hiKlaT  rankn. 

Look  to  Him  when  dny  in  dawning, 

Look  lo  Ilim  heforuyoii  Hlecp; 
Ask  Ilim  lo  pri.ti'ct  you  ami  (juard  you, 

Ami  your  lili'  iu  »»li'lj  I"'"!'- 
Look  to  Him  in  every  ordinnnco. 

And  Hii  |>riTi-|il»  all  obey; 
Look  to  Him  mIu-u  you'r  in  darkn»«, 

Look  wlicn  ill  tlio  lighl  of  day. 

Look  to  .Jfumi,  look  to.Ii-nUH, 

Thru  that  way,  you  nure  will  go; 
For,  ait  men  look,  no  do  they  walk. 

While  triivi-linK  here  below. 
Look  to  .lemii*.  look  lo  .Ii-i-un. 

Look  to  Him  in  (I'ery  lhi"K: 
Look  to  Ilim  till!  only  .Savior, 

Andyinirtell'an  olliTing  briuK. 

Look  to  .lemiii.  then  you  «hiill  live. 

Look  to  Him  and  be  ye  »avi'il; 
Look  and  try  to  (("in  aulvalion, 

Eie  you  are  to  nin  enwlaveil. 

Brother,  look,  oh  look  to  .)e»u»! 

Look  to  Him  ill  all  you  do; 
Look  lo  Him  while  life  i«  inuwiiiK— 

Look  to  Ilnn.  Hie  I'riend  thatV  true. 


LAW. 


»Y  HATTIK  .\.  I.RAll. 


-For  1  hf  law  of  the  Spirit  of  life  in  ChriBt  .Ic- 
9ii>  hath  made  me  free  from  the  law  of  nin  and 
death."    Koinnni.  S:  2. 

HEUE  nre  lln'ci-  Iim.s  alhiilcil  tu  liy 
the  lllKiRtle  ill  tlie  lllwvo  jmasngd, 
the  law  (if  l)ii^  S|iil-it  of  life,  llic  liivv  of 
sill,  mill  llie  law  of  ileatli.  The  law  of 
(li-ulli  was  that  law  that  wan  ]iiiiiniili;a. 
tfil  from  Sliiai.  Tlic  aiiiislle  m  llie  jiii;- 
ceeiliiii,'  eliapter,  after  i'.xIoIIImk  llie  law 
of  Mrisi's,  labora  to  tiliow  lii»  liri'thfcii, 
tlial  Ihouqli  the  law  wa.s  holy,  ami  the 
ciiiniunmlmeiit  holy,  anil  just,  and  gooil, 
yet  it  was  not  sufficient  for  their  needs. 
It  eoulil  not  deliver  them  Iroin  the  law 
of  sin;  yet  it  hail  its  office  to  perform  in 
the  great  redeini)tive  plan.  That  office 
was  to  reveal  or  make  manifest  sin,  "For 
by  tlie  law  is  the  knowledge  of  sin." 
Again,  the  ajiostle  says,  "1  had  not 
known  sin  but  by  tlie  Itiw,  for  1  had  not 
known  lust  e.xcept  the  law^  had  said, 
thou  .shalt  not  covet." 

But  how.  it  may  be  asked,  is  sin  re- 
vealed, or  made  nianifcBt  by  the  law? 
1.  By  e,\posing  or  bringing  its  crim- 
inality to  light.  Paul  says,  "1  had  not 
known  lust  cxeejit  the  law  had  said, 
tliou  shalt  not  covet,"  i.  e.,  J  bad  not 
known  tlhit  tho.se  eager,  longing  desires 
after  \vealth,  fame,  power,  etc.,  were  sin- 
ful, had  not  the  law  taught  me  I  his,  I 
never  could  have  learned  the  lesson  of 
subniissioD  from  the  book  of  nature. 

-.  The  law  gives  the  know  ledge  of 
sill  by  contrast.  We  there  behold,  as  in 
a  luiiTor,  the  purity  and  holiness  of  God, 
and  his  just  demaiulM  upon  us.  The  sin- 
ner thus  arraigned  before  this  bar  of  pu- 
rity, sees  himself  in  all  his  loatheaome- 
Dess,  hence  says  the  apostle,  "I  wiw  alive 
without  the  law  once;  but  when  the 
comraaudmeut  came,  sin  revived  and  I 
died;  aud  the  commandment,  ivhich  was 
ordained  unto  life.  I  found  to  be  unto 
death."  What,  the  law  which  God  had 
ordained  to  life,  be  unto  death  I  Why 
this  strange  subversion  ol'  (iod's  purpos 
€8?  What  caused  their  elfeets  to  be  so 
opposite  to  his  designs?  ''Sin.'  theapos- 
tle  answers:  "For  sin  taking  occasion 
by  thecooimaudment.  deceived  me,  aud 
by  it  elew  uie."     Ileuce  the  apostle,    in 


the  laugusge  of  our  text,  calls  this  law, 
the  liw  of  denlh.  This  was  not  the  orig 
inal  design  of  it.  It  was  not  unlained 
or  established  for  that  purpose.  It  was 
ordained  as  the  inslninu-nt  of  life,  but 
sin  hail  made  it  the  instnmicnt  or  means 
through  which  it  wrought  death. 

Again  the  ajiostle  asks,  "W'tis  then 
that  which  is  good  made  death  unto  me! 
(iiid  forbid.  Hut  sin,  that  it  might  ap 
pear  sill,"  that  ilshideousness  and  black- 
ness might  lie  revealed,  "working  death 
in  me  by  that  which  is  good."  The  agent 
must  indeed  be  bad  that  can  use  a  l'ooiI 
instrument  to  perform  a  wicked  purpose. 
Continues  the  apostle,  'That  siu  by  the 
coinmandment  might  be  exceeding  siu 
fill,"  i,  e.,  that  sin  by  means  of  the  com 
manilinent  might  be  shown  to  be  ex- 
ceeding sinful. 

Hut  what  is  meant  by  the  law  of  death 
snoki^n  of   in    our  te.xt;      Law,  is  soi: 


I  that 


times  siiokeii  of-in  the  Senptnres  as 
which  hath  the  force  of  governing  and 
controlling  our  actions.  All  those  who 
are  ill  a  state  ol  nature,  or  unregenerated 
are  under  the  dominion  of  sin. 

What  a  terrible  jiicture  is  drawn  by 
Holy  Writ  of  man's  rapid  declension  un- 
der the  sway  of  sin.  We  read  early  in 
the  history  of  the  race,  these  terrible 
lines:  "And  (ioil  saw  that  the  wicked- 
ness of  man  was  great  In  the  earth,  and 
tilat  i^vi-ry  imagination  of  the  thoughts 
of  his  heart  was  only  evil  continually." 
I'"iirther  on,  we  have  a  terrible  picture 
drawn  by  .ludah's  prophet  of  the  sad 
condition  of  that  eliosen  people  after 
they  had  fallen  under  the  dominion  of 
sin.  Hear  Isaiah:  "Ah,  sinful  nation,  a 
pec/jile  laden  with  iiiii|uity,  a  seed  of 
evil  doers,  children  that  arc  corrupted! 
they  have  forsaken  the  Lord,  they  have 
provoked  the  Holy  One  of  Israel  unto 
anger,  they  have  gone  away  backward. 
Why  should  ye  be  stricken  any  more! 
Ve  will  revolt  more  and  more.  The 
whole  head  is  sick,  aud  the  whole  heart 
faint.  From  the  sole  of  the  foot  eveu 
unto  the  head,  there  is  no  soundness  in 
il;  but  wounds,  and  liruises,  and  putre- 
fying sores;  they  i;*ve-not  been  closed, 
neither  bound  up,  neither. mollified  with 
ointment."  The  foUowiug  is  David's 
description  of  man  under  the  power  of 
siu:  "They  arc  all  gone  a.side,  they  are 
all  together  become  filthy;  there  is  none 
that  doetli  good,  no,  not  one."  To  this 
terrible  picture,  the  apostle  adds  the  fol 
lowing:  "  Their  throat  is  an  open  sejnil- 
chrc:  with  their  tongues  they  have  used 
deceit;  the  poison  of  asps  is  under  tlieir 
lips;  whose  mouth  is  full  of  cursing  and 
bitterness:  their  feet  are  swift  to  shed 
blood;  destruction  and  misery  are  in 
their  w'ays;  and  the  way  of  peace  have 
they  not  known."  From  this  terrible 
tliralldom,  man  could  not  e.xtricate  him- 
self, heuce  the  apostle  in  giving  his  own 
e.vperience  says,  "For  the  good  that  I 
would,  I  do  not;  but  the  evil  which  I 
would  not,  that  I  do."  As  mau  could 
not  break  his  own  fetters,  and  as  the  law 
given  by  Closes  could  not  deliver  him, 
something  more  powerful  than  the  law, 
or  man's  own  skill  must  come  to  his  re- 
lief,  or  he  must  reniaiu  a  captive.  The 
apostle,  when  he  realized  his  wretched 
coudition,  aud  then  was  made  to  feel  his 
owu  impoteiicy,  and  the  inipotency  of 
the  law.  cried  out  in  agony,  "O  wretch- 
ed mau  that  I  ami  Who  shall  deliver 
me  from  the  body  of  this  death?"  Who 
shall  deliver  me  from  this  awful  burden, 
the  stench  of  which  is  constantly  iu  my 
nostrils?  But  I'aul  at  last  fouud  the  De- 
liverer; not,  however,  in  the  school  of 
science,  not  at  the  feet  of  Gamaliel,  iiut 
he  found  him  iu  the  once  despised  Xaz- 
arene;  then  he  breaks  forth  in  the  cheer- 


ful strains  contained  il!  our  text:  "For 
the  law  of  the  Spirit  of  life  in  Christ  Je 
siis  hath  maile  nie  free  from  the  law  of 
sin  and  death-  For  what  the  law  could 
not  do,  in  that  it  was  weak  through  the 
flesh,  God.  sending  his  own  .Son  in  the 
likeness  of  sinful  flesh,  and  for  sin,  con- 
demned sin  in  the  flesh." 

We  will  ne.vt  try  to  consider  the  law 
of  the  .«|Mrit  of  life-  Life,  oh  what  mean 
ing  in  that  «oril!  We,  who  were  dead 
iu  trespasses  and  sins,  hath  he  ijuicken- 
ed.  Anil  not  only  have  we  been  iiuiek- 
eneil,  made  alive,  arou.sed  from  our  leth- 
artrv,  but  we  have  been  made  alive  in 
Christ  Jesus.  We  have  not  onl>-  been 
made  to  hate  sin,  but  we  have  been 
broughtiuto  fellowship  with  (Jodthioiigli 
the  Spirit.  Blessed  truth,  this  law  of 
the  .Spirit  of  life  in  Christ  Jesus  breaks 
the  fetters  of  sin,  and  releaves  us,  not  on- 
ly from  its  power,  liut  al.so  from  the  love 
of  sill,  the  contamination  of  sin,  and  from 
the  guilt  of  sin.  It  is  a  complete  and 
perfect  deliverance.  So  wonder  the 
ajiofitle  says,  "Therefore  if  any  man  be 
in  Christ,  lie  is  a  new  creature;  old  things 
are  passeil  away;  behold,  all  things  are 
become  new-"  What  a  debt  of  grati 
tude  do  we  owe  to  our  great  Deliverer! 
"What  the  law  coulu  not  do,  in  that  it 
was  weak  through  the  flesh."  The  law 
was  rendered  insufficient,  having  to  act 
through  the  agency  of  the  flesh.  The 
flesh  instead  of  seconding  the  operations 
of  the  law  ojiposed  them;  for  Paul  tells 
us,  "I  kuow  that  in  me,  (that  is,  in  my 
flesh)  dwelleth  no  good  thing."  The 
law  thus  weakened  and  trammeled,  was 
not  siifficiently  strong  to  grapple  the  gi- 
ant sin.  But  oh,  w-hat  is  the  next  won- 
derful announcemeut!  God  sending  his 
owu  Son  in  the  likeuess  of  sinful  flesh, 
and  for  sin,  condemned  sin  in  the  flesh- 
One  at  last  is  found,  able  tograpple  with 
this  terrible  monster.  Christ  came  in  the 
very  stronghold  of  sin,  namely  in  the 
flesh;  and  having  come  he  laid  hold  of 
the  strong  man.  bound  him,  aud  then 
spoiled  his  house-^robbed  him  of  his 
conquests,  took  from  him  his  dominion, 
and  t)verthrew  his  authority. 

But  why  w^as  this  stupendous  work 
wrought?  The  apostle  tells  us  iu  the 
fouith  verse,  "That  the  righteousuess  of 
the  law  might  be  fulfilled  in  us,  who 
walk  not  after  the  flesh,  but  after  the 
Spirit." 

The  above  quotation  does  not  very 
well  agree  with  the  "faith  alone"  doc- 
trine taught  at  the  present  time.  Paul 
tells  us  that  Christ  conquered  sin,  why? 
that  we  should  be  released  from  all  ob- 
ligations? No;  but  that  we  might  be  ren 
dered  capable  of  fulfillng,  or  accom- 
plishing the  righteousuess  of  the  law. 
Nothing  could  be  more  erroneous  than 
the  opinion  that  Christ  has  done  all  for 
us,  and  therefore  \ve  have  nothing  to  do. 
The  fact  is,  Christ  has  ouly  removed  our 
disability,  aud  cousequeutly  made  our 
responsibilities  many  fold  more.  Onr 
heavenly  Father  does  not  require  impos- 
sibilities of  us,  but  he  does  require  that 
we  do  what  we  can. 

As  the  righteousness  of  the  law  could 
not  befnllilled,oraeconiplislied  by  those 
who  lived  under  the  law,  because  of 
their  disability,  it  would  be  reasonable 
to  suppose  that  if  God  removes  this  dis- 
ability, he  would  then  require  that  we 
obey  his  holy  precepts;  aud  such  we  are 
lauglit  in  his  Word  is  the  case. 

THE  POOK, 

HY  CH.\UL0TTK  T.   UONIi. 

TN  reading  the  Scriptures,  we  find 
-*-  much  said  in  regard  to  the  duty  of 
Christians  tow'ards  the  poor.  "The  poor 


ye   have   always   with   you,"    sho^ 
plainly  the  church  will  never  be  «.j,j^ 


plainl,  .,......„.-..-_-.....    „e  „; 

out  Its  poor-     .Next,  wbat  is  onrdutyt. 
wards  the  poor?  We  must  not  say, 
he  ye  clothed  and  fed."  but    must 


So. 
looV 


after  their  comfort,  .--ome  require  tho' 
to  make  their  wants  known.  Mugj 
wait  for  that!  Some  of  tlem,  and  tl'^ 
best  ]ioor  members  we  have,  WoulJ  ]\,* 
on  liread  aud  water  before  they  Vo^u 
apply  to  the  church,  or  their  breH, 
for  assistauce. 

It  is  the  duty  of   thise  that    CJoJ    i 
bles.sed  with  abundance,  to  seek  outtli 
needy  and  iirivately  bestow  their  aim 
"Let  not  the  left   hand   kuow  what  tl 
right  hand  doeth."     If  we   are   applipj 
to  for  alms,  and   give   them,  it    gcj^j 
matter  of  necessity;  but  if  We   seek  out 
the  object  of  charity,  it  then  has  the  f,p 
of  a  free  gift,  and  "God  loves  a  cheerf,,! 
giver." 

The  eyes  of  the  Lord  are  ever  wattb 
ing  over  his  poor,  and  he  has  pla^^j 
here  purposely  that  the  rich  should  have 
the  ble.ssed  privilege  of  relieving  their 
wants,  and  woe  unto  those  who  fail  j,, 
do  their  duty  in  relieving  the  distressed 
God  could  easily  feed  aud  clothe  then 
himself;  but  he  has  arranged  it  that  those 
whom  he  has  blessed  with  plenty  can 
have  the  pleasure  of  conferring  favors  on 
those  who  are  not  so  well  supplied.  Kor 
is  our  duty  done  wheu  we  supply  idp 
wants  of  the  body :  they  have  spiritual 
needs  too,  and  while  we  are  contributiui; 
to  bodily  necessities,  let  us  do  it  kiuiUy 
tenderly,  let  them  feel  that  it  is  done 
from  Christian  aud  brotherly  love. 
Not  give  it  to  them  as  if  we  would  say. 
"be  gratelul  for  that  or  you  will  get  nu 
more;"  but  go  to  them  with  loving  ten- 
derness, showing  that  you  feel  fi>r  them 
both  temporally  aud  spiritually. 

Onr  Savior  said,  "by  this  shall  al! 
men  know  that  ye  are  my  disciples,  if  ye 
have  love  one  for  another."  If  this  for, 
is  not  felt  and  exhibited  towards  our 
poor,  our  gifts  wlU  amount  to  nothing. 
The  apostle  says,  "though  I  bestow  all 
my  goods  to  feed  the  poor,  and  have  not 
charity,  it  profiteth  me  nothing."  Tlii- 
text  proves  that  giving  is  not  all,  bul 
there  must  be  with  it  a  feeling  for  their 
interests.  A  loving  interest  for  their 
w^elfare,  is  as  much  required  as  to  *-«^- 
pli/  their  wants,  and  such  feelings  wW 
be  more  highly  appreciated  by  them. 

This  thing  of  a  committee  being  sent 
to  investigate,  if  they  are  in  need  of  any 
thing,  and  then  delivering  a  report  tu 
the  church  and  a  general  consultation 
over  it,  is  both  uncalled  for  and  nnsciipt- 
ural.  Some  suppose  that  they  do  not 
properly  employ  their  time,  or  they 
would  not  become  a  burden  to  the  church, 
and  many  other  such  things  coneernint' 
their  needy  condition.  Do  we  ever  reail 
of  such  a  church  rule  in  the  Scriptmwi 
Do  we  ever  read  of  the  churches  of  an 
cient  days  sending  brethren  to  sec  if  tliis 
or  that  family  were  in  need?  Iftliere 
is  such  Scripture,  I  would  like  to  see  it 
There  is  one  afflicted  brother,  C.H.  Bals 
baugh,  who  has  several  times  made  bis 
wants  known  through  the  columns  ol 
our  periodicals — a  brother  that  is  wear- 
ing his  feeble  life  away  iu  the  work  ol 
the  church.  The  last  we  heard  of  b* 
wants,  he  had  a  number  of  letters  to  ms"- 
anil  was  waiting  for  a  raven  to  "bnnf 
him  a  beakt'ull  of  stamps  that  he  ungl' 
send  them.  If  there  are  no  ravens  i» 
the  Brotherhood  to  attend  to  him,  i'  '' 
bad  for  the  rest  of  the  poor.  One  wouU 
suppose  an  afflicted  brother,  and  one  ov 
pable  of  doing  so  much  good  m  ^ ' 
church  would  not  only  be  supplied  *' 
stamps  to  convey  his  excellent  wnti»r. 
to  their  destination,  but  that   he  w" 


TldK    HK1-^XI-IHK>:    ^va^    AVOHK 


Ksaiy  c*t:itUirt   btstov 
4iut;  b.ts  ii  work    to 


]  ,i,e  ditfereut  circumstances   we    are 
,  ,.il  iu,  J*^*^^  ""^  make  our   duty  any 


Our    dear    atHieted    l)rother, 


'  ,,li  he  has  Ijut  little  of  this  world's 
lis  is  '"i*^^  "'  spiritual  gift.s,  and  it  is 
^  (liiiv  of  tho«e  upon  whom  God  has  be- 
'  .(i  ftliunilautly  of  the  bodily  L-omforta 
-ijjj;  life,  to  aid  him  in  exercisinjjlthe  gifts 
tiiWfd  on  liini.  Every  one  is  to  be 
1     accjrdiui^    to   hit*    work^;    and 


ln^i 


rfhere 


■       much  is  given,  much  will  be 


1,  Let  us  all,  therefore  endeavor 
''j,,.  f'aithfnl  stewards,  aud  improve  the 
I^le«tsgiv».nus. 


LOWERS  THAT  NEVER  WITHER 

fillll'liK  .ire  fiovwrs  tli;it  uovfi-  withi'r, 
I      Tiiere  are  skies  that  never  fade, 
T)|,.riMire  trees  that  c«st  forever 

C.ioling  bowen*  of  Ipfify  shiido. 
Tlifiv  :ire  silver  wjivelets  flowing, 

\Vith  11  Iiilliiit^  sound  of  i-t^st. 
Where  the  west  wind,  softly  bio  wine, 

l-'iuin  the  far  lands  of  the  blest. 

TliitlnTward  our  steps  are  ti-iidiuf:!, 

Olt  through  dim  oppresiive  ft-iirs, 
M  >ce  of  grief  than  pleasure  blending 

111  the  diirkening  woof  of  years. 
OiK'U  would  our  footsteps  wenrv 

Siiili  upon  the  winding  waj 
But  that  when  all  looks  most  droar> 

O'er  us  beams  a  clioeriug  ray. 

X;,.H  the  Father  who  hath  made  us 

Tenants  of  this  world  of  care, 
j;ii„wetli  how  to  Idudly  aid  us 

With  the  burden  we  must  bear; 
Knowuth  how  to  cause  the  spirit 

llopijlully  to  raise  its  e;es 
X.nvard  the  home  itdoth  inherit, 

I'ar  beyond  the  azure  skies. 

Tiiere  is  a  voice  that  whispt^rs  lowly 

Dowu  within  this  heart  of  mine, 
Where  emotions  the  most  holy 

Kver  make  thyir  sacred  shrine, 
Au'l  it  tells  a  thrilling  story 

Of  the  great  Redeemer's  love. 
And  the  all-bewildering  glory 

Of  the  better  laud  above. 

Oh,  this  life,  witli  al!  its  sorrow;', 

Hiisteth  onward  to  a  close! 
In  a  few  mure  brief  io-morrows 

Will  liave  ended  .ill  our  woes. 
Then  o'er  death  the  part  immortal. 

Shall  sublimely  rise  and  soar, 
O'er  the  star-resplendent  portal 

There  to  dwell  forever  more. 


AN  EXHORTATION    TO  YOUNG 

MEMBERS,  OR  MY  FIRST 

EXPERIENCE  IN   THE 

CHURCH. 


Dear  Brclhnn:— 

\\JILL  you  permit  me  to  speak  to  the 
' '    youn£;  brethren  and  sisters  through 

the    liitETHItK^     AT     WoKK?       1     wish  tO 

siieak  more  particularly  to  those  who 
liave  lately  come  to  the  church.  Let  us 
consider  well  what  we  have  undertaken; 
let  us  go  with  full  determinations  and 
pi'ayerful  hearts;  let  us  be  faithful  in  all 
tilings.     We  must  pray  always. 

About  five  yeai-s  ago  I  began  to  think 
I  bad  better  spend  the  remainder  of  my 
'lays  aerviag  the  Lord.  Since  that  time 
I  have  had  to  fight  hard.  I  thought 
'^■Ijeii  I  came  to  the  church,  or  give  up 
■ny  former  habit;!,  that  I  would  have  no 
^fork  to  do,  but  oh,  how  sadly  mistak- 
•^1  [  \viis!  Shortly  after  I  ma<le  the 
g'"ifl  confession    I  tho\ight  I  would    es- 


ihuiii;ii  iKir  pleasantly,  till  the  ni-xr  ap 
pointed  hour  had  e<»me  I  Mi  less  iucHu 
ed  than  before.     Everything  was  wrong, 
and  nothing  right.  The  day  passed  with- 
out prayer.     So  on  until  prayer  was  en- 
tirely abandoned.     What  then  i  I  went 
on  in  this  way.  perhaps  a  year,  and    it 
was  one  of  the  most  disagreeable  periods 
in  all  my  life.     I  was  so  far   gone  that 
sometimes  1  was  lu-ard  to   di-noun<'e    re- 
ligion in  every    form.     I    wo\ild    argue 
that  if  I  was  an  honest  man  and    moral 
I  would  pass.     'Sly  brother,  living  near 
me,  would  often  say  to   me.  "you    don't 
pray  enough.''    "Well,"  I    would    say, 
"how  can  I  pray  when  I  don't  believe  in 
prayer!"  and  would  turn  him  otV  in  this 
way.      We   had   no   preaching  by   the 
Brethien,  though   jjlenty   of  preaching 
that  would  allow  one  to  do  as  he   pb':is 
ed.     This  kind  I  diil  not  like,  aud  dur- 
ing this  time  1  had  become    very    much 
troubled.     Nothing   went   right,   being 
troubled    almost    beyond  endurance, 
thought  struck  me  that  I    should   kneel 
down  and  pray,  being  the  fir^t  time  for 
some  length  of  time,  aud  let  lue  tell  you, 
my  dear  brethren,  1  feel  that  my   pray- 
er was  heard,  for  since    that  I  have   en- 
joyed a  glorions  season,  donl>ts  removed, 
and  faith  stronger  aud  brightei-.     I    feel 
to  bless  my  dear  Savior,  and  now  when 
the  tempter  says,  don't   pray,   it   is  not 
necessary  to  be  so    earnest   about    this 
thing,  I  will  say,  I  will   pray,  let  come 
what  will;  and,  thank  God,  I  have  come 
out  more_tliau  comiueror.     Let   us   not 
think  that  we  can  go  on    and    have    no 
work  to  do;  forwhen  we  think  so,  along 
will  come  the  tempter    and    lead   us 
the  other  road. 

I  now  believe  that  if  we  come  to  (iod 
and  earnestly  pray,  we  can  overcome  all 

temptationa  ^-      ■ 

5Iy  dear   young    brethren  and  sisters, 
let  us  not  permit  the  wicked  one  to  over- 
come ns  in  any  shape,  but  let   us   each 
one  search  the  Holy  Scriptures,  and  Hud 
what  is  that   good    and    perfect   will  of 
God,  aud  let  us  practice  just   what   we 
preach,  and  let  those  who    are    without 
see  that  we  are  Christians;    and    let    us 
not  be  afraid  to  speak  boldly  for  Jesus, 
and  be   obedient  in   every   thing;  and 
when  we  have  done  all  in  our  power,  let 
then  consider  ourselves   unprofitaVile 
servants.     We  must  ovei'come  our   car- 
nal nature  in  all  tilings  which  are   con- 
trary to  our  Master's  will.     It  is  not  our 
nature  to  begin  to  serve   him,   not  our 
nature  to  pvay;  and  it  is   our  nature  to 
return  evil    for  evil,   and   the  one  who 
smites  us  oir  one   cheek,  our  will  is,  to 
give  one  in  return,  but  we    are   told    to 
turu  the  other   also.     This  at  one  time 
looked  impossible  and  hard    to  do,  and, 
perhaps  is,  uutil  we  get  just  right.     If  a 
man  will  follow  the  one  who    gave    us 
the  example,  he  will  never  be  overcome 
by  such  a  circumstance.     I  think  if  we 
are  Christ-like,  we  will  have  no  need  of 
any  thing  of  this  kind.     If  we  will    ex 
amine  the  Scriptures,  we  will   fiud   tha' 
we  must  i)ut  down   our    nature.     If  our 
coat  is  taken,  we   must  not   forbid   our 
cloak  being  taken  also.  I  know  of  some 
professed  Christians,  who,  when  they  are 
offended,  will  draw  their  coat,  ready  for 
a  fight,  aud  read  u  lesson  in  God's  Word 
j  twice  a  day,  but  some  how  or  other  this 
they  cannot  Hnd;   I  do   not    wonder   ai 


lahlish  regular  family  prayer;  this  was  them,  foi-  I  heard  their  pastor  tell  them 
^^1'^  'ip  quite  faithfully  a  little  lime,  but  that  to  l)ecome  a  Christian  did  not  need 
'^I'Jn.i.'  came  the  wicked  one  and  said  to  a  denial  in  this  matter,  that  he  tliought 
■"•".  I  need  not  pray  so  much,  and  my  I  it  would  not  deprive  any  one  of  thi^ 
will  was  aiireeable  with  it.  The  next  world's  pleasure.  According  to  his  log 
appointed  time  for  my  family  prayer,  ic  his  members  can  go  to  shows,  gamb 
^^"lething  was  in  the  way,  so  I  thought, '  ling-shops,-  hor.qe-racing,  and  every 
Weill  will  let  it  slip  for  this  time,  which' where  pleasure  fould  )>e  f<mu<i.  If  I 
^\;is  au  easy   matter.     Time  passed  off,  i  mistake  not,  we  ai-e  to  shun  the  ver-y  ap 


pearanee  of  evil  and  iiiind  not  worldly 
ihings,  lovenotthe  worhl  nor  ihe  things 
that  are  in  the  world.  Let  us  press  on- 
ward aud  upward  and  at  last  be  eternal- 
ly saved.  Muy  tiod  bless  us  all,  is  my 
prayer. 

THREE   GREAT   FAMILY    EVENTS. 
First.  When  a  Child  is  Born. 

IIY  T.  K.  l'I.,\NK. 

rPliE  birth  of  a  child  is  a  great  event, 
-*-  whether  the  parents  be  rich  -^r  pour, 
high  or  low;  whether  the  little  lielple^s 
stranger  is  born  to  wear  a  crown,  or  to 
beg  in  the  streets,  and  die  in  a  poor 
house — it  is  the  same  great  event  in  all 
otises,  and  under  nil  circumstances — it  ia 
a  new  creature.  (Iod  then  breathes  in- 
to tUe  infant  form  an  intelli;ient  and  im- 
mortal spirit,  which  knows  no  decay, 
and  will  still  lie  young  when  the  mate 
rial  heavens  shall  have  wa.\ed  old  as 
;loth  a  garment,  and  vanished  away  like 
smoke.  Every  birth  is  adding  one  more 
to  the  innumerable  throng  which  will 
arise  from  glory  to  glory,  or  sink  in  the 
blackness  of  darkness  forever.  Nor  is 
the  momentonsness  of  the  '■vent  in  the 
least  diminished  by  the  "fact  that  there 
are  many  thousands  or  such  creatures 
every  day. 

Little  as  the  birth  of  a  child  is  noticed, 
outof  thefannly,whocan  tell  but  it  ma) 
be  a  more  important  event  in  its  eternal 
issues  and  relations  than  the  creation  of 
a  star  that  sooner  or  later  may  be  extin- 
guished forever?  Extremely  improba- 
ble as  such  a  supposition  is,  who  can  tell 
but  that  the  material  heavens  will  some- 
where, in  the  progress  of  eternal  ages, 
be  annihilated,  and  others,  unspeakably 
more  glorious,  be  created  to  shine  in 
their  room? 

But  wliat  (lod   has  plainly    revealed, 
we  are  certain  of,  and  tie  has  told  ns  that 
the  human  soul  is  immortal.     We   read 
in  his  Word,   that    be   "will  render   to 
them  by  patient  continuance  In  well-do- 
ing, seek  for  glory,  honor,   immortality, 
eternal  life,"  that  at  the  resurrection  this 
mortal  must  put   on    immortality;   that 
the  gift  of  God  is   eternal    life   through 
Jesus  Christ,  and  that  the  wicked  as  well 
as  the  righteous  are  heirs  of  immortality. 
This  pledge  of  its   immortality    impart^s 
an  amazing  interestto  the  birth  of  at^hild 
in  any  family,  of  whatever  condition,  it 
has  an  immort.al  soul.     We  do    not   say 
that  (tod  could   not  annihilate   it  if  he 
pleased,  It  is  enough  to    know    that   he 
will  not;  he  made  it  to  live  forever,  and 
it  must.  It  will.     The  child,  as  it  grows 
up,  may  wish  be  never  had    been    boru, 
and  that  he  could  blot  out  his  existence; 
but  he  can  no  more  cease  to  be,  than  he 
could  come  into  being  by  his  own    act. 
Willing  or  unwilling,  every  rational  soul 
must  live  forcv<'r.    Nor  is  it   merely    its 
immortality  wliich  stamps  such  an  ania/.- 
ing  importance  u])on  the  birth   of  an  In- 
fant.    Ic  is  not  the   main   thing.     If  it. 
Were  a  mere  animal  existence  only  capa 
ble  of  eating,   drinking,  sleeping,  ami 
waking,   without   an    intelligent   mind, 
without  a  conscience,  without  memory, 
without  the  power  of  reflecting  upon  the 
past,  or  anticipating  the  future — It  would 
matter  but  little  whether   such   a   nieie 
sentient  being  Wi^rn  to  be  annihilated  in 
a  few  year-',  or  to  exist  forever.     There 
would  be  no  accumulation  of  kliowle>ig.-: 
no  account  to  reU'Ier,  no  soul  to  be  f^av 
ed  or  losi.     But  the  precious  babe   ihs' 
now  sleeps  so   sweetly   on   itsnioilier-* 
bosom  ik  endowed  by    its  Cj-eator  wIili 
intellectual  and  moial   iacukies,   wLic. 
will  be  developed  and  ripen  into  angel 
ic  fruition  or  endless    woe.     This  hel[i 


N^-wton   or  a 

ill  fnnn    be- 


!»*--  iiitrtlir.  iiiMV  yl   lir  H 
Mdsun,  who  eui,  ull*    b 
come  a  thinking  and  responsible  being; 
and  willlive.not  in  the  present  only,  !mt 
in  the  past  and  the  future.     Beyond  the 
grave  it  will  remember  its  joys  anil  its 
sorrows  here,  aud  will  \n-  forever    look- 
ini;  forward  to   iiu-reaseii    happint^ss  or 
ijreater  misery.      What,  then,  in  compar- 
ison with  the  birth  of  a  child,    are   any 
of  those  event,'*  in  family  history    which 
are  commonly    looked    upon    as   threat? 
\\  hat  to  a  poor  man,  the  sudJt'u  bestow- 
ment  of  au  independent  fi)rtune,  or   Ite- 
ing  invested  with  the  highest  honors   of 
the  State?     O  happy  mother!  dost  thou 
know  what  a   tr-'ivsure  (iod    has   given 
thee?  Hast  thou  begun  to  conceive  wliat 
a  pricele-ss  jewel  he  luvs  put   Into  thine 
hands  to  be  piili-*hed,  and  what  amazing 
responsibilities  are   wrapped    up  in  the 
precious  gift  f     Oh  thou  deUghted  fath- 
er! do.st  thou    know   that  au    Immortal 
spirit  is  committed  to  thy  training,  and 
that  lis  eternal  fiestiny  may  be   decitled 
l)y  what  thou  doest  or  by  what  thou  neg- 
lectest  to  do?     Regard  it  as  thou    may- 
est,  the  birth  of  the  child  is  the    first  of 
the  three  greatest  events  that   can   take 
place  in  a  family. 

The  second  is  when  that  child  is  bi»rn 
ayain.  This  indeed  Tuay  never  happen 
in  your  family.  Ala-*,  how  many  large 
families  there  are  in  which  there  is  no 
reason  to  think  that  any  of  the  children 
are  born  again.  But  we  have  every  ev- 
idence that  the  birth  does  tjike  pbice 
in  some — ^iu  many.  The  necessity  of 
such  a  great  moral  change  is  explicitly 
declared  by  our  Savior  in  his  conversa- 
tion with  Nieodeinus:  "Verily,  verily  I 
say  unto  you,  e.\-ce]it  a  man  be  born 
again,  he  cannot  see  tlie  kingdom  of 
God."  It  Ib  a  universal  proposition,  the 
word  "man"  here  is  to  be  understood  in 
its  general  sense,  ]\s  comprehending  tlie 
whole  race. 


BROTHER  LCEHR  TO    THE  POINT. 


0 


^:CASI()NALr,V  M   Brolhi-i'  V.  I'. 
Ld'hr  li'us   tb»*  mill  squart;  on    the 
hea*li  Here  u  oiu;  inwtnnce  clipped  IVoui 
thrt  Pj-hnitivc  (.Christian: 

Aud  you,  my  Ijrulhren,  that  tViir  a  split 
in  the  Chuvcli,   i-e.-ft  fiiay,   it  cannot  be 
done,  though  evovy   liiuVi  of  the   body 
may  be  amputated    or   loppud    off.     .So 
long  as  the  liand  rcmainfi  on    tbe   body, 
the  pulsation  of  the  iieartwill  not  cease, 
nor  the  vibration  of  the  nerves  .st(»p    for 
a  moment.     Pro])lieeieH  of  the  rupture  of 
the  ehureli  have  been  repealed  again  and 
again  to  my  recollection,  since    Brother 
lienry  Kurtz  darkened    the  horizon   of 
our  good  and   cautious   brethren,   with 
that  abominable  ( ()  sheet  the  Onupd  Vin- 
itoj\     Even  my  little  self  remonstrated 
with  all  my  little  might,  for  nearly  two 
years,  as  my  remonsti'ances  in   the   firet 
two  volumes   abundantly  show.      Yet 
with  all  our  forebodings  and   fears,   no 
split  in  the  body  took  place.  From  tiioe 
to  time  .some   wandering  star  appeared 
in  the  constellation   of  the  chrnch.    but 
dill  not  affect  its  growth;  they  were  but 
shooting  stars  that  left  no  tr.tce. 

Thei-e  are  many  alarm  guns  being  fir- 
ed juft  now,  but  .so  long  aa  they  spill 
no  blood,  but  only  cause  flesh  wounds, 
they  are  doing  good  service,  for  there  is 
still  too  big  a  gi'owth  of  flesh,  and  a 
large  portion  of  it  could  be  dis^)ensed 
with,  ami  the  body  might  gain  spiritual 
capacity.  When  I  look  on  tlie  bright 
»i(fe  of  the  future,  I  s.'e  that  ngly  <;«.■.- 
pel  I'initor  shining  and  iUumiuiiting 
many  benighted  he»rls.  It  has  multi- 
plied itself  into  nuiuy  branches,  each 
bearing  at  least  a  little  fruit,  if  even  part 
ofittiistes  somewhat  bitter.  Without 
bitter  we  might  perh.aps  not  appreciate 
that  which  is  sweet. 


'ri-iK  J^RKTl-IKK>^  -;vt  avokk. 


ipril 


fill-  f]iftlnrn  at  l^ovh 


J.  H.  >IOl>KK.  t  El>ITOR«  A.ND 

M.  M.  B-^IIKI.MAN.  I  ritoritlKTylu.. 


UlJil-J(»l«> 

itnifr 

DBtllM)  IllP^p 

III   «in 

ItUOllttt    THTl    >'<■ 

(0»-.        MollPV 

<..,(  I.y  I 

or  >lrift»,  pri>|. 

■tlv  ft'tdr 

aea<lii>ic  •Irni. 

>«■  -xri- 

Oh««k.  1'  r-i"" 

wllrcip.1  rrw. 

l'fi.U([4. 

omliT  1  mi.  I.XI 

Hlwityi  ■ 

SuhMnprlr.!,, 

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per.  w  won  "K 

BiWihoi.l.|l>cii 

UrM-pJ 

%   AT    W   >HK    «ill   IC  M 


Tub  I'*fer  fkean  ff\>oiU  that  there  were 
sliotltB  of  eartliquiikp  in  N'orthern  iVwiaduring 
the  "i'iwA  and  ^')rd  of  Muu-h.  Minii^h  wttx  much 
(i«niaK''il  anil  the  wljtun-nt  villa^eM  of  Tark  auJ 
M  iimiiii  lolally  cl.-*troy«l.  l»ut  of  l.UW  inhab- 
ilailU  only  a  fcw  no  ajM^  dcHtli. 

Wk  bavif  on  hand  more  corrvHpuudent^  and 
uiiurth  in-'W*  Iban  w^  ciui  ]»owilily  tind  room 
tor  ill  thifi  i-ntic.  >Vp  will  try  mid  find  place 
'  a'..*'n 'i.iC..'".  ''"■ 't  nil  ii'-xt  M'-ck.  TtiiK  al.iindanc*  of  new- 
.,"ij"f'r.'o'"rcl.nVg».  .-howrt  the  gn-at  interest  taken  in  our  paper, 
(jive  )jH  all  thb  iiewH  you  can,  butcoud«Dite  it  as 
much  UN  ponnible. 

Thomk  who  wnd  u*i  poetry  tor  puljlication 
"thoiitd  not  feel  dioiippoioUrd  if  their  conipoai- 
tionn  do  not  «ppf«r  nx  aooii  oh  they  would  like. 

Wi- H<-t.  eiioijKli  poetry  Jor  ahout  live  paper^^. 
uiui  of  courxe  Monie  oi  it  niuHt  be  reji'cted.  If 
Moine  one  would  Mtart  «  poetic  journal  we  could 

iup(ily  them  with  enough  copy  for  afewimtues. 


>nJ    atH> 


«hlrli 


in    tio  nllowol    irn    per 

frv.ni  Itip  montjf  btf.-rc  ■PiiiliiiK  ii 

'Mtol  Or.|prj>.   l(r|rl.i»rcfl    I^in-P- 

c-KpJ.   Hill  )>r  si  uiir  ri>k,     Whrn 

■  lull  It  i>  not  <i  I'lipck.      If  ii  I*  n 

I*  ii)  nillt'oi.    wl>ilc  n  <\nt\  cnn  b«- 

lA|[4>  nunili*  iiinjr  It  ■""'  '<"■    I'li"""'* 

1  ilii*  iiioncj  it  you  Mil  iti'i  il 

inl(ia>i<'iiKial»nrl«a  for  llio  ('ft- 

nniivrp  ciniincK"!  >*lih  iFio  nf- 


Uurk.  Ctrroll  Co,.  HI 


riplion  made  on   Sunday   is  not  f-miers  i.  they  have  n^vpr  Wen  M.,ra,^,j^^^ 

,-     may   c«mp*-l    ib^    fa.h.oual.le  »ekes.     Tbey    prv.end   to    be    I».«d,rs    ,».J,i,  ''■ 

her   pay  for  tbeir  bou-.-!>  t^ton.  fact  they  nep^l  .ome  of-e  tol^ji,]  them.     Ju,    '" 

.^i^    «r  «!«.  dndicate  them  on  era  shouM  b"  m.>de|  men-m^n  ot  euM  ..i...^* 


LA>AItK.II,l.. 


Arilll.  it,  1H7I>. 


OxK  wiw  brtpliwrd  iu  IhoChBrry  Grove  Church 
the  first  ol  lri*l  wvi-k. 

.1.  L.  FliANTzV  udda-HHit  chiHij^id  from  I)i- 
gniff.  Olno  to  Uellefontiiine,  Ohio. 

Pi(  P.  J'".iliimy'»  uddrni*H  irt  changed  from 
li:tn  Iiidiiii.H  Slr.ol,  to  431  Oakley  Avenui'. 
Chiciigo.  _ 

Hkotiikh  .J.  VV.  Steiu'H  addrwn  in  now  chiitigeil 
from  Xcwtonia,  Miiwouri,  to  Mt.  Morrii,  Oitli 
county,  Illinois. 

lilloTllKii  .1.  W.  Slein,  with  bin  family,  ih  vx- 
]ieclt'd  to  move  to  Mt.  Morris,  llliiioiH,  iii 
aliiiut  two  week«. 


Any  out' havinnr  "lii»tory  of  the  Modem  ot 
Huptium,"  by  .liiiiieii  Cryntil,  uud  deairen  to  dw- 
poKc  of  it,  will  [ili'iwo  notify  UH  by  postal  card. 

IJhotIikii  Hiiiiiel  iMiller  hiu*  lii-en  pieHfliin^ 
at  Mi-yerndiile  iiud  tSuli«ljiiry,  I'eiHiwylvmiiii. 
He  i-i  iiIko  expi'cled  to  j»n'ticli  at  Herliii  and  oth- 
er pointM  bt-lort!  Iiin  return. 

HiioTllKil  I'liiil  W('(/el,  formerly  of  Lenn, 
Illinois,  but  now  of  (Jnuidy  ('oiiti-r,  Iowa,  Kiive 
us  u  call  liiH  week.  IJe  w.n  li(>re  on  binineNH, 
hence  could  not  rennun  long  i'ihjU|;1i  Iu 
preach  for  im. 

HitoTHRit  J.  I*.  Holrick  still  remainfi  in  chiirKe 
of  the  I'liileielpliiu  Church.  \\\*  rtwiKuiitioii 
wait  not  Hcti'|itL-il.  01  hiU-  ho  hiw  I)feii  holdiii^ 
same  vi»ry  bucwbhIiiI  iiiuotiugfi. 

ilKl.KtuiUtt  matters  do  not  seem  very  quiet 
along  tbo  Huptist  line,  for  oneof  ourcxtlinnjii's 
8Hy»  the  cor respon dents  of  the  liapfiitf  limiiirr 
are  viijorously  diacu»8ing  the  subject  of  let-t- 
AVOMbiug. 

At  II  meeting,  held  by  Urother  Silns  Hoover, 
at  Indian  Creek,  [Vnnwtvaiiia,  sixleun  were 
added  to  the  church  by  baptism.  Four  of  llieni 
Were  prominent  mcmbern  of  the  Lutheran 
rhurcli,  and  one  a  Uiiptii^t, 

This  week  we  Imvu  received  notice  of  four 
peraoiis  who  have  beencodvincedofthe  correct- 
ncKnof  the  Ilrethreu's  doctrine  by  the  reading' 
of  our  pmiipliieti  and  the  IJitBTirRKN  at  Wohk. 
This  shows  whether  pamphlets  and  papers  do 
ati)'  good. 

TiiK /fi/fr  Oiinnmy»:  "There  i.s  (juilo  an 
emigration  of  Mennonites  into  Klkhart  county. 
Indiana,  they  luiving  piirclnuicd  u  large  tract  ot 
laud  in  that  county.  The  Harrisburg  (Pa) 
Pdfriiit  sjM-aks  of  tweiity-iive  families  as  i»  rontf 
to  Elkhart." 


UKiiKndati- of  March  Jilth,  Brother  John 
Met/ger  Hayh;  "The  Lmd  willing,  I  expect  to 
k( art  for  Ho/id  county,  Illinoi-,  Friday  morn- 
ing, to  fwdint  the  Brethren  in  their  <)uar(»rly 
church  mr-eting.  Kxjiect  to  return  home  m-xt 
week.  I'leiwe  correct  a  misitake  in  No.  10  about 
the  election  Iield  in  Indiana  for  three  >pi'Hk»rM. 
It  readH  Stuiinrl  Say  lor,  it  uliould  read  .'■fuii/unf 
Wriylor." 

Mi:n  who  are  lying  around  loose,  waiting 
for  itomethiny  to  turnup  for  them  to  do,  are 
not  ma/Ie  of  the  ntulf  that  reforms  the  world. 
Such  creaturfH  may  dream  of  eminence  or  hap- 
jiinesH,  but  are  tou  bi/y  to  over  reach  tlu-ni. 
Sueb  persons  shooid  reidj  the  lollowiny  lines, 
and  then  go  to  work: 

■'  Jl  is  m-itlH-r  liirlli  nor  wealtli  nor  tilate, 
Jliit  Die  Kit  iiji  and  git  Miat  niuken  men  great." 

Si'KAKiKO  of  the  good  that  tracto  may  do, 
Hrotber  Thomas  C.  Wood,  of  Ctimpbetl  county, 
Virifinio,  says:  "  You  have  added  stars  to  your 
crown,  for  it  is  through  you,  brethren,  thatgood 
biw  been  done  among  us.  Vour  paper  and  tracta 
have  (lone  the  w()rk;  but,  bivthreii,  there  yet  in 
If  we  biul  you  here  to  stand  before  this 
people,  and  let  tlieiu  flee  you  face  to  face,  the 
rettnit  would  bo  far  better." 


Tub  Supreme  Court  of  fudi-uia.  ha*ing'ieeid- 
ed  ibat  a  nub^ci 
landing  in    law. 
churcbw*  to  either 

thi-v  are  dediciited.  or  else  dt-dicate  them  on 
Horae  other  dav.  for  if  they  take  snbwriplion-. 
oil  ihat  day  they  are  not  binding.  Likely  it 
may  do  away  witb  this  munt-y  bmsinesw  on 
Sunday.  ^      _ 

It  is  predicted  that  the  tiuaucial  dilBcuItiea 
and  general  depression  of  bm-ine.-a  in  England 
and  Ituaaia  will  cause  a  large  increase  of  emi- 
gration to  this  country-  the  ensuing  year.  Should 
the  emipran(«  stop  in  cilie?i  it  will  only  aug- 
ment our  difticuUie.".  If  possible  they  should 
he  percuaded  to  h^lp  fill  up  the  unsettled  por- 
tions of  the  VV  est,  and  thus  obtain  for  them- 
selven  comfortable  homes, 


Thb  great   troulde   wiih  some   wouM  k^ 


m-n  ot  gon,l  cin^ 
t^raud  intelligence.  There  aret-iotiiany  br»L 
down  aspiraiita  fhoulilig  reform,  who  niiol,',  *° 
well  if  they  would  hpeiid  more  timecl«.L.*^ 
their  own  boii-ej*.  K-eform.  like  good  nianti"'^ 
should  commence  at  home.  ^■ 


It  is  a  grand  ibing  to  save  one  ' 


""".but  it 


inn  grander  thine  to   goto   the   begj 

life,  stand    by  the  roadside,  and    turn  back^ik 

millions  of  little  feet  that  are   enticed 


"iKo) 


It  taket  years  to  train  a 


hti 


HiIoTJiKK  Levi  Sliatler,  of  Sciola,  Montgomery 
county,  Iowa,  luM  been  appointed  Corres-pond- 
ing  Secretary  of  tlie  Mapio  Grove  Colony  for 
the  Stale  of  Iowa,  and  Hrother  N.  C.  Workman 
for  Norton,  Norton  county,  Kansiw.  All  let- 
ters of  intiuiry  addressed  to  either  party  will  be 
cheerfully  answered.  Persons  writing  should 
enclose  stamp  for  re|ily.  Members  can  bo  le- 
i:i'ived  into  the  colony  at  eitliei;  point. 

Dm'kavki)  nature  easily  understands  how  it 
was  necessary  lor  (lod  to  (lo  soinething  to  save 
nmn,  but  not  how  it  is  necessary  for  innii  to 
iidf-fpt  God's  terms  of  salvation.  God  wii-r 
nuide  all  nnco.nlitional  promise  to  any  people 
of  which  we  Imve  any  record.  Therefore,  to  ex- 
pect unconditional  Halviition  is  to  inanit'est  a 
spirit  of  ignorance,  imbecility,  inlidelity,  or  fiend- 
ish nesii. 

■♦  ■ — 

An  impostor  preacher  bas  been  troubling  the 
Hr>'tbren  in  Wood  county,  Virginia  He  gives 
liis  name  lu  Wm.  H.  U.Green,  and  is  about 
twenty  live  years  old,  live  feet  and  eight  inches 
higli,  weighs  about  one  hundred  and  sixty 
pounds;  has  black  hair,  black  eyebrows,  gray 
eycH,  a  very  small  sandy  mustache,  and  a  small 
scar  above  the  lell  eyebrow  running  horrizon- 
tally  across  tlio  forehead.  Keep  a  look  out  for 
him. 


A  HcnuKHov  Purcell.  of  Cincinnati,  has  failed 
financially,  and  is  found  to  be  in  debt  about  six 
million  dollars.  To  relieve  him  the  Ilomau 
Catholic  priests  proposed  t'l  get  up  a  grand  lot- 
tery Kcheme,  but  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Ohio 
forbid  !ot,terie^  hence  these  cunning  priests  are 
laiioring  to  have  the  laws  changed  so  that  they 
can  go  on  with  their  lottery.  This  it  another 
piece  of  Catliotic  corruption. 

MiKihTKR.s  should  be  careful  and  not  tell 
stories  when  preaching.  We  sometimes  hear 
a  minister  say,  "  I  will  imw  bring  my  remarks 
to  a  close,"  and  then  lie  preaches  about  a  half 
hour  longer,  occasionally  telling  the  congrega- 
tion that  he  will  soon  be  through,  but  much  to 
their  mortification,  nearly  wears  the  congrega- 
tion out  before  be  stops.  Such  actions  injure 
the  cause,  and  causes  many  honest  people  to 
lose  confidence  of  the  benefits  of  religion. 

TllEKE  is  not  enough  of  distinction  between 
the  church  and  tlie  world;  there  is  not  enough 
of  dirt'erence,  not  that  the  world  is  too  good, 
but  the  church  is  not  good  enough:  the  church 
has  not  feached  tliat  point  which  duty  demand; 
she  should  attain  to.  The  church  ought  to  be 
as  separate  and  as  distinct  from  the  world  as  thi 
Jews  are  from  other  people.  Members  ought 
to  patronize  each  other  in  every  just  way,  and 
thus  form  a  stronger  bond  of  union. 


forum,      n  .a^e.•*    .>rH,,  „.    vniiii  (j    geiien,, 
jdid  lead  the  people  from  the  error  <'f  thpjr  » 
We  need  a  host  of  teachers  who   will  gj-      ^' 
the  training  of  the  youth,  and  prepare  thei., 
ing  generation  for  active  and  vigorous  work 
the    Ma-ster's    vmeyard.      (iather   tlip  thild  '" 
around  you  and  tell  them    Bible  incidents  and 
tbua  store  tbeir  minds  with  useful  intoriuatid 

Is  writing  articles  for  the  paper,  you 
save  us  much  trouble  if  you  will  write  tlif" 
just  a-s  they  should  appearin  the  paper.  If... 
write  an  article  on  n  sithjtrl  {I)  place  the siilijey. 
at  the  beginning  of  (he  article,  on  tht;  first  linp 
of  the  paper;  ['i)  Pbi«e  your  name  on  the  second 
line;  (-i)  Begin  the  article  on  the  fourth  line 
If  you  send  us  a  letter  of  correspoiidei,(.p  ^^^ 
that  you  have  it  just  as  we  print  such  matter 
By  bokiiig  carefully  through  the  paper  you  can 
find  an  example  to  be  followed,  an  iu  ivliut  y^^ 
should  write,  and  liow  you  should  write  it. 


3  the  exact  copy  of  a  letter 
. 1879: 


Thk  PriiiHtiir  Christiuii  myf^:  "Tlie  Breth- 
ren of  Altoona,  Pennsylvania,  think  of  organiz- 
ing and  there  is  some  prospects  of  our  esteemed 
Elder  .lame*  A.  Sell  locating  in  their  midst. 
Sui^Ii  uu  event  would  be  fortunate  for  the  Al- 
toona Brethren." 

Ai:e  there  any  membei-s  living  in  St.  Louis, 
Missouri?  If  there  are,  we  would  like  to  have 
their  names,  number  and  street.  Some  of  our 
niiiiisteni  frequently  stop  in  the  city,  and  if 
members  are  living  there,  arrangemeut«  can  be 
made  to  give  tliem  meetings. 

UicOTliKit  tjuinter,  who  has  been  preacbing  in 
L*nca»t«r  county,  Pennsylvania,  says  that  more 
plainly  dressed  people  are  to  be  found  in  that 
county  than  in  most  places.  In  addition  to  a  >he  i 
Urge  number  of  IJretbren.  there  are  a  good 
many  Meanonites.  Ornish,  and  Iliver  Brethren. 
In  ihiAreitijeetthat  part  of  Pennsylvania  is  very 
favorably  circumdtanced. 


El.l.A  Karninii,  tli-  eiliiorof  the  \Vii/r  Airah\ 
luis  an  iutere-ting  liist.iry.  In  early  life  she 
and  a  lady  friend  undertook  to  run  a  farm,  and 
actually  succeeded,  Ella  wrote  for  the  papers 
and  made  the  money  to  pay  for  tlie  farm,  while 
the  liidy  friend  did  other  work.  On  this  farm 
she  wiLs  found  by  a  leading  publisher,  who  took 
ber  to  his  large  publishing  house,  gave  her  a 
neat  little  corner  in  the  great  building,  and  ever 
since  sliu  lias  been  the  editor  of  tlie  little  Wu/e 
Jtrith.  Jewels  are  found  on  farms  iw  well  us 
other  places.  _ 

SoMK  years  ago.  Brother  Robert  Edgecomb 
intormed  us  that  there  was  living  in  New  Or- 
b-aus  a  wealthy  woman,  wlio  \vn%  very  anxious 
to  have  the  Brethren  come  into  that  city  and 
preach,  and  ev.-u  proposed  to  boqnl  one  a  wlndu 
year  if  he  would  come  mid  labor  with  tbeni 
iNow,  if  Brother  Edgecomb  can  give  us  any 
farther  information  about  this  woman— who 
and  where   she  may  be   found — we  will 

like  ail  effort  to  have  her  request  complied 
with;  at  least,  if  we  canuot  supply  the  call  with 
a  preacher,  we  may  likely  do  something  w'th 
[lapeir. 


SixfR  other  religious  bodies  call  themselves 
by  the  same  name  that  the  Brethren  have  adopts 
'd.  Brother  P.  11.  Wrigbt>inan  has  written  and 
hml  pubti?>bed  in  the  Frimitire  Ck^ititian  an  ar 
tide  sugge.sting  that  we  call  ourselves  Triune 
Baptists.  This  m'ght  do  well  enough  if  trine 
immersion  were  the  only  peculiar  feature  about 
our  f.iith  and  practice.  Why  not  adopt  some 
Bible  name?  It  is  best  to  call  Bible  things  by 
Bible  names.  The  Apostolic  Church  had  Bible 
names. 

Thk  BiiETHitEN-  at  Work  is  widely  reaJ  iu 
Lanark,  and  occasionally  it  makes  a  sensation. 
But  here  is  a  letter  showing  what  the  paper  is 
doing  in  a  mild  way: 

■'Messers  Moorp  li-  Esbelman: — I  have  beeu 
reading  the  Bhethrkn  AT  Work,  and"  like  it 
very  much.  Although  I  am  not  a  member  of 
your  clmrcb,  I  have  been  watching  it  closely, 
and  I  do  believe  you  are  serving  God  in  tlie 
way  that  he  commands.  I  have  been  attending 
your  Sunday-school  in  this  place  for  the  last 
few  months,  and  it  has  been  the'raeans  o*^  lead- 
ing me  to  search   the  Scriptures  more  than  I 

r  have  before.  I  wish  you  well  in  your  good 

lit-"  Sabbath  ScHooii  Scholar. 


Ever  learn  to  respect  the  aged  and  infirm 
To  do  otherwise,  shows  bad  breeding.  The  best 
civilized  nations  show  great  respect  lo  those 
who  are  old  and  feeble.  It  is  said  that  the 
I-'rench  will  pay  more  regard  to  an  aged  woman 
than  a  pretty  young  one.  They  think  young 
peo|ile  can  help  tlieuiselves,  but  when  it  comes 
to  old  people  they  need  help.  Even  theChiuese 
and  Japanese  are  polite  aud  genteel  toward  the 
aged  persons  among  tliem.  If  you  would  be 
refined  and  polite,  learn  to  respect  those  who 
are  older.  A  little  trouble  ou  your  part  will 
only  add  to  your  culture. 

TnR  great  demand  now  is  for  preachers  who 
can  fill  the  house  with  people.  They  are  not 
caring  whether  ttieir  hearts  are  filled  with  any- 
thing good  or  not,  just  so  the  congregations 
keep  large.  They  want  a  fine  preacher,  the 
be  tnf  niii^ic.  a».d  all  tbiuas  d  me  up  in  the 
Iht.st  styb'.  V.mIv.  reliyi.M,  ii  getting  low 
when  it  resorts  to  such  thing-,  and  values  a 
large  congregation  as  ..f  more  importance  than 
a  heart  filled  with  tlie  Holy  Ghost.  What  vm 
want  is  preacht-rs  who  will  te.-.rles3ly  preach  the 
word,  aud  fill  the  hearts  of  the  people  with  the 
words  of  the  Lord.  We  want  men  who  are  not 
afraid  to  stimd  up  for  the  right. 


Thk  following  i 
dated  February  28 

"  Dear  Editors: — 

It  is  by  the  love  of  God  thai  1  can  wiitu  to  you 
I  have  had  no  paper  since  the  iijril  of  Jannitry.  [ 
would  like  to  know  wliether  jou  ^eud  it, or  wlieth. 
er  it  is  luisliiid  ill  the  mail.  Please  send  ine  nnp 
■Wliyl  1-eIt  the  Baptist  Cluirch."  ami  one 'Origin 
(if  .Single  Immersion."  " 

The  tone  of  this  letter  is  Christian,  but  we 
cannot  attend  to  tlie  business  it  refers  to  for  the 
simple  reason  the  writer  failed  to  give  either 
his  name  or  post-office  addres.s,  and  we  take  tliis 
method  of  trying  to  find  out  who  he  is. 

0T7R  SPECIAL   OFFER, 

Much  good  eau  lie  aceoiiiplishfil  in  nioatniiy  lo- 
cality by  distiiljiiLinp  Uie  iJitEiiiitKN  at  Wouk 
regularly  among  wel)-iliM|jose(l  oiitsidera.  Tliej 
will  take  great  pleasurt'  in  reading  it.  liecoiiic  in- 
tereated  in  its  conteuts.auil  tin  [■.■Inic  form  .•!  slnmi; 
attachment  foi' the  church  uml  n^  (Incii  im..  rim- 
greyalioiis  wishing  to  try  tins  niriliu.lMi  ^),i,.;i,iiti;; 
the  truth  among  their  ueit^hhm.s  -.liquid  iiuicei-il  tu 
rai.se  the  moiioy,  order  a  numtier  of  pajiei-s  sent  to 
the  Jiddreas  of  some  brother  or  sister,  who  istocnie 
for  aud  distribute  them  at  the  close  of  servicfs. 
This  method  of  doing  missionary  work  will  be 
found  especially  serviceable  in  localities  where  neiv 
congregations  are  hiiilding  up. 


■  nairrniiKN  .\t  wi- 


THE  REFORM. 


11HR  temperance  advocates  are  circulating  a 
paper,  petitioning  the  Legislativr  body 
of  this  State,  tc  provide  that  the  (luestioii 
of  licensing  the  sale  of  any  or  all  iutesicatiuK 
drinks  shall  be  submitted  to,  and  determined  by, 
ballot,  in  which  women  of  lawful  oge  sIibII 
have  the  privilege  of  taking  part  the  same  as 
men.  If  the  women  are  left  to  settle  this 
qui'stiou,  the  liquor  Iraflic  will  bebauislieil,  and 
well  it  should  be. 

To  make  the  reform  a  still  greater  success, 
two  other  steps  should  he  taken.  1.  P"^  " 
stop  to  smoking  and  chewing  tobacco.  2,  Pre- 
vail on  the  women  to  stop  their  foolish  and  ex- 
travagant style  of  dressing.  Intoxicaling 
drinks  are  doing  an  immense  amount  of  dam- 
age, not  more  so,  however,  than  the  unhealtby 
aud  extravagant  custom  of  dressing  that  women 
have  fallen  inio.  Hundreds  of  men  are  led  to 
drinking  because  of  this  exlravngaiice.  If  m*" 
would  quit  drinking  intoxicating  liquors,  q^' ^ 
chewing  and  smoking  tobacco,  and  the  woim*" 
would  abandon  their  foolish  fashions,  anJ  ^r**' 
in  modest  apparel,  what  a  happy  countrv  we 
would  have,  and  how  much  better  it  would  w 
for  the  present,  as  well  iis  the  rising  gener.itv"'' 
.1.  H.  M. 


Last  Friday  evening  Elder  M.  S  Newcomer, 
as.istint  editor  of  the  Church  Arlvocitr,  pahhsti 
ed  at  Harrisburg,  Pennsylvania,  prenchedin 
Lanark  an  able  discourse  on  feet-washin»r-  ^"^ 
arguments  were  goml  nnd  well  ar.'an?ed. 


A"" 


■.i 


THh:  ]iKKrHi^E.:s'  ^vx  av'okic. 


^  jglNClPLB ;    NOT  POLIOT. 

nIiv*8of  iiicD  always  liuvi- bten  ques- 

V         pil  anil  wf  presutiie  lluy  will  coDtiuiie 

I    "''^,j|  ilif  boltonil'^'*    pit  ih  opened  U\  r«- 

tinis.     The  worli!  lui*  p'enty  of  siir- 

"    ^yjjg  who  will  think  evil,  or  su-pect 

^.Jething  is  not  ja»t  right. 

^      our  motives  for  conducting  our  paper 

w-  d'J  '''^^  ''^^°  called  into  question  by 

'^     Vho   ihiok  we   are   occupying   a  kind  of 


,itl>" 


^Vere  it  not  for  this,  luon?  missionary  work 
cmil.f  W  done.  One  party  does  not  seem  »iis 
uos<d  to  do  Anything  iu  spreading  the  gosivpi, 
while  the  other  wauts  to  run  things  at  light- 
ning -ipeed.  but  the  couservative  element  laltors 
to  gft  the  whole  church  to  move  togethtr. 
Tlri«  hus  been  accomplished  in  Illinois  as  well 
as  other  places  where  good  field  work  is  Iwing 
done,  not  by  controversy,  uot  by  exposing  or 
saying  hard  things  about  each  other,  but  by 
adoi'ting  peaceable  measures.  Tliisis  the  course 
uudforpoliey'asake— justtokeepon' the    Bkbthrkn  at    Wokr  bus  taken    from  the 


1  side  of  tli^  church  and  our  readers. 
c^bT  offend  none.  These  persons,  per- 
.,ve  never  stopped  to  consider  the  matter 
W*  p  ]i^ht,  thpy  have  never  looked  at  it 
t*.iiiible  stand-point.  They  have  their 
rleas  how  a   paper  ought  to  be   run,  and 


6001 


bfcans:e 


we  do  uot  fall   into  their  channel 


jst  be  set  down  as  "  policy  men  " — men 
II  uot  s  juurl  the  alarm  when  they  see  the 
coming.  Of  course,  we  have  explained 
tiou  over  and  rver.  yet  they  cannot  see 


*"  .Ljt  we  are  still   policy  men  and  are  labor- 

f,,rselfi-h  interest. 

'^Xo  all  >i)ch    we  beg    leave  to  eay   that   tlie 

e  taken  by    Uir  Bbethhen   \t   Work  was 

'^11  iiiiitured  long  before  the  piper  was  started ; 

nuceived  the  idea  of  publishing  a  paper  tlmt 

Ij  itaud  np  io^  *he   gospel  faith  and    prac- 

of  our  people,  a  pa|)er  that  would  be  fiee  of 

trover>y  and  contention  between    brethren. 

per  ii,lapted   not  only  to  the  wants  of  the 

but.  also,    to  work    on    mission    fields. 

We  were  then,   and  are  yet,  of  the  impression 

^stcuutroversie*  among  brethren  are  calculate 

1  to  sow  contention  and  discord  in  the  church 

J  thereby  make  trouble.     Principle,  and  not 


licr  ka^  prompted  us  to  take  this  course, 
Ik  intend  pursuing  it  as  bug  as  it  may  fall  to 
lot  to  edit  the  paper.  Of  course,  we  have 
aocoutrol  over  other  papers,  and  do  uot  pre 
sume  to  dictate  for  them,  but  we  do  purpose  to 
ioall  in  our  power  ti  keep  peace  and  harmony 
in  Ihe  church,  and  labor  for  the  union  and  good 
,,11  of  Hod's  people.     This  is  a  part  of  our  mis-  I 

5D  and  God  help  us  to  perform  it  aright. 

As  evidence  that  our  Cause  is  a  good  ono  it  is 
odIj  necessary  to  refer  to  the  past.  There  was 
i  time  when  controver-iy  was  carried  to  its 
bii-hest  pitch  in  the  Brethren's  papers.  Free 
ipwch  was  the  go  and  they  had  it.  Hundreds 
of  members  became  disgusted,  and,  a-s  a  coiiS"- 
queuce,  stopped  their  paper?*.  Other?  burned 
(bem  ai  soon  as  they  were  read,  fearing  they 
would  tall  into  their  neighbors'  hands.  The 
Brotherhood  was  full  of  discord  and  contention. 
The  Annual  Meeting  was  any  thing  but  pleas 
ant.  and  vfa.^  always  looked  forward  to  with 
dread,  and  every  body  felt  glad  when  it  was  over. 
Very  little  missiocary  work  was  done,  though 
it  was  much  talked  and  written  about. 

But  in  course  of  time  matters  changed;  con- 
troversies between  members  were  excluded  from 
the  Brethren's  papers,  and  the  efforts  of  our 
people  were  turned  more  to  the  spreading  of  the 
gospel,  the  establishing  of  missions,  building  up 
ctmrches,  and  laboring  for  the  general  peace  and 
hirmony  of  the  church.  What  have  been  the 
iMults  of  this  change?  Since  that  change  has 
tikeu  place  our  people  have  done  more  mi^^sion- 
wy  work  than  ever  before.  More  people  have 
been  converted  than  in  any  previous  period  of 
the  ehurch'n  history.  And  the  last  Annual 
Meetiug  is  said  to  have  been  the  best  meeting 
of  the  kind  ever  held  an\ong  our  people.  We 
attribute  this  largely  to  the  peace  and  harmony 
that  pervaded  the  Brelhren's  papers,  for  just  as 
soon  as  controversies  ceased  in  our  papers  that 
»ou  did  a  change  commence  in  the  work  of  the 
ehurch.  Brethren  instead  of  biting  and  devour- 
ing each  other,  turned  their  attention  to  mis- 
sionary work— to  the  spreading  of  the  gospel 
and  the  general  good  of  the  church. 

These  are  some  of  the  reasons  why  our  paper 
stands  out  for  peace  principles— we  are  satisfied 
that  it  is  better  for  the  church,  and  the  history 
of  the  past  proves  it.  We  believe  that  if  con 
trovenfies  between  members  could  have  been 
M  out  of  the  Brethren's  papers  three  years 
'onger,  that  our  people  would,  by  that  time,  be 
■nore  solidly  united  than  ever  before.  Among 
"or  people  are  th-ee  elements  —  the  slow,  the 
^t,  and  conservative.  The  conservative  con- 
stitute the  great  body  or  strength  of  the  church. 
The  other  two  elements  are  just  the  opposite  o' 
*acK  other,  and  it  keeps  them  about  tusy  oiipos- 
'^i  one  another,  while  it  takes  much  of  the  con- 
'"'^tive    element's  time  to   maintain    peacp. 


beeinning,  and  it  ha.s  been  the  means  of  accom- 
plishing good  th<reby.  and  we  purpose  to  stick 
to  tlie  same  old  platform.  Did  all  our  paper^ 
itrictly  adht're  to  this  position  there  would  be 
no  difliculty  about  bringing  the  other  two  ele- 
ments ill  line  with  the  conservative.  But  as  it 
now  is  we  cannot  help  but  entertain  some 
doubts. 

We  further  add  that  the  church  is  regarded 
as  a  family.  P]ph.  '^:  l.i.  It  i-<  cuntrolled  and 
governed  by  the  Law  of  heaven.  Its  members 
are  Itound  by  the  great  Bond  ol  Peace.  If  one 
member  suffers  all  ihe  others  suffer  with  it;  if 
one  rejoices  all  the  others  have  joy  also.  1  Cor. 
12:  26.  They  mu'st  have  the  same  love,  the 
same  care  for  each  other.  I'iiil.  2:  2.  They  are 
required  to  be  of  one  mind,  the  suuie  jutlgment. 
1  Cor.  1:  lU.  Knowing  these  tilings,  is  it  pru- 
dent to  publinh  to  the  world  such  differences  as 
liave  arisen  amongst  us?  Would  we  consider 
it  wise  if  a  member  of  a  family  should  go  out 
amongst  his  neighbors  and  tell  all  the  little  dif- 
fijrences  which  may  have  arisen  in  that  family? 
Would  the  telling  of  it  make  any  one  more  ho- 
ly, a  lietter  ueighbur':'  Suppose  John's  method 
of  building  fence  did  not  exactly  suit  James, 
would  it  be  wisdom  for  James  to  go  and  tell  his 
qeiglibjrs  and  make  John's  method  look  as 
ugly  as  he  can,  even  to  go  so  far  as  to  misrei>- 
resent  it?  Ko  iui?ejd;  such  a  .laaies  could  uot 
be  regarded  as  a  blessing  to  either  the  fainly  or 
neighborhood.  So  in  the  church  of  God;  we 
a'l  agree  to  what  is  written  in  the  one  great 
B  lok  of  God,  but  we  differ  some  in  the  method 
of  doing  certain  things.  We  do  not  differ 
where  God  has  given  the  manner  of  doing,  but 
where  he  hue  left  itlo  the  judgment  of  the 
church.  Now  is  it  wise  or  even  inauly  to  pub- 
lish those  differences  to  tlie  world?  Has  any 
man  a  right  to  maintain  and  advocate  his  opin- 
ionn  as  t-upfrior  to  those  laid  down  by  the 
church?  And  is  it  brotherly  to  call  eacli  other 
"  policy  men,"  "  milk-and-water  men,"  just  be- 
cause we  may  differ  about  things  that  are  not 
written  in  the  gospel?  If  I  do  not  agree  with 
the  plans  and  opinions  of  my  brother,  am  1  jus- 
tified in  publishing  his  opinions  to  make 
them  look  ridiculous?  The  brightest  gold  may 
be  made  obnoxious  to  man  by  associating  it 
with  filth,  nevertheless  the  gold  would  still  be 
gold.  Does  uot  Paul  clearly  show  what  we 
should  do  iu  unrevealed  matters?-  "  But  why 
dost  thou  judge  thy  brother?  or  why  dost  thou 
set  at  nought  thy  brother?  for  we  shall  all 
stand  before  the  judgment  seat  of  Christ."  Rom. 
14:  10.  If  my  brother  has  his  method  of  doing 
good,  why  should  I  judge  him?  or  try  to  set 
hi.o  at  nought?  So  long  as  he  violates  no  gos- 
pel principle,  am  I  not  bound  by  the  law  of 
God  to  let  him  alone? 

If  I  advocate  free  press,  free  speech,  freedom 
in  Christ,  why  should  I  manifest  so  much 
meanness  when  my  brother  is  doing  precisely 
what  I  advocate?  Some  men  get  so/rec  that 
you  cannot  tell  where  they  are  going.  Whi 
1  hear  a  man  talk  of  bondage  in  America,  I 
wonder  whether  he  is  not  free  to  walk  over  Ni- 
agara Falls?  Certainly  he  is;  for  just  that  far  is 
Ireedom  extended  in  this  country.  Why^  a  man 
is  free  to  go  out  of  the  one  body  if  he  will. 
He  i^  not  forced  to  stay  iu  and  do  as  he  pleases. 
If  people  have  no  respect  for  themselves  they 
ought  to  have  at  least  a  little  respect  for  the 
church.  I  see  no  use  in  the  whole- church  be- 
ing turned  upside  down  just  to  suit  the  opinion 
of  one  or  two  men. 

Then,  our  paper  has  a  large  circulation  on 
the  mission  field,  larger,  we  presume,  than  any 
paper  ever  published  among  the  Brethren;  in 
fact,  it  is  a  regular  missionary  paper,  and  is  do- 
iD''  misaionary  work.  It  is  going  to  hundreds 
of  outsiders.  Memberl  send  us  money,  and 
have  us  send  the  papers  to  their  friends  and 
neighbors,  saying  that  it  is  the  very  paper  to 
do  good  because  it  ia  free  ofcontroversy  between 
members.  Would  it  be  right  for  us  to  admit 
miscellaneous  controversies    under  these    cir- 


ciimstauces?  Certainly  it  would  not:  we  would 
do  more  harm  than  good. 

If  other  papers  want  to  publish  all  the  little 
difficulties  and  troubles  they  cau  hear  of  in  the 
church,  to  the  world;  if  they  want  to  allow 
their  contributors  to  abu^e  the  old  brethT»»n. 
say  hard  things  about  them  and  make  fun  of 
them,  and  thereby  bring  disgrace  and  stigma 
on  the  church,  we  cannot  help  it;  hut  we  do  not 
think  they  ought  to  call  us  "policy  men"  or 
"milk-and-water  men,"  because  we  do  not  doit. 
That  is  not  the  right  way  of  conducting 
a  paper:  we  do  not  think  it  is  calculated  to  in- 
crease the  peace  and  hrrmony  of  the  church 
we  do  not  think  the  reading  ol  such  things  is 
cHb'ulated  to  convert  people  and  bring  tbt 
into  the  church.  We  are  opposed  to  it  from 
principle  and  not  from  policy,  and  as  such  our 
poi^ition  ought  to  he  respected.  .r  B.  M. 


'.  It  Wiw  follows: -This  Annual  Mf-elingre. 
news  it!t  ilisapprohalion  at  the  use  of  tobacco,  and 
esiiccially  «l  the  time,  and  in  the  place,  of  divine 
w.ii>.hii>,  and  believes  it  should  be  classed  with 
other  vain  and  useless  tliinna.'  "—l'uK«il2. 

By  this  it  will  be  sfen  that  the  Annual  Meet- 
ing is  about  as  much  opposed  to  the  use  of 
tobacco  tut  either  the  gosjwl  or  the  BiiiTHnBH 
.\T  Work.  .i  h  m 


TOBACCO  AND  THE  ANNUAL 
MEETING. 


SOXIE  of  our  readers  think  we  write  and  pul>- 
lish  too  iiinny  articles  agiiiust  the  use  of 
tobacco.  They  say  the  old  Brethren  used  it; 
they  did  not  condemn  its  use  like  we  do,  and, 
therefore,  we  should  just  let  it  alone  and  say 
nothing  about  it.  In  order  to  see  how  our  old 
Brtthreii  stood  on  the  tolmcco  question,  we  con- 
cluded to  look  it  up,  and  we  must  confess  that 
we  were  agreeably  surpristd.  Our  old  Brethren 
were  sound  on  that  iiue^tion.and  we  would  that 
othtr.-t  were  ecjually  sound  We  shall  take  the 
liberty  of  copying  all  the  Annual  Meeting  ban 
sa  d  on  the  subject,  leaving  our  readers  to  ju  Ige 
whether  we,  in  our  articles,  have  been  too  se- 
vere in  denouncing  the  use  of  th'e  weed.  The 
following  decision  uas  passed  at  the  A.  M.  in 
1S17,     We  quote  from  the  Minutes,  page  .Vi. 

'■  Conceniinc  the  use  of  tobucco.  it  was  in  union 
considereil.  tliittit  aineiubershiHihlbe  fonlaniiiial- 
eil  with  it,  such  should  be  adiuoniitbed  loipiitit; 
JUKI  if  it  would  not  bn  told,  such  a  meailier  could 
II  t  ;  e  elected  to  any  olHce  in  the  elmrcb," 

By  this  it  will  be  seen  that  the  Brethren  ad- 
vised that  if  a  brother  would  not  (juit  the  use  of 
tobacco  he  could  not  be  elected  to  any  otlice  in 
the  church.  That  is  a  good  deal  plainer  than 
we  tiUk.  -W«--n«it-turu  to  pagft^tO-  wltfc^  w« 
have  the  following,  pa-ssed  in  182L'! 

'■  Concenibig  the  abuse  of  tobacco.  This  han  been 
belore  the  meeting  alivady  before  tills,  and  wa,s  al- 
ways considered  a  BUanietiiHy  Imd  liabit  (German, 
t'litugend)— and  every  thinH  bad,  says  the  apostle, 
is  sin.  and  sin  dellletli  the  body ;  and  anotlier  apos- 
tle says  that  your  bodies,  together  witli  soul  diid 
spirit,  sball  be  lioly," 

In  1827  a  question  in  regard  to  raising  tobac- 
co was  before  the  Meeting,  and  wa.-i  disposed  of 
as  follows: 

"  Concerning  luembera  who  engui,'"  bi  the  liilsing 
oftobaceoV  Considered,  tbatmenilters  should  liave 
iiotbing  to  do  with  suidi  things,  by  which  so  much 
mischief  s  done,  and  so  many  men  (and  women 
too)  are  led  caiilive,  as^s  llic  case  wllli  tubacco. 
—Page  6IS. 
The  following  was  before  the  A.  M.  in  1839: 
"  Wlif  ther  a  brollier  maybe  intemperate  with 
stroui?  drink  or  tobacco?    Xo."— Page  tt:>. 

The  decision  of  IStJi  looks  a  little  weak.  The 
query  and  answer  read  as  follows: 

"  Inasmuch  as  all  that  our  Annual  Meeting  ha.s 
hitherto  done  Lo  suppress  the  excessive  or  int- in- 
perate  use  of  tobacco,  in  smoking  and  chewing,  lias 
virtually  proved  a  laiUire.  could  not  this  meeting 
iidopt  some  melliod  by  which  the  excessive  use  of 
this  growing  evil  could  be  suppressed  in  our  lirotlj- 
erliood'/  Answer:  As  the  use  of  tobacco  is  uireii- 
sive  to  some  brethren  andslsleis.  aiidtlieevci'ssive 
use  of  it  an  evil,  we  advise  and  coimael  l»iflbreii 
not  to  use  it  iu  time  of  worshiii.  so  as  to  be  either 
liltliy  or  offensive  lo  otliers,  and  we  think  our  min- 
istering brethn^u  should  admonish  their  members 
not  lo  indulge  in  the  excessive  use  of  it  in  any  way. 
bL'eaiiae  it  is  wrong  lo  do  so." 

But  at  the  A.  M.  in  1870  the  advice  was  to  the 
point,  and  conies  out  in  a  clear  distinct  ring: 

■■Since  llie  Annual  Meeting  bus,  at  dilTerent 
limes. decided  against  Uie  excessive  use  of  lobacco 
(See  Minutes  ol  IMiU.  Art.  ID},  but  the  object  dcsii- 
ed  liiis  not  yet  'leeii  teali/,ed.  we  tlierefore  ask  Uii» 
District  MieUng  to  supiaess  its  use  allogelher.  ex- 
.ept  for  medical  or  mecliunical  pnriioses.  and  to 
deal  with  sudi  as  use  it  according  to  Malt,  is,  as  we 
consider  it  proiK-r  to  deal  with  menUiera  for  weai 
iiig  fiishionablfl  garments.  Minutes  of  im\.  Art. 
and  Muintes  of  imm,  Alt.  :i7.  The  District  Meeting 
favored  the  retiueat.  and  sent  it  to  the  Annual 
U.vtiiig.  Answer:  This  Annual  Meeting  renew> 
][s  disapprobation  of  the  use  of  tobacco,  and  espec- 
ially al  Ihe  time  and  in  the  ylace  of  divine  worship 
and  believes  it  should  be  classed  with  other  vain 
au<l  iiseles,^  iIiing3."-I'Hge  -.m. 

The  last  deciaion  wat  in  1872.  where  tobacco 
is  again   "  classed  with   other  vain  and  useless 

things:" 

"A  re.piesttorcconaider  Art.  :iO,of  Annual  Meet- 
ing of  isio.  There  was  a  reconsideration  of  the 
article  referretl  to.  ami  the  answer  of  IMO  was^'— 
iiewed,  and  ordered  to  be  put  on  the  pr 


PROFESSOR   KNAPP'S    TERRIBLE 
PREDICTION. 

1  STHONOMKliS  are  looking  forward  to  the 
Xl  coming  year  with  considerable  perplexity, 
b.-lieving  that  the  year  18Stl  will  bring  with  it 
the  most  wide-spreixd  and  di-eadful  calamities 
that  have  been  known  for  over  two  thousand 
years. 

To  explain:— The  sun  is  the  center  of  our  so- 
lar ayateni:  around  the  sun  revolve  a  number 
of  planets,  and  among  them  is  the  earth.  There 
are  certain  periods  when  these  planets  approach 
nearest  the  sun.  These  periods  are  noted  for 
general  calamities,  for  the  peculiar  relation  the 
planets  sustain  to  each  other  produces  serious 
disturbances  in  the  atmosphere,  thus  causing 
terrible  rains,  or  prolonged  drouths,  famines, 
diseases  and  pestilences  generally. 

Soon  after  ISSO,  four  of  the  larger  planets 
will  be  at  their  nearest  approach  to  the  sun, 
something  that  has  not  happened  for  two 
thousand  years.  We  are  rapidly  approaching 
(hat  period,  and  already  the  distant  rumblings 
would  neem  to  induate  that  the  storm  is  ap- 
proaching. One  of  our  exchanges  says:  "The 
fact  that  !*o  many  fish  are  dying  off  the  coast  of 
Florida  calls  to  mind  the  awful  prediction  of 
Professor  Knapp.  From  the  juxtaposition  of 
certain  planets  tct  our  earth,  he  predicts  that 
one  half  of  the  population  of  the  world,  includ- 
ing man  and  animals,  and  even  vegetable  life, 
will  perish  before  1880.  In  a  lecture  delivered 
several  years  ngo  he  said  that  this  desolation 
would  commence  by  the  fish  of  the  sea  dying, 
and  pestilence  and  famine  occurring  in  more 
southern  latitude." 

The  famines  in  China  and  Brazil,  the  scourge 
in  South  America,  the  black  and  fatal  plague 
that  is  almost  depo[)ubiling  certain  parts  of 
Auiii,  iw  well  iw  the  pestiii^nvc  among  th«  iii^b  in 
the  Southern  waters  look  like  so  many  steps  in 
the  fulHIIiiient  of  the  dreadful  [u-ophcey.  It 
looks  much  like  the  fulfilling  of  the  prophecy 
uttered  by  the  Savior,  and  recorded  in  Luke  21: 
25,  2tt:  ^' And  there  shall  be  signs  in  the  sun, 
and  in  tlie  moon,  and  in  the  stars;  and  upon  the 
earth  distress  of  nations,  with  perplexity;  the 
sea  and  the  waves  roaring;  men's  hearts  failing 
them  for  feal*,  and  for  looking  after  those  things 
which  are  coming  on  the  earth:  for  the  powers 
of  heaven  shall  he  i-haken." 

The  prophecies  are  fast  fulfilling:  the  "  times 
of  the  Gentiles"  is  about  fulfilbd.  men's  hearts 
are  failing  them,  the  gospel  has  been  made 
known  in  nearly  every  part  of  the  earth,  and 
already  the  civilixed  world  is  looking  with  min- 
gled feelings  of  awe  and  anxiety  to  the  great 
future.  We  are  living  in  a  fearful  age.  May 
Gotl  help  us  to  confide  in  him.  J.  H.  M. 


icnt  Mil 


HOW  I  CATCH  FISH. 

THK  following,  sent  us  by  a  brother,  may  be 
a  little  amusing,  and  to  some  appear  some- 
whiit  ridiculous,  but  there  is  a  good  deal  of 
truth  ia  it.  It  is  the  language  of  an  old  expe- 
rienced fisherman  to  a  minister: 

"The  reason  so  few  sinners  are  converted  is 
because  of  the  manner  in  which  you  angle  for 
theni.  When  I  go  fishing,"  remarked  the  old 
fitherinan,  "  I  use  a  very  delicate  pole,  an  al- 
most invisible  line,  a  hook  of  the  most  artistic 
wtjrkmanship,  and  at  the  end  of  all,  a  very 
tempting  bait,  which  I  softly  and  carefully  drop 
into  the  stream.  But  when  you  ministers  start 
out,  you  take  for  a  pole  a  weaver's  Wani,  to 
which  you  fasten  a  cart  rope  with  a  iiot  hook 
attached,  and  a  snapping  turtle  for  a  bait.  This 
jou  throw  into  the  water  with  a  splash  and  ex- 
claim, '  bite  or  be  damned.'  " 

There  ia  too  much  of  this  kind  of  work  going 
on.  Snapping  turtles  may  be  good  enough  in 
in  their  place,  but  they  are  not  the  Kind  of 
thing*  with  which  to  catch  fish.  Every  Bible 
reader  is  aware  that  the  Savior  in  selecting  his 
twelve  apo-'tles,  made  choice  of  a  number  of 
fisherman  —  men  skilled  in  the  art  of  li^hiuK. 
He  wanted  them  to  become  fishers  of  men,  and 
to  devote  their  time  and  energies  to  converting 
and  getting  pt'ople  into  the  church.  This  re- 
quired as  much  skill  and  patience  as  fishing. 

.T.  H.  M. 


Ttiii:  liiiK'i'iinKisr  ^x  -svokk:. 


0it<[  giBrr  (ifnis 


"  TA*  HW/A  of  Truth  no  Tutxgue  Can  Tell." 

nil  dvpkrimtDt  i»  dc«t|tiivil  for  Mkitig  nod  tmnwerinf 
Mbl*  qtiMtlons.  nri'l  for  th*  aoluiton  or^cHpluntl  diOIcnl- 

£m.  In  onlcr  loinnoia  KihU  Trutb.  >11  quMtJoDi 
ouM  t>c  olnic-l  i*iih  c«n<lor.  ami  «niiTOrt<l  nlib  iu>  much 
olMranu  u  possible.  Ariiclf*  for  tbl*  dcpkrtmcnl.  mu4t 
M  ihon  and  to  Ihc  pnlol. 


Will  xrtini-  iinp  jdciiKf  cvpliiiii  « Iivdifr  frpt-wa^h- 
(ngUtok  jiIiM'c  iiinlcr  till'  olil  or  iicw<Ii»[jfriBiitiuii»'i' 
la  ttif  ('hcniblm.  or  FliiiiiliiKSwuril«lilI  lictni'cn 
man  mul  the  Irce  of  life?  C.  L.Ciiottv. 

ricasi-  i-xiiliitu  I  Tim.  &:«.  wlifcli  rcadmw  fulluwn: 
'•niil  il  itiiy  lUDvidc  iiitt  for  liit-iwii,  iiiid  i'»i)i-fjfilly 
for  tlioHc  of  liiN  own  lioimr'.  In*  liiit li  ilt-iiii-il  the  fultlt, 
and  is  witmr*  iJiiin  an  InHilcl."  V..  s. 

Pleiiac  s^vt'  iin  (•x|>lHii[itl>in  nti  A'-tn  :;:  47:  "  Anrl 
Ujn  IjOuX  Hiiili-d  tv  tliu  ctiiiruli  dittly  niicli  iw  itliould 
b«  dftvi'.l." 

Rom)in<iH:.t.1:  "  Wlio  hIiiiII  lay  aTiythitiK  to  llii- 
Oliarirr>  of  (iod'ii elect?" 

TliiK't'iy  1':  lu:  "TtiiTL'fDro  I  piKlure  all  lliiiiKS 
for  tlic  fliTi'fl  urtkc."  IIi:miv  Sciikant/. 

AVlll  yiiii  or  i)>iiiit<  of  your  rviuItTii  iiIbiwu  uxjilaln 
MiUt.  10:  II,  ift  II  r<>iulM  im  follnnn:  "  Biit  lie  Hald 
unto  llii-iii.  All  men  ninnot  rei-elvftlilHH}iyli)(;,  ftavs 
they  1(1  wliiirn  II  iHKiven.  For  tlieruarn  Botiiemi- 
nucli8,  wfilrli  U'l-rc  ho  hxtiii  from  lIiL'lr  inoIlier'H 
womli:  ami  Dien*  arrt  Hoirie  ciuiiirtiH,  wlilrli  wcit- 
mndeeiMiiirliHof  men:  aijdtlii>reli<-i'Niirii'lii<,  vvJtIfli 
bavo  inadi-  tliiiinitelvi'H  eiiniiclifl  Tor  the  kliiffdoiii  nf 
lieaveiiV  »akL<.  lilt  tliat  JH  iihlc  Irinrf^nivi-  II.,  let  liiin 
rptrelvf  H."  V.  J.  Fiiant/. 

Will  vi'ti,  iir  HfinieoneelM- jdcjiti-  j/iveitticvpliiiiii- 
tion  "f  Kev.  :f:  IT?  Itmulx  Uiiih;  "IlMluit  liHt)i  an 
UJU',  let  lilui  Jicar  vliat  tlie  M|>li-lt  xalUi  iiiito  th<- 
aliiin!hi'»:  To  hlin  Iliiil  ov'-i'r..iia'lli  will  I  Kive  lo 
eut  ofllHr  liidileii  iii<tiiti:i..'ilj<l  Will  (five  liiiri  a  wlijlo 
Btoiie,  and  In  Mi''  Hlonr  a  new  nanii*  wrllli-n,  ivliicli 
no  man  knowotti  navintr  Ik^  tinit  reiielvctli  ft." 

MaIIV  Y.UilA'M. 

Plittuc  I'xjilaln  Uironicli  tliuUi(i(Tiiiir.N  at  Wokk 
tlio  ini-anlnK  of  I  Cor.  li*;:  :;i'.  Iln-ad»at«  followH: 
"Klne  what  fdiall  thc>y  do  wlilr-Ii  are  I>a|i(l/ed  for 
tlio  dr'itd,  If  Uh-  dead  tixi'  not  at  all  t  why  aie  they 
lliwn  ltii|itl/i'd  for  Ihi'  dnid  i"  " 

WJial  are  we  to  iiijdt.'i'Ktiin(l  by  the  term,  "  Why 
an-  tlicy  then  Imjitl/ed  fur  the-  dead?"  J.  K. 

Ideiire  an  f\(tlanallon  on  1  Tim. .".;  I'l:  "Sonic 
nieii'xnimi  are  o]ti'n_  hefnicliand,  \iL*\u\i  lie  lore  to 
judgment ;  nnd  Home  men  liioy  follow  afler." 

S.  A.  \Viiii-Ki:v. 
I'leasi-Kive  j-oiir  view*  UironRh  tliu  JJni:Tin[i;.\ 
AT  Work,  of  Malt.  r.:-.':..  whleh  rcadw  an  fullows; 
"  Ak'iee  wUh  lIiIiH-  ndvemary  .|iil<'kly,  wjilli'  Ilion 
art  111  tin-  way  with  liini;  lent  at  tiny  llinH  the  ml- 
vowary  dcllvt'i-  tlieo  lo  Urn  jinljic,  and  the  jn.lwi- 
deliver  tlioo  to  llie  ofllci-r,  and  thou  Ui  cafiMjilo 
]»rlHrtti." 

Also  1  Tim.  :.:  (i,  10:  "  hti  mil  n  widow  he  luken 
Into  till'  nuniht'rHiulerlhre(.'»foro  ycjirstnld,  liavinn 
bet-ri  tlie  wife  of  one  man,  well  reported  offurKood 
works;  if  Khehiivebroiinlituii  children.  If  «lie have 
lodped  jtlrMnnerH,-  if  *\\ti  have  w;wlied  llje  saliits' 
fefit,  if  j«lie  ttJive  rulttived  the  iiJlIlctcd.  11  nhe  have 
dilitceiilly  followed  uvitry  jjood  Work."' 

J.  B.  Kljjiu. 
M'lll  some  one  idonno  pxiilnln  Ilcb.  1;  l.  ;l:  ■■  For 
tlih  MflchiHeileir.  kln^of  Saium,  iiriettLof  llio  most 
lilfi))  (iod,  who  met  Alnahiim  retnrnhiR  from  tli(> 
slaUKlilerof  the  kliiK'N.  and  hIe.-«Hr'd  him;  withoul 
father,  willioiit  mother,  wllhi.at  desieiit.  having 
neither  In-RiiinlnnrtrdayB.  nor  end  of  life;  Imtniiule 
like  niitotlieson  of  God;  Jibidcth  a  print  rontln- 
"«"y."  JI.  it. 

Will  Nomo  one  pleasu  explain  .K-r.  la;  :>"{  It  reads 
as  folIowK;  "If  tbou  hiwl  rnn  with  the  footmen, 
mid  they  have  wearied  thee.  Ilicii  liow  nniHl  tliim 
conU-nd  wiih  lior»i«?  ami  tf  In  [he  land  of  pi-iire, 
wherein  thou   trUMl^-dHl.  they   wearied   Ihee,  then' 


come  down  to  take  anythinfif  out  of  hi.i  hoaw>." 
History  t«lbi  us  the  iiouse-to[>*>  then  wtrc  made 
flat,  and  |>i?oplf>  oft«n  xat,  walked,  praytd,  took 
their  mealn,  and  fpcnt  their  ni^htx  th(.*reon. 
The  way  I  andemtand  it,  in  that  they  ihoDld 
not  be  concerned  about  their  hou.>whol>l  goodx. 
but  flee  in  the  xhortetit  and  quickest  wity  for 
their  own  nafety.  Great  was  the  tribulation,  a* 
was  foretold  in  tlie  tv*»*nty-fip't  veri*e.  It  i« 
wUited  that  one  million  one  hundred  thounand 
were  slain.  In  the  vicinity  two  hundred  and 
fifty  thoUNand  more.  Xinety-v.-veu  thotiiiand 
were  sold  into  perpftiml  bondage,  and  niulti- 
tudea  jierished  by  famine  and  rniel  treatment. 

I'ltAXKM.V   ItoYKR. 


In  yon  clime  of  Jovb  Anpenial, 

Where  etenial  himimer  glows. 
We  may  meet  in  thai  «real  temple 

Thiit  no  brokfii  altar  kri"«»: 
Where  the  mmtlr  and  the  baiujuett 

Ami  the  d.iy  •Hall  never  rltw. 
In  yon  clime  of  jovn  8U|iemal 

Where  eternal  MiiiiIiht  gli>ws. 

HOW    TO    ADJUST    DIFFICULTIES. 

By  E.  KYLE. 


^orceaponitcnct*. 


THE    SERMON. 

It  should  lie  warm— a  Ilviiif(  altar  eoal. 
To  melt  the  ley  hearl,  and  cbarm  the  «oii  I ; 
A  lifeless,  dull  harangue,  however  read. 
Will  never  rouxp  the  soul,  or  ratiie  thedeiul. 

It  Khonld  be  simple,  practleal.  and  riear; 
\o  line-Hiiuii  theory  to  jilffoie  the  earl 
Xo  curious  lay,  to  lii-kle  letliTed  jiride. 
And  leave  the  poor  and  jilaui  unexlilU-d. 

It  8b*uld  lie  tender  an<l  affeetionate. 
Ah  his  warm  theme  w  ho  wept  lust  Salem's  fate. 
The  flery  law,  with  words  of  love  allayed. 
Will  sweetly  warn,  and  awfully  persuiwie. 


FLOWERS. 


1!Y  ISA8EI-I-A  F.  KKI^O. 


IjTLOIiA  is  tlie  goddeas  of  flowern.    A  goildes-s 
\}      is  a  feigned  god,  or  n  dissenihling  goddess. 


how  wilt  Dlou  do  Ji)  tliu  swelling  of  .lordaii 

(".  i:.  U. 
I  would  like  tolinvo  sonioone  oxjiluin,  through 
yourpiiper.  Ileb.8:8-I0.  U  reads  as  followa:  "For 
finding  fault  with  them,  lie  saitli,  IJelmld,  the  davs 
come,  Kuith  the  I,or.I,  when  1  will  make  a  new  eoV 
emint  with  the  house  of  Israel  and  with  the  bouse 
of  .ludah:  not  iiceording  to  the  covenant  thai  I 
m:ule  with  their  fathiis,  in  the  day  wlien  I  took 
lliem  hy  the  hand  to  lead  them  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypl:  because  they  continued  notinmveovenanl. 
and  1  regarded  them  not.  saith  llu-  I.oJd.  For  this 
Is  the  coveiia  jt  thai  I  will  make  Willi  the  hoiHe  of 
Israel  after  tho.He  days,  saith  the  l.nnl;  I  will  put 
my  laws  into  their  mind,  and  write  them  in  their 
hearta :  and  I  will  be  io  them  n  «od.  ami  tbev  shall 
be  to  me  a  people," 


ON  THE  HOUSE-TOP. 

Will  the  HKKTmtE.v  at  Wobk  plciisogivo  an  ex- 
planation  on  Matt.  24: 17,  which  reads  as  follows- 
"  Let  hiin  wbleh  is  on  the  lioiwetop  not  come  down 
to  Uke  unytbiiiK  out  of  his  house." 

Ab.0  verse  4(i.  which  reads  as  follows:  "Then 
flball  two  be  in  the  Held,  the  one  shall  be  taken  and 
the  other  left."  JAMJllEliDY. 

IX  the  first  part  of  this  chapter,  Chri>t  was 
foretelling  of  the  captivity  of  ,)erusH]eni. 
and  the  desfr-ction  of  the  temple,  whicli  was 
abo  Bpoketi  of  by  the  prophet  Daniel,  as  history 
telU  ui-,  more  than  five  Imndred  years  ago.  Dan. 
;t:27.aiid  12:1].  lu  the  sixteenth  ver*e,  he 
warue  "  them  that  are  in  Judea  to  ilee  to  the 
m.flintains,-  I«.t  they  might  he  destroyed,  or 
taken  into  captivity  by  the  Komaus. 
Xoff  •■  let  him  which  i«  on  the  house-top  not  I  nite  chamber  of  the  immensity  of  God, 


In  Spring  time,  when  the  buds  exi)and  and  the 
loaves  are  green,  the  wonderful  nietHnioriilioseM 
which   they   undergo   from  seed    to   plant  and 
(lower,  and  from  fiower  to  seed  a^ain,  showing 
the  nmnifestations  of  the  fireat  Creator,  when 
the  May  flowers  are  waving  their  lofty  heads  in 
the  suiisliine,  or  swayed  to  and  fro  by  the  gentle 
evening    breeze.     The   variety,   fragrance,   ele- 
gance, the   finest  adaptation  nnd  singularity  of 
sti-ncture  have   long  been    themes  for  the  poet, 
naturalist,  and  the  deep  thinking  men  of  science. 
What  a  desolate  place  earlh  would  be  without 
flowers!    (it  emblems    of  the   comjueror's    tri- 
umphs, or  ornaments  of  the  frigid  corjise  in  the 
coffin;  accepted  nt  the  Iiiitl  of  festivity  with  ad- 
niiru^D,,or.  decorating    the    isolated    grave. 
When  the  midsummer  sun  sends  his  scorching 
rays  on  the  earth,   how  beautiful   the  sight  of 
the  cool    vine-clnd  arbor,  the  window's  recess, 
tivllised   porch,  halcowy,  facade,  or  tiny  front 
plot  embellished  with  flowerets. 

lIow  silently  flowers  bloom!  yet  what  an  oh- 
ject  for  contemidatiou  to  the  refined  and  reflect- 
ive mind!  "Consider  the  lilies  of  tho  field,  how 
they  grow;  they  toil,  not,  neither  do  they  spin: 
and  yet  Ifiayuutoyou, that  even  Solomon  in  all 
his  glory  WH3  not  arrayed  like  one  of  these." 
With  all  of  the  glory  which  Solomon  possessed, 
he  was  very  inipirfcct  wlien  compared  with  the 
lily,  the  siiujile  flower  of  God's  creation — is  coii- 
^idt■red  to  be  arrayed  with  more  t;!ory  than  all 
the  perishable  display  of  nmn.  Vain,  proud 
Uunumity  can  bo  taught  an  imporlunt  lesson  of 
humility  hy  the  >iiiiiplii:ify  bf  the  lily;  (lie  in- 
nocent flowers  show  the  perfection  of  a  Creator's 
Imnd,  and  the  impf-rfections  of  hunniu. 

When  Autumn  approaches,  the  flowers  begin 
to  fade,  and  decay  is  written  upon  every   pa^e 
of  nature's  scroll,  and  all  who  heed  can  see  tlie 
nd  of  all  things  earthly.    And  as  the  quiet  an- 
gel of  death  approaches  luinmii,  W3  fade  and  de- 
cay to  be   removed  to   the  sacred   necropolis. 
Something  remarkable  about  flowers  ia  their 
rotalioti  of  bloom,  each  in   its  own  order:  this 
syatcmatic  arnmgenient    alone,    exliibits    tlie 
wonderful  power  of  the  supreme  lieing,  as  much 
as  the  rotation  of  Spring,  Summer,   Antumn, 
and  Winter.     Repeatedly  the' words  of  art  have 
tried  to  imitate  that  of  nature.     Perfection  of 
imitation  is   beyond  the  skill  of  imperfect   hu- 
manity especially  in   brilliamy   and   accurate 
Llelicacj'.      One    cannot  examine    closely    the 
struct  uro  of  an    immaculate    flower    without 
thinking  if  the  little  messenger  were  well  oIk 
served  and   our  lifetime   were  as  innocent  jls 
its,  we  would  spend  very   pleasant  lives.     V.\- 
quisite  flowers  incite  to  purity  of  life  and  char- 
acter.   To  what  an  eminent  degree   purity  is 
seen  in  the  life  of  the  Savior!    What  examples 
of  purity  of  mind,  chasteness  of  speech,  and  am- 
iable character  are  set  for  our  imitation!    These 
precepts  gracefully  adorn  youth;  iire  an  orna- 
ment in  old  age,  and  the  soul   whith  it  embel- 
lishes is  beautified  and  elevated.     Then    as  we 
behold  the  natural    fiower,  we  think   that  such 
never     fading  flowers     fiiith,    hope,    goodness, 
purify,  and  radi  lucy  dwell  only  willi  God.  »nd 
the  mind   soars   upward  as  if  on  the  zephyr  of 
reverie,  moved  by  angels'  wings,  our  a'*  pir  at  ions 
ftill  mounting  higher  nnd  higher,  into  the  infi- 


Moreover  If  thy  IiMther  shall  trespass  against 
Ihee,  go  and  U-11  him  his   faalt   bet  *een  tliee  and 
;ib.ni-:  If  he  shall  bear  thee,  thou  lia-^t  gained 
Itiy  broilicr,"— ilatt.  is;  I*.. 

'PIIE  above  is  the  language  of  Jesus  Christ  the 
1  great  Iiead  of  the  church,  and  was  given  by 
him  oa  a  rule,  or  a  law,  by  whicli  Christians  can 
adjust  all  differences,  trespasses,  or  offenses, 
that  may  arise  Iwtween  them  and  their  brethren. 
If  they  are  guilty  of  the  same  offense  that  they 
charge  their  brother  with,  and  bring  a  chargt 
against  him,  they  certainly  are  as  unreasonable 
as  the  unforgiving  servant;  and  (ioil.  the  right- 
eous judge,  will  deal  with  him  accordingly  in 
the  great  day  of  reckoning.  "  Moreover  if  thy 
brother  shall  trespaas"  that  is.  sin  or  olfend 
thee,  go  and  telldiim  of  his  fault,  not  go  and 
tell  it  to  .some  one  el.-ie.  or  to  the  church:  for  in 
doing  so,  you  tre,'*pas3  upon  your  baptismal 
jiromise,  that  if  you  saw  anything  wrong  in 
your  brother  or  lister,  you  would  privately  go 
and  talk  to  him;  and.  in  the  spirit  of  love,  ad- 
monish him  and  show  him  bis  fault,  and  try  to 
gain  thy  brother  thyself  before  you  would  tell 
it  to  the  church. 

Many  a  poor  soul  that  once  bid  fair  (in  this 
iiil'iil  world)   for  the   higher  regions  of  glory, 
has  been  crushed  down  by  some  brother  depart- 
ing from  the   above  rule  and   going  and  tiiiling 
the   olVense   to  others  or  to   the  church    before 
going  to  see  the  one  that  offended  or  trespassed. 
This  discourages  the  brother  and  he  thinks  it  ii 
no  use  for  him  to  try  when  his  bretlireii  do  not 
think  enough  of  him  to  come  to  him  and  tell 
him  of  liis  fault,  but  tells  it  to  the  church  where 
he   must   answer  to  it,    no  matter   liow  much 
shnme  and  mortification  it  brings  upon  him  and 
hi^  coi.i|)anion  or  relatives  in  the  flesh.     So  he 
will   quit  the  cUuroh.     Such  has  been  the  case 
of  more  than  one  weak  brother  or  sister,  who  is 
of  a  very  si-nsitive  nature;  all  cftOStd   by  some 
brother  or  sister  not  going  according  to   gosjal 
in  their  treatment  of  their  weaker  brother,  wlio 
perhaps  needed   and  would  gladly  received  all 
admonition  given  to  him,  in  a  loving,  kind  and 
Christian  spirit.    May  God,  the  Father,  hel|>  u: 
to  see  our  oiin  faults  nnd   measure  our.>elves  by 
the  fjo-yicl  rule  before  we  see  our  brother' 
measure  him,  is  uiy  prayer. 


THE  TRINITY  OF  THE    GODHEAD. 

IIV  DANIEL  I.ONGAXECKKIt. 

^rriE  Son  is  not  the  Father,  for  the  Son  is  be- 
1  gotten ;  but  the  Father  from  all  eternily  is 
unhi'gotten.  -If  the  Son.  bom  of  the  virgin 
Mary,  be  God,  then  Mary,  a  creature,  is  the 
mother  of  God,  the  Creator— a  mystery  which 
man  or  angels  cannot  solve.  Mary  is,  there- 
fore, the  mother,  only,  of  the  ptirsou  of  the  Son 
begotten,  not  the  mother  of  his  Deity.  In  De- 
ity the  Father  and  (he  Son  are  one;  in  human- 
ity the  Father  is  greater  than  the  Son.  Tlu-iv 
are  three  that  bear  record  in  heaven,— three  in 
office,  not  three  in  per-^on,  but  one  in  Deity. 
Three  in  office,  tho  Father  draws  the  sinner; 
therefore  Ui,  "baptizing  them  in  the  name  of 
the  Father."  2nd,  The  oflice  of  the  Sou  pur- 
dons;  therefore,  "baptizing  them,"  not  in  the 
Fatlier's  name,  hut  "  in  the  name  of  tlie  Soti," 
done  to  honor  the  Son  of  ihe  Father.  -"Jid,  The 
office  of  the  Spirit  is  to  guide  in  all  truth;  there- 
fore baptizing  them  "  in  the  name  of  the  Spirit " 
By  immerqon  in  each  name  we  confess  the  trin- 
ity by  trine  immersion.  If  we  soy.  I  baptize 
thee  in  the  name  of  the  Father  and  don't  do  it, 
and  of  the  Son  and  don't  do  it,  and  of  the  Holy 
Ghost  and  then  baptize,  are  we  not  denying  the 
Father  and  the  Son  in  baptism? 

By  trine  immersion  we  are  sure  to  liavo  bap- 
tism enough;  by  single  immersion  we  arc  not 
su^re.  We  pray  you  make  your  calling  and 
election  sinr.  Let  flesh  ami  blood  say  what 
they  will,  we  are  pei-suuded  that  if  it  wa.s  as 
convenient  and  as  pleivsant  as  sprinkling,  all 
men  would  un<Ierstaad  and  preterit,  and  if  t'ru-e 
immersion  was  as  ea.y  and  quickly  done  as  sin- 
gle.  men  would  understand  nnd  obey  it.  Ob- 
swvation  ha.-*  eonvincwf  us  that  nothing  i^  hard- 
er for  man  to  learn  than  that  which  he  opp  ..ses- 
but  how  ea*y  to  learn  what  we  love  and  wi^h 
to  know. 


Items  in  Brief. 

O  ATntDAT  night.  March  1st,  by  ur* 
\)     que^t.  gave  the  Temperance  Atwocj^!"' '^ 
Iowa  f.'entre.  an  address  on  temperan       ""  ' 
M.  E.  Church.     Every   available  sp-., 
building  filled  with  eager  listeners,     x. 
licitation  of  the  Association,  conseutel 
dress  them  again  in  the  near  future     o  ^''.'^' 
day,  2nd.  was  conveyed  by  a  kind  brotbe  ''  ^^^' 
regular  appointment   in  Polk   county  '^l**'"'^ 
attendance   and    much    interest,     'fext     i     ^'■ 
.5.5:  U^  n.     In  the  afternoon  was  couvc  l"'"*'' 
brethren  to  the  Green  Valley  school-hn         ' '■' 
per  county,  where  we  had  previouslv  i  "" 

ed  we  would  conduct  a  serie.s  of  ineetino    t'""' 
full  house.     Text.  1    John  4:  2U.     gui,,'     "^^ 
terest.     Following  evenioif  met  h  larg^       "  '^' 
again.     Subject.   John    15:  ai,     Tiiem,,    ..-,'''" 
work's  of  Jesus."     An  iiuusuul  wami  t.']' 
this  meeting.     Tuesday.  -Itli.  met  at  lu  o'"|'^  ^' 
small  attendance.     Text.  Eph.  2: 17.    Atl 
lighting    met  a  crowded    house  again     t"^'" 
Num.  10:29.     tiuite   good  impressions  an'^*' 
ently   at   this   meeting.     Wednesday  evi-  '"^^ 
large  attendance.     Text,    John  4;  35  -to    ^.^• 
terest  increasing.    Thursday  evening  (u|i  1      "" 
Text,  John  14: 23.     Friday  at  10  o'clock.  p^7l' 
ed  a  funeral   discourse,  four  iniles  west  of  ""^ 
meeting   place,   for  a  de-ir   little  boy  of  (V  "^"l 
John   Kinney.    He  died   very  suddenly  2) 
croup;  was  playing  and  doing  little  hoiMml] 
duties  only  a  few  hours  before  his  death.    T. 
litjv.  7:  9.     0  how  hard  to  give  them  upt    J-' 
day  evening,  full  house  again.    Text,  ii  C„i.  "' 
1,2,3.      Saturday   evening,  large  attendan' 
Text.  Acts  4:11.  12.    Sunday  at  11  o'dod 
house  croi<ded.  Text,  Acts  20: 32.     Hp.t ;,,, 
of  any  of  the   previou?  meetings,  except  on^ 
When  we  sung  a  hynm  and  gave  an  iiivitidio,^ 
one  yonng  man  arose.     Sunday  evening  hciup 
pacKed   full.     Test.  Rev.  22:  17.     Interest  slil] 
increasing.     When  an  invitation  was  given,  tit. 
more   precious   souls  arose  as  an  evidence  tLat 
they  were    reatly    to   follow    the   Savior.    Tin, 
meeting  ended  the  series,  as  seeding  time  had 
come;  but  it  was  with  a  sad  heart  that  we  dos- 
ed   the  meetings,   as  I  am    assured   many  morf 
were  "  almost   persuaded  ''  and  are  very  "  neiir 
the   kingdom."    Had   no   occasion  during  th^ 
meetings  to  reprove  any  one  for  improper''ci)n. 
duct,  although  the  house  was  so  much  crowded 
at  times. 


Prospects  for  accessions  in  this  vicinity  were 
never  better.  On  the  15th  inst.  we  expsci 
some,  perhaps  all  that  have  made  applicatigu, 
to  be  baptized.  At  the  meetings  we  had  ex- 
pected foreign  help,  but  was  disai)pointed;  so 
we  took  courage  and  in  t!ie  Lord's  strengtii  wv 
did  what  little  we  could,  and  all  praise  Ijc  uiilu 
the  Lord  for  the  refreshing  shower  of  giace  we 
enjoyed  while  "sitting  together  in  heavenij 
places  in  Christ  Jet>ns."  Dear  brethren  let  us 
live  "near  the  cross."  Let  us  never  give  the 
world  cause  to  say,  "  You  have  served  your  God 
for  naught."  D.  E,  Bi:ub.iker. 

Ima  Ccn(n\  Iowa,  March  1%  187!). 


The  hardest  thing  to  hold  in  the  world  is  n 
unruly  tongue. 


Echoes  from  the  Center. 

iFroin  Our  Siicdal  Corrcapouil.'in.  1 

XUMBER  Xlll. 

A    Pleasant    Entertainment;— Lord's    lu. 
Pleasant  Hours  at  Pleasant  Ridge;— ^:: 
Coming  Home;— By    the    Waterside,     . 
Farewell. 

THIS  evening  we  had  the  plea'jure  of  enter- 
taining two  of  the  Lord's  veterans  nf  the 
crovs,  Brethren  P.  J.  Brown  and  Williiim 
Keifer,  of  Congress,  Ohio,  who  are  en  youU 
for  Pleasant  Ridge,  Ohio,  to  commence  a  series 
of  meetings  at  that  place.  It  is  a  pleasure  to 
meet  with  the  people  of  God.  The  evening 
was  speut  agreeably,  and  I  trust,  profitably  to 
all. 

Brother  Brown  i.s  a  man  of  great  experience 
in  the  Christian  religion;  and,  as  an  exjjomider 
and  defender  of  Christian  truth,  has  but  tew. 
if  any,  equals.  God  bless  them  in  their  lii'ior'. 
and  I  hope,  ore  long,  lo  send  a  favorable  re|wrt 
from  that  part  of  the  mission  field. 

To-day  we  met  in  the  Old  Church  for  wor- 
ship. Notwitlistauding  the  prevailing  snow 
storm,  a  goodly  number  convened  to  comanin* 
with  God  once  more  in  the  courts  of  their  Oi)d. 
The  service  was  opened  by  bingiug  tlie  i*^"" 
hymn. 

"Jesus,  thou  dear  redeeming  Lord, 
Thy  blessing  we  implore;"'  etc. 
After  prayer,  the  speaker  selected  as  «  ""**'f 
for  his  discourse  a   part  of  1   Kings  20:  vi- 
Tneine— Opportunities  for  doing  good. 

1.    Man  possesses  abilities  to  do  good. 


I 


APj-iL 


XJtiE    l^l^KTKLKEIN    ^VT    AVOiilC. 


fa** 


^li-.ttija  ot"  sinoeM  should    be   bis 

^*"    '  Q^ot  IWeto    Liro^elf,  uXouc,  but  is  a 

***^Jin'r.     It  fas  the  design  of  his  Creator 

^'      '...iilii    minister  to  the    wHiit-i   of  hi-* 

''    '  ^n   and  that  ht?  is  resj>on<ihle    f»r    tliiit 

„j  has   committed   to  his   trust.      H- 

tiiprelow.    renounce    his   re^pon^ihility 

jj.  ijidepeiideut  of    his    ftllows.  but   is 

1 .  i,;*->'t^3t**^ '"  ''*^  welfare   of  humanity, 

«"*  -^  J.r^^onsible.     Man  has  abilitiM  for  do- 

i'"'^"*    J    |jf    his   uit^Ueetual    attainiufuts,  by 

■■^^^''^llh  and  by  his  influence, 

ibihties   and  does 


He  who  pos- 
ihoj'e  aiMiines   auu  uwe>  not  impart   to 
**^"    bis  lif<!  is  a  failufp.  and  has  not  met  the 
^^^^'  .e  Lis  Crfator.     While  we  may  deem  it 


.  _;.„  of  liis  ^ 

"''        j.p  (0  visit  the  sons  ot  poverty,  amelio- 


I  h>r  fo''   *''^  salvation    ol  sinners   outvies 
*  all.  a»^  this  should  be  the  special    object 

*"     j,eii.     This  every  true  disciple  of  Jesus 
.  .     and  not  allow  his    mind   to  become  so 

II  absorbed  by  the  cares  of  life,  by  trade  or 
stic  nffaii's.  that  he  cannot  look  after   the 

t,f  the  sinner.     Opportunities  for   doing 
oone  by  cannot  he  recalled,  and  tht* 


I  visit  the  house  of  the  afflicted,  etc. 


j/uts 


erful,  and  show  to  all  that  you  have  bi'cu  with 
Jesus  and  will  live  for  him  alone.  Never  bad 
I  seen  such  impressive  scenes,  all  labored  hani 
for  the  salvation  of  souls,  and  many  rtjoiced 
and  gloriti'-d  God  for  his  saving  grace.  V'athers 
and  mothers,  U'-ighbors  and  cbildn-n,  w.'pt  and 
prayed  forthe  conversion  of  each  other.    Shouts 

'glitry  be  to  God,"  rent  the  air  as  the  dear 
souls  came  from  the  watery  grave,  and  sinners 
were  made  to  tremble.  I  believe  many  more 
are  near  the  kingdom,  and  I  pray  God  tiiey 
will  dime  snou.  The  little  colony  of  six  mem- 
bers in  that  part  of  our  district,  is  swelled  to 
the  number  of  forty-seven  since  last  Kali,  which 
places  the  number  of  the  Eagle  Creek  congre- 
gation at  21S  members. 

In  conclusion,  would  say  to  my  fellow-meni' 
hers  of  this  district,  let  us  give  God  all  tlie 
glory  for  his  goodness,  mei-cy,  and  success  in 
the  glorious  cause.  Let  us  all  deny  ourselves 
oi  every  thing  that  is  unholy,  aud  live  humbly 
and  faithfully  to  our  trust  a  few  more  days, 
and  then  we  can  go  from  labor  to  reward. 

S.  T.  Bos&ERMAN. 

nunkirk.Ohm,  Mnn-h  IHIh.  hVj. 


lupous. 


ibility  rests  upon    U3.      We    may    look 

those  living  in  sin   and  expect   at   sonie- 

"'"' to  try  to  persuade  th'-m  t-)   enter  tlur  ark 

ftafetv.      B"t    we    move    loo  slow,  are    loo 

!k  iv  here  and  there,"  they   move   awoy   from 

■   perhaps,  die  and  the  opportunity  ia  lost, 

',  ,|,g  salvation  of  the  soul  not  secured. 

*  To-ila.v  I  joined  the  Brethren  in  their   labors 

Pleasant  Ridge,  in  the  north-eastern  part  of 

-    [^  Creek  congrfgation.    Hancock  county. 


W^ 


Prom  Walla  Walla,  Washington  Ty. 


ObiiJ- 


Three  applicants  lor  baptism,  ne.'st   day 


jupre,  which  four  were  baptized    according 

(^tl,e  command  of  the  Master.       Meetings   of 

nflffiiig  interest.     Our  worthy  evangelists  are 

tertaiuiug   the  people    in  the   light   of    the 

(Mpel  and  holding  forth    the    truth  in  great 

power- 

Tofiay  foin"  more  willing  souls  came  out  and 
accepted  the  easy  terms  of  the  gospel  and  were 
.  .(jged  beneath  the  liquid  wave,  and  arose  Lo 
walk  in  newness  of  life.  Friday  evening,  an- 
other full  house,  and  several  more  applicants; 
iuptisni  announced  for  Saturday  morning,  10; 
30  at  which  time  the  sword  of  the  spirit  was 
jQjjowerfully  and  skillfully  handled  thak  the 
number  confessing  Christ  was  swelled  to  twelve, 
ffho  ffci'e  conveyed  to  the  waterside  and  were 
baptized  according  to  the  command  of  our  di- 
vine Master.  Oh  joy  inexpressible!  How  the 
,1  par  converts  wept  for  joy  and  gloriSed  Goil 
for  tins  freedom  from  the  thralldom  of  sin  and 
Satan.  God  bless  the  earne?t  workers  in  the 
field.  The  Esthers  were  out  looking  after  their 
kindred,  fathers  and  mothers  wept  and  prayed 
for  their  children,  and  the  cause  moved  along, 
and  God  was  glorified.  Oh!  what  power  there 
is  ill  unity  of  action  and  unity  of  sentiment. 
Sio  ciiauot  withstand  a  solid  eohmiii  of  Chris- 
tisE  workers;  it  must  yield;  bless  the  Lord  nf 
glory.  Oh  for  more  of  this  love  and  unity  of 
a:tiaa  tliroii'  bout  the  brotherhood;  many 
more  souls  might  be  saved. 

Meetings  continued  day  and  night,  and  sin- 
ners were  converted.  On  Sunday,  four  were 
added  by  baptism,  and  glorified  God  for  his  re- 
deemiug  grace  and  power.  Oh!  the  holy  and 
joyous  scenes  at  the  waterside.  How  willingly 
they  yielded  to  the  baptismal  wave!  How  joy- 
oosly  they  exclaimed,  "Glory  to  God,"  '"Now 
we  will  serve  God,"' etc.  Never  did  I  see  such 
earnest  solicitations  from  the  converts  to  their 
neighbors  and  comrades  to  join  with  them  in 
this  holy  work. 

On  Monday,  the  writer  was  called  home  to 
preach  the  funeral  of  Mr.  C.  Wilch,  which 
took  place  in  the  U.  B.  Church.  A  large  au- 
dieuee  of  sympathizing  friends.  Oh!  what 
sorrow  in  the  heart  of  the  dear  widow  and  the 
little  children.  The  dear  little  boy  wept  as  if 
hisheart  would  break,  that  his  papa  was  gone 
never  more  to  return.  Oh!  may  God  bless  the 
fatherless  children  every-where,  for  their  lot  is 
a  sad  one  in  this  cold  and  uncharitable   world. 

On  Tuesday,  we  closed  our  series  of  ineet- 
iDgs  at  Pleasant  Ridge,  and  had  another  en- 
joyable season  together,  laboring  for  the  sal- 
vation of  sinners.  Eleven  more  confessed  Christ, 
and  were  initiated  into  the  church  by  the  holy 
ordinance  of  Cliristian  baptism.  One  dear 
brother  was  restored,  making  in  all  thirty-six 
accessions  to  the  church  during  this  ten  days' 
special  effort.  Our  dear  brethren  delivered 
their  farewell  discourse  ere  we  repaired  to  the 
ivaterside;  and  never  was  1  so  impressed  with 
■the solemn  duties  obligatory  upon  the  minister. 
Brother  Brown  made  us  feel  of  a  truth,  that  to 
sow  the  seed  was  one  thing,  and  to  cultivat. 
the  tender  plant  quite  another.  Oh.  may  God 
give  us  much  patience,  love,  and  wisdom,  thit 
^is  flock  may  be  reared  up  and  be  strong  m 
the  Lord.  To  the  dear  converts,  may  you  ever 
W  close  at  the  foot  of  the  cross,  and  be   pray- 


I  THINK  this  agood  country,  and  reasonably 
healthy.  The  Winter,  so  far,  has  been 
more  severe  than  I  exfected  it  to  he,  yet  it 
has  been  nothing  to  compare  withlllinois.  The 
snow  has  been  nearly  afoot  der|)  in  the  valley, 
while  on  the  mountains  it  has  been  from  one 
to  ten  feet  deep,  most  of  the  time. 

If  there  weio  a  church  htre.  I  think  1  could 
locate  and  he  satistied.  but  tliere  is  no  church 
and  only  a  few  Brethren,  and  they  are  scatter- 
ed throughout  the  country.  Brother  David 
Brower  held  four  meetings  in  this  vicinity 
while  on  his  return  from  the  upper  ct'uutry. 

People  heie  are  very  friendly  and  hospitable 
to  strangers,  much  more  so  than  in  the  States, 
We  wilt  probahiv  locate  somewhere  near 
Brother  Browers,  if  the  country  suits,  if  not, 
we  calculate  settling  somewhere  in  Western 
Oregon.  This  is  a  rich,  fertile  ctmntry,  pro- 
ducing nearly  all  kinds  of  grain  and  vegetables 
in  great  quantities  and  of  excellent  ciuality. 
Wheat  and  barley  are  the  staples.  I'otatoes 
and  garden  products  grow  abundantly  on 
nearly  all  soil.  Fruit  trees  do  not  thrive  well 
in  all  localities,  but  bear  well  where  they  grow. 
The  greatest  drawback  here  is  the  scarcity  of 
water  during  the  dry  season.  Many  fine  tracts 
of  lind  of  rich  soil  are  much  depreciated  in 
value  from  the  fact  that  water  cannot  be  found 
u]>>n  them.  These  lands  are  often  farmed,  but 
are  very  expeusive,  as  water  has  to  be  hauled 
iViirn  the  nearest  spring  or  stream.  In  course 
of  lime  when  the  country  becomes  better  set- 
tled, more  exti-nsive  eilorts  will  be  made  to  pro- 
cure water  in  greater  abundance. 

Taking  the  age  and  geographical  position  of 
this  country   into  consideration,  we  think  it 
compares   favorably  in    progress,  religirm  and 
morals    with    any    new  country  in    the  great 
West.     What  is  needed  here  is    not  so   much 
more  and  l)etter   machinery,  and  better   meth- 
ods of  executing  a  larger   amount  of  labor   in 
less  time,  or  more  capital,  or  enterprising  men 
in  farming  and  manufacturing — but    live,  zeal- 
ous laborers  in  the    moral   vineyard:    for  truly 
the  harvest  is  gn  at  and  the  laborers  are   few. 
We  concur  in  the  statements  made  by  Brother 
Brower.  that  tlie  work  is    too  great  for  the 
men  eniploye.d,  and    while  you   have  six  or 
seven  ministering  brethren  at  one  meeting,  we 
do  not  have  one  minister,  where    there   ahonld 
be  six  or  twelve  meetings,  verily  the  harvest  is 
ripe.     Oh,  who  will  come  and  help  us  to  gather 
the  golden    sheaves  home?       Many    religious 
ts  are  laboring  to  build  up  their   respective 
churches,  and  some  have  large  congregations 
for  a  new  country.  There  is  a  splendid  opening 
here.     .All  that  is  needed  is  an  earnest,  energet- 
ic minister  to  open  up  large  and    fertile    fields, 
whicli  could  in  ashort  time,  he  made  to   yield 
abundantly,  i'ruits  ample  recompense  for  earn- 
est labor.      But,   morally  speaking,  tlie  timber 
is  firm  and  unyielding,  strong  and  deeply  root- 
ed  in   the   forbidden  soil   of  skepticism,   am! 
stoutly  resists  all    intrusions    of  the  pruniug- 
knife,  unless  wielded  by  a  firm  and  experienced 
hand.     The  country  has,  from   tlie    first,    been 
filled  with  ignorant  doUa,   under  the   guise  of 
ministers  of  the  Gospel,  who  have  stolen    the 
livery  of  heaven,  in  which  to  serve  the  Devil. 
Their   faithle-ssness     and    inconsistencies  only 
pampered     mlidelity.       We     want     workmen 
worthy  of  the  name  of  the    great    Master   for 
whom  they  labor — men    who   are    worthy    ex- 
amples of  sincerity,  piety  and  humility,  armed 
with  the  equipage  oi  God,  valiant  soldiers   ol 
the  cross,  bolting   for  a  heavenly  inheritance, 
pointing  out  the  straight   and   narrow  way   t*- 
perishing  souls.  Elizabcth  Kiksteu. 


HY  .luHX  /CCK, 
SlMllKK  U. 

E  last  lelt  you  with  thoughts  upon  the 
"  Christian  soldier,"  and  now  we  wish 
to  say  to  the  realers  of  the  Bukthrkn  at 
Work,  that  the  Brethren  of  Cedar  Co.,  Iowa, 
in  these  days  of  religious  discussions,  have  had 
a  discu^ion.  too.  Our  little  baud  of  Christian 
soldiers  were  enjoying  the  vamp  of  Brother  B. 
K.  Miller,  when  an  .\dventist  suddenly  made 
his  advent  in  our  camp.  He,  Jesse  Dorcas,  a 
very  talkative  friend,  who  seems  to  be  candid 
in  his  convictions,  opened  his  Sabbath  battery 
at  once.  Few  were  the  preliminaries.  Subject. 
Sabbath.  I  )i-.  put  ant*.  M.  M.  Eshelmun  and 
Jesse  Dorcas.  Modenitor,  B.  F.  Miller.  Time, 
five  minutes  each.  Although  this  discussion 
lasted  all  afternoon,  we  all  enjoyed  it  very 
mneh;  and  we  f-^el  that  the  truth  was  well  sus- 
tained by  Brother  Eshelmau. 

Brother  Eshelman  met  with  ns  again  iu  the 
evening,  when  the  subject  of  "Prayer"  was 
presented  and  treated  upon.  Points  brought 
to  our  notice  were, 

I.  Asking — God  says  ask. 

II,  Does  God  answer  prayer?— This  was 
beautifully  shown  in  the  atfirmativc,  by  calling 
attention  to  Bible  circumstance.'",  such  as, 


1. 


Moses  praying  for  Israel. 

2.  Elijah's  p.'-ayer. 

3.  Hez. — 15  years  granted  unto  him. 

4.  Paul  on  the  sea — prayed. 

5.  Peter  in  prison— the   brethren  jmiyed. 
With  tlie^e,  and  many  illusions  to  our  own  ex- 
perience, our  hearts  were  greatly  refreshed,  to 
look  up  to  the  Lord  who  does  answer    prayer — 
when  asked  iu  faith  believing. 

III.  How  does  God  answer  prayer? 

1.  In  his  own  way — miraculously. 

2.  Inconsistencies. — Here  were  noticed  the 
asking  amiss  process,  which  the  Scriptures 
treat  upon. 

IV.  Object  in  prayer,  with  a  hearty  appeal 
to;  as, 

1.  The  saint  to  pray  without  ceasing. 

2,  The  sinner  to  call  on  the  Lord  while  he 
is  near. 

In  concluding  this  short  essay,  or  skeleton 
sermon,  which  is  very  greatly  abridmed.  I  can- 
not refrain  from  presenting  still  a  few  Hues  of 
thought.  Brethren  and  listers,  prayfu:  docs 
not  mean  a  mere  form  of  words  repeated,  aa 
prayere  as  lip  service,  but  i)rayer  that  the 
Lord  delights  to  hear,  is  of  a  broken  heart  and 
of  a  contrite  spirit, —a  sensitive  hfurt-felt  and 
soul- penetrating  prayer.  But,  I  fear  that  it  is 
a  lamentable  fact,  that  there  arc  hnndreds  and 
thousands  of  professing  Christians  in  the 
world  who  are  not  seen  or  heard  recognising 
the  Lord  in  prayer.  0  may  the  Snn  of  right- 
eousne^s  shine  so  sweetly  into  our  hearts  that 
it  may  be  one  of  the  most  [dea^ant  and  de- 
lightful services  of  our  lives  to  tender  thanks 
and  praise  to  the  Lord  in  prayer. 
Clfircnce,  Iowa. 


calls  iu  ihe  ministry,  is  more  than  he  can  do 
justice  to.  by  too  much  re.sting  on  him.  He 
must  have  help  if  he  am  ever  proajier.  Minis- 
tering brethren  who  are  contemplating  to 
move,  by  all  means  should  come  here  and  be  in 
a  mild  climate,  aa  well  h«  work  forthe  upbuild- 
ing of  our  UedeeuL-r's  kingdom  on  earth,  and 
esjiecially  in  this  Western  State.  Elder  Brew- 
er's Utter  ought  to  be  sufhcient  to  bring  help 
to  us.  Those  Brethren  who  are  so  eager  for  the 
Milvation  of  so\\\»,  ought  to  heed  the  call. 
Many  good  results  will  be  accomplished  if  we 
only  have  those  to  speak  who  are  able  to  defend 
the  truth.  Here  are  but  a  few  scattered  mem- 
bers, only  babes  iu  Christ,  and  only  ca:i  hear  a 
gospel  sermon  once  in  two  months.  Think  of 
We  are  anxious  to  hear  and  learn,  but  how 
can  we  when  we  have  no  teacher? 

JkNNIK  .\.  StEI'IIRSS. 

From  Mrs.  Elizabeth    Magraw. 

I  11, WE  never  been  so  hungry  for  spiritual 
food  as  1  now  am.  I  have  only  seen  one 
brother  and  one  sister  in  three  years.  My  door 
is  open  to  any  of  the  Brethren,  and  any  time 
they  will  have  meeting,  we  can  have  it  either 
iu  my  house  or  iu  a  church  not  more  than  a 
mile  distant. 

I  was  sorry  Brother  Hillery  passed  so  close 
by  us  and  did  not  call;  but  he  did  not  know 
how  ov  where  to  Hud  us,  and  so  could  do  no 
better  than  pass  on. 

.-Vny  one  going  to  Salem,  Kansas,  by  making 
inquiry,  can  find  us.  We  live  five  miles  from 
there.  AUoten  miles  from  Bed  Cloud.  Nebras- 
ka, a  railroad  town. 

linl  Chw/.  Xeb..  M,i>rh  ht.  lf<7'.K 


s 


From  West  Pine  Branch,  Wis. 


INCE  Brethren  Daniel  Miller  and   Martin 


From  the  California   Church. 


news  (deaths)  to  report: — 

Brother  Ba/el  Higginhottom  ha: 
away.  .\ged  iVl  years  and  4  months.  Also, 
grandson  of  Sister  Lovina  Mulendure.  Aged 
10  days.  Also,  Brother  Vauocker.  Aged  87 
years.  .\1ho,  wife  of  Brother  George  Turner. 
Aged  37  years,  1  mouth  and  19  days.  Also, 
Cluirk's  Bowman.    A!?«d  1  year  and  1  month. 

Kuueral  services  were  conducted  by    Brother 
Caleb  l-'ogle,  from  Ilev.  \'i:  14  and  Luke  15: 16. 
Jno.  p.  Kbve. 

From  Burr  Oaks,  III. 

!har  Hirthnu:— 
'IIHEHE  are  no  Brethren  here  of  which  we 
1.  know,  and  we  have  been  here  for  about 
two  years.  We  have  not  seen  a  brother  since 
we  have  been  here,  except  two  from  Indiana. 
Brother  John  Snowherger  preached  at  ray 
houcc  over  one  year  ago.  Brethren,  could  not 
some  of  you  couie  and  preach  for  usV  The 
pure  word  of  God  has  not  been  declared  in  this 
part  of  111.  It  is  desired  to  have  the  Bretliren 
preiich  here.  Brethren,  we  pray  God  to  send 
some  one  to  vis.  Jacoh  FuHKEif. 

Mnnh  mh,  187!t. 


Iknr  linthnu:— 

ELDEU  George  Wolfe  and  I  just  returned 
from  Calaveras  county,  where  we  held  a 
few  meetings.  Five  dear  oues(araong  them  four 
Campbellites)  came  out  on  the  Lord's  sidf,  agree- 
ing to  take  the  New  Testament— nothing  more, 
nothing  less — as  their  rule  of  faith  and  prac- 
tice. Their  baptism  was  witnessed  by  a  large 
concourse  of  people,  who  had  never  seen  bap- 
tism administered  as  instituted  by  the  Lord 
Jesus.  The  attention  was  good,  both  at  bap- 
tism and  at  the  Love-feast  which  we  held  in  the 
evening.  Before  we  left,  a  church  was  organiz- 
ed. The  church  was  named  the  "  Chaparral 
Church  of  the  Brethren,"  consisting  of  ten 
members.  There  is  a  good  prospect  of  building 
up  a  large  church  there. 
Yours  in  love, 

Wai.iirmak  Mbykb. 
M(ii:ch  13,  187U. 


Special    Notice. 

1)LEASE  announce  through  your  columns 
that  the  Brethren  appointed  to  make  the 
proposed  change  in  holding  Annual  Meeting, 
will  m«etat  Linnville  Creek  Church,  on  Friday, 
May  aOth,  at  9  o'clock  A.  M.  Stop  off  at  Broad- 
way Station.  Rockingham  county.  Virginia,  on 
the  29th  where  we  will  be  met  with  conveyance. 
Daniel  Brower. 
(  P.  C.  awl  Viu'Virator  /ilfaxe  copy. J 


From  Multnomah  Co  .  Oregon. 

ENCLOSED  with  these  lines,  you  will  (ind  a 
letter  written  by  a  relative  of  mine,  at  my 
request,  stating  nothing  but  facts  of  this  west- 
ern p.irt  of  Oregon,  Willamette  Valley.  You 
have  some  knowledge,  already,  of  our  country, 
forthe  Brethren  have  not  forgotti'U  to  mention 
the  advantages  that  Oregon  jiossesses  over  all 
other  States.  While  we  wsk  for  emigrants  to 
come  and  try  this  coast,  we  also  implore  the 
Brethren  to  be  active  in  heeding  the  urgent 
requests  that  have  fallen  upon  our  ears  in  re- 
gard to  our  situation  in  the  far  West.  The 
territory  that  our  elder  lr<ivels  over,  to  fill   the 


Contemplated  Oregon  Colony— 
By-Laws    Continued. 

LHAl'KEIt  n. 

SllICTlON  1.  Any  person  or  persons  belong- 
ing to  this  Colony,  shall  not  go  to  law 
with  another  under  any  consideration,  but  all 
difiiculties  shall  be  settled  by  the  Advisory 
Council  and  Colony.  Be  it  further  remember- 
bered  that  six  per  cent,  interest  be  paid  on  atl 
money  paid  to  the  Treasurer,  exce|»t  that 
which  is  necessary  to  take  the  Colony  through 
to  the  place  of  destination;  and  all  money 
loaned  out  of  the  treasury  shall  draw  six  per 
cent,  interest. 

Sec.  2.  Any  person  or  persons  keeping  in 
his  possession  any  intoxicating  liquors  and  us- 
ing them  himself,  or  in  any  way  disposing  of 
them  to  any,  as  a  beverage,  shall  be  dealt  with 
according  to  Sec.  a,  Chap.  2  of  the  by-laws  of 
said  Colony. 

Sec.  3.  Any  person  or  persons  of  the  Cor- 
nell Joint  Stock  Colony,  violating  any  and  all 
i  of  the  by-laws  or  constitution  of  said  Colony, 


•I'HE    BKETHREJs"    -(VU'    AVOKl-C 


such  H  pi^rnoii  or  persons  hIiiiII  Iw  H/)mrmi.thRil 
by  tliy  Aiivisory  Council  to  Jo  so  uo  riiort-,  amt 
if  they  hear  them,  then  that  will  stitlice.  hut  if 
they  rpfiise  to  hear  thorn,  th<Mi  they  nhall  (<'ll  it 
to  tb(?  Colony,  HuH  if  tlify  hpar  thf  Colony, 
then  they  are  foreign,  hut  if  tlu-y  do  not  hour 
the  Colony,  then  they  lotto  alt  their  intfTCHlR 
finaiiciHilr,  and  are  unto  the  colony  tin  Ntranccr". 
Sec.  4.  Eat'li  and  cvi^ry  officer  of  mud  Ci»l- 
ony  shall  within  fivt- days  hI^^t  hiH  r^ignalion 
or  removal  or  the  txpiration  of  Im  tjrm  of 
office,  deliver  np  to  his  nacae^niir  all  the  pupem, 
books,  and  documents,  or  nthi-r  pro\uTty  be- 
lon^tiii;  (o  the  ('-dony.and  p»rhiiniMt;  to  hii  of- 
6ce;  and  any  ofi'mec  rofiiNLii'^  t-t  d<Oiver  up 
the  sniiie  after  a  le^^al  fk'tnniid  itt  nin'te  liy  the 
psrion  entitled  to  the  cuitody  thereof. 

S-c.  .V  Ki:h  and  ^rrtry  p'r-ton  ii  re^pipstod 
to  pay  lifty  c-?iitM  fur  mch  and  fvury  m^mher  of 
bu  family  of  the  Hfgv  of  Right  y^nn  and  ovpr. 
to  become  a  joeniher  of  aaid  Colony. 

Sec.  •>  Eevery  nieniber  in  n-fiuin-d  to  pay  '"'V- 
entj-live  dollars  ti»  take  them  throiiKh  to  the 
place  of  d<-!stiriation  and  to  hoard  th«in  one 
year,  and  to  puy  comniitt''c  exjieiiHt-H,  and  t-o 
make  tilt)  in.-c4.-t' Mary  preparatiorut,  hut  should 
that  amount  prov<*  too  Mniall  or  too  largo  aftor 
a  clone  iuveHtigation,  then  it  will  be  mndo  low- 


»he  wan  done  we  ba/I   the  p^i^itsnre  to  *iit   nod 

hear  her  and    Itnilher   i^zg^r   U'll  tfa';   g-md 

Htorj-  of  Jeain"  lore,  and  call  back  many  of  the 

gone-hy  dayn  of  yore.     The  time  drawing  near 

in  which  wemuht   again    p*rt.    (he    old    ninU-r 

refpietiM  him  to   kneel    once   more   in    prayer 

again,  as  xhecodid    not   expect    to  go  to   hear 

htm  preach  again;  there   beine    ten    or  eleven 

mem  hern  and    five  or  nix   friendu   pr^ent,    we 

were  all  gathered  in  the  room,  and  at  the  old 

ninleT'i  request,  the  nixth  chapter  of  Kpbenanit 

w«^  rea<J,  and  the  gof>d  old  hymn  "Am  [    a  col- 

dier  i»f    (he  crot*?"    wa«  hong;   after    which 

Urother  Metzger  delivered,  ivrhap*.  oni-  of  the 

ablest  and  mf»«t  ^fll-rtojil  prayer'^  of  bia  life.  A 

few  momenta  mor.?  and  we  had  taken    the  jiart- 

iog  hantl  proDuhly  for  the  laNt  time  in  thit  life. 

and  were  on  our    way    for  Camp    l'«int,  being 

led  hy  Sitter  Barbara  Allen   and  friend    David, 

her  hunhand.  with  whom  we  Fttayed    till  mom- 

iog,  when  (he  old  vetrf-ran  of  the  cro-tt    started 

for  home.     Mope  he  han  reached  in  xafety,  and 

enjoying  itn  rich  howpitalitiea- 

H.  W.  Stiu'ki.kk. 


'^alTrit  J^sfccji. 


■4  art  Am  «Ml  >1il«b  dliln  tft*  Lort.— Rn.  I 


ObitaftTtM  ■hotiM  be  brier  written  on  bn(  one  side  of  the 
p«p(r,  AiiJ  lepanMe  fr«m  mil  other  bnaineM. 


IMNKKR.— In  lh<-  A*t.>ri»  rimreh,  near  Tabic  Groie. 
Fullon  Cb,.  III.,  P«I>,  24lb,  of  ijphoid  pneumoaia, 
Ilrnihvr  Jooeph  Rinker.  aftd  62  jt^n,  8  raooths  an4 
■JZ  'l>r>. 

I>e«Mcd  WM  am  iniiier   in    lli*  ohurob   for  ntarly 
larnty  7*an.  an-I  leates  it  wifmnil  (hree  *on»   I-j    nn 
Ibrir  Ion.  Funeral  *er»tcc«  wm-Iriclci  by  (he  Kriler.  from 
Crn.  H:  K<.  in  ooDoeclion  with  John  11:  26,2A. 


To  My  Dear  Friend  Tillie  Cessford. 


er. 

Sec.  7.  Bg  it  fTirther  leHolved  that  rtlock  of 
thin  Culouy  Nhall  he  divided  tnt'O  HhareH,  each 
aharu  to  ho  oim  hundred  dollars,  mo  that  a  man 
can  buy  lu  manytthuret  an  he  likei. 

Sec.  H,  The  Colony  xhali  wtaiid  f<ir  five  yenrw 
after  they  get  to  their  ji/iice  of  d'-Htinatiou,  at 
which  iiuie  there  will  he  u  general  iiettletiient 
of  the  Irea-^uryand  other  mattera  pirtuijiing  to 
the  Colony,  and  all  inuneyN  belonging  to  indi- 
vidual)! he  ])uid  hack  to  the  amount  tliat  hoiicHl- 
ly  belongs  to  tlieni. 

Sec.  9,  And  he  it  remembered  that  all  the 
property  of  all  perHonn  of  siiid  Cohuiy.  Itolh 
real  and  pL'ixjnal,  i-t  liohl  as  oecurity  for  all 
contracts  madu  hy  the  Colony. 

Sec.  W.  Re.solved  tbot  one  half  of  the  mon- 
ey due  Ironi  eaeh  nmmher  he  piiid  into  the 
treasury  by  the  time  the  committer  Blartw  to 
locate  the  Colony  and  the  halaiice  to  be  psid 
within  one  month  of  tho  time  uf  tho  starting 
Colony. 

II.  WhoMoever  slinll,  within  oaid  colony,  he 
guilty  of  vitdating  tho  Salihath  day  vinneccenj'a- 
rily,  shall  he  dealt  with  according  to  Chap.  2, 
Sue.  a. 

Sec.  12.  Whowoever  nhall,  within  Hftid  Col- 
ony, assault  or  utrike  ftnother  or  Khali  hoguilty 
calculating  to  i)rovoko  a  breach  of  the  peace, 
shall  bo  dualt  with  according  to  Ch«]).  2,  Sec.  :i. 
Sec.  13.  VVhoMOi;vernliaII,  in  naid  (!oloity, 
be  guilty  of  overloading  or  ovcnh>ing  or  cruel- 
ly treating  any  dumb  bruto,  ^mU  hv  dealt  with 
according  to  Cba|t.  2,  Sue.  H. 

Sue.  14,  VVhitsdi'Ver  shall  he  guilty  of  any 
immoral  conduct,  crime  or  dinhonost  doed  liut 
mentioned  in  any  of  tho  constitution  or  hy- 
laws  of  »Hid  Colony,  tthall  be  dealt  with  accord- 
ing to  Chap.  2,  Sec.  3. 

Sec  15.  Be  it  reiiolved  that  this  Colony 
will  not  start  to  itH  destination  without  tho 
number  of  lifty  fumiliea  hulonging  to  itjand  all 
moneys  to  be  refunded  m  cuw  of  n  failure,  ex- 
cept expunse,*. 

J.  W.  Gei'Uajit,  1'rej.idont. 
A.  E.  KiN-a-SLBY,   Cor.  Sec. 
CffnirU,  LiiiiiffstoH  Co.^  III. 

(J^rmitiif:  Chrintian^plmat  cojty). 


Cl,AJ{BN(T.,  lows. 

1^1'JAC'J'J  be  unto  you  and  grace  Irom  (iod  tho 
Father  and  JeHUH  Chriot,  through  whom 
we  have  nccexM  to  a  throne  of  grace,  and  for 
which  we  are  vrry  thankful  to  the  Lord.  "God 
HO  loved  the  world  that  he  gave  his  only  begot^ 
ten  hon.  that  whosoever  bolieveth  in  him 
Nhoiild  not  perihh  hut  have  everlaitiug  life." 
For  tliif  tlKiHc  of  iiM  who  have  become  willing  to 
give  our  hearts  U>  .h:m»,  can  rejoice.  He  is  our 
(itrength  and  shield  in  the  day  of  trouble.  iJut 
when  we  niiiMt  hetir  the  cross,  or  temptationu 
come,  we  so  often  become  discouraged.  Hut 
when  wethink  what  the  Savior  haw  done  for 
UH,  wiiat  he  Ijore  in  the  garden,  and  jtuffon-d  on 
the  croM,  we  can  hink  in  IiIh  arms  and  Bay  "my 
Goii,  thy  will  be  done."  We  know  he  doetii 
all  things  well. 

Dear  Tillie,  the  evening  you  gave  Urother 
I'Mielman  good-bye— after  he  had  labored  with 
is  and  taught  us  the  ways  of  the  Lord,  and 
your  tender,  loving  heart  was  Riid,  thinking 
that  perhap:<  that  would  he  tho  last  farewell 
that  he  could  ever  give  you  in  this  world— it 
made  me  think  of  that  glorious  time,  when 
.lenua  nhall  call  us  home.  Oil  if  we  are  only 
ready  Iheii  to  meet  our  Father  in  his  kingdom; 
Hut  if  wo  are  not  prepared  for  that  time,  what 
a  Kopiiratioii  fheie  will  be!  The  niglit  you  gave 
HrotluT  IOhIk-Iiuiui  giiod-hye,  I  wept  for  you. 
The  Hible  teaches  iis  to  "weep  with  thoae  who 
weep." 

I  thought  I  would  write  to  you,  lus  wo  aro 
good  friends,  and  n.'^k  your  opinion  about  our 
fuitli  anrl  doctrine.  Kemembcr  we  try  to  obey 
all  tlie  commauduienLH  of  God.  You  know 
we  are  commanded  to  buptiz",  to  wash  one  an- 
other's feet,  to  perpetuate  the  Lord's  Supper, 
etc.  TlieHe  We  do  Hs  tho  iJihlc  teaches  wc 
should.  .lesus  said  if  yon  know  these  sayings 
of  mine  and  do  them  not,  ye  are  none  of  mine. 
Ibdiovo,  repent  and  be  baptized  for  tbu  remis- 
sion of  your  Hin«, 

Now,  I  liope,  dear  Tillie,  this  may  ho  nccept- 
ahlo.  Wo  all  h.ve  you  dearly,  and  we  should  like 
to  see  you  come  to  Jofiua  and  devote  the  prime 
of  your  life  to  his  cause.  May  God  speed  you 
in  hope  of  eternal  rest,  is  the  prayer  of  vonr 
unworthy  friend,  Minnik  E.  Mn,i.i 


From  Lorainc.  Adams  Co..  III. 

BKOTHEit  John  Metnijor came  to  our  phwo 
Friday  evening,  February  21st,  comnuMie- 
ed  a  series  of  meetings  in  Washington   school- 
house,  near  Loraim;,  aud   pn-uched  the  oro-s  of 
Jesus  in  Uis  usual  feeling  way.      Iiilorest  givw 
intensely  warm,  many  tears   were  shod   when 
the  old  story  of  Jesus  was  portrayed.      Ho  re- 
mained with  us   about   fourteen   "days,   during 
which  lime  he  preached  every  night,  and   Sun- 
days at  U  A.  M.     Through    the   day    time  he 
Tuited  many  warm   friends.      On    Friday,   the 
28th,  Elder  David  Wolf  and  a  number  oi  uthere 
joined  us  in  our  work;  among  whom  was  IJroth 
er  John  Wolf  and  wile.     They  remained  over 
Sunday,    wheu   all   started    fur  home,    except 
Brother  D.  Wolf  and  D.  F.  Britt,  who  remain- 
ed with  us  until  our  meeting.^  closed.   We  then 
went  to  Liberty,  Adams  county,  and   held  a 
council  meeting  March  8th.     Brother  Metz^'or 
preached  three  serojon.s,  and  seemed    to  exhrbit 
all  the  power  and    zeal    of  his  younger  d.ijs. 
We  were  requt^sted  to  take  Urother   MeIiiger"to 
tbe  house  of  an  old  sister  who  is  now  in   her 
umety-third  year,  and  has  been  u  member  of 
the  Brethren's  Church  for  seventy-six  years. 
She  has  been  sick,  but  is  now  able  to  sit  on 
the  side  of  her  bed  and  eat  her  meals.    She  was 
engaged  in  the  same  when  we  went  in.    After 


From  Samuel  Leckron. 

Driw  lii'dthrrn:'^ 

OI-'TEN  hiLs  my  soul  rejoiced  to  hear  rich  ad- 
nioiiitions  of  onr  Brethren  wJio  are 
standing  on  tho  walls  of  Zion,  declaring  the 
simple  trumpot  of  the  gospel  t«  a  ruined  world. 

We  think  it  would  he  better  if  wo  had  more 
preaching  hoi*e  in  this,  an  old  noigbboi  hood. 
We  have  nniny  young  people  here  who  are  not 
coming  to  Christ.  We  thiiik  it  is  for  want  of 
more  preaching,  or  parents  talking  (o  their 
children  at  home.  The:^e  little,  tender  bj-finches 
of  our,<,  we  have  entirely  under  our  own  con- 
trol, and  they  aro  easy  to  teach  while  young. 

We  stand  in  need  of  some  able  broth(  r  to 
help  us  in  the  ministry.  The  church  district 
here  is  large  mid  tlie  niinistry  is  weak;  two  of 
U9  are  young  in  tho  work,  and  our  elder  is 
quite  old. 

North  Manrhcstrr.  Im/. 


KINKKK,  — iDlheumechiircb,  .March  Cih. 
Ittniber  Au'lrew  Kinker.  Ibe  only  minriTing  brother  of 
Jo*fp)i  fUnker,  igeJ  4(1  years.  1  loonib  hii<1  'J  dayi). 
He  Icaiea  but  a  lunely  wife  lo  moiim  her  lo'«   having 
rai-eJ  nr.ehll.lreo.      Funeral  «»r  rices  by  thf  wriltr.  frnn 
aCor.  ft:l-4.     Thrnbr,.e  brolbrra    wire   sons  of  Jo-i-ph 
bdJ  Kllulteth  Kinker.    Were  brtrn  in  nmiip»liire  Co. 
BbJ  •(  riie  age  uf  7  and    10   rcvpectivcly,    the   brothers 
wirb  iLvir  pareulaiiiuvetl  lo   Itfliuoot  Co.,  Ohio,   and 
Ihr  year  I!<&U  remuved  lo  Fullon  Co.,  Ml.,  where  ibey  ami 
Ibeir  parent*  now  (gulelly   ilcep  together.      Joseph    was 
niarrieil  Id  .*>iimh  J.Smith    and    Anrlrew   was   nmrried  to 
Alary  r.  Vcmit.      Tbe  berenved  sisters    were  both  t|uite 
furtunnlc  in    racciring  a   riail   from    their  ycl-sarriying 
hem  in  (he  Went  a  Hhort  time  berore   their  afflictions, 
nhn  wnre  with  Ihnni  throiigli  their  troubles,  nod  will  rc- 
inniu  will)  thrni  ycl  fornisvnflon.  A.Q.  Black. 

UllA.VNON.— In  ("brrokec  county,  lowft  February  25lh, 
.lame*  llrnnnon,  agt^il  iiboiit  60  years,  KunernI  services 
hy  the  tvriler.  from  South  Waterloo,  lown,  otssislcd  by 
Krothnr  John  K«rly.  from  I«niah  JO:  7,  H. 

Ww.  IKKSDF.RBV. 

IIOFKMAN.— In  Ihc  Rock  Run  Church.  Mitlcrsburg,  In<l 
Mnrcli  'Jnd.  IRill,  Jiroihi-r  Abrahnin  IlnirniHU.  nged  4>^ 
yonrM.  (t  inonlh*  and  2U  dayn.  Fnnernl  acrvicos  by 
Ktivid  Hosteller,  1.  L.  ilcrlci-y  iind  Levi  We«ver,  Trom 
RpT.H:  la. 
Urother IIolTmau  leavco  a    wife  andlwo   chitdpcn    to 

mourn  their  Ions,  but  wc  trust  tbia  Jo.Hfl  is  his  greni   gain, 

an  be  WAS  a  faithful  brother  in  Ibe  cbiircb. 

S.  flWKETT. 

ZKIIM.KR.— In  Swan  Creek    Church.    Fulton  Co.,    Ohio, 

.lun.  »ih,  ]S7!i.  Brother  Silas  ;!cig1er,  aged  40  years,  T 

months  nnd  '2  day^. 

The  siibj(.'ol  uf  the  above  notice  wna  a  worthy  deacon 

in  the  rliurch.  ever  willing  lo  ptrform  bit  duty.     He  was 

Inhenijiiiio  suddenly.     Holcflhouio   in   the   uiurniiig  to 

haul  a  lonil  of  brick  for  our  con teni plated   chiich.      Hu 

HiKL-eeded  in  gelling  the  brick  as  far  im  the  writer's  boitso, 

and  wax  taken  «Ick  with  honrt  disease  about    ten  o'olouk, 

and  diod  iho  same  ovoiiing.  He  leaves  a  wife,  a  sister,  and 

a  larjte  family  of  children  to  mourn  their  loss.      Funeral 

Hervicfsby  It.  K.  Rerkeybilo  uud  others,  to   n   large    eon- 

ctnirse  of  people.  Aaho.n  Brbkbvuilk. 

STAlIXt.— Near  Cftrey,  Wyandot  county.  Ohio.   February 
18ig,   Drolber   Jncksou  Slahl,    aged  48  yenra,    SI 
months  and  17  days. 

He  leaves  n  wife  nnd  eeven  children  to  mourn  their 
Funeral  jtrenclied  hy  Urother  J.  P.  Ebersolo.  H'om 
John  11^5.  Disease  consusptiou.  Brotbor  Slahl  lived 
without  making  any  Cliriminn  profession  till  fonr  weeks 
liefore  he  died  he  saw  tho  one  thing  needful  was  neglect 
ed.  The  ico  was  cul,  and  he  was  baptised,  and  w  hen  be 
came  out  ho  felt  belter.  S.  W.  LiNnowtJB. 

MYIti:S.— In  tbe  nnlloB  Center  Church.  Dallas  county, 
Inwn,  Feb.  2-2ud,  187»,  RisterLizmA.  Myres,  wife  of 
Mm,  11,  Myres.  nged   Ui  years  nud  2(1  dnys. 

Funeral  services  by  Elder  M.  Sisslcr.  Subject  Mill. 
•24:  ii.  Hymns  fH2.  Oil  C18,  Tlie  Jccensed  w.-is  n 
ilauRhler  of  old  Brother  Henry  Flory.  She  joined  the 
oburch  April  21i.l,  18*8.  Her  disensc  was  consumplinn. 
Although  weakly  nnd  distressed  at  times  with  n  severe 
cough,  wo  did  not  thiuk  the  end  so  nigh;  but  on  the 
moriilnt;  of  tlie  day  of  her  Uealli.  she  took  suddenly 
|uite  ill,  ami  at  once  realiied  her  oouditiun.  She  convers- 
ed freely  with  her  husband  on  the  subject  of  deiilb  and 
of  Iheir  earthly  parting.  When  Ihe  day  brgan  lo  draw 
a  close,  she  found  she  was  going  home,  she    exclaimed, 


df-n  .re  yet  living,  only  two  h,„  uoii^  ^ 
church.  May  this  solemn  occuion  li«  J  a_  ,  *"^  i 
lo  those  ihal  have  noi  an  yel  ihonghi  ud^'  **a  . 
and  turned  their  fe«t  nolo  tha  tesiinioi,..  t*^*^'  •' 
Funeral  improved  by  Joel  Browerand    il  "*  Uf 

Mall.  -2*:   U,  ["    *^'*r,  ,', 

TBEPbES— In  Turkey  Creek    iJistrict     Ko«- 

>larch  nth,,  .Si.ter  Peggy  M.  Tecple,.  Z!,**.*"  h 
4  month«  and  S  days.  Funeral  aervicL  h  '*  y"»r 
from  hev.  14:  12:  13.  '  ""•«.., 


»  hy  ,1,, 


BOCK-— In  the  Dry  Creek  church.    Uan  "^^ 

Mrirch  VUb.  187't.  of  .ctrlet   fev.^r.  M^rih""'''  '""•■ 
youngest    daugbiier     of    Broiher   Somu,]    *  ^**^ 
Catharine  Bock.  ajedSyear^.  »»„„,!,,  ^^"'"'  ^ 
Funer«l  acrvieoa  by  the  brethren,  frum   y  '' 

SI;NNVFI:ANK.— In  theCnindy  Church  Ut 

lown,  March  1  6ih.  Ifi70.    Brother  JoL'  T'^^*^'>'-- 

aged  71  years  and  l-i  dayi,.  """/Iru^ 

Itrothcr  !>uunyfrttnk  hn>  long  liv^d  in  iKn 

bis  Master,  and  before  bis    depnitiire   ho 

elders,  and    was    nnoinieit    «:rh  oil  in    il 

""We  (,(,, 


'  «l|..i  , 


Lord.    Heleaves  sli  children,  five  of  whicb 
of  the  church.     Puner*!  aerviuet   by  the 
Thess.  4:  13.  14. 


"-  I'.  Sri.„. 


NEHER.— Sister  Mary  Anna  Neher.  wife  of  n  ^*' 
P.  Neher,  MarobiSrd,  18711.  aged  "l  ^^  ''*''■' 
month:..  She  was  born  in  Shenandoah  (  o"!..  *"'' 
October  Urd.  187I>.     Her  maiden  name  was  it"     "^°" 

Friimlire  Christian,  pleme  copy]  """ 
UEELKR.— In  Noi'ib  Mauohesier  oougregnii„n  \c 
county,  Indiana.  December  -iDih,  is;8_  ;■(,,'  '''^»'f' 
Heeler,  wife  of  Brother  Arthur  Heeler'  and'  ^1  '**'*'' 
of  Itrother  Solomon  Heni-ioks,  aged  d]  ycnrs  .j""^'"" 
and  20  days.  Funeral  servicea  by  Hrotl.ep  1,  "'"f ' 
andJacohMctiger.  toahirge  and  an^nti,, 

i  nmilivc  Christian^  plea.iv  copy 


v^unottHi^irmirnfs. 


Notices  of  Love-feostfl,   District  Meetinn    mh 

he  hrinf   nnd  wpilfon  „n  - A  '    """■■  ' 


be  brief,  nnd  written 


from  other  business. 


DISTRICT  MEETISOS. 
In  .Vortheru    Knnsiia    and    SoiiHiein   NVhrn.i. 

Ai.ril  7tli.  lS7fl.  ill  Jtwell  t'o..  K.-in.  ^"^ 

In  Thoni  Ai)p!e  district,  Mkhigmi,  in  tlie  ifreti 

ren's  new  church,  Mjiy  silh,  ;it  lo  A.  il. 
Noitheru  Distrit;t  of  Illinois,  In  the  Aniohl'sGrov 

Church,  CiirroU  Co.,  ou  Tuesiiay,  May  "  * 


ills 
ill  Sugar  Croek  Dig- 


receive  my  poor  soul!  O  yes.  I  am  going  home! 


Tbelast  Supper. — ^  be 


X 


,  coioi 


lure.     Price, 

copiee  Jl  (HI. 


d  pietiire.  showing 
.....j.,.,.^  „,  .he  table,  wiih  the  supper 
ihimi;  He  bos  just  aniiouuced  that  one 
Id  belrtiy  him,  tJich  of  the  twelve  pre- 
ed  out  by  name  in  the  margin  of  the  pic- 
one  copy,  16  cents  ;  2  copies,  20  cents ;  lU 


^MGoepel  Hammer,  and  Highway  Gmdei-.  or  llubbl-h 
^.■-iu.d  from  the  Wny  of  Life,  Uy  S.  H.  Bnshor,    ound 
Cloth.     Price,  (,0  eeuta.  or  seven  copies  |30U 


'Oh  Lord, 

1  foci  (ho  chill  coming  over  me.  Ob  Lord,  come  quickly 
and  waft  me  on— lam  going  to  see  my  father  who  has 
gone  before.  Oh,  now,  I  am  passing  through  Ih  e  chilly 
waters  and.  oh,  I  sec  IhnI  heavenly  light.  Oh  Lord,  re- 
ceive ni<5  home."  She.  like  her  nged  father,  was  highly 
cslcomcd  by  nil  who  knew  bur.  as  the  large  concourse  of 
poopiv  ou  the  funeral  occasion  ful  ly  demonstrated. 

A.  C,  Bhiihakkb. 

PRICE,— In  IhoCoventrv  Church.  Pennsylvania.  March 
■2Ui.  I87'J.  our  u»t«cmed  Rrolhor,  Elder  John  R.  Price, 
aged  llByenrs.  10  months  and  2fi  days. 
Brother  John  died  very  suddenly  of  hemorrlmge.  He 
was  Tory  sick  during  the  Winter,  but  had  recovered  so  as 
to  attend  to  his  duties  in  Ihc  church,  also  his  secular  du- 
tie-.,  Crolhcr  Price  had  promised  to  officiate  at  the  funer- 
al of  an  aged  sl&tcr  on  the  day  of  his  death,  but  death 
claimed  bim  .u  bis.  and  was  taken  from  labor  to  reward 
His  luncrnl  «  as  attended  by  many  sorrowing  friends  who 
wdUo*ply  feel  his  low.  He  leaves  a  wife  and  five  sur- 
viving  children,  two  sons  and  three  daughters.  May  the 
bereaved  sister  be  oouBolcJ  in  tbe  prospects  of  a  hant.v 
reunion  after  a  few  more  days  of  toil.  And  the  dear 
childrei..  may  ihry  ever  remember  that  they  hnvc  a  faih- 
er  in  glory,  and  by  the  grace  of  God.  prepare  to  meet 
him.  FuueraUervicei  hy  Brother  ,1,  p,  Hoiric  irom 
Job  17:  10,  "I  would  uot  live  nlway,"  assisted  by  the 
Jons  V.  Ei^iMteiti 


brethren. 
SNVDER, 


Middle  District  of  Iiidtanti, 

trit;t,  .ipril  i;;trd.  at  0  A.  M. 

Southern  Di^tl■ict  of  Ohio,  at  Donald's  Creok  inr^ei 

ing-housp,  seven  niiIi»B  north-wt-.st  orSnriii."iM,l* 

Clark  Co.,  Ohio.  May  mtli.  "      ' 

North-weslem  District  of  Ohio,  at  Kagle  Creek 

clmrch.  ILmcock  Co..  O..  May  Mtli,  at  id  A.  M, 
Soutlicrn  Intl..  in  the  Stony   Creek   District,  ihree 

miles  east  of  N-.blcsville,  AiH-il  otli.  187(». 
Southern  lown.  at  Ml.  Etna,  Admus  Co.,  lows, 

April  7th,  1871), 
Xorthein  District  of  Ind.,  in  Union  CtinterDistnet. 
at  the  Whiti'heiid  meeling-hoiisf,  one  uiid  one- 
half  miles  si>uth-\vest  of  Nt^w  Paris.  Elkliiirl  Co,. 
Did..  May  1st. 
First  District  of  "West  Virginia  and  Luney's  Vtwk 
church,  at  tlicir  meetlng-liouse,   at  Hlg  Spring, 
Ai)ril  isth  .-iiid  inth. 
District  No.  1,  Virginia,  at  the  Valley  meeling- 

iiouae,  Botetourt  Co..  Va.,  April  itith  and  lUlh. 
Northern  Disliict  of  Missouri,  t.t  Ihc  Smith  Fork  M«et- 
ing-house,  one  mile  north  of  Plattaburg,  May  '.Hb  it 
»  A.  M. 
Western  District  of  Pennsylvania,  in  Ihc  Breibrotij 
new  meeting-houso,  Dunuiug's  Creek  Branch.  BcdforJ 
Co.,  Pa.,  May  'iOth.  at  \)  A.  M. 

ff^^The  District  Meeting  for  Southern  Kad- 
saswillhe  held  with  the  Brethren  of  Fall  Kivsr 
Church;  the  meeting  to  h«  h^;hl  heyoutl  liaiii- 
bow,  at  Emanue!  Myers',  lour  miles  south-mat 
of  Fredouia,  Wilson  county,.  Kaiimis,  Sjtur- 
iay,  May  17th,  The  delegates  cotue  tho 
evenine;  hefore,  A  general  representation  is 
desired.  J.  B.  RoK,  Cierk. 

LOVB  PEA8TS, 

In  the  Afonticeilo  Cliuich,  White  Co.,  Ind.,  Juneii, 
at  4  P.  M. 

In  Wabash  Church,  Ind.,  Juno  Tlh.  at  10  A.  SI. 
In  Loraine,  Adams  Co.,  111.,  in  H.  W.  Strickler's  hiro,  go 
Sunday  evening.  May  -Ith, 

In  Smiih  Fork  Church,  one  and    onfi-half  miles  north  o' 

Plditsburg,  CHiifott  Co.,  Mi>.,  Vnv  -lili,  ii(  2  V.  M. 


W.  U.  R.  R.  TIME  TABLE. 

icftptcl,  niKjIluvs: 


i'Xl 


llic   Ujipcr    D.sr  Creek   Ciiarch,    Cus 

TOnnt,,  InJ.,  Mrirol,  9ih.   IBTO.    Franklin   L.  Sny.Ur 

.01.  .r  UiolluT  Willi™,  „„J  ,i„„.  o„i,ari„,   Sn«a«r' 

npcil '.'C  j-rni-.,  :i  mgnibs  ntij  10   dnj,. 

Ik-  «•»  rt.,.toi,JI,y  „n  ,|.„„  ,|„„  ^„,,,  ,^.^ 

l.,.„„„|„cu..l.U,„l.  l,a,  c.-»,   .  el.omo.„  .h..o   ,1,., 

~.o.«.c.l,,„l,l,i™,     II,.  like   r,»y„,l,,„,p„,  „„„,„, 

..1...  iii.Bj  „,o.i  „„ar„i.    II,  „„  ,,,„  ,|,i^j  ^^^  ^^jii^^ 
(.u.iijrtoih,uth«i,geaii„,f„t„„ji,j    ji^^.jij  ^|^.| 


D.y  Exiircw.. 
Nlgbi  K.,, 
Aceom 


Tit 


11  lo»»ft  latiorlt,  Kimiiiiy, 
WJMT  BOUN 


n 
..1 

;iik  ;il 
('[laii; 

for 
^•i■l■ 

tl 
r: 
ill 

.,  t:iii; 
n.iinil 
«.   To 

l-.i.'f  ?.>'■'■  '"'■    '    illClll.")  -^ll"! 

U:I3r.  ,\l.;nmtcitl,c  U-ratvni 

",.''!"'■''''  "ilit  l)Ut  livfi  mi 
Ojlfo,  Mihiiuitci.  uiiil  St.  I'liiil  1 
WmsrKifliClii.ns.iiitT;-,  Ui.' 

pot,  tiikB  the  Cliicnf,,,  jTii;Aiik..i'  mill  St.  r«l 
irum  Mini. ill  tho  evoiiiiit.;  nui  Xurlli  to  t'l'."; 
y.  .Junction,  chiinso  t-ara  for  LiliLllk,  aial  '""" 
Here  at  1 :57  in  the  morninK. 


The  BRETiiREiN  At  Work. 

''Behold  I  Bring   You  Oood  Tidings  of  Oreat  Joy,  which  Shall  bt  to  All  FeopU."  —  Ldks  2:  10. 


Vol.  IV. 


Lanark,  111.,  April  lO,  1879. 


No.  15. 


iftf 


?|gj;ctlirpn  af  '^ot[\{. 


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fHECOlTTElTTS  VOL.  4,  NO.  15. 


.toniAi.  article:  Page 

ThfTnie  King - 

L  llHrsliev  Movement 4 

,,,,>;.m.h  Paper 4 

Ti,.i(ii>i''"'"e ^ 

J.,  i)i=.tnH  Meetings J 

.vTiiiiU'TEP  articles: 

.i  [lenmrkiiljle  Argument."— *i.  J.  Huni9i>n ...  -•. 

.if  Xatuie.— P.  A.llosa 2 

8.  Hammer  2 


Voices  " 


frtt-wasbinB- 

f  jg  wu*  not  our  wny.— Rebecca  Snavely. . 
iimtisiiSoIdierV-W.  H.  Miller.. 
IMilli-II-  C.  Karly., 


jiusioiW- 


-Saiali  M.  tinunders.. 


—J no.  E. 


-.1.  W. 


sKiii  anil  Hiiy  Debate 

Oil  III"'  wiiy  tt>  Palestine.— J.  W.  Mi-Giirvey 

rtoniM.T.  Uaer 

ffaysitle  Notes.— Landon  West 

vmiii  C.  J-  Todd 

TheChmcli  in  Califoriila.-Elias  K.  Buechley 

ileoiHiilier  tho  dead.-MiUtie  Ilunsicker 

Fruiii  N"v«da,  Veinon  Co.,  Mo,— G.  Glick 

nljtriii  M-'f tings— Enoch   Eby 

Sife  nt  H.mie.- W.  J.  H.  Bauman 

fwinC.  .I.Head 

from  Il:imlin,  Brown  Co.,  Kansas. 

SuriiiK*"' 

From  Lewisbm-g,  ArkansRS.- EmelineKrialic: 
[•,,,11,  Ogmi's  Creek.  Indiana.— G.  Leslie 
from  Manor  Church,  Indinua  Co..  Pa.- 

Fn.  ..  

\oliit-0  C.  Root 

FMiii.i.H.  Miller 

Um  I'ikf  Creek.  Ill.-T.  D.  Lyon 

yriiiii  .loseijhus  P.  Martin 

From  Coiiiell.  Ill,— K.  Htn-kman 

From  Virden.  Illinois.— Daniel  A'.inimun 

Irfok  0  it  fur  tlie  llogue.— L.  T.  Holsinger 8 

yn)mC.  IIoiK" 

rroiiiOs*  ego.  Labette  Co..  Kan.— S.D.  Reniker  S 

Winter  IJiipti/ing.— J.  D.  Ilaugbtelin 

?r  HI  I.yncli's, Station,  Campbell  Co..  Vm.  T.  C 

IVooil 

Waiitwl.— .Tftcob  Misbler ■'^ 

fOETRY : 

A  Kuiuf  in  Heaven.— J.  W.  Southwoud 3 

Tlif  Heiivenly  railruad  song 2 


STEIN  AND  RAY  DEBATE. 

Ptop.  Ut-Brethreu(or  Tiuik«r)  Churcluv^  |)03- 
ttisthe  Bible  Oliaracteristics  which  entitle 
Ih^ni  to  W  regarded  as  Churches  of  Jesus 
CiirUt. 

I W.  Stein,  AffirniS; 
b.  B.  RIy.  DeniM. 
J.  W.  Steins  I9^ll  .'vpfiiimatite. 
J  ASK  my  friend  if  a.tre>nbl lug  penilent  h  prop- 

^ODftl?  Will  he  answer?  His  stiVipture  refer- 
mce^say  uoLliiDg  about  pardon  before  baptism. 

I  hope  hf  will  furnish  us  the  historical  evi- 
W  that  the  aucjieut  Novatians,  Wuhlouses, 
♦tt.were  not  /r','i«^immcr:tioaists^  had  no'iove- 
twU."'  fect-wiishing,  &c. 

Tile  Brethren  iiim  to  baptize  none  but  '  tru- 
Mievers"  ai.d  hold  that  tlie  church  of  Christ 
'bnuU  be  (.ijtiiposL'd  of  none  but  "real  aaints." 
«*elhis  the  WaldfeOsea.  Wliat  has  that  to  do 
''tliljijiiHni  for  the  romissioii  of  t-in^V  That 
►f'^onfomiil  the  work  of  the  Holy  Spirit  with 
"i*  '•xUjrnal  rite  of  baptij^m,  or  inalfe  any  chm-j 
''*n  "rJiiiHiice  or  duty  meritorious,  is  uutfue. 

HeiiiHinu.itt'-t  that  my  historical  proofs  of  the 
t^uliard-ctrinesand  practi<-ed  of  the  ^ova- 
''«i^  W.iMerises,  etc..  are  "streams  of  slander." 


"W.hia  own  denominational  Imtorirfna   must 
^  a  »ery  bud  set  of  men,  for  I  have  mainly   re- 


lied upon  them  and   their  authorities,  for   my 
testimony. 

I  am  sorry  my  friend  becomes  so  much  est-it- 
ed,  and  so  disregards  our  rules  of  debate,  as  to 
impugn  my  motives  and  accuse  ui*>  of  falsehood 
because  1  asked  him  about  "christian  Ofdi- 
MdMCfjr,"  and  why  he  did  not  wash  the  saint's 
feet.  It,  is  my  privilege  to  ask  (Questions,  and  if 
I  am  uninformed  or  mistaken  I  am  willing  to 
be  corrected.  1  did  not  think  he  washed  his 
brethren's  feet,  because  1  know  the  people  gen- 
erally, with  whom  he  holds  feilowship,  do  not 
do  so,  unless  they  changed  very  materially  from 
what  they  were  when  I  knew  them. 

The  Brethren  get  their  practice  of  washing 
one  another's  feet,  as  a  lesson  of  humility,  fruin 
the  New  Teaturaent— from  Christ.  John  LJ. 
He  gets  his  from  the  old  Bible,  from  aticitnt 
ciistoiii.  That's  the  ditference.  I  ask  him  to 
give  us  his  scripture  for  only  two  'Ifshurch  or- 
dinances"? 

He  still  seema  concerned  about  the  brethren 
and  sisters  not  exchanging  the  kiss.  He  will 
find  our  authority  for  not  doing  so,  in  the  same 
scripture  that  confines  him,  in  "feet- washing,'' 
to  hisownsea: 

Because  with  us  the  pnrfs  of  the  body  or 
church  are  subject  to  the  wholf,  my  friend  calls 
it  an 'uucriptural  church  government."  We 
call  for  the  scripture.  The  ninmbers  of  Christ's 
body,  like  those  of  the  human  budy,  are  mutu- 
ally dependent  and  "eierij  our  members  onf  nj 
another."  Horn.  12:  .'•.  "There  is  owe  huilij." 
Eph.  4:4.  Its  members  should  be  "perfectly 
joined  together  in  the  same  mind  and  in  the 
same  judgment."  1  Cor.  1:  10.  They  are  "«//" 
to  "be  subject  one  to  another."    1  Pet.  5:  5. 

That  our  church  government  is  a  ''centraliz- 
ed hierarchy,"  we  emphatically  deny.  Our 
church  business  u  transacted  by  the  voice  of 
the  membership,  and  our  general  councils  are 
delegated  and  made  up  by  the  members  (the 
people)  simply  as  advisory  and  co-operative. 
When  our  general  cuuncil  was  a»ked  the  «|ues- 
tion,  "Does  Annual  Council  make  laws,  or  give 
advice  only,  in  cases  where  it  has  no  direct  gos- 
pel on  the  subject?"  it  answered,  '■'■It  ijii-es  ad- 
vice only."  Minutes  of  Annual  Council  for  IS- 
65,  Art.  34. 

Secotid  rfason  under  'ith  characteristic  con- 
tinui  d.  My  friend  thinks  this  is  like  the  pray- 
er of  the  Pnarisee.  We  do  not  claim  that  our 
I  brethren  are  naturally  better  than  other  men. 
We  "have  no  confidence  in  the  flesh,"  but  we 
maintain  that  they  accept  and  exercije  by  the 
help  of  the  Lord  the  graces  and  virtues  alluded 
to.  True,  we  often  fall  short  of  duty,  but  not 
btCiiuse  we  do  not  desire  and  labor  to  perform 
it.  And  yet,  after  we  luive  done  what  is  com- 
manded us  we  are  "unprofitable  servants." 

So  far,  my  friend  has  utterly  refused  to  rt- 
Spond  to  ilie  various  argumenU  I  Lave  drawn 
from  the  christian  scriptures  toshow  that  chris- 
tians may  not  tight  with  carnal  weapons.  I  am 
sorry  I  have  no  respondent.  He  thinks  ihris- 
tians  may  fight  and  kill  each  other  as  citizens 
of  civil  governments.  When  Christ  forbids  vi- 
olence and  I'etaliation,  he  nnikes  no  more  ex- 
ception, or  icservstion  infavor  of  political  quar- 
rels and  wars  than  wheii  he  forbids  robbery, 
theft,  and  adultery.  Hia  laws  art  absolut",  and 
he  wilt  judge  the  disobedient.'  Chiistians  are 
•'sid'irct  tij"  civil  government,  but  are  not  "s«^ 
/ff^sf/"  its  authority,  but  of  a  higher  govern- 
ment, which  elevates  their  lives  aliove  the  cen- 
sures and  punishment  of  civil  justice.  Instead 
ot'fc'jing  nulijects  nf  the  governments  of  the  nft 
tions,  tb^y  »re  but  wjourners  in  them,  and  will 
tie  their  judges  at  the  close  of  ilii-  dispensation, 
m  the  resunrttiou.  S.«  ;  Cor.G:  1-3:  PHa  4l»: 
4;  Dan.  T:  22;  Matt.  19:28;  Luke  22;  ait.  30; 
Rev.  2:  20;  3;  21;  20:  4. 

"Evil  doers"  do  not  sufler  a»  christians.  After 
Paul  states  our  duty  t.i  civil  iiuthorili^^  (Uoin 
13:  1-8).  he  reh^ar^""  t  pofi.ifi  .f  thedecftlojiii* 
in  which  "r/i(;»  «/!«// rtof  A-///"  fv.  SI)   is  promi 


uput.  Peter  also  states  our  duty  to  civil  func- 
tionaries. I  Pet.  11:  13-17.  The  "powers"  re- 
ferred to  are  not  military,  but  civil  authorities, 
as  "kings,"  "governors."  &c..  and  the  "oword" 
spoken  of  is  the  sword  of  civil  justice.itithehands. 
not  of  those  who  are"not  o/tbis  icocW"  but  of 
the  .lubjcris  of  the  governments,  intended  for 
the  "punishment  of  evil  doers  and  the  praise  of 
them  that  do  well." 

War,  instead  of  inflicting  the  penalties  of  civil 
justice,  usually  usurps  and  subverts  justice  and 
bserves  the  purposes  of  human  wrath,  ambi- 
tion, cruelty,  and  revenge,  often  resulting  in 
the  praise  of  thein  that  do  evil  ami  the  sitfl'ering 
of  them  who  do  well.  ()t>«n  the  monster  in 
vice  aud  crime  is  extolled  to  the  heavens,  his 
pidace  adorned  with  the  stolen  spoils  of  patient 
labor,  and  his  cotfers  filled  with  plundered 
treasures,  while  the  inoffensive  son  of  hone>t 
toil  is  shot  down  like  a  beast,  hi-t  property 
stolen,  his  family  abused,  aud  his  little  orphans 
exposed  to  the  merciless  pinchings  of  unjust 
poverty. 

That  the  powers  referred  to  as  ordained  of 
God,  are  limited  to  all  of  a  certain  clasa   of  au- 
thorities only,  appears  in    that  a  looser   inter- 
pretation would  invalidate  its  own  testimony 
by  proving  too  much,  because  Sa\nn  himself  is 
"the  prince  of  the  power  of  the  air,"  "the  spirit 
that  worketh  in  the  children  of  disobedieiitT," 
and  such  an  inference  would  not  only  forbid  us 
to  resist  the  devil,  which  we  ate  commandefl  to 
do,  Jas.  4:  7,  but  on  the  assumption  that  all  the 
demoniacal  powers,  as  well  as  the  wicked  power: 
of  this  world,  are  among  "the  powers  that   be' 
and  "ordained  of  God,"  ifor  God  permita  tliem) 
would  bring  us  under  obligations  to    patronize 
aud  sustain  all.  iind  since  "every   ordiiiTiiicit  of 
man"  with  the  same  loose  method  of  interpie- 
tation  would  include  every  human  religious  in- 
vention, tending  to   subvert   the   ordinances  tt 
Christ,  therefore,   instead  of  contending  "ewrn- 
nestly  for  the  faith  onie  delivered  to  the  saints" 
and  of  "keepuig  the   ordinances   as   they    were 
delivered,"  we   would  be   under  obligations  to 
"teach  for  doctrines  the  commandments  of  men 
aud  to  "render  the  commandments   of  God    of 
none  elfect"  by  human  "traditions." 

The  dues  to  be  rendered  are  hw/  M^ar  aifd 
oUnce,  but  "tribute'"  "custom,"  "fear,"  and 
"honor;"  immediately  after  which  we  are  ad- 
monished on  the  duty  of  love  and  reminded  of 
the  law  which  says,  "Thou  shalt  not  kill."  All 
this  would  constitute  a  strange  medley  indeed 
if  we  were  commanded  toobey  orders  to  commit 
murder  and  do  violence.     Even  civil  functiona- 


like  his  Ma-ster.  when  delivered  by  Pilate  even 
to  be  crucified,  he  should  bear  it  patiently,  be 
"suhjfit  to"  them  still,  and  "commit  himself  un- 
to him  who  judgeth  righteously." 

Origen  did  not  say  that  the  Christians  prayed 
for  the  success  of  the  king.t'  iffii-n.  We  "pray 
for  kings  and  rulers  and  all  that  are  in  author- 
ity," not  for  them  to  wage  war,  but  that  we 
may  "lead  ipiiet  and  peaceable  lives  in  all  god- 
liness mid  honesty." 

ON  THE  WAY  TO  PALESTINE. 

irrv.m  tli»  "CUrlttlon  SMmlnnl"  t<>  (i>fr|*l  AtTiii|.<i»>>uI.l 

[Mr.  Mi-Gnrvey's  second  letter  dirt  not  roueh  ns 
In  time  for  insertion  this  week.    The  following 
ijierly  prei-edes  It.) 


ries  may  exercise  authority  not  coulcrred  nor 
approved  by  Gud,  when  instead  ot^  exacting 
"good  order,  tribute,  custom,  fear,  honor,"  kc  , 
wheu  due,  they  overleap  the  bounds  of  right 
and  justice,  and, contrary  lo  heaven's  authority, 
connuand  the  servants  of  God  to  violate  divine 

^itinmandd' 

ChrUtWiVnied  his  disciples  of  having  to  ap- 
pear before  such  authorities,  and  charged  them 
to  speak  onl>  what  the  Holy  Spiritshould  teach, 
Luke  12:  11.  When  PeU-r  and  John  were  im- 
prisoned and  brought  before  the  council  and 
commanded  by  the  rulers  not  to  upmk  tit  nit  in 
the  rntwr  of  Jesus,  Acts  4:  18.  did  they  abandon 
their  work  as  they  would  have  been  compelled 
I  to  do  according  to  my  friend's  interpretation  of 
our  duties  to  civil  authority?  Their  firm  re 
"1 


ply  was,  "whether  it  be   right    in    the  night 
God  to  hearken  unto  you  more  than  unto   God, 
judge  ye."     Acts  4:  I'J.    On  anoth.  r  occasion, 
when  the  apostles  were  beaten  by  the  civil    an- 
thoritif*  and  conimanded  U)  xpeak  no    mor^^   in 
tlie  name  of  Jesun.  they  only  rejoiced  that  tin  > 
were  counted  worthy  to  sutl'erfor  hw  sake;  a..d 
daily  in  the  tt- iiiple  and  «vt-ry  hou»i'.  ceanctl  ii"i 
to  teHch  aud  preach  Jmis  Chriid.     Acts  o 
42.     The  Christian  must  obey  civil    auth-ii 
unlesfl  they    command    him  to   disobey    Ci 
thus  proving  that  they  are  usurping  and  i 
ing  poivrr  never  conferred  upon  them  by 
and  then  if  i.ermitt«d  to  suffer  at  their  li.-»nds, 


A  FIUK  nUEU,  AT  SEA. 

1('ANN0T  resist  the  temptation  to  give  to 
the  renders  of  the  Slanilarrl  a  dencription 
of  a  peculiar  kind  of  dress  parade  which  I  wit- 
nessed to  day,  March  14,  ou  the  steamer  Penn- 
sylvania. 

Let  me  remark,  by  way  of  introduction,  that 
our  ship  baa  ttn  life-boats  — live  on  each  side  of 
the  deck.     They  are  each    about  eighteen    feet 
long,  five  feet  wide  and  three  feet  deep.     Each 
is  kept  constantly  supplied  with  a  keg  of  fresh 
water,  la-hed  in  its  jdace  seeurelv;    with  a   wa- 
ter-tight compartment  always  full  of  fresh  sea- 
crackers;  and  with   a  full    oupply  of  oars  ready 
for  use.    They  each  rc!>tt>n  an  iron  frame-work 
above  the    balustrade    iit  the  edge  of  the  deck, 
and  can  he  readily  thrown  outward  and  down- 
ward until  they  hung  just  outside  the  balustrade 
and  even  with  its  tup  rail,  n^ady  for  passengers 
and  crpw  to  step  into  them  and  be  lowered  in 
an  in-itant  into  the  water.     Underneath  each  of 
these  boats  lies  a  separate  nppnratui  called  the 
liferaft.     It  consists  of  two    large /"(/»,    it  you 
name  them  by  their  iipjiearauce,   ulmut  twelve 
feijt  long  and  two  feet  in   diameter,  lying   four 
feet  apart,  with   an  open  franie-wnrk  of  plank, 
tilling  the  space  between  and  holding  theiu  to- 
gether. The  logt  are  not  wood,  but  solid  nuf'ses 
ui  co)k.     In  the  luidst  of  the  connecting  frame- 
work are  two    water-tight   eonipartnients,   one 
filled  with  bread,  and  the  other  with   drinking- 
water.     Capt.  Hams  had  sonu'  of  them  0|)ened 
for  us,  and  gave    us  some  of  the  bread    to  try, 
which  we  found  good  and  souud.    On   theat; 
rafts,  when  in  use,  the  pas<ieDger  is  expected  to 
sit  or  lie  as  best  he  can.  and  it  seems  cjiiite  ecr- 
taiu  that  as  long  as  he  does  either  he  cannot 
sink  in  any  storm.  They  are  lashed  to  the  deck, 
to  be  cut  loose  when  the  ship  is  abinit  to  -ink, 
or  to  be  thrown  oM^rboard  if  desimbii'. 

Now  for  the  fire-drill.     At  half  past  four  this 
afternoon  the  beiU  rang  out  a  K'arfnl  fire  alarm. 
The  passengers  were  in  the  secret,  and  on  dfck 
to  witnessthe  scene.  The  instant  the  bell  sound- 
ed there  began  to  pour  forth  from  the  officers' 
and  seaman's  gang-ways  Tour   s'.reaniK  of  men. 
running  with  all  their  might.     As  they  rushed 
forth  each  man  look  his  station,  which  he  knew 
from  previous  drills  and  persoual  instruction. 
Within  less  than  a  minute,   ninety  men,   four 
times  as  many  as  we  had  seen  Iwlore,    were  on 
deck,  and  distribu'ed,   a  group  at  each    boat,  a 
group  at  each  of  the    fire-hoses,  «   group  with 
axes  on  their  shoulders  ready  to  .ut  an>thing  at 
word  of  command,  the  Captain    on    his    bridge 
amid  ship^.andanollicer  with  a  speaking  trump- 
et at  each  end  of  the  ship,  facing  him.     Before 
we  had   time   to  comprehend   all  these   move- 
ments—sooner  than  a  common  steam  fire-engine 
could  get  out  of  its  engine  house- four  Urge 
htrparas  of  water  were  playing,  each  from  a  hose 
long  enough  to  reach  any  part  of  the  ship.    In 
another  moment  or  two  tlie  boats  began  to  drop 
to  the  gunwale,  and  «e  were  wimo-t  tempted  to 
completethe  performance  byjumping  into  them. 
In  the  meantime  the  stewiirdes-s  wa.t  at  her  post 
at  the  head   of  the   saloon,   ready    to  stop  aud 
calm  any  frightened  ladies,  while  the  stewards 
and  cibin-boys  weivat  the  foot  of  the  gangways 
to  prevent  any  passengers  from  pa<.'*ing  out  un- 
til the  w-rd  should  he  given. 

Coneimlfd  on  Mh  pn<je. 


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Ood 


TMK    HIU:'J'HHK?s'    A'V    AVOIiKl. 


THE  HEAVENLY  RAILROAD  SONG. 

'rilK  nwl  to  heaven  by  Christ  wjw  mide. 
1      Willi  gospel  trutli  iIr-  rrtil»  ".•«•  Isid. 
l-'ruu  furlli  Ui  lu'uvi'li  th<-  roml  oxtcnrln, 
Through  life  etoruiil,  there  it  ends. 

God*s  love's  the  fire,  th.-  tr-i'h.  tiiu  j<tre«oi. 
Tliat  drivrs  the  engine  urnl  im-  ln-niii; 
AH  you  that  would  to  glory  ride, 
Must  come  to  CliriHt.  in  him  conHde. 
Ilcpeiitfliict*  i«  th<»  ittiition  then. 
Whert'  pa-wt'ii^f'TM  nn-  tiikcn  in; 
Ko  fan-  ih.-n  i^  for  th^-m  to  pHV. 
For  Clirisi  himM.lt.  hv  i»  the  way. 

(;ome.  thfii.  poor  (tinner,  now"*  your  lime, 

On  itny  irtntion  on  the  line. 

If  vou  repeat  nn^  turn  from  itin, 

ThH  cur  wi.I  Htopnrid  tpike  yoti  in. 

Thecar  iw  nudy, Nuon  will  g-. 
Will  you  t'o  10  lit'iiven,  or  ii"'' 
You  will  dniw  yodr  whrck  h.v  H'    ■■'■  '^ . 
AnA  to  thf  end  tlie  bi-ot  of  p  ly. 

We  hnvc  on  lj0.trd  a  holy  biiml. 
Thyy'ia  all  iibund  for  Catiann'*  land, 
I'.ir  CiiniiiiiiH  liiiirl  iippf'Hru  in  vi.-w, 
Where  till  tU-  ^-liintH  go  drcM-.<d  anew. 

The  cur  run*  I»fth  u'lphl  iind  d«y, 
N..r  will  it  tire  hy  the  wiiy, 
I'lilil  it  liinds  in  In-jivi-n  nl>ovf,    ,  ^ 
Where  ull  thi-Miiinti.  »li«ll  meet  in  lovo. 

S.'lect'-d  l^y  L.  ('.  KUNZHAN. 


praUe  hioi,how  much  more  are  w«*,  who 
have  th»'glori"iw  privilegt;  of  hf^iDg  r*'c- 
ojfTiizcil  a^  liiHchil<ir*'0,ohii^'atf<l  to  give 
ihnnkNimto  him  for  I'vvry  ltlt-w*ing  that 
«■♦•  -njoy. 

iiinl  grant  tliat  we  may  U-arn  a  lewwui 
fr<jni  tIie*'V6ic('ft  of  Xatiire,"  nml  contin- 
ually give   jn-aise    unto   him  whom  the 
heaven  of  ht?aV(.nH  eannot  contain. 
"The  vAlleya  aiid  the  nionntaint,  i - 

The  wocH^I|:inrl  and  the  pUin, 
The  river-i  and  tin-  fountainfl: 
The  HunKliine  and  the  rain. 
The  xtarH  IKmI  hhine  ahove  me. 
The  tlowern  that  deek  the  sod. 
Proclaim  aloud  the  glojj'  of  my  God. 


VOICES  OP'    NATURE. 

iiY  i:  A.  Ki'S". 

rjllIK  milijeft  upon  which  we  <lenire  to 
■*      iijdke  a  few  coummiitw,  \h  otm  of  in 
eoniiiieheii.sihie  profundity.     It   Ih   one 
timt  ])resentH  it«elf  to  uh  every  (lav.  That 
theme  \h  the  "Voi<!("*  of  Niituro."     How 
solemn,  fliKl    yet   how   pi'nnd,  are  thoHe 
\oi('eB!     When    wv    lieiir  tlieni,  A\'e  are 
JdiMiglii  t()  llie  nfiiieTriliranee  ol*  i>iiri;i'eat 
Cniilor,  the    Kounder    of   heaven  and 
earth;  and    lue  Ktnick    with    awe,    and 
deli^dll,    at   the  beanty    and     t,'randeur 
willi    whieh  we   are  wurroiindetl.     The 
nuwt  suljlinie  "  Voicen  of  Nature"  are  the 
imittcring  and  lerrilic  jienle  of  thunder, 
wliieh  cHU8f  the  whole  i>arth  to  vDu'ate 
When  we  h(far  and  see  them,  it  seeniB  an 
if  (Jod  is  speaking  to  um,  through   those 
juiwrrful  mediums,  ealled  the   ^'  Voices 
of  Nature."     And  liow  forcibly  does   it 
remind  us  of  bis    ]io\ver   and   autluirity 
ovi-r  111]  things,  and  with  what  reverence 
Mlumld   we   su limit    to   his  ijoveriinient. 
Nur  is  tills  all;  there  are    thousands   of 
ways  in  whitdi  we  are  shown  his  all  wise 
power.     The  beautiful  bodies  of  water 
which  deck  the  footstool  of  our  Creator 
and  with  whicii   we  are  surrounded,  all 
pertain  to  make  up  the    grand  pictures, 
as  well  as  the  realities  of  Nature.     The 
mighty  cataract  washing  down    a   lofty 
preci])ice,  dashing  itself  into  gloi'ioua  riv- 
ulets upon  its  pebly  bed  beneath,  all  har- 
monize in  the  coni])osition  of  the  "X'oices 
of  Nature."     And  even  the   rustling    of 
the  wind  as  it  rushes  forth  and  rocks  the 
forests  with  its  mighty  power,  is  gran<l, 
although  we  cannot  see   it,  yet   we  ini 
mediately  recognize  it  as  an  assistant  in 
making  up  the  unutterable  grandeur  of 
the  "N'oices  of  Nature." 

Jfan,  that  creature  who  was  made  In 
the  image  of  his  Creator,  and  in  subor 
dination  to  the  angels  of  heaven,  is  the 
possessor  of  a  voice  which  is  equally  ns 
beautifula8any"Voiceof  Nature,"  which 
was  given  to  him  by  bis  Maker,  and 
though  he  can  govern  and  regulate  it, 
yet  he  cannot  change  it  to  any  other 
than  that  which  Nature  has  bestowed 
upon  him.  'Lite  hajipy  songster  of  the 
beautifulTorests,  which  are  the  emblems 
of  innocence  and  purity,  are  given  to  us 
for  our  pleasure,  and  are  endowed  with 
&  beautiful  voice  which  they  readily  use 
in  giving  praise  to  him  who  is  theirCre- 
ator  as  well  as  ours.  .Surely  they  teach 
u.s  a  lesson,  for  if  they  in  thcij  ignorance 


And  Khali  th<!  '■Vflitw  of  Nature," 

Tliiih  giorily  it»  King: 
And  man,  the  noble  crenttjre, 

N'o  ^rMU'lul  tributt-  hniigi' 
Shall  menry  «trew  his  pathway. 

And  ull  liiD  HViuctt  please, 
And  man  withhold  th<^Hacrifi(Mj  of  praise  ? 

fraiwH  holy  ufI<jratiou,        i 

I'raim-N  Vt  the  l/od  «|iove,  , 
iViiiH'fH  tliroii^li  the  widu  creoatiou, 

Soiirtd  iiI'Miil  liMcrt'iitnetwaud  his  love. 

FEET-WASHING, 

IIV  -^   H.  MAMMEit. 


take  two,  then  a  few  more,  then  aJl. 
trhiub  is  not  much  when  all  put  togeth- 
er as  a  whole,  then  it  will  make  no  dif 
ference  whether  heli  be  preached  hot  or 
cold. 

GODS  WAY  NOT  OUR  WAY. 

BY  KKH'KrCA  .-SAVEI.V. 

E  tiibW  from  observation  as   well 


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COUKKSPONJJENT  in  the  /'Jvan- 
i/d'u-al  M<<'"*tiiiji:}\  under  date  of 
October  .'{rd,  iKjs,  piildished  at  Cleve- 
land, Ohio,  intimates  that  feet-washing, 
as  a  religioiiH  rite,  is  very  un|»opiilar  with 
the  young  uiiiiistei-s  of  that  denomina- 
tion. Well,  all  I  have  to  say  about  that 
point  of  the  Hubject,  is  tins:  If  the  au- 
thor had  said  tliat  feet-washing  was  un- 
poj)ular  witli  ('hrint  and  the  .ajjostles, 
and  the  true  followers  of  the  meek  and 
lowly  Oiw,  who  brougiit  from  heaven  the 
examjile  himself,  and  obeyed  it  and 
taught  it,  then  I  would  have  said  that 
the  author  of  the  aliove  assertion  was 
sadly  mislaken;  but  he  does  not  say  that 
— lie  says  the  young  ministers,  that's 
sMUething  else.  He  furtlier  says,  that 
through  them  it  will  gradually  pass  in-  | 
to  neglect.  1  believw  this,  not  only  feet- 
washing  will  pass  into  neglect,  but  the 
whole  will  and  testament  of  Jesus. 

There  are  those  whotakt?  a  more  hope- 
ful \iew  of  the  matter,  and  claim  that 
fi'ct-wiushing  is  the  literal  washing  of 
the  ijaint's  feet,  and  that  it  is  a  jiositive 
(iitlinance  of  perpetual  standing  in  the 
testament,  the  same  as  ba])tism  and  the 
Lord's  JSnpiJer,  i)rayer,  communion,  non- 
resistance,  uonconforniity  to  the  woidd, 
and  other  duties.  In  support  of  the 
above,  I  would  go  to  the  Scriptures,  and 
not  to  the  views  of  man.  It  seems  so 
strange ^o  me.  as  I  am  not  a  Christian 
myself,  but  just  as  good  as  some  who 
pi'ofess  to  be,  and  omit  part  of  the  will 
and  testament.  Such  are  guilty  of  the 
whole,  then  they  just  stand  wliere  I  do. 
Hut  wdiat  I  wius  going  to  say  all  the  law 
ret|uires  of  us  in  the  matter,  is  nothing 
to  be  compared  with  what  Christ  had  to 
undergo  for  us,  namely,  the  painful  death 
on  llitt  cross. 

Washing  feet  was  one  of  the  most 
liumble  services  which  one  could  render; 
hence  the  Savior  gave  the  example,  "as 
I  have  wjushed  your  feet,  ye  ought  also 
wiish  one  another's  feet."  Christ  washed 
his  di-iciples'  teet.  Do  not  attempt  to 
say  he  did  not.  The  symbolical  design 
of  the  act  was  e.\plained  to  the  apostles, 
and  e.\plaiued  by  Christ.  Now  what 
need  man  do  more  than  obey  the  boint 
of  doctiino  given,  explained  and  peiform 
ed  by  Christ  himself. 

I  believe  that  tlie  disciples  in  that 
night  understood  tlie  precept  in  a  liter- 
al sense.  Get  rid  of  the  gospel,  take 
away  feet-washing,  thensome  otherpoint; 
fori  contend  if  any  man  have  aright  to 
take  au  ay  one  point,  he  has  a    rii^ht   to 


many  things  of  the  goodness  of  (iod — 
his  kinilnec.-^  and  mercy  shown  toward 
UH.  Truly  we  have  often  to  wonder  how 
he  can  be  so  patient  and  forbearing  with 
n«,  since  %ve  are  so  forgetful  and  negli- 
gent of  our  duty  toward  him.  We  some- 
tirncJf  even  feel  to  murmur,  if  not  au- 
dibly, in  secret  at  him,  who,  of  a  truth, 
is  our  best  friend,  just  because  his  way 
is  not  oui-  wa)-,  and  he  does  not  always 
deal  with  us  as  we  would  like  to  bedealt 
with.  We  are  often  afflicted  in  various 
ways,  and  then  we  say,  (if  not  aloud  to 
ourselves),  that  God  .-nufters  it  to  be 
while  we  would  rather  not  have  it 
but  would  have  our  own  way.  Often 
when  we  are  cast  on  abed  of  painful 
suffering,  we  wonder  why  it  is  permit- 
ted to  be  so,  and  sometimes  our  near  and 
dear  friends  are  called  away  from  us  by 
the  irresistible  hand  of  death,— this  is 
extremely  hard  for  us,  and  we  again  won- 
der why  we  are  thus  permitted  to  be  so 
terribly  and  deeply  afflicted. 

AVhile  we  thus  murmur  in  passini; 
through  these  fiery  trials,  will  we  not 
raise  our  eyes  beyond  all  terror  and  view 
(^d  as  he  is?  If  w^e  are  sick,  he  gives 
us  much  comfort,  as  well  as  patience  to 
endure  ii.  If  death  visit  us,  he  so  kind- 
ly gives  us  strength  and  helps  us  to  bear 
it,  if  w-e  w^ill  only  consent  to  lean  on  his 
strong  arm  of  love  and  mercy.  How 
condescending  God  is  to  be  so  patient 
and  kind  with  us,  when  we  are' so  frail, 
so  prone  to  murmur  and  so  undeserving 
of  such  love.  If  we  are  in  trouble,  or 
cast  down  in  any  way,  he  will  bear  us 
up  as  he  has  promised;  he  will  meet  us 
in  the  closet  at  all  times,  and  there  an- 
swer prayer  as  well  as  hold  sweet  com- 
munion with  us,  which  is  rich  manna  to 
the  soul,  as  well  as  a  true  solace  to  the 
body. 

We  have  sometimes,  in  former  life, 
murmured  that  our  prayers  were  not  an- 
swered; but  now  we  look  back  and  view 
things  quite  ditferentfrom  what  we  then 
did.  God  sometimes  answers  prayer  so 
entirely  different  from  what  we  expect, 
that  we  are  ready  to  accuse  him  of  not 
answering  at  all,  and  thus  accuse  him  of 
falsehood,  because  he  has  promised  to 
give  us  the  needed  things  we  ask  for; 
but,  on  conditions,  we  must  have  faith 
and  ask  aright. 

I  distinctly  recall  to  mind  of  some 
years  ago,  asking  faithfully  and  repeat- 
edly of  God  to  grant  me  a  needed  favor, 
but  linally  I  ceased  to  ask  its  grant,  but 
wondered  why  such  a  favor  could  be 
withheld.  Now  I  see  plainly'  that  it  was 
graciously  bestowed  upon  me,  but  in  a 
different  manner  from  what  1  expected, 
that  I  entirely  failed  to  realize  it  until 
years  afterward.  Truly,  if  we  view  God 
as  he  is,  we  have  to  exclaim,  he  is  all 
love,  mercy,  andlongsufferlngto  us  who 
are  often  through  weakness  ready  to 
murmur,  simply  because  God's  way  is, 
not  our  way. 

AVhatever  affliction  bif;ill  us,  let  us  be 
willing  to  ^ay  with  oim  >.t"  tdd,  that  it 
was  good  tuat  I  was  afflicted,  for  then  I 
thought  upon  the  Lor.l;  an<l  whatever 
may  be  our  station  in  life,  why  not  be 
content  and  thankful  that  it  is  as  well 
with  us  as  what  it  is? 

May  God  give    us   strength    that 


may  grow  in  hi-t  love,  and  give 
doni  not  to  murmur  at  hini  and  h' 
for  be  is  all  love,  all  good,  anj  ^i,    **] 
erful.  ^'^ 

Hudson,   ///. 

WHAT  IS  A  SOLDIER? 

IIY  W.   H.   ilIM.K,[. 

THAT  isaswldie 


'f^ 


WHAT  is  a  soldier?  Asoldi^^j,, 
that  is  drafted,  or  volu^i^.  ^'^ 
defense  of  his  country,  usini;  the    ■ '  ^ 
weapon  to  ^hed  his  fellow- mea's  \,\'' 
We  .shouhl  all  be  soldiers   in   the    , 
battle  against  sin  and  Satan;  but  m^-"^ 
carnal  weapons:  our   great   Cotm, 
don't  want  us  to  be  warriors,  goii,.  . 
to  the  battle  of  carnality,  slayii,  . 
the  sword    and    other    deadly    u,,^ 
for  Christ  says,  ''all  that  tuketli^^    \. 
shall  perish  with  the  sword."  M,,, 
fii*.     Hence  it  fdlows  that  We  as   ;,  ^ 
reu  who  have  professed  the  name  ,,[  i 
susand  are  trying  to  walk  in  Jij,  , 
steps,  should,  therefore  regard  tli. 
of  deadly   weapons    a's   direct  i,-;,. 
against  our  gre;it  Redeemer;  but  i|i,, 
are  weapons  that  we  may   use, 
using  them  we  run  in    the   strai 
narrow  way  that  leadeth  unto  Gdi 
weapons  are  such  as  will  put  the  fu,., 
tortightatany  time,  if  properly  u^^j 
Instead  of  the  carnal  sword,    wv  [,, 
"the  sword  of  the  spirit,  which  i^  . 
er  than  any  two  edged    sword,   [.; 
even-to    the    dividing   a'^undei     . 
and  spirit,  and  of  joint  andmariu 
is  a  discerner  of  the  thoughts  and 
of  the  heart,  the  helmet  of  salvati  . 
breastplate  of  I'lghteousness."  Tiih- 
some  of  tlie  weapons  we  should  t]-.i-   ] ,.[ 
us,  as  professors  of  Jesus  Chri-,t,  i,'u  i 
and  light  for  him  who  died  for  in, 
help  in  thinning  the  ranks  of  the  en^ 
tearing  down  the  strong  holds  of  S.iian 
and  thus  help  to  fill  up  the  kiiii^iL.iu  ,f 
God. 

If  we  are  brave  soldiers,  we   w  i . 
fear  the    wicked   nor    their  fiery  d ,;  . 
neither   will  we  shrink  from  tln'  <,, 
mandments  of  our  Captain,     hy'..  ii>   ;. 
the  word  of  God  to  defend  ourselw-   ^ 
sinners,  don't   rebel    against    God  ainl 
Christ  any  longer,  but  come   and  enlist 
under  the   King   of  kings,   and  1 
lords,  and  help  us  roll  on    the   ■: 
work.     There   is   no   pay   in   ivi 
against  God,  your  reward  will  lir  : 
atiou  with  the  miserable  inmati- 
"Well  but,"  aays  one,  "  if  you  ai' 
posed  to  war,  why  did  God  in  oMei. 
command  and  even  assist  in  wars;    \^ 
will  see  about  this  matter.     I'li'l': 
old  Mosaic  dispensation  when  tli' 
pie  were  so  war  like,  God  reveal'  : 
self  unto  the  prophets  by  words  [>■ 
ing  from  his  own  raouth,  or  thr-'  - 
holy  angels,  directing  his  people  ai    : 
way  to  pursue  to  couq^uer  the  enemy,  '  ' 
the  old  dispensation  not  being  |ieitni, 
allowing  wars, — that  is  carnal  wars  lif 
tween  God's  people  and  the  enemy.  hh'I 
the  coming  of  the  Sou  of  God,  atid  tb'- 
laying  down  of  a  perfect   law,  prohibit 
ing  war  with  one  another,    proves  tbat 
the  law  of  Christ,  forbiding  war,  ia  per' 
feet  and  cannot  be  made  better,  fortba' 
which  is  perfect  is  as  good  as  it  can  '"■ 
made.     It  was   right   to   war  one  will 
another  at  the  time  of  Joshua  and  tb- 
other  prophets  because  it  was  jcomm«n*' 
ed  by  God;  but  on  account  of  the  iw 
perfectness  of  the   law,  the   people  bf 


came  so  wicked  in   trespasses   ani 


ll    SID' 


that  (iod  sent  his  Son  mto  this  worU'' 
die  for  us,  and  establish  a  law  that  ^^^ 
perfect,  and  in  this  perfect  law  we  fin' 
war  forbidden ;  hence  it  is  wrong  ^'^  ^^ 
gage  in  it  at  all.  , 

The  Father  knew  tbat  the  law  coul-^ 


•naE    BKETHKEIsT    AT    WOIUi. 


3 


only   wav 


If  ..erfect, 

i*'"^,*  Now,  the  only  true  soldier, 
i^^,iaier  of  Uoil,  fighting  the  good 
''"'f  faith.  Sinner,  I  invite  you  not 
?*'  °  d  your  time  in  killing  your  fel- 
i'\^  for  the  Lord  will  come  and  his 
'*°!l  jiill  he  with  li™,  and  he  will 
i'"  ^.  tnan  according  as  his  work 
i'*  ,  ^  ■  What  do  you  think  your  re- 
}  -hall  be  if  you  cootinue  to  reVjel 
•  ."tGod*  The  ways  of  the  Devil 
s*"  1  Ij^.  will  have  you  to  follow  him 
■*  ,  L  jg  peruicious  ways  and  at  the  end 
.■11  torment  you  in  the  lake  of  fire 
'  Uhe  fiendish  howls  of  the  tormented 
'"'   gnashing  of  teeth    and  wailing  of 


A 


A  HOME   IN    HEAVEN. 


BY  J.  W,  SOl'THWOOD, 


HOME  in  heaven  for  all  the  bWst, 


eud,  you  will  receive    sjreat 
become   a  soldier  in  the 


^•ketl.  While  on  the  other  baud, 
.will  cease  your  wicked,  pernicious 
-^  you  will  be  landed  on  the  ever- 
^"  shore  amid  the  shouts  of  the  re- 
U\a^^  of  God.  Come,  now,  and  be  a 
soldier  of  God.     It  is   much  easier, 

Tjin. 

'  ]„  order  to 

Y  of  the  Lord,  you  must  go  to   that 

feet  law,    read   the    directions   laid 

1  vn  obey  them,  standby   them,   live 

■"ithfiil  to  the  end,  and  meet  us  iu  glory. 

n)j  I  would  to    (jod   that  every    one 

ilJ  feel  as  the  jjoet,  and  be  assured  of 

I,  fad  that  the  following  lines  e.\pres8: 

"But  now  [  am  a  soldier. 

My  Captain's  gone  before. 
He's  given  me  my  orders, 
And  tells  me  nttt  to  fear."  ^ 
ijlorious  thought,  when  we  can  be  assur- 
rftliat  we  are  soldiers  in  the_  army    of 
(te  Lord.     His  commandments  are  easy, 
,11  are  plain  al)d  tangible,  any  one  who 
an  read  the  Bible  can  understand  them. 
het  us  all  then  be  up  and    doing,    for 
til!  time  may  not  be  long.     "Behold  the 
jiBhtcoinetb  wherein  no  man  can  work." 
ttt  us  work,  then,  while  it  is  called  to- 
day,  for  we  have  no  promise  of  tomor- 
row.    Let  us  all  be  soldiers  in  the  ranks 
ofjeslis  Christ.     The  grace  of   God    be 
mth  you  all. 
iforrisonmUe,  111. 

PALESTINE. 


And  live  in  peace  below; 
That  home  is  where  the  saints  shall  dwell. 
And  Christ  wbo  doth  our  sorrows  (luell. — 
That  home  is  Iree  from  woe. 

Come  brethren,  sisters,  frieuds.  and  nil, 
Let  us  not  think  tbe  work  to  small 
But  try  to  gain  thiit  home: 
Then  when  this  earthly  house  shall  fail. 
And  "ueath  the  hand  of  death  grows  pale. 
We'll  pass  to  that  blest  home. 

There  we  may  dwell  in  love  and  peace. 
Where  joy  and  rest  do  never  cease. 
But  last  forevermore: 
Then  we'll  rejoice  that  we  did  turn. 
And  all  of  Satan's  evils  spurn, 
Togain  this  heavenly  shore.    ■ 

Now  as  this  life  is  all  the  time. 

We  have  to  turn  from  sin  and  crime. 

Let  us  improve  it  well; 

Obey  the  Lord  in  word  and  deed, 

For  he's  a  friend  in  time  of  need. 

He'll  rescue  us  from  hell. 

Then  let  us  cast  on  him  our  care, 
Then  we'll  be  safe  {'mm  every  snare. 
In  time,  and  when  it's  past; 
He'll  guide  us  safely  to  tbe  end, 
And  be  to  us  a  constant  friend. 
And  give  us  rest  at  last. 

A  home  in  heaven,  ob,  will  it  be. 
My  lot  in  that  bleat  land  to  see 
My  Savior's  glorious  face? 
.And  live  with  him  in  heaven  above. 
Where  all  is  peace,  and  joy,  and  love. 
Reflecting  heavenly  grace? 


faitll 


FAITH. 


THE  London  (Hiilic  gives  asummary  of 
statistics,  which  show  how  extraor- 
ilinary  has  been  the  change  in  the  aspect 
both  of  Jerusalem  and  tbe  country  gen. 
erally,  in  regard  to  the   Jewish  inbabi- 
tants  during  the  last  few  years.     At  the 
beginning  of  the   present  century    the 
porte  allowed  no   more  than  300  of  the 
liated  people   to   live  within   the  city. 
Forty  years  later  that  restriction  was  re. 
moved,  but  another   still  remained,   by 
virtue  of  which  they  were  permitted  on- 
Ij  to  reside  in  a  particular  quarter  of  tbe 
town,  which   was   much   too  small  for 
tliem.    It  is  about  ten  years   since   this 
last  regulation  was  abolished,  and  since 
tben  the  progress  made  by  the   Jew   iu 
feopling  their  ancient  capital  has   been 
extraordinary.   Almo-st  every  one  of  the 
old  houses  as  It  fell  vacant  was   bought 
lip  by  them,    while   they   have   built  a 
prodigious   Bumbef   of  new  ones  iu  all 
parts  of  the  town.     Schools,   hospitals, 
and    religious   associations   have    been 
started  on  a  grand  scale;  and  the  pop 
«lation,  which  eighty  years  ago  was,  as 
We  have  said,  barely  300,  amounted    in 
1*1.5  to  no  less  than  l:i,00tl   iu   Jeru»a 
lem  alone.     Nor  have  the   immigrants 
neglected  to    provide   for   the   material 
improvement  of  the   cotintry.     Besides 
numerous  other  examples  which  might 
be  quoted,  a  "school   agriculture"  has 
keen  founded  and  endowed   by   a  rich 
Jew  of  Venice   with    several   thousand 
pounds.    There  is  thus  every  chance  for 
tlie  country  of  regaining  some,  at  least, 
"fits  old  fertility. 


AS  faith  comprises  a  fundamental  ele- 
ment in  the  Christian  religion,  it 
is  needful  that  it  occasionally  undergo  a 
quiet  and  serene  discussion. 

Faith,  as  admitted  and  taught,  is   be. 
lief,  or  the  agreement  of  the  understand- 
ing to  the  truth  of  any  proposition.     To 
iilustrate;  We  may  believe  that  all  the 
stars  are  arranged  into   groups   or  sys- 
tems, governed  by  one  great,  grand,  in- 
tie.\ible   law.     This  is  scientific  faith,  or 
faith   in   science.     Again,   we  may  be- 
lieve that  Christopher  Columbus  was  the 
first  of  the   orientals   to   bow  and  kiss 
American  soil.     This  is  historical  faith, 
or  faith  in  history.     Again,  we  may  lie- 
lieve  the  Bible  is  a  revelation  from  God, 
through  Christ  his  Son,  as  the  only  means 
"whereby  men  must  be  saved,"  and,  that 
an  earnest  pursuance  of,  and  a  full  com. 
pliance  with  it,  will    ultimately   save. 
This  is  Bible  faith,  or  faith  in  the  Bible. 
We  perceive  that  there  are  different 
faiths  as  there  are  different  things,but  have 
not  as  yet  shown  that  there  are  dift'erent 
faiths  about  one  and  the  same  thing.  To 
illustrate;  One  believes   that   the   stars 
are  arranged  into  groups  or  systems,  gov- 
erned by  a  harmonious  law;  and  auother 
believes  that  they    are   not.     Here   are 
two  faiths  about  one  and  the  same  thing, 
and  they  both  cannot   be  true.     Again, 
one  believes  that  Christopher  Columbus  | 
was  the  first  of  the  orientals  to  l)ow  and 
kiss  American  soil,  and  another  believes 
that  he  was  not.     Here   are    two    faiths 
about  one  and  the  same  thing,  and  they 
i)oth  cannot  be   true.     Again,   one   be 
lieves  that  the  Bible  is  a  revelation  from 
God,  through  Chii.^t  his  Son,  as  the  only 
means  "whereby  men  must  be  saved,  and, 
that  an  earnest  pursuance  of,  and  a   full 
compliance    with    it,    insures   talvation. 
Another  believes  that  it  is  from  God,  and 
that  a  limited  pursuance  of,  and  a   par. 
tial  compliance  with  it,  insures  salvation. 
Another  believes  that  it   is   from    God, 
and  concludes  that  that   belief  insures 
salvation.     Another  believes  that  it  is 
not  a  work  of  God  at  all,  that  it  is  a  fie 
tion  and  folly. 


Here  are  several  fail  Is  about  one  and 
the  same  thing,  and  ibey  cannot  all  be 
true.  Some  wonder  why  men  hold  so 
many  difteretit  taiths  respecting  one  sim- 
ple volume.  I  would  add  that  it  is.  pri- 
marily, because  of  prejudice,and,  second, 
arily,  beeatise  of  ignorance.  Nothing  gets 
its  dues  when  judged  either  from  a  stand- 
point  of  prejudice  or  ignorance. 

As  our  salvation  greatly  depends  ou 
the  Bilile  correspondence  of  our  faith,  it 
is  a  matter  of  much  importance,  for  by 
faith  are  we  saved.  It  is  quite  evident, 
that,  if  a  man's  faith  is  not  right  whether 
he  practices  it  or  not.  it  will  not  avail ; 
although  he  may  be  extremely  sincere 
and  zealous.  Acts  'iti:  9.  If  a  man  has 
the  right  faith  (Bible  faith)  and  does 
not  practice  it,  it  will  still  not  avail. 
James  2:17.  There  is  such  a  thing  as 
a  man  uot  practicing  his  faith.  1  take 
the  position  that,  in  most  cases,  if  a  man 
believes  the  Bible  he  will  accept,  and,  if 
he  accepts,  he  will  practice  it,  and  if  he 
practices  it,  it  will  ultimately  save. 

Faith  is  truly  a   wonderful  thing;    it 
is  the  true  foundation  of  the  church;   it 
is  the  theme  upon  which   the    world   is 
hinged;  it  is  the  great  and  grand   lever 
of  the  Christian.     We  should  see  if  our 
faith  is  the  full  faith  of  the  Bible,  for  up 
on   that   depends    a  great  deal.     Many 
persons  will  l>e    saved  because   of  their 
Bible  faith,  while  many,  yea,  very  many 
will  be  lost  because  of  their  not  having 
Bible  faith.     Faith,  as  I  repeat,  is  truly 
a  wonderful  thing.     A  gener.al    lack  or 
weakness  of  Bible  faith  was  the  trouble 
when  Christ  was  here;  it  is  the    trouble 
now  and   shall   ever   be.     Weakness  of 
faith  is  ch.aracteristic  of  the  human  race. 
This  is  the  curse  of  the  world  and  even 
of  the  church. 

Those  who  witnessed  the   miraculous 
display  of  divine  power  would   not   be. 
lieve.     They  often  asked   him    (Christ)  | 
very  impertinent  questions,  because  of 
their  doubt  and  unbelief.     They  knew 
the  prophecies  respecting   a   Deliverer, 
and  could  not  fail  to  know  tliat  he    was 
the  fulfillment  of  them,  yet  they  would 
not  believe.     They   confessed   that  "he 
spake  as  never   man   spake,"   yet  they 
would  not  believe  him  to  be  the  Son  of 
God.     Only  once  and  awhile  one  would 
be  caused  to  exclaim  with   outbursts  of 
inward  conviction  and  emotion:  "Truly 
this  is  the  Son  of  God."  Another  would 
say :  "Truly   this  is  a  righteous  man." 
These,  however,  were  not  the  common 
expressions  of  that  day.     Christ's  ordi- 
nary phrase  to  those  with  whom  he  was 
most  intimately  associated,    was,  "O  ye 
of  little  faith."     How  shocking  it   is  to 
think  that  such  language  should  be  used 
to  those  intimate  associates  of  his,   uot 
to  say  it  was  really  necessary  by  way  of 
reproach,  and  how  much  it  exposes  the 
indifl'ereiice  of  human  belief.     Christ  re 
vealed  things  unto  his  disciples  that   no 
one  could  have  revealed  save   the   Son, 
yet  they  would  not  confidently   believe. 
It  was  then,  and  it  isnow,  extremely  siu 
ful  to  doubt  and  not  believe. 

Faith  is  the  great  lever  power  of  the 
church.  The  stronger  the  lev.r  the 
greater  the  power.  Our  power  to  ac- 
complish, in  a  Christian  point  of  view, 
is  chiefly  regulated  by  the  degree  of 
faith  which  we  possess.  The  Bible  teach, 
es  that  if  a  man  have  faith  as  a  grain  of 
mustard  seed,  he  can  remove  trees  and 
mountains.  This  is  both  astonishing  and 
encouraging.  Astonishing  to  see  the 
power  of  faith,  and  encouraging  to  know 
how  little  faith  is  required  to  do  marvel 
ous  work;  but  how  sadly  does  it  expose 
the  weakness  of  our  faith,  when  we  com- 
pare our  power  to  accomplish  with  these 
facts.     And  even  more,   it   is  said 


laug  fliali  ix- iiupo^i'itil*'.  If  we  have 

uU  as  siat..t.  tfi-iiiid  fad!  Of  such 
gigantic  truth  the  mind  is  uot  able  to 
partake  aiiundantly. 

The  idea  of  a  man  stepping  into  the 
arena  of  life  with  the  armor  of  faith, 
even  as  much  as  a  grain  of  mustard,  de- 
claring with  heavenly  emotion,  that,  to 
him  nothing  is  impossible,  is  a  grand 
thought  and  of  divine  authority.  The 
fact  of  one  single  man  with  t'aith  as  a 
gr,aiu  of  mustard,  liattling  against  the 
powerful  influence  of  the  Devil,  the  unit- 
ed forces  of  helMiorn  sin  and  the  deprav. 
ity  of  human  nature,  and  always  con- 
quering, is  grander  than  sublimity. 
Mt.  Sidney,  Atuja^ta  Co.,  Va. 

MUSINGS. 

1IYSAR\H   M.   S.\rNl>EllS. 


W"^ 


were  thinking  that  when  we  are 
in  comfortable  circtuiistance   we 
are  so  prone  not  to  appreciate  fully  many 
privileges  and  enjoyments  as  we  should. 
When  we  are  ble-ssed  with   comfortable 
homes  and  surrounded  with    everything 
necessary  to  make    this   life   enjoyable, 
we  are  apt  to  forget  that  time   and  cir- 
cumstances  may   easily   rob   us   of  all. 
Sometimes  we  may  grow   col^  or  luke- 
warm with  regard  to   the  interests   and 
welfare  of  the  church;  sometimes,  when 
Sunday  morning  comes,  we  try  to  make 
excuses  to  stay  at   home.     I'eiliaps    we 
have  ijeen  laboring  hard    all   week    for 
the  things  that  "perisheth  and  that   sat- 
isfieth  not."     Perhaps  we    reason    thus: 
"O  well,  my  horses  are  tired,  and  I    am 
tired,  too,  and  may  be  the  preacher  will 
not,  be  there — guess  I'll  stay  at  home  and 
rest,  for  it  is  full  five  miles  to    place   of 
meeting." 

But  turn  a  leaf  and  take  a  look  at  the 
other  side — place  yourself  for  awhile  in 
the  attitude  of  those  brethren  ami  sistei-s 
who  have  no  earthly   home,    who    must 
move  about  from  place  to  place,  and  are 
as  the  "wayfaring  man,"  with  nowhere 
to  lay  his  head.     Sometimes  they    have 
landlords  that  are  clever  and  oliliging. 
Again,  others  that  neither  "feareth  (lod 
nor  regardeth  num.  Behold  those  breth- 
ren and  sisters!  they  must  travel  all  day 
through  cold  or  heat  to   reach   a  place 
where  they  can  mingle  with  those   of  a 
like  precious   faith     While   looking    at 
this  side  of  the   leaf,  just  think   of  the 
watching  unto  prayer  that  is   necessary 
to  keep  them  from  despair;   think   how 
patiently  they  wait  for  the  arrival  of  the 
BiiETiiKKN  AT  WoRK  or  P.  (!.  How  ea- 
gerly they  peruse  their  contents  to  see, 
if  possible,  some  dear   and  weU-known 
name,  to  read  of  the  many  glorious  meet- 
mgs  where  saints  and  angels   are   made 
to  rejoice  while  sinners  weep.     'I'liink, 
when  Sunday  morning  arrives,  how  will- 
ingly they  would   go   five,  or  even   ten 
miles,  to  meet  with  those  they  love.  And, 
when  you  meet  at  the  house  of  God  to 
worship,  remember  them  in  your  prayers 
to  God ;  a.sk  him  to  be  with  them  in  the 
.,ixth   trouble,  and  in  the  seventh  not  to 
forsake  them,  and  in   every   temptation 
also  to  make  a  w.ay  for  their  escape. 


that 


He  who  can  only  be  serious,  and  he 
who  can  only  be  merry,  is  but  half  a 
man.  Both  halves  must  be  developed 
to  form  a  real  specimen. 

Whatever  is  done  by  thosearound  you, 
be  yourself  fully  determined  to  walk  in 
the  way  approved  by  truth  and  virtue. 

Experience  is  the  pocket  compass  few 
think  of  consulting  till  they  have  lost 
their  way. 


'I'i-XK    KKKO-JrlKJil^.'    -:i-T    AVOKK- 


fill- 


I't  ItLISHKIl  WKBKLV. 


t,  II.  MuiJin;.  (  Kditoiis  and 

M.  M.  I'>UC1.MAN.  f  riioi-itlFToiUi. 


&  .1.   llAttltlfON. 


ThB  DUCT. 

intn  in  a<Uni 


will  he  Renl  (It    fl/fO    pfran- 
who  will  ■cnil  111  ei|rhl  nnmn 
II  rNi'ito  nil  ii'Millutinl  c-ip;  frre  of  cliarj(c. 
>MIII.>nnlnnm»  (ovrr    and    ■!>)»(«    (liC  nlnc 
III   )>oall(.Hi-<l   led   r 


■moiiul  CAII  l>o  ilcilticlFil  rr-iiii  (ho  iiiniic/  ■•''fi>rr  ■nniHnir  ir 
to  UR.  MontyMrni  hjr  I'n*ial  llr>l«>ra,  llcKiPilrrfd  Ixjlltra 
or  dmfti.  prii]>f  riy  iul<lr<i>>c-).  will  lie  ni  uur  rivk.  Wlirn 
Mndinit  ilrafi,  t>r  ■iirr  iliai  it  )■  ooi  »  «hwk.  IT  it  In  n 
chtck.  it  cmta  III  ;!U  iFiiti  10  colleri,  Hbile  n  <Intfi  can  bo 
«alltcietl  tree.  I'mlnitP  ■innip*  irmy  I*  "nl  for  anioiiDla 
ODiItir  I.IM.  Iiut  n\n»yit  orntl  llir  luon'^  if  7011  ran  ifrl  ||. 
Subncripii'in*.  anil  cdrniiiiniicallun*  inlcii'leiJ  for  llio  f>»- 

Jer,  n.1  wcH  na  nil  hiuinnH  RintUT*  antinnole'l  with  lb«  of- 
ee  bIiouM  Iio  iKJJrourJ 

UOO&E  k  ESHELUAK, 

Lturk,  Ckrrell  Co.,  HI- 


L.WAKK.  III.., 


.ll'llll,  10,  IHTII. 


FoH  Mil*  want  (it  room  u  jmriiiiiT  lA'  oliiluaiies 
and  corre-tpooituocc  aru  cmwdi'd  out  thiH  vrc«Ic. 

Vntut  t!i«  (iiiHpr!  I'rntchrr  w*-  learn  tli»t 
Urollior  S.  IF.  Bnilior  nnr!  wife  Imve  hfl(?n  fjiiitc 
sick,- 

HitoTiTKK  I)rtiii>-I  M.  MiMcr.  nlui  iw  now  in 
IViNiNylvHtiiM,  i-xpfi.'lH  to  rchirn  Ihhim-  tlx*  IrtNl 
of  tliJH  innntli. 

The  fiddrt'Hh  n(  iJuiu'-I  Milli-r  imx  Ix-en  iliHUK- 
od  f'rrjin  l^i>tou.  IViijioylviiniii,  to  MtTci-rjiliurjj, 
same-  Siftlj. 


.ToTft;*  f-oon  BK  your  Diatrict  Mei-tingn  are 
ovor  ui'  want  *(\nw  one  t^t  inform  u->  what  faai 
Wt-n  done  in  regard  to  iiiifBionary  wirk.  and 
nuch  othi-r  Jniporlant  \n\%\\\¥*»  an  mny  he  of  iu- 
tvrrat  10  Dti.  Oi  tliM  miwionnry  wiirk  we  nrc 
particuUfly  anxioua  to  know,  tor  we  would  like 
to  nee  every  dintric-t  lake  Sold  ol  it 

SltJTRn  A.  U.  T.  Millpr,  of  Harvhsll. Co.,  (owa. 
writex:  "  1  nni  gltuj  to  we  you  onie  oat  aa  yon 
Imvi-  on  the  liiUi;  Scliuol  .inlyject.  Let  %>i*!Ty 
one  intwrenti-d  in  Sunday-ochooia  rtrad  Brother 
E»'heImBn*H  nrticle  hpaded,  "  Bible  Schools," 
Whfn  Brother  Kohiilmnn  fiayn  all  teacherfl 
Hhould  be  mHrnberh  of  the  cliurch  he  ha>i)<|>ukea 
un  inrtjnri'd  I  ruth.*' 


Thosb  who  wii-h  to  poet  themseKes  against    of  the  ni«^[iiiK  and  receive  (he  j„p 


BitoTiiKii  Siuiiin-I  Murray  writes  that  }ie  iti 
holding  nipi'tinft  in  Putnam  county,  Indiana, 
mth  Rood  intcrent. 

BnoTHKR  II.  C.  I'wloly  writes  that  Brotlior 
J.  .1.  Lirlity  hit^  ln-en  hylding  a  Hfrie-H  of  meet.* 
inji*  lit  IJniT  Oiik,  Iv'inHiin. 

In  Itwt  r.'|)r)rt  of  "  Mootnaw  Proposition," 
Mary  C.  Millur,  M.;OonnlrrH,  VirKinin,  ahoiild 
have  been  Mury  A.  Moniriw,  B'jnnaLkH,  Vir- 
ginia, 

BiioTiiRK  Leiiuiej  liiUery.  when  Iiwt  luard 
fiont.  wim  at  I'l  iil.orfy,  KitiiNiiH,  on  his  way  to 
Cartha>:i',  MisMonri,  wlit-rr-  lie  thinks  some  of 
locating. 

BlioTliKii  f).  E.  Brnhnker,  of  Iowa  ('enter, 
Iowa,  sayi*:  "The  Lord  hless  you.  I  am  glnd 
to  hoar  that  the  Brethren  have  pnrcliwcd  the 
Mt.  Morris  Seminary.' 

J.  F.  BitowN,  agent  of  the  MlinoiH  Christian 
Association  and  anti  socnt  sijeioty  lectiin-r,  gave 
us  a  tall  Itwt  Miek.  Mr.  Brown  intends  to 
spend  some  time  in  this  county  warning  the 
])eople  a;$ainHt  secrotisin. 


Cejitaini.v  every  parent  wishes  to  know  the 
bent  methods  of  getting  the  Word,  the  "good 
•ced  "  into  the  heartj^  of  their  rhildn'n.  Then 
it  you  desire  to  learn  something  coDterniog 
niulhodK  of  titMching  Bible  truthn,  ^ubt-cribe 
for  the  Cliilihrn  nl  Work.  Only  one  cent  per 
copy,  or  fifty  centH  a  year.  Do  like  nianj  oth- 
ers, wend  for  sample  copy. 

Wh  am  in  receipt  of  a  lo  g  l«lter  from  Br.itli- 
er  J.  J.  Kindig,  of  Woodlord  toun'y.  Illinoia. 
giving  an  account  of  his  late  vinit  to  \'irgjnia 
lie  and  hlH  companion  left  their  borne  the  'AuX 
of  iJeMtnibiT  last,  and  returned  the  7l  h  of  March. 
From  the  way  Brother  Kindig  writer  wi;  would 
siippoiu  that  hi  hafl  an  enjoyable  vi.tit  among 
till' iJiunlicH  in  Vjr>(iijia.  He  i^pint  cou--ider- 
aldetime  preiuliing  for  the  Brethren  at  diflcr- 
ent  points,  and  speaks  well  of  tb"  ■■■■venil  con- 
grvgationa  he  visited. 


secret  tioctetii'fl  hhould  send  for  sample  copies  ol 
'  rbe  Chrirtian  Ci/nofur^.  It  i-  devoted  to  tbf 
exposition  of  M«M»nry.  and  all  grades  of  secret 
order*.  Addrettx.  Ezra  A.  Cook  &  Co.  Piibli-h- 
•  r^  C/tnalinii  C'ljmsure,  Ho.  i:J,  Wabash  Ave  . 
Chicago,  Jllinoiii. 

Britiirrk.  do  not  forget  the  Danish  Missim 
at  your  District  Meetings.  The  mission  has 
proven  a  succcst^,  but  still  ne>'d«  the  8upp<irt  of 
the  general  Brotherhood.  F'om  what  we  can 
learn,  the  mission  is  on  a  better  footing  than 
i-ver  Ih-fore,  and  bida  fair  to  increase  in  interest 
and  importance.  All  donations  should  be  ad 
(tressed  to  C,  P.  Kuwlaiid,  Lanark.  Illinois. 


SoMK  people  ask.  "  Will  the  heathen  behaved 
if  we  do  not  hcikI  niintnt'-rs  to  preach  to  ti.em?" 
It  would  be  fur  wiser  to  a-^k  this  (piestion: 
'"Will  i/y  he  saved  if  we  do  not  do  our  part 
helping  to  '  preach  the  gospel  to  every  crea 
furej'' "'  There  is  sotnetliing  for  M,*  to  do  in 
this  great  work.  The  gohpel  inu-*t  be  preached 
among  all  nations,  and  if  tltechurcli  will  not 
do  the  work  the  Lord  must  get  some  body  else 
it  do  it.  It  mii'-t  be  done.  Brother  and  sister, 
are  you  doing  your  part? 

OwjNo  to  Iho  great  number  of  letters  and 
cards  which  ive  write,  it  is  impossible  for  us  to 
remember  what  we  write;  and  when  persons 
write  to  us,  referring  to  what  we  had  written  to 
them  wo  often  kaow  nothing  about  it:  hence 
we  lind  it  neiesffiiry  to  koep  a  copy  of  all  our 
l-ttcrs  and  cards.  Hut  in  older  to  lind  the  cony 
of  any  letter,  or  card,  we  munt  know  the  t/nfe  of 
said  letter  or  card.  Those  who  write  to  us  and 
refer  to  any  lei  tt-r  or  card  rec-ived  fro'm  us  will, 
therefore,  bo  caroful  to  give  the  exact  date  of 
the  letter  or  card  to  which  they  refer. 


BaoTiiKB  .lesae  C4lvert,  who  is  spending  rndt 
of  his  time  traveling  and  preauliing.  has  ordered 
a  Uiiivi   liit  of  pamphlets  sent  him.     He  keeps 
Hn'iH    t.^r  wile,   and   also  takes    names    for  the 
BlIKTlIUhN  AT  WoilK.      He  has  bei-n    qitlte  SUC 
le'^sl'il  in  his  meetings  during  the  Winter,  and 
hopes  to  continue  iu  the   goud  work.     When 
In-st  heard  from    he  wa»  holdmg    meeting    near 
Pettit.  Indiana.     Three   lia.1    united  with    the 
church.     In  a   former   letter   received    too  late 
for  Iit-.t  issue,  he  says:  "  1  am  in  Pleaaant  View 
Church,  trying  to  hold  meeliug.     Elder  George  ^ 
W.  Cripe  presides;  nothing  ol  importance  has  i 
tran!Hj>ired,     The    members  are  well,    with  the  j 
exception  of  Sister  Shively,  wife  of  Elder  Job 
Shively;  nhe  in  about  eiylity  years  old,  and  has 
hml  Kevcral   strokes  of  p-*Isy  and    very   poorly, 
indeed,  cannot  I.^t  lung.     .\Uo  Brother  S<imuel 
Ulery  is  sick  with  luDg  fwer,    but  is   now  bet- 
ter." 


Foit  years  it  has  been  the  custom  of  our  pub- 
lishers to  keep  District  Meeting  ajd  Love-feast 
an  noun  cements  standing  in  the  paper  from 
week  to  week.  The  plan  may  be  a  good  one 
and  possesses  many  advantages,  but  to  publish- 
ers it  is  very  im;onvenient,  nud  expensive. 
Standing  nolicoH  refjutre  an  extra  amount  of 
type  and  a  great  deal  of  care,  and  then  it  crowds 
other  matter  out  of  the  paper,  causing  frequent 
delays  in  the  appearing  of  other  articles.  We 
,  o    .  „    .J      ,  ,  I  '"'^^  therefore   concluded  to  insert  announce- 

learn   that  Brother  John  Y.  Suavely,  of|  mei.ts  but  once,  believing  this  will  be  sufficient 
lor  all  practical  purposes, 


BRoriiKit  F.  P.  Lo'hr  expects  to  travel  among 
and  preach  for  the  Brethren  in  Pennsylvania 
and  elsewhere  in  the  lOast.  We  sugsest  that 
the  members  B|ii>oint  children's  meetings  and 
have  the  old  brotlier  preach  several  sermons  for 
the  little  folks. 


Thk  exodus  of  the  colored  people  from  the 
South  to  Kansas  and  Nebraska  has  beguu  iu 
reai  earnest.  Huudreds  liave  gone,  an.lthou- 
sands  will  likely  follow.  They  are  attempting 
to  obtain  homes  in  the  West  where  they  can 
live  in  peace  and  have  their  rights  duly  respect- 
ed. The  undertaking  will  be  attended  with 
many  dangers  and  havd-bips,  but  it-  is  hoped 
that  the  colored  race  will  be  able  to  overcome 
them,  yet  we  c;innut  helj)  but  conclude  that  it 
is  the  wrong  move.  The  Soutli  is  the  place  for 
the  colored  people:  the  climate  and  soil  are 
well  adapted  to  their  wants,  and  will  afford 
tlieiu  better  facilities  for  making  a  living  than 
the  West.  Improper  treatment  in  the  South, 
and  the  Mattering  inducements  held  out  by 
land  agents  of  the  West  have  induced  them  to 
make  this  move.  Among  these  colored  people 
would  be  an  excellent  place  to  do  missionary 
work  if  a  man  can  be  fv>uud  who  would  under- 
take it. 

THE  BIBLE  RING. 


whot^kep.rtlo.he.rans.cti.:,."'?"" 
It  IS  the  mo-l   important   work  in   »,"■ 
triet  can    engage,  imd    Ihervfon-  sj,     i"^*'  *  ■ 
pa-A-ed  over  lighfly.     Let  every  distn.     '"''"' 
move  iu  the  riijlit  dirtctiun.  and  if  "^    '    , 

one  or  two  mm  in    tlie  field,  and  6»^ 
are  proper iy    provided  for  in  cam  ' 

work.  " 

We  think  each  district  should  fo 
plan,  and  adopt  her  own  method  u| 
the  truth.     Her  plan  may  not  Ije  ju^,  .: 

bu    it  will  be    found  far  better  than 
can  be   improved  as  the  churches  becj"^  '"  ^ 
HCCHstomed  to  miwvionary   work      \v     "'""'> 
11-,  less  to  waste  lime  attempting  tod         "    ' 
adapted  to  the  w;intsof  the  rtlioleHr,,i  '' 

and  thus  endeavoring  to  secure  uo-or,, 
all  the  churches  in    the    work.     W,. 
yet  reached  that   point,    nor    are   w 
short  of  a  few  years'  work  iu  the  m  , 
Before  we  can  expect  a  general  co-c,,,,  ! 
all  the  churches  in  the  sprciding  of  m 
we  must   tirst  develop    a  stronger   ri 
spirit  among  our  people.    The  only  m, 
wayol  doing  this  IS  to    ""ork  through  th„r 
trict  Meetings,  not  by  forming  a  sepu-  " 
^ionary  boiiy.  but  by  getting  the  Dist'naM'   ' 
iiig  to  take  iiold  of  it  aud  urge  all  the  ■!      ' 
to  do  likewise.     Let  each  district  forin  ].T'"" 
plans,  appoint  her  own  ministers,  rai.y^  [ 
tnouey  aud    apply    it  as  in  her  jud./[),, , 
seem  best.     Some    districts  are  doiiig   i, 
are  meeting  with    excellent  success      I 
not  waste  time  wrangling  over  plans  i,, 
districts,  but  adopt  one  suited  to  their  mi 


ings  aud   go   to  work.     Thie 


>S    ]"8t     Wl,, 


ON  another  page  will    be  found  an  article 
headed   "District   Meetiugs,"   by  Enoch 


W 
Hud^ou,  Illinois,  is  making  preparation  to  inove 
to  Missouri,  and  will  likely  settle  about  six 
miles  Bimth  of  Carthage.  That  is  u  beautiful 
country,  and  Carthage  is  the  nicest  looking 
town  we  saw  in  Missouri. 

IJUOTHKK  Samuel  Ulery.of  Pyminnt,  Indiana, 
writes  that  he  ban  been  sick  ever  since  last  No- 
vember, and  is  not  yet  able  to  bo  up  much. 
He  hopes  soon  to  recover  and  be  able  to  take 
his  place  among  the  workmen  in  the  Master's 
vineyard. 

J.  R.  STCT2ir.\N.  of  Little  Travera,  Michigan, 
says:  "We  number  about  sixteen  mombera. 
We  come  together  every  two  or  four  weeks  to 
trj-  to  encourage  one  another  in  that  most  holy 
faith.  We  have  no  speaker,  hut  hope  some  one 
will  soon  come  to  our  lel-ef." 

We  Lave  just  Jiuished  another  large  lot  ol 
Manu>irript  Ttikt,  containing  over  one  hundred 
sheets  of  p.iper,  put  ui»  in  a  neat  tab  form,  witli 
directions,  how  lo  write  for  the  press  printed 
on  the  back.  Kvery  person  who  writes  for  the 
pre^H  should  have  om- of  these  tabs.  Pi  ice  20 
cnU. 

U-  Brother  .Seuger's  article  published  iu  No. 
13  we  read  in  tliird  paragrajih  from  top,  in 
third  column,  "Those  two  witnesses  will  he 
great  /««/>  to  the  beast."  It  should  be,  "pfsts 
to  the  beast.  "In  fourth  column  wo  read,  "bury- 
ing the  dead  Israelites."  It  should  1  e,  "buiy- 
iDg  the  dead  Gentiles." 


BjioTHKit  Landon  IVest.  writing  from  Dayton, 
Oliio,  under  date  of  March  2Sth,  says:  "  Broth- 
er Kidenoiirand  ourself  came  here  on  yesterday. 
UU  aim  was  to  go  home  last  night  and  I  to- 
day; but  by  .-i  P.  M,  Brother  D.  U.  Wine,  in 
couiDunv  witli  Harold  A.  Perciviil.  the  well- 
known  ex-priest  of  Montreal,  Canada,  who,  be- 
ing dissatislied  with  his  Kpriulding.ttud  single 
imuieision  heretofore,  came  now  to  demand 
apostolic  baptism  by  trine  immersion.  He  was 
lni)ti7ed  in  the  Miami,  near  Dayton,  to-day,  just 
before  noon.  He  is  now  happy.  We  go  home 
on  Monday.     Will  write  again." 

A  SCHOOI.-TKACHER  relates  the  following  in- 
cident as  observed  from  her  window:  "Two 
colored  men  were  engaged  in  loading  cotton 
bale.s.  One  of  tlie  men  shirked.  Although  he 
"eut  thruugh  all  the  motions  he  did  not  help 
much  in  the  work,  while  the  other  used  all  his 
strength.  Finally,  he  turned  to  his  fellow- 
laborer,  and  surveying  him  from  head  to  foot, 
said.  '•  Sainho,  arr  i/ou  a  Chrintinn'f"'  "  VW 
"7Vie«  tnkthoU  <nid  hetpr  11,,^  apily  this 
question  will  apply  (o  thous.iiids  who  profess  to 
be  Christians,  yet  are  doing  comparatively 
nothing  to  help  the  cause  along.  They  go 
through  all  the  motions,  but  do  not  lift  a  pound. 
If  any  missionary  work  is  to  be  done  they  can 
look  on,  and  apparently  sanction  it.  We  often 
feel  like  asking  tliem,  Do  ymt  want Omr sim,e,s 
>save>l?  Ij  ij,„i ,/ ,,  Mf/t  tuke  hold  and  help. 


Eby,  containing  the  following  paragraphs  which 
should  bo  well  studied  by  every  member  iu  the 
church: 

Tliiit  all  matter,  ilesiyneit  lor  Annual  Conierence, 

■  aeeompanied  witli  a  ,Srriptural  answer. 

Thfit  every  answer,  whether  of  a  loeal  or  general 
character,  be  aecompanied  with  reference  to  two 
or  more  siiit.ible  passages  of  Serjptuies  as  a  basis 
for  said  decision. 

That  is  Bible,  and  has  the  old  gospel  ring 
ahimt  it.  I  long  to  see  the  season  come  when 
brethren  will  go  to  the  Annual  Meeting  with 
the  Bible  under  one  arm  aud  the  Concordance 
under  the  other.  We  want  to  settle  every  thing 
by  the  Bible.  That  is  the  way  our  ancient 
Brethren  did.  la  every  thing  they  appealed  to 
the  Word  and  used  that  as  their  only  standard 
of  truth,  their  only  divinely  authorized  bond  of 
union.  This  was  also  the  practice  of  the  prim- 
itive churches,  and  should  be  the  practice  of  all 
cliurclies  at  tlie  present  time. 

Where  the  Bible  speaks  we  want  to  act  with 
promptness,  and  see  that  God's  law  is  carried 
cut  to  the  letter.  Where  the  Bible  does  not 
tell  how  a  thing  is  to  be  done,  but  leaves  the 
manner  of  doing  it  to  the  church  we  should 
learn  to  be  subject  one  to  another,  and  work 
together  in  peace  and  harmony,  but  where  the 
Bible  is  as  silent  as  the  grave  let  us  learn  to  be 
silent  too. 


want  to  see   every  district  in  the   BrotliKil 
do.     We  want  to  see  them   go  to  work  ai„l   ^ 

in  their  power  to  ^vard  spreading  th-  . 
and  building  up  churches.  More  reai  w, 
less  general  planning  is  what  is  needed 

Nor  do  ive  think  it  prudent  to  urge  T' 
ter  on  the  Annual  Meeting  too  stroD'l 
peoiile  are  not  yet  prepared  U>  adopt  I 
plan,   nor  do    the    Scriptures   require   !- 
apostolic  churches  did   not  have  to  ca 
Annual  Meeting  for  a   plan  to  enable  t 
carry  on  missionary  work.     The  Lord  t., ; 
to  go  into  all  the  world  and    preach  the  gosr«,| 
to  every  creature;  this    they  did,  and  that  u.^ 
without  wasting  time  on  plans.     Every  di-m,- 
and    every    church    is    divinely    authuii/,,1  i , 
preach  the   gospel    wherever   it  is  need,  ij,  ,„,, 
retjuires  no  turtheror  additional  authority  in.,:; 
any  existing  body.  ,  u  „ 


THE  HAHSHEY  MOVEMENT 


J.  H.  M. 


TO  DISTRICT  MEETINGS. 

A  S  tlie  time  is  here,  when  District  Meetings 
n  will  he  held  in  various  p^rts  of  the  Broth- 
erho  ,  .ve  tuke  the  liberty  ..,  ..fgring  a  few 
suggestions  m  regard  to  lu.^Monary  work.  As 
a  general  thii  g  all  other  business  is  attended 
to  first  and  missionar)-  work  delayed  till  about 
the  last  thing  in  the  alternoon,  and  of  course 
hurrie  1  through  and  but  little  done.  This  is 
not  the  right  way  of  treating  so  important  a 
question.     It  sh  mid  come  up  in  the  early   part 


JT  does  seem  to  us  that  some  of  the  Brethrr-,, 
are   becoming  unnecessarily  excitt-d  i.vpr 
what  id    known  as  the    "  Harshey   Moveninu, 
fearing  that  it  will  cause  a  split  in  tie  rl.u!, : 
Now  %e  are  satisfied  that  nothing  sen. 
result  from  it.     [t  will  not  make  even  ,, 
in  the  entire  State  of  Illinois.     Xor  will  ;t  ,  - 
terially  atfect  either    Missouri  or    Iowa,     W'--' 
of  that  no  danger  need  be  apprehendeil,     \U^ 
it  may  be  east  of  Illinois  we  are  not  deHm  .k 
informed  in  every  particular,  but  are  coiifii.],' 
that  the  movement  will  not  take  with  tli^  _■  - 
eraliiy  of  members.     There  is    nothing   i, 
movement  to  cause  it  (o  fake,  ai  d  .veui    in- 
accepted  in  a  few  localities  it  will  not  be  percuii- 
neut.     We  hope   Brother   Harshey  will  witli- 
draw  his  motion  and  liaruioniously  work  lot  tin 
union  and  peace  of  the  church.     Our  peo}Ji-  ap 
too   solidly  united  on    all    the  vital  pi-uit- 
Christianity  to  be  divided  by  a  few  side  i^-M.r- 
As  regards    the  other    move,  in  the  Ea-t,  >  . 
are  also   confident  that  it  will  not  do  as  ri)  .  ^ 
damage  as    was  at  fi rat    anticipated.     Its  a^  » 
has  weakened  it,  and  in  some  respects  teude.i !. 
paralyse  it.     Had  the   movement  been  sihnii.' 
when  it  was  first  inaugurated  two  years  ag'  i 
would  have  done  serious  damages,  but  at  jr  • 
ent  we   have  no   great   fears.    There  may  I- 
little   sliding   oti',   but   the   main   body  "f  ''' 
church  stands  as  solid  as  a  rock.    There  i-  d  ' 
body  of  people  in  the  world  more  firmly  uiiitei 
than  the    Brethren,  and  it  will    take  somethinf 
more  than  the  whims  of  a  few  men  to  separat' 
them. 

At   diflerent   times   there   have  been  «   '  ' 
shooting  stars  among  our  people.    They  ■' 
a  little  sensation  lor  the  time,  but  soon  vau  • 
ed.    Just  ao   it  may    be   m   the  future.    '^■■' 
main  body   stands  firm,  and   liken  welMni^ '■ 
army,  will  ri;ove  on  to  victory.  '   "  " 


^pril  JX)^ 


THE    lStiETH:KB,:x    ^T    ^VOTU^. 


THE  TRTTB  RING. 

ABOCT  cue  year  ago  the  cty  of  Mt  Carroll, 
tlii^  coiKitj .  voted  iu  favor  of  license,  and 
glect-^d  George  U.  Moore,  major,  itt-ueiitly  tbe 
ni8T»r  delivered  I11&  vultdittory,  parts  of  whieh 
I  hers*'^'*  submit  for  the  consideration  ot 
Christian  professors.  It  bas  the  true  ring,  and 
-11  lovers  of  good  order  and  temperance  *ill  re- 
joice at  the  correct  conclusions  of  Mr.  Moore. 
He  says: 

■■Uiiriiig  tl'«  last  six  moiitbs  I  have  e.\amii»rd 
pvery  argument  of  policy,  expediency,  or  riglit.  hi- 
siated  "I'on  ^V  tlie  advocates  of  license,  and  am 
coavin*-^*'-  timt,  likp  the  mirage. they  eitlier  fade  or 
lly.  as  you  iipproai-h  them.    •■•••« 

•jo  sell  lii|Uor8iis  a  beverage  is  either  right  or 
wroiiB-  ^f  right,  a  license  is  .-in  outrage  njiou  both 
vendor  and  consumer,  juid  a  system  of  legal  black- 
niuil  unwortliy  the  dignity  of  a  civilized  coininuni- 
ty.  H  wrong,  no  legal  aut'iority  can  make  it  light. 
To  lUiik'^  "  """'  I'^J'  *"''  ''"""g  light  is  tliB  exenise 
of  tyranny  :  to  give  him  n  license  to  do  wrong  is  a 
fiendish  crime-— Ou  this  psirt  of  the  qupsfion  there 
ia  no  middle  ground.  I'eoplemay  shout  f  iinnticism, 
ei-y  one  idea,  hut  the  trutli  ia,  the  lop  mil  ..f  this 
fence  is  so  sharp  no  man  can  sit  on  it.u  d  you  mo-it 
jam,''-  Thiyqiiesti^jn  of  right  or  wrong eVery  man 
must  decide  for  himself,  and  f  h.ive  d-cidedfor 
myself." 

Tliat  is  the  point.  It  is  either  right  or  wrong 
to  sell  drinks  as  a  beveragp.  If  right,  who  has 
authority  to  prohibit?  If  wrong,  wlio  can 
luake  it  right?  It  is  a  question  of  right  or 
wrong.  Dot  a  question  of  policy,  or  of  expedien- 
cy, hookiug  at  tlie  matter  from  the  stand- 
point of  right  or  wrong,  a  true  answer  may  be 
obtained.  If  it  be  wrong;  for  a  man  to  get 
drunk,  all  the  laws  in  the  world,  all  the  opin- 
ions, all  the  thoughts  of  men  cannot  make  it 
right.  On  theotlier  hand,  if  it  be  right  to  be- 
come a  drunkard,  all  the  powers  of  men  cannot 
make  it  wrong.  If  it  be  wrong  to  become  a 
drunkard,  no  enactments  of  legislature  can 
make  it  right.  It  is  wrong  to  become  a  drunk- 
ard. 1  Cor.  6:  10.  A  drunkard  cannot  inherit 
the  kingdom  of  God,  and  if  he  cannot  inherit 
the  kingdom  of  God  it  is  wrong  to  get  drunk, 
for  whatever  keeps  a  man  out  of  the  kingdom 
is  wrong. 

Ao;ain;  if  it  be  right  for  a  man  to  become  a 
drunkard,  then  it  is  right  to  help  make  men 
drunk.  If  it  be  right  tc  help  make  a  man 
drunk,  then  the  more  of  such  mockery,  the  bet- 
ter. On  tbe  other  hand  if  it  be  wrong  to  be- 
come a  dnmkard,  then  it  is  wrong  (o  help  make 
him  drunk,  and  every  man  who  sells  inioxicat- 
ing  drinks  helps  to  make  drunkards.  And 
more;  those  who  help  make  the  selling  of  it 
respectable  by  givicg  it  the  sanction  of  law, 
are  helping  to  make  drunkards.  Make  the  bus- 
iaess  a.^  odious  and  unlawful  as  murdering  and 
thieving,  and  the  poor  children  and  starving 
wives  of  drunkards  will  also  taste  some  of  liie 
comforts  of  home.  If  I  by  my  words  and  ac- 
tions make  it  honorable  and  re&pectable  to  sell 
intoxicating  drinks  as  a  beverage,  I  am  doing 
just  that  much  towards  making  the  drunkard's 
family  miserable.  And  misery  does  not  end 
here.  Generations  to  come  must  suffer  the 
evil  effects  of  the  drunken  father,  whom  I  help- 
ed to  make  miserable.  God  grant  that  we  may 
he  better  and  wiser  than  all  that!  It  is  wrong 
to  do  wrong,  and  perfectly  right  to  do  right. 
Give  me  right,  even  if  my  taxes  are  slightly  in- 
creased'. I  can  suffer  the  taxation  much  better 
than  the  poor  drunkard  can  suffer  the  torments 
of  the  damned,  and  the  family  the  pains  of 
hunger  and  cold.  Give  me  right,  though  I 
should  have  to  beg  or  die. 

But  what  shall  be  the  remedy?  Mr.  Moore 
suggests  the  following: 

"The  State  Board  of  Health  provides  for  medical 
practitioners;  a  prescription  from  one  of  these 
Would  be  protective,  if  for  domestic  practice,  an 
affidavit  before  the  city  clerk  might  be  made  jiro- 
tective.  For  sacramental  purposes  let  the  certifi- 
cate cf  the  piistor  be  had,  .and  without  these  or 
similar  protecting  a-'gis  lot  every  sale  be  by  ordi- 
nance, outla  ved.— Give  me  such  legislation  as  this 
and  ii  council  to  back  me  and  I  would  throttle  the 
demon  and  choke  it  out  of  Mount  Carroll." 

This  suggestion,  while  it  may  not  seem  the 
best,  is  perhaps  the  most  available  at  this  time 
AH  admit  that  it  is  wrong  to  help  make  men 
•irunk,  and  right  to  help  keep  them  sober.  Nor 
IS  it  right  to  set  up  a  bar  over  which  to  deal  out 
pop,  beer,  or  cider  under  the  plea  that  there  js 
10  harm  in  it.  Do  you  see  those  boys  walk  in- 
to the  drink  dealer's  establishment  and  take 
their  cider  and  pop?  Do  you  see  them  there 
"Uring  the  evening,  drinking  and  smoking? 
les,  they  are  there,  taking  their  HAt  lessons  in 
tippling,  and  if  you  will  watch  them  a  few 
Jears  you  will  Fee  them  as  wcM-tippIers,  and. 
finally,  drunkard-'.    They  took  their  first  lesf'ons 


in  pop  and  cider,  and  the  man  who  helped  them 
along  just  to  make  a  few  dollars,  did  his  share 
in  m<ikiRg  them  drunkards.  These  drunkards 
in  time  have  children,  and  then  the  great  mis- 
ery and  degradation  begin.  Liquor  dealer,  look 
jt  the  horrible  picture,  and  ask  yourself  wheth- 
er you  are  willing  to  meet  God  under  such  cir- 
cumstances. Tue  Lord  help  you  to  do  that 
which  will  be  a  blessing  to  your  fellow-man, 
instead  of  a  blight  and  a  curse. 

Now,  Christian  professor,  what  have  you  to- 
day? Where  are  you?  For  money, oaths,  rags, 
squalor,  want,  wretchedness?  If  it  he  wrong 
to  help  make  mew  drunk,  will  you  give  your 
voice  in  favor  of  making  tiiipling  and  drinking 
respectalde,  or  will  you  arrange  yourself  on  the 
side  of  good  order,  right,  peace  and  prosperity? 
I  know  that  some  men  will  reason  that  by  mak- 
ing the  liquor  traffic  honorable,  the  tax  payers 
will  save  some  money;  but  this  argument  is 
like  every  other  argument  in  favor  of  covetous- 
ness,  and  .money  saving  that  hurts  the  poor  and 
causes  miserj-.  It  is  not  a  queslion  of  money, 
but  of  principle.  The  question  is  not.  "  Wi|i 
we  save  a  little  taxation,  though  we  indirectly 
help  men  to  drink?"  but,  "  Will  we  do  all  we 
can  to  prevent  men  gettmg  strong  drink?" 
We  do  all  we  can  to  keep  thieves  out  of  our 
treasure-places,  whether  it  costs  money  or  not, 
and  we  should  be  equally  concerned  to  ktep 
men  from  being  drunkards.  Look  at  the  life  of 
Jesus,  look  at  the  lives  of  the  apostles,  and  then 
say,  if  you  can,  that  any  of  thcui  ever  aided  in 
any  manner,  the  interests  of  the  rum-seller. 
No,  they  never  did  any  such  thing.  We  have 
no  desire  to  occupy  any  ground  different  from 
Jesus  Christ  and  the  apostles.  They  were  op- 
posed to  drunkenness,  so  are  we.  The  Bible  is 
against  it,  so  are  we.  God  helping  us.  we  shall 
stand  by  the  right.  God  will  not  condemn  any 
man  for  doing  right,  and  it  is  right  to  prevent 
meuYrom  making  other  men  drunkards.  Let 
him  who  is  for  the  right,  for  the  Lord,  for  holy 
principles,  stand  firm.  God  will  not  forsake  the 
nation  which  is  sober,  just  and  right. 


paper. 


THE  DANISH  PAPER. 

SO  the  Brethren  in  Denmark  have  a 
Brother  Hope  has  started  a  small  monthly 
the  first  number  of  which  is  now  before  nn.  It 
is  little,  but  "large  oaks  from  small  iicorns 
sometimes  grow."  The  paper  will  have  to  le 
kept  up  a  few  years  by  donations,  but  in  course 
o'  lime  he  thinks  it  will  be  sufficiently  renmuera- 
tive  to  nearly  if  not  quite  support  him.  At 
pve^nent  he  is  using  part  of  the  tract  fund,  and 
ill  that  way  thinks  he  can  do  more  good  than 
with  tracts.  He  is  still  preaching  with  energy, 
and  zeal,  and  says  prospects  ace  listter  than  ev- 
er before, 

Now,  how  many  of  our  readers  want  to  help 
Brother  Hope  get  his  little  paper  on  a  pood 
footing?  How  many  are  trilling  to  help  him? 
Yon  all  know  that  papers  do  good,  and  are  ca- 
pable of  accomplishing  vastly  more,  according 
to  the  amount  of  means  employed,  than  preach- 
ing. You  can  send  papers  where  you  may  not 
be  able  to  send  preachers.  Quite  a  number 
have  said  they  wanted  to  help  that  project 
along,  and  now  they  have  u  chance.  Send 
your  donations  to  fhis  office  and  we  will  for- 
ward them  to  Brother  Hope. 


"  A    REMARKABLE    ARGUMENT." 

rHE  Herald  0/  Truth,  published  at  Elkhart. 
Indiana,  in  the  March  number  contains  a 
critique,  under  the  above  head,  on  an. article 
entitled  "  Sprinkling  and  Pouring  put  to  the 
Test,"  published  in  number  five  of  the  present 
volume  of  the  BBETnuEU  at  Work 

We  give  the  entire  article  (in  parts)  with  oui 
remarks  upon  the  same. 

■  (I)  "  It  is  truly  surprising  to  see  into  what  ex- 
tremes men  will  run,  to  defend  and  maintain  pet 
theor  es  and  doctrines.  (2)  We  think  the  most  ri- 
diculous thing  of  this  kind  tliut  ever  came  under 
our  observation,  is  an  article  on  immersion  fr^m 
the  pen  of  S.  J.  Harrison,  and  published  in  a  recent 
number  of  the  'Bretliren  at  Work.'  (3)  It  truly 
pained  us  to  read  it— (4)  it  ia  shameful,  if  not  sa 
iBgioUS,  so  to  corrupt  tlie  teachings  of  the  word  of 
God.  Jf  men  have  a  doctrine  and  wi»ih  to  defend 
it.  let  tliem  do  it  by  sound  argument,  by  scriptural 
evidences,  not  by  such  a  coUecthm  of  nonsense  as 
we  find  in  this  article.  If  this  doctrine  of  immer 
siun  is  fluch  a  well  established  doctrine  and  so  plain 
jy  taugtit  la  the  Bible,  why  not  bring  Bible  proof 'i 
Why  not  defend  by  scriptural  arguments,  and  let  it 
stand  upon  its  own  merits?  AVliy  must  such  a 
well  established  doctrine  be  constantly  defended 
hy  such  unrcaaonable  arguments':-" 


(!)  Does  ouf  critic  think  he  is  regarded  as  in- 
fallible, that  he  offers  his  bare  iro>-d  against 
what  was  written?  (2)  We  wonder  what 
'■  think"  has  to  do  with  the  question.  Must 
what  our  critic  thiiilcH  decide  it?  He  don't 
himr  that  it  is  tbe  "  most  ridiculous  thing,"  he 
only  think.s so.  (3)  We  exi>ected  what  we  wrote 
would  ■•  pain  "those  who  live  iu  rebellion  to 
God,  somewhat  like  tho  words  which  Teter 
spoke  "  pricked  in  the  hearts  "  of  several  thou- 
sand on  the  day  of  Pentecost.  This  confes.-*ion 
(that  liis  heart  is  pained]  of  our  critic,  certainly 
makes  his  case  apostolically  hopeful.  (4)  Does 
ovir  critic  expect  because  he  «.^.s«mf.-<  we  "cor- 
rupt the  teachings  of  the  word  of  God."  that  we 
do  not  defend  our  doctrine  by  "  sound  argu- 
ment," but  by  a  "collection  of  nonsense."  that 
we  did  "not  bring  Bible  proof,"  that  we  did 
not  defend  by  "  scriptural  evidences,"  that  we 
have  defended  by  "  unreasonable  arguments," 
—does  he  expect  what  he  has  nierehj  assimetly 
will  be  accepted  by  everybody  else  aa  iun-it,ihle 
conclusions,  established  Ity  valid  arguments? 
The  naked  assertions  of  our  critic,  only  show 
the  absence  of  any  rridrwc  against  us;  for  if 
thtre  was  evidence  against  us,  is  there  any 
doubt  as  violent  an  opposer,  as  our  critic  is. 
would  withhold,it  ?  It  is  very  easy  to  say  things 
are  so,  or  are  not  so,  but  to  pruvi'  they  ai-e,  or 
are  not,  is  quite  a  different  thing,  the  facult; 
of  saying  things  are  so,  or  are  not  so,  seems 
very  largely  developed  in  our  critic.  We  com- 
mend 1  Theiis.  5:  21  to  him. 

(.^1  "The  writer  claims  that  to  sprinkle ama 
would  llrsL  he  cuuiiielled  to  put  him  in  a  dry  ji 
until  all  tlie  moisture  wt-re  dried  out  of  him, 
not  liiiig  but  dry  Hesh  ami  hones  remained.  ■  Theu 
liH  ciuld  lie  ^'ratcd  line  like  we  grate  initniegs.  aiul 
.il'hT  li.'iii';  LTiated,  tlien  he  could  be  sprinkled  o: 
s.Miiri.-.l  III  small  partifles."  We  shudder  at  Ihi 
ihuii-iii  ui  luilowing  his  renuu'k^  any  lurther,  and 
tijiiriL-tlin),'  llie  sacred  names  of  the  Kternal  Trinity 
with  such  lightmindcd,  trilling  renuirkn  an  these. 
May  God  forgive  such  folly." 

(0)  Yes;  we  claim  all  of  that.  Will  our  crit- 
ic please  prove  that  we  are  mistaken?  We 
don't  want  him  simply  to  saij  we  are.  for  we 
have  serious  doubts  of  his  infallibility.  What 
if  it  does  make  our  critic  "  shudder,"— if  it  even 
caused  him  to  shake  to  pieces,  what  has  that  to 
do  with  the  question?  What  argument  is  there 
in  his  shuddering?  But  we  are  not  at  all  sur- 
prised that  lie  should  '"shudder."  "Devils  also 
believe  and  Imuble."  James  2:  li).  How  does 
it  happen  that  "such  lightminded,  trilling  re- 
marks "  have  bad  such  an  awful  influence  upon 
our  critic?  Is  it  because  things  of  the  same 
kind  gravitate  together— have  an  attraction  lor 
each  other?  By  the  way,  this  explains  to  whom 
that  little  prayer,  "May  God  forgive  such  folly," 
should  be  applied. 

(a)  -The  above  is  given  as  the  writer's  idea  of 
baptism  by  sprinkling  or  pouring,  but  lie  seems  to 
forget  tliat  the  sacred  record  .says  that  they  were 
baptized  with  water,  with  tho  Holy  Ghost  and 
with  fire." 

(6)  We  did  not  '^forget  that  the  sacred  record 
says  that  they  were  baptized  ivitli  water,  irith 
the  Haly  Ghost,  and  ivith  fire;  but  we  fear  our 
critic  has  forgotten  that  it  vim'''th^ij"  who  were 
baptized,  not  the  water.  Holy  Ghost,  aui  Jirc. 
Does  our  critic  not  know  that  the  word  irith  is 
tran^lated  from  the  same  word  from  which  i/i  is 
translated?  The  Greek  term  from  which  both 
are  translated  is  f7i. 

0)  "We  nevei',  In  the  Scriptures,  have  the  idea 
presented  to  us  that  the  subject  in  baptizing  is  put 
to  or  into  the  element,  but  the  element  is  always 
applied  to  the  subject." 

(7)  Is  our  critic  actually  so  ignorant  of  what 
is  contained  in  the  Bible  as  to  honestly  believe 
he  has  told  the  truth?  Do  we.  not  read  of 
Pliilip  and  the  eunuch  that  they  iff  ?((f/ow«  both 
IKTO  the  imter?  We  presume  our  critic  sup- 
posed they  did  not  both  go  down  info  the  water, 
but  that  Philip  left  the  eunuch  stand  on  the 
bank  while  he  (Philip)  went  down  to  the  water 
and  got  a  cupfuU  and  returned  and  applied  it  to 
the  eunuch! 

i<i  "And  when  we  sprinkle  an  olyect,  we  pour  or 
sprinkle  the  water  on  the  oVyect,  iis  when  it  rains 
we  say  -It  sprinkles,*  i.  e.,  tho  rain  falls  in  drops  on 
the  earth.  When  we  water  our  jtlants  we  sprinkle 
them,  and  when  we  sjuinkle  clothes  wescalter  wa- 
ter on  them.  The  earth  is  not  scattered  into  the 
rain,  neither  the  plant  or  clothes  into  the  water 
but  the  water  sprinkle<l  on  the  object,  so  theproph 
et  says  { Ezfk.  30 :  25),  'Then  will  I  sprinkle  clean 
water  on  you  and  ye  shall  bo  clean  from  all  your 
lilchiness,  xnd  from  all  your  idols  will  I  cleanse 
you ' "  .  •  • • 

(8) '  When  we  sprinkle  an  object,  we  pour  or 
sprinkle  the  water."  See  the  contradiction  in 
thelauguage!  When  we  sprinkle  an  object, 
we  pour  or  sprinkle  what?  the  ohjfrf?     No, 


critic  sprinkles  an  object,  he  don't  sprinkle  it 
after  all!  When  he  sprinkles  an  object  he 
sprinkles  something  else!  When  he  sprinkle* 
an  object  he  don't  sprinkle  iV,  but  Mprinktes  the 
trntrr!  Strange  k  nd  of  sprinkling,  indeed! 
Sprinkling  an  object  hy  not  fprinkling  it!  Do- 
ing a  thing  by  not  doing  it!  He  says  "when  it 
rains  we  say  'it  sprinkles'  /.  c,  the  rain  fall*  in 
drops  on  tbe  earth."  Yes,  air,  exactly;  we  say 
just  what  is  done,  then,  too.  Kain  ia  water,  and 
Witter  that  is  sfrinkled,  not  the  earth  on 
whirh  the  sprinkled  water  falls.  We  leave  the 
question  with  those  who  "water  plants"  and 
"sprinkle  clothes,  to  decide  whether  they  sprink- 
le water,  or  the  elothes  or  plant^t.  The  prophet 
E/,ekiel  is  careful  to  say  "I  sprinkle  clean  irot- 
tf»\"  he  don't  say  I  sprinkle  t/oii. 

It  has  often  filled  our  mnh  with  dread  to 
read  and  hear  of  the  ignorance,  prejudice,  and 
supei-stition  which  existed  in  years  gone  by; 
but  was  the  human  mind  darker  then  than 
now?  Was  it  so  dark  that  it  believed  a  thing 
«)is  so  if  it  knew  it  wasn't  so?  If  not,  it  waa 
not  as  dark  as  it  now  is;  for  there  arehundredB, 
just  like  our  critic,  who  would  sprinkle  a  man 
by  iW  sprinkling /(/hi  at  all.  but  by  sprinkling 
Konuthinij  fhr.  and  these  persons  cannot  see 
but  what  the  man  was  si.rinkled  although  they 
know  he  waa  not. 

We  further  suggest  that  the  next  time  our 
critic  writes  an  article  that  he  give  his  name. 
We  also  like  to  know  to  whom  wc  are  respond- 


Critiqii^s  from  othei 
tentinn  in  dun  tinif. 


rces  will  reci'ive  at- 

S.  J.  n\riiiisoN'. 


ON  THE  ROAD  TO  PALESTINE. 

Cuutinneil  from  1st  /unj,. 
When  the  imaginary  lire  was  extinguished, 
at  the  word  of  command  all  things  were  prompt- 
ly restored  to  position  again,  and  the  little  army 
of  men  and  officers  disappeared  from  the  deck, 
except  those  on  watch,  almost  as.  suddenly  as 
they  appeai-ed.  1  concluded  that  this  ship, 
which  I  already  rognrded  as  almost  proof  against 
water,  was  certainly  proof  against  fire.  I  was 
not  surprised  to  learn  that  the  owners  of  it 
take  out  no  fire-insurance  policy. 

A  drill  such  as  1  have  described  occurs  on  ev- 
ery trip,  so  as  to  keep  tho  men  in  perfc-t  train- 
ing; and  an  officer  passes  through  the  ship  ev- 
ery half  hour,  both  day  and  night,  to  sec  wheth- 
er all  is  well. 

It  is  gratifying  to  my  pride  of  country,  to 
find  such  perfectiju  of  mechanism,  and  discip- 
line, and  safety,  in  ships  which  are  built  and 
owned  in  our  own  country,  and  which  sail  un- 
der the  American  fiag.  I  am  humiliated,  how- 
ever, to  know,  that  of  the  twenly  or  more  lines 
of  weekly  steamships  now  plying  between  our 
Atlantic  ports  and  I  he  ports  of  Eurojie,  only 
the  ships  of  the  American  Steamship  Company 
of  Philadelphia  were  built  in  American  waters 
and  sail  under  the  American  flag.  And  I  am 
annoyed  by  the  information  that  the  chief  cause 
of  this  banishment  of  our  flag  from  the  steam 
marine  of  the  world,  is  unfavorable  legislation 
on  the  subject  by  our  own  Congress.  When 
wilt  public  men  abandon  the  study  of  party  pol- 
itics, and  begin  the  study  of  the  country's  true 
honor  and  glory?  J.  W.  McGarvby. 


ITEMS  OF  INTEREST. 

—A  RAiMKiAi)  is  to  be  built  to  tbe  top  of  Ve- 
suvius. 

— Thr  Jewish  Times   computes   the  number 

of  Jews  all  over  the  world  to  be  0,50^,000, 
# 
— XiNK-TENTFis  of  the  !»9  Criminals  in  the 
Ohio  Penitentiary  for  life,  owe  their  imprison- 
ment to  whisky. 

—The  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  has  been 
running  its  trains  over  the  Missouri  Uiver  at 
Bismark  on  rails  laid  on  the  ice,  a  bridge  for 
which  they  cannot  secure  a  patent. 

— The  damage  by  the  recent  flood  at  Sneged- 
in,  Hungary,  is  estimated  at  £1,500.001):  2,000 
farmhouses  have  been  destroyed.  It  is  believed 
the  waters  will  not  entirely  have  subsided  be- 
fore July. 

— Tehkible  repoits  come  of  the  sufferings 
of  the  fugitives  from  Bosnia,  who  have  been 
driven  back  in  the  past  Winter  to  their  devas- 
tat  d  country,  and  are  dying  by  hundreds  and 
thoiisandd  from  hunger  and  exposure. 

—A  siritMARiNE  cable  is  to  be  laid  to  South 
Africa,  connecting  England  with  the  whole 
E-istern  system  of  telegrflphy,  i.\te'"''Ug  (o  lu- 


no.  the  object,  but  the   icatt-e.     So   when  our  1  din,  China,  and  Au-traliiu 


THK    BKEXHltKN    AT    AVOKKl. 


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(foj;i;i;r.|ioiul«tiic«!. 


nnlD  TViU.Untyio'M'"*?'*'^"^^''''" 


From  M.  T.  Baer. 

Mai'i-kton.  BorRiioN  Co.,  Kaxsas. 
To  the  BelomI   lirtthrni  ami  Sig/fr»  o/  the  J/- 
mena  Church,  Mirhujttn.— 

DEARLY  beloved  in  tho  LoM:  I  enibraw- 
this  opportunity,  and  blesfled  privilogp  of 
writing  you  a  few  liuw.  in  the  fond  hope  of 
stirring  up  your  pure  mind.-  by  way  of  f  mem- 
braiice. 

First.  I  thank  my  God  for  the  encouraRing 
news  Mnt  me  by  our  beloved  Hrother  Frank 
Allen,  that  vou  all  nmnifcst  a  strong  faith,  and 
a  ferTency  of  spirit  with  a  d»-UTniin«tion  t(.  pre^H 
onward  and  upward  toward  Oif  murk  for  thfl 
priw  of  the  high  calliuB  of  God  in  Chnst  JemiH. 
Now  may  the  abundant  grace  of  Ood  and  tin- 
comforting  influence- of  the  Holy  Spirit  bey""" 
to  enjoy,  and  to  help  you  to  b.-ar  th.'  croHH,  and 
equip  you  all  for  the  holy  fight  iigftin»t  »in  in 
all  its  maliirnant  foniiw.  I  am  aware  that  the 
adversary  has  whispered  abroad  that  when  vo'T 
minister.  Elder  M.  T.  Baer,  would  leave,  that 
the  littlw  band  of  worHhii)[ieni  of  the  Almena 
Church  would  come  to  nought.  Hut  thankH  be 
to  the  Lord  that  1  hear  butt^-r  thingn  of  you, 
for  I  hav*-  no  greater  joy  than  to  hear  that  my 
children  walk  in  truth.  It  John  I:  3.  And  .w 
such  I  regard  you  chu-fiy. 

I  ofU-n  think  of  the  tinnt  when  I  (irHt  went 
to  Almena  to  preiu;h  the  pure  gnnpel  of  (Jliri-it, 
nnd  hold  forth  its  unadulterated  doetnne  and 
l.rintiplea  among  a  Htrange  jieople  and  i^aiuNt 
great  odds,  having  all  the  learned  clergy  (ac- 
cording to  the  wifidom  of  thin  world)  to  f.i.poMi-, 
without  sranely  a  brother  or  nwU-r  in  Chmf, 
or  scarcely  a  true  friend,  to  my  certain  knowl- 
edge, to  uphold  my  handH.  and  mywelf  unnkilled 
in  the  word  and  doctrine,  being  in  my  firnt  ex- 
perience in  the  niini«trv.  \M  my  trunt  wiw 
that  tlie  Lord  would  lie  Ktrong  in  the  weak,  and 
in  the  mouth  of  BUcklingH  would  have  perfect 
praise,  and  thus  I  wiw  not  diHappointed.  al- 
though 1  enU-red  that  M.  K.  Church  with  much 
fear  and  trembling,  and  my  preaching  and  my 
speech  were  not  with  enticing  wordu  of  man's 
wisdom,  but  in  demoimtration  of  the  spirit  and 
of  power.     1  Cor. 'i:  4. 

Thus  my  mind  runs  hack  over  the  ])rwt  with 
some  I'ond  recollwtions  of  the  pn>it  hixtory  of 
the  Almena  Church,  nmong  the  pleiwanl  reool- 
■  lectioDB  of  the  pa.st,  allow  me  to  mention  Home, 
llow  my  heart  rejoiced  when  it  wiu-*  my  pleasure, 
m  the  first  visible  fruits  of  my  labor  at  Almena, 
to  lead  into  the  clear  watern  of  Scott's  Lake, 
Brother  J.  J.  Solomon  and  wife.  Krank  Alien 
and  wife.  Sister  Elizabeth  (^ronly.  and  Niniey 
Hownaii,  to  hoar  them  renounce  sin  and  cove- 
nant with  Gnd  through  Christ  Jesus  to  live 
faitlitiil  iiiifil  deatli,  and  then  ami  there  seal 
tlnir  inveimnt  in  haptiHm.  And  thus  we  follow^ 
up  all  iiur  meetings  and  huplisnml  Borneo,  and 
our  visits  with  pteiwure;  although  we  do  nut 
forget  our  troubles  and  trials  of  faith,  mingled 
with  Nori-ow.  It  causes  me  much  regret  to  rcc- 
(.llectthenamoiJ  of  those,  who.tw  fooliHh  virgins, 
have  turned  back,  as  the  dog  to  hia  vomit  or  the 
.sow  that  was  washed,  to  her  wallowing  in  the 
imre;  however,  we  pray  that  the  Lord,  by  his 
overruling  |)rovideuce,  may  yet  bring  them 
Imck  to  his  fold,  for  he  has  promised  in  his 
word  tliat  he  will  be  with  all  them  who  luive 
been  legally  baptized  iu  all  gnod  faith  until 
death.  I  believe  that  tlie  Lord  will,  at  times, 
trouble  their  consciences  until  they  either  Mill 
return  with  true  repentance  or  until  they  will 
count  the  blood  of  Christ  as  an  unholy  thing, 
lleb.  10:29. 

Now,  dear  brethren  and  sisters,  altlunigh  we 
are  fnf  apart  in  person,  I  would  have  you  know 
that  I  am  present  witli  you  in  spirit,  and  that  \ 
remember  you  at  the  throne  of  grace,  making 
mention  ot  you  in  my  prayers.  Some'imes, 
when  I  think  of  your  warm  friendsliip.  your 
manifest  tokens  of  fraternal  love,  jour  untiring 
zeal,  and  your  self-denying  etVorts  to  nmke  me 
comfortable  and  happy  while  we  sojourned  to- 
gether, knowing  as  you  did,  my  great  conflicts, 
and  severe  oppositioDB  and  trials  of  faith,  and 
knowing  your  fears  and  anxieties  and  prayers 
in  my  behalf.  I  almost  feel  to  regret  oursepara- 
tion;  but  so  it  is  now.  How  very  true  that  al>- 
sence  makes  the  heart  grow  fonder!  (Jh!  let 
ns  labor,  pray,  and  lawfully  strive  for  a  holi.-r, 
happier,  and  more  blessed  reunion  in  heaven, 
where  nothing  will  ever  mar  our  perfect  rest 
and  peace.  Now.  when  you  come  together  and 
the  spirit  of  our  Lord  is  with  you,  and  thid 
epistle  is  being  read  among  you,  I  want  to  talk 
personally  with  some  of  you. 

Is  Brother  F.  I'.  L.i-hr  with  you?  My  dear 
old  brother,  mercy,  grace  and  peace  he  with 
you  and  youra.    Pardon  me  lor  not  writing  per- 


sonally, for  I  could  not  get  ready  to  wnt«  you 
at  Lanark,  Illinois,  before  I  feared  you  would 
be  gone  again.  Hope  you  have  enjoyed  your- 
self  well  in  the  service  of  the  Lord  whilst  on 
Tonr  latevidit  amongst  the  churches.  Take 
the  oversight  of  the  little  ffock  at  Almena,  and 
do  th>  diligence  to  help  them  on  their  way 
Zionward.  and  may  a  full  portion  of  the  spirit 
of  the  Lord  be  yours  for  the  labor. 

Brother  John  Shank,  knowest  thou  that  the 
Lord  has  calle<i  thee  to  a  great  and  noble  work? 
Kquij.  thyself  for  the  warfare,  let  not  your 
trumpet  give  an  uncertain  sound,  measure  not 
thyself  by  thyKeif,  when  thou  coosiderest  thy 
weakness,  fall  on  the  strong  arm  of  the  Lord; 
forget  thoHC  things  that  are  behind,  and  renx:h 
forward  for  those  things  that  are  before.  I  hil. 
3:  VA.  May  Ood  help  you  and  your  wife  tr. 
discharge  your  whol.t  duty  in  the  miuistr>-. 
Brother  Frank  Allen  and  M.  J.  Bums  and  your 
companions,  and  where  is  Pliny  Irwin?  is  he 
among  you."  or  is  he  gone  astray?  remeniber. 
you  are  called  as  servant.,  of  the  church,  as 
helps,  therefore  Satan  will.aim  his  fiery  dart*  at 
you,  as  well  as  me,  a«  the  targets  for  hiseromis- 
saries  to  shoot  at;  but  let  us  count  it  all  joy 
that  we  are  found  worthy  for  Chnst's  sake,  to 
sufler  persecutions;  though  your  faith  will  be 
put  to  the  test,  you  will  always  find  a  safe  re- 
treat  in  the  wcret  closet;  the  grace  of  God  will 
be  sufficient  for  you. 

A^id  now  Sister  Jane  Brown  and  your  daugh- 
terx,  with  all  the  rest  of  the  household  of  faith, 
I  cannot  in  this  short  letter  call  you  all  by 
name:  believe  me.  I  have  you  all  fresh  m  ray 
memory.  On  your  conduct  depends  very  much 
the  success  of  the  Mimter's  holy  cause.  When 
I  remember  your  7A*al  in  coming  out  to  worship 
God  in  the  holy  sanctuary,  through  storms, 
dark  nights,  &c..  I  feel  encouraged;  and  as  long 
lis  you  will  continue  in  the  sarne  «teadfa.stne.sH 
of  faith,  the  Lord  will  abundantly  bless  you, 
both  in  this  world  and  that  which  is  to  come. 
Therefore  neglect  not  the  assembling  of  your- 
selves together,  and  so  much  more  as  you  see 
the  day  of  the  Lord  approaching. 

am  glad  that  Brother  Waltei  Olark  is  pay- 
ing special  att^-ntion  to  your  spiritual  wants, 
hope  the  Lord  will  abundantly  bless  him  and 
make  him  instniiueutal  in  ao<rofiiplishiug  much 
good  among  you,  Moiie  tliat  others  of  the  be- 
loved brethren,  like  Brother  Bowers,  will  call 
and  lend  a  helping  hand  to  forward  the  ark  of 
thf»  Lord. 

Brother  /erby  and  Sister  Blnkely,  be  not 
discouraged,  though  you.  as  well  as  Sister  Me- 
Mutlen,  are  living  isolated  somewhat)  from  the 
rest.  Cast  your  rare  on  Jesus,  and  don't  for- 
get to  pray.  Although  the  wolves  are  prowling 
around,  the  cliief  Shepherd  is  near  and  smiles 
with  approving  counteiianw  t*i  see  your  strong 
faith  mixed  with  prayers  and  love  lor  the  true 
faith. 

Now,  I  am  not  tired  of  talking  to  you,  but 
getting  tired  of  writing,  and  my  space  is  full. 
I  want  you  all  to  write  to  nie,  and  don't  wait 
for  me  first  to  write  to  you;  for  my  op- 
portunities arc  not  very  good,  as  I  have  to  work 
all  day;  and  evenings,  i.jy  little  children  require 
all  my  attention  until  bedtime;  and  Sundays  I 
ought  to  be  otherwise  engaged.  I  cannot  here 
tell  you  anything  about  church  matters  in  Kan- 
sas for  want  of  s|iace. 

Finally,  farewell.  Live  iu  peace,  and  the 
Ood  of  peace  bo  with  you  nil.    Amen. 

Mtnch  i,  ;.S7.''. 

Wayside  Notes. 


Meetinffs   at    Wiucliester;  ~  At   Sharpsburg; 
Trotwood.  Montgoniory  coiiiHy.  Ohio. 

WlIKN  we  lust  wrot*'  you.  we  were  ill  the 
church  near  Winchester,  Prelile  county, 
Ohio.  This  body  of  the  Brethren  is  under  the 
care  of  Brother  Abraham  Younce,  and  has,  on 
former  occasions,  been  visited  by  Brethren 
George  Studebaker  and  Win.  Deett^r,  of  Indiaun. 
The  writer  began  preaching  iu  Winchester  on 
Saturday  night,  February  22iid,  with  good  a1- 
teudance  and  good  feeling.  Brother  Ridenour 
came  at  night  on  the '23rd,  and  spoke  to  a  crowd- 
ed house,  but  wils  calteil  back  to  Brother  Ikd 
ler's  Church  on  the:iithto  preach  the  iuneral 
of  Brother  James  Ilaymor,  who,  thoughso  wci;k 
a^  to  be  unable  to  walk  for  some  montha  past, 
was  baptized  in  January  by  being  carried  into 
the  water;  had  died  on  the  23rd  at  the  age  of 
twenty-nine  years. 

We  met  Brother  James  at  Furmersville  on 
Tuesday,  25th,  expecting  to  go  on  with  niecliug 
at  this  place  for  some  days,  but  as  other  Uieet 
ings  interfered,  we  went  to  olhffr  places.  In 
this  way  we  went  from  place  to  phiw,  having 
one  or  two  meetings  at  a  place,  but  no  more 
than  two  in  succession  at  any  one  house,  until 
'.wo  weeks  had  jiassed,  eight  diflcrent  places  had 
been  vjiited,  and  we  were  well  uigh  worn  out, 
hut  no  additions  at  any   point.    We  do  not 


think  thiB  the  be.Ht  way  to  do  good  by  preaching 
in  this  or  any  other  place,  and  regret  very  much 
that  it  was  KO  here,  for  we  regard  this  part  to  be 
,„o,t  favorable  to  the  cause  we  love  But  ^  hile 
we  P-gret  this,  we  lay  it  to  the  f-ult  of  no  one 
or  to  any:  for  cirmmstanee^  were  such  a."  to 
prevent  a  protracted  effort  at  any  one  place. 
Whilst  in  this  part  we,  together  or  separate, 
visited  eight  places  besides  the  funeral  and  one 
other  meeting  at  Brother  Holler's,  and  p.eacb- 
ed  tbirty.eight  sermons  in  two  weeks. 

The  names  of  Brethren  A.  Younce,  !•.  (.-otter- 
an  with  those  of  Brubakers,  Frees.  Stover. 
Christman  aged  eigty-four,  Wamplers,  Ur. 
Menkle.  and  their  families,  with  those  "J  others 
will  be  remembered  with  pleasure.  \Veal80 
h<id  the  plea-ure.  to  lodge  a  day  and  night  with 
Brother  and  Sister  Young.  Thi.  sister,  whose 
maiden  name  was  Amanda  Billman.  was  at  one 
lime  (I«63|  our  school-mate  at  the  Brethren  s 
chool  in  New  Virginia,  Ohio. 

I„  leaving  this  part  of  the  Brotherhood  we 
topped  and  took  dinner  with  old  Brother  and 
Sister  Stoner  (Solomon)  on  the  7th  of  March 
They  told  us  of  some  of  their  sorrow  and  ot 
their  labor  even  yet  to  old  age.  but  they  did  not 
then  know  it  all,  for  in  less  than  a  week  (March 
i:Jth;  their  large  barn,  with  six  bead  of  horses, 
twenty  head  of  sheep,  with  other  stock,  a  large 
iiiintity  of  grain,  wagons,  &c.,  were  all  destroy- 
ed by  fire.  The  loss  is  supposed  to  be  nciir 
*3,000,  or  even  more,  and,  we  are  told,  is  partly 
nsured.  The  enemy  who  did  it,  is  not  yet 
known. 
We  came  to 

sHAHi'srirno,  or  new  lebanun, 
on  the  night  of  the  7th,  and  spoke  in   a  union 
house,  by  invitation  of  Brethren  and  strangers, 
and  to  large  a'*semblies.     Brother  James  joined 
on  the  littb  and  within  a  few  minutes  more 
were  waited  on  by  three  elder  brethren  and 
told  that  we  were  not  in  order;  that  protracted 
meetings  were  not  the  order  here,    and  the  de- 
cree of  the  elder   residing    here    was   thaj,  our 
meeting  should    shp.     They   admitted  that  we 
preached  the   gospel,  but  asserted    that    it  was 
preached  enough  here    without  our    assistance. 
We  invited  these  brethren  to  come  to  our  meet- 
ing that   evening    uiid    that,  then    they    could 
'■judge  righteous  judgment,"  but  they  excused 
themselves,  and  left  us.v   The  house  was  literal- 
ly packed  by  Brethren,   strangers    and  friends; 
and  when  nt  the  close,    it  was  left  to  the  audi- 
ence to  say  whether  the  meeting  should  stop  or 
not,   almost  the  entire   assembly  arose  to  their 
feet  as  an   expression  that   the  meeting   should 
go  on.     It  did  go  on,  and  for  three  days  longer, 
and  the  interest  and  crowd  grew  so  much  that 
many  came  to  the  house  and  could  not  enter  it 
lor  the  pressure,  and  so  had  to  go  home  without 
an  eiitruuce.     On  every  evening  the  services  be- 
gun from  a  quarter  to  half  an  hour  before  the 
hour  iiunoiiuced  because  the  crowd  was  in  place 
and  waiting  for  the  hour.    The  meeting  closed 
at  this  place  on  Friday  the  14th.  with  the  bap- 
tism of  four  per-ons,  and  three  others  who  ask- 
ed that  their    reception  be  at   present  deferr^fd. 
Many  others  said  they   were  willing   lodoall 
that  the  gospel  required   them  to  do,  but  here 
the  Brethren  ask  more  than  this  of  all  who  do 
come.    On  Wednesday,  March  12th,  we  had  no 
meeting  at  Sharpsburg,  but  went  to  the  Breth- 
ren's meeting-house  in  Brother  Sammy  Garbers 
district,  where  the  funeral  and  burial  of  Broth- 
er Frederic  Priser,  aged  eighty-one  years,  were 
itlended  by  many  iriends.     Here  we  were  invit- 
ed to  improve  the  occasion,  and  Brother  James 
spoke  from  llev.  14: 13. 

From   Sluirp^burg,    we    came   on   the   14th 
(Friday  P.  M.)  to 

TKOTWOOD, 


the  worJ  of  our  Master,  should  suffer  pereecQ, 
tion  for  it.  And  we  regret  it  most  because  this 
feeling  is  shown  mo^t  by  those  who  claim  to 
preach  the  same  word  and  in  the  same  right 
way.  viz. :  ju.st  as  it  reads.  Those  who  claim  to 
be  like  Christ,  should  remember  that  Jesus  "re- 
viled not  ag:i'n;  "  that  Christians  can  r*c*ive 
ppr*ecntiou,  but  they  cannot  and  do  not  give  it- 
that  to  be  Chirst's.  we  must  have  the  spirit  of 
Christ,  which  brings  love.  joy.  peace,  meekness, 
temperanc*-,  faith,  and  against  such  there  is  qq 
law. 

(lovington,  Miami  county.  Ohio.  March  Iftiij 
We  reached  here  last  night;  all  well.  Brother 
Joseph  Kisser,  elder  in  the  Upper  Stillwater 
Church,  died  on  Thursday.  13th  inst.,  at  the  age 
of  sixty-nine  years  and  some  months.  His  bu- 
rial was  on  Sunday  ICth.  and  it  is  thought  was 
attended  by  near  fifteen  hundred  persons. 
Brother  Wm.  Cassel  spoke  in  the  i.udience 
room;  and  as  the  basement  room  was  als..  \\\\^^ 
there  was  speaking  in  it  aUo.  Brother  Ki(w,er'a 
life  will  be  remembered  wherever  known. 

Landon  West, 


From  C.  J.  Todd. 


H  station  on  the  Dayton  &  Richmond  R.  K., 
where  we  continued  three  days.  The  invitation 
to  us  to  visitthis  place  was  made  by  strangers, 
and  the  house  of  the  Christians  (Newlights)  wius 
opened  freely,  and,  although  the  building  is 
large,  and  the  weatlier  at  times  quite  unfavora- 
ble, vet  all  available  snace  was  filled  and  scores 
had  {»  stand.  Tiie  interest  was  most  encoiirag- 
iugand.we  regret  very  much  that  our  stay  at 
this  place  wa-*  so  short.  Ou(.  a  young  man, 
made  application,  and  others  said  that  the 
Brethren's  Church  wa-i  their  choice,  but  seem 
flattered  with  the  hope  of  a  more  convenient 
season.  Amongst  the  many  warm  friends  and 
Brethren  met  at  this  place  we  name  with  pleas- 
ure Dr.  Harper  and  lady,  whose  house  is  a  home, 
friends  Tobias,  Worley,  and  others,  with  breth- 
ren and  sisters  in  the  homes  of  Hretliren  Leslier, 
Clegget,  Sammy  Pioiitz,  Lewi^  Pfoutz  E^q.. 
We^ley  Hyer  and  mother,  John  Calvin  Bright, 
and  many  others.  The  Piout*^  brothers  are 
brothers  of  our  old  Sister  Hannah  Kiiautf,  now 
deceiused. 

It  is  allowed  by  all  that  we  preach  the  gospel, 
and  it  alone,  and  we  rejoice  that  our  preaching 
is  so  regarded  by  all  who  hear  us,  but  we  do  re- 
gret very  much  that  we,  when  thus  proclaiming 


Dear  Friends:  — 

IN  a  late  issue  of  the  Brethren  at  Work,  we 
observed  that  an  eftort  is  being  inaugurated 
to  send  missionaries  to  the  Pacific  coast,  iu  con- 
nection with  an  extended  trip  in  various  other 
sections  of  the  country.  In  this  we  descry  the 
dawning  of  the  day-star  of  an  era  long  anj 
hopefully  wished  for.  Thiit  an  efiectual  opeu- 
ing  ill  this  modern  Sodom,  for  the  testimony  of 
Jesus  would  be  made,  we  have  long  and  hope- 
fully  imticipated,  and  now.  as  if  in  answer  to 
our  earnest  prayers,  the  benign  radiance  of  a 
bright  and  ettulgent  moon,  in  the  no  distant  fu- 
ture, seems  already  to  cast  its  cheering  halo  in 
advance.  Even  as  Jesus  crossed  the  Uennesaret 
iu  a  raging  tempest  to  proclaim  the  glad  tidings 
of  salvation  to  the  Gadarenes,  so  have  we  pray- 
ed that  some  tempest  driven  barque  might  cast 
anchor  upon  this  Occidental  shore,  bearing 
ministers  to  proclaim  I'nesavalion  in  the  old 
apostolic  way,  to  this  dying  people,  with  whom 
skepticism  and  infidelity  run  riot.  There  are 
many  hei'e  who  claim  to  be  ambassadors  of  God, 
expounding  icks  and  i.sms  suited  to  the  passions 
and  Cullies  of  their  people;  but,  with  few  excep- 
tions, they  are  mere  puppets,  steeped  in  fashion's 
vilest  sin,  treading  the  gospel  mart  for  the  sake 
of  filthy  lucre;  extolling  the  name  of  Jesus  for 
personal  aggrandizement,  and  owning  und'^nia- 
ble  allegiance  to  mystic  ties,  striving  to  fill 
popular  pulpits,  and  soothing  the  carnal  mind 
with  philosophical ( ?)elucidations,  strictly  avoid- 
iug  all  infringements  upon  loose  morals.  In- 
stead of  dropping  the  golden  text  in  their  midst, 
pointed  with  gospel  truth  as  sharp  as  a  two- 
edged  sword,  they  gloss  the  true  teachings  of 
Christ  with  plausible  (V)  philosophical  lore,and 
air  their  profundity  on  popular  science  much  to 
the  delight  of  their  fashion  soiled  congregation. 
Holy  men,  free  from  secret  alliances,  untram- 
meled  liy  fjishion's  trails,  clad  in  the  complete 
armor  of  God,  and  with  the  peace  of  the  gcspel 
shod,  who-se  souls  are  Bred  with  the  inspiratioa 
of  the  cross,  and  who  would  gladly  push  the 
gospel  conquest  into  the  territory  of  Apnliyon, 
have  here  a  fertile  field  of  boundless  extent,  in 
which  to  plant  the  true  vine. 

From  the  eastern  slopes  of  the  Rocky  Moun- 
tains, embracing  a  fertile  territory  from  five  to 
seven  hundred  miles  in  length,  cxcupy'ing  an 
area  of  from  250  to  4U(l.OOO  square  miles,  in 
which  good  homes  in  the  more  remote  sections 
can  he  had,  at  reasonable  prices,  while  in  the 
older  settled  localities,  farms  at  reasODable 
prices  may  be  purchased,  or  rented  on  easy 
terms.  In  all  this  scope  of  couulry  but  few 
Brethren  are  known  to  live,  yet  there  are  many 
warm  friends  to  the  faith,  who  with  open  purse, 
are  ready  and  willing  to  assist  the  missionary 
cause.  Men  of  God.  thoroughly  furnished  to  all 
good  work,  preaching  Christ  and  him  cruciiieii, 
would  certainly  hea'miiiistry  unto  much  good, 
a  power  unto  God,  and  lead  to  the  salvdion  of 
countless  souls.  Should  your  ministeruig 
brethren  visit  this  coast,  we  b-g  to  be  heaidiu 
our  appeal  fortheirpieience  in  our  midst.  There 
are  many  who  sit  in  the  dark  shadow  of  death, 
who  go  not  into  the  chaucelied  sanctuary  of 
the  aristrocratic  worshiper:?,  but  must  be  reach- 
ed through  a  more  humble  medium.  Pl"in  Bi- 
ble teaching,  as  iu  the  apostolic  days,  would 
:a]l  many  wayward  ones  from  their  downward 
career,  and  establish  their  feet  upon  the  so'id 
rock  of  eternal  salvation. 


Elder  David    Urowor  preached   for  us  a 


feff 
times,  and  his  labors  met  with  considerable  m- 
terest,  but  luty  forbade  his  stay.  We  want  a 
permanent  resident,  to  constantly  exert  au  i  * 
tiuence  in  the  good  and  holy  cause  ol'  religu'"' 
and  morality. 

iru//a  Walla,  Washington  Tartlori/.. 


^pril     lO 


'rjbijb;  u3^icx>iKEjsr  ^vx  "wokic 


The  Church  In  California. 

i  WOULD  here  say  tliiit  iLere  are  two  urgan- 
iz<^  cliuictie^  iu  Gill  lnruiii.  tlie  unt;t«riued 
me  Cil'ioriiia  Church,  aii-1  the  iithtft  Scanislaus 
(Church.  The  former  was  orgauized  uver  twen- 
ty years  Bgo,  and  tbe  latter  ft>ur  years  ngo,  by 
Brethren  H.  D.  Davy  and  B.  V.  Mooniaw. 
cotuimltt'*'  sent  by  Annual  Meeting  to  settle 
certain  difficulties  then  existing  iu  the  cbnrcli. 
\t  thetini'*  the  Stani^tlaus  Church  was  organ- 
j2^,  eicb  division  bad  about  sixty  members. 
The  Cdliforuia  Church  is  scattered  over  a  large 
scope  of  country,  over  some  eight  orU-n  coun- 
ties, and  members  live  far  apirt.  There  are 
seven  ministers  belonging  to  (his  nrm  of  the 
church,  three  of  them  being  ordained  elders^. 
These  elders  live  more  than  one  hundred  niites 
apart.  Elder  Ge  )i\4j  Wolfe  is  seventy  ycir.-*  of 
age,  hut  stili  travels  some,  and  preaches  a  good 
deal.  Around  him,  in  Sau  Joaquin  county, 
there  are  thirty-five  or  forty  members.  This 
church  is  iucivasiug  iu  numbers.  I  have  vis- 
ited many  of  the  members  m  this  church  and 
gll  it«  ministers.  They  appear  to  he  very 
zealously  engaged  in  the  Master's  cause.  The 
members  of  tbe  Stanislaus  Cliun^h  do  not  live 
80  far  "P-'^rt.  They  live  within  easy  reach  of 
each  other,  aU  but  a  few.  I  believe  I  have 
seen  and  visited  them  all  but  two  or  three.  The 
nio^t  of  them  I  have  visited  frequently. 

I  am  sorry  to  say,  that  for  some  can^^e  or  oth- 
er, this  church  has  not  been  prospering  m 
verv  much  since  its  organization.  it  had 
about  the  same  number  of  members,  (50)  as  tlie 
other  cburcli,  and  five  ministers,  and  some 
thirty  or  thirty-five  members.  This  is  a  lam- 
entable fact.  Yet  I  must  say  that  the  membti-s 
of  this  church  are  very  orderly,  fine  members. 
Ilove  them,  and  have  the  greatest  respect  for 
theoi.  Let  me  say  right  here,  that  all  the 
members  iu  the  S:ate  of  C'alifornia  treated  me 
with  brotherly  kindness  and  Christian  courtesy, 
without  any  exception.  I  was  among  these 
kind  brethren  and  sisters  oyer  three  months, 
visiting  and  trying  to  get  up  kind  feelings 
among  them.  In  this  I  have  succeedid  above 
my  expectations.  I  must  say  to  the  brethren 
and  sisters  in  the  Atlantic  States,  that  the 
members  in  California,  are  worthy  of  respect 
auJ  honor.  They  are  warm-liearted  Christians. 
Do  nut  think  that  there  is  a  wide  difi'erence  be- 
tween the  two  organizitions.  The  difi'erence 
is  ao  small  and  trifling  that  it  sliould  never 
cause  a  separation.  God  furbid  that  t^uch 
should  ever  be  the  case.  I  am  confident,  tint 
if  proper  care  is  taken,  and  a  little  more  Chris- 
tian forbearance  ex'-rcised,  that  all  will  come 
right  in  the  end.  To  you,  dear  brethren  and 
sisters,  among  whom  I  have  been  visiting  in 
California,  rest  assured,  th;it  your  umvottliy 
brother  and  servant  had  many  a  sleepless  night 
in  prayer  and  fasting,  while  he  was  with  you, 
praying  that  yop  might  become  more  fully  rec- 
onciled with  each  other.  If  you  treat  each 
other  as  you  have  treated  me  when  I  was  with 
ycu,  there  will  soon  be  peace  and  harmony 
among  you.  Apply  that  golden  rule,  "Do  to 
others  as  yon  icish  tlifi/  should  do  (u  ijon."' 

Dear  brethren  and  sisters,  I  labored  amongst 
you  for  peace,  I  now  earnestly  entreat  you  in 
the  name  of  Jesus  Christ, ''Be  ye  reconciled." 
Do  not  each  of  you  seek  your  own,  but  let 
each  of  you  seek  his  brother's  good,  and  in  the 
end  you  will  come  cH"  more  than  conquerore, 
and  oacli  receive  a  crown  of  eternal  life. 

Elias  K,  Beuchley. 

Remember  the  Dead. 

THERE  have  been  a  great  many  deaths  in 
our  neighborhood  the  past  Winter.  Many 
of  our  friends  have  been  taken  from  ui.  Sor- 
row for  the  dead  is  the  only  sorrow  from  which 
we  refuse  to  be  divorced.  An  old  uncle  of 
mine  by  the  name  of  Nathaniel  Drake  has 
been  taken  from  us  and  numbered  with  the 
same.  He  was  a  minister  of  the  Bretnreu 
Church,  and  a  friend  of  many.  Friends  and 
relatives,  we  never  again  shall  behold  him  coni- 
iug  forward  with  that  smile  and  out-stretched 
to  greet  us.  He  is  now  where  smiles  are  bright- 
er and  friendship  more  lasting,  though  his 
earthly  existence  and  fond  words,  wo  cherish 
and  brood  over  with  solitude.  Another  friend, 
Grandmother  Brumbaugh,  the  grandmother 
of  our  neighborhood,  has  been  taken  from  us. 
not  long  since.  Where  is  the  child  that 
would  willingly  forget  the  most  tender  grand- 
parent, or  root  out  such  a  sorrow  from  the 
heart  though  it  may  sometimes  throw  a  pass- 
ing cloud  over  the  bright  hour  of  gayoty?  As 
1  sit  by  my  window,  never  again  shall  I  behold 
licr  treading  her  little  path  coming  to  and  fro 
and  entering  her  cottage  door.  The  door  is 
shut;  there  is  asilence  within  and  all  is  gloom. 
We  hope  she  is  now   treading  a  brighter  path. 


From  the  grave  of  the  right«'ous.  spring   none 
but  fond  and  t^-nder  recollectiims. 

These  are  my  tirst  words  for  the  paper.  I 
will  be  thirteen  years  old  the  lOlh  of  April. 
Plea.se  criticise  and  publish. 

M.\TTIE  HrSSIOKKR. 

GmreUon,  hid.,  Marrh  ?/. 

This  young  friend  is  wiser  than  some  older 
people.  She  thinks  those  who  follow  a  bus- 
iness are  more  likely  to  understand  it  than  those 
who  do  not.  So  she  says  at  the  close  of  her 
article,  "I'leaHe  criticise  and  publish."  SJie 
would  rather  the  editors  alone  would  see  her 
errors  than  the  thousands  «1  readers  who  get 
the  paper.  She  knows  the  editors  want  every 
article  as  good  as  it  can  be  made,  and  she  has 
no  objections  to  having  hers  improved,  if  the 
editoi-s  have  the  time  and  disposition  to  doit. 
Si)  she  says  "n-ificis."  \t.  \\. 

From    Nevada,  Vernon  Co.,  Mo. 

/>«.'  Brethren:—  "    '       '  ' 

\\l^  have  preaching  every  Sunday,'  but'  fco- 
TT  day  it  is  sleeting  and  our  appointment 
isten  milesaway;  so  I  did  not  go.  Tu."  WiutiT 
has  been  abnve  the  averftgf  for  cold;  not  much 
snow.  The  ground  ha.s  been  iu  condition  for 
plowing  for  some  time.     Oats  most  nil    sowed. 

Spirituilly,  we  are  progressing  slowly;  but, 
we  trust,  surely.  There  have  been  six  additions 
by  baptism  since  the  first  of  Sept.-mb^r.  For- 
eign ministers  seldnn^  stop  and  heli>  us.  We 
sr,|icit  ministering  brethren,  and  others,  toi). 
tn  stop  oH"  and  l.ibor  with  m.  We  ^ive  only 
two  miles  from  Nevada,  the  ounty-sett  of 
Vernon  county,  [t  is  on  the  great  South- 
wisf^rn  route  from  Chicago  to  Texas,  the  M. 
R  &T.R.  K. 

We  think  those  seeking  cheap  homes  could 
do  no  better  than  to  stop  and  see  our  beautiful, 
undulating  prairies,  and  rich  bottom  lands, 
skirting  the  various  streauis  that  traverse  our 
country.  Much  of  this  bottom  laud  is  covered 
with  a  heavy  growth  of  timber,  which  can  be 
bought  for  from  eight  to  litleen  dollars  per 
acre.  Prairie  from  live  to  ten  dollars.  There 
is  plenty  of  room  for  a  colony  of  one  tlnuisand 
families  to  settle  and  all  he  within  one  to  live 
miles  from  timber.  Stone  coal  in  abundance, 
at  from  five  to  eight  cents  at  the  banks,  ready 
dug.  Building  stone,  along  the  streams,  of 
the  finest  quality.  We  have  a  great  variety  of 
water  and  soil,  from  the  poorest  freestone  to 
the  richest  limestone.  Water  is  sulphur, 
calibeate,  freestone  and  limestone. 

I  would  advise  those  seeking  a  home  in  the 
south-west  to  give  u8  a  call  and  see  for  them- 
s  Ives,  especially  to  minifiters,  traveling  through, 
•■e  would  say,  stop  and  preach  for  us.  Any 
.Hie  wishing  further  information  will  please 
nr  p  us  a  card  or  letter. 

Dear  editors, — we  ,bid  you  a  kind  farewell, 
wl-hing  you  God  speed  in  your  noble  work. 
6.  Click. 


District  Meetings. 

SEEING  quite  a  number  of  notices  in  your 
paper,  of  District  Meetings,  it  called  my 
attention  to  a  few  very  important  thoughts,  or 
points  connected  with  those  meetings,  to  which 
our  dear  br&thren  throughout  the  Brotherhood 
will  do  well  to  take  heed,  viz.: 

1.  That  all  matters  of  a  local  character  be 
disposed  of,  if  possible;  if  that  cannot  be  done 
to  general  satisfaction,  let  it  bedeferred  another 
year,  and  not  sent  to  Annual  Conference. 

'2.  That  all  matter,  designed  for  Annual 
Conference,  be  accompanied  with  a  Scriptural 
answer. 

3,  That  every  answer,  whether  of  a  local  or 
general  character,  be  accompanied  with  refer;:; 
t-nce  to  two  or  more  suitable  passages  of  Script- 
ure as  a  basis  for  said  decision. 

■4,  That  when  brethren  are  selected  by  the 
church  and  sent  out  to  preach  where  the  pure 
doctrine,  as  taught  by  the  Brethren,  has  never 
yet  been  heard,  that  they  be  admonished  not  to 
be  over  anxious  for  number,  so  as  to  evade  the 
teaching  of  the  peculiarities  of  our  beloved 
Brotherhood,  and  the  general  order  of  the 
churoh  which  are  in  so  exact  harmony  with  the 
general  teachings  and  spirit  of  the  gospel,  and 
by  which  we  are  more  particularly  known  as  a 
distinct  and  separate  people  from  the  world. 

Experience  has  taught  us  that  it  is  a  great 
advantage  to  brethren,  when  called  upon  to  or- 
ginize  a  church,  if  all  have  been  properly 
taught  and  are  willing  to  comply  with  the  gen- 
eral order  of  the  church:  but  a  great  disadvao- 
tage  when  they  have  only  been  taught  the  let- 
ter and  not  the  spirit  of  tbe  gospel;  but  rather 
that  all  that  we  liave  not  the  plain  written  word 
fur,  is  the  work  of  men  and  not  of  God.  My 
beloved  brethren,  these  things  ought  not  so  t" 
be.  ^  Enoch  Eut. 


Safe  at  Home. 


TO-DAY.  Mar.h  2Ist.  after  au  absence   from 
a  dear  family    of  three   months  and  ten 
days.  T  arrived  safe  at  homo.     The   past   three 
months    were    spent    visiting   and   preaching 
among  dear   brethren,    sisters  and  friends   in 
.lewell,  Ilepublic.  Osboni,  Smith,  Marion   and 
other  counties  iu  Kansas.      During    this  time 
we  were  ninch  refreshed  in  meeting  with  many 
old  friends,  aUo  in  forming  the  acquaintance 
of  many  new  onoi  whom  we  shall  iiover  forget. 
During  our  intercourse  with  our  beloved  breth- 
r«m  and  sisters  with  whom  we  associated  during 
our  visit,  we  often  experience  1  the  foretaste  of 
what  it  must  be  to  be  there  even  "over  there." 
The    Brethren  iu  Kansas  seem    to    bo  alive, 
and  though  nuuiy  are  living  in  dug-outs  and 
siid-hou«e«.  are,  nevertheless. hospitable,  and  are 
willing  to  give  such  as  they  have,   and  that  is 
good  enough  fur  anybody.     We  were   glad   to 
see  so    much    sociiibilily    iimong  them.      It  is 
mure  healthy,  both  physicially  and  spiritmilly, 
than  to  feast  upon  rich  viands   and    tread  soft 
I'urpii-ted  Hom-g,  i>r  rest  upon    spring   sofaii   and 
bedsteads,  or  to  feast  (he  natural    vision    upon 
gilder!  walh  and  pictures.     Love  has  the   same 
attractiveness  in   a  western  dug-out   as  any 
where  else.     The  ornament  of  a  meek  and  gen- 
tle spirit  is  the  thing    that   brings  real    enjoy- 
ment any  when-.      Where  suth  a  -pint  has  the 
sway,  the  plaoe   becomes   honie-liUe.      Such   a 
spirit  reigns  in    heaven,  which  often  makes  ns 
think  of  the  home   "over  there,"   also  of  the 
friends  "over  there";  and  we  feel  to  close  in  the 
poet's  prayei : 

"0  Lord  amidst  gladness  or  wo, 

For  heaven  our  spirits  prepare; 
And  shortly  we  alsi>  shall  know, 
And  feel  what  it  is  to  be  there," 

W.J.H.   B.MMAN. 

iVwrn  Springs,  lotm. '    •     '  '     ' 


heaven.  May  the  Lord  bless  the  brethren  and 
sisters  of  the  Milledgeville  Church.  Remem- 
ber me  iu  your  praj-ers. 

Jno.  E.  Sprihoer. 


I  AM  away  out  here  in  Arkansas, 
no  church  near  hei 


From   C.  J.  Head. 


Orar  Jtretl,r.jn:— 

I  AM  not  a  member  of  your  ehurch  though.  I 
beleive  it  to  be  as  trii«  if  not  the  tiuest 
church  that  I  have  ever  found.  I  would  like 
to  write  a  few  words  if  I  thought  there  would 
be  room  in  your  columns  for  them.  I  do  nut 
take  the  Bbk^hken  a.^  Work  though  I  receive 
copies  of  it  from  timp  to  time,  sent  tonne  by 
a  friend.  I  read  them  very  earnestly  and  I  am 
very  thankful  for  theru.  I  think  it  is  a  good 
paper.  When  I  receive  them  1  comiu(Uice  on 
the  first  page  and  read  column  after  column 
uutil  I  have  read  them  through,  and  thou  1 
read  them  over  and  over  again,  and  tlu-n  1  liiy 
them  away  for  the  future. 

I  attended  your  church  at  Cherry  Gr()ve.  Ill,, 
some  six  or  s^ven  years,  and  found  it  to  bo  a 
good,  honest  church;  and  though  I  was  but  a 
youth.  I  find  there  were  many  irupresMions 
made  on  my  heart  that  I  have  never  forgotten. 
[  havn't  heard  but  one  sermon  preached  by  Ihe 
Brethren  for  over  six  years,  an.!  that  one  I 
heard  one  year  ago  Ust  Fall  in  a  Pchool-hoiMe 
near  Hudson,  Iowa.  It  was  preached  by  Broth- 
er Bashor,  from  .John  1;  17.  It  was  a  power- 
ful sermon,  and  I  think  it  did  much  good.  I 
have  often  thouglit  I  would  join  y  our  church, 
and  probably  will  if  I  ev5r  live  near  the  church 
again. 

Iwas  glad  to  hear  that  you  had  started  out  in 
such  a  good  work,  and  I  would  say  to  all  the 
Brethren,  push  your  way  onward,  that  you 
may  at  last  die  in  the  harness. 

C.t/./r  Fiilh,  Jowa.  Mn,rh  2r>th.  Iyf79. 

From  Hamlin  BrowPi  Co.,  Kan. 


Prom   Lewisburg.  Arkansas. 

Ihnr  HrHhrv,,:— 

We  have 
but  we  need  one  verj- 
much,  for  this  is  a  wicked  place.  The  most  of 
the  prople  around  here  would  rather  go  to  a 
dance  than  to  chursh.  We  have  been  here 
neariy  fifteen  months,  and,  in  that  time,  there 
have  been  more  than  twenty  dances  within 
three  miles  of  our  home. 

I  would  rather  have  meeting,  singing  and 
prayer  than  dancing.  I  have  not  been  at 
uhureh  since  last  Summer  uutil  to-day.  We 
bad  so  much  aickue.ss  last  Summer  that  I  could 
not  go,  and  thit  Winter  there  has  been  no 
meeting  to  attend. 

Winter  has  now  ended  here.  The  peach  trees 
are  coming  out  in  bloom.  Some  oats  hav« 
been  sown  and  some  corn  planted.  1  like  the 
country  hpr(»  very  well,  hut  liot  the  people. 
There  aro  neven  families  of  Indians  in  this 
neighborhood. 

I  do  wish  some  of  the  good  Brethren  would 
move  in  h«rn  so  that  wo  o.nnld  have  meeting. 
A  churoh  liuilding  could  be  built  on   our  farm. 

MstHUXB  KltlSUHlt. 

Mm-eh  .'(,  /.s;.'(. 

From  Ogan's  Creek.  Indiana. 

ON  February  'iSH,.  Brethren  F.  I'.  L<i'hr,  Q 
W.  Cripo  and  Joseph  L'edycame  to  th. 
On  Saturday  a  choice  for  help  in  the  ministry 
was  held.  Two  were  called,  Stephen  Ulery 
and  Ferry  A.  Early. 

Brethren  Ludir  and  Cripo  continued  with  us, 
preaching  night  and  day.  On  Friday  evening, 
Father  l.odir  talked  to  the  children.  Fifty  or* 
sixty  bright  and'  cheerful  little  countenances 
were  present.  When  we  beheld  them  and 
beard  them  singing  praises  to  God,  we  remem- 
hered,  "Of  such  is  the  kingdom  of  heaven," 
and  took  courage. 

Our  meetings  closed  on  Sunday,  with  nine 
accessions  by  ba[)tism  and  one  applicant.  AU 
except  one  are  young  in  years  and  members  of 
our  Sunday-school,  O  Brethren,  should  not 
thi«  encourage  us  to  put  forth  stronger  efforts 
as  we  see  our  neighbors  acd  their  children 
stepping  into  the  fuld?  0  uuiv  we  not  forget 
nor  despise  the  command,  "I'lued  my  lambs,  fteed 
my  sheep!"  G.  Leslie. 

North  Maurhdffnr,  fnd. 


From  Manor  Church, 

[)n,r  lUrthrn,:^ 


Indiana   Co.,    Pa. 


OUR  church  nieetitig  passed  olT 
in  order,  thereby  showing  tb 


T  LEI'' 

1     Mai 


To    Whom  this  mnij  Coiiarn.— 

I'T  Lanark,  Illinois,  on  the  fourth  of 
h,  landed  in  Brown  county,  Kansas, 
on  the  seventh.  Met  my  family  there.  Found 
a  beautiful  country  and  a  good  climate.  Land 
rates  from  four  to  twenty  dollars  per  acre.  A 
good  country  for  those  seeking  homos.  Well 
watered  and  plenty  ot  timber  along  the  streams. 
Fruit  of  most  all  kinds  can  be  raided  here. 
School-houses  are  plenty  in  the  country,  and 
meeting-houses  in  most  every  town  or  city. 
There  is  quite  a  number  of  brethren  iu  this 
country.  I  have  attended  two  meetings,  and 
was  surprised-  to  meet  so  many  dear  brethren 
and  sisters.  It  seemol  like  home.  Brethren 
Jacob  Haune  and  Warner  preached  for  us. 
The  ministering  force  is  not  very  strong  here. 
I  would  like  to  see  some  more  miuister5  come 
West  and  help  our  dciir  brethren  to  spread  the 
good  news  of  salvation,  (iuite  a  number  in- 
quiring alter  the  truth.  May  all  who  are  in 
nature's  darkness,  come  to  the  light  and  accept 
sjjvation.and  follow  Christ.  "Not  all  that 
say  Lord,  Lord,  shall  inherit  eternal  life,  but 
tluy  that  do  the  will  of  my  Father  which  is  in 


0"  quietly  and 
that  the  church 
is  in  love  and  union.  The  time  set  fur  our 
Love-feast  is  on  the  aixth  of  June, 

Brother  Smouse  closed  a  series  of  meetings 
at  the  Manor  school- house,  in  this  district,  on 
the  night  of  Kebruiiry  2Gth.  with  no  additions. 
While  the  meeting  was  in  progress,  the  broth- 
er preached  one  discourse  on  baptism,  and  I  am 
told  by  some  of  the  people  that  were  there,  that 
it  was  one  of  the  most  powerful  sermons  ever 
delivered  in  that  house.  Hope  the  brother  will 
not  forget  us,  but  return  to  us  again.  We  have 
church  every  Sunday  at  some  point  in  our  fli»- 
trict,  with  large  congregations  and  good  at- 
tendance. .John  W.  Frt. 

M'lnh  is,  lh7:K 


Notice. 

Ihnr  lirethnn:— 

MIOULD  any  of  you  who  subscribed  to  me 

1 1).  M.  lor  the  report  of  A.  M.   of  1>78, 

have  billed  getting  it,  please   notily   me   by  a 

card,  and  I  will  try  and  look  up   the    loss.     A, 

few  have  reported  minus.  C.  C.  RoOT. 

Mirabile,  Mo  .  M'mh  l\  1^79. 


s 


From  J.  H.  Miller. 

By  rei.uest,  I  met  the  Brethren  near  St.  Joe, 
Dtkalb  county,  Indiana,  for  preaching. 
There  found  Brother  Jacob  Snell,  from  Whitley 
county,  Indiana;  had  meeting  at  a  school-houae, 
wliere  the  Brethren's  doctrine  has  been  kno\rn 
only  one  year.  We  found  almost  all  classes  of 
peojdc— some  Uuivcrsalisfs,  and  a  few  infidels. 
The  people  desired  u*  to  preach  our  faith,  as 
tliat  was  utw  to  them.     We  did  so. 

On  Sunday,  Brother  Snell  preached  an  able 
discourse  ou  baptism.  The  attention  was  good, 
and  a  wandering  after  our  doctrine,  some  ask- 
ing us  what  we  thought  about  baptizing  chil- 
dren, etc.  One  old  Methodist  brother  askfd 
Br.ither  Siil-H  and  me  to  ccme  br.ck  a::d  h(  Id  a 


8 


I'HE    BKEXK[KE:N'    ^T    AVOKli. 


-A.pril 


lO 


two  dnys  meeting  iu  the  grove  sometime  in 
the  SumnuT.  >md  then  hold  forth  to  the  people 
io  practice  what  we  preached,  thiit  if*,  hold  u 
communion.  iThere  are  no  Brethren  near  by 
to  give  U3  a  baru  to  hold  a  feast  in).  I  never 
s»w  such  A  desire  for  the  truth  as  there  !■*  there. 
Methodist*,  I'uited  Brethren  and  Lutherans 
h»Te  invited  us  back  and  said,  "Come  and  bring 
your  preachers  and  membern  along,  and  we 
will  open  our  housea  and  make  you  fi*l  com- 
fortable." What  a  place  this  is  to  do  good! 
Will  the  Brelhn-n  near  there  go  and  preach 
for  them?  Brother  H.  Ellison  in  i>  Hp^uker  in 
the  second  degree,  and  John  Stafford  in  the 
first  degree.  Brother  Jacob  Gump  haa  the  over- 
sight. My  opinion  is,  with  a  little  eftort,  a 
congregation  of  membent  could  aoon  be  built 
up. 

Mil/orrl,  Itul,  Mmrh  ;■'/. 

Look  Out  for  the  Rogue. 

0Nthe*5th  of  November  laat.  there  came 
into  our  vicinity  B  Swede  who  a^numed 
the  name  of  Nela  Erick.  on,  whose  real  name 
it  appear*  is  Hamlaufl.  H*- at  once  madf  ap- 
plication for  admission  into  the  chiirdi.  On 
the  10th  of  November  \w  wax  received  by  bap- 
tiim.  His  general  deportment,  »trict  adher- 
ence in  business,  and  uprixht  walk  for  a  short 
season,  secured  him  many  warm  friends  who 
relied  implicity  on  his  veracity.  As  Boon  ua  he 
bad  aocomplished  hia  deNign,  of  obtaining  llif 
confidence  of  the  brotherhood  and  friendly 
neighbors,  he  at  once  net  about  bis  infiunoiis 
schemes  of  defrauding  and  delu.ling.  By  l''''l>- 
ruary  22nd  he  had  succeeded  in  winning  the 
affections  of  a  worthy  young  sister,  and  wiw 
married   to  her  on  the  evening  of  that  dale. 

Bought  a  team  for  which  two  of  llie  bn-th- 
ren  went  security,  lie  also  involved  himself 
for  farm  machinery  under  the  pretense  that  lie 
•  wiiH  going  to  farm.  After  this  ho  maniiKi-d  to 
get  into  trouble  with  a  sister  iji  regard  to  rent- 
ed land  and  seed  wheat.— Pretendeii  to  \»:  in 
deep  dintress,  Ik- thou  went  to  the  livery  sta- 
ble iu  Carleton,  and  procured  a  team  and  buggy, 
under  the  preteijsH_  that  he  was  going  to  ar- 
range for  seed  wheat  or  money  to  purchase 
with.  Went  to  Beatrice,  and  lt)rged  a  note  for 
•240.  on  John  Uolsinger  and  (.'.  Bradley,  of 
Carleton.  This  note  was  left  in  the  hands  of 
two  brethren  in  Beatrice  as  collateral  security. 
Those  two  brethren  then  indorsed  for  liini  in 
baiik  for  lf2U0.  He  has  not  been  heard  from 
since,  neither  the  team  or  buggy.  He  is  a  man 
about  six  feet  high;  weighs  two  liundnd  and 
ten  pounds;  walks  erect,  with  head  thrown 
back;  hiw  the  first  finger  on  right  hand  cut  olf 
through  nail,  and  second  one  at  lirst  joi-.l;  is  a 
tailor  by  trodf;  speaks  Swede,  Dane  and  Nor- 
wegian; speaks  Kiiglisli  very  broken.  Beiviire 
of  him.  brethren,  oa  he  will  doubtless  attempt 
to  jierpetrate  the  same  infamous  dece[)tioii  on 
others.  Let  all  take  warning  that  we  do  not 
get  over  anxious  to  receive  strangors,  who  have 
no  credentials,  into  the  chnrcli,  and  thus  com- 
mit the  same  incorrigible  error  that  we  have 
and  bring  reproach  upon  the  eliiirch  and  cuumo 
of  Christ.  h.  T.  Hoi.siNoKit. 

//f^/.e?  Chimh.  Cnihitm,  Nth.,  March  2't. 
( P.  C.  mul  Gospel  I'rearlter,  please  ropij). 
I  This,  no  doubt,  is  the  person  who  staid  all 
night  with  the  writer  last  Summer,  and  appear- 
ed to  be  very  pious  and  zealous  in  the  ('hnstiaii 
religion.  He  came  here  from  Baldwin,  Iowa, 
and  represented  himself  as  having  properly  iu 
Chicago.  Shortly  afterwards,  we  were  inform- 
ed that  he  had  married  ut  Baldwin,  was  admit- 
ted into  the  church  there,  but  before  leaving 
swindled  a  brother  out  of  money,  and  conduct' 
ed  himself  in  a  very  unbecoming  nuinuer.  1 
think  the  Brethren  at  Baldwin  will  reuogni/.e 
the  rogue  described  by  Brother  llulhingtr,  ns 
IVter  Halburg.  Ue  was  a  tailor  by  trade. 
Brethren  and  others  will  please  keep  a  careful 
look  out  for  him.  He  maj'  turn  up  at  some 
other  place  and  want  to  be  biipti/ed  the  third 
time.  We  regret  that  we  did  not  publish  him 
last  Summer.— M.  m.  e.  I 


I  wiU  offer  a  few  thoughts  in  consequ^nw  of 
!  a  series  of  meetings  that  were  held  here  lately. 
Brethren  Kidenour  and  West  were  with  uh  a 
short  season.  They  preached  the  everlasting 
gospel  with  such  force  that  four  persons  were 
made  to  feel  the  weight  of  their  sins  and  come 
out  on  tile  side  of  the  Lord,  the  writer  l)eing 
one  of  the  ransomed.  We  n^ver  witneww-d 
such  meetings  an  we  had  during  their  stay 
with  us;  long  before  the  hour  for  worship,  the 
house  would  be  crowded  to  over  (lowing,  no 
pager  were  the  people  to  bear.  If  the  brethren 
could  have  stayed  longer  I  believe  a  very  great 
work  would  have  been  done.  However  the 
brethren  have  cast  bread  upon  the  waters  to  be 
gathered  not  many  days  hence.  If  some  broth- 
er or  brethren  could  come  here  this  Spring 
some  time,  I  believe  they  could  reap  arich  har- 
vest to  the  honor  and  glory  of  Oo<l,  an  the  peo- 
ple are  pretty  thoroughly  awakened.  This 
was  the  first  meeting  of  the  kind  ever  held  in 
this  commnnity  by  the  Brethren,  and  the  sec- 
ond of  the  kind  the  writer  ever  attended,  he 
having  heard  Brother  John  II.  Moore  the  time 
he  preiiched  on  Lamotte  Prairie,  Illinois.  May 
the  grace  of  Qod  be  with  us  all.  is  my  prayer. 
NfW  Lebanon,  Montgotnery  Co..  Ohio. 


From  Virden,    Illinois. 

ON  Saturday,  March  22nd,  quite  a  number 
of  brethren  and  sisters  from  various 
churches,  met  in  council  with  the  brethren  and 
sisfct-rs  in  (.Jhristian  county.  Illinois,  formerly 
meiiibiTs  of  the  Sugar  Creek  ('hurch.  Find- 
ing them  all  in  love  and  union  with  each  other, 
an'l  with  all  till*  members  of  the  Sugar  Creek 
(!hurch,  it  was  thought  good  to  organi/,^  them 
into  a  church,  which  was  accordingly  done; 
after  whicn  they  held  a  choice  for  deacon,  the 
lot  fulling  on  Brother  Thomas  Glower,  no 
doubt  a  worthy  and  faithful  brother.  Brother 
Benjamin  B.  Whitnier  was  also  ordained  to 
the  full  miuisfry,  and  now  has  the  oversight  of 
this  ehiircli,  which  they  named  Clear  Creek 
Chureli,  Thr-ir  niemherj-hip  at  present  iiuiii 
hers  forty-three.  Brother  Benjamin  being 
their  only  minitt^r,  with  two  deacons  as  help. 
Their  prospects  arc  fair  for  a  prosperous  future, 
and  as  their  t^-rritory  is  large  and  Brother  Ben- 
jamin their  only  minister,  it  is  much  desired  by 
them  tluit  they  be  rempml)ered  by  the  Breth- 
ren, and  often  visited  by  other  ministers  who 
live  in  reach  of  them.  Adjoining  ministers, 
please  don't  forget  this. 

Daniel  Vaniman. 


From  Josephus  P.  Martin. 

l},nr  Brethren:— 

J  FEEL  that  it  is  good  for  us  to  commune 
with  each  other  through  the  columns  ol 
this  good  paper.  By  the  assistance  of  the 
Brethren  at  W^okk,  we  are  cognizant  of  what 
is  transpiring  to  the  honor  and  glory  of  God  in 
other  parts  of  the  world,  flood  tidings  are 
bom  to  us  trom  oiir  breth  ren  whose  lot  it  is  to 
preach  the  word  of  God  in  foreign  lands.  Hit 
were  not  lor  this,  our  good  paper,  many  of  us 
would  he  left  in  the  dark  in  such  matters,  but 
tbaaks  to  our  brethren  who  have  given  us  tliis 
paper,  and  glory  be  to  God  who  induced  them 
to  take  hold  of  it. 


From  Pike  Creek,  111. 

Jtnn   lirHhrmi  - 

ON  Satunlay,  March  15th,  met  Brother  Geo. 
\V.  tJish  at  the  house  of  Brother  Will- 
iam Lelimau,  in  the  Bike  Creek  Church,  where 
the  brethren  and  sisters  met  in  church  council. 
The  church  had  been  visted,  and  the  deacons 
re|iorted  to  the  meeting  that  union  and  IVieiiH- 
sliip  existed  in  the  church.  The  l2Lh  chapter 
of  Itunnms  wiis  read  and  remarks  were  made, 
both  in  (lerman  and  Euglish.  The  church  then 
proceeded  to  elect  a  minister  trom  atiiuug  their 
number,  wliich  resulted  in  the  election  of  Broth- 
er Frederick  Shult/,,  who  wa.i  duly  iuhtalled  in- 
to his  ollicehy  G.  W.  Gish,  in  the  English,  and 
repeated  in  Germau  by  Brother  D.  Ma*t.  This 
church  consists  almost  entirely  of  Germans. 
We  nuiy  expect  them  to  succeed  well,  as  Ger- 
mans generally  work  harmoniously  togi-ther. 
We  hoi>e  and  pray  the  good  Lord  will  bless 
them,  especially  Brother  Sbultz,  and  the  dear 
sister,  who  must  take  the  position  of  watchman 
upon  the  wjtllsof  />ion.  May  the  Lord  ))apti/,e 
them  with  love  for  souls,  and  may  I'ike  Creek 
become  vocalized  with  the  praises  of  G(.>d.  under 
their  adruiiiistratiou,  and  finally  become  u  cen 
ter,  around  which  Christian  iuliueuces  will 
cluster,  until  it  embraces  all  the  unregene rated 
within  its  territory.  T.  D.  LvoN. 


Winter  Baptizing. 


ABAllAGKAPH  iu  the  Bukthrkn  at 
WfUtK  of  March  13th  gave  me  some  ex- 
ercise of  mind  on  the  above  subject.  I  have 
administered  baptism  in  water  where  two 
feet  of  ice  had  to  be  removed  first.  I  also  have 
officiated  when  it  was  so  cold  that  ice  would 
freeze  over  the  water  while  taking  one  subject 
out  and  bringing  another  into  the  water.  I 
have  repeatedly  ofliciuted  in  ice  water  when  af- 
tlicted  with  rheumatism.  I  bupti/.ed  an  old 
sister  over  fifty  years  of  age  iu  water  with  two 
feet  of  ice.  wheu  she  wan  atllicted  with  rheu- 
matism. Iu  all  of  the  above,  I  never  knew 
any  evil  results,  suffering, — or  even  any  in- 
convenience to  follow.  My  observation  Has 
led  me  to  think  that  generally  there  are  specta- 
tors  who  suffer  more  with  cold'  than   the  &ub- 


jecta  or  ftdminii>trator.  The  idea  of  a  woman  s 
hair  becoming  a  solid  mass  of  ice  when  "ail 
ihiogs  are  done  decently  and  in  order"  is  sim- 
ply alwurd  in  the  ertreme.  No  one  need  fear 
any  evil  result**  when  following  the  directions 
of  the  Master.  "Vea,  though  I  walk  ttirough 
the  valley  of  the  shadow  of  death.  I  will  fear 
no  evil:  for  thou  art  with  me:  thy  rod  and  thy 
staff  they  comfort  me."  Psalms  23:  4. 
Fraternally, 

J.  D.  Hal-ghtelis. 

Panora,  lotci,  M'lrrh  /.5,  J^f/. 

P.  S.  It  is  not  pleasant  for  me  to  use  the 
pronoun  "/"  BO  much,  but  the  nature  of  the 
case  demands  it.  J-  D.  H. 

From  Lynch's  Station,  Campbell  Co  .  Va. 

Itnir  lirrt/iren: — 
1 1  rE  have  distributed  the  tracts  you  sent  us, 
VV  aid  we  think  they  are  doing  good  with 
your  paper.  Both  are  read  with  much  interest, 
and  this  is  the  result:  two  have  been  made  will- 
ing to  come  to  the  church. 

Brethren  from  Bedford  county  were  with  us 
on  the  IHtb  of  this  month,  and  preached  two 
sermons.  They  will  be  with  us  on  the  second 
Sunday  m  April.  At  that  time  we  expect  to 
have  baptizing,  and  we  hope  more  of  our  neigh- 
bors will  come  to  the  church.  We  believe 
tt  good  work  has  begiin  in  the  hearts  of  this 
people,  and  we  pray  that  the  Lord  may  larry 
it  on.  that  the  faith  and  order  of  the  Brethren 
may  be  made  known  io  this  neighborhood  as 
well  a.H  all  over  the  land.  Brethren,  the  har- 
vest is  plenty  but  the  laborers  are  few.  Pray 
the  Lord  to  send  laborers  into  the  harvest. 
Souls  are  starving  for  the  bread  of  life.  <), 
Brethren,  come  and  preach  for  us.  0,  Brethren, 
think  how  many  i)Iaces  in  old  Virginia  that 
there  is  no  preaching  by  the  Brethren. 
Yours  in  Love, 

Thomas  C.  Wood. 
Murrh  -Jl,  l^U. 

From  C.  Hope. 

M.  M.  h'.-'hhniin.  Dear  Brother:  — 

J  HAVE  concluded  to  commence  a  small  pa- 
paper,  and  through  it,  try  to  enlighten  the 
people  here.  Our  opposers  in  baptism  have  no 
right  to  oppose  us,  and  in  this  way  I  can  defend 
tne*IiOrd's  cause.  Two  thousand  copies  like 
the  one  I  sent  you  will  cost  about  five  dollars. 
No.  2  is  also  in  press.  It  treats  principally  on 
infant  baptism.  The  church  here  considers  it 
best  that  I  publish  a  monthly  paper,  for  more 
good  can  be  done  that  way  thau  by  publishing 
pamphlets.  Should  any  feel  like  obtaining 
subscribers  iu  America,  among  the  Danes  and 
Norwegians,  they  can  do  so.  In  this  way  some 
good  might  he  done  among  the  Scandinavians, 
in  America.  They  have  been  sadly  neglected 
thus  far. 

Our  members  all  nay  they  rejoice  and  are 
happy.  I  shall  soon  start  out  to  hold  more 
meeting;-,  and  see  the  members  about  holding 
a  Love-feast.  Our  united  love  to  all  the  dear 
Brethren. 

Iljurrin.j,  Murrh,  11,  ]S79. 

From  Oswego.  Labette  Co.,  Kan. 

Ihar  iirrthren:— 

PLEASE  correct  my  letter  of  January.  We 
would  have  it  read,  "the  first  church  or- 
ganized in  Lahdtr  county^  Kansas,"  not  the 
first  in  Kansas, 

To  the  Brethren  comiug  to  Kansas  to  get 
hoiuf^s,  when  you  get  here,  look  out  for  the 
hind  sharks.  You  can  do  much  better  by  see- 
ing the  Brethren  firjt.  We  have  a  good  coun- 
try liere,  and  a  good  prospect  for  building  up  a 
church.  S,  D.  Henikkh. 

{Primitive  Christian, please  copy). 
M'lrch  ^Jmi.  1&70. 


Wanted. 

SEEING  a  notice  in  the  Brethren  at  Wokk 
that  a  few  copies  of  the  "Quinter  and 
McCounell"  debate  are  for  sale,  and  as  we  very 
much  need  acopy  in  the  "Ashland  College"  li- 
brary, \yill  some  brother  please  buy  a  copy  and 
donate  it  for  said  purpose?  We  also  want  a 
copy  of  -Qviinter  and  Suyder"  debate.  If  auv 
brother  has  either  of  said  books  to  spare,  we 
woull  be  phiised  to  have  them  donated  to  "Ash- 
land College."  Send  to  Ashland,  Ohio,  or  to 
the  underBigned. 

Jatob  Mishler.  Librarian. 
Mogadore,  Ohio,  Murrh  17,  lt(79. 


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From  CorneU,  111. 

ILL  say  that  the  church  here  is  in 
working  order.  Brethren  ElderOeorge 
Gish  and  Jacolt  Kindin  were  with  us  on  Satur- 
drty,  March  21.  to  help  labor  in  a  council  meet- 
ing, and  all  passed  oil' hariooiiiously.  and  the 
church  set  apart  one  brother  for  the  word  and 
one  for  a  deacon.  The  lot  fell  on  Brolber  A. 
Grooms  for  minister,  and  on  D  Heckman  for 
deacon.  K.  Heckmak. 


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PAPERS  SKNT  To  OlJTSlDKns  — Tlic  foilowltm  nan 
placed  on  our  il«l,  and  iwid  furuulor  thr  attoTe  fund: 

W.  M,  Bullnii],  MonlLiE'"-  (.'....Tcm 

C.J    H™J,  niiKkliankCo..  1«       .... 
T.  Dofk.  Bemim  Oo,  Iowa   ... 
M.J.  Wlllirui-.  Knox  Co,.  Olilo 


ivloiiil)'  ri'i>orted  . . 


|^unottni[i[mi[nfs. 


le  i^  Co  (rive  naiioev  hut  one  iasartion    They  shoaU 
be  biief,  a&>l  writtun  on  pnper sep&rate 
from  nil  other  butfiDes*. 


LOVE  FEASTS. 
In  Montgomery  oon^rogfltion.  Vii.,al  ibe  .Tolinmllo meeB- 
ing-boii§e,  April  12tb,    comnicnciiig  nl  10  A.  M- 

1).  C.  MOOUAH. 
In  tlic  Abilene  Church,  Dickinson  Co.,  KansM.  Mny  16tb, 
187!t,     ThoJC  coming  by  R.  U.,  will  be  met  ni   Ibe  cars- 
at  Abilene,  if  noiice  is  given  to  Ibe  writer. 

8.  A.  SiiTKii. 

In  I'cfe  Creek  Chnrcli,  Miniiii  county,  Indiunn,  June  II, 
coniiiioucing  at  10  A.  M.  A  henrly  inTitation  is  BI- 
teniled,  especiutly  to  Ibc  niiiii<tei-Ing  brclliren. 

A.  D.  Laib. 

In  the  llovfiird  Creek  Cluirub,  twelve  miles  west  of  Ko- 
komo,  in  Hownrd  Cj..  Ind.,  on  the  '.iSib  of  Moy,  c«in- 
mendngftt2P.  M.  The  usual  invitalion  is  giien- 
Tberc  will  be  conveyance  al  Kokomo  on  the  27ili  for  »!I 
thnt  will  notify  11'  in  linio  Hirl  1Iamiltci>- 


W.  U.  R.  R.  TIME  TABLE. 


Ddy  Ki|ir<-*i., 
NiltLi  tli|ir.i», 

AcOODlOIOiUlluU 

Day  Extinw, 

NIkI>I  Kxj'Cn..  . 


Lanark,  Hiiiidaya  pii 
WtlST  BOHKH. 


(,.r.t™l...n>«k«'"*' 
i.  A.  ^UITII,  AgfW 


I'liSMMii-ers   for  OhiiML'o  slu.nlil  leiive  Lrin:irk  »t 
i£:i:;r.  M.:run  totliP  WcttltTU  Cnion  Jniicuon; 

liu>'..  rl I   :>  I  ...   .< t t,.r    th( 


£.1..  i  .  .11.:  lun  to  [lie  wcnitTU    liikhi  "•,;.: 

erL-  till-;  itfL-a  w;iit  liiil  IIvl-  minuLea  for  tJie  Lbi- 
■■H:«.  Milwinikce  ;iihI  St  I\iul  |.;i.sseiiger  tniNi.*"^ 
Inis  iT;ii  I,  (;iiti.-iicu  ;it  7;-i:i  Hit- same  evening.  j° 
I'ucli  J.;uiiirk  fi,.m  CbiriiKM;  «<.  Io  Ft.  'VViiyiie  ie- 
liot.  t;ikf  ih.-  riiiriic.i,  Milwaukee  imd  t^t.  I »"' 
trHMiutliveintlieevenini,';  run  North  to  tlie  w- 
u..li)iiclioii.  chaiiite  etirs  for  Lanark,  and  lunv* 
liere  tit  1 :57  in  the  morning. 


David  G«orgo  Ij^U 


The  Brethren  At  W^rk. 


-Behold  I  Mrmg   You  ifood  Tidings  of  Great  Joy,  which  Shall  be  to  All  Pecyfe."  —  Ldkk  2;  10. 


Vol.  IV. 


Lanark,  111.,  April  17,  1879. 


No.  16. 


EDITED  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 
H-  MOORE    &    M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 


SPECIAL  CONTRIBDTORS; 


J.  B.  miLER,     - 

j_  ff,  STEIN.       - 
„,  TiSTMA!',         - 
p,  B.  MNTZEB. 
jiJTIE  A.  LEAK, 


LADOGA.  IND, 
-      NEM'TONU.  MO. 

-  -  VIKDEN.  ILL, 
-WAYKESBOKO,  PA. 

-  UKIiANA.    ILL, 


'the  contents  vol.  4,  NO.  16. 


gnlTOWAI.  articles:  1,i«v 

To  our  CoiTesiiondem-  i 

Bible  School  Work  4 

Our  Manuscript 4 

I'ooc  Ministers ■> 

OOKTItlBUTED    articles: 

Echoes  Irom  the  ffoutli.— D.  C.   Moumaw .1 

Kclioe-i  from  the  East.— U.  B.  Mentzer 3 

Tlie  MooiTinw  Proposition.— Daniel  Vnniinaii.  ;! 

I  wiint  to  do  light.— F.  P.  Livhr  2 

,     Uless  and  Cui-se  not.— H.  P.  IJriiikwortb 2 

Bnpti/ed  for  tiie  Dem!.— MiitUe  A.  Lear il 

OiirlMter  H-mie.— M  I'rci's (( 

Tlie  Vouth  and  thf  (lunch.— Simon  lletrick. .  li 

Anmml  Meeting.— Will,  llt^rtzler     1 

Joined  the  Chnrcli.— .J.  A.  Murray 1 

Tlie  glory  of  Christ's  Kingdom.— .hiines  Wirt.  -  1 

cobbespoxdence: 
Echoes  from  the  Center.—'*.  T.  Uos.'^erman. , . .  0 

From  Mercer,  West  Va.— H.  Harry li 

Fioni  Berrien  8priUKS,MluUigiin.—Lina  C.  IiiB- 

leright " 

Fioui  Indian  Creek  Clnircli,  lOwa.— Laura  A. 

JJrabaker 7 

Fi-oni  Pike  Cretk  Cliuicli,  111.— Louis  Jjetlue.-  " 

A  Sad  Suene.— F.  E.  Teiiguc 7 

Fi-om  Pliebe  A.  Holtz 7 

Preaching  in  Cities.— J. F.^'ehttr ..•-  ^ 

From  George  W.  Cripe 7 

From  AVillow  Sprinps,  Kaiisiis.- K.  W.  Floi-y. .  7 
Proui  Goiupton,  California.— L.  Mulleiidore. .  7 

Brief  Xotes.- John  Zuck 7 

On  the  way  to  Palestine.- J.  W.  McOarvey. . .  .". 

From  D,  B.  (libson s 

Missionary  Work.— James  U.  (iish S 

From  I).  S.  T.  Butterbaugh S 

A  Serioua  Ai-'cident,- J.  F.  Nehcr s 

From  Wasbingtoo,  Iowa.— Abraham  Wolfe...  S 

To  Travelers.— Howard  Miller s 

From  Arkansas.— Dr.  J.  B.  Thompson s 

In  Memory  of  J.  K.  Wagner.— J.  F.  Kikenberry  .•' 

POETRY : 

AHymn.— T.  Mulligan 2 


STEIN  AND  EAT  DEBATE. 

IVop.  1st — Brethren  (or  Tunker)  Churches  pos- 
^e.-is  the  Bible  Characteristics  which  entitle 
theui  to  be  regarded  as  Churches  of  Jesus 
Christ. 

J.  W.  Stkin,  Affirms. 
D.  B.  Ray,  Denies. 
LiVIr.  D.  B.  Hay's  article  did  not   reacli   us  in 
tioie  t'lir  this  issue.  I'Ms.] 

JOINED  THE  CHURCH, 


OH,  what  joyful  news!  How  it  thrills  the 
heart!  It  makes  the  angels  rejoice  and 
saints  glorify  God.  .Joined  the  chuich!  Let  us 
consider  the  meaning  of  our  heading  seriously. 
Does  it  simply  mean  to  have  our  names  entered 
upon  the  church- book?  or  to  be  baptized?  go 
to  meetingV  to  attend  to  the  external  ordinances 
of  the  churchH  No;  it  means  all  this  and  much 
more.  It  means  that  you  have  heard  the  thun- 
•leriiig.s  from  Mount  Sinai;  "Cnri-ed  is  every  one 
'hat  continueth  not  in  all  things  which  are 
written  in  the  law  to  do  them."  It  means  that 
"lou  ha^t  heard  the  voice  of  Ooil saying.  "Awake 
'liou  ihat  steepest  and  arise  from  the  dead  and 
Christ  shall  givt!  thee  light."  It  means  that 
thou  wast  brought  to  a  realizing  sense  of  thy 
condition  before  God,  and  having  vealizeJ  that. 
"y  coutinuiug  in  that  course,  yon  would  be  for- 
«*er  undone,  and  you  found  it  necessary  to 
"^Wigeyour  entire  course  of  hie,    having    been 


dead  "in  trespasses  and  in  sius,"  you  now  Jesive 
to  cast  your  lot  with  the  people  of  God  in  order, 
to  be  made  alive  to  God  through  .lesus  Christ- 
There  you  surrender  your  will  entirely  to  the 
will  of  (lod.  and,  by  m:  unwavering  faith  in  God. 
your  heart  becomes  changed  from  a  love  of  sin 
to  a  love  of  God. 

This  change  of  heart  implies  a  change  of  af- 
fection which  are  now  sut  on  things  above. 
Vou  become  dead  again;  not  dead  in  sin.  but 
dead  unto  sin,  that  you  should  not  live  the  rest 
of  your  days  to  the  lust  of  men.  but  to  the  will 
of  God.  This  nieauH  that  you  have  repented 
and  turned  from  siu  to  serve  the  li\iug  God. 
Here  you  made  application  to  the  church  to  be 
received  by  baptism,  at  which  time,  you  solemn- 
ly promised,  before  God  and  witncssL-a,  to  re- 
nounce Satan  with  all  his  sinful  and  pernicious 
ways;  and  to  love  and  serve  God  to  the  best  of 
your  ability  tiiq  remainder  of  your  days.  Un- 
der those  Noiemu  obligations  you  joined  the 
church. 

Kind  reader,  did  yon  ever  consider  the  great 
responsibility  you  were  brought  under  when  you 
joined  the  church,  aside  from  the  solemn  prom- 
ises which  you  made?  Vou  lussumed  a  position 
which  involves  very  important  consequences. 
Every  member  of  society  adds  either  to  the  ad- 
vantage or  the  disadvantage  of  it.  Your  influ- 
ence will  be  felt  either  in  favor  of  or  against  the 
church.  This  being  true,  how  very  important 
that  we  cast  our  influence  in  the  proper  direc- 
tion. This  we  can  do  by  being  consistent  with 
the  order  of  the  cliurch  which  we  have  joined. 

Do  we  not  sometimes  see  persons  who  are 
members  of  thechurch  act  as  though  the  church 
had  joined  them?  They  want  the  chuich  to 
conform  to  them,  instead  of  them  conforming 
to  the  church.  They  seora  to  forget  the  mean- 
ing of  joining  the  church.  There  is  another 
class  which  we  sometimes  find  in  the  church 
that  feels  perfectly  satisfied  with  the  church  as 
long  as  theclmrch  lets  them  do  as  they  plciise. 
They  are  willing  to  follow  the  fashions  of  the 
world  themselves,  and  to  let  other.^do  the  same, 
but  just  as  soon  as  the  church  calls  them  to  ac- 
count, then  they  justify  themselves  by  saying, 
this  is  not  any  worse  than  what  brother  or  sis- 
ter A  or  B  does.  There  is  no  one  finds  fault 
with  them,  and  I  am  no  worse  than  they  arc. 
Are  you  not  indirectly  charging  the  church 
with  partiality?  "Oh  no,"  they  say.  "we  do 
not  find  fault  with  the  church,  we  are  willing 
to  let  it  alone  if  it  will  only  let  us  alone."  When 
you  joined  the  church,  what  one  did  you  join? 
"The  church  of  Christ,"  oi'couree.  Was  it  the 
church  of  Christ  before  you  joined  it?  'Cer- 
tainly it  was."  Did  not  the  church  of  Christ 
always  retjuire  a  separation  from  the  world? 
"Yes,  it  did."  How  then  can  you  belong  to  the 
church  of  Christ  and  follow  the  vain  fashions 
of  the  world?  By  so  doing  you  throw  your  in- 
fluence in  favor  of  the  world  rather  than  the 
church.  Not  only  does  the  church  of  Christ 
teach  non-conformity  to  the  world,  but  it  teach- 
es conformity  to  all  the  commands  of  tiie  gospel 
of  Christ  which  every  one  assumes  when  he  joins 
the  church.  The  church  of  Christ  is  not  a  body 
of  idle  or  dead  members,  but  of  members  who 
are  alive  to  the  cause  they  have  espoused,  who 
will  make  any  necessary  sacrifice  for  the  ad- 
vancement of  the  cause  of  Christ;  for  they  know 
that  whatever  will  be  for  the  interest  of  the 
rhui'ch  will  be  for  theindividual  interest  of  each 
member.  Henc^, every  one  who  joins  thechurch 
assumes  all  these  responsibilities,  according  to 
the  wisdom  which  God  lias  given  him. 


ANNUAL  MEETING. 


.ide 


SOMKTIMH  ago,  [  notii^^d  an  article 
this  head  from  the  pen  of  Brother  .1.  H. 
Moore,  suggesting  a])hm  for  holding  the  meet- 
ing, which  would  make  it  self  supporting.  This 
was  merely  a  suggestion  in  tint  direotimi,  and 
I  have  noticed  noihing  sin  e  towanis  maturing 
the  plan.     I  think  it  is  lull  time    to  go   a  step 


further.  1  am  strongly  in  favor  of  chiujging 
the  arraugeniPiit  for  boldiiif;  the  meeting.  l,,'t 
the  stauding  oommitt.'.-  and  delegates  with  tludr 
duties,  rttiiud  as  at  preseut.  But  ilmngi.  the 
floor  where  the  conven t ion ^iits— give  it  siu-h  n 
shape  that  all  can  see  and  hear.  Thousands 
come  for  that  purpose,  and  why  not  accommo- 
date them?  Not  one  Annual  Meeting  has  been 
held  in  twenty  yeare  giving  all  present  an  op- 
portunity to  hear  the  proceedings.  Well,  say 
some,  it  is  impossible  to  provide  for  thousands 
in  that  respect,  and  it  would  cont  too  much,  il 
it  were  po^sible.  No,  it  is  possible;  and  the  cost 
of  it  no  burden  to  the  district  holding  it,  if  the 
proper  plan  is  taken. 

Now  I  will  suggest  a  plan,  and  I  hope  others 
will  help  to  provide  the  wauting  features.  Fir^t. 
let  the  burden  of  expense  rest  on  those  attend- 
ing the  meeting;  which  la  a  mere  trifle,  if  prop- 
erly divided.  Erect  a  ticket  ottice  on  the  ground 
Each  buy  a  ticket  for  one  dollar,  as  a  piuss  for 
his  presence  and  comforts  during  the  meeting. 
Suppose  live  thousand  attend,  don't  that  show 
whence  the  funds  will  come  from  to  carry  the 
meeting  through?  And  for  each  one  attending 
only  a  trifle  of  the  burden.  .The  i)rice  of  the 
ticket  might  be  increased  or  diminished,-  as 
thought  proper.  The  floor  of  the  audience  room 
should  be  so  arranged  as  to  have  the  standing 
committfe  and  delega»,._-s  on  a  level  (for  specta- 
tors) the  remotest  seats  being  the  highest. 
Where  the  standing  committee  luiJl  delegates 
are,  fix  up  a  sounding-board,  to  convey  the 
sound,  and  thus  all  will  be  able  to  hear  with 
satisfaction.  Now  I  submit  these  as  the  main 
leatures  of  my  plan,  and  I  Bubmit  them  to  the 
consideration  of  the  brethren.  It  is  open  for 
suggestion  and  improvement. 

Wm.  HKRT/.t.«l{ 

KlisdbeHttomi,  Pa. 

THE  GLORY  OF  CHRIST  S 
KINGDOM. 

liV  JAMES  WIHT. 

"They  shall  speak  of  the  glory  of  thy  kingdom 
and  talk  of  thy  power;  to  make  known  to  the  suns 
of  men  his  mighty  iicts  of  the  glorious  majesty  ol 
his  kingdom."    Psalms  U.'i:  II.  12. 

DAVID,  the  writer  of  the  Fsalms,  is  frequent- 
ly termed  the  sweet  singer  of  Israel,  and 
is  the  author  of,  or  was  moved  by  the  Holy 
Spirit  to  pen  down  the  words  used  at  the  begin- 
ning of  this  article,  where  he  evidently  refers 
to  the  saints  publishing  the  glad  tidings  of  *lhe 
gospel  of  peace;  and  it  may  here  be  stated  that 
the  press  rightly  conducted  can  be  made  a 
mighty  power  or  means  for  Iho  fulfillment  6f 
these  prophetic  words  of  David. 

The  Creator  designs  eventually  that  the 
knowledge  of  the  Lord  shall  cover  the  earth, 
and  that  all  shall  know  . 'm  from  the  least  to 
the  greatest. 

The  grace  and  mujesly  of  Christ's  kingdom 
cou.-^!3ts  in  the  sup-jrior  character  of  its  King. 
He  bears  such  titles  us  Wonderful  Counselor, 
Mighty  God.  Everlasting  Father,  and  the  Frii.ce 
of  Peace,  and  the  superior  number  of  itsBubjt-ci,t. 
They  are  represented  by  the  sands  of  the  sea- 
shore, and  the  stars  of  tiio  sky,  and  the  illimita- 
ble extent  of  his  dominion,  and  also  the  perfec- 
tion of  his  law,  which  is  of  such  a  nature  as  to 
be  adapted  to  the  wants  of  those  it  is  to  govern 

In  the  future  dispensations  of  God's  righteou: 
government,  the  glory  of  the  Iledeemer's  king- 
dom will  be  more  fully  revealed  to  the  inhabi- 
tants of  earth,  for  every  eye  shall  be  perm.tUd 
to  behold  his  power  and  glory,  every  knee  shall 
bow  ill  humble  obedience  to  him  their  ngbtlul 
Sovereign,  and  every  tongue  confess  that  he  is 
Lord  to  the  honor  and  alory  of  God  the  Father. 

All  prophecies  point  to  a  brighter  period  in 
the  world's  history,  and  which  will  be  brought 
about  by  the  peaceable  reign  of  Christ.  Wlicre- 
ever  the  doctrines  of  the  cross  bear  sway,  their 
efp-c  s  are  plainly  to  b  *  observed,  for  th.-y  iiiii- 


miuds  of  men,  that  is  where  the  (^hriatian  sys- 
tern  is  put  in  practice.  "The  law  of  the  Lord 
is  iM-rfect  converting  the  soul."  That  the  saints 
have  a  social  and  ccmunmieative  disposition  is 
plainly  inferre<l  by  the  portion  of  St-npture  on- 
der  c<msideration,  where  it  is  prophesied  that 
they  will  speak  and  talk  land  might  it  not  be 
appropriate  to  write  and  print)  in  order  to  make 
known  to  the  sons  of  men  the  plan  of  salvation, 
(fod's  mighty  acts  in  the  establishment  of 
Christ's  kingdom  or  economy  of  grace  are  re- 
vcal.-.l  in  the  hut  will  and  testament  of  his  Son 
■lesus  Christ.  Here  it  will  be  proper  to  mention 
his  incarnation,  miracles,  sufferings,  death,  res- 
urn.tion,  ascension,  and  intercession.  The 
church  militant  is  invested  with  his  n-gal  pow- 
er and  authority  and  is  acting  its  hiti  represen- 
tative body  on  earth,  and  will  do  so  until  the 
church  triumphant  is  introduced  when  Christ 
will  Udte  the  reign  of  government  in  his  own 
person,  and  the  millennium  will  be  ushered  in- 
to the  world  with  all  it«  attendant  glory. 
I'm/rH, ///. 

ITEMS  OF  INTEREST 

— TiU!  work  of  tunnelling  the  D,!troit  Iliver 
for  railroad  purposes  is  to  be  commenced  early 
this  month. 

—TliKex-Vice-pi-e.sidentof  the  Southern  ('ou- 
federacy  is  a  member  of  the  ruiu-d  States  Con- 
gre.ss. 

— IJi  KKN  Victoria  ha*  arrived  at  Uavene,  oo 
Lake  Maggiory,  where  she  will  remain  during 
luT  stay  in  Italy. 

—A  ui  1,1,  has  been  introduced  into  the  Illinois 
Legislatuiv,  providing  that  any  person  who 
"liHats''  another  in  n  liquor  saloon  nhall  be  fin- 
ed not  less  that  8."»,  ami  not  over  !?>l.">,  for  every 
olfeuse. 

—It  is  believed  tlmt  the  newly,  in  vented  lui- 
crophome  may  he  utilized  by  detecting  and  an- 
nouncing the  subterranean  explo.sions  in  vol- 
canicdistricts  which  immediately  precedes  earth- 
quake shocks. 

—An  ingenious  Meriden  incihauic  has  made 
a  perfect  steam-engine,  the  works  of  silver  and 
gold,  which  only  weighs  fifteen  grains,  and 
three  drops  of  water,  when  heated  into  steam, 
will  drive  it  twenty  minutes. 

— Theuk  were  idjout  HOO  .lows  in  .Jerusalem 
at  the  beginning  of  this  century;  now  about 
.13,n0fi.  A  rich  Jew  of  Venice  has  established 
a  school  of  agriculture. 

— FrAUiTi.  tempests  are  reported  Irom  .\'g'  r- 
ia.  During  one  storm  the  hailstones  killed  a 
woman  working  in  the  fields.  .\  flight  of  pig- 
eons were  also  killed,  and  after  the  tempest  a 
great  numberof  hares  and  partridges  were  found 
dead  on  the  ground. 

— Ix  New  Hampshire  women  are  allowed  to 
vote  in  school  matters.  Hope  Illinois  will  .soon 
allow  them  to  vote  in  school  matters. 

— English  troops  in  South  Africa  ha\e  lat>-ly 
met  with  (juite  a  reverse.  Forty  men  weP'  kill- 
ed and  a  large  number  massing. 

— It  is  ])roposed  to  oraani/.e  in  the  city  of 
New  York,  at  an  early  date,  u  society,  limited 
in  number  to  about  a  dozen  energetic  workers, 
lay  and  clerical,  for  the  dill'usion  of  .Jewish 
knowledge   among  the  .lewish  working  classes. 

— Ko.-siLizED  remains  of  what  is  reported  as 
a  gigantic  prehistoric  man  have  been  found 
two  hundred  feet  beneath  the  earth's  surface  iu 
a  cave  recently  opp'ued  in  a  mine  near  Eureka, 
Nev.  The  lower  limbs,  head,  and  neck  are  said 
to  be  clearly  defined  and  natural. 

— Thk  largest  Suuday-.suhool  iu  the  world  is 
probably  at  Stockport,  Chester  county,  Eng- 
land, 'bhe  school-building  cost  $HK\000,  and 
has  between  S(i  and  !iii  teaching- rooms.  Since 
the  institution  xvas  opened,  5,  "S5  teachers  have 


ver.-aliy  purify  the  morals  and   enlighieii    the  j  boon  employed  and  UO.SIU   scholars  registered. 


Ill  I . 


I^UKTJHLliK^r    ^T    WOKKl. 


^pril  X7 


A   HYMN. 

Iiy  T.  Ml-LLUiAX. 

IN  l)u'  writings  of  tlie  (to^H. 
As  ordiiianr.'  yun  will  find. 
Anil  in  t)i.'  Iltinl  of  Mntthnvi-. 
Tlitit  cniinan-v  in  t>nj  "H-l; 
Enjoincl.  Mid  nil  t'eln-vrn*. 

Come  witni"*  now  the  Son, 
Wbn  came  iiiirl  wiw  Imiitizcil, 
By  hi»  forerunner  John. 

Not  at  the  river  Jonlim, 

Hut  in  llie  fli.wuiKHln-iiii!, 
John  the  Biptiit  win  Impti/inR. 

When  he  Imptiwd  th.«  l«inb; 
Then  .lesiis  Chri-t  Hn*  Snvitir. 

Out  ot  the  water  came 
To  sliow  that  we  inii^t  tollon. 

And  thii*  perfanii  the  "anie. 

Those  infantt  brniifiht  to  .leiu». 

Were  hriiOKht  to  have  them  )ih"<(; 
Then  all  ilie  iiifaul!*,  halic*  like  thrw, 

VVh<.  c^1.■^hllll  Ko  to  rent; 
I'nr  there  none  im[)tiz«'rl, 

IJiit  thow  whodirl  helievo. 
And  thiiB  the  ijoid  ofitlori', 

Will  no  oiiu  ul*e  recoive. 

You've  re«d  the  third  of  Matthew. 

Look  fur  tinr)ther  tliiiiK- 
Which  ^ii)<t.  none  wan  hnpim-i\. 

i(ut  did  repcutiince  hring. 
If  you  believe  in  JenuH. 

Then  be  iniuiwrjied  like  hiiu; 
As  iongiwyoii  neglect  it, 

To  you  it  in  win. 

This  ordiufinctt  of  .Iohuk, 

iJoth  Htaiid  MO  firm  iind  xtronft. 
There'^  ncne  eiiti  uvermru  it. 

Though  they've  eiuleiivori'd  long, 
Tor  .Ief>u»  and  Win  kingdom, 

Will  Htand  for  evermore. 
When  anti-chrintirtn  powem. 

Will  f-iiik  tn  ri"e  no  more. 


WANT  TO  DO  RIGHT, 


THIS  \vji8  my    iiiutto    f'toni  my   cliiltl- 
lioiid,  lu'CHii*'  ill  tln'  rciidiTi'^  ()f"  tin* 
IJiblc  I  rtinv  wlioi!Vt*r  did  i-i^lit  wtin    ti\f 
proved  of  (iod,  ami    enjoyed    Iiin  (avor, 
ant]  wliofvt^r  did   wron^',  met    willi   the 
tlie  I'evcrsc.     Now    tlii*n,  if*  we  wiiiit  to 
do  I'ight,  we  must  alwiiys   takt;  (Jod  nt 
his  word,  without  any  ifs   orand's;    as 
in  the  instanoeof  Nc»ah  Iniildingan  ark, 
and  Abraham  k-avinj^  his  fnthiVs  housi' 
and  liiw  kindn-d,  oi-DlVcringhiH  son  Isaac 
as  a  burnt  (illVring.     On  thr  othiT  hand, 
where  wrong  was  done,  chaatisenieiit  fol- 
lowed »s  a   eonsequence;    or   in  the  in- 
stance of  Uebeeea  caUHing  Iier  son  Jacob 
to  disaenilile,  the    conseijuence   wa><,  kIu' 
never  got  to  see  her  son    afterward,  nor 
he  his  mother,    besides   the   dread    and 
fear   he  suffered    to  meet    his  hrotliei'. 
Then  again,  tlie  wickedness  practiced  by 
the  sons  of  Jacob,  and  tim  pure  aud  spot- 
less life  of  their  brothel'  Joseph  on    tlie 
other  hand,  wdio  was  cxiialted  to  be  a  rul- 
er and  governor  in  l'*gypt  for  the  salva- 
tion of  many  thousand  ])eople.  Whereas, 
his  brethren,  in  his  presence,  reproached 
themselves  bitterly  with  conscious  guilt 
for  hardening    their   hearts  against  his 
lamentations  when  they  sold  him  to  the 
Ishmaelite^.     These    and    thousands   of 
other  instances  all  through  that  blet^sed 
Book,  the  Bible,  fastened  upon  my  mind 
indelibly,  so  that  when  I  was   grown  to 
manhood,  the  motto,  "I  want  to  do  right," 
caused  me  to  exftmiue  the  doings  of  tin' 
church  in  which  I  was  brought  up,  and 
lo,  the  very  fundamental    principles  of 
Christianity  (the  pr'ace  i)rinciple)   was 
not  there.  1  made  search  for  that  church 
which  was  driven    into    the   wilderness 
because   of  her    peace    principles,  by  a 
false  and  ajiostate church,  which,  instead 
of  promulgating  peace  and  good  will  up- 
on earth,  took  up  tlie  sword    to   deluge 
the  world  in  blood    under  the   guise  of 
Christian  zeal. 

There  truly  was  a  ]teople  called  Wal  ■ 


di-nsfs,  U..h«'mian  llretliren,  and  \*ari'iii« 
other  names  who  taught  the  doctriiiL'  of 
j)eiHe.  and  uere,  therefore,  pert^'cutfd: 
iiiit  where  are  they  found;  Do  we  find 
them  in  the  pilgrim  fathent  that  (led 
from  England  to  America  to  In-  at  lib 
erty  to  worship  God  w  iihout  nndestation  i 
A\wl  the  fundamental  jfrinci|iles  of  tb*- 
gojipel— lovn  and  g<;od  will  lo  men  w;ib 
lacking,  for  we  see  them  very  soon  i)er- 
secute  the  unafwuming,  peace-loving 
^)uaker. 

Where,  then,  i.hall  I  go  to  find  that 
]„.,,ide— that. ;hurch— of  which  it  ik  said, 
"The  gates  of  hell  «hali  not  prevail 
against;*'  Wfn-rever  J  go,  the  gati-s  ot 
hell  stand  ajar.  At  the  entrance  of  ev 
erv  church  in  Christ*fndom,  all  admit, 
and  not  only  admit,  but  teach  Jind  pr.ic- 
tice  retaliation  -brother  going  to  law 
with  brother,  one  Christian  nation  going 
to  war  \vith  an  other.  'J'heir  Christian 
preachers  serve  as  chaplains  to  encour- 
age the  soldiers  to  kill  their  enemies,  and 
ahk  God's  blessing  upon  it.  Oh  shame, 
where  is  thy  blush  if 

I  turn  myself  to  reading  histMry  and 
everything  that  might  give  me  a  due  to 
that  church  that  believes  and  takes  God 
at  hir- word.  Thomas  Dick  tells  us  of 
such  a  jjeople  that  lived  and  were  hid 
for  i;!(i  years  in  the  Alleghany  Moun- 
tains; bul  they  were  found  by  the  mtuiks 
and  scattered Jind  killed;  though  their 
number  was  iH,<n)0  souls,  they  did  not 
fight. 

Ah  me!  where  shall  I  go  now?  I  find 
Buck's  Theological  Dictionary.  I  there 
Iind  among  the  many  named  religions,  a 
people  organized  themselves  into  a  body 
M  ho  teach  and  practice  the  jiure  doc- 
trine of  the  cross.  But  lines  and  impris- 
onment, and  persecution    fnun    country 


and 

and 


out  yournianmade  creeds,   confesfflons 
of  faith,  disciplines,  etc.,  and  atop  up  th. 

pipe.s  of  your  organs,  call   together   the 
jwor.  the  neglected  of  the  land,  breathe 
into   then,    ihe   Spirit   ot   the  Lord  by 
preaching  to  thpm    the  pure    gospel    of 
Je8M-<  Christ,  and  they  will  make  better 
music  than  all  your  costly   organs   and 
choii-scau  produ^jfe.  Tell  your  rich  mem 
bers  to  lay  aside  their  costly  array 
buv  modest  apparel  for    the    poor, 
themselves.  Ho !  all  ye  Christian  churches 
cfwt  out  with  your  own  hands  the   goils 
of -.ilver  and  gold  and  pearls  aud  precious 
stones  and  costly  array  that   the    Lord, 
when  he  comes,  may  know  you  that  you 
are  his. 

Would  it  not  be  a  great  pity  that  you 
should  have  spent  your  thousands  in 
semling  the  word  of  the  Lord  and  gos- 
pel teachers  to  all  the  ends  of  the  earth- 
yea,  of  having  eaten  and  drank  before 
the  Lord,  ciust  out  devils  and  done  many 
wonderful  works,  and  yet  hear  the  words, 
■'  I  know  you  not,  depart  from  me." 
There  is  no  need  of  one  single  soul  to  be 
lost,  Only  take  the  Lord  at  his  word, 
do  what  he  says.  It  is  not  hard  to  be 
a  Christian,  but  it  is  hard  to  serve  two 
masters. 


:>  irountry  is  what  they  get  at  the  hands 
f  the  ( 'hristians  who  had  themselves  es- 
cafif^d  persecution  by  the  "  mother  pi 
lots."  They  come  to  America,  here 
Muck  loses  them  at  Ephrata,  I'a.,  under 
the  name  of  Tunkers.  So  that  church 
is  lost  again  in  the  wilderness, and  for  more 
than  a  century  and  a  lialf  they  were  care- 
ful not  to  make  their  non-resistant,  non- 
swearing,  non-conforming  princijiles  for 
uhich  they  had  suffered  so  nnicli  for 
l,2(!n  years  by  the  dragon  that  even  cast 
a  Hood  after  that  woman  wldcli  repre- 
sents the  true  church  of  Clirist  But 
that  Hood  (faUe  doctrine)  did  nut  inuii' 
date  nor  swallo\v  her — she  stands  to-day 
in  all  her  primitive  purity  of  doctrine 
and  practice  under  the  despicable  apjicl- 
latiou  Jhfnkards,  and  is  now  at  this  very 
day  attacked  by  one  that  lacks  but  lit- 
tle to  till  the  bill  of  a  Goliali,  he  is  go- 
ing to  e.Kpunge  her  name  from  the  pub- 
lic records  of  Christianity ;  but  it  is  so, 
let  her  name  be  wiped  from  the  face  of 
the  earth;  her  principles  stand  fiust  and 
herself  upon  the  Rock. 

One  great  consolation  remains,  the 
ilays  of  her  exile  are  ended,  she  can  nev- 
er be  persecuted  with  tire  and  swortl. 
All  the  batteries  of  hell  cannot  close  that 
door  which  the  Lord  himstdf  has  opened, 
that  no  man  can  shut.  Uev  ."1:  S.  1  call 
on  you  this  day,  fellow-workers,  rise  up 
in  your  manhood,  assert  your  right,  as 
ministersof  thegospel  who  are  command- 
ed by  the  Master,  "Go,"  go  out  into  the 
lanes  and  hiijhways  aud  urge  them  to 
come  in  that  "my  house  may  be  filled," 
You  men  of  great  reno^vn,  that  stand  on 
the  pinacle  of  Christian  society,  arise, 
make  for  your  use,  scourges  of  chords, 
go  to  work ;  cleanse  your  temples,  cast 
out  the  merchants  with  their  merchan- 
dise— your  pew  auctions,  your  donation 
parties,  your  picnics,  your  socials,  your 
thousand  and  onesehen)es  by  whi<-h  you 
ake  my  house  a  den  of  ihie\  e^    Throw 


BLESS  AND  CURSE  NOT. 


HY  n.  I'.  DRINKWOUTH. 


lid 


"Bless  them  which  persecute  you:  bless 
curw  not,"  Rom.  12:  14. 

IJAI'L  in  addressing  his  brethren  in 
the  different  churches  among  whom 
he  laboi-ed,  well  knew  what  were  the 
(d)stacles  against  which  we  find  him  so 
often  contending,  and  the  contrary  spirit 
manifested,  so  often  grieved  his  heart, 
eonse(p]entIy  we  find  him  giving  .such 
fidvice  and  counsel  as  the  above;  aud  in 
referring  to  the  Savior's  language  in  the 
sermon  on  the  Mount,  we  again  hear  the 
lant^uage,  "Love  your  enemies,  bless 
them  that  curse  you,  do  good  to  them 
tliat  hate  you,  pray  for  them  that  d 
spitefully  use  you,  aud  persecute  you, 
Matt.  :>:  -IL 

The  Savior  well  knew  the  heart  of 
man :  and  how  quick  nature  rises  to  re- 
sent every  little  injury  that  may  arise; 
therefore,  as  the  old  law,  "au  eye  for  an 
eye,  and  a  tooth  for  a  tooth,"  thirty- 
eighth  verse,  was  now  no  longer  in  force, 
it  was  their  duty  as  brethren  to  cultivate 
the  Christian  graces,  aud  to  grow  in 
knowledge  aud  wisdom,  becoming  more 
and  more  imbued  with  tbatspirit  of  lo\'e 
and  tbrgiveuess,  till  when  even  their  en- 
emy, who  would  try  to  overthrow  and 
do  those  things  contrary  to  God's  law, 
must  be  not  only  forgiven,  but  prayed 
for,  Brethren,  how  many  of  ua  are;  there, 
who  can  truly  say  we  have  crucified  the 
old  man  of  sin  to  that  extent?  Who 
amongst  us  if  he  were  smote  on  the  one 
cheek,  will  turn  the  other?  Do  we  not 
rather  retaliate,  or  try  to  avenge  our- 
selves? 

Christ  in  all  his  daily  walks  among 
men  showed  a  mild,  long-suffering,  and 
(diaritablc  spirit,  and  we  never  find,  even 
under  the  severest  provocation,  any  de- 
sire manifested  to  recant-  Paul  endur- 
ed hardness  as  a  good  soldier  of  Jesus 
Christ.  Stephen  was  stoned  to  death, 
praying  for  his  murderers;  and,  lastly, 
we  also  find  the  dear  Redeemer,  after 
having  suffered  all  things,  bowing  meek- 
ly ami  resignedly  to  the  will  of  hia  per- 
secutors, ev.'ij  In  the(ie!Lth  of  the  cross 
on  Calvary's  rugged  brow,  and  there 
pouring  out  his  soul  in  prayer  to  God, 
ibr  those  who  so  cruelly  put  him  to  deatli. 
Is  not  this  love  for  enemies?  Are  not 
these  patt<'rns  for  U9,  as  follower:^  of  ooy 
blessed  Master? 


Oh,  dear  !)rethren,it  seems  thatwh" 
we  com]  are  our  lives  to  the  foregoin*^ 
ami  then  think  of  what  we  are,  u-^  (^ 
tainly  have  need  to  cry  out,  Oh  q^. 
forgive,  forgive!  The  apostle's  laogua, 
seems  to  fall  upon  us  wirh  a  condemoi'*^ 
power,  for  instead  of  blessing  thcii^  ^i^ 
pei-«ecute  US.  even  in  th-  ways  of  rigk/ 
eonsne-'ss,  we  are  found  to  !»e  amoi)«  (i 
class  who  would  rather  yield  to  cursi^  ' 
Often  does  the  tempter  say,  "have  noih 
ing  to  do  with  such  contewptiblt;  g^j 
mean  persons  as  tho.te  professing  C'hH 
tians  are.  you  can  do  far  better,  and  li  ■ 
more  Christian-lik«*.  and  still  be  a  fi 
lower  of  Christ— curse  them;  yea,  cups, 
and  bless  not."  But  the  Word  .sav, 
'■HleAs,"  "Do  good  to  them  that  hat 
you."  Oh,  how  can  I  do  this!  my  htjapt 
is  bitter  against  such  teaching;  I  ]^ 
not  the  right  spirit;  the  spirit  that  niy 
<lear  Lord  and  Master  exhibited,  1  p^J 
not  do  as  I  ought  to  do.  Oh.  God  help 
me!  "Create  within  me  a  clean  heart 
O  God,  and  renew  a  right  spirit  witlijn 
me.— Psalmist  David.'' 

Such  are  too  often  the  expressions  of 
the  heart  not  thoroughly  subdued  by  tlie 
indwelling  of  the  Holy  Spirit  of  {Jod- 
and  the  spirit  characterized  by  the  pro- 
fessed Christian  because  the  absorbing 
topi.- of  the  unbeliever  and  the  critic; 
and  we  hear  fightings  without  and  fears 
within — the  cause  of  Christ  suffers— the 
unity  of  the  spirit  is  paralyzed,  and  Sa. 
tan,  the  arch  euemy  of  our  blood-boiu'ht 
souls,  is  made  to  rejoice,  and  the  votaries 
of  sin  here  below  to  say,  "truly  Christi. 
anity  is  a  -sham,  a  farce,  for  the  true 
spirit  of  Christianity  is  not  found  as  it 
once  was." 

Oh  God!  oursoiils  go  outin  prayer  and 
heart-felt  desire,  that  thou  wouldst  re- 
vive the  parched  feelings  for  a  livin* 
Christianity,  for  a  soul-enjoying,  a  soul 
reviving  feast  of  searching  after,  and  re- 
ceiving of  the  Spirit's  divine  influence; 
that  men  to-day  may  cast  off'  that  prej- 
udice with  which  Satan  has  fast  bound 
them ;  and  lie  unshackled  from  everv 
deteriug  hindrance,  to  a  free  and  soul- 
progressing  aud  God-fearing  Christian 
ity,  that  men  may  tiuis  be  enabled  to 
serve  God  with  a  full  purpose  of  heart, 
and  thus  elorify  God  their  Father,  and 
honor  their  dear  Redeemer,  and  iie  no 
longer  a  stumbling-block,  but  a  grand 
aud  glorious  success  through  the  instrn- 
mentality  of  a  free  and  truly  Christian 
spirit.  Surely  if  ever  there  was  a  time 
when  Christians  should  unite  to  work 
against  the  hosts  of  sin,  it  is  now!  and 
now  more  than  ever  do  the  different  pro- 
fessed ministers  of  Christ,  to  day  array 
themselves  against  each  other.  Certain- 
ly, brethren,  "these  things  ought  not  so 
to  be;"  and  the  spirit  thus  manifested  is 
a  growing  evil  among  the  churches  of 
Christendom.  Cannot  we  exert  an  iu- 
fliience  for  good  by  keeping  out  this^^el- 
fishness,  and  the  attendant  evils  thereof: 
for  if  we  have  the  spirit  of  love  wliieb 
endureth  all  things,  we  shall  be  enabled 
by  God's  grace,  to  encounter  and  over- 
come through  his  Spirit  aU  of  the  op- 
loosing  elements,  and  thus  become  fash- 
ioned more  after  our  blessed  Redeemer, 
who  h.i3  taught  lis  to  "be  of  the  same 
mind  one  toward  another,"  and  to  "ei" 
dure  all  things." 

Then  let  us  "bear  all  things,"  endure 
all  things  as  soldiers  of  the  cross,  aiiJ 
though  professed  saint,  or  ,  sinner  in«y 
aim  the  arrow  of  persecution  at  ns,  eit  ■ 
er  by  open  assault,  or  by  private,  »"« 
underhanded  devices,  let  us  not  be  mov- 
ed, for  we  are  assured  that  those  are  oft 
en  enemies  of  the  cross  who  are  t  ■ 
earnestly  pro.secutingtheirMaster'swor  S 
their  Master  iHMn^  him  whom,  of  course. 


'V1^J<    TiHhTTWnTTX:     AT    AVOlllC 


must    fnitlifiillx  ;   let 


I  the  true  cbaracteris- 


i,«5."»"<*  possess 
■'  -  of  a  t-levoted  heart  to  the  Mastfi 's 
^*^\^:  so  that  by  aud  by  we  may  re- 
■-ethe  welcome  plaudit,  '-Inasmuch 
^  e  li-'^^'*'  done  it  unto  oue  of  the  least 
*^,lif.^tf  my   servants;   ye  have   done  it 

"  m  nie"— t'hi-ist.     "Bless  them  which 
ant*'  "'*"  V 

isecuW  yow.   bless,   and    curse   not. 

gCHOES  FROM   THE  SOUTH. 


,  pleasant 
erci^es- Coming  Joy 


Church  Meeting— DevotioDal  Ex- 
The  Dark  Side — 
God's  Government  Repudiated. 
aX  hst  Saturday  our  ciougregation  met 
(I  pursuant  to  a})ptiintmeiit,  at  Johns- 
villt-  and 

\  I'LKASANT  CHin;<?II  MEETINti 

yfts  the  result.  More  than  the  usual 
mouut  of  business  was  presented  for 
MY  attention.  At  our  last  meeting  com- 
mitwes  were  appointed  to  visit  the  con- 
,re<'ation  preparatory  to  holding  a  love- 

The  reports  developed  the  rather  ex- 
((..jordniary  accident  of  a  congregation 
ffithniit  a  complaint,  save  one.  Our 
ppntiibutions  for  the  love-fea.st  ran  up 
f^piJly,  aud,  like  Moses  did  on  a  certain 
occasion^  we  had  to  tell  the  brethren  we 
leuoueth  and  some  over;  yet,  after  all 
tliflt,  tliey  still  brought  in  their  gifts.  The 
lon\  will  bless  them  when  the  cheerful 
ffireis  are  called  up.  We  also  arranged 
oiiriuatters  tbrthe  coming  District  Meet- 


prompts  you  u»,  for  I'v  ih»*j;i  .. 

we  mean  to  .suind  firm  for  (he    vjui»c  «»i 

truth  and  righteousness. 

This  process,  through  which  the  Lord 
is  leading  us,  is  his  plan  of  brightening 
our  crowu. 

St.  Paul  endured  the  same  fiery  trials. 
Covenant  breakers,  secret- plotters  who 
slunk  behind  the  grim  shadow  of  dark- 
ness to  mature  their  imrlghteous  schemes, 
JaUe  brethren,  who  woidd  kiss  aud  curse 
him  with  the  same  lips,  defamers  back- 
biters, evil  speakers,  who  would  befoul 
his  best  works  with  their  misrepresenta- 
tions; everlastingly  dogged  him  with 
their  Satanic  howls.  But  he  laughed 
them  to  scoru,  and  exclaimed  that  "none 
of  such  things  moved  him." 

Neither  do  we  mean  to  swerve  from 
our  convictions  of  duty  and  right  a  hair's 
breadth.  God  has  given  us  our  com- 
mission and  wlien  we  return  it  to  him 
at  death,  we  want  it  to  testify  to  our 
faithfulness  in  fulfilling  all  of  its  terms 
aud  conditions. 


On  the  Sunday  following  a  large  con- 
rt-eo-ation  met  in  the  meeting-house  for 

DEVOTIONAL     EXERCISES. 

Irother  B.  F.  Moomaw  preached  an  im- 
pressive discourse  from  Hebrews  ^:  li. 
Devoted  atteution  was  given  to  the  aer- 
nion,  and  we  think  we  will  hear  from  it 
when  the  records  of  the  earth  are  review- 
ed iu  the  coming  day. 
There  is  a  time  of 

CllMlNG    .ICY 

ajtproachiiig  for  our  congregation.  The 
l^th  nod  1 3th  of  April  are  the  days  set 
apavt  for  our  love-feast.  We  have  sev- 
eral weeks,  dear  brethren,  wherein  to 
mimine  owsel/oes ;  therefor^ -do  not  wait 
till  the  eve  of  the  feast  to  do  that  impor- 
tant work.  Now  if  you  remember  that 
your  bi'other  hath  aught  against  you, 
"go  and  be  reconciled  to  him,  and  tlien 
comeaud  oft'er  thy  gift."  If  that  "aught" 
which  he  has  against  you,  however,is  the 
result  of  the  perverseuess,  or  obstinacy, 
or  the  improper  conduct  of  your  broth- 
er or  sister,  aud  his  or  her  displeasure 
ivas  caused  by  the  discharge  of  your  du- 
ty to  the  church,  for  the  preservation  of 
her  piiuciples,  the  obligatiou  to  "go  and 
be  reconciled"  devolves  on  him  or  her 
auil  nut  on  you. 

I  will  take  occasion  here  to  say  that 
we  handle  the  above  Scripture  in  a  very 
onesided  Avay  sometimes.  I  do  not  re- 
member ever  to  have  heard  it  quoted  on 
any  othei- occasions  than  that  of  commun- 
ions, when  it  is  just  as  applicable  in  ascore 
ofotbercases.  I  will  mention  afew  Pray 
iiig,  ''forgive  us  our  debts  as  we  forgive 
our  debtors,"  is  a  gift  for  the  altar. 
H'eaching  the  commandments  of  our 
Lord  is  another  gift  for  the  altar.  Ahus- 
giviiig  is  another  gift  for  the    altar,   etc. 

^Notwithstanding  the  brightness  oi^our 
^'Xpeetatious  and  the  pleasantness  of  the 
picture  spread  out  before  us,  we  must 
Hot  shut  our  eyes  to 

TIIK  l>AUK   SIDK. 

^'it^an  means  to  make  our  pilgrimage  as 
rough  and  stormy  as  he  possibly  can. 
"emust  wear  the  thorn-crown  here,  and 
J^esaytohimandall  his  co  workers,  press 
It  do\vn  asharl  as  your  malignant   heart 


was 
consign 


(VOD  S    (JOVEKNMENT 

has  been  repudiated  practically,  aud 
men  have  in  tlieir  acts  as  good  as  said 
that  he  does  not  know  how  to  run  a 
world.  Hear  how  they  grumble  at  the 
weather.  See  how  they  transform  and 
malform  their  bodies  V)y  various  and 
sundry  devices.  In  fact  men  have  man- 
ifested this  spirit  to  such  an  extent  in 
some  parts  of  the  world  that  they  will 
not  hold  Christian  fellowship  with  per- 
sons who  will  not  in  some  way  amend 
and  improve  the  work  of  creation. 

Well,  we  are  a  race  of  imperfect  be- 
ings at  best,  and  we  should  neither  laugh 
nor  weep  at  people's  follies,  but  seek  to 
amend  them.  Throw  the  gold -threaded 
cloak  of  charity  over  them.  We  do  not 
exercise  this  liivine  virtue  enough.  ■  If 
our  Master  should  deal  with  us  as  we 
deal  with  oue  another,  I  fear  very  few  of 
us  would  be  saved.  Further,  if  God 
will  accept  of  our  kind  offices  in  the 
work  of  damnation  there  will  be  very 
little  of  that  kind  of  work  for  him  to  do. 
We  frequently  act  as  though  ther 
little  else  for  us  to  do  but  to 
each  other  to  the  gentle  embrace  of  Sa^ 
tan. 

We  would  do  well  to  try  to  accept  the 
situation,  and  try  to  adopt  our  tastes  and 
wishes  to  the  inevitable.  We  shall  not 
be  here  long.  A  king  once  seemed  to 
be  much  distur)>ed  on  account  of  certain 
difficulties  ^vhieh  he  supposed  to  be  very 
grievous.  After  siifferiug  much  on  ac- 
count thereof,  a  pi-udent  servant  asked 
him  if  he  thought  God  governed  the 
world  wisely  before  he  was  born.  "Yes," 
I'eplied  the  king.  Do  you  not  think  he 
will  govern  it  as  wisely  after  you  are 
dead?  "Yes,"  responded  the  king.  Well, 
would  you  not  do  well  to  suffer  him  to 
srovern  it  during  the  short  while  you 
live  here? 

Let  us  set  ourselves  about  the  more  im- 
portant work  of  reducing  our  sinful  pro- 
pensitiestosubmissiontoall  the  variations 
of  the  golden  rule.  This  life  is  too  .short 
to  waste  it  in  fruitless  efforts  to  amend 
or  improve  what  God  has  declared  to  be 
perfect.  When  we  get  "over  there"  it 
will  add  nothing  to  our  joys  to.  remember 
that  if  we  would  have  had  our  will  with 
many  of  the  ransomed,  they  would  not 
burden  the  Lord  with  their  preseuce. 

B.  C.  MoOMAW. 


1    i  •  orrespondeuts  who   have    \vt\i- 

leu  uic  woiils  of  approbiilion  for  the 
"Echoes  fixun  the  East,"  aud  all  othei-s, 
will  please  excuse  tlieir  non -appearance 
for  a  time,  and  also  pardon  my  want  of 
jiToper  time  to  answer  th^ir  many  letters. 
Time  carries  us  on  whether  we  will  or 
not.  Our  day*,  are  passing  by,  aud  our 
duties  and  privileges  are  multiplying. 
So  it  is  with  all  of  us. 

"know  tuyskle" 
is  a  proverb  which  is  sivjd  to  have  been 
written  by  a  Grecian  philosopher  long, 
long  ago.  It  is  replete  with  menuing. 
It  nuiy  be  easy  to  utter,  but  to  fulfill  its 
uiomeutouN  iiijvmction  is  everything  of 
imjjort  to  each  one  of  us.  Could  we 
know  ourselves  as  we  might  and  ought, 
how  very  differently  we  should  demean 
ourselves  in  all  the  relations  of  life! 
Could  we  know  the  value  of  time,  we 
should  make  a  better  use  of  it.  Could 
we  know  the  brevity  of  life  and  the  ilect- 
nessof  our  days,  we  would  improve  each 
day  with  a  purpose  single  to  the  nobili- 
ty  of  life  aud  the  glory  ofGM.  May 
Heaven  lielp  us  so  to  live  that  we  may 
apply  our  hearts  to  wisdom's  ways. 

UKVIEWISG  TIIR  PAST. 


ECHOES   FROM  THE  EAST. 


1^ 


iVl'MDEl!  XVI, 

ONTHS  have  elapsed  since  our  last 
was  communicated  to  these  worthy 
religious  columns.  Church  care.s  and 
daily  duties  have  pressed  upon  iis  their 
claims,  but  we  again  find  time  to  report. 


We  have  it  to  say  that  we  have  had  our 
regular  religious  services  as  usual.     Be- 
sides these  we  had  a  very  enjoyable   se- 
ries of  meetings  scattered  to  all  the    ap 
pointmeuts   in  the   congregation.     The 
preaching  was  done  by  our  welbbclov- 
ed  Brother  Jacob  Hol80pple,of  Cambria 
county,  Pa.,  whom  we  can  recommend  to 
all  the  clnu'ches  as  an   able    minister    of 
Clirist  in  all  the  do(Jtriue  of  our  IVato 
uity,  and   one    who    practices  what   he 
preaches.     We  rejoice  that   the   church 
has  many  such  quiet,  imostentatious  meti 
who  stand  up  tor  the  true  old  pl&in   or- 
der of  dress  among  the  brethren;  There 
is  all  the  more  need  of  this  to-day,  since 
there  is  so  much  semi-infidelity  creeping 
into    the    brotherhood.      AVe    hope  the 
brethren  everywhere   are   faithfully    on 
the  Lord's  watch-tower,    aud   although 
theii  warnings  are  unheeded    by    some, 
and  derided  by  others,  yet  may  the  Lord's 
cause  be  maintained  and  watched   over 
with  a  holy  zeal. 

We  also  had  calls  by  Brother  C.  Im- 
ler,  of  Blair  Co.,  Pa.,  and  Brother  J.  1). 
Troatle,  of  Lingamore,  Md.,  both  plain 
brethren,  and  preaching  the  whole  doc- 
trine. May  the  Lord  ble^s  them,  and  ac- 
(!omplish  great  good  Ijy  their  ministra- 
tions in  their  re.spective  fields  of  labor 
for  Christ.. 

After  an  absence  of  about  seVen  years 
our  very  dear  Brother  Daniel  ITolsingcr, 
of  Marion,  Iowa,  rtfturns  to  pay  us  a 
brief  visit.  Without  hcraldiug  his  com- 
ing, he  made  us  the  more  glad  for  his 
sudden  coming.  He  preached  for  us  a 
number  of  times  with  much  grace,  aud 
acceptance  to  the  church.  He  feels  the 
care  of  keeping  house  in  the  church — 
the  responsihility,  the  duty,  and  the 
hardships  to  lie  encountered.  He  is  an 
elder  of  Paul's  description,  and  what  is 
lacking  in  the  gifcof  delivery  iu  preacli 
ing  IS  made  up  in  wisdom  and  deport- 
ment. Do  you  say  it  is  too  much  praise, 
dear  reader?  Nay,  for  says  a  faithful 
apostle,  "Let  the  ciders  that  rule  well 
be  counted  worthy  of  double  honor,  es- 
pecially they  who  labor  in  the  word  and 
doctriue."  But  now-adays  we  should 
be  careful  whom  we  commend.  Some 
have  turned  aside  froiii  duty,  and  must 
not  be  encouraged.  Some  arc  easily  elat- 
ed, aud  seek  the  flattery  of  admirers. 
"AVhat  shall  theeudof  these  thiogabe?" 
Paul  says,  "I  praise  you"  for  your  at- 
tention to  teaching  and  your  obedience; 
but  '■!  praise  you  nob"  for  your  disobe- 
dience and  neglect.    1  Cor.  11.    When 


w<'  hear  the  true  and  original  doctriue 
of  the  church  deicuded,  aud  the  .'ranic  ex- 
emplified by  a  quiet,  humble,  and  peace- 
able life,  we  joy  and  rejoice  in  the  hope 
of  Zion. 

1.0]U>'s  UAY  SKKVICKS. 

0*ir  only  regular  meeting  yesterday 
morning  was  at  the  Price's  meeting  house. 
A  good  attendance,  the    weather    being 
favorable,  but  roads  somewhat  bad. 
"0  Lord  tn  as  assembh-d  hove, 
Wevcjil  tlij-  sinilinc  fnce." 
riiis  beautiful  h>mn  introduced  the  ser- 
vices.    After  exhortation  and  yn-ayers,  a 
deacon  visitor,  by   request,  read   Mark 
14.     A  ministering  lu-other  then   chose 
the  circumstance  of  the  precious  ointment 
lieing  poured  upon  the   head  of  Christ 
by  a  believing  woman. 

I.  The  ottering  of  love. 

II.  The  offering  acceptetl. 

HI.  The  otYering  a  la*»ting  memorial. 
These  seem  to  be  the  prominent  features 
of  the  passage,  and  are  most  wholesome 
food  for  those  who  hunger  after  right- 
eousness. By  application  the  church 
was  admonished  to  more  liberality  to  the 
necessities  of  the  chundi  that  the  cause 
of  Clirist  be  not  hindered  or  in  want. 
The  LonPs  cause  ought  to  be  remember- 
ed first,  and  our  spending  ought  to  be 
according  to  his  will.  Wisdom  iu  giv- 
hig  is  necessary,  and  O  that  we  all  had 
wisdom  in  giving  and  receiving.  Breth- 
ren and  sisters,  let  us  be  liberal  for  every 
good  work,  but  sec  that  yo.u  be  not  the 
means  of  encouraging  what  is  contrary 
to  Christ  aud  His  Holy  CMiurch. 

The:i;U)th  hyinii  was  sung  iu  coucbi- 
sion. 

May  peace  br  with  all  who  love  Christ 
and  the  Brethren.        1).  B.  Mentzeu. 

Wat/ne.sboro,  Fa.yMarck UU;  1 879. 


THE  MOOMAW  PROPOSITION. 

J>ear  Bretkr^i: — 

T  THINK,  to  select  two  brethren  to 
J-  preach  in  cities  by  a  direct  vote  of 
the  donors  is  not  the  best  way  to  do  it. 
A  better  way  would  be  for  the  donoi's  to 
choose  the  editors  of  the  I'vimitwe 
Chriatian  or  the  editoi-s  of  the  Bkkth- 
KKN  AT  WouK  a  board  of  managers,  to 
select  competent  brethren  as  near  the 
cities  in  which  the  preaching  is  to  be 
done  as  they  can  be  got.  Said  board  of 
managers  to  receive  the  donations  aud 
pay  the  same  over  to  the  brethren  do- 
ing the  work  and  report  it  through  the 
paper.  Donors  to  decide  hy  a  vote  ad- 
dressed to  the  moderator  of  next  Annual 
Meeting,  sent  in  care  of  ne.vt  Annual 
Meeting  post  master;  and  there  decide 
whether  the  editors  of  the  rrimUive 
Ch/rhtian  or  the  editors  of  the  Bin-Tir- 
RKN  AT  Work  shall  be  the  board  of  man- 
agers. 

The  following  are  some  of  the  advan- 
tages oi  this  plan  over  that: 

1,  This  board  would  have  much  bet- 
ter facilities  to  select  competent  breth- 
ren for  the  purpose  than  the  donors,  who 
are  scattered  over  the  States. 

A  much  larger  amount  of  work 
could  be  done  with  the  same  expense  by 
selecting  brethren  as  near  the  place  of 
labor  as  possible. 

8.  Being  nearer  home  to  the  breth- 
ren sent,  when  a  good  work  would  be 
started  it  would  oiore  readily  be  seen  aft- 
er by  suitable  brethren. 

4.  In  this  way  the  work  could  be 
carried  on  in  more  than  one  city  at  the 
same  time. 

5.  Having  more  than  one  company 
of  brethren  to  labor  in  cities  would  fur- 
nish us  a  more  varied  e.xpei-ience  and 
give  it  a  better  test. 

1  Damkl  Vanimax. 


Tl-IK     HUKTi 


flic  |(]rrflHini  nt  Itlorli. 

ri  KLISHKO  WKKKLV. 


Ij     MflOliK.  *  KlUToBs  AND 

.  M.  i;.>HELMAN.  i  ritoi'lilBToif*. 


S.  ■!.  IIaiiieioon. 


«  will  » 


*1  '. 


"•!]•)   free  iif  clinTKi' 


%    AT    W 

Any  ono  wJ>"  «il 

tiri><(i4l  nnm<>  (ov^r 

will    I*  nlli>wf"l    H'w    I'T   cent.,    whitli 

-«..».«. ....t.u,^-\  fro..,  .1...  «.'>..-■}'  (..•f-re  ...n>lin(l  H 

toil*  Mon.>T«i;nl  l.y  I'oitnl  (Irilo™,  lt.di«t-wl  Uilon. 
or-lmfl*  i.r,>|)«rlj».l.lrc"r.I,  nllUw  nl  our  ri»k.  Hlien 
s»ndli>F  -l"-.'*!,  t'P  •"■"  il.ni  It  U  n..i  a  ch<-ck  If  It  i.  a 
cbMk.  II  COM.  .)■  .lU  i^*nt«  l«  collrcl.  while  •  Orart  --Jin  U 
wllrctVil  ttxf.  V-'Uigi'  «ini.ic«  mnj  hp  .cni  f-r  ft.iio.inl* 
uO'lor  I'"',  "lU  nlw-.}" 'pn'!  il'i- monoy  If  y«u  titu  gfi  ii. 
Sulwcripiion*.  nn-i  coromiinicJitiui.*  iiiipnJ»il  for  ibc  pft- 
"'  hininorn  [iiiitier>>  i-rtniifiiit-I  "iih  llif  of- 
luld  he  ■(lJri-#^ir<l 

UOOBE  k  S3HELMAK, 

LAOuk,  CfcrroJl  Co.,ni' 


per.  »*  ' 


:  «hare  of  the  bent- fits,  yet  h.ips  to  b«*r 
I  none  oi  tlie  burden. 


liiii<riiKB  Jesse  Y.  Holder. of  Ilitkoij  < 
pr«-ache'i    id    Lanark    on«  ctcduik   Iiwi    «"^*i. 
Heifi   preparing   to  cUrl  Wcftt.   and  Ir..'at<- in 

Caw  Cmnty.  Ntbr*»k(i.     Htn  poi.t  offic«  will  »»  j  rund.     The  prrscheni  murf  bear  th«er<H*alo"* 
Weeping  Wat^T.     We  are  loth  to   p;«tt    *ith  i  „„^  ^n  ti,^  diiireh   go  free.     In   all  candor  we 

'    wtk.  i- thi- iKe  right  wayof doing?  isjlafcnrd- 


irty  popils   in  this   grade.     While  thu  da^ 
*«  rvciti'iift.  th.;^e  of  the  third   gnujp  g|^  ^ 


ber^  of  jOBl  foch  ci-es  in  the    opportiintty  to  gnthi-r  the  g.-mR  front  th, 


AI'KIL  17.  JfilO. 


BHOTKlirt  .1.  W.  Stem  nud  family  nsHChfd  M(. 
Morrill  liwt.  WL'ek. 

Two  wcp-  Ixipti/ed  i»  tin- Diitohl^.wn  r-ongre- 
gfllion  the  fin<t  part  of  Iiwt  week. 

UuoTHKii  ri-<»rgi'lianiiwiilt'ttiu]dre»-iiti  chang- 
ed from  MfVeylui.,  IVIIn^.ylvunil^  to  .loIinBtoirn. 
Conibriii  County.  Hiinie  Stuff 

Thk  men  who  aeek  nicwt  alter  prniNc-  iin-  gi-*n- 


the  dear  iirother  and  hi»i  faniil}.  but  Ihe  will  of 
the  Lord  be  done.  Then-  i«  r.Mm»  for  huiidrt^di 
of  others  to  go  Wes-t  and  build  up  fhiirchefi. 

Who  ever  heard  of  a  lamp  that  n»™ d-d  neith- 
er filling  or  irimmintcf'  Yd  tliere  are  t-ome 
people  whfi  a<t  a«  though  the  Chritlian  lamp 
ncedi-d  no  rei-lenishing.  Hrotlier  and  iii»t<T. 
what  arc  you  doing  to  make  your  light  burn 
brighter?  Are  you  conntantly  fiiliiig  your 
lamp?  Do  you  care  for  it  a»  you  should':'  You 
nhoiild  let  your  light  nhine  before  men  that 
they  may  mst'  your  good  workn. 

On  another  pagf  will  be  found  acommunicn- 
tioa  from  our  Wloveil  IJroth^r  Daniel  Vantman, 
relating  Ut  chooiing  the  cditon*  of  the  Primititf 
ChriaHan  or  BiiKTiiUf.x  AT  VVoiiK  a/t  a  board  t« 
select  miniBters  to  pp-ach  in  citie.t.  No  doubt 
IJrotlar  Vttiiiman'«  intentionn  were  good,  but 
we  think  work  of  that  kind  oughl  not  to  b<* 
committed  to  editor*.  Thi-y  have  too  mttity  re- 
spnuBibilitiea  alreaily.  If  b  board  i«  t\vw.*-&^y, 
there  are  other«  who  can  attend  to  it  jusl  as 
well  if  not  better,  than  iditors.  We  may  nay 
Houietbing  mare  about  it  in  the  future. 

Suorr.ii  any  of  our  brethren  desire  to  lo- 
cate in  eastern  Iowa,  they  would  do  well  to 
viHit  Cedar  County.  It  in  one  of  the  mont  beau- 
tiful as  well  an  tuie  ot  the  niowt  pro(liK:tive  re- 
gions in  the  great  MisNi-iHiripi  Valley.    MiniHters 


eraily  tlio»e  who  get  the  le«»t  of  it.     If  a  mun    traveling  over  the  Chicago  ,t    Nortli  Wist^rn 
deHervtH  prtti««  he  Ik  likely  to  get  it  Moon  enough.     K.  K.  should   atop  off,    if  possible,  ut  Clarence. 

where,  if  notice  be  given,  they  will  be  met  by 
brethren  John  Ztick  or  H.  K.  Miller.  For  further 
iniuruitttion,  jiddrosw  either  of  tlie  abovi-  7iamed 
brethren  at  Clarence,  Ci'dar  Cuuniy,  Iowa.  If 
yoti  wiHh  a  reply  do  nol  forget  to  eiieldne 
Ntanip,  for  it  is  no  small  nuitter  to  answer  scores 
of  Ibtters.    Divide  the  burden. 


Wk  cbW  attention  to  Brother  Howard  Mill. 
I'otico  On  eightli  page.  Tliow  wishing  to  tii 
ei  conitiderable  will  do  well  to  corn^ponil  w 
Brother  Mill.-r. 

An  exchaiige  fhi.wH  up  the  usc'IeHHiiesH  of 
faahionahle  Tiiothors,  imkiDg,  "  Who  over  knew 
a  great  and  good  notii,  or  great  and  go.id  wo- 
man, reari'd  under  the  tuition  of  a  fasjiionable 
mother?  " 

"Oi  u  Sunday  School"  is  the  title  of  another 
paper -.tiirted  at  Anhland.  Ohi'i,  and  edited  by 
Brother  S.  /,  Sharp.  The  pajx-r  pre«ents  a 
neat  iif  pea  ranee,  and  is  ijublinhed  weekly.  It  iH 
devoted  mainly  to  Sunday-school  work. 

Uni.rss  somebody  happens  U\  liit  on  our  pUui 
for  holding  the  Annual  Meeting  we  •■hnll  i)ub- 
lisli  OUT'S  in  a  few  weeks.  Home  arlieh-H  on  that 
subject  will  appear  next  week  or  soon  alter. 
Our  people  are  )n?ioniing  interested,  and  it  is 
tiinu  they  were. 

Tub  eiuigratiou  of  the  colored  people  still 
continupH.  They  are  fleeing  out  of  the  South 
as  the  Israelites  Hed  out  of  Kgypt.  Thousands 
of  colored  |)('opk'  are  leaving  their  soulhern 
homes  and  seeking  rcMtiug  places  in  the  West. 
It  in  thui'ght  that  the  move  will  greatly  injure 
the  Soutli  by  thus  depriving  it  of  this  labi)ring 
elemeut.  ^^^ 

Brothku  C.  C.  Hoot  soys:  ''I  am  now  in 
North  Mission  Field,  fifty  miles  west  of  (.Miiucy. 
1  comiiie-'ced  work  on  the  liOth  of  March.  Had 
eight  meetings  here— four  arces>iouN  to-day  and 
one  more  applicant  with  others  iiigh  the  king- 
dom. From  here  I  go  westward.  Brethren, 
reTui'iuher  the  mission  field  in  your  prayers. 
April  6th." 

Wk  are  in  receipt  of  advance  sheets  of  a  mH|) 
of  Western  Asia,  which  promises  to  be  a  help 
t«  Biiile  ttudents.  This  map  is  largely  prepar- 
ed tiom  original  surveys  made  in  Mesopotamia, 
Assyria,  Medui,  the  great  desert,  Armenia,  jce. 
For  further  particulars  write  for  circular,  ad- 
dressing i'rof.  U.  S.  Osbonie.  University.  Ox- 
ford, Oiiio.  _ 

Wb  are  in  receipt  of  the  best  niH|i  of  Palestine 
V  e  ever  saw.  It  is  a  bird's  eye  view  of  the  Ho- 
ly Land,  and  cannot  hel[i  interesting  all  Bible 
students.  This  map  should  be  in  every  Sunday- 
»choul  in  the  land.  It  is  in  a  good  condition  to 
frame  and  hang  on  the  wall.  Sent  i)08t  paid 
for^J.'H).  If  five  or  more  are  ordered  to  one 
address  they  will  be  sent  for  80  ceuU  each. 


A  WRiTKit,  in  the  Luthrratt  Ohmrvei^  of  Yah. 
14,  1ST7,  oilers  the  folli>wing  argument  against 
feet-washing.     He  says;  ' 

"Uuly  the  smaller  and  more  fllitcrale  sects  jirac- 
tice  feet-wasliing  as  a  ilivine  onliiiaiii-i';  and  tliat 
sensitive  and  riillurcil  Ciiristhiii  wumen.  roiild  u"t 
be  iudiioed  to  um-ovor  their  feet  I'Of  a  publiu  wash- 
\t\)i  in  our  (lay.  wHIj  tlic  constraints  ut  ourai!ciilenl- 
jO  I'lisliinis,  were  lliey  not  under  tlie  iiowerl'u)  iii- 
llui'iiee  of  :i  uiiHuuliled  coiiscieiire." 

That  is  an  honest  confession,  and  is  about  as 
good  an  apology  as  the  proud,  worldly  cultured 
can  oiler.  Tluse  "sensitive  and  cultured  Chris- 
tian women  "  arc  just  a  little  bit  too  proud  to 
uncover  their  feet.  It  was  not  so  with  the 
Primitive  Christians;  not  so  with  tlie  apostles 
and  those  who  did  the  "all  thiug.*i"  command- 
ed by  the  MiLster.  Hut  tlieii  feetrwasliing  is 
not  for  those  who  are  too  iinmd  to  do  it,  it  is 
for  the  humble  followers  of  Christ,  and  tliey 
who  are  not  liuml)!f  nerd  not  I'xpect  to  enjoy 
the  lia[)piiiess  rcsulliui^'  Iroiii  obi-yingeitherthis 
or  any  (■tlicr  comnKUni  in  tlie  Bible, 


w^; 


Wk  are  iu  receipt  of  the  Bretlireo's  new  Tune 
and  H>mn  Book,  publislied  by  (Juinter,  Brum 
b^iugh  Brothers,  Huntiundon,  jVuii'^ylviiniu. 
W^  know  but  little  about  mu^*ii'  and  therefore 
cannot  speak  of  the  merits  of  th--  Book  iu  that 
respect  but  the  ap{)earanre  and  arrangements 
of  the  work  are  certainly  a  credit  to  the  publish- 
ers. The  printing  and  binding  are  well  done. 
The  l>'>oli  will  doubtle^-.-i  have  a  wide  circulation 
anion,-  our  peopli-.  For  t«*rrtTi.  &c  .  ad'lres*  the 
publielicni  Kt  Uuiitiugdou,  Peuufiylvania. 


POOR  MINISTERS. 

B  in  receipt  of  a  letter  from  a  i>oor 
ministering  Ijrother,  who  is  having  a  hard 
stnigiile  with  poverty.  He  has  no  home;  works 
hard,  has  his  family  to  support,  and  does  a  great 
deal  of  preaching  bcMiides.  We  hear  of  nmny 
such  ministers  among  our  people,  and  it  is 
astonishing  how  much  somoof  them  arc  expect- 
ed to  do.  .\  rich  member  is  expected  to  nuive 
along  in  the  even  fonor  of  his  way,  make  mon- 
ey, prepare  himself  a  comfortable  home,  and 
give  F-'Omething  towards  defraying  the  expenses 
of  the  church.  He  is  rich,  and  what  he  gives 
is  no  sacrifice  to  him  —  ho  can  afford  to  do  ten 
times  us  much  if  he  only  would. 

Along  side  of  him  nuiy  live  a  poor  minister, 
with  a  large  family.  This  minister  is  expected 
to  make  his  own  living,  support  his  family,  pay 
his  debts,  stop  work  whenever  called  on  and 
preach  funerals,  read  his  Bible  and  study  it 
well,  preach  once  or  twice  every  Sundaj',  look 
after  the  church,  and  of  course  must  go  to  meet- 
ing whether  any  body  else  goes  or  not.  All 
this  he  is  expected  to  do  and  not  murmur.  If 
he  coniolain^  u  little,  and  seeks  a  little  help,  he 
is  supposed  to  want  pay  for  his  preacliiug,  and 
thus  his  influence  is  more  or  less  hurt.  Likely 
his  expenses,  including  the  time  he  loi^es,  the 
loss  of  crops  by  not  hiivinK  time  to  attend  to 
them,  traveling  i  xppnses,  \i'-.  miiy  ami  nut  lo 
over  one  hundred  dollars  each  year.  In  short, 
he  is  expected  to  give  one  hundred  more  toward 
the  building  up  rf  the  church  than  his  rich 
brother  who  lives  near  by.  The  etVorts  of  the 
poor  minister  tend  to  improve  the  morals  of  the 
community,  elevate  the  society  aud  otherwi^e 
improve  the  community.    The  rich  brother  gets 


ingtothe  go*peI  for  poor  men  to  snfierand 
thus  hav<?  to  do  mure  than  those  who  are  rich? 
'  But,"  ntys  one.  "we  do  not  want  to  sp'il  otir 
minister  by  helping  him  too  much.  We  are 
afraid  if  we  commence  giving  to  him  we  will 
have  to  keep  it  up."  That  is  just  where  the 
trouble  coraett  in.  The  rich  are  never  afraid  oi 
moii.ry  spoiling  them,  no.  never,  but  they  will 
not  trust  it  in  the  hands  of  some  poor  minister 
and  liis  family.  "  But."  say  they,  "  we  will  re- 
li.?v.'  him  by  holding  an  election,  and  setting 
mmrt  auother  brother  to  assist  him  in  the  min- 
i.itry."  W.-1I,  rthatdoe*  that  amount  to?  It 
may  take  this  newly  elected  mint-ter  two  or 
three  years  to  learn  to  preach,  and  he  may  be 
poor  too,  acd  thus  the  case  is  not  mended  any 
I  suggett  a  better  way.  If  you  have  a  faith- 
ful mini-ter,  take  care  of  him.  He  is  your  ser- 
vant, and  the  chunh  caullo^  afford  to  do  with- 
out liim.  If  he  has  no  home,  try  and  assist  in 
getting  him  one.  If  he  cannot  support  his 
family  as  they  ought  to  be,  assist  him.  Do  not 
be  afraid  to  give  him  a  load  of  hay,  or  corn.  Do 
not  be  afraid  to  i,Nve  his  wile  and  children  suits 
of  clothing.  And  it  will  not  hurt  the  poor 
man  to  wake  up  some  morning  and  find  a  few 
sacks  of  flour  leaning  against  the  door.  In  short, 
there  are  a  thousand  ways  of  helping  poormin- 
istern  along  if  only  willing  hands  can  be  found 
to  do  it. 

These  poor  miuis^ei-s  do  not  write  about 
these  things  in  our  papers,  they  have  not  the 
heart  to  do  it,  they  would  sooner  suffer  than  to 
beg.  I  will  write  for  them,  and  God  Help  me 
do  it.  We  have  among  us  many  wealthy  niiu- 
iaters.  Some  are  at  work  and  othei-s  are  not, 
but  we  have  a  host  of  poor  ones,  not  soVany 
in  this  part  of  the  country,  but  they  are  in  oth- 
er localities.  Not  long  since  I  received  a  letter 
from  a  poor  minister's  wife.  Her  husb;ind  is 
an  able  preacher.  She  said  they  needed  help, 
but  her  husband  did  not  want  anything  said 
about  it  for  he  did  not  want  to  beg.  Just  a 
few  days  ago  another  poor  minister  wrote  for 
help  He  had  no  home,  and  wanted  to  get  one. 
and  did  not  know  wliat  to  do  if  he  failed.  We 
would  gladly  have  helped  him,  but  did  not  have 
the  means  to  do  so. 

Now,  brethren  and  sisters,  it  is  not  right  to 
let  the  cause  sutlVr  iu  this  way.  If  your  minis- 
ter is  poor  and  unable  to  do  his  part  of  the 
work  you  should  confer  together  and  contrive 
to  lu-lp"  him,  and  by  so  doing  you  will  be  ad- 
vancing the  interest  of  the  cimse  just  that  much. 
_^^^^^^__  ■^-  "■  *'■ 

BIBLE  SCHOOL  WORK. 

IN  number  thirteen  of  Bkethhen  at  Wouk, 
under  the  caption,  Bible  Schools,  was  pre- 
sented a  method  of  teaching  the  people  the 
eternal  truth  as  contained  in  the  Oracl&s  of 
God.  It  is  not  the  result  of  hasty  and  imma- 
ture thought,  but  the  conclusion  of  years  of 
careful  investigation.  1  am  glad  that  others 
are  favorably  impressed  with  the  method,  as  it 
will  thus  receive  a  thorough  trial. 

The  Brethren's  School  in  Lanark,  on  the  last 
Sunday  in  March,  begun  work  according  to  the 
plan  mentioned,  and  a  sketch  of  what  was 
taught  and  the  manner,  will,  perhaps,  aid  oth- 
ers who  are  contemplating  similar  organiza- 
tions. 

1.  The  primm-y  cla&s  was  taken  in  charge  by 
Brother  M.  V.  Sword,  who,  in  a  brief  and  en- 
tertaining manner,  talked  to  the  little  folks  on 
the  lote  of  Owl.  He  asked  them  some  very 
familiar  questions,  and  drew  from  them  some 
id  fact*  of  the  Bible.  All  others  in  the 
house  were  attentive  listeners,  and  they  gave 
evidence  that  instruction  suited  to  little  boys 
and  girls,  was  not  entirely  void  of  food  for 
tho>e  who  are  higher  iu  stature.  About  ten 
minutes  were  thus  spent,  when  the  teacher  pro- 
ceded  to  hear  the  verses  that  had  been  commit- 
ti'd  tn  no'inorv, 

%  Til"  iM,u-i  ih.utook  .h.irgeof  the  sec- 
ond grade,  and  alter  repeating  Mait.  14;  32-36 
Irom  memory,  called  attention  to  the  places 
mentioned  in  the  lessou,  using  the  Map  of  the 
Holy  Land.  The  next  step  w,ts  a  series  of  ques- 
tions, which,  we  are  pleased  to  oi)serve,  were 
answeri-d  in  a  comniendiible  m.iiiuet  by  the 
whole  class  in  concert.    There  were  upwards  of 


rittet-n  mtnut»8  were  thus  spent,  nft..,.  ^j^.  " 
I  the  sab-teach^n»  h-'nrd  the  pnpiU  j^.j^^  ^ 
■  veneo  which  had  I  een  niemort/Atl. 
!  X  The  teacher  of  the  third  grade.  Broth 
S,  J.  Harrifon.  now  proceeded  to  hear  fai^  ^j  *^ 
recite.  Thesubjret  was.  GOD.  1.  The  nn,,,^'^. 
G'Xf.  His  names  are  .Jehovah,  Jnh,  ]  Am,  LqJj 
and  God.  Lord  and  God  of  Hosts,  and'  Igi,- 
Twenty  verses  in  the  Bible  were  pre-senlcj  " 
support  of  these  names.  We  ref;?r  the  tfai 
to  some  of  them.  Psalm  85:  18;  Psalm  G8-  i. 
Ex.  :i:  14  and  (J;  2.  Jer.  51: 19;  Hos.  2: 16.  J 
Tf>f  liri>nmif<ttmi»  of  God.  Fir.sf:  By  j.  ' 
2  Sam.  22:  13:  Ps.  :>3:  .3;  Heb.  12:29;  nev.e! 
5.  Secoti'/:  By  light.  '2  Sam.  2'i:  29;  ps_  jq,' 
2;  1  John  1:  5.  Thinl:  By  darkness  or  clouds' 
Ex.lf):t»:  lKings8:12.  Fofulh:  Byanimal,. 
(a)  The  unicorn.  Num.  23:  22.  (b)  The  lion 
.lob.  10:  ](J.  (c)  Birds.  Isa.  31:  5.  (,])  ^  ^^^' 
Lam.  .3:10.  (e)Moth.  Hos.  5:  12.  /■'//>/,;  g 
a  firtree.  Hos.  14:  8.  Shfli:  By  visible glo,... 
Ex.  Ifi:  10  and  24:  16.  IT,  li>:  Ez.  i^:  n&nH  U- 
4.  Seinilh:  As  being  local.  Ex.  10: 17  an,i 
20:  21:  Num.  23: 15;  1  Kings  19:11.  Eitjhfi. 
As  dwelling  among  men.  Ex.  25:  8  and  44; 43. 
Rev.  21:  3.  Ninth:  As  moving  about  Otn' 
17:22:  Ex.  19:20;  Num.  12:  5  and  23:4;  D.ut 
.33:  2;  Hab.  3:  3;  Micah  1:3.  Tenth:  Asusing 
vehicles.  2  Sam.  22:  11;  Ps.  IS;  10;  Hab.  3:8- 
Zech.  9:  14.  Nearly  one  hundred  verses  in  the 
Bible  refer  to  God's  representation,  or  in  ai]  t],^ 
lesson  recited  there  is  Scriptural  testimony 
amonnting  to  about  one  hnndred  and  fifteen 
verses.  To  knoiv  what  is  hi  the  Bible  on  this 
subject,  should  be  the  chief  aim  of  all  who  my 
they  accept  the  one  best  Book  as  their  ouly  in. 
fallible  rule  of  faith  and  p-actice. 

The  recitation  of  cIhss  third  occupied  about 
thirty  minutfs,  after  which  the  school  was 
brought  to  a  close  in  the  usual  order,  by  sing- 
ing and  i»rayer.  The  unavoidable  noise  attend- 
ing Sunday  school  teaching  was  noticeably 
absent. 

The  best  work  adapted  to  pupils  of  the  third 
grade  is  "  The  Scriptural  Manual."  It  is 
a  work  of  528  piges.  The  subjects  of  tlie  Bible 
are  properly  classified  and  alphabetically  ar- 
ranged so  as  to  be  easily  read  and  taught.  It  is 
without  note  or  comments,  a  very  commendable 
feature.  The  work  is  purely  Bible.  As  a  help 
to  minisfers  and  students  I  know  of  no  better. 
Price  ^2.00,  and  may  be  had  by  addressing  this 
oflice. 

4.  The  lesson  for  Sunday,-Apiil  6th.  con- 
sisted of  the  following:  First:  God  appears  in 
human  form.  E|.  24:  10,  H;  Isa.  6:  1;  ilev. 
ti:  2.  iievond:  He  has  human  features  and 
members.  (.1)  Face.  Gen.  32:  30;  Ex.  33: 11 
and  34:  10;  Kev.  20:  11.  (b)  Eyes.  Chr.  l«:£t; 
Prov.  2-2:  12.  (c)  Nostrils.  2  Sam.  22:  9, 16; 
Ps.  18:  15.  (d)  Organs  of  speech.  Num.  12:  8; 
Isa.  30:  27.  (e)  Shoulders.  Deut.  33:  12.  {f) 
Hand.  Ps.  21:  S  and  74: 11.  (g)  Fingei-s.  Ps. 
S:  3;  Luke  11:20.  (h)  Back.  Ex.  33:23.  (i) 
Feet.  Ps.  JS:  9.  Thirtl:  Uses  human  voice. 
Ex.  3:  4  and  19:  19;  Deut.  4:  25,  2(i;  Heb.  12: 
19.  2IJ.  Fourth:  God  laughs  and  sleeps.  Ps.  2: 
4;  59:  8  and  78:  65.  Fifth:  God  a  warrior.  Ex. 
15:  3  and  17:  IC;  Isa.  G6: 16;  Zech.  16:  3;  Jer. 
21:  5.  Sijih:  God  uses  weapons.  Deut.  32:23; 
Isa.  34:  5;  Jer.  1:  2.-.;  Hab.  3:  9.  Strenth:  God 
uncertain  of  the  future  Judges  3:  4;  Jer.  36; 
3.  Fitfhfh:  God  is  grieved.  Gen.  H:  6;  Ju^g^ 
10:  16:  I^.  95:  10;  Heb,  3:  10.  Ninth:  God  is 
jealous.  Ex.34:  14;  Deut,  4:24  and  32:21: 
Ezck.  36: 19.  Tenth :  God  is  angry.  Num.  12: 
9;  Jud.  10:  7;  Lam.  2:  3;  Hos.  12:  U;  Nahum 
1:6. 

I  have  not  given  all  the  passages  of  Scripture 
on  these  subjects.  There  are  about  one  hun- 
dred and  forty  verses  in  the  Bible  relating  to 
these  ten  subjects.  0  how  complete,  how  fuH- 
liow  inexhaustible  is  the  word  of  God!  1''^ 
Lord  grant  us  abundant  grace  to  study  it  and 
obey  it.  M.  M.  E. 

TO  OUR  CORRESPONDENTS. 

WE  are  very  thankful  to  you  for  keeping  us 
so  well  supplied  with  church  news  from 
your  respective  localities.  To  all  who  are  lu 
terested  in  the  extension  of  /.ion's  border",  these 
letters  >  r-f  interesting;  and  if  there  are  any  who 
have  not  yet  reported,  we  kindly  invite  them  0 
do  so.  Let  us  stand  together,  brethren.  «• 
battle  for  the  Lord. 

But,  un  llie  other  hand,  we  desire   our  cora- 


A.:liil 


'ri-i>;  i<HK'riiuK>,'  ^a^  avokic. 


."■ 


^,.,[i  tu  be  careful  not  to  yvnA  ns  /oi-  ehurrh  \ 

■,  ;,t   is  Mfi/ churcli   Dpws.     Wf  have  not 

,.■  iu  the  paper  to  i»ubli-h  all  tlint  autjhl 

„'il>li'<lied.   macb  \v»*   (but  which  might 

1,^.     Id  orJ'jr  to  get  all  of  our  tetters  in 

.ut-^-r.  "C  »"■«  ot*''^*^  to  «"'"'  niHch  that 

„f  unrcorresnondeuta   writ^.      This   we 

■"  ,1  rather  Dot  do  if  we  touUl  avoid  it,  but  in 

*j  r  '0  p"**''^''  ""  ""*   '""^'-     '^'^*^  would  be 

sell  tu  lia*"*'  ^^  many  reportH  sent  on  postal 

jj  ,vi   possible.     Try  them    ouce,   l)rethren, 

'*V„^.  thmk   you  will  tiud  it  to  your  and  our 

..(ipitce.  and  the  interest  of  the  paper. 


OUR  MANUSCRIPT 

IT  ha^  l'^*'"  **'""  ^°°^  fortune  to  receive  more 
..p„j,y""  than  VI''  could  possibly  find  room  for, 


.  ,|tl,irdiug  a  good  supply  from  which  to  se- 

Tlii's  selection  may  not  have  always  been 

articles  m»y    have  been 


ihii.' 

_^^,„,t-some 

^  over,  and  some  not  so  good,  usfH,  still 

(Jid  as   well  as    we  knew    how  at  the  time. 

nf  course  those  who  write  for  tlie  press  wish  to 

nw  what  becomes  of  thfir  articles,  and  if  re- 

.pi  why?  They  are  anxious  to  know  the 
«a*oiis  their  articles  do  not  appear.     As  a  gen- 

I  tiling  editoi-3  hav«  their  hands  full,  and  are 

igtiines  compelled  to  take  short  entson  their 

ffork.  li«"ce    '"    selecting  copy    for  the  paper 

iheyare  inclined  to  make  choice  of  that  requir- 

llie  least,  work  to  coneet.     In  tliis  way  the 

Ujj  manuscript  is  used  fii"st,  and  of  course  the 

(accnuiulates  in  the  drawer,  and  when  one 
jrtfftT  i'^  t'll'  another  is  brought  into  service, 

IJut  now  we  purpose  to  empty  these  drawers 
,jt  will  be  a  big  job — and  let  our  readers  know 
ffhat  i.^  ill  them,  and  what  becomes  of  their  ar- 
ticles. It  may  take  several  weeks  to  complete 
Ihetask-  but  we  have  resolved  to  sithereatthis 
jak,  diiy  after  day.  and  week  after  week  till  the 
job  is  completed.  We  shall  try  and  make  the 
;(,rk  both  interesting  and  profitable  to  our 
readers. 

[so.  1,  is  a  well  written  article  giving  a  de- 
(criptiou  of  Oregon,  and  showing  up  many  of 
iu  superior  advantages.     The  writer  says: 

Its  great  productiveness,  and  the  great  display 
atthe  t'ontenuial  has  given  Oiepon  world-wide 
rfnowii.  anil  has  L'iinsed  many  |iersons,  seeking 
hii[Qes,lo  ini|uire  about  tlie  State." 
Oregon  is  destined  to  become  a  leading  State, 
ind  aflards  advantages  found  in  few  other  places. 
There  are  a  few  Brethren  in  the  State,  and  they 
struggling  hard  to  spread  tlie  truth,  and 
build  up  the  cause.  We  hope  the  time  is  not 
(if  distant  when  we  will  have  many  congrega- 
tions iu  Oregon. 

[o,  3,  is  a  report  of  a  Sahhath-scliool  meet- 
ing held  in  the  Duncansville  Chnruh,  Peunsyl- 
vaiiia,  Jan.  lith,  1879.  Unintentionally  this 
article  was  placed  on  the  wrung  pile  of  manu- 
script, hence  its  delay,  and  we  conclude  it  now 
too  old  to  be  of  special  interest.  Things  of  this 
kind  will  occasionally  occur,  and  we  always 
frtl  sorry,  fearing  that  others  may  think  that 
juch  articles  are  withheld  on  purpose.  From 
the  reading  of  the  report  we  would  judge  that 
the  meeting  was  interesting  and  well  attended. 
No.  .3,  is  a  private  letter  written  to  a  sister 
Mid  sent  here  by  the  writer  for  publication  in 
Ibe  Brethiien  at  Wokk.  The  ielter  is  well 
written  and  contains  msiuy  good  thoughts,  but 
would  not  likely  interest  many  save  the  person 
for  whom  it  was  written.  Lettei*s  of  this  kind 
ttould  be  sent  direct  to  the  party  for  whom 
'hey  are  intended,  for,  as  a  rule,  they  are  noted- 
ifyiu^  to  the  generality  of  readers.  Were  we 
tocoinmence  admitting  letters  of  this  kind  the 
P»l»er  would  soon  he  filled  with  them.  X^e 
'flt<;r  is  very  closely  written,  so  closely  that  it 
fould  be  difficult  to  set  it  in  type  without  re- 
"^tiiig  at  least  one-half  of  it.  Contributors 
iliouid  not  write  between  the  lines.  It  makes 
'•too difficult  for  the  compositors,  and  is  very 
iiud  on  their  eyes. 

»^o.  4,  is  a  selected  article,  numerating  some 
^'  the  many  instances  iu  which  the  number 
*^^«  is  used.  The  first  part  of  the  article  is 
^,  and  not  very  profitable,  but  the  closing 
Pirt  ia  suggestive.  It  reads  as  follows: 
"Our  Savi  -r  spoke  ^even  times  i'rom  the  cross  on 
UWcli  In-  imiig  seven  hour.-*,  antl  after  liis  resnrree- 
tiona|)i,eiii-pd  seven  times. 

In  the  Lord's  prayer  are  seven  iifetilions  con- 
"Jim;r  NBven  times  seven  words. 
"In  llie  lievtltftions  we  read  of  seven  rlinrdies. 
^ir<n  candlesticks,  seven  trumpets,  s«ven  i-liigues. 
,*" stills,  seven  aueels.  mid  seven-licaded  mon- 
«en." 

«o-  5  is  a  shoit  article  on  the  "  Death  of 
''*'fist-    The  writer  says: 


■The  liigh  iirivst  of  the  Jewswiisionimaiulwl  by 
the  lau  Iu  takp  two  g»nts,  uikI  c;»3l  lots  upon  them ; 
one  tot  for  thv  Lonl,  tlie  o  her  on*;  fur  the  \^•cy^\A^^. 
The  goat  tijifin  whii-h  the  L«mls  lot  fell  whs  to  be 
stain  for  a  sio  offering:  u|«m  tlie  oHwr.  tlip  hiRli 
pr  i-st  w;w  to  bv  iKJth  Ilia  lutuds  and  confess  uimn 
It  all  l\w  sins  and  Ii;iiisgiessions  of  the  cl.ildi-en  of 
Isnii'l  :iiid  si'iid  it  a-tay  by  tin-  luuuW  of  a  fit  miui 
Into  tin-  wildei  n«-!.3  to  bear  tlieir  sins  awav." 

The  article  goes  on  to  show  how  our  sins 
were  laid  on  Christ  the  Lamb  of  Go.l,  but  makes 
a  few  nii>ti[ke3  in  attempting  to  a.xouat  for  the 
cause  of  the  Savior  sweating,  as  it  were,  gr<;at 
drops  of  blood,  and  further  adds  thbt  it  migels 
had  not  come  and  ministered  unto  him  that  be 
would  have  died  iu  the  garden. 

No.  6.  This  article  refers  to  the  eTils  result- 
ing from  the  improper  use  of  means,  showing 
that  money  should  never  be  spent  unlfss  for 
something  useful.  The  writer  further  estates 
that  Chris.tian3  will  beheld  responsible fi>r  their 
investments— the  w;iy  they  allow  their  money 
to  work.  If  they  invi'st  thtir  money  where  it 
will  do  harm  to  the  cause  of  Christ  they  will 
have  to  render  an  account  for  this  wrong  use  of 
that  which  has  been  entrusted  to  their  care. 
The  general  run  of  the  article  is  good,  but  it 
woiild  have  to  be  rewritten,  and  changed  in  sev- 
eral'respects  before  it  would  be  suitabU-  to  go 
into  type.  The  article  is  also  without  a  head- 
ing, and  refers  to  Prov.  23:  23,  but  does  not 
quote  the  verse.  U  would  be  quite  a  help  to 
compositors  (type  setters^  if  writers  would  care- 
fully observe  the  following  suggestions:  On  tin 
first  line  write  the  heading  or  name  of  the  ar 
tide;  write  it  plainly;  on  the  next  line  write 
your  name.  If  jou  use  a  text,  commence  writ- 
ing that  on  the  third  line,  aud  do  not  fail  to 
give  reference.  Be  sure  that  you  have  it  ju>t 
as  it  stands  in  the  Hook.  On  the  next  line  bi 
low  the  text  commence  your  article.  Do  not 
make  any  apologies,  for  we  have  to  be  at  the 
trouble  of  marking  them  out.  If  you  want  to 
say  anything  to  the  editors  write  it  on  a  sepa- 
rate slip  of  paper.  At  the  close  of  the  article 
write  your  poal^office  address.  The  following 
may  serve  as  a  model  fur  tboi^e  who  are  not 
used  to  writing  for  the  press: 

THK  KLECT  LAUY. 

liY  J.  II.  Mooni:. 

•■  The  elder  unto  the  elect  lady  and  her  eliildren, 
whom  I  love  in  tlie  truth;  and  not  1  only,  but  also 
all  they  that  have  known  the  truth."— 2  John  l :  l. 

Wv.hiiveno  way  of  knowing  who  thi's^'eUcI 
hdy  "  was;  her  name  is  not  given.  She  was  ec- 
lilnitlg  II  piom  woman,  ami  biglil;/  esteenxfil  by 
all  iiho  hnfw  her,  and  xo  were  her  children  pious 
and  respected.  This  Scripture  shomtthat  ire  are 
priiilrijpd  to  call  a  Christian  iioman  a  "  lady." 

This  rersr  is  no  proof  of  (hi-  doctrine  of  et'-r- 
nal  election  as  taught  by  the  Calcinist.  M'e  hare 
no  idea  that  she  iras  "•  elect  ^''  in  any  Calvinistir 
sense,  hut  rather  in  the  true  scriptural  sense, 
that  every  Christian  is  "  chosen  out  of  the  world." 

I.nnark.  III. 

1  To  he  continued. ) 


ON  THE  WAY  TO  PALESTINE. 


(K... 


were  fortunate  enough,  on  aecouut  of  the  small 
number  of  passengers  aboard,  to  have  an  entire 
room  apiece.  Wo  had  thought  it  ptvferable  to 
»e  all  in  one  room,  until  we  saw  how  small  the 
rooms  are.  and  then  we  were  glad  of  the  separa- 
tion. We  had  wis-ly  limited  our  amount  of 
brtffgage  to  a  single  hand-valise  ami  a  heavy 
shawl  for  each.  Our  shawls  aud  light  overcoats 
we  have  thus  fur  found  to  be  the  very  thing,  es- 
l>eciallv  the  shawls. 

-■it  Cape  Henlopen  we  saw  about  a  dozen 
sailing-ships  lying  at  anchor  within  the  br^nk- 
water  which  the  V.  S.  government  h:Ls  erected 
there  for  want  of  a  good  harbor.  They  were 
fi^ighting  ve^^selit  awaiting  orders,  and  ready  to 
sail  wherever  trade  could  be  found.  The  cape 
18  11  low  ridge  of  bare  sand  making  out  into  tlie 
mouth  of  the  bay,  with  a  light-house  on  its 
point,  and  some  other  buildings  scattered  about. 
Cipe  May.  the  ceh  brattd  bathing  place,  is  just 
twelve  mid  a  half  mile-,  distant,  to  the  north- 
east, aud  the  sjiace  between  constitutes  the 
mouth  of  the  n^laware  Bay.  Two  pilot^boats 
were  riding  off  the  liglit^house  at  Cape  henlopen, 
and  into  one  of  these  the  pilot  who  had  thus 
far  directed  our  ship's  course  was  transferred  by 
means  f>f  a  yawl.  Here  we  witnessed  for  the 
first  time  the  perilous  descent  by  a  ladder  let 
down  the  side  of  our  ship  into  the  yawl,  which 
tos-sed  and  danced  on  the  waves  fifteen  feet  he- 
low.  The  pilot,  after  descending  the  ladder, 
watched  his  oppnrtunity,  and  leaped,  at  the  ap- 
parent risk  of  bruises  or  broken  bones,  into  the 
yawl,  seized  it-s  rudder  oar,  and  guided  it  straight 
away  to  the  little  sailer  awaiting  him. 

Our  parting  from  the  pilot  was  our  entrance 
into  the  Atlantic  Ocean.  It  occurred  at  •!  P, 
M.  Itefore  niglit  closed  in,  the  water  had  be- 
come our  horizon  on  every  side,  the  ship  seem- 
ing to  lie  in  the  hollow  of  avast  basin;  the  sky, 
which  was  bright  in  the  morning,  had  become 
overcast  with  gray  clouds;  and  we  retired  to 
our  berths  not  knowing  what  to  expect,  but 
knovnjng  that  in  this  blustering  mouth  of 
March  foul  weather  was  more  to  be  loolted  for 
than  fair. 

•  On  Friday  morning  1  arose  early,  ascended  to 
the  deck,  found  all  of  our  sails  set,  a  high  breeze 
blowing  from  the  north-west,  and  our  bow  set 
to  the  east.    While  standing  near  the  at"t  pilot- 
house (our  ship  has  two  pilot-houses— one  for 
ward  for  fair  weather,  and  one  aft  for  storms)  I 
received    my  fii-st  taste  of  salt  water.     The  sea 
was   already  boiling,  and   a  wave  of  the  larger 
size  breaking  fiat  against  the  windward  side  ot 
the  vessel,   sent  a  shower  of  spray   across  the 
deck,  sprinkling  some  of  it  in  my  face.    The 
ship  had  begun  to  roll  a  little,  so  that    I  had  to 
be  careful  of  tny  step.t,  l^ut  I  remained  on  deck 
till  8  o'clock,  our    breakfast   hour,  feasting  my 
eye  aud   my  soul   on  the  new   and   wonderful 
scenery.    The  waves  were  not  rolling,  but  boil- 
ing; and  every  one,  after  swelling  up  to  a  high 
point  like  the  peak  of  an  isolated  hill,  crowned 
itself  with  a  cap  of  white  foam,  and  then  subsid- 
ed.    I  had  exi>eeted  to  see  some  of  the  "  rolling 
billows  "  of  which  I  have  read  so  often,  but  I 
have  seen   not  one.    The  waves  do  not  rise  in 
long  ridges,  and  roll  along  at  regular  intervals; 
but  they  rise  and  fall  as  if  they  were  upheaved 
by  a  force   beneath  them,  and  it  is  only  their 
general  inclination  in  one  direction  which  aeema 
to  the  eye  as  if  caused  by  the  wind.    They  rise, 
too,  in  endless  variety  of  size  and  shape.    As 
you   look  over  them  from   your  high  perch  on 
the  deck,  they  ap|)ear   like  a  continued  succes- 
sion of  hills  and  knobs  and  peaks  in  a  range  of 
mountains,  without  a  single  ridge  of  long  and 
Buiobth  outline  in  view.     As  I  sat  and  gazed  on 
these  waves,  I  discovered  new  beauties  continu 
ally.    The  sea-water  that  morning  appeared  as 
black  as  ink;  but  as  each  wave   swelled  up  to- 
ward a  point,  and  the  light   passed  through  it 
just  beneath  its  white  cap,  its  hue  wa.s  changed 
to  the    most   Ijeautiful  emerald   green.     When 
the  sun  shone  out,  these  gleams  of  emerald  ap- 
peared on  the  top  of  every  wave  just  before  its 
subsidence;  and  along    the  wake  of  the  vessel, 
where  her  propeller  had  broken  the  watery  hills 
into  little  hillocks,  there  was  a  long  succession 
of  green  and  black  and  purple  spots,  alternating, 
and   deepening   in  color  with  the   distance.     I 
wondered  what  there  could  be  in  a  scene  of  such 
beauty,  and  in  the  life-like  motions  bf  the  noble 

ihip.  to  make  anybody  sick.     1  felt  as  if  I  never 

But 


NUMBER  II. 
*■  A  life  on  tlie  ocean  wave. 

A  home  on  Hie  rolling  deei  I, 
Wliere  tlie  sparkling  waters  rave. 

And  the  winds  their  revel  keep," 

Ij^XCUSE  me  for  quoting  this  old  song,  for  it 
J  expresses  to  perfection  our  life  and  home 
tor  the  last  ten  days.  For  four  days  th"  waters 
truly  raced  around  ns,  and  the  wind  kept  high 
revel.  We  have  seen  the  ocean  in  its  majesty, 
and  have  learned  more  than  ever  to  adore  the 
majesty  of  its  Maker. 

Our  good  ship,  the  Pennsylvania,  left  her 
doc1i  at  Philadelphia  at  precisely  8  o'clock 
Tliursday  morning,  the  Hth  of  March,  and  as 
she  turned  her  bow  down  the  Delaware  Hiver, 
passengers  on  the  ship  waved  their  handker- 
chiefs to  friends  more  numero:'s  on  the  shore, 
while  the  ship  herself  saluted  the  city  with  a 
shot  from  her  bra.s9  cannon.  Bros.  \'anCulin 
and  Lohingier  had  come  with  ns  to  the  vessel, 
and  given  us  their  benediction;  so  having  no 
other  friends  in  sight  to  salute,  1  lifted  my  hand- 
kerchief high,  and  giving  it  a  wide  sweep,  I  said 
to  Frank, "'  Here's  to  Lexington."  After  stand- 
ing on  deck  until  the  city  had  faded  away  in  the 
distance;  until  sloops  and  brigs  and  steam-tugs 

and  8hipyard>    innumerable   had    been  pfissed,    could  be  sick    with  such   objects  in  view 
and  the  eye  had  grown  weary  with  gazing  upon    when  the  gong  sounded  and  I   went  down  to 
unaccustomed  objects,  we  retired  to  our  rooms    breal^fast,  I   observed  that  most  of  the  seats  at 
to  arrange  them  as  our  temporary  homes.     We    table  were  vacant.     I  sat  down  amid   the  con- 


gratnlfttiuns  of  the  Captiiin  and  a  pasaengcr  op- 
po>it«  me.   on  my  freedom    from  sickness  thai 
far,  but  I    ha<l  taken   only  a  aip  or  two  of  my 
oolV.-«,  when  my  seat  wiw  aUo  made  vacant,  and 
I  retired  with  as  much  dignity  an  I  could  to  the 
deck.     During  the  remainder  of  Friday,  and  all 
of  Saturday,  I  was  sick,  sick,  sick.     I  didn't  say 
"'Omy!"  nor  did  I    hear  anybody  else  say  it. 
This  expression  seems  to  have   passed   out  of 
date  since  Mark  Twain  went  hbroad.     Our  com- 
pany said  nothing  at  all.     No  language  was  ad- 
equate to  the  oceaxion.     A  sudden    palenew,  a 
hasty    retreat  toward   the   bulwarks,   were  the 
only  signs  of  woe  by  which  we  could  distinguish 
each  other's  symptoms.     By  Sunday  morning  I 
WiLs  relieved  of  my  sea  sickness,  but  I  was  oom- 
plcti  ly    worn  out.     The   breeze  of  Friday  had 
steadilj  increased  until  it  hud  become  a  heavy 
gale.    The  ship  had  reeled  to  and   fro  like  a 
drunken  man,  and  all  the  passengers  had  been 
tossed  about  without  mercy.     I  bad  skinned  one 
of  my  shins,  nenrly  broke  two  of  my  ribs,  was 
tortured  with  a   gum  hoil.  wiis  as   limber  as  a 
dish-rag,  and  would  have  sold  myself  very  cheap. 
I  felt,  indeed,  that  I  would  not  he  worth  picking 
up  iu  thestiv.-t.     But  I   wiis  now  able  to  eat  a 
little  breakfast,  and   from  that  time   my  symp- 
toms improved.     .Ml  day   Sunday  we  w.-ie  in  a 
storm.     The  wind  blew  furiously;  rain  ami  hail 
and   snow  fell    alternately;    the    tops   of  high 
waviM  broke   over  the  vessel  and   deluged  some 
pint  of  its  deck  every  few  minutes;  one  of  our 
life-boats,    perched  four  feet  above  the  deck  on 
strong  iron  supports,  hiul  been  dashed  :o   pieces 
by  one  of  them;  and  I  saw  another  burst  in  the 
door  and  window  of  the  rear  pilot  house,  and 
flood  it  with  water.     As  a  number  of  ub  sat  in 
the  companion  way  gazing  with  awe  upon  this 
terrific  scene,  I  took  from  the  lap  of  one  of  the 
ladies  hev  Epi'^copal    prayer-book,   and  turning 
to  the  107th  Psalm,  rend  nloud  to  the  company 
the  following  passage: 

"They  that  ro  down  In  the  sea  In  sliipn, 

That  ilo  business  in  ureiit  waters. 

These  see  the  works  or  tlm  Lord 

And  Ids  wonders  in  the  deeii. 

Foi-  lie  eommandelh  and  ralselli  up  the  sturmy 

wind, 
Which  UfU'tli  up  thfe  wftveR  thereof. 
They  mount  iqi  to  the  hcjiveiis. 
Tliey  go  rlowu  anaiti  to  llie  depllk^. 
Their  soul  is  melted  liecansc  of  truiiljle. 
They  reel  to  and  fro, 
And  slugger  like  a  drunken  man, 
And  are  iit  their  wiln'  end. 
Tlieii  tliey  cry  nnlo  the  Lord  In  their  trouble, 
And  he  hriiigelh  tlieui  out  of  tlietr  dtstreiwea." 

It  struck  ns  all  as  nn  exact  description  of  the 
scene  before  our  eyes,  and  it  illustrates  the  won- 
derful fidelity  to  nature  which  is  every-where 
found  in  the  Bible. 

I  asked    the  captain  the   nest  tiiorning,  how 
liigh  he  supposed   the  highest  waves  were  on 
Sunday,  and  was  surprised  at  his  statement  that 
they  were  at   lea^t  forty  feet,  and    that   he  had 
never  seen    waves   roll    higher.     He   had  been 
compelled  to  turn  out  of  his  course  a  little,  and 
run  somewhat  before  the  gale,  in  order  to   pre- 
vent the    waves   from    dashing  too    squarely 
agHini<t  the  side  of  tlie  vessel;  and  he  remarked 
that  very  few  ships  have  strength   enough  to 
hold  OS   near   to  the  wind  in  such   a  storm  as 
ours  did.     It    was  not  until  I    heiird  those  and 
similar  remarks,  that  I  realized  how  severe  the 
storm  hud  been.     I  hod  watched  the  scene  with 
the   deepest  interest  and   even  with  delighl.     i 
ha«l  found  a  strange,  wild  [deaimre,  in  seeing  the 
waves  dash  over  the  vessel  and  seeing  the  vessel 
herself  at  one  iiioment  lift  her  leeward  bulwarks 
thirty  feet  above  the  water,  and  at  anotiier  lean 
over  until  slie  dipped  them  beneath  the  foaming 
wave.    The  only  hindrance  to  my  enjoyment 
was  the  difficulty  of  either  walk-ng,  standing, 
sitting,  or  lying  down.     In  my  berth,  whether 
day  or  night,   1  was  rtdled  about   and  bumped 
against  the  hack,  and  bumped  against  the  front, 
with   arms  tired   from   holding   on,  and  knees 
sore  from  bracing  tlieni   against  the  side-board 
rail  to  keep  me  from  rolling  on  the  floor.     Sit- 
ting was  worse  than  trying  to  prop  yourself  on 
a  one-legged  stool.     And  u.<i  forstanding,  if  you 
wish  to  realize  it  on  land,  try  to  stand  on  aaee- 
saw,  close  to  the  fence,  when  two   lively  boys 
are  riding  on  the  ends.     It  was  not  until  Tues- 
day morning,  the  sixth  day  out,  that  I  got  my 
sea-legs  on,  completely  rigged.     When   I  went 
on  deck    that   morning,   the  breeze    was  still  a 
stifl'  one,  and  the  waves  pitching  high  in  the  air: 
but  the  wind  was  more  astern,  aud  the  ship  was 
rocking  instead  of  rolling.     I  found  that  I  could 
walk  like  a  sailor,  so  I  felt  not  a  little  proud  of 
it  until   i   found  that  all  the  other  passengers 
could  do  the  same. 

f  To  be  conihulrd  nest  week  J 


a-iiK  UKKTiiHi^x   ^vr  ^,v(Ji<l^. 


-A.pril    17 


(0ur  f  ilirif  ^rasa. 

"TA/  HV/A  ^'  Trii/A  «o  Tonyue  Can  T>-U" 

Thi»  d»w.nm*nl  is  JwipifJ  for  ukin;  wJ  •''•''•'^•'« 
Khle  q.iwi.on..  «i  for  the  -oluiinn  of  ("criptur.l  -liff.rul- 
Um  la  c.T^Ut  lo^'-ttM*  "i'll*  Truih.  «ll  q"Mnon» 
diould  b<-  >UieJ  with  «ndor.  an'l  »D«r««<l  wi.b  u  much 
<)H»rn<«j  M  poMiWe.  Article  for  thii  Jei-arunent.  inu»< 
be  Bbon  kaJ  to  ihc  point. 


il*en8e,  if  there  be  do  rennrectioD  of  tht-  li'-i. 
hor  any  hiture  lif*-.  Mittie  A.  Lkah. 

,  OUR  BETTER  HOME. 


■\VU1  SOPifl  on*  I'iwuW"  txpliiin  wiyelher  fcPt-wiisJi- 
ing  louk  liint"  uiiilcr  the  ol.l  «>r  new  diH|.(!n»allwrifl  ? 
Is  tl.c  rii.*nil.itn.  cr  FlaiHfi.KSwor<UliIi  Utv.ff-n 
man  an.l  tlic  tree  of  Hfcy  C.  L.  Chottv. 

riwisc-  explain  1  Tim.  :,:»>,  wTifcIi  wuIn  m  follows: 
"  Hill  if  any  jimvitk-  nut  f«r  Ilia  wwn,  and  eRiitnlally 
for  Ibusc  ttf  liift  own  lioiise,  fit-  liatli  dfjiicd  lln-  faitli, 
and  i«  «nrtt-  tliiin  an  infidi-t."  I--  '^■ 

Please-  Hiv*-  «n  «-xi.liinatfim  on  Arts  l>:  4":  "  And 
the  l.iml  adiied  lo  the  church  daily  ancli  an  should 
be  Ravi-d." 

K.nminsf*::B:  "Who  shall  lay  imylliing  lu  Ihu 
chaw  of  (iod'fi  elect  'f " 

Tlinutiy  ■-':  Ui:  "Thereforcr  I  onduro  all  tlitngB 
for  the  eleel'8  s^ke."  IIlWHV  ScilRANTZ. 

Will  you  or  some  of  your  rendtnt  pU-asn  i-xplBln 
Matt.  11':  11.  ii'f  It  r"""^-*  "*■  follow*:  "  Hut  hn  said 
unto  them,  All  uifii  lannut  n'<eive  this  Haying.  «itv» 
they  to  whom  it  la  ulven.  For  tliere  an-  Rome  nii- 
DUchB.  wliirh  wuro  so  born  from  tliolr  moth^r'n 
womb:  aud  tiii-rit  are  sonio  cuiiiichH,  which  wi-re 
madi'  vuniit  hH  of  men ;  and  then-  be  eunuehit.  which 
huvp nmih^  lln-mii.dvefl  ouniuliH  for  Ihi^  kinjidoni  <if 
heavea'n  aaki-.  Hp  that  is  aide  to  receive  It.  let  hlin 
wcelvoiL"  F..I.  Fhantz. 

Will  you.  oi  »omo  one  eltm  pluiute  «!  ve  an  explana- 
tton  iif  liev.a:  )7"/  ltread(tlhH»:  "He that  hath  an 
ear.  let  him  hear  what  lhi>  S|.irit  (tullh  unto  the 
cliiirch«t:  To  Iiini  tliat  ovitrcometti  will  I  Rive  to 
eat  ol  till-  liiihiun  manna,  and  will  Rive  him  a  wldte 
Btone,  and  in  the  Hlone  a  new  name  writU^n.  which 
no  man  knowelli  savlnK  he  that  rcwiveth  It." 

Maky  '/.uii.v.st. 
lilpalre  nu  exidanutlon  on   1  Tlin. .'.:  24:  ".Some 
men'diiinB  are  ojten   itetoreJiatid,  VvUxk  before  to 
Jutlsmttiit;  unil  si-nii-  men  they  follow  atter." 

S.  A-WmrKi-i. 
I'leaae  Rive  your  vlewK  tliniilRh  tins  nnKTliiii  x 
AT  Work,  of  Matt.ft;2.\  which  reads  iw  follrm-H: 
"Apiee  with  thine  lulverHary  iiUlckly,  wliilu  lliou 
art  in  the  way  with  him ;  It-Ht  at  any  tlnie  the  ad- 
VPr«ary  deliver  lliec  to  the  Judse,  and  the  jiidKo 
delis  er  theo  to  tlio  olllccr,  and  tliou  ho  uiwt  Into 
prlsim." 

AIho  1  Tim.  ft:  0, 10:  "  J^bI  not  a  widow  bo  taken 
intii  Ilie  iinnibPF  under  three  score  yearn  uid.imvliiR 
been  the  wife  of  mie  man,  well  lepoilei!  of  for  Koi'd 
■works:  if  ahehavebn.URhtupeliU.lien.if  Hliehave 
loilRed  titranjtem,  If  she  luivi-  wiwhcd  llu.' aiiiiiltt" 
feel,  if  «ho  Iiavo  relieved  Hiu  ii|11ii'I>nt,  'f  h''*  '"'vo 
diiiRentiy  foiluwoil  every  goiill  WUl'iw"  I 

J.  H.  Ki,i-i'-n. 
WllUomeone  pleiiati  explain  II«b.7:  I,  a:  ■*  Kor 
thin  MelehiBodee.  kins  of  Miilem,  priest  at  Uie  most 
hii-hGod.  whoiuel  Alualmin  n-^iinilHg  lioni  the 
8Uiik'lil''Vof  the  liiii«s.andble>setl  bin.;  wlllnmt 
falhiT.  wilhoul  molher.  wilhutit  detecnl,  liavllip 
neither  beRlnnhiK  of  days.nurondol'  lil'e;  biitmadc 
like  untotlieSon  of  tiod;  abidotli  a  prist  contin- 
ually." il-  1'- 

Will  some  ono  pleiute  exi>liiin  .lor.  12:  M*  It  reads 
08  follows:  "If  thou  bust  run  with  the  foolmcn, 
and  they  Imvu  wearied  thee,  then  bow  ciuutl  thou 
coii^-nd  with  lior.-.t'.s:'  and  if  in  the  land  of  pcarc, 
wherein  tln'u  IrusteilHt.  they  wearied  thee,  then 
how  wilt  thou  ilo  in  the  swollInR  of  .Ionian  V  " 

C.  K.  M. 
1  wouhMlketrthavo  soniP  oneoxpliim.  through 
yourpaper,  Ilcb.  t*:s-lO.  It  reads  as  loUows:  "For 
flndin«  fault  with  them,  he  rnilth.  Beliuld,  tlie  (la>s 
couie,  sallh  the  I..ud,  when  I  will  make  a  new  eov 
enaiil  with  the  hou«e  of  Israel  and  with  the  bouse 
Of  .hidah:  nitt  acioidiut,' In  the  covenaul.  (hat  1 
made  with  their  fathers  in  the  day  when  I  took 
tlK-m  by  the  hand  to  lead  Ihem  out  of  the  bind  of 

and  I  ivgarded  them  not,  miilh  the  l,ord.  For  Ibis 
Is  the  covonjiil  that  I  will  make  with  the  house  of 
Israel  after  those  days,  saith  the  Lord;  I  will  put 
my  laws  Into  their  mind,  and  write  them  in  their 
hearts:  and  I  will  be  to  them  a  (Jod,  ami  they  shall 
be  lo  lae  :i  pe'-iple." 


ir 


BAPTIZED   FOR  THE  DEAD. 

Please  explain  throuRli  the  Bif liTUKiiN  at  Wouk 
the  meaning  of  iCor.  15:2».  Jt  reads  as  follows: 
"  Else  what  shall  they  do  which  are  bapLiKca  for 
the  (lead,  if  the  dead  rist^  not  at  all?  why  are  they 
then  baptizcxl  for  the  dead  y  " 

What  are  we  to  understand  by  the  term,  "Why 
ar«  they  then  baptized  for  the  dead?"  J.  K. 

ATAItlOUS  ioterpretatious  have  been  given  to 
V  this  plirase.  Some  say  it  means  baptized 
in  the  room  of  tlie  dead  jost  fallen  in  the  cause 
of  Christ,  and  who  are  thus  siijiported  bya  buc- 
ceAsion  of  cew  converts,  immediately  offering 
themselTes  to  fill  up  their  placts,  as  ranks  of 
Boldien*  who  advance  in  the  room  of  their  com- 
jKinions.  who  have  just  been  slain  in  their  sight. 

Dr.  Macltuight's  opinion  we  rather  favor,  he 
wuppliei*  the  words,  the  resurrection  o^',  and 
reads  the  clause.  Who  are  baptized  for  the  res- 
urrection of  the  dead:  or  in  consequence  of 
their  believing  in  the  doctrine  of  the  resurrec- 
tion of  the  'it->J ;  on  account  of  which  faitli,  and 
their  profeitaion  of  it.  they  are  exposed  to  great 
iUtleriugB,  for  which   they  can  have  no    recom' 


nv  M.  fur.KA. 

OW   nwet't  do  Ihiwe  wordu  nound    to  the 

w.>ary  pilgrim  m  he  traveU  along  this 
thorny  road.  A  bptt*r  home  Iwyond.  ah!  hp- 
yond  whwl?  V-yond  the  Nlormi'  of  thin  lift?  and 
the  river  of  death.  How  sweet  to  n  fl«ct  on 
that  home,  when  tempted  and  trii«l  on  every 
hand  by  the  evil  one,  when  sorrows  eiicomp;uti« 
us.  when  in  deep  afilirtion.  We  can  then  lor»k 
by  faitli  U>  .Ie«u*.  wlio  hut  told  "n  that  in  bis 
Futher'H  hoiit<4?  are  many  niatiMions.  and  that  be 
has  gone  to  prepare  one  for  each  and  every  one 
that  will  follow  hin  blp«-ed  fz-nchingH  while  here 
on  earth,  and  he  hfw  told  n«  that  ho  will  come 
again  and  receive  n«  to  himself  where  we  will 
reign  with  him  and  sing  song«  of  praisen  for- 
ever. 

O  hliHsful  moment  when  lutiile 

These  earthly  robes  we'll  cast, 
Then  wake  to  know  oar  souls  have  found 
A  betU'r  home  at  lust. 
It   will  indeed    he  a  blissful    moment  to  all 
those  who  have  their  lamps  trimmed  and  burn- 
ing, reiidy  to  meet  the  bridegroom,  to  leavo  this 
world    for  the   realms  of  ejidless  day.     Wy  are 
to-ised   about  iu    this  world,   lit  Jt  were,   on  the 
wavea  of  the  ocean,  but  it  will  all  he  over  soon. 
A  few  mortf  trials  and  fears  and  we  anchor  into 
rest. 
Vet  a  little  while  we  linger,  ere  we  re.ii^h  finr  JoJir- 

ney's  end- 
Vet  a  little  while  to  labur.  ere  the  evening's  shade 

descend  - 
Then  we  lay  us  down  to  slumber,  aial  the  night 

will  soon  be  o'er— 
In  the  bright,  the  bright  forever,  we  stuill  goto 
sleep  no  more. 
May  Ood  bless  us  and  help  us  so  to  live  that 
we  may  be  reiwly   wlien  he  comes  to  take  us 
home, 

THE  YOUTH  AND  THE  CHURCH. 

ItY  8IU0N  IIRTIUCK. 

MANY  persons  ask  with  anxiety.  Ilowute 
we  to  save  the  youth':'  Tor  while  many 
young  men  and  women  attach  thuniselves  to 
the  church  and  take  the  plaeeos  of  parents  pass- 
ing awu:-,  hundrcdt)  are  forsaking  the  ordinances 
and  showing  no  concern  for  religion.  The 
coming  qhurcli  must  depend  on  Uie  converted 
youth.  Men  from  middle  iige  und  older  are 
now  anil  then  rescu'  d  and  adapted  to"  ClirisUan 
work  only  iu  ciccptional  cii^es.  It  is  the  train- 
ed iiudcohsecrutnl  youth  upon  wliom  wedeiicnd 
for  success  in  the  luture.  Mucli  of  tlic  ynith- 
fnl  irregularity  is  the  result  of  parejital  neglect. 
Kathern  and  mothers  do  not  live  up  to  tlieir  re- 
sponsibility, lufitoad  of  teaching  tlieir  children 
by  precept  and  example,  the  duly  and  blessing 
of  serving  Ood.  they  give  them  over  into  the 
hands  of  others  and  pay  no  attention  to  their 
instruction.  Hoys,  especially,  are  permitted  to 
mature  unimpressed  with  the  deep  necessity  of 
boing  religious  and  to  regard  it  iw  the  highest 
good,  beyond  which  there  is  nothing  denmnding 
their  attention.  The  ■;hurch,  the  I'egular  ordi 
nance  of  grace,  and  all  that  pertains  to  holy 
worship,  fail  to  impress  them  because  they  have 
not  Iwen  taught  to  see  them  ns  given  of  God. 

We  believe  it  to  bean  almo.-.t  inlalliUe  rule 
that  if  parents  would  impress  the  dyinp  cliarge 
of  the  royal  David  to  his  son,  "show  thyself  a 
man,"  their  words  are  the  law  lo  their  offspring, 
their  footsteps  arctheirguidesinlife.  If  parents 
fail  in  word  and  deed,  in  lifw.  the  children  will 
go  astray.  Hut  in  order  to  properly  impress 
the  children,  parents  must  be  spiritually  mind- 
ed. It  is  the  glow,  the  fervov  of  religion  that 
makes  it  productive  of  good.  Cold  legislation 
is  withering,  but  if  with  all  the  rules  of  the 
household  there  goes  the  warmth  of  true  Chris- 
tian devotion,  tlu'  blessed  result  will  follow. 
"Train  up  a  child  in  the  way,"  &c.  "Seek  me 
early."  Prov.  8:  IT.  Impress  upon  their  young 
minds  to  observe  the  Hible.  It  is  a  pillar  of 
fire  by  night,  and  a  cloud  by  day.  Move  along 
the  pathway  of  man,  and  if  he  follow  that  pil- 
lar of  fire  and  cloud  he  will  reach  the  land  of 
promise.  _^ 

Tub  GKKTLKNKSi  Of  GiiACB.— The  greatest 
results  in  the  workings  of  God's  providence  me 
brought  about  iu  the  quietest  ways.  Truth 
fails  on  the  ready  soil  like  light  on  the  photo- 
gjraphic  plate;  grace  clothes  it  with  beouty  and 
joy,  as  the  breath  of  Spring  renews  the  land- 
scape; and  the  result  is  as  wheu  the  glory  of 
the  harvest  follows  the  Summer's  warmth,  and 
crowns  the  labors  of  the  year. 

Gon  has  no  partner  iu  his  wisdom,  doubt  not, 
therefore,  though  thou  understandest  not. 


(fociicaponjlfnct;. 


B.tUliru>cTi 


MijUMI.— J<*B- 


-Sun- 


Echoes  from  the  Center. 

VIMHKa  XIV. 

I'leasant  Greetings: -At  the  Sacred  Desk 
Happy  Meetings  :-The  Tolling  Bell - 
day  Service. 
/  \i}irt  and  stormy  is  the  weather  and  the 
y  j  sanctuary  privileges  trill  b.-  denied  to  many 
thin  evening.  Remained  «t  hon.e  with  the  fam- 
ily and  fipent  the  time  as  be>t  I  could  jirepara^ 
tory  for  the  service  of  ihe  Mast*r  in  the  iuture. 
Hrolber  K.  Itosserman  will  conduct  the  services 
of  the  evening  and  we  fondly  hope  the  Lord 
will  blew  him  much  in  the  labora  of  the  hour. 
i,ord's  day  morning  once  more  upon  our  view, 
weather  calm  and  the  8un  is  shedding  his  rays 
upon  us  with  ail  his  majestic  beauty  and 
itrength.  Travel  is  slow  on  account  ot  the 
rough  roads,  we  lessened  the  load  and  our  dt-ar 
Hrother  W.  C.  Teeter  and  the  writer  wended 
our  w.'iy  to  Ragle  Creek  Church  for  divine  ser- 
vices. Found  a  good  con>.'regation  of  eager 
listeners,  and.  among  them,  a  number  of  our 
young  converts.  Had  a  pleasant  greeting  and 
all  Be«-med  joyous  and  hopeful  in  the  cause  the/ 
recently  espoused.  Oh  what  comfort  and  joy 
the  religion  of  Je.^us  can  give  to  the  heart  of 
man!  It  is  inexpressible  and  full  of  gloiy. 
Services  were  introduced  by  singing  the  U2iid 
hymn, 

•■  Father  of  mercies,  in  thy  Word, 
AVluit  endless  glory  shines,"  ete.. 
then  went  to  prayer.  Next  a  portion  of  Scrijit- 
nre  wa«i  read  by  one  of  the  deacons  present. 
The  motto  for  discourse,  "  When  Christ,  who  is 
our  lite,  shall  appear,  then  shall  ye  also  appear 
with  him  in  glory,"  Col.  3:  4,  was  selected  by 
one  of  the  ministers  at  the  stand  and  deliberated 
upon  to  an  interesting  and  attentive  audience. 
Christ  was  represented  as  being  our  life,  and 
from  him  we  have  perpetual  growth.  As  beiug 
the  everlasting  Head,  and  his  church  tlie  body. 
As  being  the  Vine  and  the  members  the 
branches.  As  appearing  to  individuals  at  death 
and  of  then-  necessity  of  being  prepared  for  that 
final  hour.  As  appearing  at  the  seat  of  judg- 
ment in  the  glory  of  his  power,  closing  with  an 
appeal  to  the  audience  to  prepare  for  those  at- 
iidant  solenmities  by  yielding  obedience  to  all 
of  Christ's  commands  that  we  all  might  share 
the  joys  of  the  eternal  world.  Hrother  W.  C. 
Teeter  oflVred  in  conclusion  'he  l36th  h)  mu. 
"  Thine  earthly  Sabbath-s.  l-oi'd.  We  love, 
Itut  there's  a  nobler  rest  above."  etc. 
Thus  ends  another  sanctuary  privilege,  and  I 
trust,  to  the  improvement  of  all.  Our  enjoy- 
ments within  these  sacred  walls  will  eoon  be 
over,  a  few  more  meetings  and  partings  and 
then  shall  we  participate  in  the  joys  of  the 
church  of  the  first  born  above. 

To-day  we  met  in  thesauctuary  and  worship- 
ped with  our  band  of  new  converts  at  Pleasant 
Hidge.  Had  a  very  pleasant  season  of  prayer 
and  praise  with  them.  All  seemed  to  feel  happy 
hi  the  new  life,  and  if  the  face  is  an  index  to 
the  heart  they  are  determined  to  labor  in  the 
vineyard  and  make  heaven  their  home.  The 
services  were  introduced  in  the  usual  ninnner, 
and  the  audience  was  addressed  by  one  of  the 
speakers  present.  Subject,  Man.  .ler.  5:  1. 
The  speaker's  remarks  were  based  mainly  upon 
the  following  propositions: 
1.  The  i)npular  idea  of  niau, 
%  The  diviue  idea  of  man. 
There  are  various  ways  in  which  we  form  opin- 
ions and  decide  the  characteristics  of  mau.  Of 
some  persons  we  say  he  is  quite  a  "  man  "  from 
his  display  of  wealth,  the  attire  of  the  person  or, 
of  his  intellectual  abilities.  And  from  theintin- 
ence  he  exerts  in  those  particulars  he  is  regard- 
ed from  papular  opinion  as  being  "^/it?  man.' 
Hut  this  is  far  from  the  divine  idea  of  man.  To 
become  elevated  to  the  divine  idea,  man  must 
be  a  seeker  and  lover  of  truth,  defined  as  .lesus 
says  "Thy  word  is  truth."  This  truth  man 
must  accept  and  obey.  Must  "walk  in  the 
truth."  Historical,  scientific  and  moral  truths 
are  beneficial  to  iiumauity,  but  they  have  not 
embodied  within  themselves  that  elevating  and 
aspiring  nature  that  will  raise  us  to  the  stand- 
artl  of  the  divine  idea  of  man  and  will  not  alone 
be  suilicient  to  bring  him  to  the  truth  ns  it  is 
iu  ,/esus.  Moral  truth  consists  in  integrity  and 
uprightness  with  all  their  convpsonding  virtues. 
Gospel  truth  consists  in  all  the  commands  and 
duties  of  the  gospel  both  pnsifh-f  and  tiegntire, 
and  he  who  obeys  nil  the  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus, 
is  on  the  elevated  plane,  that  of  the  divine  idea 
of  man.  Then  by  those  divine  capabilities  in 
man  he  can  impart  to  others  and  be  a  blessing 
to  all  by  whom  he  is  surrounded,  and  will  hav< 
bright 
til 


fen^  a  clo-iing  song  of  praise  which  wai  ^q 
in  honor  to  God,  then  went  to   prayer  and  dif 
missed  the  congregation.     Thus  another  pi^,^ 
ant  seawm  of  worship  in    the  sanetuary  of  »i, 
Lord. 

Go  on.  my  dear  brethren    and    sistern.  a  f 
more    meetings    here,  and  then  a  last  fart.»^n 
uulil  we  meet  where  sabbaths  never  end.     V 
God  enable    us  ail  to  live   faithfully    that   th^ 
happy  reunion  in  heaven  may  be  ours  to  ehhM 
in  the  world  of  glory.  ' 

The  funeral  bell  is  tolling,  Bummoning  ^ 
citiwns  together  to  pay  the  last  tribute*  of  J[ 
spect  to  one  of  our  fellow  townsmen.  Servic*, 
in  the  U.B.  Church,  by  Mr.  D.  A.  JohnstoT 
*o  a  large  aqd  attentive  audience.  What  an' 
guisb  in  the  widow's  heart!  What  wonderiog 
sorrow  in  that  of  the  little  boy!  Ah!  it  is  ha^ 
when  the  stay  of  the  family  is  removt-d.  jj 
God  bless  the  fatherless  children  and  the  wij. 
0W9  in  their  lonely  conditions.  The  cbantiM 
of  the  world  are  cold.  Then,  oh  Christian,  niey 
thy  heart  be  open  with  practical  sympathy,  to. 
wards  the  needy,  in  subsfaitial  aid. 

To-day  we  met  for  diviue  service  at  the  old 
church,  at  which  time  the  funeral  service  of 
Friend  George  Hardishell's  little  child  was  at- 
tendeil  to  by  the  brethren.  Subject,  Mortality 
of  Mall.  I'iaiah  *i4:  5,  central  clause.  The 
speaker  applied  the  text.  1st,  To  national  Je. 
lension  as  seen  in  the  waning  and  weakness  of 
the  nations  of  earth  in  their  power  and  apparent 
glory;  2nd,  To  religious  declension  as  seen  ia 
churches  and  individuals;  3i-d,  Mainly  on  the 
declension  of  man  physically  as  lo.'iing  his  pow- 
er, fadingaway  and  bidding  adieu  to  all  that  is 
earthly;  which  decline  is  natural,  gradual  and 
not  unfrequeutly  hastened  on  by  external  cir- 
cumstances, m  it  wafi  the  case  of  the  subject 
uf  our  notice  to-day.  Truly  can  it  be  said  "bud- 
ded on  earth  to  bloom  in  heaven."  May  God 
leip  the  sorrowing  p.irenti  fully  to  prepare  fnr 
a  happy  reunion  in  the  eternal  world. 
■  Tb}  life  I  re;ul.  my  dearest  Loril. 
With  tranaport  all  divine,"  Ac, 
was  selected  by  Brother  J.  Witiuore,  who  led  ug 
iu  prayer. 

Thus  another  rorrowfiil  scene  is  over.  Whoso 
heart  will  next  hn  pierced  is  only  known  by  the 
great  Eternal.  May  we  all  be  prepared  for  ev- 
ery dispensation  in  the  providence  of  God. 

S.  T.  BOSSERMAK. 

Dunkirk,  Ohio,  Mamh  HI,  1S7U. 


From  Mercer,  West  Va 

J)rayB>f  thrill.— 

1I1ERE  give  you  a  detail  uf  my  trip  to  Fay- 
ette county,  We.'ft  Virginia.  I  left  home 
the  Sth  of  February;  preached  two  discouises 
in  Summers  county  to  attentive  congregations. 
We  now  have  one  member  there  and  four  ap- 
plicants for  baptism.  Tlio  prospects  are  good 
to  establish  a  church  iu  that  place. 

I  went  to  Fayette  county;  preached  fojrdis- 
coui-ses.  The  brethren  and  sisters  and  friends 
here  manifest  great  interest  in  the  Christian  re- 
ligion. 

The  weather  was  very  cold  and  snowy,  but 
the  people  turned  out  well.  I  hereby  lender 
my  thanks  to  all  for  the  love  and  aO'ections 
shown  toward'j  me  and  towards  one  anotlier. 
It  does  me  good  to  visit  congregations  where 
there  is  so  much  love  manifested  as  I  savr  in 
the  Fayette  congregation.  Their  speakers  are 
doing  their  duty.  Things  are  moving  on 
smoothly. 

I  then  started'for  Raleigh  county:  preached 
at  Brother  Evan's  school-house  at  night,  to  au 
attentive  little  congregation.  Next  day  went 
to  the  church  iu  Raleigh;  preached  five  dis- 
courses. Things  are  not  doing  so  well  in  Ri'l- 
eighat  this  time,  as  they  are  without  a  speaker 
—he  was  cut  off  from  the  church  the  third  day 
of  August  last.  "While  I  was  in  Raleigh,  I 
picked  up  a  paper  known  as  the  BurTTinEN  AT 
WuuK.  dated  September  *2(!tb.  ISTIi,  No.  39, 
iu  which  I  found  a  letter  from  Raleigh,  liy)^' 
H.  Bailey,  stating  that  sickness  w:'s  ts^fU'S 
many  of  their  citiKcns  away— insomuch  that 
the  people  had  become  hardened  so  that  few 
tears  are  shed  when  the  messenger  of  death 
comes,  and  takes  out  of  the  family  one  of  lU 
best  member.^.  So  it  is  with  the  church  here, 
on>e  third  day  of  August  one  of  our  beJt^ 
members  went  from  the  fold  never  to  returu; 
and  it  seemed  that  joy  instead  of  sorro^v  was 
the  result  with  a  majorily  of  the  m.-mberB  prps- 
ent.  So  ends  his  letter.  He  :mid  one  had  wen^ 
away  never  to  return.  Ho  was  the  one 
was  turned  out, 


He  spok*'  of  Ppirii'iul  ^^ic^n^ 

among  them.     Ue  was  i^piritually  sick- "»' 

t         7     ^  ^-L  The  Bietl''^° 

been  for  two   or   three  years.      i««  "'  .     ^^ 

-lone  all   they  could   to   restore  him  aga;^  ^^ 

health,  but  all  etlbrts  failed,  and  on  tl'y"i^^^ 

August  he  was  cut  olf  from  the   church.  _  ^ 

tars  to  wear  iu  his  crown  of  glory  in  '  do  sincerely  hope  and  trust  he  will  see 

world  to  come.    Brother  W.  C.  Teeter  of- |  ror.  and  rei>ent  and   come  back.      He  » 


•j-'irii:  liUKXiiiiKN  jvr  AvoKic 


,,  g™.ak*;r.  ami  could  do  raiicli  good.  Miiy 
\.f  Lord  hflp  liim  fc»  rerorm. 
ftntn  K'il«fii.''>  '  vr-'ul  Ut  rultnii  Moiiiilmii. 
.  „  I  iKPt  With  tiie  llr^ttireu.  and  dfhvered 
odi-courses.  The  Bretlinfu  were  w.-lt  plp.is- 
rtl  with  my  visit,  and   mauirested   a  Christian 

*  1  landed  heme  on  the  4th  of  March.  Found 
,|  „.^ii  txc^pt  oue  sou  who  was  very  sick  with 
liuTtoinpl^'i'^  In  my  abseuc*' they  had  the 
AocloT  hrooght.  He  is  now  recovering  slowly, 
Uv  H-il'e  *»y^  •"*  "'"^  knows  the  trouble  and  iin- 
inesJ  ."he  had  iu  my  absence.  She  can  sym- 
nthir.*'  "''*^  *'*^  beloved  sisters  whose  coinpan- 
V.iiKgooiit  to  preach,  iliiy  the  Lord  help  us 
jl  to  b^ar  our  troubles. 

Ynurs  in  love, 

K.  Haruv. 


lion 
flcces 


From  Indian  Creek  Church,  Iowa. 

I).,ir  BnHo-i'it.— 

BY  way  of  church  news  I  am  liappy  iu  sayiug 
that  here,  in  the  Indian  Creek    eongrega- 
(he  Master's  cause  is  prospering,  both  by 
*ion*  and  more  practical  piety  among   the 
members.  We  have  just  passed  througli  ai.oth- 

r  special  season  of  diviue  grace,  another  rich 
"(rale  if  mercy,"  whicli  causes  tlie  truly  devut- 
gd  Christian  h-^art  to  be  lifted  tntirely  al)ove 
the  ordinary  affairs  of  human  life,  and  which 
jnable*  the  immortal  hitngeringsof  the  soul  to 
j„y  a  sweet  foreta.'.te  of  that  unulloyed  bliss 
"Ibat  eye  li^i'''  ^^^  ^^^"  "*""  ^'^f  heard."      We 

jijuyed  a  series  of  meetings  held  by  our  home 
minister,  aud  with  the  angels  of  God  we  are 
i„ii,g  to  rejoice  over  the  adoption  of  some 
more  precious  souls  into  GxiJ's  family.  Seven, 
during  our  mec^^iugs,  have  become  willing  to 
fallow  the  sympathizing  Jesus.  Deav  young 
fellort--chri*tiana,  will  we  not  try  now,  by 
jlyliiP  aid,  to  excel  in  our  conduct  and  deport- 
njent?  Let  u*  watch  and  guard  the  avenues  to 
our  hearts  that  we  may  never  again  become  en- 
(iiujjled  with  the  yoke  of  bond^e.  Let  us  refrain 
from  loud  laughter  and  foolish  talking,  aud  let 
a*  try  ''y  ^  lu^sl'  *"•!  quiet  spirit,  and  clieerful 
obiKiieiics  to  Christian  duties,  to  show  that  we 
have  heeu  with  -lesus.  and  learned  of  hioi.  I 
kiiow  the  power  of  good  example  aud  sincere 
Cliristiaii  deportment.  My  memory  calls  to 
niiud  just  uow,  of  a  dear  loving  young  disciple 
that  WHS  the  means  through  God,  hy  her  godly, 
sympathetic  appeals  iu  behalf  of  religion,  of  me 
coming  to  the  Savior;  and,  although  we  enjoy- 
fil  her  endearing  association  for  a  short  time 
oiilv  in  the  church  militant,  aud  a  few  days  ago 
hi  to  take  a  sad  farewell  for  this  life — yet  I 
know  and  realize  that  her  influence  for  good  is 
still  going  on,  and  may  yet  add  luster  to  her 
anfitding  crown  of  glory.  Let  us  remember 
our  influence.  Keep  the  lamp  burning. 
A  young  Disciple, 

Laura  A.  BitfHAKEit. 
loini  Ct'iitcr,  Toit-a,  M(nrh  -^'i. 

From  Berrien  Springs,  Michigan. 

Dmr  Brethren: — 

I  TAKE  ray  pen  with  very  feeble  baud,  as  I 
lie  prone  upon  my  bed,  (where  I  have  been 
lying  for  three  mouths)  to  address  a  few 
thoufliti  to,  and  to  make  a  request  of,  my 
brt^threu  aud  sisters  that  I  have  been  desirous 
of  doiug  for  some  time.  My  thoughts  are  these: 
That  Berrien  congregation,  of  which  my  hus- 
band aud  myself  are  members,  is  »<*/  in  a  very 
prosperous  condition.  My  eleven  year's  experi- 
«QOe,  that  1  have  been  a  member,  has  taught 
uiB  to  kiioio  that  the  church  greatly  lacks  in  her 
ituty  of  caring  for  her  ministers.  But  I  do  not 
ffish  to  cast,  any  reflection  on  the  church,  for  1 
teliuve  the  wheel  is  beginning  to  turn  in  the 
rigbt  direction,  aud  I  wish  to  add  my  atom  of 
streugtb  to  help  keep  it  turning.  Let  the  truth 
prevail. 

My  husband  and  I  are  both  in  feeble  health. 
He  [■*  more  patient  and  resigned  than  I  am. 
My  sorrow  seems  at  times  greater  than  I  can 
Iww.  Our  children  are  young  and  they  so 
greatly  need  our  care.  My  request  is  this:  That 
"ly  bretlirexi  and  sisters  pray  for  us.  To  every 
oii«  into  whose  hands  this  silent  appeal  may 
f"ll,  litoiijure  that  you  pray  as  you  would  have 
ffie  prtiy,  were  I  well  and  you  lying  on  a  bed  of 
*ici[uess,  I  have  great  laith  in  the  efficacy  of 
'he  prayers  of  the  people  of  God.  And  I  under- 
^funl  l»y  tlie  teachings  of  the  Testament  that 
^^»^  is  a  labor  for  the  people  of  God  to  per- 
f«fiii  in  order  to  obtain  the  things  that  we  ile- 
^'^T  and  that  labor  is  the  united  prayers  of  the 
'•lUfch.  T  ask  yoa,  my  brethren,  that  you  pray 
'n^liord,  in  the  name  of  our  common  Master, 
"'at  I  iiii^y  be  raised  up  from  this  bed  cf  aiHic- 
'">Q  ami  !jc  spared  a  few  years  to  my  children, 
^^  1  will,  with  upliftwl  hands,  purpose  in  my 
■'Wrl,  befure  God,  to  try,  by  the  help  of  the  lit- 
^'^streiiKUi  he  may  be  pleased  to  bestow  upon 


me.   to   faithfully   do  the  wirk    that  i«  for  my    every-when*  pn-sont.  and  that  to  bless  all  who 
bauds  to  do.     Prav  for  mv   hu'ibAud.  for  he  has  |  are  willing  to  take   up  their  cross  and   follow 
My  brethivn,  pass  this  [  blm  in  all  his  appointed  ways.     Now  let  us   be 


a  gfvat  burden  to  bear. 

not  lightly  by.  tor  1  aui  your  si&ter  iu  alllictiou. 
LlU.A  C.  IjiOLBBIOUT. 


From  Pike  Creek  Church.  111. 

OX  Saturdav.  the  l.>tb  inst.,  this  congrega- 
tion met  for  the  purpose  of  electing  a 
miui^ter;  Elders  Thomas  Lyou.  from  Hudson, 
aud  'ieorgc  Gish.  of  W<..udiord,  pre.-iiding. 
Brother  Frederick  ShuUz  was  eleeti^d  to  that 
iinport.iUt  office,  to  divide  the  ministerial  laboi-s 
with  Brother  Daniel  M;ist.  Tlie  said  elders, 
with  Brother  D.iuiel  Must,  made  some  very 
tuuching  and  iqipropriate  iviiiarks,  which 
brought  tlie  whole  congregation  to  tears.  In 
the  evening  we  had  pn-.tchins;  by  the  elders. 
Next  morning  Brother  Gish  departed  for  home, 
where  he  had  left  Ins  daughter  suffering  with 
lung  tever.  Brother  Lyou  remained  with  us 
over  fjuuday,  aud  preached  twice  ou  that  day. 
U  was  a  short  but  happy  time  for  us  to  have 
such  noble  words  of  advice  from  the  brethren. 
The  latter  are  too  well  known  to  the  brother- 
liood  at  large,  ai  to  render  it  necessary  for  lue 
to  allude  more  particularly  to  their  eminent 
capacities  and  pntminence  as  spiritual  speakers. 
It  is  everaglori(Hn  time  to  see  tlie  hretliren  iu 
our  midst,  and  the  parting  hour  is  dreaded  l>y 
every  one. 

A  TAIiLEAl! 

A  Tuuker  elder  is  cdUed  upon  to  perform  a 
duty  pertaining  to  his  ministerial  office;  he 
leaves  at  once  the  sick-bed  of  his  child,  his 
dearest  on  earth,  travels  thirty  miles  to  the 
place  of  duty,  exhorts,  advises,  preaches,  and 
prays  for  and  with  his  flock,  and  returns  to  the 
bedside  of  his  darling,  happy  aud  contented,  in 
having  obeyed  the  summons  of  his  flock,  aud 
labored  ouce  more  in  the  fleld  of  his  heavenly 
Master. 

A  Roman  Catholic  priest  is  urgently  called 
to  the  death-bed  of  a  poor  woman,  a  member  of 
his  congregation;  a  distance  of  but  a  few  miles 
from  his  residence;  he  refuses  again  aud  again, 
on  the  ground  that  she  had  not  been  liberal 
enoug  m  her  finaucial  contribuiions;  aud  only 
after  having  been  repeatedly  culled  upon,  and 
entreated  in  the  most  heart-rendering  manner, 
would  he  consent  to  be   taken  there  at  all   to 

give  the    poor   departing  soul,  for dollars 

and  cents.  Louis  LrDi'c. 

Chema,Iil .  March  22nd.  Iff?'*. 


A  Sad  Scene. 

JESSE  E  ,  son  of  N.  H.  Albaugh  who  lives 
near  Troy,  Ohio,  and  grandson  of  Samuel 
Albiujjh.  ('leceased),  was  accidentally  killed 
March  18.  1870. 

At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  engaged  iu 
hauling  fruit  trees  to  Tadmor  Station,  about 
three-fiiurths  of  a  mile  from  home;  and  in  de- 
scending a  large  hill,  a  post  which  was  used  to 
prevent  the  load  from  slipping  forwards,  and 
upjn  which  he  had  placed  his  foot  to  brace 
himself,  was  broken,  when  some  of  the  trees 
slipped  forward  upon  the  horses,  frightening 
tliem  into  a  run,  and  causing  him  to  fall  for- 
ward upou  the  tongue  of  the  wagon,  and  the 
supposition  is  that  his  neck  was  broken  by  the 
fall.  The  frightened  team  ran  a  short  distance, 
dragging  t!ie  holy  and  horribly  mutilating  it. 
Oue  of  the  hips  was  broken  aud  portions  of 
the  hips  was  broken,  and  portions  of  the  face 
were  scattered  upou  the  ground.  It  required 
four  hours  for  skillful  surgeons  to  make  the 
body  at  all  presentable. 

Jesse  was  ever  a  model  boy  of  tlie  neighbor- 
hood, and,  although  in  his  eighteenth  year, 
fondled  and  kissed  his  dear,  kind  mother  as  a 
small  child.  He  also  lightened  the  cares  of  his 
father,  by  overseeing  all  things  about  the  farm 
himself.  Every  dumb  beast  upon  the  place 
knew  him  and  seemed  to  love  him;  even  poor 
"Gyp,"'  liis  faithful  dog.  whined  and  cried  in  a 
human  manner,  and  walked  beside  the  hearse 
1o  the  grave.  'He  told  his  aged  grandmother 
but  a  short  time  before  the  accident  that  he  was 
not  afraid  to  die.; 

Dear  reader,  may  we  so  live  and  obey  God's 
command  that  we,  too,  may  not  le  aJraid  to 
die.  F.  E.  TEAfiCE. 

From  Phebe  A.    Holtz. 

Dear  Brethren  :— 
WJ^  {ire  receiving  the  glad  tidings,  through 
yV       our  periodicals,   from  almost  every  di- 
rection, that  ainncra  are  fleeing   the   wrath   to 
come. 

My  heart  rejoiced  when  I  read  of  the  soul- 
refreshing  season  of  the  Ten  Mile  Chorch, 
Washington  C()unty,  Pa.,  for  it  is  the  place  of 
my  spiritual  b-rth.    Truly  God  is  good.     He  is 


more  careful— live  clo-ier  Jesus  pvery  day.  Let 
ust^achthe  young  brvthrvn  and  sister*,  by 
our  walk  and  conver-iation,  humility  and  non- 
conformity. Let  us  stick  close  to  the  word  of 
God.  which  alone  is  able  to  save  us.  Let  u*  be 
stewl fust— strong  in  "the  faith  once  delivered 
to  the  saints."  Let  us  not  be  carried  about 
with  every  wind  of  doatrine,  but  let  ufi  Inj  the 
spirits  whether  they  are  of  God. 

1  like  Brother  Moomaw's  proposition  very 
much.  Am  glad  there  is  an  fftWrt  made  to 
preach  the  gospel  to  the  poor  iu  the  cities.  Wa 
one  dollar  on  the  subscription  list  for  me.  May 
time  soon  come  when  the  gospel  shall  have 
been  preached  to  every  creature.  May  God's 
blessings  rest  iijion  us  all.  is  the  prayer  of  your 
unworthy  sister  in  Christ. 

Tiffhi.  Ohio,  March  Jht,  ISTH. 

Preaching  in  Cities. 

MOOMWVS  proposition  is  certainly  a  move 
in  the  right  direction.  I  haveolten  won- 
dered why  the  Brethren  preach  so  little  in  the 
eities.  It  is  true,  I  suppo.se,  the  faith  of  the 
gospel  as  believed,  preached,  aud  practiced  by 
tile  Brethren  is  lno^e  readily  received  by  coun- 
try people:  but  that  does  not  excuse  us  from 
preaching  in  the  cities.  The  "Teach  all  nations" 
and  the  "Preach  the  Go-pel  to  every  creature," 
inilude  the  cities  as  well  as  the  countries. 

I  fiiuily  believe  that  there  are  some  iu  every 
city  that  would  gladly  accept  the  faith  and 
practice  of  the  Bretlireu,  if  they  only  had  a 
knowledge  of  such  a  church.  Not  long  since, 
the  writer  overheard  a  religious  couversntiou 
between  two  old  gentlemen  iu  the  city  of  Xeuiu. 
Illinois,  (a  locality  where  there  are  no  Breth- 
ren). I  soon  learned  from  the  run  of  theii 
conversation  that  neither  oue  professed  relig- 
ion. Oue  madn  the  remark  that  ho  once 
thought  he  would  join  tlieCampbellite  Church, 
'But",  said  he,  "how  could  I  observe  all  the 
ominandineiits  taught  iu  the  Bible,  for  they 
don't  do  it." 

Just  so  there  may  be  many  in  every  city  in 
the  union  tiiat  would  gladly  receive  the  gospel 
if  it  were  preached  to  them  in  primitive  purity. 
By  HO  doing  we  could  clear  our  skirts — they 
could  not  come  up  m  the  day  of  judgment  and 
accuse  u^,  saying,  that  we  did  not  invite  them, 
that  we  did  not  offer  them  the  free  means  ot 
grace  in  its  simplicity.  Count  me  good  for  one 
dollar.  J.  I'',  Nkiiimi. 

Salcin,  in. 


Brother  Marader  of  the  Three  Mile  Chun  J, 
also  preached  several  sermons  for  us.  We  In-.k 
for  a  large  ingathering  of  souU  sor.ti.  Tti.- 
niueting  was  held  in  the  new  raeotinir-houHe, 
threi-  miles  south-west  of  Lawrence,  KansiiB. 

Etnigrntion  is  brisk  in  this  part  of  Kansas, 
and  among  them  are  some  Bn-thren.  Health 
is  good. 

Yours  in  love, 

E.  W.  K1.0BY. 


W"=: 


M'^ 


From  Geooge  W.  Gripe. 


1)1{EACHED  here  (in  Sugar  Criek  Cougrr- 
gation,  Ind.)  one  week.  Baptized  eight. 
Some  of  the  United  Brotiuen  thought  we  were 
rather  fast  in  our  work  of  receiving  members 
into  church  fellowship  when  we  baptized  them 
the  same  day.  So  we  were  compelled  to  look 
up  the  matter,  and  we  thought  we  were  safe  in 
consulting  the  Bjble.  So  we  tried  to  preach  a 
few  sermons  on  faith,  repentance  and  conver- 
sion. We  brought  up  the  conversions  in  the 
Bible,  aud  especially  that  of  the  jailor,  the 
three  tliousaud,  the  eunuch.  We  had  Paul  up 
telling  his  experience.  Some  got  out  of  flx. 
Truly  the  time  has  come  when  niou  will  not 
endure  sound  doctrine,  but  will  trust  to  feel- 
ings of  the  heart,  which  is  desperately  wicked 
aud  deceitful  above  all  things.  When  men  will 
turn  away  from  the  commands  of  the  Lord,  aud 
turn  to  mourners'  benches,  truly  their  own  lol- 
ly is  manifested  to  all.  May  God  hasten  the 
day  wlien  meu  will  either  entirely  deny  the  re- 
ality of  the  Scriptures  or  hold  them  more  sa- 
cred than  now. 

This  congregation  is  in  good  working  order. 
David  Krcider  is  tlieir  elder,  and  Ozias  Metz 
minister  in  the  second  degree.  The  Lord  bless 
them  for  their  labors  of  love  shown  to  ua  while 
with  them. 

rdtit.  ln<l.,  March  //. 


From  Willow  Springs,  Kansas. 


0^ 


Dear  Brethrtn: — 

UK  church  is  in  a  fair  condition.  Lore  and 
union  seem  to  prevail.  The  brethren  are 
alive  to  our  Master's  cause.  Brethren  Jesse 
Studebaker  luid  George  Meyein  were  both  with 
us  at  the  first  of  Maroh.  My  their  preaching 
saints  were  made  to  rejuict*  aiidsinnera  to  trem- 
ble. [*'our  were  buried  with  Christ  in  baptism, 
to  walk  in  newness  of  life.  One  is  quite  an 
old  mm,  the  other  in  the  bloom  of  youth.  And 
two  who  had  wandered  from  the  fold  were  re- 
claimed. 
The  church  is  much  built  upandencouraged. 


From  Compton,  California."; 

I^~ttr  Itrr/hrni: — 

left  Wisconsin  Kebnniry  10th,  and  ar- 
rived here  the  ^Ut  When  we  left 
Wisconsin  it  was  cold  and  wiutrish,  but  when 
we  arrived  here  it  >einK'd  like Suuimer— thing* 
were  as  forward  here  as  they  are  in  WiKconsin 
in  June.  The  climate,  health  and  soil  are  good. 
Liuid  sells  at  from  *20  to  ^WO  per  aero.  Some 
have  lived  too  fast  and  are  compelled  to  sell. 

So  fur  as  I  have  ascertained  there  are  no 
Brethren  here.  Your  paper  is  a  wckonio  visit- 
or. 1  give  it  to  my  ueighbora  when  we  have 
read  it.  The  people  know  nothing  about  oui 
loetrine.  They  my  they  have  never  met  nny 
of  ourmembei-s.  This  is  too  nice  a  country 
for  none  of  our  brethren  to  fhare.  All  kind  of 
truit  tloes  well— peach  tflees  are  umv  in  bhioin. 
L.  Ml  i.i.KNnoite. 


Brief  Notes. 

IIY  JOHN  ZUOK. 

NfMltRR  in. 

ItCII  ;ird.  We  again  mot  for  public  woi-- 
hiii;  aud  as  Brother  Exhelnmii  had  been 
reipiested  to  preach  011  the  "Female  covering, 
wliile  praying  or  prophesying,"  he  therefore  in- 
troduced to  his  audience  1  Cor.  11:  l-KJ.  upon 
which  he  pertinently  pi-esenti-rl  the  following 
points: 

I.  TTiiauimity  of  ihe  audience  on  the  sub- 
ject. 

1.  The  lemalcs  all  had  their  liendi  coverad 
with  caps,  hats  or  l)oniieta, — this  wa«  evidence 
on  the  part  of  females,  testifying  in  favor  of 
their  part  of  the  subject  iu  time  of  worship. 

2.  The  male  portion  had  their  JieiuN  uncov- 
ered,—had  their  huts  oft'— evidence  of  their  ac- 
cpptiinre  of  tlie  apostle's  in8tructi<ins  to  the 
church  at  Corinth. 

11.  Hebrew  cnstoms — cowring  thoir  heads 
with  veils  at  time  of  marriage, — a  token  of  8ub- 
niission  to  their  husbaiida, — Gen.  lil:  05,  &c.— 
submissive  covering. 

Ml.     Power  covering. 

1.  An  artificial  covering, — proven  not  the 
hair,  ns  referred  to  by  Paul  i'l  the  5th  and  6th 
verses  ill  the  above  named  chapter. 

2.  A  head  dresi  to  le  put  on  ns  a  special 
covering  in  time  of  i  rayer  <  r  prophecy,  and  is 
at  the  wearer's  control. 

^.  The  above  facts  clearly  provn  beyond 
successful  contradiction  by  supplying  the 
word  hair  for  covered  in  the  .'^th  and  Hth  verse* 
of  said  chapter,  ,^c.,  as  it  would  thus  prove  ab- 
surdities. If  covering  mean  hair  in  the  Hrat 
thirteen  verses  of  said  chapter,  then  as  a  matter 
of  ciiurae,  when  the  definition  hair  is  used  in- 
stead of  covering  it  ought  to  make  sense,  but  it 
dues  not, — hence  the  hair  is  not  meant  hy  the 
apostle. 

IV.  The  glory  covering — Nature's  teaching 
a  natural  covering — a  woman'n  glory,  con>tist(i 
in  long  hair,  for  her  hair  is  given  her  for  aeov- 
eriiig,— /.  e..  a  covering  means  one  covering,  a 
natural  covering  that  both  saint  and  ninner  re- 
ceive in  common  alike, — a  covering  taught  by 
nature  itself.  And  so  eag?r  are  some  of  our 
young  maidens  in  this  our  day  forthis  glory  or 
natural  covering  that  many  will  buy  the  long- 
est switch  or  braid  in  all  the  town. 

Hair  is  a  part  of  the  heiut,  and  to  cover  the 
head  we  inuBt  cover  the  hair  also,  Keference 
was  also  made  to  other  religious  societies,  who 
once  recognized  and  wore  a  neat  aud  humble 
head  dre.is  in  time  of  worithip,  but  now  the 
3.ime  societies  hare  exchanged  the  neat  plain 
cap  for  hats  and  ostrich  fcuthorff,  and  perhaps 
many  of  them  neither  pray  or  prophecy. 

A  prominent  point  was  also  presented  to  our 
minds,  as  bearing  upon  this  sulji-ct,  by  refer- 
ence to  our  judicial  customs,  in  having  the 
male  portion  appear  in  court,  with  their  heads 
uncovered— hats  off.  These  are  some  of  the 
facts  in  the  case  that  the  world  in  general  ac- 
cept. 

In  conclusion  of  the  article,  I  will  aay  /that 
Brother  M.  M.  E.  did  the  subject  justice,  and 
left  some  permanent  impressions  on  the  rainds 
of  his  hearers,  as  to  the  utility  of  a  uniforui 
headdress  on  all  God's  female  children  iu  time 
of  prayer  or  prophesying. 
But  I  mint  be  brief,  or  I  will  betray  my  head* 
ing- 

Clarence,  Imvn. 


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In  Memory  of  J.  R.  Wagner. 

BY  J.  F.  KIKKKUEBKY. 

1  ROTH  El!  J.  R-  Wogiior,  Clarlrarille,  Iowa, 

„f  tlio  Cold  W-i'''"-  Oliuroli,  Kei  March 
rih  1<T0  Up  ""s  •>»"'  '"  ""■''"'B''"" 
Counly.  Iniliana,  ,vWro  hi,  >'«-'"• '-f"' 
and  sist--r»  am  now  livmB.  n.  the  year  1X4...  and 
wa.  at  the  time  of  hi,  death.  33  year,  and  «x- 
t**n  (Jhvs  old.  .  ,      , 

When  a  vonth  he  de.irpd  a  Ihoroufh  ednoa. 
lion,  and  »„ghtlo  obtain  the  cow-tol  ,.n.e  a 
Hillsdale  O.-llege,  MichiK»n.  When  he  Ml 
said  .ehool  he  only  lacked  one  term  ol  Brad,.- 
ation.  Aft^r  leaving  colle„e  he  a.tcnded 
Normal  school  one  term  .n  M.nneapol.«.  Mm- 

He  then  came  to  Nora  Spring.,  where,  »oon 
after,  he  aniled  with  the  church,  in  which  he 
held  his  memhership  imtil  death. 

In  Ocloher.  ISiH,  he  wai  .-mployed  a»  pr.nci- 
pal  ill  the  Clark.ville  .chool».  which  po,,l.on 
he  held  iinlil  .lone.  1»T4.  when  he  removed  to 
Greene,  and  took  charge  ol  the  ►chool.  ot  Ilia 
place  He  al.o  heeam-  u  partner  and  e.lilor  ol 
"Thr  I'tmt  "  pul>Ii»hed  at  flreene.  I!ul  al.oul 
two  year.  a'«o  he  di.po».d  of  hi.  inU-rct  in  the 
paper,  andgave  hi«  whole atl<...ti.,l.  U,  teachmR. 
In  March.  1H7S.  he-  waa  anain  employed  a. 
princi,.al  of  Clark.vllle  ,cl,ool.  whiell  po«ltlo„ 
he  held  at  the  time  of  hin  death. 

A»  a  man  and  a  citizen  lie  wa.  tar  al.-.ve  tJie 
aycrage  inhi»  daily  walk  and  convcrHation.  lie 
was  an  exemplary  character,  worthy  the  emii- 
Ulion  of  all  our  yo.iiig  men.  A«  a  (hriKliau 
he  was  strong  in  the  faith  and  doctrine  ot  ttie 
Brethren,  and  worthy  of  imitation,  hotli  by 
old  and  yoiiiw.  Hi'  great  aim  ««emed  to  he  to 
do  right,  and  was  alwayn  ready  to  receive  m- 
striiction«  from  others  a«  well  a»  give. 

In  whatever  busines  he  w:u.  engaged,  h-  was 
the  same  eliergeli.:  man,  doing  with  all  ln» 
mighltliat  which  he  found  to  do.  His  dispi)- 
.ition  was  such,  tliat  wherever  known,  he  imide 
warm  friends,  and  no  man  ill  this  coiiimiinity 
had  nii.re  than  he,  and  no  man  cm.ld  have  been 
taken  from  onr  midst  wh death  waa  so  keen- 
ly felt  by   the  entire  c nimity,  and   wli 

loss  is  more  .ineeiely  immnied  and  regretted 
than  that  of  Hn.llier  Wagner.  The  anuouiiee- 
nicnt  cil  his  deatli  wa«  a  shock  to  all. 

The  funeral  to(di  place  at  the  M.  B.  Church, 
in  Clarksville,  the  pliiee  of  his  residence,  on 
Wednraday,  the  Uith,  at  Id  o'clock  A.  M.  llie 
writer  luMressod  the  largo  congregation  that 
was  in  attendance,  from  I  l'ct,.r  Ir  44,  25.  The 
funeral  is  said  to  have  been  the  largest  ever 
witnessed  in  the  towii-eveiy  inch  of  room  in 
the  church  wa»  full,  mul  onuiy  eould  not  gain 
entrance.  It  was  the  iii.nt  solemn  occasitui 
that  I  ever  witnessed.  There  was  hardly  a  dry 
eye  in  the  audience.  Many  wept  like  children, 
while  his  pupils  gave  full  vout  to  tho  great 
grief  of  the  loss  of  their  teacher.  At  the  re- 
quest of  the  deceased,  his  reraiiilis  wore  diipcrn- 
ited  ill  the  [irethreu's  ceinelry,  two  miles  south 
of  Qreelie. 

Thus  has  passed  away  one  whose  rooliiory 
will  long  he  reiuenibei'cd;  and  especially  those 
of  his  near  and  dear  relatives,  father  and  moth- 
er, brothers  and  sisters,  who  live  in  Indiana, 
and  did  not  have  the  opportunity  to  attend  his 
funeral. 

IJul,  let  iiie  say  to  his  dear  heroaved  wife  and 
child,  parents,  brothers  and  sisters,  though  it 
was  hard  to  purl  with  one  so  useful  and  intel- 
ligent, yet  he  had  to  leave  this  world  ill  the 
prime  of  life.  Truly  we  have  all  great  cause  to 
mourn  the  loss  of  a  dear  friend,  and  wc  truly 
8ympathi/.B  with  you  in  your  beri'avemeuts; 
but  you  ueed  not  mourn  as  tliose  that  have  no 
hope,  as  we  believe  your  great  loss  is  his  eter- 
nal gain.  Then,  dear  friends,  hrothreu  and 
sisters,  let  us  all  cheer  up.  trust  ill  God  and 
his  word,  live  faithful  in  our  calling,  and  event- 
ually we  will  all  obtain  the  crown  of  everlast- 
ing glory. 

Brother  Waguer's  disease  was  said  to  be 
remittent  fever,  accompanied  by  great  nerv- 
ous and  mental  prostration  hrought  on  by 
overwork  and  anxiety. 

Mrs.  Wagner  will  visit  her  husband's  parents 
for  a  time. 

Frimillm  CliriiHan,  plmsc  copij. 


A   Serious  Accident. 

AT  the  Marion  County,  Illinois  poor-house, 
Fe'oruary  12th.  1S73,  Tempa  Maulton,  a 
blind  sister,  about  sixty-five  years  of  age,  met 
with  a  serious  and  fatal  accident.  By  some 
means  her  clothiug  caught  fire  from  a  stove. 
and  Wfore  any  one  came  to  her  aid  she  was  so  se- 
riously burned  that  after  four  days  exceesive  suf- 
ering  she  died.  Though  she  was  blind  and  her 
suffering  intense,  yet  she  bore  it  all   patiently. 


She  spoke  of  the  great  siilferiog  the  Savior  had 
to  endure.  She  gave  direction  Ilow  she  wijjhed 
to    b-dri-ased.  and  where  buried. 

The  hist/iry  of  this  sister  is  an  eventful  one. 
Her  children  showed  but  little  nspecl  for  her. 
especially  after  she  lost  her  sight:  and  thejj 
had  possession  of  her  projwrty.  Her  son,  where 
she  had  her  home,  one  day  took  her  with  the 
impression  on  her  mind  that  he  was  t.iking  her 
to  her  brothers:  but  to  her  sorrow  when  she 
was  unloaded,  she  found  herwlf  at  the  county 
poor-house,  where  she  became  very  much  dis- 
satislii-d,  not  only  about  her  present  stale,  but 
also  about  her  future  welfare.  In  the  no  au- 
timethc  Krethren  preached  at  the  poor-house, 
when  friie  desired  to  be  received  iiit<J  the  church, 
which  was  done  according  to  order.  The 
Brethren  then  (knowing  the  order  of  the  Breth- 
ren to  be  not  to  let  our  members  become  a 
county  charge)  kept  her  time  about  for  five  or 
six  months,  when  she  became  dissatisfied  and 
concluded  shi-  was  burdensome,  and  desired  to 
be  taken  Ui  the  poor-house;  and  when  she 
could  not  be  persuaded  otherwise,  she  was  tak- 
en until  the  time  of  her  death,  when  the  Breth- 
ren took  charge  of  her,  and  buried  her  respect- 
fully in  Christian  order. 

.1.  F.  NbRkr. 

From  D.  S.  T.  Butterbaugh. 

/*.//•  Ilrrllimi  .— 
1  \      C.    MOOMAW'S   Bilicle   on     llarsliey's 
|/,      proposition,   /'.  r  ,(  P.,  of  April    1st, 
No.  l:l,  page  1117,  gives  rise  to  the  following; 

We  sf  ronglv  advocate  Brother  Moouiaw's  re- 
marks; and  wc  do  feel  jiistilisd  in  asking  all 
the  churches  in  our  fraternity  to  meet  (prior  to 
our  forth  coming  A.  M.)  in  solemnity,  ]>rayer 
and  fasting,  that  the  name  of  God  may  be  glo- 
rified, and  that  a  union  of  faith  and  doctrine 
may  luevail;  that  all  may  speak  the  same 
thing,  believe  the  same  thing,  and  jiractice  ih  c 
same  thing. 

Now  I  submit  the  above  to  the  editors  of  the 
B.  AT  W.  and  /'.  C.  .1'  /'.,  hoping  they  will  be 
interested  enough  to  consider  the  matter  as 
worthy  of  our  every  notice;  aud  if  sustained  by 
the  brotherhood  general,  would  be  a  great  and 
hilling  light  to  the  world. 
Smih  Mnwhnlcr,  April  .V,  /WW. 

Missionary  Work. 

rilO  the  bretlireii  and  sisters  of  the  Southern 
J.  District  of  Illinois,  I  would  say  that  I 
have  been  holding  meetings  through    the   Fall 

d  Winter  as  time  and  health  would  permit; 
hut  mostly  out  in  the  highways  aud  hedges 
where  the  brethren  luwl  never  preached.  Aud 
it  was  easy  to  see  ill  gome  places  the  lliorus, 
the  lli.sts  of  the  llesh,  the  lusts  of  the  eye,  and 
the  pride  of  life  had  sju-aug  up  before  the  seed 
was  sown.  Nevertheless  we  tried  to  scatter 
the  good  seed  among  the  rocks  and  thorns, 
hoping  that  the  good  spirit  would  yet  press  the 
seed  into  good  ground,  that  it  might  bring 
fruit  unto  life  eternal.  No  additions  in  these 
places  as  yet.  Ja.s.  K.  Gish. 

Iloiimki;  III. 

From  Washington.  Iowa. 

III,,!-  Hr,-lli,;„:   - 

BHOTIIIilR  S.  ^■oder  and  myself  commenced 
a  series  of  meetings  in  our  neighborhood, 
known  as  the  Low  school-house  on  the  6th  of 
January,  aud  continued  until  the  Ittth.  There 
were  the  very  best  order  and  attention  manifest- 
ed during  the  meeting.  There  were  four  that 
made  application:  one  again  withdrew.  May 
God  have  mercy  on  him.  On  the  I'Jth  there 
were  three  buried  with  Christ,  to  walk  in  new- 
iiess  of  life.  May  God  enable  thein  to  hold 
out  faithful  aud  receive  u  crown  of  glory  in 
the  liiiigdoiu  of  God's  dear  Son. 

.\BitAHAM  Woi.r 


To  Travellers. 

BY  special  arrangement  with  the  railroad 
authorities,  I  am  enabled  to  furnish  cheap 
transportation  to  traveller  .  Those  who  are 
contemplatiug  removal  \ir  business  or  pleasure 
trips,  will  do  well  to  write,  asking  rates  from 
point  to  point.  .Vll  piusscugers  go  on  fir.stclass 
fast  express  trains,  and  a  very  considerable  sav- 
ing made.  The  arrangement  was  efl'ected  with 
especial  reference  to  the  Brethren.  Write  and 
a-k  about  it.  HoWARli  Mli.i.ER. 

Klk  Lick,  Somei-,,^!  ( 'o..  Fa. 


dved.     lu  all  live  have  been  baptised  aud  one 
reclaimed.  , 

Wherever  I  have  been  the  pamphlets  that 
are  in  circulation  have  done  good  work."  Pnn- 
riple.  not  Policy."  has  the  true  ring.  Stick  to 
your  position  and  lei  extremisU  howl.  They 
are  not  the  bone  and  sinew  of  the  church.  I  he 
AVo«;r/i.(.  are  with  the  Wy  of  the  church, 
aud  cannot  wail  for  pl-w.    wouK  is  our  motto. 

From  Arkansas. 

MY  address  is  chi  „ 
Mctjoire's  Store,  Wiishington  County^ 
ArkansM.  I  changed  to  get  closer  those  of 
like  precious  faith.  There  are  jost  three  of  us 
now,  but  as  soon  as  we  can  get  a  preacher  to 
baptir/i  for  us  there  will  be  three,  if  not  five 
more  of  us.  My  prayer  is  that  they  may  come 
and  that  quickly. 

We  only  know  one  gospel,  but  I  can  count 
seven  different  sects  in  my  district,  all  claiming 
to  be  churches  of  Christ. 

They  ask  me  many  questions.     I   give  them 
Brother  Neads  book  as  revised  in  lS6(i.    They 
say  it  aud  its  author  ought  to  be  burned  up. 
Dli.  .).  B.  THojir.soN. 


fallen  J^slccii 


Blia>»l  •"  tlio  il™l  ■•IiIpIi  Jlein  the  LopL— B' 


Obiluftriee  should  be  brief,  wriitei  on  but  one  side  of  the 
pnper.  aiiJ  eeparow  from  all  other  buBiness.  ^ 


EIKKNBEKKV.— In  the  Cold  Writer  Congregation.  MaicU 
2.'.IU.  IS*"!',  of  diphtheria.  Alice  May.  duugliier  of 
Ilru  J.  K.  and  Sioltr  Marlhn  Jane  Eikenberry.  figed  3 
jDors.  7  months  nnd  2*  days.  ^  N.  Tbapi'. 

SUnWAI.TER.— In  the  Itiiffulo  Vulley  Branch.  Union 
Co..  I'll..  March  20th,  l»7fl.  Brother  Cyrus  Sliowaltcr. 
niEod  TO  years  and  1  month.  J-  L.  Bkaveb. 

CHAI'MAN.— In     Cas"   county.   In<lifin  ft.  February  21. 
51nvlhni:il-nChnpman.  ..gedaayaars.    8   months  and 
26  days.     Funeral  diaooursw  by   Brother  Jacob  Cripc, 
ftoin  Job  7:  21.     Disease  gangrene. 
The  -leceiiaed,  we  are    informed,    was   desirous    to  be- 
n,ii.eaii.ci.ibc.  of  Ibeoh.ircliof  the    Brethren;    hut    her 
hi'iillh  would  not  admit  of  baptism.     She  was  loved   and 
re^peeled  by  aB  who  knew  her.    She  lenvei  ft  loving  hus- 
band and  throe  dariiLg  ohildrcu.    and  a   snd  vacancy   iu 
home  andeommuniiy.  W.  S.  Tosbv. 

OVKBirOLSKlt,— In  the  Oakland  Church.  Dark  county, 
Ohio  March  11.  Sister  -Mary,  wife  of  Brother  Benja- 
min Ovcrluilsev.  and  daughter  of  David  Krider.  who 
died  in  Montgomery  county.  Ohio  about  the  year  1S34 
or  l»a&.  Ber  age  was  lib  years,  t  mouths  and  2  days. 
Funeral  »orvicei<  by  the  Brotbreu.  from  Rev.  14:  13,  \i. 
EllANtiKI.  noovKii. 


DICKY.- It.  iP-iVUod  rhurch.  l^otk^^^^^^^^^'—^ 
M«r«hl*,  lt*TV,  SiMcr  Canny  Dicky,  "rife  offrt-iJ'^' 
Dicky,  ani  daughter  of  Henry  Mai.f»r.  ^^^  ^i  ** 
11    iniuihi    »nd   'Jo  .lays.      Funerml    serrie^  J*^ 

brethrvo.  from  2  C«r.  6:  10,  Kkam-bi  U^  '  "** 

COBDFJl.— In  'he  B-tugo  diiiirioi.  Elkhari  eo«n,,*"*" 
»o«.  J*namry  2V.  i»T>.  Broiher  William  I  „^^'  '•* 
:i4  year».  3  mouths  and  2fl  days.  8i;tifi»,  i*^ 
writer,  from  I  Cor.  15:  22.       Diswu-clung  fe»«.      ^ 

HEirEL— Kehruary  10.  Albert,  son  otVonnixni  u 
Heipel.ageil  2yefflre.»nd4  days.     Services  by  j       "^ 
perteon  aod  the  writer,  from  rsiilm  Hi;  i;.  "  ^ 


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POOR  FUND. 


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Prorloiisly  Tt'portcil. ^, 

Totnl    tudnlo.. ^~^ 

PAPERS  8KNT  TO  TUB  POi>B,-!)mIo»    iv   i.>lin.,»(,.a.„  , 
week  lo  wetH  »io  iiumlwi  of  pups™  k-M  Ui  p,.>r  raonilii,:[»  ,„  *:,  "-' 
liiltltilt  only  ( mid  pnld  for  out  ul  tbi-  iibuvo  fund,  charglui  ^ul  on,  J 

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Priivjinmly  ra|ioitvd, . .  ,       i- , 


TotuI  tudntc... 


From  D.  B.  Gibson. 

1AM   now  (,\pril  Htli)  in  .4ppiiiiuose  tVuiity, 
Iowa,  holding  meetings  with  good  interest. 
Two  Baptists  and  one  M'tholist  have  bwu  re- 


UABNIiS.— Near  BlounlviUe.  Su'.Iivan  Co.,  Tcnn,  ^larch 
•JU,  l*'7'->.  James  M.  Homes.  Ogod  50  years.  Disease 
dropsy 

n  is  said  he  weighed  626  pounds  before  liikeu  sick.  He 
was  sick  only  five  or  ait  driys.  His  coffin  meaau'reil 
ihirly-lhree  and  one-half  inches  across  the  breast,  twen- 
ly-llLVCC  and  one-half  inches  ocross  the  head,  eighteen 
inches  across  the  feet,  nine  feet  around  his  breiisl  and 
Iwenly-four  and  one-half  inches  was  the  depth  of  the 
coirm  inside  of  the  raise  of  the  lid, At  the  age  of  twenty- 
one  years  he  would  nol  have  weighed  more  than  one 
hundred  and  nisly  pounds;  had  never  ceased  growing  in 
llpi,l,_  .Taiiir.1  M.  Wuitk. 

BEKKLliY.— In  Meyorsdnlo  congregation.  January  22nd. 
Brother  Eu-a  S.  Berkley,  aged  42  years,  (i  monlbs  and 
I7d  nys. 

The  subject  of  IhiB  notice  was  elected  lo  the  olTice  of 
deacon  about  eighteen  months  ago;  gave  promise  of  great 
usefuliies!)  iu  Iho  ciiuroh  — believing  that  onr  loss  is  bis 
great  gain  we  wilBngly  submit.  He  leaves  a  widowed 
sister  and  four  cbilereu,  iw'o  of  a  former  and  two  of  the 
present  wife,  t'uneml  largely  attended,  and  improved 
l,y  C.  G.  Lint. 

(G.  P.,  phase  roplj.) 
DBAKK.— Neiirluwood,  Marshall  county,  Indiann.March 
12ih.  Nathaniel  Umku,  iigud  -Jtt  years,  11   months  and 
26  days. 

Ue  was  a  coasislcnt  niember  for  many  years  and  a 
minister  for  upwards  of  twenty-tive  years,  aud  nn  elder 
fur  nine  years.  Theohurch  feelslbe  loss  grenily.  which 
weliopeishis  great  gain.  Funeral  services  by  .Jacob 
Shivi'ly  in  (l^rman  and  Jobu  Sellers  and  writer  in  Eug 
liNh,  from  1  Cor.  IG:  :i5,  to  a  housb  full  of  people. 

Dasibl  Wvs  an. 
ARNOLD. — At  the  rcsidonco  of  her  husband,   near  Ncn 
Lebanon,  Oliio.   March  2t),   Sister   EliEabelh  Arnold, 
aged  fill  years.  111  months   and  8  days.      Funeral    dis- 
course h'om  John  14:  1.  2.  ;i.  by  lh«  Brethren. 
Thedceeoacd  wnsaij  exemplary  Christian.     Wo  feel  wc 
have  indeed  lost  a  mother  iu  Israel.     Hut  our  loss  is  her 
eiernnl  gain.    The  Lord  giveth  and  the  Lord  takelh  away. 
l{|e»''cdhelheDamc  of  llic  Lord.  J.  P.  Mauti.s'. 

rirriNCEB.— In  Presion,  Fillmore  county,  Minnesnia. 
Brother  Peter  Pippiwgor,  aged  83  years,  10  monlhs, 
JUliiys.  Funeral  services  by  llrother  William  Hips 
and  Joseph  Ogg.  in  the  Bristol  Church,  to  a  hirge 
oongrogution.  Ho  wns  formerly  from  the  Carrol t  (?ounty 
Cburoh,  Indiana.  Lixkib  JotiNsux. 

DSWALT.— In  the  bounds  of  the  Pniuier  Creek  cliuroh. 
D.irk  county,  Ohio.  Fehru.ry  llUh.  IST'I,  M.iry  Magdn- 
leoa  tiBwall,  aged  P4  years.  2  monlhs  and  17  days. 
Kuncml  s«rtic©aby  the  brethren,  fyoraRev.7:  IS, 14, 
selected  by  iho  friends, 

CULP.— February  2U.  Marlho.  child  of  Daniel  and  Nancy 
Kulp.  aged  1  year.  6  months.  Services  by  I.  Culport- 
3on  and  the  writer,  from  Heb,  13:  i4, 

Joim  MsTCtES, 


OUTSIDERS'   FUND. 

hJb,    mil   luiTuliiT*  t-(  tUr>  thn 


ll'i '■    ,.i.r-.M.    ■  '1   ii"tlun»lulliiniiti.l,  aiiO  ||iii,,„j|| 

■1'  1     !■    ■  -■     1  "    ■'  -■  ' "■"oi'^uiiuiM.iniiyliofcnunlr.jB 

«!,■      ■ -  ;  "'i"'"',i'lwa}'«iNii«  .liiiinciijiii.iiii, 

l!..|i,«  «r.  ,itK"Ki"li"im',  t™m  "ook  lo  wsBk,  nil  donMiou  r«alM 
and pniiura Bent  out; 

Will  Mallory..... n  , 

PrvViniisly  report  I'd. ]\^ 

ToUii  In  dale.... Jn.i  .- 

PAPERS  SKNT  TO  OiniSIDBRS,— Tiie  rollnwlng  nsoiMUtH-  - 
placwl  on  our  llol.  •nd  paid  for  out  of  tL<'  above  fundi 
W.  H.  Puttorvin.  BcdfonJ  Oci.,  ^'ii.  51, 

Previously  rcportiid in 

TdIaI  to  dnto .    ill. 

Foranrd  u>  Ibe  niunei  of  lliMe  only  ivho  will  Bppr«citilu  tb>  pa;" 
and  do  oot  forget  to  dooate  BomDtbiuK  to  ths  (Und, 


|^nnonni;i;ini;nis. 


Oni  rule  i'  to  give  notices  but  one  insertioo.  Theyjliiju 
be  brief,  and  wi'itten  on  paper  aepurMe 
from  all  other  businesa. 


LOVE  FEASTS. 
The  Brethrcu  of  White  lloulc,  Jowoil  coimty,  Runf  ■ 
have  appointed  communion  services  May  31bI.    MmIifj 
lo  begin  at  2  P.  >I.     A  cordial  invitation  is  extended 
all   llie  Brethren.     Place  of  mceliug   at    Brother  Cwtj 
Fowler's,  four  miles  west  of  Scandinavia. 

jAwes  L.  SwmB 

We,  the  Brethren  of  State  Center  Church,  ivill  boli  1 
Love-feast  in  the  Slate  Center  Church,  Iowa,  May  2'! 
A  general  invitation  is  given,  D.  B.  Mabtu, 

Wc.  the  Brclbreu  of  the  Turkey  Creek  congregs'i' i  ■ 
have  agreed  tit  hive  our  communion  May  2'.U!i.  at'' 
church-house  at  Oravellon,  on  iheB.  SO,  U.  R..  ""^ 
meneiug  at  lO  o'clock  A   M.  Dasiei,  \\Wim 

We.  the  lire  hren  of  Clear  Creek  Church.  Huaiin^i' 
county,  Indiana,  intend  holding  a  Lovofeiwl  .bine  ) 
commencing  at  lO  A.  M.  Brethren  coming  by  riiil,  "^ ' 
please  drop  me  a  notice.  Hibax  1"'"' 

Wo,  the  members  of  the  G  undy  Church,  Hrandy  ' 
Iowa,  intend  holding  a  Love-fe»at  Moy  .TUt  and  J"""' 
in  their  meeting  bouse,  ten  miles  west  of  UriindyCoui" 
Meeting  to  commenoeat  one  o'clock. 

II.  P.  S'BF';''" 


W.  U.  R.  E.  TIME  TABLE. 


WEST  DlU'-VO, 


Dny  Kxiire^., 
KIglii  li.p.- 


Tick 


I  \\:iit  l.ut  live 


I.ot,take  tlie  riu.im-o.  Mn«'''"kee  aijtl  ^  j,,, 
tiiiiiiiitnveintliei-vi'niiin:  i«m  ^T  Uid  ar 
U.  Junction,  chanjje  cars  lor  Uuv.-^    *"'" 
here  at  1  :^7  in  tli*-  nioiuing. 


I'aasciitiefs 
12:U1'.  iM.U'i 
here  tlicv  uff 
cago,  Milwaii 
thiisieaclt  C! 
reacU  Lan 


iiVk,  «'"•  '^"'' 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


"Behold  I  BriTuj   You  Good  Tidings  of  Great  Joy,  which  ShaU  be  to  All  Peopfc."  —  Lukk  2:  10. 


Vol. 


IV. 


Lanark,  111.,  April  24,  1879. 


No.  17. 


Hill-  !Brf*l?VP"  «t  Viovh. 

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CONTENTS  OF  VOL.  4,  NO.  17. 

[)iir  .M;iiiii^<-'*ii't 

^l,,„,,P,-olmiy ■; 

jji.Moiiis  Semiiiiuy ' 

*v-TlUI'I '"!i»  ARTicucs: 

*"  ^„„„;,1  M,fitiii{;  Phm.— Adam  Beelmun S 

ytdiljitioiifi  iiijon  riciiytuit.-^Jnuies  NY'u-t a 

A  I.csst'ii  <in  I'liiyor ^ 

T-I,i.  CiiiMless  Toiitriip.— M.  S.  Newcoiuor 'z 

uni' H«iv.-Wm.  Borough. .r.. -v. -■ 

j)(,u,^.ir..m.j.-C.  It.  UulsbimeU...,. li 

Cuiiiroifinc  "VTonN.—  .1.  J.  Iln^SveV li 

i^iuhcI"""  "*'f*''«  Hiiiitl— J-  W.  Southwooti....  n 

■\Vwse  than  ;iii  InliiU!!.—  MuUie  A.  Leav ii 

stoiTO- "I  Troub!.-.-.I.  F.Xoher -i 

^Ifin  and  Hay  Debate •■■  1 

On'JCliu  Wivy  to  Pjilestuie.— J.'VV.MfGiU'voy..  o 

Hr,,,|   \i)tus.— John  Zurlt li 

Y.'ii  ,M;iV  Tliink  Str;mg.-.-.Iame.s  M.  llilbert. .  n 

illt'i'mtof  Missiitn  Wuik.— \V.  B.  Sell il 

lUibOinl  .Uranncmi'iits.— \V.  Arnokl T 

Kpistolaiy'.-F.  E.  To;.gue 7 

From  the  Houtbeni  Inditina  Mission  Field— J. 

'^FroiuT^f  crSimfov -/-' '•' 

WhatLaii  I  UoFor  the  Bible  SoIioolS'—l).  W. 

Jiai-t-zlui- ' 

KetiiiesL  aiKl  Notes.— W.  .1.  H.  Hauoiaii 7 

Itein-s  from  Allison  Ohuich.  III.— T.  M.  CalvPil  1 
fma  Indian  Creek  Ohuich.  Iowa.— Charlotte 

Mowen ^. ........   . 

How  we  Conduct  our  Socinl  MeetiQga.— S.  13. 

Culler ■ • " 

from  North  hibt-itv.  Ind.—  W'm.  Uorongh il 

From  1).  E.  Uriibukcr '■'■ 1 

nisti-ict  Meeting  in  Indiana.— .lease  Calvert. . .  7 

FromJesse  Calvert ■ J* 

From  Washington  Creek  Ciuueh.  Douglas  <Vi.. 

KtiiHiis.— -I  obh  A  Studebnker ^ 

To  tie  Uiethren  of  Southern  Va.— Laiidou  West  ■-■ 

selected;  -  , '  r 

Tlie  Jordat  Valley ■' 

Tlie  DcHOlatioij  of  Bitbyloi..  1 

POETRY : 

The  Cliildreu - 

A  Free  Seat. .. ^ :..:;.:.... -  • .  ■- ^ 


lure  whaU-ver  sufferings  and  to  make  whatever  I      Mr.  S.  says  that   we  think  that  "christians  I  eousn^^i.  How  was  it  tlu-u  rtrUnedi'  whvu  h. 

sacrifice  the  uiaiutainittg  of  the   principle    may  i  mny  tis^t  and  kill  earli  other  a.<>  citizt-ns  of  citil  |  wm in  ciriunicinion  hut 

require  and  not  tu  furoumge  innntj  uiiijflie  prnr-  \  Ravsrnments"!     We  said  no  »\k\i   thing.     The 

tire  o/imr."    Minutes  of  Anuiial    M.>etin«  f  t  |  most  tlmt  wt-  have  said  is  that  it  is  not   unlaw- 

18(>4.  Art.  :15:  Wh^n  the  quf'^tion    was   atk^d  j  lol  for  ehristiau  ci(i/fna  to  "aid  in  rescuing  the 

our  Council,  "Can  a  brother  be  held  ft.*  a   nieiu-    land  from  tlie  army  ot   roblwrs."     W*>  do  not 


ber  of  the  church  who  will,  whwi  put  into  the 
army,  take  «p  arms  .ind  aim  to  shed  the  blood 
of  his  felltw-nien?"  The  answer  was.  "He  rnn- 
ni'f."  Minutes  of  Arinuul  MeL-iiuj{  for  1>*6,'.,  .\it. 
lo.  Our  br^jthren  cheerfully  puid  tribute  to 
civil  authorUica  wherever  they  were  during  the 
itnrit'il  war,  and  paid  the  tines  imposed  upon 
them,  whether  North  or  South,  but  rf»/  not 
fake  part  in  the  timirret  aiiil  <fitf  not  i^hed  luni>n» 
hloud.  I  repeat  it;  .\s  a  church  run-  (fnviuniti* 
hiire  tieverUcvn  soiled  wifh  Huuvih  blood.  There 
is  no  evideuda  that  Cornelius  continued  in  his 
military  nffioo after  hehecameaUhriaiian.  John 
the  Ujplint  tolil  the  soldiers  to  "i/y  liohime  to 
m>  num."  Does  that  permit  war?  Abraham 
tilaughtered  kings,  and  Moses  led  nrmiee,  and 
practiced  l^'>ly<l<iiiiy,  and  mauv  other  tilings 
which  the  gospel  forbids.  The  law  m;ide  noth- 
ing; pt-rfect,  hfiir^e  it  was  superseded.  Christ 
said,  'it  hath  been  said  by  them  of  old  tinu-.  an 
eye  for  an  eye"  &c.,  but  his  neir  prree/it  with  it, 
(W»^jwA'N'/Mi/i(fsArji7  preface,  "liu!  I  nay  unto 
yiM  that  yetre«3t  not  evil,"  &c.  (Mitt.  3;  3S. 
'AQ.)  abrogates  the  authority  of  the  old  and  estab- 
lishes  the  new.  My  friend  becomes  excited  over 
the  imagined  slaughter  of  women  and  eliildreu. 
nnd  thinks  the  sword  is  their  me:ins  of  defense. 
Does  this  not  bespeak  more  conjidenee  in  the 
sword  than  in  the  Oinnijiolenf  Savior  who  put 
it  up?  Matt.  2G:  .-)2.  Mr.  Itichard  truly  re- 
marks, "We  may  d>*fend  ourselvest;  noh,  indeed, 

daggei-s.  swords  and  bayonets,  which  after  all. 
fujuish  a  niost  precauous  aud  uncertain  lueau.-' 
of  defense,  the  use  of  which,  even  wlieu  ijuccess- 
ful^  only  exasperates  a  thousand  fold,  against 
some  future  occasion,  the  principle.'*  and  pass- 
ions they  are  meant  to  curb  and  cure.  Defend 
ourselves  against  aggression  from  othel's;  yes, 
we  may;  but  how?  By  enlightening  tlieir  minds; 
sanctifying  their  tempers;  by  teaching  them 
through  our  own  examples,  to  overcome  evil 
with  good;  hy  deeds  of  benevolence  and  mercy, 
uniting  oui-selves  in  bonds  of  sympathy  and 
gratitude  with  our  fellows;  by  displaying  a  spir- 
it of  forgiveness  and  gentleness,  and  the  pa 
tieut  endurance  of  wrong,  cau8^|thei^  to  feel 
how  awful  is  goodness." 


lliutf    '"''I 


STEIN  AND  BAY  DEBATE. 

I'rop.  1st— liretliren(oi-  Tuiiker)  Chuiclies  pos- 
jsess  t.\\f.  Bible  ijlmi-acteristics  which  entitle 
tlieiu  to  be  regarded  as  Churches  ot   JcSU'* 

I'lin.t. 

3.  W.  Stein,  A'ffirms- 

D.  B.  Ray.  Dcniea. 
i[Tlie  IJ.vrTi,BFr..\o  refined  to  piibUsh  the  cloa- 
illg  purl  of  nrollier  Stein's  12th  alllrmative  iu  il.s 
intHHT  i,)iiee.  Tliey  siiiiiily  cut  ott  jiiut  of  liis  ;ir- 
llde  niiil  resumed  it  to  liiui,  so  Brotlier  Seiu  sends 
it  Lous  to  he  published,  aud  read  iu  ,'ouiioclioii 
ivitli  liis  la,st  article.  It  is  liup«d  the  F  I..M,  will  uut 
d)ttiolilce  acrain.— Knsl 
■'.  W,  Steis',-  12th  Afmumative  Continied. 

Mil.  lUy  mijquoles  the  action  of  our  .\nnunl 
r.ouiioil.  The  "sympathy"  it  expressed 
was  a  declaration  of  nou-oppositiou  to  tlie  gov- 
ernment, when  our  brethren  were  lined  bj-  the 
goverument  for  their  uon-rcsistant  priuciples, 
and  wasexpressly  qualilied  hy  the  following  lan- 
guage, viz  :  '-It  shall  have  our  aid  in  uiiy  way 
«hich  dies  not  conflict  with  the  principles  of 
the  gospel  of  Chri^it."  In  the  same  article  they 
Mid,  "We  exhort  the  Brethren  to  steadfastness 
in  tlie  faith,  and  believe  that  the  times  in  which 
our  lots  aro  cast  strongly  demand  of  us  a  strict 
adherence  to  all  our  priuciples,  and  especially 
toournouresistant  principle,  a  principle  dear 
'o,evcry  subject  of  the  Prince  of  J'eace,  and  a 
prominent  doctrine  of  our  fraternity,  and  to  en 


W^ 


Elder  D,  B.  Ray's  twelfth  heplv. 
do  say  that  the  unregenerafe.  trembling 


or  not,  is  a  child  of  the  devil.  "Felix 
trembled."  "Devils  believe  aud  tremble."  Uut 
a  real  penitent  believer  is  already  horn  of  God. 
1  John  .'c  1.  The  Tunkera  baptize  in  order  to 
regeneration:  rather  they  wake  "|)ap!4«n'  *^^^ 
regeneration  two  names  for  the  same  act." 
Nead's  Works,  p.  248. 

Mr.  S.  makes  his  charges  against  u«  iu  the 
form  of  questions,  so  that  he  can  creep  out 
When  he  asks  why  we  do,  or  do  not,  this  or 
that  thing,  he  charges  us  as  really  as  he  po.si 
b!y  can  in  any  other  fomi  of  words.  He  wiahe.^ 
us  to  prove  that  the  Novatians  and  Waldeoses 
were  not  trine  imraersionbits!  Let  him  prove 
that  they  were  Tunk^rs,  if  be  can.  We --aid 
that  the  ancient  Waldenses  held  only  t 
"church  ordinances."  TtiU  shows  that  tln-y 
were  not  Tunker.^. 

The  scriptures  referred  to  do  not  authorize  a 
general  council  to  give  "advice"  to  govern  the 
churches  of  Christ.  According  to  the  Bible,  a 
local  church  is  the  only  body  authorized  to 
transact  church  business.  The  church  is  to  ei- 
clnde  the  unworthy.  Matt,  18:  15-18;  1  Gov, 
.5:  4-7.  The  church  must  rKstore.  2  Cor.  2:  i>. 
7.  There  is  no  authority  for  a  general  council 
to  dictate  to  the  churches,  any  moru  than  for 
the  Poirt.  If  the  holy  ki-s  was  u  church  urdi- 
nance,  it  should  be  (<i  lally  adiuiai.^lered  to  all 
,  the  mcmber-i. 


object  to  the  most  that  Mr.  Stwin  says  ofi  the 
evils  of  wai-s  in  general.  Uut  as  neither  Christ 
nor  the  apostles  made  laws  prohibiting  chris- 
tians from  serving  as  soldiers  under  civil  gov- 
ernments, it  is  not  unlawtul  lor  them  to  aid  in 
the  execution  of  civil  law  against  the  evil  dbers. 
The  commandment,  "Tliou  shalt  not  kill""  was 
in  forcft  during  the  M-isaio  economy,  yet  tiod's 
peoplf  were  alloweil  to  bear  tlu'  *.xvord  aRuinst 
the  <ineuiy.  ThTefare,  to  slay  the  eueiliy  in 
battle  WHS  not  a  btefich  of  the  comnmndiuent. 

Thou  fihrtlt  not  kill;"  because  in  the  army,  the 
soldier  ackcd  only  as  the  authorized  agtfut  ^f  the 
rnment.  W.-  are  not  to  disobey  Christ  to 
obey  political  powers.  Miuisters  shoulcl  not 
leave  the  ministry  of  the  word  for  any  secular 
employment.  -■*' 

Truth  nefjatire  ir-fjUi»etit  rontinved-t  The 
Tunker  churches  are  not  oh\irches.of  Chrint.  h(w 
caueu  they  are  governed  by  a  "Natiuuul' [Con- 
ference." whose  special  oliji-ctis  "to  decidt^  mat- 
ters for  which  no  Thus  saith  the  Lord  can  he 
found"?  Tbe  obseiivuncc  of  the  decitiiona  of 
this  annual  council  is  made  a  test  of  inember- 
sliip.  Tnis  is  ab.solute  spiritual  serfdom.  Thi--* 
council  is  composed  of  the  elders,  so  that  the 
Tunker  churches  are  ruled  by  the  preacherR.  Tu 
1S77  this  council  decided  that  "evangf^lists" 
"who  do  tiot  observe  the  order  respecting  dress" 
ought  "to  be  restrained."     AUo,   the   question 

wasdecidcd  "Whether  the  stamling   or  rollin 

colli  r  wjis  estaijlished.  It  was  decideiT  tlat 
sisters  should  not  be  allowed  to  wear  "ta-thion- 
able  hats."  The  Tankers  havedecided  that  the 
women  must  wear  a  cup  which  they  call  a  "spir 
itual  covering."  In  a  work  called  One  Faith, 
by  M,  M.  Eshelmau,  p.  »■<',  this  leading  Tunker 
says:  "That  the  long  hair  of  u  woman  was  giv- 
en for  u  glory  [verse  loj,  and  that  this  glory 
covering  should  be  covered  with  a  veil,  in  order 
to  spiritual  strength  and  powur.  Instead  of  the 
veil  the  Tunkers  require  their  women  to  wear 
a  white  cap,  which  they  regard  as  essenlitil  to 
spirittial  st re riffth,  if  not  to  sftlvatiou. 

The  Tunkers  follow  the  miserable  example 
of  the  church  of  Home  in  attempting  to  e-itab- 
lish  uniformity  in  dre-^s.  We  <lo  not  apolugize 
for  extravagance  in  dress;  but  we  do  say,  thiit 
any  church  that  dares  to  add  to  the  require- 
ments of  God's  word  by  dictating  the  color  and 
style  of  dress,  is  not  a  church  of  Jesus  Christ, 
Tbe  Tunker  churches  are  not  churches  of  (Christ, 
because  they  have  rejected  the  word  ot  tiod  as 
the  only  rule  of  faith  and  practice. 

(fitreleiTiifh  He>i'Hife  ai'/umeut  against  tbe 
Tunker  church  claims,  is  baaed  upon  the  fact 
that  the  Tunker  churches  reject  the  plan  of  sal- 
vation h'l  grare,  and  make  it  depend  upon  «v»rA-,s 
which  thrij  do.  That  they  depend  upon  works 
-rites  and  ceremonies— has  lieen  amply  proved 
in  our  negative  line. 
But  the  Bible  plan  of  salvation  is  stated:  !^»m 

4:  2-  3. 

'■For  if  Abraham  were  ju.stified  by  works,  he 
hath  trhereqf  to  glory;  but  not  before  God.  For 
what  suith  the  Scripture?  Abraham  believed 
God,nnd  it  was  counted  unto  him  for  righteous- 
ness. Now  to  hiiu  that  worketh  is  the  reward 
not  reckoned  of  grace,  but  of  debt.  But  to  him 
that  worketh  not,  but  helieveth  on  him  that 
justifieth  the  ungodly,  his  faith  is  counted  for 
righte<.u-ness.  Even  as  David  alio  describetli 
l\w  bles>edne.s«  of  the  man,  unto  whom  Qod  im 
putethrighteousnvss  without  works.  i>'"jii"J. 
Blessed  arc  they  whose  iniquities  »ro  forgiven. 
an<l  whose  ^ins  lire  covered.  Blewed  is  tlie  man 
to  wliom  the  Lord  will  not  impute  sin.  C^niieth 
this  ble-ssedness  then  upon  tbe  ci^cumci^i-ii  oh 
lij.  or  u|ion  the  uncircunu'isiou  also?  for  «e  .-ay 
that  faill.  was  reckoned  to  Abraham  for  riglit- 


u  uncircumcision.  And 
h(?  received  the  nigu  of  circumcision,  a  seal  of 
the  righteoumipss  of  the  faith  which  he  had  yft 
being  uneircu incised:  that  he  might  hj  tbe  fath- 
er of  all  thi-m  that  believe,  though  tht-y  be  not 
circumcised;  that  righteousness  uiiithl.  bo  im- 
puted unt«  them  also:  And  the  fath.-r  of  cir- 
cunicis-.on  to  them  who  ai-u  not  of  the  circoiii- 
eision  only,  hut  who  also  walk  in  the  slepa  ol 
that  faith  of  imr  father  Abraham,  which  he 
hiid  hviuii^rl  uncircumcised.  F<irtbo  promise. 
I  hat  1m-  should  be  the  heir  of  tin.  world,  u  fw  not 
to  Abraham,  or  to  his  seed,  through  tUo  hnv. 
but  throuijh  the  rightLousuess  of  faith." 
Also  Eph.  2:  B-Ui: 


"For  by  grace  ur.!  yo  saved  thl-ough  faith;  and 
that  notof  yourselves:  (V;.«t  egiftof  God:  Notot 
works,  lest  any  man  shdnld  boa'ft.  For  we  are 
his  workninnshii).  cr^-ated  in  Christ  Jcua  i|i|ito 
good  works,  which  God  hath  before  ordained 
that  we  should  walk  in  them." 

Our  heirshqi  nntli  Abrahari  is  not  of  law: 
"Therefore  it  is  of  faith,  that  it  might  bo  by 
grace,  to  the  end  that  the  promise  flight  he 
sure  to  all  the  seed:  not  to  that  only  which  ii 
of  the  law,  but  to  that  also  which  is  of  the  faith 
of  Abraham;  who  is  Ihu  father  of  us  all."  Horn. 
■1:11'.  True  bi'lieviTs  are  the  spirituid  seed  of 
Abraham;  fnr  "vn  know  tlu-refore  that  they 
which  lire  ot  faith  the  same  are  the  children  of 
Abraham."  Gal.  ^:  7.  This  Bible  plan  o;  sal- 
vation is  sure  to  all  the  bolioving  seetl  of  A  bra- 
ham. 

Uut  if  the  Tanker  plan  of  making  salvation 
lei)eiids  .>ii  baptism,  fi-«'t-wa>hin^,  kissing  and 
J^er  wnrks  nf  ri^itr..Hi..L.i  mo  *fhicli   they   have 

vaticii.  Surelj'.tlu-  Tunker  cliurehes  which  i"e- 
ject  the  plan  of  salvation  ity  grace  thnm-jh  fiiitli 
are  not  Churches  cf  Ciirist. 


THE  DESOLATION   OF  BABYLON. 

IT  is  usual  foi'  travelers  to  dwell  ii]>tui  the  ut- 
ter desolatimi  of  Uabvlon,  and  to  paint   its 
site  as  a  atrip  of  desert,  osppcially  woo-lwgone 
and  unfertile.      But  the  elo(|uent  gentleman 
who  dwell  upon  thin  aspect  of  the  place  could 
not  have  seoii  it  in  the   middle   of  April.     The 
date  groves  and  gardens  along  the  banks  of  the 
Euphrates  are  then  things  of  ln-auty   in   their 
tresh  spring  verdure,  and  the  plain  it-'elf  is  laid 
down  with   crojis.     Irrigation   canals  cross  it 
here  and  there  uud  give  trouble  to  the  horSe- 
man.     No  gni.*3  grows  upon  the   moundi»,i  nnd 
there  are  patches  of  the  level   white  with  the 
niter  which  is  to  be  found  h<--re  u»  iii  other  part-s 
of  Mesopotamia;   but  the  surface  of  the  soil  is, 
on  the  whole,  green   and   pleasant  to  the  eye. 
The  glad  waters  of  the  river  flow  on  in  the 
bright  morning  sunshine,  with  palm  aud    mul- 
berry hanging  over  its  bunks,  drinking  in  sap 
and  life.    The  great  city  which  counted  its  pop- 
ulation by  millions,  and    tilled   the  world  with 
renown  not  yet  forgotten,  ha-  disappeared  un- 
der the  dust  of  twenty  ccnt'iries,  but  nature   if 
a%  frwth  and  jocund  as  when  Babylon    was  still 
unbuilt.    Birds  sing  overhea-l  in  the   pleasant 
spring  air;  butterflies  flutter  about  in  search  of 
flowers;  baluiy  odors  regale  the  sense.     It  is  dif- 
6cult  under  the  circum-'tunces,  to    feel  as  one 
perhaps  ought  to  feel  for  the  groat  capital  which 
once  cumbiired  this  ground.     Nature  does  not 
mourn  for  it,  and  it  is  hard  to  be  sad  at  the  bid- 
ding of  sentiment  when  the  bright  spring  hide* 
its  grave.— 7Vi/"0Ki//i  A^intic  Titrkrif. 


We  mav  safely  lay  it  down  6S  a  rule  of  life 
that  things  of  doubtful  expediency  are  always 
beat  avoided.  Lut  not  your  good  be  evil  Spoken 
of.  ^____-^**-_ 

Tf  prayer  does  not  cause  us  to  leave  ott  sin- 
ning, sinning  will  soon  m  ike  u-  lejiv  pff  pray- 
ing. 


XldO:    BHK'r>€I{EX 


IIKwas< 
J  I      Inth 


A  FREE  SEAT. 

i  and  poor  and  a  stranger 
the  greiit  metropolis. 
A  vhf  iK'iit  his  foolstepH  tliitluTwiird. 

To  thest!.t«'lv  eilifiri". 
OntsMe  hp  iinniires,  "wh«(.  clnircb  in  lliis?" 

"Church  ol  riirist."  he  Iieiirs  them  sity; 
"Ah!  just  the  ?>hKP  I  nni  looking'  for, 
1  trust  lie  is  in  to-day." 

He  passed  tlirt.uBli  the  apacioim  cohinined  dctor. 

And  up  the  carpeted  aisle«. 
And  IIS  lie  piLssed.  cm  nii»riy  n  fiife. 

He  saw  surprise  and  itniilc 
I'Vom  pew  to  pew,  up  one  entire  side, 

And  tlieri  ncrms  the  hrond  front  opnci*. 
From  pew  tu  i»cw,  down  the  other  side. 

He  wulked  with  the  name  slow  pac*-. 


)f  the  cloud  Haying,  "this  is  my  beloved 
vm,  hear  hiin."     Luke  H:  .■'-.''. 


Not  a  fricnlly  voice  had  hid  him  wit 

To  listen  to  gospel  truth; 
Not  a  n'mn  o'"iI''toreiire  had  hcen  i)aid 

To  the  aged  one  hy  youth; 
No  door  was  opened  l»y  generous  hiind, 

The  pews  wore  paid  for,  rented; 
And  he  wat  n  ^traiiK''''.  "hi  and  i)fior, 

Not  a  heart  to  liini  relented. 

lie  jmiised  oiit-'ide  ii  moment  tu  think. 

Then  iigiiin  pjutaed  into  the  Mtreel, 
I  p  to  his  Hlirmlder  lifted  a  utone 

That-  lay  in  the  dii»t  at  hiH  J'eet; 
And  hore  it  up  the  l>road,  (jnind  aiMlc, 

In  Iroiit  of  the  niiiks  of  pewH. 
Choosing  a  plate  to  nw  iitid  to  hejir. 

He  made  a  neat  for  hin  use. 

Calmly  sitting  tipon  tlie  huKentonr-, 
Folding  hiK  hnndti  on  Iiix  kiieef*. 

Slowly  reviewing  the  wor^hiperM, 
A  great  eonfusion  he  sees. 

Many  a  cheek  iscrinrnou'd  with  slianie. 
Some  whiNper  together  low. 

And  wisli  tlM-y  had  hcen  more  co»rt(•(^rl^ 
To  the  stranger**  old  and  poor. 

As  if  hy  imigio.  Nome  fil'ty  dnoiM 

Open  inslantitlieoiinly, 
And  Hs  many  teats  and  hooliM  and  liamU 

Are  proHpred  hiiatily. 
(.'hanging  his  ntoiio  for  u  eiisliioiied  pew. 

.\nd  wijiing  a  tear  away, 
Me  thinks  it  wai  a  iniatiike  after  all. 

And  that  ('linnt  camr-  late  that  day. 

The  preairherV  diseoni-He  wn«4]nmrcMt 
J  III- organ  in  tinest  tone. 

Hut  the  mnst  impressive  aeniion  heard 
Was  preiiuhed  hy  an  liumhie  utiuie, 

TwiiR  H  lewhon  of  lowliness  and  wni  tli 
That  Indged  iti  iiiuiiy  a  heart. 

An  I  the  ehiircli  preserver  the  sucred  stone 
That  tlie  truth  nmy  not  depait. 

*    — .SV/.r/r 


THE  CARELESS  TONGUE. 


"Oeatii  and  lifo  are  in  the  power  of  the  tongue, 
and  they  that  love  it  shall  <-at  the  fruit  therr'of." 
I'rov.  is:  21. 

rpilEUE  U  nothing  moiv  eouijiiun  than 
-*-      tfllking.     It  is  a  means  usi-d  to  tt.\ 
cliauge  thonglit   or  convey   ideas.     Wi 
have  dirtereut  methods  of  talking:   some 
use  theii-  fiiigei-s;   otlicrs.  tlieir   tongue. 
Nothing  is  more  common,  and  more  care- 
lessly used  tiian  words.     We  tiilk  every- 
where and  are  constantly   using   words 
without  stopping  to  consider   their   im- 
portance, or  ellect.    Sliall    we   condemn 
talking,    (the  use  of  words,)  because    it 
is  aljusedi     \'erily  not     Talking  is  es 
sentially    necessary.      "  Hy    tiiy    worils 
thou  slialt  he  juNtiMed.  and  hy  thy  words 
thou  shalt  lie   condemned."     Matt.    I-J: 
'■'<.     Death  and  life  are  in  tlie    po^\•eI•  of 
the  tongue,   and  if  we  love  life,  we  will 
choose  the  fruit   of  it.     "God,    who   ai 
sundry   times  and    in   divers   manners, 
spake  in  time  past  unto  the   fathers  b) 
the  prophets,  hath    in    tliese   last   days 
spoken  unto  us  by  his  Son."     Mark  the 
language,  "at  suudrj'  times."  not  at  times 
when  not  needed  or  for  mere  talk  sake, 
but  when  he  spok^  he  meant  soniwhmg. 
"In  divers  maD:,ers"— that  is   he   chose 
different  ^Anys  to  convev  unto  the    jieo 
pie  whfii  he  wanted  them  to  know;  and 
th-  ;j,8t  means  hp  made  use  of,  was    his 
>  fl.  wh  -m  h>^  bath  appointed  heir  of  all 
thing:,.     "And  there  came  a    voice   out 


Life  is  generally    what    we  make   it, 
and  is  to  be  measured,  therefore,  by  our 
lhougiit«  and   actiouu   rather    than    the 
length  of  time  consumed.  What  we  say 
goes  very  far  toward  determining  the  na- 
ture of  our  lives.     The  tongue  pro]»erIy 
u.sed  hecomes  a  source  of  enjoyment  tu 
ourselves,  and  all  with    whom    we    may 
;neet,  exc^ept  those  who    oppose    Clirist. 
Ill  used,  it    become.-*   a  curse  to  us,  and 
all  that  may  chanw;  t<j  fall  under  ita  in- 
fluence.     Notwithstanding     the    many 
sharp  rebukes  we  receive  and  the  warn 
inL's  in  (rod's  Word,  yet    we    will    talk 
and  that  unadvisedly.  The  apostle  says, 
neither  foolish  talking  nnrj<'Sting  which 
are  not  convenient."     Kjdi.   ii:  4.     Our 
.Master  tells  us  to  speak  to  the  one  con- 
cerned.    IIow  7nuch  trouble  we    would 
avoid  if  we  would  al\vays  remi*mber  this, 
and  go  directly  to  the  one  concerned.     1 
Iiope  that  the  brethren  retain  enougii  of 
theloveof  (iod,  if  their  lirother  trespass, 
to  go  and  tell  him  his  fault  between  you 
and  him  alone,  and    follow    the   tjolden 
rule,  "do  unto  others  as  we  would   have 
them  do  unto  us."  (Jossip  sometimes  ru 
ins  cliaractei's,  and  dealli  is  the  Hual    n 
suit.      'I'lieii'  is  a  tijue    to    keeji    aileuci 
and  a  time  to  speak.     Eccl. -"J:   7.     It  is 
not  always  best  to  speak  too  soon.    It  is 
the  jiart  of  wisdom  neither   to    applaud 
or  condemn  too   soon.      We  sometimes 
commit  oui-sedves  hy  speaking  too  soon, 
and  being  in  jiossession  of  a  false    pride 
frejuently    obliges  us  to  maintain   our 
mistakes,  even  after  oin-  judgment   con- 
demns them.     When  it  comes  to   giving 
u])  wliat  we    once   advocated,    although 
tlie  truth  nmy  he  stiii-ing  us  in  the    face, 
wr-  are  so  afraid    of  spoiling   somebody 
(of  course  wcau't  be  spoiled)  and  think 
it  tiHA*.  not,  in  ao\cnnw}p(^(ff  or  wnhijiit.,  ns 
the  ciise  may  be.     Hence,   Uod    is   not 
glorified  and  we  lose   the  fruits   of  life. 
"A  fool's  voice  is  known  by  a  multitude 
of  wordw."     Keel.  0:  H. 


ONE  BODY. 


1!V  «a.    lioiyilf.H. 


H^ 


It  is  the  part  of  wisdom  not  to  talk 
too  miicii.  If  we  have  nothing  to  say. 
hi'tter  ri*maiu  silent.  "Every  prudent 
inan  deali'th  with  knowledge,  but  a  fool 
layeth  o|)en  his  folly".  I'rov.  l:i:  l(i. 
For  hy  prudence  a  man  so  governs  him- 
self and  regulates  his  .actions  as  to  avoid 
im))ending  evils,  anil  to  obtain  that  good 
which  is  suitable  to  his  necessities.  So 
it  is  the  effect  of  folly  not  to  foresee  evils 
to  pi'event  them  atid  to  regulate  matters 
so  we  can  obtain  that  which  is  good. 

Solomon  tells  us,  "lie  that  walketh 
with  wise  men,  shall  be  wise,  but  a  com- 
panion of  fools  simll  be  destroyed." 
I'rov.  l;i:  I'd.  Solomon  would  teach  us 
that  a  man's  life  is  governed  very  much 
by  the  company  he  keeps,  in  a.s  much  a.-, 
like  begets  like.  If  we  are  not  clothed 
with  wisdom,  a  man's  conversation  will 
be  similar  to  that  of  his  comrades,  so  if 
we  seek  wise  counsel,  he  will  speak 
words  of  wisdom;  but  if  he  idles  iiis 
time  away,  listening  to  foidisli  talking, 
i-au  we  e.\pect  any  thing  else  but  that  his 
mouth  will  be  tilled  with  lolly?  It  is 
not  best  to  counsel  with  foolish  or 
thonghtiess  persons.  We  should  not  tell 
HioMgiitless  persons  important  matters. 
We  frei|uently  get  into  trouble  iu  this 
way.  Speak,  therefore,  to  the  wise  about 
'.  rious  matters,  but  towai'd  the  foolish 
(while  you  treat  all  courteously)  reserve 
your  c.nfideuce.  "A  good  man  out  of 
the  good  treasure  of  his  heart  bringeth 
forth  that  which  is  good, and  an  evil  man, 
out  of  the  evil  treasure  of  his  heart  bring- 
eth forth  that  which  is  evil;  for  of  the 
abundance  of  the  heart  his  mouth  speak- 
eth."     Luke  (>;  i'>. 


"For  an  the  body  in  one,  and  bus  mauy  mem- 
biTH.  Hnd  ittl  tlie  menilwrsof  that  one  bod.v.  be- 
ing miiity.  an?  one  bwlj- :  iw  aU«  i»  Christ.  For 
by  "no  sjiirit  «ri-  we  mM  baptized  int«  onf  body, 
wh'-th^r  WI-  tie  .lew  or  (jentile.  whether  we  be 
t>oiid  or  fre«-:  and  have  all  been  made  to  drink 
into  one  S|iirit."  1  Cor.  V2:  Ii  It. 

KKE  wi-  have   the   church    referred 
to  as  being  the   body    of  Christ, 
composed  of  nicinbers.  as  our   temporal 
bodies  are.     These   members  are  sepa- 
rate auil  distinct,  having  different  names 
to  distinguish  them;  yet  it   re(|Uires   all 
of  them  combined  to  foim  the  liody.    In 
the  body  of  Clirist,  as  in    the  temporal 
body,  there  are   functions   to  perform. 
Some  of  the  functions  require  the  labor 
of  one;  some,  two  or  more  members;  and 
finally  all  are  brought  into   rei|uisition. 
The  health  of  each  member  depends  up- 
on the  manner  in  which  it  performs   its 
functions.  This,thcn,  is  a  point  to  which 
we  call  your  attention;  "J''or  if  one  mem- 
ber suffers,  all  sutler  with  it;  if  one  re- 
ceives honor,  all  rejoice"  with  it-     If  a 
member  of  our  temporal  bodies  receives 
an    injury    by    disobeying   the   laws  of 
health,  how  all  the  members  of  the  body 
suffer  with  it,  how  we  nurse  and  try    to 
restore  that  member  to  health  again;  but 
if  it  is  so  badly  lacerated  that  it   cannot 
be  restored,  and  if  left   connected    with 
the  body  would  destroy  the  whole   sys- 
tem, what  then  must  be  done^     Anoth 
er  j)ainful    operation   takes    place — the 
member  is  amputated — cut  off'  from  the 
body,  then  what  is  the  result!  The  body 
has  lost  a  member  and  is  crippled,deform- 
ed,  maimed, — its  place  is  vacant,  its  loss 
is  remembered  with  sorrow. 

So    with     the    body     (the    church) 
of  Christ;  if  any  of  its  members  have  be 

come  afflicted  witli  «in,  how  srU'ely  the 
entire  body  feels  the  afflietion;  with 
what  sympathy  should  we  try  to  restore 
that  member.  But  if  it  is  so  badly  lae- 
erateil  with  sin  that  it  cannot  be  restor 
ed.and,  if  left  with  the  body  ( thechurch), 
would  destroy  it,  with  what  regret  and 
pain  is  the  member  severed  from  the 
iiody.  What  a  mark  of  deformity  it 
displays  to  the  eyes  of  those  who  suffer 
such  a  loss!  The  body,  deformed,  is  in 
])lain  view  of  the  world,  the  Devil  knows 
it  and  rejoices.  Then,  in  view  of  these 
facts,  how  careful  we  should  be,  for  if 
we  bring  affliction  upon  ourselves,  we, 
at  the  same  time,  bring  affliction  upon 
all  the  faithful  members  of  the  church. 

We  should  avoid  all  doctrine  that  is 
not  in  harmony  with  the  teachings  of  the 
gospel ,  that  there  "be  no  schism  in  the 
body,"  "be  not  unenually  yoked  with 
unbelievers,"  but,  "having  your  conver- 
sation honest  among  the  Gentiles;  that, 
whereas  they  speak  against  you  as  evil 
doers,  they  may,  by  your  good  works 
which  they  shall  Ijehold,  glorify  God  in 
the  day  of  visitation,  submit  yourself  to 
every  ordinance  of  man  for  the  Lord 
sake."  That  is,  obey  the  civil  laws  of 
the  country  in  which  you  live,  not  for 
the  purpose  of  bestowing  honor  uDon 
the  rulers  or  yourself,  but  for  the  Lord's 
sake,  that  no  reproach  may  come  upon 
the  body.  "Study  toshow  thyself  approv 
ed  unto  God,"  that  all  the  members  of 
the  body  may  rejoice.  "Wherefore  gird 
up  the  loins  of  your  mind,  be  sober  and 
hope  to  the  end  for  the  grace  that  is  to 
be  brought  unto  you  at  the  revelation  of 
Jesus  Christ,  as  obedient  children,  not 
fashioning  yourselves  according  to  the 
former  lusts  of  your  ignorance,  so  be  ye 
holy  in  all  manner  of  conversation;  be- 
cause it  is  written,  be  ye  holy,  for  I  am 
holy."  , 

yorl/i  Liheili/,  li„l. 


DEUS-HOMO. 

PY  r.  H.  nALSBACGH. 

THE  fragment  on  the  "Trinity  of 
(;odhead."in  Xo.  U.I    i,^g  j^"'^ 
to  supplement.     The  Divine  Fatbe,-  k'^ 
as  real  Paternity  to  the//",„o„,-,         "■ 
sus,  as  Mary  ha.s  maternity,     u^j  •  '  * 
been  for  the  Uivine  impregnation  v""' 
would  have  had  no  Son   to    bear.'    tI; 
relation  of  Fatherhood  is  as  direct 
vital  as  that  of  motherhood.  The  ll.-  " 
(Jod  was  the  quickening  principle  uf,,"' 
human  g.'rm,  and  the  sustaining  .j(,    " 
of  its  del  elopment   both    pre-natal     " 
post-natal-     God  was  the  Father  of  i 
sus  in  His  ilitnl  constitution.    Theref 
Mary  is  the  mother  of  Einiininm-l       ! 
not  only  of  a  IiiiiiMii  Son.  "She  brou  l' 
forth  a  Son,  and  called  His  name  ./f„    ' 
who  was  -'frod  iiiui>[T'e'^t   in  ilte  ffr^i"- 
Her  motherhood  contributed  nothin™  t 
His  Divinity,  but  she  had  it  in  keepin" 
the  same  as  if  the  supernatural  had  he 
imparted  by  a  human    father.     y„  n  . 
sense  she  was  the  mother  of  God.  Wl 
she  bore  in  the  human,  and  hi/  the  li» 
man,  was   as  trill}    (iod    as  that  whitb 
originally  i/utde  the   human.    The  Vn 
'eated  assumed  the  limitations  of  ti, 
creature.     "The   Wnrd  v.*as  made  ;/r.y/,  ■■ 
and  this  was  the  offspring  of  the   vii-oii, 
mother. 

The  Trinity  is  /iiore  than  a  distinction 
of  office.  It  is  Tri- personality.  Pajf, 
er  and  Son  are  p<  isonal  relations  tbe 
basis  of  separate  functions.  Not  only  is 
the  Father  greater  than  His  /lumiugm- 
eration  in  the  Incarn-ation,  but  superior 
to  the  eternal  generation.  Inferiority  of 
relation,  or  official  position,  does  not  im 
ply  inferiority  of  nature.  The  lower  in 
office  may  be  the  higher  in  quality 
There  was  a  Trinity  prior  to  the  assump 
tlou  of  humanity,  and  (Tonseqneutly  a 
Sou.  That  1  teity  is  a  unit  is  a  funda 
mental  truth.  But  if  the  Tri-unity  U 
not  a  Tri-personality,  then  Fatherhood 
and  Sonship  are  fictions,  because  there 
would  be  no  opportunity  in  the  Divine 
constitution  for  such  a  relation. 

Brother  Longanecker  is  such  a  mat;- 
nanimous,  noble  hearted  christian,  that 
I  feel  confident  he  has  the  perspicacity 
to  perceive  the  logic  of  these  remarb, 
and  the  integrity  to  appropriate  it.  I'n- 
reserved  surrender  to  the  truth  darifiei 
tbejudment.     John  o:  3n. 


COMFORTING  WORDS 


^'■J   Ulster  Loretta    Gans,   of  MiiUh- 

hranch,  Starh  Co.,  Ohio- — 
"VTES,  Bertha  is  gone;  she  sleeps  in  Je- 
-*-      sus.     O  how  sweet!  It  is  the  laD- 


guage  of  the  eternal  I  AM,  that  "dust 
thou  artand  unto  dust  thou  shalt  return." 
A  mother's  love  is  deep,  but  you  mourn 
not  as  those  who  have  no  hope.  The 
claim  of  Jesus  to  your  darling  babe  is 
superior  to  yours.  Hearken  to  the  voiiT 
from  the  E.TCellent  (ilory,  "Is  it  not  law 
fill  forme  to  do  what  I  will  with  mine 
own  ?"  "The  Lord  gave,  the  Lord  hath 
taken  away,  ble.ssed  be  the  name  of  the 
Lord."  The  Babe  of  Bethlehem  and 
little  Bertha  are  in  each  other's  embrace. 
It  is  well  with  her.  "Sutter  little  chil- 
dren to  come  unto  me  and  forbid  them 
not;  for  of  such  isthekingdom  of  God- 
A  great  part  of  God's  kingdom  is  com- 
posed of  such  literally;  and  those  only 
who  resemble  little  children  shall  be  re- 
ceived into  it.  Christ  loves  little  chil- 
dren, because  he  loves  simplicity  andio 
noceuce;  he  has  sanctified  their  very  ag"^ 
by  passing  through  it  himself— the  Ho 
ly  Jesus  was  once  a  little  child. 


•r£lK    XlKK'J'Iil'lJ^jSr   v-A.T    "WOKKl, 


3 


weQt  with  yotij     bus  land    down  ,  aUvn}s  euahle    xVuuual    iMf«tiUi»    U«    li*^ 


rbe  liM"'^  stream  ami    was    buritj 


'    n-ness  of  life.    But  before  another 


ii-tl  their 


aud  rose  to  walk 
e  another 
had  mfi'le  its  appearaiK-e    God    saw 
11  your  husband  away,  and  now 
,me  and  taken  away  your    only 
Twice  has  the  two  edged  sword 
■ouiniis- 
even  to   the   dividinc 


pirit  executed  its  dread 


ler  <>r  (/''5  ,/'"'"'■>■  aftd  the  marrow," 
.„f  vour  piecemeal  to  the  sepulchre, 
little  soul  on  whom  voluntary  sin 
impressed   ite   ghastly   stain 


,J  never 

.  i,t.pn  carried  by  the  angels  into  the 
"  ^tal-doored,  golden  floored,  diamond- 
'  lie'l,  beauty-bathed,  song-ravished 
Metropolis  of  the  King  of  kings.  One 
..jj]^  sparkling  jewel  have  you  furnished 
■  tlie  (iiadem  of  Emmanuel.  One  lit- 
1  ijs..ail  for  the  cornnet  of  Eternal  life. 
,|.  ,  little  hands  to  sweep  the  gohleu 
,  „,,5  of  i'edempti<ins  anthem.  Two  lit- 
.  j-|^,pt  t<i  tread  the  saphire  paTement  of 
,  pavilion  "^  ineffable  beauty.  Once 
,  Ijeaven  been  enriched  with  a  pear] 
„t  1)1  the  ocean  depths  of  your  being. 
Y„,ir  heart  bleeds,  your  spirit  vibrates 
ritb  iiDt'uish,  and,  like  llachael,  you  re- 
i  to  be  comforted.  That  you  have 
,,iie  little  star  in  the  lirmameut  of  glory 
4oul(l  add  fresh  beams  to  the  pillar  of 
l^iethat  leads  you  through  the  wikler- 
ugj^s,  God  has  bereft  you,  and  he  can 
jjU  v.-ur  sorniws  heal.  Keep  yourself 
,,n  i^uiiJ  terms  with  the  Holy  Ghost,  and 
Ijf  will  sli"W  you  wonders.  His  office 
is  t'»  comfort  with  the  beauty  and  h 
and  '^'ioi'y  antl  work  of  him  m  whom 
dwells  all  the  fulness  of  the  Godhead 
bodily. 

yfaiihoro,  OMo. 

ANNUAL  MEETING  PLAN. 


Self  sustiiiniug. 
{BreiAren's  Periodical  please  eopj^-) 
Ifilhhurf}^   Pa. 

THE  CHILDREN. 

WHKN  the  less.\.ii=;  aiid  task^  are  all  ended. 
And  the  school  for  the  day  is  dismissed. 
And  the  little  ones  gather  around  ine. 
To  bid  me  good-night  and  he  kissed; 
Oh,  the  little  white  arms  that  encircle 

My  neck  in  ;i  tender  emhrace! 
Ob,  the  smiles  that  are  haloes  of  heaven, 
tiheddiug  sunshine  of  love  in  my  fave! 


.1  phiii.  hy  tvhich  Annual  Meeting 
mdd  dliiiinlsh  the  crowd  of  those  attend 
ini]  it.maintam  better  order^  and  defray 
Jlof  i(s  expenses.    Ada,m  Beelman. 

Ill  IK  above  items  are  matters  of  im- 
-  portance  to  the  welfare  and  pro- 
i;re8s  of  Annual  Meetings.  I  have  ob- 
served that  while  the  brethren  are  eat- 
ing, or  attending  to  business  of  the  meet 
log,  a  mixed  crowd, not  brethren,  on  the 
outside,  interferemuch  with  the  harmony 
flnil  jirogressof  the  meeting.  The  crowd 
is  made  up  of  wild  and  roving  men  from 
a  surrounding  circle  of  perhaps  twenty 
miles.  They  hear  oi  fn'C  hoarding  and 
crowd  there  to  get  it. 

The  plan  is  this:  Let  Annual  Meeting 
lie  supplied  with,  five  thousand  coupon 
tickets.  Let  them  be  headed  with  the 
words,  Annual  Meeting,  1S80,  let  the 
word  mud  be  inserted  underneath  ten 
times,  and  each  term  to  be  easily  sepa- 
rated from  the  ticket,  after  the  usual 
raauner. 

Let  the  one  who  sells  the  coupons 
imu-h  each  one,  which  alone  will  make 
them  valid.  Let  each  attendant  buy  a 
coupon  for  i?1.0i»,  this  will  entitle  the 
Wider  to  ten  meals.  Let  those  who  have 
charge  ot  the  taVjles  take  up  a  ticket  at 
each  meal,  (of  course  each  holder  can 
dispose  of  his  tickets  as  he  pleases ).  The 
purchaser  can  collect  at  the  close  of  the 
meeting  10  cents  for  each  ticket  which  I 
Ms  coupon  yet  contains. 

If  I  can  pay  ^:iii  to  get  to  Annual 
Meeting,  I  can  pay  i?l.<Mi  for  my  meals. 
If  our  district  can  raise  §4ti,i'0  for  two 
delegates,  it  can  raise  ^2.0u  more  for 
their  meals. 

These  tickets  should  be  purchased  im 
laediately  upon  arrival  at  Annual  Meet- 
'Dg-  This  plan  could  be  \aried  so  as  to 
W  adapted  Xf>  circumstances,  and  it  will 


And  when  they  are  gone  I  sit  dreaming 

Of  my  childhood  too  lovely  to  last; 
Of  love  that  my  heart  will  remember. 

When  it  wakes  to  the  puUe  of  the  past, 
Kre  the  world  and  its  wickedness  made  me 

A  partner  of  sorrow  and  sin; 
When  the  glory  of  God  was  ahout  me, 

And  the  glory  of  gladness  within. 

Oh!  my  heart  grows  weak  as  a  woinau's. 

And  the  fountains  of  feeling  will  How, 
When  1  think  of  the  paths  steep  and  stony, 

Where  the  feet  of  the  dear  ones  must  go; 
Of  the  mountains  of  sin  hanging  o'er  them, 

Of  the  tempest  of  tate  blowing  wild! 
Oh!  there  is  nothing  on  earth  halfso  holy 

As  the  innocent  heart  of  a  child! 

rhfey  are  idols  of  hearts  and  of  households; 

They  are  angels  of  God  in  di;^guise; 
His  sunlight  still  sleeps  in  their  tresses. 

His  glory  still  gleams  in  their  eyes; 
Oh!  those  truants  from  home  and  from  heaven, 

They  have  made  me  more  manly  and  mild 
And  1  know  how  Jesua  could  liken, 

The  kingdom  of  God  to  a  child- 

I  ask  not  a  hfe  of  the  dear  ones, 

AH  radiant  as  others  have  done, 
Hut  that  life  may  have  jiist  enough  &h;idow 

To  temper  the  glare  of  the  sun; 
I  would  pray  God  to  guard  them  from  evil, 

But  my  prayer  would  bound  back  to  myself; 
Ah!  a  seraph  may  pray  for  a  sinner. 

But  a  sinner  must  pray  for  himself. 

The  twig  is  so  easily  heuded, 

-..I  hive  banished  the  rule  and  the  rod; 

I  have  taugtit^them  ilie 


dness  of  kiiowledge, 
They  have  taught  me  the  goodness  of  God; 

My  heart  is  a  dungeon  of  darkness, 

Where  I  shut  them  from  breaking  a  rule; 

My  frown  is  sufficient  correction: 
My  love  is  the  law  of  the  school. 

I  shall  leave  the  old  house  in  the  Autumn 

To  traverse  its  threshold  no  more: 
Ah!  how  I  shall  sigh  for  the  dear  ones, 

That  meet  me  each  morn  at  the  door! 
I  shall  miss  the  "good  nights"  and  the  kisses, 

And  the  gush  of  their  innocent  glee, 
The  group  on  the  green,  and  the  flowers 

That  are  brought  every  morning  to  me. 

I  shall  miss  them  at  morn  and  at  evening. 

Their  song  in  the  school  and  the  street; 
I  shall  miss  the  low  hum  of  their  voice. 

And  the  tramp  ol  their  delicate  feet. 
When  the  lessons  and  tasks  are  all  ended 

And  death  says,  "The  school  is  dismissed!" 
May  the  little  ones  gather  around  me, 

To  bid  me  good-night  and  be  kissed. 

Selected  hy  Clara  Bhuhakeu. 

MEDITATIONS  UPON  SCRIPTURE. 

KY  ,r.\MES  WIRT. 

ALL  the  children  of  God  will  ac- 
knowledge that  it  is  profitable  to 
meditate  upon  the  truths  of  Inspiration, 
that  it  is  eminently  useful  to  be  well  ac- 
quainted with  the  teachings  of  the  Bi- 
ble, 

The  apostle  asserted  the  truthfulness 
of  these  propositions  when  he  referred 
to  Timothy's  youthful  instructions,  hy 
saying:  "From  a  child  thou  hast  known 
the  holy  Scriptures,"  thus  commendinc 
every  true  disciple  that  is  willing  to  ex- 
emplify the  teachings  of  the  gospel  in 
practical  life. 

A  thorough  knowledge  of  the  sayings 
of  Christ  and  the  apostles  are  requisite  in 
•order  to  render  a  ^utiful  compliance  with 
the  same,  and  this  will  enable  those  thus 
informed  of  the  spirit  au»i  doctrine  of  the 
gospel  also  tospeuk  the  things  which  be- 
come sound   doctrine,  and  by  frequently 


medirjuiugupon  tli*-  written 
profiting  may  appear. 

There  is  mueh  g»ined  In  reading  and 
studying  the  word  of  God.     The  Chris 
tian's  hope  of  eternal  life  is  ba.sed   upon 
their  obedience  to  the  mandates  of  heav- 
en, and  while  ignorant  of  the  law  of  God 
it  is  not  probable  that  they   will    obey 
its  requirements  nor  will  they  know-  that 
this  word  testifies  so   plainly   of  (Tirist. 
The  New  Tc'itament  is  the  embodiment 
of  Christ's  perfect   law  to  man    and    by 
dwelling  upon  the  facts  therein  contain- 
ed, the  nature  of  its  Author  is    imbibed 
and  pifty  towards  God,  and  zeal  for  his 
cause    is   manifested.     The   disciple  of 
Christ  will  become  more  Christ  like,  and 
will  live  more  consistent — will  shine  as 
lights  in  the  world,  constraining   others 
to  accept  the  Joctrine  and  live.  A  com- 
mand by  one  of  the  apostles  dictated  by 
the  Uoly  Spirit  given    to  a    preacher    of 
the  gospel,  was  to  "shew  thyself  approv- 
ed of  God,  a  workman  that  nerdeth  not 
to  be  ashamed,  rightly  ilividiug  tlie  \\ord 
of  truth."  This  was  given  that  all  might 
be  equipped  with  the  armor  of  God,  and 
l.>)  patient  practice  become  skillful    in 
huudling  the  sword    of  the   spirit,  and 
continually  manifest  a  zeal  according  to 
knowledge.     It  is  right  to  be   zealously 
affected  always  in  a   good  cause,   and  a 
good  cause  makes  a  brave  heart. 

As  a  stimulus  to  an  attainment  of  the 
virtues  and  perfections  of  Christian  char- 
acter; it  is  proper  that  the  frieuds  of  Je- 
sus should  know  what  their  Lord  doeth, 
and  how  can  this  be  a'-'ertained  in  any 
better  way  than  by  meditating  upon 
that  word  that  became  flesh  and  dwelt 
among  men  in  the  person  of  Christ  on 
earth?  And  while  he  was  here  in  the 
flesh  he  gave  unto  man  a  perfect  rule  of 
life.     A  knowledge  of  this  rule    obtain- 

tice,  which  will  insure  to  the  saint  a  re- 
ward in  the  future  state.  A  belief  in 
the  e.xistence  of  God  and  that  he  is  a  re- 
warder  of  all  those  who  diligently  seek 
him,  is  a  fundamental  truth,  and  upon 
this  principle  is  ba^ed  all  spiritual  pro- 
gress,  though  the  soul  properly  instruct- 
ed will  not  rest  satisfied  here,  but  will 
eagerly  strive  to  advance  in  the  knowl- 
edge and  practice  of  divine  things;  neith- 
er will  we  be  satisfied  till  we  awake  in 
the  likeness  of  our  blessed  Redeemer  in 
his  glorified  state,  who  being  the  bright- 
ness of  his  Father's  glory,  bears  the  ex- 
press image  of  bis  person,  to  enjoy  the 
fulness  of  divinity. 
Virden,  III. 


iiuoug  you! 


A  LESSON   ON  PRAYER. 


THE   m   TY    OK   IMiAVER. 

Matt,  -iij:  -il :— Watch  and  pray,  that 
ye  enter  not  into  temptation;  the  spirit 
indeed  is  willing,  but  the  flesh    is  weak. 

Phil.  4:  G:— Be  careful  for  nothing; 
but  in  every  thing  by  prayer  and  sup- 
plication with  thanksgiving  let  your  i-e- 
quests  be  made  known  unto  God. 

Col.  4:  -i:— Continue  in  prayer  and 
watch  in  the  same  with  thanksgiving. 

1  Thess.  5:  17:— Pray    without   ceas- 


1  Tim.  2:  8:— 1  will  therefore  that 
men  pray  evei-y  \^-here,  lifting  up  holy 
hands,  without  wrath  and  doubting. 

IS    FAITH. 

Matt.  21 :  •22: — And  all  things,  what- 
soever ye  shall  ask  in  prayer,  believing, 
ye  shall  receive. 

John  l.'r.  7:— If  ye  abide  in  me,  and 
my  words  abide  in  you,  ye  shall  ask 
what  ye  will,  and  it  shall  be  done  unto 
you. 

Jas.  .">:  i;'.:— Is  any  among  you  atfliet 
ed?   let   him    pray 
,  him  sing  psalms. 


L-I-.  .'):  14:  -  Is  ;iiiv 
l«i.  hiiil  elJl  fiii-  ih.J  eMei>^.f  ih-  rhurch; 
and  let  them  pray   over  him,  anointing 
him  with  oil  iu  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

Jiis.  ."i:  1.'):— And  the  prayer  of  faith 
shall  save  the  sick,  and  the  Lord  shall 
raise  him  up;  and  if  he  have  committed 
sins,  they  shall  be  forgiven  him. 

Jas.  1 :  ."i: — If  any  of  you  lack  wisdom, 
let  him  ask  God,  that  giveth  to  all  men 
liberally,  and  upbr.aideth  not ;  aiid  it 
shall  be  given  liini. 

1  John  .'):  14: — And  this  is  the  confi- 
dence that  we  have  iu  him,  that  if  we 
a"*k  an\  thing  according  to  his  will,  he 
lieareth  us. 

IMtAVKU  UKAlUK 

1  Pet.  8:  12; — For  the  eyes  of  tir 
Lord  are  over  the  righteovis.  and  his  ears 
are  open  unto  their  prayers;  but  the  face 
of  tlie  Lord  is  against  them  that  do  evil. 

1  John  <i:  ■22:— And  whatsoever  we 
ask,  we  receive  of  him,  beeauae  we  keep 
hif-  commandments,  and  do  those  things 
that  are  pleasing  in  his  sight. 

WITH  CONFESSION, 

Mark  11:  25: — And  when  ye  stand 
praying,  forgive,  it' ye  have  aught  against 
any;  that  your  Father  also  which  is  in 
heaven  may  forgive  you  your  trespasses. 

Mark  11:  2t;:— Bvil  if  ye  do  not  for- 
give, neither  will  your  Father  which  is 
iu  Leaven  forgive  your  trespasses. 

A\01D    IIKIMCTITIO.VS. 

Matt,  ii:  7: — But  when  ye  pray,  use 
not  vain  repetitions,  as  the  hw^then  do; 
for  they  think  that  the)  shall  be  heard 
tor  their  much  speaking. 

i.okd's  i-havkk. 

Matt,  li:  *.):~After  this  maimer  there- 
fore pray  ye:  Our  Father  which  art  in 
heaven.  Hallowed  be  thy  name. 

10  Thy  kingdom  come.  Thy  will  be 
done  in  earth,  as  it  is  in  heaven. 

llijiuana  tkia  tl«.yoiU'    diuly    iU'-awL. 

12  And  forgive  us  our  debts,  as  we 
forgive  our  debtors. 

l;{  And  lead  us  not  into  temptation, 
but  deliver  us  from  evil;  For  thine  is  tiir 
kingdom,  and  the  powei-,  and  the  glory, 
for  ever.    Amen. 

THEJORDAN  VALLEY. 


riMlE  Jordan  Valley  was  one  bhiKw   of 
■*-      beautiful  flowers,  growing  in  a  pro- 
fusion not  often   to  be    found,   even  iu 
more  fertile  lands.     The  ground  was  lit- 
erally covered  with  blossoms;  the  great 
red  anemone,  like  a  poppy,  grew  in  long 
tracts  on  the  stony  soil ;  on  the  soft  marls 
patches  of  the  delicate    lavender   color 
were  made  by  the  wild  stocks;  the  I'etem 
lor  white  broom  (the  juniper  Scripture), 
was  in  full  blossom,  and  the  rich  purple 
nettles  contrasted  with  fields  of  the  knt- 
ufy,  or  yellow  St.  Suhn's   worl.     There 
were  also  quantities  of  orange- colored 
marigolds,  and  long  fields  of   white  and 
purple  clover,  tall  spires   of  asphodel, 
and  elubs  of  snapdragons,  purple  salvias 
and  white  garlic,    pink   geraniums   and 
cistus,  tall,   white   umbelliferous  plants, 
and  large  camomile  daisies,  all   set  in  a 
border  of  deep   green    herbage,    which 
reached   the   shouldei-s  of  thn  iiorscs.— 
Tenf  Worlc  in  Pakntine, 


There  is  to  be  a  National  Convention 
of  colored  racu  in  Nashville,  Tennessee, 
Tuesday,  May  nth,  to  consider  the  pres- 
ent condition  of  the  race  in  the  South, 
and  things  pertaining  to  their  welfare 
and  future  prosperity  as  a  people. 


it  is  said  the  death  rate  from    famine 

in  Cashmere,    India,  is   terrible;    at  the 

I  present  rate  the  province  is  liable  to  le 

Is  any  merry  J  let  t depopulated  by  the  end  of  the    juesent 

year. 


TH1-;   nnKa-H.i<K>s'  -'^t  a\^oki-c. 


'-pril 


flip  l^rfflircn  nf  ^orTi. 

IM  HIJSHKI)  WKKKI-V. 


pROT.McOABr«TVi»itl«Mer."Onth«Way|!ittle  boyi  sod  girU  to  occupy  front  6«its. 
to  Prtltwtirip."  wiui  wrhtta  from  Pam  on  the  I  Other  miowtcring  brethren  hare  done  likewise 
I'Tf  of  hU  rlf|>arture  for  Itonie.     It  will  appear  j  j|„d  a  noticeable  improvement  was  qaite  appar- 


.1.  II.  MOOKK.  t  EniToiKt  and 

M.  SI.  KMIKI.MAN'.  I  PiiornirToit^. 


3.  J,   UaIII!I-o 


TH«BiiitTiiiiB«  AT  Womn  will  be»eni  or  II  W)  p«r»n. 
lUDi  in  kilTATicv.  Any  one  who  will  ■on<l  iib  'iithl  niMncit 
uid  9Vi  I")  mill  rft#i*r  i\D  n.l<llilmi»l  copy  tree  of  i-hnrjtc 
and  for  Mch  i».l.lilioiii»lliriin»  lOTPf  nnd  •►«.»»  Ihr  nmr 
uniMk  ihcagpiil  "ill  hp  nilowp'i  Ion  j'^r  c^nr  ,  which 
unouiil  c»li  U<  ilcliictfl  from  ihp  nii>r>»7  bcfprr  »fln.|lng  it 
lou(.  Monpyeiii  by  I'o«(»l  llrlcn.,  lUnftwei' 
or  clmfl",  pnipcHy  nddrPrntci,   will  br  -"  '■' 

■endini   ilrnfl.    be  "urf  ilinl  il  i"  not 
oheck,  il  oofr"  im  an  renin  lo  polled, 

MlleciM  rnfp.     ro»Ugi'  Miniiip"  may  bo  urnl  for  AuioNnl« 

on.lPt  1  IH'.  hill  nlwayi.  »rn.I  iIip  money  if  J-»   nn.   k*-'  " 

8utii.cn|>iii>nii,  adO  ooiiiinuni<uillon«  luteixloil  for  tbn  p»- 

Srr,  [u>  well  it*  nil  bimliiPM  roultrt*  c<)nne«i«il  wlih  ih«  -t- 
or  «hniil<l  hf  KcMrnMOi] 

UOOBE  k  ZSEELUAlf, 

I.Afi&rk,  CuToll  Co.,ni 


whiln  A 


Ijciici 
ri«k.  Wbrn 
.       If  11  it  n 


|,A\AKK,1I.I... 


Aritll,  :!l,  IKJft. 


O.      W.      I'lUBRIl's     IwldrCMH     IH 

Pieroeton,  Indituiu,  l<)  Nfodetili 


t:)iai)KO[l    friidi 
,  KiinHiui. 


BnoTllKit  .1.  \V.  SriiouHi',  of  Sniickxhiirjf, 
Pt-niicylvmiifi,  cliantt''"  l''"  inidn'HH  to  Pen  Itiiri. 
IiidiiLDH  (-oiinty,  i-niiii'  Stiito. 

UkuThkii  J.  W.  Stein  in  exju'ctcd  to  [irench 
in  Lanark  on  Satnrdiiy  evening,  Mny  lOtb.Sun- 
dii;^' morninff  lit  ten,  and  alRO  Sunilay  cvoninf;, 
May  mil.  ^^^ 

BnoTHWt  W.  H.  OiirncH,  i)f  Fulton  ('(tiiiity. 
Illinniii,  t^ayx  tlii-y  httvcorpniiiwil  a  Hibli-Hclioni 
oil  till-  plfin  propoiH'd  \>y  Hrothcr  Eslirlman  ii 
l^w  wt'uka  HKO. 

h  we  ilo  not  teiicli  our  cliildrcii,  Katan  will, 
aud  if  the  (cH(hii)K  i«  l**n  to  liim.  woe  )»<■  unto 
the  risinji  gonerntion.  l''iitli<TH  and  motlu-rs. 
t  .ke  warning  and  do  your  duty. 

Wii.  H.  Skli.  hiifi  cliaiigitd  liiH  itddrusB  from 
M-u'triiMilJe.  llfirriHo)]  County,  MiHxoiiri,  to  Kl- 
tievilli',  (leutry  Coimty,  hhhic  Stiiti'.  Siicci'h** 
to  ilrutliCT  Sell  in  liiit  nuw  IlLdd  of  lalior. 

Il'  tlioHe  deMiring  JjeitHon  JjiMtvei  for  Mie  mw  of 
Hiblo  Sclionia  will  Mcnd  for  ftnmple  copien  of  iht- 
C-hUilr.u  ot  Wmh  they  will  likely  liiid  tin-  vi-ry 
thing  they  want.  See  notice  of  I  lie  juijht  nn 
tatit  pnge  of  thifi  wmiq. 

Hkuthkh  I).  Mayes  liiti-ly  lirld  ii  public  dc- 
bnte  in  \'irK)iiiii  witli  Mr.  I*.  S.  Itliodef.  Siih- 
jt'cl,  Keet-wiinliiiin.  Urotl.cr  I]iiyn  ih  uiiid  to 
have  ncquitled  hiniNelf  well,  and  defended  the 
truth  to  the  credit  of  the  caune, 

Wk  ure  iu  reioipt  of  ii  letter  from  ITill'M  Dnli', 
Pennvylviiniii,  lontnininK  ten   !itibB<;riplion>t  to 
tlie  Mounuiw    Propo.tition,    hut  Ihe  writer  luili 
to  give  his  uunio.     We  inunt  hiive  the  writer 
naiuo  before  Hceeptiug  the  proniiseH  made. 

A  NL'MiiRR  of  congreRntions  have  dinpenNed 
with  SundBy  Hcho(iI«  aud  in  their  steiid  nre 
orpaiiiiiiug  Uible  tjchoo)«  oil  tlie  plan  projiosed 
iu  the  Hhetjikkn  at  Wokk  a  few  wenkH  ago. 
The  liliin  ouee  iidopted  will  doubtlewH  give  gen- 
eral suti.Hfaction  to  nil  Itihle  student^,  and  while 
•ioiiie,  for  ;'ood  reaKonji,  iiiiiy  lie  nppo«i'(lto  Smi- 
dny  Schoids,  not  one  will  likely  object  to  Ilible 
Schools,  aud  let  the  Hible  he  Ihf  Hook  of  the 
school. 


A  VEW  week;)  ago  we  rei^ue-sled  those  who 
subscribe,  or  send  for  either  of  the  papers,  al- 
ways to  state /fOir  /»»(/ they  wanted  it.  Not- 
withstanding this  notice  very  few  tell  us  wliether 
they  want  the  pajier  jnst  to  the  end  of  ISTit,  or 
for  one  yeur  fiom  date  suliscriptiou  begins 
Xow  we  cannot  tell  how  much  to  chnrge  for 
the  paper,  or  how  long  to  send  it,  The  sub 
scriptdon  to  the  end  of  the  year  is  ifil.OO. 

In  aonie  of  our  exchanges  we  reiul  of  "dancing 
CbriRtians."'  Who  ever  heard  of  Christiaiis  en- 
staging  in  a  fashionnble  dance?  To  talk  ol 
"dancing  ChrLstiaiis "  is  about  us  logical  a^ 
talking  of  "  rhristimi  sinnen*,"  Men  and  wo- 
men who  attend  dance.'*  and  places  of  general 
amusement  aie  not  the  meek  and  humble  fol- 
lowers of  the  Master. 

Mk.  John-  Lkmi.ky,  former  editor  of  the  (ioH- 
'■I,  ('en.^et:  but  now  editor  of  X ion's  Wiit<liiiiiiu, 
after  a  three  week's  trial,  l-as  t^een  acquitted. 
The  editonj  of  the  '  cnxcr  published  a  number  of 
chargte  agaJn-st  him,  but  it  seems  that  when 
put  U)  the  test  they  failed  to  suatain  their 
c^xMgff.  Mr.  I^mley  i»  a  hard  working  editor, 
and  publinhefl  one  of  the  ne;ttest  piipers  coming 
lo  ,..f  olTiw. 


:  next  week.     He  will  **>>m  reach  Jeru*ialem  from 
which  point  o:>r  readen  may  look  fur  iutcrext- 

!  ing  letter*. 

Hkotrkk  Howard  Miller  writen  that  be  ix 
niiikin;;  special  iirrangenit-ntit  on  nil  the  road" 
leading  to  th--  vii-inity  of  the  Annual  M'-eting. 
A<*  linither  Arnold  ban  u  notice  on  railroa^I  ar- 
ranjfemcntM  in  this  iinue  wenuggeHtthat  Broth- 
er Millar  confer  with  him  that  there  be  uo 
dafihing. 

Bhotiikk  Wm.  IJ.  Sell  cayH:  *I  haTecalU  for 
preaching  that  would  keep  me  in  the  field  all 
the  time,  but  am  too  poor;  cannrit  go  and  let 
my  family  starve.  I  held  nome  meeting"  in  a 
new  jdnee.  and  haptiz/'d  two.  One  of  them  a 
leading  and  inlluential  Hint'T.  which  hfui  cauited 
wonderful  iineartinenM  among  the  CiimifbelliteM 
and  liiiptiNt'.." 

A  MiNiHTKH,  who  had  ftillen  into  the  bti/J  hab- 
it of  (friimbling  very  miieh    aborit  the  way  hiw 
mbem  treated  hiiri  waa  thuH  interrupted: 
'  Did  they  ever  "pit  in  your  (in*?  " 

"  No;  they  haven't  come  to  tliat." 

"  I)id  they  ever  smite  yon  ?  " 

"  No.'* 

"  Did  they  ever  crown  you  with  thornH?  " 

ThiH  lajit  quention  wuh  too  much  for  the 
preacher.     lie  ever  ofter  quit  hi«  grumbling. 

TliK  Brethren  in  Soiit|ierii  Indiana  are  going 
into  midNionary  ftork  in  good  earnest.  They 
have  appointed  two  men  to  take  the  field,  and 
othern  to  raise  the  necessary  means  to  defray 
the  cxjienKes  of  the  work.  We  hope  the  churches 
in  Indiana  will  respond  liberally  towards  su(>- 
jiorting  the  iiiiHcictn.  The  Gosjiel  must  lie 
jireaclied,  and  it  is  the  duty  of  the  church  to  see 
that  it  is  done.  If  euch  member  will  do  his 
J  art,  and  give  um  the  Lord  has  prospered  him, 
tile  burden  will  be  easily  borne. 

A  Boston  niiniHier  says  he  once  preardied  on 
"The    Hecognitioii  of  Friends  in  the  Future." 

id  was  told  alti-r  service  by  n  hearer  that  it 
would  be  more  to  the  point  to  preach  about  the 
recognition  of  friends  here,  as  he  had  been  in 
tlio  church  twenty  years  and  didn't  know  any 
of  its  meniheri*.    That  wnp  certainly  a  sensible 

I'obuito.r    A  liUlo    more  rt  cognition  hen:  would 

add  greatly  to  the  usefulnesn  of  the  church,  and 
)>e  instniinentar  in  bringing  many  into  the 
chunli  w)io  are  now  driven  away  by  cold  forni- 
alidiii. 

TiiK  following  i»  thought  to  bd  the  number 
of  religiuuH  de nominations  amongst  English 
N])caking  communities  throughout  the  world: 

KpiHCopalians I7,7."»0.O0O 

Melh.idists  of  all  descriptions H.OiU'.OfiO 

IJoman  ( .'aMiolics 13.500,00(1 

Presbyterians  of  all  descriptioafl 10,00(1,000 

Baptists  of  all  dtncriptioDS.... 8,000,OOU 

Congregatioiialists 7.000.000 

Unitarians 1.000,000 

Minor  religious  sects I,50(i,ii00 

Of  no  religion  in  particular 7,5(K),000 


eot. 


English-speaking  population 80,150,000 

NOT  SOMETHING  NEW 

IT  is 
till 


the  ea>icst  tiling  iu  the  world  to  be  luis- 
keii,  iiiid   even  some  of  our  readers  have 
formed    mistaken  ideas    about  (Miiltlren's  Meet- 
ings, and  tor  that  rea.sou   may  be  opposed  to 
them. 

These  meetings  are  not  a  "new  thing"  as 
some  have  thought.  Those  wlo  umintain  tliat 
meetings,  for  the  special  benefit  of  the  youth, 
a  now  tiling,  are  not  well  posted  on  tlu  prac- 
tice of  the  Primitive  Christians,  for  with  them 
the  teaching  of  the  children  was  a  speciality. 
They  remembered  the  language  of  the  Savior  to 
Peter— "feed  my  lambs'"  —  and  labored  to  im- 
part Bible  iustructiumt  to  their  cliildren,  thus 
bringing  them  up  in  the  way  they  should  go. 
This  was  also  u  common  practice  among  the 
Jews  in  their  early  history:  their  cliildren  were 
caiffully  instructed  in  the  Law  and  Prophets. 
Nor  is  the  practice  new  among  tlie  Brethren. 
We  have  known  of  such  meetings  years  ago, 
and  know  aged  ministers  who  take  great  delight 
in  preaching  io  children.  We  learned  the  prac 
tice  from  old  lirethreu.  and  some  of  them  have 
been  at  it  for  ,\ems.  These  old  brethren  oblain- 
ed  the  idea  from  the  practice  of  the  Piimitive 
Churches  in  the  first  centuries,  it  is  therefore 
venerable  with  age.  and  in  addition  to  that  it  is 
according  to  the  Bible,  ami  when  called  on  to 
do  so  we  can  prove  it. 

In  several  instances,  when  holding   meetings 
iu    adjoining    congregations,    we  have   had  the 


The  children  wereattentive;  took  part  in 
singing,  and  frequently,  with  the  Bible  in  hand. 
would  turn  to  and  read  the  passages  as  they 
w.-re  named  by  the*  preacher.  Their  zeal  for 
tliH  truth  inspired  their  parents  and  made  them 
feel  Kood,  We  have  seen  parents  sit  and  weep 
for  joy  in  these  little  meetings,  and  at  the  close 
would  say.  "Oh!  how  much  better  off  we  would 
be  if  we  couM  have  attended  such  meetings 
when  we  were  children." 

Parent*  should  not  be  afraid  to  have  their 
childr»*n  taught  the  Bible  doctrine  while  young 
Plant  the  good  seed  in  their  tender  hearts  and 
let  it  take  deep  and  lasting  root,  and  then  they 
will  know  and  understand  their  diitv. 

We  need  more  preaching  adapti-d  to  the  need, 
of  the  young.     Much  of  our  preaching  is  hard 
to  lie  understood  even  by  the  aged  and  well  in- 
formed, and  therefore  is  no  fpod  to  young  minds. 
The   food  is   jilaced  so   high   that   most  of  the 
lambs  cannot  reach  it.  and  in  toomany  ins'^ances 
preaching  is  of  no  interest  to  them.     Let  preach- 
ers learn  to    preach  and  talk  so   that  even  chil- 
dren can  understand  them  and  then  older  people 
will  be    raoie  edified.     We  want    more  of  this 
plain    preaching  that  can  be  easily  understood. 
In  this  connection  a  little  incident  will  be  im- 
pressive; A  learned    clergyman    once  wrote  an 
able  sermon  which  he  intended  to  deliver  before 
his  congregation  the  next  Sunday.     Calling  the 
hired  girl  into  his  studio  he  read  it  to  her.  ask- 
ing her  if  she  could  understand  it.     She  replied 
that  she   could   not.     He  then    rewrote   it,  en- 
deavoring to  make  it  plainer.    The  second  time 
he  railed  lor  his  servant   girl.     After   listening 
to  the  reading   carefully  she  said,  "  Mr.,    please 
plain  a   little  more."     He  did   so,  but  felt  very 
much  mortified,  thinking  his  sermon  would  dis- 
gust the  congregation.     The  next  Sunday,  after 
the  sermon  was  delivered,  the  hearers  pronounc- 
ed it  the  most  impressive  sernion  that  man  ever 
preached.     It  was  so  plain  aud  simple  that  the 
people   could    understand   it.      That    preacher 
learned  a  lesson,  and  jiome  other   preachers  tan 
learn  a  k-esoii  if  they  will  quit  their  declaiming, 
pnrae-down  to   plain   speech  and  tell  J-bu'Ss  so 
simple  that  even  children  can  undeiHtund  them. 
Place  the  food  down  so  low  that  the  Iambs  can 
reach  it,  then    those  that  are   larger  can  get  it 
too.     It  will   not  hurt  the  old  sheep   to  stoop 
down  a  little. 

Those  who  have  never  attended  these  meet- 
ings think  it  would  look  strange  to  see  the  chil- 
dren occupying  front  seats,  and  the  parents 
'sitting  farther  back.  It  is  the  most  pleasant 
sight  you  ever  saw.  Just  imagine  seventy-five 
children  occupying  front  seats  and  then  all 
the  seats  on  either  side  and  in  the  rear  filled 
with  happy  parents.  What  fathers  or  mothers 
would  not  be  happy  to  see  their  children  eager- 
ly listening  to  the  simple  uarative  of  some  Bible 
incident? 

God  be  thanked  for  it,  our  Savior  used  to  pay 
attention  to  children  while  here  on  earth,  aud 
it  did  the  little  creatures  good.  Ministers  want 
to  pay  nio'-e  attention  to  children:  they  need 
instrnctitin,  and  they  appreciate  it.  God  bless 
the  little  folks.  j.  h.  m 


!•  !i4 


repairs.     The   object    is  to  make  tfae  iciT""" 
pleasaut  home  for  all  who  may  attend  it         ' 


The  school   will  open    sometime  in  x\, 
and  is  to  be  provided  «ith  an  excelhnt«      **'' 
teachers.     The   faculty  ___^  -^.ECTan 

*il|i 


great  care,  and 


mII  consist  of  i 


one  but 


^'l-^ri. 


■"Partin 


wide 
tl>iul(  of 


MT.  MORRIS  SEMINARY. 

II  K  E  most  of  our  readers,  we  were  anxious  to 
J  know  how  the  brethren  were  getting  along 
with  their  school  project  at  Mt.  Morris;  so,  it 
being  only  a  half  day's  drive  across  the  county, 
we  drove  over  to  see  them. 

Between  here  and  Mt.  Morris  is  perhaps  some 
of  the  finest  farming  country  iu  the  State;  it  is 
well  improved,  and  is  owned  by  industrious  and 
thriving  people,  many  of  whom  are  Brethren 
and  Hiver  Brethren.  The  latter  have  a  large 
settlement  about  six  miles  east  of  Lanark.  They 
are  noted  for  their  industry  and  honesty. 

Mt.  Morris  is  visible  for  miles  around,  and 
when  the  traveler  gets  within  ten  miles  of  the 
place  he  plainly  sees  the  Seminary,  which  stands 
on  a  beautiful  elevation  in  the  center  of  the 
town. 

We  founfl  Brother  Stein  a-id  family  in  one 
end  of  the  Urte  b,.arding  h.-use.  pleasantly  and 

uii'orlably  K.i;ated,  where  they  now  expect  to 
make  their  home.  Their  surroundings  are 
pleasant  and  the  situation  a'de&irahle  one.  We 
are  gratified  that  they  are  so  well  pleased  with 
their  new  home. 

The  buildings  aud  ground  have  been  purcha.'u 
:d  and  paid  for,  and  are  now  undergoing  some 


enced  educators,  who  are  capable  of  ii, 
ample  instrnctions  in  anything  from  th 
raon  school  branches  to  a  thorough  koowl<j°' 
of  the  sciences  and  classics,  ** 

Preparations  are  being  made  to  accoitin,-^ 
from  two  hundred  to  three  hundred  pnpiU 
hundred   and   fifty  of  whom  can  be  furn'  l"* 
with  rooms  in    the  buildings,  and    the  rest 
he   accommodati'd  with  boarding   in  jkp , 
Prospects  for  a  lar^e  patronage  are  good,    u'- 
thought  there  will  be  ulnmat  enough  home     "* 
ronage  to  support   the  institution.     [Jeiu 
of  the  oldest  schools  in  the  State  gives  it-       "^ 
reputation.     We  suggest  that  all  w 
attending    the   school    write    Brother  Stein  f 
circular.     That  will  enable  him  to  make  d|.    ^ 
arations  to   accommodate  all  who  may  att«  a 
Parents  will  find  this  an  excellent  place  tog    j 
their  children.     The  church  is  large,  and  und 
excellent  discipline,  and  therefore  yoimg  pp.  . 
will  be   well  cared    for   religiouslj.     It  shoilrl 
also  be    remembered    that  all    who   attend  th 
school  must  dress    plainly  —  fashionable  atti 
and  costly  array  will    not  be  allowed  on  eith 
teiichera  or  pupils.     All  the  teachers  will  (j^  _^ 
quired   to   dress    in    the    order  of  the  church 
They    willingly     consent    to    this    regultttion 
knowing  that  it  will  enable  them  to  maintain 
better  d'scinline  in  the  school. 

About  one  year  ago  Brother  M.  S.  Newcom- 
er conceived  the  idea  of  purcha-'-ing  the  institu. 
tion  and  turning  it  into  a  Brethren's  school 
He  received  but  little  encouragement  at  first 
but  as  time  passed  the  interest  increased,  so  he 
finally  purchased  it.  puid  for  it  himself,  and  was 
liberal  hearted  enough  to  turn  a  half  interest  of 
it  over  to  B'rother  Stein,  who  is  to  have  cliaree 
of  theschool.  These  brethren  do  not  themselves 
solicit  donations,  jet  they  are  receiving  aid  far 
beyond  their  expectations.  Not  only  members 
but  many  outaidci-s  are  donating  liberally, 
They  still  need  some  doiiiitions  to  defray  the 
expenses  of  the  improvements  they  are  niakiug- 
hence  all  who  feol  to  help  the  institution  along 
can  have  a  chauce  of  doing  so.  The  enterprise 
is  on  au  excellent  footing,  with  the  beat  of 
prospects  before  it. 

The  following  we  clip  from  the  Mt.  Morris 
Thuiocrat: 

•'Ttiedeed  conveyiiifl  the  itiak  Itiver  Sumiiiiiiy 
grounds  to  M.  S.  N^ewcotiiei-  and  J.  ^V.  Steiii.liim 
been  drawn  up  and  recorded.  Tims  alter  beini; 
uuder  the  control  of  tlii  MetlioilistCluucli  luiitcHi 
forty  years,  old 'Sandstone  '  I lei-uiiies  tlie  ]>ii»|mtI\ 
tir  other  parties.  We  liave  no  l;iiilt  to  liinl  Hitli  ii 
either,  as  of  late  yeai-s  all  Metliodist  intluciice  Iiil- 
been  centered  at  Kvanston,  to  the  neglect  of  Ibi?. 
and  other  schools.  The  school  lias  inisseil  into  guwl 
hands  and  will  i»rosper  as  it  never  has  heretofore. 
Khler  •/.  W.  Stein  is  at  present  a  resident  of  New- 
tuiiiii,  -Mil.  lie  is  an  educated  gentleman  and  uaeof 
the  prominent  menof  the  deiioniiuation.  Hisimrt- 
ner  ill  tlje  piUfhHse.  Mr.  M,  s.  Newcomer,  is  a  resi- 
dent ul  Ogle  County,  ;i  weiilil^y  niiin  who  btiiieves 
iu  liberal,  solid  i-dncation.  The  school  will,  of 
course,  be  conducted  in  the  inlerestsof  tlieGennnii 
Uiiptist  Cburcli,  but  there  \?ill  be  room  for  all, 
whetlier  in  the  church  or  out  to  acqiiii-e.  a  good  i-d- 
ncatinn  wittiiii  its  walls.  Under  tliismaniijieiin'Jii 
the  .school  is  lioiinil  to  llonnsh." 

We  puUish  the  above,  hoping  it  will  lie  sat- 
isfactory to  all  who  are  making  inquiries  about 
the  institution.  Number  18  of  the  (.'liil'Irm  (il 
Woi-k  will  contain  a  beautiful  engraving  of  the 
buildings.  Those  wishing  to  see  the  picture, 
and  description  of  the  buildings  will  send  loi" 
that  number  of  the  i'hiUireu  (if  Work. 


A  LARGE  COLONY. 

THE  Chroniih;  published  at  Abilene,  Kaiisfl^, 
says:  "  Probably  the  largest  colony  that 
ever  located  in  our  county  arrived  during  the 
past  week.  For  along  time  arriingements  were 
being  made  tor  these  new  comers  and  tbeirai^ 
rival  has  created  considerable  stir.  They  be- 
long to  the  denomination  known  as  lu»'C' 
Brethren.  Three  or  four  years  ago  afew  '"^"i- 
bers  of  this  denomination  located  in  our  couutj' 
and  fo  -well  pleased  were  they  that  they  have 
induced  this  large  colony  to  come  to  "th^  '*" 
of  plenty  and  cheap  farms."  During  the  pa»t 
jeir  a  number  of  the  best  farms  in  the  soutlieni 
j.art  of  our  county  has  been  purchased  lor 
them,  many  of  them  in  the  vicinity  of  Bel'*^ 
Springs.  Those  who  have  been  here  tor  u  fe" 
years  have  taken  rank  as  our  best  farroers 
uoduuhi-as  predicted   by  the  Clnoiwl'-wni" 


AP-VJ'-t- 


TKK    MHKXiiKI^X    ^T    "\\  ORIC. 


—their  sechon  of  the   county  will  be        No.  U  is  in  reply  to  a  c(uery,  asking  how  long    the  house,"  and  then.  If  the  ki»<in(t  ordhianw  were 


provei 


of  the  best  cultivated  and  developed  in  the 

tv      No  other  liirge  company  lias  brought 

njuch  with  them.     They  are  worthy  men  of 

*^    -J  who  pay  ca«h  for  what  Ihi-y   get  and  are 

"     j„  get  ail  they  need.     They  are  able  to  pay 

'        fj,r   their  farms  and  make   all  needed  im- 

venients.     They    art-   huuest,  steady,  hard- 

rking    people,    and  they    cannot  fail  to  coin 

"oney  "1  •'"■"  ^'o"**"^  y"U"g  State." 

Yhe  Bkethben   at   Work    circulates    well 

raoiig   tb*  Kiver  Brethren,  and  we  would  like 

f  some  brother  in  Kansas  would  make  aspecial 

ffort  to  introduce  it  among  the  English  reading 

^  of  this  colony.     By  proper  treatment  they 

be  induci^d  to  unite  with  oi 
tlier.il)Ie  requirements. 


1  our  people  in  all 


OUR  MANUSCRIPT 

NlMHKIl  II. 

■I'^liMBKK  7.  H.-aded,  ,1  Ffn  '/Vioki/A'.i.  and 
\  is  a  request  lor  us  to  copy  troiu  the  I'riiii- 
fite  Christian  the  article  "BaUnciug  Accounts," 
,  Q  H-  Baisbaugh.  The  writer  tlieu  proceeds 
10  recommend  a  careful  reading  of  the  article. 
\Ve  would  like  to  copy  Brother  Balsbaugh's  ar- 
ticle, but  as  we  have  all  the  original  copy  we 
can  possi^'ly  ^^^  room  for,  we  must  decline  for 
this  time. 

No.  3  is  !i  letter  from  Lima,  Allen  County, 
Obi"<  'j"*'  "'^  writer  fails  to  jjive  his  name,  and 
for  that  reason  the  letter  cannot  be  published, 
ffriters  sliould  always  give  their  names,  that 
B-e  m^y  know  who  they  are.  The  letter  is  de- 
signed to  expose  an  impostor,  who  claims  to 
hare  been  baptized  by  Moses  Miller  of  Penusyi- 
nnia-  He  professes  to  be  a  physician  of  rare 
skill,  and  is  traveling  over  the  country  swin- 
illiiig  the  people.  Our  readers  want  to  keep  a 
gliarp  look  out  for  impostors  and  swindlers.  It 
ij  best  to  have  nothing  to  do  witli  traveling 
doctors.  As  a  general  thing,  if  a  nnin  is  a  good 
physioiiio,  lie  will  find  all  the  work  he  can  do  at 
home  where  he  is  known,  and  if  he  mu^t  travel 
to  get  ]traclice  you  may  rest  assured  that  he  is 
aoiiack.  I^'  you  are  sick,  and  need  medical  aid, 
call  on  some  responsible  physiciau  that  you  can 
rel3- on.  .lukt  as  long  as  people  are  simple 
enough  to  patronize  tinveling  doctor*,  of  whose 
reputation  they  know  nothing,  just  that  long 
they  riuiy  expect  to  be  swindled. 

No.  0.  The  C/irintmaa  Tret:  Mostly  select- 
ed from  the  Rei-ieic  and  Herald.  It  came  rath- 
er late  to  be  inserted  at  the  proper  time,  hence 
rejected.  We  have  considerable  selected  matter 
OD  hand  that  we  cannot  find  place  for. 

No.  10  is  a  letter  from  May  view,  Jewel  Coun' 
ty,  Kansas,  stating  that  a  fire,  on  the  8th  of 
Miitch,  did  considerable  damage,  to  property  be- 
longing to  Henry  Grouse.  Hislo,ss  is  estimated 
at  ?  1 50, 

No.  11  is  church  news  from  Southern  Ohio 
The  article  was  written  by  a  sister  who  does 
not  give  her  name,  and  for  that  reason  cannot 
hi  published. 

No.  12  wa?  written  by  a  young  member  living 
near  Cerro  Gordo,  Illinois.  The  article  contains 
Mine  good  thoughts,  and  if  the  writer  will  prac- 
tice considerably  he  may  be  able  tu  prepare  some 
good  articles.  This  article  cont:tins  no  head. 
Every  article  should  have  an  appropriate  head, 
or  else  the  editors  must  be  ut  the  troulile  of 
studying  up  one.  Onr  young  brother,  or  sister, 
M  the  case  may  be,  should  not  become  discour- 
aged just  because  his  first  article  is  rejected. 
Thttt  is  something  we  all  have  to  get  used  to. 
Persons  who  are  not  accustomed  to  write  for 
the  press  will  find  it  'o  their  advantage  first  to 
write  their  articles  on  a  slate,  and  afterwards 
copy  them  onto  paper.  Take  great  pains  with 
Ihetn,  for  thousands  will  read  what  you  have 
written,  and  it  is  well  for  the  good  of  the  cause 
that  you  write  the  exact  truth. 

No.  18.  This  is  a  letter  from  some  plucky 
Wy.  who  has  been  defending  trine  immersion 
against  another  boy  who  believer  in  sprinkling. 
The  arguments  are  amusing,  but  indicate  argu- 
mentative wit.  The  boy  lives  in  the  mission 
field  iu  Wisconsin,  and  Irom  the  tone  of  the  let- 
ter we  would  judge  that  the  people  are  pretty 
well  stirred  up  about  what  the  Brethren  preach- 
«i  while  among  them.  We  suggest  to  this  boy. 
as  well  as  all  other  boys,  the  propriety  of  read- 
ing the  Bible  through,  and  after  that  read  the 
New  Ti'stament  through  once  each  year.  Car- 
ry a  Testament  in  your  pocket,  and  spend  your 
leisure  moments  committing  chapters  to  mem- 
"0'-  With  proper  culture  this  hoy  may  become 
"  good  writer. 


it  took  Noah  to  build  the  ark.  The  writer  of 
this  article  thinks  Noah  went  to  work  iinmedi-  I 
ately  tttt^r  receiving  the  command,  and  buiided  I 
the  ark  and  preached  at  favorable  oppoitunities. 
Noab  l>eing  a  preacher  of  righteousnei-s  would 
indicate  that  he  was  a  man  who  obeyed  God, 
hence  went  to  work  as  soon  as  he  received  the 
command.  The  article  is  rather  long,  and  would 
be  diflieult  to  print  without  rewriting,  and  con- 
densing. Articles  in  answer  to  queries  should 
be  short,  and  to  the  point.  Do  not  reply  to 
some  botly's  article,  but  give  your  views  the  be.-*t 
you  know  how.  and  do  not  fail  to  bod  them 
down  well. 

No,  lo  is  a  selected  article  of  con.-tiderable 
length,  entitled  "  Why  I  Left  the  M.  E.  Church 
and  Joined  the  Dunkers."  This  article  has 
been  published  repeatedly  iu  the  Brethren's  pa- 
pers: first,  in  the  (iospel  I'fsjVff.  and  afterwards 
iu  the  Compauion.  We  would  like  to  give  it 
place  were  we  not  so  crowded  with  oHgiiuil 
matter.  However,  we  will  preserve  the  article, 
and  may  find  room  for  it  sometime  iu  the  futuiL'. 
No.  H>.  The  wiiter  quotes  Matt.  13:  47  and 
commi-nta  on  it:  "  The  kingdom  of  heaven  is 
like  unto  H  net  that  was  cast  into  the  sea,  and 
gathered  of  every  kind."  We  make  tUo  follow- 
ing extract  from  the  article: 

"A  piarLical  llslK-nuan  iloes  not  witlitioM  liismit 
from  the  sea,  when  Ibe  prol>abiliL>  is,  lie  iiiichL 
giitlier  some  wortlilesM  one*.  If  this  slioiihl  inllii- 
eui-e  the  tlsherman  to  fold  his  net,  would  it  nut  lie 
a  diy  lisliingV  AntI  just  so  it  would  l)e  with  the 
c'liurcli  if  slip  withhold  her  ministerial  force  in  the 
sense  of  activity  iinii  zeal  for  fishing  into  tbe  king- 
dom net  men  and  women,  fov  tear  oC  "gatheriiiR 
"f  every  ItiiiO."  1  iiave  known  lotaiitics  where  the 
tiiiiiisteis  weie  proliiViited  of  lioldiug  a  series  o!' 
nu'el-ngs  for  tlie  iiljove  reason,  for  fear  of  "  Katbci- 
infj  of  every  kind."  Xow  days  a  few  striplings, 
David-like,  have  gone  out  witli  aling  aud  stone  to 
sliij  the  [{oliath  ol  sin,  and  we  hour  it  wlii!)|iered, 
thfy  ate  gathering  into  the  church  "of  uveiy  kind.'- 
This  is  the  prime  cause  wiiy  we  do  nut  nuuiher 
millions  instead  of  tliousaiids.  I  am  not  in  favor 
of  excitement.  Imt,  brethren,  if  vou  see  where  you 
can  pet  suiiie  nood  souls  itito  the  L-hurchby  jireach- 
ing  lite  and  brimstone  don't  stand  back  lor  fear  you 
may  gatlu-i*  into  the  cimrch  "  ol  every  kind." 

We  think  the  writer  applies  the  import  of  the 
parable  too  loosely.  The  Savior,  when  present- 
ing this  parable,  was  not  talking  of  getting 
people  into^the  «hiirch,~bqi-  way^sptBliiuR  uf 
the  consequences  as  summed  up  at  the  end  of 
the  world.  .\^  the  net  is  handled  by  fallible 
men,  mistakes  will  likely  occur,  and  some  bad 
people  will  get  into  the  church,  but  these  the 
angL-U  will  come  and  gather  out  at  the  end  of 
the  world.  Ministers  should  preach  the  gns|)el 
leiirles'ly;  warn  sinners  to  flee  the  wrath  to 
conie,  and  see  that  they  bring  forth  fruits  mtte 
for  repentance.  You  need  not  be  afraid  of  get- 
ting too  many  into  the  church  if  they  are  fully 
convertti^d.  Three  thousand  turned  to  the  Lord 
on  the  day  of  Pentecost  and  no  one  thought 
they  were  coming  to  the  church  too  fast.  Each 
minister  should  do  his  best  to  gather  none  but 
good  fish,  for  that  is  the  kind  the  Lord  wants, 
but  do  not  fear  to  build  up  a  church  because 
there  may  chance  to  be  one  unfaithful  member 
in  it.  Let  us  do  all  we  can,  and  the  best  we  can 
and  the  Lord  will  bless  us  in  the  work,  buL  if 
possible  keep  the  church  nure. 

No.  17.  ^  printing  othce  is  the  place  where 
all  extremes  meet,  and  we  occasionally  get  hold 
of  some  curious  things,  some  of  which  are  real 
amusing.  The  following  is  an  extract  from  an 
article  which  came  to  the  office  soon  after  the 
publishing  of  Kay's  speech  aWut  kissing  the 
women.  It  was  written  by  a  Frenchman,  and 
we  call  it  a  French  cure  for  the  blues 

"  The  '  kissing  ordinance  *  is  now  the  point  ot  as- 
Hitult.  1  do  not  wish  to  interfere  in  the  least  witli 
tlie  siiyiicious  debaters;  but  it  strikes  me  tli.it 
Brothel  Hay  lays  so  raneh  stress  on  that  ordinance 
simiily  beciuise  it  does  not  enjoin  tlK>  kissinRof 
■bothsidesof  the  house'  by  Urn  olliciatinn  o'"  I'^e- 
siiling  elder,  <ir  preacher,  as  the  case  may  lie.  Ah! 
IJrother  Hay,  I  see  what  you  are  d  iviiig  at!— have 
that  ordinance  amended  In  your  sense;  join  tlie 
•TiinkL-rs;  be  elevated  to  the  ministry;  then  and 
there  to  monopoli/e  all  the  kissing  ol  that  'other 
side  of  the  house.*  eh?  Oh,  for  all  that,  I  dmibt 
not.  but  vor  would  be  perfectly  willing  to  perfoini 
such  duties  of  holiness;  not  forcibly,  oh  no!  hut 
voluntarily  '■  »"d  oul;-  as  asign  of '  ardent,  spiiituiil 
love"  towards  'that  other  side  ot  the  houne.' uf 
coui.Hi)!  Kuttheu  just  think  of  il,  lirolher  Hay. 
there  are  so  many  of  us,  imbued  with  that '  ardent 
sjiiritiial  love,"  not  only  for  ordinance's  sake;  and 
what.  X  ask  you.  is  to  become  of  us.  if  yon,  and  but 
yuu alone,  should  secuie  all  (lie  kisses  of  'that 
other  side  of  the  hou.se '? 

I  am  very  anxious  to  hear  further  from  two  as 
eminent  debaters  as  Urethren  Stein  and  Hay ;  hut  lie 
rurefuI.Hrotlier  Itay.  you  may,  and  I  hope  you  shall, 
come  out  of  it  a  Tunker  to  all  intent.i  and  purposes: 
and  if  you  are  a  married  man.  your  wife,  at  some 
tliiy,  may  become  a  member  ul  'that  i.lher  siilc  of 


amended.  In  yotir  sense,  you  miulit  lind  it  conveii- 
ii-nl.  on  icrlain  occasions,  to  look  m  tbe  opposite 
direction,  and  cover  your  ojirs  with  your  baiub, 
reulinj:c.>uvimeit.  to  tlie  bottom  of  your  heart,  that 
the  kissing  of  the -other  side  of  the  bouse'  is  an 
abominable  iiuisaiire.  iuul  ibe  araendmeut  creating 
it,  ought  lo  be  repealed  at  onee:  or  thai  Mich 
Binendiiient  shoiihl  Iih  amendwi  again,  providing, 
that  tbe  kiasiHR  of  the  '  other  side  of  tlie  bouse "  by 
tliiv  stile  of  the  tioiise.  il'4  n-presenlatives,  or  pre- 
siibiiR  oillcers,  sliouhl  take  place,  with  a  ■  backward 
nioveiiientV  ao  tbnt  lips  fn>m  both  aides  of  the 
Iiuiisc  could  never  meet  at  all." 

This  will  suffice  for  this  week,  and  other  ar- 
ticles will  be  noticed  as  we  tome  to  them. 


/  To  h,  r.,»ti,iiir,/.  i 


.1.  H.  M. 


ON  THE  WAY  TO  PALESTINE. 


F° 


Kl'MllKR  II. 
( Cnnrludcd  from  hsi  treek:  ) 
OH  the  firet   time  Miiue   the  rough  weather 
had  set  iu,  1    walked   forw;in1  to   the  fore- 
castle.    The  water  was  now  a  deep  indigo  blue, 
with  the  same  intermingling  of  green  and  pur- 
ple which  I  had  seen  before.     I  leaned   against 
the  bulwarks,  and  giixed  upon  the  waves  as  they 
parted  before  the  sharp  prow  of  the  ship,  and  as 
the  vessel  rose  and  fell,  bringing  me  now  with- 
in ten  feet  of  the  water,  and  in  another  instant 
lifting    me  thirty  feet  aliove  it,    I  was  again  re- 
minded of  the  see-saw;  but  now    1  was  out  on 
the  end  of  the  plauk.  and  l  felt  like  a  boy  again, 
say  i  ug, 

Now  we  go  up,  up,  U|i. 
Now  we  go  down,  down,  dnwn. 
And  when  I  did  go  up,  if  my  eye  was  on  the 
water  beneath,  I  felt  as  if  I  were  bidding  the 
waves  farewell,  and  were  about  to  mount  away 
to  the  clouds;  or  if  my  eye  was  on  the  hori/.on. 
it  would  expand  as  I  arose,  bringing  wave  be- 
yond wave  into  view,  until  it  would  seem  as  if 
I  were  about  to  see  to  the  ends  of  the  earth. 

■During  all  the  raging  of  the  stunn  I  had  a 
complete  sense  of  safety,  and  such  was  the  pre- 
vailing feeling  among  the  passengers.  Though 
the  vessel  rolled  and  tossed,  and  mountainous 
waves  were  continually  breaking  against  her 
iron  sides,  and  often  flooded  her  decks,  and  even 
dashing  their  spray  high  up  against  her  sails, 
■»W  -HfirtitT  gi'OiiiitTl,-  wr  Mgiicd,— or  ijaiTBUjd:- 
There  wa.s  none  of  that  creaking  and  moaning 
of  the  ship's  timbtTi,  about  which  the  voyagers 
in  wooden  vessels  have  so  much  to  say;  there 
was  no  disagreeable  sound,  except  when  the 
stern  of  the  vessel  would  rise  high  as  a  passing 
wave  Slink  low,  and  the  propwller,  momentarily 
eft  out  of  the  water,  would  whirl  with  prodig- 
ious velocity,  sending  a  tremor  through  the 
8hi|),  and  startling  us  with  its  ffavful  rattle. 
All  else  Was  so  solid,  and  all  the  oHicers  and 
men  were  so  quiet,  orderly  and  respectful  both 
to  us  and  to  one  another,  that  it  appeared  almost 
impossible  for  us  to  be  harmed  by  wind  ami 
water.  Commend  me  forever  to  Captain  Harris 
and  his  crew,  and  tbe  good  ship  Pennsylvania. 

The  most  surprising  thing  about  themechan- 
isra  of  these  iron  steamships  is  the  steadiness 
with  which  their  vast  machinery  is  kept  in  po- 
sition. The  boilers  of  the  Pennsylvania  are  17 
feet  long  and  12  feet  in  diameter;  and  there  are 
three  of  them.  It  has  two  engines  —  one  of 
them  5  feet  in  diameter  and  the  other  71  feet, 
while  each  has  a  piston-stroke  of  four  feet.  The 
propeller  shaft,  running  back  from  these  to  the 
stern  of  the  vessel — about  100  feet— is  of  solid 
iron,  about  :iO  inches  in  diameter.  The  weight 
of  all  this  machinery  is  enormous,  and  the  mas- 
sive engines  stand  upright  above  the  water-line 
yet  amid  the  rolling  and  to.^sing  of  the  vessel  in 
the  roughest  weather,  there  is  no  more  disturb- 
ance of  the  position  or  working  of  any  of  ih 
parts  than  in  a  common  flooring  mill  on  the 
solid  ground. 

We  were  saddened  on  Monday  morning  to 
learn  that  during  the  previous  night  a  steerage 
passenger  had  jumped  overboard  and  been  lost. 
He  was  an  Irishman,  and  proftssed  to  have  been 
a  school-teacher  in  I'ottsville,  Pa.  He  was  in- 
toxicated when  he  laine  on  board,  and  continu- 
ed so.  He  attracted  my  attention  the  eecoud 
day  out,  by  approaching  me  on  the  deck  and 
begging  me  to  drink  with  him.  1  told  him  that 
we  had  both  drunk  enough  for  one  day.  and 
that  he  had  better  not  drink  any  more,  or  the 
Captain  would  lock  him  up  in  adark  place.  Af- 
ter he  was  lost,  the  ship's  doctor  told  me  that  he 
bad  locked  him  up  twice  to  keep  him  from 
harm.  He  arose  about  one  o'clock  at  night, 
went  on  deck,  and  leaped  over  the  windward 
side  of  the   vc3.^el    when  she  was   rolling  in  a 


heavy  gale.  He  was  seen  by  the  watch,  the 
ship  was  stopped,  and  an  efl'ort  wajt  made  to  see 
him;  but  the  sea  was  too  rough  to  launch  a 
boat  in  search  of  him;  so  we  pamed  on,  carrj-- 
ing  with  us  another  warning  for  thoiie  who 
tamper  with  wine. 

Since  the  storm  subsided  we  have  had  delight- 
ful March  weather.  The  ship's  piano,  the  Cap- 
tain";, flute,  and  several  indifferent  voices,  have 
been  taxed  to  entertain  us;  pleasant  conversa- 
tion usually  keeps  lis  at  the  table  till  after  the 
wait^'W  have  removed  the  cloth ;  lively  walks  on 
the  deck  in  the  cool,  bracing  air  give  uh  exer- 
cise: imd  taking  it  all  in  all,  we  were  beginning 
to  feel  very  much  at  homo  when  the  near  ap- 
proach of  laud  began  to  excite  a  new  impatience. 
On  Sunday  morning,  the  ItJth,  the  date  of 
this  letter,  we  came  in  sight  of  land  about  10 
o'clock.  The  first  point  in  view  waa  a  high 
mountain  peak,  said  to  be  a  naked  rock  project- 
ing into  the  wea  withdeep  water  to  its  very  base. 
After  this  a  long  ridge  of  mountain  coast  grad- 
ually came  into  view,  and  we  found  ounelvea 
running  parallel  to  the  southern  coast  of  Ire- 
land, hut  seeing  it  at  a  very  dim  distance. 

It  any  of  my  friends  are  willing  to  do  me  a 
favor  without  expecting  a  like  one  in  return, 
let  them  write  me  a  letter  directed  to  Jemsar 
lem,  care  of  the  .\inerican  Consul.  This  will 
be  my  addres.s  till  the  first  of  May  at  least. 

J.  VV.  M<-G.\nvEY. 


MOOMAWS  PROPOSITION, 

II  \\  IN«,  iMi  ila  ubject  the  piea-liiiig  ot  tbe  Goa- 
l»dl»y  tbe  Mietliren  in  tbe  difTeieiil  cities  of  tbe 
r  lilted  Slates.  Those  wishing  to  contribute  to  this 
fund  will  send  in  their  naiiics  on  a  card,  or  other- 
wise, but  du  not  send  the  money  till  further  notice 
I'i  given.  When  $2i>0  lit  promised  then  two  men 
slimild  lie  s.b-cte.l  and  pill  to  work.  These  men  to 
W-  s-leel.-il  by  lli--  vuU-  ol  tlie  donors.  They  should 
lie  ini'ii  s  lUiid  III  the  liiilli.  and  iilde  to  leiieb  others 
idsii-uieii  wbiniie  willliiK  to  labor  with  those  In 
the  i-ommou  walks  of  life.  Seineb  the  tjcriptures 
caii-fully  and  see  to  what  extent  the  Ajiostles  labor- 
ed 111  cities. 

The  r.ill'iwinu  aiuouiils  have  Wen  subscribed, 
i.uil  dtliiT  ii;inu;s  will  hi-  entered  as  they  com©  In: 

1).  IJ.  Horner,  .Jones'  Mills,  I'a 81.00 

Toliirts  Kinmiel,  Klderton,  I'a.  (I'd.l 1.21 

Thoiiuw  11.  lliKus.  Milcbelvlllp.  l-.wji        so 

M;ii>  Cn.use,   ML  I'anoll.  Ill 1.00 

TVVTVf. 

Isiiue  lleiniek.s,  Virden,  111 1.00 

.lubii  liiilK-i'lmiifTb,  Liiniirk,  Ill.dM,) 1.00 

V.00 

l{ilrb;irl  Tuiiiliiiiiuh.  .Si'L'iiei'y  IIIII.  I'll S.OO 

2.00 
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liiilK-ilmiifTb,  Liiniirk,  IIMPd,).       , 
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Thk  price  of  the  "Scriptural  Manual"  is 
i^I.T.'i  instead  of  ^2.00  as  announced  laut  week. 

Ukuthkk  Kshelman  left  home  last  Friday 
noon  for  Kosciusko  County,  Indiana,  and  will 
likely  spend  a  few  weeks  in  the  State. 


A  Ni'MUKiiof  obituaries,  though  already  in 
tyjie,  are  crowded  out  this  week.  We  will  make 
an  eflort  to  get  fhem  all  in  next  week. 


THKfaminftin  Upper  Egypt  causes  terrible 
siifferiiig.  In  some  vilhitres  the  people,  naked 
like  wild  bea-sts,  dig  for  n-ots.  In  one  town 
women  andchildrcnfoughtoverscraps  of  bread. 
The  inland  villages  are  said  to  be  starving. 


FlioH  the  (Jtjsjid  Vrmfhfr  wo  learn  that  work 
has  again  been  resumed  on  the  College  building 
at  Ashland.  Brother  Uoop  has  also  sold  out 
his  interest  in  that  paper.  Urother  Uashor  in 
at  his  post  again.  May  he  be  blessed  with  good 
health.  _^_^,-.^___^ 

Ikasmucii  as  several  critiques  have  been  re* 
eeived  at  this  ofJice  on  the  article  written  by  S. 
J.  Harrison,  headed,  "Sj  riukting  and  Pouring 
put  to  the  Test,"  published  in  No.  .'»  of  the 
liltKTliUK:^  AT  WonK,  we  now  publicly  call  on 
all  who  have  a  criticism  on  it  to  send  it  to 
Urothtr  H.,  at  this  oilice,  as  he  purposes  an- 
swering all  the  objections  which  may  be  made 
against  the  pioot  that  immersion  is  the  only 
mode  of  1  aptism  that  mn  be  performed  iu  ob^ 
dience  to  the  language  of  the  formula  contained 
in  the  commission. 


TilK    HKKXilliilN-    ^"X"    ^VOiiKl. 


0m:  iiBIif  tfTaas. 

"TA*  H'ort/i  ^"  Truth  no  Tongue  Can  Tflt." 

nti  dvp*T<innit  {■  dmignti  for  uiltlng  Md  Kniwrrin^ 
Blbl*  oMwiion!!.  und  for  the  ioluiion  of  Soriptuntl  .lifficul- 
Um.  In  orttr  lo  ri-mole  ll|t-l»  Tnilb,  "l!  (|UMlioD« 
BhouM  t*  stulM  with  c*n'l'>r.  •b'1  »ntw»T«I  Mih  n*  muoh 
elcwiKM  M  poMiblo.  ArtioIfB  for  ihi»  dcpfcrtmflni,  mti"! 
b«  ahori  kud  Ic  th«  point. 


they  die.    On  the  other  band  tho»e  whose  eina 

follow  aft4>r  I*avft  agents,  mich  an  penont*  or 
bookR,  that  ttTf  imbtu*d  with  thf ir  evil  influences, 
and  thu>>  thf  .^f-d  thfj*  havp  Bown  will  continu- 
ally spring  rip  and  ;;row  and  produce  much  evil 
fruit.  VoT  fMiiuitle,  nucii  in'-n  hh  Tom  I'aine 
and  \'oltaire  whose  influciicwi  live  long  alt/r 
their  mortal  bodies  have  mouldvred  to  ita  orig- 
inal du«t.  J.  W.  SoiTHWODj; 


^orri^spondrnirr* 


You  May  Think  Strange. 


»V  JAMEH  M.  UlhhJLRT. 


^Pril    ^^^ 


Will  soniP  ouo  pieaflo  cvplnin  « Iicllicr  fect-wftsli' 
injj  took  placo  under  tin-  old  or  iii-w  .llnitcnBiitioiisy 
Is  the  clKTubim.  oi    l!aniiiiK««'H'!  »lill  bfltt<(ii 
man  and  the  treu  of  life?  0. 1-  CitnTTv. 

PlPMPjrivcnn  explanation  on  AHm.  4T.  "  And 
the  Lord  added  to  Uie  churph  dally  such  lui  «hould 
be  saved." 

Bom»n»S:;H:  "Wli..  hI.iiII  lay  iinythlnn  U>  tUv 
eharitP  of  Ooirs  ciccf' " 

■nniofiy  2: 1":  "Tlienfon!  I  endure  all  thlnR» 
fortIioelpct'»»<ike,"  Hknhv  mniUANT/.. 

Will  you  or  some  of  yjur  lenders  iileii*>r>  i-xjilaiu 
Matt.  IB:  IJ.  1^?  ItreiulmuflollyWH:  "  Hut  lit- mild 
onto  Uieui.  All  men  cannul  nvdivi-  t^ib  say  Ink',  "iive 
they  to  whom  it  is  jtlvt-n.  For  tlieni  an-  nonie  eii- 
SQchB,  whlcli  wer«  m  Imrii  fntm  llieir  niotlier'B 
womb:  and  tbere  arr  aome  eunuih>i,  wblcli  were- 
mailecMiniirljNMr  mt-n:  iitidtli'Tcln'<'uiiii(-liH,  wbiuli 
have  madi'  themnflvca  eiinurbH  for  tbr'  kliu-doni  ol 
]jWlvMi'«  iink('.  rio  that  in  ablfr  torew'lve  it.  let  him 
recolvBlt."  !''•■'■  I''"*NT/, 

AVm  ymi,  or  stjniponi-  i-Iw  pb-;u»-  kivc  an  cyiiliuia- 
tlnnof  Hi-v.  ain?  Itnii.Mbu:*:  "  Hetljitl  halli  an 
ear.  Irt  him  bnnr  whiit  tin-  Spirit  Krdth  unln  the 
churplirw:  To  him  111 al  .iv.Tn-nutli  wllllKlveto 
eat  (iftlir-  hlildt-n  muiiuii,  juiil  will  nivrhlin  ii  wlille 
stone,  and  in  Hit- sloju^  a  nu"  niiiiii'  ivrllleu.  ivbiiJi 
no  man  knoweth  s^tvlnft  he  llmt  n-rr1vetli  It." 

Mauv  '/.utw.ii. 
T*lea»c  Rive  your  views  Ihrouch  thu  JJiiKTifnKN 
atWohk.  of  Matt.  :.:r.,  wlitrh  rendu  iw  follown: 
"Agree  with  tidno  arlvernary  (|ulekly.  while  tlniti 
art  in  Hit-  way  with  him;  tect  al  tiny  time  llie  ad- 
vr^ninry  deliver  tlint-  to  the  judge,  and  the  JudKe 
deliver  thee  to  the  olllcer,  and  thou  bo  cjwt  Into 
Iirl«oii," 

Also  I  Tim. .'.:  (t.  10:  "  I-et  not  a  tt-ldow  bo  taken  | 
Into  the  number  undertlireeneore  yeiii.'<ii|rl.  Imvlng 
been  the  wife  of  one  mini,  well  m  ported  nlf 
works;  11  Hliebavebin.iKlitupclilldren.lf  shebave 
lodged  HtranipTs.  if  nhe  hnvi'  wfwlied  tlie  HalnlH' 
feet,  If  Hlie  Jiave  nllcfveU  the  altlleU'd.  11"  kIic  lilive 
diligently  lollywed  every  good  work." 

.I.IJ.  Kl.LlClt. 

Will  some  ouo  iilwiae  explnlu  ircb.  7;  1,  :i;  "  I'ui 
thin  MelohlHeduc,  kluR  of  Salem,  priest  of  tho  moftl 
lii^li  Cod.  who  mot  Abniham  reltirnlug  from  the 
a'iMicMer  of  the  kiriirs,  and  lib-used  Imo:  wiDioul 
fiither.  Millionl  mother,  witli.iut  de-e.id,  liaviiu; 
neither  beginning  oi  days,  noicjiilol'  life;  but  made 
like  unto  the  Son  of  God;  iibiiloLh  n  prlrKt  eoiitln- 
ually."  M.  11. 

Win  some  one  please  oxjdidn  Jer.  ViUtt  It  read  it 
as  follows:  "If  thou  haat  run  wllli  the  rootiutii, 
and  they  biive  wearied  thei'.  then  how  iniumI  thou 
contend  witli  horsfsy  and  If  In  the  laud  of  penff, 
wherein  thou  trusteilst,  they  weariuil  theo,  then 
how  wilt  tlion  do  111  IheawolllnK  of  .lordiuiV" 

(;.  E.  M. 

Will  some  ouo  ]iloiise  explain  Aels  1m:  IH,  which 
roads  as  follows:  "And  Taul,  alli-i  this,  tjinled 
there  yet  a  good  while,  and  thou  look  bin  leave  of 
'the  brethren,  and  sailed  Ihenev  into  Syria,  and  with 
hini  Prlscllla  and  Ai|uila;  having  Bhorn  Ids  lieiul  In 
t'eiichrca;  for  he  hud  a  vow."  N.  S.  I>,m.ii. 

Will  youorsomeof  tho  Drothren  explain  Matl. 
.■i:  2.*:  "  ARfee  with  thine  ad\orsaiy  (|"lekly.  while 
thou  art  In  the  way  with  hliii ;  lest  al  any  liuie  the 
:ulver8aiy  deliver  thee  tn  the  ]u<l|re.  aiul  the  iiul^e 
deliver  thee  1*1  the  ollicer,  and  Ihou  be  east  into 
pridon."  Who  Is  the  adveisay'i'  who  the  Judge? 
and  who  the  oifleer  y  and  where  the  ju-lBon  ? 

S.  £.  llKt'nAKKIt. 

Will  tho  HnETltltEN  AT  Wnjit<  please  exiilnln 
I'salmfifi:  i^y  "For  it  was  not  an  enemy  that  re- 
proarhed  me;  then  I  couhl  have  boine  it:  neither 
was  it  he  that  hated  me  that  did  iua|{nify  himself 
iigainst  mo;  then  I  would  have  hid  mytielf  fiom 
him."    Who  is  referred  toV         Isuakl  I'emkih. 


WORSE  THAN  AN    INFIDEL. 

I'Jeaseeiir'biln  I  Tim. .'.:.''.  which  reatbiaf*  lollown: 
"But  Ifitijy  provide  not  for  lil»own,and'Bpe(i;»llj 
for  those  of  his  own  house.be  hath  denieiUbc  (.litli. 
and  is  *vor«e  than  an  inlblel."  K.  s. 

THK  apostle  had.  in  the  former  part  of  the 
chapter,  been  enjoining  it  upon  children, 
and  nephews,  or  as  the  Hihle  L'nion  has  it, 
grandchildren,  to  provide  for  the  wanti  of  their 
aged  or  helpless  parents;  "  for,"  nays  he,  "that 
is  good  aufl  acceptable  with  God."  Now  in  the 
verae  above  <|Uot«'d  he  say h  that  it  is  a  crime, 
worsts  thiui  infidelity,  or  an  the  Hible  Union  haal 
it,  MOrse  than  unbeliuf,  m-t  thu«  lo  provide. 
M  \iriK  A.  Lkak. 


STORMS  OF  TROUBLE. 


I  would  like  tu  have  some  one  explain,  through 
your  puiier,  Ileb.  8:  S-tO.  It  reads  iis  ToIIowh;  "  For 
llndiuK  fault  with  them,  he  salth.  lleliold,  the  days 
c'OBiu,  saith  tho  Lord,  when  I  will  make  a  new  cov 
en:uit  Willi  the  house  of  Isnud  and  with  the  lloiuie 
Of  .ludali:  not  accordinc  to  the  eovenant  that  I 
m;ide  with  their  fathei>.  in  the  day  when  1  took 
them  by  the  band  to  lead  them  out  of  the  land  of 
E^^yjit :  because  they  eontimied  not  in  my  eovenant, 
and  1  reeai'deil  them  not,  SHilh  the  I.oid.  For  this 
is  the  covenant  tliat  I  will  make  with  the  house  of 
Israel  after  those  days,  saitli  the  Lord;  I  will  put 
mv  laws  Into  their  mind,  and  write  them  In  their 
iieartd :  and  I  will  he  to  tliem  a  Uod,  and  they  shall 
be  to  me  a  jieojile."  S. 


SINS  OPEN  BEFORE  HAND. 

1  desire  an  explanation  on  1  Tim.  r.:  2-1;  "Some 
men's  sins  are  open  beforehand,  going  before  to 
judgment ;  and  some  men  they  follow  after." 

s.  A.  Wun-KKV. 

THK  men  whose  eins  are  opened  beforehand 
are  those  who  die  so  isolated  or  degnided 
that  they  leave  no  influence  by  which  men  are 
indaced  Ui  do  evil,  hence  all  the  evil  they  have 
done  ha^  been  done  hy  their  own  instrumental- 
ity, therefore  they  leave  no  agents  or  means  by 
which  men  are  led  to  commit  sin,  but  their  ►ins 
go  up  to  judgment  beforehand,  that  is,  before 


H',  .1.  >.  NKHKU. 

OX  Sunday  morning,  March  Iflth,  the  sky 
wa«  clear  and  calm;  but  soon  th»?  wind 
arose,  Uti'iV  tlouds  over  spniid  tlic  3ky,a?i:Tere 
snow  storiii  fiillowed,  and  before  night  the 
ground  was  covered  with  six  inches  of  snow. 
So  it  is  in  every  condition  of  life. 

Temporally,  we  enjoy  ourHclves  with  our 
families  when  all  enjoy  lualUi  and  peace,  hut 
soon  the  storm  of  attliction  may  overtake  us 
I  and  disturb  our  peace  and  enjoyment  for  a  sea- 
I  son.  But  there  in  always  n  calm  after  a  storm. 
I  Let  us  look  lo  the  good  Hook  for  encourage- 
ment. Paul  says,  "  l'"or  I  reckon  that  the  sut- 
ferings  of  this  present  time  are  not  worthy  to 
be  compared  with  the  glory  that  shall  be  re- 
vealed in  us."     Iloin.8;  IS. 

"Spiritually."  The  cliurch  niayeiijoy  peace, 
prospority  and  sunsliiue— preiu:liing  ha.s  the  de- 
sired effect,  .souls  are  gathered  into  the  fold  of 
Christ.  The  cliurcli  and  angels  rejoice  togeth- 
er; but  suddenly  "  storm  of  trouble  arises,  bluck 
clouds  obscure  all  rays  of  light,  all  preaching 
seems  of  no  avail,  no  iuk-  names  tin'  name  ol 
JesuH.  ''  If  one  nu'inbcr  suffers  all  the  members 
suffer  with  it."  Coldness  and  weakness  in  the 
church  seenm  contugiouH.  My  brethren,  this 
ought  not  so  to  be.  "  If  a  man  be  overtaken  in 
a  fault,  yc  that  are  spiritinil  restore  such  an  one 
in  the  spirit  of  meekness,  considering  thyself, 
lest  thou  also  bu  tempted."  Qui.  G:  I.  "And 
let  us  consider  one  imother  to  provoke  un- 
to love  aud  good  works."  Mel>.  10:  24.  By  so 
doing  we  will  restore  our  weak  and  cold  mem- 
hura  and  revive  ourselves.  To  illustrate  my 
mind  more  folly  on  thi!«  subject  I  will  relate  an 
incident  that  occurred  not  nmny  years  ago; 

In  the  far  West  a  man,  traveling  from  one 
settlement  to  another,  was  overtaken  by  one  of 
thoae  dreadful  snow  storniH  Hi;l)ject  to  that  coun- 
try. He  was  conscious  of  lini  fate — he  was  cold 
Qud  drowsy — he  sought  a  place  wliure  he  might 
tie  down  to  take  that  long  sleep  that  knows  no 
waking  this  side  tho  re-surrection  of  the  dead; 
but  to  Ilia  astonishment,  wliere  he  tliouglit  of 
lying  down,  he  found  a  man  lying  in  an  uncou- 
seions  state,  who  had  traveled  before  him  and 
had  also  been  a  victim  of  the  storm.  Must  he 
now  lie  down  by  his  side  and  both  die  together? 
No;  but  lie  was  moved  with  tender  compassion 
toward  his  fellow  traveler;  he  began  to  rub  him 
all  over  aud  worked  with  him  and  soon  brought 
him  to  consciousness  again,  aud  when  he  had 
him  fully  recovered,  he  touud  tliat  he  had  reviv- 
ed himself.  Tlie  storm  uow  being  over,  they 
both  traveled  bund  in  hand,  rejoicing,  to  the 
settlement. 

Brethren,  can    you   make   the  application? 
"  How    pleasatit    it  is  for    brethren  to  dwell  to- 
gether in   unity."    Jesus  said.   "By  this  shall 
men  know  that  ye  are  my  disciples  if  ye  love 
one  auother." 
Sairm,  Iliitwis. 


A  CHEEiti'i'i.  temper,  joined  with    innocence, 
II  make  beauty  attractive,  knowledge  delights 
ful,  and  wit  good  natured. 


BKPoas  the  present  King  of  Denmark  came  to 
the  throne,  his  income  was  only  about  i^lU.uOi), 
and  in  course  ot  tlie  economy  practiced  in  his 
family,  his  daughters  were  brought  up  to  make 
their  own  bonnets  and  clearstarch  their  own 
collars.  One  of  these  ladies  is  to  be  the  (Jueen 
of  England,  another  Empress  of  Russia  and  a 
third  is  princess  of  Thyra,  just  married  to  the 
young  man  who  hopes  to  be  King  of  Hanover 
sometime. 


TIME  und  again  have  we  been  called  on,  here 
iu  Tennewee.  to  assist  in  the  minsiooary 
work,  which  is  being  carried  on,  more  or  h-s-s, 
throughout  the  entire  Brotherhood;  and  ki. ow- 
ing that  we  havf  :t*.siHt«d  but  very  little,  if  any. 
in  the  great  work.  I  deem  it  nec<>ssary  to  writ*- 
concerning  this  matter  Ie?t  you  may  think 
strange  of  not  receiving  liberally  from  our  dis- 
trict. Perhaps  no  district  in  the  Brotherhood 
is  sitnati-d  ju!.t  at  we  are;  entirely  closed  in. 
having  no  linf  of  rommunication  with  any  oth- 
er di-trict  of  Brethren  with  which  to  work  ** 
c^^-Uborers.  only  in  the  Annual  Meeting,  and 
aiKO  tbr'.ugh  the  papers  published  by  bffthren 
who  are  sounding  out  the  glad  tidings  from 
church  to  church,  aud  even  in  the  regions  be- 
yond. These  papers  are  welcome  visitors  to 
many  of  our  firesides,  telling  of  the  glorious 
work  going  on.  gathering  many  souls  into  the 
fold  of  Christ;  and  showing  that  we  have  all 
drank  from  th<»  same  fountain-head,  and  led  by 
the  same  Spirit.  May  the  day  soon  come  when 
the  cliurch  will  form  one  unbroken  line  going 
forth  to  contjuest  and  to  victory  in  themission- 
nry  work  as  far  as  the  gospel  will  allow,  into  all 
the  world. 

Knowledge  and  zeal  should  go  together  in 
tlii«  great  work;  knowledge  without  zeal  will 
accomplish  hut  very  little:  so  zeal  without 
knowledge  will  make  shipwreck  of  the  whole 
matter.  I-et  us  all  avoid  the  two  extremes  in 
this  work.  We  should  not  lie  still  in  our  hid- 
ing place  till  the  world,  whicb  is  starving  for 
food,  should  drug  us  out  and  set  us  to  work. 
Neither  should  we  be  like  the  swollen  stream 
that  comes  sweeping  down  the  hillside,  making 
havoc  in  the  valley.  But  we  should  come  forth 
as  the  water  free  from  the  fountain  head,  mov- 
ing on,  with  the  current,  filling  the  world  with 
good.  Perhajw  it  is  thought  that  we  are  tardy 
concerning  the  great  work  before  us.  I  have 
no  doubt  but  that  we,  as  a  district,  lack  zeal  iu 
this  work;  but  I  am  happy  to  say  tliat  we  have 
brethren  who  are  willing  to  spend  and  be  spent. 
whn  make  great  sacrifices  towards  sjupeadjng  the 
gosjiel.  lam  happy  to  know  that  our  borders 
are  being  extended  farther  iu  every  direction. 
Our  district  has  a  territory  of  about  two  hun- 
dred miles  square,  and  still  reaches  on  and  ou; 
and  1  think  with  the  co-laborers  of  the  nearest 
districts  we  can  one  day  be  united  to  districts 
east,  north  and  west,  and  then  with  our  united 
forrc  all  move  toward  the  sunny  South,  where 
the  harvest  is  ripe  and  ready  to  cut.  Now 
brethren,  on  account  of  our  present  condition, 
do  not  think  strange  because  we  have  not  re- 
sponded to  the  many  calls  for  help.  I  thiuk, 
under  the  present  circumstances,  it  will  take 
about  all  the  knowledge,  /.eal,  time,  aud  means 
for  our  home  mission.  May  God  blesa  all  mis- 
sionary work  in  cities  and  elsewhere,  is  my 
prayer, 

^\'e  have  a  large  field  open,  and  calls  from 
every  direction  to  come  aud  preach.  Brethren, 
work  this  way.  I  am  glad  to  know  that  Broth- 
er C.  G.  Lint  has  offered  bis  services  to  us.  I 
think  the  district  will  make  arrangements  to 
have  him  here  before  loug.  Brethren,  let  us 
ail  work  together  in  the  unity  of  the  spirit  that 
the  good  work  may  go  on  to  the  accomplishing 
of  mucli  good. 

We  are  reading  the  Stein  aud  Ray  debate  with 
interest,  and  by  readingit  we  find  that  the  truth 
will  prevail  against  all  opposition.  Mr.  Ray's 
assails  against  the  truth  preseuttd  by  Brother 
Stein  avail  but  little.  He  is  wasting  a  great 
deal  of  amuiiition.  He  should  remember  what 
Paul  says:  "Our  weapous  are  not  carual." 

"Oh  that  the  salvation  of  Israel  were  come 
out  of  Zion!     When   God   bringeth  back   the 
captivity  of  his  people,  Jacob  shall  rejoice,  aud 
Israel  «hall  be  glad."    Psalm  SH:  6. 
Limistone,  Tennessee,  March  2'J,  187U. 


Brief  Notes. 


IIY  .lOHN  ZrCK. 


Ill  ARCH  4.      Brother  Eshelman    presented 
1*1     the  beautiful  subject  of  "Heaven." 

I.  Scripture  reference  of  such  a  place.— The 
speaker  showed  that  heaven  is  a  place  where  all 
the  redeemed,  the  ransomed  of  the  Lord,  with 
all  the  prophets  and  patriarchs  of  old.  shall 
eventually  dwell  with  Christ  and  God  the  Fath- 
er, with  all  the  heavenly  hosts.  The  many 
mansions,  New  Jerusalem— the  Goldtn  City, 
refer  to  a  place 

II.  Directionof  such  a  place— heaven.    Our 


attention  was  called  to  the  (iwil  tbatCbristcah, 
down  from  heaven,  that  he  asceudtd  ud* 
heaven,— "I  am  from  above,"  all  bear  tht  Z- 
upward  in  heaven,  no  reference  ie  had  to  tk 
rotundity  of  th-  earth,  a*  this  terrestrial  hn\V 
but  a  part  of  God's  vast  ereation.  ^ 

III.     Who  shall  enjoy  heaven? 

1.  Those  who  labor  to  lay  up  treasures  ' 
heaven. 

2.  Those  who  come  out  upon  the  \,a  A" 
side,  and  follow  the  good  Shepherd  whithenu^ 
PTer  he  goeth.— "Observing  all  things  whatsn. 
ever  he  has  commanded  them." 

.3.  Those  who  enjoy  -heavenly  pi^j^  . 
Christ  .lesus,"— are  always  found  "assembbn''' 
tliemselvea  together"  in  the  house  of  the  Lora* 

4.  Those  who  "set  their  affections  on  heav 
and  heavenly  things." 

ft.  Those  who  are  daily  fitting,  qualirvi 
and  preparing  themselves,  "growing  ni  grace" 
"going  ou  to  pert'ectioii."  becoming  more  "hni  J" 
"sanctifying  the  Lord  God  iu  their  henrt<i  "  j 
ing  not  conformed  to  this  world,"  but  at  heave 
is  a  peculiar  place,  so  is  heaven's  society,  heav 
en's  people,  a  "peculiar  people,  a  royal  priesJ 
hood,  a  holy  nation,"  "zealous  of  good  works" 

J\'.     Heaven's  pleasures  and  beauties. 

There  will  be  unfading  beauties  and  unenH 
ing  pleasures  to  be  enjoyed  by  those  «ho  t\^M 
be  counted  worthy  to  enter  into  the  joys  of 
their  Lord.  The  glorious  anticipation  of  en- 
joying  a  place  free  from  sin,  where  the  wicked 
cease  from  troubling  and  the  weary  are  foruver 
at  rest,  should  stimulate  the  aspirations  nf 
every  soul  to  press  onward  and  upward,  to  win 
the  prize  and  receive  a  crown  of  everlflstinp 
life.  0  what  joys  are  set  before  u^I—whnt 
knowledge  "to  kuow  that  we  are  known,"  to 
see  no  longer  "through  a  ghi^s  darkly,"  but  see 
tlie  "Golden  City,"  the  "Crystal  River"  that 
shall  make  glad  the  city  of  God,  to  behold  the 
bright  luster  of  the  Son  of  (iod,  who  slml]  bg 
the  light  of  that  city ;  the  iuexpreasible 
pleasure  of  being  with  our  best  friend  Je,sus 
wlio  died  for  our  sins,  a  heaven  of  love,  no 
pretending  love  there;  but  love  whose  beams 
and  smiles  will  be  planted  on  every  counte- 
nance! And  oh  the  sweet  and  melodious  mu- 
sic  that  will  be  there,  when  the  great  throng 
of  heaven's  hosts  shall  unite  with  the  Lord's 
gathered  sheaves,  having  palms  of  victory  in 
their  hands,  and  crowns  of  glory  upon  their 
heads,  and  with  the  harp^  of  God,  praising  the 
Lord !  What  a  soul-clieering,  BouWtirring 
season  that  will  be' 

The  pleasures  and  beauties  of  this  life  iu 
this  wicked  and  troublesome  world  are  all 
transitory — soon  fade  and  pass  away,  aud  when 
meditating  and  musing  upon  heaven's  joys  and 
glory,  I  am  made  to  wonder  in  my  heart  how 
auy  soul  can  be  so  hard,  so  cold,  so  wicked,  as 
to  stay  away  from  Jesus  and  his  service,  and 
by  their  actions  say,  I  will  not  go  to  heaven. 
0  may  all  who  read  tbe.se  words  be  able  to  slug 
in  spirit  and  truth  with  a  full  realization  of 
the  same,  the  heavenly  song, 

"My  heavenly  home  is  bright  and  iair, 
No  pain  and  death  can  enter  there." 
CUirence,  Iowa. 


A  Report  of  Mission  Work. 


I  LEFT  home  on  the  27th  of  March  to  en- 
gage iu  a  protracted  meeting  in  tbe  vicin- 
ity of  Eagleville,  Hirrisou  County.  Missouri. 
I  did  the  first  preaching  here  by  the  Brethren. 
I  had  been  here  on  the  Sth  and  I^'th  of  March. 
Tried  to  preach  three  discourses,  one  on  trine 
baptism;  had  crowded  house,  and  I  suppose 
half  as  niauy  outside.  As  tho  Campbellites, 
Baptists  aud  Methodists  were  then  having 
lutietings,  I  could  not  get  the  house  any  longer 
at  that  time.  So  I  returned  on  the  27th  of 
March,  and  continued  until  April  2nd.  Had 
densely  crowded  house  and  good  order,  a^  this 
appeared  to  be  new  doctrine  aud  strange  things, 
They  attended  regular  and  gave  diligent  atten- 
tion to  what  this  babbler  liad  to  say.  After 
about  four  or  five  discourses  a  man  of  standing 
and  iuHuence  came  to  me  and  said,  "Brother 
Sell  you  are  the  man  to  jireach  here,  your  doc- 
trine is  all  right,  no  man  can  object  to  it,"  an** 
many  similar  expressions  by  others. 

The  result  of  the  meeting  was,  two  came 
forward  and  were  baptized.  One  of  those  (Sis- 
ter Robertson)  told  me  that  she  hiul  joined  the 
Presbyterian  Church  at  the  age  of  fifteen,  and 
this  Winter  while  tending  tbe  Baptist  meet- 
ing she  gwe  her  hand  to  join  their  church,  as 
she  became  dissatisfied  witli  her  baptism (sprink* 
ling.  "But,"  said  the  sisUr,  "Brother  Sell, 
w  lieu  [  heard  you  preach  on  trine  baptism.  1 
weighed  every  word  you  advanced,  uni  ft^er 
your  discourse  I  made  up  my  mind  that  that  i* 
the  way  I  want  to  be  baptized."     This  is,  I  am 


24- 


•X\E1E    UTtKTHKEN    ^T    ■WOKK. 


,j^a„-ol  e.lucate(iM»tor,.iid   I  h.ve  re».ons    hope  and  peace  winch  is  the  Chmtian's:  may  !  What  Can  I  Do    For  the   Bible  School?  I 
,l,e.e  ■••        !'<'»■■■'  •  »""''•"  saj-   that  she    they  l,e  ma.le  t„  re„li»  tl,r  unspeakable  j„v  aud 
,  „„Miel  t  bnstian,  and  had  n.hned  qualities.  [  bli-,  of  that  moment  when  the  sinner  vvill'ingly 


U,«"" 


~,„  be.og  the  case,  as   a  matter   of  ,:oarse,  it  ,  gives  l„s  hearl    to  God.     Oh    blessed  moment, 
,^  hard  fur  the  Baptists  lu  gire  lier  up.     The  ]  and  blessed  hi 
,,iit  exhorter  totd    me    that  they    liad   her 


happinej 


rthioli  attends   him  ever  | 


A^l^' 


IIY    [>.  W.  lt.VRT7.I.KH. 

the  time  for  orpauiztug  Bible  Schools 
hand,  irnniv  nre  nskiug.  what  cah  1 


<lo. 


J    the  c-hurch    booV,    mid    iiittnded    to 

htTiiiiJ  others  on  the  third  Sunday   iti 

^'j^l  ajid  he  wi-^hed  she  would  hv  baptized    by 

'Jlnu  a»''  ^^^y  '^ould  give  her  a  letter  of  ree- 

"I    would 


altvrr     If  the  sinii.-rknew  what  untold  iiieasurts  j  Soiue  say  they  cftunot  teaih  because  they  hate 
awMited  him.  iu  (iod'a  service,    would  he  linger    iu>t  the  necessary  knowledge:  but  we   think    if 


uHiitiou.      1  beard  several  say 


soon'?'' 


hHir. 


b^  baptized    that   way  than  Ihp  other"  I 
tb^rs  sa.\d.  "That  is  the  way  I  wuut  to  be  bai>- 
%'A."  s"'^  '^  Campbellite  minister  told  me  that 
0  man  >■"''"  objfct  to  that  baptism.      This  oc- 
°urp>d  *»t  ^he  water,  where   a   d.-liglit»'ol    scene 
took  p''"=^-  ^*">'  ^^^""^  ^'■'■^  ^^'■'^'  ftii'l  I  beard, 
,  1  adiiiinisteied  the  ordinance   of  trine  bap- 
.-,.,1,  screams  and   crying.      Seeing  tlie  efifet^t 
ijP^  Ihe  desire  for  preaching,  I  left  an  appoint- 
.„t  lor  the  second  Sunday  in  April. 
I  will  here  say  that  those  two   accepted    the 
,4jir.|  order  as  held  by    the    Hrethren    without 
y  reserve.     When  I  approached  the  covering 
ot  the  head,  I  remarked;  1  >uppose  here  we  dif- 
fer, to  which  she  replied.    "No,    I    think    not." 
^sslie  acknowledged  a  covering  aside  from  the 
matter   of  course,    it  did   not    take 
,uh  to  get  her  to  accept  the  cap  as  a  uniform 
civeriiig- 

I  hope  some  one  will  be  so  kind  as  to  send 
tiiis  sister  the  Buethrrn  at  Work  or  tbe  J'riw- 
iliir  Chn-'f'""-  a^  I  think  she  would  be  a  good 
writer  after  ouce  introduced. 


long  at  tht  threshold  before  entering 

bear  brother,  I  thank  thee  fjrtho^  cheering 
Words,  and  for  the  wise  counsel  thou  hast  given 
rae,  and  I  sincerely  hope  that  thou  tnayst  never 
regret  my  uniting  with  the  church  under  thy 
iiirtiience.  You  tuM  nie  not  to  be  an  idU-r  in 
the  churcli. — I  am  trying  and  shall  ever  try  to 
be  active  in  the  cause.  I  have  earnestly  asked 
the  question  jiany  times,  Lord,  what  wilt  thou 
have  me  to  do?  and  think  probably  that  mine 
eyes  have  been  partly  opened  in  reference  to  my 
part  in  the  good  work.  I  shall  ever  strive  with 
my  heart,  hand,  tongue,  and  pen,  to  aid  the 
cause  of  my  blessed  Master,  who  lias  said.  "Take 
my  yoke  upon  yon  and  learn  of  me,  *  *  ' 
For  my  yoke  is  easy  and  my  burden  is  light." 
Ties,  so  much  lighter  than  the  burden  of  sin, 

P'"ay,  detir  brother,  that  your  weak  sister  may 
truly  be  an  instrument  of  good  in  the  blessed 
work.  F.  E.  TEA(;rE, 

f^arijif/fon,  Ohio. 


Railroad  Arrangements. 


fpn  the  bret 
1     .\.  M,  V 


1  the  brethren  and  sisters  wishing  to  go  to 
which  will  be  hehl  in  Kockingham 
County,  Virginia:  All  who  live  in  Iowa,  Wis- 
consin, Minnesota,  Nebraska  and  Northern 
Illinois,  get  on  the  Baltimore  iV:  Ohio  H.  K.  at 
Chicago.  Northern  and  Central  Indiana  at 
iiibiirn  Station.  Western  Michigan  at  Au- 
burn Station.  Eastern  Michigan  at  DeHhler, 
oil  the  Dayton  and  Michigan  It.  I!.  Western, 
jl.  W..  aud  Northern  Ohio  at  Defiance,  Desh- 
ler,  Fostoria.  and  Tithn.  Those  living  in 
Crawford,  Wyandot,  Hardin,  Ashland  and 
Wayne  Counties  at  Mausheld,  Ohio.  Those  in 
Hulmes  County  at  Mt  Vernon.  Those  in 
N.  Eastern  and  Eastern  Ohio  at  Pittsburg,  Pa. 
Kansas,  Missouri  and  VVestern  Illinois  take  the 
Ohio  &  Mississippi  R.  R,  at  St,  Louis,  Missouri 
Those  in  Southern  Illinois  and  Indiana  get  to 
the  0,  &  M.  &  M.  Cin.  R.  R.  at  the  nearest  I 
point  to  you;  and  also  S.  Western  and  South- | 
em  Ohio  at  Cincinnati,  .Lovelaad,  Manrertown 
or  Chillicothe.  Ohio. 

I  have  now  given  the  points  at  which  you 
can  get  to  the  roads  which  belong  to  the  Bal- 
timore v^  Ohio  R.  R.  Co.,  and  will  aay  that  none 
need  make  any  arrangements  for  hall  fare  only 
to  the  nearest  point  on  tlie  roads  named.  The 
hwlaEce  will  be  and  have  been  made  on  the  Bal- 
Uiuore  i*^  Ohio  roads.  And  I  will  further  say 
that  none  can  get  to  the  place  of  meeting 
without  getting  on  the  Baltimore  &  Ohio  R. 
It ,  for  Broadway  Station  Is  on  rheir  road.  So 
it  will  be  the  best  and  cheapest  for  all  to  geton 
their  road  as  soon  as  thev  can.  If  theiuembera 
iriil  let  me  know  about  how  many  are  going  I 
will  have  a  special  train  run  from  Cliicago  and 
St,  Louis,  (".  c,  if  there  will  be  enough  to  justi- 
fy the  company  to  do  it.  Say  leave  Chicago  on 
Tliiiisday  aud  also  St.  Louis,  and  get  to  place 
ol  destination  on  Saturday.  .\ad  once  on  their 
road  at  Chicago  and  all  points  East  of  that  7io 
ehtiiije  of  cari  to  place  of  meeting  if  a  special 
train  is  run  and  ouly  at  Harper's  Ferry  our 
regular  trains  and  also  on  tlie  Ohio  &  Mississip 
pi  H.  I;.  There  will  be  rxcurnion  iicketn  at  all 
rtalious  on  all  the  roads  belonging  to  the  B.  & 
0.  company. 

Let  each  congregation  say  how  many  will 
go  from  theircburch  and  notify  me,  and  they 
can  at  once  say  about  how  many  are  going 
from  the  west.  W.  Arnold. 

^'impistt,  Pemj  County^  Ohio. 

Primitive  Christ ian.jihase  copy. 


From  the  Southern  Indiana 
Mission  Field. 

LEb'T  home  March  'ilst  for  the  field  of  la- 
bor; met  Brother  .lobn  \V.  Met/.ger  at 
Indianapolis;  took  train  in  the  evening  for 
Crothersville,  Jackson  County;  arrived  at  lU 
o'clock  P.  M.;  was  met  by  the  brethren  at  the 
station,  who  conducted  us  to  their  homes,  where 
we  enjoyed  their  hospitality.  Commenced 
meeting  on  the  evening  of  the  22nd,  atid  con- 
tinued until  the  evening  of  the  30th.  During 
our  meetings  there  were  ten  received  into  the 
church  by  baptism,  and  others  seemingly  were 
convinced  of  their  duty.  We  hope  they  will 
become  obedient  to  the  gospel  of  Christ.  The 
members  seem  to  enjoy  themselves  verj'  much 
with  their  new  relationship  in  the  church. 

In  all  of  our  meetings  in  Jackson  County, 
we  have  received  eighteen  members  by  bai>- 
tism;  thirteen  were  members  of  o^ber  denom- 
inations; five  made  no  profession;  those  from 
other  denominations  were  members  of  the  Bap- 
tist, Campbellite  and  Methodist  fraternities. 

Hope'they  will  be  faithful  and  adorn-  th^ 
doctrine  of  their  profession  by  a  godly  walk 
and  a  chaste  conversation.  May  the  Lord  guide 
them  with  his  holy  spirit  through  life,  is  our 
prayer.  Brethren,  remember  them,  as  they 
are  without  a  minister  and  seventy- five  miles 
from  any  organized  church.  Arrived  home  on 
the  evening  ofthe  ^Ist;  found  all  well.  Thanks 
the  Lord  over  our  families  and  us. 

John  W.  Metzoer. 

JacOH   BlFK. 
Boston,  hiiliaiio 


they  would  study  the  lesion  ivs  they  do  the  nf- 
fairi  of  this  world  they  would  have  equal  sue- 
cess.  "If  any  of  you  lack  wisdom  lot  him  a.sk 
of  God."  James  1:  .*).  With  the  Bible  in 
your  head  and  Christ  in  your  heart  how  could 
you  faily 

The  Superintendent  should  have  n  Teacher's 
Meeting  once  a  week,  where  all  the  teachers 
could  meet  with  him  to  study  a  lesson  prepara- 
tory to  teaching  it.  In  our  (Poplar  Orove) 
school  we  commenced  holding  teaoher's  meet- 
ings in  June,  and  continued  them  until  th- 
close  (Dec.  Sth,  ISTS)  of  the  school. 

.\Iter  the  close  of  our  school  we  met  once  a 
week  at  each  other's  houses  in  the"  capacity 
of  a  Bible  class.  1  think  that  a  very  pletisunt 
and  benefii  ial  way  to  spend  the  long  winle 
evenings. 

The  objet  t  of  all  religious  work  should  be  to 
win  souls  to  Christ.  Alter  winning  souls,  feed 
them.  ''Ketd  niv  lambs." — Jesus.  Fathers 
and  mothers,  minititers,  teachers  and  superin- 
tendents, are  you  feediua  Uod's  lambs';* 
"Are  you  doing  all  you  can  for  Jesus. 

Giving  him  your  willing  survice  day  by  day? 
Souls  immortal  all  around  an  dying. 
Are  you  showing  them  the  way? 
Uaicpatvh,  Imlinmi. 


made.  Even  little  boys  were  made  to  feel 
what  it  was  to  be  there.  Our  own  little  boy 
thinks  that  the  young  people  enjoy  themsolve* 
betU-r  nftor  they  unite  with  the^  church  than 
out>ide  of  it.  He  believed  that  prayer  had 
power  in  bringing  souls  to  Christ.  Little  boyi, 
<lit  you  listen  to  prayer  when  it  is  offered,  or  do 


y-'u  think  of  worldly  thingsV  When  you  are 
at  meeting  you  should  keep  your  minds  on  nol- 
tmu  truths.  How  often  my  soul  has  rejoiced 
at  the  rich  admonitions  of  our  bi«thrpn  who 
deelnre  the  truth  to  dying  penple.  I  believe 
there  was  joy  in  heaven  among  the  angi-U  to 
Bee  ao  many  wanderers  returning  home,  as  they 
were  convinced  that  they  vfcre  on  their  way 
tn  destruction.  Charlotte  Mowkk. 

Howr  Wc  Conduct  Our  Social  Meetings. 


1. 


E  conduct  our  Bible  class,  or  social  meet- 
ing somewhat  like  the  following: 
A  previous  annoiinceftieut  is  made, 
■i.     The  assembling  of  brethivn  and   sisters, 
young  and  old,  and  all  who   feel    iuturested  in 
such  meetings, 

;i  Singing  of  church  hymns,  aud  some  one 
selects  a  chapter.  A  Te.st,ament  is  fumiHhed 
for  every  one  present.  The  entire  chapter  is 
ead,  and  as  they  read,  fjuestions  are  asked  and 
answered  to  the  safi^faction  of  all  present. 
Alter  reading,  the  meeting  is  closed  by  singing 
and  prayer,  which  is  insisted  by  the  older  upon 
the  younger  menihers  to  lead  in  the  same. 
(inghrii,  huiinnii. 


G° 


Epistolary. 

Ti,  linthn- 1.  J.  Koscnber^n-:— 

TH.\N  KS  be  to  God  for  his  kindness  in  per- 
uiitting  you  to  visit  the  Covington  Church, 
and  there  proclaim  the  truths  of  the  blessed 
Bible  in  such  a  forcible  and  telling  manner. 
that  I,  with  many  others,  was  led  to  accept  of 
Christ;  to  change  the  old  life  for  the  new.  and 
to  tread  in  the  Christian's  path  to  glory. 

Through  the  inlluence  of  those  ^precious 
truths,  and  the  striving  powerof  God  with  man, 
the  burque  is  still  smoothlj-  sailing  on  down 
'ife's  stream,  and  many  priceless  souls  signal  to 
the  Ferryman  for  passage  to  the  haven  of  rest 
and  peact.     And  they  all  meet  with  that  sweet 


From  EFhe  C.  Snyder. 

1  OD  has  given  us  a  beautiful  day  once  more. 

How  I  enjoy  sunshine  after  storms. 
In  taking  a  retrospective  view  of  the  past  I 
can  Si;e  wberin  I  might  have  made  life  a  little 
dift'erent,  had  I  had  the  experience  of  years,  but 
on  the  whole  I  have  done  very  well.  When  we 
think  of  the  days  that  are  past  and  gone,  it 
seems  but  a  dream.  Year  aftnr  year  rolls  away, 
and  we  are  hastening  to  our  long  home.  0  how 
careful  we  should  be  and  not  idle  away  our 
time.  Yes,  those  moments,  that,  in  childhood's 
days,  are  so  often  spent  in  vain.  One  by  one 
they  are  passing  away.  Young  friends,  don't 
think  because  you  artt  young  aud  in  the  prime 
of  life  that  your  life  is  long,  for  the  Lord  may 
call  you  away  in  your  youth  without  five  min- 
utes warning.  How  sad  to  think  of  it  if  you 
have  not  followed  his  footsteps, 

I  went  to  meeting  last  Sahbath,  and  we  had 
a  splendid  meeting.  The  Brethren  have  no 
meeting-house  here,  but  they  have  preaching, 
all  the  same,  in  a  school-house.  There  is  but 
one  minister  in  this  county.  I  thinkhe preach- 
es the  true  gospel  more  than  I  ever  heard  it 
preached  by  others.  I  am  no  niemheryet.  but  I 
can't  help  but  feel  as  though  I  was  a  sister.  I 
think  I  shall  become  a  member  of  it  after  while. 
I  know  I  ought  not  put  it  otf,  but  1  want  to  he 
sure  and  know  what  I  am  doing  this  time,  and 
not  join  the  wrongchurch  again.  I  think  th^ 
Brethren  Church  is  the  true  church  of  God. 

I  wish  some  of  you  brethren  that  travel 
would  come  here  and  hold  a  series  of  meetings 
and  reyive  our  town.  I  think  two  ministers 
would  do  a  great  deal  of  good. 

May  the  Lord  bless  us  all,  and  guide  us  by 
the  divine  spirit  into  all  truth  while  we  Hve. 
and  when  time  shall  be  with  us  no  more,  save 
us  all,  without  the  lo.-w  of  one.  is  my  prayer. 

Mi.-<!ioiiri  Vullfif,  loiiii. 


Request  and  Notice, 

I  GET  a  great  many  letters  from  Brethren 
and  friends,  requesting  me  to  come  and 
preach  for  them,  and  they  will  pay  my  expenses 
In  the  first  place  I  would  say,  that  were  I  to 
answer  all  the  letters,  it  would  be  almost  a 
continual  drainage  on  my  stamps.  So  please 
enclose  stamps  if  you  desire  an  answer.  In  tin- 
sdfond  place,  I  would  say  that  I  cannot  possibly 
come  by  merely  having  my  !t.  H.  fare  paid.  I 
have  a  family  to  support,  debts  to  pay,  Sec,  and 
to  get  only  fare  paid,  would  soon  make  me 
"wor^e  than  an  inlidel."  Such  characters  you 
would  hardly  want  to  preach  for  you.  llemeni- 
ber,  brethren,  it  is  easier  for  ten  to  pay  ten 
dollars  thaji  ior  one.  If  you  can't  *ft'ord  it 
don't  expect  it  of  your  poor  minister.  For 
eighteen  years  I  heeded  many  such  calls  at  my 
own  expense  iiitime  and  money,  but  the  beats 
are  all  off  my  string, — I  can  do  so  no  more.  I 
love  the  church  and  the  Master's  cause,  and  am 
still  willing  to  do  all  in  my  power  to  gatht-r 
souls  aboard  the  good  old  ship,  but  am  power- 
less as  far  as  money  is  concerned.  Nothing 
but  extreme  poverty  would  cause  me  to  thus 
write. 

To  my  brethren,  sisters,  and  friends,  whom  I 
love  in  the  Lord.  W.  J.  H.  B.vt-M.\N. 

Nora  Springs,  Iowa,  April  7. 


Items  from  Allison  Church,  111. 


Jh'iir  linHiren:— 

PEBH  APS  it  man  interest  some  of  the  many 
readers  of  the  Brkthukn  at  WnuK  to 
hear  from  this  part  of  the  brotherhood.  We 
met  to-day  at  the  church  at  ten  o'clock  for 
public  worship:  listened  to  a  very  interesting 
discourse  from  Brother  Jacob  Gerhart.  Text 
John  3:  4. 

Met  again  at  two  o'clock  P.  M.  to  organize 
a  Sunday-school,  and  elected  the  necessary  of- 
ficers, with  a  full  corps  of  teachers.  The  school 
unanimously  voted  to  use  the  children  at 
Worlc. 

The  church  is  in  union  and  harmony  so  far 
as  wc  know,  though  we  have  had  but  one  ad- 
ded to  our  number  (und  that  by  letter)  since 
last  Fall  when  Brother  Billhimer  was  here. 
Still  we  are  not  discouraged  but  feel  to  thank 
God  and  press  forward,  hoping  at  the  end  o( 
our  warfare  wc  will  receive  a  crown  of  rights 
eousness. 

The  BiiKTHES  AT  WuKK  is  a  regular  visitor, 
and  when  read,  I  distribute  them  to  those  who 
are  too  poor  to  subscribe.  Wish  I  could  in- 
duce every  body  to  take  it.  I  think  the  Breth- 
ren's papers  are  powerlul  instruments  for  doing 
good.  T.  M.  Calvekt. 

.\j>,i/i;,ls7!K 


From  North  Liberty,  Indiana. 

Dmr  IhethrtH:— 

AMONG  the  things  of  the  past  is  our  yearly 
visit.  We  had  our  council  meeting  the 
2!Hh  inst..  at  which  the  visit  was  reported. 
Only  a  few  missteps  were  found,  which  were 
readily  adjusted  aud  union  established.  One 
made  the  good  ciuifession  and  was  bapti/^d  in- 
to i'hrist,  making  twenty  (includiug  one  re- 
claimed) within  the  last  year. 

March  llOth.  Re-organi/ed  our  Sunday- 
school.  Will  make  arraugements  at  our  next 
school  to  procure  reading  matter  for  gratuitous 
distribution. 

J\iiii«i^Q"'lly-^iWfU 

Wm.  Uonormi. 
.Var.h  :(!sl,  IsHK 

Danisn  Mission  Report. 

Knob  Civ.'k  Church,  Tenn 8  2.00 

Panther  Creek  Church,  111 4.25 

Indutii  Creek  Church.  Pa 7.00 

S.  M.  Smith.  Mich 6.00 

Enoch  Eby,  III 10.00 

A  Sister 50 

By  two  Siaters .25 

L.  Kautl'man 30 

Total ?30,30 

C.  P.  HowLANi),  Treasurer. 
Lamtrk;  III.,    April  lith,  mU. 
(P.  C,  please  cojiij.) 


From  D,  E    Brubaker. 

I  HEARTILY  conoratulate  the  Brethren  of 
Northern  Illinois  in  their  good  fortune  iu 
securing  such  a  good  man  as  Brother  Stein  to 
live  among  them,  and  I  was  more  than  pleased 
when  I  saw  it  announced  in  the  Brethren'  at 
Work  that  the  members  bad  purchased  the 
Mt.  Morris  Seminary.  (lam  pretty  well  ac- 
quainted with  that  inatitufciou,  having  lived 
near  there  five  years).  I  almortt  wish  now  that 
I  were  young  again.  I  certainly  would  go  to 
that  school. 
loica  Center,  Iowa.,  April  5. 


From  Indian  Creek  Church.  Iowa. 

/MirW/WArtH.— 

TE  had  a  series  ol  meetings  at  the  Ga-en- 
'  ville  school-house,  conducted  by  our 
Elder,  D.  E.  Brubaker,  commencing  on  Sun- 
day evening,  March  2nd.  Had  nine  meetings 
in  succession.  Six  souls  came  over  on  the 
Lord's  side.        Many   good  impressions   were 


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Report  of  Danish  Poor  Fund. 

Mary  E.  Meyers,  Ohio ^  1.00 

Big  Swartara  Church.   Pa 10.00 

Total en.oo 

C.  p.  RowLANn,  Treasurer. 
f.'inark.  III.,  April  !Uh,  1^9. 

(Primitive  Christian, phase  cop]/). 

DistricJV  Meeting  in  Indiana. 

Sri)NV  Creek  Church  was  the  place  of  hold- 
ing the  Southern  District  Meeting  of  In- 
dia 'a.  Meeting  opened  by  singing.  Prayer  by 
Hiel  Mamiltoii.  Rcaditi-  Acts  15  by  Elder 
Jacob  Kife.  The  committee  to  receive  tlie  bus- 
iness w.w  then  announce!  by  Elder  Joiiu  H. 
Caylor.  Elder  Hi-"!  Hamilton  v-a&  elected 
Moderator.  Jacob  Rife  Reading  Clerk,  David 


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'VhilC    HUKTHJrlEJSr    A.rV    AVOKK. 


-^Pril    ^^ 


BowniAU  Rwordiug  Clork.    Five  queries  were 
theii  ptvsoiited. 

No.  1.  What  means  ciin  this  meetinj?  adopt 
to  get  the  churches  to  Day  th^ir  quolo  towardH 
defra>itig  theexpeufiea  uf  iht?  Urethrt'ii  thul 
Wtfw  oil  the  inissioDary  work  iu  Southeru  In* 
diAua? 

Ao*.  We  agree  to  seod  Brothrun  to  llie 
churches  to  urg^-  theiu  to  puy  and  awjat  in  that 
work. 

No.  2.  Have  churehM  a  right  to  employ 
police  force  to  protect  them  itt  coromunion 
meetiug9.  or  auy  other  iinfltogi' 

An*.  Only  in  extrvme  ciui*  (Thi*  qncry 
goes  to  Annual  Meeting,  tho  only  query  Rent 
from  thin  district). 

No.  3.  Would  it  not  Ih- hefcler  to  clowf  our 
communion  meetings  at  night  after  our  com- 
munion services  are  over? 

Au8.  Leave  the  mnttiT  optional  »ilh  tlie 
churches.  . 

No.  4.  Would  it  not  he  better  for  the  hielh- 
ren,  where  the  comninnion  in  held,  to  nay  who 
shoiilil  odministerthe  communion? 
Ani».  We  will  male  no  ehangf. 
N".  5.  A  minist-r  heingciilledt/.  Ilie  po-ir- 
hoUH' tohaptize  ft  paupiT,  the  pn»r-hiMi«e  hf- 
iiig  in  tlie  territory  of  another  elder;  hai  lie  ti 
right  to  baptiiw  the  pauper  without  iwking  the 
older  where  the  pauper  live*}* 

Ana.  llo  han  a  riglit  t»)  do  bo.  and  the 
ehurch  where  tho  poor  li^ea  nhouM  take  care 
of  Hie  p'lor  mpmhent. 

Tho  iiieoHog  then  received  the  inixHifniiry 
wpoit.  Elder  .lacol)  Kife  gave  a  very  JnlereHt- 
ing  account  of  their  l;il)oi-«  in  the  hOuUi,  and 
of  their  cries  ior  th.-  bread  of  liln.  They  then 
eleiled  KIder  K.  11.  Mill<T  1o  r.'pre«<-nl  them  iu 
Anmiitl  Meeting'.  Then  [iroth(»r  Iimne  <'ripe 
and  I.-'H-is  Kin-'-y  lo  tilt  Hi'-  mijtfiioniiry  ti.-lj  in 
So!iHn-rii  Iiidi.trift  lor  iiiiother  yeiir,  and  live 
brethn-ii  to  viwit  the  hntii<-  eliurcheM.  and  col- 
lect money  to  defray  thei'X[ieii*«e!t  ipfthe  houIIi- 
em  mJKfii'-n.  These  brelliren  ar-  H  II.  Milli-r. 
G.  W.  Shidehaker,  lrtA>iM  IJillhiniiT.  .Ir.hii  W. 
Metzgcr,  and  Jacob  Ilife.  The  meeting  ww 
then  ctoawl  after  «omfi  preliminary  bnHinewfl.  It 
■WM  a  very  yleanant  meeting,  and  the  bei«t  of 
fi  cling  previiikid.    Thunkfl  bf  toOo-1. 

.IHKHK  ('ai.vichT. 
,  Aj/ril  i).  JH79. 


many  uther  things  eqiuUy  ridieutous.  I  tried 
to  expose  error  and  pr^-wnt  the  truth,  and  it  i- 
said  »ome  got  cros*  about  it.  I  cannot  help 
that;  wo  ia  to  me  if  I  do  not  preach  the  gospel 
in  all  itn  power.  There  wms  a  Hrothrr  Flora 
and  wife  baptized  near  here.  He  ia  a  biotber 
of  Brother  .John  I-'lora,  of  Virginia,  and  he 
had  pfPBched  for  that  fraternity  for  t«n  yean.. 
He  gave  nie  avery  int«reating  history  oi  that 
part  of  bin  tife:  bo  biid  baptized  only  lour,  aii-i 
fef  l8  glad  that  no  more  hiid  bet-ii  h'd  by  him 
HenavH  it  in  no  uw?  to  abuMt  the  old  Bretbn-n, 
or  think  of  heaven  without  loming  to  the  K<ii- 
eral  prineipleH  taught  by  them.  There  an- ;. 
few  left  here  yet.  Thi-ir  ■)nly  hop-i*  are  iu  th^ 
/'royreK-vir  Chri/ilian.  What  a  pity  that  th.- 
Brethri-n  will  go  to  iiuch  extreme*  that  there  ii- 
hope,  by  them,  of  divinion. 
I'ettit,  Indiana,  Ajtril  7,  }>i7'J. 


THE  BRETHREN  AT  WORK. 

A  IWieions  Wwkly. 


—  Kill  i:i..i ^'"oar—- 


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nlnirj  V  Ui'  H-in'  •nJ  ■•lf'l"0"'« 
i-clirtrt: 


matiun  fruui  ihi-  »orK  wo  llic  dmga  of  Upi,,-,  ""••■- 
incofil.r  Holy  Spirii.*lc,.tli»n  nny  other  ujJ'V'k- 

PengiUy"!   Gnido  to  Chriitlaa  BaptUnt  -go 
Hirtory  Bf  Palestine,  or  The  H«ly  Un4_  Bj  M'  it„!l"* 

The  Dortriae  cf  the  Brethren  Dchaded.  — The  i,;.- 

„f  .hriM  «M.i  .1..  H.,ty  Spiri..  Imm,i^i'""=/ 
.4IIu8ion.  Trinr  linii.»r«ir>o.     Ptct-wo...bin„    lij '  ,",  ** 

Kim.   Nnn-ranCi)"!!!!)-,    or     I'liiiniiMs  of    U|.^    "? 

Aiili-SfcreliBti..  The  work  i>i  comrl"lc.  ^a.\  U  J.'^ 
rmnRM  ihni  ilie  orguiuenln  on  cuch  iubjau  J***  *»■ 
t».n\y  roun.1  nnJ  un.lcriiood.  It  alioulJ  Hm*  ,  ^  •* 
Circulaiion.  hmli  uui<-i.|:  mcmtKrs  anj  n,  •''It 
Nwtly  bound  in  cl.>ih      fl.UO.     The  bonk  nu-  ^"ri-l. 

Bl  lbi^Qfliceu^fl■oml]l»  auibwr.  H.  11.  MjH,,     iT,''*< 


Id>1. 


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To  the  Brethren  of  Southern  Va. 

SirOCLUthe  Bn-thren  or  otheri*  along  or 
iirar  the  Chesapeake  &  Ohio  R."  It.,  or  that 
of  Ih.'  [larj-'-r'N  I'Vrrv  and  Stanton  Line,  d.'- 
fiire  it.  we  will  np-nd  «  few  wei-kfl  before  A.  M." 
in  preaching  at  «iith  plae*"*  a-t  may  be  thought 
proper.  Those  who  favor  it  will  at  I'uee  give 
im  notice  by  letter  to  AVh^  rVM-ZiVr.  Hai-h  <'n. 
Ohio,  in  cntr  <tf  EhUr  Jmeph  Kaufman,  We 
know  not  th"  nam.*  of  Brethren  in  Sonthern 
Vintinia,  lifuee  this  notice,  fiive  name,  posU 
oilic*-  and  railway  Htatioii.  at;  which  lo  stop, 
and  wi?  will  then  pivi- notice  iw  to  time  of  ar- 
fiviit.  l,\Mi(iN  Wf»T, 


From  Washington  Creek  Church,  Doug- 
las County,  Kanoao. 

!),,„■  Ii<;  I  l,nn:— 
rrilK  Itri'tlireii  have  two  good  nioefciiig-hout^OB 
1  iu  which  regular  meetings  lire  held;  the 
one  i-i  48x64,  with  busomcnt  story,  built  for 
holding  Love-fca-fts  in.  It  i»  on  the  road  run- 
ning south  from  Lawrence  to  Willow  Springs, 
eight  miles  from  Lawrenee,  The  other  is  80x 
40,  i-nlled  tho  Brumbaugh  Meet-iiig-lioii>.e. 

This  church  at  preHont  iiuniberH  between 
175  and  SCO  memherrt.  The  Brelhren  held, 
during  Winter  and  Spring,  three  series  of 
meetingi;  the  lost  one  wa.s  held  at  the  Bruth- 
ren*B  large  nieeting-houHe.  Tho  word  was  held 
forth  by  Brethren  Ueorgo  MeyeiM,  Je.-'se  Stu- 
dehaker  and  Noali  llennck?i,  (tho  liint  named 
liven  in  Lawrence  at  |)reneiit),  (WfliHtcd  by  our 
home  minirtten*.  The  resultH  of  the  last  meet- 
ing were,  six  baptivtid  and  two  ret^liiimed.  The 
m«mber!<  were  built  up  in  their  hol>'  laith  and 
others  were  conviuceti,  but  arc  wtill  xtatuling 
outside  the  household  of  fuitb.  Yowterduy  wBs 
our  yearly  council  incetiiig.  Matteittwere  dil- 
posed  of  to  the  satihtaetioo  of  all  prcHont.  But 
one  query  to  send  to  D.  M. 

To-day  our  regular  meeting  at  the  meeting- 
house. Subject,  "The  good  Snniariian."  Jf  sua 
Christ  being  our  good  Samaritan  if  we  wilt 
but  do  his  will.  Ue  is  witling  to  bind  up  alt  our. 
wounds,  pouring  in  oil;  and  if  we  but  leurn 
his  will,  and  do  not  pructico  it,  it  will  avail  us 
nothing.  Brethren  and  r<ister»,  let  ua  all  strive 
for  more  earnest  work  in  the  vineyard  of  the 
Lord.  Be  more  zealous  for  the  cause.  I^et 
our  light  shine  in  all  our  transactions.  Do  all 
the  good  we  can  and  as  tittle  evil  as  possible, 
ijc,  is  the  prayer  of  your  unworthy  brother, 
John  A.  Stcdkhakkk. 

WiUoif  Springs,  Kuiixan,  April  ii,  Jsjit. 

P.  S.  Any  of  the  brethren  wishing  to  lo- 
cate iu  Southern  Kansas  in  Elk  County,  will 
do  well  to  correspond  with  the  writer. 

J.  A.  S. 

From  Jesse  Calvert. 

I/riir  Bifthren: — 

OUR  meeting  closes  here  this  morning,  with 
ten  additions  by  baptism  and  one  reclaim- 
ed, and  a  good  feeling,  except  some  United 
Brethren;  they  had  quit«  a  meeting  near  here, 
and  one  man  said  the  ble^ied  Lrjrd  had  put 
twenty-five  cents  in  his  pocket  to  give  tbe 
eld«r,  and  some  claimed  to  be  sanctified,  and 


jyHUonuri'nifnfs. 


Om  ni1oi<  !•»  (tWemxIoi"'  hi 

ba  Utier.  And  trriiit 

froiii  fill  otl 


tnan  !n»ort*on    Tli«y§h.>i 
1  on  pnprr  HVpunilP 


Tbc  Uvolwail  III  n>.l  Kimitli,  ill 
tboir  tilo»«  Muviina-lioURv,   Mny  '.Jl'ih  onJ  itOib. 
'  w 


VI.Vk^ 


Tlio  Li'vo-fouifl  i>r  llic.MI<I<lloUiiilriot,  .Miimi  Couiiiy. 
Oliiii,  iiuv(-api><.inlo.l(ir.jiiiMiiiiiion  Mfcting,  t wclviMiilInn 
norlh  (jf  Diiylon,  Woi'ling  !■>  lio  lioU  Mny  2l'lli.  coiii- 
mpncing  nt  2  V.tll.  0.  F.  YnisT. 

Tlio  Ixivo  fciwl  for  Sllror  CntV,  Oglo  Cpiiiily.  Illiuoin. 
will  Leli«M  Mny  27lli»ii(l28lli,oaniQionclngnl  lOuVlocli. 
t..  wUeh^tlit  twDftl  In^inllon  U  glfcn.        T>.K.  P»ie». 

Till- LoYo-roiwI  for  Cherry  Boi,  Sliclliy  Cyualy,  Min- 
RDiiri,  will  l>o  liold  Janfl  Till  flod  Hth.  Tticrcwill  be  con- 
voyoncM  in  Cllirowcc  to  jtliiflo  oT  niuoling. 

ItRSJAMIX  Saj'P. 

J'rimifiir  Chrivtinn,  plrnse  copi/, 

will  you  jileino  oorrect  tlio  iiiinUiko  mmtp  in  publiiihind 
our  LoTO-fco^il  iioUcv  whore  ii  rnnJ*  "I'ofo  C'reok,  Mimni 
County,  Iiidliuia,"  il.  «iioiO(l  l>g  "l!ipo  Oeok,  .^liimii 
Couoly.  Indj^iiuV"  A,  V,  Lmk. 


f  rtllfn  |(al«?«?|«. 


e  Li)fil~B«T.  M  :  13. 


ObiliiiirloH  should  bo  tirlvf.  wriiten  on  but  one  sido  of  thi' 
paper,  and  HUparalo  from  all  other  bneiness. 


.SIS8NK,— KiNlor  tllKHUC,  wifw  of  llrollicr  Joiiii  Sixsno  and 
dunglilor  of  Midcr  JntncM  Miller,  of  Porln^c  I'rniriu 
CoiiiirogftiioR,  Wan  bom  .Aiigiiil  33,  1840,  and  died 
^Inroh  ITi,  lH7fl.  iigeil  'iO  ycnri>,  1)  tiionlhi*  nnd  2fl  dnyii. 
Dioonao  oouhiiidiiiIiiq. 

Sitlur  tJiVDUo  wAH  u  riiilhfiil  workce  Id  (be  chiiroli  and 
Snbbath-Hcbool^  und  in  the  ndvniiooinent  of  liie  Ijord's 
CAtiMO.  Andnii  hIic  reijiivKleil  iiRiiol  to  i-ulogjie  lior  wo 
will  rulrnin.  8he  wjw  nnuinlrd  nnd  guvo  full  cvidctii.'o 
thill  iho  wDuM  looiibe  nilh  the  Lord  in  glory.  Funeral 
ticrviee*  by  lliu  \tril«r,  rroiii  Kev.  21:  4,  Drnr  ^itilor. 
fnrowoll,  rosl  ffoia  thy  Ubor.  P.  It.  WniouT*u.iN. 

noi'KINS,— In  tho  boiindu  of  tho  BInck  River  Churcli. 

Medinn  County  Ohio,  Friend  Thomiu  Mopkine,   in  (lie 

■lUth  yetir  of  liix  iigo. 

tic  IcaveH  D  widow    iind   n  Dumber  of  *»itll    obildveu. 
Ftiocml  sorvioe.4  by  tho  wrltqr.  from   Oon.  3rd  cbnpior. 
Iiiilcr  claiiHc  of  KlUi  varito.     "Diiit  iliou   at,   and  unto 
duxt   ihoii  nhiill  rchii-n," 
^VEIS.— In  tboKAiiio church,  Kobruciry  ir>,  Clu^n,  dnughtei- 

of  Friend  Daniel   nnd  Sialor  Cnthnrino  Wcis,   ngcd  1 

year,  and  S  dayif. 

Wu  buried  in  tlio  Ilrollirea'B  burying  ground,  amidst 
iiiucb  weeping.  bocnuNu  the  tender  hrnnoh  wiut  broken  ult: 
il  bL'Ing  ihe  sixih  child  buried  by  thc^e  parents.  Will 
!<ay,  friend  Daniel,  deliiy  not  lo  prepurc  lo  uioct  tlieNo 
lilllo  ones  gone  before.  FnLeral  itervices  by  (be  writer 
and  othem,  fi-om  Luke  8:  A'J.  "She  in  not  dend  bul  Hteep- 
eth." 

MVEKS.— Sieter  Siimb,  wife    of  Urolhev  D.  J.   Meyer*, 
undduiigbiDr  of  Ilrotlicr  Jnoob  «ud  Sister  Nancy  Kah. 
Tho  sul^oot   of  tbli  notice  wn«  born  Noteinber  &ih, 
i>^!iH,  near  ll2  o'eloek,  married  Jaumiry  Iblh.  IS67,    ne«t 
I'Jo'ulock,  bnplixed  in  Utcember,  near    1^  o'clock,    luuk 
dick  Februiiry  ITib,  ]87U,  near  12   O'olook,    took    conges- 
tive chill  Murcb  8rd,  near   1^  o'clock,   died   Miiroli  4ib, 
I,   ncnr   12   o'clock,  waa  buried   .Maruh  G,   near    1'.' 
o'clock.     Aged  IU  yenra,  ••  inonilis,  and  2'.l  duya.     Fuucr- 
ol  lervicc*  by  the  writernnd  others,  froui    Luke   '2i:    2t$, 
iddle  cUuMC,  "Weep  not  for  uie."  ti.  noLUMiCL. 

Primitive  (-hristian,  please  copy. 


1,,,    l,«Jiii«  iuiJi:i.rl.ii.i.  (i-l?- 
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.1.1 oi  1  •|,i'*r*>'ilrvi>^  Is  1  Oor.  1t:^9. 
|i„).,  .H.cnl-  tli.-crtj-«iin.lJiilJiif  Anofo'l"*""  ''"k  -'"'   "" 

,„  |> mrir  III'  tunl. 

|„  .II..II  H  t. »  .lndl«ii.rot  all  thai  Owtrt  «.il  «■•  ApaOU*   Un" 

«,*^4n~lB|-..iiw.....l«lm.,«mMlli.-<«ol1kli..itih»o«i«  »ni  dl«un). 

«f  ni.ili'"!  (■Iirl.l'-i|il'«n,("r-'liit'»>''inniii"l  ll-ol  ""   iim-l  oitit.-li'  !■> 

' :;— :::;:;:::::■::::;::;;::::, ;m;« 

"«fn  SPFX'IAL  OFFER. 

lu  ■.■-I  l«r.llli™  IM.1^1.  (ooJ    m-.t*  *ro.«.pll.l."l  ^i    .ll'l"«"i""« 


niirrrrnKv  at  wobk 


ChristUni'-y  Utterly  IncompatiMo  with  Tar.    B^r. 

of  T».-n<y   Ke»*.ons.   f-r   u  ci.p.nge  io   h«   oburTt  ^^,'" 
tion«.    By   J.   W.  SieiQ.     I  me,    2j  eentji ;   vs  .,     * 

Trine  Immersion  Traced  to  the  Apostles.  —  Bein-  .  ._„ 
tion  r.f  l.inoncAl  (,u.iRii..n-  fr'^m  mo.lcrn   ani  ---'•*■ 
■ulhore.  pr'jTJng  thu  a    tlirvvfuld    iniQu^r^iiun  1 
only  iTieihod  of  hiipiiiini!  e""-  "—-■;—<  . 


■  he 


Ifi  ceiiL'*;    lOropies.  Sl.UO. 
U&loQ  Bible  Dictionary. 


sr  pmcliceii  by  ihea, 
iromediaie    siicccsi-ors      By   J.   ][     r?"'' 


•Mth« 

'^I'MIlt, 

MoorT. 


in  Iheitil.lc.     SI  .60. 


A  UiblelHoiionary  ai, .. 
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TheLast  Supper.— a  bea-niful.  colored  piolure.  shn-: 
JCMisdiidiri^  discipK-.  «i  Ihe  lable,  with  tl,c  ZT^ 
Bprend  before  tbeni:  He  ha"  junl  imnouncp,!  ihrit  ' 
of  Ihvio  should  betray  him.  Kaoh  of  iti,.  („gj  "«» 
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CHILDRSF  AT  WORK. 


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L'irokdaiiou,  au<l  in  beuoming  a  greai 
chilrlrcn. 
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IHE  Brethren  At  Work. 


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'' Behold  I  Bring   You  Good  Tidings  of  Qreat  Joy,  which  Shall  be  to  All  People.''^  —  Luke  2:  10. 


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CONTENTS  OF  VOL.  4,  NO.  18. 


fliiTon' 


articles: 
"oiii  Mtiniiscript 

COSTBIBI'TED    ARTICLES: 

Krlu'e.*  fiom  tlie  East.— D.  IJ.  Ment/er 

\.iiiltt'iy-"-T*"**'P''  Frtlinestock 

Bute  Sot.— John  bavingtir -  3 

1  Few  Obseivatioiis.— Enoch  Beery 2 

-rry  Aloud  and  Spare  not"— H.  P.  Briiikwortli  2 

Jtidas;  Seeing  God.— Mattie  A.  Lear 

Thine  AiWeniary.-J.  W.  SoutUwood 

fly.  words.— Mary  K.  Starr 

r  ve.  S.  T.  Swihart 

Tiie  [mpeiishable  LeKScy.— C.  H.  Balsltaugli 
Tlie  Dress  Question  Again.— Alex  >V.  lleest 
jVilvu'e.— S- -T-   Harrison i 

Erliofs  from  tlie  Center.— S.  T.  Uosseiiuaii  , . ,  7 

lirief   Motes.— Jolin   Zuck " 

On  Tiie  Way  to  Palestine.— J.  W.  Me(J«rvey.-  :> 

j.-mm  Winlleld,  Kansas.— L.  R.  Prirkett 7 

(Jliul  News.— W.  J.  II.  Bauman 7 

pTiim  Mai-ksbury,  lowa.—M.  Meyer.s 7 

From  I.  A.  IJooton  Hershberger --  7 

From  KIder  D.  P.  Saylor 7 

From  Monmouth,  Crawford  Co.^Kan.— 1).  1>. 

Shiveiy ■"* 

From  XortUManeheater,  Iiul.— D.  S.  T.  Huttei- 

baugli..- ** 

From  Mt.  Zion  Church,  Page  Co.,  Va.— W.  C. 

Con'ier ■ ^ 

HaiUoad  Arrangements.— B.  F.  Klttinger 8 

Sotice.— D.  Blower >* 

From  Sevastopol,  Indiana.— D.  Bechlelhcimer  s 


in  the  naked  st^nse  of  being.  deviU  drink  as 
freely  as  angeU  and  saints.  To  live  God'^  life 
18  more  than  to  live.  It  is  the  normal  state  of 
being,  whicb  is  salvation.  Heaven  "The  high 
catling  of  God"  is  on  a  level  with  His  own  he- 
He  cannot  live  a  life /»>».w//t  Hiiuf:rl/.  He 
can  manifest  Himself  nn  a  lower  plane,  but  not 
in  a  lower  character.  Whether  He  sits  on  the 
Throne  of  Uuiversal  Empire,  or  lies  in  swad- 
dling bands  in  a  manger,  or  is  suspended  on  a 
Cross  of  ignominy.  He  is  God.  "the  same  yes- 
terday, to-day,  and  forever."  What  He  is— 
this  ia  the  goal  of  our  vocation.  A  lower  aim  is 
a  practical  denial  of  the  Incarnation.  "Be  iff 
HOLY,  FOR  I  AM  HOLY."  Emmanuel  is  the 
Model,  the  Holy  Ghost  is  the  power.  Both  are 
Divine.  To  helieve  iu  the  One.  is  to  secure  the 
unfailing  services  of  the  Other.  The  Spirit 
draws  upon  the  exhaustless  fund  of  God  in 
Christ  for  the  regeneration  and  sanctitication 
of  alienated  souls, 

"And  this  is  the  record,  that  God  hath  tfiiten  to 
us  etenial  li/r,  xxu  this  i.jfk  1(-  in  his  Sun." 
1  John  5:  11.  Sulvation  does  not  mean  simply 
to  live  coeval  with  God,  but  to  live  His  i.ifr. 
With  what  pertinence  conies  the  solemn  in- 
junction: "  Work  out  ijoitr  aini  mlrution  with 
FEAR  AND  TREMBLING,"  It  requires  constant 
watching,  praying,  wrestling,  agonizing.  Ev- 
ery day  the  nails  must  be,  driven  deeper  iuto 
hands  and  feet.  The  glorious,  imperishable 
Legacy  that  came  by  death  must  be  gained  by 
crucifixion  of  self.  The  Holy  Ghost  consecrates 
all  His  temples  to  the  Cross-slain,  siu-slaying 
Messiah. 


(ELECTED : 

Tlie  AncieiiL  Je' 


s  as  Farmers. . 


roETitv: 

A  wail  From  the  West 

Tlie  Life  of  Man 

Ingeniously  Composed 

Spring.- Ileorge  l3.  /iotlei's.. 


THE  IMPERISHABLE  LEGACY. 

BY  C.  H.  BALSllAUQH. 

To  Sister  Emily  Jt.Stif/er.— 

I  HAVE  kept  you  waiting  long  for  a  response 
.  to  yours  of  three  months  aga.  To  me  they 
were  months  of  grinding  agony.  But  pains  are 
meant  for  blessings,  and  eternal  benedictions 
will  be  their  issue,  if  we  accept  them  in  their 
trueiutent.  Life  is  a  fearfully  solemn  reality. 
To  have  it  all  "hid  with  Christ  in  God,"  is  the 
great  and  often  unsuccessful  struggle  of  exis- 
tence. In  our  probationary  period  we  sliape  the 
flow  of  the  eternal  years.  The  human  will  pre- 
destines the  endless  rapture,  or  the  intei-midable 
woe.  Made  in  the  image  of  God  we  are  endow- 
ed with  the  sovereignty  of  immortal  being.  All 
the  facilities  of  the  Godhead  at  our  command 
Tor  the  attainment  of  the  Divine  ideal  in  Jesus 
the  Christ;  but  not  the  shadow  of  a  shade  of  ar- 
bitrary is  laid  on  our  volitions.  Christ  has  sus- 
pended from  his  Golden  Girdle  the  keyi  of  death 
and  of  hell,  of  Heaven  and  Gehenu;  hut  it  i- 
iy<titijh  our  will  chat  he  unlocks  the  (Lite  ot 
Pearl  for  our  odmissiou,  or  bolts  the  llainiug 
doora  of  damnation,  prohibiting  all  returns 
Moral  being  is  not  holiness,  and  endless  moral 
being  is  not  Eternal  Life.  But  God  m«nite-s'. 
in  the  flesh— in  r<((rtlesh  individually— is,  for  u^ 
both.  We  live,  and  we  cannot  but  live  forever: 
whether  it  be  eternal  life,  or  etermil  death- the 
life  of  God.  or  the  life  of  devils— will  depend  on 
our  voluntary  choict.  "Because  I  live  y«  ahal 
li»e  also,"  is  more  than  conscious  moral  being. 
In  this  sense  Christ  is  the  life  of  the  fallen  an- 
g*l8  no  less  than  the  unfallen.  "Iu  Him  is 
'dc "— all  life— and  from  this  uncreated    Fount, 


SPRING. 

BT  GEORQE  I*.  POLLERS. 

O  gentle  Spring,  for  tliy  genial  rays  we  yBarii. 
With  hearts  exultant  we  welcome  thy  return;] 
Thy  presence  breaks  the  spell  of  Winter's  gloom, 
.Vnd  wakens  nature  from  the  dreary  tomb. 
No  scent  more  lovely  on  this  rolling  sphere, 
Than  the  stately  coming  of  the  vernal  year ; 
T]im  verdure  decorates  the  dale  and  hill. 
And  flowers  lilosaom  by  the  sparkling  rill ; 
Then  groves  appear  in  their  foliage  grand, 
And  life  and  beauty  teeuis  all  o'er  the  land, 
And  cheerful  warWers,  in  their  plumage  gay. 
Chant  llieir  sweetests  songs  in  the  sunny  ray. 
Grim  Winter's  gone  with  its  frost  and  chill. 
With  jov.  wli  riiii.stian,  iloes  thy  bosom  thriliy 
."'i-f^iiinti  lllllll.'ll'^'  in  the  merry  strain. 

,\nil  jn.  11  ■^. In  tliioiigli  all  its  widc  domaiiu 

Then  inlgunis.  smi,'.  bound  to  the  glorious  land. 
There  trees  perennial  bloom  on  the  golden  strand, 
These  t  nls  of  bpriug,  these  ni^rry  voices  shiw. 
To  you  a  clime  where  beauties  ever  glow. 
Xo  bleak  wintry  blasts  ur  surges  more  shall  beat. 
On  thatbriglitsliore  where  all  thesaints  shall  meet. 
Sweet  Spring,  an  earnest  of  the  joyful  mourn; 
WJien  friends  long  lost  in  triumph  shall  re'tuni. 
And  siii^'  the  song  of  victory  o'er  the  grave. 
Through  him  wJm  died  the  ransomed  host  to  save ; 
In  robes  of  beauty  I  yearn  with  them  to  stand, 
hi  bright  array  along  tin-  golden  strand. 
With  rapturous  joy  l-t  view  the  land,scape  o'er. 
Where  songs  ne'er  cease,  and  jmrting  i.s  no  more. 


THE  DRESS  QUESTION  AGAIN. 


BY  ALEX  W.  KERSE. 


B^ 


"And  he  Would  not  for  awhile:  but  afterward  he 
said  within  himself.  Though  I  fear  not  Ood,  nor 
regard  man.  yet.  liecaus«  this  widow  troubleth  me, 
1  will  aveiise  her.  lest  hy  her  continual  coming,  she 
weary  me."    Luke  1»:  -t.  6. 

Y  our  delegate  to  the  Annukl  Meeting,  of 
_  last  year,  was  sent  a  query  from  the  Dis- 
trict Meeting  as  to  what  should  be  recognized 
among  us  as  the  established  order  of  the  church 
as  constituting  the  details  of  Christian  dress. 

As  thf  re  seems  to  be  various  and  often  con- 
flicting views  ani'uig  the  Brotherhood  at  large, 
uu  thi-!  much  vexed  subject,  I  whs  anxious  t<i 
see  ihe  Annual  Mnetiug  express  its  mind.  I 
placed  ill  the  hands  of  our  delegate  (to  be  pre- 
sented if  deemed  proper)  the  following  inuirru 
galions,  vi/,: 

Is  there  an  i«ttaMi'lird  order  of  tii--  clnirch 
concerning  Cliri-lian  drew?  If  ■■<o,  ithftt  i*  if^ 
If  so,  by  what  authority  is  it  theestahlished  or- 


der of  the  church — is  it  irom  hfuvcii,  or  is  it 
from  men':'  If  ironi  heaven,  why  not  obey  if? 
If  from  men,  whj  seek  to  impose  or  enforce  it? 

This,  to  my  mind,  is  the  sum  aud  substance 
of  the  matter,  it  is  the  dress  i]uestion  simmeivd 
down  to  the  capacity  of  a  nut  shell.     I  learned 
from  our  delegate,  on  his  return,  that  no  suita- 
ble occa-sion  seemed  to  present  itself  for  laying 
these  questions  before  the  meeting.     It  is 
portant  that   these   matters  he  clearly  settled, 
by  the  proper  authority.     As  ministers  of  the 
gospel,  specially  set  apart  for  the  work   in   the 
Brethren  church,  we  are  expected  to  preach  hu- 
mility, plainness,    and   nou-conformity    to    the 
world  in  dress,  as  specifically  typifie.i  in  "the 
order  of  the  church;"  and  not  only  to  pi*each  it 
to  others,  but  to  practice  it  severely    ourselves, 
thus  setting  a  good  example  to  the  flock.  These 
things — in  my  imperfect  way,  being  as  it  were, 
but  a  babe  in  Christ— I  have  tried  to  do;   but  I 
must  say,  that  when  I  have  put  forth  some  ear- 
nest, special  efl'urt  in  this  direction,  iu  the  hope 
that  the  cause  of  our  adorable  Iledeemer  might 
be  promoted  thereby — dinners  induced    to  lor- 
sake  the  sinful  vanities  of  the  world,  the  church 
edified,  and    the   saints    built  up    in  their^iost 
holy  faith, — it  is  not  a  little  bewildering,  and 
no  less  discouaging  to  a  novice  in  the  work  like 
myself — to  pick  up  a   church    print  and  there 
find  it  solemnly  and  emphatically  declared  that 
"there  IS  not  a  scrap  of  Scripture  to  sustain  the 
Brethren's  order  of  dress."     Well  now,  here   ia 
a  very  serious  dilemma  for  us,  for  of  all  men  in 
the  world   it   is  expected   that  a  prmrher  will 
tell  the  truth '.     We  can  scarcely  conceive  of  a 
.more  parudoxicai  character  than  a/yi»^  pretwJi 
4'r! !     Though,  by  the  way,  I  heard  one  of  on 
old  fathers  say  in  a  sermon,  not   a  great    while 
ago,  that  he  believed  prawhers  told  more  stories 
than  anybody  else.     This  is,  I  must  confess,   a 
very  bud  state  of  allairs. 

1  sincerely  hope  the  morals  of  the  clergy  may 
improve  in  the  nigh  futurel  Would  it  not  be 
well  for  the  iKiity  in  general,  to  think  about  this 
ft  little  also"?  The  agitation  ot  the  dress  (pies- 
tion  is  assuming  serious  proportions — "there  is 
no  small  stir"  about  this  matter,  and  yet  there 
seems  to  be  no  definite  coiielu.sioii  readied. 
Where  shall  we  Sod  "safe  ground"  in  this  mat- 
ter? 

Would  it  not  be  well  for  the  church  to  give 
some  decide<i  expression  of  its  views  pretty  soon, 
so  that  all  might  know  what  we  do  believe  on 
the  subject?  There  is  serious  need  of  a  uuifom 
faitli  and  practice.  The  dress  question  is  one 
uf  no  little  importance,  and  it  is  a  question  con- 
siderably befogged  in  the  minds  of  some,  and 
especially  cloudy  to  the  understanding  of  others. 
The  church  seeius  to  be  a  good  deal  like  the 
people  were  down  at  Ephesus  in  Paul's  time, 
"Some  cried  one  thing,  and  some  another,  and 
the  wliole  city  was  filled  with  confusion."  The 
peace  and  welfare  of  the  church  demand  a  sat- 
isfactory >olution  of  this  que*itiou— a  clear,  def- 
inite. Scriptural  exposition  of  this  important 
feature  of  the  Christian  faith.  Let  the  trumpet 
make  no  iincerlain  sound,  and  there  need  he 
no  clamor.  Why  should  there  lie  "an  uproar 
among  the  p.!ople?"  "Let  your  moJerutioii  be 
known  of  all  men."  Can  we  know  the  divine 
mind  m  this  matter?  Is  the  record  God  gave 
of  his  Sou  obacure't*  Is  the  volume  of  inspira- 
tion silent  as  to  what  shall  constitute  Christian 
dress,  ur  are  we  left  to  individual,  "God-given 
tii.-*tes"  on  this  point?  Is  there  even  a '>rttp" 
ol  divine  tebtimoiiy  lor  tbe*'order  of  the  church," 
iir  does  said  order  figure  conspicuously  on  the 
boards  us  ami>ng  "the  commandments  and  tra 
dittoiisuf  men'-"  This  is  the  point  we  i-ug 
[,„  know— who  shall  uutie  this  Gordian  kiuit? 
Who  shall  solve  the  serious  problem— who  uu- 
fold  the  glorious  truth? 


IIY  S.  J.  HAltHlSUN. 

THOSE  who  give  best  advice  always  give  the 
lea.st,  and  those  who  give  most  need  it  all 
themsflvps.  Good  advisers  follow  good  advic« 
themselves,  and  the  beat  advisers  are  kejit  so 
busy  tollowing  good  advice  that  they  nevci* 
have  any  time  to  give  it  to  othei-s.  Advice  is  a 
very  poor  thing  by  which  to  decide  a  iiue.*tioii. 
An  adviser  cannot  and  will  not  bicome  respuii- 
silile  for  his  advice.  Advisers  are  to  a  mnn 
what  the  wind  is  to  a  weather  cock;  the  wind 
changes  the  cock  without  doing  it  any  good; 
so  an  adviser  changes  a  man  without  doing 
him  any  good. 

People  ought  to  decide  question-*  by  evidence, 
proof,  argument;  not  hy  opinion,  assertion,  or 
lussumption:  for  nothing  is  so  absurd  hut  what 
it  is  or  has  been  believed.  And  whatever  an 
lulviser  ^/(i?(/i-,sor /ip/iVcfs  another  one  ought  to 
do,  of  course  that  is  what  he  will  ailriif  him  to 
do. 

There  is  no  man  who  does  not  or  hm  not  at 
some  time  pretcmfed  to  know  what  ho  did    not. 
Those  who  are  and  have  been  in    authority  are 
only  men,  and  all  have  prelemhd  to  Avioir some- 
thing they  did  not,  which  should  be  dune,  and 
therefore    bid    or  advised    their   siibjifcts    to  do 
them.     By  means  of  these  nu'ii,  our  first  math- 
ematicious,  philosphers,  scientists,  and  mechan- 
ics  were   murdered  in  cold   hlooil.    All   now 
know  how  extremely  absurd  such  a  condemaa- 
tiim  wa-s;  nevertheless  miirderihg  for   the  same 
cause  ia  done  to-day  amoDe  the  people  of  evmy 
nation  on  the  face  of  the  globe.     The  most  use- 
ful men  are  those  who  often  receive   the   worst 
treatment.     Who  knows  how  much  we  owe   to 
the  inartyra  of  by-gone  years   for  social,  intel- 
lectual, spiritual,  and   mechanical  advantages 
which  we  now  enjoy '('     True,  at  this  Hay,    men 
are  not  every  where  burned  at  the  stake,  thrown 
to  wild  beasts,  disjointed  on  racks.  Hit- ,  but  they 
arestanml  to  death — they   are  thrown' out  of 
church,  out  of  society,  out  of  business,  and  the 
only  alternative  is  nt'irrr   socially,    spiritually, 
and  physically.  Out  of  church  generally  means 
out  of  society;  out  of  society,  out   of  buniness; 
out  of  business,  starvation. 

This  terrible  chain  of  events  which  is  and 
has  been  taking  place  in  the  lives  of  many  ot 
the  country's  best  men  is  exclusively  the  result 
oi  iiilt'igirs.  Judgment  day  will  i-ertainly  re- 
veal the  fact  that  many  sujeriors  have  here 
been  condemned  by  inh-riors;  many  pure  hy 
the  impure;  many  godly  by  the  ungodly.  Oh, 
what  an  awful  thing  to  condemn  a  man  belter 
than  ourselves! 


"LET  THE  MUD  DRY  FIRST. ' 


II 


EliK  is  a  capital  lesson  sent  us  by  a    hroth- 


It  is  only  by  labor  that  thought  can  be  m  ide 
healthy,  and  only  by  thought  that  labor  can 
be  made  happy. 


may  be  well  impressed  upon  the  memory  of 
both  young  and  old:  Mr.  Spurgeon.  in  walking 
a  little  way  out  of  Lon<Iun  to  preach,  rhaneed 
to  get  his  pantaloons  ipiite  muddy.  A  good 
deacon  met  him  at  the  dn<u'  and  desired  to  get 
a  brush  and  take  otV  some  of  the  imul.  |"Oh,uo," 
said  Mr.  S..  "don't  yuu  see  it  is  wet,  and  if  you 
try  to  brush  it  now,  you  will  rub  the  stain  into 
the  cloth?  Let  it  dry,  when  it  will  come  otV 
easy  enough  and  Imvf  no  murk."  So,  when 
men  speak  evil  of  us  falsely — throw  mud  at  iis — 
don't  he  iu  a  hufy  about  brushing  it  ofl".  Too 
great  eagerness  to  rub  it  ofl',  is  apr  to  rub  it  in. 
Let  it  dry:  hy  and  bv.  if  need  bf.  a  little  effort 
will  remove  it.  Don'tfosterscandul  about  your- 
self or  others,  or  tiouhle  in  a  society,  or  iu  a 
church,  by  haste  to  do  something.  Let  it  alone: 
let  it  dry;  it  will  be  more  easily  eradicated  than 
you  think  in  the  first  heat  of  excitement.  Time 
has  a  wonderful  power  in  such  matter^*.  Very 
many  things  in  this  world  will  be  easily  got 
oV.'r  hy  judiciously  "letting  them  dry." 


THK 


HHin\H  Hj;>r  at  avoi^k:. 


A  WAIL  FROM  THE  WEST. 

n>KLI.  me.  ye  wini;ed  wimb, 
1     Thrtt  round  my  dwelling  blow. 
Do  you  not  know  ■i.-nu-  spot 

Where  smokers  do  not  ro? 
Some  (juiet,  pletisant  cU-ll, 

Some  vftliey  in  the  West. 
Where  fre.-d  from  iiii»'«  imd  smokes. 
A  soul  iu  \ipme  mtiy  restV 

Tell  me  thou  ocean  deep. 

Whose  billows  oft  I  wn-. 
Kno»e$t  thou  eome  island  home. 

To  which  our  sex  in«>"  flee? 
Siife  from  tobacco  «|uidM, 

And  streams  of  filthy  jtiice. 
Kjected  from  men's  month*? 

Oh.  what  a  vile  abuse! 

And  thoii  bright  silvwr  moon, 

Wlifii  on  thy  mighty  round. 
Tlioii  I'HikeJtt  down  on  earth, 
IJa-st  tlioi)  not  Homcwhere  I'ounrl 
*  A  spot  yet  undeliled  by  those 
VVho  use  the  weed? 

T<'ll  me,  ye  spirits  bright, 

Tiiiit  7ioware  hovering  o>r, 
Must  we  endure  thi«  curHf 

I'orever,  evermore? 
0  search  beyond  this  enrlli! 

Search  regions  of  the  blest; 
Tini  yt-  not  lind  «omi*pliK') 

Where  we  unxmokod  may  rent? 
The  loud  windH  dwindle  to  ii  whispi-r  low, 
And  Migiieil  for  pity  ai  they  nti»wred— No! 
Behind  aclou'f  the  moon  withdrew  her  fiice; 
A  voice  in  sadnft<.i  iiiMwored — Not  ii  jiliicel 

4mth,  ho|)e,  and  tniMt,— 

lit'nt  boon  to  mortiilti  given — 
Waved  thfir  bri^jlit  wingH 
And  wIiiNpered— YcH,  In  lienven. 

Sele.;ti-d  by  1).  K,  BnWMAN, 

A  FEW  OBSERVATIONS. 

jiY  KNocH  lii'.y.ny. 

11IA\  K  ol)s«rvf(l,  for  a  nunilMT  of 
yciiis,  tlmtin  Htuuf  of  the  L-ongregJi- 
tioii.s  some  of  the  eldt'i'S  nrid  otliei-  ofli- 
t'uiU  of  the  eliurdi  are  extremely  careful 
to  keep  theii"  uieiiilters  ill  tlie  ojil  order 
of  the  ulnir'*li  in  i-ei^nrd  to  plainness  of 
dre.sK.  This  is  all  riu;ht:  I  ajiprove  of 
tlii>  \\  utflifulnes^i  ncalnut  the  ever-chaiif;- 
iuL;  fitsliiou-  in  regard  to  dresH.  Hut  tlierc 
i8  imotht-r  fashion  of  the  world,  which, 
iu  my  judgment,  and  in  the  jiidginmiL  of 
a  t;ood  portion  of  the  lnotliei'boud,  is  a 
great  deal  worse  than,  for  oonveni<(uce 
or  comf'irt,  to  deviate  a  Ultle  from  the 
jjeiierally  adopted  ordei'  of  dress  in  the 
church.  The  fashion  to  whicli  1  alhide. 
1  am  Horry  to  say,  is  too  greatly  indulg 
nd  in  even  liy  some  of  our  gooft  old  el- 
derSjOther  officers  of  the  church,  and  lay 
menihers.  1  allude  to  the  worldly  fash- 
ion iif  raiMuij  dhd  usimj  (ohan'o. 

I  have  noticed  that  those  brethren  will 
."elect  the  very  best  part  of  tiieir  farm- 
l:iiid  and  bestow  e.xtra  labor  on  it  to 
piepare  for  tobacco;  and  then  special 
»;ire  is  taken  to  tend  it  well  while  grow- 
ing, even  sometimes  to  the  n^tjfevt  of 
their  necessary  crops  of  corn,  wheat,  and 
potatoes.  This  cevlainhj  ouglit  not  to 
be  so  amongst  the  plaiu-dressinf/,  hum- 
ble/W/omv.v  of  Jesus  Christ.  Could  any 
of  us  for  a  moment  supjiose  that  Christ 
or  his  apostles  raised  or  used  the  weed 
as  some  of  our  brethren  raise  and  use  it? 
Ry  their  raising  and  using  it,  they  help 
to  keep  up  the  most  unnecessary  and  ex- 
pensive fashions  that  I  can  think  of  just 

DOW. 

If  I  were  a  good  writer  I  would  write 
a  ioii^j  ftrtirh  and  try  to  bring  to  the 
surface  some  of  tlie  '('(/coneefiuences  at- 
tending the  use  of  tobacco.  If  you  will 
just  give  me  a  little  more  space.  I  will 
try — poor  writer  a^  I  am^ — to  show  a  few 
of  8uchey//x,  and  can  just  now  think  of 
no  better  way  to  do  it  than  in  the  shape 
of  a  dialogue  between  a  young  man  and 
an  bnnestold  druggist.  We  will  suppose 
aw»-II  dr*-6sed  young  njan  ajtpioaihing 
\\iK  ciLggifci  in  thift  Hay: 


Voung  man.— Doctor.  I  have  a  little  I      Dr.— In  thefiret  few  years  it  will  have 
ailment  in  mv  throat,  can't  you  prescribe   but  littbr  that  will  be  visible,  but  slow- 
ly and  '.urely  it  will   effect  you   in   the 


sometliing  to  relieve  iii 

Doctor. — I  think  I  h&ve  a  medicine 
here  that  will  ju.-»t  suit  you,  and  will  re- 
lieve that  trouble  iu  anhort  time,  and  as 
/  see  you  are  a  man  of  stifle  I  can  the 
more /vf(//'///vrecx>mmend  ittoyou,  1  can 
assure  you  that  this  is  the  most  po[>uIar 
of  medicine*)  now  in  the  human  family. 
y.  M.— Thank  you,  doctor,  I  am  v>- 
ally  glad  I  have  called  on  you  if  v<»u 
have  such  a  popular  medicine,  and  if  it 
is  so  HXt^-nsively  used,  it  will  be  good 
and  saf''  for  me  to  use  it.  Plea.se  issiit 
a  full  prescription  with  directions  for  us 
ing  it. 

Dr. — We  are  not  (iuit«  ready  yet  foi 
that.  I  purpose  t<j  bean  honest  druggist, 
and,  consequently,  feel  it  my  duty  to 
tell  von  thif  probable  conse<|uences  at 
tending  the  use  of  this  medicine. 

V.  M. — If  there  JM  any  danger  connect 
ed  with  the  use  of  it  I  should  like  to 
know  it.  I  thought  when  you  said  it 
was  so  extensively  used,  there  certainly 
was  safety  in  using  it.  Please  tell  me 
all  about  the  effects  it  will  produce. 

Dr.  Perhaps  J  had  better  tell  you 
first  about  the  expense  of  its  use.  The 
first  ten  years  it  will  cost  you  from  five 
to  ton  dollars  a  year,  and,  as  you  contin 
ue,  the  use  of  it  from  year  to  year,  it 
will  become  so  pleasant  to  your  (artifi- 
cial) taste  you  will  naturally  want  to 
doulJlc  the  doses  and  take  them  mori' 
fVeijuently,  so  that  in  the  course  of  fif- 
teen or  twenty  years,  the  expense  will 
be  about  double  that  of  the  first  few 
years. 

V.  M. —  Why,  doctor,  that  is  discour- 
aging! both  in  i-egard  to  expense  and  iu 
regard  to  the  length  of  time  necessary 
to  use  the  medicine.  Is  it  possible  that 
it  will  ^ake  you  that  long  to  remove  this 
little  trouble  in  my  throat! 

Di'. — That  tr<Hible  in  your  throat  will 
be  removed  in  the  first  two  or  three 
months;  but,  a-s  I  just  told  you,  your 
tiiste  for  it  will  become  so  strong  that 
you  would  rather  tak(;  it  than  not.  In 
fact,  you  will  preteud  to  thiuk  you  can 
scarcely  do  withotit  it. 

V.  M.— Well,  doctor,  this  is  a  little 
disLouraging,  but  perliaps  the  plefusure 
(»ne  derives  from  the  use  of  this  medicine 
will  overbalance  the  expense  of  i(.  You 
intimated  awhile  ago  that  it  will  effect 
the  body  in  some  way.  Please  explain 
that. 

Dr. — I  "will  first  give  you  directions 
how  to  use  it  and  what  effects  the  first 
few  doses  will  have. 

Y.  M.~A11  right:  Proceed. 
Dr. — Well,thefirst  two'or  three  doses 
will  make  you  vei'ij,  verif  sick,  but 
don't  get  scared,  the  sicknes  won't  prove 
fatal— it  will  last  but  a  short  time.  But 
should  this  sickness  be  too  severe,  take 
very  light  doses  for  a  few  days;  perse- 
vere and  you  will  soon  overcome  this, 
and,  as  I  said  awhile  aiio,  you  will  ere 
aU'  an  artificial  apj)etite  for  it  that  you. 
can  take  full  do.ses. 

Y.  M. — Still  worse,  doctor,  but  let  us 
bear  it  all. 

Dr.-You  will  lind  it  necessary  to 
have  a  supply  of  this  medicine  with  you 
wherever  you  go,  whether  in  the  field, 
at  work,  or  on  a  visit  to  your  friends — 
oi-  even  on  a  preaching  tour,  (should  you 
ever  be  a  preacher);  and  even  to  suit 
your  own  taste,  you  will  find  it  necessa- 
ry to  take  from  six  to  ten  doses  a  day. 

y.  M. — Well  doctor,  I  begin  to  think 
I  had  bettter  not  commence  taking  this 
medicine,  but  as  we  are    talking   about 


following  ways: 

A«  you  advance  in  years  and  in  the 
use  of  it,  you  will  become  more  or  less 
filthy;  so  that,  in  the  course  of  lime,  you 

will  become  di-<agreeably  so  to  your  wife 
and  family,  aud  even  your  neighbors 
will  notice  that  yuu  are  no  longer  the 
ch-an.  neat  man  you  once  was. 

V,  >[  —Wctrse  and  worse,  doctor,  I 
gurxs  1  won't  detain  you  in  giving  de- 
tails in  regard  to  the  effects. 

Dr.— .Sit  still,  young  man,  I  am  at 
leisure  just  now.  and  would  rather  talk 
about  this  (ohnrro  hufiness  than  not.  I 
was  al»>ut  to  say  that,  as  you  advance 
in  years,  it  will  effect  your  nerves  and 
finally  stupefy  your  mind,  and  in  some 
coses  it  shortens  life.  In  some  cases 
wlien  the  taste  fru-  strong  drink  is  con 
nected  with  the  use  of  tobacco  it  has  led 
to  untimely  and  drunkjird's  graves. 

>•.  M  —Doctor,  I  am  determined  to 
have  nothing  to  do  with  that  kind  of 
stuff.  Have  you  no  other  medicine  that 
will  remove  this  little  derangement 
my  throat  that  is  not  attended  with  this 
everlasting  expense  and  filth? 

Dr.  Certainly  I  have.  Here  is  a 
medicine  that  w^on't  cost  you  the  huu 
iredth  part  that  tobacco  will,  and  it 
ivill  remove  that  trouble  in  less  than 
three  mouths.  But  as  I  said  in  the  start, 
I  thought  you  wanted  to  be  a  popular 
man,  I  thought  this  would  just  suit  you; 
why  the  use  of  tobacco  is  one  ol  the 
most  fashionable  things  I  can  think  of! 
Why,  my  dear  sir,  there  is  scarcely  a 
lawyer  or  doctor  in  all  my  range  of  ac- 
quaintance but  what  uses  tobacco;  and 
.IS  fur  the  oiflcers  of  our  great  and  good 
govei-nment,  fi'oin  the  President  and  his 
cMl>inet,  r.  S.  coiigrc?smen,  state  gov- 
ernors, state  representatives,  county  offi- 
cers, and  so  down  to  supervisors  and 
school -directors.^I  will  venture  the  as 
sertion  that  two-thirds  of  them  use  to- 
bacco in  some  form. 

I  can  just  now  think  of  but  one  class 
that  is  entirely  clear  of  it,— and  even  a 
few  of  that  (^lass  (though  very  tempered) 
use  it. 

Y.  M. — Pray  tell  nie  what  class  that 
is. 

Dr. — They  are  the  educated,  refined, 
Christian  gentlemen.  They  are  the  on- 
ly ones  (as  a  class)  that  don't  use  it. 

■N'.  M. — How  is  it  that  you  say  that 
even  a  part  of  this  class  use  it? 

Dr. — They  contracted  the  habit  be- 
fore they  were  (Jhristian  men,  and  now 
they  imagine  that  it  is  scarcely  possible 
for  them  to  quit.  I  think  all  that  is 
lacking  is  a  little  more  remlution^  and 
a  little  more  Chi'istiari  frrrmes.-<  aud  they 
will  soon  get  rid  of  it. 

Y.  M. — Thank  you,  doctor,  for  the 
lengthy  explanation  of  the  evil  conse- 
quences attending  the  use  of  this  lohaijco 
medicine.  I  shall  certainly  never  use  it, 
and  will  use  my  influence  against  it — 
fashion  or  no  fashion.  Goodbye,  doc- 
tor, thank  you  again  for  your  informa- 
tion. 

Dr. — You  are  certainly  welcome  to 
the  explanation  I  cave  you  concerning 
the  effects  my  ilrugs  may  have  on  my 
customers.  It  is  rather  my  duty  to  do 
so.     Good  day,  young  man. 

Now,  to  prove  that  I  have  not  exag- 
geniteil  either  in  regard  to  expense  or 
fiUhiness,  I  will  just  say  that  a  year  or 
two  ago  a  high-toned  gentleman  of  Cin- 
cinnati had  busiuess  at  my  house.  When 
through  with  business,  and  preparatory 
to  leave,  he  began  to  light  a  fine   cigar 


it  you  may  proceed  to  tell  me  all  about    aud  as  I  have  for  years  considered    my- 
itsefi'ect.  '  self  able  to  talk  with  any    man   on    the 


[subject  of  tobacco  and  ^^biskey.  JipT 
no  fears  to  approach  the   gentleman  - 
((uestion,  and  to  my  surprise-,  he  Ui.i    *" 
attempt  to  say  a  word  iu  defence  of    *** 

I  inc  toltacco.  but    acknowledtj^l    tK=.  - 
was  an  unnecessay  auU  e.xiK-nmve  habit 

I  adding  that  the  use   »>f  fine   cigars  n    ( 

j  tobacco  cost    him   about    two    hunj^i 

'  dfdlai-s  a  }'ear. 

Another  circumstance.     A  few  y^ 
ago  the  writer  was  seated    at   the  co 
munion  table  in  a   crowded   and   warm 
house.     The  brother  ue.\t  to  me  a«ked 
me  to  change  seats  with  him.sayintj  th 
the  brother  next  to  him  used  tohfnxrt  ami 
the  smell  of  it  war,  making  him  sirlj     i 
it  possible  that  the  body  of  a  ChrLsti 
which  should  be  a  dwelling  plai-^  f^,,. ..  ' 
Htdy  (ihost,  should    become    so  defil  a 
with  tobacco  as  to  sickeu  his  brother 
the  i-ommunion  table*     Brethren,  plgo. 
think  of  this. 

Lest  I  be  considered  I'arlical,  |  win  i 
conclusion  say  that  I  agree  with  th. 
BiiirruKN  AT  WoitK  in  advising  old  breth 
ren  (that  have  used  it  perhaps  from  tfaei,. 
youth  up)  to  use  it  very  Ji^oderately  ;ai](J 
to  middleageil  oues  1  would  say,  nyi^ 
it  while  you  can;  and  to  the  young  1 
would  say,  in  the  name  of  every  thinp 
that  is  good,  don't  commence  it.  And 
further;  let  me  say  to  parents  aud  my^x. 
dians.  by  all  means,  don't  allow  the  boys 
under  your  care  to  commence  it  uu^gj. 
twenty-one  years  of  age. 

CovingUm,  Miami  County^  Ohio, 


"CRY  ALOUD  AND  SPARE    NOT. 

BY   H,  1'.   IIRIXKWOItTH. 

fpHK  truth  of  God's  words  ever  and 
■*-  auon  come  resoundinsr  in  our  enrs- 
and  ofttimes  we  mourn  that  the  pure 
word  of  God  is  so  widely  misrepresent- 
ed. Especially  so  when  we  find  that 
those  who  profess  to  be  his  cliildleu  oft- 
en ignore  the  doetriues  therein  taught. 
Paul  says,  "Plow  then  shall  they  call  on 
him  in  whom  they  have  not  believed* 
and  how  shall  they  believe  in  him  of 
whom  they  have  not  heard?  and  ho\v 
shall  they  hear  without  a  preacher?" 

Now,  dear  readers,  tell  me  does  this 
refer  to  missionary  work  or  not?  Does 
it  really  mean  that  that  work  must  be 
confined  to  any  particular  country,  lo- 
cality, or  place?  Does  it  not  refer  to 
the  command  where  it  reads,  "All  na- 
tions?"    How  is  this,  loving  readers? 

Then  again,  I  hear  some  saying,  we 
will  do  well  to  get  the  gos])el  preached 
to  our  own  people,  or  in  other  words  in 
America  alone.  Yes,  I  believe  it  would 
be  well  if  we  'could  do  that,  and  we 
hear  of  brethren  that  are  iu  the  work, 
earnest,  untiring  and  zealous,  doing  mucb 
for  Jesus;  we  see  sinners  returning  home. 
Oh,  we  thank  God  for  it!  yet  we  are 
made  to  mourn.  Brethren,  sisters  and 
friends,  I  ask  you  in  the  name  of  my 
Master,  I  appeal  to  you  in  Jehovah's 
awful  name,  in  whose  name  we  all  trust, 
will  you  help?  Is  there  anyone  wlio 
will  read  these  words,  these  appeals  from 
day  to  day,  from  week  to  week,  from 
year  to  year,  who  will  come  to  the  front? 
I  ask  you,  will  you  continue  in  lethargy^ 
will  you  not  arouse  from  your  slumbers? 
''Awake  thou  that  sleepest!"  Awake, 
oh,  awake!  Cannot  your  sympathies  be 
aroused  for  those  who,  to-day,  cannot 
have  the  gospel  preached  to  them  he- 
cause  you  will  not  help.  "Bear  ye  one 
another's  burdens,  and  so  fulfill  the  law 
of  Christ."  Your  Master  does  not  ask  or 
require  the  laborers  of  the  vineyard,  ^ 
ministers,  to  do  the  traveling  and  tb^ 
declaring  all  of  themselves,  but  awake 
and  help.     Be  zealous  for  Christ's  sak«' 


•11-1 K    HKFnmi!K>.'    ^VX    AVOKK. 


aslcr  M  !Mik 


\Vbile  in  the  City  of  Bath,    Kn»land, 

1-v  a  certain  person  of  prominence,  1 


eh. 


[  gregjiunu  t^iug. 


:  I.,  hear  till  ihe  gal  hei  ittj;    e.' 


irobable    worth 


of  the 
was 


-led  as  «"  "'''  ?"■' 

"    ob  in  which    my    membershif 

*"         I  ausw-ered  with  great  reluctance; 

*r"-houlJ    suppose  millions  of  dollars, 

|,„w    many    I  cannot   tell."     Next 

tion.  "How  many  foreign  missiona- 

'\     ijjjve  vou   in    the   field?"  Answer, 

..    e "     Ami  wrong   brethren  i    if  so, 

lease   correct.       I    felt  like,   oh,   that 

thing  could  swallow  me  up,  to  rep 


ioctrine  of  which  1  could  report   Come,  brethren  and  sisters,  let  us  in  verv 


joniei 

resent  a  .    .  ,, 

Iv  one  foreign    missionary.  Can  you 

nceive  tny  feelings?    if  so,  come  to  the 

■ue.     DonH  you  desire  to  enhance  the 

rork?  I  believe  all  do.   Won't  you,  then, 

1  ml  your  pennies,  your  dimes  and  dol- 

I  .,,;     Won't  you  do   so?     Not   gl'udg- 

■  gly,  but  out  of  a  heart   that  feels   its 

love"  for  the    Master's   cause,   and    that 

ffouU  not  keep  back  for  any  bribe  what. 

,gr.     "The  love  of  Christ  constraineth 

OS."  •  ,         .    , 

Brethren,  there  are  people  who  criMi 

unto  us  from  Denmark  ami  lu-ethren  are 

tbere  as  the  result.    There  are  those  that 

to-ilay  are  crying  aloud  for  the  true  word 

in  England.  Will  you  respond?     I  hear 

of  brethren  £very  little  while  who  would 

and  preach  if  they  were  sent  accord- 

■  to  Paul  in  Romans?     Will  you  send 

thein?  Then  again  we  hear  a  faint  voice 

from  still  another  shore,  even  Australia. 

.•;hall  we  say  "too  far  otf  ?"     Our  Master 

<ivs  to  "all  nations." 


I  love  thy  kingdom.  Lord. 
The  house  of  thine  nbode; 
The  <  hureh  our  bles^'d  Kedepiiier  siiv.  d. 
With  his  own  procioii'*  hhio-l." 
O  how  comforting  to   know   that  those 
outside  the  pales  of  the  church  do   love 
the  church!    We  shall  be   made  .ioyful 
in  their   fnll   surrender    to  the   govern- 
ment of  this  glorious  kingdom.     But   it 
is  a  saddening  thought  that  some  are  in 
the  kingdom  who   have  not    made    the 
surrender,  and  who  neglect   their    diit> 
to  "adorn   the    doctrine"   in  all    things. 


be  turned  to  plowshaie-,  and  spears  to 
pruning  hooks.  The  aniumis  used  in 
plowing  werecattle  and  donkeys.  Horses 
were  not  in  common  tise.  The  original 
method  of  harvesting  was  to  pull  it  up 
by  the  roots,  but  sickles  were  in  use 
among  the  Hebrews  from  the  time  of 
•Joshua. — The  Jicf(tniti'r. 


g" 


ECHOES  FROM  THE  EAST. 


NliinEU  .xvii. 

APRIL  6th. — This  morning  our  meet- 
ing was  at  the  Welty  meeting- 
house. A  pleasant  day  and  a  good  at- 
tendance. Services  were  begun  by  sing- 
ing  a  hymn  and  exhortation  to  prayer. 
Wliat  is  more  needed  than  this  exhorta 
tion  in  order  that  we  may  come  in  the 
proper  manner  to  the  throne  of  grace? 
We  know  of  some  of  our  ministering 
brethren  who  neglect  this  very  impor- 
tant duty.  May  Heaven  help  all  to  see 
the  beauty,  propriety,  and  power  of  the 
order  of  the  church  in  this  particular. 
The  apostatized  churches  of  sectarianism 
ilo  not  have  their  members 

EXIIOBTED   fO  PRAVKR. 

•Shall  we  indeed  be  found  to  follow  them  ? 
God  forbid!  We  have  not  so  learned 
Christ.  We  have  a  better  order  of 
things,  and  would  do  well  to  see  that 
we  let  nothing  slip.  It  is  the  aggregate 
of  small  departures  that  causes  the  "can- 
dlestick" to  be  removed.  Brethren,  let 
119  be  faithful  in  all  the  doctrines  of  the 
church.  It  is  a  good  doctrine.  :-ee  that 
ye  do  good  service  with  it,  and  not  be 
found  wanting  in  the  end. 

An  old  deacon  lirother  read  ,by  request, 
the.  third  chapter  of  first  John.  A  min- 
ister then  chose  for  his  text,  the  words; 
"Now  are  we  the  sons  of  God."  We  de- 
duce the  following; 

I.  Our  Heavenh    Father. 

II.  Our  adoption. 

III.  Our  future  inheritance. 
Thoughts.— We  were  strangers  to  God- 
reconciled  in  Christ — begotten  of  God- 
born  a  second  time— received  by  faith 
and  repentance  into  God's  dear  farail.\- 
un  earth — sons  and  daughters  of  God-- 
.iJmitted  to  all  the  privileges  id'  the  true 
church  of  Christ- -the  hope  of  life  eter 
nal  set  before  us— Heaven   in  prospect. 

OLH  KISE.V  sAVion. 

April  l:ith.—     This  beautiful   rest-day 

morning  we  are  permitted  1»>  the  kind- 

•  ness  ol  our  heavenly  Father  to  assemble 

in  the  Price's  meeting-house.  How  soul- 


deed  love  the  church;  for,in  doing  so,  we 
shall  be  obedient  and  faithful  in  all 
things. 

The  -o.-Jtb  liyiiiu  wa.s  lined  and  sung  — 
a  hearty  expression  of  gratitude.  After 
exhortation  and  prayers,  the  twentieth 
of  John  was  read  to  all  the  congregation. 
A  preacher  then  dwelt  upon  the  con- 
fession of  Thomas,  the  apostle;  "  ^ly 
Lord  and. my  God."     We  deduce, 

I.  Christ  risen. 

II.  Faith    contirmed. 

III.  Blessed  hope. 
Thoughts.--The  time  of  year  when  the 
most  interesting  scenes  in  the  life  of  our 
Lord  occurreil — Clirist  crucified  and 
buried — raised  from  the  dead; — a  sister 
first  at  the  sepulcher--an  empty  tomb  — 
the  living  Master — meetings  of  the  be- 
lievers— Jesus  appears — the  confirma- 
tion of  faith — the  most  doubtful  estab- 
lished in  faith — they  are  blessed  who 
believe  without  seeing — no  resurrection, 
no  hope — the  resurrection  gives  us  hope 
and  comfort — faithfulness  to  Christ  and 
true  love  to  his  church  will  bring  us  at 
last  to  a  home  in  heaven. 

A  deacon  brother  ott'ered  some  remarks 
of  testimony,  and  exhorted  us  all  to  faith 
fulness,  so  much  the  more  as  the  Mas- 
ter's second  coming  may  be  very  near  at 
hand.  Dear  brethren,  are  we  ready  for 
his  appearing  and  kingdom? 

That  beautiful  and  appropriate  hymn 
was  sung; 

"Mary,  to  the  Savior's  tomb, 

Hasted  iit  an  early  dawn; 
Spice,  she  brought,  and  sweet  perfume 

But  the  Lord  she  loved  bad  gone." 
Read  it  all— it  is  well  worth  reading. 
As  Christ  is  resurrected  from  the  dead, 
so  we  should  be  risen  with  him  from  the 
death  of  sin  to  live  in  "newness  of  life." 
May  God  grant  every  reader  this  gra- 
cious experience.         D.  B.  Mentzek. 


THE  LIFE  OF  MAN. 


THE  life  of  man 
Is  but  a  span. 
It  is  so  q^lickly  o'er: 
'Tis  scarce  begun 
Till  it  is  run. 
Then  he's  on  earth  no  more. 

To  life  he's  born 

In  childood'a  nioru, 
Then  iiuickly  passes  on 

To  youth  nnd  man; 

Then  ends  his  span-: 
Then  he's  forever  gone. 

He's  gone  from  time 

To  try  the  clime 
Ot  bliss  or  endless  woe; 

If  he's  lived  well 

He  then  shall  dwell 
Where  none  do  sorrow  know. 

But  if  his  life's 

Been  spent  in  strife. 
And  wickedness  below; 

His  doom  will  be. 

As  he  shall  see. 
Eternal  death  and  woe. 

Come,  then,  live  right. 

Of  Christ,  keep  sight 
In  darkness  and  in  da.Y  ; 

Be  always  true. 

Your  whole  lite  through. 
Don't  mind  what  skeptics  say. 

Be  firm,  he  bold, 

The  truth  unfold 
In  all  you  do  or  say; 

Help  others,  too, 

The  truth  to  view. 
And  Christ's  coniinandB  obey. 

Your  life  improve. 
And  onward  move, 

In  Christ's  most  glorious  cause; 
Then  death  nor  hell 
Can  make  you  quell — 

Christ's  gospel  has  no  plans. 

A  life  spent  well. 

In  bliss  will  tell, 
A  happier  tale  than  this: 

It  will  be  joy 

Without  alloy 
A  heavenly  home  of  bliss. 

ADULTERY. 

HV    JOsEra     k-AHNESTOiK. 


aii'i  Ml,  It  liHil  oiiiiply  put  Hway  their 
colli [mnixiis,  ilii-r- Y^oiil'l  ha^'i-  been  no 
adultery  in  either  case;  but  in  marry- 
ing .tgain,  the  one  did  and  the  other  did 
not;  this  is  clearly  seen,  but  if  it  be 
claimed  that  both  have  committed  adul- 
tery in  marrying  again,  then  are  none  ex- 
cepted; but  this  would  confiict  with 
Christ's  language,  for  he  has  excepted 
for  one  cause  whicli,  the  text  clearly 
shows. 

And,  again,  if  it  be  claimed  that  they 
may  separate,  but  must  remain    unmar- 
ried, what  then  would  C'hrist's  law   of 
adultery  be  for  ?  as  we   know  that  man 
and  wife    separate  for    other    causes,    if 
they  remain  unmarried  and  may  be  re- 
ceived into  the  church;  but  we   are  re- 
ferred to  I    Cor.    7;    10,  II,   where   we 
read,  "let  her  remain  unmarried   or  be 
reconciled  to  her  husband,  and   let  not 
the  husband  put  away  his  wife."    This 
could  not  have  been    for    adultery,   for 
Paul  well  knew  such  bad  a  right  to  put  , 
nwa\  his  wife.     According   to   Christ's 
law  of  adultery,  it  seems  to  me  he  would 
have  also  said  there  must  be  a  reforma- 
tion of  life  before  he  would  iiave  a  Chris- 
tian unite  again  with  an   adulterer,   for 
he  says  in  1st  (!or.  11;  Ifi,   "He  that  is 
joined  to  a  harlot,  they    twain    are   one 
flesh."     The  Tth  chapter  from  the  I'Jth 
verse  on  lias  reference    to  such    as  had 
scruples  aliout  the  lawfulne-sa  of  living 
in  marriage  relation    witli    unbelievers. 
To  put  on  Christ,  we  must  first  be  bap- 
tized into  his  kingdom   here   on    earth. 
And  to  exercise   great  caution   on    the 
subject  I  have  written,  is  what  we  want, 
not  to  receive  such  as  have  no  legal  right, 
and  not  to  prevent  or  keep  believers  out 
of  Christ  unless  we   have    the  word   of 
the  Lord  in  plain   language   to   sustain 
us,  but  how  or  in  wliat  way  is   it   plain 
to  reject  such  whom  Christ  justifies?  and 
1  wliy  is  it  that  so    niauy    brethren    can't 
understand  or  see  it  so!     "Except  it   be 
for  fornication  and  shall  many  another," 
if  this  language  is  not  plain   that   they 
may  separate  and  inatry  again,  we  con- 
fess we  do  not  understand  language. 

We  hope  this  subject  will  be  thor- 
oughly examined  before  our  Annual 
Council. 

CmnrujUm^  tthiti. 

HATE  NOT. 


Wai/ncshoru,   Pa..  April  \Uh,  1871) 
THE  ANCIENT  JEWS  AS  FARMERS. 

TN  his  laws,  Jloses  made  agriculture 
the  basis  of  the  State.  According 
to  this  principle  he  appointed  to  every 
citizen  a  piece  of  land,  marked  by  fixed 
boundaries.  Land  gralibing  specula- 
tions were  ]irevented  by  the  law,  which 
required  all  ground  in  the  Common- 
wealth to  revert  to  the  heirs  of  the  orig- 
inal owner  on  thejubilee  year.  The  oc- 
cupation of  the  fanner  was  held  in  honor 
through  being  thus  protected.  Various 
means  were  resorted  to  by  the  Hebrews 
to  increase  the  fertility  of  their  soil.  The 
stones  were  gatliered  and  built  into  walls, 
water  was  broiigllt  in  aqueduiUs  from 
kinds  of  ma- 


great  distances,  anil  many 
nure  were  used.     Tlie  hills  were  terrac 
ed  to  the  lops,  and  planted    with    vine 
yards    and   gardens.      They    cullivated 
wheat,  barley,    millet,    beans,   and  rice. 
In  agricultural  implements  the  Hebrews 
were  not  .so  far  beliind  the    present   age 
as  we  are  jirone  to  think.     Isaiah  lived 
more  than  i;,5tin    years   ago,    jet  iu  his 
day  iron  plows  were  in  use,  for  he  proph- 
esied of  the  time    when    swords    sliould 


IN  JIatthew  the  Wth,  the  question  is 
asked,  whether  it  is  lawful  for  a 
man  to  put  his  wife  away  for  every  cause. 
Christ  answered  them  and  said,  what 
God  had  joined  togetller  man  bad  no 
right  to  put  asunder.  The  Pharisees 
again  asked,  why  then  did  Mo.se,s  give  a 
writing  of  divorcement?  The  answer 
was  because  of  tlie  hardness  of  their 
hearts.  But  from  the  beginning  it  was 
not  so,  clearly  showing  them  not  to  put 
away  their  wives  for  every  cause,  for 
that  was  the  question  asked,  and  further 
instructs  them  that  for  one  ••»«■»(  mihi 
man  and  wife  had  a  right  to  sepa 
rate.  Tbis  law  of  separation  i»  of  God 
andnotofman.  Thelithver.sereads,"who- 
soevershall  put  away  his  wife,exceptit  be 
for  fornication, and  shall  iiiany  another, 
committeth  adultery."  For  a  plain  view 
ofthis  we  shall  i;all  u])  a  cn^ie;  Mr.  A 
married  a  wife,  she  was  unfaithful ;  com  - 
mitted  adultery,  and  he  put  her  away 
and  married  another.  Mr.  B  married 
u  wife  and  for  some  other  cause,  he  put 
her  away  and  married  another.  Niw 
if  we  take  Christ  at  Ids  word,  he  has  ex 
cepted  Mr.  A— he  has  committed  no 
adulteiy,  but  Mr.  B  be  has  not  excepted, 
— he  has  committed  adultery.     If  ilr.  A 


H 


UY  .lUHN  UARlNDKR. 

ATK   not.     It  is  not  worth    your 
while.      Vour   life    is   not    long 
enough  to  make  it  pay  to  cherish  ill  will 
or  hard  thoughts.     What  if  this  man  oi 
that  one  has  done  you  wrong?     What  if 
your  friends  have  forsaken  you  in   time 
of  need?  or,  if  having   won  your  confi- 
dence, your  warmest  love,  has   conclud- 
ed that  he  prefers  to  consider  and    treat 
you  as  a  stranger!  Let  it  all  pass.   What 
difference  will  it  make  to  you  in  a    few 
years  when  you  go  to  the  spirit   world? 
A  few  more  smiles,  a  few    more   pleas- 
ures, much  paiu,  a  little  languor,  hurry- 
ing and  worrying  through   this  world, 
and  the  injured  party  will  be  laid  away, 
and,  ere  long  forgotten,  and  at  the  sound 
of  the  trumpet  all  will  come  forth   and 
be  judged  according  as  their  work    has 
been,     la  it  worth  while  to  hate? 


A  WARNING. 

A  MAN  once  took  a  piece  of  white 
cloth  to  a  dyer,  to  have  it  dyed 
black.  He  was  so  pleased  with  the  re- 
sult, that,  after  a  time,  he  «  ent  back  to 
him  with  a  piece  of  black  cloth,  and 
asked  to  have  it  il.\  ed  white.  But  the  dyer 
answered ;"  .-V  pi-ce  of  cloth  is  like  a 
man's  reputation;  it  can  be  dyed  black, 
but  it  cannot  be  made  white  again." 


ri-ih:    Hiii^Tinih:^  -vi'  avokk. 


ri  BLISIIKI)  IVERKLY. 


J.  R  BryantV  nrlclrem  is  chaDgcd  Truiu  Carle- 
ton,  to  Hpalric<>,  Gaga  County.  Nebraxka. 


OUR  MANU3CKIPT 


.1.  H.  MOOKE.  *  Ki.iToiw  AND 

M.  M.  KsllKLMAN,  i  PitofinKTintN. 


T«L  Brktmren  at  Wobk  mi 
luui  in  j»ii«.ir>cc.  Aoj  i^nt  wli 
inJ  81J  iH.1  «ill  rcpcivr  nil  «da 
«nd  lor  ffich  nJilitionsl  nftm« 
oonip'i)  tlicnprni  will  tj  nlloi 
i.  0*Jii.i    '  - 


I'  dcrii  ui  SI  'JO  pi>r  an- 
ill  mod  II*  «ii|ht  DUne* 
ml  cnpT  frcp  ofchnrgt, 
T  Bfiil'  »l<iiTc  ilip  nini' 
fell  per  cpril.,  wliicL 
ley  lM>rcrr«Pnilingli 


Monp.v«piii  bjr  Tondt  Onlcr*.  llfp^liTS'l  IrfKem 
or  ilmn».  piMpprly  ndilrw.i.i-.l,  will  hf  nt  our  rink.  Wh*n 
■outline  'IntA,  be  oure  ihnl  i(  i«  not  n  olioclc.  If  it  1*  a 
cb«>ok,  it  r.>»i»  UK  W  ccnii  li>  coIJmI,  v*Ii11p  a  flrBfl  run  be 
«ul)t«iml  frw.  PoKUigc  ainmp*  may  be  «><•«  for  ntoounm 
on.ipr  I  1K».  hill  Kl«sy«  m^I  ilic  nif.ncy  if  you  cnxi  ^ci  il. 
SuhMnpiiona,  »(n)  pomroiiniwiioniilnioii'lpj  fir  lh«  p»- 
fn,  ft*  "Oil  m  all  buBinrspi  tnnltcr*  c'^iin-'-'c.l  with  thf  of- 
tot  afaoulJ  bp  luldrcxFil 

VOOUE  A  tSBSLUAU, 

Luurk.  Cirroll  Co.,  HL 


LANAKK.  ILI... 


MAI     I.  1S7». 


S.  A.  HuMiki«*kr'h  .'uldrn-M  in  <r]ianf;iM]  from 
Grahum,  NrxliiwHy  County,  Uixnouri,  to  tinrn-  ' 
and.  Bump  county  and  Stnte. 

Brothrr  M.  M.  Ei(hflm«n  in  Ktill  in  Indiana, 
and  whi-n  Innt  heard  from  wo*  prcatrhing  near 
North  ManrhesUT.  Fruin  there  h<?fipectpd  t^t 
visit  Xpw  I'ari*. 

BiiontER  K.  W.  Flory.  of  Willow  SpringR, 
Kanxafi,  inforniH  uk  that  Mrother  John  Oower 
i.H  now.  and  han  imvn  for  two  month)?,  in  very 
feeble  health,     lie  in  wvenly-iiine  years  old. 

A  Nt'iriiKit  of  namei  are  on  hand  for  the 
HRETnnKN  AT  WoitK  to  be  )>aid  for  ont  of  the 
Poor  Fund.  The  fund  in  exhSusted.  Who  will 
help  repieninhi'  The  jmor  oujcbt  to  have  the 
paper,  and  niuitt  look  to  othert  for  it. 

Si'.vDAY  School*  ordering  C'/(/7(/r?n  nl  Wttrk\ 
should  always  state  liow  long  they  want  it.    We 


\ 


NLUBER  III- 

J  Wat-nitifj.  The  writer  of  this 


gnus  of  tiie  lielil.  wtticli  UtHlny  fs.andtH-n 

c;wt  i[HollM-<iven.sIiiill  he  not  m,icl|  „,  '*'^*n 
y..il.(>ye«f  liUlefiiilliy  Ami  tlieemSiK-n.  I""'""" 
JHt.  I'luI'wworGniy,  in  i|  noting  tliis  jKuwam.         '^ti- 


llify  teaeli."    These  lessons  and  the  cotisi.i 


«»n»  wbic 


plunl-i  are  piirticulaily 
'ih^y  ti^u*^li   thfiii  tc 
l'?ar«i  before  Uk-mi. 


OrRR  r»,O0i)  per^on^  havebMen  rendered  home- 
\ff«  by  a  tire  in  Miragonne,  JIayti,  A|)nl  4th. 

Wb  do  not   preniTve  reji-cterf   arlicles,  henrjr, 
'     ai  a  rule,  cannot  return  them  when  called  for. 

BnoTin:it  J-  W.  Stein  wait  with  the  brethren 
at  Wuldaiii's  Grove  the  fintt  of  lust  week. 

A  Roman  ralholic  Convent,  in  Cairo,  Illinoii, 
was  slrurk  hy  lightniDg  iind  burnt  to  the 
ground.  _ 

A  cKltTAiN  writer  aptly  reinnrku  that  it  i^  not 
the  fact  tliat  a  man  haN  richer  that  ki*<>pM  him 
from  the  kinfi:dom  of  heaven,  hut  the  liirt  that 
rirhes  have  him. 

UitOTMKU  J.  S.  Flory  wriU-s  that  one  uioro 
has  been  received  into  the  Colorado  Church  hy 
baptism;  also,  one  hy  letter.  Theconi^regation 
in  ill  tovp  iirtd  peace. 

MnitTin:H  George  \V.  Cripe  took  verysit-k  just 
at  the  comiiienieijiKnt  of  the  Diintrict  Meeting 
of  Southern  Indiana,  lieneu  could  get  no  good 
of  the  mei'ting. 


have  several  order-  in  which  the  tinif  the  paper  [  ^j  ^,  wolv.s    in  sheep's    clothing.     Those  who 
is  wanted  \*  not  speeilied;  ko   we  have   marked 


Christ  liimself  d-recls  iis"tociiHB[?'"*"tv 
article  deplores  the  con'ditioD  of  tbe church  j  aU^-uliun  llie  plaiil^  aruuud  ua— („  iu.ti,^.  j,  *"  *'"' 
,T.'c-rU.n    locaJitiM.  and   thinks  the  cau-*- ia    ef"«-«"'«  varied,  how  ..umer..u,.  .,„.,      *tVj 

I  .  .  .....  .      .  .1       B<»t  tbe*  are.and  with  what  exniii-ii- •■  -      *•' 

gr^iiil;- injurvd  by  publishing  abusive  '^"t:"^  L.^..  j .,,.,-.,„ed  a..d  ^ulun.ed.  we  aiX,,^^"'  '^ 
c«lcul.t(ed  to  »tir  up  atrile  and  diiMiord.  The  ,  ,>,„|itHJ)le  u'lJ  i>ieJis;inl  tn  leurn  the  Ifxar,  ""'il 
^enlinient  of  the  ar  ide  is  good,  but  i(  publish- 
ed would  likely  call  out  repliew  from  oilier  pa- 
pers. Those  who  wihh  to  correct  what  is  found 
in  other  paper*  would  better  di»  so  through  the 
paper  in  which  the  error  may  have  occurred. 
I'-plving  to  one  paper  through  another  is  not 
the  be.,t  method,  The  article  is  rejected.  For 
the  fncouragt-ment  of  the  writer,  we  further 
add  that  the  evil  he  refers  to  is  not  general,  but 
rather  ajnfintd  to   localities  where  the   proper 

judgment  is  not   used  in  administering  justice. 

The  Brethren's  method  of  dressing  is  good,  but, 

by   some,    it   is    woefully   abuaed.     Thwe  who 

dresH  in   the  order  of  the  church  and  do  not 

otherwise  live  consistent  lives  will  l»e  condemn- 


ly  "UerestiiiKt,.  th/^''^«T 
y-  ti^iM^li  thfiii  to  uViservp  i-arefnlly  1,11  ""^t. 
Itisanes8eniiar,l„iv'.^*^'* 
all  ol>j..cta  presented  '"■" 
Ami  we  should  teach  chililren  to  form  earl  ■  ""^ 
the  h;il.il  of  reading  the  oj.en  *  B...,k' of  x  ''^^■ 
•A  \w\f  (Ind  SI)  plainly  ' eveals  his  wisilum  a "  "^ 
(J.  how    happy  are  we  when 


-^uiiire- 


Thk  Brethren  at  Huntingdon,  Peuiisylvunia, 
held  their  firnt  nieetiiigs  in  the  new  rhapel  in 
their  Kchool  building.  April  HI.  The  jitlendanco 
Wfui  good,  and  the  nifotingM  pleura  11 1. 

Ont>Kiw  for  the  Chililn-ii  nt  HVc/Hrecoming 
ill  very  encouragingly.  The  paper  is  getting  n 
large  circulation  in  Sunday  Schools  mid  is  Hpo 
ken  of  in  commendable  terms. 

Wk  iiiuBt  again  remind  our  roadurs  not  to 
send  silver  in  letters;  it  is  liable  to  got  lout.  It 
it  better  to  send  pontage  staiips,  for  we  can  use 
them  tu  good  advantage. 

Some  one  wants  us  tu  cliaiige  the  address  of 
hiK  paper  from  Blountville,  Henry  County,  hi- 
dianii,  to  Perrysburg,  Miami  County,  hhiiic 
State,  but  does  not  give  his  name. 

It  is  reported,  and  generally  believed,  in  at- 
tain circles,  that  tjueeu  Victoria  thinks  of  abdi- 
cating the  throne  of  Great  Urifuin,  The  rumor 
is  causing  some  excitement.  The  ijueeii's  henltli 
is  fufit  failing. 


Thh  Itit^r  Ocean  aaya  there  are  two  thousand 
colored  refugees  at  Wyandott,  Kansas,  all  des- 
titute, and  many  of  them  sick.  They  hnve  left 
the  South  and  are  seeking  lionies  in  tlie  Wtst. 
Their  suHerings  will  doubtless  be  great. 

WjiiTiNr;  to  the  Primifiir.  Brother  \\  J. 
Brown  says:  "  We  feel  justified  in  saying  the 
district  (North-eastern  Ohio),  is  a  unit  for  the 
old  gospel  landmark*'-  There  is  no  disunion 
element  among  us." 

In  St.  Louis  a  society  ha.^  been  formed  with 
a  view  of  helping  the  colored  |>eople  who  are 
Heeing  from  the  South.  Liberal  donatioHs  are 
comiug  in.  and  they  are  extending  all  the  aid 
possible  to  this  wretched  and  forsaken  peoi)le. 

One  week  ago  last  Sunday  two  or  three  thou- 
^and  men,  half  armed,  shouting,  and  flounting 
red  flags,  paraded  the  streets  ol  Chicago.  Some 
one  is  le;iding  these  men  to  ruin,  and  it  will 
not  be  many  years  before  our  people  will  Hee 
the  effect  of  the  liquor  traffic  on  this  class  of 
men  and  boys. 

Hi^M.TH  in  and  about  Lanark  has  not  been 
•TV  good  the  last  month.  There  has  been 
coD'iderablesickness.  especially  among  children, 
hot  i4.  the  warm  weather  opens  up  health  will 
lik.i)  irriprf.ve,  and  ;*I1  will  bccjnie  cheerful. 


therii  to  be  sent  tiiroe  months  as  the  best  we 
knew  to  do.  Wo  inii?it  know  the  time  in  onler 
to  keep  accounts  accurate, 

Bkotiirr  I).  B.  Gibson,  writing  from  Libt-r- 
tyville,  Iowa,  under  date  of  April  isth.  save: 
"  I  have  been  in  this  tlie  oldest  congregation  m 
Iowa,  now  for  twelve  day.  There  have  been 
nine  bapti/od,  and  many  near  the  kingdom. 
Will  clof'e  to-"ighl,  ami  return  to  Appanoose. 
The  80  called  Harshey  movement  will  meet  no 
favor  in  Northern  Missouri  and  Southern  Iowa. 
I  am  in  good  health," 

Amo.vo  our  readers  there  is  quite  a  call  for 
changing  addresses.  Many  are  leaving  the  land 
of  their  childhond  in  the  East  and  aearching  for 
hf)mes  in  the  far  West.  May  heaven's  blessing 
attend  them,  and  may  they  |)rove  sucoessful  in 
aiding  to  build  up  new  and  healthy  congrega- 
tions all  over  the  West.  The  West  has  good 
use  for  men  and  women  who  will  let  tJieir  light 
shine  before  the  world. 


Mit.  .1.  V.  BiUMVNK,  wlio  travels  and  lectures 
in  the  interest  of  the  anti-secret  niinement, 
called  on  us  last  week.  He  fays  he  was  baptiz- 
ed by  trine  immersion— a  Fret.'-will  Baptist 
miniKter  officiated— and  all  whom  he  baptizes 
he  dii)s  three  times  face  forward  for  the  remis- 
sion of  sins.  He  has  been  holding  meetings  at 
IJstick,  Whiteside  County,  and  baptized  five. 
They  jiractico  feet-washing  and  the  communion 
somewhat  after  the  manner  of  the  Brethren. 

"Abhland,  (Ohio,)  has  a  population  of  about 
3,000.  Four  miles  south  of  town  is  a  cluirch  of 
the  Biethreu  with  four  resident  ministers,  some 
of  whom  are  iil.lo  exjtoimders  and  exhorters, 
Four  miles  north  of  town  is  a  large  church,  with 
an  equal  numbc  of  speakers.  Vet  a  discourse 
by  our  people  has  not  been  delivered  in  Ashland 
corporation  for  years,  or  If  any,  a  very  few,  and 
there  are  hundreds  of  peojilc  living  here  who  are 
iw  ignorant  of  what  we  believe  and  practice  as 
are  the  people  in  New  York  and  Chicago."— 
<ios(ie(  Preacher. 

On  fui  other  page  will  be  found  an  article 
from  Brother  Alex  W.  Heese,  of  Missouri,  on 
the  "dress  question."  He  sinimera  the  matter 
down  to  a  fine  point,  and  in  one  respect  makes 
the  issue  clear.  Brother  Heene  is  known  as  one 
of  our  strong  advocates  of  Siriptural  plainness, 
and  is  laboring  hard  to  get  the  order  fully  is- 
tablished  in  the  localities  where  he  preaches, 
but  wants  to  see  HOine  clear  and  pointed  articles 
on  the  dress  itsuo.  We  can  do  no  better  than 
to  turn  his  case  over  to  Brother  R.H.Miller, 
who,  i>erhaps,  has  given  tliat  subject  a.s  much 
thought  as  any  brother  among  na. 


Our  attention  has  frequently  been  called  to 
a  weakness  of  some  probably  good  meaning 
persons  iu  making  an  ado  over  getting  some 
one  of  "  prominence  "  into  the  church.  Those 
who  do  thiii  evidently  need  "  milk."  Any  one 
who  will  honey  around  certain  "leading  men 
and  women"  in  order  to  bait  thnu  into  the 
church  are  jet  carnal.  And  instead  of  such 
persons  going  as  missionaries  to  preach  the 
gospel  to  others,  missionaries  ought  to  be  sent 
to  them,  and  when  they  have  become  new-born 
bab  9  in  Christ  they  should  he  fed  on  "  railk  " 
until  they  can  "  perceive  (imi  it  no  loperter  r/ 
ppimis"  It  is  a  very  poor  sign,  indeed,  for 
preachers  to  run  after  men  of  "prominence"  'Og: 
to  the  neglect  of  those  who  fill  more  humble 
stations  in  life.  It  is  very  doubtful  whether 
the  leading  men  in  this  world  will  be  Uie  lead- 
ing men.  or  the  men  of  prominence,  in  the 
world  to  come.     Kead  Matthew  IS:  2-1. 


are  all  the  time  harping  on  the  inside  of  relig- 
ion only,  claiming  that  if  the  heart  lie  right  all 
is  right,  and  reject  the  necessity  of  outward  ap- 
pearance will  one  day  learn  that  fa'^liionable 
clothes  are  not  the  outgrowth  of  a  noncon- 
formed lieart.  Trees  are  best  known  by  their 
fruits 

No.  !!•.  Mail  <i  C/imiifr<iblt  Bciii'j.    The  arti- 
cle is  good  in  many  respect-s.  but  contains  a  lit- 
tle too  much  of  self  to  make  it  take  well  in  the 
community  wiiere  the  writer  lives.     The  article 
rightly  suggests  that  if  a  brother,  who  is  sup- 
posed to    be  weak   or  over   z-alou?.   should  do 
wrong,  that  those  who  claim  to  be  on  the  right 
road  should   labor  to   restore  such   an  one.  and 
not  do  all  in  their  power  to  drive  him  still  farth- 
er awoy  from  the  church.     He  thinks  it  no  dis- 
grace to  change  when  a  man  finds  he  is  wrong, 
that  Paul  found  he  was  wrong,  and  in  changing 
received  a   blessing.     We   think  the   writer  is 
mistaken  in    regard  to   running  ahead    of  the 
cliurch.    The  church  is  much  like  an  army.   If 
she  expects  to  accomplish  good,  all  should  move 
together,   and  in    perfect    harmony.     She  may 
not  move  as  fast  as  some  individuals  think  she 
ought;  their  idea  of  church    work    may  be  too 
visionary  for  the  good  of  the  cause,  there  may 
be  wiser  heads  in  the  church,  hence   the  body 
should  be  consulted.    Men   who  run  ahead  of 
the  church — make  a  great  noise,  get  up  a  lively 
sensation   while  others  stand   and   look  on  in 
wonder  and  ara.i7,ement,  are  too  much  like  some 
horses  which  want  to  go  like  lightning  and  ;is 
n  consequence,  smash  everything  to  pieces,  and 
do  no  real  good.     Good  horses  will  always  pull 
together.    Sit  down-  by  the  side  of  an  ant  hill 
and  watch  them  work.     You  see  no  jarring  or 
discord.     There  iw  no  quarreling  over  plans,  or 
rimiiii'g  at  lightning  speed.     la  perfect  harmo- 
ny they  all  work  together.    Learn  a  leason  from 
the  ants. 

No.  20.  The  Lon/'s  Supper  tal-ni  into  f'onsid- 
erathu.  This  article  is  well  written,  but  is  in  a 
bad  condition  for  the  compositors.  Instead  of 
writing  on  narrow  paper  the  writer  fukes  a 
whole  sheet  of  note  paper,  spreads  it  out,  and 
writes  across  the  entire  page.  Paper  on  which 
articles  for  publication  are  written  should  not 
be  over  five  or  six  inches  wide.  The  writer 
maintains  that  the  Lord's  Supper  should  con- 
sist of  a  roasted  lamb  after  the  demands  of  the 
Mosaic  law,  presents  a  number  of  other  similar 
propositions  which  we  conceive  I0  be  contrary 
fo  the  gospel  order,  as  laid  down  by  Christ  and 
practiced  by  the  apostles. 

No.  21.  XatumlSnucri/.  This  artiule  would 
not  likely  interest  our  readers,  yet  it  contains 
some  good  thoughts.  It  treats  a  scientific  sub- 
ject not  generally  understood,  and  not  much 
sought  after  by  the  ma,sses. 

No.  22.  Floircr.<.  The  article  is  well  com- 
posed, but  discusses  a  question  that  would  not 
interest  many  of  our  readers.  Of  course  we  all 
love  flowers,  for  God  made  thejii  and  they  are 
beautiful,  and  may  be  cultivated  with  tatte  and 
a.lvaiitage.  We  have,  however,  known  i>ersons 
who  were  very  careful  with  their  flowers,  but 
pqu;.lly  careless  about  their  religion.  This 
should  not  ]«.  X..ver  n.-^l..,;t  religion  for  any 
con-tiderHtion  whatever.     We  glean  the  tbllow- 


lourevpiytii 


iiiiike 


Goti 


">iKht:  \y 


'»a. 


mill  his  wDMilerfnl 

slii.tiM  make  them  niir  daily  "ledihUioHs 
sliuulil  read  about  tliein.  We  -iliouldhHidv  ti 
son  au<l  nature  of  them.  ^ 

Flowers  seem  to  be  one  of  the  most  Iteauiifuj 
varitiiis  objects  of  his  creation.    'iJut's-        "** 
■  they  give  us  neillier  foud  or  cluthmg.*   Vn     ^^' 
why  not  think  occasionally  of  sonieiiiintr  „] '    "' 
sides  food  and  raiment?    Have  we  not  u  inhi''^ 
feed  and  delight  as   well  as   it  »toaiacliV     a'?.*** 
pioviih-s  grain,  fruit,  and  other  articles  of  fori  r 
the  stoniacti.  the  digestive  orgnns;  .so  ,i„ps  1,    ,' 
ni.l.  tlowers  forth.'   cultivation  and  devei,,!    '' 
ol  [he  mi.ul.  the  in.Hleetual  laculty  ot  i„.,n     ,  '"' 
up  ii.h.  (he  blue  arch  of  heaven.  ,dso  cast  v',,,,;""'' 
ovei  II,.-  ciuth.    Behol.l,   what  wundem  we  7* 
Hut  w  I-  need  not  comjiiiss  lieaven  and  earlli  f      ^^' 
piiilihcalion.    We  need  only  to  look  at  the  ll'm,!"' 
eai  us.    The  niQst  skillful  artistthaiever  Dii  t 
■iild  not  paint  such.    Consider  the  simpic^j  a 
er  for  a  moment.  »Coiil(lany.  but  (Jml,  make  "T 
another  y  "'"''' 

No.  23.  T/,c  Gift  o/IMin,j.  The  article 
inquires  after  the  Brethren's  views  in  regard  t 
the  gifts  of  healing,  and  the  diversity  of  eifit 
The  writer  mentions  a  man  jvho  claims  th 
power  of  healing  the  sick  and  performing  mir- 
acle)-  Let  the  man  show  bis  faith  byhiswork 
If  he  is  possessed  with  the  gift  of  healiug  |ej 
him  heal  the  sick.  That  will  put  an  end  to  all 
doubts.  But  if  he  still  contend  for  the  power 
yet  exercises  none  of  it  healing  the  sick,  I  have 
good  reason's  for  doubting  his  sincerity. 

.„    ,  -'■  H.  u. 

(  Jo  he  coniintmi.j 


-I,  W.  W1LT8  address  is  changed  from  Sarah, 
to  Warriorsraark,  Huntingdon  County,  Penn- 
sylvania. 

Within-  a  few  weeks  the  Brethren  in  Ashland 
expect  to  commence  meeting  in  their  meetiug- 
room  iu  the  College  building.  Itis  being  fitted 
up  for  that  purpose. 

The  Brethren  in  Denmark  expect  to  hold 
their  Love-feast  sometime  in  May.  They  now 
number  not  far  from  twenty-eight  member-, 
and  are  in  a  good-working  condition. 

The  Brethren  in  Denmark  have  several  Sun- 
day Schools  in  operation.  They  are  well  at- 
tended, and  seem  to  make  good  impressions  on 
the  minds  of  the  children. 

—  --^^^ — 

It  is  a  blessed  thing  when  truth  does  not  suf- 
fer in  the  hands  of  its  friends.  There  are  those, 
who,  in  defending  truth,  often  do  it  more  harm 
than  good.  People  should  not  let  their  zeal 
run  in  advance  of  their  knowledge.  Keep 
knowledge  one  step  ahead. 


BitoTHER  Hope  informs  us  that  he  has  been 
working  at  one  point  fourteen  days;  had  one 
applicant  for  baptism,  and  secured  fifty  sub- 
scribers for  his  Danish  paper.  He  sometimes 
had  three  meetings  each  day.  He  asks  the 
brethren  and  sisters  to  pray  for  the  success  of 
the  mission. 


•■Our  (^od  cares  for  the  (lowers,  ami  he  tells  us  to 
'c  ns.der  the  lilies  of  ihe  field.'  He  savs  -roii. 
siderthe  lilie..ot  the  ti eld.  how  thev  grow  ihev 
toiinot.neUher  do  they  spin;  and  vet  I  sav  unto 
u.u  that  Sjulomofi  in  aU  his  glory,  was  not  arrayed 
l.k.  one  of  these.    Wherefore,  if  God  so  clutlic-  Hie 


The  Brethren  in  Colorado  think  of  building 
a  meeting-house  someiime  during  the  Suinuier. 
They  say  the  school-houses  are  good  enough 
for  meeting  purposes,  but  they  are  too  small. 
We  wish  them  success  in  that  move.  We  waut 
to  see  the  church  in  Colorado  increase  and  be- 
come strong  in  the  Lord. 


A  LAiuiE  meeting  has  been  held  in  New  Or- 
leans, recommending  a  systematic  emigration 
of  the  colored  people.  At  a  meeting  held  in 
Topeka,  Kansas,  $.500  were  raided  for  the  relief 
of  the  destitute  emigrants.  A  bill  has  been  in- 
troduced in  the  House  to  appropriate  875.000 
for  the  relief  of  colored  emigrants  who  are  di-s- 
titiite. 


A  FEW  years  ago  the  great  Brooklyn  preacher 
was  ou  trial  before  the  world,  and  now  before 
the  shock  fairly  subsides,  Dr.  Talmage  is  cnlW 
ujMin  the  stand  to  answer  certain  charges  made 
out  against  him.  The  ro<»m  is  filled  with  engi-r 
listeners  who  laugh  and  clap  their  hands  in 
high  glee  when  anything  amusing  occurs.  The 
worM  l(K)ks  on,  the  devil  grins,  and  Christianity  . 
hjis  to  suffer  just  becuu--w  of  iK>me  oue'«  blundei*' 


THCK    UI^K'rJrIKK>.'    ^VT    AV'Olilv. 


,<IBE 


WAY  TO  PALESTINI;. 


,,hi" 


^" 


jll 


,1  you. 


SCMBKIl  III 

„  relief  tokuow  that  one  long  rf  ach 
~  *'  k'nr"*"*'  •** '"  '''^  l>a**';  "»«t  the  Ai- 
'  '^^  a  i^  behinil  us,  an«t  its  dangpts  Jttv 
" '  v^j'uong  tliB  thiDgs  of  memory.  We 
*  1  laoJ.  »  "tony  peak  at  the  south- 
■fOiity  of  Ireland,  at  10  o'clock  Suu- 
g,  ihe  ItJih,  having  seen  noihiiig 
"I'lrKT  nine  day?  previous.     Our  voyage 

*'      1,-  line      We  >aw  very  few  sails,  and 
.^pelj  one.  J  . 

1,-  three  steamers,     \>  e  saw  no  living 
-'.    .jj'p  water;  and  the  only  living   thing 
^    ■     wa-'  the  floi;k  of  sea  gulls  by  which 
(jillowed  on  tireless  wings,  from  shore 
*'       Thev   are  about  the  size  of  a  crow, 
ngs  shaped  like  those  of  a  hawk.     They 
'     ,re  white,  except  the  upper  side  of  the 
*     hich  are  gray,  and  the  tips  of  the  wings, 
|)|ack.     Their   wings   are  almost  as 
-  those  of  a  hat,  and  they  poise  themselves 
°  (.'(tv  ill  a  lieavy  gale  as  a  hawk  can  in  the 
^  j/of  Summer.     They  follow  the  ship  for 
of  food  which  they  find  in  her  wake.     I 
T    asked  an    Irish  sailor,    '■  Where  do  the 
4  when  they  are  tired  of  flying?  ''    He 
1  i.i,  himd    toward  the  sea  and    answered, 
there  -JU  tlie  sailor's  grave."     I  paused  a 
t  ^tl■uck  with  the  poetry  in  his  answer, 
iheii  ii-kf  d,  "  Why  do  you  call  it  the  sailor's 
;-    There   are    not   many   buried   there." 
\"  iiiiil  he,    "  I  wish  I  had  a  dollar  for  ivry 
•'   The  boatswain,  who  overheard  us,  added, 
wish  I  had  a  trH(  for  every  one."     "But," 
these  days  of  steamers  they  don't 
oa  m  the  sea;  they  take  you  to  shore  and 
No,    indade,"  said  the  Irishman, 
ilor  don't    want   to    be    buried    in  the 
,1;  it  is  too  cold." 
(In  Sunday  morning,  our  last  day  in  the  At- 
)j.  Ciptai"  Harris  invited  the  passengers  to 
tjiu  tlie  saloon,  and  after  distributing  pray- 
,l,^lis  aiiKing  us,  proceeded  in  a  very  earnest 
■  impressive    manner  to    read  the    Episcopal 
[fici'lor  the  day.     Brother  Ta}  lor  and  I  were 
i^ll  euougU  ported  to  kfep  the  place  in  the 
,(„rl)Ook;  but  we  listened  when  we  could 
t  read,  and  were  much  edified.     This  service 
Dlleu  read  at  sea  by  officers  who  are    profane 
limtemiierate.     Under  such  circumstances  I 
ili  not  think  it   proper  even  to  be    present; 
jllbe  coDslant   demeanor  of  Captain  Harris 
harmony    with    the  service  of  the  hour, 
!,1I  really  enjoyed    it.     It  is  remarkable  how 
iftntire  tone  of  a  ship's  crew  is  regulated  by 
.lofher  commander.     I  did  not  hear  on  the 
invvlvania  a  single  oath  or  angry  word,  from 
f.^r  nr  man.  from  shore  to  shore. 
We  came  off  Holyhead,  the  first  land  sighted 
BBkfl,  on  Monday  morning,  the  l7th,  at  half 
i-[  eight.     It  i^  a  bold  rocky  promontory,  jut- 
5E  out  a  lew  miles  into  the  water,  and  mark- 
1^  the  entrance  into  the  Irish  Cbaunel.     It  is 
urkedat  night    by  two   lighthouses.     These 
ides  to  the   manner  who  approaches  these 
ty  shores  by  night,   are  strewn   so  thickly 
ling  the  coast  that  you  are  never  out  of  sight 
home  of  them.     Each  has  some    peculiai'ity 
»j,  by  which    it   is   distinguished   from  every 
thfr.    Some  shine  with  a  steady  light  so  many 
Runds,  and  then  go  out  so  many;  some  with  a 
I'll  light,  flashing   at  certain   intervals;  and 
-^ivith  other   variations;  and  all   these  are 
Tibetl  iu  books  which  are  carried   by  every 
iii|i,  ^0  that  a  commander  on    his  first  visit  to 
shore,  may  know   every  light    that    comes 
new.    Sometimes  there  is  a  dangerous  rock 
lout  in  the  water,  whose  position  can  not  be 
larked  by  a  light  on  shore.     If  such  a  rock 
■«3  above  the  water,  a  lighthouse  is  perched 
m  it;  if  not,  a  small  ship  is  anchored  near  it, 
:'i  a  suitable  light  is  suspended  from  her  mast- 
'^  iiigiit  after  night,  the  keeper  making   his 
'me  in  the  ship  through  Winter  and  Summer, 
'ui^'liiue  and  storm.     Indeed,  man  is  fast  mak- 
H  the  ocean  a  pliant  servant;  and  though  he 
i)  never  be  able  to  say  to  it,  "  Peace,  be  still," 
•'^m  that  he  will  be  able  to  say,  Go  on  your 
*.r,  wild  wmd  and  waves,  and  in  spite  of  your 
0'.  I  will  go  on  mine. 

Pfom  Holyhead  to  the  mouth  of  the  river 
"*ey,  on  the  bank  of  which  Liverpool  is  sit- 
l^'td,  we  sailed  against  a-  head-wind  and  a  rain. 
the  most  disagreeable  day  to  be  on  deck 
^*t  we  had  in  our  entire  voyage.  A  bar  at 
inoiith  of  the  Merse."  compelled  us  to  "lay 
sbont  two  hours,   waiting  for  the  tide  to 


What  a  pity  that  Ihe  enlnince   into  one  of    called  n  Guard,  aud  he   guards  you  very  care- 
tlie  most  important   ports  in  the  world  is  thus  I  fully  aeaiust  all  danger. 


ob<itructed.      We  entered   the    Mersey    about 
4  P.  M  ,  and  sleamwi  thenco  to  Liverpool,  jiboul 
15  mites.  tbrou>>li   a  deuse  Engli'^h  fog.     The 
tide  was  still  too  low  for  our  ship  to  enter  the 
docks,  so  a  teudfr(4  8inKll  Mdo^whoel  steamboat! 
came  to  us  iu  tbe  middle  of  the  river  to  receive 
the  pav^eiiger*  aud  their  baggagp.     On  this  ten- 
der were  three  brethren,  who  introduced  them- 
selves to  me,  and  presented  to  me  a  number  of 
letters  written  by  various  brethren  in  England. 
They  were  Bros.  Harrison,  C"lliii.  and    Tickle, 
The  last  named  is  a  bon,  and  the  second  a  neph- 
ew, of  Brother  U.  Y.  Tickle,  of  Liverpool,  whose 
name  is  familiar  to  all  the  bi-elhreu  iu  America, 
who  have  read  our  English    peiijdicaU.     They 
took  us  through  the  hands  of  the  custom-house 
officers  in  safety,  and  then  conveyed  us  in  a  cab 
to  the  house  oi  the  Elder  Tickle,  where  we  wen- 
entertained  as  cordially  as  if  we  had  been  prin- 
ces of  the  blood.     The  next  morning  we  started 
on  ouv  way  to  London,  but  we  made  two  inter- 
esting calla   by  the    way.     One  of    the   letters 
delivered  to   me  on  board   the  ship  was  from 
Brother  W.  T.  Moore,  and  it  informed  that  he 
had  passed  through  Liverpool  that  morning 
his  way  to  Chester,  where  he  would  attend  the 
annual  "  tea  meeting  "  of  Brother  Todd's  place 
of  labor   that   evening    at  5  o'clock;  and    that 
Brother  Coop  was  with  biin.     I  was  rejoiced  tu 
learn  this,  and  to  be  also  informed  that   1  could 
go  through  Chester  on  my  way  to  London.    I 
found  Brethren  Moore,  Todd,  and  Coop  at  Ches- 
ter, which  is  only  sixteen    miles  to    the  south- 
east of  Liverpool,  and  spent   three  hours  with 
them,  including  the  dinner  hour.     Nobody  who 
knows   Brother   Moore  or   me  need  to  be  told 
that  those  three  hours  were  full  of  talk.     It 
would  be    hard  to  recall  all  the   topics  we  took 
up  and  dismissed  iu  rapid  succession ;  but  among 
them,  of  course,  was  the  progress  of  the  mission 
at  Chester  and   Southport.     Biutber  Todd  had 
been  laboring  at  Chester  just  one  year,  and  the 
story  of  his   success  is  brieHy  told  in   the  fact 
that  the  congregation  now  uumbf*r»  96, of  whom 
only  seven  were  disciples   when  hu  went  there. 
He   now  baa    baiitisms    nearly  every  week,  and 
his  audiences  are  large.     At  Southport,  which 
is    14  miles  north    of  Liverpool,    the   brethren 
own  a   good  house,  and    have  a  membeiship  of 
about  40   members.     Brother  Moore  is  obtaiu- 
ng  a  fine  hearing  from  the  outside  public,  and 
be    feels    greatly    encouraged  by  the   prospects 
before  him.     As  for  the  wives  of  these  mission- 
aries, Sister  Todd  assured  me  that  as  a  place  for 
keeping  house,  England  is  not  the  United  States; 
and  1  am  informed  that  Sister  Moore  is  of  the 
same  opinion. 

Leaving  Chester  with  much  regret  that  our 
stay  was  so  brief,  we  came  on  to  Birmingham, 
and  called  some  two  and  a  half  hours  at  the 
residence  of  Brother  David  King.  Unfortu- 
nately, he  was  not  at  home  on  our  arrival;  but 
Sister  King  received  us  cordially,  had  "tea" 
spread  after  the  English  fashion,  and  entertain- 
ed us  until  Brother  King's  arrival.  A  short, 
but  very  pleasant  conversation  with  him,  fol- 
lowed by  a  rapid  walk  to  the  railway  station, 
terminated  our  call  at  Birmingham.  The  city 
contains  a  population  of  140,fi00;  and  it  is  a 
great  manufacturing  center,  the  chief  articles 
of  manufacture  being  firearms  and  jewelry.  We 
came  on  to  London  the  same  evening,  aud  found 
ourselves  at  rest  in  the  Charing  Cross  hotel 
about  11  o'clock  at  night. 

Our  ride  through  England  was  very  interest- 
ing. We  saw  many  things  that  were  new  and 
strange,  among  them,  some  that  we  hud  antic- 
ipated, and  many  that  we  had  not.  We  readily 
recognized  from  previous  description,  the  pecul- 
iar construction  of  their  railway  coaches.  They 
are  shorter,  lighter,  and  less  expensively  con- 
structed than  ours,  and  are  entered  by  four 
doors  on  each  side.  Each  door  leads  into  a 
compartment  that  reminds  one  of  the  inside  of 
a  (.hort  omnibus  fixed  to  run  sidewajs.  It  h; 
a  front  and  a  rear  seat,  each  long  enough  for 
about  five  passengers,  running  the  entire  length 
of  the  compartment,  which  corresponds  witli 
the  width  of  the  car.  Usually  the  door  at  each 
end  of  the  compartment  is  locked  while  the 
train  is  in  motion,  and  is  opened  by  the  guard 
at  every  station  where  the  stay  is  long  enough 
for  us  to  get  out  a  few  minutes.  There  is  a 
bell-pull  iu  each  compartment,  by  which  the 
passengers  can  ring  an  alarm  in  the  guard's 
compartment  when  un  accident  occurs.  The 
official   whom    we   call  the    Condu.tor,   is  here 


Our  attention  was  attracted  by  peculiar  modes 
of  farming.     Wo  saw  two-horse  and  tbreeborse 
teams,  iu  which  the  horses  were  hitched  om-  be- 
fore another;    seldom    were  even    two  horsen 
hitehed  abreast.     The  hay-stacks  were  all  cov- 
en>«l  with  a  thatched  roof  of  straw,  as  carefully 
as  were  the  houses  of  some  of  the  laborers.  The 
binds  are  cut  up  into  little  patches  of  from  one 
to  three  or  four  acres,  separated   by  hedges  or 
very  frail  fences.     But  these  little  tii-lds  are  cul- 
tivated with  the  same  precision  and  care  as  the 
market  ganleus  near  our  large  cities.     They  all 
looked  as  though    they  had  been   graded,   and 
those   which    wei-e   recently  sown   looked  as  if 
they  had  been  raked  with  a  garden  rake.    In 
aluulst  every   instance,    both  the   meadows  and 
the    ploughed  lands  were  worked  into  slightly 
elevated  ridges  about  eight  feet  wide,  to  facili- 
tate dnunage;   and  the  furrows    which  marked 
the  line  between  these  elevations  were  as  straigbt 
as  a   gun-barrel.     So,  indeed    were  the  lurrows 
of  the  freshly  turned  sod.    The  ploushiug  ia  all 
done  with  a  precision  which  I   have  never  seen 
equalled  in  America,  though  I  have  seen  some 
good    plougliing.   and    have   done  a  little  of  it 
myself.     The  hedges  are  beautiful, even  without 
their  foliage;  but  they  are  lower  and  less  com- 
pact than  I   expected  to  see  them.     Frank,  on 
whom  I  depend  for  sharp  observations  on  stock 
and  farming   operations,  remarked  that  he  via» 
not  surprised  that  the  fox-hunters  could  make 
their  horses  leap  the  hedges  and  fences,  for  he 
could  leap  them  himself.     He  said    they  would 
not  do  for  mules  and    hogs.     But  we  saw  not  a 
single  hog,  or  pig,  or   mnle,  in  our  entire  ride 
through  the   kingdom;  and,  what  surprised  us 
luore.  we  saw  only  one  ass,  aud  he  was  turning 
the  wheel  of  a  brick-kiln. 

We  found  the  Charing  Cross  Hotel  the  most 
convenient  one  iu  London  for  our  purpose.     It 
is  in  the  very  heart  of  the  city,  not  far  from  a.iy 
of  the  gre&t  centers  of  business,  and  from  its 
court   you  enter  the  cars  for  France.     On  the 
streets  we  f ou  nd  ourselves  among  familiar  names. 
Our  walks  were  chiefly  on  the  Strand  and  Fleet 
Streets,  hot  h  of  which  names  were  as  familiar  as 
household  words,  while  nearly   all  the  streets 
running  into  these  were  as  familiar  by  name  as 
those  of  Lexington.     I  felt  strange  to  be  actual- 
ly looking  into  streets  which  history  and  poetry 
aud  romance  had  inad«  thus  familiar  from  my 
childhood.     I  was  in  Paternoster  Row,  and  No, 
15,  the   celebrated   bookstore  of  tlie    Bagsters. 
Had  I  not  been  prepared  for  it  by  Prof.  Neville's 
description,  I  would  have  been  surpris^-d  out  of 
measure  to  find  the  saleroom  of  this  greatest  of 
all  the  publishers  of  Bibles  and  kinilred  works 
in  the    world,   a  little  affair  about  15  feet  wide, 
and  20  or  :iO  deep.     They  sell,  however,   only 
their  own   publications,  and  they   keep  only  a 
few  copies  of  each  at  their  saleroom.     Pater- 
noster   Row  itself  also  surprised    me.     It  is  a 
dingy  street  of  old  houses,  and  is  only  seventeen 
feet  wide  from  house  to  Rouse.    The  sidewalks 
are  each  five  feet  wide,    leaving  only  seven  feet 
for  the  street  between  the   curb-stones.     Many 
of  the  streets  of  Loudon  are  of  similar  width, 
and  few  would  compare  in   width  with  the  or- 
dinary  streets  of  our  newer  American   cities. 
But  in   walking  the  streets  of  London,  we  saw 
several  people  (we  didn't  count  them),  and  a  [iro- 
portionate  number  of  vehicles  of  every  imagina- 
ble description  except  such   as  we   were  accus- 
tomed to  see  at  home. 

The  most  stately  dames  we  saw  in  England, 
and  the  most  lordly  gentlemen,  were  the  cham- 
bermaids and  the  dining-room  servants  at  our 
hotels.  The  former  moved  about  the  house  in 
their  white  caps  with  so  much  sobriety,  and 
spoke  with  so  much  gravity,  that  you  were 
tempted  to  ask  them  who  was  dead  in  the  house; 
while  each  one  of  the  latter,  in  his  narrow- tailed 
black  coat,  white  vest  and  white  cravat,  looked 
and  walked  as  if  he  were  the  proprietor  of  the 
bouse,  and  we  felt  like  it  was  almost  an  imper- 
tinence to  ask  him  to  wait  on  us.  He  seemed 
to  feel  the  same  way.  too,  for  of  all  the  dining 
room  servants  I  ever  saw,  they  were  the  slowest 
and  the  most  forgetful.  I  was  about  to  forget 
the  cab-drivers.  Next  to  the  waiters,  they  iqi- 
peared  to  be  the  most  important  men  in  Lon- 
don. 

Brother  Black,  of  London.  wa.s  kind  enough 
to  call  on  us,  to  spend  some  hours  in  profitable 
conversation,  and  to  offer  us  the  hospitality  of 
his  house  on  our  return  to  the  city.  We  hope 
to  comply  with  his  invitation,  and  to  cultivate 


a  more  intimate  acquaintance  with  him. 

I  write  this  letter  from  Paris,  on  the  eve  of 
our  departure  for  Rome.  I  reserve  an'account 
of  our  journey  from  Loudon  to  this  city,  and 
our  brief  stay  iu  it,  to  my  next. 

Faithfully  and  truly  yours, 

.1.  W.  McQ-VRVEY. 


An  article  of  wlitorial  correspondence  from 
Brother  Eshelmau  came  a  little  too  lute  for  this 
issue    U  will  appear  next  week. 


BitoTHBK  Diuiiel  M.  Miller  and  wife  returned 
fi'om  Pennsylvania  last  Friday  morning.  Broth- 
er Miller  says  he  enjoyed  himtielf  well  visiting 
aud  preaching  among  hin  old  acquaintimces. 
but  did  not  travel  around  much  while  there. 

liittiTURU  Lemuel  Hillerj',  when  la«t  heard 
from,  was  at  Urothei-  Wtuupler's,  near  Carthage, 
Missouri.  He  has  been  traveling  and  preach- 
ing considerably  since  he  left  Illinois.  HlB 
family  remains  at  Shannon,  Illinois. 

SrKiNo  has  come  at  last.  It  is  late,  but  bet- 
ter Inte  than  never.  The  weather  is  delightful, 
every  body  at  work,  and  all  nature  seems  alive 
to  the  interest  of  its  great  .\uthor.  The  roads 
are  excellent  and  meetings  well  attended.  Ev- 
erything looks  promising. 

Ik  a  minister's  surmou  is  not  just  so  good,  it 
might  be  profitable,  and  even  edifying  if  he 
would  not  spoil  it  by  stringing  it  out  so  long 
and  thereby  wear  out  the  congregation.  I  nev- 
er yet  knew  a  minister  to  lose  anything  by 
preaching  short  pointed  sermons. 

Ji'ST  before  going  to  presa  we  received  from 
Brother  D.  B.  Gibson  a  card  stating  that  he 
closed  his  meetinjis  at  Appanoose,  Iowa,  with 
fifteen  additions.  He  returns  home  to  attend 
the  District  Meeting  of  Northern  Missouri, and 
may  be  addressed  at  Norborne,  Carroll  County, 
Missouri. 

As  English  writer  reviewing  the  results  of 
the  late  war  in  South  Africa,  concludes  that  if 
the  money,  the  war  cost,  had  been  spent  in 
teaching  and  civili/ing  the  natives,  both  parties 
would  be  much  better  off.  That  much  might 
be  truthfully  said  of  all  wars.  They  are  uncall- 
ed for,  and  only  tend  to  degrade  the  people  and 
ruin  the  country.  '  "~    ' 

Mkn  and  women  painted  with  apro/emono( 
Christianity,  who  make  a  mocit  of  it  liy  contrt- 
dicting  it  by  their  conduct,  are  driving  thou- 
sands of  honest,  truth-seeking,  n^ible-hearted, 
mortals  into  the  dark,  dismal  watera  of  that 
most  deplorable  and  cheerless  belief— infidelity; 
—there  to  end  their  career  of  life  with  that  de- 
spairing, horrible  thought,  "I  am  lost!  lost! 
forever  lost!" 


WiiniNu  about  the  Southern  District  Meet- 
ing of  Indiana,  Brother  Hiel  Hamilton  says: 
"  There  was  a  very  good  representation,  and  the 
business  of  the  meeting  was  transacted  with  the 
very  best  of  feeling.  The  Jiome  mission  was 
still  much  approved  of.  and  proper  arrangements 
adopted  to  carry  on  the  great  commission,  and 
as  far  as  1  could  learn,  the  Brotherhood  in 
Southern  Indiana  is  united,  and  but  one  ele- 
ment prevails  among  them." 

Bhotheu  D.  E.  Hrubaker,  of  Iowa  Center, 
writingtothe/V;m(7iVfr/Mj.s/;«H, says:  "Breth- 
ren, my  say,  iu  the  matter  of  the  lUy  and  Stein 
debate,  is  to  keep  on  publishing  it  by  all  means. 
Your  readers,  with  few  exceptions,  that  I  have 
cpiest  ioned  on  the  matter,  say  it  is  doing  a  good 
work.  With  Brother  Balsbaugh.  we  may  all 
well  thank  the  Lord  (or  giving  us  Brother  J, 
W.  Stein.  Our  irieud  Ray's  mira.vu  and  ridi- 
rnle  of  the  plain  teachings  of  the  Bible  is  hav- 
ing a  fine  ellect  heie.  As  in  contrasting  his 
sneers  with  Brother  Stein's  powerful  arguments, 
your  readers  have  another  chance  to  see  that 
when  a  man's  cause  is  suffering  for  want  of 
:(  ho  sometimes  resorts  to  rUliade,  &c." 


ar'jiimenl 

Thr  most  experienced  ministers  often  trem- 
ble when  they  enter  the  pulpit  to  preach.  Mar- 
tin Luther  once  said.  "  Although  I  am  old  and 
experienced  in  speaking,  I  tremble  whenever  I 
iiHcend  the  pulpit."  01  Elder  George  Wolf, 
who,  in  his  day,  wiw  one  of  the  ablest  preach- 
ern  in  the  West,  it  is  said,  he  never  rose  to  speak 
without  feeling  more  or  less  embarrassed. 

The  absence  of  the  debate  this  week  is  not 
Brother  Steiu's  fault.  His  speech  was  written 
and  sent  to  the  /''/"'/  in  good  time,  but  has  not 
yet  appeared  in  that  paper.  The  delay  was 
caused  by  the  /■■/..;/  cutting  one  of  Brother 
Stein's  speeches  in  two.  and  making  two  arti- 
cles of  it. 


xi-iK  iJiiKXMKii;:>J  ^1-  avoi^k:. 


0iu:  l^tBrc   (ffass. 

'Tlu  nWrt  0/  Trulh   no  J'onjuf  Con  7i«.' 


nil  dflpartmenl  is  duiffncl  for  Mklag  uid  anawfriiif; 
Bibla  quMiiona,  And  for  lh«  nolotioD  of  Scriptuml  JilGcul' 
Um.  In  on>pr  lo  <n>mnie  tlible  Truth,  nil  inrattorui 
BhoulJ  he  kIaIciI  nilh  Mndor.  kiid  ko  vcred  wilh  lu  a 
oloaroc^s  m  pco^ibte  '  Artiolo*  for  ihia  depanmeiit,  i 
ba  thort  and  (o  Ibt  potoL 


only  mean  to  perceive  by  the  orgam  of  mght,    will  say,  "  Well,  I  am   joet  as  good  as  snch  an 
but  abto  '•  lo  perceive  bv  mental  vision;  to  form  [  one.  for  be  or  she  swears  and   that  is  no  more 


Will  flomi-  one  pieasc  fxpliiln  wlicf  ht'r  fw>t-wiuili- 
l&ft  tonk  iiliirp  iiiidcr  tlic  Old  or  iK'wdiMifiisiilloiiH'i' 
Ii  tlic  rhiTiiMm.  or  tIaiiilnKiiword  util)  Ir)>twi-i'ii 
nan  and  tin*  tree  of  life  ?  C.  h.  Crotty. 

Please  kIvc  an  explanation  on  Acta  2:  47;  '*  And 
tbe  Lord  H(l(I(-d  (o  the  cliurcli  daily  hucIi  an  Hlioiild 
be  savimI." 

Boiniins  H :  .T.1 :  "  Who  8)iiill  lay  anything  to  lh<- 
ehartte  of  (!od'» elect?" 

Timothy -i:  10:  "Therefore  I  endnn-  all  th!nj;H 
for  tlip  fli-cfa  sake."  JfKMtv  ScnnANT/. 

Will  you  or  Nome  of  your  n^adt-m  please  explain 
Malt.  Ill:  11,  i2-f  It  reafUnnrMliown:  "  Dutht^  naid 
nnto  them.  A 11  men  riuiiiot  rcrulvc  thi»  Haying,  hiw 
they  to  whom  It  la  ftiven.  For  ihero  are  some  eu- 
nuchs, wliicli  were  no  born  from  thefr  mother's 
womb:  and  tliere  are  Bonic  euniichn,  whicli  were 
madeennuctiHof  men:  and  there Ifiwunnclin,  whlcli 
bave  niiuli-  Ihemselvea  eunucho  for  tlip  kingdom  of 
heaven's  mike.  He  that  in  able  to  receive  it,  let  him 
receive  It."  K.  J.  Fjiant/. 

Will  yon,  or  nome  oneelw  pleiutc  Kivean  explana- 
tion of  lU-v.i-.n?  ItreiulMthim:  "Ilelliat  liatli  an 
ear,  let  htm  lienr  vi' hat  the  .Spirll  Hulth  unto  the 
churriien;  To  him  lluit  ovcnonicth  willlKivrto 
eat  of  the  hidden  manna,  and  will  ((tvo)iim  a  white 
stone,  and  In  the  stone  a  new  name  wrill«n.  whieh 
no  man  kiiowetb  saving  lie  that  n-cclvelii  It." 

MAIIV  ZUit.UK. 

AJHo  1  Tim.  fl;  ii,  lO:  ■■  Let  not  a  widow  I»e  takt^ji 
Into  ttm  number  under  three  Hrore  yearn  old,  hiivbiK 
bwn  the  wife  of  one  man,  well  rcporlcd  of  forciiotl 
workn;  If  she  have  broughl  up  cIiMdn-pr.if  slicJuivi- 
lodfied  KtranKem,  If  mIu-  lirm-  wiwhi'd  llic  Muinln 
feet,  if  Hheljavoiellevcil  th.- allllrt<.d.  i(  stio  luivi- 
dillKently  followed  every  good  work." 

.1.  U.  KlAAUl. 

Will  Bonie  one  please  expliiin  Ileli.  7: 1.  iJ:  •'  I'oi 
thl«  Mclchim-der.  kinK  of  Siili-nj.  pilcMt  of  the  most 
blffli  (<oi],  who  ijH'l  Alouhuiii  ii-liiriilnf(  fioni  the 
slauKhtei  ol  tlio  kniK".  iind  IdeHHi-d  biiii:  without 
fattier,  willioul  niotlier.  wUtiout  dcsfenl.  ImvinK 
neilli(-r  IjetflnulnK  of  days,  nor  end  of  life;  bntmado 
like  nnto  the  .Sun  of  (Jod;  ahtdetli  a  priest  (ontln- 
ually"  M.  Ii. 

Will  some  one  pleiwe  exjdaln  .ler.  12:  :,'f  It  reads 
aa  follows;  "If  thou  hiist  run  with  tho  footmen, 
and  they  hiivc  wearied  thee,  then  hnw  canst  tliou 
contend  with  h(u««»V  ami  if  In  the  land  of  jteiice, 
wherein  IInoi  tmstedst,  they  wearied  thee,  then 
bow  wilt  thou  do  In  the  swelling  of  Jordan  ?  " 

C.  K.  M. 
Will  some  ono  please  exphiln  Aeis  is;  is.  which 
reads  iui  follows:  "And  I'liul,  after  this,  tarrieil 
there  yet  n  Ruod  while,  and  tlien  took  his  leave  of 
the  hri'tlin'n,  and  sailed  liinin'e  inl«  Syria,  and  with 
liiiii  I'risellla  and  Aquiia ;  having  shorn  his  head  iji 
Cenchrea;  for  ho  had  a  vow."  N.  s.  Dalk. 

Will  you  or  some  of  tlio  Urethren  explain  Matt. 
:>;  a.'.:    "  Agree  witli  thine  adversary  ijuiekly,  while 
thou  art  In  tlie  way  with  him;  lest  at  any  time 
adversary  deliver  thee  to  the  Jutlne,  and  the  ]n< 
deliver  thee  to  the  otiicer.  and   thon   be  eaal  i 
prison."    Who  Is  tho  advorsayy  who  tlio  judge? 
and  who  tho  oftleer?  and  where  the  prlBon? 

S.  IS.  Uitl  HAKi:U. 
Will  tho  llitKiltKKN  AT  WoiiK  jpleime  oxphiiu 
Psalm  M:  la?  •'  For  H  wjib  not  an  oneiHy  that  le- 
jironehod  me;  tlieii  I  couM  have  liorne  It:  neillier 
was  it  he  that  haled  ine  that  did  magnlfv  himself 
agaiuitt  me;  then  I  woulil  liave  hid  uiylielffiom 
him."    Who  Ih  referrod  to ?        IsnAUL  I'k.v hud. 

1  would  like  to  iuive  some  ono  e.\idaiii,  throiigii 
your  i.iiper.  IM>.  8:  ^-lo.  Jt  read.s  iw  follows;  ■■  For 
linding  fault  with  them,  he  siiith.  Uphold,  Ihe  days 
come,  saitli  i1h-  l.oid.  when  1  will  nuike  a  new  cov- 
enant wilh  the  lioiwo  of  Israel  and  with  ttie  house 
of  .Indfth:  not  acrording  to  the  covenant  that  I 
made  with  their  fathers.  In  the  day  when  I  took 
them  by  liie  hand  to  lead  them  out  of  the  land  of 
Egyj)! :  bucauNe  (,hoy  eontinnod  ntit  In  mv  coveminl. 
and  1  reg.inied  Llieai  not.  saith  the  Lord.  For  this 
is  the  eovnm  il  llial  I  will  make  wilh  the  house  of 
Israel  after  those  days,  aaith  the  Lord;  [  will  put 
my  laws  into  their  mind,  and  write  thorn  In  their 
bearla:  and  I  will  be  totliom  a  (Jod.  and  tliey  shall 
be  tome  a  peii]ile."  '     s; 


uti  idea  or  conception  of;  toDot«  with  the  mind 
to  dincem;  to  distinguish;  to  understand:  tc 
comprehend."— Welwt/T.  It  ii  specially  in  thi* 
sense  that  "  no  man  hath  seen  fiod  at  any  time; "' 
until  "the  only  begotten  Son,  which  is  in  the 
bosom  of  the  Father,  had  declared  him."  Our 
Savior  told  Philip  that  he  that  had  eeen  him, 
had  seen  th<*  Father.  I'aui  b-Ils  u«.  Heb,  1 :  3. 
that  Christ  is  the  brightness  of  the  Father's 
glory,  and  the  eijires-  image  of  his  person. 
And  again,  in  Col.  '2:  U,  he  tells  us  that  in  Christ 
dwelletb  all  the  fulness  of  the  tiodli'-ad  bodily. 
Fulness  means  completeness,  entireness,  perfec- 
tion. Certainly  no  one  ever  saw  Ctod  in  the 
sense  of  comprehending  him,  until  the  Word 
was  made  flesh  and  dwelt  among  ns.  (and  we 
beheld  his  glorj',  the  glory  as  of  the  only  begot^ 
t^-n  of  the  Father,)  full  of  grace  and  truth. 

Mattie  a.  Lb.*k. 


THINE  ADVERSARY. 

I'leaae  give  your  views  through  the  IIkktiiiikn 
ATWonK.uf  Matt,  .'t;2.'i,  whicti  re;uls  as  follows: 
"Agree  with  Ihloe  adversary  (juiekly,  while  thou 
art  In  the  way  witli  him;  lest  at  any  time  th''  ad- 
versary deliver  thee  to  the  Judge,  and  the  judu< 
deliver  thee  to  tho  utilcer,  and  thou  be  ca.Ht  into 
prison,"  J.  n.  Eli.i^h. 

THE  point  seems  to  he  who  or  what  is  the  ad- 
versary here  spoken  of  with  which  to  agree 
(juickly.  It  could  not  have  been  Satan,  for 
Christ  certainly  would  not,  teacli  ns  to  agree 
with  him.  therefore  I  undiTsttind  that  he  has 
reference  to  an  opposer  at  law,  one  wliich  is, 
perhaps,  an  enemy  and  accuses  you  of  having 
wronged  liim,  then  you  would  better  agree  with 
him  quickly  and  compromise  with  him  lest  he 
have  you  arrested  and  cast  into  prison. 

.1.   W.  Soi'TJIWOOI). 


INGENIOUSLY  COMPOSED. 

Tlie  initial  capitals  spell,  "  My  boast  is  in  the  glo- 
rious cross  of  Christ,"  and  the  words  in  full  faced 
type,  when  read  from  top  (o  bottom,  and  from  bot- 
tom to  top,  form  the  Lord's  prayer  complete. 
Mjike  known  the  gospel  tiuths,  our  Father,  King. 
Yield  us  thy  grace,  dear  Father,  from  above ; 
llless  ns  with  hearts  nliEch  feelingly  can  sing. 
Our  life  thou  «rl,  for  eier  (lod  of  love! 
AsMuage  our  grief  in  !o\e  for  Clnist,  we  ])rny. 
.Since  the  bright  I'rin.e  of  lieiiteu  jiiid  glory  died, 
Took  all  oui'slns  and  ballnned  lliedisplay. 
In  bowing  to  lie  scorned  and  eniriiled. 
.Stupendous  (iod  I  thy  grace  and  power  make  known. 
In  Jesus'  name  let  all  the  world  rejoieo; 
New  labors  in  III)  heavenly  kingdom  own. 
That  bimsed  khigdeui  for  thy  saint<i  the  choice. 
How  vile  to  come  to  thee  Is  all  our  cry, 
Knemies  to  thy  self,  and  all  that's  lliiiie, 
(Jniceless  our  will,  we  live  forv;iiiity. 
Loathing  thy  very  lieiuji  eWI  in  clfsiyn. 
0  (lorl!  (hy  will  be  diuie  from  eiuth  to  heaven. 
Itec'ltnlng  on  the  gos[>el  lot  as  live 
In  eurth  from  sin  dellvereil  luid  forgiven. 
Uh,  us  thyself  but  teacli  us  to  forgive! 
Union  divine:  may  It  temptation  bur, 
Had  Is  the  fall  Into  the  depths  of  woe. 
Cariml  In  mind  we've  not  a  guiding  star. 
Iteiielling  heaven,  in  ns  m.  hojie  cjin  How. 
Oh,  give  us  grate  and  h>ad  us  on  tby  n-ay; 
Shine  on  as  with  thy  iove  and  give  as  |ie!tce; 
Self  and  tliU  sin  that  nse  agabist  us  slay; 
Oh,  grant  each  day  our  trespasses  may  cease; 
Foryive  oar  evil  d.-eds  thai  oft  we  do, 
I'onvlm-e  ns  dnllj  of  them  l()  oiu' shaiiio; 
Ilel])  x\n  with  lieavetily  lireiid.  forgive  us  too. 
Uecuneut  lusts,  and  we'll  adore  tliy  mime. 
In  thy  forgiveness  wo  »!>  saints  can  die, 
.since  lor  us  and  our  trespasses  so  high. 
Thy  Son,  ohp  Savior,  bled  on  Calvary. 

Selected  bv -S.  Katii:  I'ukk. 
Ml.  Morris,  lit. 


than  I  do.  and  /  do  not  profess  to  be  anything 
[  iind  f/irij  do.  This  ought  not  so  to  he.  It  is  a 
drawback  to  the  cause  of  Christ.  Such  things 
are  the  cause  of  fo  many  skeptics  in  the  world. 
Now  for  an  illustration: 

An  we  were  traveling  from  Kansah  to  Iowa 
we  stopped  to  rest  our  homes.  We  stopped  at 
a  house  whi-re  the  man  and  his  wife  were 
"  Christians."  as  they  called  themselves.  There 
was  a  scries  of  meetings  going  oo  at  that  time 
which  the  man  attended,  but  the  wife  did  not. 
for  she  could  not  leave  her  little  folks.  And 
such  hard  by-words,  I  never  he;ird  a  non-pro- 
fessor use.  The  evening  betbre  we  resumed  our 
journey,  the  wife  says  to  me,  '"  What  church  do 
you  belong  (oj*  "  I  a.sked  her  how  she  knew  I 
b^'longed  toany  church, or  what  made  herthink 
so?  "  Wliy,"  she  said.  "  you  do  not  use  at  y 
by-words.  Itisthefa-shion  now  to  use  by-words 
church  niemlwrs  or  not.  But  you  do  not  use 
any  at  alt,  so  I  know  you  belong  to  some  church." 
You  can  eee  what  harm  it  is  to  use  such  lan- 
guage. She  told  me  that  she  belonged  to  the 
church  or  I  would  not  have  known  it,  fur  her 
words  were  not  those  of  a  Clirifitian.  The  Iius- 
band  went  to  town  and  brought  home  wilh  him 
a  jug  of  whisky.  But  through  the  merits  of 
Jesus  i  ditl  not  have  to  tell  them  that  I  belong- 
ed to  the  church,  for  actions  spoke  louder  than 
words;  for  which  I  give  God  all  the  praise — for 
giving  me  grace  to  be  a  tight  unto  the  world 
and  not  as  a  candle  put  under  a  bushel.  Pray 
God,  in  the  name  of  a  crucified  Redeemer,  to 
give  us  grace  that  we  may  let  our  lights  so 
shine  that  the  world  may  see  by  om  conversa- 
tion and  daily  walk  whether  we  belong  to  the 
world  or  to  God. 

Pray  for  us,  dear  brethren,  that  we  may  hold 
out  faithful  to  the  end  and  receive  a  crown  of 
righteousness,  prepared  for  all  those  that  love 
and  obey  the  Lord. 


f  an>n  ^slcep 


ObitokriM  ibouiii  hf  brief,  vriitei,  on  », 

p»p«.  »d  iepM«i«  fr*ni  all  oiw /■»»  M. 
"oort.^ 


■RIPEK.— Mnrch  !»,  I 
JoliD  and  SistiT  Jan 
(l«y<.      Remirks  by  tl 


=  wril«r.  fro, 


LIOHTFnOT.— -> 
John  nnd  Ituc 
duye.      Uemarks  by  Joel  Shirdy  ^oj   '    """"U. 


/■'?'"'~'"^M';'r!;; 


MO.N'AWECK.— Nrnr  Woodlanl 
Mnri-h  14,  Jacoh  Mooaneck, 


Si.  Jo. 


**«[^ 


ond  H  i]»j8,     Scrvieeaby  the  wriiet 
sliui,  from  John  11;  2S. 


"eph  p, 


Cum, 


J«r»|o 


PARKER— In    MarBhot  County     pg^ 
cl.ill  of  Broihcr  .Ucob  nnd  ri.rUtiaJ'?  ^-  '  , 
■    21  day*.      Scrvioea  hj,  1,    v  .'-■ 

OHBIS.— In  Darke  Counly.  Ohio.  m„^, 

ofliisflon-in-liiw,  (Joseph  l{i»sei-),Jo],,i  n*'"" 
yenre.  II  months  uud  H  days.     VuavrH]       '^"'  ' 


■,  from  Mark  10:  16. 


Icninh  :<8:  ],  Inllcr  cluuse, 
IllS.'iKR,— Inthesriroehoi. 
Maroli  13,  our  donr  nnd 
llis^er.  ngcJ  (IH  yc. 


%  'hi  Br«i|,„ 


'""■lift. 


rp 


lontht 


PP«r8ti,l.„„ 

„      ,      .  ""  ""'1  n  j,v. '  !  ■' 

Funernl  services  by  xht  n  '  " 

2  Tim.  1:6-8.  ""■<*>'*,.,, 

This  iviis  the  liirgusl  funeral  wo  ever  «,, 

x«o.,..™„.,o,„,,,,.„au  „.,:-;;«, 

rd  could  noi  gel  in  the  house.     The  m- 
Tided  nnii  some  spoke  In  ihc  bnsement  n    !"*"  * 
ijiny  oulside.     We  thoi.ghi  we  nee.lei  q»1  k'""  " 
iiK-I..  but  Ihe  Urd  saw  til  i»  i„t,»  u....    .     "'""i"  .. 


,  but  Ihe  I^rd 
vill  be  done. 


fit  to  lake  hit] 


LOVE. 


BV  S.  T.  SWIHAKT. 


BY-WORDS. 


HY  M.VHY  K.  STAltlt. 


Nl 


JUDAS;    SEEING  GOD 

Some  one  will  please  cominii.- mid  e\|.|nln  .\(-ts 
1 :  18,  and  Matt.  27 :  r,  ? 

AlBocompaie  and  explain  Ex.  2i:  lo.lj.  and  .John 
*='*■  ■  U.  II.  It. 

WE  know  of  no  way  of  recoueiiing  the  ac- 
count* in  Mott.  aS;  5,  and  Acts  1;  IS,  than 
to  suppose  that  Judas  first  hanged  hiiuBeU  from 
some  tree  on  the  edge  of  some  precipice,  and  the 
rope  or  branch  breaking,  he  was  dashed  to  pieces 
by  the  fall. 

In  Exodus  24:  10.  11.  it  is  said  that  the  elders 
saw  the  God  of  Israel.  It  is  evident  that  they 
did  not  see  any  resemblance  of  the  divine  nature, 
for  this  is  exp-esaly  denied  in  Deut.  4:  15 
What  can  be  meant  by  the  expreasion,  "  And 
they  siw  the  God  of  Israel  "?  Evidently  some 
glorious  appearance  or  token  of  Gods  special 
presence.  Something  to  convince  them  that 
God  was   with  them   there.     But  see  does  not 


■eading  the  Brethren  at  Work  I  see  at- 
1  most  every  subject  written  on  except  "  By. 
words."  I  have  hoped  to  see  tliis  subject  written 
on  by  some  of  dur  able  writers,  hut  have  not 
seen  it  yet.  1  do  not  know  why  it  is,  unless  it 
is  l)eeftu«p  we  all  use  them.  I  do  not  think 
this  \K  the  case.  It  would  he  well  for  some  of 
the  brethren  that  are  capable  to  picture  the 
evils  of  those  little  foxes  that  have  crept  into 
some  of  our  dear  brethren's  he&rts.  It  is  i)ain- 
fiit  to  lifar  thos^  profe-ssiug  to  be  followers  of 
the  meek  and  lowly  .Ie»UB  uj-ing  the  temple  of 
Ged  to  no  better  purpose  than  to  profane  it 
(temple)  with  those  evils.  This,  is  not  crucify- 
ing the  lusts  of  the  flesh,  for  sucli  language  is 
not  of  God,  and,  therefore,  must  he  evil.  I  nray 
you,  dear  reader,  if  you  are  guilty  of  those  evils 
that  you  will  at  once  resolve,  by  the  grace  of 
God.  to  eradicate  them  from  your  hearts,  and 
exclaim  as  one  of  old.  "Create  within  me,  O 
Lord,  a  clean  heart."  You  do  not  perceive  what 
harm  you  do  to  the  cause  of  Christ  in  using 
such    language   before   worldly   people.    They 


"A  ne»'  commandment  I  give  unto  you.  That  ye 
love  one  another."— .lohn  IS:  S4. 

IN  our  Savior's  last  interview  with  his  disci- 
ples, before  he  suffered,  he  spake  very  ten- 
derly on  this  point,  and  accompanied  his  words 
with  the  prayer  ttiat  they  might  all  be  onf  even 
as  he  and  his  Father  are  one.  it  was  a  promi- 
nent theme  among  the  epistolary  writings,  es- 
pecially so  in  those  of  John,  the  disciple  whom 
Jesus  toved.  There  are  many  reasons  why  Jesus 
thus  spake  to  the  disciples,  teaching  them  to 
love  one  another.  (1)  For  we  are  all  followers 
of  the  same  loving  Jesus;  (2|  for  we  are  all 
members  of  the  same  family  of  which  he  is  the 
head,  the  chief  corner-stone;  (3)  We  are  all  born 
alike  of  water  and  of  the  Spirit;  (4)  We  have 
all  the  same  great  object  in  view  for  which  to 
live;  namely:  The  promotion  of  the  Kingdom 
of  our  great  Redeemer. 

We  all  have  similar  joys  and  similar  sorrows 
white  in  this  life:  yet  we  should  strive  to  keep 
in  that  strait  and  narrow  way  that  leads  to  joys 
on  high,  where  we  will  forever  dwell  and  unite 
in  the  same  rapturous  sougs  and  participate  in 
the  same  delightful  pleasures.  We  owe  much 
to  Jesus  who  bought  us  with  his  own  precious 
blood.  0,  dear  brethren,  can  we  not  love  one 
another  as  he  lov^d  usy  Jesus  says.  "  By  this 
shall  all  men  know  that  ye  are  my  disciples,  if 
ye  love  one  another."  John  13:  35.  Now,  if 
we  obey  this  command  we  may  expect  the  cause 
of  Christ  to  be  promoted  and  many  be  con- 
strained to  glorify  our  Father  which  is  in  heav- 
en;  while,  on  the  other  hand,  nothing  so  much 
brings  dishonor  upon  *he  cause  of  Christ  as  the 
want  of  brotherly  love  manifested  among  us. 
Whenever  we  lack  in  this,  tlie  world  notices  it, 
and  they  make  the  worst  of  it.— they  relish  it 
as  the  hungry  mat  does  bread,  or  the  filtliy 
man  does  tobacco.  People  often  make  this  an 
excuse  for  neglecting  their  duty.  And  0.  how 
sou!  destroying  is  the  eftect !  Then  dear  brethren, 
let  us  strive  to  love  one  another  more  fervently 
out  of  a  pure  heart. 

Lovi*  is  Uie  golden  cbiiin  that  binds 

The  liappy  souls  above: 
And  hi''s  an  heir  of  benveii  who  (Inds 
His  bosom  glow  with  love. 


CALVKllT.-  In  the  Brush  Creek  Church    .1 
Ohio.  February  Ifi,  Sister  Anr        -    ' 
Calvert,  ngcd  42 


Tho 


subject    of  (his 
,  yet   elie    esur 


"<  »»'l  11  dm. 


sed  iinusiiQl 


was  one  ncc 


^"""geHn, 


•"•'»"<  - 


r  0„«,<.  w«,  .ll,.,i„„  «r  ih.  l„„g,.  ,„,;^^ 
coni^iinipMon.       Allhuugh    bI-~  -         -  ' 

rs,  yei  she  never  seemed    to 
n  in  her  IrsI  hours  she  tried 


was  affliciej  fu(,, 
''''"^  "  mm,,, 
>  speak  MDiolin. 
encouruging  words  to  her  liltle  chil.iren.  sii^  , 
fond  husband,  hree  afTeciionateehildren  imd  j,  i" 
ole  of  relatives  and  neighbors  to  mourQibeir ,„,,''/' 

SHUCK -In  Philips  County.    Kansas,    Mnvcl,  -n,    , 

Corn  Ellen,  in1t.nl  dautthterofUrotherZ   Tnnd    " 

.M.  Shuck,  aged  7  months.  No  (\.„era],  ai.'„eij„   , 

way!,  from  ibe  llreihren  iiu.l   are  sadly  neglecid' 

Z  T.Sm,,- 

BltAI.LIEIl._(ln.he  l-nd  of  April.  Amu.^U  „- 
iwjn  daughler  of  Dr.  E.  and  L,  M.  Itn,i|,„  /_' 
toonlhs  and  10  days.  r.  „'    ■' 

ERBAU(]H,-In  Wolf  Creek  Chiirch,  Mi,nlgu,„„,  , 
Ohio.  April  Ii,  1S70.  Sister  Suarm  Erlmugl,,  ,U,- 
u(  A,  p.  and  Sarah  Erbawgh,  (iged  l«yeor»,  lu. 
and  1  day.     Funeral  dieconrse  hy  llie  Breibreo    i 


Rei 


U:  V2,  V.i, 


J.  r.  iia>t 


■  fri.tJ 


HOLDEMAN.— New  Newton,   Harvey  Oounij.  R,,^^ 
somclime  in  March,  Brother  William   Holdei 
about  08  years. 

Knowing  of  no  minister  o(  the  Brethren,  li 
there  sent  to  the  friends  in  Kosciusko  Couuly, 
lol.avelhebrethren  hereto  preach  his  funers),  n 
tool<  place  on  Easter  Sunday.  Brother  HolJitmn 
iiHivcd  (o  Kansas,  187'J.  His  sojourn  in  tUal  Sinle 
only  a  few  days.  Funeral  rffervices  by  b.  Wysuaf 
the  writer.  j   |[  ,1,^,, 

DEAIibdRFF,— lu    the     Squirrel   Creek    Cunsiej.fi 
Wnbash    County,     Indinnn,     I.     C.  Deonh 


FiinersI  services  by  KIder  Ui 


s  auger,  may 


He  who  can  suppress  a  moment 
prevent  days  of  sorrow. 

Wholesome  sentiment  is  rain,  which  makes 
the  field  of  daily  life  fresh  and  odorous 

He  who  thmks  too  much  of  bimsKlf  will  he 
m  danger  of  being  forgotten  by  the  rest  of  the 
world. 

J.  Hyatt  Smith  says  he  recently  received  a 
letter  exhorting  him  to  be  perfect,  which  the 
writer  folded  in  a  newspaper,  and  put  a  one 
cent  s  amp  on  it.  "  That  man  wrote  mx  paJla 
on  smle^  perfection,  and  cheated  the  govern! 
ment  out  ol  two  cents.  ■ 


BARTSCHY.— In  Miihominy  Co.,  Ohio.  Hilliioili 
of  the  Sandy  (.'ongrtgntion.  Sister  Ross  W.   H.n..  t; 
aged  ■J7  years,  flnionlhaand  2  days. 

J.   V   I 

UUUKET— In    Beaver    Dam    Congregation 
Inil.,  Natfaaaiel  Burket,  ngedti4  years,   I 
'2Q  days.    Funeral  disuourso  by  Noah  Wcint, 
hy  the  writer.  David  B'<'iitki.ii( 

I'EFFLV.— In  Plensant  Hill  Congregation,  M«c"i 
Ml.  February  8th.  1870.  Dnniel  Peffly  nnJ  1 
They  were  both  buried  iu  one  gruve.  The  J'l 
feels  bereaved  of  a  husUnd  nnd  dHugbler.  Th^  Ura" 
5'.'yeavs.  4  mouiha  nnd2i  days;  iho  latter  n  .t"''  ' 
month  nnd  19  days.     Fiuieral  services  hy  the  i^""" 

J0.HKI'U  FiLDIl' 

[P.  C.  and  Vindicator,  please  cojiy.] 
SHINEMAN.— InlheSiiulield  District,  Ealoo  To    M"' 
Jauimry  7th,    Friend    tieovge  Shioemnn.  in  ""  ' 
yeiir  of  his  age.     Diseiue  i|niok   consiiniptnn''    Tt 
Thess.  4:  14.    Services  hy  the  writer. 

NEFF,-In  the  same  dislrici.  of  iiieinbran«ou9iiM''P> 
lia  Neff.  aged  8  years  and  a  fe»r  days.  Fiinenl  ur  ■* 
by  the  writer,  from  :;  Cor.  &:  1. 

Bt'RLINUConiT.—In  the  same  district,  ofin'i"b"''j 
croup,  CftthiirLoe  Burlingcourt,  daughter  of  ^"^" 
lingoourt.  in  her  ninth  year,     Test,   P"""  '^'" 
to  the  TheBSflloniuns.  4tli  chapter  nnd  l4(h  >''i*' 
neral  services  l)y  the  wr.ier.  ^ 

SSVDKR.—Intbosame  district,  March  7lh.  T'' 
er  Henry  Snyder,  aged  about  e4ye9rs.     H"  ' 
fullyshotwhilehewus  about  to  notify  a  m""  '""-^ 
out  of  his  house,  hy  a  man  nan.ed  Macelroj 
lived  some  three    hours    oner    he  wa*  t*""' 
services  by  the  writer,  assisted  by  I-  N-  M'"*' 


n 


THE    BltKTHREjS^    J^T   AVOKK. 


,1,,  flime   dwltiei. 

VUrcl.   2i. 

M.ry 

.agliier 

of  Sister  S 

io«Ri»n. 

ngto    I 

l.'uo«r!.1 

,erTl«8  by 

he  writer 

it.XJ 

MiN  PiiTr 

J«l.ic. 

I  vdi-i  Mi»*r,  «.n«>Tl 

or  llroil 

rr   Sot- 

or  All" 

Co..  Ob.o. 

rotmeriv<.fVT*.l- 

.rvUllJ. 

ai  the  rrfiilf 

nc<  ul  lier 

5on-iu- 

Vernon 

"ouniy.  MiM 

onri,   April   6tb, 

aiotlhs. 

i>n<l  -^7  J.v! 

U»CUt 

iiiop*y 

,,iii  two  weehs  and  suflVreil  greail^T- 
,i„g  with  Christian  imlience  atid  fo  it- 
t,e  of  ihe  greni  churuG(«risli<.-s  uf  licr 
In  her  ilcaih  tbi.-  church  hnn  \wi  u 
ril  -i^ier.  ibe  relatives  a  lotiag  and  nf- 
rr  iiD'l  ''"  conimunity  a  kiud  and  obligiDg 
"'      1  nreaehedby  J.  l*-  Voder,  to  a  Inrgr 


T»xt  Her.  H:  li. 


If 


■e  Chrialiuo  atid  ( 


,  pleaac  uapy.] 


rc^iJenee  near  Hollidayilmrg,  lllair  To., 
''  '  ,1  S^lurJny  uioming.  Marcli  Ul,  ISTC, 
=•' '       ,  Long.     She   coairacled    a  veverc 


I  nneitniooia  and  hi  in  nffet'lion.  j 
'  h  11"  ii'lviince-i  nge  resulted  io  dviiih, 
*  *'  ,is  ml  know,  but  she  lold  uio  a  few 
'"**.  i|,r  lU'iith  she  though  she  would  h  n 
'^'    [^,,.(i  uniil  M^r-     Si>me  supposed  her 


ind  ii 
IJer 

ihij- 


t  a  pa- 
per nliosc  coluiiinK  are  unadulterated,  and  are 
2.     WearinR    of  the  following  apparel:  (»)  i  fret*     from    tlie  contentious  of  men   that  love 
"Costly ,"  such  as   gold,   silver  and    pcarU.   or  ]  utrife  ri\ther  than  jieaoe.  L.  E.  Prk-kott. 


Affil  If,  ;>7.'*. 


name  of  the  Lord.  Oh  the  believer's  cousola- |  profHue  or  legal;  wrath,  strife,  lying,  slealiug,  |  Brcthn-n  editors,  continue  to  send  out 
lioiil  What  a  cheering  promise  attached;  "If 
they  huve  committed  sin  it  sh:ill  he  forgiven 
Ihfm."  Why  is  this  solemn  duty  so  much 
discarded  by  the  Christian  world?  How  weak 
we  are.  how  liable  to  err!  How  kiud  is  our 
blessfd  Jesus  iu  making  this  provision  to 
cleanse  oureelves  wholly  from  all  sin!  Oh  bless- 
ed liHiiib  of  God,  help  us  all  to  obey. 

Her  attending   physician    wivs   present    and 
witnessed  the  soleuiu  seen*-,  and  atierwards  ap- 


Glad  News. 


that  in  which  your  poorer  brethren  and  sisters 

cannot  go.     (b)  "Fashionable — that    which     is 

sought  at^er  by  the  lops,  dandies,  and  belles  of 

the    world — that  changes  almost  with   every 

mail  from  Pans,     (c)  Its  evils.— Clothing  don't 

make  a  man  in  the  sense  of  true  manhood,  but 

is  often  an  index   of  the  man:  lor  instance,  a    ^ ^    ^ _ 

provinjily  remarked  to  the  writer.  "I  have  1  man  with  dirty,  greasy,  clothing  is  taken  (and  |  jt^^j.^  j^^^j^j,  p,^p^,^hj^,j,  ^^.^^^^  ^1^^^,,^^  jf  ^^^ 
waited  on  the  sick  for  twenty  years  and  never  I  not  nlteii  mistiilienUor  a  sluggard,  slouch,  or  i  ^^j-^jy^  dispersed,  and  the  sun  of  peace  i« 
have  1  seen  that  performed  before.     It  is  right,  |  filthy  man.     So  with  the  man  or  woman    who    0,,^^  ^[^^^  pouring   its  balmv   rays   upon    us. 


WHO  duc«   not   love  to  hear  glad   news? 
Everybody  does.      For  several   years  a 
dark  cloud  ha.i  been   hanging  over  the  little 


umI  10  rend  the  Brethreu's  periodicals,  of 
-iB-liiw  (Urollier  Uuck]  was  a  Hubscribtr  to 
ysiuiK.  Primitive  and  ChUdrtn'a  Papar 


Imck  !iUe  had  receivodhur   Bcuuud    «ighi 

)r  llio  Lullicron  f.'hurch  for   upwai-ds 

Ijiit  of  inte  yeaVit  6^0  loved  tlio    ohtirc 

Two  years  ago    last  Summer  she    f 

lim>'.  from  which  lime   »he   was   unable 

uliir.'il  the  p>in  of  five  broken  bones  inh 

Moiniiiy,  ^'-rd,    her  remaius  iveie    Uken 

,ii'«  Cliiii'ch  near  Duncan^villc. 


'"''|"l„„i.dMuHcury.    from    I'snlms   '.lOlh. 

,  uecuui'durse  of 'fiends  and  relatives,  Hui- 
''„,re  iiil'!"'"!  in  the  Brethren' n  gruveyard.  She 
'"  ,ij  loved  by  all  wl">  koew  her.     Mny   she    enjoy 


liKH.-' 


Emily  R.  SuyLKii, 
look  Counly.  Teias,  Murcli  tilh,  iPTH. 
ved  SiHler  Jennie  Sowdev,  wife  of  Drolh- 
"«iih  H.  Sowder,  after  an  illness  of  five  days. 
lii,fio(  this  noticrc  was  bofn  in  Montgoniery 
Virgimp*,  J'">e  8,  1840;  married  July  1,  1860; 
,'[!;ei.lciiibir*.IOlh,  l867.  She  lenves  ii  husband 
^lJelule'lto  liiJ  dear  Jennie,  also  to  ihe  church 
,l,<.orli  or  the  tninittry.in  laboring  lo  keep  in  the 
ister  t;ovfJer  also  leiivts  five  children. 
^ot  wjiKTiiareasfollcws:  18,10,7,4.  imd  I  re- 
«lj.  Tlius  to  her  many  friendf  mid  roliitivfs  we 
,ihniUy'tnyo''f""''''^'"'*"''^'"  though  her  amiable 
11^  anil  ik-L'ds  have  ceased  to  bo  performed  yet  wc 
tthwpli  Ihein  in  ourmemories,  knowing  her  us  we 
ibcoiip  "f  'Hose   faithful  Chiislians  to    ihc   w^tk 

ilo,  both  in  the  family  and  in  tUechi 
,|n,E  .jmpfilhies    went  out    afier    the    poor. 
i((liniiiiv*  were  ready  to  give  relief     Tlien    to 
HnIIht  Joseph  and  your  weeping  ohildren.  I  would 
BMlier  Piiiil  say.  sorrow  not  fts  others  who  have  no 
,  Tht  Lord  willing,   the    iuneiia    of  Sisler  8owder 
1  00  ihc  first  Sunday  iti  June  in  Texiis,  by 


ipf.1 


bt  ftr  1 

It'irkey  und  oihei 
tiif  oliirnsiJenco  in  Virgii 


lid  also  on    same  day 
n  by  lUe  wriier. 
A.  CuiMfA"  KHIl. 


(foilt-paiionfUMnrf. 


Echoes  from  the  Center. 


NUMBER  XV. 

iiting  the  Afflicled— The  Believer's  Consola- 

liou-At  the  Saered  Desk— Saturday  Night 

Sunday   School —Great   Accomplishments 

Unity  of  Action. 

'ISlTlNl.T  the    afflicted    is  a  duty  that   all 

ihould  perform.     The  professor   of  relig- 

swill  not,  if  true   to  his   Master,   neglect 

idnty.Ki)  prolific  of  good.      llow  it  cheers 

siifti'iers  when    a   visit  is  received  from    a 

iilfrieiiii,f,iilkiug  to  them  about  the  glories 

rtligiou.    The  consolation   in  singing   and 

ij-ing  with  and   for   them    is   a  boon    much 

iwJ  by  the  sufieriug,  aspiring  to    greater  de- 

:  Christian  perfection.  Our  Christian 
ighbor  across  the  street,  sufiV-ring  from  that 
ttdcd  disease  consumption,  whom  we  often 
It.  hoiv  it  cheers  his  soul  to  read  to  him 
itof  the  word  of  truth,  to  talk  of  God's  love 
oiiiii.  Iiis  mercy  and  kindness,  to  bow  in 
iyeri)y  hi^  bedside,  holding  him  up  at  a 
^ouerjf  ijriice!  Oh  the  consolation  there  i:^ 
Christ,  When  all  else  fails  there  is  a  rera- 
^  H  hrthn  for  every  wound  found  in  the 
*Miig  side  of  our  blessed  Jesus.  To  thi- 
"ntttiu  we  try  to  direct  him  and  think  ht 
nukint;  some  proficiency. 

'To  the  dear  fountain  of  thy  blood, 

Inciiriiate  Lord,  I  fly." 
M>.v  weull  tiee  to  that  fountain  and  wash. 
"^mg  ourselves  from  all  the  stains  of  sin. 
T(wlay  wp  received  the  t-ad  news  of  the  sud- 
■1  illuess  of  my  wife's  dear  mother,  hastening 
'"bcr,  wf  found  the  dear  sister  lying  very 
"and  f,.eble.  She  desired  to  comply  in  huni- 
"Mieiice  to  James  5:  U,  whereupon  the 
^tlirtu  assembled  and  administered  to  her  the 
'^  rite  of  anointing   her   with   oil   in   the 


it  IS  Scripture,  and  I  wish  every  church  would 
observe  that  rite."  Thus  are  we  approved  by 
man,  and  we  kuutv  we  are  by  the  Lord,  and  in 
this  we  feel  we  are  but  doing  our  known  duty, 
and  availing  ourselves  of  the  holy  and  cleans- 
ing influences  of  the  gospel  of  Christ. 

To-day  we  met  at  the  Disciple  Church  for 
divine  service,  where  we  endeavored,  as  best 
we  could,  to  talk  to  the  people  about  the  glor- 
ious luunifestations  of  Christ  to  his  people. 
Text.  Col.  3:  4.  Being  in  the  midst  of  a  pro- 
tracted elfort  at  that  place  we  abridged  the 
subject  somewhat  and  gave  away  to  their  min- 
ister, present,  who  offered  some  good  thoughts 
on  experimental  religion.  .^tter  which  the 
services  closed  and  we  retired.  Tims  the  time 
[lasses  in  the  service  of  our  Master,  and  may 
it  ever  be  a  pleasure  to  obey  his  precepts. 

The  closing  evening  of  the  week  we  spent 
iu  the  sanctuary.  Servicps  by  Brother  W.  C. 
Teeter  nu  the  sufferings  of  Clirist.  He  delib- 
erated with  freedom,  and  we  felt  that  it  was 
good  to  be  there.  On  Sunday  morning  we  met 
to  re-organi/.e  our  Sanday-school.  A  large 
number  were  iu  attendance  and  all  eager  to 
Bee  the  Vkfork  commenced.  After  a  season  of 
singing  and  prayer,  the  officers  were  elected  by 
the  congregation.  Brother  John  Uauman, 
Superintendent.  Brother  John  Krabill,  Secre- 
tary. The  writer,  Treasurer.  Brother  Milroy 
Wilson  and  Sister  Clementine  Bosji-ennan,  Li- 
brarians. The  school  will  be  carried  on  after 
the  Bible  School  plan  as  per  the  Bhethben 
AT  WoKK.  The  ('hihlren  -if  il'ml,  was  select- 
ed as  the  paper  for  distribution.  Brother  Hen- 
ry Domer  made  a  few  remarks  m  suggestions 
and  advice  to  the  school,  and  farewell  thoughtt 
to  all.  prior  to  his  departure  for  his  home  ir 
Indiana. 

Thxis  <ve  labored  in  the  interwta  of  "the 
young,  and  trust  that  the  coming  season  may 
be  one  of  prosperity  in  the  cause  of  Christ, 
and  that  many  good  instructions  may  be  given 
to  children  placed  under  the  care  of  the  oflieers 
in  charge. 

After  a  few  minutes  intermission  we  met  for 
prenchina.  Serviceo  were  iu  the  usual  manner. 
IJ.i-iher  E.  Bosi-ermau  deliberated  on  Mark  Iti: 
ti.  Theme,  "The  risen  Savior."  Many  good 
thoughts  were  brought  forth  by  our  dear  broth- 
er, calling  forth  the  past  plainly  to  our  minds 
that  the  glorious  resurrection  of  our  dear  Lord 
did  not  seem  far  in  the  past.  Services  were 
closed  by  one  of  the  ministers  present,  and 
left  the  house  of  worship  for  our  homes.  What 
pleasure  to  meet  in  the  house  of  God  and  see 
th«  harmonious  labors  of  the  hour.  What 
power  there  is  in  unity!  It  isa  fortress,  strong 
und  formidable,  and  capable  of  overcoming  all 
obstacles  in  the  way.  "United  we  stand  divid- 
ed we  fall"  is  an  old  saying,  hut  should  be  ev- 
er new  and  stamped  afresh  on  the  tablets  of 
our  hearts  that  we  never  would  think  of  divid- 
ing our  strength.  Satan  trembles  when  he 
^ees  unity  among  the  Christians,  hut  rallies 
when  he  sees  division.  Dear  reader,  may  God 
help  us  all  to  close  up  the  gaps,  move  in  solid 
columns  that  the  enemy  can  make  no  inroads 
upon  us.  Then  can  we  labor  with  freedom, 
accomplish  good,  souls  will  be  heuelited  and 
God  will  be  glorified.  S.  T.  Bossrkmak. 

Dunkirk.  Ohio.  April  14.  m9. 


puts  on  airs,  style,  hangs  on  the  most  jewelry 
wears  the  largest  diamond  set  rings,  the  long- 
est trails,  the  most  feathers,  flounces,  and  over- 
skirt-s,  etc.,  is  known  as  a  f.ishionable  man  or 
woman,  and  it  is  readily  .-ieen  where  the  heart 
and  its  affcctioui^  are. 

The  ri»h  often  drive  many  poor,  yet  good  and 
honest  hearts  from  church,  by  their  foolish  and 
useless  fashionable  dressing.  The  rich  some- 
times make  remarks  about  the  poor, — the  poor 
cannot  go  and  do  as  the  rich,  and  just  on 
count  ot  this  abominable  style  and  fashionable 
t're.'iug  in  some  of  the  cities,  they  have  a 
church  for  the  rich,  or  first  class  of  society, 
then  another  for  the  poorer  classes.  Is  it  any 
wonder  that  many  people  of  this  world  become 
disgusted  with  Christianity  (?)  and  begin  to  in 
quire  if  heaven  is  going  to  be  graded  according 
to  our  ability  to  dress  in  the  styles  in  this  low- 
er and  sinful  world? 

III.  Christ  the  form  of  godliness.  "Christ 
iu  you,  the  hope  of  glory"  will  teach  that 
"form  of  doctrine  which  was  once  delivered 
unto  the  saints  "  t'hrist  and  his  holy  apostles 
teaches  that  God's  children  should  be- 

1.  Not  conformed  to  the  world  as  above 
stated. 

2.  Should  be  phiiii,  gentle  and  meek  in  con- 
versation, walk,  ii.  ii  appearance. 

3.  That  they  especially  should  he  of  one 
mind  and  act  with  the  same  judgment  in  mat- 
ters of  dress  as  well  as  ni  other  Christinn  du- 
ties. 

4.  That  uniformity  in  dress  has  advantages, 
as  a  sign  of  recognition,  as  co-workers  in  the 
same  cause. 

The  audience  was  very  well  entertained  by 
the  speaker,  he  presenting  the  subject  in  such 
a  reasonable,  smil-loving,  Christ-like  manner 
that  none  seemed  hurt  or  woc-aded,  -altihough 
many,  I  have  no  doubt,  felt  condemned  and 
guilty  before  God.  It  is  not  so  often  what  a 
man  says  that  enrages  annther,  as  how  he  says 
it  and  its  repetition.  May  the  Lord,  through 
the  spirit  of  his  divine  grace,  help  us  to  become 
more  and  more  like  Jesus  and  less  like  the 
world, 


From  Winfield,  Kansas. 


HY  JOHN  ZITK. 


NTMBEB  V. 
In  the  evening 


MARCH  o.  In  the  evening  we  again  met 
with  the  brethren  and  friends,  who  es- 
peci  illy  seemed  eager  to  near  of  the  words  of, 
life.  Upon  this  occasion  Brother  E.  taught  us 
a  lesson  on  "Non-conformity  to  the  world." 
Horn.  12:1-3, 

I.  The  character  of  the  true  Christian. 
Very   appropriate    remarks   on   "Holiness, 

"Renewing  of  the  mind,"  Reasonable  service. 
"Prove  what  is  that  good,  acceptable  will  ol 
God. 

II.  Christians  must  not  conform   to    the 

world  in — 

1.    Eitravagance;  wealth  ill  gotten:  dronk- 
enness;  covetousness;  swearing  of  oaths,  either 


l,mr  Iirr^hn■„.— 

SOUFJ  months  ago  we  wrote  to  Brother  Lem- 
uel Hi'.lery  requesting  him  to  come  and 
preich  for  us.  but  got  no  word  from  him.  We 
had  about  lost  hop^s  of  getting  any  help  from 
that  source.  On  the  evening  of  the  third  of 
August  he  carae  to  us,  not  in  kid  gloves,  broad- 
cloth, and  splendid  carriage,  but  in  a  lumber 
wagon,  often  sleeping  in  livery  stables  so  as  tu 
make  his  money  sufficient  to  bear  his  expenses 
and  not  be  accused  of  being  an  extravagant 
missionary.  Don't  understand  me  that  I  think 
it  right  for  brethren  to  let  our  ministei-s  be 
driven  to  such  fare  The  churches  should  fur- 
nish them  with  a  sufficiency  to  make  them  com- 
fortable as  possible.  Ksposure  to  the  cold  a-id 
night  air  often  impairs  their  health,  that  they 
will  not  be  able  to  labor  any  more  iS  the  vine- 
yard of  the  Lord. 

Brother  Lemuel  commenced  preaching  for 
us  on  the  evening  of  the  fourth,  and  continued 
up  to  the  11th,  iiittking  ten  days  inall.  Preach- 
ed twelve  sermons  in  the  demonstration  and 
power  of  the  spirit.  Thi-  immediate  result  of 
the  meetings  was,  four  made  willing  to  bow 
their  heads  in  baptism.  The  evening  of  the 
last  meeting  one  more  made  application  for 
baptism.  Othei-s  ore  counting  the  cost,  and 
deep  and  lasting  impressions  made  on  the  peo- 
ple. 

The  last  and  farewell  discourse  will  long  be 
remembered  by  the  brethren:  the  text  being 
"Finally  my  brethren  farewell."  The  tears, 
sighs,  and  groaniugs  of  the  spirit  that  cannot 
be  uttered,  speak  to  us  of  the  love  gospel  afl'ec- 
tion  God's  children  have  for  each  other.  "We 
know  we  have  passed  from  death  unto  life  be- 
catise  we  love  the  brethren."  There  is  a  great 
and  ertVctiial  door  open  here  now  for  the  work 
of  the  Lord.  Who  will  be  the  one  to  come 
and  water  the  seeds  that  are  sown? 

Brother  Hillery's  health  is  somewhat  im 
piiired  with  continued  labor.  He  sUrled  thi.- 
morning  for  Carthage.  Missouri,  where  he 
thinks  of  locating. 


Ourdcar  brethren  and  Elders  Peter  Forney  and 
J.  F.  Kikenberry  came  to  us  on  the  T2th  inst., 
and  labored  with  us  in  council.  Their  laoors 
were  fffi'ctual,  and  we  trust  wll  prove  perma- 
nent. t)ur  dear  brethren  labored  not  as  lords 
over  God's  heritage;  they  seemed  to  have  the 
welfare  and  not  the  destruction  of  their  breth- 
ren and  sisters  in  view,  which  we  fear  is  not 
always  the  case  with  those  who  are  called  up- 
on to  assist  churches.  The  troubles  in  this 
church  being  widespread,  causes  us  to  write 
the  above  (at  leiwt  to  us)  glad  news. 

Our  brethren  leit  us  to-day.  May  God  bless 
them.  The  writer  of  this  has  been  quite  inti- 
mately as80ciiit«d  with  both  ot  them  for  nearly 
eighteen  years,  and  would  say  to  others  if  yoQ  ■ 
need  help  call  for  such  brethren.  Men  of  noto 
are  not  always  the  best  in  counoil.  It  wants 
men  filled  with  gospel  love.  May  God  grant 
that  the  refreshing  bree/.es  of  peace  and  love 
may  fan  churches  every-where.  Brethren,  re- 
joice with  us  who  do  rejoice. 

W.  J.  H.  Hai  MAN. 

^W>l  Si.rin<j.%  Joini,  ApriJ  II. 

From  Macksburg,  Iowa. 

Ihar  lirrtlnvii.— 

A(3C0IU)ING  to  previous  notice,  the  Di  • 
trict  Council  of  Southern  lowii  met  with 
the  Adams  County  Brethren  on  the  7th  inat. 
and  organized  by  electing  R.  F.  Flory,  Moder- 
ator, -V.  Harader  and  M   Meyers,  Clerks. 

The  most  important  business  transacted  by 
the  council  was  to  remodel  the  missionary  work 
inaugurated  by  the  council  five  years  ago  at 
the  same  jilace,  which  proved  rather  ineifeotual. 
Under  the  present  plan,  a  committee  of  three 
were  appointed  to  act  ns  a  miasionary  board 
for  the  Southern  District  of  Towa,  consisting 
of  A.  K.  Thomas  as  Modenilnr.  .!.  Ii,  Heiird, 
Treiisua-r,  and  J.  M.  Mansfield,  Srcretary,  with 
power  to  appoint  a  brother  in  oacli  congreg^ 
tion  to  collect  means,  and  forwai-d  the  same  to 
the  district  Treasurer,  to  be  used  iis  a  mission- 
ary fund  for  the  Southern  District  of  Iowa. 
Each  congregation  has  a  voice  in  the  selection 
of  the  evangelist  to  be  sent  iiitii  the  li>-ld,  which 
i-t  already  white  to  the  hai-vest.  The  minutes 
uf  the  meeting  of  the  Southern  district  of 
Iowa  can  be  had  in  script  by  ttddresniiig 

M,  Mkyeiis, 
Mnrk.'iliurti.  Imrn. 


From  I.  A.  Booton  Hershberger. 


BIU)T! 
ho: 


Dair  lireihren: — 
UOTllERJas.  P.  Leftrnrch  and  I  left  our 
umes  in  Bedford  t'ouuty,  Virginia 
Saturday  before  the  third  Sunday  in  April, 
audwentto  Campbell  County,  near  Lynch's 
Station;  hud  meeting  at  Brother  T.  A.  Foster's 
same  evening  and  next  day  at  a  school-house 
near  by.  Congregations  large  and  attentive; 
two  persons  left  the  ranks  of  the  world  and 
were  baptized.  There  are  still  luore  iipitlicanta. 
0  may  we  send  up  our  united  p.ditions  to  our 
divine  Master  in  behalf  of  sinners  and  espec- 
ially in  this  part  of  God's  moral  vineyard, 
where  the  true  gospel  is  but  little  known,  and 
where  false  pretenders  are  continually  throw- 
ing ob.'-taclea  in  the  way  of  those  who  are  seek- 
ing to  follow  the  S.iyior  in  all  his  commands. 
May  God  help  us  to  be  faithful. 

I  am  taking  the  I'rimitii'r.  Chri«ti<in,  and 
thiukitis  worth  all  it  costs,  but  wish  to  read 
all  of  the  Hrethreu'ft  literature  that  I  am  able 
to  pay  for.  1  wish  you  much  success  and  can 
say  tiiat  your  paper  is  doing  a  good  work  in 
many  places. 

Fraternally  yours. 
I.iWrfij,  Vinjinin,  April  i:>. 

From  Elder  D.  P.    Saylor. 

l)f>n-  U,vth>fr.- 

\'OFK  card  of  the  14th  is  received.  And  as 
I  do  not  take  the  I'mjressiv*  I  of  course 
will  not  see  the  lalse  charge  you  say  a  brothajr 
has  made  against  me  in  it.  and  hence  cannol 
contradict  it  through  that  medium.  (An  occa- 
sional number  is  sent  me.) 

1  was    not  at  the   centennial,  never  hud   a 


8 


I'iiJ:-;    UiiKXHCKK^ST    ^T    WOUIC. 


thought  or  a  desiro  to  be  there.  And  we  rf- 
quc«te(ta  coiHession  niid  acknowlodgoment  of 
all  Durbrethreu  who  hnd  been  there,  and  until 
it  was  fully  uud  humbly  mode  we  did  not  al- 
low them  to  comiimne. 

I  have  never  been  at  n  county  or  state  fair  in 
my  lite,  linve  been  to  nouhow  of  niiy  kind  or 
name  lonp  before  my  bjiptism  on  the20th,day  of 
August.  1^7.  1  preach  agHinst  them  at  home 
or  abroad.  Keither  do  our  memberx  go,  and  if 
one  should  go  to  any  place  o(  the  kind,  or  to  a 
so  called  picnic,  party,  Sundaynchool  festival, 
or  celebration,  he  in  brought  before  the  church 
and  requested  to  purge  himiwlf  from  the  wronpr 
by  ackuofi'ledgeuieut,  prominiog  to  do  so  no 
more,  and  ask  for  forgiveness.  This  in  an  or- 
der  atrictiy  adhered  to  and  observed.  I  expect 
yon  will  corrtct  thiit  slanderotiH  report. 
Double  Pipe  Crtek,  Muii/latid,  April  IH. 


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cnreion  tickets  o%-er  the  I'a.  On.  &  N.  O-d.  K- 
It.  to  Oettyxburg  and  return,  Kldem  should 
eMpi-ciatly  not«  this,  and  announce?  the  ivime  to 
their  re.*;H'ctive  fharges.  I'lfase  inform  me  a» 
800n  a»  prarticabte  about  how  many  orders  will 

be  required  for  each  congregation,  and  to  whom  ,  , 

I  »h.ll  ror<v.rd  them.    Ticket.  «ill  l,n  goo.!  for  |  '^?ft»?i:SifVi,IiSi°="'j  »oH 
paiHAge  going  for  the  I'ith  of  Mny.  and  return  ]     TninBlmion     lij  tbe 
trip  until  the  17th  of  May.     A  full  representa- 
tion iadesired.        B.  K.  Kittisokk,  Cor.Sec. 


B7  Philip  .^iebaff.     T\m\j  illtu 


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From    Monmouth,     Crawf.rd    Co.,    Kan. 

OL'lt  church  hercwfw  organized  about  one 
year  ago  with  nixteen  merabem  that  live 
clone  together.  Now  we  number  twenty-five. 
We  have  three  Bpeakcr«  and  two  deacons.  Hbvp 
meeting  nearly  every  Sunday,  with  good  inter- 
est 

We  had  a  council  mee»,ing  on  Kaster  Mon- 
day; nothing  but  love  and  peace  neemed  to  be 
amongdt  m.  We  then  appoint<'d  a  communion 
meeting,  to  be  held  on  tl)e  HOth  day  of  May, 
commencing  at  KioVioek;  the  meeting  will  In- 
at  Brother  Robert  Kdgecomb'tt  houne.  The 
brethren  and  flinteri*  are  invit^'d  to  come  and  be 
with  UH,  and  ehpeeiajly  miniNtcrft;  they  are 
needed.  If  any  that  wish  to  come,  and  write 
to  US,  thoy  will  be  met  at  tlie  railroad.  Girard 
is  the  place  for  the  bretliren  from  the  north 
and  eiwt  to  utop.  I).  I).  ^ui\  ra,Y, 

April  }ii,  ls7'J. 

From  North  Manchester.  Ind. 

THIS  morning,  April  .').  the  ground  is  cover- 
ed witli  snow;  very  cold  with  liigh  windi 

On  the  JOth  of  March  we  met  at  ourehuroh- 
housu  at  the  usual  iixiir,  (lU  o'clock)  for  wor- 
worship.  and  oh!how  hupjty  I  am  to  inform 
your  nniny  readerw  how  we  were  made  to  re- 
joice on  learning  that  Urother  Owen  and  Sister 
Lizzie  Switzer's  oldest  daughter,  iiged  ^  veaw, 
had  miuly  api)licatiun  for  bapli«ni,  and  wan 
gladly  received,  hot  me  nay  to  all  (r-spf-cittMy 
the  young)  she  is  a  model  member,  an  orna- 
ment to  the  church. 

April  Id,  IS'J*.  General  health  pretty  good. 
God  he  praised.  Had  council  meeting  to-duy. 
Baptized  throe;  so  you  see  the  gOKpol-»hip  still 
moves  along.  D.  S.  T.  Bittbiiiiaihu 


From  Sevastopol    Indiana. 

Dffir  Jirr/firrn: — 
BAI.TIf  in  good  through  here  at  this  time, 
Itrother  .Jonathan  Swihart  came  to  u^  on 
the  third  inHt.,  and  held  a  Merien  of  meetings, 
nine  discoiinu'R  in  all.  and  the  result  is,  six- 
teen came  out,  and  confewied  the  Lord,  and 
were  baptized,  making  in  all,  sinc^-  the  first  of 
March,  twer.ty-one  bapti/z-d  and  one  reclaimed. 
There  arc  more  that  made  application,  causing 
much  joy  among  the  brethn-n. 

Your  unworthy  bnifher  in  the  Lord. 

Dwrt)  liKciiTKi-iiKtirKB. 
April  If.  1>^7-K 


reek  Tcit   of  ihc 

.1  for  worti  Rnglinb 

rniiiBlmion      My  tbe  ub*  of  ibf*  V«wlt  npt  pennni  ia%j 

Iraro  (o  rfd  Greek  wiibout  lb«  aid  of  a  (o<wher.  Clolb 

The  Prince  of  the  Howe  of  Darti,  "r  Tbrer  Year-  in  ihe 
Holy  (  iiy,  Winit  «  periw  nX  lc<i«*,  pring  %  lif«-like 
piciiirc.  liol  relalC'l  (u  bjr  an  eye-" ii  11  ess.  nil  lfi« 
Kcento  ki>')  »»iiJt'rrul  ini:i<lonl>'  to  ibc  life  of  Je^ue 
of  .Nftuircih.  from  iliii  bspiiAOi  in  Jordnn  in  III*  rru- 
I       cifi»ioii  on  (.nlTurj  :  hy  J.  H.  Isuuaiiam.      iiXM 

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Wead'l  Theolorical  Work*,  ■"■  •  VlDi|ica<ion  of  PrimiliTC 

ClirJHiinniiy.     Ity   Kl'l*r  Peler  NmU,     81.26. 
A  Scriptnral  Hanuil.— Ali>hsl)eiiciilly  nml  lyalemftlic 


jiilias  Bajtwm.— >^i'h  iw  .Am*..-,. 


Brethren  i  Envelope!.— i'Mpnrcd  e.^- 
of  our  i.f..j>Ie.     Thpy   conuin    ur»,|y     ' 
back,  ii  compleie  siiuiiDary  olour  posf,  ' 
bo-iy.     15  ccn'B  piT  pBckage— i;  i_  .  ""  ^ 
ceni-  i.er  buB.lred.  "'   ri'-U 

The  Ori|^  of  Single  Immersion. --sho«-ii,, ,. 

mrr-r..T.  "a-  mvonie.t   Ky  EuDomi,,,   ..^   .** 


nnd.  , 


l^nitoiutrriiicnfjs* 


,<.hj« 


Uim  rule  1*  U>  give  nolioti  but  udo  Iniiarlion.  Tbejr  ehouM 

bn  brief,  nnd  wrillon  tm  paper  loparste 

from  nil  olhtr  buaiiiem. 


Ill  dx'  Mt.< 
111  iliiyof  .111 


I^OVE-PK.lKTh. 
r  CiiiiKrogalion,  Indliin 


inoInK  nl  lOo'cluok  A,  M. 

.TORKI'd  IIoiyol-1'I.B. 

We,  tin- lirethren  of  Hmwel  County,  will  lioM 
our  l.iive-riMiNl,  tlit-  I^ord  M-Jlltng.  on  tin-  iTtli  iumI 
IMli  ol' May,  al  Itrotlier  Levi  lliiue's,  four  miles 
Hiiiith-wesl  of  Kfirranci-,  on  tlie  K.  P.  H.  It.  A  gen- 
I'l'iil  liivltuliiin  is  givpn  to  all  that  wish  to  be  witli 
u«.  cNiH-rliilly  ministering  Hrethren.  Meeting  to 
t'ommeiice  on  tlie  l7tb  at  •^  I',  M.  Any  jierson 
wifliiiiig  to  correspond  or  come  by  rail,  will  please 
aililreHH  the  iiiHlersignerl  at  l)oi  ranee. 

.1.  NjiWCOMICIt. 


nstnifss  mt\m^nm\i. 


ilnic  (be  liuiling  of  prooT 
*1.7.',. 

The  Throne  of  Divli-  Vtom  the  coosecmllun  of  tbe 
iJbephiT'l  'fl  Ileiblchcm  lu  the  rebellion  of  prince  Ab- 
■alom,  Ity  ibc  Uev.  J.  H.  Ingrftbnm,  LL.  U..  nuClinr  of 
•'  The  I'rince  of  ibp  HoiiHe  of  Dioiil."  ond  Ihe  ■■  Pil- 
lar of  fire,"  fJ.OO. 
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Klii.iif.l  ri'>l  only  !"■  read,  but  cnrcfiitly  studied  by  every 
niinixivrin  the  bri>therhood.     ?*.iO, 
PhiloBophy  of  the  Plan  of  Salvation.— '^mo-     By  J.  B. 

Una'.  Tl.iN  i"  n  "-.>rk  of  iincuriii.iuTi  mtril.  oleio-,  in- 
Hiriirtiir,  iind  hIiouM  Iji-  in  ihe  liiinds  of  all  Itibti 
niiKlcnC-.      $I..'>0. 

One  Saptltni'— A  dialogue  showing:  tbul  tn'i 
in  tbe  only  gruund  of  union,  in  boplism  tbn 
vcicniioUBty  ooccupicd  1iy  the  lendiD^denonunnTions  01 

ChrJKlcndom.  UyJ.Ii.  Mwre.   HI  ccnln  ;  1'/ copies.  fl.OO. 

The  "One  Faith,"  indicated.  -  Uy  M.  M.  K»belm«n 

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Cmden'fl  Concordance  to  the  Bible.— Best  edition,  im- 
perii.! MvK,     Litirnrj  Sheep,  (i.'i.fiO. 
Moomaw  and  Jackson's  Debate,  on  Trine  Immersion, 


40  ( 


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!'*g<s. 


Troe  Evingelical  Obedience,  iia  nature  an 

(nugbl  uud  pwrticed  umnng  tbe  \ini\.,' 
Bnptist..  ByJ  W.S.ein.  being  one  or  ; 
■oHH  fura  change  in  cburcb  relBtion.  ' 
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UOKRY  LIST. 


[Inn  rir  DinRi,   ■ 


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rn  tatlnn  r«Klilam1.  PihUi||> 
nn  dulliir.  1X1  not  wild  allTer 
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Notice, 

WK  have  now  completed  arrangements  with 
the  Chesapeake  \  Ohio  H.  It.  company, 
and  the  Cincinnati,  Hamilton,  and  Dayton 
companies,  and  a  branch  to  Indianapolis,  Indi- 
ana, to  take  passengers  from  Dayton,  Lima, 
Indianapolis,  to  Slaunton,  Augnsta  County, 
Virginia,  and  return  at  excursion  rates.  Thoso 
wishing  to  attend  A.  M.  on  this  lino  will  buy 
excui-sion  nuind  trip  tickets  at  the  above  nam- 
ed places.  Cost,  at  Indianapolis  :?1!»,3:..  from 
Dayton  ><17.(i(i,  from  Lima  ?20,00.  Berths  and 
meals  included  on  boat,  120  milea. 

Staunton  ia  thirty-eight  milo!i  from  place  of 
A.  M.,  on  the  southern  terminus  of  the  U.  & 
0.  R.  H.  The  Brethren  in  the  valley  will 
make  arrangements  on  the  IJ.  ,*;  0.  K.  H.,  which 
runs  direct  to  Bniadwny.  the  [ilace  of  A,  M 
Thet^e  tirkcts  will  be  gnod    from    May    Sth    to 

J»ly   l"»tl'-  D.  BitOJVRR, 

From  Ml.  Zion  Church,    Page  Co..    Va. 

i)',ir  Hrrlhrnr.— 

THK  following  is  a  brief  account  of  a  serieg 
of  meetings  which  were  very  ably  con- 
ducted by  our  much  beloved  Brother  .lohn  H. 
Flory,  from  Bridge  Water,  Virginia,  which  i-e- 
suited  in  five  additions  by  baptism  and  two 
more  ajiplicants.  which  will  be  baptized  n-'xt 
Sunday.  By  this  you  see  the  good  work  of  the 
Lord  IS  going  on  up  here  in  our  mountain  home. 
May  the  Lord  bless  our  ministering  brethren  in 
their  efiorts  every-where.        W.  C.  Conker. 

Railroad  Arrangements. 

TO  the  delegates,  members,  or  their  families 
coming  to  District  Meeting: 
I  have  made  arrangements  ivitb    H.    it.    offi 
cers  by  which  delegates    and   others    coming 
to    District      Meeting     of   Middle      Pennsvl- 
Tania  may  obtain  orders  entitling  them  to  ex- 


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authors,  proving  that  a  threefold  immeiaiun  was  the 
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A  Religious  Weeltly. 


'pHKllRKTUREN  AT   WfiniJ 

ITIniltlvc.  elirlHtlniiltr'liiall  IU  anrJ< 
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(uffrrlngi  Mild  m«riior1oiu  irark..>r  i^i. 
oiilj  |.ric«ot  n«lonipllg.i.  '■''"«■ 

Tliiit  FiiltL,  Koiipnintiw  mid  Bniniim  nto  conailton. 
Iiiinco  rot  tlio  romlinl  nil  of  alnr, 

Tlmi  Trlno  Immeralon,  or  dlpiilng  tli«  onnrtiamc  ihru,  ,io, 
nvrd.ltChri*lluii  Ba|>Ilua:  """Ur.-- 

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obt-ne-l  111  tlip  cliiiicli:  ^™ 

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«\V!iat.  !Joi'8tThouH(-i«!,EIijal>*^"-Kiiocli  Kl)y  2 
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MeinJinillUy  Debate 

'(•Uimls.-I.ime  B.  Myers 

coRnF.*rnxitii:N<--E: 

Briet  Notos.— John  Xnc-k 

Kcliue.>i  iroia  Hie  MJgim^y.iU^.— ■lol"'  Ciilvin 

.   'uriirht......-"...--.^^^: ■  — 

Fi.,m  iw  l.oiitf  Mai  Stale.— Jacob  Burkry  — 

I'lum  K.  K.  iiuechley 

AiiiuiitrMi-etinK  Plan.— J.  F.  Ebersole 

Froiii.!iniiata.  Nfbraikii.~J.  L.  Brown  

From  Lyiiiliis  Station,  Campbell  Co.,  Va.— T. 

('.  Wood 

From  I'eabody,  Kansas.— U.  Slioniber 

From  Cedar  Creek  Cliurcli.  Kansas.  — P.  H. 

Walsou ^ 

Fioiri  Imliana.Pji.— JosetWi  Holsopple S 

)ti  Mriiioiv  of  IV  F.  Gardon.— John  Barnliart-  -  ' 

From  Jp3se  Calvert ** 

FioEii  O.  W.   Hartness s 

Fnim  Tiiikey  Creek  Clnmli,  Ind.— Daniel  \Vy- 

••^OI'B '^ 

A  (lall  lor  Help,— David  Heekman s 

Frnm  Cedar  Grove,  Ilawkina  Co..  Tcan.— S.  C. 

Mallory « 

To  iiiuiie Sunday  School  a  .Snciess.— F.  1*.  Lu-hr  .•< 

X  New  llendering  —  ' 

POEIHY  : 

The  liiver's  Crossing.  ^ 

Fallui.  Take  my  Hand 2 

The  I'oiir  man's   Prayer .  1 


STEIN  AND  RAT  DEBATE. 


Prop.  1st— Hrethren(or  Tunker)  Churches  pos- 
sess the  Bible  Characteristics  which  entitle 
them  to  be  regarded  as  Churches  oi  .le.su.s 
Christ. 

.1.  W.  Stein,  Affirms. 

D.  B.  Ray.  Denies, 

El.l).   II.  H.    ray's    twelfth    HEPI.Y   CONTINl'EU. 

WK  have  never  contended  that  christians, 
II- 11  embers  of  the  church,  should  go  to 
waraud  kill  each  other.  We  have  only  coii- 
leiiiied  tliat  GodV  people  may,  as  citizens  of  a 
civil  Rovi?ruineut.  aid  in  the  punishment  of  evil 
doers.  Wo  showed  that  the  best  ot  men  bore 
arms  in  the  Old  Testament  times;  and  that  we 
>re  to  be  subject  to  the  political  powers  that  be 
in  the  punishment  of  evil  doers.  John  the  Bap- 
tist told  the  soldiers  to  he  imtent  with  their 
wi'jfK.  Uow  could  they  honestly  draw  wages 
M  soldiers  if  it  were  unlawful  for  them  to  serve 
Ks(»ldi<Ts?  The  doing  "violence  to  no  man" 
evidt^ntly  refers  to  tlie  personal  acts  of  violence 
which  soldier.'*  are   so   liable  to  do. 

We  object  to  the  Tunkerchurch  council  m.ik- 
'ng  church  laws  to  expel  a  member  for  serving 
*s  a  soldier.  Where  did  Christ  or  his  apostles 
"lake  such  laws?  Of  course,  as  church  mem- 
'ew  w(;  are  not  to  lesist  evil  with  violence,  but 


as  citizMHs  we  may  aid  in  the  support  of  the 
powers  that  be,  in  the  lawful  execution  of  au- 
thority. 

Our  ICievnth  Xe(f<ttive  Argument  shows  that 
the  Tunkerehurches  are  not  churches  of  Christ, 
because  thnj  make  salmfion  l/ij  ir<»ks  of  nylit- 
eouxness  wfiirb  theij  liare  done.  That  we  are 
not  mistaken  in  the  Duukard  doctrioe  on  fbis 
point,  we  quote  from  Safe  Ground,  b\  Mr. 
Moore,  the  Tunker  editor,  p.  7,  as  follows: 

"This  is  the  law  that  says,  *Thou  shalt  not 
steal," 'thou  shalt  not  kill;' the  same  law  also 
says,  'he  that  believeth  and  is  baptized,  shall  be 
saved.'  The  same  law  says,  'ye  ought  to  wasli 
one  another's  feet;"  also,  'salute  one  another 
with  a  holy  kiss.'  This  is  the /x'r/lr/  law  thiit 
goveru'-'d  the  church  iu  the  time  nf  Christ  and 
the  ajiostles.  They  did  not  pick  out  part  uf  the 
law  just  to  suit  their  own  taste,  and  then  let 
the  other  alone;  they  took  the  trJiole  law.  Their 
plan  of  salvation  then  was  safe;  about  it  there 
was  no  trouble,  because  they  had  tlie  trhitU  law 
and  nothing  hut  tiie  law." 
■    Again,  same  page,  Mr.  Moore  says: 

No  church  can  be  the  church  of  Christ  un- 
less it  is  governed  by  the  whole  law.  A  church 
that  obeys  but  a  part  of  the  law  is  not  the 
church  founded  by  Christ,  but  was  founded  by 
somebody  else,  who  neither  taught  nor  olii-ytd 
the  entire  law.  About  the  church  that  obeys 
the  whole  law  being  right  there  is  no  uncertainty 
at  all,  the  uncertainty  is  about  the  churches 
that  tloii't  carry  out  the  entire  law," 

Also,  in  a  work  called  One  Faith,  by  M.  M. 
E-ihelmau,  page  25: 

"If  we  ciuLget  to  heaven  with<)Ht,qbserving 
feeUwashing.  why  not  get  there  without  par- 
taking of  the  communion?  If  we  can  reach 
heaven  by  leaving  one  command  and  example 
undone,  why  not  get  there  by  leaving  fico  un- 
done? and  if /co,  why  not  three?  and  if  thnr, 
why  not  all?  In  fact,  why  make  tmij  ejf'ort  at 
all,  if  we  can  have  our  own  Wriy?" 
Page  27,  same  book,  this  Tuuker  says: 
*'If  'Greet  one  another  with  a  kiss,'  does  not 
teach  the  necessity  ot  the  salvation  of  the  holy 
kiss,  what  does  it  teach?" 

The  apostle  says,  'Continue  in  prayer,  and 
watch  in  the  same  with  thanksgiving.'  Col.  i; 
Now,  if 'Greet  one  another  with  a  kiss  of 
charity,"  is  not  essential  to  salvation,  how  do 
we  know  that  "Continue  in  prayer,  and  watch 
in  the  same  with  thanksgiving,'  is  essential?  ' 

We  can  give  any  amount  of  proof  that  the 
Tunker  churches  claim  salvation  by  works  of 
righteousness  which  they  have  done,  but  Paul 
says:  "Not  by  works  of  righteousness  which  we 
have  done,  but  according  to  his  mercy  he  saved 
us,  by  the  washing  of  regeneration,  and  renew- 
ing of  the  Holy  Ghost,  which  he  shed  on  ns 
abundantly  tlirougb  Jesus  Christ  our  Savior." 
Titus  3:  5,  6.  Sureiy  the  Tunker  churches  that 
reject  the  plan  of  salvation  liy  grace,  are  not 
churches  of  Christ. 


THE  POOR  MAN  S  PRAYER. 

Tbw  rich  m;in  hath  h.s  pew  of  prid* 

And  vflvet  stool  of  priiyer: 
Tlie  poor  niiiu's  church  is  very  wide. 

He  kneeleth  any  where. 

The  rich  man  stiys,  "Thy  kinplom  ronie," 
While  loth  from  this  to  part; 

The  poor  miui,  though  hi»  ti|i»  i\te  dumb. 
Desires  it  iu  his  heart. 

The  rich  man  while  with  plenty  fed, 

Still  asketh  larger  atnre; 
The  poor  man  prays  for  "daily  bread," 

And  scarcely  meuneth  more. 

The  rich  man  maketli  many  prayert, 
Ttie  poor  man  needs  but  one ; 

His  broken  heurt  to  tln-e  repairs. 
Ami  prays,  "Thy  will  be  done." 

Seh-ct«-d  hv  Elu  Hr->\n 


A  PIVOT-WORD. 


UY  C.  H.  BAI^IIAUOH. 


A  NEW  RENDERING 

THE  dhiirrh  Ailvovute  aptly  says:     In  the  ic 
/■iVW  edition  of  the  New  Testament  a  ne" 
text  will  appear.     That    is.    if  the   translator; 
will  feel  at  liberty  to  put  into  tl  e  Acts   of  thi 
Apostles  what  should   be  there  to  justify  some 
modern  practices.     In  one  of  its  first  chapters 
we  will  real  thus:  "And  the  apostles  and  elders 
and  brethren  at  Jerusalem  ronferred   together 
how  to  raise    the    means    to   support  the    poor 
among  them,  to  prjvide  the  funds  to   liquidate 
the  indebtedness  on  their  house  o>' worship,  and 
to  pay  off  an  old  bill  whch  the  i  hurch  owed  to 
a  former  pastor;  also,  to  secuie  funds  to  start  a 
mission  iu  the  northern  part  of  the  city.     They 
decided  to  have  a  grand  supper,  followed   bv  a 
fair,  which  shall    wiiid  up  with  an  ice  cream 
and  a  mush  and  milk  ftstival."     To    prove    the 
correctness  of  this  riuotat^nn.  we  re-Vr  tl  e  reail- 
er  to"Our  ICpistle  Known  And  Head  of  all  Men," 
edition  of  the  nineteenth  century. 


1AM  so  weak  that  I  can  «icarcely  hold  my  pen, 
or  keep  my  head  from  the  pillow.  Hut  I 
um  pressed  by  retpiests  from  those  whose  wishes 
are  tantamount  to  a  coninmndmeut,  to  prepare 
something  for  Bhkthres  at  Wohk  on  a  ques- 
tion that  hijs  caused  unnecessary  discustiion  and 
vexation. 

It  is  uni'air,  to  say  the  lent,  to  strain  a  word 
>r  passage  or  flex  a  principle,  in  order  to  make 
iirovision  for  the  support  of  a  theory,  or  pet 
idea.  Such  a  course  is  unjust  to  oui-selves,  to 
other?,  and  to  the  truth.  To  >ield  promptly  to 
the  Divine  logic,  and  accept  without  quibble  a 
Divine  statement,  is  eminently  christian.  God 
hi  the  atithoT  of  Babel,  and  He  nndcW^d>i  tl>« 
import  of  the  words  He  .mploys.  He  is  neith- 
er tautological,  nor  ambiguous,  nor  erroneous. 
The  word  "crtre^V"  in  Matt.  19:  9,  is  a  hinge 
of  explication,  giving  a  sudden,  isolated  turn  to 
the  current  thoughtof  Christ  which  any  Mchool 
boy  of  moderate  sense  can  understand.  U  is 
not  necessary  to  go  back  to  the  creation,  and 
penetrate  the  mysteries  of  our  sexual  duality, 
in  order  to  get  the  true  premises  for  the  settle- 
ment of  this  problem;  when  God  makes  an  c-r- 
eeption  it  U  an  exception,  and  to  set  it  aside  in 
our  ecclesiastical  legislation  is  to  preten.l  judi. 
cial  superiority  to  God. 

That  pivot-word  upsets  every  ai-gument  ever 
attempted  against  the  induction  ot  those  whose 
first  wedlock  waa  nullified  by  the   conjugal    in- 
fidelity of  the  other  half.    All  the  fine-spun, 
deftly-twisted  pleading    against  such    unfortu- 
nates, is  nothing  less  than  a  blind    invasion    of 
Divine  authority,  and  a  tacit   impeachment   of 
Divine  wisdom.    Such  a  pei>ple  a-*   we   profe.s.s 
to  be,  so  compliant  with  the  Supreme  will   and 
word,  should  no  more  think  of  weakening  the 
force  of  such  an  unequivocal  term  as  "extept," 
than  of  tinkering  baptism   iuto   sprinkling,  or 
feet-washing  into  uothing.  Let  those  who  wrcat 
this  word  of  Christ,  put  the  same  false  interpre- 
taticn  upon  their  ok/j  except,  used  in  any  sei;- 
sible  connect  ion.  and  they  cannot  fail  to  feel  the 
smart.     Will  any  one  pretend  that  the  •'r.rrr,,f' 
in  Luke  13:  3,  may  be  so  countrued  Jis  to   make 
salvation  possible  in  any  case    without   repen- 
tance?    By  what  logic,  then,  will  we  infuse   a 
meaning  into  the  pivot-word   under  considera- 
tion which  turns  the  wisdom  of  Christ  into  fool- 
ishness?   Had  Satan  seduced  Eve  in  her  conju- 
gal elemeut,  as  he  did  in  her  gustatory  procliv- 
ity, she  would  have  been  the  devils  wife    to    ail 
intents  and  purpose.s,  liecaiise  she  could  not    be 
the  half  to  both.    Such  aconnectiou  on  the  one 
hand  would  have  been  a  breach  on   the  otlicr. 
The  sexual  bond  is  the  dummation  of  ihe  du- 
alty  of  human  nature,  and  a  rupture  tli<frr    is  ji 
perfect  liberation  ot  the   innocent    party.     Eve 
was  taken  out  of  .Vdam's  substaace.aud  rciiirn- 
ed  to  him;  and  to  be  one  flesh  with  any   other, 
is  to  break  bond  with  the  first.     '-I'Jmpt '   is  a 
word  of  liberty  for  the  disowned  in  all  eases  of 
conjugal  fraud.     It  is  pitiable  weakness    to   ig- 
nore  this  primary    law,  ami  falsify    Goo's  own 


statement,  simply  becuuse  we  entertain  a  view 
of  the  conjugal  relation  that  cannotstaiui  with- 
out such  a  wretched  prop.  We  have  no  inter- 
ests at  stake  greater  tliun  Christ  ha-*,  and  if  his 
revelation  of  the  Father's  mind  is  dearer  to  us 
than  all  else,  let  us  not  "darkeu  counsel  with 
words  without  knowledge,"  nor  lock  the  mili- 
tant kingdom  to  those  for  whom  Heke-  ps"  open 
the  Gutes  of  Pearl,  "bet  the  wordol  God  Imve 
free  course  and  be  glorified." 

It  seems  almost  an  outrage  to  common  sense 
to  disiillow  a  word  its  unly  nicimiug  to  serve  a 
pre-conception.  What  >la,s  it  mean?  Any 
thing?  ("nil  it  signify  an  inlinitesimal  fraction 
less  than  its  self-evident  in teution?  that  to  mai-- 
ry  after  a  perjured  consort  hn.s  carnally  violat- 
ed his  or  ber  conjugal  obligntiona,  is  ,int  uiIhI- 
t'-rij.  I  unhesitiitiiigly,  humbly,  sincerely,  ear- 
nestly challenge  the  wliob-  IJiotbiThoud.  tu  cant 
one  grain  of  logical  evidence  in  the  opposite 
scale.  I  do  hope  that  Christ  llinisulf  will  be 
permitted  to  act  as  Uinpiiv  wliereverand  when- 
ever this  question  comes  up  for  dispo-al. 


CLOUDS. 


I 


UY  I.IZ/.IR  11.  MYKUJi, 

^OMETIME  ago  I  read  on  article  on  the  ■  Ev- 
IJ     er  vurying  beauty  of  the  clouds"   wherein 
the  writer  portrays  the  heautii'R  of  the  cIoud» 
in  a  manner  that  ciuinot  fait  to  give  pleasure  to 
every  lover  of  nature.     My    mind    was   carried 
beyond  the  "beauties"  to  sonii-  very   important 
events  connected  with  the  clouds.     The  first,  I 
just  now  think  of,  wus  when    the  children   ut 
Israid  were  about  crossing  the   Red  Sea.     "The 
angel  of  the  Lord  *tood  liy  thpoi  inn  pillar  ol 
fin-  and  of  cloud,"  and  when  the  Egyptians  pur- 
sued  them  it  went  from  ln-lbre  tiieir    faci',    antl 
stood  beliiiid  them,  thus  serving  il  double   pur- 
pose.— guiding  them  and  protectinn  them  frrtm 
their  enemies.     Had  the  Lord   withdrawn    the 
cloud,  what  might  have  been  their  doom?     In 
the     transfiguration  when    Jetus    took    Pi'Ler. 
James,  and  John  with  bim  into  the    mountain, 
his  face,  radiant   ils  the   vim,   and    his  raiment 
white  as  the  light.    Mose.^  and  EIIuh  also  being 
present,  Peter,  ama/.-d  liy  the  glory  of  the    vis- 
ion, and  ever  ready  to  speak,  said,  "It    is   good 
for  UH  to  be  here,"  and  he  no  doubt  was  so  ha|>- 
py  that  he  desired  to  stay  iu  that  blessed  state; 
but  a  "bright  cloud  overshadowed   them,"  and 
the  scene  was  changed— they  fell  on  their  facc« 
and  were  afraid— but  Jesus  comforted  them,  ami 
when  they  opened  their  eyes,  saw  none    but  .le- 
BUS  with  them.     Also  when  tlio  Savior  had  fin- 
ished his  work  on  earth,  had  given  the  apostle* 
sonte  special  commands  and  was  taken  up  from 
them,  "a  cloud  received  him  outof  their  sight," 
and  uow  the  most  important  is  yet  to  come;  for 
this  same  Jesus  .'^hall  so  come  a>t  ye   have  seen 
him  go  into  heaven."    This  reaches  all,  for  wc 
read  that  "every  eye  Mhall  see  him,"  and  he  will 
come  "in  the  clouds  of  heaven  with  power   and 
great  glory."    Can  we  picture  to  onr  imagina- 
tion this  scene?     Let  U4  try:  Go  with  me  some 
summer  evening,  see  that  dark  cloud  in  the 
West,  rising  higher,  still  higher,  now  neeraing 
like  huge  mountains  rolling  over  eaeli  other  in 
angry  confusion.     There    is    power.     Now   see 
Jesus  and  tlie  shining  host  suddenly  appearing 
with  a  shout  like  the  voice  of  it  trumpet! 

I  have  often  stood  ga/.ing  on  like  scenes  and 
tried  to  imagine  the  Savior's  coming  with  hi*, 
company  of  holy  angels.  To  those  who  with 
Paul  can  say.  "I  am  now  reaily,"  this  will  be  a 
grand,  a  glorious  scene.  Tbo*e  who  are  alive 
shall  be  taken  up  with  them  iu  the  clouds,  "Iu 
the  twinkling  of  an  eye,  to  meet  the  Lord  in 
the  air."  and  enjov  that  Uiss  which  is  beyond 
our  comprehension. 

But  to  the  ungodly,  thiisc^ne  tvill  not  he  so 
grand,  hut  air/uK  awpul!  No  wonder  they 
will  "cry  for  the  raountaios  to  fall  «n  ihcm" 
when  this  great  event  will  come  to  pass. 

Thus  while  we  view  the  great  be.ui'v  .■.een  in- 
the  clouds,  we  can  a\m  cotitemplat«  the  won- 
ders yet  to  come. 


FATHER,  TAKE  MY  HAND. 

THK  l*BAtKK. 

rpHK  wHj  is  dark,  mv  I'lither!  cloud  on   cloud 
J      Is  gHtheriDRtliicklyo'er  my  bead  and  loud 
Tlie  tlniiider  roars  uliove  me.  Sw,  I  stand 
hike  oiu-  U'wiiden-d:  Vather,  takf  my  hand 
And  throuKh  tlio  gloom 
Leads-tf-lv  lu'„.e 
Tiiy  thild. 

Thf  wny  is  long,  my  Kiithcr!  «nd  my  soul 
Lonj-s  for  tin"  Tvst  and  (juiet  of  the  goat; 
While  yot  1  journpy  (lironyh  this  nrary  land 
Kh'1>  m.-  from  wiind.'nng.  Fatlu-r.  take  my  hand. 

yuickly  "'"*  "traight 

I,.ad  to  heaven "HgatP 
Thy  oliild. 

TliP  path  Ik  rough,  my  Kathpr!  Many  a  thorn 
Has  imrcfd  nn*,  and  my  fi'''t.  n"  torn 
And  l.lcfdiiig.nmrk  ll.u  way.   ^  ctthy  (ommand 
liids  mo  i>rt'>«  forward.     I'ttthi-r.  tak<*  my  hand 

Then,  satf  and  hlvnt, 

Lead  ujt  to  re-it 
Thy  child. 

The  crOM  i»  heavy.  Father!  I  have  borne 
It  long,  and  still  do  bear  it.     Let  my  worn 
And  Ik't^tirig  Hpirit  rixe  to  that  ble«t  land. 
VVherecrowni"  are  given.  KHtiier,  tuke  my  han.l 

And.  n-jwdiiug  down. 

U-ad  lo  the  crown 
Thy  child. 

THK  AK.-WKIl. 

The  way  in  dark,  my  child.  Imt  leads  tn  light: 
I  would  not  alway*  Inive  (liee  walk  bv   sight. 
My  dealingx  now  tlicu  >  mji^'I  not  understand: 
I  m-'imt  it«o:  but  I  will  take  thy  hand, 

And  through  the  gloom 

Lend  .••afely  home 
My  child. 

Thv  way  i-i  long,  my  child.  Ijul  it  itliall  be 
Not  one  slen  longer  than  in  bexl  for  thee; 
And  Ihoii  nhalt  know  at  lu»t  when  thou  shall 

ntand 
Safe  at  the  goal,  how  I  did  tulie  thy  liaiid. 
And  (|uick  and  ntraitiiit. 
l.eiul  to  hejivfu's  j.'ati- 
My  child. 

The  path  m  nmgh.ujy  .*hi!d;  but  oh.'  huw  bweel 
Will  hr  the  rent  I'uv  weary  pilgriniK  meet, 
U'b'ii  thou  shalt  reach  the  borderw  of  that  land 
T.i  ivhi.'li  I  lend  thee,  as  I  tiilie  tli.v  Imiid, 

.\nd,  «afe  and  hlest. 

With  Hie  shall  n-Ht 
My  child. 
The  eros-*  is  heavy,  child,  ytit  Ihere  wiik  One 
Who  bore  a  heavier  lor  thoe— My  Sun, 
Mv  wflt-biilovi'dl  Kor  liiiii  biav  tliitie  and  stand 
With  him  at  last,  and  from  thy  !''alher's  hand 

Thy  cross  laid  down, 

li^ceive  a  crown 
My  child. 
Selected  by  M  mua  Siiki.i.v 


WHAT   DOEST    THOU   HERE, 
ELIJAH.'' 

TIT  KNOCJI  KltY. 

".\nd  it  wa.H  HO.  when  Klijali  heard  it.  that,  he 
wrapfied  his  face  in  his  nnuitio,  and  went  out 
and  stood  in  the  entering  in  of  tlie  cave.  And, 
behold,  there  came  ii  voice  unto  him,  and  said, 
Wjiat  doest  thou   here,  Klijah?"     1  Kings   lH: 

THE  above  Inn^iiagf  of  tlu!  IjoiJ  wai* 
ad<lres.sed  to   Elijnii    wiiilc    bid   in 
llie  fttve  on  Mount  liun-li. 

Elijali  had  beconuM^vcpedinply  troul- 
led  and  disheartened  at  the  sad  condition 
of  Israel.  Hear  him:  "I  have  been  ver) 
zealous  for  the  Lord  (iod  of  hosts,  be 
cause  the  children  of  Israel  liave  forsak- 
en thy  covenant,  thrown  down  thine  al- 
tar, :(!Ki  slain  thy  prophets  with  the 
sword,  and  I,  even  I  only,  am  left;  am) 
they  seek  iu\  life  to  take  it  aM'uy."  And 
in  bis  extreme  trouble,  and  grief  anil 
anxiety  of  mind,  into  which  he  had  fal 
len,  by  looking  constantly  on  the  dark 
side  of  the  picture,  he  finally  began  to 
eDt€rtaiD  erroneous  views  concerning  the 
true  character  and  condition  of  Israel ; 
though  it  was  bad,  it  was  not  (]uite  so 
bad  as  be  thought.  1  presume  so  far  as 
digging  down  the  altars,  foreaking  the 
covenant,  and  slaying  the  j  rophets  is 
concerned,  be  was  correct;  but  when  he 
con.  i'uied  he  was  the  only  cue   left,    he 


was  wrong;  for  hear   the   Lord:  *'Tet  I 
have  left  me  weven    thou'*an'l    in  Nrael, 
all  the  knees  whicli  have  not  bowed  un- 
to Hjial,  and  every    mouth    which    hath 
not  kix.fcd  him."     \'erse  in.  Had  Elijah 
viewfd  thintr*  in  the  proper    light,    and 
seen  things  hs  thi-  Lonl   naw    them,    hifi 
grief  would  not  havecau'<e<l  him  to  with 
J  raw  a  day's  journey    into   the  wilder 
neai,  and  ait  down  un<ier  a  juniper    tre*' 
and  retpiest  to  die;  (see  verse  4)  and  the 
result  was,  he  fell  awieep,  and  the  angel 
came,  and    baked  a  cake    for    him,    iind 
awoke  him  and  t<>Id  him  to  arise  and  eat 
and  diink.      He  ilid  so  and  went    in  the 
Mtrength  of  that    meat    forty    days,  and 
ejiine  to  Horeb,  the  mount  of  God,  and 
lodged  in  a  cave,  where    the    Lord    ad- 
dressed him  in  the  language  of  the  above, 
t<'Xt.     "What  doeat  thou    here,    Elijaii? 
(Joand   anoint    Haznel  king  over  Syria, 
md  deho  king  over   jNrael,  and    Elijfdi 
halt  thou  anoint  a  jirophet  in  thy  room ; 
,nil  it  shall  comet**  jxwh  h-'  that  t^scapes 
thesw..rd  of  Iln/.ael  HhallJeliu  xlay,  and 
he  that  escapeth  from  the  sword  of  Jehu 
hhall  Elinha  slay."   1  Kings  !!•:  1 

iMark  well,  dear  reader,  the  manner 
in  which  the  Lord  nddres><ed  himself  to 
Elijah  in  thecave:  "A  mighty  windrent 
the  mountains  and  break  the  rucks,  but 
the  Lord  was  not  in  the  wind;  and  then 
an  earlhriuake,  but  the  Lord  was  not  in 
the  i'arthr[iiake;  and  next  a  fire,  but  the 
I..ord  was  not  in  tlie  tire;  and  last  of  all 
a  still  small  voice;  and  wdien  Elijah 
heard  it.  lie  wrajiped  his  mantle  about 
liis  face,  and  went  and  stood  in  the  en 
trance  of  thecave;  and  then  a  voice  cuuie_ 
and  B])oketo  him." 

While  there  are  some  good  practical 
thoughts  suggested  to  our  mind,  in  the 
history  of  gooil  old  IClijali,  may  we  not, 
witlitiU'opriety,  make  an  ajiplicution,  of 
at  le;ist  some  of  them,  to  our  own  indi- 
vidual ailvantageif  Can  we  not  connect 
tliem  wilh  the  history  of  the  church  in 
rlic  ]U'eNent  age,  with  the  feelings,  and 
prayerful  npprehensions  of  many  of  our 
dear  brethren? 

We  need  only  take  a  glance  over  the 
pages.of  at  least  some,  of  our  periodicals, 
to  nscertain  the  fact  tliat  there  are  many 
brethren  and  ssisters  among  us,  who  deep- 
ly deplore  the  condition  of  things,  as  they 
seem  to  pre.'-ent  theniselves  to  our  view 
in  the  church,  (botli  real  and  prospective) 
as  good  old  Elijah  did  the  apostasy  ot" 
Israel. 

We  also  ascertain    annthei-  fact   from 
tiie  same  source;  anil  that  is,  that  there 
is  much  cause  given    for   the    entei-tain- 
mcMit  of  such  fearful  apprehensions,  and 
forebodings,  because  somomauifestadis- 
position  to  depart  froui    the    faith    and 
"give  heed  tosedujing  spirits,"  and  hence 
break  or  forsake  tiie  covenant  they  made 
ill  t'leirholy  (.'hristian    baptism,  /.  e.,  to 
forsake  the  world  and  its  lusts,  and  now 
m  to  manifest  a  desire  to  conform   to 
the  world  in  many  respects.  Others  may 
be  ready  to  find  fault  with  the  brethren 
who  labor,  contend,  weej)  and  pray  for 
the  good  old  way,  and  thus  virtually  kill 
tlie  good  ohl    prophet-s,   if  they   could, 
(spiritually);  and  some  may  pull    down 
the  altars  iheir  fathers  built  with  unpol- 
ished   stone,  and    build    one    with   well 
dressed  material,  *te. ;  ami  also  there  may 
be  a  strong  desire,  oh  the  part  of  many, 
to  be  more  like  otiiei-  churches;    (as  the 
children  of  Israel  wei'e    when    they    de- 
sired a  king  to  reign  over  them,  so  they 
might  be  like  other  nations),  but  is  that 
any  thing  more  than  we  could  or  should 
e.\pect  will  come  in  the  last  days  accord- 
ing to  the  apostle's   writings?     Did   be 
not  warn  us   abundantly   that   perilous 
time^  would   come?      And    again,   the 
apostle  Paul  says,   "after  my   departure 


grievous  wolvee  ab&ll  enter  in,  not  spar- 
ing the  flock;  even  of  our  ownselves  shall 

men  arise  of  corrupt  minds,  speaking 
perverse  things,  and  shall  draw  away 
disciples  after  them." 

The  church  in  diHerent  periods,  has 
had  a  Hiniiiar  element  to  contend  with, 
and  always  had  bad,  unruly  membei-s. 
who  would  not  walkacc  irdingtothespir- 
it  of  the  gospel;  some  went  back  while 
the  Savior  wa»  here  among  them ;  and 
many  in  the  apostles'  day  walked  dis- 
orderly and  at  last  went  to  the  world 
again;  and  the  apo.stle  says  the  end  will 
not  come  until  a  falling  away  come,  (if 
not  in  number,  it  will  be  in  principle). 

Dear  reader,  let  me  here  remark,  if 
you  excuse  you?se]f  from  uniting  or  re- 
niaining  with  the  church  on  the  simple 
grounds,  that  there  are  some  proud,  high- 
minded,  disordei'ly  members  in  it,  you 
never  wUl  enjoy  a  spiritual  home,  oj-  the 
presence  of  Jesus  in  this  life  or  in  the 
world  to  come  eternal  life,  for  he  that 
cannot  exercise  patience  and  self  denial 
enough  to  stay  with  the  church,  simi)ly 
aiise  he  cannot  get  ever>  thing  the 
way  he  wants  it,  is  not  qualified  for  the 
kingdom  of  glory.  The  Savior  knew 
Judas  was  a  devil  when  he  chose  him  as 
an  apostle,  and  ftisociated  with  him  to 
the  last  night,  and  he  certainly  had  an 
object  in  view  in  doing  so. 

Admitting,  my  dear  brethren,  that,  at 
least  some  of  the  above  statements,  in 
reference  to  many  of  the  members  of  our 
own  beloved  fraternity,  are  correct,  is  it 
not,  nevertheless  possible,  yea  even  prob- 
able, that  some  of  us,  who  feel  a  greater 
concei-n  for  the  welfare  and  purity  of  the 
chuich  than  many  otiiers  whose  experi- 
ence has  not  been  so  extr^nsive,  to  take 
a  magnified  view  of  the  condition  of  things 
like  Elijah  did,  and  become  d^sheart^^u- 
ed,  and  perhaps  bear  a  greater  burden 
of  grief  than  we  are  able,  and  than  the 
Lord  designs  we  shall  bear;  and  are 
made  often  to  exclaim  in  the  language 
of  the  youugraan  ( who  could  see  the  ar- 
mies of  the  enemies  only  and  bis  horse- 
men and  chariots;  but  did  not  see  the 
mountain  filled  with  the  armies  of  (iod, 
and  their  chariots,  and  horsemen,)  "Alas, 
my  master!  hgw  shall  we  do^?"  2  Kings 
6:  15. 

A  very  important  question  has  already 
been  answered  by  soiueof  our  dear  breth- 
ren, tlirough  some  of  our  periodicals, 
with  a  view,  we  trust,  of  doing  that 
which  18  best  for  souls  and  the  glory  of 
God.  With  all  due  respect  to  the  piety, 
sincerity, and  wisdom  of  thosedear  breth 
ren  who  think  a  division  of  the  church 
would  be  the  best  way  to  do,  we  must 
confess  we  cannot  see  the  propriety  of 
such  a  course.  We  fail  to  see  how  the 
most  good  could  or  would  result  from 
pursuing  that  course,  but  rather  the  re- 
verse. We  think  it  would  have  an  evil 
tendency;  "A  house  divided  against 
itself  cannot  stand ;"  what  cannot  be  ac 
complished  by  mild,  persuasive,yet  firm, 
unflinching  church  government,  cannot 
be  accomplished  by  force,  or  by  stoi-m. 
Remember  the  Lord  did  not  address  Eli- 
jah out  of  the  terrible  wind,  or  out  of 
the  earthquake,  or  yet  out  of  the  fire; 
but  first  calmed  the  rolling  element,  then 
a  still  small  voice  was  heard,  and  that 
was  the  Lord;  that  is  spiritual,  but  the 
noisy  elements  are  natural.  Is  it  not  like- 
ly we  may  agitate  tlie  matter  by  being 
too  strong,  and  using  too  strong  lan- 
guage in  our  iuvfstigation  of  the  matter, 
and  chereby  fan  the  elements  of  nature 
still  into  a  greater  tlame*  And  have 
we  not  already  soiled  our  beautiful  robe 
more  or  less  by  puldishing  so  much  of  a 
schismatic  nature  to  a  readin<y  world? 
Has  not  our  beloved  gotten  a  stain  there- 


by that  may  takn  years  of  pravin,, 
fasting,  and  holy  living  to  wash  it  a  *°'^ 
U  there  not  a  lawful  way  and  »)]„.  '^^ 
determine  such  matters?  We  thitit  th  ^ 
is:  if  there  is  anything  current  in  \^ 
church  that  would  suggest  the  prot,  ■ 
of  a  division  to  the  minds  of  any  of  ^^ 
dear  brethren  ,let  that  proposition  be  n!*^^ 
to  the  church  at  home,  and  if  thev 
probate  it,  send  it  to  the  Disti-ict   \t 

'^^udit  to 

'■^'Tcer- 


iiig,  and  if  they  approbate  it, 

our  Annual  Conference,  and  let  it  b"  i 


termined  there  in  a  careful 
not  through  the  press, 
tain  it  would    have  been 


I  feel 


better 


'Vision 


'f'  the 


^^ould 


prayers 


first  proposition    for   a   di' 
have  been  answered    privately,   o« 
back  to  the  originator  instead  of  nnl  i-  i 
iug  it:  but  I. sympathize  with  theeditj  ' 
critical  and  perplexing   position,   U 
can  easily  throw  the  mantle   of  cha 

over  it,  and  feel  to  pray  f.jr  them, tl 

important  station  demands   the 
of  the  faithful. 

It  may,  however,  with  some  propriety 
be  said,  that  hitherto  the  govprniii(,yj "  1 
the  church  has  failed  to  reach  and  arre 
the  growing  evils  of  this  age;  for,  ^hil 
sheseemstohe  laboring  to   retain  h 
holiness,  corruption  and  a  spirit  of  i- 
bellion  to    her    wholesome   counseU   i 
still  on  the   increase;    not   because  th 
government  is  not  right,  {for  that  is  per. 
feet,  and  hence  will  apply  to  any  case)- 
but  because  there    is  failure,  oftentimes 
on  our  part  to  execute  that  governnieiit- 
hence  matters  become   worse  instead  of 
better.    But,  while  we  strongly  advocate 
meekness,  mildness,    and    gentleness  in 
all  our  executive  labors,  we,  never thtjlegs 
just  as  strongly   urge  the   propriety  of 
applying  church  government  to  the  full 
extent  of  the  spirit,  as  well  as  the  letter 
of  the  Gospel. 


Lei  us  look  at  the  beautiful  type  of 
hurch  government  given  to  us  in  the 
language  of  the  Lord  to  Klijah  as  given 
in  the  chapter  above  alluded  to  in  the 
iTth  verse,  where  he  was  required  to  go 
and  anoint  three  different  officers,  so  that. 
if  they  escaped  the  sword  of  one,  they 
^vould  fall  intothe  bands  of  another.  So 
the  Savior  said  in  reference  to  individual 
trespasses,  first  go  to  him  alone  (with 
the  sword  of  the  spirit  which  is  the  word 
of  God);  but  if  he  will  not  hear  thee, 
take  one  or  two  more;  use  the  sword 
again,  but  if  he  escapes  again,  tell  it  un- 
to the  church;  if  he  tries  to  escape  the 
church,  cut  him  off,  let  him  be  unto  thee 
as  a  heathen  man  and  a  publican.  This, 
however,  only  applies  to  individual  cases. 
But  now  we  will  consider  that  ineni- 
ber  who  sets  up  his  judgment  against  the 
general  order  of  the  church,  which  is 
based  upon  the  principles  of  the  gospel, 
and  is  in  strict  harmony  with  the  spirit 
of  the  word,  (save  a  few  departures  in 
the  last  few  years  from  the  advice  of 
former  years),  and  see  whether  our  sys- 
tem of  church  government  will  allow 
him  to  escape,  and  bring  dishonor  upon 
the  body  of  Christ,  by  walking  disordev- 
ly  and  manifesting  a  spirit  of  insubordi- 
nation. 

For  any  offense  against  the  body,  the 
church  in  which  that  member  lives,  must 
notice  his  case,  ami  use  the  sword  in  a 
church  capacity,  but  should  they  fail  ^ 
do  so,  or  he  escape  the  sword  of  that 
chuVcli  meeting  (Ha/.ael)  by  cunning 
craftiness  or  otherwise,  shall  the  matter 
stop,  and  he  be  permitted  to  corrupt  the 
whole  bodyiT  Nay,  verily;  t'.e  duty  of 
adjoining  churches  is  to  see  to  that  mat' 
ter,  and,  if  no  other  «ay,  1  ring  to  dis- 
trict Meeting  (Jehu)  and  kt  that  meet- 
ing tise  the  sword  skillfully  in  the  >pir'* 
of  her  Master.  But  should  they  tail  to 
accomplish  tlu*  desired  end,  (the  salva- 


avut:  riKiin:HKEj>7  ^t  "vvork. 


f  tlie  refractory  nit-mber  aud  ibe 
l^*"  of  tbe  church),  or  neglect  to  do 
?^[  ,j„ty.  let  the  matter  be  sent  to  An- 
'^"^'l  Meeting;  if  they  neglect  to  send  it 
-  llv  :**  a  churi;h,  a  siitiVriu*;  minor- 
*•"'  gnpeftl  to  Auuual  Meeting  aud 
''•  .  jjj.,1^  nnil  i>fttimes.  at  least,  it  would 
^  rt-rV  profitable,  after  A.  M.  has  con- 
^j  (i  aiiti  (leeided  a  matter,  to  send 
'^  of  their  own  company  with  them 
1  the  nature  of  the  decision,  and 


'J^  importance  of  complying  therewith 
'  ihe  best  that  could  be  done  in  the 
*"      ^,1(1  then  exhort  tliem  to  be  firm  and 


A  united  in  the  faith.     So   they    did 
first    Conference    at    Jerusalem. 


It  tl'*^ 
\cts  li>- 

'  lu  the  minutes  of  A.  M.,  of  \><-iM,  Art. 

c  is  ft  request  of  somewhat   similar  ua- 

''that  is  for  A.  M.,  to  send  brethren 

uJd  in  the  faith  and  much  exjierience, 

by  two,  to  visit  all  the  churches,  to 

■|lh   them  for 

and 


iu  love,  and  not   separate    aud    alienate 

our  feelings  toward  each    -fther,  ami    in 
order  that  we  may  labor  together   sue 
cessfuUy  in  tliat  direction,  1  would  ree 
ominend  much  fasting  ami  prayer  by  all 
who  feel  a  deep  interest  iu     the    welfttie 
of   Zion,    especially    our    dear     ediloiii, 
whose  iulluence    materially    effects    our 
beloved  fraternity,  through  the  medium 
of  the  presrt,  and  who.  in  a  few  instances 
some  of  them  recently  have  not  manifest 
ed  that  Christian  courtesy  and  spirit    of 
forbearance  toward  each  other,  nor   yet 


the 


editorial  criticisms  contain  as  m 


greater   unanim 
appearance.     Jly 


labor  ^v 

ity  iu    practice 
iuion  i^  if  that  were  done  iu  tiie  right 

„v  much  good  would  result  from  it, 
I'roni  the  fact  tliat  those  who  are  present 

nd  hear  the  investigations  are  bettei- 
iualiti^'^  to  give  the  reasons  for  such  de- 
■iyious,  and  show  the  advantiige  of  heed- 
int'  s"t^^  advises,  and  that  they  are  in 
Dtvfect  harmony  with  the  spirit  of  the 
Lspel,  aud  that  the  A.  M.,  only  gives 
tlie  liest  advice  she  can  in  the  absence  of 
Dlaiii  Scriptural  specification  on  the  sub 

"  1    ..1.  ^i.   »!,-.     A      AT       A.-... 


ject. 


flud  that  the  A.  M.,  does  not  cla 


to  be  a   lawmaking  power,    (as  some 
erioueously  assert   she   is),  but   simply 


gives 


advice  in  harmony  with    laws    al- 


ready made.  The  Supreme  Court  of  the 
t'niled  States  does  not  legislate,  she  on 
ly  decides  matters  agreeal)ly  to  the  law 
(ili'eady  made;  precisely  so  with  A.  M., 
anil,  to  my  great  satisfaction,  be  it  said 
that!  never  heard' one  of  the  objectors 
to  the  decisions  of  the  A.  M..  prove  any 
thiof^  to  the  contrary;  but  all  will  ac 
knowledge,  if  carried  out,  they  will  have 
a  tendency  to  purify  the  church,  and 
keep  her  bumble  and  separate  from  the 
H'oild,  aud  surely  that  is  gospel. 

Furthermore;  my  convictions  are  that 
if  theabovethought  was  properly  taught, 
and  umjerstood,  by  many  of  our  dear 
brethren,  we  would  never  hear  the  very 
unpleasant,  and  uncharitable,  shall  1 
say,  unchristian  remarks,  or  phrases? 
iron  rule,  iron  heel,  etc.,  but  rather,  the 
yoke  is  easy  and  burden  light. 

It  is  true,  some  of  our  very  zealous 
brethren  will,  and  do  say,  there  are 
many  we  cannot  get  into  the  church  if 
we  are  so  strict,  but  are  we  sure  that 
numbers  should  govern  us  iu  this  mat- 
ter? or  is  it  the  gospel?  The  Savior  did 
not  get  all  into  the  church  either,  not 
because  he  had  not,  power,  but  he  taught 
certain  principles  of  self-denial,  and  these 
they  would  not  accept,  and  even  some, 
after  being  with  him  as  followers,  for 
8ook  him  again ;  he  made  no  compro 
mise  in  order  to  retain  them  in  church 
fdluwship  with  the  church  without  iti 
trueself-denyingprinciples,  as  their  char- 
acteristics will  only  deceive,  iu  the  end. 
instead  of  save. 

There  are  two  extreme  elements  in 
tbe  church,  is  a  fact  that  cannot  be  de 
lied;  (the  one  may  be  stronger  and  more 
dangerous  or  injurious  than  the  other), 
and  I  suppose  always  has  been,  and  al- 
ways will  be.  Butthatthere  is  a  conserva- 
tive element  is  eipially  plain;  and  hith- 
erto has  been,  aud,  I  trust  in  the  future, 
will  he  strong  ent)Ugh  to  form  a  nucleus 
aiouud  which  the  two  exiremes  can  be^ 
come  reconciled  upon  a  safe  gospel  basis, 
aud  labor  together  as  brethren,  and  let 
our  dirtVrenee  of  opinion  only  draw  us 
closer  together,  forbearing  one    another 


uch 
salt.as  their  high,  responsible  and  impor- 
tant positions,  (in  our  judgment)  would 
seem  to  demand* 

And  as  a  day  of  fraternal  fasting  and 
prayer  for  the  unity,  purity,  peace,  and 
prosperity  of  our  beloved  Zion,  I  woulil 
heartily  endoi-se.  and  strongly  recom- 
mend the  propi>sition  made  by  our  dear 
brethren  at  A.  M.,  of  1S4X,  and  (general 
ly  responded  to  by  those  present.  (The 
greater  part  of  those  old  posts  who  sign- 
ed those  minutes  are  falleu  asleep,)  aud 
if  they,  ^1  years  ago  felt  the  necessity 
of  fasting  and  prayer,  surely  we  at  this 
time  should  feel  it,  if  possible,  more  so. 
The  minutes  read  a-*  follows: 

"Lastly,  at  the  parting  meal  Wed- 
nesday noon,  it  was  proposed,  and  beai't- 
ily  responded  to  by  all,  to  recommend 
every  Monday,  of  our  future  Annual 
Meeting  as  a  day  of  general  fasting  aud 
prayer,  not  only  to  the  members  that 
may  be  gathered  at  the  place  of  meeting, 
but  to  all  the  members  in  evei-y  part  of 
the  Lord's  vineyard,  who  yet  desire  to 
be  faithful,  and  to  see  the  household  of 
faith  ccmtiuue  steadfast  in  the  apostles' 
doctrine,  and  in  fellowship,  and  in  break- 
ing bread,  and  in  prayers,  even  until  he 
comes,  who  hath  said,  'Surely  I  come 
quickly,^  Amen.  Even  so  come  Lord  Je- 
sus." The  grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ 
be  with  us  all.  Amen 
Lena-y  III. 


Our  Lord  distinctly  lays  down  the 
•omparison  between  these  two  periods. 
That  which  gave  such  prominence  to  the 
days  of  Noah  was  the  termination  in  the 
flood ;  that  which  gives  such  interest  and 
solemnity  to  our  day,  is  this;  that  it  is 
tt>  terminate  iu  the  "coming  of  the  Son 
of  man."  What  profound  solenuuty  the 
deluge  throws  around  the  dayy  of  Noah, 
as  We  r.  al  the  past  history!  AVbat  pro 
found  solemniix  the  prospect  of  the 
"  coming  of  the  Son  of  man'* 
throws  over  our  days,  when  we 
reatl     of  the 


for     as     Mire 


th. 


days  of  Noah  ended  in  the  drowniuj 
deluge,  which  NWept  all  men  tVoiu  olV 
the  face  of  the  eartli.  so  sure  shall  our 
days  end  in  that  more  terrible  cousum 
mation,— not  a  deluge  of  water  again, 
but  a  flood  of  fire— a  fiery  deluge  iu 
which  this  earth  and  its  works  of  wick- 
edness are  to  be  destroyed  ;  for  "he  com- 
I'tb  in  flaming  fire  taking  vengeance  up- 
on them  that  know  not  (tod,  and  obey 
not  his  go>pel:  who  shall  be  bimished 
with  everlasting  destruction  from  the 
presence  of  "the  Lord  and  from  the  glor_\ 
of  his  power."  But  when  the  Son  of 
man  comes,  shall  he  find  faith  on  the 
earth  ? 

In  2  Timothy  :i,  we  read  that  in    the 
last  days  perilous  times  shall  come.  This 


-T^I^  If^VE^RS,  CROSSING,    I  , 

ONE  by  oue  llieyjir«  gnlhering  thfi^— 
Therp  at  the  lliver's  Crossing; 
The  wear-  of  hfe.  iIh  turmoil  and  caro, 

Down  by  tli»  Rivers  Croasing. 
Thousands havo  gone  to  that  river's  side — 
TUoiiBiuids  have  jiluiicfd  in  it*  chilling  tide- 
There — at  the  lliverV  Cros'-ing    - 

There  waits  a  ferrynun.  jiale  .lud  at'mi, 
Down  by  the  River'n  CnisMing; 

He  silently.  Moleinnly  gathers  them  in. 
There,  nt  that  Ibvev'a  Cn 

There,  our  sisters,  so  gentle. 

.\nA  our  brother*,  so  In-ave, — 

The  Iwautifiil  chi'dren  must  p;iiis  the  wave. 
There,  nt  the  Uiver'a  Cromiiig. 


Crossing, 


THE  DAYS  OF  NOAH  AND  THE 

SECOND  COMING  OF 

CHRIST. 

BY  H.  W.  STKICKLER. 

"We  are  of  God,  and  the  whole  world  Heth 
ickedness."  1  John  5;  19, 
E  are  so  apt  to  underrate  the  evil 
aud  oven-ate  the  good.  Yet,  we 
find  the  evil  advancing  and  infidelity 
growing  bold;  we  find  men  telling  us 
that  all  religions  are  equally  right  or 
equally  wrong;  we  find  philosophic  men 
leveling  up  the  false  religion,  aud  level- 
ing down  the  true;  in  order  to  make  one 
vast  plane  of  all  religions  together,  we 
find  men  calling  the  "good  evil,  and  evil  I  ar 


W^ 


chapter  set-ins  to  be  a  recapitulation  of 
the  evil  of  the  days  of  Noah,  as  carried 
out  in  the  last  days.  In  the  second  chapt- 
er of  Isaiaii,  we  have  a  similar  scene: 
darkness  aud  desolation  aud  crime  and 
judgment.  Then  iu  the  third  of  second 
Peter,  a  similar  scene:  "scotVers  shall 
come,  walking  upon  their  own  lust«,  and 
saj  ing  where  is  the  promise  of  his  com 
ingT'  These  passages,  and  several  sim- 
ilar ones,  bring  out  the  likeness  of  the 
two  times.  I  want  to  show  you,  iu  i-ef- 
erence  to  men,  the  two  periods  are  like 
each  other;  and  how,  iu  reference  to  (rod, 
they  are  like  each  other.  * 

1.  In  reference  to  man,  we  see  in- 
creasing worldliness,  forgetfulne-ss  to 
God,  crime — we  hear  the  voice  of  the 
.scolder  speaking ;  we  see  tiod  set  at 
naught,  righteous  men  despised,  judg- 
ment of  God  set  aside ;  and  whereas  in 
our  day,  they  say,  "where  is  the  promise 
of  his  coining !"  So,  doubtless,  they 
said  in  the  days  of  Noah ;  "where  is  the 
Hood  for  which  you  are  preparing  this 
ark!"  If  you  will  stvidy.  them  in  connec- 
tion with  second  Timothy, third  chapter, 
you  will  under3an<l  more  fully  what  I 
mean. 

But  we  find,  on  the  part  of  (lod,   for- 
bearance and  longsulfeiing.  "A  hundred 
and  twenty  years  in  the  preparing  of  the 
k  wherein  eight  souls  were  saved,"  we 


I'>eatli  is  the  nanip  of  tluit.  ferrymiui  imle, 
Down  liy  the  River's  CrosMiig; 
lie  lieeds  uot  tlie  aiuiier's  ilespftiriiit;  cry. 
His  power  i^  uriishetl  wlieii  the  rigllteoll^  die- 
He  hiu'ries  theui  nil  to  the  shore  that  is  nigh. 
Over  the  River's  Crossing. 

We,  too.  shall  stund  on  that  beaten  ,itrimil, 

Down  by  the  River's  Crossing. 
And  pray  for  a  home  in  the  "better  land"  - 

Beyond  'the  River's  Crossing. 
The  friends  of  year^  the  true  and  tri.'d.    • 
Wlio  btved  and  sustiiined.  when  onr  lioiu.  had 

died— 
We  must  [iiirt  from  tliem  all  at  the  water's  side. 
Down  by  the  River's  Crossing. 

Tlie  loved  ones  of  "tlie  long  ago."  toe,  are  one 
Down  to  that  River's  Crofsing; 

They  have  tiass'd  the  way.  Each  piis*etli  ahmc, 
Down  to  that  River's  (Jrossiug. 

l-'aces  beantiful—  Iniads  most  fair— 

Little  feet  tliat  Inive  climbed  "the  Golden  Stair," 

Tresses  of  gold  and  gray  are  there— 
Over  tlie  River's  Crossing. 


good,"  "the  sweet  bitter,  and  the    bitter 
sweet."  "putting  light  for  darkness,  and 
darkness  for  light."     We   actually  find 
among  the  Christian  race,  men    profe-ss 
ing  to  believe  in  Christ  who  have  strange 
forms  of  faith,  and  strange  forms  of  un- 
belief, and  anti-ehristin  their  creed;  we 
find  men  believing  in  science,  philosphy, 
and  literature,  believing  in  the  illimita- 
ble power  and  progress  of  our    race,  but 
setting  a-side  the  gospel  of  the   grace  of 
(iod;  setting  aside  the  cross  of  our  Lord 
,Jesu8   Christ   by    means   of  which  God 
proposes  in  his  own  time  and  way  to  re 
deem  us.     But  '  as  it  was  in  the  days  of 
Noah,  so  shall  the  corning  of  the  Son  of 
man  be."     The  days   before   the   flood, 
and  the  days  before  the  coiniugof  the  Sou 
of  man  are  to  resemble    each  other.     If 
men's  hearts  during  that  time  were  evil, 
we  are  sure  that  those  same  hearts  will  be 
found  speaking  out  to  the  last;  and  that 
the  days  before    the    Son   of  man^the 
daysm  which    we  live,  will    be  found 
like  the  days  of  Noah. 


in  this  land,  have  not  only  had    a    hun 
dred  and  twenty  years,  but  more   than 
twice  that   since  the   reformation.     God 
says  "my  Spirit  shall  not  always  strive 
with  man;"  but  as  wickedness  increases, 
it  seems  as  though  this  striving  increases; 
God's  striving  with  men,  pleading  with 
them,  and  saying,  "turn  ye.  turn  ye  fur 
why  will  ye  dief     Brethren,  shall  we 
not  seek  to   he  faithful,  with   grace   on 
one  hand  and   judgment  on    the   other, 
that  on  that  day  when  we  shall  be  asked 
to  give  an  account  of  the  deeds  done    in 
the  body,  we  shall  be   able   to   say.  we 
preached    Christ     and  judgment    tinto 
them,  we  told  them  to  "flee  the  wrath  to 
come!"     When  men  are  saying,  'Pc^ace 
and  safety,  then  sudden  destruction  com- 
eth,  and  they  shall  not  escape."     Breth 
ren,  as  the  days  of  Noah  was,  so   shall 
the  days  seem  now.     Let  us,   therefore, 
feel  whatsoever  our  hands  find  to  do,  do 
it  with  all   our  might,  "for   the    night 
conieth  wherein  no  man  can  work." 
Ltyrulne,  III. 


Methinks  "voices"  coii.e  bneli  when  the  wind  is 
fair — 

Raek  friiii  the  River's  Crossing-" 
tjingillg; — ".lesiis  of  Nn-^nl-etli  w-iiiteth  there," 

Close  by  tlie  River's  Crossing. 
Tlie  "City  Celestial"  is  seen  from  ulnr. 
With  its  "Beautiful  Mansion,"  and  Gates  Ajar, 
The  rest  for  God's  people  romninetb  lliere  - 
liver  tile  River's  Crossing. 

Urotiiers  and  s'lsters  aud  friends  shall  meet 
t)ver  the  River's  Cromitig; 

VVitli  parents  and  children  at  .lesiis'  feet, 
Dver  tlie  River's  CroHsing. 

OhI  that  "Home  of  the  SonI,"  in  our  virions 
and  dreams, 

VVIiich  ti'll  of  its  beauty,  how  peaceful  it  scorns. 

Ob!  to  wander  for  aye  bv  its  mnrinuring  streams 
Over  the  River's  Crossing! 

—^flMril. 


THE  HUMAN   WANT. 

YOr  wantcontentment.andyou  want 
rest.     You  want  something  to  fill 
you  and  make  you  ieel  that   it   is  well 
with  you.     Money  won't  do  it;    praise 
from  friends  won't  do  it;  high    standing 
won't  do  it.     There   will   be  a  turning 
and  a  sickening  of  the  soul,  aud    if  you 
do  not  feel  it  this  evening    it  will   come. 
It  stands  to  the  law  of  truth   that   man 
made  like  (iod  cannot  be  satisfied  with 
less  than  God.     And  at  every  heart   of 
the  poorest  man  and   the  richest   man, 
God  is  standing  knocking  and  ii-sking  to 
be  taken  in,  that  it  may    be   well  with 
them,  80  that  the   child   of   the    Divine 
shall  be  made  glorious  liy  the    presence 
of  the  Divine,  that  the  child  of  the  Fath- 
er may  liecoiue,  throughout  the    world, 
the  sharer  of  the  glory  of  the  Most  High. 
What  a  scheme  of  salvation!     Less  than 
this  will  not  do.     Less  than  this  will  not 
lead  you  to  glory. 

Who  knows  what  moral  desolation  « 
lying  in  uinliush  in  a  bad  book,  a  Iiad 
companion,  bail  social  customs — per- 
haps iu  a  single  ghiss  of  wine,  a  single 
visit  to  the  play!  "Beware  of  begin- 
nings." 

You  cannot  prove  a  thing  to  be  good 
and  beautiful  to  a  man  who  has  no  idea, 
of  its  excellence. 


Good  character  is  above  all  things  else. 


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unntinr  mii  tip  ilrtluc^tcd  from  lh«  i 
l«u«.  M.)ncj  »ciii  hy  PoiIbI  Ur>i« 
ordrnfl..  j.r.ii.<TljniIJrP«.^J.  will 
avndiDR  dmn,  tw  -tire  ihal  it  i»  nol  n  ch«k.  If  It  w  • 
ehtck.  it  coiiiii  III  SO  rtDiK  to  colUci,  whiU  «  <Jr»n  c*n  bo 
«.ll»<Mr.I  frp*.  l'o«li»gc  slnmpii  niAy  be  fHil  fur  nmounU 
UOd«r  1  IW.  I'lil  nIwnjrBi-pnil  Ibe  money  if  yoii  cou  Ret  It, 
8ubscrip1i«n«,  (ind  romniUQic-ftli'.n.  iul* mlfd  for  the  p»- 
p»r.  *M  wrll  »i>  all  bimiiiMK  mniierr  <-i,[iiiccl*J  wUh  lh«  of- 
toe  should  bf  Btldmard 

KOOSE  A  ESEELMAH, 

Luwk,  CuToU  6o„ni 


LAXAKK,  ILL..  -         -        MAV    ».,  I87fl. 

BiioTiiKK  J.  \V.  Beer  in  preBchiiig  in  the  Mi- 
ami Valley,  Ohio. 

OsB  WW  baptized  in  the  Oiiurry  Git»v»- con- 
greRiition  tlie  fin"!  of  Inst  week. 

Mk^hiki.  Liclily'H  HtltirctiH  in  cIianBcd  from 
KalN  ('ity,  Nebrfwkfi,  to  Norton,  Nurlon  Coun- 
ty, KansAfi. 

Uisriin-  Ainpn.  oiiH  of  the  olflcxt  IliMhopH  in 
ihe  M-'thodiHt  church,  died  Ai)ril  'jr>.  nt  the  ago 
of  74,  iu  IJtiltiiiiore. 

HimrilKH  II.  H.  Miller  writes  that  lii« 
iiiiiiily  in  still  in  I/ud  health,  and  fortlmt  reanoii 
he  cannot  do  much  traveling  and  jin-achiriK. 

IlKNitv  Urallier  \\nn  ihowen  to  niinisfry  in 
Waflhington  Church.  Intiiana,  April  lUth, 
Choton  deacons  at  nanie  pUr"  Norniiin  lleet«r, 
Elijah  StoueliuriiLT. 


On  till-  Itttli  of  April,  a  moHt  dctitructivf  Ini- 
nwln.  pii«itiiig  oni:>  niileaouth  of  Otho,  Alaltanin, 
did  gr>!at  duninge  to  Iiouhcfi,  Ireen,  fenceit,  and 
cropii.  Two  [jerMonB  nvf  Idiown  to  have  hecn 
killed.  ^^^ 

It  is  m\>\  that  John  ^'iiincy  Adanin  made  it 
a  practiee  to  read  IhniiiKh  the  Uiltl-'  once  every 
year.  Hi«  cu«itoni  wiw  to  reail  four  or  tivn 
chiii)tL'rH  every  inoriiinR,  inimediatfly  after 
iiriiiing  from  his  bed. 

HiiuTHBii  Jacob  BerkeyV  article  from  Tt-xns 
thin  week  will  ho  read  witli  intoreBt  by  thofie 
who  think  of  settling  in  tho  Lonu  Star  Stati-. 
A?i  for  ourselves,  we  conid  certainly  unjoy  sonio 
uf  those  ripei  utrawbcrriet*.  We  are  anxious  to 
►ee  tlie  ciu»e  prosper  in  Teiiis. 

Thosk  of  our  brethren  who  think  that  Ihe 
less  tliey  appear  lik«  tho  chureli  the  more  the 
world  will  think  of  them  are  wiidly  mistaken. 
Honest  conviction  ami  cunhi»tuiit  practice  al- 
wayn  command  respect  fi-om  Hcnsilde  (leople, 
and  these  are  the  only  kind  we  need  pay  any 
attention  lo. 

It  U  lioped  tlmt  those  attending  tho  District 
Meeting  at  Arnold's  Grovi»  noxt  wfck  will  eonie 
prepiircd  to  xtay  (ill  all  the  buNineas  In  finished 
lip  ill  good  order.  As  a  genornl  thing  bu->ino'^s 
at  the  close  of  the  meeting  is  rushed  througli 
too  tiiit,  and,  tw  a  contiequenCP,  niucli  i^  neglect- 
ed. What  is  worth  doing  at  all  is  worth  doing 
right.  ^_^ 

As  the  sun  i*  the  center  of  our  solar  system. 
FO  '}*  l^hritt  the  center  of  the  Christian  religion. 
As  the  plauets  revolve  around  the  sun  and  re- 
ceive their  light  from  it,  80  do  the  ChriHtiHim 
revolve  around  Christ  and  receive  their  light 
;ind  strength  from  hiui.  By  his  power  they 
are  held  in  their  places,  and  by  lii^  directions 
they  perform  Ihiii*  missious. 

Wk  should  follow  men  no  farther  than  they 
follow  Chri.st,  or  the  hetter  way  i«  to  follow  no 
uninHpired  man  in  soy  point  of  worship,  b:<t 
follow  Christ  and  the  apo-itlea  in  all  thing«,  then 
if  t^ere  are  any  others  following  Christ  we  will 
\f  in  their  oompany,  and  if  they  are  not  follow- 
ing the  Mtuiter  it  is  safest  to  keep  away  from 
them  anvhow. 


WiiEK  we  employ  a  man  Ut  work  for  us  we 
want  to  nee  him  pull  off  hit  cuat  and  go  at  it  in 
real  earnent.  We  do  not  want  to  «pp  him  xtand- 
ing  round  two  or  three  d)ty»  getting  r»*»dy. 
JuHt  80  with  Cfirifltiaas.  When  they  come  to 
the  church  we  want  to  »ee  them  enter  the  vine- 
yard at  once  and  not  wait  two  or  three  years 
before  commencing  work. 

We  are  in  receipt  of  sample  copieo  of  the 
Anifrif'in  .iijririiUurht,  oae  of,  if  not  the  if^nt 
pai>er,  for  farmem  nuhlinhed  in  America.  If  all 
the  farmers  would  take  this  ptt|>er  and  read  it 
carefully  there  would  be  less  humbugging  going 
on.  One  article  entitled  "  Sundry  Humbugs," 
in  the  May  number,  ia  worth  the  price  of  the 
paper  for  one  year.  It  in  published  monthly, 
finely  illustrated  and  devoted  to  practical  farm 
ing,  gardening,  and  the  interest  of  the  entire 
houwhold.  Price  if  I  50  a  year.  Send  15  cent* 
and  get  a  sample  copy.  Addreis,  Orange  .ludd 
Company,  245  Broadway.  X«w  York. 

In  it  poMsible  that  Christians  should  depart 
Ro  far  from  the  nimplicity  of  the  truth  that 
brother  will  go  to  law  with  brother,  and  that 
before  unlfheverK?  Is  it  possible  that  a  church 
hhould  bi;  so  careless  an  to  allow  nienibcrs  lodo 
that?  Ih  it  po«sible  that  elders  havn  u'ased  to 
watch  over  the  flocks  in  certain  localities,  and 
allow  memberH  thus  to  violate  the  Scriptures? 
Is  it  possible  that  these  least  esteemed  unbeliev 
ers  ahould  be  set  lo  judge?  I  sfieak  it  to  the 
shame  of  any  congregation  that  will  allow 
brother  to  go  to  law  with  brother.  "  Is  it  so. 
tiiat  tliere  is  ntit  a  wine  man  among  you?  no, 
not  one  that  Mhull  be  able  to  judge  between 
brethren?"     I  fV.r.  li;  (( 


h'> 


MKiCiER^  ofUn  make  mifitskes  iu  locating 


in  the   western   country.    They  settle 


away  from  churches  and  schools,  thus  depriving 
their  families  of  many  advantages  in  education 
and  ri^ligious  influences.  Before  fettling  it 
would  be  far  l)etter  to  spend  more  time  looking 
ar.'.it"!.  and  if  pofsibl^^  settle  where  your  fami- 
'■Jt  ikvorcd  with  good  religious  influences.. 


TO  BOB  INOERSOLL. 

There  Is  mtiie  real  climity  in  tlie  woil.l  tn-iJiiy 
Ilian  ever  before;  moici  fiee  tliuiiglil  hi  Hic  world 
tJjun  ever  before;  more  liappy  fiiniilies;  morechiJ- 
rlren  treated  iw  tliongli  tJiey  were  tender  blossoms 
tliaii  lis  Dioiigli  they  Wfii:  Unites,  than  iiianyoMicr 
lluHi  iir  nation,-   iNoKitsoi.L. 

\,'  KS,  but  who  is  the  cause  of  it?  or  what  has 
brought  it  about?  Did  tlie  writings  o1 
Voltaire  and  Tom  Paine  improve  the  condition 
of  society?  We  have  a  jiropohition  for  Bob 
Ingersoll;  Oo  west,  procure  one  or  two  conn- 
tie"  of  good  land  and  st-ttle  it  iij)  with  InfideU. 
not  allowing  usingl.-  Christian  in  the  colony: 
allow  no  Bibles  read,  no  preaching,  uoSumlay- 
sch«ols,  and  no  prayura.  Allow  no  rnligioun 
papers,  hooks,  or  paniplilets  to  circulate  within 
the  colony.  Do  (his  for  fifty  years,  and  then 
we  will  see  whether  Bob's  claims  for  infidelity 
are  worlll  noticing.  Will  our  exchanges  keep 
this  going?      ^^_.^^^_ 

EDITORIAL  CORHESPONDENCE. 

BY  the  kindness  of  Providence,  I  wiw  permit- 
ted to  meet  with  the  brethren  composing 
the  Si>rinB  Creek  Church,  Wabash  County,  In- 
diana, in  the  evening  of  April  liUh.  Here  also 
not  Brother  Sharjj,  who  had  arrived  about  a 
week  previous.  IJad  a  very  pleiwunt  meeting, 
good  order  and  atteutn)n  while  Brother  Sharp 
addressed  the  people  on  the  subject  of  Jesus' 
Yoke.  On  Sunday,  10  A.  M,,  met  with  breth- 
ren in  public  worship.  God  made  us  glad  with 
this  people.  Al  '.i  P.  M.  met  again,  and  listen- 
ed to  Brolher  Lnhr's  address  to  the  children 
This  was  a  glorious  season.  God  blvs-i  the  dear 
youth  and  keep  them  from  the  evils  of  the  woi  Id ! 
In  the  evening  met  in  Baptist  Church  in  South 
Whitley.  On  Monday  21.st,  met  at  Spring 
Creek  Church  again  to  con-^ider  Sunday-school 
work.  D.  BecUtelheimer  was  chosen  Modertt- 
tor.  and  A.  Leedy  and  .loseph  Auiick  ilh  Secre- 
taries. Programme  which  had  been  previously 
prepai-ed  was  rea.1.  Brother  Aniick  read  an 
easay  on  the  influence  ot"  Sunday-schools.  It 
was  stated  that  the  BI.  K.  Church  in  its  statis- 
tics for  the  State  of  Indiana,  shows  that  during 
the  year  1878  they  received  542  Brethren's 
children  into  their  church  through  the  influ- 
ence of  their  Sunday-schools.  Is  this  not 
enougli  to  stimulate  all  to  greater  activity  in 
the  education  of  our  children?  Can  we  aflbrd 
to  let  our  children  go  from  home  through  au 
indolence  and  inditl'ereuce?  Why  not  call  the 
diildren  togetlur  and  teach  them  the  Bible? 
Wliy  idle  away  our  time,  and  see  our  chihhen 
go  elsewhei-e?  O  my  dear  brethren,  can  we 
not  all  awake  from  our  sleep  and  apathy,  and 
keep  our  dear  cliildren  among  us?  Yesr/rcfjn; 
and  thanks  be  to  Uod  many  are  coming  forward 
to  "  rescue  the  perisliing,"  and  "care  for  the  dy- 
ing." A  very  good  feeling  prevailed,  and  each 
labortd  lo  extend  the  cause  of  truth.     It  was 


paiDfully  evident.  howeTer,  thiki,aB  a  peopl.-. 
hare  not  exert*-d  ourwlves  in  behalf  of  those 
childrea  that  need  Bible  ioetrnction.  There 
are  many  whom  we  might  lead  irto  the  truth 
if  we  would  make  the  effort.  Why  we  should 
not  make  tht*  effort,  doth  not  yet  appear. 

The  qualifications  of  Sunday-school  workers 
were  urged  an  being  gottd  character.  Christian 
virtue*,  Bible  knowledge,  holy  life,  purity  of 
speech.  The  physical,  intellectual  and  spiritu- 
al natures  of  children  need  to  be  developed.  By 
food  and  exercise  the  physical  is  developed;  in 
oar  common  schools  the  intellectual  is  develop- 
ed, and  hy  the  Bible  the  spiritual  is  developed. 
Pan-nts  perform  part  of  the  work,  but  find  it 
necessary  to  employ  helps  in  the  development 
of  their  children,  They  find  it  convenient  to 
entrust  the  intellectual  part,  in  a  great  measure, 
to  olherd.  and  most  of  them  entrust  the  devel- 
opment of  the  spiritual  to  those  ot  "like  precious 
faith."  A  permanent  organization  was  effected 
by  choosing  a  Standing  Committee,  and  Corre- 
sponding Secretaries.  Committee,  Jos.  Amick, 
W.  S.  Toney,  S,  Aukerman.  Secretaries.  Em- 
ma Bowmun.  Martha  (Vmnell.  Meeting  ad 
jourued  to  convene  the  second  Tuesday  of  Nov. 
next  at  place  to  be  selectt-d  by  Standing  Com- 
mittee. 

On  the  morning   of  the  !ii2nd,  met  at  same 
place  to   council    concerning  the   preaching  of 
the  gospel  in  idaces  in  Middle  Dwtrict  of  Indi- 
ana where  there  are  open   doors.     There  was  a 
gooil  representation,  and    it  was  soon    manifest 
that  the  interest  among    the  Brethren    is  com- 
mendable.    Brother  J.  S.  Snowberger  was  chos- 
en Moderater,  W.  S..Toney,   Secretary,   and  J. 
II.  Crumrine.  KeadingClerk.     Brother  A.  Leedy 
presented  a  {dan  to  conduct  the  work  of  evan- 
gelism, but,  on  motion,    was  laid  over,  in  order 
to  give  opportunity  to  discuss  the  importance 
of  mission  work.    The  remainder  of  the  fore- 
noon was  tpent  in  diHCussion.     To   the  carelul 
observer,  it  was  clearly  evident  that  Middle  In- 
diana, like   many   other  districts,    has  a   large 
field  to  work  in .    One  brother  has  a  territory  of 
,4U0  square  miles  to  travel  over.     He  arose  to 
show  how  he  had  to  labor  under  severe  difficul- 
ties.   Calls  from  all  directions  came  to  him  to 
preach  the  gospel,  but  being  poor,  he  could  not 
till  them.     The    people  arc    buiigry.  but  he  has 
not  the  ability  to  get  the  bread  of  life  to  them. 
He  ha-*  a  dear  wife  and  loving  children  who 
utjed    his   care.     At   this   stage   he  completely 
i)roke  down   through  sympathy,   and  the  audi- 
ence did  what  God  bids,  '*  Weep  with  those  that 
weep."    O  how  our  hearts  melted   under  this 
exhibition  of  sympathy  for  the  cause  of  Christ! 
Many  precious  hearts,  no  doubt,  then  aud  there 
resolved  to  give  their  prayei-s,  their  sympathies, 
their  means,  to  help  the  servants  of  God  to  go 
forth  to  proclaim  the  tidings  of  salvation.    An- 
other brother  told  liow  this   poor  minister  had 
struggled  to  reach  the  calls,  often  walking  long  | 
distances,  and   undergoing    severe    hardships. 
But  the  rfjoicing  part  was  in  the  result  of  pa- 
tient labors.     At  one  place  eighteen  or  twenty 
had  been   added   to  the  church,  and  iu  other 
places  there  was   good  fruit  also.     Elder  -lessc 
Meyers  maintained  tliat  if  we  would  give  only 
one  per  cent  of  our  incomtito  the  Lord  a  mighty 
work  could  he  done. 

After  partaking  of  some  refreshments,  the 
brethren  and  sisters  proceeded  to  the  adoption 
of  a  plan  of  doing  work.  A  Board  of  Directors 
consisting  of  five  deacons  was  chosen  to  select 
mini^ter8  to  fill  calls  in  isolated  places.  Any 
brother  cun  suggest  the  name  or  names  of  miu- 
ister.-*  to  go  out  to  such  places  as  may  be  open 
to  the  Brethren,  but  the  Board  shall  exercise  its 
judgment  in  the  matter.  Tliis  Board  shall  be 
sleeted  by  delegates  from  each  congregation, 
and  shall  hold  their  position  for  one  year.  Pow- 
er was  given  the  Directors  to  appoint  Treasur- 
er and  Secretary.  The  Suring  Creek  Church 
agreed  to  send  the  plan  to  D.  M.  for  its  consid- 
eration. 

The  proceedings  of  this  day  by  the  brethren 
assembled  in  council  are  truly  significant.  They 
speak  well  for  tho  Middle  District  of  Indiana. 
Tliey  do  not  desire  to  come  behind  in  any  good 
work.  Their  hearts  are  open  for  the  cause  of 
Christ.  They  I.  ^1  that  ihe  old  veterans  wlio 
came  into  their  .country  3  cars  ago,  and  labored 
and  sirufigled  lo  build  up  churches  have  done 
a  great  and  good  woi  k.  The  younger  brethren 
thank  God  for  this.  They  feel  grateful  that 
God  put  it  into  tlie  hearts  of  tliese  now  aged, 
but  once  young,  brethren  to  enter  Ihe  wilds  of 
the  Stale  and  here  and  there  plant  the-.tandard 


of  tnitb,      God    ble«8   them   for  Ih^i. 

They  have  dene  well.     But  the  youn^^.    / 

ren  feel  that  they  ought  now  to  put  forth '''^" 

effortii  to  fill    up  the  waste   places,  so  th    *''*" 

all,  old  aud   joung.  together  for  counsei^*^' 

ask    the    churches    whether  they    ^u,  '  **"* 

M^ny  of  the  churches  say.  "  We  wi||  ^  1        f" 

have  been  blessed  with  health  and  weaitk 

we  will  help    bear  the    burden;  for  the   t'  ^^ 

short,  and  he  that  will  work,  must  work    '^^  " 

ly."     The  .-oung  and  strong  in  body  say'^u'^" 

must  go  forth.     God  will  not  let  us  gta  A  ■ 

These  old  brethren  are  abundantly  able  to 

care  of  the  churches,  so  let  us  go  out  and     j 

the  hardships.     Woe  is  us  if  we  declare  n     ^^ 

truth  to   those    who  are    in    darknega     r 

must.     We  know  the  labor  is  hard.     Wp  It  ^'^ 

we  must  forsake  borne  comforts  and  dear  f  ^* 

ly  ties  for  a  season,  but  for  the  sake  of  pr        " 

souls  we  cannot  hold  back.     Will  you  hi    "* 

some?     Will  you  see  that  our  families  are  ^  "* 

for?     Will    you    help  us  to  get  from   plac^^!^ 

place   rapidly,    or  shall    we  take   our  canes 

move  onward?     We  will  go.  we  mu-^t  go     v 

do  you  say?"     From  hundreds   of  hearts  th' 

answer  is  waved  back.  "  We  will  lielp,     vir 

ease  your  burdens.     We  will  help  a-i  God  h  tk 

pt'ospered  us."     Such  are  the  feelings  of 

kind  hearts.    No  one's  rights  and  ncivii 

fuviieggg 


shall  be  assailed,  but    a.s  the  Lord    hu 


I  with  grace,  so  let  each  manifest 


'  eiriched 


grace.  Maj- 


the  Lord  help  the    Brethren  everywhere  to  1 
lior  to  the  honor  and  glory  of  God. 

I  cannot  close  this  letter  without  express! 
thanks  to   (>od  for  his  preserving  care  toth 
bretliren  aud   sisters  for  their  kind  treatm 
and  to  the  officers  of  the  Pittsburg,  Ft.  Wav 
&  Chicago  Railroad  for  kind  favors,     Thisroal 
aims  to    give  all  its    patrons   good  accommoda- 
tions and  kind  treatment;  and  being  oneotth 
principal  routes    between    the  Ohio  and   Lak 
Michigan  is   unequalled  for  good  facilities  lor 
the  traveling  public. 

The  Lord  willing  shall  attend  the  D.  JI  nf 
Northern  Indiana  May  first.  The  next  com- 
munication will  (.ontain  au  account  of  the  D 
M.  of  Middle  Indiana  Peace  be  with  the  saint* 
of  God  every-where. 

LETTER  M'MllEIt  11 

On  the  2;ird  of  April  I  liad  the  pleasure  ot 
meeting  with  the  Brethren  of  the  Middle  Dis- 
trict of  Indiana  in  council  at  the  Sugar  Creek 
Church,  Whitley  County.  Meeting  opened  by 
singing  aud  prayer.  Dauiel  Neff  was  cLoseu 
Moderator,  John  Wolfe,  Clerk,  aud  Abraiii 
Miller.  Beading  Cleik.  Call  of  churches  and 
enrollment  of  delegates  was  next  iu  order 
Nearly  all  the  churches  were  represented.  The 
first  query  related  to  a  change  iu  the  manner 
of  doing  business  at  the  District  Meei  ing.  The 
leading  features  wore,  the  delegates  to  elect 
moderator  and  clerks,  speakers  to  he  limited  in 
time,  and  final  decision  to  be  made  by  delegates 
only.  The  meeting  refused  to  make  any  chang- 
es. The  second  query  asked  A.  M.  to  amend 
Art.  18  of  1853.  It  was  stated  that  no  sunb  ar- 
ticle could  be  found  iu  the  book,  hence  tablnd. 
The  third  asked  for  sistecs  to  break  bread  aud 
divide  the  cup  as  brethren  do,  citing  in  support 
of  the  same  1  Cor.  10:  16;  GaK  3:  28.  Sent  to 
A.  M.  without  an  answer.  The  fourth  desired 
a  change  in  time  of  holding  D.  M.  Agreed  to 
change  to  second  Wednesday  of  February.  The 
fifth  requests  A.  M.  in  sending  committees  to 
churches  to  choose  them  near  the  place  wanted 
so  as  not  to  incur  too  much  expense.  Sent  U- 
A.M.  At  thia  stage  of  the  proceedinga,  the 
meeting  adjourned  for  refreshments. 

AFTEKNOON  SESSION, 

The  first  query  demanded  frequent  changes 
in  officers  of  D.  M.  Demand  granted.  Hope 
it  may  not  remain  a  dead  letter.  The  second 
called  for  a  method  of  doing  missionary  work  in 
Middle  Indiana  District.  The  plan  adopted  the 
day  previous  by  the  Spring  Creek  Church,  was 
presented,  and  after  a  free  discussion,  adopted. 
The  third  sought  authority  to  keep  members 
from  going  into  saloons  upon  any  pretext  what- 
ever. 1  Thess.  5:  22  was  given.  The  lueetiDg 
gave  strong  evidence  of  ita  abhorrence  of  saloon 
business.  The  fourth  desired  to  know  if  » 
member  who  is  not  a  serviuit  of  the  churcli, 
could  make  an  appointment  for  a  minister  who 
may  happen  to  come  into  the  neighborhood, 
the  servants  living  at  too  great  a  distance  to  he 
consulted.  There  was  a  pretty  general  nnder- 
standing  that  a  member  could  do  so,  but  the 
query  was  tabled.    Too  much  distinction  in  the 


THE    BREXHRiUX    ^T    AVORK. 


tfiii^^ 


«Ar  IS  oiien  made  between  the  uhurch 
^rrantfl.  Too  o''ten  the  servaots  regard 
Ives  J*s  ''"■  church  and  the  church  as  their 
'■^  .,  —The  gospel  has  it  the  other  way. 
''^[we  go  the  gospel  way?  The  filil.  reUted 
^'  |.(.bes  that  have  not  paid  their  share  of 
^  \l  eXP^"*"^"  ^"'  '^'  year.  Elders  uf  delin- 
*  t  churches  to  be  notified  aud  if  they  refuse 
'"  gyit  the  raembera  under  their  care  they 
"  II  be  "  nmeoabie "'  to  District  Meeting. 
(,o«3  the  necessity  of  each  one  attending 
\f  paying  f"^""  ^'*  board.  Sixth  wislied  to 
whether  a  brother  who  goes  into  volun- 
baokriiptcy   can    be    held   in   fellowship. 


(HO* 


■  sinless  he   pive  satisfaction.     The  seventh 


^laWd  to 


the  same,  nnd  desired  to  know  wheth- 


(f 


can  retain  her  dowry.  I'nder  the 
,,, distances,  if  case  presented,  it  was  decided 
^couid-  The  eighth  was  similar  to  the  sixth, 
1  tlie  answer  was.  a  brother  has  no  right  to 
,„  luff  for  redress.  The  ninth  desired  in- 
j  with  respect  to  the    power  of  a  Ma- 


fjnic" 


til.     It  was  sliown   that  such  oath  is 

J.  is  not  according  to  any  properly  con- 

iiluled  authority,  hence  any  one    li-aving   the 

ilasooic  society  and   coming    to  the  cliurch  is 

/-plo  lell  what  he  knows.    The  tenth  niain- 

„^,1  that   the   early    Christians    rejected   as 

tA\<»  *i"  ministers  who  n-oeived  gifts  of  mon- 

^]„l]iiiig,&c.,  and  that  the  modern  Christians 

.boulJ  do  iiItewi^e.     From  wliat  gospel  (?)  this 

fiirmation  was  gleaned  wp  did  not  learn.    W 

ri- uearly  all  auilty  of  having  received   gifts 

tsoniP  t""^  **''  "tl"^'''  '"J  "'^  query  wa.s  tabli^d. 

-rii^i.i.veulli    askfd  A.  M.  to  modify  Art.  17  ut 

\\'l  relatinp  to  minority  preventing    nuijontv 

Uiiing  Sunday-schools.    Sent  to  A.  M.    This 

iiiiestiuii    I'll*    '"^en    before   the    D.    M.  several 

ij  ,pj  ijiit  jihvajs  ruled  out  on  account  of  some 

itcliiHtali'y-     By  a  number  of  churches,   a  re- 

coiisi'lefiil  ioii  is  de^^red,  but  it  seems  they  were 

wiiut   iiiifortunate   in    their  eft'urts  to  get 

natter  before  A.  M.    The  twelfth  desired 

pfrmiisiiin  lor  bretlireu   who  live  near  scbool- 

lioiises.  'o   ornaui/.e   Suudai-schools.     Tabled. 

Thi-  thirteenth  wislifd  to  know  if  elders  or  any 

iiieiiibiT  of  tlie  church's  servants  have  a  right 

tn  witlihi'ld  a   query  from  a  church,    when  the 

qiierv  iitVet^ts  the  interests  of  the  church.     Con- 

\AmA  thai'  they  have  no  right  to  do  so.    This 

.pt-  tlif  servants  in  their  proper  plaips. 

Ufollier  Joseph  Aiuick  wiis  chosen  a  member 
lit  tkSf:iudiug  Committee,  and  Brother  Joseph 
U,fiiy  as  delegate.  The  meeting  on  the  whole 
iirmonious.  and  considerable  work  was 
doue  in  a  short  time.  CloJ*ed  about  6  F.  M.  In 
tlic.eveiiiitg  attended  meeting  in  the  Baptist 
Cbrch  in  South  Whitley.  M.  M.  E. 


ble  atopg.  What  has  opinions  to  do  with  relig- 
UTiat  has  opinions  to  do  with  eternity? 
Shall  any  of  us  t>e  judged  by  opinions?  Not 
one  of  u«;  but  by  the  word  of  God.  We  will 
never  agree  in  opinions,  for  we  all  love  them 
too  Well,  but  we  can  agree  on  the  Bible.  If  we 
slop  where  the  Bible  stops,  leave  the  future 
where  the  Bible  leaves  it,  we  will  all  agree,  but 
if  we  launch  out  on  theseaof  opinions,  talk  and 
quarrel  over  them,  condemnation  will  rest  on 
us. 

Every  disagreement  on  religious  matters  has 
come  through  opinions.  Schisms,  factions,  and 
parties  are  caused  by  opinions  on  religious  sub- 
jects. Going  farther  than  the  Bible  goes,  in- 
sisting on  things  not  found  in  the  Bible  as 
necessary  to  be  believed,  and  obeyed,  make  di- 
visions. The  Bible  never  causes  men  to  fall 
out  and  dispute  about  what  is  in  if.  All  the 
confusion  has  arisen  about  what  is  not  in  the 
Bible.  One  man  thinks  this  is  the  way  to  do. 
another  thinks  his  way  is  right;  so  they  pull 
apart  and  finally  separate  in  association  aud 
fellowship.  Now,  if  we  cling  to  the  Bible,  say 
what  it  says,  do  what  it  Inds,  answer  Bible 
questions  with  Bible  answers,  and  leave  "  fool- 
ish and  unlearned  questions"  (2  Tim.  2:  2;i) 
alone,  there  will  be  >niit>j  of  Jnitli.  If  there  be 
no  unity  of  faith,  then  opinions  have  entered 
the  hearts,  and  division  and  separation  is  the 
result.  Hold  fast  to  the  Bible;  go  where  it 
goes,  speak  where  it  speaks.  When  it  comes  to 
opinions,  one  is  just  as  valuable  as  the  other, 
(jive  US  the  Bible  'answer  every  time.  If  a 
question  cannot  be  answered  by  the  Bible,  it  is 
not  a  Bible  question.  (Questions  that  cannot 
be  answered  by  the  Bible  are  the  kind  mention- 
ed by  Paul  '2  Tim.  2;  23,  h«nce  should  be  avoid- 
ed. ,,^_^^^^^^__  "■  ^-  ^• 
OTJR  MANUSCRIPT. 


ilie 


NOT    AGREED.' 


■Aftpr  tlie  wicked  lire  cast  into  the  lake  of  the 
*nJliriiiistuii(f,  what  becomes  of  them?  Several 
o(  US  ure  not  agreed  in  our  opinions  aa  to  this  ques- 

[|,;ll. "  A  UUGTOKl'.. 


fPHE  Bible  fiays,  ' 
1     wnttei 


i\' 


Whosoever  was  not  found 
in  the  book  of  Hie  was  cast  into 
thekk-pof  fire."  Rev.  20:  lii.  In  the  same 
book  WP  are  told  that  "  the  fearful  and  unbe- 
lieving, uml  the  abominable,  aud  murdei'erR,and 
whoreniuuyers,  and  sorcerers,  iin  1  idolaters,  and 
ill  li;irs.  shall  have  their  part  in  the  lake  which 
biirtitth  with  fire  and  brimstone.  Hev.  21:8. 
The  Bible  tells  about  the  lake  of  "fire  and 
brinl^ton^!."  Now  for  the  question,  what  shall 
become  of  the  wicked  after  they  are  in  the  lake 
of  lire  aud  brimstone.  Hear  the  Bible  answer: 
"for,  Itehold,  the  day  comelh,  that  shall  burn 
waii'jvpii;  and  all  the  proud,  yea,  all  that  do 
mi^liedly.  shall  be  as  stubble;  and  the  day  that 
loineth  shall  burn  them  up,  saith  the  Lord  of 
Wts,  that  it  shall  not  leave  them  neither  root 
nw  branch."  Mai.  -1:  1.  In  Matt.  3: 12  In- 
spirflti'Hi  says, '"  He  will  burn  up  the  chaff  with 
■"I'luc'iii' liable  fire."  These  words  of  God  tell 
"Wl  -hall  hfcome  of  the  wicked  after  they  are 
'4'>t  into  the  lake  of  fire  and  brimstone.  The 
^'■'''■i'lr  further  says,  "Audit  thy  hand  oflend 
'W,  cm,  it.  oti":  it  is  better  for  thee  to  enter  in- 
''''it''  niainicd,  than  having  two  hands  to  go 
"^'o  hill,  into  the  fire  that  never  shall  be 
'liienclied:  Where  the  worm  dieth  not,  and  the 
i^feis  not  quenched."  Mark  9:  43,  44.  "Then 
'hall  hp  say  also  unto  them  on  the  left  hand. 
''''purt  from  me,  ye  cursed,  into  everlasting  fire, 
i"<'l»!ired  for  the  devil  and  his  angels."  Matt. 
-5:  41. 

Uu  say  several  of  you  are  not  afjreed  in  your 
"l^'orm  on  this  question.  No,  and  perhaps 
""er  "ill  be  until  you  stop  just  where  the  Bi- 


srstiiEit  IV. 
T  UMBER  24.  A  Jhr  Tiwiu/hU  .,.i  tin-  Tsp 
of  the  Ctnerinij.  The  writer  believes  as 
do  the  Brethren  generally  in  regard  to  the  use 
of  the  covering.  The  article  cout.iius  many 
good  points,  but  in  defending  them  he  intro- 
duces some  wrong  propositioJis;  he  maintains 
that  the  noman  wearing  the  covering  "boeauoe^f 
the  angels"  shows  that  she  receives  messages  from 
the  angels  as  did  the  women  at  the  sepulcher, 
fie.  This  idea  is  incorrect,  for  woman  receives 
her  knowledge  in  .the  same  way  man  receives 
W.a.  At  the  close  of  his  article  the  writer  says, 
'  I  >eud  you  this  article  to  dispose  of  as  you  see 
^ji-oper.  If  yon  think  it  may  work  for  good, 
[>rint  it;  if  not,  throw  it  into  the  waste  box." 
Now  we  can  put  this  article  in  the  waste  box 
feeling  that  the  writer  will  not  think  hard  of  us 
for  so  doing.  This  brother  would  sooner  we, 
only,  see  bis  mistakes,  and  say  nothing  about 
thtni.  than  to  have  them  published  all  over  the 
Brotherhood.  It  sometimes  goes  hard  to  reject 
an  article,  sent  us  by  u  writer,  who  thinks  it 
must  go  in  the  paper,  and  tlien  scolds  us  in  ad- 
vance if  we  refuse  the  article.  But  when  a 
person  writes  like  this  brother  we  think  the 
more  of  him.  and  can  lay  his  article  away  in  the 
waste  box  without  any  feara  of  getting  n  stjtd- 
ing  for  it. 

No.  25  is  a  letter  from  a  brother  who  has 
traveled  considerable  in  search  of  a  suitable 
country  for  a  poor  man  to  make  a  start  in,  and 
filially  settled  in  Southern  Illiuoia.  Too  long 
for  publication,  and  relates  more  to  the  writer 
himself  than  the  church. 

No.  26  18  a  reply  to  an  article  on  page  2,  in 
No,  13  of  present  volume.     Rejected. 

No.  27.  SitKjiiliir  Preitrhinq.  The  writer 
says  he  attended  meeting  where  the  minister 
attempted  to  prove  that  '"  neither  the  Scriptures 
nor  the  term  baptism  teach  any  specific  mode," 
but,  having  fallen  asleep,  he  did  not  hear  all  the 
sermon,  hence  could  only  speak  of  what  he 
heiird.  Candidly,  we  think  a  man  who  .bleeps 
in  church  is  not  the  one  to  criticise.the  sermon. 
The  church  is  not  the  place  to  sleep;  home  is 
the  place  to  do  that.  We  never  could  see  the 
pioprietyof  attending  church  just  to  site p  a 
half  hour  or  so.  We  want  all  our  correspond- 
ents to  be  wide  awake  men  and  women. 

No.  28  is  an  answer  to  a  query;  it  is  written 
with  a  pencil  on  a  card,  and  is  too  dim  to  be 
read. 

No.  20.  litreiie  this  Saijhuj.  Thin  article  i» 
in  answ'er  to  the  query  on  Matt.  19: 11, 12. 
The  writer  discussed  the  divorce  question,  and 
does  not  explain  the  verse.  He  cays  what  In- 
would  do  wtrc    I'is  wife  to   elope.     Men  should 


not  write  thus  about  their  wivea.  A  woman 
one  time  told  her  husband;  "  If  you  men  will  | 
debate,  and  cannot  do  without  it,  then  debate, 
but  do  please  leave  your  wives  out;  don't  talk 
about  them."     Rejected. 

No.  :10-  God  is  LoiY.  A  selected  article,  and 
is  rejected  to  make  room  for  original  articles. 

No.  31  is  an  article  on  Rev.  22:2.  The  writ- 
er spread  out  a  sheet  of  common  note  paper  and 
wrote  across  the  entire  sheet.  Articles  for  pub- 
lication should  Iw  written  on  pa[>er  not  over 
five  or  six  inches  wide. 

No.  32.  0/  alJ  thf  pictures  that  hnnp  on 
nienwn/s  imlK  trhich  is  the  mosf  tporthi/  of  ttwl- 
itadonY     Rejected. 

No.  33  is  a  well  written  article  on  the  beiml 
question,  and  is  from  a  locality  where  the  Breth- 
ren have  had  considerable  trouble  in  regard  to 
the  weai-ing  "f  a  full  beard.  We  do  not  admi. 
articles  on  this  subject,  it  being  a  question 
about  which  the  Bible  is  silent.  U  brethren 
want  to  wear  a  full  beard,  and  will  keep  it  de 
cent,  let  them  wear  it;  God  made  it,  and  we 
presume  he  wanted  it  to  grow.  My  individual 
preference  is  favorable  to  the  shaving  of  tlie 
upper  lip— but  I  do  not  want  to  dictate  for  my 
brother  on  a  question  where  God  does  not  dic- 
tate. If  some  of  those  who  are  making  Ihem- 
selve.*  much  trouble  about  tliis  matter  would 
spend  more  time  spreading  the  gospel  and  less 
cussing  questions  about  which  the  Bible  is 
as  silent  as  the  grave,  thrf  church  would  be 
much  better  oH'.  Let  us  leave  that  and  all  oth- 
er questions  just  where  the  Bible  leaves  them. 
However,  care  should  be  taken  to  wear  the 
beard  in  a  resoectabie  manner.  I  do  not  th 
it  19  right  for  bretliren  to  fashion  their  beard 
after  the  prevailing  style  of  the  world.  The 
absurd  fashion  ol  leaving  the  mustache  grow 
and  shaving  the  rest  of  the  face  is  neither  ben- 
eficial nor  reasonable.  There  are  many  other 
awkward  ways  of  wearing  the  heard  that  our 
membt^rs  ought  not  to  follow.  As  we  are  a 
separate  and  a  distinct  people  from  the  world, 
we  ought  to  be  actuatnl  by  pure  motivcB,  and 
liiivi-  some  good  n-nson  for  what  we  do. 

No.  34.  Ohsn-V'inr-  nf  thi-  .Sabb-ilh,  a  selectr 
ed  article.     Rejected. 

No.  35.     r/ui.  Eminence  of  Christian  .Forli- 
rH(^.  ' R>jo(&l' ■'*•*■'*'/"*      "     -.i-— 
No.  36.     ,  (  Mystery.    Rejected. 
No.  37.     Thoa<jht»  on  the  Close  of  (he  Vear. 
Uejected. 

No.  38.  J'oor  Ministers.  This  article  wns 
written  by  a  minister's  wife,  and  shows  what 
some  of  them  must  endure.  The  article  is  rath- 
er too  peraoiial  for  publica'.ion,  but  contains 
some  excellent  thoughts.  The  sister  proceeds 
toasH:  "Suppose  you  were  a  man  in  limited 
circumstances,  your  wife  sick  most  of  the  time, 
had  to  keep  a  hired  girl,  pay  heavy  doctor  bills, 
and  have  hard  struggling  to  make  a  living  at 
best:  the  church  would  tail  you  to  the  ministry, 
you  would  have  to  be  from  home  much,  spend 
considerable  time  preaching  funerals,  often 
travel  at  your  own  expense,  and  yet  receive  no 
help  from  the  wealthy  part  of  the  church, 
would  you  not  think  it  hard?"  This  sister 
knows  of  just  such  a  case,  aud  wants  to  call  the 
attention  ot  the  church  to  such  matters  that 
they  may  be  looked  after.  -i.  H.  M. 


THE  FLAG'S  SCISSORS. 

The  Ifnnlr  Fla,j  refused  to  publish  the  closinii 
part  of  Brother  Stein'a  12th  affirmative  in  itn 
pro(>er  place.  They  simply  out  off  part  of  hia 
article  and  returned  it  to  him,  so  Brother  Stein 
sends  it  to  us  to  be  published  and  read  in  con- 
nection with  his  lust  article.  It  in  hoped  the 
r  I'H)  will  not  do  the  like  again.— Br ktbrhn  at 
Work 

The  Ft'i'i  will  do  the  verj*  same  tl.ing  again 
should  Mr.  Stein  overreach  his  bounds  so  far. 
He  has  the  privilege  of  writing  as  many  articles 
a.s  he  desires,  but  must  keep  somewhere  about 
the  limits  as  to  length.— 7f«;>fi.v/  lialtlr  Flug. 

Brother  Stein  overreached  his  bounds  only 
31  lines,  but  the  Fl-i;/  was  unfair  enough  tocnt 
off  9t>  lines,  thus  making  Brother  Stein's  12tli 
affirmative  (J5  lines  shorter  than  wius  agrved  up- 
on. These  '.itl  lines  wore  returned  to  Brother 
Stein  who  sent  them  back  to  the  Fi'ig  again, 
but  preserved  a  copy  for  us.  We  pronounce 
this  scissor  busine-ts  an  unfair  game,  and  do 
not  want  to  see  the  Fin;/  do  it  any  more,  nn- 
less  it  will  do  the  same  with  Hay's  articles. 
The  allotted  apace,  for  each  article,  ends  in  the 
fourth  column  of  the  Fla^j,  the  24th  line  from 
the  bottom.  We  shall  carefully  watch  the 
Flag,  and  see  if  it  allows  any  of  Mr.  Ray's 
articles  to  go  beyond  that  line.  Brother 
Stein's  i3th  affirmative  has  now  ht-en  in  the 
hands  of  the  Flfnf  about  two  wo(*ks.     .i.  h.  m. 


ir 


A  DISTRESSING  ACCIDENT. 

KCKNTIiY,  in  the  Ogan's  Uivpk  con^^rega- 
tion,  south-east  of  North  Manchester, 
ludiaua,  one  of  the  most  distre.'>sinK  accidents 
occurred  in  the  history  of  the  county.  Mr. 
David  Strife's  wife,  a  young  woman  in  the  full 
bloom  of  life,  attempted  to  sturt  a  fire  in  the 
cook  stove  with  keronene  oil.  It  appeai-s  that 
there  were  some  live  coals  in  the  stove,  and 
these  set  the  oil  on  fire,  burstiug  the  can,  en- 
veloping the  poor  woman  in  ilamea.  Her  hus- 
band who  was  out  doors  at  the  time,  heard  her 
screams  and  ran  to  her  aid,  but  ttio  late  to  do 
any  good.  He  barely  saved  two  children  from 
the  llttmes,  and  succeeded  in  putting  out  the 
fire.  The  poor  woman  died  shortly  atterwards. 
We  give  this  as  a  warning  to  others. 


We  are  in  receipt  of  Abbott's  splendidly  fin- 
ished and  illustrated  Commentary  on  John's 
Gospel.  The  arrangement  of  the  work  is  un- 
surpassingly  good.  The  comments  are  concise, 
and  the  tone  of  the  work  manly  and  Christian. 
The  illustrations  are  fine,  and  selected  with  rare 
taste.  The  book  will  be  found  valuable  to  Bi- 
ble students  generally.  Commenting  on  thfse 
woHs— "  I'c  oiKfht  to  lea.ih  one  another's  feet  " — 
the  author  says:  "  If  we  are  to  interpret  literal- 
ly the  commands  of  Christ,  the  command  ol 
foet-wa-shiufi  as  a  perpetual  ob>'ervanCB  is  even 
more  explicit  than  thatfor  the  observance  of  the 
Lord's  Supper.  That  in  in  form  a  simple  re 
quest:  '  Do  this  in  remembrance  of  nie;'  this 
is  a  re(iue8t  twice  repeated:  '  Vo  ought  also  to 
wash  one  another's  feet;'  '  I  have  given  you  an 
example  that  ye  should  do  as  I  have  done  to 
you; '  '  If  ye  know  these  thing!-,  happy  are  ye 
if  yc  do  them.'  "  But  the  author  fails  to  inter- 
pret literally,  or  even  in  the  moi-t  obvious  sense, 
yet  his  admission  makes  a  strong  point  easily 
demonstrated.  Price  ?2.00  by  mail.  Address 
A.  S.  Barnes,  Jt  Co.,  Ill  k  113  William  Street, 
New  York.    ^ 

Onb  was  baptized  in  the  Silver  Creek  congre- 
gation la^t  week.  The  meetings  iu  that  con- 
gregation, we  understand,  are  well  utteuded, 
aud  the  church  in  ^euce  aud  union. 


Ai,L  tratlea  and  tric'ts  ariWf  rrxci/.  l'.<ii[)le 
often  disQi^it  thq  truth  abunt  luiii^ft  whiuh 
they  do  not  understand.  It  i«i  n  wondrr  tosonic 
how  we  cim  tell  wln-tlier  tlie  piT-on  who  fends 
us  an  article  for  tlie  puper  is  a  plafjiarist  or  not. 
There  are  many  ways  by  which  this  can  be  as- 
certained from  the  article  itself,  and  that  with- 
out ever  havinii  seen  it  before  either.  We  re- 
gret that  any  one  should  be  so  ilishoiip^t  as  to 
send  us  articles  which  they  did  not  coinpofle, 
and  sign  their  names  tn  them  as  if  they  had 
composed  them.  I'o  do  so  is  cheating;  it  is 
trying  to  show  one's  self  to  be  more  intelligent 
than  he  is;  and  it  is  trying  to  get  credit  for 
what  hf  does  not  dei-erve.  It  is  alto  oneway 
of  acting  the  hypocrite.  When  any  one  (tends 
an  article  which  he  did  not  compoue,  lot  him 
say  he  srlertal  it. 

A  DRATnircTiVK  tornado,  pausing  through 
Colliiifiville,  Illinois,  April  14th, did  much  dam- 
age iu  the  way  of  deHtroyiiig  property.  It  de- 
molished ten  buildings  and  ruined  about  thirty 
others.  One  person  was  killed  and  a  few  oth- 
ers wounded.  The  storm  lasttd  but  two  or 
three  minutes.  _ 

Inz  f'kiUIrm  at  Work,  thonjth  only  about 
eleven  months  old,  bids  fair  to  reai'h  a  circula- 
tion of  sitveii  or  eight  thousand  before  the  first 
of  June.  It  is  astonishing  how  the  circulation 
of  the  little  paper  is  increasing.  Send  for  nam- 
ple  copies. 

Brothkr  Kshelman  reached  lioniL'  lust  Satur- 

urday  morning,  feeling  i  ale  and  iiearty.  haTiDg 

eujoyed  himself  finely  while  with  the  Brethren 

Indiana.    He  will  hare  something   more  to 

say  about  his  trip  next  week. 

Brothkr  R.  H.  Miller  writes  thatsickneas  iti« 
his  family  may  somewhat  delay  his  response  to 
Brother  lleese'e  article,  but  that  he  will  get  it 
out  as  soon  as  possible. 

Wk  received,  too  late  lor  this  is.-iue.  a  long 
letter  from  Mr.  McOarvey.  It  was  mailed  at 
Alexandria,  Egypt,  and  will  be  found  very  in- 
teresting to  our  readers. 

Brother  S.  S.  Barklow,  of  Coquelle,  Oregon 
says  that  the  church  there  is  iu  love  and  union, 
and  that  a  number  are  being  added  to  the 
church.  _ 

W-E  learn  that  Brother  Joseph  Henricks,  of 
Cerro  Gordo.  Illinois,  is  expected  to  visit  thf 
Mia?ni  Valley,  Ohio,  soon,  aud  sptnd  sometiu.e 
preachiii<;  thire. 


THK    UKKTMIiKN    ^'F    AVOKK. 


0itt^  §mc  (Trass. 

*7V  n'orfh  of  Tntih   no   Tvnguf  Can  Tell" 

This  ilfp*rtm»nl  ia  'iMignt'I  for  MltioK  %oi  Bnnwering 
BtUc  qiicilion*.  KaA  for  thp  *olmbn  of  8oriptu«l  .lilf  cul- 
Hm,  In  i'r,(»r  lo  -^mole  ItiWe  Truth.  »!l  qHP«lion» 
■houM  he  sU(o.I  wiih  <»nd.ir.  tod  lu  wm^iI  wiili  ■■  mucli 
cl^wtK-M  M  [■oMiMe  ArticlM  for  ihis  dopwlmepl,  mun 
b*  abort  uid  to  Ibe  poiou 


Will  yoii  or  some  of  ymir  renders  \}\ciinf  c^^plaln 
Mutt.  IP",  n.  12V  Ureail»a.ifollow»:  "Kiitlie 
unlo  tliem.  Alt  rapn  ojinnol  n-ofilvc  this  »ayln(r.  »av» 
they  to  whom  it  is  pven.  For  tlitrM  are  nome 
nacljs.  whicli  were  at>  l>uni  fniiu  tfieir  mollirr*!) 
Woail>:  lunltlicrg  uru  soino  eiiniiolm,  which  were 
madeMiniicIiHof  men:  and lIipri-bPCiinncliB.  which 
h»v«  mlid«*  theirisflvea  eumirlm  for  thP  kln(pIoni  of 
kB*v*n's  Kike.  Hetliiitla  ahio  Lorecflveit,  k-t  liUn 
rewlv.-  it."  F-  •'■  FitANTz. 

Will  V011.  orHqtnc  one  elw,  iilciuw  (five  an  i-\i>liin;f 
Honof  HfV  2:  IT:*  It  readHlhiiB:  "Iletluit  hath  an 
ear.  Irt  him  Iipiir  whsit  th«  S|»irit  itiiith  iiritu  the 
Oburcbcs:  To  hiiu  that  ovirconioth  wIlURlveto 
eat  of  the  hhldeii  ni.uina,  ami  will  yivehltn  awhil* 
stonr-.  aiitl  in  th.-  tttont-  a  new  name  writl«'n.  which 
no  man  knowetli  aavinK  he  that  reeeiveth  It." 

MAKY  7.UH.KR. 

Will  aonie  ono  pleaso  L'x|)l«in  Ileh.  7 : 1.  iM  "  For 
tlila  MilchlNwU'c.  kiiiRof  Hali-m.  priest  of  tlin  most 
high  IJo'i.  wlio  met  Ahntliain  reliinilriR  from  the 
■laiigliter  of  the  kincH,  anri  l.h-«m'il  him;  without 
father,  without  nuiiher.  without  denrent.  ha%liiK 
nellliiT  iK'KinnlnB  o''  (hiyH.noren.Jor  life;  hiituiade 
like  itnlo  llieSoii  ofOoii;  ahldetli  a  prhat  contin- 
ually." W-  '*■ 

Win  M.iiie  onr  plea«f  exi-liiln  .ler.  12: :,'(  It  rea<l» 
wfolloMN:  "If  thou  hiLst  run  with  the  foutnicii. 
ami  lli.-j  have  wearied  the--,  then  how  nniHt  Ihon 
CMiitetul  Willi  horsi-M?  and  If  In  Die  lami  of  pem-e. 
wliercln  tliou  truMl^'ilNl,  they  wearied  thee,  then 
how  «ilt  lliiiii  iloin  the  awulllrf.' of  .Ionian  y" 

('.  Iv.  M. 
Will  M.nie  one  pleas-e  explain  Aela  IM:  IS.  wlih:h 
rmdRiw  rollows:  "And  Paul,  after  lhl».  tarried 
tharc  yet  a  Rood  while,  an.!  tlieii  took  IiIh  leave  nf 
the  hretlireii.  and  Hailed  thenee  into. Syria,  and  w  ith 
bim  rrisellla  and  A'jnlla;  having  itli'ini  hiw  head  in 
CencJtrea:  for  lie  had  a  vow."  N.  S.  Dam:. 

Will  yoii  or  «onie  of  tJie  liicthreii  exr>lain  Malt. 
6:2:.:  "  Ajtiee  with  thine  adver»ary<|iiiikly,  wliile 
thou  art  In  the  way  with  liiin  ;  lent  al  any  time  the 
advemaiy  delh  ei  thee  lu  tlie  JudKo,  and  the  judtte 
deliver  Hire  to  tlieollker.  and  thon  l)i'  eiwl  Into 
prison."  Who  1b  the  HdvemaryV  who  the  judgei' 
and  who  the  ofllrerV  and  where  the  jnlHonV 

H.  li.  DliriiAKicit. 
Will  lhi»  HitKTlliiEN  A-r  WciHK  pleiiHeexjilain 
PinImB.'i:  l'_'V  "  Tor  It  wan  not  an  enemy  that  re- 
proaehe.I  me;  then  I  conld  hii%e  homo  Jt:  neither 
wa«  It  lietlutl  hated  mo  that  did  muKriify  himself 
OgulnHt  ine;  tlien  I  winild  have  hid  iny«elf  from 
him."    Who  In  ri'ferred  toy         Uhakl  PKNitnn. 


read  of  the  ttw  of  life  which  bare  twelve  fniitd. 
Man,  by  his  dinobedienc*?.  forfeit*^)!  hi«  rijiht  to 
the  tree  of  life  which  grew  in  the  earthly  para- 
di«»?,  and  the  .iwonl  of  divine  jiuttice  wa«  placed 
to  Ruard  it,  or  to  keep  man  from  partaking  of 
it;  hut  by  his  obedienw!,  man  niay  hav*?  a  right 
to  the  ttce  of  life  which  u  in  the  midst  of  the 
liPftvenly  paradise.  MaTHK  A.  Lkab. 


PROVIDING  FOR  HIS  HOUSE. 

I>h-A4e  explain  I  Tim. .' : «,  which  readf  a.t  f'dh.wM: 
"Uuttr  any  provide  not  for  hisown,  andeai-eeially 
for  thi«e  of  hin  own  houap.  he  hath  denied  the  faith, 
and  in  worm-  than  an  infidel."  K.  S, 

rpilK  great  apOBtlc,  to  the  Gantile«,  in  here  in- 
1  Htnictirig  Timothy  what  h(!  ithould  teach 
the  brethren  is  their  duly  toward  their  own  rel- 
ativeii  who  rnay  be  destitute  and  dependent  on 
them— father,  mother,  or  even  graodparent,  and 
especially  tho-ie  of  their  own  houne;  NU';h  a.-* 
wife,  children,  and  «nch  an  belong  to  their  own 
familie».  He  that  will  refuw  to  do  thi--*  pra/> 
tically  deni«  I*  the  faith  by  disobeying  itt  known 
refiuipiiieiitH  "atidisworfle  than  an  infidel,'* 
becauw  uiibelieverH,  and  even  heathen  believe 
tlii.^*  to  lie  a  duty  and  often  prac  tjte  it. 

ii.  1{.  Moos. 

Utirhanan,  Mirh. 


The  Scripture  referred  to  in  the  second  query 
ia  part  of  Paul'-  charge  to  Timothy,  and  means 
that  he  should  not  receive  widows  to  be  sup- 
port.-d  by  the  eh.irch  nolessthey  have  the  qual- 
JBcations  nanie.1.  In  the  II,  12.  13  verses  of 
the  «iame  chapter  he  *^ivea  his  reasons  for  it. 
Wu.  BoRortiH 


GODS  ELECT. 


THE  NEW  COVENANT. 


1  woiddliketo 
yunr  jiaper,  lleh. 


BAPTIZED  FOR  THE  DEAD. 

TMEltK  were  those  in  tlie  cliureh  at  Corinth 
wlio  denied  the  resurrection  of  the  dead, 
hence  to  correct  these  errors  Paul  writes  ou  the 
resarrcction  of  the  dead,  (verse  12)  and  tukes 
baptism  to  show  them  how  inion'«i»teiit  they 
are,  for  tliey  hud  all  received  IjajitiHm  when  tliey 
believed,  which  is  a  ligure  of  the  burial  and  ns 
urrection  of  Christ,  There  ia  no  hope  in  u 
burial  without  a  resurrection,  therefore  Paul 
aaks  them  this  qiiestiou,  "  Why  are  iheyor  you 
baptized  for  or  in  the  likenesB  of  the  dead,  or  ol 
Christ's  death,  if  the  dead  riwe  not  at  all?  "  For 
if  they  Were  baptized,  or  buried  in  the  likeness 
of  his  burial  they  are  also  in  the  likeness  of  his 
resurreetioii,  and  should  walk  in  "uewnocsof 
life."  If.  U.  Moon. 

FEET- WASHING;    FLAMING 
SWORD. 

Will  -some  ime  piea-se  evplain  whether  feeUwaah- 
iDg  took  Dlnce  under  the  old  or  new  dist)enaation8  V 

Is  the  eherublm,  or  llamiiigsword  still  between 
man  and  the  tree  of  life?  C.  I..  CiiOTTV. 

"IITE  suppose  our  querist  wishes  to  know 
Vt  whether  the  feet-wasliing  instituted  and 
enjoined  by  our  Savior  ou  the  night  of  his  be- 
trayal took  place  under  the  old,  or  new  dinpen- 
itttioii :  to  this  we  would  an^we^.  under  the  new. 
Luke  tells  us  that  "  The  law  and  the  prophets 
were  until  John;  since  that  time  the  kiugdom 
of  God  is  preached  and  every  man  pressetlt  into 
it."  Since  that  time  all  the  commands  and  or- 
dinances that  were  enjoined  belong  to  the 
new  or  Christian  dispensation.  Clirist  came  to 
fulfill  the  old  law  and  take  it  out  of  the  way, 
that  he  might  establish  one  that  w&s  faultless 

Query  2.  "  Is  the  cherubim  ttr  tiaming  sword 
rtill  between  man  and  the  tree  of  life?"  We 
answer,  not  between  those  who  liave  accepted 
of  the  glorious  plan  of  salvation,  and  the  tree  of 
life.  In  Hev.  ,':  7  we  read,  "  He  that  hath  an 
ear  let  him  hear  what  the  spirit  saith  unto  the 
churches;  to  him  that  overcometh  will  I  give  to 
eat  of  the  tree  of  life,  which  ia  in  the  midst  of 
'.he  paradise  of  God."     Again  in  Rev.  22;  2  we 


have  some  one  explain,  tlirouftli 
s:  R-JO.  It  rwidw  ii*  follows:  "  I'or 
ilndliiK  fault  with  tliem.  lie  salth,  iJeliold,  the  days 
come,  sallh  the  Lord,  wtien  I  will  make  a  new  cov- 
enant with  the  liiHise  of  Israel  and  wllli  the  house 
nf  .ludali:  not  aceordlncrto  the  covenant  that  I 
made  with  their  fathers,  in  the  day  when  I  took 
them  hy  the  hand  to  lead  tlit-m  out  of  the  land  of 
KRypt:"  because  they  continued  iiotin  my  covenant, 
&\v\  I  regarded  tliem  not.  saith  the  Lord.  For  this 
Is  the  eovenant  that  I  will  make  with  the  house  of 
Israel  after  those  days,  saith  tlie  Lord;  I  will  [Uit 
my  lawM  into  their  mtnd,  and  write  tliem  In  their 
hearts;  and  1  will  ho  totliem  a  (iod.  and  tlieyshall 
bo  tome  a  iieujilo,"  S. 

IN  thin  communication  Paul  is  teaching  the 
Hebrews  the  divinity  of  the  Savior's  priest- 
liood,  and  draws  a  compii'ison  bftween  tlie  Le- 
vitieal  pri^■^thood  and  tliat  of  tlie  Savior;  the 
covenant  of  the  Levilical  priesthood  was  written 
upon  tables  of  stone  and  plucod  in  an  ark  culled 
the  ark  of  the  covenant.  Of  this  covenant 
Moses  Heems  to  have  leen  tlie  mediator,  as  lie 
received  it  and  gave  it  to  the  children  of  Israel. 
Hut  the  Savior  obtained  a  more  excellent  luin- 
I  istry  than  Moses,  and  is  tlie  Mediator  of  a  bet- 
ter covenant,  which  was  established  upon  better 
promises,  for  if  tlie  first  covenant  had  been 
faultless,  thon  should  no  \-Am\(>  have  been  sought 
for  the  second.  The  Savior's  covenant  was 
written  in  the  minds  and  hearts  ^^i  his  people. 
Ho  told  them  that  he  would  bring  all  things  to 
their  minds  wliatsoever  he  had  commanded. 
And  whatsoever  tliey  bound  on  earth  would  be 
bound  in  heaven,  and  whatsoever  they  li>()sed 
on  earth  would  be  loosed  in  heaven,  He  pour- 
ed liis  spirit  upon  them  and  they  spidce  as  the 
spirit  gave  them  utterance,  and  when  they 
wrote,  they  wrote  as  the  spirit  dirrcted;  as, 
John  ujtou  the  Isle  of  Putmos.  Thus  the  new 
covenant  giveu  the  people  wjis  handed  down 
from  that  time  to  this,  and  we  have  it  in  the 
form  of  the  New  Testament. 

Wm.  UoKOfOH. 
Sorth  Ubvify,  Iml. 

AGREE  WITH  THINE  ENEMY. 

I'leasi-  give  your  vlews^through  the  HitKTiruE.v 
AT  WtiiiK  of  Matt.  5:^1,  which  rends  as  follows: 
"Agree  with  tliino  adversary  (|ulckly,  while  thou 
art  in  the  way  with  him :  lest  at  any  time  the  ad- 
versary deliver  thee  to  the  judge,  and  the  judge 
deliver  thee  to  the  olllcer.  and  thou  lie  e;wt  into 
prison," 

Also  1  Tim,  f):  v,  10:  "  Let  not  a  widow  he  taken 
into  the  number  under  three  score  years  old,  liaving 
l)een  the  wife  of  one  man.  well  reported  of  for  good 
works;  if  sheliave  brought  up  cliihlreu,  if  shohave 
lodged  straiigei-s,  if  she  have  washed  the  saints' 
feet,  if  she  have  relieved  the  allllcted,  if  she  have 
diligenllv  followed  every  good  work." 

J.  B.  Ellku. 

T [IK  Scripture  introduced  in  the  first  query 
\v;vs  given  by  the  Savior,  when  lie  first  eu- 
tereil  upon  his  ministerial  duties.  There  seems 
to  be  Houie  commands  which  he  then  gave  that 
were  necessary  in  order  to  spread  the  tidings  of 
salvation  among  the  lost  sheep  of  the  house  of 
Israel,  which  he  desired  to  ha\e  done  before  his 
su tiering  took  place,  wliich  he  ki^ew  was  not 
far  distant  in  the  future;  hence  he  tells  them 
not  to  stop  to  dispute  or  argue,  or  in  any  way 
give  offence,  lest  they  be  ca.-t  into  prison  and 
the  desired  work  be  impeded  or  stopped. 


Plea.ic  give  an  explanation  on  Acta  i:  47:  "  And 
the  Lord  added  to  tlie  church  daily  such  as  should 
beBaved."  ,  .       _    „ 

Romans  8:3.3:  "Who  shall  lay  anything  to  the 
charge  of  f  Jod's  elect  ?  " 

Tlmotljy -J:  10:  ■' Therefore  I  endure  all  things 
for  the  elOefa  sake."  IlKSiiv  Sciulant/. 

'pHE  Hrst  passage,  as  it  stands  \a  King  Jame.t' 
L  translation,  is  in  the  potential  mode,  and 
conditional  present  tense. .  Should  denotes  fit- 
ness, or  obligation  of  propriety-  "Such  as 
should  be  .-iaved."  The  above  phrase  being  in 
the  pa.ssive  voice,  represents  the  subject  as  be- 
ing acted  upon,  that  is.  the  Lord  added  to  the 
church  daily  such  as  are  fit,  or  in  a  proper  con- 
dition to  be  .saved.  In  the  Kible  Union  trans- 
lation it  reads,  "  And  the  Lord  added  to  the 
church  daily  those  who  are  saved."  or  as  the 
margin  reads,  "who  are  being  .saved."  This 
rendering  makes  the  passage  plainer,  but  the 
sense  is  radically  the  .same. 

We  suppose  our  querist  desires  an  explana- 
tion on  the  word  "  elect "  in  the  second  passage. 
Election  and  choosing  are  terms  tiiat  are  used 
interchangeably  in  the  Scriptures.  Tliere  are 
three  kinds  of  election  spoken  of  in  the  Bible. 
1.  The  election  of  individuals  to  perform  some 
particular  or  special  service.  2.  The  election 
of  nations,  or  bodies  of  people,  to  eminent  relig- 
ious jirivileges,  that  they  may  be  fitted  to  ac- 
compli.'^h  certain  purposes  of  God.  3.  Person- 
al elections,  or  the  election  of  individuals  to  be 
the  children  of  God,  and  heirs  of  eternal  life. 
Those  persons  termed  the  elect,  are  those  who 
have  been  obedient  to  the  truth,  those  who  have 
purified  th^Mr  souls  in  obeying  the  truth  thnugh 
the  spirit  uuto  unfeigned  love  of  tlie  brethren. 
Peter  gives  an  explanation  of  personal  election. 
He  says,  "  Elect  according  to  the  foreknowledge 
of  God  the  Father,  thrrugh  sanctification  of  the 
spirit,  unto  oliedience  and  i^prinkling  of  the 
blood  of  Christ,  It  follows  then  that  election 
is  an  act  of  God  done  in  time,  and  that  it  is  sub- 
sequent to  I'aith  and  obedience.  The  Savior 
says,  "  Many  are  called,  btit  few  are  chosi^n." 
All  are  called  or  invited  to  the  gospel  feast,  but 
few  accept  the  terms,  and  consecpiently  few  are 
elected.  The  apostle  asks,  "  Who  shall  lay 
anything  to  the  charge  of  God's  elect?  "  Who 
dare  accuse  those  whom  God  hath  chosen? 
Who  dare  condemn  where  he  approves? 

Wo  will  now  try  to  consider  the  third  passage. 
In  verse  9  the  apostle  speaks  of  his  sufferings, 
and  of  his  bonds,  for  the  gospel.  "  But."  says 
he.  "  the  word  of  God  is  not  bound."  There- 
fore, for  this  reason,  because  the  gospel  is  free, 
uuconfined,  because  it  is  fully  adequate  to  the 
varied  wants  of  humanity,  because  it  is  fully 
able  to  free  the  race  from  the  power  and  guilt 
of  sin.  "  Therefore  I  endure  all  things  for  the 
elect's  sake."  for  the  sake  of  those  who  have 
been  chosen  in  Christ,  and  wlio  have  received 
the  adoption  of  children.  And  why  does  this 
great  minister  endure  so  much  for  the  sake  of 
God's  chosen?  That  they  may  also  obtain  the 
salvation  which  is  in  Christ  Jesus  ttith  eternal 
ylorij.  How  indefatigable  were  the  labors  of 
this  wonderful  man!  Fully  did  he  appreciate 
his  noble.  Ins  glorious  calling;  thoroughly  did 
he  realize  his  responsibility.  Hia  divine  Master 
had  committed  into  his  haud^,  a  most  sacred 
trust,  and  his  fidelity  to  his  great  Master  would 
not  permit  him  to  indulge  self,  to  slack  his  zeal 
or  abate  his  energy.  If  only  he  could  secure 
the  salvation,  the  purity,  the  cliastity,  of  those 
committed  to  his  trust,  and  ut  last  sre  them 
eternally  saved,  that  was  all  he  desired.  For 
this  he  labored,  for  this  he  suffered,  for  this  he 
endured  privations.  The  abnegation  of  this 
apostle  was  truly  wonderful.  He  had  so  thor- 
oughly iml)ilied  the  soirit  of  his  glorious  Mas- 
ter, tliat  like  him  he  could  stoop  to  all  the 
weaknessfs.  and  infirmities  of  liis  charge.  There 
was  no  haiightines.s,  no  domineering  spirit  in 
Paul.  Hear  his  language,  "  To  the  weak  be- 
came I  as  weak,  tliat  I  might  gain  the  weak;  1 
am  male  all  things  to  all  men.  tliat  I  might  by 
all  means  save  some."  Oh  that  many  of  the 
ambassadors  of  Christ  would  Walk  in  the  foot 
steps  of  this  niolel  minister. 

Mattie  a.  Lrar. 


^orrr5|toniIr)tire. 


TbMt  lUop  "Tit*  «>  OBU  lUU, 


Echoes  from  the  Miami  V, 


alley. 


The  Natural  Way-The  Falling  of  a  iv 
A  Day's   Work    in    Wolf   Creek    Chu   v" 
Brother    Stutzmans    Labors— Oeati, 
Young  Sister.  '"   of  - 

IIV  .lOHS  r.\L%nN  BRIORT. 

IN  investigating  a  trouble  in  achoo]  a 
weeks  since,  the  scholars  laid  the  h! 
one  upon  the  other.  Some  one  « 7.«e  had  *"' 
menced  it — ?ome  one  rise - 
This  is  wrong. 


.  one  rise  was  the  cauae  ^ 
We  have  examples  of  it  " 
the  first  pages  of  the  Bible.  The  prog^^  . '" 
of  the  human  race  gavethe  example,  and  tl'' 
large  family  has  followed  it  only  too  we|]  u." 
have  a  remarkable  exampU  of  it  in  the  circ 
stance  of  King  S.iul  and  the  Amalekites.  s" 
blamed  the  pcoplf  for  hh  violation  of  the  7 
vine  decree.  But  the  kingdom  was  rent  f 
him.  and  he  fell  by  thesword.  God's  bleasin" 
never  did  rest  ou  such  conduct,  and  they  ng  ^' 
will. 

One  pleasant  evening,  as  I  stood  in  theacho  I 
room  door,  looking  over  the  surrounding  la„,i 
scape,  my  attention  was  called  to   a  large  o-l 
tree,  one  mile  west.      As    I    was  admiriug 
stateliness  it  fell.    The  woodman's  ax  had  )■ 
it  low.     And  as  I  was  in  one  of  niy  meclitnt 
moods  at  the  time,   the  following  cogitutjn 
rushed  through  my  mind: 

1.  TluA  trev  h  aft  emblem  of  all  tfk„ 
It  matter*  not  how  mighty  the  structure  i^  ■ 
vrill  pass  away.  Time  in  his  career  has  se't-i 
the  proudest  cities  in  the  world  crumble  to  th, 
dust.  And  the  mighty  man  of  valor,  "tlioii,,! 
his  spear  a  hundred  weight,"  has  been  bruuBlii 
low.  Death  is  the  end  of  all  earthly  perfo. 
tion.  Boa'^t  not  thyself  therefore  of  to-nior 
row.  We  know  not  what  a  day  may  briri" 
forth.  To-day  we  may  think  all  is  "peace  and 
safety,"  but  sudden  destruction  may  come."  "[q 
the  midst  of  life  we  ard  in  death." 

"The  moment  we  begin  tulive. 
We  all  begin  to  die." 
Death  ou  his  tireless  pinions  is  in  the  lain) 
and  we  may  be  his  next  victim.  The  lovelv 
babe,  the  smiling  youth,  the  fond  young  uiolti- 
er,  the  man  in  his  prime,  the  aged  gramlpareui 
are  full  of  life  aud  hope  to-day,  to-morrow,  tii. 
place  that  now  knows  them  may  know  them 
no  more  forever.     Such  is  life. 

2.  We  shnuhi  ytntu/jinn ,  rooted  and  groimd- 
ed  in  the  vine  of  everlasting  truth.  Wesiioul.; 
dig  deep  and  found  our  faith  on  the  rock  of  eter- 
nal ages.  We  should  only  use  such  niat'^iiil  a- 
will  bt.iud  the  fiery  test — gold,  silver,  precioii 
atones;  faith,  hope,  and  charity,  and  all  th<^!r 
essential  concomitants.  Then  "Let  cares  hke.i 
wild  deluge  come,"  aud  the  very  "gates  of  hell 
open  their  fury  upon  us,  we  are,  neverthele>'- 
secure.  For  he  that  cannot  lie  lias  said,  "[ 
will  never  leave  thee  nor  forsake  tliee." 

The  Wolf  Creek  Church  convened  on  th.' 
27th  of  February  to  cull  forth  more  laborer- 
into  the  vineyard,  and  to  advance  othei  brelli- 
ren.  Brother  Jacob  Gartjer  was  ordaiiuii 
Brother  John  Kimmel  iidvi.nced  to  the  semji 
degree  in  the  ministry.  Brother  Henry  Gar- 
her  called  to  the  ministry,  and  BrulhiT  Gtorgi' 
Erbaugh  called  to  the  deaconsbip.  From  tln' 
solemnity  that  pervaded  the  meeting.  Ibe  pfat-^ 
and  love  which  the  meuibeis  manifisti'd  t" 
each  other,  and  the  antecedents  or  qiialificatimi" 
of  the  brethren  and  listers  to  wliitli  the  work- 
ers of  the  church  was  entrusted,  we  concluile'l 
that  the  church  did  a  good  day's  work.  Tb' 
brethren  and  sisters  wept  for  the  great  re-pooN- 
bilily  under  which  they  were  platfil.  G"i 
bless  them  aud  the  church,  and  help  us  all  I" 
unite  our  labors  to  promote  personal  sanetifii"- 
tion,  the  unity  and  prosperity  of  the  ciiurih, 
the  spread  of  tlieijospel  and  the  coiiversi>jn  "t 
sinners,  and  the  liniior  and  glorifiLatlou  of  Hi'' 
eternal  majesty  on  high.     Amen. 

Brother  J.  Stut/.man,  of  Dark  County,  l>ad  ;■ 
few  meetings  in  the  Wolf  Creek  ChiirL-li,  Apr': 
5th  and  C.tli.  He  made  some  telling  po'"'- 
and  impressed  them  forcibly  upon  the  muidi " 
his  hearers.     We  synopsize  a  few  (»l  tliein.  ^ 

].     Grace  and  truth.     By    grace 
stand  the  undeserved  favor  of  Ood.      Uy  S" 
are  ve  saved.     By  truth  understand  the  writl'" 
eaancliMw? 


ilidfr 


liv  truth 
Is  l-J 


word  through,  or  by  which,  we  are 
purified.     "Sanctily  them  tliroiiu'i 
'Tliy  word  is  trutli."     -Por^ti.-d  your  niui  ^^^ 
obeying    the  truth."     Som«   want   tobesa^, 
by  grace  alone.       In    the   Scripture  g^""  "  j 
r.uthare  connected.     "What  God  has  J"'" 
together  let  no  uiaii  put  asunder.  .     , 

2.     Heart  religiou.     By  heart,  as  U^fd  "J.^^,^ 
Holv  Scriptures,  is  meant  the  auctions, 
out  of  the  abundance  of  tne  heart  the  m 


rtLK   HRKTliKtllSr    ^^T   avokk:. 


^lU' 


chaugt  of  heart  uoderstaud  a  I       This  is  a  pitiable    digression   indeed  in    that 

of  affettinns.     And  this  change  should  ,  mo^t  sBcred  and   holy    ordinance   of  the   Lord 

tshouM  chanye  a  DiMH   hII  over    Jesus  Christ,  as  given  in    his    last   great    com- 

.,dean<*  **"'*'''^^~^''' *""''    *»"^'-  '^^''IJDg*.  !  mission.  "IJiiptiziu^  them  in    the   name   of  the 

Irshould  be  a  trausforiuati-.n  of    Father,  and   of    Ihe   Sou,  aud  of    the     Holy 


.-  ^,1'  n  pen-on. 
'*'  H'ork:  Work  istheord^r  of  theuDiwrse. 
r  Fiitl>T  workelh  hitherto  and  I  work." 
le-us  Again,  'i  must  work  wliilc  it  is 
"n^j  [o-'l'*y-  '^"^  again,'!  have  finished  the 
sliith  thou  gavest  rae  to  do."  Deity 
angels  work,  aud  let  113  he  "lull  of  good 
'^  i-i "  that  men  may  see  them  and  be  con- 
"  ned  to  glo""'*'/  o«r  heavenly  Father  in  like 
""^  iier.  •^"'^  though  the  Devil  himself  works 
"  ,  untiring  energy,  yet  he  has  concocted  the 
*lol  0^  do-nothing,  to  lure  souls  toeverlastiug 


.VoH-( 


nlitih.     God  is  a  perfect   being. 


1183* 


preaching  in  a  Baptist  Church,   a  South-rner  1  that  derired  from  sale  of  material  afUr  me«t. 
came  up.  took  us  hy  the  hand,  and  said  that  is    ing,  to  be  paid  back  into  the  treasuries  of  the 


,,  m,eJed  not  that  any  should  testily  of  man. 
he  knew  what  was  in  man,"  aud  what  was 
^H^ssary  to  rede»pi  him  from  his  fallen  state. 
Ii  frnve  usihe  Holy  Scriptures  as  a  transcript 
,  ,[,e  divine  mind,  and  admits  that  it  is  safe  to 
"  ,l,e,u.  And  to  find  noii-esfi-utiHls  therein 
[^^  question  either  the  integrity  or  intelligence 
}l)tity.     Startling  thought! 

it  the  conclusion  of  the  last  meeting  it  was 

n.iuiice'i  that  oue  of  the  lambs  of  the  flock 
>  j  ..i.iie  to  her  reward.  Sister  Susie  Erbaugh 
Jied  At^'l  ''tl'  ""t  having  quite  completed  her 

gi,[ittli  yeiii.  Disease,  iuH  iniatioH  of  brain, 
il,.r  death  tuusfd  a  deep  sadness  to  pervades 
u.tiv  l.iniily.  from  whence  tlie  fioweraud  cen- 
Krol  atiraction  had  been  removed.  This  sad- 
was  felt  throughout  the  church  and  a 
of  her  acquaintances.  Ytt  joy  was 
■li  with  this  sadness!  Deep  sorrow  was 
frit  liecanse  one  whose  character   was  so   pure 

H^vel/,  whose  walk  so  chaste  aud  holy,  and 
nhoNe  V"i"'S  ''^"  ^"''^  devote  I  to  the  L  >id,  was 
;eaioved  from  a  loving  family,  and  her  seat  in 
Aggauctuary  of  the  Lord,  lint  when,  with  an 
^f^oi  I'l'tii,  w  ■  I » '!i  t )  til  it  brighter  an  I  better 
worlii.  i»uil  C'juiider  the  btis.s  of  the  redeemed. 
lovitl  oiie*  '"over  there,"  aud  the  augmentation 
of  tliiit  hiiss  as  the  eternal  ages  shall  roll  on,  a 
itzree  of  joy  is  mingled  with  our  ."jorrow. 
■■Ji'.it  iletid  but  gone  before."  Her  funeral  was 
largely  attended  and  profitably  improved  by 
|Jr<;llireii  Stutzmau  and  our  home  ministers. 
Attlie  c  tuclusiou  of  the  exerci'ie3,  as  aa  appro- 
irrtitte'-'fffriiig  to  her  uifiiBory,  a^  an  acquies- 
Muce  t)  the  Divine  Providence  that  called  her 
dome,  and  as  a  tribute  of  praise  to  the  Lord, 
IbetUUli  hvuin  was  suTig.  We  then  quietly 
jiidsoleuinly  proceeded  to  the  Eversole  Ceme- 
t«ry,  whnre  her  remains  were  interred.  Peace 
lo  ler  ashes. 

NfW  Lchdiion,  Ohio. 


ng  yourselves 


Brief  Notes. 


HY  .lOHN  zrcK. 


ri 


NUMliF.lt  VI. 

lUCU  G.     Subject,  "Trine  Immersion.* 
ill    M,.tt.  28:10. 

A  very  brief  introduction  was  ofl'ered,  to 
jhoiv  the  importance  of  the  subject  under  con- 
(ideration,  and  the  power  invested  in  the  com- 
mi<^iou. 

I,  The  distinction  in  Father,  Son,  and  Ho- 
ly Spirit.  This  was  shown  by  numerous 
Scri].tiires,— such  as  at  Christ's  baptisms- 
Father  s  voice  from  heaven,  Son  in  Jordan 
b^iiig  Ijaptized  of  John,  and  the  Spirit  descend- 
ing ujiuu  Christ,  also  the  transfiguration.  The 
t)lBS|ilifiiiy  against  the  Father,  against  the  Son. 
and  ..gainst  the  Holy  Ghost,  aud  its  ibilowing 
reaulis  shows  forcibly  the  distinctions  of  per- 
wn  ill  the  trinity  as  expressed  in  the  commis- 
liou: 

n.  Advantages  of  always  taking  safeground. 
Unotr  this  head  there  were  some  clinching 
thoughts  presented.  The  whole  Christinn 
world,  either  pffusioDists  or  single  immersionis-ts 
Wcepts  trine  immersion  as  legal,  valid  baptism, 
wbile  a  great  portion  of  the  world  rejects  pour- 
">?,  sprinkling,  and  single  immerr^ion. 

HI.    Historical  references,  showing — 

L  The  primitive  practice  of  church  to  be 
trine  iuimersion. 

2-  The  origin  of  single  immersion  to  be 
about  300  years  old;  too  young  to  have  any 
wniibction  with  Christ  or  the  commission. 

'^-  The  practice  of  the  Greek  Church  to  he 
Wue  immersion,  and  practiced  up  till  this  pres- 
ent time, 

^-  That  the  general  tendency  of  the  church 
aiJepression  in  baptism,— or  no  baptism  at  all. 
'*l  The  primitive  church  practiced  trine  im- 
'""aion.  (b)  Single  immersion  was  submitted 
''*r  trine  immeniion.  (c)  Pouring  substituted 
forsingl,.  immersion,  (il)  Sprinkling  suhsti- 
^^^i  for  pouring,  (e)  A  moistened  touch 
'^bstitiit.-d  for  sprinkling,  (f)  Lastly,  can  be 
'■*^^  Without  any  baptism  at  all. 


Gho.t.' 

Brother  Esheltuan  also  showed  very  beauti- 
fully how  the  church  of  the  brethren  baplize, 
by  trine  immersion,  how  the  commission  is 
fulfilled,  thereby  fulfilli-ig  the  law  of  Christ. 

God  s  children  always  do  as  Christ  did  and 
taught,  aud  when  it  comes  to  baptism  they  are 
willing  to  follow  their  blessid  Jesua  down  into 
the  water,  be  buried  in  baptism,  that  they  may 
come  up  out  of  the  watir — arise  to  walk  in 
newness  of  life. 

0  may  many  precious  blood-bought  souls  be 
made  willing  to  follow  Christ — be  born  again, 
of  water  and  of  the  spirit. 

March  7.  This  evening  we  met  again  for 
divine  service,  and  as  it  was  the  last  public  ser- 
vice we  were  to  have  from  our  dear  brother 
soldier,  who  had  been  enduring  hardness  as 
good  soldier  of  Jesus  Christ,"  he  presented  for 
his  cloi^iug  remarks  the  beautilul  subject  of 
■'Hiippiness." — 1  Thess.  5;  l."»-y:-t. 

To  secure  this  blissful  state  all  were  invited 
to  do  such  deeds  of  love  that  will  bring  al)out 
happiness  in  the  heart  oi  tlie"  actor  aud  impart 
happiness  unto  oi  hers. 

Some  of  those  things  to  whiih  s))ecittl  atten- 
tion was  Culled  were — 

1.  Kcnder  good  foi 
aud  unto  all  men. 

2.  Il-^juice evermore. — r^-j^ice  in  the  Lord. 

3.  In  all  things  give  thanks— pray  without 
ceasing. 

4.  Despise  not  prophesying. — t^iench  not 
the  spirit. 

Abstain  from  all  appearance  of  evil — 
proving  all  things;  and  holding  fast  to  that 
which  is  good. 

Now  upon  the  observance  of  these  things. 
•'H:*ppy  are  ye  if  ye  know  these  things  and  do 
Uieni."  "And  the  very  God  o\'  peace  samlify 
you  wholly;  and  I  pray  God  your  whole  spirit 
aud  soul,  and  body  be  preserved  bhimeless  un- 
to the  coming  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ." 

While  our  dear  brothi-r  was  ten^ierly  and 
synipathizingly  admonishing  us  all  as  brethren 
and  sisters,  friends  and  neighbors,  parents  aud 
children,  to  improve  ourselves  in  the  above 
things,  our  hearts  were  made  to  buru  within 
lis,  tears  of  gratitude  to  God  were  shed,  and  we 
hope  lasting  impressions  upon  the  minds  of 
some  out  of  Chri-st. 

Now  we  conclude  our  "Brief  Notes"  upon 
the  zealous  labors  of  Brother  Eshehnan 
amongst  us,  and  we  feel  well  assured  that  his 
efforts  have  not  been  in  vani  in  the  Lord.  The 
brethren  and  sisters  are  united  in  gratitude  to 
our  dear  brother  for  his  work 'tflnve,  our  friends 
and  neighbors  speak  words  of  the  highest  com- 
mendation of  his  service  as  a  good  .servant  of 
Christ.  We  all  hope  that  we  may  live  to  en- 
joy more  seasons  of  the  same  kind.  We  be- 
lieve there  are  precious  souls  here  to  gather,  as 
golden  sheaves  into  the  granaiy  of  the  Lord. 
Who  will  come  next  to  assist  in  the  good 
work  V 

M;iy  the  Lord  add  his  gracious  blessings  up- 
on all  that  was  .said  and  done,  is  the  desire  and 
prayer  of  the  writer. 

Siuce  the  aforesaid  meetings  were  held  we 
received  a  tender  soul  into  the  fold  of  Christ. 


the  doctrine  we  love  to  hear,  and  therefore  had 
us  to  leave  another  appointment. 

Now  about  the  country;  for  the  short  time 
of  five  mouths  that  we  have  been  living  in  the 
State  of  Texas  we  will  ftay  this:  We  very  much 
like  the  climate,  country,  and  people.  People 
here  can 


PLOW  .\HIOST  ASV  TIME  IS  THE  YKA.R. 
.\s  for  the  lay  of  the  land,  we  have  seen 
none  to  excel  it.  Well  adapted  to  small  grain, 
—wheat,  barley,  oats,  corn,  cottoa,  millet,  aud, 
as  far  as  tried,  clover  and  timothy  do  ^-ell.al^o 
ttax,  sugar-cane,  aud  sweet  ootatoes  iu  abund- 
ance, and  the  first  crop  of 

laiSH  I'OT.VTOES    AUK     .M.MOsT     nSAOY     TO    COOK. 

They  are  looking  well.  (People  generally 
raise  two  crops  of  Irish  potatoea  in  a  seiuson.) 
We  have 

rORS"  KSKKBKiH. 

(early  planting.)  Wheat  can  be  sowed  from 
September  to  Christinas. 

It  is  one  of  the  finest  stock-growing  coun- 
tries, perhaps,  in  the  world,  as  they  can  live  all 
Winter  without  feeding,  and  are  alreiidy  fat 
Surely  it  cau  he  called  the  Italy  of  Anierica, 

baud  can  be  bought  as  follows: 
L'uimproved,  from  t-^  to  !?^  per  atre  (m  Gray- 
son) depending  upon  quality  and  distance  from 
Shermau;  improved  from  ^  to  ^50  per  acre. 
Our  country  is  prairie  land,  well  supplied  with 
belts  of  ti\uber  in  all  directions.  liniyson 
County  is  generally  supplied  with  water,  but 
we  have  had  au  pxceedingly  dry  season  so  far — 
niori-  so  than  any  dry  seasou  known  of  by  the 
oldest  settlers  here,  which  makes  water  scarce 
at  present,  but  still  the  crops  are  growing,  and 
the  ground  holding  the  moisture  well. 

WHK.\T     IS     HB.\I)1NU     Ol'T,     ANll    STRAWltKllKlBS 
ARK  OKTTINO  Rll'K. 

Having  been  also  asked  the  prices  of  horsey:, 
cattle,  etc.,  will  here  aay  that  hoi-ses  vary  in 
prices,  from  §5U  to  !i*150:  ponies  from  ij'lO  to 
S4U;  mules  from  '^iy*  to  $il.")iJ;  cows  from  ^15  to 
§30;  corn  is  now  selling  at  about  'M)  cents;  oats 
from  20  to  25  cents;  butter  from  '20  to  'M)  cents 
per  pound  (depending  upon  the  maker):  wheat 
is  selling  from  To  to  80  centH  per  liushel;  tlour 
from  !i'2to  ^;t  per  cwt.;  Sugar  from  in  to  12 
pounds  to  the  dollar;  coffee  from  5  to  ti  pounds 
to  the  dollar;  prints  from  ."1  to  ti  cents;  muHlins 
from  ■'>  to  10  centH;  double  harneBS  from  fjiis  to 
s22  a  set;  new  wagons  from  !?"tiO  to  ^70,  fitted 
and  complete,  and  all  other  things  iu  tin-  same 
ratio. 

We  will  here  close  by  making  an  apology  to 
the  editors  for  having  them  to  publish  so  long 
a  letter  from  us;  but  hope  that  t!iey  will  ac- 
cept it,  as  it  is  our  first  from  the  Lone  Star 
State.  Jacob  Bl-rkky. 

Sherman,. Gray  son  Co.  Tejus,  April  2i>. 


different  churchoa  in  said  district.  The  dimioa 
to  bo  haaed  upon  their  representative  member- 
ship, and  the  congregation  holding  A.  M.  to 
share  equally  in  the  division. 

Our  Annual  Meetings  are  beginning  to  be 
burdensome,  and  should  he  aelf-supporting;  for 
it  hat  been  urged  that  the  business  be  entirely 
transacted  through  deU-gates  to  the  exclusion 
of  the  i-hurch  in  general  in  consequence  of  the 
great  expense;  but  surely  in  a  multitude  of 
counsel  there  is  safety— lot  the  r/iHir/i  do  busi- 
ness for  the  church. 

It  may  be  urged  that  there  is  too  much  spec- 
ulation in  this  plan,  but  we  cannot  see  the 
speculation,  but  verily  believe  that  when  Jesut 
fed  the  multitude  they  hnd  more  in  the  frag- 
ments they  gathered  than  they  had  iu  th« 
loaves  to  b'-giu  with. 


B' 


From  the  Lone   Star  State. 

Ih'ar  Ilteflireii: — 

IH.4VE  been  frequently  requested  by  the 
brethren  to  answer  their  letters  through 
your  paper  as  it  would  answer  for  many.  In 
the  first  place  I  will  speak  about  the  church. 
We  have  regular  meetings  in  Grayson  County. 
When  we 

FIRST  BEGAN  L'REACHlKtt 

we  had  but  few  hearers,  but  now  our  houses 
are  getting  too  small  to  hold  the  congregations, 
and  more  calls  for  preaching  than  we  can  fill, 
and  the  best  of  order  in  our  meetings.  We  are 
yet  unorganized,  but  on  the  2t)th  tnst,,  will 

MEET  To  ORGANIZE 

in  this  county,  at  ray  residence  eight  mile^  N. 
W.  of  Sherman.  There  are  eighteen  membei's 
here  now,  and  about  the  same  in  Cook,  {the 
next  county  west  of  Grayson),  where  we  are 
having  about  the  same  success.  Brother  Jo 
sei)h  Sowder  officiates  there.  There  are  also 
seven  inemberH  in  Clav  County.  Brother  Hen^ 
ry  Troxel  otSiciates  there,  giving  us  two  elders 
and  two  minifrters  in  the  second  degree  in  Tex- 
a*.  independent  of  Brother  Long  in  Kaufman 
County^  whom  we  were  yet  unable  to  disco%'er, 
not  knowing  his  P.  0.  addiess,  but  would  be 
happy  to  learn  through  the  Bretiires  at 
Work. 
We  have  been  asked,  dare  we  preach  our 

NOK-RESISTANCK       nOCTHlNAl,       I'RLNCll'LK       LV 
TF.XAS, 

We  will  siy  this:  After  the  close  of  our   first 


From  E.  K.  Buecnley. 

Dnir  Jirrtlinn:— 

IN  looking  over  the  Breturkn  at  Work, 
No.  15,  April  10,  page  7, 1  notice  parcel  of 
an  article  published  by  me  in  Primitire  Chris- 
tian,  No.  12,  page  ISS,  to  which  you  are  per 
fectly  welcome,  as  far  as  I  am  concerned,  but  I 
notice  some  typographical  mistakes,  which  I 
would  like  to  have  corrected,  if  you  please.  I 
Kirst,  in  second  paragraph,  in  f  V'A  this  ought 
to  read  (HO.  I  However  this  mistake  occurred 
in  Priiiiilive  Christian.  It  reiifts  in  your  pa- 
per, "It  had  about  the  same  number  of  mem 
hers,  (.■>0)  a'- the  other  church,  five  ministers." 
Thus  far  you  are  correct,  but  now  you  say. 
"■and  mniic  thirfy  or  thirfij-fivf  membera."  This 
is  incorrect,  and  makes  no  sense  in  reading.  I 
will  here  give  the  correction  iis  I  want  it:  "It 
(the  Stanislaus  Churebl  had  about  the  same 
number  of  members,  ((JO)  as  the  other  church 
had.  and  five  ministers.  //  is  now  reduced  to 
ovp  minister  and  «ome  thirhj  or  thirtij-Jire  mrm- 
hrr-i."  Please  see  P.  C.  as  above  indicated,  and 
you  will  sei'  your  mistake,  as  above  aaid,  the 
.')0  ill  parenthesia,  which  should  be  (fiO),  this 
the  /'.  C.  did,  but  if  you  please,  in  your  cor- 
rection have  it  (tO  instead  of  50.  Vou  will  see 
by  looking  at  line  nine,  from  top.  in  your  par 
per.  that  the  f'j/^^  below,  would  not  come  in 
right. 

WnlrrhiO,  Iowa. 

Annual  Meeting  Plan. 

IIY  .1.  V.  KIJERWJ.K. 

Ill H "ST.  Lot  the  meaus  to  defray  expenses 
■'  be  raised  iia  heretofore  by  the  churches  ol 
the  district  in  which  A.  M.  is  held,  (except  the 
congregation  taking  A.  M.  bo  exempt,  since 
theirextra  labor  would  more  tliau  balance. 

Second.     Let  a  charge  of  five  cents  per  meal 
be  made  for  all  personsexcept  standing  commit- 
tee and  delegates.,  ,     . 
Third.    The  moiiey  thug  obtained,  ftttd  also 


Wt:  had  the 
day  at 


From  Juniata,  Nebraska. 

I),  or  Hnthnn:— 

UOTllElt  Kindig  and  I  have  spent  soraa 
tune  iu  this  purL  of  Nebraska. 
The  soil,  climate,  and  water  are  aood,  but  it 
is  very  windy  at  this  seasan.  There  are  no 
members  nearer  tliaii  eight  milts.  1  learn  there 
are  six  south  of  Juniata.  There  are  good  peo- 
ple all  around,  hut  still  it  is  not  settling  among 
the  Brethren.  Brethren  will  always  find  it 
more  pleiiaaiit  to  nettle  near  a  church. 

A  Methodist  minister  met  me  iu  Uaatingi, 
Nfbraska,  and  a.-ked  me  if  I  was  not  a  Duuk- 
ard.  1  told  him  I  was.  He  said  he  could  tell 
one  wherever  he  would  see  him.  lie  appeared 
to  be  ghid  to  meet  me.  We,  of  course,  differed 
on  Baptism,  but  agreed  on  the  Communion, 
Feet-washing,  etc. 

I  asked  him  it  Christ  was  our  pattern.  He 
said  ho  was.  I  asked  him  if  Christ  was  haptix- 
edin  Jordan,  lie  said  he  was,  and  that  he  bo- 
lieved  in  immersion  but  would  xprinkle  and 
pour  also,  just  as  the  candidate  desired.  I  a^k- 
ed  him  if  that  v/ssa  followiug  the  {latttrn.  He 
seemed  puzzled,  and  I  remarked  we  shnuhl  fol- 
low the  pattern  v<-ry  closily  and  we  will  more 
certainly  be  safe. 

There  is  preaching  close  by.  We  would  be 
glad  if  some  ot  the  miniatering  brethren  would 
stop  and  labor  for  us.  I  think  a  full  houie 
could  be  had  at  any  time.  There  is  only  one 
county  separatiiutE  ux  from  Jewell  County, 
Kansas,  whpre  there  are  able  mini^tem  whom 
weshiiuld  he  gKf  1  tn  havoc  nil  itn  us.  Wm  live 
three  miles  S.  W.  of  Juuiula;  are  stopping 
with  a  friend  now;  have  not  built  vet. 

J.   I.  Bl!(.WN. 

From  Lynchis  Station,  Campbell  Co  ,  Va. 


Dmr  Bnllirnc— 

the  brethren  with  us  on  last  Suu- 
our  xchool-house;  met  a  good 
congregation;  after  preaching  baptism  was  ad- 
ministered to  two  precious  souls  in  the  pres- 
ence of  about  two  biindred  peisons,  Thin  was 
a  UHW  way  to  most  ot  this  people.  They  had 
never  neeu  the  Brethren  baptize  before.  We 
believe  they  were  convinced  that  forwnrdaotioa 
is  right. 

Wo  had  the  best  of  order  during  the  service, 
and  we  felt  that  the  Lord  wiw  with  us.  Breth- 
ren, come  and  lielp  us.  We  now  have  SHven 
members  in  this  neighborhood,  and  we  believe 
soon  will  havH  more;  we  need  niur*'  [ireaching; 
our  brethren  are  doing  all  they  can.  Will  not 
some  of  the  good  brethren  come  and  help  uh 
some  time  this  year?  Brethren,  let  us  hear 
from  you.  We  live  one  and  one  half  niilee 
of  Ljnchia,  and  would  be  glad  to  meet  the 
brethren  at  any  time. 

We  believe  tie  time  is  at  hand  when  God's 
people  should  use  all  their  power  fur  the  cause 
of  Christ.  "Watch  tlierelore;  for  ye  know  not 
what  hour  the  Lord  doth  come."  Matt.  24:43. 
Wo  see  the  Scriptures  are  fast  fulfilling.  We 
must  conclude  the  time  is  not  far  when  we 
shallsee  Jesus  coming  in  the  cloud  of  heaven. 
Brethren,  arc  we  watching?  If  so,  oh  what 
joy  to  (iod's  children.  Brethren,  we  are  trying 
to  watch  and  be  ready.  Pray  for  us— pray 
that  wo  all  may  meet  no  more  to  part,  to  live 
with  Christ  in  that  happy  land.  Oh  how  it 
lifts  our  heart  lo  think  of  these  things!  The 
Lord  bless  you  in  your  good  work  and  give  you 
grace  to  btarall  your  trials. 
Yours  in  love, 

Thomas  C.  Wood. 

From  Peabody.  Kansas. 

Ikar  liretfircn: — 

OUH  little  band  of  brethren  and  sisters  is 
still  increasing  in  number:  eight  more 
brethren  and  s-islers  have  iuo\el  among  us 
since  the  latter  part  of  February,  on.-  of  which 
LB  our  beloved  Brother  Samutl    Kairigh,  an  ex- 


■r&ja    BKETHREN    ^T    VTOHIC. 


M 


'^y  H 


pprifncwi  eldpr  And  (rood  housekeeper.  We 
traly  thank  the  Lord  for  thp  gift  tf  elder, 
which  we  80  much  stood  in  nppdof.  Urotb- 
er  Snmuel  eraierated  from  Dark  roiinty.  Ohio, 
to  this  pIsL-e:  had  tho  oversight  of  the  Oalclund 
Church.  Brother  Samuel  is  well  stricken  in 
years;  h*»  lived  among  the  Krethren  in  the 
Oakland  Chnrch  for  a  lonp  time,  and  we  have 
no  doubt  his  ab^ience  from  the  Oakland  Church 
will  bp  greatly  felt. 

The  brethr<>n  andsiaten  in  tfan  congregation 
are  all  well  as  far  as  we  know.  UV  also  feet  to 
raise  our  voices  in  tharik^jfiving  to  him  from 
whom  all  nleitaingr  How  for  the  beautiful  rain 
which  he  sent  us  la-^t  night,  which  we  so  much 
needed.  This  morning  atl  the  vegetation  Heems 
(o  speak  forth  words  of  praise  to  God.  We 
sometimct  fear  we  are  too  much  inclined  to 
find  fault  about  the  weather;  let  u«  reinomber 
that  God's  ways  are  not  our  way.",  and  that  he 
is  much  wiser  than  man.  and  known  what  is 
best  for  US.  Man  can't  changi*  the  least  of 
God's  laws,  (if  1  am  allowed  1o  call  any  leant), 
but  he  can  violate  them;  therefore  let  ns  watcli. 
The  Savior  says  watih;  we  can't  watch  tno 
much. 

Thanks  be  to  God  for  hiw  mercies  and  favors 
manif<*8ted  towards  us  from  tim"  to  time.  The 
Bbbthuen  at  W'liiK  still  makes  its  weekly 
visits  to  our  homes,  giving  um  wiiolesome  news. 
Oh  how  we  await  itn  arrival. 

Now  may  the  gnwp  nf  God  and  hifl  wpirit  be 
with  all  th'' brethren  and  si«UT»,  is  the  prayer 
of  your  brother  iQ  Christ,  II.  SjMMfiUJt. 

.lj)rH  2Jwf.  1S70. 


In  Mcniory  of  B.  F.  Garden. 


](Y  JOHN  liAIlNlIAItT. 


No  leM  than  a  chapter  should  be  read  so 
that  every  child  shoold  have  a  turn  of  teveral 
vernes  to  read. 

1,1-wfon  leaved,  be  they  ever  fo  well 
composed  should  be  discarded,  because  we  want 
our  children  to  learn  to  appreciate  and  lov«  the 
Itook  it«etf,  andunleHs  they  handle  the  Book 
itself  tbey  will  remain  Strang*  ra  to  it  and  the 
book  H  stranger  to  them.  The  let^son  Jeav*** 
do  stand  as  in  the  place  of  catechinms  and 
articles  of  faith. 

The  Sunday-school  teacher's  preparatorj- 
meetings  are  an  excellent  thing,  but  will  an- 
swer l>etter  for  Bible  Class  than  cliildren's 
capacities;  the  questions  and  answerM  will  be- 
come aH  a  mechanical  o[>eration. 

Children  should  be  required  to  give  the    lit- 
eral aenw  of  their  reading  and  no  more, 
Wtierfvi'r  a    Sunday-school     it*   started    chil- 
dren and  teachers  should  be  rer,uired  to  kneel 
iu  prayer 

Wlmrever  a  neighborhood  or  church  denires 
to  get  up  a  Sunday-school  no  one  should  assume 
the  right  to  prevent  the  same  until  that  school 
provffl  1a  be  a  hurt  to  the  cause  of  Chrislianity. 
No  picnio,  no  time  of  glee  or  merriment,  or 
festival  should  ever  disgrace  the  institution. 

Teachers  and  ofKcers  should  he  modest  and 
plain,  both  in  appearance  and  in  speech;  be- 
cause children  are  imitative  beings. 

Children  and  teachers  should  be  jiarticiilar 
in  articulation,  both  in  reading  and  flinging,  as 
well  as  in  putting  questions  and  answern. 

Christian  courtcdy  ahould  pervade  the   whol 
school. 


From  Indiana,    Pa. 

JMir  Brethren:^ 
yUMBER  16  of  BuETHRES  AT  WoHK,  dated 
il  April  17th.  sofar  lias  failed  to  reach  me. 
I  understand  my  neighbors  hav*-  it.  I  am  sor- 
ry. I  do  not  want  to  lose  a  single  number.  Go 
on  in  the  course  you  have  pursued:  let  others 
do  wrangling.  Stick  to  the  principle.  Work 
while  othera  offer  plans  and  suggestions.  It  is 
labor  rightly  directed  that  will  be  rewarded: 
wrangling  and  strife  will  also  receive  their 
just  recompeniw. 

The  Disciple  who  want^jd  to  debate  with 
■oiild  not  pcrMiiade  himself  in  the  month  of 
Mareb  at  any  church  or  school-house  between 
us,  and  would  not  ri^k  to  affirm  a  proposition 
nvolving  single  immersion,  but  wanted  me  to 
deny  that  "An  immersion  of  a  proper  subject 
upon  the  authority  of  Jesus  Christ  is  Christian 
baptism."  I  offered  to  affirm  "That  the 
immersion  upon  the  authority  of  Jesus  Christ 
i«  trine  immersion,"  but  he  can  not  see  the 
awkwardness  of  his  proposition.  He  says  he 
would  drop  It  if  it  were  not  giving  loe  the  ad- 
vantage of  reporting  a  back  out  on  his  part. 
I  am  sorry  for  his  dilemma. 

JoSEfH  HoI,S0PI'I.K. 


^nsintaa  ip|iarfinE„j 


A  Call  For  Help. 


IN  the  Blue  Hidge  Church,  I'latt  Co ,  III., 
April  17,  lH7i>,  BiotbiT  Benjamin  V.  (iar- 
don.  Dlsea-Hi'.  consumption.  Aged  .'iS  years, 
2  months  and  2f<  days.  He  leaves  a  wife  and 
five  small  children,  and  a  sad  vacancy  in  home 
unri  community. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  is  n  pi'cnliar  on", 
His  father  lived  and  died  a  l^niversnlist.  All 
of  the  family  have  united  with  the  ditr?r.'nt 
churches  in  tho  vicinity  nf  Maiislield,  where 
they  lived;  but  Brother  Gordnn  and  one  sister 
\md  jiut  iiff  tliis  iiiiporlanl  work  for  some  fu- 
ture time:  hut  the  Lorit's  ways  aru  not  our  wuya. 
Brotlier  Gordnn  wa't  i>ro4tnite  1  onrly  in  the 
Winter.  During  the  revival  «na«toiiH  his  friends 
were  much  inti-resled  in  his  present  and  eternal 
welfare.  The  ministers  of  tho  various  denom 
inations  called  in  to  fee  liim,  but  ho  was  not 
inclined  to  take  any  council  of  them.  Finally 
one  of  his  friends  proposed  to  him  to  send  for 
the  Dunkurd  preacher.  I  went  soon  after  I 
received  the  message;  tbuiid  the  man  in  a  pro- 
carious  condition,  I  laid  hefure  him  our  faith 
and  practice.  He  said  that  wa**  in  harmony 
with  the  teaching  of  tlie  word  of  (iod.  I  tlicn 
left  him,  but  in  a  few  diiys  he  sent  for  me  to 
come  and  baptize  him.  We  went  and  did  the 
best  we  knew  liuw.  Hi*  friend  bjid  procured  a 
good  box  that  would  hold  water;  tepid  water 
wiw  prepared,  and  we  placed  tho  box  in  tlio 
house  and  there  baptized  tho  poor  weak  man. 
Physically,  be  was  the  weakest  man  T  ever  im- 
mersed, hut  lie  was  strong  in  the  faith.  He 
had  a  great  desire  to  get  well,  luul  have  the 
glorious  privilege  to  comply  with  all  the  ordi- 
nances in  the  house  of  God. 

This  should  be  a  warning  to  all  to  accept 
salvation  before  we  are  brought  down  on  the 
bed  of  atliiction.  I  visited  him  a  few  days  be- 
fore his  death,  and  conversed  with  him  about 
spiritual  things.  He  said  "When  I  get  strong 
er  then  will  I  comply  with  all  the  Lord  require.s 
of  me;  but  alas,  how  uncertain  is  life! 

Saturday  we  were  called  to  preach  his  funeral. 
We  Kclccted  for  theocca.sion  the  words  of  Paul, 
"A  s  we  bore  the  image  of  the  earthly  we  shall 
also  bear  the  image  of  the  heavenly. 

Mamfield,  Hi,  April  -JSnri,  mO. 
- — ■ —        ^    ■    ^     — 
To  Make  Sunday  School  a    Success, 

llY  F.  1',  I.ffiHK. 

LET  every  father  and  every  mother  see  to  it 
that  their  children  are  clean  and  tidy; 
not  dressed  in  the  style  of  the  world  but  in 
modest  apparel  bo  that  the  poorer  children 
need  not  feel  odd  by  comparing  them«el»es 
with  the  more  wealthy.  The  nearer  the  equal- 
ity in  this  respect  tlie  nearer  the  equality  in 
feeling,  and  consequently  in  manner  of  expres- 
Bion  the  children  will  be. 

Our  own  Hymn  Book  would  be  beat  until  a 
a  book  could  be  compiled  suitable  for  children, 
because  many  of  our  good  brethren  feel  a  deli- 
cacy to  sing  some  of  those  songs  vx.  t4re  differ 
eot  books  in  aae. 


Wi 


the  Vermillion  Congregation,  Livings- 
ton Count}',  Illinois,  ap])eal  to  tho  gon- 
ral  brotherhood  for  means  to  helj)  to  build  n 
meeting-house.  We  have  n  nice  and  suitabb- 
jjeatri'  of  ground  paid  for,  and  if  there  can  be 
six  hundred  dollars  raised,  we  think,  with  what 
we  tan  raise  oui'selve.'*,  we  can  build.  We  are 
much  in  i.eod  of  a  house  to  worshi|)  in,  and  to 
fiirthiT  on  the  Master's  cause.  We  are  satisfied 
that  there  is  enough  wealth  in  the' brotherhood 
and  to  Hjiare,  to  raise  the  amount  called  for. 
And  the  nieiubprs  will  re9]»oud  if  called  on  to 
build  us  a  bouse  medium  si/,o.  We  therefore 
call  for  five  cents  of  each  member;  two  cunts 
will  W  tlmnklully  received.  If  irt  nnly  are 
willing  to  do  what  we  can  we  will  have  tho  re- 
ward. We  therefore  propose  that  each  congre- 
gation take  its  best  method  to  make  these  col- 
lections. 

We  contemplate  building  iw  soon  fts  we  get 
tho  means;  and  all  the  money  sent  us  will  be 
used  i'or  that  purpose  only.  Now,  brethren  and 
sisters,  we  hope  you  will  readily  respond.  The 
call  is  small,  and  tliere  are  many  of  us,  and  u 
little  from  each  nipmher  over  the  brotherhoitd, 
say  a  penny,  would  build  a  house  good  enough 
for  ua.  And  all  moneys  sent  to  us  will  bi;  re- 
ported iu  our  periodicals,  unless  otherwise  re- 
quested by  the  parties  sending  the  same.  AH 
co'itriburious  for  us  send  by  post  office  order, 
bank  clieck,  or  registered  letter. 

Daviii  Hkckuan,  Cor.  Sec.  and  Uaceiver. 
Cornelia  Lhnngsion  Co.,  III. 

(lirrtlnrn^s  perhdirnlit,  plmse  copij.  ) 

From  Cedar  Grove.  Hawkins  Co,  Tenn. 

I)<nr  Hirl/iirii:- 
^PHK    brethren    and    sisters    met    in    church 

1  council  on  Saturday  ths  I2th,  but  there 
was  no  business  to  attend  to;  all  was  love  and 
union,  llow  good,  how  sweet,  how  pleasant, 
when  brethren  all  agree.  We  had  a  good  (x 
hortation  on  prayer  by  Elders  S.  Isenberg  and 
A,  Molshee.  Dear  brethren  and  sistt-rs,  let  us 
one  and  all  be  more  earnestly  engaged  in  pray- 
er for  our  salvation  and  conversion  of  sinners; 
the  prayer  of  the  righteous  availeth  much.  We 
have  hud  prayer  meetings  here  part  of  this 
Winter.  We  have  good  Iwhavior  and  our 
meetings  are  very  interesting. 

We  have  had  no  additions  lately  by  baptism. 
There  hati  been  one  application;  it  was  an  old 
lady  who  had  never  made  any  profession.  She 
was  taken  sick,  and  all  of  her  regret    was    that 

he  liad  not  obeyed  her  Savior.  She  will  lie 
baptized  ets  soon  as  she  is  able.  There  are  sev- 
eral more  that  we  think  are  ready,  but  tl.cy 
don't  come.  0  niiiy  they  heed  the  Savior's  call 
while  th-^y  hare  lift-  and  health.  "To  him  that 
knoweth  to  do  good  nnddoeth  it  not  it  is  anin." 
On  Sunday  the  ISth,  Hiother  A.  Molsbee 
preached  the  funeral  o(  little  OIlie  May,  dnugh- 
t«r  of  Brother  John  and  Sister  Delia  Kleper, 
aged  three  years  and  three  months.  Broth*  r 
and  Sister  Kleper  have  three  little  children 
goiw  to  that  gloTtoiis  land,  and  if  they  hold 
out  luitbf'nl  a  few  mnri'  years  they  will  meet 
them  there  where  there  will  be  no  more  part- 
in?  of  friends.  Sarah  C.  Malloky. 


From  Cedar  Creek  Church,  Kan. 


Ihar 


Orit  qua 
the   1! 


Jirflfinti:— 
artt-rly  church  meeting  came  off  on 
Ulth  of  April.  The  feelings  were 
<d  and  all  seemed  to  be  alive  to  the  good 
cause.  We  decided  to  hold  our  Lovr-feast  at 
the  house  of  the  undersigned,  being  five  miles 
southwest  of  Garnett,  beginning  on  the  30th 
day  of  May,  and  holding  four  days.  The 
church  will  eoiuniune  on  the  evening  of  the 
•iiid  of  June.  The  usual  in^ntation  i-i  extended. 
The  church  is  in  a  prosperous  condition  at 
thf  presi^nt  time,  growing  both  in  favor  an(^ 
number.  It  numbers  about  eighty-iive  s6uls. 
On  hist  Sunday  five  precious  souls  came  out  on 
til'"  Lord's  side,  and  were  buried  by  baptism , 
and  rose,  we  hope,  to  walk  iu  new,  ess  of  life. 
All  five  are  in  their  youthful  days,  being  from 
about  fifteen  to  eighteen  years  of  age.  We  feel 
that,  there  are  others  nearthe  kingdom.  May 
the  good  LonJ  hasten  the  day  when  all  may 
leftra  to  know  and  fear  his  holy  name,  is  my 
prayer.  y.  H.  Watson. 

April  S'^nd,  l^fK 


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From  Turkey  Creek  Church,  Ind. 

Dear  Bn^thrai : — 

E  receive  glad  tidiugs  through  our  period- 
,1s  from  almost  every  direction.  Sin- 
ners are  fleeing  the  wrath  to  come.  Our  breth- 
ren and  sister;*  seem  to  be  alive  in  the  Ma-^ter's 
cause:  all  work  for  union  and  peace  and  an  in- 
crease of  holiness.  May  the  good  Lurd  help 
us  to  do  still  better.  Paul  says,  "Follow  peace 
with  all  men  and  holiness,  without  which  no 
man  shall  see  the  Lord." 

We  had  church  council  April  26th  at  the 
Gravelton  Church.  Elder  John  Anglemeyer 
was  with  U5.  The  report  of  our  annual  visit 
came  in.  All  seem  to  be  in  peace  and  union. 
-Vlac)  held  a  choice  for  one  minister  and  two 
deacons;  the  lot  fell  on  Brother  Peter  Stuck- 
man  lor  minister,  Levi  Ulery  and  Conrad 
Leatherman  for  deacons. 

May  the  Lord  bless  them  that  they  may  gd 
forth  in  the  discharge  of  their  duty. 

DaK[EL  WVs'O.NO. 

From  Jesse  Calvert. 

I)„ir  liiftJu-ri,  .— 

WE  closed  our  meeting  at  Middle  Fork,  of 
Wild  Cat,  Clinton  County,  Indiana, 
April  17,  only  haying  had  time  to  preach  seven 
sermons.  Seven  were  baptized.  One  had  been 
a  ineuiber  of  the  Baptist  Church  for  twenty- 
years;  and  one,  a  member  of  the  United  Breth- 
ren Church  for  eighteen  years.  It  was  a  time 
of  great  rejoicing,  as  husbands  saw  their  wives 
come  to  the  church;  children  njoiced  to  see 
their  mothers  come;  and  parents  rejoiced  to  see 
their  children  come. 


From  O.  W.  Hartness. 

I  NOTICED  in  No.  13  of  BnEXHitEN  at 
Work  an  article  written  from  Umatilla 
County,  Oregon  by  me,  signed  by  D.  Peebler. 
Ill  the  .saine  number  I  noticed  a  mi'^take  in  my 
address,  stating  it  was  "Walla  Wiilla,  Walla 
Walla  Co.,  Oregon,"'— it  is  "Walla  Walla, 
Washington    Territory."     Please  correct. 

I  The  tnistiikes  referred  to  were  likely   made 
by  us. — Eds.]  ' 


U)VB-FEA8TS. 
Love-feftst  ot  Hudson,  III.,  June  7tli.    InvilBiioB 
cspeciiillv  to  ministers.  Tfintiicii    ■ 

r  '  ""■  I'.  Hi))i. 

The  Love-fensl  in  llio  Hickory  Grove  Congregaijon  f 
roll  Coiinly.  111.,  will  bo  btild  Ihe  4tU   nnU  Qih  of]^"' 
comiucccing  nt  1  oolock.  Gko.  D.  Zollkk,"' 

The  L(ive-feti8i  at  Pino  Creek   Ohurcli.   Polo,   111 
Lord  willing,  will   be  held  on  the  5lh  und  Clh  of  Jun 


conimencioE  nl  4  o'clock. 


EUMINII  FokNKV 


Tlie  Love-rensl  rit  rnnllier  Crotk  ("luiich,  DallM  (■(, 
Iowa,  the  Lord  willing,  will  be  held  on  iheSllih  and  Zii, 
of  .\Iny.  cujumeiming  lit  10  oclook.  T,  J.  Ukukb 

Tlio  Love-feAsi  at  Mn'|iioketa  Church,  Lost  Niilion  u 
will  be  on  tho  4lU  nnU  r>ih  of  June,  commencing  ui  ]  |>  u 
A  general  invil(iti,)ii  i»  giTeu,  I. a*.-  ii,„,^ 

The  Brethren  of  tUe  Union  City  Church.  Rnoaolpl, 
1,'ounly,  Indinnn,  will  hold  thuir  Love-feMl  otip  mile 
north  of  Union  City,  on  tho  Ohio  nnd  Indiunn  Siftip  tine 
May-Jeih  commeneiiig  nl  10  o'clock.  .\  cnnliftl  lOTiU- 
tion  ia  given,  and  e^peciwlly  ministering  brethren  on  ihtji 
wny  to  A.  M.  Drop  ii  curd  if  you  wiinl  Id  be  met  at  the 
'rnin.  W.  K.  8im»io»s. 


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weekly  especially  uduplcd  to  the  wiinls  of  ehilJreo  sod 
young  people.  It  is  gotten  up  with  grvol  care,  nnd  is 
nicely  illustrated,  and  shotdd  bo  in  every  family.  It  al- 
ready enjoys  a  wide  circidntiou,  and  is  becoming  a  greai 
favoiilo  iimong  the  children. 

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libernl  offer: 

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LiiHiirk,  111. 

Sooh,  Pamphleisi  TraclE,  etCi  for  Sals  at  His  ih 

The  GoEpel  Preac'iar  Vol.  1.— A  buuk  of  i*outy  weU 

-eprir^l  Mrmons.      liy  BenJHniin  Frnuklin.  f2.00. 
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Deoeri  nn.l  Pak'siinu.     l!y  I'liilip  Suhaff.     Kiuely  lllu«- 
truteU.     a  2b. 
Emjlhatio  riaglott.-ConlftiniiiE  Ihe  Greek  T.H  «f  Jh' 
New  Tisliin.eot  with  interlincary  word  for  wonlEojlish 
Translttiion,     Dy  the  use  of  this  book  npt  person)  iii»J 
IftBin  to  read  Greek  nithoui  the  aid  of  a  lEachcr.  Cloib 
H.OO. 
The  Prince  of  the  House  of  David,  or  Three  Vcar^ jo  |J' 

Holy  City,  being  n  series  of  letters,  giving  a  iitf-ii" 
picture,  iind  related  ika  by  an  oye-witnens.  u'l  "" 
scenes  and  wondorfiil  incidents  in  the  life  of  Jw" 
of  Noiarelh,  from  His  bnpiiain  in  Jordan  to  Hw  c™" 
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li>Ti-M,.i   I,,,., I  w;nl  lint  liv,-  ii"""l™ '"',",',  i»J 

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U.  JiintU..ii,  chiMiBi-  cars  tor  Lanark,  md  «f" 
here  at  1  :.'.7  In  tlie  morning. 


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The  Brethren  At  Work. 


•delwU  I  Hriiuj   Ymi  Good  fidim/s  of  Great  Joy.  which  Shall  be  to  AU  Peoplf." —Ia-k 


Vol.  IV. 


Lanark,  111.,  May  15,  1879. 


No.  20 


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CONTENTS  OF  VOL.  4.  NO.   20. 


JplTORIAL  AirricLEs:  \'-vn^ 

f:,litiiiiiil  .Iii'tiii^s.... 

^niiKil  Meeting  and  Simdfty-Mliu.ii  ,i 

AB'^'1"c»' ^ 

nOSTIlIBt-TED   ARTICLES: 

Till,  viiiiit*  ExaUed  Station.— James  Wirf 2 

.■If  ye  love  me.  Keep  my  CoinmamUnents."  H, 

J*,  ijiiiikwovtli , 2 

Tb"?  Dyii'gHour. — .iKimie  Wilson 2 

!  Siiy  I'l'rty.— D.  8.  T.  Butteiba\igli 2 

y,pllii\v  GUiist.— Alien  A.  Miiiisoii 3 

(iiiiitiiiii  I'liion.— W.  ,1.  II.  IJaumaii :i 

TliH  U'lflowa.— D.  I..  Williams (I 

Miitl.2»;  IT.  40  Explained.— Al.'ittic  A.  I,e;ir...  11 
jm],^._P;ivi(l  Williams it 

ADw.iiM.L'  ri.u'.-r..  -w,  x.-rr <i 

Stfin  iui.l  i:.iv    Pi'iiiitH 1 

StcaJl.'-f'--.-  '  li.nlutli-   T.  IJuud 1 

gecnc  111  tlif  St-li"f '  iiooiii. — I).  15.  Mooiiiaw. ..   I 

Kclioi'ft  t  rora  the  Soulih, — D.C.Moomaw 7 

OiiTlieWiiy  to  I'alc-stinp.— .1.  W.  Mr{i{n'vey..  .*« 

Kflioes  from  tlie  (.'(-iite'r. — s.  T.  Bossf  rman 7 

From  l.iiioohivillc,  TniliiUia.— J.  W.  Soutliwuod  1 
jVii  Kpistolaiy  Re9|)unse.— I.  J.  Roasnberger...  7 
Froiu  Noith  Manchester.  Iiu!.— I).  S.  T.  Uuttor- 

li^uyli 7 

New  Topics. — ^Landon  West 7 

To  Tlie  Uretliren.— C.  Hope s 

Kroii)  Deep  Uiver,  Iowa.— H   1ft.  Taylor s 

Kroai  Ft.  Deliance,  Augusta  Co.,  Va.— J.  W. 

Cliek s 

Sota  Bene— C.  H.  .Balsbaugh fi 

MissioJiary  Meeting.— W.  S.  Tuney  s 

ielected:                 ■" 
The  Intluence  of  Relision . ; :! 


A  Description  of  tlie  Person  of  Jesus  Clirist..  I 

POETRY : 

Miuy  Anointi og the ,Sa vior.— Barbara B.  Jacobs 


TlieFireby  the  Sea.. 


STEIN  AND  RAY  DEBATE. 

Prop.  1st— Hrethrei)  (or  Tanker)  Churche?  pos- 
sess tbe  Bible  Oliaracteristics  which  entitle 
tlieni  to  he  regarded  as  Chnrches  of  Jesus 
Cbrist. 

f.  W.  Stein,  Affirms. 

\).  B.  Rav,  Denies. 

.1.  W.  Stein'.s  13th    Akkiumative. 

THE  Jirethren  universally  hold  and  teach 
that  Clirist  and  all  his  appointed  means  of 
Mtivation  are  the  gifts  of  grace,  and  that -the 
"^nrA  (ilijoAi^  out' only  riik  of  faith  and  pra>- 
'"■*,  notwithstandinfj  my  friend's  unfounded  as- 
sertions to  the  contrary.  By  reference  to  my 
Hand  4th  affirmatives,  the  reader  will  find 
lii*  misstatements  of  our  qualifications  of  bap- 
lisin  already  fully  answered.  His  indiscrimi- 
ii'it^  a|iplication  of  the  expressions,  "uot  of 
ivories"  "not  by  works  of  righteousness  which 
"■e  have  done,"  "not  by  the  works  of  the  law,'' 
*«■.  ioviihdates  itself.  These  scriptures  we  sin- 
cerely believe  and  teach.  Their  obvious  niean- 
H  "<  that  j.istification  ii  not  by  the  works  i(uH 
"KlitfoiiMiess  of  the  Mosaic  law,  neithiT  is  it 
"fja  the  (jroiuul  or  merit  of  anything  man  can 
'*"■  Ihit  tlo  the  scriptures  ever  tell  us  that  re- 
■"i^'ion  is  not  received  by  the  works  of  the  gos- 
1*1'^— not  by  obeying  the  commands  of  Jesus? 
UiiH-,iie  author  of  eternal  salvation  to  them 
'W.„Vyhim'not'"?  Heb.  5:9.  Will  God 
'"*t  "re,„ler  to  erenj  man  according  to  his  deefh?  ' 
"*''in  ij:  6)  :uid  judge  them  by  what  is"written 
"^  tlie  buoks,  according  to  their  »orA-.t"V  Rev. 
^■■'i-  "Whoeo  looketh  into  the  pt-ri:  ct  law 
"f  liberty  and  continueth  therein,  he  being   not 


A  io'£e"l'i!  hcaivr,  bui  u  iliitiy  ot  ti 
man  ^hall  be  hlesced  lu  bl^  dtfiL' 
"Br  taith  iioah  b«nii  wunml  ul  God  concnri 
ing  tilings  not  yet  seen  ....  prtfiare'l 
<tH  Afk for  the  mriuq  of  his  hnttxt;  Itij  trhich 
[preparation  of  an  ark]  becondeiui.t-d  the  wurld 
and  heatmtftn  heir  «f  thf  n<jhl>'omnt»A  trhich  in 
hij  faith:'  ileb,  11:7.  Did  he  uut  become  "an 
heir  of  the  righieousness  which  is  by  fiiith"  by 
prppaiimjnn  ark?—byirorkf?  "W  as  nut  Abra- 
ham our  father  ju^titied  by  woricH  when  he  hud 
offered  up  Isaac  bis  son  upmi  lliu:  altar?  Seest 
thou  bow  faith  wrouyhf  a:ilh  Am  uHirk^  and  by 
works  was  faith  made  ^lerfect?  And  the  script- 
ure wa^  fulKlled  which  saith  Abraham  believed 
God?"  j!is,2:21-:i:i.  This  wa>  A-yVyrr  Che  law, 
nor  does  it  refer  to  circuuii-i^ion.  It  was  the 
Jirst  time  God  confirmed  his  --ovenunt  promise 
to  Abraham  by  oath,  "beirmise,"  said  he.  "thou 
hast  f/vw^  this  tiling,''  '"thou  hast  obeyed  my 
voice.''  Gen.  22:  16-18.  "Ye  see  Ibeu  how 
that  by  uiorks  &  man  is  justitied  and  nothijfaith 
Only."  Jtts.  2:24. '  VViiy  don't  my  friend  be- 
lieve this?  And  why  does  he  icorU  so  hard  to 
have  otlitTS  disbelieve  it?  Is  it  not  the  testi- 
mony of  Jesus  through  the  Spirit  which  led  his 
apostles  into  all  truth?  John  3:  36  Is  not 
justifying  far h  itself  «m-j(?-t,he  iiorl.-  of  the 
understanding  in  apprehending  truth?— the 
ivor/c  of  the  will  in  consenting  to  it? — theKwA: 
of  the  aHettiona  in  cou6dii!g  in  it?  Does  not 
the  irork  of  grace  confer  remission? — the  uark 
of  Christ  merit  it?— the  uwk  of  the  Holy  Spir- 
it sanctify  it? — the  wifrk  of  preaching  proclaim 
it? — the  work  of  repentance,  faith  and  baptism 
accept  it — the  TorA:  of  holiness  continue  in  it? 
""Blessed  are  they  that  -/o  his  commandments 
thai  they  mty  hare  riyht  t^  ihrirej'  (f  lif-.and 
may  ader  in  throityh  the  gates  into  the  rdt^:' 
Rev.  22:    li. 

We  have  shown  that  the  Novatians,  ancient 
Waldenses,  ic-,  baptized  by  triiw  immersion 
with  the  hawing  posture.  That  makes  them  as 
much  Tinikers  (/.  e.,  iJipperji)  as  the  brethren. 
Our  Annual  Council  is  composed  of  lay  ment' 
ier.s- as  well  as  fWers,  and  0H(^  lay  member  ran 
stop  the  passage  of  any  art  of  that  hoity.  It  cau 
decide  no  question  of  advice  irithout  the  unnti- 
iwous  conseid  of  nil  its  memlit-rs. 

Plainness  of  attire  and  our  sisters'  head  cov- 
ering, which  Mr.  R.  misrepresents  us  a9  calling 
a  "spiritual,"  will  be  duly  noticed  in  our  affir- 
mative course. 

I  am  sorry  I  have  no  respondent  to  the  ai'gu- 
uients  in  support  of  my  seromi  reason  under  .'ith 
characteristic,  which  is  here  continued.  Mr. 
Rav  denies  admitting  that  "ChrisUaus  may  fight 
and  kill  each  other  as  citizens  cf  civil  govern- 
ments." How  then  can  they  fight  in  the  ar- 
mies of  f(W  rontendiny  govenlme7its':'  Will  he 
answer?  Have  not  the  members  of  his  church 
fought  and  Itilled  each  other  in  battle?  Does 
he  not  fellowship  them  a**  "christians?" 

Tertullian  says,  "Inquiry  is  made  .  .  . 
whether  a  believer  may  turn  himself  into  mil- 
itary service,  and  whether  the  military  may  be 
admitted  into  the  faith,  even  the  rank  and  file, 
or  each  inferior  grade,  to  whom  there  is  no  ne- 
cessity for  taking  part  in  sacrifices  or  capital 
punishments.  There  is  no  agreement  between 
the  divine  and  and  the  human  sacrament,  the 
standard  of  Christ  and  tl  estandard  of  the  Dev- 
il, the  camp  of  light  and  the  camp  of  darkness. 
One  soul  cannot  be  due  to  two  lords— God  and 
Cjesar — yet  Moses  carried  a  rod,  and  Aaron  wore 
a  buckler,  and  John  Baptist  is  girt  with  leath- 
er, and  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun  leads  a  line  of 
march,  and  the  people  warred;  if  it  please  you 
to  sport  with  the  subject.  But  how  will  a  chris- 
tian man  war,  nay  how  will  he  serve  even  in 
peace  without  a  sword,  which  the  Lord  has  tak- 
en away?  For  albeit  soldiers  had  come  unto 
John  and  had  received  the  formula  of  their  rule; 
albeit  likewise,  a  centurian  had  believed,  still 
the  Lord  afterward,  in  disarming  Peter,  unbelt- 
ed every  soldier."  Writings  oi'  Tertullian.  1 
pp.  170,  171, 


nrk,  this  A^am  he  say*:"  To  begin  with lher«al ground 
Ja-^  1:23.  ,  of  the  military  crown,  I  think  wo  mu^t  fir&t  in- 
quire whether  warfare  is  proper  at  all  for  chris- 
tians. What  sense  is  tliere  in  discussing  the 
niei-ely  Hceidenlal,  when  that  on  which  it  rests 
iscoudemned?  Do  we  believe  it  lawful  for  a 
human  oath  to  W  snper-udded  to  fine  'divin-, 
and  for  a  man  loconie  under  pk-omise  to' anoth- 
er MasU.-r  afi*r  Christ?  .  .  .  Shnli  it  be 
lawful  to  make  an  occupation  of  the  sword, 
when  the  Lord  proclaims  that  he  wlio  uses  the 
word  shall  perish  by  the  sword?  And  shall 
the  son  of  peac^e  take  part  in  the  battle  when  it 
"does  not  Ik'come  him  eteu  to  sue  at  law?  And 
.hall  he  apply  the  chain,  the  prison,  and  the 
torture,  and  the  punishment,  who  is  'flot  the 
avenger  even  of  his  own  wrtings?  Shall  he 
forsooth,  either  keep  watch  seiviee  fo^otbe^.^ 
more  thuu  for  Christ,  or  sh;*ll  he  do  it  on  the 
Lord's  day,  when  he  does  not  even  do  it  lor 
Cbrist  himself?  .  .  .  Shall  he  ask  a  watch- 
word from  the  emperor  who  has  alreaily  receiv- 
ed one  from  God?  Shall  he  be  disturbed  in 
death  by  the  trumpet  of  the  trumpeter,  who  ex- 
pects to  be  aroused  by  the  angel's  trump?  .  .  . 
How  many  other  offense*  there  are  involved  in 
the  performance  ot  camp  offices,  which  we  must 
hold  t<i  involve  a  transgression  of  God's  law, 
you  iuaj'  see  by  a  slight  survey.  The  very  ear-  ! 
lying  of  the  name  over  fium  the  cuuip  of  light 
to  the  camp  of  darkness  is  a  violation  of  it." 
Ibid  1  pp.  3-17, 3iS. 

It  IS  true  that  notwithstanding  the  law  sjiid, 
"Thou  shall  uot  kill,"  men  were  permitted  to 
war,  and  slaughter  even  helpless  women  and 
children.  1  Sam.  15:3.  Are  chnstians  thoru- 
tbre  at  liberty  to  do  likewise?  Becausse  D^vid 
was  a  man  of  war  God  would  not  permit  him 
even  to  build  the  temple  which  was  to  typily 
the  church  of  Christ.     2  Chrpn.  22;  T-U). 

Jones  says  of  the /''(^Tfjif^.i:  "They  took  no 
oaths  and  bore  no  arras.  Jones'  Ch.  Hist.,  1  p. 
437. 

Again  he  says:  "Tl  ey  took  no  oaths,  objects 
id  to  war  of  every  kind,  aud  refused  to  shed  the 
blood  of  a  fellow  creature,  even  in  defense  of 
their  own  lives.  Such  ai)pears  plainly  to  have 
been  the  case  with  the  Alhiyensen"  Ibid.ti  p. 
133. 

Robison  telb*  us  that  the  Wittden^es  hild'  it 
"unlawful  for  a  christian  to  take  oaths,  to  bear 
arras,  to  shed  human  blood,  Rob.  Eccl.'  Kes. 
311,312. 

Neander  says  nf  the  IfrtWcHScs;  "They  con- 
demned absolutely  the  oath,  all  shedding  of 
blood,  military  service,  and  the  punishment  of 
death."  Neander's  Ch.  Hist.,  4  p.  KU, 

My  friend  admits  tliat  the  Fatfirin'S.  Albi- 
(fences,  and  Walih-nxes  were  triw  '-hKrchei*  of 
Christ.  I  therefore  prove  by  him  that  a  rfifuxal 
to  bear  arms  aud  to  learn  war,  is  chat'acteridtHc 
of  the  true  churrh  of  Jesus  Christ. 

STEADFASTNESS. 

IfY  CHAULorrE  T.    mtMl, 

iT  is  so  natural  for  us  to  become  what  is  term- 
ed lukewarm  in  the  church,  or,  in  otho 
words,  we  are  not  so  zealous  iu  the  cause  of  our 
Master  as  we  should  be.  We  xeeni  to  have  ou 
time  too  much  engrossed  in  worldlj  matters 
and  lose  sight  of  the  more  important  things  to 
our  soul's  salvation  aud  the  iiromised  blesotJiK^ 
in  that  bright  world  beyond  the  grave.  Thi 
Scripture  teaches  us  we  >hould  lie  steadfast. 
firm,  press  onward,  not  drawn  olf  by  this  or 
that,  nor  yielding  to  the  tempter,  not  neg- 
lecting our  Christian  duties,  but  how  ofceii  it 
is  done!  Some  who  have  all  the  blessings  tlii< 
earth  can  afford— good  warm  clothing— -^o  »! 
conveyances,  if  the  weather  is  ioclemeut,  can- 
not go  to  ineeling.  It  is  too  cold  or  is  loo  hot; 
they  have  something  that  they  think  ought  ti 
be  done— the  tempteris  always  ready  !«  fi-r.-t-h 
an  excuse  for  neglect  of  duty,  if  our  hertveui> 
Father  was  as  neglectful  of  us  as  we  are  ul   oui 


duties  towai-d.- him,  we  should    be  in   d/lteoefiil 
couditiiiu. 

Therefore  let  us  determine  to  he  mtm*  stead- 
fast, more  faithful  in  every  duty  he  hat*  a^igo- 
ed  us.  There  is  inure  dttnjjur  of  doing  t>to  lit- 
lie  ih*Mi  too  much.  We  caitimt  do  too  muub  if 
itisiionewiih  therinhtmetixeand  111  Ih-  right 
way.  Let  us  be  more  diligent,  iiu.re  zealoos, 
that  we  may  iii«ke  our-leetinn  and  eiiUiii^'  >ii.re. 

A  DESCRIPTION  OP  THE  PERSON 
OF  JESUS  CHRIST. 

.Is  (7  Il'.i.v  ut  an  Awi.ut  }faMu.-<,ripl  ^'rnt  by 
Pidili us  Untuliis,  President  tfJttdea^  to  tlte 
Senate  if  ii»me. 

I'^IIIDKE  lives  nt  this  time  in  Judeau  man  of 
singular  oharacteir.  whose  uiiiiie  is  Jesus 
Christ.  The  biirbnrians  esteem  him  a  prophet, 
but  liis  followers  adore  him  as  the  immediat* 
olVspring  of  the  immortal  God.  lie  is  endowed 
with  such  uiipiuilh'led  virtu';  jl*  to  callback  the 
dead  from  their  graves,  and  to  ht-al  ever>  kind 
of  disea.'ie  witli  u  word  or  toueh,  liif!  p.■l•^..n  is 
tall  and  elegantly  »hnp8d — hi*  s-tiwct  amiable, 
reverend.  Hi?  Imir  flown  in  tho^e  benutifui 
sliades  which  no  united  coloi-s  can  match,  fall- 
ing into  gmcefiil  curls  behiw  his  earit,  agreeably 
louchiug  on  his  shoulders,  and  paitiug  on  the 
crown  of  his  head,  like  the  hend-di'uis  ot  the 
sect  of  the  Naziirites.  His  forehead  is  -nioolL 
iinil  large,  his  cheek  without  ^pot,  .save  that  of 
a  lovely  red;  his  nusu  mid  mouth  are  formed 
with  exipiisite  symmetry;  his  heard  is  thick  and 
suitable  to  the  hair  of  his  head,  reaching  a  lit- 
tle above  his  chin,  and  parting  iu  tlie  middle 
like  a  fork;  hiw  eyes  are  bright,  clear  and  serene. 
He  rebukes  with  majesty,  counseU  with  niild- 
ness,  and  incites  with  the  nujst  tender  and  pcr- 
sLiasive  language;  his  whole  adtlresn,  whether  in 
a  word  or  deed,  being  elegant,  gmve,  and  strict- 
ly characteriMticof  soexalted  a  being.  No  man 
has  ever  Been  him  laugh;  but  the  whole  world 
behold  him  weep  frequently;  aud  so  pereua^iwe 
are  his  tears  that  none  can  refrain  from  joining 
in  sympathy  with  him.  In  short,  whatever  the 
phenomenon  may  turn  out  in  the  end,  he  ceems 
at  present  a  mauler  excellent  beauty  and  di- 
vine perfeotness.  every  way  surpassing  the  vhil- 
dren  of  men.—  Selected  by  J.  W.  Cli'  k. 

SCENE  IN  THE  SCHOOL   ROOM. 

Teacher. — Chuss  in  spelling  stand  up. — Gan 
you  tell  me  the  meaning  of  the  word  .\rrogatt? 

Pupil. — It  moans  to  disagree  or  object  to. 

Teacher. — Give  an  application  of  it. 

Pupil. — if  a  young  man  tells  and  old  man  th«t 
he  disagrees  with  him,  he  is  arrogant. 

Teacher. — Exactly;  can  you  give  another  ap- 
plication of  it? 

Pupil. — Yes,  if  a  man  will  Hot  suffer  anoth«r 
man  to  puthiH  foot  gently  on  his  neck  and  keep 
it  there  without  making  a  grett  uoi»e.  about  it. 
he  is  arrogant. 

Teacher. — That  beats  Webster.  Nnw  give 
another  application  of  it. 

Pupil.— If  a  man  who  has  a  conscience  hum- 
bly asks  the  riglit  to  enjoy  it  of  a  man  who  has 
no  conscience  and  does  not  know  what  a  con- 
science is,  he  is  arrogant. 

Teacher. — Go  up  head.  Vou  are  a  rising 
genius.  Kaaie  will  strew  your  paths  with  glory. 

Teacher  to  2nd  Pupil.  —  VVliat  is  the  meaning 
of  insubordination? 

2nd  Pujul. — It  means  to  transpose. 

Teacher. — Give  an  application. 

2nd  Pupil. — If  a  body  of  men  choose  one  of 
their  numlier  to  perform  a  certain  duty  noder 
certain  restrictions  and  they  insist  on  having 
those  restrictions  lespected.  they  are  in-ubor- 
dinate. 

Teacher. — Correct.  Give  another  applicalion. 

2nd  Pupil.— lithe  people  of  the  United  States 
elect  a  man  to  the  Presidency  ijnd  will  not  aft- 
erward suffer  him  to  transgress  ihe  laws  at 
pleasure  nor  make  laws  to  suit  hiiiis>-lf  contrary 
to  the  constitution,  they  are  insu'noitinate. 

Teacher.-  Vma/int:.  You  shall  be  recom- 
mended to  the  Royal  Academy.  Take  yoar 
seats.  0.  C.  MooMAW. 


'i\hlK    HUKTHliK^T    AT    AVOHK- 


Ml 


»y  lo 


THE  FIRE  BY  THE  8EA. 

ith  ni-ta  in  tlicir 


mUEHK  were  seviii  fiahera 

J  hands. 

And  thor  wiilkedulid  lnlk.il  by  tbi-iirnndf  Kinds: 
vVt,  sweet  lis  the  sweet  dewfiill 

The  «on!s(heys|)«ke,thou(!h  they«piikc«olow, 

Aero*s  the  long,  dim  centnri.-s  tiow. 
And  we  know  iheni  one  iind  nil, 
Aye,  know  till  III  iiiiil  love  them  all. 

Seven  sad  men  in  the  days  of  old, 
And  one  was  gentle,  and  one  was  bold. 

And  they  walked  with  downeast  eye»; 
Tlie  bold,  was  i'eter.  the  gentle,  was  .lohn. 
And  they  were  all  .ad.  for  the  Lrird  was  gone. 
And  they  knew  not  il'  be  would  rise  - 
Knew  not  if  the  dead  would  rise. 

The  live  long  night,  till  the  moon  went  nut. 
In  the  drowning  walen.  they  beat  about: 

ISeiit  alow  through  the  fogs  their  way; 
And  the  sails  dropped  down  with  wringing  wet. 
And  no  man  drew  but  an  empty  net; 

And  now  'twas  the  break  of  day— 
The  great,  glad  bn'uk  of  the  day. 

Cast  your  nets  on  the  other  side— 
(Twas  .lesus  speaking  aiross  the  tideh 

And  they  cast  and  were  dragging  hard; 
But  that  disciple  whom  .Iisils  loved, 
died  straightway  out,  for  his  heart  was  moved 

It  is  our  risen  Lord— 

Our  Master,  and  onr  Lord. 

Then  Simon,  girding  his  lisher's  coat, 
Went  over  llie  nets  and  out  of  the  boat— 

Aye!  first  of  theiii  all  was  he; 
liepellting  sine  the  ilisiual  piwt, 
lie  feared  no  longer  bis  liearl  loeast 
Like  an  anchor  info  tlie  sea- 
Down  deep  into  the  hungry  sea. 

And  the  others,  throiigli  the  mists  so  dim, 
III  a  little  ship  eame  after  him, 

Priigging  their  neta  through  the  tide: 
And  when  they  had  gotten  eloso  to  the  land 
They  saw  u  tire  of  coals  in  the  sand. 

And,  with  arms  of  lore  so  wide, 

,Ie8Us  the  erucilied. 

'lis  long,  and  long,  and  long  ago, 

Siuie  llie  rosy  lights  began  to  How 
O'er  the  hills  of  (ialilee; 

And  with  eager  eye  and  lifted  linnds 

The  seven  Bsllers  saw  on  tlie  sands, 
The  lire  of  coals  by  the  sea— 
On  the  wet,  wild  sands  by  the  sea. 

'Tis  long  ago,  >  et  faith  in  our  souls 

Is  kindled  just  by  thai  lire  of  coals 

That  streamed  o'er  the  mists  of  the  sea: 

Where  I'eter.  girding  his  lisher's  coat. 

Went  over  the  nit  ami  out  of  the  boat. 
To  answer,  "Lov'sl  thou  me'i'" 
Thrice  over,  "Lov'it  thou  me?" 

Selected  hy  Wn.l'llBli  II  UK. 

THE  SAINTS    EXALTED    STATION. 

MV  ,IAMK8  WlltT. 

"Ye  ai-e  complete  in  him."    I'ol.  :i:  II'. 

PAl'Ii  bns  writt™  tlieae  eiicmivnging 
wol'da  to  the  lielievcrB  who  iTsiilcil 
at  C'olosse,  yet  tbpy  upp'y  »'"'  •'I""' 
force  when  refeiTing  to  the  children  of 
God  in  nil  ages  and  in  every  clime. 

Thin  truth,  tlinugli  e.vpre.sBed  in  dif- 
ferent forms,  freijilently  occurs  uiioli  the 
•sacred  page.  The  coraiiletenesa  and  ])el  • 
fectneas  of  Chri.atian  dinraeter  consists 
in  taking  them  as  a  liody  of  lielievers 
and  not  as  individunls.  How  much  vir 
tue  there  is  in  a  concentration  of  efforts 
throughout  the  churche-s  i.s  often  made 
inanifejit  liy  results  affecting  the  good  of 
the  race,  and  what  is  thus  etfected  here 
on  earth  through  the  dictates  of  the  Ho- 
ly .-Spirit,  is  ratified  in  heaven.  The 
many  titles  used  to  designate  our  high 
calling  of  (iod  in  Christ  suggests  to  the 
spiritual  mind  it«  honorable  and  digni- 
fied position. 

The  things  of  the  :-pirit  are  not  to  he 
discerned  liy  the  natural  mind,  and  when 
unbelievers  profens  they  cannot  under 
stand  the  plain,  written  word,  they  thus 
only  bear  testimony  to  whattheydiscred 
it:  the  light  that  is  in  then,  isdarkness  to 
thero.  but  through  the  grace  of  God  the 
saints  have  been  translated  from  the 
kingdom  of  darkness  into  the  kingdom 
.it  l»  111'-  dear  .^on. 


The  relation  salnln  bear  to  ("hrisl. 
their  Instructor  and  Coinniander,  in  very 
close  and  entitles  them  to  an  heirship 
with  him  in  his  Father's  ijlory-  Though 
we  live  as  pilgrims  and  strangers  on 
earth,  we  have  become  sons  and  daugh- 
ters of  Go<l,  and  in  heav.-n  will  share  in 
the  unsearchable  riches  of  Christ. 

We  are  eonimaiided  to  be  perfect,  even 
as  our  Father  in  heaven  is  perfect.  By 
this  .Scripture  we  wiiiild  iiniii-rst.-iiid  that 
all  should  make  earnest  endeavors  to  ar 
rive  to  such  degrees  of  advancement  in 
the  divine  life  as  rapidly  as  time  and 
cii-cumstances  will  jiermit,  using  the 
ability  which  God  giveth  to  grow  in 
grace  and  the  knowledge  of  our  Lord 
and  .Savior  .Jiwus  Christ. 

Christ,  speaking  to  those  who  were 
willing  to  enjoy  the  bi-m-lils  arising  from 
a  dutiful  regard  U>  the  perfect  law  of  lib- 
ertv,  informs  them  of  this  c.msoling  fact, 
"that  if  the  truth  make  you  free,  ye  shall 
be  free  indeed;"  and  one  of  his  inspired 
writers  jiens  a  similar  thought:  "Where 
the  spirit  of  the  Lord  is,  there  is  liberty." 
Freedom  from  the  bondage  of  sin,  and 
liberty  for  a  fully  enlightened  conscience, 
places  the  saint  on  a  plnnefai-  above  that 
enjoyed  by  any  of  the  world's  noble 
men,  either  by  kins  or  emperor,  that  is 
not  obedient  to  him  who  i«  King  of  kings. 
The  reaHon  the  Christian  holds  such 
an  exalted  rank  in  the  scale  of  being 
even  here  in  this  life  is  by  virtue  of  the 
atoning  blood  of  Christ,  tliey  havingbeen 
born  again  of  the  water  and  of  the  sjiirit, 
are  walking  in  newness  of  life  and  do 
no  longer  devote  their  enel-gies  in  search 
of  the  groveling  things  of  this  earth. 
They  have  come  to  Mount  Zion,  the  city 
of  the  living  (iod,  and  to  an  innumera- 
ble company  of  angels  and  to  .lesus  who 
h-is  purchased  their  ransom,  enabling 
them  Ut  associate  together  in  heavenly 
Jilaees  in    Clll-ist, 


"IF  YE  LOVE  ME,  KEEP    MY  COM- 
MANDMENTS," 

]IY  11.  r.   IIKINKWOUTH, 

/U'lJ  Loi-d  and  Savior's  love  for  his 
'  liiscijiles  wasuneipialed  in  the  time 
of  his  sojourn  here  with  them  oii  earth, 
and  the  oft  manifestations  of  the  same, 
created  within  them  an  almost  equal  de- 
gree, so  much  so,  we  find,  that  Peter  is 
ready  to  go  to  prison  and  to  death  for 
his  Lord  and  Master's  sake;  and  the  fer- 
vent sjiirit  of  love  characterized  by  the 
beloved  disciple  .lohn,  who  leaned  on 
the  bosom  of , lesus  at  certain  places,  e.x- 
emplilies  that  there  was  more  than  a 
mere  nominal  love, — that  there  was  an 
under  current  beneath  in  the  secret  re- 
ceases  of  the  heart  that  bespoke  true  and 
endearing  sympathy  and  regard  for 
whatever  their  Lord  and  Master  com- 
manded. 

If  there  is  in  the  heart  o(  man  any  af- 
fection for  another,  on  account  of  iptali- 
ties  which  e.vcite  pleasing  sensations,  or 
desire  to  gratify,  on  account  of  favors 
done,  then  the  same  will  be  manifested 
in  the  outwaril  exhibitions  of  that  per- 
son's conduct;  and  according  to  the  ratio 
of  the  favo]-  received,  so  do  we  often  find 
the  generous  heart  resjionding.  How 
then  can  we  resist  the  unspeakable  won- 
drous and  evei-  to  be  praiged  love,  man- 
ifested by  him  who  gave,  not  only  his 
heart's  ati'eclion,  but  his  life's  blood,  for 
tliose,  who,  by  practice,  were  against 
him,  who  had  in  every  transaction  re- 
belled against  his  holy  and  divine  law, 
and  who,  although  they  had  been  treat- 
ed by  the  kindest  of  friends,  who  had 
endured  such    contradiction  of  sinners. 


such  buffeting  and  raali^nt  treatment, 
even  to  the  agonizing  pains  of  a  death 
l.y  crucifixion,  yet  after  all  such  love,  by 
actions,  manifested  towards  us,  we  (iuii 
that  withoutany  rea.son  for  so  doing.many 
to-day  are  tramping  the  word  of  truth 
under  their  I'eel.  They  sa\  that  God  their 
Father  has  loved  them,  because  he  has 
sent  his  Son  Jesus  to  die  for  them  and 
all  mankind.  They  know  that  the  Sa- 
vior loves  them,  for  he  says,  "I  came  to 
save,  and  he  that  coineth  to  me,  I  will 
in  no  wise  cast  out."  Ofttimes  the  spir- 
it's drawing  power  is  felt  while  under 
conviclion  of  sin,  they  hear  the  lile-ssed 
invitations  of  (iod's  word  to  return  home 
from  their  wandering  in  the  wilderness 
ofsin;  and  as  the  callings  are  being  is- 
sued, oh,  how  often  do  they  wish  that 
they  had  the  moral  courage  to  stand  up 
for  Jesus,  for  in  reality  they  love  him; 
they  will  not  hear  hi.s  Ide.ssed  name  re- 
viled, they  cannot  bear  the  thought  of 
even  a  word  spoken  against  him  they 
love;  yet  in  the  face  of  all  these  incon- 
trovertible facts,  many  remain  dormant, 
inactive,  and  to  all  ajipearance  indiffer- 
ent. When  will  we  begin  to  learn  that 
the  word  of  truth  declares  that  "God's 
S]iirit  will  not  always  strive  with  man?" 
If  to-day  we  labor  under  the  knowledge 
of  the  fact  that  we  are  sinners  in  God's 
sight,  that  he  reipiires  of  us  obedience 
to  his  law;  and  that  to  disobey  that  law, 
incurs  his  displeasure.  I  )h,  how  cau  we 
longer  remain  unmoved!  How  can  we 
lonirer  resist  the  divine  word!  How-  can 
we  stay  away  from  the  dear  Savior  when 
many  are  basking  in  the  sunshine  of  re 
deeming  love,  and  enjoying  the  jilcisant 
experience  of  savedsouls  on  earth,  whose 
hearts  are  h-ajipy,  and  whose  inmost 
souls  cry  out.  glory  to  God,  praise  his 
name  for  his  abundant  mercies  towards 
me? 

Shall  we  be  behind  in  being  one  of 
the  Savior's  followers!  Will  we  see 
others  enjoy  ingthe  pleasures  below,  and 
ourselves  thrust  out,  when  we  also  love 
our  Savior  with  an  intense  longing  and 
endearins  affection?  How  many  of  those 
who  have  left  this  earth  in  obedience  to 
their  Master's  call,  who  we  can  remem 
her  now,  some  too,  who  were  very  near 
bv  the  ties  of  nature,  how  closely  we 
watched  theirlast  moments  on  this  earth, 
how  fonilly  they  would  grasp  our  hand 
and  implore  with  loving  eyes  and  hearts 
full  of  affection  that  we  would  prepare 
to  meet  them  in  heaven.  Oh,  how  our 
hearts  would  at  once  respond,  "I  will." 
Yes,  dear  one,  I  will  meet  you!  But 
soon,  soon  the  loved  one  passes  away, 
and  as  we  reflect  upon  the  \vords  passed, 
and  the  promi.ses  made,  oh,  how  our 
hearts  well  up  within  us,  w  ith  the  feel- 
ing still  cherished,  but  not  carried  out, 
that  we  will  meet  them  over  there. 

Perhapfs  some  who  read  these  lines, 
will  remember  what  their  sainted  fath 
ejs  and  mothers  have  told  them,  and 
the  promises  yet  unfulfilled.  Ha\  e  you 
forgotten?  Do  you  still  intend  to  come 
to  Jesus?  For  the  sake  ol"  the  dear  one 
now  gone  home  to  heaven,  I  reiterate  the 
promise,  the  pleading  to-day,  "Come 
homel  Return  ye  wandering  ones,  re- 
turn! obey  your  Lord  and  Maste!''s  di- 
vine injunction,  where  he  says,  "he  that 
believeth  and  is  baptized  shall  be  sav- 
ed." Oh,  come  out  from  umong  the 
ranks  of  the  opposing,  and  confess  the 
Lord  you  love.  Re  Imptized  as  he  com- 
manded; and  tlien  gi.  on  fo  fulfill  those 
things  embraceil  in  his  Word,  and  com- 
prehended in  the  all  things  of  Matt.  3s : 
'211.  "If  ye  love  me,"  oh,  bear  his  gen- 
tle words,  "If  ye  love  me,"  yes,  "if  ye 
love,"  then  keep  my  commands.  Will 
you  do  so! 


THE  DYINa  HOUR. 


BY  .lES'.Slfi  »-ILSO,V. 


rT  is  a  solemn  Ueiught,  that   for 


eaeli 


which  the  soul  shall  leave  all  thing,  ,i) 
pertain    to    earth    and    time,    and 
through    the    shmlowy   portal    1 


pass 

"•Vuii.l 


which  lie  the  infinite  mysteries  otihl 
spirit  H-orld.  Then  all  life's  fiteetint.  i„ 
terests — its  hopes  and  fears  _plea.s„f|._ 
and  disap)iointmeBt.swill  fade  away  ||L~ 
a  feverish  dream,  as  we  feel  that  iveare 
Hearing  the  threshold  of  eteunity. 

When  the  final  momenta  of  our  earth 
life  shall  come,  we  must  bid  farewell  t„ 
those  around  whom  our  tenderest  aBVc. 
tions  twine,  and  whose  care  and  com. 
panionship  have  blessed  and  brightene,] 
our  ofttime.s  weary  pathway.  The  gen. 
tie  ministrations  of  liuiuan  lovsand  ,sj„,. 
pathy  can  attend  us  no  farther,  when  we 
are  summoned  to  enter  the  utikumvj 
realms  of  the  hereafter.  Fond,  familia,. 
faces  may  bend  tearfully  above  us,  i,, 
that  jiarting  hour,  but  they  will  become 
mole  and  more  indistinct  to  our  dim  an,) 
dying  vision,  until  they  are  lost  in  the 
elooni  that  gathers  around  us.  Lnvii,,, 
voices  may  call  our  uame  in  grief  ladpj 
accents,  but  the\  will  sound  fainter  and 
farther  away  until  they  cau  no  l.inger 
reach  our  failing  consciousness,  and  all 
grows  still  as  we  drift  out  on  death's  si 
lent  river  alone.  Yet,  we  shall  not  lie 
left  to  cross  those  cold  waters  alone,  if 
we  trust  in  him  who  said,  "1  will  never 
leave  nor  forsake  thee.''  Clinging  close- 
ly to  the  hand  of  the  crucified  flue,  sur- 
rounded by  the  glorious  light  of  Calva- 
ry,  which  for  centuries  has  shone  throut,.h 
tlie  darkness  of  sin,  we  may  peacefully 
depart  from  the  scenes  and  associ.ites  nf 
earth,  hoping  soon  to  join  the  angel  chorus 
in  the  home  of  the  redeemed. 

This  world  affords  no  joy  so  sweet  ns 
that  restful  confidence  in  Jesus,  which 
alone,  cau  solace  and  sustain  the  soul  in 
the  hour  of  dissolution — nothing  so  [iie. 
clous  as  the  promise,  that,  if  we  consc. 
crate  our  hearts  to  him,  he  will  be  wilt 
us  always-through  life  and  death  ami 
eternity. 

May  We  possess  the  inetVable  consola- 
tion of  divine  love,  and  the  unfalterinj 
faith  that  can  ever  say,  "Father,  thj 
will  be  done;  glorify  thyself  in  me." 

So„f/,    Wliill.:l,  In.]. 

I  SAY  PRAY. 

JiV  II.  S,  T.  lU  TTERB.VrOH. 

"Hut  thou,  when  thou  prayest,  enter  into  tin' 
closet,  and  when  thnu  hast  shut  thy  door,  pray 
to  thy  Father  which  i»  in  secret;  and  thy  Fatti- 
er which  seeth  in  secret  shall  reward  theeopeu- 
ly."    Matt.  «:». 

'■And  I  say  unto  yow.  .^»k,  and  it  shall  be  gn- 
en  unto  you:  seek,  and  ye  shall  hud;  knock  an  i 
it  shull  be  opened  imto  you.  For  every  m» 
that  asketh'  i-eceiveth :  and  he  that  seeketh  liiiJ- 
eth;  and  to  him  that  knoclteth  it  shall  lie  o|»n- 
cd."     Luke  M:'.i:     - 

■After  this-  luunuev  therefore  pray  yc:  "»' 
Father  which  art  in  heaven,"  iic-  Matt-  »:  !"• 

I  WISH  to  say  to  the  many  readers  of 
the  Bki-;i'ii||H;.v  ,i'i>  Wohk,  with  thai 
perfect  form  of  prayer  given  to  us  by  tl' 
Lord  himself,  we  need  not  be  at  a  k"^ 
how  to  approach  the  fbotstool  of  grace 
w  hile  at  the  same  time  let  us  not  fovgrt 
that  God  is  in  heaven;  and'w'e  are  uiHm 
the  earth.  No  form  of  prayer  can  l"' 
pei^fect  without  the  Lord's  prayer;  a"^ 
therefore  feeling  the  imiuirer  after  pra)- 
er  to  be  in  the  same  situation  with  '  ' 
disciples  who  cauieioJesus  and  said  i"' 
to  him,  "Lord,  teach  us  to  pray,  "' '"  " 
also  taught  his  disciples." 

Now,  friendly  readers,  I  have  first  >■ 
re.-ted  you  to  that  perfect  form  of  p")- 


■IJ-IK    HKKTHUK>C    ,VX    "WOIilC. 


.an 


to  tilt-  (li-*»*ipti"i  »m  that   c 
1  ibrough  them  to    us  and 


v'l  en  v^'  P*"*)''  therefore — no  matter 
__«-]ietber   in   the   evening,  or   at 
*^       _.  ;..  tli*^  riKirninir:    whether   with 


bell'' 


4" 

the  »g' 


in  tli«  niorniug 

jij  iiiuoeeuee  of  infancy,  the  uu- 

1    tlioutjlits  of  youth,    the    un- 

ininti    of  innnhood,  r>r  the 

fi's   and  fjiculties    of  as^e; 

,itt*-r  .-it  what  period  of  tiic  day,  or 

"^ItV  V"  "'^*'''  "I^  ^^^^  di^votions  of  the 

*    .,  to  (-iod ;  uo  matter  either  what  he 

ondiUoh  or  circumstances,  wlieth- 

■'"iu  puiU'    ^^  penury,    or    pfuitencc; 

'^1  tbei-  weak,  wealthy,  or  wreteued;  in 

^luiles  of  marriage,  or   in    the  leara 

.  I  j^jli;  iTJoiciuj^  with  those  who  are, 

mniriiini;  for  those  who  are  not;  lov- 

hat'  '1,  hii;h    or    low,    liouoriid  or 

,ed:  iu  your  liviug  energies,    or  in 

onies  of  death — still  the  words  of 

,s»nui*i  the  eame.     How  superior  is 

,  .  ,,riiy*;r  '"  excellence,  how  coinpre 

flfiive  in  beauty,  how  holy  in  substance, 

,  ^^  j,t,leinn  in  aiauner,  hoAv    simple    in 

„rfs.>iou.     IJut  it  were  liu  idle  task  to 

jtwml'f  '*'  give  dignity  by  human  praise 

that  which  proceeiled  from  the    Lord 

full.     1^  ^^'^^  ''*^  ^"^^^    spake  as   never 

J,  MMMke;  it  was  Jt-sus   the    vvise.    the 

jj^ly^aud  the  just,  who  gave  this  prayer 

fyrtbe  use  and  imitation  of  his  disciples; 

]  if  we  are  not  moved  to  adore  it    by 

(he rt\'ereuce  and  gratitude  we   feel  for 

the  speaker,  it  were  in  vain  to  endeavor 

toiutluencc  the  heart  or    understanding 

bvlho   weak  applauses  of  a  creatuie's 

tongue. 

K-ineiuber,  therefore,  the  autliority  of 
iiiiuM'ho  commanded  us  thus  to  pray; 
mil  If  member  also  in  obedience  to  his 
coiiimaiidmeut,  botli  when,  and  where 
jyt^iT  ye  pray,  to  say,  "Our  Father  who 
jrl  ia  heaven,  .Hallowed   be  thy  name. 

Whosoever  tbou  art  that  may  cast  thy 
eyes  upon  this  article,  whether  thy  mind 
be  stored  with  all  the  classic  lore  of  the 
jiiliools,  and  remember  that  the  world 
l.y  wibduni  knows  not  God;  whether  thy 
iiiiml  lias  been  only  directed  to  the  farm 
or  to  merchandise;  or  whether  thy  mind 
is  little  stored  with  anything,  save  the 
knowledge  of  the  daily  labor  with  which 
Ibiue  baud  is  occupied.  Yes,  whoeever 
tliou  art,  thou  art  here  called  upon  to 
rmember  and  believe  that  of  thyself 
ttigii  ha^t  no  power  to  pray;  it  is  the  gift 
of  God's  Holy  Spirit.  He  it  is  who  puts 
iuto  ovn-  minds  good  desires,  and  he  it  is 
who  gives  us  faith,  without  which  we 
sliuulil  receive  nothing  of  the  Lord.  We 
have  need,  therefore,  to  begin  our  pray- 
flTswith  ''Lord,  teach  us  how  to  pray;" 
iind"let  thy  good  spirit  help  our  infirm- 
iliu8."  Suffer  me  to  ask,  Have  you 
taught  us  to  pray?  If  not,  do  now.  Yes, 
now,  while  it  is  called  to-day,  begin. 
And  if  you  find  it  dilhcult,  at  least  re- 
luember  this  short  pi-ayer,  and  often  re- 
li':^at  it  from  your  heart:  "Lord,  teach 
tue  liou-  t()  prav  aright."  Yes,  be  per- 
suaded of  this,  that  the  longest  prayer 
without  fiiith  will  gain  nothing;  but  the 
''Wrtest,  prayer,  may,  even  a  sigh  or 
groan  sent  up  to  heaven  with  faith  in 
^liiist,  wdl  surely  be  heanl.     Amen. 

yoi'th  Maneheatr)-   hid. 


ni-iiih.  r.  in  his  addiv^i   to  \W  ehurch  at 

Coiiuth,  Hs  he  beholds  thein  us  \voi>iiii> 
ers  of  God,  yet  woi'shipiughimin  a  man- 
ner that  wasuot  in  honor  before  the  Li>rd 
of  glory;  and  why  was  it  not  in    honor 


me.  *-Lor.l,  Lord  shall  enter  into  the 
Kingdom  of  (iod,  buMh^-y  that  do  the 
will  of  my  Father  which  is  in  heaven.'' 
^  ea,  saith  the  Lord,  "many  w*ill  say  im 
to  me  iu  that  dav  L-n-d,  Lord,  have    we 


before  God?      Because,  the    brethren,   it  i  not  [irophc^ied  in  thy  uamef  and  in  tb 
app»-ars.  iu  praying  or   [irophesj  ing  did    name  have  cast  our  devils?    and    in  th 


FOLLOW  CHRIST, 


IIV  AI.LE.N  A.  HUS.-US. 


a<  1  um  h1>u   of 


b^ 


"•"  je  t'(]llu\vtrs  of  ine.  even 
•^"•i-f  1  Cor.  11:1. 
jTllS  language  wa--  r\[ii   N>'d 

who  truly  loved  tlie  Lurd,  and  la 
■""■eti,  and  followed  hiin  through  evil  as 
^t^Il  as  through  good  report,  and  well 
""iglit  he  express  himself  in  the   above   the  Lord,  not  all  of  those  who  cry 


not  remove  the  covering  from  oft'  their 
heads,  and  therefore  they  dishonored 
their  heads  (('hrist).  Paul  would  have 
tliem  know  that  the  head  of  man  is 
Christ;  and  in  order  to  honor  the  Lord 
of  glory  iu  worship  they  must  not  wor- 
shi)>  him  with  covered  heads;  "therefore, 
brethren,  we  ought  to  give  the  more  ear- 
nest heed,  to  those  things  which  we  have 
heard,  lest  at  any  time  we  should  let 
them  slip." 

fnasmuch  as  the  house  of  the  Lord   is 
a  house  of  order,   let  us  laboi-    to    keep 
thatplaili  order  of  worship  that  ia  taught 
in  the  g-'spel  of  the  Sun  of  God;  for  the 
vain  things  that  are  placed    before   the 
children  of  men  to  entice   them   to   de- 
part from  the  faith  ouce  delivered  to  the 
saint*   are  many,   and    lamentable,    t\>r 
the  adversary  of  the  souls  of    men    wiU 
have  the  greatest  army  in  number.  False 
teachers  say  it  matters    not  how    much 
you  adorn  yourself  with  braiih'il  hair,  or 
gold  or  costly  array,  if   you    only    have 
faith  in  (Jod;  but  let  us  remember   that 
the  apostle  speaks   of   vain    faith;   and 
James,  of  a  detrd  faith  and  a  llvhi'j  faith. 
The  latter  will  require  the  child  of  God 
to  lay  aside  the  gold  ring,  chains,  brace- 
lets, the  costly  array, — to  leave  the  paths 
of  a  proud  and  haughty    world,  and    to 
clothe  ourselves  in  modest  ap[)arel:  and 
these  false  teachers  say,  too,  that  it  mat- 
ters not  if  the  sisters  worship  with  their 
liead'_i  uncovered  ;  bu*  what  docs  inspira- 
tion say  i  It  says  if  they  do  so  they  dis- 
honor their  head  { man).    Now  the  apos- 
tle reproves  the  sisters  of  Corinth  for  not 
covering  thtrir  beads  in  time  of  worship, 
because  they  were  out  of  order.     Now, 
if  the  Lord  required  a  covering  then,  he 
does  now,  for  his  word  has  not  changed, 
neither  will  it   change  till  all   be  fulfill- 
ed.    "Though  heaven    and   earth    shall 
pass  away,  my  word  shall  uot  pass  away ; 
therefore  we  ought  to  give  the  more  ear- 
nest heed,  for  if  the  word  spoken  by  an- 
■Is  were  steadfast,  and  every    transgres- 
sion and  disobedience  received  a  just  rec- 
ompense of  reward,  how  shall  we  escape 
if  we  neglect  so  great  salvation!" 

We  know  that  it  is  claimed  by  .some, 
that  profess  to  follow  Christ,  that  there 
is  no  use  of  the  sisters  wearing  the  cov- 
ering now,  for  that  is  an  old  custom.  So 
it  is;  but  it  is  an  old  custom  of  the  faith- 
ful mothers  of  the  church  of  Christ,  who 
was  taught  to  observe  *'aU  things  that  I 
have  commanded  you."  Yes,  it  is  the 
old  custom  of  those  who  the  Lord  said 
were  his  mother  and  sister  and  brother. 
"Who  is  my  mother?  and  who  my  breth- 
ren?" "Whosoever  doth  the  will  of  my 
Father  in  heaven,  the  same  is  my  broth- 
er and  sister  and  mother."  If  we  would 
be  heirs  of  God  and  joint  heirs  of  Jesus 
Christ  we  must  do  the  will  of  our  heav- 
enly Father;  and  none  will  (piestion  but 
that  the  apostle  Faul  did  teach  the  will 
of  God  to  the  Corinthian  brethren  and 
sisters;  hence,  we  claim  that  this  order 
should  be  observed  to  day  in  the  congre- 
gation of  tlie  Lord,  as  we  are  governed 
as  the  church  of  Christ,  by  the  same 
Christian  disposition;  and,  although  the 
ancient  customs  of  the  world,  and  the 
present  customs  of  the  world,  are  not  the 
same,  we  will  admit,  yet  the  words  of 
the  Lord  [-[leaketh  the  same  n<)W  as  then, 
and  is  just  as  binding  upon  the  cliurches 
to  day  as  it  w.i-.  uu  th«  ciiuiehe*  wl  Cor 
intb,  therefore  we  nay,  by   the    woitl  uf 

unto 


-livid 


name  done  many  wonderful     worli 
Oh.  yeii,  we  wv\\  preaeh  the  gospel 
call  sinners  to    repentance,  anil    ;^et 
may  V»e  rejeete<l  ,it  the  tinal  jiidgnicnt. 
\ti  it  not  easy  tor  me  to  say  to  the  peciple, 
love  God  and  keep  his   commandments, 
and  thou  shalt  have  life  everlasting;  and 
truly  all  that  obey    this   teaching   shall 
enter  int*)  life,    but    if  I    myself   do  not 
obey,  I  cannot  enter   into   life   eternal; 
therefore  preaching  the  Lord's  will  alone, 
will  not  ssvr.  but  obeying  his  will,  will 
have  to  the  uttermost  all  that  will  come 
unto  him. 

Now  every  professor  <»f  t'hrist  is 
preaching.  Some  may  think  that  I  ex- 
press my  views  of  the  Lord's  will  rath- 
er harshly,  V)Ut  1  wish  not  so  to  do,  but 
as  one  who  loves  the  Lord  anil  the  pre- 
cious souls  of  the  children  of  men,  1  feel 
like  entreating  one,  and  all,  to 
vain  customs  and  fashions  of  ji  vain  world 
and  come  and  go  with  King  Jesus  to  au 
eternal  home  of  blis-s  beyond  the  spaei: 
of  time. 


Th-  - 
ed  agi.ii..^.  ,  -  ,,  ,..1......  >  .1,1..  I  ux-  ne- 
cessity of  union  ia  an  established  fact 
with  militavy  men.  An  ubimnte  resoit 
on  their  part  when  wA\  nigh  beaten  \n 
to  form  a  hollow  stjuare  which  means 
standing  in  a  circle,  thus  presenting  to 
ih*'  foe  a  bristling  fi'ont,  let  him  approa^^h 
from  wliich   ever  (hreeti«m    In*    may. 

Christians  are  wariorr*."    It  is  true,  the 
weapons  of  their  warfare  are  not  carnal, 
but  spiritual,  yet  on  the    part   of   th<'ir 
general,  C'lirist,  the  same  essuntial  prin- 
ciple, unity,  is  recognized  a.s  highly  nce- 
essary.     Such  is  also  the  case    with    his 
subordinati' otVicers  under  his  command. 
The  chnrdi  at  this  time  ought  to  think 
of  these    things.     Something  is  stirring 
up  mutiny    in  the  camp.     What  is   it 
brethren?     Has  the  enemy  gotiui     "U 
Satan  appearing  among  the  sons  of  God  ?'* 
Joi>.  1:0.  "Have  grievous  wolvesi  enter- 
ed among   you*"     Aeta  2^:   2'.K     "Are 
men     among     us     speaking     perverse 
things?"      "Are    there   heresies   among 
us?"  1  Cor.  11;  1!L     "Or  are  we  living 
in  the  time  prophesied  of  by  l*aul?"     *i 
flee   the  I  Tim.  4:  ;i.  4.     If  so,  it  is  time  for  ns   to 
form  a  hollow  sqimre  and    more    fully 
concentrate  our  strength. 


MARY     ANOINTING    THE    SAVIOR. 

liY    UAItliAKA  It.  .lACOll-S. 

Meekl;'  she  stood  liehind  the  Lnrd. 
And  on  his  head  tlip  oinfmi-nt  poured. 
Shp  gave  no  heeil  t-j  those  who  said, 
"Why  was  thi*  waste  of  ointment  made?" 

Wliile  oVr  liis  Lody  it  did  »|>reiul.      ■ 
Her  laitht'ul  heurt  iu  nuguiinh  l)!ed; 
She  kuew  lier  Lord  would  soaa  di'part, 
Him  whom  she  loved  with  ull  her  heart. 

As  she  the  precious  ointment  spilled. 
With  sweet  perfiime  the  house  was  lill'il; 
She  tillf  d  her  mission  as  was  meet. 
And  washed  with  tears  the  Savior's  feet. 

She  heeded  uot  the  crowd  aruund. 
But  nieekl.v  howed  in  grief  piofouud. 
Behold  the  t'aithl'ul  tiiuiden  fu>r, 
She  wipes  his  feet  with  her  own  hairl 

And  little  thought  of  future  hlias. 
As  on  his  feet  she  pressed  a  kiss; 
Nor  that  he'd  ever  her  commend, 
For  living  faithful  to  the  end. 

But  he  whc  knows  when  sparrows  mil. 
Will  let  no  good  tiling  pass  at  all; 
And  what  eeeins  little  in  our  eyes. 
They  are  the  things  lie'll  sometime  prize. 

He  turned  unto  the  crowd,  and  bode. 
Where  e'ei  ye  preiich  be  mention  made. 
Of  what  this  faithful  one  hasdone. 
Although  an  humbe  lowly  one. 

CHRISTIAN  UNION. 
BY  W.  J.H.  IIAUMAS. 


AMONG  all  the  topics  discussed  eith- 
er in  public  or  private  none  are  of 
more  vital  importance  than  the  one  head- 
ing this  article.  The  unity  of  his  disci- 
ples was  something  about  which  the  Sa- 
vior felt  much  concerned.  When  we 
turn  to  John  17th,  we  hear  him  very 
earnestly  praying  for  it.  Not  only  did 
he  jtray  for  his  immediate  disciples,  but 
for  all  who  should  believe  on  him  through 
their  word.  John  17:  2n.  Among  the 
apostolic  iujunctionB  none  have  more  fre- 
(juent  reference  than  oneness — unity. 
None  are  given  with  greater  stress  or 
earne8tne.ss.  "Now  I  beseech  you,  Ijreth- 
re,n,by  thenameof  our  Lord  JesusC'hrist, 
that  ye  all  speak  the  same  thing,  and 
that  there  be  no  divi.vious  among  you; 
but  that  ye  be  perfectly  joined  together 
in  the  same  mind,  and  in  the  same  judg- 
ment." 1  Cor.  I:  II';  Kom.  1"):  fi,  (I.  7: 
Kph.  4.  ;J;  Phil.  'l\  1,  2,  all  of  whirh  are 
of  the  same  import  as  the  one  quoted. 
Many  others  might  be  citt;d. 


In  our  next  we  will  take  a  glauee  at 
the  nu'ans  provided  lor  unity  and  how 
to  hush  to  silence  the  usurper  of  our  lib- 
ertieB.  In  the  meanwhile,  brethren  and 
sisters,  let  us  renu-mber  in  heaven  the 
spirit  of  schism  i«  not  allowed.  The  ac- 
cuser of  our  brethren  will  be  cast  wxi. 
In  heaven  nothing  can  exist  but  love,  joy, 
unity,  bliss,  unspeakable  and  full  of  glo- 
ry. No  principle  allowed  there  that 
will  mar  comnnmion  between  (iod  and 
the  sainti.  Perfect  peace  will  reign 
there.  Peace  permanent  iu  the  eternal 
hills.  Spotless  will  be  the  robes  of  the 
bride.  In  that  spot  1  ess, jmrity  may  we 
all  shine. 

Xora  Sprinyny  Iowa. 

THE  INFLUENCE  OF  RELIGION. 

PliiOPLK  talk  aljout  religion   being  u 
restraint  upon  men.  In  some  senses, 
it  is  a  restraint.     IJut  this  is  not  its  eliief 
idea.     There  are  in  men  certain  destruc- 
tive tendencies,— passions,  appetites  and 
inordinate aft'ections  which  need  the  curb; 
and  religion  operates  as   a  curb   upon 
these  and  reigns   them   in.     Hut   it  haa 
other  and  larger  use>ithan  this.     Fetters 
and  cords  and  gags  do  uot   represent  it. 
It  plants  more  than  It   uproots.      VVhen 
the  work  of  correction    is  ended,    it  has  ' 
only  just  begun   its   operations   in    the 
soul — operations  which  will  continue  in 
force  eternally.     Negatives  do   not   ex- 
press religious  duty.     We  love  to  tliink 
that  religious  life  means  the   growth   of 
all  the  faculties,  and  not  a   slow  sti-ang- 
ulation     of  them,     ileligiou   no     more 
cramps  a  man  than  wings  do   a  bird,  or 
fins  do  a  fish.     Piety  is  not  a  ship  at  an- 
chor on  a  level  sea;  it  is  a   ship  in    mo- 
tion, with  every   sail    set  and    swelling 
with  wind  and  the  waters  around  it  crest- 
ed with    white.     Christianity    makes   a 
man  active,  vibrant,  tense.   Great  injury 
has  been  done  religion  by  teaching  peo- 
ple to  regard  it  as    a  mild   form  of  slav- 
ery, in  which  people  consent  to   be    tied 
up  that  they  may   not   hurt   themselves 
or  others,     liut  there  is  no  such  religion 
as  this,  at  least  in  the  New   Testament. 
The  gospel  Christ  taught,  is  a  gospel    of 
liberty.     It  is  a  stimulant  to  man's  ener- 
gies, uot   a  narcotic.     It    makes   him  a 
doer,  uot  a  hearer. — Sehvtffl. 


True  courage  is  cool  ana  calm.  But 
what  is  done  iu  anger,  can  never  be^ 
placed  to  the  account  of  courage. 


TMK    HBKTJrlJiKX    -'i.'i'    WOHlv. 


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M.  M.  KMIKI.MAX. »  I'li.iiitiKTons. 


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•utl  (or  rJicti  nJUilii: 

unuiinl  I'tri  he  liciliii 
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,T  Monk  "ilM-p  ■•"' «'  *'  •^"  !"■'■'"'• 
Ahj  OIK"  nh»  "ill  "(I'l  li-  eiRhi  name 
PH.-  »n  ti.i.(iiinniil  o-'py  fr*p  of  *'l.(ir((c, 
iDnnlnnme  luvtr  nn<)  aIm'Tp  ir>ti>iii(> 
till  t>c  nllowF'l  t'l  V"  cpor..  whirb 
Mm  ilic  ni«noy  l*fcTo  Knii'linR  It 
itsi  Unlrni,  Kt-yi^lPrcil    I,*npri< 


ordmfU.  pr..Verijr  i.j.lr«.*d,  "ill  I"  ««  <""■  "■''■  ***"' 
«rdinc  dr^ti.  l»  .urc  ilmt  il  i»  iioi  «  check,  ''""•* 
cbeck.  i(  o-i*  un  «"  «ni"  >">  c«tU'cl.  wbil^  •  ''"n  «"  '•*■ 
eullrcinl  rrfo  ro.rn([tf  iiiamji- niny  he  neni  1"t  iiii...iintj. 
onJer  |.(»«'.  t.ul  nUny.  .cn.l  thr  nioiicy  if  you  cm.  ({M  il 
8ut*cni<iiuru.  Bbil  ooiiiiuuni cation*  inieoJvd  for  tb«  pft- 
per.  fc*  well  «•  nil  t.u.inMc  mnlien.  oonncctP'I  wiih  Ihe  of- 
1m  abAuld  hr  nddrcMcd 

MOOBE  &  CSHELUAtl. 

IiA»rk,  Cftrroll  Co.,  Ill ' 


LAXAItK.  ILL.. 


MAV  I.;.  1H70. 


Is  an<itltcr   piirl  ol"  tliiH  iitimlic 


THK  Luve-l.'ftBl  in  tlie  OHttKBChiin-Ii,  K(iri«ii». 
is  tlif  liwt  da>'  (if  May  instwiul  cf  the  :Hitli  (l» 
publtnhrd  liurctot'onv. 

piiMnh 
•Jilt  nil  iiKinry 
bpj-eiil  Ui  (.'.  P.  itowltiiiri,  LiiiiHili.  IlliiioiH.  who 
will  see  ihHl  it  i-  properly  lijrwurdi'i. 

TiiK  Bkkthrbs  at  Wokk  (i(ws  not  call 
prf'iclin-s  "  llfv"  It  i«  on  untJ-RibI(>  practice, 
hence  we  ni-ithcr  enAone  nor  practice  it.  God 
alone  i«  to  he  rertretid. 

TliK  CfirixtinH  SUnuiintI  my%:  "  Twenty  (wo 
fiimilies  of  Rii"Hiiin  MennoniteH,  rt'pre>*entinp 
^fi.ouo  will  Icitule  in  Uuller  ('oiiiity,  KiinsBs, 
about  Jnn<'  1. 

PdiiTK^TANTi^M  ift  rapidly  ^{uitiinp  tfniiuid  in 
France.  The  population  of  tlicconnlry  iniibont 
36,Ulin,OiH),  or  wliom  l,Uliu,(i(i(i  jm- ProU-Htunti*. 
and  Mie  reniuinder  Met  doivn  m  Outholic.H.  In 
niuu.v  |ii>iiitK  I'ruleMtiinlintii  i^  rii|iidlv  ^iiiniti^ 
ihe  aNcendeucy. 

Brotiirk  .loNrpl)  ('.  Liilitiian,  ot  l''ninktin 
Grove,  has  met  Wjtli  »  sad  bereavement  in  the 
loss  of  hi"  f'ido  conipunion,  whodicd  Ai>ril  'JEStli. 
in  tlie  4'-'nd  yeiir  oflier  n^-e.  She  lenve.H  «  fniu- 
ily  of  eight  cliililn-n.  To  Hrotln-r  Liilimiin  we 
extend  our  sympnLliieR  in  tliiH  lone  hour  of  hiuI 
aHliction. 

Mits  Ci.AiiisHA  C.  Cook,  of  DHvenjiort,  br- 
quenthert  ^HU.""0  to  tho  Episeopnl  C'luirch  of 
Iowa  Tiiiit  is  tlio  reason  wonu'  denominatiotiH 
can  accomplish  ho  much— they  Imve  the  means 
furuiohed  to  their  handH.  Slioiild  not  tlie  true 
church  of  Hod  be  eqmilly  enteriirisiiigV 

St)MK  writers  are  nuikinR  vifjoroiiH  etibrts  to 
ascerliiin  wliother  the  (ir«t  Sunday-school  was( 
started  in  Eugliind  or  America,  bul  niinH  the 
luark  widely  by  conlininj;  their  researches  to 
modern  times.  If  they  will  extend  their  inves- 
tigatioriB  to  the  second  and  third  (.'enlurios  they 
nmy  likely  find  Sunda^-acliools  lon>i  before 
America  was  dreamed  of. 

A  cHiHt'H  can  never  divide  on  tlie  Hible,  for 
thsre  if*  nutliing  in  that  blessed  Hook  to  divide 
them.  If  they  divide  at  all,  it  nuiist  be  on  some- 
thing not  in  the  Hook,  something  that  is  of 
man  and  not  of  God.  Those  who  si)pak  where 
the  Uible  speaks,  and  keep  aijeut  wher«  tlie  Bi- 
ble is  Bilent  will  never  have  uu  occnaion  for  a 
divide.  ' 


Bbothkk  Jacob  Beeghley,  of  PennsylvaQiH, 
says:  '■  The  ark  of  the  Lord 
the  Markleyoburg  district.  I  have  baptized 
nine  during  the  Winter,  and  tlu-  church  is 
prosperous  condition.  There  is  between  five 
and  six  hundred  member^  in  the  Sandy  Creek 
congrefjutiou." 


Tbr  church  in  DeDmarlE  hw  electi-il  one 
mere  deacon.  Their  Lovo-fea»l  vna  on  the 
nth  of  May. 

Is  Iceland  there  ix  a  Bible  in  every  houw. 
mid  it  in  tMtlhtully  read.  And  Iceliind  hmt  nu 
theatre,  priHon.sberitf.  ca.inr>ii.  nor  militia.  We 
wiwh  that  much  could  he  "aid  for  ffe  Ameriea, 

Ax  old  (Junker,  liviotr  iu  I'hitadflphiit,  hao 
donated  t*-n  thouhand  dollars  to  uid  the  colored 
HtidertTH  of  the  WfKt.  He  refunew  to  allow  htK 
name  publiMhcd.  That  is  benevolence  in  itt 
true  sense. 

Er.DKK  James  K.  Gi«h  and  wife,  of  Woodford. 
County.  Illinoi".  expecta  to  spend  «ome  time 
with  the  churches  in  \'irginio.  Their  address 
for  the  present  is  Kisherville.  Augusta  County. 
\'irginia. 

Tl!K  liwt  letter  received  from  Prof  McOarvey 
i-"  from  Isniailia.  Ivgypt,  on  Suez  Canal,  April 
II.  lie  expecU'd  to  leave  on  the  I2tb  fur  Port 
Stiid  and  .(o[ipa,  and  to  arrive  at  .loppa  th»*  tol- 
lowing  Sunday.  He  ha«  mncli  that  is  inU-rest- 
iiig  to  communicate  soon  touching  the  spol 
where  tiie  tribes  of  Isrtu-l  crossi-d  the  Ked  Stti, 
and  alHO  coneeruing  tlie  I'yruniids. 

Wk  woul'l  be  pb-itHed  to  hiive  the  names  and 
itddresseM  <jf  all  (fspecinlly  members)  who  ure 
not  taking  the  Bbkthkkn  at  Wokk.  as  we  de- 
sire to  send  them  sample  copies  with  a  view  ot 
having  tliem  subscribe.  The  pre-ent  ])(istal 
Jaw  allows  [joblishers  to  ^end  sample  copies  at 
thr-  rate  of  twn  cents  a  p'lund.  so  if  our  render* 
will  send  us  the  names  and  tjddres'cs  of  thotie 
who  do  not  tiiKe  the  pnper  we  will  take  plea-- 
iire  in  tending  them  sample  copies. 

Thb  Baltimore  &  Ohio  Iiaili'>ad  will  sell  ex- 
cursion tickets  from  Chicago  to  Harrisonburg, 
Virginia,  and  return  for  ?25.  As  the  regular 
rates  for  round  trip  is  1^43,  it  will  be  seen  thiil 
the  Hi)ecial  rates  is  ii  saving  of  #18.  Should  h 
suflicient  number  muke  known  to  us  that  they 
are  going,  a  speciid  car  will  be  provided  from 
Chicago.  By  leav|ll^  Chicugo  Saturday  morn- 
ing, May  :iH-t,  parties  can  reach  place  of  AiinU' 
al  Meeting  Monday,  June  2nd.  Tickets  for 
side  at  B.  &  ().  offices  in  Chicago. 

G.  W.  GiiRriNwooi),  Sulamunia,  Indiana,  and 
D,  N.  Benson,  Donelsvillc,  Ohio,  have  ordered 
their  panora  changed  to  the  above  olaces,  but 
did  not  give  the  otlice  from  which  they  are  to 
be  clmnged.  Now,  we  cannot  tell  whether  this 
is  the  G.  W.  Greenwood  that  lives  in  Virginin, 
or  the  one  that  lives  in  Ohio,  nor  have  we  aii> 
way  of  telling  whether  this  D.  N.  Hen.son  is  the 
Benson  who  lives  in  PeiinsylvtiniH  or  the  Ben- 
!"Oii  who  lives  in  Illinois.  We  taiinot  change 
iiddreHses  unless  both,  the  one  to  which  paper 
ha*  been  going  and  to  which  it  is  to  be  sent,  are 
given. 


The  American  Chtistiuu  lirruH  says,  as  a 
rough  guess,  that  the  Campbellites  have  started 
not  le&^  than  fifty  papers  since  Campbell  start- 
ed the  f'hrigfian  Bapfht.  Some  of  them  have 
lived  a  day,  some  of  them  a  week,  some  a  month, 
and  some  several  months.  Only  n  few  have 
lived  and  sustaiued  themselves. 

Tbr  JCj-amitier  und  Chromvle  sayi«.  Many  of 
oitr  fVMdeni  intend  to  leave  a  part  or  at]  their 
prop-rty  to  our  denoniinational  enter|)rises. 
Wny  u'lt  doit  now?  And  the  Christinii  at 
Wftfl  .idds.  Sure  enough' — whynotnow?  The 
i^^d  ii.-ver  give. — they  only  relinquish.  And 
vf^  iiirtheradd.  Why  not  do  good  with  your 
•  irj.lti.  pro|>erty  while  you  Jive?  why  wuit  till 


Only  a  lew  of  the  ma"y  articles  recommend 
ing  Uie  "  Mooniaw  Proposition"  have  been 
published — we  could  not  find  room  for  even  one- 
third  ot  them,  but  we  think  enough  have  b|>- 
pearod  to  show  the  general  feelings  of  our 
readers.  Brother  D.  C.  Moomaiv  ivas  the  orig- 
inator of  the  move,  and  so  far  ns  heard  from  it 
Inm  been  very  favorabiy  regarded  by  the  mein- 
liers.  We  are  not  iu  corresponds ncf  with  any 
one  about  it,  everything  pertainiUK  *"  't^  work- 
iiiKS  is  published  in  the  paper  so  that  those  who 
read  the  paper  know  iw  much  about  it  as  we  do. 
The  only  explanation  published  in  our  paper 
will  be  found  in  No.  li.  on  first  page. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  London  Presbytery  a 
resolution  was  oflered  instructing  church  ofll 
cers  "  absolutely  to  prohibit  lotteries  and  kin- 
dred games  o(  chance,"  in  the  churches.  Alter 
discussion  it  wiw  withdrawn,  and  n  modified  or 
till  moving  in  indefinite  one  passed  insteud.  That  shows 
weakness,  indeed,  and  demonslnites  that  there 
is  more  carnality  than  l^liristianity  in  that 
"London  Presbytery."  The  resolution  was  a 
good  one,  but  in  order  to  get  it  passed  they  had 
to  niodity  and  make  it  indefinite  enough  to  suit 
the  more  worldly  minded.  We  wonder  if  the 
Brethren  will  ever  come  to  that? 


A  REQUEST. 


WE  would  kindly  request  ull    who  have  not 
yet    paid    lor   their   paper  to 


pail 
amount  to   us  soon. 


paper  to  remit  the 
We  have  considerable  on 
books  that  should  be  paid,  since  those  who  la- 
bor for  us,  and  those  from  whom  we  t)urcha«e 
supplies,  must  l»-  paid.  Onr  expenses  are  con- 
siderable over  one  hundred  dollars  per  week, 
hence  we  need  all  that  is  due  us  in  order  to  do 
business  honorably  and  in  a  ('hristian  manner. 
We  regret  that  we  are  compelled  to  make  this 
public  request,  and  hope  that  each  will  respond 
promptly  CO  tlmt  there  may  be  no  further  oc- 
ca.sion  thus  to  address  our  patrons. 


BDITOEIAL  JOTTlNaS. 

'PHOUGH  the  weather  ww  not  such  a«  to  in 
1  d..<y-  people  to  att.-nd  meeting,  tliere  wa«a 
Uir  H.idienc*-  at  the  Ogan's  Cr^ek  Churrh  on 
tne  .rv.  ning  of  the  liSth  to  hear  what  nies^-age 
thf  stranger  had  to  deliver.  On  Sunday  the 
2T«h.  in  A.  M..  met  with  the  Brethren  *t  place 
where  A.  M.  w^  h.*ld  last  year.  At  Ui.l'*  the 
friends  ot  Brother  Ba-inger  arrived  bearing  his 
eoriij-e.  and  before  procwdine  to  the  la-.t  resting 
place  of  the  dwir  old  brother,  the  pe-ple  were 
addreftsed  on  th.-  subject  of  de^th.  resuneeti-jn, 
and  lif^  At  4  P.  SI.  again  met,  and  addressed 
the  children.  The  dear  youth  are  to  be  com- 
mended for  their  attemion  and  good  behavior. 
Here  were  tender  heart-"  whieh  seemed  near  the 
kingiiom  '■F..d  my  l^'i'l's"  s-ays  Jesus.  0 
why  sh-.uld  they  not  be  fed!  They  nt-ed  in 
«f ruction:  they  need  our  love,  our  care  and  our 
sympathy.  Certainly  the  North  Manchester 
Ctiurch  need  not  be  ashamed  of  the  conduct  ot 
the  young  people  Ibere.  Hut  they  arg  looking 
and  longing  for  good  instrui^tion  everyday,  and 
we  hope  their  parents  aresujiplying  their  wants. 
Bring  them  together  each  Lord's  D^y.  sing  and 
l)rMy  with  them,  point  them  to  Jesus,  and  yon 
will  have  no  regn-ls.  Be  gentle  an<l  kind,  and 
be  careful  how  you  ppeak  in  their  jtreseiice.  II 
yon,  as  social  beings,  need  to  associate,  so  aUo 
should  your  children  have  good  associations.  If 
you  need  to  assemble  to  be  edified,  so  also  ought 
your  children.  0  m^y  you  all,  by  a  holy  hie 
and  good  conversation,  call  down  from  God, 
iiiaiij  blessings  upon  yourselves  and  your  chil- 
dren! 

April  28th  I  arrived  at  the  house  of  Brother 
Jesse  Calvert,  in  Warsaw.  The  next  day  we 
went  fishing  on  Little  Pike  Lake,  wnd  we  were 
abundantly  rewarded  for  our  labors.  The  gos' 
el  was  firdt  committed  to  fishermen,  and  while 
itting  in  the  boat  watching  for  some  hungry 
fish  to  lay  hold  of  the  hook,  1  thought  of  the 
disciiiles  and  their  blessed  Master  who  so 
often  are  mentioned  in  connection  with  this 
occupation.  On  Ih;  evening  of  the  29th 
quite  a  number  of  persons  assembled  at  Broth- 
er Calvert's  to  worshii)  and  praise  God  Broth- 
er Calvert  spends  most  of  his  time  traveling 
among  the  churches  and  preaching  the  old, 
old  goRiei.  which  has  not  one  particle  of  corrup- 
tion in  it.  May  we  all  cling  closer  to  that  pure 
Word.  God  will  not  condemn  any  one  tor  do- 
ing precisely  what  is  written  in  the  revealed 
Will  of  God.  There  is  altogether  too  much 
turning  aside  to  tlie  supposed  will  of  God  —  a 
will  that  originates  in  the  heart  of  man  and  is 
pahiii-d  off  as  tht  Will  of  God.  Reader,  beware 
of  that  kind  of  work.  It  comes  up  under  vari- 
ous forms,  ami  through  u  great  number  of  chan- 
nels. It  is  very  acceptable  to  the  majority  of 
religiously- inclined  persons.  Go  into  some  of 
the  leading  churches  of  the  land,  open  the  Bible, 
tell  of  its  arrangement  and  lequireinents,  insist 
on  believing  it  and  obeying  all  its  commands 
even  to  the  throwing  away  of  opinions,  and 
mark  my  word  if  the  ministers  of  that  village 
do  not  lay  their  heads  together  to  counteract 
the  Bible  doctrine.  They  will  arrange  a  holi- 
ness meeting  or  a  prayer  meeting  for  the  next 
night,  or  a-';  long  as  you  shall  remain  and  insist 
on  the  «upremacy  of  the  Bible.  Their  members 
are  retpiired  to  attend  the  holiness  meeting  on 
pain  of  expulsion,  and  the  result  is  your  audi- 
ence will  he  thinned  to  some  extent.  Do  not 
wonder  at  this,  nor  be  at  all  alarmed.  The 
time  is  here  when  men  "  will  not  endure  sound 
doctrine."  The  more  yon  insist  on  making 
the  Bible  the  only  guide  to  salvation,  the  more 
yon  will  be  op|iosed.  That  darling,  "opinion  " 
cannot  be  laid  iu  the  tomb,  and  the  Bible  set  up 
its  the  man  of  your  counsel.  We  cherish  noth- 
ing hO  much  as  an  opinion,  and  there  is  nothing 
that  we  fight  so  hard  as  the  opinion  of  others. 
Hence  tlie  "  love  regulated  by  similarity  of 
opinion  is  only  a  love  in  one's  own  opinion: 
und  uU  the  zeal  exhibited  in  the  defense  of  it  ia 
hut  the  workings  of  the  ^iriik  of  opinion." 

April  :iiith  !  had  the  pleasure  of  meeting 
BrotheiDaniel[ShiveIy  and  enjoying  hishospital- 
ities.  He  lives  in  New  Paris.  I  am  glad  that  I 
an  !=av  that  he  is  a  iniiin-  in  ih  ■  Louse  of  the 
Lord.  There  being  no  appointment  for  public 
preaching  Uroihet  Shively  suggested  that 
lirethren  aiid  sisters  meet  at  his  house,  read  the 
Bible,  exhort,  sing  and  pray.  By  the  grace  of 
God  a  number  of  members  were  permitted  to 
assemble,  and  truly  it  was  a  precious  season. 
Our  Brother  P.  U.  Wnghtsman,  of  South  Bend, 
was  also   prv^cnt,  together   with    a    number  of 


"^  wjoy  tbo^ 


sisters  from  his  congi»gatiyn. 
Bible  meeting*. 

On    the    fir-t   of  May   the  delegates  of  tj, 
Nurihein  Distriel  ot  Indiana,  with  many  ojh  *^ 
lirethren  and   sister.-^,  met  in  the  chureh  hI^ 
.m"  ind  u  halt   miles  we^t  of   New  Pari..  Iq'"!' 
teui!  to  such  Imsinessaa  might  seem  good      i 
stf     Calvert     was    chosen     Moderator;    j^- 
Puterbaiigh.   Cl^rk:  P.  R.   ^'rightsnmn.  I(^ 
ing  Clerk.     CM  of  delegates  was  first  iu  ord 
accompanied  with  presentation  oi  papers.  Tl,    ' 


most  of 


ail  el- 


are  thirty-five  churches  in  the  district, 
which  were  represented  by  delegates. 

1.  Is  it  the  order  of  the  Brethren  for 
der.  or  one  who  has  the  oversight  of  the  churK 
to  withhold  the  couni'el  of  the  church  «heh  ,*  i 
is  announced  that  the  counsel  should  betdkp  o 
Concluded  that  he  has  no  such  right  in  gi>af>ta\ 
but  under  some  circumstances  permissible, 

2.  Since  the  Scriptures  teach  that  the  hih    I 
erless  should  not    be  neglected,  would  it  not  be. 
advisable  to  establish    an  Orphan's    Home  f 
this  district,  or  for  the  State,  and  ask  A.  SI  t^, 
recommend  the   same  to   the   general  Brother 
hood?     Deferred. 

3.  Si'iight  advice.  Brother  disowned  for 
fellowBhip  with  Masonry,  but  finally  reiw-nt 
and  received  into  fellowship.  Went  west  t 
look  for  a  home.  |)iit  before  going  desirrd  and 
obtained  a  certificate.  Returned  and  refused  tn 
hand  in  his  certificate,  sajing  that  lie  would 
not  associate  with  either  the  Brethren  or  Ma- 
sons for  seven  years;  he  having  vowed  to  God 
to  this  efi'ect.  Says  if  the  Brethren  will  bear 
with  him  until  the  end  of  seven  years  he  will 
lal)or  with  the  church.  He  continues  to  main- 
tain family  worship.  Advised  by  D.  M.  to  (.-n- 
force  the  requirements  of  Jesus  as  given  in 
Matt.  IS:  IT.    He  hears  not  the  church. 

i.  A  request  for  the  removing  of  the  restric- 
tions forbidding  majority  of  any  congrewations 
holding  series  of  meetings  or  Sunday-schools 
Returned  to  church  from  which  it  came. 

5.  This  related  to  Standing  Ceniinittee 
choosing  coramitttes  from  its  own  body  to  ad- 
just  ditficuUies.  Pending  the  discussion,  a  res- 
ulution  was  pre:^ented  and  adopted  that  no 
query  should  be  con^-idered  unless  there  be  a 
case,  cr  Irouble  where  the  query  originated. 

AFTEItNOON    SKSSIOX, 

1.  Is  it  right  to  call  witnesses  where  there 
is  a  dilticulty  between  two  brethren,  the  "one 
or  two  "  being  present  to  aid  in  the  settlement? 
Right  to  call  witnesse.^'. 

2.  Does  the  word  "elders"  in  James  .V  U 
mean  ordained  elders  only,  or  the  older  breth- 
ren also?  Means  ordained  or  not  ordained 
elders. 

3.  Should  not  the  elders  first  pray  over  the 
sick  before  anointing  them  with  oil,  instead  of 
after  anointing?  The  Moderator  asked  if  they 
had  a  ciise.  and  being  assured  iu  athrmative  dis- 
cussion followed.  Agreed  to  make  no  change. 
Several  other  queries  were  read,  but  when  del- 
egates were  questioned  whether  they  had  troub- 
le over  the  matter  in  their  churches,  they  said 
there  was  none,  hence  were  ruled  out  of  order, 
it  was  real  amusing  to  see  how  the  resolution 
adopted  in  the  forenoon  cut  off  queries. 

4.  Ca.«e  of  fornication.  The  member  denies 
the  charge,  the  accuser  being  no  member", 
swears  that  the  member  is  guilty.  What  shall 
he  done?  Will  not  take  the  evidence  of  the 
one  who  is  not  a  member,  but  await  further  de- 
velopments. 

6.  Inasmuch  as  there  is  a  difference  in  the 
practice  in  the  manner  of  breaking  the  bread  of 
communion  at  the  same  time  and  table,  will 
not  this  District  or  A.  M.  make  an  efl'ort  to  es- 
tablish one  mode  in  Brotherhood?  There  hav- 
ing been  trouble  about  this,  the  .'ubject  was 
freely  discussed.  Concluded  to  follow  the  gen- 
eral order  of  the  church. 

tj.  What  shall  be  done  with  brethren  that 
promise  to  pay  money  to  churches  for  huildni^ 
houses,  or  benevolent  purposes,  and  then  wiH 
not  pay  what  they  promise,  and  thereby  ge^ 
other  bit-thren  into  trouble?  Decided  they 
ought  to  pay  what  they  promise  if  they  arc 
able,  and  if  they  are  able  and  do  not  psj".  ^^^y 
ought  to  be  dealt  with  according  to  Matt. 
\b:  17. 

A  number  of  other  querie.s  were  read  but  be- 


I 


i 


ing  general,  and  not  having  come  up 


through 


troubles,  were  ruled  out  of  order.     H  w'^"*  '"^' 
gested  that  if  any  one  wanted  a  matter  di?'  i- 
ed,  he  must  first  get  u,-  a  trouble,  for  this  n  "■' 
substance   ttf    the   resolution   adopted  by 
meeting. 


^I'^^ 


15 


TiiK  niiKXiii^ii.^?  -A.a'  avokk:. 


-^  ,    j^-j.r^  i.If*-eii  wilh  tlie  gentral  good  feeU 

,   ,    yfjtA  oitiiiifKstfA.    Jesse   C-dlvert  was 

"'       „  member  »>f  th.^  ritttinliiig   Cuiuiiiitt+'e. 

''^  if  clos^  •"  good  liiii'-  to  mei  t  at  ^alIl*■ 
!,!(■   iml»lic    wofshii).     linttlier   Sharp  ai- 

*"*'\l  ihe  roDgretJation,  which   (•eeiiied  to  Ih- 

'''^^  ,  ^nd  instructed.  We  mft  many  dear 
1  p.,1  aoH  sisters  who  gave  evidence  ol  being 

^"^  ,A  Cul  Tne  L^^rd  enrich  all  of  them  for 
l^jve  lud  zeal  in  the  Mi-ter's  cause.  I 
(irii?  ^^1"'  indicated  that  they  weredesiroua 

'*,     ,.nj,ig  into  the  follies  of  the  world,  but  all 

"  ed  to  be  willing  to  be  cautious  and  caretnl 
lutaiiiiug    plainuesa  iu  life  and  labor,  but 

'  ,.  rxpre<>sed  a  desire  to  labor  more  for  the 
versicu  of  sinner^.     Noue  should  hinder  in 


,-i,rk  of  conversion.     Tlie  Lord  increase  all 


ujiii  the  richi 


^  of  hi!<  grace  and  wisdom. 


nv  ^'^'"^ 


10  ii;i 


have  stood  on  a  question  about  which  too  many 
misrepresentati<iiii4  have  gone  forth.  I  must 
conTests  that  1  was  agreeably  surprised  on  look- 
ng  the  matter  up.  J.  h.  m. 


ON  THE  WAY  TO  PALESTINE. 


IFi 


ON  the  ere  of 
our  party 


^IJNUAL  MEETING  AND  SUN- 
DAY-SCHOOLS 

\\  the  Sunday-school  question  our  Annual 
1  I  Sl''eting  sustains  a  pretty  clear  record — 
„l  which  we  ueed  not  be  ashaiued.  Belon 
.  the  diftVrent  decisions,  which  will  ena- 
vaders  to  see  that  no  advantage  be 
".  Vp[)  (if  ihetu  iu  the  matter  of  church  govern 
,iit  when  this  i^nes^tiun  comes  before  their 
rtsi'pctive  congrf'gations: 
i,,M.  Alt- 1  '■  II""  ''•  "•  eoitsulered  for  luetluei 
icSiil'bntii-scliools,  conduct.'il  \>\  Uie  luetli 
Answer:  Iiiasmuch  itK  weaiecniiiiiKUKU'il  I 
[Iri',!!- up  our  cl.iUlrea  Ml  the  nuihu'e  im.l  .i.liiioui- 
lidiiyl  the  J.oitl.  we  know  ul  no  Sciii.uiic  wl.icb 
ij^,„le,i,ii»rS;ibbiith-sdMols,  If  ronducled  in  guspei 
urilpi'.  ill"!  i''  "'^>'  '"''■  '"•■'*'^  *'!<■  mci'i's  ■>*"  teiu-liing 
^choliiv^  ;i  knowledge  <if  the  Scrip-i.ies. 

The  same  answer  was  re-adopted  in  186^. 

l8t!L',  An.  ill.  Will  the Iiretliren.al  Anu'ialMeet- 
[„(.,  lUiiHider  it  lig  u  to  eaUblisb  suiidiiy-schools y 
iioii  if  tl'ey  do  consider  it  right,  will  tliuy  mIso  coii- 
slrter  il  r'f-'bt  for  memljeis  of  the  clnirch,  and  thtir 
itiililri'ii,  to  iiUenil  Suiiiliiy-iCh 'Ol  celebiation-i'i' 
Answer:  We  consider  it  right  to  have  f>uii<lii>- 
iclwol"-  il  ronducted  by  bret'iren.  but  not  to  have 
celeliralions.  "'■ 

INJS.  Alt.  II.  As  the  An'rtual  Meeting  has  giv- 
en tlie  liberty  to  lioldSaliliath-schools.  it  is  particu- 
ht\y  reiinested  that  this  Annual  Meeting  give  a 
iiillamJ  (letiiiiU-  answer  lo  tbehi9ti|nestiuniii  Art. 
I.iiiiinilew  of  ISH:;.  that  tliere  may  lio  ii  unitorniiLy 
uf  pwtice  among  the  brethren  who  hold,  or  wliu 
ivishto  hold.  SidibtUli-s''hooIs.  Answer:  We  ail - 
ilse  tliat,  where  the  nature  ol  the  c;isc  wilt  arlinit 
of  it.  for  brethren  to  hold  Sahbath-scboois.  iindsuili 
icliiKilM  slioulil  be  opened  by  sinning  and  prii\er. 
iiniiclu-sed  by  singing  or  by  pru>ci.  as  it  may  be 
thouylit  pioiKT,  and  they  shuuld  be  superintended 
|iy lirethren.  And  we  advise  the  brethren  lobe 
very  r'lnefiil  in  introducing  books,  to  introduce 
Duiietliiit  inculcate  doctrines  contrary  lo  the  gos- 
pel. Anti  we  further  advise  that  brethren  avuid 
t;ikiiig  part  in  or  encouraging  the  Sabbath-schno' 
celebnitiuiis,  common  in  the  world. 


ISTO.  Art.  2.j.  Does  the  Annual  Meeting  consider 
it  wrong  for  the  brethren  to  hold  llieii  Sunday- 
schools  in  their  meeting-houses "/  Answer;  We 
consider  it  not  wrong,  if  sueh  schools  are  eonduet- 
etl  accoriling  to  order,  and  liy  the  couseut  ol'  the 
cburcli. 

1S71,  Art.  IT.  Will  not  this  Aunniil  Meeting  le- 
call  the  privilege  granted  to  ealabllsb  Sunday- 
scliools,  especially  where  the  chun-h  is  not  entirely 
unaiiimousy  Answer:  We  do  not  recall  the  above 
I'tivilege.  but  where  the  establishing  of  Snnday- 
SPliools  would  cause  trouble  or  division,  brethren 
lijui  beller  desist  from  introducing  them. 

Tliis  query  asks  the  Annual  Meeling  to  "  re- 
call the  privilege  granted  to  establish  Sunday- 
icliooh,r.s/jf (■(>///(/  where  thrrhuirh  h  not  entirrli/ 
iimninioiis."  This  request  the  meeting  refused 
to  giiint.  she  would  not  pass  a  decision  requiring 
the  church  to  be  i-iifiyely  unfin'niioux  before 
Sunday-schools  could  he  established,  hut  she 
advises  brethren  to  desist  from  introducing 
wliooLs  where  they  would  cause  tronblcnr  riiris- 
'""■  A  difference,  however,  should  be  made 
between  a  trouble,  caused  by  a  Sunday-school, 
anil  a  trouble  caused  by  a  seU'-willtd  member. 
fflio  wants  to  have  his  own  way  regardless  ol 
ffhrtt  may  be  the  wishes  of  the  church.  Sun 
i^ay-schools  first  exist  before  they  can  cause  any 
trouble. 

isiii.  Art.  II.  As  the  Annual  Meeting  has  given 
the  liherty  to  hold  Sabbath-schools,  if  held  arcord- 
'"K  to  the  gospel,  this  district  Meeting  thinks  tb* 
Annual  Meeting  should  give  the  oi«l>r  fur  IiuUling 
■Mibbiitli-sihools.  Answer;  This  "lucry  is  answered 
'"-or  designed  to  be  answered  iu,  tlie  answer  to 
Art.  14,  of  tli«  minutes  of  isa-;  And  inaddilion  to 
wid  iinswer.  we  would  say  that  oiir.Snbbjitli-schoolf 
shoul.l  hi'  iiciu.  as  all  our  meetings  should  be  behl 
totlie  glory  of  (;od.  (1  Cor.  10:  :il.)  Antl.asthi' 
J^'^imof  our  Sal)bath-sehool  i^  to  teach  children 
Cliristianity,  Sabbath-school  teachers  should  ob- 
**rve  ttie  directions  given  byPanltoparenls.il 
wbicli  he  admonishes  us  to  bring  up  our  ctiildrei: 
"I  the  nurlnie  and  admonition  of  the  J.ord.  Kph. 
H:  .1. 

A  bett«r  set  of  decisions,  than  the  above,  can- 
iiotbe  founl.     It  showj  just  how  our  peoplt 


Nl'UBER  IV. 

of  our  departure  from  England 
>arty  was  iiicri'a'*ed  by  the  addition  of 
Brother  H.  S."Eatl.  One  of  th-  lettrl^  which 
were  delivered  to  me  ou  the  arrival  of  our  ship 
a'  Liverpool,  was  from  him,  and  it  informed  me 
that  he  had  made  all  the  arrangements  neee*9.i- 
ry  tor  joining  our  party.  I  couinnmicBted  with 
him  by  telegraph,  and  he  joined  us  iu  London, 
I  have  known  him  intimately  for  many  years; 
he  is  an  experienced  traveler;  and  we  are  de- 
lighted lo  have  his  company.  He  leaves  his 
work  at  Southampton  in  the  bands  of  Brother 
Meadows. 

There  are  three  routes  from  London  to  Paris 
between  which  the  preferences  of  travelers  are 
divid-'d.  The  mo-it  northern,  with  the  shortest 
sea  pi^^sage.  is  ria  Dover  and  Calais;  the  mi>st 
Southern,  with  the  longest  sea  pas'*ag»f.  is  rin 
New  Haven  and  Dieppe;  between  the.se  is  that 
rkt  Folkestone  and  Houlogne.  We  chose  the 
last;  and  we  had  a  smooth  passage  of  two  hours 
acro'S  the  channel. 

Our  first  experience  ot  hotel  life  in  France 
was  at  Boulogne;  and  we  were  there  both  sur- 
prised and  delighted  at  ihe  contra•^t  between 
French  and  English  waiterii,  illustrative  of  the 
difference  between  the  two  nations.  Instead  of 
moving  with  slow  and  stately  step,  the  French 
waiters  fairly  flew  around  the  room,  and  we 
could  hiirdly  eat  for  laughing  at  th-'in.  We 
were  equally  amused,  though  not  a  little  per- 
plexed, at  their  ludicrous  effort-,  to  make  us  un- 
derstand them,  and  our  still  more  ludicrous 
efforts  to  make  them  understand  us.  They 
took  it  all  in  perfect  good  hinnor,  seeming 
neither  amused  nor  vexed  by  our  stupidity.  So 
it  has  been  all  through  France  and  Italy,  except 
that  some  of  the  Italians  have  appeared  as  niuch 
amused  at  us  as  we  at  them. 

We  reached  Paris  at  4A  o'clock  ou  a  pleasant 
afternoon,  and  drove  at  once  to  the  residence  of 
Brother  Delannay,  whom  we  had  n'liuested  by 
telegraph  to  procure  rooms  for  us  near  his  own. 
The  drive  led  us  through  the  heart  of  the  city, 
at  once  introducing  us  to  its  mo&t  noUd  locali- 
,ties.  We  found  the  people  also  in  their  gayest 
mood,  and  in  holiday  dress.  The  streets  were 
swarming  with  men,  women,  and  children:  ve- 
hicles filled  with  well-dressed  people  were 
moving  leisurely  about  in  every  direction;  ev- 
erybody wore  a  smile,  and  nobody  seemed  in 
a  hurry.  We  began  to  think  that  it  ninst  be 
a  fete  day;  and  we  soon  saw  figures  in  masks 
and  grotesque  regalia  walking  and  riding 
about  for  the  amusement  of  the  crowd.  It  was 
a  kind  of  carnival  which  the  Parisians  celebrate 
in  the  middle  of  Lent. 


which  the  genius  of  man  and  the    wealth  of  a 
great  nation  could  build,  you  would  find  it  ex- 
celled by  the  reality,  should  you  see  Paris  on  a, 
fine  day.    We  entered  a  few  of  the  finer  churches, 
and  were  both  pleased  and  pained  by  the  sight; 
pleased  to  look  upon  their   splendor  and  their 
enormous  proportions;  hut  pained  to  think  how 
the  simple  religion  of  .lesus  Christ  is  corrupted 
and  degraded  in  these  temples  built  for  the  glo- 
ry and    honor  of  man.     It  is  said  that    Xotre 
Dame   can  seat  'iO,Ol!(i    persons;  and   I    would 
suppose  it  to  be   true;  but  sure  I  am,  that  not 
half  the  ^0,000  could  get  a  view  of  the  preacher 
in  his    pulpit,  so  numerous  are  the  columns  to 
obstruct   the  view,  and   the  deep   recesses  into 
which  the  people    would  be  crowded.  .  In  for- 
mer times  these  temples  were  not  supplied  with 
seats  of  any  kind,  the  people  being  reciuired  to 
stand,  or  to  kneel    ou  the  marble    floors  during 
the  service;  anfl  even   now  very  few  fixtd  seats 
are  found  in    them:  but   the   church  of  Notre 
Dame  is  supplied   with  several  thousand  small 
rustt-boltomed   chairs,    rougher  and    more  un- 
sightly than  we  usually  have  in  our  kitchens  at 
home.     I    was   astonished   that   chairs  so  rude 
would  be  allowed  an  admittance  into  buildings 
where  all  else  is  so  splendid.     Brother  Delannay 
has  his  little  meeting  nlace  seated  with  the  same 
chairs,     I  thought,  when  I  first  saw  thein,  that 
they    were    too   mean  for  even  that  place;  but 
when  I  saw  them  in  the  most  splendid  ohnrclies 
o*'  I'aris,  I    concluded    that  they  would  do  very 
well  for  our  French  mission. 


With  the  guidance  of  Brother  Delannay,  we 
next  day  saw  all  of  the  principal  streets  and 
'quarts,  and  many  of  the  public  buildings  of 
Paris;  and  although  I  have  read  of  this  city 
much,  and  conversed  much  with  those  who  had 
seen  it,  I  was  forced  to  realize,  like  the  Queen 
of  Sheba,  that  the  half  had  not  been  told  me. 
Indeed,  it  is  impossible  for  any  verbal  descrip- 
tion, or  any  painting,  to  give  an  adequate  cou- 
ceidiou  of  the  splendor  of  this  most  splendid 
city  iu  the  world.  Its  wide  streets,  called  boul- 
evards, are  from  one  hundred  to  two  hundred 
feet  in  breadth,  and  are  lined  with  rows  of  fine 
young  trees  on  each  side.  In  some  instances 
there  are  two  rows  of  trees  on  each  side,  with 
walks  between  them  twelve  or  fifteen  feet  in 
width,  and  a  side  walk  twenty  or  thirty  feet 
wide  between  the  buildings  and  the  row  of  trees 
next  to  them.  Both  streets  and  sidewalks  are 
of  smooth  stone  or  asjdialtum,  and  are  kept 
scrupulously  clean,  neither  dust  nor  mud  being 
allowed  to  ai;cumulate.  On  the  right  and  left 
of  th^se  splendid  streets,  rise  the  high  palatial 
buildings  of  a  beautiful  light  colored  stone,  and 
appearing  as  fresh  and  clean  as  if  built  but  yes- 
terday; and  at  frequent  intervals  you  pass 
through  magnificent  open  squares,  into  which 
many  streets  converge  as  centres,  and  which 
are  adorned  with  fountains  and  statucp.  and 
monuments  full  of  history. 

But  I  find  myself  running  into  a  feelde  de- 
scription of  that  which  cannot  be  described.  If 
you  were  to  set  your  imagination  to  work  to 
picture  to  yourself  the  most  magnificent  city 


We  learned  something  of  Brother  Delaunay'e 
work,  and  found  it  more  important  and  more 
promising  than  we  anticipated.  On  the  night 
of  our  arrival  he  had  a  meeting  of  those  children 
who  had  been  regular  attendants  at  the  Sunday- 
school,  and  they  nouibered  about  fifty,  nearly 
equally  divided  between  boys  and  girls.  They 
spent  a  few  minutes  in  singing,  and  were  then 
treated  to  some  cakes,  and  some  kind  of  cheap 
drink,  which  they  enjoyed  exceedingly.  At  S 
o'clock  the  parents  and  others  were  admitted, 
and  the  house  was  filled  with  about  200  persons. 
A  u  hour  or  two  was  spent  in  hearing  recitations 
from  the  boys  and  girls,  and  in  singing,  when 
the  audience  was  dismissed  and  went  away  much 
delighted.  Many  of  the  people  came  forward 
at  the  close  of  the  services  to  give  the  American 
strangers  a  warm  grasp  of  the  hand,  and  a 
hearty  good  wish  for  our  safety,  in  our  journey. 
The  liynns  that  were  sung  wcr-  French  trans- 
lations of  our  American  Sunday-school  songs — 
some  of  them  translated  by  Brother  Delauuay 
himself, 

The  location  of  this  mission  seems  to  me  to 
have  been  wisely  selected,  being  in  the  midst  of 
the  largest  mass  of  laboring  people  in  Paris, 
Priestcraft  has.  to  a  great  extent,  lost  its  power 
with  these  people,  and  many  of  them  hear  the 
truth  gladly.  I  look  for  good  and  permanent  | 
results,  if  this  mission  is  properly  sustained.  | 
Our  party  made  a  little  contribution  to  its  funds 
Brother  and  Sister  Delannay  are  laboring  with 
a  most  devoted  and  self-sacrificing  spirit,  and  1 
sincerely  hope  that  they  will  be  supplied  with 
means  fully  to  put  their  work  to  the  proof.  I 
hope  to  see  more  of  them  and  of  their  work  on 
my  way  homeward. 

We  regretted  to  leave  Paris  so  soon;  hut  the 
necessity  of  completing  our  journey  in  Paleiitine 
before  the  hottest  weather  sets  in,  forbade  a 
longer  delay.  We  left  thereon  Friday,  the  21st, 
at  8:40  P.  M.,  and  traveled  all  that  night,  Sat- 
urday and  Saturday  night,  reaching  Pisa,  our 
next  stopping  place,  before  daylight  Sunday 
morning.  Our  route  to  Pisa  lay  through  Ma- 
con, Modane,  the  Mont  Cenis  tunnel,  Turin,  and 
Genoa. 

We  entered  the  Alps,  and  commenced  ascend 
ing  them  on  Saturday,  at  S  A.  M.  In  about  an 
hour  we  began  to  see  snow  on  the  higher 
mountain  ridges,  and  in  two  hours  more  we  had 
reached  the  snow  line,  and  saw  snow  on  the 
side  of  our  track.  We  bad  also  entered  the  re- 
gion of  the  clouds,  which  we  had  previously 
seen  hanging  around  the  sides  of  the  highest 
mountains.  As  we  ascended,  the  mountains  as- 
cending still  faster,  stretching  themselves  high- 
er and  higher  above  us,  until  at  last,  about  11 
o'clock,  there  burst  upon  our  view,  to  the  right 
of  our  track,  a  mountain  which  overwhelmed  us 
by  the  grandeur  of  its  proportions.  Soon  after 
we  first  entered  the  mountains  I  threw  ray 
sliawl  on  the  door,  and  sat  down  on  it  in  the 
middle  of  the  car,  so  that  I  could  see  alternately 
lut  of  both  windows,  and  I  regretted  that  I 
could  not  see  both  ways  at  once.    After  gazing 


for  a  time  with    delight  upon  the   grand  i»eakH 
and    ridges,   advancing   and    retreating,  wt  the 
train  moved  on,  I  exclaimed  *tt  my  companions, 
Thi.'*  is  tioer  than  I'aris.     But  when  we  came  in 
sight  of  the  mountain  just  named,  I  said,  This 
is    grander  than  the  ocean  in  a  storm.     And  so 
tt  was.     Light,  fleecy  clouds  hung  round  it,  but 
it  lifted  '\t»  craggy  ridge  above  them,  while  fields 
of  snow  whiter  than  the  clouds  gleamed  through 
ibem  and   above  them,  and  the   white  surface 
WHS  broken  and   varied  here  and  there   b7  dark 
masses  of  naked  rock.     A  deep   narrow  valley 
between  us  and  the  mountain  enabled  us  to  r*- 
aliw  the  vastuess  of  its  height,  and  it  was  near 
enough  lo  us  to  make  us  feel  its  awful  presence. 
I  kneeled  at  the  window,  so  as  to  get  an  unol>- 
structed  view,  and  as  I  ga/ed   upou  it    with  an 
admiration  I  had  never  felt  before  in  the   pre»- 
ence  of  any  created  thing,  I  could  not  hold  back 
the    teal's  from    my  eyes.     I    had  seen    God's 
ocean  in  its  fnry,  and  gazed  upon  it  with  a  feel- 
ing akin   to  exultation;  hut  when  I  saw  God's 
mountains  in  their  glory,  my  heart  sank  and 
melted  within   me.     I   know   not  the   name  of 
that  mountain,  hut  when  I  remember  it.  I  seem 
to  be  thinking  «  fa  wild,  iiiy*terions  dream,  and 
not  of  a  reality.     Brother   Taylor  said  that  it 
was  worth  our  trip  thus  far  to  see  this  mountain 
and  some  others  almost  its  equals  in  grandeur; 
and  we  all  iwsented  to  the  remark. 

The  tunnel  through  Mont  Cenis  (pronounced 
Ce-nee),  seven  miles  in  length,  is  one  of  the 
marvels  of  modern  engineering.  It  took  our 
train  twenty-six  minutes  to  pass  through  it. 
We  ascended  a  steep  grade,  running  slowly 
about  half  the  diHtance.  and  descending  quite 
rapidly  the  remainder.  Wehiid  passed  through 
at  least  a  dozen  smaller  tunnels  in  iliinbing  up 
to  the  elevation  of  the  great  one.  and  after  leav- 
ing it  we  passed  through  about  twenty  in  de- 
scending to  the  elevated  plain  called  Pied- 
mont. C)  We  reached  Turin,  tli"  principal 
City  of  Piedmont,  a  little  after  dark,  and  on  our 
journey  thence  to  Pisa  we  saw  nothing  of  the 
itplendid  scenery  through  which  we  passed. 

J.  W.M.IiARVKY. 

<  Cominded  nrxt  week.) 


•  It  wiis  iti  tliit  ahnriniDK  viiUey  timl  tlio  iniuiouc  Wal- 
(lunHBH  lived  anil  Qiijoycd  tlio  rriilta  of  <i  tiur(>  CtirlntiaD 
roligiuH,  but  pcrflcouiion  Rnnlly  nroM-  nnii  it  ii>  btarl- 
riMiilio|{  to  r«'ud  of  tbeir  HiitToruig-->  aaJ  (riitU  In  failli 
urirl  pnwlii-e  llic  Wnlcicnyr.  tven-  vn-y  ii..i,-h  like  ihc 
Krfthrvii.  iiiid  I'lriim  in  hiivc  i'c<-<<ir.'.l  linr  <l>.<.-trino  dirvcl 
fiotii  llic  apooHc. J.  a.  ji, 


It  is  painful  to  read  what  paper?*  outride  o 
the  church  are  publishing  about  the  prospects 
of  adiviiiitm  in  the  Hrotlierhood.  One  of  the 
leading  papers  in  the  United  States  contains  a 
long  editorial  about  prospective  troubles  among 
us.  We  doubt  the  propriety  of  publishing  to 
the  world  the  differences  that  have  risen  among 
us  concerning  the  application  of  gospel  princi- 
ples. Dilhcultiis  that  arise  iu  local  churches 
should  be  settled  there,  and  not  publish  them  to 
a  cold  and  careless  world.  .\s  a  body,  we  are 
too  firmly  united  on  what  is  written  in  God's 
Law  to  be  divided  on  matteni  ol  judgment.  So 
as  we  know  th^re  is  not  likely  to  be  any  di- 
on.  We  hear  nothing  indicating  separation, 
from  our  numerous  correspondents,  therefore 
cannot  regard  the  danger  as  imminent.  As 
men  of  God,  let  us  be  cautious  about  giving 
publicity  to  the  cry  of  division,  set  afloat  by  a 
'ew  who  are,  perhup?,  a  little  rath  iu  their  ideas. 


The  following  is  a  coirect  list  of  papers  pub- 
lished among  the  Brethren: 
Pfimiticv  Christiun,  Huntingdon, 
Vfmtiij  Difiipli;  " 

Vio<n''ssiie  Vhridi'Hi.  Berlin, 
The  Ueavou,  Montandon, 
Hnthren's  Ailvonilr,  Waynesboro, 
(loxju-l  freachn;  Ashland. 
Our  Siimhif  School,    " 
The  Vindivnlor,  Dayton, 
BitKTHBKN  \T  WoKK,  Lanark, 

Cllil.lHlKN  .VT  WoKK,  " 

{[nine  Mirror,  Longniont, 
I>ani»h  I'ajier.  Hjorring. 


Fa. 


Ohio. 


111. 


Col. 
Denmark. 


One  more  was  lately  baptized  at  Lacon,  Illin- 
is.     So  writes  Brother  James  It.  Gish. 


Satcri>ay  Mohni.S(.,  May  In.  —  Brother 
Kooch  Flby  preached  fpr  us  iitst  Thursday  and 
I'riday  evenings.  The  cimgre^atious  were  large 
and  the  interest  good.  We  expect  Brother  Steia 
with  us  this  evening,  and  tomorrow.  Brother 
Kby  preaches  in  Mt.  Carroll  on  .Sunday  evening, 
and  Brother  St«in  ou  Monday  evening. 

In  order  to  arrange  matters  so  our  hands  can 
attend  the  District  Meeting  at  Arnold's  Giove 
we  go  to  press  this  morning  at  nine  o'clock. 
Those  of  our  readers  who  get  the  paper  to-day 
will  understand  that  this  is  the  next  week's 
paper. 


atiK  iJiiK'rtiHE>r  at  avokk:. 


Me 


lo 


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■Jim 

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of  Knrifiliirftt'lffflt^il 

Triilli.    »ll    ■Ju««U:;.u» 

,  .rr#'l  wlrli  »•  mirli 

far  ibU  depMiiuvni.  muO 


Will  you  or  siHi.f  I'f  jrtiir  retiJtr*  i-Icjum-  fX|tli»in 
Matt  1»:  II.  lar  It  rviirls  a-s  f.-llows:  "  Idil  Iir  ■'.1  <1 
unto tliPin.  All  m*'iicami"t  rwrivr  thixsayliiir,  snv* 
tb«j  to  whum  it  ia  gw-cn.  K'>r  Uicr«  nn  mimw  «"- 
nucbs,  wlii.li  witre  no  bom  Iryin  tlit-ir  uiuIIu'ib 
womb:  Hiul  then*  an-  noinf  i-uiitifli».  wliicli  ivrru 
made cuiiuolis or  mrn :  iiiiiItlM-n-I.cfiiniichj..  wfilcli 
tta^mmlv  Hi«"nw<;lvc«  euiwchti  for  thft  kinK'lom  of 
lteaveD'8  »*kf-  lie  tl'i»ti»  »l»li- 1«  rwoive  il,  1*1  lilm 
receive  ii."  K.  J.  J-'hantz. 

WUtj-i'ii.orsnmti.im-W'M.pU'.isr'fiivcJinixi.liifni- 
Uontrf  i:.'v  2:  i:?  Ir  nwlfl  tl.ij»:  •■Il.-lItiK  Imlli  iili 
ear.  IK  lilm  In-ar  M'h.it  ttjf  Sftlnl  miilh  inil'i  llm 
churcltw.:  To  hi  m  (1ml  uVM'uimtli  wfUlKivi.  lo 
eatoMlie  liiddi'ii  luaniiii,  iind  will  fcivi-liiw  it  witltc 
fltono.  ftri.I  111  till-  Hlom-  il  new  imiiic  wrltU-ii.  wliicli 
DO  nan  knowi'tli  twvintt  li'-  that  rcreivt'tli  It." 

Makv  Xioli'.ii. 

IVilUome  one  ploaae  fxplnin  Hob.  7:  l,;i:  "I'w 
tbia  ili'lcliiscd*-!-,  kliiK  yf  .Sulwii.  prifst  of  tim  most 
hlg!l(iod.  who  iMcr  AWahiiiii  iTtilllllng  fniiil  lift 
sliiughtfT  or  the  kiiiKs  nnd  hIf«M'*l  him;  wlthf>iit 
father,  wltliout  motiu'i".  witlioul  »lc«*iit.  havlnit 
neither  buginiiina  of  dayMioromloI  Ufc;  buliun'i*' 
llkeuiitottii'SoiiorGofI;  iiWdtUi  a  [nintt  coiilln- 
ually."  ^'-  J*' 

Win  «omp  one  rI.'it,H»?  ^xpluiii  Jer.  12:  r.y  \i  rvatU 
aafollwwn:  "If  llioiihftht  run  wflh  lllft  f-mlnidii, 
and  tliey  Iiave  wcuriwl  Uirc ,  tliOD  lluw  fttliNt  tbwu 
Coal4'Dd"with  horHds?  Jimilf  lu  thu  litiiU  of  pciicf, 
wlieri'in  tlioii  truHli'ilnt.  they  wt-arfftl  tlii*.  tlipn 
how  win  Uiou  do  in  tlir  swilliiiB  of  .lordnn '( " 

C.  v..  M. 
Will  BHine  one  jdcaKu  oxiduiu  AoI»  I8:  J8,  whicli 
read.iiu  follows:  "And  I'uiil,  adiT  tbln,  taiiicd 
tliere  yet  n  tf"oil  wlilh-.  aii'l  tlii'ii  U'oU  bis  l<'"vit  of 
the  hri'tlirMi,  and  HHih'dlbeiKC into Syriii,  ami  wit 
him  I'riitfillu,  niid  Afjulhi ;  liiiviiiK  Hhorii  U\»  IiimiI  hi 
Ceiicliri'ii;  lor  bo  bud  a  vow. "  N.  S.  l.'Ai.i:. 

WUl  the  HiiKTHiiKN  AT  WoitK  pb'imi'f.i.liiln 
T»nUn  c:>:  V2Y  "  Kor  It  WiiK  not  (in  I'MMuy^  that  nv 
proiicIiL'd  ino;  lli'ii  1  n.nld  b,iv«  honiB  It:  nidtbnr 
waa  it  iH- that  haU-d  me  that  did  mnifrnfy  blnutdt 
agahiNt  »io;  tbitn  1  would  liavo  bid  niyar-H  Ironi 
hira."    Who  is  nltTifd  fo':-         Imiakl  I'I'-NHOI). 


THE  WIDOWS. 


ExpIalnlTim.6:  0. 10:  "Lttnotawldow  bii  liikun 
Into  the  niimbBi-  niider  tbroi? M-orti  yc-iira  old,  liavlnp 
beeD  tli«  wifu  of  one  man,  well  n-iioiUd  of  lor  aoutl 
works;  It  shcbavchronKlil  up  cldlilivn.if  hIioIuivi- 
lodged  Hlranppi'M.  if  nlio  Inivi'  wa-shod  tlic  Haintu' 
feet.  If  she  bnvn  ndir-vcd  the  ailllrU-d,  If  8bi<  Imvo 
diligently  followed  evt-ry  Rood  work." 

.1.  B.  Ki.hKlt. 

"VOT  be  taken  into  the  nuinlM-r  to  l>o  provided 
j^(  ior  by  the  church.  Tiio  churcli  is  nut. 
to  provide  Cor  younger  wiilown,  for  they  leiirn  lo 
be  idh-,  &c.;  but  those  of  three  score  (6t))  jeiii-s 
old.  or  infirm,  luid  become  dejiendcnt,  and  must 
be  tinpported,  and  have  no  children,  or  nephews 
to  show  piety.  Sic,  it  is  the  churcli's  boiindedi 
duty  to  provide  tor  them.  It  i«  ri^ht  for  llie 
church  and  all  eliunrh  memltcn*  tobeclmrilable 
to  the  needy  of  all  Hgos,  and  of  every  grade,  but 
to  take  them  exclusively  to  aupprirt  tluun  is  not 
right;  but  it  is  right  to  support  those  that  are 
truly  dependent,  and  have  rinalifitd  thi'mnelvea 
for  the  .harity  of  the  chureli.  Hut  the  iiposile 
certainly  meant  and  intendt'd  the  cliurch  Lo  look 
wi;ll  to  all  oi' these  points,  that  the  chnrcli  may 
not  bring  reproach  upon  lierHelf  by  the  indulg- 
ence of  anylcwdne»8,  or  unsoundness  of  faiili, 
or  H  failure  of  a  proper  and  true  Cliriatian  prac- 
tice, or  a  proper  walk  in  holiiieaB,  so  a»  to  have 
a  good  report  of  her  faithfulness  in  good  works, 
let  these  things  he  demonstrated,  or  proven, 
then  let  her  be  taken  into  the  number. 

D.  L.  Williams, 


MATT.  24:  17.  40  EXPLAINED. 

Will  tin-  JinirninKN  Ai  WonK  jilease  ttivi-iui ex- 
planation on  Matt.  24:  1".  whieli  reads  a's  follows: 
"  Let  him  which  is  on  the  bounetop  not  come  down 
to  take  any  thing  out  of  his  bouse."  Also  ver.«'  10. 
which  rea-ls  as  follows:  "Then  shall  two  be  in  the 
lield,  till-  one  laken,  .ind  the  other  left," 

.[ask  Hkkiiv. 

IN  the  twenty-fourth  chapter  of  Matthew  our 
Savior  speak-i  fir!»t  of  the  destruction  of  .Je- 
rusalem, and  secondly  of  his  coming  at  the  end 
of  the  world.  Ven*e  17  relates  to  the  destruc 
tion  of  Jerusalem.  Our  Savior  forewarned  his 
di-cipleii  that  when  they  should  wee  Jerusalem 
compassed  with  armies,  Luke  21:  20,  and  the 
alxjmination  of  desolation,  spoken  of  by  Daniel 
the  prophet,  stand  in  the  holy  place,  or  where  it 
ought  not,  Mark  13:  U,  that  these  signs  should 
be  a  warning  to  them  that  the  desolation  of 
their  city  wa'*  nigh,  and  that,  therefore,  they 
ghould  Hte  without  delay,  and  with  all  possible 
dispatch  to  the  mountains  beyond  Jydea.  Jo- 
•epbm,  the  Jewii^h  historian,  gives  tie  falfili 


ment  of  this  remarkable  prediction  or  warning 
of  our  Savior.  He  t^-IU  u"  in  the  wars  of  the 
.liH».  Uook2,  chap.  19.  nee.  iJ.  7,  that  0>tiuH 
Giilliu  bruiigtit  hi«  armies  und  laid  fciege  t'l  Je- 
rusalem, and  after  tbe^editiuUH  bad  been  frighl- 
»-iied  away,  and  had  fl'd  Imiu  the  < ity,  and  the 
pr-uplii  were  about  to  open  the  gates  and  wlmit 
(VntiuN  as  tbiir  heuiddCtor,  he  (for  »o»ie  uiiar- 
lOiintuhie  reaj-on,  orai*  .Iij-i-(diuspay-,  "  wilhi 
any  re)t*on  in  the  world")  recalled  hi^  Jtoldient. 
find  retirid  from  the  cily.  JocephuM  say 
*•  Had  hi*  fiintiniied  Oie  fciige  a  little  longer,  he 
hftfl  certaihiy  taken  the  city."  That  hi«t«man 
muken  the  following  remarkable  refl-elion: 
*'  Hot  it  wa-*,  I  Hiippo^*-.  owing  to  the  aversion 
(Jod  had  already  at  the  <ily  and  the  sanctuary, 
that  he  wa>  hindtrtd  from  putting  an  end  to 
the  war  that  very  day." 

Wlitjn  the  Christiaup,  who  were  intbedoom- 
<-A  city,  saw  the  warning,  which  their  Savior 
lia<]  given  tbem,  they  immediatwiy  heeded  it, 
;tnd  IJikI  Ui  Anibia.  The  abomination  of  dt-no- 
lation  spoken  of  by  our  Savior,  was,  no  doubt, 
the  Roman  ensigns,  with  the  images  of  their 
idoU  engraven  on  them. 

The  fortieth  ver-e.  we  think,  alludfn  to  the 
aecond  coming  ot  Obrint.  Paul,  iu  !  Th.  fs.  4: 
17,  myn:  "  Then  we  whi:;h  are  alive  and  n-nmin, 
shall  be  caught  up  together  with  them  in  tho 
clouds  to  mi'ct  the  Lord  in  the  air;  and  no  dhall 
we  bo  ever  with  the  Lord."  The  one  that  shall 
he  taNen  (rom  ibe  Held,  is  the  one  who  is  pre- 
parerl  to  meet  liin  Lord,  and  so  shall  be  caught 
up  to  meet  him  in  the  clouds,  his  coui|>anii»n 
not  being  prepared  nball  bo  left.  Sad,  sad  iu-  j 
deed,  lh:,t  any  -Itoutd  be  left. 

MATTrK  A.  Lkak.      I 


JUDAS. 


one  will  pliuute 
tid  Miitl.-J7:.'il' 


Hpure  and  exidaln  Aels 
H.  II.  H. 


B 


0  W ICLH,  in  the  Scripture,  means  com  pasNioi. 


6:  12.  20;  Coh  8: 12;  Pliil.  1:  8;  2:  1;  2  Cor.  6: 
12.  So  these  are  tlio  bowola  that  burst  out  of 
Judas.  lie  had  no  more  comi;as8iou  Jor  hid 
Lord,  that  ho  onc«  loved  and  followed,  and  ho 
fell  from  his  bishopric.  Sue  Acts  1:  20-:ij. 
This  WHS  a  high  position  of  honor  that  .hulas 
occupied,  but  proving  unfaithful,  he  fell,  his 
howela  of  conipa-ssiiui  bur.-t  out.  So  in  order 
for  his  place  to  be  filled  in  the  upoatolic  order, 
they,  the  aposlh'S,  iniipit  select  one  that  possess- 
ed compaHsion  "  as  follow,"  wherefore  of  those 
men  which  havp  companied  with  us  nil  the 
time  that  the  Lord  Jesus  went  in  find  out 
among  us,  Jte.  Now  Judiw  literally  liwuged 
himsedf  alter  that  ho  had  fallen  from  this  iiosi- 
tion  of  high  honor  to  a  low,  mean  position  of 
debauchery,  lie  repented  when  it  wiw  ion  late, 
deiilored  his  awful  condition,  and  would  rather 
die  than  live,  for  lie  never  again  could  reelaim 
that  position  of  gloiy,  of  honor,  and  of  grace, 
from  which  ho  Imd  fallen,  so  he  literally  h«Tjge(l 
hiuiNolf;  but  spiritually,  ftdl  headlong  and  all 
of  his  bowels  of  compassion  hurst  out. 

Davji)  L.  Williams. 
liroumnpilii'.  Mo. 


CALIFORNIA  TIMBER. 

BROTHER  E.  K.  Bueehley,  in  the  Waif  loo 
Courifr,  gives  the  following  interesting 
description  of  tho  timber  in  CiHlomia: 

"  I  have  traveled  through  thia  timber  for 
forty^five  miles,  and  was  glad  to  get  out  of  it. 
The  timbe'-  consists  ot  red  wood,  a  i*pecies  of 
pine,  fir  pine,  sugar  pine,  mid  other  species  of 
this  tree;  several  Mpocies  of  live  oak,  a  winter 
green,  and  several  other  varieties  of  timber. 
The  red  wood,  fir  pinp  and  .sugar  pine  are  the 
most  numerous,  as  well  as  the  most  valuable. 
I  have  seen  red  wood  trees  thirty  feet  in  diam- 
eter, and  from  three  hundred  to  four  hundred 
feet  in  height,  and  ar  the  Irishman  said,  "the 
thinnest  is  the  thickest."  I  wfw*tanding  upon 
tho  stump  of  a  tree — measuitd  it  myself,  eight- 
een feet  iu  diameter— and  way  lold  by  tho  man 
who  worked  it  up,  (lie  Wing  a  Uuhuque  County, 
lowH,  hacliolor)  that  he  worked  over  one  year 
at  that  tree,  and  hud  made  1,000  heavy  fence 
posts,  C A  feet  in  length;  2.000  pickets,  same 
length;  25,000  clapboards,  three  feet  in  louath, 
and  over  400.000  shingles,  while  there  is  timber 
enough  in  the  top  to  make  forty  or  fifty  cords 
of  wood.  He  made  something  over  !Sl,000  oft" 
that  tree.  This  was  by  no  means  one  ol  the 
biggest  trees;  comparatively  a  t^tjtpUiitf  to  some 
of  the  big  trees.  Tbes«  red  wood  trees  stand  in 
clusters  in  places,  small  and  great,  so  close  tc- 
gether  that  in  places  a  man  could  not  creei» 
through  between  them.  Hundrcdsof  thousands 
of  these  trees  can  be  seen;  and  although  they 
are  not  all  from  18  to  :10  feet  through,  yet  thou- 
sands of  them  are  from  10  to  30  fe«t  in  diame- 
ter." 


CHRIST'S  SECOND  COMING. 

nv  .1.  w.  sorrnwooD. 

I'linol  [111-  !u-(.-oaU  tiiue is  coiaiag. 

With  the  UmiJi»ct'siiWful  souml; 
J'o  :iw:ikt  the  sleeping  natl-ins. 

Thai  are  tjluK  'nealh  tin-  irroiind. 

1 1  ..«■  who  an-  in  Jwus  #I«-eping. 

Kir't  shall  ri»o  from  out  Ihelr  grave*: 
■iii.'h  thtrtu-  are  who'vf  liere  l>een  faithful. 

And  havi-  not  been  S.itin "a  staves. 

Tli"^'  thai  then  on  earth  are  living. 

.<tiall  he  111  .1  iiiouieut  ebaitued; 
And  r^iiisht  up  to  m^et  the  Savior, 

For  it  hath  been  so  arranged. 

ru  lb"  air  they'll  meet  tin-  Savior. 

And  be  wilh  him  evermore; 
liut  the  real  of  those  who're  sleeping, 

ifhail  sleep  on  just  a.H  before. 

Pead  tbpy  ar<-  and  dead  reamining. 

Till  a  tbiuisaud  year*  are  Bpeiit; 
Then  tliL-y.  loo,  will  rise  to  judgment, 

Thence  to  llriil  doom  be  sent. 

l>or*tyuu  thtnii  the  lime  is  coming, 

When  the  Savior  will  apiiearV 
lion't  you  ttiink  from  reiirtluK  Scripture. 

That  the  llnie  i»  drawing  near? 

Ifon't  you  think  the  lig  tree's  leafing. 
Tells  ua  .Summer's  nt-ar  at  hand? 

J>o  yoa  think  that  at  hiti  eouiinfc, 
Vou  can  join  liis  happy  handy 

Watrh.  and  tie  ye  ever  ready. 

Wlieu  bo  comclli  none  eaii  tell : 
Have  your  lamps  all  trimmed  and  burning, 

Don't  your  nil  to  Satan  sell. 


Jffems  of  Jufcrpsf, 


A  DWELLING  PLACE. 

HY  B.  W.  SKFF. 

■'J.onl.  thou  hast  been  our  dwelling  place  in  all 
goueralioiis."— I'salnia  00: 1. 

DEAR  reader,  if  you  have  no  dwelling  place 
this  morning,  let  me  tell  you  where  one 
may  yet  be  found.  You  reinemher  the  first  af- 
ter creation  Jehovah  gave  our  first  parents  a 
dwelling  place  —  a  place  to  live  in  and  occupy. 
This  place,  we  think,  was  to  he  their  home;  hut 
alas,  how  soon  they  lost  itl  You  see  it  was  on- 
^yleo-'icd  tfl  thorn  upon  certain  conditions,  and 
as  long  as  they  were  complied  with  they  conld 
have  tiie  ylace.  The  trouble  was,  not  like  us 
who  sometimes  lose  our  jilace  mid  then  after- 
wards regain  it,  for  they  could  never  regain  the 
place  after  it  once  was  lost.  So  you  see  they 
became  wanderers  upon  the  eartli,  and  could 
not  obtain  that  pleasaut  habitation  any  more. 

For  another  tliought:  How  was  it  with  the 
Israelites?  God  proi-iisedto  them  such  a  pleas- 
ant place,  such  a  glorious  habitation,  and  that 
he  would  dwell  among  them.  But  what  a  sad 
story  do  we  read  about  tjieir  fate!  for  instead  of 
obtaining  that  dwelling  place,  many  fell  in  the 
wilderness. 

Now,  dear  reader,  we  have  looked  at  our  first 
parents  and  at  Israel's  fate,  that  is,  how  they 
lost  their  dwelling  place,  let  us  look  atone  more, 
and  that  one  is  our  own.  You  know  the  Lord 
hn^  promised  you  and  me  a  dwelling  plate,  an 
everlasting  home.  How  is  it  with  you  this 
morning  ?  Have  you  been  walking  in  the  way 
of  Jesus?  Have  you  been  serving  the  Lord  in 
all  his  appointed  ways?  Have  you  given  your 
soul  to  God?  or  have  you  been  giving  all  your 
best  and  precious  time  to  the  Ds'vil?  Have  you 
suflorcd  him  to  rob  you  of  all  the  good  that  you 
po&sessV  No,  !  hope  better  things  of  you.  For 
if  you  have  been  careless  and  unconcerned,  that 
dwelling  place  can  never  be  your  home  Ah, 
you  will  he  like  the  orphan  in  the  street.  Have 
you  never  met  with  one?  You  find  her  crying 
upon  tho  street;  you  stoop  down  and  try  to 
comfort  her,  but  site  tells  you  she  has  no  home 
— she  has  no  mother,  and  no  father;  and  then 
ahebuginsto  weep.  Ah!  poor  soul!  how  would 
it  bo  with  you  if  you  only  live  for  this  life?  If 
you  only  prepare  a  home  for  the  body?  You 
will  then  be  called  up  before  that  righteous 
Judge  to  give  an  account  of  this  present  life. 
Suppose  the  Judge  would  say  to  you,  "  Friend, 
where  is  your  father?"  Ah,  I  have  none!  I 
never  chose  God  to  be  whilst  on  earth.  "Your 
mother? "  Tlie  church  has  never  been  my 
mother.  "  Well,  where  is  your  home?"  Ah, 
no  wonder  you  begin  to  tremble!  No  wonder 
you  begin  to  weep!  Heaven  can  never  be  your 
home!  Poorsoul!  you  havespeutall  yourtime 
in  the  way  of  the  world,  ao  that  heaven  can 
never  be  your  dweUing  place. 

Let  me  now,  in  conclusion,  admonish  you,  a^ 
a  friend,  to  come  to  Jesus,  for  lie  is  the  only 
safe  and  sure  guide  that  will  lead  you  to  im- 
mortal glory.  Yes,  come  to  Jesus,  for  lie  is 
your  best  aud  truest  friend  in  this  world  and  in 
the  world  to  come.  May  we  alt  not  prepare 
only  a  home  for  the  body  in  this  life,  but  pre 
pare  both  soul  and  l)ody  fortheeteinal  dwelling 
place  with  God  iu  Christ  Jeaus  is  my  pray«r. 


—New  Oki.eass  ha*  been  m.ide  actejisJUg  to 
ihr  largwt  sailing  ships  and  steameni. 

—A  nKCREE  has  been  issued,  forbidding  evan. 
getical  work  in  the  Austrian  Empire. 

— It  has  biwn  remarkiijd  that,  however  hard 
th*  times,  *'  the  wages  of  sin  "  have  ntver  been 
cut  down. 

—Tux  Albanians,  in  their  retreat  from  Kur- 
Khumlic.  carried  off  a  wounded  Servian,  anj 
roasted  him  alive. 

— A  DISFATCH  from  Constantinople  says  that 
the  inliabit:uits  of  one  of  the  districts  in  Crete 
have  ri<en  in  arms. 

—One  sign  of  the  hard  times  in  Enghmd  and 
Wales  is  the  falling  otT  in  luarriages.  Only 
18i',G.57  were  rcgiMtered  in  1878;  iu  1876  there 
were  201,874.  '    "  .  ,;  ^ 

— DrRi-\o  1878  then-  wcfe  87y  novels  and 
other  works  of  (iictiou  published  in  Gnat  Hrit- 
ain,  being  about  a  sixth  of  the  entire  number  of 
new  issues. 

—A  Fkek  METnoDi.<iT  Church  in  Toledo,  Ohio 
to  show  its  separation  from  the  world,  caoset 
its  members  to  wear  wide  red  ribbons  inscribed 
with  crosses  on  their  breiusts. 

— It  is  now  Huss-ia'a  turn  to  suftV-r  an  inun- 
dation. At  Pauza,  500  persona  have  been  ren- 
dered homele.s9,  and  tratlic  on  trains  in  (!,„ 
vicinity  of  Moscow  has  been  suspended. 

— A  coLPOitTEi'n  says,  in  many  pnrlsoi  J\,.. 
braska  Paine  and  Ingersoll  are  so  strongly  be- 
lieved iu  that  not  u  Christian  or  one  willing  to 
read  religious  works  can  be  found. 

— It  way  be  noted,  as  one  of  the  good  signs 
of  the  times,  that  in  spite  of  the  pressure  of 
the  times,  the  AuiericaJi  Bible  Scciety  reports 
a  greater  demand  for  the  bible,  than  existed  m 
any  previous  period. 
■  — It  is  estimated  that  not  less  than  two  mil- 
on  people  have  moved  into  the  States  west  of 
tho  Mis.issippi  &ince487-'J.  Nebra.ska.  Kansas, 
Colorado,  and  Texas  are  the  Slates  that  have 
gained  by  far  the  greater  portion  of  the  emi- 
grants. *■'  -•-< 

— EfROi'E-iN  naturalist*;  are  investigating  the 
jjossibility  of  re-slocking  the  Alps  with  theibes, 
or  wild  goat,  that  disappeared  alnnit  two  hun- 
dred years  ago.  A  few  still  remain  in  the  Tyrol, 
and  Victor  Emmanuel  had  a  flock  of  about  50fl 
in  the  Piedmont  Mountains,  but  they  will  not 
bear  removal. 

-Of  the  five  million  acres  of  land  under  cul- 
tivation in  Egypt,  the  Khedive  has  managed  to 
become  the  owner  of  over  om-fifth.  And  this 
is  cultivated  by  forced  labrir,  in  very  much  the 
same  way  that  the  Phaniolisof  thirteen  hundred 
years' before  Christ  made  brick  at  the  hands  of 
the  cruellv-tasked  Israelites. 

-A  oooD  instance  of  sharp  practice  is  that 
of  a  man  in  Ohio  who  was  acquitted  of  murder 
it  plea  of  insanity.  He  had  secured  his  law- 
yers by  giving  them  a  mortgage  on  hi-;  farm. 
but  now  repudiates  the  mortgaye  on  the  ground 
that  he  was  insane  when  he  made  it,  according 
to  the  showing  of  these  same  lawyers. 

— Gf.nkkal  Frf.mont  has  a  scheme  to  make 
an  inland  sea  for  the  benefit  of  Soutliein  Cali- 
fornia and  Arixona.  He  would  turn  tht- waters 
of  the  Gulf  of  California  into  what  lie  describes 
as  their  old  basin.  This  would  change  what  is 
now  desert  into  a  liighway  for  commerce,  aud 
would  open  up  great  possibilities  for  Arizona. 

— The  reign  of  terror  goes  on  in  Russia,  and 
hundreds  of  "suspects"  are  banished  daily  to 
Siberia,  or  locked  up  in  the  prisons,  without 
form  of  law  or  trial;  the  German  social  political 
association  favors  a  moderately  protective  aud 
retaliatory  tariff;  French  and  English  men  of 
war  have  been  ordered  to  be  in  readiness  lo  go 
to  Alexandria  to  bring  the  Khedive  to  his  senses. 

— AccouxTS  from  Bratil  are  very  gloomy- 
A  New  York  paper  says,— The  land  is  dried  up 
for  want  of  rain,  and  even  tlie  birds  have  per- 
ished by  miUions.  The  inhabitants  themselves 
seem  to  have  been  devoted  exclusively  to  agri- 
culture and  pasturage,  but  for  nearly  twelve 
months  the  pardied  earth  has  refused  to  gi" 
her  increase,  and  the  cat!  1»*  have  died  >i(le  by 
side  with  their  late  owners. 

— Tr  is  stated  that  a  plan  is  on  foot  t*'"  ■'"' 
establishment  of  a  colony  of  ■:i,000  Itiiliaii""* 
tbe  south  coast  of  New  Guiuea.  Tlie  arraug'- 
ttients  have  al!  been  completed,  and  a  >ubsi;rip- 
tion  of  5^,OU0.OG0  already  received.  Conioiun"- 
catioo  with  North  Australia  is  to  be  maintamtd 
by  a  telegraphic  cable.  Every  rank  of  hi"  ^'^' 
eept  lawyers  is  represented.  'Quite  a  number  o 
iu«a  of  scieuoe  hare  unlisted. 


AlaV 


lo 


■rtlK    UhEIUHKN    ^VT    ^VOKIC, 


(rat;rrs)ianilrnrp. 


s  •HI*  ««  <">»•  I™-  " 


■iM<n>T  l«(ult.— JuliD. 


Echoes  from  the  South. 

seed  Time  aud  Harvest -The  Fulflllmftnt—  Our 
gg„al-i'Iie  Fesiivol. 

THK  1,  >rd  <»*"  the  harvest  has  fixed  plaus    lor 
the  aoooiuplislimeiit  of  every  thing.     Oc- 


j.^i(in; 


ally  he  departs  troui  the  "beaten    truck." 


t  is  done   to  shi>w  the    worhl  his    power. 


from 
io? 


the  begiriDing  every  body  has  bei-n 

id  reaping,    yet  it   rained  roaiiuu   (rom 


beaven  tor  the  space  of  forty  years  f^r    Israel's 

Sinc«^  the  ascension  oi  Christ  the  command 
,ai  he'U  "go  yean^  preach"  yet  Paul  was  con- 
,^jtt.(i  without  a  preacher,  "that  his  power 
aj...iit  be  made  known." 

4[,|(rehendius  the  A'.'/ plan  we  have  sowed 
ihe  ci-rtiii^  oi  truth  bruadua'jt  throughout  these 
Tall^y-"'  'y""  wearisome  years,  patiently  waiting 
for  til*"  htirvi^St  time,  ami  it  hinf  ronw.  There 
,^  nothing  snrer  than  that  the   Lord    will    tiiki- 

car'-  "• 

THE  HLKII.I.MENT. 

j^in  promises  will  be  rememl)ereH  tliuiiyh  the 
ffjrlJ  should  be  destroyed.  He  says  to  us 
■nlMut  and  water."  "watcli  and  pray,"'  "rt-ork 
ffhile  it  i:^  t-alled  to-day,"  "sleep  not  as  do  nth- 
VVhen  we  do  that  he  "■will  be  with  us  to 
,j,y  eij.l  of  the  world."  Is  there  any  [  ersou 
uoii- living  who  can  say  that,  in  their  own  ex- 
irt.rifUM,  his  promises  have  not  been  realized? 
[{ tlier*"  I*,  Ifit  him  speak. 

We  h  tve  l(il)ored  diligently  for  the  conversion 
of  oiir  people  for  these  many  mouths,  warning. 
enireiiiiiig.  expouudinK  the  Scriptures,  etc  ,  and 
uu  other  fruit  appeartd  but  good  congregations 
aiidaltfiitive  lisleners. 

|[  WA"  Hiially  determined  that  the  time  had 
come  lor  a  hand  to  hand  couliict  with  the  old 
(ueiiiy  foi  the  harvest  of  souls.  The  spirit  of 
the  LLiid  evidently  moved  the  hearts  of  bis 
wrviiuts.  and  on  the  evening  of  the  .".th  ult. 
work  begun  and  continued  until  the   even- 

;  ut'  the  13:h,  and  the  result  wil'i.  the  enroll- 
ment of  four  converts  for  the  pilgrimage  "over 
the  river.  " 

OIH    -'KKIAL 

a  tht'  first   meeting  of  the   kind  ever  held 
aoiou^  the  brethren  in  this   district,    with    one 
i]itiou,  that  is  to  say  it  was  the  sefond.  and 
the  general  opinion  of  the   members    concern- 
ing it  1"*  decidedly  favorable. 

piir  the  benefit  of  the  brethren  who  read  the 
BiiKTHitEN  AT  Work  I   will   give  the  plan   of 

uductiug  it.  First,  it  was  ascertained  what 
the  ihurch  desired.  This  was  done  in  a  private 
way. 

Then,  when  the  meeting  begun,  the  nieiii. 
bers  were  exhorted  to  be  diligent  in  prayer,  as 
nothing  could  be  done  without  the  divine  bless- 
ing. 

The  services  of  the  first  meeting  were  similar 
to  those  of  o:ir  ordinary  meetings.  On  the 
smi^eediiig  day,  which  was  Sunday,  an  unusu- 
ally large  audience  was  in  attendance,  and  the 
tuorning  services  were  likewise  conducted  after 
the  u^iial  way.  At  the  close  it  was  announced 
that  a  meeting  for  the  children  of  fourteen 
Tears  Hud  under  would  convene  at  4  o'clock. 

At  that  time  the  little  ones  gathered  together 
iniiiiL'tiiately  in  front  of  the  stand,  and  were  ad- 
d^r^seli  about  fifty  minutes  on  such  topics  as 
Uhnst  blessing  little  children,  and  God  calling 
Samiiul,  etc.  They  appeared  to  appreciate  and 
tDJiiy  the  exercises. 

At  night  a  Urge  audience  assembled  and  one 
of  our  preachers  delivered  a  discourse,  and,  at 
its  eunclusion,  went  out  among  the  con- 
gregation, tlirough  the  aisles  and  courts,  and. 
exhorted  the  congregation  individually  to  re- 
peiitance  and  newness  of  life. 

^11  invitation  hymn  was  then  sung,  and  it 
"i"  iuuiounced  that  if  there  were  any  present 
^howished  to  join  the  church  they  *houNJ  ccme 
Ward  and  take  a  designated  seat.  At  the 
close  of  the  meeting  the  members  were  all  re- 
tjiiested  to  return  at  12  o'clock  the  following 
(■sy  l(jr  coucerteil  prayer  for  God's  blessing  on 
'd<^  meeting.  The  same  programme  was  follow- 
'^^  MuinJay  ami  Tuesday  night. 

At  thf  close  of  the  Tuesday  night  meeting  it 
"'a^'*  remarked  that  there  was  one  other  means 
'aat  Wf  had  not  used  to  make  the  meeting  a 
"^•^ceis,  and  that  was  fasting:  and  it  was  pro- 
pped that  on  the  day  following  at  12.  instead 
'^■'ilhng  our  bodies  with  food,  we  would  fast 
*"<*  pray.  It  was  faithfully  observed,  as  far  as 
"■^  Know,  and  the  meeting  following  the  grace 

*>iir  Lord  seemed  to  be  pouied  out  on  us  in 
'^'^straordinary  manner. 

hursJay  evening  we  closed  ibe  serial  and  on 
'hf 


'^ry  1, 


in»  Saturday  our  Love-feast  began.     A 
'fge  audiiince  assembled  rnrly  and  Broth- 


er B.  F.  Moomaw  preached  an  acceptable  ser- 
mon. After  services,  the  converts,  four  lU 
uuniher,  the  hap{^>y  result  of  our  serial  meeting, 
stood  up  before  the  brethren  and  made  the  sol- 
emn covenant,  and  were  baptized  by  Brother 
(irisso. 

Atnight  the  Father's  children.  .%2in number, 
gathered  around  the  sacred  boards  to  hear  and 
engage  iu  the  examination  and  other  attendant 
services.  The  spacious  audience  room  was 
crowded  with  attentive  spectators,  and  it  was 
the  general  verdict  that  a  more  quiet  and  hap- 
py Love-feast  never  was  held  in  our  coligrega- 
tion,  God  certainly  blessed  us  abundantly 
with  his  spirit. 

Sunday  was  a  lovely  day.  How  bright  the 
sun  shone  and  how  liappy  the  people  appeared 
to  be.  .\  large  assembly  again  rtsponded  to 
the  appointment,  and  were  addressed  by  Broth- 
er B.  Y.  Moomaw  in  his  usually  vigorous  style, 
muc!.  to  the  edification  of  the  congregation. 

In  summary  the  meetings  were  richly  bless- 
pd.  During  the  serial  meeting  the  neighbor- 
hood appeared  to  be  deeply  impivssed  and  an 
extraordinary  solemnity  prevailed  throughout, 
and  the  members  took  an  active  interest  iu  it. 
Some  attended  every  night  from  a  distance  ot 
six  miles.  One  of  the  converts  was  a  little 
maid  of  thirteen  years.  Tnink  of  that,  boys 
and  girls,  and  'lo  likewise. 

Brethren,  I  am  strongly  in  favor  of  such 
meetings.  If  they  are  conducted  right,  they 
will  result  favorably.  But  don't  adopt  the  fol- 
ly of  the  mourners'  bench.  Don't  sing  sensa- 
tional songs.  Work  on  the  heart.  Wound 
the  heart  with  the  arrows  of  truth  and  then 
pour  the  love  of  -lesus  into  the  wounds  and 
you  will  succeed.  Never  try  to  work  up  a 
spasmodic  excitement.  Get  the  people  to 
thinking  seriously  and  keep  them  at  it  till  the 
heart  hegins  to  melt,  and  then  tUey  will  ask 
you  to  baptize  them.  D.  C.  Moomaw, 

Echoes  from  the  Center. 

NIMHKK  N\  I. 

New    Praise   Elicited— Joy  and  Sorrow— Our 

Quarterly  Council— Hapiiy  Workers— In  the 

Mission  Field  of   Indiana    At    Home- The 

Sunday-school . 
'pHE  sick  of  whom  I  made  mention  in  my 
L  last  are  convalescing  and  we  feel  that  the 
many  |>rayers  of  God's  children  have  lieen  heard 
which  elicits  new  praise  and  thankfulness  from 
our  hearts  to  God  the  preserver  and  upholder 
of  all.  How  glad  I  aui  for  the  religion  of  .le- 
sus Christ  which  influences  our  na'ures  to  the 
extent  that  when  God  works  to  our  joy,  we  are 
ready  to  .praise  hira,  when  to  our  sor- 
row, that  we  can  say  "it  is  the  Lord,  he  doeth 
all  things  well,"  and  thus  re.-»iened  to  his  will 
We  love  him  but  the  more.  Thus  if  We  have  a 
proper  trust  in  Christ  we  can,  under  all  circum- 
siauces,  have  joyouseniotions  awakened  in  our 
hearts  making  melody  to  the  ever  blessed. 
While  ire  have  joy  because  of  the  return  of 
health  to  friends  who  are  dear,  other  hearts  are 
filled  with  sorrow,  because  of  the  hopeless  re- 
turn of  health  to  hearts  that  are  dear  to  them. 
Thus  prayer  and  praise  ascends  to  God  through 
joy  and  sorrow.  Through  the  channel  of  one 
It  is  sweetened  by  rapturous  strains  of  the  in- 
ner being.  By  the  other  it  is  softened  by  the 
finer  feelings  of  their  inner  nature  turned  by 
the  finger  of  the  eternal,  and  by  those  avenues 
the  car  of  God  is  reached  and  he  condescends, 
hears  our  plaintive  cries  and  supplies  our  wants 
from  liis  abundant  fulness. 

To-day  we  met  in  church  council  iu  the  Old 
Church,  and  had  a  very  enjoyable  meeting.  The 
members  were  well  represented,  which  exhibits 
a  good  interest.  Considerable  amount  of  im- 
portant business  was  brought  up  before  that 
body  and  adjusted  iu  a  Christian  manner.  Love 
and  union  prevailed  giving  the  body  strength 
to  prosecute  the  labors  before    her. 

This  is  Lord's  day  and  the  hapjty  laborers  are 
out  at  work  in  the  interests  of  our  holy  relig- 
ion, the  welfare  ot  one  another  and  the  salvation 
of  thesinner.  The  gosi»el  trumpet  is  sounding 
from  the  stand  and  sinners  are  invited  to  par- 
take of  the  gospel  feast.  '"Ho.  every  one  that 
thirsteth,  come  ye  to  the  waters,  and  he  that 
hath  DO  money:  come  ye,  buy,  and  eat;  yea, 
come,  buy  winn  and  milk  without  money  and 
without  price." 

[n  company  with  ray  wife  and  mother,  hoard- 
ed the  night  train  for  the  Middle  District  of 
Indiana,  to  assist  in  the  grand  and  noble  cause 
of  Christianity.  Met  many  earnest  workers  in 
the  cause  and  hopefully  look  forward  lor  the 
promised  blessings. 

First  we  met  iu  Sunday-school  Convention, 
during  which  time  many  able  tlioughts  were 
brought  forth  suggestive  of  the  best  plans  of 
carrying  on  Sunday-school  work.  The  meet- 
ing -.vas  one  of  importance,  the  interests  of  the 


young  were  looked  after  with  a  jealous  eye  and        In  the   afternoon   started    for  Spring   Creek 
therefore  the  interests j>f  the  church,  and  upou  |  Church,  the  phice  of  the  Missionary  ('onventton 
~     "         '"       '"  *       for  Middle  Indiana,  and  on    next   day    reached 

the  plare  just  alter  meeting  was  opened.       The 


the  spiritual  welfare  of  the  children  rests  th. 
future  prosperity  of  the  church.  Then  who 
would  not  lend  a  helping  hand  to  instruct  the 
youth,  whom  God  has  placed  under  onr  care,  in 
the  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus?  Ah,  is  heart  so 
bard  as  to  discard  such  glorious  opportuuiiies 
as  the  Sunday-school  affords?  I  trust  not.  May 
God  operate  upon  all  our  hearts  "oy  the  softeu- 
iug  influences  of  his  holy  spirit. 

Next  day  met  in  tue  interestsof  the  mission- 
ary cause,  and  the  spread  of  the  gospel.  .\  plan 
was  adopted  for  the  prosecution  of  the  work 
and  referred  to  District  Meeting  for  approval. 
Active  workers  were  on  the  ground,  and  I  think, 
from  the  spirit  manifested,  Middle  District  of 
Indiana  will  have  her  evangelists  out  looking 
after  the  erring  ones  throughout  her  borders 
To-day  we  met  in  District  Conference;  largo 
attendance.  Cunsidt-rahle  business  was  brought 
before  that  body  and  adjusted,  upon  the  whole, 
satisfactorily  to  all  concerned.  Considerable 
discuBsion  was  elicited  on  the  Sunday-school 
and  niissionarv  questions,  but  the  plana  were 
approved  and  adopted  to  the  joy  of  many  ear- 
nest workers  in  the  great  cause  of  salvation. 
Public  preaching  was  held  in  the  surrounding 
churches  by  the  foreign  ministers  present. 
Had  the  pood  pleasure  of  meeting  Editors 
Sharp  and  E'heliuan,  representing  their  respect- 
ive papei-s  in  the  Sunday-school  work.  Spent 
several  pleasant  nioinents  with  them  and  think 
they  are  the  right  men  in  the  right  place. 

In  company  with  Brother  1).  Miller  spent  a 
few  hours  cruising  on  the  placid  watera  of  one 
of  the  many  little  lakes  of  that  country,  on  a 
fishing  expedition.  Tried  my  first  experience 
in  the  "art,"'  and  of  course  had  my  first  luck, 
which  was.  nn  fish.  However  I  was  not  dis- 
couraged as  my  partner  could  catch  some  if  my 
ettorts  were  a  failure.  But  if  I  made  fruitless 
attempts  in  that  direction  I  could  steady  the 
boat  or  row,  and  of  course  you  would  say  i  was 
of  some  account  at  least.  My  mind  was  car- 
ried bai:kto  the  days  of  Incarnation,  when  Je- 
sus and  his  disciples  were  on  the  waters.  I 
thou;*ht  of  the  humble  fishermen  whom  Jesus 
call'-d  and  made  fishers  of  men.  Oh  noble 
calling!  How  many  have  they  caught?  They 
were  successful  through  great  tribulation.  Are 
we  as  patient,  yet  earnest  and  faithful?  God 
will  give  us  like  siiccess'if  we  use    like    means. 

Next  day  returned  home.  Saturday,  in  com- 
pany with  some  of  the  brethren,  went  to  Pleas- 
ant Uidge,  Ohio,  to  labor  with  and  for  them  in 
the  Master's  cause.  Preached  for  them  in  the 
evening,  and  had  a  good  hearing. 

On  Lord's  Day  we  assisted  iu  organizing  a 
Sunday-school  at  that  place,  whereupon  the  fol- 
lowing officers  were  elected:  Brother  Juhn  H. 
Spacht.  Superintendent;  Brother  Leonard  Hau- 
raan,  Assistant  Superintendent;  Brother  Will- 
iam Hook,  Secretary:  Brother  .\.  Beagle, 
Trea.surer;  Brother  J.  Walterniire  and  Sister 
Liz/ie  Thomas.  Librarians.  Teachers  were 
selected  and  all  comi)letely  arranged  for  the 
work. 

Thus  Kagle  Creek  Church  has  two  Sunday- 
schools  in  successful  operation,  and  trust  much 
good  will  be  the  result.  The  dear  youths  must 
be  looked  after  spiritually  if  the  cause  of  Christ 
and  the  church  will  prosper,  for  upon  them 
depends  the  future  welfare  of  the  church. 

May  God  bless  us  all,  in  our  efforts  in  the 
cause  so  far  as  agreeable  to  his  divine  will. 

S.  T.  BOSSBBMAK. 

Dunkirk-,  Ohio.  April  20,  W9. 


meeting  wa-s  an  enjoyable  one— one  which 
brought  forth  many  warm  and  heart-felt  re- 
marks on  the  missionary  cause. 

At  this  place  I  met  witli  Brethren  M.  M. 
Eshelman,  S.  T.  Bo^8ermau,  and  many  otheri, 
whose  presence  I  enjoyed  very  much.  In  the 
evening,  iu  company  with  Brother  E-ihelman, 
went  to  South  Whitley,  where  we  had  the 
pleasure -if  liatenina  to  Brother  S.  T.  Bosser- 
man  from  that  blessed  book— the  Bible. 

Next  day  went  to  District  Meeting.  The 
meeting  was  a  pleasant  one.  Hood  feeling  per- 
vaded the  hearts  ol  all,  we  tru.st,  and  hope  that 
it  met  the  approbation  of  our  heavenly  and  di- 
vine Father. 

Again  in  tlie  evening  Brother  Eshelmau  and 
I  returned  to  South  Whitley,  where,  by  request, 
1  labored  to  have  us  all  Took  to  Jesus  and  live. 
Meeting  closed  by  Brother  J.  Snell.  Next 
day  reached  home  feeling  thankful  to  the  gi?er 
(if  every  good  and  perfect  gift  for  the  pleasure* 
enjoyed  while  gone,  and  the  safe  protection 
and  healthful  keeping  of  my  fainilv. 

J.  W.  SorTnwooi), 


Prom  Lincolnville,  Indiana. 

I  LEFT  homo  on  Friday,  April  18th;  stopped 
over  night  in  the  Ogan's  Creek  Church; 
went  next  day  to  North  Manchester,  Wabash 
County.  Indiana. 

In  the  evening,  in  company  with  Brother  A. 
Lecdy,  went  west  two  niile-s  to  the  Brethren's 
meeting-house,  where  it  fell  to  our  lot  to  hold 
forth  the  words  of  eternal  truth.  Subject.  Onr 
bondage  aud  the  freedom  with  which  Christ 
will  make  us  free. 

Next  day  met  at  the  same  place  in  the  fore- 
noon and  listened  to  A.  Miller  and  J.  S.  Snow- 
berger.  Appointment  again  for  afternoon, 
after  which  we  expect^'d  to  go  on  our  way  to 
place  of  S.  S.  Convention,  but  just  as  we  drove 
up  to  place  of  hieetiiig  we  were  met  by  the 
following  sad  news:  '"V'our  Sister  Lizzie  is  dead 
and  \, ill  be  buried  to-morrow."  1  was  then 
made  to  think  of  the  language  of  the  poet 
when  he  said: 

"We  know  not  what's  before  us, 

Wluit  tiialsare  to  come; 
)lut  each  day  pasHiny  o'er  us, 
Uriiitja  us  still  ue.trer  home." 
Iteached  the  place  of  the  sad  scene  jupt  a  lit- 
tle while  before  time  to  repair  to   place  of  fu- 
neral. 


An  Epistolary  Besponse. 

To  Sinttr  K  I'J.  Trar/iie,  of  Cor.iiujton.  Ohio.-— 

TllM  epistle  over  your  signature  addressed  to 
us  in  the  issue  of  April  '24th  produced 
mingled  feelings  of  joy  and  anxiety.  As 
Christians  onr  joys  aud  sorrows  are  reciprocal; 
heni^e  the  ap  )!.tU'  bids  us  to  rejoice  with  those 
that  do  rijoice,  and  wci-p  with  those  that  do 
weep.  Horn.  12;  l."i.  How  could  we  do  other- 
wise and  Le  th-  "one  body?" 

Although  your  name  had  escaped  our  mem- 
ory your  person  had  not.  it  being  one  of  those 
that  we  had  called  up  with  pleasure  m  convene 
by  our  firesule.  Your  epistle  led  us  anew  to 
call  up  that  stormy  hour  of  twilight's  dawn 
that  we  spent  in  your  room,  where,  after  hear- 
ing your  humble  confession  with  some  sad 
events  of  your  past,  we  all.  with  hearts  rent 
with  sympathetic  sorrow,  bowed  in  prayer  and 
thus  wrestled  together  with  God. 

We  repeat,  dear  sister.  "Be  of  good  cheer  for 
my  grace  is  sufficient  for  you,''  s&y»  onr  blessed 
Jesus.  We  trust  you  can  draw  comfort  from 
the  tliouj^ht  that  the  husband  to  whom  you 
have  thus  wedded  "will  never  leave  thee  nor 
foraake  thee."  Heb.  13:  5.  l''or"Iam  married 
onto  you."  .Ier.3: 14.  Further,  he  has  a  mansion 
prepared  for  you.    See  John  14:2. 

We  were  encouraged  to  Iear*i  that  the  peace 
and  hapiunessyou  evperienced  in  the  burial  of 
"the  old  man"  beneath  the  genlle  ritHe  of  that 
chilly  stream  is  perpetual;  it  is  designed  by  ita 
author  as  is  seen  in  Isaiah  4b:  IS.  We  took 
considerable  interest  in  your  ca.se,  not  that  we 
deemed  your  soul  of  more  value  than  others, 
but  we  did  and  <io  yet  entertain  the  fond  idea 
that  your  publif  iile  and  the  event  of  others, 
being  committed  to  your  care  for  instruction, 
will  tttVord  jou  many  opiiortunities  of  doing 
good  that  are  not  allbrded  others.  We  hope 
you  may  not  fail  in  doing  };ood,  therefore,  as 
you  have  opportunity,  unto  all,  hut  especially 
unto  the  household  ol  faith.  Gal.  *i:  10.  Your 
good  purposes  God  will  tmward  although  you 
may  never  be  permitted  to  execute  them  as 
you  desire.  Tbis  is  seen  in  the  case  of  David 
purposing  to  build  a  house  for  the  Lord. 

I.  .1.  Bo>ESIiF;|{(iER, 

From  Nurth  Manchester,  Ind. 

I)r„r  Ihdhren:— 

HKALTHgood.  God  he  praised.  We  have 
preaching  in  the  Brethren's  Meeting- 
house, or  (better  known  as)  baggage- room  every 
Sunday  at  10  A.  M.  and  frequently  at  4  P.  M. 
We  are  casting  bread  on  the  watei"^  to  gather 
days  hence.  Ministerial  aid  is  coming  from 
Indiana,  Illinois,  and  Michigan.  Ho|ie  the 
Brethren  will  be  faiibtul  and  ever  adorn  (as 
they  did  while  with  usl  the  doctrine  of  their 
profession  by  a  godly  walk  and  chaste  conver- 
sation. May  the  Lord  guide  them  with  his  Ho- 
ly Spirit  tlirough  life,  is  our  prayer.  Brethren 
remember  us. 

Yours  in  love. 

D.  S.  T.  BrTTKitBMtm. 


New  Topics. 

IIY   I,.\NI)ON    WF.ST. 

IT  is  not  a  litt'e  surprising  to  muuy  of  us, 
that  there  should  be,  just  at  this  time,  so 
many  new  items  presented  for  the  consideration 
of  the  brotherhood.  We  do  not  cay  this  t'» 
find  fault,  but  we  do  feel   that   thei-e   ni-e  at 


riipj  nitKTniiK>:  -iVr  ^\ai<i<~. 


M 


av    1.^ 


present  «(*  m«Tiy  qtiPsHoTis  under  con)-ifl*rfltioi.. 
ADfl  nil  n-canletl  iis  im»n«  orl«ws  imporUnt.  tli*i 
itMwlto^^lIipr  IMy  th«t  some  of  its  work 
nittV  '»^  overlookt  (J. 

Wf  will  iirtw  nwnti.m  some  of  tht-m.  niiil 
becwusi' ue  do  so.  wp  do  not  win^i  "i».v  one  to 
Uk.>  oflFrii^^.  01-  to  P-'-l  timt  we  ureniichjinrahl'-. 

Th.*  fiivt  we  cliftll  notito  is  in  n-Ritrd  (-■ 
ch«Mi:inelhenitnif:ortrthBvinKft  ne*  uhiik- 
forth.- l>n'ilterlio«d.  IVre  may  ho  reiwon^ 
for  »hi*.  « liirh  Imv^  ns  yet.  not  bwn  offiT'd. 
but  w.io  not  f.-^l  that  »li..»*.  prc'-crit.'d  «r.- 
enou.sti  to  call  for  tli-  iliaiiK"  »n7K"*'^-  '*•" 
sidps.  tli*'F^nrt>fr«thin»r*  tlint  wo  now  Imv.- 
thHth«vvan  int.'llieent  niimp— onn  which  ii* 
TPpftrd..d  I.v  all.  «--  tolly  •ip,dir«ble  to  thf-  con- 
dition i.od  cliaracti-r  of  th--  tliinp  nnmcd.  l-or 
exrtmpl.-;  Wesp-akof  onrracp.nnd  mv  ^nnu, 
nnd  hH  u!»k'r-.tiuid  th.-  t.-rm,  hut  Ih^rir  on- 
few,  if  iinv  of  iH.  can  nay  why  he  wv  t-n]\f*\  "" 
And  it  is  tur  Uw  Utc  to  .I'trnipt  to  oliaiige  th.- 
term  Bt.d  have  it  iiniv.T«Hlly  uppli'*'!  i*  '*■  ["" 
thou.'ht  H  mi-niime.  .JiiKtflodo  wo  think  in 
wpurd  to  the  niini.-  Dtinhror  Ihmkfml ;  it  hu. 
liadiwl-cginniD^yeiirsiiIti;  i«  undcrVood  ).y 
bII  whon"t.-it;  Mt«r,  or  ii'*  Hidl,  (iH  nuy  dhor 
term,  and  ia  now  too  lalo  to  nniue  the  cliilrl 
agniu. 

In  rcnaVd  fo  tlic  !•  rb!  nanif.  fienmii  U'ij< 
ti«t,  l-y  which  w«  «iie  nUn  known  to  many.  itrMi 
Wipcfinlly  in  the  public  p'Cord«  of  tli«  Stnh*«,  it, 
irtuow  toolatp,  we  tliink.  loaakfor  n  ebwiKi- 

ID  it. 

The  rial  pitftt«  ulrciidy  convey.id  to  tin' 
brotl»Tln"'d  14  in  t-very  fime,  we  lielieve,  in 
thatnaoi-  And'for  im  to  vh-niK*^  (be  nann- 
and  then  trylo  Ro  back  f<ir  m-ar  a  (lentnryand 
infioni'-  ciwfs  more,  and  a-<k  to  clmiiKo  tlit-  rec- 
ord* (d.  bolli  t-bnn-1.  nud  SlAt«>,  JH  niorc,  w.i 
btfliovi',    tbiuj  any  Kliotitd  uxpi'ct. 

Th•'refor^  Hn'tbron,  let  the  name  po  ««  it 
liAfl  bi-i-n.  I)iit,  b'tlli"*  piticnef.  the  zi-al  nrid  tbo 
love,  with  tbi'  liiimilHy  ff  tbopc  wlio  wire 
fin^t  bnmdid  with  i'.  tli.-  nii'in-  bn  nid,  rimngod. 
but  incn-asi'd,  and  lot  ns  (fo  on  to  tlieobtailiinK 
ot  that  new  iiann- above,  which  is  not  to  bn 
known  to  other«8o  mncb,  ns  to  each  happy 
ioni  that  gptu  it.    See  Kev.  2;  17. 

Ml^BlONB  ANI'  HONKY. 

Tlie  wt.rl;  of  preiichiuK  the  gospel  tbrousb- 
out  tlio  StateM.  Rnd  ii.i  wf  liope  tlirongboiit  tint 
worU.  id  unotln-r  topic  whirli  at  pri-i^eiit  is  rv- 
oeivioR  cdiiBiderrtbl'-  attiiition,  but  u*i  yet  not 
auytliniK  like  itslionld  rL'ccive.  Not  th«  fuw 
wIkj  talk  and  Mritti  about  it,  and  tbey  alone 
should  coiuider  it,  but  ci'fnf  ouo  who  repyatH 
the  Lvid'-t  prayer  should  not  ouly  «*k  that 
GodV  kingdom  come,  but  work  for  it  thftt  it 
m^iy  rome;  firiit  within  them-iwlve-t  and  then 
for  othtrs,  .'Vuy  one  who  will  not  work  in 
aid  of  till-  kinjidoni's  comuiu,  whould  ouiit  that 
prater;  fur  to  m  it  doea  not  seem  rieht  for  any 
to  ank  tliH  I*ord  to  do  a.  thing  whiuh  wo  will 
not  aid  in  doing. 

In  the  matter  of  mitwions  there  kpoiub  to  bo 
quite  a  union  in  feuling,  but  as  to  the  manner 
of  doing  the  work,  not  nil  are  agreed.  Sonii; 
will  do  nothing  became  all  are  not  agreed;  oth- 
ers do  not  favor  it  because  they  ure  afraid  it 
■will  run  away  with  itself.  Others  again  want 
fiTHt  the  (.auction  of  Anuuiil  Meeting  on  every- 
thing done  in  thi-i  direction,  and  »o  they  do 
nothing  until  this  i«  aciomplished.  Others 
again  »iiy.'"Qivu  us  tlui  money  and  we  will 
have  the  mi^sioDn."  while  one  call  was  made,  if 
we  mistake  not.  for  the  men  and  nothing  more. 
Thi  last,  we  think,  is  the  proper  OTie;  itia  men 
that  are  wanted  for  thiH  work  and  it  in  the  of- 
fice ol  the  church  to  call  them  and  send  them. 
The  church  is  to  select  the  man;  heaven  gives 
the  commission,  and  the  territory  is  the  world. 

As  to  those  who  are  afraid  of  the  moveioeut, 
of  whom  we  hope  there  mv  tew,  we  think  they 
Bbouldreadol  tlie  work  done  on  the  day  of 
Pentecost,  the  day  now  celebrated  by  our  An- 
nual Meeting.  And  we  would  to  Ood  that  the 
old,  old  tight  could,  in  some  new  place,  be  re- 
peated every  year,  that  the  llame  might  blaze 
again. 

The  sanction  of  Annuid  Meeting  we  already 
hare,  but  like  i  he  Ifiws  in  moat  States,  the  sen- 
timent of  the  b(dy  will  not  support,  in  this 
work,  the  deci«inn  already  pa.'ised.  In  support 
of  this  statement  we  cite  the  resider  to  minutes 
of  A.  M.  for  1S67,  page  327,  Art.  'M);  and  aKo 
pase  325,  Art.  21  of  minutes  of  iStJK.  It  does 
eanctioQ  this  work  whenever  it  is  referred  to 
on  this  subject.  But  the  time  atill  flies,  while 
we  talk  of  means  and  ways,  and  we  let  these 
smaller  matters  divert,  as  it  were,  our  attention 
from  the  main  thought.  Brethren,  let  ns  do 
the  main  work  first  and  htttle  minor  things 
afterward.  As  to  the  question  of  attaining 
meauB  to  support  missioi,!'.  we  believe  the  senti- 
ment that  will  give  is  in  advance  of  that  which 
will  go.  This  is  a  mistake,  for  now  there  is  nu 
fX'.ti'j':  and.  so  long  as  the  condition  is  as   at 


present  there  will  be  none,  and  sbould  Iw  lutnf. 
Li»t  each  one  work  a  little  more  and  a  mark 
will  be  made. 


Missionary  Meeting. 


ftr/ir  Itrrthmt: — 

I^IIK  follow  in^-  i'*  a  brief  report  of  a  mission- 
(irv  ine..ltnR  hild  at  the  Spring  Cr^ek 
Chnrth,  Ku-cinpVn  C.  unty.  Indiana,  on  the 
K'Jnd  day  uf  April.  I>*7f'.  Brother  .John  Snnw- 
bcrger.  of  While  Conoty,  wnt  chonen  Modr-r- 
ntur:  Brother  J.  R  Cmnirine.  of  Waha«h 
Tounfy.  U-wYmK  f^l'-rk;  and  W.  S.  Toney.  of 
r«»8  OoiiFity,  Writing  Cf'-rk.  Aferafew  »[)- 
propriale  remarks  by  the  Modentt^T  roncern- 
ing  theobj.'ct  of  themreting.  a  plan  wan  in- 
tnidund  by  Brother  A.  I^eedy  for  organization 
A  motiiin  w;is  made  Uf  a>Iopt  one  article  at  n 
lini'-;  and  afterdi*«cuK»ion  and  due  deliberation 
by  the  miiny  present,  the  following  plan  wan 
iwl-pt-d: 

Whereai.  i>iir  niHter  state  di«tric;t«  of  North, 
em  and  S.inth'-rn  Indinna  hfivedistrirt  mi-Mnn 
ary  org-iiiizsitioiifc.  iw  r'Tomnirnded  by  A.  M  ol 
I*tOS,  and  wbere«^  Middle  Indiana  has  nerer 
organized;  therefore,  he  it  resolved  the  follow- 
ing plan; 

Art.  1.  The  board  of  evanRcli».ni  for  the 
Middle  I)i>trict  of  Indiana  shall  coDBist  of  five 
viHiting  bnlhreii,  who  shall  s.  lect  a  Moderator, 
either  from  nniniig  tl,.-ni-<*lv.s  or  fn-m  aniMig 
tho  brotherhood  of  the  Middle  Distrit  t  of  Indi- 
ana, and  aUo  a  Secretary  and  Trea^nrer  in  the 
»nme  wuy. 

Art.  2.  The  board  shall  be  elected  by  del- 
egates from  the  several  congregations,  who 
may  iilwo  he  delegates  to  District  Meeting,  and 
bold  Mi<  ir  office  for  one  year. 

y\rt.  3.  The  board  aluiil  oelect  evangelists 
from  among  the  ministers  within  the  district. 
Any  brother  may  suggest  the  name  or  names 
of  bnlbren,  hut  the  hoard  shall  determine  who 
and  liow  many  there  shall  he;  such  evangelist 
to  aerie  one  ye<ir. 

Art.  4,  The  hoiird  to  appoint  a  solicitor  or 
solicitors  in  each  congregation  of  the  Middle 
District  of  Indiana  to  solicit  contribution?  for 
niJHMionary  pur|(ONe»  of  all  such  who  may  feel 
willing  to  contribute. 

Art.  ■'.  The  above  board  shall  be  the  Board 
ii{  ,\pp(tinlnitMits  and. Disbursements,  It  sbiiU 
have  power  to  till  ministerial  and  other  vacaii- 
eies,  and  shall  send  out  only  such  brethren  its 
evnngelihta  who  will  feoch  the  gospel;  respect 
A.  M,,  and  carry  out  the  gi  neral  order  of  the 
brotherhood  in  dress,  etc.;  and  it  shall  bo  gov- 
erned hydecisions  of  A.  M.,  in  going  into  the 
territory  of  any  organized  church.  It  shall 
direct  tho  payment  of  all  expenses  aa  finuucen 
permit. 

Art.  fl.  Tho  Treasurer  shall  receipt  for  all 
moneys  received,  and  pay  out  by  order  of  Mod- 
erator, si(;:iied  by  tlio  Secretary. 

.\rt.  7.  The  Secretary  shall  keep  a  record  of 
all  business  transactions  uf  evangelical  work, 
attend  to  correspondence,  and  report  to  the 
board  all  the  work  requiiiug  attention,  who, 
with  the  Trea-siirer,  shall  report  annually. 

Also  ordered  by  the  meeting  that  the  broth- 
er cho.^eii  to  ao  to  A.  M.  and  not  on  standing 
coiuniittee,  shall  b.;  dcle;;nle  to  brethren's  work 
of  evangelism. 

The  following  visiting  brcthreu  wore  chosen 
for  the  ensuing  year;  S.  ll  Aukeriuiiu,  Wabash 
District;  John  Sliriver,  Spring  Creek  District; 
John  SnowhergiT,  Lower  Deer  Creek  Congre- 
gation; Artemus  (3.  Smith.  I'ppcr  Deer  Creek 
Congregation;  Solomon  Eikeuberry,  S(,uirrel 
Creek  Church. 

VOTK  OP  THANKS. 

We,  the  brethren  and  sisters  of  the  Middle 
District  of  Indiana,  who  have  been  so  kindly 
entertained  by  the  brethren  and  sisters  of 
Spring  Creek  Church  hereby  tender  them  our 
sincere  thanks,  and  pray  God  to  bless  all  of  us 

our  labors  to  erect  the  standard  of  truth 
throughout  our  district.  Abo.  resolved  that 
we,  the  brethren  of  the  Middle  District  of 
Indiana  in  Sunday -choolandMissionary  Meet- 
ing assembled  in  the  Spring  Creek  Church,  here- 
by tend>r  our  heart-fell  thank*  to  our  beloved 
Brethren  M,  M.  Eslielman,  of  Illinois,  F.  P. 
Lo'lir,  of  Michigan.  S.  /  Sharp,  S.  Bossermaii. 
and  Brother  Worst,  of  Ohio,  for  their  presence 
iiud  ctKcient  services  iu  our  Uissionary  and 
Sunday-school  meetiags. 

W.  S.  ToxKY,  Writing  Clerk. 


The  principil  pari  of  th**  bnsine^s  wa.-*  of 
much  iiiiporl.^n«>-.  and  caused  no  liitle  comment 
Much  was  Miid  in  regard  to  non-c -nf-inmly. 
winch  we  think  will  receive  the  he*rty  co-ojwi- 
fttion  of  thn  brethren.  As  we  ar«  to  b«  a  aep- 
srate  and  di.linct  people  from  the  world,  it  is 
vpry  imprft-mt  that  we  all  c»nforai  to  the 
tnnehingsot  our  L  >rd  and  Mtker. 

Time  id  not  peraiit  much  to  be  said  in  re- 
gard to  tb"  missionary  work,  as  it  was  delayed 
until  last.  I  hope  the  time  is  not  far  distant, 
wht-n  the  brelhrr-n  m»y  stand  united  in  this  all 
impor».'tiit  work.  If  we  neglect  so  importan: 
R  command,  how  can  we  ever  expect,  when  we 
*omet<»dath'sdoor.  welcome  it.  as  the  ap- 
proach to  the  better  land. 

As  you  desire  short  articles  I  will  abruptly 
cI.H*.  by  ►aying  the  church  is  prospL-ring  -low- 
ly, health  generally  eo"d.  and  peace  and  har- 
mony prevail.  Hope  thtit  I  may  have  op- 
portunity to  write  more  anon 


.).  W.  Ct.uk 


Aprii 


From    Ft,    Defiance,    Augusta    Co,    Va 

Ikiir  lirrfhren:— 
rpHK  Dii'trict  Meeting,  No.  ?.  was  held  with 
1  the  Mt.  Vernon  Church  the  27th  and  -jSth 
of  February.  The  attendance  was  good,  and 
considerable  interest  mauife.sted  throughout 
the  entire  proceedings  of  the  meeting. 


j^nainras  ^('parfincnf. 


get  doltiful  In  1  wii.— -  hn'ol  in  ■[■iiH.  •«t1i.|'  u,.  I«rf  _^^^==; 
~*-l«ll 
MOKar  LIBT. 
It  If  ».<  ■!>  lo  -Mrf  o"'  t^-y  1"  ■  I*""  wtfhusi  trtMan^ 


KM  Katnj  t  W 


K  ««) 


.     Jn.T"r 


'  1  711. 


Llgl.ll.lll  M>'  .KKH«.r..ai  J^„j,  , 
|iS«lti«rtW  W  M  Wl«a'  LI-  tHyman  *0  J  w  Jf,  ,. 
ll„rt.MliV  U  Un-tJ  lOl     A  MllUr  !i^  .W    U  S.nB.,    , 

,!n,t,.ri  11.   (:iPini(i..ii.ii»)..n  wno.i««,.ii  ii,i.,li>  ^ 

.}  11.  .-Hiili  HI     B  M<r'orii>.UH»    rniKO.  It.|.ti>(|r  teo    j 


RT  c.  n.  n.\r3BAron. 

To  all  who  hare  Iniown  iha 
lj,nl  in  Mail.  (U  S,and  ICor.O: 
n,anflJCor.'.):7- 

I  hrii  /////  ron'fisfxifidffils  fo  re- 
nianhrr  the  hlarth  iinpnssihility 
ofnnj  aiisircrinf^all  thcirU'ffcrs. 
My'(  nff'fhh'd  rotidilion  uftrrly 
fnrhUls  il.  If  lore  pronf/jls  f/nu 
in  /rr/lf.abri/:  ai/d  if  \}ou  rt'cc'we 
n<i  rcplrj,  impntf  if  not  to  frmtt 
of  fifiiJi-criiitron.  or  irarm  rrci- 
procihj.  f  Will  answer  to  the- 
r.iirn  l  ofuuj  ahilHij.  <Jlving  fjrcf- 
crenrr  lo  ihosc  irho.sc  subjects 
(Wf  the  n/osf  iinporlfttttf  a/ul 
irhosc  sjiij-ihml  a-anfs  (ire  most 
l)rrssinu. 

Those  who  send  slaiiijfs  or  I'e- 
nntfanrr  in  ain/ form .irill please 
indienle  irliefher  they  wavt 
their  mite  returned  in  casa  I 
ean  not  ase  it  in  the  maiinsr 
desiiinated.  Hease  hear  this 
in  miiid. 

To  The  Brethren. 

ONCE  more  I  desire  to  inform  the  brethren 
who  want  to  send  us  money  either  for  the 
church  or  my  family  always  to  obtain  drafts  on 
some  good  hank  in  Denmark  or  Germany,  or 
rather  send  to  C.  P,  Rowland,  Lanark  Illiiioi-', 
as  the  brethrt-n  who  have  this  matter  iu  hand 
lire  well  acquainted  with  the  business,  hence 
never  nii-ss  the  mark.  When  money  was  eeut 
for  the  poor,  in  letters  much  of  it  was  lost, 
hence  did  no  good  for  the  church.  .A,nd  so 
again  lately,  Su  marks  were  lost — the  amount 
donated  as  a  Christmas  gift,  by  the  little  read- 
ers of  Brother  Kurt/'s  paper,  because  the  bank 
on  which  the  dralt  was  drawn  failed.  And  this 
isnotall.  U  cost  us  twelve  kronoi  in  trying 
to  collect  what  Brother  Kurt/  sent.  I  desire 
till  the  Brethren's  papers  to  notice  this  for  the 
good  of  all  concerned.  C.  Hope. 

Hjorrinij,  April  j.'J,  1870. 

From  Deep  River.  Iowa. 

ALTHOUGH  some  dark  clouds  have  over- 
shadowed us,  yet  we  have  reason  to  re- 
joice that  the  work  of  the  Lord  is  prospering. 
I'ive  have,  already,  been  added  to  the  church 
this  Spring  by  baptism,  all  of  them  youug 
persons.  Two  of  them  of  different  families 
have  kind  parents  living  hut  are  still  standing 
outside  of  the  church.  Many  with  'those 
children  would  rejoice  to  have  the  privilege  of 
receiving  those  dear  parents  into  the  fold  of 
Christ.  Others,  we  are  cocvinced,  are  think- 
on  their  ways,  and  we  hope  they  will  make 
haste  to  turn  their  feet  unto  the  teatimouies  of 
the  Lord. 

Our  Sundav-school  will  coinmecce  for  the 
Summer,  May  2.^th.  Health,  in  general,  is 
good.    Fair  prospects  for  good  crop.*. 

H.  II.  Taylor. 


J^niionncniu;uta. 


Oim  rule  i'  la^i'^nniicM  tiHi  one  inaorhoo,  TtiMnan,,. 
l,e  bfief.  and  wriitrn  on  pnfiTaepnraio 


from  nil  gtlier  bin 

1.0\'B  KKASTS. 
In  <>gnn»  Creek  Cbnroli,  Indranii,  Juno  H,  isjn^ 

S.  8.  Uiij, 
In  ihc  AnLielmu  Congrogniion.  Frnuklin  Co  ,  I»4._  j. 
!■..  Ill  lOA.  .M..  M  I'MCi'snie-'ting-bwM;,  ft   h,^\*^ 
areil  ynrJs  from  Price's  StiiUon,  on  the  M„nt  .\\i^   ^  - 

"li-M.™,;,. 

Tlif  lire iliren  of  the  Nnperville  Congrcgniiop,  l)i,,„., 
Co.  111..  purpi)*e  lioliling  tbeii-  Love-fentt  on  the -2411,11*1 
2-'flli  of  May,  commcuuiiig  nl  2  P.  M, 

Noah  Eabu. 

Tbp  Ilretlirtn  of  Winonn  Counlj,  .Miii;ns&iii,  iui,„j 
tboLorJ  willing,  to  holJ  tlieir  Lovo-ftaai  I  wo  nule,  „„„n^ 
eii»(  of  Leivislon,  nl  ibuir  mcpting-houso,  00  )1ie  7t|,  („,, 
8ib  of  Juno,  A  general  iuvitatiou  is  given  nni  «»|ji-c|(|i, 
C.F.W,itT, 
l.ren  of.the  Pftiiiher  Creek  Church,  intend 
Ihc  Lord  williuji,  lobi'l'ia  Love-feiist  in  Ibcir  uicdW 
huuse,  on  Friday  nud  S'llui  Jriy,  tbc  livsi  two  Ubjh  of  ,M„ 
Meeting  10  coitimenae  at  1  o'clock,  lo  wbicli  the:  ii§iii,|  i,,. 
vilniion  is  given.  SAHitL  Uaik.kh. 

loviUlion  lo  tbo  Loi-J'b  Tjilile  in  (bo  Dry  Croi'l*  Cimrcl. 
I.inn  Couniy.  loWfi,  on  iho  Tlh  nnd  Stli  ol  Juuentxi. 
Tiio!..  0.  Snvumr, 

In  Ibe  Kalrtiew  Church  Tippucnnoc  County,  IndiniLg 
ten  miles  ensl  of  Liifaycllo,  June  4th,  commencing  ai : 
P.  M.  J.  R.  Siiiv.Li, 

TI18  Brclbrcn  of  Upper  Citnawngo,  Atiams  County,  I'o  , 
bnvt  appointed  the  27i1i  of  May  to  hold  ibeir  Cuuiiuuntoti 
at  the  Latiniore  Meeliiig-lnmfto,  wbiuh  is  five  miles  aonll 
west  of  Dillsburg,  York  (.'ounly,  the  itenreat  K.  II,  alAiior 
at  Ion  A  M.  A  genenil  iuviifttion  is  given,  Wewoulilbr 
pleaded  if  minitipting  brclbren  griing  to  A.  M,  wuuUl  cil! 
ou  ua.  i>hould  any  feci  to  comply  with  Lbia  itiviliuion 
by  informia^  ihe  wril«r,  Ibey  will  be  mel  ami  uiirivcytd 
the  day  before  at  the  above  n^mei  slatiuu  (o  ilir  phictoi 
reeling.  J,  P.  Uuk«. 


^aliyii  l^slteju 


UIUMVd  »TK  lUo  d-Uil  Willi 


f  L.irtl.— Kcv.  ItaS, 


ObitiUirieB  should  be  brief,  wriiieo  on  but  one  Bide  of 
piiper,  nud  aeparato  from  all  other  buRinesa. 


Through  Bible  Lands.— Notes  of  iravtl  in  Egypt,  ihe 
Iti-BtTi  .....I  I  akiiine.  By  Pbilip  Sjbuff.  Finely  illus- 
iraied      SJ  :'5. 

EmjhltioDiajlgtt.— Containinglhe  Gr«k  Toil  of  the 
Nww  Tvstanieiii  with  iuterllncary  word  for  wordGnglith 
TrunsUiluii  Uy  ibe  uoe  of  this  book  apt  perwous  iu»y 
Iraro  to  read  Greek  without  the  aid  of  a  teacher  Cloth 
H.OO. 


IJKOVK,— In  Waahiiigt.'in  Church,  Indiumi,  April  i" 
JacobOrovf,  aged  bS  years.  1  iiiontli,  14  days  l>i' 
uoui-ff  by  Elder  Jcsfe  Calvcrl, 

LUiU\  — April  20i!i,  IS"!',  Kliinbelh  Lcedy,  nf.i:i  H 
years,  I  iniinlbs,  and  17  days.      Funeral  by  J.  (liilieri 

FUJRV.-Sister  Lanah  Floty  daiinhier  of  llroiber  Jor- 
alhaii  an  I  Sister  tliirbarn  FIfiry,  departed  this  lif«  Apr  1 
I'lst  l87!).  aged  24  yeara,  5nio»lh8ond  l7day».  Dis 
cour^iu  from  Itev.  M:  13.  by  the  brethren. 

NaUiT  MtiVKE^ 

WELCH.— On  Wednonday  the  l6tU  of  April,  it  hewn" 
our  Bfid  lot  lo  fall  in  lino  of  the  funeral  inurt'li  in  ti" 
burial  of  our  deaf  IJri.lher  Michael  Welch;  was  a  prom 
iaing  young  mau  twciity-*ix  years  of  nge;  waa  rxhtA  U 
an  iuinlligent  catholic  mother;  becnine  nnitwl  in  "^1 
lock  with  Sister  Eniina  Shidlcr;  after  the  ehipso  of  •«<■■ 
year  came  to  Ihe  eliurch.  I,  J.  Hoi.K>tiL»r,(ii 

FVOClv.— In  Ihe  bounda  of  Manor  Congregation,  hiiiinn' 
County.  Pciinsylvaniii,  March  20lh.  !871',  oflJl'l""' 
pnennionia,  friend  David  Fyock,  a  member  of  the  Sc"ii 
day  llripiisis,  aged  (II)  years  osftol'y,  having  ilirJ  " 
hi:»  birthday,  l-'unoral  mrvioea  from  Job  IliH*"' 
lleh.  '.\:  '■il^by  J.  W    Smouse  and  the  writer. 

STIIONU  —.IRo,  April  l8th,  1870,  Friend  John  ^"'^"^ 
(Sen)  a  member  of  the  Luthrran  Churoli,  "gt^  ' 
years,  i.  months,  and  0  days.  Occasion  iinpro«d  fror- 
Heb    l>!:  H,  by  J,  W.  Smouse 

W.  U.  R.  R,  TIME  TABLE. 


Tram.  l»v 

■  Uiiiifk.  Suu 

D      E 

WIST  m 

l^,^:z,.:: 

DtVJ  r^Vfm 

LMsT 

AcwiniDii-bitl«n.._ 

9>nn«ll.iii  «l  \V«,t- 

ni  eiflcn  June 

r':i8snii;ers  lor  Clilcaiiro  simulil  lei""  '"'.'.'.ruui 
l2:l;H'.  M.;iuii  tutlieWesu-m  Unioii  ■I'"';';, 
hi-re  tlic-v  wnl  w;ii(  lint  live  iiiiiiiili'S  '"','"  „ 
rw,  Mil».H(k.T  :.iiil  M.  I'^iul  |,:i»SHni:"i-  ''■'.'   , 

tlui^  I.Mrll  Chirll-,,  ;ll  7  ;4:.    tlH"  >il'"<'     'Vv    ,  ,»■   ''' 

rtiicli  Lanark  nun,  ili.ra!,M;  t'"  I"  >'■  "',    I'l 
I'l't.Iak^   III.-   (  lii.ML'n,   Milwaukee   «'"'  ■  ilie^^ 
trail,  at  liv,.  ,„  tl„.  ,-v,-.,in«;   nil.  Sonh  1»  '^"j,. 
l\.Inn,l„.i,,  ,l,ai,«H,ara  lor  lamark.  anil  "" 
liere  at  I  ;.>7  in  the  morning. 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


'' Behold  I  Bring   You  Good  Tidings  of  Great  Joy,  which  Shall  he  to  All  People.'"  —  Lukk  2:  10. 


Lanark,  111.,  June  B,  1879. 


No.  23 


I^JrctljJittt  at  ^ocIj. 


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JJIENTS 


OF  VOL.  4,  NO.   23, 


Page 


^„;il  M.-etiiig  Items 


Ciuiseg  of  Controversy  nud  disa- 


God  find  hid  word,  that  whtii  sick,  they  cull  for  i  h(in«P  is  destroyed  hpcause   iiot    founded    upon    aiid  iiH,.dy  ;ire  oot  only  barred  from  their  nipni- 


ap- 


the  elders  of  the  dmrch,  who  "pray  over  tUem,  '  the  rock.  Matt,  7:  34-27;  I  John  '2:  4. 
anointing  them  with  oil  in  the  name  of  the  j  A  rightpons  muu  needs  no  oath  to  confirm 
Lord."  which  occasions  have  often  been  signal-  |  the  truth  of  his  statements.  Clement  of  Alex- 
andria says  truly:  "The  man  of  proved  charar- 
ter  in  such  piety  is  far  from  b'iug  apt  to  lie  or 
swear.  For  an  oath  is  a  decisive  iiHirmation  with 
the  t-ftking  of  the  divine  name.  For  how  cun 
he  that  is  once  taithful,  show  himself  anfaitli- 
ftil,  so  as  to  require  an  oath  ?  He  lives  and  walk-*, 
and  shows  the  tril^t  worthiness  of  his  athrma- 
tion  in  an  uiiwaveriiigand  surelife  and  speech," 


)em 


oiir  Absence.. 


rMorml  Observations 4 

U  W  Old  Virginia  Once  More" 4 

..[•TED    AliTlCLES: 

''  We ^lioiild  l>ress  Alike.-S.  J.Harrison  2 


Tiunes  Wirt 

Different  SnbjectB.— Mary  C. 


J,l..vot-wor.V-Wm.Gish, 

|V,>ifil'"   "1^"" 

SundMatter.-C.  H.Balsbaugb ^ 

5;i,_n,Tl.  Moon 1 

JlnaiidKiiy-Del'ate 1 

luTliP  Way  to  Palestine.— J.  AV.  McGarvey.  0 
fjue'  rrom  the  Center.— S.  T.  Bnsserman, ,  -  7 
^Ms  from  the  Miami  Valley.— John  Calvin 

Bright "^ 

Miies  from  the  Kast.— D.  B.  Mentzer 7 

ju  nelmte.-S.   S,  Oarman 8 

fmoitbe  Maple  Grove  Colony.— N.  C.  Work- 

,1I111D *-■;■■■■  ••*-^»^'-;w'-?f*U''f(;V,-;Aj-.*-';*'  ** 

juS,blmtli-st:liool  and  Church.— S.  W.  Lin- 

dOKer ^ 

Mi  Preaching.— H,  F.  Rosenberger S 

EiMmmv  of  Clara  A.  Shidler.— H.  Shidler, . .  S 

Sotwbyiiie  Way,— S.  S.  Mohler :..  8 

fioni  Abilene  Kansas.— John  Forney 

[uaisli  Mission  Report 

fraraNortliMiuicliestpr  Indiana— D.S.T.  But- 

Kibsiigli " 

FiwiiLrtilue.  Henry  Co.,  Mo.— S.  M.  Trotter.. 
fmiu  .leasp  Calvert ■  ■ 

ilTTED: 

in'ordiii  Season 

latliVniir  Boys.. 


Siiau's  Ttinptation.— Elizabeth'Trueax. . 
Netn  JeriLsulem 


STEIN  AND  RAY  DEBATE. 

^p,l8t— Brethren  (or  Tunker)  Churches  poa- 
Bs  (he  liible  Characteristics  which  entitle 
ibemtobe  refjarded  as  Churches  of  Jesus 
Ciinst 

J.  W.  Stein,  Affirms. 

D.  B,  Ray.  Denies. 

J.  W.  Stkin's  14th  Affirmative. 
pEdo  not  hold  i\i9.i  fhri^liun  works  arecon- 
I  ditiens  of  remission,  but  divinely  ap- 
ictftl  means  of  continuing  in  the  justified 
*<■  My  friend's  turning  and  twisting,  and 
Bpplicntion  of  my  position,  does  not  afl'ect 
[Mguments  on  that  point. 
forfuith  and  practice  did  not  originate  with 
•  Schwaizenaii  organization  in  1708,  hut  are 
'IJ  a**  the  Xew  Testament.  Having  access 
uifi  fountain,  we  concern  ourselves  hut  little 
"^tthe  leaky  channels  which  boast  the  tor- 
t*aDd  dishonest  pretensions  of  high  church- 
•■  ''W-  thai  abUlgs  in  thv  iloiifine  n/  Christ 
"Wi  the  Futhe,-  and  the  So/i."  2  John  !>. 
fifotlier  Moore's  remarks  to  Eld.  C.  were  not 
to  confute  his  views  on  the  nature   of 


ittli 


succession,  but    to  .^hnw    the  taltacy  of 


*<'r'ju,„a,t.  1  ask  Mr.  Uay  to  name  one 
^JQinntiou  that  cnu  (rice  an  unbroken  or- 
^  fomieriion  to  Christ  and  the  (ijmtles 
^'H^npeojile  JHHt  lihi?  thnnsfh-ps.     Will    he 

^<^l'nr„c!,,!sticcontini(ai. 
,"'"'■'' reason  why  the    Brethren   possess 
^•"Sracteristic  is  that  their  "faith"  (another 
r*nt  fruit  of  the  Spirit)  is  so  implicit  in 


ized  hy  remarkable  instances  of  the  Div 
probation  and  inter  petition. 

James  says:  "Is  any  sick  among  you?  Let 
them  call  for  the  elders  of  the  church:  and  let 
them  pray  over  him,  anointing  him  with  oil  in 
the  name  of  the  Lord:  and  the  prayer  of  faith 
shall  save  the  sick,  and  the  Liml  shall  raise  him 
up;  and  if  he  have  committed  sins,  they  shall 
be  forgiven  him."     ^ili.  ■">:  14,  15. 

Inasmuch  as  the  apostles  taught  what  Christ 
had  taught  tbtm,  and  what  the  Holy  Spirit 
taught  and  brought  to  Iheir  remembrance  (John 
14:  ^U;  17:  h)  this,  like  other  inspired  teachings, 
demands  our  attention  and  obedience.  .lesus 
said  to  his  apostles,  "If  they  have  kept  my  say- 
ing they  will  keep  yours  also."  John  15;  20. 
This  is  to  be  done  "in  the  name  {'en  too  vnoma- 
ti.'  i.  e.,  by  the  authoiity)  of  the  Lord."  Jaaies 
5:14.  It  is  confined  to  eiders  of 'V/ie  church." 
The  raising  ui>  of  (.he  sick  is  conditioned  on  it 
in  answer  to  the  prayer  of  faith.  Prayer  is  a 
divinely  appointed  method  of  securing  the  di- 
vine blessings,  but  does  not  fi>rl»id  the  proper 
use  of  natural  remedies  which  Gud  has  appoint- 
ed. Answers  to  prayer  are  secured  by  obedi- 
ence to  thedivinewill.  See  Prov.  1^1^:1';  John  15:7; 
1  Pet  3: 12;  1  John  3:22.  Obedieuie  must  be  con- 
nected with  prayerin  this  as  well  as  in  repputance, 
baptism,  communion,  and  every  other  duty.  The 
forgiveness  of  sins  is  promised  on  its  proper  ob- 
servance. Sickness  is  the  result  of  sin.  The 
violation  of  physical  as  well  as  moral  law,  is 
sin.  Were  we  Ig,  live  in  boly  obedience  to  the 
laws  of  Christianity,  we  would  li.ive  hut  little 
sickness.    This  is  one  of  God's  remedies. 

6th  Characteristic.  The  church  is  Chriit'i 
betrothed  bride.  Isa.  54:  5,  6;  a  Cor.  11:  a. 
Hence  it  should  be  separated  from  all  unholy 
alliances.  It  is  "not  of  the  world,"  but  "clwseu 
out  of  the  world." 

Myjirst  reason  why  the  Brethren  possess 
this  characteristic,  is  that  they  will  not  take 
oaths  of  confirmation  under  any  circumstauces, 
letjt  they  should  betray  the  sanctity  of  their  es- 
pousals to  Christ.  The  Savior,  referring  to  the 
prohibition  of  perjury  under  tlie  law  {Lev.  19: 
12;  Num.30:  2),  says:  "It  liatli  been  said  by 
tbeui  of  old  time,  thou  shalt  not  forswear  thy- 
self, but  ahalt  perform  unto  the  Lord  thine 
oaths."  Matt,  .t:  33.  Notice  this  alludes  di- 
rectly to  "oaths  of  cou6rmation,"'  which  the 
apostle  says  is  to  men ''the  end  of  all  strife." 
Heb,  r>:16.  The  law  allowed  oaths  of  confir- 
mation, but  forbade  their  violation;  but  C)iri>t, 
who  Ls  the  end  of  the  law  to  the  believer,  for- 
bids //"■  ocdh  ifself,  and  thus  eft'ectually  removes 
even  the  temptation  to  perjury.  He  say.<:  ''I 
say  unto  yon,  swearuot  atall, — neither  by  heav- 
en, for  it  is  God's  throne;  nor  by  the  earth,  for 
it  is  his  footstool:  neither  hy  Jerusalem,  fur  it 
istheoityof  the  great  King,  Neither  shall 
tliou  swear  by  thy  head,  because  thou  oan»t  not 
make  one  hair  white  or  black-  ,  But  ,let  your 
comnuiuicatiou  be  yea.  yea;  nuy,-nay;  for  what- 
soever is  more  than  these  cometh  of  evil."  JUatt. 
Tj:  34-37.  Here  the  only  King  and  Lawgiver 
in  Zion  expressly  forbids  his  discip.es  to  sweai- 
at  all.  James,  apparently  apprebendiog  the 
dangers  to  which  it  exposes  one,  makes  it  a 
matter  of  traHMcendent  iniportancp.  He  aays; 
"But  above  all  things  my  brethren,  swenr  not. 
neither  by  heaven,  neither  by  the  earth,  neither 
by  any  other  oath;  hut  let.ywur  yea  be  yea  and 
your  nay.  nay;  lust  ye  fall  into condemniition." 
Jas.  i>:  12.  Thus  they  coiulenin  anything 
more  than  a  .-iimple  aflirmatiun  or  jugalion  as 
proceeding  from  evil  and  eNpo&ii  g  to  con- 
demnation.   -  , 

Obedience  to  the  Sii'Viot's  prec(*pts'(wlir(ih  in- 
clu'les  thi8)'is'!itc8t'iH  k-ve  to  him.  .i/>hn'  14 
23,  24;  1  Jclin  2:  5.  Tuosfc  who  heai  iii^  any 
ings  and  do  them,  are  m^e.  Those  who  lliu«r 
and  do  them   not.  are   like   the  foolish    whose 


bershi]),  hut  their  benefactions  are  sold  and  no 
whithersoever  their  oath-boun<l  engagements 
have  previously  determined  as  a  matter  of  debt 


and  notof  bounty,  (o)  Theirceremonie-sarevam 
and  their  titles  ("Grand  Master,"  "Worahipful 
Master,"  etc.)  arc  forbidden  by  Chri>t.  Mark 
'23;U-10.  (p)  No  one  can  be  identified  with 
them  without  partaking  of  their  evil  as  well  an 
th.-ir  good,  hence  the  good  they  contain  u  no 
argument  in  favor  of  uniting  with  them.  There 
is  good  in  Paganism,  Mohammedanism,  etc 
Writings  of  CleiU'-ul  Alexandria, "2.  p.  449.  The  The  fowler  baits  liis  snare  with  good,  and  Sa- 
tan beguiled  Eve  with  truth,  (q)  Christians 
not  be  identified  with  them  without  being 
controlled  by  thorn  and.  tn  say  the  least,  it  pro- 
poses a  compromise  of  Christianity  with  the 
world. 

I  QUIT. 


Pateriues  tauglil  that  "it  wiis  not  right  to  take 
o.iths."     Orchards   Hist,  oi'   Foreign    Baptists, 
142.    Orchard  says,  "They  took  no  oaths   and 
borenoarm-i."  Ibid  146.  Hesays,"The Albigen- 
ses  rel'uHed  to  swear  or  take  any  oath."     Ibid 
200.     Neander  says  of  the    Waldeusei,   "They 
condemned  absolutely   the   oath."     Neander's 
Ch.  Hist.  iv.  p.  fil4     See  also  Robison's   Eccl. 
Res..  311. 312,    My  friend  admits  that  the  Pa- 
t«rine8,  Albigenses,  Waldeuses,  etc.,    were  true 
churches  of  Christ — I  therefore    prove   by  him 
that  a  refusal  even  of  oaths  of  confirmation,  is 
characteristic  of  the  true  church  of  Jesus  Christ. 
My  second  reason  why    the  brethren    profess 
this  characteristic,  is,  that  they   do   not   allow 
identity  with  secret  worh'ly  societies,  believing 
such  alliance(>  to  be  a  spi-uifs  of  spiritual    adul- 
tery,    (a)  No  one  can  be  faithful  at    the  same 
time  to  any  two  institutions  which  differ  in  any 
one  of  their  essential   principles.    Cb)  Societies 
which  ask  christiau:$  to  take  caths,  ask  them  to 
dibobey  Christ,     (c)  These  oaths  bind   men    to 
aupijort  institutionii  before  they  have  an  oppor- 
tunity of  Incoming  acquainted  with  theit  bFUe 
charncter.     How  dilfereut  are  the  laws,   duties, 
ind  penalties  of  Christianity,     (d)  These   socif- 
ties  keep  their  laws,  obligations   and    penalties, 
secret  from  the  world,  while  Christianity    offers 
her  benefits  to  all,     John  IS:  20;  Mark  16:  lo; 
Matt,  o:  16;  John  3:  20.  21;  Epb.  5:  11-13.  (e) 
Membership  in  such  societies  ia  contingent  up- 
on the  payment  of  a  certain  amount  of  money, 
hence  they  are  not  generally   accessible  to  the 
poor,    (f)  This  money   is  often   expended  for 
worldly  vanity  and  display.  Their  parades,  ban- 
ners, plumes,  regalia,  etc  ,  are   all  contrary   to 
the  dieek  and  quiet  spirit   of  Christianity,    (g) 
These  alliances  are  often  made  to  subserve  the 
purposes  of  financial   and   political  ambition. 
Hence  they  often  bestow  favor  contrary  to  pub- 
lic interest  and  civil  justice,    (h)  Their  claims 
often  interfere  with  domestic  happiness  and  du- 
ty^ calling  the  liusband  and  father  away    at  un- 
usual hours  from  his  family  when  lie  is  needed, 
let  alone  the  value  to    them    of  the   time   and 
means  which  he  thus  expends,     (i)  To  be  iden- 
tified with  such  societies,  the  professed  christian 
is  often  brought  into  fellowship  with  Pajaus, 
Mohammedans,  infidels,  &c,     2  Cor.   6:   14-17. 
(j)  All  a  christian  does  ^hould  be  in   the  name 
and  for  the  honor  of  Christ.     Col.   3:17;   Eph. 
1:  21:  Phil.  2:  !♦,    10      In    worldly   societies  he 
lioes  many  things  in  the   name  of  the   lodge. 
Some  of  them  do  not  even  acknowledge   Christ 
to  be  the  Son  of  Goil  and  Savior  of  the    world, 
(k)  The  perfection  of  the  divine  law,  which  reg- 
ulates christian  life  and  character,  obviates  the 
necessity  for  christians  of  any  Ian    which  such 
societies  may  enact.     James  1:  25;  2  Tim.  3:  16. 
17.    Any  additional    obligations  to  those  im- 
posed by  tho  "perfect"  "law  of  the  Lord."  which 
are  laid  upon  the  chr.stiau,  cannot  be   of  God, 
while  the  society  that  adds  nofhini/  can  only  be 
a  useless  encumbrance.      (1)  The    church  of 
Christ  possesses  all  the  good   charficteristics  of 
all  worldly  sjcieties  combined,  and  hence  obvi- 
ates the  necessity    for    membeiship    iu  any    of 
them.     It  is  a  divinely  appointed,   moral,  tem- 
perance and  lienevolent  institution,    (m)    Tne 
morality  of  worldly  societies  is  too  low  forchnn 
tians.    Thougli  they  contain  men  of  high  nmr- 
al  culture,  yel  iheir  ineiuburs   aru  »llowe'i    C-- 
keep  saloons,  blusphenu'.  etc.     (n)    Their  vhar 
ity  ia  difterent  txom  that  of  the  gospi'l,  the  poor 


I  WAS  first  attracted  by  an  article  od  tobac- 
co, while  careh-jwly  looking  over  the  pages 
of  the  Brethuen  at  WoitK  while  at  a  neigh- 
bor's house.  I  am  always  glad  to  see  any  one 
have  courage  to  speak  out  again-ttsuch  an  evil, 
for  I  was  a  slave  to  the  monster  for  many  years. 
1  found  it  injured  my  health  and  I  made  several 
attempts  to  quit,  but  all  in  vniri.  At  last  I  felt 
t  a  duty  as  one  professing  to  he  a  follower  of 
Christ,  so  I  took  the  matter  to  the  Lord,  and 
iLskert  his  help,  and  the  n'sultwas  avictory,  yes, 
a  complete  victory.  I  often  hear  ppoi)le  say,  0 
I  can't  quit  the  use  of  tobacco,  I  presume  there 
are  many  people  who  can't,  but  I  do  not  believe 
there  is  a  true  hearted,  humble  follower  of 
Christ  that  will  try  to  quit,  and  ask  (iod  to  give 
him  grace  and  strength,  but  what  will  be  able 
to  do  it.  I  am  now  a  yuliscriber  an.l  admire  ita 
boldness  and  outspoken  nianm-r. 

TEACH  YOUR  BOYS. 

n^EACH  them  that  a  true  lady  may  be  found 
1     in  calico  quite  as  frequently  a^  in  velvet. 

T'iach  them  that  a  common  si^hool  education, 
with  common  sense,  is  better  than  a  college  ed- 
ucation without  it. 

Teach  them  that  one  good,  honest  trade,  well 
mastered,  is  worth  a  down  beggarly  "profes- 
sions." 

Teach  them  that  "Honesty  is  the  best  pot- 
icy" — that  'tis  better  to  he  poor  than  to  be  ricb 
on  the  profits  of  "crooked  whiskey,"  etc.,  and 
[loint  your  precept  by  examples  of  those  who 
are  now  suHering  the  torments  of  the  doomed. 

Teach  them  to  respect  tlieir  elders  and  them- 
selves. 

Teach  them  that,  as  they  expect  to  be  men 
some  day.  they  cannot  too  soon  learn  to  pro- 
tect the  weak  and  helpless. 

Teach  thera  by  your  own  example  that  smok- 
ing in  moderation,  though  the  leitst  of  the  vices 
to  which  men  are  heirs,  is  disgusting  to  others 
and  hurtful  to  themselves. 

Teach  them  that  to  wear  patched  clothes  is 
no  disgrace,  but  to  wear  a  "black  eye"  is. 

Teach  them  that  God  is  no  respecter  of  sex, 
and  that  when  he  gave  the  seventh  command- 
ment, he  meant  it  for  them  as  well  as  for  their 
sisters. 

Teach  them  that  by  indulging  their  deprav- 
ed appetites  in  the  worst  forms  of  dissipation 
fhey  are  not  fitting  themselves  to  become  the 
husbands  of  pure  girls.— .SV/. 

Many  worthy  peo|)le  are  often  sorely  distress- 
ed at  the  assaults  ot  infidel  science  and  phi'jso- 
pliy  upon  the  revealed  word  of  God.  Th^ 
nave  no  need  to  be  disturbed,  God  has  provid- 
t'd  a  sure  defense  for  his  precious  revelation.  As 
Professor  Taylor  Lewis  h!t<*^  finely  said:  "The 
IJihle  itselt  must  be  brought  out  as  the  best  de- 
feustf  against  infideliry— the  Bible  itself,  not  on- 
ly a-i  the  gr.'jit  sLiuduig  miracle  of  hi-t-.ry.  hut, 
.IS  touiaimng  unearthly  ideiis  tor  which  no phil- 
uaophy,  uy    theory    of    development,  can    at;-- 


TiiK    KitKTiiliK:^    AT    WOXKl. 


ODS  TOJBRUSALEM. 

TERl'SALRM.  thou  rity  fair. 
Above  mU  cities  hionti 
Thou  art  tlie  w^ary  pilgrim's  home. 

The  Inightost  and  the  best. 
The  dtti"**  «'"''  'o"K-  '^'i*'  toil'"*™^  days, 

The  shadows  rise  and  fHlI: 
While  every  hi-ict  i-ne«  out  for  thee, 
Thou  mother  ol  us  all. 

.lervisaU-ni.  (>,  nunie  most  dear, 

Enshriued  in  every  heart; 
Amid  our  bosoin'n  hopes  and  fean«, 

Thou  bust  the  upper  part. 
Wo  sigh  to  hear  thy  wondHra  now. 

To  hear  thy  Builder  rail, 
W'?  fcnoff  tliy  portftJH  open  wait. 

Thou  mother  of  us  all. 

.lerusalein,  lit  antitype, 

Of  her  that  sat  a.|uecn; 
A  mar\el  of  the  earth  wax  xhe, 

In  rcfia\  beauty  seen. 
Upr  walls  have-  crumbled  intt*  dunt, 

And  great  has  been  her  fall; 
But  thou  eternoUy  »hall  stiind, 

Thou  mother  of  us  alt. 

.lerusalem,  thy  vinr-cM  hillN. 
Clad  with  immortal  gr<'en.t 
Are  di'oked  with  hyasop,  pine,  and  fir, 

And  hoaling  leavoa  between. 
There  perfumed  breezew  fill  tho  air, 

Inviting  great  and  uniall. 
To  seek  the  sliwUer  of  th.-  wiuf,'. 
The  mother  of  ii«  all. 

.Ii-rrisaleni,  we  turn  to  thee, 
Weary,  and  sick,  and  sore, 
From  every  clinie,  from  every  Htrand, 

We  seek  thy  golden  »liore. 
Toeutflr  through  thy  pearly  gat<'s, 

To  see  thy  jaxper  wall; 
We  wait  for  piitionce,  wait  for  thee, 

0  mother  of  us  all. 

Thou  art  our  hope.  .Jerusalem, 

Ni)  stiiin  is  on  thy  brow; 
The  Hebrew  never  loved  tliy  name 

Aa  wf  adore  it  now; 
Through  mist  and  shadown  up  to  thee. 

We  hasten  at  thy  call; 
We  come  a'l  children  seeking  home, 

Dear  mother  of  us  all. 

—  liihlf  liiinnrr. 


WHY  WE  SHOULD  DRESS    ALIKE 

111  S.  .1.  IIAimiSON. 

HI  UDRR  11. 

WIIILK  extravaganco  in  drens  is  not  itl- 
wavs  the  result  of  pride,  it  is  however, 
i-vil  anti  the  purent  of  untold  evils  which  hin- 
der in  every  good  work  nf  socifty.  It  never 
does  any  good  to  anybody  and  therefore  should 
Ik-  coudemucd.  If  any  one  dreason  contrary  to 
the  Biltle,  no  dilVereuce  why,  we  know  it  in  iiot 
from  any  real  good  eause;  for  a  good  cause  must 
produce  a  good  etiecl.  Neither  do  we  regard 
that  it  i«  any  more  reasonable  to  tolerate  tin  er- 
ror in  dress  because  a  person  had  become  con- 
firmed in  tlie  habit  than  that  we  should  permit 
ft  jierson  who  had  become  a  confirmed  drunkard 
and  swearer  to  indulge  in  intoxicating  drinks 
and  jiiotiine  language  because  they  were  con- 
tinued habitfl  with  him.  Tlu;  voiy  same  plea 
can  be  made  in  behalf  of  tho  one  that  can  in  the 
other. 

Extravagance  or  vanity  in  dress  do<^a  not  ex- 
ist without  a  cause.  The  cause  may  he  a  pioud 
or  vain  heart,  and  it  may  be  early  home  train- 
ing. If  it  were  wrong  to  learn  the  Ktiglish  lan- 
guHge  and  our  parents  taught  it  to  us,  would 
we  be  to  blame  if  we  learne<l  it?  No.  If  a 
parent  teach  hin  child  the  English  language, 
does  not  that  sho.v  that  the  parent  is  in  sym- 
pathy with  tliut  form  of  sieechi'  Certainly  it 
does.  Well,  tlieu,  if  a  parent  indulge  his  child 
in  evil  diessing.  does  not  that  act  indicate  that 
thepartnt's  heart  is  in  sympathy  with  that 
evili'  Might  he  not  as  isell  attire  himself  in  iin- 
uecesaarr  dreas  as  his  child?  ilave  we  not  good 
reasiins  to  doubt  I  h*!  sincerity  of  that  person's 
teliel  who  will  imjiart  to  bis  child  what  it  dare 
not  piactice  in  life?  what  will  drag  it  down  to 
ruio  and  I'espair?  Hundms  of  Brethren's 
children  stand  outside  the  church  to-day  for  no 
uti.t'r  reason  than  that  tKey  are  debarred  the 
privilege  of  dressing  »fl  they  were  taught  to  do 
by  their  f,arent*. 

We  should,  however,  distinguish  between 
pirents  who /y^r/n// their  children  to  do  these 
things,  and  those  who  tncmmujc  and  trmn  them 
to  do  00,  When  a  child  i*  self-willed  in  the  mat- 


ter, unable  to  rompicbead  the  rea»on  for  this 
cause,  would  fi.*el  that  its  parent*  were  unkiod 
to  it  because  other  i)arentji  did  not  treat  their 
children  «o.  and  would  be  likely  to  bme  all  re- 
spect for  Its  parents  on  accountofthi.i,  then  the 
parents  may  be  justifiable  in  indul^ng  the 
child's  folly  until  it  can  be  i.hown  ita  coume  is 
wrong-  Parents  do  not  always  manifest  that 
spirit  of  patience  and  per*.'ver8n(ie  they  ought  to 
do  in  reasoning  and  explaining  to  their  children 
whij  it  would  be  Wtter  for  them  to  dodifferent- 
ly.  The  parents  are  too  rash  and  arbitrary:  they 
iiwf  too  much  physical  force  and  not  enough  in- 
U-'llectoal.  You  may  overcome  the  /wWy  of  a 
child,  but  unless  you  covince  the  (fliH'i— over- 
roiuo  the  aJffHiom,  yourwork  will  all  be  in  vain. 
The  evil  will  break  out,  in  courae  of  time,  in 
woriw  form  than  ever. 

We  now  turn  our  att^-ntion  to  the  church 
order  of  dress-  There  is  a  diversity  of  sentiment 
on  it  and  we  desire  to  know  Uie  lause — why  is 
it  so?  Why  do  not  all  dross  in  the  order?  A 
nothing  exists  without  a  cause,  wo  shall  try  to 
find  out  what  it  is. 

1.  Some  do  not  conform  because  they  are 
not  fully  rileuHeii  from  the  world.  They  are 
afraid  they  will  be  called  "old  grannies,"  "old 
fogies,"  &c.;  they  lank  individuality  and  Cliris- 
ttau  lirinnees. 

•2.  Some  do  not  conform  because  it  is  not 
•onvfinirnt.  (This is trueof  brethren, not  sisters). 
In  most  places  betU-r  suit^  for  less  money  can 
be  obtained  which  are  not  in  the  order  of  the 
eliiirch  (lian  those  which  are. 

;i.  iSome  do  not  conform  lieiause  of  an  erro- 
neous idea  which  han  been  associated  with  the 
order.  In  tome  places  some  bietliren  teiu-h 
that  outsideof  the  order  is  outside  of  the  church 
outsidu  of  the  church  is  outside  of  Christ.  This 
is  obviously  error  and  the  vehemence  with 
whieli  it  is  some  places  advocated  ha.'*  ho  com- 
pletely disgusted  thone  who  have  more  thorough- 
ly studied  the  subject,  and  more  prayerfully  read 
the  Scriptures  that  in  view  of  the  harm  done 
hy  thisinjutlicioiiscourHe  they  will  ahow 
by  tln^ir  coiKliu't  and  (Ittss  that  they  do 
not  believe  any  such  dogma.  Ti>  con- 
torm  to  the  order,  they  feel,  wovild  be  in- 
dicntin>^  their  adherence  to  that  doctrine 
whicli  elevaten  a  eomniaiid  of  lueo  to  the 
.standard  of  a  couimaud  from  (iod.  This  a 
truly  eonscientious  person  cannot  do. 
Then  it  haw  been  observed  that  some  of 
those  who  have  been  ■*"  rcnj  .'itrirt  ahowi 
the  order  of  the  churcli  have  betn  most 
aadly  delleient  in  some  Bil)le  reiinisites. 
(Jreater  disgrace  liy  brethren  has  never 
iieen  perpetrated  upon  the  church  than 
by  those  very  brethren  who  enforced  the 
order  in  dress  most  rigidly;  and  now 
those  who  are  so  excessively  au.xious 
about  "the  order". are  regarded  with  sub- 
])ii'ion.       People   say    that   is    the  way 

old  ■ -used  to  talk,  and  see  what 

he  wan!  These  brethren  attempt  to  prove 
this  doctrine  is  a  Divine  command  by 
bending,  twisting,  and  wresting  certain 
passages  of  Scripture  out  of  their  con- 
nection; such  an,  "Be  ye  not  conformed 
to  tliis  world."  No  one  who  had  not  been 
taught  that  this  verse  referred  to  dress 
would  ever  think  of  such  a  thing  from 
rttading  the  chapter— at  least  I  have  nev- 
er Leard  of  any  who  did.  The  word 
di'ess,  or  any  thing  like  it,  does  not  once 
occur  in  the  whole  chaj)ter;  but  some 
who  preach  from  thiste.vt  get  about  nine- 
ty nine  hundredths  dress  out  of  it.  To 
be  candid  aliout  the  matter,  they  pervert 
the  word.  Whereit  reads"And  be  yenot 
conformed  to  this  woi-ld :  but  be  ye 
transformed  by  the  renewing  of  your 
minds."  Kom.  12:2,  to  suit  their  ideas 
it  would  have  to  read,  "And  be  ye  not 
conformed  to  this  world :  but^  be  ve 
transformed  by  conforming  to  the  order 
of  the  church  in  dress."  Anotlier  pas- 
sage brought  forward  lo  sustain  the 
idea  that  the  people  of  Uod  mii.i^t  have 
a  peculiar  form  of  dress  is  1  Peter  2:  0. 
"But  ye  are  a  chosen  generation,  arojal 
priesthood,  a  holy  nation,  a  peculiar 
people."  No  one  who  would  read  this 
chapter  and    had  not    been    ju-eviously 


Uugbt  that  it  refere  to  dress  woold  ever 
think  that  it  did:   for   not  oru^   in   tlu 


<huj»Ui 


t  there   any 


aUnitiou  to 


whuh 

■jCor.  B:l",  i«  also  given  to  provp 
we  should  not  be  dressed  like  the  world ; 
but  not  one  word  in  the  whole  chapter 
tan  be  found  which  says  anything 
about  dress.  The  verse  referred  to 
reads  as  follows:  "  Wherefore  come 
out  from  among  thera,  and  be  ye  sep- 
arate, saith  the  Lord,  and  touch  not 
the  unclean  thing,  and  I  will  receive 
you."  The  context  of  each  of  the  pas 
sages  which  are  here  <|Uoted  explain 
them  ;  uot  once  are  they  found  to  wach 
any  order  or  form  of  dre3.s.  So  when 
brethren  try  to./u/vf  a  peculiar  dress  on 
otlicrs  and  resort  to  the  method  of  gar 
bling  the  .Scriptures  to  do  it,  onlj  se. 
cure  the  contempt  of  the  intelligent  who 
are  sincere  and  honest. 

These  are  some  of  the  reasons  why 
the  m-drr  of  the  church  in  dress  is  not 
accepted,  and  so  long  as  the  causes 
remain  as  they  now  are  so  long  will 
the  effects  be  the  same. 

I  shall  now  give  some  rea-sons  why  I 
think  we  should  have  a  uniformity  in 
dress. 

1.  We  are  brethren  and  sisters,  mem- 
bers of  the  same  family,  sons  and  daugh- 
ters of  the  same  I  livine  Parent,  lieirs  of 
the  same  promise,  subjects  of  a  God  who 
is  no  respecter  of  persons;  in  view  of 
these  facts  .should  we  not  keep  down  all 
unnecessary  differences  in  appearance 
which  would  excite  feelings  of  envy  or 
jealousy!  Ought  we  not,  therefore, 
when  we  come  together  as  members  of 
one  family  to  worship  our  God,  come  at 
attired  alike— dressed  as  nearly  as  pos- 
sible alike — in  uniform? 

We  shouhl  dress  alike  because  m- 
are  alike.  We  all  need  the  same  things. 
One  Christian  dresses  for  the  same  pur- 
another  does.  Then  since  our 
wants  are  the  same  ought  they  Dot  be 
supplied  alike!  Now  if  "f  are  all  cre- 
ated over  the  same  pattern  why  should 
we  not  cut  our  'jtirment-^  over  the  same 
atteru!  If  we  are  the  same  shape 
and  our  garments  are  made  to  fit  us  why 
should  they  not  be  made  alike?  And  if 
our  grandparents  were  fashioned  in  cre- 
ation over  thesame  pattern  which  we  are, 
and  their  clothing  as  iieal,  cumfiirtaUe, 
and  cimvement  as  ours,  why  should  we 
not  cut  our  ciothes  over  the  same  pat- 
tern thev  did  theirs ! 

.■).  We  should  dress  alike  uow  be- 
cause when  we  reach  our  Father's  blest 
abode  we  will  all  be  dressed  alike.  That 
will  be  the  church  ti'iumphant;  we  are 
now  in  the  church  militant.  These 
churches  are  subject  to  the  same  un- 
hangeable  eternal  God;  they  are  gov- 
erned by  the  same  laws.  Just  imagine 
for  a  moment  those  composing  the  church 
triumphant  assembled  and  dressed  in 
every  different  form  and  quality  of  ap- 
parel 1  Could  anything  be  more  absurd! 
Well  now  as  our  churcli  militant  should 
be  like  the  church  triumphant  does  it 
not  look  reasonable  that  we  should 
dress  in  uniform?  Should  we  not  con- 
form to  the  same  regulations  in  the 
church  militant  that  we  will  in  the 
church  triumphant?  Certainly  the  de- 
sire to  be  different  from  each  other  can- 
not proceed  from  any  good  motive.  The 
only  excuse  for  it  must  be  to  show  dif- 
ferences between  us;  to  show  we  are 
more  wealthy,  more  talented,  more  tasty, 
etc.,  than  others,  all  of  which  motives 
we  know  are  not  good.  It  is  self-evident 
that  the  nearer  the  church  militant  is 
like  the  church  triumphant  the  nearer 
right  it  is;  and,  as  we  shall  appear  (dress) 
alike  in  the  church  triumphant,  there- 


fore we  should  appear  (ilress)^vr  ^ 
the  church  militant.  • 

4.  We  should  dre.ss  alike  bee 
teniis  to  bind  us  together.      y\-^  "^ 
are  alike  in  dress  we  seem  to  be  all  ' 
sentiment.     And  why  should   not   ' 
pie  who  are  alike  look  alike!  '' 

5.  We    should  dress  alik,^   i 
our  dress  will  serve  as  a  badge   io'j  * 
ing  our    profession.     This   is  bet  «    ] 
in  two  ways:   1.  It  serves  to   in.,*,''* 
US  wherever  we  go  as  brethren  or  si,. 

■2.  It  keeps  constantly  before  tl,.  '  '' 
of  those  with  whom  we  raeettlj  ,■ 
is  a  difference  betw-een  the  w.,!  ,i 
Christianity.  It  is  an  advertisi-t, 
our  religion.  Every  thing  cU,-  n 
good  is  advertised,  and  why  ^|,,j  , '! 
Christianity  be '. 

n.  There  is  beauty  in  nm{,„,^-^ 
and  true  beauty  is  from  ll-aven.  m 
should  adorn  ourselves  as  betui,,  I 
children  of  God.  1  Tim.  2:  9,  i  p, 
:!. 


»« 


I 


THE  PIVOT  WORD. 

BY    WM.  OISH. 

WE  must  consider   who  Christ  » 
talking  to  here  in  Matt.  i!i:  i. 

The   Pharisees  a.sked  him  if  it  „,  . 
lawful  for  a  man  to  put  away   hi,  „. . 
for  every    cause.       Here   he   an 
them  positively,  what   God  has  pm  ,„ 
gether  let  not  man  put  asunder.    The, 
said  unto   him,  "Why    did    Jlose.f  thi 
give  a    writing    of    divorcement!"    H 
answered,    "Because  of   the  hardness o 
your  hearts;  but  from  the   beginning- 
was  not  so."     Here  it  seems  he  dij  „, 
wish  to  give  his  own  opinion  of  the  ]a«- 
But  it  seems,  ft-om  the  conversation,  Hi 
they  would  not  be  satisfied   without 
so  he  answered  according  to  the  lat 
But  when  bis  disciples  ask  him  }>ri\atf. 
ly  in  Mark  1";  11,  he  saith    unto  tlj, 
"Whosever  shall  put  away  his  wife  a 
marry  another  committeth  adultery, ' 

Whose  pet  idea  is  this!  or  whose nn 
fairness!  is  Christ  unfair!  Goil  forliii: 
that  I  fihould  ever  say  so. 

In  Luke  10:  I'i  we  find  the  law 
the    prophets   were     until   John;  sina 
that    time   the    kingdom    of   God 
preached.  This  is  the  law,  I  understa 
that  Christ  was   talking  about  to 
Pharisees.     Now  since  that  time  we 
not  find  it  taught,  but  we   find  it  ]i 
tively  forbidden.     Paul  to  the  lioniai 
7:  .S;  "  :-o  then   if  while  her  liuslifini 
liveth  she  be   married    to  another  msi 
she  shall  be  called  an  adultreas."    Al» 
in  1  Cor.  7:11,  "But  and  if  she  depart 
let  her  remain  unmarried,  or  be  rewmi'il 
ed  to  her  husband :  and  let  not  the  liw 
band  put  away  his  wife."      Also  1  I  •" 
7 :  ,W,  "The  wife  is  Tiound  by  the  Ian  « 
lono  as  her  husband  liveth;   but  if 
husband  be  dead,  she  is  at  liberty  tu  bi 
married  to  whom  she  will ;  only 
Lord." 

N'ow  we  may  think  it  unfair  anJ "" 
just  that  we  cannot  marry  wh'im  "' 
please  or  as  often  as  we  )ilease, 
sinful  men  are  we  not  willing  I 
to  the  glorious  teachings  of  Christ  and  A 
apostles!  but  must  we  satisfy  the  W« 
the  flesh  to  the  fullest  extent!  Wi  »'' 
<  'hrist  even  suffer  and  die  for  us!  ' 
we  are  not  willing  that  our  flesh  sb ' 
suffer  in  the  least  for  him.  We.  m  " 
have  all  our  wishes  and  desires  jus' 
suit  1 

We  find  in  Acts  '.-.  .-■' .      l 

chosen  vessel  unto  me,"  <te.,  '»" 
Lord. 


;  us  or  they  are  unfair  and  unj*' 
Ve  find  in  Acts '.I ;  15  that  "M  "' 


Education  is  a  friend  at  bo™''"  |° 
traduction  abroad,  an  ornament  to ' 
etv,  and  a  solace  in  solitude. 


•rjtiK  i^HKTtiHK:N^  ^VT  avohk:. 


CHRISTIAN'S  LIFE.  Dot  made  perfect  in  love."       1   Jobu -i: 


BY  JJUCES  WIRT. 

hflt  vr^  hAW  and  are,  emanates 

m  (iod  the  fountain  of  all  good 

%^  is  in  his  hands.      By  bis  per- 

^ye   fti'e   still    enjoying  exalted 

'^"fhis  ricii  grace,  which  is  so  kind- 

!'^  sed  to  all    the   various  nations 

^^'^j^' yarth.     But  the  true  disciple 

i5t  espt^"**^*^*^^  ^^^  highest  favurs 

^Jeives  more  lasting  joys  and  pleas- 

''Tru  A  faithful  Creator   than  the 

I*  .   J,     This  is  the    reward    gained 

f  here  on  earth,  and  then  to  beeome 

Plessioiof  eteruallife  when    once 

f    dismissed  from  this  sphere  of  ac- 

L  Christian  through  life  is  engaged 
I  oble  cause,  that  of  our  Master, 
tl'continually   striving   to  advance 

I  .rret'S  in  spiritual  attainments, 
'  ^^g  from  past  expeiience  that  all  at- 
L  liito  improve  our  present  condition 

ovftiii.  unlessthe  blessings  of  a  kind 

our  prerogative  to  rise  in  moral 
-llenw.  ^^^  ^*  ^^  '-"^  '"'^"^^^triously  ap- 
iirselves  to  the  proffeivd  means 
I  1)  i*  at  our  command  that  we  ac- 
,ili,|jHUch  a  desirable  object.  There 
iviJf  tieUl  of  labor  for  us  to  work  in, 
,p,ir  Christian  career.  Let  us  implic- 
|riMnti<I«  our  trust  to  him  who  work- 
Ull  things  according  to  the   councils 

Ibis  will. 

Tbe  trials  and  temptations  through 
Kpreseutlife  are  intended  for  the  per- 
riiog  of  the  Christian  character,  fur 
L  sufferings  of  this  present  life  are 
)l  worthy  to  be  compared  with  the 
[oriesthat  shall  follow.  "Our  light 
lii'tiims,  which  are  but  a  moment, 
^,rkoiitfor  us  a  far  more  exceeding 
liiett-rufll  weight  of  glory."  The  man- 
^latioDs  of  spiritually  minded  individ- 
li-are  such  that  leave  no  doubt  up- 
pibe  minds  of  their  associates  that 
itjrare  under  the  influence  of  a  meek 
id  quiet  spirit,  which  is,  m  the  sight  of 
lod,  of  great  price.  A  tree  is  known 
[its  fruit. 

Our  pretensions  for  a  holy  life  are 
wthltss  unless  we  put  into  practice 
bt  we  profess. 

.Popularity  is  much  sought  after  by 
Jose  who  should  be  meek  and  humble 
lilowers  of  Jesus  who  would  otherwise 
f  iofluential  in  winning  souls  to  Christ. 
tut  instead  of  this  they  will  set  a  poor 
isiuple  and  cavise  the  light  that  is  in 
hem  to  be  darkness,  and  then  how 
^atis  that  darkness. 

It  is  our  duty  to  promulgate  the 
ruths  of  the  Gospel  upon  every  suita- 
ileoccflslon,  for  error  vrill  never accom- 
m  what  truth  is  designed  to  do.  We 
!»ve  hut  a  short  period  of  time  allotted 
^  us  to  work  out  our  salvation.  We 
W^esuch  a  kind  Redeemer  who  can  be 
Uuchwl  with  our  infirmities.  He  is  our 
Jder  brother,  the  first  fruits  of  the  res 
Ifrection,  to  whom  we  can  rely  upon 
'a  every  time  of  need  until  we  are 
f^rinitted  to  enjoy  the  fruition  of  im- 
Portal  climea. 

THOUGHTS   UPON    DIFFERENT 
SUBJECTS. 


\y  K  should  never,  under  any  circum- 
I  wtance,  be  afraid  to  stand  up    for 

p^lit  when  the  time  conies  for  us  to  do 
[■'■  Brethren  and  sisters,  in  fear  there 
Mormeut.  We  are  not  free  when  full 
Wftar.  There  is  no  fear  iulove,  but 
J*^«<;t  love  casteth  out  fear:  because 
^Wth  torment.     "He  that  feareth  is 


18 

In  nature  there  are  two  forces.     One 
draws  matter  toward  the  center,  the  oth- 
er repels  it.     Christ  is  the  great   center 
in  the  religious   world.     He   says,   "I 
will  draw  all  men  unto  me."    But  there 
is  another  force,  another  power,   whicli 
works  continually  to  drive  man   away 
from  Christ.     John  came  and   preached 
that  the  kingdom  of  heaven  is  at   haml. 
Jesus  preached  the  same.     What  is  this 
kingdom  of  heaven  that  was  at   hand? 
Oneof  the inspirered  writerstellsus  "the 
kingdom    of  heaven    is   not   meat   and 
drink,  but  righteousness  and    peace  and 
joy  in  the  Holy    Ghost."      Was  it  any 
wonder  the  people  wished  thesame  words 
spoken  again    the    next  Sabbath,   such 
gracious  words,  words  full  of  peace  and 
joy  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 

Love  and  union  are  two  great  powers. 
It  was  through  love  and  union  that 
man's  redemption  was  accomplished. 
The  Father  and  Son  loved  the  world 
and  desired  its  freedom.  What  did 
they  do?  They  worked  together.  They 
laid  a  plan  that  was  Io/kj  enough,  Jeejj 
enough,  with'  enough  to  accomplish  their 
purpose.  They  worked  not  selfishly, 
but  (O'jtf/tfr  and  consetpiently  they  were 
victorious. 

The  love  of  God  to  man  is  a  theme  up- 
on which  we  may  dwell  with  profit. 

"  They  that  strive  are  not  crowned  ex- 
cept they  strive  lawfully."  What  a  ser- 
mon in  those  few  words.  It  is  not  the 
lenghty  discourses  which  make  a  sermon ; 
for  even  the  crowing  of  a  cock,  brought 
powerful  and  lasting  convictions  to  that 
great  man,  Peter  the  apostle. 

The  grape  that  is  pressed  yields  its  I 
juice.  Paul  being  pressed  in  the  spirit, 
testified  to  his  brethren,  the  Jews,  that 
Jesns  was  the  Christ. 

"  Brethren,  be  not  children  in  under- 
standing: howbeit  in  malice  be  ye  chil- 
dren, but  in  understanding  be  men." 

"  Judge  not  that  ye  be  not  jugded. 
For  with  what  judgment  ye  judge  ye 
shall  be  judged:  and  with  what  measure 
ye  meteit  shall  be  measured  to  you  again." 
AVe  must  not  judge  people,  but  by  their 
works.  A  tree  is  judged  by  its  fruit.  A 
good  tree  brings  forth  good  fruit.  If  we 
judge  people  by  their  works  we  will  be 
judged  by  our  works.  If  we  judge  by 
appearance  or  hearsay,  so  will  we  be 
judged. 

Where  love  is  wanting  all  is  wanting. 
There  is  nothing  true  where  there  is  no 
love. 

"  Forgive  as  you  wish  to  be  forgiven." 
*' If  ye  from  tht'  heart  forgive  not  men 
their  trespasses,  neither  will  your  heav- 
ly  Father  forgive  you  your  trespasses." 
Again,  we  pray  to  be  forgiven  as  we  for 
give.  Should  we  not  be  very  watchful  over 
ourselves  lest  we  harbor  a  coldness 
against  our  brother  when  he  has  express- 
ed himself,  that  he  wished  to  be  forgiv- 
en ?  We  do  not  wish  God  to  harbor  any 
coldness  toward  us.  We  wish  him  to 
forgive  us  our  sins,  "and  blot  them  out 
of  the  book  of  his  remembrance."  Then 
if  we  wish  him  to  forgive  and  forget,  and 
treat  us  as  dear  children,  we  can  answer 
our  own  prayers  in  this  particular,  by 
forgiving  from  the  heart  those  who  sin 
against  us.  I  find  that  those '  who  talk 
to  me  of  the  shoi'tcomings  of  other  peo- 
•ple  are  the  ones  that  :^lk  to  others  of  my 
failings.  This  perhaps  would  not  be  so 
grave  a  fault,  if  we  could  judge  correct- 
ly about  the  faults  of  others.  It  is  said, 
■'we  can  see  other  people's  sins  much 
clearer  than  our  own."  Can  it  be  possi- 
ble we  look  through  magnifying  glasses 
when  beholding  oLr  neighbor's  wrongs? 
Yes  it  may  be  so.  If  the  case  is  so  with 


us,  how  needful  that  we  set  a  double 
watch  upon  ourselves,  least  we  be  found 
of  the  Master  as  the  Scripture  says,  "ye 
hypocrites!  first  cast  the  beam  out  of 
your  own  eye  that  you  may  see  clearly 
to  cast  the  mote  from  your  brother's  eye." 
A  mote  is  a  very  small  matter,  but  a 
beam  is  something  large.  Prejudice 
makes  Us  blind   and  deaf. 


SATAN  S  TEMPTATION. 

BY  El-IZABETH  TlirKAX. 

IAM.  tempted  like  Jfsus  our  Savior, 
By  Satan  and  sin  that's  uutold. 
And  flesh  and  the  temptir  tcigeUier. 
Keep  working  like  raintrs  fitr  gold. 

Oh,  pray  for  me,  brothers  uud  sisters, 
That  I  may  ne'er  part  with  the  prizes 

But  may  rtacli  tlie  portals  immortal, 
And  reign  with  you  all  iu  the  skitfs. 

And  pray  that  wp  all  may  he  numbered. 

Among  the  Inimanuel's  throng, 
And  aing  in  the  rpalms  of  hnglit  glory, 

The  bliss  of  the  Savior  in  son?. 

We  all  know  that  God  has  n  people. 

Ou  this  earth  of  sorrow  uiid  woe, 
And  promises  he,  life  everlasting, 

To  those  who  will  obey  and  go. 

Will  go  to  the  mansions  of  glory. 
Where  yet  there  is  plenty  of  room, 

For  all  the  poor  outcsu^ts  of  sorrow, 
In  this  world  of  trouble  and  gloom. 

We  all  must  be  tempted  by  Sitan, 
To  try  us  of  what  sort  we  are; 

And  if  we,  like  Jesus,  resist  him, 
We  must  then  be  instant  iu  prayer. 


SPIRIT  AND  MATTER. 


BY  C.  H.  BALSHAUOH. 


direct,  that  "God  is  a  Spirit  having 
body  and  partn."  if  by  the^e  teraiK  vre 
mean  materiality.  Self-  existence  must 
be  nece-3%arily  prior  to  matter,  and  in- 
dependent of  it. 

Man's  image  of  Fteity  could  not,  for 
this  reason,  have  been  material.  No 
such  physical  change  followed  the  prim- 
al apostasy  as  to  correspond  with  the 
spiritual  rupture.  Constitutionally  man 
lost  nothing:  characteristically,  every- 
thing. His  perfect  identity  with  right- 
eousne*^»<  was  his  likene-v'*  to  and  one- 
ness with  God.  The  first  breach  of  his 
fundamental  law  was  the  loss  of  this  in- 
tegrity, his  relation,  and  his  Divin*' 
similitude. 

Christ's  pre-existence  "was  withCiod, 
and  «'(rs-  God.*'  His  incarnation  was 
the  assmnptinn  of  humanity  m  m-der  to 

"the       MANIKKSTATION     OF       <U>U     \U    the 

flesh,"  not  the  revelation  of  a  pre-natal 
corporeity.  God  is  not  without  form, 
but  it  transcends  our  conception,  because 
all  forms  with  which  we  are  conversant 
are  material  and    tangible.       Philpp.  2: 


■  The  ressurrection  was  the  resumption  , 
of  the  lio(J(/.  The  human  .•ipirtt  was  not 
divorced  from  Deity  by  Heath.  The  In- 
ffiniiitlon  was  an  eteninl  wedlock  of  the 
Oivine  and  human.  There  was  no  rupt- 
ure on  the  Cross.  The  most  truly  human 
never  felt  the  sentence,  Duatto  Dust. 

A  WORD  IN  SEASON 

KILSTEIN,  a  pious  German  minister, 
once  heard  a  1 


T 


To  Jh-other  P.   K.  Whitmer,  of  Mix- 
onr'i : — 

HESE  are  essentially  different,  Spir- 
it is  plasmatic:  matter  is  passive. 
Spirit  is  funJaraental,  eternal,  selt  oper- 
ative; matter  is  phenomenal,  ileriveil 
mutable.  Spirit  alone  has  sensation  and 
consciousness;  matter  is  its  vehicle. 

■'God  IS  a  spirit."     John  4:  i4.      "A 
spirit  hath  not  flesh  and  bones.'' 
•24;  S;).    It  is  viewless,  intangible,  ubiq- 
uitous. A  body  has  corporeity,  however 
ethereal    its     substance.     "A    spiritual 
body"  without  matter  is  a  contradiction 
in     terms.      "Handle    uie,     and     see," 
are  the  conditions  of  pliysical    oxplora 
tion.     Luke  U:  3'.).  1  John  1;  1.   Spir- 
itual things  must  be  spiritually  discern- 
ed.   1  Cor.  2;  14.     Ijohn2:->0.     1  Cor 
i:  Id.    The  ressurrection  body  owes  its 
existence  wlioUy  to  the  Eternal   Spirit, 
and  is  hence  a  "spiritual  body.    Kom.  8 
U.     l^hilpp.  3: 21.     Our   mortal    body 
is  not  the  direct  product  of  Omnipotence. 
Although  God  is  the  ultimate  Author  of 
all  being,  we  were   originated   through 
the   intervention   of    organic    arrange- 
ments. We  "are  carnal,  sold  under  sin," 
not  spiritual;  that  is,  not  sufficiently   so 
to    furnish    o\ir    corporeity   a    liasis   of 
perpetuity.     Even  the  Christian   is    not 
enough  Christian  to  arrest  the   disinteg- 
ration of  sin,  and  defeat  the    assault  of 
■■the  last  enemy."     "It  is  appointed  un- 
to all  men  once  to   die."     Heb.    11;   27. 
The  resurrection  is  a  necessity.   Human- 
ity is  immortal.    The  "body   of  death" 
is  spiritual  no  less  than  that  of  the  saint, 
so  far  as  the  agency  of  its  final  (|uicken- 
iug   is     concerned.      The    .■•■surrection 
unto  damnation  will  be  as  Utile  depend- 
ent on  organic   instrumentality    a~  tlie 
resurrection  unto  life,  aud  will,  in   IhU 
ra<pe<:t,    reconstruct   a     spiritual   body 
equally  with  the  redeemed.      A   b.-ing 
chat  comes  untolife  wholly  thr.ugh  ti.e 
agency  of  Spirit,  is  necessarily  spiritiiul 
in  the  dominating  element  of  his  e.vi:t- 
*.;nee. 

We  have  no  'evideni-e,'  direct   or  in- 


laboring  man  use  the 
most  awful  curses  and  imprecations  in  a 
fit  of  passion,  without  reproving  him  for 
it.  This  so  troubled  him  that  he  could 
scarcely  sleep  the  ftdlowing  night.  In 
the  morning  hearo.se  early,  soon  saw  the 
man  coming  along,  and  addreased  him  as 
follows; 

"My  friend  it  is  you  I  am  waiting  Ui 
see." 

"You  are  mistaken,"  replied  the  man ; 
"you  have  never  seen  me  before." 

Yes,  I  saw  you  yesterday,"  said  Kil- 
stein,  "whilst  returning  from  your  work, 
and  heard  you  praying." 

"What!  heard  me  pray("  said  the 
man.  "I  am  sure  now  that  you  are  mis- 
taken, for  I  never  prayed  in  my  life." 

"And  yet,"  calmh'  and  earnestly  re- 
plied the  minister,  "if  God  had  heart! 
your  prayer  you  would  not  Ije  here,  but 
iu  hell;  for  I  heard  you  beseeching 
God  that  he  might  strike  you  with  blind- 
ness and  condemn  you  to  hell  tire." 

The  man  turned  pale  and  trembling 
ly  said;  "Deiir  sir,  do  you  call  this  pray 
ing!  Yes,  it  is  true;  I  did  this  very 
thing." 

"Now,  ray  friend,"  continued  Kilstein, 
"as  you  acknowledge  it,  it  is  my  duty  t<j 
beseech  you  to  seek  with  the  same  eai- 
nestness  the  salvation  of  your  soul  as 
you  have  hitherto  its  damnatitm,  and  I 
will  pray  to  God  that  he  will  have  mer- 
cy upon  you." 

From  this  time  the  man  regularly  at- 
tended upon  the  ministry  of  Kilstein,  and 
ere  lung  was  brought  in  huntble  repeii 
tance  to  Christ  as  a  believer. 

"A  word  in  season  how  good  it  is." 
"  lie  instant  in  season  and  out  of  season ; 
i^ebuke,  reprove,  exhort,  with  all  long- 
MuH'eriug  and  patience. —  The  l.ecer. 


People   who  think   they   must  keep 

their  own  souls  have  little  time  to  labor 

for  others. 

—  ^    ■    ■ 

Lo')k  not  upon  sin  lest  it  tempt  thee; 
touch  it  not  lest  it  kill  thee.  He  who 
gives  you  tairwords  only  feeds  you  with 
an  empty  spoon. 


TMK    HRETIriKK>r    ^VX    WOKKl. 


^lir  l^rcfhiTtt  at  Ifiorfi. 

Fl  ULISHEl)  WEKKLY. 


J.  H.  MOORE.  I 

M.M.  ESUKl.MAX.j 


S.  .T.  HAninsov. 


Ta»  BEtrnaKX  at  Wopk  oill  b.  -ml  m  H.SO  p«r  «d. 
turn  in  i.d»niicc  Any  our  "li"  "'H  -en''  "■  ""Rhl  nimp* 
uid  tli  Oit  will  Tfirivx-  nn  ■.l-Jiiioniil  copy  fto*-  of  chiirjpi, 
md  for  puch  nJJitioonlDWn*  (oTcr  »n(l  Bbore  Ihr  nine 
oBTOMl  thengrnl  will  he  nllowH  red  ptr  com,,  whifrh 
UBouoi  can  hv  do-iucuwl  from  llio  moaty  brfcr*  "rndtng  ll 
t«m.  Mohpj  nent  b/  Toiiftl  Order*,  Rrgmlorrd  I.oHnr* 
or  dninti,  proj.iTly  ™'ldr«»od,  will  be  m  our  rink.  Whon 
••ndiof  dr«n,  I.I-  Burc  ihnl  il  in  nol  i>  clink.  If  It  I-  a 
eheek.  it  cfmii'  ij«  Sip  eeni*  (o  oolltfi,  wbllf  »  Jnfl  c«n  b* 
ooUectol  frpc,  I'lisUgc  namyt  rnuj  1>P  iciil  for  niDouoU 
onder  l.fW.  t'ln  olwnyn  Bcnd  ilie  uionpy  If  you  cmi  gni  it. 
8ub«aHf>> louit,  And  oummuniuAtionii  Intended  for  tba  pk- 
p«r,  u  well  a!i  nil  tjuiiino**  mnllern  uiinnrotoil  wilh  lh«  of" 
In  ibould  he  KddrMKed 

UOOaE  ft  SSHELUAtl, 

LuYk.  CuTOll  Co..ni 


LANARK,  1LL.« 


JUXB  a,  1H70. 


One  was  recently  ndJini  to  tlm  church  in 
Ciliforniii.       

Focft  were  Imptized  at  the  Silver  Creek  Ffo,-.! 
lut  week.  _ 

Five  wore  lately  n'c<-ive(l  in  Mie  chiiriili  (it 
Bnnghuriit,  IndiiiUM.  Iiy  Ixiptiitii. 


The  addr-'fl-t  of  Nonh  Honricka  in  chan^^ccj 
from  Lawrence,  Kanaas  to  Fremont,  SanduKky 
County,  Ohio. 

Wb  are  t^oniijelled  to  delay  our  exaininntion 
of  monuBcripi.  till  niter  our  return  from  the 
Annual  Mentinft. 


Brother  S.  H.  Baker,  who  alUnded  oor  Dis- 
trict Mf-eting.  wntPH  that  heTt-ji  hed  hi-  home 
ia  WiBConMn  all  right  He  walkrd  one  bun- 
dn-d  miles  on  Iiin  wiy-  honi<.'.  He  upeako  of  a 
plfjvnnt  iu.fting  he  held,  and  then  mak*^  mt-n- 
tion  of  a  hailiitorm  pa-Tintf  IhroiiKh  Dunn 
County,  fomf  of  th(»  hailHtfrnw  mPwiunDg  eight 
tncheN  to  CLTcunifere&ce. 

Last  Friday,  at  ^  o'clock  P.  IL,  th<ifuncrjtl 
of  Kider  Jacob  Gurvt-r  wait  preachf-d  in  the  M'»- 
hican  Church.  Ohio,  He  wa«  one  of  thi-  old 
pioneer  preftchtTM  of  the  church,  and  lived  t'» 
a  good  old  agi*.  He  prohahly  wiw  the  oldt^t 
niinint^'r  in  tho  N.  E.  District  of  Ohio.  Hiw  Ilk- 
born  were  principally  over  for  a  few  yp«r»  before 
hit  death,  as  eilreme  old  agf  prohibited  him 
from  taking  an  active  part  in  the  niiriiHtry  — 
■on/tel  I'rearhfr. 

A  MRTEOR,  api)arently  about  i\w  si/.«?  of  an 
ordinary  foot-ball,  pa^wr-d  ovf-r  Washington. 
Minnesota,  about  five  o'clock.  May  lUh.andde- 
Bcending  east  of  1  he  town,  exploded  with  a  report 
pfjual  to  the  di«chnrg*t  of  a  ^OO-poond'-r.  The 
conciifwion  nhook  the  town,  and  the  tirHt  impr,— 
HJOn  among  the  people  generally  wan  ibitt  there 
had  been  a  mill  explosion.  The  nhock  and  re- 
port  were  very  great.  The  meteor  wan  plainly 
vinible  in  ittt  pa-i^age  through  the  air.  looking 
likti  a  ball  of  fire  with  a  long  train  of  vai)or  be- 
hind it.  It  exploded  juht  before  it  struck  Ihe 
earth. 


TiiK  I'niiiitire  Christian  thinks  tliat  the 
death  of  Brother  Ziiclc  will  not  Herlouslv  etlect 
tho  pruHpority  ot  the  rtchool  ut  Huntiugdou. 

Elrvrn  pcrBooh  have  Jotoly  united  with  the 
church  ut  North  liJuiicliL>Hter,  Indiana.  There 
is  much  rejoicing  among  the  Hinnts  at  that 
place. 

TiiKKB  iH  iu  the  Sandwich  lnlanilK  an  aged 
miiii-ter,  who  has  hpen  in  the  mieiHionnry  work 
4.'i  years,  inid  during  that  time  has  bapti/.ed 
over  J2,(iOn  peraoDN. 

Tub  good  cause  in  proHpering  in  Huntintidon, 
I'ennHylvania.  Six  liave  lately  hi't-ii  baptized, 
and  the  rtdigioiis  feeling  is  good.  One  of  tlu'in 
was  biipti/ed  tho  Name  day  Brother  Zuck  wiut 
buried.  

pAUTlKs  representing  almost  all  kinds  of  bus- 
inesH  are  traveling  thrnngh  the  country  now. 
Be  careful  what  kind  ol  pupem  you  sign.  You 
would  better  purobaae  of  men  whom  you  know 
to  hv  honest 

From  the  Spirit  nf  the  Vallfij,  (Uockin({ham 
County,  \'a.,)  we  learn  that  preparations  are 
being  made  for  feeding  members  only  at  the 
Annual  Meeting  ground;  otheni,  however,  can 
procure  meals  at  aide  eating  houNea  erected  by 
permission  for  that  purpose. 

A  SuNDAYttdHOOi,  waaorganixodlastSabbath 
by  the  Tunkers  at  the  Silver  Creek  Chuicli. 
Mr.  1 'iivicl  Biikiier  wiim  elected  Siipiriuteiiderit. 
The  name!*  of  over  sixty  scholars  were  enrolled 
an  1  f.'-om  the  amount  of  interest  munift-sted, 
the  luture  success  of  tho  school  augurs  well." — 
Mt.  Morris  JUcmocrat. 


Oi  K  intention  is  to  publish  through  the  pu 
per,  a  condensed  report  of  the  proceedings  i  f 
the  A.  M.,  giving  such  matter  as  we  think  will 
l)e  of  interest  to  our  readers,  liuinter,  Brum 
baugh  Brothers  expect  to  publish  a  full  report, 
of  whii;h  further  notice  will  he  given  in  the 
future. 

The  city  of  Zanesville,  Ohio,  had  a  very  quiet 
day  of  it  a  few  Sundays  ago.  The  saints  pre 
venUfd  the  sinners  from  liquor  selling  and 
amueement  generally,  and  tliereup>n  the  sin 
uers  (-topped  the  milkmen,  lh«  hotel  keepers, 
the  drugnturcs,  and  (;ver>  thing  that  thev 
thought  was  stopable.  They  promised  to  stop 
the  street  cars  the  next  Sunday.    WbatncxI? 


Maxv  of  our  readers  have  seen  or  lieard  of 
th-  article  about  the  Brethren  that  wa.s  pub 
lished  in  the  New  York  IiuitprniJenti^timA-  week;- 
ago.  It  appeared  ax  an  editorial,  and  showed 
so  much  familiarity  with  the  concerns  of  the 
Brotherhood  that  the  editor  vim  written  to  and 
asked  for  the  authorship  of  the  article,  and  n- 
plitd  by  saying  that '"  the  article  referred  to  wa.- 
ni:  U-n  by  Mr.  Miller."  Thus  it  ia  set-ii  iji 
»l.-u  way  and    by  whcm  cur    jji  ople  are  bonic- 

i.:.  •  -  !Iii.-i<  prefdii.i,'. 


DURING  OUR  ABSENCE. 

AS  both  of  the  editors,  and  our  clerk  an- away 
attending  the  Annual  Meeting  it  may  be 
iuteresting  to  our  readers  to  know  who  liiiv 
charge  of  the  paper  in  our  absence.  Hence, 
for  their  benefit,  we  will  explain. 

The  type  on  the  1st,  ^nd.  aud  l!nl  pages  is  set 
by  Sister  Cenie  Long,  who  lias  been  in  the  oHice 
over  two  yeiirs.  Her  regular  busine.'<o,  each 
wenk,  is  to  set  the  type  for  these  pagen,  correct 
it,  and  make  it  up  in  the  form  ready  for  the 
press.  So  in  our  abyence  she  has  charge  of 
these  three  pages,  and  will  do  her  best  to  f;et 
them  up  in  good  wtyle.  She  will  do  her  own 
'  proof  reading  " 

Sist<-r  C.  K.  Bishop,  my  wife's  aiater,  has  been 
in  the  office  ever  since  it  started.  Her  businei-s 
is  to  sot  the  type  that  ia  on  the  4th,  5th,  aud 
0th  pages,  correct  it,  and  make  it  up  in  the  form 
reiiily  for  the  press,  In  our  alwence  she  has 
charge  of  these  three  piiges,  and,  ol  couitip,  will 
do  her  heat  to  get  them  up  iu  good  ordt^r. 

The  7tii  and  8th  pages  are  put  up  by  Mi-s 
Maggie  Barkley,  daughter  of  Brother  Ezn 
Barkley,  of  this  place.  She  ha^  been  in  thi 
otlice  but  a  short  time,  and  has  very  difficult 
pages  to  Imudle.  but  will  get  them  up  iu  good 
stylo  ready  fur  the  press.  The  nnitter  for  her 
piiges  will  be  selected  and  corrected  by  our 
mailing  clerk.  Brother  S.  M.  Eshelman,  brother 
to  M.  M.  EMhelman. 

Alter  the  forms  have  been  thus  made  up,  ther 
then  eo  into  the  hands  of  our  pressman,  Broth- 
er Martin  V.  Sword,  who  runs  the  paper  off, 
ready  for  folding. 

All  mail  matter,  received  in  our  absence,  will 
be  opened  aud  attended  to  by  our  mailing  clerk, 
who,  of  course,  will  have  his  hands  full  while 
we  are  away. 

We  have  now  introduced  you  to  those  who 
have  charge  of  the  paper  in  our  absence,  and  if 
they  should  happen  to  make  a  few  mistakes 
pleiise  do  not  write  them  any  ugly  letterR  about 
it,  but  nither  be  willing  to  encourage  them. 
This  is  their  first  paper,  put  up  and  printed  by 
them  in  our  absence,  read  it  carefully,  and  wait 
for  the  next  number  which  will  likely  reach 
>ou  in  good  time.  j.  h.  u. 


EDITORIAL   OBSERVATIONS. 


B\ 


the  gr.ici-  of  our  he.iVenly  Father,  nccom- 
paiiied  by  Brother  Enoch  Kby,  I  was  per- 
initU'd  to  meet  with  the  members  of  the  Eagle 
Creek  Church,  Ohio,  on  the  *2;ird  of  May.  Quite 
a  number  of  brethren,  from  other  churches, 
were  present  to  assisit  in  the  missionary  cause, 
A  good  intere>t  wwa  manifested  throughout  the 
mfeting,  and  the  church  prepared  a  plan  for 
doing  missionary  work  iu  the  North-western 
District  of  Ohio,  and  agrred  to  send  it  to  the 
District  Meeting  for  consideration.  1  was  glad 
to  see  so  much  brotherly  respect  and  such  great 
Christian  kindness  among  all  who  took  pait  iu 
the  proceedings.  Where  the  spirit  of  Christ  is 
there  will  be  good  work,  aud  prosperity  in  the 
house  of  God. 

DISTRICT  MKETINO. 

Oil  the  morning  of  the  iJth   the  delegates 


'  from  lbev.triouHcharche3CompriBing  the  North- 
we^U'rn  Dixtrict  ol  f)hio.  a^^emblod  in  the  Eagle 
Creek  Church,  Hancock  County,  to  attend  to 
the  businew  of  the  district.  There  are  twenty- 
one  churches  in  the  district,  eighUen  of  which 
were  represented  by  delegates.  John  Brillhart 
wa«  chown  Moderator;  L»?vi  Dickey.  leading 
Clerk;  I.  .T.  Ro'Cnberger.  SecreUry.  ' 

Unfinished  bu-iness  being  first  iu  order,  a 
query  from  la*t  year'?-  minute  relating  to  mis- 
sion work  was  read.  All  queries  upon  the  same 
subject  were  called  for.  when  a  number  of  pa- 
per* wore  preBen(*'d.  The  following  plan,  sent 
ty  Eagle  Creek  Church,  was  Uken  up  and  after 
worae  amendniente,  was  adopted,  hence  stands 
as  the  method  of  sounding  out  the  word  of  the 
Lord  among  the  people  of  North-western  Dis- 
trict of  Ohio. 

Art,  I.  The  Board  of  Evangelism  for  the 
North  western  Dntrict  of  Ohio  shall  consist  of 
five  visiting  brethren,  who  shwll  select  a  Mod- 
erator, either  from  among  the  Brotherhood  of 
North-western  District  of  Ohio,  and  also  a  Sec- 
retary and  Treasurer  in  the  same  way. 

AnT.  a.  The  Bo:ird  sliall  be  elected  by  the 
delegates  to  District  Meeting,  and  hold  their 
office  for  one  year, 

AiiT.  :J.  The  Board  wball  select  evangelists 
from  among  the  ministers  within  tbetongrega- 
fional  district.  Any  brother  may  suggest  the 
name  or  names  of  brethren,  but  the  Board  f  hall 
determine  who  and  how  many  there  shall  be: 
uch  evangelists  to  be  iu  the  field  not  over  three 
months  in  the  year,  and  for  less  time  at  thedie- 
cretioii  of  the  Hoard. 

AitT.  4.  The  Board  to  appoint  a  solicitor  or 
solicitors  in  each  congregatiou  of  the  North- 
western District  of  Ohio  to  solicit  contributions 
for  mi^isionary  jjurposes  of  all  such  who  may 
(eel  willing  to  contribute. 

Art.  .5.  The  above  Board  shall  be  the  Board 
of  appointments  and  disbursements.  It  shall  be 
their  duty  to  see  tliat  all  ministerial  and  other 
vacancies  be  filled,  aud  .'■hail  send  out  only  such 
brethren  as  evangelists  who  will  teach  the  gos- 
pel, respect  Annual  Meeting,  and  carry  out  the 
general  order  of  the  Brotherhood  in  dress,  &c.; 
id  it  shall  be  governed  by  decisions  of  Annual 
Meeting  in  goiug  into  the  territory  of  any  or-  ; 
ganized  church.  It  shall  direct  the  payment  of 
all  expenses  as  finances  permit. 

,\kt,  ti.  The  Treasurer  shall  receipt  for  all 
monies  received,  and  pay  out  only  on  an  order 
signed  by  a  majority  of  the  Board. 

Art.  7.  The  Secretary  shall  keep  a  record  of 
all  business  transactions  of  evangelical  work, 
attend  to  correspondence,  and  report  to  the 
Board  all  the  work  requiring  attention,  who. 
with  the  Trea.surer,  shall  report  quarterly  to  the 
Board  aud  annually  to  the  District  Meeting. 
Adjourned  tu  ])artake  of  refreshments. 
On  re-assembling,  the  following  were  an- 
nounced as  members  of  the  Mi3sion  Board: 
David  Sliideler.  Peter  Driver.  J.  R.  Spacht, 
Samuel  Thomai,  Abraham  Beechly. 

Query  first:  Desired  to  know  if  it  is  the  duty 
ol  the  miuiaters  to  visit  the  deacons  prior  to 
their  visiting  the  members.  The  meeting  said 
that  it  knew  of  no  such  order. 

2.  Desired  the  District  to  erect  a  house  for 
poor  members  who  are  supported  by  the  church. 
Deferred  indefinitely. 

3.  Is  it  according  to  the  gospel  for  ministers 
of  the  first  aud  second  degrees  to  anoint  the 
sick  with  oil?  Art.  3,  A.  M.,  1865  given  as  an 
answer. 

■i.  Itefers  to  a  brother  who  contracted  to 
build  a  school-house,  received  money  in  advance, 
moved  away  before  completing  the  house,  leav- 
ing the  party  who  gave  him  the  contract  in 
debt.  Concluded  to  refer  to  the  Home  Church 
for  adjustment. 

5.  This  referred  to  articles  published  in  pa- 
pers that  are  calculated  to  divide  and  injure  the 
church.  The  meeting  took  strong  grounds  for 
the  maintenance  of  the  distinctive  features  of 
the  church  in  the  matter  of  dress.  Sent  to  An- 
nual Meeting  with  an  answer,  urging  firm 
action  on  the  part  of  the  council. 

6.  Desired  that  delegates  or  all  members 
present  elect  the  officers  of  D.  M.  Agreed  that 
tile  delegates  shall  so  do.  Also  agreed  that  the 
Moderator  sliall  take  no  part  in  discussion  un- 
less he  lirst  call  some  one  ro  preside  in  his  place. 

7.  A  brother  is  excluded  from  communion  for 
disobedience,  the  church  re-piired  him  to  confess, 
but  through  neglect  he  fails  to  do  so,  is  taken 
Hck  and  in  this  condition  calls  the  elders  to 
anoint  him.    To  them  he  confesses,  shall  they 


accept  the  conte«Hiou  aod  anoijit  bias 
ered  not  adnsable  to  do  eo.  "     - 

8.  The  ministerial  office  wag  *  i 
brother,  he  moved  into  another  co  '^'' ' 
but  finally  returned  to'the  church  th^'^'^ 
him  of  his  office,  can  the  church  n^^  '^; 
fic€t<jhim  by  a  two- thirds  or  niajo  ^ '' 
Decided  that  a  majority  of  the  churpT^ 
store  the  office  to  him.  '^ 

Agreed  that   the  next  D.  M,    will  \» 
the  Logan  Church,  Logan  County,  (%■ 
Brother  John  P.  Ebersole  Waschn   "* 
berof  the   Standing   Committee,  anj  » ' 
.lohn  Brillhart.  as  delegate.     The  breth  ^"'' 
si&ters  are  to  be  congratulated  for  the       '  '" 
unity  in  the   cause  of  Christ.    Tbpv    '^    ' 
great  unanimity  in  the  maintenanr,- 
tinctive  peculiarities  of  the  church  j,, 
termined  not  to  come  behind  in  anvt  r^' ' 
and  iu  persuading  men  to  turu  to  th^  ♦    "^  ' 
the  living  God.     They  me  not  seekii,ri,["'  " 
by  idleness  and  inaction,  but  a9wf,r|(pj^r 
er  with  God  desire  to  press  on  fowaixj  ll,  " 
of  the   prize.     May  abundant  grac«  |v,  '  *" 
them  for  all  holy  work.  ^"' 

On  the  morning  of  the  sj.'.tii  the  people  *. 
bled  at  the  same  place  for  public  woRhin  '^' 
rangements  had  been  made  to  have  a  child 
meeting  at  9  A.  M.,  but  rain  prevented  &,. 
hling  in  time,  so  we  all  hud  the  pleasure  of? 
ing  Brother   Enoch    Eby    preach  at  10  i  \, 
after   which   the  children  were  kindly 
bered. 

Met  at  .1  P.  M  ,  when  the  member^  of  Y 
Creek  Church  engaged  in  the  solemn  lal,,' 
choosing  t%vo  deatous.  Wm.  Bradford 
Leonard  Haumans  were  chosen  and  duly  m^  ii 
ed.  This  done,  the  ordinances  of  the  hoL-, 
God  were  solemnly  observed  by  a  large  nui 
of  members.  Good  order  prevailed,  aud  jov 
comfort  through  the  Holy  Ghost  character 
the  children  of  God.  We  were  made  ola,. 
the  Lord  by  this  people.  God  bless  theni 
their  kindness  and  Christian  courtesy. 

"BACK  TO    OLD    VIRGINIA  0K( 
MORE.' 

TWENTY-NINE  years  ago,  thecomii)gf,j| 
several  wagons,  loaded  with  emigrants,  -f 
Virginia  for    the  wilds  of  the    West.    Aiu 
them  were  my  father,   mother,  and  three 
dren.     One  of  them  was  your  humiilesen 
then  four   years  old.     The   trip  wai  long 
tedious,  but  we  finally  reached  Ilhuois,  and 
tied  in    Woodford    County,  on    abroad  pr.  r.- 
where  but  ievn  houses    were  to  be  seen.    kM 
seven   years'  residence  there    my   father  nn 
to  Cedar  County,  Missouri,  aud  remiiined  u 
the  war  compelled   us  to  leave.     We  first  ;■; 
ped  in  Adams  County,  this  State;  then  m 
to  Cass  County,  then  to  Champaign  County,. 
now,  after    twenty-nine   years  of  absence  tr 
the  State  of  my  nativity,  I  find  myself  comtrt- 
ably  seated  in  the  cars,  occasionally  repeating 

myself, 

■'()  earry  me  back,  carry  me  back 
To  olJ  Virginia  once  more." 

In  company  with  Brother  Isaac  Rowlaci 
left  Lanark  at  noon,  May   27th,     .\t  !'■ 
we  \*ere  joined  by  Brother  Edmunti  i  ■" 
delegate   on   the   Standing  Commiit.-,  i 
aged  sister,  and  reached  Chicago  at  eight  m ' 
evening.     By  nine  o'clock  we  were  ou  thi^  !■ 
timore  &  Ohio  train,  ready  for  travel.    Her- 
were  joined  by  Brother  Jesse  Calvert,  whi* 
been  in  the  city  ou  business.     Brother  Caiv 
dnring  the  last  two  years  has  been  doin^  > 
siderable  preaching.     He  is  4*)  year*  of  ut" 
been  in  the    ministry  eighteen  yeai- 
elder  three  years,  and  is  this  year  on  : 
ing  Committee. 

We  reached  Mansfield,  Ohio,  the  next<J«? 
10:30,  where  wc  fell   in  with   Brethren  Eu'J 
Eby  and  M.  M.  E-helman.     We  will  close  h- 


as  writing   while  ou  the  cars  is  very 
and  will  have  more  to  report  next  week- 


dilti-l' 


The  editors,  when  last  heard  from,  ve^ 
Harper's  Ferry,  W.  Va.,  where  they  ""j'^ 
last  Thursday  morning  at  6  o'clock,  esje^-  . 
to  start  down  to  the  place  of  Annual  M^'  ^^' 
at  II.  They  were  in  company  with  a  i!""' ' 
of  other  brethren,  and  seemed  to  be  enjoj 
themselves  finely. 

Where  is  Edison  ?    We  want  him  to  if^ 
a  pen  that  will    compel   the  writer  "^j^^,^,, 
give  Kh  name,  post-office. county. aud-  _  ^ 
erytime   he  writes  a  letter.     W«wiil'P     ^ 
advance  for  a  "job  lot"    to  supplv  °^^ 
coriv-pondeiits  with.— //o""'  Moror- 


-I    hear. 
ainoBg  yoi'-' 


^^^5"^!^  THE    CAUSES    OF    CON- 
TROVEBSY  and  DI9AGEEE- 

MENT. 

XVMBKH    U. 

r\Uli  heard  soraethiog  from  the  church  at 
Corinth,  and  he  told  them  what  it  was. 
"  s^avs  he,  "that  there  be  divisions 
What  more?  "  I  partly  believe 
Divia- 
^(,03  among  them  were  caused  by  /n-rtsics. 
What  13  heresy?  Lack  of  sound  belief.  Then 
there  were  some  among  the  Brethren  at  Corinth 
«-ho  lacked  sonnd  belief?  Certainly  there  were, 
-jbey  had  not  the/«i7/i  nf  thr  Gospel.  They 
lacked  in  some  thing«,  refused  to  accept  all  that 
Paul  had  tanght  them,  hence  were  heretics. 
Whatever  caused  division  then,  will  cause  divis- 

n  now.  It  heresy  caused  division  at  Corinth, 
it  will  cause  division  in  the  United  States.  Does 
not  the  gospel  say,  "  Watch  and  pray  P"  Cer- 
tainly, and  more,  "  Pray  without  ceasing  "  and 
'■  In  everything  give  thanU."  Very  well,  if 
same  who  have  been  set  upart  to  feed  the  flock 
of  God.  should  neglect  to  pray  and  give  thanks, 
and  thua  become  cold,  and  make  the  congrega- 
tion cold,  would  not  the  cause  be,  want  of 
soundness  in  the  faith  f  If  persons  who  are 
called  aa  overseers  should  deal  dishonestly  with 
their  ftOlow-men,  hut  in  such  a  way  as  to  be 
beyond  the  reach  of  the  church,  would  they  not 
be  wimting  in  sounduess?  If  those  who  iire  set 
apart  to  act  for  th«  church  as  servants  of  the 
church  and  the  Lord,  should  impede  the  whrk 
of  the  church,  refuf-mg  to  permit  the  church  to 
consider  its  legitimate  business,  thus  u«urpiug 
anthorify,  would  there  not  be  disagreements, 
controversies,  divisions?  Disguise  the  fact  as 
we  will,  this  is  one  nf  the  most  fruitful  sources 
of  discords  ineutionable.  Letotficials,  or  rather 
servants,  refuse  the  rights  and  privileges  of  tbe 
church  to  discuss  aud  deliberate  upon  subjects 
ti^rlaiaing  to  its  wrlt'iire,  and  that  church  will 
be  noted  for  its  discord,  its  strifeB.  and  wran- 
gliags.  Rjmauism  puts  forth  it^  strong  arm 
to  bind  men's  mouths,  and  refuses  to  permit 
the  great  majority  of  its  membera  to  take  part 
in  its  work,  (except  the  paying  of  money).  In 
this  way  they  are  kept  in  bondage,  and  the  very 
worst  kind  of  bondage.  No  such  work  can  be 
tolerated  in  the  church  of  Jesus  Christ,  and  let 
hiui  who  thinks  of  bringing  such  rule  into  the 
church  take  heed,  for  God  will  not  permit  it. 

Does  it  not  savor  of  distrust  for  a  few  men  to 
stand  in  the  way  of  the  church?  Why  a  few 
should  regard  themselves  as  the  only  ones  to 
decide  matters  which  belong  to  the  "  one  body  " 
is  yet  to  be  answered  in  a  satisfactory  manner, 
to  the  meek  and  lowly  in  heart.  '"  Let  another 
praise  thee  and  not  thyself."  Yet  Borae  must 
insist  on  praising  themselves  by  acting  as  if  they 
were  better  or  holier  than  others. 

Suppose  some  overseers  should  get  themselves 
into  difficulty  through  self-will  or  by  some  oth- 
er carnal  means,  and  then  go  to  others  who 
hold  the  same  position,  put  all  the  nicety  on 
their  side  of  the  case,  and  then  go  to  the  church 
ftud  induce  it  to  accept  of  their  choice  of  bish- 
op, to  adjust  the  difficulty,  would  that  cause 
division?  Certainly  it  would,  and  the  very 
worst  kind  of  division  at  that.  We  find  such 
things  goiug  on  in  the  world,  but  since  Piiul 
aays  "  Be  not  conformed  to  this  world,"  we  do 
not  see  how  this  worldly  practice  tan  be  toler- 
ated without  causing  division.  Perhaps  the 
church  desires  to  work  more  eii'ectively  in  the 
conversion  of  precious  souls,  but  the  overseer 
refuses  to  permit  it.  what  then?  Why  the 
church  feels  oppressed,  sorrowful;  she  weeps 
and  mourns  because  of  the  self-wiil  ani  knows 
not  what  to  do.  Will  such  overseers  cause  di 
vision?  Yes,  every  time.  It  is  these  extreme 
measures  on  the  part  of  some  that  causes  out- 
burst:, of  indignation,  controversy,  scatbings, 
that  burn  to  the  very  heart.  Remove  the  cause, 
and  these  will  cease,  or  if  not  from  pure  motives 
will  manifest  themselves  in  other  forms. 

Another  source  of  division  lies  in  the  fact  that 
there  is  too  much  of  a  disposition  on  the  part  of 
the  servants  of  the  church  fo  do  some  kinds  of 
work  in  the  absence  of  the  church.  There  is  an 
appearance  of  hiding  certain  acts  and  evidences 
which  causes  di.Hrust  on  the  part  of  members. 
It  has  the  appearance  of,  "  We  know  how  to  do 
this  work;  you  do  not."  I  say  there  is  an  ap- 
pearance of  this,  an  appearance  of  aecretism. 
Should  not  all  matter  be  done  openly  before  the 
church  ?  We  are  required  to  put  no  stumbling- 
block  or  occasion  to  fall,   in  our  brother's  way 


TEtK    l^Kl!:TIiK£.>r    ^T    AVOiil-il. 


(Rom.    14:   1.1),   therefore   should   not  put  the    Diotrepheses  now?     Well  if  you  should  happen 
stumbling-block   of    secrecy   in    our   brother's  ]  to  find   one  who  will  not  receive   the  brethren. 


pathway.  "Well."  says  one,  "can  you  not 
trust  us V'"  1  answer,  "Can  ;/o"  not  trust  the 
church?  Who  began  distrusting?"  .Inst  so 
soon  as  a  few  membera  step  to  one  side  and  hold 


a  private  consultation,  they  have  made  a  tin''- 
The  church  stands  at  one  place,  the  few  servants 
at  another,  and  the  space  between  them  is  the 
line.  There  are  now  tiro  bodies  instead  of  om: 
Will  not  this  cause  division  in  heart  since  it  is 
one  in  appearance?  For  the  sake  of  peace,  for 
the  sake  of  precious  souls,  let  us  quit  that  kind 
of  business.  If  a  member  speaks  evil  of  what 
is  considered  in  his  presence,  dfal  with  him  as  a 
disobedient  child,  rather  than  set  up  lines  in  the 
church.  I  find  the  more  open  and  candid  we 
are  to  each  other  the  better  we  feel,  but  we  have 
cultivated  ourselves  so  well  in  the  habit  of  get- 
ting 6ur  feelings  hurt,  that  we  can  scarcely  tell 
each  other  of  faults  and  bad  habits.  Instead  of 
cultivating  a  disposition  to  iell  each  other  of 
faults,  and  to  receive  correction,  we  cultivate 
the  disposition  to  get  our  feelings  hurt.  This 
is  alt  wrong.  It  causes  divisions,  discords,  and 
bad  government.  But  to  return  to  secretism. 
Why  do  anything  secretly?  Will  the  truth 
sutler  iu  the  hands  of  the  church?  In  these 
days  of  anti-secret  agitation,  would  not  the 
church  better  insist  on  the  practice  of  the  gos- 
pel on  this  subject?  If  we  cease  our  timidity, 
our  "  getting  hurt  "  when  told  of  our  faults,  we 
can  soon  have  all  things  done  openly.  Surely 
a  people  who  are  opposed  to  secret  societies, 
should  not  think  of  having  secretism  or  secret 
parties  among  themselves. 

The  habit  of  pointing  out,  and  treating  cold- 
ly those  who  do  not  at  once  dress  as  we  do,  is 
causing  no  little  disagreement.  It  has  ever  been 
a  principle  in  the  church  to  persuade  men,  to 
help  them  j/mw  in  grace  and  knowledge.  Shall 
we  continue  doing  this?  or  will  we  turn  aaide, 
cut  a  birch  from  our  own  planting  and  lay  it  on 
those  who  willnot  submit  to  our  ideas  of  things? 
No,  we  will  not  go  that  way;  it  is  the  wrong 
way;  it  causes  divisions.  We  have  nn  promise 
of  eternal  life  for  possessing  domineering  spirits. 
1  believe  in  the  simplicity  of  dress,  because  the 
Bible  requires  ifc,  and  I  do  not  find  any  Breth- 
ren who  do  not  believe  in  it,  but  I  have  met 
with  those  who  insist  that  some  are  carrying 
this  matter  too  far — are  making  it  ton  strong, 
much  stronger  than  the  gospel,  hence  they  must 
hold  back  a  little  or  we  will  soon  have  idolatry. 
Observation  has  taught  me  that  there  is  entire- 
ly too  much  said  about  dress  to  the  exclusion 
of  other  weighty  matters;  so  many  sermons  are 
delivered  on  this,  so  much  seed  put  into  one  hill, 
leaving  the  whole  field  to  grow  up  in  weeds, 
that  no  crop  can  be  gathered.  I  found  that  if 
I  all  the  time  forbade  my  scholars  going  fishing 
for  fear  they  might  fall  into  the  stream  and 
drown,  they  would  be  sure  to  go  at  every  oppor- 
tunity. So  if  we  all  the  time  preach  "the  order 
in  dress,"  and  insist  on  people  not  going  after 
vain  dress,  they  will  finally  go  just  where  you 
do  not  want  Ihem.  The  heart  needs  variety, 
and  if  it  fails  to  get  it,  die  it  must.  Nothing 
but  bread  would  finally  kill  a  man.  Remove 
this  cause  and  one  source  of  division  will  be 
gone. 
"  I  write   unto  the 


who  is  ready  to  cast  them  out  because  they  do 
not  think,  talk,  and  act,  just  like  himself,  then 
you  will  .^e  one  who  has  the  spirit  of  Diotre- 
phes.  Such  do  not  magnify  their  office,  but 
themselves.  May  divine  grace  illuminate  our 
hearts  so  that  we  may  know  how  to  forbear  and 
how  to  be  long-suft'ering,  kind,  gentle,  meek, 
and  useful.  There  are  other  sources  of  division, 
but  I  forbear  mentioning  them  now.  Grace  Iw 
with  the  church  of  God,  m.  m.  b. 


hurch;  but  Diotrephes, 
who  loveth  to  have  the  pre-eminence  among 
them,  receiveth  us  not;  *  '  neither  doth  he 
himself  receive  the  brethren,  and  forbiddeth 
them  that  would,  and  caateth  them  out  of  the 
church."  3  John  !•,  1').  Diotrephes  was  a 
church  member.  He  seems  to  have  had  author- 
ity— perha[is  was  the  elder  of  a  church.  Some- 
how he  got  into  office,  whether  by  apparent 
/.eal,  profes.sion  of  piety,  smooth  talk,  or  appear- 
ance of  humility,  we  do  not  know;  but  he  had 
authority  for  he  cast  some  out  for  receiving  the 
brethren.  He  was  not  only  williug  to  till  his 
office,  but  tried  to  fill  that  of  others,  until  he 
controlled  the  church.  He  loved  pre-eminence, 
and  secured  it;  he  coveted  power  then  usurped 
it;  he  longed  for  notoriety,  and  got  it.  His 
picture  has  been  sent  down  through  eighteen 
centuries,  and  it  has  had  its  imitators,  its  de- 
'scendants,  all  along  the  line.  The  Apostle  John 
was  loved  and  revered  in  his  old  age  for  his  lov- 
ing character,  but  there  remains  on  record  the 
fact  that  one  Diotrephes  received  him  not. 
John's  epistle  was  treated  by  this  demagogue 
with  contempt.  He  went  about  prating  against 
the  apostle  with  malicious  words,  and  got  so 
conceited  that  he  would  not  receive  the  breth- 
ren, and  forbade  them  that  would,  and  cast  them 
out  of  the  church.     I  wonder  if  there  are  any 


ANNUAL  MEBTINO  ITEMS. 

WE  are  in  receipt  of  n  copy  of  the  Spirit  of 
Ihr  VuUfij,  dated  May  24th,  and  publish- 
ed at  Harrisonburg,  Rockinjtham  County,  Vir- 
ginia, not  far  from  where  the  Annual  Meeting 
is  to  be  held.  From  it  we  glean  the  following, 
which,  just  at  this  time,  will  be  interesting  to 
our  readers: 

"  Since  our  last  issue  the  Brethren  of  the 
German  Baptist  Church  hav  continued  their 
work  of  preparing  for  the  National  Annual 
Conference,  which  convenes  at  Liu?ille  Creek 
Church,  near  Broadway,  in  this  county,  on  the 
liud  day  of  June.  18T'J. 

"  After  throwing  up  the  immense  boarding 
tent  on  Tuesday  of  last  week,  the  work  of  pre- 
paring tables  and  benches  to  make  complete  the 
arrangement  to  feed  and  seat  comfortably  the 
members,  was  commenced  and  kept  moving  un- 
til the  entire  work  was  finished.  Then  the 
building  of  the  foundations  and  flues  of  the 
kitchen  boiler  arrangements  was  earnestly  gone 
at,  and  at  this  writiug  may  be  ready  for  the 
immense  boilers  where  the  food  will  be  prepar- 
ed. 

"  t)n  Tuesday  of  this  week  they  were  building 
the  Council  Hall  iu  a  little  dell,  but  a  short 
distance  from  the  church,  where  will  be  trans- 
acted private  business,  the  details  of  which  will 
not  particularly  interest  the  public, 

"  If  the  weather  proves  favorable  the  Con- 
ference will  be  held  out  of  doors,  in  the  delight- 
ful grove  that  surrounds  Linville  Creek  Church, 
as  the  church  itself  will  be  too  contracted,  al- 
though a  very  large  one.  Preparations  to  this 
end  will  be  made  iu  the  erection  of  a  platform 
»ud  the  arrangement  of  benches.  No  horses  or 
vehicles  will  be  allowed  iu  the  church  enclosure, 
but  ample  provision  has  been  made  outside,  a 
field  belonging  to  M.  E.  B.  Kline,  containing 
probably  twenty  acres,  well  fenced,  being  set 
apart  for  that  purpose. 

"The  greatest  precaution,  a.s  we  have  hereto- 
fore observed,  will  be  made  looking  to  good  or 
der  during  the  conference  sitting. 

"  llooths,  tables,  and  stands  will  he  permitted 
adjoining  the  church  grounds  to  private  parties 
who  may  desire  to  assist  iu  feeding  the  people; 
but  permission  must  first  be  grauted,  and  such 
restrictions  will  be  exacted  as  will  render  all 
such  persons  under  the  control  of  the  commit- 
tee. 

"  Broadway,  will,  of  course,  be  the  grand 
landing  point  of  the  grwat  influx  of  visitors  who 
will  come'by  train,  and  will  be  the  '  head  cen- 
ter '  of  business  operations  for  her  business  men. 
"  Ample  hack  accommodations  are  being 
made  to  carry  the  public  to  and  from  the  ground 
by  enterprising  hackmen. 

"  Already,  every  train  north  or  south  is  bring- 
ing the  Brethren  and  friends  to  this  county  and 
Valley,  who  are  scattering  to  the  houses  of 
church  members  and  friends  through  the  coun- 
try. This  feature  is  noticeable  in  the  increased 
passenger  travel  that  at  present  prevails,  and 
which  will  continue  to  increase  as  the  time 
draws  near,  when  the  in-j)ouring  will  be  very 
extensive — so  much  so  that  more  rolling  stock 
than  has  been  anticipated  necessary  will  have 
to  be  brought  into  requisition  by  the  railroad 
authorities. 

"  We  are  pleased  to  announce  that  satisfacto- 
ry arrangements  have  been  made  with  the  B. 
&().  Railroad,  for  a  daily  train,  morning  and 
evening,  carrying  the  public  to  and  from  the 
Conference  at  two  cents  per  mile,  either  way. 
This  will  enable  the  multitude  to  spread  over 
the  country  along  or  near  the  line  of  the  road 
and  permit  all  to  be  lodged  comfortably. 

"  Between  what  points,  and  the  exact  sched- 
ule of  the  running  of  the  trains,  we  are  not 
posted,  but  due  notice  will  be  given." 


—Mr.  Moody  is  still  holding  his  raeetingB  in 
Baltimore  with  marked  success. 

—Cakdinai.  Manning  has  forbid  women  sing- 
ing in  the  choirs  of  Westminster  diocese. 

— Dit.  Hugh  Miller  has  bequeathed  S100,000 
to  the  Scottish  Free  Church  Miasiouary  Society. 

— QitEAT  floods  have  oecurrfrd  in  Texas.  At 
Houston  the  water  rose  eighteen  feet  in  three 
hours. 

— CiHLi  has  declared  war  againit  Peru.  All 
the  South  American  republica  are  becoming  in- 
volved in  war. 

—  In  New  VorkCity  there  are  1739  rnra  holes 
less  thim  there  were  a  year  ago.  This  speaks 
well  lor  the  excise  laws  ot  that  city. 

— It  is  Colton  who  says  that  "men  will  wran- 
gle for  religion — write  for  it,  fight  for  it,  die  for 
it;  anything  but — live  for  it." 

A  Tkxa^  jury  arose  after  the  evidence  was 
all  4U  and  requested  that  the  case  go  to  them 
without  "  any  lawyers'  speeches,"  and  it  did. 

— The  '■  frontier  "  iu  Texas  has  advanced  a 
hucdred  miles  iu  two  years,  and  40,0^0,000  acres 
of  good  land  reclaimed  lor  settlement. 

— The  late  Governor  General  of  India  says 
that  missionaries  have  done  more  to  benefit  In- 
dia than  all  other  agencies  combined. 

—The  last  sheets  of  the  Bible  translated  by 
Drs.    Riggs    and    Willianisun  into  the  Dakota 


Not  long  since,  we  heard  a  minister  remark, 
that  he  knew  persons  who  were  more  afraid  of 
him  than  of  God.  They  would  do  things  in 
God's  presence  that  they  would  not  dare  to  do 
in  his  or  some  other  ministei's  presence.  In 
the  i>re8ence  of  (lod  they  would  swear  and  in- 
dulge iu  idle  talk  to  a  disgraceful  degree,  but  if 
a  minister  chanced  to  he  by  they  would  conduct 
themselves  in  a  very  becoming  manner. 


language,  have  passed  through  the  press. 

— An  electric  hailstorm  extended  over  the 
southern  part  of  Minnesota,  May  12.  At  Mo- 
dalta,  bailstoues  were  reported  as  large  as  goose 
eggs. 

— Thk  Conn.  Legislature  ha.s  passed  a  bill 
subjecting  to  taxation  all  property  belonging  to 
educationiil,  religious  and  benevolent  societies. 

— Thk  membership  of  Spureeon's  church  now 
amounts  to  olOt).  During  the  past  year  394 
new  members  were  received  and  57  died. 

—The  door  of  the  Wittenburg  Church,  on 
which  Luther  nailed  hib  thesis,  is  removed  to 
Berlin,  where  it  is  in  use  at  St.  Bartholomew's 
Church. 

—The  indefatigable  and  destructive  Mr. 
Krupp  has  just  completed  a  steel  rifled  cannon 
that  throws  a  1600  pound  slielt  fifteen  miles. 
At  such  a  range  he  would  scarcely  shoot  at  an 
ohject  smaller  than  a  first  class  city. 

— At  Miuden,  La.,  a  severe  hailstorm  occur- 
red, May  Id.  The  hailstones  averaged  the  sixe 
of  hen's  eggs,  and  fell  to  the  thickness  of  a  foot 
on  level  ground.  All  crops  and  vegetation  in 
the  path  of  the  storm  were  entirely  demolished. 
— AruDWAK,  Upper  India,  has  experienced  an 
outbreak  of  the  cholera.  The  indications  are 
that  disease  and  death  will  hold  high  carnival 
in  tbe  old  world  the  coming  year.  There  are 
many  elements  encouraging  and  inviting  disas- 
ter of  this  kind. 

— Canatia  is  threatened  with  an  immigration 
a  thousand  times  worse  than  that  of  the  Chinese 
or  potato  bugs;  for  the  French  Jesuits  have 
written  to  their  brethren  in  Montreal,  asking  if 
they  can  be  received  there,  as  they  expect  to  be 
expelled  from  France  within  the  next  six 
months. 

— In  Brazil  the  ravages  of  small-pox  are  ter- 
ribln.  It  is  said  that  in  Ceara  it  is  impossible 
to  make  coffins  to  supply  the  demand,  and  the 
people  dig  ditches  and  tumble  into  them  the 
unshrouded  corpses,  eight  or  ten  at  a  time.  As 
many  as  500  or  600  die  daily  in  the  city  of  Gear 
ra  alone. 

—St.  Petbrsbubo,  May  13.— Intelligence  lus 
been  received  from  Tiflis  that  a  disease  with 
terrible  mortality  is  raging  lu  nineteen  villages 
in  the  Caucasus.  A  solemn  procession  of  hcly 
pictures  has  been  held  in  the  district  of  Gori, 
and  prayers  offered  for  the  preservation  of  the 
inhabitants. 

— A  itAN  condemned  for  murder  in  Vermont 
admitted  that  his  guilty  passion  was  arou>ed  in 
ii  game  of  forfeits,  at  a  "  sociable  '  of  a  church 
of  which  he  was  deacon.  He  laid  the  blame  of 
his  downfall  to  the  kissing  forfeit  which  he  was 
adjudged  to  pay.  Satan  must  be  pleased  with 
churches  where  "  sociables  "  take  the  place  of 
prayer  meetings. 

— SniNDK  Costanzi,  the  proprietor  of  two  of 
the  largest  hotels  in  Uome,  whileexcavating  for 
the  foundations  of  a  new  theater,  discovered  an 
ancient  street  eighteen  feet  wide,  and  a  noble 
private  palace  with  rows  of  columns  forming 
its  peristyle,  pavements  inlaid  with  the  rarest 
marbhs,  beautiful  frescoes,  statues,  and  other 
work.s  of  art. 


THK    HKETHREN    -A.T   "WOKKl. 


Jur 


ON   THE  WAY  TO  PALESTINE. 
Egypt.    The  Pyramids. 

NVMIIKR  VII. 

AT  N*«ples  we  made  the  first  change  in  the 
origiual  plan  of  our  tour.  Fin(Jing  that 
w?  conU  ther*  take  the  Fn-nch  steamer  which 
runs  wrekly  from  Marseilles  to  Aleian<lria,  and 
retch  Alexaudriu  odo  day  sooner  than  t*>  go  by 
nil  to  Briudisi.  and  thenc«  by  steamer,  we  made 
this  change  and  thereby  secured  a  pleasanter 
and  cheaiier,  aa  well  asswifter.  passage.  There 
was  not  an  officer  on  board  who  could  speiik 
English,  and  only  two  passengers;  but  through 
the  polit«nes3  of  the  French,  and  the  free  use 
of  signs,  we  got  along  very  well. 

We  left  Naples  on  Saturday,  March  2ftth.  and 
in  sailing  aw*y  we  had  a  fine  view  of  i(«  beauti- 
ful bay:  but  we  concluded  that   its    beauty  hw* 
been  exaggerated.     At  the  north- wester ti  part 
of  it  once  stood  Tut^oli,  where  I'aul  landed  on 
his  voyage   to    Itome   as  a    |)riHonpr;  and    the 
thought  that  he  once  crossed  this  sheet  of  wa- 
ter, gazed   onthat»anie   Mt.  V('«uvius   to  flie 
south-east,  and  saw    Pompeii,  then   reposing  in 
secority  at  its  feet,  while  Naplet*  whh  butaii  iip- 
significant  town,  gave  the  bay  and  our  pwinage 
across  it  theirchief  int^restin  my  mind.     I  had 
crossed  the  land  track  of  Paul  in  coming   from 
Rom©  to  Naples,   and  now  I  wua  nailing   along 
theBBnie    path  through  the  watiT  by  which  he 
came  in  one  day  from    Hhegium    to    Puteoli,  a 
good  south  wind  filling  bi.-i  suils.     Sue  Act»  ^H: 
13.     Night  cloned  in    Hhorlly  afU-r   we    pimfd 
out  of  the  bay.     We  expected  to  be  awake  next 
morninjr   in  timw  to  Bee  our  »hii»   pRM  between 
the  celebrated  Seylla  and  Gharyhdin.  and  al«oto 
Me  Rhegium,nowl{4'ggio.     Hntonr  whip,  bning 
lightly  laden,  made  ra|iid  time,  and  piwNcd  both 
places  too  soon  for  this.    On  Sunday  morning, 
however,  we  saw  a  grand  and  lofty  niouutain  iu 
the  distance  to  our  right,  on  the  hiand  of  Sicily, 
covered  with  snow  from  its  summit,  one-third  of 
the  way  down    to  itH   biwe,  and  rising  jn«t  this 
distance  above  the  neighboring  mountains.  W*- 
at  once  reoogniwd  it  as  Mt.  Etna,  the  celebra- 
ted volcano  of  Sicily,  whose  lirew  have  long  been 
eirtinguiflhed.     I  waw   riot  pn'pnred  to  see  it  no 
lofly,  nor  to  see  it  so  oxtcnsively  covered  with 
snow  at  the  end  of  March.     It  is   11,000  f«et 
high. 

Afler  losing  sight  of  Mt.  Etn(^  and  of  the 
southern  coast  of  Sicily,  which  dinappeared  al- 
most as  soon,  we  saw  nothing  more  of  Ivrrr 
Jinna  until  Wednesday  morning.  I  aroaeearly 
that  mornine  and  took  a  seat  at  a  table  in  the 
saloon,  expecting  to  s|)end  at  lenat  all  the  fore- 
noon in  writing;  but  on  rising  to  close  a  win- 
dow through  which  the  air  came  in  too  cool,  1 
looked  toward  the  horizon  and  saw  land.  I 
knew  at  once  that  we  were  nearing  Alexandria; 
80  I  put  away  my  portfolio,  packed  my  valise, 
and  stood  on  deck  till  the  sliip  came  to  anchor 
in  the  harbor.  We  had  no  nooner  reached  the 
anchorage  than  we  were  surrounded  with  atinut 
twenty  Arab  bouts,  each  containing  fouror  live 
boatmen  ofvaiious  colors  and  costumes,  all  cry- 
ing at  the  top  of  their  voices,  and  seeking  to 
engage  passengers  for  the  shore.  Such  a  pan- 
demonium I  hiul  never  heard  before:  but  I  wils 
prepared  for  it  by  the  statements  of  travelers, 
and  I  quietly  waited  to  hear  some  boatman  call 
to  me  in  English.  Finally  I  heard  good  Eng- 
lish from  a  dark  skinned  Arab,  calling  Abbot's 
Hotel,  the  one  we  had  chosen,  and  in  two  or 
three  minutes  more  be  and  his  assistants  had 
hurried  us  and  our  biiggage  into  his  boat,  and 
we  were  oH'  through  the  yelling  and  struggling 
crowd,  toward  the  custom-house. 

So  few  articles  are  subject  to  duty  iu  Europe- 
an and  African  porta,  that  the  exuminatiou  of 
baggage  is  a  mere  form  and  is  very  carelessly 
executed.  At  this  custom-house  we  were  for 
the  first  time  a^ked  for  pas.iports,  and  we  had 
none.  I  gnve  the  otlicial  my  letter  of  introduc- 
tion from  Governor  McCreery,  with  his  olliiiul 
seal  on  it,  and  with  this  he  allowed  Brother 
Taylor,  Frank,  and  myself  to  pass,  brother 
Earl  had  an  english  passport,  and  was  all  right. 
We  spent  the  afternoon  riding  about  Alexan- 
dria, guided  by  the  dragoman  who  bad  met  us 
at  the  ship.  We  saw  Pompey's  Pillar  standing 
in  a  dusty  lot  near  an  Egyptian  cemetery,  and 
seeming  altogether  neglected.  We  saw  near 
the  old  and  now  abandoned  harbor,  the  la^t  of 
the  ancient  obelisks  left  standing  neiu-  Alexan- 
dria. The  others  have  been  taken  to  London. 
Paris,  and  Rome,  where  we  ."^aw  them,  and  re- 
gretted that  they  had  not  all  been  left  where 
they  were  originally  erected,  that  they  might 
be  seen  in  their  natural  a^'-ociations.  We  saw 
the  Turkish  quarter,  the  Jewish  quarter,  and 
other  8tr*nge  quartere  of  the  city,  and  we  en- 
countered more  strange  people,  strange  costumes, 
strange  custom)*,  strange  tongues,  and  strange 
hoosee  than  we  had  ever  seen  or  heard  before. 


As  we  rode  along  ga/ing  with  both  eyes  open 
at  everj-  curious  object,  the  natives  iill  recogniz- 
ed us  OH  Americans,  and  many  of  the  yoang 
idler*  would  call  out  socb  American  by-words 
an  they  bad  picked  up.  Some  looked  at  us  quiz- 
ically  and  said,  ".-l//  ri</hl." 

On  Thnmday,  April  3,  at  H  A.  M^  we  Uiok 
the  train  for  Cairo.  Our  route  lay  through  the 
Delta,  crossing  both  branches  of  the  Nile,  and 
bringing  into  view  the  richest  agricultural  dis- 
trict of  Egypt.  I  will  try  to  speak  of  the  gen- 
eral feature*  of  the  country,  and  the  peculiar 
modes  of  cultivation  hereafVr.  At  present  f 
must  hurry  on  to  th^  antiquities  of  Egypt 
which  iKwsew  greater  interest. 

Our  first  day  in  (.'iiiro  was  spent  in  visiting 
Heliopolis,  the  Dance  of  the  Dervishes,  the  Nil- 
ometer.  the  Coptic  Convent,  the  oldest  mosque 
in  the  city.  Heliopolis,  the  ancient  city  of  the 
Sun,  called  On  in  Exi->duB,  was  the  place  ot  res- 
idence of  .Joseph's  fatlier-in-law.  Potipherah 
rt  is  five  miles  north-east  of  Cairo.  Nothing  U 
left  there  but  mounds  of  rubbish,  the  debns  of 
ancient  buildings,  and  an  obelisk  which  is  prob- 
ably the  oldest  one  in  the  world.  It  is  6*5  feet 
high  and  6  feet  square  at  its  basf-,  and  it  now 
stands  in  a  little  wheat  field  with  no  wall  or 
fence  about  it  to  protect  it.  Tt  is  covered  with 
hieroglyphics  on  every  side  from  bottom  to  top, 
but  many  of  them  are  covered  by  the  dark  cells 
of  a  swarm  of  little  bees  who  have  taken  posses- 
sion of  it. 

The  dance,  or  rather  the  wbiri,  of  the  I)er\'- 
isbes,  is  the  Htrarigest  and  wildest  exhibition  of 
religious  fanuticism  I  have  pverseen.  They  are 
a  kind  of  Mohammedan  Monks,  and  they  live 
at  Cairo  in  a  dingy,  tunible-down  old  convent. 
At  n  rerlftin  pi'int  in  their  Sabbiith  worship 
{Friday  is  their  Sabbiith).  tliey  walk  out  upon 
a  circular  space  in  the  middle  of  the  large  room, 
surrounded  liy  a  railing,  and  commence  whirl- 
ing like  children,  turning  round  on  their  tip- 
toes; and  they  whiri  so  fast  that  their  long 
skirts,  shaped  like  ii  womrtn's  dress,  stand  out 
nearly  straight  They  kept  this  up,  acconipan- 
ied  by  screeching  music  from  a  choir  in  the 
gallery,  for  just  twenty-five  minutes,  with  only 
two  icU'rvalh  of  rest  of  about  one  minute  each; 
yet  none  of  tliem  seemed  to  be  di/zy;  but  all 
walked  straight  when  they  were  through. 

In  the  Copt  quarter,  we  were  led  down  into  a 
pellar  under  a  cellar,  where  was  a  dirty  and 
rudely  constructed  place  for  saying  mass,  and 
were  shown  two  recesseii  in  a  (yall,  which  look- 
ed very  much  like  old  biike-ovens  with  the 
fronts  knocked  out,  and  were  told  that  Joseph 
sat  in  one  of  these  and  Mary  in  the  other,  when 
they  were  in  Egypt  with  the  infant  Jesus.  I 
asked  the  ignoramus  who  conducted  us,  whiit 
.losej)!)  it  wtiH,  and  what  Miiry;  and  he  pir/.zled 
bis  brum  not  a  little  in  trying  to  make  me  un- 
derstand who  they  were.  In  approaching  this 
place  we  very  unexpectedly  encountered  !in 
illuHtration  of  n  familiar  Hible  scene.  We  heard 
a  loud  wailing  from  women  in  a  house,  and  iLsk- 
ed  our  guide  what  it  meant.  He  said  it  was  the 
wailing  for  the  dead;  that  for  forty  days  after 
the  death  of  a  person  the  m-ighbor  women  come 
to  mourn  with  tlie  family,  and  there  is  a  loud 
wailing  every  time  one  of  them  comes  in.  On 
the  same  day,  while  walking  through  some  pri- 
vate grounds  to  see  the  Nilometer,  I  heard  a 
griding  noise,  and  looking  info  a  diirk  pa-^sage 
in  the  house,  I  saw  a  woman  seated  on  the 
ground  beside  twosmiiU  millstones,  turning  the 
upper  one  by  a  wooden  pin  let  into  the  top  of 
it.  Again  wna  a  familiar  scripture  scene  brovight 
unexpectedly  before  me  in  the  land  of  Israel's 
bondiige. 

The  Nilometer  is  nothing  more  than  a  square 
stone  pillar,  marked  with  figures,  to  show  the 
rise  and  fall  of  the  water.  It  stands  in  uu  ex- 
cavation neiir  the  river,  walled  mth  stone,  and 
connected  with  the  river  by  an  under-ground 
passage.  As  we  stood  between  this  and  the  riv- 
er, next  to  a  perpendicular  wall,  which  at  this 
point  constitutes  the  river's  bank,  our  guide 
[)oinled  us  to  the  place  on  the  opposite  bank 
wliere  Moses  was  picked  up  out  of  the  bulrushes. 
We  saw  no  rushes  either  there  or  anywhere  else 
on  the  Nile,  though  we  saw  many  on  the  Suez 
canal;  but  we  were  satialied  that  if  the  spot 
pointed  out  is  not  the  one.  it  is  not  many  miles 
from  it.  The  great  city  of  Memphis,  in  which 
the  l'harMoli!«  Iheu  resided,  was  hituated  n  abort 
distance  above,  and  it  is  highly  probable  that 
the  plii;e  where  Phanioli's  daughter  went  to 
wash  at  the  river's  brink  was  not  far  from  the 
city.  Ot  c.iurse  ihis  re  quires  us  to  suppose  that 
the  parents  of  Moses  then  lived  near  here,  and 
not  iu  ibe  land  ot  Goslien;  but  in  this  there  is 
no  imprcbaliility. 

Our  Sen. lid  day  in  Cairo  was  devoted  entirely 
to  the  p\rainids  of  Gizeh,  so  called  because  the 
district  in  which  tl.ey  are  situated  has  this  name. 
In  going  thither  we  crossed  the  Nile  on  a  mag- 
nificent bridge,  as  massive  and  handsome  as  the 
London  bridge  across  the  Thames,   and   much 


loD^er:  then  we  rode  up  the  river  about  two 
milen.  then  in  a  straight  line  nearly  due  west 
forbix  miles-the  pyramids  being  eight  miles 
from  Criiro.  The  entire  ride  is  over  an  elevated 
road  about  forty  feet  wide,  smoothly  macadam- 
ized, and  completely  shaded  in  most  parts  by 
rows  of  trees,  planted  standing  on  both  sides 
and  meeting  overhead  iu  the  middle.  We  rode 
out  in  an  open  carriage,  with  the  thermometer 
about  seventy  degre«.s.  and  all  agreed  that  it 
wmt  the  most  pleasant  ride  we  had  enjoyed  since 
we  left  home.  The  traveling  public  must  thank 
the  present  Khedive  of  Egypt  for  this  road  and 
these  trees,  and  also  for  a  very  comfortable  stone 
house  at  the  foot  of  the  great  pyramid  iu  which 
to  rest  and  take  lunch. 

Within  a  few  minutes  after  alighting  from 
our  carruige,  I  was  clambering  up  the  great 
pyramid,  with  two  Arabs  climbing  before  me 
and  pulling  my  hands,  while  a  third  pushed  me 
l»ehiud,  and  a  fourth  carried  my  field-glass  and 
my  umbrella.  Notwithstanding  all  this  help.  I 
stripped  two  or  three  times  to  rest  and  to  look- 
about  me.  With  my  cariienter's  tape  line,  1 
measured  many  of  the  courses  of  rock,  and  found 
that  they  vary  very  much  in  thick-ess.  Some 
are  as  little  as  two  feet  thick,  and  some  more 
than  three  feet  I  measured  individual  stones 
that  were  four  feet  thick,  and  one  that  was  six 
feet.  The  stones  of  the  latter  two  sizes,  howev- 
er, usually  run  through  two  courses  perpendic- 
ular, like  a  brick  of  double  thickness  with  two 
of  ordinary  thickness  by  ita  side.  When  we 
reai'hed  the  top  we  took  seats  on  the  rocks,  and 
remained  mure  than  an  hour,  .surveying  the 
widespread  landscape,  and  conversing,  as  well 
as  a  dozen  bubbliug  Arabs  would  let  us.  on  the 
various  topics  which  it  suggested. 

To  the  west  of  us.  and  stretching  as  fur  as  the 
eye  could  reach,  was  the  great  Libyan  desert, 
with  its  ocean  of  yellow  sand,  as  bare  of  vege- 
tation as  the  palm  of  your  hand.  To  the  east, 
beginning  within  a  few  steps  of  the  pyramid's 
base,  was  the  green  valley  of  the  Nile,  growing 
narrow  as  it  stretched  away  to  the  south,  and 
spreading  out  like  a  fan  as  it  stretched  along 
the  I)elt.»  to  the  north.  Farther  east,  this  green 
and  beautiful  belt  was  limited  by  the  rocky  cliff 
east  of  the  Nile,  which  rises  up  to  the  naked 
desert  stretching  away  to  the  Red  Sea.  Many 
towns,  villages,  palaces,  palm  groves,  and  yel- 
ow  fields  of  ripening  grain,  diversified  the  view 
along  the  plain,  while  nothing  relieved  the 
nakedness  of  the  desert,  but  the  four  smaller 
pyramids  at  our  feet,  and  a  dozen  more  stretch- 
ed along  the  same  de.«ert  clill'  to  the  southward. 
For  a  distance  of  12  or  15  i.iiles,  these  tombs  of 
great  kings  mark  the  outline  of  a  cliff  of  lime- 
tone  one  or  two  hundred  feet  high,  which  is 
lioneycombcd  with  tKe  rock-cut  sepulchers  of 
humbler  persons,  together  with  the  sepulchers 
,f  eats  and  sacred  bulls.  All  this  spate  was 
found  necessary  to  bury  the  dead  of  the  great 
ty  of  Memphis  the  city  of  Pharaohs,  of  Jo- 
sejih.  and  Moses.  In  the  valley  beneath  us  and 
extending  southward,  lie  the  crumbling  ruins 
of  the  great  city,  with  here  and  there  a  broken 
statue  or  column  half  buried  in  the  earth,  to  tell 
the  mournful  story  of  its  desolation. 

The  Bedawiu  Arabs  are  lull  of  curiosity,  and 
very  quick  witted.  When  t  laid  my  pocket 
compass  down  to  get  the  bearings  of  the  pyra- 
mid, they  watched  the  needle  how  it  iiouh} 
point  one  way.  and  dance  back  to  it  when  dis- 
turbed, und  they  cried  out  "  Good;  very  good." 
When  they  heard  me  call  out  to  my  compan- 
ions the  number  of  feet,  as  I  measured  the  top 
of  the  pyramid,  they  were  puzzled  to  know  what 
I  meant  by  feet,  and  they  held  out  their  own 
feet  in  all  manner  of  positions  to  get  an  expla- 
nation. I  tried  to  explain,  but  made  a  lailure. 
When  at  last  i  wound  the  tape  rapidly  into  its 
ciise,  and  put  it  into  my  i)ocket,  they  laughed 
with  delight,  and  said:  "Very  good!  Merican 
man!  Yankee  Doodle!  Hurrah!"  They  had 
all  heard  of  Mark  Twain.  When  his  uame  was 
mentioned,  one  of  them  said,  "  Mark  Twain  like 
de  debbil!"  I  asked.  "  What  do  you  mean  by 
thaty"  But  T  could  get  no  explanation  from 
him. 

After  satisfying  ourselves  with  the  outside  of 
the  pyramid,  we  descended,  took  our  lunch, 
walked  about  the  Sphinx  acd  the  surrounding 
tombs  for  a  couple  of  hours,  und  then  spent  two 
hours  and  a  half  exploring  and  measuring  the 
interior  of  tlie  pyramid.  Ot  these  nieasuremeut: 
and  some  kindred  mattei-s  1  will  write  iu  my 
next.  J.  W.  McG.utVKY 


A  KiNu  walking  out  one  morning,  met  a  lad 
at  a  stable  door,  and  luked  him,  "  Well,  boy, 
what  do  you  dor*  what  do  they  pay  j  ou'r'  " 

"  I  help  iu  the  stable,"  replied  the  lad;  "  but 
I  have  nothing  except  victuals  and  clothes." 

"  Be  content,"  replied  the  king,  "  I  have 
no  more."     _  _    

Tin:  most  noble  feeling  of  the  lieart  is  true  love. 


^antii  l^al^^p. 


•  I«riL-R,T.  iTTli         ~ 


ObiUuriM  Bhonld  be  brief,  written  on  bnt  on«  sitl«  of 
pftper,  anil  B«pkr*t«  tVom  ■!!  otber  bosioMi. 


HARIUS  — AiToioi  P3eM»'>l.  HorviinCo..  Iowa,  Minnie 
Hurrii.  a»ugbier  uf  SaiDiiel  aod  C.  Honi.,  ^g^ 
10  year-,  7  monlbs.  and  22  d»j». 

G0S80B.— In  ihc  Springfield  Churcb.  Noble  County.  !„. 
diana.  Maj  1.'.,  187!>.  Sisler  Goonor.  wife  of  BrotherA 
(Jons^r  aged  nhou<  6fl  years,  Punera)  •««.:,»  hy  n^nh. 
crChriBliaa  Wenrw  »nd  Drolhcr  Snihnrt.  in  ihe  H]_  g_ 
Churcb  at  Brimfield.  Jobs  Uuli.is. 

CLIPF.— In  KoBciiisko  County.  Indiana,  May  I4lh,  MeU 
Tin  Clipi'.  son  "f  Friend  Louis  Clipp.  aged  eight  jti^n. 
4  months.  HQ'I  13  J*yB.  Funerul  «erTLco*by  D.  Shivoly," 
J.  Angleuiyet,  and  lUe  writer,  from  Jlov.  21,  fir«i  clause 
of  Uh  Tcrse.  J-  ".  MiutEa. 

KOL'TS. — Sisier  ("Atbarino  Kouls  wis  born  November  20 
1810,  otiddiedJnn.  6,  187'J.ng«d  68  years.  1  month' 
and  1'  duys. 

Shf'waBborn  in  Lancusler  Coiinly.  Pennflylvftnifi.  She 
(liove.l  with  her  parenls  to  Montgomery  Comity.  Ohio, 
iind  there  married  Henry  Kouls  in  1K85.  He  died  in 
H<68;  thus  leaving  bei  witboiil  a  companion  lo  battle 
wiib  the  storms  of  life.  She  remnined  a  widow  imiil  her 
death,  wliioh  wrts  25  years.  She  was  also  the  mother  of 
ve  children,  five  of  which  are  now  living,  and  are 
eslled  10  mourn  the  loss  of  one  whose  place  in  the  circle 
of  relation  can  not  be  filled,  She  was  a  member  of  the 
United  Urelhrcn  Cburch  for  eighteeu  years,  but  came  to 
ihc  Urelhrcn  nboul  lour  years  ago.  io  which  time  she 
lived  a  pious  and  detoted  sister.  By  her  request  she 
was  anoinied  the  evening  before  she  died,  al  which  timo 
she  expressed  a  desire  to  be  rid  of  thu  atHicliuns  and 
sufferiuga  on  earth,  and  uaoeud  lo  ihe  blessed  Redeemer. 
The  Mineral  services  look  place  in  Ogans  Cieek  Cliuroh, 
Wabash  County.  Indiana;  conducted  by  Elder  .luooh  MeU- 
gcr.  from  Uev.  U;  13.  after  wliich  Ihe  body  wasinterrci 
be  Fairview  Cemetery.  Jou.s  H.  Weight, 

[rriniilive  Christian,    please  copy.] 

/.IMMKRM.1N,— At  Polo.  IU..  May  I8,  1870,  Minni» 
Eliiabeih.  infiuit  daughter  of  friend  and  Sister  Zim- 
merman aged  2  months  and  9  days.  Funeral  servieea 
alDulcljiown.  by  J.  H.  Moore.  Ebu. 

SLATHR.— In  the  Pony  Creek  Church,  Brown  County, 
Kansaa,  April  20,  1879,  FrankieN.  Slitter,  son  of 
Friend  John  and  Sister  Phebe  Slater,  aged  2  years,  7 
months,  and  11  days.  Disease,  scarlet  fever.  Funernl 
distoiirse  by  ihe  writer,  assisted  by  Btolher  Daniel 
Fry,  from  Mark  lO:  13-lU.  Jonathan  WAassR. 

PHEPI.ER— Ellin  Alice  Shepler  was  born  Sdptendtcr  9th, 
187.T,  died  May  4th,  1879.  aged  5  years,  7  months, 
and'iSdnys.  Funeral  occasion  by  iho  Hrelliren,  from 
Bev.2l:  i,  to  a  large  cuogregalion  and  piourniug  friends, 
who  fee!  that  our  loss  was  her  e  teraal  gain. 

"      Dahikl  K  SaiVBLY. 

WlMEll.— Id  Wosbinglon  Dislriot,  Kansas,  on  the  7th 
inst.,  Brolher  Daniel  Wimer,  He  had  been  (luit^poorly 
for  Ibree  or  four  roonlhs  He  went  to  Missouri  to  sU 
a  doctor  and  there  died  Tliey  brought  bis  romaina 
liei-e  and  buried  tiiem  at  the  Bruuhaugh  iMeetiug- 
house.  Ho  leaves  a  wife  and  lour  or  five  children  lo 
mourn  their  lus8.  E,  W.FtoiiY. 

DAIINHAKT.  — At  Ceniropolis,  Franklim,  County,  Kau- 
sas  Albeil  A.  Butubiiri,  inlunt  son  ^f,  A.  and  L,  Bnrn- 
harl.  Born  March  Kth.  1X78,  and  died  Maylllh. 
Ift71i,  aged  1  year.  'J  rionllie.  and  three  days,  funer- 
al discourse  byJ.  C  Flo»y  and  D.  Hurader.  from  Job 
1;  21,  Ufjkl'rge  congregation.  D.  U  ibai'EB. 

BARTON— In  Ihe  Turkey  Creek  dongregaiion,  Pawnae 
County,  liebraska,  lohn  Prankliii,  son  of  Brother  Cal- 
vin and  Sisier  Antiie  Barton.  diedWny.  Isij  aged  1 
years,  «  months,  and  4  ilay.9^  DjsCHBe,  .typhoid  and 
brain  fever,  i,i  ,     .       .      , 

\\v  wo^dd  any  to  Ihc  parents  to  mourn  nol  as  llioae  who 
have  no  iiope;  for  Christ  ways.  "Suffer  liltle  children  lo 
come  untome.  fornf  fofcli  is  the  kingdom  of  heaven/' 
Fnnera!  servicea  by  the  writer,  lo  a,  large  i:o(iau«fse  o/ 
friends,  W«.  H.  Jullks. 

ROVEH  -Sear  Flmwood,  Cms  County  Nebraska,  May 
ftlh.  1879,  8Ut<r  Uvina  Koyer,  wife  ol  Brother  IMM 
Hoyer.  Disease,  neuralgia  at  the  Iioan.  Slie  was  bu- 
ried on  S.iiidny,  M"y  lllh.  Funeral  largely  ntiended. 
Sutjcci,  Job  11:  11,  '     '  JksskY.  Hk^^KLKB. 

BOSBUllAKK— March  i7tU,,  IS^fl,  of  dr^^pw  oi  **• 
heart,  Alice  M.  Botiehrakc.  nged  "i  years,  lO  months. 
anil  H  day.  Funer^.l  discourse  by  T,  G.  Snyder  and 
others,  fioni  Ibe  larler  clause  of  52nrl  verse  of  the  «lh 
chapter  of  Luk«.  '  iw  | 

MILLEKi— IniheOrundyqounl^  CUwrch.   April  tini. 
Ihe  un.lersigned  were  called  li,  preaeli  ihe  funeral  of  Ida, 
daughter  ol    W.  F   ami  Sister  Miller,  age.l  12  years.  10 
monihs.  ivxd  2ti  daji.     DtseAse,  scarlet  I'Ofcr. 
Ida  was  cick  oulyone  week.    She  was  a  very  premis- 
ing young  Indy.  and  instead   of  being   permitied  to  aWJ 
hercHud  lueol  with  u»  iu  Sunday-scliool.  was  called  a^^^y 
to  he  with  JOMis,  wliloh  is  far  belter.    Text,  Philpp.l-  **' 
"For   me  lo  .ive  is  Cliriil,  and  to  die  i»  goia." 

I'AIIL  WUTSISI- 

J.  M.  Si.vi.«»- 

(ilLLIN.-Near  Hudson.  Tlack  Hawk  Counly,  I"^^' 
Brolher  .lohnGilliu,  aged  28 years  and  2b  days.  "« 
died  on  Sunday  morning,  May  4lh,  and  was  buri* 
ibe&.h.  Hi,  remains  «ere  followcl  to  ihe  grave  bja 
very  large  concourse  of  friends.  Disease,  oonsumpu" 
Funeral  scrtioei  by  llio  brethren.  TeKt,  Isaiah  3:  1  . 
U  Ei.lAsK.  BiE'^"'-'^* 


June 


THE    BTtKTMHE:^'^    ^T    AVOKK. 


(focrcsponilcncc. 


>l  joot  Ju7  innj  ba  tOlL^oha. 


Echoes  from  the  Center. 

SL-MUEB   XVII. 

Xhe  Tomb— Sunday  s  Labor— Visit  to  Shelby 
County.  Ohio— Rejoicing  among  the  Saints— 
By  the  Waterside— At  Home  Again— Special 
Meeting  —  The  Last  Resting  Place— Later 
from  the  Mission  at  Shelby. 

ACK0S3  the  street,  the  silent  sigual,  unfurl- 
ed to  the  breeze,  speaks  to  the  passer  by 
that  within  that  domicile  are  hearts  full  of  sad- 
ness, mourning  over  the  loss  of  a  loved  one. 
^e  oft  met  with  that  family  and  oflfered  words 
of  consolntioD  to  the  afflicted  husband.  R«ad 
to  him  words  from  the  Book  of  God  and  prayed 
for  him  and  endeavored  to  point  him  to  the 
Lamb  of  God  who  taketh  away  the  sin  of  the 
fforld.  Others  labored  with  him  and  fina.lly  he 
pxpressed  himself  willing  to  depart,  and  to-day 
be  lies  a  sileut  sleeper  awaiting  the  rt-surrectiou 
morn-  The  bell  is  tolling  the  funeral  dirge  and 
we  hasten  to  the  house  of  mouTniug  to  assist  in 
the  Bolemnitiei  of  the  occasion.  We  departed 
ID  the  proi-ession  to  the  church  and  listened  to 
9  discourse  delivered  by  a  minister  of  the  Meth- 
odist fraternity.  The  theme  of  his  discourse 
wagon  thC' mortality  (if  man,  and  many  good 
tbooghta  tell  from  his  lips.  This  is  the  end  of 
man.  Oh  solemn  thought!  May  God  help  ua 
to  prep»re  for  the  hour  of  dissolution. 

To-day  the  different  appointments  were  filled 
in  our  cougregatioH,  (Kagle  Creek)  and  I  trust 
some  good  has  been  accomplished.  The  writer 
tutt  the  appointment  at  the  Beeth  Grove  school- 
hou'ie  at  10:30  A.  M.  Met  a  pleasant  audience 
and  had  good  attention,  aud  hope  the  day  is  not 
far  distant  when  God  will  bless  our  labors  in 
the  conversion  of  souls. 

On  the  ;")Lb  inst.  stiirted  for  Shelby  County 
Church,  west  of  Si<iney,  Ohio,  to  labor  a  few 
days  among  the  Brethren.  Found  our  dear 
Brother  0.  F.  Youot  in  the  field,  having  preach- 
ed three  sermons  already.  We  coutiuued  the 
meetings  unlil  the  I>ih,  when  the  writer  return- 
ed home.  The  meetings  wereoi  growing  inter- 
est, having  baptized  four  and  reports  of  more  to 
lollow.  Brother  Yount  remained  and  preached 
Saturday  evening  and  Sunday  morningat  which 
time  the  meetings  were  to  close. 

Thee  was  great  rejoicing  among  the  saints 
when  the  wanderers  returned  to  the  fold.  I 
was  forcibly  reminded  of  the  peculiar  adaptation 
of  the  religion  of  Jesus  Christ  to  the  wants  of 
man  when  I  saw  presented  before  us  a  Httle 
lamb  of  about  eleven  summers  and  an  aged  gen- 
tleman of  about  seveuty  years  as  applicants  for 
baptism.  Unfolding  more  fully  to  the  mind 
the  pleasant  thought  that  the  aged  sinner's 
wants  can  be  supplied,  their  sins  washed  away. 
peace  of  miud  restored,  and  joyi'ully  tread  their 
few  remaining  days  on  the  highway  to  heaven, 
and  ah  o  that  the  young  can  find  a  Savior,  a 
friend  that  will  be  their  refuge,  their  stay  and 
consolation  while  traveling  over  life's  rough 
waves. 

By  the  waterside  we  repaired  and  a  more 
pleasurable  yet  solemn  scene  my  eyes  never 
witnessed.  The  dear  little  girl  was  led  down 
into  the  rippling  stream  by  Brother  Yount  and 
in  humble  obedience  to  the  command  of  Jesua 
she  yielded  submissively  and  returned  to  the 
shore  with  a  countenance  beaming  with  angel- 
ic sweetness.  The  aged  brother  returned  from 
the  watery  grave  rejoicing  that,  as  the  "  brand 
from  the  burning "'  he  was  rescued,  and  a  home 
iu  heaven  is  his  in  prospect. 

During  the  meetings  the  funeral  of  Brother 
David  P.  Younker  took  place.  Proceeded  to 
the  house  of  the  deceased  and  accompanied  the 
procession  to  the  church  where  the  sermon  was 
preached  by  the  writer  and  our  dear  Brother  O. 
F-  Yount.  to  a  large  audience.  The  age  of 
Brother  Younker  was  51*  years,  9  months,  and 
20  days.  Mother  and  children,  you  mourn  the 
loss  of  one  that  is  near  to  your  hearts;  prove 
faithful,  and  in  his  own  good  time  God  will  call 
you  home,  where  no  farewell  tear  is  shed  and 
where  sickness  and  death  can  never  come.  We 
wandered  about  in  the  cemetery  and  noticed 
several  silently  approaching  a  tombstone  where 
a  loved  one  was  sleeping,  afld  were  giving  vent 
to  their  feelings  in  tears,  by  calling  up  fond 
recollections  of  the  dear  departed.  How  forci- 
bly the  thought,  this  the  end  of  allHesh. 

Retured  home  on  Saturday  and  taking  a  good 
rest,  felt  like  going  to  work  with  renewed  ener- 
gy- 

111  company  with  my  wife  and  little  daughter, 
we  started  foi  the  Disciple  Church  to  attend  a 
special  meeting  called  by  a  worthy  citizen  of 
our  neighborhood,  who  has  contemplated  for 
*onie  time  to  give  his  heart  to  God   and   be  a 


Christian.  Being  so  impressed  with  the  per- 
torniity  of  his  immediate  duties  he  resolved  to 
call  a  special  meeting.  Having  secured  the 
use  ol  the  house  he  requested  the  services  of 
the  writer.  Whereupon  we  responded,  and 
met  a  large  audience,  and  in  the  fear  of  God 
deliberated  to  the  people  as  we  received  ability, 
after  which  we  repaired  to  the  waterside,  where 
he  was  baptized  according  to  the  divine  plan. 
Oh  what  joy  in  that  dear  brother's  heart.  May 
God  help  many  more  to  come  and  enjoy  similar 
happiness. 

Having  received  a  message  to  conduct  a  fu- 
neral occassion  I  started  to-day  for  the  house 
of  mourning  sis  miles  distant,  and  found  a 
large  concourse  of  people  assembled  at  the 
house  of  the  deceased.  After  a  short  season  of 
devotion  we  repaired  to  Mt.  Zion  Church  to 
deliver  a  funeral  sermon  and  speak  words  of 
comfort  and  consolation  to  the  large  assemblage 
of  people;  was  assisted  by  Brother  E,  Bosser- 
man. 

After  services  we  deposited  the  aged  mother 
in  the  tomb— the  last  resting  place  for  the 
dead.  Yes,  dear  children,  mother  was  your 
comfort  and  stay  for  many  years,  and  like  a 
ripe  sheaf,  ready  for  the  garner,  was  she  gath- 
ered, yet  it  was  hard  to  give  her  up.  Many 
tears  were  shed,  tears  of  sorry  and  grief,  tears 
of  sympathy  and  affection.  You  were  loth  to 
bid  farewell  to  mother  and  let  the  clods  of  the 
valley  receive  your  treasure  from  your  sight. 
But  why  this  endearing  fondness,  this  contin- 
ued love  for  the  departed  ones?  Is  it  not  the 
voice  from  the  soul  within  telling  n%  that  we 
shal  live  again?  and  that  when  life  with  us  is 
over  that  we  shall  again  be  re-united  and  dwell 
with  God  forever?  Bless  the  Lord  for  the 
hopes  the  Christian  has  of  heaven. 

Ueturned  home  and  received  a  message  from 
my  co-laborer.  Brother  0.  F.  Yount,  in  the 
mission  field  of  Shelby,  stating  that  his  stay 
over  Lord's  Day  resulted  in  the  addition  of 
four  more  precious  souls  to  the  church;  in  all, 
eight  accesions  during  the  eight  days  meeting. 
Oh!  what  joy  the  freedom  of  sin.  May  God 
bless  the  success  of  Zion  every-where,  is 
my  prayer.  S.  T,  Bohskrman. 

Dunkirk,  Ohio,  Maij  13,  1S79. 


Echoes  f.om  the  Miami    Valley. 

Stirring  of  the  Waters  in  Wolf  Creek  Church 
—Our  Love-feast— The  District  Meeting  of 
Southern  Ohio. 

WE  have  had  a  season  of  rejoicing  in  the 
Wolf  Creek  Church.  Some  ten  have 
been  added  to  the  fold  by  haptistu,  within  the 
la^t  three  weeks.  They  are  mostly  young  peo- 
ple. As  usual  some  had  been  brought  up  "in 
the  nurture  and  admonition  of  the  Lord,"  and 
Gibers  had  been  "aliens  from  the  wealth  of  Is- 
rael." May  thev  walk  worthy  of  the  vocation 
wherein  thej*  are  called. 

Our  Love  feast  was  held  on  the  8th  and  9th 
of  May.  The  congregations  were  large.  We 
had  preaching  at  two  places,  severally  and  prof- 
itablv  addressed  by  Brother  Wagner,  of  III., 
and  Brethren  Hixon  and  West  of  Southern  0., 
and  some  of  our  neighboring  brethren.  A 
large  number  of  brethren  and  sisters  commun- 
ed in  the  evening.  Brother  Wagner  adminis- 
tered. The  various  topics  and  ordinances  were 
ably  discussed  by  the  ministers  present. 

The  Southern  District  of  Ohio  convened  on 
the  13th  day  of  May  iu  the  Donald's  Creek 
Church,  Clark  County.  The  meeting  was  or- 
ganized by  appointing  Brethren  S.  Garber  and 
A.  Flory,  Moderators;  Brother  S.  Mohler,  Head- 
ing Clerk;  and  Brother  S.  Kinsey,  Writing 
Clerk. 

The  first  query  asked  for  the  repeal  ot  arti- 
cles third,  18H7;  and  sixth,  1875;  and  that  poor 
and  dependent  members  have  the  privilege  of 
moving  into  any'  church  they  may  wish  to 
without  counseling  said  church.     Tabled. 

The  second  asked  whether  it  was  in  harmony 
with  the  gospel  for  brethren  to  wear  crape  on 
their  sleeves,  when  acting  a>»  pall-bearers.  De- 
cided in  the  negative. 

The  third  a  request  that  no  tax  or  assessment 
be  made  for  the  Kentucky  mission,  but  that 
the  necessary  funds  be  raised  by  voluntary  con- 
tributions.    Tabled. 

The  fourth  and  5th  queries  related  io  the 
practice  recently  introduced  of  dipping  the  ap- 
plicant so  rapidly,  as  to  give  no  time  for 
thought  or  breath.  The  meeting  condemned 
the  practice  and  sent  the  subject  to  A.M.  Thi 
sixth  desired  a  recouiiieratioa  of  article  12th, 
IS2T,  (concerning  raising  tobacco)  and  have  it 
repealed  or  enforced.  The  meeting  refused  to 
reconsider  and  the  query  was  quietly  and  re- 
respectfully  tabled.  The  seventh  conceniing 
taking  more  than  lawful  interest.  Decided 
that  X.  M.  has  given  ample  decisions  on  that 
subject.     The  seventh  and  eigjit  asked  wheth- 


er it  was  right  for  brethren  to  organi?*  insur- 
ance companies  iu  the  name  of  the  church. 
The  constitution  of  such  an  association  wa.s 
read,  and  after  a  long  discussion  it  was  referrt-d 
to  A.  M.  The  meeting  adjourned  for  refrefh- 
menls. 

AFTBBNOOK  SESSION. 

The  ninth  and  tenth  queries  asked  for  the 
decision  of  D.  M.  on  several  points,  viz.:  Trav- 
eling preachers  out  of  order,  going  into  organ- 
ized churches  without  permission,  and  hold- 
ing meetings  out  of  order,  receiving  applicants 
out  of  order,  writing  against  the  order,  calling 
it  "iron  rule,"  &c.  The  meeting  condemned 
these  practices,  but  as  the  various  charges  were 
not  all  sustained,  tl^e  queries  were  tabled.  The 
eleventh  related  to  the  same,  inquiring  whether 
members  had  the  right  to  co-operat«  with  out- 
siders to  get  such  brethren  to  come  and  hold 
meetings.  Decided  that  members  should  not 
do  so.  The  twelfth  requested  D.  M.  to  ask  A. 
M.  to  stop  Brother  H.  R.  Holsinger  and  his 
contributors  from  publishing  such  bitter  per- 
sonalities, and  unbecoming  and  slanderous  ex 
pressions,  &c.     The  request  was  granted. 

The  thirteenth  was  about  expelling  members 
without  gospel  authority  and  referred  to  sever- 
al decisions  of  A.  M.on  that  subject.  Tabled. 
The  fourteenth  requested  A.  M.  not  to  send 
brethren  to  settle  difficulties  who  are  in  difK- 
culty  themselves.  As  this  had  never  been 
done  when  it  was  known  to  be  the  case  the 
query  was  tabled.  * 

The  fifteenth  referred  to  long  exhorations 
before  prayer  at  opening  of  meeting.  The  D. 
M.  disapproved  of  the  practice.  The  sixteenth 
subject  before  the  meeting  was  the  report  of 
the  various  missions.      The  Kentucky    mission 

rely  has  an  existence.  Three  visits  made 
withiu  the  year.  The  members  have  nearly  all 
moved  to  Miami  Valley.  Only  four  remain. 
Brethren  G.  Siler  and  S.  Murray  Were  appoint- 
ed a  committee  to  set  things  in    order   and    see 

hether  it  is  prudent  to  continue  the  mission. 
The  Meigs  County  mission  was  reported  to  be 
in  a  more  encouraging  and  prosperous  condi- 
tion. Brethren  S.  Garber  and  A.  Flory  were 
appointed  to  see  that  it  was  continued  during 
the  year.  The  meeting  adjourned  for  the 
day. 

IVKDNESDAY  MORNING  SKSSION,  HAY  U. 

The  seventeenth  requested  D.  M.  to  devise 
or  adopt  some  plan  to  promote  missionary 
work,  and  suggested  that  the  plan  formed  at 
the  Ogan's  Creek  Meeting  be  adopted.  There 
was  a  general  acknowledgement  made  that 
Southern  Ohio  did  not  do  as  much  missionary 
work  as  it  is  her  privilege  and  duty  to  do.  The 
meeting,  however,  did  not  sanction  the  Ogan's 
Creek  plan  or  the  plan  of  'G8;  both  of  which 
were  examined  and  criticised.  After  discusning 
the  subject  a  good  long  time  it  wua  decided 
that  each  church  in  the  district  appoint  one 
delegate,  and  said  delegates  shall  convene  at 
Wolf  Creek  Church  August  ISth  to  confer  to- 
gether and  devise  a  plan. 

The  eighteenth  and  nineteenth  were  cau- 
tious and  protests  on  the  following  points,  viz,; 
High  Schools,  Sabbath-schools,  Protracted 
Meetings,  Single  mole  of  feet-washing.  Con- 
formity, Writing  against  the  established  order 
of  the  church,  kc.  One  of  these  was  tabled. 
The  other  sent  to  A.  M. 

The  twentieth  requested  that  Brethren  make 
the  same  distinction  that  Christ  does  in  the  di- 
vorce question  Matt.  19;  9.     Tabled. 

Brother  Abraham  Flory  was  chosen  member 
of  S':auding  ('ommittee,  and  Brother  William 
Cassel  as  delegate  to  A.  M.  The  meeting  ad- 
jourded  with  much  good  feeling  existing  be- 
tween the  participants  in  its  labors. 

John  Calvik  Briuht. 


^  We  are  sorry  lliii 
nl  (be  A.  M.  to  biiv< 
lliiu  kinil  in  nueJed. 
pciK-e  wilh  Ihe  i^hur 
[iiuitiees.  nnJ  Lml  (I 
(i;  beeu  so  dccidud. 


i)uei',v  wiks  tabled,  not  beoause  we 
more  to  do,  hut  becAUxe  noinelbiiig 

h,  'bould  ne»iT  be  iippoiuled  on 
scomu  heforo  the  A.  M.  it  would 
liojn'  the  Suini^iiig  CoinDiitleo 


e  tbis  matter  apevinl  atteDlioo. — J.  ii.  u. 


Echoes-  from  the  East. 


SlUBEIl    XIX. 

WE  desire  to  say  a  word  about  the  press — 
its  service.  I'erhaps  there  is  no  power 
ot"  greater  magnitude  within  the  realm  of  hu- 
manity than  the  press — the  printer's  machinery 
and  materials.  This  power  is  man's  servant. 
It  depends  uj>on  Uie  man  or  nit-n  as  to  what  is 
done  with  the  press,  whether  it  be  good  or  evil. 
Everybody  ought  to  know  that  there  am  many 
men  who  use  the  press  for  evil  doings,  while  on 
the  other  hand  there  are  men  who  are  doing 
great  good  with  it.  We  can  easily  discern  who 
is  worthy  of  our  encouragement. 

Now  when  a  Christian  man  uses  the  press 
he  must  necessity  use  it  as  he  lives — that  is  for 
the  welfare  of  society.  For  the  world  of  the 
unconverted,  he  will  use   the   press   for  gospel 


ends,  to  instruct,  warn,  entreat,  invite,  and  ex- 
hibit the  beauty  and  saving  power  of  true 
Christian  religion.  This  is  etwential.  And  for 
tht!  professedly  converted,  the  meinbem  of  the 
church  of  Christ,  he  will  write  or  publish  what 
will  be  consistent  with  his  high  prolWxion,  not 
only  of  being  a  true  Cliristian,  but  of  usintj 
tlif  prtss  like  a  C/irinlitiii. 

How  many  "foolish"  virgins  there  are  with- 
in the  enclo-ture  of  the  Lord'H  Vineyard  to-day! 
Let  that  consolation  of  our  bleased  Master  be 
the  portion  of  all  the  faithful.  0  how  often 
we  are  pained  and  sorely  grieved  to  see  how  the 
press  is  used  to  misrepresent  our  brethren  to 
defame,  to  dishonor,  to  blacken,  to  irritate,  to 
punish  the  servants  of  God.  This  is  one  of 
the  signs  of  "i>erilous  times,"  deer  brethren 
and  sisters,  bet  us  be  "wise  a»  serpents  and 
hariule.<s  as  doves,"  for  so  teflches  our  dear 
Master.  Let  us  live  out  the  profession  of  our 
faith,  assist  in  every  good  work,  deny  our  self- 
ish selves,  labor  for  peace  and  oneness  in  all 
things  within  the  church,  and  yield  ourselves 
to  the  Lord  to  live  "holy,  harmneaa,  and  sepa- 
rate from  sinners." 

Sometimes  we  read  statements  made  about 
brethren,  and  thereby  we  are  made  to  doubt, 
and  if  our  love  is  not  genuine  we  will  begin  to 
believe  the  report,  and  worst  of  all  help  to  cir- 
culate the  evil  tidings.  This  is  wrong,  -and 
doing  as  the  wicked  do.  If  any  have  done  so, 
they  should  be  greatful  that  it  is  their  privilege 
to  do  so  no  more.  Our  gospel  law  says,  "Speak 
evil  of  no  man."  It  is  just  as  bad  to  ClltCU- 
liATKsuch  wickedness.  Let  me  conclude  this 
paragraph  by  quoting  an  appropriate  scrap 
from  a  country  paper.     It  begins  thus: 

OOOIIAItVICE  FOB  vol". 

"Think  twice  before  you  believe  every  evil 
story  you  hear;  and  think  twenty  times  before 
you  repeat  it,  especially  if  it  is  about  a  woman. 
Say  to  yourself;  this  may  not  be  true,  or  it  may 
be  exaggerated,  unless  you  have  positive  proof 
of  the  veracity  of  your  information.  People 
sometimes  tell  falsehoods,  they  often  make  mis- 
takes, and  they  sometimes  simply  'hear.'  There 
is  auricular  illusion  as  well  as  optical  illusion. 
Take  all  the>e  into  consideration  be- 
fore you  believe.  And  as  for  repeating  the 
story,  ask  yourself  if  it  U  neces-sary.  Then  do 
it  with  the  fear  of  God  before  you,  and  the  re- 
membrance of  the  golden  rule.  Let  us  give  the 
hell  ling  hand  not  the  downward  push,  ao  the 
angels  may  reach  their  hands  toward  us  when 
we  stand  in  need." 

0001)  NKWS  TO  TELL. 

Wednesday,  May  7^A.— This  afternoon  in 
company  with  another  visiting  brother.  It  was 
our  joyous  duty  to  visit  an  applicant  for  mem- 
bership in  the  body  of  Christ.  It  was  a  broth- 
er's daughter,  but  sixteen  years  of  age.  She 
has  had  convictions  of  Christian  duty  for  six 
months,  and  in  our  examination  found  her 
ready  to  "enter  by  the  door."  These  examin- 
ations are  held  in  the  presence  of  the  family. 
So  we  have  always  had  it  here,  but  at  some 
places  it  is  not  just  so.  We  believe  it  is  better, 
in  order  that  applicants  may  be  more  free  to 
express  their  motiir  for  uniting  with  the 
church;  to  tefl  their  state  of  mind,  their  knowl- 
edge of  the  doctrines  of  the  church,  their  will- 
ingness to  adopt  all  the  principles  and  gospel 
rules  of  the  church  even  to  non-conformity  to 
the  world  in  dress,  in  conduct,  and  everything 
not  becoming  the  saints  on  earth.  We  were 
made  to  rejoice  in  hope. 

Siindaij,  Maij  7///i.— Our  meeting  at;  .Amster- 
dam. Just  before  the  services  were  opened, 
the  members  retired  to  the  outside  of  the  house, 
and  the  applicant  was  named  to  the  church. 
No  objections  being  offered,  and  examination 
being  reported  satisfactory,  we  returned,  and 
the  services  were  opened  in  our  common  man- 
ner. The  11th  of  1.  Cor.  was  read,  and  a  min- 
istering brother  spoke  very  acceptably  upon 
our  duty  in  regard  to  the  approaching  com- 
munion occasion — its  importance-j-every-day 
examination — our  readiness — solemn  and  pray- 
erful consideration. 

Another  brother  following  with  remarks  in 
regard  to  joining  the  church  iu  Christ, 
and  read  the  18th  of  Matthew,  from  the 
10th  to  the  22nd  verses  inclusive,  .\fter  some 
appropriate  explanations,  the  applic  int  arose 
and  was  asked  the  usual  questions  in  regard  to 
taking  and  giving  offenses. 

After  dismission  we  repaired  to  the  waterside, 
where  the  applicant,  after  singing  and  prayer, 
was  led  into  the  Howing  stream  and 

"niRm>  IN  ILVITISM." 

It  was  inileed  pleasant  to  see  this  dear  child 
beginning  so  well  to  follow  the  Master.  We 
read  that  he  said  "My  yoke  is  easy."  Another 
translation  says,  "My  yoke  is  sweet."  It  is  in- 
deed sweet  to  those  that  love  Jesus,  love' his 
humble  disciples,  and  love  all  his  service.  The 
cross  of  Christ  is  indeed  hard  to  bear  when  we 
fail  to   fake  it  squarely   upon  our  shoulders. 


^ 


a'HK   ISKEailKEIN   -A.T   "wokk:. 


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Bxjt  to  thf  tnie  Rud  f«ithful  it  is  easy  and 
sweet  0  may  it  evor  W  ''o  to  oar  dear 
young  Sister  Sftrah.  And  nfter  a  little  while 
the  blessed  MasUr,  who  died  for  our  sakes,  will 
come  «gAi.i  and  gather  his  "cho«-n"  ones-the 
"wLs^"  wid  ohedient  0  may  he  watch  over 
uO  We  woHid  not  again  striy  out  into  the 
TRiu  things  of  the  world,  but  rathfr  pet  nearer 
and  nearer  to  Jes«..  until,  like  that  lovinR 
Marv  we  rvad  ahoiit,  wp  sit  at  his  hallowed 
fc*t  learning  of  him  to  lead  a  life  of  prayer, 
to  Ulk  of  the  good  things  he  talk-d  about,  and 
to  live  the  pur^,  and  gentle,  and  holy  life  he 
lived.  Mav  he  ever  keep  uh  "unallotted  from 
the  world,"  and    iu  times  of  trouble    be   very 

near  us. 

Tn  bonds  of  love, 

D.  n.  Mestzfii. 
W,H,nf^hnro.  Pn  .  Mmj  20th,  IffTO. 

Notes  by  the  Way. 

t)far  Hicfhrru :— 

IX  company  with  Brother. I.  M.  Mohler,  we 
left  home  on  the  15th  to  vMit  the  Hn-th- 
ren  living  in  Bale-s  County,  f-.r  the  purpoKu  of 
organizing  a  church.  Oa  the  w,.y  wl-  f^ll  iii 
rompuuv  with  Brother  -lohn  Har.Hhoy  and 
BroHuT  A.W.  Uee«e.  from  Warrentburg,  aUo 
hound  f.-r  the  «amc  place.  We  acara-ly  need 
.ftV  that  wo  were  .juit^^  glad  to  m.'et  with  thoBe 
brethren;  and  hav«  the  privih-ge  of  a  few  daya 
association  with  them. 

On  the  17th.  m"t  th^  Brnthrdn  in  council 
near  CreHcent  Ilil!  in  ufon-«aid  county.  Found  a 
pood  working  body  of  twenty-two  m-mbeM, 
with  old  BrnthtT  John  Kninelv  iw  deacon,  who 
has  hwn  there  for  mwi  yearn.  By  hisintt-reHt 
and  care  of  the  ii:v/  members  with  hirii.  Kuce*"fd- 
ed  in  kt-epiiig  Uif  cuuBe  moving  until  they 
numlier  twenty-two. 

Aft«-r  an  agreeable  church  council,  a  choice 
was  held  f<ir  two  ininiHterrt  and  two  deaeons. 
The  brethren  chonen  to  the  niiniHtry  are  Fran- 
cis Peak  and  Isauc  Lambert.  The  deacons  are 
.I(»hii  L.  Brown  and  lOphriam  Funnier.  TliPHe, 
with  Brother  KniMi-ly,  make  three  deacon^  lUid 
the  two  niiiiist^Trt  conipoHntliP  official  body  of 
the  "Mound  Church"  at  Creacent  Hill,  Bates 
County,  Missouri. 

One  verj'  deMinible  feature  of  the  council 
meeting  ctmsisted  in  the  unauiiuiLy  of  hciiM- 
meut  on  the  ntct-snity  of  ninintaining  the  or- 
der of  th"  church  in  the  niatU'r  of  plainness  of 
dress,  while  there  seemed  to  he  a  corrcupond- 
ingdesire  for  active  ChriHtiau  life  and  growth  in 
holinea-s.  If  now  they  can  succeed  in  working 
together  in  harmony,  they  may  hope  for  a 
promising  future. 

Wf  wuri^pUased  to  meet  with  Ghwgnw  Me- 
Clintick,  who  was  formerly  a  miniatev  among 
the  Brethren,  and  who  still  preaches  in  e»n- 
nectiuu  with  those  who  were  separated  from 
the  brotherhood  by  the  committee  from  A.  M. 
of  1S72.  lie  inauilbsts  great  resjicct  toward 
the  Brethren,  and  is  frequently  at  our  niect- 
ioga.  We  hope  that  a  way  may  bo  opeind  that 
he  may,  at  no  distant  day,  chooH(f  to  take  up 
his  fellowship  with  the  Brethren  ugiiin.  The 
brethren  living  near  him  speak  favorably  of 
him  iLf  to  his  ability  for  usefulness.  We  were 
in  like  manner  favorably  imprensed  toward  him 
by  a  few  minute!*  conversation  with  liim 
'On  the  J4tli  of  the  prese.:t  month,  the  day 
before  h'jiving  home  for  Bates  County,  Brother 
Lemuel  llillery  came  to  our  place  and  preaclied 
for  our  people  during  our  absence,  lie  iw  still 
with  us.  His  labor  is  highly  apjtreciated,  and 
promises  good  results.  As  preaching  the 
doctrine  of  tiife  c'ros.s  he  has  strengthened  the 
hearts  and  hopes  of  the  brethren.  The  acces- 
eions  to  the  church  of  such  a  miniatrntion  of 
the  word  will  not  he  the  "mushroom"  growth 
of  a  nif-ht.but  the  result  of  the  "beame"  of 
God'fi  temple,  to  be  erected  in  the  heart,  being 
laid  d*;eply,  and  cairjing  with  it  the  energies, 
and  the  '  resources  of  those  turning  to  the 
church.  This,  and  this  only,  will  lead  to  trans- 
formation of  life,  apart  from  which  we  can 
look  at  best  only  for  the  mimicrira  of  a  Cliris- 
tian  life. 

Ou  the  2l8t  we  intend  starting  on  a  trip 
south  to  nsit  the  churches  in  Henry  and  Clay 
Counties.  Brother  HiUery  will  accomiiauy  us. 
In  the  meantime  arrangements  are  being  made 
to  have  him  spend  several  moutLs  uniung  llie 
churches  here,  and  vi^iting  and  preaching 
among  isolated  members,  as  the  calls  lor  preach- 
ing the  word  from  various  parta  cf  Southern 
Miswuri  far  ejceeds  the  ability  of  the  ministry 
located  here,  and  many  of  the  calls  come  from 
member!!  who  live  at  coDsiderabledistanceirom 
orgaui/^d  churche^^.  and  cannot  have  preaching 
at<imew.  but  once  a  year. 

The  uece^ity  of  miwiionary  work  in  .South- 
era  MiMWJun  is  Dot  exceeded  any  where.  Our 
boj^^  and  prayer  for  yearn  have  been  for  more 
laborers  in  the  vineyard  of  the  Lord,  and   now 


having  the  opportunity  by  a  little  extra  ex*>r- 
tion  in  the  wiiy  of  wcuring  mean*,  we  hope 
we  will  succeed  in  retaining  Brother  llillery 
for  several  months.  We  farther  hope  that 
brethren  el.tewhere  will  freely  conwnt  to  our 
arrangements  to  have  him  stay.  We  are  per- 
jtuadt-.i  if  the  situation  here  were  properly  un- 
derwtood  none  would  object  to  him  remaining 
awhile.     More  anon.  S.  S.  Mohlkb. 

Minftal  Creek.  Johnson  Co.,  Mo.,  May  20. 

From  the  Maple  Grove  Colony. 

To  Whom  this  uunj  Con"^rn:— 
ll/'ILL  hay  that  we,  in  company  with  sev- 
VV  eral  other  familie.s,  started  from  Mont- 
gomery County.  Iowa,  for  the  colony  location 
in  Norton  County,  Kansai*,  March  H'th;  had 
good  weather  and  good  roada  alP  the  time, 
except  the  aecond  day ;  met  with  no  serious  ac- 
cident; had  some  sicknew  among  the  children, 
but  all  recovered;  landed  in  Norton  April  8th, 
being  twenty  dayH  on  the  road.  Thank  the 
Lord  for  his  preserving  care  over  U3.  We 
found  Home  Brethren  already  here,  and  quite  a 
number  have  come  aince.  Held  our  first  meet- 
ing last  Sunday.  May  llth;  twenty-two  mem  - 
bers  i)reseut  and  a  few  friends.  Had  a  good 
meeting,  probably  the  first  meeting  ever  held 
in  this  county.  We  have  meeting  again  next 
Sunday,  Our  first  cfmncil  will  he  next  Satur- 
day, at  which  we  expect  to  more  fully  organ- 
ize, and  make  arrangements  for  regular  meet- 
ings. 

There  are  several  calls  now  for  the  Brethren 
to  hold  meetings.  Among  them  is  one  by  a 
lawyer  in  our  county  town.  We  want  to  fill 
those  calls  as  soon  as  arrangements  can  be 
m(«h(.  The  i-eopie  all  weem  to  very  common 
and  sociable.  All  our  members  and  friends 
seem  to  be  .well  pleased  with  the  country. 
Many  arecoming  here  and  all  locate  before 
leaving,  which  speaks  well  for  the  country, - 
at  least  no  far  lis  appearance  is  concerned. 

Wo  liave  thirty  church  members  here  now. 
Others  will  move  in  soon,  and  many  others 
will  come  here  the  coming  Fall.  Our  school 
will  commence  to-morrow  with  about  twenty 
scholarH, 

We  are  in  much  need  of  a  blacksmith  in 
this  neighborhood.  We  have  eight  miles  to  a 
smith.  We  expect  tn  have  a  post-otlice  in  the 
colony  soon.  Horde  feed  very  scarce  and  high. 
Winter  and  Spring  grain  look  well.  Some 
government  land  here  yet,  but  going  fast. 

Fray  for  us,  brethren  and  sisters. 

N.  C.    WOHKMAN. 

Norton,  Kanxds,  May  14. 
From  North  Manchester,    Indiana. 

1IIKUKT0F0RE  called  your  attention  to 
Brethren  J.  S.  Miller,  D.  Wysong,  Abra- 
ham Miller,  J.  S.  Snowberger,  and  Joseph 
Amick.  from  Indiana.  F.  P.  Ln-hr,  from  Mich- 
igan, and  M.  M.  Eshelman,  from  Lanark,  Illi- 
mois.  All  have  been  with  us  preaching  the 
word  with  great  power,  casting  bread  on  the 
waters,  to  be  gathered  not  many  days  hence,  &c. 
Yea,  happy  thought. 

On  the  l.^th,  had  council  nueting,  and 
four       applicants      for       baptism.  To-day 

had  council  meeting  and  seven  applicants  tor 
baptism:  and  verily  we  did  rejoice  and  weep  for 
j(»y.  Our  only  daughter  being  included  in 
this  number  This  goes  to  show  your  many 
readers  that  we  are  having  a  refreshing  season 
from  the  Lord  since  my  last  report.  Making 
in  all  eleven  precious  eouls  who  have  put  on 
Christ  by  baptism.  They  are  all  young,  and 
fathers  and  mothera  are  rejoicing  to  see  their 
sons  aud  daughters  come  out  on  the  Lord's 
side.  Hope  they  may  all  prove  faith  lul  to  the 
Lord,  and  go  lurth  in  the  discharge  of  their 
every  known  duty. 

Yes,  we  have  the  promise  to  inherit  the 
kingdom  if  we  are  faithful  until  the  end.  We 
hope  the  good  work  will  go  ou  and  on.  tor  we 
think  it  a  fearful  thought  tliat  any  should  per- 
ish. D.  S.  T.  BurrBBBAUQB. 

More  Preaching. 

/>,«;•  lirethnn:—  » 

SO  much  has  been  written  of  late  ou  the 
missionary  question,  and  so  many  calls 
for  preaching  come  from  the  West,  showing 
that  we,  as  a  people,  are  becoming  more  sensi- 
ble of  our  duty. 

I'reaching  in  cities  is  also  a  good  feature,  and 
should  never  have  been  neglected  as  it  has. 
Why  is  it  that  so  many  more  calls  for  preach 
ing  come  from  the  West  than  from  the  Ka-t 
when  the  population  is  much  more  denfeey 
Take  Eastern  I'ennsylvania,  New  York,  and 
New  Jersey,  with  an  area  of  thousands  of  square 


" ;  \  TTTZTwIhaTe  !  too.  with  two  elders  and  four  ministers  in  t),p 

-""  '""  """■°"'  "'  '"lLlT,leu.e«"    ^cona  a,.r«.  ».d  one  j.Jhe  «..        ,  ^ 

■    diacuus.    Oirmembert  "'b  m  n»!>  di8.jr«nt 


.  pr«ach..d  and 


He 

both 


n*vep  M>  much  »-.  «'t'n  nr 
ttiM  pure  and  iidultcniM  word 
lOTcliwd  by  th.  Ilr-lbren.  The  mini«lry  i» 
entir,lft»oweB'<iotbeEwt.  At  thi.  pla«e 
»..  have  preaching  every  two  week"  hy  '"«"'■ 
ren  from  abroa/I.  but  "e  .hould.  by  all  menn.. 
harm  renidenl  minister  in  cor  mid«t- 
could  have  appniutm..nl«  every  Sunday, 
in  .nd  out  of  the  eily.  A  church-hou.e  » 
bndly  needed  hew,  too.  but  only  a  few  of  uscan 
not  build  it  alone.  When  will  the  time  eome 
that  i...lated  place,  will  be  «..Uted  in  biulding 
church-hon.e,--  The  csu.e  i,  certainly  .ulfer- 
ing  greatly  here  in  the  E.usl.  Hope  heller 
time,  are  drawing  when  Br..aler  effort  will  be 
madeto.avesouU.     Our  reward  will  «ur<.|y   be 

irreat. 

Fraternally  yours. 

H.  F.  ROSBUBBBOBR- 

In    Memory  of  Clara  A.  Shidler. 

IN  Clay  County,  Indiana.   April  ITtb,    1»7I», 
1    ClaraA.ShidIer,aged20years,9  n.onths, 

and  '»  days.  .     i.l  i,„ 

The  subject  of  this  notice  lost  her  health  by 
taking  cold  while  teaching  school.  About  two 
week,  before  she  died  .he  called  for  Elder  Da- 
vid Culler;  he  came  and. read  the  Sonptures. 
.ung  and  prayed  with  her,  after  which  she  de- 
sired t„  unite  with  the  church.  The  c«,f  was 
then  brought  before  the  brethren  and  sister? 
then  present,  and  decided  that  we  would  receive 
her  will,  the  right  band  of  fellowship  and  kiss  ot 
charity.  She  exj.ressed  a  strong  desire  a  lew 
days  before  she  died  that  "If  I  only  were  bap- 
ti-/.ed."  She  died  with  the  hope  of  a  bljsslul 
immortality.  She  prayed  daily  on  her  aeath- 
bed,  and  asked  God  to  forgive  her  sms.  bhe 
told  her  friends  not  to  weep  for  her,  but  to  try 
and  do  better  for  themselves.  Thus  you  see 
my  young  friends  what  a  dangerous  thing  it  is 
to' neglect  .mr  duty  too  long.  How  many  are 
snatched  ai-ay  without  a  moment's  warningi 
We  should  always  he  ready  to  say  "I  am  not 
afraid  to  die." 

Funeral  servires  were  performed  by  Brethren 
David  Culler,  A.  Hensel.  and  K.  K.  Goshorn, 
from  Luke  S;  4«  tn  end  of  chapter,  at  the  Den- 
mark Church,  in  Owen  County.to  a  large  niiiu- 
ber  of  sympathizing  friends. 

H.  SbiI)1.eu. 

Our  Sabbath  School    and  Church. 

jlinr  Urdlirm:— 

OITK  Sabbath-school  was  organized  April  6, 
l.s7;i.  lirother  Simon  Greek  was  chosen 
Superiuteudeul,  and  S.  li.  Thomas,  Assistant 
Superintendent.  The  choice  was  a  good  one. 
The  school  started;  but  Sabbath-schools  con- 
ducted by  the  Brethren  were  not  known  in 
this  neigliborhood,  therefore  the  school  had 
rough  sailing  for  a  while,  and  we  thought  it 
would  sink;  hut  as  the  storm  has  moderated 
the  school  is  now  on  fair  sailing  and  promises 
to  reach  the  hoped  lor  end.  Our  attendance 
is  good,  and  we  have  faithful  officers  and  U-ach- 
ers,  and  I  hope  God  will  bless  them.  Our  av- 
erage attendance  is  about  fifty.  We  haye  sixty 
copies  of  the  Cliil'Inn  at  U'liik,  and  we  think 
it  is  a  very  good  little  paper  for  the  children. 
We  also  have  ticketa  for  the  small  scholars, 
which  makes  it  very  interesting  lor  them. 
We  have  the  Brethren's  New  Tune  and  Uyniu 
Uook,  which  we  think  is  a  very  good  work. 

Ol'B  CHLRCH. 

We  have  preaching  here  every  two  weelfs 
by  the  Brethren,  and  there  is  considerable  in- 
terest manifested.  There  were  three  more 
added  to  the  church  by  baptism,  and  there  are 
still  some  that  are  counting  the  cost  of  living 
in  open  violation  to  God's  law.  1  hope  Ihey 
will  come  soon  and  taste  the  goodness   of  God. 

S.  W.  LlNDUWBK. 

Crtrcy,  0/iio. 

From    Abilene,  Kansas. 


counties,  but  the  ministers  all  in  one  (Diclcin. 
son)  county. 

Brother  George  Thomas,  from  Peabody,  ,„ 
the  only  minister  present  at  our  Love-feaat 
from  other  di-tricls.  We  were  glad  for  hj, 
piescnc,   and    we    all   enjoyed  his    preaching. 

This  church  had  four  additions  lately  by 
baptism.  J»H!r  FoESET 

.tf„y  HI,  iwn. 

Danisn  Mission  Report. 

Kock  Hiver  Church,  Illinois J  4  jq 

L.C.S.,Pa 1,00 

Cherry  Grove  Church,  111 15,55 

Liberlyville  Church,   la 15Q 

Shannon  Church,  111 100 

Thorn  Apple  Church.  Mich 5  jq 

SI.  Fannie  Copp,  Vn • 50 

C.  P.  HowLiNi),  Treasurer 
Lanark,  III,   ilttij  SlilK  ItPU. 
(P.  C,  please  copij.) 

The  Debate. 

Dear  Bnthren: — 

HOW  nicely  Brother  Stein  i.  winding  up 
Mr.  D.  li.  Hay.  Even  the  Baptist  breth- 
ren  are  beginning  to  see  it.  I  believe  before 
they  get  through  with  the  discussion,  there 
will  a  great  amount  of  good  he  done  in  the 
name  of  (.'hrist.    So  might  it  bo.    Amen. 

S,  S.  GARMAiJ. 
A    Mistake. 

Dear  Brfthrfu: — 

AS  there  is  a  mistake  made  by  you  in  print- 
ing Brotlitr  .J.  8,  La  Rue's  name  Lakue, 
he  requests  me  to  say  that  he  would  like  to 
have  you  change  the  "k"  into  an  R  ,  as  he  is 
getting  many  lettei-s  under  the  ficticious  name 
of  Lakue  instead  of  La  Hue. 
Yours  truly, 

.Iacob  BlRKBY. 
Sheriimn.  Tfsus. 


From  Ladue,  Henry  Co.,  Mo. 


/),„;■  lln 


ON   the  nit 
we   had 


tln'cn: — 
hts  of  the  21st  and  22nd   of  May 
had   meeting   in   our   new    meeting- 
house for  tliefir^t  time.     Brother  Samuel  Moh- 
ler and  Lemuel  Hillery,  were  with  as,  and  they 
are  here  today.     Brother  Mohler  preached  to- 
day.   Text,  "By  grace  .ye  are  saved"    Brother 
llillery  is  to  preach  to-night.     More  anon. 
S.  M.  Trotter. 
.Vny  2ji,"iS79. 


From  Jesse  Calvert. 


MAY'Slih 
Pleas  ,ui 


._ .  'Sllh.— Had  a  j.kasant  Love-feast  at 
ITI  Pleasiuit  Hill  Church;  1C7  members  com- 
muned; one  was  baptized,  and  one  more  appli- 
cant. God  bless  the  young  Zion,  and  may 
many  more  be  added  to  the  Icdd.  Elder  Samuel 
I'hied  presides  here,  'I'his  was  their  third 
communion.,  ,,,,,  .,[,,,,  ^^,,^    *     1     j j,,,,. 


OcnVule  Utn  gi»«nolioes  hut  one  insartion.  They  should 
,,,  ,  be  briul,  Bii.1  wiitlvii  oa  paper  aepftr^^e     ^   ,    , 

'  from  f.ll  otber  l.iiiines^ 


0^ 


Dear  ifyrtinr,,:'- 

Uil  commuuion  meeting  is  now  past,  and 
the  brethren  and  sisters  had  au  enjoyable 
tiiuH  ou  thir  ITth  and  18th  of  May.  for  ihey 
had  a  refreshing  shower  of  heavenly  things  in 
the  feast  of  the  gospel;  and  also  a  tine  ruin  at 
the  same  time,  which  was  much  needed,  and 
thanklully  accepted,  though  our  tent  left  sume 
water  drop  on  us  at  first  awhile. 

The  cliurchsuw  proper  to  eall  more  laborers, 
and  unanimously  agreed  to  advante  UroUier 
Abraham  Bear  to  the  -^ccond  degree  of  Ihi 
ministry,  and  Samuel  Uaugh  to  the  first  degree 
of  the  ministry,  and  Jesse  Shick  and  George 
Sappington  into  the  deaconship.  The  iuftalla- 
tion  was  a  solemn  scene  mingled  with  tears  of 
joy  in  the  Holy  Ghost. 

This  church  lias  now  a  membership  of  about 


llK' 


Lnvr-1''F.\>^I  - 
iuulli  Waterloo   Cluivh,   .Inw   ^Mh  :iu.l 
.•mh,  coninifiiicinK'at'lO'A.il.'    A   ticnenil  invitn- 
l.on  is  given,  !■ .  K  H>iriiLh.T. 

Wei-xpect,  UieLonl  wiltini,'.  tohoM  our  Luve- 
f.^.st  on  llie  iiU.  and  ir.lh  .if  .lui..-,  at  i  "  "  "" 
llip  fannot  thf  writ''iMit;ht  tuHls  soutli- 
Iveoiia.  KnnSMS.  on  Hie  SI.  Joe  A  Denver  VH 
We  extoud  a  .(.ranil  invltiaiou  to  ail.  t'ltiiv^vaufi' 
will  b«  provitlad  liomBtaUijn  to  ijlaC'^  of  uieel'ue 
on  the  l-tth.,  , 


M.. 


vf  St  of 
vlt.B. 


W,  H.U.SAWV^a. 


W.  U.  R.  E.  TIME  TABLE. 


Acciniiuiii-lBllci 


iL':i;J  I'.  M.;iu 
hert 


tM"ii  shotil.l  U'li^'- 

.  \Vi-st.-rii   l'ni"V 
lit  liw!  luiiiiites  li'i 


r.-.'i  r  «■ 
■■-   ml 

nkii..  in»l<«  tl" 

B>inii,-<i:"" 
,.  l.aiiarH'l' 
„  .Imcim 

,l,e  t*': 

:ini.  slia 


.-ago.  .Mll«;uil„,.  aoii  M  IMiil  f-'s^""i"'~g  To 
lints  rem^i,  I'io.si;,,  Af.-.n  tlie  same  e>';!'  J'^^  J,,, 
reaeb  Lanark  iDiii  cliieaBo;  iio  lo  !■  t.  «  ;J'"p,ul 
pol,  taki-  ibe  llu.aso.  Milw,.iil<ee  -0  1  -"ji^,  «•, 
train  at  live  in  tlie  eveiiiii.^;  run  ^",'"'.'  ,  arriv> 


U.  J  unction,  cliui 
here  at  t::iT  Iti  Hi 


run  i^.'.,,-  -      „,riv» 
r  Lanark,  and  arm' 


"wri't  IJM 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


"Be^ld  I  Br^  You  Good  Tidings  of  Great  Joy,  ,oAicK  SMI  i,  to  AU  P«^^."_L, 


KK  2:  10. 


\rol.  IV. 


Lanark,  111.,  June  12,  1879. 


BDlTID  AHD  PDBL48HED  WEEKLY 
^   MOORE    ft    M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 
SPECIAL  C0NTRI6dT0RS: 

jtjLLEK, I-        I.AJ>OGA,  IND. 

'^   ;TElN. f      MT.  MORRIS,  ILL. 

,iNlMAS.  .----/--  VIROEN,  ILL. 
\  HKSTZEB,  -  -  -  -  YwAYNEbBORO,  PA. 
^fflE  A.  LKAa,       -     -     -     -  (  -      UBBANA,    IXX. 


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iI^TTENTS  OF  vol/  4.  NO.   24 


,1T0H 


f^lllIH 


(lAL  AllTICLES: 

Aiinxnl  Meetin, 
After 


Page 


1  of  bimday-slioola 

l^lfilB'TEn   ARTICLB6: 

„,iiiit  Iiiiliilgp  ill  pia  World's  A''aiiities.—K. 

Sniilli ■/ 3 

pnti'Hnd  .Itiy.— ClIiiiiKHn 3 

Iiic  Ite  igioiia  of  t.Jie  World.— W.  II.  Miller .S 

.Wpnf  Dfiitli.— IJ.  F.Wissk'r 2 

II  -MiiiiiiatiQn  of  rrutli.— James  Wiit 2 

,.  Liimbs.-^C.  T.   Bond 2 

\»liili-  Stone.— H.   R,  Moon 0 

].  rrny.— J.  F.  Ebersole li 

jtfiiiiiml  liiiy  IJobiite 1 

iRWoxuBNca: 

KiTln' Wiiy  to  Palestine.— J.  W.  McGarvey.  fl 
;;loi-s  Fri»n  til*-  Cunter.— S,  T.  Bussenniin. . .  7 
,,[11  hiisons,  Liib^tte  County  Kansas.— a.  M. 

Ijiirkel 7 

MiiSoiitlurn  KHiisiis.— ,1.  C.l'lrcy *  7 

,,,11,  Xfoii'-^lia,  Kansas.— Sarah  M.  Saiiujers  7 

t«  lI(>ij)e.T-D..»^4IfirtS..^^.^  ^ n_ 

■ijllieWiu  to  A.M^:?.  J.ilafrison 8 

iirerauiMl.-W,    H.FIorv    ...        S 

iD.  F.  Eby  .    .  -....8 

ill.li,  (iibsoii. . .  .,.<>.?...,.  8 

HTED; 

uh'.\  CliiiiLijes, ...  , . ,,   1 

tfClomnul    Saiiue"     ...  -,■ 


STEIN  AND  RAY  DEBATE. 

■t-nretlnvn  (nr  Tmiker)  Qiurclios  j.os- 
!-tb  Hihle  Cliaracteristics  which    entitle 
'HI  to  be  regarded   as    Churches    uf   Jesus 
tmt. 
J.  W.  Stein-,  Affirms. 
D-  B.  IUy.  Denies. 
^''i.  f'.ii.  ray'.-  fourteenth  reply. 
Uavf  |.rove<',  by  overwhelming  testimo- 
ny, tlmt  the  Tunlier  churches  hold  that 
iju  |^  "by  works  of  righteousness"  which 
mnviiii.     Our  "friend's  turning  and  twist- 
'ieiijiug  and  admitting,  does   not  deliver 
^wkers  tVom  the  raiserahle  doctrine  of  ,sa/- 
"Jirorh.    Such   churches   are  not  the 
ii^' of  hj^us  Christ. 

SiHu  (denies  that  the  Tuuker  "faith  and 
»"  orlgimited  in  170S!  He  is  reduced  to 
''■ciiloiis  absurdity  of  holding  tliat  tlie 
'"fattli  and  practice"  existed  prior  to  the 
■"'"I'liiiker  churches!!  It  isnot  true  that 
'"'^er  tiiitli  and  practice  was   held  hy  auy 

'"^'^rgamzatiouin  the  lower  universe  pri- 

'IdS.  I 

'^Ir-St.^m  knows  lull  well,  if  he  would 
^''''y.  TheTunkerhrstorianslreely  cou- 
''Jlieir  "orifjin  and  history"  "dates  from 
*^'''Miavin5  taken  its  [  their  [  rise  in 
■^  ''l"'"t  that  time."  ".-'ouie  eight  per- 
'"""iWr,  nhoha-lheen  bred  Presbyte- 
"f^I'Uiie  wlio  wa*  a  Lutheran."   "all 

^iitj.i.i ... 

'  "y  trill...  iirjiii(?rsioQ,  organized 
,"^  "ilo  a  church,  and  chose  Alciauder 
"  "leir  firet  lliiuwier."  Tliis  sell-oi-giui- 
'ii  Mr.^filack  ai  the  fiiat  preach- 
'  fiiuLer  church,  '  y  the  couie-s- 
"  'itkera  themsvlv  !s,  that  ever  exist- 
'*  «"h.    But  the  churches  of  Christ 


had  their  origin  under  the  ministry  of  Jesus 
Christ  and  the  apostles;  therefore  the  churches 
which  liad  llieir  ongin  under  the  ministry  of 
.Mr.  Mack  and  his  disciples,  in  the  eighteenth 
century,  cannot  be  churches  of  Jesus  Christ. 
The  Tiinker  churches  are  wliollv  destitute  of 
the  scnptnral  church  succession.  The  original 
church  of  Christ  vas  established  in  the  first  cen- 
tury, hut  the  oripinal  Tanker  church  was  es- 
tablishea  in  the  ighteenth  century;  therefore, 
the  Tunkerghurjhcs,  which  sprung  from  this 
origin,  are  not  churches  of^esus  Christ. 

VS  hateter  Mr.  Moore  designed,  he  honestly 
conlessed  that  ''the  DunkarJ  church  did  not  ex- 
ist until  after  the  seventeenth"  century.  Mr 
Moore  is  too  well  informed  to  pretend  that  there 
was  ever  a  Tunker  church  prior  to  the  eighth 
eenth  century.  Whatever  may  be  our  success 
in  tracing  it,  the  kingdom  of  Christ,  as  repre- 
sented by  his  churches,  has  maintained  an  un- 
broken organic  testimony  for  the  truth  through 
all  the  centuries  of  the  christian  era  to  the  pres- 
ent day.  The  Tuuker  writers  admit  the  neces- 
sity of  succession.  Mr.  J.  H.  Moore,  the  Tunk- 
er author  and  e<lilor,  has  a  work  which  he  calls 
■Trine  Immersion  Traced  to  the  Apostle.s"!! 
And  on  page  35  of  this  work  Mr.  Moore  say.  . 

"We  have  already  traced  trine  iniiiier.sioii  to 
within  33  years  of  the  apostolic  age,  and  learn, 
ed  that  it  was  the  christian  practice  in  the  he 
ginning  of  thesccond  century,  before  auy  change 
in  the  form  of  immersion  took  jdace  in  any  part 
of  the  civilized  world;  aud  we  have  already  seen 
tha^that  part  of  Christendom  known  as  the 
Greek,  Eastern,  or  Orimlal  churelt,  reaches  far 
hack  into^ntiqnity,   and   they    alone,  as    one 


the  unchanged  use  of  the  Greek  language,  from 
the  age  of  the  apostles;  and  also  their  religious 
practices  have  never  been  corrupted  by  either 
the  Papal  heresy,  or  the  doctrine  of  Eunomiiis, 
so  that  amid  all  their  ceremonies,  they  have 
preserved  both  the  mode  and  form  of  baptism 
in  all  its  divine  and  apostolic  perfection." 

From  the  foregoing  it  is  seen  that  the  Tunk- 
ers  are  so  anxious  for  succession  that  they  are 
willing  to  accept  the  abominable  succession  of 
the  anli-christian  Greek  Catholic  church.  Peter 
Nead,  in  his  "Theological  Works,"  page  381, 
admits  the  succession  thus:  "God  has  always 
had  a  remnant,  who  in  the  worst  of  times  have 
observed  the  ordinances,  according  to  his  holy 
will."  Why  did  not  the  original  Tunkers  unite 
with  this  "remnant,"  instead  of  setting  up  a  riv- 
al denomination  to  the  church  of  .lesus  Christ? 
Verily  the  Tuuker  churches,  which  had  their 
origin  in  human  wisdom  in  the  eighteenth  cen- 
tury, art  not  churches  of  Christ. 

Mr.  S-ein  introduces  another  reason  for  the 
Tnnkei  church  claims,  that  they  anoint  the  sick 
with  01.  in  order  to  raise  them  up,  ami  for  "the 
forgiviness  of  sins."  This  furnishes  another 
example  of  the  blasphemous  assumption  of  the 
Tnuki  rs,  where  hy  claiming  to  administer  the 
condition  of  pardon,  they  assume  the  character 
of  the  "man  of  sin,"  "the  son  of  perdition ;  who 
oppoeeth  and  eralteth  himself  above  all  that  is 
called  God,  or  that  is  worshiped;  so  that  he  as 
God  sitteth  in  the  Temple  of  God,  showing  him- 
self that  he  is  God."  2  Thesa.  2:  4.  Thisauoint- 
ig  the  sick  with  oil  for  the  pardon  of  sins  is  a 
leading  doctrine  of  the  Romish  church.  If  this 
furnishes  a  reason  infavorof  theTunker  church 
claims,  it  al!*o  furnishes  a  reason  for  the  Itoniish 
chur  h  claims.  This  "extreme  unction"  of  the 
Tunkers  is  rip  better  than  the  Catholic  "unc- 
tion." Alsoj  the  Mormons  and  .Advents  prac- 
tice this  9ole|iin  mockery.  Are  they,  therefore, 
churolles  of  (ihristy  Uut  Mr.  S.  finds  the  com- 
mand for  antjnling  the  sick  with  oil  "in  the 
iianuof  the  Lor,i'  !  Y.s,  this  wm  the  custom 
the  lime  ^f  miraculous  healings.  The  Sa- 
il conimauded  the  apostles  to  "ileal  the  sick, 
iipiw  .the  f  I  eri,  reUe  the  dea  i;  oast  out  Jev- 
...,"Sc.  .\c).'ording  to  our  frieuu's  argument 
for  .mointina  the  sick  for  pardon  and  health,  he 
mujt  also  "eiiaim  Ihr  tr/irrs,  rain  the  dead,  and 


'"*'  ""'  ''""'»"•'  Do  the  Tunkers  do  all  these 
things?  In  the  time  of  miraculous  healmg  the 
sick  were  anointed  "with  oil  in  the  name  of  the 
Lonl.  When  the  apostles  were  sent  out  arm- 
ed with  miraculous  powers,  "They  cast  out  many 
devils,  and  anointed  with  oil  many  that  were 
sick,  and  healed  them."  Mark  6:  13.  Thein- 
str«ction  of  James  evidently  refers  to  tilt  same 
custom.  No  one  should  practice  the  ".nomt- 
ing  with  oil"  unless  he  can  "cast  out  devils" 
too.  When  the  miraculous  healings  ceas«d,  the 
custom  of  "anointing  with  oil,"  connected  with 
it,  ceased  also. 

Mr.  Stein  slates  his  6th  characteristic  thus: 
-The  church  is  Chrisfs  Itelmthed  bride."  As- 
tonishing! thatanyoneiii  his  senses  would  sup- 
pose foi  a  moment  that  a  self,  constituted  soci- 
ety, in  the  eighteenth  century,  is  "Christ's  be- 
trothed bride"!  Where  was  the  "bride"  during 
seventeen  centuries?  Will  he  attempt  to 
tell?  We  suppose  not.  .is  a  reason  that  the 
Tunkers  claim  to  be  the  bride,  Mr.  Stein  says; 
"They  will  not  take  oaths  of  confirmation  un- 
der any  circumstances,  iic."  The  Tunkers  ev- 
idently misapprehend  the  teachings  of  the  Ui- 
ble  concerning  oaths  of  confirmation.  They 
claim  that  all  oaths  are  forbidden,  yet  they  con- 
tradict  themselves  by  receiving  and  advocating 
an  outh. 

Mr.  Sleiu,  in  his  third  aUi,  mative,  claims  that 
persons  are  baptized  inlo  the  name  of  Christ,  ;. 
c,  "Inducted  into  it  by  a  solemn  sacramentum 
as  a  foreigner  receives  the  name  of  citizenship, 
and  a  bride  the  name  and  heirship  of  her  be- 
trothed." He  knows  that  this  solemn  "somi- 
mmtum"  is  a  solemn  oath  sworn  in  the  name  of 


*»»-^-.— ,r 


Ghost.     Therefore  it  is  right  toswear  a  solemu 
oath,  according  to  Mr.  Stem  himself. 

Peter  Nead,  in  his  Theological  Works,   page 
359,  says:  "At  the  time  of  your   ba|itism  you 
solemnly  vowed  allegiance  unto  king  Jesus,  (tc." 
And  on  page  383,  the  same  writer  says;    "The 
people  of  God  are  styled  virgins;  they  have  sol- 
emnly   vowed  to    Christ."     Every    one    with  a 
graiu  of  intelligence   knows   that   this  solemn 
vow  in  the  name  of  the  Father,  aud  of  the  Son, 
ind  of  the  Holy  Spirit  is  a  solemn  oath.    There- 
fore,   according  to   the  Tunker  "Theological 
Works,"  swearing  a  solemn  oath  is  authorized 
by  the  word  of  God.    Mr.  Nead  is  so  thought- 
less that  he  is  guilty  of  profanity  in  his   "The- 
ological Works,"  ill  which  he  takes  the    name 
of  the  Lord  in   vain,   by  exclaiming,   "Oh!  my 
God,"  without  any  connection   whatever  with 
his  subject  of  discourse.    See   page  368.    Con- 
cerning oaths  as  mentioned  in  the  Bible  we  con- 
clude that  though  profane  swearing   was  posi- 
tively forbidden  under  the  law,  yet   men    were 
allowed  to  swear  in  the  name  of  the   Lord,  and 
perform  unto  the  Lord  their  oaths,  or  vows.  It 
teas  the  perversion  of  this  privilege   w.  ich   led 
to  the  sacrifice  of  Jephtha's  daughter.     But  in 
the  Gospel   dispensation   we  agree   that  such 
swearing  and  oaths  are  forbidden,  yet  we   may 
lawfully  take  the  solemn  oath  of   allegiance  to 
Jesus  Christ,  in  the  baptismal   "sacratncntmit." 
Also  under  some  circumstances  we  may  make  a 
solemn   affirmation,   for    coufirinatiou,  in   the 
name  of  the   Lord.      Paul    says;      "Now  the 
things  which  1  wiite  unto  you.  behold,   before 
God,  1  lie  not."    This  is  a  solemn   attirmatioii, 
calling  on  thojjiame  of  the  Lord;  and  is,   there- 
lore,  an  oath  for   confirraa'tiou.    Also  lleh.  6; 
16,  17,  "For  men   verily   swear  by  the  greater; 
aud  an  oath  for  conlirmation  is  to  tlieiii  an  end 
of  all  strile.     Wherein  God,  willing  more  abuu- 
dautly  to  show  unto  the  heirs  of  promise  the 
immutability  of  his  counsel,  confirmed  it  by  an 
.lath,"     Other   passages  might   be  introduced 
shoivin/  that  the  extreme  view  of  the  Tunkere, 
on  this  subject,  is  not  sustained.    The  views  of 
the  Waldcuses  ami  others  on  this  point  do  not 
.ilfect  the  question. 

Ur,  S.  is  so  d,Hficient  in  to^ic  that,  heoause  we' 
regard' the  anoreilt  Wuldenses  and  othen,  who 
refuse  the  oaths  re.juired  of  them  hf  -perseCMl- 


No. 


lUg  governments,   as   true   churches  o, 
that  he  says:  "I  therefore  prove  hy  him   „, 
refusal  even  of  oaths  of  confirmation,  i,  ck,, 
teristic  of  the    true    church  of  Jesus  Cbri 
W  e  admit  that  Baptist  churchesare  true ,  hni 
es  of  Christ,  aud   that  many    Baptists  ok 
.fcct-m,shimj  as  a  religious  diitv.     Doe<  , 
therefore,  prove  that  we  hold   fcel-wa.hi..  , 
characteristic  of  true  churches  of  Jesus  (£ri, 
Manv  things  may  be  observed  as  religiojcui 
toms  which  do  not  enter  into  church  choLl. 
istic^    ,  ^        ,  P 

Once  niore,  Mr.  Stein  imagin"e,  that  the  Lui 
er  church  is  "Chrisfs  betrotheil  bride,"  b«„„: 
the  Brethren  do  not  allow  their  rnemh, 
commit  spiritual  adultery"  by  beconiine  u 
tified  "with  secret  worldly  .societies."  Hi.  .„ 
gument  upon  the  propriety  of  christian,  toining 
secret  societies  does  not  bear  upon  his  piopMi- 
tion.  But  the  fact  that  the  Tunkers  unfrtake 
to  legislate  upon  the  manners  and  custjns  of' 
.their  membership,  where  the  Bible  is  silent  ■ 
shows  conclusively  that  Ihey  are  not  cliurche.. 
ofCliriit.  The  ridiculous  nonsense  ediihit-.d 
by  the  Tunker  church  in  making  laws  |»  con- 
trol the  membership  in  parting  the  hairi  in  ll„. 
shape  of  the  ooat  collar,  and  in  the  lumilute 
used  in  their  houses:  shows  that  !l  isnot  Chrhl- 
hrii/e.  Upon  the  same  principles  upon  which 
the  Tunkers  dictate  to  their  lueiiibers  concern- 
ing secret  societies,  they  may  dictate  to  them 
concerning  societies  that  are  not  secret.  By 
such  couaummate  usurpation  they  may  deny  to 
their  membership  the  right  of  citizenship  in  11,.. 
civil  government.  More,  they  may  upon  »ucl, 
principh-slorbidthL-ir  iiierabership  to  own  pr.ii.- 


under  the  ministry  of  Alexander  Mack  i,  ,.;/ 
Christ's  IjctrolheU  tiriitr. 

TIME  S  CHANGES. 

IT  is  wonderful  to  contemplate  that  while  ten 
thousand  Jews  hover  about  captive .Irr.i^.L- 
lem,  and  millions  more  look  wishlully  Ziouwai.1 
the  liothchilds— .lews— can  count  up  their  J3 
iOli.OOO.OOO  and,  tcday,  the  two  Prime  Mini.i. 
ters  of  Great  Britain  and  France,  Benjamin  Di-- 
raeli  and  Jules  Simon,  arc  both  Jews.  .lews 
the  bankers  of  Europe's  kings,  .lews  the  I'r.u.i- 
iers  of  seventy  millions  of  civilized  people.  All 
this,  too,  where  a  century  ago  the  poor  Jews 
were  hunted  from  nation  to  nation  like  wild 
beasts.  How  this  once  deajiised  people  are 
marching  to  the  front  in  riches  and  honor.  And 
the  two  powerful  Premiers  named,  it  is  said,  are 
keeping  a  sharp  eye  on  old  Jerusalem  with  .i 
view  of  getting  possession. 

Meanwhile  a  railroad  stretches  over  a  part  ..1 
the  Holy  Land;  the  scream  of  the  iron  horse 
echoes  among  the  hills  and  valleys  where  the 
old  prophet  long  ago  nttere.lhispredi.tion  of  a 
chariot  that  in  the  great  preparation  day  of  the 
Lord  wouhl  run  like  lightning.  There  are  also 
two  hundreil  and  fifty  I'rotestuiit  churches  wor- 
shiping among  the  sacred  hills,  and  seven 
hundred  aiidsixtj  children  in  the  Sunday-schools 
of  Palestine  ring  out  tne  ver;-  hymns  and  songs 
thai  our  children  know  and  sing  in  this  Imul 
Think,  too,  that  on  Mount  Zion.  where  stood 
the  holy  house,  there  has  within  a  few  months 
past  been  placed  that  thijig  of  wonder,  the  mod- 
ern printing  press,  and  is  sending.out  books  de- 
scriptive of  that  famous  country.  The  clank  of 
Zion's  first  printing  press  over  the  old  abodes 
.if  David  and  Solomon!  O  shade  of  the  wise 
man,  is  there  nothing  new  under  the  a,un?  Atw 
there  not  signs? — Sel, 


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d  in  American  life  ti-day  is  personal.  It  is 
not  more  nor  belter  money,  l.ut  more  and  l..'t. 
ler  morality,  that  will  bring  good  times.' 


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I  er^iands  the  value    ''    '  -nee. 


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MOSES-  GRAVE. 

1)Y  N'clw's  Imirly  mmmliiin. 
j)     Ejst  of  ll"-  Jnr'i""'»  ''•™' 
t  In  n  vale  in  the  l«>"i  "I  Moab, 

■  And  no  man  knoiv.  tho  sepulchre. 
■'  And  no  nmn  saw  it  c>r. 

For  the  anp-U  of  Hod  uptnrnod  th.  -od, 
'    And  laid  I'm-  d™d  "inn  there. 
',    He  was  llii'tnieHl  ivarrior 
*.   That  evur  Inickled  itword, 
He  WM  the  greaL-ft  pm't 
'     That  ever  breathed  a  word. 
And  never  earlh's  pliilo-opher 
Traced  with  hi<  golden  pen, 
On  the  dealhh'.''"  pace,  truth  half  »o«age 

As  lie  wrote  down  tor  men. 
■      His  was  the  grandest  foneral 
That  ever  |)a.ssed  on  earth. 
But  no  man  hear.l  the  trampling 
Or  heard  the  train  go  forth; 
NoisoleMily  as  the  daylight 
Comeshacit  when  night  is  done, 
And  the  eriD.«on  streak  m  OCM"  «  ehiiok 
Grows  into  the  great  sun. 
And  hail  ho  not  high  honor? 
The  hillside  for  u  i)all, 
To  He  in  slate  while  angels  wait, 
With  stars  for  tapers  tall. 
Andthedarkroel(pilie»,lilielos«iDgpliim..s 

O'er  his  hier  to  wave. 

And  Uod's  hand,  in  that  lonely  land. 

To  laj  him  ill  the  grave? 

O  lonely  Itnive  in  Moah's  landl 

(I  dark  Heth  I'eor's   lllH: 

,Speal,  to  the.se  .  iirious  hearia  of  oilTs 

And  ti.aththeni  lo  bosliU. 

God  has  his  uiysleriesof  grare. 

Ways  that  weeinuot  tell; 

He  hides  them  deep  like  the  hidden   sieei 

(llliini  he  loved  >o  well. 

—  yVif  Ilf/oywi^i. 

THE  SLEEP  OF  DEATH. 


'«  la 

i„d  i  perh.,«.     T1.C  pastor  ba  ^,^^^  ^^^^^^  heV„eula,«l.  (I  '■ 


clarinc!  rave   ihronffh    the   ploam, 

»u.se.  hi,»,  like  I'a..l  of  ol-l.  to    stop  U  ,  .-y.  «"''"''''> '^^Xr'™,"  X^'wh^  !  tor  is  ,„or;  fa-al  in  i,.  eifee,    ,l,a„ 

lWi„„..l:-2,s   the   ••great   calile      an-    -Jj^^^-J.^  ^^..^  ,,„,,  in    Satan 

depot  of  spirits  damned 


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.     "Consider  and  lienrme,  0  Lord  my  Hod:  iighl- 
en  mine  eve,,  lesl  1  aleep  the   aleep   of  deatl  ' 

rfilil.'^  liaii  liiatn  tliB  prayer  of  every  re 
A  turning  prodi<;al  since  the  world 
liegan,  mid  will  lie  lo  its  end.  Tlie  fit- 
ness of  tlie  elnuse,  "('oiwider  and  lienr 
„n.,  (I  L.iid  nij  Hod,"  l.eeonies  ninnil'esi 
wlie"  w.  iiivi'Ktigate  tlie  eircuiii»lunec« 
into  whieh  the  whole  human  Inaiily  hn« 
fallen.  MoriiUy,  and,  no  donbt,  plivs. 
ieally  degraded,  man  out  of  lii«  pritt  r « 
Me.  IIiivin!;.strayed  from  (iod  tlirovife'li 
dis.diedii'ne.  he  has  forfeited  all  rhjlil.'< 
aud  rl(iiii,.s  lothe  favors  ami  Idessingsof 
his  Creator.  So  it  is  only  throuj,'h  the 
free,  liiimi riled,  condiveiitlhi'i  favors  uf 
CJod  that  iiiau  is  saved.  I'aiil  tiuly  says, 
"  Siithenil  isnotof  him  that  "'iV/rV/y,  nor 
of  him  that  niimilh,  but  of  God  that 
showeth  ,nin;i."  "By  grace  are  ye  snv- 
ed."  <»od  was  no  more  houud,  liy  duty 
or  oliliga-ion,  to  save  or  redeem  the  liii 
man  family  than  to  redeem  fallen  angels. 
Merit  would  plaee  us  by  the  ml,  of  the 
hosts  of  Lueifer,  ouoe  "henveu's  great 
liobt-liearer."  to  await  the  veugeanee  of 
a  just  trod. 

Well  ma)  we  ri'  echo  the  ciy  of  Da 
vid;  "t'onsider  and  hear  me,  O  I>oi-d  ni\ 
Gad:"  Well  may  we. ido] it  the  publi. 
can's  plea;  "(ioil  be  meieifnl  to  me  a  sin- 
ner!" \NelI  may  we  reaeh  forth  and 
grasp  I,,.;-,  y'.-  (inii  wllieh  has  been  so 
graciously  extended|«ward  us,  aud  whieh 
is  our  only  hope.  "Without  the  revcla 
tion  of  that  ann,  mighty  to  save,  hope 
less  would  be  our  state— dark  aud  deep 
our  despa-r,  and  downward  our  flight  to 
be  lost  in  the  "blackne.s3  of  darkness" 
forever  and  forever. 

But,  notwithstanding  revealed  inerey, 
the  thick  mi-t<  of  that  eternal  darkness 
have  already  settled  arounil  the  human 
family;  and,  like  the  inhabitants  of 
the  deep  cavcrnK  of  the  earth,  man  has 
become  Insensible,  to  liijhl  and  uncon- 
scious of  vision  until  the  lamp  of  God, 
the  •  Sun  of   '"  '  -ss,"   darts   its 


.hored  hard  to  the  eternal  throne,  upon 
which  the  multitudes  of  the  redeemed 
of  earth  can  hold  conveise  with  theirGod. 
I'pon  this,  too,  may  the  repenting  rebel, 
as  he  returns  from  the  deserts  of  un- 
righteousness and  approaches  the  con- 
fines of  the  "kingdom."  send  in  his  pe- 
tition to  the  great  King,  for  mercy  and 
pardon,  and  citizenship  «  ilh  tlie  saintB. 
This  is  the  onlv  line  that  reaches  the 
plmeofour  King.  '>n  it  then,  let  us 
send  uji.  in  all  possible  liast^',  intheeen- 
uine  characters  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  that 
last. and  sidemn  apjieal  for  recognition 
and  illumination.  "Consider  and  hear 
me,  O  Lord  my  God;  lighten  mine  eyes, 
lest  I  sleej) 

■TUB  sl.KKf  or  liK.\™." 
The  term  s/w;)  comjireheiids  thesusjien- 
sion  of  the  greater  part  of  tlie  functions 
of  the  nervous  system.  'I'his  induces  an 
unconscious  state.  In  this  state,  one  is 
insensible  to  all  aniund  him.  "Friend 
nor  foe,  he  can  know."  The  thief  may 
enter  the  .lomicile  of  those  who  sleep,  lay 
his  hands  up<m  the  accuuiulated  treas- 
ures of  toilsome  days  and  leave  the  un- 
coiiKcions  owners  to  greet  the  rising  sun 
in  penury  and  want. 

Conflaioation  may  seize  the  house  and 
the  fierce  flames  may  close  every  avenue 
of  escajie,  or  they  may  be  stillb-d  by  the 
smoke,  CI-  they  are  aroused  by  the  de 
vouring  lircs  around  them.  They  sleep 
'i  .  xhtitiliit^v  ef  deatfc'V-  -  --»-  ^  —  ■-■r-  <f- 

'Tis  midnight.     A    railroad    tr.iin    is 
moving  along  at  fearful  speed.     The  en- 
gineer, upon    whose   vigilance   depends 
safety  of  the  jiasaengers,  is  sleejiing 


great 


tin 

at  his  post.     A  river  is  soon  to  be  cross 

\.     The  bridge  is  in   flames.     A    mile 

distant  the  glaring  light  cimhl  have  hren 

II  and  a  terrible  disaster  averted.     A 

iimeiit  more  the  bridue  is  rcnelied  and 
the  liery  gate  of  an  earthly  hell  is  pass- 
ed, and  in  the  horrid  depths  beneath,  the 
mingled  Miuuds  of  flames  and  shrieks  re- 
peat the  story  of  a  "sleep  of  death." 

And  such  is  thy  state,  oh,  sinskk! 
You  are  under  condemnation  by  the 
curse  of  the  law.  The  wrath  of  God 
will  I'est  upon  you,  unless  you  awake 
and  escape  this  dreadful  snare.  Yet  you 
are  insensible  of  your  condition;  and 
while  you  are  lying  in  the  cradle  of  sens- 
uality, charmed  by  the  Devil's  lullaby 
song  of  carnal  plea.sure  and  earthly  re- 
nown, he  is  stealing  away  your  prceioits 
time  of  grace,  aud  robbing  you  of  your 
pos-iession  in  the  gilded  mansions  above; 
and  awful  will  it  be,  if  you  wake  not 
until  you  open  your  eyes  upon  the  scenes 
of  et  -rnity.  a  hojieless,  heaveidess,  god- 
less castaway  -lost  to  God,  lost  to  angels, 
lost  to  the  "saints  of  light,"  lost  to  all 
eternity ! 

The  conflagration  of  disease  may  seize 
upon  your  body,  your  earthly  home  of 
the  soul.  In  a  sliort  time — a  few  nlo- 
ments,  perhaps,  the  roaring  and  consum 
ing  fires  within  start  you  from  your 
slumber,  or  it  may  be  the  physicians  no- 
tice that  the  fire  is  beyond  control,  and 
ere,  in  your  terror,  you  can  secure  your 
treasure,  the  i.nmortal  soul,  death  will 
cut  you  short,  or  you  will  be  bewilder- 
ed in  delirium,  and  whirled  into  an  eter- 
nit\  of  woe.  O  man!  why  will  you 
slumber  on  the  ii'eacherous  brink  of  an 
eternal  hell.' 

A  spiritual  train  movesout — achurch 


May  be'  a  selfish  interest  has  taken 
hold  of  a  <:ongregation.  They  have  no 
interest  farther  than  to  save  themselves, 
and  a  very  feeble  one  at  most.  Ihe 
weight  and  value  oC  immortal  souls  no 
longer  presses  upon  their  wltherrag 
hearts;  and  hemmed  in  th»  narrow  lim- 
its of  their  own  selfishness'they  are  con- 
tent with  the  ordinary  roi'tinc  of  con- 
„re.-ational  worship.  They  throw  them- 
selves back  upon  the  merits  of  their 
works,  and,  by  withholding  the.r  labor 
am!  means  from  the  service  of  the  Mas- 
ter lend  emphasis  lo  that  phari'-meal 
sentiment;  "I  pay  for  my  privileges,  yo.» 

pay  for  '/""»■«■"     ^■'^"  ""'  """''"'"'       ,' 
after  he 'is  rescued   from  the  shipwreck, 
ouietly  sits  down  with  folded  arms  and 
cries  to  his  fellows  m-estliug   with  the 
billows;  "Save  ,/„um'li»„,  I  am   saved.' 
Oh!  the  spectade  of  a  church  hanging 
all  its  hopes  upon  a  poor  minister   and 
becoming  lukewarm !     A  clmrcli  trying, 
as  it,  were,  to   monopolize    the    glorious 
Wertiwof  the  gospel  of  the  Sou  of  (iod 
by  refusing  to  carry  them  to  the  famish, 
ing  thousands  who  are  hourly   rushing 
into  eternity  "without  the  )•«»/  from  our 
divine  religion  given."     Oh,  ye   Laodi- 
ceans,  no  wonder  the    Lord    will    spew 
yon  out!     How  unspeakable,  how  «»«- 
.eutiyn/,  like  warm  water  to  the  stomach! 
jjt,,,.,  hor-  "f  fl""  '•ol''      l^v^mdi^iii- 
Spirit  knock  at  their  hearts   for   admis- 
sion.    In  vain  comes   the   Macedimi.iii 
en/.   In  vain  are   they   pointed    to    the 
•'vvhitened  fields."  They  will  not   reap, 
neither  will  they  sow.  Such  are  asleep— 
the  sentinels  upon  the  wall  and  the  war- 
riors in   the  camp.     The   destroyer   of 
souls  is  quietly   taking   possession  and, 
unless  they  awake  soon  and  escape   the 
snare,  Uiey  will  be  hopelessly  lost  in  the 
eternal  "yliep  of  death." 

0  then  Jet  us  cry  as  the  ancient  Da- 
vid; "C'nn.sidiyi-  and  hear  me.  0  hml 
mi/  God;  liijhfen  mine  eijen.  Ifil  I  >^'eep 
the  fleej)  of  death." 


"emaiiv 

facilities  opene.l  lor  the  ajs-seminatioi,  i^c 
truth  and  error,  and  the  friend  of  trmv 
diould  be  solicitous  in  ,  respect  to  this 
fact,  always  striving  in  l"ic  preeentjtin, 
of  gospel  truth  to  use  heavenly  m,j  ' 
to  combat  the  strone'  holds  of  thoi 
who  love  not  the  trutu. 


^i 


THE  DISSEMINATION  OF  TRUTH. 


HV  ,I.\MES  WUIT. 


'Tliaf   we   might  be  fellow-helpers    to  the 
ilh."    .I.Iohn  .■<. 

THIS  wrote  the  apostle  John  to  Gains 
whom  he  loved  in  the  truth,  as  all 
those  who  are  renewed  in  their  minds 
will  love  their  fellow-workers  in  the  gos 
pel,  and  this  constrains  them  to  commu- 
nicate to  one  another  and  to  the  world 
their  best  thoughts,  for  with  such  sacri 
fices  God  is  well  pleased. 

Those  who  enjoy  the  rich  blessings  of 
the  merits  of  Christ's  remedial  system 
will  !ilw.ay5  desire  their  neighbor's  early 
conversion  to  the  truth  of  tht;  plan  of 
salvation  that  they  also  be  the'  recipients 
of  the  grace  of  God.  By  nianifesting 
this  noble  desire  the  benevolent  nature 
is  called  into  e.xercise,  and  seljtishness  is 
destroyed  whieh  is  so  antagoiSistic  to  all 
that  is  luiie  and  lioly.  A  Va^'  of  nature 
is  that  the  m  ne  a  partleiil.ir  ^lisposition 
or  faculty  is  exercised  the  molfe  it  is  de- 
veloped. 

The  more  we  e.Kercise  our 
spiritual    natures  the   greatci 
they  receive-     And  this  hold 
communicating  with  our  fell 


God  has  given  iintw  us  minds  that  aij 
capable  of  receiving  knowledge,  eo, 
bling  them  to  expimdin  true  concepti, 
of  justice  and  e.iii/ity.  He  hw  placed  ih 
in  Christian  conf  nmuitiei  where  the  % 
ble  is  at  our  coriimand  froiu  vvLiel,  i,-s 
can  learn  his  hojy  will.  II  nv  gf^t^f 
we  should  feel  Xor  being  brought  und. 
such  favorable  ilsflueiices!  Wliata  blf, 
ing  to  all'  the  wforld  is  a  living,  aciiv, 
ministry!  Sabbath  after  Sabbath 
we  listen  to  an  expositiou  of  theaaer.M 
pages,  that  unfoflds  to  us  our  duty  t. 
ward  God,  to  ouVselves  and  one  anii\l,.., 

and  how  encouraV'ing  to  meet  with  tli 

of  like  precious  fatth,  and  converse  alini,j 
heaven  and  divineA,thiugs.  Then  tie.. 
is  the  weekly  visit  of  church  perim]iQ>, 
so  bountifully  filled  *itlithe  rich  woi<i< 
from  the  great  storelioVisc  of  God's  pi.. 
cious  ones,  for  the  souV\  to  feast  up.Hi, 
"Blessed  are  those  who  htinger  and  thii-i 
after  righteousness,  for  thV-y  shall  lie  till. 
ed."  They  will  be  tilled  with  that  iiifat^ 
which  is  to  know  the  will  of  Goii  am] 
the  consciousness  of  beingjin  posse&i..Ti 
of  the  fruitions  of  eternal /life. 

The  Son  of  God  disrobed  of  bis  ill 
vinity  came  to  this  worhl  which  eonlmii. 
ed  a  fallen  race  to  revCjal  to  man  ibai 
new  and  living  way  from  earth  to  Ijeu 
en.-from-carn^lity  tu^apirjtuaUty,  if«n 
mortality  to  immortality.  Cliri-t'. 
pi'ayer  was  that  all  those  who  lieli.v 
on  him  through  the  Word  might  lie  -n 
as  he  and  the  Father  are  one,  and  h. 
saying  to  his  believing  children,  '1  ii 
not,  little  flock,  for  it  is  your  Fatli,-i 
good  pleasure  to  give  you  the  kingdom, 
krc  long  the  faithful  representativH-  • 
Christ  will  be  gathered  home  in  tl 
bright  mausious  prepared  for  tbem  ii 
our  Father's  celestial  kingdom. 
Virden,  III. 

FEED  THE  LAMBS. 

BY  i;H.\ltL0TTE  T.  DONU. 

WIIKN  we  look  around  us,  anJsi 
the  many  children   growing 
that  will  soon  take  our   places  in  lli 
mortal  strife,  we  fear  that   there  i- 
near  enough  being  done  to  direct  t 
thoughts    heavenward.      We  are 
careful  to  see  that  their  bodies  are 
fed  and  clothed  (which  is  well  enon] 
but  the  immense  amount  that  i 
for  foolish  toys,  cakes,  and  caudles,  <fl 
only  injure  their  healtli,  can  «'ebe.;il 
imagine  the  amount  of  good  that  mi?W 
done  with  the  money  spent  in  tbi 
by  sending  for  children's  p.ipere  ""J 
iributing  them  among  the  chiUre" 
and  near?     I  think  I  hear  some onfi 
"I  will  spend  my  money  as  I  I""'''" 
it  your  money?     Who  gives  yon^^^ 
thing  you  possess?     Ooi  is  'bf  S'  , 
every  good  and  perfect  gUb    ""  ^ 
certainly  hold  us  accountable  for 

,  T  et  U9 

ing  our  Lord's  substance,     i'" 
the  dear  little  lambs  and  get  '^'^'^^^ 
the  fold  before  we  are  called  to  "i''    , 
Can  we  not  die  better  sa"»''''j^^'||_. 
ing  supplied  some  of  tl'°''"    ",,',„ 
with  nourishment  suitable  to' 


Each  little   reader   mast 
thing,  and  if  we  do  not  gi 
thing  to  iv 


re»il 
tlitiu 


iurish  them  from  h»»"" 


June    1*2 


■JL'ilI<:    HirlKTtlKK^,- 


uiav  git  Ij.ild  of  siiui-tliin^-  that  will  siuk 
tlieiu  into  perdition.  Let  us  look  to 
tLetie  things. 

DO  NOT  INDULGE  IN  THIS 
WORLDS  VANITIES. 

ilV  E.  SMITH. 

-IT^E  are  taught  in  the  Bible  that  we 
'  '  are  not  to  lie  coufoimed  to  this 
\roilJ.  but  lie  trausfoiiueil  by  the  renew- 
ius;  of  our  minds.  So  then  if  we  have 
our  minds  renewed  as  we  should  have 
we  will  seek  those  things  which  are 
above,  where  Christ  sittcth  on  the  rii^ht 
hand  of  God.  We  are  commauded  to 
srt  our  affeetions  on  things  above,  not 
things  ou  the  earth,  where  moth  and  rust 
,I,.th  corrupt.  Remember,  if  the  right- 
,.,.us  scarcely  be  saved,  how  neeilful  it  is 
that  we  should  watch  au,l  keep  ourselves 
uuspotted  from  the  world.  Then  let  us 
„ot  be  so  easily  led  astray  with  the  fool- 
:-li  fashions  of  the  woi-ld;  sueli  as  lairs, 
vh.  .vvs,  .•elebrutions,  picnics,  and  testivals ; 
f,,r  ihcsi-  are  all  of  the  world.  We  are 
t„  abstain  from  even  the  appearance  of 
evil;  "forthe  world  passeth  away  with 
the  lust  thereof"  We  are  not  to  be  "con- 
formed to  this  world;  but  Womeu  should 
adoru  themselves  in  modest  apparel  with 
sliame/'aceducss  and  sobriety,  not  with 
braided  hair  or  gold  or  pearls  or  costly 
array,  but  which  becometh  women  pro- 
fessiuggodliness  with  good  works,"  And 
for  all  we  can  read  so  much  in  Christ's 
h.jly  will,  yet  many  are  so  easily  led 
astray  with  the  foolish  fashions  of  the 
worhi. 

Dear  brethren  and  sisters,  let  us  read 
and  search  the  Scriptures  more  and  more 
so  that  we  can  (iud  the  Irm fuitk  in 
which  we  can  ioUow  our  dear  Savior's 
steps.  Yes,  let  us  all  be  subject,  "one  to 
another,  and  be  clothed  with  humility; 
for  tiod  j'esisteth  the  proud  and  giveth 
grace  to  the  humble."  Why  is  it  that  so 
many  will  spend  so  much  time  and  mon- 
ey to  <leoorate  their  mortal  bodies  after 
the  fashions  of  the  world?  Oh,  how  it 
|miiLs  my  heart  when  I  see  people  pro 
fs-iug  to  be  followers  of  Christ  and  at 
the  same  lime  are  so  fl.\ed  up  that  we 
would  not  think  they  belonged  to  the 
cliurch  of  Christ  until  they  tell  it.  Can 
we  keep  ourselves  unspotted  from  the 
world  aii.l  yet  follow  the  fashions  of  it? 
We  cauiKJt  serve  (iod  and  mammon.  We 
must  hate  one  or  the  other.  Let  us 
sei've  God  who  has  done  so  much  for  us. 
Dear  sisters,  let  us  not  spend  so  much 
time  in  dressing  our  tlear  little  children 
after  the  fashions  of  the  world;  for,  in 
doiiiLT  so,  we  are  just  leading  them  on 
tile  broad  road,  and  we  certainly  do  not 
want  them  to  go  on  that  road  that  lead- 
etli  to  destruction.  But  what  better  can 
Wc  e.vpect  of  them  if  we  bring  them  up 
111  that  way.  Let  us  be  more  careful 
al»iiit  such  things, — let  us  bring  up  our 
<'lii"lri-ii  lu  the  nurture  and  admonition 
"ft  lie  Lord.  Let  us  try  to  live  a  Chris- 
tian lib-  iu  all  our  dealings,  in  dress  and 
ill  lii'U  conversation.  "Be  ye  holy  as 
11'  vhicli  hath  called  you  is  holy."  Let 
nslake  up  our  crass  daily  and  follow  our 
^■oi'-i-  iti  alibis  appointed  ways.  Let  us 
'i\'-  I  he  life  of  the  righteous,  and  die  the 
''•■arli  „f  the  saints,  and  be  taken  home 
l"!;l..ry. 


PEACE   AND  JOY. 


I  "A\  \\  not  had  such    peace  and   joy 

'•< fore  1  joined  the    Ui-elhreu,    aa    1 

''^•■iiovvsimre  I  atu  united  ^thechurch 

"' *'litist,  and  can  lielieve  and    practice 

nil       1  ' 

"  ^^tiatsftever  Christ    has    commanded, 


say  of  e-xperience,  the  peace  Christ  gives 
unto  us,  is  not  as  the  world  gives  it.  But 
he  is  come  "to  give  knowledge  of  salva- 
tion  unto  his  jn-ople.  bv  the  remission 
of  their  sins,  through  the  tender  nierey 
of  our  God,  whereby  the  dayspriug  from 
on  high  hath  visited  us,  to  give  light  to 
them  thatait  iu  darkness  .ind  m  the  shad- 
dow  of  deatli,  to  guide  our  feet  into  the 
way  of  peace."  Oh,  that  many  more 
may  yet  be  so  little,  and  poor,  and  help- 
less in  themselves,  that  they  may  give 
up  all  to  Clirist,  and  receive  him  fully, 
to  redeem  them  from  all  sins,  anil  ever- 
lasting punishment,  and  to  make  them 
rich  in  the  true  and  living  faith  ami 
obedience  to  unite  with  God's  children, 
to  practice  "all  wliatsocver  Christ  has 
commanded."  For  those  who  do  so,  are 
on  the  sure  road  to  the  happy  liome  in 
heaven  above,  and  will  surely  get  there 
if  faithful  to  the  end.  If  they  are  poor 
in  this  world,  they  will  be  rich  m  Christ; 
for  those  who  receive  Christ,  r«eive  all 
things  with  him.  Why  will  any  one 
put  off  longer  so  great  gain,  and  risk  the 
loss  of  his  soul  forever,  and  be  happy  no 
more? 

<>  dear  man  or    woman,  boy    or   girl, 
think  on  these  things.     If  a  great  dona- 
tion of  many    millions    of  dollars  was 
to    be    made,  and    an    invitation    made 
through  ffH  'Chitnewxpapenm  America, 
to  all  whosoever  would  come  to  ascertain 
the  place  iu  Chicago  where  the    money 
would  be  divided  from  May  lirst  and  till 
May  fourtn,  from  six  to  si.\  o'clock  every 
day,  and  whoever  would   come   at    the 
time  and  place  mentioned,  would  receive 
fifty  thousand  dollars  each.  Who'would 
not  be  in  a  great  hurry  to  go  for  the  mcm- 
ey,  and  very  careful  to    follow    the   in- 
structions in  every  respect,  ami    not   be 
careless  one  minute  or  put  it  off?     Yes, 
old  or  young,  men  and  women,  boys  and 
girls,  yes,  all  who  had    understood    tlie 
invitation  would  make  haste  to  go.     If 
the  money  would  be  all  before  the    ap- 
pointed days  were  passed,  the  last  would 
get  none.     Now  if  you  get  «rt  this  mon- 
ey, it  would  not  make  ym  happy  or  do 
you  good  longer  than  this  short  life,  may 
be  but  a  few  years,  and    perhaps   but  a 
few  days,  what  gain  would    that   be    to 
you,  if  you    then    lose  your  soul?    (Ke- 
member  the  rich  man).     Now,  while  we 
are  so  much  cimcerned  for  those    thinjrs 
which  can  do  us  no  good,  only  for  a  few 
days  or  years:  why  not  much  more  pay 
attention  to  the    (jospel   invitation,    and 
without   delay    deliver    yourselves   to 
Christ  and  his   gospel,  commencing  ftt 
the  day  he  appointed,  which  is  "to  dsy 
when  you  hear  his    voice,"    Heb.   ."i:  7, 
hasten  to  the  place  v  here  Christ  invites 
you  to  begin  ?     "Repent  and  be  convert- 
ed;" believe  the  gi  spel,  and  be  baptized 
according  to  Matt.  •-'><:  111,  and  then    be 
taught  all  things  whatsoever  Christ  has 
commanded  to  1  e  observed.     Then  you 
have  received  Christ, ^nd  ihe  you,  anil  if 
you  then  remain  faithful  to  the  end,  you 
are  rich  and    happy,  liot   only   for  this 
short  life,  but   for   evermore.     No'  man 
knows  what  day  sl^ll  be  his  last,  make 
therefore  the  best  cl  jice  without  delay. 
Deliver  yourselves  to  Christ  in   his   ap 
pointed  ways,  and  be  of  those  to    wlioni 
the  blessed  voice  sh ill  sound   from   the 
King,  "Come,  ye  bleijiedof  my    Father, 
inherit  the  ki'igdom  preparetl    for   you 
from  thefounilation  wMhe  wjrld.*'  Matt. 
2,>:  ;t4.     God  lielp  tlin  s**ome  inav    now 
od  choice! 


The  religion  of  the  jTeseut  day  is  di 
vided  into  two  general  classes,  viz.:  Pol 
yiheism  and  -Monotheism,  of  the  latter 
th.ie  are  three  branches:  Judaism,  or 
the  reliaion  of  the  .lews;  Mahometanism, 
auvl  C'hristianity. 

Polytheism  is  the  belief  of  pagans  and 
heathen.  Tnder  this  name  may  be 
cl.issed  all  those  religious  schemes  oi  be- 
lief in  whiyh  the  attributes  of  the  Deity 
are  personified  as  separate  tlivine  beings. 
This  religion  may  be  divided  into  three 
principal  ela-sses;  Saiieisiu,  Fetiehism, 
Brahmanistn,  iVv.  Sabeism  is  the  wor- 
ship of  the  sun,  moon,  and  stars,  either 
separate  or  all  together.  Fetiehism  i 
the  adoration  of  Fetich,  it  is  the  worshi 
of  animate  or  inanimate  substances  as  i 
believed  to  be  endowed  with  magical 
and  divine  powei-.  Brahmauism  teaches 
the  e.\-istence  of  a  supreme  being  disguis 
ed  underditb-rentforms— divine,  human, 
and  auiuial.     Bu.idhism,  established  by 

r.ud(l;i,  ;.s  suppos.-d  to  be  an  olf  shoot  of 

Ibahmauism.     Its  chief  is  Dalai   lama. 

:-liainanisiu  is  a  branch  of  Buddliism 
but  is  now  almost  superceded  bj-  the  re 
ligioH  of  Fo.  Nanekism  is  the  faith  es 
tablished  among  the  seiks  by  Nanek  41III 
years  ago,  it  is  founded  upon  Urahmaii. 
ism  with  an  infusion  of  Mahometanism. 

Magianism  was  founded  by  Zoroaster 
who  lived  5(10  years  before  Christ.  The 
believers  of  this  religion  are  called  Gue- 
bers  of  fire-worshipers.  They  believe  in 
one  supreme  God  with  two  inferior  be 
ings;  one  good  and  one  evil.  Judaism, 
is  the  religion  of  the  Jews,  and  divided 
into  two  sects,  Karaites  who  acknowl 
edge  the  Old  Testament  as  the  only  di- 
vine Book,  liabinists  attribute  an  au- 
thority almost  divine  to  the  collection 
known  under  the  name  of  the  Talmud. 
The   whole  number  of  Jews   is  about 

4,ooii,iinn. 

Mahometanism  orlslamismis  therelig 
ion  foan<led  upon  tie  Koran  of  MnJiome 
tan.  It  isami.-iture  of  Judaism  and  Chris- 
tianity with.some  fanciful embelishments; 
they  number  about  17s, 111111,01111. 

Cliristianity  is  divided  into  three 
portions.  Greek  church,  establishnl 
by  law,  the  Roman  Catholic,  Lalin 
or  Western  church,  maintains  the  supre- 
macy of  the  pope.  Protestants  are  those 
who  protest  against  the  pope,  and  take 
the  whole  Bible  as  their  guide.  They 
are  divided  into  many  sects,  of  which  the 
following  are  the  principal:  Lutherans, 
Methodists,  l'resbyterians,Episcopalians, 
Baptists,  Quakers,  Unitarians,  and  I'ni- 
versallsts.  The  whole  number  is  esti 
mated  at  i;S,0(10,00(l. 

MttrrUojitnlle^  111. 


THE  GLOOM  OF  SADNESS. 


without  delay  ac 
THE  RELIGI 


FLOW 

relig' 
ve  all  his  promises,     .So  I  may  [  may  be  of 


B 


■ORLD. 


'|>al 


"IXy'HEN  a  young  heart  grows  wgarj 
''  and  sorrowful  o'er  the  little  ills 
of  life  that  no  one  can  hinder,  it  is  bet- 
ter to  bear  than  to  murmur.  It  is  ab 
ways  better  to  turn  away  from  trouble 
than  to  add  to  it  by  brooding  over  it  in 
sadness.  The  heart  ever  feeds  freely  on 
the  food  we  prepare  for  it.  If  the  mind 
is  busy  with  the  scenes  and  uchieveiueuls 
of  the  jwire,  thegood,  and  the  !>eautiful, 
little  room  will  be  left  for  desjiair.  1  )o 
the  trials  of  life  thicken  about  usi  .So 
have  they  done  to  others.  Is  the  jour- 
ney of  earth  darkened  by  defeat,  liope 
hid  away  in  the  chamber  of  disappoint- 
mcnti?  So  has  it  often  been  to  others  of 
our  race,  and  sq|jt  will  be  through  all 
generations. 

But  in  the  darkest  of  life's  dreariness 
some  bright  meniories  will  steal  over  u^, 
anil  from  the  prayer  of  liie  never  forg>.i . 
ten  past  will  be  found  a  volume  of  go-nl 
jihou^h'ji  wherever  bitterness    has   Ihcm 


mellowed    by    gladni-ss.     Vod- 
poor  but  others  have  basted  of  p 
eup  before  them;  noneare. ..  „. ..  ., 
others  have  borne  sorrow  eijual  to 
own ;  and  none  are  so  cast  down  as  tJ 
below  the  lowest  of  our  race. 

Some  friends  may  prove  treacheraus, 
,  others  will  prove  true.  Some  tearts  may 
"  'tray  us,  others  will  support  apd  CO19. 
fort  Us.  We  may  he  strangera  cast  in  a 
lonely  country,  with  little  to  enliven  or 
encourage  good  living,  but  nearer  than 
evei  will  come  back  the  J,>,/.s  of  olhtr 
dai/.i,  and  more  fond  than  ever  will  be 
their  memory. 

It's  something  to  liavelivedsome  good 
days;  somethingto  have  known  what  joy 
IS,  and  what  hapj.iness  is,  when  it  ia 
rigiuly  understood.  It  would  be  a  ran 
lite  and  a  rarer  history  to  liud  a  whole 
life  of  unalloyed  enjoyment;  it  would  be 
wonderful  if  more  th.an  half  our  days 
should  pass  iu  perfect  pleasure.  Cour- 
age then,  is  the  cure  for  di»:ippointment 

A  biusy  life  full  of  g UhoughtS,  lUeftU 

employment  and  self  denial -a  ficart 
overflowing  with  love  for  humanity,  will 
clear  the  blue  sky  of  its  darkness,  and 
let  in  thesuushineof  brightness  and  good 
cheer. — ,SV/. 

AMBITION. 

AMDITUIN  is  a  (|M.-iichless  liv.-, 
Thst  llnills  till-  heart  to  its  ileip  (grc: ,  ' 
It  ne'er  attains  I'lilfilled  dosii-e. 
But  evt-r  thirsty,  asks  for  mure. 

Nil  fount  can  cool  it.s  scorcliiiig  Hiinw, 
When  it  resistless  rules  the  soul, 
it  aai^hors  ou  the  shores  of  raino. 
To  liitigutah  for  a  hiijhpr  goal. 

Forever  on,  its  tiilc  doth  roll. 

Forever,  towarils  a  mystic  shore. 

Till  death  o'erwholius  the  niadden'd  soud 

And  Willi  ambition's  dream  is  o'it. 

tJh,  mad  amliition!  you  Imye  lost 
Love,  Irieudship,  all  that  makes  life  (K5 
Yi-t,  count  vain  glory  worth  the  cost,* 
Nor  deem  their  loss  scarce  worth  a  tel 

Hut  wliHii  dies  out  lil'u's  feeble  Hame 
Til  auswiv  death  so  long  withstood,     , 
I'.ior  soul!  you'd  gladly  give  all  lame. 
Could  it  be  said,  "his  life  was  good." 


"The  best  parents  in  the  world  caud 
hope  to  train»their  children  proper!^ 
Ihey  keep  them  always  at  home.  GoS, 
has  not  intended  that  they  should  do 
this.  He  has  given  the  church,  as  well 
as  the  family,  lor  the  instructing  and 
the  influencing  of  children;  and  those 
|iarenta  who  say  that  the  family  is  suf 
ficient  and  complete,  without  any  aid 
from  the  church,  in  the  bringing  up  and 
the  bringing  out  of  children  into  the 
fullest  privileges  of  the  Christian  life, 
thereby  depreciate  one  of  (rod's  chosen 
agencies  for  the  children's  welfare,  and 
take  upon  themselves  a  responsibility 
which  God  has  not  called  them  to  bear." 


In  ascending  a  mountain,    it   is    i>oth 
neeeiisary  and  delightful  to  jiause  occas- 
ionally, looking  back  upon  the  path  we  • 
liave    trodden,    around  upon    the    view 
o|iiued   up   to    us,  and   forward  to  the 
hights  which  still  invite   our  approach. 
Such  halts  do  more  good  for  us  than  th> 
mere  rest  which  they  atl'ord.    The)  giv 
new  and  larger  views  of  the  beauty  am 
-ublimity  of  nature,  bestowing  little  b 
little  the  rewaid  of  our  toil,  and  encotii 
aging  to  renewed  efforts.   It  is  well  too, 
for  us  to  hav*  occasional  pauses   in   our 
ristless,  hurriel  lives     pau.-es  in  whici 
we  may  look  back  upon  the   past,   and 
by  the  clearer  and   liroader  views   the< 
give  us,  gather  t'resli  inspiration  fur   the 
labor  before  us. 


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■Jl  1 1- 


I'.ltKXWJil-N     J.r    AVOUK 


I>1  III.ISHKU  WEEKLY. 


/     J.  II.  MOORE.^,         IKDiTonsAND 


si.  M.  K-SHEbMAN.  1  I>ROPHiKToiw. 
^.  J,  Hakkisov. 


A..y  « 


Kill    ll 


,  H^ntut  II  to  per  an. 
,\l  Kcud  II*  oigiil  imnica 
nl  opy   fr*'"  nf  cli'iritp. 


■   Tbi  Bsbtmrk 

inm  in  »J*anor 

„a  for  «ch  •J>''''°";'"'T;;:;'\/„"' „■■;.„.,:    which 

a,teit.p.i....  .nd-c..n,n.u„l».i....  inl.nJ.d  (.Mb.  p.- 

Am  shoald  he  addreued 

MOOSE  *  ESHELMAK, 

Lukrk,  Cirroll  Co..  HI- 


Lt>'JkBK.  ILL., 


jt'st;  12.  i»i». 


Two  soul«  "erf  luiduil  to  the  church  at  Cher- 
ry Grore  the  iin<t  ot  hwt  week. 

Oss  WM  received  into  the  church  by  bai.tisiii 
•t  the  Panther  Creek  L"V(-le«»t,  D«llii»  County, 
Iowa.  ^. 

iFyoo  deiire  to  tnik  of  nuy  one'^  fniilts,  talk 
of  your  own.  You  have  no  buiineM  mediHinn 
flitb  that  which  bclcings  t"  other  peo|ile. 

Bbothf.k  D.  N.  Workman,  of  Anhlnnd,  Ohio, 
«pBCt3  to  vi.it  some  of  Ihe  churches  in  low,, 
and  Nebrie'liB  sonietinu-  during  the  Fall,  lie 
will  Stan  «l>oul  the  2.'>lli  otSeptenib.'r. 

At  tlie  I'anther  Creek  Love-lemt  (lowii) 
Bro^ie.-  .I.iseph  Mesinier  wu«  elecl.-d  to  the 
deacon',  ullice.  and  Urollier  Samuel  Hiulner  ad- 
vanced to  the  second  degree  of  the  ministry. 

ItnoTliKi;  James  Y.  ll.'ckler  writes  that  he 
has  had  n  long  and  seven-  spell  of  sickness,-  i- 
unw  able  to  lie  up  and  walk  "ut  some,  but  will 
nut  likely  !»■  able  to  work  much  for  nlond  tinu'. 

SoMB  men  talk  most  tloqnontly  about  Bell- 
sacrifice,  but  always  mean  some  other  self,  anil 
not  self  al  home.  They  are  very  wis<  about 
other   people's  maltera,  but  sadly  neglect  theiii 

o»n.  ^  ^ 

.HITP.a  says.  "  A  child  of  liod  hod  rather 
lous.nd  times  sull'er  for  Christ,  than  Christ 
aufier  by  bini."  And  a  true  Ohvistiuii 
\i  ■tlur  sulVer  ten  lluiUBund  times  lor  the 
;h,  than  have  the  church  suffer  by  him. 

XBW  orgnniKatitfn  has  been  nmde  in   A>h- 

i  Co..  Ohio,  consistinR  of  the  nieuiliers  liv- 

iii  Ashland,  and  hereafter  to  be  known    ns 

Ashland Cily  congr' gallon.     lirother  .1.  II. 

.    r>t  was  chosen  to  the  ministry,  and  liretli- 

/.n  Jose|>h  N.  Roop  and  E.  J*.  Woi-st  to  the  of- 

yfice  of  deacon.    , 

I  i  RiNo  our  late  travels  among  the  churches 
,  ,i,-ar  much  nhoul  the  Ml.  Morris  Seminary, 
and  many  are  nrnkiuR  sjiecial  iucpiiries  repnrd- 
ing  its  prospects.  The  project  is  spoken  of  iu 
the  l.ighest  terms,  and  the  members  generally 
thiuk  t)ie  institution  will  bo  well  palruuize.1 
from  all  jBirts  ol  the  Brotherhood. 


"^o 


V)n  the  evening  of  May  24th,  brother  I).  N. 
Workman  comoieuced  a  series  of  meetings  in 
the  Pine  Cisek  Church,  West  Virginia,  and  cloa 
ed  on  the  S'ltli  with  fourteen  additions  by  bap- 
tism, and  several  other  applicants.  UroUier 
Workman  expects  to  return  in  a  short  time  and 
-continue  the  meetings,  and  will  then  give  fur- 
ther reports. 


FROM  THE  ANNUAL  MEETING 

OUH  last  report  was  Hni.hedon  the  cars,  near 
Mansfield,  Ohio.  May  28th  W«  reached 
Cumberland,  Md  ,  the  i.e.t  morn.ng  about 
th.ce  o'clock,  and  was  j-.ined  by  a  number  of 
brethren  and  si.t«r.  rn  r„i,U  for  the  A.  M.  "y 
sil  o'clock  we  were  at  Harps.-  Ferry  where  we 
spent  four  hour,  looking  at  lh.-.t  which  ...med 
most  inU-n-sting. 

N».r  the  depot,  is  an  old  brick  bujUing  known 
a.  -John  Brown's  Fort."  Most  of  our  rea.Ien. 
are  perhaps  familiar  with  John  lirown .  al- 
U-mptedra,d.  It  wo.  in  lb,,  old  bu.ld.ng  tin. 
he  wo,  caplured.  From  that  point  anuml»-r  of 
US  undertook  to  reach  what  is  known  as  the 
.lelTerson  Rock.  The  hill  wa,  steep,  and  ,n  s,,n,e 
place,  the  steps  were  cut  iu  .olid  rock  W - 
found  it  quite  on  uphill  business,  especally  lor 
two  hundred  and  twenty  avoirdupois.    On  the 

way  wo  found  a  neatly  llnisl latholic  Church 

at  a  point  where  no  team  could  reach  it.  We 
certainly  would  not  favor  the  idea  of  chmbing 
that  hill  every  SuioUy  for  uieeliDg,  but  it  seems 
that  people  in  these  part,  are  used  to  the  bi.si- 
ne«..  A  little  farther  up  we  passed  an  old 
church  in  ruins.  It  wm  likely  destroyed  dur- 
ing the  war,  ond  is  n  standing  monument  of  the 
wnstefiiln-PB  of  this  barbariau  practice.  We 
linnlly  roie-hed  the  nots-d  rock,  which  consists 
of  a  few  massive  stone  lying  o„  the  edge  of  a 
lofty  overhanging  precipice.  Upon  the  top  of 
the  large  topmost  stoHB  is  a  large  flat  rock, 
about  leu  feet  square  held  up  by  heavy  posts 
about  three  feet  high.  We  dimhed  to  the  top 
of  this,  and  while  standing  there,  viewed  the 
landscape  o'er.  Thomas  Jefferson  once  said 
thot  it  was  worth  a  trip  across  the  ocean  just  to 
..tand  on  this  rock  and  take  a  view  of  the  grand 
scenen-  to'  bo  seen  from  this  i.oinl.  We  con- 
fess it  was  grand  indeed.  Hut  before  leaving 
we  I  Hruther  K.  and  1 1  th.mght  to  do  like  thou- 
sands who  had  been  there  before,  and  inscribed 
our  names  upon  the  rock. 

We  next  visited  the  Freewill  Baptist  Semin- 
ary, intended  for  111.-  .-diicatiou  of  colored  slu- 
dents.  Prof.  A.  II.  Morrell  had  the  kindness 
to  show  us  through  the  building,  and  describe 
idl  points  of  int<-rest.  Here  wo  find  colored 
men  and  women  who  act  as  polite  and  genteel 
as  tho  best  bred  whit<<  f'ollts.  This  shows  what 
educaHolneill  d.i  forth"  eolon-d  people" 

At  this  time  our  company  .-onsisled  of  Enoch 
Eby,  Edmund  Forney,  S.  .1.  Harrison, (who  lia.1 
joined  us  iit  Cumberland,  Md.,)  M.  M.  Eshulnian, 
his  son  llarv.-y,  uud  self.  Our  tramp  wos  in- 
teresting, and  wo  saw  much  well  worth  renU-ni- 
lering.  We  returned  to  the  depot,  and  by 
eleven  o'clock  was  on  our  way  down  the  Shen- 
andoah Valley,  Virginia.  Wo  found  the  road 
in  a  most  excellent  condition,  and  the  tt-eili 
men  very  uccomniodnting.  Many  points  of  in- 
terest were  passed.  Winchester  was  pointed 
out  OS  the  scene  of  severul  hard  fought  bottles, 
and  the  effects  of  tho  war  can  still  he  setn  on 
many  of  the  buildings. 

This  is  a  beautiful  valley  lying  between  two 
uiountaill  ranges,  and  contains  some  iw  goo.l 
loud  as  there  is  in  tho  State.  Duriue  tho  war 
nearly  all  of  the  barns  and  mills  were  hurne.i, 
thus  leaving  the  country  in  a  sad  condithm,  but 
since  then  most  of  the  barns  and  uiilU  have  been 
rebuilt,  though  the  country  has  not  fully  recov- 
■     ■    ■       ig   the 


feet,  with  e.p~.ity  for»-ti.g  rfK.»l  »*  i-"""' 
.1  the  tables  at  one  time.  The  cooking  arraoge- 
„,„.„are-ell.r,.nge,l.  North  of  the  bou^» 
.  n.t.r.1  basin.  gr«lu.lly  rising  in  .11  du«t,on» 
from  the  center  and  well  shaded  by  large  >««■ 
Over,  part  of  this  basin  the  Brethren  have 
erect«l  a  temporary  roof,  with  arrangements 
f.,r  the  Standing  Coraniitlee  in  the  center  ol 
the  b..si„  ond  seats  arranged  all  along  the  .ides 
somewhat  in  the  form  of  an  amphitheater.  In 
this  respect  the  situation  is  Hie  best  we  ever 
saw.  The  house  hos  also  lieen  well  arranged  in 
,a.e  It  should  be  too  cool  or  rainy  to  hold  the 
n.eliiig  in  the  grove. 

We  were  next  taken  into  the  graveyard,  near 
by.  and  shown  the  gmve  of  Elder  John  Mine, 
beneath  the  brau.:hes  .,f  a  beautiful  cedar  tree 
in  the  west  end  of  the  graveyard.  How  sad  the 
rellections!  We  thought  of  the  great  good  he 
had  done,  his  labors  of  love,  his  many  journeys 
to  and  fro  prea.:hing  the  Word,  and  then,  we 
thought  of  his  cruel  death.  To  this  day  mem- 
ber, speak  of  his  death  with  tears  in  their  eyes. 
We  knelt  down  besid.-  his  grave  and  copied  the 
following  from  the  he.idslone: 


^,^v.^^   '""'    "■>.,,, 


June  15, 


1864, 


66  Years,  ii  Mo.  &  28  Ds. 


1I7».-H  lie   ivim  prriciit,  lie   wii» 
mrful;  when  abgail.  v^nnttil 
miirh.     Hf-  lived  dvnred ; 

xrlun  i-ilffd,  I'inn-iitnl. 


Thr  railroad  Brrftngemeiits  at  tlie  late  An- 
nual Meeting  were  ttll  that  could  be  dwirt-d,  (md 
iboueands  will  thauk  the  Baltimore  &  (Jhio  II. 
U.  for  their  untiring  etiorts  in  inakiiig  all  com- 
fortable who  passed  ovt-r  the  road  to  the  iiit-et 
ing.  Eicuraion  trains  were  running  all  the 
lime  daring  the  meeting,  thuafttibrdiiig  the  best 
of  conveniences  to  those  who  had  to  pif^s  from 
■A  to  the  meeting  moruiugs  and  evenings^ 

•.  Keformei)  Episcopal  Church  in  Lonisville, 
of  K"  metiiber*,  disbanded  beeause  of  finan 
•  '^r^^.     Ltinbaiided  because  of  rinancial  di»- 

- .  -  \V^)1.  ib-^y  must  be  poor  iudeed.  it  they 
,..t  m^t  Slid  pray,  read  the  Scriptures,  and 
..it  one  another  to  faithfnlnen*.  'But." 
-  ..ne.  "they  cannot   pay   their  pr-'acher." 

.-.'  i>.  bid,  but  if  tbey  had  the  right  kind  of  a 
....hrT  be  would  be  willing  to  work  and  helf 


iMVil  from  the  backset  it  r.  cfiveii  du 
rebellion.  Tho  members  stopped  ofl'  ut  ditfer- 
o«t  point*  along  tho  road,  but  wo  went  on  to 
Broadway^  which  point  wu  reached  about  llirei- 
o'clock,  when  wo  were  met  by  brethren  and 
soon  found  our  way  to  BrnthiT  John  ZiglerV. 
about  one  mile  from  the  town.  On  the  way  we 
pR-^sfd  the  house  whore  the  Uimeutfd  Elder  .lohii 
Kline  lived  at  thi  time  he  wiis  killed.  The  phior 
whtre  he  wiib  killed  i»  in  the  woods  about  two 
miles  north  of  this  house.  We  have  not  vi^ted 
it  yot,  but  expect  to  do  so  bi-fore  leaving  here. 
At  Brother  Ziglei's  home  we  found  an  excel- 
lent resting  place.  To  me  everything  seems 
interesting.  It  is  but  300  yards  to  Klder  John 
Kline's  old  home,  and  just  -200  yards  to  the  wost 
is  the  former  home  of  Eider  Peter  Nend,  and 
ulmo  his  old  lanniiig  yard  where  uiy  father  once 
lived  and  learned  the  trnrlc.  Here  we  nWo  met 
Brother  Isaac  Millor.  of  Miftigan. 

After  supper  we  took  a  walk  to  the  Brethren's 
large  meetinghouse,  a  short  distance  east  of 
Brother  Zigler's,  the  place  wheie  tie  Annual 
Meeting  is  to  be  held.  The  house  is  a  large 
,rt  hui.^elf  and  not  leav.  the  church  to  commodiou»  bu.ldm^  s.tuakd  m  a  h^utiiul 
..ithe  burden.  B'Uthatis  there*ult  of  |  grove.  A  ^.hort  distance  cast  ol  the  meetiug- 
U  iri:  ifeUiwd  U  -upportiug  tnurch'-v  b*)n.-*e  is  a  large  trninoraw  boardma  tent  4'^sl->^^  1 


Wt.  arose  and  cut  from  the  tree  a  twig  to 
pre.'fervc  in  remembrauc«  of  that  ?acred  spot. 
Hud  then  retired  from  the  grave  with  a  sud 
heart.  The  horse  on  which  Brother  Kline  was 
riding  at  the  time  he  wa.s  shot  had  carried  him 
over  00,000  niiU-s,  or  mor.- than  twice  the  dn- 
tance  around  the  entire  globe.  Of  thew?  thinpK 
mny  giv^'some  further  iiccounta  iij  the  fu- 
ture. 

Friday,  we  had  the  pleasure  of  meeting  and 
conversing  wilh  a  number  of  members  from 
dillerent  parts  of  the  Brotherhood,  ftnd  eDJi)yed 
ourselves  finely.  The  dey  was  warm,  but  a 
rain  late  in  the  afternoon  cooled  off  the  air  cou- 
sidirably.  ,-,: 

To  day,  the  Annual  Meeting  Plap.poiumittee 
met  at  Brother  Christian  Wine's.  It  was  two 
o'clock  before  they  siicoeeded  in  getting  togeth- 
er. 

>Vo  learn  that  great  numbers  of  members 
have  ftlopptd  oi!'  at  different  points  along  the 
road,  expecting  to  come  do^vn  to  the  place  ot 
met'ling  on  Monday.  Everything  indicates 
that  the  attendance^t  the  nKsting  will  be  very 
IwgM,  mid  the  members  here  are  doing  their 
best  to  get  everything  in  good  readiness  to  at;- 
:ouum)dite  »U  who  may  be  inattendani,e.  This 
\i  a  very  large  congregation,  having  a  member- 
ship of  nearly  500,  and  other  churches  equally 
Im-ge  and  prosperous  are  scattered  up  and  down 
the  valley. 

Themoat  ot  Saturday  was  spent  on  the  A. 
M.  ground,  conversing  with  the  brethren  who 
ciuuicod  to  be  the{e.\i  the  evening  we  were  con- 
veyi'dto  the  vicinity  of  fse  Green  Mount  Church, 
andBpent  theevening  pleasantly  conversing  with 
rehiviws  some  of  whom  we  had  not  seen  for 
twent,v-nine  years.  Ou|  associations  were  pleas- 
nut  and  alTordfd  mu^  enjoyment.  Brethren 
K.  H.  Milter  and  M.  **>.  Eshelman  accompanied 
me  to  this  place. 

Sunday  morning  we  were  taken  to  the  Green 
Mount  meeting-house,  Svhero  we  preached  to  a 
larse  and  ittentive  congregation.  This  point 
is  notei  for  the  trouble  that  grew  out  df  the 
ThMrmau  case.  It  i>  here  that  h«  was  bftptized, 
held  his  membersh   \  apcl,  finally  tried  and  ex- 


■  temporal-  boarding  tei 


conununic 

ateA 

Jacob    Miller    has 

ohargc^of 

t* 

.  and  at   present  it 

eeems  to 

iditiou.     A  num- 

bor  of  • 

.  and  then  went 

1.  few 
U.  I- 

Vhere  Brothel 
'  discourse  on 

tb- 

pill 

<£  with  oiir 
tug,  in  corn- 
visited  the 

greatest  natural  curiosity  of  this  country.  Ii  ;, 
what  is  known  as  the 

EBB  AMO  FWn  SPBISO, 

situated  at  the  loot  of  a  hill,  on  Hrother  Jacob 
Meyers  farm,  about  five  miles  .outh-weslof 
Broadway.  The  spring  is  about  eight  feet 
ji|uare.  Ihn-e  feet  .ieep,  and  the  bottom  cov- 
ered with  gravel.  When  we  arrived  not  a  par. 
tide  of  water  was  to  be  seen,  so  we  sat  down 
„n  the  bank  to  wail  for  what  one  brother  called 
"the  troubling  of  the  waters."  Another  broth- 
er suggested  that  it  would  be  more  appropriate 
U,  ijuote  this  Scripture:  "  What  went  ye  out 
for  to  see."  Our  crowd  kept  increasing  till  it 
numbered  nearly  forty,  some  of  whom  were 
from  various  parts  of  the  Diotherhood. 

At  the  end  of  about  one  hour  and  a  half  aome 
one  called  out,  "  here  she  cornea,"  and  sure 
enough  the  water  commenced  boiling  up  with 
such  force  that  in  three  minutes  the  large  I,  ■..,„ 
waslilled.  For  six  minutes  the  wiiterfl,..,, 
from  the  spring  in  a  body  sufficien.ly  larg,  („ 
run  an  ordinary  mill,  and  then  commenced  sub- 
siding  for  four  minutes  when  the  water  stood 
only  about  one  foot  dr.'p.  But  little,  if  any, 
motion  could  be  noticed  for  .ix  minutes,  then 
the  water  commenced  disappearing  and  in  a 
short  time  not  a  particle  of  water  was  to  be 
seen,  of  course,  we  all  took  a  drink.  The  wa- 
ter was  cool,  and  so  clear  that  a  pin  could  be 
seiui  in  Ihe  bottom  of  the  spring. 

When  the  season  is  wet  this  process  is  repeat- 
ed  every  hour,  and  sometimes  even  oftener,  but 
when  the  weather  is  dry,  several  hours  usually 
pass  between  the  flows. 

From  the  spring  a  Brother  Kline  took  us  to 
our  boarding  place,  near  Bowman's  Mill,  about 
one  mile  from  the  A.  M.  ground.  We  hUve  a 
pleasant  room  to  which  we  can  retire  at  the 
close  of  each  day  ajld  .ditaiu  a  good  night's  rest. 
Monday  morning  we  arose  .very  early  and 
walked  to  the  A.  M.  ground.  The  member? 
begnu  assembling  at  an  early  hour.  Much  of 
the  forenoon  was  spent  renewing  old  acquaint- 
ances, and  becoming  still  further  acquainted 
with  many  whom  we  had  never  before  met. 
This  was  a  great  pleasure,  and  we  did  our  best 
to  enjoy  it. 

The  Standing  Committee  convened  at  eight 
o'clock  and  elected  the  following  officem: 

Moderator,  B.  H.  Miller;  Heading  Clerk, 
Enoch  Eby;  Writing  Clerk,  James  Quinter. 

From  a  conversation  with  a  few  of  the  Com- 
mittee we  learu  that  there  is  considerable  busi- 
ness to  come  before  the  meeting,  and  some  of  it 
a  little  perplexing,  but  we  hope  all  will  work 
ofi  in  a  Christian  spirit  and  for  the  gcod  of  the 
cause. 

By  ten  oVlock,  about  four  thousand  p.ople 
were  on  the  ground,  and  as  a  number  of  minis- 
ters were  present  it  was  thought  best  to  have 
preaching,  so  in  the  forenoon,  »td  ?!so  in  the 
afternoon,  there  was  preaching  in  the  outdoor 
place  which  had  been  prepared  for  holding  the 
conference.  The  gradual  elevation  of  the 
ground  in  all  directions  iroui  the  speaker's 
stand  enabled  him  to  be  heard  to  good  advan- 
tage. 

The  arrangement,  for  feeding  the  crowd  at 
this  meeting  is  good.  The  Brethren  here  un- 
derstand their  business  well,  and  know  how  to 
reduce  things  to  a  system.  Every  waiter  has 
pinned  on  his  or  her  clothes  in  front,  near  tlin 
left  shoulder,  a  printed  card  atating  his  or  her 
place  at  the  tables.  This  is  what  we  call  order. 
There  is  no  confusion,  but  every  one  aeenis  to 
understand  his  business,  and  they  perform  it 
witli  Christian  courtesy.  Most  of  the  waiters 
are  sisters,  neatly  but  plainly  dressed,  and  ex- 
hibit the  best  of  health.  It  is  plainly  noticea- 
ble that  they  have  not  ruined  their  health  by 
following  the  ruinous  and  unhealthy  fashions 
of  the  age.  The  members  in  this  part  of  the 
State  are  to  be  commended  for  their  zeal  and 
plainness.  Most  of  them  are  in  the  order  ot 
the  church,  and  a  better  hearted  set  of  Chris- 
tians we  never  met.  They  spare  no  pains  to 
make  all  comfortable,  and  do  their  utmost  to 
make  each  one  feel  at  home.  Thousands  are 
here  in  attendance,  and  all  speak  of  the  Chris- 
tian hospitality  far  in  advance  of  what  they 
expected  to  see. 

On  the  ground,  near  the  meeting-house,  »  « 
small  building  for  the  nse  of  editors,  reporlers, 
and  the  postoflico.  This  hitler  feature  is  an 
excellent  arrangement.  Hundrede  of  Idle''* 
are  received  and  handed  to  those  who  call  w' 
them  on  the  ground.  Several  reporters  an^^ 
newspaper  men  are   present  to   take  down 


p„bl«h  th,  pr„cM,„g,  of  „„  ,„eeli„g  I,,,,,. 
„.h.t  i.  .I..„e  hero  w,n  ti„,|  ,^  „.„,.  ^„j^  ^^,_^ 
th,le»amg,o„ro»l»„f  Auwric.  At  Br„a<j,.,„ 
one  mile  trom  tie  plaw  of  ui.elmg.  I,  ,  dailJ 
Conference  P-per.  giving  .  d.ily  rep..^  „f  n.^ 
procedinga  ol  ti.e  meetrng.  Sl.nj-  ,n  „,teDd 
Mce  are  harms  ,t  ,eut  lo  their  families,  thus 
giving  Ihem  an  earlj  report  of  the  meeting 

Toward,  evening  it  commenced  raining  and 
rendered  sarroundings  a  little  unpleasant  We 
walked  al.out  one  mile  through  the  rain  to  our 
ronm.  but  did  not  get  very  wet,  but  we  fear 
others  did.  Of  course  every  house  in  the  vicin- 
ity of  the  meeting  was  crowded. 

Tuesday.  We  reached  the  A.  M.  ground 
about  ,  a  clock,  soon  after  which  time  it  com- 
menced raining,  hence  it  was  found  necessary 
to  hold  the  Conference  in  the  meeting-hou.e 
lu  a  short  tune  the  bouse  \\m  tilled  to  its  ut- 
most capacity,  and  not  more  than  half  the  peo- 
|,le  were  able  to  gel  in,  while  many  others  were 
left  out  m  the  rain.  The  time  was  spent  in 
.mging.  and  listening  to  several  addresses  on 
the  power  and  efficacy  of  prayer,  till  !):30,  when 
tl,e  .Standing  Committee  entered  the  room,  and 
li.ok  their  places  ready  for  business. 

Tlie  Conference  was  opened  by  K.  H.  Miller 
wlo  announced  hymn  No.  6S2: 


ve. 


■  And  are  we  yet  alive. 

And  see  eacli  olliers  face/ 
Oloiy  mid  praise  to  Jesili 

l-'or  his  icdcL-iniiig  gr.ice; 
I'leserv'.l  l,v  i.oner  divine 

T.I  full  siihation  here. 
Asa,],  in  .Tesus-  |„aisj  „,j  j^,,,, 

-Villi  111  Ins  siylit  appear. 
AVlijil  troubles  have  we  seen ! 

VVIiaf  conilicls  liave  wo  pass-d' 
FiRl.tiiif!.  wlllioiit.  and  fears  witliln 

.Si  iii-e  we  assembled  last  - 
liuluiitofaUllie  t.ord 

lliilli  I'loilght  us  by  bis  love- 
Aiid.Millbedotbbisbclpairor'il. 
Anil  bides  our  life  above." 


Brother  Miller  then  delivered  a  touching  ap- 
l-al  to  thow  who  had  assembled  for  business 
He  mentioned  the  importance  of  the  business 
bifore  the  meeting,  and  the  great  necessity  of 
Divine  assistance  that  all  things  might  be  done 
to  the  glory  and  honor  of  God.  Ho  then  called 
to  liioyer,  and  oHered  up  prayer,  followed  by 
Enoch  Eby.  After  prayer,  .Jesse  Calvert  sfep- 
pil  lotlie front  and  announced  the  organiitation, 
miisi<fing  of  officers  a.  mentioned  above.  Eji„ch 
Eliy  then  read  the  lotli  chapter  of  Acts,  alter 
which  R.  H.  Sliilcr  offered  a  few  remarks  re- 
giinliug  our  manner  of  holding  the  Annual 
ili-etiiig. 

Tile  next  tiling  in  order  was  the  reading  the 
rules  formerly  adopted  for  the  governing  of 
tlieie  meetings. 

It  was  then   stated  that  the  deferred  queries 
"mild  not  come  up,  as   they  were  last  year  de- 
ferred indefinitely,   and  it  was  the  order  not  to 
bring  forward  deferred   matter  unless  called  up 
in  regular  order  through  the  District  Meeting. 
The  Annual   Meeting  Plan  Committee,  nii- 
pmnled  last  year  to  draft  a   better   method  for 
Wdnig  the  A.  M.,  reported  by  presenting  their 
plan  n,  writing.    In  substance  the  plan  is  about 
IIik:  The  meotmg  is  to  be  made  self-sustaining 
kjnich  brother  who  attends  the  meeting   pay- 
lisMI-ill,  the   sisters   to    pay    what   they  may 
i'«r-.     The  boarding  tent  to  be  arranged  witii 
an  aisle,  running  lengthwise  tlirough  the  center 
»(  the  building,   and  all  the  tables   to  extend 
'»m  the  aisle  to   the  sides.     There  is  to  be  a 
*»r  lor  each   table,  thus   dividing  the   people 
'Mo  many  parts  so  as  lo  avoid  crowding  at  the 
ours.    The  women  to  enter  from  one  side  of 
>■'  I'uililing.  and  the  men  from  the  other.  The 


12  feet.  The  Standing  Committee  was  in  the 
center  with  must  of  the  congregation  seated 
above  tbem.  This  basin,  or  pit,  as  some  call  it 
IS  about  150  feet  square  from  lop  edge  to  edge' 
and  gradually  slo|,e(l  toward  the  center  so  that 
everybody  in  it  eould  see  and  hear  everybody 
else.  It  was  entirely  filled  with  people  all  of 
whom  could  see  and  hear  just  what  was  said 
lum  done. 

The  unfinished  matter,  left  over  from  fore- 
noon, was  then  taken  np  and  ..rettv  fp.ely  dis- 
cnsseil,  and  finally  passed  as  drafted  by  the 
Annual  Meeting  Pl„„  Committee,  hence  the 
nest  A.M.  is  to  be  held  on  the  self-sustaining 
basis.    It  was  thought  best  to  give  it  at  least  a 

The  Moderator  then  announced  the  meeting 
ready  for  the  queries.  It  was  agreed  to  com 
nicnce  m  the  West,  hence  Northern  Kansas 
and  Southern  Nebraska  werecalled  forand  found 
nu  represented  by  delegates,  but  by  a  letter 
.tat^ng^shebadno  queries,  but  wasin  peace atid 

Noi-thern  Missouri  was  not  represented. 

honthern  Missouri  was  represented  by  a  del- 
esale  on  the  Standing  Committee,  but  present- 
ed no  papera. 

The  Southern  and  Middle  Districts  of  Iowa 
presented  no  papers. 

The  Northern   District  of  Iowa   presented  a 
query,  suggesting  the  propriely  of  the  Standing 
Committee  appointing  deacons  to  act  on  com- 
mittees, to  settle  difficulties,  in  which  doctrinal 
questions  were  not  involved.    After  freely  dis- 
cussing the  pro  and  con  it  was  thought  best  to 
mak.  no  change  from  the  established  custom  of 
the  church. 
The  Northern  District  of  Illinois- 
J-     This  asked  the  A.M.  to  proportion  the 
i""unt  that  each   congregation   should    pay 
o„ aid  defraying  the  expenses  of  the    Danish 
Mi'sion.      It  was    suggested    that  each   ci.n- 
gregation   pay  S2.00   more  or   less  according 
lo  the  ability  of  the  church.     Wealthy  churches 
should  pay   more,  and   poor  ones  less.    This 
amount  is  lo  defray  the  expense,  of  the  mission 
lor  the  present  year,  and  it  would  be  best  if  the 
money,  or  at  least  some  of  it,  be  sent  in  as  soon 
«<=  possible.    Send  all  money  to  C.  P.  Rowland 
,  Lanark,^ Carroll  County,  Illinois. 

2.  A  request  for  permission  to  pnblish  , 
sniall  Hymu  Book  for  missionaiy  purposes, 
lob  id  by  request  of  the  parties  who  bad  it 
presented.  Tile  perplexities  of  the  publishing 
business  among  the  Brethren  at  the  present  is 
such  that  these  matters  must  be  guarded  with 
great  care. 

3.  Is  it  according  to  the  gospel  and  order  of 
the  Brethren  to  take  a  speaker's  ofhce  from  him 
at  home,  and  then  allow  him  lo  act  in  bisolBce 
when  outside  of  his  own  district?  Decided 
without  discussion,  that  it  was  not  right  to  do 
so. 
More  nexl  week 


BEFORE,  OR  AFTER? 


I.s  It  the  order  of  the  c|,„„.|,,  ,„  „„„„.;| 

list.,,   r""""  "^  ""•  =""'■'"  '"■">"  "e 

c  i ,,  ,  i  It  t,  i''f '''°''  '-"■  "'•  "  "  ""■  <"■""  'o 
ten  iiim  nli.it  tliat  decision  is  and  tlieii  a.sk  bim  if 
beissalisfiedr  .Iol■^■  J.  Mil. !,'r 

AKswEn.  It  is  the  order  to  tell  him  what 
the  decision  is  and  then  ask  him  if  he  is  satisfied 
In  confirmation  of  this  we  refer  to  the  Minute, 
ol  18i8,  Art.  6,  which  reads  as  follows:  -Which 
IS  according  to  the  word  of  God,  to  ask  an  ac- 
cused member  whether  he  is  sati.fied  with  the 
decisions  of  the  church  on  his  pending  case  h- 
for,  they  are  made  known  to  him,  or  ufl.rward 
Ans.— Afterward.'' 

It  would  not  be  consistent  to  ask  a  man 
whether  he  is  satisfied  with  a  thing  he  knows 
nothing  about.  People  should  not  he  required 
to  do  a  thing  blindly.  Thev  should  act  with 
their  eyes  open.  The  gospel  asks  no  man  to 
accept  a  thing  before  it  is  made  know'n  to  him 
This  IS  the  way  Masons  take  the  advantage 
o(  newl:-  installed  members  -  they  make  them 


""■flnig  i-oom  is  to  be  far  enough  aw.ay  so  as  to 
"•"iJ  annoyance,  and  to  be  erected  in  a  manner 
■«  but  all  the  seats  will  rise  gradually  from  the 
"^nl"  in  all  directions.  There  are  several  oih- 
"I'.lurHs  which  we  will  not  take  the  space  to 

,    ™'  "lay  will  appear  in  the  minutes. 

"nsid.-rable  diseussion  was  indulged  in  by 
^."»-V  of  the  brethren-     The  strongest  opposi- 

'"-  »how„fhat   those  who  are  abl    to   1    r      '      "T       '  """""  ""^   '«'«»  befo- 
f;"«i«.ses   to  the  Annual   iTerilL;;"^    J'^^^"-"  """'."-sesecretsare;  andthisisone 
J'-'nIy  be  able  lo  pay  one  dollar  to  he*efray 
•'IWises  of  the  meeting,  and  if  the^^werc 


'  »'bfi-s  could  help  them. 
'1:10  the  meeting   adjourned  for  dinner, 
r  ^'1-1  »l  one  o'clock. 

k^  ■'""■'''""">  session   was  held  in  the  grove. 

lia!     ^'^^'"^  P'"'"' '"  'lol'i  »  meeting  we 

t'rom  the  center  the  ground  gradual- 

'"ery  direction  to  the  highl  of  about 


•asillLgr, 
■  Y»  "1  ovei 


reason  why  our  Brethren  opi.ose  Masonry  It 
would  not  be  consistent  for  us  to  turn  round  and 
practice  in  Ihe  church  the  very  thing  we  oppose 
mothers.  ,^^,^^^^^^^^^  j.  „.  >,. 

Pl-BASS  give  an  explanation  of  this  question: 
If  the  law  of  any  State  says  hang  a  man  for 
murder,  is  the  officer  who  executes  the  law  a 
murderer  according  to  the  law  of  God  K 

See  Acts  5:  29.  '^''  '^-  ^'' 


1.    What  was  the  oriein  and  object  of  l!.,i,e„ 

school  o";ducau::^r  *'"'■' ''■■*'''■''''''•"»"' 

;hei,:r;^-7-'^'^rrs^'r,^ 
-XSr;;:tdaL!;:-r;\,:~ 

IIrere""'"'"°"''"'»"'"'=>-°"»"l»b,igei„„i';;: 
Ann.vuAM  Woi.ia. 
1.  Kobert  Raikes,  the  founder  of  ,„„*,,, 
Sunday-Schools,  was  an  English  philanthropist 
and  editor  of  the  6'/,,„rcs,er  Jouninl.  He  com 
menced  hi,  Sunday-school  work  in  Gloucester 
Kngland.in  1781  by  gathering  the  poor  chii: 
dren   from   the  streets  and  employing  female 

teachers  ata  shilling.  Jay  for  their  services, 
Ihe  children  were  taught  from  ten  A  M  to 
twelve:  then  after  an  hour's  recess,  read  a  les- 
son and  went  to  church.  After  the  close  of 
church  services  they  were  instructed  in  the  cat- 
echism till  after  five  in  the  evening,  and  then 
sent  home.  The  school  was  ,.f  a  religious  char- 
"Cler,  though  other  instructions  were  ,,rohably 
g.ven  It  is  clear  that  Mr.  Itaikes  introduced 
MS  school  with  a  view  of  leaching  the  poor 
children  the  Bible.  It  was  then  but  a  few 
years  till  Sunday-schools  were  established  all 
over  England. 

2.     We  have   no  way  of  knomng   who   was 
the   first    brother   m    introduce    these   schools 
aiuong   the   Brethren.      About   1740,   Ludwig 
Hacker  established  a  school  at  Ephratah  Lan- 
caster County,  Penn.sylvania,  which  contiuued 
a  number  of  year,.    This  man,  however,  did  not 
belong  to  the  Brethren  at  that  time.     He  was 
a  member  of  the  Seventl-day  Tankers,  a  body 
ol    people    who   split   off    from    the    Brethren 
Uinrch  about  1726.    This  school  at   Ephratah 
was   established    about  21    years  before  Robert 
Ka.kes   introduced   his   system   in    Gloucester 
England.     But  a.s  early  as   1,;74   there  was  a 
bunday-.school  in  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  and 
also  one  in  Plymouth,  MassachusetLs,  in  16.S(I. 
Sanday-schools  were  established  in  the  Chris- 
tian Church  near  the  middle  of  the  second  cen- 
tury.   They  were  then  cdled  school,  of  cat- 
echumeus,  in  which  the  young  were  carefully 
instructed  out  of  the  Scriptures.    Less   formal 
instruction  of  children  prevailed  much  earlier. 

Speaking  of  schools,  among  the  Christians  in 
the  first  century,  Mosheim  says:  "TheCliri.,- 
tiaiis  look  all   possible  care  to   accustom  their 
children  to  the  study  of  the  Scriptures,  and  to 
instruct  them  in  the  doctrines  of  their  holy  re 
liginn:  and   schools   were  cvery-where  erected 
for  this  purpose,  everi  from  the  very  commence- 
ment  of  the  Christian  Church.     We  must  not 
however,  confound  the  -sr/ioo/s  designed  only  for 
children,  with  the  ijymmsm  or  academies  of  the 
ancient  Christians,  erected  in  several  large  cit- 
ies, in  which  persons  of  riper  years,  especially 
such  as  aspired  to  be   public  teachers,   were  in- 
strucUd  in  the  difterent  branches,  both  of  hu- 
man learning  and  of  sacred  erudition.    We  may, 
undoubtedly,  attribute   to  the  apostles  them.! 
selves,   and  to  the  injunctions  given   to  their 
disciples,  the  excellent  establishment,  in  which 
the  youth  destined  to  the  holy  ministry  received 
an  education  suitable  to  the  solemn  office  they 
were   to   undertake.    (2  Tim.  2:  2.)    St.  .John 
erected  a  school  of  this  kind  at   Ephesus,  and 
one  ef  the  same  nature   was  founded  by  Poly- 
carp  at  Smyrna:  but  these  were  not  in  greater 
repute  than  that  which  was  established  at  Alex- 
andria, commonly  called  the  mirchctkal  mlwol, 
and  generally  supposed  to  have  been  erected  by 
St.  Mark."     Volume  1,  page  43. 

One  of  the  most  reliable  works  now  publish- 
ed, is  the  American  Cyclopiedia  in  10  volumes. 
Treating  of  Sunday-schools  it  says:  "The  earli- 
est recorded  Sunda.v-schools  were  llie  schools  of 
catechumens, organized, according  to  Tcrtullian, 
in  A.  D.  ISO,  though  less  formal  instruction  of 
Chrislian  children  and  novitiates  prevailed  earl- 
it  r.  The  schools  of  the  catechumens  flourished 
till  the  sixth  century.  In  1627  Luther  estab- 
lished Sunday-schools' in  Wittenberg  foe  the 
instruction  of  children  who  could  not  aBend 
the  day  schools.  In  1500  Knox  inaugurated 
them  in  Scotland."     Volume  Ki,  page  477. 

Citations  on  this  subject  from  reliable  authors, 
could  be  multiplied,  but  we  think  the  above 
sufficient  for  the  present  at  least.        j.  n.  m. 


ffcnis  of  ftifcri        ^ 

--TnE  human   heart  i.s  c  inches  in  le„    ,g~ 
in  hes  in  diameter,  and  beat,  70  time,  per'^l 

-^s?^^:i!:;^;:-r" '""--•- 
»Pi:a™t^xSii:^'::rL?:rr°'i'T 

'-has  received  a  pri«V3Tm.:,:-/;:J-J 

7  ""lor  i.  turned  out  !,,,..  well  «„w  i^ 
odorous  water.  "«iaiea,  m- 

str!i^:el'''=  >"'■•'»-"  ""'re-appeaJfo'; 

Z2u  1    ""^  '"'""'''•  »""  "">  »r  th«e  .U 

V  n  go  d  a"t"  ",""■""!."  ""'"^'    ^'^  »"  "Ot 
even   good   at    rhyming."     But  the  n,  1, 

-elhing  which   nran^rhyi'^'l'ttttr 

-""'writ:;;::.;:'"'-"''™  "•'-■rhyming 

I'nlTc""'''"'  ''"■""  "''-^-  br"4" 
out  in  the  Caucasus  proves  fatal  in  twenlv-four 
boiirs  In  Derby,  which  continn,  riouse, 
ZZ  ^T'  ''''■  '"  Medivricheni.  with 
hZvel'l  """"'""'  I'^rsmisdead-  Mo^ 
tality  elsewhere  is  on  the  same  scale. 

IraTJuietr"""'  ""i"'  ",°"''  "'^'"'■'""'  ''""•ry 
■alb  T  "  """'  "■'  "■'  ■'"'""  of  Mr. 
a  ge  s  church  m  Lowell,  Ma.,s.,  on  a  late  sX 

bath  and  that  the  entire  service  including  tha 
sermon™  distinctly  beard  in  all  par^o?; 

::» 8  JiiTiierdi:' ''""'" '"■'^"---^ 

--.\  Ml.s.s,oK-AKy,  after  tbirly  yea„  of  service 
"  l"'l.a.ii  building  ,cliool.hoLe,,laiglywth 
l.«  own  hands,  complains  that  on  retS  Ig  to 
America  he  finds  churches  in  large  cities  wbieh 
cost  .20n^»00,  and  *500,0„0,  and'a  Se  tly  ff 
ins  ow,.  Foreign  Board  receiving  *5,000  ayei 
when  the  oldest  mission  in  India  "  i  really  dT-l 
■og  out  for  lack  of  men  and  means."  ^    ^ 

-LoNi«.N-  has  more  Roman  Catholic,  Ihon 
t'ri'i'r:-'™'''''''''''''''''™'''''- "-re  Irish 
Wli  "  •  T":-"™''''  "'an  Aberdeen,  mo,^ 
Welsh   than  Cardill:  i„   beer  and  gin  si 

placed  one  after  another  in  a  line,  w'uld, 
..xty-two  miles  a,d  one  entire  quarter  ol 
'  tj  IS  inhabited  by  three  hundred  IhousM 
he  most  miserable  wretches  and  worst  thi 
to  be  found  on  earth. 

-It  is  said,  and   no  doubt  truthfully,   th 

scarletfever  and  other  contagious  discLs  a. 
dis-seniminated  by  scbnol-books.  The  schola 
carries  hi.  book,  home,  ,s  taken  sick,  and  „ 
course  slaysat  home.  When  he  i,  convilescent 
he  use,  hi,  books  a  little,  and  the  partic  e  „f 
peeling  .kin  which  contain,  the   ge  ms  o    ,be 


I 


-On  Friday  evening.  May  30lh,  a  lerridc 
cyclone  passed  over  a  portion  of  Northern  Kan- 
sas, Southern  Nebraska,  and  that  part  of  Wei 
ern  M,„„iiri  from  .-ixty  to  seventy  miles  wide 
to  he  north-east  and  norlh  of  St  .loseph  The 
eye  one  It  1,  said,  originated  about  ten  miles 
south  o,  Lees  Summit,  Mo„  and  proceeded  inl 
norlh-east  direction.  Immense  damage  was 
■lone  to  properly,  and  many  person,  \,lild 
while  many  more  were  severely  wounded. 

-A  M.iN  and  hi,  wife  were  arrested  and  fined 
twenty-lfve  dollars  each,  foropening  their  hired 
girlslettera.  The  law  very  strictly  prohibTls 
the  opening  of  letters  addressed  to  other  pe" 
-ons.  and  person,  who  havesuch  letters  passing 
through  their  hand,  should  make  a  note  of  this 
and  govern  themselves  acordinglv.  We  our- 
selves have  known  olherwi*.  honest  and  upright 
person,  taking  too  much  liberty  iu  this  respect. 

r  ~5''-V;'r<-"'"''  ""'''■  S"'  "wii  as  a  fuel  300  B 
-.;  but  It  ,s  only  in  the  present  century  that  it 
1"«  lecome  of  great  importance  on  account  of 
.Iscomhnstible  properlies.    The  amount  now 

annually  produced  by  this  country  and  England, 
the  two  great  coal-producing  countries,  if  piled 
np  .n  a  regular  wall  ten  feet  thick  and  fifty  feel 
high  would  extend  across  the  Atlantic  and  con- 
nect  the  two  continents. 

--A.V  English  chfld  sis  months  old  was  seen 
suck.ng  a  piece  of  green  wall-paper,  which  was 
at  once  taken  away.  Nevertheless  it  died  the 
next  day.  A  large  quantity  of  lead  was  found 
in  lis  sloinach.  Oxide  or  carbonate  of  lead  waa 
also  found  on  the  paper.  The  coroner  sensibly 
remarked  that  green  wall-paper  ought  to  b. 
abolished,  lu.  it  not  only  contains  poisonous 
mallei,  but  was  very  detrimental  to  health 


> 


i«t  iifi^  iCi*»»S' 


—      (r«frt  of  Trtilk  «»  Tmgtu  Can  Tttt. 

■<' '  rf.J 

rtouU  h«  «tM*.l  with  <»r.l.^r.  ■"•^  '    .     ...pftrrmml,  tanMl 
»•  Aort  KoA  to  lb*  P»i>" 

•tr«ngI»Ht.  A    1    f  til*' 

hisounistersanamrirfllri-. 

Will  some  o««  Vl™»«  »''"""  '  l!!'' ".;.,'! 'anJ 
Jis»B  f,m.«v,  :■•!!,'   which  "'""r  »•'„»;'. 

j;:;rhod,™«.h<.  ...irium  i;';™-^,^ " ;  ;. 
J,«,.her»  wu»  -e  ihe  "I'l'^";  j;;';^;,„. 

;  rto««,»,.i.in.ihr...,Khih..  i'"i;"'-;i'„»„,;::".?'i':J 

thp  moont  .>t  "";'"■,"''■"„>  „„f,^  On,l  with  » 

'»>■■• "-" '- »"  1';:"",'^::!,'^-  -'o  "Ln,.'  loll 
;:;\„a;;",l".i;™^  -^-tj^V^"  '"^'- ""' 

itonM»oiiVI  imro~li«t»tr"r  mit. 


R.  C.  C. 


THE  WHITE  STONE 


r ";.. .::«.  i  "..»tu,o  s,,im.,.th .».» ... 

„h,,rcl,o,:  To  Wm  that  -J^      "',;;„  „"'w,,U. 
,«  „,  u„  M-lde-  "«»;';'  :,  r^ritt-n.  Which 

T^:l  »„ow.«.  .»Ti,.B  h„  th„i  ■■«;;'™'^;,',;;.,,, 
."^irii.ui  bi,»Mn,.  to  1..  -..JO,  .d  ■■;  I    *;,2i 

like  .11  tl.»  other  ,.ro,>.i«»  ...."1"  l"  ""'  ;"'"'; 
^eboli-'i'   r..fer..,ollh.f..lur;-,  '"^     ■"'     '" 

fZwir.^»"»'-.n''-"'-'thS::j^- 

Mvthini!  we  hnve  ever  «een  on  ll..«  ""I'l^"- 

'  t  ,%e„er„llv   thought  by  e„,n.ne,,t„torH 
.h.t't.;i,n*.to»n.....ie„ti,...,.Uu..m 

.iU,  stone'  th..t  we, .re  .l..po...d  U,  nBr«. 
thoMwho  think  it  refer.  r,.tl,ert..«  C..8- 
„f  .ve'y  differe..t  kind,  ,>..d  not  nnknown 

priety  to  the  ca»e  before  mi. 

„  pritnitive  time.,  when  trovelinR  ™  ren- 
.red  dilli;nlt  from  wont  of  pl«co»  of  publ.c  e,  - 
:^i„„,.„t,ho,pit»l.tyw.«e,erc,.ed,hypr.vta 

„Ji.id..aU  to  a  very  gr.-..t  extent  of  w h  .b  ." 
ieed  we  Hnd  frequent  tra.es  .n  a  I  b.storj,  and 
,t„„„e  more   thn..  the  Old  TM-.e"*;^ ,' "  ^ 
'Cn,  who  partook  of  thi.,  l.»»l"'"'"J' 7\  '"": 
/  tho  practiced  it  frequently  contracted  i,ab»o 
'    friend-hip  and  regard  lor  each  other,  ...d  .t  be 
c"me  a  wen.e,t,.bl..bed    c.ston,   utnong    the 
Gr«k,  ..nd  I(onn.u»  to  provide  the.r  8U«  -V""' 
r„re  parLcularmark  "W^l- "-'"'"';  .Tj 
from  father  to  «on.  and  in-ured  ho»P  '"'f  ""f. 
kind  treatment  whenever  ,t  wa.,  practiced^  Th 
n,ark  was  u.u.lly  a  «.....ll  Hone  or  pebU  .  c. 
in  halve.,  and  upon  the  haWe»  of  wb.ch  the  host 
Lthep.estmutual.yin-r,he     .e,rn.me 

and  then  interchanged  wtth  «»';^  <"''".  J°' 
production  of  this  lh«r.,  wa<  .,u,te  snfheient  to 
•nsnre  friendsh.p  for  Ihemselves  or  descen  anl» 
whenever  they  traveled  ..g...n  .n  the  san  e  d- 
region,  wh.le  it  »  evident  that  the.e. tone, 
rr,u,:«l  to  be   privaU.lyk.pt,  and   the  n.>me. 

,r',tten  upon  them  carefully  -"»»'f  >"  ''^- 
er.  should  obtain  the  pr.v.lege.  .n.tead  of  the 
persons  for  whom  they  were  mlended. 

How  natural,  then,  the  allusions  to  th..  cus- 
tom in  the  words  of  the  text    '  1  w,ll  g.vehn,, 

to  eat  of  th.  hidden  manna,'  and  h.vmg  don. 
this,  havmg  made  hin,  partake  of  my  hosp.tal,- 
tv  having  re.oguiM|i  Uim  a*  my  guest  aod 
fn;nd  win  present  Him  with  the  white  stone, 
Ld  i,;  the  stone  a  new  name  written  wh.ch  no 
manknowethsavehewho  recc-.velh  .t;  I  w.ll 
give  him  a  pledge  of  my  friend»h,p  sacred  a,.d 
f      inviolable,  known  only  to  himself  ^^^^^^ 

•*  Buchatwn,  Hich. 


Tbe  example  of  Je.u.  Christ  is  the  Christian  s 
role  of  life;  because  the  apostles  enjoin   them 
,.-         Jl»  walk  as  Jesus  walked.     Not  Rome  alone, 
'  bnt  every   parly  standard,  also,  has  sadly  over- 

i;        l«,krf  tbn,  grand  and   peculiar  feature  of  the 
2         ftoriors  leaching. 

*?  Yoi-  may  depend  upon  it  that  be  Lh  a  good 

man  whoee  intimate  friends  are  all  eood. 


%N  thewIytoTaIestine. 

smn."  vin. 
The  Pyramids'^o"'"  Tomb.. 

0    ""he  pyramid  o,  Cheep,  was  ve,^<^;  - 

-h"v:m:"';.ern"^h';':ib,m..»...r- 

inches  wnde,  an.l  .  l'e>  „^ 

angle  of  descent  ..  »    *',   /"  ,  i,.,,,.^.  .„d  our 
i.  of  white  marble  smoothly   1"  "   'j°'  j 

r.v„  wen  chiseled  ,n  the  Uoor  at  .rregu  a. 
tervids   to   furnish  a  foot-rest.     These  are 

V"  ":  •f''7h,  rwer     B    od  to  H.   we  would  at 

:;r;::  :..,d!:l  hold  a  candh.  before, .,,«.; 
ZZ^  to  get  along  without  bre»k.  or  brn.se^^^ 
but  to  lako  .curat.  „ie»uremenl.  '■"'»"; '""«  , 
cLmstanc.  r,-.|uired  -"™«,;,;"'"'^'' '"f  ."^t 
!Lningofour   ■.."«1»-     ""■  "'.""'i"  '    a 
.utraiice   p,u..,we    is  on   the    ""'*.•"'    "''''i 
p,ra,„iJ,  ub,.ut    ...idway    between    .U  ea,t  and 
'rt,or„er.,a„d  4«  feet   perpend.cninr  a  >.. 
The  l„,.e.    Me,a.„ring  from  tli.  beginning  of  th 
„"r  1  .  Il.."r,  we  descnded  ««  fe-t  4  ...che,  to  , 
pi  e      .  nd  which  ha.  accumulated  at  he  po,u 
ll'l  L  P»..»ge  meet,  with  the  fir.t  upwar,l 
t:ge,an!l  which  pr..vent.du.  fro,,,  c„,,,,.le^ 
L  th..   ,u.a.ure,ne„t  w,t«,   nocuracy.     Helo. 

Z-    I  ,le  of  Si.,.d  xhicl.  !..«  l---"  >>l""'"  '"  ,  '^ 

th    „   Lw ,  the  passage  continue.  ...the 

.„,,.,. reetion,..  Wore  untiHtreachesachani- 

,,„,„!  f„„t  below  •'"■"tT'rTh.l"- 
ro.k  on  which  the  pyraund  .Innd..  This  low 
c      1     of  th,.  shaft  i.-t,,,»d  up,  ami  covered 

wi  t  ,n  pih.  of  sand  just  nientioued,  so  we 
To,  Id  not  explore  it.  The  pile  ol  -and  not  on- 
y    revenledu.  from, -o-upleting  the  measn^- 

l.,tof  tl,e,.ntran,e    ps.sag..    w,l li   acenraey 
:t,ilsoc»„lesoiie..rcholi,ngupt,ep.»«age 

that  we  h,ul  to  .loop  our  lowest,  and  .nu  ,ip  a 
c„.,.i.le,able   qoautity  of  dust  that   snu-Uhke 

anvtlnng  else  than  cologne,  in  order  to  P»s 
^v,  r  t  We  uieasured,  however,  its  horrr/.ontal 
:,iud  according  to  tbe  b,..t,  e.«niate  we 
c,,dn,«ke,thelei,gthoftheHoorof  hede- 
.c..„dingp,»«a«etothepmntwb,.rehefloo 

„f  Ihe  asceudiug  p,Ls,„6e  b.g.ns,  ,.  %  l«c  •  H 
w,isor,gi,i,.lly  more  than  th„;  for  several  tee. 

„„d  perhap.    yards,  of  the  exterior  lace  of     he 
.inldhlivebeenremoved.     Here  1    note  the 

\Li  .eriou,  inaccuracy  of  the  ...e-';«".l" 
'  ,v,.,i  in  the  little  book  of  Mr.  Seiss,  called  The 
'MriiJe  in  Stone."  He  give,  the  length  of  his 
..hamber  (p.  84)  as  1,000  inche.,  wh.ch  eqn,d  sd 
,,,74  inch,...  I.. m  certain  that  It  ..several 
va.d«  lunger  than  this.  ,.    ,    r 

'    VVeh,.dnow    descended  wltl,.n    a  lew  leet  of 
.h.mituralrock.     I'rom  this  point  we  began   o 
imb  upward  at  about  the  sameangle  by  which 
„h,ulde,cended,  .1,11  going  toward  the  cenle 

„f  the  pyinnild..  hut  the  first  Glleen  leet  ol  tbe 
rigin,  I  p,«-age  upward  is  blocked  up  by  mas.es 
gr,mit,,   and  a  rough   p,i.s,age  h.«  been  cut 
oinidthL  to  the  right  tlironghthesofthm^ 
stone  of  which   the   pyra,n.d  is   mainly  hinlt. 
These  Bra.,ite  block,  were  probably  placed  here 
,  ,  keep  out  intruder..    The  passage  lo'ced  "pen 
Lund  Ihem  .»  very  dlUicult  to  ascend,  and  still 
,,™retode.cend.     We    had  to    have    help  both 
v,iyl,  and  in  coming  do,v„  .in  Arab.tood  below 
,„e    look   moon  his   shouhler   luid  swung   .ue 
do^n  and  around  the  most  danger.>us   p,,.u  . 
Thi.  m,.de  me  nervous;  lor  if  hi.  leel^iad  .lip- 
ped tooken  bone,  would  have  been  the  certain 
•cult,  and  perhap.  soniethiug  worse 

Vr.  in  this  granite  obstruclion  the  passage 
.ipward,  now  only  3  l,.et.-.iuclies  wide  extend 
11,1  let  to  what  i.  culled  the  grand  galler,.  II 
our  ...limate  of  15  leet  lor  .be obstructed  partis 
correct  I  we  could  not  measure  it  accurately)  1  . 
entire  length  of  this  part  of  the  passage  is  li, 
ect.  The  figures  quoted  by  Mr.  beis.  (p.  ^4) 
Ike.  .t  1.54^  i".^!-",  or  l-iS  feet  6  .nches,  and 
are  probably  nearer  correct  than  our.. 

When  we  reach  what  i.  called  the  grand  gal- 
Wry,  the  ceiling  of  the  passage  «"dden  y  rise,  to 
oVf  et  in  bight,  and  while  the  w,dth  ol  the  Hoo 
;e,na.ns  tbe  .anie  as  below,  at  an  elevation  o 
20  inches  abov,.  the  lloor  the  pa.ssage.  widen  2U 
inches  on  each  .ide,  ».aUng  .he  ent.re  w.       o 


inches  OD  eacii  siu*^! '»'*'•■*•» —  ,        ,,     , 

h  iP»rt  6  f«t  »  ">'='"*  The  eatne  length  of 
thKor  ol  this  gallery  is  151  net  4  inches  ac- 
c„"ng  to  our  me»ur,.ment,  155  leet  accorfmg 
to  Baedeker, Uuide  Hook, and  1511  leet  10 inche 
^cording  to  Mr.  beiss.  We  measured  with 
care,  but  we  may  possibly  have  made  some  mis- 
take. 


Just  ai  the  lower  e,.JorihUg.Ue.r  or  Wh 

""ot:;;ine;o.hev:,.ini.rnf.h.under^;^ 
chamber  menlion*..!  above.  Several  of  the  \n«-  | 

W;„„d  which  he  would  be  ■"-""«  °,'^^: 
There  I  told  hira  he  m,..jbt  «^I'  *''"^.'  „ 
pro,  osed  lo  go  further.  I  was  »f'»'J  >>;*". 
Laid  fall  and  break  hi.  •—''":  ^^^'".'^d 
„1  by  straddling  hi.  feet  a<:ro„  the  P»«»«  ,"  , 

S'X^ort:'t,l.sn„tknowmW 
„it,r.tit  wii't  fly'ipwa'"'!  from  til"  pa-^'g'^ 

i„,„  the  l.,wer  pa.,ag.  but  n.,t   '"'"'";'''„„.  1 

;:;S;';::l:::t::Lltbel^^■.ch«., 

1«;    Ibo  widU.  of  this  paasage  .»  ■»  f*'/.  "'f  =*  ' 
i  Xth?«;  and  its  hight  f- 1""  "ilf't'l "St: 

;;!"i!ri:o:.;:p.™^>----^::r 

-■^:^rini:;tjiHi= 

„t,ds  nro.med  aga  n.t  each  other,   line  ine  „ 

Li  now  reached  a  --l-''-"'''' '"'f  V°U!eh 
feet.     The  hori/.ontal    l-^^^e  through  which 

„e  reached  the  cha,.,ber  is  W  &«'   ^  'J^;,' 
,.„,g,   measur,ug   along    if  level    fioo,  3  Uet 

in.hes  wiile  and  ;H  fc' m^h. 

Wheuw    entered  the    King.  Chamber,  our 

Aril,      wlose  noise  had  already  been  very  an- 
„„yin:.  set  up  s,ich  a  babel  of  loud  talking    to 

s,Vd  loud  quarreling  with  one  anotln.tha 
we  could  have  no  conversatron.  Every  one 
::„ld  to  ,nagnify  hi.  own  ^^fr:^^. 
„,g  ,„  what  we  already  knew,  and  he  was  equal 

.'.uxious  to  push  hi.  neighbor  ."t" 'he j^* 
ground  soiu.  to  get  all  the  expected  l»ci/,,> 
foTimself     1  anally  succeeded,  by  yelling  loud- 

rth,     11  of  them  together,  m  bringing  them 

.Zee.  and  ,n  posting  '"-  .  '■-!",^  ^h 
hearer,  near  the  lour  corners,  while  the  btih 
idirwiu,  held  near  u,  to  throw  ligh  on  our 
"asurements.  We  first  measured  the  coller 
stone  cofEn,  which  stands  near  the  we,tern 
end  of  the  room.  We  found  itain.ide  measure- 1 
ment  exactly  «  feet  0  inches  in  length,  I  t.it  * 
i„che.inwidth,  «nd2feet«.nchesindepl. 
These  agures  show  that  its  interior  cubical  ca- 
pacity is  exactly  06.144  inches;  whereas  Mr. 
's      fin  making  it  appear  that  It,  capacity  IS 

the  sLme  a.  that  of  the  ark  oj  th-ovenant  mo^e 
by  Moses,  represent,  it  as  71 ,2o0  inched.  This 
i,  one  of  the  emphatic  point,  which  he  make, 
ill  is  argument,  and  I  am  sure  that  in  It  he  IS 

mi  taken  He  also  affirm,  that  thi.  coffer  could 
:  ,s"bl>b,,ve  been  brought  i,,to  the  pyra. 
Lj  alter  the  latter  wo.  built,  and  Irom  this 
Lws  the  inference  that  ,t  was  not  .ntended 
lor  a  coffin.    The   inference   would   be   by  no 

,ueaii.  logi-nl  li  .ta  pre""'"  '"'''  ^  t''tl 
.t  U  obvious  that  If  the  pyramid  wa.  intend  d 
.„  a  monumental  tomb  of  th.king  who  bu.lti  , 
his  coffin  might  have  been  put  in  position  w^ile 
Iworkwa-sgoinBon.  But  it  is  not  a  a 
eerlain  that  the  coffer  was  not  brought  in 
through  the  present  entrance  passage.^ 

Its  external  width  is  exactly  :!  leet  3  inches 
and  the  n.irrowe.t  part  of  the  pa-enge  i,  3  leet 
"  iuclies.  Its  hight  IS  exactly  3  feet  4  inches, 
and  the  lowest  part  of  the.ntran.e  passages 
3  feet  01  inches.  Consequently  it  could  have 
b,en  slid  all  the  way  along  the  smooth  straight 
floor  and  betw.en  the  straight  side,  ol  the  pas- 
sages, from  the  o.itside  to  its  present  position. 

The  Kiug-s  Chamber  is  34  feet  5  inches  long 
from  east  to  west,  and  17  feet  3  i"',!"''  ""l";  *« 
length  being  nlmo.-t  exactly  double  the  wiah. 
Us  ceiling  IS  Hat,  and  is  covered  by  ten  stone., 
which  reach  entirely  across  Ihe  width  of  the 
chamber.    If  we  allow  about  IS  inches  at  each 


J  ,f  these  stones  for  Ih'm  to  lap  on  the  wall, 

"'•LI -20  fee.  long;  and    their    width  Ui„t 

1«  n'reseach.     These  stones,   however  thick 

!vy  mav  be,  could  scarcely  support  he  „,.^  „, 

■t.lied  above  th.m:  eou'e-iuently  WTeral 

'■°     -'il CCd    Co„s,r„c.,..n    Chamhers    .„ 

r:,"Chem»..b.bemasonj^,».r,ang. 

I  7a.  to  furnish  the  pr-.per  support.     It  a  dlffi. 

'      ,V  .n,l  dangerous,  without  a  .upply  of  rope, 

"d^irs,°o  climb  up  into  these:  and  ..there 

Cnot^tnular  .nUrest  connected  with  them, 

we  did  not  attempt  .t. 

I  wa.  disappointed  in  regard  to  the  exteroj 

■•.■        „J  unoearance  of  th.s  pyramid.    I 

r,,  'tied  to   'S  that   it  was  built  of  th 

:r  I    Jaii-st  durable  limestone;  but  i„f«t 
the  .tone  is  of   the  most  perishable  kind,  s„„, 
of  thcbhick,  almo.ta.soH«.s  .oap.time,  and 
many  of  them  very   porous.      Evidently  ft, 
builder  depe.ided  on  the  outride  cas,„g  „,  gran- 
"which  once  covered  it,  lor  ,ts  preservation, 
„,i  ,ince  that  was  taken  away,  a  very  ra.nd  dif 
i„teBration  has  been  going  on.    The  extent  of 
'this  is    best   appreciated    by  standlug   at  the 
I  Lint,  of  the  original  corner  stones,  which  were 
lliscovered  and  n.icovered  some  year,  ago  by 
1  Prof  Piaw.i  Smyth,  of  Edinburgh,  and  ol«er,- 
iiw  that  «l  1e,«.t  !.■;  feet  in  depth  of  the  enhre 
'  original  .urf„ce  h,e.  h-eu  taken  away  on  every 
■da     A  large  portion  of  this  has  been  removed 
in  order  to  build  the  city  of  Ciiro;  but  an  im- 
,„ense  portion  of  it  now  lies  at  the  base  of  the 
nvraraid    in  the  form  of  immense  mound*  of 
broken  and  crumbled  stone  ri.mg  forty  or  fifty 
feet  high  along  the  pyramid  .  side,      Ihe  hhc- 
dive  has  macadami.«d  the   turnpike  to  Cairo 
from  thtse   heap.,   yet  you   can    scarcely  nii» 
what  he  has  taken  ,iway:  there,,  enough  loft, 
I  .suppose,  to   make  fifty  miles  of  double  track 

""'found  it  difficult  to  realize  the  vostness  of 
the  pyramid.  U  was  not  until  I  stood  close  to 
its  base  and  looked  up,  that  it  appeared,  what  it 
really  is,  the  loftiest  structure  on  earth  built  by 
human  hands.  The  highest  calh.dral  lower  ia 
the  world  is  that  at  Stra-Lourg,  which  is  4,3 
feet  while  the  pyramid  was  originally  483,  about 
30  li;ct  of  its  top  having  been  removed.  And 
it  was  not  until  I  walked  along  the  entire lenglli 
of  its  western  side,  under  a  scorching  afleraoon 
sun  the  thermometer  in  the  shade  stmidiug  at 
93°' that  I  realized  the  almost  incredible  fact 
that  this  high  mass  of  masonry  cov.ra  thirleei 
acres  of  ground.  Like  all  well  proportioned 
elnicturesof  groat  siw,  it  sppear,  to  the.,, 
smaller  than  it  IS. 

I  would  be  glad  to  speak  of  the  sphinx,  which 
we  studied  and  measured ;  of  llic  vast  and  cosily 
,«pulchral  chambers  which  we  explored;  olllie 
other  pyramids,  of  which  we  saw  about  twenty; 
of  the  wonderful  Serapnim,  as  it  ,,  called;  m 
which  twenty-four  of  the  sacred  bulls  worship- 
ed by  the  ancient  Egyptians  were  buried,  each 
in  his  own  separate  chamber  and  his  own  gran- 
ite  coffin  of  05  tons  weight;  and  of  many  other 
objects  about  Cairo  that  interested  us  much; 
but  there  is  a  limit  to  the  space  in  the  papem, 
to  the  patience  of  the  editors,  and  to  theendar- 
ance  of  my  readers;  80  1  must  deny  myseltthu 

'"^Tbi's^letler  iscl.ised  in  my  tent  outside  the 
Joppagalcof  Jerusalem,  and  "ot  f»; '■■"  f' 
upper  pool  of  Gihon.  Tc-morrow  (Aprd  IMI 
we  expect  to  go  to  Jericho  on  onr  way  up  tbe 
Jordan  and  into  the  region,  beyon^^^^^^^ 


LET  US  PRAY. 

BY   J.  K.  EBERSOLK. 

HUW   often   the   ministers  alone  do  alUt' 
praying,  am.  when  so   it  bec^aie..^" 
nousand   loo.s  as   though    theyJ»;i»;P;» 
contract  to    tek,   people    to    l'""*;    ,       ,pl, 
divide  that  part  of  the  exercise-anJ  lenrt  P'  P 
to  pray  by  thrusting  ■'"'y  "■""  ™,^,i  „  Itay 
How   .hall    they    pray.'     ^^  *>>  1°''  ,,,,  ,b, 
would  talk.    Many  „er,ons  pray, is  b« 
Lord  was  very   |,;oticular  about  the  J 
used,  when,  in  IVt,  all   that  IS    requnoa^^^, 
,,.,„oageof  ibe  heart, -somethiW, 
reach   d.iw.i  ,u,o  the    inner  man  and  "l ^^  ,  , 
old   ru-ly    door,  and    windows    an  ^,. 

wholesoulwiths.acharadiantbs.  '^^„„„; 
will  exclaim,  "  it  is  good  for  us  to  M  ^,  _, 
'*.nner.  w,ll  inquire,  "men  and  brell"" 

shall  1*  do?  "  * 

M iTuoliB  of  men  and  women  b««  »  .^  . 
D.ble,  finding  .■.omfort  and  .."1"*„„ 
(hieman.  Colonel  Bob  '"«"'!  (jnl 
that  he  might  make  it  a  sntje^  ^^^^^^ 
Therefore,  the  millions  must  "  „,, 
IngersoU  right.  This  is  the  sum  an^  ^^,^ 
of  tbe  Ingersollian  philosophy^ 
giant  intellect  to  evolve  so  grand 


Jline 


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TJEiE    BItKTHREjSr    ^VT    AVOKIC, 


^oi;rcs|ioniIpncc. 


>l  rourJaxDuj  befolL^Joh 


Echoes  from  the   Center. 

iTMBER  XViri. 

Visiting  the  Saints— Council  Meeting-Mis- 
sionary Convention— Nonh  Western  Ohio 
Conference— Love-feast  — Calling  attiitional 
L;i borers— Pleasant  Visit— Sad  Fa-'ewell. 

Al'UKTIOX    of    territory  beinj.'  assigoed  to 
11,-,  Brother  Teetc-r  aud  the  writer    took  a 
dnve  into  the    country    to    visv'  the    membei 


pri' 


or  to  ciir  prospective   couixiil    lueeting 


pre- 


pariitory  to  our  Love-feast.  We  made  pleasant 
falls,  aod  enjoyed  a  few  mimtes  in  social  inter- 
view with  oue  another,  end  talked  of  our  hopes 
aud  fears,  our  engagements  in  the  church,  the 
goodness  of  Gi)d,  etc.  Found  all  in  peace  and 
harmony,  and  received  the  expression  from  all 
of  their  deterrain«tion  to  la'ior  in  the  cause  of 
Christ,  for  an  iuirea^e  of  holiness  aud  lor  the 
salvation  ot  souls.  It  Was  an  enjoyable  trip 
ftu.i  one  of  profit  to  all. 

However  much  such  visits  may  be  enjoyed, 
the  minister  being  pressed  with  manyother  du- 
tifs.  we  think  he  might  be  relieved  from  this 
lal,orwith  rightful  propriety,  as  this  special 
Ifltior  rests  upon  the  deacons  to  attend  to. 
However  «e  hear  the  burden  one  with  anotlier 
and '^11  ward  we  gu  in  the  grand  cause  of  our 
billy  Christianity. 

To-day  we  met  in  church  council  to  adjust 
chiirrh  business,  of  which  we  had  considerable 
aiiKnirit.  C  )iisiderable  debite  was  elicited,  yet 
nil  piU'it'il  I'ff  in  a  manner  that  was  ai;cepted, 
und  we  trust  by  a  proper  furbearing  aud  lorgiv- 
jlig  spirit  perfect  !ovo  and  union  will  continue, 
IVepiratinns  were  made  for  a  Love-feast, 
nhictii^  III  the  iit-ar  f.iture.  What  a  j.iyfu! 
thiiiigli'  tl'si^'  file  Cliristian  can  so  live  as  to  he 
qUiititied  a  fit  communicant  at  the  Lord's  tahle! 
that  he  can  parlake  of  that  spiritual  meat  aud 
dritti;.  tli^it  Will  he^'pt  in  him  more  of  tliat  true 
hfe,  enablinx  him  to  live  forever.  "Except  ye 
eat  the  riesh  of  the  Sja  of  man,  and  drink  his 
bioot.  ye  have  no  life  in  you."    .John  6:  53. 

Tliiusilay  evening  is  here  and  a  good  many 
brethren  aud  sisters  are  gathering  info  the 
aci g^'nTr^!M■^a-l..r^[^l.■lll^  Llir  i[h;ttL-*trMjt-  Tirl-rtiy' 
oi'  the  |>lace  of  meeting,  so  u-*  to  be  realy  to  a* 
sfiiihlf  ill  t^e  oourts  of  the  Lord  on  the  mi>r- 
row  t'j  tr.iiisii  ^'■  business  in  the  vineyard  o(*  ti.e 
M.u>l<'r.  Aftt-r  renting  during  t.-e  shades  of  the 
night,  we  began  to  think  of  assembling  in  the 
temple  of  God,  whereupon  we  turned  our  fuot- 
sl#p?  toward  the  place  where  God's  children 
met.  l-'ound  a  gnod  j^semblage  of  earnest 
workers  in  the  niiBiion  work.  Servicer  were 
opened  by  the  use  of  the  "2.")3rd  hymn, 
"I  love  thy  kingdom  Lord, 
The  house  of  thine  abmle." 
lalroluctory  remarks  and  prayer  by  Brother 
Eooch  Eby,  from  Illinois.  Thence  proceeded 
tu  the  electing  of  officers  with  the  following 
ivsiilts:  Elder  J.  P.  Ebersole,  Moderator; 
Brotlier  L.  H.  Dickey.  Heading  Cleik;  Brother 
W.  C.  Teeter,  Secretary;  aud  Brother  Jacob 
Kintitci',  Assistant  Secretary.  The  object  of 
the  meeUjig  was  then  announced  by  the  moder- 
ator, calliii^  for  remarks  in  favor  of  missionary 
work,  alter  which  plans  for  mishion  were  call- 
ed lor,  read  ajd  discussed,  and  a  plan  adopted 
by  tliH  meeting  and  submitted  to  the  District 
Ciiuference  tor  ftiproval.  Services  closed  by 
the  use  of  the  104,h  hymn, 

"Lord,  at  ttis  closing  hour 
Establish e-'ry  heart,"  i:c., 
by  Brnther  M.  M.  Esheiman.  who  afterwards 
led  u-i  ill  a  very  appropiiate  petition  to  Al- 
mighty God  in  behalf  of  tie  glorioua  work  in 
the  Milvation  of  the  sinner.  Public  services  in 
tile  ehurch  in  the  evening  by  Brother  James 
Mi:Mullen,  of  Mansfield,  Ohio. 

Next  day,  met  in  Conference.  A  large  rep- 
resentation. Considerable  business  before  the 
tneetuig,  and  adjuhted,  we  believe,  in  Vie  fear  of 
"lid  aud  to  the  general  satisfaclion.pf  that 
boiiy.  The  mission  work  was  first  brought  up, 
^iiHih  elicited  considerable  debate.  resu!tih(j  in 
8  more  thorough  organization  for  the  uprea^of 
'hi'  g()>|»pi,  a  lact  whicli  we  are  pleaned  to  chroft 

"n  Lord's  Day,  at  10:30,  we  had  public 
I'i"ea.hij|g  by  our  worthy  Brother  Enoch  lilby. 
'>i  Norlberu  Illinois.  Te.tt,  Hosea  14:  5.  "I 
Will  |,,i  iia  tiig  ^g^^  yyJQ  Jsrael."  Theme,  active 
«'t>rk  tipcessiiry  to  Christian  growth. 

Dew  giveagrowth  to  vfge'.ation,  without 
.as  in  somjg  countries,  plants  would  per- 
"n  God  gives  giowth  to  Christianity,  and  if 
"'^  i-liildren  work  they  may  become  rooted  and 
sfiimided,  become  firmly  established  as  the  ce- 
""^  "I  Lebanon,  emblematical  of  the  stability 
^''  firmness  of  the  church  of  Jesus  Christ. 


flh 


2.  T&eChriatiaji  must  work,  and  if  he  does 
his  pa-t  fullv,  God  will  perform  that  which 
mauls  not  able  to  do.  Then  there  must  be  no 
di&^icliuation  to  activity  in  the  Christian  race, 
must  break  up  the  fallen  grouud.  sow  the  seed 
or  we  will  have  no  harvest.  The  heart  must 
be  broken  up.  renovated,  and  prepared  for  the 
reception  of  the  spirit,  which  will  give  rapidity 
of  growth  in  Christian  stature. 

■i.  There  is  nothing  likely  to  grow  without 
ultivatiou.  We  may  break  up  the  ground  aud 
sow  the  seed,  but  in  the  absence  of  cultivation 
the  plants  would  perish.  Hence  cultivation  is 
highly  essential.  Sa  the  diristian  must  culti- 
vate aud  improve  his  spiritual  life,  that  he  may 
become  purer  and  holieras  he  advauces  in  life, 
and  be  better  prepared  for  the  home  beyond. 

■1.  Man  works  by  will.  He  can  will  to  do 
or  not  to  do.  ''If  any  man  hear  my  voice,  and 
open  the  door,  I  will  come  in  to  him,  and  will 
hup  with  him,  and  he  with  me."'  If  he  irilf 
open  the  door  the  best  of  cousequeuces  will 
lollow.  The  world  goes  out  and  Christ  enters 
the  heart,  and  that  man  becomes  a  Christian,  a 
worker  ^n  the  cause  of  Christ.  He  coucludcd 
by  urging  exactness  in  the  work  essential  to 
salvaliou  as  all  our  works  shall  be  tried,  hence 
must  be  perfect  to  stand  the  test. 

Our  dear  lirother  M.  M.  Kshelman  followed 
with  un  interesting  address  to  the  Sunday- 
school  children,  which  was  appreciated  by  all. 
Our  dear  editor  has  the  cause  at  heart,  aud  la- 
bors faithfully  for  the  good  of  souls. 

Hrld  an  election  for  two  deacons,  resulting 
ill  ihe  iustallalion  of  Brethren  William  Brad- 
ford aud  Leonard  Hauman.  It  was  a  solemn 
scene,  aud  they  seemed  to  appreciate  the  force 
of  their  high  calling.  Concluded  the  exercises 
in  the  evening  by  commeinoialing  the  suffer- 
ings and  death  ot  our  dear  Lord  and  Savior 
Jesus  Christ.  A  large  attendance  and  many 
communicants. 

Next  day,  had  a  pleasant  and  enjoyable  visit 
with  Brethren  Enoch  Eby.  M.  M.  Eshelman, 
aud  liis  son  Harvey.  How  strong  is  the  tie 
that  binds  God's  thildren  together!  U  was 
hard  to  p.irt  with  friends  so  dear.  But  wliiie 
there  is  sorrow  in  our  hearts  at  their  departure 
as  the  train  bore  them  out  of  our  sight,  we  are 
joyful  to  know  that  in  the  world  to  come.— the 
home  of  the  Christian, — we  cau  mr^et  and  nev 
er^evftr  more  shall  part.  Oii'  God.grant  us 
TaiTTi TnlTicasTuTliee,  luaC  thl s  mayTT^'Tvnr^TiMp^ 
i>y  lot.  S.  T.  BOSSEHMAK. 

Diinkirl;,  Ohio,  Ma ij  28th,  J879. 


From   Parsons,  Labette  County.  Kansas. 

jMtrJirrHnvH.- 
I  DESiHE  to  say  a  few  words  to  tlie  brethren 
1     through  yourp.iper.  concerning   Southern 
Kaust4,  aud  Libette  County  esperiully. 

Ldbette  County  is  situated  on  the  line  of  In- 
dian Territory,  the  second  county  from  Mis- 
souri. It  has  a  population  of  nearly  18,000. — 
mostly  from  Indiana  and  Illinois.  The  society 
is  of  thehrst  class.  We  have  excellent  schools, 
and  numerou:»  church  buildings.  Tlie  eountry 
school-houses  are  generally  used  for  Sunday- 
school  and  church  services. 

Our  drainage  is  perfect,  nalurally,  as  onr 
country  is  rolling  enough  to  drain  it  thorough- 
ly; but  it  is  not  hilly.  We  have  no  sloughs  nor 
marshes.  The  soil  is  of  the  very  best  qualily 
in  the  southern  half  of  Labette  County,  and  it 
is  adapted  to  the  raiding  of  all  kinds  of  grain 
and  vegetables  common  to  a  country  in  this 
latitude.  Wheat  gives  an  average  of  l.'i  to  30 
bushels  per  acre;  corn,  25  to  75  bushels;  oats, 
40  to  75;  aud  other  grains  yield  proportionally. 
We  have  good  promises  of  a  very  large  yield 
of  grain  aud  vegetables  this  year.  We  have  as 
fine  a  fruit  country  as  I  ever  saw.  Fruit  of  all 
kinds  dees  well.  Bushels  of  peaches  rotted  on 
the  grouud  here  last  season.  Apples  do  well, 
but  there  has  been  heretofore  a  scarcity  of  this 
article,  because  there  werd%ut  few  orchards  old 
enough  to  l>ear,  but  those  that  did  bear  yielded 
largely.  In  a  few  years  there  will  be  a  surplus 
of  apples.as  there  are  many  of  the  very  finest 
orchards  in  this  bection  of  Kansas.  The  plum, 
grape,  gooseberry,  strawberry,  and  other  ber- 
ries of  fine  quality,  and  Ju  great  quantity,  grow 
on  the  uncultivated  lands. 

Our  w.itcr  is  pure  and  cold.  In  passing  over 
Labette  County,  I  have  taken  particular  pains 
to  examine  the  water,  and  I  have  found  it 
iiuiversally  as  above  stated,  The  entire  length 
of  Labette  County,  is  traversed  by  the  Neuslio 
Rivet,  a  large  and  beautiful  stream,  and  by  thi 
Labette.  This  county  has  numerous  other 
streams  of  lesB  size,  and  the  water  is  clear  as 
crystal  in  th^  southern  half  of  Labette  County. 
There  are  also  numerous  springs  in  that  part  of 
the  county. 

W^e  have  plenty  of  coal  and  timber.  Walnut, 
hickory,  oaki  and  hackherry  are  among  the 
kinds  of  tindier.      Wood  sells   at   twenty-five 


ri.l^/     r^T:*'°'/.f'*' ""'*'* ''"'f*'^^*^^^^^  Boartl  of  Manager.;  said    . 

ncked.nthewood.  and  two  dollars  and  a  half    shall  have  power  to  select,    from   any    par 
delivered      Coal  u  plenty.    It  lie.  in  veins  from    the  district.  ou«  or  mure  h  etbren  to  travela 
fourteen  luehes  to  four  feet  thick.      The"  '       -         "    .  "'"^  "■^'■'"'*"  ^^  "»^«' "■ 


-  inner 
vemslievery  near  the  surface  along  the  crxek 
bottoms,  and  the  thicker  veins  lie  at  a  greater 
depth.  It  sells  at  two  and  one-half  to  four 
cents  per  bushel  nt  the  mines. 

We  claim  to  have  as  line  a  climate  as  there 
any  where.  The  health  is  very  good.  Manv 
come  here  in  ill  health,  aud  in  the  course  of  a 
year  regain  their  former  vigor  aud  usefulness 
I  might  give  numerous  instances,  but  I  think 
it  not  necessary  now. 

VRICE  OF  LANDS. 

Improved  quarter  sections  can  be  purchased 
from  ?700  to  94,000,  accouling  to  improve- 
ments. Many  farms,  and  indeed  I  micht  say 
all  the  farms  that  are  sold  at  present,  bring 
about  wha*  the  improvements  are  worth. 
There  are,  in  the  southern  part  of  this  county 
near  Chetopa,  aud  also  about  Oswego  as  nicely 
improved  farms  as  any  in  the  older  States,  ex- 
cept ill  the  line  of  barns.  These  sell  for  four 
and  five  thousand  dollars.  It  is  foolishness  for 
people  to  go  on  the  raw  prairie  to  make  "a 
htart"  when  improved  land  cau  be  purchased 
for  nearly  the  same  money. 

LOrATlOX  To  M,VJIKET. 

LabeiteCty^iity  hasaready  market.  There 
are  four  outlets  by  rail  from  tliis  county,  two 
direct  lines  to  St.  Louis,  one  to  the  Gulf  Coast, 
and  one  to  Northern  Kansas.  The  Missouri 
ii  Western  is  prenariug  to  extend  their  road 
from  Oswego  across  the  middle  of  this  county 
on  west  to  Witchita.  Our  principal  market 
for  grain  and  stock  is  St.  Louis,  which  is  m 
good  as  Chicago  or  Cincinnati.  Our  grain 
aud  shipping  cattle  sell  for  nearly  as  much  as 
in  Indiana  or  Ohio,  there  being  a  slight  ditfe: 
eace  in  the  freights.  We  have  a  splendid 
home  market  for  all  kinds  ofgardeu  vegetables. 

My  purpose  iu  writing  this  letter  is  to  awak- 
en .III  interest  in  getting  the  brethren  coming 
west  more  compactly  together.  I  have  talked 
with  some  of  Ih-bnthien  in  the  county  to  have 
them  wiite,  and  make  known  the  lands  here, 
and  the  advantages  we  possess.  Some  promis- 
ed they  world,  but  I  have  not  seen  anything 
from  their  pens.  I  have  lived  in  Labette 
County  nearly  one  and  one-half  years,  and 
.hajte  travelled  all  over  the  Atchison,  Topeka, 

anO   kialiLC   1  u  iaiiu.-<,  aiiu   ai^u  xt  ai  biictu    t><(ii.iu.>, 

and  I  have  nowhere  found  all  the  advantages 
placed  together  as  they  are  here  in  the  south- 
ern part  of  I(ansa.s.  I  travelled  with  the  ex- 
press purpOBi*  of  seeking  a  location,  and  1  claim 
to  have  a  good  idea  of  our  soil,  water,  fuel,  and 
climate,  and  I  will  say  that  I  found  it  nowhere 
better.  John  and  Abraham  Keplogle,  from 
Indiana,  were  with  us  a  few  weeks  ago  and 
travelled  over  much  of  Labette  County,  and 
they  claim  the  southern  half  ol  this  county  to 
be  the  best  location  they  found  in  their  travels 
through  Iowa,  Illinois,  and  E  wtern  Kansas. 

The  Bretlireu  have  organized  a  c^iurch  in 
the  southern  part  of  the  county,  and  they  are 
very  anxious  that  the  brethren  coming  West 
should  locate  with  them,  as  they  believe  they 
live  in  a  country  which  they  can   recommend. 

We  think  it  a  good  plan  for  the  Brethren  to 
send  some  able  men,  to  seek  a  location  in  Kan- 
sas for  the  benefit  of  those  brethren  coming 
West  and  scattering  through  all  parts  of  Kan- 
sas. It  would  be  better  for  the  church,  and  the 
brethren  would  be  more  certain  of  securing 
good  lands  and  enjoying  the  benefit  of  good 
society 

If  any  of  the  Brethren  have  different  prop- 
ositions as  to  the  manner  of  getting  a  location  I 
would  like  to  bp  advised  of  the  plan,  and  also 
if  a  better  location  can  be  found  in  Southern 
Kansas  than  the  southern  half  of  Labette 
Co.,  I  will  move  into  such  a  locality. 

I  will  gladly  answer  any  tiuestion  any  one 
may  desire  to  ask,  aud  if  any  send  me  Iheir 
name  and  address  I  will  send  them  a  paper  giv- 
ing much  information  of  the  lands  here. 

S.  M,  BURSET. 


From  Southern  Kansas. 

Ihar  Birthren:— 

THEDistrict  Meeting  of  the  Southern  Dis- 
trict of  Kansas  assembled  according  to  a|>- 
pointment  at  the  place  of  Friend  l-imanuel 
Meyers,  near  Fredonia,  May  11th,  and  organ- 
iz-'d  by  choosing  Brother  Jesse  Studebaker, 
Moderator;  Brother  Jacob  Buck,  Clerk;  and 
Brother  George  Myers,  Assistant  Clerk.  The 
meeting  passed  olf  pleasantly  and  harmonious- 
ly, and  the  business  seemed  disposed  of  to  the 
satisfaction  of  those  present.  There  was  a 
Love-feast  in  connection. 

I  subjoin  the  plan  which  was  adopted  by  the 
meeting  for  spreading  the  gospel. 

1st.     Let  the  District  Council  appdnt    three 


preach.     They  shall  have  the   right  to   direc 
them  where  to   preach,   aud   also  direct   thenr    " 
how  long  to  continue  their  labor. 

2nd.  A  treasurer  shall  lie  appointed  by  D. 
M-  to  receive  all  monies  appropriated  for  that  « 
purpose.  He  shall  keep  an  accuraU-  ticcount 
of  all  monies  received  aud  paid  out,  and  report 
annually  at  D.  M.  He  shall  pay  out  oo  money 
except  as  ordered  by  the  board. 

It  shall  bo  the  duty  of  the  several  churchef 
to  pay  once  in  six  months  to  the  treasurer,  ai ' 
God  may  prosper  them,  to  support  this  fund; 
and  that  the  first  installment  of  the  six  months 
be  sent  aa  soon  as  practicable  after  the  adoption 
of  the  above;  and  the  Board  shall  in  no  case 
deud  brethren  in  advance  of  the  funds  in  the 
treasury.  The  Board  shall  be  chosen  for  a 
term  of  two  years,  and  the  treasurer  for  the 
same  length  of  time. 

We  desire  that  tried  brethren  he  chosen  in 
all  this  work,  aud  that  all  money  appropriated 
be  judiciuiLsly  applied. 

We  also  recommend  that  preaching  bo  done, 
not  only  in  parts  never  before  occupied,  hut 
that  some  time  be  spent  among  churches  al- 
ready organized,  aa  the  Board  may  di<:tato. 
Amended  by  1).  M.  that  tliis  council  make 
choice  of  the  missionaries  instead  oT  the  com- 
mittee, then  let  the  missionaries  be-  subject  to 
thecotumittee. 

The  meeting  chose  for  missionaries  Brother 
.)e-*so  Studebaker,  of  Anderson  County,  and 
BrotherM.T.  Baer,  of  Bourbon  County.  For 
Troasnrer,  Emanuel  Mufford.  His  address  is 
Garnet,  Anderson  County,  Kansan.  For  com- 
mittee, Jacob  Buck,  Sydney  Hodgden,  and 
George  Mveri*. 

This  is  evidently  a  move  in  the  right  direc- 
tion. I  shall  ask  a  few  questions  of  th.>  mem- 
bers of  the  district  of  Southern  Kansas.  Shall 
we  allow  the  move  tofail  for  the  waritof  lueanaV 
If  it  fails  it  will  he  for  the  want  of  money  to 
carry  it  on,  aud  why?  The  plan 
calls  for  tried  brethren  in  all  this  work;  and 
who  shall  say  the  brethren  selected  by  1).  M.  do 
notlill  the  re(iuirement?  I  think  no  one  who 
knows  them  can  say  so.  Do  we  fear  that  our 
missionaries  will  become  lifted  up  with   pride  if 

they  need  not  bear  the  burden  alone.  Are  ,ive 
afraid  some  one  else  might  get  more  benefit  of  ' 
their  la))ors  than  we  V  A  soul  'n  of  iw  aiuch 
value  in  one  section  as  in  another.  Li-t  us  b« 
willing  to  trust  that  our  committee  will,  with- 
out [lartiality,  divide  the  lubord  of  the  inisntoit 
aries.  Have  we  not  the  mtians?  Let  us  tiy 
andsee:  If  we  cannot  i-ive  thotenth  of  our  in- 
come perhaps  ho  can  give  the  twtntieth.  or  - 
tiltieth. 

When  we  came  to  the  church  we  should  have 
made  an  entire  surrender  of  uuraelviH  to  the 
Lord,  and  also  ul'  all  that  he,  in  his  goodness, 
has  intrusted  to  u-t.  Let  us  then  make  wise 
use  of  the  Lord's  property,  and  bring  to  him 
an  oHuring  that  his  house  may  be.  filled  with 
meat;  and  see  ifhu  will  not  pour  upon  liS  a  gnat 
blessing.  (Mai.  3:  10.)  I  think  it  ia  the  duty 
of  the  overseers  of  each  arm  of  church  to  bring 
this  matter  before  the  nuuubers,  and  exhort 
them  to  their  duty.  There  is  an  importaut  re- 
sponsibility with  them:  but  should  they  fail  to 
do  their  duty,  then  each  one  may  cast  in  their 
mite,  by  sending  it  to  the  district  treasurer, 
whose  address  can  be  seen  above.  I  feel  ini'- 
pressed  to  write  much  more,  but  tliink  this  ar- 
ticle already  full  long.  Miy  the  Lord  enable 
us  to  open  our  bowels  of  compassion  unto 
every  good  work.  J.  C.  Uluey. 

Greriiju-ld,  Kansas. 

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From  Neodesha,  Kansas. 

Diiir  liretlinn.— 
Y  permission  of  the  editors  we  will    say  we 


left  our  home  (Indianapolis,  Indiana)  April 
Kfth,  for  a  home  in  Kansas,    Travelled  via.  Sfc. 
Louis  and  Kansas  City.     Arrivfdatour    desf 
nation  the   17th  at  10  o'clock   V.  M.,  havii 
travelled   over  seven  hundred  miles.  \ 

We  find  manv  good,  warm-hearted  brethre 
and  sisters  in  Kansas,  and  so  far  aa  we  ha 
learned, they  are  in  peace  and  union. 

According  to  previous  arrangements  the  Dii 
trict  Meeting  of  Southern  Kansas  was  hel 
May  17th,  in  the  Fall  lliver  Church,  near  F* 
donia,  Wilson  County.  The  nieeling  o|>en 
with  Elder  Jes*e  Studebaker,  Moderator;  Bro' 
er  George  Meyers  and  Frother  Buck,  Clerl 
The  meeting  passed  oft'  pleasantly.  Quit, 
number  of  queries  were  preswnted,  and  dispiv 
of  satisfactorily.  The  home  missionary  cau 
received  considerable  attention.    The  Bret  hi 


riij^jTsiiEXHKKN    ^T    WOKK. 


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•HI  aliw  to  the  iiooessity  of  ol>i-y'"g  ^^^ 
I  |n«il.  "Go  preach  tlie  gospel  to  ev.-ry  crea- 
This  District  Met-tiug  elected  two  mis- 
.ftries  for  tht  Southern  District  of  Kaiisn^. 
^^L  Elders  Jesso  Stuili-bnli^r  iind  Moj>es  T. 
finer,  thtf  iRttpr  recently  from  Michififtii.  Those 
missionaries  to  W  subject  to  the  orders  of  a 
committw  of  thrw.  The  Brethren  h^-re  held 
a  commonion  meeting  in  the  evening  following 
the  District  Meeting.  Quite  ft  number  of  breth- 
KjiMid  sisters  were  lissembled  from  different 
parts  of  the  Stat^:  «nd  nlthough  we  felt  that 
we  were  stAugers  in  a  strange  Iniid.  yot  we  ti-lt 
that  though  strangers  in  the  flesh  yet  of  kin- 
dred spirits,  there  being  but  two  persons  pre-.- 
ent  that  we  ever  saw.  and  they,  thirteen  years 
ago  long  before  we  knew  of  any  brethren  (<>no 
of  whom  united  with  the   church  during   this 

meeting.)  .1     j  j   „ 

We  will  also  sftV  that  we  never  nttendpd  a 
meeting  of  the  kind,  where  there  seemed  to  >e 
more  good  feeling  among  all  pre.tent.  The 
Bpectators  conducted  themselves  during  the 
evening  nerricen  in  a  manner  which  BpeaJcn 
well  for  the  morals  of  the  young  people  of  Kiin- 

''^rea.hing  next  day  (Sunday  at  10  o'cjoc';)  by 
Eider  M  T.  B..'r.  from  Maft.  ■-'4:14.  WiUhink 
he  did  the  subject  jn^tire.  and  created  m.my 
iMting  iinpn>«fiions.  which  wr  hop"  will  result 
in  the  good  of  precion^  «ouN.  Meeting  again 
iDthe^vening.  Sarah  M.  SA.snKn.. 

On  the  Way  to  A.  M. 

THfompany  with  Sistern  J.  Hopnon.  K-  Ro^;- 
I  land,  aud  C.  Long,  wo  left  Lanark.  2  I .  M. 
S»turdi.y.  May   2uth;  arrived  the  same  dny    at 

7  P.  M.  at  Brother  U.  Swingli-y's- 
Although  the  roud  was  very  dusty,  the  genial 

dwposilion  of  our  company  made  the  diHtunu- 
seem  short  and  very  pleasant. 

SundaylO  A.  M.  attended  servicefl  at  bilver 
Creek.  A  heavy  rain  cauBed  the  attendance  to 
be  imall.  Brother!).  Price  preached  from  the 
text,  "For  we  know  that  if  our  earthly  Iioum- 
of  thin  tabernacle  with  disaolvcd,  we  have  a 
building  of  God,  a  house  not  made  with  hand», 
eternal  in  the  heavenn."    2  Cor.  5:  1. 

An*r taking  dinneralBro.W.  Kelkor'fl.returii- 
m1  to  place  of  meeting  to  assist  in  organization 
?'  "~|.erint^ndent:  Brother  Y)."^Stovcr.  As- 
-,  .;,!  Superintendent;  Brother  E.  V.  TroHtle, 
<>■  -tary;  Brother  W.  Kelker,  Treasurer; 
Brv'-liL-rL.  Millerand  Sister  E.  Rowe,  Libra- 
riaDs. 

TV.  ichool  was  organized  on  Bible  School 
The  prospects,  we  think,  are  very  bright, 
itle  boys  and  giris  deserve  special  credit 
ir  good  behavior.  Whatever  they  were 
trdtodothey  did  promptly  and  cheev- 
,  .,,_,  Where  there  are  gocd  bf'ys  ""^  R"^' 
thtre  itiil  be  good  men  and  women.  The  una- 
Bimity  pf  sentiment,  the  zeal  and  perseverance 
gitlie  itiembers,  their  nnselfislines-s,  "in  honor 
[If  .iriugone  another"  are  indeed  Vfry  en- 
c'lir-VMtig  to  Bible  School  workers.  At  the 
close 'if  schnol  Brother  Stein  made  a  few  re- 
mark'to  the  teachers  relative  to  their  duties 
aLdr--i)on*iI'ilitie3.  We  never  ho  felt  before 
hi'W  ^leat,  glorious,  and  yet  solemn  the  teach- 
-^■i  ■  I  I. ling  is.  May  contrite  hearts  never  cea^e 
CO  )ir    ,'  for  Bible  teachers. 

M  I  Sunday  night  with  Brother  D  Price's, 
y  u  ' .;  forenoon  with  Brother  Sl<'in*«.  Bro.  S. 
njv  •  ry  busy  arranging  to  begin  school. 
Ti  t  pect  to  open  about  the  last  of  August. 
A'l  :>rpi  of  the  very  beit  teni^hers  have 
V   ■'      ■  ected.     We  approve  of  this  course,    for 

8  leisaplace  to  get  the  must  thoroiKjh 
rCrw  ■  Ige  of  whatever  is  studied,  and  where 
8  ,  ;  teachers  are  not  employed  it  is  impos- 
sible to  get  the  best  instruction.  Five  courses 
«are  provided,  vi/  .  PriiuHry,  Academic.  Collegi- 
ate, Commercial,  and  Eclectic.  This  provides 
for  all;  allowing  students  the  privilege  tontudy 

•  a  few  of  the  primary  branche-sor  to  take  a  full 

QDJTersity  course.     Hoard,  tuition,  etc.,  will  be 

EO  cheap  that  all  who   can    attend  school  any 

where  can  attend  here.     The  outlook  for  the 

Vebool  is  ■vvry  encouraging.    .\s    my  comniu- 

cation  would  grow  too  lengthy   to  say  more 

'  the  school.  I  refer  any  one  interested  in  it  to 

le  catalogue,  whicli  they  can  get  by  addressing 

W.  Stein,  Mt.  Morris,  Illinois. 

Monday  afternoon   aod  night,  sjient   with 

.rolher  S.  C.  Price's.    With  the  bicters  ive  had 

o  say  of  all  the  visits  we  ever  made  never  were 

■e  treated  more  kindly  and  neverdid  we  enjoy 

rwWfg  bett*T.      We  all    frel  our    visit  has 

tn  a  benefit  to  a^.     Uy  it  we  can  better  roal- 

what  it  in  to   \x   linihrnt.      We   feel    that 

r  church,  sotiallv  "peakiog,  ia  just   one   big 

U  family,  and  that  all  the  memberii  whom  we 

nt*d  were  rftl  brothers  or  rfal%\*^^rf..  Thew 

eadvaDtagat  which  the  world  does  not  have. 


Oh,  how  grateful  we  should  be  to  our  Father 
for  so  blessing  lii»  children! 

Tuesday,  10:20  A-  M,,  the  Bisters  and  I  w-p- 
arated.  they  remained  for  Silver  Creek  Love- 
feast  and  I  took  train  for  Chirago^  Arnviiig 
in  Chicago  all  right,  as  soon  ai  P.  Ft.  W.  fc  t. 
train  backed  up  to  depot  I  boarded  it  and  took 
pos.'.eftsionof  aseat.  As  soon  as  I  had  done 
this  I  walked  oyton  the  platform.  As  soon  iw 
I  stepped  outride  the  car  I  saw  two  men  whn 
looked  like  Brethren.  One  of  them  smiled  and 
spoke  as  soon  us  h*>  saw  me.  I  felt  sure  j  knew 
who  it  was.  and  taking  his  hand,  said.  "Why, 
hoffdoyoH  do.  Brother  Calvert?"^^  SaM  he. 
"When  and  where  did  you  see  me?"  Said  I, 
I  never  saw  you  any  where."  Said  he,  "How 
did  you  know  me.  then?"  Said  I.  "How  did 
you  know  me?"  I  knew  you  were  from  Lanark 
as  soon  as  I  saw  you,  by  your  hat;  hut  how  did 
you  know  me."  said  he  again,  '^jjere  ar*-  two 
ways  by  which  I  know  you:  one  is'jfou  have  on 
a  hat  which  was  sent  to  you  from  Lunark.  an- 
other is  by  a  picture  of  you  which  I  saw." 
"Well,  well."  said  he,  "to  have  a  uniform  it ij  in 
dreBs  is  some  advantage  after  all,  inn't  it?" 
"Ye«,  it  certainly  is,"  Haid  I. 
■  I  arrived  at  Pittaburg  12:15  P.  M.  28th.  Af- 
ter getting  dinner  I  took  a  stroll  through  tlie 
city.  There  werejnst  two  things  of  which  I 
make  special  note;  one  is  the  dirty  black  coal 
smoke  and  dust  that  finds  its  way  tft  everything 
in  the  city.  As  it  seemed  so  dark  and  just  in 
the  middle  ot  the  day  I  thouglit  we  vere  going 
to  have  n  rain  or  Htonn.  and  that  [had  betl/-r 
make  my  way  back  to  depot  soon  as  possihl.-. 
But  1  stopped  a  moment  with  a  confectioner 
aud  in.juired  if  he  thought  it  would  rain  soon. 
[I.,  looked  a  little  surprised  at  first,  and  then 
grinned,  fts  he  saw  fn. in  the  innocency  of  niv 
look  that  I  did  not  knt.wmuch  about  Pittsburg 
atmosphere.  He  said  it  was  about  as  light  as  it 
ever  gets  in  Pittsburg,  that  there  were  no 
clouds,  that  it  was  only  smoke  that  made  it 
lo.)k  so  dark.  In  all  of  my  stroll  I  did  not  see 
a  clean  house,  man,  wcmian, or  child.  I  thought 
if  Home  of  our  sisters  who  scrub  aud  scour  bo 
much  had  to  live  there,  here  wouldnotbe  much 
pence  for  ooor  Adam. 

Tliesecond  thing  I  noticed  was  the  immense 
number  of  flaloonn.  It  seemed  to  me  there  are 
more  saloons  than  all  other  business  houses  to- 
gether,    being    ahtuit    twenty    times  as   many 

tliein  of  the  comforts  and  necessites  of  life,  as 
there  are  f  0  su[iply  their  wants  and  render  them 
happy.  The  first  train  to  leave  I'ittsburg  for 
Harper's  Ferry  was  H  o'clock  at  night.  Hut  I 
got  so  tired  of  the  dirty  place  that  I  took  a 
4  o'clock  train,  which  went  as  far  as  Connells- 
ville,  and  remained  there  until  Harper's  FiTry 
train  came  along.  .Vrrived  at  Cumberland 
Junction  very  early  in  the  muriiiiig.  Here! 
met  BrL-thren  Eby,  Forney,  Rowland,  MMorc, 
I'^helmaii,  and  Howai'd  Miller.  Several  took 
the  train  at  Meyersdale,  Pennsylvania.  But 
all  of  these  whom  we  knew  were  Brethren  C. 
(;.  and  W.  n.  Lint. 

As  Brefhien  Moore  and  Eshelman  were  all 
arnund,  up  and  down  th*-  hills  and  rivers  at 
Harper's  Ferry,  I  i)re8ume  they  will  report  all 
tliat  is  of  interest  about  that  famous  place;  so  I 
paos  it  by  without  further  notice  at  present.  To 
give  a  description  and  history  of  Shenandoah 
Valley  would,  no  doubt,  lie  interesting,  but 
would  not  be  admissible  in  this  article  as  it 
would  be  suitioiently  long  to  make  an  article' 
of  itself. 

Brother  Howland  took  the  train  at  Martins- 
burg  for  Hagerstowu  to  visit  old  friends;  all 
the  rest  of  tlie  brethren  w^nt  o;i  to  Broadway 
except  myself,  I  stopping  at  Mt.  .lackson,  Am 
now  at  tlie  home  of  Brother  Joseph  M.ipliia. 
Although  1  had  never  .seen  nor  heard  of  Broth- 
er or  Sister  Maphis  nor  they  of  me,  we  are  en- 
joying ourselves  as  though  we  had  known  each 
other  for  years.  The  little  giil  soon  busied 
herself  preparing  a  bouiiuet  for  me.  Brother 
aud  Sister  M.  are  now  in  the  decline  of  life. 
They  have  seen  hard  tiineB.  During  the  war 
tlieir  propertj"  wils  all  destroyed,  aud  even  their 
livvs  in  constant  danger.  The  Union  soldiers 
and  the  confederates  would  alternate  in  over- 
running their  country.  Certainly  we  cannot 
be  too  grateful  for  the  peace  we  now  enjoy. 

May  3Ut,  2:40  P.  M.  Took  tram  again  for 
Broadway,  place  of  A.  M.  Tlie  train  was 
much  crowded.  A  large  crowd  has  already 
ollect^'d  at  place  of  meeting.  A  board  tent, 
I.'i4x4S.  for  boarding,  with  a  cooking  department 
added,  is  constructed.  12.000  pounds  brea-j, 
3,000  pounds  ham,  30  beeves,  butter,  pickle.*, 
apple  butter,  coffee,  su»ar,^c.,  in  porportion, 
I  is  the  aioouut  of  provi-sions  pruvided 
I  fur  A.  M.  purposes.  Guests  now  at  Broadway 
aresupplied  with  meals  at  boarding  tent.  The 
first  bouse  we  stopped  at  after  reaching  hero 
was  that  of  Brother  Clinc,  deceased.  lu  an- 
other place  his  obituary. 


luoe  I  We  are  now  at  the  residence  of 
Brother  Zigler.  the  former  home  of  Brother 
V  Nead,  deceased.  The  brethren  will  P*ach 
all  around  over  the  country  ttnday.  U  bas 
been  and  U  very  dry  here, 


S.J.Harbison- 
Left  Home. 

ON  the  night  of  the 20th  inst..  Brother  Per- 
ry  Gales,  a  minister,  an  insane  per^on^ 
When  helefthe  wa.%  riding  a  sorrel  mare,  eight 
years  old,  with  one  whit*  hind  foot,  and  sn 
star;  and  by  close  examination  will  find  her 
blind  in  right  eye.  When  he  left  he  had  on 
gray  mixed  suit,  black  hat.  with'  h.s  name 
printed  on  the  inside.  He  ha^l  dark  hair,  dar* 
beard,  and  moustache.  He  is  42  years  old.  and 
about  f>  feet  8  inches  in  height,  and  weighs 
about  I:J0  pounds. 

He  is  supposed  t<i  he  traveling  towards  [  itts- 
burg,  Pennsylvania.  Also  supposed  he  wilt 
pell  the  horse  and  travel  on  foot.  Any  infor- 
mation of  his  whereabouts,  or  horse,  would  be 
thankfully  received  by  a  distressed  family.  -Ad- 
dress, D.  A.  Mpkts. 

Jiurml/nrHlf.  White  Coiintij,  Indimia; 


\^\i-:\    in   twio- 


the 


advantages  have   accomp.i 
the  time. 

His  work  on  earth  is  6oisheji  and  althougi, 
he  has  been  called  to  higher  spheres  and  enter- 
ed into  a  glorious  rest  be  h«  left  "footprints 
upon  the  sands  of  time,"  which   ages  will    not 

H'l"  to  tlie  grave ;  at  noon  from  labor  cease  ; 

\Ust  on  tliy  sheaves;  thy  harvest  task  is  done. 
CoV  rrom  the  lieat  of  bnttle,  and  in  peace. 
.•ioHier.  go  lionn-:  witli  Ihi-e  the  Iiylit  is  won. 

Go  totti^(rra%-e;— no;  take  thy  seal  above; 
He  tli>  Vure  spirit  present  with  the  LorU, 
Where  tli\  for  faitli  ami  liojiehas  perfect  Iqyp. 
And  optnVsion  for  the  written  wonl." 

\  W.  ROWABI)  Flort. 

Brfthreu's  No\}al  College,  F^a. 


In  Memorial. 

ACOB  M,  Zuck.  A.  M.,  was  born  near  Mer- 
rshurg,  IV-unsylvaoia,  in  the  year   1S46, 
d  died  in    Huntingdon,   Pennsylvania,   May 
nth  1879.  ; 

The  subject  of  tliis  notice  was  a  graduate  ot 


TACO 


oof  the  leading  educational  institutions  of 
ihe  country,  vi/..,  MiUcrsville  State  Normal 
School,  Pa.,  and  the  National  Normal  School. 
Lebanon,  Ohio.  He  taught  several  years  'in 
the  common  and  graded  schools,  both  before 
and  after  his  graduation.  On  the  17th  of  April. 
lS7fi,  he  opened  a  Normal  School  in  Hunting- 
don, Pa.,  with  less  than  half  a  dozen  students, 
but'hy  his  untiring  energy  and  constant  de- 
votion to  the  work,  against  opposition  and  other 
serious  drawbacks  the  school  had  a  constant 
growth  from  the  first;  and  at  the  time  of  his 
death,  a  little  over  three  years  from  its  begin- 
ning, had  over  one  hundred  students  in  attend- 
ance, and  is  now  known  as  the  "Brethren's 
Normal  College,"  of  which  institution  he  was 
Principal  at  the  time  of  his  decease. 

,,. _ e -.-!■     VJoh    -i»l*5J^r>f..ol 

worth.  Although  possessing  a  weak  physical 
constitution  he  had  a  Havculanean  intellect,  of 
rare  quality.  His  will  power  was  extraordinary 
but  judiciously  directed  hy  bis  fine  judgment 
rendered  him  noble  in  the  lyes  of  those  who 
knew  him  best. 

He  was  n  ripe  scholar,  aud  as  a  teacher  had 
few  equals.  He  was  not  a  surface  man;  he  wa^ 
aprofund  thinker,  a  logical  reasouer  and  elab- 
nrad'  ut  expression.  He  was  thoroughly  con- 
scientious, and  lived  not  for  himself,  but  lived 
aud  labored  incessantly  for  the  welfare  of  oth- 
ers. 

He  was  a  most  devout  and  earnest  Christian. 
He  possessed  implicit  confidence  in  God  and  re- 
lied upon  him  for  all  things.  He  had  great 
faith  in  prayer,  especially  in  secret,  in  which 
manner  he  delighted  to  approach  God  in  every 
time  of  need. 

As  ateacher  he  manifested  an  unusual  con- 
cern for  the  spiritual  welfare  of  hi^  students, 
and  labored  enruestly  for  the  cultivation  of 
their  moral  natures,  as  well  as  for  their  intel- 
lectual development. 

Although  greatly  attached  to  the  church  of 
the  Brethren,  the  people  of  his  choice,  he 
taught  the  purest  religion  in  the  class-room  and 
elsewhere,  both  by  precept  and  example,  re- 
gardless of  creed  or  sect. 

Illustrative  of  his  exemplary  Christian  char- 
acter and  deportment  in  the  school-room,  the 
writei,  one  of  his  indebted  students,  cannot 
refrain  from  referring  to  the  following  incident; 
Tlie  morning  tliajkthose  of  us  constituting 
his  first  class  in  Rlnital  Philosophy  entered 
the  cla  s-rooni  to  begin  the  study  of  the  sub- 
ject under  his  instruction,  he  solemnly  remark- 
ed that  owing  to  its  uature'and  design  it  being 
on  investigation  of  the  mind  of  man — the 
center  of  the  realm  of  thought— and  being 
closely  connected  with  the  study  of  the  soul, 
and  the  divine  mind,  and  considering  the  difh- 
culty  of  its  investigation  to  a  correct  under- 
standing of  it,  he  felt  that  befui.*  entering  up- 
on such  a  grand  and  inlpo^^ant  work,  wi>shou!d 
implore  the  assistance  of  God  for  guidMitce  and 
understanding  while  pursuing  it.  He  requf-st- 
ed  the  class  to  kneel  with  him  in  prayer.'wheu 
he  fervently  andeasnestly  LeM-f  hed  Iba-foiint- 
ain  of  all  truth  aud  power  to  guide  us  aright 
in  the  important  duty  upon  whicl  Ve  were  en- 
tering. % 

He  passed  from  earth  at  the  early  age  oi  '.'>Z 
yeard,  having  accomplished  more' donog  his 
short  life  than   many   who    pos?e»ed  soperior 


From  T3.  F.  Eby. 

THE  Love-feast  in  the  Milledgeville  Congre- 
gation is  now  wiiong  the  things 
of  the  past.  It  was  a  L-»ve-leaat  not  only 
by  name,  but  in  truth.  I  vrould  judge 
that  nearly  two  hundred  communed.  There 
were  eight  ministers  present;  among  them  was 
Brother  Holsinger,  from  Pennsylvania.  Ser- 
vices conducted  by  Brother  David  Price.  A 
German  brother  from  WhitesieCo^  near  Erie, 
baptized.  Baptism  administered  by  Brother 
Tobias  Meyers. 

Xotice. 

THE  undersigned  desires  to  consult  with 
teachers  capable  of  superintending  acom- 
mercial  department  in  a  College.  Members  of 
the  church  of  the  Brethren  preferred;  but 
those  in  sympathy  with  the  Brethren  and  not 
members  also  solicited  to  correspond. 

S-  Z.  Sh.\ri'. 
Ashhind,  Ohio. 


From  D.  B.  Gibson. 

I  BEGIN  a  series  of  meetings  to-night  in 
the  Carrol  County  Congregation,  to  con- 
tinue a  weekor  ten  days.  This  congregation 
needs  an  able  minister  to  locate  here.  Who 
will  come?  AddressJssiah  Knepper,  DeWitt. 
Carroll  County,  Missouri. 


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OuB  rule  14  to  give 
be  brief,  1 


from  ikll  other  business. 


ooe  ioserlian.  The;  should 
1  paper  separate 


LOVE- FEASTS. 


In  the  Cleftr  Creek  District,  (or  &l  Shock's  Coraer'e) 
HuulingtOD  Coualy.  Indiana,  June  LS,  ooinmencing  at 
10  o'clock.  A  good  meeting  ie  expected,  and  all  are  in- 
Tiled.    Dro.  CaWorl  wiil  he  with  iis. 

DoBSKv  HmmnEs. 

In  llie  Wakanda  CoogrogiUion  Kay  County,  MiMOuri, 
September  '2-iih,  ooinmencing  ni  1  1',  M.  The  usual  iovi- 
tiilion  is  given.  D.  B.  Uib^on. 

We  expect  lo  luive  n  communion  meeting  iil  the  K*i- 
denceof  Urolbev  D^vid  Eirly.  about  sCTeu  mile?  uivirlj 
pftst  of  Siilcm,  Miirion  Counly.  Oregnn.  on  SntiirJity  iIie 
Oih  of  July.  Meeting  to  commence  on  Fiidny  evening, 
Ihe  4lli  of  July,  nnl  continue  ovor  Sunday.  A  henrty 
jiiviifiiion  to  nil  Ihe  members,  nnd  ^pcciftlly  our 
niiniiMei'iiig  brethren.  Could  net  soineof  •l'e'"''''*'e""'''g 
brethren  from  ihe  Allanlio  States  be  wit'  usril  said  meet- 
ings? ■  •       /i).vvm  Dbiuvi:!!, 

The  Brethren  of  the  Cherry  Grovr" Congregation  eipoct 
lo  ho.d  a  Love-rea»I  on  the  18th  ap^  li'll'  of  J""*'  ^^^ 
are  moat  respoci fully  ioviled.     .       D.  B.  I'itebiuigii. 

We.  the  Iliclbr*n  of  Crawfwd  County,  Ohio,  will  hold 
.iiir  Uvc-feast  on  ihe  21sl  ?6d  :i2ndof  June,  at  BiolbM 
John  Drillliarfs-,  Hvo  mill*  from  Carolher's  Slalion.^OB 
Ihe  Miinsrield  and  Toledpliivision.  A  general  invilWion 
i«  given.     Meeting  to  loninicnceat  10  A.  M. 

PllU.ll'P»OII*T- 


Cetificates  of  MepbersUp  in  Book-Form. -Tbey  are  nently 

printed  nud  "n  "[1  lu  hi.ok-f-tm,  line  of  ibtse  boolw 
should  U  we.'cl.  com-iH-grLtioii.  us  (hcy  :.r.-  so  irrftOg- 
ed  lis  trieo^Mc  ilir  clerk  in  keep  u  i-ecoid  of  n"  '•"«" 
of  membr"l>il'  gi^e  '■  I'ook  N"- '  ■  containing  IW  ""* 
liAcalf^  ^5  cetUB;  No, 'J.  60  ccrdficalcs,  COcPotB. 


W.  IJ. 

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I'itsseiigers  lor  ('liica^o  slinuti]  li' ;' '   ',  "    1  'ii 

I2:!;i  1».  iL;r«li  to  tlie  AVesM-iii   %  \-- I',''    tbi* 

here  tlievlieed  wail  Imt  live  iiinjAiU'i  '"'  /  .;„  -nd 

tluiK  lv;tch  ('hi.':,i:o  .U  7  M5    ll!'/-'"i;-    '■\';!''''';..   dfr 
mich  l.auiuk  li.mi  (  lii.ufio;  4.  to  J- '-    V  1\    faiil 

hr    riur;ii;...    Milvv;Aik.^e    '"»'    ^'LviV. 

.■inll.c-vi-.iin;.':   Au   N>th  to  t_hcj 


t...d,  l;ik>- 
liaiii  al  t')^ 
l'..Iuiiclic 
Lere  at  I  :'> 


.l.anni 
in  the  morumg. 


loi 


uiUk, 


and  atri»» 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


''Behold  J  Bring   You  Oood  Tidings  of  Great  Joy,  which  Shall  he  to  All  PcopU."  —  iM^Yi  2;  10. 


vol.  IV. 


Lanark,  111.,  June  19,  1879. 


No.  25 


fill-  l^lf*"!*!*^"  *♦*  fltlodj. 

EDITED  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 

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SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS: 


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(JJITENTS   OP  VOL.  4.  HO.   25. 


(PlU'l 


AL  ABTICLES: 


Page 


the  Anmiiil  Meeting -1 

^i,r  Mooiiiiiw  Proitcisitiuii 4 

,,ST1.IIH'TKU    ABT1CLE8: 

H„l.i  tlie  Foit^-J.  S.  MoUler , 2 

l]„nK' From  Annua!  Meeting.— Tl.Tf.  Miller. .  t> 


Riahnp  -T.  Weaver. 

n.iili.-C..S.Iiouii :i 

f ],K ,)  mlyiiif lit  U'ty ■' 

A  i.ikeneaa  of  Jesus.— A.  B.  0.  Hanovfr S 

jiluiiil  ami  Tilings  £>traugled. — Mattie  A.  Lear  (i 

^IipiifS  Cry  Out.— Mattie  A.  I.eiir ii 

Sifiii  (ui<i  Hiiy  Debute I 

»[isjii)u;U'y •— I-  F-  Kelso 1 


fp.iii  Wabash  Indiana.— N.  F.  Brubaker ' 

[riiiii  (lintDti,  Missouii.- J^^-JifoUler 

Trinu  Abileni- Cliunli,  ICaoatia. 

S.iiesliy  the  Way.— .Inseph  Hoisopple ■ 

fM>m  Dofp  Uiver  Cliiii'cli,  Iowa.— JestinaMil- 

Fnmi  Klk  Lick,  Peimsylvaiiin.— S.  U.  ICeim . . . .  ' 
Krnni  Lynch's  Station,  Campbell  County,  Vir- 

i.nNi;i.— 'Mi'imiis  C.   Wood -  ' 

Uililf  SuIliiuI  11  epui't.— Aaron  B.  Miller ' 

final  IVIlit.  Imliaiia.— rteorgp  W.  Cripe i 

Fniiii  New  Sliarou,  Iowa— Lizzie  Hillary i 

Fmui  Harlau.  Shelby  Co.,   Iowa.— J.  H.  Fill- 
more  1 

Fumi  DorranceCliui*ch,Kfinaa8. — John  HulHn- 

^•■^ ■ ' 

Fiom  D,  B.  Gibson ; 

FriiKi  Ttiikey  Oreek  Churcli.lnd.- J.  H.  Miller  i 

FroTLi  Mhfi  Ciet-k,  Ohio.— A.  K.  Brown 

F U;ikln;vii.  Iiiiliiiiiiu- James  W.  Kable...  ; 

tdiuts  Finrii  tiie  AiUiuc-h  Olmreh.  Ind.— J.  W 

Sdutlnviiuil I 

Ftuiii  ![ii;i!iii,  Iniliiina— AiLliur   Brubaker ) 

from  Bl1iii(,'Ioii.- Barbour  Count)',  W.  A''a.— W. 

A.liiHiat 

Frnm  Modesto,  Cal.— Peter  S.  Carman 

PUETilV 

in  Keraombrance.— Jas.  Y;  Heckler 


STEIN  AND  RAY  DEBATE. 

h>\i.  1st— Brethren  (or  Tuuker)  Churches  pos- 
le«^  the  Bible  Characteristics  which  entitle 
th'-iii  to  be  regarded  as  Churches  of  Jesus 
Cbist. 

J.  W.  Stein,  Affirms. 
\).  B.  Ray.  Denies, 
f-  W.  Stein's  15ih  Afkirmativk. 
ip  friend  fails  to  respond  to  my  arguments. 
'1  His  objections  do  not  meet  the  issue  on 
'^'■-  Kii\\  ijueation.  Suppose  aliens  are  required 
"enter  Christ's  church  by  solemn  oath  of  alle- 
'■aiitfy  Ch  risk  forbids /us  nubjcclsio  swear  at  all. 
'Jt  Mr,  t{.  admits  thatthe  oaths  allowed  by  the 
•■""  itre  tbrbidden  by  the  gospel.  This  condemns 
'^'fbtirchas  violators  of  the  gospel,  Paul's 
ipQg,  "Behold,  before  God,  I  lie  not,"  is  a  very 
intrent  thing  from  the  common  form  of  oaths 
'confirmation.  The  fact  that  such  an  onth  is 
'nit-n  an  eml  ot  strife  authorizes  no  christian 
'^seit.  Christ  commands  them  to  "swear 
"f  <ill."  My  friend  tliiuks  thny  may  never- 
'ws-i  swtar  sometimes.  True,  God  contirraed 
'^  premise  by  oath.  He  also  kills  and  does 
■^J"  either  things  which  he  forbids  us  to  do. 
^^  not  lielieve  that  Brother  Nead  called  upon 
"'"Til  in  mi  impious,  irreverent  or  reproach- 
'' spirit  so  as  to  blaspheme  his  n»(ue  as  Mr.  R. 
'"'•^s  hini  of  doing.  But  suppose  he  did?  It 
*"'''  ii''ither  refute  my  argument  nor  the 
nuren's  position  which  regards  all  oaths 
'^^  for  Christiana.     If  the  violation  of  a  law 


on  the  part  of  one  of  it^  subjects  must  otmdemn 
the  law,  we  will  ha^-e  n  species  of  logic  before 
which  no  system  can  stand. 

But  he  thinks  it".Holemu  mockery"  and  "blits- 
phemous  assumption"  to  do  what  the  New  Tes- 
tament commands.  (Jas.  5:  12-1.5).  My  Irieud'a 
iliureh  used  to  do  the  same  thing.  (See 
Mosheim's  Eecl.  Hist.,  pp.  501.  T'J'l).  Was  that 
blasphemous?  The  abuse  of  a  divine  institu- 
tion by  Catholics  or  others  does  not  invalidate 
its  claims.  Anointing  the  sick  and  praying  over 
them,  is  not  working  mu'acles.  It  is  obtjiug 
Chri.st.  The  command  to  work  miracle.s  was  to 
inspired  apostles,  James  addrcises  the  whoW 
church.     He  says:  "Is  'iriy  sick,  let  hini,"&c. 

But  my  friend  asks:  "Where  was  the  'bride" 
during  seventeen  centuries?"  Ans.  Wherever 
men  and  women  contended  for  the  faith  once 
delivered  to  the  saints  and  kept  the  ordinances 
as  they  were  delivered  hy  Christ  and  the  apos- 
tles. We  do  not  doubt  that  Christ  has  always 
had  churches  somewhere  on  earth  which  have 
held  and  practiced  substantially  what  the  Breth- 
ren teach  and  practice,  now.  Church  orgauizar 
tious  of  like  faith  and  practice  are  not  "rivals." 
"God  is  no  respecter  of  pcreons,  but  iu  every  na- 
tion he  that  fears  him  and  works  rigliteousm 
accepted  of  him. '  Acts  10:  Si,  35.  "The  minis- 
try of  Christ  and  the  apo8tles"continues  wherev- 
er the  christian  scriptures  are  read  and  faitliful- 
ly  taught.  The  perpetuity  of  Clirist'a  church 
is  not  codtingent  upon  the  acquaintanceship 
and  connection  of  its  associated  parts  or  organ- 
izations, but  upon  the  stability  of  liis  authority 
and  gospel,  and  the  fact  that  men  and  women 
will  always  be  found  somewhere  to  believe  and 
obey  it.  Whenever  and  wherever  penitent  be- 
lievers submit  themselves  to  the  faith  and  prac- 
tice of  the  gospel,  they  are  churches  of  Clirist, 
connected  with  thvapoholic  rhurcfies^  (not  through 
apostate  and  rebellious  pretenders  who  claim  the 
keys  of  the  kingdom  and  keei>  themselves  and 
others  out,  but)  through  the  gospel  which  binds 
every  obedient  believer  to  the  throne — through 
the  spirit  that  unites  the  faithful  in  heart;  and 
through  Christ  himself  in  whom  nil  the  faithful 
unite  OS  members  of  one  head  and  branches  uf 
one  vine.  The  origin  of  our  faith  and  practice 
dates  back  to  the  apostolic  age.  They  were  pe- 
culiar to  "religious  organizations"  then  vi^  we 
have  shown  from  the  Christian  Scriptures.  Be- 
sides I  have  shown  that  the  very  "organizations" 
admitted  by  iny  friend  to  be  "true  churches  of 
Christ"  held  this  faitli  long  before  1708.  If  our 
peculiarities  are  "blasphemous"  so  were  theifs. 
If  we  cannot  be  churches  of  Christ  for  the  very 
same  reasons  thaj  cannot  he.  Churches  having 
Uie  faith  and  practice  of  the  gospel,  of  whatever 
age  or  clime  or  by  whatever  name  called,'  Sr*" 
one  in  Christ  their  common  head,  though  they 
may  never  have  heard  of  each  other,  let  alone 
having  been  organically  connected;  neither  are 
they  "self-constituted,"  for  their  rnnstitufion  is 
from  Christ.  I  ask  my  friend  for  just  one  ptw- 
sage  of  Scripture  proving  that  "Scriptural 
church  succession"  requires  an  unbroken  orynn- 
ic  connection  of  churches  Jro\n  the  npostks  to  this 
time  through  a  people  just  like  themselves?  He 
cannot  raentiou  such  a  denomination,  as  the  ac- 
quel  of  this  debate  will  show. 

lHh  Charticf eristic  continued. 

My  third  reason  why  the  Brethren  possess 
this  characteristic  is,  that  they  refuse  to  con 
form  to  the  world  in  the  costliness  und  fashion 
of  their  apparel,  &c.  Costly  and  fashionable  at 
tire  is  contrary  to  the  spirit  of  christi.in  pru- 
dene  ■  and  economy.  It  often  forces  a  distinc- 
tion between  the  rich  who  can  atl'urd  it  and  th' 
poor  who  ranuo*,  which  is  reproachful  to  G'nl 
It  is  ruinous  to  health,  suicidal  in  character, 
and  tike  drunkenness  and  war.  feari'ul  in  ils  rav- 
ages. Yet  Mr.  R.  thinks  we  cannot  be  churclies 
of  Christ,  becauie  we  labor  lo  reitrain  it.  It 
tends  to  corrupt  and  degrade  llie  inleliectuul 
and  moral  faciiUie-'.  It  prouiuteH  pride,  biccmos 
an  object  of  veneration,  enclaves  to  the  lust  o1 
the  worldly  eye,  and  destroys  true  moral   cour- 


«ge.  It  otVn  lead'*  to  hypocrisy,  crime  and  ru- 
Drei-i  is  an  index  to  the  heart,  And  henw 
should  become  the  chmtian.  Paul  tells  us  that 
christians  should  "Hdorn  tbeiu'.eives  with  inod- 
»ty  and  sobriety;  not  iji  hraided  hair,  or  ni*ld, 
or  pearls,  or  costly  raiment;  but,  which  becomes 
women  professing  godliness,  by  nutans  of  good 
works."  1  Tim.  2:  0,  10.  "Whoi^o  adorning," 
says  PohT.  "let  it  not  be  the  outward  one  of 
braiding  the  hair,  and  of  wearing  golden  orna- 
ineiits,  or  of  putting  on  apparel;  hut  the  hidden 
mun  of  the  heart,  in  that  which  i«  imperishable, 
of  the  meii'k  and  quiet  spirit,  which  is  irt  the 
>iffht  of  (4od  is  of  grent  price."  I  Pet.  3:  8-5. 
\i-t  Mr.  tt.  condemns  our  eflorts  to  obey  this. 
Xti  indulge  in  vain  attire  iw  to  conform  to  thi» 
wovld.  Paul  saya:  "Be  not  conformed  to  tliis 
world."  Rom.  12:  2.  "Know  ye  iiift,"  says 
J-tiues,  "that  the  friendship  of  Uiis  world  is  en- 
mity with  God."  James  -l:  i.  "Love  not  the 
world,'' says  John,  "neither  the  things  in  the 
world.  If  any  one  loves  the  world,  the  love  of 
the  Father  is  not  in  him,  because  all  that  is  in 
the  world,  the  lust  of  the  flesli,  and  the  lust  of 
the  eye,  and  the  pride  of  life,  i^  not  of  tho  Fath- 
er, but  ot  the  world."  1  John  2:  Ih:  16.  Vain 
attire  was  one  chief  cause  of  God's  displeasure 
with  the  "daughters  gf  '/aou^  Isaiah  says  they 
"are  haughty,  and  walk  with  stretched  forth 
necks  and  wanton  eyes,  walking  and  mincing 
as  they  go,  and  making  a  tinkling  with  their 
feet,"  and  the  Lord  was  displeased  with  "their 
tinkling  ornaments  about  their  feet,  and  their 
cauls,  and  their  round  tires  like  the  moon,  the 
chams.  and  the  bracelets,  and  the  mufflers,  the 
bonnet^)  and  the  ornament's  of  the  legs^  and- the 
headbands,  and  the  tablet-s,  and  the  ear-rings, 
the  rings,  and  the  nose  jewels,  the  changeable 
riuit^s  of  apparel,  and  the  uiiintles,  and  the  wim- 
ples, and  the  crisping  pins,  the  glasses,  and  the 
Kne  linen,  and  the  hoods  and  the  vails,"  tic. 
Isa.  .1:16-23, 

One  peculiar  characteristic  of  the  apostate 
church  is,  that  she  ia  "clothed  in  purple  and 
scarlet,  and  gilded  with  gold  and  precious  stoni 
and  pearls."  Ilev.  lb:  4.  if  we  look  at  John 
the  harbingerof  Messiah,  his  attire  was  remark- 
ably plain.  Matt.  3:4.  God's  ancient  worthies 
oiten  "wandered  in  sheep-skins  and  goatrskins. 
Heb.  11:37. 

An  ancient  inquisitor  says  of  the  Waldrnges  : 
"Tliey  avoid  pU  appearances  of  pride  in  their 
dress;  they  neither  indulge  in  finery  of  attire, 
nor  are  they  remarkable  for  heing  mean  or  rag- 
ged." Jones'  Ch.  Hist.,  vol.  2.  p.  K4.  My  friend 
claims  them  as  the  true  church  of  Christ.  I 
therefore  prove  by  him  that  tliis  i>eculiarity  ot 
the  Brethren  is  characteristic  of  the  church  of 
Christ. 

At  this  point  I  will  notice  our  sister's  hcad- 
covering,  of  which  my  friend  complained.  The 
woman's  head-covering  enforced  hy  Paul(l  Cor. 
11:  3  :-l(i)  is  not  the  hair,  but  a  special  covering, 
designed  for  special  occaaions  and  for  special 
purposes.  (1)  Had  it  been  the  hair,  there  would 
have  been  no  need  of  admonition  on  the  subject. 
Nature  itself  teaches  that  short  hair  js  u  suita- 
ble natural  covering  for  a  man's  head,  and  long 
hair  for  a  woman's,     2  Cor.  11:14,   15. 

(2)  The  man  is  to  iincocer  his  head,  while  the 
woman  covers  hers.  Is  the  man,  therefore,  to 
take  rijf' his  hair?  Is  the  woman  to  put  hers 
on? 

(3)  The  original  employs  different  words  to 
represent  the  two  covering*.  The  special  cov- 
ering is  represented  by  "Aa/H/^io,"  "to  cover  with 
a  thing,"  "or  to  put  over  as  a  covering,"  &c. 
See  Liddell  &  Scott.  Our  sialers  wear  a  plain, 
neat  cap.  because  it  does  this,  and  as  yet  they 
have  found  nothing  more  suitable  or  conven- 
ient. The  natural  coviiing  ia  ''Periboleion," 
from  '* I'Fribnllo,"  "lo  throw  around,"  Sc. 

(4)  Tiiis  dislinction  is  fpcogniz'!d  hy  all  lead- 
ing commentators,  as Scott.Godwyn,  Gill,  Uam- 
luoiid.  Lightfoot.  Pierce,  Whitby,  Sb.wtgeii, 
Clark,  Benson.  Barnes,  Patrick,  Lowth,  Arnold, 
Lowriiau,  and  others. 


.pp. 


(5)  it  has  been  the  uifivehal' oWom  of  the 
church  through  all  ages.  The  pntting  Qw.iy  of 
the  woman's  heail-covering  is  a  modern  depart- 
ure. It  prevailed  among  the  priffritite  chri»- 
tituis.  See  Cave*«  Prim.  Christianity,  p,  fto. 
Writings  of  Tertullian,  1,  pp.  195,  ,S;c  -2 
154-lhO. 

(H)  It  is  a  mathematical  axiom  that  "thingjt 
which  Hi-e  equal  to  the  same  thiog  are  equal  to 
eachother."  If.  th«n.  thenatural  coV(fring(vente 
15)  i^tbesnnu-  that  I'aul  allndes  toin  ver!ies4-6, 
the  word  "hair"  may  he  used  in  those  verses  and 
makesense, thus:"Every man  prayingor prophe- 
sying, havitiy  his  hair  on  hii  htad,  dishonoreth 
his  head."  "Every  woman  that  pr.iyeth  or 
prophesieth  with  lier  hair  olf  her  bead."  Sc. 
'  I'or  if  the  woman  have  no  hair  on  her  head  let 
her  also  be  shorn,"  &u.    Willthatdo?'  *' 

(7)  The  head-covering  is  a  token  of  womaii'a 
proper  relation  to  man  (see  verges  7.  H,  t>),  and 
biiic-  becomes  a  token  or  corenant  of  authority, 
and  hiks  regard  even  to  thb  angels  (verse  Kl) 
ho  are  niinintering  spirits  aeul  forth  to  minis- 
ter lo  the  heii-d  of  salvation. 

i>^)  It  is  to  be  observed  in  time  of  prayer  or 
jirophcsyintj.    This  includoa  seaions  of  private 
and  social  prayer,  as  wfeH  'm'  seasons  of  social 
hristian  interviews. 

(It)  It  is  urged  by  divine  authority.  Paul  urg- 
edit  by  hisauthoritj'.asan  apostle  of  Christ. 
I  Cor.  14:  27.  He  derives  it  from  the  divine  re- 
lutiouship  between  husband  and  wife  in  the 
creation.     (See  verses  0  and  10.) 

The  known  disregard  of  the  smallestduty  en- 
lorced  by  divine  authority,  is  a  virtual  rejection 
of  such  authority.     Matt.  7:  13. 

MISSIONARY, 
BY  I.  V.  KELSO. 

ALTHOUGH,  livina  in  a  land  of  Biblw.  it  ie 
an  established  fact,  that  the  pure  goipel 
is  withheld  by  many  ministers.  And  why?  B«>- 
cause  they  have  a  lack  of  fidi;lity  to  the  Script- 
ures. If  faithfulness  is  required  in  him  who 
takes  upon  himself  any  secular  care,  can  too 
great  attention  he  given  in  performing  that  dt^ 
ty  which  includes  the  salvation  of  souls?  Cer- 
tainly not.  An  ambassador  for  Christ.  What 
a  responsible  calling!  "Be  not  deceived;  God 
is  not  mocked;  for  whatsoever  a  num  sowetb, 
that  shall  he  also  reap,"  (Gal.  6:  7),  print  in  let- 
ters of  gold,  yet  if  thev  have  not  charity  it  prof- 
its nothing.  One  whole-souled  assertion  for 
the  Christian  religion  has  more  influence  over 
.souls  than  all  the  unscriptural  eloquence  that 
ever  has  enraptured  unconsecrated   admiration. 

The  divine  commission  directs;  "Go  ye  there- 
fore, and  teach  all  nations,  baptizing  them  in 
the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of 
the  Holy  Ghost;  teaching  tlieni  to  observe  all 
things  whatsoever  I  have  commanded  you;  and, 
lo,  I  am  with  you  alway,  even  unto  the  end  of 
the  world."  Matt,  28:  19,  20,  This  appoinb- 
mcnt  authority  of  God,  with  tho  universal  con^- 
sent  of  the  Christian  church  iu  all  ages,  giv«» 
the  ministry  of  reconciliatiim  a  pre-eminenc*. 
The  congregation  will  follow  the  example  set 
by  the  minister,  whether  it  he  arrogance  or  hu- 
mility;  superfluity  or  consistency.  Then  liow 
important  to  choose  one  not  glorying  in  popu- 
larity, not  indulging  in  unscriptural  phrases 
and  sentences  for  the  salie  of  ostentation.  "But 
be  that  gloristh,  I'-t  him  glory  in  the  Lord.  For 
not  he  that  commeudeth  himself  is  appruvid> 
but  whom  the  Loud  oommendeth."  2  Cor.  17-. 
lii. 

Comparatively  speaking,  \\o-«few  are  the  mia- 
isters  who  can  furnish  thorough  uuobjectional 
sermons!  How  vast  are  the  responsibilities  of 
those  who  are  sent  abroaj  over  the  world  to 
proclaim  the  glad  tidings  They  may  speak 
with  the  tongue  of  an  augel.  and  that  uar^  not 
be  neglected  nor  diTtn-garded.  Who  posse'-siug; 
the  prerequisites  will  refuse  to  work  lor  the  >ia>- 
vatioii  ot^ouls  that  they  nii>y  inherit  theaiiian- 
Ihine  Iwwcrs  of  eternal  hti>8?  Hence  the  moat 
important  part  is  in  the  sehction  of  aiinistere- 
0  consistency  iihere  are  the  jewels. 


TMK    HUKTMKKX    A^T    WOKIC. 


June 


IN   KEMEMBRANCE. 
BY  JAS.  Y.  IIR:KI.KR. 

To  Kld*?i-  Michael  Uolliiigvr.  of  the  Cln?rr)  (Jr"Vi 
Churrh.  Carroll  Co..  111. 

DKAK  brother,  some  niemorics  |»Ieii9ant 
Come  over  me  once  in  awhile, 
Like  rays  ol"  the  sun  through  the  shadows. 

That  soHeu  llieir  glance  with  »  smile. 
I  think  of  the  seasons  departed. 

The  brt>threii  with  whom  I  conrersed  — 
And  tokens  of  love  in  remembmnce. 
Which  scurcely  I  nolieed  nt  tirnt. 

i)>>ar  brother,  mv  love  for  the  brethren 

Shall  never  diminish  nor  fail. 
If  even  through  tempests  and  triaU, 

And  floods  of  atlliction,  I  sail. 
The  love  that  our  Savior  has  granU'd— 

His  love  to  redeem  us  frrnu  i*in, 
Must  move  on  the  chords  of  affeetioo. 

The  sinner  from  darkness  to  win. 

O.  brother,  how  well  I  remember 

Those  meetingH  and  seriMODH  of  love, 
The  time  of  those  manv  convemionH 

In  your  flourishing  ehurch.  Cherr>-  Orove. 
Thank  God  for  his  bountiful  blesMin^s 

Bestowed  on  his  children  so  free, 
To  grant  them  what  ever  is  needful. 

And  more  than  is  needful,  we  see. 

Dear  brother,  in  your  ((mgregation. 

The  call  from  young  liansen  wfu*  hear;!, 
For  brethren  to  cross  the  Atlantic, 

To  Deumrirk  to  prencli  the  pure  word. 
And  I  wae  a  silent  spectutor. 

Whose  heart  felt  aelow  for  the  youth 
Just  calling  from  yonder  for  brethren. 

That  he  might  solicit  the  truth. 

0.  brother,  how  sniull  the  beginning 

Of  things  that  God  wunte  to  have  done! 
How  great  the  mhievement  of  wonders 

When  things  are  nccomplished  or  won! 
The  church  that  in  Denmark  is  phmtiul. 

Is  growing  on  seed  that  is  sown, 
The  fruit  it  will  yield  in  itsneoson, 

Not  only  m  Dennmrk  alone. 

Dear  brother,  how  scant  is  our  knowledge 

Of  thingK  that  are  hid  from  our  view! 
-We  81'tircelv  have  faith  like  a  "mitstard," 

Or  know  what  through  fttitli  we  can  dr). 
I  look  for  great  things  in  the  future, 

The  spread  of  the  gospel  nbroii.l. 
And  many  convorsimis  nf  niiiiutm, 

Who  are  t  ailed  with  the  calling  ol  ImmI. 

Dear  brother,  since  writing  the  former, 

A  miction  ensnared  me  severe, 
And  friends  and  phyaicinns  considered 

My  feet  at  the  .lordan  were  near. 
But  thanks  to  the  Lord  for  his  mercy. 

Who  wounds  and  be  heals  it  ai:ain. 
My  health  now  once  more  is  improving, 

And  thanking  the  Lord.  1  curinot  ci.inpiain. 

HOLD  THE  FORT. 

IIY  .1.  S.  UOllLKU. 

"Keep  thy  beaitwilh  all  diligence;  for  out  of 
it  are  the  issues  of  life."     I'rov.  4:  '23. 

THE  world  is  the  gi-eat  battle  field  in 
whicli  foi-  long  iiiid  Moody  agi'f  ft 
fearful  contest  has  heeii  "'aj^ing  betwt'i'ii 
the  kingdom  of  darkness  against  the 
kiugdoui  of  light.  The  world  was  vvv 
ated  for  the  children  of  light.  Our  great 
Commander,  in  the  beginning  gave  in- 
structions to  his  chihiren  whiit  tbey 
should  do,  and  what  tbey  should  not  do. 
8o  long  as  those  instructions  were  obey- 
ed, they  were  happy — the  fort — the  heart 
was  safe;  and  they  doubtless  often  en- 
gaged in  sweet  con vei'sation  with  their 
great  Leader.  But  an  enemy  made  his 
appearance,  and  through  strategy  per- 
suaded the  children  of  God  to  disregard 
the  instructions  of  their  t'om'nander. 

Here  the  first  great  battle  in  the  moral 
world  was  fought.  The  fort  was  taken. 
The  enemy  was  victorious.  The  chil- 
dren of  God,  for  their  disobedience,  were 
driven  from  their  beautiful  home  in  Par- 
adise to  till  the  soil,  and  eat  their  bread 
from  the  sweat  of  their  face;  with  thorns 
and  thistles  to  annoy  them,  till  they  re- 
turned todust  again.  Gen.  3:  17,  IS,  19. 

Asa  result  of  this  moral,  or  rather  im- 
moral Wctory,  sin  with  all  its  damag- 
iug  results,  was  introduced  into  ihi^  fair 


'l^^;,^f^;^;^^^^'i^bte,l  every  "^^ockery  '•■»'*.  imaginations  of  wict 
„,„g  with  which  it  came  in  contact.  Sin   «> -"  ^L'"  H„ ^    nol  hi' JeathI   oL, 


How  ii;nohlp  his  Jeath 
It  to  he  numl.erc-d  with  the  transgressors, 
•r,    au.i  Jie  the  most  shameful  death  the  Ko 

its 


in  the  moral  world,  has  l.eeorae  fearful    cast  u,.on  him 
in  its  ell'ecln,  in  thi-   material  woriu. 
seems  to  have  effected  the  heavens  ahov 
and  the  earth  beneath,  and  the  eleraen 

surrounding  us;  and  every  thing  we  eat,        .,>,.  «u..„  ...„.....,.-„ 
drink,  and  tear;  hence  the  pain  we  suf    his  trials  degrading,  his  -!«  h  ";»°  ""^ 
.    .      ..  .,__..__  *-„ A    :..„..i.i,.  .„>t  t.v  his  natient    bearing,  nis 


fer  and  the  disi^ases  that  are  contracted 


fer  and  the  disi^ases  that  are  coniracieu    ignooie,  yei  -,}  ".-  i .  - 

because   of  improper  food   and  drink,    forgivenes.,  of  ''j"  .'=-»"■' /"""ciallv 
,       .,    ■    ; ,„,!  «.;.!, .f  ;„t„n.B  sultennirs.   and   especially 


The  air  we  breathe  is  impregnated  wit 


The  air  we  breatne  IS  impregii»ie..  «  ..,.    „„„.,,.„,..,,-"-■. =■  - 

malarious  properties,  hence  sickness  and    by  his  resurrection    from    'l."'J^''Y, 
..'     '    .,   _.i-.:.._..    .....   .„,1K-    ,.,.i.;..,.„,l  t,„  most  rrlonous  victory  neav. 


was  life,  and  the  life  was   the   light   of 

the  world."  .John  1 :  4.  "He  that  believ- 

eth  ontheSonhatheverliMtinglife."  John 

;i:  :W.     "I  am  come  that  they  might  have 

life."  .lohu  III;  1".     "I  am  the  bread  of 

life."  ,Ic)hn  I'll    ,'l,"i.     "He   led   captivity    the  last  extremity 

i-nptive  ami  gave  gifts  unto  men."  Eph 


4 ;  s.  Many  mure  kindred 
might  be  introduced,  to  show  the  great 
power  vested  in  the  C'aiitain  of  our  sal 
vation,  inorder.to  enable  him  to  giap 
pie  with,  anil  linally  overthrow  th( 
prince  and  kingdom  of  darkness. 

Naturally,  before  a  person   is  cajiable   Th 
)f  fllling  the  iiosition  of  a  succx-ssful  gen 


man  law  could  inflict. 

But  while  his  sufferings  were  intense. 


ignoble,  yet  by  his  patient   bearing,  his 


most  intense  sufferings,    and    especially 


■hieved  the  most  glorious  victory  heav- 

en  and  earth  ever  beheld.     In    his   res- 

iirrection  he  triumi.hed    over  death   anil 

hell,  and  "became  the  first  fruits  of  them 

Says  the   revelator.  "I  am 


death.  <  >ur  social  relations  are  sadly 
impaired;  hence  those  petty  jealousies, 
.piarrels,  suits  at  law,  contentions,  and 
wars,  with  all  theirhorribleconseiiuences. 

But  while  the  enemy  gained  such  great  that  slept 
power  by  his  success  in  Kilen,  his  power 
is  still  limited  by  one  that  is  greater 
than  he;  lience  the  prophetic  declaration, 
that  the  woman's  seed  should  bruise  the 
serpent's  head.  (ien.  ;l:   lo- 

'he  introduction  of  the  law    with    it« 
various   a]i|)lications     and    restrictions, 
,tes  and  leienionies,  and  the  rivers   of 
.loiiil  that  flowed  from  .Jewish  altars  was 
given  to  define  sin.     To  make  it   mani 
•St.     To  bring  it  to  the  sui-face,  that  we 
light  more  clearly  comjirehend  it  in  all 
its   damning     influences.     The   apostle 
truly  says,  "The  strength  of  sin    is   the 
law,"  1  Cor.  IS:  M,  i.  c  the    law    gave 
sin  prominence;  otherwise  our    knowl- 
edges of  sin  would  be  very  limited.    Not 
that  (ioil  through  the  law    created    sin. 
That  was  already  done;  and  poor  fallen 
humanity  is  committing  sin  every  day. 

But  here  again,  through  the  sulitlety 
of  the  enemy,  and  the  deceitfulness  of 
sill  and  weakness  of  the  flesh,  the  fort  in 
the  main  was  still  held  by  the  enemy. 
"l''or  the  law  made  nothing  jierfect,  but 
the  bringing  'n  of  a  better  hope  did." 
lleb.  7;  I'.i.  Christ,  the  author  of  this 
/je/fer  /in/ie,  "brought  life  and  immortal- 
ity to  light   through  the   gospel."  h'or 

this  purpose,  "the  Son  of  God  was  man-  always  will  to  the  end  of  time;  thoug- 
ifested,  that  he  might  destroy  the  works  that  body  at  times  was  iiuite  small.  God 
of  the  Devil."     1. John  3:  IK.     "In  him    will  not  permit  his  organization  to   be-^ 

'■  ,.„me  e.xtinct.     "Fear  not  little   flock." 

Luke  12:  »'i- 

The  church  of  Christ  on  earth  may  be 
very  fitly  compared  to  a  fort  with  a  gar- 
rison, who  are  commanded  to  hold  it  to 


he  that  liveth  and  was  dead,  and  behold 
I  am  alive  for  evermore,  and  have  the 
keys  of  hell  and  of  death."  Kev.  1 :  is. 
Christ  dethroned  the  devil  from  the  high 
position  he  once  occupied.  In  conse- 
quence of  his  great  victory,  Christ  ob- 
tained all  power  in  heaven  and  earth, 
and  will  delegate  of  his  power  suflicient 
to  all  his  faithful  followers,  to  enable 
them  to  resist  the  enemy,  and  !i<M  the 
fort,  till  Christ  comes,  the  second  time 
without  sin  unto  salvation.  "The  gates 
of  hell  shall  not  prevail  against  them." 
Matt.  Ill:  1«. 

The  Old  Flirt  has  withstood  many  a 
siege.  The  rains  have  descended.  Floods 
of  opposition  have  vented  their  fury 
against  her.  The  winds  and  storms  of 
persecution  have  threatened  her  destruc 
tion.  Her  banner  has  been  trailed  in 
the  dust,  but  others  have  rallied  around 
the  cross  of  Jesus,  and  to-day  her  glo- 
rious banner  is  raising  over  the  fort,  with 
this  preciou!^  motto,  "Be  faithful  until 
death,  and  I  will  give  you  a  crown  of 
life."  By  the  term,  or  phrase,  "hold  the 
fort,"  we  mean  the  church  as  a  body 
(at  this  part  of  our  subject),  and  as  a 
body  the  church  has  always  existed,  and 
always  will  to  the  end  of  time;   thouirh 


the  time  being,  but   promised   to 


c...     ..J..,-       In    the   Me.vicau  war   the  chief  com- 
Scrii)ture8   |„ander  had   occasion  to  go   into  a  dis- 

'' '    tant  part  of  the  field  of  conflict,  and  left 

a  certain  fort  with  its  officers  and  men, 
with  strict  instructions  to  hold  it  till  his 
return.  1  luring  his  absence  the  fort  was 
surrounded  on  all  sides  by  the  enemy. 
^  leir  communications  were  entirely  cut 
Their  sutt'erings  for  the  necessaries 


iff. 


eral,  it  is  necessary  that  he   frequently   of  life  were  extreme.     They   could   not 
:..     .1 i.,..f  ,..;tt,    fl,„  „.,o,nv     ..„s.,ibly  hold  the  fort  much  longer.  The 


coiue  in  close  contact  with  tlie  enemy 
that  he  may  fully  understand  the  tactics 
and  strength  of  his  antagonist.  This 
only,  will  make  him  a  safe  leader.  For 
this  reason,  doubtless,  Christ  was  so  se- 
verely tempted,  and  touched  with  the 
feeling  of  our  infirmities,  that  he  might 
be  able  to  foil  our  common  enemy,  at 
every  jioint.  Paul  says,  "To  make  the 
captain  of  their  salvation  perfeH  throwjh 
xujferiifjn."     Heb.  3:  10. 

Doubtless,  the  most  trying  time  in  the 
mission  of  Christ  on  earth,  was  his  be 
trayal  and  crucifi.\ion.  How  intense  his 
sufferings  must  have  been,  to  have  forc- 
ed his  blood  in  great  drops  from  him! 
We  have  read  of  persons  who.  while  un- 
der the  influence  of  .some  great  moral,  or 
physical  agony,  becatne  wet  witli  sweat, 
that  oo/.ed  from  every  pore ;  but  never  did 
we  learn  of  one,  save  Christ,  whose  pain, 
and  agony  was  so  intense,  as  to  wring 
from  him  his  life-blood  in  great  drops 
in  the  form  of  sweat:  How  degrading 
his  trial  I     Every  conceivable  insult  and 


enemy  pressed  nearer  and  redoubled  their 
fire,  while  the  strength  of  those  in  the 
fort  was  getting  weaker,  and  their  am- 
unition  nearly  e.xhausted.  Their  ene- 
mies were  exulting  over  their  anticipat- 
ed victory.  At  this  critical  moment,  the 
enemy  was  seen  to  run  to  and  fro  upon 
the  field  of  battle.  All  was  confusion 
and  disorder.  Numbers  of  them  ran  in- 
to the  Kio  Grande  and  perished.  All 
ran  for  dear  life.  In  the  fort  all  was 
wonder  and  amazement,  at  the  move 
nients  of  the  enemy.  Soon,  however, 
the  approaching  columns  of  their  late 
commander  came  in  full  view  and  told 
the  story.  J  low  dift'erent  the  state  of 
things  now!  In  the  fort  where  a  few 
hours  previously,  gloom,  and  despair, 
wa-s  depicted  on  every  countenance,  now 
joy,  and  gladne-ss  shines  forth,  and  the 
uece.ssaries  of  life  are  bountifully  suppli- 
ed, while  their  enemies  are  entirely  over- 
tlir-iwn.  It  is  thus  with  the  church.  Its 
great  Founder  has  been  called  away  for 


(?■  -  —   ..uin^ 

„g„..,.  He  has  left  the  soldiers  of  t|„. 
cross  with  the  otflcers  to  <oW  i/,f  f,^^^ 
To  keel)  'he  church  pure  and  unspottej 
that  she  might  be  presented  as  a  chast* 
■irgin  having  neither  spot  nor  WTinklp 
No  doubt,  just  previous  to  the  secon,! 
coming  of  Christ  will  be  a  dark  perioj 
in  the  history  of  the  church.  The  cdh. 
my  will  deceive,  if  possible,  the  i.„,^ 
(kit.  Wars  will  come  and  rumors  lif 
wars,  famines,  pestilences,  earthquake, 
in  divers  places;  sorrows  and  troubles 
upon  every  hand,  and  sin  with  all  it 
deceitfulness  will  abound,  and  the  tru,. 
followers  of  Christ  will  dwindle  down  to 
a  small  number,  comparatively.  ^]| 
these  things  mil  have  a  discouraging  ^f 
feet,  to  a  greater,  or  less  extent  upon  the 
true  soldiers  of  Jesus ;  and  they  will  wig), 
and  ardently  desire  the  return  of  their 
long  absent  General.  At  his  return  all 
those  proud,  blasphemous  enemiesof  the 
cross  will  be  forever  di»comfite<l,  and  the 
true  soldiers  will  be  delivered  from  the 
•ontaininatiug  influence  of  sin,  will  ),, 
changed  and  fashioned  like  unto  Christ's 
glorious  body,  and  so  ever  be  with  the 
Lord.  Hence  the  important  injunction 
of  our  great  Leader,  "to  observe  all 
things  whatsoever  I  have  commandeij 
"  and  hold  fast  to  the  doctrine  of 
Christ,  that  we  may  be  grounded  ami 
settled  in  the  truth  as  it  is  Jesus. 

In  the  foregoing  part  of  this  essay  we 
have  applied  the  phrase,  "Hold  the  fm-r 
to  the  church  as  a  liodif,  but  will  now 
aii)>ly  it  to  us  as  hidiridunh.  It  is  on- 
ly as  we  are  true  individually,  that  we 
will  be  true  collectively. 

While  the  world  is  the  theatre  iuwhidi 
the  bloody  conflict  between  light  aiul 
darkness,  has  been  saying,  "the  human 
heart  is  the  fititije  upon  which  those  forces, 
either  for  good  or  evil,  have  been  actiug 
and  are  germinated.  All  that  we  ,l,i 
proceeds  from  the  heart.  Naturally,  a 
fetrt  must  have  passages  for  ingress  and 
egress,  that  communication  can  be  hmi 
with  the  outer  world,  and  that  the  nr, 
essaries  of  life  may  be  brought  in,  as  well 
as  weapons  wherewith  to  defend  our 
selves.  It  is  thus  with  the  heart  It 
has  its  passages  or  avenues  thio 
which  we  communicate  with  the  outer 
world,  and  through  which  things  of  ibe 
outer  world  make  an  invade  upon  tlie 
heart,  or  fort  within.  Naturally,  tlie 
enemy  makes  his  approaches  to  the  r-'/V 
along  the  passages  and  weak  points,  es- 
pecially if  he  can  throw  the  sentinel  "H 
his  guard;  but  if  those  passages  are  neO 
guarded,  and  the  sentinel  awake,  the/"'' 
is  safe.  This  is  equally  truespiritiialiy- 
All  the  evils  in  the  world,  first  find  tleir 
way,  through  the  various  avenues  lr»J- 
ing  to  the  heart.  If  these  are  properly 
guarded,  the  fort  within  is  safe.  Tke 
great  Commander  says,  "And  what  I  -ay 
unto  you,  I  say  unto  all,  watch."  M.hiIi 
13;  :17.  Among  the  most  prominent 
avenues  leading  to  the  heart,  thiou?^ 
which  evil  may  be  transmitted  to  the  M 
within,  are  the  following; 
1.  The  Eye. 
i.  The  Ear. 
:',.     The  Tongue. 

4.  The  Desires — lust. 

5.  The  Affections, 
fi.     The  Intellect. 
Other  avenues  might  be  notic>" 

these  are  sufficient  for  our  T''''-'"'    ji^ 
It  is  not   necessary   that  ol 


1,111 


above  avenues,  or  gates,  be  'e'"""*^  „, 
ed  to  give  the  enemy  success.  If  »"  ^  . 
of  thciu,  be  left  open,  or  ungual  e  ^. 
is  sufficient  to  let  the  enemy  '^'^^^^^ 
forces  in,  and  overpower  us.  ^^^ 
the  many  gates  of  ancient  B"")'  "  '_^^„, 
one  was  left  uneuarded,  and  me 


•rtiJC    HKEXHKEN    ^T    AVORK. 


3 


fowrecl  the   city   and   took 


*.  jliall  briefl}' notice  the  above  in- 
narately  that  we  may  be  the  more 
■'''  'esse'!  with  their  importance 
"f/Si'  f/' — *''^  organ  of  vision  is  one 
,r  the  greatest  blessings  of  our  or- 
''^  '-m  By  ^^'  ^^  behold  the  wonder- 
■'*i  n-orks  of  God.  By  it  we  see  our  way 
from  place  to  place — to  our  daily 
V  r  to  the  house   of  merchandise,    to 


house 


Uod,  to  >;<" 


of  mourning,  to  the  bouse  of 
ad  the  pages  of  inspiration,  to 
'^^aod  drink,  <fcc.  To  be  deprived  of 
V  lilessing — of  seeing,  is  one  of  the 
'  ^t  unfortunate  things  that  can  befall 
'/in  this  life. 

Rut  while  the  organ   of  vision  is  such 

^eat  thing,  it  is  also  susceptible  of  be- 

"  ft  curse  to  us.     "We  hear  the  apostle 

lU  of  the   lust   of  t/ie   eye.     It  was 

this    avenue  that    the    Devil 


thro  11! 
letup 


ited  and  overcome  mother  Eve,  in 
Fjen-  ^^'^  '^^"'  ^^^'^  the  frnit  'ra-v  fair. 
It  WAS  through  this  inlet  that  the  enemy 
jupted  Lot's  wife.  iSht  looked  havk 
„j  l»ecame  a  pillar  of  salt.  It  was 
iliroiiErh  this  avenue  that  David  was 
jypted  to  sin  in  the  ease  of  Bath-sheba. 
He  saw  the  woman  wash  herself.  2  8am. 
■  1-^).  It  is  through  this  important  in- 
let that  many  have  fallen,  by  permitting 
ibeniselves  to  be  thrown  off  their  guard. 
i[  is  tbrough  this  passage  that  fa-ihiou 
\nili  all  its  evils  has  attained  such  prom 
iutoce  in  the  world.  Dr.  Franklin  once 
gaiJ.  "that  our  own  eyes  only  cost  us  a 
pair  of  spectacles;  but  other  people's 
eyes  cost  us  so  tremenduously  much." 
"What  I  say  unto  you,  I  say  unto  all, 
ivHtch."  AVatch  every  avenue.  Jlnld 
Me- ;''"W;  for  I  am  coming;  "and  my  re- 
ward is  with  me,  to  give  every  man  ac- 
cording as  his  work  shall  be."     Kev.  '22: 

{C mudvjd^ed  next  toeel:) 


means  God  saved  him  frc^m  beiug  swept 
away,  as  all  those  who  did  not  believe 
were. 

Peter  says,  "The  like  figure  whereun- 
to  baptism  doth  also  uow  save  us."  Paul 
says,"the  justshalllive  by  faith."  James 
says,  "faith  without  works  is  dead,    be- 
ing alone."     We  now  see    what   a  great 
thing  faith  is.     "For  without  faith  it  is 
impossible  to  please  God;    for   he   that 
%vill  come  to  him  must  first  believe  that 
he  is,  and  that  he   is   a  re  warder  of  all 
them  that  diligently  seek  him."     What 
we  see  with  our  eyes,  seems  to  me  ought 
to  prove  that  there  is  a  great  Ruler   or 
kind  and  merciful  God.     But  when  rev- 
elation steps  up  and    declares   the  exis- 
tence of  a  God,  who  created  all   things, 
visible  and  invisible,  who  made  the  great 
light  to  rule  the  day,  and  the  lesser  light 
to  rule   the  night;   most   assuredly    we 
ought  to  believe.     Now,  all  these    evi- 
dences are  so  plain,  who  is  it   that   will 
not  reverence  such  a  Being?  honor,  love, 
serve,  and  obey  him  who  has   given    us 
the  promise  of  eternal  life  ujion    gospel 
terms.  1  fear  that  there  is  too  much  loose 
living  in  the  church.  Liven  are  not  mark- 
ed by  that  faith  that   should  character- 
ize the  saints  qn  earth.     True  faith  and 
humility  do  not  always  constitute   their 
adornment.    It  may  be  of  many,  truth- 
fully said,  "They  are  not  shining  lights." 
Some  seem  no  better  after  their  conver 
sion  than  before,  and  if  religion   make 
people  no  better,  it  is  of  no  use. 

( )h,  tijat  we  all  had  faith  as  a  grain  of 
mustard  seed  that  we  might  "press  for- 
ward to  the  mark  for  the  prize  of  the 
high  calling  of  God  in  Christ  Jesus." 
Believe  on  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  and 
thou  shaltbe  saved."  Bible  faith,  pra^ 
tical  faith,  faith  that  works  by  love. 
JJij  Lick\  Jioanoke  Co.,    Va. 

BY-AND-BT. 

What  will  it  matter  by-and-by. 
Wlietlier  my  path  below  wiis  briglit, 
Whetlier  it  wound  througU  dark  or  light, 

Under  a  gray  or  gohlen  eky. 

Wlien  1  look  back  mi  it.  by-und-by  ? 


"Faith  is  the  substance  of  things  hoped    for, 
thpevidem-e  of  things  not  seen."     Heb.  11:  11. 

THIS  fundamental  element  is  acknowl- 
edge<l  by  all  men  to  be  essential  to 
salvation.  We  can  see  what  great  won- 
ders men  of  olden  times  wrought.  Dan- 
iel, that  holy  prophet  through  faith  clos- 
ed the  mouth-^  of  the  lions  (that  is  the 
HDgel  did).  Through  the  great  faith 
which  Daniel  had  in  the  living  God,  he 
WHS  saved  from  the  dreadful  jaws  of  the 
king  of  beasts.  But  what  became  of  his 
accusers  when  they  were  cast  into  the 
den  of  lions,  not  believing  on  the  living 
God?  "And  the  king  commanded  and 
tliey  hj-ought  those  men  which  had  ac- 
cuied  Daniel,  and  they  ca-st  them  into 
tlie  den  of  lions,  them,  their  children, 
and  their  wives;  and  tlie  lions  had  the 
mastery  of  them,  and  brake  all  their 
bones  in  pieces  or  ever  they  came  at  the 
bottom  of  the  den."     Dan.  fi:  24. 

The  faith  of  Abraham,  the  father  of 
fill  the  faithful  was  willing  to  sac- 
ritice  his  well  beloved  8on  (in  whom 
tlie  families  ot  the  earth  were  to  be  bless- 
fd),  looking  forward  at  the  benefits  to 
be  (derived  therefrom.  God  promised, 
and  Abraham  believed,  and  because  of 
tis  faith  what  great  ble-ssings  the  Lord 
pronounced  upon  him.  He  said,  "in 
Wes-siiig,  I  will  bless  thee,  and  in  multi- 
Wying,  I  \\ill  niultiply  thy  seed,  as  the 
'^tars  of  heaven,  and    as  the   sand  of  the 

Noah,  when  he  was  warned  of  things 
to  come,  believed,  yet  not  seen,  through 
W  prepared  an  ark  for  the  saving  of 
liiniself  ftnd  family,  according  to  the  di- 
rtclions   God    gave   him,  and    by   that 


What  will  it  matter  by-and-by 

Whetlier.  unhelped,  I  toiled  alone, 

Dashing  my  foot  against  a  stnne. 
Missing  the  charge  of  the  angel  nigh. 
Bidding  me  think  of  the  by-and-by? 
Wliatwill  it  matter  by-and-by. 

Wliether  with  laughing  joy  I  went 

Down  througli  theyears  with  a  glad  content, 
Never  believmg,  nay,  not  I, 
Tuara  would  be  sweeter  by-and-by? 

What  will  it  matter  by-and-by. 

Whetliei'  with  t-heek  to  cUe,ek  I've  lain 

Close  by  the  imllid  angel,  pain. 
So  'thing  myself  through  aob  and  sigh, 
■■All  will  be  eUewiae  by-and-by  V" 

What  will  it  matter?  X.inght,  if  I 
Only  am  sure  tlie  way  I've  trod, 
(lloumy  or  gladdened,  leads  to  God, 

(jueslioningnot,  of  tlie  liow.  the  why. 

If  I  but  rwielihim  by-and-by. 

What  will  I  care  for  the  unabared  sigh. 

If,  in  my  fear  of  al'p  or  fall,      . 

Closely  I've  clung  to  Christ  throngli  all. 
Mindless  how  rough  tlie  path  might  lie. 
Since  lie  will  smooth  it  by-and-by  "i* 

Ah!  it  will  matter  by-and-by, 
Nothing  hut  this:  That  Joy  or  Pain 
Lifted  uie  skyward,  helped  to  gain. 
Whether  tbrough  rack,  or  smile,  or  sigb, 
Heaven— home— all  in  all.  by-and-by! 

—Selected. 

THE  JUDGMENT   DAY. 

[Selecledby  Eli/.abeth  i:arly,  a  deaf   mute    girl 
14  yi-ars  old]. 

YOU  know  that  Jesus  will  come  again 
in  the  clouds.  Little  children,  do 
you  know  when  he  will  come  it  Shall  I 
tell  you  when  J e*- us  will  come'(  You 
would  like  to  know;  but  I  cannot  1^11 
you  when;  I  don't  know  what  day  it  will 
"be.  Xo  one  knows  but  God.  There  will 
be  many  wicked  people  in  the  world 
then;  and  scmie  good  people.  An  angel 
will  blow  a  great  trunipet,  and  Jesus 
will  say  to  tlie    people   who    are   dead, 


Come  out  of  your  graves.     The   bodies 
of  all  the  dead  people  will  come  out  of 
their  graves.     Those   who   love  Christ 
will  be  like  the  augels,  and  will  fly    up 
in  the  air.     Those  who  are   alive  whfii 
Jesus  comes,  he  will  take  up  into  the  air 
to  meet  him.  He  will  i-ome  in  the  clouds, 
shining  brighter  than  the  sun,   and    all 
the  angels  with  him.     He  will  sit  upon 
a  white  throne,  and  hv  will  wear  a  crown 
upon  his  head,  and  everybody  will  stand 
around  his  throne.     He  will  open   some 
books,  in  which  are    written   down   all 
the  wicked  things  tliat  people  have  done. 
God  has  seen  all  the  wrong  things  you 
haVe  done.     He  can  see  in  the   dark   as 
well  as  in  the  light,  and  knows  all  your 
bad  thouehts.     He  will  read  everything 
out  of  his  book  before  the   angels  that 
stand  around;  yet  God  will  forgive  some 
people,  because  Christ   died    upon   the 
cross  for  them.     Whom  will  he  forgive? 
Those  who   love   Jesus    with    all   their 
hearts.  He  has  written  down  their  names 
in  another  book,  called  the  Book  of  Life. 
He  forgives  their  sins,  wipes  away  their 
tears,  and  lets  them   live  with  him  for- 
ever. 

Do  you  hope  that  Jesus   will    wi'ite 
down  your  name  in  his  book?  Ask  him 
to  give  you  his  holy  Spirit.     Then    you 
will  love  Jesus,  and  hate  to  do  wickedly. 
What  will  God  do  to  those  who  do  not 
love  him?     He  will  put  them  in  a   lake 
of  fire,    called    heU.     There   they    will 
gnash  their  teeth,  and  weep  and  wail  for- 
ever.    God  will  put  Satan  in  the   same 
place,  and  all  the  devils.     Satan  is   th 
father  of  the   wicked,   and    he    and  his 
children  will  be  punished  forever.  They 
will  not  have  one  drop  of  water  to  cool 
their  burning  tongues.     Many  people  in 
hell  will  say.  How  I  \\'i8h  I  had  listened 
to  the    words   of  my    teachers!    Biit   I 
would  not  mind ;  and  now  it  is  too    late. 
I  can  never  go  out  of  this  dreadful  place. 
How  foolish    I  have    been!    Once    God 
would  have  heard  my  prayers,  but  now 
I  weep  and  wail  in  vain. 

I  hope,  my  dear  children,  that  none 
of  you  will  ever  speak  such  sad  words. 
Remember.  Satan  goes  about  as  a  roar- 
ing lion,  seeking  to  devour  you,  by  tempt- 
ing you  to  displease  (iod,  but  God  will 
keep  you  from  wickedness,  if  you  pray 
to  him. 

One  day  God  will  burn  up  this  world 
we  live  in.  It  is  dreadful  to  see  a  house 
on  fire.  But  how  dreadful  it  will  be  to 
see  this  great  world,  and  all  the  houses 
and  trees  burning!  The  noise  will  be 
terrible;  the  heat  will  be  great.  The 
wicked  will  not  be  aide  to  escape  from 
God.  The  world  will  notburn  forever; 
it  will  be  burned  up  at  last,  and  God 
will  make  another  much  better  than  this. 
If  you  are  God's  child,  you  will  not  be 
frightened  when  the  world  is  burning, 
for  you  will  be  safe  with  Jesus,  praising 
him  for  having  loved  and  saved  you. 


plain  to  his  ejii-s,  whence  downward  it  is 
more  orient  and  curlibg  alxjuthU  slioul- 
dei-s.    In  the  midst  of  bis  head  is  a  seam 
or  partition  in  his  hair,  after  tbe  manner 
of  the   Xazarites.     His   forehead    plain 
and  very  delicat*^,  his  face  without  spot 
or  wrinkle,  beautified  with  a  lovely  red^ 
his  nose  and  mouth  so  formed  that  noth- 
ing can  be  repehended,  his  beard   thick- 
ish,  in  color  like  his  hair,  not  very  long 
but  forked,  hislook  innocent  and  mature, 
his  eyes  gray,  clear  and  <piick.     In    re- 
proving he   is  terrilde,    in  admonishing 
courteous  and  fair  spoken,    pleasant   in 
conversation  mixed    with    gravity.      It 
cannot  be   remembered    that  auy   have 
seen  him  laugh,  but  many  have  seen  him 
weep.     In  proportion  of  body  most  eji 
cellent,  his  hands  and  anus  most  delicate 
to  behold.     In  speaking  very  temperate, 
modest  and  wise.     A  man  for  bis  singu- 
lar beauty   surpassing   the   children   of 
men." 

This  letter  serves  as  a  margin   or  set- 
ting to   the   photographic   copy   of  the 
likeness  of  the  Kedeemer.  In  tbe  center 
of  the  letter,  in  an  oral  form,  is  the  pro- 
file of  that   wonderful    Person    who    is 
(lod  manifest  in  the  flesh."    The    pho- 
tograph is  taken  from  a  portrait  carved 
on  an  emerald  by  order  of  Tiberius  Cie- 
sar,  which  emerald  tbe  I'^mperor  of  the 
Turks  afterwards  gave  out  of  the  treas- 
ury of  Constantinople,  to  Pope  Innocent 
the  Eighth,   for   the    redemjition  of  his 
brother  taken  captive  by  the  Christians. 
The  letter  is  taken  from  a  manuscript 
in  possession  of  Lord  Kelly,  and  the  pic- 
ture wiis  bought  eleven  years  ago  by  a 
lady  in  London,  and  a  copy  given    to  ft 
friend  in  New  York  State,  by   whom    it 
was  sent  to  Brother  C.    H.   Balsbaugh, 
of  Union  Deposit,  Dauphin  I'o.,    Penn- 
sylvania. 

There  are  many  points  about  the  pic- 
ture that  strongly  incline  thecritical  ob- 
server to  believe  that  it  is  a  true  likeness 
of  the  Divine  human  Son  of  the  virgin 
Mary. 


A  LIKENESS  OF  JESUS, 


IIY  A,   II.  O.  HANQVKK. 


I 


N  No.  20  of  tbf  Bkkthkn  at    Wuuk 
apiieiu's  a  deucriijtiou  of  our  Savior 
which  needs  eorrei'tion. 

The  orispiial  letter  of  Pilldius    Lentu 
lus  is  as  follows; 

"There  appears  iu  these  our  days  a 
man  of  great  virtue,  named  Jesus  Christ, 
who  is  yet  living  amongst  us,  and  of  the 
Gentiles  is  accepted  as  a  Prophet  of 
Truth,  but  his  owu  disciples  call  him 
the  Son  of  God.  He  raiseth  the  dead 
and  <;ureth  all  manner  of  diseases.  A 
man  of  stature,  somewhat  tall  and  come- 
ly, with  very  reverent  countenance,  such 
lii  the  beholder  may  both  love  and  fear, 
His  hair  the  color  of  a  chestnut  full  ripe, 


SELECTED  GEMS. 

There  is  no  grief  like  the   iirief  that 
does  not  speak. 

The  hardest  thing  in  this  bu.-.y  world 
of  ours  is  to  do  nothing. 

We  all  do  more  harm  than  we  intend, 
and  less  good. 

A  man  is  called  selfish,  not  for  pur- 
suing his  own  good,  but  for  neglecting 
that  of  his  neighbor. 

True  genius  is  modest;  and  modesty  is 
often  the  handcuffs  of  true  genius. 

It  is  conferring  a  kindness  to  deny  at 

once  a  favor  which  you  intend  to  refuse. 

As  charity  covers  a  multitude  of  sins 

before  God,   so  does  politeness  before 

men. 

God's  presence  with  a  man  in  his 
house,  though  it  be  but  a  cottage,  makes 
that  house  both  a  castle  and  a  palace. 

The  nearer  Christians  get  to  Christ 
the  nearer  they  get  to  each  other.  The 
more  Christ- like  they  become,  the  more 
loving  they  are,  the  more  loveable  be- 
comes their  character. 

A  returned  missionary    was   recently 
invited  to  a  party  where  all  the   ladies 
appeared  in  low  cut  dres-ses. 
his  host:  "I  don't   mind    it 


Said  he  to 
at   all,  I've 


spent  ten  years  among 


the 


Whosoever  hath  Christ  ca»not  be  poor; 
whosoever  wants  hira  cannot  be  ri«h. 

Righteousness  and  self  righteousness 
is  as  far  apart  as  the  east  is  from  the 
west. 

A  wise  man  seeks  to«hine  in  himself; 
a  fool,  to  outshine  others. 


TMIO     HRETllHKX     -VT    AVOWK. 


IMBIJSHKP  WKEKI.Y. 


J.  11.  MOORE,  (  Kditom  ANI> 

M.  M.  ESllELMAN,  i  rimrKiKTOii-. 


S.  J.  IlAnr.isux. 


at  bc'loiiging   to   thi*   nauio  twrnily 

tliough  you  hul  Mome  respect  iot  nach  oihvr  utd 

the  church  ol'  (>od. 


While  grtliag   on  the  train  at  Wiuchestwr, 

^    .„ _,   , ,  Virginia.    Brother    D.   N'.    Workman    bad  hi* 

Pcoplp   -liouM  talw  I  pocki^t  picked.   losing  his   railroad   tickt^t  and 

'bo**  naini's 
,nd    [Tart  a>*  \  and  addre«ft«i    Brother    Workman  did   not  re- 
'  mt^uih>^r,    bene*  il   they  lail   to  r<?ceive  a  re|ily 
(rom  hiiu  tb<'y  will  know  the  reason  why. 


Wb  never  did  like  tjie  uobccomtng  habit  of 
grabbing  hats  and    leaving    the  tiuu^  jiMt 
sdon  aa  sorricos  arc  ov. 

time  to  otop  and  shake  bandn.  and    impart  and  |  memorandum  book,  butnomoiiey. 
receivo  friendly  grf*etingn.     Ri-gard  earh  oiiher  [  were  several  !»-tt*ri   from^partiM 


Tkb  BRirrnux  jit  \Voiik  v 

kum 


ii  lit    (I  M  p«r  ail' 
fO,i  ii>  eight  HfimP!. 


Uid  for  Mich  «(lJili<)nBl  _  . 
BMnw)  thPii|t*t)i  will  Iw  ftllowcl  ten  p»r  ofni..  which 
Amount  <»M  t'k>  drJiKifJ  l>ou>  Uit  moiify  licfire  ^cn-Jlnx  it 
lOMS.  M'^ttcvJcnl  bv  Tostnl  Onlcm,  Ilfftisilorp'I  Utrrm 
«r  drufts,  properly  •Jdr<-w«^l.  "ill  W  •>  our  ri«k.  ViUta 
tmding  draft.  If  -lire  il>ftl  n  i«  not  a  oh*ili.  If  H  i«  " 
•kvck.  it  imau  111  W  MtiK  (0  colIc«(,  while  n  draft  (^ah  be 
«ollrrl<sl  Ir«.  r^-ingo  sliiiiips  mny  hp  upwI  f«r  nn>"iini«i 
amlcr  l.fKl,  hiil  nlwuyii  (K-ml  the  wioncy  if  you  cuo  R^t  ii. 
Sutttcn^iioiu.  knJ  onmiuuiiiMlioDBinlondeJ  for  Ibc  pa- 
per, M  wrll  lu  all  hiiainei*  mnltcm  connected  with  the  of* 
M«  eboold  b«  kddmwed 

KOOU  k  ESEELUAH, 

Lanark,  Carroll  Ce,.ni 


Jl  NK  I»,  IS7». 


OhaNoks  and  lemonf 
as  Irish  potatoes  in  thii 


in  J'uleMtiiicHrea 
country. 


Si.NVF.  tlif  death  of  Brothi'r  .1.  M.  /urk  h.vcii 
of  his  piipiN  liave  united  with  the  churcli  ut 
Huntingdon,  P«  May  otlnTH  be  induced  to  du 
likewise. 

Do  not  fiiil  to  read  "  On  thf  Way  to  PwIeH- 
tine  "  on  thf  sinth  pnpe  of  thin  iwHue.  Mr.  M<> 
Garv«yV  lettero  an-  becoming  qiiitft  interealiny 
to  many  of  our  reattcrn. 

Mil.  McOABrBV.  now  traveling  in  Palestine, 
thinks  it  an  exeflllent  country  for  whHat  grow- 
ing, and  with  proper  caret  would  be  hard  to  ex- 
cel.    Tlie  fruit  ruiNed  there  jh  d'-Iicioun. 

Wini.B  petting  on  tilt*  Irani  at  Winch(«fi^r. 
Virginia,  Brother  llnrjicr  of  AHliltuid.Ohio,  ha'i 
hia  pockctt  picked  of  ififiO.OO  and  bin  railroatl 
ticket.     He  was  on  liiw  way  home  frnni  A.  fil. 

Mil- MrQAliVKv's  next  letter  from  Pnleatine 
is  the  raoftt  inttn-imting  one  he  has  yot  nent  uh. 
It  wa»  written  in  .leruNalem,  while  ititting  in 
his  room  near  the  pool  of  Ilezekitilt.  it  will  be 
published  next  week;  di>  not  fail  to  read  it. 

Thr  order  at  the  late  Annual  Meetinft  was 
excellent— the  hext  we  ever  Haw,  in  (art  we  naw 
on  mincondntTt  at  uiiy  time  during  tlie  meeting, 
hcniM!  we  comlud-'il  that  the  \'irgiui8  people 
know  how  to  behave  thcni'^elveH  at  nieetiug. 

Hkothbh  .lesxe  Calvert,  oT  Warsaw,  Indiana, 
our  traveling  agent,  is  duly  authorized  by  u«  U> 
labor  in  the  interest  of  this  iuNlitiitiiin,  taking 
subfccriptiunit,  selling  buokii  and  pamphlets,  or 
whatever  may  pertain  to  the  busiucui  of  this 
office. 

In  our  article  itn  the  Origin  of  Sundoy-schoolB 
last  week,  the  typew  made  u»  say  that  Ludwig 
iHacker  established  n  Siiiiday-Hcliool,  at  Epiira- 
tah.  Pa.,  "  21  years  "  before  Hubert  Uaikes  in- 
troduced his  system  iii  tiluucester,  Ku^'land.  It 
should  have  read  41,  instead  of  21. 


In  England  ix  a  man  who  calls  himself^  Eli- 
jah the  Prophet."  I leaddres*^  large  crowds  of 
people,  and  att<-n)pts  the  identiti cation  of  the 
Uritiah  nation  with  the  t*;n  loHttriU-)*  of  liiraul. 
He  said  he  hud  received  nix  heavenly  vifiitationF, 
and  hi»  holy  visitor  told  him  that  henceforward 
he  was  Elijah  the  Prophet,  and  that  he  was  or- 
dained to  (io  this  work.  He  jti  oddly  dre««ed  in 
tiheej)-ikia  clothing,  with  a  hat  of  the  aame  ma- 
terial; his  jacket  haa  scarlet  cuGr",  and  he  wetini 
a  Hcarlet  scarf,  both  of  which  are  in  .tome  way 
iiblematical.  He  ulito  wcant  top  hoots.  He  in 
handttome,  tall,  gentlemnnly-tooking  fellow, 
and  ha^  paid  a  vifiit  to  the  most  of  the  townt  in 
Kent.  _  _ 

It  wflfi  encouraging  to  see  howmany  of  those 
who  attended  the  Annual  Meeting  were  dres^fed 
in  the  order  of  the  church.  At  [<r«.'>ent.  ww  can 
remember  of  but  thri'e  niiuittters  whot-e  cloth w 
were  not  in  the  order,  and  one  of  these  baid  he 
wa^liow  fully  convinced  that  unif<»rmity  indre»» 
iM  a  convenience,  and  that  he  wa^  coming  to  it. 
Thank  Ood  for  that.  The  fientime7it  in  favor 
of  unift)rmity,  on  the  ground  of  convenienoe,  in 
increasing  r«i>idly,  and  in  a  few  years  wo  believe 
il  will  be  adopted  all  over  the  UroLherliuod,  fci 
at  prei^ent  theuiiposition  Ui  it  m  Ui-^i  dying  out, 
and  reason  is  taking  the  placit  of  prejudice. 


ly  injure  the  C4iuBe.     In  all  matters  of 
bowev.;r.  one   party   or  the  other   mu»t  y  .77 


''^"kioj^ 


aveto 


Jfrkviar  Shokmakkk.  Konof  Philip  Shoe- 
maker, of  A  rmrtrong  County,  Pa.,  died  near  thi.** 
place  at  .lirji)  p.  m  ,  June  Kl.  Aged  '^^year^  and 
aomo  inODtLt;  diaeose,  dijththeria.  Deceased 
wat  a  native  of  Peonsylvania  and  cam?  to  this 
c-oonfy  in  March  IRT*'.  and  wa^  making  his 
home  at  W.  H.  Harringtjn's  t*hen  taken  sick. 
He  wittered  ft  little  ovei  four  weeks,  aud  died 
without  a  murmur.  A  number  of  neighbors 
ealied  *it  the  hou«e  and  listened  to  a  discourse 
by  Urnther  Mu  hael  Kimmel,  The  meeting 
comm-jiccd  about  nine  o'clock  at  night  and 
closed  lear  eleven.  After  midnight  all  who 
were  present  accompanied  the  corpse  to  the 
Lanark  depot  and  saw  the  body  carefully  placed 
on  the  tiigbt  express  in  care  of  Hrother  Philip 
and  Si.'U.'r  Slioemaker,  wli.)  tame  here  some 
week^>ii«o  to  tan-  f.ir  their  sou,  Tliey  return 
to  their  former  home  with  sad  hearts  to  bury 
their  dead  in  Amif-trong  County.  !'«-  May 
God  blew  them  in  their  old  age  that  they  may 
bear  this  stroke  with  Christian  fortitude. 


HltOTHKR  Hoi'K  writes  that  their  teiiwt  wiuv 
an  enjoyable  one.  HroLlier  Ton-nsen  was  chosen 
to  the  ministry  and  Hrother  Jens  Mudaon  to 
serve  us  drmou.  Hotli  are  active  young  men, 
The  chareli  has  three  Sunday-schools,  and  the 
interest  aud  prospects  are  good. 

The  late  Annual  Meeting,  in  Rockingham 
County,  Virginia,  was  held  within  forty  yards 
of  Elder  John  Kline's  grave.  Thousands  visit- 
ed the  sacred  spot  to  ]my  their  last  respect  to 
one  who  had  been  of  so  much  service  to  the 
church.  For  a  number  of  years  Brother  Kline 
had  served  as  Moderator  ut  the  Annual  Meet- 
ing- ^    __„_„^__ 

The  Aunaal  Meeting  reeomiuended  that  each 

congregation  should   pay  its   proportional  part 

of  the  Danish  Mission  expenses,  which  will  be 

an  average  of  *2.0fl  to  each  church.     Wealthy 

churches  should  pay  more  to  make  up  for  poor 

charcbes  that  may  not  be  able  to  pay  so  much. 

Send  the  Taonfy  to  C.  P.  Rowland,  Lanark, 

Illinois. 

■  ♦ « 

Sometime  ago,  organized  bodies  of  emigrants 
con:mr'Dc*^d  flocking  into  the  Indian  Territory, 
witb  a  view  o(  rettling  on  lauds  fcelonging  ex- 
clusively to  the  Indians.  ThiA  was  a  violation 
ot  the  treaty  made  with  the  Indians,  so  the 
President  ordered  the  business  stopped,  and  de- 
manded that  all  thofie  who  had  thus  entered  the 
Territory  to  leave  at  once.  The  result  is  that 
the»wf  ludidn^  have  great  confidence  in  the  gov- 
ernment and  feel  that  the)- are  protected.  Treat 
the  (mUauB  right,  and  we  need  have  but  little 
trouble  witn  tbeu. 


It  in  sincerely  hoped  that  none  of  our  sisters 
will  take  up  with  this  idiotic  fashion  of  cutting 
the  hair  short  in  front  and  combing  it  down 
over  the  forehead,  or  fri/.zlirttr  it  up  so  a-s  to  make 
Mie  hair  look  as  though  it  bad  not  been  combed 
for  a  week.  If  there  is  anything  in  the  world 
wo  detest  it  is  the  making  of  civilized  people 
look  like  heathen.  It  will  be  l)ut  a  short  time 
till  this  style  will  be  out  of  fashion,  and  then 
the  women  will  have  a  fine  time  getting  their 
hair  to  grow  out  long  enough  so  as  to  be  comb- 
ed back  in  ii  re8[i('(tiible  niainier.  (Jueen  Vic- 
toria ia  ho  disgii^'teil  at  thin  lUiuiic  tashion,  as 
she  calls  it,  that  nlie  Iiilh  forbidden  it  among  auy 
of  her  maids  ur  female  visitors. 

Oi'K  Inte  visit  to  the  Shenandooh  Valley, 
Virginia,  aflTorded  excellent  oi)portunities  for 
learning  much  regarding  the  condition  of  ,the 
ehiirehes,  and  we  must  sny  we  were  very  favor- 
ably impressed  by  what  we  saw  and  heard 
Not  only  editors  and  preachers,  but  every  body 
elfio  who  attended  the  mei'ting,  were  treoted 
with  becoming  kindncEs  and  rejipect.  The 
luombers  here  are  dressed  much  plainer  than  nt 
other  points  which  we  have  visited.  Their  at- 
tire, however,  is  neat  aud  presents  a  good  ap- 
pearance, and  with  proper  care  and  wisdom  we 
believe  they  can  maintain  this  distinctive  fea- 
tui-e.  May  God  help  our  churches  to  keep  clear 
of  the  vain  and  foolish  fashions  lof  the  world. 


TiiK  immense  loss  of  life  ut  the  burning  of  a 
large  ln)tel  in  lltigeratown,  Md.,  and  at  Kevenil 
other  points  this  season,  ought  to  be  a  wiiruiug 
to  the  traveling  public,  and  is  of  suflicient  mo- 
ment to  cause  them  to  avoid  hotels  not  properly 
supplied  with  iiieaus  of  escape  in  ease  of  fire. 
Kvery  hotel  sliould  be  supplied  with  meons  of 
escape  from  each  window  above  the  first  lloor. 
riiis  can  be  done  at  a  small  expense.  We  sug- 
gest the  following  to  tavern  keepers:  Have  a 
rope,  of  suflinient  length,  made  fast  to  the  in- 
side of  the  window  t'rame  und  coiled  up  aud 
hiMig  on  H  hook.  In  case  of  fire  this  rope  could 
be  thrown  out  of  the  window  (one  end  being 
fjLsl  inside)  and  would  thus  afl'ord  a  means  of 
escape.  Were  this  adopted  hut  few  lives  would 
be  lost  by  the  burning  of  taverns. . 

Orn  evangelists  are  meeting  with  e-vpellent 
success  in  the  W^isconsin  mission  field.  From 
a  jirivate  letter,  written  June  11,  by  Brother  D. 
M,  Miller  we  make  the  following  extract;  "We 
had  three  council  meetings.  Two  at  Brother 
Stout's.  One  yesterday  in  the  Woodstock 
Meeting-house.  Lost  Saturday,  in  ('amp  Creek 
Church,  the  church  elected  Wm.  I'eisertothe 
deacon's  office.  Yesterday,  in  West  Pine 
Church.  Charles  Brown  was  elected  to  the  min- 
istry; James  Henderson  and  Morris  Brown  were 
elected  deacons.  They  are  all  good  men.  George 
Turner  was  advanced  to  the  second  degree.  The 
members  are  wide  awake  and  active  in  the 
Ma  ter's  cause.  Many  supposed  this  move,  la.st 
Winter,  was  spasmodic,  but  now  they  view  it 
diH'erently.  I'p  to  thi.s  date  we  have  l>aptized 
nine.  Prospects  are  good  for  more.  The  Love- 
feast  will  commence  at  four  o'clock  next.  Satur- 
day, the  14th." 


THE  MOOMAW  PROPOSITION. 

I^UOTHKR  Moomaw's  proposition,  to  have 
y  the  gospel  more  fully  preached  in  the  eities 
of  the  Unit<'d  States,  baa  been  received  witb 
general  approval,  and  already  about  $20rj  have 
been  pledged  for  that  purpose,  but  just  how  the 
ministers,  who  are  to  do  the  preaching,  could 
be  satisfactorily  chosen  by  the  donors,  many  of 
whom  are  not  sutlii:ieatly  acquainted  with  the 
ministers,  was  not  clear  to  our  mind,  aud  f'-r 
that  reason  but  Httle  was  said  about  it;  but 
while  at  the  Annual  Meeting  we  consulted  with 
Brother  Moomaw  and  several  others  who  saw 
the  .-same  diHicuky,  hence  it  was  thought  best 
that  we  select  three  brethren  who  would  receive 
the  money,  select  the  luinisten*  and  carry  out 
the  wishes  of  the  douoi-a  as  in  the  Judgineut  of 
the  IJoiird  might  be  thought  best.  Brother 
Moomaw  selected  S.  T.  Boa^erman,  of  Dunkirk, 
Ohio;  the  Primitiri-  Christinu,  James  A.  Sell,  of 
Newry,  Pennsylvania,  and  the  Brkthken  at 
\VoiiK,  Daniel  Vauiman,  of  Virden,  Illinois. 
As  Brother  Bowernum  lives  in  the  center  it  is 
suggested  that  he  act  a-s  treasurer.  Next  week 
we  Hill  publish  a  further  report  of  the  amounts 
promised,  aud  then  turn  the  whole  matter  over 
to  this  Board.  These  brethren  are  in  full  ajm- 
pathy  with  missionary  work,  and  we  fee!  confi- 
dent that  they  will  do  what  is  right  in  tliis 
movement,  and  further,  we  think  all  thedouors 
will  readily  assent  to  this  arrangement. 

FROM  THE  ANNUAL  MEETING. 


S"^:" 


NlTMBEB  n.  "  ' 

THERN  Illinois  came  next  in  order. 
Asked  A.  M.  to  reconsider  Art.  24  of 
1877,  and  so  amend  it  as  to  give  more  extended 
privileges  in  chiiugiug  from  the  double  to  the 
single  mode  of  feet-washing.  The  discuision 
was  long,  and  a  little  perplexing  on  account  of 
the  peculiar  nature  of  the  case.  The  request 
not  granted. 

2.  Asked  for  permission  to  change  from  the 
single  to  the  double  mode  of  feet-washing  wbeie 
the  majority  was  in  favor  of  the  change.  It 
was  thought  best  not  to  change  on  the  grouud 
of  a  simple  majority,  but  endeavor  to  obtain 
the  unnninious  consent  of  all  the  members,  as 
it  is  a  matter  affecting  tlie  fellowship  of  each 
member,  hence  forbearance  for  the  present  was 
vecom  mended. 

[In  this  connection  we  want  to  suggest  that 
minorities  use  much  caution  in  matters  pertain- 
ing to  the  interest  of  the  church.  If  the  ma- 
jority desires  n  thing  that  is  in  harmony  with 
the  decisions  of  the  A.  M.,  minorities  should 
have  forbearance  enough  to  submit  willingly. 
Some,  however,  say  they  cannot  conscientiously 
iiubmit  to  that  which  is  contrary  to  their  way 
of  thinking,  and  hence  plead  conscientiousness, 
This  they  Plioiild  not  do.  Men  and  women 
should  not  sear  their  consci-nces  against  a  thing 
thai  has  been  sauctioued  by  the  united  voice  of 
the  Brotherhood.  The  better  way  is  to  submit 
to  the  majority  in  all  such  mattprs.  and  not  al- 
low a  small  minority  to  rule  the  church,  aud  in 
some  inst.tnces  ruin  it.  Minorities  may  some- 
times become  self-willed,  and  in  that  way  greats  I 


either  the  minority  or  the  majority  wil]  j, 
give   way,  and   rejL-on    would   dictate  that 
small  minority  should  yield  to  the  wishes  of  .i 
large  majority,  especially  should  this  Ij^  the      ' 
in  matters   approved    by  the  Annual    Meef 
The  A.  M.  permits  the  practicing  of  the  sin  f' 
mode  of  feet-washiog   where  it  can  be  don 
ppace  and  liurmony,  but  sometimes  two  or  th  " 
will  stand  out  against  the  whole  church  and    * 
'■  the  Annual   Meeting    wiJl  uot  allow  yo  ^^' 
change,   for   if  you  do  it   will  make   troubl  ^ 
These  two  or  three   propose   to    take  it  u      ■ 
themselves   to  make  the    trouble,  aud   the    \ 
prevent  the  body  of  the    church    from  ,j,- 
what  she    would    like.     This  I    maintain  is  «  t 
just  right.     Two  or  three  members  ought  ii\ 
to   rule  the  whole  church,    not  that  I  ani  it,  s 
vorofforcingsmall  minorities  intonieasures  k 
it  is  my  candid  opinion  that  no  one  should  all 
himself  to    become   self-willed    when   he  finj 
himself  to  be  with  the  minority.] 

Northern  Indiana  had  nuqiu-ii^s.  After th* 
we  found  it  a  little  ditfieult  to  keep  trace  f 
where  the  queries  came  from. 

1.  Referred  to  sisters  breaking  bread  n^ 
times  of  communion  the  same  as  the  brethr 
The  query  was  somewhat  complicated  in  form* 
hence  tabled  without  discussion. 

2.  This  query  referred  to  the  impropriety  of 
sending  committee  brethren  such  a  great  dis 
tauce,  thus  incurring  heavy  expenses,  when 
they  could  be  had  near  where  the  difficulties 
existed.    Approved. 

3.  Whether  a  part,  or  all  of  the  officials 
could  withhold  from  the  church  questions  on 
which  the  church  desired  to  act.  The  discus- 
sion was  long  and  pointed  till  five  o'clock,  when 
the  meeting  adjourned  till  the  next  day. 

Wednesday  morning  opened  with  a  clear  sky 
though  a  little  muddy  under  foot.  By  8  o'clock 
about  four  thousand  people  were  on  the  ground 
and  the  crowd  continued  to  increase  till  it  reach- 
ed at  least  twelve  thousand. 

At  9:15  the  Standing  Committee  entered  the 
stiiud  ready  for  business.  The  unfinished  mat- 
ter, left  over  from  the  day  before,  was  then  taken 
up.  and  decided  that  no  matter  in  harnioDv 
with  the  decisions  of  A.  M.  could  be  withheld 
from  the  church. 

4.  Asked  whether  ex- Masons  should  be  per- 
mitted to  answer  Masonic  signs  ?  The  discus- 
sion was  long,  tedious,  and  at  times  a  little 
per[ilexing,  but  it  was  unanimouely  decided  that 
a  brother  who  had  once  been  a  Mason  should 
no  more  answer  Masonic  signs,  and  if  in  doing 
so  he  disregarded  his  oath,  he  should  disregard  it- 

5.  Asked  A.  M.  so  to  amend  a  former  decis- 
ion that  a  small  minority  could  uot  preveut  a 
large  majority  from  organizing  Sunday-school. 
After  considerable  discussion  the  meeting  ad- 
journed at  eleven,  to  meet  at  two. 

The  Standing  Coramittee  came  in  at  2:5  and 
the  unfinished  business  was  then  taken  up  aud 
pretty  freely  discussed.  The  Moderator  madea 
long  speech  showing  the  difference  between 
matters  of  expediency,  and  those  affecting 
fellowship.  He  stated  that  anything  which  af- 
fected the  fellowship  of  every  member  in  the 
congregation  should  not  be  decided  by  a  mere 
majority,  but  by  the  unanimous  voice  of  the 
body,  but  matters  of  mere  expediency,  such  as 
building  meeting-houses,  Sunday-schools,  and 
the  like — matters  which  did  not  aOect  the  fel- 
lowship of  members  may  be  left  to  the  majority. 
Others  spoke  at  length  on  the  subject.  Decid- 
ed that  small  minorities  could  not  prevent  large 
majorities  from  organizing  Sunday-schools. 

6.  Referred  to  employing  police  forces  to 
keep  order  at  Love-feasts.  Decided  to  make  no 
change  from  former  decisions,  and  recommend- 
ed that  polite  forces  be  employed  only  in  cases 
of  absolute  necessity. 

7.  The  next  business  before  the  meeting 
was  the  reading  of  a  number  of  queries  from 
five  dilferent  districts,  referring  to  schismatic 
articles  published  in  the  Protjressive  Clirii'fx'" 
and  other  papers.  These  queries  urged  that  the 
Annual  Meeting  take  a  firm  stand  against  the 
publishing  of  anything  that  would  prove  detri- 
mental to  our  holy  religion,  aud  the  unity  and 
peace  of  the  general  Brotherhood,  aud  we  vim 
glad  to  see  among  our  people  a  disposition  to 
stand  up  in  defense  of  our  distinctive  features. 
The  whole  business  was  referred  to  the  Standing 
Committee  for  an  answer  to  be  presented  to  the 
meeting  the  next  morning. 

8  Is  it  right  for  the  minority  to  oi)i»o3e  the 
majority  in  m«tte«  that  have  received  tbcw 


19 


"""^Ttbe  a'.  M  :'     An-wered.  nut  right. 
^      H^f,rre<l  to  members  uvmimg  tiitmseWes 
"  t,    beijcti**  of  the  houusteiid  Juwt,,  iie.     It^ 
*     J  tjdck  to  tlie  cjoert-'eatiiun  from  wheiice 


XiiK    liKKXHiriKX    ^Vr    AVOKIC. 


It). 


Is  it  right,  atid  according  to  thp  order  of 


were  made  for  comiuittees,  h»it  ooly  seven  grant-    all  aloue,  found  us  at  place  of  meeting  at  uigbt 
ed.    We  couid  not  get  the  uanies  of  all,  hence    very   much   wearied,  and  thinking  if  some  of 


i^t  IhMt  til? 


oindidatp 


jue  cliur''^  to  t.aptize  so  f 

not  time  to  take  breath  betvveeii  di|)s 
r\  jy  Jess  than  half  the  time  it  took  to  read  it. 
U      [s  it  wrong  for  members  to  take  part  in 


ftiiiwiig   a  mutual  fire  insurance  comjiany? 

j(ot  wrong. 

ia     Asked  A.  M.  to  reconsider  a  former  que- 

furbidding  sistera  to  ^Year  plain  hats.    After 

little  discussion  it  wiw  tabled,  leaving  the  de- 

All  aB  it  stood    before.     It  was   suggested  by 

that  if  members   would  quit   talking  and 

airitinff  about   this  hat  question  there  wotild  bo 

w„t  little  trouble  growing  out  of  it. 

The  mee'i°S  adjourned  at  five  o'clock  to  meet 
,jjp  uext  day  at  nine.     During   the  entire  day 
.    crowd  was  immense.     About  G.uOO  persons 
pre  io  hearing    distance,  listening    to  the  dis- 
cussions. 

Thursday  morning  was  delightful.  The 
-ij  was  cool  and  refreshing.  The  Standing 
jijjpjmittee  did  not  reach  the  stand  till  9:50 
when  the  meeting  was  formally  opened  forbus- 
ness.     The  paper  matter,  which  had  been  given 


into  the  hands  of  the  Standing  Committee  the 
evenins  hefore,  was  the  first  busineBs  before  the 
house.  The  Standing  Committee  presented 
their  report  only  a  part  of  which  could  he 
adopted  by  the  unanimous  consent  of  the  meet- 
mg.  The  meeting  demanded  that  the  editors  of 
l'^^  proyressire  Christian,  Vinoinitvr.auil  Dea- 
con make  an  h.'mble  acknowledgement  for 
nritii^  and  publishing  schismatic  aud  iuflamar 
torf  articles  iu  their  papers.  It  also  demanded 
satisfaction  from  other  luembera  f<)r  writing 
similar  articles  against  the  church,  and  appoint- 
ed a  committee  of  three  brethren  to  see  that 
these  demands  were  properly  carried  out.  It 
took  till  nearly  four  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  to 
dispi'nse  with  this  part  of  the  business,  thus 
detaining  the  meeting  nearly,  if  not  quite  one 
eatire  day.  This  more  than  ever  convinces  ua 
of  the  importance  of  running  our  papei-s  in 
peace,  and  in  exact  harmony  with  tlie  distinct- 
ive features  of  the  church;  had  these  been  strict- 
ly adhered  to  the  late  A.  M.  might  have  closed 
much  sooner  and  with  far  better  feelings.  It 
is  sincerely  hoped  that  future  Annual  Meeting! 
will  not  in  any  way  be  annoyed  by  similar  dit- 
ficulties. 

The  time  was  already  far  spent,  and  it  was 
necessary  that  the  meeting  should  close  at  five, 
so  the  remainder  of  the  business  was  rushed 
through  in  a  hurry  —  too  fast  to  do  justice  to 
the  cause,  aud  much  was  deferred  for  want  of 
time  to  attend  to  it. 

13.  Asked  A.  M.  to  sanction  the  Brethren's 
work  evangelism.  Deferred  for  want  of  time  to 
consider  it. 

U.  Asked  A.  M,  to  amend  a  former  query. 
Request  n^t  granted. 

15.  On  the  divorce  question.  Deferred,  no 
time  to  examine  it. 

16.  This  query  had  some  fair  points  in  it 
about  the  qualifications  of  delegates  to  the  A. 
M,,  hut  would  have  required  considerable  dis- 
cussion to  shape  them,  hence  tabled. 

17.  Asked  A.  M.  to  advise  the  giving  of 
thanks  at  the  "beginning  only  jiud  not  at  the 
close  of  the  Lord's  Supper.  Decided  to  make 
DO  change. 

18.  Referred  to  merhbers  who  claim  to  have 
been  improperly  dealt  with  and  desire  to  know 
how  to  get  justice.  It  was  recommended  that 
they  first  refer  to  adjoining  elders,  and  if  not 
heeded  call  on  the  Standing  Committee  for  a 
committee. 

19.  Shall  persons  who  have  been  baptized 
by  trine  immereion,  by  other  churches,  and 
conscientiously  believe  the  baptism  was  valid, 
be  required  to  be  rebapti/ed  before  joining  the 
church?    Thought  best  to  make  no  change. 

A  resolution  was  then  passed  thanking  the 
Hiiilroad  Companies,  the  memhers  aud  people 
ia  the  vicinit:*  of  the  meeting  for  favora  confer- 
red in  the  interest  of  those  who  attended  the 
meeting.  In  fact  every  body  felt  that  they  were 
never  treated  better,  and  of  course  could  consent 
to  the  passing  of  this  resolution  with  a  hearty 
ftmeu. 

Next  in  order  was  the  announcing  of  the 
committees  appointed  by  the  Standing  Com- 
mittee to  visit  and  assist  in  settling  difficulties 
'a various  churches.  Abouttweuty-oflfe  requests 


give  none  in  this  article. 

The  meeting  closed  at  five  o'clock,  aud  in 
a  short  time  the  vast  crowd  began  dispersing, 
most  of  the  people  having  hut  little  time,  after 
supper,  to  atop  and  say  good-by.  In  fact,  every 
body  had  to  be  ic  a  hurry,  /.  i:,  those  who  want- 
ed to  get  home  that  week,  for  the  truiu  was  due 
at  six.  Crowds  were  seen  rapidly  making  their 
way  to  the  depot,  but  we  concluded  to  linger 
and  not  start  till  the  next  day,  as  the  traveling 
in  such  vast  crowds  is  not  always  soconveuieut 
aud  then  is  attended  with  more  or  leaa  danger. 
Thus  closed  the  Annual  Meeting  of  1870. 

In  company  with  a  number  of  others  we  left 
the  next  day,  and  after  a  long  and  tedious  ride 
reached  home  Monday  afternoon  and  stepped 
into  the  office  juet  at  a  time  when  our  hands 
were  not  looking  for  us,  but  we  found  them 
as  busy  as  bees  folding  and  mailiug  No.  24  of 
the  Bkethken  at  Work.  All  parties  have 
done  their  work  so  well  in  our  absence  that  we 
would  not  fear  to  leave  the  paper  with  them 
again.  We  found  all  well  in  our  families  for 
which  we  thank  the  Lord. 

We  are  now  at  home,  well  rested,  and  feel 
just  like  going  to  work.  May  the  Lord  help  us 
to  work  to  his  glory  and  honor,  that  what  we 
do  may  be  for  the  advancement  of  his  cause. 
We  feel  more  than  ever  constrained  to  labor  in 
defense  of  primitive  Christianity,  and  staud  up 
boldly  in  defense  of  the  faith  once  delivered  to 
the  saints.  We  are  set  fur  the  defense  of  the 
gospel  aud  shall  aim  to  give  no  uncertain  sound. 
We  realize  more  fully  than  ever  hefore  the  ne- 
cessity of  couductingapaper  on  peace  principles. 
During  the  meeting,  and  our  visit  among  the 
Brethren,  we  had  many  opportuaitiea  of  study- 
ing the  condition  and  wants  of  the  general 
Brotherhood  and  will  therefore  know  a  little 
better  how  to  direct  our  efforts  in  order  to  ac- 
complish the  most  good.  We  are  not  working 
for  selfish  ends  nor  for  personal  interest,  but 
for  the  good  of  the  church  and  the  cause  which 
we  have  espoused.  As  long  as  we  believe  the 
church  to  be  right,  and  remain  a  member  of  it, 
just  that  long  do  we  deem  it  our  duty  to  work 
for  the  interest  of  the  church.  J.  ft.  M. 


those  brethren,  who  oppose  helping  in  mission- 
ary work,  could  have  some  of  our  experience, 
they  would  not  say  so  much  against  helping 
th'e  ministry  whose  time  and  strength  are  spent 
until  exhausted,  they  feel  like  the  burden  is  not 
equal. 

On  Sunday  we  had  avery  large cousregBtion; 
many  could  not  get  in  the  house,  .\fter 
preaching  we  baptized  one  sister,  then  dnive 
home  again  about  dark. 

This  is  Monday  evening  and  we  still  feel  that 
our  strength  i.s  not  much  recruited,  but  if  the 
labors  of  our  A.  M.  is  made  a  blessing  to  the, 
Brotherhood  we  do  not  regret  any  labor  we 
have  done,  but  hoping  Uod  will  bleaa  our  labors 
in  the  past  that  are  consistent  with  the  truth 
and  pardon  those  that  are  not,  we  turn  our  at- 
tention to  the  future  and  by  his  grace  hope  to 
do  more  and  better.  R,  H.  Mii.lku. 


PRIDE. 


HERE  is  an  article  handling  pride  without 
gloves.    Do  not  fail  to  read  every  word  of 


"  And  now  ahideth  pride,  ftiahion,  extrava- 
gance, these  three;  hut  the  greatest  of  these  is 
pride — simply  because  it  is  the  root  of  the  whole 
matter.  Destroy  the  root  and  the  tree  will  die. 
It  is  hardly  worth  while  to  waste  ammunition 
in  shooting  at  fashion  and  extravagance  as  long 
as  the  root  is  alive.  Most  persons  say  that  it 
doi-s  not  matter  how  people  dress,  pride  is  in  the 
heart.  Very  true,  but  straws  show  which  way 
the  wind  blows.  Plain  exterior  may  cover  up 
a  plain  heart,  but  depend  upon  it,  a  fashionable 
exterior  seldom,  if  ever,  covers  up  a  plain  heart. 
Some  rules  work  two  ways,  but  some  will  not, 


It  has  stoUn  into  the  church  by  degrees,  and 
now  rules  with  n  rod  of  iron.  Churches  that 
werR  once  noted  for  plainness,  and  whiW  law 
still  standH  Against  pride  and  fiuhion,  are  prac- 
ticilly  poworletis  on  the  snbieCt.  It  seems  that 
nearly  all  creation  is  kept  busy  in  furnishing 
fashions  enough  to  satisfy  the  cravings  of  the 
depraved  heart.  Aa  old  Scotch  preacher  is  re- 
ported to  have  said  in  a  sermon  at  Aberdeen, 
'Ye  people  of  Aberdeen  get  your  fashion*  from 
Glangow,  and  Qlasgow  from  Edinburg.and  £d- 
iuhurg  from  London,  and  London  from  Farid, 
and  Faris  fnmi  the  devil.'  Now  I  cannot  eay 
that  we  get  our  fashions  by  that  route,  but  I 
am  tolerably  certain  that  they  originate  at  the 
same  heailquarters. 

"  The  religion  of  Chri-it  is  pure,  penceablev 
gentl«,  eaf.y  to  he  entreated,  and  full  of  mercy. 
All  Christians  an?  bapti/^d  with  one  Spirit,  into 
one  body.  They  mind  not  high  things,  but 
condescend  to  men  of  low  estate.  Their  high- 
est ambition  is  to  honor  (ioo  with  all  they  have 
and  are.  They  are  not  puffed  up,  not  conform- 
ed to  this  world,  but  transformed  bj  thp  renew- 
ing of  their  minds.  There  is  no  such  thing  in 
heaven  nor  earth  as  a  proud  Christian;  there 
never  was  uor  never  can  be. 

"  I'ride  is  of  the  devil — it  originated  with  him; 
ami  he  is  managing  it  most  successfully  in  do- 
stroying  souls.  But  who  is  to  hiame  for  this 
state  of  tilings  in  the  church  ?  I'irst,  and  most- 
ly, the  pulpit  is  to  blame.  Men  who  profess  to 
be  called  of  God  ti;).,lead  the  people  to  heavinv 
have  ceased  to  fthuke  this  soul-destroying, 
heaven-provoking  spirit.  But  why?  I''irttf8r 
a  living,  then  for  popularity.  E-^au  sold  Hft 
birthright  for  a  dinner  of  greens.  This  was  ft 
costly  morsel  for   him.     But  now  men  sell  out 


cheap  for  cash  or   produce.'    Churches  th^^^ 
were  once  powerful  for  good  are  now  well-nig^^ 
lust  in  form  aud  fashiona.    We  may  shut  our 
eyes  and  wink  and  whine,  and  cry  old  fogy,  and 


A  lady  once  asked  a  minister  whether  a  person    grandfather,  and  Uo^es,  and  .\Aron,  and  all  that, 


HOME  FROM  ANNUAL  MEETING. 


0^ 


Thursday  evening,  when  A.  M.  closed, 
we  started  for  home  in  quite  a  hurry. 
Thanks  be  to  Brother  John  Beechly  and  M.  M. 
K-helman  for  making  arrangements  with  the 
B.  0.  H.  R.  to  take  us  on  special  train  to  Harp- 
er's Perry  and  connect  with  the  next  hound 
train  for  Newark.  We  made  the  connection 
by  the  train  waiting  a  little.  We  rtjoiced  to 
be  seated  in  the  coacli,  though  crowded  it  was, 
because  we  were  fii  route  for  the  West  on  one 
of  the  best  managed  roads  iu  the  world. 

We  wheeled  on  finely  till  next  morning  when 
we  telegraphed  ahead  for  breakfast  at  Grafton. 
When  we  got  there  all  could  not  be  seated  at 
the  table;  still  our  conductor  was  able  for  the 
emergency;  he  waited  till  the  second  table  had 
eaten.  We  thought  thus  to  wait  till  we  all 
could  take  a  good  wash  and  two  table-fulls  eat 
was  a  little  ahead  of  any  kindness  we  had  ever 
seen  to  railroad  passengers.  As  we  had  to  eat 
at  the  second  table  we  thanked  the  B.  0.  R.  R. 
for  that  breakfast. 

But  one  thing  disturbed  our  quiet  a  little. 
By  some  means  a  few  of  our  company  had  heen 
left  on  the  way;  uue  brother  telegraphed  for 
his  wife  to  wait  for  him  at  Grafton.  Ot  course 
we  wondered  how  he  had  been  left,  as  traveling 
was  not  a  new  thing  to  him.  We  hope  he  came 
all  right  on  the  next  train.  I  felt  a  littk-  bad 
over  this  mishap  because  the  brother  and  his 
wife  had  given  me  their  seat  that  I  might  lie 
down  and  get  some  sleep.  We  enjoyed  this  ride 
more  than  most  of  them,  we  suppose,  because, 
during  the  meeting,  we  had  but  little  time  for 
social  enjoyment,  but  gave  us  a  favorable  op- 
portunity to  talk  with  the  brethren  and  form 
some  new  acquaintances  we  are  glad  to  remem- 
ber. 

From  Grafton  we  made  all  connections  at 
three  changes  and  arrived  home  safe  on  Satur- 
day morning  about  nine  o'clock;  found  our 
family  some  better  than  when  we  left  home. 
We  slept  about  two  hours  when  another  disnp- 
poiutraontcame:  there  was  an  i^ppoiudnent  for 
a  funeral  aud  baptizing  ahout  eighteen  miles 
trom  home.  Thi^  we  hoped  othera  would  at^ 
tend  to,  but  at  one  o'clock  we  got  word  that  we 
must  tend  to  that.    Then  a  drive  iu  the  buggy, 


ight  not  he  fond  of  dress  and  ornaments  with- 
out being  proud?  He  replied,  'When  you  see 
the  fox'.s  tail  peeping  out  of  the  hole  you  may 
bisurethefox is  within.'  Jewelry,  anicostly  and 
fashionable  clothing,  may  all  be  innocent  things 
in  their  places,  but  when  hung  upon  a  human 
form  they  give  moat  conclusive  evidence  of  a 
proud  heart. 

"  But  is  it  possible  that  a  man  can  be  found 
at  this  advanced  age  of  refinement  that  dares  to 
write  or  speak  a  word  against  pride,  and  its  con- 
sequences? The  large  ni,ijority  of  that  class  of 
men  died  aud  were  handsomely  buried  some 
time  ago.  The  pulpits  have  nearly  all  shut 
down  on  that  style  of  preaching.  The  fact  is 
we  have  passed  that  age,  aud  are  living  in  better 
times.  Our  fathers  imd  mothei-s  were  far  be- 
liind  the  times.  They  were  good  enough  iu 
their  way,  but,  dear  me,  they  would  not  do  now. 
They  wore  plain  clothes,  worshipped  in  plain 
churches,  and  suug  old-fashioned  hymns.  They 
talked  and  acted  like  some  old  pilgrims  that 
were  looking  for  a  better  country;  and  when 
they  left  the  world  they  stuck  to  it  to  the  very 
last,  that  they  were  going  to  a  city  where  there 
is  no  night.  And  it  is  my  deliberate  opinion 
that  the  vast  majority  of  them  went  juat  where 
they  said  they  were  going. 

"  But  they  are  nearly  all  out  of  the  way  now, 
aud  the  people  have  a  mind  to  try  a  different 
route.  We  can  be  Christians  now  aud  do  as  we 
like.  Yes,  indeed.  We  can  have  fine  churches, 
cushioned  seats,  costly  carpets,  a  fashionable 
preacher,  aud  have  all  our  fiddling  and  singing 
done  to  order.  Why,  in  some  of  our  modern 
churches,  the  majority  of  the  choir  are  not  even 
members  of  the  church;  and  they  do  sing  so 
sweetly— perfectly  delightful.  The  music  rolls 
over  the  heads  of  the  congregation  like  the 
sound  of  many  waters.  Not  a  word  can  be 
heard,  but  the  sound  is  glorious.  Sometimes 
one  sings  all  alone  for  a  little  while,  and  then 
two,  and  pretty  soon  the  whole  choir  will  chime 
iu,  until  the  whole  house  is  filled  with  most 
transporting  sound.  Now,  if  this  is  not  singing 
with  the  spirit,  and  with  the  understanding,  al- 
then  what  isit?  that's  the  question.  I  know 
that  it  is  a  little  risky  to  speak  out  against  pride 
at  this  day,  because  the  church  is  full  of  it. 
And  hundreds  who  occupy  the  pulpit,  whose 
duty  it  is  to  point  out  these  evils  plainly,  arc 
like  dumb  dogs,  they  don't  even  bark  at  it. 
Tiiey  just  let  it  go,  and  go  it  does  with  a  venge- 
ance. And  in  proportion  as  pride  gains  in  a 
church,  spiritual  life  dies  out.  They  will  not, 
cannot  dwell  together,  for  they  are  eternal  op- 
posites. 

"  It  is  a  sin  and  a  shame  for  men  and  women 
professing  Christianity  to  spend  money  the  way 
they  do  to  gratify  a  proud  heart,  when  ten  out 
of  every  twelve  of  the  human  race  are  yet  un- 
saved, and  eight  out  of  twelve  have  not  so  much 
as  heard  the  gospel  of  Christ.  There  are  many 
evils  in  the  land,  and  in  the  church,  but  I  doubt 
if  any  one  evil  is  doing  more  harm  than  pride, 


but  the  fact  is  before  us— pride,  fashion,  and  ex- 
travagance, are  eating  the  very  life  out  of  many 
of  the  heretofore  beit  congregatiomin  thelaud. 
The  world  is  running  crp.y.    The  rich  lead  the 
way,  because  they  can,  while  the  poor  strain 
every    nerve   to  keep  in  sight:  and   the   devil 
laughs   to  see   them    rush  on.     Pride   '  thrust 
Nebudchadm-zzar  out  of  men's  society,  Saul  out 
of  his  kingdom,  Adam  out  of  Paradise,  and  Lu- 
cifer out  of  heaven."     And   it  will   shut  many 
niore  out  of  heaven  who  are  now  prominent  in 
the  church.    Neither  death  nor  the  grave  will 
change   the  character  of  any  one.    The  *iime 
spirit  that   controlled   in  lite    will  cHng    to  llie 
soul  iu  death,  and   enter  with  it    into  eternity. 
The  Anokls  of  God  would  shrink  from  Hie  ao- 
ciety  of  many  a   fa.shionable  Christian  of  this 
day.     A  few   such  youls   iu  heaven   would  ruin 
everything.    Among  the  first  things  they  would 
propose  would  he  a  change  of  fa.shion.     Those 
pure  white  robes  that  thesnints  wear  would  not 
suit  their  taste  at  all.     In  life  they  care  but  lit- 
tle about  Christ  and  spiritual  things,  aud  they 
would  care  no   more  for  them    in    heaven  than 
they  do  on  earth.     If  there  were  two  heavens, 
one  wliere  .lesus  is  all  and  m  all,  and  the  other 
with  a   Paris  in  it.  I    presume   the  road    to  the 
Paris  heaven  would  be  crowded  witli  fashionable 
Christians. 

"  ■  Ma,'  said  a  little  girl, '  if  I  should  die  and 
goto  heaven,  should  I  wear  my  ntui  re  nut  iqiie 
dress?  '  '  No,  my  love,  we  can  scarcely  suppose 
we  shall  wear  the  same  attire  of  this  world  in 
the  next.'  '  Then  tell  me,  ma,  how  the  angels 
would  know  1  belonged  to  the  beet  society?' 
In  the  views  of  that  little  girl  we  have  illustrat- 
ed the  spirit  of  many  a  would- he  Christian  of 
this  day.  '  If  ye  be  risen  with  ('hri-^t,  ■^eek  those 
things  which  are  above,  where  t'hri^t  -iitte*h  on 
the  right  hand  of  God.  Set  your  atfectiona  on 
things  above,  not  on  things  on  the  earth.  For 
ye  are  dead,  and  your  life  is  hid  with  Christ  i 
God.'"  "  '   """  — 


Bishop  J.  Weaver. 

Oim  Palestine  correspondent,  when  last  heard 
from.  May  5th,  was  at  the  Ruins  of  old  Jericho. 
Hisentire  company  consists  of  eight  pack  mules, 
three  donkeys,  two  horses,  one  interpreter  who 
speaks  and  writes  five  languages,  one  cook,  two 
waiters,  five  muleteers,  two  guides,  and  Mr. 
Taylor,  Mr.  Thompson,  and  Henry  S.  Earl,  from 
this  country.  The  party  had  been  trying  their 
skill  at  tent  life  nearly  three  weeks;  had  crossed 
the  Jordan  twice,  and  was  having  a  good  time 
generally. 

In  our  notes  of  the  Annual  Meeting  we  men- 
tioned that  the  Northern  District  of  Missouri 
was  not  represented,  but  it  seems  their  letter 
failed  to  reach  the  Standing  Committee,  of 
which  fact  we  will  publish  a  further  notice  next 
week.  ^ 

Brotheh  Isaac  Rowland,  who  accompanied 
ua  to  the  Annual  Meeting,  returned  home  last 
Friday,  and  Brother  H.  Slifer,  who  has  heen 
away  about  six  weeks,  reached  home  Saturday 

morning. _^     ^  _ 

Ukothru  D.  Long,  of  Falls  City.  Nebraska, 
called  on  us  last  Saturday  morning.  He  drove 
through  in  a  buggy,  stopping  a  few  weeks  iu 
Iowa. 


lu^K  HKKa'i^KK:N^  ^T  avokk:. 


'  uiie    X9 


0n<i  §iBTif  (ffass. 


*  Htf  WoriM  of  Truth  no  Tongue  Can  TeU: 


Tki«  J«f*ninMl  is  dwignf-i  for  Mkiog  Md  •nsw»nn£ 
BlWe  qxipsiiisns,  m.l  for  ihe  soliiiion  of  Seriplur»l  dllfioiil- 
tJM  In  orvl»r  lo  sMinM*  RiM*  Tnitb,  nil  quMtioni 
should  h*  sUied  wiih  OMidor.  mJ  M'wer^l  "iih  m  much 
olMraoM  M  p«»ihU,  ArticlM  for  lhi«  depfcrunenl,  mu«l 
b*  «kon  ftnd  to  Ifce  p«iiii- 


Wilt  some  one  ex)>l!iin  Heb.  1:1?  "  And  of  tli« 
an)wlB  he  saith.  Who  makfth  his  niiffftB  splriU.  and 
his  ministers  a  flume  of  lire."  H-  T.  CnooK. 

■Will  «omP  one  please  explain  -Tohn  l":"^  '" 
particular  the  pll^«s^  "  And  shiUl  go  in  and  out  and 
find  pastuK^"  M.  M.  Diktz. 

"Will  s.>nie  one  pleaae  explain  l  Pet.;(:  Wi  It 
i*adsas  follows: -U>    wliirh  iilso  he_^/'»^  »°'' 

preai-lietl  unto  tlio  spirits  in  prison. 

preachery    Who  arc  the 
prison? 


ON    THE  WAY  TO  PALESTINE. 


The  Red  Sea  and  the  Crossing. 


I  FIND  a  neceiwity  for  omiltinff  many  things 
from  this  correspondenr*'  which  are  deeply 


Who  Is  th< 
spirits?    Where  In  t: 

J.  W.  BAHNIIAnT. 


BLOOD  AND  THINGS  STRANGLED. 

Wilt  sniiie  one  exph.in  ArtH  l.'.;2(tr  In  partlriilar 
the  jiJinise  "and  from  lilood,  and  from  things 
Btrancleay  Fiianki.in'  Anolkmykr. 

THE  use  of  blood  as  an  article  of  diet  in  em- 
phaHcallv  prohibited   in  the  Holy  Script- 
ures.    When    the  grant  of  animal    food    v/an 
made  to  Noah  after  the  flood,  it  wan  added,  "but 
flesh  with    the  life  then-(.f.    which  is  the  blood 
thereof,  shall  ye  not  eat,"     Thin  prohibition  was 
still  more  explicitly  enforced  in  the  law   eiven 
by  Moses.     "  Whatsoever  man  there  be  of  the 
house  of  Israel  or  of  the  strangerH  that  Hojonrn 
among  you  that  L-at«th  any  manner  of  blood  ;  I 
^will  even  set  my  face  against  that  Houl  that  eat- 
%th  blood  and  ivill  cut  him  off  from  among  hiH 
people."     After  the    prohibition    iH   given    tlo- 
reason  is  assigned,  namely,  "  For  tho  life  of  the 
flesh  is  the  blood;  and  I  have   given  it   to   yon 
upon  the   altar  to   make   atonement   for   yoor 
souls:  for  it  is  the  blood  that  maketh  an  atone- 
ment for  the   soul."     Blood  \»   probibit-td    be- 
cause it  is  the   LIKE,  and  it  ia  the  blood  that 
maketh  an  atonement.     It  is  thin  subHtitiition 
of  life  for  life,  the  life  of  the  animal    HBcrificed 
for  man's  life,  that  gave  blood  itn  sacred  appro- 
priation.    And    this   is  one  of  the    restraints, 
which  it  seemed  good  to  the  Holy  Ghost  to  lay 
upon  the  believing  Gentiles,  that  they  abstain 
"  from  blood,  and  from  thingd  strangled,"  which 
would,  of  course,  retain  the  blood. 

In  the  face  of  so  express  a  law  three  times 
repeated,  and  bo  solemnly  enjoined,  how  any 
one  calling  himself  a  Christian  can  eat  blood,  is 
indeed  n  wonder  to  ua.         Mattie  A.  Lkak. 


STONES  CRY  OUT. 

Please  explain,  throncli  IhP  impei-.  the  nii-aninn 
of  Luke  l(t:  It",  40,  It  reiids  as  follows;  "And 
when  he  was  conif  nigh,  oven  now  at  the  descent  of 
the  mount  of  Olives,  tlie  whole  multitude  oi"  the 
disciples  began  to  rejoire  and  praise  Ood  with  a 
loud  voice  fur  all  the  mighty  works  that  they  hud 
seen.  And  he  answered  niid  said  unto  them.  1  tell 
you  thiit.  if  these  should  hold  their  peace,  the 
Btones  would  immediately  cry  out."  S.  ('.  (■. 

WE  suppose  our  querist  wishes  an  expla- 
nation on  the  last  seutwuce.  In  Script- 
ure a  heiirt  of  stone,  when  applied  to  persons, 
means  one  who  is  stubborn,  senseless,  and  un- 
tractable  in  disposition.  One  who  receives  no 
kindly  impressions  from  the  Word,  Providence, 
or  Spirit  of  God.  The  Savior  would  then  say, 
should  these  my  di8ci])les,  to  whom  I  have  ten- 
der, tractable  dispositiont,  cease  to  love  me, 
should  they  hold  tbeir  peace,  and  give  no  ex- 
pression of  their  love,  thtse  very  stones,  these 
hardened,  unfeeling  Jews  aud  Gentile.-f  would 
immediately  cry  out.  Christ  niunt  be  adored, 
his  majesty  and  power  extolled,  if  not  by  his 
humble  followens,  then  by  those  who  do  not 
profess  to  love  him.  And  how  oft«n  do  we  see 
the  authenticity  of  the  Scriptures  most  power- 
folly  attested  to  by  its  avowed  enemies.  Fre- 
qoently  tbose  who  denounce  Christ  bear  the 
most  unequivocal  testimony  to  the  truth  of  his 
prophecies.  Such  was  the  case  with  Voluey 
and  Gibbon,  the  former  of  whom  is  the  best 
commentator  on  the  prophecies  of  Isaiah,  and 
the  latter  on  the  Apocalypse. 

When  the  light  that  should  he  emitted  by 
professed  Cbristians  becomes  so  dim  that  it-* 
light  is  not  sufficient  to  illuminate  a  benighted 
world,  then  from  some  other  quarter,  a  quarter 
leait  expected,  will  come  a  voice  clear  and  pow- 
erful, echoing  and  re  echoing  the  truthfulness 
of  God's  precious  Word.  Surely  he  can  make 
the  wrath  of  maT  to  praise  him. 

Mattie  A.  Lkar. 


As  by  your  sermons  yoo  preach  "  in  eeasoh," 
so  by  your  lives  you  may  preach  "  out  of  sea- 
son." and  to  all  men;  that  they,  seeing  your 
go-jd  work',  may  glorify  God  on  your  behalf 
and  on  their  own. 


nteresting,  for  the  sake  of  others  which  I  think 
of  more  importance. 

We  left  Cairo  on  Monday,  April  J2th.  at  11 
A.  M.  for  Suez,  and  reached  our  destination  at 
6  P.  M.  all  the  way  by  rail. 

Our  object  in  visiting  Suez,  waa  to  study  the 
question  of  the  crossing  place  of  the  children  of 
Israel;  and  for  this  purpose  we  gave  ourselves 
two  days  there.  Three  theories  have  been  ad- 
vanced on  this  subject  by  eiplorer*.  the  careful 
study  of  which  left  my  mind  in  uncertainty  and 
confusion.  Our  excellent  Consul  at  Cairo.  Mr. 
Farman,  of  New  York,  who  haa  l>een  at  Suez, 
told  me  that  I  would  probably  be  worse  Mnfus- 
ed  after  visiting  the  place  than  I  was  already; 
but  I  was  resolved  to  fully  test  the  matter,  let 
the  result  be  what  it  might. 

One  of  these  theories  is,  that  the  Red  Sea  in 
the  time  of  Moses,  extended  so  far  north  as  to 
connect  with  tho  Bitter  Lakes,  a  series  of  shal- 
low lakes  north-west  of  th"  present  head  of  the 
sea,  distant  at  their   BOiith-ra>itern    end  about 

0  miles;  and  that  the  crossing  occurred  at  the 
head  of  these  lakes.  Those  who  adopt  this  the- 
ory suppose  that  a  heavy  wind  blowing  oil'  shore 
at  low  tide  carried  the  wat^-r  out,  leaving  a  dr> 
beach  on  which  Israel  crossed  over,  and  that  as 
Pharaoh  and  his  host  followed,  the  wind  chang- 
ed, tho  tide  came  in,  and  they  were  drowned. 

The  second  theory  a^lopts  the  same  supposi- 
tion in  regard  to  the  northward  extension  of 
the  sea,  and  assumes  that  the  crossing  occurred 
a  short  distance  above  the  present  head  of  the 
sen,  where  there  is  a  depression  a  mile  or  so 
wide  in  which  the  miracle  and  the  disaster  might 
have  taken  plaw.  Dr.  Robinson,  whose  judg- 
nt  I  have  learned  to  regard  with  the  highest 
respect,  adopted  this  view  when  he  visited  the 
[dace  in  1838. 

The  third  theory,  and  the  one  which  wba  uni- 
versal until  the  former  two  almost  entirely 
su])planted  it  among  Europeans  and  Americans, 
is,  that  the  crossing  occurred  several  miles  south 
of  the  present  head  of  the  sea,  where  the  water 
is  deep,  and  its  width  is  from  S  to  lit  miles. 

1  came  to  the  place  determined  that  on  this 
question,  aa  on  all  others  pertaining  to  sacred 
geography,  the  nible  should  be  my  guide-book, 
and  that  1  would  accept  no  place  as  the  one  at 
which  Moses  crossed  which  fails  to  meet  the  re- 
quirements of  the  Scriptures.  These  require- 
ments are  as  follows: 

1.  Tho  place  was  so  situated  as  to  require 
Israel  to  turn  from  tho  direct  route  toward  Ca- 
naan,  in  order  to  reach  it  {Ex.  U:  2). 

2.  It  was  such,  that  when  Israel  reached  it 
they  were  "  entangled  in  the  land,"  so  that  Pha- 
raoh was  encouraged  to  pursue  them  (U;  3). 

!i.  It  was  such,  that  w  hen  Pharaoh  overtook 
them  there  wiw  no  way  of  escape  for  them  ex- 

'pt  by  going  through  the  sea  {14:  10,  13,  16). 

4.  It  was  such,  that  in  opening  a  passage 
the  waters  were  divided,  not  driven  iiway  to  one 
side,  and  that  they  were  "a  wall  on  the  right 
hand  and  on  the  left"  {14;  Ifi.  ai,  22,  29). 

.*..  The  distance  across  was  sufficient  to  al- 
low all  the  six  hundred  chariots,  and  the  horse- 
nieti  of  Pharaoh,  to  be  within  it  at  one  time, 
and  the  water  wius  deep  enough  to  prevent  the 
escape  of  a  single  person  when  they  rushed  to- 
gether (U:  7,  9,  28). 

0.  The  jilace  was  near  enough  to  Marnh, 
now  Huwarah,  3.1  miles  below  Suez,  to  allow 
Israel  to  march  thither  in  three  days  (15:  22, 
23). 

7.  It  was  wliere  Israel,  after  crossing,  could 
find  an  immediate  supply  of  drinking  water,  so 
that  they  did  not  suffer  for  water  till  they  came 
toMarah  (15:22.23). 

With  those  requirements  before  us  we  may 
dismiss  the  first  theory  jnentioned  above  at 
once;  for  although  in  a  slight  degree  it  meets 
the  first  three  requirements,  it  is  utterly  incon- 
sistent with  the  other  four.  Indeed,  it  denies 
entirely  the  miraculous  character  of  the  cross- 
ing, and  if  this  event  was  not  miraculous  it  was 
nothing. 

It  required  only  my  observations  from  the 
train  in  approaching  Sue/.,  and  a  few  minutes 
spent  on  the  flat  roof  of  the  hotel  next  morning, 
to  satisfy  me  that  the  second  theory  is  also  un- 
tenable. I  stood  on  the  rear  platform  of  the 
car  (it  was  one  built  on  the  American  model) 
for  many  miles  as  we  approached  the  head  of 
the  tica,  watching  for  the  indications  ou  this 
subject,  and  I  searched  for  them  carefully  at 
Suex;  but  although  the  supposition  of  a  passage 
at  or  above  Sue/,  would  meet  in  a  good  degree 
all  the  requirements  of  the  text,  had  there  been 
enough  water  there,  the  absence  of  water  is  fa- 


tal to  it  If  Moses  had  been  led  by  this  route 
he  would  have  reached  the  head  of  the  sea,  and 
he  would  not  have  been  required  to  make  a  de- 
tour of  more  than  a  mile  to  pass  around  it. 
Only  on  the  supposition  that  the  main  body  of 
this  arm  of  the  sea  extended  many  miles  al>ove 
its  present  head,  can  this  theory  be  accepted; 
and  this  supposition  is  utterly  void  of  hifltonc 
evidence.  Indeed,  the  historic  evidence  is  in 
opposition  to  it.  In  order  to  be  safe  in  our  con- 
clusions we  must  Uke  the  sea  as  it  is.  without 
stretching  it.  and  the  Bible  as  it  is.  without 
mutilating  it. 

Our  next  ta-^k  at  Suez  was  to  test  the  third 
and  last  theon,-.  and  to  this  we  devoted  our  two 
days  there.  The  first  day  we  went  down  to 
Ayon  Mosft,  the  Fountains  of  Moses,  about  8 
miles  below  the  head  of  the  sea  on  the  east  side. 
We  took  one  of  the  rude  Arab  sailboats  which 
abound  in  the  harbor  of  Suez  for  about  half  the 
di-tance.  carrying  in  it.  beside  the  four  boatmen 
and  ounielves,  our  guide,  five  donkeys  and  two 
don kev-dri vers.  After  landing,  we  rode  one 
ands'half  hours  on  the  donkeys,  the  drivers 
running  behind  to  make  them  go.  and  to  guide 
them— the  rider  can  do  neither.  Mine  was  well 
gait#d,  and  we  liad  no  little  fun  on  the  ride. 
The  fountains  lie  about  a  mile  from  the  seashore, 
and  are  about  seven  in  number.  We  dismount- 
ed at  the  largest  one,  took  ite  dimensions,  and 
ate  our  lunch  in  a  rude  building  by  its  side,  m- 
tended  for  this  use. 

The  fountain  rises  in  the  center  of  an  oblong 
inclosure  which  has  been  made  around  it  by 
building  a  stone  wall  some  three  or  four  feet 
high  to  keep  cut  the  sand.  This  wall  is  even 
with  the  ground  outside,  and  the  basin  inclosed 
is  4(J  feet  long,  3(!  feet  wide  at  one  end  and  27 
feet  at  the  other.  The  water  forces  itself  up 
through  soft  mud  in  the  center,  and  with  it 
rises  a  constant  succession  of  gas  bubbles,  which 
exjdode  as  they  reach  the  surface.  Through  an 
opening  in  the  wall  at  tho  north  aide  the  water 
flows  away  in  a  lively  stream  2  feet  wide  and  4 
inches  deep.  This  stream  is  led  through  a  gar- 
den of  three  or  four  acres  to  irrigate  it.  The 
garden  is  filled  with  a  luxuriant  growth  of  date 
palms,  acacia  and  pomegranate  trees,  and  under 
these,  beds  of  garden  vegetables  and  patches  of 
heat.  Another  fountain,  which  sends  off'  no 
stream,  helps  to  supply  the  water  for  irrigation. 
There  are  three  such  gardens,  standing  in  a  line 
piiraliel  to  the  sea  shore,  and  separated  from 
each  other  only  by  pu^swa>'B  like  roads.  They 
are  watered  by  five  fountains,  and  they  consti- 
tute a  most  beautiful  oasis  in  the  midst  of  a  per- 
fectly barren  desert.  In  the  handsof  a  European 
of  taste  and  means  they  could  be  made  a  little 
I  aradise  for  resort  from  the  dirt  and  the  heat  of 
Suez. 

All  these  fountains  rise  on  top  of  asandstoue 
ridge,  15  or  20  feet  above  the  beach  which 
spreads  between  them  and  the  sea,  aud  nearly 
that  high  above  the  sand  immediately  east  of 
them;  yet  they  are  30  feet  below  the  general 
level  of  the  desert  which  stretches  away  to  the 
southeast,  and  along  which  the  Israelites  con- 
tinued their  journey  after  crossing  the  sea. 

We  could  see  at  a  glance  that  this  spot  an- 
swers all  the  demands  of  the  Scriptures  as  a  i 
landing  place  for  Israel  after  crossing.  A  gen-  j 
tly  ascending  beach  one  mile  wide,  and  stretch- 
ing about  five  miles  up  aud  down  the  sea-shore; 
an  abundant  supply  of  water  for  their  immedi- 
ate use,  aud  an  easy  march  of  three  d>*ys  to 
Marah,  only  25  miles  distant,  are  the  features  it 
presents:  whereas,  but  a  short  distance  above, 
there  is  no  sea  to  cross,  aud  immediately  below, 
there  is  a  perpendicular  shore  at  least  50  leet 
high.  Looking  directly  across  the  sea,  we  saw 
plainly  what  appeared  to  be  a  gap  in  the  mount- 
ains on  that  side,  suitable  for  Israel's  approach 
to  the  shore,  and  we  determined  to  explore  it 
the  next  daj;. 

A  range  of  mountains  called  Jebel  Atakah, 
presents  an  almost  perpendicular  wall  on  the 
west  side  of  the  sea*  beginning  at  its  head,  and 
stretching  along  the  shore  about  eight  or  nine 
miles.  Further  down  the  shore,  there  rises  the 
high  and  dark  wall  of  another  range,  called 
Jebel  Abu  Duraj.  Between  these  there  is  a 
gap,  and  for  this  gap  we  started  in  our  Arabian 
boat  the  next  morning.  A  pleasant  breeze  was 
blowing,  making  the  temperature  delightful, 
but  it  WIS  a  contrary  wind,  compelling  us  to 
sail  in  a  zigzag,  and  making  our  pru^rcss  M-ry 
slow.  As  we  approached  the  south-eastern  ex- 
tremity of  the  Atakah  blufls,  wediscovered  that 
a  low  sand  beach,  stretching  out  like  a  cape  two 
or  three  miles  into  the  sea,  lay  in  mix  way. 
Our  boatmen  said  that  they  were  afraid  to  pass 
around  it  ou  account  of  the  heavy  waves  then 
rolling  in  the  open  sea  beyond,  and  that  it  was 
only  a  half  a  mile  across  it;  so  ive  lauded  and 
struck  out  afont.  Instead  of  half  a  mile,  we 
found  it  two  miles  across  the  beach.  We  also 
found  that  thoutib  we  had  now  come  abreast  of 
the  hill  which   had  appeared  to  he  the  last  of 


the  Atakah  range,  another  had  come  into  view 
beyond  it,  and  apparently  about  a  mile  away 
After  taking  lunch,  we  struck  out  for  it,  but 
found  it  three  miles  away  instead  of  one;  ani 
we  found  on  reaching  it,  that  instead  of  being 
a  hill  atwut  50  feet  high,  as  it  first  appeared,  it 
was  at  least  300  feet  high,  and  its  front  wag 
almost  perpendicular.  We  had  not  yet  learned 
to  estimate  distances  and  hights  in  this  clear 
atmosphere  by  the  eye. 

Though  somewhat  fatigued,  we  clambered  te 
the  top  of  this  cliff,  and  found,  that  though  we 
had  not  even  yet  reached  the  terminus  of  this 
mountain  range,  the  hills  beyond  grow  rapidu 
lower,  and  there  were  unmistakable  evidences 
of  a  valley  several  miles  wide  between  it  and 
the  mountains  below.  Here,  then,  is  a  valley 
by  which  Israel  may  have  descended  between 
two  mountain  ranges  to  the  sea-shore,  and  the 
entire  scene  of  the  crossing,  meeting  in  {\^ 
minutest  particular  all  the  requirements  of  the 
Scriptures,  lay  in  full  view  at  our  feet.  About 
three  miles  to  the  south  of  us  and  a  little  west 
was  the  mouth  of  the  pass  between  the  mount- 
ains, probably  three  miles  wide.  On  reaching 
the  sea  through  that  pass,  Israel  could  not  turn 
to  the  right  because  of  the  Abu  Duraj  mount- 
aius  in  that  direction;  but  to  the  left  a  smooth 
beach,  almost  as  smooth  as  a  floor,  and  gently 
sloping  to  the  sea,  opened  a  line  of  march  two 
miles  wide  and  diverging  about  thirty  degrees 
from  their  former  course.  When  their  march- 
ing column  had  stretched  out  nine  miles  along 
this  beach,  its  front  rank  found  its  progress 
checked  by  the  body  of  water  four  miles  across 
over  which  we  bad  sailed  in  the  morning.  Here 
then,  they  camped  beside  the  sea,  as  the  Lord 
had  commanded,  with  the  sea  on  their  right 
and  a  mountain  wall  on  their  left,  the  sea  also 
passing  around  their  front  and  meeting  the 
mountain  wall  to  the  left  of  their  front'rank. 
While  thus  encamped,  Pharaoh's  host  came 
down  the  mountain  pass  behind  them;  the 
cloudy  pillar  stretched  itself  across  the  valley  in 
their  rear,  hiding  them  from  the  Egyptians, 
while  it  spread  itself  over  Israel  aud  the  sea,  a 
canopy  of  light.  The  sea  was  opened  from  the 
Abu  Duraj  mountains  on  the  southeast,  to  the 
projecting  beach  on  which  we  landed  in  the 
morning  on  the  northwest,  a  width  of  about 
five  miles,  and  the  entire  column  of  the  host  of 
Israel  marched  by  a  flank  movement  directly 
across  the  dried  ted  of  the  sea.  The  fountains 
of  Moses,  distinctly  in  view  from  our  hill-top, 
are  nearly  directly  opposite  the  center  of  this 
line  of  march,  and  the  depth  of  the  water  before 
us,  according  to  the  British  and  French  sound- 
ings quoted  by  Boedeker  in  his  guide-book, 
varies  from  nine  to  sixteen  fathoms,  in  the 
midst  of  the  sea.  On  both  sides,  the  approach 
to  this  depth  is  gradual,  as  we  can  testify  from 
having  taken  a  delightful  bath  in  the  water  on 
both  sides  during  two  hot  days  of  our  excursions; 
and  the  distance  across  was  about  8  miles  for 
the  head  of  the  column,  and  10  or  12  for  the 
rear. 

I  came  down  from  our  hill-top  with  my  mind 
at  rest  on  the  subject  of  the  crossing  place,  and 
I  felt  well  paid  already  for  the  time  and  money 
invested  in  my  journey.  AVe  walked  to  the  sea- 
shore at  a  right  angle  to  the  line  of  our  Jbrmer 
walk,  aud  then  started  for  our  boats.  I  had 
directed  our  boatmen  to  come  around  the  beach 
as  far  as  tht-y  could,  to  meet  us;  but  they  had 
n<it  moved  the  boat  from  where  we  left  it.  I 
got  back  to  it  leg-weary,  foot-sore,  and  almost 
ready  to  drop  ou  the  sand.  Estimating*  the 
distance  by  my  pace  and  the  time  occupied,  as 
I  biive  learned  to  do  with  great  accuracy  by  my 
walk  »d  a  mile  and  a  half  to  college  every  morn- 
ing, we  had  walked  since  nooiaj inirr  miU-f:.  and 
it  was  growing  dark.  I  reached  the  «li(ire  near 
the  lii'at  last  of  all  compaui,  and  found  that  the 
ebbing  of  ihe  tide  had  compelled  the  boalmen 
to  withdraw  their  vessel  a  hundred  yards  from 
the  shore.  I  thought  I  would  have  to  wade 
tlirougb  the  ^hu!low  water  to  it;  but  the  first 
thing  I  knew,  one  of  the  Arabs  went  behind 
me.  stuck  bis  head  between  my  legs,  aud  lifting 
me  up  a-straddle  of  the  back  of  his  neck,  walked 
straight  to  the  bnat  with  me.  turned  around, 
aud  seated  me  on  it.  The  wind  had  fallen  to  a 
getltle  breeze;  we  had  drunk  up,  several  hours 
previously,  all  the  water  which  we  had  brought 
with  us  Iroiii  the  hotel,  and  at  least  two  hours 
of  slow  sailing  before  us.  My  ieet  were  almost 
blistered  aud  very  painful.  I  pulled  ofl'  my 
boots,  and  silting  on  the  side  of  the  boat,  hung 
niv  feet  in  the  cool  salt  water  as  wesailed  along. 
Ine  cti'ict  wiks  ai/iiost  masical.  I  foir  refreshed 
all  over;  the  soreness  soon '  passed  away;  mV 
thl^^t  was  partially  quenched;  and  after  enjoy- 
ing this  hrtili  aljouthalf  an  hour.  I  stretched 
myself  on  my  back,  looked  up  at  the  stars, 
thought  of  home.  listened  lo  riie  sjgh  of  the 
wind  arourM  the  edge  of  the  sail,  and  the  rippli? 
of  the  water  as  it  broke  pa*t  the  rudder,  and 
Jell  into  a  sweet  sleep.  I  wa.s  awakened  by  the 
niutterings  of  one  of  the  Musselmans  going 
tiirough  his  evening  prayer,  and  found  that  we 
were  passing  the  ships  iu  the  harbor,  and  were 
nearly  home.  Thus  ended  the  most  toilsome, 
but  the  most  satisfactory,  day  of  our  wander- 
ings. J.  W.  McGartey. 


j,ine 


X'HE    -BPtKXHKEJN     ^T    AVOKIC 


^ovves\tanAtnte. 


Notes  by  the  Way. 


OS  the  evening  of  May    16th,    m    company 
with  Brother  J.  W.  Smouse,  Ipft    home, 
.  „,^t  Brother  .1.    B.    Wampler   ut  Indiana, 


there  was  an  appointment  for  preaching 
the  BiptUt  Church.     The  congregation  was 
^    11  but  listened  attentively  to  an    iuterest- 
^"Ifdiscouriie  delivered  by  Brother  Smouse. 
"'?)q  the  morning  took  leave  from  sister  and 
d  Jacoby,  whose  hospitality  we  had  shar 
!/ duriug  the  night,  and  were   soon   on  board 
V,    irani,^'^^^'^^'^'^  '^°^^^^°^^'  I'ennsylvania. 
l,V  sought  out  a  few  brethren  residing  iu  town, 
1  Diet  with   others  from  the   country,  who 
mestly  requested  that  we  should   labor    for 
^i  over  Lord's  Day.     Having  a  desire    to  go 
to  the  next  town,  (Scalp  Level)  where   I  ex- 
""{■ted  to  do  some  visiting    among    relatives, 

uld  not  consent,  but  agreed  to  leave  one  of 
"y  companions  in  travel,  if  they  could  prevail 
him  to  stay,  which  was  done.  Brother 
!^g„(pler  labored  for  the  Brethren  in  the  aub- 
bs  of  Johnstown  and  viciaity.  Brothei 
Cniouse  accompanied  us  to  Scalp  Level,  and 
labored  there,  with  acceptance.  On  Lord's  Day 
two  were  restored.  Here  we  also  made  the 
t.re*>able  acquaintance  of  Brother  G.  Berkley. 
Visited  a  few  relatives.  Among  whom  is  my 
ffed  father,  now  nearly  four  score  jears  old,  in 
good  health  and  spirits.  His  companion,  our 
mother,  wiis  not  there.  This  was  my  first  visit 
,  jjjg  scene  of  ray  childhood  since  her  depart- 
yje,  I  could  only  see  the  little  niouud  in  the 
fflinily  grave)  ard  and  drop  a  tear  for  the  de- 
parted, while  her  maternal  counsels  and  iu- 
slructi'ons  seemed  to  come  vividly  to  our  rec- 
ollection.   Sweet  is  the   memory   of  the   pious 

dead. 

On  Monday  morning  we  took  leave  and  were 
soon  f"  '""'^  0"!  board  our  brother's  hack, 
bouadfor  a  trip- across  the  AUeghanies,  ou  | 
whose  summit  we  saw  the  evidences  of  the 
factthat  last  Winter  will  long  be  remembered 
for  its  abundant  snow  fall,  some  of  which  still 
remained  visible  on  the  afternoon  of  May  19th. 
On  the  -.i  1st  it  had  all  gone,  yielding  to  the 
benign  infiuence  of  the  suu'a  raya— a  lesson  to 
the  servant  of  (rod.  Day  after  day  di  I  the  grand 
luminary  send  down  his  rays  of  light  and  heat 
briD-'ing  bis  dissolving  influence  to  bear  ou 
that  "bank  of  chilly  crystals  at  first  with  but 
little  eflect,  but  l»v  and  by  those  parts  most 
easily  influenced  began  to  yield  and  responded 
to  the  bidding  of  nature,  when  at  last,  during 
the  two  days  in  which  our  council  was  in  ses- 
sion, the  last  vestige  of  Winter  in  the  AUegha- 
nies yielded  and  hastened  to  return  on  his  path 
to  the  vast  ocean  from  whence  it  came. 

Brethren,  take  courage.  I'erseverance  is 
sure  to  result  in  the  accomplishment  ol  the 
right. 

Our  council  meeting  was  organized  by  elect- 
ing Brother  Joseph  Beikey,  Moderator,  the 
writer,  Clerk,  and  H.  R.  Holslnger,  Reading 
Clerk. 

The  meeting  was  small  so  far  as  delegates 
were  concerned.  Twelve  queries  and  petitions 
were  considered,  embracing  nearly  all  the  grave 
questions  that  had  for  years  claimed  the  atten- 
tion of  our  councils.  The  adultery  and  forni- 
cation questions  were  discussed.  Article  8  of 
18i2  and  article  2  of  1855,  were  recommended 
as  a  proper  disposition  of  these  qaestions.  The 
hat  question  also  came  up  and  was  forwarded  to 
A.  M.for  Scripture  authority,  etc. 

The  mission  question  claimed  considerable 
time  and  was  warmly  discussed.  There  wa-s  no 
real  difference  in  regard  to  the  necessity  of  mis- 
sionary efforts,  but  there  was  some  ditlerence 
■  in  sentiment  in  regard  to  the  organization  of 
the  'Brethren's  work  of  evangelism." 

It  is  hoped  that  measures  will  be  taken  at 
the  A.  M.  that  will  remove  the  difference,  and 
indicate  to  all  what  is  best  to  do.  which  organ- 
ization, if  any,  to  support.  It  in  the  desire  ot 
all  that  the  work  should  go  on,  and  we  pray 
that  it  may  be  so  managed  that  it  may  secure 
the  confidence  of  all. 

Council  closed  with  good  feeling.  Measures 
were  also  taken  to  hold  a  Sunday-school  Con- 
vention. The  tinir  and  place  were  selected, 
and  a  committee  was  appointed  to  prepared 
programme. 

On  Wednesday  evening.  May  :ilst.  we,  in 
company  with  a  number  of  others,  returned  to 
Scalp  Level,  where  Brother  J.  C.  Johnson 
preached  an  interesting  sermon  to  an  apprecia-- 
tive  audience,  on  the  language  of  our  Savior, 
"I  am  the  wav." 

On  Thursdnv  evening  we  tried  to  direct  the 
niiud  to    th.:   kingdom  through   the  scene   of 


transfiguration.  Ou  Friday  evening  we  tried 
tn  hold  forth  on  Benshoof  Hill.  On  Saturday 
we  walked  a  distance  of  fifteen  miles  to  reach 
an  appointment  at  Belsauo,  where  we  labored 
in  the  evening  and  ou  Sunday  morning. 

A  very  good  feature  among  the  labors  of  the 
brethren  where  we  met  vrith  them  in  our  trip. 
is  the  Sabbath-school  work,  of  which  we  have 
neither  time  nor  space  to  speak  at  large. 

Ample  provisions  were  made  to  entertain  the 
delegates  and  others  at  the  District  Meeting, 
which  was  held  with  the  Brethren  of  Dunning's 
Creek  Congregation.  Bedford  County.  Pennsyl- 
vania. Brother  J. S.  Holsiuger  is  the  bishop, 
assisted  by  an  able  board  of  ministers,  but  one 
of  them,  his  brother,  {C.  S.  Holsinger)  has  a 
call  from  Northern  Hlinois.  He  is  now  m  n 
for  that  place,  and  if  he  should  permanently 
leave  Dunning's  Creek  it  would  be  a  loss  felt  in 
Western  Pennsylvania.  But  still  we  trust  his 
talents  and  labors  will  be  well  directed. 

Arrived  home  on  Sunday  evening,  May  35th, 
at  9  o'clock  P.  M.,  and  was  very  tired,  having 
done  a  great  deal  of  walking  on  my  trip;  found 
ray  family  well.  Thanks  to  the  protecting 
care  of  Providence.  Josei'H  Holsoi'i*le. 


new  workers  tave   entered    the   field.      I  can    l>earing  north-ea'it  with  a  probable  view  of  t»- 


speak  from  experience  and  say,  that  the  Sun^ 
day-school  has  been  the  means  of  me  seeking 
to  save  my  soul  at  an  early  day,  while  yet  in 
youth.  We  think  our  school  has  wrought  a 
good  work,  and  pray  for  future  success. 
Yours  in  the  bonds  of  love, 

J&TISA  Mu.LER. 

JutiF  1st,  1S79. 

From  Elk  Lick,  Pennsylvania. 


From  Deep  River  Church,   Iowa. 

OUR  Love- feast  in  connection  with  the  D. 
M.  of  the  Middle  District  of  Iowa 
IS  among  the  things  of  the  past,  ever  to  be  re- 
membered. 

On  the  morning  of  the  17th  of  May,  breth- 
ren from  nearly  all  parts  of  the  district  assem- 
bled for  worship.  Late  in  the  afternoou  one 
precious  soul  made  it  known  that  he  desired 
to  unite  with  the  church.  Accordingly  a  little 
band  of  brethren  and  sisters  repaired  to  the 
pleasant  waterside,  where  "prayer  was  wont  to 
be  made."  and  the  applicant,  in  sweet  submis- 
sion, v^as  buried  with  Christ  in  baptism.  We 
rejoice  to  see  sinners  turn  to  God.  Especially 
did  his  companion  rejoice  who  has  been  a  mem- 
ber for  many  years.  At  the  waterside  she  said, 
"I  have  rejoiced  before,  but  never  felt  the  joy  I 
now  feel." 

Intbe  evening  we  gathered  around  the  Lord's 
..table,  once  more  to  commemorate  the  death 
I  and  suftering  of  our  blessed  Master.  May  the 
God  of  love  grant  that  we  may  continue  in 
welldoing,  and  grow  in  grace,  that  we  may  be 
recognized  around  the  table  when  the  Lord  will 
serve  his  people. 

On  Sunday  the  brethren  delivered  two  able 
sermons.  No  preachin^fl  the  evening.  Mon- 
day umrning  at  eight  ^Bfc  we  assembled  in 
council.  Churches  w^^presented.  Business 
transacted  m  order,  and  to  the  general  satis- 
faction of  the  brethren.  We  can  say  we  had  a 
good  orderly  meeting,  enjoyable  by  all. 

To-day  two  precious  si>uU  obeyed  Christ's 
command,  by  being  baptized,  and  arose  to  walk 
in  newness  of  life.  We,  with  the  angels  in 
heaven,  rejoice  to  see  sinners  turn  to  God,  es- 
pecially when  our  young  associates  are  made 
willing  to  go  hand  in  hand  with  us,  and  battle 
for  the  Lord.  ■But  a  few  weeks  ago  five  young 
persons  turned  their  backUo  sin,  and  are  now 
serving  the  sympathizing  Jesus.  Dear  young 
reader,  you  who  are  in  sin,  folio  w  the  example 
of  those  young  soldiers  who  are  now  battling 
for  Jesus.  You  have  only  the  present  time  al- 
lotted to  you.  Then  improve  the  precious 
moments  by  saving  your  precious  soul,  and 
work  in  the  Master's  cause.  Some  may  read 
this  who  know  to  do  different  from  living  the 
way  they  are.  Remember  the  Scripture,  "He 
that  knoweth  to  do  good  and  doeth  it  not,  unto 
him  it  is  sin."'  What  would  your  condition  be 
if  you  at  this  time  should  be  buried  into  eter- 
nity withouta  moment's  warning?  Though 
you  are  almost  per3uade(^  remember  the  touch- 
ing poem, 

"Sad,  sad  that  bitter  wail, 
Almost,  but  lost." 
Then,  as  one  who  loves  your  soul,  I  say  to  you, 
give  ear  to  the  knocking  at  your  heart.  The 
spirit  may  never  again  plead  with  jou  as  now. 
Do  not  wait  for  a  more  convenient  time  or  un- 
til you  are  older.  Give  your  heart  to  God  in 
the  days  of  your  youth,  that  your  years  may  be 
spent  in  the  service  of  the  Lord.  By  yourstand- 
ing  out  of  Christ  may  be  the  means  of  others 
doing  the  same. 

We  all  have  an  influence,  either  for  good  or 
bad.  Then  enlist  in  the  army  of  the  Lord, 
help  the  poor  miuif^ter  by  an  example  of  piety, 
and  be  not  a  stumbling-block  for  your  young 
friends. 

Oh  for  a  more  perfect  knowledge  of  the  Lord, 
and  practicing  the  same.  May  our  petitions  he 
more  earnest,  and  our  song  be, 

"Nearer,  my  God.  to  thee, 
Nearer  to  thee." 
We  have  opened  our  Sunday-school  for  the 
season,  with  a  growing  interest.     Since   we  or- 
ganized our  first  school  two  years  ago  in  April, 


Drnr  Brefhrrti : — 

WK  have  no  additions  to  report  since  our 
last,  except  one  sister  by  letter.  One  of 
our  old  and  faithful  fathers  of  the  Summit 
Congregation  has  passed  away  nearly  two 
weeks  ago.  He  was  the  father  of  Sister  D,  M. 
Miller,  near  Lanark,  Illinois.  It  must  have 
been  joy  to  her  to  have  had  the  pleasure  of  pay- 
ing her  last  visit  so  shortly  before  his  demise. 
Brother  John  C.  Lichty  was  one  of  our  oldest 
and  much  respected  citizens,  and  widely  known 
throughout  the  brotherhood.  He  was  the 
father  of  Solomon  Lichty.  (deceased)  in  Dutch- 
town,  Carroll  County,  Illmois,  and  lived  to  see 
another  of  his  sons  reach  the  highest  rank  of 
honor  in  the  church— that  of  ordained  elder, 
and  lived  til  see  all  his  children  grow  up,  and 
many  filling  high  stations  in  the  church,  and 
all  members.  Some  passed  away  many  years 
ago.  May  bis  children,  grand  children,  and 
great  grand  children,  (of  whom  there  are  many) 
remember  the  good  admonitions  he  gave  them, 
and  may  they  strive  to  follow  him  in  his  hu- 
mility in  his  Christian  warfare,  and  may  we  all 
strive  to  be  in  peace  with  God. 

My  visit  in  company  with  Brethren  N.  Mer- 
rill, John  R.  Lichty,  and  Samuel  V.  Maust  to 
our  District  meeting  held  at  Dunning's  Creek 
Bedford  County,  Pennsylvania,  on  the  20th  ot 
May  was  very  pleasant,  as  the  Brethren  had 
arranged  to  meet  ud  at  Napier,  and  Brother 
Snowberger  met  us  and  conveyed  us  to  his 
home  four  miles  from  R.  R.  Here  I  perused  a 
copy  of  the  Brethren  at  Work,  m  Brother 
S.  is  a  subscriber. 

On  the  evening  of  the  17th  we  held  a  meet- 
ing at  the  Point  School-house;  had  three  meet^ 
ings  there  during  our  stay  with  the  Brethren, 
and  two  at  New  Paris.  All  were  well  attented 
and  good  attention.  There  seems  to  be  room 
there,  too,  for  a  mission  work.  Hope  the  Lord 
will  bless  the  labors  of  the  Brethren.. 
Fraternally. 

S.  C.  Keim. 
Mtnj  mh. 


turning  to  his  home  io  Illinois,  immodiutely; 
but.  learning  in  the  Mineral  CrcekChurch,  bya 
letter  from  his  wife,  that  his  home  affairs  were 
favorable,  he,  with  Brother  S.  S.  Mohler,  came 
to  us,  (Grand  Uiver  Church,  Henry  County, 
Missouri)  on  the  evening  of  May  2l8t.  He 
preached  that  night  and  the  night  followiDg, 
acceptably  to  appreciative  audience*. 

Friday  following,  those  brethren,  with  my- 
self thrown  in,  visited  the  church  at  Osceola, 
and  agisted  in  adjusting  Home  difiiculties. 

Lord's  Day  morning,  returned  to  our  (Grand 
Hiver)  church  for  services.  Met  a  large  au- 
dience in  our  new  church-hou^^e:  also  service* 
at  night.  Both  meetings  were  well  attended, 
and  the  services  were  ably  conducted.  Mon- 
day evening,  services  were  held  by  Brother 
Hillerv  in  the  suburbs  of  Clinton,  with  good 
impressions. 

Tuesday  morning.  Brother  Hillery,  with 
Brothers.  S.  Mohler.  started  for  Mineral  Creek 
Church,  Johnson  County,  Missouri,  where 
Brother  Hillery  expects  soon  to  me«t  his  com- 
panion from  Illinois.  Hia  present  intentions 
are  to  spend  the  greater  part  of  the  Summer 
in  South-west  Missouri,  preaching  to  isolated 
members  and  weak  churches. 

■l.S.  MoHLBR. 


I 


From  Lynch's  Station,  Campbell 
County.   Virginia. 


Dear  Brethrm: — 

THE  Brethren  from  Bedford  were  with  U3  on 
the  second  Sunday  at  our  school-home; 
met  a  good  congregation;  had  a  doctriiial  ser- 
mon.   The  prospects,  we  think,  are  still  better. 
On  the  third  Sunday  met  with  the    Brethren 
at  another  school-house,    near   Elington,  same 
county.     H«d  good  congregation  and  good  at- 
tention, and  still  more  calls  for  preaching.  We 
felt  that  the  Lord  is  with   us,    and  that   he  is 
working  with   this  people,   as   well   as   many 
other  places.     We  love  to  read  the  letters  from 
so  many  places  and  hear  of  so  many  coming  to 
the  church.    Brethren  and  sisters,    let   us  not 
wait  for  the  ministers  to  do  all;   let  us   be  up 
and  doing;  let  us  tell  our  neighbors  about  Je- 
sus, and  tell  them  what  a  good  friend  he   is  to 
those  that  love  and  obey  him.    There  is  plenty 
for  all  to  do,  and  we  should  try   to  obey  that 
new  command,  for  he   says,  "A  new  command- 
ment I  give  unto  you,  That  you  iove  one  anoth- 
er;   as  I  have  loved  you,  that  ye  also  love   one 
another.     By  this  shall  all  men  know  that   ye 
are  my  disciples,  if  ye  have  love  one  to   anoth- 
er."     Brethren,   if  we  show  this  love  to  the 
world,  it  speaks  for  Jesus,  for  he  is  love.    Then 
let  us  pray  the   Lord  to  give  us   more  of  that 
love,  that  we  may  do  mora   good.      "We  know 
that  we  have  passed  from  death  unto  life,  be- 
cause we  love  the  Brethren.      He   that   loveth 
not  his  brother  abideth  in  death."     1   John   3; 
14.    Yes,  brethren,  we  must  love  one  another, 
and  do  just  what  Jesus  tells  us  to  do,  and  then 
ere  long  we  will  get  to  the  King  and  see   him 
just  as  he  is  and  we  sometimes  think  it  is  near 
at  liand.    The   Lord  help  us  to   be  ready   to 
meet  him  in  the  clouds,  is  my  prayer. 
Yours  in  love, 

Thom.^s  C.  Wood. 
Uiiy  U,  lST->- 

From  Clinton,  Missouri. 


From    Abilene  Church,  Kansas. 

A.I/-  Birllirm.— 

0U1{  communion  meeting  is  now  among  the 
things  of  the  past.    It  was  held  at  the 
residence  of  Brother  .\bram  Bear,  as  formerly 
announced,  on  May  ITtb,   ISTO.      A   good  at- 
tendance   and  good    order.       The  word   was 
preached   with   power  and    simplicity.      The 
brethren  tried  to  teach  the  old    apostolic    rule, 
faith  and  works.     We  had  a  refreshing  seasoa 
long  to  be  remembered.  Brother  George  Thom- 
as, from  Peabody,  Marion  County,  was  with  ub, 
and  preached  twice  for  us.    Our  elders,   Breth- 
ren John  Humbarger  and  John  Forney,   wish- 
ing to  press  more  laborers  in  the  field,  council- 
ed   the  church,  and    received    a    unanimous 
consent  of  its  members,  and  an  election  was 
held.     Brother  Ahram   Baer  was  advanced  to 
the  second  degree  of  the  ministry,  and  Brother 
Haugh  elected  to  the  ministry,  and  Brother 
Jesse  Shick  and  George  Sappingtou  to  the  dea- 
con office.     May  God  help  them    faithfully    to 
perform  their  duties.     And  so  the  great   work 
ooes  on ;  some  sinners  are  made  to  tremble, 
while  others  give  no    heed    to  the   great    work 
before  them. 

Meeting  closed  and  each  one  departed  for 
their  home,  yet  some  seemed  loth  to  leave  the 
place.  May  God  add  his  blessing,  is  my  prayer, 
S.  A.  Si-TTER. 


Bible  School  Report. 

llmrllMhm:— 

THE  Brethren  met  to  organize  on  the  eth  of 
April;  selected  D.  J.  Whitehead.  Superin- 
tendent; .\aron  B.  Miller,  Assistant:  and  other 
officers  necessary. 

Our  average  attendance,  thus  far,  has  been 
00;  the  interest  has  been  good  and  is  increasing. 
Number  of  verses  committed  up  to  now,  240. 
Number  of  papers  distributed,  366.  (Children 
ut  Work.) 

We  use  the  Joy  Bell  to  learn  the  principle  ot 
singing,  for  which  we  have  a  suitable  teacher 
selected  by  the  school;  though  we  open  and 
close  with  the  Brethren's  Hymn  Bonk. 

We  had  the  pleasure  of  having  Brother 
Sharp  in  our  school  on  the  4th  of  May.  After 
he  addressed  the  school  we  felt  encouraged. 
Brother  Sharp  has  done  a  good  work  in 
this  locality.  He  preached  once  every  Sunday, 
and  in  connection,  visited  two  schools. 

We,  as  often  as  possible,  have  the  school  ad- 
dressed on  some  topic  or  subject  ot  the  Bible, 
though  not  to  exceed  five  loinutes. 
Yours  truly, 

,4.\uoN  B.  Miller. 
Farts.  KtUhurl  Co..  IiuL,  Mmj  V. 


Nr 


From  Wabash,  Indiana. 


IjMrlSrMreii:— 

BROTHER  Lemuel  Hillery  is  now  at  my 
house,  in  the  enjoyment  of  good  health. 
About  a  week  ago  he  passed  through  these 
parts  from  Kansas  and  South-western  Missouri,  [  soliool. 


!)air  BrMrm:—      -■_    „,Mt.l. 

THE  ark  of  the  Lord  is  still  moving  in  this 
part  of  God's  moral  vineyard.      We   held 
our  council  meeting  on    the    ITth.   and    were 


made  to   rejoice   in   seeing   one   precious 


soul 


come  out  on  the  Lord's  side,  to  walk,  we  trust, 
a  living  epistle  known  and  read  of  all  men,  for 
those  are  the  kind  of  Christians  we  love  to  have 
in  our  fraternity.  .Wso  had  before  us  the  Sun- 
day-school question,  which,  I  ain  glad  to  say, 
was  agreed  upon. 

On  Lord's  Day,  at  111   o'clock   we  organised 

the  school,  which  is  to  lie  strictly  a  Brethren's 

Our  prayer  to  Go.1  is  that  it  may  be  * 


7'HP:    BKETJHIIKN^    '^T*    AVOKli. 


innQ    xo 


(ruiU'iil  oue.  Tlie  oSii-trs  ol"  siud  school  areas 
follows:  S,  M.  Auket-mmi,  Supdriuundeut:  the 
writer,  AnistAUt;  J.  U.  &limjuis,  Secretary; 
W.  Hmti*,  Libnimu;  D.  W.  Joues.  Treasurer. 

N.  K  BKlBiUiEH. 


Echoes  from  the  Anttoch    Church,  Znd. 
for  the  Month  of  May. 

THE  Antioch    Church  is  a  part  of  tlio  MMdle 
District  of  Indiana.    It  ha'*  three   poiuU 
at  which  nn-tftings  are  held  regularly. 

Oil  the  first  Sunday  we  mut  with  the  Breth- 
ren at  this  i^lnce  to  disoourne  upon  (JoiI'm  Word- 
Fouud  Ml  attentive  congrPifation,  which  hUowi* 
their  respect  for  th.>  house  of  God.  Ou  our 
way  home  weoalled  toi.ee  ouraKed  Sister  liow* 
man,  who  is  atilicted  with  paralyHia,  and  ha* 
been  so  since  Ia*t  Winter.  Found  her  u  litUe 
better.  Trust  and  pray  that  she  may  bear  h'-r 
afiiictionwilh  Christian  fortitude,  and  with  the 
hope  and  a«uninci- that  "AlHiction  shall  not 
rise  the  second  time." 

The  second  Sunday  was  our  regular  meeting 
at  Dorn,  where  wceiidfavored  to  lead  our  raindft 
to  J«eus,  so  that  all  may  enjoy  thit  Jife  the 
more,  and  iifter  d-ath  an  eternal  life  of  bljwt. 
There  being  no  n-gular  meeting  on  the  3rd 
Sunday,  Brother  . I.  B.  Lair  held  meeting  in  a 
sch'tolhouse  in  the  north-westwru  part  of  tht; 
district.  Brother  Jo.tfph  Li'edy  met  with  th«- 
Brethn-n  in  tii.'  EI  Kiver  Ciiurch.  Bn-liiren 
J.  Baker  and  J.  Tinkel.  who  have  bi'cu  preach- 
ing in  the  southern  part  of  our  dirttrict,  baptis-.f-d 
three.  We  met  with  the  brethren  and  ai8t<'rH 
of  theSalimony  Church,  where  we  labomd  in 
the  M;isU'r's cause,  we  tnnt,  to  the  edifying  of 
one  another.  The  Brethren  here  have  a  largi' 
church,  which  sooms  to  be  in  ]>eftcc  and  harnnt- 
ny.  and  we  prayerfully  hope  they  may  so  con- 
tinue nntilit  is  said,  "it  it  enouifh,  como  up 
higher." 

On  the  4th  Sunday  Elder  Joseph  L^edy 
preached  in  the  f.)r«noon  in  Hart'«  School- 
house,  which  in  one  of  our  regular  points,  and 
in  the  afternonu  at  Mouuineut  City,  a  village 
Dear  by. 

On  the  day  previous  we  drove  to  Ogan'w 
Creek  Church,  and  mi-t  with  them  in  n-giilar 
council,  which  passed  olf  harnioniouHiy.  Then- 
are  a  goodly  number  of  young  mi-mhers  here, 
which  fn-em  to  he  iR-tivu  in  the  cause.  Preach- 
ed on  Saturday  night,  and  also  on  Sunday;  but 
was  deprived  of  meeting  with  iheui  in  tlii'ir 
Sunday-school,  owing  to  the  fact  it  rained  very 
hard  so  there  wii«<  no  Sunday-sclioul. 

On  l«.'*t  M.iitdav,  Elder  .Joseph  Lecdy,  an  del- 
egate for  Middle  District  of  Indiana,  left  home 
to  attend  Annual  Meeting. 

.1.  W.  Soi'Tinvooft. 
LinrolnriUe.  Indiana,  M(i>j  HOth,  lH7'.t. 


We  organized  our  Sunday-school  with  27 
scholar?,  and  now  we  have  4fi.  Our  school  is 
increasing  in  interest. 

May  the  Lord  bless  Brother  Baker  for  his  la- 
bor of  love  among  uh.  The  Brethren  here 
have  had  their  ups  and  doWnn.  The  tide 
has  turned  in  her  favor.  We  are  in  love  and 
union.  Theyhare  built  n  mcetiBg-bouse-  It 
is  not  yet  completed,  hut  it  iH  so  we  cau  hold 
onr  mcetingH  in  it;  and  wp  would  invite  br<?th- 
ren  going  We.it,  to  slop  with  us,  and  if  minis- 
ters tci  preach  for  ns.  Brother  George  Baker 
our  hoHse-keeper.  J.  H.  Killmoke. 


Jhiii 


From  Pettit,  Indianra. 

lire/hrni  .— 


IJlISTcloded  aH 
lor  Itun  Congr 


Prom  New  Sharon,  Iowa. 

AS  1  am  not  ]iprmitti'd  to  meet  with  the 
brethren  and  aister.-t  to-day  I  thought  I 
would  drop  a  few  lines  fur  the  BuKrilUKN  Ai 
Work,  knowing  that  you  desire  to  hear  from 
all  the  cliurches.  The  chnrcli  here  soenis  to  be 
in  union,  but  am  sorry  to  say  tliat  all  are  not 
as  punctual  in  attending  meeting  as  we  would 
like  to  Bee;  but  they  all  hnveexiiuses,  some  one 
thing  and  some  anotlier;  whctlier  their  excuses 
will  juiftify  them  in  staying  away  from  meeting 
we  are  not  able  to  say. 

The  Brethren  hert?  Imve  organized  a  Sabbath- 
school  at  our  uew  meeting-house,  but  it  is  not 
all  in  the  hands  of  the  Itrcthren,  heciiuse  them 
are  not  enough  of  us.  Perhap*  there  would 
be  if  they  would  all  take  uu  active  part,  Wh  at 
apity  it  is  that  many  of  our  brethren  and  sis- 
ters are  so  backward.  Our  school  numbered 
about  fiArlast  Sunday,  and  we  think  the  num- 
ber will  still  increase.  ]t  is  ourearneNt  ])rayer 
that  much  good  might  be  donp.  The  Bretli- 
ren's  Sabbath-school  is  something  uew  to  this 
community,  a.s  many  of  the  jteople  rhought  the 
Brethren  were  opposed  to  Sabbath-schools 
bat  this  was  a  mistake. 

Yoursiater  in  Christ, 

Lizzie  H]i:AitY. 
Matf  31st,  m9. 


igregation.  IVea^hed  <tix  day"; 
baptized  twenty-two.  and  reclaimi'd  one.  Some 
yearn  iigo  this  meeting  was  one  of  the  best  I 
ever  attended  or  conducted.  AH  the  dear 
brethren  and  sisters  seemed  to  be  alive  to  the 
work. 

Brother  .\braham  Miller  wa«  to  a««i»t  me. 
and  did  preach  two  very  good  sermons,  when 
he  received  a  dispatch  to  return  home  nt  once, 
and  hnptiw*  a  dying  man.  Oh!  why  will  men 
put  off  the  JjQrd  until  the  flying  hourf  Strve 
thecnemyall  the  days  of  their  lives  then  at 
death  want  God  to  accept  them.  lam  glad 
that  God  is  vi-ry  merciful. 

Brother  Miller   returned  again    iu«t  as    the 
meetings  closed,  on  his  way  to    Annual  Meet- 
ing,     During   the    progress  of    the     meeting 
the  Brethren  held  an  election  for  three   minis- 
ters and  four  deacons.    The  dear  old  brethren 
who  have  labored  here    for   many    years,    viz.: 
Broflier  Isaac  Ikenberry  and  .Jacob  Flory,  beg- 
ged the  church  to  grant   theiii    more    laborer*, 
and  were  then  admiuistered    to    pray  the  Lord 
to  send  forth   more  faithful  laborers   into  his 
vineyard  with  much  solemnity.      The  church 
cFwt  her  vote,  and  the  following  dear  brethren 
were  elected:    Brethren  Sanf  inl  St'awright,  A 
.1.  Flory,  and  Balser  G.trilt.i)    tr,    (he    ministry, 
and  Brethren  .Jonas  |''|f>n-,  Abr/ihatu  Brubaker 
■John  King-ry  and  Henry    Laiidis   as   deacons. 
O  may  the  Lord  bless  these  dear  brethren  that 
they  may  be  eUicient  workers  in    their   several 
callings.     Dear  Brethren,  you  have  voted    and 
wept  when  the    dear  brethren   were  installed 
into  their  office,  help   them;  never  discourage 
them;  but  pray  the  Lord  in    his  behalf.      May 
(!od  bless  all  his  dear  children. 
Youra  fraternally, 

Gkorok  W.  Crii'k. 

From  Dorrancc  Church,  Kansas. 


From  Oaktown,  Indiana, 

MY  wife  receives  the  BuethreV  at  Work 
sent  her  by  Father  David  Sfayor.  which 
we  read  with  great  interest.  After  r.-ading  it 
weaend  it  to  our  neighbors.  We  live  fourteen 
miles  north  of  Vincennts  or  forty-five  miles 
«outh  of  Terre  Haute  on  the  E.  &  C.  It.  R-  at  a 
point  called  Oaktown. 

I  never  saw  a  Duuksrd  in  this  part  of  the 
country.  I  think  there  would  be  a  good  open- 
ing for  n  church.  We  have  a  good  many  old 
people,  sixty  year^  of  age.  that  belong  to  no 
church.  If  any  -.f  the  B/ethrea  niinisU'rs  will 
corae  I  will  see  that  you  get  a  house  to  preach 
in.  No  doubt  a  good  reward  could  be  reaped 
by  hoMing  a  series  of  meeting  here.  Many 
are  astonislnMl  at  your  doctrine.  They  say 
they  would  like  to  hear  you  preach  any  time 
you  come.    Write  m*-;  my  doors  are  opeu. 

Jaues  W.  Kaju.k. 


Fron  Harlan,  Shelby  County,  la. 

iMitr  Ilrrihrtti:— 
pROTHEK  George  Baker,  of  Polk  County, 
\}  Altoona,  Iowa,  came  to  us  on  the  12th  of 
April.  Had  meeting  in  the  evening  and  also 
on  Easter  Sunday;  organized  a  Sunday-ficbool; 
preached  again  in  the  evening;  and  also  on 
Monday  and  Monday  evening.  Brother  George 
spoke  the  word  with  great  plainness  and  with 
power,  giving  to  both  saint  and  sinner  their 
portion  of  meat  in  due  seaaon.  The  church 
wag  much  built  up.  My  prayer  is  that  the 
ieed  that  Brother  George  Bowed  nay  bring 
forih  ita  hundredfold. 


lirttr  iirHhren: — 
117  K  had  our  I^ovo'feailon  the  17th  and  IStli 
If  of  May.  We  orgftni/,ed  and  called  thin 
thel><)rrauce  ('hurch.  Brother  .lohn  Newcom- 
er was  ordained  to  elder  and  Brother  Dauiel 
Shank  and  Jacob  Kidler  were  elected  to  the 
oiHce  of  deacon.  Four  were  received  by  bap- 
tism, titteen  by  letter,  one  wits  reclaimed,  and 
some  came  Hince  our  feast. 

This  diurch  is  in  union  nnd  love,  and  in  a 
prosperous  condition.  It  uumbera  about  fifty 
members,  and  prospects  of  others  coming  soon. 
We  have  preaching  at  four  dillerent  placets  and 
intend  starting  nieetiug  at  two  or  three  other 
places.  We  luive  five  speakers,  viz. :  .John 
Newcomer,  Casper  Iloslelt,  William  Heim,  Cal- 
vin Cover,  and  John  Holliuger;  and  Dauiel 
Shank  and  Jacob  Keller  are  our  deacons.  We 
have  a  very  largo  territory  to  work  in.  We 
could  use  more  help  to  advantage.  Tlie  speak- 
er Irom  abroad  at  our  foist  were  Brother  .loii- 
athan  Lichty,  of  Pony  Creek;  Brother  Allen 
Ives,  of  Burr  Oak:  Brother  James  Bailey,  oi 
Salem:  Brother  John  Fuller,  of  Twin  Creek. 
We  had  our  Love-fisast  in  a  tent. 

Joir.N  HOLUNOEB. 


From  Belington,  Barbour  County  W.  Va. 

Dmr  Jirrfhrrn: — 
'■pHE  Valley  River  Church  is  .^till  prospering. 
I  Seven  additions  since  last  .January.  Out 
recently  baptized  was  a  very  able  minister  ot 
theCampbellites.  I  filled  one  of  his  appoint- 
inent*  at  their  church  recently.  In  the  jifter- 
noon  their  minister  reviewed  my  discourse,  and 
tried  to  show  to  his  bretliren  that  it  was  erro- 
neous, and  then  he  challenged  us  for  u  discuss- 
ion. We  are  not  sure  whether  we  will  discuss 
with  him,  but  if  we  do  will  probably  give  you 
some  report  ol'  it.  The  weather  is  dry  and 
crops  are  very  backward. 

Yours  fraternally, 

W.  A.  Gaunt." 

From  Silver  Creek,  Ohio. 

THE  Brethreu  here  met  in  church  council  on 
the  ;}Ist  "f  May.  After  the  opening  ser- 
vice, the  report  was  heard,  which  seemed  to  say 
all  is  well,  with  two  exceptions,  A  very  few 
are  picking  at  things  that  they  ought  not  for 
their  own  good  and  for  the  good  of  the  church  . 
But  all  was  passed  by  for  the  present,  and  we 
hojie  for  good.  Alter  which  arrangements 
were  made  for  a  couimuniou  meeting  to  be  held 
on  Thursday;  June  17,  at  the  Silver  Creek 
Meeting-honss.    A^gyral  invitation  is  given 


.From  Modesto,  Cal. 

THE  Stanisi:iiit  Church  was  organized  " 
XovemWr,  1S74.  with  thirty-one  me.Ii'! 
I»ers.  including  w-*-eximini*tt'rs  and  three  (J,^-' 
cons.  At  pre-eut  we  number  thirty-three" 
During  the  tiuie— about  four  and  one-half  yp' 
—eighteen  members  Irft  us,  mostly  with  letter 
of  membership,  but  some  were  diaowned; 
died,  making  nineteen  in  all  since  oiir  organ 
izatioo.  Peteu  S.  Gaujiav 

J/riy  2f}lk,  IfffO. 


^^nr«incdd  j0«^P«VtiHcut 


Km  (l<nl>r<)l  la  ImtfntB.  fotront  la  «plrfl,  aervlng  u 


mutciir,  roptfft ' 


MOKRT  LIST. 
nonnnriinijtir  nne  dollm.     !>,.  „„,  i.A'if* 


^^"i 


I 


D  linilinllllL 


Sti«!( 


We  have  two. 
with  good  att*^ndance 


ih-3chools  in  progress, 
good  interest. 

A.  K.  Brown. 


A  Correction. 


From  Turkey  Creek  Church,  Ind. 

01 '  R  Love-feast  was  held  on  the  2itth  of  May. 
Brethren  J.  Knisely  and  D.  Baer  were  the 
speakers.  The  church  was  much  edified,  In- 
deed it  was  good  to  be  there.  We  bad  a  profit- 
able waiting  before  the  Lord.  In  the  farewell 
address  in  the  morning  many  tears  were  seen 
to  liow  at  what  the  brethren  said.  Perhaws 
this  may  be  the  last  time  for  some  of  us  to 
commune. 

On  Pentecost  two  were  baptized, — a  man  and 
wife.  The  man  was  stricken  down  with  a  lever. 
and  having  been  under  conviction  for  two  years, 
he  became  alarmed  of  his  condition,  having 
lost  a  son  shortly  before,  ao  we  hauled  them  to 
the  wat'?r  and  baptized  them.  When  he  came 
out  of  the  water  he  was  heard  to  praise  God. 
Mayotheri  take  waruinjf. 

J.  H.  Miller. 

iftl/orJ.  iHdMna,  June  ^nd,  ItfTif. 


N  my  report  of  District  Meeting  of  1879,  the 
following  tyoographical  errors  occur: 
"/  present  to  the  meeting  for  adoption,"  should 
■cad, 'IH(/ present,  etc.  Also  instead  of  "defi- 
ciencies discovered  aud  evangelists,"  should 
read,  deficiencies  discovered  aud  explained. 
Then  also  in  your  editorial  item  concerning 
North  Missouri  mission  work  you  fail  to  re- 
member thai  Brother  William  B.  S>'U  was  also 
in  the  missio.;  field  with  myself  last  year,  aud 
it  is  due  him  to  note  this.  C.  C.  Root. 

[Thanks  for  the  correction.  We  had  forgo  t- 
ten  about  Brother  Sell  being  appointed  on  the 
uiission  last  year.  Hope  he  will  uardon  us  for 
this  slip  of  the  memory. — Ens.J 

From  Roann,  Indiana. 

Jhnr  Jii-fithrfii:— 
'pHE  good  Jjord   h|^s   blessed   us   with    rain. 
J      We  have  not  had  any  rain  for  three  weeks 
till  to-day. 

Our  district  of  church  known  as  the  Squirrel 
Creek  District  is  in  a  prosperous  condition. 
Four  weeks  ago  four  were  baptized,  aud  we 
have  had  others  that  came  to  tbft  church  this 
Spring.  Our  ministers  preach  every  Sunday 
and  sometimes  twiiie.  Lord,  bless  the  mission- 
ary work  that  the  Brethren  are  about  to  engage 
in.  AitTHi-R  Bhi-dakkr. 


From  D.  B.  Gibson. 

I  HAVE  done  four  days  preaching  in  ihe 
North  Missouri  missionary  field,  near  De- 
Witt,  Missouri.  The  second  night  they  closed 
the  school-house  on  me,  which  did  not  stop  the 
meeting,  as  I  was  oti'ered  the  use  of  private 
houses,  by  Brethren  and  other  denominations, 
(juite  an  intere:it  suceeded,  aud  there  were  four 
baptized  and  one  applicant.  Oue  wai  a  Meth- 
odist and  one  a  Campbeihte.  Our  held  is  too- 
large  for  the  force  and  time  allotted.  Thia  is 
in  advance  of  the  specified  time  to  begin. 


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A.  A.  Ownliy,  lowii 

D.  Burnic 

Prcvioufly  ruportod . . 


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PAPXR3  SENT  TO  TUE  Pdub.  —  Brluw  wo   acknowlnlfa   n 

week  t>i  wii«h  thu  nuriibiTiif  pa|ieni  avnt  to  [HMC  mDmbori  (cl'lrij; 
InltlaUi  uDlyl  nnd  puld  Ibi  out  uf  (lie  abOTe  riuid,  obarKliin  but  une  1 
lar  a  yi«r  fur  the  pajier  : 

.1.  W   7..  Piillnyni,   Pa _.   .,  fi 

Ptovl.iuily  wjxirttNl si 


OUTSIDERS'   FUND.' 

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and  In  iitdi'i  lo  ti-sili  lu  many  oI  Una  clim  u  fUMlblo,  we  ruucludr  to 

niiik*  il.i'  fuUowiUK  llbi.ml  oBen  SfnJ  u»  tlip  nniui~i  of  lurh  iiuurrt*™ 

lid  rtnd  aud  appreciau  tho  pappr,  and  we  will  caretQIly 


k  Ix-ik.  a 


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d  tbcii 


II<.l^alloii 

fur  lln.  Oin 

Below  wo 

and  impen  ■ 

y  cau  be  raiani  to  pay  for  II, 
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x-d  wurk  amonK  tliM*  whotr 
i;-  m..iir>  fur  Ihii  piirpoiu,  a 

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wret.  »l 

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Pn-Tloualy  rcjwrtcd  . 

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Total 

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81111  -.f. 

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and  do  nui  f 

a  Ibo  Nam 
n.grt  to  do 

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(b.-  nmd 

lipryclalfl  U 

D  paper 

l^itnonnii^mi^nis. 


OcB  rule  'n  to  g 


4  notices  huloue  iusertioQ    They  should 
■{.  And  written  on  pnp»r  sepaiAte 
irom  all  olber  husiueas. 


LOVB- FEASTS. 


The  Brclhreii  or  Dig  Grove  Church,  Beuloo  Couqiy, 
Iowa,  intentl  in  tioM  their  Love-Teiut  on  (he  Sth  au-i  Ulli 
of  July,  commencing  nl  10  A  M.  The  usual  inviliition  is 
giveu.  Any  oie  coming  hy  mil  will  pet  off  tit  Gftrrison, 
The  truifi  will  nrrife  there  nt  !l:40  A.  M. 

GkoB'iK  AncyEiaKKNKR. 


W.  17.  R.  R.  TIME  TABLE. 


Day  Ei|.r«... 
Mfcbl  K>oi.w. 
Accouiiiii^Liitliin 


. ,  fc06  P  M 
. .  I  -»A  M 

..IftOSA,  M 


*.ni...ii..,.  «t«.-.i,ri.  Ln.,Hi  Juu(ll.>n.  O   .V.  yJlITIl.  A««"l 

rasspiieers  fur  Clilt-iiiio  should  li^itvi- Liuiaik  at 
12:13  P.  M.;  1 1111  InTIm  Wtstern  V^nimi  JimcUon; 
iiere  tlipv  nt'fii  witit  hut  llvtMiiiiiutea  f'T  the  Clii; 

oiiKi'.  -Milw.iukfe  mill  M.  PhiiI  |i.iSrtt.-ni?fl  Uaiu.^H];" 
lliu.s  n-;ichCli,r;it;uat7:«  tin- s;imo  evuiiinj.'.  fo 
reiii-h  I.;iii:iik  fi.iiLi  Chif.itfip-  m.  Lu  Vt  W:vyin'  "*^ 
I'ol,  take  tlif  CliKiiKu,  ililw^uikf"  and  ^t.  I'iJ"' 
iriiii  al  fivein  thf  fvciiing;  run  N'orth  to  tlte»- 
L'.  Junction,  change  cars  for  Laniirk,  and  arriTs 
here  at  I  ;57  in  the  morning. 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


''Behold  I  Briruf   You  Good  Tidini/s  of  Great  Joy,  which  Shall  be  to  All  People" 


—  LuKx  2:  10. 


Lanark,  111.,  June  26,  1879. 


No.  26 


AND  PUBU3HBD  WEEKLY 

—  BI  — 

&    M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 


l,f  l5«;^*ft»tP»  at  ^ocft. 

lOITED 

,,  MOORE 

SPECIAL  CONTRIBnTOHS; 

.    .    _    -    -      ladoga,  utd. 

,^-dias. 


MT.  MORKIS,  ILL. 

-  -  VIKDEN,  U-L. 
WXTNESBOnO,  PA. 

-  XJHBANA,    ILL. 


51IIENTS 


OF  VOL.  4.  NO.   26. 


(niiR"' 


>nTi("LEs: 


Tnge 


Meeting  for  l^wn.. 


inn  I 

^HIHVTED    ABTICLES: 

^      ;  Thoughts  on  A.  M.-R.  H.  Miller 4 

\  \.  \V;iy  to  I'iilestiue  —J.  W.  McGarvey  ...  i> 

ii)i,.  Furt-J.  S.  Mohler 2 

,11,1  Uny  Debate 1 

li.vils  lliiilK-— C.  11.  BalsljiiugU . .  — ....  i 

i,ii,t.— IT.  P-  Brinkwortb .1 2 

More  to  Say.— J.  J.  Hoover....; 0 

this  Siiying.— Solomon  Gilbert u 

,1  Coming.— N.  S.  Dale. .  - •> 

-Mary  C.  Miller i 


Hrifiving 

■.BBtsrONTKNl-E: 

the  Way.— John  Calvin-  Bright " 

iWolf  ill  the  (Mmi>.-M.  H.  Fowler 7 

ff„ai  Dip  1'""^  '^t'^i"  State.-.Tacob  Berkey 1 

ffuiu  Mapleton.  Kansna.-M.  T.  Baer 1 

f,.,i,iMil(onl,Indiana-J.H.  Miller ^-..,' 

rri'iii  Nurtlivru  District  of  Missouri 7 

of  'I'lavel.— I-  J.  Rosenberger 6 

fpim  l-aporte  Co.,  Indiana,— Thuraton  Miller  8 

Fwm  I'ettit.  Ind.-Geurge  W.  Cripe » 

ft„ui  Center  View.  Mo.,-S.  P.  Weaver 8 

Fmui  Jjlioals.  Martin  Co.,  Ind.— David  A.  Nor- 

eross ■ • ** 

\xm  I'iinora.  Iowa.— .1.  D.  Haughtelm b 

from  Allentown,  I'enn.— H.  F.  llosenberger..  8 

OiCIED: 

Hon  Some  People  Marry  and  Live '  H 

WIRY- 
Will  Give  Thee  the  Desiie  Of  thy  Heart.'  -  -  -  2 

tXiD'l  flitoii  my  Paper ^ 


STEIN  AND  RAY  DEBATE. 

fmp.  1st— Brethren  (or  Tunker)  Churches  pos- 

the  [iit.le  Cliaracteristics  which  entitle 
ih™  to  be  regarded  as  Churches  of  Jeaua 
Christ. 

J.  W,  Stein.  Affirms. 

D.  B.  Ray.  Denies. 

£Lt>.  11.  ».  KW'S  FIFTEENTH  REPLY. 

'1!  friend  "fails  to  respond  to  our  argu- 
ments" l>.ised  on  the  Tunkpr  church  sui- 
ffiioii.  As  we  surmised,  he  dares  not  answer 
UijUiBtion,  "Where  was  the  bride  during  sev- 
ii«D  centuries  prior  to  seventeen  hundred  and 
!ht,wben  the  fii-st  Tunkerchurch  was  organ- 
fciin  Germany  under  Alexander  Mack,  Who 
>1  where  were  the  mon  and  women  that  "kept 
liiuancps  as  they  were  delivered  bj'  Christ" 
f'mthe  third  to  the  eighteenth  century?  By 
iii»l  Dames  or  nicknames  were  the  true  church- 
known  during  the  dark  ages?  Mr.  Stein 
^^  "not  doubt  that  Christ  has  always  had 
iirolie'i  somewhere  on  earth  which  have  held 
^^  practiced  substantially  what  the  brethren 
'^■^xsA  practice  now."  Now  it" our  friend  is 
iiroiig  in  the  faith  of  church  succession  as  to 
^'t-  uo  doubt  on  the  subject,  he  must  possess 
iilence  to  prove  it.  Will  he  tell  us  of 
ifn  one- local  church  on  earth  during  the  tif- 
'"  '-^iitiiries  prior  to  the  eighteenth  that  pos- 
'^^  all  the  characteristics  whiih  he  regards 
"ssential  to  a  church  of  Christ?  Will  he  an- 
'"■''  Andif  Christ  had  true  cluirehes  prior 
^'le  eighteenth  century,  why  did  not  ihe  orig- 
^Tuokers  unite  with  theni  iust&id  of  start- 
>"eworganiK!ition?  Will  Mr.  Stein  an- 
|*f  another  question?  Has  an  iinhaptiy.ed 
*"'cl»ild  of  the  devil  a  right  to  administer 
^'i8tu  and  originate  a  church  of  Christ?  Ai- 
!^S  to  their  own  testimony,  the  original 
"^er  church  was  composed  of  those  haptized  1  .hurcli     nttempts    to 


by  an  unregenerated  child  of  Satan  without  any 
connection  ^sith  the  true  church. 

We  again  insert  our  proofs  that  the   Tunker 
churches  are  not  churches  of  Christ  because  they 
had  their  origin  in  ITdS.     The  Tunker   histori- 
ans freely  confess  that  their  "origin    and    his- 
tory'.' dates  from  the  year    ITOS,    having    taken 
its|  their]  rise  in    Germany    about    that  time." 
"Some  eight  persons  in  number,  who  had    been 
bred  Presbyterians,  except  one  who  wivs  a  Luth- 
eran," "all  were  baptized  by   trine    immersion, 
organized  themselves  into  a  church,  and    chose 
Alexander  Mack  lor  their  first  minister."    This 
self- organized  society,  with  Mr.  Mack  a.s  thehrst 
preacher,  was  the  first  Tanker   church,  by   the 
confession  of  the  Tunkers  themselves,  that  ever 
existed  upon  the   earth.     But   the   churches  of 
Christ  had  their  origin  under  the    ministry    of 
Jesus  Christ   and    the   apostles;    therefore    the 
churches  which  had  their  origin  under  the  min- 
istry of  Mr.  Mack  and  his  disciples,  in  the  eight- 
eenth century,  cannot    be   churches   of  Jesus 
Christ.     The  Tunker  churchc:^  are  wholly    des- 
titute of  the  scriptural  church  succession.    The 
original  church  of  Christ  was  established  in  the 
first  century,  but  the  original   Tunker  church 
was    established    in  the  eighteenth     century; 
therefore,  the  Tunker   churches,  which  sprung 
from  this   origin,    are    nnt   churches   of  Jesus 
Chnst.     Mr.  Moore,  the  Tunker  editor,    is  so 
hard    pressed    for  church    succession   that    he 
attempts  to  tie  to  the  G^eek   church   "as  one 
branch  of  the  christian  church"  which  has  "pre- 
served both  the  mode  and  form   of  baptism   in 
all  its  divine  and  apostolic  perfection."     If  the 
Greek  Catholic  churcli  was  one    branch  of  the 
christian   church   when   the  Tunkers  started, 
why  did  they  not  unite  with  it  instead  of  setting 
up  an  opposing  society? 

On  the  oath  qviestion,  Mr.  Stein  surrenders 
by  granting  that  "alirns  are  reiiuired  to  enter 
Christ's  church  by  solemn  oath  of  allegiance." 
But  he  tries  to  dodge  the  force  of  his  own  ad- 
mission by  holding  that  aliens  must  enter  the 
church  by  solemn  oath;  hut  Christ's  "subjects" 
must  swear  not  at  all!  But  it  has  already  been 
shown  by  overwhelming  testimony  that  every 
true  believer  is  already  a  child  of  God  and  is 
therefore  not  an  alien  from  Christ,  therefore, 
the  children  of  God  are  to  be  received  into  his 
church  "by  solemn  oath  of  allegiance."  As  Mr. 
Stein  holds  that  christian  ministers  are  to  ad- 
minister this  sohmn  oath  of  (tileifuiuce  to  others, 
therefore  they  are  not  opposed  to  swearing  al- 
legiance to  Christ.  Even  according  to  the 
Tunkers  themselves  the  prohibition,  "Swear  not 
at  a'.l,"  must  not  have  a  universal  application. 
We  did  not  call  it  "solemn  mockery"  and 
"blasphemous  assumption"  to  anoint  the  sick 
with  oil.  but  to  anoint  with  oil  for  "the  forgive- 
ness of  sins."  as  held  by  Mr.  Stein,  is  blasphemy 
and  assumption.  If  we  are  to  pretend  to  do 
everything  which  was  enjoined  upon  the  inspir- 
ed apostles,  then  we  must  "cleanse  the  lepers, 
raise  the  dead,  and  cast  out  devils"!  Do  the 
Tunkers  obey  this  command?  The  apostles 
"cast  out  many  devils,  and  anointed  with  oil 
many  that  were  sick,  and  healed  them."  (Mark 
6:  13.)  It  is  not  true  that  Baptists  have  ever 
attempted  to  forgive  sins  by  anointing  with  oil 
We  are  not  discussing  Baptist  church  suc- 
cession now.  therefore  our  friend's  questions  on 
that  subject  are  not  pertinent. 

Mr.  Stein's  third  reason  why  the  Tunker 
church  is  the  bride  of  Christ  lies  in  their  pecu- 
liarity of  dress!  He  says,  "they  refuse  to  con- 
form to  the  world  in  the  costliness  and  fashion 
of  their  apparel."  Some  orders  in  the  Catholic 
hierarchy  are  not  allowed  to  conform  to  the  rest 
of  the  world  in  their  dress;  do  they  therefore  be- 
long to  the  true  .hurch  of  Christ?  The  Quak- 
ers do  not  conform  to  the  rest  of  the  world  in 
the  costliness  and  fashion  of  their  apparel."  Is 
the  Qudkerchurch  thereforetlie  bride  of  Christ? 
We  make  no  apology  whatever  for  extravagant 
and  superHuousdnssing:  but  when  a  pretended 
tablish   conformity   in 


dress,  we  know  that  it  has  thereby  partaken  of 
one  feature  of  anti-Christ.  We  are  command- 
ed to  "be  not  conformed  to  the  world;"  but 
when  we  conform  to  the  ecclesia.<itical  nonsense 
of  the  Tunker  church  in  its  pitiful  whims  about 
the  style  and  fashion  of  our  dressing,  we  have 
conformed  to  the  world  in  the  most  emphatic 
sense. 

While  the  ancient  Waldenses  avoided  all  ap- 
pearance of  pride  in  their  dres-s,  they  did  not. 
like  the  Tunkers.  in  violation  of  the  Word  of 
God.  enact  laws  prescribing  the  fashion,  cut,  or 
color  of  the  garmentd  to  be  worn.  The  Tunk- 
ers have  just  as  much  authority  to  decide  that 
"sheep-skins  and  goat-skins"  shall  furnish  the 
only  clothing  for  tlieir  members,  as  to  attempt 
to  ape  the  miserable  flummeries  of  the  church 
of  Rome  by  establishing  contbrmity  in  dress. 

Slionld  the  next  annual  council,  which  rules 
the  Tunker  churches,  make  this  improvement, 
then  Mr.  Stein  could  make  the  following  won- 
derful argument:  1.  Ray  admits  that  the  an- 
cient Waldeusean  churches  were  true  churches. 
2.  He  might  find  some  historian  to  say  that  the 
ancient  Waldenses  wandered  in  "sheep-skins 
and  in  gnat-skius."  3.  Then,  with  an  air  of 
triumph,  Mr.  Stein  might  say,  "I  therefore 
prove  by  him,  that  wearing  'sheep-skins  and 
goat-skina'  is  characteristic  of  the  church  of 
Christ!"  Such  quibbling  IS  unworthy  of  aver- 
age Bchool-boj  8. 

Again,  we  illustrate  our  friend's  arguments 
as  follows:  1.  We  admit  that  the  ancient  Wal- 
densean  churches  were  churches  of  Christ.  2. 
We  also  admit  that  many  of  these  Waldenses 
lived  in  "dens  and  caves  of  the  earth  "—there- 
fore, according  to  our  friend's  argument  (,? 
dwelling  in  "dens  and  caves  of  the  earth"  is  one 
of  the  essential  characteristics  of  the  true  church 
of  Christ! 

As  an  example  of  the  superstition  of  the 
Tunker  churches  in  regard  to  conformity  in 
dress,  we  call  attention  to  the  ftdlowing  state- 
ments in  a  small  work  called,  "One  Faith,"  by 
M.  M.  Eshelman,  pp.  2l»,  30.  Ue  says:  "But 
that  the  long  hair,  put  upon  the  head,  is  the 
power  or  spiritual  covering  alluded  to  in  vei-sts 
5,  6,  and  10,  we  do  not  believe."  Again:  "The 
apostle  evidently  meant  just  what  he  wrote,  viz: 
that  the  long  haii-  of  a  woman  was  given  for  a 
glory  (vs.  15J  andthat  this  glory  covering  should 
be  covered  with  a  veil,  in  order  to  spiritual 
strength  and  power."  But  instead  of  the  an- 
cient veil,  or  head-dress,  worn  by  the  sisters  in 
the  ancient  churches,  the  Tunkern  have  estab- 
lished what  they  call  a  "spiritual  covering." 
very  much  like  the  night-caps  of  our  grand- 
mothers. The  wearing  of  this  cap  the  Tunk- 
ers regard  as  essential  to  salvation!!!  And  they 
are  so  extravagant  in  dress  that,  in  addition  to 
this  "spiritual  covering,"  the  Tnnker  ladies 
wear  a  bonnet,  which  they  usually  take  otl'  in 
church.  Such  ridiculous  laws  and  customs  es- 
tablished by  the  Tunkers.donot  deserve  serious 
consideration.  The  Tunkers  have  enacted  laws 
enforcing  conformity  in  dress,  contrary  to  the 
word  of  God ;  and,  therefore,  they  are  not  church- 
es of  Christ. 


duplicity  moans  doubt  in  heart,  speech  or  deal- 
ing.    How  do  we  lind  Christ  in  regard  to  these 
things?    Do  we  6nd  any  of  them  in  his  walk 
or  conversation?     If  not.  then  we  may  be  «nre 
they  should  not  be  f.innd  in  ours.     Paul  Rays  to 
one  of  the  churches,  "being  crafty  I  caught  you 
with  guile,"  then  he  had  to   reprove  them,   for 
they  had  departed  from  holiness,   and   had  be- 
come cunning  and  crafty.     But  we  kmtc  that 
in  Christ  there  was  no  guilo,  for  it  is  the  oppo- 
site to  hoi  mess.     He  was  pure,  free  from  sin; 
"when  he    was   reviled,  he   reviled   not  again; 
when  he  suffered,  he  threat«ned  not,  hot  com- 
mitted himself  to  him  that  judgeth  righteously." 
1  Pet.  2:  2;i.     Theo  we  find  that  Christ   reviled 
not,  when  he  was  reproached  or  censured   for  a 
fault,  or  a  supposed  fault,  m  a  severe   manner; 
he  did  not  answer  in  the  same  way.   and    if  wo 
wish  to  walk  in  his  footsteps,  we  must  be  caro 
ful  that  we  do  not  revile.     When    he   sulfered, 
he  threatened  not,  but  whatdid  he  do?  he  com- 
mitted himself  to  him  that  judgeth  righteously. 
Here  i(i  comfort  for  theweai-y  trivveler.  Though 
we  may  suffer  wrongfully,  if  we   do  our  duty, 
put  our  trust  in  our  Master,  we  will  be  judged 
with  a  righteous  judgment,  we  need   not  fear. 
And  We  have  the  apostles  also  for  examples   of 
true  holiness.  Weread  it  in  theiractions;  when 
they    reviled,   thev  hlessed;    when  persecuted, 
they  suffered  it;  when  defamed,  they  entreattd. 
Defamed  means  to  be  accused  falsely,  and  know- 
ingly- 

See,  dear  reader,  if  we  wish  to  be  holy  and 
free  from  sin,  we  have  a  work  to  do,  and  thak 
work  consists  largely  in  watching  ourselves, 
lest  we  step  aside  from  the  narrow  wa,y  marked 
out  by  our  Forerunner,  even  Jesus.  To  he  ho- 
ly, then,  we  must  lead  a  lifp  of  purity.  Our  eye 
must  be  single.  We  must  consecrate  ourselves 
and  our  all  unto  him  with  whom  we  have  to 
do.  "By  him  therefore  let  us  offer  the  sacriBce 
of  praise  to  God  continually,  that  is,  the  fruit 
of  our  lips  giving  thanks  to  his  name.  But  to 
do  good  and  communicate  forget  not;  for  with 
such  sacrifice  God  is  well  pleased."  Heb.  13: 
15, 16.  Then  to  be  holy  we  must  not  defile 
ourselves  with  sin. 
MarahallfowH,  Imra. 


THE  RICH  POOR. 

A  POOR  but  pious  woman  called  npon  two 
elegant  young  ladies,  who.  regardless  of 
her  poverty,  invited  her  to  sit  down  with  them 
in  the  drawing-room,  and  entered  into  conver- 
sation with  her  upon  religious  subjects.  While 
thus  employed,  their  brother,  a  dashing  youth, 
by  chance  entered,  and  appeared  astonished  to 
see  his  sisters  thus  engaged.  One  of  them  In- 
stantly exclaimed,  "Brother,  don't !«  surprised; 
this  is  a  king's  daughter,  though  she  has  not 
yet  put  on  her  fine  clothes." 

How  truly  rich  and  nohle  is  every  child  r)f 
God.  however,  poor  and  humblemav  be  the  <'.ir- 
cumstanccs  of  the  eartly  life. 


HOLINESS. 


BY  MARY  C.  Mil. 


"BatiU!  he  Which  bath  called  you  ia  holy,  so  be 
ye  holy  in  all  manner  of  conversation."  1  Pet.  1: 
15. 

HOLINESS  means  purity,  freedom  from 
guile.  God  says,  "be  ye  holy,  for  I  am 
holy."  It  is  written  of  Christ  that  no  guile 
was  found  in  his  mouth,  he  was  called  the  ho- 
ly one  of  God,  and  if  we  follow  him  in  his  path- 
way through  the  life  that  he  lived  hereupon 
earth,  we  will  nodoubtfind  outsomething  what 
constitutes  holinesri,  or  a  holy  life.  This  is  very 
needful  for  us  to  know,  for  it  is  written,  "with- 
out holiness,  we  cannot  see  God."  The  Chris- 
tian >nH>it  live  a  holy  life.  Guile  means  craft, 
cunning,  duplicity.    Craft   means  artful,  and 


How  much  we  may  differ  in  regard  to  theories, 
ways  and  means  to  be  used,  all  true  men  an  wo- 
men will  agree  as  to  the  great  object  to  be  at- 
tained and  the  object  for  which  the  Father  sent 
his  beloved  Son  into  the  world.  It  was  to 
save  men  from  sin.  and  bring  them  to  righteoos- 
ness  and  peace  forever.  We  all  agree  that  the 
end  and  aim  of  all  law  and  gospel  is  a  nobl« 
manhood  and  a  true  womanhood.  We  are  call- 
ed to  he  honest  and  loving  sons  and  daughter? 
of  God.  The  value  of  all  doctrines,  creeds,  sys- 
tems and  religions  must  be  estimat-'d  by  their 
power  to  make  men  better.  All  true  religion 
helps  men  to  build  true,  pure,  beautiful  charac- 
ters, living  characters  that  shall  stand  the  test 
of  tire,  and  shine  brighter  and  lirighter  unto 
the  parfect  day. 


A  single  sigh  breathed  from  the  bottom  of « 
burdened  heart  is  a  loud  cry  in  the  ear  of  God. 


n 


THK    BliKTHKEN   -A.T   "WOHK:. 


June 


■I  will  GIVE  THEE  THE  DE 
SIRES  OF  THY   HEART.' 


1KCLK  of  children  wer»  sittinp 


I  tWsliHtlf  ot  tlie  olives  ont*  day: 
Their  heads  crowm-d  with  roses  «nd  lillie) 


['heir  In 
At  rest  from  thoir  innocent.  p!ny. 

"And  so  you  saw  .lesiis?"  said  K/.ra. 

Who  loaned  on  ;»  slieaf  of  rjpe  rorn. 
For  h«  hftd  l»«^n  out  with  the  glennent. 
Since  the  first  breaking  of  mom. 

"Oli  yes,"  cried  the  diildren.  iind  Kuth    mud, 

"lie  stopix»d  at  tlif  way-dide  to  rest, 
And  called  us  mid  little  Nuthaniel 

He  liflfd  ui>  iiuto  his  breast. 
"Aud  that's  why  he  weara  those  whit#  lilliea, 

We  frowned  him  for  love  of  the  Lord 
Whose  li|>3  kissed  his  dear  littlw  forehead, 

Aud.  K/.ra.  you  ought  to  have  heard 
"All  the  Bweet  worda  he  said  to  uh  children! 

We  could  uot  go  on  with  our  plav, 
UtJt  have  sat  here  and  talked  it  all  over. 
And  wished  that  he  always  would  «tay." 

"I  wi«h  he  would  Htay— "  idghed  Nathaniel, 
•"I  love  him  B  thousand  and  one: 

I  wish  I  could  lie  on  hia  bosom 
Till  mother  the  ghtaninji  hiid  done." 

And  K/ni  arose  with  his  corn  sheal, 

And  thoughtfuUv  went  on  his  way. 
"O  if  I  'ould  see  him!"  he  whispered, 
"I  wish  I  had  be*n  here  to-day. 

"But  maybe  again  he'll  be  coming 
This  way.— I  will  wnU'.h  tu*  I  glean. 

I  should  know  him  Ihechief  of  a  thou'iand. 
The  kingliest  form  ever  seen. 

"liut  they  say  ho  is  tender  and  gentle 

As  ever  a  woman  could  be; 
I  long  to  behold^  him  this  Jesus, 

Aud  yet  would  he  look  upon  me?" 

'•I  onl>  would  speak  of  my  mother, 

If  just  for  a  niomeitl  he'd  hear, 
For  they  way  tlntt  he  healeth  the  imlsy. 

()  .lecus  the  ble.sned!— draw  near!" 

And  E/.ra  went  on  to  the  cottage 

Where  all  through  the  long  weary  day. 

His  mother,  alone,  sick  of  palsy 
lu  uormw  and  heliilessness  lay. 

Aud  lo  us  he  entiTcfJ,  a  Hti-angcr 

Passed  out  of  the  cottage  dtor, 
And  laid  his  hand  on  him,  and  blessed  him. 

And  his  lieart  thrilled  as  never  before. 

And  his  mother  spranp  forward  to  meet  him, 
W*ith  footsteps  as  light  as  the  nir, 

'*0  Exra,"  she  cried,  "U  was  Jesus. 
My  heart  was  so  heavy  with  t-ave, 

".\nd  he  ciuie  in,  he  said  thou  Iiadst  asked  him, 

Aud  hade  me  arise  to  my  feet, 
A^ld  I  stood,  and  I  walked,  and  behold  me 

lb  strength  and  in  vigor  eomplete." 
Aud  K/.ra  was  silent  with  wonder. 

And  beat  out  the  shenf  he  had  gleaned 
And  his  niuiher  thought  he  wm  like  Jesus, 

For  bis  lace  with  such  strange  beauty  beamed. 
—The  (loll/en  Cemei: 

HOLD  THE  FORT. 

UY  J.  8.  MOIILKK. 

TVUMUKR   11. 
"Keep  thy  heart  with  all  diligence;  for  out  of 
it  are  the  issues  of  life."     Prov.  4:  "j;!. 

/TIHE  ear  is  also  of  infinite  value  to  us. 
-■■  By  it  we  hear  tlie  words  of  our  ful- 
low-beingB,  those  of  our  families,  th 
prattling  voices  of  our  children,  the 
heautiful  songs  ofj^-aise  to  our  Creator 
and  Redeemer,  and  the  sweetest  strains 
of  music.  By  it  we  also  hear  the  rush 
iug  of  the  mighty  winds,  the  roUhuj 
of  the  terrific  thunder,  and  the  sweet 
notes  of  the  wooded  songsters. 

But,  irreat  as  this  Meseing  is,  it,  lilie 
the  eyf ,  is  suHceptihle  of  being  used  fori 
very  base  purposes,  and  needs  to  be 
n^rictly  guarded.  By  it  we  hear  men 
curse  and  swear,  and  use  very  filthy  lan- 
guage. By  it  we  too  often  hear  foolish 
bongs  6UDg.  By  it  we  hear  men  slander 
their  fellow -heiruf.  By  it  we  hear  men 
lie,  ami  hear  faUe  doctrine  prearhM 
which  may  lead  men  to  destruction ;  be- 
cAUMeofthii^  Chrifct  says,  "Take  heed 
what  ye  hear''  Mark  4:  24.  "Be  watch- 
/"/.and  strengthen  the  things  which  re- 
main."    Uev.  :?:  2.  "For  behold  I  come 


quickly," — HolJ  the  Forf.  "Keep  thy 
heart  ^nth  nil  diligtn4-r-^  for  out  of  it  are 
the  i^suee  of  life." 

The  tongue,   or  organ    of  spe^-cb,  ih 
certainly  one  of   the   greatest    blcMsings 
and  most  remarkalde  organs  of  our  be 
ing.     By  it  we  make  known  our    wants 
to  one  another,  and  pa«M  many   hourn  in 
Nocial    convei>(ation.     By   it   we   make 
known  our  waota  to  God,  and  singsongs 
of  praise  to  hi8  gp'at  name.  By   it  we 
praif*e  our  feilow-being,  and  exprpw  our 
pain,  our  worrow,  our  joys,  and    happi- 
nesfl.     To  be  de[irive4l  of  tliiw    ftrivilegp 
iB  one  of  the    greatest    mtHfortuue-s    that 
can  befall  us  in  thJH  life.     But  while  the 
tongue,  or  organ  of  speech,    is   of  such 
immenHe  value;    it  'm  also  much  abused. 
By  it  men  will  curse,  slander,  and  abuse 
tha'ir  f'f'lhi/'-l'ehit/M.  By  it  men,  and  wo- 
men, will   misrepresent,  and  lie   to   one 
another,  and  speak  evil  of  the  (iod  that 
made  them.     By  it  ( \iy  good  word«  and 
fair  8i)eecheji)  men  deceive  one   another. 
A  certain  great  man  of  Athens  once 
sent  his  Mlave  to  l>ny  the    /"'"/   fhhttj  he 
could  find   in    t)n-    market.      When    the 
wlave  returned,  he  j»rewented  his   miister 
with  a  basket  full  of  animal's   tongue.i, 
"What!"»aid  his  niasterina-Htonishmeut, 
"do  you  want  witlrall   these  tongues^' 
"Why"  said  the   slave,  "1    wa"s   sent  to 
buy  the  best  in  the  market,  and  I  could 
find  nothing  bettei"  than    tongues.      By 
it  \\i-  talk  iti' t/llthiit  is  threat,  and  noble, 
and   good,    and   even    praise  the  gods." 
"Well,"  said  his  master,  "now,  g(j  back 
and  buy  the  wursf  fhl/uj  you  can    find."' 
The  slave  returned  with  another  basket 
t\\\\  oi'tori;/ui'.<.  Ilis  master  in  amazement 
wanted  to  know,  what  he   meant    with 
another  lot  of  tongues.  "Well,"  said  the 
slave,  "they  were  the   meanest   thing  1 
could  find.     By  it  we   eurse  men,    slan- 
(b-r  tlieiii.  abuse   tiieni,    and  every  evil 
thing    undei    the    sun  is  communieated 
through  the  tongue."  The  master  com 
mentled  the  wisdom   of   his  slave.      We 
need  an    e.xtraordiuary    bcntinel  at   this 
avenue.     It  is  one  of   llie   most  diilicult 
to  control.  Tlie  Siintinelseems  t«  he  more 
easily  thrown  ort'  his  guard  than  at   the 
otJier  passages.    The  aiiostle.lamessays, 
(.'i:  ^s),  "But  the   tongue  can    no   man 
tame;  it  is  an  unruly  avW/ull  of  (h^adhj 
poison. 

Again,  "If  any  man  otl'end  not  in  word 
the  same  is  a  perfect  man."     James  3:  2. 
Again,  "But  of  the  same  mouth  proceed- 
eth  blessing  and  cursing.  My  brethren, 
these  things  ought  not  so  to  be."  Jas.  M: 
in."  But  above  all  things,  my  brethren, 
swear  uot."     Jas.   5:    12.     Christ   says, 
"But  I  say  unto    you,    that    every    idle 
word  that  men  sluvll   speak,    they   sliall 
give  account  thereof  in  the  day  of  judg- 
nieut."  Matt.  12:  ;SU.     Here  we  see   the 
importance     of    chaste      convei-sation. 
Christ,  and  neai-ly  all  tlie  apostles,  urge 
it  in  strong  l.inguage.     Hence  when  our 
passions  are  aroused  and  we  are  tempted 
to  use  improper  language,  let    us,  be  on 
our  guard,  be  vigilant,  close  the  avenue 
quickly,  IIoll  fhr   Fort,  for   the   enemy 
is  trying  to   force  an   entrance.    Again, 
when  temptations  oft'er,  t:)    misrepresent 
the  tiuth    for  a  little    worldly   gain  let 
I  us  be  on  the  look  out,  for  the    enemy   is 
surely  trying  to  steal  a  march    upon  us. 
Plant  the  battery  of  truth  in  the  pjissage. 
//old  th'  Fort.  Again,  when  the  way  tq 
heaven  is  made  broad  and  eusv,  and  the 
doctrineof  non-conformity  sneered  at  by 
some  oily-tongued  preacher,  (transform 
ed  into  a  minister  "f  righteousness)  look 
out.     \)o  doubleduty,  redouble  your  dil- 
igence to  make  your  election  sure;  for  if 
possible  he  will  det-eive  the   very   elect; 
use  the  s^vord    of  the    spirit.    Hold    the 
Fort.     "To  him  that  overcometh  will   I 


give  to  eat  of  the  tree  of  life  which  is 
in  the  midst  of  the  Paradise  of  God." 
Ker.  2:  7. 

The  desires  are  an  important  element 
in  our  being.     J)efire  is  a  manifestation 
of  something  we  have  not.     Denlrex  are 
strengthened  as  they  aregratified.     If  a 
man  deHxri"  truthfulness  and  gratifies  or 
fulfills  that //^>'//'*',  he  will  l)ecome  a  very 
truthful  man.     If  he  dcirfrK  holiness  and 
uses  all  lawful  means  to  gratify  that  /A- 
>fiTe,  he  will  become  holy  beyond  doubt. 
It  is  thus  with  all  the  virtues  attainable. 
We  only  attain  them  and  grow  strong  in 
them  in  jiroportion  to  the  dexirevn^  have 
for  them.     Without  this  element  in  our 
nature  we  would  have  nothingto  prompt 
us  to  duty.    But  while  dfxin  is  an    im- 
portant part  of  our  organization,  it  is  al- 
so much  abused.     Some  desires  prepon- 
derate.    Our  ritrongest  de-'<irf-'<  bring  the 
weaker  ones  into  subjection;  unless  they 
are  not  gratified.     Some  men's  stronge-st 
dfMh-f  is  money,  and  if  it  is  gratified  will 
become  stronger  and  stronger  till  it  ab- 
sorhs  every  other  desire.  Other's  strong- 
est desire  is  into.xicating  drink.     If  grat- 
ified, will  also  absorb  every  other  noble 
desire,  and  at  last  that  unhallowed    de- 
sire will  possess  the  man.  instead  of  the 
man  poHse.ssing   the    dit^lre.     It    is  thus 
with  all  evil  desire.'<,  if  we  permit   their 
gi-atificatious.     We  have   the   power  to 
gratify  them,  or  to  crucify  them.     Then 
if  evil  desires  spring  up,  have  ou  the  hel- 
met of  salvation,  that  tho.^e   desire^   can 
find  no  gratification  within    you.     Give 
them  uo  lodgment  in  your  heart.     Close 
the  avenue,  no  matter  how  tempting  the 
•h'sire  may  be;  whether  it  be  for  money, 
or  for  intoxication,  or  for  honor,  or  fash- 
ion; the  object  of  the  enemy  is  to  deceive 
you.     "He  that  overcometh.    the  same 
shall  he  clothed  in  white  raiment;  and  I 
will  not    blot   out  his  name    out  of  the 
hook  of  life,  but  I  will  confess  his  name 


The  intellect  or  mind  h  the  great  f 
er  to  the  fort  within.     By  it.  matte^ 
thrown  upon  the    heart   that    is     ^. 
healthy   or    poisonous.     The   safet'    ''' 
the  fort  depends  largely  upon  thii*  '^    "^ 
sage.     M'ith  our  mtellect    we  read  ''^ 
Bible  and  become  acquainted   v/Uv 
sacred  contents  which  is  able  to  maV  '** 
wise  unto   salvation.     With    on^     ^^ 
1  1  111  ^  ""i.<y' 

we  also  read  gooil  hooks  and    sounj 

ligious  literature,    which    often   th    ' 
light  upon  some  mysterious   poitj, 
the  Bible.     With    our    minda    u,         ' 
study   God's  great  book    of  oatuie,,.' 
world  beneath,  the  beautiful  lands, 
the  trees  of  the  forest,  the  mountain    ' 
hills,  the  valleys  and  plains,  the  h 


nd    oceans.      We 


and 


rivers,  seas  anu    uueaus.      w^   gtanl  ■ 
awe  before  the  sublime  falls  of  V;       '^ 

thesnowcappedsummitof  thep  ,  i 
Mountains  or  Alps.     Wh  alsosuiv,.  ■  ? 
wonders  of  the  starry  worlds  ahn 
and  are  led  to  exclaim  with  the  Pv.^i 
"The   heavens   declare    the     glurv 
God;   and    the   fij ■     ' 


before  my  Fathe 


aud  before    his    an- 
// old  the  Fort,  for  I 


gels."  Kev,  3: 
ant  aimhuj. 

The  affections  ai'e   another  imjiortant 
[)art  of  our  nature.    The    Affertlorhs  are 
the  medium    through    which   we    make 
known  our  attachment,  love  and  esteem 
for  any  person  or  thing.     If  we  manifest 
great  attachment  for  our  fellow  members 
in  Christ,    our   affections   are  there.     If 
we  manifest  esteem   for   our   ministers, 
our  affections  are  there.     If  we  manifest 
high  regard  for  the  Bible,  our  afections 
are  there.     If  we  love  God  well  enough 
to  obey  his  Son   in  all  things,  our  ttfee' 
tioiis  are  on  heaven  and  heavenly  things. 
But  while  this  is  an  important   element 
of  ours,  it   is    also    often  perverted  to  a 
base  purpose.     Our  afl'ections  may    l)e 
placed  on  things;  that  are  dangerous,  and 
will  finally  destroy  us.     Our   ajfectio/LS 
may  be  placed  on  money,  stock,    lands, 
houses,  honor,  position,  husband,    wife, 
children,  ( unduly)  aud  where  our  ap-Vr- 
tioii^  are,  our  hearts  are  also.     Our   af- 
fections like  the  desires  are    susceptible 
of  cultivation,  of  being  taken    from  one 
thing  and  placed  on  another;  hence  says, 
the  apostle,  "set  your  affections  on  things 
above,  not  on  things  oDthe  earth."  Col. 
;i:  2.     Then  if  our  common   foe  %vould 
tempt  us  at  this  passage  by   placing  be- 
fore our  mind  -ome    idol   hr    woiship, 
whether  it  he  the  mammon  of  unright 
eousness,  or  ourselves,  or  some  one  else. 
Let  us  watch   even    unto   prayer,   and 
bring  into  caj)tivity  every  thought  unto 
the  obedienn- of  Christ;  having   on   the 
Christian  armor  ready  to  defend   every 
passage  wh*?iel.y  tlie  enemy  might  make 
an  inroad  upon  u.s.     "He  ihat  overcom- 
eth shall  inherit  all  thmgs;    audi    will- 
be  his  God,  and    he  shall  be   my    son." 
Hev.  21:  7,     Occupy    till  I  come.  I/oldi 
file  Fm-t. 


.     of 
mament  showeth  u 
handiwork.       Day    unto    day    utte,.  .. 
speech,  and  night   unto    night  shew^th 
knowledge.      There   is  no   speech   n 
language  whei-e  there  voiceisnot  heaiil " 
Psalm',  r.i.     Agam,  who    coverest   th 
.self  with  light  as  with  a  garment:   wi 
stretchest  out  the  heavens  like  a  curta" 
Who  layeth  the  beams  of  the  chami 
in  the  \vaters:  who    maketh  the   clom 
his  chariot:  who  walketh  upon  the  wim 
of  the    wind.    Psalms  l(i4:  1,  2 

The  intellect  in  point  of  activit\  i], 
far  exceeds  any  thing  else  of  which  w^ 
have  any  knowledge.  It  is  swifter  tban 
light  or  electricity;  one  moment  the  mind 
may  contemplate  things  in  our  immedi- 
ate  presence:  the  ne.xt  moment  it  may 
be  contemplating  things  thousatllj^  of 
miles  away— in  the  Eastern  Continent^ 
the  very  next  moment  it  may  soar  mill. 


ions  of  miles  above  us  and 


conteni]il;it« 


the  wonders  and  beauties  of  heaven  aud 
its  blessed  inhabitants,  with  loved  ones 
gone  before  aud  their  sweet  employmeot. 
The  next  moment  the  mind  may  be  suau- 
uiug  the  regions  of  dark  despair,  and  pic- 
turing  to  itself  the  miseries  of  that  aw- 
ful  place. 

But  the  intellect,  like    other   avemiea 
to  tlie  heart  within,  may  also  be  pervert 
ed.     It  may  be  used,  aud  too  often  is  us. 
ed,  in  reading  low,   degrading,  ob^iene 
literature,  novels  of  the  worst  charactei 
which  have  a  tendency    to  damage  thi 
efficiency  of  the   fort,    and  by,   ami  hv 
give  the  enemy  an  easy    victory.    W'e 
may  also  with  the  intellect  coutenqtl.ite 
things  that  are  wicked,  for  our  imai; 
tions  are  wicked  continually;   hem.',  we  ] 
need  a  vigilant  sentinel  at  this  poM;  for 
it    is    through    this    passage    that   evil 
thoughts  are  communicated  to  the  r.i-tlg 
within.  Hence,  when  we  are  thus  X^w.yi- 
ed  to  use  our  intellect,  in  imagi^iLL^  or 
thinking  of  unlawful  things,  of  imlul,'- 
ing  in  sinful  pleasure,  and  of  moni'-iii  ii- 
ily  doubting  the  existence  of  a  Gui,  i-t 
us  have  on  the  s/iicld  of  faith,  whereb) 
we  may  be  able  to  quench  all  the  fiei-j 
darts  of  the  wicked.     When   the  fort  i 
thus  guarded  at  every  passage,  there  ii 
no  danger  of  its  being  taken.  And  thuS 
it  must  be  judged;  for  the   Devil,  lik- 
roaring  lion,  is  constantly   going   about 
seeking  whom    he   may  devour.    Ifli' 
finds  a  -sentinel  asleep,  or   off  duty,  ^v 
may  rest  a.ssured  that  there  he   will  us 
his  utmost  skill    to  decoy    the   sentinel 
still  farther  from  duty,  that  his  own  en- 
trance aud  victory  may  be  the  more  suc' 
eessful.     Christ,  our  great  Captain  says, 
Blessed  is  that  servant  whom  when  his 
master  cometh,   he    findeth    watching. 
"Watch  ye  therefore,  for  ye   k^ow  nol 


I  what  hour  your  Lord  doth  come.' 


The 


■rflE    l^iiEXHKEN    A.T    "WORK:. 


unto    yourselves  the 

t  of  ic) 

L»ate  we  neeu  our  (*//(•.«  anoint- 

!salve  that  our  vision  may  be 


f.rfflor  of  God"  (not  a  part 
,ro.i»ate  we  need  our  I'l/cs  s 


ithey 

'jtose" 

,atc  "'' 
'*.  ..'it.  detecting  the 


At  the 
we  need  a  gospel  ear    trumpet 
ietec 
the 


"i  06  in  aeiec.ug  —    voice   of  the 

,  ,|.a   from  the   stranger.     At   the 

•  f  '     te  we  need  the  battery  of  ti-uth 

''"he  sword  of  the  spirit  which  is  the 

•* !   ..  god.     At  the  gate  of  desires,  we 

,  "coat  of  mail,    covered    all    over 

.  A,e  helmet   of  salvation.     At  the 

i'"        ...    *: — «     -..ro    need  the  breast- 

At  the  intellect- 


forms  and  stages  of  existence.  This  is 
why  the  fjeim  of  sin  is  referred  to  as 
though  it  were  the  consummation.  Matt. 
5;  is,  and  John  8:  4,  are  but  different 
stages  of  the  same  sin.  Adultery  be- 
gins at  the  point  where  marriage  begins, 
and  both  are  ^^roremes  composed  of  spir- 
itual and  physical  acts. 


e  ot  ri: 


ns,   we 
usness. 


^  we  need  the  whole  armor   of 

[  t  us  then  use  all  diligence  in  doing 
for  our  great  Leader.     It  will    not 
'''^      till  he  will  return  to  relieve  the 


oflts  danger— raise    the   siege 

enemies,    and    take   us  all 
to  himself,  to  be  forever  freed  from 


4 

l^lroy  our 
loaie 


a»ngers. 


trials,  and  sorrows  here. 


T|)e  signs  of  the  times  indicate  his 
■  approach.  "Blessed  is  that  servant 
''  ,vl,en  his  Lord  cometh,  he  find- 
'/wntching."  May  we  all  have  on  the 
'  iJing  garment,  be  ready,  aud  hear 
I,  ioyfiil  proclamation ,  "Well  done,,good 

J  faithful  servant,  enter  thou  into  the 
joys  of  thy  Lord." 

THE  DEVILS  BRIDE. 

BY  C.  H.  H^VLSBAUGH. 

liRirilATIVE,  of  course.  But  that 
f  he  has  a  Bride,  in  this  sense,  is  not 
„y  morestrange  than  that  Christ  should 

li«  »"*•  ,  ,    , 

)Iy  "Pivot-word"  has  stumbled  some 

„,dera.  They  have  strangely  misread 
„y  article-  They  stick  fast  in  the  con- 
.lasioii,  seemingly  ignorant  that  there  is 
.nrfinise-  When  I  said  "Eve  would 
bavebeen  the  devil's  wife,"  they  .piite 
oterlook  the  conditions  that  would  have 
uailr  hersuch,  and  the  sense  in  which  she 
«oiild  have  been  so-  Her  contact  with 
ihf  Arch  fiend  was  gustatory,  although 
llide  was  involved  something  much 
deeper  than  that;  had  it  been  connubal, 
invould  have  been  the  ultimate  cousum- 
mation  of  the  marriage-bond-  She  would 
Dut  have  been  his  wife  after  God's  ideal, 
lor  by  legal  sanction,  but  to  all  intents 
iml  purposes  relative  to  the  secondary 
mteotion  of  the  conjugal  alliance-  The 
dualistic  unity  of  the  first  pair  by  God 
iocludes  propagation,  else  offspring 
noukl  be  no  part  of  God-ordained  wed- 
lock. Multiplication  is  the  legitimate, 
dfsijined  result  of  duality. 

It  was  easy  for  Adam  to  find  his  mate. 
He  had  no  choice.  We  cannot  now  se- 
ktoiir  other  half  with  the  precision  he 
ilid-  The  views  of  conjugal  affinity  ex- 
pitssed  in  letters  I  receive  have  a  strong 
Swedentiorgian  flavor,  awakening  the 
suspicion  that  the  minds  of  the  writers 
have  been  warped  by  that  kind  of  liter- 
ature. 

The  reference' to  the  woman  of  Sama- 
ria is  entirely  irrelevant-  "He  whom 
thou  now  hast."  Note  the  word  "/((/>/" 
This  indicates  the  person  al  and  physical 
lelation  of  the  guilty  parties,  ■'l-i  «"' 
'by  husband"  refers  to  the  absence  of  le- 
gal sanction.  The  whole  idea  of  God  in 
'elation  to  marriage,  as  unfolded  in  the 
Sfstpair,  wpevmnal  imiiplenient,  y'«'' 


THEV  all  went  up  to  Calvary, 
To  see  hiin  crucified. 

The  Jews  crucified  him, 
And  nailed  him  to  a  tree. 

Mary  stood  a  weepiug. 
To  see  her  loving  Lord. 

Joseph  begged  his  body, 
.\lid  laid  it  in  a  tomb. 

Down  came  an  angel. 
And  rolled  away  the  stone. 

Christ  rose  triumphant, 

.\nd  conquered  death  and  hell. 

Shout,  shout  for  victory. 
We're  on  our  journey  home. 

— Stlectat. 

OBEDIENCE. 

BY   H.  P.   BRlNKWORTH. 


A 


W 


'"■  rallfr„t~io7t,     and    selfdapHmthm. 


This  no  one  can  gainsay  without  launch- 
ing out  into  confusion  at  all  points;  aud 
tbis  arrangement  makes  provision  foiev- 
"y  principle  presented  in  my  I'lvot 
Word. 

fruitage  is  the  highest,  most  concen 
'rated  development  in  every  department 
«f  being.     It  includes  all  the  preceding 


"To   obey    ia  better   than   sacrifice;  and  to 
hearken  than  the  fat  of  rams."  1  Samuel  15:  '22. 

UILE  looking  over  the  various  re 
ligioUN    and  political   papers  of 
the  present  day,  our  attention  was  call- 
ed to  the  signs  of  t)ie  times  visibly  man- 
ifested in  the  heading  of  those  advertise- 
ments calling  the    people  to   such    and 
such  demonstrations,  or  asking  them  to 
be  at  a  certain  festival,  "r    church    fair, 
ttc,  i^  favor  of  the  M.  E.  or  U.  or  B.  or 
some  other  well-meaning  religious  asso- 
ciation or  body.     To  these  various  calls 
made  publicly  our   attention   has  been 
drawn,  and  we  have  wondered  whether 
all  is  well — whether  or  not  the   present 
way  of  conducting    the  church's   affairs 
is  a  Scriptural  one  or    not.     We   would 
not   doubt  the    ability  of    those   who, 
as     leaders,     conduct  the   churches   in 
the  high  and  solemn  office  of  leaders  or 
minMerD  of  the  Gospel  of  the   humble 
and   lowly   Nazarene.     But   there   is  a 
ciuestion  in  our  minds  as  to   the   reason 
why  Jesus,  when  here  on  earth,  entered 
a  certain  place  of  worship  and  drove  out 
the  money  changers,  overthrowed  the  ta- 
bles, and  with  a  scourge  made  of  cords 
di-ove  all  out,  saying,  "My  house   shall 
be  called  a  house  of  prayer,  but  ye  have 
made  it  a  den  of  thieves."     Was  this  be- 
cause there  was  at  that  early  day   those 
who  had  lost  sight  of  true  worship    and 
had  commenced  to  sacrifice  to  other  gods ! 
Had  the  religion  of  Jesus  become  a   by- 
word among  the  people?     Had  they  for 
gotten  to  worship  according  to  the  teach- 
ings of  their  Master,  aud  gone  astray  in 
worship?  and  now  had  well  nigh  forgot- 
ten who  was  their    Leader.     Had   they 
depended  on  some  one  else  to   read  the 
Word  for  them  and  tell  them  the  way? 
Deplorable  situation  indeed !  and  wh)  is 
it?  I  ask  the  .juestion.  Why? 

When  I  compare  the  teachings  of  the 
wordtoday,  in  the  nineteenth  century, 
to  the  calls  for  religious  support,  for  the 
building  of  churches,  paying  off  church 
debts,  salaries  of  ministers,  and  various 
other  things,  I  am  made  to  consider  a 
moment,  and  ask  the  ciuestion.  Is  this  of 
God?  Aud  then  I  can  only  decide  by 
the  Word  itself.  Again,  when  I  take 
up  aleadingcitypaper,  I  find  the  wor<is, 
"all  the  fashionable  churches  turned  out." 
This  I  compare  with  the  Word;  and  I 
hear  one  say,  "Love  not  the  world,  neith 
er  the  things  thai  are  in  the  world.  If 
any  man  love  the  world,  the  love  of  the 
Father  is  not  in  him."  "Be  not  conform- 
ed to  this  world,  but  be  ye  transformed 


by  the  renewing   of  the   mind ;  that  ye 
may  prove  what  is  that  good  and  accept- 
able and  perfect  will  of  Cjod  concerning 
you."     Again,  I  read  "Be  ye   not   une- 
qually yoked  together  with  unbeliever. 
Light   hath    no    commnuion  with  dark- 
ness, Christ  with    Belial,  or  he  that   be 
lieveth  with  an  infidel."    1  hear,  and  oh, 
amazed  I  stand  for  the  mass  of  profess- 
ed followers  of  the  meek  and  lowly  Naz- 
arene— they  turn  their  heads  aside,  they 
are  dividing  their  time,  their  talent,  aud 
their  money  between  their  Godandoui-s. 
The  lowly  Jesus  they  want  to  hear  but 
little  about;  but  if  you  approach   them 
on  the  iiualifications,   or   standing   aud 
etiquette  of  their  young   preacher;    you 
may  hear  their  eloijuence   displayed   in 
words  too  polite   to  find  their  way  into  I 
public  print.     Ilid  you  see  how  well  he  1 
conducted  the  Bazaar  last  evening?  I  re- 
ally think  he  is  a  charming  young  man. 
And  when  we  came  to  the  sale  of  that 
lottery  cake  his  voice  was  purely   elo- 
ciuent  as  he  took  the   auctioneer's  stand 
aud  so  faithfully  labored  (^iu  the  interest 
of  our  church,  to  pay  oft'  our   long  con- 
tinued   debt);   and    in   conclusion,    his 
1  prayer,  it  was  really  a  masterpiece   of 
elocution  and  oratory- 

Oh,  when  will  we  hear  aud  under- 
stand the  word  of  God  to  us?  "Be  not 
deceivc-'d  God  is  uot  mocked  ;  whatsoev- 
er a  man  soweth,  that  shall  he  also  reap. 
Gal.  B:  7. 

But  there  are  many  who    would    not  \ 
go  to  such    lengths   in  sin  and  iniquity, 
were  it  not  that  their  teacher  sanctioned 
It-     They  look  for  him  to  lead  them   in 
the  path  of  true  holiness  and   righteous- 
ness.    But,  alas!  they  are  drifting— they 
are  drifting,  aud  where!  Uli.  my   God! 
Where  ?  Echo  answers,  Where  ?  Because 
the  minister,  the  leader,  says,  "Go  ahead, 
I  will  iiqijmrt  i/ou 'm  th\s  or   that,   and 
/  will  be  your  president,"  Asc.     He  then 
removes  the  burden    from   their   minds, 
he  takes  the  responsibility,  consequently, 
he  leads  them  into  sin,  under  the    cover 
of  religion.     Oh,  God!  how    long   shall 
they  thus  desecrate  thy  holy  and  divine 
will  i     How  long  pervert  the  right  ways 
of  our  God  ?  and  by    their    hypocritical 
and  contemptuous   dealings   deceive,    if 
they  can,  the  very  elect  of  God  our  Fath 
er?     May    they  see   the   error   of  their 
ways  and  turn    before   it  is   too  late,  is 
my  prayer  and  heart-felt  desire. 


HOW  SOME  PEOPLE 
LIVE. 


MARRY  AND 


faco 


SELECTED    GEMS. 


of 


It  is  the  will  of  God,  and  the  will 
every  sanctified  spirit,  that  in  all  things 
Jesus  Christ  shall  be  pre-eminent;  but 
partyism  is  opposed  to  the  will  of  God, 
and  to  the  will  of  all  his  saints  and  an- 
gels, in  that  it  loves  to  have  the  pre  em- 
inence itself. 

As  a  teacher,  the  Lord  Jesus  not  only 
told  ns  what  to  do,  but  how  to  do  it. 
And  yet,  untold  myriads,  forbidden  by 
Rome  to  read  the  words  of  Jesus,  have 
lived  aud  died  in  profound  ignorance 
that  he  left  an  e.xample  that  they  should 
follow  his  steps. 

The  authority  of  the  Lord  Jesus  in  his 
own  church  is  absolute  and  exclusive; 
but  every  sect  and  party  has  its  own  sep- 
arate aud  independent  governmeut- 
llence,  there  are  many  conflicting  inter- 
ests nuioug  Christians,  where  the  Lord 
has  made  but  one- 

By  growing  up  into  the  likeness  of 
Jesus  Christ,  we  shall  outgrow  ail  sup- 
posed necessity  for  any  human  creed  or 
ruleofdiscifdiue,  or  for  any  possible 
platform  of  union  and  communion  which 
the  Lord  himself  has  ordained  for  all 
his  churches. 


YOrXG  man  meets  a   pretty 
in  a  ball  room,  falls  in  love    with 
it.  marries  it,  goes  to  housekeeping  with 
it,  and  boasts  of  having  a  home  and  a 
wife  to  grace  it.     The  chances  are  nine 
to  one  he  has  neither.    Her  pretty    face 
gets  to  be  an  old  story,  or  betioines   fad- 
ed, or  freckled,  or   fretted;   and   as  the 
face  was  all  he  wanted,  all  he   paid  at-  * 
tention  to,  all  he  sat  up  with,  all  he  bar 
gained  for,  all  he  swore  to  love,  honor, 
protect,  he  gets  sick  of  his  trade,  knows 
a  dozen  faces  which  he  likes  better,  gives 
up  staying  at  home  of  evenings,  consoles 
himself  with  cigars,  oysters  and  politics, 
and  looks  upon  his  home  as  a   very    in 
(tirt'erent  boarding  house.     A  family    of 
children  grow  up  about  him,  but  neith- 
er he    nor    his   "face"  know   any  thing 
about  training  them,  so    they   come   up 
helter-skelter;  made  toys  of  when  babiiBd, 
dolls  when  boys  aud  girls,  drudges  when 
young  men  and  women;   and   so  passeu 
year  after  year,  and  not  one  quiet,   hap- 
py, homely  hour   is   known   throughout 
the  entire  household. 

Another  young  man  becomes  enamor 
ed  of  a  "fortune."     He  waits  upon  it  to 
parties,  dances  the    polka  with   it,   ex- 
changes  liiUddoux  with  it,  pops    thu 
cjuestion  to  it,  gets  -'yes"  from  it,   takes 
it  to  the  parson,  weds  it,  calls  it  "wife," 
carries  it  home,  sets  up  an  eatablishment 
with  it,  introduces  it  to  his  friends,  and 
says  (poor  fellow ! )  that  he  too  is  mar 
ried,  and    has   got   a    home-     It's  false-. 
He  is  not  married,  and  has  no  home;  and 
he  soon  finds  it  out.  He  is  in  the  wrong 
bos,  but  it  is   too  lati-   to  get  out  of  it. 
He  might  as  well  hope  to  escape  his  oof 
fin.  Friends  congratulate  him,    and    he 
has  to  grin   and   bear  it-    They   praiso 
the  house,  the  furniture,  the   cradle,  the 
1  new  baby,  and   then  bid  the  "fortune" 
and  he  who  husbands  it  good  morning! 
As  if  he   had   known   a  good  morning 
since  he  and  that   gilded   fortune   Were 
falsely  declared  to  be  one ! 

Take  another  case.     A  young  lady  in 
smitten  with  a  pair  of  whiskers.    Curled 
hair  never  had  such  charms-     .**hc  sel'i 
her  cap  for  them;  they   take.     The  de- 
lighted whiskers  make  an  offer,   proffer- 
ing themselves  both  in  exchange  for  one 
heart-     The  dear  miss  is  overcome  with 
magnanimity,  closes  the  bargain,  carries, 
home  the  prize,  shows  it  to  pa  and   ma, 
calls  herself  engaged  to  it,  thinks  tlier« 
never  was  such  a  pair  of  whiskers  before, 
and  in  a  few   weeks   they    are  married. 
Married !  yes,  the  world  calls  it  so,  and 
we  will     What  is  the    result?    A   short 
honeymoon,   and  then   they    unluckily 
discover  that  they  are  as  unlike  as  chalk 
and  cheese,  and   not  to    be    made  one, 
though  all  the  priests   in   Christendom 
StWted. 


pronounce  it  so. 

Carefully     juepared 


statistics    show 
that  there  are  over   six    hundred   thou 
sand  drunkards  in  the  United  States,  and 
that  seventy  thousand  die  annually  who 
go  to  the  grave  of  a   drunkard-     Every 
year  one  hundred  thousand  men  and  wc. 
men  are  sent  to  prison  under  the   influ- 
ence of  into.xicants,  while  three  humlre<l 
murdeis  and  four  hundred   suicides   o. 
cur  from  the  same  cause-     Two  hundred 
thousand  orphans  are  annually    thrown 
upon  the  charity  of  the   world  by   ihi-s 
curse  of  intemperance-     -Nine-tenths  of 
our  crime  and  uot  less  than  seven-eighths 
of  the  pauperism  is  the  immediate  result 
of  whisky,  and  that  at  a  cost  to  the  gov- 
ernment—beside   individual    want    of 
uot  less  thau   xi;ii,imii,nno   every  year. 
What  a  warning  this  should  I*   to    all 
risiug  generations. 


THK    HBETiiKKN    J^T    AVOKKl. 


June 


'-if; 


riBLISHKU  UEKKLY. 


J.  a.  MOOKE.  J  Editors  and 


Tni  BsRKBBX  AT  WoBX  Will  b«  BCDt  «t  tl.60  per  *n- 
turn  in  k-Itiuicc.  An;  on?  who  will  ■(■nd  u*  tlglit  dahim 
Ud  SIS. 00  will  r«<*itp  mo  xlditiooftl  copy  fr»P  of  chnrE>, 
Uid  for  Moh  ndilitionalnnnie  (OTer  wi<I  nUiie  ih«  niue 
Bl>m«a)  the  agnii  will  I>p  nllowt.l  tea  prr  cent.,  which 
UDMtnt  Oftn  be  deiliicted  from  Ihr  moocy  before  lending  l[ 
<*us.  Monejsenl  b/ roNlal  OnJrn.  KrciderM  I^Urm 
or  drafte.  proprrlj  nddrcaiiert,  will  be  nr  our  rlRh.  Wti#n 
Modinf  druft.  bo  Hurt  ihM  ii  it  not  n  cherk.  If  it  ia  a 
check,  it  coals  111  >^fl  cent*  In  cnllccl.  tthil^  *  drnft  cnn  be 
«t>UMied  fi^t.  lV<M*ge  iit«nip»  may  be  teiii  for  tiouunU 
ODder  100,  t>iil  Hlwnya  hfikI  iIic  moiic;  if  jnu  cmi  grl  il 
SnlMoripiions,  And  comiiianicarionii  in<eDd>d  for  ihe  p»- 
per,  M  well  M  all  biifioei''  nutlirr*  o'Tiuccied  wilh  the  of. 
fl«*  ahottld  be  •ddreMed 

UOOSE  k  ESSEUIAK, 

I**urk,  CuTsU  Ce.,ni- 


L15ARC.  ILL.. 


jr>E  20,  J8;», 


W' 


A  FEW  THOUQTS  ON  A.  M. 

^E  suppose  the  biiBincBS  of  A.  M.  piwsed  ofT 
as  well  HB  waei  pxp^cte'l  by  the  brethren 
generally.     Some  think  we  arp  a  littlo  too  strict 
in  adberini;  to  the  rules  of  condiiutiiig  biiMii 
in  the  meeting;  but  when  we  hnve  diHiciilt  Ihin- 
ioess  to  settle,  our  only  ii«suritinre  of  I'rder  ii*  iu 
sticking  close  to  the  rutc-K  that  govern  our  de- 
liberations.   They  secure  the  nghtn  of  atl  in 
impartially    conductiog    the    busineftH.      The 
.■>mooth  and  speedy  dinponition  of  business  de- 
fends ver)'  much   upon  abiding   by  the  nilefi; 
and  we  think  our  brethren  should  look  more  to 
these  rulen,  for  they  determine  the  mutter  of 
who  is  to  speak,   when  to  speak,  and  when  not 
to  speak. 

The  work  of  Inst  A.  M.  was  hm  biborious  oh 
any  we  have  attended,  espcciiilly  on  the  Stand- 
ing Committee.  Their  incewant  hthor,  arnl  the 
short  time  allotted  to  them,  made  it  impossible 
to  give  the  attention  to  every  purt  of  their  work 
that  it  demanded;  tbuy  were  compelled  to  work 
till  after  midnight  to  «et  the  business  ready  for 
the  meeting:  under  nucIi  ii  burden  of  labor,dur- 
■^K  the  meeting,  they  are  yeiu-ntily  about  worn 
ottt  when  the  meeting  is  ended. 

We  propose  il  remedy  fortliia:  Let  the  Stand- 
iiig  Committee  meet  on  Friday  before  the  mect- 
iug;  they  cim  bring   witJi  them  all   the  (jueries 
that  have  not    been  nuBwered   by  the  DiHtricLt; 
Ihey  can    form  the    proper  answers  on    Friday 
and  Satujday.    On  Monday,  (hey  can  come  to 
place  of  meeting,  and  hear  the  calls  for  commit- 
tees.   Thus  the   work  can   be   prepared  before 
the  meeting  begins  its  labors.    Our  reason  for 
euggMtiog  tbia  is,  that  often  the  Committee 
luust  consume  time  preparing   business  while 
the  meeting  waits,  near  an  hour  after  the  ap. 
pointed  time  tor  tbe  business  tocommence— we 
have  known  tbe  morning  sitsnion  to  commence 
near  ten  o'clock,  that  gave  but  one  hour  for 
busineas— while  we  tWnk  the  morning  session, 
ihould  begin  half  past  eight,  giving   two  and 
one-half  hour*  for   business.      The  afternoon 
(^csiion  should  commence  at  two  o'clock,  and 
ran  till  half  past   four;  but  tbe   business   ot 
Standing  Committee   oiteu  cuts  near  an  hour 
off  the  session.    This  should  be  avoided  if  poa- 
^ibIe.  and  the  only  way  we  sve  is  for  the  Com- 
mitt**  to  meet  somewhere  in  the  neighborhood 
ftf  meeting  place  on  Friday.    This  may  be  done 
with   propriety,  because  their  work  in   putting 
infers  to  queries  which  have  none,  is  a  matter 
in  tiieir  own   hande,  and  does  not  require  the 
consultation  of  any  but  the  membera  of  the 
Comraitfeee.    In  thia  way  they  can  have  more 
time  fin-  rest  during  the  meeting.    We  suggest 
these  thoughta  because  they  will   hasten   the 
basine**,  and  greatly  relieve  the  Standing  Com- 
initu--:. 


time^s  checked,  when  trying  to  obtain  unani- 
mous consent  to  the  pa-sage  of  an  answer;  it 
seems  difficult  to  get  the  consent  of  all.  This 
is  the  best  rule  when  it  can  be  attained,  but 
when  it  cannot,  thtre  should  be  some  way  of 
disposing  of  tht!  case  without  detaining  the 
meeting  so  long.  Something  like  referring  il 
to  the  delegates,  and  retjuire  a  m»jority  of  three 
fourths,  or  four  fifihs;  a  very  large  majority 
should  always  be  required  to  decide  any  cam  of 
importance.  And  we  should  not  deviate  from 
the  established  rule  of  obtaining  unanimous 
consent  only  in  cases  of  necesHity. 

Another  thing  suggested  by  this  meeting:  It 
having  »o  many  young  members  on  the  Stand- 
ing Committee,  caused  mainly,  no  doubt,  by  the 
feeling  prevalent  in  the  Brotherhood,  that  we 
nhonid  have  fref|uent  cbangi^s  in  the  delegates 
Kent  by  the  OiHtricts.  At  sometime  the  Stand- 
ioR  Committee  may  l>e  mostly  composed  of 
brethren  who  have  not  had  much  exj>erience  in 
maujigiug  its  business.  Tbin  changing  of  del- 
egates is  a  good  plan  to  give  the  younger  breth- 
ren an  opportunity  to  learn  the  duties  and 
labors  of  the  Stainliiig  Committee,  so  when  the 
older  ones  are  gone  they  may  be  better  prepared 
for  the  work.  Hut  more  than  that,  it  will  tend 
to  r-ngage  the  intereHt  and  sympathy  of  the 
younger,  to  become  acfjuainted  with  the  duties 
and  labors  necesi-hry  to  the  work  of  A.  M.  And 
t  will  ti'nd,  too,  to  bring  tlie  old  brethren  more 


WiTHLS'  tbe  last  two  months  seven  have  been 
bspti/ed  in  the  Itock  River  Church  and  one  re- 
claimed. The  brethren  there  are  making 
arrangement*  to  erect  a  meeting-houjw  near 
Franklin  Orove. 

It  is  said  that  a  committee  of  nine  has  been 
appointed  by  Congress  U>  give  the  subject  of 
temperance  special  attention.  It  is  time  Con- 
gress was  doing  something  to  prevent  intoxica- 
ting drinks  being  sold  in  the  Capitol  building. 

Air  anti-church  league  has  been  formed  in 
Australia.  By  this  we  understand  that  those 
who  are  opposed  to  "organizations  "  have  or- 
ganized themselves  into  a  league  to  oppose  tbe 
very  thing  they  themselves  endorse  by  their 
own  actions. 

A  CERTAIN  traveler  says  he  saw  more  drunk- 
ards in  America  in  one  day  than  in  Syria  in  five 
years.  There  the  rule  of  faith  and  practice  is 
the  Koran,  which  absolutely  prohibits  drunken- 
ness, but  promises  rivers  of  wine  in  Paradise  if 
the  people  will  only  wait  for  it. 

It  is  now  reported  that  the  Rothschilds,  wha 
are  wealthy  .lews,  have  taken  a  mortgage  upon 
the  whole  of  Palestine  for  the  loan  to  Turkey 
of  ^,()()li,()no,()(J(l  of  francs.  Thus  it  is  seen  that 
Palestine  is  about  to  fall  into  the  hands  of  the 
Jews,  for  Turkey  cannot  pay  that  enormous 
debt,  as  she  is  already  in  much  financial  distress. 


It  is  said  that  more  candy  is  made  '  i  ^^ 
in  the  United  States  than  in  all  the  res,t  ^'  ' 
world  combined.  Boston  manufactar  ^  '  " 
5,000  tons  annually.  New  York  about  7  o,  "  "'^ 
and  Chicago  does  a  large  t»U5ine83  in  ik  "''• 
field.     The  exports  from  this  country  to  P  ^''' 


include  the  "  best  French  candie 


This. 


great  measure,  accounts  for  so  many  h'A'  '"  * 
in  this  country,  and  goes  far  towards  m  L  '^ 
this  generation  a  good  deal  weaker  ifn  .  ^  '^"^ 
wiser.  _  *     ""^  ""Ach 

It  is  very    unpleasant   to   meet  a  man 
his  hand  a  hearty  shake,  pass  on  and  th  '  k^"" 
some  one  to  ask  us  why  we  did  not  salute  th^ 
brother.     Of  course,  we  have  to  apoloei 
sav  we  did  not  know  he  was  a  brother  kr-  "  ^  i 
feel  bad.  he    feels  slighted,    and   othera  fl    ^| 
fee!  good,  all  because  we  did  not  know  the" ''*'  f 
was  a  brother.     But    by  the  way,   is  this    °'*°l 
most  excellent    reason  iw   dressing  alik  ' 


uniform  in  dress    would  be  e 


excellent 


intro.' 


duction,  and  then  how  happy  we  fe^i  ^i      ' 
know  each  other. 

A  SHOHT  distance  north-east  of  Hebr 
the  southern  part  of  Palestine,  is  the  trade'  "" 
al  Oak  of  Abraham.  This  splendid  old  r" 
stands  alone  in  a  beautiful  plain.  Und  T^ 
the  green  grass,  and  near  by  is  a  well  of  g,'  '* 
crystal  water.  This  venerable  tree  mea^r^' 
twenty-two   feet    around    tbe    trunk  ^'^ 


branches  cover  a  space  ninety  feet  in  dii 


Thk  Feast  at  Cherry  Grove  last  week  passed 


^oun.il    with    tbe  younger,    -^nd  dispel  the  L^  j.ig^^^^tjj.      The  attendance  was  very  large. 


feeling  that  the  younger  are  HOt  properly  re- 
garded by  the  older.  It  is  important  that  the 
younger  should  be  trained  in  all  the  business 
of  the  church,  as  the  good  farmer  would  train 
his  sons  to  all  the  business  of  farming  before  it 
ia  committed  into  their  hands. 

But  what  we  wanted  to  Huggest  is  thia:  that 

the  Stancling  Committee  have  tbe   right,  to  go 

outside  of  ilH  own  body,  to  select  its  othcers;  it 

now  has  the  right  to  go  outside  in  selecting  its 

Clerks,  but  we    suggest  that  it  may   go  outside 

to  select  its  Moderator  also;  then  if  the  number 

of  young,  or  inexperienced  members  should  be 

very  large,   tliey  still  could    have  the  assistance 

of  the  more  experienced,  by  thus  electing  their 

Moderator  from    the    brethren    jireseiit;    This 

would  be  no  uiicnminon  rule  of  proceedure;  for 

even  the  President  is  choseu    on  this  principle. 

Thia  would  also  avoid  the  daugera  tliat  might 

arise  from    ireciuent   changes   in  the  delegates 

sent  by  Districts. 

Another  thing  we  wiali  the  brethren  to  con- 
sider: The  matter  of  bringing  charges  or  com- 
ploiiils  aiul  having  them  tried  in  A.  M.  Sucli 
u  public  trial  of  editors  and  ministers,  is  not 
much  light  to  the  world,  and  requires  so  much 
time  that  should  be  devoted  to  other  business: 
Over  half  a  day  wns  spent  in  that  kind  of  work 
ub  our  late  A.  M.,  and  one  halt  day  costs  near 
live  hundred  dollars:  that  is  too  expensive;  then 
it  IS  u  kijid  of  work  that  requires  more  time  th; 
can  well  bu  given  it  at  A.  M.  We  think  it 
would  be  best  if  all  such  business  could  be  set- 
tled by  a  committee,  and  not  detain  A.  M,  with 
it.  A  committee  might  be  appointed  to  settle 
that  kind  of  trouble,  as  is  done  to  settle  other 
trouble*.  Such  a  course  would  insure  more 
harmony  in  A.  M.,  and  make  it  a  source  of 
greater  good  to  the  church  generally. 

U,  Ii.  MlLLBR. 


Many  of  the  members  could  not  be  seated  at  the 
tables.  We  counted  twenty  ministers  present, 
but  it  should  be  remembered  that  this  was  thi 
closing  Feast  of  the  season,  and  that  Cherry 
Grove  is  noted  for  its  large  assemblies  during 
these  special  seasons. 


The  tree  is  still  sound,  and  is  a  fa 


while 

anieter. 


vonte  place  of 


resort  for  pleasure  seekers.     Jtis  underthis 


tree 
<'ntertaujed 


Tep.  Sottfk-tfi'iiffrn  A drorate  my s  that  "500 
Catholic  ecclesiastical  teachers  and  2,00(J  Sisters 
of  Charity  are  at  work  among  the  colored  peo- 
ple ol  the  South,  visiting  from  cabin  to  cabin." 
— Bi/'lf  B'lniiir. 

Will  some  of  our  missionaries  please  read  the 
last  half  of  Luke  10:  37? 


Orit  office  was  favored  with  a  number  of  vis- 
itors luat  week.  At  one  time  the  front  room 
wa-s  nearly  full.  Well  we  enjoyed  it,  and  will 
ask  them  to  call  again, 

Di.'Hiso  the  late  Annual  Meeting  Mr.  Wells, 
Ticket  Agent  at  Harrisonburg,  Virginia,  sold 
1,000  tickets  to  parties  who  attended  the  meet- 
ing, lu  one  day,  Wednesday,  he  sold  1,000 
tickets. 

TmiEE  persons  have  been  baptixed  at  Wad- 
dam's  Orove  since  the  late  Love-feast  at  that 
place.  It  is  said  that  their  Feast  a  few  weeks 
ago  had  a  very  salutary  effect  on  the  commu- 
nity. 

The  Yellow  Creek  congregation  were  making 
arrangements  to  organize  a  Suiiday-school  at 
their  large  nKeting-b.iuse  last  Sunday.  HoiHf 
their  etlorts  lu  teaching  the  Bible  may  prove  a 
success. 


The  following  statement  will  show  how  many 
piTstiiis  were  aeconiMiodated  witli  lodgings 
nightly,  within  a  few  miles  of  the  church  dur- 
ing the  lat*-  Annual  Meeting;  Michael  B.  E. 
Kline,  240;  Samuel  Kline,  300;  Michael  Zeigler, 
lioO;  J.  H.  Baker,  -10;  Mrs.  Bettie  Sites,  50; 
\).  B.  Sites,  50;  Jacob  S.  Rhodes.  30;  John  J. 
Bowmiin,  100;  Joseph  Shickel,  50;  Samuel  D. 
Wampler,  5(i;  Samuel  /igler,  50. 

In  the  communication  from  Pettit,  Indiana, 
last  week,  the  first  paragraph,  instead  of  reading 
the  way  it  does,  should  have  read  thus:  "I  just 
closed  a  series  of  meetings  in  the  Bachelor  Hun 
Congregation.  Preached  six  days;  baptized 
twenty-two,  and  reclaimed  one  that  had  wan- 
dered away  some  years  ago.  This  meeting  wa.s 
one  uf  the  best  I  ever  attended  or  conducted,' 
&c.  The  mistake  was  oui-s,  and  was  not  discov- 
ered in  time  to  have  it  corrected. 


That  Unitarian  Church  in  Newburyport. 
Mass.,  which  recently  celebrated  the  Lord'J 
Sujiper  "  without  material  bread  or  wine,"  but 
regarded  it  "  m  a  jmrely  spiritual  rite  "  was  no 
W'*f'  inconsistent  in  what  it  did  than  those  who 
--otlr.n<,ht,f,t.  •  undertake  to  obey   tbe  thirteenth  of  John  by 

-.  o  iLooght  ot  the  ^^;*y  ou^jne.s  ^.  ^ome-  \/nUn,j  a  little  humility  in  the  heart. 


Brethren  and  sisters,  when  a  stranger  comes 
into  your  meetings  do  notstand  off  and  stare  at 
him;  that  is  ill  manners.  Do  not  pass  him  by 
unnoticed,  but  go  up  and  shalte  hands  with  him; 
find  out  who  he  is,  and  invite  him  to  meeting 
again.  Do  your  utmost  to  make  him  feel  at 
home  in  our  meetings.  Let  him  come  un  in 
front  and  sit  with  the  members  where  he  "can 
hear  the  preaching.  It  mil  do  him  good,  and 
may  make  a  lasting  impression  on  his  mind. 

We  have  on  our  "puzzle  file"  a  number  of 
letters  to  which  the  writers  forgot  to  piit  their 
names;  eome  without  post-office,  county,  or 
State;  with  poct-oflice  but  no  county  or  State; 
some  wiuit  their  paper  changed  from  one  ofHci 
to  another,  but  fail  to  tell  us  from  what  office 
to  change  it,  For  not  attending  to  these  mat- 
ters we  are  unjustly  blamed.  Now  please  don't 
pass  judgment  until  we  me  proven  to  be  in  the 
fault,— i/oHie  Mirror. 
^  The  Mirror  should  reler  his  readers  to  liom. 

— - — — ♦-^ — 

While  Dn  Judson  was  cairjing  on  his  mis- 
womirywoik  iuBuriuah,  a  Hnely  altired  Ldj 
uffeii^  berseir  lor  baptism.  After  the  usual  ex 
aimiiatwn,  M,-.  .ludson  asked  he,-  if  she  would 
give  up  her  oruaiuents  for  Christ's  sake  He 
explumed  to  her  the  spirit  ,„  tl.esospej, appeal- 
ed to  her  cou»g,ence  and  theu  read  to  her  what 
the  apostle  »«ul  aljout  oruauients. 
again  and  again  ai  her  I, 
then,  with 


that  Abraham  is  supposed  to  have 
tbe  angels  on  their  way  to  Sodom. 


Sometime  ago   Brother  James   R,  rjjsl 
Woodford  County,   Illinois,   purchased  a  .■!„' 
meeting  tent,  30x36  feet,  with   the  inteuli("]ru| 
using  it  in  the  Central  Mission  Field,  but  h  " 
ing  abaudoned  the  idea  for  tbe  present  be  nn 
offers  tbe   tent  for  sale.     It  cost  him  §1^;,  (,|,. 
he  will  now  take  jilOO   for  it.     He  desired   n"', 
notice,   tbiukiug  there   were    poor    cbunh  . 
having   no  meeting-house,   that   wouhl  hlin 
tent.     It  is  in   good  condition,  having  n^v.-r 
been  used.     For   further  information,   ailHii', 
P.   A.   Moore,    Roanoke,    Woodford    Coiuitv 
Illinois. 

The  "dog  in  tbe  manger"  has  serveil  «- ,, 
text  for  many  sermons  and  articles,  but  i.  a. 
full  of  meaning  as  ever.  When  we  hear  ,.i  , 
man  persuading  another  not  to  give  atjytliM,^ 
in  su|>port  of  tlie  missionary  cause  the  old  tiM 
will  come  up  in  our  mind,  and  we  would  to  iind 
that  it  would  forcibly  present  itself  to  the  m,,,, 
who  is  making  the  trouble.  Likely  the  dav  will 
come,  when  those  who  will  neither  preacli  iIih 
gospel  where  it  is  so  much  needed,  nor  allnw 
others  to  do  it  will  have  a  little  account  to  M- 
tie  with  him  who  requires  every  member  t" 
make  a  judicious  use  of  bis  talent.' 


She  looked 
me  necklace,  and 
'I '"ode"t  decision,  that  would 
hare  been   a  credit   to  any  woman,  took   tbe 
iieckbici.  off  saying,  -  Hove  «„■«/  ,„„,•,  tt„„ 
bbe  was  a  heathen  woman.    Sisters,  will 
woman  to  excel  you? 


III. 

you  allow  a  beatben 


Aboi.i  the  worst  thing  that  can  hap|).ii  a 
church  is  when  kindred  begin  to  kuow  ,.„  h 
other  after  tbe  flesh  and  not  after  the  spirit.  In 
some  instances  it  is  impossible  to  do  jitsliiv; 
kinfolks  will  stick  together  and  carry  tliiir 
points  in  spite  of  justice.  If  one  of  their  num. 
ber  is  on  trial  before  the  church  for  some  l.aj 
act  they  stand  by  him,  and  do  all  iu  their  poll- 
er to  help  him  out  of  his  scrape.  When  itcoiiif^ 
to  taking  the  vote,  every  one  who  can,  will  vote 
so  as  to  make  it  as  easy  on  him  as  possible,  aii'l 
of  courae  he  fuels  e.isy  for  he  knows  all  bisk. ii». 
folks  will  help  him,  aud  not  allow  himdeposei. 
Such  things  ought  not  to  be.  In  tbechurchnf 
8od  we  should  not  know  each  other  after  the 
flesh,  but  after  the  spirit. 

Here  is  an  account  of  some  liberal  giving; 
it  shows  bow  other  people  help  their  cnteriiris- 
es  along:  The  May  number  of  the  ftrnn/, 
Presbyterian,  announces  that  Messin.  R.  L.  and 
A.  Stuai-t,  of  this  city,  gave  about  a  mouth  ago 
!?-'J,OUli  to  the  home  Mission  Board:  825,000  to 
the  Foreign  Missionary  Board;  ?25,000  to  the 
Board  of  Church  Erection,  and  $5,000  to  the 
Board  of  Ministerial  Relief,  all  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church.  The  Jixauiincr  and  ChmaicU, 
liaptist,  states  that  witbjn  a  short  time  eight 
individuals  have  given  i!Ua,UOO  to  promote  the 
permanent  interests  of  the  Rochester  Seminary. 
Of  this  Mr.  John  t).  Rockefeller,  of  Cleveland, 
Ohio,  gives  *38,000  for  a  building  suitable  for 
library,  chapel  aud  lecture-room;  Mr.  William 
Hockefeller,  of  New  York,  gives  Slii5,000  for 
books,  to  be  expended  as  fkst  as  tbe  money  can 
be  spent  discreetly;  Mr.  Charles  Pratt,o(  Brook- 
lyn, ?25,000  for  the  establishment  and  endow- 
ment of  a  Professorship  of  Elocution:  Mr  J,  B- 
Trevor,  of  Yoiikers,  IfaS.OliO  to  endow  the  Cor- 
responding Secretaryship;  Mr.  J.  B.  Hoyt,  of 
Stamford,  Ct.,  *25,000  to  endow  the  Professor- 
ship of  Hebrew.  Besides  these,  Dr.  Nathan 
Bishop  gives  ?2,000;  Mr.  S.  S.  Constant,  «1,000, 
aud-Mr.  Wolvcrton,  »l,O0O-tbe  last  three  of 
-New  lork. 


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jooe_ 

^     ^  week  we  will  publish  the  Prospectus  of 

lit.  Morria  Semitmry.   giviuE  «11  the  inlbr- 

'    .  (J  about  the  school  that   m»y  be  desired. 

""       g  thinking  of  attending  school  should  be 

ared  to    give  the  article    a  cureful    reading. 


THK    BIIETHK£.:N^    -A.T    AVOKIC. 


-  will  further  state  that  Brother  Stein's  pros- 
ts  are  truly  encouragiug,  and  everything 
{c&tes  that  he  will  commence  the  Fall  term 


iijdi' 
ifith» 


full  school.    His  effort  in  this  direction 
joble  one,  and  his  institution  should  be 
!^eU  pfttropized. 
Thb  following   we    compile  from  the    Lena 

During  a  heavy  storm  uu  Saturday  morning, 
,hc  nth  inst..  at  about  2:30  o'clock,  lightning 
truck  the  house  of  Brother  Nicholas  Weber, 
I  ring  in  *^^  Waddam's  Grove  Church,  and  did 
oDsiderable  damage  to  the  building.  On  hear- 
.  -  the  storm.  Brother  Weber  got  up  and  lit 
^  lamp  and  then  laid  down  on  the  lounge  i'or 
while;  ^^^  ^^^"  '"'^  down  on  his  bed  and  was 
ot  there  over  fifteen  minutes  when  the  light- 
ing stnick  the  house,  knocking  the  lounj 
which  he  had  been  Iving,  to  shatters.  He  was 
stunned  ^^^  ^^  insensible  for  ten  or  fifteen 
miuutea.  Siwter  Weber  escaped  with  slight  in- 
jury. Their  daughter  was  luckily  awa;'  from 
home  on  a  visit,  or  she  would  doubtless  have 
]^n  killed,  as  the  lightuing  passed  through  the 
room  she  usually  occupied,  on  the  second  floor. 
I9  soon  as  Brother  Weber  recovered  from  the 
(bock  he  took  his  family  to  a  neighbor's  house, 
'  where  they  were  cared  for  until  morning.  The 
current  went  to  the  cellar,  where,  meeting 
ffith  a  stoce  fluor.  it  rel)ounded,  aiid  escaped 
tiirough  an  open  window,  tearing  out  the  side 
frame  in  its  t^J^it-  Fortunately  the  house  did 
uot  catch  fire.  This  was  a  narrow  escape  for 
Brother  Weber,  and  we  sincerely  sympathize 
n-ith  him  in  Ifis  misfortune. 

ANNUAL  MEETING  FOR  1880. 

A  MOVEMENT  is  now  on  foot  to  make  the 
necessary  arrangements  for  holding  the 
nest  Annual  Meeting  in  Northern  Illinois. 
The  West  is  entitled  to  it,  and  this  part  of  the 
State  is  thought  to  be  a  good  point  at  which  to 
hold  the  meeting.  All  the  housekuepei-s  have 
been  instructed  to  council  their  respective  con- 
gregations and  report  to  Enoch  Eby  by  the  mid- 
dle of  July,  and  if  all  seem  favorable,  a  special 
District  Meeting  is  tu  be  callcdfor  the  purpose 
of  perfecting  the  arrungements,  and  securing 
permission  from  the  Standing  Committee  to 
have  the  next  Annual  Meeting  in  this  p'nrt  of 
the  West.  During  the  Feast,  at  Cherry  Grove 
last  week,  a  number  of  elders  and  ministers  con- 
sulted together  and  agreed  to  bring  the  matter 
before  the  different  congregations  in  this  i'orm: 

1.  Isthis  congregation  witling  lorthe  North- 
ern District  of  Illinois  to  take  the  Annual 
Meeting  for  1880? 

2.  Are  you  willing  that  the  Standing  Mis- 
sionary Committee  shall  call  a  special  District 
Meeting  to  make  arrangeiients  for  taking  the 
Annual  Meeting? 

3.  Are  yon  willing  to  take  that  special  Dis- 
trict  Meeting  in  case  the  Comrailtee  decides 
that  it  should  be  held  here? 

If  the  different  congregations  answer  these 
qnestioQS  in  the  affirmative,  then  our  Standing 
Missionary  Committee  will  call  for  a  special 
District  Meeting,  when  and  where  tht;y  think 
best,  to  make  the  uecetsary  preliminary  arrange- 
ments for  taking  the  next  Annual  Meeting. 
To  this  District  Meeting  it  will  be  the  duty  of 
each  congregation  to  send  delegates  chosen  by 
the  church.       ^^____^__ 

MOOMAW  S  PROPOSITION. 


DONT  3,T0P  BTT  PAPER, 

Don't  3to]i  ray  pupor.  printer. 

Don't  strike  my  mune  oH  yet : 
Vou  kiKuv  the  times  are  stringent. 

And  money  hard  to  get; 
Bnt  tug  ft  little  liartler 

Is  wliitt  I  mean  to  do, 
And  scrape  tlie  dimes  together, 

Enough  for  me  and  you. 

T  can't  afford  to  drop  It; 

I  hnd  it  doesn't  pay 
To  do  without  a  paper, 

However  others  may, 
I  hate  to  ask  my  neighbors 

To  give  me  theirs  on  loan : 
They  don't  juat  say,  hut  mean  it. 

Why  don't  you  have  your  own? 

You  cau't  tell  how  we'd  miss  it. 

If  it  by  any  fate. 
Should  happen  not  to  reach  us. 

Or  came  a  little  late; 
Then  all  is  in  a  huhbuli. 

And  things  go  uU  away, 
And,  printer,  if  you're  married, 

Vuu  know  the  reason  why. 

I  cannot  do  without  it. 

It  is  no  use  to  try, 
For  other  people  take  it. 

And.  printer,  so  must  I. 
I.  too,  murtt  keep  me  posted, 

And  know  what  is  going  on, 
Or  feel,  and  be  accounted 

■A-  foggy  simpleton. 

Then  take  it  kindly,  printer, 

It  pay  be  somewhat  slow, 
For  cash  is  not  so  plenty, 

And  wants  not  few  you  know. 
But  I  must  have  my  paper. 

Cost  what  it  may  to  me, 
I'd  rather  dofk  my  sugar. 

And  do  without  my  tea. 

So,  printer,  don't  you  stop  it, 

t'lilesM  yuu  want  my  frown, 
For  here  is  your  year's  subscription. 

And  credit  it  right  down; 
And  send  tlie  paper  promptly 

And  regularly  on. 
And  let  it  bring  us  monthly 

Its  welcome  Itenisun. 

Selerted  by  Mauv  K.Tuu 


ON  THE  WAY  TO  PALESTINE. 


JiVMUKK  X. 


From  Suez  to  Jerusalem. 

'  last  letter  closed  with  our  labors  at  Suez. 


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2.0U 


The  fo^^ojving  amounts  have  been  subscj-ibed 
shice  lust  report: 

D.  D.  Horner,  Jones  Mill.  Pa..  Pd 

A  Sster,  Arcadia,  Ohio 

Ilirnm  Forney  .t  wife,  Millford,  in^l--, 

Jaa.T,  Dickey,  Ilooversberg,  Ind 

EliKii  Tliompson.  F.hUs  City.  Neb 

Andrew  Iloliard,  UoasviUe,  Ind 

John  IValcs,  I'd 

Abraham  Toms,  Cairo,  lowii. 

ABrotliev,Pd 

Sarah  Tridle.  .Silver  hake,  Ind 

Sanuioi  Smith,  (address  not  given  1 i.On 

M.  KateLipes,  Fijicaatle,  Va 

Kiioch  lieeiy,  Covington,  Ohiu  - 

S.  A.  Overholtzer.  Modes,  Cal - 

y.G.Frcdferlc. 

D.  Houser, 

I*-  UoweiBOx, 

SI.  Shelly 

IMlaiiues 

J.  Shelly 

L.  Shelly 

Hetlie   Swarbz 

l*eter  S.  Garman 

I'reviously  Reported.. 


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Cauei'L'L  research  shows  that  the  China  his- 
tory does  not  extend  beyond  the  period  embraced 
in  Bible  chronology.  The  following  tradition 
shows  about  how  far  back  they  are  able  to  trace 
their  history :  "  They  tell  the  name  of  their  first 
kiug,  which  would  sound  in  the  ear  of  some  as 

orruption  of  the  word  Noah.  The  time  they 
assign  for  his  reign  corresponds  with  tiieage  of 
Noali.  They  speak  of  this  king  as  being  with- 
out father;  of  his  mother  being  encircled  with 
the  rainbow;  of  his  preserving  seven  clean  ani- 
mals to  sacrifice  to  the  great  Spirit;  that  in  his 
day  the  sky  fell  on  the  earth  and  destroyed  the 
race  of  men,  etc.  When  we  remember  that  the 
waters  of  Uie  sky  did  this  in  the  days  of  Noah; 
that  Noab  W!is  the  first  of  the  postdiluvian  race, 
and  thus  without  father;  that  the  rainbow  is 
interestingly  connected  with  his  history ;  that 
he  did  take  into  the  ark  clean  animals  by  sev- 
ens, part  of  which  were  offered  in  sacrifice — we 
begin  to  discover  that  the  Chinese  account  is 
nothing  more  nor  less  .than  a  blotted  copy  of 
the  truth.''  ,■  ,  ir.-:  •  j   uJl'  •  ^   ' 

Our  readers  want  to  keep  a  careful  look  out 
for  all  kinds  of  sharpers.  Another  trick  is  be- 
ing played  on  farmers  in  certain  localities.  A 
certain  party  goes  from  house  to  house  to  buy 
fowls.  He  does  business  very  systematically, 
and  when  he  pays  any  one  money  he  takts  a 
receipt.  Having  made  a  purchase,  betakes  out 
his  receipt  book  and  proceeds  to  write  the  re- 
ceipt. He  writesrapidly  and  vigorously,  as  be- 
comes a  man  of  business,  but  just  as  he  gets  to 
where  the  signature  is  to  be  added — away  goes 
the  point  of  the  pencil — "never  mind;  here  is 
one  of  those  fountain  jiens,"  which  he  takes 
from  his  pocket— "  Nothing  like  having  two 
strings  to  your  bow,  you  know— capita!  inven- 
tion, these  pens  that  carry  their  own  ink." — He 
hands  the  pen  to  the  farmer,  who  signs  the  re- 
ceipt. A  receipt  in  pencil,  with  the  signatnre 
in  ink,  is  easily  converted  into  a  promissory 
note  for  i^liJO — or  $200 — as  the  farmer  finds  out 
when  he  gets  a  notice  from  the  bank  in  the  next 
town,  that  his  note  of  a  given  date,  discounted 
by  the  bank,  will  be  due  on  such  a  day.  Of 
course  this  is  not  a  religious  item,  but  we  think 
our  readers  will  thank  us  for  keeping  them  post- 
ed. Farmers  and  everybody  else  would  better 
keep  their  signatnires  off  such  papers. 


Total  to  date.. 


A  MiNisTERiNi)  brother  writes  that  he  has 
been  compelled  to  sell  all  his  property  to  pay 
security  debts,  and  is  now  left  with  a  large  fam- 
ily and  hut  little  to  go  on.  That  is  hard,  es- 
pecially for  a  minister.  .We  make  mention  of 
this  that  other  ministers  may  take  warning,  and 
not  IiBcome  too  much  entangled  with  other 
matters  so  as  to  hinder  their  work  in  the  min- 
istry. 


The  next  day  we  went  from  that  city  by 
rail  to  Israailia,  fifty  miles  distant,  and  half  way 
the  length  of  the  Suez  Canal,  reaching  there  ut 
half-past  11  o'clock.     At  i  v.  m.  we  went  down 
to  the   Egyptian  Mail    steamer,   which   was  to 
convey  us   from  Ismailia  through  the  canal  to 
I'ort  Said.     The   said    steamer  we    found  to  be 
only  40  feet  long   and  9  feet  wide,   yet  we  were 
asked  whether  we  were  first  class  or  second  class 
rs.     After  a   glance  at  the  dingy  little 
craft,  we  almost   wished  that  we   were  no  class 
at  all,  and  felt  in  doubt  whether  we  ought   to 
laugh  or  cry  at  the  thought  of  being  compelled 
to   travel    on  her;  but  we    were   encouraged  at 
the  thought   that,  being    first  class,    we  would 
have  the  best  if  there  were  any  best,  so  we  de- 
posited our  luggage  on  deck,  had  a  big  quarrel 
with  the  Arabs   who  had  brought,  it  from  the 
hotel  about  the  amount   we  should   pay  them, 
hunted    for  the   cabiu,  which   we   found  to  be 
about  the  size  and  near  the  shape  of  a  big  om- 
nibus, waited  nearly  two  hours  after  the  adver- 
tised time  for  the  little  thing  to  start,  and  were 
delighted  by  the  swiftness  with  which  she  cut 
the  water  when  she  did  start.     The  swifl  motion 
added  force  to  a  gentle  north  wind,  in  the  fate 
of  which  we  sailed,  and  we  were  much  refreshed 
as  we  sat  on  the  little  deck,  after  the  weariness 
of  a  hot  day.     Ships  are  limited  to  six  miles  an 
hour  in    1  assing    through   the   canal,    leat  the 
waves  they  stir   up  should    wash  in  the   banks 
too  rapidly;  hut  our  little  craft  scarcely  makes 
a  ripple,  and   is  allowed  to  run   as  fast  as  she 
chooses.     We  overtook  a  large  ship,  and  swiftly 
passed  under  her  sides.    A  hundred  or  two  piis- 
sengers  and  sailors  gathered  at  the  riiil  to  look 
down  on  us,  and  appeared  amused  to  nee  so  tiny 
a  boat  run  by  them  so  swiftly.     I  waved  my  hat 
when  we  were  nearly  past  them,  and  cried  out, 
"  Good-bye;  we'll  tell  them  you  are  coming." 

We  landed  at  Port  Said  at  11  o'clock  at  night, 
and  were  met  by  an  English-speaking  hotel 
runner,  who  put  us  and  our  baggage  into  a  row 
boat,  and  rowed  us  to  the  Netherland  Hotel, 
situated  on  the  pier  of  the  harbor,  and  put  us 
into  most  delightful  quarters.  From  the  ver- 
andah into  which  our  windows  opened,  we 
could  see  next  morning  all  the  shipping  in  the 
harbor,  and  much  of  the  town. 

The  cost  of  the  Suez  canal   was  more  than 
ninftij-fttomiUions  o{  AoW-AXs;  bnt  it  now   pays 
5  per  cent,  dividends  on  the  stock;  its  income 
in  the  year  1877  was  about  ?6,000,000,  and  the 
expense  of  keeping  it  in  repair  only  $1,000,000. 
All  this  income  is  derived  from  the  toll  paid  by 
steamships  which   pass  through  it,  the  number 
of  which,  therefore,  is  immense.     At  Port  Said 
and  at  Suez  they  are  constantly  going  and  com- 
ing, and  you  can  seldom  look  along  the  line  of 
the  :anal  from  either  place  without  seeing  tall 
masts   rising   above   the  desert  sands.    There 
were  I.t  steamers  in  the  harbor  of  Port  Said  at 
the  time  we  left   there,  two  of  which  had   jn«t 
come  in   from  the  canal.    One  of  the  greatest 
obstacles  encountered  in   digging    the   canal, 
arose  from    the  want  of  fresh  water.     The  25,- 
000  men   employed  on  the  work  had  to  be  ^up- 
plied  with  water  from  the  Nile,  and  it  required 
1600  camels  constantly   going  and  coming  tn 
transport  it.     Finally  a   canal    was   made  from 
the  Nile  to  Ismailia,  and  thence  to  Suez,  a  dis- 
tance of  153  miles,  to  convey  fres-h  water,  and 
this  canal  is  now   the   only  dependence  of  all 
that  region  for  water  for  domestic  purposes  and 
irrigation.     It  is  large   enough  to  fioat  small 
canal  boats ;  and  although  it  is  used  on  its  course 
as  any  little  river  passing  through  the  country 
would  be,  its  water,  when  filtered,  is  very  good. 
It  never  rains  in  Egypt  more  than  two  or  three 
times  a  year,  and  then  it  seldom  lay.s  the  dust; 
so  rain  water   is  out  of  the   question,   and  the 
whole  country  lives,  as  in  ancient  times,  from 
tbe  Nile.     Whenever  the  Nile   water  is   not 
spread  over  the  laud  by  irrigation,  the  surface 
is  as   bare  of  vegetation   as  the   palm  of  your 
hand.     I  feel  tempted  here  to  write  much  of  old 
Egypt,  and  of  the  young  Egypt  which,  under 
European   influence,   which   is  now   domiuaut 
there,  is  springing   up  on  the  ruins  of  the  old; 
but  1  must  go  on  to  other  matters. 

We  left  Port  Said  on  the  Austrian  steamer 
Espero,  at  6  p.  m.,  Saturday,  April  13,  and  cast 
,anchor  off  Joi)pa  the  next  morning  at  ten. 
There  is  no  harbor  at  Joppa,  and  consequently 
passengers  can  not  be  landed  at  all  in  rough 
weather;  l)ut  the  sea  was  calm  for  us,  and  our 
dragoman,  with  whom  we  had  contracted  at 
Cairo,  came  out  to  meet  the  ship  with  a  boat, 
took  UB  ashore,  and  led  us  to  Uowdrd'a  Hotel. 
Our  walk  through  the  crooked  street  was  among 
as  motley  a  crowd,  and   through  as  much  filth 


as  we  wish  to  see  again;  Imt  we  had  no  sooner 
entered  our  rooms  in    the  hotel    than    we  were 
regaled  with    »o  sweet  a  fragrance  hm  led  ui  to 
look  out  at  the  window  to  see  whence  it  came; 
and  there  spread  thickly  over  several  acres  at- 
tached to  the   hotel,  was  an  orchard  of  lemon 
trees  in  full    bloom.     The   golden  fruit  and  the 
pure  white  blosaoms  were  hanging  side  hy  tide, 
and  beyond  and  about  the  lemon  orchard  were 
gardens  of  oranges  showing  noblotwoms.  but  an 
abundance  of  ripe  fruit.     Whea  we  went  down 
to  lunch,  a  large  Irnit-ataDd  full  of  orange*  (trac- 
ed the  table,  and  we  were  so  a-stoniiihed  at  their 
enormous  size  that  1    measured  three  or  four  of 
them,  and  found  that  they  averaged  11 A  inches 
in  circumference.     On  eating    tbem   we  found 
them  as  superior  in  flavor  as  in  sixe.     They  ar« 
entirely   seedless,  and   though  less  juicy   than 
some   varieties,   their    meat  is  so  com  pact  and 
tender  thnt  we   can  eat  them  as    we   would  an 
apple.     There   are   400   gardens  of  oranges  at 
Joppa,  containing   from  two  and  a  half  to  aix 
acres  each,  and   the  export  of  the   fruit  in  the 
principle  source  of  income  for  the  city.     There 
were  2,000  boxes,  each   containing   about   two 
bushels,  piled  up  on  the  pier  ready  for  shipment 
when  we  arrived,  and  our  ship  remained  at  an- 
chor twenty-four  hours  to  receive  them.     Thou- 
sands of  bushels   are   alyo   nent  away    to   the 
interior  on  camels   and    a.-*3e8.     The   market  in 
.Jerusalem  is   abundantly  supplied    with    them, 
and  they  are  almost  as  cheap  a.t  Irisli    potatoes 
are  in  America.     It  w  a  sight   worth  seeing  to 
ride  among  the  orchards  about  Joppa,  and  see 
the  stout  little  trees  almost  covered   with  the 
enormous  fruit,  the  limbs  bending  low,  but  nev- 
er breaking. 

We  visited,  of  course,  the  house  of  Simon  the 
tanner,  saw  the   room  where  Peter  lodged,  and 
climbed  by  an  outside  flight  of  stone  steps  upon 
the  flat  roof  where  he  prayed  and  saw  the  vision 
of  the  sheet.     The  representation,  however,  was 
so  obviously  false,  a-s  appeared  from  the  modem 
date  of  the    building,   and  its   unsuitable  sur- 
roundings,  that    we    did   not   care   to  see  the 
equally   veritable   house  of  Tabitha,   which  ia 
shown  in   another  part  of  the  town.    But  not 
far  from    these  spots   unquestionably  stood  the 
houses  in    which  the    memorable   events   con- 
nected with  Peter's  call  to  Ciesarea  took    place, 
and  we  could   but  realize  that   we  were  now  in 
the  midst  of  New  Testament  scenes.     We  had 
worship  in  our   owu    room  at  the  hotel.     We 
afterward  learned   that  there  was  an  afternoon 
Episcopal  service  at  the  English  school  of  Mrs. 
Hay,   conducted  by  a  visiting    <lergyinan  from 
England;  but  the  information  came  too  late  for 
US  to  attend  it.     Mrs.  Hay's   richoul,  by  the  by,' 
is  kept  in  a   framed  and  weatherboarded  house, 
the  only  one,  I  suppo.se,  in  Palestine.    All  build- 
ings here,  except  the  rudest  huts,  are  built  of 
stone — fioors,  stairsteps,    roofs — all   except  the 
doors  and  windows.     Many  of  the  huts  are  also 
built  of  uiiliewed   stones  laid    in  abundance  of 
cement;  but  many  of  them  are  tuilt  of  sundried 
bricks,  made,  not  of  clay,  but  of  the   common 
soil  mixed  with  cut  straw.    A  pile  of  brush  laid 
iicroes  the  walls  and  plastered  over  with  cement, 
constitutes  the  roof.     They  are  miserable,  filthy 
holes,  scarcely  tit  for  the  habitation  of  an  Amer- 
ican hog;  yet  they   swarm   with   women  and 
children. 

At  Joppa  I  began  my  Palestine  work.     I  had 
prepared  for  it  by  spending  all  the  time  that  my 
other   engagement    would  allow,  la.st    Fall  and 
Winter,  in  rereading  the  best  books  on  thesub- 
ject,  and    making   notes  ou  the    places  which  1 
expected  to  visit.     These  notes  were  written  in 
a  strongly  bound  blank-book,  and  blank  spaces 
were  left  for    lilling    up  the  descriptions  as  the 
places  are  visited.     As  i  come  to  each  object  of 
interest.  I  first  read  what  I  have  already  written 
concerning   it,  making   corrections,  if  any  are 
needed,  and  then  I   write  in  the  blanks  any  ad- 
ditional details  which  I  think  worth  preserving. 
I   am    provided   with  a    pocket   compass   with 
which  to  take  bearrugf*;  a  tape  line  two  chains 
in    length  with  whicii    to  test  former  measure- 
ments  and  take    uew  ones;  a   good    field-glasa 
nith  which  to  examine  leinote  or   inaccessible 
objects;  and  a  thermometer  with  which  to  ob- 
serve the   temperature  of  both  mr  and  water. 
With  this  preparation  and  these  taciUtie*  I  find 
that  I  can   make   quite  rapid   progress   in  my 
work,  and  1  am  correcting  some  errors  made  by 
my  predecessors.    The   work  is  often  quite  la- 
borious;   but    my  companions  lighten  it  by 
cheerfully  rendering  all  needed  assistance. 

From  Joppa  to  Jerusalem,  distance  3S  miles, 
there  is  a  turnpike  road,  constructed  a  few  ye*rj 
ago  by  the  present  Pasha,  the  only  one  in  Syrm 
except  one  built  by  a  French  company  frou 
Beirout  to  Damascus.  All  other  roads  are  mer- 
bridle  paths,  impassable  for  wheeled  vehicles. 
Along  the  plain  this  pike  is  good  and  smooth, 
but  in  the  mountains  it  is  so  washed  and  broken 
in  places  by  winter  torrents  that  vehicles  can 
pass  only  with  the  utmost  diiHculty.     We  start- 


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•d  mit  out  ou  this  miri  th'^  noxt  raoriiinjt  Rfl«r 
our  MTiTaJ  in  Joppa.  nu«int4sl  on  the  hor»M 
which  had  been  engaged  for  our  r-ntire  tonr. 
Our  horses  are  scnib  stuck,  all  atRllions,  aiid  in 
thin  order;  but  they  by  no  nienns  present  thr 
Woe-hegoiif  appearance  repr«ipnt«l  by  Mark 
Twrnin:  neither  do  they  scratoh  the  fliea  from 
the  back  of  their  head?  with  their  hind  fipet: 
they  ueuaily  allow  the  flies  to  enjoy  their  fBaat 
of  blood  without  molestation,  Tbey  walk  tol- 
erably welt,  caut*>r  pleasantly,  und  climb  the 
hills,  both  up  hill  and  down,  lit<e  goats.  Mine 
frequently  trips  on  level  Rroiind.  but  he  never 
misMS  his  step  nor  his  foothold  on  the  cra<fry 
sides  of  the  mountainn.  We  had  onr  choice  be- 
twrnn  Arab  and  English  saddles,  but  though 
Eoropean  traveler.'*  nearly  always  choose  the 
latter,  onr  Western  horseback  experience  taught 
UB  at  a  glance  that  the  former  were  preferable 
for  a  long  journey.  They  arc  very  much  like 
the  Mexicnu  •laddle^.  hut  iuHtead  of  the  large 
wooden  stirrup  of  the  latter,  they  have  an  iron 
stirrup,  the  bottom  plat«  of  which  is  wide 
enough  to  receive  the  entire  foot  from  toe  to 
heel.  Our  bndlwt  are  very  fantaMtic,  bping  made 
of  woolen  stnff  of  spvernl  bright  coIorM.  ndorned 
with  sm.ill  white  shellft,  and  hung  thick  iilong 
the  headstall  with  red  and  white  tjuweU.  Siid- 
dles  Hud  bridles  are  both  of  the  regular  Hedouin 
style. 

About  four  or  five  miles  out  from  .loppn  we 
turned  out  of  the  main  rond  to  the  left,  in  order 
to  pass  through  Lyddo,  whence  Peter  wair  call- 
ed to  Joppa,  and  where  hu  rained    Kneax  from 
his  loni:  confiui'mi-rit    wiUi  tin-    piintlysia  {we 
Acts  (t;  .'J2-:JS).     it   is   now   »  well-built    Arab 
village,  surroiinder]  by  Hxl^-nnive  groves  of  olive 
trees.     Its  only    public    i)iiilding    is  tho  fireek 
Church  of  St.  George,  the  patron  waint  of  Kng- 
lond.     It  was   here  that  the  siiid    Oeorge    wiis 
bom,  here  he    was   bunted,    and  liis   celnbruted 
fastof   killing    the  dragon  is  Kculphired 
marble  slab  over  thp  door  of  thi*  church.  There 
ia  a  St.  George's  Church    in  .St.    LnniH,    and  1 
once  asked  n  lady  who  belongs  to  it  wlint  (Jt-orge 
it  was  who  owned    that  church,   but  she   could 
not  tell  me.     From  Lyddii  we  turned  south,  and 
came  into  the  pike  agntn  at  Riimleh,  a  place  ot 
much  note  among    the  crusaders,  but  not  mi-n- 
tioned  in  the  Scriptures.     There  ive  lunched  in 
the  Latin  nionasf^-ry.  and  in    (he  afternoon    we 
rode  to  Latroun,  a  village  on  a  hill- top  overlook- 
ilkfi  the  vallev  of  Aijaion,  where   Joshua  made 
the  moon  stand  still.     Mr  Howard,  of  iloppu, 
has  here  a  comforUibie  new  hotel,  just  opttned 
to  the   public  lust  Novemlicr,  iind  furniNhing  a 
most   convenient   lodging    place   for  travelers, 
The  village  of  Latroun    is  nestled   among  the 
ruins  of  some  ma.<isive  ancient  buildings,  and 
below  it,  near  our  hotel,  are  some  ancient  Jew- 
ish sepulchres  cut  in  the  solid  rock.     Tradition 
has  it  that  this  was   the  home  of  tho    penitent 
thief,  and  also  the  burial  place  of  Judas  Macca- 
beus.    An  artificial  pool  lielow  the  hotid,  wall- 
ed with  stone,   supplied  with  water  from  a  well 
near  by,  is  as  well  suited  for  a  baptismal  pool  \» 
if  it  had  been  mode  for  the  purpose. 

We  had  now  crosi^fd  the  plain  of  -Sharon  at 
its  southern  eitremity,  the  land  of  the  I'hilis- 
tines,  next  south  of  it,  having  been  in  sight  all 
day.  In  regard  to  this  plain,  I  must  une  lan- 
guage which  I  would  have  thouglit  extravagant 
before  I  saw  it.  It  is  truly  a  nch  and  lovely 
country',  and  even  in  the  hands  of  its  present 
ioefiicient  cultivators,  it  seudx  a  large  ijuantity 
of  produce  to  market.  It  jtroduces,  without  ir- 
rigation, better  crops  of  wheat  thtui  (ire  now 
produced  in  Egypt,  and  if  I  were  suddenly  put 
down  there.  I  would  think  myself  ou  one  of  the 
rich  and  rolling  prairies  of  Illinois  or  Missouri. 
There  is  scarcely  a  limit  to  the  grain  and  fruit 
which  it  would  bring  forth  in  the  hands  of 
skillful  farmen.  It  has  always  been  noted,  and 
justly  Bo,  for  the  beauty  and  variety  of  its  wild 
Sowers.  The  red  poppy  blooms  every-where 
except  on  the  plowed  ground,  and  in  many 
places  the  entire  surface  is  reddened  with  it. 
Many  others,  smaller  in  size,  delicate  of  texture, 
and  of  every  hue,  but  nameless  in  my  scant  vo- 
CftbolAry,  abound  on  every  side. 

Our  ride  on  Tuesday,  from  Latroun  to  Jeru- 
salem, was  up  one  mountain  side  and  down 
another  uearly  all  the  way.  We  lunched  in  the 
valley  of  Sorek,  \.<m  feet  below  the  hight*  on 
either  side.  This  valley  heads  near  Mizpeh, 
and  opens  out  below  in  the  country  of  the  Phil- 
irtines.  Samuel  chased  the  Philistines  along 
the  entire  length  of  its  deep  chasm  on  that 
memjsrabie  day  when,  at  the  close  of  the  chase, 
he  set  up  a  stone,  called  it  Ebenezer,  and  said, 
"  Hitherto  the  Lord  hath  been  our  helper." 
1  Sam.  7:  3-14. 

We  paaaed  the  reputed  site  of  Kirjath  jearim, 
where  the  ark  rested  so  long  after  ita  return 
from  the  land  of  the  Philistines,  and  that  of  the 
houe  of  Obed-edom.  where  Czzah  fell  when 
David  was  taking  the  ark  from  Kirjath-jearim 
to  Jerusalem,  and  where,  in  terror  at  this  event. 


David  left  the  ark  throfl  months  ere  he  ventur- 
ed to  take  it  further.     2  Sam.  ^'>. 

I  knew  Tpry  well  when  wp  were  Hearing  the 
spot  where  the  Holy  ('ity  would  first  come  into 
view,  and  I  had  read  so  much  about  the  varied 
emotions  with  which  the  sight  is  first  beheld, 
that  I  resolved  to  preserve  my  equanimity,  and 
approach  it  calmly.  Hut  in  xpite  of  my  eOort, 
I  began  to  be  nervous.  I  n-meml^red  the  long- 
ings of  almost  a  life-time  to  be  here;  I  thought 
of  JesiiK  and  the  croaa:  and  I  covered  my  face 
with  my  umbrella  to  hide  the  team  which  I 
cf)uld  not  ke<ii  down.  And  now,  as  I  write,  the 
same  emotion  and  the  same  teani  return  again. 
The  first  object  which  I  recognized  was  an  un- 
expected one — the  dark  blue  wall  of  the  mount- 
ains of  Moab  beyond  the  Dead  Sea  and  the  Jor- 
dan. The  next  was  the  unmiHtakable  Mount  of 
Olives, 

tlifit  dear  h('ni>re<l  hjiot. 
Till!  fiuiii!  of  wJiosc  wonders  shall  ne'er  lie  furRot. 
The  next  was  the  dark  gray  wall  of  the  city 
south  of  the  Joppa  gate.  I  would  have  seen,  a 
moment  sooner,  the  more  northern  i>art  of  the 
western  wall,  but  for  npw.  unexjiectfd  and  un- 
welcome objects  that  intervened.  Tliese  were 
the  houses  and  high  garden  walls  of  an  actually 
new  town  which  how  sprung  \i\>  on  both  sides 
of  thf  Joppa  roa/l  within  the  last  four  years, 
extending  nearly  a  mile  from  the  Jopjia  gate. 
It  is  a  part  of  a  new  European  city  springing 
up  on  three  sides  of  the  old  JerusBlem,  and  des- 
tined, before  many  years,  to  be  the  principal 
city  of  the  two.  I  will  have  more  to  say  of 
hereafter. 

On  entering  the   city  we  directed  our  drago- 
num  to  lead   us  first  to  the  otiice  of  the  Aiiieri- 
ctm    Consul,  Col.    Wilson,  of  Iowa,    where  we 
found  awaiting    us  our  first    letters  from  home. 
Though  mine    was  written  only  one  week  after 
my  departure   from  home,    I  felt  as  if  its  news 
and  its  moNsngeH    were  all  fresh,   and  I  tried  to 
think  it  hud  been  on  tho    way  hut  a  little  time. 
I'Voin  the  Consulate  wu  runaired  to  the  Med- 
iterranean  Hotcd,  kept    by   a  German    named 
Ilorust^'in,  who  was    baptized    by  Dr.   I3arclay 
wliilt!  a   missionary  here.     When  I  entered  the 
room  that  was  assigned  nie,  \  partt-d  the  window 
curtain    to  let  in  more    light  and  air,  when  my 
t-yes  fell  on  the   pool  of  Hezekiiih,  lying  like  a 
hidden  mountain  lake,  in  the  rear  of  blocks  of 
houses  which  close    it  on    every  side.     Looking 
above  and  across  it,  there  stood  tho  magnificent 
Dome  of  the    Itock,    miscalled    the   Mosque  of 
(»uiar,  with    the  entire    slope  of  the   Mount  of 
OlivcK  beyond  it.     To  the  right  liiy  the  Mo.-^cpie 
I'Jl  Akstt.  on    the  southern    part  of  the   temple 
mount.     Looking  around  to  the  left,  the  dome 
over  the  Church  of  tho  Holy  Sepnlcher  was  al- 
so in    view,  and  I    immediately  named  all  these 
objects  to  my  companion.     1  was  in  .leruaalem 
ut  lost;  and  tliere  was  not  a  window  in  the  cily 
that  1  would  have  preferred  to  tlie  one  that  be- 
came,   iLS  il    by  chance,    my  chamber    window. 
Anaft^-rnoon    walk  down    David  Street   to  the 
gate  which  was  once  the  Beautiful   Gate  of  tlie 
temple,  thence  to  Stejiben's  Gate  on  the  eiLstern 
side  of  the  city,  thence  along  the  entire  length 
of  the  Via  Doloiusrt.  and  thence  along  Christian 
Street  and  througti  the  Christian  Uuzaar  to  the 
hotel,  completed  the  labors  of  the  day. 

J.  W.  McGaiivky. 


(Onr   l^iblc   tflasa. 


The  Wf,rth  of  Truth  no  Tongue  Can  TeU." 

T^lM  dcparlmvat  b  dMif^td  f«r  wtking  aAd  »o>wrrinf 
ilM«  qoeBlion*.  *d<1  for  lb*  solmion  ot  Scripiurml  difficul- 
i«a.  lo  or-ler  u>  r''mi>t«  IliM*  Truih.  i»U  nu««iion« 
tboold  bt  iUX*.!  wilb  eADitiT.  wl  *n  -ered  with  w  much 
alwnitM  M  pouibi*.  AniclM  for  thia  dep&rtoieDt,  ntut 
■•  tbon  kod  u>  tha  point. 


Will  some  one  explain  Il»-b.  1:1?  "  And  of  the 
annelB  he  Hsith.  Who  maketli  bis  angels  spiHtA,  and 
his  ministers  a  flame  of  fire."  It.  T.  Crook. 

Will  some  one  please  exitlain  John  lO;!'?  In 
jKirticiilar  t  he  phrase. "  And  shall  go  in  an-t  out  and 
llnd  j.asture.-  M.  M.  DiErz. 

Will  some  one  please  explain  l  Pet.;J:  iff  H 
rea/l»as  follows:  "liy  which  also  he  went  and 
pniaclied  unto  the  spirits  ia  prison.*'  Who  is  the 
preaclierV  Who  are  the  spiriU?  Where  is  the 
prison?  J.  W.  Babnhabt. 


^aTIcn  l^stcfp. 


a  Ibi  Lurd-^Ser.  i| .  ij^ 


ObitDAriea  should  be  brief,  written  on  but  one  tide  of 
pftper.  ftod  Bcp&rsie  froia  ftll  other  buftiDe«s. 


lUOlj. 


jttDV.— In  ibe  MsrHle  Gro»e  IJisirici.  .\ihUiid  ( 
Ohio.  April  25th.  IS:0..Si9tnr  Elinheth    Rul^,    ^^^j* 
Hi  j«m  Md  12  days. 

She  IWctl  with  her  oldest  daughter,  one  mile  eoat  of 
Or»nge.  She  bwi  ten  children,  four  ore  deid.  ,^4,^^^ 
rcinun  lo  mourn  their  toss.  DAKist  Sroki 


»ani».  >Ut 
'     -    4r, 


a  nUThesftid  unto  them,   A 
D     receive  thissayiug."  No' 


RECEIVING  THIS  SAYING. 

Will  yuii  or  sorap  of  your  reiidcrs  plea-se  exjilain 
Matt,  m:  11,  lay  It  rcii'Is  as  follows:  "  lliit  lie  sad 
onto  thpin.  AN  men  cannot  n-ceivc  this  saying,  sav- 
they  to  whom  it  is  given.  Fur  tlipre  ore  suiuc  eu- 
Qucfis.  which  were  so  born  from  their  mother's 
womb:  and  there  are  some  eunuchs,  which  were 
mttdecuruichsof  men:  and  there  be  eunuchs,  which 
have  made  themselves  euniiclis  for  the  kingdom  of 
beaven's  sake.  lie  that  ia  able  to  receive  it.  let  him 
receive  It."  F.  J.  Fuantz. 

All  m>-n  cannot 
the'pic^tiiin. 
What  saying-'  The  disciples  said  if  theca-sn  be 
so  that  a  man  could  not  jjut  away  his  wife  and 
marry  again,  except  for  fornicHtion,  if  no  other 
cause  is  sufficient  to  dissolve  the  marriage  con- 
tract, that  the  law  will  give  a  divorce  and  that 
contract  U'  dead,  and  the  inuot^nt  party  be 
made  free,  not  only  by  the  laws  of  heaven,  but 
the  powers  that  bi-  that  God  ordains  when  one 
that  union  that  God  joined  together. 
The  one  that  violates  that  union  and  has  ]>ut 
asunder  what  God  joined  together,  and  if  the, 
innocent  pariy  applies  to  the  powers  that  be,  or 
ill  other  words,  the  law,  and  gets  a  divorce  she 
is  no  more  his  wife  than  if  the  law  of  Moses  was 
executed  upon  the  guilty  jiarties.  See  Deut, 
22:  '22.  But  if  the  case  be  so  it  is  not  good  to 
marry.  But  God  made  man  and  he  knew  what 
was  in  him,  and  how  he  was  made,  and  for  what 
purpose. 

The  beloved  apostle  Paul  also  understood  the 
craving  desires  that  the  sexes  had  for  each  other. 
When  thedi>icii>ies  thought  it  not  good  to  marry 
Chri-*t  told  them  that  all  men  cannot  receive  this 
saying,  and  he  tells  them  of  a  class  that  could 
receive  the  saying  and  tells  how  each  of  them 
received  that  power  and  tells  them  he  that  can 
receive  it  let  him  receive.  But  Paul  says  better 
marry  tliau  to  burn.  And  again,  to  avoid  for- 
nication let  every  man  have  his  own  wife.  Flee 
fornication.  Every  sin  that  a  man  doth  is 
without  the  body,  but  he  that  committeth  for- 
nication siuneth  against  his  own  body.  1  Cor. 
":  L**.  SoLOMOK  Gilbert. 


8HAFFKR.— In  I»wer  runiberlftml.    Peni 
22na,  William  Kmery,  son  of  Brother  Ephriiim  Shaft 
aged  Syears,  3  tnonlhn,  and  5  days 

J-  B.  QKtna. 

SEDBOW.— In  the  Indian  Creek  Branch,  WeaimoreUa,] 
County,  rennsyWania,  June  8lh.  Herman  .N'cdrow,  aired 
Jyear,  8  moDlhs,  and  2  days.  Funeral  service^  from 
Jobl  '21.  by  D.  D.  Horner  and  others. 

.STL'DEBAKBB— In  the  ElkhnrlCliarch.  ladiaoi,  Mireh 
L';ird,  ISTli,  .locoH  Smdebaker,  iiged  »6  years,  1  month 
and  ;  dpiys.     Fiuier/il  di»courie  l.y  R.  H.  Miller. 


«lLTENBARnRB.-In  (lie  same  church,  May26ih.  187;, 
Siiaan  Milicuhnrger,  aged  5'."  years,  ]  month,  and  1,, 
days.  Funeral  discourse  by  .M.  M.  Hess  and  Andrew 
Biglei.  I.  KcLP. 


the   nii' 


V  \XHOTIAN- 
Coiiniy,  Indianij,    April    '2 
4i<    yearv    and    I3    days, 
near  Cherr^busco.  ibisSli 
silent  luinb. 

The  Hubjecl  of  this  iiolice  wivs  born  April  ll>,    I83I    j^ 
bland  Couniy.  Oliio.     He  leaves  a  kind  companion 
children  and  a  large  circle  of  rela- 


e  Branch  Church.    Miami 

Dacid   Vanholinn.  age^l 

His   remains    were   taken 

>,  and  Ihere  interred  lo  Uie 


s  affeciio 


liveslo 


D  their  loss. 


JosKpH  John. 


HAD    NO    MOBE  TO  SAY. 


UY  .POSEl'H  J.  HOOVER. 

ONCE  while  being  in  the  villnge  of  Marlboro, 
Ohio,  in  the  store,  the  following  conversa- 
tion between  two  persons  took  place: 

"  Well,  I  am  out  of  tobacco  and  must  buy 
some." 

"  Yea,  w'.'Il,  don't  you  get  nmd  when  you  are 
out  of  tobacco  and  can't  have  any  for  awhile?" 

'■Mad?  that  is  no  name  for  it,  but  I  believe 
there  are  as  ^ood  people  get  to  heaven  that  use 
tobacco  as  there  are  that  don't  use  it.  The  Bi- 
ble says  nothing  about  using  tobacco,  but  it  is 
a  nasty  filthy  habit.     It  is  an  evil." 

"  You  say  the  Bible  says  nothing  about  the 
use  of  tobacco?  " 

"  Yes." 

"  And  you  say  the  use  of  tobacco  is  an  evil  ?  " 

"  Yes." 

"  ^'ell,  you  believe  it  is  safe  to  obey  the  Bi- 
ble? " 

"  Yes,  I  believe  it  ia  safe  to  obey  the  Bible." 

"  And  it  says, '  abstain  from  all  appearance  of' 
evil."  " 

The  person  who  used  tobacco  had  numore  to 


THE  SECOND  COMING. 

BY  N.  S.  DALE. 


WHKN  one  sees  how  often  the  second  coiu- 
iug  of  our  Lord  is  spoken  of  iu  the  New 
Testament  Scriptures,  is  it  not  surprising  that 
so  little  is  said  of  it  in  the  pulpit  and  iu  the 
prayer- meetings. 

Paul  tells  us  that  "Christ,  unto  them  that 
look  for  him,  shall  appear  the  second  time  with- 
out sin  unto  salvation."  And  he  also  says  our 
conversation  is  in  heaven  from  whence  also  we 
look  for  the  Savior,  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  who 
shall  change  our  vile  body  that  it  may  be  fash- 
ioned like  unto  his  glorious  body.  "  The  .-ame 
Jesus,"  said  ihe  angel  to  the  apostles,  '■  which 
is  token  up  from  you  into  heaven  shall  so  come 
in  like  manner  as  ye  have  seen  him  go  into 
heaven."  And  we  are  further  told  the  Lord 
himself  shall  descend  from  heaven  with  a  shout 
with  the  voice  of  the  arch-angel  and  the  trump 
of  God,  and  the  dead  in  Christ  shall  rise  first: 
then  we  whicli  are  Hlive  and  remain  shall  he 
caught  up  together  with  them  in  the  ^iuuds  to 
meet  the  Lord  in  the  air,  so  shall  we  ever  be 
with  the  Lord."  The  Scripture  is  lull  of  such 
teachings  and  the  pulpits  are  empty  of  it. 

John,  in  his  loving  style,  says  to  his  people, 
"  Little  children,  abide  in  him  that  when  he 
shall  appear  *  *  *  j^^^^^  ashamed  before 
him  at  his  coming,"  and  "  Beloved,  now  are  we 
the  sons  of  God  when  he  shall  appear  we  shall 
be  like  him,"  dc.  It  is  the  duty  and  privilege 
of  Christ's  disciples  to  be  looking  for  that  bless- 


Pba.  K  does  not  dwell  in  outward  things,  but  |  ed  hope  and  glorious  appearing  of  the  greatGod 
within  the  soul.  We  may  preserve  it  in  tl  e  and  our  Savior  Jesus  Chnst.  Why  is  it  not 
midst  of  the  bitterest  paiu,  if  we  will  remain  j  oftener  ur>!ed  by  the  miuisttrs?  Really  it  is 
firm  and  submiseive.  Peace  in  this  life  springs  ■  hard  to  find  a  duty  pressed  more  urgently  more 
from  acquiescence  even  in  disagreeable  things,  frequently  than  for  the  looking  and  praying  for 
not  in  an  exemption  from  suffering.  I  his  second  coming. 


I'lI'I'INOEK.— In  Ihe  Union  ConiorChuruh  Elkhart  Co 
Indiana,  May  23rd,  li*7'.i.  Fiankiin  Eugene  I'ippingcr] 
infant  sou  of  Brother  Daniel  and  Sister  Kuniu  Piuptn- 
gor,  aged  lyear,  4  taonlhs,  and  5  days.  Funeral  aer- 
Tices  from  Bom.  8;  28,  by  John  H.  Miller  and  writer 

D,  WtSO.No'. 

BtJWKR.— In  the  Washington  Creek  Chutoh.  ffi.low 
Springs.  ILinaas,  June  Jth,  Bnilher  John  B>)ver.  He 
was  born  May  ;iOll),  1800. 

HUBLUrT.— Ia  the  same  dislricl.  May  SOth.  Friend 
Willis  W,  HurUiut,  aged  :tf3  years  &  montha.and  25  days. 
He  leaves  a  wife,  a.  sister,  aud  two  small  children  lo 
mourn  llieir  loss.  He  was  afflicted  for  some  months. 
He  aaid  if  the  Lord  spared  liis  life  and  perniitltd  him  to 
get  well  he  would  live  a  Chrisliaa  life.  Oh!  ye  uncon- 
verted friends,  lake  warning.  E.  W  F 

SNVDFJl.— In  ihe  Brooklyn  Congrtgation,  Poweshiek 
County,  Iowa,  May  2'2nil,  Frieud  Simon  Snyder,  aged 
23  years,  3  months,  and  lOdays.  Disease,  consumption. 
Deceased  was  a  son  of  Elder  Jacob  Snyder,  Funeral 
occasion  improved  by  the  brethren,  from  Heb.  13:  H. 
Jbstisa  Miller. 

CBOWNOVKB.— Sear  Cream  Hill  rost-oflico.  Franklin 
Coiiniy,  Iowa,  iufaot  child  of  Brother  Benson  Crown- 
ovor.  Funeral  services  by  Mr.  Gurly,  of  the  Presby- 
lerian  Church  and  Mr.  Luti,  of  the  M.  E,  Church,  to 
many  sympalhi/ing  friends.  Ilrolher  Crownover  and 
family  are  worlhy  the  sympathy  and  prayers  of  all 
Ood's  children,  having  jusl  lost  hia  wife,  now  his  child. 
H,  Tbapp, 

BOYER.— In  Wari^n  County,  Iowa.  February  aSlh,  187',l, 
Brother  D*via  Buyer,  aged  89  years,    1   month,    nndl 

He  WHS  born  i"  Sumorset  County,  Pennsylvania,  aad 
ligraied  lo  Bi^^hlaud  Couniy,  Ohio,  about  1824,  and 
ca.e  10  lowH  and  lived  with  bis  son,  Brother  Joseph 
IJoyer.  ill  bis  death.  Funeral  by  Brother  Geo  Kin- 
ney. BroiLer  H,tj;i!i  was  remarkably  slmng  and  act- 
ive in  mind  jin<l  body  until  death.  He  freiiuenlly 
walked  o»er  ten  miles  in  one  day  during  the  lest  year. 
He  wai^  uDnfined  to  his  bad  but  a  week. 

KKISER.— In  Ihe  SilvcrCreck  Congregation,  0.,  May  12, 
Sister  Elizabeth  Keiser,  aged  77  years,'  7  months  and 
21  days.  Funeral  services  by  Brother  David  Billen- 
hoiiso,  assisted    by    Brother  Jacob  Shanour. 

M'lLLlNGEB— It,  the  same  congregation.  May  17tb, 
ll^7».  Brother  John  Guillinger,  aged  it2  yean  and  II 
days.  Disease  consumption.  Services  by  the  same 
brethren.  Dr.  Wolff. 

BOWEItS.-Oli  lh«  28lh  of  April,  187!),after  a  brief  ill- 
ness, our  Sister  Elitubeth.  wife  of  Brother  Bowers,  of 
Monlgoniery  Couniy,  Indiana.  Our  Sister's  age  was 
'15  years,  4  months  and  24  days.  Disease,  ooDgeslion 
of  the  brain. 

Our  pergonal  acfjuainlance,  with  this  sister,  was  slight, 
never  h.iviug  s;tu  her  but  once,  but  we  were  favorably 
impressed  with  our  sister's  appearanee,  her  deportment 
being  that  of  a  true  humble  Clirislian  We  learn  tbal 
she  was  a  vi-ry  exemplary  member  of  the  Brethren 
Church,  She  leave*!  behind  her  an  aged  companion, 
whose  oTcrnbelming  sorrow  al  bis  great  lo-"s  drew  forth 
our  deep  aymputhy.  Bui  our  dear  brother  has  one  thing 
oralort  him.  in  his  sad  bcreavenient,  thai  is  the  sweet 
nance,  which  he  received  froai  the  lips  of  his  dymg 
paoion,  thai  she  was  willing  and  ready  lo  go,  y« 
preferred  lo  liepart  and  be  with  Jesus.  Oh  may  be,  by 
the  eye  of  faith,  behold  bis  Ijte  I  oi^e  I  asking  m  the  sua- 
lighioi  ineffallc  ((lory,  Sibter  Bowtrs  van  ihe  mcthtr 
of  sis  children  and  (ourslep  children,  seven  of  whom  are 
left  with  their  affliiied  tathe»  10  mourn  the  loss  of  a  de- 


voted mothei 


Mattib  A.LtAS. 


,Tnne 


U6 


'rHK    BPtEXHEEIvr    ^T    "WOliK:. 


^ovxesfionAeme. 


Echoes  on   the  Way. 

locomotive  Powers— The  Beautiful  Scenery 
along  the  B.  4  0.  R.  R— A  Visit  to  Mt. 
Vernon— To  the  Capitol.  &c,— To  Annual 
jAeetiag  uid  Huntingdon. 

Ij;  company  with  Brother  W.  Brubaker  nod 
Frjeud  A.  W.  Pfoutz,  I  left  Daytou,  Ohio, 
jidv  •_'»ith.  at  fi  P.  M.  for  Anuual  Meeting,  in- 
ienAiug  to  stop  at  the  Nutional  Capitol  a  few 
dava.  ^^^  '^'^"'^  ^^^  various  objecta  of  interest. 
Itbflil  rained  considerable  during  the  night 
jud  morniug,  which  laid  the  dust  engendered 
(,y,  und  acoumulated  dyriug  the  dry  weather, 
making  traveling  pleasant  and  agreeable. 

^s  the  iron  horse  drew  us  onward  we 
thought  of  the  various  locomotive  powers.  All 
jn  the  animal  kingdom  have  some  such  power, 
,ivhicb  we  call  natural  locomotive  power.  Man 
jias  such  power,  but  since  the  dawn  of  creation, 
l,e  ibas  'made  the  lower  order  of  creature?, 
which  hfl-ve  greater  and  Heeter  locomotive  i»w- 
grs  than  he,  subserve  his  purposes.  Again  he 
.iiDioWs  bis  sails  to  the  winds  and  crosses  the 
.mighty  deep.  And  last  but  not  least  he  has 
the  stormy  gus  of  water  carry  him  over  land 
and  sea.  with  incredible  speed.  But  great  and 
useful  as  these  powers  are,  when  we  compare 
Iheui  witn  the  velocity  ot  the  million  of  stars 
that  bes^H-ngle  the  heavens,  and  the  untold 
liiliions  behind  the  curtain  of  human  vision, 
»nd  the  great  harmony  and  silence  with  which 
they  travel  their  wonted  orbits,  they  sink- into 
iDsigatficance. 

As  we  were  having  tliese  silent  musings  gen- 
tle steep  drew  her  veil  over  our  mind.  We 
awoke  with  the  early  dawn,  as  our  locomotive 
was  plowing  through  the  hills  in  Eastern  Ohio. 
We  crossed  the  broad  and  placid  Ohio  at  6  A. 
U,,  and  sped  onward,  through  and  over  the 
everlasting  hills  of  the  Analachian  system. 

The  Baltimore  &  Ohio  R.  K.  winds  like  a 
huge  serpent  around  the  mountains  and  hills, 
along  water  courses,  through  tunnels,  over 
trussel  work.  The  scenery  is  grand,  beautiful, 
aud  varied.  The  mountain  slopes  are  covered 
with  the  foliage  of  evergreen  and  deciduous 
trees,  dotted  here  and  there  with  small  cottages 
and  patclifHi  of  grain.  The  lovely  though 
narrow  valleys  are  «  nltiv,ittd  by  the  mountain 
peasantry.  Sometimea  the  track  on  a  level 
ivith  the  bed  of  the  stream,  again  it  was  many 
feet  above  and  anon  it  seemed  to  leap  from 
hill  to  hill.  All  united  to  call  out  our  minds 
jn  adoration  of  the  rules  of  the  universe.  And 
when  we  consider  that  it  is  easier  to  pluck  up 
the  length  and  breadth  of  these  mountains  and 
cast  them  into  the  sea,  than  for  the  least  of 
God's  promitHee  to  hitj  children  to  fail — that 
leaven  and  earth  will  pass  away,  hut  the  word 
of  the  Lor  1  endureth  forever,  with  what  confi 
dence  should  we  trust  in  the  Holy  Scriptures. 
"Lord,  increase  our  faith." 

We  reached  Washington  City  late  in  the 
evening  of  the  27th.  The  next  day  we  visited 
Mt.  Vernon,  the  home  of  Washingfon — the 
Mecca  of  America.  The  steamer  Corcoran 
leaves  the  city  daily  at  10  A.  M.  for  the  place 
from  which  we  took  passage.  And  an  hour 
and  a  half  ride  down  the  river  brought  us  to 
the  home  and  tomb  of  "the  father  of  his 
country." 

Mt.  Vernon  is  beautifully  situated  on  a  bend 
and  bluff  of  the  Potomac  River,  on  the  Virgin- 
ia shore,  sixteen  miles  from  the  capitol.  A 
few  minutes  walk  from  the  landing  brings  us 
to  the  tomb.  Through  an  iron  railing  in  a 
brick  vault  we  see  the  saracophi  containing 
theremaiuBof  President  and  Lady  Washing- 
ton. Many  ot  the  relatives  are  buried  here 
also. 

The  mansion  crowns  the  bluff  already  spok- 
en of  From  it  we  have  a  beautiful  view  up 
and  down  the  river.  It,  with  some  of  the 
buildings,  have  been  repaired  some,  but  they 
generally  remain  as  left  by  the  illustrious  dead. 
The  builiiiugs  are  plain,  substantial,  and  con- 
venient, mid  were  planned  with  rare  judgment 
smd  tiiste. 

We  wwe  shown  a  chair  that  came  over  in 
trh»May-llower  in  1(520,  a  model  of  the  famous 
French,  prison  Bastile,  and  the  key  to  that 
prison  presented  to  Washington  by  Lafayette, 
^I'er  its  (iemolishmeut.  Aleo  some  of  the 
iiiruiture,  wearing  apparel,  surveying  instru- 
meuU,  d.ath-bed,  m/  iiijinilnm.  But  the  whis- 
tle of  the  steamer  warned  us  that  we  must 
bid  farewell  to  the  pleasant  and  historical 
mount  We  did  80  with  the  following  reflec- 
tions: 

,  1-    We  thought  of  the  real,  fidelity,  and  dis- 
'nterested  patriotism  with  which  he  served  his 


coontry.  His  manliness  and  suavity  of  man- 
ners. His  commendable  deportment  and 
etiquette.  How  much  more  we  who  have  nam- 
ed the  name  of  Jesus  and  "put  on  Christ," 
should  let  our  lights  shine,  have  our  speech 
with  grace  seaiontd  with  salt,  walk  in  the  light 
and  with  wisdom  towards  them  who  are  with- 
out. 

2.  His  services  and  those  of  his  compatriots 
freed  us  from  the  British  yoke.  And  while 
we  render  "honor  to  whom  honor  is  due,"  *<e 
should  not  forget  the  honor  due  the  Savior  for 
the  truth  he  brought  from  heaven  to  free  and 
purify  lis  from  the  damming  power  of  sin. 

On  the  29th  we  visited  the  Capitol.  It  is  a 
grand  structure  standing  on  Capitol  Hill  and 
commanding  delightful  scenes  in  all  directions. 
From  its  porticos  can  be  seen  nearly  all  the 
public  buildings  in  the  city  and  others  on  the 
bights  opposite.  It  is  seven  hundred  and  fifty- 
one  feet  long,  three  hundred  and  twenty-four 
wide,  covering  three  and  one-half  acres  of 
ground,  and  costing  thirteen  millions  of  dol- 
lars. Its  extensions  are  built  of  marble,  its 
center  of  yellow  freestone,  painted  white, 
crowned  by  an  iron  dome,  painted  white,  upon 
which  is  the  stature  of  freedom,  the  top  of 
which  is  three  hundred  and  seventy-seven  feet 
above  tide  water. 

The  Rogers  bronze  doors  with  paintings 
alto  reitevo,  the  numerous  statues  in  marble 
andbronxe,  the  allegorical  figures,  the  pictured 
canopy,  the  many  beautiful  rooms  including 
Congress  halls,  are  objucts  of  interest  to  the 
curious  and  historical  visitor. 

We  spent  several  hours  in  Congress  Halls, 
and  witnessed  their  manufacture  of  electioneer- 
ing ammunition,  etc.  The  house  was  noisy 
and  unruly.  The  Senate,  more  sedate.  They 
were  paying  their  respects  to  each  other 
in  the  form  of  recriminations,  etc.  As  we 
were  observing  their  work  and  spirit,  we  con- 
cluded as  our  venerable  Brother  I).  P.  Saylor 
did  some  fifteen  years  smce  after  he  had  visited 
a  field  of  battle, — "The  more  I  see  of  the  king- 
dom of  this  world  and  its  glories  and  strifes, 
the  less  I  love  them,  and  the  more  1  love  the 
kingdom  of  peace." 

We  also  visited  the  Botanical  Garden.  Here 
is  to  be  seen  a  great  variety  ot  majestic  palms, 
graceful  ferns,  camphor.  India-rubber,  incense 
tree,  coffe  tree,  cinnamon,  black  and  betel  pep- 
per.s — about  four  thousand  speuies  of  botanical 
interest  from  all  vlimes  and  countries.  We 
also  visited  the  Smithsonian  Institute,  Patent 
Office,  White  House,  Treasury,  State,  and  Na- 
vy departments,  Washington  Monument,  of 
which  an  interesting  desi^ription  might  be 
given,  but  we  forbear. 

We  went  to  place  of  A.  M.  on  the  30th, 
and  enjoyed  the  hospitality  of  our  Virginia 
brethren,  for  which  they  have  long  been  pro- 
verbial. As  the  editors  will  tell  all  about  the 
meeting  I  forbear.  One  feature  of  the  meeting 
I  notice,  and  that  is  this:  Many  of  the  breth- 
ren and  sisters  were  born  here  and  had  gone 
West  in  youth;  and  they  returned  to  the  land 
of  their  nativity  to  see  the  old  home  again,  and 
have  a  good  drink  from  the  cool  spring  where 
they  quenched  their  thirst  in  childhood.  To 
tbem  it  was  a  choice  blessing  and  they  thanked 
God  for  it. 

The  meeting,  as  all  our  meetings  here,  closed, 
ami  after  several  hours  riding  we  reached  Hunt- 
ingdon, Pa  ,  where  we  poised  and  were  kindly 
received  by  the  brethren. 

.John  Calvin  BnioHT. 


A  Wolf  in  the  Camp. 

A  SHORT  history  of  an  organization  of 
fifty-two  members  of  the  German  Bap- 
tist Church  in  Clayton  County,  Iowa,  organiz- 
ed February  17th,  1879,  by  Elders  Enoch  Eby 
and  Elitts  K.  Buechley.  The  order  of  the 
church  was  set  before  them,  and  with  a  unani- 
mous voice  promised  to  be  subject  to  the  gener- 
al orders  of  the  church  in  dress  aud  be  govern- 
ed by  the  general  Brotherhood.  Ui>on  these 
promises  they  were  organized  aud  an  election 
followed  for  one  speaker  and  two  deacons.  The 
choice  for  speaker  was  Brother  S.  Hansel  and 
for  deacons  Brethren  Charles  H.  Stone  and 
George  Seward.  These  officers  were  duly  in- 
structed and  installed  by  the  elders  present. 
But  there  was  a  wolf  in  the  midst  of  the 
ffock;  one  Benjamin  Buechley,  who  was  for- 
merly an  elder  in  the  Waterloo  Church,  but 
was  deposed  for  a  crime  of  a  malignant  nature, 
namely:  fornication  and  a  case  among  the 
worst.  After  a  short  interval,  he  wa<  received 
biick  into  the  church  as  a  private  member.  .\ It- 
er which  he  moved  to  Clayton  County,  and 
settled  among  the  mninbers  there;  aud  after 
the  organization,  he  being  possessed  with  a 
large  portion  of  the  subtility  that  was  in  the 
serpent  that  beguiled  our  first  parents, 
he   was    successful      in     seducing     many   of 


the  members  ^ot  them  to  call  a 
council  and  got  together  twenty-four  member? 
out  of  Sfly-two,  and  nineteen  of  the  twenty- 
four  re-instated  him  to  his  former  position, 
wherupon  Brother  Charles  Stone,  one  of  the 
deacons,  after  doing  all  he  could  with  the  as- 
sistance  of  some  of  the  other  members  to  pre- 
vent the  action,  wrote  to  the  elder,  .Toshua 
Shultz,  of  Clinton  County,  Iowa.  He  ordered 
aoouncilon  the28th  of  April.  The  church 
convened,  forty-five  membens  out  of  tifty-two, 
this  man  Buechley  being  present. 

After  opening  by  singing  and  prayer,  pro- 
ceeded to  investigate  matters,  and  soon  learned 
that  there  was  a  large  majority  strongly  set  to 
retain  Buechley  as  their  elder,  and  after  every 
lawful  means  were  used  to  get  them  to  see  their 
error,  they  were  then  told  what  the  consequence 
would  be,  aud  they  saw  there  was  no  other 
remedy,  the  minister,  S.  Hansel  rose  to  his  feet 
and  cried  out  "All  that  will  go  with  us,  rise 
up,"  wherupon  thirty-one  of  those  present 
rose  up  declaring  themselves  to  have  Buechley 
as  their  leader.  They  were  dismissed,  and  in  a  ' 
very  short  time  the  house  was  cleared  of  them. 
Tbey  going  away  jubilant  over  their  proceed- 
ings. Thus  the  Wagner  Valley  Church  of 
Clayton  County,  Iowa,  was  seduced,  in  its  in- 
fancy, by  a  wicked  and  designing  man.  Thote 
Buecbleyites  (for  I  do  not  know  what  else  to 
call  them)  have  started,  and  with  a  prostitute 
for  their  leader,  to  get  a  name  for  themselves. 
The  faithfal  few  that  God  reserved  that  did 
not  bow  the  knee  to  the  monster  is  now  head- 
ed by  the  faithful  deacon,  Brother  Charles 
Stone,  he  being  elected  to  the  ministry,  and  an 
other  faithful  brother,  Philip  Hansel,  who  was 
elected  to  the  ofiice  of  deacon;  S.  Hansel  first 
minister  elected  and  George  Sewiu-d,  deacon, 
being  among  the  apostates;  hence,  any  one 
wishing  to  write  to  the  Brethren  in  the  Wag- 
mon  Valley  Church,  Clayton  County,  can  aud 
should  address  Brother  Charles  Stone,  Kdge- 
woijil.  Clayton  County,  or  Brother  Philip  Han- 
sel, Eikport,  Clayton  County,  Iowa. 

We  take  this  method  of  informing  the 
Brotherhood  of  the  apostasy  and  the  character 
of  their  leader,  that  the  Brethren  will  be  ap- 
pri^ed  of  these  things,  that  these  apostates 
cannot  inipoee  on  the  church  or  the  members 
thereof.  Oh,  what  wi  11  wicked  men  not  do  to 
destroy  the  church  of  Christ!  It  may  be  truth- 
fully srtid  that  this  apostasy  is  the  effect  of  im 
.proper  teaching  in  the  beginning,  or  in  other 
words,  the  truth  comprumited  for  the  purpose 
of  getting  numbers. 

The  above  is  the  request  of  the  church,  and 
sanctioned  by  the  elder  in  charge,  Joshua 
Shultz  aud  Elder  Elias  K.  Buechley,  who  were 
called  to  assist,  and  other  ministers  who  auth- 
orized me  to  write.  M.  H.  Fowi.kr. 
Primitive  Christian,  please  copy. 


us.  and  be  with  us  at  our  meeting  and  especial. 
ly  themmisteriiig  brethren. 

Also  on  Sunditf  the  first  day  of  June  we  at- 
tended to  the  preaching  of  the  funeral  of  Sis- 
ter bonder  to  a  very  Urge  congregation,  who 
caiiietohearandtosympatbi/^  with  the  be- 
reft family.  Brother  Henry  Troi.l  was  alao 
present,  but  was  notable  to  take  part  in  the 
service.     He  had  preached  on  Friday  night,  but 


way  coming 


had  taken  a  very  bad  cold  on  the  _ 

so  that  he  could  apeak  no  more,  and  we  leS 
him  quite  sick.  Hop-  the  Lord  will  blew  Wm 
so  that  he  may  be  able  to  attend  to  his  appoint- 
ments, as  he  has  no  one  to  help  him.  The  rett 
are  all  well,  and  in  good  spirits,  rejoicing  that 
the  time  wax  coming,  that  if  the  Lord 
were  willing,  we  may  commune  together. 

The  Brethren  in  Clay  County  are  still  unor- 
ganized, but  think  of  handing  their  letters  in, 
and  communing  with  us. 

In  conclusion  of  the  organization  of  both 
places,  the  2.i3rd  hymn  was  sung,  with  the 
chorus, 

"I  am  coming  to  thee.  Lord." 
We  desire  to  be  renitmbered  by  all  thw  breth- 
ren, in  their  prayers,  when    it  goes    well  with 
*^'*'°'-  Jacou  Bkrkbt. 

Shnman,  (ira.json  County,  Trxas,  June  9th. 

From  Mapleton,    Kansas. 


I  EFT  home  Saturday  morning  in    company 
J     with    Brother     William    Stockmyer  and 
wife,  J.  Julian  and  wife,  for  communion    meet- 


From  the  Lone  Star    State. 

Dnir  Br^thrii .— 
rilflE  orgauiz-itiou  of  the  church  in  Grayson 
JL  County,  Texas,  is  one  of  the  things  of  the 
past.  On  the  itJth  of  April  the  brethren  and 
sisters  met  in  council,  at  our  house,  and  after 
singing  the  2o4th  hymn,  exhortations  and 
prayer,  and  reading  the  20tii  chapter  of  Acts 
of  the  Apostles,  and  speaking  from  the  same, 
and  exhorting  to  the  duties  of  the  church,  as 
it  is  now  starting  in  this  far  away  land,  that 
the  order  of  the  church  might  be  kept  as 
it  is  generally  understood  by  the  Brethren,  so 
that  we  might  cuiue  under  the  blessing  of  the 
prayer  of  Jesus,  when  he  prayed  that  we  might 
be  one,  as  He  and  the  Father  are  one;  and  also 
that  our  faith  may  he  predicated  upon  Jesus 
from  the  words  ot  the  apostles,  aud  be  united 
with  our  Anuual  Meeting.  We  then  gave  the 
privilege  to  all  to  speak  their  minds,  to  which 
all  freely  expressed  their  faith  and  feeling,  and 
then  there  were  handed  in  eighteen  letters  oj 
membership,  some  that  were  given  three  years 
ago.  Irum  the  different  districts  in  the  different 
States,  eight  brethren  and  ten  sisters.  All 
agreed  to  hold  a  Love-feast,  but  would  not  set 
the  time  until  after  the  organization  in  Cook 
County,  which  was  done  on  the  last  day  of 
May,  where  also  eighteen  letters  were  hand- 
ed in,  l)ut  twenty-six  members  were  present, 
three  from  Clay  County,  aud  three  from  Gray- 
sou  and  Brother  Levi  Stump  and  son.  After 
all  agreeing,  with  the  help  of  God,  to  keep  the 
order  of  his  house,  as  laid  down  by  Christ  aud 
the  apostles,  we  then  .set  the  time  for  our  com- 
munion meeting  at  our  place,  (the  Elbow  Creek 
Church)  in  Grayson  County,  on  the  2Sfth  of 
July,  and.theirs  in  Cook  County,  (the  Williams 
Creek  Church,  on  the  2nd  day  of  August,  at 
the  house  of  Brother  Abraham  Stutsman,  to 
which  we  give  a  hearty  invitation  to  all  the 
brethren  and  sisfcers,  and  hope  that  the  Breth- 
ren and  sisters  who  expect  to  come  to  Tuxua 
this  Summer  may  come  at  that  time  to  visit 


ing  in  Cedar  Creek  Church,  Anderson  County, 
Kansas,  at  the  residence  of  Brother  Peter 
Watkins,  in  Brother  Jesse  Studebaker's  Dis- 
trict. We  arrived  in  the  evening;  found  a  good- 
ly number  of  brethren  and  sisters  on  the 
ground.  Had  preaching  in  the  evening,  led  by 
Brother  D.  Haruder. 

Sunday  forenoon  had  preaching,  .\fter  ser- 
vices we  repaired  to  the  water  where  three  pre- 
cious souls  were  l)a|itized  into  the  fold  of  Christ. 
Preaching  again  in  the  afternoon,  and  Mnnday 
forenoon  again,  in  the  tent,  led  by  Brother 
Isaac  llarshey.  After  which  we  again  repaired 
to  the  water  to  witness  baptiam. 

In  the  evening  the  communion  services  were 
conducted  in  the  usual  order.  The  tent  was 
filled  with  an  attentive  audience  and  the  beat  of 
order  prevailed. 

Tuesday  morning,  had  farewell  address.  Aft- 
er which  one  more  was  baptized.  Then  the 
parting  hand,  with  some  n-grt-ts  to  leave  the 
place  where  Jesus  shows  his  smiling  face.  The 
meetings  were  well  attended,  with  the  best  of 
interest  and  ordf  r,  which  made  it  a  season  of 
rejoicing  to  all  those  that  love  the  Lord.  Min- 
istering brethren  [ireseut,  to  the  best  of  our 
recoUectiiui.  I  Uearshy,  J.  Hilky,  Brother 
Flack,  D,  Harader,  W.  Stockmyer,  Brother 
WiSP,  aud  our  home  ministers. 

We  will  close  by  saying  to  all  our  beloved 
brethren  and  t-isters,  east,  west,  north,  and 
south,  we  still  feel  to  rf  joiee  in  the  God  of  our 
salvation,  notwithstanding  the  stern  opposi- 
tions we  have  to  meet.  M.  T.  Babr. 

Jiim-  Uh,  is;ii. 


From  Milford,  Indiana. 


My  wife  and  I  had  the  good  pleasure  to  meet 
with  the  Brethren  in  the  Eel  Kiver  Con- 
gregation the  Sth  of  June  at  the  communion. 
A  large  assemblage;  had  preaching  in  the 
meeting-house  and  the  grove  near  by.  One 
soul  was  made  willing  to  follow  Christ  in  the 
regeneration. 

This  church  seems  to  be  in  a  prosperous  con- 
dition. Of  late  quite  a  number  have  been  add- 
ed to  the  church.  J.  H.  Miller. 


From  Northern  District  of  Mo. 

I  NOTICE  in  J.  II.  Moore's  report  of  A.  M. 
"Northern  Missouri  was  not  represented." 
Would  simply  say,  presume  our  letter  was  not 
received.  Thinking,  however,  uur  brethren 
might  think  we  as  a  district  are  not  in  sympa- 
thy with  the  general  Brotherhood  in  the  cause 
of  Christ  aud  the  promotion  ol'  peace,  love,  and 
union  in  the  church,  we  wish  to  »>ay  inasmuch 
as  we  had  no  businejs  or  iiueriet>  for  A.  M.  this 
year,  we,  nevertheless,  concluded  to  represent 
by  letter,  wliiili  wm  left  to  nioiierator  and 
clerks  fur  arranging  and  wha  written  in  due 
time  and  addres»?d  to  "General  Conference  of 
the  German ,  Baptist  Brethren,  Broadway, 
Kockingham  County,  Virginia."  Tliis  leport- 
ed  us  as  being  iu  peace,  love,  aud  union,  as  a 
district,  and  a  united  feeling  in  the  general 
Brotherhood,  fur  peace,  love,  and  un^on  iu  the 
church  at  large,  favoring  rather  a  conservative 
course  iu  all  the  deliberations  aud  conclusions 
in  confereiu'es.     This  is  about  the  substai  ce  of 


I'HE    BKETHREISr    ^T    AVOiilv. 


June 


26 


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trict- 

A.  Hari'RR.  Gbo.  WrrwBR.  D.  D.  Srll.  W. 
B.  S«LL.  D.  B.  Gibson,  C.  0.  Root,  W.  1.  Coai^ 

bXS,  Gsa  SbAXBKRER,  J08KrKGuCK,DAKIEL 
QlKX. 

Notes  of  Travel. 


Dnir  liiYtiini,:— 

SATURDAY,  the  2Uh  of  May.  came  the  day 
for  oiir  District  M«*ting,  nod  according  to 
arrftngemeuts  met  with  the  Brethren  of  the 
Eagle  Creek  Congregntion.  Eighteen  cougre- 
gations  out  of  twenty-four  were  n>i>re«ented. 
Business  passed  off  pleasantly.  Our  borne 
mission  system  was  revised,  and  we  think  ma^ 
terially  improred. 

Brother  Eby.  of  Illinois,  waa  with  ua;  and. 
by  some  urging,  assisted  us  occasionally  with 
his  experience  and  judgment.  Brother  Eshel- 
man  was  also  with  us. 

We  took  leave  of  the  brethren  that  even- 
ing, and  early  Sunday  morning,  were  called 
for  at  the  city  hotfl  in  Piqua  by  our  Brother 
Dr.  Hoseuberger.  of  Covington.  We  mot  for 
morning  services  at  the  Sugar  Urovo  Church  — 
a  commodious  house  owned  jointly  and  occu- 
pied alternately  by  the  Covington  and  Newton 
Brethren. 

In  the  afternoon,  met  in  Covington  for  Sun- 
day-school. We  tried  to  make  our  presenc!  a 
source  of  encouragement  to  the  school.  The 
Xewton  Brethren's  Sundfty-school  occupipM 
the  Grove  Church.  Both  schoolK  are  liirge  and 
the  interest  bidn  luir. 

Sabbath  evening  we  were  mitde  hnjtpy  to  hi- 
permitted  to  renew  our  jissociation  Willi  the 
dear  members  of  Coviugton.  Were  hIho  ntiido 
glad  to  bear  of  the  pleaxant  ingathi^ring  of 
souls  since  our  visit  February  Ia«t;  aiNO  at  tho 
present  encouraging  prospects. 

Monday  evening  met  with  the  Baintw  in  New- 
ton. Tuesday  afternoon,  met  at  the  Grove 
Churchfor  the  Newton  Feast.  Brother  Kob- 
ert  Miller  entertained  the  congregation  from  1 
Cor.  11:  1-1".  Subjeet,  the  covering.  His 
reasoning  wa.s  clear,  fine,  i)racticnl  and  Mound. 
A*  the  subject  is  undergoing  a  system  of  analy- 
sis,  bordering  close  on  abuse  by  some  brethren 
known  OS  "modern  progrossiveH,"  we  urged  up- 
on Brother  Robert  to  eomiuit  his  thoughts  up- 
on the  subject  to  writing,  lie  consented  to  do 
90.  We  hope  to  see  it  in  tract  form.  [It  is 
here  in  the  office  now. — Eds.) 

The  Brethren  at  Newton  have,  for  eighteen 
months  past,  been  receiving  much  encouragi- 
ment.  Annual  Meeting  has  been  annoyed; 
committees  have  been  perplexed;  and  the  dear 
members  in  and  around  Newton  have  been 
grieved  and  made  to  weep  over  their  troubles, 
The  trouble  finally  resulted  in  anew  organiz- 
ation, with  Elder  Cudwiilater  as  their  lender. 
They  made  a  demand  of  the  Brethren  for 
what  they  claimed  to  iw  their  interest  in  the 
Brethren's  Hou.se;  for  peace  we  met  their  de- 
mand. They  built  a  house,  and  did  much  to 
concentrate,  and  thus  mlly  the  alienated  por- 
tions of  the  chunb  in  ditlerent  parts;  but 
their  encouragement  waw  small.  During  tlie 
year  several  of  their  members  came  back 
to  the  Brethren.  Their  eldt-r,  Cadwalatt-r, 
dieddurme  the  Winter,  leaving  a  request  for 
Brother  Wine  to  assist  in  his  funeral  servico. 
We  hope  that  the  present  disapi>earing  of  the 
dark  cluud  that  has  bt^en  overshadowing  the 
interest  of  the  Newton  Cliurtb,  with  their  pres- 
ent prosperity,  instead  uf  having  the  natural 
common  tendency  of  exalting  them,  will  pro- 
dace  the  happy  eS'ect  of  liunibliug  them. 

On  the  2i^th  we  attended  the  Feast  in  the 
Oinghain  Congregation.  The  Qiugliam  branch 
has  been  recently  organized,  and  is  nourishing. 
The  meeting  seemed  to  be  one  of  solemn  in- 
terest to  all  present. 

I.  J,  ROSENBEHOHR. 
GillxMi,  Ohio. 


Thus  commenced  the  wepk's   ivork    of  unre- 
mitting labor  on    the   part  of  Brother   David 
Hostetter  and  a  few  brethren  and  sisters,  whose 
united  prayers  were  heard  in  heaven,  and  awak- 
ened on  earth  by    Him    whoae  eara  are    never 
closed  to  the  cries  of  his  people,   as  the  sequel 
will  show.     Wc  met  every  evening    for  prayer 
and  exhortation,  and  when  Saturday  came,  the 
day  fixed  for  our  communion,  we  bad  live  can- 
didates   for   baptism.      X\\   submitting  to  the 
ordinance  with   that  becoming  fortitude  and 
gladness     of    heart     that   should   characterize 
every  seeker  for  a  house  "not  made  with  bands, 
eternal  in  the  heavens,"   making   in    all    seven 
additions  by  baptism— the  result  of  our  week's 
special    effort.      Brethren   and    sistent,   let   us 
give  Ood  theglory,  in  thankt-giving  and  praiw. 
for  He  haflbeen  very  good  in  crowning  our  ef- 
forts with  unexpected  success.     May  God  bless 
those  new  converts,  and  enable  them  to  arise  in 
verity  to  walk  in  newnesb  of  life,  is  my  prayer. 
Two  were  River  Brethren,  of  almost  life-long 
memberrhip.    Two  of   the  others  had  madt  no 
profe^sitm.      Two    were  Methodists    and  one  a 
Campbellite.       This  last   came    from     Berien 
County,  Michigan,  for  the  iiurjifne  of  uniting 
with  our  church.     He  had  been  a  local  elder  in 
tho  Disciple    Church,    but  became  dissatisfied, 
because  he  could  not  obiiervc  the   ordinance    of 
feet-waHhing,  resulting  in  his  entire  surrender. 
Thank  Ood  for  that,  as  he  is  a  Vf^ry    intelligent 
and  well  informed  brother,  and  with   the  help 
of  the  Lord,  will   become  a  useful  member  of 
tho  body. 

Our  Communion  pasued  off  to  the  entire  sat- 
isfaction of  members  and  friends.  Ministerial 
aid  from  abroad  was  .lameis  Miller,  from  Port- 
age I'niirie,  and  David  Hostetter.  from  Roek 
Run.  Elkhart  County,  Indiana,  with  many  oth- 
er deacons  and  lay  members,  from  South  Bend, 
Portage  Prairie,  and  Ib-rien  Congregations.  All 
contributing  to  make  the  season  an  enjoyable 
one,  and  long  to  be  remembered  by  many  who 
were  present. 

Next  morning,  at  Ito'clock,  the  members 
met  to  carry  out  a  former  agreement,  that  of 
selecting  from  themselves  one  to  take  part  in 
the  ministry.  The  lot  fell  xiyon  Benjamin 
Redding,  whose  name,  together  with  one  in 
the  second  degree,  was  announced  us  the  re- 
sult of  the  vote,  the  first  to  be  received  into 
the  ministry,  the  other  to  be  ordained  to  the 
ministry.  All  of  which  was  done  in  the  most 
solemn  and  imitressive  manner.  May  God 
command  his  blessings  to  rest  upon  all  the 
work,  that  tho  church  may  prosper,  souls  saved, 
and  himself  gloritied. 

Thi'ubton  Millek. 


From  Pettit,  Indiana. 

iJrtir  ISrHhren: — 

OCR  communion  meetiniE.  4th  inst.  passed 
off  very  pleasantly.  Tnusual  large  con- 
gregations, and  good  order.  Many  risited  us 
from  other  congregations,  which  made  us  feel 
happy.  Especially  the  presence  of  old  Breth- 
ren Hiel  Hamilton,  Isaac  Ikenbcrry,  Samuel 
and  Daniel  Bock.  Biilheimer— to  see  the  old 
veterans  of  the  cross  stand  up  for  Jesus,  with 
their  locks  white  as  snow,  stand  up  and  defend 
the  truth,  inspired  us  with  new  zeal,  and  we 
here  again  made  the  solemn  vows  to  do  better 
in  the  future  than  we  have  done  in  the  past. 
God,  help  us  to  carry  out  our  desires. 

Many  thanks  to  the  dear  brethren  that  la- 
bored so  earnchtly  for  us,  God,  bless  the  old 
veterans  of  the  cross.  There  were  no  additions, 
but  the  best  of  feelings.  When  Brother  Ham- 
ilton was  breaking  the  bread  and  passing  the 
cup.  entire  solemnity  seemed  to  seize  the  con- 
gregation. The  Lord  bless  all  to  his  honor 
and  glory.  Geokge  W.  Crii'e. 

From  Centervicw,    Missouri. 


BROTi 
the 


From  Shoals,  Martin  Co.,  Ind. 


From  Laporte  County,  Indiana, 

iMar  Brrtltmi: — 

IN  pursuance  to  previous  arrangements. 
Brother  David  Hostetter,  of  Elkhart 
County,  came  to  us  on  'he  25th  of  May  to  con- 
duct a  series  of  meetings  in  our  church  at  Ross 
Mills;  thi«  being  the  day  of  our  regular  appoint- 
ment for  council  meeting.  Alter  ordinary 
cborch  bosineas  done  in  the  best  of  feeling  and 
unanimity,  the  members  proceeded  to  contribute 
the  necessary  means  for  holding  our  Love- feast. 
to  take  place  the  last  day  of  May,  This  was 
soon  accomplished,  and  considerable  over,  as 
tberepresentation  was  very  good  and  the  spirit 
ttrong.  To  close  the  day's  labor  we  adjourned 
to  the  water,  but  a  few  rods  distant,  where  two 
(bosband  and  wife)  were  immersed  in  the  name 
of  the  Father. and  of  the  sod.  and  of  the  Holy 
Gbort. 


Ihnr  Jint/irnt.— 
^IMIE}  little  congregation  here  is  not  in  as 
J  pr(is[)prous  condition  as  we  desire;  however 
we  do  not intendto give  up  in  despair,  but  shall 
strive  on  in  our  weak  and  imperfect  mamer,  to 
do  all  the  good  we  can.  We  are  but  few  in 
number,  and  are  nil  nothing  but  new  bom 
babes  in  Christ,  i.  <■.,  that  take  any  interest  in 
the  cause.  Wo  have  not,  as  yet,  nor  neither  is 
it  our  inleutiou,  to  forsake  the  assembling  of 
ourselves  together;  but  wo  meet  every  two 
weeks  in  our  social  meetings  to  comfort  and 
encourage  one  another  by  reading  and  talking 
out  of  the  Holy  Scriptures.  We  take  our 
meeting  from  house  to  hous"  among  the  breth- 
ren. We  open  our  meeting  by  singing  and 
prayer.  Then  some  brother  reads  the  chapter 
agreed  upon  at  the  proceeding  meeting,  and 
HM-uds  a  short  time  talking  on  some  portion 
of  it.  In  the  meantime  some  brother  or  sister 
selects  a  familiar  hymn,  mid  when  the  brother 
takes  his  seat  we  sing  a  verse  or  two,  and  liber- 
ty is  extended  to  all  the  members  to  take  part 
in  the  meeting,  and  most  every  brother  occu- 
pies a  short  time  in  oHering  some  good  instruc- 
tion and  kind  admonition  fioni  the  chapter 
readfor  our  lesson.  When  all  are  through 
we  sing  a  hymn  and  close  by  prayer.  The 
next  thing  in  order  is  dinner,  and  all  the  breth- 
ren luid  i*istei"s  and  as  many  of  the  neighbors 
iw  will  dine  with  the  brethren. 

Afterdinner  a  few  hours  are  spent  talking  on 
different  subjects  in  the  Scripture.  Our  princi- 
pal theme  lost  Lord's  Day  was  the  glorious 
coming  of  Christ. 

In  the  afternoon  about  four  o'clock  we  gener- 
ally separate  for  our  respective  places  of  abode, 
but  before  we  separate  we  sing  a  parting  hymn, 
and  then,  with  a  friendly  farewell  and  the  sal- 
utatiou,  we  depart  for  our  homes. 

In  conclusion,  dear  brethren  and  sisters,  we 
would  bny  as  charity  is  the  most  perfect  bond  ol 
union  and  perfection  among  Christians  in  knit- 
ting and  binding  us  together,  let  us  take  heed 
to  the  holy  instruction  given  by  the  dear  old 
Apoxtle  Paul.  "And  above  all  things,  put  on 
charity,  which  is  the  bond  of  perfection." 

David  A.  Nobcross. 


fJriir  Jirrf/nrn:— 

ROTHFU  Lemuel  Hillery  i;ame  to  us  on 
:ilst  of  May,  and  continued  meet- 
ing one  week;  preached  eight  sermons  in  all, 
and  his  labors  were  crowned  with  success;  four 
precious  souls  came  out  from  the  world,  and 
were  buried  with  Christ  in  baptism,  and  rose 
to  walk  in  newness  of  life. 

Our  church  is  in  a  flourishing  condition,  and 
love  and  union  prevail.  We  invite  all  the  breth- 
ren, especially  ministering  brethren,  to  stop 
with  us,  who  may  oass  by  this  way.  Our  meet- 
ing-house is  less  than  one-half  a  mite  from  the 
depot,  and  brethren  living  within  a  few  steps 
of  the  dejiot, 

Brother  Hillery  is  now  holding  forth  the 
glad  tidings  of  salvation  among  the  brethren 
at  Walnut  Creek  Church.  We  hope  that  he 
may  be  blessed,  and  his  efforts  be  the  means  of 
biuigmg  many  to  Christ,  and  he  receive  for 
his  reward,  a  crown  of  life  everlasting. 
Your  unworthy  brother, 

S.  P.  WEAVKit. 

From    Panora,  Iowa. 


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fond.  Ib*i  Oie  bwrt.  uf  m«t.r  p<«r  mfmlmnn»y  be  m,de  ,1^  j,^*"; 
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PAPEaS  SKXT  TO  THE  POOB.  — Brlow  we  »rknowl«],,  ,^^ 
•k  to  w<wk  ilii-  numlwr  of  pap«i«  wot  U>  poor  niMnlwn  taMni^ 
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Dmr  Brrlhrat: — 

THE  Love-feast  of  the  Coon  River  Church, 
June  3rd  and  4th,  was  very  interesting 
and  profitable.  More  members  present  than 
ever  heretofore.  Ministers  were  present  from 
Panther  Creek  and  Dallas  Center.  Two  dea- 
cons were  chosen.  The  lot  fell  on  Brethren  S. 
C.  Devilbise  and  C.  L.  Ferree.  We  hope  and 
pray  that  they  may  be  faithful,  and  prove  to  be 
heloers  in  the  church. 

On  the  5th,  the  writer,  accompanied  by 
Brethren  M.  Deardorll',  A.  Brower  and  C.  L. 
Ferre;  started  to  Adair  County,  to  hold  a  few 
meetings;  attendance  and  attention  good,  and 
much  interest.  When  we  hrst  went  there 
last  November  there  were  two  members;  now 
there  are  ten. 

Fraternally, 

J.  D.  Haughtelin. 
June  mh,  WJ. 


From  AUentown,  Pennsylvania. 

Jh.ir  linthnn:— 
fjlHE  brethren  and  sisters  of  Bethlehem  and 
X  adjoining  congregations  commemorated 
the  suffering  and  death  of  our  blessed  Redeem- 
er, on  Saturday  eveuiug,  the  7th  inst.  Good 
order  prevailed.  One  youthful  lamb  was  added 
to  the  fold  by  baptism.  She  remembered  her 
creator  in  the  days  of  her  youth.  Brother 
Lewis  Bealer  was  elected  to  the  office  of  dea- 
con. Ministering  brethren  present  were  Moses 
Shuler,  .lacob  Boo/.,  Benjamin  Hottel,  Henry 
Ca&sel,  Isaac  Price,  and  William  Nice. 

Health  in  this  part  of  the  country  is  good. 
Prospects  lor  all    kiuds    uf  fruit   ami    grain    tn 
yield  abundantly  are  also  good.      Wishing  you 
God's  blessing  I  remain 
Yours  Fraternally, 

H.  F.  ROSESUERQER. 


lV>tuI  lodniD,.. 


OUTSIDERS'  PtWD. 


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PAPERS  SKtfT  TO  Ol'T^IPEaJ*  — Tlu'  (ullDinng  nunni  Lmvo  bBcn 
)il*owl  DO  uDi  li«t.  oaU  paid  tor  uui  i>r  Uip  iiboTe  tUod- 

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DIM  of  llinte  onlj'  wlio  «11l  Kppredkto  tha  Mmr 
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l^nnannititmitnfs. 


OuB  rule  \i  (0  givenntici^s  b 
be  brief,  and  wrilti 

from  nil  other  business. 


oQo  inDariioQ    Theysboull 
OD  ptiper  separate 


LOVB- FEASTS. 


Cetifieates  of  Uembership  Id  B»k-Forai.— Tliey  arc  aoutlj- 

lirir.rr.l,  i.ml  [,ut  iij.  iii  iiuuk-f.irm,  (Jnc  of  these  books 
sluiiiiil  be  10  I'licli  coHgrcgiitiou.  as  thoy  are  ao  arraog- 
uU  iw  to  vimble  the  clerk  tu  keep  a  rccoril  of  all  letlera 
of  niciubership  given-  Book  No,  1.  containing  100  ccr- 
llficAleJi,  76  cents:  No.  '2,  r>U  cerliAcaies,  oO  cents. 

The  Prlace  of  the  House  of  David,  or  Three  Years  in  the 
Holy  »_'ity,  1.1'iiip  »  seMts  of  leiters,  giving  a  life-like 
picluie.  ami  rolulcil  ns  by  an  eye-wiiucsa,  all  (he 
urenei  niiJ  wuntierftil  inciOonls  in  the  life  of  Jesui 
of  iNaiarclh,  fVom  Ilia  baptism  in  Jonlan  lo  His  cru- 
ciSiion  on  i:iUTary  ;  by  J.  H.  Ikoraium.      $2.00 

ThroQgb  Bible Landl.— Notes  of  (ravel  in  Egypt,  the 
Desiri  and  I  nieatine,     Hy  Philip  Sohaff.     Finely  illus- 


The  Brethren  of  Fly  Creek  Church  expect  to  hold  a 
I,0Te-feaBl  October  4lh.  ISTtl,  in  Cherokee  Coiuily,  Ksn- 
»aa.  Brethren  conlemplaliag  emigraiing  West  iire  inril- 
ed  to  stop  off'  iinJ  help  our  little  flock  o  increase  Those 
coming  by  rail  will  stop  off  nt  Cotumhus,  and  will  be  con- 
Teyejlo  the  meeting  by  uolifying  W.  Eilgeoomb.  Coluin- 
bus,  Kansas,  or  h.  Atland,  Melrose,  Kansas.  The  meeting 
will  be  held  oo  ihe  ground  of  llrolher  Copran,  com- 
iiieneine  »(  10  o'cloeli,  L,  S.  Ati.anu. 

lu  Ihe  notice  you  gave  of  the  Ashland  Love-feast  in  No, 
'£2,  1  see  it  bears  no  dale.  The  meeting  will  be  held  June 
28th.     Plensc  lorrecl  Jit  once,  and  oblige. 

D.  N.  WoBKJua. 

In  the  DesMiiiiies  Valley  Dislricl,  Polk  County,  Iowa, 
on  the  l)th  Rnd  Tib  iil'  September.  A  general  invitation 
is  given.     Meeting  lo  commence  at  7  P.  M. 

Jefkeknos  Matsis. 

The  Brethren  of  Bethel  Church,  Holt  County,  Missouri, 
have  Bppoinledlhcir  Love-feast  September  the  27lh,  at 
■1  o'clock  P.  M,  Deletiutes  and  others  wishing  lo  lend 
our  feast  tire  till  orJially  invited  lo  attend.  Those  com- 
ing from  ihe  South  shuuld  siikrl  in  due  lime  eollicy  get  tc 
Forest  CitySiiiurday  morniug  at  4  A,  M.,  where  they 
wilt  be  met  by  givingtimety  Dotice  to  Ihe  undersigned. 
Those  from  the  Nurih  will  slop  ulT  al  Bigelow,  and  aiTlvtl 
at  noon,  Cunvcyimcf  «ill  bi-  there  by  giving  timely  no- 
tice to  me.  J,  U.  MlLLKD. 

Mound  Oily.   Holt  Co,,  Mo. 


DISTnrCT  MEETINGS. 


The  Ne^t 


ill 


tlistricl  Meeting  of  Northern  Missouri 
be  held  with  the  Brethren  in  llolL  County,  at  their  meet- 
ing-house, ten  miles  north  of  Forest  City,  September  29lli. 
A  full  lepre.HMitiili^in  is  dcitired,  J.  H.  Mili.bb 


W.  U.  R,  R.  TIME  TABLE. 


TiNliK  Ivitvu  Luiiurk.  Siindny*  eii:ui>luil,  oa  ft'll<'"° 

Hhj  EaiirNi e<>6P  Jf 

Nlglii  l!»i.reM , IJiSA."- 

AotoniDiuJaUoD UW»  *■  "■ 

KA8T  DOUKD.  .^,„  „  „ 

Sli,bt  t»i.,.-«  "^'i'S' 

Arr<it,Mn<-Iii1i..ii    .  B.HlSP.«. 

Tlvk,b.:ir,  ...iiiiMt  ut.,.,.  i,,„„*  „„iv  i',i».aoi£»r  tmlii*  iMk*  ''»« 

XMin,.,:ii.,i,  ..I  W  ...i,n.  I  i.t.M.  .Iitii.  U.,i;.  t*,  A.  SMITH.  Agf"' 

I'assi'nseis  rur  Cliioigo  should  leiive  L.in;irk  at 
I2:l3r.  M.;  run  to  tile  Western  Union  .1  unction; 
here  thfV  need  wait  but  live  minutes  for  tlie  clu- 

catio,  Mihv;ml;,.r  .,,1,1  .<;f.  T'.iu!  |);i^scn;,'.T  Iniin-ii'V 
lliUSl»?;irli  Clij,:,^.,,  ,.;  7   iT.    lli.MiIin-    cvelllllk',      1" 

i-cin^li  l.;ni;iik  lin,„  ri,H,, to  Kt.   Waviif  '1«^ 

p.it.tak-  tlie  (  liUML'.'  Milw:iukee  ami  ^t,  I""' 
train  at  ilv«  ill  the  cvi-niun;  run  North  to  the  » ■ 
U.  Junction,  cb.inyf  cars  lor  Lanark,  and  amv» 
here  at  1:."»7  in  the  morning. 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


Vol- 


Lanark,  111.,  July  3,  1879. 


Ike  i«;?tft«i«;«  at  fljloi;!;. 

BDITED  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 


ESHELMAN    &   HARRISON. 


Bji;** 


ps  aod  uncotirtecius  biiigiiage,  but  endeavor  tii 
pat  tlieir  vi»ws  '■  with  graci"    seasuned   with 

ye sliall  kn;>w  the  truth   iind   Ua-   truth   shall 


vou  free. 


jOUTENTS    OF  VOL.  4.  ITO.   27. 


^iroRUL  articles:                                        Page 
ijinv  iiiiiy  we  Induce  Poor  Cbildroo  to  Attend 
(mrlliWe  School  V .^ 


J  II,  Moore's  Fiirewell j 

i(urIS"W 4 

TlieCliil'li'fn 'It  Work ,  .( 

Burdens  Grow  no  less I 

loOni  Editorial  Bretliren  ,      .4 

Business  Notice 4 

-StRIBUTED    articles: 

falling  Kvil  Good,  and  Cood  Evil.— John  L. 

Siiiively ■ .  - 2 

the  Inward  Beholding.— C.  H.  Balsbaugh 2 

i^Yew  words  For  our  Edilication.— 'William 

Ilinkle ;{ 

IVuids  Fitly  Spoken.— W.  J.  H.  Baumau 1; 

;teinundRay   Debate 1 

lit.  Mfirris  Seni  inary  &  Collegiate  Institute.— J. 

IV.  Stein 

(OERESPt'NDENCK  I 

From  I'.  N.  Workman 

Sutice  to  Soutlifrn  District  of  III.— T.  D.  Lyon  , 
from  Monticello,  Ind.— John  S.  Snowberfer. . . 
(In  Ibe  Way  to  Palestine  —J.  W.  MeGarvey ... 
From  the  Newton  Cburcb,  Miami  Co..  ().— 

Enoch  Beery ■■■...■■■.. . . . . .  . ._.  ■.■■■■  1 

InMem'>ryofoiu-'^aWft^areht8r^^^^^7\liTaA.But-~ 

Itrbaiieb ,' ( 

Frmii  Cle^r  Creuk  Cburcb,  Huatington.  Ind. 
Thefirftiit  Storm.— S.  H.  Wiesedeppe. 


From  Cerro  Gordo.  PiattCo..  III.— Jobn  JI«tz- 
jer ' 

rituntion  Wanted,— John  P.  Sbenck 1 

I*  the  Donoi'8  to  the  City  Mission  Service.— D. 
C.Moomiiw ■ 

KfQioriam.— W.  S.  Lyon i 

Jesse  Calvert 1 

Missionary  Work  In  Ohio.— S.  W.  Lindower. . .  1 

From  Cedar  Lake  Congregation,  Indiana,— G. 
I  Patterson I 

Ifoui  1).  K.  Price. 1 

CECTEO: 

Don't  (live  Up ; 

l'Dcle.)ohn.. ; 


Tbe  Good  Shepherd.- John  Calvin  Briglit 2 

Utit  I'lias 3 


world's  style  is  to  become  peculiar.  2.  It  is  bet- 
ter to  imitate  the  habits  of  the  prudent  and  pi- 
ous, tlian  to  be  enslaved  by  tlie  clianging,  rest^ 
less  votaries  of  pride.  3.  Social,  uniform  plain- 
ness h  the  moat  successful  method  of  withstand- 
ing the  world.  4.  Uniformity  is  in  harmony 
with  God's  arrangements  in  nature.  5.  It  is 
in  harmony  with  the  appearance  of  the  saints 
in  light.  Rev.  7:  9,  13.  6.  It  is  in  harmony 
with  every  principle  of  rectitude,  prudence  and 
succe.ss  ill  life.  In  all  departments  of  lifi-.  these 
teach  us  to  bestow  our  attention  on  what  is 
tried,  good,  aud  substantial,  and  never  to  for- 
sake them  fur  the  uncertainties  of  change  and 
chance.  7.  Mutual  advantages  grow  out  of  it 
to  churcli  members.  The  recognition  of  each 
other,  though  strangers  in  the  flesh,  among  the 
crowdsofthe  world;  the  mutual  kindness  and 
interchange  of  fraternal  confidence  and  affection 
can  be  fullj  appreciated  only  by  those  who  re- 
alize them.  !S.  Facts  show  that  those  church- 
es that  socially  oppose  uniform  distinction  iu 
dress,  do  not  maintain  a  distinction  from  the 
world  in  this  respect  at  all.  9.  If  tliose  who 
oppose  uniformity  in  dress,  but  still  preach 
plainness,  should  succeed  in  inducing  their  ad- 
herents to  observe  strictly  their  teachings,  the 
result  would  be  a  uniform  opposition  to  the  fash- 
ions of  the  world,  which  would  effectually  de- 
stroy their  own  avowed  premises  at  present,  and 
result  in  the  very  thing  they  oppose  in  us. 

It  is  not  true,  however,  that  the  brethren 
make  any  form,  cut,  or  color  of  dress  a  conditiou 
of  membership.  The  church's  work  in  this  is 
advisory  and  persuasive. 

-  ^"*' ^'"'^--^  W^T  'ihflH-liK'  ■*-    |-yitnn1     ri'rm, 
heat,  cold,   rain,   sunshine,    etc  ,   hence,  in  the 


STEIN  AND  RAT  DEBATE, 

i'lji.  lit— Itrethren  (or  Tunker)  Churches  pos- 
sess the  Bible  CUaracteristics  wliich  entitle 
ih™  to  be  regarded  as  Churches  of  Jesus 
Christ, 

J.  W.  Stein,  Affirms. 

D.  B.  Rat,  Denies. 

J-  W.  Stein's  16th  Affirm.\tive. 

JfXAUSK  I  do  what  James  commands  (Jas. 

\}  a:  Li,  14)  and  believe  what    he  says,    vix: 

ih  prayer  of  faith  shall  save  the  sick,  and  the 

wdwill  raise  him  up,  and  if  he  has  commit  fed 

'^'I'eilshuinp/nrijirnthhriv.   15).    Mr.  H. 

'ouuces  me  as  a  bhisphemn:  His  own  church 

'"'wly  believed  and  practiced  the   same.    See 

'wkiietu's  Ecc.  His.,  pp.  yni,  729.     My  Master 

^similar  charges.  Mr.  R.    (Matt.  9:  3.  John 

■™>37).  hence  I  faint  not.  Anointing  is  not 

't^Qiient  upon  the  gift  of  miracles.  My  friend's 

Anient  is    the  same   that    the    Quaker  uses 

["i«t  baptism,  &c.,   and   the  infidel  against 

'laiiity.    Miracles  belong  to  those  empow- 

("••y  God   to   work   Ihem.     01  edience   and 

belong  to  nil  his  children,  to   whom   his 

^ises  are  "yea  and  amen  forever." 

^firistian  ministere  do  not  swear   when   they 

ism.    My  friend  strives  in   vain 

Christ's  command,  "swear  not  at 


^ter  baptis 

""validate 


^  tliinks  we  cannot  be   churches   of  Christ 

^^  We  dress  tiniJm-mUj.  1.     We  must  have 

*'yle  of  dress,  and  to  refuse  to  follow  the 


house,tbe}  remove  them  as  uselesaincumbrances. 
Their  modest,  ueat,  white  caps  do  "veil"  their 
hffKh  as  the  apostle  commands.  If  Mr.  R.  has 
any  purer,  more  modest,  genteel,  christian-like 
head  dress  to  offer  as  a  substitute,  we  will  listen 
to  him. 

Ridicule  is  neither  argument  nor  sense.  Sup- 
pose Quakers  aud  Catliolics  have  some  chris- 
tian  principles  and  customs?  do  they,  therefore 
cease  to  be  characteristics  of  Christ's  church? 
I  would  they  were  altogether  <niv  with 
Christ. 

But  my  friend  grows  quite  uneasy  under  my 
proofs  from  Mr.  Rny.  If  our  Brethren  wur 
"sheep-skins  and  goaUskius,"  &c.,  he  could  not 
condemn  the  practice  without  condemning  oth- 
ers whom  he  calls  "churches  of  Christ."  The 
same  is  true  respecting  our  general  peculiarities. 
My  friend's  "Negative  line"  unchurches  his 
whole  "Baptist  Succession;"  hence  I  consider 
D.  B.  Ray  a  valuable  witness  in  this  trial,  and 
cannot  dismiss  him  yet.  * 

(iih  Characteristic  coittitiugd. 
My  fourth  reason  why  the  Brethren  possess 
this  characteristic,  is,  that  they  will  not  fellow- 
ship such  clerical  titles  as  "Rev.*  &c.  This  is 
applied  in  the  scripture  to  none  but  God.  Psa. 
111:9.  Such  titles  beget  respect  of  persons 
(Jas.  2:1),  encourage  emulations  (Gal.  5:  20, 
21).  elevate  a  mark  for  the  ambitious,  and  tend 
to  pride,  and  hence  to  destruction.  Prov.  16: 
5,  Ja.s.  4:6,  1  Pet.  5:  5.  The  Waldenses  op- 
posed such  vanity  as  strongly  as  Ihe  Brethren 
do.  See  Rob.  Eccl.  Res.,  p.  314.  My  friend 
admits  they  were  churches  of  Christ,"hence  I 
prove  by  him  that  this  is  characteristic  of 
C.rist's  church. 

7th  Characteristic.  The  Chunh  i^,  Christ's 
Body.  I  Cor.  12:  27,  Eph.  4:  15,  5:  23,  Col.  1: 
18. 

My  first  reason  why  the  Brethren  possess 
this  characteristic,  is,  that  they  acknowledge 
no  head  but  Christ. 

Mr  It  says:  "According  to  their  own  testi- 
mony, the  original  Tunker  church  was  compos- 
ed of  those  baptized  i>y  an  unregeuerate  child 
of  Satan."  This  is  untrue.  None  ofourbreih 
ren  cvtr  received  baptism  knowingly  at  the 
hands  of  one  who  was  fighting  against  God 
But  if  an  administrator  had   been   a  bad  man, 


omi- 

•ganie  cott^ 

present  time   to   the  apo.sflrs 


that  would  not  invalidate  proper  baptism  re- 
ceived by  a  proper  subject.  The  gospel  'given 
by  inspiration'  may  be  communicated  even 
through  men  of  unholy  motives  and  character 
(Phil.  1:1".-1S).  yet  it  is  "the  power  of  God" 
able  to  make  believers  'wise  unto  salvation," 
and  i^i  adapted  to  the  perfection  of  the  man  of 
God.  Rom,  1:  6.  2  Tim.  3: 16.  They  who  do 
God's  will  "know  of  the  doctrine  whether  it  be 
of  God."  .lohn  7: 17.  To  hnir  Christ's  sayings 
and  do  them  is  to  be  built  upon  the  rock  (Matt. 
1 :  24^26),  and  not  even  an  apostle  may  gainsay 
or  forbid  hia  work.  Mark  9:  38^0,  Luke  9: 
49,  50.  When  Mr.  R.  defines  what  he  calls 
'"Scriptural  Church  Succession,"  so  that  we 
know  e.xactly  what  he  means  and  gives  us  some 
argument  iu  support  of  his  position,  it  wilt  be 
time  enough  to  ask  us  to  "lespond."  Will  he 
do  it?  iu  asking  him  to  mention  one  dem 
nation  that  can  trace  an  nnbrok 
nection  from  th 

through  a  people  just  Uke  tlu^msehes,  I  was  not 
asking  him  to  discuss  Baptist  Succession,— for 
they  have  no  such  succession,  as  every  mtelli- 
geut  church  historian  in  the  world  knows,— 
hence.  I  press  the  iiuestion  again  as  being  "per. 
tinent."  Will  he  answer?  We  can  show  bs 
complete  a  succession  of  that  kind  as  any  ex- 
ample he  may  adduce,  and  are  willing  to  abide 
the  comparison.  Is  that  not  a  fair  proposition? 
Our  Brethren  have  never  wntten  their  history. 
There  is  no  historical  account  of  tbem  which 
the  church  endorses  as  correct.  Bro.  B.  K. 
Moomaw,  of  Va.,  who  has  lived  and  labored 
long  in  the  church,  says:  "We  are  misrepresent- 
■s^TTrnl'^shnirfBrfcd  by^e  tifesrovTcaTaffinrunis^iTt- 
lished  of  our  people.  .  .  .  The  account  of  Buck. 
the  History  of  Va  ,  the  religious  Denominations 
of  the  Worid,  and  others  .  .  .  are  unwarranted 
by  truth."  (Letter  dated  May  4,  ls74.)  The 
understandings  and  traditionsof  our  old  Breth- 
ren are  more  reliable  on  this  subject  than  any 
thing  else  we  have.  With  these  to  guide,  I 
think  I  could  make  out  a  better  case  of  success- 
ion than  Mr.  Riiy  can.  I  am  informed  that 
many  of  our  older  Brethren  understood  that 
Bro.  Mack,  who  was  chosen  the  first  minister 
of  the  Swartzenau  organization  in  1708,  was  a 
Wuldm^inn.  Bro.  A.  H.  Cassel,  of  Penn  ,  now 
advanced  in  years,  whose  private  antiquarian 
library  contains  over  thirty-five  thousand  man- 
uscripts and  volumes  of  rare  worth,  aud  who  is 
perhaps  better  acquainted  with  the  early  mind 
of  our  Brethren  than  any  one  now  living,  un- 
derstands that  Bro.  Mack  was  a  Waldensian, 
Hesays  he  knows  he  fled  to  Swartzenau.Gernmny. 
prior  to  this  organization  as  a  refugee  from  re- 
ligious persecution.  .Bvo.  Jesse  Calvert,  of  Ind. 
informs  me  that  "Smith  and  English,"  the  large 
book  importers  of  Philadelphia,  informed  him 
that  an  old  German  book  on  the  persecution  of 
the  Waldensea,  containing  an  account  of  this, 
had  one  passed  through  their  liands,  mention- 
ing Bro.  Mack  as  a  WahlensitiH.  Bro.  Cassel 
informs  me  by  letter  that  old  Bro.  Kuriz(a  Ger- 
man Brother,  with  whom  be  wa*  pirsonnlbj 
well  acquainted),  who  gave  our  history  a  good 
deal  of  attention  and  intended  preparing  a  his- 
torical work  had  he  lived,  who  was  a  fair  spec- 
imen of  the  mind  of  our  brctherhood  in  his  day 
on  questions  of  denominational  importance  and 
who  founded  ouryirs/ /^fly>»T /;/  America.  ("The 
Gospel  Visitor,")  claimed  that  there  were  testi- 
monies of  the  existence  of  an  apostolic  church 
from  the  beginning  ronnectiny  with  our  Breth' 
ren  in  America,  through  the  ancient  Walden- 
ses  and  Aibigenses.  He  says,  "Bro.  Kurtz  be 
ievei  Bro.  Mack  was  a  Waldensian,  and  cer- 
tainly not  without  a  good  reason.  I  heard  him 
preach  several  times  on  the  sdbject.  He  was 
the  best  posted  man  on  Wuldeusian  history  that 
J  erer  met."  (Letter  to  the  writer.)  Bro,  Kurtz 
says,  "Many  (leiiominations  derive  their  name 
Irum  some  great  aud  eminent  man  who  is  cou- 
siilered  their  founder.  .  .  .  The  linthnu 
hate  no  /.uch  man  tu  boast  of.  The  name  of  llieir 
Founder  i»  too  high  above  every  other  nuuie  to 


No.  27 


avail  tbemsdve,  of  it  for  their  denoraiuati™ 
Among  tl,.ra«lvM  they  have  no  other  name 
but  the  one  granteill,,- their  Lord  and  Savior 
.Ie,u.Chril.t-M»tt.  23:  S-- /(,,,«„„.,..  f.„  ,^| 
\  .8.tor  vol.  1,  p.  4.  ,i„„„„^  „„,  j,„,_^^  ^^^ 
.1.  H.  Moore  ha»  qootej  the  Baptist  account 
Irom  J.  N.  Brow,,  in  a  new«,,,,per  article,  Mr 
Kay  picks  up  his  own  Dro.  lirown's  language 
a  part  of  ivhich  we  know  to  be  u.itrue.anil  ei- 
h.lntaitaii-Tunker  Hi.tory."  B„t  the  Breth- 
ren are  not  such  slaves  to  tradition  an  to  be  un- 
der the  necessity  of  tracing  such  connection. 
"We  prove  our  church  bvour  dmtrine,  and  not 
our  doctrine  by  the  church."  It  is  enough 
to  know  that  Christ  has  always  had  wit- 
nesses somewhere  on  earth  who  have  been  on, 
in  hini,  aud  that  all  eliurches  organized  in  th» 
faith  aud  practice  of  the  gospel  have  "their  ut- 
igiu  under  the  ministry  of  Christ  and  his  upoa. 
ties,"  whether  in  1st  or  IMli  century. 

INGERSOLL    SILENCED 

OHOHTLY  after  liobnt  U.  IngersoU  was  rtc- 
O  leated  in  his  race  for  the  governorship  of 
Illmois,  he  was  one  day  b.iisterously  and  blas- 
phemously proclaiming  his  iutidelity  on  board 
cf  a  lailioad  train  between  Chicago  and  I'coria. 
After  being  for  souielinie  ollensively  voluble 
he  turned  to  a  gentleman  near  him  and  defiant- 
ly demanded.  "Tell  me  of  one  good  aud  great 
public  result  that  Cliristl:mity  has  ever  accom- 
plished?" The  gentleman,  not  wishing  to  open 
an  argument  with  the  boaster,  hesitated  to  an- 
swer. The  train  had^topjieijiijd  all-™,.--^*—,!' 
ia.u,oj,ui.  .Iiist_tiiBnim  old  ladyoTeighty  yjara, 
who  sal  just  lieliind  Sir.  Ingerioll,  touched  hia 
arm  with  her  trembling  band  and  said,  "Sir,  I 
do  not  know  who  yon  are,  but  I  think  I  can 
tell  you  of  one  glorious  thing  that  Christianitji 
has  done." 

"What  is  it  Madam?"  said  IngersoU. 

"It  has  kept  Ilobert  (i.  IngersoU  from  being 
governor  of  the  great  State  of  Illinois."  If 
lightning  had  that  moment  Hashed  through  the 
car  the  ettect  would  not  have  been  greater.  In- 
gersoU turned  literally  pale  with  rage,  and  re- 
mained silent.  The  grand  old  woman  lies  un- 
der the  prairie  daisies  now,  but  her  courageous 
act  "smells  sweet,  and  blosoms  in  the  dust." 
— Gottlai  ('ens^e 

A  RUSSIAN  BAPTISM. 

THK  youngest  child  of  the  Hussian  C'/ara- 
witch  was  baptized  recently  with  much 
gorgeous  ceremony  and  great  discomfort  to 
himself.  The  Czar  bore  him  to  the  font  where, 
his  little  highne.ss  was  taken  out  of  all  his 
clothes  and  plunged  iu  the  water,  head  first, 
three  times-  The  priest  closed  his  eyes  and  nose 
with  his  fingers,  but  the  august  new  born,  as 
he  is  slyled  iu  large  capitals  in  the  prograinmo 
for  the  day,  screauie.l  like  any  ordinary  baby 
and  evidently  did  not  like  it.  He  waa  then  giv- 
en to  the  godmother,  wrapped  up  in  blankets, 
and  he  dozed  ipiietly  while  another  prayer  was 
said.  He  was  ouly  left  iu  peace  for  a  few  nio- 
ineut-s.  The  piicst  anointed  his  ears.eyes,  mouth, 
hands  aud  feet  with  holy  oil  that  none  of  these 
members  should  do  any  barm  in  life.  When 
the  little  fellow  had  recovered  from  his  interrup- 
tion andjust  begun  to  quiet  dowu,  he  wa^  again 
disturbed  and  alt  his  hair  cut  ort'. — SehcUtL 


Drunkenness  in  .Sweden  and  Norway  is  cur- 
ed in  the  following  way:  The  drunkard  is  put 
iu  prison,  and  his  only  nourishment  is  bread 
soaked  in  wiue.  During  the  first  day  the  pris- 
oner receives  the  bread  and  wine  with  much 
(ileasure.  On  the  second  day  the  food  is  not  >0 
.icceptable.  After  that  he  t.akes  his  fofsi  witb 
grea*.  ivpugiiauce.  In  g-neral.  eight  or  ton 
days  of  this  treatment  suffices  to  uroduoe  such 
.1  disgust  fer  iiijHor  that  lue  uuoappy  man  is 
colnpelleil  to  aO.'oliile  abstin»'nce.  .Vfter  leaving 
the  prison,  his  druukeimess  is  radically  i  ur»^ 
with  an  occos  una!  cxceptiou,  an  1  the  u:lor  at 
liquor  produces  an  invincible  repulsion. 


TM-h;    i}ltI^'J..tiiiK:N"    AT 


THE  GOOD  SHEPHERD. 

in"   IVVXlKt.  BKIOHT. 

TUK  KCK»i  Shei>lierJ..lnus,  witli  fondness  Bud 

The  tciidiT  young  lamlis  in  his  liosr.m  will  b««r; 
On  evergreen  pnshire  his  flrtek  he  will  '•'^• 
When-  Ihey  on  his  goodness  and   mercy   shnll 

feed. 
He  will  with  hU  crook,  and  his  mighty  strong 

Brni. 
l>rotect  all  his  sheep  and  will  keep  them   Irom 

harm,  . ,     i 

When  they  will  but  Iriisl  him,  and  humbly  obey 
And  follow  his  footsteps  by  night  and  by  day. 

He  leadeih  them  gently,  he  watches  his  flock. 

Vnd  is  thronghalldangersthpirshellermgrock: 

When  lions  come  roaring  to  kill  and  .levour, 

Like  Daviil  He'll  reseiie  his  lambs  from  their 
power. 

He  U  not  a  hireling,  the  sheoj)  are  his  own; 

His  voice  meek  and  genlle,  >s  by  them  well- 
known;  . 

Their  drink  is  his  spirit,  his  word  is  tbcir  lood. 

Their  joy  and  delight  is  the  Shepherd  so  good. 

Behold  him  on  Tnlvary  nailed  on  the  tree! 

He  Med  and  he  died  th..re  to  set  his  sheep    free 

From  punishment  future,  that  they  should  not 

In  death,  hut  should  live  in  his  mansion  on  high. 

In  his  precious  blood  he  now  washes  them  clean 

That  in  their  while  li.ece  no  more  »]>ot<  may 
he  seen: 

Then  gathers  them  unto  bis  bosom  of  love, 

To  praise  him  in  heaven's  lair  I'Meii  above. 

Utine  then,  good  Shepherd,  bo  one  of  thy 
sheep: 

(I  may  I  in  death  in  thy  arms  fall  asleep; 

Then  liear  me,  redeemed,  to  the  home  of  the 
blest, 

Forever  from  sin  and  temptation  to  rest. 


CALLING  EVIL  GOOD,  AND    GOOD 
EVIL. 

lit   .KlllN   1..    SNAVKI.V. 

"Woo  unio  them  Ihal  callevll  good,  anil  good 
evil:  Ihal  put  darkness  for  light,  and  light  for 
dwkDoss;  that  put  hitler  for  sweet,  and  sweet 
for  bitter."    Isa.  5:20. 

TO  tlii>  iniliviihml  whode  viituca  ami 
ninialilciiess  liocs  luit  consist  ]iriiici 
pallj  in  llnisf  tilings  tlmt  nre  liiglily  c» 
teemed  amolij;  iiii'n,  tliis  suliject  is  inter 
etting.  To  the  inciividunl  who  liiw  Md, 
or  /iiiK  undertaken  to  n^rvo  Christ,  mil 
from  a  iirinciph-  of  true  love  to  him,  not 
because  bin  virtues  consist.,  and,  ari!  cou- 
nected  with  a  Iruf  regard  fornWthe  sa)'- 
ings  of  Jesus  and  Ida  Word,— to  liim  it 
is  important.  Were  there  jiislice  done 
to  this  ,  sul),iect,— fully  deliueated  and 
drawn  out,  and  the  candle  of  the  Loril 
taken,  no  doulit  many  dark  spot-s,  and 
blemishes,  and  hidini;  plncca  of  the  pro 
fessors  of  the  age  would  be  brought  to 
view.  The  word  "■»•  in  onr  te.\t  is  us- 
ed as  expressing  great  sorrow,  and  an 
"inspired  denunciation  and  foreshadow- 
ing of  (iod's  wr.ith"  upon  tho-se  clinrac- 
ters,  "that  call  good  evil,  and  evil  good, 
or  that  say  concerning  good,  it  is  evil," 
or  in  other  words,  make  trul/i  the  pro- 
ducer  of  error,  lii//t/  the  cause  of  dark- 
ness, we  can  "call  evil  good,  and  good 
evil,"  both  liirectly  and  iniiirectly ;  for 
example,  take  the  case  that  was  brought 
to  the  Savior  "pos.se.s.sed  with  a  devil, 
blind  and  dumb  and  he  healed  tliem ; 
but  when  the  Pharisees  heard  it,  they 
said,  this  fellow  doth  not  castoul  devils, 
but  by  Beelzebub  the  prince  of  devils:" 
they  ivillfiiUy  and  maliciously  called 
good  evil.  l»v  ascribing  the  works  of  thi* 
Savior  to  the  I)evil,  and  thus  cast  com. 
tempt  upon  religion,  and  the  "ministra- 
tion of  the  spirit." 

Good  is  indirectly  called  evil  to-day, 
and  that  by  men  that  like  to  be  called 
Obristians.  ft'e  take  the  jiosition  that 
any  individual  or  church  that  does  not 
trust  in  the  power  of  Christ  iu  all  things, 
and '/.-i^/ not  contend  in  the'r  teiii'li'mj 
and  tlocir'tne  for  the  literal  observance  of 


all  Hod's  commands,  but  will  take  their 
way,  and  risk  the  danger  of  meeting  him 
iu  disobedience  wlien  be  comes,  taking 
vengeance  on  them  that  obey  not  his 
gospel,  are  calling  "good  evil,  and  put- 
ting darkness  for  licht."  The  church  or 
individual  that  has  become  so  corrupt 
and  so  exalteil,  and  so  pharisaical  as  to 
love  the  jiraise  of  men  more  than  the 
praise  of  <iod,  love  to  be  highly  esteem- 
ed by  men,  and  rlo  what  works  they  ,hi 
to  be  n.'i-ri  of  men  is  going  to  a  fiintul 
extremity  in  guilt,  "is  provoking  the 
final  withdrawment  of  God's  grace." 
Kuch  churches  and  individuals  arc  not 
ashamed  to"call  goo( 


"  not  in  its  true  colors.     <''"i 


ways  seen, 

may  be  recognized  by  many  in 


4ucb  a 


1  evil, and  evilgood," 
not  afraid  to  speak  evil  of  "dignities," 
not  afraid  U>  pronouuce  a  portion  of  the 
blessed  sayings,  as  "non  essential,"  as 
things  indilferent,  of  no  use,  are  not 
afraid  to  "call  good  evil,"  by  discoun. 
tenancing  those, and  the  practice  of  those 
who  are  willing  to  yield  in  obedience  to 
the  commands  of  Christ,  and  thus  bring 
conti-mpt  upon  Christianity,  and  the 
works  of  (iod. 

The  righteous  are  represented  as  in 
.piiiingof  the  Savior,  "When  saw  we 
thee  naked,  and  clothed  thee;  when  saw 
we  thee  athirst,  and  give  thee  drink; 
when  saw  we  thee  sick  and  in  prison, 
and  visited  tlu-ei"  The  righteous  jmlge 
is  found  answering,  "As  much  as  ye  have 
done  it  unto  these  the  least  of  my  breth- 
ren, ye  have  done  it  unto  me."  So  al.so 
yewhonpiiearsodecentaudfriendly.with 
gri'at  ajipearance  of  love  for  the  souls  of 
men,  liut  have  taught  some  things  con- 
trary to  Si^ripture,  anil  some  things  you 
did  not  teach  at  all,  lu'c^ausc  you  loved 
the  praise  of  men  more  than  you  did  me. 
Yon  wished  to  proajjer  in  your  way,  to 
swell  your  ranks,  to  increase  in  numbers, 
and  on  account  of  your  evil  desires  to  be 
praised  of  men,  loving  the  "uiipermost 
rooms,"  "the  diief  seats,"  "greetings,' 
"salulatioiis,"  and  to  be  called  Master 
You  did  not  hold  fast  that  distinctive 
principle, —"the  simiilicity  of  the  gos 
pel;"  you"cnlled  evil  good,"  and  you  did 
that  whicli  directly  militates  against  my 
Word.  By  your  oi/'«  example  you  jus- 
tified the  wicked,  you  put  darkness  for 
licht,  evil  for  good,  and  shamed  those 
who  did  not;  and  as  much  as  ye  did  it 
unto  "these  the  leiust  of  my  brethren,  ye 
did  it  unto  me." 

Let  any  man  who  has  a  gi'owing  de- 
sire to  become  more  wi.se,  aud  to  go  forth 
in  the  world  and  fight  more  \  aliantly 
the  hattles  of  the  hold,  craiiiiare  the 
declar.'ltion  of  the  apostle  I'aul,  with  the 
language  »l  the  prophet,  aud  the  con- 
dition of  thiugs  around  him,  aud  he  is 
bound  to  admit  the  truthfulness  of  the 
a,saertion  of  tile  inspired  apostle.  No 
doubt  the  idd  prophet,  and  also  Paul 
could  look  forward  to  the  progress  of 
the  age,  when  this  language  was  uttered ; 
and  heuce  tin-  language,  "In  the  last 
days  perilous  times  shall  come.  For  men 
shall  be  lovers  of  their  own  selves,  cov- 
etous, boasters,  proud,  blasphemous,  dis- 
obedient to  parent-,  'tn'  haukful,  unholy." 
Again,  he  speaks  of  men  wdio  are  "ever 
learning,  and  never  able  to  come  to  the 
knowledge  of  the  truth."  (Mi,  yes,;»'0. 
./nw.v.'  the  boast  of  the  age,  "if  there  be 
one  word,"  says  a  certain  writer,  "which 
more  than  another  now  commands  the 
ear  of  the  British  jiublic,  that  word  is 
progreiD."  The  mistakes  made  on  this 
subject  are  numerous.  We  are  living 
in  an  age  of  discovery;  it  is  an  age  of 
action ;  kuowledge  is  increased ;  but  olt 
en  the  knowledge  gamed  is  so  ill  regu- 
lated and  perverted,  that  instead  of  pro- 
gressing, we  are  receding — injured  in- 
stead of  profited,  "iu  the  progress  of  the 
age,  the  recogiiitiou    of  tiod  is   not  id- 


inaniier  as  to  place  him  at  a  great   way 
or  distance  from  the  works  of  his  bauds. 
lie  may  be  recognized  by  many  simply 
out  of  compliment,  out  of  custom:   and 
in  ronseiiuence  of  men  not  properly  rec- 
ognizing  the   hand    of  Cod  in   all  his 
works,   and    aseril.ing   the    works    and 
,|ualitiRs  to  him  that   do   not   belong  to 
liim,  and  robbing  him  of  those  .|Ualities 
that  d..  beh.ng  to  him.  They  have  made 
■■Iru/li  the  producer  of  error,   good    the 
fountain  of  evil,  light  the  cause  of  dark- 
nes-s,"  or  in    the  language   of  our  text, 
"call  evil  good,  and  good  evil,"   in    con- 
sequence  of  which  the  world  is  far  from 
peace  and  righteousness.     We  freely  ad- 
roit jirogrcss  has  been  made  in  things  for 
which  praise  is  due  to  Cod  for;  it  is  won- 
drous.    The  people,  no  doubt,  when  be 
uttered  these  words  could  look  forward 
w  the  progress  of  the  age,  .and  the  spec- 
ulations of  vain  and  designing  men,  and 
that  in  their   [irogress,  they  would  sever 
God  from  bis  works,  aud,  hence  the  lan- 
guage: woe  "unto    them    that  call  good 
evil,  and  evil  good.''  "Ever  learning,  and 
never  able  to  come  to  the   knowledge  of 
the  truth,"  and  why  not?    Because  they 
are  trying  to  learn  independent  of  him 
in  "whom  are  hid  oil   the   treasures   of 
wisdom   and    knowledge;"   because   all 
wisdom  is   foolishness  if  independent  of 
God.     When  will  we  learn  that  all  wis- 
dom and  all  religiou  is  but  hollowuess, 
an  empty  sound  if  severed  from  the  "tel- 
lowship  of  Jehovah,    and  his  incarnate 
Son?"     Let  us  learn    that   that  which 
God  has  "called  good,  is  good,"  and  that 
which  he  has  called  evil,  is  evil. 

Let  us  all  try  and  have  this  true  re- 
gard for  Christ  and  bis  sayings,  remem- 
bering, it  is  not  all  to  die-  Beware!  the 
great  Judge  of  all  will  shortly  decide  up- 
on all  the  characters  of  professed  Chris- 
tians, and  their  end  will  be  according  to 
their  works.  Do  uot  provoke  God  to 
withdraw  his  divine  grace  from  you,  by 
"calling  good  evil,  and  evil  good,"  the 
woe,  the  sorrow,  and  grief,  and  lamenta- 
tion, expressed  in  the  words  of  the  proph- 
et, are  only  withheld  by  the  power  of 
God.  Thejusticeof  God  is  only  slum- 
bering,— bis  wrath  is  only  restrained 
until  the  day  of  judgment. 

Kor  the  encouragement  of  those  who 
labor,  and  work  in  the  vineyard  of  the 
Loi'il,  and  the  lieloved  in  Christ,  we  of- 
fer a  few  practical  thoughts,  if  they  prove 
beneficial,  may  we  be  prepared  to  use 
them  and  carry  them  out  in  the  purpose 
of  Jehovah,  aud  trust  in  the  powerful 
arm  of  God  for  the  promised  blessing. 
Le'  u-ieinember  "the  foolishness  of  God 
is  wiser  than  men,  aud  the  weakness  of 
God  is  stronger  than  men."  And  if  we 
would  become  wise,  we  must  become 
fools  {in  the  eyes  of  the  world)  that  we 
mav  become  wise."  We  must  "humble 
ourselves  as  little  children,"  come  to  a 
complete  "kuowledge  of  the  truth  as  it 
is  in  Jesus."  May  each  member  feel  his 
weighty  rei^pousibility  that  we  as  mem- 
bei-sof  the  church  of  Christ  have  a  mis- 
sion td  till.  Kemeniber  our  shortness  of 
time,  lo  fight  against  the  te.ichings  of 
error,  the  dissemination  .and  vindication 
of  the  word  of  life,  for  the  salvation  of 
souls.  Then  it  surely  demands  the  con- 
secration of  our  iuHucnce.  of  our  means, 
as  members  of  the  church  of  Christ  to  the 
inirpose  of  God.  Each  member  must  be 
interested  in  doing  something  in  and  out 
of  the  church.  Our  iiiiluence  should  be 
greater  since  we  have  become  members 
of  Christ's  body  than  it  was  before.  If 
we  do  not  exert  more  influence  for  good, 
more  influence  in  rescuing  others  from 
the  soul  destroying    monster   sin,   more 


gnence  in  leaving  none  unsaved— none 
out  of  the  pales  of  the  church— if  we  fail 
of  this,  we  fail  of  doing  our  duty,  an,i 
the  work  assigned  us;  and  conse(|uen,iy 
are  deprived  in  that  which  constitutes 
good  and  orderly  members  of  the  church 
of  Christ.  Let  us  feel  that  the  church 
i,  a  home  to  us,  and  to  our  families,  and 
trusting,  finally,  it  will  lie  in  heaven; 
only  let  us  be  faithful  to  the  sacred" 
promises  we  have  made.  The  victory 
is  not  yet  comjdeted.  uot  yet  won.  Let 
not  e  who  have  "escaped  the  pollution  of 
the  world,"  and  have  lioarded  the  good 
ship  Zion,  and  have  tasted  of  the  sweets 
of  religion,  again  become  entangled  in 
sin,  linger  behiml,  and  finally  leave  our 
circle  of  safety,  and  say  to  the  world 
"I  have  tried  both  the  church  and  the 
world,  and  the  world  afl'ords  me  the 
most  pleasure  and  eiijoyiuent,  and  by 
doing  this,  calling  good  evil,  and  evil 
good." 

THE    INWARD  BEHOLDING. 
BY  C.  H.  HALSBAUGH. 


To  u  ('(oiple  of  moilem   /frecl><:—Jolin 
12:  211,  'Jl.' 

SEEING  is  not  merely  light,  but  a 
sound  organ  of  vision.  "If  thine 
eye  be  single."  "God  is  light,  and  in 
Him  is  no  darkness  at  all,"  and  yet 
may  be  all  darkness  to  us,  because  we 
are  dark  ourselves.  "The  pure  in 
heart  shall  see  God,"  not  in  some  distant 
realm  in  the  bodiless  hereafter,  but  here 
aud  now.  This  is  the  prerogative  of 
moral  integrity  in  all  worlds  and  ages. 
No  soul  ever  wedded  it*ielf  to  righteous- 
ness for  the  love  of  right  without  catch- 
ing a  glimpse  of  the  lutinitely  Good  and 
Eternally  Beautiful.  This  cannot  be 
reasoned  into  convicticn,  it  must  be  ex 
perieuced.  A  Divine  generation  infuses 
a  divine  life  and  vision.  The  soul  that 
has  never  seen  .Tesus,  "who  is  the  bright- 
ness of  the  Father's  glory,  and  the  ex- 
press image  of  His  Person,"  has  not  been 
born  of  God.  In  being  reborn,  the  Ho- 
ly Ghost  impregnates  the  soul  with  "the 
divine  nature"  as  really  as  in  our  natur- 
al generation  we  were  made  partakers 
of  humanity.  The  image  defaced  and 
obliterated  by  sin  is  restored.  The  heart 
that  entemples  (rod  cannot  help  seeing 
Him.  The  christian  shuts  his  eyes  and 
looks  m  to  behold  the  marvels  of  grace. 
He  has  adouble  consciousness  and  a  doiih 
le  experience.  He  knows  himself  to  he 
a  sinner,  and  more  truly  knows  himself 
as  possessed  and  actuated  by  a  glorious, 
soul  ravishing,  .soul-configuring  Other 
Self.  When  the  heart  is  pure  in  its  in- 
tent, aspirations,  preferences,  decisions, 
it  is  prepared  for  the  photographic  im- 
pression of  Deity,  and  the  discernment 
of  the  Divine  lineaments  within.  But 
this  means  much,  and  is  rare.  It  belong? 
to  the  elect — to  those  who  have  sharfd 
the  death-agony  of  the  Godman  as  the 
essential  antecedent  to  the  life  everl3?tr 
ing. 

It  requires  an  ever  upward  look, 
ever  God  ward  struggle,  to  keep  the  inj 
ner  vision  unbliu-red.  The  least  comi 
promise  with  the  flesh  dims  the  Divini_ 
image.  The  holiest  have  the  clearest 
perceptions  of  the  Father,  the  sweetest 
expei'ience  of  Jesus,  the  moat  transfonj'- 
ing,  peace-giving  manifestations  or 
Holy  Spirit.  Those  alone  who  are  "in- 
teriuined  to  know  nothing  but  Jesu* 
Christ  and  Him  crucified,"  will  be  vouch- 
safed the  Beatific  vision.  Let  us  heed 
the  terms  well.  I  rejoice  that  you  f<"- 
pose  to  unite  with  us.  Do  not  expeo 
too  much.  Look  for  a  devil  in  every 
dozen.  The  proportion  has  not  gro"" 
less  since  God  wiilked  the  earth   lu  '"'' 


■rt±h:  Hni-TniKKiSr  ^vr  avokiv. 


,  torn)- 


You  will  Jiii'i  rii(>an,  seltiKli 


^    Wzed  souls  iu  Jeruisjilt-ma'^in  K- 

'^'  0"  ^'■'"  '^""^  ""^  thing  whk-h    can 

fuo'l  DO  where  else — uniiue.stioning. 

^,  .:.,tiui;  adherence  to   the   complete 

'''.  lation  of  Rod  in  Chiist.     "The  pure 

^\  iri"  s^'**  ^"^   '^°    feet-washtiug   no 

'".  tban  in  the  eucharist.  We  do  not  find 

*  cfssary  to  ileny  the  Trinity  in  order 

''    t  a  sliow  of  logic  for  single   immer- 

"-      'We  do  not   claim   to  be  practical 

"'    «»nts  of  the  Cross,  and  then  shame 

'  Pj.U(;iiied  by  vieing  with  the   world 

'  fashion  worshiji.     We  believe  in  love, 

'  1  the  holy  kiss  as  its  Divine  seal.  You 

.^-.-Iconic  to  our    fellowship.     Enter 

througli  the  triple  crystal  door,  antic- 

'   five  of  your  passage  through  the  trip 

fttes   of  Pearl.     I^et   Campbell    be 

,    .phell.  but.lesus  Alpha  and  t)meg 

PgVV  WORDS  FOR  OUR  EDIFI. 
'  CATION. 

IIY  WII.I.I.^M    niNril.E 

,,,  ,^,|y  reril.v  i  say  unto  you,  It' a  man  ItL-i-p 
ravines  he  shall  never  see  death."  .lohu  I5; 

^■'KVKK  to  see  death,  is  to  enjoy  eter 
IN  nal  life.  That  happiness  to  be 
[■fefroni  eternal  death,  when  we  have 
tripped  off  this  robe  of  flesh  and  lain 
Iowa  to  our  long  rest.  Hence  our  aim 
,jd  our  care  should  be,  how  to  avoid 
ileath  iu  the  life  to  come.  To  die,  after 
ouv  ctli'lMi/  life  is  passed,  can  in  no  wise 
barm  us,  for  that  death  is  only  a  door  to 
(lie  saints,  whereby  they  may  enter  eter 
„|  life ;  and  of  this  the  Lord  speaks  in 
our  text. 

0  if  we  would  only  get  a  true  idea  of 
tk  happiness  that  awaits  the  faithful, 
bad  we  only  a  foretaste  thereof  in  our 
wuls,  we  would  soon  despise  the  vanities 
of  this  world,  and  seek  to  be  worthy  of 
eternal  happiness.  Gold,  silver,  riches, 
lonor,  and  other  things,  what  will  it 
jvail?  Everything  must  pasT  away, — 
totluuc  can  help  us  in  the  hour  of  death. 
Brethren  and  sisters,  let  us  look  in  faith 
upon  that  which  is  real;  let  ua  seek  it. 

Happy  is  the  soul  entering  eternal  life, 
that  has  been  united  with  God  through 
Christ  while  here  below:  for  he  will  re- 
main with  him  also  in  eternity. 

We  may  use  the  things  of  this  life,  as 
far  as  our  duties  demaud,  but  should  al 
ways  look  upon  our  chief  concern,  and 
that  is,  how  to  acquire  or  obtain  eternal 
life.  Let  us  follow  in  the  footsteps  of 
Jesus;  for  it  is  through  him,  that  we  may 
inherit  eternal  treasures.  If  we  have 
been  planted  iu  Christ,  he  will  raise  us 
up  with  him  unto  everlasting  life. 

Just  here  one  might  ask:  How  can  I 
get  into  Christ!  Jesus  says,  "if  we  keep 
his  sayings,  we  shall  never  see  death." 
Now,  It  would  hardly  be  necessary  to 
mention  that  nothing  is  meant  here,  that 
we  should  keep  otitirardli/,  but  rather  a 
heart  that  is  pure,  and  obeys  the  I>ord 
mall  III in,/.i.  We  should  uot  forget  to 
read  the  Scriptures,  for  the  more  we 
read,  the  better  we  will  know  what  is 
required  of  us.  The  Holy  Bible  is  to 
118  like  a  letter  from  a  dear  friend, — we 
delight  in  reading  it.  To  the  ehihl  of 
God,  the  Bible  is  a  letter  from  their  best 
friend.  His  disciples  read  the  Word,  to 
profit  thereby;  to  them  it  is  not  an  emp- 
t)'  sound,  but  reality. 

It  is  evident,  then,  that  those  who  re.ad 
God's  Word,  will  show  by  their  walk 
'od  conversation  that  they  are  his  true 
followers,  'Whosoever  loveth  me,  keep 
«th  my  commandments."  To  keep  his 
commandments,  is  to  love  him,  to  obey 
him  in  every  thing.  If  we  love  Christy 
"■e  will  gladly  obey  him.  If  his  love  is 
glowing  in  us,  we  shall  juove  it  by  a  ho- 
ly life,  walk  and  conversatioa. 


B'' 


LET  IT  PASS. 

1  not  swift  to  take  oH-*usf ; 

Let  it  pai^s! 
Anger  is  nfoe  to  spnse; 

Ltt.  it  pass! 
Brood  not  (Jiifkly  o'er  a  wrong 
\Vbich  will  disHppcar  ere  long; 
Ratht-r  sing  tliis  cheery  song — 

Let  it  pas*«I 

Let  it  pass! 

Striff  corrodfs  the  purest  mind; 

Let  it  jtass! 
As  the  unregarded  wind, 

Let  it  pu$s! 
Any  vulgm-  souls  that  live 
SI;iy  condemn  without  reprieve; 
'Tis  the  noble  who  forgive. 

Lft  it  pass! 

L^t  it  pass! 

Echo  not  an  angry  word; 

Let  it  pas^! 
Think  how  often  you  have  tM-red; 

L)>t  it  pass! 
Since  nur  joys  must  pass  away, 
Like  the  dewdrops  on  the  spray, 
^Vherefore  should  our  sorrows  stay? 

Lpt  them  pass! 

Ijot  them  pass! 


If  for  good  you've  takeu  ill, 

Let  it  pa.Hs! 
Oh!  be  kind  and  gentle  still; 

Let  it  ]iass! 
Time  Jit  last  makes  all  thiugs  slraisrht; 
Let  us  not  resent,  but  wait, 
And  our  triumph  shall  be  great; 

Let  it  pass! 

Let  it  pass! 
Hid  your  anger  to  depart, 

Let  it  pass! 
Lay  these  homely  words  to  heart, 

"Let  it  pass" 
Follow  uot  the  giddy  throng; 
Better  to  be  wronged  than  wrong; 
Therefore  sing  the  cheery  song— 

Let  it  pass! 

Let  it  pass! 

— All  the  Year  litnimL 


hi*   uvt   discouraged,    l»ut   lean   on   the 
>iunjg  arm  of  God,  lean  on  it  by    faith, 
and  an  humble  resignation  to  bis  will  iu 
all  things.     God  will  help  you  and  that 
right  early.     Stand  still  and  behold  the 
salvation  of  God.   Don't  desert  the  stand- 
ard of  King  Jesus  when   your  trials    are 
heavy.     Cling   the    closer    to  liini.     In 
him  you  have  a  friend  who  stiuketh  clos 
er  than    a   brother.     Kiu.l   friends  will 
grow  up  all  around  you,  and  you'll  find 
warm,  sympathizing  friends  an\oug  the 
piLssers  by.     Their  words   fitly   spoken 
will  be  to  you  like   apples   of  gold   iu 
pictures  of  silver,  and  though  your   eu 
emies  may  be  all  around  you  aud  thirst- 
ing for   yovir    blood  —  destruction,    the 
friends  you    have  are   true — tried    and 
will  stand  by  you  in  darkness  as  well  as 
in  sunshine. 

"<),  stand  the  storai  it  won't  be  long, 
We'll  Hnt.hor  by  uud  liy." 
\  es,  anchor  on  the  other  side  of  the 
stormy  ocean  of  mortality.  Anchor  in 
the  city  of  peace  from  whence  the  accus- 
er of  our  brethren  has  been  cjist  out, 
where  no  tears  will  be  shed,  uo  sorrows 
pierce  our  breast  No  death  sever  the 
ties  of  holy  friendship,  no  enemies  among 
us  wiiere  friendship  beams  from  everv 
eye,  and  love  immortal  glows. 

May  Gud  grant  that  inihe  above  facts 
we  may  all    practically    profit    and  find 
comfort  though  surrounded  by  the   sor- 
ows  of  death.     Amen. 


UNCLE  JOHN. 


.\  , 


WORDS  FITLY  SPOKEN. 


HV  W.  J.  H.  li.VL'HAN. 


DON'T  GIVE  UP. 
MEAN,  don't    bemnje  discouraged, 


"Wordsmly  spoken  are  like  apples  of  gold  in 
pictures  of  silver."     Frov.  35:  11. 

ONCE  while  laboring  somewhat  under 
mental  despondency,  I  received  a 
letter  from  a  dear  brother  coutaiuing 
words  of  encouragement.  Gloom  van- 
ished and  I  felt  revived,  1  immediately 
thought  of  the  words  of  Solomon,  "May 
kind  friends  grow  up  all  around  you. 
be  not  discouraged,  lean  on  the  strong 
arm,"  were  the  brother's  words.  These 
to  me  were  words  fitly  si)okeu  aud  were 
charminglike  "apples  of  gold  in  pictures 
of  silver."  There  are  dark  times  in  the 
experience  of  all;  yet  none  so  dark  but 
what  a  kind  word — a  word  fitly  spoken 
will  cause  at  least  a  degree  of  light  to 
shine  around  us.  Oli,  how  many  are 
driven  to  utter  despair  by  unkind  words! 
O  how  heavy  falls  the  blow  of  treacher- 
ous friendship!  O  how  discouraging 
when  the  fact  stares  us  in  the  face  that 
friends  who  lived  in  our  sunshine  van- 
ished when  w'iuter  came!  O  how  aw- 
fully di.scouraging  when  we  arecompell- 
ed  to  see  those  who  profess  the  holy 
principles  of  Ciiristiauity  which  are  de- 
signed to  save  and  raise  up  the  fallen,  to 
cheer  the  despondent,  to  aid  the  needy, 
to  hide  the  multitude  of  sins  etc.,  turn 
upon  us  to  rend  us,  and  to  ruin  us!  Yet 
such  things  are  apt  to  be  the  iot  of  many 
a  one,  ( what  we  have  felt  and  seen  with 
confidence  we  tell), and  nothing  will  keep 
up  courage  better  under  such  trying  or- 
deals than  a  practical  application  of  the 
sentiment  iu  our  text.  '-Words  fitly 
spoken  ttc."  Having  an  e.vperimental 
knowledge  of  tlie  etle(*t  th.-tt  words  of 
encouragement  will  produce  we  sliall  eu 
deavor  "to  apply  practically  the  sami', 
and  would  say  to  all  who  are  despond- 
ent and  heart-broken  because  of  having 
to  pass  through  the  above  named  trials, 


what  you  ha\e  wr'Might.  Very  likely 
you  have  been  burdened,  if  you  are  walk 
ing  in  Jesus'  footsteps.  Hesistingsin  and 
j)erforming  duty  has  cost  you  vigorous 
etJ'ort,  severe  mental  struggles.  The  bur- 
den has  seemetl  to  grow  heavier, the  cares 
to  uudtiply,  while  with  sick  heart  and 
weary  brain  you  ould  not  feel  that  the 
work  WHS  moving  on,  that  you  were  ac- 
omplishing  aught  for  the  Master.  Per- 
haps, care-  worn  and  sorrow-stricken,  you 
have  looked  tothe  wrong  source  for  com- 
fort. Thinking  only  of  your  own  sor- 
row, you  slept  instead  of  agonizing  with 
the  Lord.     Of  course   you   denied  him; 

.1  then  iu  your  bitter  regi'et,  with  the 
enemy  triumphing  over  your  downfall, 
you  almost  felt  to  say,  "It  is  useless  to 
attempt  to  walk  in  (his  wav/."  But  now 
that  he  has  followed  you,  and  comes 
with  the  tender  imiuiry,  "Lovest  thou 
me  more  than  these?"  can  you  refuse  to 
engage  the  enemy  once  more  in  his  name? 
Ah!  you  have  learned  a  lesson,  and  from 
henceforth  you  will  not  try  to  bear  your 
burden  alone,  but  will  share  it  with  him. 
Now  you  are  ready  to  say,  while  you 
feel  his  sweet  smile  of  pardon  for  your 
lack  of  faith, — Give  me  some  work,  and 
make  me  able  to  do  it. 

'  ().j.  blessed  work  lor  Je-nsIOh.  vest  at  Jesus' 
feet: 
There  toil  seems   pleasure,   my  wants  are 
treasure. 

And  paiu  for  hira  is  sweet. 
Lord,  it  I  may,  I'll  toil  another  day." 


TX  Southern  Illinois  is  atown  of  about 
*-  Uou  inhabitants,  and  in  that  town, 
as  in  other  towns,  live  the  rich  and  the 
poor.  The  rich  have  their  stylish  church 
es,  aud  the  poor  don't  feel  theniMelves 
welcome  in  them.  They  have  their 
Sabbath  Schools,  but  the  poor  children 
don't  go  there,  because  they  feel  that 
they  will  be  despised  because  they  can 
not  dress  as  do  the  rich. 

Near  the  same  town  lives  an  old  vet- 
eran of  the  cross  who  has  piis.sed  the  al- 
lotted time  ordinarily  to  men's  lives,  but 
he  is  still  strong,  vigorous,  both  in  body 
and  mind.  The  people,  generally,  and, 
especially,  the  poor  children  of  that 
country,  call  him  Curh-  John. 

A  few  years  ago  he  concluded  to  bnild 
a  meetinghouse  in  town,  and   although 
he  c(uumenced  the  world  poor  and    las 
spent,  perhap.s,  asmuch  time  and  money 
in  the  service  of  the  Lord   as   any    man 
now-in    the    Brotherhood,  he  says  the 
Lord  gave  him  all  he   hits,    and    to   the 
Lord  hir  will  U-nd    again    by    providing 
for  the  poor.     He  procuied  the  ground 
and  built  a  house  40  by  4.^  feet,  with    a 
brick  basement,    costing    hira   over  two 
tliousand    dollars   besides   the    ground. 
While  he  was  building  this  house,  poor 
children  would  be  about   him    aud  ask 
him  many  (piestions  after  this  sort:  "Un- 
cle John,  will  you  have  free  meeting  in 
this  housed     Your  people  are  all   plain, 
the  poor  peoj>le  of  town  can  meet   with 
them,  can't  they,  llncle  John?" — "Yes, 
they  can  all  come."     "I'ncle  John,  will 
you  have  Sabbath -school,  in  your    new 
house  i" — "Yes,  I  hope  we  will." — "Then 
we  poor  cliildren  can  come  to  Sabbath- 
school,    too,   can't   we,    I'ncle    John!" 
"Yes,  I  want  you   all  to  come  and  be 
good  children,"  *tc. 

When  the  house  waa  finished  he  made 
the  following  proi)osition  to  the  church 
over  whicli  he  presides  as  Elder — uot  aa 
a  lord,  but  as  an  e.x'ample  to  the  flock: 

Proposition:  Here  is  the  house.  1  will 
deed  it  to  the  church,  in  fee  simple,  up- 
on the  condition  that  it  can  never  be  sold 
from  the  brethren  while  the  world  stands; 
and  second,  that  there  is  no  unbecom- 
ing performance  in  it,  such  as  would  not 
l)e  in  harmony  with  the  Brethren's  view 
of  christian  doctrine;  and,  thirJ,  that 
there  shall  be  no  objections  to  holding 
Sabbatii  school  in  the  house,  and  be  so 
conducted  that  all  the  poor  children  will 
feel  at  home  there.  The  oiler  was  ac- 
cepted, and  he  donated  it  all,  a  free  gift 
to  the  church.  This  is  one  of  Uncle 
John's  acts  of  benevolence.  We  might 
mention  more.  The  town  is  Cerro  Gor* 
do;  the  man  is  John  Metzgar;  and  to 
such  men  honor  is  due,  more  than  to  the 
hero  of  a  hundred  battles. 

— P.  »/.  JJriiiimin  Pruiji-i's>i'i''i'  fhrln- 
dan. 


-Sd. 


There  is  a  pleasure  in  contemplating 
good;  there  is  greater  pleasure  in  re- 
ceiving good;  but  the  greatest  pleasure 
of  all  is  in  doing  good,  which  compre 
hends  the  rest. 


The  nail  hit.  Says  Spurgeon:  "We 
on  "hi  to  have  room  fur  enthusiasts,  even 
if  they  violate  every  rule  of  grammar. 
A  grand,  bluudrriug,  hammering,  thun- 
dering, whole  hearted.  Boanerges  is 
worth  a  regiment  of  prim,  reverend  gen- 
tlemen, meek  as  milk  and  water,  aud 
soft  as  boiled  parsnips." 


The  story  is  told  of  a  woman  who 
freely  used  her  tongue  to  the  scandal  of 
others,  and  confessed  to  the  priest  wliat 
she  had  done.  He  gave  her  a  ripe  this- 
tle top,  and  told  her  to  go  out  in  various 
directions  and  scatter  the  seeds  one  by 
one.  Wondering  at  the  penance,  she 
obeyed,  and  then  returned  anil  told  her 
confessor.  To  her  amazement  he  Viade 
her  go  back  and  gather  the  scattered 
seeds;  and  when  slie  objected  that  it 
would  be  impossible,  he  replied  that  it 
would  be  still  more  difficult  to  gather 
up  and  destroy  all  the  evil  reports  which 
she  had  circulated  about  others.  Any 
thoughtless,  careless  child  can  scatter  a 
handful  of  thistle  seed  before  the  wind 
iu  a  moment;  but  the  strongest  and 
wisest  man  cannot  gather  them  again. 


Tl-IK    HBETtLliK>r    -VT    AVOJiK. 


July    3 


ri  lU.lSllKl)  ^VEKKLV. 


M.  M.  l^HKI.MAN,  *  Kmtoiis  ani> 
S.  J.  Il.\Ultl^O^^      I  I'mu'BiKTORs. 


TmkHkktiibkn  at  w- 

Uddrww  in  Die  1'iiiIc.lSt 
|>er  )i,»itui».  Ttiixsc  scnili 
will  ivi-t-ivi-  ;i  I'lipiT  lii-i'  ■ 
<liti.»ii!il  ii.uiii'  tlir  Jis^iil 
c^ut.,  wliii'li  ;iiiui 


UK  will  l>f  Xfiit  to  imj 
iK-s  iH- Oiiniitiii.  for  SI.'.n 
IB  ciiilil  iiaiiif!iainl  8ia.<K' 
I  I'liiifKi'.  For  ciicli  ml- 
,1  ill  I.I-  jill.m-Ml  ten  i>*'r 
ill  (>lc;wi'  nliiiii  iiiid 


OS  llie  Iwlaiiw.    Moiiev  svnl  liy  Post  oillrt-  Onlf  i> 

~       steretl  I,rtt.'i>  iiinl  PntfL-.  j.roi'itrl.v   addicfwwl 

"  .»  not  H.inl  clicckH,  UK   llii-y 

tliyiit  cliarg"'*. 

iiiIcihUiI    I""!    llif    impcr. 
.     .         ...       jIj     ,  . 


will  Ih'  al  oui  risk 
canuot  bpvidlfi'U'ii 
Alt  coiiiininiirHtt 
or  aiiv  liiisiiirs.-!  fit 
be  Ni)<ln^s>eU 


As  will  bo  seen  in  another  column,  all  bUBi- 
(ies<  commiinicBtion!4  int<?n<JH  for  this  office 
must  be  addrewicd  Bkktumks  at  \V<ikK.  Lan- 
nrk.  III.  If  you  would  have  your  businens 
promptly  fttt*n«l«>d  to,  plt-aw  observe  this 
chsugf.  By  close  attention  to  bufiinew,  and 
promptness  in  filling  orderH.  we  boj^*-  to  merit 
t.be  continimnce  of  your  fnvoni. 


iiu'cli-il  Willi  tin-    "illce  slioiild 


BSETESDr  AT  WOBE, 

Lanuk,  Ctfroll  Oa..IU- 


UlNAKK,  II.L.. 


ji  i.T  3,  inn. 


VlSASK  do  not  Mild  u^  any  mon-  tt-ii-ii-nt 
stamps.  For  fmctioDS  of  a  dollar  wnd  three". 
and  one'*.  ^      

All  niait*T  intended  for  the  Cfiil'lim  at 
WotI:  should  be  ijddrcssod  lo  J.  11.  Moore,  Lan- 
ark, Illiaois.  ^^_ 

MiKiTis  of  A.  M.  10  cent*  each,  or  "S  cents 
per  dozen.  Keporta  SB  cent*  each,  or  ?2.00  per 
dozen.     Kurxale  by  BuETHitKN  at  Woiik. 

Thk  Brethren  «t  Ashland.  Ohio,  have  tou- 
cludcd  to  i-r-ct  u  boardinR-houce  -lOxlli),  and 
four  ^(orie.*  high;  to  coat  about  :?ilO,0(jO,  of 
which  about  ^,000  i«  yet  to  he  raiwud. 


BftuTiiSH  jEhSE  Cai.vkbt  Buys  they  had  a 
pleiwant  Love-feust  at  the  Solomon's  Creek 
Church,  his  fornu-r  home,  dune  20th,  and  all 
were  revived  uitli  the  K«'ntle  dew  of  heaven. 

BiiOTiiKK  IJA.-^nou  hfl)*  Ixon  holding  meeting 
with  the  ItrcUireii  at  Waynesboro,  Pcnnsyl- 
v«nia,  and  wlifii  V.v^  lieiird  from  wiw  at  Acci- 
donl.  Maryland.  We  learn  that,  by  the  grace 
of  God,  he  iH  enabled  to  wield  "the  Bword  of 
the  spirit"  in  hi(t  UHual  vigorous  manner. 

BkoTUEH  J.  W.  Stkin,  I'liiicipal  of  Mt.  Mor- 
ris Seminary,  111.,  will  timnkfully  receive  uticful 
bocdt:-  as  gifts  to  the  dchool.  Frieitdn  of  edu- 
cation are  n*qu&*ted  to  aid  him  in  oolleoting  » 
library  of  fi^od  and  wlinlnsorafl  literature.  Ad- 
dre^t  all  dnuations  a^  above. 

Bisimi-  Ilftven  .-iaid  he  never  knew  but  one 
|>re;iclier  who  rffiiwd  to  accept  a  eity  ajipoint- 
luent,  and  that  was  .lunah,  who  refuhed  to 
(jreacb  in  Niuevith.  And  Bishop  Simpson,  as 
A  warning  to  other  ministora,  adds  that  Jonah 
got  II  hair//  for  refusing  to  go  to  liis  appointment. 

If  mioist^Ti  would  get  into  the  habit  of 
preaching  TO  their  t«xt  a  little  more,  and  not 
FKOM  it  ijuite  so  nmrh  we  would  liave  moro 
real  jrospol  preached  than  wliat  wo  now  get. 
Most  any  body  ean  preach  from  a  text,  hut 
preaching  to  it  is  what  the  work  requires. 

Bruthkk  Tiios.  D.  Lyon,  of  Hudson,  111., 
irnte-i  that  the  time  of  holding  the  District 
Meeting  for  the  Southern  Illinois  District  has 
been  changed  from  Oct.  28  to  Sept.  30.  He 
will  wait  for  odjections  to  tlio  clmngo  until 
Aog.  20,  and  if  none  are  presented,  the  meet 
ing  will  be  held  us  propotted. 

A  TEBY  serious  typographical  error  occunt  in 
the  Seminary  Prospectus.  J.  W.  Jonks,  Pro- 
fesjior  of  American  and  Modern  Languages, 
should  be  "Professor  of  .Ancient  and  Modern 
Iianguages."  We  regret  that  such  mistakes  do 
occur,  and  so  much  the  more  in  this  case,  sinct' 
the  same  error  appears  in  the  pi<mphlet. 


A  CAXL  has  been  made  by  Brother  .J.  T.  Mey- 
ers for  a  State  Sunday-.tcbool  Convention  in 
Pennsylvania.  Hunting<len  has  been  suggent- 
edaj  the  plan  of  meeting.  May  wise  counseU 
prevail  for  the  good  of  our  dear  youtli.  To 
lift  up  the  youth  from  sin  and  ignorance,  and 
set  their  feet  upon  the  t  rue  foundation,  is  indeed 
noble  work.  ^ 

liKCTiiRKK  Martix  Myer  and  Dduiet  Miller 
rttanied  from  Wihicoiiisin  Mission  field  on  the 
•96tb  nlL  Sixteen  werelaptixei  and  one  re- 
claimed. The  Love-feast  on  the  14th  and  15th 
of  June  in  the  Disciple  nieetiog-houfie  at  Wood- 
stoi>ck,  wa8  an  enjoyable  one.  There  ane  nov 
two  chorcbes  in  liicbhiud  county  aggregating 
about  one  hundred  and  Iweuty-five  membw. — 
This  field  of  Ubor  han  proved  qoite  interestsng 
and  demonstrated  what  may  be  done  when  the 
proper  effortd  are  put  lurth.  Love  atd  peace 
prerai).  which,  il  laithfuUy  maintained,  will 
(five  toutiuued  piOT|A;rity. 


TiiKprofpectud  for  the  Mt.  Morri"  Seminary 
wan  put  in  the  paper  btfore  the  pre»*-nt  firm 
had  thought  of  taking  charge  of  the  Bhethkes 
at  Wohk.  We  »tay  thi*  lest  some  of  our  read- 
ers might  think  that  the  new  firm  had  sudden- 
ly gom-  in  the  school  biisinfsn  wholintale.  U  is 
unusual  to  print  fiuch  matter  in  a  religious  pa^ 
IK't.  We  hope  however  that  it  will  Ije  intwrest- 
ing  to  our  readers  ingeneral.  The  same  matter 
iM  ready  in  jiamphlet  form,  and  can  be  had  by 
addrefl.'*ing  .1.  W.  Stein,  Mt.  Morris.  Illinois. 

Ot'R  readers  will  pleiise  regard  with  consider- 
able liberality,  any  error*  that  may  appear  in 
thiH  issue.  The  additional  labor  incident  to  a 
change  did  not  permit  us  to  watch  the  contf-nts  | 
of  the  jiHper  aa  we  desire.  The  next  number 
will  cctntain  some  improvcment«;  and  then,t<jo, 
we  want  to  have  a  little  talk  with  our  contrib- 
utors and  agents.  Altogether  we  anticipjitc  a 
pleasant  meeting  with  you  each  week,  though 
it  will  be  through  hard  and  earnest  labor. 
But  then  there  is  no  reward  without  constant 
labor,  ther(fofe  we  clo-erfnlty  [iress  onward. 

J.  H.  MOORE  S  FAREWELL. 

WITH  this  issue  I  close  my  connection  with 
the  Buktiiukn  at  Wojik,  not,  however, 
without,  luiuiy  regrets;  for  I  have  been  closely 
identified  with  tlic  paper  from  the  i»eginning, 
and  have  learned  to  love  the  work  connected 
with  the  oflice;  but  a  change  on  my  part 
seemed  Bdvisable,  and  I  have  sold  my  interest 
to  Brother  Eshelman,  who  take«  charge  of  the 
paper  in  the  future.  May  success  crown  bis 
fforts. 
In  taking  charge  of  the  Bkkthkkn  at  Woiik, 
he  assumes  many  and  great  responsibilities; 
for  few  persons  know  the  ililliculties  attending 
the  publishing  of  a  jiaper.  es])ecially  finiiueial- 
ly.  Bight  here,  i  would  .say,  that  everyone 
who  BubscribeN  for  a  paper  should  be  prompt  in 
paying  for  H.  It  is  very  embarrashing  to  liuve 
siuail  amounts  distiTbuted  all  over  the  country, 
and  it  requires  no  small  outlay  to  collect  there 
siuall  sums.  Please,  then,  remit  all  amounts 
due  Moore  &  Esbelmnn,  and  thus  aid  the  new 
lirm  in  properly  disrharging  its  several  obliga- 
tions. 

I  now  take  charge  of  Ihe  Children  at  Work, 
though  smaller  in  size,  yet  having  tlie  largest 
circulation  of  any  paper  in  the  Brotherhood, 
and  1  shall  endeavor  to  make  it  so  interesting 
that,  no  fumily  having  children  will  want  to  do 
without  it.  My  MiLster  told  Peter  to  feed  the 
huiibs,  and  that  is  just  wlmt  1  am  going  to  do 
—prepare  a  paper  for  the  children  and  young 
members.  Let  every  reader  of  this  article 
ploiwo  send  for  a  sample  copy,  or  to  further  and 
more  widely  iiitrodnco  it,  I  will  send  it  from 
now  till  the  ejid  of  the  present  year  for  20 
cents.     Addresa  .1.  H.Moore,  Lanark,  ill. 

Finally,  gentle  rcad*r,  farewell;  may  God  be 
with  and  bless  you;  live  in  peace,  do  not  fall 
out  by  the  way,  and  don't  forget  the  lambs  of 
the  tlock.  .'.  H.  M. 


OUK  BOW. 


THE  CHILDREN  AT  WORK. 

rpiU'LV  this  iH  a  world  of  changes.  Twenty- 
Jl  four  lioui-8  ago,  I  had  no  ide«  of  saying 
"Fa'eweir'to  the  ChiUtrni  at  Worlc.  1  expect 
ed  to  spend  many  pleasant  hours  with  the 
"little  ones"  throuRh  the  11 'o;'^-,  but  alas!  that 
hope  has  fled.  Brother  Moore  now  tiikes  the 
children  in  hand,  and  will,  no  doubt,  do  all  he 
cau  to  lead  them  in  the  way  of  the  Lord.  We 
bespeak  for  him  the  support  and  sympathy  of 
ntl  1  >vers  of  youth,  and  trust  that  his  labors 
amo  ig  the  young  may  be  beneficial  both  to 
him  and  them.  We  have  enjoyed  our  associa 
tions  with  the  youth;  and  liowever  severe  our 
labor-,  however  irltfome  the  duties  of  life  may 
bo,  we  shall,  with  pleasure,  look  back  to  our 
Childrrn  at  Work  days,  thanlt  God,  and  take 
courage.  The  tender  Father  above  direct  and 
uphold  the  deai-  cliildreu  of  this  busy,  progress- 
ive world!  We  want  to  meet  them  all  "on  the 
other  shore,"  "in  the  swe^jt  by  jind  bye,"  where 
the  pangs  of  parting  will  be  felt  no  more.  So 
be  It.  M.  M.  K 


pABLVin  life  we  formed  an  attachment  to 
J  J  church  lit^r-iture.  The  conteoUi  of  our 
church  periodicals  were  read  with  thrilling  in- 
tereat.  Many  times  when  we  beheld  a  itn 
picture  by  a  spirited  writer  of  the  problem  of 
life  have  we  found 

"Tlie  liRbeat  word 
Would  liarrow  up  our  soul;  fieexe   our   young 
MoDcl; 

Make  our  two  ejes.  like  stars,  sUrt  from   tlieir 
splieres; 
AiKl  en(  1j  jKirtinihtr  hair  to  .-t-ind  oii  end, 
Like  'juilN  upuii  a  fretful  iioreuiiine." 
As  year.-)  rolltdon  the  necessary  changes  from 
boyhood   to  manhood    came.    The  burden  of 
life  was  placed  npon  our  back,   and   increa-^ed 
rapidly  in  weight.     We   not   only  doubted  our 
ability  to  be  happy  in  this  worid,  but  of  "shuf- 
fling off  this  mortal  coil"    without    having  at- 
tained to  that  Divine  nature   which  all  do  who 
have  their  robes  washed  white    in    the  blood  of 
the  Lamb.     This  was  a  matter  of  no  small  mo- 
ment to  us,   and    many  sleepless  nighU  did  we 
spend  in  meditation  upon  it. 

Keeling  the  necessity  of  a  better  education 
in  order  to  drink  deepur  from  the  fountain  of 
truth,  we  left  our  home  in  Iowa  and  went  to  a 
school  in  Southern  Ohio.  We  had  no  acquain- 
tances either  in  the  school  or  in  the  State.  Tbe 
last  words  of  our  mother,  when  leaving  home, 
and  as  she  bade  me  good-bye,  were,  "Keep  good 
company."  These  words  rung  in  our  ears 
and  involuntarily  formed  most  of  our  thoughts 
by  day  and  our  dreams  by  niglit. 

The  first  good  company  we  missed  after  en- 
tering school  was  the  Cltristinn  Family  Com- 
piinwii.  This  paper  had  been  a  JnmiUj  com- 
panion to  us  at  home.  We  sent  for  it  at  once. 
It  came  promptly,  and  oh!  how  eagerly  did  we 
scan  its  pages.  It  scenied  to  carry  us  bai;k  to 
the  old  home  circle.  Its  form,  its  print,  its  doc- 
trine, and  the  names  of  the  writers,  all  com- 
bined to  add  to  its  charms.  We  have  read  this 
paper  ever  since,  though  its  name  has  been 
changed  several  times. 

Next  came  to  us  the  Bketiiukn  at  Work. 
We  di(i  not  become  mudi  interested  in  it,  until 
Brotlier  Bashor  became  one  of  its  editors.  We 
felt  a  deep  sense  of-gratitude  wliich  we  owed  to 
him  lor  his  untiring  zeal  and  unwonted  devot- 
'uess  to  the  cause  of  Christ;  consequently  as 


BURDENS  GROW  NO  LESS. 

VfffVj  know  not  what  the  future  will  b^j^^ 
fl  forlb,  for  God  holds  that  in  hi,  q^j^ 
hand,  bu*  we  can  say,  as  the  Apostle  James 
*-If  the  Lord  will,  we  shall  live,  and  do  this  or 
that."  We  can  only  resolv.>  to  <l'..  and  then,  by 
the  grace  of  God,  "perform  the  doing  of  it."  2 
Cor.  8:11. 

Conscious  that  I  have  assumed  no  less  re- 
sponsibilities by  tbe  retirement  of  Brother 
Moore,  I  cheerfully  press  on  under  the  leadet- 
abip  ol  Him  who  has  upheld  me  in  days  that 
are  past  and  gone.  Sweet  has  been  his  name 
and  lovingly  has  he  bonie  me  along  the  rugge(j 
road  of  lite  a«  he  doth  all  his  elect.  Back 
yonder  are  the  mLstakes,  the  way-wanderings 
and  the  crooked  marks— bad  enough,  indeed 
but  tbe  precious  promise  of  Jesus,  "Him  that 
Cometh  to  me,  I  will  in  no  wise  cast  out"— 
John  «>:  37— urges  me  onward. 

The  Brethkkn  AT  Wokk  will  continue  to' 
be  an  earnest  exponent  of  "tbe  true  light,  which 
lighteth  every  man  that  comet li  iiitothe  Vforld;" 
id  not  shun  to  declare  tbe  whole  counsel  of 
God.  It  maintains  that  "wbutever  was  written 
aforetime,  was  written  J  for  our  learning,"  and 
"is  profitable  for  doL'trine,  for  leprool,  for  cor- 
rection, for  instruction  in  righteousness,"  that 
all  of  us  "may  be  perfect,  thoroughly  furnished 
unto  all  good  works."  2  Tim.  3:  16,  1".  In 
view  of  this  we  are  not  unwilling  to  be  re- 
proved, corrected,  and  instructed  in  the  Spirit 
of  Christ.  We  have  no  use  for  error.  We 
have  no  idea  of  trying  to  become  wiser  and 
better  by  groveling  in  darkness,  hence  rather 
invite  correction  and  reproof  wherever  neces- 
sary. Truth  injures  no  man,  therefore  let  the 
Truth  be  the  basis  of  all  our  doings.  What 
God  has  written  by  holy  men  of  old.  will  be 
accepted  as  final  on  all  points.  We  appeal  to 
tbe  Record  of  God,  stand  by  it,  accept  it.  teach 
it,  und  by  the  grace  of  God  shall  die  by  it, 
be  raised  by  it,  crowned  by  it.  m.  "m.  k. 


TO  OUR  EDITORIAL    BRETHREN. 

E  extend  to  you  our   fraternal   hand  and 


w= 


;ood  will.     For  you  we  entertain     the 
most  kindly  feelings,  knowing  somewhat  of 


the  strugghs  incident  to  editorial  life;  We  do 
not  feel  that  we  alone  are  worthy  the  patron- 
age of  our  dear  brethren  and  sisters,  but  trust 
that  they,  by  their  good  judgment  aud  Chris- 
tian principles,  will  distribute  the  "cheerful 
soon  OS  he  became  a  member  of  the  firm  we  be-   support"  as  may  seem  good.     Weall  need  syra- 


came  wedded  to  the  paper.  (We  did  not  know 
either  of  the  other  editors  then  yet.)  Our  oc- 
cupation was  school-teaching.  Tbi.s  our  health 
would  not  permit  us  to  follow,  and  therefore 
accepted  a  position  in  the  Brethren  at  Work 
oflice  as  "clerk."  Since  we  have  been  in  the 
oliice  we  have  become  still  more  attached  to  the 
work.  We  find  that  thousands  of  souls  have 
been  loosed  ironi  the  shackles  of  sin  aud  death 
by  the  truth  disseminated  through  the  papers. 
They  have  been  the  means  of  imparting  the 
truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus,  and  of  opening  to  view 
that  "marvelous  light." 

This  much  we  have  to  encourage  us  to  go 
forward  in  tlie  work.  But  tliere isauother  side; 
unborn  nations  may  yet  live  and  suffer  for 
what  we  do.  "Their  works  do  follow  them,"  is 
no  more  true  of  the  accurate  than  the  inaccur- 
ate. With  those  who  have  left  bad  books  be- 
hind them  which  have  found  their  way  to  al- 
most every  lamily  in  the  civili/^d  world,  what 
an  awful  reckoning  there  must  be  on  the  day 
of  judgment!  Let  all  heed,  that  while  ue  may 
soon  pass  away,  our  "works  do  follow."  The 
flight  of  time  will  only  increase  the  influence 
of  our  work  for  good  or  evil. 

Our  object  will  be  to  teach  the  truth,  wheth- 
er popular  or  unpopular.  A  fact  is  no  more  a 
fact  because  believed  by  many,  nor  any  less  a 
fact  because  believed  by  few.  Being  an  imper- 
fect und  fallible  creature,  we  shall  doubtless 
make  mistakes.  These  we  hope  our  brethren 
Jiid  friends  will  not  overlook;  but  in  a  chris 
tian  spirit,  point  out  and  correct;  aud  nmy  God 
give  us  grace  and  hone.sty  enough  to  accept 
such  favors  with  due  respect  and  gratefulness. 
\\V  f'uither  tru^t  ihitthegreiit  things  of  which 
we  lorm  no  pan  will  evi-r  bu  in  our  view,  caus- 
ing UH  to  keep  low  in  the  valley  of  humility, 
where  the  storms  of  ambition  and  selfishness 
never  blow,  nor  the  ttoods  of  pride  and  arro- 
ganc'j  never  wash;  but  where  the  rich  i)uitures 
of  Divine  grace  never  wither  nor  decay. 


pathy,  the  prayers  and  blessings  of  the  whole 
church. 

And  while  we  shall  spare  no  efforts  to  make 
our  paper  instructive  and  attractive,  we  shall 
not  fret  and  worry  if  you  many  times  excel 
us  in  dealing  out  the  word  of  the  Lord. 

No  person  should  be  kept  in  ignorance  of 
the  true  light,  by  any  peculiar  whims  of  an  ed- 
itor. The  world  is  large,  the  fields  in  which  to 
work  are  numerous,  therefore  we  shall  endeavor 
to  fill  our  paper  with  "bitter  herbs"  for  the 
enemy  of  our  souls,  and  with  "honey-comb 
sweetness"  for  the  elect  of  God. 

Our  road  will  be  rough  enough  without  in- 
viting any  one  to  set  snares  and  put  up  stumbling- 
blocks  for  us,  hence  invite  none  of  these  upon 
the  beaten  track.  The  pathway  of  our  con- 
temporaries will  be  thorny  enough  without  an 
effort  on  our  part  to  "sting"  them.  God  bless 
you  all  in  every  good  work;  aud  may  he  help  us 
all  not  simply  to  seem  to  be  "kindly  affection- 
ated  one  to  another,"  but  to  be  so  in  deed  and  in 
truth.  M.M.  E. 


BUSINESS  NOTICE. 

IN  assuming  the  control  and  management  ot 
the  Brethren  a^  Work  we  also  accepted 
all  book  accounts,  and  agreed  to  pay  all  debts. 
In  order  to  meet  payments  that  will  soon  be 
due,  we  heartily  invite  all  persons  indebted  to 
the  late  firm,  Moore  &  Eshelman,  to  -remit  at 
once  to  Bhethrbn  at  Work,  Lanark,  Illinois. 
All  accounts  must  be  settled,  as  we  need  mon- 
ey, and  wish  to  balance  books.  Statements 
will  be  sent  to  all.  and  if  any  errors  are  found 
in  accounts,  we  will  cheerfully  correct  them. 
We  wish  to  do  business  honorably,  and  have 
the  assurance  that  our  beloved  Brethren  also 
have  this  desire,  therefore  shall  look  for  those 
owing  us  to  rtmit  the  amount,  that 
they  may  feel  that  they  have  done  their  duty 
in  this  matter.  The  an  ount  due  fiom  etch 
one  may  be  small,   but   suppose  2,000  reiders 


THE    BKETHKE>r    AT    AVOKl-C. 


t:===^                                         I,                    .,          ^     u     .rn,it  mir  chMrcn  I  When  abmitlialf  w.y,  we  ascended  »  »teei..    the  "  holy  we«k."  come  Jown  here  01.  Monday 

-;r;^:^::7n.M.  »»»«  nm  lhe,^grega.e    th„  r«pect->f  »e  shoold    ,ernu    ■>"'  ^'^^  ^^^^^          ^^^  ,,i,munnted  by  the  ,ide  of  a  high    after  Ea,ter  to  bathe.     U  U  the  ,e„ut,d  .,t*  of 

M             „     v...    ,„™  ,„„„,h    to  ,„,nede    to  nbbon,  lace,  and  rnffle,  .o  ^^»'  '^'■>^^  ^.^^^^  ^^^  „  ,^^^ ,         „„„„gt  t„  p„tect    the  Savior's  hapt,.,n,  fl,ed  upon  without  re»ou 

„ep  or  bend    "f "'  .P;'"' ^"^^"t^thool,  us  fron,  the  sun  wh.Ie  w.  ate  onr  lunch.     This    by  the   Crusader.;  but  it  i.  the   furthest  of  .11 

similar  evils,  or  keep  the  poor  away  troin  sc        ,  j,^„man  ex-    the  fords,  or  rather  ferries,  of  the  Jordan,  a«.y 

then   good-bye  to  success     .  S-P'-f     f '^^  ■•^^^[=  ,''7j'r;„,  gj^.^tan   Ml   among    from  the  true  site  of  that  event.    Of  this,  more 

power;  and  unless  .e  inam  am  g^PeU-P'-^  P^^^^^^^^^^^ 

ity  „l  dres,,   "7""'"; „f  ^^^^^^'''^^f '  J^tuJ  sudden  attack  and  escape  of  robhen>,  but  w.saw    for  baptising;  for  although,  at  this  season  the 

■Vc,  our  school,   cannot   impart   any    sp.nt  ^^^^^^   ^^^^  ^^^^^  ^^^^  ^^,^  ^  ^^^^^    ^^^^  .^  ^  ^^  ^^  ^^^^  ^^^^_  _, 


*!  large?  Yes,  large  enough  to  imped 
"'■"'".r.ss  ""^^  P"'"^''  '^  ""'  carefully 
lfc«  ■"!      -^e  hope,  therefore,  that  you    ivill 

'^tuis  "'»"■■'■  '"■°"''''  ""''"''""'•  ""■*  ""'' 
P"  ,„  labor  in  the  ?ood  cause  of  Christ, 
''"fou  have  ordered  your  popei^  through  an 
'do  not  wait  for  him  to  advance  the  mnn- 
""h'tcome  right  up,  Christian-like,  and  do 
fV' '"  .  Agents  are  otlen  requested  by  sub 
f"'  ""-  to  forward  names,  and  then  they  must 
!«^  *i.„n,selve3  or  ask   the  publishers 


11 


it  themselves  or  ask   the  publishers 


"''e'ie've  him  of  ">«  agency.  This  is  all  wrong, 
'"'/wrongcanbeneBtnoone. 

',  ,i,e  future,  the  cash  must  accompany  all 
.    gubscriptioDs,    for  we   cannot  atibrd   to 

'"'  'books,  and  then  at  last  lose  more  than 

htll 


■     imts  with  agents  must  be  settled  every 

days     ^'^'^  =^'^'*"  forward  them  statements 

"Vdo  all  we  o*" '"    make  onr   dealings   with 

"'    ,  pleasant.     We  have  long   since  learned 

'h't'only  by  strict  adherence  to  business  prin- 

°les  can  successful  work  be  done,  and  he  who 

'uLws  aside  these  in  the  conducting  of  a  re- 

,   ions  paper  must  eventually  sutler.    Our  holy 

Lion  requires  us  to  pay  our  debts,   and  tu 

"J  end  we  pray   and  labor.      More  to  our 

„„,,„, s  in  next  issue^ 

now  MAY  WE  INDUCE  POOS 

CHILDKEN   TO  ATTEND 

OUR  BIBLE  SCHOOL  P 


strength  to  any  one. 

Vain  dressing  keeps  the  poor  from  BiWe 
Schools,  from  church,  from  fellowship  and  soci- 
ety. I  am  willing  to.spend  and  be  spent  for 
our  dear  youth,  but  if  parents  should  insist  on 
adorning  their  children  in  costly  array  and  fan- 
cy patterns  to  gratify  the  king  of  fashion,  then 
I  shall  raise  my  voice  and  pen  against  oiganiza^ 
tions  that  run  in  this  channel.  No  school  that 
permits  iU  pupils  to  dress  in  a  manner  to  keep 
the  poor  away  is  worthy  the  name  "  liible 
School,"  nor  can  it  accomplish  the  good  that  its 
leaders  may  wish.  Every  rich  man  nin  dress 
his  children  plainly,  but  poor  men  cannot  dress 


several  others  that  would  have  suited  as  well,  water  i.  S  or  10  feet  deep  in  the  channel,  there 
It  more  certainly  fulfilled  another  passage  of  is  a  gradual  descent  on  each  side  with  a  gravel- 
Scripture  for  the  spot  where  we  rested  was  lit-  ly  bottom,  and  the  only  drawback  to  perfect 
erally  what  Isaiah  calls  "the  shndiw  of  a  great  comfort  is  the  swiftness  of  the  current.  I  hav. 
rock  in  a  weary  land."  ^i'''"- 1""""".  1'«P«™'1  ™  *»  ^'"^"  ^""' 

ii,  1  „    where  the  current  was  swifter.     We  waded 
As  we  neared  the  Jordan  N  alley  our  pa  h  ay    __^^__^  ^^^^  ^^^^^  .__  ^^^  ^^^^  ^.„  „^  ^^„^„„^|^. 
along  the  precipitous  side  of  Wad.v  Kelt,  the  .^  ^^^^^^^  ^^^  ^^^  ^^,^^ 

brook   Cherith  of  Scripture,  where  hlijah  was     ) 
coiieealed  and  fed  by  ravens,     Hrother  Earl  and    '"»' "^  >""">'"• 

Brother  Tavlor  were  considerably  ,n  advance  On  Wednesday  the  23rd,  we  moved  up  th. 
when  the,  reached  this  spot,  and  the  latter,  Jordan  Valley  to  the  Damieh  (Dam -i-eh)  ferry, 
hearin-  the  rush  of  fresh  water  in  the  gorge  so  called  from  Tell  Damieh,  the  run,  of  «u  an- 
below,"and   thinking   it  but  a  short  distance    cient  city  called  Damieh  on  the  plain  east  of 


CHILDKEN   have   tastes,  desires,   likes  and 
dislikes  as  well  aa  men  and  women.    They 
have  tender  feelings,  are  ready  to  imitate,  put 
:„  and  take  off  just  like  their  fathers  and  moth- 
Are   they   kindly   treated?     Then  they 
ktodly  treat  others  and  are  pleasant  companions. 
Do  you  love  them?    Then  (Ac;/ love  too.    Do 
,o„  abuse,  scold,fretand  worry?    Ah!  becare- 
L  they  may  learn  that  business  too,  and  then 
,,1,'eu  you  are  old,  perhaps  you  will  be  scolded 
too     You   may   get  your  scolding  back  with 
ujury     Are  the   children  heaving  father  and 
mother  pray  ?     Are  they  taken  to  the  assembly 
„f  the  saints  every  Lord's  day  to  hear  singing, 
„,.,er,  and  preaching?    Are  they  given  Bibles 
l„d   Hymu   Books  so  that  they  can  read  and 
iiie»     Do  you  take  them  by  the  hand  and  lead 
ttem  to  the  Bible  Scliobl  to"  sf..ay  The  BiWeT 
ire  you  dressing  your  children  plainly  in  obe- 
dience to  the  command   of  God?    If  you  say 
"  J, ,,,"  then  you  are  doing  your  part  to  induce 
poor'children  to  attend  School. 

Our  subject  iioplies  that  some  children  are 
not  attending  Bible  School.  There  must  be  a 
cause  for  their  absence.  We  are  after  the  cause, 
and  want  it  removed.  If  a  serpent  gets  in  my 
way  and  impedes  uiy  onward  course,  I  do  all  1 
can  to  till  il.  I  want  to  get  it  out  of  the  way, 
and  the  only  alternative  is  to  kill  it.  So  it  a 
.crpent  hinders  poor  children  from  going  to 
Bible  School,  we  must  hasten  lo  kill  il.  and  then 
the  little  traveler  can  goon.  }Jow  hear  some 
of  the  things  that  are  keeping  poor  little  boys 
and  girls  from  Bible  School.  One  little  boy 
says;  "  It  is  so  cold  in  mnter,  m<i  ,,uj  clMes 
„rr  so  thin  that  I  cannot  go." 

What  is  the  remedy?  I  do  not  ask  what  is 
the  duty  of  the  skeptic,  the  unbeliever,  bat  what 
IS  the  duty  of  theW»-W.»«  in  this  instance.' 
Make  the  poor  child  comfortable  even  if  you 
must  BEG  the  raimeat.  Arise,  stretch  forth 
your  hands   and  rescue  the  perishing  child.  It 

will  not  simply  do  to  sing, 

"Hescuethepciisliiiig, 

Care  for  the  dying." 
but  we  must  actually  rc^cm  and  car,.    To  say 
and   not  i)  is  sinner-like,  hut  to  say  and  do  is 

Cbrisfc-like.  , 

Another  poor  child  says;  "  /  would  (.fa  (o  Jo 
,  ,,„,„■  .s.-M,.J  hut  the  other  UtIU  folks  arc  drm- 
,Uo  stulish  that  I  dare  not  sit  with  them.  M,, 
iMn  clothes  would  not  please  them  cmd  I  am  ml 
M  enouqh  to  endure  their  scoj/s  and  Jeers. 

This  ka  bad  state  of  affairs.  How  many 
|,„or  children  are  kept  from  Bible  Schools  on 
this  account!  How  many  poor  little  hear  s  are 
■onging  and  longing  to  go  to  Bible  Schoo,  but 

,  annot  on  account  of  vain  dressers  God  pity 
theSchoolthatiscontroled  by  the  lovers  0 
Ideasnre!  "  Take  heed  how  J  on  oflend  one  of 
these  little  ones." 

If  the  Brethren,  whoare  very  generaBy  open- 
ing Schools  where  ehildren  may  be  taught  the 
Bible,  will  diligently  strive  to  maintain  equality 
among  children,  their  Schools  will  be  crowned 


i^own.  started  down  to  get  a  drink.    When  we 
ame  up  he  was  out  of  sight  and  hearing,  th.| 
,lcep  brown  rocks  hiding  him  from  view,  and 
;he  roar  of  the  stream  dashing  over  its  rough 
bed  drowning  our  voices.    We  rode  on,  leaving 
Brother  Earl  to  wait  for  him.     When  he  over- 
took us  we  asked  him  how  the  water  oi  Elijah  s 
brook  tiBted;  hut  ho  said,  that  after  clambering 
down  several  hundred  feet,  he  came  to  a  perpen- 
dicular cliff  with  the  water  still  fai-  below  hiin, 
and  then  climbed   back  again   without  a  drink. 
After  reaching  the  Jordan  plain  we  crossed  this 
brook,  on  our  way  to  Jencho,  and  it  was  my 
died  for  them  too,  arose  lor  tnem,  was  c,..»u,..    purpose  to  explore  it   for  a  mile  or  two  up  its 


"Your 
,  1  am 


for  them,  pleads  for  them.  Will  we  keep  all 
the  evils  out  with  "  the  sword  of  the  spirit?  " 
for  your  sakcs,  your  children's  sakes,  the  sake 
of  the  poor,  let  us  all  dres.?  plainly  and  clothe 
our  children  in  like  manner. 

But  now  a  little  giri  speaks  and  says: 
school  is  all  riijht.  hut  one  of  the  learhe: 
Kcnj  rudehj  lo  me  the  other  day,  ami  a 
poor,  perhaps  that  is  the  reason." 

Too  bad,  my  dear  little  girl!    How  a  Irachr. 
could  speak  rudely  to  you  I  cannot  tell.    Teach 
eis  ought  to  know  better  than  to  do  that,  and  I 
suppole  most  teachers  do.     But  do  not  let  that 
little  rudeness  keep  you  away  from  school.     .As 
professoi-s  of  Christianity  we  must  be   cirntir  lo 
all  oieu.  kind,  long-suffering.     Niver  treat  any 
one  rudely.'    Be  -cheerrul,  ho  patient,  rnlj  Ho  all 
you  can  to  bring  the   poor  into  your  school. 
There  is  many  a  gem  hidden  under  rags.     De- 
.pise  no  one  on  account  of  his  dress.    Esteem 
no  one  because  he  is  fixed  up  nicely  by  the  tai- 
lor.   A  man  will  be  judged  by  his  actions.  But 
ill  too  many  instances  a  man's  standing  in  so- 
ciety is  in  accordance  with  his  raiment.  "Judge 
righteous  judgment,   and  not  by  appearance." 
Crolhes  do  not  make  character,  but  they  are  to 
some  extent  an  index  of  character.    Actions  are 
not   always  indicative  of  a  gocd  heart.    The 
slyest   rogue   will  seem  religious  when  it  is  to 
his  advantage,  but.no  Christian  should  ever  act 
rudely  just  because  he  feels  like  it.     Our  Jesus 
recommends   kindness,    gentleness,   meekness, 
patiente,  charily.    All  successful  teachers  are 
in  possession  of  these  divine  graces,   hence  are 
successful 


narrow  and  deep  lissure,  but  my  dragoman  as. 
sured  me  that  I  could  not  make  my  way  on 
horseback,  and  that  it  would  be  exceedingly 
toilsome  on  foot;  so  I  contented  myself  with 
what  I  bad  already  teen  of  it,  reali/.iag  its  per 
feet  finie»a  as  the  hiding-place  of  the  prophet. 
Our  tents  were  pitched  beside  the  fountain 


the  river.    This  name  is  supposed  to  be  the 
Araliii-   corruption  of  Adam,  the  name  of  the 
city  to  which  the  back  water  of  the  Jordan  wae 
heaped  up  when  the  river  parted  before  Israel. 
(Josh.  ;l:  16).     Here  again  we  tested  the  water 
by  wading  and  swimming,  and  found  on  the 
east  side  a  fine  place  for  immersing,  with  a  clean 
gravelly  bottom;  and  on  the  west  one  equally 
good,  except  that  it   was  a  little  muddy  at  the 
edge.    The  width  of  the  stream  here,  from  wa- 
ter's  edge  to  water's  edge,  was  130  feet,  and  its 
greatest  depth    was  8  feet.     We  measured  it  as 
we  crossed  iu  the  boat,  measuring  the  width 
along  the  rope  by  which  the  boat  is  pulled  over. 
We  wished,  while  wading  and  swimming  in  the 
river,  that  we  had  Mr.  Dit-iler,  and  ado7.en  oth- 
er Methodist   preachers  with  us,  so  as  to  make 
them  testify  that  the  .lordan  is  neither  too  swii\, 
nor  too  cold,  nor  too  deep,  nor  too  shallow,  to 
serve  as  a  line  place  for  immersing. 

Some  two  or  throe  hundred  yards  above  this 


'  the  fountain  ^^.^^^^^^  .^  ^  ^j^.^^^^  ^f  ^^^^^,^  ,„.,  bub 

whicli  Blisha  healed  (2  Kings  2:  10-^  and  I  ^^^^^^  are  the  luins  of  an  ancient  stone  bridge 
which  is  therefore  called  by  Christians  Elishas  ^^J.^^^  ^^^^  _.^^_.  ^^  ^^^^^^^  j^  t|,e  better 
Fountain,  while   the  Arabs   call  it  The  Sultan  ^^  ^^^.^  country.    Our  dragoman  knew 

Fountain,  using  the  word  Sultan  to  indicate  lU  ^^^^.^.^^  ^,  j,_  |j„j  „,„„  i  in,,uired  through  him 
pre-eminence  among  the  fountains  of  the  vicin-  \^^^^  g^^.ji^  „[,„  „^  „„„  „„,  protector,  he  im- 
ity.  It  is  a  splendid  spring,  sending  forth  wa-  ^^^.__j^,y  pmnounced  the  words  .Jisr  Damieh, 
ter  enough  to  run  a  mill,  and  giving  verdure  to    ^^^^^.^^^  ^^^.^^^^  ^^^^  ^^.^^j^,,  j^„,„j  ^     fly  the 

eight  or   ten  square  miles  of  the   plain  which  I  .    .,,.,. f,„.  „..  throuoh 

would  otherwise  be  barren.     It  marks  the  site 


ON  THE  -WAY  TO  PALESTINE. 


The  Jordan  V.alley  and  the  Mountains 
of  Gilcad. 

[Fram  tl.o  "OirisUsn  SUiitliinl"  U>  .(pkIiiI  .Srmijg.-mi.uL] 

ON  Monday,   April   21st,  we  left  Jerusalem 
for  Jericho,  on  an  excursion  intended  to 


If      lor  jeiicuo,   uii  M" — 

include  the  Jordan  Valley  as  far  us  the  Damieh 
Ferry;  all  the  principal  places  beyond  the  Jor- 
dan from  Jerash  on  the  north  to  Callinho- 
Springs  on  the  south;  the  Plain  of  Shittim,  and 
the  roal  back  lo  Jerusalem  by  way  of  Ai  and 
Bethel. 

The  road  to  Jericho  has  been  improved  some 
in  the  hat  few  years  by  the  liberality  of  wealthy 
Europeans  who  have  traveled  over  it,  but  it  is 
still,  in  many  places,  barely  passable  on  hor,-e- 
back,  and  utterly  impassable  in  a  carriage.  The 
descent  is  very  rapid,  Jericho  being  nearly  4,000 
feet  below  the  level  of  the  Mount  of  Olives;  yet 
there  arc  some  steep  ascents  along  the  way,  and 
these  but  add  to  the  steepness  and  length  of  the 
descending  stretches.  The  distance,  as  the  rohj 
runs,  is  IS  or  ID  miles;  it  has  nevjir  been  meas- 
ured.     All  distances  here  are  estimated  in  hours. 


of  the  ancient-  Jericho,  not  a  vesture  of  which 
remains  except  a  mound  consisting  of  plaster, 
buildiii.5  stones,  sun-dried  bricks,  and   broken 
pottery.     It  is  fifty  or  sixty  feet  high,  and  a 
quarter  of  a  mile  long,  and  lies  just  above  the 
[ountaio  and  to  the  west.   About  a  mile  further 
west  risH  the  mountains  into  which  the  spies  of 
Joshua  tied  when  Rahab  helped  them  to  escape 
One  of  these  mountains,  called  Karantel  by  the 
Arabs,  and  tjuarantania  by  Christian",  was  fix- 
ed upon  bylhe    crusaders  as   the   mountain  of 
Christ's  tcm Illation;  but  they  selected  it  arbi- 
trarily, and  any  one  of  a  do.en   mountains  in 
the  vicinity,  most  of  them  much  higher  than 
Karantel,  is  as  likely  to  he  the  real  one.    The 
modern  Jericho,  so-called,  is  a  little  nestol  mis- 
erable  Arab  hula  on  Wady    Kelt,  about  two 
miles  from  the  ancient  Jericho,  and  about  the 
same  distance  from  the  mountains.    One  build- 
ing recently  put  up,  and  called  a  hotel,  but  un- 
worthy of  the  name,  and  a  one  stoned  Greek 
monastery,  80  feet  long   and  40  wide,   give  a 
slight   air  of  respectability  to  the  place.    W 
saw  a  single  palm  near  the  monastery,  to  remind 
us  that  Jericho  was  once  known  as  "  the  city  ol 
palm  ti'ees. ' 

On  the  next  day  alter  reaching  Elisha's  foun- 
tain, we  took  a  ride  to  the  Dead  Sea,  distant  ten 
miles     We  started  early  to  avoid  the  heat,  and 
got  there  at  7  o'clock.    Of  course  we   plunged 
for  a  swim;  and  such  a  swim  we  -never  had 


aid  of  an  axman  to  chop  a  way  for  us  through 
the  brush,  and  the  guidance  of  the  Sheik,  we 
soon  found  it,  and  rode  under  three  of  the  arch- 
es by  which  it  approached  the  stream  on  the 
eastern  side-  These  arches  have  a  span  of  20 
feel,  and  they  sboiv  that  the  roadway  of  the 
bridae  was  H  feet  wide.  The  ruins  of  other 
arch~e8  and  of  the  abutnieuts  of  those  at  the  wa- 
ter's edge,  are  visible,  and  at  comparatively  lit- 
tle expense  the  structure  might  be  restored. 

The  Damieh  ferry  is  situated  immediate  west 
of  the    point  at  which  the  lower  valley  of  the 
river  .lal.bok  cuts  into  that  of  the  Jordan;  but 
the  stream  of  the  former  bend,  to  the  northward 
just  here,  and  enters  the  Jordan  above  the  old 
bridge.     We  passed  up  the  Jabbok,  now  called 
Wady  Zerka,  about  8  miles,  to.where  it  passee 
from  the  Gilead  Mountains  into  the  Jordan 
plain      Here,  near  its  northern  bank,  is  a  Tell, 
a,  the  Arabs   call  it,  or  the  ruin  of  an  ancient 
city  in  the  shape  of  a  mound.    It  is  called  Ham- 
„„„„  (Ham-marm)  hot  water,  and  takes  its  name 
from  a  spring  of  hot  water  a  little  farther  up 
the  stream.    Here   again  1  had  to  resort  to  the 
Sheik  for  information  as  to  the  locality,  and  he 
called  an  Arab  from  harvesting  his  little  wheat 
patch,  to  find  the  spring  for  us.  When  we  came 
to  the  spot   the  spring   was  dry,  and  the  Arab 
said  that  the  only  way  lo  find  the  water  was  to 
dig  for  it.    I  began  to  feel   disappointed,  when 
it  occurred  to  me,  that  as  the  spot  pointed  out 
was  about  20  feet  above  the  level  of  the  Jabbok, 
might  have  found  an  underground 


in  for  a  swim;  and  such  a  swimwe-ue.e.  ...»    the  spring   might  nave  louua  .„.......,.-_- 

before      In  trying  to  swim  the  usual  way,  our    ^,^^^___^^,  i„t„  the  river;  so  I  clambered  down  the 
.„-xi.,  i.;«i,;t,o  nut.  so  we  could        ,     ,„.i  ..i =,t  „o,neudicular  bank,  and  there 


with  success. 


'i^;;  :x:^z^^^  i  -^-  --  -^^  *--  ^^''''^  ■■■"- 


h„els  were  constantly  kicking  out,  so  we  could 
make  but  little  progress.  1  soon  found  that 
„,e  best  way  was  to  lie  on  my  back,  with  head 
and  heels  both  out  of  the  water,  and  paddle 
„long  feet  foremost.  When  1  stood  erect  in 
the  water  beyond  my  depth,  with  my  hand, 
downmysidethesiirfacewason  a  level  with 
my  armpits,  showing,  as  is  .commonly  stated  by 
writers  on  the  Dead  Sea,  that  the  hun.an  body 
aoaUinitwith  one-thirdof  its  weight  out  of 

^h-rm  the  sea-shore  we  went  to  the  Jordan  at 
what  is  called  the  Pilgrim's  Ford.  It  is  four  or 
Hve  miles  from  the  sea,  and  is  so  ca  led  because 
th     great  multitude  of  pilgrims  of  the  Greek 

Church  who  visit  Jerusalem  every  year  during 


rocky  and  almost  perpendicular  bank,  and  there 
I  found  three  little  streams  of  hot  water  trick- 
ling along  from  under  the  ledge.  Tl"=i--  '"nper- 
aturo  was  96°.  I  am  indebted  to  Dr.  Memll,  of 
the  American  Palestine  Exploration  Society, 
for  my  information  about  this  spnns,  and  1 
think  he  is  its  discoverer. 

(Concluded  m.cl  uetk.) 

I  Two  persons  who  have  been  with  the  Thur- 
„aniles  several  years,  have  lately  united  with 
the  church  at  Edna  Mills,  Indiana,  Two  young 
men  were  also  baptized.         ^ 

Gkace  and  glory  are  inseparably  joined-h! 
that  gets  the  one  may  be  certain  of  the  other 


TldO;    HHiOTLil^iiirs-    ^Vr    WOliiC. 


July 


^oirircriitauitriiqc. 


tl  yvsir^rij  niiy  t«nill. — John. 


From  D.  N.  Workman. 

IN  comt>;»n,v  witli  lirethniu  Bushoraifi  Hiir|: 
«ir,  left  liome  iliiV^Sni  for  Koyser.  \V.  \'i\. 
Wegluleii  |)leasaiitl.v  along,  soinetiiiifs  uiidor 
ground,  soiiifliuifS  on  tlio  surfiico,  ttoinetiiui'^ 
in  the  light  theu  in  dnrkness  na  wo  vont 
plunging  through  tunnel  aiter  tunnol,  experi- 
encing almost  Egyptian  darkness;  but  we  wore 
borne  along,  as  we  found  ountrivps  on  the 
ntorniugof  the  24th  aliout  2  A.  M.  at  Kcvwr. 
Brother  A,  J.  Hixon  joimvl  us  just  hcfore  we 
Undml  at  Keyset.  Here  wi-  were  met  hy  Brother  | 
L««theruiau  luid  conreytd  to  J'iue  Churcli. 
shout  thirty  miles  iin-,iy.  We  liuidcd  about  li 
P.  M.  Met  lonny  de.ir  f-.^uds.  bjxabren  and 
sisters  who»e  acquaintances!  had  formed  a  lit- 
tle over  two  years  ago. 

Services  here  comineneed  by  n  brother  an- 
nouncing hymn  *JS2.  After  singins  thp  hymn 
and  prayer,  the  r»!'th  and  HOth  venter  of  the 
119th  Psalm  were  selected,  an  I  spoken  from  by 
a  brother.  Later  in  the  evening  we  enjoyed 
the  privilege  of  listening  to  Brethren  l{a>>hur 
and  Hixon  talk  on  the  subject  ot  Nulf  examin- 
ation. After  servicer  the  tubleu  were  prcpaniJ 
and  the  brethren  and  »<i)itei-ft  gathentd  around 
them  to  eujjy  the  Love-feiLst.  Brother  Bashor 
not  being  able  to  reniiiiu  with  un  during  tlit- 
Love-feast,  was  conveyed  to  f)r.  LeathermauV 
and  there  took  a  fine  rest.  The  Lovivfuast  pass- 
ed  off  linely.    All  seemrd  to  enjny  it  very  much, 


the  next  nioiniug  at  10  A.  M.,  promising  t^i 
notice  some  things  that  the  elder  had  said. 
Here  we  are  ready  for  our  reply;  a  very  large 
crowd,  but  not  quite  po  large  as  yesterday.  But 
where  axv  the  Methodist  pr^Mchers?  The  Lord 
only  knows,  for  they  ar^  not  here.  We  «Hp. 
poie  that  they  have  tM  for  thfir  livec,  Bnt, 
look  there'  at  thi>  beautiful  bniiquet,  Hkillfully 
arranged  by  a.  M-thoJi^t  lady,  and  placed  upon 
the  stand  for  Brother  D.  N.  Workman,  m  a 
token  of  renpect.  Ten  A.  M,,  time  for  nn-eting. 
Brother  Wiae,  Irum  l^enn^^ylvania,  arfwie  and 
announced  hymn  No.  20,  by  request  of  niyi>ell. 
.\ff^r  prayer  I  made  the  reply,  using  abont 
three  hours,  w  ith  an  inlermiiwiion  oft*n  niiniiteH. 
.\ftcr  fiervices  I  baptized  nine  more  that 
arose  to  their  ffet  while  w*?  were  singing  our 
closing  hymn,  leaving  one  applicant  to  be  bap- 
ti?j>d  the  next  day  ut  another  pbu'e  by  his  re 
queat  among  hiit  friends,  which  I  attended  to 
the  next  morninit.  Thm  our  meeting*  closed 
at  Pine  Church,  Wedueaday,  Juno  II.  In  all 
thirty-two  baptiwd  and  j-ix  of  them  from  the 
Metliodints,  with  many  more  ready  to  come 
over  to  the  Brethren  Church;  hope  that  tlit-y 
may  soon  come.  The  people  in  general  in  th*- 
country  around  Pine  Church  are  very  kind  and 
very  willing  to  receive  the  truth.  In  fact  I 
have  formnd  a  very  jttrong  atta<:lim(--nt  to  them. 
Ail  of  iiH  enjoj'ed  our  visit  very  mueh  in  West 
Virginia  u»  well  a*  in  Virginia. 

Broth  er  Harper,  I  find,  is  a  very  good  travel- 
ing companion,  avoiding  all  unnecessary  talk- 
ing, and  continually  trying  to  work  up  an  in- 
intereHt  in  our  S«vior*»  cause.  Brother  N. 
Leathorman  i»  the  only  miiii«t*riug  brother  in 
the  Pine  Church,  and  afaitliful  one  he  ia,   with 


KSw  that  it  waps  enough  he  would  say.  "Come 
over  to  re^t,  and  rec»'iv>!  thy  crown."  and 
tb<-u  she  would  sing  praine^i  to  his  holy  □am'* 
alw.iys.  John-  S.  Snow  BKWiCTi. 

MonlirfUo,  Iniiiann. 

Prom  the  Newton  Church,  Miami  Co.,  O. 


The  next  moruinir   w«  had   a  very    p  easimt     ,  f„;,i.j  m  «■  .    i      (     j-       i     i-      -i  i     -.i 

..         ,,    .,         „    .  J    „.    ■       ,-,  ,,       'I'ftithfnl  himilyMtanding  by  hisside,  and  with 


meeting;  Brethren  Bashor  and  Hixun  did  th 
speaking.  After  nerviceji  the  Brcthnit  Ihoiittht 
best  to  a,«sign  to  each  one  of  uh  a  pbue 
of  meeting,  to  which  we  all  consented.  I  wnH 
left  at  Pine  Churrh,  Brother  Hixon  to  Beavitr 
Rnn,  Brother  Baahor  to  Morefiold,  Brother 
Harper  renidining  with  me;  we  protracN.-d  the 
meeting  in  the  daytime  and  evening  nulil  Fri- 
day evening  following,  at  wliicli  time  we  bap- 
tized fourt^eu.  We  then  disiiiistjed  to  go  to  A. 
M.  After  we  had  dismissed  we  were  requeHttil 
toreturu  to  them  nRer  A.  M.,  which  I  consent- 
ed  to  do. 

Saturday  morning  we  again  atarf^d  to  A.  M. 
We  appointed  Brother  Hixon  to  report  our 
trip  acrohs  the  mountains,  hence  I  uiuit  that 
looking  for  a  report  from  Jtim.  We  are  on  tlie 
ground  of  A.  M.  A  large  crowd  iN  hero. 
Meeting  passed  off  well.  Brother  li.  II.  Miller 
van  Moderator,  and  a  very  good  rmt-  too;  every- 
thing connected  with  the  menting  under  tho 
management  of  the  Brethren  in  \'iiginia  wiw 
just  grand.  Th<'  brethren  and  sisters  in  \'irgin- 
ia  have  made  tliemsi-lvcs  many  warm  friends 
all  over  the  Brotherhood  by  their  kindness 
daring  the  meeting.  May  the  good  Lord  bless 
them,  is  my  pra^'er. 

Meeting  over,  started  back  to   Pine  Cliurcli. 
Brother  Harper  and  I  got  our  pockets   picked 
at  Winchester;  guess  we  got  among  tlie  wrong 
class  of  Brethren.    Landed  in  Iveyscr  Saturday 
morning  about  3  A.  M.    Took  the  luick   about 
8  en  roulf  for  Pine  Church.     Left  the  hack  and 
stopped  at  Brother  Z.  Arnold's,  about    1  P.  M., 
for  dinner.    Spent  some  time  with  them;  while 
there  a  paper  was  handed  to   me,   containing  a 
notice  of  a  meeting  to  be  held  at  Pine  Church, 
on  Tuesday,  June  10th,  by  the  presiding   elder 
of  the  M.  E.  Church  South.      (We   here   note 
that  the  Pine  Church   is   Union  House.)    Hia 
sabject  was  baptism.     We  did  not  get  alarmed 
about  that,  but   went  on   to  our  appointment 
forSaturday  evening.      Landed  there  in  due 
time;  met  a  large  crowd  much  excited  over  the 
contemplated  meetings,  thinking  that  now  the 
Dunkards  and  the  M.   K.  South  would   have  a 
big  time.    Well,  we  did  have  a  big  time.    Sat- 
urday evening  meeting  passed  oil"  very  pleasant- 
Ij.    Sunday  morning  at  10  A.  M.,  after  service, 
Ibaptized  three;  evening  service  passed  off  well, 
Monday  morning  service  at    10   A.   M,,   very 
pleasantly.    After  which  I  baptized  five   more, 
Berrices  also  in  the  evening.     Now  we  came  to 
Toeeday  morning.    Crowds  from  all  directions  j 
commenced  to  asjiemble  quite  early.    Kieven  A. 
M.come  theM.  E.  preachers,  four  in   number, 
"Well  where  are  the  Dunkard  preachers-'"    0,  I 
they  are  io  the  house  waiting   this  long   time 
Well,  in   came  the  four  Methodist-s,  stepped 
onto  the  stand,  and    opened   by  singing  and 
prayer.    The  elder  then  arose  and   announced 
the  object  of  the  meeting  and  text,   which  was 
Matt  28:19.    Commented  upon  the  same  about 
fire  hours  that  day,  with  an  intermission   of 
tbree  quarters  of  an  hour.      The  main  theme 
I  that  sprinkling  and  pouring  should  be  re 
gvdedas  Christian  baptism.    He  aUo  gave  the 
•upper  and  feet-wa.shing  and   the   salutation  a 
p«iiQg  notice.    Jubt  before  he  di«  njjsged   hia 
meeting  I  arose  and  aonounccd   meeting  for 


I).  B.  Arnold  as  their  elder  standing  right  to 
them  in  all  that  is  right,  how  can  they  help 
but  prosper?  Brother  Arnold  is  the  right  man 
in  the  right  nhice. 

This  will  inform  the  brethren  and  sisters  and 
friends  that  Saturday,  the  Htli  of  .June,  about 
4  P.  M,,  found  me  with  my  own  little  fimiily  at 
homo.  Koiind  all  well  and  everything  well 
eared  for  while  I  was  absent.  May  the  Lord 
bless  all  that  may  read  these  few  lines,  is  my 
prayer. 
A-shlaml,  Ohio. 


From  Monticello  Church,   Ind. 

Drar  liirl/ireii:— 

ON  the  (Ith  of  Juno,  wife,  children,  and  my- 
self, with  a  siator  living  near  u.s,  jititrted 
fur  ourmeoting-housoto  engage  in  the  worship 
of  Ood;arrivod  in  good  time.  We  were  made 
glad  to  meet  quite  a  number  of  members  al- 
ready collected  from  five  difierent  neighboring 
congregations,  with  a  good  ministerial  force. 
KIders  Isaac  Billhimer.  H.  W.  Cripe,  I).  l-Vue- 
niaii,  S.  Ulery,  and  Sanford  Saylor  enga;i.'d  in 
the  arduouB  work  of  holding  forth  tlie  word  of 
life  during  the  meeting.  Brother  Billheiiner 
addressed  the  congregation  irom  Ileb.  ]2l  1,  2, 
followed  by  Brother  Cripe.  witli  appropriate 
rcmorkH,  and  an  appeal  to  sinners  to  join  in 
with  tlio«ip  who  were  looking  unto  Jesus  who 
■was  the  author  and  finislier  of  Iheir  fuith;  and 
then  gave  an  invitation,  when  three  arose 
and  came  forward  to  unite  in  the  race,  and 
were  baptized. 

Sui)per  being  served  the  members  were  all 
seated  around  the  tables.  Feet-washing  ils  the 
Lord  gave  the  exauiiile  and  said  we  should  do, 
wiw  engaged  in  and  every  member  washed  feet 
that  communed.  All  were  filled  with  joy  in 
the  good  work  of  serving  the  Lord,  and  after 
all  was  over  uiany  said  it  was  tlio  best  meeting 
we  ever  had. 

After  a  good  refreshing  sleep  we  again  met 
to  thank  tJod  for  bis  iirotecting  care  over  us 
through  the  night;  and  then  had  breakfast. 
The  brethren  gave  us  some  good  and  encour- 
aging farewell  addresses  and  exhortations  to 
prove  faithful  to  the  end.  so  that  we  all  could 
obtain  the  crown,  wlien  we  again  felt  to  tlmnk 
God  for  the  good  we  received  during  our  niee  t- 
ing,  and  so  separate  some  never  to  meet  till  we 
meet  on  the  other  shore,  where  we  can  forever 
be  together.  God  has  promised  to  wipe  away 
all  tears,  and  Jesus  will  gird  himself  and   serve 


Jitar  iitrtiiren: — 

OURyi-arly  visit  and  church  meeting  came 
off  in  May;  all  in  love  and  union:  con* 
siderable  business  before  the  church  meeting: 
but  all  dinpowed  of  natisl*ictorily,  H^d  a  large 
and  very  pleasant  Love  :»aft  on  the  'I~t\\  of 
May.  Xear  f-jiir  hundred  communed.  We 
hav«  a  very  larg«?  moeling  house,  but  not  near 
large  enough  to  hold  all  the  people  that  gener- 
ally attend.  We  havt-  good  order,  nofwith- 
Btnnding  the  crowd  oi  people,  both  in  and  out- 
side the  house.  Brethren  B  H.  Miller  and 
ls«ic  I{)8-nh^rger  wure  thepriocipal  speakerc 
The  preaching  was  very  entertaining. 

This  church  has  been  in  a  healthy  condition 
for  three  or  four  years.  1  think  it  has  douljled 
itself  in  number  in  that  time.  In  the  Iai<t 
mouth  or  two  we  had  .seventeen  additions  by 
baptism,  and  seven  reclaimed,  and  others,  we 
trust,  are  near  the  kingdom.  We  attribute  at 
letft  part  of  the  success  to  the  love  and  union 
xi-»ling  between  or  among  the  otlir<'rs  o\  the 
e'linh,  and  partly  to  our  excellent  flder,  (Siim- 
\iA  Mahler,  of  the  CovingtiJU  Church),  and 
partly  to  our  home  preachers,  who  do  not  imly 
preacli  on  Siirday,  hut  every  day  ot  the  wtek 
by  their  ui>right  walk  and  chaste  conversation, 
which  is  much  more  elfcctive  than  Howery  .ser- 
[  mont  and  inferior  conduct  through  the  week. 
'  But  above  all,  we  attribute  this  success  to  the 
blc-*'ing  of  God  attending  those  weak  efforts  on 
our  j)Hrt,  and  we  hope  God  will  still  continue 
to  liless  not  only  this,  but  all  other  branch'rs  of 
hid  church. 

In  conclusion  will  eay  that  our  Sabbath- 
school  is  well  attended,  both  here  and  at  Coving- 
ton. The  average  attendance,  so  far,  has  been 
ovorone  hundred  at  each  place.  Success  to 
SabliJitli-schools  and  missionary  work  every- 
where, You  may  put  mc  down  for  one  dollar 
for  city  missionary  work.  Hope  it  will  be  pro- 
ductive of  much  good. 

Happy  to  hear  of  the  union  that  prevailed 
at  our  lati*  .\nnual  Meeting. 

EsocB  Beehy. 


great  destructio"  of  life  and  pro|>erty,     p^-, 
lh«-X.  W.  pari  ol  .Vehau)a  *.'.>unty,  Kansas  " 
which  I  livf.  was  badly  hurt  by  the  storm,    x" 
lives  were  lost  hfp- I  hat  I    know    uf.'     Mv«Ilf 
ray  wife,  and  tbr^e-hildrfo  were  in    the  hou«  * 
when    the  storm    b^gan.       It    soon    blew  th 
house  over  agiinst  som-^  tree?,  and  we  were  p 
posed  to   the  terrors  of  the  storm    and    rain' 
Tnis    was  by    no   means     pleasant.       But  w' 
thought.  "Thy  will  l)e  done."      There    was 
harm  done  us,  for  which  we  try  to  feel    thanL- 
ful.     The  next  Monday  some    of  the    brethrp 
came  and  helpel  ni"   to    build  a   house.      Ti, 
evpning  o!  tli.-  storm  our  neighbor  came  to  see 
if  we  w«_Te  hurt.     He   found    us   ull    well     but 
homeless.     H'-  sent  his  team  to   convey   us  t 
his  home.     Hope  he  will   be    rewarded   for  h' 
mvny  kind  acta.     In  the  county   we^t   of  tbjB 
Marshall  Cunnty.  Kansns.  the  storm  was  mnrh 
grifatertban    here.      There  are   seventeen   re- 
ported dead  and  filty-five  wounded.     May  God 
haveraercv  <n  all  sufferers. 

Yours  in  bonds  ot  love  and  peace. 

S.  H.  WiESEDBPPE, 


From  Cerro  Gordo,  Piait  Co 


III. 


OUK  c< 
thin. 


In  Memory  of  our  Grandparents. 

DIKD,  of  old  age,  on  Friday,  May  ftth^  ISTiJ, 
•  in  tLa  North  Manchester  Church,  at  the 
residence  of  AIn'uham  Miller,  our  grandfatlier, 
Henry  Butterbangh,  at  the  advanced  age  of  SfJ 
years,  !>montlis,  and  12  days.  Grandmother  B. 
preceded  him  to  the  spirit  world  nearly  seven 
years,  They  were  parents  of  seven  children, 
four  of  whom  are  living. 

lie  was  a  member  of  the  German  Baplist 
Churcli  nearly  sixty  years.  Services  by  Elders 
David  Neff  and  Jesse  Moyer, from  2  Tim.  4:  6, 
7,  and  8  verses,  to  the  largest  congregation  of 
friends  aud  sympathizing  neighbors  ever  con- 
vened at  this  place,  on  an  occasion  of  the  kind 

Yes,  our  grandparents  have  passed  a».ay. 
Wo  see  their  familiar  faces  no  more.  Tneir 
familiar  voices  are  hushed  in  deep  silence.  VVe 
have  seen  tlitir  forms  born  to  the  tomb.  They 
are  laid  side  by  side  in  the  church-yard,  free 
from  the  toils  and  cares  of  this  life.  'Tis  sail, 
indeed,  to  part  with  those  whom  we  loved  so 
well;  but  'tis  a  consoling  thonglit  to  know 
that  God  has  prepared  a  place  oi*  rest  for  all 
the  faithful.  Jl'lia  A.  BrTTEiinAi'OH. 


ommunion  meeting  is  one  of  the 
gs    of    the    past;   it   was   a  pleasant 

meehiig.  MjcIi  zeal  was  manifested  durino 
the  meeting.  Brother  John  Wise  ann  wife 
from  Bond  Couuty,  Illinois,  were  with  us  amj 
the  hretbreu  iroiu  adjoining  districts.  We 
had  a  good  supply  of  ministering  brethren. 
They  alt  seemed  to  be  filled  with  tlio  love  and 
spirit  of  God.  Prejtched  the^word  with  power 
Saints  were  strengthened  and  outsi<lers  said  we 
had  a  gond  meeting,  Brother,!.  Wise  preached 
two  sermons  in  Cerro  Gordo.  People  in  town 
were  well  pleased  with  his  preaching.  Will 
just  say  to  all  of  our  ministering  brethren 
traveling  over  the  Toledo  aud  Waba.<<h  and 
Western  K.  R.,  stop  off  at  Cerro  Gordo,  Piatt 
County,  Illinois,  and  preach  to  the  people  here- 
we  have  a  noo.l  meeting-house  in  town,  and 
can  raise  a  good  congregation  in  a  few  hours 
time.  John  Metzokr. 

Jnnr  tSfh,  IS7D. 


Situation  Wanted. 


From  Clear  Creek    Church, 
Indiana. 


Huntington, 


By  request  of  a  dear  old  sister  that  could  not 
be  with  us  at  the  meeting,  a  few  of  us  went  to 
her  house  the  evening  of  the  seventh,  and  had 
a  little  communion  with  her;  four  brethren  and 
two  sisters  communed  with  her.  We  thought 
this  was  the  most  edifying  little  meeting  we 
ever  enjoyed.  Though  the  sister  was  very 
weak  and  suffered  much,  she  enjoyed  the  meet- 
ing much,  and  was  built  up,  and  spoke  many 
good  things  to  us.  aud  said  she  knew  what  she 
had  suffered  aud  what  she  was  suffering  now, 
but  what  was  to  come  yet  she  did  not  know, 
but  one  thing  she  knew,  that  when   the   Lord  i 


OX  Friday,  the  13th  iust ,  the  people  astern 
bled  at  the  large  brick  church,  on  the 
cross-road,  five  miles  from  Huntington.  Bv 
ten  o'clock  the  hou^e  ^jis  dpn^elv  packed. 
BrothtU'  Jesse  Culvert  arose  and  'iniinii  ,,;■■, I  h\< 
text.  "We  know  we  are  of  God.  and  iuk 
whole  world  lie  in  wickedness."  We  all  felt 
edified.  Sixteen  ministers  and  five  eldei-s  were 
present.  In  the  evening  we  went  througu 
with  the  ordinances  of  the  Lord's  house.  Tears 
flowed  from  many  for  the  first  time.  Mothers 
rejoiced  to  see  th<tr  children  sittiug  around  the 
Lord's  table.  Some  were  heard  to  say  "Wy  en- 
joyed ourselves  exceedingly.  The  Brethren 
did  not  fail  to  warn  saint  and  sinner  to  flee  the 
wrath  to  come.  DoR>Er  Hodjde.v 


The  Great  Storm. 

Jhar  BiftUmi: — 

ay  evening,  May  30th,  1879,   after  G 


I  AM  a  subscriber  of  your  paper,  the  (Brbth- 
HEN  AT  Wokk),  and  I  peruke  its  contents 
with  much  interest.  I  have  always  attended 
the  Buptist  Church,  of  which  1  became  a  mem- 
ber iu  1867.  I  read  my  Biole  for  myself,  and 
have  ever  pDiyeii  that  I  might  be  guided  by 
the  grace  of  G  id '.odi>  his  holy  will.  Pride, 
oh  prid.-!  \  mu-r.  be  brief,  fur  your  dear  read- 
ers know  .ts  w.dl  a<  L  I  long  to  be  with,  and 
ever  dwMll  Mmon  jst  a  people  like  the  Brethren 
or  "Dunkers."  Yes,  I  will  leave  all  to  live 
amongst  a  people  where  I  can  go  to  hear  the 
word  of  G^Hexpiu'idfd  in  it*i  true  light  with- 
out ouiivsious.  Will  the  Brethren  please 
Cirn'sp  -iifl  wirh  \n  r,  those  who  can  give  me  a 
-itii..t.iiiri  f"  mK- ^  i:hirge  of  a  farm,  or  farm  up - 
oi  hIli.v,:-     1  .vili  pfojiptly  reply  to   all  com- 

murilcitinri-J,  JoHN    P.  SbbNCK. 

11:1, .i'lv',  M.x.m.mih  Co..  Netc  Jersey. 


Constant  >m;c*>s8  shows   us  but  one  side  of 
Ihe  world. 


Tub  mind  oi  y-iuth cannot  remain  empty;  if 
you  uo  not.  pur  into  it  that   which  is  good,  it 


■vin-re  that  which  is  evil. 


will  giah--i 

D^w.lro[,(.  ^I(ll!,'iIlg  iu  ihn  morning  sunlight 
areeraitl'-mHtic  ot  the  brightness  and  purity  of 
geui>t,t  vi,-uy  nhen  reflecting  the  ravs  of  the 
"Suii(i(  R'ghletiusness." 


OX  Frida 
o'cloci 


TuK  Pmi/ipsnire  Christi'in,  speaking  of  the 
M  oiuavv  i.r.ii.osition,  says:  "It  is  to  be  hoped 
that  the  biethren  and  sisters  will  contribute 
liberally  toward  the  support  of  this  good  work. 
W,.  Knt.^r«f  tiKif,  the  plan  of  operations  should 
pi*<v;ii-  1 .1  M  ■.■..'  t..  vvhfuit  til-  word  is  preached 
to  havK  an  iuvuauou  to  a^6ial  iu  beaiiiiji  ex- 
penses. By  niiikiug  such  a  provision,  in  many 
of  the  cities  missions  would  be  sell'-support- 
i"g" 

Tht  pro|, rigors  of  th-  Mt,  Morris  School 
have  decided  thai:  the  faculty  nre  expected,  in 
th.-irdre,s.,  to  ad. 'pt  the  order  of  the  church, 
and  «■,.  !ne  iiilnimed  Ihat  several  of  them, 
th.-iigl,  J[.  ibndists  and  Epi c.palians,  have 
voluntaril)  offvivd  to  do  so.  This  is  certainly 
v*.rv  ciuisideriite  ou  til-  p^rt  of  the  Professors, 
aud  perhaps  it  would  be  wuU  enough  fur  some 
of  our  brethren  to  follow  their  example  m 
this  respect.  If  others,  for  the  sake  of  consist- 
ency are  willing  to  accept  our   order  in   dress. 


IK    I.    m.  tlie  greatest  storm  ever    wbv  should  we  not  beequally  consistent   in  re- 
k.;own  here,  s»ei.t  over  this  country,   causing  |  specting  our  own  orAev.-PnmUke   Chmlian. 


'rWK    l^TtKTtlKK^s^    x\/r    AVOl^lC 


•he  Donors    to  the  City  Mis- 
"^^  sion  Service. 


'  ,,,Hirirtn"  to  preach 


orisinal 
the  go.- 
iu    th-? 


'''' *\if  i?T'    Vu'^'^'l    States,    that    as 

f'"^      ^'JdO  were  subscribed  the  (ion- 

^*  wouW  proceed  to  select  two  breth- 

'wob-gi-'tbework. 

'*|,1,^  subject  IS  one    of  great   im- 

tfttC'''^  ha?  elicited  much  thought 

^^li  dtli '**■''**'''"  ^^  '^^    I'^'"''   ^^  those 

*°      iijiye  the    caube    of  missions    at 

'*'  t  and  it  was  a  subject   of  special 

*'**^;jpi.fltion    in    frequent   iuterriews 

'  He  late  A.  M. 

fhe  result    of   these   deliberationa 

,  bceu  thul  the   proposition   which 

ires  the  donors  to  select  the  work- 

is  impracticable    on   account   ol 

ir  iinac^uointancc  with   the  minis- 

of  the  church  generally,  and  of 

,^  salifications  necessary  to  execute 

,(.[,  a  work. 

ffe  also  took  the  responsiUhty  to 
noiiit  a  committee  of  three  ex|)eri- 
''ted  brethreii,  one  in  the  East; 
jrollier  .lames  A.  Sell,  of  I'ennsyl- 
jiiia.  one  in  the  Centre;  Urother  S.  T. 
jVjerman,  of  Ohio,  and  one  in  the 
(^leit;  Brother  Daniel  Vaniman. 

It  is  designed  that  these  brethren 
iliull  lake  charge  of  selecting  proper 
'  iuistiTS  and  of  attending  to  their 
milts  and  the  wants  of  their  families, 
,iid  1  liope  that  the  donora  will  ac- 
,„iesce  in  the  arrangement. 

From  the  attitude  of  the  Gos]wI 
I'ffiichrr,  according  to  the  tenor  of  re- 
ent  articles,  we  would  conclude  that 
it  was  hostile  to  the  cause,  but  in  an 
luterview  with  the  editors  at  the  A-  M. 
they  assur.d  me  that  they  were  in 
jynipathy  with  it  and  wished  it  suc- 
cess. 

1  aisn  interviewed  a  number  ol  our 
Ming  brethren  at  the  A.  M.,  aud  was 
,ladto  find  a  favorable  feeling  toward 

it. 

That  it  meets  with  a  generous  ap- 
proval from  the  church  generally,  we 
have  ample  liroof,  in  the  fact  that  no 
complaint  or  objection  has  manifested 
itself  at  onr  District  or  A.  M.  We 
Inist  now  that  the  brethren  and  sis- 
ters who  fail  to  aid  in  the  execution 
of  tl.e  last  great  commandment,  will 
re'imu'l  liberally  to  the  requirements 
of  this  service. 

If  it  is  begun,  which  by  God's  grace 
il  will  he,  we  should  give  it  a  liberal 
susteutation  for  one  year  at  least.  The 
eyes  of  the  world  are  upon  us,  and  it 
would  be  mortifying  to  have  such  a 
cause  to  fail  for  want  of  a  few  mites 
to  sustain  it. 

There  are  so  many  prayers  offered 
up  for  the  conversion  of  miserable 
sinners,  that  judging  therefrom,  we 
would  suppose  there  was  an  immense 
surplus  of  missionary  zeal  in  the  hearts 
of  Christians.  Now  let  us  give  em- 
phasis to  our  prayers  by  assisting  m 
the  cau«e  of  missions.  We  have  be- 
fore us  a  plan  that  hears  the  impress 
of  the  apostolic  model,  a  plan  without 
the  salaried  feature  of  man's  intro- 
duction, and  we  should  at  least  give  it 
a  fair  trial.  Our  professions  of  con- 
cern for  the  conversion  of  sinners  will 
be  me.isured  by  the  sacrifices  wc  are 
willing  to  make  to  secure  their  con- 
vor-ion  and  the  verdict  will  he  just. 

We  presume  the  three  brethren 
mentioned  will  mature  their  arrange- 
ments at  as  early  a  day  as  practihable 
and  report  the  same  to  the  Brethren  s 
papers. 

There  is  a  sufficient  sum  of  money 
pledged  to  begin,  and  as  soon  as  we 
areadvi-cd  thereto  we  will  redeem  our 
pledges. 

We  rejoice  in  manifestation  of  a 
decked  interest  in  the  work  of  evan- 
gelism in  dilVereut  sections  of  the 
Brotherhood,  but  these  being  local  in 
their  operation  we  should  assist  in 
this  special  work  and  those  generous 
friends  of  missions  in  working  districts 
will  no  doubt  be  found  among  the 
■dive  supporters  ol  city  missions. 
Generally,  a  person  who  will  contr.b- 
ute  to  a  righteous  cause  will  support 
■everal  "causes"  more  liberally  than 
an  indifferent  person  will  support  one. 
let  the  zeal  for  the  nnivcr.sal  spread 
of  the  gospel  eat  us  up  as  it  did  our 
Lord  and  Master,  and  may  be  the 
know  Wge  of  the  Lord  will  cover  the 
earth  as  the  waters  do  the  great  deep. 
Such  a  glorious  consummation  will  be 
Mhievcd.  Shall  we  aid  in  its  achieve- 
menty  D.  C.  MooMAW. 


MT.  MORRIS  SEMINARY  8L  COLLEGIATE  INSTITUTE. 

rliOSI-ECTl  S  FOR  1S7D-1W0. 

THIS  INSTITUTION 

Is  under  the  immediate  control  of  the  lirethren  (or  Tunkers  as 
they  are  frequently  called).  It  otl'ers  a  hearty  welcome  to  those 
who  seek  knowledge. 

It  posses.ses  corporate  powers  under  the  provision  of  the  Leg- 
islature of  the  State  of  Illinois,  second  to  no  CoUese  in  the  Unit- 
ed States,  which  guarantees,  if  desirable,  the  best  University  priv- 
ileges. Having  no  endowment  it  will  depend  upon  its  own  mer 
its  for  success. 


TEACHERS. 

J.  W.  STEIN,  Pi-eaidenl, 

.\nd  lustructer  in  Mental  and  Moral  Sciences. 

W.  E.  LOC'KAKD, 

I'riucipal  of  Commercial   D.-parlme„t  aud  Professor  of  Mathematics. 

.1.  W.  JENKR. 

I'rofessor  of  Aluei-icnn  and  Modern  Languages,  and  English  Literature. 

FERNANDO  SASFORD, 

Professor  of  Physical  and  Natural  Sciences. 

MATTIE  A.  LEAR. 

Assistant  Teacher  in  English  Lileraluie  ai.d  Sciences. 

MARGAKEfTA   LAUVER, 

Teacher  in  Primary  School. 


(if  jNliclligan 


Professors  Lockard  and  Jonks  arc   graduates  of  the  University 

Professor  Smilord  is  a  graduate  of  Carthage  College,  Illiimis. 

Mrs.  Lear  is  from  the  Stale  Normal  of  Illinois. 

Miss  Lauver  is  from  the  Slate  Normal  of  Pennsylvania. 

The  Principal  ami  other  Trustees  have  used  great  caution,  togciber  with  the 
advice  of  faculties  of  Ihe  different  ichcols,  and  tl-.e  advice  of  other  cnmpc  cm 
parlies,  in  selecfiug  their  teachers.  Teachers  that  may  yet  be  wan  led  »ill  be 
«u[iplied  in  doe  lime. 

CO-CTRSES  OF  STUDY- 


ur  coiniuoi 


These  will  be  both  general  and  eclectic.     They  will  comprise  the 
Primary  School,  the  Academy,  aud  College. 

THE  VIUHAUY  SCHOOL. 

This  is  intended  for  those  who  jirefer  the  select  to  the  public  srhn 
embrace  such  studies  as   are  peculiar    to  primary  eilucatioii    iu  . 

'''''""'"  THE  ACADEMY. 

This  will  include, 

1.  A  Pi-fpnratory  Class,  comprising  a  course  in  the  ordinary  Eugli-h  IJiauches, 
embracing  lesions  in  Elocution,  Ppnip^n^hip,  Elementary  Algebra,  Latin  Gram- 
mar, a:id  Reading. 

2.  A  Siib-FrcJihnan  Class,  completing  Arithmetic  and  Algebra,  aud  iuclui'  =  -- 
Ancient  Geograpliy,  Composition,  Elocution,  Gmmetry, 
Latin  Gramniar.Oe-ar,  Greek  Grammar,  aud  Reading. 

THE  COLLKliE. 
(Classiciil  Course.  I 


Natural  riiilosiiiiliv. 


FRESHMAN  i:i.As«. 

Latin  Grmiunar,  Latin  Compoiilion.  Ca-sar,  Viigil,  Cicero,  Livv,  Greek  Gram 

mar,  Greek  Composilion,  Xennphou,  Herodotus,  Physiology,  Z.ology,  IJotany. 

rhy'sical  Geography,  Outlines  of  History.  Rhetoric,    Elocution,    Composition. 

Higher  Algebra,  Geometry,  Trigonometry,  nebating.  Lectures  on  the  Eviden«>« 

of  CUriatiauity. 

SOl'HOMOBE  CLASS. 

Latin  Composition,  Cicero,  Horace  or  Sallust,  Tacitus  or  Virgil,  Greek  Com- 
position, Xenophon,  Homer.  Chemistry,  Geology.  Anatomy,  Zoology,  History  oi 
English' Literature,  History  of  Greece,  History  of  Rome,  Civilization.  Trigonom- 
etry, Analytical  Ge.)metry,  Conic  Sections.  Debating,  Lectures  ou  the  Evidences 

of  Chriatiauitv. 

^  .      ■.    ■  1  JUNIOR  CLASS. 

Memorabilia,  Homer,  Selections  from  Greek  Aulhovs,  Chemistry,  Meteorology. 
Astronom: 
my,  Uhetoric,  Meuti 


ECLECTIC  n  OrRSEB. 
Tliese  will   comprise  such  parts  of  our  general  courses  tu  the  aludenl  may  se- 
lect.    Those  who  have  not  time,  or  means,  or  desire  for  a  regular  classical  or 
icieulilic  course  may  select  and  attain  proficiency  in  any  particular  study  which 
the  cirriculum  affords.     Thi.s  is  a  privilege  uol  eomtnoidy  eojoyed  in  College. 

COMMEUCIAL  DKrARTMENT. 

JU^'IOR  CI.ABS. 

Hl'.t.iry  of  Greece,  History  of  Rome,  Civil  Government,  Algebra,  University, 

Algebra,  Commercial  Calculations,  Phisiology,  Botany,  Rhetoric,  Penmanship, 

Business  Forms,  etc. 

SENIOE  CLASS. 

Chemistry.  Astronomy,  Geology,  (ieometry.  Book  Keeping,  Botany,  Rhetoric, 

Conslilutiou  of  the  United  States,  Penmanship,  Commercial  Law,  Lecture*  on 

Political  Economy. 

niiGlXKKni>0    IlErAllTMENT. 

Trigonometry,  Surveying.  Jlcaaurements,  I'rai'lioal  Engineering  with  use  of 
iustiuments  and  field  practice. 

SrwlAL   DEI'ARTMESTS. 

Arrangemculs  can  be  made  fur  instruction  in  the  science  aud  practice  of  Tel* 
egrapby,  and  other  specialties  by  those  desiring  such  courses.     Charges  extra. 

SCHOLASTIC   YEAn. 

This  will  comprise  forty-four  weeks,  from  four  to  nine  weeks  more  titan  is 
common  to  the  school  year.  It  will  he  divided  into  four  terms  of  clevt'U  weeks 
each. 

MALE   AND    fEMALE. 

M'e  regard  the  co-education  of  the  sexes  as  the  only  true  methnd  of  edvipation. 
Their  reciprocal  influence  will  be  beneficial  in  the  Chapel.  Dining  Hall,  Lecture 
aud  Recitation  Rooms.  Their  apartments  of  study,  social  hours,  and  place*  of 
recreation  will  he  separate. 

LOCATION. 

The  Institution  is  located  in  Mt.  Morris,  a  quiet,  pleasant,  and  moral  town,  of 
Oglo  County,  Illinois,  about  one  hundred  miles  west  of  Chicago,  on  the  Chicago 
&  Iowa  R.  R.  It  is  free  from  aaloom.  gambling  liouaea.  etc.,  surrounded  by  a 
beautiful  and  fcrlile  country,  with  a  genemus.  industrious,  intelligent,  and  thrifty 
people. 

The  school  site  is  elevated,  and  from  its  observatory  the  town  and  surrounding 
country  may  be  overlooked  for  many  ii.ilea. 

The  grounds,  beuutitiil  with  numerous  shadd  ire^s  and  evergreens,  consist  of  a 
6'!  acre  park,  atf^trding  abundant  opportunity  for  the  relaxation  and  physical 
development  of  pupils  to  which  special  attention  will  lu-  ;:iven. 

nEAI-THKULSEisa, 

Thi*  iramji-'iate  section  is  fr.»;  from  agu9  and  those  malarious  diseases  so  com- 
mon to  the  Mismsippi  Valley. 

We  are  also  hopeful  of  the  prospects  of  a  Hygienic  Iii^^litule  or  Health  Cure 
here  at  an  early  day,  under  the  immediate  gupetiri&WP  of.  Dr.  Eby  now  of  Lan- 
ark, Illinois. 

Studeuls,  when  unwell,  will  receive  ^he  personal  attwntion  of  the  Principal 
with  good  nuising  and  medical  attention  when  needed.  In  case  of  siekuesa, 
parents  or  guardians  will  receive  prompt  and  regular  notice  by  mail  or  telagram. 

GOVERNMENT. 

While  teachers  will  be  expaot«d  to  exercise  a  general  supei-visiou  over  the 
minds,  manoers,  and  general  deportment  of  their  respective  classes,  the  govern- 
meut  w  ill  be  in  the  hands  of  the  Principal  to  b.-  administered  as  the  best  interests 
of  tiie  school  and  pupils  may  demand.  Firmnesa,  purBuaaivcoess,  kindness,  con- 
rtdpuce,  aud  sincerity,  will  he  its  chief  clemenU.  Should  these  fail  to  incite  pu- 
|)il..i  to  industry  and  duty,  they  will  be  promptly  returned  to  their  pareata,  or 
^ULuditms  without  lii-grace  if  po^iblc.  , 

FORMATION  OF  CHARACTER. 
It  will  be  the  coustiint  aim  to  purjfy  the  imagination,  devth.[.  tin-  miaomng 
faculties,  aud  inculcate  principles  of  souud  mor.ilily.  truthfulness,  honesty,  obe- 
dience tu  law,  respect  for  labor,  age,  and  oiiice,  amiableness  of  disposition  and 
deportment,  ami   to  cultivate  habits  of  cleanliness,  neatneas,  order,  industry, 

economy,  and  punctuality. 

SCHOLARSIIir. 

Daily  records  of  scholarship  and  deportment  will  he  kept  from  which  -luarter- 

ly  reports  will  be  made  to  parents  or  guardians  of  eflch  pupil,  showing  the  pupil's 

standing,  diligence,  ond  deportment.     These  reports  will  be  trat  and  tumdtd. 

The  8t.uidard  of  scholarship  will  be  high  and  a  failure  to  receive  the  highest 

grade  will  be  no  evidence  that  pupils  are  not  progressing. 


Folilical  ICcononi 


!ai  iteo'Taphy,  Surveying,  Differential  and  Integral  Calculus,  Astroi 
il  Philosophy,  German  Grammar  and  Reading,    Lectures  on 
Debating,  Lectures  on  the  Evidences  of  Chrilianity. 
SENIOR  CLASS. 
German  Reading.  Translation  of  English  into  German,  French  (Jrammnr  and 
Rcadi..-  iMiglish  Literature,  American  Literature.  Ancient  Literature.  Geology, 
Hotanv^Logu-.  Mental  Philosophy.  Moral  Philosophy.  Astrouomy.   Mineralogy. 
Lec:umson   Political  Economy  and  lulernatiunal  Law.  Original  Orations  and 
Essays,  Debating,  Lectures  on  the  Evidences  of  Christianity. 
The  Classical  Course  will  afford  students,  who  can  complete  il,  very  euperior 

'^''^'^"*"^'^-  eCIENTTFIC  C0UU8E. 

This  will  he  divided  into  Fre«hman,  Junior,  and  Senior  Classes.     It  will  riOt 
recpiire  the  Greek.     The  study  of  the  Latin  during  the  Junior  and  Senior  yeais 
will  he  optional  with  the  student.     Otherwise  it  will  he  the 
Course. 


b  same  as  the  Classical 


LIRRARV. 
Sppcial  pains  are  being  taken  to  collect  a  good  College  Library  for  Uie  use  of 
the  faculty  and  students.  Some  excellent  donations  have  been  recently  made  to 
this  department  and  others  are  earnestly  solicited  from  the  friends  of  science, 
morality,  and  true  religion.  All  contributions  are  promptly  acknowledged  and 
filed  with  the  name  of  tho  donor  on  the  label. 

BBAPINO   H00M9. 

Reading  rooms  for  the  use  of  faculty  and'studenU  will  be  easy  of  access,  com- 
fortably furoUhed,  and  supplied  with  o  useful  and  wholesome  collection  of  the 
beat  periodical  literature. 

CABINETS,   A(  . 
Special  efforts  will  he  made  to  supply  these  with  good  collections  for  the  bene- 
fit of  our  cla^sesi     Contributions  to  om 'Aooloyiml,  Lilhohgieal,  Mineral,  and 
Geological  Cabinets,,  and  ilerbarium  are  earnestly  solicit«l. 
AMApATua.  , 
The  School  will  have  apparatus  enough  to  meet  tho  general  wants  of  classes 
in  Natural  Philosophy.  Chemistry,  Surveying,  aud  Engineering.     This  will  be 
increased  as  fast  anithe  condition  of  the  School  will  justify  it. 

TEXT  BOOK*. 

Text  books  will  be  furnished  students  here  at  wholesale  prices  plu-s  the  actu*l 
I  cost  of  getting  thorn  here  and  haTidling  lliem.     Those  who  prefer  to  rent  books 


8 


'^J'HK    l^HKTHKK^    ^T    "V\"OKlv. 


July 


out  do  A1  «t  rwisrtuaM*'  rates.  The  editions  of  our  text  btKiks  have  not  been  fully 
d*»emin«t.  Shoiil.i  sni.iouts.  however,  have  any  *>f  the  following  hookt  on 
ba&d  they  should  bring  them  along  as  they  will  bcusi-d,  viz, :  E<lward*a  Annlyt- 
Icftl  Fourth  Reader,  Edward's  lutermciliatc  Kcnder,  IC<hvnrd'«  Analytical  Fifth 
S«der,  Oilhcart's  Literary  Reader,  Iladley's  Language  Leanonc.  ParlKl.  and 
11..  Grwn's  English  Gtaniniar  and  Analysis,  What«Iey'8  I^gic,  Hill's  ElcmcoU 
of  Rhetoric  and  Composition.  Hill'a  Science  of  Rhel/iric.  Hamiirs  Reading  and 
Elocution,  Stoddard's  Mental  Arithmolic,  Robinson "e  Mathematical  Series,  viz.: 
0>mp]etc  Arithmetic,  New  Elementary  Algebra.  University  Algebra,  Geometry 
nnd  Trigiinometrj-,  New  Surveying  and  Navigation,  Analytical  Geometry  and 
Conic  S«-ctions,  New  Differential  and  Integral  CaicnluM,  Univemity  Astronomy, 
Bryant  A  Stratton's  "  New  Counting  House  Book  Keeping,"  and  "  Musinewi 
Arithmetic,"  TowDsend'e  "  Analysis  of  Letter  Writing,"  "  Civil  Government  " 
U)d  •'Ctommereial  Law,"  Steel's  Fourteen  W.-eks  in  Philosophy.  Atkin'»nauntH 
Physic*.  Cutler's  Physiology,  Agassin;  A  Gould's  Zoology.  Gray'a  Botany,  Ouyot's 
Physical  Geography,  Loomis'  "  Practice  on  Actronomy."  and  "  Meteorology," 
Barker's  College  Chemistry.  Hitchcock's  Geology,  Wayland's  I'rinciples  of  Mor- 
al Science,  .Toms'  Firet  Leasons  in  Latin,  Boise's  "  First  Lessons  in  Greek."  and 
"  Exercises  in  Greek  Syntax,"  Jone*'  *'  Greek  Prose  Composition,"  and  "  Caisor's 
Commentaries." 

RKOUI^TIONS. 
i.  Pupils  will  room  two  or  ftiur  together,  and  will  not  lie  allowed  lo  vinit  each 


Furnished  rooms  will  have  carpet,  etove,  bedmcad.  Iwd.  b<.lsUr,  pillowB.  stieeU, 
comfort,  table,  chain.  wash^Ian.!.  wash  bf>wl  and  pit^^'her,  mirror,  bucket,  wood 
box.  etc.     Student*  should  bring  double  blanket  and  comfort. 

Pupils  boarding  at  our  College  Home  with  the  Principal  and  teachere.  will 
enjoy  very  superior  advantagea.  They  will  be  regarded  with  parental  care,  and 
better  attention  can  be  given  to  th'iir  health,  modes  and  raanneru.  Still  cJuaper 
boarding  house*  can  be  had  by  m&»*ing  clubbing,  etc. 

TOWKI>,  WMI-,  l.KiHT.  yVEL,  AST-  WASllINfi. 

These,  pupila  williurnish  thcmi.elve«.  fuflcao  be  had  on  the  ground  or  in 
the  woo<l  box.  Wwhing  and  ironing  can  be  done  at  tho  iostitute  and  delivered 
at  the  pupils'  rooms  at  moderate  rales. 

J©"  NOT  ICE.— Students   intending  to  attend  school  the  first  session  shoulc 
BL'iid  their  name*  and  addrewca  t/j  the  Principal  aa  early  oa    possible,  as  we  with 
to  have  ample  arrangementi^  for  all  in  due  time. 
For  fur  titer  jiariif.ul'ir»,  *er  or  uddrrM 

J.  W.  STEIN,  PniNcii-Ai-, 

P.  O.  Box  241.  Mt.  Morris. 

Ogle  County,  Illinois. 

M  e  m  o  r  i  a  m. 


other's  departments  during  study  hours. 

2.  Pupils,  in  tlic  Primary  School,  will  stn<ly  under  the  immedialc  superviaion 
of  the  instructor. 

3.  Students,  in  the  Academic  and  CollegiaUt  Depiwtinents,  will  occupy  their 
own  private  rooms  durinpf  study  hours  and  repair  to  their  raipoctive  recitation 
rooms  at  regular  intervals,  marked  by  the  ringing  of  the  hell, 

4.  Pupils  should  furnish  th<  matmn  with  a  list  of  their  i:lotln-a  when  thiiy  en- 
ter school. 

6.  All  articles  of  clothing  shoul.l  be  inarkrj  with  the  owuer'a  lull  name. 

6.  Pupils  are  fobidden  to  purchase  arliclra  on  credit. 

7.  It  would  be  belter  if  pupils,  instead  of  keej-iiig  their  poik-i  moii'  y  about 
their  pi-reon.  would  deposit  it  in  the  treju*iiry  and  take  a  receipt.  Thoy  can  draw 
it  when  nc.-ded  by  ai.plying  »"  f'^'  I*"""'!'"'' 

8.  Pupils  spending  vocaiion  at  the  Institution  will  be  subject  to  the  conUol  of 
the  Principal. 


I-I.AIN    l»Iii:MI.\ 

To  promote  health,  economy,  and  avoid  nil  dlBlinclions 


except  tlioBc  of  nji-rit 
both  teachers  and  pupil*,  male  ond  female,  will  be  rctpiircd  t«  drei^s  plainly. 
The  fcbool  uniform  will  be  regulajcd  by  the  Principal.  Plain  bonnets  will  bo 
used  instead  of  dress  hata.  DresseH  will  he  plain,  without  tucks,  rullles,  etr. 
Gay  attire  and  jewelry  will  be  prohihilcd.  If  dwirable,  however,  school  costume 
can  be  purcho^ed  and  made  here  on  reiiaonnblo  terms  after  the  studeuta'  arrival. 
visiTUHfl. 
Pupils  will  not  be  permitted  to  leave  their  recitation  rooms  to  hoc  viaitors,  ex- 
cent  from  a  distance  or  on  important  busiuosii.  I-'rienda  are  therefore  requested 
to  call  upon  them  a-s  fur  as  possible  out  of  school  hours,  but  not  on  Sunday, 
Students  will  only  receive  such  visitors  as  are  personally  known  lo  some  one  of 
tJie  officers,  or  who  present  projier  letters  of  introduction. 

Parents,  guardian)^,  &c.,  will  be  admitted  to  our  rccitatiou  ruunis  and  welcome 
to  our  hospitalities.     Come  and  see. 

VA'ATIONfl. 

As  we  consider  the  Christian  holidays  and  their  attendant  disaipaliouH  a  ser- 
ious interruption  of  school  work,  ami  us  other  short  vacatious  seldom  confer  any 
real  physical  benefit  upon  students,  but  usually  divert  the  mind  and  result  in 
loss  of  time  and  means,  and  ofV-a,  of  health,  we  will  therefore  have  no  vacation 
during  the  scholastic  year,  except  ChriBtmas  D.iy  when  it  comes  in  school  time, 
which  will  be  a  doy  of  worship  lierc. 

KKMGIOUH      EXKltClKEH. 

The  exercises  of  each  day  will  open  with  worship  id  the  chapot,  including  the 
reading  of  the  Holy  Scriptures,  singing  and  prayer.  Public  worship  will  also 
Ve  held  in  the  chajwl  on  the  forenoon  of  each  laird's  day,  and  u  Bible  school  in 
the  aittrnoon  of  the  same  doy.  Non-roeiilent  student*  will  be  rcfjuired  U>  attend 
these  unless  ejiecial  iustnictious  from  parents  or  guardians  request  them  to  at- 
tend worship  elsewhere. 

THE  DIEI-B. 

As  the  Bible  coDtaine  the  earliest  history,  the  subtimest  poetry,  tlie  richest 
eloquence,  the  soundest  morality,  the  trueet  laws,  the  purest  and  the  only  saving 
religion,  it  will  be  a  prominent  tex^book  in  our  work. 

OI'ENINt;  TEUM. 

This  will  begin  the  20lh  ol  August,  1S7H.  Students  should  be  here  the  very 
day  that  school  begins.  Every  day  they  remain  away  will  be  a  loss  to  them- 
selves and  their  classes  in  some  degree. 

ACCESS. 

StudentB  from  the  East  will  come  to  Chicago  or  Aurora  tlionce  to  Mt,  Mor- 
ris. Those  coming  from  the  West  can  either  run  to  one  of  the  above-named 
places  or  come  to  Forreston  on  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad,  and  thence  to  Mt 
Monie. 

A.BRIVAL. 
Sehool  conveyance  will  attend  the  trains  the  19lh  and  SOlh  of  August,  for  the 
acoommodation  of  female  students.  Student's  baggage  will  also  be  brou"ht 
from  the  depot.  Should  studenta,  on  arriving,  find  no  conveyance,  they  will 
leave  their  baggage  in  the  care  of  the  agent  and  walk  to  the  Institute,  only  a 
ilwrt  distance  away.  All  should  report  at  once  at  the  Principal's  ofhce  ("No.  1" 
OQ  second  floor  of  main  building;,  where  they  will  receive  the  necessary  iufor- 
loatioD,  and  be  duly  cartd  for. 

i:Xl'£N9f». 

Tuition  in  Academy  and  College — *8.00i»er  term,  or  ...$;}Oj)W  year  in  advance. 

Primary  achool 4,00    "       "      '•    ...  14 

Fumiahed  rooms f^ai    ,.       "      "    ...20       " 

I'nfumialied 3,50    "       ■•"...  12       •' 

lluard  and  tuition 30^    «       »      ..    _.  jo6     '■ 

Board,  tuition.  &  f  umiahfed  room . .  .35^    "      "     -    ...  125     " 


riELLaaleep  in  Jesus,  without  any  disease,  and  in  less  time,  than  thirtv- 
r  two  minute)*  warning,  our  beloved  brother.  Peter  Ellenberfier.  aged  SO 
years,  and  .'i*!4  days.  He  wiw  a  native  of  l'"ayetfe  County,  PennKylvania:  and 
being  warned  of  sin.  of  righteousnes-s,  and  of  a  judgment  to  come,  in  an 
early  day  of  hiM  history  he  sought  and  found  the  "home  of  the  soul"  (the 
church).  He  lived  to  honor  and  serve  liis  divine  Ma.ster  with  the  fullest 
confidence  in  the  cliurch. 

In  the  year  1842  lie  emigrated  to  the  State  of  Ohio,  where  he  found  the 
l)eople  of  his  choi(«,  with  whuni  he  willingly  united,  and  was  always  found 
at  hia  post  of  duly,  both  in  arranging  and  conducting  meetings.  Being 
naturally  blessed  with  a  sweet  mu-siea!  voice,  and  having  in  early  life,  ac- 
quired H  knowledge  of  the  fundamental  principles  of  vocal  music,  he  al- 
ways acU'd  in  the  capacity  of  clerk  at  all  meetings,  which  he  attended  (there 
being  iow  which  h'-  did  not  att«ud)  over  a  radius  of  fifty  miles. 

He  was  the  father  of  two  Houa,  J,i:ob  and  .loaeph,  (both  raembera  of  the 
church),  eighteen  grandchildren,  and  three  great  grand-children. 

On  the  morning  of  the  .'Jrd  of  June,  1S7S*,  he  was  well  and  appeared  to 
enjoy  litb,  with  it<  a'tendant  ble.s8ing8,  with  more  than  ordinary  cheerful- 
ness of  spirit. and  wa^  looking  forward  to  the  next  day,  with  sweet  anticipa- 
tion, it  bmng  hiK  birthday.  He  would  have  completed  his  81st  year.  Also, 
of  meeting,  on  the  morrow,  all  \\U  neighbors  and  Brethren,  at  the  raising 
of  the  Brethren's  Church,  at  May  Hill.  The  thought  of  the  consummation 
of  the  al)o»'c  caused  an  unusual  buoyancy  of  spirits. 

He  ate  his  usual  dinner,  and  walked  around  during  the  at'ternooa.  sup- 
porting himself  on  his  two  canes,  which  have  aided  him  for  many  years. 
Some  thirty-two  minutes  hefore  his  departure  from  earth,  he  came  into  the 
house.  piiMsing  liis  son  Joseph  at  Hie  door.  The  former  went  into  the  hou^e, 
and  laid  down  on  the  bed,  and  the  latter  went  into  his  shop.  Immediately 
ailerenttiring  the  shop,  he  was  notified  by  his  little  daughter,  that  "Qandpa" 
was  sick.  On  receipt  of  this  information  he  quickly  repaired  to  the  bedside 
of  his  father  and  limud  him  cnniplainiug  of  misery  in  hid  body.  The  old 
brother  «aid  to  his  son,  "Joseph,  I  will  not  be  here  long.  The  Lord's  will 
be  done."  I  am  willing  to  go  "  The  family  aumraoned  the  nearest  neigh- 
bors, but  before  their  arrival  his  spirit  had  gone  to  God  who  gave  it.  With- 
out a  moan,  sigh  or  struggle,  filling  the  caption  of  this  notice,  'Tell  Asleep." 
We  had  the  pleasure  ot  conversing  with  the  dnar  old  brother,  a  few  days  be- 
fore his  death,  relative  to  the  vital  issues  taking  place  in  the  church.  It 
grieved  him  that  difference  should  exist  to  such  an  alarming  degree  where 
tliere  is  no  Bible  authority.     Who  will  be  next?  W.  S.  Lyon. 

(Primitive  ami  Proyrfssire  Christian,  j'!f<iSf  fopij  ) 


From  Jesse  Calvert. 


T  UNE  1st,  1  left  the  Ureth  ren  at  Tiffin,  Ohio,  to  attend  the  Love-feast  at 
(j  Springfield:  arrived  at  place  of  meeting  Sunday  morning;  tried  to 
preach  twice  for  them.     Hope  some  good  was  done. 

.lune  nth,  Visited  Sulphur  Springs,  of  Sandusky  County,  Ohio;  preached 
at  night  in  M.  B.  Church,  in  the  town  of  Green  Spring. 

June  IDth.  Went  to  Home  Church,  Ohio  to  a  Love-feast;  had  a  good 
meeting,  soul-reviving  feast. 

June  llth.  Morning  meeting;  one  added  to  the  church  by  baptism.  In 
the  evt^ning  started  to  Huntingtoi:,   Indiana  to  attend  their  Love-feast. 

June  12th.     Arrived  at  Father-in-law's;  found  motherquite  sick. 

June  13th.  Attended  Love-feast  at  Shock's  Corners;  had  a  very  excellent 
meeting. 

June  Hth;  had  morning  meeting;  Started  to  attend  the  Ogau's  Creek 
Feoat.  On  our  way,  anioiig  the  number  of  members  that  were  in  company, 
was  a  young  woman  that  did  not  belong  to  the  church;  the  was  asked, 
"Would  you  not  love  to  commune  with  us  to-night?"  She  said,  "I  would." 
So  we  commanded  the  chariot  to  stand  still,  being  at  a  certain  water,  and 
we  both  went  down  into  the  water  and  I  baptized  her.  aurl  we  all  went  o.: 
our  way  rejoicing.     Had  a  good  feast  at  night. 

June  15th.  Had  a  good  meeting  this  morning;  four  more  were  added  to 
the  church  by  baptism.     Thus  all  rejoiced  again. 

June  Ifith.     Arrived  safe  home;  found  all  well.     Thank  the  Lord. 

June  l7th.  Myself,  wite,  and  a  few  other  member.*  leli  our  honiea  to  at- 
tend the  Love-feast  at  Rock  Run,  the  former  home  of  Jacob  Burkey.  We 
had  a  good  meeting,  and  well  attended. 

June  \H\\.  Morning  meeting;  one  restored;  then  returned  home,  where 
I  am  now  resting. 

War»inv,  Imliitmi. 


Missionary  Work  in  Ohio. 


ri^HE  Hoard  of  Evangelism  of  North-western  district  of  Ohio  met   in   the 
1      Rome  Church,  and  organized  by  choosing  the  following  officers: 

Abraham  Buchley.  Moderator;  Joseph  Rothrock,  Treasurer:  S.  W.  Lin- 
dower,  Secretary.  Each  to  serve  one  year  or  till  their  successors  be  chosen. 
The  Board  then  divided  the  whole  district  into  five  sub  districts,  and  eacb 
took  one;  and  will  appoint  solicitors,  who  will  forward  all  contributions  di- 
rect to  the  Treasurer,  and  send  a  statement  to  the  S  ecretary.  who  shall  keep 
a  record  of  all  business  transactions,  and  of  evangelical  work.  The  Treas- 
urer shall  receipt  for  all  monies  received,  and  pay  out  only  on  an  order 
aigned  by  a  majority  of  the  Board.  The  following  names  of  ministers  were 
suggested  as  evangelists: 


I.  J.  I{."enberger.   John    Brillh  . 
Samuel  Metzger.    James     Mcuitj,i,_ 
Uaniel    Brown,  Jacob    Brown,  S.   T 
Bossermun.  L.  U.  Dickey,  J.  C.  Whiu 
more.  Richard  Berkeybile. 

The  following  are  the  members  of 
Board: 

Peter  Driver.  Lima.  Allen  County 
Ohio;  David  Shidler,  Leipsic.  Putnam 
County.  Ohio;  Abraham  Btiechlev 
Attica,  Seneca  County.  Ohio;  S,  h' 
Thomas,  Carey,  Wyandot  County 
Ohio;  J.  K.  Spacht,  Dunkirk,  Hardin 
County,  Ohio. 

S.  W.  LiNDowEB,  Secretary. 

From  Cedar  Lake  Congregation 
Indiana. 

OUR  communion  passed  enjoyably 
on  the  :ird  and  4th  of  .Im,e 
Our  ministers  were  assisted  by  fiyg 
bishops  and  eight  laboring  brethren. 
The  church  saw  proper  to  call  more 
laborer-',  and  unanimously  agreed  to 
advance  Brother  James  Barton  to  tin- 
office  of  bishop,  S.imuel  Williams  to 
the  firht  degree  of  the  ministry,  and 
Joseph  Hoover  and  Levi  Rowland  u, 
the  deaconship.  The  installation  Wiis 
solemnized  by  Brother  David  B^er,  o| 
Noble  County,  and  Brother  Petnr 
Long,  of  Eaglish  Prairie,  Lagrauoi- 
County,  in  the  presence  of  about  Ion 
Brethren,  and  a  large  congregation  of 
anxious  hearers. 

Our  meeting-house  is  situated  one 
mile  south  and  one-half  mile  east  of 
Corunna,  a  station  on  the  Areline  U 
R.,  and  sis  miles  north-west  of  Au- 
burn, the  county-seat  of  Dekalb 
County.  Its  size  is  4(1x60,  with  a 
basement.  Our  membership  consists 
of  one  bishop,  two  speakers,  six 
visiting  brethren,  and  seventy-four 
lay  members. 

Health  in  this  locality  is  good. 
Summer  crops  look  fair,  and  wheat 
never  looked  better.  Apple  and  peach 
crop  short.     Small  fruit  plenty. 

G.  I.  Patteiison. 

June  mh,  1879. 


From  D.  E.  Price. 

WE  arrived  home  from  the  south- 
ern mission  field  on  Monday, 
the  IGtb  inst;  found  all  well.  The 
meetings  were  not  very  largely  at- 
tended, but  the  attention  was  gener- 
ally good. 

Brother  Holsinger  was  well  pleased 
with  the  country,  and  expects  to  move 
out  some  time  in  September,  if  his 
family  is  satisfied  and  no  providential 
interlerences.  We  expect  to  hear 
from  him  soon  after  he  gets  home, 
and  probably  we  can  give  you  more 
definite  word.  He  will  take  the  cars 
at  Mt.  Morris  to-night  for  home. 

Mt.  Morris,  111.,  June  18. 

Notice  to  Southern  District  of  111. 

''PHE  Biethren  at  Hudson  [irooose 
A  to  change  the  time  of  holding 
the  District  Meeting  for  18T!t,  from 
the  28th  of  October  to  tlie  30th  of 
.September.  Will  await  for  objections 
until  August2Uth;  then  if  there  are 
no  objections,  notice  will  be  given  in 
the  BaErHJtEN  at  Wokk,  according 
to  the  proposed  change. 

T.  D.  Lyon, 
Hiii/^im,  MeLeiin  Co.,  III. 


A  good  cause  makes  a  stoat  heart. 

Strong  reasons  make  strong  actions. 

liiuut  people  often -saysharpthiugs. 

The  sleeping  fox  catches  no  poultry. 

Progress  is  born  of  doubt  and  anx- 
iety. 

Candid  thoughts  are  always  valu- 
able. 

A  wounded  reputation  is  seldom 
cured. 

All  is  but  lip  wisdom  that  wants  ex- 
perience, 

Hope  is  a  good  breakfeast,  but  a 
bad  supper. 

Whoever  conquers  indolence  cau 
conquer  most  things. 

There  is  no  man  so  bad  but  that  he 
secretly  respects  the  good. 

As  gold  is  purified  in  the  furnace, 
80  is  character  refined  by  pain. 


' 


TJiirrnTeor^^JSU 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


''Behold  I  Brimg   You  Good  Tidings  of  Great  Joy,  which  Shall  he  to  AU  I'eopU."  —  hvicx  2: 


vol.  IV. 


Lanark,  111.,  JUly  10,  1879. 


No.  28 


EDITED  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 


ESHELMAN    &    HARRISON. 


-pinir-rOBs  will  jilease  notiiidulgein  peraon- 
^"^„n,i»mcourteoiia  langusige,  but  endeiivor  ijo 
''flit  tlieir  viewa  "  with  gracH    seasoned  with 

"  Vriliall  know  the  trutli  and  Uie  Uuth  shiill 


CONTENTS    OP  VOL.  4.  NO.   28. 


(piTOiiiAi,  articles:  Page 

TtieWoilt  of  Agents.... ■..!.: 4>,.,i-. -•..-..  4 

^1,^.  o»l>  Infiillible  Ureed.^.,.....^.-. ..........  4 

T„  Our  Contrilmtors. . . : 4 

(,(,STBIBt--Ti:D    ARTIOLESl 
Tiie  Iloly  Gliost  find  CoriU'lina.— J.   H.Moure.  T, 

i  Sermon 2 

A  St;itenient  of  Facta.  An  Kamest  Aiipeal.— 

James  A.  Ridenour '. 2 

The  Lord's  IIovi8e.—Wm.  lioiough ;: 

pCPHcliei't  Spirits,  Prison. — Cliarles  M,  Yearoiit  n 
David  Reproached  by  one  not  his  Enemy.— 

Josifth  F.  Culler » 

Uui'E.— A.  W.  VaniuiiiQ U 

Till'  Ship  is  still  Safe.— F.  P.  Lcelir r, 

St^iu  und  Ray  Debate l 

fiiiou  and  I-ove. — Charles  M.  Yearout .......  1 

cobresFundence: 

F/jui  P-ilestine— J.  W.  McGarvey  Wr, 

From  V  Tt.  Wrightamaii. r.. . . .  7 

Xotes  liy  the  Way.— Leah  T.  Condry 7 

To   District  Meeting  and  Back    Again.- W. 

Clark  " 

Fdhu  Samuel  MuiTay 7 

From  Minnesota,— Mary  C.  Norman 7 

From  (Central  Point,  Cal 7 

From  Elk  Lick  Pa.— S- C.  Keim 8 

S|«cial  HoU^tft^TTsD.fi.  Ujbson ^ 

iELBCTED : 

Oliedience  to  Parenta :i 

Keep  Your  Troubles  Sacred..  :! 

Motliera :i 


POBTBT ' 

pjHliii  of  Cheerfulness. . 
"I  will  be  Good," 


STEIN  AND  RAY  DEBATE. 

Prop.  1st — Hretlireu  {or  Tunker)  Churi,'ht;^  pos. 
ses3  the  Bible  Characteristics  which  entitle 
them  tu  be  regarded  as  Churches  of  Jesus 
Cbrist. 

.1.  W.  Stein,  AiErms. 

D;  B.  Rat.  Denies, 

BLi).  .[».  B.  'KAy's  SIXTEBXTH  REPLY. 

WE  did  not  denounce  Mr.  Steiii  as  u  '^blas- 
pliemer"  for  doing  what  James  com- 
maods,  iu  aiioiutiug  the  sick  with  oil;  we  said: 
"To  anoint  with  oil  for  'the  forgivenessof  sins,' 
islieid  l>v  Mr.  Stein,  is  blasphemy  and  assump- 
lion." 

In  his  14th  eiffirmative,  Mr.  Stein,  -apeaking 
oftheTunker  practice  of  anointing  the  sick 
wth  oil,  say8:'"Ttie  forgiveuess  of  sins  is  piom- 
iwd  on  its  proper  observance."  This  miserable 
■popishcQstoni  of  auoiuliiig  for  the  pardon  of 
*iusi8the"bla.sphemuus  assumption."  For  thi; 
Muse  the  Tunker  churches  cannot  be  churches 
of  Christ.  Our  friend's  charge  that  his  [Ray's] 
u«Ti  churwh  formerly  "'believed  and  practiced 
'be  Same,"  is  HWF'Wy  untrue.  Yes,  Jesus  was' 
cliarged  with  blasphemy  forilaiming  to  forgive 
'ifls:  and  had  he  not  had  power  to  forgive  sins, 
'be  charge  would  have  been  true.  'But  now 
flien  a  sinful  man  usurps  the  seat  of  Cbrist.  by 
fiainiiiig  to  forgive  sins  by  "extreme  unction," 
■■f  touiniits  i/H*/)/i«iHj/.  The  apostles,  clothed 
"'th  luiroculous. power,  "cast  out  many  devils, 
Wd  auoiuted  with  oil  many  that  wei-e  sick,  and 
Wledtliem.":(Mark'6:  13).  If  the  Tunkers 
must  perform  all  things. practiced  or  vrimmand- 
w  by  the  apostles,  they  must  cast  outdevils  and 
""*e  the  dead.  also. 

•^f.  Stein  is  forced  to  siiri-end-r  bis  mlh  ar 
Suuieut,  by  admitting  that  persons  "uie  requir-l 
"^  to  enter  Christ's  church  by  solttiun  oath  of 
'"fgiiiuce."  And  as  this  oath  is  to  be  admiuis- 
*f*d  by  God's  ministers,  the  command  to  "8weai-| 
"ift  at  ^11"'  cannot  be  applied  universally. 


In  bis  long  apology  for  the  Tuuker  '\on/orin- 
ity"  in  dress,  our  friend  refers  to  Rev.  7:  0,  13 
where  John,  in  vision  saw  the  "great  multitude" 


@chwart/,enau  to  Serust«rviu,  in  Kriesland,  and 
fflom  thence  migrated  toward  America  in  1719; 
aldL4  ill  17^!l  those  of  Crefelt  and  Holland  foUow- 


"clothed  in  white   robes,   and    palms    in    their  i  ej  their  brethren.     Thus  we  see,  all 'the  Tunk- 


bands"!  Why  do  not  the  Tunkers  adopt  the 
"white  robes  and  palms"  for  church  ''uniform?" 
We  do  not  ridicule  the  Tunker  "white  cap";  but 
we  do  regard  the  superstition  of  adopting  such 
a  religious  uniform  fora  "spiritual  covering"  ''in 
order  to  spiritual  strength  and  power"  as  one 
species  oi'  itbointmtble  idolnlrij.  Such  churches 
as  commit  such  abomjuations  are  nut  uliurches 
of  Christ,  The  church  that  estaijlisbes  a  relig- 
ious fashion  of  cut,  color,  or  style  of  dress  is  not 
a  church  of  Cbrist. 

Another  reason  for  making  the  Tunker  church 
the  bride  of  Chri,st,  is  that  tiie  brethren  "will 
not  fellowship  such  clerical  titles  as  Rev.,  kv.'' 
This  seems  to  be  another  case  of  "bliiid-guiden, 
which  strain  at  a  gnat,  and  swallow  a  camei." 
(Matt.  23:  2+).  The  Tunkers  can  blindly  swal- 
low the  Popish  heresies  of  baptismal  salvation, 
church  salvation,  "extreme  unction,"  with  a 
swarm  of  other  traditions  of  men;  but  tliey  must 
"titheotraiatandaui.se  and  cummin"  by  re- 
jecting titles.  We  do  not  approve  of  uuscript- 
ural  ministerial  titles,  but  the  Tunker  custom 
in  rejecting  certain  titles  proves  no  more  for 
them  than  for  Quakers  and  others. 

Mr.  Stein  lays  down    7th   cbaracterihtic,  that 


et  chui'i-bes"  in  America  sprang  from  the  church 
of  Schw.irtzenau  in  Germany;  that  that  church 
began  in  1708,  with  only  eight  souls,  and  that 
ill  a  place  where  no  Baptists  had  been  in  the 
mwuory  of  man,  nor  any  now  are;  in  sixty-two 
years  'that  little  one  is  become  a  thousand,  that 
sibrtll  one  a  great  nation.'  "  pp.  01,  'J2. 

Thus  the  following  facta  are  brought  out  by 
the  Tunkers  themselves: 

First:  The  first  Tunker  church  originated  in 
Germany  in  170S. 

Sfiund:  They  had  uo  baptized  or  authorized 
aiministriitor;  therefore,  they  cast  lots  for  an 
administrator. 

I  Third:  They  were  so  conscious  of  error  and 
!-hftrae  that  they  "carefully  concealed"  the  name 
of  their  unlawful  administrator. 

^Fourth:  The  Tunkers  "then  formed  them- 
tf'iWes  into  a  church,  choosing  Alexander  Mack 
a^  their  minister." 

Fifth:  "Thus  we  see,  all  'the  Tunker  churches' 
ill  Amerii:a  sprang  from  the  church  of  SchwarU 
zenau  in  Germany;  that  that  church  began  in 
1708,  With  only  eight  members." 

With  the^e  faiits,  from  the  Tunkers  them- 
selves, the  man  that  dares  tu    affirm    that   the 


ofChrist  and  his  apostles  iu  the  lint  ca.turv. 
But  the  Tunker  cliui-ches  had  their  ..rigin  un- 
der the  ministry  of  Alexandr  M.ick,  an  unbap- 
tized  Presbjterian,  iuthe  eighteenth  century. 
Therefore,  the  Tunker  churches  are  not  church- 
es of  Christ. 


iilNi 

1    ^ 


the  Ttmlrr  church  is  Christ's  hndif" !     He  then    Tunker  churches  had  an  earlier  origin  than  17i)8, 
bravely  says  that  the    Brethren    "acknowledge    i""»t  be  possessed  with  the  spirit  of  falsehood 


no  head  but  Christ"!  In  our  last  negative  we 
attirmed  that:  "According  to  their  own  testi- 
mouy,  the  original  Tunker  church  was  compos- 
ed of  those  baptized  by  an  uuregenerate  child  \ 
ofSfitay."  Jlr  Steins  siiys:  "This 'is  m»tcp.eC.' 
Yes,  hut  IT  IS  TKUE,  For  the  Tuukei-s  regard 
every  unbaptized  man  as  au  uuregeuerate  child 
of  Satan.  This  has  been  abundantly  proved  in 
our  negative  line.  That  the  original  Tunker 
church  was  composed  of  those  baptized  by  an 
unbaptized  administrator,  is  seen  in  all  correct 
accounts  of  the  origin  of  the  Tunkers.  No 
Tunker  church  ever  existed  prior  to  1708,  when 
eight  .persons  oraanized  themselves  into  a  so- 
called  chur(h.  In  the  History  of  Denomina- 
tions in  the  United  States,  compiled  by  Jno. 
Winebrenner,  he  gives  "the  history  of  each  de- 
nomination fpom  the  pen  of  mome  one  of  its 
most  distinguished  ministers  or  professors;  thus 
affording  eacb  sect  the  opportunity  of  giving 
its  own  history."  In  this  work  the  history  of 
the  Brethren,  or  Tunkers,  is  given  by  Philip 
Boyle,  of 'Uniontown,  Md.  This  distinguished 
Tunker  preacher,  in  the  above  named  work,  con- 
cerning the  two  companies  of  Tunkers  which 
emigrated  to  America  in  1719  and  ATZ^,  adepts 
the  language  of  Morgan  Edwards,  thus: 

"Those  two  companies  had  been  members  of 
one  and  the  same  church,  which  originated  in 
Schwartxenau,  in  the  year  17o8,  in  Germany, 
The  first  cons  tit  urjnts  were  Alexander  Mack 
and  wife,  Jno.  Kipin  and  wife,  George  Grevy, 
Andreas,  .Bhony,  Lucas  Fetter,  and  Joanna 
Nethigum,  Being  neighbors,  thej'  agreed  to- 
gether to  read  the  Bible,  and  edify  one  another 
in  the  way  they  had  been  brought  up,  for  as 
yet  they  did  not  know  there  were  any  Baptists 
in  the  world.  However,  believer's  baptism  and 
acongreg.itional  church  soon  gained  on  thein. 
insomuch  that  they  determined  to  obey  the  gos- 
pel in  those  matters.  These  desired  Alexader 
Mack  to  baptize  them,  but  he  deeming  himself 
in  reality  unbaptized,  refused;  upon  whicii  they 
i:ast  lots  to  find  who  should  be  administrator; 
on  whom  the  lot  fell  hath  been  carefully  con- 
cealed. Howeve*,  baptized  they  were  iu  the 
river 'Eder,  by  Schwartz'^uau,  and  then  formed 
themselves  into  a  church,  choosing  Alexander 
M^k  as  their  minister.  They  increased  last, 
and  began  to  spread  their  branches  to  Mtirien 
burn  and  Kp^tein,  having  Johu  Naasand  Chris 
tian  Levy  as  their  ministers  in  thoseplaces;  but 
persecution  quickly  drove  them  thence:  some 
to  Holland,  some  to  Crefelt.  Soon  after  the 
mother    church     voluntarily     romfived     from 


This  same  account  is  confirmed  by  Mr,  Moore 
in  his  history  of  the  origin  of  the  Tunkers.  All 
the  histories  of  denoinalious,  that  mention  the 
T'lnkerm,  give  the  same  account  of  the  origin  of 
iH^fTankers,  tu  r.'OR.  But  in  his  di'«p?ratiou 
Mr.  Stein  denies  these  facts,  awA/ahebj  insinu- 
ates that  wo  said  that  the  Tunkers  "received 
baptism  knowingly  at  the  hands  of  one  who 
was  lighting  against  God '!  We  made  no  such 
statement.  We  based  our  objection  on  the  ad- 
mitted fact  that  the  original  Tunkei-s  were  bap- 
tized by  an  unbaptized  alien,  whom  they  regard 
as  a  child  of  Satau. 

We  mean  by  "scriptural  church  succession," 
church  succession  as  taught  in  the  holy  script- 
ures— the  Word  of  God.  It  is  taught  in  Dan. 
2:  44;  Is.  ^.Q,  7;  Matt.  16:  IK;  Luke  1  33.  The 
kingdom  of  Christ  "shall  never  be  destroyed;'' 
"It  shall  stand  forever."  "Of  the  increase  of 
his  government"  "there  shall  be  no  end."  "The 
gates  of  hell  shall  not  prevail  against  it" — the 
church  of  Christ.  Jesus  shall  "rule  over  the 
house  of  Jacob  forever,  and  of  his  kingdom  there 
shall  be  uo  end."  This  kingdom  has  had  "an 
unbroken  organic  connection"  from  the  time  of 
the  apostles  to  the  present  time.  Therefore,  the 
Tunker  church,  which  had  its  origin  iu  Germa- 
ny in  1T08,  is  not  the  body  of  Christ. 

It  is  infallibly  certain  that  the  Tunkers  have 
not  the  Bible  church  succession.  -It  is  not  our 
business  to  leave  the  discussion  of  the  Tunker 
church  question  to  trace  the  succession  of  the 
true  church. 

Mr.  Stein  says:  "Our  brethren  have  never 
written  their  history."  Thev  have  no  history 
to  write  prior  to  1708.  Can  they  afford  to  forge 
a  history?  But  alas!  and  it  comes  to  pass  that 
the  "understandings  and  tratlitions"  of  our 
Brethren  think  that  Bro.  Mack  "was  a  Wal- 
demtan" !  Sure  enough,  somebody  told  some- 
body that  some  old  book  (uo  one  knows  its 
name)  somewhere  (no  one  can  tell  where)  tells 
the  yarn  that  Mr.  Mack,  the  first  Tunker  preach- 
er, was  a  Waldeusean!!!  Rather  a  slender  spi- 
der web  tu  hang  the  Tuuker  succession  upon, 
we  would  say.  if  the  true  church  of  Christ  was 
with  the  Waldcase8,«'hydid  the  Tunkerssetupa 
new  deuommar-ion?  Tue  ancient  Walden.-ean 
writings  and  confessions  of  raith  do  nut  give 
the  cur-marks  of  the  Tunkers.  They  had  but 
*  two  sacr.inien  i.-"— church  ordinances— baptism 
and  the  Lord's -ti  up  per.  They  say  nothing  of 
holding  "trine  immersion,"  or  the  seveu  -saving 
church  ordinaiices  of  theTuiikers.  The  church- 
es of  Christ  had  their  origin  under  the  ministry 


UNION  AND  LOVE. 

BV  C'H.\S.  M.  VKAROI'T. 

"Behold  how  good  and  how  pleasant  it  Is  fur 
brethren  to  dwell  top<»ther  in  tniity."    Psn.  iris;  \, 

union  there  is  strength,"  Dnd  as  long  as 
we  are  united  in  the  bonds  of  love,  all 
the  combined  forces  of  the  a<lversary  cannot 
overcome  a  single  member  of  our  united  Brotli- 
erbond;  but  let  there  be  divisions  among  us, 
and  then  comes  weakness.  The  enemy  then 
invades  the  ciinip,  and  the  saints  have  to  mrffer. 
And  as  we  do  not  want  strife  and  ^chihni'in  the 
church,  let  us  not  do  anything  to  wound  each 
othere  feelings;  but  let  us  "be  kindly  atfrction- 
cd  one  to  another  with  brotherly  love*  in  hon- 
or prefei  ring  one  another."  Rom.  12:  10.  Let 
us  "love  (is  brethren,  be  pitiful,  be  courtedus." 
"Seeing  you  have  purified  your  souls  in  obey- 
ing the  truth  through  the  Spirit  unto  unfeign- 
ed love  of  the  brethren,  see  that  y*  love  one  an- 
other %vith  a  pure  heart  fervently."  1  Pet.  1: 
22.  Let  us  walk  by  the  same  rule,  let  un  mind 
the  same  things,"  Phil,  3:  16,  then  all  will  be 
right,  and  there  will  be  no  divisions  among  us, 
I  but  we  will  be  brethren  indeed  and  in  truth, 

Behold  how  good  and  pleasant,  and  how  be- 
coming when  brethren  are  all  united,  and  in 
pejice  together  dwell." 


HUMILITY  NOT  CONTEMPTIBLE. 

HUMILITY  did  not  make  John  the  Baptist 
contemptible;  but  when  he  refused  the 
name  of  a  prophet,  Christ  said  he  was  more 
than  a  prophet.  Humility  did  not  make  Moses 
contemptible,  but  he  was  the  mildest  man  on 
earth.  Humility  did  not  make  David  contempts 
ible  when  he  humbled  himself  before  God  ia 
penitence  and  prayer.  As  Christ  ceased  not  to 
be  king  because  he  was  like  a  servant,  nor  to  be 
a  lion  because  he  was  a  lamb,  nor  to  be  a  God 
because  he  was  made  a  man,  nor  be  a  judge  be- 
cause he  was  judged;  so  man  doth  not  lose  his 
honor  by  humility,  but  he  shall  be  honored  for 
his  humility,  as  the  Sou  was  honored  when  he 
was  humbled.    (Luke  13:  l^«-2ii) 


In  1867,  while  a  candidate  in  I'ennsylvania, 
old  Thad.  Stavens  was  charged  with  being  au 
Atheist.  He  replied  in  a  letter  to  a  gentleman 
who  wrote  to  him  upon  the  subjt'ct,  and  said: 
''All  the  statements  which  you  said  are  false,  as 
the  author  well  knew,  if  he  iwid  any  knowledge 
on  the  subject,  I  have  always  been  a  firm  be- 
liever in  the  Bible,  He  is  a  fool  who  disbelieves 
the  existence  of  a  God,  as  you  say  is  charged  on 
me.  I  also  believe  in  the  existence  of  a  hell,  for 
the  especial  benefit  of  this  slanderer.  I  have 
said  that  I  never  deny  aa>  charges,  h  jwever 
gross,  I  make  an  exception  where  my  religoas 
belief  is  brought  into  question.  I  make  no 
pretension  to  piety  (the  more  pity ),  but  I  would 
not  be  tliougbt  to  be  an  infidel.  I  ivas  raised  a 
Baptist,  and  adhere  to  their  belief, — Inter  Ocean. 

Neveh  gek  in  a  hurry.  Nine  times  out  of  ten 
your  hurry  will  produce  a  tlurry,  aud  that  wil! 
botch  V"ur  work,  which  will  have  to  b,;  done 
over  again  or  will  be  spoiled  entirely.  The  ad- 
age "Haste  makes  waste"  is  a  true  one.  A  man 
can  never  make  the  best  speed  on  any  kind  of 
work,  if  he  feels  hurried  about  it.  The  first 
thing  to  be  desired  and  sought,  is  correctness, 
to  do  what  you  do  well.  Everything  else  should 
be  subordinate  to  correcluess.  That  secured, 
then  the  next  desideratum  is  spetd.  But  tlie 
speed  is  never  acquired  by  hurry. 


THE    liliKTirtKK:N'    ^T    W'Oi^Ji. 


JiUy    lo 


PSALM  OF    CHEERFULNESS. 

OH!  my  brotlier,  oh!  my  sister: 
ViMif  follow  luimau  kiud. 
Ye  whom  wrong,  or  care,  or  sorrow, 
Brings  a  tronbled,  tortured  mind, 
Tho'  yo  I>Ltw  Iwneath  tlic  InirtJen 

Pppssing  hard  to  Iwar  you  down, 
Listen  to  this  holy  lesson — 
Never  murmur,  never  frown. 

Wrong — the  inner  heart  it  woundeth, 

And  'tis  cruel  as  the  grave, 
But  will  bitt^rne.'w  or  anger 

Soothe  the  smart  its  furj-  gave? 
Xol  my  brother,  nol  niy  sister. 

They  will  ne'er  one  paug  beguile. 
Better,  then,  it  is  to  bear  it, 

And  rebuke  it  with  a  smile. 

Care— tin*  weary  heart  oppreK-seth, 

OfVn  'ti»  a  galh'ng  load. 
But  will  fretting,  or  will  frowning, 

Ivase  the  burden,  smooth  thi-  roadV 
No!  my  brother,  no!  my  sister. 

Never  for  a  moment's  wile, 
Better,  better,  then,  be  cheerful. 

And  repel  it  with  a  smile. 

Grief— oh,  yea,  the  heart  it  wringeth  — 

Tis  a  bitter  thing  to  bpar. 
But  will  sad  or  stern  repining 

Kase  the  weiiry  wofis  ye  bearr* 
Nol  my  brother,  uol  my  sister. 

Listen  not  to  ])a»sion's  wile, 
This  is  wisdom's  holy  lesaon — 

Meet  your  sorrows  with  a  smile. 

y.'S,  howe'er  it  seemeth  grievous, 

'Tit<  It  pure  and  potent  <-hnrm, 
Meok  iuid  cheerful  resiguntioQ 

Can  the  bitterest  woes  diKarm; 
Yea!  my  brother,  yes!  my  sistt-r, 

Can  the  weariest  cares  beguile, 
Can  the  sorest  sorrows  lighten. 

Fever  wcowl,  then, — better  smile. 

For  the  smile  upon  your  featuroi 

Soou  will  loaru  to  reach  the  heiirt 
And  itfi  deepest  darkness  iiglitvii 

By  its  own  sweel  sunny  art; 
Soon,  aye,  can  the  heart  of  ocean 

Be  with  grievous  storm  oj)prest, 
When  no  wild  and  angry  motion 

Mars  itj*  boflom'«  gliuisy  rest. 

Listen,  then,  my  brother,  sister, 

And  when  aught  shall  weigh  you  down. 
Firmly  give  your  weakness  battle, 

And  refuse  to  weur  u  frown! 
Glorious  is  that  noble  si)irit. 

That  uncrusdi'd  in  trouble's  night. 
Still  amidst  the  deepp-'t  dnrkne-^s, 

Sniili-th  iind  createth  light. 

-A'.    )'.  Jtisjuitrh. 

A  SERMON. 

"And  Jesus  called  a  little  child  unto  him,  and 
set  him  in  the  midst  of  them,  and  said.  Verily  I 
saj-  unto  you,  Except  ye  he  converted,  and  be- 
come as  little  children,  ye  shall  not  iMiter  into 
the  kingdom  of  heaven."     Matt.  IS:  2,  3. 

THIS  cxpiesaion  by  the  Savior  was  in 
answer  to  tile  discnph's  asking  who 
should  be  greatest  iu  tlie  kingdom  of 
heaven.  The  :-avior  ealled  a  little  ehlld 
unto  kiiii  anil  sat  him  in  the  midftt  of 
them,  saying,  "E.xcejtt  ye  be  converted 
and  become  as  liitle  ehildrcn,  ye  cannot 
enter  into  the  kingdom  of  heaven.  Who 
soever,  therefore,  shall  humble  himself 
88  this  little  child,  the  same  is  the  great- 
est in  the  kingdom  of  Leaven."  He  il- 
luetrateg  the  fact  that  the  most  humble 
shall  be  the  greatest  in  the  klDgdom  of 
heaven. 

There  is  a  great  similarity  between  a 
child  and  a  Chris'ian.  l-"or  instance, 
there  is  nothing  belonging  to  the  animal 
kingdom  that  is  as  dependent  us  a  child. 
All  the  rest  of  the  animals  God  has  giv- 
en an  instinct  or  power  by  which  they, 
at  least  partially,  obtain  subsistence. 
Butth^  child  would  perisjh  were  it  not 
for  the  mother  or  some  paiental  care 
that  provides  for  it. 

The  similai-ity  is  that  "the  Son  of  man 
is  come  to  save  that  which  was  lost." 
Matt.  !•*:  11.  Then  without  a  Redeem- 
er wewouldbejustashelplessa-i  a  babe 
in  its  infancy.  But  glorious  news,  he 
has  come.  But,  ''except  ye  repent,  ye 
shall  ail  likeH-ise  perish.''     Luke  Vi:  ').  i 


"Jesus  saith  unto  him,  I  am  the  way,  the 

truth  and  the  life;  no  man  com^-th  unto 
the  Father  but  bv  me."  John  14:*;. 
Then  we  may  w^/^say,  "while  there  was 
no  eye  to  j>ity,nor  arm  to  save  God  gave 
his  only  begotten  Son  that  whoKoever 
believeth  on  him,  Mhall  not  jicrinh,  but 
have  crfrJ<iK(iiiij  life."  It  is,  then,  just 
as  impossi)>le  for  us  to  have  a  .spiritual 
existence,  a  sj)intual  birth  without  a  lie 
deemer  to  make  provision  for  us,  as  it  is 
for  a  child  to  live  without  some  one  to 
make  ])rovision  for  it. 

Again,  "Except   ye  repent,   ye   hIkiU 
all  lil-cwixf  prrisJi^     John  the    Baptist 
preached  the  "baptism  of  rei)fntance  for 
the  reminsioD  of  sins."     Mark  1 :  4.  Hut 
the  atonement   has   reached    the   child, 
hence  he  says,  "of  such  is   the    kingdom 
of  heaven."  Luke  lh;  U'-.     But  we  find 
one  who  came  running  to  him  and  said, 
"Good  Master,  whntwhall  I  do  to  inher 
it  eternal   life.     And   Jesus    said    unto 
him,    Thou  knowest  the  com  man  d  men  tj*, 
do  not  commit  adultery,  do  riot  kill,  do 
not  steal,  do  not  bear  fftl«e    witness,   de- 
fraud not,  hoiu»r  thy  i'"/iliier  nnil  mother. 
And  he   answered    and   «aid    unto  him, 
Master  ail  thesn  have  I    kejit  from    my 
youth.  Then  Jesus  beholdint,'  him,  lov- 
ed him  and  said   unto    him.  One   thing 
thou  lackmt  yH^  go    thy    way  and    ><cll 
whatsoever  thou  hast,  and   give  to   the 
poor,  and  thou  shalt    have  treasure   in 
heaven:  and  come  take  uji  thy  cross  and 
ftilhim  7ni'.     And  he  was  sad  at  that  say- 
ing, and  went  (iway  gric\ed;  for  he  iiad 
great  ]io6sewHiouM."     Mark  lo:  ]".  Ill  20, 
lil.     Now  this  lad  had  jjo-ssessions,  knew 
the    commandments   of  the    Lord.    lie 
eoulfi  undiMTttand  the  Savior's  language, 
therefore    went   away  grieved.      There 
wa^  a  sacrifice  to  make,  there  was  a  cross; 
to  take  up,  the  Savior  wjw  to  be  follow- 

„/.     '    ■  ■  ■    ■      " 

Now,  we  have  a  people  in  our  country 
who  claim  that  a  child  born  of  christian 
paj.'uts   has  a  birth-right — they    claim 
lliat  they  grow    up  io   the  church,  and 
tliei-efore  always  belong  to  tlie   Church. 
Jtut  thete.vtis,  "K.\ceptye  be  converted, 
and  iM'come  iw  little  children,   3'e   shall 
not  enter  into  the  kingdom  of  heaven." 
Then  we  must  become  new  creatures  in 
Christ  Jesus.     Converted  means  chang- 
ed fiom   one  state  into   another— from 
the  kingdtun  of  darkness  into  the  family 
i>fGod.    To  get  into  God's  family  con- 
sists of  a  new  birth — we  must   be   horn 
into  his  family.     There  is  quite  a  simi 
larity  between  the  birtlr  of  God's  family 
and  our  natural  families;  iu  fact  «// the 
ordinances      that    God      has    ordained 
through  his  Siui  to    I)e  perpetuated    by 
his  chureli  or  family  are  similar  to  those 
that  ai'e  ordained  or  practiced  in    every 
well  organized    temporal   family.     Sir 
ner.  if  you  are  here,  let  me  say   to   you 
that  when  you  are  begotteu  of  the  Fatli 
er,  when  you  have  become  tired    of  sin 
and  are  possessed  of  his  Spirit,  you  will 
see  the  error  of  your  way,  and  you   feel 
that  something  must  be  done,  that  with- 
out the  aflectiou    of  a  heavenly  Father 
through  Jesus  Christour  Lord  you  stand 
convinced,  and  the  wrath  of  God    abid- 
eth  on  3'ou.     When  you  see  and   appre 
c.ate  all  this  you  are  moved  \ipon  by  the 
Holy  Spirit  and  are  ready  to  lay    it  all 
tlown  at  the  feet  of  Jesus,  begging  for 
mercy,  crying  as  they  did  of  old,  "Men, 
and  brethren,  what  shall  we  do!"  Then 
you  will  bave  peace  with  God. 


cred  contents,  became  truly  awakened  to 
his  condition  as  a  sinner  before  God. 
From  that  time  he  had  no  rest  until  he 
obtained  peace  and  pardon  through  the 
atoning  blood  of  the  Lamb.  Being  iso 
]at«*d  from  the  brethren,  it  was  not  un- 
til he  was  about  sixteen  that  he  had  an 
opportunity  to  unite  with  them.  This 
he  glarily  embraced,  and  was  baptized 
in  Cheat  River  by  Elder  Jacob  M. 
Thomas,  in  the  month  of  June  !>*">''>. 
two  years  after  he  was  called  to  the  dea- 
con's office  and  served  the  church  in  that 
capacity  three  years.  At  the  age  of 
twenty  one,  in  IhOI,  he  was  called  by 
the  Lord  through  the  church  to  the  min 
istf}  of  the  word.  In  this  same  year, 
.Sept.  12,  l!Si;i,  he  was  united  in  marriage 
to  Miss  Mary  E.  Bucklew,  three  3ears 
his  junior.  Some  three  years  after  this 
he  was  advanced  to  the  second  degiee  <>f 
the  ministry.  In  this  capacity  he  still 
continues  to  serve  the  church  of  his 
choice  and  his  God.  P^ighteen  year-i  have 
)>assed  around  since  lie  entered  his 
and  with  ihem  their 
joys,  misfortune-s  and 
little  family  of  two  in 


iiblic  ministry 
labors,  changes, 
sorrows.     To  th< 

1  h<;  I  the  Lord  has  added  nine,  eight  no 
on  earth  and  < 


A  STATEMENT  OF  FACTS.     AN 
EARNEST  APPEAL, 

K  T  the  age  of  twelve  years.'the  writ- 
-^  er,  by  reading  the  New  Testament 
through  for  the  first  time,  more  from  cu- 
riosity than  irom  a  knowledge  of  its  sa 


heaven.  In  taking 
a  review  of  our  past  career,  like  others, 
we  jjresume,  we  see  where  we  might 
have  done  better.  "To  err  is  human,  but 
lo  forgive  is  divine."  Our  labors  have 
l)eeu  confined  to  four  States,  A'irginia, 
Mai'yland,  Pennsylvania,  and  Ohio.  As 
an  humbleinstrument  in  the  Lord's  hands, 
we  have  seen  our  work  prosper,  and 
have  had  the  privilege  of  leading  sever 
al  hundred  j)recious  souls  down  into  the 
flowing  streams,  and  liear  them  solemnly 
dedicate  themselves  to  God;  and  to  all 
who  may  read  this,  1  will  say,  remem- 
ber your  baptismal  vow;  be  faithful  that  | 
wo'mfty  meet  in  heaven;  for  I  Iftok  back 
to  your  conversion  with  more  pleasure 
than  to  any  thing  else  in  my  past  life. 

We  have  now  noticed  the  bright  side 
of  the  picture;  we  will  ne.\t  notice  the 
dark  side.  At  the  time  of  our  marriage 
and  call  to  tlie  ministry  we  were  with- 
out any  means;  had  nothing  excepting 
the  clothes  on  our  backs.  Under  these 
discouraging  circumstances  we  commenc- 
ed battling  with  the  world  and  to  labor 
in  the  ministry.  For  fourteen  years,  by 
days  labor,  which  we  could  spare  from 
otu'  ministerial  calling,  we  made  an  ef- 
fort, and  succeeded  in  saving  above  our 
living,  a  handsome  household  property. 
We  had  everything  we  needed  in  that 
line,  and  *  pretty  good  library  besides. 
As  our  family  had  now  increased  to  ten 
iu  number,  including  our  two  selves,  we 
felt  that  if  we  had  a  little  farm  me  might 
support  our  family  and  continue  our  la- 
bors in  the  ministry  easier  and  better 
than  in  any  other  way;  so  we  risked  to 
purchase  a  small  farm,  by  borrowing  the 
most  of  the  first  payment.  We  hoped, 
by  industry  and  economy,  to  pay  for  it, 
have  once  a  honieof  ouroNvn.  But,  alas! 
in  one  year  after  we  moved  to  our  new 
home,  a  reverse  came.  At  the  hour  of 
midnight  I  was  awaked  by  the  noise  of 
the  devouring  flames  of  fire  that  were 
consuming  our  house  and  household 
goods,  just  in  time,  however,  to  save  my 
wife  and  children  from  an  untimely  death, 
but  had  to  make  the  eiVort  at  the  lisk  of 
my  own  life.  All  the  members  of  the 
family  were  saved  unharmed,  by  throw- 
ing some  from  the  second-story  windows 
to  the  ground,  and  the  others  escaped 
tiirough  the  wiudows  below.  We  say 
all  safe,  except  ourself;  we  were  dread- 
fully injured  by  the  fire,  the  etiVcts  of 
which  we  yet  feel,  and  probably  never 
will  be  as  able  to  endure  heavy  la- 
Ijor  as  u  c   were   before.     Thus   in    the 


short  space  of  an  hour  or  two  all  we  had 

saved  in  fourteen  years  was  sw^pt  away 
Tuned  out  of  house  and  home,  in  the 
midst  of  winter,  without  even  a  suit  of 
clothes  for  any  of  us.  But  in  this  dis. 
tre-ssed  condition  the  Lord  remembered 
us,  and  brought  brethren  and  friends  to 
our  assistance  who  relieved  our  wants 
for  the  time  being,  and  helped  us  to 
build  again,  for  which  we  shall  ever  feel 
grateful. 

Xot  l>eing  able  to  labor  since  aa  before 
this  misfortune,  we  have  traveled  and 
preached  more,  and  to  the  honor  of  the 
dear  brethren  and  sifters  for  whom  we 
have  labored,  we  do  say,  they  have  con- 
tributed liberally  to  our  support;  and 
what  was  above  my  traveling  e.xpenses 
and  the  scanty  supply  in  part  for  my 
family,  I  have  applied  to  the  payments 
for  my  little  home. 

But  with  all  the  economy  \\a  could 
use,  denying  ourselves  of  the  comforts  of 
life,  we  are  still  in  debt  five  hundred 
dolians  fur  our  home.  It  is  all  due  and 
at  interest,  and  will  now  soon  be  collect- 
ed by  administratoi's;  and  I  am  fearful 
my  home  will  be  sold; and  in  that  case 
would  lose  nearly  or  quite  all  again. 

I  bave  used  every  eftbrt  in  my  power 
to  borrow  money,  to  sell  my  place,  or 
in  some  way  to  prevent  the  threatening 
danger;  but  so  far  I  have  failed.  I  uow 
a<  the  last  and  only  remaining  eftbrt,  an 
peal  to  my  brethren  and  sisters  and 
friends  everywhere  for  help,  knowing 
and  feeling  that  I  have  a  large  circle  of 
brf^ren  and  friends,  who,  by  a  little  ef- 
fort on  their  ]>art,  and  not  much  to  their 
disadvantage,  by  each  contributing  one 
dollar,  more  or  less,  as  he  or  she  may 
feel  to  do,  might  secure  the  amount  or 
so  reduce  the  claim  that  I  might  in  some 
way  meet  it.  The  only  reward  1  can  at 
present  otier  for  the  favor,  is  my  heart 
felt  thanks  to  the  donors,  and  my  pray- 
er for  God's  blessing  to  rest  upon  you, 
with  the  promise  to  be  more  faithful  in 
trying  to  preach  the  word,  which  this 
favor  ^vould  enable  me  to  do.  This  ap- 
peal is  not  confined  to  those  with  whom 
I  am  intimately  accquainted,  but  to  any 
one  who  may  feel  to  sympathize  with  us 
in  this  matter.  I  woulrt  that  whatever 
is  given,  be  enclosed  in  a  letter  and  sent 
to  my  RdAvasfi,  Cb'fto?i  Mills;  IVe.sf  Fa., 
between  this  and  the  first  of  September. 
If  not  objectionable,  please  give  the 
names  of  the  donors,  the  amount  of  each, 
and  the  name  of  the  congregation  to 
which  they  belong,  as  I  wish  to  acknowl- 
edge the  same  through  the  papers,  un- 
less otherwise  directed.  I  will  be  pleas- 
ed to  come  and  preach  for  the  congrega 
tious  who  may  aid  in  this  matter,  when- 
ever I  can  do  so,  if  desired;  and  as  I  ex- 
pect, if  spared,  to  travel  and  preach  some 
during  the  coming  winter,  I  would  say, 
the  congregation  that  contributes  most 
to  the  above  purpose,  shall  be  first  en- 
titled to  my  service. 

If  any  fears  should.be  entertained  by 
any  who  may  not  be  acquainted  with 
me,  as  to  the  correctness  of  the  above 
statements,  I  would  refer  them  to  Elder 
Jacob  M.  Thomas,  of  this  congregation. 
His  address  is  the  same  as  my  own. 
Please,  dear  brethren  and  sisters,  give 
this  your  early  attention;  by  so  doing 
you  may  aid  in  the  salvation  of  precious 
souls,  which  will  add  to  your  riches  iu 
the  world  of  glory.  Awaiting  your  re- 
sponse, 1  am  yonr  weak  but  sincere 
brother  in  the  Lord. 

jA\fKS  A.-  RiDBNOl'Il. 

.  Clifton  Mills,  PreHon  Ci>.,  W.    V'l- 


An  hour  should  never  pass  without 
our  looking  up  to  God  for  forgiveness 
and  peace. 


I 


'rjbiK  i^kkthi^EjSt  ^t*  avokk:. 


3 


THE  LORDS  HOUSE. 

BY  «M.  BOBOVC.H. 

\(y  bouee  shall  be  called  the  house  ol  pray- 
^'-    Matt.  21:  13. 

T^'  lli^^^'  words  were  spoken  by  tbe  Sa- 
vior win*!!  lie  rode  into  Jerusalem 
1  weut  into  the  temple  and  overtlirew 
'  tables  of  tbe  money  changers,  ''and 
j^ugbt,  saying  unto  them,  is  it  not 
itt^-n,  ily  liouse  shall  be  called  of  all 
tiouSfthe  houseof  prayer?  butye  have 
flje  it  »   ^^^  °^   thieves."     Mark   1 1 : 

Pefti'  readers,  how  many  of  us  realize 
■lieu  t'oiog  to  oui'  respective   places   of 

woi'sliipi  '■^**'  ^^'^  ^^^  nearing  the  house 
{iirayer;  How  many  desire  to  engage 

■    nraver  afttr  arriving  at  the   house     '^" 

prayt'  ' 


How  many  of  ns  do  earnestly 
ntrai'f  i^  prayer  when  we  come  to  the 
1  Jrd's  house  in  assembly  to  worships 
TbfSf  ^^'^  ijuestions  that  each  of  us 
should  take  to  ourselves,  and  say,  "do 
I."  for  the  Lord  says,  "my  house  is  a 
liouse  of  prayer." 

AVuuld  uot,  however,  wish  you  to  un- 
^lerstand  that  this  duty  should  exclude 
Jill  others  from  the  Lord's  house,  or  that 
any  one  duty  should  exclude  another; 
but  there  are  some  duties  that  require 
myre  time  in  the  programme  of  worship 
than  others,  chief  among  these  are  pray- 
er reading  of  the  Scripture,  and  preach- 
iug  or  teaching.  lu  prayer  we  talk  to 
God.  lu  reading  of  the  Scriptures  we 
have  God  talking  to  us.  In  preaching 
or  teaching  we  talk  to  one  another. 

We  will  tirst  consider  the  subject  of 
prayer  as  observed  in  the  popular  church- 
es of  the  day,  where  hundreds  and  some- 
times thousands  are  found  in  one  assem- 
bly, who  seemingly  meet  more  to  dis- 
play pomp  and  fashion  than  to  worship 
God.  Xotice  then  when  the  solemn  duty 
is  exercised  by  their  minister  how 
many  hundreds  in  the  congregation  do 
not  bow  the  knee  in  prayer;  haw  many 
donot  even  bow  their  head  in  reverence, 
but  gaze  over  the  congregation  to  dis- 
cover something  new  in  the  styles,  (a.s 
they  call  it).  Notice  the  covering  of 
the  so  called  sisters,  how  few  are  similar, 
how  many  are  dissimilar  in  many  parts 
of  the  construction  and  material,  all 
sti'iviug  to  be  the  most  attractive.  No- 
tice the  expression  of  languor,  the  rest- 
lessness, while  some  will  even  give  vent 
to  their  feelings  by,  "Oh!  I  wish  the 
minister  would  uot  make  such  long  pray- 
«r8"  this  duty  over  all  seem  to  be  glad 
of  it.  Was  this  the  kind  of  prayer  that 
caused  the  shackles  to  drop  from  Peter 
and  opened  the  w^ay  out  of  the  city,  and 
escaped  the  wrath  of  his  enemies?  Veri- 
ly no.  There  was  no  display  of  pomp 
there,  all  upon  bended  knees  in  deep 
humility  earnestly  poured  out  their 
heart's  desire.  Similarity  attired  men 
with  their  headsuncovered;  women  with 
similar  coverings  on  their  heads;  all 
keeping  themselves  unspotted  from  the 
world,  as  they  had  been  taught  and  their 
prayers  were  answered.  In  harmony 
with  the  Lord's  promise,  "AVheresoever 
two  or  three  meet  and  agree  in  asking 
as  touching  any  one  thing  it  shall  be 
granted  unto  them."  The  Lord  also 
promises  to  be  with  us  on  every  occas- 
ion of  prayer,  when  otlered  in  the  right 
spirit;  and  that  to  own  and  bless.  Then, 
in  prayer,  God  draws  nigh,  and  where 
<Jod  is  the  Devil  don't  want  lo  be,  but 
flees  when  he  sees  the  weakest  saint  up 
on  his  knees.  He  cannot  withstand  the 
presence  of  God.  How  forcibly  this 
shows  the  propriety  of  the  Savior's  com 
mand;  "Watch  and  piay,  lest  ye  enter 
into  temptation."  The  praying  live 
nearer  God  than  Satan  desires  to  go, 
lience  out  of  reach  of  temptation. 


lu  exjuuiiiiuK  our  subject  as  to  its  per 
sonal  applications,  we  find  that  eacii  ut 
us  should  be  a  fit  temple  for  the  indwell- 
ing of  the  Holy  Spirit.  '  >ur  botlies  be- 
long to  Christ  by  redt*mption;  they  are 
his  t^'mples,  as  nell  as  the  great  tt-iuple 
in  Jerusalem  in  which  he  found  disorder. 
Then  let  each  of  us  keep  his  house  in 
order;  let  it  be  a  house  of  prayer;  let 
the  Savior  abide  therein. 

2nd.  Reading  (iod's  Word. 
In  reading  God's  Word,  we  have  God 
talking  to  us;  in  this  exercise  we  learn 
his  will  concerning  us.  Then  how  care- 
fully we  should  read  and  meditate,  not 
only  in  God's  house,  but  whenever  and 
wherever  an  op})ortuuity  is  pnsented 
let  us  learu  his  laws  andcomniandments 
concerning  us.  ''AH  Scripture  is  given 
by  inspiration  of  God,  and  is  profitable 
for  doctrine,  for  reproof,  for  correction, 
for  instruction  in  righteousness;  that  the 
man  of  God  may  be  perfect,  thoroughly 
furnished  unto  all  good  works.*'  '2  Tim. 
;i:  k;,  17. 

Urd.  Preaching  or  teaching. 
In  preaching  or  teaching  we  talk  to 
each  other.  This  duty  was  comman<led 
by  the  Savior  himself,  when  he  said,  "Go 
ye  therefore  and  teach  all  nations,  bap- 
tizing them  in  the  name  of  the  Father, 
and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost; 
teaching  them  to  observe  all  things  what- 
soever I  have  commanded  you;  and,  lo, 
I  am  with  you  alway,  even  unto  the  end 
of  the  world."  Matt.  28:  10,  3U.  Here 
the  Lord  promises  to  be  With  the  teach- 
er so  long  aa  he  teaches  what  he  recpiires, 
even  unto  the  end  of  the  world. 

The  Lord  also  tells  us  what  to  teach, 
that  is,  we  are  to  teach  all  things  what- 
soever he  has  commanded.  We  should 
not  teach  war,  nor  the  political  issues  of 
of  the  day;  we  should  not  teach  super- 
fiuity  of  adornment,  nor  intemperance, 
rioting,  anythinj;  else  in  which  sin  is 
tountl;  but  teach  the  gospel  and  that  on- 
ly. Paul  says,  "study  to  show  thyself 
approved  of  God,  a  workman  that  need 
eth  not  to  be  ashamed,  rightly  dividing 
the  word  of  truth."  2  Tim.  2:  15. 
North  Liberty,  Ind. 


■|5omi?  anil  J'amifu. 


I!ii<tt):(nils,  love  your  wives.  Wivi'S,  autiiiiit  yonr- 
selv<.>  (iiiU>  your  own  Imsbiimls.  ChUiiri-ii.  obf\ 
your  piirciits.  Fiittierti,  provukeiioty  iivclill<lrcn  <> 
wr.itli,  but  OriiiK  tliiMii  up  iu  the  uiiiluro  mul  .h1- 
niuintioii  ur  the  Lord,  .■•ervants.  be  obedient  to 
Uieiii  Unit  lire  your  mast«rs.— I'At-i,. 


When  we  endeavor  to  estimate  the 
worth  of  an  immortal  soul,  we  are  utter- 
ly lost  in  the  attempt.  Crowns  and  scep- 
tres have  had  their  adjudged  valuation, 
and  kingdoms  havebeen bought  and  sold 
for  sums  of  money.  But  who  can  affix 
the  adetjuate  price  of  a  human  soul? 
The  principles  of  ordinary  arithmetic  all 
fail  here,  and  we  are  constrained  to  say 
that  he  alone  who  paid  the  ransom  for 
sinners,  and  made  the  souls  of  men  his 
"pui  chased  possession,"  can  comprehend 
and  solve  the  arduous  question.  They 
are  indeed  Ijought  with  a  price;  but  are 
"not  redeemed  with  corruptible  things, 
as  silver  and  gold,  but  with  the  precious 
blood  of  Christ,  as  a  lamb  without  blem- 
ish and  without  spot."  We  shall  only 
ascertain  the  value  of  a  soul,  when  we 
shall  be  fully  able  to  estimate  the  worth 
of  a  Savior. 


The  pastor  of  the  Congregational 
Church  at  Mansfield,  Ohio,  has  a  tele- 
phone in  his  pulpit  with  the  wires  lead- 
ing to  the  houses  of  several  aged  and  in- 
valid members  of  his  parish.  The  in- 
strument is  placed  on  the  table  in  front 
of  where  he  stands  and  is  not  conspicu 
ous  to  the  congregation.  AV  bile  ht 
speaks  he  pays  it  no  attention,  but  ev 
ery  word  he  pays  is  easily  heanl  by  hii 
distant  auditors.  His  first  utteiances 
before  the  telephone  were  the  Scripture 
sentences:  "The  Word  is  nigh  unto  thee," 
and  "His  Word  runneth  swiftly." 


OBEDIENCE  TO  PARENTS. 

TT  is  a  growing  belief  that  children  of 
^  the  present  age  are  lacking  in  def- 
erence and  respect  as  well  as  in  obedi- 
ence to  parents,  or  those  exercising  an 
thority  over  them.  At  least  we  often 
hear  remarks  which  tend  strongly  to  im- 
press on  the  mind  the  existence  of  s\icli 
a  belief. 

Whether  this  be  the  general  fact  or 
an  opinion  founded  on  fancy,  it  is  con- 
ehisive  that  appearances  have  been  tak- 
en as  evidence  of  such  facts. 

It  is  true  that  the  methods  of  govern 
ilig  children  at  home  and  pupils  at  school 
have  changed  materially  in  the  lapse  of 
years.  There  is  not  so  much  harshness 
in  the  mode  as  when  the  i-od  and  ferule 
were  iustruments  of  correction.  It  is 
quite  possible  too,  that  with  this  remove 
from  barbarism  a  milder  form  of  address 
may  have  been  assumed,  and  impercep- 
tibly some  laxity  of  discipline  have  aris- 
en. But  rudeness  is  not  the  legitimate 
result  of  courtesy ;  hence  we  must  seek 
some  other  cause  for  so  deplorable  a  fault, 
Where  children  are  held  in  check 
through  fear  ot  corporal  punishment,  tbe 
re&tramt  lessens  as  they  grow  m  years. 
If  they  have  no  more  powerful  motive 
to  govern  them  than  mere  impulse,  they 
are  likely  to  give  way  to  their  jiassions. 
On  the  other  hand,  if  they  have  had  no 
restraint,  but  have  been  sutt'ered  to  speak 
and  act  during  childhood  just  as  their 
feelings  have  prompted,  it  ought  not  to 
lie  expected  they  will  practice  any  dis- 
fjHiit^e.  All  children  rebel  under  restraint, 
though  all  may  manifest  the  rebellious 
feelings.  The  fault  of  disrespect  in  chil- 
dren may,  m  most  cases,  be  traced  direct- 
ly to  the  home  discipline,  for  which  chil- 
dren clearly  are  not  censurable. 

But  there  is  a  point  beyond  childhood, 
when  such  a  fault  becomes  a  crime.  Our 
statute  books  affix  no  penalty,  neither 
do  they  recognize  any  authority  in  the 
matter;  but  the  Divine  Lawgiver  has 
not  overlooked  the  passible  evil,  nor  left 
unrecorded  the  consequences  of  such 
guilt.  Moreover,  the  first  command- 
ment with  j)romise  bears  directly  on  this 
question,  and  is  as  forceful  at  the  pres- 
ent time  as  when  it  was  first  uttered.  No 
child  who  has  arrived  at  years  of  ac- 
co\inlability  can  violate  this  command- 
ment with  impunity. 

AVe  cannot  pretend  to  say  just  how 
merited  punishment  will  be  meted  out. 
but  we  appeal  to  the  judgment  of  those 
who  are,  or  have  been  guilty,  for  proof 
of  our  assertion.  Have  you  not  felt  a 
consequent  loss  of  self  respect,  and  a  bit- 
ternei*a  of  spirit  that  has  left  you  ill  at 
ease  with  yourself  because  of  your  trans- 
gressions? Neither  can  this  be  the  only 
unpleasant  result  from  so  heinous  an  of- 
fense. A  parent  maybe  longsufl'ering 
and  not  withdraw  his  care  and  kindness, 
even  though  a  child  may  have  provoked 
his  righteous  indignation,  but  an  observ- 
ing community  is  not  slow  to  perceive 
tlieae  oflences  and  to  pronounce  judg- 
ment on  the  ortenders.  It  is  a  great  mis 
fortune  for  a  child  to  have  been  allow- 
ed to  form  a  disrespectful  habit.  Such 
an  one  cannot  rightly  judge  of  its  etlVct 
upon  character,  for  his  sensibilities  have 
been  blunted.  But  we  cannot  think  that 
any  boyor  girl  can  suppose  that  it  Kh-tws 
either  good  manners  or  a  kind  heart  to 
disregard  the  reasonable    commands  or 


wishes  of  their  parents.  A  pert,  crow, 
or  abrupt  nmiintr  towards  thme  whom 
you  owe  filial  love  and  reverence,  im- 
parts neither  dignity  nor  grace. 

Cluldren  are  under  lasting  obligations 
to  parents.  They  may  be  sometimes 
painfully  conscious  that  parentiihave  de- 
fective characters  and  habitfl,  but  thie 
does  not  give  license  for  neglect  on  the 
part  of  children.  Prompt  and  re.spect- 
ful  obedience  is  but  a  small  return 'for 
yeai-s  of  unremitting  toil  and  tendernefw. 
Ingratitude  is  always  base,  but  doubly 
so  when  shown  in  disobedience  to  paren- 
tal authority. 

If  the  boys  and  girls,  the  young  men 
and  maidens,  who  are  guilty  of  this  hate- 
ful practice,  could  see  themselves  a^  oth- 
ers see  them,  they  would  shrink  with 
abhorrence  from  a  repetition  of  such  of- 
fences.— Set. 


1 


"I  WILL  BE   GOOD." 

"I  will  be  good.  de;ir  oiotlii-r," 

I  heard  a  sweet  child  siiy: 
"I  will  be  good — now  watcli  me; 

1  will  be  good  tn-diiyl" 
Slie  lilted  up  her  bright  young  eyes. 

With  n  soft  and  pleasing  sniiU*: 
Then  a  mother's  kiss  was  on  her  lip. 

So  pure  and  free  from  guile. 

And  when  night  c«me,  that  little  one, 

In  Kueelhig  down  to  pray. 
Said  in  n  sott  and  whispering  tone, 

"Have  I  been  g<»od  lo-dayV" 
Oh,  many,  many  bitter  tears 

'Twoiild  save  U8,  did  we  say, 
Like  that  dear  child,  witli  eiirnest  heart, 

"I  will  be  ^ood  to-lny!" 

.lesus  can  help  us  to  be  good; 

Tn  him  we'll  humbly  pray; 
His  grace  alone  can  make  ns  good, 

And  keep  us  good  all  day. 
Help  U.4  to   hate  all  evil  thoughts, 

All  sinful  words  and  way.'?; 
And  in  thy  service  take  delight 

Through  all  i^iir  earthly  days. 


KEEP  YOUR  TROUBLES  SACRED. 


A 


WORTHY   wife    of  forty     years' 
.tanding,and  whose  life   was   not 
all  made  up  of  sunshine  ami  peace,  gives 
the  following  seusilde  and  impres-?ive  ad- 
vice to  a  married  pair    of  her    acquain- 
tance.    The    advice   is   so  good,  and  so 
well  suited  to  all  married  peopl.>;  as  well 
as  those  who  intend  entering  that   state, 
that  we  here  publish  it  tor    the    benefit 
of  such  persons:  Preserve  sacred  the  pri- 
vacies of  your  own  house,  your  married' 
state,  and  your  heart.     Let  no  father  or 
mother,  sister  or  brother  or    any    thivd 
person  come  in  between  you  two.  or   to 
share  the  joys  and  sorrows  that    belong 
to  you  two    alone.     With    God's    help, 
build  your  own  quiet  world,  uot  allow- 
ing your  dearest  earthly  friend  to  lie  the 
confident  of  aught   that   concerns   yovir 
domestic  peace.     Let  moments  of  alien- 
ation, if  they  occur  be   heiih-d    at    once. 
Never  let  the  morrow's  sun  still  find  you 
at  variance.     Ueview  and    renew    your 
vow;  it  will  do  you  good,  and    thereby 
your  souls  will  grow  together,  cemented 
in  that  love  which  is  stronger  than  death, 
and  you  will  become  truly  one. — Sf(. 

MOTHER. 

THE  velvet  moss  may  grow  upon  the 
sterile  rock — the  mistletoe  flourish 
on  the  withered  branch^the  ivy  cling  tt> 
the  mouldering  ruin— the  pine  and  ce- 
dar remain  fresh  and  fadeless  amid  the 
mutations  of  the  dying  year^flowers 
bli^om  and  fade  t.in  the  lonely  grave  in 
yonder  church-yard  —  but,  heaven  b*f 
praised,  the  memory  of  the  kiad.  patient, 
gentle,  forgiving  motiier  leaves  some- 
thing green,  something  beautiful  anit 
grateful  to  the  soul,  while  in  the  coW 
hours  of  fate,  it  still  winds  its  tendrilb^ 
round  tiie  ciuiuldiug  aUHi"s  and  broken 
arches  of  the  desolatw  t<*mple  of  the  hu- 
man heart. 


THK    HRETtUiErvr    ^\.T    ~KVaiU<. 


July    iQ 


f  fir  ifircflircn  af  Tllorfi, 

ri  KI.ISIIKU  WKKKLY. 


M.  M.  KSIIKI.MAN. )  KniTORji  and 
^  J.  HAKKlSON.       I  PttomiBTOIW. 


TiiK  }lKi:riiBK\"  AT  *oiiK  wHI  be  spiit  to  am 
a4lilr«58  ii)  t)io  rnitcil  Stni(-s  or  Cnnmlti.  for  9iAu 
)wv  iuinum.  Tlitisc  m'iiiIiiii;  right  tiHui'-^iinit  :?yj.t» 
will  lywivf  :i  ]i;i|Hr  tifp  of  clmrgc  For  pjich  Jtd 
lUtiuiial  ii:uiu'  till'  ai^-iil  v'ill  bi'  iitlnwil  ten  )>(-r 
ccul,.  whi.l)  jimouni  tie  will  iiIpilsp  retain  :iii(l  hcihI 
us  the  tv»l;uiiT.  Moni-v  m'iiI  1>v  I'ost  OJlUe  OhLtn. 
Recislcrv.!  I.i'tr.i>  .iml  nr.-ilt".  iii-.>j>.-rl>  julilriv-.i-il 
will  be  at  oiii  ri-sh.  Do  iml  Kpnil  i-liecks.  iw  tlii-y 
TMunot  be  i-.illc<'le.l  witlioiit  iliarircs. 

All  (x)iumiii)irii(ioiii4  iuleiirl<-il  for  the  i>uper, 
or  iuiv  biisiiies-s  coniiortefl  with  tilt'  oillco  Hliuuld 
W  adflrx-s-^itl 

£a£THIt£N  A7  W03E. 

ZiUiirk,  CirreU  Co.,  ni 


TO  OUB  C0NTRIBUT0K8. 


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tti  pay  pOKUge.     Th*n  send  us  such    things   as 
will  plcan^  God,  such  thiugft  an    will    make   for 
ppac<'.  sDirh  thioK^  as  will  unite  as  mere  firmly 
iji  the  bond«  of  chriHtiao  lore.     Do  not    rfjtly 
to  »iiy  on**,  but  ^ve  your  ci^im  upon  the  itnb- 
iinri  back  th«m  with  all  tlie  truth  you    can 
past  had  not  written,  we  would  be  in  grt^at  in-    find.     Truth  we  want;  truth  we  can  havi',   and 
norancH.     Not   only  would    we   not    have   the  i  truth  we  must  have.     The  press  h  a  powt^r   for 
but  maDV  other   bookn  thnt    now  ufTord    good,  and  the  church  may  1»?  greatly  benefitted 


ROM  the  days  when  Ood  wrote  the  ten  com- 
niandm'ent.^  on  two  tahteii  of  ntone  and 
gave  them  to  Mo»e»,  men  have  been  busily  en- 
gaged in  writing.     And  indeed,  if  men  of  ageN  '  ji 


Bible. 


L.iXAIEK.II.L., 


.iri.V  10.  1870. 


StMi  us  no  more  loii  Cfut  stanipif.  Three'a 
and  one's  preferred. 

All  orders  for  Minutes  of  A.  M.  have  now 
been  filled.  The  Ituport  id  not  yet  ready  to 
seud  out. 


raluahlciDrorniation  uould  not  be-  within  reach. 
The  writings  of  by*gone  age*  are  the  pirtunps 
of  the  human  family  in  thoiw  tiniPti;  and  truly 
our  present  form  of  government  and  the  polit- 
ical and  religiouH  libertiea  we  enjoy  may  be 
traced  to  the  fact  tliet  men  of  past  ages  have 
left  U8  a  history  of  their  forms  of  government. 
IJy  studying  thetie,  men  of  modern  times  were 
endWed  to  produce  something  bftt^-r.  But  to  ' 
our  work.  You  are  engaged  in  labor  that  will 
alxo  tell  in  agen  to  come.  Do  not  for  a  moment 
think  that  your  contributions  will  not  be  n  part 
of  the  great  whole  which  will  eventually  shape 
the  religious  liberties  of  future  generations. 
Kach  noble  thought,  each  ray  of  divine  light, 
sent  forth  in  pnnt<-d  form,  will  produce  an  ef- 
fect, and  when  these   nohle  thouglits  and 


by  the  preiw;  it  may  also  be  greatly  injunl  by 
the  pre«s,  but  we  have  confidence  that  all  are 
striving  to  make  the  church  better,  not  worse. 
Qfjd  help  UH  to  act  widely  and  firmly  in  the 
right.  M.  «.  K. 


THE  WORK  OP  AGENTS 


Is  last  week's  i^sue  we  stated  that  the  Report    |,p^n„  ^f  j^uth  are  uggreiiated.  //  will   produce 

an  efTfCt  worthy  of  the  recognition  of  hiui  who 
commanded  bin   beloved   servants  to  "  tprite." 
Writing  is  a  gift;  and  woo  is  the  man  who  does 
not  employ  the  gifts  hentowed  by  the  Lord  God. 
To  oppose  writing  on  things  wberewitli  we  may 
edify  one  anotlu-r.  is  to  oppose  God,  for  (iod  be- 
stows the   gift  of  thinking,  and    the  ability  to 
formulate  and  record  thoughts.     Be  therefore 
encouraged  to  tirifr.  not  however  simply  to   do 
youraulf  good  hut  that  others  may  fffirn   from 
you  also. 

Write  the  things  which  thou  hast  seen,    and 

the  things  which  are,   and   the  things  which 

shall  bo  hereafter.— Ro v.  I ;  lEt.    So  we  also  re- 

ijuost  our  contributors.        Write  the   things 

........Ki..i"--.i..  >...,,-    which  you  see.  such  as    the  prophet*,    npoatles 

School-house    with    find  holy  men  of  old  did.  Luke  tt-lls  of  the  nieet- 


of  A.  M.  by  the  dozen,  would  be*2  00.  It  should 
be?2,4'>  per  dozt-n.  Jhose  ordering  will  \>U'we 
note  this.     Send  in  jour  orders. 

Iris  aa  had  to  be  with  a  grumbler  ai  be  to  out 
on  a  rnioy  day.  The  one  damps  our  clothing,  the 
other  our  spirits.  But  a  bright,  sunny-faced 
man  or  woman  cheent  us  like  a  ray  of  sunlight 
coming  inio  a  dark  room.  , 

Brother  .1.  E.  Ockorman,  of  New  Lebanon, 
Ohio,  ha."  been  elected  one  of  the  teachers  of  the 
Brethren's  Noriiiiil  al  Huntington,  IV,  and  in 
expected  to  enter  upon  his  duties  the  coming 
Fall. 

Bbothkr  IVt<^'r  S.  Qarman,  of  Modesto,  Ca!., 
report**  that  the  llr'-'liren  iinve  organised  a  Sun- 


day-school at  the  .lacltpc 

good  prosprtcts.     They  have  raised  means  to  se- 
cure 25  copies  of  the  ChiUhtn  at  Work. 

Bkotiikh  .lohn  Calviy  Brisht,whocf  late  has 
been  "echoing"  from  the  Miumi  \*Hlley  is  now 
at  Huntington,  I'ii.,  attending  school.  Wi*  met 
him  at  the  .Viinual  Meeting  and  wns  lavurubly 
JDipresfieil,  May  he  continue  to  he  a  Bright  ex- 
ample in  the  Mast{.>r's  cause. 

We  are  sorry  for  the  mistake  that  occured  in 
Sister  Kelso's  article  on  first  piige,  No.  2.^.  In 
letting  up  the  article  one  entire  page  wasuuin- 
teutioiially  mic'cd.  That  tho  i|i«t«r  may  have 
justice donehor,  wc  agree  to  print  nuother  article 
from  her  ou  the  .same  sulijert, 

Thebr  lately  died  in  Adams  County  111.,  asis- 
ter.  who  was  t'2  years  old,  had  been  a  inomber 
of  the  church  61'  years,  and  had  never  witness- 
ed'what  is  known  as  the  double  mode  of  feot- 
wa-hini?.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Klder  George 
\Volfe.  who  lell  Pennsylvania  70  years  ago  to 
make  his  home  in  what  was  llnii  known  as  the 
A. Ids  of  the  West. 

\Vf- arc  informed  that  tli.  I.- [>, I  ^^t.it.ii.  nr- 
compauied  by  a  little  boy,  visiting  some  of  the 
members  and  churc!  es  in  Northern  111.,  collefit- 
ing  money  and  clothing  osteusibly  to  go  Kast, 
but  it  appears  that  her  conduct  and  couversa- 
tion  are  sach  as  to  warrant  all  to  he  cnutious  in 
giving.  We  do  not  wish  to  discourage  giving 
to  the  needy,  but  to  aid  impostors  aud  indolent 
people  is  not  the  work  of  God's  children. 

The  Priuiitire  Christian  is  right  in  refusing 
to  take  any  »*ock  in  Sunday-school  libraries.  It 
says:  *'  We  hereby  inform  all,  thut  we  do  not 
propose  to  take  any  stock  in  **uch  libraries  a.-* 
they  now  exist.  Out  of  the  hundreds  and 
tbonsanda  of  books  publiali^  for  this  purpose 
we  would  consider  it  a  ven-  difficult  matter  to 
select  a  library  that  we  would  like  to  place  in 
the  hands  of  our  children.  A  large  percentage 
of  them  deserve  no  better  name  than  religiou' 
fiction." 


It  is  suggested  tliat  we  do  not  make  our  pa- 
per 8o  much  of  a  Railroad  Guidk  ami  Hotel 
RBiiSTTB  by  publishing  on  what  roads  our«cor- 
rwpondents  rode  and  at  what  plaa;s  they  took 
their  meals  and  lodging.  It  is  thought  no  souls 
will  be  *aved  1  y  knowing  the^e  things,  and  as 
the  majority  ot  our  brethren  are  not  frnrdimj 
men.  they  con.tider  that  better  matter  might 
take  the  plac>-  of  these  things  to  the  advantage 
of  the  mafority  of  the  readers  of  the  paper. 
Correspondents  will  therefore  please  omit  these 
thiogB. 


ing  atJerunalem,  how  many  were  baptized,  who 
]»rcached.  and  something  of  what  was  said.  He 
also  writes  about  Philip  and  the  eunuch,  tdls  of 
the  place  of  meeting,  what  was  said,  who  said 
it,  wluit  waj*  dony,  and  even  who  did  it.  M«^ 
thew.  ajark.  Luke  ami  John  with  other. N. 
Testament  writers  have  written  "  the  thingt 
which  tiu-y  saw,  things  tJuit  were,  and  were  to 
come,  and  these  to  us  are  the  basis  of  our  faith 
in  Christ. 

No  kind  act  will  ho  lost.  No  one  can  be  in- 
jured by  lenrning  what  good  work  was  done.  — 
Send  U8,  therefore,  the  news  of  tho  increase 
among  the  children  of  God.  Does  a  siuner 
turn  from  serving  Sjittin  to  trust  in  Jesus?— 
Make  the  people  rejoice  us  the  children  of  Is- 
rael did  when  they  were  delivered  from  tho  en- 
emies. "  Good  news  "  should  he  desired  by  all 
lovers  of  Jesus.  More  personal  matters,  relat- 
ing to  domestic  affairs,  need  not  be  hearalded. 
Who  cares  how  much  you  ate,  what  you  nte, 
the  kind  of  house  you  slept  in,  what  hour  you 
"stepped  aboard  tho  train"  or  "got  off,"  the 
name  of  the  conductor,  the  size  of  car  &c. ;  none 
of  these  odil'y  in  a  religious  paper,  li  you 
must  t<}Il  tb.'m  send  them  to  your  local  paper. 
Hut  anything  that  will  cheer  the  saiut-s,  the 
"one  body,"  and  make  tlieui  liolicrand  happier, 
will  be  acceptable.  The  godly  things  that  you 
Sfe.  the  things  that  are,  and  tho  things  thatojv 
to  conir,  the  great  things  of  God  as  revealed  to 
us  by  the  Word,  arc  topics  -which  interest  tho 
people  of  God. 

Will  you  please  make  your  articles  us  short 
a»  possible?  The  editors  fret^uentlv  re-write 
and  shorten  their  articles  before  they  go  before 
public;  would  it  not  be  bettor  for  the  public  if 
all  were  to  study  brevity?  Short  articles  are 
generally  read  while  only  ojae  in  about  five 
read  lou^  articleit.  "  Here  a  little  and  there  a 
little"  is  the  motto  of  not  a  few,  hence  tho 
shorter  articles  arc  aought  after,  Wc  would  re- 
gard it  as  a  great  favor  if  you  would  write  in  a 
I>lain  hand,  with  good  bluck  ink.  Matter  writ- 
ten with  a  pencil  can  not  he  used.  Boil  down 
your  contribntion:*  and  make  them  weighty  in 
thought.  Newfl  from  all  the  churches  is  desir- 
able.and  in  this  we  reserve  the  liberty  to  abridge 
as  may  seeui  best  for  th^  good  of  Ohristianitv- 
Vour  articles  will  uotbeputanaysiyoumayuev 
er  know  their  fate,  but  will  be  exauiined  soon  af- 
ter their  arrival,  and  il  you  look  under  "  Disposi- 
tion of  Copy  "  you  will  see  if  they  are  accept- 
ed or  rejected.  Ilejected  articles  will  be  return- 
ed to  the  writers  if  sufficient  stamps    are   sent  I 


JT  being  impossible   for    us    to   visit   all   the 
churcbea  to  solicit  people  to  subscribe,  and 
being  more  convenient  in  many   instances   for 
members  and  others  to  place  their-'jultscriptions 
in  thehandsof  one  person  to  forward,  we  employ 
agents  to  attend  to  this    work.      And    hard    as 
the  work  of  an  agent  is,  many  as  the  ditfirulties 
may  be,  numerous  as  his  losses     frequently  are, 
people  will  envy  the  work  of  an  agent.  It  makes 
no  difference  how  mu'^h  he  may  be  disappoint- 
ed, how  often  he  must  advance  the    money   for 
his   patrons,  how   many    times   he    loses  fifty 
cents,  one  or  fivr;  dollars,  still  he  will  be  looked 
upon  with  suspicion — will  be  regarded  as  avery 
highly  favored  man.     Favored!      He  «*«;■«.«    all 
he  gets  even  when  every  one  of  his  subscribers 
paya  the  cash,     But  suppose  he  sendsin  twen- 
ty names,  and  three  out  of  the  twenty    fails  to 
pay,  what  then?     Well,  he  pays  pretty  dearly 
for  his  paper,  for  one  thing,  aud   feels   that  in 
trying  to  do  some  one  good,  he  has  been  not   a 
little  imposed  upon.     "Owell,"   remarks  one, 
"tJie  jiiiblishers  can  lose  that."     How  many  do 
you  suppose   it  |will   take   of  the  non-paying 
kind  to  prevent  any  paper  going  out  at  all?    0 
no,  ray  dear  brethren,  let  us  do  all  things    hon- 
estly, and  not  regard  the  publishers  of  our   pa- 
pers as  mines  of  gold  and  silver  from   which  a 
large  portion  of  the  people  may  draw   without 
injury. 

But  we  started  out  to  talk  to  our  agents.  We 
invite  you  toall  continue  your  labors  in  extend- 
ing the  circulation  of  the  Ukkthren  at  Wokk. 
Much  depends  upon  your  activity  and  energy 
iu  strengthening  and  maintaining  the  paper, — 
You  can  help  along  the  work.  You  have  done  | 
well  heretofore,  andwhile  your  trials,  with  ours, 
have  been  severe,  let  us  look  to  God  for  rest 
and  reward.  Each  sacrifice  in  behalf  of  tnith, 
will  be  noticed  by  our  heavenly  Father.  Do 
not  he  discouraged,  though  men  take  advantage 
of  you,  aud  fail  to  fulfill  thoir  obligations.  God 
will  take  care  of  such  in  di^e  time.  Many 
jof  you  have  had  a  blessing  for  the  good  you  have 
done,  and  many  more  will  have  their  bright 
hopes  realized  in  "  the  beautiful  beyond,"  when 
God  shall  bestow  the  actual  crown.  Then  do 
what  you  can  for  truth ;  scud  for  sample  copies 
aud  give  to  those  who  may  be  profited  by  read- 
ing a  religious  paper.  m.  m.  e. 


to  prepare  a  |«Iace  f«r  the   saints.      How   he 

preparing  that  place  he  never  revealed  uutn 

hence  we  can  have  no  faith   in    the    nmn,,^ 

"""•'ify  of 

tha*-  prpparation.     Our  faith  goes  oolras  far 
the  evidence  or  testimony  goes,  ri?:    t^at   h    • 
preparing  a  place.     Here  it  stops,    because  th 
evidence  stops.      Where   the    Lord    begins 
cpeak  there  our   faith    begins,    and    where 
ceases  there  our  faith    ceases.      Our   faith   cj*" 
not  rest  on  what  he  did  iwf  say,  ou  what  he  A' a 
not  teach  and  record,  but  on  what  he    y«,v/  _    , 
rfor'hrl.     Neither  can  our   faith    rest  on  / 
than  he  taught.     The  New    Testament,   th 
fore,  is  the  length  aud  breadth,  the  heighth  and 
depth— the  full    measure  of  our  faith    in   th 
Lord  Jesus.     If  the  testimony  be  true  and  ■»  i 
id,  if  it  be  backed  by  the  proper  authority 
faith  will  be  strong.      "If,"   says  the  apostle 
John,  "  we  receive  the  testimony  of  men     th 
testimony   of  God    is   greater, — more    truthf  I 
and  stronger,  hence  in  every  report  worthy     r 
credit  and  confidence. 

Our  love  for  Christ  is  as  our  respect  for  K" 
teaching.  If  we  respect  all,  the  whole  testimo- 
ny, our  love  will  be  couipl>;te  for  him.  Qq  th 
other  hand  if  we  respect  some  portions  mor 
than  others,  if  we  respect  certain  paHa 
as  not  necessary  to  our  subjugation  to  his  au- 
thority,  then  our  love  for  him  is  imperfect  S 
soon  as  we  lose  some  of  our  love  for  Christ,  w 
bestow  that  lost  love  upon  something  else   Po 


instance  if  we  should  select  Calvin  a 


'  a  partisan 


leader,  bestow  much  of  our  affections  upon  hin. 
we  would  lose  someof  our  love  forChrist,  for  un- 
less we  make  him  our  sole  Leader  and  Instruct- 
or we  cannot  fully  and  completely  bestow  our 
affections  upon  him.  The  covetous  man  can 
not  love  Christsupremely;  much  of  his  affections 
are  upon  the  gains  and  wealth  of  this  world 
hence  Christ  is  neglected. 


THE  ONLY  INFAi,LIBLE  CHJEBD. 

WORSHIPPING  a  creed  instead  of  wor- 
shipping God,  is  not  genuine  love  ^o.  God. 
God  through  the  creed,  God  first,  last  and  all 
the  time.  The  thing  by  which  we  learn  to 
know  God  and  believe  in  him,  is  not  the  thing 
to  be  worshipped,  but  God  himself.  The  creed, 
the  only  infallible  creed,  is  the  mmm  appoint- 
ed by  the  Lord  to  make  himself  and  his  wishes 
known  unto  us.  Knowledge,  therefor*  on  our 
part,  precedes  faith.  Kivst  to  know,  second  to 
believe,  third  to  obey  is  the  divine  arrangement. 
God  is  no  less  tho  author  of  knowledge  than  of 
faith.  "  The  Lord  is  a  God  of  knowledge,  and 
by  liim  actious  are  weighed."—!  Sam.  2:  3. 

Should  we  know  God?  Must  we  know  his 
demands  before  we  can  comply?  Certainly. 
That  we  may  believe  iu  him,  the  Suprem^  Ru- 
ler of  the  universe,  and  have  our  charactei-s 
formed  after  the  divine  mould,  we  must  have 
testiwo,,,,.  "Faitli  is  the  belief  of  testimony," 
and  "  without  faith  it  is  impossible  to  please  "' 
God.  If  the  tesimony  be  true,  the  faith  will  be 
true;  if  the  testimony  he  false,  the  faith  ivillbe 
false;  like  testimony,  like  fuith.  Testimony  is 
essential  to  faith.  We  believe  Jesus  just  as  far 
aa  Jesus  speaks;  where  he  caused  the  last  fact 
to  be  recorded,  where  he  testified  to  the  last 
truth,  there  our  faith  iu  Jesus  terminates.  He 
declares,  "  I  am  Alpha  and  Omega,  the  first 
and  the  last "  (Uev.  1:1 1)  and  that  he  has  gone 


The  object  of  law  is  obedience,  to  hold  in 
subjection,  while  that  of  testimony  is  to  pro- 
duce faith.  Without  law  there  can  be  uo  obe- 
dience, neither  can  there  be  any  faith  without 
testimony.  Peter's  testimony  was  to  as  manv 
facts  as  he  stated.  Paul's  testimony  is  so  many 
facts  verified.  We  believe  Paul  just  so  far  as  he 
wrote;  we  believe  Peter's  testimony  Justus  firns 
be  records  it.  The  fact  of  Jesus'  birth  is  no 
less  true  than  that  of  his  death.  The  testimo- 
ny is  efiually  credible,  and'  the  faith  just  as 
strong,  the  rvrtaintij  of  these  facts  which  we 
are  to  believe,  are  dependent  upon  the  testimo- 
ny. The  testimony  being  true,  the  faith  must 
bo  right.  About  this  there  cau  be  no  doubts, 
no  weakness,  uo  leaning  over. 

The  only  infallible  creed,  the  Bible,  the  wliole 
of  it,  all  of  its  parts  combined,  must  be  the  ba- 
sis of  the  faith  that  is  infallibly  correct.  It  is 
to  our  spiritual  and  moral  natures  what  the  sau 
is  to  the  planetary  system.  Without  the  Bible, 
there  is  no  sunshine  lor  the  soul.  Without  "the 
one  best  Book,"  there  can  be  no  hope  of  eter- 
nal life,  no  joy  in  prospect,  no  divine  fellow- 
shi]),  no  communion,  no  prayer,  no  glorying  in 
the  Lord.  From  it  we  learn  what  God  has 
done  for  us  and  what  he  will  do.  From  it  we 
learn  what  man  is,  what  he  ouyhf  to  be,  moral- 
ly mid  religiously.  It  addresses  itself  to  our  in- 
tellect aud  our  affections.  These  it  seeks  to 
mould  and  fashion.  It  forms  charactei^— makes 
man  what  God  wants  liiin  to  bi*.  It  makes 
white  character,  aud  before  God  gives  men  white 
rfpntaiion^.  We  therefore  accept  the  Bible  as 
the  only  great  Book  of  facts,  grand  aud  sub- 
lime facts.  It  shows  what  man  is,  what  he  mmt 
be  if  he  would  escape  the  dooiu  of  wickud.  It 
liresents  to  him  all  the  essential  rules  of  piety 
and  righteousness,  and  warns  him  of  the  awful 
daugerof  continuing  in  sin.  It  is  not  a  collection 
of  opinions  aud  theories  of  beings  no  higher 
than  ouraelves,  but  a  volume  of  facts  revea'ed 
by  the  Supreme  Ruler  himself.  It  is  from  him 
who  says,  "Do  I  not  fill  heaven  and  earth? 
the  everlasting  God,  the  Lord,  the  Creator  of 
the  ends  of  the  earth  ?"  "  I  am  that  I  am  "  is 
the  author  of  the  only  infallible  creed  to  which 
all  people,  nations  and  tongues  are  invited  to 
subscribe.  None  are  invited  to  yield  to  God'fl 
creed  to  honor  the  creed,  but  to  honor  God.  — 
None  are  called  to  follow  the  teaching^  of  the 
iafallible  creed  in  order  to  do  the  creed  rever- 
erenee,  but  to  reverence  God.  It  is  not  in  the 
world  for  us  to  worshp  /V,  but  that  by  it  we  may 
worsliip  God.  It  is  nowhere  to  make  men  mis- 
erable, to  fill  their  souls  wil'li  sin,  corruptiou, 
but  to  lift  thero  out  of  sin  and  degradation.  It  is 
not  sent  to  make  ,9hives  of  men  and  women, 
bnt/o.W  themf^ee.    Ita'roission  \s  not  todwarf 


1 


THE    HKETHKE^^J    AT    AVOBK:. 


^  ^nA  sndue  the  nobWr  affection-, 
saMtA  tlip  mirnl  of  n^""!  ^^^  enrich  his 
!>*'  *^  '  It  seeks  not  to  overthow  the  heav- 
>J''"°"'ri„ht!  and  eujoyn..-nti.  of  nmn,  hut 
It-'"'"  |,,^fy  unholy  thought  into  suhjectiou 
'"'"'cbrist-  p.)!"'""'  »  ""''''^  prepared  hy 
•'''°  a  bund  of  men,  thai  aproaches  near  un- 
•»°'''''  I,.  infallliblecrMd.  the  linok  of  God. 
»''"i° jpVak  of  the  filth  of  the  street  imyart- 
A^*"*  1  ndor  to  the  sun,  or  the  machinations  of 
■"^ '''bestowing  eternal  giory  upon  the  saints. 
^'""iB  walking  by  the  only  infallible  creed? 


THE  HOLT  GHOST  AND 
CORNELIUS. 


■rive  voui  viPWN  oil  Act.s  111;  47.  which 
■'''",  follows;  "Can  any  forl.id  water,  th.it 
"  lioulil  not  he  baptized,  which  have  received 
»"!,,,„  Uhost  a.-,  well  as  we."  I  wish  to  know  it 
*'  .  ,  .l,p«  that  the  believer  receives  remission  of 
"::S«cba,,tism.  U.T.C«o,.K. 

nlHlS  verse  does  not  tmrli  the  remission   ol 
T\ins  before  baptism.  Cornelius  receiving  the 
I  ,t  gliost  was  no  proof  to  him  or   any   liody 
I°j'present  that  his  sins  were  pardoned.  It  was 
'  "^j(„i  that  a  miracle  take   place   to   convince 
'!'  Jews  that  God  is  no  respecter  of  person. 
Cornrlius  was  told  to  send  men  to  Joppaaud 
all  for  Simon,  whose   surname  was    Peter, 
'who  shall  tell  thee  words,  whereby  thou  and 
HV  bouse  shall  h.  saved."  Acts  11:  U      Peter 
'    „od  preached,  telling  Cornelius  what  he 
ihoulddo   in   order  to  be   saved,  and  among 
ll,e,e  words  was  baptism. 
We  have  three  important  conversions  rccord- 
d  in  the  Sill,  9th  and  10th  chapteiu  of  Acts; 
'm-  the  conversion  of  the  eunuch,  and  of  Paul, 
and  of  Cornelius.     In  some  particulars  they  ate 
Tfcisely  alike;  in  others,  there  are  some  points 
Uf  dilf-rcnee.    The  jioints  in  which  they  differ 
,re  not  essential  to  genuine  conversion,  hut  are 
jierely  accidental  circumstances  peculiar  to  the 
individual  case  with  which  they  are  connected. 
To  ascertain  what  is  merely  accidental,   among 
He  ca.ses  on  record,  we  must  be  guided  hy  the 
following  rule:    "  Whatever  is  common  to  all  , 
cases  is  necessary  to  a  scriptuol  conversion;  hut 
whatever  wc  find  in  one  case   which   certainly 
did  not  occur  in  all  others,  is  a  peculiarity  of 
the  individual  cases  in  which  it  occurs."      The 
points  in. which   aU  recorded  case.s    agree  arc 
points  in  which  all  after  cases  must  agree,  but 
ou  points  in  which  they  differ,  subsequent  cases 
may  differ  with  equal  propriety. 

Hence  we  will  take  up  three  cases  which  are 
fresh  in  our  memory  and  examine  their  dif- 
lerenies. 

FinsT.  In  the  conversion  of  Paul  the  Lord 
Jesus  appeared  and  spoke  in  person  to  him,  but 
not  so  in  the  cases  of  Cornelius  and  the  eunuch, 
hence  it  follows  that  this  circumstance  in  Paul's 
conversion  was  peculiar  to  that  case  and  there- 
fore not  essential  to  conversion-i.  c,  a  man 
can  be  converted  without  seeing  and  pmmalhj 
hearing  the  mice  of  the  lord. 

SucOKn.  Paul  was  struck  literally  blind.but 
Cornelius  and  the  eunuch  were  not,  hence  it 
follows  that  literal  blindness  is  not  essential  to 
genuine  cTinversiou.' 

Thibu.  Paul  mourn.d  three  days  before  he 
wa,  baptiv,edi  not  so  with  the  other  two;  they 
wtiv  baptized  the  same  day  they  heard  the 
word  preached,  hence  the  delaying  of  baptism 
is  not  essential  to  conversion. 

FocnlH.  An  angel  appeared  to  Cornelius, 
L„t  not  to  Paul  or  the  eunuch,  therefore  a  man 
tan  be  converted  without  seeing  an  angel. 

FifrH  The  Holy  Ghost  was  poured  out  on 
Cornelius  lef,,,;,  his  baptism,  hut  nothing  of  the 
kind  occurred  in  the  conversions  of  Paul  and 
the  eunuch.  The  Holy  Ghost  was  not  poured 
out  on  them  before  baptism,  hence  it  follows 
that  what  thus  occurred  with  Cornelius  was 
not  essenfiid  to,  a  genuine  conversion,  but  a  cir- 
cumstance peculiar  to  that  peculiar  case.  Ihe 
nature  ot  the  case  demanded  some  extraordina- 
ry maniicstation,  not  to  convert  Cornelius,  but 
to  couvince  the  Jews  that  came  with  Peter. 
J.  H.  MoouE. 


Sav.s  our  worthy  Brother  landon  West:  1 
have  spent  the  time  since  Annual  Meeting 
pleasantly  in  preaching  through  Augusta,  ^el- 
-on,  Amherst,  and  Roanoke  counties  A  a.  It  i> 
truly  the  harvest  time.  Our  opinion  ol  ii- 
fc-i„ia  is  most  favorable.  We  have  now  been  in 
the  State  four  weeks,  have  met  people  on  tne 
-treets,  at  their  homes,  and  in  public  worship 
and  have  not  yet  heard  a  vulgar  or  profane 
word.    Kindness  is  the  rule. 


DISPOSITION  OF  COPY 

All  i:rin>.  "The  rommitte  to  the  Hear 
Creek  Church  Ohio."  by  R.  H.  Miller.  "  Blood 
and  Things  Strangled,"  by  11.  ii.  Moon.  "  In- 
consistency." by  John  Forney,  "  Immortality, 
by  .Jennie  Wilson.  "  Praise  ye  the  Lord."  by 
H.  V.  Brinkworth. 

RfjeitkI).    •'  Behold  1  come  quickly,"   by 
H.  P.  Brinkworth.    Too  poorly  written.  "Cor- 
respondence," by  Anna  il.  S.     Written  illeg 
hly,  and  very  much  stnttered. 

Contributors  wishiug  their  articles  returnid 
will  please  send  stamps  to  pay  postage. 

We  have  on  hand  a  number   of  articles 
the  dress  question.     This  subject  has  been  pret- 
ty thoroughly  discussed   in    Annual    Meeting. 


he  built  booths  for  his  cattle,  to  protect  the... 
from  the  great  heat  to  which  they  were  not  aC' 


Kentucky  accquaintancea,  the  yellow  honey- 
suckle, the  red  poppy,  the  hollyhock,  and 


from  the  great  heat  to  which  they  were  not  ac-    8ucK:e,  m-:  reu  poppy,  "■"«  uonjiiui-'M  "■'" 
customed  (Gen.  33;  I").    Our  route  during  the  I  the  dog  fennel.    The  poppy  we  havcscen  evcry- 


morning  had  skirted  the  southern  edge  of  this 
plain,  and  I  had  ridden  several  miles  out  of  thi 


where,  from  Joi)i>a  to  the  Jordan  and  beyond; 
and  in  many  itlaces  it  grow*  wo  thick  m  to  cot- 


piaiu,  ana  i  na«  riuaeu  »eYoi«i  mn™  «u«  «•   — -  i  '  ,"     -  ,        T     mi     t  it 

way  to  examine  the  mound,  ot  three  ancient    er  the  ground  with  red.    The  honeysuckle  wu 
cities.     I  crossed  irrigating   channels   i„  every  U  surprise  to  n..  and  Mpecially  when  we  ..w  it 

.....  .         ....  ...     I  in  tVio  uiilil  wnnils  f>1uTiiKi>riniT  niror  fh<>   \ 


direction,  nearly  all  of  them  dr^,  but  a  tew  con 
tiuuing  running  streams,  drawn  from  the  Jab- 
hok  where  it  leaves  the  mouutains.  If  iiU  of 
these  chauneU  were  in  good  repair,  and  ent«r 
prising  farmers  were  scattered  over  this  plain, 
there  is  scarcely  an  acre  of  it  that  would  not 


in  the  wild  woods  clambering  over  the  tops  of 
the  acrubby  oaks.  While  ftpeuking  of  foreirt 
trees  I  may  aa  well  aay  here,  that  only  on  afew 
mountain  ridgp«,  and  in  the  vicinity  of  ntreams, 
are  any  to  be  t^een  in  thiB  country;  and  the 
most  of  those  you  do  see  are  of  a  scrubby 


there  is  scarcely  an  acre  of  it  that  wouia  not  ■""  -  -  — -  /—  -  .,.,..  .  ^^ 
yield  a  most  abundant  harvest.  As  it  i3.  there  g-wth ;  yet  I  measured  a  w.ld  ohve  tree  .n  Wa- 
^  .....       .1..  U..:;i.  (!...» ir.  foaf  7    iiir.h>.a    m    cirriim- 


are  several  square  miles  of  promising  wheat, 
and  almost  the  entire  plain  is  covered  with  ver- 
It.s  former  wealth  and  importance  is  at- 


dy  Kajib  that  wa.s  IG  feet  7  inch's  in  circum- 
ference; I  lunched  to-day  under  an  English  wal- 
nut, the  spread  of  vrhoae  branches  were  neariy 


District  Meetings,  our  peri 


in    Annual    Meeting,    j^^j^j  ^^  „jj,  ^„i„,  „f  ^„i 
ioJicals,  and  in  private         „„„,;Je,BUe    ,\,.,    whi 


circles.    Would  it  not  be  well  to  tnrn  our  spec 
ial  efforts  in  other  directions?     Why  not  rath 
er  practice  the  truth  we  have  learned,  and  turn 
our  attention  to  sounding  out  the  word  of  the 
Lord  more  generally  in  the  regions  round  about 
the  churches  and  in  the  States  where  our  faith 
and  practice  are  unknownV       Bowever   we   do 
not  intend  to  turn  our  faces  against  the  doctrine 
of  non-conformity  to  the  world  in  all  unlawful 
things.     There  is  the  sin    of  covetousness,   the 
sin  of  malice,   the  sin  of   anger   which   need 
warring  against;  will  some  of  our  writers   give 
them  a  cut  with  the  Sword  of  the  Spirit?   Nor 
should  you  forget  the  fornicator,  who  uproots 
the  divine  plant  of  purity;  let  him  have  his  por- 
tions of  reproof,  for  God  spared  him  not  in  item- 
izing the  hideous  sins.    And  last,   hut  by  no 
means  least  in  degrading  and  pulling  down  so 
ciety,  is  the  false-witness.     He  may  be  found  n. 
the  courts  of  the  land,  in  business,  among  fam- 
ilies and  churches  and  society  in   general.    He 
needs  checking,  and  our  pages  arc  open  tothose 
who  arc  fearless  in  telling  him  of  his  sin.  duly 
make  it  look  just  as  it   is,  hideous,  degrading, 
deforming,  and  then  perhaps  he  will  abandon  it, 
seeing  that  it  is  such  miserable  company.      It 
may  hurt,  but  Jesus  says,  "  I  come  not  to  send 


aiporiance  is  ai-    •  —  -r 

than   six  towns   ■"'  feet,  and  I  measured  an  oak  on  Jehel  Owsha 
of  considerable    size,  which    lie    within  a  few  Ul>e  diameter  ot  whose  foliage  w,«  68  feet  in  two 
miles  of  each    other,    the    mass    „f  crnmbled  Ui'^tions  at  nght  angles  to  each  other    I  nev- 
...  -  ..         ,    .      r....  I  »r  saw,  in  a  country,  a  handnomer  shade  tree, 

or  one  which  ca.st  a  denser  shade.  These  spec- 
imens serve  to  show  what  the  primitive  forests 
of  this  country  were,  when  idolatrous  Israel  of- 
fered sacrifice  and  burnt  incense  "  under  oaks 
and  poplars  and  elms,  because  the  shadow 
thereof  was  good  "  (Hosca  4 ;  13).'  By  the  by, 
the  large  oak  which  I  have  just  mentioned  is 
close  by  the  tomb  of  Hosea,  whose  words  I 
have  just  quoted.  Inside  of  an  old  Mohamme- 
dan praying  place,  the  .\rahs  showed  us  a  long 
stone  trough  Ihirhh""'  feet  long,  and  three 
feet  deep  by  thrfte  wide,  which   they   call   the 

.      .  ».       7  T.    .  ,      .    .    _.;n.   _    ....11     ^f 


building  material  in  some  of  them  being  forty 
or  fifty  feet  above  the  level  of  the  plain. 

We  were  on  our  way  to  Jeraah,  the  ancient 
Gergesa:  and  from  our  lunching  place  on  the 
edge  of  the  plain  of  Succoth,  we  were  led  hy 
our  Sheik  across  mountain  spurs  fit  only  for 
goats  and  Bedouin  footmen  to  climb,  into  Wady 
Rajib,  where  our  tents  were  pitched  on  a  bench 
high  up  the  mountain  aide,  ncaravillage  which 
gives  name  to  the  Wady.  Every  ravine  among 
tlic  mountains,  whether  it  contains  a  stream  or 
not,  is  called  by  the  .\.rabs  a  Wady;  and  the 
stream,  where  it  runs  through   a  plain,  has  the 


stream,  where  it  runs  through    a  plain,  has  the  ^^^^f^^^  ^^  ■,  „,.„,,„„g  „it,,  „  ,„u  „£ 

same  name.    Of  Wady  Kajib   I  had  obtained      ,,,,  ji,t^;i„,,„,,„th  with  alternate  stripe. 


no  previous  information  at  all,  except  that  I 
had  seen  it  in  Ur.  Mernl's  report.  I  was  not, 
therefore,  at  all  prepared  to  see,  as  I  did,  the 
most  picturesque  and  romantic  mountain  glen 
that  I  have  ever  beheld.  Wooded  mountain 
tops,  witli  a  naked  crag  here  and  there,  rose 
thou-and  feet  above  our  camp  in  every  direc- 
tion except  to  the  west.  In  that  direction  the 
doping  sides  of  the  deep  Wady,  covered  with 


peace,  but  a  sword.' 


nvs   '*  I  come  not  to  send    ='"!'"&  '  ,  . 

Then  le   the  Sword  do  its    small  Inishcs  and  patches  of  growing  gram  do- 


,vork;  bold  it  not  back.  In  the  amputation  of 
a  limb,  there  is  no  small  loss  of  blood,  and  great 
care  must  be  taken  lest  the  patient  die;  so  it 
is  in  cutting  off  some  darling  sins,  the  patient 
becomes  a  little  weak,  then  "ye  that  are  strong 
must  pour  in  the  oil  and  strengthen  the  llickcr- 
ing  Karae.  Then  let  us  strU;e  at  evil  with  the 
word,  and    the  cure  .will    Ijc  sure  and  effectual 


See  column  entitled   "  Gospel  Success '    on 
last  page.    Whenever  the  Lord  gives  "  the  in- 
crease "  in  your  church  put  the  facts  on  a  pos- 
tal card  addressed  to  us,  and  we  shall  do  our 
p.trt  towards  making  this  departuienl  interest- 
iu"     It  would  be   quite  advantageous  if  you 
wJuld  mail  news  on   Monday   or   Tuesday   of 
each  week.    Observe  brevity,  give  the  facts,  and 
the  language  we  will  most  gladly  arrange.  Wc 
rejoice  to  hear  ot  the  success  ol  the  Lord's  cause 
everywhere.    Many  ministers  are  laboring  and 
toiling  under  discouraging  circumstances,   and 
if  a  word  of  "  good  cheer  "  is  not   given   them 
occasionally  they  may  soon  tire   and   faint  by 
the  way.    We  wish  to  urge   them   forward  in 
their  noble  work  in  every  lawful  manner.  Paul 
says  he  was  made   "glad"  by   "  the  coming  o^ 
Stephanas,  and  Portunatus  and  Aohaicus  ^^ 

for  they  have  refreshed  my  spirit  and  yours; 
and  of  Timotheus  he  declared  to  the  church  at 
Corinth,  "he worketh  the  work  of  the  Lord. 
His  writin"  of  these  brethren  in  commendato- 
ry terms  was  not  unlawful.  They  had  done 
good,  and  why  should  it  not  he  known,  lell 
the  joyful  news  to  the  church. 

WEhave  on  hand  alot  of  Brother  Hope's  Dan- 
ish papers,  which  should  he  distributed  among 
the  Danes  and  Norwegians  of  America.  Any 
one  wishing  some  of  them  will  please  address 
this  ofKce.  Will  you  send  for  some.  Brethren, 
and  put  them  to  worki-  We  do  not  like  to  see 
them  lie  here  idle.  Perhaps  hy  a  little  effort 
some  subscribers  might  be  obtained.  ^0  coni- 
urissions  to  agents.    The  reward  will  be  given 

'over  there"  when  the  Lord  shall  come  with 
.real  pow.r  and  glory  to  gather  his  elect. 


FROM  PALESTINE. 

(Ooniiiiued/rm  Icisl  weih. )  | 

At  noon,  that  day,  Thursday  the  24lh,  wc 
again  took  lunch  under  "the  shadow  of  a  great 
rock  in  a  weary  land,"  and  we  rcmerabaicd  its 
cool  shade  with  a  sigh  on  several  occasions  after- 
ward, when  we  ate  this  meal  in  the  boiling  sun. 
From  our  rock  we  overlooked  the  region  ol 
Succoth,  where  Jacob  spent  the  first  summer 
after  his   return  from  Padan    Aram,  and  where 


Bcended  two  thousand  feet  to  the  Jordan  plain 
while  through  the  opening  could  be  seen  a  nar- 
row strip  of  that  plain,  with   alternate  sections 
of  green  Mid  yellow  grain:  and  beyond  this  the 
mountains  west  of  Jordan,  piled  one  above  an- 
(kher  in    the  distance,  and    made   to  stand  out 
»ith  «real  distinction  by  the  soft  light  of  the 
setting  sun.     I  climbed   to   a  rocky  eminence 
above  our  tents,  to  enjoy  the  scene.     It  was  en- 
livened by  the   merry  voices  of  many  children 
in  the  adjacent  village;  by  the  rush  of  water  as 
the  stream  near  by  dashed   over  the   rocks;  by 
the  barking  of  dogs  and  the  neighing  of  horses; 
and,  as  ihe  twilight  drew  on,  by  the  bleating  of 
goats,  the  tinkling  of  small  hells,  the  lowing  of 
cattle,  and  the  calU  ot  shepherd  hoys,  as  thc^ 
flocks  and  h-rds  came  in   along  the  mountain 
paths,     A  litl  lo  later,  the  camp  fires  of  vranjer- 
ing  Bodouin  sprang  up  in  various  directions  on 
the  mountain  sides,  and  the  moon,  with  the 


old  and  dirty  w,oolen  cloth  with  alternate  stripea 
of  blue  and  red.  Our  Arabs  kissed  it  reverently 
as  they  approached  it.    The  mountain  on  which 
it  stands  is  called  Jebel  Owsha,  Mount  Hosea, 
and  it  is  the  highest  mountain  of  Israel  east 
ol  .lordun.  being  'i?~M  feet  above  the  sealeveL 
1  had  read  something  of  the  ruins  at  Jorash, 
and  felt  a  deep  interc'st  in  seeing  them,  but  I 
was  by  no  means  prepared  to  see  them  so  grand, 
so  extensive,  and  so  well  presei-ved.     Standing 
I  where  we  could  lake  thcui  all  at  a  single  view, 
we  were  forced  to  say,  here  stood   a  city  of 
greater  maanificpnce  than  Jerusalem  in  the  day 
of  its  greatest  glory.    The  whole  of  the  wall  is 
dLslinctly  traceable,  and  it  inclosed  a  space  not 
less  than  a  mile  across  in  every  dirction.    Near 
the  middle  ot  the  northern   wall  a  splendid 
spring  bursts  forth  from  under  a  purpendicular 
ledge  of  rock,  and  runs  through  the  city  to  the 
southern  widl,  hidden  by  a  perfect  jungle  of  ole- 
anders twenty  feet  high  and  just  ready  to  bloom. 
The  city  r'lses  on   the  slopes  leading  from 
this  stream,  the  larger  part  being  on  the  west- 
ern slope.     Parallel  with  the  stream,  a  street 
runs  from  the  northern  gate  nearly  a  mile  to- 
ward the  southern,  whose  pavement  in   many 
places  is  still  preserved,  and  along  each  side  of 
which  there  is  a   continuous  row  of  Ionic  col- 
umns with  richly   carved  entablatures  resting 
on  their  tops.    About  a  hundred  of  these  are 


the  mountain  sines,  ana  inc   u.oou, -.-    „,..„....,.,..• -  -  - 

evening  star  close  by  her  side,  began   to  glow    still  standing,  the  pedestals  ot  nearly  all  are  in 

OveoiUB  .,  ■i:^..„,.l.         , J  „„„  „,ol,„  vour   WBV     mth    difficulty 


in  the  western  sky.  I  sat  on  a  projecting  rock 
almost  entranced,  and  said  to  myself.  Could  I 
only  have  home  and  the  Bible  College  where 
these  tents  are,  how  I  would  love  to  Uvc  and 
die  in  this  place!  I  lingered  till  the  increasing 
darkness  made  my  step  uncertmn  in  descending 
the  rocky  steep,  then  carae  to  the  tent  and  sat 
in  front  of  its  door  till  the.  hour  of  woi-slup 
and  of  slumber.  .1.  W.  MoGabtbY. 

FROM   PALESTINE. 


Ruins,  Fountains,  and  Mountains  Be- 
yond the  Jordan. 


lY^m  11."  'Cl.H.tl.u  3l.,n<l*nl-  by  .l"l*Ul  Amngom*"!  1 

FROM  Wady  K;ijib.  wheremy  last  letter  clos- 
ed' we  traveled  in  one  day  to   Jevash,  the 
ancient'  Ofrgesa.     For  several  hours  we  as- 
cended the  Wady  in  which  we  had  camped,  pass- 
ing through  some  dense  forests  abounding  in 
oak  trees  of  several  variefies,  a  few  pines,   wild 
olives  and  other  less  familiar  trees;  and   cross- 
in,,  nianv  small  fields  of  wheat  and   of  freshly 
ploughed  ground.     We  •a'-'Ouie   fresh   clear- 
I  ings  of  the  wooded  slopes,  and  other  evidences 
of  increasing  attention  to  agriculture.      Plow- 
ens  of  many  varietiw  Uoomed  on  every  side.— 
They  weie  not  more  numerous  nor  varied  th 
I  have  seen  on  the  prairies   in   the   West,  but 
they  are  generally  of  a  more  delicate  texture 
Amoii"  the  number  we  rccogniiied  four  old 


ami  nvuuuiug,  v^-u  i—— 

place,  and  you  make  your  way   mth  difficulty 
among  the  fillen  blocks  of  the  others.    Abont 
half  way  this  street  is  intersected,  at  a  double 
archway,  like  one  of  the  triumphal   arches  of 
the  Romans,  by  another  street  with  similar  rows 
of  columns,  which  decends  the  western  slope 
and  crosses  the  stream  on  a  stone  bridge.    The 
first  named  street  terminates,  before  reaching 
the  southern  gati'.   in   a  grand  forum   in  the 
shape  of  an  ellip.»e,  and  surrounded  by  simUar 
'  columns,  55  of  which  are  still  standing.      Far- 
ther up  the  western  slope  are  the  ruins  of  sev- 
eral magnificent  heathen  temples,   and  of  two 
amphitheaters,  with  their  stone  seats  preserved 
almost  entire,  the  larger  of  the  two  having 
seats  for  5,001)  spectators.    The  western  side  of 
the  city,  at  the  time  of  its  destruction,  seems 
to    have     been    chiefly     heathen,     and    the 
eastern,    chiefly    if     not     entriely    ChrisU 
ian;  for  all    the     heathen    temples    are  on 
the' western  side,  and  on  the  eastern  we  count- 
ed the  ruins  of  five  churches  inside  the  walls, 
and  one  outside.    Almost  the  entire  space  with- 
in the  walls  is  covered  with  heaps  of  building 
stones  and  prostrate  columns,  and  all  around 
the  walls  ouLside  are  emptied  and  broken   sar- 
cophagi, and  rock-hewn  sepulchers,  the  banal 
places  of  Jews,  heathen  and  Christians.      It 
would  fill  this  letter  to  even  briefly  describe  all 
that  we  s.aw  there;  let  me  close  the  description 
by  saying,  that  in  these  ruins  we  have  a  monu- 
mental witness,  whose  tesUmony  can  not  be 
called  in  question,  to  the  original   wealth  and 
productiveness  of  this  country. 


I'iiirJ    ]  5Kli:Xi£iiK^s'    ^T    WOJbiKL. 


m  iiBfir  itass. 


Jul 


**Th^  Tforth  of  Truth  no  Tongue  Can  Tell." 


Thfs.Ippftrtmciit  i»(|p«1irnp<|  for  askfnirnmt  un- 
sweringijucslUm-H.  ilniwn  fruni  tht"  IliWo.  Jii  or- 
der to  promoU- tin- Truth,  all  <|iic»tions  HhOlllfl  I.I- 
brief,  niid  clotliml  tn  mroplc  iHnKimjfe.  We  Htiiill 
assign  uucsllonB  t"  our  f  .,nh  jl,ut.jr»  U>  aiiHWci. 
out  tM9  dops  not  exriiiileany  others  writliii;  upon 
the  snine  twi»ic. 


HOPE. 

BYA.  W,  VANIMA.V. 


W": 


Will  sumeoui-expliiln  Hob.  l:  ly  "  And  of  the 
anfrels  he  saith,  Win.  inaketli  lilo  KJiReld  spirllM,  and 
his  nifnlsloni  a  llamt?  of  firi-."  K.  T.  CnooK . 

Win  some  on«  ph-iwc  explain  John  10:  {p?  fn 
partirnliir  the  iiJinwe,  "  And  nhaW  go  In  and  out  and 
find  paNtnre."  M.  M.  IJiktz. 

Some  r»ne  plojwe  ('xjdaln  MalL  ft:  4\       _ _,. 

Uluto  your  l>r«'tJirou    only,  wliHt  do  ye  mure  than 
othoray  do  not  (tven  tho  puhlictnB  aol*" 

lU'JIl  llrolherj.  S.  Molik-r  plotne  an.swtT  Kv« 
Dy&n  .jneHtion.y— Kn.j 

PREACHER,    SPIRITS,    PRISON. 


ViiU  s.inic  oiH-  i>lr'(o»u  explain  1  Pet. -t:  Uif  It 
reads  iLH  followB:  "  Jly  wlii<-h  iiUn  Jie  went  un<i 
preaflied  unto  the  iiplrlt*  In  prlHon."  Who  in  the 
preacher)'    Who  arc  tho  »i.lriUS'    Wliere  in  the 

P^^on?  J.W.HAHNlIMiT. 

CHIIIST  is  thw  preacher.  The  antediluvian 
world  are  the  spirit*,  /.  r,,  tho»o  wlio  tiied 
in  the  duyn  of  Nr>«h.  "For,  lor  this  caun-  was 
the  goHpi-l  prca«:h"(|  aUo  to  them  that  are  .lead, 
that  they  might  he  ju'lgetl  according  to  men  in 
the  fii'sh.  hut  livo  mcorAing  toftpd  In  the  Nj.ir- 
it."  IJ'et.  4:6.  Ohrwt  di.-f/for  Jvery  man 
that  WHfl  ever  in  th.!  world.  a»"'^a8  "a  himh 
slain  from  the  fanndation  of  thd  World,"  and 
'•tasted  death  for  every  man;"  heoM  the  d.-ad 
and  the  Jiving  heard  him. 

Some  say  the  i.rJMon  ih  (hadeK)  hell,  or  grave 
a»  some  would  h«v.<  it.  Hfituo  say  when  "Cliri«t  I 
was  three  days  and  nights  in  the  heart  of  the 
earth,"  "tlieu  was  when  he  preached  to  the 
ipiriU  in  priHon."  Tho  Bible  doew  not  Il-II 
where  the  xjhrton  is,  and  where  the  (Jihlo  in 
•ilent  we  bad  better  be. 

ClIAIlLES  M.  Ykarol'T. 


AT  a   world  of  meaning  in   this  »maM 

word  oJ  only  four  jettors.      Paul  calls  it 

the  anchor  of  the  bouI."      Why   are   anchore 

uned  with  ships  on  the  broad  ocean?    They  are 

for  the  purpose  of  holding  the  ship  where  it  is 

wanted,  to  save  it  from  being  driveD  upon  the 

rocks,  and  wrecked.     So  each  person  in  out  on 

a  great  ocean,  the  "ocean  of  life,"  and    no    one 

can  hire  some  one  else  Ui  Hteer  his  boat  for  him, 

but  he  must  "paddle  his  own   canoe"  if  he  ex- 

pectfl  to  make  much  progrc-o.     He  ho^   a  true 

chart  by   which    to  ateer.   if  he   will   only   be 

guided  hy  it,  and  if  he  im  not  governed  by  it  he 

'[^^I'^'J  IJyj;  I  «""  likely  miw  his  landing    point.      .Vnd  last, 

"""" "    but  not  least,  he  bu) 

IIOl'K  As  AS  A.Nf  HOR, 

without  which  he  would  surely  be  driven  upon 
the  high  and  dungerouB  rocks  of  deupftir.  No 
one  can  be  found  who  has  not  the  implement. 
It  is  at  the  head  of  all  enterprises.  It  is  this 
that  upholds  the  warrior  in  hts  mad  career  in 
the  hope  that  he  may  win  fame  and  glory, 
which,  after  all  are  but  bubbles  that  Hoon  pass 
away.  It  is  this  that  urge*  forward  the  in- 
search  of  wealth  in  the  hope  that  1  e  may  fill  h  i 


i  10 


f  opirs  of  flip  '^nji.  ^alltn  l^sfcrp. 


Thk  United  Stat^  sends  460  missionaries  to 
foreign  fieli>i,  and  Germany  more  than  500,  and 
Great  Britian  1,00<». 

As  exchange  says  that  in  Calcutta  there  are 
l!i:*  Hindoo  temples,  117  Mahometan  mosqea, 
-■Jl  Christian  churches,  and  two  Jewish  syna- 
gogues. 

A  mi.vi>t»:kiai.  crisis  is  at  hand  in  Turkey. 
In  consequence  of  the  cireulation  of  threaten- 
ing documentd  against  the  sultan,  numerous  ar- 
rest«  have  been  made. 

Thk  membership  of  Spurgeon's  church  now 
amounts  to  .'5,166.  During  the  past  year  Sfti 
new  members  were  received,  and  '>"  died. 

Iniokuatios  received  by  the  the  Indian  Bu- 
reau reports  that  SOO  lodges  of  Sitting  Bull's 
Indians  are  south  of  the  British  line.  No  act 
of  hostility  is  yet  reported. 

Thk  Mi88i.sstppi  planters  have  issued  a  circu- 
lar to  business  men  and  benevolent  societies  of 
the  North,  begging  them  to  desist  from  help- 
ing the  negro  exodus. 

DKSTitrmvK  floods  are  now  reported  in  Lorn- 
hardy.     Thousands  of  acres  of  vinei*  and  grain 


ObitoAriM  should  be  brief,  wriUen  on  bui  on 

P*per.  aod  eepsrale  trotu  k11  other  hml^''^*  " 


BOVER.-In  Union  District.  Marshall  C 
Indiana,  Sarah  M..  wife  of  BrotI]  °' 
Boyer.  departed  this  life  April  2Sti 
aged  21  years.  11  mouths,  and  40  days"  ^n"'* 
ease,  dropsy.  Funeral  services  bv  p  " 
.lohn  Knisely  and  Brother  H  A    V  ' 

from  Heb.  13:  14.  Q  -^^  j^*"*"^'*)-, 

PLOWMAN.-in    the  Maple   Grove  cT^' 
Norton  County.   Kansas,    Sister   Mar    "^*^''' 
Plowman,  wife  of  Noah  Plowman  diZ  t^"" 
13th,  1S7!>.  aged  55  years,    8  months  L,' 
days.     Services   by  the  writer,  from  A 
12,  in  the  school-house,  at  N„rton  K  *■ 


untv 

':?'  j«h. 


Paris  the  third  of 


DAVID  REPROACHED  BY  ONE  NOT 
HIS    ENEMY. 


Will  tho  llncTiiiircM  AT  Wdiik  pitmci  cxjiluln 
PboIdiAU;  ij  '■  Tor  It  wiis  not  an  oliemy  that  ri'- 
pruMheil  mo;  Ihon  I  ooiilcl  linvo  boriio  It;  ni'lllm 
wiLs  H  ho  Hint  hiitcd  mo  tlint  did  in:ii;iilfy  Iiiiii^ojf 
HK'iinNt  mo;  tlioii  1  would  Imvo  hid  inysolf  fro; 
lilm."    Who  l»ri!fon«dloV        IsliAni,  i'BMiiji). 

IN  llio  vorao  folloiviiii!  *o  read:  "liut  it  wns 
Ihoii,  II  irniu  miiio  equal,  my  guide,  aud 
miuo  acquaintnnio."  Krom  the  language  in 
verse  thirteen  wo  niimt  conclude  that  King 
David  was  poraoniilly  acquainted  witli  this 
man;  and  regarded  him  liis  ci|unl.  David  says 
he  WII8  alpo  liis  counnelior,  and  that  they  hod 
walked  unto  the  house  of  God  iu  conipaoy. 

In  2  Sam.  17;  23,  we  read:  "And   the  coun- 
sel of  Ahitho]>hel  whieli  he  counselled  in  those 
days,  wiw  as  if  a  ninn  hiiil  inquired  of  the  oracle 
of  God.    So  wn.<  all  thecoiinael  of  Ahithophel, 
both  with  David  and  Ahualoni."    In  2  Sam.  1,5; 
13,  we  read:    "And  Absalom  sent   for   Aliitli- 
ophel,  the  Oilonite,   David's  counsellor."     At 
this  time  Absalom,  King   David's  sou,  had  a 
conspiracy    against   his    father;   and  by   fail 
speeches  and  courtesies,  had  won  the   hearts  of 
the  men  of  Israel  after  himself;  and  also  turm  d 
Ahithophel,  David's  counsellor,   a  conspirator. 
When  King  David  heard  this  he  said:  "OLord, 
I  pray  thee,   turn   the  counsel   of  Ahithophel 
into    foolishness."      After    that    Aliitho|)licl 
connselled  Absalom  to  slay  his  father    with   an 
•rmyof  men.    Then  said  Absalom,  "Call  now 
Hushai.  the    Arcbite,  and  let  us  hear    likewise 
whathe8aitb,"«;c.      And    Hushai   said:   "The 
counsel  which  Ahithophel   hath  counselled  u( 
this  time  is  not  good."    And  Absalom   and  all 
the  men  of  Israel  said  the  counsel  of  Hushai  is 
better  than  that  of  Ahithophel.    When  Aliith 
ophel  saw  that  his  counsel  was  not  followed,  he 
went  home  to  his  native  city,  which  was  Giloh, 
in  the  hill  country  of  .ludea.    There  he  put  his 
house  in  order  and  then  hanged  himself 

We  have  given  this  brief  history  in  order  lo 
show  who  David  referred  to  as  his  equal,  his 
counsel,  and  one  who  brought  reproaeh  upon 
him,  but  was  not  his  enemy.  Because  David 
still  had  compassion  on  Absalom,  and  Ahith- 
ophel was  the  counsellor  of  both  Absalom  and 
David,  is  probably  the  reason  why  David  did 
Aot  call  him  an  enemy. 

JOSIAH  F.  CC'LLAR. 


purse  and  enjoy  life,  but  how  great  the  dec*-ptiou : 

great  riches  havo  no  pleasure  for  their  posessor.  j  :ire  ruined.  At  Malara  below  Matua,  the  Po 
It  is  this  that  inspires  the  student  to  greater  has  formed  a  lake,  and  the  inhabitants  of  flood- 
exertion  in  the  hope  that  ho  may  some  day  stand  ed  districts  are  encamped  on  embankments, 
in  llie  ranks  of  the  wise  and  learned.  And  hi.  Ti.K  French  government  has  submitted  to 
hope  IS  not  all  m  vain,  for  knowledge  is  never  the  Chambers  a  bill  regulating  the  details  of  the 
a  miss,  and  is  a  power  forgood  or  evil,  but  does  return  of  the  Chambers  to  Paris.  It  fixes  the 
onevery  little  good  unless  used  properly.  It  is 
hope  that  helps  the  Christian  to  bear  the  hard- 
ships of  life.  It  helps  him  to  bear,  without 
flinihing,  the  frowns  of  a  wicked  world.  He 
hopes  some  time  to  obtain  glory,  riches,  and 
eternal  life;  all  the  glories  of  eternity;  all  the 
riches  which  heaven  can  bestow;  and  eternal 
lifo  which  can  only  he  obtained  by  steady  per- 
severance. And  the  Christian's  hope  is  not  in 
vain.  With  .leans  as  his  leader,  his  word  us 
his  guide,  hope  as  his  anchor,  heaven  his  land- 
ing place,  he  is  secure  in  any  storm  of  afflict- 
ion or  distress.  He  may  sometimes  be  driven 
upon  the  rocks  of  desjiair,  but  his  anchor  should 
be  strong  enough  to  hold  him  away.  Let  none 
despair  and  think  his  lot  harder  than  that  of 
any  one  else.  Let  every  one  push  forward  with 
his  utmost  power  for  "the  mark  ol  the  prine  of 
the  high  calling  of  God  in  Christ  .Icsus;"  U- 
cause  it  is  a  good  and  great  work  and  a  gre*t 
deal  is  at  stake.  It  is  life  or  death,  happiness 
eternal  or  everlasting  misery  and  despair.  In 
one  condition  hope  is  not  needed  in  the  other 
it  is  useless.  Consider  ye  for  yourselves  and 
choose  between  the  two  conditions, 
Vinim,  III. 


THE  SHIP  IS  STILL   SAFE. 


11 V  F.  P.  L(EHn. 


CoXTl\-l-ED  shocks  of  earthquake,  which  ore 
attributed  to  the  action  of  Mount  .litna,  have 
occorred  near  Santa  Venere  and  Guardia.  Sev- 
eral houses  have  fallen,  others  are  iu  danger  of 
filling,  and  there  has  been  some  loss  of  life. 


ONCK  more  have  we  safely  iiassed  Charibdas 
and  Scylla  withoutshipwreck  or  suffering 
the  loss  of  anchor  or  compass,  though  for  a 
while  past  the  wind  seemed  to  blow  a  gale  and 
dark  foiebodings  filled  the  breast  of  many  a  ten- 
der-hearted sailor  as  well  as  passenger  in  the 
gospol  ship  of  our  great  Captain  and  Pilot 
.leans  Christ.  It  appeared  for  a  while  as  if  the 
ship's  crew  had  mutined  and  were  determined 
to  wreck  the  vessel,  but  ah!  when  it  came  to 
the  question,  who  is  to  contrive  the  ship?  a 
sober  second  thought  prevailed.  Thank  you, 
my  dear  brethren,  both  old  and  young  for  be- 
ing outspoken  though  it  grieves  sometimes;  but 
it  wa.s  needful,  so  as  not  to  forget  it  very  soon. 
Many  a  sharp  cut  was  given,  but  the  acknowl- 
edgement made,  I  trust,  will  soon  have  healed 
every  wound. 

I  trust  we  that  may  have  been  rather  slow, 
aud  they  that  were  some  too  fast,  have  been 
brought  closer  together.  Now  let  us  endeavor 
to  keep  iu  company  for  one  year,  and  when  we 
come  together  again  at  A.  M.  try  and  do  the 
most  important  work  first  and  not  have  it  for 
the  last  as  has  been  the  case  last  two  Annual 
Meetings.  1  entertain  the  brightest  hope  that 
those  few  fault-finders  that  left  the  ranks,  and 
even  those  that  may  not  have  been  dealt  with 
altogether  justly  will  all  make  up  their  minds 
and  say, "I  will  comeback  aud  do  my  part  of 
the  service  acording  to  the  gospel."  All  the 
hands  are  needed  to  carry  the  glad  tidings  to 
the  waste  places. 

"United  we  stand; 
Divided  we  fall." 
lilooiiliiiyiluk,  Mich. 


At  BuA'alo  Lake,  Dakota,  there  is  a  Preaby- 
terian  church  of  fifty-five  members,  all  full- 
blooded  Dakota  Indians,  with  the  Mr.  Mazawa- 
canaytuia,  or  Iron  Thunder,  as  pastor. 


meeting  of  the  Legislature  i 
November,  next,- 

Nkorktte,  commanding  general  of  the  Mex- 
iciiii  army,  has  pronounced  against  Diaz,  and 
has  left  the  city  of  Mexico,  followed  by  3,000 
adherents  of  Diaz  Chief  .Iiistice  Vallart«  is  act- 
ing president,  and  congrcs  has  disbanded. 

FiiESii  inundations  in  Galicia,  Silesia,  and 
Hungary.  Half  the  town  of  Troppan,  in  Aus- 
trian Silesia,  is  under  water.  The  Danube  is 
still  rising,  the  hay  crop  is  destroyed,  and  sev- 
en iron  bridges  have  demolished. 

A  louNu  Polish  Jew  of  Baltimore,  named 
Stern  has  been  converted  to  Christianity,  and  is 
preaching  the  Gospel  with  success  among  his 
countrymen  and  coreligionists  in  this  city  and 
other  parts  of  Maryland. 

A  HAILSTORM  six  uiiles  wide  passed  from  east 
to  west  near  Germantown,  Columbia  Co.,  N.  Y., 
about  midnight,  June  IS.  The  hailstitnes  were 
as  large  as  hickory  nuts,  and  broke  panes  of  glass 
in  every  farm-house,  killed  poultry,  destroyed 
fruit,  uprooted  trees,  blew  down  fences,  and 
near  Clermont  unroofed  several  houses. 

U.  S.  Marsha  LI,  Shauohnksst  and  a  bank- 
er named  McCormick,  at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah, 
have  been  appointed  receivers  of  the  late  Brig- 
ham  Young's  estate,  on  application  of  Amelia 
A.  Young,  who  claims  that  the  executors  have 
I'mproperly  made  way  with  81,000,000  of  the 
82,500,000  at  which  the  estate  was  valued. 

Four  thousand  nine  hundred  and  fifty-three 
persons  were  killed  during  the  last  year  in  the 
north-west  provinces  of  India  and  in  Oude  by 
wild  beasts  and  snakes,  and  of  these  3,  871  ow- 
ed their  death  to  snake  bites.  No  less  than  10, 
513  head  of  cattle  were  also  destroyed,  mostly 
by  leopards  in  the  vast  grazing  plains  of  the 
Terai.  Rewards  to  the  extent  of  10.000  rupees 
were  paid  by  the  government  for  the  destruction 
of  3,ttlO  wild  animals. 

Thb  New  York  Witness  says:  "Crime  is  in- 
creasing fearfully  in  German.  In  1871  the 
number  of  oBences  legally  investigated  was  82 
000;  in  1876  it  swelled  to  133,700.  Perjuries 
increased  from  -Wl  to  800;  offences  against  mor- 
ality rose  from  1,072  to  2,000,  and  bodily  inju- 
ries from  7,000  to  15,400.  In  six  years  the  num 
ber  of  oflenders.  under  eighteen  years  of  age 
mcreaseJ  nearly  2,0(lu.  This  increase  in  crime 
has  kept  pace  with  the  growth  of  infidelity. 

Jo.-.ErH  Nkhiua,  the  Japanese  Evangelist 
who  IS  now  doing  a  noble  work  among  his 
countrymen,  found,  when  a  boy,  two  tracts- 
one  about  America,  the  other  on  Christianity 
On  reading  these  he  was  filled  with  the  desire 
to  go  to  America  and  become  a  Christian  This 
was  at  a  period  when  any  native  was  caught 
leaving  Japan,  was  put  lo  death.  The  Japanese 
boy,  undeterred  by  the  the  danger,  secreted 
himself  on  a  vessel  and  escaped  to  China  and 
from  thence  lo  Boston.  He  was  educated  at 
Amherst  College,  aud  on  his  return  to  his  native 
land  was  offered  a  lucrative  position  as  inter- 
preter This  he  declined  in  order  to  preach 
the  GAspel.  He  has  now  hftyA.reaching  places, 
three  churches,  and  eighty-foOr  thousand  stu- 
dents in  College,  half  of  whom  are  studying 
for  the  ministry. 


wnove, 
years,  3 


MiUi„ 


N.  C.  Wi 
Pnmilive  Chrhliaii,  phase  copy 

CBOWNOVUR,— Sister  Mary  E.  Cro, 
departed  this  life  Juue  7tli,  aged  35 
mouths  and  20  days. 

Sister  Crowuover  was  a  daughter  of  Pij 
Joseph    R.     Hauawalt,    (deceased)   of 
County,  Pennsylvania.    She  joined  the  boih' 
Christ  in  her  fifteenth  year,  and  w.is  a  worll 
and  consisteiitiiiemberofthechurch  fori 
J"*""'  N.TaAi'"' 

ROYER,-Iu  the  Grasshopper  Congregation 
-leD'eraon  tlounly,  Kansas,  Brother  Jok„  .  ,' 
Sister  Phebe  Royer.  Brother  Royer  j'a 
March  12th,  I8Ji),  aged  64  years,  n  „„„n7 


and  18  days.    Sister  Royer,   his 


■^"fflpaaion. 


died  April  20th,  aged  66  years,  aud  9  d 
Disease,  lung  fever.     Funoral  services bytte 
'*"'""■"!■  ,  .  J-  A.  KOVEB 

(Primitive  Christian,  plmse  copii  ) 

HETEICK.-In  the  Red  Bank  Congregation 
Armstrong  County,  Pa.,  May  11th  A|i  ' 
Belle,  daughter  of  Joseph  A,  and  Martha  e' 
Hetrick,  ai;ed  9  years,  7  mouths  and,  3  days' 
Funeial  disc.iur,-e  by  J.  W.  Smouse,  from 
^''^e»-5-2  ABhotheh 

SHOEMAKER -Athis  home,  near  Oakland 
Pa.,  June  19ih,  1879,  after  a  brief  , -line,; 
John  W.Shoemaker,  aged  iSyears,  8  months' 
and  24  days.    '  L.  J.  Shoemaker    ' 

SHAFFER.  -  Iu  R.lls  City  Church,  Richard- 
son County,  Neb,,  May  2Sth,  Emuia  May 
Shaffer,  infant  daughter  of  Brother  P.  and 
Sister  I.  Shaffer,  aged  I  year,  6  mouths,  and 
28  dii.ys.  Services  by  Joseph  D,  Johnston 
aud  Henry  P.  -Brinkworth. 


MILLER,-In  the  Sugar  Creek  Congregation, 
Allen  County,  Ohio,  May  19th,  1879,  Elder 
Daniel  Miller,  aged  62  years,  8  months,  and  1 
day. 

By  the  death  of  Brother  Miller  the  church 
has  lost  a  noble  counsellor,  the  children  a  kind 
father,  and  the  wife  a  dear  husband;   but  we 
hope  their  loss   is   his  eternal  gain.      Funeral 
iiunrovej  by  tli.-  Brethren,  from  Rev.  14:  13. 
Samuel  Metzgeb. 
MEAD,-Brolher  Albert  B.  Mead  was  born  in 
Toniliiii.  Ciinty,   New   York,   August  7th, 
1814.     He  was  oue   of  the   old   pioneers  of 
Elkhart  County,  where  he  moved  to  with  his 
parents  in  I8:!5.     In  1877  he  united  with  the 
church  .  f  the  Uretliren,  iu   which   belief  he 
>pent  many  hai.py  hours.     He  departed  this 
lite  May  llili,  1,S79.  Age,  64  years,  9  months, 
■"■i  -l  J-ys-  A.  A.  Wise. 

SMITH— In    the   West    Fork   Congregation, 
Floyd    Couiily.  Virginia,  May  30th,  Sister 
Mary  Smith,  wife  of  Bartley  Smith,  (deceas- 
ed) aged  47  years.     Disease,  consumption. 
The  siibj-ct  of  this  notice  had  been  a  con- 
sislent   member   of   our  fraternity   for  many 
years.     She  survived  her   husbaud   about  six 
years,  during  which  time  she  fought  the  bat- 
tles of  life  with  great  vigof,  ever  looking  to  the 
widow's  God.     She  leaves  a  family  of  twelve 
children,  ,.ix  of  which  are   mirriod,   to  mourn 
their  loss,  hut  we  trust  Uereleruai  g.iiii.  When 
we  sat  by  her  bed  ide  and    listened  to  her,  tell- 
ing her  children   not   to   forgot   her  as  some 
children,  our  hearts  wire   made   to   bleed.     0 
how  can  ch'ldreu  forget  so   true  a  friend  as  a 
mother  when  she  is  dead?     I  trust   these  chil- 
dren will  not  forget  her,  but   prepare   to  meet 
*""■-  C,  D.  HvLTON- 

CROFT,— In  the  Oakland  Church,  Darke 
Counly,  Ohio,  May  6th,  1879,  Sister  Cath- 
arine Cn.fr,  daughter  of  Friend  George  and 
Sister  Mary  Croft,  aged  25  years,  S  months, 
and  1  day. 

Sister  Catharine  was  a  consistent  member  of 
the  church  Herdiseiise  was  consumption.  She 
bore  her  affliction  with  much  pntience,  looking 
forward  for  the  crown  of  righteousness,  which 
the  righteous  judge  shall  give  to  them  that 
love  hioi.  Funeral  services  by  Ihe  Brethren, 
trom  rhess.  4:  13.       Jebe.miah  Kathehmaji. 


THE    BRETKLREISr    ^T    "WORKl. 


lorrcaiiotttlence. 


;ib.^ 


Wrightsman. 

^  Jinthr"    ' 

'.     jiy  inlorm  jou    that   I   left   home   in 
''^l^^iiitli  Beud.  Inditiua,  May  2yth,  Western 
i    n  search  of  henlth,  and  to  look    at   the 
'  ',      I  came  direct  to  Liucolu,  the  Capitol 
'^"''ilate:  remained  there  gne  week,  looking 
*'"*"  This   city    has    from  6,000  to   8.000. 
a  i70od  class  of  society, — mostly  Amer- 
^^     Everything  here  in    the   shape  of  real 
*"'   and  rents  are   about  double  what  they 
ought  to  be.  and  eventually    these   rates 
(lattea    out.  Here  is   an  artesian  well  be- 
1  100.  1.200  feetdeep,  which  flows  strong 
''^  .  ter  that  ebbs  aud  Hows   with    the  ocean 
'  When  it  ebbs  the  pure  salt  can  be  scrap- 
i,v  the  handful.     The  well  water  is    of  a 
^Tsh  nature,  and  at  a  certain  depth  salt. 
'^m  I^incoln  went  West  to    Hastings,    \:,i 
!      Hefs  "^  found   Sister  Spanogle,   her 
jnugiiters,  sou  and  his  wife,  and   a  young 
***  all  members  of  the  church.    Sister  Span- 
'  nd  her  daughters  are  living  near  Hasting", 
abe  other  members    live  some    tweoty-five 
"igout  on  the  farm  near  Grand  Island.     We 
fine  appointment  in  Hastings,  in  the  Con- 
^jijJQrittK'hureh.    We  had  a  pleasant  meet- 
with  good  attention. 

his  IS  a  tine  country,  good  level  land,  reng- 
in  price  from  ^li>  to '$iO  per  acre.  After 
jjfjg  a  few  days  here  I  went  farther  west, 
"Lowell.  Kearney  County.  This  is  a  newer 
,Qlry,  and  not  much  settled  up  yet.  South- 
I  of  Lowell  is  a  railroad  station,  on  the 
lU  Hnd  Missouri  River  II.  R.  in  Nebr^s- 
Go  seven  miles  south-west,  and  from  here 
I'uliiward  is  the  best  country  I  ever  saw.  Land 
jgvel  ft"d  rich.  Here  the  homesteaders  are 
indiug  homes  of  100  acres  for  ?16.  The  gov- 
(^meut  land  is  pivtty  well  talien.  Here  one 
jjngrt  railroad  land  all  they  want  from  ^'i  to 
«  peracre.  as  good  land  as  any  one  need  wish 
for  but  not  a  stone,  tree  or  switch  to  be  seen 
far  as  your  eyes  can  behold,  except  what  has 
teen  planted  here.  Everything  grows  in  the 
nchest  abundance.  The  soil  only  needs  to  be 
ticbteil  with  tlie  plow,  and  it  will  laugh  a  large 
twp.  rienty  ot  rain;  people  kind  and  sociable; 
Hciety  very  good  for  a  new  country;  health 
lerj'  S"*"*-  ^^^y  *''°  '•'*^  '^^^"'^  ^^^"^  corart  in- 
ulids,  and  arc  now  well,  rejoicing  in  their  new 
prairie  homes.  I  have  found  a  few  members 
htre.for  whom  I  preached  twice,  and  attended 
tbeir  union  Sabbath-school.  These  membtrs 
seemed  to  be  satisfied  with  the  Bible  and  its 
Kacbing?,  without  any  additions. 

May  God  bless  his  whole  church,  and  espec- 
ially the  scattered  ones  in  the  far  West,  who 
ire  without  a  shepherd. 

Fiom  here  I  go  lo   Denver,   Colorado.      My 
leallh  is  improving. 
LourlUKcdrnuj  O-m^t;/.   N(l.,June  lH. 

Notes   by  the  Way. 


jffBll 


BiirliQgi 


Doir  Bicdireti: — 

LEFr  home  May  30th.  Took  the  train  at 
Meehanicsburg.atS:  lOP.  M.  At  Curl- 
isle  met  Brother  J.  P.  Lerew  and  daughter 
Uollie,  with  Sisters  Margaret  Beardorf,  M. 
Brown,  C.  Trostle.  Had  n  pleasant  ride  over 
Ibe  valley,  arriving  at  Hagerstowu  .t:  2.J.  Was 
met  by  Cousin  A..  Condry  and  Friend  W. 
Scliular.  Remained  at  Hagerstown  all  night. 
Here  we  took  a  look  at  the  ruins  of  the  fire — 
it  tlie  Washington  House  the  night  previous. 
Qow  sad  to  learn  the  narrow  escapes  and 
deaths  from  this  mishap.  How  thankful  we 
ihould  be  to  God  that  our  lives  are  cast  in 
pleasaut  places. 

May  3Jst.  Took  the  train  for  Broadway, 
Virginia.  Changed  cars  at  Weaverton  and 
Harper's  Ferry.  Enjoyed  the  trip  very  much. 
Met  brethren  and  sisters  at  every  station,  some 
of  whom  we  shall  ever  remember,  for  their  kind 
lisiutaiice.  At  Brownsville  we  met  Elders 
Moses  Miller  and  David  Long,  from  the  Manor 
Cburch,  Miuyland,  arriving  at  Broadway  3;13 
P-  M.  Here  we  werr  met  by  Brethren  who 
wuveyed  us  to  their  homes.  We  stopped  at  the 
home  of  Elder  John  Kline,  (deceased.)  We  are 
BOW  having  our  home  at  Brother  John  Ziglers. 
formerly  owned  by  Brother  Peter  Nead,  (de- 
ceased.) 

May  3l3t.  Visited  ground,  etc.  of  A.  M, 
>ad  think  it  a  delightful  place.  As  this  is  the 
first  Annual  Meeting  that  I  tver  attended,  I 
was  very  much  interested  and  enjoyed  the  first 
■oeal  00  the  grounds  very  much.  From  here 
*e  attended  meeting  in  the  house  of  Brother 
L  Kline.  Brother  Samuel  Kinsey,  editor  of 
Jhe  Vimliolor,  spoke  from  the  word.';  "Walk 
i°  the  light."     Brother  Stump  followed. 


June  Ut.  Through  the  kindness  of  Brother 
M.  Zigler  we  bad  the  pleasure  of  attending 
meeting  ai  Timberville.  This  is  in  the  Flat 
Rock  District  .They  have  erected  a  very  large 
church,  and  dedicated  it  the  second  Sunday  in 
May.  Our  company  was  Brother  (Juinter,  S. 
C.  Keim  and  wife.  We  ail  enjoyed  our  three 
miles  ride  through  the  Shenandoah  Valley. 
The  balmy  air  of  a  clear  morning  and  the  beau- 
tiful helds  of  clover  casting  forth  their  odors 
of  sweetness  all  added  to  our  pleasure.  People 
at  ten  were  addressed  by  Brother  tjuinter,  from 
1  John  5:  5.  While  sitting  in  the  house  I 
cast  a  look  through  the  open  window  by  my 
side,  and  a  beautiful  view  of  the  river  greeted 
my  eyes.  I  was  made  to  exclaim,  "How  won- 
derful ar>^  thy  works  and  thy  ways  past  finding 
out!"  Attended  afternoon  services  conducted 
by  Brother  J.  Coffman,  S.  C.  Keim  and  D.  K. 
Saylor.  Hope  we  may  be  profited  by  their 
teachings. 

In  the  evening  attended  services  at  Broad- 
way, in  the  Presbyterian  Church.  Brother 
ijuinter  preached. 

June  2.  Monday  morning  met  on  the 
grounds  for  breakfast.  Preaching  on  the 
ground  by  Brother  Ridenour  and  Sturgis. 
Having  heard  of  Brethren  D,  N.  Workman,  C. 
G.  Lint,  S.  Z.  Sharp,  Jesse  Calvert,  J.  H. 
Moore,  P.  J.  Brown,  we  wereglad  to  meet  them, 
and  are  happy  to  say  we  met  many  more  whose 
names  we  could  not  give,  as  the  list  would  be 
too  long. 

June  3.  Raining — somewhat  unpleasant.  I 
can  truly  say  I  was  happy  to  see  so  kind  and 
loving  spirit  exist  among  the  Brethren.  All 
the  queries  ^>ere  ably  discussed  and  we  hope 
the  desires  may  meet  tiie  approbation  of  all. 

Tuesday  evening.  Meeting  at  Brother  M. 
Zigler's.  Brother  H.  R.  Holsinger  spoke  from 
the  words  "With  all  they  learn  to  be  idlers  and 
busy-bodies." 

.attended  council,  and  listened  to  an  able 
sermon  by  Brother  S,  H.  Bashor  at  the  church. 
In  the  eveningattended  preaching  at  Broadway. 
Brother  H.  R.  Holsinger  preached  very  inter- 
estingly. 

-lune  ■>.  Attended  council.  Some  of  the 
brethren  and  sisters  are  taking  their  leave  fur 
home.  Council  closed  at  5  P.  M.  Here  comes 
the  parting.  How  sad  to  say  farewell,  perhaps 
to  meet  no  more!  Should  it  plea.se  God  in  his 
all  wise  pfoyideuce  that  we  should  no  more 
meet  at  Annual  Meeting,  may  we  all  be  so  hap- 
py a^  to  tueftt  at  home  in  our  Father's  House 
eternal  in  the  heavens.  We  took  a  last  look 
at  place'of  A.  M.  In  company  with  Sisters 
Annie  Bechtel,  Wealthy  A.  Clark,  Nannie 
Wolf,  Laura  Miller,  and  Lizzie  and  Julia  Long 
we  took  a  walk  to  Brother  S.  Kline's.  Kemain- 
ed  there  all  night. 

Friday,  at  10  o'clock,  we  set  out  for  Broad- 
way; took  the  train  at  Harper's  Ferry,  arriving 
there  at  5  P.  M.  Here  the  hist  good-bye  to 
some  whom  we  shall  fondly  remember. 

Hirper's  Ferry  is  a  place  of  more  than  ordi- 
nary interest.  I  enjoyed  the  signt  of  the 
beautiful  rivers  and  lofty  mountains.  From 
there  lo  W«averton.  Here  we  had  to  wait  on 
the  train  till  after  S  o'clock.  Weaverton  is  lo- 
cated on  the  banks  of  the  Potomac,  and  the 
scenery  is  grand.  Took  the  train  for  Hagers- 
towu.  At  Breathedsville  we  hud  to  part  with 
Sistei-s  Longs,  Wolf,  and  Miller.  My  travel- 
ing comi)anion  now  is  Sister  Emme  Stoner. 
Arrived  at  Hagerstown  at  10:30.  Remained 
all  night  at  Sister  Miller's 

Saturday  morning,  took  the  8  o'clock  train 
for  home.  At  the  depot  we  met  a  sad  bight — 
that  of  a  man  from  New  York  who  was  badly 
burned  and  injured,  trying  to  make  his  escape 
from  the  fire  of  the  Washington  House.  They 
were  trying  to  remove  him  to  his  home.  Ho 
was  an  object  of  pity. 

Arrived  at  Meehanicsbuvg  at  11:30;  and  with 
all  this,  has  been  one  of  the  grandest  trips  I 
have  ever  taken.  Thanking  the  brethren  and 
sisters  of  Virginia  for  their  kindness,  hoping 
God  will  bless  and  prosper  you  all,  I  shall  ever 
remember  you  with  pleasure,  and  may  God 
bless  ns  all  that  we  may  meet  in  heaven,  is  the 
prayer  of  your  unworthy  sister, 

Lbah  T.  CosmtY. 
She})herdstown^  Pa. 


By  a  mistake  had  to    lay  over    there   one   day. 
Had  a  very  pleasant  visit  with  the  old    brother 
and  family.     Attended  meeting  on  the  evening 
of  May  S.      Next  day  aasembled   for  District 
Meeting,    which   was  held   in   the    Brethren's 
new  meeting-house,  io  the  Thornapple  Congre- 
gation, lona  County,  Michigan,  on  the    '.'tb    of 
May.     Meeting  opened  by  singing  and   praver. 
After  which    a  portion  of  scripture   was  read. 
Old    Urother   Isaac  Miller   chosen  Moderator, 
young  Brother  Isaac  Miller,  Writing  Clerk,  old 
Brother  Long  Reuduig  Clerk.      Congregations 
called  seven    out   of  ten   represented.      Papers 
were  then  called   for;  there  was  but   one  pre- 
sented, and  that  was  in  the  form  of  a  reijuest, 
asking     District  Meeting  to    petition   Annual 
Meeting  for  a  committee   to   settle  someidiftii- 
culties  existing  in  a  complicated  form  in  sever- 
al congregations,  which  wai    discussed  some 
length  of  time,  leaving  the  request  ungranted. 
After  this  the    missionary   question  was  dis- 
cussed, but  no  definite  steps  taken  in    that  di 
rection,  farther  than  that  we  were   to  talk    the 
matter  up  and  do  what    we  could   until    there 
should  be  a  united  effort  made.      Dismissed  by 
singing  and  prayer.     Met  again  in  the   evei  i:ig 
for  public  worship.     Went  home  with  Brother 
llepner,  who  took  us    to    the    train   at  Lowell, 
which  we  boarded  about  5  o'clock,  for  home,  at 
which  place  we  arrived  on  the    evening    of  the 
10th.     Found  all  Well,  for  which  we  try   to  he 
thankful.     We  were  kindly  entertained  by  lov- 
ing brethren  and  sisters,  for  which   they  have 
our  thanks.     We  found  warm  hearts  and   will- 
ing hands,  in  evidence    of  which   I    here  state 
what  they    told    me,  that  five  brethren  bailt 
their  meeting-house  last   year,  which  is  i0x50, 
and  a  commodious  house   it  is,  too.      It  being 
the  time  of  the  year  of  corn-planting.    I    found 
my  plow  standing  in  the   field    where   I  left  it 
about  one  week  before,  but  I  found  warm  hearts 
and  willing  hands  at  home  on   my  return,  for 
som*'  of  niy  brethren    who  had    been   busy   at 
hoiiit  III  my  absence,  went  to  work  mid   helped 
me,  and  we  soon  had  the  corn  in    the    ground. 
Now  I  make  this  statement,  that  other  brethren 
may  go  and  do  likewise,  for  by   so  doing  they 
will  gladden   many   hearts,  more   than    they 
could  by  aiviiig  money.     Finally    brethren,  let 
us  try  and  help  bear  one  another's  burden's  as 
much  as  we  may  be  enabled.  W.  Claiik. 

Doifdtj iac,  Miih/gaii.  June  17Ui,  isT'.K 

Prom  Samuel  Murray. 
■  Hnthrni  ■— 


council  meeting;  not  ranch  ouaineM.  Agreed 
to  hold  our  communion  on  the  29th  of  Septem- 
ber. 

On  the  13th,  went  to  a  Communion  in  the 
Clear  Creek  District,  Huntington  County. 
Next  day  went  to  the  communion  in  the  Ogan't 
Creek  Congregation,  Wabaah  County.  All  of 
these  communions  were  well  attended.and  sure- 
ly they  were  feasts  of  joy. 

On  Sunday  afternoon  we  met  with  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Squirrel  Creek  District,  to  as-iist  in 
organizing  n  Sunday-school.  May  the  Lord 
help  them  to  make  it  a  good  school. 

I  am  writing  at  ray  son's  near  Peru.  Am  on 
ray  way  to  Carroll  County,  to  hold  a  series  of 
meetings.  My  address  will  be  RosaviUe  till  the 
2-lth  of  June. 

Jnne  J7th. 


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Wl 


14th  went  to  Wabash.   L'jth    to    Peru 
I6di  to  White  County,  ITth   to  Logana- 


To  District  Meeting  and  back  again. 


IEl'^T  Dowagiac  May  7th,  ou  the  Michigan 
J  Central  R.  R.  for  Kalamazoo,  in  company 
with  Brother  Cornelius  Vorhees.  Arrived  at 
Kalama/.oo  about  2  o'clock  in  the  morning. 
Took  Indiana  ic  Grand  Kapids  R.  K.  in  morn- 
ing, for  the  Hii)ids.  Arrived  about  10  o'clock. 
Took  the  train  on  the  Detroit  &  Milwaukee  II. 
R.  for  Lowell,  at  which  place  we  took  private 
conveyance  to  old  Brother  George  Long's,  by 
whom  we  were  received  and  kindly  entertained, 


porr,  lS:h  preached  twice  in  a  school-house. 
Even. Jigs  ot  lEHh  and  20th  at  the  same  place; 
21st  went  to  Carroll  County.  Met  with  the 
brethiHii  of  the  Bachelor  Run  District,  where 
A.  Milli'f  had  commenced  a  meeting.  Brother 
G.  W.  Oripe  addressed  the  audienie  in  the  even- 
ing. May  23rd,  the  church  met  in  council. 
All  went  oil'  pleasantly.  In  the  evening  I  ad- 
dressed the  iimlience.  On  the  24th  had  to  go 
the  Deer  Cre<-k  District.  Preached  in  M.  E. 
Church  on  SdUirduy  evening  and  Sunday  at 
10:30,  to  a  house  full  of  attentive  hearers.  A 
Baptist  minister  present,  he  was  asked  forward 
on  the  stand,  and  if  he  had  anything  to  say  he 
should  say  it.  He  said,  "This  is  the  first  time 
I  have  met  this  old  brother;  and  this  is  the 
first  minister  I  ever  met  ou  the  stand  that 
preached  my  sentiment."  Ue  agreed  with  us 
that  all  God's  commands  were  essential,  and 
that  he  never  found  a  non-essential  in  the  Bi- 
ble. He  wants  us  to  preach  in  their  church. 
We  will  do  80  iissoon  as  we  can. 

In  the  evening  and  Monday  evening  we 
preached  in  the  Brethren's  Meeting-house,  to 
very  attentive  audiences. 

Tuesday  2Tth,  went  to  Bachelor  Pun  again, 
where  the  church  met  to  hold  a  choice  for  three 
and  four  deacons.  May  the  Lord  help  them  no 
he  useful. 

In  the  evening  I  addressed  ii  large  congrega- 
tion of  attentive  hearera.  After  preaching  sev- 
eral came  forward.  Next  morning  met  at  the 
aterside  and  saw  eight  persons  baptized.  This 
surely  was  a  pleasant  meeting.  Only  nine  dis- 
courses preached.  Two  by  A.  Miller,  five  by 
G.  W.  Cripe.aud  two  by  myself.  The  result 
was  22  baptized,  ami  one  reclaimed.  From  here 
we  went  to  a  Cominuuiou  in  Howard  Co.  Had 
a  very  good  meeting,  very  large  congregations. 
Ministry  strong.  From  here  we  wont  to  »  Com- 
munion, in  Cass  County,  May  30.  Had  a  very 
good  meeting.  Not  so  large  a  congregation. 
Ministry  not  so  strong.  From  here  we  went  to 
Miami  County  to  a  Communion.  Hud  a  very 
good  meeting.  From  here  we  went  to  a  Com- 
munion in  Waha^i  County,  on  7th  the  of  June. 
Had  a  Love-feast  indeed.  The  house  very  near- 
ly full  of  members;  and  a  very  large  crowd  out- 
side. From  here  we  went  to  Solomon's  Con- 
gregation, Huntington  County  to  our  quarterly 


From  Minnesota. 

E  have  no  establi?ihed  chu  rch  here,  and  I 
pray  God  that  the  time  will  soon  come 
when  ministers  will  preach  thw  glorious  gospel 
here.  I  aiu  pleased  to  know  that  we  can  in- 
vestigate divine  matters  i^  a  courteous  manner. 
I  take  no  pleasure  in  controversy  or  disputation, 
but  I  am  fond  of  investigation.  Truth  is  never 
injured  by  sincere  investigation,  hut  rather 
brightened  and  established  by  it.  I  do  not 
wish  to  disown  any  one  ou  account  of  opinions, 
unless  the  opinions  are  set  up  against  God's 
law.  Opinions  regarded  us  opinions,  are  harm- 
less, but  when  they  control  either  faith  or 
practice  are  injurious  and  ruinou?i.  To  main- 
tain that  the  pious  un-immersed  can  be  saved 
by  the  gospel,  or  that  men  may  be  saved  with- 
out being  baptized  into  the  one  body,  may  ruin 
the  soul. 

Ministers  should  fear  to  tell  any  one  euch 
things  as  lead  to  disobedience.      Opinionism  is 
the  cause   of  all    the   division  in    Christianity. 
If  all  wre  totak'.-  the  word  of  God  as  given, 
there  would  soon  be  an  end  of  strife.    All,  in 
ai  humble  spirit,  would  do  the  commandments 
of  God.     God  snys  we  shall  sing  with  the  spirit 
and   the  understanding,   but  opinion  steps  in 
and  says,  "Sing  with  the  organ."     This  is  the 
thing  not  commanded,  and  therefore  divides  U8. 
And  then  what  is  more  pitiable   than  the  gig- 
gling, uproar,  or  laughter  r"    Solomon  says,  "As 
the  crackling  of  thorns  under  a  pot  so   is   the 
laughter  of  fools."      I   do    not  say   that   it  ia 
wrung  to  bo  mirthful,  for  laughing  is  natural, 
but  I  do  maintain  that  it  is  wrong  to  laugh  at 
vulgarity  and  fooli8llne^s.     .lesus  says,   "every 
idle  word  that  men  speak,   they  ahull  give  an 
account  thereof  in  the  day  ot  judgment."  Sure- 
ly when  we  must  render  an   account  for  the 
time  soent  foolishly,   in  order  to  gratify  our 
carnality  we  should    take  heed.      When  opin- 
ions  lead    professors  of   religion  to  circuses, 
theatres,    hor.-e-riiceB,    then    the  opinions  do 
harm.  '"Live  not  the  \v  .,rld,  neither  the  things 
tlut  are  in  the  %vorld.     "'All  things  whatsoever 
v.-  do  ill  word  or  deed,  do  all  in  the  name  of  our 
Loid  Jesus."'    Can   going  to  shows,  theatres, 
r.ic -3  be  done  in  the  name  of  the   Lord  Jesus? 
We  may  engage  in  the    legitimate    pursuit*  of 
life,  to  the  honor  and  glory  of  God,  but  no  man 
can  do  so  by  going  to  places  of  vain  amuspment. 

M.iRY  C.  Ni'KMAlf. 

Sharon,  Minn. 


From  Central  Point,  Cat. 

BROTHER  Stephen  Broodhurst  came  here 
and  commenced  meeting  May  24th,  and 
preached  fourteen  sermons.  First  subject, 
•'Search  the  scriptures,  for  in  them  ye  think 
ye  have  eternal  life.  Second,  "Ask  and  ye  shall 
receive,  seek  and  ye  shall  find,  knock  and  it 
shall  be  opened.'"  Many  things,  both  old  and 
new  were  brought  to  the  minds  of  the  people. 
Hid  good  congregations  all  the  time.  Ou  Fri- 
day night  an  invitation  was  given  to  any  who 
wanted  to  make  application  for  membership, 
and  we  rejoiced  to  see  one  arise  and  demand 
baptism.    On  Saturday  night  another  one  re- 

vei  to  enlist  in  King  Je-ius*  army.  Ou  Mon- 
day night  the  thiid  one  cjtme.  All  the.-ie  dear 
brethren  are  seemingly  trying  to  persuaie  oth- 
ers to  come  to  Jeiua  and  live.  Pray  that  all 
miy  labor  and  live  in  the  fear  of  the  Lord. 

Will  the   G^iSfwl  J'tracher  please  copy  thd 

ahove.  G  KOllOE  W.  POWBLL. 


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Iwasurer. 

Umrk,  m,  June  '3StK  l^if- 

(F.  a.  plf^ise  copy.) 

THK    HRETIitlEJS'    ^VT    >V"01iK:. 


espel  i-ttcfcss. 


Am>  thov   tlint    Iw    wise  aliall  wMne    rh    the 
brifhtm-oHiif  llii-firiiiamvnt;Hiid  they  tliat  turn 
miuiyto  righte  insiicsH,  :iN  the  atars  forever 
ever.— Dan.  12:  s. 


Lift  Ifie  voice  and  houikI  tlio  truinjtet, 
WjitcliKF  on  till-  nioiinlatn  JiHglit; 

KoH  llie  clarion  notes  around  thee. 
Mhout  an  tIeCN  Iho  pfuainft  nifrht. 

LtfLtiie  volie  in  wordit  nt  warniiiK; 
Crying  ul  )iul.  "Uelml'I  tlie  ttiiwning.' 

Itoiine  iintl  pirii  lo  nicL-t  tlie  foe!" 


Fhojk  Suoak  liwaK  Cuubch,  Ohio.— Two 
were  recently  added  to  thechurcli  by  baptimn. 
One  was  a  bright  youth  of  Sister  Pringle,  the 
other  my  daugliter  of  twtlvc  yearn.  Our  cora- 
inunion  v/na  held  on  tht  13lh  of  June,  Had  h 
pleftflant  time.  .1.  A.  Tjiacki.ek. 

Fbo«  Kbavbr  Dam  Cnrnrn,  Ind.— We  are 
arcHtil)  making  progrfiH  in  the  catiHe  of  our 
heavenly  Ma^t^-r.  Sfven  pre(!iou«  houIk  added 
to  the  church,  making  fifty-two  ninoe  the  last 
of  March.  May  the  Lord  h^Ip  them  near  him. 
D.  Beciitkuikimek. 

FitoM  NojiTK  Missouru  Mihsion.— Held  two 
meotingi*  near'  f'arrolMon.  One  received  by 
letter,  two  applicants  for  restoration,  and  two 
baptized.  Was  accompanied  by  Brethren  S.  B. 
Shirkey,  David  Moore  and  A.  Brock.  Quite 
an  inciuiry  here  after  the  doctrioe  an  it  is  the 
first  meeting  for  the  Brethren. 

D.  B.  Gibson. 
Fbom  Clinton  Co.,  1*a. — Our  communion 
meeting  wtis  held  June  7-10.  Heron  nermous 
preached,  and  sin-tired  kouIs  turned  toserve  tlie 
Lord.  Sinners  trembled  and  Huints  rejoiced. 
About  eighty  pornonB  cummuiied;  pleiuunt  time 
indood.  A.  HiiKovKit. 

FitOH  UiiJBON  Cutritcu,  III— Our  Sundny- 
acliool  ia  in  u  flouriithiog  condition,  and  well 
attended.  Hud  il  good  rominuniou  meeting 
June  Sth.  O  how  I  would  have  enjoyed  iiiy- 
eclf  at  the  Annual  Mt-rting!  I  have  an  exLcn- 
aivtf  ac(juaintance  where  it  won  h<-Id,  and  ofteii 
vinit,  in  my  dreiiniH,  thone  largo  mountains  and 
deep  valleys.  T.  D.  Lyon. 

FlidM  Jksbk  Calvbht. — 1  left  home  Jujio 
25fch,  to  go  to  Tigcon  River  ('Inirch  Dekalb 
County,  Indiana,  wliere  Klder  M.  Shotfs  pre- 
Bides;  arrived  ut  tlie  plui'e  at  suntiet;  enjoyed  a 
pleanaiit  roxt  during  the  Khades  of  tliu  night. 
On  the  ^(itli  met  at  their  now  brick  church  for 
the  purpose  of  holding  dedicatory  service*). 
Took  up  a  donation  for  the  puriioNe  of  payiug 
what  wfLs  yet  due  on  tlii-ir  housf.  The  donation 
amounted  to  ^2(i2.  I  thou  delivered  my  ded- 
ication serniou.  At  the  close  of  it  I  invited 
sinners  to  come  and  dedicate  themselves  to 
God.  Five  came,  and  I  had  the  i)rivilege  of 
dedicating  them  to  God  by  baptism.  In  the 
evening  met  for  commnnion:  liad  a  pleasant 
feast.  June  27tli.  Had  siTvicex  again;  u  good 
meeting;  four  more  were  added  to  the  church 
by  baptism.  Meeting  at  night;  two  more  prom- 
ised they  would  come.  June  :i8th.  Had  a 
fleasont  nieetiug  tliia  morning.  Subject, 
"Prayer-meetings  and  Sunday-schools."  Then 
bad  to  leave  to  attend  the  funeral.  Thanks  to 
the  brethren,  sisters,  and  friends  for  their  kind- 
ness. 

B«oTiii;ft  0.  B.  Kitirigh,  of  Peabody,  Kansas, 
write.s:  We  were  lately  made  glad  to  see  a  man 
seventy-five  years  old,  a>d  hia  conipauiou, 
turn  to  the  Lord  for  salvation. 

EiOHT  persons  were  received  into  the  church 
by  baptisju  at  the  Welty  Meeting-house. 
Franklin  County,  Pennsylvania,  June  l.'»tli. 
The  Lord  be  praised  for  the  incivase,  and  bless 
the  dear  ones  who  have  fted  from  their  evil 
wa;'3  and  put  on  Christ. 

I  WAS  permitted  to  baptize  two  persons  when 
I  came  home  a  few  weeks  ago.  We  made  an 
attempt  to  elect  a  minister  but  failed.  A 
preacher  is  very  much  needed  here  in  the  Al- 
mena  (Michigau)  Church.  Will  the  Brethren 
please  remember  us.  F.  P.  LffiHii. 

Tub  communion  of  the  Elk  Creek  Church, 
Xebraskii,  was  held  June  15th.  Good  order, 
good  atteiidance;  word  preached  with  power. 
Held  an  election  for  miuiater  and  deacon.  Two 
minist'.-rs  were  chosen,  there  being  a  tie-vote. 
Jacob  Craft  and  Lomax  Miller,  ministers,  and 
Jonathan  Souders  deacon.  The  Lord  help 
them  to  perform  their  duties  faithfully. 

PEr.INA  MiLLKlt. 

The  Brethren  of  Winona  County,  Minn., 
enjoyed  their  Love-feast  June  7th  and  8th. 
Brethren  William  Hipes  and  William  Drury 
labored  faithfully  and  effectively  while  with  us. 
The  church  wa*.  strengthened  and  sinners  were 
made  to  fwl  the  need  of  a  Savior.  God  bless  all 
tiie  df;ar  brethren  and  sisterp  every-where. 

Jacoh  Wirt. 


Thk  Lovp-feast  in  the  Solomon's  C'rpfk  ' 
Church  in  past,  bo  farafl  the  work  is  conc*rned. 
but  theeffticts  we  feel  still  remain.  Large  at- 
tendance and  good  order.  Quite  a  number  of 
ministers  pr«M!nt.  Brother  Calvert  n-muined 
with  us  over  Sunday,  and  labored  bard  in  tell- 
ing the  good  old  story  of  the  croac.  The  Lord 
bless  hifl  good  work.  W.  C.  Pkrhy. 

Prom  Elk  Lick,  Pa. 

HAVE  just  returned  from  Bear  Creek 
Congregation,  Garret  County,  Murylajid. 
On  Saturday  evening  they  held  their  Love- 
feast.  Meeting  next  day  at  ft  o'clock,  Tiie 
congregation  held  a  selection  for  a  minister; 
the  lot  falling  on  Brother  Hochstetler,  he  not 
being  present  was  not  installed.  At  lOi'AO  met 
for  public  worship;  in  the  evening  also,  at  three  , 
different  phict^s  in  the  vicinity.  The  meeting 
was  well  attended,  especially  by  the  minister- 
brethren,  there  being  twelve  from  other  con- 
gregations, besides  all  of  their  own.  Among 
thom  were  S,  H.  liashor  and  Landon  West, 
from  Oliio,  Brother  Olnnn  and  others,  from  W. 
Va.,  iitid  our  old  father  in  Israel.  .lacob  M. 
Thomas,  from  Brandonville.  W.  Va,,  who  is 
MOW  eighty-five  year:!  old.  and  is  widely  known 
for  hia  labors  in  the  church.  The  meeting 
was  one  of  good  interest. 

Brother  Ba'jhor  has  been  holding  a  series   of 
meetings  at  this  place,  with  some  additions. 

During    the  night  and  Sunday  morning  they 

hod  fine  riiins,  which  were  very   much    needed. 

I  was  surprised   on  reaching   home  that  it 

had  rained  so   little.      I'or   want  of  rain   cur 

crops  will  be  short.  S.  C.  Kkim. 

Special  Notice. 

FROM  the  report  of  the  proceedings  of  Dis- 
trict Meeting  of  Northern  Missouri,  giv- 
en by  C,  ('.  Iloot,  my  name  appears  as  one  of 
the  evangelists  of  said  district,  with  Brother 
George  Shamberger  as  substitute.  Now  I  will 
say  Brother  Hhamherger  was  accepted  as  my 
substitute,  provided  I  deemed  it  not  best  or 
proper  for  nie  to  enter  the  field,  etc.  Now  I 
have  done  some  work  in  the  district,  at  such 
times  as  I  could  conveniently  do  so,  but  not  at 
the  expense  of  the  district,  and  will  do  still  a 
little  mon';  after  which  I  will,  if  it  be  the  will 
of  the  Lord,  continue  my  work  as  a  general 
(•vangelist,  as  I  have  enough  of  that  kind  of  l|i- 
bor  to  perform  to  occupy  the  most  of  my  time. 
I  expect  to  visit  Central  Illinois  early  in  the 
Fall,  and  will  only  give  private  notice  to  such 
congregations  where  I  contemplate  to  labor. 
D.  B.  QmsoN. 
Norboruf,  jUo.,  June  '.iO. 


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L0VE-FEAST6. 


We  expect,  the  Loixl  willing,  to  hold  our 
communitin  inectiDgin  tlie  Pine  Creek  Churcli, 
St.  .losepli  Couuty,  IntJiftiia.  on  the  second  dny 
of  October,  connnenciug  at  four  o'clock   P.  M. 

We,  the  members  of  the  Bethel  Church,  lo- 
ciitcd  iu  Thayer  iind  Fillmore  Couutiea,  Nebras- 
ka, expect,  the  Lord  willing,  to  hold  our  Love- 
feast  oil  the  2flth  and  27th  of  September.  All 
IJrethren  are  cordially  invited,  and  especially 
miuisterinjj  brethren. 

Levi  Beanhlossom. 

The  Brethren  of  tire  Aiitioch  Church  intend 
holding  their  communion  at  Antioch.  Hunting- 
ton Couuty,  Indiana,  September  27th.  Meet- 
ing to  commence  at  '2  P.  M,  Usual  invitation 
toalL  J.  M.  South  woDi). 

We,  tho  members  of  the  Maple  Grove 
Church,  Montgomery  County,  Iowa,  will  have 
our  coraniuuion  August  'iiird.  A  general  in- 
vitation to  all,  and  especially  ministering 
brethren.  Place  of  meeting  ten  miles  north  of 
Villisca.  Thoae  coming  by  rail  will  be  convey- 
ed to  place  of  meeting  by  notifying  the  writer 
at  Sciola,  Montgomery  Couuty,  Iowa. 

Gkouoe  W.  Wokkhan. 

We  expect,  the  Lord  willing,  to  hold  our 
communion  meeting  iu  the  Libertyville  Church, 
Jefler8on  County,  Iowa,  September  26th  and 
27th.  A  general  invitation  is  extended.  Meet- 
ing to  commence  at  10  A.  M.  and  continue 
over  Sunday.  Jami»  GuiThKi.Tv. 

In  the  notice  of  theDesinoines  A' alley  (Iowa) 
Love- feast  iu  No.  26  it  reads  that  the  meeting 
will  commence  at  7  P.  M,   It  should  lie  1  P.  M. 

In  the  notice  of  the  Grayson  ('ount.y(  Texas) 
Lovt-feaat  in  No.  26  it  reads  that  tbe  meeting 
will  be  on  the  20th  of  July.  It  should  be  July 
26th.  jAtOB  Bkiikey. 


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The  Brethren  At  Worn, 

"^''^^  ^  ^"'^   ^"^  <?<"««  ^^%»  0/  Oreat  J<n,,  which  Shall  he  to  All  Peopfe." _ L,r«  2:  10. 


Vol.  IV. 


Lanark,  111.,  July  17,  1879. 


No.  29 


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CONTEITTS    OF  VOL.  4.  HO.   29. 


fiBST 


Paoe— The  Coiiimitlti-  to  the  Bear  Creek 


Cliu'ch,  Ohio;  K.  II.  Miller;  Thoughts  on  \n\n\- 

alMectine— ^""''•'  Eby.— Motive. 
^toXJ>  I'AOE— The  T>onely  Grave— Jacob  Senger. 
"  Cimplain  Mc('ahe's  Dre-am  of  Ingersollville ;  Oh- 

jerviitioiis  on  the  A.  M. — 1).  C.  Moomuw. 

riiiKi>  Page— The  Tip  of  the  Finger.— C.  H.  Bal3- 
bflugh ;  Ignonmce  of  Futurity ;  The  Eyes  of  God 
on  I.illle  Folks;  Scolding. 

FoviiTH  Paoe— EinTORiAL;  A  Church  Organ; 
IVljiit  we  Write,  aud  What  Others  Write ; 

firrii  Paue— Ki)iToiUAL;aecrecy;  Cause  and  Ef- 
fect—Fiom  Piitestine.— J.  W.  McGarvey. 

jixTii  Pacje— Spirits  iii  Prison.— J.  W.  South  wood ; 
Coin  and  out.— J.  W.  Simthwocd;  Real  Stones 
Would  Cry  Out.— J.  S.  ilohler:  The  Hrethren  at 
ffcik.— Mary  M.  Gibson ; 

Sjvestii  Page— Echoes  from  IIuntinBton.— .Tohn 
Calvin  Bright;  Appeal  to  the  Brotlierhood.— C. 
Hope;  From  0/.uwkie,  KanHaa,  J.  A.  Root: 
From  South  Waterloo  Church.  Iowa.— Jacob  A. 
Uarriiy ;  From  the  Hopewell  Church,  Pa.,— Lyd- 
ia  Clapper;  From  Walla  Walla,  Washington 
Twritory.— 0.  W  Ilartness;  From  Lynch 's  Sta- 
tion, Va.— Thomas  C.  Wood;  The  Debate.— Peter 
Deiitdorf ;  From  Denmark.- C.  Hope 

EionTU  PAfiE— A  Nice  Lot;   Sample  Copies  Free. 


STEIN  AND  RAY  DEBATE. 

[The  copy  from  the  Flaij  office  did  not  reach 
us  in  time  for  this  issue.] — eds. 

raE  COMMITTEE    TO  THE   BEAR 
CREEK  CHURCH,  OHIO. 

BY  R.  H.  MILLEK. 

AS  it  was  retiuested  that  it  should  meet  as 
soon  as  convenient,  to  settle  the  troubles 
tbere,  Wf  made  arrangements  to  meet  them  on 
the  18th  of  June.  Two  of  the  committee  were 
not  present;  Brother  David  Bowman,  and  Jacob 
Ritedid  not  get  tbere.  Brother  Rife  writes  usthat 
bedid  not  get  home  from  A.  M.  in  time.  We 
bve  not  learned  why  Brother  Bowman  was  not 
present;  but  three  of  us.  Brethren  J.  P.  Eber- 
wle,  Daaiel  Brewer,  and  self,  met  and  %vere  ac- 
cepted. The  trouble  Wiis  not  general  in  the 
church,  but  between  a  few  members;  some  of 
tbem  of  other  arras  of  the  church.  The  Bear 
Crwk  Church  became  a  little  involved  in  it,  by 
'iking  up  the  matter  after  it  had  been  left  to 
wbitrator^i.  It  is  a  little  dangerous  for  a  church 
lo  take  up  a  matter,  after  it  has  once  been  left 
^i  coniiTiittee,  or  to  arbitrators;  because  to 
thange  tlieif  decision,  ou  account  of  new  evi- 
^tice,  is  making  two  decisions:  better  let  the 
wuitnittee,  or  arbitration,  consider  the  new  ev- 
*^Dce.  then  it  changes  its  own  decision ;  but  for 
'fhurch  to  change  the  decision  of  committees, 
"'wbilrators,  without  their  consent,  and  the 
unseat  of  the  parties,  is  running  risk  of  get- 
'"'S  into  trouble.  But  we  have  never  been 
"We  impressed  with  feelings  of  sympathy  for 
^^lirethren  than  we  were  for  the  elders  of  this 
'''urcii;  though  they  were  not  specially  in  the 
•^uIjIp.  But  they  have  the  control,  or  over- 
"Kfit.and  are  so  old  and  feeble  that  they  can  hard- 
'■^tend  to  the  business  at  all;  and  ulien  they  do 
"**«  any  mistakes,  younger  bretlirou  see  it 
**i-  aud  then  they  Bometimes  bear  a  little  too 
^  uii  the  elders.  We  are  inclined  to  think 
^''"i 'brethren  get  old  and  feeble  in  body  and 
'^'I'fl,  they  had  better  make  some  arruugenients 
"^'e  the  busiue.ss  of  the  church  committed 
^'•^tlie  hands  of  younger  brethren.  We  do 
'^  mean  that  the  old  brethren  should  liave 
'"""'Ufi  to  do,  but  they  should  put  the  burden 


on  the  )  ouuger,  and  assi.st  them  with  their  coun-  | 
sel.  I 

We  have  known  elder-*  who  became  so  feeble 
in  body  and  mind,  that  they  gave  up  all  their 
financial  business  to  theii  children;  yet  they 
seem  to  hold  on  to  the  oversight  of  a  church,  as 
though  they  were  s-till  lis  able  as  ever  to  man- 
age its  affairs.  We  think  it  better  for  them  to 
have  younger  ones  put  forward;  so  while  thtjy 
are  yet  where  they  may  train  tliem  to  the  work 
with  their  advice.  It  is  the  counsels  of  the  old 
with  the  young  in  tluirch  matters  that  gives  us 
as.surance  that  the  work  will  be  well  done  when  we 
are  gone.  And  this  assurance  we  can  only  have 
when  we  jjive  the  work  into  their  hands,  and 
3ee  them  take  its  responsibilities  and  l.-tbor; 
while  the  older  brethren  assist  tht-ni  with  thiir 
advice. 

We  are  a  little  more  inclined  to  urge  the  mat- 
ter of  training  and  building  up  the  younger 
brethren  in  the  work  of  the  church,  than  some 
of  our  old  brethren  seem  to  be.  In  a  few  years 
every  thing  must  be  committed  into  their  hands, 
allourhopesofvictory  for  the  church,  is  Ood 
and  the  younger  members.  Our  duty  to  the 
younger  members  rise^  above  all  other  duties 
to  our  church.  In  it  is  more  of  our  power  for 
good  than  any  other  one  thing.  If  we  are  neg- 
ligent in  any  one  thing;  if  we  fall  behind  our 
privilege  and  dutj ,  in  any  one  matter,  it  is  in 
the  work  for  the  spiritual  interest  and  welfare 
of  the  young. 

The  idea  among  us  of  a  distinction  between 
the  old  brethren  and  the  young  brethren  should 
be  banished  only  so  far  as  between  a  father  and 
bie  ortiio:  H)oi^  '»iforpat,K  —-  :.!-..*— .il  \iiri.._ 
young,  the  fathei'  takes  care  of  the  sous;  when 
old  the  sons  take  care  of  the  father;  in  middle 
age  they  counsel  much  together.  So  it  ought 
to  be  in  the  church,  when  young,  all  the  care 
of  the  church  should  turn  to  their  spiritual  wel- 
fare in  the  proper  training  of  them;  when  old. 
all  the  care  of  the  church  should  turn  again  to 
respect  and  kindness  to  them,  as  dutiful  sons  to 
a  father;  in  middle  age  their  counsels  should 
be  heard  in  every  matter.  But  the  care  for  ihe 
younger  grows  in  importance  above  every  other 
because  on  it  depends  their  worth  in  council 
when  they  arrive  at  middle  age;  and  their  ben- 
efit as  examples  when  they  become  old.  The 
beautiful  bright  example  of  old  age  is  one  of  the 
greatest  blessings  the  Christian  enjoys.  The 
evening  shades  of  life  casting  its  rays  of  Chris- 
tian loveand  kindness,  like  the  setting  sun.beams 
its  beautiful  light  behind  it.  So  the  aged  Chris- 
tian goes  down  and  leaves  a  shining  light,  that 
lingers  in  the  heart  while  memory  lasts.  But 
the  blessings  of  old  age  to  the  church  depends 
much  upon  a  middle  life  well  spent  in  the  work 
of  the  Master.  And  nil  this  lounded  on  the 
preparation  when  young;  if  that  is  wanting 
there  follows  a  lifetime  of  lack  somewhere. 
How  many  older  brethren  could  we  find  to-day, 
who,  if  they  could  again  have  the  privilege  of 
improving  tlieir  minds  and  knowledge  in  spirit- 
ual things,  as  they  once  had  when  young  would 
prize  it  higher  than  any  earthly  gainy  We 
could  hardly  find  one.  but  what  would  he  a  lit- 
tle like  Solomon,  want  wisdom,  and  we  must 
mainly  look  to  our  younger  days  to  get  it;  for 
the  memory  then  is  strong  as  the  experience  of 
the  old  will  prove,  (br  they  can  vividly  remem- 
ber many  circumstances  of  childhood,  while 
those  of  late  yed,rs  are  dim  or  gone.  This  shows 
some  of  our  zeal  for  the  interest  and  improve- 
ment of  the  young;  but  a  little  more  in  the 
change  in  the  muaner  of  holding  A.  M.  Some 
wanted  white  tickets  to  admit  the  old  brethren 
to  the  fir^t  table,  red  ones  to  admit  the  young 
er  to  the  second.  I  objected  to  that  foature  be 
cause  I  don't  like  tlie  old  and  young  separated 
in  that  manner.  Thi;  more  respectyou  hhow  to 
th*-  young,  the  more  they  will  show  in  return. 

But  we  have  got  clear  oif  our  subjec*.  We 
started  out  to  give  account  of  our  labors' nn  the 
committee  in  the  Hear  Creek  Church.  We  had 
a  very   peaceable   and   qmei  iuvestigatioa.;  m 


much  so  as  could  be  expected.  This  prob.ibly 
was  caused  ui  part  by  the  peaceable  and  quiet 
spirit  shown  by  the  committee.  And  we  would 
here  say  a  little  more:  nearly  always  the  spirit 
and  manner  of  speaking  and  acting  shown  by  a 
committee,  or  its  foreman,  controls  the  manuer 
or  conduct  in  the  rest  of  the  congregation.  This 
i-*  true  even  up  to  the  moderator  at  A.  M.  If 
he  is  hastty.  harsh,  and  arbitrary,  the  same  spirit 
seems  to  be  catching,  and  others  work  in  the 
same  way,  especially  if  they  dilYer  with  him, 
but  if  he  b^  mild  and  calm  m  his  manner,  kind 
and  pleasant  in  his  speaking,  others  are  likely 
to  be  so  too.  This  principle  runs  through  all 
church  business;  and  we  hope  all  oureldeiy  will 
try  the  mild  and  calm  style  in  such  matters. 

Weareotlthe  subject  again.  Thus  we  can 
see  one  of  the  ways  of  making  an  article  too 
long;  but  in  anarrative  it  does  not  mattermuch, 
provided  we  fill  up  the  meandering  with  some- 
thing good.  Though,  when  we  take  up  a  sub- 
j'-ct  to  write  upon  it  is  best  to  stick  to  it;  and 
that  is  not  a  bad  plan  in  preaching.  But  every 
one  cannot  well  do  that,  and  we  do  not  blame 
them,  for  it  is  not  always  best.  And  then  there 
is  some  difference  in  the  natural  gifts,  some  gt-t 
too  far  away  from  the  subject,  and  some  stay 
too  close  to  it,  going  over  the  same  thing  too 
often.  But  whois  perfect?  If  we  could  find  him, 
we  would  say  then,  but  lujt  till  then,  we  had 
found  one  that  had  a  right  to  grumble  at  others, 
who  are  doing  the  best  they  can,  in  writing  and 
preaching.  We  hope  all  will  continue  to  work 
the  best  they  can, — improve  some  if  possible. 
You  need  not  call  it    progression  if  you  don't 

..-u«,  ftji  I  (v....  hj,.u  uic.tusi.uu  uiucii  MoflieiiilleB. 
Well  we  did  not  get  back  to  the  subject  that 
time;  we  will  try  it  again,  by  telling  you  that 
when  the  committee  made  its  report  on  the  sec- 
ond day,  it  wa.-*  received  by  all  except  one;  and 
we  hope  he  will  reconsider  the  matter,  and  take 
the  advice  given  bim  by  the  committee.  The 
report  was  also  strongly  sanctioned  by  some 
other  brethren  present  from  the  adjoining 
churches.  When  the  committee's  work  was 
done  we  hastened  home  because  we  had  been 
there  but  little  for  sometime;  but  we  felt  »lit- 
tle  out  of  the  common  order  because  we  had  no 
preaching  while  on  this  trip,  such  is  not  com- 
mon with  us,  and,  we  feel  like  our  work  was  not 
fully  done  when  there  is  no  preaching,  but  we 
hope  to  vixit  them  for  that  purpose  during  the 
coming  Fall. 

THOUGHTS  ON    ANNUAL 
MEETING. 

BY  ENOCH  EBT. 

FOU  several  years  my  mind  has  ,been  much 
impressed  with  the  necessity  of  some 
change  in  the  manner  of  conducting  business 
at  our  Annual  Conference;  and  at  our  late  An- 
nual Meeting  that  impression  was  much  strength- 
ened; hence  I  ofler  a  few  thoughts  for  consider- 
ation. 

First.  Let  Standing  Committee  meet  on 
Friday  morning  at  nine  o'clock,  before  the  A- 
M..  each  delegate  bringing  the  papersof  hisdis- 
trict  with  him;  and  let  the  committee  do  it- 
work  bef  .re  the  general  assembly  meets. 

The  advantage  of  this  course  would  be  nc 
loss  of  sleep  which  is  so  much  needed  iii  tvaiW' 
acting  such  important  business.  The  congre- 
gation would  not  bo  wearied  waiting  ou  the 
Staoding  Committee.  There  would  be  no  ue- 
ce.«sity  of  Standing  Committee  hurrying  busi- 
ness through,  as  tht-y  would  have  ample  time 
to  do  its  work  well.  Again,  let  Standing  Com- 
mittee go  outside  of  tlieir  own  body  to  selpct 
a  moderator  as  well  m  clerks.  Sometimes  th*i 
eommittee  may  be  c  imposed  principdly  of 
young  or  inexperienced  brethren;  experiene- 
ill  that  case  ha*  taught  us  we  would  begl*J  lor 
tl>e  privilege.  And  a?  thedutie*  of  the  modera- 
tor are  most  iHiportant.  and  the  success  of  the 
meeting  much  depends  ou  his  ruling,  we  should 


have  more  latitude  for  ht  s^lwtiou. 

Sn-o,ul.  1,1  formipg.oar  decisionN  to  .juerivj 
we  labor  for  a  uiiauinioB^  ^^^te  which  ia  very  de- 
sirable, but  when  thut  cannot  be  obtained 
should  we  defer  or  tabW  a  maW«r  b«eau«.  one 
or  two  nays  stands  againH  ,«.rhap<.  three  or 
four  yeas?  We  think  .ot.  Gn..pel  ja.-tice  and 
reason  would  all  dicta^,t.,  let  the  large  majori- 
ty rule;  and  that  can  easily  be  obtained  bv  the 
modemtor  first  taking,,tlut  ye.w,  and  afterwards 
the  nays,  not  promiacftw  a-*  hen-tofcire. 

Thirfi.  Frequent  change  of  delegation,  both 
to  district  and  Annual' M^-^ting.,  ha-,  been  rec- 
ognized; and  I  much  approve  of  it  for  Mveral 
rea.sons  w^  might  uau.e,  but  w.ll  forbear,  only 
30  the  good  of  the  .ause  be  ktpt  in  view,  aud 
the  proper  gifts  he  used  in  their  j.roper  phue. 
To  make  many  changes  nimpl^-  for  the  sake  of 
f/i<ny,-,  is  i^  gospel,  or  eiHoUhe  Savior  would 
sometimes  have  taken  Bartl*».miew,  Matthew, 
and  Tli.uiias,  instead  of  P.-tf-f}  Jiiines,  and  John; 
and  why  did  he  always  take  the  latter?  Be- 
cause they  aoeiued  to  l)e  pillbrs  of  the  churi:h. 
We  have  many  very  good  litetbren,  abt^  minis- 
ters of  the  New  Testament  who  are  notwith- 
standing not  pillar*  of  the  «hurch;but  we  bftve 
pillars  vFho  will  hold  up  tlw  church  in  all  her 
distinctive  feature*  and  peofuliantieH,  who  have 
but  little  ability  to  pr^-aeh  uv  do  muih  else. 
They  give  good  solid  counsel,  sut^h  brethren  are 
needed  on  the  Standing  Committee.  There  .ire 
different  gifts' and  all  of  the  same  spirit,  and 
can  be  used  to  edification  if  they  are  in  their 
proper  [dace.  DeK-gates  at  District  Meeting 
l^iSi'En'i!?'i*u^ii;te.^''*  ^^'"'•^^  '"^^  *^»t  t»'"»^ht 
Annual  Meeting  is  not  the  place  to  dispose  of 
individual  cases,  and  should  receive  uo  com- 
plaints against  a  member,  nor  try  editors,  &c. 
Such  troubles  should  be  settled  at  home  or 
through  committees  as  other  dilliculties  are. 

MOTIVE 

IT  is  pretty  generally  understood  that  in  the 
eyes  of  God  the  motive  or  object  of  a  deed 
is  considered,  rather  than  the  apparent  resjlL 
If  therefore  a  good  work  is  done  with  a  view  to 
gain  wealth,  honor,  or  even  heaven,  hut  with- 
out the  love  of  doing  good,  there  is  no  good  in 
it  on  the  part  of  the  doer;  for  there  is  not  ifl 
him  the  love  which  coiistitute-j  heaven  and  the 
Lord's  kingdom.  And  on  the  other  hand  a  per- 
son, in  his  zeal  and  love  for  righteousness,  may 
act  with  improper  harshness  towards  the  evil, 
and  vet  not  he  guilty  in  the  sight  of  Qod  to  the 
extent  of  the  wronc  done;  because  his  motive 
was  not  to  do  wrong. 

The  truly  concientious  and  loving  Christiatf' 
often  finds  it  diftieult  to  know  what  it  may  be 
best  to  do  with  evil-doers.  Without  consider- 
ing his  own  interest,  he  wants  to  do  that  which 
is  best  for  those  evil  persons;  for  their  spiritu.i> 
good.  Since  they  are  disposed  to  do  wrong  he 
may  be  convinced  that  their  eternal  good  r** 
quires  restraint;  and  simn  they  will  not  ap- 
ply this  themselves,  he  may  even  feel  that  it 
must  he  applied  by  others;  but  in  what  way  and 
how  far  may  be  difficult  lor  him  to  decide.  Here 
his  love  for  the  leMtoratiou  of  the  fallen  must 
be  his  best  guide;  for  this  is  God's  love  towanls 
man,  and  according  to  the  degree  in  which  tfc 
pos.sesses  him  will  be  a  sure  guide. 

Here  comes  the  importance  of  every  persoa 
knowing  his  own  true  motive;  the  true  charac- 
ter of  his  love.  A  constant,  close  and  impar- 
tial self  examination,  with  the  most  prayerful 
desire  to  do  no  wrong  in  the  sight  of  God,  leta 
in  the  heavenly  beat  and  light,  or  love  aud  wis- 
dom; aud  this  reveals  the  evils  of  his  own  heart, 
enables  him  to  remove  iheui;  ajid  iu  pn>portioa 
as  falsities  and  eviU  an^  ivuioved  from  his  ovrn 
heart,  will  be  be  euablfd  to  see  clearly  the  bet- 
ter way  to  assist  others.  "First  cast  out  the 
beam  of  tbiii'*  own  '-y* ;  and  then  shall  thou  see 
clearly  to  cist  out  ihe  ini»!»'outortiiy  hroth-T's 
eytv"  Matt.  7:  ^.—Mt.  Jitg  UrroM. 


THE  LONELY  GRAVE. 

BY  JACOB  .«KXt)KIL 

HE  «a«  onc«  young  and  bloomed  in  youth, 
As  many  in  the  present  day. 
Yet  saiv  n'cordeii  in  the  truth. 

That  h.'HVcn  and  earth  m.i»t  P«as  »"ay- 
He  sought  n  plao— a  restiuf  iilaee— 

A  place  beyond  thin  vale  of  tears. 
Where  h.'  might  see  hi«  Kather'n  face. 
Where  he  might  wiothe  hi»  present  fears. 

He  called  aloud  with  tears  of  lo»e. 

To  know  who'd  join  his  company. 
To  seek  ii  resting  plaCJ-  above, 

Whirh  lasts  through  nil  eternity. 
Few  here  and  there  would  join  his  hand, 

While  pas.HinB  through  this  wilderness. 
While  S»t«n  lought  him  hand  to  hand. 

To  drire  him  l>ack  in  sad  distress. 

Though  tr.iubles  here  and  trials  there 

Assailed  him  ns  they  passed  along: 
Yet  he  would  cry  without  desjiair, 

"Oh,  sinner,  come  and  join  our  throng. 
He  often  crossed  the  mountains  high. 

And  often  joumoyod  prairieji  through. 
To  warn  the  Hook  of  danger  nigh, 

And  l-ll  them  what  they  ought  to  do. 

He  nobly  fought  to  win  the  prize. 

That  he  might  gain  the  mercy  scat; 
But  lo.  he  fell  no  more  U>  rise. 

Or  atjiiid  u|)on  his  mortal  feet. 
While  utheni  died  upon  their  bed. 

With  sighing  friends  who'd  weep  around. 
He  in  the  distant  grove  lay  deail. 

On  naught  but  leaves,  and  stone,  and  ground. 

A  sudden  blow  took  life  and  sense, 

While  iiassing  through  that  lonely  grove. 
Yet  uon.'  could  t.-ll  from  whom  nor  whence; 

Hut  he  who  lives  in  heaven  above. 
My  loss  is  great  I  feel  with  jmin. 

To  know  on  earth  we'll  meat  no  more, 
Vet  hojie  my  loss  his  great  goin, 

Whcui  he  shall  walk  that  happy  shore. 

CHAPLAIN     McCABE  S    DREAM    OF 
INGERSOLLVILLE. 

I  The  loljowing  wej>ul>li8li  by  request— Ew) 

'  iiiriii  -  II   n  niTi loiiu    ■III)       »lTT~Wi 


I' llJ^  II  .'1  iiii'imi  U'lLii'ii  wn.t  iiin  n'l 
drcnin.  1  thoupht  1  was  on  a  long 
jomncy  tliroiisli  a  beailtiful  conntvy, 
wlu-u  siuidcnly  I  camn  to  a  i;l'eat  city 
with  "-.■ills  tifteen  fi-ct  liigli.  At  tlic 
gate  Blood  H  Rfiitiiu'l,  wlioac  shining  ar- 
mor V,  llci-tcii  linck  the  rays  of  the  sot- 
ting s\iu.  As  I  w!Ui  aljuut  to  salute  him, 
and  i>ass  into  tlie,  city,  h.-  stoiipod  me 
and  saul : 

"Do  yo\i  lielievc  in  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ:'' 

I  nnswei'od/'Ves,  with  all  my  heart," 

"Tlicn,"  said  he,  "you  cannot  enter 
here.  No  man  or  woman  who  acknowl 
edges  that  name  can  pass  in  here.  "Stand 
aside,"  said  he,  "tliey  are  coming.' 

I  looked  down  the  road  and  saw  a  vast 
multitude  nuproaching.  It  was  led  liy  a 
militai*\  ollicer 

"Wlio  is  that;"  I  asked  the   sentinel 

"That,"  replied  he,  "Is  the  great  Col 
onel  Holiert  I  -,thc  founder  of  the  city 
of  Ingersollville." 

"Who  is  he?"  I  ventured  to  inquire, 

"He  is  the  great  and  mighty  warrior, 
who  fought  in  ninny  Idoody  liatlles  for 
the  Union  during  the  great  war." 

I  felt  ashamed  of  my  ignorance  of  his 
tory,  and  stood  silently  watching  the 
procession.  1  had  heard  of  a  Colonel  1 
— ,who  resigned  in  presence  of  the  eue 
my,  but  of  course  this  could  not  be  the 
man 

The  procession  came  near  enough  for 
me  to  recognize  .some  of  the  faces.  I  not 
ed  two  infidel  editors  of  national  cele 
brity,  followed  by  great  wagons  contain 
ing  st<«ni  presses.  There  were  also  five 
niemherfi  of  ('ongres 

All  the  noted  infidels  and  scolVers  of 
the  country  seemed  to  be  there.  Most 
of  them  jiassed  in  unchallenged  by  tbe 
sentinel,  but  at  last  a  meek  looking  in 
dividual  with  a  white  necktie  approach 
eil,  and  he  was  stopped.     I  saw  at  once 


it  was  a  well  known  "liberal"  preacher 
of  New  *\'ork. 

•Do  you  believe  in  the  Lord  .Jesus 
C'bristi"  said  the  sentinel. 

"Not  much!"  said  the  doctor. 

Everybody  laughed,  and  he  was  al- 
lowed to  pass  in. 

There  were  artists  there,  with  glorious 
pictures;  singers  with  ravishing  voices; 
tragedians  and  comedians,  whose  names 
have  a  world-wide  fame. 

Then  came  another  division  of  the  in- 
fidel host^.?aloon-keepers  by  thousands, 
proprietors  of  gambling  hells,  brothels 
and  theaters. 

Still  anotherdivision  swept  by— burg- 
lars, thieves,  thugs,  incendiaries,  high- 
waymen, murderers — all — marching  in. 
My  vision  grew  keener.  I  beheld,  and 
lo!  Satan  himself  brought  up  the  rear. 

High  afloat  above  the  mass  was  a  ban- 
ner on  which  was  inscribeil,  "What  has 
Christianity  done!"  and  another,  on 
which  was  inscribed,  "Down  with  the 
chun^hea!  Away  with  Christianity— it 
interferes  with  our  happiness!"  And 
then  came  a  murmur  of  voices  thatgi-cw 
louder  and  louder  until  a  shout  went  up 
like  the  roar  of  Niagara:  "Away  with 
him!  crucify  him,  crucify  him!"  I  felt 
no  desire  now  to  enter  Ingersollville. 

As  the  last  of  the  procession  entered, 
a  few  men  and  women  with  broad-brim- 
med hats  and  plain  bonnets  made  their 
appearance,  and  wanted  to  go  in  as  mis- 
sionaries, but  they  were  rudely  turned 
away.  One  zealous  young  Methodist  e.K- 
horter,  with  a  Bible  under  his  arm,  ask- 
ed permission  to  enter,  but  the  .sentinel 
swore  at  him  awfully.  Then  I  thought 
1  saw  Itrother  .'Moody  applying  for  ad- 
mission, but  he  was  refused.  I  could  not 
help  smiling  to  hear  Moody  say,  as  he 
...1  .^.iiji 


Wi-11 !  thi-y  let  me  live  and  work  in 
Chicago;  it  is  very  strange  th,ey  won't 
let  me  into  Ingersollville." 

The  sentinel  went  inside  the  gate  and 
shut  it  with  a  bang;  and  I  thought,  as 
soon  as  it  was  dosed,  a  mighty  angel 
came  down  with  a  great  iron  bar,  and 
barred  the  gate  on  the  outside,  and 
wrote  upon  it  in  letters  of  fire:  "Doom- 
ed to  live  together  six  months."  Then 
he  went  away,  and  all  was  silent,  excq)t 
the  noise  of  revelry  and  shouting  that 
came  from  within  the  city  walls. 

1  went  away,  and  as  I  journeyed 
through  the  land  I  could  not  believe  my 
eves.  Peace  and  plenty  smiled  every- 
where. The  jails  were  all  empty  and 
the  penitentiaries  were  without  occu- 
pants. The  jiolice  in  great  cities  were 
idle,  .liidges  satincourt  rooniswith noth- 
ing to  do.  business  was  brisk.  Many 
great  buildings,  formerly  crowded  with 
criminals, 'were  turned  into  manufactur- 
ing establishments.  Just  about  this  time 
the  President  of  the  United  ."states  called 
for  a  Day  of  Thanksgiving.  I  attended 
services  in  a  Presbyterian  church.  The 
preacher  dwelt  upon  the  changed  con- 
dition of  affairs.  As  he  went  on,  and  de- 
picted the  great  prosperity  that  had  come 
to  the  country,  and  gave  reasons  for  de- 
vout thanksgiving,  I  saw  one  old  deacon 
clap  his  hankerchief  over  his  mouth  to 
keep  from  shouting  right  out.  An  an- 
cient spinster  who  never  did  like  the 
"noisy"  Methodists,  couldn't  hold  in. 
She  expressed  the  thought  of  every  heart 
shouting  with  all  her  might  "Glory  to 
God  for  Ingersollville!"  The  country 
was  almost  delirious  with  joy .  Great 
processions  of  children  swept  along  the 
highways,  singing, 

"We'll  not  give  up  the  Bible, 
God'.-  blessed  word  of  truth." 

Vast  assemblies  of  reformed  inebriates, 
with  their  wives  and  children,  gathered 
in  the  open  air.  No  buildin-.;  would  hold 


them.  I  thought  I  wa.-  in  one  meeting 
where  Bishop  Simpson  made  an  address, 
and  as  he  closed  it  a  mighty  shout  went 
up  till  the  earth  rang  again.  O,  it  was 
wonderful!  And  then  we  all  stood  up 
and  sang  with  tears  of  joy. 

".Ml  hail  the  power  of  .lesns  nanie! 

Let  angels  prostrate  fall: 
Bring  forth  the  royal  diadem, 
And  crown  him  Lord  of  all.' 

The  sixth  months  had  well  nigh  gone. 
I  made  m\  wa\  back  again  to  the  gate 
of  Ingersollville.  A  dreadful  silence 
reigned  over  the  city,  broken  only  b\ 
the  sharp  crack  of  a  revolver  now  and 
then.  I  saw  a  busy  man  trying  to  get 
in  the  gate,  and  I  said  to  him,  "My  friend, 
where  are  \  ou  from  ?" 

"I  lived  in  Chicago,"  said  he,  "and 
the\  've  taxed  us  to  death  there:  and  I've 
heard  of  this  city,  and  I  want  to  go  in  and 
buy  some  real  estate  in  this  new  and 
growing  place.'' 

He  failed  utterly  to  remove  the  bar, 
but  by  some  means  he  got  a  ladder  about 
twelve  feet  long,  and  with  its  aid  he 
climed  up  upon  the  wall.  With  an  eye 
to  business,  he  shouted  to  the  first  per- 
son  he  saw : 

"Hallo,  there,— what's  the  price  of 
real  estate  in  Ingersollville  2" 

"Nothing!"  shouted  a  voice;  "you  can 
have  all  you  want  if  you'll  jiist  take  it 
and  pay  the  taxes." 

"What  made  your  taxes  so  high  ?"  ask- 
ed the  Chicago  man.  1  noted  the  an 
swer  carefully;  I  shall  never  forget  it. 

"We've  had  to  build  forty  new  jails 
and  fourteen  new  penitentiaries — a  luna- 
tic asylum,  and  an  orphan  asylum  in  ev- 
e?-y  ward:  we've  had  to  disband  the  pub- 
lic schools,  and  it  takes  all  of  the  reve- 
nue of  the  city  to  keep  up  the  police 
forces." 

L»Wba,.n'n   ■>i^t    n1  f1   ffj^pd    -X=^~=i..   .flsk^ 

ed  the  Chicago  man. 

"O,  he  is  going  about  to  day  with  a 
subscription  paper  to  build  a  church. 
They  have  gotten  up  a  petition  to  send 
out  for  a  lot  of  preachers  to  come  and 
hold  revival  services.  If  we  can  only 
get  them  over  the  wall  we  hope 
there's  a  future  for  Ingersollville,  yet, 

The  six  months  ended.  Instead  of 
opening  the  door,  however,  a  tunnel  was 
dug  under  the  wall  big  enougb  for  one 
person  to  crawl  through  at  a  time.  First 
came  the  bankrupt  editors,  followed  by 

Col.  I himself;  and  then  the  whole 

popuhation  crawled  through.  Then  I 
thought,  somehow,  that  great  crowds  of 
Christians  surrounded  the  city.  There 
was  Moody,  and  Hammond,  and  Earle, 
hundreds  of  other  preachers  and  exhort- 
ers,  and  they  struck  up  singing  all  to- 
gether; 

"Come  ye  sinners,  poor  and  needy." 
A  needier  crowd  never  was  seen  on  earth 
before. 

I  conversed  with  some  of  the  inhabi- 
tants of  the  abandoned  city,  and  asked 
a  few  of  them  this  question : 

"Do  yon  believe  in  hell?" 

I  cannot  record  the  answers;  they 
were  so  terribly  orthodox. 

One  old  man  said,  "I've  been  there  on 
probation  for  six  months,  and  I  don't 
want  to  join. 

I  knew  by  that  he  waa  an  old  back- 
slider. The  sequel  of  it  all  was  a  great 
revival  that  gathered  in  a  mighty  har 
vest  from  the  ruined  city  of  Ingersoll- 
ville.— Ilai-rishurij  Tnd(ii>endenf . 


OBSERVATIONS  ON  THE  A.   M. 


rriHE  great  Penteciwtal  g,tthering  of 
-*-  our  church  is  now  an  event  of  the 
past.  Its  work  has  taken  its  place  on 
the  paces  of  history,   and   whether   for 


good  or  evil  it  must   abide   forever, 
forevil,  like  the  Media-Persian  law.s,  ^ 
is  irrevocable,  but  like  them  we  can  take 
measures  to  counteract  it. 

It  behooves  us  now  to  take  a  retro, 
spective  view  of  the  work  of  our  late  A. 
M.  for  the  purpose  of  amending  what  is 
wrong  and  confirming  what  is  right. 

In  the  first  place  we  will  say  we  are 
more  firmly  established  in  favor  of  the 
policy  of  holding  Annual  Meetings  than 
we  ever  were. 

1.  Because  it  brings  the  servants  „f 
the  church  together  frequently,  and  t,, 
ables  them  to  become  acquainted  wiq, 
each  other  and  to  converse  together,  and 
thus  to  cement  that  union  that  should 
exist  among  brethren. 

•1.  It  is  indispensible  to  preserve  that 
unity  in  practice  and  modes  of  life,  itc.; 
and  it  greatly  assists  in  preserving  that 
unity  of  faith  and  doctrine  so  essential 
to  the  success  of  the  church. 

When  persons  are  separated  by  long 
distances  they  almost  inevitably  grow 
apart,  and  these  annual  gatherings  serve 
to  counteract  such  baneful  influences. 

Again,  it  is  painful  to  say,  persons, 
destitute  of  the  grace  of  God,  saw  dis- 
cord among  us,  and  these  meetings  are 
a  powerful  agency  in  eliminating  all  ad- 
verse elements  and  dissipating  the  dark 
clouds  of  error  that  otherwise  would  fi» 
their  destructive  pangs  in  the  heart  of 
our  faith. 

:!.  The  balance  wheel  in  the  machin- 
ery of  church  government  that  preserves 
that  harmony  of  action  between  all  of 
its  departments  which  is  necessary  to  the 
perpetuation  of  peace  and  union.  Were 
it  not  for  its  aid  in  such  matters,  ofttiincs 
serious  conflicts  would  arise  between  tbe 
officials  and  laity  of  our  congregations, 
to  the  great  injury  of  religion. 

its  systein"'oflfaiisa'cling  bnsiiiess  is 
probably  defective,  and  we  should  assist 
in  making  it  more  efficient. 

We  now  submit  the  following  obser- 
vations on  our  late  A.  M.: 

1.  A  gratifying  improvement  in  the 
character  of  the  meeting.  <  >ur  churcli 
legislation  hits  heretofore  not  been  alto- 
gether such  as  to  commend  us  to  tbe  fa- 
vorable consideration  of  those  without. 
Achuichthatconsumesitsenergiesaudit* 
time  in  trifles  about  incidental  questions; 
such  for  example,  as  are  subject  to  those 
mutations  which  are  the  inevitable  con- 
comitants of  our  diversity  of  tastes,  and 
changing  of  times  and  seasons  cannot 
succeed  in  maintaining  its  hold  on  the 
affections  of  intelligent  Christians.  I 
mean  by  intelligent  Christians,  thm  mh 
do  and  hdleve  a  thimj  hecau'ie  it  is  taught 
in  the  mUe,  and  not  became  aomel«id<j 
eUe  did  and  believed  it. 

We  are  now  emerging  from  the  wil- 
derness and  all  the  worid  will  challenge 
our  claims,  pretensions,  and  doctrines, 
and  nothing  but  pure,  unadulterated  Bi- 
ble doctrine  will  be  able  to  bear  the  rig 
id  criticisms  to  which  they  will  be  sub- 
jected. 

Customs  that  have  no  other  merit  hut 
their  age  will  pass  for  left  hand  ciphers 
in  the  warfare  which  we  are  wagins 
against  the  errors  of  modern  Christen- 
dom ;  and  we  should  not  he.sitate  to  pu'>' 
li.sh  the  attitude  our  church  maintains 
relative  to  such  matters.  I  do  not  mean 
to  reflect  against  the  peculiarties  of  our 
fraternity,  but  I  mean  to  advocate  the 
paramount  importance  of  things  w 
essential  to  the  life  and  progress  of  o"' 
cause,  than  the  mint,  anise,  and  curoDU" 
of  customs. 

Let  m  rememher  the  weightier maltf'' 
and  not  neijlect  the  lesser  mailei'i- 

2.    The  spirit  manifested  between  »>• 
different  elements  of  the  church  as  ">*> 


July 


IT 


'l-EiE    TiKETHKEN    AT    "WOKK. 


vere  represented  at  the  meeting  was  very 

Iratifying- 

"  [liscordaot  elements,  in  close  onflict, 
.j^re  agituteii  our  church  for  several 
jiontlis  past  as  i^has  never  been  agitat- 
jj  before,  and  many  brethren  justly  fear- 
^  a  disruption.  By  the  grace  of  God, 
Ijowever,  the  representatives  of  these  di- 
verse views  were  able  to  meet  in  harmo- 
nious council  and  in  a  christian  spirit  to 
^jjnst  all  differences   on  a    basis    which 


,(as  accep 


table  to  all. 


It  appears  to  me  now  that  we  are  mure 
ji-ojiv  united  on  the  basis  principles  of 
diir  church  than  we  were  before,  as  well 
i;s  ou  the  policy  that  should  control  us 
„„  all  minor  subjects. 

;;.  The  obnoxious  distinctions  of  "old 
lirethren"  and  "young  brethren"  were 
jnuconsjiicuously  absent.  That  is  also  a 
fjvorable  sign  and  augurs  well  for  the 
future. 

Gi'ay  hairs  are  only  honoraljle  when 
tliev  are  the  emblems  oi  wisdom  and  e.\. 
perieDce.  They  are  the  inevitable  re- 
sult of  the  flight  of  time,  and  not  of  wis- 
dom, aiitl  hence  are  not  meritorious  in 
themselves. 

Men  whose  lives  have  been  devoted 
[0  the  accumulation  of  true  wisdom,  and 
w'tio,  from  their  long  e.vperience,  have 
leftrned  valuable  lessons  concerning  the 
problem  of  life  and  the  future  of  the  soul 
are  entitled  to,  and  will  .ilways  receive 
that  homage  due  their  merits. 

St.  Paul,  who  illustrated  the  most  sub- 
Jime  virtues  of  the  Bible,  left  as  a  rich 
leljacy  of  mutual  love  and  confidence  be- 
tween the  old  and  young  in  his  choice 
of  "his  son  Timothy"  to  a  most  impor- 
tant official  station.  Let  our  dear  old 
fathers  copy  his  illustrious  example. 

The  brightest  spiritual  luminaries  of 
the  past  were  the  youth  of  the  church. 

David's  youthwas  the  golden  period     of 

his  life.  Solomon's  youth  was  embel- 
lished with  the  loftiest  and  holiest  of 
heaven's  virtues.  His  old  age  was  mar- 
red with  the  most  degrading  apostasy. 
Josiah,  the  Ijeardless  champion  of  Israel's 
departed  glory,  put  to  shame  the  men 
who  bowed  their  hoary  heads  beneath 
the  IjiUows  of  popular  superstition  and 
heresy.  The  youthful  and  fervent  Tim- 
othy was  chosen  as  the  bosom  friend  of 
Paultheaged,  iupreference  to  hiscotem- 
poraries  in  age.  Let  there  be  no  strife 
between  the  brethren,  but  each  esteem 
others  better  than  themselves. 

4.  The  absence  of  the  (juestion  of 
missions  formed  a  negative  feature  of  the 
meeting. 

The  <iue.stion  of  concerted  action  on 
the  part  ot  the  church  in  making  our 
eause  known  to  the  world  has  not  receii'ed 
ttat  support  from  the  A.  M.  that  would 
lie  desirable,  and  we  think  we  should 
take  a  more  uuequivocal  position  on 
that  subject.  Concert  of  action  is  essen- 
tial to  success  in  every  cause,  and  wjiile 
our  districts  are  enlisted  in  the  work  of 
evangelism,  yet  there  are  large  fields 
which  lie  outside  of  the  jurisdiction  of 
tile  districts  which  should  be  worked  up 
through  the  young  of  the  general  Broth - 
whood. 

The  subject  of  spreading  the  gospel 
should  be  dear  to  every  lover  of  .Tcs.us, 
wd  we  ought  to  go  forth  now  and  pos 
sessthe  land  that  is  opening  up  to  the 
thurch. 

The  last  great  coiumandmeut  is  in  a 
9'eat  measure  ignored  or  neglected  by 
the  church.  The  ministry  is  probably 
iloiiiga  fair  share  of  work,  but  their  ef- 
forts are  much  crippled  through  the 
Want  of  the  co  operation  of  the  laity. 

This  could  be  corrected  if  our  A.  M. 
"ould  approve  of  the  organization  of 
*  general  missionary   service,   based  on 


tile  order  ot  apostolic  missions.  M.iv  be 
when  the  great  investigation  is  made  it 
will  not  be  said  of  us  that  "we  have  done 
what  we  could." 

5.  It  was  pleasant  to  observe  that 
theuuanimity  ou  the  subject  of  dress  was 
illustrated  in  such  au  emphatic  maimer. 
It  is  known  to  those  who  are  ac»iuaiuted 
with  us  that  we  have  adopted  au  order 
of  dress  to  distinguish  us  from  the  world, 
and  to  enable  us  to  identify  each  other, 
and  we  were  pleased  to  see  that  our  lead- 
ing brethren  re.spected  that  order  and 
were  in  conformity  thereto.  Especially 
was  that  the  case  with  our  young  breth- 
ren \vho  are  supposed  sometimes  to  be 
unsound  ou  that  ijuestion.  There  were 
very  few  brethren  who  could  not  be  rec- 
ognized a.s  such  by  their  dress.  This  is 
just  as  it  ought  to  be.  While  we  might 
not  succeed  in  producing  "the  chapter 
and  verse"  requiring  uniformity  iu  dress, 
yet  it  is  the  order  of  the  church,  and  can 
not  be  changed  without  producing  con 
vulsions.  There  are  some  who  think  the 
uniformity  jiolicy  is  not  Scriptural  oi 
proper,  but  if  they  cannot  give  us  a  pol 
icy  in  lieu  thereof  that  will  protect  us 
from  the  corroding  and  pernicious  iuflu 
ences  of  the  "current  fashions"  they 
should  "let  us  have  peace."  "We  regard 
the  position  of  the  church  on  the  dress 
subject  as  the  great  break-water  which 
keeps  the  church  free  from  fatal  results 
of  worldly  customs.  Some  brethren 
doubtless  unduly  reverence  "the  order," 
but  that  is  no  rea.son  why  we  should  set 
it  at  naught.  Let  us  educate  the  church 
to  a  true  comprehension  of  its  necessity 
as  a  policy,  and  thus  place  it  in  its  prop- 
er position  as  a  factor  in  the  work  of  as 
sisting  Christians  in  the  cause  of  true 
progression. 

On  the  whole,  the  meeting  was  a  hap- 
py  oue.       TUr.  lcl»aileat  Itellugs    oecuieU 

to  prevail,  and  the  best  evidence  of  fra- 
ternal afi'ection  refreshed  the  hearts  of 
the  assembled  multitudes. 

THE  TIP  OF  THE  FINGER. 

SV    r,  H.  BALSbAroU, 

I  A  few  months  ago  I  leceived  asweetly-cliris- 
tian  letter  from  New  Alhany.  Floyd  Co.,  Tud.. 
but  could  not  satisfactorily  decipher  the  name 
of  the  writer.  The  chirography  indicates  ad- 
vanced age,  and  feminine  gender.  Coiii-equeiitly 
1  adreased  herds  "A  Mother  iu  I>rael,"aud  sent 
the  letter  to  the  above  office,  which  was  return- 
ed to  me  in  due  course.  I  now  trausiuit  to  Eds- 
Brethken  at  WoiiK  in  the  noiJe  that  it  may 
reach  the  right  person.] 

To  a  Mother  in  I-^rael: — 

IpOR  your  drop  from  Jacob's  well,  I 
will  return  you  a  drop  from  the 
Crystal  River.  The  body  has  its  wants 
as  well  as  the  soul,  and  the  water  at  the 
foot  of  Gerizim  has  a  Divine  origin  no 
less  than  t"ne  River  that  "proceeds  out  of 
theThroneof  God  and  the  Lamb."  God 
fills  all  space,  and  is  the  essence  of  all 
life,  whether  it  be  a  moss  or  mollusk,  or 
man,  or  angel,  or  devil.  There  is  no 
"spontai.eous  generation"  as  Hiechel  the 
german  atheist  maintains.  All  life  em 
anates  from  the  I'ncreated. 

Only  one  drop.  This  was  all  the  rich 
man  petitioned  for  when  "tormented  in 
this  flame."  The  boon  was  impossible. 
One  drop  would  have  been  a  promise  of 
the  whole  Ocean  of  Divine  fullness.  Not 
God's  mercy  only,  but  the  integrity  of 
the  eutire  Trinity,  in  all  its  attributes, 
was  concerned  in  that  coveted  drop.  iNo 
rivulet  from  the  fathomless  Fountain- 
Head  has  ever  trickled  its  way  into  the 
Sahara  of  outer  darkness.  Eterual,  uu 
quenchable  thirst  is  the  doom  of  all  who 
in  this  life  spurn  Rev.  'li:  17. 

Faith  is  never  parched  with  thirst. 
"If  any  man    thirst,   let  him   come  unto 


me  and  drink."  Notonly  does  vital  con- 
tact wiih  the  Godman  open   a   fountain 
within  us  "springing  up    unto  everlast 
iug  life,"  but  "rivers  of  water"  flow  from 
our  persons  for  the  irrigation  of  a   sin- 
l)laste.l  world.     -The  well  is  deep   and 
thou  hast  nothing  to  draw  with,"  is  the 
language  of  unbelief.     If  we  have  neith- 
er bucket  nor  pitcher  nor   golden    ewer 
the  tip  of  our  finger  will  bring  us  a  drop 
fresh  from  the    Love-fount  of  .lehovah 
Jesus.  Faith  always  lingers  at  "the  well 
of  salvation,"    always    draws,    always 
drinks,    always  thirsty,  always  satisfied, 
A  great  parado.\  is  faith ;  always  empty, 
always  full,   always  in   "the   valley  of 
Achor,"  always  on  the  summit  of  Piagah. 
It  touches  the  hem  of  Enimauuel's  robe, 
and  feels  the  thrill   of  Divinity  in  every 
fibre  of  body   and   soul.     The    issue   of 
corruption  is  staunched,  and  the  glow  of 
eternal  youth  pulsates  through  our    im- 
mortality.    It  dips  the  tip  of  its  finger 
into  the  crystal  .spring  of  John    14:    HI, 
la.st  clause,  aud  knows  by  blessed  e.'cpe 
rienee  what  it  is  to  be  a  christian.     God 
more  than  lives;  He  lives  as   ^rW,-    and 
"as  Jh  is  so  are  we  in  this  world."  The 
very  life  of  (ioil  incarnate,  is  tlie  life    of 
the  elect.     Tlie  devil  also  lives,  and  yet 
lives  not.  The  more  intensely  and  large- 
ly the  sinner  lives  as  a  sinner,  the    more 
utterly  and  wofiilly  is  he  dead.  Eternal 
death  is  the    perversion    of  eternal  life, 
not  the  extinction  of  being.     "Because  I 
I  live,  ye  shall  live  also,"  is  both  the  re- 
alization and  pledge  of  endless  bliss.  God 
not  only  is,  but  is  tli  «s  ,•  even  so  the  Chris- 
tian.    This  makes  the  saint  the    photo- 
graph of  God,  and  earth  the  vestibule  of 
Heaven    The  Incarnation  and  Pentecost 
are  the  Divine  guarantee  of  what  we  iiuiy 
be;    our    radical    acceptance    and     co- 
operation determine   the  issue.     We  are 
t.lie  cla^ ,    CJiiiiot  \jUK  L  aitern,  me    muy 

Ghost  the  Potter.  O  that  we  would 
more  gloriously  reflect  the  finish  and  the 
polish  of  the  Divine  Artist. 


^omc  anil  f  rtinifo. 


sJI™  mSi,  'JSmJ  r"  "u"?-  *?'""■  ""'■"'it  y-^'- 

,f  ,Vi;,S     f  ,1  "  V'"'l  "l""  "'«  ni"!"".  and  «^ 
them  thiit  lire  your  iiiHsU-rs.— I'ai  1.. 


Y 


IGNORANCE  OF  FUTURITY. 
(.>U  know    aa    maob    as    is  good  for 


is  with  the  senses.  A  greater  degree  of 
hearing  would  terrify  us.  If  we  saw 
things  niicroscopially  weshould  be  afraid 
to  move.  Thus  our  knowledge  is  suited 
to  our  situation  and  circumstances.  Were 
we  informed  l)eforehand  of  the  good 
things  provided  for  us  by  Providence, 
from  that  moment  we  should  cease  to 
enjoy  tlie  blessiugs  we  possess,  become 
different  to  present  duties,  and  be  filled 
with  restless  impatience.  Or  suppose  the 
things  foreknown  were  gloomy  aud  ad- 
verse, what  dismay  and  despondency 
would  be  the  consequence  of  the  discov- 
ery! And  how  many  times  should  we 
suffer  in  imagination  what  we  now  only 
endure  but  once  in  reality!  Who  would 
wish  to  draw  back  a  veil  which  saves 
them  from  so  many  disciuietudes? — Sel. 

A  man  should  never  be  ashamed  to 
own  he  has  been  in  the  wrong,  which  is 
but  saying  in  other  words  that  he  is 
wiser  to-day  than  he  was  yesterday. 


THE  EYES  OF  GOD  ON  LITTLE 
FOLKS. 

"Never  do  »  wicked  action. 
Speak  no  .ninful  word: 

When  you  think  there  is  no  danger 
You'll  be  8e<'n  or  heard. 

God's  i-ye  fver  is  upon  yon, 
He  is  always  near. 

Kuowiiigevery  word  and  action— 
Oases  tlmt  eye  to  fearl" 
npIIE  eyes  of  God  are  everywhere,  in 
^  every  house,  field,  room.  rompaDy, 
alone  or  in  a  crowd— always  upon  you; 
and  they  are  eyes  that  read  hearts  as 
well  as  actions. 

Recollect  you  have  to  do  with  an  ail- 
seeing  God,  who  never  slumbereth 
nor  sleepeth,  who  understandeth  your 
thoughts  afar  off,  and  with  whom  the 
night  shines  as  the  day.  Vou  may  lock 
the  door,  draw  the  blind,  shut  the  shut- 
ters, put  out  the  candle— it  makes  no 
difference.  God  sees  you.  You  may  go 
away,  like  the  prodigal,  into  afar  country, 
aud  thiuk  that  there  is  nobody  U)  watch 
your  conduct;  i)ut  the  eye  and  ear  of 
God  are  there  before  you.  Vou  may  de- 
ceive your  parents  or  employers,  tell 
them  falsehoods,  be  oue  thing  before 
their  faces,  and  another  behind  their 
Ijacks,  but  you  canuut  deceive  (Jod.  He 
knows  you  through  and  through.  He 
heard  what  you  said  to-day.  He  knows 
what  you  are  thinking  of  at  this  minute. 
He  has  set  your  most  secret  sins  in  the 
light  i)f  his  countenance,  and  they  will 
one  djiy  come   out  before  the    world    to 

yoursharae,  except  you  take  heed,  repent 
put  away  your  sins,     ^jocl  never   sit-eps, 

never  slumbers.  "His  eyes  behold,  his 
his  eyelids  try  the  children  of  men.'" 
God  looks  from  heaven,  liis  high  and  ho- 
ly habitation,  and  beholds  the  evil  and 
the  good,  even  afar  otV.  Read  the  one 
hundred  and  thirty-ninth  I'salm.  Ev- 
ery thought  is  known  to  him.  Beware 
how  you  sin  in  thought,  word,  or  deed. 
—Sel 

SCOLDING. 

^TTITH  some,  scolding  is  chronic.  Life 
'  *  is  one  long  fret.  The  fiesh  is  fe- 
verish, the  nerves  unstrung,  the  spirit 
perturbed  and  in  a  state  of  unrest.  The 
physical  condition  aud  the  luaterial  sur- 
roundings may  have  a  strong  tendency 
to  disturb  our  e<iuanimity  and  to  exas- 
perate our  feelings;  but  we  are  apt  to 
l)ear  in  mind  that  the  scolding  never  did 
anybody  any  good,  and  withal  grows  to 
be  very  uncomfortable  to  the  party  who 
indulges  in  it.  Inappropriate  to  any- 
body, scolding  appears  most  hateful    in 


Diamonds  have  their  flaws  and  good 
society  its  faults.  Let  the  principles 
inculcated  at  home  be  the  safeguards  of 
society.  Children's  morals  cannot  be 
safel)  entrusted  t«>  other  people. 

It  matters  not  how  small  the  cot, 
How  scautthe  crust,  how  hard  the  lot, 
If  there  we  finil  o\ir  fondest  ho[)e, 
'Tis  ''home,  sweet   home,"    our   own 
dear  home. 


parents  and  ministers.  Set  to  be  dispen- 
.sere  of  kindness  and  love  to  those  with 
whom  they  are  more  especially  associat- 
ed, it  is  horrible  to  see  gall  distilled  in- 
stead of  charity  that  blesses  both  parties. 
Scolding  turns  a  household  info  a  pan- 
demonium, and  a  church  into  an  inijul- 
sition.  Bear  in  mind  that  kindness  aud 
gentle  speech  are  a  great  deal  easier  to 
practice  than  their  opposite^.  Why  prac- 
tice the  worse  thing  when  harder  i  Ar- 
rest yourself  in  the  indulgence  of  this 
bad  habit  right  here.  Begin  now,  and 
put  youi-self  under  bonds  to  be  good- 
natured. — Zions  Ilerahl, 


A  little  girl  in  R-adiug.  Pa.,  recently 
saw  an  old  druuken  man  1)  iug  on  a  door- 
step, the  pei-spiration  pouring  v>ff  his 
face,  nu<i  a  crowd  of  children  preparing 
to  nuike  fun  of  him.  She  took  her  little 
apron  and  wiped  his  face,  and  tlu-n  look- 
ed up  so  piiifully  aud  made  this  remai'k: 
"Oh,  say,  don't  hiu't  him.  iie  Is  some- 
body's grandpa!" 


f Tic  flrcflircn  af  iDorft. 

PI  KI.ISMhl)  UKKKLV. 


M.  M.  BSHKI.MAN.  (  Editoiu.  and 
S.  J.  HAUKISON.       ( I'BOI-KIBTOIW. 


1  TiiK  K.lit-irs  will  Uc  rcsixinwilite  only  f'>r  the 
Scle.UvJ  t.ol  inx'ly  tl.i.t  M-ey  cclomc  every  »..-«- 
timent  of  tin-  writer. 

i  C<.NTiiiiiri<>iciii..r<Ifrl4»B<-ciiri'l>romi.t  tu- 
SPrtion  of  tiK-ir  ».lirl,.«.  will  i.lc«.<.  not  "'''■''T;; '!' 
Ve«oii»I.lie*i  arid  ,ui.onrt4-ou«  '»"t«'''XU-  ";/«•  t  ■ 
wnl  Uioir  views  -  willi  Kr-it<*  «Pi«"ne*'  withn-ni. 

■.i       TlIK   ilnETllKKS   AT    WoRK     Wtll    bP    Sent    lo 

ftin  ad.irtfiw  in  tin-   riiit'-d  Stiitcs  or  Cana.l:    for 
|'>p.Mnn!i;.M.    Forth.,   leading  '■h""^;^''^'?!',? 
of  till-  l>til"^r  ii.s  w<-ll  :o*  l-nuM  to  iiK<-nt«  net-  r-lRlilh 
i.it;.-      \<!«Im—  i.U  loiiiiimii"  :iti"iiB. 
'  HltETHHKN  AT  WOKK, 

l,Himrli,('nrrollCo.,  III. 


LAHAIIK.II. 


.iru  I",  ifl7i». 


Dr.  Aii\M  Ci.AliKK  hitthe  mark  well  when 
lie  said:  "Strong  drink  i«  not.  the  dt-vil's  way 
into  a  man,  imt  man'H  way  to  the  devil." 

1»ARTIBS  to  vrhom  Statements  have  heen 
Mut  Hhoiild  not  neglect  to  return  the  utatcment 
with  rpmiltnl  or  r-ply.  »>^  it  will  hsvp  ub  much 
lime  nnd  Iniiiblt-. 

TlIK  nilKTIIIlKN    AT   WoltK  frOm     AuRUflt     iHt 

toJfuiuHry  l«t.  IHMi.  only  sixty  cenU-  By  » 
little  cllbrt  on  tht-  part  of  each,  many  new 
name*  may  be  secured. 

Hr  tlmt  iH  naturally  n'xvun  to  anger,  should 
u^p  a  modi-ratn  diet,  and  abHtain  from  strong 
drinks,  lor  it  is  but  adding  fin'  to  firo.  So  long 
as  wc  are  atmjng  nii'n.  let  us  clierish  huniaui- 
ly,  and  no  live  llint  no  man  may  be  either  m 
fear  or  in  dang'-r  of  um. 

It  w  -aid  that  the  Hil>le  i«  in  greater  demand 
tlian  ever  before,  and  tbat  the  publisherrt  are 
taxed  to  their  utmont  to  supply  tlie  orders.— 
Thin  ineiva-«  for  tlie  infallible  Word,  should  in- 
crease  love,  piety,  d.-votion  mid  obedience  to- 
wflrds  Christ  Jesnn  our  Lord, 

In  (uir  i^Hur  of  :ird  uU.  the  word  i/ir  should 
linvc  been  vbiccd  at  the  .-nd  of  the  knth  lino 
from  the  hoMom  of  "Clood  Shepherd."  This 
i«  another  inifance  where  it  takes  more  to  cor- 
r^i-t  the  enor  Ibau  lo  ni^dto  it.  So  it  ia  in  near- 
y  alli^iLWil.  Itdoi^s  not  taHemih^h  U)  make  » 
blunder,  but  a  great  deal  to  set  it  in  order. 

Wiiii.v.  walking  on  the  street  tlie  other  day 
vv  overheard  two  little  boys  about  seven  or 
eight  yeait*  old  very  earnestly  conversing  about 
ivliat  each  eould  do.  Finally  the  one  said, 
"  I  cannot  turn  a  haiid-sprmij  unless  I  get  mad. 
I  lull  you  when  1  get  iinid  Vi»  awful  stout." 
Sure  enough!  1  here  tire  "  boys  "  a  great  dcul 
older,  even  gray  headed,  who  weem  not  to  be 
6ny  wi^er. 

TlIK  /Jon's  Wtitchwaii  saya:  "  The  more  we 
live  in  unity  with  our  brethren,  the  happier 
shall  we  bo  in  ourselves,  and  the  greater  bene* 
fit  ahull  we  derive  iw  a  ehurch,  or  society,  or  na- 
tion. How  unnatural  it  is  for  brethren  to  be 
snapping  him!  snarling,  debating  and  tonteud- 
iu«.  (luarieling  and  brawling,  envying  and  back- 
biting, reiiroftching  and  deriding,  tearing  and 
devouring  one  another.  It  ia  natural  for  a  wolf 
to  kill  a  huub;  hut  very  unnatnral  for  Iambs  lo 
liill  or  even  wound  (ach  other." 

Is  it  any  wonder  that  sober  people  hate  liq 
uor?  Why  should  we  not  hate  it  when  we  see 
thia  worst  fiend  casting  its  blight  upon  palace 
and  cot.  sowing  seeds  of  discord,  breeding  an- 
ger, reeking  with  human  blood,  iimking  widows 
of  wives,  dragging  virtue  to  the  brothel,  honor 
t^  the  gutter,  manhood  to  the  mire;  treading 
on  huiiian  heart^i,  red  handed  with  blood  of 
murder;  separating  families;  plucking  the  son 
from  the  mother;  crushing  the  loveliest  of  hu- 
manity into  the  grave's  oblivion;dauining  with 
it*  pollution  all  that  is  fair.  nobW-  or  good  upon 
the  earth.  Does  any  one  wonder  that  man  and 
woman  should  curse  this  inlamous  stuff  with 
every  drop  of  blood  in  their  bodies? 

'■  Why  could  we  not  have  a  general  Conven- 
tion ot  evangelists  and  missionaries  for  the 
United  States  this  fall  or  winter?"— Gos;jc/ 
Prwrhr. 

"And  all  they  that  hflmri  were  together,  and 
had  all  tiinis  common:"  Act82;4i.  Yes, 
v.hy  not  assemble  and  bring  our  love  and  holy 
counsels  together,  and  have  all  things  common, 
helpii'g  one  another,  exhortius  one  another, 
8  n^ring  and  i  raying  together.  Siwely  if  any 
peopV ought  1 0  cone  together  often  for  tj'xj 
tco'K-  it  is  the  Lord's  people.  We  second  the 
motion  for  a  real  old  fashioned  evangelistic 
me^-ting.  and  move  as  an  amendment  that  it  be 
held  with  the  Brethren  in  Indiana. 


Brothkr  Moore  ia  busily  engaged  on  the 
Cfiil'/rrn  at  Work.  He  does  not  believe  in  do- 
ing things  by  halves,  hence  iii  hard  at  work  fo/ 
the  youth.  We  hoi>e  that  nil  who  have  chil- 
dren will  subocribe  for  his  paper  and  thus  both 
please  and  profit  their  oHVpring.  The  parent 
who  supplif'*  his  children  with  good  sound 
reading  matter,  finds  them  less  inclined  to  *e«k 
the  trashy  literature  that  is  held  out  to  them 
at  nearly  every  crosfing  and  public  place  in  the 
land.  Watch  the  reading  matter  of  your  chil- 
dren as  you  would  watch  their  health,  morals, 
and  society. 

Tub  Home  and  Family  department  atiurda  an 
excellent  opportunity  for  the  aged  fiat^rs  to 
instruct  as  commanded  by  Paul  to  Titus  Si:  4, 
5.  and  for  youngersiaters  to  exhort  one  another 
to  faithfulness  and  Christian  virtues.  There 
are  so  many  things  wherein  we  can  help  each 
other,  that  no  one  should  be  at  a  loss  to  find 
good  employment.  The  experience  of  the  aged, 
bl.-iid»!d  with  the  /eal  and  fervency  of  the  young- 
er will  very  largely  unite  the  hearts  ol  God's 
"  peculiar  pegj.Ie."  There  is  work  for  all,  and 
nil  should  work.  Then  send  something  for  the 
family,  something  for  the  home;  for  we  seek  a 
home  beyond  the  grave,  full  of  bliss  and  enjoy- 
ment. May  our  earthly  homes  partake  largely 
of  the  Spirit  of  the  beautiful  home  above,  then 
broilH,  quarrels,  and  grievances  will  not  come 
in  U}  mar  the  peace  of  the  family. 

Ho  many  memorials  of  the  dead  have  reached 
our  office  of  laU-  that  we  must  say.  stop.  We 
cannot  publish  all  unlfss  we  enlarge  our  p;iper 
considerably.  This  we  cannot;  and  to  publish 
loiiie  and  not  others  would  be  partiality.  Tiie 
[Jiiktukkn  AT  WoitK  had  a  rule  against  pul>- 
lishnig  "Memorials,"  but  some  how  it  got 
"  bent  a  little,"  so  we  must  straighten  it.  True 
when  the  loved  ones  are  taken  hence  by  death's 
ruthless  hand,  wo  naturally  forget  their  faults, 
and  praise  their  virtues,  wishing  that  all  people 
might  know  and  feel  our  loss.  This  feeling  we 
have  experienced  ourselves,  but  judgment  tcitch- 
es  that  wo  should  not  carry  the  matter  too  far. 
Wo  hymputhi/.e  with  the  bereaved  everywhere, 
and  would  love  to  soothe  their  hearts,  but  Je- 
sus alone  can  heal  the  broken  hearted.  Go  seek 
him  in  the  midst  of  all  your  aftlictions. 

A  innniiKit  whom  wo  very  much  love  tor  hi' 


wurK  in  mo  Lord, 
prepare  some  matter  for  our  paper  writes:  "  It 
has  long  since  been  settled  in  my  own  judg- 
ment, that  should  I  ever  appear  before  the  pub 
lie  in  journalism,  there  would  first  need  be  on 
my  part,  a  special  reviewing  up  and  an  increase 
ill  knowledge.  To  have  my  articles  go  before 
a  criticizing  world  before  being  better  prepared 
for  the  work,  is,  in  my  estimation,  imprudent." 
This,  coming  as  it  does  from,  a  young  brother 
noted  for  his  piety  and  zeal  in  the  cause,  and 
for  his  well  trained  mind  may  seem  strange  to 
some  when  we  say  that  of  al!  our  correspond- 
ents he  is  the  neatest  writer,  and  the  most  clear 
and  concise  in  his  expressions.  We  have  before 
us  a  letter  of  nine  pages  from  him,  full  of  sym- 
pathy and  glowing  love,  which  we  would  like 
to  publish,  but  he  feels  that  be  is  not  yet  quali- 
fti'd  to  write.  His  copy  needs  no  correction, 
and  if  wo  could  only  induce  him  to  come  forth 
from  his  hiding  plaee,  we  are  confident  our 
readers  would  appreciate  his  instructions.  We 
shall  not  rest  until  we  brnig  him  out.  Talent 
must  not  be  hid  while  thousands  are  starving 
for  the  want  of  wholesome  food. 


A  CHUKCH  OBGAN. 

1  T  the  rnit*d  Mennonite  Conference  recent- 
A  ly  held  in  OnUrio.  Canada,  it  was  decided 
That  the  "printing  establishment  be  the  prop- 
erty of  the  church."  The  0'>^jxl  nnnn.r  now 
published  monthly  at  Goshen,  Ind.,  is  to  be  is- 
sued semi-monthly  "after  the  expiration  of  the 
present  volume."  D.  Hrenneman  was  cho?en 
editor  at  a  salarj'  of  *50.nO  per  month.  A  com- 
mittee of  six.  three  from  Canada,  and  three 
from  the  Vnited  States  was  chosen  to  assist  in 
the  work.  All  this  looks  business-like,  and 
shows  that  the  United  Mennou.te-S  are  not  slow 
in  seeing  the  utility  of  a  church  organ,  con- 
trolled by  the  church  through  its  Conterence 

It  a  paper  is  to  speak  the  sentiment  of  a 
church  as  expressed  by  it  through  its  General 
Conference,  then  it  should  be  owned  and  con- 
trolled by  the  church.  If  a  paper  is  designed 
to  speak  the  sentiment  of  its  owners  and  con- 
tnbutors  on  Gospel  subject'',  then  it  should  be 
controlled  by  individuals.  If  a  paper  is  design- 
ed to  criticise  the  acts  of  individuals  and  socie- 
ties, then  it  should  he  owned  and  controlled  by 
critics.  The  mmmr  of  presenting  truth  vanes 
in  papers  as  it  does  in  preachers. 

In  "rightly  dividing  the  word  of  truth." 
,om.hod>i  must  exercise  his  judgment.  In  the 
ministry,  each  individual  is  left  to  exercise  his 
judgment  as  to  the  mannn-  of  rightly  dmding 
the  word 


One  is  not  allowed  to  force  bis  man- 


ner on  another,  nor  i3  any  one  perm: 


ittcd  to  con- 


demn his  brother  for  dividing  according  to  his 
beH  judgment.  Sn  it  is  ^vith  respect  to  relig- 
ious papers  in  the  church.  Each  paper,  if  un- 
der the  control  of  individuals,  is  left  to  pro- 
claim the  truth  accordine  to  the  judgment  of 
its  managers.  But  a  church  organ,  a  paper 
owned  and  controlled  by  the  church  througl: 
its  Conference,  should  advocate  the  work  and 
policy  of  the  church  as  expressed  by  its  Gener- 
al Conftrence. 

There  is  a  difference  between  preaching  the 
word  before  a  mixed  assembly,  and  laboring  in 
church  meeting  in  the  adjustment  of  difficult- 
ies between  members.  In  the  one  case  the  min- 
ister U  left  to  exercise  his  best  judgment  as  to 
the  manner  of  dividing  the  word,  while  in  the 
haVinc  own  T^'fiTterted  tvniTTrertre  issiuipiy  Ttie-spr««.i  «f  the  ctninA  lu 


HitoTHKR  Ehy's  article,  "  Thoughts  on  An- 
nual Meeting,"  was  begun  and  nearly  finished 
several  weeks  ago,  when  sickness  interfered  with 
its  completion.  In  the  meantime,  Brother  R.  H. 
Miller  gave  us  similar  views.  We  trust  that 
the  suggestions  which  they  otier  may  open  up 
some  reform  in  the  manner  of  doing  business 
at  our  Annual  Conference.  To  do  the  work  in 
the  best  possible  manner  in  order  to  preserve 
love,  justice  and  fellowship,  requires  the  laying 
aside  of  all  selfishness,  love  of  position,  desire 
fjr  show,  and  trust  implicitly  in  the  promises 
of  God.  If  the  work  ot  the  church  be  done  by 
the  church,  for  the  church,  in  the  name  of  Je- 
sus our  only  Head,  peace  and  prosperity  \vill  at^ 
tend  the  labors.  But  if  pride  in  its  various 
forms,  desire  to  be  heard  and  to  be  rulers  in- 
stead of  servant-*,  should  possess  even  a  few, 
then  look  out  for  arrogance,  selfishness,  divis- 
ions and  fftctiou>j.  as  characterizing  the  work. 
We  fear  no  bad  results  so  long  as  correct  prin- 
ciples of  trhurch  polity  prevail;  hut  should  no- 
tions and  opinions  ascend  the  throne  of  right 
and  liberty,  reason  and  justice  be  cast  down, 
then  the  result  would  be  fearful.  We  beliere 
God  will  lead  his  people  through  safely.  With 
strong  confidence  in  him  let  us  labor  iu  peace 
and  love  with,  and  for,  one  another. 


aiding  her  to  execute  her  judgments.  Now  as 
little  as  you  would  expect  your  minister  to  pub- 
licly proclaim  the  decisions  and  judgments  of 
your  church  in  his  public  preaching,  just  that 
little  should  you  expect  a  paper  under  the  con- 
trol of  individuals  to  proclaim  the  judgments 
of  the  church  to  the  worid  at  large.  Just  as 
little  as  you  would  insist  on  your  preacher 
teaching  what  Conference  decides  as  matter  of 
policy  in  executing  the  Law  of  the  church, 
just  so  little  should  youinsistonyourindividual 
enterprises  publicly  teaching  those  decisions.— 
But  if  the  church  had  an  organ,  a  journal 
through  which  it  could  give  expression  to  its 
judicial  acts,  then  no  one  would  look  to  the 
papers  under  the  control  of  individuals  for  such 
matter. 

The  Law  was  given  by  the  Lord  through  the 
Holy  Spirit.  No  man,  no  assemblage  of  men, 
can  ever  change  that  Law,  Through  the  Law, 
power  of  judgment  is  given  to  the  church.  Pow- 
er to  execute  the  Law  has  been  placed  iu  the 
church.  Judgment  and  execution  are  the  only 
powers  given  to  the  church.  What  the  judicia- 
ry of  our  country  is  to  the  law  made  by  the 
le-'islative  body,  our  General  Conference  is  to 
the  Law  made  by  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  The 
judiciary  of  a  country  never  makes  laws,  but 
interprets  them.  The  church  of  Jesus  Christ 
cannot  make  laws,  but  enforce  those  that  are 
made.  If  we  will  remember  this,  it  may  aid 
us  much  in  the  solution  of  the  paper  problem. 
In  cases  of  difficulty  the  church  acts  the  part 
of  a  judge,  and  interprets  the  Law  affecting 
that  case.  The  violations  being  numerous,  and 
each  case  being  surrounded  with  i)eculiar  circum- 
stances, though  similar  in  many  respects,  the 
decisions  upon  each  will  be  different.  This  at 
counts  for  the  immense  number  of  decisions. 

Whether  the  Brethren  need  a  paper  under 
the  exclusive  control  of  Conference,  in  order  to 
give  ^<pre*s!on  lo  itii  judicial  acts  and  princi- 
ples of  church  U'lvurumeiit  we  make  not  bold 
to  Siy.  This  much,  however,  we  venture  to 
assert;  no  one  man  will  assume  to  advocate  ard 
interpret  the  entire  work  of  the  Conference,  for 
he  does  not  feel  that  he  has  been  set  apart  for 
that  purpise.  He  should  no  more  be  expected 
to  adtocdle  and  interpret  the  judicial   decisions 


of  Conference  in  his  paper  than  in  his  pubiij, 
preaching.     You  do  not  insist  on  your  minia. 
ters  publicly  proclaiming  the  judicial   acts  of 
General  Conference,  neither  should  you  1^;,^ 
on  the  editors,  who  have    not    been   chosen  by 
Conference,  to  advocate  the«  executive  and  ju. 
dicial  acts  of  the  General  Council.     As  little  ts 
you  desire  the   work   of    local    councils  to  be 
taught  publicly   by  your  ministers,-*  so,  Httig 
should  you  desire  your  periodical    preachers  to 
publicly  proclaim  the  judicial  work  of  the  Gen- 
eral  Conference.    It  is  one  thing  for  a  paper  to 
proclaim  the  Gospel   according   to   the  ability 
which  God  gives,  and  quite    another    thing  to 
interpret  the  judicial  acts  of  the  ehurch.      For 
our  part  we  do  not  feel  to  do  this  work,  not  hav- 
ing been  set  apart  for  that.     We  are  willing  to 
go  as  far  in  this  as  the  church  asks  us  to  go  in 
the  public  ministry.      There  it  does  not  ask  ug 
to  discuss  and  advocate  its  judicial  acU,  but  to 
"  prerich  tilt-  word,"  and  this  far  we  feel  we  are 
at  liberty  to  go  in  proclaiming  through  the  pa. 
per.     We  do  not  choose  this  course  for  "policy 
sake."  but  because  we  will  imt  tissume  to  occu- 
py  a  position  whereunto   we    have    never  been 
called.     Our  paper  has  not  been    designated  as 
the  organ  of  the  church.    It  has  not  been  de- 
clared the  medium  for  the  dijcussion   of  topics 
relating  to  the  judiciary  of  the  church.     U  has 
uot  been  chosen  as  the  exponent  of  all  its  ju. 
dicial  and  executive  acts.     It  is   as    any  other 
preacher.     It  preaches  on  judicial  work  in  gen- 
eral terms,  as  do  all  other  preachers.      Its  mis- 
sion  is  not  to  point  out  what  ought  to  be  done 
with  refractory  members.     Other  preachers  are 
not  required  to  do  so  publicly,  neither  should 
papers  that  are  not  owned  by,  and  under  the 
immediate  control  of,  Conference.     Just  as  far 
as  you  require  your  ministers  to  publicly  advo- 
cate and  maintain  the  method    of  church  gov- 
erament  and  its  judgment  on  individual  <ases, 
just  that  far  we  feel  like  going  with  the  Bbeth- 
BEK  AT  Work.      We  have   no  desire  to  rim 
ahead  of  our  calling;  no  desire  to  assume  what 
does  not  belong  to  us.     Papers  owned  by  indi- 
viduals are  often  severely  criticised  for  uot  tak- 
ing up  the  work  of  General  Conference  and  ad- 
vocating it.     Do  you  want   them   to  do  what 
they  are  not  empowered  to  do?      Do  you  ask 
yoTTT^ireacHevs  TO  publicly  preach  the  decisions 
of  the  church  ?     You  do  not;  then  why  do  you 
ask  the  paper  preachers  to  do  what  you  do  not 
ask  the  living  uiinistry  to  do?     Wherein  can  a 
paper,  unless  backed  by   authority  of  General 
Conference,  successfully  advocate  the  judiciary 
acts  of  the  church.     It  cannot  be  done:  for  no 
brother  will  assume  to  interpret  and  publishju- 
dicial  acts.     These  views  are   respectfully  sub- 
mitted with  the  hope  that  the  church  may  see 
that  no   brother   will   assume   what  does   not 
properly  belong  to  him.     We  cannot  take  upon 
ourselves  a  task  so  great  as  this,   without  feel- 
ing that  we  have  run  where  we  have  not  been 
called.     Most  of  us  are  possessed  with  a  spirit 
to  obtain  positions  whereunto  we  have  not  been 
chosen,  and  to  take  upon  ourselves  responsibil- 
ities that  should  rest  on  others,  hence  wisdom 
would  dictate  that  the  General  Conference,  ifit 
wishes  its  work  to   he   publicly  taught,   desig- 
nate the  means  by  which  it  may  be  done.    The 
Lord  bless  us  all  with  wisdom  to  do  our  work 
well.  ii.  M.  E. 


WHAT  WE  WRITE,  AND  WHAT 
OTHERS  WRITE. 

W'E  do  hold  ourselves  responsib'e  for  what 
m  write,  hut  not  for  what  otbfrs  write. 
We  do  not  claim  superiority  o\er  our  brethren 
and  when  they  have  an  idea  to  express  we  al- 
low them  the  same  liberties  which  we  take.— 
Our  only  trouble  is  to  get  our  readers  to  attrib- 
ute merit  and  demerit  to  the  place  which  it  be- 
longs. Now  just  in  the  proportion  that  m 
are  responsible  for  what  itr  write,  just  in  that 
proportion  is  t'l'ery  one  else  responsible  for  what 
he  writes.  And  just  as  much  as  you  would 
write  to  us  and  approve  or  censure  ns  for  what 
wc  had  written,  just  so  you  should  do  with  any 
oneehe  who  wriles  for  the  paper. 

We  do  not  intend  to  indulge  in  personal  or 
local  matters  ourselves,  and  shall  deny  any  one 
else  our  columns  for  that  purpose.  But  any 
brother  or  sister  is  entitled  to  use  our  columns 
just  iis  we  use  them.  U  is  then  clear  that  we 
are  not  srijish,  but  we  do  unto  others  as  we 
would  they  should  do  to  us  /.  e.,  we  grant  them 
all  the  privileges  we  ask  for  ourselves. 


Julv 


IT 


THE    IiJ?ETIiI^B.7N^    ^T    AVOKIC, 


CAUSE  AND  EFFECT. 

UpON  whatever  we  look,  contemplate,  or  re- 
flect enters  the  question  of  cause  and  ef. 
j_(  Whether  we  seek  for  lore  in  thi-  spiiit- 
fljl.  taoTAU  or  physical  realm-*  our  investigations 
aiu'st  settle  upon  cause  or  eflect.  So  plum  is  it 
(batno  effect  exists  without  a  cause  that  it  is  one 
^ftbe  firat  things  we  learn.  On  tliis  all  people 
(-  gvery  age.  profession,  and  nation  agree.  No 
jiffereuce  how  much  they  may  vary  in  senti- 
uient.  religion,  and  politics,— on  this  they  are  all 
ited.  Much  more  and  better  work  could  be 
j(,„e  if  tli's  principle  were  properly  regarded. 
By  neglect  of  it  much  we  do  is  in  vain. — 
n^hen  we  should  lament  the  'ohsp  it  is  often 
tbe '■//''''■  To  illustrate:  imagine  ourselves  on 
,l,e  bank  of  a  small  stream  of  water.  Oppo- 
site lis  the  stream  is  very  muddy.  We  are  thirst- 
,v.  but  the  water  ia  too  filthy  to  drink.  Shall 
^e  biaiue  the  water?  the  filth?  No.  neither 
one;  the  water  did  uot  take  the  filth,  neither 
^d  the  tilth  force  itself  into  thewatcr.  Just  above 
us  were  some  hogs  wallowing  in  the  stream; 
(liey  were  the  nmsr.  the  muddy  water  was  the 
,lff,-t.  If  we  d"".Mv  to  get  water  pure  as  it  runs 


before  U! 


19,  ho IV  sliull  we  proceed?     This 


the 


nUl  ijuestiou.  Shall  we  take  the  muddy  wa- 
t^riitidriDit  through  a  filteV?  Never;  no  one 
would  ^0  so.     We  would  drive  out    the   swine 

. r.'iiiotr  flu- muse,  and    the    element    would 

purify  itself.  Thus  sliould  we  proceed  in  ev- 
(.rjthiiig  we  do.  If  our  church  is  out  .•!  urder, 
apoitiitized.  corrupted,  there  isaatuse  tont.  :nid 
1^  long  as  the  cause  remains  so  long  will  the 
etffct  remain;  fur  cause  and  i ffect  lire  so  united 
tha'.  th'^v  can  never  be  sepurattd;  the  exntence 
ctfthe  one  necessitates  the  exi-tence  of  the  oth- 
ff.  An  etfi'ct  iini>t  be  ciused  or  it  would  not 
bean  effect;  so  a  cause  must  produce  au  effect 
or  it  would  not  be  a  cause.  Hence  we  see  cause 
jnd  effect  are  inseparably  connected. 

In  ;tD  article  on  dress  a  few  weeks  a?o  (No's 
«and  23)  we  made  some  allusion  to  this  sub- 
jn't.  We  shall  now  refer  to  a  few  effects  which 
sre  the  legitimate  results  of  certain  causes.— 
These  things  have  caused  commotion  in  many 
[isrls  of  our  fraternity.  We  refer  to  our  church 
periodicals,  their  number  and  character,  Sun- 
Jay  Schools,  missionary  plans,  nrotrnctid  meet- 
ings, support  of  ministers,  and  conformity  of 
dre.sB.  These  things  are  among  us  not  by 
ohauce,  but  as  the  product  of  a  cause — the  re- 
(ult  of  a  principle  as  fixed  as  Deity  himself  and 
loconiplain  about  them  is  only  to  express  dis- 
alisfaction  with  God's  eternal  principles.  As 
well  might  we  try  to  beat  the  wind  or  crush 
the  universe  as  to  heat  doiiti  or  crush  the  things 
nhicb  we  have  mentioned.  They  are  invulner- 
able, founded  upon  laws  potent  enough  both  to 
create  and  bury  worlds  at  a  wink.  Whether 
the  effect.^  to  which  we  have  referred  are  good 
orliad  this  fact  remains-  They  are  the  out- 
growth of  things  in  thr  rhurrli.  Then  in  pro- 
fortioo  as  the  church  has  been  pure  and  holy 
iQ  that  exact  proportion  will  the  eflfects — out- 
frowths  of  the  church  be  pure  and  holy  and 
'ersit.  But  now,  supposing  these  effects 
trebad,  shall  we  attach  blame  to  them':'  No;  as 
»ell  might  we  blame  a  child  for  being  born! — 
these  things  have  come  of  necessity;  they  are 
not  self-existent.  Well  then  if  they  are  wrong 
»hat  shall  we  blame?  We  should  blame  that 
'liicli  produces  them.  There  is  a  time  when 
opposition  and  oppression  is  au  advantage  to 
'Eie  opitnsed  and  oppressed.  In  a  thousand 
yeira  th^re  is  an  averat/e,  and  an  equilibrium 
""  he  maintained.  For  proof  of  this  we  refer 
■"fevivala  both  religious  and  secular,  to  deprav- 
'7  and  virtue,  to  excess  and  temperance,  to 
^">3perity  and  adversity.  If  christian  profes- 
^^  would  always  do  right  there  would  be  no 
"^"aeis;  but  ecclesiastical  societies  of  every 
liiue  liave  more  or  less  rottenness  in  them 
*hen  tiiey  start  and  they  generally  go  from 
**  to  Worse— like  one  rotten  apple  imparts  its 
^fL-ie  to  another  and  it  to  another  until  the 
"fitle  lot  are  destroyed — until  the  whole  church 
''"Hed  beneath  the  stench  waters  of  corrup- 
'°'    Among  those  whom  Christ   chose  to  es- 

'iwh  bis  church  was  one  wicked,  corrupt 
^"■t;  aud  it  was  not  long   until  the  blackest 

'3  [fictiired  on  the  pages  of  history  were 
^ffiuiitted  by   the    authority    of  a   profes.ied 

^  i^f  Christiana.  AVherever  church  author- 
^^ises  above  and  asserts  itself  superior  to 
*^oa  sense  then  it  ceases  to  be  a  benefit   to 

"Uid;  it  becomes  his  enemy,  the  enemy   to 
"^''zation  and  all   that  elevates   or  ennobles 
't  takes  away  from  him  his  manhood,  it ' 


binds  him  and  casts  him  in  that  prison  which 
knows  no  other  eciual  than  hell  lUelf. 

When  the  ruling  element  of  a  church  be- 
comes corrupt  there  is  no  hope  of  relief  except 
in  the  In-enk  of  the  authority.  To  "break" 
any  thing  requires  just  .■.■()  mm-ft  power  and  if 
to htf.d- he  ihe  only  source  of  relief,  then  the 
sooner  the  necessary  strain  is  made  the  sooner 
relief  will  come.  There  is  no  more  certain 
way  to  defeat  a  purpose  than  to  over  do  it.  To 
my  miud  the  church  has  lost  more  in  every 
way  from  overdoing  than  froui  every  other 
cause.  No  difference  what  cause  be  advocated 
there  are  always  some  wlio  push  it  beyond  its 
limits,  invalidating  its  authority  and  thereby 
destroying  its  power.  In  this  I  find  the  cause 
of  the  things  in  the  church  which  should  not 
be. 

Dear  Brethren,  let  us  not  worry  about  what  (s, 
let  IIS  go  to  work,  search  for  the  cause  or  source 
of  our  troubles  or  wrongs  and  remove  it,  if  it 
be  in  our  power  to  do  so;  and  if  it  be  beyond 
our  power  to  remove,  let  us  be  content  and  do 
the  best  we  can  with  what  is.  .s  j.  h. 


SECRECY. 


SECRECY  and  policy  are  full  brothers.  We 
only  keep  secrets  ostensibly  for  the  pur- 
pose of  advaotage.  A  great  deal  in  said  about 
"family  secrets"' —that  all  have  some  secrets. 
Wepresuine  it  will  have  to  be  admitted  that  alldo 
have  secrets,  but  that  is  no  more  proof  that  we 
omjht  to  have  them  than  the  fact  that  all  have 
sins  is  a  proof  that  we  oucht  all  to  be  sinners. 
There  can  be  no  other  purpose  of  a  secret 
than  to  obtain  au  advautaj^e  which  could  not  be 
obtained  were  the  matter  not  concealed.  A  good 
thing  cannot  suffer  from  publicity.  But  error 
to  be  hated  only  needs  to  be  seen.  "A  city 
that  is  set  on  a  hill  cannot  be  hid.  Neither  do 
men  light  a  candle  and  put  it  under  a  bushel, 
but  on  a  candle-stick.  *  •  •  i^„t.  your  li»ht 
so  .•ihiiie  be/ore  mm  that  they  may  SEE  your 
good  works  *  *  *  Matt.  5:  U,  15,  16.  Je- 
sus makes  this  matter  very  plain;  he  tells  just 
u-hij  men  want  things  kept  secret,  concealed,  in 
darkness  *  *  *  "  Men  love  darkness  rath- 
er than  light,  because  their  dferls  were  evil  For 
every  one  VAa(  doe'th  evil,  hateth  the  light, 
neither  cometh  to  the  light,  lest  his  deeds 
should   be    reproved.      But  he  that    poeth 

TRUTH  COMETH  TO  THE  LIGHT,  TH.VT    HIS    DEEDS 

MAY  HE  MADK  MANIFEST,  that  they  are  wrought 
in  God."  It  does  not  make  any  difference  what 
our  own  coceptions,  impressions,  and  opinions 
are  on  this  subject,  here  is  the  word  of  God 
who  cannot  lie,  and  to  offer  as  policy,  "  expe- 
diency "  'our  own  feeble  ideas  against  that  by 
which  we  shall  be  judged  "in  the  last  day,"  is  a 
species  of  ignorance  so  deplorable  for  which, 
in  our  limited  vocabulary,  we  caimo':  find  strong 
condemnatory  terms.  s,  .1.  h. 


DISPOSITION  OF  COPY. 

ArrFPTKl'.  "Go  In  and  Out."  by  J.  W, 
Southwood.  "  Echoes  from,  Huutingdon."  by 
John  Calvin  Bright.  "Spirits  In  Prison,"  by 
J.  W.  Southwood.  "The  Martyr's  Mirror  on 
Baptism,"  by  C.  F.  Detweiler.  "  James  Chrys- 
tal  and  Infant  Baptism,"  by  C.  Hope.  "  The 
Debate,"  by  Peter  Deardorff.  "Appeal  To  the 
Brotherhood,"  by  C.  Hope.  '*  Love,"  by  F.  E, 
Teague.  "  Conversation  Between  a  Skeptic  and 
a  Christian,"  by  J.  H.  Peck.  "  Life  and  Death," 
by  A.  W.  Vaniman.  "Help  the  Church  at 
Burr  Oak  Kansas,"  bij  order  of  the  Chxtreh. 

Rkjixteu.  *'A  Hint  to  Ministers,"  by  Ja- 
cob Kurtz.  If  you  will  permit  us  to  change 
the  title,  and  improve  the  phraseology  a  little, 
it  can  be  published. 


.  Some  of  the  churches  in  the  world  have  sub- 
stituted water  in  whjch  raisins  were  soaked,  for 
wine  at  the  Communion,  but  it  remained  for 
the  Pleasant-street  church,  of  Newburyport  to 
outdo  all  this.  It  recently  celebrated,  (or  tried 
to)  the  death  of  Christ  without  material  bread 
or  wine,  as  a  purely  spiritual  rite.  They  sim- 
ply thought  they  were  eating  the  bread  and 
drinking  the  wine,  and  thus  tried  to  show  the 
Lord's  death  till  he  come.  We  have  now  had, 
baptism  with  a  little  water,  baptism  without 
any  water,  the  Communion  without  bread  and 
wine,  and  perha[)3  these  discarders  of  the  ordi- 
nances will  be  satisfied  only  to  think  that  they 
will  meet  the  Lord  in  the  air,  and  only  think 
that  they  will  thus  be  forever  with  him.  What 
neit  ? 


THE  MONEY  WANTED. 

ALL  the  papera  and  pledges  relating  to  the 
City  Mission,  have  been  turned  over  to  S. 
T.  Bosserman,  Dunkirk.  Ohio,  to  whom  the 
money  should  be  sent  at  once.  T,herefore  those 
who  have  pledged  money  to  send  ministers  to 
preach  in  cities  will  now  come  forward  and  en- 
able the  committee  to  inaugurate  the  work  at 
once. 


FROM  PALESTINE. 


NUHHBR  XIU. 


Ruins,  Fountains,  and  Mountains  Be- 
yond the  Jordan. 

[rmm  Ihn  "(rhrii.lli.0  StniiiUrt"  lij  ippdiil  Amn.g<.iupnl,] 

FROM  Jerash  went  southward  to  Es-Salt, 
the  Ramoth-gilend  of  the  Bible  where 
Ahab  was  slain  in  battle,  where  his  son  Jeho- 
ram  was  wounded,  and  where  Jehu  was  anoint- 
ed. This  is  the  only  city  now  populated  on  the 
east  of  the  Jordan.  It  contains  12,000  inhab- 
itants, and  there  is  evidence  of  a  more  vigorous 
effort  at  agriculture  in  ita  vicinity  than  else- 
where in  Gilead.  It  is  the  only  region  in  which 
the  vine  is  still  cultivated  extensively,  and  its 
raisins,  of  which  our  dragoman  boughi  some 
for  our  table,  are  very  good,  except  that  they 
are  deficient  in  sweetness.  This  city  is  the  seat 
of  the  subordinate  Turkish  governor,  who  rules 
this  region,  and  he  has  at  command  a  earrisou 
of  two  or  three  hundred  Turkish  soldiers;  but, 
notwithstanding  this  iact,  and  the  large  popu- 
lation of  the  place,  theie  is  no  provision  of  any 
kind  for  forwarding  mail  matter.  The  nearest 
post  office  is  at  Jerusiilera,  forty  miles  distant, 
over  H  very  bad  road.  My  inability  to  mail  » 
letter  ih--re,  caused  the  first  break  of  this  cor- 
respoftdeuce,  so  far  as  the  weekly  mailing  of  my 
lettt'(it  is  concerned.  How  it  has  been  in  re- 
gard to  their  reception  I  have  no  information, 
not  having  heard  from  America  since  March 
19th,  though  it  is  now  the  6th  day  of  May. 

From  Es-Salt  we  crossed  the  land  of  Gilead 
again,  going  in  a  south-easterly  direction  to 
\  cuTriau.  the  ancient  Habbath  Ammon,  common 
ly  called  Kabbah  in  the  Old  Testament.  It  wan 
the  capital  of  the  .'Vmmooites,  and  was  th« 
scene  of  Joib's  military  operations  at  the  time 
of  flavid'-M  great  sin.  See  2  Sam.  10,  11, 12.  Its 
ruins  are  scarcely  less  massive  and  extensive 
than  those  of  .lerash,  and  we  spent  five  or  six 
hours  nling  and  walking;  among  them.  It^s 
amphitheater,  with  stone  seats  for  6  OOCf  s-pecta- 
toi-s.  is  a  magnificent  ruin,  and  the  various 
phases  of  the  city's  history  are  suggested  by 
the  fact  that  the  ruins  of  a  heathen  temple,  a 
Christian  church  and  a  Mohammedan  mosque, 
all  massive  and  grand,  stand  on  the  si.me  street 
and  not  very  fur  apart.  I  was  particularly  anx- 
ious to  see  whether  the  present  remains  would 
throw  any  light  on  Joab's  message  to  David,  in 
which  he  used  this  language:  "  I  have  fought 
against  Kabbah,  and  have  taken  the  city  of  wa- 
ters. Now  therefore  gather  the  rest  of  the  peo- 
ple together  and  encamp  against  the  city  and 
take  it"  ^2.  Sam"  12:  27,  2S).  U  was  explain- 
ed at  once,  as  soon  as  we  rode  into  the  ru'ns. — 
The  city  is  divided  into  two — a  lower  city  ly- 
ing along  the  western  bank  of  the  river  Jab- 
bok,  with  only  the  amphitheater  and  a  few  oth- 
er ruins  on  the  eastern  bank,  and  an  upper 
city  on  a  hill  almost  perpendicular  and  not  less 
than  three  hundred  feet  high,  above  the  lower 
city.  This  upper  city  covered  the  entire  sur- 
face of  the  hill,  which  is  precipitous  on  every 
side,  and  it  was  almost  unassailable;  but  it  had 
no  supply  of  water  except  in  cisterns,  of  which 
a  great  number  still  remain,  and  consequently 
its  fall  was  only  a  question  of  time  when  the 
lower  city,  *'  the  city  of  waters,"  had  been  tak- 
en. 

As  I  have  said,  Kabbah  was  situated  on  the 
western  bank  of  the  river  Jabbok,  which  here 
tlows  to  the  north,  but  bends  around  between 
Jerash  and  Es-Salt,  and  finally  Hows  westward 
into  the  Jordan.  Its  head  is  about  a  mile  and 
a  half  south  of  Kabbah,  where  it  rises  out  of 
the  ground  in  full  size,  almost  as  large  as  at 
any  place  in  its  coui'se  at  this  season  of  the 
year.  It  is  a  perennial  stream,  and  one  of  no 
little  importance.  At  Kabbah  it  contains  mul- 
titudes of  fiiih  from  six  to  eight  inches  long, 
and  many  swimming  pools  from  three  to  four 
feet  deep.  We  took  a  fine  swim,  as  we  do 
wherever  we  find  water  deep  enough,  and  tried 


to  catch  some  fish  by  extemporizing  a  seine  out 
of  the  large  pieces  of  matting  used  on  the  pack 
mules.  We  expected  to  catch  a  bushel  or  so  in 
half  an  hour,  and  we  went  m  far  an  to  take  one 
of  the  «ervanU  along  to  bring  the  first  me«a  to 
the  tents  to  be  cooked  for  supper,  intending 
the  others  for  breakfast  and  lunch  the  next 
day;  but  after  toiling  in  the  hot  sun  for  an 
hour,  we  gave  up  in  despair  without  a  sinjcle 
fish.  Our  seine  waji  not  open  enough  to  dra^ 
freely  through  the  water.  The  mention  of 
swimming  reminds  me  that  the  Arabs  and  oth- 
er natives  of  this  country  seldom  go  into  the 
water,  and  aeem  rather  afraid  of  it.  One  day 
we  took  a  fine  shower-bath  in  a  beautiful  cas- 
cade near  our  camp,  and  aa  our  dragoman  wu 
not  very  well,  we  persuaded  him  to  take  one 
for  his  health.  He  finally  consented;  but  so  se- 
riout  was  the  undertaking  that  he  went  with 
trepidation,  and  when  he  returned  to  the 
camp  he  remarked  with  great  solemnity.  "I 
said  my  prayers  before  I  got  under  the  water." 
From  Kabbah  we  came  to  Aiu  Hasbon,  an- 
other  splendid  spring  which  bursta  out  from 
under  a  mountain  side  a  full  grown  mill  stream. 
The  ruins  of  three  mills  are  seen  within  a  mile 
below  the  spring.  Here  we  camped  in  the 
midst  of  eight  or  ten  camps  of  Bedoin  Araba, 
moving  northward  for  better  grazing,  and 
camping  like  ouraelves  near  this  spring  for  the 
sake  of  water.  We  had  seen  many  encamp- 
ments of  these  people  during  the  i)reviou8  two 
days,  and  we  were  surprised  at  the  amount  of 
Btock  in  their  possession.  In  one  day's  ride  we 
saw  herds  of  camels  amounting  to  four  or  five 
hundred  heads,  and  flocki  of  sheep  and  goats 
numbering  four  or  five  thousand 

Some  two  or  three  miles  south  of  the  spring 
called    Ain    Hasbon,  are  the    ruins    of   the 
ancient    city    nf    Heshbon,    called     by     the 
Arabs  Tell  Hasbon.     They  are  situated  on  two 
high  hills,  one  of  them  'a  the   highest  hill  in 
the  vicinity,  aud  crowned  with  the    ruins   of  a 
very  ancient  castle.     Old  King  Sihon,  standing 
on  its  lofty  battlement,  could  see  the  approach- 
ing millions  of  Israelites  for  twenty   miles  or 
more,  as  they  marched   up   to  seek    a    passage 
through  his  territory;  and  doubtless  the   pillar 
of  clotid  which  led  Ihenr  was  \tt  view  for  doub- 
le that  distaui!e.     He  could  look  around  also, 
over  the  entire  area  of  his  own  fair  dominion, 
and  the  sun  does  not  shine  upon  a  country  nat- 
urally finer  than  much  of  It  i*.       The  Araba 
call  it  the  Belka,  and  it  is  a  saying  among  them, 
"  There  is  no  finer  country  than  the  Belka."  — 
Tlu'u  every  hilltop  was  once   crowned    with    a 
city,  as  it  now  is  with  a  ruin;  and  it  is  not  sur- 
prising that  in  the  pride  of  his  power  he  should 
deny  Israel  a  passage  to  the  Jordan,  and  should 
march  his  armies  out  to  meet  them  in  battle. — 
Between  his  capital  and  the  head  of  the  Dead 
Sea,  just  six  miles  in  an  air  line  almost  due  west, 
the  na-isage  into  the  Jordan  \'alley    had   to   be 
found,  and  on  that  line  about   four  miles  dis- 
tant lies  in  full  view   Mount   Xebo,   with  the 
springs  of  Moses  under  its  northern  side,  and 
the  hill  of  Pisgah  constituting  its   most  west- 
ward spur.  Space  will  not  allow  me  to  say  in  this 
letter  what  I  feel  to  say  of  this  mountain,  one 
of  the  most  holy  of  all  the  holy  mountains  in 
this  holy  land;  so  I  will  make  it  the  chief  sub- 
ject of   another  letter.        Let    me  say    this 
that  I  have  now  seen,  near  by  or  at  a  distance, 
nearly  every  square    mile  of  the  ancient  king- 
dom of  Sihon,  the  territory  of  Gad  and  of  Reu- 
ben, and  that  although  it  is  crowded  more  thick- 
ly with  the  ruins  of  important  towns  and  mag- 
nificent cities  than  almost  any  district  in   the 
world  is  to-day  with   living   towns  and  cities, 
there  is  not,  in  all    this    region,  outside  of  Es- 
Salt,  a  house  that  a  decent  white    man    would 
live  in.    The  ruins  attest   the  greatest   of  the 
country  when  God's  blessing  was  upon  it;  and 
they  speak  with  mournful  eloquence  of  the  be- 
som of  destruction  which  swept  over  it  when 
God's  protection  wa*  withdrawn.     Compare  the 
miserable  black  goat's-hair  tents  of  the  Bedouin, 
with   the   magnificent    palaces   beside    whose 
ruins  these  tents  are  now  pitched;  and  the  ig- 
norant, ragged,  filthy,    half-savage    Bedouin 
themselves,  witft  the  men  who  built  these  cities; 
aud  you  have  at  once  the  contrast  between  the 
land  that  God  has  blesseil  and  the  land  he  has 
cursed.     Yet  as  far  as  the  land  itself  is  concern- 
ed, here  it  still  lies  with  its   rich   soil,  and  its 
abundant  fountains  of  purest  wat«r,  waiting 
only  the  baud  of  industry  and  enteprrise,  to 
blossom  again  like  the  rose,  aud   to   flow  onc« 
more  with  milk  and  honev. 

'J.  W.  McGarvbt. 


a'HE    HKEa'HEEIvr    ^X    -VVOKIi. 


July    17 


0m:   '§ihk   (flass. 


■•  Tlu  Worth  of  Truth  m  Tongue  Can  TtUT 

This  department  iH  rtcslirnctl  lor  asklnK""'!  »"■ 
•wcrmg  (Uii-»lioii»,  ilniMii  from  111"  MMi.  In  or- 
der to  i.rim,.t..  ll,<-  Trutl,.  M  ,,„...l...n»  "l;-'"!''  ' 
brief.  ilnclcl.illieJ  In  ».m|,li-  bnaimce.  We  «fcall 
ftjMii'n  inii"<lioiis  tt»  our  onlrilmtora  to  answer. 
Sm  tl'i«  Jo"  not  exclude  any  otliem  writlnit  u|ion 
the  Slime  lu)iic, 

Will  «oii»- OIK- t^xi.lain  Heb.  lilV  "  Ami  of  the 
anirels  he  saltli.  Who  rnHki'th  hlo  anKela  Bl>lrlUi.  and 
hU  minist*™  »  name  of  llrr."  R.  T.  CnooK. 

Some  ont-  plfiisp  t-xiiJiilii  Matt,  tr.l't.  "And  If  y«- 
saint*  your  l.rcthron  only,  wlmt  do  yf  more  than 
otbwrsVdo  not  even  thn  iiul.licans  BoV" 

Eva  Dvk. 

[Will  Brother  J.  S.  Mohlcr  itleosc  annwer  Evn 
Dye*B  (inestlon.?— Ei>.| 

■VVIII  some  one  \i\&\»ii  tell  ns.  through  tin-  HitK  i  ii- 
BBS  AT  WOUK  wlio  wrote  the  latter  part  «r  the 
iMt  <hai>t«r  of  Ueiiteroiioiny,  from  llftli  cli»l>t<T 
toi-ndof  versi-y  A,  K- M. 

W'll  i-onie  one  i»Ie)iiie  ex|ilaln  M«tt.  »:  n(  "Hut 
Juiis  Mid  niito  him,  KolJow  me;  and  let  the  dead 
bury  llieir  deu.l."  ir.  Stkhaht. 

Will  Honiu  one  j.leiuie  f\[>laln  Daniel  ':  13.  II. 
"Isnw  the  niRlit  vlHlonH,  and  behold,  r.ne  like  tlie 
Soni.r  man  camp  with  the  elunds  of  heaven,  and 
eomelollie  Ancient  of  duytt,  and  they  brouRlit 
hitii  neav  befur.'  him.  And  there  wiw  ((iven  bin. 
dominion,  and  a  kinRdom,  lliat  all  pL-ojile,  nation». 
and  hinpiHfrcsiiboiild  nerve  htm:  his  dominion  In 
an  evcrJaalliiK  dominion,  wliicli  «liall  not  jtaHs 
away,  and  bit.  kingdom  thai  whUh  nball  not  bo 
deatroved. 

A1ki>  Hev.  ;.  and  llev.  Lffi.J,  B.  T.  (;,  Wcx.i-. 

(Will  Bn.iher  Daniel  Vanlnmn  iinswer  Hrolber 
Wood  i*-!-: I. -I 


SPIRITS  IN   PRISON. 

Will  some  one  plcftse  explain  1  Pet..'(:  l«  !•  U 
rends  iw  fullowH;"Hy  whleli  also  ho  went  and 
preached  unto  the  spirit*  In  prison."  Wlio  is  th« 
pwnclipry  Who  are  the  spirits?  Where  In  tlie 
prison?  J-  W.  Baiiniiart. 

WK  uu(ler«tan(l  by  the  i)receding  verse,  tlmt 
the  si)irit:  oi'  CliiiMt,  wan  the  preacher,  as 
he  was  the  just  one  wlm  Hullered  for  the  unjunt. 
He  also  was  the  one  wlio  wiw  put  to  doiith  in 
the  flesh,  but  quick-ned  by  the  spirit.  Hy  tliis 
spirit  he  went  and  preached. 

By  p-adintf  vtirae  2Wtb  in  counection  witj)  the  ^ 
lUtli  we  learn  tlie  spirits  were  Uiose  of  the  dis-  , 
obedient  antediluvians. 

.lust  where  this  prison  is,  is  not  known. 
Some  claim  in  the  lieart  of  the  earth.  Jose- 
phu9  in  hi*  diHcourse  to  the  Greeks,  concerning 
Jiailcs,  seems  to  give  some  lighten  this  prison. 
(Works  of  l-'lavius  .loseplius.)  AUo  refer  to 
the  word  "hell"  in  Smith's  liible  Dictionary. 

.1.     W.    Sol  THWOOD. 

GO  IN  AND  OUT, 

Will  some  one  pU-iiae  explain  John  10:11?  In 
particular  the  pliriLse.  "And  ahull  Ro  In  and  out  and 
find  piiature."  M-  M.  lliTCT/- 

TMK  verHereBds:'iaraUied(ior:by  me  if  any 
man  enter  in.  he  shall  he  saved,  and  shall 
go  in  and  out  and  find  pa.sture.  We  under^itand 
Christ  to  be  the  dour  of  the  church,  and  those 
that  enter  the  churcli  according  to  his  gospel 
shall  be  saved,  and  go  in  and  ont  and  find 
pasture.  Some  claim  that  the  goinn  in  means 
going  into  the  church  militant,  that  is,  the 
church  here  below  in  which  we  liiid  pa-sture, 
and  then  when  we  go  out  of  the  church  mil- 
itant and  into  the  church  triumphnut,  we  then 
will  Bud  pasture. 

We  rather  hold  the  idea  thttb  when  we  enter 
the  church  as  Christ  ha3  taught  that  we  will 
find  pasture— spiritual  food,  blessings,  and 
Christian  enjoyment— whenever  wp  go  up  and 
down  in  this  word,  wherever  our  different  call- 
ings or  avocations  may  re<piire  us  to  go;  that 
IF,  we  will  not  be  left  comfortless:  the  comfort- 
er will  feed  our  souls  from  on  high. 

J.    W.SorTHWOOD. 


U)  raise  up  children  unto  Abniham— r<«/  sfon^8. 
To  show  our  nothingness  compared  with  (iod. 
and  God's  sovereignty  and  power  things  are 
referred  to  in  the  Scriptures,  that  seem  to  os 
imposwible;  but  we  should  rememhertbat.  with 
God,  all  things  are  possibl?.  This  is  done  to 
make  the  greater  impression  on  our  minds. 

At  the  crucifixion  of  Christ  the  earth  did 
quake  and  the  rwi.f  rcn/— literal  rocks.  When 
Christ  said,  "If  these  should  hold  their  peace 
fhf  Ht/mrx  would  immediately  cry  out."  He 
means  liUral  xtunfH.  to  confound  those  self- 
right^jous  Pharisees  who  want«d  Christ  to  re- 
buke his  disciples  lor  the  praise  they  offered 
him  for  the  mighty  works  he  had  done.  Christ 
refers  to  one  of  the  lait,  and  moat  impossible 
things  in  nature,  capable  of  offering  vocal 
praise.  But  it  is  no  harder  for  God  to  make 
the  stones  cry  out,  than  to  make  the  dura  b  ass 
speak,  or  the  hand  to  write  upon  the  wall  at 
Belshaxxar's  fewt.  God  is  the  creator  of 
stones,  OA  much  as  of  human  beings,  and  if  he 
caused  the  rW.«  to  reti'i  in  attestation  of  Christ's 
resurrection,  is  it  an  unreasonable  reference  in 
Christ  to  refer  to  literal  xfonc  as  being  made 
capable  of  offering  praise,  when  such  praise  is 
unjustly  withheld  by  those  who  should  he  the 
first  to  offer  it?  The  reference  is  a  very  proper 
one,  a"d  a  severe  rebuke  to  the  self-esU-emcd 
Pharisee.  -J-  S,  Mohleb. 


REAL  STONES   WOULD  CRY    OUT. 

I'leiise  explain  througii  your  i.apei  the  nie;iiiiiia 
of  Luke  !&;»".  40.  "And  when  he  was  come  nigh, 
even  now  at  the  descent  of  the  mount  of  Olives. 
the  whole  multitude  of  the  disciples  began  to  re- 
joice and  praise  God  with  a  loud  voice  for  all  the 
mighty  works  that  they  had  seen.  And  he  an- 
swered and  said  unto  them  I  tell  you,  that  if  the-*e 
should  hold  their  peace,  the  J  stones  would  im- 
mediately cry  ouL  S-  C.  C. 
THEUE  18  no  doubt  that  in  the  Scriptures, 
people's  hard  hearts  are  sometimes  com- 
pared to  stones,  but  it  is  seldom  that  atones  are 
compared  to  people's  hearts.  We  should  never 
spiritualize  any  thing  literal,  when  the  thing 
literal  maljeit  a  good  application.  John  said  to 
the  self  esteemed  .lew*,  who  prided  themselves 
in  their  noble  ancestry,  that  God  was  able  of 
then  etoms,  (stones  along  the  hanks  of  Jordan) 


THE  BRETHREN  AT  WORK. 

HY  MARY  M.  OIHSON. 

riMIIS  may  seem  to  some  an  odd  subject  to 
1  write  upon,  but  if  we  will  study  for  awhile 
we  may  find  much  contained  in  this  subject.  I 
think  for  one  our  paper  has  a  good  and  appro- 
priate name.  All  Brethren,  as  well  as  our 
editors,  ought  to  he  very  zealous  in  the  cause 
of  Christ,  enoueh  so  to  be  brethren  that  are 
at  work. 

We  can  work  for  the  cause  of  Christ  in  many 
various  ways.  Much  good  can  he  accomplished 
by  visiting  the  poor  in  their  poverty  and  see 
for  ourselves  what  is  needed  or  most  needful  for 
them,  and  then  we  should  uotshut  up  our  bow- 
els of  mercy  from  them,  but  administer  to 
their  wants,  and  it  assuredly  would  be  accept- 
able to  them  and  our  God.  We  are  commanded 
to  visit  thcvsick.  the  widows  and  orphan^^in  _ 
their  alHiction,  and  by  so  doing  we  are  at  work 
for  Christ.  Brethren,  do  you  really  believe 
there  is  enough  of  this  done?  I,  for  one,  hardly 
believe  there  is,  for  people  professing  Christian- 
ity as  we  feel  ourselves  to  be,  all  should  be  inter- 
ested enough  to  be  lively  stones,  always  ready 
to  do  some  kind  act,  especially  for  the  sin-sick 
soul.  11  we  will  work  in  the  right  we  may  be 
the  meau«  of  bringing  one  soul  to  repentance, 
we  will  receive  manifold  blessing  from  God  the 
giver  of  all  good. 

The  BitBTHREN  AT  WoBK  is  a  very  welcome 
visitor  to  me.  1  feel  very  much  disappointed  if 
1  do  not  receive  it  every  Saturday  afternoon, 
(as  that  is  the  time  it  reaches  us.)  It  is  food 
fur  the  hungry  soul  that  is  longing  for  the 
good  will  of  our  Lird  and  Savior  Jesus    Christ. 

The  Bkethhen  at  Work  should  watch  their 
daily  walk  and  conversation  much  more  than 
any  "f  "s  do  if  we  want  to  be  true  followers  of 
the  meek  and  lowly  Savior  Jesus  Christ.  If  we 
happen  to  make  one  misstep  it  is  noticed  much 
more  hy  those  that  are  not  in  the  church,  I  be- 
lieve, than  our  brethren,  for  our  brethren  are 
alwavready  to  forgive  our  missteps  if  we  are 
willing  to  tisk  pardon,  and  how  easy  that  is  to 
to  do  if  we  have  the  spirit  of  Christ,  and  the 
Scriptures  say  "If  we  have  not  the  spirit  of 
Christ  we  are  none  of  liis."  How  careiul  and 
watchful  and  prayerful  we  all  ought  to  be. 
Those  that  are  not  surrounded  with  those  that 
are  not  members  hardly  know  how  the  mem- 
bers are  watched.  We  should  he  very  careful 
iu  our  dealings  with  them:  be  sure  that  we 
deal  rightly  and  honestly  with  all  men.  The 
Scriptures  say,  "Owe  no  man  anything." 
Brethren,  we  can  work  wonderfully  in  this 
way.  Do  not  neglect  it  through  carelessness, 
but  deal  as  we  should,  and  use  all  the  influence 
we  possibly  can.  We  should  be  prompt  iu  be- 
ing at  work  iu  this  wiy  for  the  sake  of  oar  -iwu 
soul  and  others  also.  Let  us  all  seek  to  be  at 
all  the  work  we  possibly  can,  so  as  to  be  worthy 
brethren  and  sisters. 


f  oplca  of  tlie  ^ag. 


fallen  |^slcc|i. 


A  TEBKim.v.  storm  risited  parU  of  Minnesola, 
WIsconnn,  Dakota,  and  Iowa  on  the  3rd  inst. 
uiUBing  great  destruction  to  persons  and  prop- 
erty. 

0<l.v  forty  years  ago  I'lji  Islanders  feasted 
on  unman  flesh.  Now  no  less  than  40.000 
children  attend  Sunday-school,  and  thousands 
of  people  are  earnest  I  hristians. 

The  olde.«t  church  in  India,  still  stonding,  U 
.lenisalem  Church  at  Tranquebar.  It  "aa 
built  in  a  fery  solid  manner,  and  was  dedicated 
October  nth,  HIS,  by  Missionary  Ziesenbalg, 
who  is  buried  in  the  church.  Recently  a  new 
roof  was  ]iut  upon  the. edifice,  the  third  in  its 
long  history. 

Ite  KNTLV  six  teachers  appointed  by  the  Lon- 
don Missionary  Society  to  labor  on  the  South- 
ea.»l  Cape,  New  Guinea,  were  landed  there  by 
the  steamer  .lohn  Williams,  but  the  whole 
number  were  poisened  by  the  natives,  who 
placed  upas  wood  in  their  drinking  water.  Df 
twenty  men  lauded  in  the  district,  Duly  hve  re- 
main, the  rest  having  died  of  [loisou  or  fever. 

k  I.ISI.ATCH  from  Jauinastatesthat,  pending 
the  result  of  the  meeting  of  ambassadors  at 
Constantinople,  the  Turks  have  prepared  every 
tiling  for  war.  Reinforcements  of  si.i  battal- 
ions of  infantry  and  three  batteries  of  artillery 
have  arrived  at  Volo.  Large  bodies  of  Bashi- 
Banouks  arc  assembling  in  Albania,  ready  to 
march  into  Epirus  and  Thessaly. 

N'kiv.-  were  received  in  Paris,  .luue  20th,  of 
the  death  of  the  Prince  Imperial  of  France,  at 
the  hands  of  the  Zulus.  The  sentiment  of  the 
P,iris  iiress  is  divided  as  to  its  probable  effect  on 
the  political  situation,  some  of  them  regarding 
the  event  as  the  virtual  end  of  Imperialism, 
while  others  favor  the  idea  of  putting  forward 
another  claimant  to  the  throne  in  the  person 
of  Prince  Victor.  The  es-empress  Eugenie  is 
said  to  be  prostrated  by  the  news. 

An  Episcopalian  clergyman  of  San  Fraucis- 
co  has  visited  Arizona.  In  a  lecture  on  that 
Territory  he  said:  "  If  I  were  in  the  Cabinet,  I 
should  advise  that  the  Governor  turn  the  Terri- 
tory over  to  the  Indians  and  the  cayotea.  The 
former  are  fat  and  tjlrifty,  and  the  latter  don't 
slink  away,  and  have'nt  the  sneaking  side-long 
look  they  wear  other  places.  I  think  men  and 
animals  who  have  lived  in  a  country  like  Ari/,o- 
na  for  a  dozen  generations  and  are  still  fat  and 
vigorous,  ought  to  be  left  to  enjoy  it  in  peace." 

A  LKTXKK  from  an  English  missionary  in 
Mogadore,  Morocco,  gives  a  harrowing  ac- 
count of  the  miseries  caused  by  the  fam- 
ine in  that  unhappy  country.  In  Slogadore 
alone  over  13,000  persons  have  perished  from 
hunger,  and  all  the  cattle,  camels,  horses,  sheep, 
and  other  domestic  animals.  Only  the  dogs 
have  survived,  and  these,  finding  no  food  in 
the  towns,  are  roaiuiug  over  the  country  in 
bands  of  from  twenty  to  fifty,  sometimes  at- 
tacking and  devouring  every  person  they  meet. 
In  their  hunger  these  animals  have  also  dug  up 
the  buried  bodies  of  the  dead  and  stripped  their 
bones. 

A  YOUNG  French  woman  was  swept  over 
Niagara  Falls  lune  21st,  before  the  eyes  of  her 
husband,  who  was  unable  to  render  the  least 
assistance,  and  through  inability  to  speak  any 
language  but  the  French,  conid  not,  for  some 
time,  make  known  his  terrible  loss.  The  pair 
had  been  traveling  around  the  world,  and  were 
to  embark  for  home  this  week.  On  taking  a 
last  view  of  the  Falls  from  Goat  Island  the 
woman  stooped  to  dip  a  cup  of  water,  lost  her 
balance  and  was  swept  away  to  her  fate. 

Mk.  GnipK,  a  maker  of  wax  images  in  New 
York,  has  constructed  what  is  claimed  to  be 
the  largest  globe  in  the  world,  showing  the 
ranges  of  muuiitaiua  and  other  piculiarities  oi 
the  surface  of  the  earth  iu  relief,  now  in  exist- 
ance.  Its  diameter  is  four  feet  and  about  one 
inch,  the  scale  being  one  in  10,000,000.  Tin 
globe  is  made  of  wood.  The  relief  is  formed  by 
wax.  Mr.  Grude  has  been  two  years  in  per- 
fecting his  globe,  and  Chief  .lustice  Daly  and 
other  geographers  have  lately  been  giving  at- 
tention to  it. 


« i»itL— a...  H;is.       - 


ObitnuiM  flbould  be  brief,  writte.  oa  but  one  side  of 
p»per.  ud  Bep.r.te  from  all  olbor  buaineu. 


Fhom  the  lowest  step  there  is   a  path   to   the 
loftiest  height. 


Theke   is  always  room   for  amanof  foi 
and  he  makes  room  for  many. 


Seeing    much,    and   suHering    much,     and 
studying  much,  are  three  piUani  of  learning. 


Censuhe  is  the  tax  that  man  pays    to  the 
public  for  being  eminent. 


A  TERKiiiLE  accident  happened  June  2Hth  at 
Lake  Mimietouka,  Minnesota.  ,About  12:30  P. 
M.,  as  the  May  Queen,  one  of  the  pleasure 
steamers  plying  on  the  lake,  was  pulling  out 
from  RockwelTs  Island  the  boiler  exploded, 
blowing  the  boat  to  atoms,  not  a  vestig*;  being 
seen  thereafter.  The  boiler  was  thrown  down 
the  lake  over  a  thirty-foot  embankment,  landing 
some  three  hundred  feet  away,  breaking  down 
trees  in  its  path.  A  number  ol  passengers 
were  injured,  some  of  whom  will  die. 


RHODES.— iu  the  Wakanda  Congregation, 
Ray  County,  Missouri,  Walter  Emmet,  only 
child  of  Friend  Samuel  and  Sister  Laura 
Rhodes,  aged  1  year,  :'.  months,  and  23  days. 
Funeral  services  by  the  writer,  from  Matt. 
IS:  4, -to  a  large  and  sympathizing  congrega- 
tion.  D-  B.  GlusoN. 

SHOEMAKER.— Brother  .leremiah  Shoemak- 
er died  June  10th,  W'9,  aged  20  years,  T 
months,  and  5  'ays. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  born  iu  Arm- 
strong County,  Pennsylvania,  November  5lh, 
I8.i2.  In  the  year  1871  he  was  baptized  into 
the  Brethren  Church;  and  since  that  timeuntil 
his  decease  he  saw  many  trying  hours,  but  in 
all  his  dark  hours  he  was  what  might  be  term- 
ed a  model  young  man.  His  deportment  in 
life  was  that  of  a  meek  and  tender-hearted  man, 
and  always  ready  to  assist  those  who  needed 
aid.  In  February  of  1S7S,  he  left  for  the  West, 
and  made  his  home  in  Carroll  Carrol  County, 
Illinois.  At  the  time  of  his  death  and  prior  to 
it  he  was  with  Brother  William  Herrington. 
He  bore  his  alHictions  with  fortitude,  and  man- 
ifested a  desire  to  be  absent  from  the  body  and 
be  present  with  the  Lord.  He  availed  himself 
of  the  means  of  grace,  and  was  anointed  with 
oil  as  directed  by  St.  James.  The  funeral  ser- 
mon was  preached  at  Red  Bank,  in  the  Breth- 
ren's Meeting-house  on  the  2!»th  of  June,  by  J. 
W.  Sraouse.  assisted  by  R,  T.  Pollard,  from 
Rev.  13;  U,  to  a  large  congregation  although 
the  weather  was  inclement.  J.  W.  S. 

NEWCOMER.— In  Union  Center  District, 
Elkhart  County.  Indiana,  July  3rd,  1879, 
Amanda  Newcomer,  aged  4  years  and  10 
months. 

She  died  at  the  residence  of  John  Anglemyer. 
Within  the  last  year  Amanda  bad  the  measles 
and  small-pox.  She  died  of  congestion  of  the 
lungs.  Her  mother.  Rebecca  Newcomer,  died 
one  year  ago  in  the  State  of  Kansas. 
HOOVER— In  the  same  district,  Samuel 
Hoover,  aged  .Jlt  years. 
He  suffered  very  much  of  some  internal  dis- 
ease not  fully  understood  by  the  physicians. 
He  was  received  into  the  Meunonite  Church 
about  one  hour  before  he  died.  His  wife  died 
twenty  years  ago.  He  leaves  four  children,  all 
of  whom  are  of  age.  F.  Anoleuver. 

FARTIC— In  the  Upner  Fall  Creek  Church, 
Henry  County,  Indiana,  June  29tb,  Brother 
Andrew  Fartic,  aged  Sti  years,  4  months  and 
10  days.  He  w.is  in  the  second  degree  of  the 
ministry.  Geobqb  Hooveb. 

SHANK.— In  the  Mureau  Creek  Church,  Mor- 
gan County,  Missouri,  June20tb.  islfl,  Sally 
Shank,  wife  of  David  Shank,  aged  33  .years. 
3  months,  and  6  days.  Disease,  dropsy  ol 
the  heart. 

The  sulject  of  this  notice  joined  the  church 
the  first  vHit  ol  the  brethren  to  this  county. 
She  lived  an  exemplary  life  to  the  time  of  her 
death.  She  leaves  a  husband  and  three  children. 
Sister  Shank  wn,the  daughter  of  Daniel  aud 
Sally  Hodman,  of  Rockingham  County,  Vir- 
ginia. 

GUMP  — In  Ple.Hant 
County,  Indiana,  May  6th,  of  scarlet  fever, 
Mary  Aijii  Gump,  daughter  of  Brother  John 
and  Sister  Jane  Gump,  aged  12  years,  5 
mouths,  and  24  days.  Funeral  by  the  writer 
to  a  large  and  sympathizing  audience. 

Jesse  Calvebt. 
VODER  —In  the  English  Prairie  Congrega- 
tion, near  Lii  Gi\inge,  Indiana,  June  SOlli. 
Ida,  daughter  of  Brother  Eli  and  Sister  An- 
nie YoHnr,  aged  6  years,  3  months,  and  1^ 
d»)>.  Funeral  services  by  Brother  David 
Truby  and  Brucher  Peter  Long. 

Noah  H.  Suctt. 

MOURER.— Near  Upton,    Franklin    County, 
Pa.,   March   14  h.    Miss    Hannah    FranW 
Mourer,   aged   17  years,  8  month 
days. 

In  the  deiith  of  dear  Francie  we  have  ano W 
evidence  of  the  stealthiness  of  the  rnlbe'' 
hand  of  death.  Sne  was  one  of  Ihose  aPiaW*' 
kind  and  lovely  children  verging  into  '"^ 
beauty  of  woiiiaiiliood,  and  being  last  of  a  lal»' 
ily  of  seven  children  and  a  mother  that  pre- 
ceded her  to  the  grave,  she  was  the  mere  en- 
deared to  a  fond  surviving  Christiiin  U'"^ 
and  relations.  In  thcshort  time  of  -'■  '  " 
disease  done  its  work,  and  we  were  i-''  ^^^ 
follow  her  to   her  last  resting  place,  i"l'"'" 


F.  K.  Bowman. 
Hill     Church,    Allen 


by  a  large  concourse  of  people  andfneiw'^ 


July 


17 


THE    BItETHrtEN    ^T    "WORK. 


^ot^rrsponilenqi!'. 


Echoes  from  Huntingdon. 

rt^ntiif^don  Church— Going  to  School— Wan- 
deriDff  Thoughts— Meetings— Church  Meei- 
jjig— Communion  Meetings. 

fE  came  to  Huntingdon  from  the  Annual 
Meeting,  intending  to  attend  the  Nor- 
1  School.  We  have  formed  a  limited  ac- 
'"aiotance  with  the  Brethren  here.  They 
''ere  organii^ed  into  a  separate  church  last 
Fall-  Brethren  James  Quinter,  H.  B.  Brum- 
bmigb.  aod  W.  J.Swigartare  the  ministers.  The 
hurch  has  secured  quite  a  footing,  and  is  in- 
reasiog  in  members,  and  we  hope  in  "grace 
jodinthe  knowledge  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ." 

Restarted  to  school  on  the  9th  of  June. 
Pound  the  school  in  a  flourishing  condition. 
Ad  able  and  polite  corps  of  Professors  lead  the 
.  ,,ji-iug  mind  step  after  step  up  the  rounds  of 
teience.  The  students  all  aeem  to  pursue  their 
studies  "'*''^  plpii>urp,  and  have  a  commendable 
^estfor  their  i.'.-i'atini.s. 

Rethought  liMfk  when  we  first  started  to 
„ljo-il  --Jiue  twenty  ol  t  years  ag.i,  aud  what  a 
eiiiiL-ast!  The  old  log-house,  with  its  dingy 
aD(i  cluu^'y  furniture,  ventilated  by  tlie  aper- 
fures  ill  *'"*  v/aW.  aud  its  only  wpparrifus  of 
jllustfdlion,  a  circular  instrument,  whos-  nluci- 
Mio"  **■*  '^^  '^  painful  and  unplea-^Hiit  ■li^rac- 
ter.  Verily  the  world  moves  and  wc  ii,..vp 
with  it. 

We  thought  also  how  little  we  accomplii^hed 
during  ibis  score  of  years,  and  b..w  muuh 
n,ight  liuve  been  done  if  wp  had  performed,  with 
our  mighN  ''i"'  wliich  cuf  hand  loiind  to  do. 

Then  ther.-  arc-  \hv  great  changes  that  have 
taken  place  within  this  little  cycle.  Our  belov- 
ed land  has  been  drenched  with  fraternal  blood, 
iiiiil  in  every  work  of  it  we  see  some  of  its  ef- 
fects. Slavery,  the  curse  of  the  nation,  has 
iieea  removed,  but  its  foundations  stand  as  firm 
never — ambition,  '"the  root  of  all  evil,"  selfish- 
ness. Nation  ha?  risen  against  nation,  govern- 
ments have  been  subverted,  thrones  have  been 
(.rambled  to  the  dust.  The  broad  scroll  of 
ence  hiis  been  unrolled  until  we  are  startled 
aud  astounded  at  the  truths  stamped  upon  it 
by  the  hand  of  the  Everlasting. 

Again  we  recollect  the  gradual  uninterrupted 
eban^e  going  on  with  the  human  race  day  after 
day,  yiir  after  year.  In  the  decade  we  notice 
a  generation  has  gone,  and  in  their  stead  we 
have  imother.  Who  cannot  point  to  the  grave 
of  some  loved  cue,  who  in  this  short  period  has 
gone  the  wav  of  all  flesh?  We  thought,  jiar- 
ticularly,  of  one,  who,  in  the  glow  and  flush  of 
ymith,  gave  her  heart  and  hand  to  one  she  lov- 
eit,  but  who  faded  as  an  Autumn  leaf,  followed 
by  the  lovely  fragile  flower,  given  ns  by  the 
Hand  Divine.     Such  i*  life. 

The  Brethren  hold  meeting  twice  every 
Lord's  Day  in  the  Normal  Chapel.  We  give  a 
synopsis  of  two  of  Brother  James  (punter's 
sermons. 

1.  The  proper  cause  of  rejoicing.  (1)  Not 
our  success  in  attaining  wealth,  health,  tame  or 
any  other  worldly  project.  (2)  Not  even  our 
success  as  ministers  of  the  gospel  in  being  sac- 
ceasfnl  in  calling  many  to  Christ.  Success  in 
these  various  pursuits  may  he  followed  by  a  de- 
gree of  rejoicing.  (3)  But  we  should  rejoice 
that  our  names  are  written  in  the  Book  of  Life. 
Because  on  such  the  second  death  has  no  pow- 
er, and  con^equeutly  we  will  not  have  to  take 
up  our  abode  with  the  filth  and  ott'-scouriug  of 
ages  in  the  pit. 

2.  "The  highway  of  the  saints."  Prov.  16: 
IT.  A  highway  is  a  way  leading  from  one 
point  to  another,  between  which  there  is  con- 
siderable travel.  It  is  open  and  unobstructed. 
Other  ways  are  by  paths.  We  all  have  our 
mental  highway,  \,hich  we  frequently  travel. 
Thus  the  merchant  has  his  mind  on  speculation, 
the  warrior,  on  strategy,  etc.  This  is  their 
liighway.  But  the  highway  of  the  saint  is  "to 
i^>wl  from  evil."  His  inquiry  is  how  he  may 
»void  its  contaminating  and  degenerating  in- 
1'ieaces.  He  abhors  it  and  flees  from  it.  He 
departs  from  it — he  obtains  a  better  coBtrol  of 
tia  pajfsions,  appetites,  etc.,  ''And  if  he  keeps 
nis  Way  he  possesses  his  soul." 

The  Brethren  held  a  church  meeting  on  the 
evening  of  the  11th  of  June.  The  principal 
object  of  the  meeting  was  to  reason  together  on 
tbe  subject  of  non-conformity.  The  ministers 
'indly  admonished  all  the  members  not  to  con- 
f^oriii  to  the  fashions  of  the  world,  but  to  adoj)t 
"if^  plain  attire  of  the  Brotherhood.  Brother 
Quinter  spoke  on  the  subject  from  a  historical 
stand-point.  He  remarked  that  the  Brother- 
""ood  always  were  a  plain  people;  it  was  one  of 
""r  peculiarities,  and  it  was  in  consonance  with 


the  Scriptures.  Humility,  simplicity,  and 
plainness  are  required  in  the  Scriptures.  And 
these  requirements  are  not  met,  when  we  attire 
ourselves  in  fashionable  apparel.  His  remarks 
were  seconded  by  his  co-Uborers.  The  thought 
that  suggested  the  meeting  was^a  prudent  one, 
the  labors  of  the  Brethren  were  commendable, 
and  we  hope  the  results  may  correspond. 

We  attended  a  communion  meeting  at  James 
Creek  on  the  13th  inst.  To  this  branch  the 
Huntingdon  Brethren  formerly  belonged.  The 
ineeting-house  is  twelve  miles  from  Hunting- 
don. The  meeting  opened  at  4  o'clock  P.  M. 
Three  Brumbaugh  brothers,  Brethren  .1.  <Juin- 
ter,  Lane,  Spauogle,  and  Holsinger  were  the 
ministers  present.  Brother  Spanogle  officiated. 
It  was  an  orderly  meeting. 

On  the  evening  ot  the  28th  inst.,  the  Hunt- 
ingdon Church  held  its  first  communion 
Brother  tjuinter  officiated.  He  was  assisted  in 
the  ministry  by  three  Brumbaugh  brethren. 
About  one  hundred  communed,  It  was  held 
in  the,  Normal  Chapel.  The  order  was  excel- 
lent— the  best  we  ever  witnessed,  The  chapel 
was  filled  by  the  citi?.eus  of  Huntingdon.  The 
diiferent  ordinances  were  ably,  though  briefly 
discussed  by  Brother  tjuinter.  The  meeting 
closed  at  an  early  hour — hall-past  nine.  It  will 
long  be  remembered  by  the  Brethren.  So 
closes  our  first  three  wieks  sojourn  with  the 
Huntingdon  Brethren. 

John  Calvin  Bruhit. 


Appeal  to  the   Brotherhood. 


M^ 


ANY  of  you  live  very  close  to.  if  not 
among  Danes  and  Norwegians.  I  sup- 
pose they  number  millions  throughout  the 
I'nited  States,  and  yet  only  a  few  are  among 
you  as  members  of  the  church.  This  is  not 
because  they  want  to  be,  because  they  know 
you  not.  I  remember  well  yet  that  I  was 
hunting  the  Brethren  for  years  all  in  vain. 
Many  others  may  be  looking  anxiously  for 
vears  and  never  find  you.  True  you  have  been 
cut  off'  from  working  among  them  because  you 
could  not  speak  to  them.  But  now  you  can.  We 
send  every  month  a  small  paper  several  hun- 
dred copies  to  M.  M.  Kshelman.  Lanark,  Car- 
roll I'ounty,  Illinois.  These  are  for  you  to  use. 
Please,  brethren  and  sisters,  send  for  some  and 
use  them.  If  you  can  not  sell  them,  give  tlienv 
away.  We  must  pay  about  the  same  amount 
whether  we  get  son  copies  from  the  printer  or 
1,110')  copies;  hence  we  take  1.000,  presuming 
that  you  will  help  us  to  spread  them  through- 
out your  great  land.  The  Sunday-school  chil- 
dren can  help  us,  too.  In  fact,  any  one  who 
can  hand  a  paper  over  to  some  one  is  just  the 
hand  we  need;  and  by  and  by  we  assure  you  it 
will  do  good.  Some  may  come  to  you  and 
swell  your  number  so  much  that  you  can  say, 
"Who  have  begotten  me  thosu?"  I'iSpecially 
do  we  deaire  to  have  the  address  of  every  Nor- 
wegian or  Danish  brother  or  sister,  that  we 
may  become  acquainted  with  each  other  and 
work  together  among  our  people. 

Please  forget  not  our  request,  but  help  us  do 
good  to  all  men.  and  let  us  soon  hear  through 
your  periodicals  that  you  have  commenced  to 
work.  How  many  there  are  in  the  churches 
who  like  to  do  something  for  the  ssilvation  of 
souls,  but  are  idle.  Please  use  this  little  chance 
and  commence,  and  you  mdy  soon  see  your- 
self involved  in  a  great  and  good  work.  Visit 
our  country  people  and  take  the  paper  along; 
speak  to  those  who  can  talk  your  language. 
Sing  and  pray  with  them  if  they  desire  it.  In 
that  way  be  like  the  first  apostolic  church, 
where  bi>th  men  and  women  went  out  and 
spoke  about  their  Savior.  It  is  said  of  them, 
the  Lord  blessed  their  efforts  and,  many  were 
brought  to  Christ. 

You  may  rest  assured  that  our  small  paper 
shall  not  cause  strife.  We  will  only  work  for 
unity,  peace,  and  good  will  among  Brethren. 
We  feel  ton  much  the  necessity  of  daily  con- 
versation in  what  is  essential  to  salvation.  We 
never  yet  got  time  to  speak  about  non-essen- 
tials. And  when  any  one  does,  we  think  it  is 
because  he  wants  something  better  to  do.  Keep 
the  horses  at  work,  and  they  will  not  bite  one 
another,  even  when  they  eat  out  of  one  manger. 
Vours  least  in  Christ, 

C.  Hope. 


courage  to  fight  the  good  hght,  be  as  shining 
lights  that  others  may  be  constrained  by  their 
holy  walk  and  conversation  to  love  God.  0 
that  we.  who  profes-ito  be  the  followers  of  the 
lowly  lamb,  would  more  and  more  try  to  pos- 
sess that  which  we  profess!  Methinks  the 
glorious  ingathering  of  souls  might  be  increas- 
ed, that  it  might  be  our  happy  lot  to  hear  that 
welcome  saying.  "Well  done." 

We  organized  a  Bible  School  in  April,  and 
are  trying  to  conduct  it  true  to  its  name.  This 
we  do  by  not  admitting  any  reading  matter  in- 
to the  school,  save  the  Bible.  Our  object  is  to 
try  to  get  our  young  people  and  children  famil- 
iar with  the  Bible,  and  we  feel  that  our  efforts, 
so  far,  have  not  been  in  yain.  We  believe,  yea 
we  know,  that  God  will  add  his  blessings  when 
his  people  are  willing  to  look  after  the  little 
Iambs,  to  instruct  them  in  the  way  of  holiness. 
I  was  a  stranger  to  Bible  Schools  as  conducted 
by  the  Brethren  until  of  late  years,  but  aftei 
little  experience  I  am  now  of  the  opinion  that 
it  would  be  difficult  to  give  sufficient  good  reas- 
on for  opposing  Christian  people  to  assemble 
every  first  day  with  their  own  and  their  neigh- 
bors' children,  singing  songs  and  psalms,  mak- 
ing melody  in  their  hearts,  their  bowing 
together  with  the  tender  lambs  in  prayer  im- 
ploring God  for  mercy  and  his  blessings  upon 
them,  (to  on  Brethren,  organizn  Bible  Schools; 
don't  wait  for  conventions  or  long-conault- 
ed  plans;  the  Bible  is  all  we  want,  with  Christ- 
ian teachers  and  the  right  object  in  view,  suc- 
cess will  surely  be  th^  result. 

J.  A.  Root. 


Elder  David  Brower.  of  Salem,  Marion  Countj-, 
Oregon,  stating  that  he  waa  still  traveling 
and  preaching  most  of  the  time,  also  that  ha 
and  his  wife  and  Sister  Kiester.  of  Ceao  Gordo, 
Illinois,  and  others,  expect  to  go.  up  to  Linn 
County,  to  attend  a  meeting  on  June  7lh  and 
8th,  distance  thirty  mile«.  The  Brethren  ex- 
pect to  hold  their  Communion  in  Muion 
County,  commencing  on  the  4th  of  July,  and 
continue  over  Lord's  Day. 

Before  closing  I  will  stat^-  that  the  health  oi 
this  country  is  improving,  and  that  the  proa- 
pects  for  a  large  graiu  and  fruit  crop  in  thiJi 
valley  are  better  than  we  have  ever  had  since 
the  first  settling  of  the  country. 
From  your  friend, 

0.  W.  Hartness. 
■futtf  Inth. 


From  Lynchs  Station,  Va. 


T 


From    South    Waterloo    Church,    Iowa. 

0 UK  Love-feast,  which  was  appointed  June 
■28t.h  and  20th  is  now  among  the  things 
of  the  past,  and  we  feel  that  we  enjoyed 
a  rpfrf'sbiiig  season  from  the  Lord.  The 
meeting  was  largely  attended,  and  the  order 
was  exrullent.  There  were  a  number  of  speak- 
ers pre.sent  from  the  adjoining  churches,  which 
gave  us  good  interest. 

On  the  2'.'th  as  the  Brethren  were  opening 
services  the  audience  was  disturbed  by  a  mes- 
senger coming  in,  and  requesting  the  writer 
to  come  in  haste  to  the  house  of  Brother  ("hrist- 
ian  Mishler.  We  _ went  immediately,  taking 
with  us  Brother  Thomas  G.  Snyder,  of  Linn 
County.  When  we  arrived  at  his  house  we 
found  the  cold  death  sweat  lying  upon  the 
face  of  Brother  Mishler,  and  we  soon  learned 
that  tleath  was  already  working  upon  his  vitals. 
The  doctor  soon  came,  and  did  for  him  what  he 
could;  but  all  that  could  be  done,  could  not 
stay  the  band  of  death.  Fifteen  minutes  after 
1*2  o'clock.  Brother  Mishler  died,  his  disease  be- 
ing cramp  in  the  stomach  and  bowels.  The 
funeral,  which  took  place  on  the  :Wth,  was 
largely  utteuded,  and  the  occasion  was  improv- 
ed by  the  writer  and  Brother  Snyder,  from 
Rev.  U:  13.  in  the  death  of  Brother  Mishler 
the  family  has  l<ist  a  kind  and  loving  father, 
the  church  one  of  her  faithful  deacons,  and 
the  community  a  highly  respected  citizen. 

Jxroo  A.  MCKRAY. 


Ihar  Itrrthreu.— 

^HE  Hkethrkn  at  Work  comes  to  us  reg- 
ulariy.  We  meet  it  on  Saturday  morning 
at  Lynch's.  It  is  a  welcome  visitor  to  us.  We 
love  to  look  over  its  paaes  and  read  the  good 
news  it  brings  to  ua.  We  are  much  encouraged 
by  it.  It  tells  us  of  so  many  coming  to  Christ. 
We  love  to  read  the  letters  it  contains,  and  to 
know  that  there  is  so  much  love  and  union 
among  the  Brethren.  May  the  Lord  keep  ub 
n  love  and  union,  and  help  us  to  let  our  light 
shine,  that  others  also  may  glorify  his  name. 
We  ought  to  love  one  another,  for  Jesus  loves 
us,  and  died  to  save  us.  If  we  are  faithful  he 
will  take  us  home  to  his  kingdom,  when  he  is 
done  with  us  here  in  this  world  of  trouble. 

The  Brethren  were  with  us  the  second  Sun- 
day at  our  school-house.  Had  a  large  congre- 
gation, and  we  hope  some  good  vras  done.  We 
saw  the  tears  in  the  eyes  of  some  in  the  house. 
Yes,  Jesus  was  with  us  and  he  was  knocking 
at  the  door  of  some  hearts.  O  may  they  soon 
let  him  inl  We  hope  to  have  some  good  news 
soon  to  write.  A  good  many  have  told  us  they 
would  come  to  the  church  soon,  and  we  believe 
they  will  come,  for  Jesus  is  kuocking  at  the 
door  of  their  hearts.  Brethren,  pray  for  us, 
and  pray  the  Lord  to  send  us  help. 

Thum.vs  C.  Wood. 
Jimr  ■^iilh. 


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From  the  Hopewell  Church,  Pa. 

I).„r  Bypthrni:— 
J  K  organized  a  Bible  Class  one  year  ago. 
Brother  John  B,  Fluke  was  chosen  to 
superintend  it.  Our  class  was  a  grand  success, 
indeed.  We  have  our  pupils  formed  into  class' 
es,  and  some  one  to  instruct  in  the  reading.  We 
have  some  very  small  boys  and  girls  to  read. 
Think  it  good  ior  children  to  meet  m  tht  sanct- 
uary of  the  Lord,  and  instill  in  their  tender 
minds  the  Bible  truths.  The  average  attend- 
ance is  about  seventy-five.  As  Brother  Fluke 
has  now  been  claimed  by  another  church  dis- 
trict, as  his  labor  was  much  needed  there,  we 
were  again  obliged  to  organi/.e.  Brother  John 
Ritchey  was  chosen  for  Superintendent,  and 
the  school  is  moving  along.  Brethren,  let  us 
all  lend  a  helping  hand  to  a  good  work;  this 
binds  us  together  by  the  ties  of  love,  as  Christ- 
ians should  be.  Lyi>ia  Ci..\hpkk. 


The  Debate. 

WING  to  the  one-sidedness  of  the  de- 
bate, it  has  become  somewhat  irksome  to 
The  weights  seem  to  all  hang  on  one 
side.  Brother  Stoin  goes  straight  forward  to 
the  work,  m  one  that  wa.s  impelled  by  a  sense 
of  duty,  aud  the  doors  seem  to  swing  open  be- 
fore him,  thus  inviting  him  on.  While  on  the 
other  hand,  Itny  twists,  squirms,  and  dodges  as 
a  ni!in  in  the  heat  of  a  buttle,  fearing  if  he 
dodges  this  way  a  hall  might  hit  him,  and  if 
that  way,  a  shell  might  strike  him.  He  seems 
to  have  fallen  on  the  plan  of  many  of  our  law- 
yers when  they  have  got  hold  ot  the  wrong  end 
of  a  Ciise.  the  last  and  only  remedy  is  simply  to 
carr>  it  through  with  ridicule.  He  is  certainly 
a  man  of  great  perseverance;  for  most  men 
would  have  given  up  the  chase  long  ago  under 
such  adverse  circumstances.  Nevertheless  we 
have  the  strong  consolation  of  knowing  that 
he  carries  with  him  another  internal  evidence 
of  the  truthfulness  of  our  religion;  for  a  re- 
ligion is  proved  to  be  streng  only  by  the  entire 
failures  of  the  opposing  powers  and  elements 
against  it  to  destroy  it. 


From  Ozawkie,  Kansas. 

Dear  Jiir/hrni: — 

OUli  church  is  in  a  healthy  state.  We  are 
laboring  to  advance  the  Master's  cause. 
We  have  five  ministers,  and,  at  present,  seven 
regular  meetings  a  month,  and  next  month 
expect  to  open  another  field.  Had  interesting 
meetings,  and  we^  think  the  prospects  are 
encouraging.  We  have  lately  had  six  added  to 
our  number  by  baptism.     May  Ood  give   them 


From    Walla    Walla,    Washington   Tcr. 

7>v/;-  Jiieflncti:— 

AS  I  have  no  place  of  worship  in  my  reach, 
that  I  can  worship  with  some  Christian 
people.  I  thought  to  write  you  that  you  might 
still  see  that  the  harvest  is  great  and  the  la- 
borers few  in  this  part  of  the  country.  We 
have  been  able  to  procure  preaching  one-fourth 
of  the  time  from  the  Methodists,  tor  the  past 
few  months;  but  we  are  still  praj  ing  the  time 
soon  to  come  that  we  may  be  able  to  have  re- 
ligious services  every  Sunday  in  our  midst. 
I  received  a  kind  letter  the  other   day  from 


Like  our  Bible  and 
the  whole  infidel  crew,  their  entire  failures  up- 
on it  have  proved  it  to  be  built  upon  the  eter- 
nal word  of  God. 

Pcter  Deardorpf. 


From  Denmark, 

Itmr  Brethi-en:— 

OUR  meetings  were  well  attended  in  North 
Denmark.  We  had  four  here.  Brother 
Torensen  preached,  and  one  dear  soul  request- 
ed to  be  baptized.  Will  get  some  subscribers 
for  our  paper,  and  many  desire  meetings  in 
their  houses.  The  priest  in  Scagen  has 
gathered  many  people  around  hiiu,  and 
he  and  they  have  wept,  saying  our  doctrine 
ia  wrong,  and  that  to  be  baptized  asain  is  sin- 
ning against  the  Holy  Ghost.  Our  sisters  up 
there  rejoice  in  their  sufferings  for  Christ's 
sake.  Tne  Lord  will  make  all  our  trials  and 
temptations  work  for  our  good  if  we  love  him. 
Our  treatise  on  infant  baptism  has  created  con- 
siderable feelings  all  along  the  hues.  They 
say  such  exposure  has  never  before  been  made 
ill  all  the  land.  Some  predict  my  imprison- 
ment, but  I  trust  in  God.  True  some  are 
eagerly  watching  for  an  occasion  to  apprehend 
me.  but  the  child  of  God  fears  nothing  from 
this  world.  ^-  Hoi'K. 


THE    BKETHREjST    A.T    "WOIiK:. 


July    17 


(I>0:*>|ICI   ^UCCCfiG, 


And  tliej-  that  bo  wise  stiall  shine  as  the 
brifllitnessof  thi- rtrmament;an(l  they  that  turn 
many  to  riBhtoiianess.  aa  the  flta«  forever  and 
ever'— Dan.  lv:3. 


Warsaw,  Ind.,  July  6.— Three  more  were 
bft|)tiw?d  la.st  Sunday  where  I  dedicated  the 
church,  niakinK  twelTe  in  all.  Shall  go  to 
Michigan  n*-xt  week.  Jksse  Cai.vert. 

Grundy  Church.  Iowa.— A  young  man.  for- 
merly a  member  of  the  MethodiBt  Church.  wa» 
baptized  .Juuu  2!*th.  Went  eight  niilcs  U>  Iowa 
River  to  bnptiw.  He  wa«  a  member  of  our 
Sunday-school.  H.  1*.  STBitKLKK. 

Union  BridRO,  Md,— We  baptized  two  la«t 
Wednesday,  and  tlir«e  a  short  time  before  that. 
Latt  year  forty  live  were  baptiwd  in  this  con- 
gregation, and  one  reclaimed.  May  the  good 
work  go  oD.  E.  W.  Stokkil 

MonmontJi,  KansaB.— Our  church  it)  »till 
moving  forward.  Inthela-H  month  we  buf*- 
tized  three  precious  hoiiIh,  and  <>thern  are  eonnt- 
ing  the  cont.  f iope  tiny  may  soon  lie  able  to 
erect  the  building.  U.  D.  Shivki.y. 

Monticcllo  Church.  Ind,— The  church  is  still, 
as  far  as  w«  know,  gutting  along  smoothly, 
and  an  interest  by  the  pi-nple  to  hear  the  truth. 
Now  and  then  a  few  itre  willing  to  join  with  us. 
Two  were  baptized  on  the  fourth  Sunday  of 
June.  Others,  we  think,  are  near  the  kingdom. 
.1.  H.  S.vowriKitoKii. 
From  Progressive  ChiiHtian,— The  Urethreu 
of  the  Newton  Church,  Miami  County,  Ohio, 
held  their  commimion  meeting  Mtty  2(!tli  and 
27til.  Three  were  added  to  the  church  by  hiip- 
tism.  During  the  month  preceediug,  seven 
were  reclaimed  and  seventeen  were  bajiti/.ed. 
This  church  lia«  had  its  cloudy  day  and  now 
rejoices  in  the  dawn  ofbrightt-r  times.  They 
bave  an  intereBling  and  well  Htti'n(fcd  Sunday- 
•chool. 

Looke,  Ind.  —  Thin  morning  went  to  the 
brick  meeting-houne,  Union  Center.  Large 
audience  i)reHent.  Were  addressed  by.).  Ilarts- 
ough,  I).  Nelf,  and  .1.  .\ngleniyer;  after  wervi- 
ces  one  applicant  for  baptihm,  an  old  grund- 
mother  Landis,  pi-rhajwi  Hevcnty-nine  ycai-s  old. 
Muili  rejoicing  among  the  saints.  At  half 
pa.Ht  three  met  at  the  same  place  for  Sunday- 
Bchoiil.  About  175  in  attendance;  a  good 
int*TfNt  manifested  uy  all  present. 

J.  R.  M. 

Longmont.  Col.— In  church  mattera  we  are 
moving  along  in  the  even  tenor  of  our  way, 
striving  to  serve  the  Li)rd,  and  work  for  the 
glorioUM  cauj-e  of  our  Master.  Several  additions 
to  the  fold  recently  by  Udter  and  two  a  slioit 
time  ago  by  ItaptiBHi.  More  we  trust  are  so 
near  the  kingdom  n-H  soon  to  enter  in.  At  our 
quarterly  church  council  yesterday,  with 
cheeriulue.t,i.  all  willingly  agreed  to  seild 
our  (juoto  for  the  Danish  Mission.  Can  it 
be  possible  that  any  one  who  loves  tlie  salva- 
tion of  souls  can  say  aught  against  this  lauda- 
ble mission?  Notwithstanding  the  unusual 
dry  season  we  have  a  good  crop,  about  ready 
for  the  harvest.  J.  S.  F:.ory. 

Deep  River,  Iowa.  —  To-day  we  held  our 
rfgular  tjuarterly  council  meeting.  Had  a  lit 
tif  Imsiness  to  transact,  which  wiLs  done  to  the 
satisfaction  of  all.  Love  and  harmony  prevail- 
ed. One  was  reclaimeil.  He  had  been  standing 
out  of  the  fold  for  several  years.  We  all  re- 
joice to  see  him  return,  and  earnestly  pray 
that  he  may  holdout  faithful  unto  the  end. 
Sincif  the  last  report  to  you  from  here,  one 
more  precious  soul  has  been  added  to  the  church 
by  baptism.  We,  with  the  angels,  rejoice  to  spe 
BJnners  turn  to  God.  Glad  to  say  that  we  have 
an  interesting  Sunday-school.  We  think  it  is 
doing  a  good  work.  Officers  and  teachers  are 
alive  to  the  work,  and  attend  regularly.  May 
God  ble*  our  school. 

S.  P.  MiLLEU. 
JulyMh. 

Pigeon  Creek  Church,  Mich.— We  met  at 
Brother  Pike^  on  the  4th  of  July,  about  11  A. 
M.,  and  atler  our  usual  greetings,  sat  down  to 
the  table.  Hymn  71a  was  sung,  thanks  were 
given,  and  then  we  partook  of  the  food.  After 
dinner  we  met  to  sing,  pray  and  exhort.  Hymn 
number  740  was  first  sung,  followed  by  prayer. 
The  third  chapter  of  Hebrews  was  read,  and 
then  the  brethren  and  sisters  exhorted  one  an- 
other. I  think  all  took  part;  some  had  a 
hymn  to  ofler,  some  an  exhortation,  some  a 
prayer,  some  a  Scripture.  All  were  refreshed 
and  strengthened.  Sang  hymn  115,  then  parted. 
Thus  we  sjwnt  at  least  part  of  the  day  in  our 
Master's  busineGS.  How  it  cheers  our  hearts  to 
meet  with  thosn  we  love,  and  in  telling  of  our 
I-roipects  for  heaven  and  eternity! 

H.  C.  Long. 


IN  No-  :i.1  of  the  BainuBEN  at  Wokk  is  the 
following: 
"Many  of  our  readers  have  ftPtu  tjr  heard  of 
the  articl*-  abon*  the  Brethren  that  wba  publish- 
ed in  the  N<-w  Vork  I»>Uptn'!rt,l  some  weeks 
ago.  It  appeared  as  an  editorial,  and  showed 
so  much  familiarity  with  the  concerns  of  tho 
Brotherhood  that  the  editor  was  written  to  and 
asked  for  the  authorship  of  the  article,  and  re- 
jdied  by  sayinc  that  'the  article  referred  to  was 
writt-eh  by'  Mr  Miller.'  Thus  it  is  «een  by 
whom  our  oeoplf  are  sometimes  mi9repr*"<ent- 
ed."  And  then  the  following  extract  from  the 
Meyirsdale  paper  shows  what  construction 
was  put  on  the  article 

"The  Bnthrm  ,i(  Work  credits  Prof.  How- 
"ard  Miller  with  thp  authorship  of  the  article 
"on  "Harshi-yism'  that  appeared  in  the  New 
"York  ImieimulnU  somi*  time  ago.  and  which 
"was  reproauced  in  the  t'omDurcutl. 

I  will  simply  say  that  I  am  in  no  way  the 
author  of  the  huIrpauUut  editorials,  nor  am  I 
in  any  way  connect«;d  with  the  authorship  of 
the  article  in  ijueetion.  Did  I  "misrepresent" 
"our  people,"  or  does  some  honest  brother  in 
Lanark?  Altogether  it  is  a  high-toned  pro- 
ceeding. HOWAin-  MiLLKIl. 
J-Jll.  LUk,  I'd. 

The  above  was  in  type  before  I  retired  from 
the  office,  but  its  appearance  has  been  delayed 
till  the  present.  In  the  item  we  published  net 
a  word  waa  said  about  Howard  Miller  or  any 
particular  Miller,  the  Mey.-rsdale  Commercial^ 
notwithstanding;  it  was  simply  "Mr.  Miller." 
We  obtained  our  information  from  a  brother 
while  on  tlie  way  to  Annual  Mei'ting.  and  pub 
hed  it  just  as  he  gave  it  to  ua.  But  lately  we 
have  received  a  letter  from  the  editor  of  the 
/Mf/f/^fjf^/cH/.  stating  that  the  article  on  "Har- 
heyisni"  was  not  written  by  any  "Mr.  Miller." 
but  by  one  of  the  editors  of  that  paper. 

We  are  of  the  impression  that  there  is  a  mis- 
understanding at  the  bottom  of  this  matter.  It 
is  likely  that  the  editor  of  the  ludcpemhuf  A\<\ 
write  to  sonu-  one  that  the  article  on  Harshey- 
ism  was  written  by  "a  Mr.  Miller."  referring  to 
the  article  written  by  Brother  R.  H.  Miller  and 
published  in  the  Priiiiitiir  Chrhti'iii,  which  ar- 
ticle was  afterwards  condensed  by  the  editor  of 
the  Juihjiniiirnt,  and  by  him  published  in  that 
paper.  If  this  be  true,  which  seems  reason- 
able, then  it  is  the  wrong  "Miller"  that  is  feel- 
ing hurt.  -I.  H.  Moon*.*-* 

Sample   Copies  Free. 

ALL  who  see  this  notice  are  hereby  requested 
to  send  us  names  of  any  who  might  pos- 
sibly be  induced  to  read  our  i)apftr,  and  we  shall 
cheerfully  send  them  a  spevimen  copijjree.  We 
should  even  try  harder  to  get  outsidsrs  to  sub- 
scribe for  the  paper  than  members;  for  mem- 
bt-rs,  who  can  and  are  true  to  the  church, 
always  attend  its  services.  Outsiders  do  not, 
but  they  would  read  the  paper  and  thus  become 
acquainted  with,  and  interested  in  the  faith 
and  [iractice  of  the  Brethren.  The  paper  may 
therefore  be  the  means  of  converting  the  sin- 
ner from  the  error  of  his  way.  and  the  Bible 
says,  (.Jafi.  5:20)  "Let  himkhuw,  that  he  which 
couverteth  the  sinner  from  the  error  of  his  way 
shall  save  a  soul  from  death,  aud  shall  hide  a 
multitude  of  sins." 


|^nnonni;<^m<tnfs. 


Oun  rule  ii  to  give  nulio^^  tmi  odo  iDsorll 

be  brief,  &aA  wriitca  on  paper  w 

ft-om  all  other  bu^uesB. 


n.  They  shoi 


LOVE-PKAtiTS. 

The  Arnold's  Grove  Love-feast  will  be  held 
September  (Ith  and  7th.  Services  Hrst  day  at 
I  P.  M.     Usual  invitation  extended. 

.1.  J.  Emmert. 

The  Love-feast  at  Shannon,  III.,  will  be  held 
Wednesday  aud  Thursday,  October  1st  and 
2nd,  commencing  at  3:30. 

S.  H.  Sl'ROGLE. 

The  Brethren  in  the  Burr  Oak  Church,  in- 
tend holdjug  their  Love-feast  September  20th, 
at  Brother  E.  P.  Carman's,  two  miles  south- 
west of  Burr  Oak,  Kansas.  The  usual  invita- 
tion is  extended.  Those  coming  by  rail  can 
stop  at  Red  Cloud,  and  inform  the  writer 
at  Burr  Oak,  and  they  will  be  met  and  conveyed 
to  place  of  meeting. 

EsAiAs  P.  Garw.^-. 
(PrimitivL-  Chnstian,  please  copy.) 

DISTRICT     UEETIVO. 

The  Eaat  Tennesse-!  District  Conference  of 
the  Brethren,  will  be  held  on  TViday  and  Sat^ 
urday,  before  the  first  Sunday  in  next  Novt-m- 
ber.  with  the  members  of  the  Pleasant  View 
I  Congregation,  three  miles  south-east  of  Joues- 
boro,  Washington  County,  Tennessee. 

Jo£L  Sbehfy. 


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^ucDCPS.     Sj  .Aipiaoder  Cnoipbell.     ClotU.  1.26. 


Kflftd'B  Theelesical  Works, 


Tie  Oospel  Freicher  Vol.  1.-A  Look  of  i^'^ij  «!l 

j,Trv*rr4  .rrmin-,     Uy  Benjimin  Prwiklio.    J200. 
CetiflcaM!  Of  Metttersiiti  So  B«l-Ponii.-Thf7  .renwiiy 

pnriitl.  JN-l  |.ui  up  in't-n.k-f'/riu.  One  of  Ibese  boOM  1 
sb'-uli  he  io  m^b  eonfrrgiili'ia.  m  Uej  are  aO  »tr«ng- 
e<J  v  to  mkM*  (be  olerk  to  ke^f  ft  rword  of  *ll  let ter§ 
cf  turmbrrabip  p»en.  Book  So.  I.  winuioing  100  cer- 
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The  Frince  of  the  Howe  of  David,  "t  Tbr«  Vw»  io  tbe 
Holy  Ciry,  f.fiup  &  *tricc  of  leners,  giving  «  hfe-hke 
piciiir«,  Biid  reltiipl  a*  by  Bn  eye- writ ae*s,  all  tbe 
ecenee  bu<1  wundrrful  mci<l(rifl&  to  tbe  life  of  JetiUS 
of  Nnwreiti.  from  iliii  (•ft|ilisfn  iti  Joflun  lo  Hib  cm- 
O.fiii..!.  on  Cal.sry  .  by  J.  H.  I90IIaU*v        Um 

ThroUffh  Bible  Lands.— Notea  of  imtcl  in  Egs'pl,  the 
Df!trr  nnil  I'sIrslJne.  By  Pbilip  ScLaff.  Fiuely  illiis- 
tmic'i.     fJ  '.^'j. 

Voice  of  the  Seven  Thandew;  Or.  Lectures  od  the 
Book  o(  Kc.cluMons      By  J.  L.  Martin.         fl.60. 

VtDdicnlion  of  Primt(i*e 
Nead.     $!.:;'>. 

A  Scriptural  Marnn:. -AlphnLeticiilly  nnJ  syslematic 
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No.  31 


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TABLE   OF   CONTENTS. 

rAtii:-*'r''*' -^'^''^y^^  Mtiror  on  liiiptism— 
,"p  petweiler;  Cunversatiou  Betweeu  a  Skeptic 
La  Ci.ristiaQ.-.T.  II  P,-ck. 


..,  Page— Desire  of  the  Soul. — C.  .1.  Head; 
'  Uiie  Vpon  Line— Tlie  Dress  Question  Review- 
ed ._;;.  S.  Moliler. 

„  PA(ir,—lnimmtality.— Jennie  Wilson;  How 

^'i|jey  Wi-nttuChuivli.— Mrs.  E.  T.  Corret;  The 
Jlj^lf  ill  tlR- Siindiiy-.schoul.-T.  C.  Boykiri;  The 
'J■^v^^Se^e9■ 

I  nTii  Page — Eiutoui.vls;  — Perseverance; 
'  I  f  oul-mouth  Shmderer  ami  the  Alxuniniihle 
Tittle-tattler. 

■What  WeXeetl;    I'e- 
Onr  Exchanges; 


flVTll 


PAGE— EDW-o 
Ilallii'ri,'  Agiun;  Thanks 


-Wlioni    SiiUile- 


Its  Meaning.— J.  S 
Aniys  W. 


'i)olilt-r;  AsImmeJ  of  Christ's  Word, 
M;iin;  From  Palestine.— J.  W.  McGarvey. 

^vENTii  Page— Echoes  From  the  Center.- S.  T, 
Bosaeniian;  From  Meyersdale.  Pa.— C.  (i.  Lint; 
From  Abilene,  Kansas.— John  Forney  ;  The  IJiin. 
IjIi  Poor.— Elder  0.  C  EskiUlaen;  From  Biifl\tlu. 
)ju_.Tidm  J.  Hoover;  WabasJi  Chanh,  Ind.— S. 
M.  Auk'^rman. 

EnniTii  PAGE^From  May   Hill, 
ssHiii  Iteport;  Our  Aluuinac- 


Ohio;    Danish 
■H.  J.  Kurtz. 


STEIN  AND  RAT  DEBATE. 


The  Baptist  Tiiuker  Jiseussiou  does  not  ap- 
pear tbis  week  because  of  about  ten  days"  ab- 
seiiitr  from  the  city.  I  was  unable  to  reach  Dr. 
Rav  with  pr -of  o!  Mr.  Stein's  article,  until  it 
siis  entirely  too  late  for  a  reply  ia  this  issue. 
ir.  In  Flag. 

[We  regret  that  there  are  frequent  breaks  in 
the  discussion.  Brother  Stein  sent  in  his  17th 
alirmative  on  time,  but  up  to  the  2'.ind  inst.  had 
received  no  reply. — Ens.] 

THE  MARTYR'S  MIRROR  ON 
BAPTISM. 

HY  C.  F.  DETWETLER. 


[N  Lhe  ''MitrfgrcrSpiefjd  der  Tau/^fftslnnten" 
L  or  Martyr's  Mirror  of  the  baplizo  minder/  is 
i:L.lleition  of  historical  statements  of  the  per- 
secutions and  religious  faith  and  practices  of  the 
nou-reaistant  Christians  from  the  earliest  rec- 
ords of  the  Christian  church  up  to  1661). 

The  persecutions,  trials  and  the  triumphant 
faith  and  patience  of  the  saints  form  a  consider- 
able purt  of  the  book. 

Que  of  the  encouraging  features  of  church 
history  is  the  great  number  of  faithful  witness- 
es to  the  truth,  that  God  has  kept  reserved  to 
biiiiielf.  even  through  the  dark  ages  and  the  un- 
iiincil'iil  rule  of  papal  arrogance.  Surely  those 
dark  days  of  persecution  with  fire  and  sword 
have  summed  up  countless  roultitudea  of  those 
"bom  .John  saw  in  his  vision.  (Rev.  7:  9).  We 
Deed  not  wonder  so  much  at  the  extreme  meas- 
ures of  a  blinded  priesthood  against  these  pious 
People,  when  we  take  into  consideration  that 
'he  (ireachiug  of  these  people,  accompanied  with 
their  pious  lives  in  contrast  with  the  corrup- 
tions of  the  apostate  church,  made  such  inroads 
ipon  it  at  times  that  fire  and  sword  were  the 
only  alternative  wherewith  to  stem  the  tide, 
»ndaave  the  body  to  which  an  extravagant 
hierarchy  looked  for  their  wealth  and  living. 

Here  was  "the  patience  and  the  faith  of  th' 
wiats."  The  enemies  oi'  the  cross  became 
Cliriat'e  instruments  to  "thoroughly  purge  his 
"oor."  and  separate  tu  himself  a  people  out  of 
peat  tribulation  having  their  robes  made  white 
'^  his  blood. 

But  I  must  either  get  on  the  subject  or  change 


the  beading.  As  the  book,  owing  to  its  difiuse 
and  detailed  style,  is  hardly  much  known  out- 
side ot  the  Mennonite  Church,  it  may  be  of  in- 
terest to  most  of  the  readers  of  the  Brethren 
AT  WuKK,  that  ita  historical  reference  to  the 
ordinance  so  far  as  they  testify  to  the  imide  as 
taught  and  practiced  by  these  ancient  witnesses, 
show  tliat  they  were  all  immersionists,  while 
the  Mi'imonites  of  which  its  author  was  a  mem- 
ber, nearly  all  practice  pouring.  The  object  of 
the  work  was  not  to  show  the  views  and  prac- 
tices of  these  ancient  people  as  to  inoiie,  but  to 
show  their  adherence  to  the  anti-pedo-baptist 
doctrine,  and  therefore  its  evidences  as  to  the 
mode  taught  and  practiced  among  them  are  on- 
ly incidental,  and  yet  they  are  unite  abundant 
throughout  that  part  of  the  work  which  treats 
on  baptism.  To  give  special  notice  of  them  all 
in  this  article  would  make  it  too  long  and  te- 
dious, but  in  order  to  present  candid  and  i  nipar- 
tial  testimony  as  to  the  teachings  and  practices 
of  those  pious  and  persecuted  witnesses  in  the 
mode  of  baptism  I  will  notice  a  few  passages. 

Passing  by  the  authorV  fin-t  references  to  the 
Holy  Scriptures  in  support  of  believer's  bap- 
tism, we  will  tirst  notice  his  quotation  of  Acts 
lU:  i7.  which  in  King  James"  translation  is  ren- 
dered, "Can  any  man  forbid  water,"  &c  ,  and  in 
Luther's  German  about  the  same.  His  quota- 
tion was  probably  taken  from  World's  Trans- 
lation, and  the  German  rendering  has  it,  "May 
any  one  hinder  that  these  shall  not  be  baptized 
in  the  water"  &c.  This  is  the  same  as  Froshau's 
German  Translation  which  is  said  to  have  been 
formerly  used  by  the  German  Mennonites  to  thi 
exclusion  ol  Luther's.  I  give  the  passages  to 
sliow  the  various  renderings  of  a  passage  that 
is  sometimes  used  by  anti-iramersionistsin  sup- 
port of  the  assumed  idea  that  Peter's  disciples 
were  expected  to  bring  a  little  water  in  a  cup  or 
pitcher  for  the  purpose  of  baptizing  the  house 
of  Cornelius. 

We  will  next  notice  what  he  represents  as 
the  "testiuionij  ivhick  the  holy  apoxtles  in  their 
'pisths  hare  given  in  regard  fo  baptism."  He 
says  in  reference  to  baptism,  "It  represents  the 
burial  of  the  sins  and  the  resurrection  in  a  new 
life,"  and  refers  to  Rom.  6:  3,  4.  In  a  further 
comment  on  the  same,  he  says,  "Baptism  is  a 
burial  of  the  old  man.  and  a  sign  of  the  resur- 
rection in  a  new  life,"  'puttiny  on  Christ, "  &c, 
He  says  further,  "To  the  foregoing"  "belongs 
also  Titus  3:  5,  where  baptism  is  called  a  bath 
of  regeneration,  and  Eph.  5:  ^6  a  water-bath  in 
the  word."  This  is  the  exact  rendering  of  the 
German  passages  corresponding  to  the  English 
''washinir  of  regeneration,"  Sic. 

These  passages  which  are  claimed  by  anti- 
immersionists  to  have  no  reference  to  water 
baptism  are  very  frequently  applied  to  the  or- 
dinance in  passages  quoted  from  these  ancient 
people. 

There  is  reference  made  in  one  case  to  a  min- 
ister having  water  brought  to  baptize  a  man  as 
early  as  S.'il,  though  the  testimonies  very  gen- 
erally to  the  practice  of  haptixiug  in  running 
water  and  in  baptisteries  which  was  practiced 
very  early  by  some,  found  little  or  no  place 
amont.'  those  who  faithfully  ailhered  to  the  or- 
dinances as  delivered  to  them  by  the  apostles. 

One  of  the  passages  quoted  from  Chiysostom 
in  comparing  Christian  baptism  to  the  passage 
of  the  Israelites  through  the  lied  Sea.  reads  as 
follows:  "Here  they  all  enter  into  the  water,  so 
also  there*  *  *  there  they  were  delivered  out  of 
l']gypt,  here  we  are  delivered  from  idolatry; 
there  PUarmh  was  drownei;  there  the  Egypt- 
ians were  destroyed;  here  the  oW  man  of  sin  is 
buri(*d." 

There  are  many  more  pa-ssages  which  I  would 
like  to  bring  in,  but  lest  I  become  too  tedious  I 
will  only  notice  one  or  more  and  close.  The 
author  of  the  coHtctioD.Tbielfni  J  Von  Brach 
in  one  of  his  comments  speaks  thus;  "The  man- 
ner of  baptizinj;  which  by  the  ancients  was 
termed  immersion  or  dippini;  under,    was    long 


preserred,  yen,  eveu  up  to  our  present  time," 
(ItiSy)  especially  by  the  people  of  the  Eastern 
and  Southern  countries,  who  understood  the 
little  Greek  word  "baptizo"  to  mean  a  total  ira- 
uiewion  only,  but  it  is  found  accordinj:  to  the 
diom  of  the  Greek  language  that  by  this  word, 
is  not  only  to  be  understood  as  a  total  immer- 
sion, but  also  a  washing  or  sprinkling  withwa- 
ter." 

Here  is  a  plain  testimony.  Immersion  was 
long  preserved  as  every  one  knows  that  ever 
studied  the  subject  with  an  unbiased  mind:  prac' 
tictid  and  preserved  from  the  earliest  records  of 
the  rite  by  the  very  persons  who  read  the  oriy- 
iual  Greek  in  their  own  mother's  tongue,  and 
the  discovery  that  sprinkling  will  do  just  as 
Well,  was  never  made  by  the  venerable  apostles, 
nor  by  their  immediate  successors  in  the  aflairs 
of  the  chu«'ch,  but  was  left  to  be  made  first  by 
a  Roman  Catholic  council,  and  now  to  be  de- 
fended by  those  who  claim  to  be  the  true  suc- 
cessors of  the  ancient  persecuted  witnesses,  who 
sealed  their  faith  and  obedience  to  their  Lord 
with  their  own  blood. 

Would  to  God  that  modern  Mennonites  could 
accept  the  baptism  that  was  taught  by  Christ 
and  the  apostles,  and  strictly  adhered  to  by  all 
true  churches  of  which  we  have  any  record  for 
more  than  fifteen  centuries.  It  is  a  pity  that  a 
class  of  people  who  are  generally  strict  in  ad- 
hering to  gospel  principles  should  so  discard 
one  iirlnriplf  that  wasao  many  centuries  a  char- 
acteristic of  the  faithful  witnesses  of  whom  they 
claim  to  be  the  true  successors. 

CONVERSATION  BETWEEN  A 
SKEPTIC  AND  A  CHRIS- 
TIAN. 


Skepti<:. — Well,  I  believe  I  am  just  as  good  as 
any  christian. 

Christian. — Then,  you  must  he  a  christian. 
S. — Well,  but  I  don't  profess  to  be  a  chris- 
tian. 

C— Oh,  well,  it  is  not  profession  that  makes 
a  christian  anyhow. 

S. — Well,  how  much  better  do  you  think  you 
are  for  being  baptized,  washing  feet,  kissing 
your  brethren,  iic,  than  I  amV 

C. — I  don't  think  I  am  any  better  than  you 
are. 

S. — Well,  then,  what  do  you  do  those  things 
for? 

C. — Because  they  are  the  commandments  of 
Jesus  and  his  apostles. 

S. — But  I  don't  see  any  use  in  doing  any- 
thing like  that  if  it  don't  make  a  person  better. 
C. — I  did  not  say  that  doing  these  things, 
with  all  others  that  Christ  and  his  inspired 
apostles  have  commanded  us,  don't  make  us  bet- 
ter; I  only  said  I  don't  think  thai  I  am  any  bet- 
ter than  you  are.  And  the  facta  in  the  case  are 
in  no  way  affected  by  what  I  or  you  or  any  one 
else  tkiiiksahoxit  it.  But  what  (/oi/ thinks  about 
it  is  the  important  point. 

S.— But  don't  you   christians,   as   a   general 
thing,  think  you  are  better  than  other  people? 
C. — No,  sir;    I  never  saw,  or  heard  of  a  rhris- 
tiiiH  that  thought  so.     We   read   of  a  certain 
Pharisee  that  thought  so;  and  it  mty  be   that  a 
good  many  weak-minded   professors   think  so; 
but  Jesus   did    not    pronounce   the    Pharisee  a 
very  gool  christian,   and   a!l   those  who  pride 
themselves  on  being  better  than  their  neighbors 
may  come  off  no  better  in  the  day  of  judgment. 
S_Well,  just  the  other  day  I  heard    a    man 
say  of  a  certain  woman.  "She  is  no  christian  be- 
cause she  wears  a  hat,"  and  of  a  certain   man, 
"He  is  no  christian  because  he  don't  wear   his 
hair  as  he  ought  to  do. 
C— Was  that  man  a  christian? 
S.— Why,  he  is  a  member  of  your  church. 
C— That  don't  i<rov  that  he  is  a  christian. 
S.— Well,  he  does  just  as  you  do. 
C. — How  do  you  mean? 
S._Why,  he  got  himself  baptized,   and   he 
washes  feet,  and  he  kisses   his   brethren,    and 
I  such  like. 


C  —That  don't  prove  \jet  that  he  n  a  christian. 
S.— Well,  don't  you  claim  that  thome  are  the 
things  that  make  a  man  a  chriatinn? 

C— No,  sir,I  do  not;  a  man  may  do  all  those 
things  and  many  moie  and  still  W  the  worst 
kind  of  a  hypocrite. 

S.— Well,  what  doea  make  a  christian?  pray 
tell  me. 

C— Faith  in  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ;  implicit 
confidence  in  his  Word;  unwavering  reliance 
upon  his  promises;  and  obeying  from  the  heart 
that  form  of  doctrine  which  he  \\an  delivered 
unto  us;  these  are  some  of  the  leading  charac- 
teristics of  a  ohriatian. 

S.— Well,  I  can'tnnderstand  Christianity  any- 
how. 

I^nnrk,  III. 

HOW  SHALL  WE   BE  SAVED 

FROM  THE  CURSE  OF 

STRONG  DRINKr* 


IS  this  disease,  or  vice,  or  ain.  or  crime  of  in- 
teui|)erance  increasing  or  diminishing? 
Has  any  impn^ssion  been  made  upon  it  during 
the  half  century  in  which  there  have  been  aucli 
earnest  and  untiring  clTorls  to  limit  its  oncroach- 
ments  on  the  health,  prosperity.  huppineHt  and 
life  of  a  people?  What  are  the  agencies  of  re- 
pression at  work,  how  effective  are  they,  and 
what  is  each  doing?  These  are  qnehtions  of 
momentous  interest. 

As  to  the  disease  of  intemperance,  which  is  a 
social  and  moral  b.s  well  as  a  physical  disease, 
it  cannot  be  concealed  that  it  has  invaded  the 
common  body  of  the  people  to  an  alarming  de- 
gree, until  th«?  "whole  head  is  sick  and  the  whole 
heart  is  faint."  The  church  does  not  work 
enough  in  the  cause  of  temperance.  It  scarcely 
reachefl  out  iti  hand  to  the  perishing  inebriate. 
It  even  draws  back  from  him  her  spotless  gar- 
ments and  leaves  him  to  perish  in  the  mire 
from  which  her  bauds  might  have  saved  him. 
It  has  been  too  busy  with  creeds  and  trifling 
diHeremes  in  doctrine  and  Ihiu.ijs  external  to 
give  itself  as  it  should  to  charity. 

It  has  been  said,  the  church  is  the  heart  and 
lungs  of  society,  and  if  society  is  terribly  diseas- 
ed, spiritually  »s  well  as  morally,  is  not  the 
chunh  at  fault  and  responsible?  It  follows 
very  plainly  that,  if  God  be  the  author  and 
friend  of  society,  then  the  recognition  of  him 
must  enforce  all  social  duty,  and  enlightened 
piety  (iive  its  whole  strength  to  the  public  or- 
der. 

Before  the  church  can  heal  the  world  it  must 
be  healed  itself.  It  must  rise  in  the  perceotions 
of  hiiiher  and  diviner  truths,  and  come  down 
into  t  le  world  with  a  more  livini;  power.  I 
sometimes  think  it  difficult  to  tell  which  has 
the  lar^'er  influence  over  the  other,  the  church 
or  the  world.  The  ministers  as  a  whole  do  not 
preach  temperance  enough  from  the  pulpit. 
They,  perhaps,  do  not  think  it  worth  while  to 
suggest  to  superintendents  and  teachers  of  Sab- 
bath-schools the  necessity  of  instructini;  the 
youn^'  against  the  influence  of  so  ureat  an  evil. 
What  a  great  work  might  be  effected,  right 
amouj;  the  children,  if  only  the  right  seed  is 
sown  at  the  proper  time.  I  hope  the  day  is  not 
far  distant  when  every  church  will  feel  the  re- 
sponsibility that  rests  upon  it,  and  ^et  to  work 
in  the  rif,'ht  way  to  drive  intemperance  from 
the  land.  It  is  not  made  a  specialty  enough  in 
prayer.  We  see  ministers,  brethren  and  sisters 
come  very  humbly  to  the  altar  of  prayer,  and 
hear  them  pray  for  the  church  and  its  mem- 
bers, for  niisiiionai'ies  at  home  and  abroad,  foi 
the  conversion  of  sinners,  for  the  head  of  the 
government,  etc..  but  not  a  petition  is  seat  up 
to  Almighty  God  to  stay  the  hand  of  so  power- 
ful a  destroyer,  or  for  the  restoration  of  Uie  in- 
ebriate to  friemls,  society  and  the  church. — 
Church    Advocate. 


Watch  thr  dttrof  your  pip^r  i.ppositt  your 
naiuf.  If  i/oH  d-i  not  ii'*Vi  to  wi«»s  hmj  ru'h- 
iers,  reneic  in  timt. 


Tt£>J    HTiKTMKKX    ^T    AVOliKl. 


Julv    t>v 


DESIRE  OP  THE  SOUL. 


LOKI),  may  my  soul  in  the«  Bad  rest, 
And  lUftV  thy  haiid  of  nmrcy  guidp, 
And  may  my  «oul  he  ever  blesMpd. 
In  walking  near  my  Savior'n  Midf. 
And  as  my  weary  feft  may  trod, 
Scorned  of  men,  and  mocked  by  pride; 

0  may  I  nfrve  tlip  living  (Jod! 
One  who  for  me  was  crucified. 

Oh,  could  I  live  a  thou«and  yean, 
To  tell  of  thy  redeeming  love, 

1  could  but  hint  to  mortaU  here 
About  that  heavenly  land  abovR; 
But  flooii  our  Roulfl  xhall  rite  above, 
When  here  on  earth  our  days  art*  o'er. 
Then  we  sthall  know  our  Savior's  love. 
And  him  obey  and  win  no  more. 

And,  a»  I  roam  this  earth  8ofair, 
"Mid  scenca  of  joy  and  pleiwuren  wild, 
He  thin  to  heaven  my  daily  prayer, 
Di-ar  Father,  don't  foraet  thy  child; 
But  teach  him  all  thy  holy  wayn, 
While  ho  in  bowing  at  thy  throne, 
That  he  may  rise  in  future  dayn. 
Where  hia  Hedeenier  reigns  abt>ve. 

Oil,  did  my  Savior  die  for  me, 
And  must  I  dwell  on  earth  ho  long? 
Oh  Suvior  let  me  die  for  thee. 
Ami  let  me  sing  that  glorious  Hong: 
lint  if  iHW)e  my  Muwter'fi  «'ill, 
I'll  live  and  toil  for  many  <]n\H, 
Until  my  NOiiI  nbitll  riHe  to  heaven. 
To  sing  my  great  Jiedeemer's  praise. 

LINE  UPON   LINE     THE  DRESS 
QUESTION   REVIEWED. 


IN  considerinf:;  tbp  rjiK'nIion  before  us, 
it  is  not  wbetln'i'lhe  S(Tii)tureH  (nuke 
nou- conformity  to  the  princijiles  mid 
maxiinHof  the  world  in  the  matter  of 
dresfl  a  Christian  duty;  Imt  whethor  the 
present  reeognized  order  of  drjss  in  the 
Brethren  (rhiircli  "is  from  licaven  or  from 
men,"  and  if  from  heaven,  wlioiild  there 
not  be  uniformity  of  style?  These  are 
quf'stinns  now  agitating  the  (diureli,  and 
were  faii'ly  put  by  Brother  Alex.  W. 
Keese.  of  Wan-enHi)urg,  Mo.  The  cpi«s- 
tion,  "is  it  frtun  In-aven"  Is  too  vague, 
and  needfl  opening  out.  If  by  the  <pips- 
tion,  "from  heaven"  is  meant  wlietlier 
the  recognized  order  of  the  dress  of  mem- 
bers of  the  church,  is  ho  stated  in  the 
Scriptures,  we  answer,no;  1>ut  this  does 
not  fully  present  the  issue.  These  are 
things  ordained  of  (iod,  that  are  not 
made  matt<;ra  of  re\elfltiou  through  the 
Scriptures.  For  example:  It  is  a  law  of 
God  that  Hubstnnci's  lighter  than  com- 
mon air  fall  to  the  ground,  and  lighter 
than  water  will  float  on  its  surface. 

It  is  n  law  of  (rod  that  iioison  kills.  It 
18  also  a  law  of  God  that  sound  rises  lus 
it  moves  away  from  its  source.  So,  many 
examples  maybe  produced  sliowing  the 
law  of  God  as  its  cause,  that  are  not  so 
stated  in  the  Scriptures,  and  of  which  it 
may  bu  said  they  arefrom  heaven.  While 
therefore  it  cannot  be  said  that  any  spec 
ified  form  of  clothing  is  the  result  of  the 
operation  of  God's  law;  yet  the  order  of 
dress  approved  by  the  lirethren  church 
is  iu  harmony  with  God's  law. 

As  to  its  uniformity,  the  question  may 
arise  whether  tliis  uniformity  is  to  be 
considered  in  an  absolute  seuse,oronlyin 
a  practical  sense.  The  lirst  admits  of  no 
difference  in  ipinlity,  texture,  color,  cost, 
or  form;  while  the  latter  admits  of  dif- 
ference in  quality,  texture,  color,  but  de- 
mands sameness  of  form,  limited  in  cost 
>)y  the  precept  not  to  wear  "costly  ar 
ray." 

The  i[ue8tion  of  Brother  A.  W.  Reese 
evidently  has  no  allusion  to  the  former, 
but  to  the  practical  view  of  uniformity. 
We  proceed  to  state: 

1.  Fact.  It  is  admitted  by  all  be- 
litvirig  the  Scriptures  that  humility  as  a 


cmvititnent   of  Cbristian 


principle  is 
character. 

2.     Fact.     Thedevelopmentof  aprin- 

ciple  either  good  or  bad,  proceeds  by 
appropriate  acts — exprawions — or  forms. 
;i.  P'act.  The/V«7/J  of  expression  of 
a  principlir  is  the  only  j)ractical  meihor 
of  inculcating  and  perpetuating  it. 

4.  Fact.  That  whatever  is  an  ap 
propriate  expression  of  humility,  and  of 
it«  cultivation  in  matters  of  dress,  raust 
become  a  general  rule  to  all  the  church 
for  the  purjiose named.  The  first  being 
arhnitted  needs  no  disenating.  The  sec- 
ond, BHit  relates  to  drei^p,  sefks  its  ex- 
pression in  the  use  of  modest  apparel; 
not  such  as  will  attract  and  please  the 
carnal  eye,  either  by  its  glaring  color,  or 
ostliness,  A  want  of  this  modest,  or 
plainness  of  attire  is  evidence  of  non- 
possession  of  the  principle  of  humility 
so  distinct  and  emphatic  that  he  that 
runs  may  read. 

Third.  While  modesty  of  apparel  is 
an  ajiprojiriate  expression  of  the  prin- 
eipleof  humility,  it  also  is  iu  connection 
with  the  precept  of  humility,  the  only 
means  of  its  perpetuation,  on  the  ground 
that  piecept  alone  is  not  sufficient  to  im- 
part instruction.  Such  is  the  constitu- 
tion of  the  mind  that  example,  in  addi- 
tion to  precept,  must  be  furniwhed  to  ex- 
hibit the  ])rinciple  of  the  ])recej)c,  it«  na- 
ture and  force;  hence  Christ  gave  us  tlie 
examjileof  his  precepts,  he  gave  the  mod- 
el of  Christian  life,  thus  teaching  us  how 
to  make  the  principle  of  every  principle 
a  rule  (if  life  for  ourselves. 

Fourth.     While  there  ma}'  be  several 
forms    of  apparel    that  would     appro- 
priately express  the  idea  of  humility,  we 
need  l)ut  one  form,  not  many  foi'ms.  To 
insist  on  more  than  one,  is  to    insist   on 
the  privilege  of  personal  choice;  to  insist 
on  the  privilege  of  choice,  is  to  consult, 
personal!  taste  of  expediency.     To  insist 
on  personal  choice  as  to  the  form  of  ex- 
pression of  humility  is  subversive  of  the 
principle  sought  to  be  expressed,  destroy- 
ing all  rule,  authority,  and  power  in  the 
premise.     To  insist  on  the  privilege   of 
choice,  gives  me  a  choice,  you  a   choice, 
all  a  choice.    To  consent   to  locate  the- 
form  of  dress  on  the  privilege  of  personal 
choice.     No  discipline  can  be   maintain- 
ed as  no  form  of  examj^le  can  be  sustain 
ed,  as  jtroperly  expressing  the  principle 
of  humility  in  dress.     I  may  insist  that 
my  choice  does  it  best,  others   insist   on 
theirs;  thus  locating  this  in    the    school 
of  wrangling  which  in  turn  involves  the 
destruction  of  any  and  all  proper  exhib- 
its of  the  privilege  of  humility,    on    the 
ground  that,  consenting  to  the  privilege 
of  choice  as  a  fundamental  idea.  No  one 
dare  call  in  <piestion  my  choice,  without 
involving  the  loss  of  that  privilege.    To 
do  tliis  would    be    to    condemn  ourself; 
therefore  my  choice  with  everything  fol- 
lowing after  it  must  be  accepted.     It  is 
easy  to  foresee   the  state  of  things  this 
would  lead  to.     How  then  can   there  he 
maintained  the  principle  of  humility   as 
it  is  located  in  the  practice  of  non  con- 
formity to  the  world    in  the   matter   of 
dress;  not,  as  is  seen  by  incorporating  in 
the  constitution   of  the  church  the  privi 
lege  of  personal  choice  as  to  the  form  of 
its   expression,   i.  e.,   form  of  clothing. 
This  indicates  the  necessity  of  a  general 
prescribed  method,  appropriate   within 
itself  for  the  purpose  designated.     This 
leads  us  to  propose   fact  fifth;  viz,  the 
coucei)tion  possessing,  and  maintainauce 
ofa  principle  embracing  the  interest   of 
a  corporate  body,  let  that  body   be    the 
church  or  any    other   organization,   de- 
jnands  that  there  is  one  rule  relating  to 
the  same  thing;  lot  several  rules.     Hu- 
mility, as  a   principle    in    the  matter  of 


dress,  and  enjoined  by  the  precept  of 
non  conformity  to  the  wurld  is  a  general 
characteristic  of  the  church  of  Christ, 
involving  a  uniform  mode  of  expression 
to  promote  its  conception,  and  perpetu- 
ation; bence  that  form  which  becomes  the 
dut}  of  one  to  adopt,  for  the  same  reason 
become-s  the  duty  of  all.  Such  a  course 
is  pointedly  urged  by  the  :*criptures  in 
all  matters  of  general  interest.  See  Phil. 
'A:  16.  "Let  us  walk  by  the  same  rule." 
1  Cor.  1:  10.  "That  ye  all  speak  the 
same  thing,  and  that  there  be  no  divis- 
ions among  you;  but  that  ye  be  perfect- 
ly joined  together  in  the  same  mind,  and 
in  the  same  juilgmeut."  Gal.  '»:  I'i.  "As 
many  as  walk  according  to  this  rule, 
j>eace  be  on  them."  But  we  need  not 
multiply  Scriptures  in  support  of  the 
proposition.  These  do  not  locale  any 
matter  of  general  interest,  subject  to  per- 
sonal choice. 

May  then  the  church  determine  on  any 
pecific  form  of  dress  for  all    to    adopt? 
We  answer  only  so  far  as  dress  involves 
a  principle.      Question.      Do   forms  of 
dress  involve  a  principle?   and  are  these 
forms,  modes  of  expression  of  said  prin- 
cipes?    Answer,  yes.     Example;    As   a 
rule,  the  spirit   of  pri<ie   coupled    with 
ability,  seeks  expression    through    fash- 
ionable    attire,    following   up     all    the 
changes,    and    latest   styles.     Not   only 
maythe  church  determine   the   form    of 
dres^,  but  it  is  her  bounden  duty  to   do  | 
so;  not  for  the  enforcement  of  an    arbi 
trary  edict,  but  she,  being  the  conserva^ 
tor  of  the    principle  of  humility,  must 
determine   the    form    of  its  expression, 
making  the  principle  practical  in    form, 
and  this    practical    form,   maintain  and 
perpetuate  the  principle  and  practice  of 
humility.  Such  an  expression  the  church 
recognized    iu     her   present    generally 
known  "order  of^dress."     The  fact  then 
remains  that  modesty   of  apparel,    and 
practical  uniformity,  belongto  the  church 
to  dircH  for  reasons  l>efore   stated,   i.  e., 
that  the  principle  of  humility  in   so  far 
as  it  needs  expression  through  non-con- 
formity, to  the  prevailing  styles  of  fash- 
ionable toilet;  and   for  its  perpetuation 
depend  in  an  absolute  sense  upon  a  rec- 
ognized form  of  dress,  in  the  same  sense 
that  the  traosmission  of  the   life    of  the 
oak  depends  on  the  acorn.     The  acorn 
is  of  itself  nothing  except  in   the  sense 
that  the  oak  deposits  its  life   and   form 
in  it,  and  makes  it  the  means  of  its  per- 
petuation. 

The  distinction  between  form  as  a 
mere  matter  of  form,  and  form  as  the  ap- 
propriate outgrowth  of  a  principle  in 
matters  of  holiness,  is  clear  and  distinct. 
The  one  is  either  dumb,  as  the  blighted 
acorn,  or  hypocritical,  while  the  other 
is  the  inspiration  of  life,  and  the  medium 
of  its  transmission. 

Considering  then  the  premise  upon 
which  these  deductions  rest,  it  follows 
that  those  who  resist  the  specific  form  of 
dress  which  the  church  may  adopt  as  an 
expression  of  humility,  and  hence  hold 
that  the  form  of  dress  belong  to  person- 
al choice,  resist  the  means  by  which  its 
expression  becomes  a  living,  transmit- 
ting reality  of  the  entire  church.  Thus, 
to  exercise  personal  choice,  is  to  weaken 
and  not  to  strengthen  the  principle  of 
humility  in  its  operations;  neither  do 
such  perform  any  part  in  handing  down 
to  posterity  a  knowledge  of  its  nature, 
or  its  manifestation,  while  those  who  see 
the  force,  and  approve  of  a  uniform  ex- 
pression of  humility  in  dress,  are  per- 
forming their  part  in  both  these  respects. 
The  one  pulls dowu  roilestroy — the  oth- 
er builds  up  for  an  habitation  of  God 
through  the  Spirit  that  others  may  be 
blest. 


term  i  I 


The  make  no-di(ference  style-of-dr 
Christian  might  with  propriety  hold  h' 
views  and  practice  accordingly,  his  dr 
being  even  plain,  if  his  actions 
ated  with  himself;  but  this  is  not  the 
a-s  all  actions  have  their   influence   ov  ^ 
others,   hence  such   a  course   sti-ikps 
death  blow  at  the  principle  of  humilit 
itself,  by  resisting  the  rule  of  its   man" 
testation,  and  of  its  maintainauce.     Tf 
however,  it  is  a  fact  that  it  needs  no  ^xioi 
rule  for  the  purpose  named,  then  it  may 
safely  be  left  to  personal  choice.     ^V"h" 
will  say  that  it  can    be    made   inanitWt 
and  be  perpetuated  without   rule? 
who  shall  give  the  rul.-^ 

There  is  no  such  thing  as  a  privat 
demoralizer,  but  there  is  suchathing-ig 
public  demoralizer.  On  the  subject  of 
plainness  of  dress,  a  public  demoralizes 
is  one  who  throws  himself  as  a  stumb 
ling  block  in  the  way  of  practical  meth- 
ods of  maintaining  plainness  of  dress 
A  practiacl  method  must  be  a  general 
uniform  method.  Therefore  to  insist  on 
practical  uniformity  of  dress,  the  pur. 
pose  is  not  simply  for  the  sake  of  uni- 
formity,  but  for  the  purpose  of  preserv 
ing  the  method  by  which  plainness  of 
dress  can  be  maintained;  and    as   plain. 


and 


ness  of  dress  is  one    of  the 


appropriav 


expressions  of  humility,  and  as  humility 
8  an  important  constituent  of  Christian 
haracter,  therefore  the  present  reeop. 
nized  order  of  dress  of  the  "Brethren 
church,"  18  sustained  by  every  principl,. 
of  the  word  of  God,  and  is  from  heaven 
and  to  the  extent  that  plainness,  and 
uniformity  of  dress  has  ceased  to  e.\i,st 
among  us,  to  that  extent  are  we  shorn  of 
our  strength  to  mold  human  forms  iuto 
forms  divine  and  heavenly  in  their  puw 
er.  In  these  digressions  the  individual 
bears  his  part  of  the  responsibility,  and 
stands  answerable  to  God  for  the  result 
of  his  weakening  the  power  of  transfor- 
mation. 

But  the  inquiry  may  be  raised,  Ar.^ 
there  then  no  other  plain  forms  of  dreji^ 
which  will  be  as  appropriate  in  express- 
ion of  humility  asour  present  form?  We 
answer,  yes.  Then  why  not  permit  such 
forms?  Answer.  To  permit  two,  threi;, 
or  more  forms,  (all  being  equally  plain) 
comes  with  it  the  privilege  of  personal 
choice,  (we  mean  by  personal  choice,  a 
choice  made  without  respect  toanother.) 
Now  if  two,  three,  or  more,  may  exercise 
this  personal  choice,  why  not  twenty, 
fifty,  or  a  thousand?  Taking  then  any 
one  of  those  otter  jjlain  forms  of  dress, 
and  let  the  church  adopt  it,  then  it  will 
do,  but  it  will  do  only  at  the  esclusior 
of  all  other  equally  plain  foruis, 
admitting  along  with  the  form  adopted, 
others  equally  plain,  is  laying  the  cor- 
ner-stone to  rear  upon  it  the  empire  of 
anarchy.  The  church  is  not  the  throne 
of  anarchy,  but  the  throne  of  system, 
and  order,  as  God  is  a  God,of  order.  In 
maintaining  the  conclusions  herein  set 
forth,  we  are  answering  simply  to  the 
behests  of  a  principle.  A  principle  tol- 
erates no  latitude  that  would  negate  its 
own  premise.  A  modified  application 
may  be  necessary  for  its  practical  oper- 
ation. How  far  then  must  its  demands 
be  met  in  the  matter  of  dress!?  As  far 
as  is  necessary  to  affix  the  characterie 
lie  of  plainness  to  the  believer, — to  all 
believers,  as  the  appropriate  expression 
of  humility,  and  thus  affix  the  character- 
istic of  humility  to  the  entire  body,  so  it 
will  be  known  as  an  tumble  church, 
which  as  before  stated  can  only  be  seeu 
and  perpetuated  by  characteristics,— 
practical  uniformity. 

But  it  may  be  urged  that  the  ground 
here  taken  is  unreasonable  in  setting 
aside   the  privilege  of  choice,  and  <ie 


a-BLK    HKKTHliEN    ^T    AVOliK. 


8 


nor   of !  inrjiiiry,  and  I  am  done.     Il.iw  lli»-ii  can 


ade 


•aliiy 


1-iut,  is  obedience  to  tlie  ordei- of  this   unity   of  dress   be 
"  s9  and  uniformity  not  a  matter  of  among  us!     Shall  our  Annual   Meeting 


r  ■.  )  Certainly  so.  If  I  choose,  for 
''tons  satisfactory  to  me,  as  others  chose 
"'f  ^  „je,  is  my  choice  then  become  the 
dictum  of  some  one  else !  Should 
**'  vrever,  not  choose  in  the  matter  of 
■firmity  "^  the  church  chooses,  what 
""  i  Answer,  the  church  cannot  and 
'  ■]]  not  compel  me  to  adopt  her  choice 


limit  the  time  of  membcrshi)>  to  persona 
in  which  this  must  obtain  or  else  be  ex 
pcUed  from  the  church  (  Answer,  no 
but  l>y  patience  with  such,  admonishini 
them  again  and  again,  teacliiug  them 
kindly  and  socially,  praying  for  them 
until  it  becomes  manifest  that  they  pos 
sess  a  bad  spirit,  and  are   determined  to 


Ijoiiif  ami  I'amitu. 

lliiahands.  lov.-  your  wlve.s.  WSvM.  submit  yonr 
selvi-simto  yuiir  own  lm8l)Aii(l!i.  CliUilren.  oli*-)- 
your  parviit.s.  FiiUuT.i.  i.rovokOlloty.'UrflitMren  u 
wriitlt.lmt  lirirni  tlit'm  ui>  in  tlia  nurture  auil  jul- 
momtiou  tif  the  l.onl.  -ntvailW,  be  obedlpnt  to 
llieiu  tluil  jire  your  master^.— Pavi-. 


"'it  then?     I  am  at  liberty   either  to    withstand  all  instructions  and  entreaties, 

^^      .  to  remain  with  the  church,  or  to    when  it  becomes  the  duty  of  the  cliurcl 
■Ijoose  i-o  I 


\oose  separation  from  her.     Example 
jfter  J'"?  penitence,  and  faith  in  Christ, 
I  may  choose  to  be    baptized,    and  thus 
htains   fellowship  in    the  church,  or  I 
°  ay  choose  not  to  be  baptized.  I  taking 
11  theconsequeuces  of  my  choice.  What 
■  it?  simply  a  matter  of  choice?    Is  God 
^reasonable  in  demanding  me  to  choose 
js  he  chooses?  or  forfeit   my   salvation? 
The  reasons  why  God  made  choice,  that 
t  should  choose  as  he    says   should   be, 
J  are  sufScient  reasons  to  the  free  ex- 
ercise of  my   choice  in    harmony   with 
Hod's  choice.  Is  the  choice  I  make  then 
not  my  0^^°  voluntary   act,  for   reasons 
entirely  satisfactory  to  me?  Certainly  it 
,8     So  then    in    the    matter    of    dress. 
The  reasons  which  led  the    church    to 
ehoose  a  certain  style  of  dress,  and  plead 
for  uniformity,   should    be  m.\   retisons, 
when  fully  considered,  to  determine  my 
choice  in  harmony   with   that  of    the 
church.     To  choose  otherwise  is   to   as- 
sume superiority  over  all  others. 

Sow,  I  will  notice  the  difference  be- 
tween choosing  as  others  choose  just  be- 
cause they  so  choose,  and  choosing  as 
others  have  chosen  for  the  same  reasons 
that  led  to  their  choice. 

Question.  To  the  principle  of  humil- 
ity and  the  law  of  its  perpetuation  so 
Sesible  that  two  or  more  forms  of  plain- 
ness of  dress  may  be  permitted  in  the  same 
age  and  by  the  same  people,  and  not  in- 
fringe on  itself,  and  destroy  itself?  Who 
will  answer?  By  what  law  is  this  pos 
sible?  Light  is  wanted,  and  not  sim- 
ply assertions. 

The  ground  taken  in  support,  not  ot 
absolute,  but  of  practical  uniformity^  we 
trust  is  based  on  laws  ordained  by  God, 
which  are  the  laws  ot  the  mind,  to  con- 
ceive, possess,  and  perpetuate  the  prin- 
ciples of  humility   in   matters  of  dress. 
We  pass  to  another  fact,  and  that   is,  it 
isalawof  themind,  that  to   whatever 
principle,  or  habit  it  will  lean,  these  will 
gradually    incorporate   themselves   into 
our  being  and  form  in  us,  "will    force." 
It  does  not  matter  what  may  be  the  mo- 
tive, whether  pure,  or  simple,  or  idle  cu- 
riosity.    Example;  1    may   for   reasons 
known  to  myself  take  up  and  vindicate 
the  infidels  objections   to   the  Bible— 
though  at  the  time  1  may  not  believe  a 
word  of  his  objections,  I  may  even  have 
™  aversion  to  them,  but   by   persisting 
in  this  course  the  infidels  skepticism  be- 
comes  my   skepticism.     These     results 
are  grounded  by  the  fact  that  it  is  a  law 
of  our  being  that  we  assimilate  in  char- 
acter to  those  we  associate    with.     Sup- 
pose then  we  take   this  ground,   as  one 
reason  for  adopting  the  uniform,  approv- 
ed form  of  dress  of  the  Brethren  church. 
This  fact  opens  new  lines  of  thought,  and 
awakens  new  motives,  calculated  to  de 
termine  the  subsequent  choice,  from  con- 
siderations  quite     difl-erent    from   that 
which  determined  our  first  choice.     See 
ing  tlien  that  our  capacities  may  he  form 
edbyour    associations,   how   necessary 
that  our  associations  indicate  the  right, 
and  that  they  themselves  are  not  the  per- 
sons  of  instabilit)   respecting  fundamen- 
tal truths,  lest  the   same   in5tabilit\  be_ 
come  a  trait  in  us.     One  more    point  ot 


to  protect  herself  from  the   influence    of 
such  examples;  and  if  in  the  exercise  of 
her  protection  such  a  one   be   expelled, 
better  that  liyfar,  than  to  have  the  body 
infected  with  their  spirit  of  insubordina- 
tion.    Practical    uniformity  in   modest 
apparel  is  Scriptural,  accords   with   our 
highest  reason,  is  a  matter  of  the  purest 
choice:  reveals  the  line  of  its   perpetua- 
tion to  the  ages  to  come  with  its  mani- 
fold blessings,  and  the  smiles  of  an  ap 
proving  God.  It  adds  an  approving  con- 
science from  something  done,  aud    done 
deeply  in  the  Law  of  him  who    gave   ui 
our  being.  ' 


IMMORTALITY. 

BY  .TENNIS  Wll-SON. 


TjIROM  the  sacred  pages  of  God's  writ 
^      ten  word,  we  learn  that   immortal 
ity  is  one  of  the  attributes  of  the  soul.  A 
world    of  meaniug  is   contained  in  the 
word,  iminorlalitij — more  than  the   hu- 
man mind  can  fully  comprehend.     It  is 
difiiult  to  realize  that  the  intelligent  part 
ol  our  being  is  endowed  with    life   that 
will  last  through  all  the  cycles  of  dura 
tion.     There  is  somethiug  awe-inspirin£_ 
in  the  thought  that  while  dwelling  amid 
this  world's  changing  scenes  of  gladuessJ- 
and  gloom,  we  are  only  passing  throuaji  |^ 
the  fiiststage  of  a  never-ending  existence, 
and  that  the  spirit  of  each  one  who    has 
entered  the  arena  of  life,  is   destined   to 
survive  the  vicissitudes  of  earth  and  time, 
and  participate  in  the   grand   events  of 
eternal  ages.     When  considered  in  con- 
nection with  the   happiness   or   woe  of 
the  future  state,  the  subject   of  iiumor 
tality  is  involved  with  an  absorbing    in- 
terest.   While  the  long  years  of  eteruity 
glide  away  in  their  ceaseless  flight,   the 
uudying  soul  must  experience  the  ecsta- 
sy of  the   redeemed,   or   the  anguish  of 
the  doomed. 

How  consoling  to  the  servants  of  Je- 
sus is  the  hope  that   the  light  of  an  im- 
mortal life,  glorified  by  the  presence   of 
their  King,    will    dawn    upon    them  as 
they  emerge  from   the    darkness   of  the 
tsansition  called  <ic«M.     When    the    re- 
leased  spirit   has  passed    through    the 
pearly  portals  of  the  Celestial  Oity   and 
mingles   with   the  shining   angel  army, 
whose  joyful  anthems  echo   around   the 
throne,  the  suffering   aud   sadness,   the 
conflicts  and  crosses  of  earth    will  seem 
of  little  moment,  as  they    are   compared 
with  the  glory  and  gladness,   the   calm 
and  crown  of  heaven-     Faith   brightens 
the  path  that  pilgrim    feet   must    tread, 
with  visions  of  the  beauty  and   bliss   of 
the  better  land,  and  whispers  to  the  de- 
sponding lieart  that  sometime  the  shad- 
ows of  mortality   will    be   dispelled    by 
the  sunshine  of  an  immortal  day,  as  the 
shades  of  night  are  disi)elled  by  the  rays 
of  the  rising  sun.     When  earilily  clouds 
of  doubt  and  fear,  through  which    faith 
sees  faint  gleams  of  the    brightness   be- 
yond, no  longer  <larken  the  way,lhe  ran 
somed  soul,  freed  from  the  fetters  of  its 
mortal  home,  shall  enter   the   realm   of 
radiance  and  rest   to   dwell   in  fadeless 
light  f(U-ever. 

South  Whitley,  Ind. 


HOW  THEY  WEMT  TO  CHURCH. 

HT  Mil,-.  ».  "T.  COKRirT. 

U  T  F  you  would  tftke  us  both  to  church 

L     We'd  sit  80  very  still. 
We  wouldu't  speak  a  single  word. 

Mamma,  pleaife  siiy  you  will." 

So  coaxing  cried  mv  little  girls, 
But  then  tliey  were  so  small — 

One  was  but  tour,  the  other  six- 
It  wouldn't  do  at  all. 

So  1  was  forced  to  shake  my  head— 
"The  day  is  warm,  you  know. 

You  couldn't  keep  awake,  my  deai-s, 
Some  other  day  you'll  go." 

"But  you  can  sing  your  pretty  hymns. 

And  uursie  bj  -aud-by. 
Will  read  a  atory.     Kiss  me  now, 

My  darlings,  and  don't  cry." 

In  coolest  corner  of  the  pew 

I  listened  to  the  text. 
When  something  rustled  in  the  aisle— 

I  started,  half  perplexed. 

For  many  faces  wore  a  smile. 

And  turning,  lol  1  spied 
Those  naughty,  tiny  little  sprites 

Advauciog  side  by  side! 


And  oh!  each  one  carried  in  her  hand 

Her  parasol  of  blue 
Held  straight  aud  high  above  her  head, 

Aud  both  were  open  too ! 
No  wonder  that  uiy  ueishbors  smiled! 

While  I,  with  crimson  face. 
Caught  and  shut  up  the  parasols 

Then  uelped  Ihem  to  a  place. 

I  tried  to  frown  upon  the  pair — 
Eaeh  gaz-id  with  wondering  eyes, 

E  ich  nugged  her  precious  parasol. 
And  looked  deiniire  and  wise. 


should  always  be  on  hand  to  settle   dm- 
puted  «|nestionHof  textor  inti-rpretation. 
'A.     Discourage  the  uw;  of  papers  aud 
lesson  leaflet)*  in  the  claims— none  of  them 
need  ever  be  lirought   into  the   school. 
May  and  should  be    carried  out    of   th*; 
school,  but  should  not  be  lirought  Vjack 
into  the  class.  1  would  have  evsry  schol- 
ar  supplied  with  papers  the   best   that 
can  be  procured,  but  I  would  have  teach- 
er and  scholar  so  familiar  with  the    les- 
son and  its  teachings,  that   they    would 
be  altogether  unnecessary  in   the  class. 
But  you  say  that  many  of  our  teachers 
loiild  not  teach  without   the   papers  or 
catechism.     True,  but  unfortunate  that 
it  is  true.     And  while  I  admit  that  the 
papers  and  catechism  are,  in  many  cases, 
a  necessity,  I  most  devoutly  wish  it  could 
be  otherwise,  and  long  for  the    time  to 
come  when  it  will  be  so.     One  thing   is 
certainly  true,  that  with  a  faithful  dili- 
gent teacher, and  faithful,  diligent  schol- 
ars, the  lesson  paper  is    not  a   necessity. 
At  all  events,  teachers  may  depend  much 
more  upon  the  Bible. 

Let  it  be  distinctly  understood  that  I 
strongly  favor  the  International  series, 
aud  realize  that  the  papers  and  leaflets 
are  most  valua'ble,  if  not  indispensable 
to  the  highest  efliciency,  but  their  value 
I  and  importance  depend  more  upon  home 
study  than  upon  their  presence  in  the 
ilass.  T.  C.BuvKiN. 


THE  TWO  SEXES 


THE  BIBLE  IN  THE  SUNDAY. 
SCHOOL. 

ONE  noticeable  thing  in  many  of  out 
Sunday  schools  is   the  absence   of 
the  very   book— the   Bible— that   it 
prepared  to  study  and  to   teach.     Why 
is  this?  The  answer  is:     1.     That  many 
who  attend  do  not  own  a  Bible.     2.    But 
little,  if  any  use  is   made   of  the   Bible 
when  it  is  lirought  to  the  school— it   is 
not  always  read  or  referred  to.     3.  The 
slavish  dependence  on  the  lesson  paper 
catechism  and  question  book.     What  is 
the  remedy ! 

1.     See  to  it  that  every  scholar   owns 
a  Bible.     In  this  the  parent  should 
operate     with    the    superintendent   and 
teacher.    One  of  the  first  duties  that  th 
Christian  parent  owes  to  the  child  is    to 
present  him  or  her  with  a  Bible,  with  an 
appropriate  inscription  on  the  flyleaf 
If  from  indirt'erence  or  poverty  the    pa- 
rent fails  to  supply  the  pupil  with  a  Bi- 
Ide,  it  should  be  furnished  by  the  school 
or  church.     When  the  child  goes  to  the 
secular  school,  he  is  furnished    with   tiie 
requisite  text  books.     Is  it   less   impor- 
tant that  he  should  be  supplied  with  the 
textbook   used   at  the  Sunday  school? 
The  Bible  should  be  carried  to  the  Sun- 
day-school with  just  as  much  certainty 
and  regularity  as  the  spelling  book,    ge 
ography  and  grammar  are  carried  to  the 
day  school. 

■>.  Let  the  Bible  be  used  in  theschool. 
The  exercises  of  the  school  should  never 
be  regarded  as  complete  without  the 
reading  of  the  Bible,  either  with  super 
intendent  or  teacher  or  both.  It  should 
always  be  on  hand  for  refeience  and  foi 
the  reading  of  parallel  passages,  etc., 
when  such  apiUisageisdesired,  the  teach 
er  should  request  the  scholai-s,  one  or 
more  of  them,  to  find  and    read   it.    It 


I  HAVE  no  manner  of  sympathy  with 
the  cackle  and  clatter  we  sometimes 
hear  about  the  relative  excellence  of  the 
two  sexes— about  the  superiority  of  one 
and  the  inferiority  of  the  other.     To  me 
the  idea   that   a   woman   wants   only  a 
dear  stage  and  no  favor"— wants  train- 
ing and  education,  and  suitable  circum- 
stances, in  order  so  to  develop  as  to    be 
able  to  cope  with  him  in  the  struggle  of 
life,— to  me  such  a  thought  is  utterly  re- 
pulsive.    The  great  charm  of  a   woman 
is  that  she  is   diverse  from   man :  not  a 
man  in  the  lower  stage  of  development. 
She  is  thecompletementof  the  man;  her 
nature,  her  disposition,  her  powers  sup- 
ply what  is  lacking  in    him.     The    tvjo 
together  make  a  complete  orb;   apart, 
they  are  only  segments  of  the  circle.  But 
in  order  to  stand  in  this  relation  to  each 
other,  it  is  obvious  that  they  must   not 
be  alike,  but  diverse.  Most  unprofitable 
and  unmannerly  to  me  is  that  discussion 
aboutsuperiority.  I  would  as  soon  think 
of  contending  with  you  which   was   the 
more  beautiful  flower,  the   rose  or  the 
lily ;  which  was  the  most  essential  to  the 
life  of  the  human   frame,   the    brain   or 
the  heart;  which  was  more   valuable  to 
the  world,  the  glare  of  the   day   or  the 
darkness  and  silence  of  night;  which  did 
more  for  the  movement  and  security   of 
the  planetary  system,  the  centripetal   or 
the  centrifugal  force.      Common   sense 
tells  us  that   both  are   necessary,   that 
each  is  admirable  in  its  place,  and   that 
the  one  was  contrived   for   the   express 
purpose  of  being  an  adjunct  and  an  aux- 
iliary to  the  other.— /i'«'.  //■  Gordon. 


Avoid  intermeddling  with  the  affairs 
of  others.  A  number  of  people  seldom 
meet  but  they  begin  discussingthe  alfairs 
of  some  one  absent.  This  is  not  onlv  un- 
charitable but  positively  unjust.  It  .- 
equivalent  to  trying  a  case  in  the  ab- 
sence of  the  person  implicated.  Lv.n 
in  the  criminal  code  a  person  is  pr.-uiu- 
ed  to  he  innocent  until  he  is  found  giid- 
ty.  Society,  however,  is  less  just,  ;md 
passes  judgment  without  hearing  the  de- 
fense. 


f Til?  I^rcflnni  af  IfiorB. 

ri  BMSHKl)  UKKKLV. 


THK    HRETHKE>?    -:VX    AVOliK. 


M.  M.  RSIIKl.MAN. 
S..MrAKIlISOX, 


Editors  and 

I'lCni-BIETOItA. 


1.  TiiK  K.litora  Will  !.(>  rrNi..inj,ibIe  nuJy  for  thn 
CPncri.l  [..nrof  Hi.- lup^r.  ;i,i.(  (he  (ns.-rtion  of  an 
ariHit'  >l(i.-s  not  iinjdy  tliut  Un-v  oo.lonie  evi-ry  m'n- 
timenc  of  tin-  huUt, 


We  want  the  oam*^  of  every  family  in  the 
Brotherhood  that  does  not  now  tskethe  Brbtm- 
RK.\  AT  WoHK.  Will  Bome  brother  each  in  con- 
giegation  voluutter  tow^nd  in*  thenaoicwof  i-uch 
in  their  respective  churches?  Toall  the  names 
wnt  un  we  will  send  a  namph  ropij  frfe.  Please 
let  us  have  t«n  thousana  oaraeH  within  the 
next  two  weeks,  and  thuM  help  un  to  do  a  good 
work. 


Julx 


It  is  said  of  a    woman    who    wa«    szry  sick 


■>     c.vTnMM  .,■  .  '  .     .  IT  la  said  of  a    woman    who    wa«    sers  sick. 

se;UoV,?rXi;  «TrS.^Vwnrp!:;^7n":;rK  ^''"'''  ^°*  ^-"^  -'^  "iKl-^  that   .he.  aner   tryioK 

persoiijililu'saiul  iim-MiirtiouH  lanirniiKu,  hut  j.i.-  e^f^ry  aFailable  meanw  to  give  her  rent  i-ent   for 

sentMi.-.rvifW^  -  will,  row .- w-iwon^.l  with  Bait."  the  min.«t«r       A  h„,  *l._    „.„:„.„  •      ;_^.._,    ,. 


PtrSOIl .utiiiii    iiiK -nil  K-iiiin   iiiii|[i|ii|;i;,     |)||i     ji|i-. 

sent  tJicir  vifwa  •■  Willi  RriKf  wftsontil  witli  Bait." 
■:.  Tin:  lliieiiiiii:><  at  W.uik  will  I,,,  wm  u) 
anyihl<lri-.iHin  llir  I'liilcd  S[ii[..»  or  Citiiii.la  f.ir 
Sl.Wpei  mmillli.  For  tlm  li.mliiijj  chftrncU-riiitl™ 
of  tlie  imiitT.  MH  Hell  lu,  u-miN  t„  nKcnu  m-p  c  ijljtli 

PAITP.    Aildress  «11  cuinmii iitlnnn. 

IIKETIIIIK.V  AT  WOIIK, 

Lnnork,  Cnrriill  Co.,  111. 


LIXARK,  ILL.. 


Jl'Ll   tH,  I8J9. 


TiiK  uMkh  of  N.  C.  Wcirkiiiun  i«  cbsuged 
from  Norton,  Kuii.,  tj  l),.||,  Norton  County 
Kan  Has. 

BlWTllKII  JaHF.-   liriMKIl     ho»    bl-Hll     elccl^cl 

President  of  tbn  HiintinKdi.n    .N'ornml   School, 
and  A.  H.  Hruiiiliuiij^h,  IVintijul, 

Thk  Vi'llow  F.  ver  \\  again  rafiint;  at  Mem- 
phiN,  Tumi.      Thotihiuids  aro  Inavinif  ihii  city 


A  Bii.iTiiEK  in  Iowa  nayii:  "  Enclosed  find   a 

draft  on  Chicago  for  * .      Credit   me    with 

Ihe  Ijulancel* land  then    I  can   ordrr  by 

card  without  the  extra  expense."  Manythaukx; 

may  many  others  be  provoked  to  do  likewise.— 

Would  il  not  be  a  good  idea  if  a.Ono  whom  wo 

have  trusted  would  remit    the  balance  due    us 

and  a  little  more  as  a  deposit  ?     Why  not  turn 

U...I.       iiiouMuins   aro  leavinif  ine  city  I  the  frH.f/ the  other  way  awhile!^      We  have  no 

and  coming  Morlh.     Toara  are  enterl.iiued  that    "hjeclion  to  trying  it,     We  would  like   to  try 

the  epidemic  will  again  overrun   the   Sdiithern    book-keeping  that  way  awhile. 


the  minister.  After  the  minister's  arrival,  he 
imiuired  what  her  desire  was.  She  said  that 
when  she  used  to  go  to  meeting  she  could  al- 
ways sleep  10  good  when  he  preached,  and  she 
thought  if  she  could  only  have  him  preach  that 
she  could  go  to  sleep  and  rest.  Ministem  should 
be  careful  how  they  train  their  auditors, 
they  may  have  a  similar  case  to  attend  s^ 
time. 


Stale: 

Whk.v  u  man  with  a  firm  determina'ic 
do  right,  whether  men  will  hear  or  not.  k" 
and  lends  many  to  greater  happiness,  vo.i 
know  him  from  the  fact  that  all  the  dun.  e 
opposed  to  him. 

OuK  siipiily  of  A.  M.  lieiiorls  have  hen 


The  Evangelist,  A.  Kllmore  in  an  article   in 
the  A.  C.  Ilrrirw,  on  the  differencM)  and  diffi- 
L'lilties  in  his  (the  Disciple)  church  says: 
•■'•.me  j.nictlce  the  kiss  of  cliarltv,  while  some 
>1.    If  the  salutation  of  the  hand  will  not  111] 
the  ie.|uircii.enl«  of  the  law.  let  us  do  what    Is 
iiuaiHleil." 
Thank  flod!  some  Disciples  aro  getting  near 


>^u„  -„|,|„y  oi  A.  m.  uei.orls  nave  he.Mi   ex-        inank  uod.'  some  Disciples  aro  getting  near 
hausted,  and    we  have   reaiiesled  tjuinl..r  and    "r  "l- light.     Hut  what  about  those    who    Vo 

Brumbaugh  IJrothers,  liuntiiigdon.  Pa.,  to   hll  I  ""'"  Practice  the   kiss  of  el„.rli„»  Ti.„   ..i ■• 

our  orders.     J'arties  ordering  in  the  future,  will 
Bend  to  theuj  and  save  delay. 


In  No.  28.  lirothur  Samuel  Murray  was 
made  to  say,  "The  llachelor  Idin  church  met 
to  choose  three  or  four  deacons,"  instead  of 
aaying,  "met  to  choose  ministers  and  deacons." 
We  correct  with  pleasure,  Drother  Kamuol.— 
Help  us  to  keep  out  of  error,  will  yoo? 

BlioTima  I).  D.  Clark  givea  eipression  to 
llii  feelings  thus:  "  I  cannot  refrain  from  say- 
ing  a  good  word  for  the  WiuiK,  I  „„,  ghd 
that  it  rise,  far  above  ►elfish  aims,  and  its 
course  during  the  threatened  storm  I  fully  en- 
dorse, I  always  feel  good  after  reading  the 
paper.  I  am  well  plea.e.1  wilh  Urolher  .Slein'a 
ai'guments," 

SoMB  people  drees  very  pls/nly,  are  very 
»<TO»y  advocates  of  their  kind  of  iduinness,  but 
when  you  glance  along  the  clolhes  line  and  be- 
hold the  hiney,  embroidered  and  stylish  under- 
garmei.l,  which  that  very  plainly  dressed 
individual  IS  willing  to  wear,  you  stand  amawd 
and  exclaim,  "0  Consistency!"  where  art  thou  ! 


»»/"  practice  the  kiss  of  charity?  The  "law 
says,  "Ureot  one  another  with  a  holy  kiss," 
Doing  this  will  fill  the  rerjuirements  of  the 
law  on  salutations.    See  John  .S:  12. 


■About  the  worst  thing  that  can  happen  to  a 
church  Is  when  kindred  begin  to  know  each  other 
after  the  llesli  ami  not  after  the  .Spirit"  -  Hki'Tii- 
ni:N  AI  WOHK. 

Tliul  Is  80,  and  about  the  ne.vl  bad  thing  Is 
wlieii  members  begin  to  know  each  other  after 

llie.lotliesjii,toa.lof  after  th»Spirit,"-PiiB(rttlls-  •>"*"'? „„^    .„„    „„ 

""'^"'"''  (Wl''' remove  them,  overcome  them   or    fail,  — 

When  we  become  acquainted  with  the   disad- 


ened  he  only  became  the  more  active  and  zeal- 
ous. Of  all  the  examples  of  persevering  and 
uoremitt«d  effort  none  figure  more  conspicu- 
ously nor  add  .-oore  lu-ster  to  the  life  of  the 
subject  than  that  of  Christ.  Perseverance 
has  whitened  the  >ei  with  ships,  built 
railroads  from  town  to  town,  sea  to  spa, 
and  almost  from  pole  to  pole,  cleared  away  the 
foreets  of  a  new  continent  and  established  states 
and  nations.  How  long,  how  jnany  months  and 
years  of  toil  and  weariness  were  spent,  how 
much  effort,  brain-sweat,  and  conscience  strug- 
gles it  took  to  do  this,  we  know  but  little  of, 

"All  men  are  ec|ual  at  their  birth."  Each 
alike  is  destitute  of  any  power  or  virtue.  It  is 
by  perseverance  that  some  obtain  power,  friends, 
and  surround  themselves  by  favorable  circum- 
stances. Men  of  business,  worth,  or  influence 
invariably  give  their  conAdence  to  those  who 
are  presevering;  for  it  is  that  to  which  they  are 
indebted  for  what  business,  worth,  and  influ- 
ence they  possess. 

To  gain  friends,  stick  to  your  purposes,  be 
your  self  and  not  an  ape:  defend  your  yourown 
character  and  others  will  aid  you.  Of  course 
our  purposes  must  be  true  and  noble  or  our  ad- 
herence to  them  will  only  sp^ed  our  precipita- 
tion in  ruin.  Have  a  jmre  motive,  and,  with  an 
iron  will,  prritu  ofimird,  being  assurid  the  (5od 
who  helps  tnose  who  helps  themselves  will 
help  you.  "  The  all-day  horse  wins  the  race, 
a'he  last  blow  hnishes  the  nail."  Settle  down 
to  a  purpose  and  .»(/><■  to  it.  Those  who  blus- 
ter and  flounder  and  dash  always  fail.  Even  if 
they  get  what  they  strive  for,  it  does  them  no 
good;  for  they  do  not  have  enough  stability  to 
retain  it. 

Some  persons  are  always  changing  the  course 
)f  their  lives.  They  only  follow  a  buiiness 
long  enough  to  get  arquainted  with  its  draw- 
backs and  then  change  to  something  else  which 
they  think  has  none.  They  think  they  have' 
the  poorest  business  in  the  poorest  place  of  any 
body  they  know.  Everybody  else's  prospects 
seem  brighter  than  theirs.  They  are  ignorant 
that  there  is  nothing  to  which  we  can  turn 
either  our  heart  or  baud  that  does  not  have 
draw-backs.  No  difterence  what  course  we 
ib.-tacles  will  be  in  the   way  and    we 


THE   FOtrL-MOtTTH    SLAI^^i^^ 
AND  THE  ABOMINABLE       * 
TITTLE-TATTLER 


■About  the  ne.vtbnd  thing  Is  when  members  gel 
so  at  variance  that  they  don't  recogni«  each  otli- 
erl.v  eitliertlieelotbc.«,thel],sh.or  the  Splrit,'^- 

:^it:i.  I'llKArUKlt. 

liad  indeed;  but  still  worse  in  that  day  when 
flod  shall  say,  "Depart  from  me,  ye  cursed  in- 
to everlasting  fire  prepared  for  the  devil  and 
his  angels,"  the  workers  of  strife,  sedition  her- 
es.y  and  invy,  Thm  they  will  recognize  each 
other. 


vantages  of  any  trade,  or  profession,  or  loca- 
cation,  that  is  part  of  the  necessary  knowledge 
to  be  successful;  and  instead  of  changing  to 
something  else,  or  some  other  place,  wisdom 
and  prudence  would  teach  us  to  do  just  the  op- 
posite; for  when  we  once  learn  the  obstacles  to 
anything  and  the  disadvantages  of  any  place, 
we  will  most  likely  learn  how   to   meet   them' 


,r„,    ,  „      ,  77 ""  "'"  """■"  """V  'S"™  how   to   meet   them 

.adwi,°„Tw    bv'T"'   "«^"' »?-',"''"   ^    '•■""•hen  we  change  from  one  pursuit  to  anoth 
'au  witn  soilow     by      he    itmnv    of    11.,.    ,1 ..-  c. i 


The  tluhlm,  al  HW/,-  has  reached  a  circu. 
atiou  of  S,llllfl  and  is  being  distributed  in  near- 
ly one  hundred  and  sixty  SuL-day-schools  This 
i»  very  good  consid-eriug  that  it  is  not  yet  n 
year  .since  it  was  issued  md-l,,.  We  aro 
gW  to  hear  that  good  papers  are  succeeding 
and  pray  (lod  to  bless  all  just  means  for  the 
promoliim  of  his  cause  and  glory. 

■  Tmmn  men  know  that  they  may  fall  down 
dond  to-morrow,  yet  they  will  go  on  lying,  cheat- 
ing, gambling,  degrading,  envying,  quarreling, 
and  such  like.  Some  of  them  if  they  were  as- 
sured that  .lesus  would  come  iu  eight  weeks 
would  postpone  repentance  fifly.five  days. 
The  human  heart  is  truly  corrupted.  Chris- 
tian, what  aro  .you  doing?  Sleeping?  Watch' 


k  the  flock  of  God,  "which  is  among  yon  " 
being  fed  with  the  sincere  milk  of  the  word? 
Are  the  'sheep  ■  being  taught  to  engage  "in 
^ery  good  word  and  work?"  Or  is  the  flock 
violent,  seeking  its  own  pa.sture,  the  weeds  of 
dlscontentand  evil  surmising  being  sweeter 
''"  honey  or  the  honeycomb,  to  it  ?  I,  ,1,^ 
«ock  caring  for  the  soul,  „f  others,  or  U  it 
lading  up  tiBMures  upon  earth  where  moth  and 
rust  corrupt?   JIow  is  it.  overseer? 

ter»to,,are,„„,„„j.|,l^^.,    Minis'ers   wh. 
do  credit  l„  their  calling  are  needed  where  they 

dniy  .pp.«aatod,  but  Uiat  only  show,^he 
greater  necessity  of  m„rc  „i„i,t,ri„,  J"^ 
-he,.,tex,.u.  There  is  a  good  field  fl"  a 
■"■"islerinany  part  of  the  worid  froin 
■  P'l?  and  center  to  circumference. 


^      ---, ..ov.i    nuu      will      Oe 

road  with  sorrow  by  the  many  of  the  dear 
brethren  and  sisters  who  know  our  loving  old 
brother,  and  respect  him  for  his  work  in  the 
Lord,  May  his  last  hours  be  peaceful  and  happy 
in  Him  who  looks  down  and  raises  up: 
Bi.ouMistiDALE,  Mirn.,  Ji-ly  17,  IKV!). 
iMir  Bretltntti: — 

On  the  morning  of  the  I6th  inst.,  father,  F 
P.  Liehr  received  asevere  stroke  of  palsy  Mo 
requested  me  to  say  to  you,  and  all  his  dear 
brethren  and  friends,  that  his  services  have 
come  to  an  end,  and  that  he  shall  write  no 
more  for  publication.  He  is  unable  to  speak 
intelligibly  or  else  he  would  have  me  say  more 
than  farewell!  Fare-you-well!! 

Voui-s  So;-rowfulIy, 

Timothy  Lffiiiit. 

PERSEVERANCE. 


er,  from  one  place  to  another,  not  knowing  any- 
thing of  their  disadvantages,  we  will  be  almost 
certain  to  lose  by  the  change.  No  man  of 
health,  common  sense,  and  industrious  habits 
iu  any  business  iu  any  place  needs  to  fail;  but, 
like  a  cabbage  plant,  each  time  he  is  transplant^ 
ed,  even  though  the  soil  be  equally  good,  his 
growth  will  be  hindered,  and  if  transplanted  too 
oflen  will  never  come  to  anything. 

No  dilteronce  what  our  business,  profession, 
location,  or  circumstances  may  he,  to  make  asuc- 
oess,  it  will  be  necessaray  to  exert  oursalves  to 
the  full  extent  of  our  ability.  Perfect  retire- 
ment is  not  found  anywhere  nearer  than  the 
grave,  and  the  quickest  way  to  get  there  is  by 
suicide.  We  should  love  labor  because  by  it 
have  all  things  been  brought  into  existence*! 
that  are,  and  by  it  must  we  live  and  die.  How 
foolish  some  are  to  think  that  if  they  were 


ad    i:'t  r^l       !--°f-"-.l<i"d,   that  they   could   live  at 


man  who  occupies  the  place  you  desire  to  fill? 
Then,  if  you  arc  a  man,  cm  yon  not  fill  the  same 
place?  Gas  not  man  do  what  man  does?  Is  not 
wasting  your  time  in  lamenting  your  lack  ot 
natural  powers,  influential  friends,  or  iiufavor- 
able  circumstances  weak  and  cowanily?  p,.r. 
severance  can  supply  yu  with  all  of  Ihem.- 
Wher'isthat  energetic,  pure  heartej,  deter- 
mined young  man  or  young  lady  whose  associ- 
ation IS  not  saught  by  those  who  oan  befriend 
and  assist? 

It  is  perseverance  thai  made  a  Girard,  a  Roths- 
child, an  Aggasi/.,  a  Luther,  a  Calvin,  a  New- 
ton, a  Napoleon,  But  we  find  a  .still  more 
glorious  example  c^pers-verance  in  tie  char- 
acter of  Christ.  He  was  as  fixed  and  immova- 
ble m  his  plans  ils  the  very  eternal  Ood.  He 
kept  steadily  on,  neither  taming  tn  the  right  or 
left,  or  faltering  by  the  w,iy,     Wa.  he   threat- 


,    ,.,^_,    i-wum    live   ai 

ease.  Are  not  the  rich,  the  learned,  the  popu- 
lar as  miserable,  discouteued  as  the  poor  un- 
learned,  and  humble?  Enjoyment  can  only  be 
had  by  being  pleased  with  what  we  have  to  do 
Toe  highest  success,  the  grandest  achieve- 
ment to  he  obtained  on  earth  is  to  have  our 
robes  washed  white  in  the  blo„d  of  the  Lamb 
to  he  of  "the  elect"  according  to  the  foieknowl' 
cdse  of  Sod,  to  have  a  crown  of  righteousness 
li"J  up  which  the  Lord  the  righteous  judge  will 
give  in  that  great  day.  Do  we  seek  or  prize  a 
giKid  home,  pleasant  associations  here  on  earth 
which  l«it,  at  most,  only  a  few  years,  then  how 
invaiuable  must  a  home  and  pleasant  associa- 
tions be  which  last  throughout  the  never  ending 
cycles  of  eternity !  s  j  h 

bort7t:e''ni'g''bV'^^°^^»'°=°  »-■'  ">- 


BYIiON  says  that  slander  is,  "That  ahn»  • 
ble  tittle-tattle,  the  cud  eschewed  bv   l°' 
man  cattle,"      The  slanderer  pollutes   th       ■' 
j  with  his  pestiferous  breath;    he  poisons  so  ■"" 
with  his  forked  tongue,  and  spares  neither  h"k 
nor  low,  king  nor  peasant,    matron    nor   ni'vi 
living  nor  dead.      Like    a    tornado   he   lea 
wrecks  everj'-where,  and,  as  the  loathsome  wo  '" 
besprinkles  his  path  with  malice  and  talseh""^' 
The  choicest  Howcrs,  the   most  delicate  p|    , 
the  most  useful  minds  from  the  wreen  I.     ^     ' 

character  are  blighted  by  lb- foul  mouth  si 
derer.  *1~ 

It  shows  to  what  depths  human  nature  h 
fallen   when  we  reflect   h  >w  small  a  m  ii^ 
will  set  the  ball  of  scandal  in  motion,    a' 
is  augered  because  his  own  selfish  wishes""" 
not  gratified,  or  his  peculiar  whim    petted      "j 
extolled,  and  then  he  straighlnoy  seeks  to  n'"' 
his  venom  upon  him  who  li„,l  the  luanlinessT 
say  no  when  no  was  the  right  thuig  to  say   H 
tells  other  tittle-tattlers  how  /„  has  been  abui! 
ed— (he  was  not  nbu.!ed)  and    then   the  wfi  i 
rew  go  to  work  on  the  corners  of  the  streets" 
I  -n  empty  dry-good  boxes,  in  stores,  in  the  lanes' 
and  among  the   hedges,  and   say,    'Have   «    ' 

Jimrd  about it  is  awful."  "Heard  what?" 

queries  the  other  little-tattlers.  "0"— and  th 
they  proceed  to  chew  the  "pleasant  thing"  until 
the  very  teeth  of  their  slanderous   month   be 
comes  dull.     Occasionally  they  meet  a  sensible" 
man,  to  whom  they   put  the    usual   questions 
"Have  you  /ir</rrf"_mark   that  word  "heard  '• 
for  they  never  ask.  Do   you   hiow  if  such  and 
such  is  ciurect;   they   would   feel   bad   to  find 
some  one  who  hmn  the  facts,   for  slanderers 
and  back-biters  do  not  love  facts.     It  is   trash 
and  filth,  and  stench  that  they  deal  in,  hence' 
truth  and  fact  to  them  are  non-essentials.  They 
know  how  lo  Umt.   how  to  give  a  significant 
look,  how  to  tone  their  voice  so  as   to   impress 
the  hearer  with  the   aic/ubms  of  their  neigh- 
bor's  fault.    A  flea  grows  into   a'l   elephant,  a 
mole-hill  into  a  mountain  in  a  moment  under 
their  supervision.      Euvy,  jealousy,  and  hatred 
will  start  the  blood-hound   of  suspicion  in  (Jie 
twinkling  of  an  eye.     The  slanderer  need  only 
tell  the  hound  the   name  of  his   intended   vic- 
tim and  the  cur  will  lay  him  out  forthwith. 

Among  some  species  of  animals,  when  one  of 
their  number  is  hurt,  the  others  straightway 
fall  upon  him  and  tear  him  to  pieces.  "Traces 
of  this  animal  cruelty  are  seen  among  men  and 
women  to-day."  Let  a  man  blunder  a  little 
and  behold  the  army  of  vultures  how  they 
turn  and  tear  to  pieces!  Yes,  then  they  will 
smile  and  say,  "Did  we  not  tell  you  he  would 
fall?'  What  foolishness!  0  shame!  Instead 
of  tenderness  as  taught  by  Jesus,  there  is 
gloating  and  rejoicing  in  the  downfall.  Shame! 
Shame!! 

We  are  using  terms  that  all  may  know  the 
meaning.  Slandering  and  tattling  are  de- 
nounced by  the  Lord  in  severe  terms.  Hear 
him: 

"Surely  the  serpent  will  bite  without  ei  - 
chantment;  and  a  babbler  is  no  better.  The 
words  of  a  wise  man's  mouth  ,ire  gracious;  but 
the  lips  of  a  fool  will  swallow  up  himself."— 
Prov.  "And  even  ss  they  did  not  like  to  re- 
tain God  in  thnr  kno*ledge,  God  gave  them 
over  to  a  reprobate  mind,  to  do  those  things 
which  are  not  convenient;  being  filled  with  all 
unrighteousness,  maliciousness;  full  of  envy, 
murder,  debate,  deceit,  malignity;  whisperere, 
backhilm,  haters  of  God,  despiteful,  proud, 
boasters,  imenlo^s  i,f  f,:il  thiiKjs,  disobedient  to 
parents,  without  understanding  covenant-break- 
ers, without  natural  aS'ection,  implacable,  iin- 
iiiereiful."— Kom.  1:  28-31. 

Here  Paul  declares  that  the  imiUcwm,  the 
mviom,  the  whisperers,  the  hncHikrs,  the  /«- 
vectors  of  nil  things  did  not  like  to  retain  God 
in  (heir  knowledge,  hence  God  gave  them  orer 
l(iurr,„„k,lemiml.  Such  are  tattlers,  back- 
biter", and  slanderers.  Their  minds  are  repro- 
hate.  There  is  a  great  deal  of  the  Indian  in 
them -a  kind  of  a  standing  pleasure  in  throw- 
mg  stones  at  other  people.  Their  right  hand 
icbes  If  they  do  not  throw  dirt  at  someone, 
riieir  chief  delight  is  in  seeing  Ihe  objects  of 
heir  venom  dodge  and  run,  and  they  would 
lip  Iheir  hands  and  shout  "glory!"  if  they 
c:iuU  only  see  some  one  go  down.  True  worth 
«nd  excellence  have  always  had  these  miserable, 
■aiikermis,  Soul. degrading,  soul-harrowing  lit- 


THK    131^Ii:XlrIJbiB.:N^    ^T    WOKKl. 


^^f\e^*  Xo  fiidure.     Clirist  amonR   them? — 
I'^^^IJ  tJ'ke  tt  tli"iis»ud   crucitieil    Christs    to 


,,[.(■11 
ID? 


llieirfves.  I  know  nothing  so  hideou-J 
kbilers  and  CiiUiruui^tors.  More  eoiiinmn- 
jjd  funiiln's  lire  ruiui'd  by  sUiitierer-i  than 
.yg  eH*--      They    murder  character   aud 


tbiug 


^pui 


,tatR 


uiid    ofteu   blight    the    fairest  and 

'  rtst  SOL1I9  ill  the  neigbburbood.      The   rose- 

^  ]  of   inuccence,    the   foliage   of  worth  and 

1  nta''^  poiioued  with  the  scuin   of  fa'sehood 

d  inaligni'}'-     The  most   useful    shrubs,    the 

pgt  trees,  the  moat  brilliant  flowers   in    the 

Isideu    "^^    private     and      public     reputation 

besprinkled    with    the   venom     of   faUiti- 

-  and  slandt^rers.     Early  and  late,  in  the  melt- 

giin,  nut  in  the  storms  and    wind  and    hail 

(hevp'y   ^^^"    vocation.      Not    a   minute   for 

Jesus, 


have  riglits;  be  -:ure  you  hear  holh  sidea  before 
you  condomn.  Mechatics  have  riirhts;  be  sure 
you  hive  both  side^i,  if  you  tiiiist  hear  it,  before 
you  believe.  The  better  way  i-*  to  give  no  ci'" 
t')  b.ukbiters  and  tattlers.  Now  we  presume 
the  very  ones  who  rao-st  need  to  read  this  arli- 
cle  will  not  stop  their  tattlinR  long  enougli  to 
read  it  nt  all.  But  to  the  true  and  good,  ihiw 
will  be  a  warning.  Hemember  that  tnu;  worth. 
genuine  Christianity  ouHiv/'g  all  slander  and 
calumny.  Tru^t  God  and  do  right,  aad  joy 
will  be  yours  at  God's  right  hand.  May  tht- 
Lord  have  compassion  on  the  evil  doers,  and 
turn  their  hearts  to  serve  lain.  M.  M.  K, 


chuckle,  and  rejoice  over  a  mij'po.wl  thing, 
liuk  into  silence  when    the   exact    truth 

mes  out.    Quick  to  blaze  abroad  the  story  of 
,,arty  who //i'»A-s  he   is  iujuri'd,  but  very 

ails  in  believing  when  the  other  [.arty,  gives 
'  J  gide.  liluiiderers  and  backbiters  do  not 
^nt  the  truth,  if  it  comes  along  in  the  hands 
if  sDOie  good,  hyiiest  pHr-^on,  thej  lay  it  forth- 
_itli  iiml'T  thi*  box,  anil  .-tluike  thtir  hfad-",    "O 

II  I  (/(«■».■*  it  I'.f  >o."  "I  gupss  my  story  is 
true.'  "'  l**''''^^"  ^''-  J^iPs  telU  the  truth." 
«[  think  Mr.  Williams  i.s  to  blame."  Thus  they 
j,^,<  iiDil  MiH/ia8ain>t  the  very  facts.  And 
-hyV  Because  they  told  the  untruth  in  the 
grit  I'l^CJ  ftud  ii'J'v  they  want  to  keep  up  (heir 
■jg  lest  f/iP.'/  b«  found  wanting.  [f  tliey  can 
Jo  no  better  they  will  hunt  up  the  little  army 
f  j(.;iudaliz*rs,  C'jusult,  reijlv-,  aui  tlii;a  go 
out  sj.jiiig) ''0  I  h-Ave  heaid  something  new, 
god  ffheu  I  see  William^,  I  will  give  it  to  him." 
[ftliey  can  they  will  yet  the  laughing  company 
tfloether,  call  in  Mr.  Williams,  and  then  taunt 
him  witli  >"''^"'^' i'"^"^"'^'^^*''  jf  era  and  such 
likethings  until  his  righteous  soul,  like  Lot's, 
becomes  vexed  with  their  filthy  conversation. 

Slanderers  always  (r(7«/  things  as;  they  tell 
theiu;  and  if  they  ever  find  out  dillerently  they 
irtSitd.and  go  about  with  crest  fill  leu  cuuute- 
nances.  They  regret  that  the  story  is  not 
true,  for  they  were  sure  the  object  of  their  hate 
was  entrapped.  They  put  on  mourning  when 
ffhite  reputations  are  proven  wliite;  and  get 
out  their  ketUe-drums  when  they  htar  that 
somebody's  reputation  is  blasted.  Of  tlieuiselves 
they  always  speak  gold,  silver,  precious  stones, 
but  of  others  their  conversation  is  all  dirt. — 
Tiiey  make  beads  of  otlier  people's  faults,  then 
meet  iiud  count  them  over.  Goto  visit  thein 
andthe  failings  of  others  is  the  theme.  They 
nttrr  think  of  llieir  own  miserable  condition. 
A  cat  watclmig  for  mice  does  uot  look  up  when 
an  flejiluint  passes  by;  neither  will  the  slander- 
er look  up  when  watching  for  fault",  thougli 
BDgeU  sweep  throagh  the  air  witli  liallelujahs 
lollieLord  God.  Makk  it.  lie  who  tells  (/o»  of 
other's  faults  loUl  tell  other  people  your  faults. 
To  ihe  good  and  true,  every  act  of  fault- finding 
is  [tainful.  Paul  no  doubt  felt  bad  when  the 
slanderer,  Alexander  did  him  "much  evil." — 
This  copper-smith  no  doubt  picked  at  Paul's 
faults,  and  tried  to  make  other  brethren  hate. 
Paul.  Jesu3  had  nowhere  to  lay  his  liead.  He 
r.a3  abused,  revileJ,  smitten,  killed;  and  he  en- 
dured it  all.  Well  may  we  who  are  called  upon 
lo  endure  the  taunts,  backbitings,  and  evil  re- 
ports of  the  degraded  miachief-mabera. 

I  have  often  wondered  why  a  man  so  ear- 
nestly seeks  to  rob  another  of  iiis  good  name. 
He  who  steals  my  money,  "steals  trash;"  but 
he  who  robs  me  of  my  good  name,  filches  from 
me  that  which  will  not  enrich  him,  but  leaves 
me  poor  indeed.  But  then  the  slanderer  re- 
joices ia  tin  spoil  of  other's  reputations.  It 
i^  only  when  we  become  strangers  to  love, 
liipdened  in  sin,  that  we  are  able  to  play  the 
Pwtof  per-secutors  with  unconcern,  and  derive 
pltasure  Irom  revenge  and  malignity.  And 
still  worse;  lie  whose  pathway  is  uot  clear  of 
^^P  black  marks  is  often  the  first  to  condemn 
^^*i  I  he  last  to  forgive.  Without  pity,  without 
impassion,  without  love  for  the  tnith,  he  s.'eks 
lo  destroy  I  h"  quiet  and  happiness  of  others, 
"lot  even  sparing  those  of  his  own  household, 
^'olumts  might  be  written  about  the  dreadful 
*ff«ct8  of  slander,  but  we  point  you  to  the 
''^okfu  liearts,  to  the  suicides,  the  distracted 
f»iuilies.  the  upturned  churches,  the  mourning 
"^iglibothoods,  and  there  icud  the  foul  pag^s  of 
''Mrr.  Slander  is  of  the  Devil  and  the  world. 
"^mi  contcrm  to  it.  ,  I3u.<une.s*  men  have 
Jghts;  when  they  are  aUacked,  be  sure  you 
''ave  hijtl,  Hidfs  before  you   believe.      Ministers 


WHAT  WE  NEED. 


WE  need  the  fervent,  heart-felt  prayers  of  all 
our   readers.      We   need    the     effectual 


Bering  what  is  said.  This  is  not  the  first  rogue 
that  hao  been  foiled  by  the  press.  It  is  good  to 
be  a  little  slow  in  receiving  strangers  into  fel- 
lowship. '■  Tr^-  the  spirits  whether  they  be  of 
God." 


prayers  of  all  the  true  and  faithful  who  have 
washed  their  robes  and  made  them  exceeding 
white  in  the  blood  of  the  Lamb.  We  need  the 
counsels  of  the  wise.  We  need  the  sympathies 
of  all  who  can  pity  and  pray-  Often  are  we 
tempted  to  flee  from  the  cares  and  responsibili- 
ties of  our  work,  but  love  for  the  perishing  and 
the  dying,  love  for  him  who  died  for  ua,  and 
lilted  u"!  up  and  cleansed  us,  holds  us  to  the  la- 
bor. Only  hy  grace  from  him  who  is  full  of  fa- 
vor, are  we  made  to  stand.  Only  by  th«?  power 
of  his  word  and  the  comfjrt  of  his  Spirit,  are 
we  made  to  endure  hardness  as  good  soldiers. — 
Sisters,  pray  for  us;  Brethren  pray  for  us.  0 
tliat  God  our  dear  Father  may  give  you  all 
great  hearts  of  love  and  sympathy,  not  only 
for  your  editors,  but  for  all  persons!  May  your 
minds  expand  wider  and  wider,  your  affections 
grow  stronger  as  you  approach  the  time  of  your 
departure.  Only  a  little  while  and  we  shall  be 
with  you  no  more.  Today  like  the  grass  of 
the  field,  we  are  with  you;  to-morrow  we  may 
be  cut  down  and  cast  into  the  tomb.  Ah  pity 
and  live!  Throw  around  the  weary  and  op- 
pressed, your  arms  of  gentlenes.s  and  embrace 
them,  showing  them  your  tenderness.  You 
can  make  no  one  better  by  always  picking  and 
aiid  biting  and  pinching.  By  so  doing  you 
simply  corrode  your  own  heart,  and  sadden  the 
hearts  of  others.  Then  put  on  your  smiles, — 
your  real  heavenly  smiles  and  scatter  them 
where  they  are  needed.  Your  editors  always 
need  them.  Your  ministers  need  them.  The 
poor  need  them.  The  rich  need  them.  Yes 
who  does  not  need  kindness-'  Who  was  ever 
hurt  by  kindness? 

We  need  your  kindness;  we  need  your  asao- 
ciiiliou,  your  fellowship,  your  tears  and  joys  as 
may  seem  good  for  our  encouragement.  Ah! 
what  do  we  not  need  every  hour  in  order  to  be 
better  and  do  better.  We  need  God  present 
every  moment;  we  need  the  Holy  Spirit,  the 
words  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  its  iufiuenee  and  ge- 
nial power.  Oh  that  we  may  ever  feel  the  need 
of  a  Christ  to  cleanse  us,  a  Christ  to  forgive  us, 
a  Christ  to  strengthen  u«.  a  Christ  to  save  us! 


MANUSCRIPTAL. 

"Exi'ECTATioK  in  God,"  by  Phebe  A.  Frantz 
"False  Witnesses."  by  .John  Forney.  "Do  Even 
So  To  Them,"  by  Silas  Gilbert,.  "God  is  Love," 
by  D.  S.  T.  Butterbaugh.  "Fornication,"  by 
.John  Forney.  Contentment,"  by  Daniel 
Bright.  

THANKS. 

WE  thank  those  agents  and  delinquent  sub- 
scribers who  have  so  promptly  responded 
to  our  call  for  .settlement.  This  shows  they 
want  to  obey  oil  the  comniandmets,  the  one  to 
"owe  no  man  anything"  as  well  as  the  others, 
We  nerd  what  is  due  us  now.  We  shall  be  very 
thaukful,  therefore,  if  agents  and  delinquents 
respond  without  longer  delay. 

We  thank  our  brethrenandsistersfor  the  kind 
and  Christian  spirit  they  breathe  into  their  let- 
ters. We  all  have  difliculties,  perplexities,  dis- 
couragements, and  reverses  to  meet  both  in  so- 
ciety and  business,  aud  oh!  what  a  consolation 
words  of  fniternal  interest  and  sympathy  are. 

We  thank  our  contributors  for  their  untirinLr 
and  zealous  efi'orts  to  keep  us  supplied  with 
good  articles.  You  have  no  doubt  meditated 
much,  read  much;  wrote  and  rewrote,  arranged 
and  rearran  L'pd  your  articles.  This  is  right 
aud  God  will  give  the  reward.  What  a  satisfac- 
tion to  know  that  others  love  what  we  love,  enjoy 
what  we  enjoy,  and  labor  for  what  we  labor. — 
Write  on,  brethren  aud  sisters,  and,  though  your 
articles  never  appear  in  print,  your  head  aud 
heart  will  be  improved  by  the  writing  ot'thera. 
We  thank  God  that  we  are  given  such  breth- 
ren and  sisters.  May  he  cause  us  ever  to  re- 
member these  ble?aings  aud  kindnesses,  and  be 
faithful  in  dischnrging  our  duties,  and  honorar 
ble  with  the  resposibilitica  entrusted  to  us. — 
Won't  it  be  joyful  when  we  meet  on  that  glit- 
^erittg  strand,  when  angels  swell  the  glad  tri- 
umphant throng,  to  know  that  we  did  all  we 
could  in  that  world  below  to  help  each  gain 
the  bnlliaut  shore:-' 


in  teaohtng  on 


elude*  with  this  text:  "  I  have  given  you  an  ex- 
ample, that  ye  ihould  do  an  I  have  done  to  you." 
■John  13:  \5.  We  could  not  help  considering 
whether  or  not  the  compiler  of  these  t«zt« 
thought  what  act  of  Christ  it  waa  in  reference 
to  which  these  words  were  spoken;  nor  could 
we  help  thinking  how  atrangc  it  is  that  people 
will  quote  Scripture  to  enforce  obedience  to  the 
example  of  Christ,  which  was  spoken  in  refer- 
ence to  an  example  of  his  with  which  they 
themselves  refuse  to  comply," 
The  Chrhfian  Standard 
Christian  fellowship  saya: 

"The  kingdom  of  God  is  not  blue  rihboDi,  or 
red  ribbons,  but  righteousness,  peace  and  joy 
in  the  Holy  Spirit.  For  he  that  in  thesR  thing! 
serveth  Christ  is  acceptable  to  God  and  appfOT- 
ed  of  men.  Let  us  therefore  |  in  regard  to  bine 
ribbons  and  red  ribbons  |  follow  after  the  things 
which  make  for  peace,  and  things  wherewith 
one  may  build  another  up.  For  ribbons,  de- 
stroy not  the  work  of  God.  See  Rom.  14: 17- 
20.  Temperance  is  a  Christian  virtue,  and  all 
Christians  should  of  course,  seek  to  practice  it, 
and  labor  to  promote  it.  The  blue  ribbon,  we 
take  it,  is  not  synonymous  or  identical  with 
temperance.  It  represents  a  particular  phase 
of  temprance  work,  and  the  red  ribbon  anoth- 


PETER  HALBERG  AGAIN. 


readers  will  remember,  that  some  time 
ago  we  gave  an  account  of  one  Peter  Hal- 


rpHE 

1      ai 

says: 


OTJR  EXCHANGES. 

Chnri'h  Adroratc  in  speaking  of  sects 
and  their  want  of  foundation  in  the  Bible 


AUR 

\j     aj 

berg,  a  Swede,  who  was  baptized  and  married 
at  Baldwin,  Iowa,  borrowed  money,  deserted  his 
wife,  and  then  turned  up  in  Nebraska  where  he 
was  rebaptized,  married  the  second  time,  forged 
a  note  and  then  decamped.  Well,  he  next 
turned  up  in  Hockford,  111.,  where  he  became 
acquainted  with  ft  Brother,  and  so  ingrafted 
himself  into  the  good  graces  of  the  Brother, 
that  he  had  to  convey  him  to  Mt.  Morris  to  see 
BroWier  Stein.  He  represented  himself  as  a 
Swede  Baptist,  and  seemed  very  anxious  to 
learn  the  truth.  He  visited  the  elder  of  the 
church  there,  and  while  in  conversation,  a  sister 
noticed  that  two  of  the  fingers  on  his  right 
hand  were  missing,  and  at  onco  communicated 
her  mi'^ivings  to  her  husband.  He  wanted  to 
be  baptnt-d  on  Sundav,  and  declared  he  could 
uot  live  unless  he  were  immersed,  but  the 
Brethren  concluded  to  learn  more  of  hiiu  so 
put  him  off.  On  Monday  the  *21si  tist.,  an  ofli- 
cer  orrestfd  him  in  Mt.  Morris  and  put  him  up 
for  safe  keeping.  An  answer  to  a  dispatch  to 
Nebraska  said,  "Hold  him  until  the  arrival  of 
an  oHicer."  When  confronted  with  the  arti- 
cle iu  the  Brethren  at  Wokk,  he  admittefl  he 
was  the  nwn.  We  are  glad  that,  the  Brethren 
were  spared  the  humilation  of  receivmg  the 
rogue  into  the  «hurch.  This  only  demonstrates 
the  necessity  of  reading  the  papers  and  remem- 


'  No  A',  by  the  Bible  no  one  can  justify  the 
existence  of  ihe  sects.  They  are  specifically 
condemned.  Paul  most  pointedly  holds  them 
up  to  inspired  reprobation.  And  what  Paul 
condemned  was  of  a  peace  with,  though  not  as 
bad  as,  our  modern  sects.  That  is  the  rock  on 
which  we  stand.  We  argue  with  no  man  re- 
garding sects.  We  cite  him  the  words  of  Paul. 
And  mth  what  Paul  and  Christ  condemned  we 
will  have  no  communion.  The  men  belonging 
to  these  sects  may  be  good  men,  pious  men. 
Christian  men.  That  we  are  not  disposed  to 
question.  But  their  goodness  aud  piety  can 
not  make  right  what  God  calls  wrong." 

The  Baptist  Battle  Fhuj  has  resolved  to 
change  its  name.     It  speaks  thus; 

"  Out  of  deference  to  the  opinion  of  some  of 
our  esteemed  brethren,  we  have  consented  to  a 
slight  change  in  the  name  of  our  Flao,  bj 
dropping  the  word  B'tttlr  and  prefixing  Amer- 
ican. We  are  well  pleased  with  the  present 
name,  but  perhaps  Amkbican  Bai'TIST  Flag 
will  be  more  euphonious.  We  have  no  thought 
of  lowering  our  Flaij,  neither  do  we  wish  it  to 
be  inferred  that  we  will  bo  less  aggressive 
our  exposure  of  error  wherever  found;  but  the 
term  Anwrican  in  the  lieu  of  Buttk,  is  design- 
ed to  indicate  our  field  of  conflict,  while  Bap- 
tist Flag  retained  in  our  revised  name,  is  a  suf- 
ficient guarantee  that  it  is  stilt  our  settled  pur- 
pose to  wield  the  sword  of  the  Spirit  against 
the  Jinnies  of  the  aliens." 

We  are  pleased  to  see  Elder  Ray  give  itp  the 
Battlf.  We  have  always  thought  that  Brother 
Stein's  invincible  arguments  would  have  some 
yood  effect  upon  the  Doctor,  We  are  encour- 
, aged ! 

We  clip  the  following  from  the  lifiew  mid 
Herald  of  July  Hth. 

"  In  Mr.ssiah'f  Ileruld  of  July  2,  1879,  ap- 
pears a  double-column  article  headed,  "The 
Lorjl  Jeeus'  Practice  of  His  own  Precepts."  In 
one  culumu  is  given  a  series  of  texts  setting 
forth  "  what  he  said,"  and  iu  the  other,  in  jux- 
taposition, texts  recording  "  what  he  did,"  cor- 
responding with  the  former.    The  whole  coa 


Since  the  kingdom  of  God  i.'*  uot  in  "blue 
ribbons,  or  red  ribbons  "  why  have  nnij  ribbona? 
Or  if  ribbons  may  represent  our  principle  of 
the  Gospel,  how  does  it  happen  that  the  Rib- 
bonites  see  so  much  "wantol  wisdom"  when 
we  maintain  that  uuiuformity  and  plainness  of 
dress  may  represent  Christian  principles  gener- 

ly? 

The  A.  C.  liei'iew  handles  fact,  and  opinion 
in  the  followiug  earnest  and  sensible  manner. 

"Some  have  entirely  lost  sight  of  scriptural 
fact  and  precedent,  while  some  are  pitting  their 
opinions  against  the  opinions  of  others  and 
trying  to  reason  the  thing  out.  And  the  fur- 
ther they  go  ttie  deeper  they  get  in.  Some  are 
wise  above  what  is  writteu.  Well,  now,  breth- 
ren, we  suggest  thill,  iu  your^  perplexity,  you 
go  to  the  "  law  and  to  the  te&timony."  Can 
there  be  any  opinions  on  questions  of  fact  and 
t-'stimonyV  We  answer  emphatically,  no,— 
Show  us,  if  you  please,  where  any  one  of  the 
apostles  ever  iuterpiised  an  opinion  on  any 
question  involved  in  the  ductrlu';  of  f 'hriat, — 
The  apostles  preached  wholly  by  the  authority 
of  Christ.  They  preached  facts|to  be  believed, 
comniauds  to  be  obeyed,  and  promises  to  be  en- 
joyed. The  word  "opinion"  as  used  in  the  re- 
lifiious  literature  of  the  present  day  was  un- 
known in  apostolic  teaching.  The  word  haa 
been  coined  for  modern  use,  aud  is  an  out- 
growth of  pure  ami  undefiled  sectarianism. 

Did  any  of  the  apostles  ever   say,  "/  think" 
(for  that  is  the  primary  meaning   of  the  word 
opinion)  "  Jesus  Christ  is  the  Son  of  God;"  "/ 
think  he  arose  from  the  dead;"  "/  think   he  as- 
cended into  heaven;"  "/  think  he  sent  down 
the  Holy  Spirit  on   the  day   of  Pentecost?" — 
When  Paul,  in  the  fourth  chapter  of  Ephesiana 
enunciated  the  seven  essential  elfiueuts  of  the 
Gospel  system— the  one  body,  the  one   Lord, 
the  one  faith,  the  one  baptism,  and  the  one 
God  and  Father  of  all — did  he  equivocally  say, 
"It  is  inif  opinion  that  some  of  these  elements 
are  less  important  than  others;  and,  in   »iy 
opinion,  it  is  a  sign   of  intolerance,  and  the 
mark  of  a  narrow  sectarian  mind,  to  insist  that 
becauf^e  a  man  I'.Bs  not  been  immersed  he  will 
go  tc  perdition;  yea,  further,  it  is   my  opinion 
that  the  spirit  of  Christianity   is  so  catholic 
and  so.expansive  as  to  recognize   good  Chris- 
tians in  the  'other  denominations'  and   among 
the  'pious  unimmersed?' "    No,  the  apostle  was 
not,    guilty  of  such  miserable   twaddle.      He 
wrote  under  inspiration  and  by  the  authority 
of  Jesus  Christ.    When  a  man  says  that  he 
would  run  the  chance  of  a  "pious  unimmersed 
person"  rather  than  the  chauce  of  an  immers- 
ed hypocrite,  he  is  either  dishonest  or  does  not 
know  what  he  is  talking  about.  That  is  not  the 
(luestion.  And  when  it  is  assorted  that  amanrnty 
have  the  character  oi  a  Cliristian   without  his 
sustaining  the  relation   of  a  Christian  at  (hft 
same  time,  it  is  clear  to  our  mind  that  he    who 
so  asserts  is  either  a  "trimmer"  or  does  not 
understand  the  first  elements  of  the  reasoning 
proctss.    We  hold  that  no  man  "can  keep  the 
unity  of  the  Spirit  iu  the  bond  of  peace"  and' 
express  an  "opinion"  iu  the  premises." 


Wh'-.k  last  htard  from,  Brother  HiUery  was 
lying  sick  at  Warrensburg,  Mo.,  but  was  im- 
proving. He  had  been  si>eudiug  some  time 
with  the  Brethren  in  Southern  Missouri  preach- 
ing. It  is  expectid  that  he  will  return  to  lilt- 
uois  as  soon  as  he  is  able  to  trMvel.  May  the 
Lord  Jive  hiin  a  safe  return  to  his  "old  iViends.** 


a'HK    UKKTHKKN    ^T    "WOKKL. 


July    98 


0m;  §mti  itms. 


"  The  Worth  of  Truth  no  Tongw  Can  TeU." 

ThtsiieiurtmentisdealKiicd  for  aaklnR  anrl  an- 
■wering  qupstlons,  drawn  from  tho  Bible.  In  or- 
der to  i.romol<-  tlie  Tnitli.  all  f).i.-stioii8  sIioiiM  hp 
brief,  and  (ilotlipd  In  uimitli-  UnKiiwe.  W«  initii 
Msieri  qncttiotiR  to  our  coiilrlluiUini  to  answer, 
but  this  diM'3  not  i-xolude  .my  otliera  writing  upon 
tbe  Bftme  topic. 


Win  some  on*"  expliiin  Heb.  l :  1 V  "  And  of  the 
ftngela  be  suHh.  Who  niHketh  blB  angirls  spirit*,  and 
blB  mhilflter*  ii  llamn  of  lire."  R.  T.  Ckook. 

Will  sonii-  onu  (ilcaHB  tell  us,  through  tho  HUKTil- 
BBI  AT  WoKK  who  wrot«  the  IhIUt  purl  of  the 
luf  chapttT  of  peuteronuniy.  from  fifth  chiipter 
to  end  of  vemc  V  A.  K.  M. 

Will  some  one  pleiisp  explain  Matt.  SiTi'f  "Hiil 
jMussftid  unto  Iilin,  Follow  me;  and  let  the  dead 
bury  tb*ir  dead."  H.  Stkwaiit. 

Will  some  one  be  kind  enoHuli   U>  exjdain    Ileh, 

lO'.iar  t-'-J-  Hkad. 

will  some  one  jilefuie  explain  Daniel  7r  Vi,  H- 
"liBW  tho  nlRbt  vlslonH.  and  behold,  one  Ilk»!  the 
Son  of  man  c-iime  with  the  clouds  of  heaven,  and 
camototliB  Ancient  of  diiyH,  and  they  brought 
blm  near  before  lilm.  And  tliero  wtw  Klv«n  hiiu 
dominion,  and  a  klnffdom,  that  nil  jieople,  niiUoiiH. 
and  InnttnaReH  Bhoiihl  Herve  him  :  hiK  dominion  i« 
an  cverliutltUK  di>ininlon,  which  dhall  not  patis 
away,  and  liix  kingdom  tlutt  wliich  shall  not  be 
destroyed. 

Also  Hev.  7,  andltev.  W.i.  Ii.  T.  C.  W(j(>i>. 

[Will  Brotlicr  Daniel  Vaniman  aiiHWer  lirother 
Wood-:'-"I-:i>] 


WHOM    SALUTE  —  ITS    MEANING. 

Some  one  please  explain  Matt.  S:  J7.  "And  If  ye 
iaiute  your  brfltlirfln  only,  what  do  ye  more  Llian 
otbersV  do  not  even  tho  publlcuuB  so '/" 

KvA  Dyk. 

THE  woH  salute  is  from  "axpatiesthr"  and 
amoHK  tlie  variuiii  rlefinition-,  we  find  the 
followiitf;  as  directly  applied  to  the  verwo  under 
coniideratiou  "to  loir"  "treat  icith  nffiHion," 
meaniuK  an  oiprossionol"  our  regard  for  others, 
either  by  words  or  actions. 

Tbo  doctrine  taught  l)y  Christ,  in  tho  above 
language  is  tlie  //rm/  pn'ua'pli-  of  rfiariti/, 
whicli  must  govern  us  in  all  we  say  and  do 
in  every  department  in  tile.  "Though  I  s^jeak 
with  the  tongues  of  men  and  of  angels,  and 
have  not  clmrity,  I  am  become  a.s  itounding 
brass,  or  a  tinkling  cymbal.  And  though  I 
have  tlie  gift  of  pruphei-y.,  and  understand  all 
mysteries  and  all  knowledge,  and  though  I  have 
all  hiith  so  that  I  could  remove  mountains,  and 
have  not  charity  I  am  nothing.  And  though 
I  Vieitow  all  my  goods  to  feed  the  poor,  and  I 
give  my  body  to  be  burned,  and  have  not  char 
ity,  itprofiteth  me  nothing."  1  Cor.  13:  I,  2,  3. 
From  the  apostle's  hingimgo  tt  it  clear  that  we 
can  do  a  great  many  tilings,  that  externally 
seem  very  fair,  but  unless  they  arf  prouiptcd  by 
charity,  they  will  do  us  no  good;  for  there  is  a 
blessing  in  giving,  as  well  as  in  receiving,  if  we 
give  from  proper  motives. 

But  we  are  so  much  inclined  to  love  only 
those  who  love  as,  and  as  a  consequence  we 
become  selfish.  This  was  tlie  trouble  with  the 
self-esteemed  Phariseo.i.  They  were  right- 
eous above  all  others,  and  despised  by  tliOKe 
whom  they  regarded  as  inferior   to  themselves, 

When  our  charity  ia  with  exercised  those 
who  entertain  a  similarity  of  views,  we  become 
clanish,  and  in  this  Hense  are  uo  better  than 
publicans  and  sinner.*,  for  they  love  tliosu  who 
love  tbem.  Our  love  or  cbaritymust  reach  out 
beyond  tho.sy  lines  ordistinetiou  and  formalities 
that  men  have  raad'',  aud  embrace  the  pior, 
and  halt,  and  blind,  mid  down-trodden  of  every 
nation.    This  is  essentially  Chrihtian. 

Christ  tauglit  us  to  love  our  enemie?.  to  do 
good  to  them  that  hate  us,  aud  pray  fur  them 
that  despitefuUy  us,  and  persuade  us.  Matt,  it: 
44. 

Christ  not  only  taught  the  great  principle 
of  charity  towards  all  mankind,  but  he  exem- 
plified it  in  bis  life,  by  tjisting  death  for  every 
man,  and  praying  tor  the  forgiveness  of  hiit 
enemies  while  lie  was  suffering  the  most  iu- 
teose  pain.  The  ai>ostles  taught  the  same 
doctrine;  "If  thine  enemy  Iiunger,  feed  him: 
if  he  thirst  give  hiru  drink."  "Resist  non  evil, 
but  overcome  evil  with  good,"  and  exemplified 
the  doctrine  in  their  lives,  by  snfferiiig  impris^ 
onments,  stri[ie3.  and  death,  for  the  cause  of 
Christ,  and  salvation  of  pinners. 

But  one  will  say.  "If  we  love  sinners,  will 
we  not  compromise  our  holiness"?  Not  at  all. 
Christ  ate  with  puldicans  and  sinners,  but  did 
that  make  Christ  a  publican  and  a  sinner? 
Sur*Jy  not.  Christ's  object  in  tbis  was,  doubt- 
less, to  show  hi5  regard  for  those  in  the  lower 
walks  of  life,  and  to  raise  them  up  to  a  biglier 
plain  of  morality,  to  Christianize  them.  We 
can  do  other*  no  good,  no  matter  how  de- 
graded they  may  be.  unless   we  let  ourselves 


down  in  ournympathies  to  their  moral  statof. 
and  there  begin  to  lift  them  up.  We  may  en- 
tertain the  idea,  it  we  are  members  of  the 
church,  and  keep  the  commandments  of  Jesus, 
that  this  is  about  all  that  is  requirerl  of  us. 
The  gospel  implies  first  our  salvation,  then  a 
strong  desire  for  tbe  salvation  of  others.  The 
pemon  who  only  cares  for  his  own  salvation  is 
no  Christian.  We  may  drift  off  into  selfish- 
ness almost  insensibly,  and  extend  our  sympa- 
thies, and  sociabilities  to  those  only  within  a 
limited  circle.  We  may  conclude  that  neighbor 
A.  is  a  member  of  another  church,  there  is  no 
use  to  try  to  teach  him  the  ways  of  the  Lord 
more  perfectly.  We  may  conclude  that  neigh- 
bor B.  is  pretty  hard— he  swears  some,  and 
neighbor  C.  gets  drunk  occasionally,  and  neigh- 
bor D.  and  bis  family  are  very  fashionable.  It 
will  not  do  to  mingle  in  their  society  for  fear 
of  losing  our  religious  sanctity.  But  we  can 
do  this  without  in  the  least  impairing  our  re- 
ligious Mtanding.  We  do  not  mean  that  we 
should  engage  in  the  vice*"  and  evil  habits  of 
the  wicked,  but  to  mingle  with  them,  and  be 
real  sociable,  and  watch  opportunities  to  speak 
B  word  for  .Jesus  and  tbe  salvation  of  their 
souls-  In  this  way  we  can  reach  the  hearts  of 
some  we  cannot  reach  any  otiier  way.  and  still 
retain  our  ('bristian  integrity.  For  this  pur- 
pose we  are  to  SALUTE  others  who  may  not 
belong  to  the  churoh  of  Christ,  to  bring  them 
m,  that  God's  house  may  be  full.  It  is  said 
tbatSpurgeon  hits  out,  constantly  a  large  corps 
of  workers,  who  visit  the  lower  clas-ses  of  so- 
ciety in  London,  and  talk  to  them  about  Jesus, 
aud  distrilnite  tracts  among  them,  and  leave 
with  an  invitation  for  them  to  come  and  hear 
Spurgeon  preach.  This  accounts  largely  for 
the  immense  congregations  of  Spurgeon's 
church  and  his  success  as  a  minister. 

The  truth  is,  we  are  all  contracted  in  our 
conceptions  of  religion.  We  think  if  we  and  a 
few  of  our  neighbors  are  snved.  that  (Jod  will 
take  care  of  the  balance.  We  need  more  work- 
ers— more  workers  in  i)rivate  a*-  well  as  in  pub- 
lic. A  word  fitly  spoken  to  a  sinner  may  re- 
sult in  his  salvation.  This,  jtrivate  members 
can  do  OS  well  as  ministers.  Christ,  upon  one 
occasion  said  "that  the  publicans  and  harlots 
enter  the  kingdom  of  (Jod  before  you."  Matt. 
^1;  Si,  iiicanlAg  the'  bigoted  Fhorifieee,  '£'ho< 
lield  th^maelves  in  high   esteem,  and  despised 


others. 


J.  S.  MoHLER- 


ASHAMED  OF  CHRISTS  WORD. 
liY  AMOS  W.    MAIN. 

"Whosoi'ver  sluiU  be  a-ibamed  of  me  and  of  my 
words."  says  .lesus.  "of  Iiim  shall  the  Sou  of  man 
be  jL.s|ianied,  when  be  sliall  come  in  his  own  glory, 
and  in  bis  Father's,  aud  of  tbe  lioly  angels."  Luke 
11:2(1. 

^pUIS  solemn  and  impressive  utterance  seems 
1  to  he  practically  forgotten  by  many  who 
stand  connected  with  the  pulpit  or  the  press  to 
minister  in  holy  things.  It  must  be  confessed 
that  there  is  a  great  tendency  at  the  pn-seut  in 
all  the  ranks  of  tho  ministry  to  seek  the  ap- 
|n-oval  of  man.  Tliere  is  a  shrinking  from 
speaking  ovit  the  trutli  in  ita  fullness  and  power. 
It-s  sharp  corner<  are  rjimded.  Its  strong 
doctrines  are  diluted;  its  warning  voices  are 
toned  down.  To  approve  ourselves  unto  God, 
the  mind  must  be  filled  with  God's  truth,  the 
soul  with  ('hrist's  love,  and  the  whole  man 
with  tho  unction  of  the  Holy  Ghost.  These 
are  true  sayings,  aud  deserve  consideration. 
I*erhap3  persons  hold  truths,  but  who  knows 
ity  Why,  intimate  friends  to  whom  they  may 
write  in  glowing  terras.  But  they  do  not 
speak  out  plainly  to  the  masses  who  need  the 
help  of  tlieir  testimony  to  assist  them  in  form- 
ing their  judgments.  Of  what  use  are  such  re- 
formfers  to  the  world?  Why  should  tbis  re- 
serve exit-t?  Is  there  no  yieldidg  fo  the 
temptation  for  the  sake  of  salary,  ca«e,  or 
popularity  to  be  ashamed  of  Christ's  "words?" 
To  follow  alter  the  things  which  make  for 
peace,  is  indeed  a  duty — so  far  as  we  can  do  it 
aud  not  displease  God  by  a  compromise  of  the 
truth;  but  it  is  "better  to  be  saved  in  a  storm 
tliau  lost  in  a  calm." 
To  hold  fast  the  truth  on  the  second  advent 
well,  but  we  should  be  careful  not  to  hold  it 
80  fast  as  never  to  let  it  out.  "Buy  the  truth 
and  sell  it  not,"  is  the  advicf?  of-  the  wise 
man.  "Buy"  it  in  heaven's  market,  without 
money,  and  without  price.  "If  we  sufi'er  with 
Christ,  we  shall  also  reign  with  him;  if  we  de- 
ny him,  he  also  will  deny  us."  Think  of  it. 
— Bible  Banner. 


0  Man'  if  hard  thy  fortune, 

However  fate  importme. 
T\irn  not  to  wrong — none  find,  nor  will 
Their  good  enlarged  by  doing  ill. 


'JalTen  J^slccp. 


Obiuuriee  ibould  b*  brief,  writltn  on 
p*per,  ftod  aepustc  from  aII  o 


HAMMKR— Our  dear    old     Brother.     Jacob 
Hammer,  departed  this  life  July  7th.  He  wa^ 
S2  year«  old  last  May.  He  leaves  his  compan- 
ion, now  over  seventy-five  years  old.    behind 
him,  still  to  face  the  solemn  realities   of  life 
He  came  to  the  church  about  two  years  ago. 
and  was  baptized  by  Brother  George  W.  Cripe. 
and  he  like  the    Ethiopian  officer,   arose   and 
went  on  his  way  rejoicing.     We  have  reason  to 
believe  that  his  lite  is  hid  with  Christ    in    God, 
and  when  Christ,  who  is  our  life,   shall  appear, 
then  shall  ho  "also  appear  with  him  in    glory. 
He  seemed  to  endure   hi^    afflictions    patiently. 
He  spent   much    of  his   time   in  singing   and 
praying,  and  would  often  ask  God  to  help    him 
and  all  others  to  be  patient  in  their  afHIctions. 

D.  A.  NoRrRO!>s. 
BAKINGER.— In  the  bounds  of  the  Pleasant 
Valley  Church,  of  complication  of  diseases, 
on  June  22nd,  1S79,  Sister  Margaret  Bar- 
iuger,  wife  of  John  Baringer,  aged  28  years. 
!t  months,  and  13  days. 

She  leaves  a  husband  and  four  small  children 
aud  many  friends  and  relatives  to  mourn  their 
loss,  but  we  hope  their  loss  is  her  eternal  gain. 
Funeral  occasion  improved  from  Rev.  1-1:  21, 13, 
by  Eldera  J.  B.  Shoemaker,  D.Sbively,  and  the 
writer.  A.  A.  Wre. 


FROM  PALESTINE. 

NUMBER  XV. 

Nebo.  Callirrhoe,  and  the  Plains  of 
Moab. 

[rroro  (liB  "OhrimlBn  SUnJanl"  hy  ipecUl  Arrnngement] 

IT  has  been  supposed,  from  the  statement, 
that  {(od  showed  Moses  "all  the  land  of 
ludah  to  the  utmost  sea,"  that  he  actually  saw 
the  Mediteraneaii.  But  this  is  impossible  from 
any  mountain  west  of  the  Dead  Sea,  lor  the 
highest  of  thetii  is  lower  than  the  mountains 
west  of  the  Jordan.  The  expression,  "to  the 
utmost  sea,"  must  then  refer  to  the  westward 
limit  of  the  land,  which  Moses  sav,  and  not  to 
the  range  of  his  vision. 

When  we  had  completed  our  observations  on 
the  top  of  Pisgah,  we  directed  the  Sboik  to 
lead  us  to  our  tents,  which  had  been  pitched  at 
the  Springs  of  Moses  on  the  northern  side  of 
Mt.  Nebo,  and  1100  feet  below  its  crest.  We 
anticipated  a  steep  and  rocky  descent,  but  tn 
our  surprise  and  gratificaton  he  led  us  by  a 
path  smooth  and  easy  almost  the  entire  way. 
We  wondered  it  this  is  not  the  very  path  by 
which  Moses  ascended  this  mountain  for  fbe 
last  time,  aud  these  springs  which  still  bear  \w 
name,  the  last  from  which  he  ever  drank. 

From  our  camp  at  the  Springs  of  Moses  we 
made  an  excursion,  next  day,  to  the  hot  springs 
of  Callirrhoe,  near  which  are  the  ruins  of  the 
castle  of  Mach:i!ru9.  This  castle  was  a  favorite 
winter  residence  of  Herod  the  Great,  and  also 
of  Herod  Antipas;  and  it  ia  here,  according  (o 
Josephuff,  that  the  latter  confiuei  John  the 
Baptist  after  his  arrest,  and  finally  beheaded 
him.  The  fine  bathing  in  the  hot  springs  gave 
the  place  its  chief  attraction.  Our  dragomen 
and  the  Sheik  both  tried  to  dissuade  us  from 
going  thither,  declaring  that  there  was  danger 
of  our  being  attat  ked  and  robbed  by  the  wild 
Bedouin  of  the  Beni  Sakrh  tribe.  But  we 
made  light  of  the  danger,  and  insisted  on  going, 
whereupon  the  Sheik  sent  one  of  the  two  men 
who  were  with  him  to  summon  three  footmeu 
armed  with  guns  to  itttertd  us  as  an  additional 
guard.  These  fellows  joined  us  when  we  were 
about  half  way,  and  took  the  lead  of  the  party, 
Tl.ey  led  up  one  declivity  and  down  another,  in 
the  most  desolate  region  we  liad  ever  seen,  aud 
over  the  steepest  mountain  paths,  A  ride 
which  was  to  have  occupied  four  and  a  half 
bouri  stritchel  iuto  seven,  aad  tbe  ther- 
mometer went  up  iuto  the  nineties.  Our  new 
guards  were  armed  with  flint-lock  musket-i. 
and  their  entire  dres^s  consisted  of  a  dirty  hand- 
kerchief round  the  head;  a  brown  cotion  shirt, 
nearly  worn  out  and  reaching  only  to  the 
knees  on  their  bodies;  and  old  slippers  with  no 
upper  leather  around  the  heels,  on  their  feet. 
They  seemed  to  feel  their  importance,  as  the 
protectors  of  four  innocent  babes  in  the  woods 
from  the  other  side  of"  the  ocean,  while  tbe 
whole  ulVair  appeared  to  us  extremely  ridiculous. 
Kratik  said,  "There  is  no  use  to  have  those  raga- 
ipuftins  to  protect  us  out  here,  for  nobody  else 
but  us  are  fools  enough  to  come  to  such  a 
place." 


We  finally  reached  tbe  Springs.  They  a^ 
iu  a  deep,  narrow  gorge,  which  opens  into  the 
Dead  Sea  about  eighteen  miles  from  its  b^^ 
A  stream  of  cool  water  flows  along  the  bottom 
of  the  fissure  until  the  streams  from  the  hot 
springs  pour  iuto  it,  and  below  this  the  entire 
stream  is  hot.  The  hot  springs  burst  out 
from  tbe  northern  side  of  the  ravine,  and  under 
an  immense  ledge  of  red  sandstone  lyiug  on  top 
of  a  ledge  of  limestone.  The  two  principal 
springs  are  about  half  a  mile  apart,  and  they 
each  send  forth  a  volume  of  water  suflicient  to 
run  a  mill. 

The  streams  dash  and  roar  down  the  mount- 
ain side  about  100  feet  ere  they  enter  the  creek 
below.  I  inserted  my  thermometer  in  one  of 
them,  just  before  its  junction  with  tbe  cre-;k  I 
and  found  its  temperature  124°.  That  of  the 
other,  where  it  leaves  the  cliff,  is  142^  \ip^ 
took  a  bath  in  the  creek  just  below  its  recep. 
tion  of  tbe  first  hut  stream,  and  found  the  water 
as  hot  as  we  could  bear.  But  the  rocks  on 
which  we  stood  were  hotter,  and  they  made  us 
dance  when  we  stood  upon  them  with  our 
naked  feet. 

On  returning  to  camp  we  found  we  had  been 
absent  fifteen  and  one  half  hours,  from  5  A.  M. 
to  8:  30  r.  M.,  and  that  we  had  beeu  in  the 
saddle  fourteen  hours,  on  some  of  the  roughest 
and  stiepest  paths  that  a  horse  ever  passed 
over.  Many  times  we  had  to  dismount,  and 
even  on  foot  some  places  were  (bflicult  and 
dangerous.  A  bright  moon  enabled  us  to  de- 
scend the  rocky  side  of  Mt.  Nebo,  to  the  tents 
or  I  think  we  would  have  beeu  compelled  to 
camp  among  the  Hedouiu.  We  were  complute- 
ly  worn  out,  but  a  good  night's  rest  revived  us 
and  tbe  next  day  we  were  again  ready  for  act- 
ive service.  We  took  a  fine  shower-bath  at  the 
Springs  of  Moses.  Tuey  make  several  beduti- 
ful  cascades,  aud  1  would  like  to  describe  them 
but  must  pass  tliem  by. 

From  the  Spring*  of  Moses  we  descended 
into  "the  plains  of  Moab  over  against  Jericho  " 
sometimes  called  in  the  Bible  "tbe  plains  of 
Shittim."  It  is  a  plain  extending  eightor  nine 
miles  from  the  111  luntains  to  the  Joidan,  and 
ten  or  twelve  miles  from  the  Dead  Sea.  north 
lo  a  westward  projection  of  the  luouutaina 
where  they  reach  out  to  within  three  or  four 
miles  of  the  Jordan.  It  is  traversed  by  five 
streams  of  water,  which,  if  properly  applied, 
would  irrigate  the  whole  of  it,  aud  make  it  a 
garden.  Indeed,  it  once  was  a  garden,  and  it 
supported  five  cities,  the  ruins  of  which  now 
constitute  five  immense  mounds  stretched 
along  the  base  of  the  hills.  Near  one  of  these 
is  another  hot  spring  with  a  temperature  of 
102".  We  camped  here  on  Saturday,  May  3rd, 
and  remained  till  Monday,  the  5th.  On  Sunday 
morning  Brother  Earl  had  a  chill;  but  he  treat- 
ed himself  «ith  Homo-patbic  remedies,  aud 
was  able  to  travel  Monday  morning.  AVe  were 
now  on  our  return  to  Jerusalem,  We  crossed 
the  Jordan  at  the  Jericho  Ferry;  but  instead  of 
using  the  boat,  we  forded  the  river  at  the  bend 
of  a  shoal  just  below.  The  water  came  well 
up  to  our  saddle  skirls,  and  one  of  my  knees 
got  wet,  but  all  of  our  eighteen  animals  cross- 
ed in  safety.  While  the  pack-traiu  was  cross- 
ing, our  party  took  a  fine  swim  in  thf  river, 
and  once  more  tested  it  as  a  place  for  baptiziog. 
It  is  rare  that  a  better  place  for  tbe  purpose 
can  bj  found  in  a  running  3t:reira  'n  any 
country.  Pebbly  shore;  gradual  descent  into  the 
water;  pebbly  bottom,  and  the  current  near  the  , 
opposite  bank.  I 

From  the  Jordan  we  returned  to  Jerusalem,  ' 
by  way  of  Bethel,  aud  identifiid  the  site  of  Ai. 
The  ride  was  full  ol  interest,  but  I  must  paaa 
it  by.  We  returned  to  Jerusalem  on  the  iTth 
day  after  leaving  it,  got  letters  from  home  that 
were  more  than  six  weeks  old,  and  mailed  those " 
that  we  had  written  during  our  absence. 

.1.  W.  MrGiUVBY. 


It  y-t  a  good  thing  to  trust  in  the  Lord,  and  it 
is  safe  also! 


Don't  murmur  against  God;  he  will  smooth 
your  pathway  in  life. 


Ii'  you  want  to  get  rich,  give:  if  you  want  to 
get  poor,  gratp;  if  you  want  to  be  happy,  <le'0 
yourselves  for  others. 


DoiXG  the  truth  is  one  of  the  things  much 
nefded  now;  the  truth  believed  but  not  acted 
on,  will  not  save  the  soul. 


Seek  for  an  established  judgment  in  th? 
doctrinal  truth.tof  Col.  Some  persons  are  so 
unsettled  that  every  wind  blows  them  doivii 
like^oose  tiles  from  the  house-top.  Blind  zea- 
is  put  to  a  shameful  retreat;  while  holy  reao- 
lution,  built  on  firm  principles,  lifts  up  its  heal 
like  a  rock  in  the  midst  of  the  waves. 

—Gurnall 


j»iy 


'28 


THE    BItEXHREN    ^T    ■WORK. 


^*omspoMilc«ce. 


Echoes  from  the  Center. 


NL'MBER  SX. 

The  Christian's  labor— The  Sanctuary— Har- 
vest Time  —  In  the  Temple— At  Pleasant 
Riilge. 

0>;\VARD  and  upward  is  the    flight   of  the 
Christian,  nor  would  he  wish  his  labors  to 
•ease  while  in  the  body.     Stopping  by  the  way 
luld  encourage  inaction  and  alothfulness  en- 
jangeri 

(0 


'  him  with  the  threatened  woe  applied 
who  are  at  ease  in   Zion. 


of  the  cause  which    he    h; 


Hence   in 

espoused, 

love  for  his  Maker,  thi 

11    ultimately    crowt 


those 

the  1"^^ 

the  welfare  of  souls,  thi 

ocs  nni^peakable   that 

-fudent  brightness"  that  will  entwine  her 
'tjg  wreath  around  his  brow,  adding  luster 
to  the  genjs  in  his  crown,  is  the  graud  central 
tboifht  animating  him  with  greater  zeal  and 
energy  to  pursue  thfl  journey.  Then  whu 
voM  'o'^  '■'**  arms  and  quit  the  race  when 
,1)  are  tht^  blessingt  to  be  enjoyed?  With 
ihoi'e  li'-nv-'uly  Hiijnyments  in  prospect  we  left 
f,f  „i,r 'litl-THnt  tields  of  labor  this  beautiful 
Brethren  E,     Bosserm^n  and  Ja- 


uob  VVitiuore  at  tlie  B^'ecU  Grove  Scliool-house, 
Brother  W.  C.  Teeter  at  Pleasant  Uidge.  and 
the  writer,  UHur  Fiudlay,  Ohio,  in  a  pl.n-ant 
jifiol-hnuse  situated  on  ChamliPrUm  Hill. 
from  wiiich  elevation  could  see  the  tall  ^ipiring 
tppples  of  the  city  churches,  where  many  wor 
jljippera  are  assembled.  We  had  a  good  audi- 
ence,  and  tlie  best  of  attention,  and  from  obser- 
tatious  and  private  conversations  with  some  ot 
the  auditors,  1  think  they  are  falliug  on  the 
stitne,  and  are  Woken.  (Matt,  21:  44)  and 
will  stiou  be  ready  to  apply  to  the  great  Phy- 
sician to  have  their  wounds  healed,  and  confide 
iu  hiui  who  only  can  comfort  the  broken-heart- 
eii,  Oh  what  sorrow  in  the  heart  occasioned  by 
jin!  Wbat  groans,  sighs,  and  tears  distressing 
tht!  human  family!  Jesus  can  dispel  our  fears, 
comfort  our  hearts,  and  wash  away  our  sins  by 
yielding  obedience  to  his  gentle  commands- 
Satan  must  be  bruised.  May  God  help  us  to 
put  into  practice  that  identic  religion  that  will 
bruise  the  Serpent's  head,  that  sin,  with  all  its 
imholy  influences,  may  be  cast  away  from  our 
hearts  and  be  buried  that  a  nsurreetiou  may 
be  impossible.  Could  only  the  sin-enslaved 
am  break  his  fetters,  and  himself  from  the 
grasp  of  a  Prometheus,  and  be  a  free  man  ia 
deed.  Accept  the  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus,  and  if 
the  truth  make  him  iVee  he   shall   be   free  in- 

Tlif  farmer  is  now  busily  engag-'d,  reaping 
the  rewards  of  his  industry.  The  fields  of 
i.'olr]eu  jjrains  are  yielding  to  the  sickle,  and 
promise  a  rich  reward,  making  glad  the  reaper. 
Truly  God  has  richly  blessed  us  and  cared  for 
lis.  Then  should  it  not  call  forth  thankful- 
ness in  return?  Ah,  why  should  man  forget! 
Harvest  time  implies  a  time  of  sowing  the  seed. 
The  farmer  casts  the  seed  in  the  earth,  and 
looks  forward  prospectively  for  a  bountiful  har- 
vest. And  of  whatsoever  grain  he  may  sow,  of 
that  kind  he  expects  to  reap.  We  are  all  rej)- 
resented  as  seed-sower.",  and  if  we  sow  to  the 
flnsli  we  shall  of  the  flesh  reap  corruption,  but 
il  U»  the  spirit  we  shall  of  the  spirit  reap  life 
everla^tinii.  We  have  difi'ereut  fields  in  which 
to  f!a-t  the  seed.  The  family,  the  day  school, 
the  SLmday-schooI,  the  church— all  are  prolific 
tieUis  of  rich  soil,  aJid  are  productive  of  some 
kmd  of  fruit.  It  depends  much  upon  tlie  kind 
<if  seed  sown,  as  each  will  pjoduce  it*  own 
liiod.  Hence  extreme  carefulness  should  be  re- 
^arilvd  in  selecting  the  seed,  preparing  the  soil 
iiud  cultivating  the  plant,  then  a  bounteous 
harvest  will  be  the  result.  As  we  are  repre- 
seul-d  as  seed-sowers,  we  look  for  a  harvest  in 
the  gr^at  future,  and  as  much  poor  seed  is  sown 
in  the  world,  oh  what  will  the  harvest  be? 
Some  may  reap  everlasting  destruction,  while 
somf  will  have  the  good  pleasure  and  inexpress- 
ible delight  of  reaping  everlasting  life.  May 
the  tientle  spirit  of  the  living  God  yet  spefed  its 
flight  from  heart  to  heart,  and  may  its  heaven- 
ly zephyrs  prevailtill  all  decide  for  Jeans— so..- 
their  seed  in  the  garden  of'  the  L')rd,  and  reap 
a  harvest  that  will  be  to  them  eternal  life,  and 
^vf  them  all  the  blessed  advantages  of  the 
a'oiiiiig  blood  of  the  Lamb  of  CaWary. 

To  day  we  met  with  the  brethren  and  sisters 
'"  Hie  Sunday-school.  Found  a  large  repre- 
sentation. Brother  John  Baugh-nan,  the  Sup- 
eriatendent,  ia  alive  to  the  interest  of  the  "lit- 
tle ones,"  and  labors  hard  for  the  success  of  the 
cause.  The  oflicers  all  take  an  active  part  in 
tHe  work,  and  the  scholars  seem  to  bo  much  in- 
teres,ted  in  the  work  of  the    Lord.      M  ly    God 


give  them  grace  to  carry  on  the  good  begun 
work,  and  win  for  themselves  crowns  that  will 
abide  forever. 

After  the  Sunday-school  session  we  tried  to 
talk  to  the  congregation  about  the  words  of 
this  life,  cast  our  mite  into  the  treasury  of  the 
Lord  to  enjoy  its  benefits  ia  the  world  to  come. 
Oh  what  ptea.<iurH  to  unfold  the  riches  of  the 
kingdom  to  an  attentive  congregation!  How 
it  animates  and  inspires  the  speaker  when  all 
lend  a  helping  hand!  What  pleasures  in  mu- 
tual labor!  What  harmony  in  union  of  effort! 
Oh  that  all  ditBculties.  all  unkind  feelings 
throughout  Christendom  could  be  bruised  as 
was  Moses,  that  none  could  erect  a  monument 
of  remembrance.  Then  could  we  marcli  in  one 
solid  column,  and  each  effort  would  be  effectual. 
May  we  all  labor  for  more  love  and  union  in 
the  future,  retain  present  accomplishments  and 
strive  for  more.  A  tower  of  strength  we  will 
then  be  in  the  cause  of  Christ  and  be  the 
means  of  winning  many  souls  to  the  cross. 

This  beautiful  Lord's  Day  we  again  met  the 
humble  worshipi»ers  at  Pleasant  Kidire.  Had  a 
good  hearing  and  earnest  attention  to  the  word 
preached.  Text,  Acts  3: 19.  Theme,  Conver- 
sion or  turning  to  God.  Oh  for  yet  more  of 
the  religion  of  Jesus  Christ  established  in  the 
heart,  that  we  may  have  more  power  to  procure 
the  truths  of  Jo^us  to  a  dying  world.  Oh  the 
longings  of  the  soul  for  the  bread  from  heaven, 
ever  drinking  but  desiring  more.  Thauk  (iod 
f(ir  the  abundant  fullness  of  Jesus  Christ,  satis- 
fying present  wants,  and  ever  assuring  supplies. 
eucourBgIng  the  soul  onward  and  unward  to 
joys  on  high,  where  it  cSn  soar  over  the  ever- 
lasting hills,  and  bask  in  the  eternal  sunshine 
of  the  Golden  City. 

The  service  was  closed  by  Brother  W.  C. 
Teeter,  after  which  we  took  the  parting  hand 
and  left  for  our  humble  abode,  and  now  I  am 
plying  the  pen  to  tnke  down  a  few  more  jot- 
tings, which  may  soon  be  scattered  abroad  be- 
fore a  cold  critcising  world,  which  fact  almost 
makes  me  shrink  back  and  lay  down  my  pen, 
andi^llently  retreat  from  the  publii;  ga/.e.  But 
upon  the  other  side  there  is  joy  and  encourage- 
ment, and  as  grace  is  given  in  the  future,  the 
pen  will  be  applied.  May  the  siving  grace  of 
Jesus  be  applied  to  all  nur  hearts. 

S.  T.  BOSSBRMAK. 

July  t\  1870, 


good  report  within  and  without  the  church,  not 
a  tattler,  babbler  nor  busy-body  in  other  men's 
matters.  Such  a  man  would  certainly  be  injn- 
nous  to  the  cause  of  Christ.  Characters  with 
these  faults  can  be  singled  out  without  much 
of  the  spirit  of  Christ.  If  a  man  of  the  world 
can  sincle  such  out  why  should  not  the  Chri»- 
tian  church  recdgni7.e  them?  And  if  the 
church  has  young  men  fully  established.  I 
would  say  by  all  means  give  them  the  prefer- 
ence, as  they  will  have  ample  time  as  well  as 
young  and  active  minds  to  improve  themselves 
in  the  work.  To  this  the  church  is  coming 
rapidly. 

Upon  the  whole  the  choice  made  here  will 
in  the  future  tpll  for  itself;  but  so  iar  as  our 
judgment  goes  the  proper  persons  are  at  the 
proper  place.  And  Brother  Lichty  with  my- 
self may  expect  in  the  near  future  to  have 
ranch  of  the  labor  divided  among  five  instead 
of  two  as  heretofore. 

Fraternally, 

C.  G.  Lint. 

Mcijersdnlf,  Pa.^  Jubf  t2. 

From  Abilene,  Kansas. 


From  Meyersdale,  Pa, 

THE  church  of  this  place  convened  in  coun- 
cil on  the  4th  in^t.  Bapt  zed  four  into 
Chri^t's  fold,  making  nieven  for  this  season;  and 
on  to-morrow  more  will  follow.  On  the  same 
day  the  cliurch  elected  three  to  the  ministry. — 
The  lot  fell  on  Brethren  Edward  K.  Hochbtet- 
Iff,  Samuel  P.  Maust  and  Unas  D.  Brancher. 
These  are  promising  brethren  for  usefulness  in 
the  church,  and  no  doubt  will  enter  upon  the 
work  with  a  good  degree  of  Christian  zeal. 
They  however  need  the  sympathy  and  prayers 
of  all  the  faithful  in  Christ.  All  should  be  up- 
on their  guard  in  making  exnressions  relative 
to  the  position  whereunto  they  have  been  call- 
ed. The  position  is  an  important  one — one  of 
great  responsibility,  and  every  member  should 
feel  a  willingness  to  give  a  word  of  encourage- 
ment, and  f<>r  the  time  forbear  criticisms.  By 
observation,  and  I  may  say  by  experience,  I 
have  learned  that  the  most  uncouth  criticisms 
come  from  such  that  are  seekers  after  such  po- 
sitions, and  that  imagine  that  they  atn  preach, 
lience  the  whining.  They  cannot  pray.  They 
are  not  verged  in  Scripture.  They  are  rich, 
''Frkndshofi,"  or  relationship. 

The  church  looks  upon  the  men,  and  not  the 
qualifications  kc.  If  this  is  not  egotistical,  I 
know  not  what  name  to  cive  it.  Tlie  expres- 
sion made  by  our  worthy  Brother  D.ivid  Liven- 
good  (deceased),  but  still  he  speaks,  to  a  brother 
who  used  the  big  /,  under  similar  circumstan- 
ces comes  in  place,  "  It  is  better  if  the  office 
seeks  the  person  than  the  person  the  office." — 
And  as  to  qualifications,  what  can  we  mortals 
do  in  this,  if  God  selects  he  can  do  now  what 
lie  did  for  Moses  who  likewise  looked  at  qualifi- 
cations and  thought  he  was  not  the  man  for 
the  great  work  which  he  was  called  upon  to 
perform,  and  as  God  stood  by  him,  will  he  do 
any  the  less  now  if  the  chosen  are  obedient  to 
the  calling,  and  as  to  the  man-part  we  would 
say:  Can  not  God  have  one  to  honor,  that  w*? 
may  have  to  dishonor  and  vux  vcfMi.  Yet  at 
the  same  time  there  are  cftrtain  things  we  cm 
take  into  consideration  before  we  deposit  our 
vote;  and  this  we  have  reason  to  believe  is  done. 
If  not  the  choice  w<mld  many  times  be  ditler- 
ent  than  what  it  is.  For  instance:  One  sound, 
and  established  in  the  faith.  This  is  highly 
important;  it  avoid-;  the  Alexanders  and  iiy- 
meneas  &c ,  which  the  apo.sties  speak  and  will 
avoid  such  that  will,  if  things  go  not  to  suit 
them,  threaten  to  leave  the  church.     A  man  of 


ACCORDING  to  promise,  I  will,  after  a  long 
delay,  say  we  met  with  the  brethren  and 
sisters.  December  11th,  1S7S,  in  company  with 
Brother  Jacob  Buck,  in  council,  in  Sedgwick 
County,  Kansas,  eight  miles  north-east  of 
Wichita,  at  the  house  of  Brother  William 
Funk.  After  the  usual  devotional  exercises, 
the  object  of  the  meeting  was  made  known  by 
the  writer,  by  Elder  Buck's  request:  and  after  a 
few  introductory  remarks,  the  voice  of  the 
members  present  was  taken  for  organization, 
which  was  unanimous.  The  voice  also  was  a 
unity  to  have  Brother  William  Funk  restored 
to  his  former  standing  as  minister  in  the  second 
degree,  with  the  umler^taoding  that  this  body 
of  brethren  and  sisters  will  Keep  house  togeth- 
er in  g'spel  order.  The  organization  was  ef- 
fected, and  named  the  Wichita  Church.  It  will 
be  hi-;!ily  appre<^iated  by  the  members  of  this 
church,  to  have  frequent  vi.sits  from  other  dis- 
tricts. Ministers  traveling  in  Kansas  by  way 
of  Wichita,  make  a  note  of  this;  you  will  find 
a  brother's  home  with  Brother  and  Sister 
Funk. 

We  went  next  with  Brother  Buck  to  Reno 
, County,  to  the  Nineskaw  ('hurch,  where  there 
wiig  ail  organization  reauested.  but  this  could 
iiot  be  itfected  at  this  time;  all  wc  could  do 
here  was  to  preach  the  gospel  to  thera  during 
one  cold  stormy  week. 

Jacob  Fishel,  Brother  Secrist,  and  J.  W. 
Beer  are  the  ministers  here;  but  J.  Fishel  lives 
in  Rice  County,  hence  not  to  meeting  we  think 
because  of  snow  aud  storm.  Here  Brother 
Buck  tiiriipd  homeward,  and  I,  in  company 
with  Jiioob  W.  Beer,  went  to  Kingman  County. 
Had  tuio  meeting  the  evening  before  Christmas. 
Then  went  to  Harper  Center.  Harper  County. 
Not  hearing  of  any  members  here,  I  turned  my 
horse  to  come  to  Sumner  County,  Reached 
the  home  of  my  oldest  .sinter  same  day.  Here 
I  had  tour  m-^etinga  in  the  west,  aud  of  Sum- 
ner County  the  people  said,  "You  are  the  firat 
man  that  preached  in  our  new  country."  Here 
is  where  the  Crites  live. 

In  company  with  my  old  sister  of  73  years, 
and  her  husband,  came  to  Friend  Luke  High's 
house.  By  request  had  two  meetings  in  his 
house.  His  wife  is  Brother  Arnold's  daughter. 
In  all  those  places  they  wanted  more  meetings, 
but  the  weather  and  houses  were  too  cold  for 
me  at  that  time.  I  saw  no  fruit  of  my  labors, 
except  a  number  of  persons  got  to  reading  thi' 
Bible,  and  said  they  would  learn  to  live  abetter 
life;  and  that  is  what  we  are  to  labor  for — to 
reform  the  lives  and  characters  of  men  and 
women.  Christ  said,  aud  they  shall  be  all 
taught  of  God.  Every  man  therefore  that 
hath  heard,  and  hath  learned  of  the  Father, 
Cometh  unto  me."    John  (5:  4o. 

May  all  of  the  above  finally  come  to  Jeaus,  is 
my  prayer.  John  Fobnky. 


Aftpr  November  next  the  county  will  render 
no  ftwifttance  unless  the  rie«dy  go  to  the  county 
house,  and  the  treatment  there  is  certainly   not 
desirable.     What  shall  we  do?     Shall    Brother 
Hoi)fl  cciitiriue   to  help  h«r?      Then,    too,    we 
have  an  old  Brother  who  muht   be  almof-t  en- 
tirely kept.     We  do  not  yet.  know  what  we  can 
get  from  the  county  for  him,  as  they  refuse  to 
do  anything  since  he  left   bis   former  home   in 
Thybind.     They  told    him    if  he   would   come 
down  here  he  could  live  by  his  own  labor.  Bro. 
Hope  will  do  what  he  can  to  procure  for  him 
what  ia  due  him  for  labor.     Then  there  are  nz 
families  who  need  help  occasionlly.     We  have 
allowed  ?1.50  to  eacli  jierson  per  month   since 
receiving  help  from  America.       Brother  Han- 
sen has  received  the  needed   aid   from    amount 
sent  from  America,  until    now.       Most  of  the 
money  was  donated  for  him:  bnt    this  did  not 
work  well,  for  he  is  young  and  strong,  and   the 
older  aud  infirm  persons  aeem  to   be  set   aside, 
and  this  looks  like  respect  of  persons;  hence  so 
soon  aa  we  are  not  bound  by  the  donors  wishes 
it  may  be  distributed  e(|ually  as  far  as  it  will 
reach.     The  amount  on  hand  will  soon   be  ex- 
hausted, hence  the  wants  of  the  poor  cannot  be 
lear  supplied,  for  those  of  us  who  do  not    need 


assistance  arc  so  greatly  taxed  that  we  only 
■  ave  the  necessaries  of  life,  and  that,  too,  in  a 
way  so  scant  that  you  can  not  conceive.  If  you 
can  do  anything  for  us  well  and  good;  we  leave 
the  matter  with  you,  confident  that  you  will  do 
what  is  riL'ht.  However,  if  you  do  anything, 
do  it  soon. 

Elder  C.  C.  EaKiLUSBK. 


N.  C.  Nii-SEN.  (  f; 
J.  Madsbs.      )  ^^ 


From  Buffalo,  Missouri. 

1  The  following  should  have  appeared  sooner, 
but  was  mislaid, — Ei).| 

rllE  brethren  and  sisters  of  the  Buffalo 
Church  are  well,  and  on  the  7th  inst.,  at 
quarterly  couneil.  after  the  usual  exercises,  the 
<piestion  came  up,  "What  is  the  best  course 
lor  us  to  pursue  that  we  may  be  successful  in 
building  up  the  church  in  this  part,  and  en- 
larging the  borders?"  Remarks  wer^-  made  by 
several  of  the  Brethren,  that  were  very  apro- 
priate,  aud  hope  all  will  heed  them.  Our  elder 
said  that  he  thought  we  could  be  more  sucesft- 
ful  if  he  bad  some  aisistance  in  the  ministry, 
he  hems  alone,  and  otteu  calied^wai'- tmd  biul 
to  neglect  his  appointineut.s  at  horn**.  The 
matter  wa.s  considered,  und  urged  that  we  write 
aud  ste  it  we  cau't  get  a  miins;er  to  move  in 
amongst  us  thii  Fall,  if  not  the  church  grant- 
ed that  a  choice  be  held  here  arid  one  chosen. 

Now  we  know  that  tli-re  are  plenty  of  min- 
isters in  some  places  and  some  to  spare.  I  now 
appeal  to  them,  and  urgently  request  them  to 
come  and  hel))  us;  for  "the  harvest  is  great  and 
the  laborers  few."  Now  any  minister  seeing 
this  and  who  have  nn  idea  of  leaving  their  pre- 
sent field  of  hihor,  let  them  write  to  David 
lioling'jr  or  the  utii«r-iignoil  for  information.— 
When  you  read  this  don't  think  th^t  some- 
body eL-p  has  written  and  you  need  not,  but 
write  to  us  ijoiirsd/.  We  can  accommodate 
several.  Write  to  us  aud  we  will  tell  you  about 
the  country.  Any  ol  the  Brethren  that  wish 
to  change  location  are  heartily  invited  to  come 
and  settle  among  us.  Now  we  close  by  asking 
God  to  bless  his  people  everywhere,  aud  finally 
save  them  all  with  your  Brother  in  Chirst. 
John  J.  Hoover. 


BY  re. 
all 


The  Danish  Poor. 

I),(!r  Brethren: — 

qust  of  the  chUi^jh  we  send  thanks  to 
all  the  donors  wlio  so  willingly  catne  for- 
ward and  Iteiptd  the  poor.  Wo  thank  you  not 
only  for  the  supplies  of  life,  but  for  the  spirit 
ual  assistance  given  us.  We  had  ex|>ected  tli.t 
ere  this  times  would  change  for  the  bettL-r  with 
us,  but  they  have  not,  and  the  future  looks 
gloomy.  W«»  have  several  members  who  now 
receive  help  from  the  county,  but  it  is  not  such 
as  will  keep  them  from  suffering,  hence  others 
must  lend  a  helping  hand.  We  have  oneniBm- 
h^T  nearly  blind  who  receives  ten  cents  per  dfty 
from  tl.e  cdunty.  She  is  with  Brother  Fl'ofte, 
and  of  course  he  must  supply  what  is  lacking 
except  what  the  church  adds  for  raiment. 


Wabash  Church,  Ind. 

WABASH  Couuty  was  visited  by  a  severe 
itorm  on  the  7th  inst.  Wheat  and  com 
were  considerably  damaged,  and  the  rain-fall 
wa.s  great.  Our  meeting-house  was  ruined.  The 
west  end  was  blowu  in,  fallini:  to  the  lower 
floor  breaking  some  benches.  Nearly  the  whole 
of  the  south  side  of  the  roof  was  blown  off, 
and  Ivilf  of  the  north  side  scattered  in  every 
direction.  That  which  n  left  is  worthless.  A 
^chool-liouse  about  one  hundred  feet  from  the 
church  was  also  unroofed  aud  otherwise  badly 
damaged.  Both  were  brick  building*.  Other 
buildings  and  some  orchards  were  more  or  less 
injured. 

We  feel  the  loss  of  our  house,  as  we  had  reg- 
ular meetings  there  and  we  believe  with  profit. 
We  also  had,  in  our  estimation,  a  very  profita- 
ble Bible  Sijiool.  where  fifty  or  sixty  pupils 
were  being  tiu-^ht  the  word  of  the  L)rJ  more 
perfettly.  What  we  will  do  uutil  the  house  is 
lepairedisnotyet  decided  .but  hope  all  will  work 
together  for  good.  We  also  trust  th^tt  when 
our  house  is  repaired  it  will  be  better  than  ever, 
aud  that  we,  too,  may  be  better. 

S.  M.  ArKERM.\N. 

H.vTE  the  courage  to  obey  your  Maker  at  the 
ri^k  of  being  ridiculed  by  men. 


THE    BKBTHREN    ^T    AVOKK. 


July     J, 


6)0S|"^'  *>ucccss. 


Avi>  thfv  llirtt  tip  wisp  shall  shine  as  tbe 
briglitncss  i>f  tlic  liniiniiu'iit;  iind  they  that  turn 
many  to  rightenMiiBss,  aa  tlie  stare  forever  and 
•ver.— Dan.  VJ.S. 

Polo.  111..  July  21.— At  our  meeting  at  I'iue 
Creek,  oa  Sunday,  20th  iD»t.,one  was  baptized. 

D.  L.  Mn,i,Ki(. 

Osceola,  Mo.,  July  10.— During  the  Inst  year 

we  liBPe  received  eipht   members   by   bsptinm. 

OurSnnday-school  w  doing  a  good  work.     We 

expect  Brother  Hillery  to  be  with  as  tlii«  Fall. 

J.  A.  Yost. 

Willow  Springs,  Kan.— HcaltJi  good,  country 
prosperous.  The  churcli  in  love  and  union, 
and  moving  along  -*low!y.  One  received  by 
baptism  and  s^vtril  by  letter  since  my  lift  re- 
port.    Tlie  Lord  ble.s-iall  bis  i>eoi)le. 

E.  W.  Kl-OitY. 

Plymouth,  Ohio.  July  14th:— We  have  re. 
MlVfd  five  pefMons  by  baptiHm,  recently,  and 
the  church  is  in  love  nnd  union— weeing  and 
asking  lor  the  good  wiiy  and  the  oldpalhs  that 
they  may  walk  therein.  To  thiw  end  may 
the  Lord  uHsiftt  us.  II.  h\  Mfi.i-ott. 

Fly  Creek  Church,  Kan,,  July  15:— The  work 
of  the  Lord  Ih  still  moving  on.  Vestorday  we 
were  called  to  the  rivcrMidu,  and  were  made  to 
rejoice  in  witinssing  the  birth  of  iin  aged  moth- 
er into  Christ'i*  body.  Vfe  believe  otlicm  Hre 
counting  tlio  co^t.  May  tliey  make  that  good 
choice,  JH  ray  prayer.  T.  N.  Hah-skt. 

Edna  Mills.  Ind.— We  went  to  West  Lelmn- 
on,  Warren  (\mnty,  Indiana,  on  the  l:ith  of 
July,  llud  tlireo  meetingw;  bajjlized  one  young 
man.  May  the  ble«HiiigH  of  God  rest  on  all  at 
Lebunou,  in  our  pruytT.  .\  I  bo  met  IJrothcr  A. 
Riuebard  at  the  abdve  named  place. 

J.  W.  Mktz((kh. 

Squirrel  Creek  Church.  Inil,— We  are  mov- 
ing along  slowly,  striving  to  serve  the  Lord. 
Two  were  baptized  on  last  Sunday,  and  more, 
wo  trust,  are  bo  near  the  kingdom  tw  soon  to  en- 
ter in.  At  our  (junrterly  council  June  Iwt,  it 
was  agreed  that  We  whou  Id  have  a  Sunday-Hchool, 
80  we  set  time,  rtiet  anii  tirgauizcd  for  work.  It 
is  prosjiering,  iiiiil  wk  Iiojik  it  may  continue  to 
do  ffood  work.  AuTiiiit  UitruAKKK. 

Elk  Lick,  Pa.— Wo  hud  a  gloricua  celebra- 
tion on  the  4th  of  .July,  by  a  special  meeting 
being  culled,  .^fter  servicca  we  rejiaired  (not 
to  the  grove)  t^  the  waterHide,  where  prayer 
wiLs  wont  to  be  made;  four  were  l)upti/,e(l  and 
rose  to  walk  in  newnesH  of  life.  We  were 
made  to  regret  Unit  our  bishop  could  not  be 
with  US  upon  tlm  occiLiion,  a.s  duty  called  him 
to  the  Meyersdale  Congregation,  whore  they 
held  a  council.  I'^iur  were  added  to  them 
through  baptism;  they  alflo  held  an  election 
for  ministers,  and  it  resulted  in  the  choice  of 
Edward  K.  Hochstetler,  Uriiis  lirouchcr,  and 
SHmueJ  I'.  Muust.  They,  too,  were  made  to  re- 
joice in  the  God  of  our  sulvntiou.  1  hope  you 
may  have  much  to  report  of  the  good  results 
from  all  congregalioiis,  resulting  trom  the  cel- 
ebrations on  tlie  4th.  Miiy  God  continue  his 
good  work  among  us.  Since  my  last  report  he 
has  blessed  us  with  rain.  S.  C.  Kkim. 

Jttltf  9, 1S7'J. 


fore,  aiuce  the  morning  of  creation,  were  th* 
praises  of  our  God  offered  there.  The  tirst  aer- 
vic«i  on  our  church  lot,  was  the  reviewing  of 
life,  and  recounting  the  virtue*  of  a  faithful 
brother,  who  valiantly  stood  at  hie  post  lifty- 
two  years.  He  was  always  noted  for  his  princi- 
ples of  peace  and  contentment.  Brother  J.  H. 
Garman  concluded  the  meeting  by  appropriate 
remarks  and  singing.  Taking  the  meeting  all 
through,  it  was  the  best  we  have  ever  att«nded. 
and  there  i«  no  doubt  in  our  minds,  but  it  will 
resalt  in  the  conversion  of  many  souls  Iwfore 
the  approaching  Winter. 

Daman  Mission  Report. 

Pine  Creek  Church.  HI ^  S.fK) 

Black  Itiver  Church,  Mich 1.50 

Autioch  Church,  Ind 2.0i) 

SUte  Center  Church.  la 2.00 

Turkey  Creek  Thurch,  Ind 214 

Beaver  (.'reek  Church,  \'a 2  00 

Upper  Fall  Creek  Church  Ind 2.00 

Logan  Church.  Ohio 2.00 

Total *l»-65 

C.  P.  Rowland,  Treasurer. 
Lanark,  ///.,  July  I'M,  mU. 
(P.  C.plfase  copy.) 

Our  Almanac. 

HAVING  concluded  to  gst  out  an  almanac 
for  the  year  IMU,  the  assistance  of  the 
Brethren  is  kindly  aaked.  Sketcben  of  well 
known  deceawed  nn-nibers  of  the  church,  and 
scrap-  of  church  history  will  be  thankfully  re- 
ceived. A  full  list  of  ministers  from  every 
church,  with  their  post-offices,  is  especially  re- 
(juested.  I'lesse  give  the  name  of  the  church 
and  the  naTues  of  the  deacons  also.  We  want 
some  person  in  every  congregation  to  send  us  a 
full  list  and  octaa  agent  for  the  sale  of  the  al 
raanac.    Address,  H.  J.  Klktz. 

Dayton.  Ohio. 


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i  Scripture!  JtanQll.— AlpliubL'licftlly  an.!  syeleiniittc 
allyaTTang<T(l.  JciijiDeil  lu  fncilfire  (he  finding  of  proof 
lt\iao:\  any  given  i>ijhjecl.     %\.lTi. 

Tilt  Thrcne  of  Davli.-  From  the  consecration  of  the 
Hhpplieril  of  Bvlhlehem  to  the  rebellion  of  pnnce  Ab- 
salom Bv  tho  Itev,  J.  H.  lugrfthftia,  LL,  \)..  author  of 
"  The  I'rjnct  of  ilie  House  of  Uavid."  and  llie  "  Pil- 
lar of  Are"       fi.m. 

EOUOD  and  Kevelation— By  K.  Milligan.  This  work 
BhuulJ  iL'il  only  bi'  read,  but  carefully  sluilicd  by  every 
miniater  in  the  brother  hood.    fJ^O. 

PhlloBophy  of  the  Plan  of  Saltation.— i2mo.     By  J.  B. 

Walker,  ThiM  is  a  work  of  uucommou  merit,  clear,  in- 
eirueiive,  an<l  should  be  in  the  bands  of  all  ItibU 
srudeniM.      $1  &0. 

Oae  Baptilin  — A  dinlopic  snowing  thai  irine  imiuersion 
\r  till-  'inlv  grniind  of  union,  in  baptism  ihul  can  b«  con- 
sricntious'ly  ooccupied  by  the  leading  denominBlioDB  of 

Chris  I  end  on>.  By  .1.11.  .Moore,   lu  cents  :  i:<!  copies,  (l.OU. 

The  "One  Faith,"  Vindicated.  —  Uy  M.  M.  Eabelman, 

40  f'Ugen,  priie  10  cents;  1:^  copies ll  IK).  AdTOcnle^aDd 

"eanienUy  contetida  for  the  fuilh  once  delivered  to  the 

Cruden'B  Concordance  to  {he  Bible.— Best  edition,   Im- 

pnijil  Svo.     Ljhniry  .SLcep.  5.3, .5'!. 
Moomaw   and  Jaclcson's  Debate,  on  Trine  Initnersion, 


Oi'  the  twenty-five  Russian  Mennonite  vil- 
lages in  Manatoba  an  exchange  says:  "They 
are  growing  rich  rfijndly  and  prove  the  very 
bent  of  citizens,  settling  all  their  disputes 
among  themselves,  and  having  in  their  coloniea 
neither  constable  nor  lock  up. 


I^nnonnij^incnfa. 


OuB  ml*  ia  lo  give 
be  brief,  i 


le  iaserliou.  They  should 
1  pnperitepELrale 


LOVB-PKA8T8. 

We  expect  to  hold  our  Love-fea.st  on  the  last 


From  May   Hill,    Ohio. 

Jhi,,-  lirvthrn,:— 

THIS  lovely  Sunday  at  11  A.  M.  we  met  in 
the  heurtsouie  grove  of  Maples,  contigu- 
ous, at  our  new  meeting-house  (now  under  con- 
tract) to  attend  to  tlie  last  tribute  of  modern 
respect  to  the  sile'it  dead.  A  short  time  since  we 
sent  you  for  publication  (which  came  in  return 
number)  the  memorials  of  our  dear  aged  Hroth- 
er  Peter  Ellenberger,  and  as  above  intimated, 
this  day  was  set  for  the  funeral  dir.course. 
Meeting  opened  by  Brother  W.  Q,  Calvert, 
(our  young  minister},  who  selected  Hev.  14:  13 
for  the  basis  of  his  remarks.  He  held  the 
large  attentive  audience  in  breathless  silence 
for  one  hour  and  twenty  minutes.  The  sub- 
ject was  old,  yet  he  drew  out  new  and  import- 
ant idea^i,  making  it  interesting  to  the  uncon- 
verted, and  profitable  to  the  child  of  grace, — 
He  was  followed  by  Brother  Landon  Weat,  in 
a  very  stirring  applicable  discouhe  of  thirty 
minutei=.  solemnly  impressing  the  idea  that  to- 
day we  met  to  attend  to  the  ob^tequies  of  a 
brother  whose  work  will  follow  hitu,  and  yet 
live  in  the  hearts  of  all  who  knew  him  during 
the  present  generation. 

The  place   where  these  stirring  truths   were 
made  known  was   in  Ood's   first  temple.    The 

whoop  of  war  or   the  yell    of  the  uavage  may     will  take  place  October  U^th,  as  stat^-d  on    the 
ti.\   been  heard  in  that  grove,  but  never  be- |  minute'- of  last  year.  T.  D.  Lyon. 


Saturday  in  August,  near  Centerville,  Cumber- 
land County,  Virginia.  Wm.  Malloiiv. 

In  Older  to  avoid  conllictiug  with  hove-feast 
and  District  Meetiuyin  Holt  County,  Missouri, 
the  time  ot  holding  the  Love-feast  in  Wakenda 
Church,  Kay  County,  Missouri,  is  changed 
from  Se|)tember  y.'ith  to  September  20th. — 
Th<we  desiring  to  attend  both  meetings  can  do 
HO,  and  are  heartily  invited  to  be  with  us. 

D.  B.  Gibson. 

The  bii-lhren  and  sisters  of  Paint  Creek 
Church,  Bourbon  County,  Kansas,  have  ap- 
pointed to  hold  their  communion  meeting  at 
Brother  M.  I).  Watson';*,  twelve  miles  went  of 
Ft.  Scott,  September  3iith,  Meeting  to  com- 
mence at  10  o'clock  A.  M. 

M.  T.  Baek. 

We  expect  to  hold  our  Love  feast  in  the  Sil- 
ver Creek  Church,  Ogle  County.  Illinois,  on  the 
22nd  and  ii.'Ird  of  October,  commeticiug  at  10 
o'clock  A.M.  The  usual  invitation  is  extend- 
ed to  all  who  desire  to  be  with  ua. 

D.  E.  Pkice. 

Our  Love-feast  in  the  Loir  Creek  Cougrega- 
gation,  Caldwell  County,  Missouri,  will  be  held 
at  the  house  of  Friend  Keubeu  and  Sister 
Greene,  two  miles  nortlieast  of  Knoxville,  Ray 
County,  on  the  2ttrd  and  21th  of  October.— 
The  usual  invitation  is  extended,  and  especially 
do  we  solicit  the  ministering  brethren  to  be 
with  us.  C.  C.  Hour. 

The  members  of  the  Beatrice  Cliurch,  Gage 
County,  Nebraska,  will  hold  their  Love  feast  at 
the  residence  of  the  under^-igned.  ten  miles 
south-east  of  Beatrice,  on  the  third  of  October. 
Meeting  to  commence  at  '1  o'clock  P.  M. 

M.  L.  Spibe. 

nI^TItllT     MKETlSii. 

The  Brethren  at  Hudson  relinquish  their 
desire  for  a  change  of  time  of  holding  District 
Meeting  for  Southern  District  of  Illinois.      It 


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"orkofgieiii  nil-lit,   and  .-houU    be   in    the 
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,ubje. 


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!2:i;il',  M.:nni  tn  the  WeHti'tii  riiioii  .Imietion: 
hprf  th-'v  net-il  w.iit  Imt  live  iniiiutf:*  Ut  I1i«  Uii- 
cttgd,  Milwiiukee  und  .M.  I'iuil  iiu.sst-iik'tT  train, and 
tlius  if;ir!i  Clii.-«i:<i;in:4,'.  tlii'Siiiiie  evenmK.  f 
reach  L;in;irk  Hum  rhi.M^o;  i;,)  to  Ft.  Wayne  Jp; 
|iwt,  t;.kK  [he  CJiii:!;...,.  Milw.iiikee  and  St.  TiM} 
^niNi  .ii  live  111  the  cvt'iung;  run  North  to  the". 
U.  .Jimetu.n. .  iMiif,'*- earn  fur  Laiinrk,  and  arriv 
here  at  1  -.1',  m  tJie  luurning. 


The  BRETiiREiN  At  Work. 


''Hehold  I  Bring   You,  Good  Tidings  of  Cheat  Joy,  which  Shall  be  to  All  People."  —  Ldkk  2;  10. 

Lanark,  111.,  August    4,  1879. 


I 


No.  32 


|lj«!  5B'^'^*^J'"^"  ^*  ^avji. 


IDITBD  AND  POBLISHH)  WBBILLT 

UT  — 

ESHELMAN    &   HARRISON. 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


PAdE— Steinjind  Hay  Debate;  The  Profane 
^'^,  pr:  Accoiding  to  Your  Ability;  Consisten- 
!'("-.l.ij.  Shirk. 

'  -n  I'AOE— The  Lord's  Prayer;  Moses  aod 
'Ti'ti^t— M- -I- tiood;  The  Trumpet  of  Emmsm- 
1,.  pAOE— ■■Praise  yo  the  Lord-— H.  P.  Hrink-" 
"'rth;  Shall  We  have  OtTlcers  at  our  Comuiun- 
""      '  lljigsj'  Amos  K.  Flora:    A  Hymn.— .las, 


Tiii: 


uMe< 


ilei'kler:    Our  Girls  and  Temperaii 

coumg^theilovs. 

[■„,nTii    PAGE-EDiTORiAi.;  Dress. 

,      ,  p^oE—KniToniALs:  From  belter  to  Best; 

^ixiit-T'owerof  thePrfss."    The   Trust  on    tlu- 

Oilier  Side;      Hanish  Mission  Monsy  ;    Sjieiial 

p.sirict  Meeting. 
<i\Tn  I'AoE— Spirits  in  Prison.— J.  F.  Ebersole; 

*  Anoiut'ne  ^"^^^  ^''-  ^-  "^^  Bosserman. 

^EVEXTii  Paof— From  Palestine.— J.  W.  McGar- 
vey-  HriefXotes.— JohnZuck;  From  Beatrice 
Cliii'rLh.  Nebrasksi.  J.  E.  Bryant;  From  Elk 
Creek.  Neb.— Peliiia  Miller;  From  a  Sister  in 
Need.-LillaC.  Ingleviglit;  'J'l»«  Debate.  D.  B, 
(jibson.— Echoes  fro.n  the  Antioch  Church  for 
the  Month  of  June.— J.  W.  Southwuod;  Har- 
vest Meeting.— D.SlMvely.-From  Jesse  Calvert. 

Fi.iHTii  pAfiB— From  Longmont.  Colorado,- J.  S. 
Klory;  Emigration  to  Kansas.  —  J.  Garber; 
Aiiotber  Wolf.— Thomas  Jones;  To  theChurches 
CiiiiiiKf'inK  the  First  District  ol'  Virginia.— B.  F. 

Mmiiiiaw. 


STEIN  AND  KAY  DEBATE. 

Pr>i[i.  1st— lirethreu  (or  Tunker)  Churches  pos- 
se.-s  the  Bible  Characteristics  which  entitle 
tlieuj  to  be    regarded   as   Churches    of  Jesus 

Christ 

.1.  W.  Stein,  AtKrms. 

U.  B.  Ray.  Denies. 
ELii.  ri.  H.  kay's  17tu  reply. 

IN  (iiir  14th  reply  we  charged  that  the  Tunker 
(.ustom  of  anointing  the  sick  with  oil  "for 
tlie  tbr^iveuess  of  sins/'  was  blasphemous.  Mr. 
Stem,  in  his  next,  said:  "My  friend's  church  us- 
ed to  do  the  same  thing."  This  we  emphatical- 
ly dented.  But  in  his  last,  Mr.  S.  quotes  from 
Moshcini,  that  the  General  Baptists  'use  the 
ceremony  of  extreme  unction!"  This  charge  is 
afalae  rumor  circulated- by  Mosheim,  who  was 
a  bitter  enf.'my  to  the  Uapti^ta.  Mosheim  inti- 
niHted  that  the  Particular  Baptists  of  England 
udmittfd  persons  to  membership  on  infant  bap- 
tism and  "aspersion."  This  charge  is  notori- 
ously fiilse.  and  so  is  the  story  about  the  "ex- 
treme unctiou."  We  do  not  deny  that  some, 
among  the  General  Baptists,  anointed  the  sick 
ivitli  oil,  but  not  for  the  pardon  of  sins,  or  to 
prepare  them  for  death.  And  even  if  they  had 
performed  the  Catholic  unction,  the  conduct  of 
tliese  uould  uotbf-  charged  upou  the  denomina 
tion  with  which  we  are  identified.  A  few  cases 
of  anointing  the  sick  with  oil  occurred  among 
the  Baptists  of  Virginia,  but  it  was  not  per- 
f-jrnied  for  the  pardon  of  sins,  neither  wa-s  it  the 
l)ra.:tice  of  the  denomination.  We  s,tin  believe 
that  the  Tunker  oil  for  forgiveness  of  sins  is 
ljla*pliemy. 

Yes,  Mr.  Stein  has  admitted  that  those  who 
we  already  "regenerated,"  "are  required  to  en- 
ter Christ's  Church  by  solemn  oath  of  allegi- 
atJce."  administered  by  ministers  of  the  Gospel. 
Th^rtjfore,  the  command  to  "swear  not  at  all" 
must  be  limited. 
Our  friend  deni.'s  that   the   Tankers   regard 


"every  unbapti/.od  man  as  an  unrftgene: 


■ate  child 


ff  Satan."  We  have  shown  that  the  Tunkers 
•io  hold  that  baptism  is  itself  regeneration.  This 
pwnt  Mr.  S.  has  surrendered.  The  original 
Tunker  Church  was  started  in  1"0S  by    uabap- 


tized  persons,  who,  according  to  their  own  doc- 
trine, were  unregeuerate  children  of  the  devil, 
because  they    were    unbaptiztd.     The   attempt 
to  deny  this  only  shows  the  fearful  spirit  of  df- 
ception  which   possesses    the    Tunker   leaders 
Mr.  Stein  contends  that   our   proofs   that  the 
Tunkers  had  their  origin  in  170S.  "is  the   same 
Baptisf  document  rehashedl"     Baptist   or  not. 
it  is  the  historical  statement  of  the  origin  of  thn 
Tunker  church,  which  has  the   endorsement  of 
all  the  T*inker  historians  and  writers  up  to  tin 
present  time.     But,  now,  to  escape  the  histori- 
cal fact  that  the  Tunkera  had  a  human    origin 
in  modern  times,  Mr.  Stein  iutimat*>a  that    l\w 
Tunker  history  is  all  wrong:  and   that  "tlm  un- 
derstandings and  traditions  of  our  old  Brethren 
are  more  reliable  on  this  subji^ct  than  any  thii'L' 
else  we  have.     With  these  to  guide,  I  think  1 
could  make  out  a  better  case  of  succession  than 
Mr.  Rjy  can,"  16th  aff.     Thus  Mr.  S.  is  driven 
from  the  written   historical  statements   of  the 
historians,  including  the   Tunkers   themselves. 
to  the  unwritten  "understandings  and  traditions  ' 
of  ignorant  men!     In  his  15ih    all".    Mr.    Stein 
says:  "We  do  not  ^ofbt  that  Christ  has  always 
had  churches  somewhere  ou  earth  which   have 
held  and  practiced  substantially  what  the  lirt-th- 
ren  teach  aud  practice  now."     Mr'Hlein  ainwt 
nameercii  ohp  local  church durimj  the  fif'tfc.ii  cfiii- 
taries,  prior  to  the  eighteenth,  that  ponsensed  the 
characteristics  a/' the  Tanker  churches.    Will  be 
attempt  to  tell  where  such  a  church  existed  dur- 
this  period?  and   by   what  name   was   it 
known  ?     If  he  fails  to  answer  it    will    am.iunt 
to  the  confesiiion  that  there  is  no  evideni;e  of  a 
Tunker  church  on  earth  during  the  fifteen  cen- 
turies prior  to  the  eighteenth. 

Mr.  Winchester's  memory  concerning  what 
Morgan  Edward*  should  have  said  in  favor  of] 
'the  Tu^ikei"a,  IS  evidently  wrong,  uulesis  *Ed-  I 
wards  was  a  hypocrite,  in  which  case  his  evi- 
dence would  be  worthless.  Also,  the  statement 
that  Dr.  Judson  considered  the  Brethren  as  the 
"descendants  or  proper  successors  of  the  ancient 
Waldenses  and  Albigenaes,"  is  a  perverr«ioH. 
Mr.  S.  regards  the  little  church  at  Swarlzenau, 
consisting  of  eight  souls,  as  the  little  lump  des- 
tined to  re-people  the  earth!  If  he  rejecti  all 
the  history  on  this  subject,  how  does  he  know 
that  there  ever  was  such  an  organization? 

Again,  he  says:  "The  fact  that  'lo  one  can 
tell  who  the  Jirst  adminiatator  was,  is  significant 
here."  So  we  think;  for  if  there  had  been  noth- 
ing wrong  about  it,  it  would  not  have  been  cov- 
ered up  in  secrecy.  This  first  Tunker  churcli 
was  a  secret  society.  Also  Mr.  S.  thinks  it  a 
favorable  circumstance,  "thai  no  one  can  point 
to  any  man"  as  the  ''head  and  founder"  of  their 
churches!  Well,  it  was  rather  a  partnership 
concern;  these  eight  pedo-baptist  souls,  that 
saved  t.iemselvos  by  water,  formed  theuiselvea 
into  the  original  Tunker  church. 

As  alreadyseen,  Mr.  J.  H.  Moore  gave,  in  th' 
Bkethren  at  Work,  the  "most  complete"  and 
"correct"  account  of  the  Origin  and  Historij' 
of  the  Tuultt-r  churches,  in  wli^ich  lie  claims 
"That  all  the  Dunkardsof  America  havesprurig 
from  the  little  band  of  eight  souU,  who  startfil 
up  in  Germany  in  the  year  1703,  anfl  that,  too. 
in  a  portion  of  country  where  no  Baptists  had 
livid  in  the  memory  of  man,  aud  even  now, 
uouo  exist  there."  "They  all  were  baptized  by 
trine  imuiersion,  organized  themselves  into  a 
church,  and  chose  AJexander  Maik  for  their 
fir**!;  minister." — Bueturen  at  Wciik,  Jan.  1. 
1877. 

Again  our  friend  suggests  tU  it  if  tlie  Breth- 
ren did  cast  lots  for  an  administrator,  this  doea 
not  prove  "that  he  did  not  receive  proper  bap- 
tism before  he  baptized  otiiera,"  VVe  now  ask 
him,  if  any  unbaptized  person  without  church 
authority  can  administer  proper  bantistn?  Will 
he  dare  1r>  nnHrtt-r!' 

Ml.  Sii  in  M-euis  wholly  ctKilu^^l  enm-truiug 
the  perpetuity  of  the  church.  II«  luiimates 
that  though  the  Tunker  churches  came  through 
a  "leaky"  "channel,"  yet  they  are  "the  telegram 


molded  in  the  battery  of  truth!"  We  are  of 
opinion  that  the  whole  Tunker  water-works, 
fountain,  channel,  cable,  telegram,  battery,  and 
all,  is  a  "leaky"  concern.  Mr.  Stein  affirms 
that  our  "Scripture  references  fail  to  show  an 
uobrukeu,  organic  connection  from  the  apostles 
to  the  present  time,  through  a  people  of  like 
faith  and  practice."  He  tinally  asks,  "For  the 
scripture  that  requires  it."     If  he  does   not  be- 


THE  PROFANE  PBAYER. 

IT  WHS  a  time  of  i;reat  diinger  on  board  a  nhip 
when  on  its  voyage  to  the  East  Indies    All 
hands  were  on   deck,   the  eaptain    was  giving 
them  hi.t  ordera.     Ou  finding  some  of  the  men 
not  so  active  as  he  desired,  the  captain    curbed 
aud  awore  in  a  fearful    manner,  wishing   them 
"all  m  hell."     When  the  danger  w;is  paat,  a  pi- 
lievc  thetrutli  of  the  passages  already  cited,  he  |  ""^  seaman  respectfully  said  to  the  captain,  "Sir, 
would  not  be  persuaded  though  one  should  rue    >*"  God  hud  answered  your  prayer  just  now,  where 
from  the  dead.    Dan.  2: -H:    "Aud  in  the  day.*  I '^«"l^l  *«  «t  t^>"  ">oment  have  been?"    These 


of  these  kings  shall  the  God  of  heaven  set  up 
kingdom.  which_shaU  never  be   destroyed,  aud 
thJ&tiugdom  sTiall  not  be  left   to  other   people, 
but  it  shall    break   in    piece-'i   and   consume  all 
thelfe  .kingdoms,   and  it  shall    stand  forever." 
Of  this  same  kingdom  the  angel   Gabriel  said: 
■'And  he  shall  reign  over  the   house   of  Jacob 
lorever;  and  ol  his  kingdom  there  shall  be    no 
endt"     Luke  1:3:1.     Also,  "Of  the   increase   of 
His  government  and  peace,  there   shall    be   no 
end.  upon  the  throne  of  David,  and   upon   his 
kingdom,  to  order  it.  and   to  establish  it   with 
judgment  and    with  justice   from    hence  forth 
even  forever.  The  wal  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  will 
perfttrm  this."     Isa.  0;  7.     And  of  the    church 
;  representing  this  kingdom  the  Savior  said:  "And 
1  ?av  also  nnto  thee,  that  thou   art    Peter,   and 
upon  this  rock  I  will  build  my  church,  and  the 
gate<"  of  hell  shall  not  prevail  against  it."  Matt, 
Hi;  le.     Ill  the  face  of  these,  with  a  host  of  oth- 
er scripture  proofs,  the  man  who  denies  the  un- 
broken, organic  connection   from   the   apostles 
to  the  present  time  (of  the  kingdom  of  Christ  t, 
is  an  infidel.    Though  we  are  under  no  obliga- 
tion to  trace  the  succession  from  uninspired  his 
tory,  yet  this  perpetuity  is  established  fri>m  tne 
I  Woid  of  God;  insomuch  that  we  know  that  any 
I  clfuW'h  which  huM  ooBie  into  Mferttenoe  «iBo«  tho 
^ipiistolic  age  cannot  be  the  original    church   of 
Christ.     This  much  our  proposition  attirms    for 
Baptists,  but  we  cannot  be  drawn  from  the  dis- 
cussiion  of  the  Tunker  church  question  at  pres- 
ent.   "Baptist  ghost  is  not  in    this    proposition. 
It  is  the  sacred  ghost  of  the  dead  Tunker  church 
succession  that  we  are  now  pursuing. 

Again,  Mr.  Stein  bases  another  claim  for  the 
Tunkers  on  the  supposition  that  ^Hhdr  rales  of 
disciplinr"  are  contained  in  the  New  Texiamenl 
This  he  thinks  is  true,  because  Mr.  Kurt/,,  b 
Tunker,  says  so!  It  is  likely  he  could  prove  all 
liis  points  by  Mr.  Kurtz,  or  some  other  Tunker. 
if  their  word  issufficient.  Insteadof  the  Tunk- 
er church  government  being  scriptural  it  is  a 
centralized  hierarchy,  where  a  few  men  make 
laws  to  govern  the  denomination. 

In  his  reasons  "Why  I  left  the  Baptist 
Church,"  p.  3,  Mr.  Stein  says:  "Have  they  a  re- 
publican form  ot  church  government?  So  hace 
Ve.^only  that  with  us,  for  the  sake  of  more 
thorough  discipline,  ecenj  part  is  mbject  to  the 
whole.''  This  contains  the  seeds  of  popery.  The 
Tunker  committee  iu  arranging  for  the  New- 
lonia  discussion  affirmed  that.  "In  matters  ot 
<(overnraent  ami  discipline,  each  local  orgiiniza- 
liou.  or  part  of  tlie  .church  of  Christ,  is  subject 
to  ihe  whole  bodj !"  Mr.J.  H.  Moore,in  Bhkth- 
KEN.4T  Work  for  Jan.  1, 1877,  says:  "The  spec- 
ial object  of  this  National  Conference  is  to  de- 
cide matters  for  which  no  'Thus  saith  the  Lord 
cau  be  found.' "  The  jio-called  Tunker  church- 
es, ruled  over  by  a  National  Council,  even  in 
matters  not  contained  in  the  Word  of  God,  are 
not  ciiurches  of  Christ,  becau-o  they  have  re 
j^cted  the  Bible  as  the  only  rule  of  faith  and 
pr.ictiee. 

These  rulins  councils  or  conferences  have  not 
noly  established  a  number  of  saving  church  or- 
dinances, uuauthori/.-d  in  the  Word  of  God.  but 
they  have  cirried  the  spirit  of  domination  to 
such  an  extent,  that  they  have  made  laws  as  to 
1 1«  fiibhiiin.  cut  and  crlor  ot  the  clothes  of  thoir 
members.     No  church  of  Clirist  ever  did  this. 

Our  opinion  of  a  man  is  likely  to  Iw  deter- 
mined by  his  opinion  of  us. 


words  touched  the  conscience  nf  the  eajitain, 
and  from  that  time  he  beo.ime  a  changed    man, 
and  ever  after  lived  a  uwful  aud   Christian  life. 
Header,  are  you  guilty  at  any  time  of  pro- 
fane swearinc?     Do  you  take  the  holy  name  of 
God  in  vain?     Ounsider*  if  Qod  were  tn  answer 
your  wishes   and    appeal?",    where  would  your 
soul  be?     Do  you  know  what  it  ia  to  be  '  curs- 
ed," or  "damned,"  or  to  b^  "in  hell,"  as  you 
sometimes  wickedly  desire  for  yourself  or  for 
others?    Can  you  really  wish  yourself  to  be 
cast  oil,  or  that  others  should  be  cast  off  from 
God,  from  happiness,  aud  from  heaven?    And 
to  be  cast. into  that  plaiM   "where  their   worm 
dieth  not,    au4  the   firuis  not  quenched?"     Do 
you  plead,  w  an  excuse,  that  it  is  a   habit,   and 
that  you  do  it  without  a  thought,   or  that   yon 
do  it  only  when  in  a  pa>si(m?     But  will    thece 
vain  excuse*  serve  you  at  the  judyment  seat    of 
Christ?     Do  they  really  satisfy  yuu  now?     Oh, 
repent  of  your  evil  ways;  look  to   Jesus  Christ 
with  faith  and  trust,  that  you  may  be  forgiven  • 
of  this  sin  and  all  other  sins;  and  seek    for  the 
grace  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  that  your  heart  may 
he  converted,  and    that  you    may    no  more  be 
guilty  of  the  senseless,  degrading   and  wicked 
practice  of  swearing.     "Let  the  wicked    for^iihe 
his  way,  aud  theuurujhteouit  luaaluAthougbtii: 
and  let  him  return  to  the  Lord,  and  he  w  ill  have 
mercy  upon  him,  and  to  our  God.   for  he   will 
abundantly  pardon,"     Isa.  5"):  7. 

Selected  by  J.  IIowahu  Elms. 


ACCORDINa  TO  YOUR  ABILITY. 

Ulj^VEUY  man  according  to  hia  ability,"  is 
Xj  the  christian  rule  of  giving  and  work- 
ing. It  is  not  very  faithfully  obeyed.  There 
are  many  persons  who  have  great  ability,  yet 
do  but  little  work;  who  have  ample  leisure  yet 
give  but  little  time;  who  have  larye  possessions 
yet  make  Vniall  contributions.  This  is  an  evil 
that  we  have  all  seen  under  the  sun. 

Awd  thr-re  is  another  like  unto  it.  Ther*  arw 
a  great  many  people  who  have  some  ability  but 
who  do  nothing,  who  have  not  much  leisure 
but  who  give  no  time  to  the  Lord's  work;  who 
have  a  little  money  but  who  put  none  at  a!l  in- 
to hii  treasury.  Those  who  have  a  little  .md 
nothing  violate  the  Christian  law  just  as 
truly  as  do  thoso  who  have  much  and  give  lit- 
tle. There  are  a  great  many  persons,  young 
and  old,  in  all  churches,  whose  means  and  op- 
portunities are  limited:  fr^mi  whom  not  mnch 
ought  to  be  expected;  but  they  are  able  to  do 
something  and  they  do  nothing.  Tht-y  aTC 
tran>gressors  of  the  Christian  law.  They  m-ght 
to  repent,  and  do  works  meet  for  repentance. 
-S.I. 


CONSISTENCY. 


HOW  often  dv  we  see  one  member  find  fault 
with  another  when  at  the  same  time  the 
fault-finderisguilty  of  as  much  wrong  ..s  he 
who  is  censured.  For  iustance,  a  tobacco  user 
tries  to  reprove  his  brother  or  sister  for  indulg- 
ing in  superfluity  of  dress  Better  first  bring 
into  subjection  that  lu?t  of  the  flesh,  and  then 
with  more  consistency  you  can  speak  to  your 
erring  brother  or  sis*er. 

Women  do  not  like  to  remember;  m.n  do  not 
like  to  foresee. 


a\HK    HliKajhCHKX    ^^r    AV'OiiK:. 


^u 


gust 


THE  LORDS  PRAYER. 

OVH  Fnthpr  in  the  heavens. 
The  Present  everywhere, 
We  love  to  pruise  thy  hiillowed  Dame, 
Id  all  our  thought  und  prayer. 

Then  let  thy  kinf^dora  come. 
Thy  will  on  earth  he  il'tue, 

Ashy  the  ho.-t-*  who  lill  the  hcareDB, 
Uy  all  beneath  the  sun. 

Give  us  this  dny  the  bread, 

Our  bodies  Ut  simljiin  — 
While  on  thy  word  our  «pirit-H  fed. 

Eternal  lite  may  gain. 

Forgive  as  wo  for^'ve, 
Ourhearfji  from  nialicc  free — 

And  lii'lp  ug  love  our  failow-men. 
Aa  we  are  loved  by  thee. 

Lead  ux  in  lovirii;  ways. 

Above  t4>mpiation'H  power-- 
CleanHe  uh  from  all  the  stainit  of  "in. 

And  keej)  us  every  hour. 

The  kingdom  in  thine  own; 

It  fillr*  the  universe— 
The  power  and  lilory  iu  thy  hand. 

Can  Hiifler  no  revente. 

So  let  it  be  in  me: 

So  let  it  be  in  all; 
Our  Kather'H  L'niversul  K'lig, 

Our  Lord  it  Lord  of  nil. 


Sabbath  day,  Numbers  IT):  8:2,  and  all 
the  congregation  broutjht  him  without 
the  camp,  and  stoned  hirn  with  atf>n»'.s, 
and  he  died,  as  the  Lord  commanded 
Moses.  (^*<  vernc).  The  fore^oln*^  shows 
the  law  which  Moses  ga^'e  was  a  law  to 
govern  the  Jews  in  the  land  of  Canaan; 
a  ]>rophet  likeunto  me.  As  already  stat- 
ed, Moses  was  a  true  prophet.  Hence 
the  words  of  our  t^xt.  Mose«  was  care- 
ful to  point  the  Jews  U»  the  coitiing  of 
Chriwt.  We  now  leave  Moses  and  the 
law  for  awhile,  and  turn  to  Christ  and 
the  gosi)el. 

"Ilim  shaJl  ye  hear  in  all  things,  what- 
soever he  shall  say  unto  you."  Xow  aft- 
er that  John  was  put  into  j)risou,  Jesus 
came  into  (lalilee,  preat'hing  the  gospel 
of  the  kingdom  of  God,  and  saying,  The 
time  is  fulHlled,  and  the  kinj^flom  of  God 
is  at  hand;  repent  ye,  and  believe  tlie 
gospel.  Mark  1:14,  1  .">.  The  reader 
will  here  notice  the  dliltTenee  Ijetween 
their  missions.  "The  kingdom  of  God  is 
at  hand."'    This  uiis  nowhere  said  of  the 


MOSES  AND  CHRIST. 

iiY  u.  .1.  noon. 

*ror  Mnses  trnly  said  unto  the  faUierj,  A 
Prophet  shall  the  Lord  your  God  rai»e  iij*  unto 
you  of  your  brethren,  like  unto  me;  him  shall 
ye  hear  in  all  things  \vliHt80ovor  he  shall  May 
unto  you.  And  it  Hhiill  fouie  to  pass,  tlmt  ev- 
ery  soul,  whieh  will  not  hear  tliat  Prophet,  .ilinll 
bedejtlroyed  from  amoni<  tho  people."  Act«  3; 
22  2'! 

T  NOTICIC,  first,  the  similarity;  Hc-cond, 
I  -'-     liicir  did'creut   missions;  third,  the 
great  ol>jeet  iu  view. 

1.  Similarity;  Moses  was  a  true 
proplu't  of  the  Lord.  This  was  fully 
demonstrated  \>y  the  miraeles  which  he 
performed,  ( lirevity  forliids  me  to  enu 
nieraUf  them).  All  Hi))le  readers  know 
the  Htjlking  reseiiililanee  hetwecn  Moses 
and  Christ,  iu  themiraclesthey  jjerforra 
ed:both  show  the  divine  sanction  under 
which  they  acted;  hence  a  I'ro))l]et  like 
unto  me. 

2.  Their  dill'orent  missions.  Moses, 
theoriginal  author  of  the  words  in  our 
heading,  is  said  to  be  faithful  in  all  his 
house.  Numbers  12:  7.  His  mission 
WHS  to  deliver  the  children  of  Israel  from 
bondage,  to  conduct  (oi'  lead  them) 
through  the  wilderness,  into  the  land  of 
Canaan,  conceiniiig  which,  (jod  did 
swear  to  Abraham,  and  said,  "to  thy 
seed  will  1  give  this  land."  Gen.  2.i:  7. 
I  will  now  notii'e  the  promise  made  tr) 
Abraham  a  little  further.  "And  in  thy 
seed  shall  all  the  nations  of  the  earth  be 
blessed ;  because  thou  hast  obeyed  my 
voice.  (Jen.  22:  IK,  .see  also  12:  ;i;  l,s; 
IH;  20:  4.  It  will  be  seen  that  the  prom 
isc  made  to  Abraham  was  of  a  twofold 
nature.  1.  The  laud  of  C'ln.ian  was  a 
a  temporal  ju'omise;  a  goodly  land    and 


former  or  Mo.saical  disj)en.sation.    Hence 
Moses  points  them    (the   Jews)    to    the 
proj)het  like  unto  him.  As  already  stat- 
ed.    The  miracles  which  they    perform- 
ed in  their  different  stations,  show  their 
striking  resemblance:  him  shall  ye    (the 
.lews)  hear  in  all  things,  whatsoever   he 
shall  say  unto  you.      This   shows    that 
when  he  (Christ)  comes  the  .lews  should 
hear  him,  not  only  th<;  Jews,  but  nil  na- 
tions.    As  he  is  that  seed    promised    fa 
Abraham,    wherein    all    nations    of  the 
earth  should  be  Itle-ssed.     "He  that  fear- 
eth  (lod,  and   woi'keth  righteousness,    is 
aceej)ted  with  him.''  Acts  10;  :1;').  "For 
he  is  our  peace,  who    hath    made  both 
one,  and  hath  broken  down  the    middle 
wall  of  partition  between  us."     Eph.  2: 
14.     "Having  abolished  in  his  flesh  the 
enmity,  even  the  law  of  commandments 
contained  in  ordinances;  for  to   make  in 
himself  of  twain  one  new  man,  so   mftk 
ing  peace.      (I.lth    verse).     The   above 
agrees  with  what  we  learn  fi'om  the  trans- 
figuration upon  the   mount.     Matt.    17. 
When    Christ   was  transfigured   l>efore 
Peter.  James,  and  John,  there   appeared 
unto  them  Mo,ses,  and  Ellas,  talking  with 
him.     Then  Peter  said,  Lord,  it  is  good 
for  us  to  be    here:    if  thou   wilt,  let  us 
make  here  three  tabernacles;  one  for  thee, 
and  one  for  Moses,  and   one   for   Ellas. 
Matt.  17:4.    The  reader   will  perceive, 
that  Peter,  was  willing  to  put  the   three 
upon  an   eipiality.     "Hut   while  he  yet 
.spake,  behold  a  bright  cloud    overshad- 
owed them;  ond,  behold,  a  voice  out   of 
the  cloud,  which  said.  This  is  my  belov. 
ed  iSon,  in  whom  I  am  well  pleased;  hear 
ye   him."    The  above  shows  a  perfect 
union  between  Moses  and  Christ,  "hear 
ye  him"  agree  with  the  words  of  Mo.ses 
at  the  head  of  this  article.     "Him   shall 
ye  hear  in  all  things,"  <tc.  Let  this  suf- 
fice to  prove  their  dirt'event  missions. 
As  my  article  is  already  too  lengthy. 


might  be  given  to  them  that  believe. 
(22nd  verse).  The  law  then  teaches  the 
knowledge  of  sin  and  its  evil  conse- 
(jnences.  This  was  the  object  of  the 
law.  Paul  teaches  the  Galatians  that 
the  law  was  our  school-master  to  bring 
us  unto  Christ,  that  we  might  be  justi- 
fied by  faith.  But  after  that  faith  is 
come,  we  are  no  longer  under  a  school 
maj<ter.  Gal.  :):  2-t,  2r>.  Xow  we  know, 
that  what  things  soever  the  law  saith.  it 
saith  to  them  who  are  under  the  law; 
that  every  mouth  may  be  stopped,  and 
all  the  world  niay  become  guilty  before 
(i'ld.  Uom.  'i:ll>.  As  already  stated 
the  law  was  given  to  the  Jews  only, 
hence  not  binding  on  any  other  nation, 
it  accomplished  that  for  which  it  wa.= 
sent,  viz:  to  teach  man  the  justice  of 
God. 

Christ  taught  many  things  in  para 
bles,  and  on  one  occasion  it  issaid,"with 
out  a  parable  spake  he  not  unto  them." 
the  old  dispen,sation  is  the  great  par- 
able of  all   other   parables.     "Xow    all 


thfir 


angels  feel  honored  in  secondiut; 
labors,  and  invisibly  concertini. 
high  ministry  to  issue  your  emerge^  ■ 

,  'y  soul 
dominion  „ 
""''"'"••'<  of  i,.j 
})y  your  admmistration  of  the  econ 
of  the  cross,  should  not  only  take  ' 
to     your   knees,    but     lay     your 


have  been  won  from    the 
sin  and  the  impending   h 


yot 


face  in  the  dust  at  Emmanuel 


8  feet. 


your  heart  aflame  with    adoiatio 
■  lips   resonant  with   thaaksi. 


win 
aoc 


py\o<. 


I  take  il  for  granted  that  you  preacl  ^^.' 
/T"yjjtiifiiud   insist  on  neillu 


a  long  life  were  th,  blessings   promised,  I  I  hasten  to  my  third  and  last  proposition 
"thatthydays  may  be  long  upon  the  land 
which  the-  Loril    thy  (Jod    giveth  thee." 


The  law  which  was  delivered  through 
Moses  was  always  directed  to  that  par- 
ticular nation,  the  Jews,  it  was  given  to 
exclude  them  from  the  rest  of  the  world, 
a  l>le.s.singif  they  obeyed  the  commands, 
and  a  curse  if  they  disobeyed  them, 
Deut.  1 1 :  27,  2s.  When  they  obeyed, 
they  would  drive  their  enemies  before 
them,  and  when  they  disobeyed,  their 
enemies  would  drive  them.  Thii 
dently  shows  the  blessings 
or  temi)oral,  and  the  punishments  were 
inSicted  at  once,  as  is  evident  from  the 
following:  and  while  the  children  of  Is- 
rael were  in  the  wilderness,  they  found 
a  man    that   gathered   sticks    upon   the 


nis   evi 
were  present 


rilK  OKKAT    OlI.rKcr  IN-  \  lEW,  viz: 

ihe  righteousness  of  God  revealed  to 
man,  "That  every  mouth  may  be  stop- 
lied,  and  all  the  world  may  become  guil- 
ty before  (iod:  therefore  by  the  deeds 
of  the  las-,  there  shall  no  flesh  be  justi 
fied  in  his  sight;  tor  by  the  law  is  the 
knowledge  of  sin."  Rom.  3:  21).  The 
law  was  added  because  of  transgressions, 
till  the  seed  should  come  to  whom  the 
promise  was  made.  Gal.  :i:  II).  Is  the 
law  then  against  the  promise  of  God  'i 
God  forbid.  For  if  there  had  been  a  law 
given  which  could  have  given  life,  veri- 
l.\  righteousness  should  have  been  by 
the  law.  (21st  verse).  But  the  :-cript- 
ure  hath  concluded  all  under  sin,  that 
the  promise   by    faith    of  Jesus   Christ 


these  things  ha})pened  unto  them  for  en 
samples;  and  they  are  written  for  our 
admonition  upon  whom  the  ends  of  the 
world  are  come."     1  Cor.  10;  11. 

Now,  dear  reader,  we  learn  that    God 
is  going  to  judge  the  world  in  ritrhteous 
ness,  by  that  one  whom  he  hath  ordain- 
ed, Jesus  that  great  Projihet,"  whom  we 
shall  hear  in  all  things,    whatsoever    he 
said  unto  us."  Can  you  say  with  a  clear 
conscience,  I  resoive  with  all  my    heart, 
I  to   do    the   things   whatsoever   he  hath 
commanded?     Then  I  can  bid  you  God 
speed   if  not  I  ask  you  to  stop  and  think, 
.fesiis  has  died  to  redeem  you  and  I  from 
all  inirpiity.  He  is  calling  all  the  weary 
and  the  heavy  laden  to  come  unto  him, 
and  learn  ofhim,for  he  is  meek  and  low- 
ly in  heart,  and  ye  shall  find    rest    unto 
your  souls.     He  says,  "I  judge  no  man, 
but  the  words  which  I  have  spoken,  thev 
shall  judge  you  in  the  last  day."    "Also, 
"All  power  is  given  unto  me,  in  heaven 
and  on  earth;  Go  ye  therefore  and  teach 
all  nations,  itc,  teaching   them    to  ob- 
serve all  things,  whatsoever  I  have  com- 
manded you;  and,  lo,  I  am  with  you  al 
way,  even  unto  the  end   of  the    world." 
Amen. 

Here  we  learn  by  what  law  we  are  to 
be  judged,  and  Paul  tells  the  Corinthians 
if  we  would  judge  ourselves,  we  should 
not  be  judged.  May  God  help  us  all  to 
do  so,  is  the  prayer  of  your  unworthy 
servant. 

THE  TRUMPET  OF  EMMANUEL. 

Sy  C.  H.  BALSBAUOH. 


2'o  JJrother  Daniel  M.  Miller,  of  Illi- 
nois:— 
'Vr'*'-iU  delightful  missive  of  the  2ilth 
-*-  of  June  found  me  pining,  moaning 
and  s(juirming  under  neuralgic  castiga- 
tion.  E.vcepting  the  conscience,  there  is 
not  another  rod  of  Divine  discipline  .so 
aglow  with  retributive  fire  as  a  shatter- 
ed nervous  system.  No  form  of  matter 
n  such  close  pro.\iniity  to  the  soul  as 
brain  and  nerves,  and  nothingapproaches 
nearer  the  agony  of  damnation  than 
neuralgia.  God  in  nature  is  as  dead  a 
fact  to  the  vast  majority  of  the  Brother, 
hood,  as  the  personality  of  God  in  the 
humanity  of  Jesus  is  to  the  infidel.  To 
carry  conviction  to  tie  mind  of  the 
church  as  to  the  physical  basis  of  salva- 
tion, is  as  difBc.ilt  a  task  as  to  convince 
a  Kantist  of  the  necessity  of  Baptism,  or 
a  Quaker  of  any  form  of  christian  litual: 
People  live  as  they  list,  and  then  wonder 
whence  suffering  and  premature  death 
come.  You  are  engaged  in  a  work  so 
intrinsically  glorious,  that  I  believe  the 


more  u™ 
less  than  what  the  Incarnation    im- 
tively  demands.  A  Cross  wiihour 
vine-human  victim,  is  a  wretcheo 
ery  of  our  misery,  and  a  Divine  entiesh 
ing  without  an  atoneiiieut    would   I 
farce  so  wanton  that  it  \vniil,l    i,,^  > , 
phemy  to  think  of  it.     I'liitarianism  j 
guilty  of  the  first,  and  Quakerism  of  th 
latter.     We  have  as  great  need  of  «.„,- 
ation  Godward.  as  of  a  Divine  manifp 
Intion  manward.     A  revelation   of  u 
ity  necessarily  involves  a   revelation     f 
sin ;  and  if  this   is  of  such  a  nature 
to  preclude  the  return  of  the  Son  to  th 
Father  without  the  wrench  of  death    it 
is  clearly    demonstrated    that   "without 
the  shedding  of  blood  there  is  no  remis 
sion."  Thus  in  the  very  nature  of  thins, 
the  denial  of  the  Atonement  is   the  re 
jection  of  the  entire  scheme  of  redemiv 
tion.     The  pseudo-saintly  (^luakers  are 
in  the  same  plight.     Their   repudiation 
of  the  symbolic  or  objective  necessity  of 
religion  is  a  derogation  of  the  Incaina 
tion.     It  is   idle   nonsense   to  talk  and 
preach  about  the  mai'^'ifestation  of  God 
in  palpable  form,  and  then  challenge  his 
right   to    institute    external    ordinances 
equally  binding  on  all  souls  through  all 
time.     Quakers  can  no  more  prove  eith 
er  Scripturally  or    philosophically,  that 
the  objective  wjvs  designed    to   dwindle 
into  the  spiritual  at  any  stage  of  the  mil 
itant  economy,  than    they    can   demon, 
strate  that  the    human    side  of  Christ'.* 
constitution  faded  into  the  Divine  before 
His  sacrificial  ministry  was   ended.    To 
claim,  as  do  the  repudiators  of  baptism, 
and   feet-washing,    and    eucharist,  that 
llieirs  is  the  Baptism  and  administration 
of  the  Holy  Ghost,  is   nothing  short  of 
reckless,  God  insulting   audacity.    But 
we  need  not   go   outside  the   church  to 
find  just  such  miserably   self  stultifying 
logic  as  the  e.\ponent  of  what  is  falsely 
termed  progress.  It  is  pitiful  to  see  how 
theorists  and  speculative  theologians  con- 
tradict themselves  at  all  points   as  soon 
as  the  desire  to  establish  a  pet  view  pre- 
ponderates the  .sovereignty  of  truth.  The 
Revelation  of  God  is  beautifully  consist- 
ent.    It   never   clashes  with   itself    It 
knows  how  to  deal  with  abuses  without 
ignoring  the  thing  abused. 

To  work/'«/'  God  we  must  work  vith 
God.  This  requires  a  rigid  scrutiny  of 
motives,  and  a  profound,  constant  par- 
ticipation of  that  quiility  of  being  that 
can  joyfully  leave  a  throne  for  a  manger, 
and  the  companionshiji  of  choicest  intel- 
ligence for  those  that  are  vile  and  sordid 
and  boorish  and  inhuman  and  devilish. 
A  genuine  Apostolic  ."Succession  will  thin 
the  number  of  ministers  behind  many  a 
(aVile  throughout  the  Brotherhood,  and 
send  them  into  territor\  occupied  by  the 
Arch-foe  of  God  and  man.  .Sacrifice  is 
the  honey  of  love,  and  turns  labor  i  ito 
meat  and  drink  and  rest.  John  4: -il- 
^'4.  Nothing  sustains  the  body  like  » 
soul  permeated  and  dominated  by  the 
Holy  Ghost.  A  soul  wholly  yielded  t  'the 
sovereignty  of  Emmanuel  isabovederision 
and  persecution  and  councils  and  jireju- 
dices  and  consanguineous  influences, with- 
out being  hostile  to  them.  The  indwell- 


ri^K    l^liKTtiKK^C    ^T    AVOlili. 


ijrist    marveluusfy    sharpens    <im 

.o^nt       The      nnctiou     of     ihr 

nflux   contei-sft  kind  of  celestial 

phy-     ^  John  2:  I'O.  There  is  just 

*"     .;tftrtling   pretension   to   snperioi 

f  ioation  in  various  ipiavters   which 

'"  iv  the  saddest,  most  frothy   kind  of 

'  i.Vu^'^'''  ^ot^'^S  '^  either  profound 

riinicflcious  that  ignores  any  central 

-  -iple.  'fo  start  at   the  Ouuss,  where 

'.  -  born  of  death,  and  then  relive  th^ 

ifsflcrifice.    purity,    and  dignity   that 

J   the   lift    of  Jesus  and    initiates 

ortTJ,  is  to  have  the  very  light  of  the 

dless,  nightless  Heaven  of  Heavens 

fvery  8t*^P  ^^  ^"''  journey.     To  mis 

'    ^)ie  sensuous  glare  of  passionate  im 

J     jis  some  do,  for  this   supernatural 

jjiation,  is  a  woful  delusion.  Theiv 

niiKh  i'lind  random   air-beating,   and 

^ied   declamation,  Ijecause   thought 

njuts  much  independent  of  a  real,  liv 

pei'S'^'ual  equipment  of  the  very  at 

hiites  of  Jehovah  through  the  free,  un 

j^red  inworking  of  Emmanuel.     O 

ic  utterly  revolting  to  christian  sensi- 

jlity  are  many  things  published  in  some 

fgiir  periodicals,  which  are    ueverlhe 

^  boldly  claimed  to    he   the    inspira- 

Idoof  tlie  Holy  Spirit,  and  the  special 

rebaracterititic  iitterances  of  the  mind  i>f 

'brist. 

'■fffiJc  heed  unto  tiiyselk,  and  unto 
\f  doctrine,''''  then  will  the  se<.[uel  be 
■A.  1  Tim.  4:  K!.  A  mighty  work, 
J  mighty  triumph,  for  God  and  man, 
tk  inl'siiig  f^  Emmanuel.  It  is  the 
[iitei -wurk  of  I>eiiy,  and  the  wonder- 
t,.Q)f  of  the  endless  cycles  of  eternity. 


i(io^ 


1*11' 


iirnnion  wealth    of   Israel,    who    would 

"gage  their  services  for  a  picnic,  or  con- 
cert, or  ball  room?  Shall  we,  I  say,  ask 
them  to  pmise  (lod  for  us?  Is  this  con- 
sistent with  the  tenor  of  the  Bible? 
Praise  ye  the  Lord  with  the  spirit  and 
with  the  understanding.  How  can  we 
do  so  if  we  have  not  the  spirit  of  Christ, 
and  understand  not  the  power  of  God 
unto  salvation?  Although  at  the  same 
time  oifr  voices  may  raise  in  melodious 
tunes  to  the  words, 

"Ere  since  by  faith  I  saw  the  streaoi, 

Itsttowini;  wounds  aiipply. 
Redeeming  love  has  beeu  by  theme 

AiidRhall  be  till  I  die." 

Oh,  what  solemn  mockery  to  him 
who  knoweth  the  hearts  of  the  ehildr.'n 
of  men.  Ye  saints  of  the  Lord,  arise,  and 
sing,  rejoice  in  the  Lonl  always,  for  he 
hath  redeemed  you. 


^omc  ami  '^amitg. 


Hiisbjiiitls,  love  vonr  wives.  Wivfi.  submit  ymir- 
selvos  um.)  ymir  own  liiiebands.  (Jhlltlren.  (ibey 
your  piirctils.  Fatlnrs.  i>iuvokenot  ymicliihlren  to 
wntO),  h\it  tirniK  tliein  np  in  the  nurture  tind  ad- 
nion'timi  (if  tlif  l,or<i.  .-iervanta,  be  obedient  to 
them  lliul  artf  your  ntasters.— Fail. 


■PRAISE  YE  THE  LORD."' 
»Y  H.  P.  BRINK^YORTH. 

l\>'E  uf  the  greate8t''eDJ6yment3  to  the 
Christian  believer  in  the  service  of 
ie  sanctuary  is  praise.  Lift  up  your 
lisrts  ye  downcast  ones,  and  praise  the 
[flril  for  his  goodness,  his  mercies,  and 
llssings  bestowed  upon  thee.  O  come, 
bussing  unto  the  Lord;  let  us   rejoice 

ihti  Lord  of  our  salvation.  Yea,  let 
B"8iDg  with  the  Spirit  and  with  the 
iDiierstanding  also." 

HiAv  elevating  to  the  mind,  how  joy 
IDS  to  the  soul,  and  encouraging  to  the 
iiooping  saint  are  the  songs  of  praise  as 
lli?y  arise  from  hearts  truly  devoted  to 
iW  Master's  cause.  Truly  we  cannot  re- 
hiu  from  joining  in  with  thera;  but 
lias! should  we  do  so?  there  would  be 
iiliscordant  sound.  AVe  must  not  dis- 
iiirli  that  band  of  singers,  for  they  are 
scgatjed  to  praise  God  for  us.  Can  it 
letiiat  we  cannot  engage  in  singing 
God's  praise,  and  thereby  fulfill  the  de- 
are  within,  to  praise  our  Maker?  No; 
Wog  friends,  it  is  not    fashionable   foi 

ie  outside  the  choir  to  sing,  it  becomes 
four  duty  to  listen.  Can  others  praise 
Wfor  me?  The  text  says,  "Praise  ye 
Ite  l,ord."  Does  this  refer  co  church 
ttoii-s?  Tell  me  loving  friends,  if  there 
"ill he  discordant  notes  in    heaven?     If 

IS  not  fashionable  for  all  to  sing  here, 
f'lat  will  those  choirs  do  should  they 
^^Kt  in  the  great  congregation  above.  If 
^^y  catinnt  sing  only  alone,  so  as  to  be 
■si'd  of  men,  and  receive  the  praise  of 
'^same,  what  will  they  do  amidst  the 
^'Uititude  .singing  and  praising  God? 

brethren,  sisters,  shall  we  bow  down 
'"  fashion's  rod  and  exclude  the  saints 
^"1  laising  their  voices  in  angelic  strains 
"^the  Uedeemer,  for  having  saved  them, 
'"'1  Washed  tlinir  robns,  and  made  them 
*^'»in  the  blood  of  the  Lamb?  Shall 
*igage  melodious  voices,  who  have 
"*t  Known  the  powerof  Uedeemioglove, 
*^  stfiiugei-g  to    God,   aliens   from   the 


SHALL  WE   HAVE    OFFICERS  AT 
OUR  COMMUNION    MEETINGS? 

Wi   AMOS    K.    FLORA. 

"\Tf7E  believe  this     question    involves 
'  '       one  of  the  great    principles  th.-u, 
characterizes  our    church,  and  so  distin- 
guishes It  from  other  modern    churches, 
and  from  the  world.     And  not  only   so, 
but  it  is  one  of  the  great  principles  that 
distinguished  Christ's  kingdom  from  all 
former  kingdoms.  We  might  liere  bring 
Scriptures  to  prove    non-resistance,   but 
do  not  think  it   necessary,  as   we   trust 
and  believe,  we  are  as  near  united  on  that 
as  any  other  subject  of  Christian   duty. 
The  question  seems  to  be,  are  we  or  are 
we  not  responsible  for  the  doings  of  such 
officers  where  they  are  acting  in  our  be- 
half?    Surely  we  are.     We  solicit  their 
aid ;  they  come  at  our  reipiests    and  per 
form  the  work    we    assign    them.     Al- 
though we    do    not    say  just    how  they 
shall  proceed  in  the  matter,  yet  we  know 
beforehand  their  manner  of  doing    busi- 
ness.    We  know  if  it  becomes  (in   their 
judgement)    necessary,    they  will   take 
human  life.     And   if  it    be  so   that  we 
must,  in  this  case,  bear  the   responsibil- 
ity of  shedding  the  blood  of  our  fellow- 
man,  how  muchsbould  we  be  willing  to 
suffer  in  order  to  avert   it?     Why   does 
such  jissistance  become  necessary  i  Have 
we  opposers  that  seek  lo    extinguish  our 
religion?     No.  Do  the}'  seek   our   lives 
or  property?     No.     What  then?     AVhy 
there  is  always    a  crowd  of  noisy  boys, 
who  will  not  keep  order,   and    thus    do 
not  respect  us  in  our  religious  faith. — - 
Now  let  us  compare  our   situation    with 
that  of  Christ,  and  see  what  reason    we 
have   for    thus    withdrawing   ourselves 
from  the  all- protecting  hand  of  God,  who 
has  promised  to  be  with  us  always,  "eveu 
unto  the  end  of  the  world.'''  Was  Christ 
opposed?  Verily  he  was.     Had  he  pow 
er  to  resist?  He  had  power  to  call  to  hi 
assistance  more  than  twelve    legions    of 
angels,  but  what  does  be  do?     His   lips 
move,  he    breathes    forth    a  prayei-,  and 
says,   "Father,    forgive    them    ftu-    they 
know  not  what  they  do."     Luke  '2'.\:  ;U. 
But  we  are  reminded  that  officers  will 
have  no  trouble  in  keeping  order;   that 
their  mere  presence    will  suffice.     This 
may  do  for  awhile;  but    we   should  re 
member  we  are  sowing   seed    that    may 
not  ripen  in  our  time,  which  succeeding 
generations   may    reap   to   their  sorrow. 
Therefore  let  us  "labor,    working   with 
our  own  hands,  being  reviled  we    bless, 
and  being   jiersecuted   we  suffer    it.'*   1 
Cor.  4:  1-.     "Be  not   overcome  of  evil, 
but  overcome  evil    with    good."     Kom. 
VI;  21.  Therefore,  brethren,  let  us  gird 
on  more  securely  the  sword  of  the  spirit, 
which  is  the  Christian's  only  weai)on  of 
^varfare,  entrust  ourselves    to   the    kind 
care    and    protection     of  our   heavenly 
Father;  and    if  we   fall  raartvr-'   to  the 
cause  of  Christ  at  our  communion  meet- 
ings, we  could  not  choose  a  better  place 
to  meet  our  fate. 


BY  .IA3.   y.  HECKLER. 

COME  Uoly  spirit,  corae  with  cnice, 
Aud  miike  in  us  thy  dwelliug  place, 
For  then  will  light  of  Utrnven  diviae. 
In  ftU  our  course  and  conduct  shine. 

Inspire  un  with  a  heavenly  zeal. 
That  we  thy  love  divine  maj-  feel. 
And  Warm  our  hearts  with  holy  fire, 
Thai  we  thy  precepts  may  admire. 

Enable  us  to  watch  and  pray, 
Tliat  we  thy  counsels  may  obey: 
Aud  help  us,  Lord,  through  trials  hard, 
That  we  may  gain  the  great  reward. 

How  happy  will  thy  rliiUlren  be 
Wlien  thy  dear  face  they  all  ctm  see, 
RfjiiiciDg  in  theii'  Savior's  love, 
In  peace  and  harmony  above! 


and  strife  ("f.-r  «-li,tt  fellowship  has 
light  with  darkness?")  where  the  white- 
winged  angel  of  peace  and  love  ought 
ever  to  rest;  aud  everything  growing 
worse  and  worse  with  no  reasonable 
hope  of  a  change  for  the  better. 

Do  the  girls  say,  "A  good  many  of  us 
would  be  obliged  to  go  alone  and  remain 
single  if  we  would  not  accept  the   com- 
pany of  any  but  good  principled   men." 
Well,  and  wouldn't  you  rather?  Differ- 
ence in  wealth  and  education  are   noth- 
ing compared  with  the  difference  in  prin- 
ciplej*.     I  know  that  many  are  wheedled 
into  matrimony  by  promistw  of  reforma- 
tion; but  it  is  safer  to  let  the  reforming 
be  done  first,    for    where    one   succeeds, 
ninety-nine  fail.     I  verily  believe  in  re- 
claiming a  man  who  has  formed   habits 
of  drinking,  using  tobacco,    etc.,    before 
marriage. 

I  would  like  to  know  the  opinion  of 
some  one  eke  on  this  subject,  «;specially 
of  some  of  the  young  people. — C.  W. 
Van  P.  In  Oread. 


OUR  GIRLS  AND  TEMPERANCE 

rriHE  relation  of  our  girls  to  the  tem- 
^  perance  question  has  been  forcing 
itself  so  strongly  on  my  thoughts  of  late, 
that  I  have  concluded  to  talk  about  it. 

It  seems  to  me  if  only  our  girls  appre- 
ciated the  power  they  possess  over  young 
men  of  their  actiuaintauce,  they  would 
use  it  to  better  atlvantage. 

Just  suppose  now,  that  the  girls  were 
as  particular  about  the  morals  of  their 
beaux,  as  the  young  men  are  about  the 
morals  of  their  "girls."  Woubln't  the 
cousequnce  be  that  drunkenness,  swear- 
ing, and  other  vices  would  be  as  uncom- 
mon in  one  sex  as  the  other?  I  firmly 
believe  it  would. 

The  remark  was  once  made  to  me, 
"Why!  a  man  couldn't  marry  a  woman 
of  unsound  morals;  it  would  ruin  his 
happiness  for  life."  "Sure  enough,"  I 
replied,  "but  wouldn't  a  woman's  life 
happiness  be  ruined  just  as  surely  if  she 
married  a  man  of  unsound  morals?" 
"Ob,  well!"  he  said,  laughing,  "there  is 
not  so  much  expected  of  a  man."  There 
is  more  truth  in  the  last  remark  than  I 
like  to  admit. 

I  know  girls  and  women  whose  lives 
and  hearts  are  pure  and  who  study  to 
liave  them  so,  and  yet  they  a.ssociate  with 
and  marry  men  whose  reputations  are 
blackened  by  many  social  vices,  even 
drunkenness,  sometimes.  Now  my  no- 
tion is,  that  a  girl  would,  if  she  were 
wise,  make  the  most  possible  of  herself, 
and  expect  as  much  as  she  gives,  of  her 
associates— parti<:u]arly  of  the  man  she 
marries.  If  girls  would  do  tiiis,  if  they 
would  reipiire  as  much  of  voung  meii  a.s 
the  young  men  require  of  them,  they 
would  do  more  to  stop  intemperance  than 
all  the  reform  clubs  in  the  country,  and 
the  clubs  do  a  great  deal. 

It  may  be  said  that  a  girl  cannot  tell 
whether  a  man's  morals  are  good  or  not. 
I  think  they  can,  very  largely.  But  'iup 
pose  they  cannot,  their  brothers  can,  or 
their  father,  and  they  are  safe  confidants, 
I  have  seen  so  much  misery  from  neglect 
of  girls  about  the  morals  of  the  young 
men  with  whom  thev  as-sociate,  that  I 
wish  I  had  words  to  put  the  case  more 
strongly.  I  cannot  imagine  a  worse  con- 
dition foi-  a  lady  of  good  character  than 
to  be  the  wife  of  a  man  who  driuki^,  aud 
is  addicted  to  the  other  vices  which  usu 
ally  beset  drunkards.  Let  us  notice  their 
fate*.  They  receive  abuse  where  \\w\ 
have  a  right  to  expect  protecfion;  chii 
dren  are  born  to  a  life  of  toil  and  shame; 
want  and  misery  prevail,  where  plenty 
and  comfort  ought  to  abouud;   discord 


ENCOURAGE  THE  BOYS. 
TTALK-GUOWN  boys   are   too  often 


encouraged  to  become  such.  N'o  pro- 
vision is  made  for  their  entertainment; 
they  are  not  trained  to  employ  their  over- 
flowing  activity  in  useful  ways;  they  are 
treated  as  if  they  possessed  a  peculiar 
kind  of  depravity,  and  as  incapable  of 
adding  to  the  happiness  of  othei"s.  It  is 
too  much  to  expect  that  a  hoy  will  pre- 
fer reading  a  dry  book  to  a  frolic  with 
his  fellows,  will  enjoy  being  lectured 
nightly  on  bis  particular  sinfulness, 
while  his  sister,  or  some  sick,  over-stu- 
dious youth,  is  held  up  as  a  model  of 
perfection. 

Ifone  half  the  praise  which  you  be- 
stow on  three  and  five  year  olds,  and  on 
"young  ladies  just  coming  out,"  were 
distributed  among  youngmen,  we  should 
see  a  marked  decline  in  loaferism  and 
rowdy  conduct.  To  notice  a  boy's  good 
intention  is  to  make  performance  easy. 
To  treat  him  as  a  social  outcast  is  to 
make  him,  sooner  or  later,  a  profession- 
al disturber  of  the  peace.  If  home  be 
made  pleasant,  and  pains  taken  to  guide 
youthful  spirits  into  legitmate  channels, 
there  will  be  less  fondness  fur  that  in- 
dependent, roving,  selfifjh,  existence, 
which  marks  every  boy  as  an  I^hmael- 
xte.—Sel.     ' 

TjiEUi;  is  a  very  touching  little  story 
told  of  a  poor  woman  with  two  children, 
who  had  not  a  bed  for  them  to  lie  upon, 
and  scarcely  any  clothe-s  to  cover  them. 
In  the  depth  of  winter  they  were  nearly 
fro/.en,  aud  the  mother  took  the  door  of 
a  cellar  off  the  hinges  and  set  it  up  be- 
fore the  corner  where  they  crouclied 
down  to  sleep,  that  some  of  the  draught 
and  cold  might  be  kept  from  them.  One 
of  the  children  whispered  to  her,  when 
she  cora[)lained  of  how  badly  off  they 
were,  "Mother,  what  do  those  dear  lit- 
tle children  do  who  have  no  cellar  door 
to  put  up  in  front  of  them?"  Even 
there,  you  see,  the  little  heart  found 
cause  for  thankfulness. 


WlI^:l:l■:  the  peace  is  that  Christ  gives, 
all  the  trouble  aud  disgust  of  the  world 
cannot  disturb  it.  All  outward  distress 
to  such  a  mind  is  but  as  the  rattling  of 
hail  upon  thetile  of  him  who  sits  with- 
in the  bouse  at  a  sumptuous  bau.piet— 

Le'i'ihton, 

• 

None  can  enter  by  the  heavenly  gate 
above  who  do  not  enter  by  the  nan-ow 
„ate  below.     Luke  b"i:  24. 


TWF^;  i^BETi-ij^i:>r  -rVT  av^oi^k. 


Angust 


I'lKLISIIKl)  WKKKLV. 


Thkke  are  some  of  our  *i«:liangp8  which 
regard  as  specially  raliiable.  Amone  them  we 
niimp  (ho  Mfnitrtiger  of  I'farr,  puhliKhed  at 
New  Vienna.  Ohio.  Id  thwi*-  tirat;"  of  strire 
and  ruoiont  of  wfirv,  it  lillxan  honoralde  place 
iu  JoiirnaliHiu.  Wk  reutmnK-nd  it  to  our  tf.iA- 
ers  a*  worth}'  of  their  patronage. 


1.  TiiK  KtlitoniwHI  li*-  n-fliponnfl-Ie  only  fnr  the 
genenil  toneof  Ihi-  iiai>ir.  iinil  tin-  iitwrll'.n  of  ar 
arlii-lp  .lot*.-*  not  linj>l>  (liiit  lli.y  i^odorm-  every  «en 
timent  of  the  writer. 


Ci 


riler  l'»  Ht-eurepromTit  iu- 
icli's,  will  [ilfawf  nut  IniJtilB'f  In 


Titiiirrons 
■flcitiondf  their  arlid  . 
personalities  and  iinconrh-oiiH  langniiBe,  hiil  pre- 
sent their  views  •■  with  graec  Mcjumni-d  williaHlt." 
3.  Till;  Urktjibkn  at  Wonn  will  he  ^ent  to 
anyadilreiwin  IIk-  I'nilcd  SUlcjt  or  CwnMiia  for 
91.00 per  annum.  Fortlie  leading  rhanw!teri»Iic« 
of  the  jiaiier,  aa  well  »n  l^-rniM  to  JiK<-nltt  iwe  etghth 
pagf.    Addre.'"^  nil  comniiinfratlunH, 

IIRKTHRKX  AT  WOItK. 

Lanark,  Carroll  Co.,  III. 


LANAnK.  ILL.. 


ArtaST  *,  1H7». 


The  address  of  G.  W.  Priser  \n  changed 
from  Neodesha,  K  ansas,  to  Fredonia,  Hnrae  ataU*. 

BuoTiiKit  W.  *'.  Teeter'it  iiddre?8  from  Au- 
gust 7th  to  ir>th,  will  be  at  Gofiheo,  Indiana, 
and  therenft^r  at  Mi.  Morrin,  Illinoift,  until 
further  notice. 

Wk  received,  the  28th  ult,  a  regifltered  letter, 
jioxt  marked,  White  Kock,  Kanxot),  July  2lHt, 
187i),  which  htt8  no  name  nor  address  given. — 
We  do  not  know  whom  to  give  credit. 

pAHTiKB  writing  to  oithor  of  the  editoni  on 
businena  not  connected  with  tho  oifice  ithould 
mark  their  lettem,  "Priinfe."  Otherwise  the 
letterH  will  be  opened  bv  Home  one  else. 

BjtoTHKlt  S.  /.  Sharp  Huyht  **Oiir  Sinidaij 
School  is  nipidly  increasing  in  circulation." — 
We  wish  every  fjoo  /  pajif-r  would  go  on  increas- 
ing until  every  lumily  on  earth  had  one. 

Wh.\t  think  yeof  him  who  professes  tera- 
pernnce  principles,  advocates  and  urges  them, 
and  then  attaches  his  natne  to  a  legal  bond  in 
order  to  fortify  a  man  who  runs  a  distillery.— 
Tliere,  now.  we  have  l^-t  out  flu-  Nccretl 

In  your  iKusiou  for  sudden  accumulation 
be  careful  that  you  do  not  practice  secret  fruiidn, 
for  God  Noes  to  the  bottom  of  all  your  unn'ght- 
eourtneHs,  He  will  turn  vour  "bushel"  upHide 
down  aotne  time  and  ex|>o»e  your  wickedness. 


Wk  want  tne  name  of  every  family  in  the 
Brotherhood  that  doea  not  now  take  the  Breth- 
RBN  AT  WoiiK.  Will  some  brother  in  each  cnn- 
pregation  volunteer  to  send  usihe  namr-sof  f^uch 
in  their  respective  churches?  To  all  the  name 
sent  UH  we  will  send  a  n'unpU  roptj  frff.  Please 
let  u"  have  ten  thouiand  names  within  the 
next  two  weelu,  and  thus  betp  us  to  do  a  good 
work. 

The  world  has  Iweh  learning  for  <tix  thoun- 
and  years,  but  men  have  not  yet  learned  that 
thfir  neighbors  know  as  much  as  tlic-y  do. — 
Unpleasant  a^nociatefl  are  tho-w  who  continually 
endeavor  to  impress  one  with  their  superior 
knowl-dfjf.  and  feel  that  they  are  marie  out  of 
liflfiT  clay  than  common  humanity.  "Let  him 
that  thinketb  he  etandeth  take  herd  test  li'> 
fall." — QoHpel  Preacher. 
'  ■  ♦  ■ 

KliKyrRSTi.Y  persons  living  at  remote  dis- 
tances from  each  ofh^r  write  arricteH  that  re:id 
80  near  alike  that  p-n-ons  not  atrrpiainted  with 
the  parties,  would  likely  conclude  that  one  had 
copied  from  the  other.  But  it  is  possible 
for  those  who  havt-  oljfained  "like  precious 
faith"  to  apeulc  the  same  thing  in  alnio!-t  the 
same  words.  An  old  brother  whn  has  strug- 
gled hard  againht  S;itan.  on  the  Wes-tern  prai- 
ries says:    "I  withhold  my  answer  ou  Luke  !!»: 

37-lM  since  I  f^ee  that  Hrother  J.  S.    M .   iu 

No.  2ft  has  answered  it,  and  if  mine  .thoiild  go 
in,  some  njight  think  that  I  had  copied  from 
his,  for  mine  and  his  are  almost  verbathu.'' 


DRESS. 


rOTWITHST.ANDlN'G  all   that  has  been 


i^AiiTiiftt  wishing  to  correspond  with  Breth- 
ren C.  Hope,  or  ().  C.  Kskildsen,  should  address 
them  thus:  Hjorriii'j;,  Wensyssi-I,  Di-uuiark. — 
Letters  breathing  11  chrinliau  spirit,  and  replete 
with  the  lovo  of  the  Muster  will  be  ai>preciated 
by  them. 

M.  M,  KsHEi.MAN  will  sjietid  a  few  weeks  in 
IntliauH,  and  thoso  desuing  to  write  him  will 
plea>«  ohseiVG  the  length  of  time  he  will  re- 
inuiu  at  each  place.  North  Manchester  until 
August  1311),  Goshen  until  August  ISlh,  South 
Bend  until  August  24th. 

Wk  have  now  published  another  edition   of 

FaMII  Y   HlLES  ANIl    ItKnirLATIONB,     bv    J.     W. 

Stein.  Mt.  Morris,  Illinois,  and  have  filled  all  or- 
ders for  the  same,  It  is  [uinted  ou  very  fine 
hristol  board.  Sent  post-i)aid  to  any  address 
iu  the  United  States  or  ('auada  for  2<)  cents. 

Brothek  S.  H.  Bakku  of  Ida,  Wisconsin, 
writes  his  section  of  country  has  been  visited 
by  terrible  storms  resulting  in  the  loss  of  hu- 
muii  lives,  cattle,  liogs,  grain  and  property  in 
general.  Notwithstanding  the  raging  of  the 
elements,  their  crops  are  good,  and  prosperity 
,i8  smiling  upon  them. 

Rkst  not  yet,  dear  minister.  We  do  not 
want  to  hear  that  you  have  put  up  the  sword 
of  the  spirit:  but,  so  long  as  you  have  strength, 
wield  it  as  God  may  give  ability.  And  when 
sin  is  slain,  and  the  "new  man"  rises,  send 
along  the  joyful  news  that  we  may  rejoice  with 
the  angels  in  heaven. 

Brothee  W.  T.  Nininger,  of  Merideu,  Kan- 
sas, says  that  their  minister*  can  not  hll  all  the 
appointments,  and  that  help  in  preaching  the 
gospel  would  be  very  desirable.  He  also  says 
that  a  good  harness  maker  and  a  miller  are 
Deeded  in  his  town,  and  suggests  that  if  there 
are  any  brethren  who  can  labor  in  these  voca- 
tions they  should  correspond  with  him. 


Pit  ou  the  breastplate  of  righteouBnes".  if 
you  have  renolved  to  follow  the  track  of  truth. 
The  breastplate  is  not  for  your  back,  but  to 
ivear  in  front  where  you  may  receive  the  sharp 
cuts  oi'  IRON  HAii.  without  inJMry.  Do  right; 
though  friend  forsake  you.  If  foes  pull  down 
your  tort,  throw  iqi  another,  fling  your  banner 
of  right  to  the  breeze,  and  you  shall  conquer. 
Help  to  make  the  times  in  which  you  live, 
rather  than  wait  for  them  to  make  you.  When 
enemies  snarl  and  snap  use  no  crooked  means 
to  appease  them.  It  is  a  mistake  to  conclude 
that  corruption  wins  more  than  honesty. 


Thkre  are  two  ways  of  treating  papers. — 
Those  wlio  wi(*li  to  do  good  take  from  a  paper 
just  >»liat  they  conceive  to  be  elevatiug  and 
worthy,  and  |)resent  it  in  such  a  wjiy  as  to 
make  the  iinprestion  the  author  intended  il 
should.  The  other  way  is  to  take  out  of  a  pa- 
'■er  luiyiliing  timt  can  be  showu  in  such  a 
light  as  to  be  degrading.  The  item  iu  the 
Carroll  County  Onzfftf,  of  the  Ist  inst.  from 
the  B.  AT  W.  savors  of  the  latter.  We  pre- 
sume the  editor  meant  no  more  than  /'itn  by  it. 
but  the  people  who  read  papers  have  no  way  of 
knowing  what  is  meant  except  by  what  is  said. 
The  B.  AT  W.  did  not  say  '7(7f/(>,-<."  Will  the 
(iazette  correct? 


Swn  a  preacher  not  long  ago:  "Piaisf  tl., 
Lord/or  July  salvation."  What  kind  of  salva- 
tion is  that?  What  doft.s  "July  salvation"  save 
from?  The  Record  speaks  of  "great  salvation" 
and  "et«mal  salvation,"  but  nothing  concern- 
ing July  salvation.  The  mind  that  speaks  thus 
of  a  grave  subject  must  indeed  be  under  a 
strong  delusion. 


The  Brethren  in  the  Camp  Creek  church 
Wisconsin  were  warued  by  one  "not  of  us" 
that  80  soon  as  Brethren  Meyer  and  Miller 
would  leave  there,  the  "sheep"  would  be 
tried.  .Accordingly  ou  Sunday.  June  20th,  af- 
ter Brother  Turner  had  concluded  his  disiourse 
on  baptism,  a  man  of  bold  pretensions  arose 
and  endeavored  to  refute  the  arguments.  He 
bail  no  sooner  finished  his  attack  than  Brother 
J-  E.  D.  Short,  by  permission  of  the  Brethren, 
arose  and  in  a  kiud  but  firm  manner  put  the 
alien  to  liight.  We  are  glad  that  the  "elect  of 
God"  in  Wisconsin  are  determined  to  fight  the 
good  tight  of  faith  with  humble  boldness. 

Bkuther  D.  B.  Gmsox  continues  to  "tii^ht 
the  good  fight  of  faith."  Though  not  eujoyiug 
good  health,  he  cannot  remain  silent,  hut  is  ev- 
er ready  to  buckle  on  tho  armor  and  go  forth  to 
the  conflict.  During  the  pa.st  two  years  he  ha.« 
had  the  pleasure  of  he'iiing  to  gather  several 
hundred  precious  souls  info  the  fold  of  Christ, 
many  of  tlieni  from  other  denomination?.  We 
have  enjoyed  his  hard  arguments  and  persua- 
sive appeals  in  the  past,  and  hope  we  may  be 
spared  to  hear  more.  He  expects  to  spend  sev- 
eral weeks  in  Southern  Illinois  the  coming  Au 
tuum.  We  now  remember  that  he  has  a  stand- 
ing promise  to  do  some  work  iu  Lanark.  AVe 
look  for  its  lufillment  ^oon.  May  our  Breth- 
ren every-where  kindly  remember  those  who 
deny  themselves  of  home  comforts  and  associa- 
tions to  preauh  the  Gospel.  Pray  much  for 
your  ministers,  and  do  not  forget  the  prarCical 
part  thereof.— Luke  10:  3i,  35. 


Is' 

und-rstood.  We  did  hope  that  we  could  write 
on  other  subjects,  which  we  regard  of  more  im- 
portance, but  now  feel  that  jattice  demands  we 
say  something  more  on  this  question.  Our  ob- 
ject is  not  to  misrepresent  those  whodilfer  with 
us,  but  to  meet  their  objections  in  a  fair,  pleas- 
ant, and  logical  ^tay,  and  establish,  as  much  as 
possible,  a  oneness  of  sentiment,  that  we  may 
all  labor  together  in  love  for  the  good  of  man 
kind. 

Since  we  have  been  a  member  of  the  church 
the  ladies  have  ever  urged  the  question,  "  Isn't 
a  hat  (t-i  good  as  a  sun-bonnet?"  The  ladii-s 
would  proceed  to  tell  us  how  much  less  expen- 
sive hats  were,  how  much  less  trouble,  how 
much  more  comfortable:  that  sun-bonnets  were 
hard  to  make,  that  they  cost  more  (and  aocord- 
iug  to  their  figun^s  it  was  so),  that  they  were 
not  durable,  were  soon  and  easy  soiled,  that 
tbey  were  difficult  to  keep  in  order,  that  tlie 
fashion  changed  so  often,  that  iu  the  winter 
they  were  so  cold,  as  the  wind  would  draw 
through  them,  and  in  the  summer  they  were 
so  hot  a-s  they  kept  out  every  bit  of  air&c. 

That  the  bouuet  should  he  so  dreadful  ooW  in 
the  winter,  and  then  so  dreaful  hn!  in  the  sum- 
mer seemed  a  little  contradictory,  but  this  the 
ladies  soon  made  plain — to  their  minds.  In  flie 
winter  they  could  wrap  a  nubia  over  their  head 
and  ears  when  they  had  a  hat  on.  and  in  thi 
summer  they  could  carry  a  parasol! 

The  matter  seemed  to  us  a  little  like  the  hoop 
and  tight  dress  question.  A  few  years  ago  hoops 
were  the  fashion,  and  a  dress  not  over  hoops 
was  awful  uuhealthful  in  the  suinmer  time,  and 
awful  unhandy  to  walk  in  in  the  winter  time. 
But  the  women  are  much  more  healthy  now. 
Not  one  in  ten  thousand  is  in  such  feeble  health 
that  she  needs  to  wear  hoops.  No  indeed : 
their  health  is  so  much  better  that  they  caa  af- 
ford to  have  their  dresses  so  tight  that  they 
roust  take  two  steps  to  go  as  far  as  one  natural 
step  would  take  them. 

But  the  ladies  insisted  they  were  honest  and 
of  course  I  had  to  grant  that  they  were,  feel- 
ing that  I  was  either  too  ignorant  to  express 
an  axiom  in  good  plain  English,  or  that  what  I 
brlieved  was  simply  a  wild  chimera  of  my  brain. 
We  kept  our  eyes  open  that  we  might  see  the 
ladies  verify  what  they  alleged  was  infallible 
truth.  We  expected  to  see  them  wear  their 
hats  at  least  six-sevenths  of  the  time.  But  im- 
agine our  surprise  when  we  saw  great  big  sun- 
bonnets  on  these  very  ladies  who  knew  so  well 
the  inconvenience,  uncomfortableness,  and  ex- 
pensiveness  of  sun-bonnets.  We  were  made 
to  feel  that  either  we  had  lost  our  mind  or  they 
had  theirs,  for  at  least  six-sevenths  of  the  time 
they  wore  those  inconvenient,  uncomfortable, 
and  expensive  sun-bonnets! 

In  all  candor,  after  hearing  ail  the  ladies  had 
to  say  in  favor  of  the  hat  and  against  the  sun- 
bonnet,  and  seeing  which  they  wore  the  most, 
we  were  compelled  to  answer  their  question, 
"Isn't  a  hat  as  good  as  a  sun-bonnet?"  in  the 
negative,  and,  way  down  deep  in  our  hearts,  we 
feel  that  all  the  ladies  think  just  as  we  do,  and 
we  fondly  hope  their  honest  sentiments  will 
some  day  not  be  misrepresented  even   on   Sun- 


moraliy,  physically,  or  intellectually,  to 
anything  whiuh  is  not  essential  to  health 
fort,  convenience,  or  cleanliness?  Does  a 
a  flower,  a  bead,  a  buckle,  a  bow,  or  a  je 
a  hat  make  it  any  more  healthful,    comfortal,'^ 


ronvfnient,  or  cleanly?  Doeaaruflle, 


'  tuck.  „ 


fringe,  beads,    lace,  or  any   thing    of  the  k" 
make  a  dress  any  more  durable,  less  easifr 
ed.  cooler  in  the  summer   and    warmer  in 


day. 

But  we  have  a  few  words  to  tay  on  dress  in 
general. 

Why  is  it  those  who  think  so  litl  le  of  dress, who 
know  so  well  that  diess  neither  makes  men  bet- 
fernor  worse,  fight  any  form  of  dress?  Do 
they  think  they  are  helping  push  forward  the 
Ma.ster's  cause  oy  wasting  their  time  and  talent 
with  a  question  which  when  it  is  settled  is  noth- 
ing? Do  they  think  they  will  cause  their  breth- 
ren to  feel  better  by  opposing  them?  Is  that 
the  way  to  secure  co-operation  in  work?  But 
do  not  those  who  persistently  oppose  the  order 
of  the  church,  show  a  great  amount  of  concern 
about  dress?  Does  it  not  take  more  tbouj-lii 
to  obtain  clothes  just  in  the  fashion  than  jum 
in  the  Older  of  the  church?  Is  not  the  dress 
selected  by  the  church,  as  simple,  convenient 
and  comfortable  as  any  worn?  If  people  carf 
nothing  for  their  dress,  don't  feel  any  better  or 
nv  worse  fiom  what  they  wear,  why  do  they 
persistently  digress  from  the  order  and  anno.v 
their  brethren  and  sisters  who  fear  the  evils  o) 
such  a  course?  Do  tbey  take  pleasure  in  seeing 
their  brethren  in  distress  and  grief?  If  so.  is  it 
the  spirit  of  Christ  that  doe.s  it? 

\\  hat  advantage  is  it  to  a  lady  or  gentleman 


winter?  Ought  not  the  utter  uselessnea.^ 
pivenes.s,  and  inconvenience  of  these  things  f 
ever  to  banish  them  from  the    minds  of  tk 
who  have  avowed  a  determination  to  liTe  a 
cere  and  sober  life?      Won  I  I  it    not   be  m 
more  consistent.  Christ-Iikp,  to  appropriate  \V 
labor  and  means    expended  on    these   vanif 
which   deceive   the  hearts   (tf    the   simplp 
preaching  the  gospel,  the  puro  gospel,  wher^ 
is  not  known?    "But,"  says  uiy  friend,    "i 
at  nature;  how  varied  in  form,   color  &c.     v 
two  things  of  any  kind  are  just  alike."    Th 
let  us  look  at  nature.      The  Bihk-,  Nature  ai  H 
Common  Sense  always  speuU  th>-  sniue  way  0 
the  same  question.     When  it  is  prgved  hevo  ,i 
doubt  that  any  thing  that  is  tau^'ht  by  any  on 
of  these  is  true,  it  is  infallibly  certain,  that 
the  other  two  say  anything  about  it  atall.th 
say  the  same  thing.     Then  if  it  be  proved  th  t 

nature  we  are  not  taught  economy  it 
proved  that  it  is  not  taught  either  by  the  Hihl 
or  common  sense.  We  think  we  have  clearl- 
shown  that  economy,  simplicity,  and  order  nr 
taught  by  common  sense,  and  therefore,  taueLl 
both  by  the  Bible  and  Nature;  but  we  wish  t 
make  our  view  on  this  question  so  plain  that 
no  candid  and  patient  reader  can  object  to  it 

It  is  said  no  two  roses  are  precisely  alike  — 
This  we  readily  admit;  but  does  not  one  rose 
resemble  another  rose  more  than  anythintr  else 
in  nature?  Are  not  roses  so  uniformly  alike 
that  if  you  know  one  once  you  will  always 
know  them?  Now,  when  the  church  asks  uui- 
formity  does  she  ask  more  than  that?  Does 
the  church  anywhere  ask  members  to  dress  so 
they  will  look  more  alike  than  two  roses  do? 
When  brethren  look  as  much  alike,  resemble 
each  other  as  closely  as  flowers,  fruits,  grains 
and  animals  of  the  same  kind,  does  the  cliurclj 
ever  briug  complaiut  against  them  for  digres- 
sion from  the  order?  Does  the  church  any- 
where demand  such  strict  uniformity  as  we  see 
in  Nature?  If  she  does  not,  and  we  go  to  Na- 
ture for  instruction,  instead  of  accusing  the 
church  for  too  much  rigidiLy  in  enforcing  uni- 
formity would  we  not  be  compelled  to  censure 
her  for  too  much  leniency  ?  Then,  has  not  nature 
placed  plumes  in  the  wings  and  tails  of  fowls, 
leavbs  and  flowers  on  trees,  shrubs,  and  plants, 
instead  of  hats  and  bonnets?  Are  not  these 
things  a  (/.-ip  where  Nature  has  placed  them-' 
Ha^  Nature  ever  created  anything  without  a 
use?  Is  it  not  contrary  to  nat:ire  to  Hod 
plumes,  and  leaves  and  flowers  on  wurn;in'M 
head?  If  Nature  were  not  disturbed,  but  al- 
lowed to  follow  her  course,  do  you  think  pluuin-. 
and  Howers  would  ever  grow  on  hats  or  bon- 
nets? Shall  we  continue  to  be  known  ii:*  a 
simple,  unpretending,  nonresistant.  charitable 
people,  or  shall  we  become  the  gaudy,  fashion- 
able, ostentatious  characters  that  compose  th^ 
popular  churches  of  to-day,  whose  meuil'era 
were  once  as  plain  as  we  are?  Ah,  reader,  don't 
your  soul  revolt  from  such  a  thought?  Tins 
matter  rests  almost  entirely  in  the  hands  of  the 
young  members.  Whichever  way  they  %>\ 
that  is  the  way  the  church  must  go.  Then 
won't  you  lay  aside  every  dead  weight,  every 
species  of  vanity,  and  superfluity,  and  stiinJ 
upon  the  true  merit  of  your  manhood  or  swm- 
anhood?  Do  not  try  to  attract  honest  Inenil^ 
with  gewgaws,  flounces,  ruffles,  jewels,  >Vf .  hy 
adorning  your  persons  with  them,  for  h(ia*-t 
friends  can  neither  be  won  nor  retained  t'> 
such  things.  If  you  are  the  true  metal  you 
will  never  be  despised  by  men  and  women  '»t 
sense  for  your  plainness,  Fopa  and  dani" - 
may  slight  you,  and  silly  flirts  of  girN  m  '^ 
laugh  at  you.  But  fops  and  flirts  al^^■.y-  i - 
before  they  get  old,  consequently  they  "il  "' ' 
taunt  you  long.  A  young  man  whose  higli'-' 
ambition  is  to  drive  a  fast  team,  and  a  yi'ii^;:-' 
lady  whose  highest  ambition  is  to  get  a  L";iii 
with  the  prettiest  mustache,  are  objects  wbi'^'' 
deserve  our  pity  more  than  fear. 

Let  us  stand  by  the  old  standard,  the  true 
and  the  tried.  We  know  we  are  safe  there,  but 
the  other  has  been  made  a  failure  every  tim?  "^ 
has  been  tried,  and  let  him  that^  tbintietti  hf 
standeth  take  heed  lest  he  fall.  Whenever  our 
church  ceases  to  have  a  uniformity  of  dress,  we 


A^^^^ 


^.t     4 


xtiE  m^KTtiKiL^j  ^x  avokk:. 


get  it  to  follow  close  iu  the  sleia  nf  all  oth- 

*  denoniinBtions.  we  have  uo  hope  of  anything 

'I        U  the  dress  splfctt-d  by  the  church    be 

!  cb  apparel  as  the  gospel  prescrib-;*  for  Chiis- 

*■     i  let  us  forevir  stick  tu  it  and   show  some 

bility  o^  u'ii"^  s"^  purpose.     Do   not  those 

\o  contend    for  f>!ainiirss   contend    for  just 

hftt  the  orcVr  of  the  church  is?      Then  if  the 

.[-cli  ha^  just  what  they  are   coatending  for, 

,     -qI  eudorse  it  rather  than  ridicule  and  oi>- 

jtj  If  the  order   of  the    church   in   dress 

pre  not  strictly  plain,  economical,  and  neat- 

trictly  *^uch  a  dress  as  the  Scriplurps,  Common 

nse  antl  Nature  teach    we  should  wear, — our 

^ould  be  as  ready  to  condemn  that  order  as  i 
t  DOW  is  to  uphold  and  defend  it. 

Hut  we  have  dear  friends  whom  we  would 
.g  to  have  in  the  ciiurch,  and  they  would 
ome  if  ^^^  ^'vere  not  so  strict  in  dress — they 
•ould  come  if  they  could  wear  a  hat — ajjiain 
hat  they  say.  Is  it  pussible  that  any  one 
would  estimate  a  liat  equal  to  eternal  life?  la 
,Lp  person  wlio  doL's  so  a  Ht  siihject  fur  the 
hurch?  Would  joininf;  the  cluirch  with  the  at- 
fections  so  knit  to  a  hat  that  she  could  not  give  it 
on,  do  her  any  gooil?  How  much  f>  pi  ritual  life  do 
yoa  think  tliere  wmi'd  be  in  a  church  where 
the  111-  I'her-'  tiiiuk  more  of  their  hafs  thtJii 
il,,  .luof  -iHiniMlf.-':'  S.J.H. 


Now  since  Alexander  Mack  lived  in  the 
eighteenth  century,  and  trine  immersion  was 
the  orftinarj  mode  for  the  tirst  live  centuries  af- 
ter Christ,  it  follows  that  Alexander  Mack  did 
not  oriiiinale  trine  immersion,  hut  practiced 
what  he  found  in  the  New  Testament.  Now 
until  it  can  be  shown  that  he  did  wrong  in 
obeying  'VVoiii  thr  hrarl  that  form  of  doctrine 
once  delivered  to  the  saints,"  we  must  continue 
to  believe  that  he  did  right  lo  receiving  and 
teaching  trine  immersion  as  the  scriptural  bap- 
tism. M.  M.  K. 


"THE  POWER  OF  THE  PRESS. 


M 


UCH  has  been  «aid  about  the  power  of  the 
press.      That   books,   tracts   and    papers 


FROM  BETTER  TO  BEST. 

AliltcrilER  j-ends  ntthe  followin?: 
■*Rahw.\y,  N  J.  July  4tii,  15Ti< 
l)e<ir  Fni'iidt:  — 

I  shall  he  plea^pl  t.i  hear 
from  y"  "^  ^^y  o*  J"""  ^^*^°  '^'*y  ^('P'-^^^  the 
primitive  basis  s^t  fortli  iu  the  tracts  herewith 
sent,  and  may  desire  apostolic  baptism,  and 
apostolic  ordination  instead  of  that  which  orig- 
inated with  the  iuibapti/.ed  baptized  of  Alexan- 
der ll.ick  a- 13  cuutei-cd  m  his    life    and    writ- 


W^ 


"'^^'  Yours  Truly. 

JaMKS  CnKVSTAL." 

T"  this  the  Brother  replies: 
'1  presume  he,  (.James  Chrystal)  aims  to 
burst  the  'Dunkard'  church.  I  would  like  to 
change  from  better  to  best,  but  have  no  desire 
to  change  from  had  to  worse.  Your  Brother 
in  much  love." 

Elder  Chrystal  in  one^f  his  tracts  says;  "We 
cannot  be  saved  unless  we  cnii/fsts   that  faith." 
For  the  Holy  Ghost  by   Paul   says,     "  If  thou 
shatt  roKjfss  witb  thy  mouth   the  Lord    Jesus, 
and  shalt  lielieve  in  thine  heart,  that  God  hath 
raised  him  from  the  d^^ad.  thou  shalt  be  saved." 
Rom.  10:  9.     Here  the  Eider  teaches  that  ron- 
fession  and  belief  are  coMrf((jor(s  of  salvation.  So 
far,  right.    Hear  him  further:  '■  Jesus,  in  Mark 
16:  16,  makes  baptism  one  of  the  conditions  of 
ealvatiou,"     We  still    agree.     But  again:    "If 
you  have  infants  or  children,  have    them,  as   is 
the  cu-tom  in  the  East,  baptited  in   warm   wa- 
ter at  home.    There  is  no   promise  iu  the  New 
Testament  to  any  child  unbaptized."     Here  we 
cannot  agree.     Why?    Because   baptizing    i«- 
funis  is  not  taught  in  the  New  Testament.  We 
cannot  take  part  in  a  ceremony  not  taught  in 
the  New  Testament.       Not    one   word    is  said 
about  baptizing  infants  in  warm  or  cold  water; 
not  a  word  about  baptizing  them  at  nil       Nor 
is  there  a  single  promise  in  tbe  New  Testament 
for  baptizing  infants  who  cannot   heliere,   who 
cannot  confess.     We  can  agree  so   long   as   we 
cling  to  what  is  in  the  New    Testament.     We 
disagree  only  when  we  leave  that  Book  and  go 
to  custom.    He  who  goes  after   the   thing   not 
commanded,  is  the  one  who  causes  the  disagree- 
ment.   The  man  who  adheres  to  the   Word  of 
Truth  is  not  causing  division  among    believers. 
The  Word  separates  believers  and  unbelievers. 
but  it  is  tbe  thing  oHim/e  the  Word  which  sep- 
arates between  those  who   believe   that  Chnst 
come  in  the  llesh,  hence  we  can  go   no    farther 
than  God  goes.     When  you  ask  us  to  leave  the 
Word  of  God  and  goto  custom,  vve  must   say. 
NO.      There    is    no   promise    of  salvation,  nn 
crown  reserved  for  those   who   accept  things, 
conditions  fni.tid  only  f'"^^■H/'■  the    New    Testa- 
iiient.      Infants  can  not   confess;   neither  can 
they  believe,  hence  why   baptize   them?      But 
we  rest  this  here  for  a  future  article. 

"Apostolic  baptism  and  apostolic  ordination." 
Was  Alexander  Mack  the  first  to  practice  trine 
immersion?  If  so,  then  it  originated  with  him. 
But  we  call  Elder  C  to  the  stand. 

What  was  the  ordinary  mode  during  the  tirst 
Hve  centuries? 

Ans.  "Trine  immersion  was  the  ordinary 
mode  for  the  tirst  five  hundred  years  after 
Christ. 


have  done,  and  are  doing,  a  mightv  work  in  a 
silent  way  cannot  be  succes-sfully  denied.  Sim- 
ply to  look  at,  they  are  like  all  other  luxuries. 
As  a  means  of  moral  and  religious  eulture 
their  value  cannot  be  over-estimated.  The 
humblest  as  well  as  the  most  exalted  have  ac- 
cess to  the  best  thoughts  in  the  world.  The 
Bible  with  all  its  poetry,  prophecy,  law  and  his- 
tory is  withiti  the  re.ich  of  nil.  .Do  we  appre- 
ciate this  privilege?  Do  we  enjoy  the  liberty 
of  reading  the  Bible? 

Politicians  unden-tand  the  tremendous  power 
of  the  press,  hence  utilize  if.  Men  of  science 
know  its  value,  and  u*e  it.       Publishers  of  ob- 

fue  and  trashy  literature  appreciate  the  val- 
of  the  press  to  increase  their  gains,  hence 
use  it  "with  all  their  might."  Millions  of  men 
and  women  seek  the. light  and  the  chatty,  tivst, 
because  they  love  it;  and  second,  it  is  made  so 
cheap  that  it  is  withm  tlieir  reach.  Here  is 
where  Chritians  are  lacking.  Tliey  do  not  en- 
ter into  the  privilege  of  using  the  press  for 
good  as  they  should.  True  the  report  of  one 
Society  shows  that,  'more  than  eleven  millions 
of  religious  books,  over  one  hundred  millions  of 
tracts,  and  some  thirty  millions  of  spiritual  pe- 
riodicals, have  been  scattered  broadcast  among 
the  people.'  Otliev  societies  have  sent  forth 
still  more,  and  the  final  result  will  only  he 
known  in  the  day  when  that  othfr  book  shall 
be  opens d. 

But  the  question  is,  "What  is  our  Brother- 
hood doing  in  this  direction?  A  little  has  been 
done,  and  eternity  will  unfold  the  blessed  re- 
siults.  Will  you  not, shout  for  joy,  dear  broth- 
I  r  and  sister,  when  you  meet  them  there  whom 
you  aided  with  the^little  book  or  tract  which  you 
placed  in  their  hands  while  sojourning  on  the 
earth?  Yes  you  will  sing  and  shout  for  joy.— 
Thousands  who  will  not  go  to  hear  a  preacher 
will  take  up  a  book,  tract  or  paper  and  read.— 
Gradually  they  are  led  to  read  tbe  Bible,  and  at 
last  the  seed  falls  into  jzood  and  honest  hearts, 
siirings  up  and  yields  an  abundance  of  fruit.— 
"The  eye  can  he  had  when  the  ear  is  closed." 

Not  until,  however,  we  cast  asid*;  all    selfish- 
ness, our  lore  for  our  own   ease  and   comfort, 
our  closeness  and  indirterence   concerning  the 
salvation    of  our  fellew-men    will    he    able   to 
throw  the  bombs  over  the   walls   whose  gates 
are  closed  to  a  living  ministry.      Not  until  we 
have  been  taught  to  obnj  1  Cor.  16:  2  as  readily 
a»  we  do  1  Cor.  16:  2ii,  can  it  be  said   that  the 
press  IS  a  great  power  for  good  among  us.      To 
lay  by  ou  the  first  day  of  the  week  for  the  Lord, 
and  then  have  it  gathered  into  the  treasury  for 
the  spreading  of  truth  is  attended  with  so  many 
blessings  that  we  wonder  why   it   is  not  more 
frequently  done.      But    we  are   in   "perilous 
times;"  men  are  lovers  of  the   pleasure   of  the 
purse,  more  than  lovers  of  God;  so  the   poor 
souls  are  left  out  on  the  barren   mountains  of 
sin  and  folly  TO  PERISH    while  we  enjoy   all 
the  comforls  and  luxuries  of  pejice  and  religion. 
In  distributing  tract«,  all  can  do  their   part. 
Very  few  can   preach,   but    every    One    can,   to 
some  extent,  and  not  a  few  to   a  large  extent, 
purchase  readini;  matter  and  distribute  it.    We 
have  put  tracts  and  pamphlets  almost  at   cost, 
(counting  the  use   of  monev    they   are    put    at 
cost),  and  thus  done  our  part  iu  this   matter.— 
Were  a  large  fund   raised   lor   the   purpose   of 
publishing  tracts  and  pamphlets,  they  could  be 
printed  at  still  lower  rates,  for  larger  the  quau- 
tity  the  cheaper.    Testaments  are  now  printed 
and  sold  at  Hve  cents  each .  Why  ?  Because  of  the 
immense  number  that  are  now    being   printed. 
)IV  could  not  print  1,000  copies  for   less  than 
40  cent':  each,  but  we   might  print   1,000,000 
for  almost  one  tenth  that  sum. 
Wecanmt  compete  with   other  societies  m 


the  work.  It  lati  be  done,  if  he  who  is  able  iri7/. 
Asa  people  we  have  the  wealth;  prosperity 
smiles  upon  us,  the  field  is  open  to  ub,  and  men 
can  be  found  who  are  willing  to  work,  but  can- 
not alone;  hence  if  there  is  any  account  to  he 
brought  up  on  the  day  of  judgment  for  neglect 
of  duty,  we  shall  claim  innocency.  We  have 
spoken  out  so  that  those  who  have  possessions 
of  the  Lord's  goods  may  hear.  If  they  assume  I 
the  risks,  then  they  assume  them.  If  the  blood 
of  those  who  never  come  to  a  knowlodge  of  the 
truth,  but  who  }iiif}hl hint-  heeu  tntnjht  if  proper 
efforts  had  bei*u  made— I  say  if  tbe  blood  of 
surh  w  ill  he  placed  upon  some  others,  then  let 
it  be  placed,  for  we  have  done  our  part.  We 
pray  God  to  raise  up  a  brother  who  will  give 
liberally  for  the  publicittion  of  sound  lit*'rature, 
and  help  rescue  ihe  pi-ess  from  a  dark  and  cor- 
rupt world.  We  pray  for  such  a  brother  to 
arise  and  provoke  others  to  good  works.  The 
Gospel  Tract  Association  is  willibg  to  work  if 
you  will  do  yours.  God  bless  all  noble  and  self- 
denying  hearts. 


DANISH  MISSION  MONEY. 


k\ 


BROTHEU  KHholinan  will  not  be  at 
home  much  of  the  time  now,  we  hope  the 
contrilmtors  to  the  l)aru»h  Mi.ssion  Fund  will 
remember  that  thi»  oilice  iti  not  authorized  to 
receive  said  funds,  neither  ih  it  prepared  to  keep 
an  account  of  money  received  for  that  purpose. 
To  avoid  all  ptKsibility  of  mistakf^,  m^nd  all 
money  direct  to  C.  P.  Rowland,  TrK^^urcr.  Lan- 
ark, Carroll  County,  IllinoiH. 


THE  TRUST  ON  THE  OTHER  SIDE 

had    much    confidence   in    the 


E  nlwuy 

force  of  an  example,  but  we   now   have 
the  pleas-ure  of  having  it  verified.       We    gave 

notice  oiAi/fpofiit  of  ijs by  a  Brother  in  la., 

who  wanted  to  save  the  expense  of  sending 
money  each  time  he  ordered  somethinu  from 
the  office.  Others  are  now  following  his  ex- 
ample. Thi?.  we  think,  will  work  nicely;  it 
will  save  our  patrons  uueaiiuess  and  much  facil- 
itate their  business  with  the  othce.  It  is  sim- 
ply our  subscribera  and  patroLS  truating  us  in- 
stead of  us  them.  Then  it  is  mueh  easier  for 
our  subscribers  to  trust  us  thaH  tl  ia  for  us  to 
trust  tliem.  For  us  to  trust  'J.OdO  persons 
§;5.00farh  takes  ?;  10,000;  hut  for  2,000  persons  to 
trust  u*  with  the  same  amount,  would  require 
of  them  only  S5.OO  each.  65,00  from  each  pa- 
tron would  he  the  same  accommodation  to  us 
that  ^10,000.00  from  us  is  to  them. 

We  have  to  wait  three  months,  six  months,  a 
year,  twoyears,andevenlonger,oneachof  about 
2.000  ditlereut  persons,  for  $1.00,  ^2.0(\  $3.0i), 
§0.00,  ?10.00,  §15,00,  §20.00,  *30.00,  :?40.00, 
SoO.OU,  and  even  more.  The  average  time  that 
we  have  had  to  wait  is  about  six  months,  and 
the  amounts  run  about  as  follows: 

it    500  00 

600  00 

TSO.tiil 

1.000.00 

1,500.00 

2,0i.)n.u0 

l,60IM)t) 
i,20IH)lt 

800  00 
SOO  00 


SPECIAL  DISTRICT  MEETINa. 

PC RSU ANT  to  arrangements,  the    miasion- 
committee  and  the  ofhcers  of  the  last  reg- 
ular District  Meeting  met  at  the  house  of  Bro, 
.loshua  Slifor,  July  2t>th,  to  appoint  time  and 
place    for  a  special    meeting   to    arrange  for 
Annual  Meeting  in  I8S0.      After  a  thorough 
discussion  relative  to  several   places,   the  com- 
mittee hullotted  and  on  the  third    ballot    Pine 
Creek  church  received  two  thirds  of  all   the 
votes  cast,  hence  was  declared  the  choice  of  the 
committee.    Upon  further  consideration  it  was 
agreed  that  the  meeting  he  hejd   August   26th, 
commencing  at  S:  :jn  A.  M.      Brother  ,Iohn  J. 
Eiumert  was  appointed  to  notify  the   churches 
of  the  time  and  place  of  meeting.       The  com- 
mittee suggest  that   those    who  desire  to  offer 
ground,  upon  which  to  hold  the  Annual  Meet- 
ing, do  so  through  their  delegates.      By  so  do- 
ing the  committee  on  location  will  be  enabled 
to  go  to  work  immediately  after  the  meeting. — 
We  hope  the  meeting  may  he  characterized  by 
the  wisdom  which  comes  from  above,  and  that 
all  may  enjoy  the  blessed  association   peculiar 
to  the  people  of  God. 


10    persous 

S50.00 

15 

40.00 

35 

30.00 

50 

20.00 

100 

15.00 

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101)0 

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5.00 

■loo      " 

3,00 

41  IU 

2.00 

31  in        " 

1.00 

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?ilO,35n.OO  diTided  by  2,00o  equals  ?5.7-40, 
or  nearly  *,i.20.  The  interest  on  10,350.00  at 
8  per  cent-  (the  legal  rate  in  this  state)  for  six 
months  is  $414.00.  This  ranch  we  must  lose 
each  year,  while,  if  each  of  the  2,000  persons 
would  deposit  with  us  only  ?a.20,  we  would  not 
only  save  5:414.00,  which  we  lose,  hut  we  would 
gain  clear  ^414.00.  We  would  then  he  able  to 
send  the  paper y'rff  to  414  dilterent  persons  and 
save  §414.00  per  year  more  than  we  now  do. 

Brethren,  send  in  your  deposits.  Send  the 
money  when  you  have  it,  and  then  when  you 
want  to  order  anything  from  the  office,  all  you 
need  to  do  is  to  send  us  a  postal  card  and  it  will 
be  attended  to  at  once.  Remember  we  will  fur- 
nish you  with  any  religious  book  published  at 
retail  price.  How  much  will  you  deposit  with 
us  within  the  next  thirty  days? 


Is  many  places  Harvest  Meetings  are  now 
being  held,  at  which  praises  and  thanksgiving 
are  sent  up  to  God  for  the  bountiful  supply  of 
-rain  and  fruits  which  the  people  generally  en- 
Joy.  II  is  said  that  not  for  many  years  has 
this  country  been  so  universally  blessed  with 
good  crops.  Then  let  every  heart  give  thanks 
to  God,  and  so  live  that  abundant  blessings  may 
he  given  this  nation  for  many  .years  to  come. 
Would  it  not  be  good  to  remember  at  those 
meetings  the  poor  who  need  food  and  raiment, 
the  poor  who  need  some  goal  church  paper,  the 
poor  who  need  the  Gospel  preached  to  tbemV 
"The  e  irth  is  the  Lord's  and  the  fulnes!  theny 
of"     He  has  tilled  our  land  with  plenty;  let  us 


The  Ashland  College  Circular  is  before  m, 
and  a  glance  at  it  may  be  of  general  interest. —  ». 

S.  /.  rtiiarp  is  professor  of  Mental   and   Moral 
Science:   Leonard   Ruber,   professor  of  Latin, 
iiernuin  and  I'Vencli;  J.  E.  Stubbs,  professor  of 
lireek;  David  Uaily,  professor  of  Mathematica; 
Jacob  Keim,   professor  of  Natural   Sciences. — 
The  Principals  of  the  Normal  and  Commer- 
cial Departments,  Instructor  in   music.  Draw- 
ing and  Painting  are  to  be  selected  before  the 
opening  of  the  school,  the  Fall  session  of  which 
begins  Septi-iuber  17tli,  IS";*.    A  boarding  hall 
1 10s40,  four  stories  high  is  being  erected  for 
the  students  and  teachers,  and  uo  elfortsare  be- 
ing spared  to  make  it  a  pleasant   home    for  all 
who  attend  school.    There  will  be  a   Prepara- 
tory  Department,  a  Normal     Department,  a 
Philosophical  Course  and  a  Classical  Course. — 
Each  student  is  expected,  as  far  Hs  possible,  to 
govern  himself,  and  "Ahr.iijs  Ih  Higlil  "  —an 
excellent  rule  indeed.  "Memljers  of  the  church 
of  the  Brethren   are  expected  to  observe  the 
ijenerfl  order    of  the    clmrtli  wltli    regard   to 
dressf  those  not  members  to  dress  plainly,  with 
neatness    and    ecouomy."      Manual  employ- 
ment will  befuruisliedthosewlioare  unableoth- 
erwise  to  pay  tlieir  expenses.  Iu  short  they  pro- 
pose to  give    a    liberal   course    of  instruction 
"witli  I  he  least  expenses  to  the  students."  Any 
one    wishing    to  know  more   of  objects    of  its 
founders,  should  address,  S.  '/..  Stiarp,  Ashland, 
Uliio,  for  Circular.        ^ 

After  the  adjournment  of  the  committee  on 
selecting  time  and  place  of  special  District  Meet- 
ing, the  majority  of  them  went  lo  Mt.  Morris  and 
sp,int  the  night  there.    The  work  of  repairing 
the  Seminary  buildings  is  rapidly   going  for- 
wani.  and  by  hard  and  constant  labor,  Brother 
Stein  expects  to  be  ready  to  oi.en  shool  the  20th 
inst.     Prospects  for  a  good   beiriuning   are  ex- 
cellent.   Some  applicants  have   asked   permis- 
sion to  deviate  from  the   principles  enunciated 
in  the  circular  relative  to  plainness  of  dress, 
but  Brother  Stein   has  thus  far  been  able  to 
show  them   that  his   position  is  correct,  and 
that  no  deviation  can  be  permitted.    He  main- 
tains  that  our  brethren  and  sisters  need  a  place 
to  attend  school  where  they  will  be  protected  in 
their  faith  and  practice.    To  yield  one  iota  is  to 
burden  those  of  like  precious  faith  without  aid- 
ing those  who  seek  liberties  to  put  ou  unneces- 
sary apparel.    It  is  gratifying  to  know  that  the 
projectors  and  owners  of  this  school  are  deter- 
mined to  maintain  Bible  principles  on  thevei- 
e,l  dress  riuestion:  for,  in  this  age  of  unholy 
adornment,    men   of  steel  are    needed    every- 
where; and  we  shall  be  happy  to  see  hundreds 
of  young  brtthien  and  sisters   come  Irom  om 
institutions  of  learning,  abundantly  eqmpped 
with  heavenly  arguments  in  lavor  of  plain  diw- 
sing    plain   living,  plain  speech;  defendmg  the 
gospel  which  produces  a  plain  people  whereier 
it  finds  lodgment. 


publishing  tracts  and  pamphlets  unless  our  petv    give  him  of  his  own  by  doing   goo  1  with  it., 
pie  will  come  forward  and   begin   and   sustain  \  Matt.  25:  34-40. 


Watch  Ihe  <laUo/  your  i^aper  ofposile  jw»r 
mme.    if  ;(»"  ''''  ""'  "■'*''  '"  ""**  ""''  ""'"■  ' 
htrs,  rmtw  in  Halt. 


Ttii;    liliK'i"iiiiK2sr    j\.'r    "WOKKl. 


•A^iaru  St    4 


0ni;   §m^   0ass. 


"  2V  Worth  of  Truth  no  Tongue  Can  Tell." 

This  dep»rtiii«at  is  <le«iKii<^  for  asking  and  an- 
aweriiiginiftstions,  dnivvn  from  tliP  IJiltle.  In  or- 
der to  prnmoto  the  Truth,  all  f)n^.stion(^  ahould  t'f 
brief,  and  clutlipd  In  fiimjilo  UnKuai^e.  We  ahull 
assign  i|uestionfl  to  «iir  rontrilititom  t«  anawpr, 
bill  this  dofs  not  exclude  any  others  writing  upon 
(be  same  topic. 


Will  some  om-  explain  Ileb.  1:1?  "  And  of  the 
angela  he  saith.  Who  niaketli  his  angels  flplrlta,  and 
his  mini3l«rs  n  rlame  of  fire."  U.  T.  Crook. 

Will  some  one  [>leae*  tHI  us.  tliroiigh  tJio  Hkktii- 
REN  AT  WoiiK  who  HTotc  the  hitter  part  of  the 
last  rhapt4T  of  Deuteronomy,  from  Ilftli  verse 
to  end  of  ciiBltltT?  A.  K.  M. 

W!!!  some  one  please  explain  Mfttt.  »:-22Y  "But 
Jesus  said  unto  him.  Follow  me;  and  let  the  dead 
bury  their  dead."  II.  Stkwaiit. 

Will  someone  be  kind  enough  to  explain  Ileh. 
10:  2fl?  C.J.  Head. 

Will  some  one  please  explain  Daniel  7:  1^.  Ii. 
"I  saw  tlie  iilglil  visions,  and  behold,  one  like  the 
Son  or  maTi  came  with  the  rlonds  of  heaven,  and 
came  to  the  Ancient  of  dayrt,  and  they  brought 
him  near  bbfon- him.  And  there  v/aa  given  bhn 
dominion,  and  a  kin^fdom,  timt  all  people,  nations, 
and  languages  should  nerve  him:  his  dominion  Is 
an  everliisting  dominion,  which  shall  not  pass 
away,  and  hin  kingdom  that  whlcli  shall  not  he 
destroyed. 

Also  ilev.  7,  and  llev.  20:4,  5.  T.  C.  Wool). 

{Will  Hrotlior  Daniel  Vanlnian  answer  Brother 
Wood?— Kn.] 


SPIRITS  IN  PRISON. 

Will  some  one  i)l(iaHe  exjdain  I  Pot..'l:  lOV  It 
reads  as  follows:  "  Ity  whi(.-h  also  be  wont  and 
preached  unto  tlie  sjiirltM  in  prison."  Who  Is  the 
preacherV  Who  are  the  spirltsy  Wheii-  \h  the 
prison?  ,1.  W.  Bahniiart. 

F[»ST.    Who  is  the  preacher?     The  spirit 
of  ('hrist  hy  the  moutli  of  the  prophets. — 
I  I'et,  1:  11, 

Second.  Who  are  thi>  spirits?  Those  who 
are  in  sin  are  saiil  to  be  in  priHon.  Isa.  (31:1. 
The  proi>het  in  speaking  of  the  office  of  ('hriwt 
deirlares  that  it  is  to  procltiini  liberty  to  the 
captivpH  and  tlin  opening  of  the  prison  to  them 
that  are  fonnd. 

The  antediluvian  world  had  »  knowledge  of 
Christ  and  of  a  judgniBut  to  come  for  Knoch 
the  seventh  from  Adam  prophesied,  "Heboid 
the  Lord  comoth  with  ten  thousand  of  hin 
saints  to  judgi-  tlie  world,"  and  Noah,  when 
preaching  unto  them  did  so  by  the  spirit  of 
Christ,  and  a.i  they  were  grosa  sinners  they 
were  spirituatly  in  prison. 

Third.  Where  is  the  prison?  It  is  declared 
that  the  kingdom  of  God  is  within  ur.  If  so, 
so  also  can  this  prison  bo  within  lis,  and  the  in- 
dividual who  lives  in  sin.  and  is  the  slave  of  the 
lusts  and  puM.iions  that  war  within  ia  figurative- 
ly a  prisoner. 

The  dead  are  said  to  Imve  the  gospel  preach- 
ed unto  them.  1  Pet.  4:  6.  Not  those  who  are 
dead  bodily,  but  dead  in  trespuMes  and  sins, 
for  the  apostle  says,  "Wherefore  awake,  thou 
that  sleepest,  and  arise  from  the  dead,  and  Clirist 
shall  give  thee  light";  and  further,  it  is  declar- 
ed that  the  time  is  coming,  nnd  now  is  when 
the  dead  shall  hear  the  voice  of  the  Son  of 
God.  "and  they  that  hear  shall  live."  This  re- 
ffers  to  the  present  time,  and  means  those  who 
ere  in  siu  or  bound  in  prison. 

J.  F,  £ltKIt»OL£. 


ANOINTING  WITH  OIL. 


1)  LESSINtiS  IbUow  obedience  to  natural  law 
)  as  well  as  to  the  heavenly.  Those  laws 
are  irrevocably  fixed  by  the  hand  of  Divinity, 
and  to  violate  or  neglect  to  obey  his  law  insures 
suffering  or  the  hss  of  a  blessing.  To  obey 
secures  the  smiles  of  a  kind  Providence  and 
draws  a  oleKiing  from  above.  If  we  hear  the 
command  ot  God  and  do  it  not,  we  deceive  our- 
selves. "But  who  80  looketh  into  the  perfect 
law  of  liberty,  and  contiuueth  therein,  Jie  being 
not  a  forgetful  hearer,  but  a  doer  of  the  work, 
this  man  shall  be  blessed  in  liis  deed."  James 
2:  25.  Tbe  peculiar  feature  of  this  blessing  ii. 
that  itshall  be  given  unto  us  "without  measure," 
coming  from  God  "whogiveth  liberally  and  up- 
braideth  not."  Man  giveth  by  measure  and 
frequently  very  sparingly.  But  he  whoaendeth 
his  rain  upon  the  just  as  well  as  the  unjust, 
blessing  both  saint  and  sinner,  will,  by  obedi- 
ence to  his  commaads,  doubly  bleas  his  devoted 
children. 

We  enjoy  a  blessing  or  favor  most  when  we 
feel  its  greatest  need.  So  long  tm  the  sinner 
<Jw  not  feel  the  need  of  a  pure  heart  and  a 
clear  conscience  void  of  offence  towards  God.  he 
Vould  not  highly  appreciate  it.  But  when  be- 
coming convicU-d  of  sin  and  realizing  his   un- 


done condition,  and  utt«r  inability  to  save 
himself,  then  will  he  accept  a  Savior,  then  will 
he  appreciat«  bis  freedom  and  the  blenaingn 
that  are  consequent. 

The  confiding  Chrintian  will  avail  himwif  of 
flII  the  privileges  of  the  gf»spel  that  he  may  ob- 
tain a  full  salvation.  The  means  of  grace  pro- 
vided the  great  plan  of  salvation  are  many  and 
efficient,  and  are  peculiarly  adapted  to  the 
wants  of  the  body  as  well  as  of  th«  soul.  In 
this  we  behold  the  great  wiiwlom  of  God.  He 
commands  that  his  children  should  glorify  him 
n  the  body  and  in  the  spirit,  which  are  his. 
This  implies  that  there  is  a  law  regulating  the 
physical  body  as  well  as  tbe  spiritual.  And  io 
order  that  we  may  grow  up  in  obedience  to  the 
same  and  enjoy  the  blessings  they  mu^t  be  un- 
derstood. Hence  the  great  necessity  of  study- 
ing the  laws  of  God. 

Inasmuch  as  man   is   weak  and  limited  in 
knowledge,  he  transgresses   and  »ubject«   him- 
self to  suffering.     Hence    were    it  not  for  the 
great  love  and    mercy   of  God,  man    would  be 
without  hope  and  beyond  redenij»tion.     The  in- 
junction to  the  sinner  is  "repent  ye    therefore, 
and  be  converted,  that  your  sins  may  be  blotted 
out,"    "Arise   and  be  baptized,  and  wash  away 
thy  sins,"  "He  that  believeth    and  is   baptized 
shall    be    saved."      Commands    wiiich    he  can 
obey,  and  if  so  the  needed  blessings  will  follow. 
To  his  children,  Christ  says,  "Kxcept  ye  eat  the 
Hesh  of  the  Son  of  Man.  and  drink   his   blood, 
ye  have  no  life  in  you."     In  these  we  find  the 
I>eculiar  adaptation  of  the    gosi)el    of  Chrint. — 
Another  peculiarity    of  the    gospel    of    Christ 
followed  with  the  greatest  blessings  i^  contain- 
ed in  iliimes  .I:  14,  15.  "Is  any  sick  among  you:' 
let  him  call  for  the  elders    of  the   church,  and 
let  them  pray  over  him,    anointing    him     with 
oil  in  the  name  of  the  Lord:  and  the  prayer    of 
faith  KhnI)  save  the   sick,   and    the   Lord    shall 
raise  him  up;  and  if  he  have   committed    sins, 
they  shall  be  forgiven  him,"  setting  forth   the 
idea  that  in  Christ  there  is  a   remedial  agency 
for      both      soul      and    body.      .Jesaa    is  then 
no  less  a  pliysieian  of  the  body  than  of  the  soul. 
It  is  true  the  performance  of  this    duty  has  al- 
most become  extinct,  and  inasmuch  an   it  is 
followed  by  such  a  rich  blessing  and  connected 
with  such  great  promises,  it  is    to  be  lamented 
that  it  is  so  much  neglected. 

How  glad  I  am  that  the  Christian  can  look 
to  a  power  that  is  higher  than  that  of  earth. 
And  notwithstanding  this  holy  peforniance  is 
discarded  l)y  many,  jet  there  are  many  humble 
(-iiristians  to-day  that  are  availing  themselves 
ol'  the  soul-inspiring  and  body  recuperator,  so 
healthful  and  invigorating  to  liotli.  Our  be- 
loved Hro.  .lames  no  doubt  enjoyed  its  healing 
influences,  aud  realizing  its  twofold  benefita, 
commends  it  to  the  atllicted  every-where. 

When  our  Lord  sent  out  the  holy  and  de- 
vout men,  the  seventy  disciples,  it  was  a  lead- 
ing part  of  their  communion  to  perform  this 
holy  work,  which  the  beloved  Mark  was  care- 
ful to  record,  "And  they  cast  out  many  devils, 
and  anointed  witli  oil  many  that  were  sick,  aud 
healed  them."  Mark  4:  13.  The  language  of 
.lumea  is  addressed  to  the  whole  church.  "Is 
any  sick?  let  him,  etc.,"  implies  perpetration, 
and  has  been  in  practice  since  the  days  of  the 
apostles.  (See  Mosheini's  Eccl.  Hist.,  pp  .'JOl, 
739.)  By  obeying  this  command  we  do  not 
claim  the  power  of  working  miracles,  but  sim- 
ply obeying  Christ  and  the  bl-ssings  follow, 
and  have  exhibited  remarkable  instances  of  Di- 
vine ap|)robation.  Our  reason  for  obeying  this 
conmiaud  is  upon  theauthority  of  Jesus  Cnrist, 
and  should  have  our  attention  0.4  welt  as  other 
inspired  teachings.  "If  they  have  kept  my  sfij'- 
ings  they  will  keep  yours  also."  John  15:  20. 
This  is  the  chain  of  authority.  And  if  this 
command  is  attended  to  in  the  proper  manner, 
by  faith,  the  result  is,  raising  up  the  sick. 

Prayer  occupies  a  prouiinent  feature  in  this 
work  to  secure  the  blessing,  though  natural 
remedie.s  are  not  forbidden,  yet  prayer  well 
seasoned  by  faith  secures  the  blessings,  yielding 
obedience  to  the  divine  will  of  God.  Elijili,  a 
man  of  God.  prayed,  and  the  heavens  gave  not 
their  rain.  "Whatsoever  we  ask.  we  receive  of 
him.  because  we  keep  his  commandments,  and 
do  those  things  that  are  pleasing  in  bis  sight. — 
1  John  Z:  22.  Setting  forth  the  fact  thai^  an- 
swers to  prayer  are  only  secured  by  yielding 
obedience  to  his  will.  "The  eyes  of  the  Lord 
are  over  the  righteous,  and  his  ears  are  opoii  to 
their  prayers.  1  Pet.  ii:  12.  Thus  can  we  con- 
fidingly approach  God  in  prayer  and  faith,  and 
the  blessings  will  follow.  The  body  is  raised 
up,  and  if  sins  have  been  committed  they  shall 
be  forgiv.ni.  .las.  .">:  Ij.  Oft  have  we  stood  by 
the  bedtid"  of  th;i  :ilMiei-,'d,  witnessed  atiil  en- 
gaged in  thi.'*  holy  wuiK,  and  beheld  il«  i-'>m- 
forting  influences.  Recently  our  dear  compan- 
ion w(Ls  stricken  down  with  disease,  and 
requetited.  while  struggling  on  the  bed  of  pain, 
to   have    the  oil    by   faith   applied,  which   in 


arc(>rdanc«  to  the  divine  plan.  {.iaa. 


was  attended  to.  and  by  it^i  recuperative  and 
sdul-inspiringinHoences,  she  to-day  is  able  to 
attend  to  her  domestic  duties,  rejoicing  in  God 
aud  c«nfirnn_d  in  her  mind,  that  Jesus  is  the 
gicat  I'hysician  of  both  soul  and  body. 

What  a  grand  thought!  .lesus  Christ  a  phy- 
Rieian'     .\nciently  he  spake  the  word   and   the 
di«ea.«ed  were  healed,  and  is  his    word    less    po- 
U-ut  today?     Oh  afflicted,  call  thou  on  Christ: 
he  will  be  thy  comfort  and  make  thy  bed  in  all 
thy  sickness  and  raise  thee  up  if  thou    wilt  but 
trust  in  him.     Sickness  is  the  result  of  sin. — 
Whether   we     violate   law   either  physical  or 
moral  it   is   sin.     Whether  that   vioaltion    be 
through  ignorance  or  useful    transgression    we 
suffer.     How  merciful  is  God  to  provide  a  rem- 
edy for  this  as  well  as  of  other  ills.     And  if  this 
holy  anointing  receives  the  proper   observance, 
theforgivnc-fs  of  sins  is  promised.      Could   hu- 
manity live  in    holy  obedience  to   fhe    laws  of 
Christianity  they  would  have  less   ills.      Many 
of  the  dinea^es  now  prevalent  might    be   avoid- 
able if  Christians  would  live  closer  to  Christ,— 
"Christ  as  physician  for  fhe  body  is  not  a    whit  | 
less  available,   nor   from    any   common    sense 
view  less  serviceable,  than  as  a    priest  he    is    to 
(lie  soul  of  man."     Then  oh  child  of  God.  trust 
fhou  in  Jesus,    actjuaint  thyself  with    physical 
nnd  moral  law,  obey  its  divine  behests,  aud    if 
from  caii>)es  unavoidable  thou  shouldst  fail,  and 
tlip  body  become  faint  and  sick,  there    is  yet  a 
remedy  for  thy  ills.     Make  a  complete    surren- 
der of  thyself  into  the   hands  of  the  Lord,    in 
particular  sn   far  as   it   respects   thy   recovery 
from  thy  bed  of  affliction.     "Call  for  the  elders 
of  the  church,  aud    let    fhem    pray    over  him. 
anointing  him  with  oil  in  thfuanie  of  the  Lord: 
and  the  prayer  of  faith  shall  save  the  sick,   and 
the  Lord  shall  raise  him  up;  aud  if  behave  com- 
mitted sins  they  shall  be  forgiven  him.    Jas.  5: 
14,15.     Oh  is  this  not  a    magnificent    key    to 
unlock    the    fetters     and     give    us     freedom 
fully,  from  the  thralldom  and    power  of  sin? — 
Oh  the  liberty  there  is  in  the  religion   of  Jesus 
ChristP     I  can  conceive  of  nothing  so  delight,- 
ful,  so  j'lyous,  so  inspiring,  so  ecstatic,  so  health- 
giving.  >*o  thoroughly   and  consciously  saving, 
as  being  filled  with  thefulln-'ss  of  God;    being 
so  under  the  guidance  of  the  Holy  Spirit  as  to 
have  no  passion   nor  appetite,   no   propensity, 
nor  iuhtinct,  no  thought  nor  feeling,   no  con- 
science nor  judgment,  no  wish  nor  will,  diverse 
from  God's;  but  on  the  other  hand,   constantly 
to  cry  out  ill  auy  and  every  way  in  which   con- 
sciousness can  take  voice,   "'Not  my   will,   but 
thine,  OGod,  be  done."    This  freedom  can    be 
liadby  complying    with    all   of  Christ's  com- 
inauds.      And    where  cau   there   be  a  greater 
prtHiiise  following  obedience   than   this   of  the 
holy  anointing?     We  answer, none.     He  that 
avails  himself  of  thi.s  precious   boon    is  free. — 
'Gud  hns  so  touched  him  as  to  give  him  a  fore- 
taste  of  heaven.     He    has    opened    the    man's 
own  nature  and  let  him  have  view  of  its   pos- 
ibilities,  and  all  the  sight,  all    things  of  time 
and  sense  lessen  in  his  eitimation.       His  grasp 
on  earth  is  loosened.     His  clasp    ou    heaven   is 
tightened.    Law  more  and  more  lets  him  alone. 
Divine  love  embraces  him,  and   hides  his   life 
away  with  Christ's  lifein   the  bnsom   of    God, 
liberty — the  quintessence  of   God's    nature — 
take.*;  him  by  the  hand    aud  tenders  him    the 
freedom  from   nil    sin.      It  says  to  him,   all 
things  are  yours,  for  you  are  Christ  and  Christ 
is  God's."    Then  are  we  accepted  in  the  belov- 
ed.   Amen. 


14.  l.il  The  Karen  Mission  in  India,  which  is  some- 
times called  tbe  gem  ot  missions,  was  commeoo. 
ed  fifty  years  ago.  It  now  comprises  ZH 
churches,  with  H'.I'l.'*  members.  It  has  a  the- 
ological school  at  Rangoon,  with  forty-nine 
students. 

Gen.  Grant  says,  in  a  letter  to  a  friend,  of 
the  missionary  wor';  in  India,  "that  the  Eng- 
lish sjeak  in  tbe  highest  terms  of  the  work  be- 
ing done  all  through  this  country  by  the  mia- 
sionaries,  especially  in  an  educational  waV 
They  are  doing  much  good." 

The  Methodist's  Woman  Foreign  Missionary 
Society  reports  for  its  tenth  year  the  receipt  of 
upwards  of  ^0.000,  being  a  large  increase  over 
the  previous  year.  Of  this  sum.  the  Cincinnati 
branch  raised  the  largest  amount  of  any  of  the 
seven  branches. 

A  Beri  IN"  correspondent  reports  that  there 
a  mysterious  coolness  between  Russia  and 
Germany,  and  the  Czar,  in  consequence  of  it 
will  not  visit  the  empire.  Many  persons  be- 
lieve that  this  3tat.e  of  things  is  owing  to  the 
influence  of  the  Czarowitz. 

A K  infidel  said  sarcastically  to  a  clergyman: 
"I  always  spend  Sunday  in  settling  my  ac- 
counts." The  reverend  gentleman  did  not 
wither  as  expected,  but  simply  replied:  "And 
you  will  prob.ibly  spend  the  day  of  judgment 
in  the  same  way," 

Akordinc.  to  Odessa  newspapers,  the  situa- 
tion of  the  crops  m  Southern  Russia  and  the 
( iCaucasus  has  scarL^ly  ever  been  so  bad  as  at 
present.  What  was  left  by  the  drouth  aud  hail 
is  now.  it  is  asserted,  being  annihilated  by 
frightful  swarms  of  grasshoppers  and  corn- 
beetles  in  the  neighl)orhood  of  Odessa,  and  in 
the  governments  ol  Bessarabia,  Ehaterinohlav 
Kherson.  Poltavia,  Tiflis,  Terek-Baku,  Stavro- 
pol, and  Kutais. 

China  has  400,000,000  people,  of  which  num- 
ber there  is  scarcely  one  who  can  not  read  aud 
write.  It  has  2,000  colleges,  and  their  libraries 
outnumber  ours  ten  to  one.  There  are  in  that 
land  of  pig  tail..-d  Mongols  2,0i'0.0n0  highly  ed- 
ucated men.  while  there  is  hardly  a  woman  who 
is  educated  of  all  the  vast  number  of  its  people, 
aud  not  one  who  is  thought  to  have  a  soul. 
Educauion  is  principally  a  discipline  of  the 
memory,  aud  their  schools  are  based  upon  an 
entirelj'  different  idea  from  ours.  "A  Jive 
Yankee  schoolmaster,"  says  the  Christian  Aaf- 
rin-'itr,  "would  find  little  employment  in  China, 
even  though  he  understood  the  l.'hinese  lan- 
guage aud'literature  perfectly. 


Official  reports  of  the  Italian  harvest  say 
the  rain  aud  inundations  have  rendered  the 
prospects  m  the  North  deplorable. 

Nkw  York,  July  1. — Two  steamers  were  ad- 
mitted to  the  Quarantine  hospital  in  the  Lower 
Biy  yesterday,  who  were  sick  with  symtoms  of 
yellow  fever. 

Says  Mix  Muller:  "Though  110,000,000  of 
luimau  souls  still  profess  Brahmiuism,  I  do  not 
shrink  from  saying  that  their  religion  is  dying 
or  dead." 

The  Aniericin  Missionary  Association  is  in 
a  prosperous  condition.  U  has  13,000  Indians 
under  its  control,  and  7,2211  students.  It  has 
Gi  churches  iu  the  south. 


n  tliP  L-.-nL— Bev.  U  .  1 


Obituaries  should  be  brief,  written  on  but  one  side  of 
paper,  &nd  sep&rate  from  all  other  buBiueas. 


TffE  Bisle  Missionary  Society  in  Switzerland 
,nd  Southern  Germany,  support-i  18fi  mission 
aries,  including  their  wives.  Its  income  in 
1ST7  amounted  to  l?l7o  -JltO. 

Th£  British  and  Foreign  Bible  Society  circu- 
i.-itc-s  more  than  300.00U  copies  of  the  Scriptures 

every  year,  abiut  2,00u  of  which  are  sold,  and  i  Calumny,  tough  raised  upon  nothing,  is  too 
the  rt  ..tare  given  away.  Some  eighty  colporl-  swift  to  be  overtaken,  and  too  volatile  to  be 
eurs  are  employed  in  this  work.  impeded. 


METZGER.— Near  Spencersville,  Allen  Co., 
Ohio,  July  I5th,  1S79,  Frier-d  Eli  Metzger, 
aged  17  years,  11  months,  and  2  days. 

SEARF03S.— Also  near  Columbus  Grove.  Al- 
len Couutv.  Ohio,  Oruie  EIroy,  infant  son  of 
Friend  Henry  and  Barbara  Searfoss,  aged  4 
months  and  11  days. 

ELLIOTT.-lu  Sugar  Creek  Church,*  Allen 
County,  Ohio.  July  23rd,  1879,  Brother 
James  Elliott,  aged  62  year:»,  1  month,  and  3 
days.     Funeral  by  the  Brethren. 

Daniel  Broweh. 

STE[NM.\N,— Near  Williamstown,  Ohio,  on 
24th  iiist,  Mrs.  Anna  K.,  wife  of  Mr.  William 
Steinman,  aged  21  years,  11  months  and  2 
days.  Funeral  services  iu  the  Brethren 
Church,  by  the  writer,  assisted  by  Brother 
W.  C.  Teeter,  from  Psalm  39:  4. 

S.  T.  BOSIIERMAN. 

STUTSMAN.— In  Yellow  Creek  District,  Elk- 
hart County.  Indiana,  May  18th,  John  Stuts- 
man, aged  67  years.  4  months,  and  3  days.— 
Services  by  Andrew  Bigler  and  the  writer, 
from  1  Cor.  15:  22. 

ANGLEMYER.— In  the  same  district,  July 
10th.  Si-iter  Lydia  Anglemyer,  aged  23 
years  and  13  days.  Services  by  the  writer 
and  S.  Leer,  from  lea.  38:  1. 

HOOVER.— In  Elkhart  Valley  District,  June 
fith.  Sister  Elizabeth  Hoover.  Services  by 
the  writer,  from  2  Cor.  5:  1. 

METZLKR.— In  Baugo  District.  July  8,  Mary 
Elizabeth,  ihild  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
Metzler.  aged  3  months  and  9  days.  Servi- 
ces by  Joel  Shively  and  A.  Miller. 

John  Metzleb. 


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FROM  PALESTINE. 

NTUBER  XVI 

Bethlehem  and  Solomon's  Pools. 

irmm  lb«  "ClirlrtUn  Sluidanl"  bj  qwlal  ArniDgraigDt  l 

OX  our  return  to  Jerusalem  from  our  excur- 
6^D  beyond  the  Jordan,  we  remained 
there,  continuing  oar  study  of  that  city  and  its 
cuviroDs  two  days,  and  then,  on  Saturday,  May 
3_  we  started  on  a  tour  intended  to  include  all 
J  Prtle>tine  south  of  the  parallel  of  Jerusalem. 
Leaving  our  carap  Itefore  the  Joppa  gate,  we 
rrtde  up  close  to  that  gate,  theu  turning  to  the 
light  we  descended  the  eastern  side  of  the  val- 
ley of  Uinuoni  a  short  d^^tance  and  crossed  it 
ju'^t  below  the  stone  wait  ou  which  it  is  crossed 
br  the  aqueduct  from  Solomon's  Pools.  We 
,,'ere  on  the  road  to  Bethlehem.  As  I  crossed  I 
rorle  up  to  ^'he  aqueduct  wall  and  looked  into 
a  hole  which  I  had  found  in  the  top  of  the 
a(|ueducta  few  d>iya  beture,  and  saw  that  the 
water  was  still  Hiwiug  It  flows  through  an 
earthen  pipe  about  ei^ht  inchts  m  diameter, 
ffhi'l,  IS  tovtred  over  with  unhew.d  stones 
IhuI  ill  cement.  The  stones  protect  the  pipe 
Ifoiii  violence.  At  iittervals  all  the  way  to 
Dethlehuu  we  saw  the  aqueduct  winding  round 
Ihe  I'iilsidp,  and  a  woman  gave  me  n  drink  of 
\viitHr  from  it  j^ist  at  the  edge  of  that  Inwii  On 
tlie  south  side  of  the  town  it  flows  ihinutili  a 
ii-tern,  keep-)  it  full,  and  affords  a  perpetual 
supply  of  water  to  the  Uethlehemite-',  lo  be 
ii;,-ii  wlieii  their  rain  water  cisterns  areexhaust- 

The  road  to  Bethlehem  was  once  covered 
with  a  pavement  ol  fl.it  stones,  and  remnants 
ot  it  are  still  seen.  The  road  bed  was  sixteen 
ureight'-en  f-et  wile.  Now  the  road  is  nothing 
but  ihree  or  four  bridle  paths  made  by  the 
crmstaiit  tramp  of  camels  and  donkeys  abd 
tlieir  human  companions.  The  amount  of  trav- 
el ovpr  it  is  second  to  that  of  no  road  leading 
out  of  -lerusalem,  except  the  one  to  Joppa.— 
We  met  many  camels  loaded  with  lime,  each 
Lurrying  iibout  a  cart  load  piled  into  immense 
-iacks,  which  were  swung  across  his  back  like 
saddle  pockets:  other  camels  and  many  donkeys 
loaded  with  brush  and  roots  for  fuel;  and  some, 
loaded  with  charcoal.  We  also  met  some  two- 
legged  donkeys,  walking  along  with  their  tur 
baned  heads  uplifted,  while  their  wive?,  trudg- 
ing behind  them,  bowed  their  head.s,under  a 
heavy  bundle  of  things  they  were  taking  to 
market,  I  even  saw  two  or  three  rascals  riding 
on  little  donkeys  which  they  could  carry  on 
their  shoulders-,  while  their  wives  went  before 
on  foot  and  carried  packs  on  their  heads.  I 
never  let  one  of  these  fellows  pass  without  giv- 
ing him  a  tongue-Iaahiog  which  wotild  make 
him  warm  if  he  only  could  understand  Knglish. 

When  within  about  two  miles  ot  Bethlehem 
we  passed  the  tomb  of  Rachael,  so  called;  but 
it  is  evidently  a  Mohammedan  structure,  and  it 
stands  some  miles  away  frjra  the  spot  where 
Jacob  set  up  a  pillar  over  the  grave  of  Rachel 
(Geo.  35:  16-20)  for  Kachel's  tomb  was  in  the 
border  of  Benjamin,  (1  Sam.  10:2)  and  the  line 
between  Judah  and  Benjamin  pa-ssed  up  the 
Valley  of  Hinnom.  close  by  Jerusalem  (Josh. 
IS:  16t.  I  pay  but  little  attention  to  tradition- 
ary sites  like  this  which  are  contrary  to  the 
Scriptures. 

He  who  approaches  Bethlehem  with  the  ex- 
pectation of  seeing  a  handsome  town  will  be 
disappointed.  It  is  built  of  a  dingy  limestone, 
and  the  houses  have  neither  visible  roofs,  nor 
cornices,  nor  shutters,  nor  wood-work  of  any 
kind  on  the  outside,  except  the  door.  Many 
of  them  have  no  windows,  other  than  little 
jiquare  holes  in  the  wall.  It  is  not  as  unsightly 
S3  Ei  salt,  which  Frank  very  aptly  compared  to 
a  lot  of  large  dirt-dauber's  nests  stuck  on  the 
side  of  the  hill;  hut  it  makes  an  approach  in 
that  direction. 

The  old  church  of  the  Nativity,  at  the  east 
end  of  the  town,  is  no  exception  to  the  general 
rule.  It  IS  unsightly  outside,  and  going  to 
"reck  inside.  Itdeservi-s  to  go  to  wreck  for 
''^''ping  up  the  false  pretence  of  showing  <tmcn 
in  II  mve,  the  ^laDi;e^  in  ivhieh  Jesus  was  laid. 
But  at  the  west  end  of  the  town  there  are  some 
Dew  and  modern  buildings,  and  along  the  Je 
fusaleni  road  runnin;;  north  from  this  point, 
luany  new  buildings  are  now  in  course  n{  erec- 
tion. It  is  claimed  by  the  inhabitants  that 
Bethlehem  now  numbers  lO.OoO  inhabitants; 
and  they  are  nearly  all  nominal  Christians;  but 
J  could  see  no  ditlVrence  between  their  outward 
appi-arance  and  that  of  the  Mohammedans,  ex- 
wpt  that  the  women  have  a  dificrent  style  of 
Wad-dreaa. 
On  leavicg  Bethlehem,  instead  of  going  di- 


rectly to  Solomon's  pools  ou  the  road  to  He- 
bron, we  struck  otf  to  the  south-ea-^t,  and 
visited  what  is  called  "The  Frank  Mountain." 
about  four  mile.s  toward  the  Dead  Sea.  \U 
principal  intprest  is  derived  from  the  fact  that 
here  on  a  conical  hill  400  feet  above  its  base  ou 
every  side,  and  so  stt^ep  that  even  a  Syrian 
horse  can  climb  only  half  wav,  Herod  the 
Great  bad  a  palace  whose  ruins  are  still  there, 
and  that  here  he  was  buried,  his  body  beini: 
brounht  hither  from  Jericho,  where  he  died. 

From  this  mountain  we  struck  for  the  pools, 
and  our  track  for  the  last  two  miles  of  the  way 
was  along  the  bench  made  for  the  aqueduct  — 
On  reachiuL'  the  pools,  we  found  our  tents, 
which  always  precede  vi^*  to  the  canipini:- 
irround,  the  pack  mules  traveling  while  we  are 
resting  at  noon,  pitched  by  the  side  of  the  n\y- 
per  pool:  and  there  we  remained  in  camp  from 
Saturday  afternoon  till  Monday  morning. 

J.  W.  McGakvey. 

Brief  Notes. 
NiMHER  via. 

WE  are  now  in  the  midst  of  harvest,  and 
many  of  the  sacred  writers  have  used 
the  t-rm  with  siijniKcance.  "Seed  time  and  har- 
vest shall  not  fail."  A  very  solemn  fact  to  the 
world  is,  "we  reap  what  we  sow."  May  this 
fact  be  more  and  more  impressed  upon  our 
uiiads  that  the  time  of  the  Lf^rd's  harvest  is 
fast  approaching,  when  God  will  send  his  reap- 
ers forth  to  gather  into  bis  granary  the  wheat 
—the  golden  sheaves.  May  none  of  us  then 
be  forced  to  exclaim.  "The  harvest  is  past,  the 
Summer  is  ended,  and  we  are  not  saved." 

Crops  in  Cedar  County  are  very  promising, 
except  spring  wheat,  which  is  aluiost  a  failure, 
on  account  ot  chintz  bugs.  While  we  do  not 
have  all  we  want,  we  still  have  more  than  we 
merit,  and  have  abundant  cause  to  he  thankful 
to  God  for  hi«  rich  mercies. 

Health  here  is  good— one  of  the  greatest 
blessings  that  man  is  permitted  to  enjoy  in  this 
world.  We  only  attended  two  funerals  in  the 
two  and  one-half  years  we  have  lived  in  Iowa. 
Spiritually  we  feel  sometimes  as  thouirh  some 
were  getting  sickly— so  weakly  that  all  power 
to  work  for  .Jesus  is  lost— no  life,  no  energy- 
nothing  but  drones  that  are  often  in  the  way 
of  those  who  are  trying  to  work. 

The  Annual  Meeting  Minutes  and  Report 
are  received  and  read  with  pleasure  and  proSt. 
It  is  not  very  flattering  to  see  that  so  much 
labor,  time,  and  reasoning  is  required  in  some 
localities  to  regulate  and  properly  adjust  the 
rulings  of  some  churches. 

Our  District  Meetint;  had  occasion  to  pass 
^omefhiug  like  this:  "That  elders  have  no 
right  to  withhold  from  the  action  of  the  church 
any  church  business."  I  ste  also  that  our  A. 
M,  ha-^  made  similar  decisions  at  our  late  An- 
nual Conference,  which  is  just  and  right,  and 
h  ipe  that  such  decisions  may  be  honored  by 
being  properly  observed.  Hope  that  some  one 
well  t'chooled  in  the  principles  of  our  church 
government  will  give  a  series  of  articles  on 
rliiifcli  (inrrriiiiiciif,  as  it  might  do  much  i;Ood 
by  obviating  many  misunderstandings. 

And  now  dear  editors   of  the    Brethren    .\t 
WoKK  and  children  af  Work,  may  God's  grace 
be  surticient  for  you.  and  that  you   may  be  en- 
abled so  to  comfort  and  console  the  afllicted,be  the 
old  man's  stay,  the  young  man's  shield,  and  a 
mould  for  the  youth   of  our  land.     Oh    how 
good  it  would  be  if  the  Bible  were  taught,  and 
its  principles  practiced  in  every    family    in    our 
Brotherhood,  that  every  house  might  be  used  to 
gather  our  children,   our  neighbor's  children, 
and  the  children  on  tlie  highways  and   in  the 
hedges  together,  and  teach  them   Jesus.      It  is 
encouraging  to  me  indeed  to    hear  ot  so    many 
engaging  in  the  good  and  glorious  work  of 
"Opening  the  door  for  the  children,  and  ten- 
derly gathering  them  in, 
In  from  the  liighways   and  hedges,  in   from 
the  places  of  sin. 

John  Zuck. 

Clarence,  loiva,  July  20. 

From  Beatrice  Church,    Nebraska. 

THK  Brethren  of  the  H^atric^  Church  met  in 
their  regular  quarterly  council  Saturday, 
Jul  5th.  In  love  and  union  generally,  hut  it 
seems  there  always  have  been  some  in  the 
church  who  may  offend,  and  in  fact  there  are 
few  who  are  not  liable  to  ofiend.  The  Savior 
knew  this  or  he  would  never  have  given  laws 
to  settle  difficulties.  Peter  says:  "According  as 
his  divine  power  hath  given  u-j  all  things  that 
pertain  to  life  and  godliness."  Therefore  we 
know  that  there  are  rules  and  regulations  by 
which  the  church  can  he  governed  under  what- 
ever circumstances  it  may  be  placed, 


Beatrice  liaviug  no  house  large  enough  to  ac- 
commodate their  congrpgation,  they  purpose 
building  a  house  of  worship,  which  perhaps 
will  be  about  40xfKJ.  So  far  they  have  held 
their  meetings  in  school-houses,  and  though 
some  of  them  are  Urge,  yet  oft*n  many  can 
not  get  into  the  house. 

The  Brethren  north-east  of  Beatrice  have 
built  a  house  24x,%,  intending  to  add  to  it  as 
necessity  demands. 

At  our  council  the  missionary  work  was  tak- 
en into  consideration.  Tliere  are  churches 
from  30  to  90  miles  from  here,  partly  organized, 
without  speakers.  These  have  been  calling  for 
preachinjj-  We  chose  two  speakers  to  give 
these  Brethren  meeting  once  a  month  until  oui 
next  quarterly  council,  at  which  time  we  pur- 
po.sp  choosing  two  more  to  give  them  meeting.^ 
once  a  mouth  the  next  three  mouths.  Breth- 
ren Uria>i  Shick  and  Jacob  Ivelso  were  chosen 
as  missionaries  for  this  quarter.  It  was  decided 
that  the  church  should  supply  the  wants  of  the 
families  of  these  ministers  during  their  absence, 
so  that  their  business  at  home  may  be  carried 
on  while  they  preach  the  word. 

We  think  this  is  a  move  in  the  right  direc- 
tion, for  we  have  but  few  mmisterain  the  West 
at  least,  who  do  not  earn  their  liviu^:  by  the 
work  of  their  own  hands;  and  when  a  minister 
has  to  leave  his  work  and  be  gone  perhaps  a 
week  or  two  preachini;,  it  is  more  than  he  can 
aflord  to  do.  We  do  not  blame  the  Gospel  tor 
it.  The  Gospel  is  plain  enough  on  that  point. 
It  divides  the  labors  very  well,  hut  too  often 
the  minister's  business  at  home  is  neglected 
while  he  is  called  away  to  preach.  I  do  not  be- 
lieve in  a  salaried  ministry,  but  I  do  believe  in 
a  supported  ministry,  because  the  gospel  teach- 
es it.  I  believe  that  there  would  be  a 
great  deal  more  preaching  done,  much  more 
good  accci'iplished,  and  the  church  larger  and 
stronger,  if  the  work  were  div  ded  as  the  gos- 
pel divides  it.  "There  is  a  work  for  all  to  do." 
"Let  biui  that  is  taught  in  the  word  communi- 
cate unto  him  that  teachetb.". 

Mkv  the  missionary  work  go  on  unfettered, 
unhindered,  propelled,  and  suitaiued  by  a  united 
elfurt  on  the  part  of  the  entire  church,  then 
we  may  rest  assured  that  tiod's  blessing  will  ac- 
com)>aiiy  the  effort  and  much  good  be  done. 

The  Brethren  have  organized  aSunday-school 
north-east  of  Btratrice.  We  hope  to  see  a  live- 
ly interest  manifested  on  the  part  of  the  par- 
ents; and  this  must  be  in  any  Sunday-school 
that  is  a  success.  Children  alone  cannot  make 
a  Soaday-school.  Then,  dear  brethren,  give  all 
the  encouragement  you  can,  which  can  only  be 
done  by  your  presence  in  the  school  and  by 
your  co-operation  with  the  workers  of  the 
school.  J.  E.  Bryant. 


tears.  I  now  have  a  request  to  nrewnt  to  my 
sisters,  if  my  brethren  editors  will  allow  me  to 
do  80  through  these  columns.  I  want  a 
9i8»er  in  Christ  to  come  and  live  with  me  the 
remamder  of  my  days.  I  have  to  depend  on 
hired  girls  to  look  atwr  my  houne  and  to  do  th« 
family  sewing,  and  for  days  together  to  look 
after  my  children.  I  yearn  for  the  companion- 
ship  of  a  sister  who  has  a  common  faith  and 
hope  in  the  coming  rest  that  awaits  the  children 
of  Qod;akind,Hober-minfiedwoman  or  maid- 
en who  would  not  leave  me  when  I  am  sick, 
and  my  husband  absent,  to  visit  the  ball-room* 
I  send  this  out,  with  a  prayer,  that  it  may  Wl 
into  the  hands  of  some  homeless  sister,  widow 
or  maiden,  who  will  be  glad  to  come  and  Hvi 
with  U8.  You  can  see,  my  sisters,  how  greatly 
I  need  a  good  ,  kind,  couacientious  aister  to  live 
with  me.      Direct  private  letters  to  my  address. 

Ln.LA  C.  IsOLERrOHT. 

Buchanan,  Bnrifn  Co..  .\firh. 


The    Debate. 

JT  seems  Mr.  lUy,  in  spile  of  all  warnings 
1  that  he  ha«  had,  will  persist  in  using  his 
favorite  expression.  "BlaHph-imous  heresy."— 
1!  he  tliinks  he  can  carry  his  point  with  such 
argumenfa  (V),  I  think  Brother  Stein  can  very 
well  afford  to  indulge  his  persistency.  Poor 
man  I  there  is  no  other  way  left  for  him  to  cover 
the  defeat  and  keep  up  appearances.  I  think 
bis  more  reflective  brethren  do  not  feel  very 
much  elevated  over  the  defense  t  eir  champion 
debater  is  making.  I  wonder  if  his  church 
can  admire  the  course  he  is  pursuing,  let  him 
do  his  worst,  we  can  endure  it. 

He  is  playing  the  same  roll  that  lost  him  the 
Newtonia  debate,  namely,  vituperation  and  bra- 
vado. But  Brother  Stein  is  using  the  old  Je- 
rusalem blade  with  fearful  effect!  As  a  wise 
master-builder  he  has  laid  the  foundation  of  the 
apostles.  Jesus  Christ  him«elf.  (not  Baptist 
Succession)  i..';/.Y^Af  rHiEK  CORNER-STONE; 
and  on  this  lie  has  erected  the  great  super- 
structure, almost  completed,  and  in  which  he 
will  tight  his  battle  on  the  defensive.  The 
word  of  the  Savior  is  indeed  verifipd:  "On  this 
rock  1  will  build  my  church,  and  the  gates  of 
hell  shall  not  prevail  against  it."  Baptist  suc- 
cession has  not  certainly  prevailed.  Neither  has 
that  other  gate,  the  Pope  of  Rome. 

D.  B.  GnisoN. 


From  Elk  Creek,    Neb. 

l).ar  ihfthrni:— 

I  NOTICED  in  the  Brkthren  at  Work  that 
some  ministering  brethren  were  going  to 
start  out  this  Fall  on  a  visit  to  Missouri.  Kan- 
sas, and  Nebra.-ika.  I  hope  they  will  not  forget 
ua  poor  sheep  at  Elk  Creek,  for  we  live,  as  it 
were,  right  amongst  the  wolves  that  howl 
around  fiercely.  Sometimes  they  have  about 
gobbled  UD  one  of  our  little  Hock;  and  I  expect 
they  will  get  one  or  two  more  if  we  don't 
have  more  preaching.  Sometimes  we  have 
preaching  once  a  month,  then  again  we  don't 
have  any  for  a  long  time.  0,  I  wish  we  could 
have  a  preacher  come  and  atop  with  us  and 
preach  some  ten  or  twelve  sermons,  and  come 
down  on  them  with  power,  and  cause  them  to 
cry  out,  "What  shall  we  do  to  be  saved."  But 
we  can't  help  a  preacher  much  if  one  would 
come;  for  we  are  poor,  and  the  chintz  bugs  are 
very  bad  iu  this  neighborhood.  I  don't  know 
how  far  they  extend.  They  have  done  a  great 
deal  of  damage  here  already. 

As  soon  as  we  begin  to  organize,  then  other 
denominations  come  in,  and  it  appears  that 
they  are  trying  to  put  us  down,  but  we  are  try- 
ing to  keep  up.  We  have  prayer  meetings 
every  Sunday,  and  I  hope  the  Lord  will  help  us, 
and  streni-'then  us  and  perfect  us  in  love,  and 
give  us  grace  to  conquer,  and  to  hold  out  faith- 
ful to  the  end,  is  my  prayer. 

Thank  the  Lord  for  his  kind  blessing,  anl 
that  it  is  as  well  with  us  as  it  is. 

Pelina  MiLr.EK. 


From  a  Sister  in  Need. 

{i,ar  Bnthrrn:— 

SOMi;  time  ago  I  asked  an  interest  in  the 
prayers  of  my  brethren  and  sisters,  that  I 
might,  through  the  mercy  of  God,  be  raised  up 
from  my  bed  of  sickness  to  live  a  while  with  my 
family.  I  am  now  able  to  be  up,  and  am  pret- 
ty coml'ortable,  but  expect  to  be  feeble  during 
The  Brethren  in   the   church  south-east    of   the  remiinder  of  my  sojouru  in  th=8   land   of 


Echoes  from  the  Antioch  Church  for  the 
^^onth  of  June. 

Dinr  Ihelhrrn:— 

THK  Antioch  Church  bids  fair  for  better 
prospects,  which  are  truly  encouraging. 
Meeting  at  all  the  regular  appointments  during 
the  month.  There  wa.s  meeting  also  at  Mon- 
ument City  in  the  afternoon  of  the  4th  Sunday, 
and  oil  the  .5th  Sunday  at  Dora,  at  which  time 
one  was  reclaimed  and  one  baptized.  Our  reg- 
ular council  meeting  was  on  the  7th.  which 
passed  off'  in  peace  and  harmony.  After  meet- 
iii','  we  repaired  to  the  water,  where  prayer  was 
wont  to  be  made,  and  where  one  was  baptized, 
and  arose  to  walk  in  newness  of  life. 

Some  of  us  attendei  the  Communion  at  Wa- 
bash Church,  and  also  at  Clear  Creek  and 
Ogan's  Creek,  all  of  which  were  largely  attend- 
ed, and  enjoyable  meetings.  At  Ogan's  Creek 
there  were  upwards  of  twenty  ministers  pres- 
ent. J.  W.  SoUTHWOOD. 

LuHolmiUc,  Indiana,  June  28th. 


Harvest  Meeting. 

THKRK  will  be  a  Harvest  Meeting  in  the 
Solomon's  Creek  Church,  Ind,  August  10. 
Meet  at  10:  :iO  A.  M.  and  again  at  2  P.  M.— 
Such  meetings  should  beheld  throughout  the 
Brotlierhood:ye8  all  over  the  God- favored  laud. 
The  people  should  be  encouraged  to  spend  their 
money,  not  for  vanity  and  show,  but  to  spread 
truth  and  righteousness. 

D.  SttlTBLT. 


From  Jesse  Calvert. 

riTHK  committee  sent  by  Annual  Meeting  to 
X  settle  ditHculties  in  Michigan,  met  in 
the  Woodland  Church,  July  ISth.  Four 
churches  were  interested  in  the  troubles;  all 
met  at  this  place,  and  all  the  members  present 
of  etch  church  accepted  the  committ^.  and 
all  the  members  agreed  to  let  them  settle  all 
their  troubles.  After  hearing  all  that  each 
one  wished  to  say,  we  told  them  what  we 
thought  was  riLrht  and  best.  All  unanimously 
acceptei  the  decision,  and  said  they  felt  well, 
and  would  go  on  rejjiciui;  in  the  Lord. 

The  brethren  ami  sisters  were  very  kind  to 
us,  and  seemed  to  be  kind  to  each  other.  It  is 
very  seldom  thatclturch  work  passes  off  more 
pleasantly  than  this  did.  Hope  we  did  them 
some  good,  and  that  the  Lord  will  bless  them 
all,  that  many  may  be  added  to  the  church  and 
be  saved. 


aHE    BKKTHiiKK^    -A.T    AV'OKK^ 


-^"usrust  4 


(|>iir>|iri  ^ucccriiv 


An-D  they  that  ho  wise  shall  shine  iw  the 
britthlnessof  theflrniftment;and  they  Umt  turn 
many  to  riKhtemisness.  aa  the  stars  forever  and 
ever.— I*an.  12;  3. 


Clinton,  Mo.— We  had  a  Rood  meeting  on 
tlip  third  Suuday  of  this  month.  We  sat  to- 
gether III  a  heavenly  place  in  Christ  Jeflus.— 
Subject.  Our  la.Htiiii'eritanM.  and  how  to  re- 
gain it.  One  was  made  willing  to  comply  with 
"items  of  the  will."  that  she  may  read  her  title 
dear  to  mansion  in  the  akies. 

J.  S.  M0111.KR. 

July  1^4. 

AnkneylowD,  Ohio.— Bkotiier  D.  N.  Work- 
man and  wiie  viHitcd  the  Ankneytown  Church, 
Knox  Co.,  Ohio.  iJy  request  he  preached  two 
sermoiH  on  bapti-im— onn  at  10  A.  M.  and  one 
at  3  P.  M.  Had  very  lari^e,  attentive  contrr^-KB- 
tions.  Atthecloseof  theservicei*  hegave  an 
invitation:  fipe  accepted  and  came  out;  four  of 
them  were  bai.tizi'd  that  t-vening;  the  other  to 
be  bapti7/-d  eoon.     The  meeting  was  11   riiccw. 

Loralne.  Adams  Co..  Ill.-Our  little  band  of 
brethrnu  at  tliit  place  is  in  good  Hpirits,  and 
feels  to  rejoice  over  the  privileKiJs  they  enjoy 
in  way  of  worHhipping  the  one  they  love  and 
cherish  as  their  Hi-dfemer.  We  have  worship 
once  every  month:  iitlt-nrliince  gootl;  congrega- 
tions large.  A  f.-w  w«el(»  ago  one  more  v,m 
baptized  in  the  name  of  the  Lord,  uhd  ifl  now 
releaaed  of  a  great  burden.  He  fecin  that  he  is 
enjoying  freedom  while  under  the  dorvitude  of 
hie  Master.  H.  W.  SniirKi.Eu. 

WaJiarusa,  lad.— Five  of  our  children  were 
buried  in  one  day.  On  the  lHh  of  July  we  fol- 
lowed our  little  daughter  three  months  old  to 
the  grave.  Atler  Hervices  live  were  buried 
with  Chrint  in  buptiHm.  Four  of  them  our 
own  children,  the  youngewt  fevonteen  years  old. 
Lu«t  Sunday  two  more  were  buptizMd  at  our 
meeting- iiouHe.  We  have  11  Sunday-school  in 
our  meetinghouse,  with  over  one  hundrnl 
Bcholar«.  Let  us  all  do  good  while  we  have 
tjnie.  John  Mkizukiu 

Leetonia.  Ohio.— On  the  26th  we  had  our 
quarterly  e.Mincil  at  the  Uethel  Meeting- houSe, 
and  we  hiive  reiiHon  to  believe  the  Lord  was 
with  us  to  aid  uh  in  working  in  his  vineyard.— 
There  wa«  ojie  received  by  baptism  and  one  re- 
claimed. Although  there  was  a  dark  cloud 
overhiiiiging  this  church,  we*rust  and  i)ray  a 
brighter  day  is  dawning  upon  us.  Dear  breth- 
ren, we  i-arnefitly  desire  an  interest  in  your 
prajers.  that  we  may  be  able  to  withstiuid  that 
evil  one  and  all  his  wickid  ways.  Brother 
Samuel  (jurver  hiw  the  oversight  ol  this  church 
at  present.     Yours  iri  the  bonds  of  love. 

Levi  Lonuankckkh. 

■  -♦'  ^ 

From  Longmont,    Colorado. 

Brethren  PJdilars: 

WE  now  think  our  comniuiiiou  season  will 
come  olf,  the  Lord  willing,  the  iirat  week 
ill  October.  If  either  of  you  or  any  of  the 
brethren  who  may  ^ee  this  contemplate,  a  visit 
to  us  during  I  he  year,  we  would  be  glad  to  have 
you  come  lit  that  time,  especially  ministerinij 
brethren.  We  shall  most  likely  hold  a  series 
of  meetings  in  connection  with  our  Love-least. 
Services  comineneing  the  week  before  the  feast. 
We  take  occasion  to  say  here  that  Brethren 
who  are  not  at  peace  with  the  church  at  home, 
and  do  not  choose  to  conform  to  the  order  of  the 
gospel,  which  is  the  order  of  the  churcli  alao, 
and  come  thiri  far  west,  we  would  prefer  they 
pass  us  by — will  consider  it  no  slight.  We 
have  the  same  gospel  rules  to  govern  us  that 
the  church  has  east  and  west  of  us,  and  we  are 
trying  in  the  fear  of  God  and  power  of  hwe  to 
fulfill  the  vow  we  made  to  God  and  the  church, 
long  ago,  to  uphold  and  defend  the  distinctive 
features  of  the  church.  We  mean  features  dis- 
tiuct  from  the  world  and  those  that  make  us  a 
peculiar  people  from  the  world. 

Atourlast  meeting  another  worthy  young 
man  united  with  us  by  baptism.  Expect 
a  few  more  members  to  unite  with  us  soon  by 
letter. 

Truly  Yours, 

J.  S.  Flohy. 

Jiill/  Z% 


Emigration  to   Kansas. 


U  \i  R.  S.  M.  Burkett, 

jjX      "O;    '■  pjjrt  of  tlieC 


now  living  in  the 
e  county,  was  down  a 
iiHV  •  '  twu  lai.  ■■  ek.  He  \i  now  in  correajjond- 
eDC«  with  one  or  two  hundred  Duukard^,  who 
think  of  locating  in  this  county.  Some  of  them 
have  already  visited  thiH  section  after  traveling 
over  several  State?,  and  they  express  a  decided 
preference  for  Southern  Kansas,  and   they  are 


especially  pleasfd  with  the  south'-rn  portion  of 
our  county,  and  say  it  is  the  garden  spot  of 
Kansa-^.  The  Dunkards  are  an  excellent  das* 
of  people,  and  we  would  Kla''ly  welcome  a  col- 
ony to  our  county."— CViW'-/";  A'li'inre. 

We  thmk  the  Brethren  would  probably  do 
better  by  corresponding  with  Brethren  than 
with  those,  who.  we  are  informed,  are  connects 
ed  with  land  agentii  perhaps  for  mere  specula- 
tion, rather  than  for  the  good  of  Brethren. 
J,  Garhkk. 

Parnont,  Kausai. 

Another  Wolf. 

lI/'ILLyoupIeaiie  insert  this  letter  in  your 
Vf  paper?  A  young  man  by  the  name  of 
Joseph  Bates  or  Betz  ha«  been  expelled  from  the 
church  for  bad  conduct.  He  wax  required  to 
work  for  one  of  the  members*  three  months  for 
ahorse,  and  only  worked  about  -^ix  weeks;  then 
ran  away  with  it.  and  stole  a  saddle  and  bridle. 
He  has  not  been  heard  from  since.  De8crii>- 
tion;  Sandy  complexion,  about  five  feet  ten 
inches  in  height,  twenty-three  years  of  age,  of 
Irish  descent,  hut  can  speak  the  German  lan- 
guage. This  letter  was  written  by  order  of  the 
church  of  the  Forth  Fork  of  Solomon  Valley. 

Thomas  Jones. 

Lewis  Lerew. 
Btlhaiuu  KnnmH,  Juhj  2'ith.  JH7iK 

To  the    Churches   Composing   the    First 
District  of  Virginia. 

TlIK  Brethren  superintending  the  bnsinefiL* 
pertaining  to  our  late  Annual  Meeting 
are  pre^^^ing  the  payment  of  our  ijucto  of  co-t 
of  the  meeting,  and  I  dei-ire  they  --hould  have 
it.  I  hope  that  those  who  are  in  arrears  v  ill 
send  me  the  amount  without  delay  and  tlnwe 
who  tan  do  more,  please  do  what  you  can,  so 
that  the  demand  can  be  met  promply. 

B.  F.  M0OMA«, 


l^nnonttiirntrnfs. 


OuB  ml*  i*  to  give  notices  bm  one  inserlioo.  Tlicy  should 

bs  brief,  and  written  on  paper  aepitrale 

ttom  all  other  bUBineas, 


LO^-E-FEASTS. 

We,  the  members  of  the  Maple  Grove 
Church,  Montgomery  Church,  Iowa,  do  hereby 

all  our  communion  previously  appointed, 
for  August  23rd,  as  a  number  of  the  members 
have  concluded  to  go  West  sooner  than  they 
thought,  leaving  the  burden  too  heavy  for  the 
remaining  few.  Q.  W.  Workman. 

We,  the  Brtthren  of  Waynian  Valley 
Church,  Clayton  County.  Iowa,  will  hold  our 
Love-feust  August  30th  and  31.  commencing 
at  2  I*.  M.,  at  the  White  School-house,  A  gen- 
eral invitation  to  all  that  wish  to  be  with  us, 
especially  the  ministering  brethren. 

W.  S.  Laiirahke. 

The  Brethren  of  White  Rock  Congregation, 
JewelU'ounty,  Kansas,  will  hold  their  Love- 
fea>.tonthe  6th  of  September,  l!^79.  at  the 
residence  of  Brother  George  DetricK,  begin- 
ning at  li  P.  M.    All  respectfully  invited. 

J.  L.  SWITZKR. 

I  see  a  mistake  in  regard  to  the  appointment 
of  our  communion  in  the  Solomon  District, 
Huntingdon  Co.,  Indiana.  Instead  of  Sept.  lu- 
ber  liitth,  it  should  he  September  25th. 

Saui-ki.  Muruay. 

The  members  of  the  Iowa  Hiver  Church 
have  agreed  to  hold  thtir  communion  meeting 
in  Marshall  County,  Iowa,  October  Ut,  com- 
mencing at  10  o'clock,  and  clof-ing  on  the  2nd 
day  at  12  o'clock.  A  hearty  invitation  is  ■iiveu 
to  all  desiring  to  be  with  us,  especially  minis- 
tering brethren.  John  Mcruav. 

The  Brethren  of  Cass  County,  Nebraska,  in- 
tend, the  Lord  willing,  to  hold  a  communion 
meeting  September  lltth  and  2nth,  to  continue 
over  Sunday.  Tlace  of  meeting  thirteen  miles 
south  of  South  Bend,  on  B.  .S;  M.  K  U.,  com- 
mence at  3  o'clock.  A  hearty  invitation  to 
all.  Brethren  coming  by  railroad  will  please 
notify  us  by  mail  at  Elmwood  post-office.  Can 
not  some  of  our  ministering  brethren  from 
Northern  Illinois  favor  ua  with  tli-ir  assistauce? 
Jesse  V.  Hecklku. 

DISTRICT     MHETINli. 

There  wilt  be  a  District  Meeting  held  with 
the  Brethren  in  Coquille  Valley  Coos  County, 
Oregon,  on  the  2t>th  day  of  September,  for  the 
benefit  of  all  the  churches  in  Oregon.  We 
cordially  invite  the  churches  in  California  and 
Washington  and  Idaho  Territories  to  reprt- 
sent  said  meeting.  David  Brower. 


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TO    SUBSCRIBERS. 

TllK  imiict  ii  ti'Kiiliirly  and  iKunii'tty  sunt  to  nil  who  tiiliurlbfl 
fur  It-  if  any  do  not  ropi-lvp  it,  iln'y  should  Hnit  mil:  IbflrpwlDUutiit; 
If  nntlilng  sail arav lory  ma  ba  Dliinlnnd  from  lilni,  than  write  to  ui. 

8.  If  you  dononii^h  tomiMony  uumlimi,  olrMirc  llin  dntp  opjn- 
■Ite  your  nnnw  on  Uic  paper,  and  renuw  a  few  Wtoks  hthn  jrout 
KuliHrfptlun  viplris, 

».  If  you  wlab  to  ciisntiP  y«nr  nddnw,  nlway*  give  tiiv  Kime, 
Poat^otnco,  County,  and  SInto,  to  which  you  vU\i  it  aont,  an  writ  m 
Hid  pIn«o  Hliirp  It  t<  XUW  rpcolviul, 

4.  Uur  teniia  nro  cAdii  ix  AUVANtje  nnlras  by  apectat  attangciiiDiit, 
If  only  n  purl  of  the  youv'a  aiilwiTlpHoii  Is  Botit,  wo  tliall  givo  crtdll 
only  for  Hie  amount  remitted.    We  pay  nil  poatnse  nn  llio  ptptr. 

5.  Wftwant  ngviita  ovory'Wlii<ro,  Erory  nnjiontitdu  puraoD,  old  or 
youuK,  Clin  act  lu  lociil  agonl.  Thoso  doiirltig  toi""t  "*  ogtntt  will 
plciui'  >r<nil  tu  119  r<ir  letTOXt,  nod  Biimpli!  co|il».  We  arc  willing  to  py 
tboaa  wlio  work  for  ua  on  ca«h  bailt. 

<i.  Singlu  autacrlptionn  (1.50  id  advance.  Tlioto  ■cndlDg  right 
niiuii'x  iMid  Sl-i.OO.  win  riT'-ivo  an  vxim  opy  fVeo.  Fur  nirb  lul. 
dltlunnl  DMiun  tlii.-  xKcut  will  be aBiiwiul  ton  |ioi  cent. which  tmoiuit 
111'  will  piKaiv  rvtnin  and  ai'nd  uk  tho  balatico.  Monny  tent  by  Poit- 
ofllf*   Oidpm.   Itrglslrred    Lt'tlcre,    anil  Pmfti',  ptopnlj   ndiltwKd, 


CHILDEEIT  AT  WORK. 


-TheCiiii.i>hv.h  AT  IVoHit  isan  inleresUngftnil  attractive 
weekly  ospccinlly  adiipiod  Ui  Ibe  wfints  of  children  and 
young  people.  It  in  g  itten  up  with  grei^l  care,  and  ia 
nic'ly  illiisiratcil.  ntld  sboiilclbe  in  every  family.  It  «!■ 
rendy  enjoys  it  wide  circiiliitiou.  Find  is  becoming  »  great 
favorite  ainonf,' the  .■hildren.  ^ 

I'liior.:  Single  copy  one  ycnr •    "" 

SiK  copies  ^-1.1111  to  ngent) -  "" 

.pie  coj'ies  seot  free. 

llil)le  School  I'rU'*'  Mat. 
1  order  to  get  the  Chiluhen  at  Wiibk.  into  nil  the  Bi- 
h\e  Pti.l  Miiiidiiy  Scbouls    possible  we    make    the  loll«wiii( 
libernl  oiler; 


W.  U.  R.  R.  TIME  TABLE. 


Day  E»prw«  .  . 

Kllfht  Expir-t^ 

Acconimoiliitlun. 


KAST  B(H'M> 


It  Wmum  Cnlun  Jiinctb 


Campbell  and  Purcell.— a  iJebnt.-  on 

ho  i-eltgiuu.  Just  the  hook  fur  the  tii 
Bretbren'a  EcTelopes. — Prcpareil  e4pecinlly  for  the  use 
of  Miir  iieople.  Xbi-y  contun  neatly  printed  on  the 
buck,  u  complete  sununnry  of  our  position  ns  a  religious 
body.  16  cents  per  packnge — 25  m  a  package,  or  60 
cents  per  hundred. 


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tlms  vnluli  C'lii...,s ,      ...  ,.„,. 

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.t,tak.  U,e  Cl,i.aB....M.l.'auke^^and^S,y^y. 


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at  live 
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here  at  1 :57  in  the  niurninjl. 


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The  BRETiiREiN  Ar  Work. 


"Behold  I  Brirty   You  Good  Tidings  of  Oreai  Joy,  which  Shall  be  to  AU  People." Ldki  2 : 


10. 


Vol.  IV. 


Lanark,  111.,  August    11,  1879. 


No.  33 


flic  ^rctftj^pn  af  itJorli. 

EDITED  AMD  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 


ESHELMAN    4   HARRISON. 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


?TK3T  Faoe— Stein  and  Uav  Debute;  An  Em- 
eral<l  E-vtrait.  1>.  C.  Moomaw;  IScraps.— D.  C. 
jloomaw;  Cwmfort  in  Allirtion.— D.  E. 

SECOND  Page— Tlu!  Tree  of  Life.— J.  W.  South- 
wocid;  J  limes  Cluystal  anil  Infant  Baptiatn  C. 
Hope:    Fanaticism. — Mary  Louise  Uopwooil. 

Xiiini)  Page— Doing  What  we  Can.— Aaron  Mow ; 
Tbe.Cliilftren's  Kiieiid;  Who  are  the  Best  BoysV 
Ihe  Chief  Ohjeclion  to  War.  What  to  Teach  a 
Chilli-  -. 

FoUBYH    Page— Editorial;  Fact  and  Truth. 

FirrR  Paok— Editohials:  Living  Principles; 
Neither  Bible  nor  Logic;  A  Sheep  Dog;  To  the 

'  Brethren  in  Kansas  and  Nebraska:  Prediction 
Concerning  Newspapers;  Manuacriptal;  Envel- 
opes. 

SiXTii  Page— Christian  Union,— W.  J.  H.  liau- 
inan;    From  Palestine.— J.  W.  McGarvey. 

Sbvkntii  Page — More  About  Peter  Halberg.— 
John  Emmeft;  From  Salem.  Oregon.— Eliza- 
betli  Keistt;r;  From  Weeping  Water,  Neb.— Jes- 
se Y.  HcclcJer. 

ElonTHPAoE- From  Elk  Liclc.Pa.— S.  C.  Keini; 
From  Flora,  Ind.— Christian  Lesh;  From  H.  P. 
Brink  worth. 


I   gave  Judson's  own   lansiuage,  with 
hook  and  page,  so  the  reader  may  decide   that 

case. 

I  have  based  no  argument  upon  a  pretended. 
unbroken,  oiijanic,  personul  coDuectiou  of  ft 
people  from  the  apostles  to  this  time  without 
change.  It  is  well  known  that  even  the  Wal- 
tleuses  apostatized  from  their  primitive  faith 
and  practice  toward  the  times  of  the  reforma- 
tion. Uninterrupted,  personal  .succession  with- 
out a  change  is  my  frieud's  pet  theory,  at  which 
we  will  find  him  often  scaring:  ere  the  debate 
closes. 

The  passages  adduced  by  him  do  not  support 
his  theory.  They  refer  to  Christ's  prrsitmil 
reign  on  earth,  except  Matt.  It) ;  18.  The  very 
existence  of  the  teaching  and  practice  of  the 
gospel  on  earth  proves  that  "the  gates  i»t"  hell" 
(shades,  i,  e.,  death)  have  not  prevailed.  Did 
"the  gates  of  hell"  prevail  against  "the  two 
witnesses,"  "the  two  olive  trees  and  the  two 
candlesticks,"  Itev.  ll;3-4,  simply  because  they 
were  overcome  and  killed  for  a  time?  Rev.  11: 
7.  Did  hfufes  '^prei-air  against  Christ  the  great 
head  of  the  church  because  he  was  put  to  death? 
Did  he  not /)rcr(;(7  against  hailes  in  his  resur- 
reetionP  What  though  the  bea-st  who  had  pow- 
'over  all  kindreds,  audtoniiiiesand  nations" 
made  "war  with  the  saints,  ■diidoc^rcaine  them*' 
(Kev,  13:  7),  does  not  the  testimony  of  the  wit- 
nesses and  the  resurrection  of  the  redeemed, 
sufficiently  demonstrate  the  truth  of  Matt.  Ui 
18?  etc. 


STEIN  AND  RAY  DEBATE. 

Pnip.  1st — Hrethren(or  Tuiiker)  Cliurches  pos- 
sess the  Bible  Characteristics  which  entitle 
them  to  be  regarded  as  Clfflrches  of  Jesus 
Christ. 

J.  W.  Stein,  Atfirms. 
D.  B.  Ray.  Denies. 
J.  W.  Stein's  18th  Affirmative. 

WHEN  James  says  of  the  anointed,  "If  he 
has  committed  sins  they  shall  be  for- 
given him"  (James  5;  15),  did  he  utter  ^'bha- 
phemy"  Mr.  R?  Our  Brethren  hold  that  no 
one  can  be  born  of  God  in  baptism  who  has  not 
been  previously  heijotien  of  God.  He  who  seeks 
to  make  an  impression  contrary  to  this,  simply 
vmreprexcnts  them. 

That  I  have  admitted  that  any  subject  of 
Christ's  government  may  take  an  oath,  is  un- 
true. "Swear  not  at  all,"  does  not  mean  "swear 
sometimes." 

If  a  government  can  not  be  republican  be- 
cause "its  parts  are  subject  to  the  whole,"  what 
kind  of  a  government  is  the  United  States?  Is 
that  a  "centralized  hierarchy,"  Mr.  11? 

Notwithstanding  our  mutually  combined  ef 
forts  to  withstand  the  growing  and  degrading 
corruptions  of  fashion,  our  Brethren  do  not  en- 
force their  habits  of  dress  or  any  other  part  of 
their  church  policj'  upon  members  as  conditions 
of  membership,  but  they  do  exercise  the  right 
to  refuse  to  fellowship  those  who  will  n  ".^t  obey 
tliH  gospel. 

The  sequel  of  thi.s  debate  will  show  that  I  am 
correct  in  claiming  that  we  have  a  much  better 
church  succession  than  Mr.  R.  can  make  out. 

The  Brethren  are  proper  successors  to  the 
apostolic  churches,  because  the)  have  their  faith 
and  practice  a.s  we  have  shown.  Besides,  I  have 
proven  by  incontrovertible  evidence,  which  my 
friend  could  not  refute,  that  our  peculiarities 
were  characteristic  of  the  very  people  that  he 
regards  as  churches  ol  Christ. 

As  to  whether  Dr.  Mosheim  slandered  the 
'ftrly  English  Baptists,  we  do  not  know.  We 
lot  the  reader  determine  that  fur  himself.  Mr. 
Kay  quotes  hini,  however,  as  imdasim  eruleticr, 
about  the  immiTsion,  etc..  o'  the  Mennonites 
aadKugKsh  Baptists,  ice  f'.aptirtt  Succssinu, 
Pi).  4:^>2,  4:'.3.  Uow  Ho^-s  he  know  that  is  not 
shnderY  How  can  he  prove  amj  thiiiff  by  such 
a»  author? 

He  calls  my  reference  to  Jiidson    a  "perver- 


We  do  believe  that  any  number  of  penitent 
believers  who  have  received  the  pure  gospel  of 
Christ,  through  his  last  will  and  testament, 
where  they  find  no  faitliful  church  accessible, 
may  by  humble  fasting  and  prayer  to  God  and 
dependence  upon  him  for  guidance,  submit 
themselves  to  his  holy  ordinance  of  baptism,  by 
virtue  of  his  own  approving  presence,  and  then 
be  as  truly  sent  of  God  to  baptize  as  wa.s  John, 
and  that  no  one  has  a  right  to  forbid  any  one 
who  does  the  work  of  God,  Luke  9:  49,  50. 
The  Savior  says,  "Where  two  or  three  are  gath- 
ered together  in  my  name,  there  am  I  in  the 
midst  of  them."  Matt.  IS:  ^(i.  "He  that  abides 
in  the  doctrine  of  Christ,  has  both  the  Father 
and  the  Son."    2  John  9. 

HKCAflTULATION. 

We  stated  as  a  1st  I'haracteristic  of  the  church 
of  Christ,  that  its  fonndaiton  is  Christ.  Our 
1st  reason  in  support  of  the  Brethren's  claim 
to  this  was  that  they  rely  upon  the  vicarious 
sufferings  and  meritorious  righteousness  of 
Christ  as  the  only  price  of  pardon.  Our  2ud 
reason  was,  their  practical  submission  to  Christ's 
authority  urged  upon  the  ground  of  Luke  ti:  47, 
48.  To  these  we  had  no  respondent.  We  not- 
ed as  a  ^nd  character istiv  of  Christ's  church, 
that  it  is  a  spiritual  house.  1  Pet.  2:  o.  Our 
reason  for  possessing  this  was  that  our  mem- 
bei-ship  is  composed  of  spiritual  material,  i.  e., 
of  penitent  baptized  believers.  This  Mr.  R. 
simply  denied,  but  fails  to  disprove.  We  no- 
ticed as  a  3rd  rharacteristtr  of  Christ's  church, 
that  its  builder  is  God:  who.  according  to  his 
sovereign  purpose  in  Christ,  through  the  work 
of  the  Holy  Spirit  employs  the  tvrd  as  his 
instrument.  P^a.  119:  50:  Jer.  23:  29;  Eph,  6: 
17;  1  Pet.  1:  23;  Jas.  1:  18,  and  hence  that  ev- 
ery church  of  Christ  has  been  builded  through 
the  instrumentality  of  his  word. 

My  first  reason  why  the  brethren  possess  this 
characteristic,  was  that  their  organizations  or 
churches,  resulted  from  the  iuHuence  of  God's 
word  upon  their  hearts  and  lives,  and  2ad,  thitt 
under  that  same  influence  they  are  still  enjoy- 
ing and  exercising  the  Christian  graces,  virtues 
and  duties.  Gal.  .5:  22-24;  2  Pet.  12:  5-7.  To 
both  of  these  reasons  I  had  no  respondent. 

As  a  4lh  rhanii'lcrisrn-  we  noted  that  Cliri  fs 
church  is  the  pillar  and  ground  of  the  truth 
1  Tim.  3:  15.  Omitting  pointfi  not  likely  to 
be  disputed  and  jtroceeding  at  once  to  notice 
controverted  issues,  we  offered  as  a  fii-st  reason 


baptism  "for  the  remission  of  sins."  This  we 
supported  by  twelve  arBumenta  drawn  resjwct- 
ively  from  Mark  V:4;  Luke  3;  J;  Luke  7;  30; 
John  3:  5;  Titus  3:  5;  Kph.  5:  25.  26;  Rom.  t!: 
17,  1>;  Acts  22;  16;  (illustratvd  by  2  Kings  5: 
8-14;  and  John  !*:  7;)  1  Peter  3:  21;  Matt.  28: 
19;  Rom.  (5:3;  Gttl.  3:37;  1  Cor.  12:  13;  Acts 
2:  3^:  Matt.  2(>:  28;  Mark  16:  16.  To  most  of 
these  Mr.  K,  att*?nipted  no  reply,  while  hia  el- 
forts  to  evade  the  others  were  entire  failures 
His  objections  were  met  while  the  force  of  my 
arguments  remained  unimpaired.  When  he 
quibbled  over  Acts  2:  3s.  I  otfered  him  the  fair 
proposition,  that  if  lui  would  adduce  our  uxaoi- 
ple  apart  from  baptism  in  the  New  Tostament. 
where  Ihe  language '/or  r/ie  rRHiisstOH  o/  sins" 
was  not  acce|)t^d  by  liis  church  to  mean  "/« 
order  to  the  remission  of  sins,"  1  would  give  up 
the  whole  question.  But  he  would  not  ven- 
ture to  touch  this  proposition  under  any  cir 
cumsfances,  knowing  that  it  would  undermine 
the  very  foundation  of  his  position. 

My  2iid  reason  why  the  Brethren  possessed 
this  characteristic,  wiu  that  they  baptized  into 
the  name  of  each  pei-sou  of  the  Holy  Triuity.- 
This  we  showed  to  he  plainly  coniuianded  in 
the  great  coinuiissiou  (Matt.  28:  19)  which  we 
proved  from  its  grammatical  construction,  sup- 
ported by  seven  subordinnte  proofs  or  argu- 
ments to  which  he  failed  to  respond.  (2)  We 
showed  that  the  meaning  of  other  examples, 
analogous  in  construction  to  the  baptismal  for- 
mula, contirmpd  our  position,  and  proposed  that 
if  he  would  adduce  ohp  example  like  the  bap- 
tismal formula,  having  the  same  construction, 
with  the  same  parts  of  speech,  connected  in  the 
same  inaiiner,  and  expressing  like  relations,  that 
did  not  require  three  actions,  I  would  give  it 
up.  But  after  a  number  of  fruitless  efl'oit-s,  he 
utterly  failed  to  adduce  just  one  such  exam|)le. 
leaving  us  the  entire  vantage  ground  of  tba- 
whole  proposition.  (3)  We  showed  that  no 
principle  could  be  urged  against  baptism  into 
the  name  of  each  persnn  of  the  Holy  Trinity, 
which  could  not  be  urged  with  equal  propriety 
against  the  mention  of  each  of  their  names,  viz; 
"Father,"  "Sou,"  and  "Holy  Spirit,"  and  (4) 
thatthelegitimatoconclusionofthe  theory  which 
rejects  baptism  into  the  name  of  each  person  of 
the  Holy  Trinity,  or  triune  baptism,  denies  tl 
tri-personality  of  the  Godhead.  To  these  three 
arguments  I  had  no  respondent. 

We  also  showed  that  the  Greeks,  and  especi- 
ally the  ancient  Greek  fathers,  who  read  the 
commission  in  their  own  native  language  in  its 
original  tongue  and  to  whom  our  Baptist  friends 
so  fondly  appeal  in  support  of  immersion  itself, 
understood  that  Christ  commanded  nothing  less 
than  triune  immersion,  or  baptism  into  the 
same  of  each  person  of  the  Godhead.  After 
adducing  six  ancient  Greeks  in  support  of  this, 
I  proposed  if  my  friend  would  bring  forward 
just  one  ancient  Greek,  who  says  that  Christ 
did  not  command  trine  immersion  in  the  com- 
mission, I  would  yive  up  my  .si>  witnesses  for 
his  one.  This  he  refused  to  touch,  although  he 
boasts  oi  ancient  church  succession. 


who  will  do  nothing  till  they  feel  the  popalar 
pulse  or  consult  the  magic  thermometer  it  is 
refreshing  to  hear  a  man  ring  out  the  grand  old 
martyrs  refrain.  One  is  never  a  full  and  true 
soldier  of  Jesus  until  he  is  fully  determined  to 
die  for  his  sake. 

Carpers  and  critics  and  trnducers  will  prob- 
ably ply  their  accustomed  trade  to  hinder  the 
building  up  of  the  waste  places  in  Zion;  but 
dear  brother  B.  let  not  that  swerve  you  from 
the  path  of  duty.  Look  for  an  example  of  pa- 
tient endurance  to  the  first  great  missionary 
and  halt  not  until  you  are  crowned  with  thormi, 
and  can  show  the  nail  prints  in  your  hands  and 
feet,  and  the  spear  mark  in  your  heart. 

You  cannot  plea.>;e  everybody.  There  aiv  too 
many  among  us  who  are  like  Diolrephes.  They 
will  not  receive  the  brethren  nor  approve 
their  work,  because  they  love  the  pre-eminence, 
The  "coppersmith  "  family  is  as  numerous  as  it 
was  18U0  hundred  years  ago,  nor  is  it  likely  to 
die  out  for  some  time. 

Hymeneus  still  lives  in  the  conduct  of  hia 
children.  There  must  be  such  men  in  the 
church  that  they  who  are  chosen  of  the  Lord 
may  be  made  manifest.  They  try  i\\v  patience 
of  the  saints. 


COMFOIiT   IN  AFFLICTION. 

A(;001)  lady  with  wli.mi  I  am  intiuiately  ac- 
quainted has  been  a  great  sufferer  for  over 
nine  months  past.  During  irreat  part  of  that 
time  (from  the  nature  of  hur  disease)  she  has 
not  been  able  to  He  down — and  much  of  the 
time  unable  even  to  read,  yet  under  ail  this  af- 
fliction she  is  patient,  cheerful,  and  resigned  to 
our  Father's  \viU. 

When  she  woa  but  a  child  her  good  old  grand- 
Tnother  tiKight  her  the  23rd  Paalin.  .Often,  dur- 
ing her  long  hours  of  sulfering  she  h;i.s  ponder- 
ed liver  those  sweet  words;  and  they  have  iruly 
been  to  her  "green  pastures  l>eside  still  waters," 
His  rod  a'ld  stalf  have  comforted  her,  and  sure- 
ly his  goodness  and  mercy  are  following  Iter  all 
the  days  of  her  life. 

Oh,  the  importance  of  storing  the  minds  of 
the  young  with  the  precious  texts  and  promises 
of  Scripture.  No  matter  how  we  may  be  situ- 
ated, they  are  a  well  from  which  we  may,  it  we 
will,  draw  constant  supplies  of  "living  water." 
"The  entrance  of  thy  word  giveth  light."  "Oh, 
how  I  love  thy  law;  it  is  my  meditation  all  the 
day."  "I  will  never  forget  thy  precepts;  for 
with  them  thou  hast  quickened  me."      D,  R. 


AN  EMERALD  EXTRACT. 


BROTHER  Bosserraaii  writes  to  me  in  a  pri. 
vate  letter,  {excuse  me  Brother  B.  for  pub- 
lishing it),  that  "I  have,  of  course,  accepted  the 
position  as  one  of  the  committee,  and  if  lam 
sacrificed  in  the  undertaking  I  am  not  the  fir^t. 
and  if  s",  I  expect  to  die  at  my  po*t  triumph- 
ant." Now  that  has  the  old  apostolic  ring 
That  is  the  material  of  which  martyrs  are  made 
Heroes  are  in  that  cat.  gory.  When  you  hear 
a  man  talk  about  d>  iiig  at  his  pos*  yrt-i  "la-  *.-: 
pect  something  will  be  done.  A  man  who  wmi't 
do  an>-thing  for  fear  of  reproach  < 
is  a  mere  left  hand  cypher  ni  the 
the  Lord's  army. 

In  theseday-iof  trimmers  and   tmie-servir^!  tie  agency  of  prayer. 


SCRAPS. 

BY  D.  C.  MOOHAW. 

Bkotker,  will  you  give  one  half  a.4  much  to 
the  cause  of  mis.-'ions  as  the  widow  east  into  the 
Lord's  treasury?  How  much  was  that  you  ask? 
Only  two  mites.  Of  course  I  will.  Ti.at  was 
all  she  had,  now  you  are  worth  $1ih1.(Mm\  jugt 
send  your  draft  for  §50.01)0  to  S,  T,  Bosserman. 
It  will  place  the  city  mission  service  on  a  firm 
financial  footing. 

Yol  would  not  take  all  the  world  for  your 
hope  of  heaven.  Now  some  benevolent  breth- 
ren and  sisters  paid  the  expenses  of  the  evan- 
gelist who  brought  you  the  "blesseii  hope." — 
Cannot  you  send  one,  two,  or  three,  or  ten  dol- 
lars to  S  T.  Bosaermau  to  p*y  the  expenses  of 
the  workers  in  the  city  mission  service?  OP 
course  you  can. 


Let  every  member  of  the  Mystical  Bi)dy  con- 
tribute faithful  prayers  to  God  for  the  diviot' 
bUiiiug  «jU  the  city  mis-ii'ifi   s^irvice.    The  cei- 
p'Hwitiini.  I  obraieu  NuHer  nt   Bri>>to<,   l£u:{laud    receires 
■  ■■■  tin  ot  i  thou-'i'.Tiii.i  ot  pounds  ui'  tjiil.;  iiiid  silver  for  hia 
benevolent  institutions,  yeitrly.  solely  thtott^K 


THK    BliKT£€KE>r    A.T    WOKK:. 


August   Ix 


THE  TREE  OF  LIFE. 

BT  J.  W.  SOlTHWOtHi. 

THE  new  Jerusalem.  I'm  told, 
Whose  street  iiof  the  piireH  Rold, 
Has  on  it*  crystal  river's  strand, 
A  tre?  that  grows  in  this  land. 

Twelve  kinds  of  fruit  this  tree  doth  Iwar, 
And  all  of  which  no  doubt  arc  rare; 
It  yields  its  fruit  twelve  times  a  year, 
Thus  it  is  stated  very  clear. 

There  on  that  crystal  river'M  shore, 
It  yields  each  month  it«  fruitful  store; 
There  in  the  midst  thiit  golden  street. 
It  standeth  as  n  hiessing  sweet. 

Its  leaves  are  for  the  nation's  use, 
It  healeth  them  without  abuse; 
This  tree  is  called  "The  tree  of  life," 
A  life  that  never  knoweth  strife. 

This  tree  gives  life  to  all  of  thos*>, 
Who  leavr  this  earth  in  sweet  ri'posp; 
Who  fall  asleep  tn  wiike  on  high. 
Where  none  ne'er  weep  and  none  ne'er  sigh. 

This  tree  beiorp  our  parents  stood, 
While  they  in  Kdeu  yet  were  good; 
If  they  had  chos'n  ita  fruitw  to  eat. 
They  might  have  lived  ii  life  ho  sweet. 

IJnt  Satan  had  thera  choose  the  tree 
That  did  enablo  them  to  see 
And  know  the  good  and  evil  too, 
For  what  In-  wished  that  did  they  do. 

This  "tree  of  life"  stands   free  to  nil. 
That  will  but  heed  the  Master's  c/iil: 
bet  all,  then,  striveto  enter  in, 
.\nd  live  forever  frrtr  fruni  sin. 


JAMES  CHRYSTAL  AND  INFANT 
BAPTISM. 


I']"  iH  ji  little  remarkable  that  a  man 
like  our  frienil  can  (rontradict  him- 
self f  us  he  (loe.s  and  not  be  awan^  of  it. 
As  well  knuwn  he  lit-lieves  that  unbap- 
tized  ehildren  arc  outside    the    covenant 


Hus  and  his  doctrine  and  does  not  know 
whether  it  believpB  at  all  or  not,  why 
loe.s  he  baptize?  That  is  not  going  up 
to  Jerusalem  and  resttjre  the  old  order 
where  the  question  wa*'  seriously  asked 
the  candidate,  "If  thou  believe  mth  all 
thine  heart  thou  mayent."  liaplism  was 
first  adrainistered  on  the  plain  confes-iinn: 
"1  believe  that  Jesus  Christ  is  the  Son 
of  God."  And  to  claim  that  all  unbap- 
tized  children  are  outside  of  the  cove- 
nant of  mercy,  and  mu.st  be  baptizeiJ  to 
have  part  in  redemption,  and  yet  at  the 
same  time  say  that  even  baptism  is  of 
no  eO'ect  to  salvation,  so  long  as  a  per- 
son does  not  confess  his  faith.  It  is  vir- 
tually saying  that  infant  b<i|)tisra  does 
not  suit  the  gospel  conditions  of  salva- 
tion; and  children  baptized  or  unbap- 
tized  are,  accxjrding  to  his  doctrine,  all 
sure  of  hell,  so  long  a.^  they  do  not  con- 
fess their  faith  in  Christ.  This  is  th. 
logical  conclusion  drawn  from  the  altovi 
tract.  Will  any  one  wonder  that  we 
cannot  accept  itas  jiointing  to  what  "was 
in  the  beginning  and  nothing  else." 

But  that  is  not  all;  this  strange  doc- 
trine is  built  on  one  word  in  John  .'1:  .">, 
when?  we  read:  "Kxce|)t  a  man  be  born 
of  wattir  and  of  the  Spirit,  he  cannot  en- 
ter into  the  kingdom  of  God."  The 
word  in  question  in  Greek  is  "^V  trans- 
lated into  English,  "a  man."  What 
does  Christ  speak  of  here?  Is  it  an  in- 
fant or  a  man?  Answer,  "a  man." 
Well,  but  ft  man  is  not  an  infant,  hence 
nothing  is  said  here  about  infants,  as 
long  as  they  are  not  grown  up  to  man- 
hood. We,  of  course,  know  that  the  lit- 
tle (ireek  word,  Hn  can  be  translated  in 
many  ways;  that  often  it  is  not  translat- 
ed at  all;  often  used  to  explain  things 
in  general,  and  often  used  to  allude  to  a 
certain  person, which,  for  certain  reasons, 


of  mercy;  still  he  debars  fvery  baptized  I  in  not  named.  Hence  any  one  will  see  it 
child  from  heaven  in  his  work.  What'  is  uncertain  to  build  on  a  single  unoer- 
are  the  Gosjicl  ('onditious  of  Salvation?  tain  word;  and  yet  that  is  what  our  in 
On  page  '-'nd,  he  says:  "Hut  wo    cannot    fj^nt  bajitizers  all  do, 


be  saved  unless  we  confess  that  faith."' 
For  the  Holy  (Jhost  by  Paul  says.  "If 
tliou  shalt  (OuiVss  with  thy  mouth  the 
I>.>rd  Jesus,  and  slialt  believe  in  thine 
luiiit  that  God  hath  raised  him  from  the 
dead,  thou  shalt  be  saveil.  For  with  the 
heart  man  believeth  unto  righteousness 


But  who  shall  say  with  certainty  what 
the  Greek  word  (is  means  in  this  pas 
sage?  Who  can  tell  whether  it  ri-fers 
to  infants  or  adults?  Well,  if  you  will 
lay  away  all  traditions  and  commenta- 
ries and  dictionaries  and  vain  specula- 
tions, and  sit  down  and  read  the  conver 


and  with  tlie  mouth  confession  ia  made  |  g^tion  careful  in  John  3rd,  you  will  soon 

see  what  it  lueans.  An  old  Jew  came 
to  Jesus  and  said:  "We  know  that  thou 
art  a  teacher  come  from  God."  Who 
were  those  that  knew  that?  Undoubt- 
edly the  priests  and  Fharisee-s,  who  had 
long  ago  pa.ssed  infant  age.  Jesus  com- 
mences to  R|)eak  to  him  ]>er8onally  about 
the  new  birth  or  regeneration,  saying, 
"Kxcept  a  man  be  bom  again  he  can- 
not see  the  kingdom  of  heaven."  Now 
tlie  (juestion  is  to  be  settled:  did  Jesus 
mean  infants  or  a  man?  We  will  note 
first  that  it  is  clear  Jeans  speaks  here 
only  of  one.  and  not  of  many,  for  he 
(not  they)  cannotsee  the  kingdom.  But 
in  verse  rhii-d  we  farther  see  that  Nico- 
denius  understood  hjni  to  speak  of  old 
jieople,  or  an  old  man,  not  infants;  foi* 
he  asked  Jeans:  "How  can  a  man  (Greek 
antroopoos)  be  born,  being  old:"  "can 
he  (not  they)  enter  a  second  time  into 
Ilia  (not  their)  mother's  womb  and  he 
born,"  Now  as  it  is  elear  that  Jesus 
speaks  of  the  same  jisVcy  in  vers i*  fi\-e  a< 
he  does  in  verse  third,  it  follows  that 
Nicodemus  understood  him  to  speak  ot 
adults,  and  not  of  infants,  antl  hence  tin- 
common  version  may  at  least  be  a«  lit 
eral  a  rendering  of  this  passage  as  au} 
other,  if  not  more  so.  The  fact  in  the 
case  is.  Jesus  speaks  to  an  old  Jew  aboui 
a  man  being  old,  what  the  gospel  condi 
tions  of  salvation  are  for  him.  But  Mr. 
Chrystaland  otherebnild  their  infant  bap- 


unto  salvation."  Horn.  10:  il,  li».  So 
Jesus  teaches, "  Wli080e\er  therefore  sliall 
confess  me  before  men,  hira  will  I  con- 
fess also  before  my  Father  which  is  in 
heaven.  But  whosoever  shall  deny  me 
bt'fore  men,  him  will  I  also  deny  before 
my  Faihei-  which  is  in  heaven."  Matt. 
Ill:  ;iL',  ;i;i.  So  it  is  clear  that  tliough 
we  have  entire  faith  iu  Jesus  and  his  doc 
trine  we  cannot  be  saved  till  we  confess 
it.  If  this  is  clear  to  Chrystal,  it  is  clear 
to  us  that  every  baptized  infant  cannot 
be  saved  at  all,  on  the  ground  they  can- 
not believe;  hence  boptized  infants  are 
just  as  bad  off  as  those  not  baptized,  for 
none  of  them,  according  to  ChrystalV 
gospel  conditions  for  salvation,  can  be 
saved,  not  even  if  they  had  entire  faith 
in  Jesus  and  his  doctrines,  not  even  if 
they  are  baptized  by  a  successional 
straight  line,  by  "trine  immersion,"  so 
long  as  they  cannot  confess  that  faith 
with  iheir  mouth. 

We  feel  like  asking  our  friend,  what 
then  is  infant  baptism  good  for?  But 
he  answei-s,  *"God  does  not  require  im- 
possibilities of  any  one,  hence  there  must 
be  an  exemjition  fiom  the  law  in  )>ehalf 
of  infants."  We  say  Mr.  Chrystal  has 
forgotten  to  name  it:  and  no  one  can  in- 
fer from  his  positive  language*,  and  if  the 
above  will  do  for  confession,  why  not 
f  T  b.iptism  also?  But  if  Chrystal  can- 
not make  an  infant  confess  in  Christ  Je- 


tismonthis.  Thisisnot  fair,nor gospel  or 
der;  but  it  destroys  wholly  the  harmony 
of  the  New  Testament.  Jesus  shows  sev- 
eral times  what  place  unbaptized    chil- 
dren hold  in  the  Gospel  dispensation. — 
We  shall  only  notice  a   few:    Matt.    \x: 
in.     Jesus    takes   an    unbaptized    child 
and  sits  it  in  the  midst  of  his  disciples, 
who  were  baptized  and  had  left  all    and 
followed  him ;  telling   them,    "Verily   I 
say  unto  you,  except  ye    be    converted 
and  become  as  little  children,   ye  shall 
not  enter  into  the  kingdom  of  heaven." 
Now,    if  ehildren.    unbaptized    were 
outiside  of  the    covenant  of  mercy   as 
Chrystal  claims,   if  they,  unbaptized  go 
to  hell,  it  was  indeed  strange  in  Jesus  to 
take  a  child  as  an  example  for  his  disci- 
ples; for  if  they,  according  to  his  order, 
repent  and   become   as   the   unbaptized 
child  standing  among  them,  they  would 
then  be  outside  the  covenant   of  mercy, 
and  on  their  road  to   hell,  according   to 
tliis  doctrine.     Therefore  we  consider  it 
false  and  unscriptural.     And    more,  Je- 
Nus  tellfi  his  unbaptized  disciples   some- 
thing about  unhaptized  children.  '-Ver- 
ilv  I  say  unto  you.  whosoever  shall  not 
receive  the  kingdom  of  God    as  a   little 
child  shall  in    no    wise   enter   therein." 
Luke  IK:  17.     This  shows  that  unbap- 
tized children  receive   the    kingdom    or 
God,  both  without  baptism  and    confes- 
sion; consequently  it  is  not  correct   that 
baptized  children  are    lost,  nor   true 
that  they  cannot  be  saved  until  they  can 
nfess  their  faith.     Again,  Jesus  blesse.*: 
little  children,  (he  did  not  baptize  them) 
because  as  they  were  unbaptized  he   said 
of  them,  "of  such"  (unbaptized  children ) 
"is  the  kingdom  of  heaven."     Luke  IS: 
in. 

1  suppose  if  Chrystal  and  his  friends 
are  right,  Jesus  would  have  called  his 
disciples  and  told  them:  "Hurry,  bap- 
tize those  little  ones  for  they  are  outside 
th^  covenant  of  mercy,  and  will  be  lost;" 
but  he  did  not.  Was  it  any  wonder 
that  the  apostles  never  taught  infant 
baptism  ?  That  it  was  never  commanded 
in  the  Testament.  Since  Jesus  ha<l  giv- 
en them  so  many  examples  of  little  chil- 
dren standing  in  the  kingdom,  to  their 
own  shame  and  humiliation,  we  are  in- 
clined to  think  that  if  oiu"  dear  friend 
Chrystal  had  been  among  the  disciples, 
that  he  like  thera,  never  \vould  have 
said  one  w^ord  about  infant  baptism,  nor 
infants  being  outside  the  covenant  .of 
mercy. 

But  what  about  PauW  He  adnsed 
the  Corinthian  Brethren  to  be  children 
in  malice.  1  Cor.  14:  20.  Suppose 
they  should  have  believed  his  adnce,and 
tliat  unbaptized  children  are  so  wicked 
that  they  are  outside  the  covenant  of 
mercy,  would  not  that  church  be  in  the 
same  fatal  condition?  Was  that  what 
Paul  wanted?  No^  Conserjuently  it  was 
not  an  apostolic  doctrine  that  unbaptiz- 
ed children  will  be  lost,  or  are  so  wick- 
ed that  they  ai-e  unfit  for  heaven.  How 
then  arc  they  saved  from  sin?  for  that 
is  all  what  we  suppose  any  one  will 
claim  they  hawe  of  sin.  According  to 
JoLnl:3il,  Jesus  was  "the  Lamb  of 
God  vhicb  taketh  away  the  sin  of  the 
world."  Did  he  not  doit?  If  he  did 
then  lie  took  it  away  from  the  children 
loo;  hence  "by  the  otfense  of  one,  judg 
ment  came  and  death  reigned  over  all: 
so  by  the  righteousness  of  one,  the  free 
gift  came,  (not  tomos)  upon  all  unto  jus 
tification  of  life."  Rom.  5:  17,  18. 

In  the  resuirection  it  will  appear  to 
be  true:  "F(u-  as  in  Adam  all  die,  even 
so  in  Christ  shall  all  be  made  alive."  1 
Cor.  15:  22.  That  is  those  who  havt 
died,  in  Adam  by  inherited  sin,  will  be 
made  alive  in  Christ  by   inherited    life 


only;  but  those  who  have  not  only  in. 
herited  a  sinful  nature,  but  also  being 
enslaved  by  nature  will  have  not  only 
to  inherit  life  in  Christ  in  order  to  live 
but  will  have  to  go  and  confess  their 
own  sins  and  be  cleansed  from  all  iniquity, 
by  the  means  God  advised.  1  John  l  ■ 
it.  In  the  New  Covenant,  viz:  faith,  re- 
pentance,  confession,  baptism,  obedience 
to  whatever  Christ  biddeth. 


FANATICISM. 

PV  MARV  LOIISK  Hdl'Wnoi*. 

IN  all  countries,  and  in  all  ages  the 
spirit  of  fanaticism  has  borne  sway 
The  tide  of  popular  sentiment,  for  or 
against  it,  has  been  strong  then  weak 
according  to  the  vascillating  spirit  of 
minds  of  acknowledged  leaders;  and 
these,  in  most  instances,  made  their  own 
preferment  the  center  about  which  all 
things  else  must  revolve.  To  affirm  that 
this  spirit  has  been  the  fruitful  cause  of 
more  out  breaking  sin  than  any  other 
one  influence  that  has  been  brought  to 
bear,  would  but  repeat  the  decision  of 
the  age    as  recorded  in  their  archives. 

To  enter  into  an  extended  discussion 
of  this  subject,  would  supercede  the 
bounds  of  one  article;  we  will  but  look 
upon  it  from  the  stand-point  of  some  re- 
cent development  in  shades  of  sentiment 
that  characterize  our  own  time.  With 
our  free  institutions,  there  has  grown  up 
a  spirit  of  toleration  that  is  likely  to  se- 
riously endanger,  if  not  eventually  de- 
stroy the  fabric  of  government.  While 
we  tolerate  liberal  views  and  sentiments, 
it  is  inconsistent  that  we  permit  the  seeds 
of  rank  and  poisonous  fanaticism  to  per- 
meate the  superstructure  which  we  have 
builded.  To  encourage  and  foster  that 
which  is  ennobling,  by  discountenanc- 
ing that  which  is  detrimental,  is  the  dtt- 
ty  of  the  good  of  all  the  lands.  Fanat- 
icism has  strong  and  persistent  adhe- 
rents even  in  this  enlightened  age;  and 
we  have  hut  to  note  passing  events  to 
become  convinced  of  its  power. 

In  a  recent  article  published  iu  the 
Leavenworth  (Kan.)  Ttme.'^,  we  are  in- 
formed of  a  fathei-  and  mother  who  have 
had  direct  communication  with  their 
daughter,  dead  thirty  years,  having  pass- 
ed to  the  spirit  world  at  the  age  of  three 
weeks.  The  import  of  the  communica- 
tion is,  that  she  is  about  to  be  united  in 
marriage  to  Benjamin  Pierce,  son  of  ex- 
President  Pierce,  who  died  while  his 
father  was  at  the  nation's  helm.  Doubt 
less  the  parents  are  highly  elated  over 
the  union  of  their  daughter  with  the  son 
of  such  a  distinguished  personage.  The 
day  was  appointed,  and  the  place  chosen 
at  which  the  nuptial  festivities  were  to 
be  celebrated,  arrangemenfs  all  being 
completed,  many  guests  assembled,  the 
wedding  supper  was  j)artaken  of,  the 
bride  and  groom  having  seats  reserved 
for  them.  We  are  not  informed,  how- 
ever that  they  partook  of  refresh  me  nls. 
Afterwards  the  bride  and  groom  led  in 
a  grand  promenade  through  the  build- 
ing and  trrounds  of  her  father's  home.— 
A  mild  subdued  light  resting  upon  them. 
Then  passed  out  from  their  presence. 
Divesting  themselves  of  earthly  habih- 
ments,  they  re.turned  again  to  theii'  ce- 
lestial abode.  Col.  J5;iton,  father  of  the 
lady  iu  question,  is  a  man  of  some  no- 
toriety in  the  political  world,  pleads  san- 
ity, and  yet  gives  full  credence  to,  and 
is  a  party  to  this  ridiculous  farce.  That 
being  celestial  would  return  again  to 
earth,  and  assume  the  garb  of  mortality 
having  first  been  united  in  holy  bonds 
iu  that  land  where  "they  neither  marry 
nor  are  given  in  marriage,  but  ai:e  as  the 
angels."  is  in  direct  antagonism  tO:  the 


T^ITh:    TJilKTHKKiSr    ^VT    AVOKK. 


.  i|me  iirinciplfs  and  precepts  of  inspi 
oo  as  we  are  here  expressly  inforuied 
't  ttbey  shall  not  return.  8trauge  indeed, 
tsane  minds  can  manifestsuch  deplor- 
,ig  ^veakness!  We  sincerely  commiser- 
'  tbe  instability  ot  those  who  permit 
*  mgelres  to  be  so  completely  deluded. 
rThis  is  an  age  of  stern  and   uncompro 

■  -Qvr  reality,  and,  to    cope   with  that 

ijicli  is  shaded  from  our  vision  as  con- 

ected  with  the  world  of  spirits,  will 
.yt  involve  in    deeper   mystery   things 

jjich  we  now  see  "through  a  glass  dark- 
ly;' or  see  uot  at  all. 

The  fatal  delusion  that  but  recently 
igpoted  to  death.     The    helpless   inno- 

pt,  at  the  hands  of  a  parent,  is  another 
terrible  evidence  of  the  length  to  which 
nnbridled  fanaticism  will  go;  this  will 
be  visible  by  retributive  justice.  Such 
open  violation  of  law  both  human  and 
jjylne,  gets  its  dues  at  the  hand  of  law, 
tut  the  baleful  poison    is   permitted    to 

ji'^ad,  and  the  spirit  of  evil  is  being  tol- 
erated and  encouiaged  to  an  alarming 
extent.  Were  there  no  other  evidence 
of  internal  corruption,  the  darkness  and 
ol(?curity  in  which  it  is  developed,  prove 
its  direct  connection  with  deception  and 
diabolism.  We  are  enjoined  by  our 
great  High  Priest,  to  do  whatsoever  we 
"in  the  light;"  then  its  transparency 
is  revealed.     The  doctrine  of  spriritual- 

u,  like  that  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints, 
is  rapidly  gaining  ground,  working  more 
Slid  more  upon  the  credulity  of  that 
class  of  people  who  are  predisposed  to 
fauaticisra.  The  days  of  the  miraculous 
and  supernatural  are  past. 

lu  the  glorious  light  and  liberty  of  the 
religiou  of  Christ  there  is  hope  and  sal- 
vation, and  the  way  is  so  plain  that  none 
need   grope     in    the   darkness,    nor   go 


pect  him  to  be  a   noble    tieliig;    u 
piriug  genius;  a  Hod  tVrariui; 


and  J 


high 
aud 


itstray. 


adorning  man.     We  should  expect   him 
to  posse-ss  all   the   virtues   which    coubl 
possibly   be   attained   by    humanity  on 
earth.     He  shouhl    reverence   God,  and 
feel  that  he  owes  his  whole  aoul  and  be- 
ing to  him:  and  that  he  is  truly  worthy 
of  his  adoration.      But    it   appears    chat 
there  area  great  many  who  are  ignorant 
of  these  facts,  and  many  who  know  but 
will  not  give  heed,  and  continue  to  make 
it  their  purpose  in  life  merely  to  supply 
the  wants  of  the  flesh  and  look    forward 
only  to  the  promotion  of  their  carnal  de- 
sires without  ever  thinking  with   praise 
of  God  the  giver  of  all  things,  their  pro 
tector  and  their  shield.  In  view  of  these 
facta,  considering  the  relation  of  man  to 
man,  to  God  and   to  nature,    there    is  a 
vast  plane    to   canvass   in  contributing 
our  mite    to    the    welfare   of  mankind. 
This  is  a  work  we  should  never  neglect, 
for  neglecting  such  a  work  is  neglecting 
the  development   of  mankind   and    the 
promotion   of  good,  thus    making   onr- 
selves  lialde  to  the   immutable  laws   of 
nature. 

Hence  we  can  plainly  see  that  it  be- 
hooves us  to  he  upand  doing,  to  be  about 
the  noble  work,  to  put  forth  our  best  ef- 
forts in  the  way  of  realizing  the  purpose 
for  which  God  has  designed  us.  As 
surely  as  God  has  created  us,  so  surely 
he  has  created  us  for  some  purpose;  ana 
as  surely  as  we  neglect  to  fulfill  our  call- 
ing whatever  its  nature,  so  surely  must 
we  sutler  the  penalty  attached  to  such 
violation.  We  are  fit  subjects  for  eter 
nal  bliss  only  by  the  thorough  accom- 
plishmentof  our  preparation  forthe  ne.\t, 
which  we  are  to  make  in  this  world  in 
administeriug  to  the  wants  of  humanity. 


'J^omc  antl  '^amilg. 


Ilustiaiub.  love  voiir  wives.  WIvis.  itiiliiiiit  ynur- 
sflvps  nnl'i  y.^iir 'iMvii  linfilnm.la  Cliil.liPii.  olicy 
viiiir  |)ari>iHH.  Katlirra,  iirovok('iiuty<ur children  u» 
wnitli.  Iiut  briiiK  them  up  in  ttie  nurture  luul  hU> 
unmitioii  of  the  l.onl,  -•ervams.  be  oltedieiit  U> 
Uwta  that  are  your  musters. — Paix. 


thought 
:iid    him 


THE  CHILDREN'S    FRIEND. 

rpiiAT  parent  is  undoubtedly  the  best 
^  friend  to  his  children,  who  knows 
how  to  deny  and  restrain. 

Children  are  apt,  on  the  contrary,  to 
consider  those  a«  their  besi  friends  who 
are  most  demonstrative  in  their  aft'ection, 
and  indulgent  to  their  wishes  and  whims. 
They  are  not  able  to  gauge  hearts,  to 
know  the  heights  and  depths  of  a  love 
which  rises  above  outward  expression, 
and  reaches  far  below  temporary  grati- 
fication. 

Aud  parents  themselves  not  infre- 
iiuently  make  the  same  mistake,  and 
judge  of  artection  by  the  momentary 
pleasure  conveyed  to  the  child.  "She 
is  ao  excessively  fond  of  her  child,"  is 
the  excuse  often  made  for  the  lavish  and 
injudicious  favors  granted  the  little  one, 
or  for  the  lack  of  wholesome  restraint;  a 
method  which  conducesonly  a  wayward- 
ness aud  folly,  and  in  the  end  causes  ru- 
in and  sorrow. 

But  true  parental  love,  like  the  In- 
finite, sees  far  beyond  the  pi-esent  mo- 
ment, and  takes  in  all  the  bearings,  re- 
lations and  final  results  of  its  methods. 
If  a  certain  course  is  not  for  the  ultimate 
good  of  the  child,  it  can  withhold,  and 
show  by  withholding,  its  own  purity, 
genuineness  and  strength.  It  can  stern- 
ly deny,  stilling  its  own  yearnings,  hid- 
ing its  own  tears,  and  remain  persistent- 


and  adopt  a  pine  ^<  lut-h  h- 
might  lessen  tli-  nii-.l.-r,  aw\ 
in  the  difficult  decision. 

On  the  morning  following  an  adver- 
tisement appeared  in  the  papers  to  this 
effect:  "Wanted,  to  assist  in  a  shop,  a 
boi/  vj/to  nhcijs  Iiii  molhery 
I  Now,  my  little  friends,  how  many 
boys,  think  you,  came  toimpiire  for  the 
sittiation  after  this  advertisement  ap- 
peared I  If  I  am  rightly  informed,  among 
all  the  lads  of  the  great  city,  who  were 
wanting  the  means  of  earning  a  living, 
or  getting  a  knowledge  of  business, 
there  were  but  two  who  could  fearless- 
ly come  forward  and  say,  "I  obey  my 
mother." — Sel. 


THE  CHIEF   OBJECTION    TO  WAR. 

rPHE  great  objection  to  war  is  not  so 
-^      much  the  number  of  lives,  and  the 
amount  of  property  it   destroys,    as   its 
moral  infiueuce  on  nations  and    individ- 
uals.    It  creates  and  perpetuates  nation- 
al jealousy,  fear,    hatred    and  envy.     It 
arrogates  to  itself  the  prerogative  of  the 
Creator   only    to  involve   the   innocent 
multitude  in  the  punishment  of  the  guil- 
ty few.  It  corrupts  the  moral  taste,  and 
h  miens  the  heart;  cherishes  and  strength- 
ens the  base  aud    vitdent   passions;  de- 
stroys  the     distinguishing    features  of 
Christian  charity,    its  univei-sality,  and 
its  love  of  enemies;  turns  into    mockery 
and  contempt,  the  test  viitues  of  Chris- 
tians, humility :  weakens  the  tse  of  mor- 
al obligation,  banishes  the  spirit  of  im- 
provement, usefulness  and  benevolence, 
and  inculcates  the  hori'ible  ma.\im,  that 
murder  aud  robbery  are  matter--  of  state 
expediency. — Set. 


DOING  WHAT  WE  CAN. 

1!Y  AAltON  MOW. 

,4  S  a  constant  and  appreciative  reader 
^  of  your  valuable  paper,  I  write 
you  an  article  giving  a  few  thoughts  of 
one  who  is  indebted  to  the  Tunker 
Church  for  principles  of  true  morality, 
for  right  aspirations  and  for  the  great 
pleasure  experienced  from  childhood  by 
the  condition  of  mind  which  such  train 
iug  and  discipline  furnishes. 

My  home  is  in  Kosciusko  Co.,  Ind., 
and  having  chosen  the  profession  of 
teaching,  I  came  to  the  State  Normal 
to  prepare  myself  for  the  same.  My  par 
ents  are  members  of  the  Tunker  Church, 
hence  my  pleasure  in  reading  your  pa- 
per, and  conse<|uent  nearness  to  you,  I 
send  you  this,  thinking  that  it  may  at- 
tract the  attention,  especially  of  the 
young  of  similar  circumstances,  aud  in- 
spire in  them  right  thoughts  and  encour- 
age pure  motives. 

As  we  look  back  over  the  progress  of 
mankind  as  recorded  in  history,  and 
study  the  nature,  we  find  man's  ability 
to  appreciate  the  beauties  of  nature  has 
always  exceeded  that  of  the  lower  ani- 
mals, and  that  he  has  always  been  cap 
able  of  self-improvement  and  upward 
progress  in  apprehending  and  worship 
ing  God,  which  shows  his  superiority  in 
natui'e  and  intelligence,  ovt^r  all  other 
of  God's  creatures;  and,  that  in  his  crea- 
tion, God  has  de-^igned  man  as  the  great 
eat  and  noblest  being  on  earth.  We  be- 
lieve this  to  be  true  also  from  the  fact 
that  man  has  the  power  to  appropriate 
the  animal,  vegetable  and  mineral 
kingdoms  as  a  means  of  supplying  his 
physical  wants.  He  has  the  animal,  the 
plant  and  the  mineral  as  the  means  by 
which  he  works  out  his  destiny. 

With  these  advantages  we  should  ex 


we  shall  do  this  work.  They  may  say, 
"we  are  uot  good  s])e;ikers,  we  are  not 
educated,  or  that  our  time  and  attention 
are  absorbed  in  the  ordinary  business  of 
life."  As  for  speaking  we  are  not  re- 
quired to  proclaim  the  word  of  God  by 
speech  alone.  Our  behavior  and  bear- 
ing toward  man,  aud  our  uprightness  in 
all  our  works  have  more  influence  over 
man  than  words  have,  and  speak  louder 
than  the  voice  of  thunder.  As  for  edu- 
cation we  need  not  be  backward  because 
of  a  lack  of  this;  for  the  illiteral  have  a 
work,  and  sometimes  they  do  the  no- 
blest work.  But  as  we  are  endowed  with 
the  faculty  to  know,  and  to  know  the 
good  is  evidently  the  design;  and  as  the 
means  of  acquiring  knowledge  are  am 
pie,  there  seems  to  be  an  impelling  duty 
and  inherent  right  involved  upon  each 
one  to  acquire  that  degree  of  mental  cul- 
ture necessary  to  meetthe  wants  of  Chris- 
tianity. It  lies  at  the  threshold  of  even 
the  poorest  and  can  be  posse.'^sed  to  the 
extent  of  their  capacity.  Exclusive  at- 
tention to  the  ordinary  business  of  life 
should  be  prevented,  lest  it  destroy  our 
prospective  happiness.  We  should  stren 
ulously  guard  ourselves  against  being 
absorbed  in  earthly  cares,  lest  they  over- 
whelm us  entirely.  So  let  us  try  to  awak- 
en to  a  sense  of  duty  and  abandon  our 
earthly  cares.  Let  us  try  to  come  be 
fore  God  in  our  simplest  way  and  faith 
fully  work  in  the  calling  which  falls  to 
our  lot,  so  that  wlieu  our  time  comes  to 
leave  this  world  we  may  enter  the  joys 
of  our  Father  in  heaven  and  share  bliss- 
ful immortality. 


ly  silent  to  the  cries  and    pleadings   of 
The  question  may  occur  to  some   how  1  the  little  one,  when  it  perceives  that  in- 
dulgence would  be  hazardous. 

Much  is  said  of  the  early  discrimina- 
tion of  childieD,  that  they  so  readily  find 
out  who  are  their  friends.  It  is  true  they 
do  very  (juickly  discern  sympathy  and 
tenderness  of  feeling  in  those  around 
them;  but  ■*,  takes  a  very  wise  child  to 
know  the  heart  in  which  true  love  is 
hidden.  As  it  requires  a  strong  faith 
for  the  child  of  God  to  recognize  the 
truth — 

"Behind  a  frowuiug  [trovideute 
He  liides  a  smiling  face," 
so  the  little  ones  in  our  household  must 
have  the  same  practical  faith  in  the  par- 
ent when  they  ajiprehend  the  love  that 
denies  their  retiuests,  suppresses  their 
eagerness,  and  puts  the  curb-rein  on 
their  schemes. 

But  if  our  children  do  not  at  once  per- 
ceive the  true  lo\  e  that  under  the  aspect 
of  severety  wears  the  heart  of  kindness, 
let  us  not  make  the  more  dangerous  mis- 
take of  supposing  that  we  are  only  kind 
when  we  yield  to  their  desires.  Let  us 
be,  in  fact,  true  fi-iends  to  our  children, 
though,  perchance,  they  may  not  finrl  it 
out  until  we  have  passed  outof  sight. — 
Advocate  and  Guardian. 


Mr.  Canon  Beadon,  of  Wells,  Jiug- 
land,  is  said  to  be  iO'l  years  old  and  in 
good  health.  It  is  his  boast  that  he 
reads  without  spectacles,  and  that  he 
has  not  iu  his  long  life  worn  an  over- 
coat. 


WHO  ARE  THE  BEST  BOYS? 


A^- 


TKADESMAN  once  advertised  for 
a  boy  to  assist  in  the  work  of  a 
shop,  and  to  go  on  errands,  etc.  A  '(yiw 
houi's  after  the  morning  p.'ipers  announc- 
ed that  such  a  boy  was  wanted,  his  shop 
was  thronged  with  applicants  for  the  sit- 
uation. Boys  of  every  graile,  from  the 
neatly -dressed,  iuielligeut  little  yuuih. 
down  to  the  ill-bred,  olunisy,  poor,  came 
either  in  the  hope  of  a  situation,  t>r  to 
sec  if  an  opportunity  utt^'ered  for  specu 
latiou. 

The  man,  at  a  loss  to   decide   among 
so  many,  determined  to  dismiss  them  all, 


DONT  TATTLE. 

CHILDREN,  don't  talk   about   each 
other.  Don't  call  one  of  your  school- 
mates ugly,  another  cross,  behind   their 
backs.     It  is  the  meanest   kind    of  sin. 
Even  if  they  are  ugly,  stingy,  or   cross, 
it  does   you    no    good  to   repeat  it.     It 
makes  you  love  to  tell  faults,    it  makes 
you  uncharitable,  your  soul  grows  small- 
er, youj*  heart  loses  its   generous  blood 
when  you  tattle  about  your  friends.  Tell 
all    the    good  yon  know    about   them, 
aud  carry  the  sins  in  your  own  heart,  or 
else  tell    them    to    God   and  ask  him  to 
pardon  them.     That  will  be  Christ  like. 
If  anybody  says  to  you,  "O,  that   Mary 
Willis  did  such  a  naughty  thing!"    call 
in  mind  some  virtue  that  Mary  possesses, 
aud  hold  it  up  to  her  praise.     For  your 
own  sake  learn  to  make  this  a  habit. — 
Christian  at  Work. 

WHAT  TO  TEACH  A  CHILD 

Wl  I  AT  shall  I  teach  my  child  t  Teach 
him  that  it  is  better  to  die  than 
to  lie;  that  it  is  better  to  starve  than  to 
steal ;  that  it  is  better  to  be  a  scavenger 
or  wood  chopper  than  to  be  an  idler  aud 
dead-beat;  that  labor  is  the  price  of  all 
honest  possessions;  that  no  one  ise.vempt 
from  the  obligation  to  labor  with  head 
or  hands,  or  heart;  that  "an  honest  man 
is  the  noblest  work  of  God;"  that  knowl- 
edge is  power;  that  labor  is  worehip, 
and  idleness  is  siu;  that  it  is  better  to 
eat  the  crust  of  independent  poverty  than 
to  luxuriate  amid  the  richest  viands  as  a 
dependent.  Teach  him  these  facts  till 
they  are  woven  into  his  being  and  reg- 
ulate his  life,  aud  we  will  insure  his  suc- 
cess, though  the  heavens  fall. — 6W. 


It  now  appears  that  John  AVe^ley's 
first  hymn  book  w.*is  printed  iu  Amer- 
ica. J  A  copy  has  been  found,  dated 
I7.t7  -earlier  than  that  first  printed  ia 
Kogland. 


THK    i{BETH[J^K>r    ^VT    AVOUIv. 


August    n 


flic  l^icflivcH  af  Itlorfi. 

V\  lU.I.SllKI*  WKKKLV. 


1.  M.  K^HKLMAN.  I 
J.  MAHHISOX.       f 


TliK  T:<lit..n« 
gfiu-i'iil  lom-ol  Un' 


rcsitotiiiMf  oiily  frtr  the 
iu-i-iiH«in<M)I  Un- |'ii|>fr.  iiiul  ihi' iii!*<>itiitii  of   an 
iirlicli*  dors  not  liiM'l*  tl'i'l  Uii-y  ooiI'tmc  t-vcry  Sfti- 
tliuent  of  tlH'  wriltT. 

2  Ci'STUiiu  ToniN  in  nrrlpr  ro  dcriirr-i)romiit  In- 
sertiunxf  tUcir  Jirticlc!*.  will  plfase  not  iPidiilK'*  m 
personalHiesitnii  iiiiciiiirli-mw  JiinBiuiBw,  liul  \>t'\- 
sent  llielr  vii'WB  ■■  with  ^act- tHfiuwiieJ  withitiill. 
;i.  Tin;  iiRKTHiuiN  at  W'tntu  will  be  Bwnt  to 
am  Ji.l.lrMs  in  tli.-  I'niird  HUU-h  or  Csitmhi  for 
$1>.yiier:innnin.  For  the  li-udlnR  charocUiristicii 
of  tti.-|-*il"T.ii>  w.-llii«l'-ni.s  t. 
DHSf.    AcldreMx  iiM  rnnirnnnnut 

bkktiiiii:n  at  uoiik. 

Luimrk,  ('nrrolU'".,  III. 


ugcntN  Hi<e  cigtitli 


LAMItK.  IIJ... 


AriilST  II,  IH70. 


TiiK  ftddrehs  tf  J.  J.  Myers  is  thiingfd  from 
Auburn,  III.,  to  Morrill,  Brown  County,  Kaii. 

W.trru  the  date  of  ijour  paper  oppoiiHe  your 
name.  1/ you  do  not  ivisk  tomhaamj  tii'in- 
bfrs,  rcnnp  in  iiwe. 

SoMK  one  Bayt);  "Plotwi-  tinfl  onrlwod  twpnty- 
fiveceuU  for  one  copy  of  the  Ucport  of  th«? 
IuteAnuu.iI  Mi'ftiuK-  AddrisHu,  W«t«on  Sta- 
tiou,  Si-m'iH  County  OJiio."  To  whom  is  tlie 
lUport  to  be  nout. 

Bbotiikii  D.  Uiide,  of  LiKonier,  Iiidiatin,  hwi 
bffMi  n'lvvn  a  J'lrr  juihh  ovor  the  M.  K.  k  T.  It. 
II.,  nnd  liutt  been  invih^d  lo  be  preHcnf  iif  h 
Love-feiiit  Septembers",  lu-ur  Parsonc,  Kiin-aw, 
by  Brotli'T  S.  M.  Burkcf,  of  Parsonn,  KaiiHns. 

What  ih  liypocrisy:''  It  niariifest^  love,  but 
id  liutred;  it  preUm'^s  friendMliip,  but  in  an  ene- 
my; it  IrtIkH  pwacfl,  but  iH  at  war;  it  linttiTfl  vou 
!i(iw,  then  cursen;  it  prai»n>8  you  wb<*n  you  an- 
within  hnarliig;  but  Hlundern  when  at  a  dio- 
tunc«. 

Ci)ni{i'>i'ONi)HN''K  which  dopM  not  contain  ov- 
er onn  hundred  wordfl,  and  wliirh  reaches  uiion 
Thursday  will  be  jmblished  in  the  paper  dated 
the  following  Monday.  < 'orreNpimdedee  whic. 
iii  longer  than  this  cunoot  bu  publiHhed  flu 
proniptI.v. 

A-  soon  MS  tlur  Lord  liad  formed  man,  the 
devil  became  jealous  nnd  rebeljod  HgainHt  Go'd! 
Before  Minn  wax  cimt  oiil,  Satan  wai  cast  out, 
and  bi'injrno  lonRfr  worthy  a  placo  in  tUel'anii- 
lyo)  God,  he  envied  man,  and  boldly  attempted 
his  overthrow,  and  succeedod. 


A  0001)  many  people  treat  thuir  religion  like 
a  liUle  boy  treats  his  hat— while  it  is  new  he 
take.<)  Kroat  care  of  it,  and  takes  deliglit  iu 
thiLking  about  it.'but  m  soon  as  the  novelty  in 
worn  otV,  any  tliinji  or  any  plmieiMgoodeuougli 
for  it,  and  it  does  not  matter  much  wliether  it 
has  a  place,  but  is  soon  cast  aside. — Frimiiirc 
Christ  itiH. 

hiAiiiKK  the  pain  and  morl  ill  cation  of  that 
minister  wliosponda  many  hours  drawing  water 
Irom  the  "well  of  life,"  for  his  Hock,  when  he 
linds  but  few  of  theniat  the  wiilerinR  place.— 
He  who  will  peril  ki»  eternal  salvation  for  tliE 
foam  of  tills  world  is  in  need  of  an  extra  8up' 
ply  of  living  water. 


AvARtcE  is  niofit  liappy  when  Ik*  rnn  make 
others  poor.  He  is  not  only  an  enemy  of  the 
poor  man,  but  makes  himself  poor  indeed.  Hi- 
lives  to  tiike  in  everj'thinp  and  to  part  with 
nothinf,'.  He  gocn  down  to  the  grave  not  hav- 
ing made  himself  nor  any  other  )><>r>^ou  ccm- 
fortable  and  happy.  "He  heopt th  up  riches 
and  knows  not  who  sball  enjoy  them." 

A  UAN  or  woman  with  nothing  to  do,  is  a 
pent  to  any  society.  They  are  beggars,  eating 
and  wearing  what  they  have  not  earned ;  dronew, 
scattering  the  fniif-*  of  other  people's  industry; 
hypocrites,  shining  and  adorniuff  in  falfe  colorn; 
vampirex  fcapping  the  foundation  of  romm un- 
ities; idlers,  filling  prisons  and  alm^-houaes. — 
8hun  them.  O  youth,  Karly  learn  to  labor, 
and  be  of  use  in  this  world. 

Nkvkh  be  envious  of  others  when  their  lives 
are  ornamented  with  noble  worku  and  nuvcena- 
All  labors  for  tlie  Maater.  Do  not,  oppose  them 
tlirougti  envy.  With  such  work  'iod  is  not 
well  pleased,  and  remember  that  when  you  op- 
pose the  innocent  and  strive  to  ifjjure  good  men 
the  blow  will  fail  back  on  your  own  bend,  Ynu 
will  reap  the  fruit  of  hiich  labor  in  bitternes 
by  and  by;  if  not  in  this  world,  you  will  in  thi 
world  to  come. — Goapel  J'rmcltrr. 


Most  people  lose  their  luck  wheu  they  lose 
their  pluck.  He  who  has  good  pluck  will  have 
good  luck,  for  real  downright  pluck  is  the  fath- 
er of  luck.  Good  luck  slips  out  when  pluck 
has  gone  from  home.  Pluck  stops  at  the  ball- 
room, the  bar-room,  the  temple  of  fashion,  luid 
t)ie  door  of  dishoiieKty  and  then  luck  vanishes. 
This  world  is  not  «  ^rand  lottery  where  for- 
tunes are  drawn  by  luck,  but  it  ia  aplace  where 
pluck  turns  the  wheel  oi' fortune  by  bard  work. 

Davij)  says:  "Unto  the  upright  there  aria- 
otb  light  in  darkne.'fs,"  So  thinks  the  brother 
«ho  writes  that,  though  not  a  subscriber, 
he  has  been  a  pretty  constant  reader  of  the  B. 
AT  W.,  and  now  feelw  "under  obligations  to 
pay  something"  for  the  paper;  and  he  did.  He' 
has  a  long  distance  to  meeting,  and  not  always 
being  able  to  attend  the  a-'scmbly  of  thel)eliev- 
ryK,  he  can  read  some  sermons  at  home.  Though 
a  I'ruel  and  hard  heRrted  world  may  surround 
u«  like  thick  darkness,  a  light  will  arise  to 
guide  uBon  our  narrow  way.  Trust  that  Light. 


LriiA.s-  Abbott  in  his  "Dictionary  of  Kelig- 
ious  Knowledge,"  says  of  the  word  Brethren, 
"This  name  employ*^  in  the  early  Christian 
Church  as  a  designation  of  disciples  of  ('hrist 
before  ti.e  term  Christians,  waa  employed,  has 
been  taken  up  since  by  dilferent  orders  as  lol- 
lows;  A  sect  of  German  Baptist^,  more  popu- 
larly known  a»  Dunkera  or  Dunkards.  from 
their  method  of  buptiflm."  Mr.  Abbott  ex- 
pressly 8tat<?«  that  the  term  "Brethren"  was 
u«ed  to  desiirnate  the  desciples  of  Christ  hrfore 
the  t«rm  Ciiristian  was  employed.  -Jesus  said: 
"All  ye  are  brethren,"  while  his  opponents 
called  his  people  Christians.  We  adhere  to  the 
name  "lirethren"  as  being  of  divine  ori-jm, 
hence  seek  to  be  known  by  no  other. 


The  following  conversation  was  heard  from 
professed  believers  who  met  before  time  for 
worship: 

"Veil  Shon.  vot  you  tinks  we  hof  to  pay  for 
harvest  hands  dis  year?" 

"Oh.  I  don't  know — about  two  dollars  I 
guess." 

"Ah.  if  we  all  sticks  togetter  we  iisi  em  for 
a  foliar  and  A  haf.  don't  you  tinks?" 

Beautiful  example  to  the  world  for  professed 
Christians,  isn't  it:-' 

"0  wad  some  power  the  giftie  gie  us, 
To  see  oursels  as  ithers  see  us," 


Bkwakb  of  those  sunshine  friends.  They 
will  swarm  around  ynu  while  all  is  calm  and 
cli'ar,  but  as  soon  as  peraecutiou  or  distres?.  or 
lilinger,  or  perils  arise  they  will  run  for  their 
lives  like  nits-froin  u  burniiig  barn.  In  nearly 
every  instance  those  who  have  been  m.-i-st  "fus- 
sy" in  shedding  »unhhine  upon  you  will  he  the 
tir^t  to  desert,  censure,  and  reproach  you  when 
you  stiinilile, 
"DlsguiHc  so  near  the  truth  doth  seem  to  run, 
'Tis  iluulilful  wliom  to  seek  or  whom  to  shun," 


Wk  forgdt  too  won  tho  favors  bestowed  upon 
us.  When  poor,  hle-saings  seem  indeed  valu- 
able, but  wheu  aftluence  uud  plenty  come  npon 
u8  we  c.v5tout  of  our  memories  the  kind  friends 
of  former  years.  This  is  biwe  ingratitude,  and 
iS  denominated  by  Paul  as  uiithaukrulncas,— 
A  mighty  humbling  under  the  hand  of  Qod  i» 
the  only  remedy. 


BitnHHKS  S.  J.  Peck  and  L.  Sciimi'ckbh,   of 

the  Lanark  Church,  Itft  on  the  morning   of  flth 

inst,  for  Jliciiigau  with  a  view  of  prospecting 

for  a  "better  country."      Brethren,  pardon    us 

for  doubting  whether  you   can   Hud  it.      We 

should  regret  to  see  you  leave  us,  but  presume 

we  mu^t  patiently  submit  in  this  as  iu  all 

things  eltt?. 

—  •-^» 

Brotiikk  A.  H.  H.iMM  of  Beatrice,  Nebraska, 

writes  thus:  "This  i»  to  inform  you  that  the 

Swede  you  mention  iu  the  B.  at    W.  as   Peter 

Halberg  was  brought   to   Beatrice,  Thursday, 

Jttly  Slsl,  by  our  County  ShtTilf.      He  was 

marched  from  the  depot  to  the  jail  hand-cuft«d. 

Next  day  he  was  brought  befoiv   the  justice  of 

peace.    He  was  found  guilty;  and   was   bound 

over  lo  appear  at  the  ftext  District   Court,   not  I 

being  able  to  give  bonds,  which  was  ^^l.OOO.Oo,  I 

he  was  again  put  into  jail  to  await  his  trial.  He 


There  are  more  persons  sitting  on  the 
".ludgment  seat"  than  any  where  elsp.  Some 
of  the  judges  have  perceptions  so  fine  that  they 
can  see  tho  motives  of  other  people  >'vithoufc  at 
all  impairing  their  own  ignorance.  The  want 
of  genuine  philanthropy  and  the  charity  of  I 
Cor.  13,  keep  such  judges  all  the  tiiiii,'  in  ofhce 
witliout  pay.  They  see  everythiug  through 
sniok-d  glass  in  order  to  avoid  the  true  bright- 
ness of  good  qualities,  They  are  certainly  ob- 
jects of  pity  and  sympathy,  and  all  good  and 
true  men  should  pray  for  their  relegation  to 
Christian  charity  and  prudence. 

At  our  home  Council.  Tuesday  of  last  week, 
Brother  Samuel  J,  Peck  was  advanced  to  the 
second  degree  of  the  ministry.  Elders  E,  For- 
ney, M,  Myers,  K,  Eby. . I.  J.  Emmert,  and  T. 
Myers  were  pivseut,  Th-  leading  (juestiou  be- 
fore council  was  whether  two  mini-itors  elected 
at  different  timew  could  be  advanced  to  the  sec- 
ond degree  in  i  he  ministry  at  thw  same  time,— 
Much  was  said,  but  nothing  in  n  cross  or  irri- 
tated way.  Thus  should  our  councils  always 
be.  Thanks  to  the  elders  ind  visitors  present 
from  other  tongregatiou'*  for  their  interest  in 
our  behalf.  You  are  always  welcome.  Come 
again. 


0,  THK  grandness  of  kindness!  Nev-r  by 
word  or  si^n  should  we  aim  to  wound  the  ten- 
der heart.  We  are  differently  constituted,  and 
one  ia  annoyed  bythis  thorn  and  another  by 
this  thorn  and  another  by  that,  and  it  i>!  enoujjh 
that  Satan  has  strewn  our  pathway  with  difli- 
cuHics  without  our  making  them  for  each  oth- 
er. He  who  lives  to  impede  the  royal  path  of 
\m  fellow  man  must  not  fret  and  weep  if  Satan 
,      .,,   ,  J  ,  |80idsdagg*>r3  thickand  fast  into  his  side.     We 

..  v.ry  much  w,  Ud  down,  and  confessed   to    love  to  breathe  warm  love,  and   we  should  not 
Z?\Tl.?}Z»^^^   ^  "   that' was  I  poison  and  chill  th.  atTu.^.phere  for    others.- 

'Let  love  be  without   di?siran!a':'on." 


Know  a  correspondent  at  Attica.  Ohio,  we 
learn  the  following:     "The   child  of  members 

of  the   L Church   died,  and   one    of   their 

ministers  was  reqtiested  to  oreach  the  funeral. 
He  declined  on  the  ground  that  the  child  had 
not  been  sprinkled.  Another  minister  of  the 
same  church  was  called  upon  tj  speak  to  the 
people  at  the  funeral  of  the  child.  He  came, 
but  also  refused  to  preach.  And  still  worse; 
they  would  not  permit  the  little  child  to  be 
buried  in  their  cemetery.  The  father  went  and 
purchased  a  lot  in  another  cemetery  in  which 
to  bury  bis  child.  A  minister  of  the  "  church 
of  God  "  conducted  the  services.  This  looks 
worse  than  iutidelity.  It  certainly  looks  very 
bad," 

Yes,  truly;  it  looks  as  if  sprinkling  were  es- 
sential to  salvation.  We  do  not  conclude  that 
because  those  ministers  refused  to  preach  the 
funeral  sermon  on  the   ground    that    the   child 

w;i8  not  sprinkled,  the  whole   L Church   is 

in  fault,  but  we  do  conclude  that  those  minis- 
ters thought  that  a  few  drops  of  water  were 
worth  a  great  deal  just  about  that  time.  "Suf- 
fer little  children  to  come  unto  ME,  and  forbid 
them  not,  for  f<J'  .^m'fi  is  the  kingdom  of  heav- 
en." So  says  he  who  is  Lord  of  loid.s,  and 
King  of  kings. 


"d  therewith." 


The  Sioux  City  Journal  gives  the  following 
report  of  a  wonderful  discovery  in  Iowa:  "At 
Cherokee  a  few  days  since,  parties  boricn'  for 
coal  struck  a  magnetic  spring  at  a  depth  of  190 
feet,  and  it  has  since  continued  to  flow  with 
great  force,  throwing  a  four  inch  stream  four 
or  five  feet  above  thb  mouth  of  the  well.  The 
water  is  so  highly  charged  that  a  knife  blade 
dipped  in  it  will  raise  a  nail,  an  iron  bar  doub- 
led up  and  lowered  down  the  well  will  be 
straightened  out,  and  in  fact  any  metal  coming 
in  Contact  with  the  water  becomes  a  powerful 
magnet.  The  water  is  cold  and  good  to  drink, 
save  that  it  has  a  slight  iron  taste.  In  bathing 
in  it  one  experiences  a  prickly  sensation  not 
unlike  to  that  felt  by  taking  hold  of  a  battery. 
It  is  found  impossible  to  sink  the  well  deeper 
on  account  of  being  unable  to  work  the  borinsi 
apparatus  in  the  pipe,  there  being  so  much 
magnetism  that  the  iron  sticks  together." 

FACT  AND  TRUTH. 

FACT  denotes  ac(/on.  The  word  (/e/"// :<o  fre- 
quent in  the  common  version  is  equiva- 
lent lo  the  word  fwt.  Every  fact  is  a  truth, 
yet  not  all  truths  are  facts.  That  God  is,  that 
he  exists,  is  a  truth,  but  iiot  a  fact.  That  he 
made  all  thing.*,  formed  the  deeps,  and  gave 
the  seas  their  bounds,  are  facts  and  truths.  Be- 
fore we  can  have  a  fact,  something  must  be 
done.  It  is  true  that  Paul  was  the  apostles  of 
tho  Gentiles,  but  that  he  was  so  in  fact  cannot 
be  established.  It  is  a  truth  and  a  fact  that  he 
preached  Christ  to  the  Gentiles.  There  is  a 
power  in  fact,  which  cannot  he  found  iu  logi- 
al  truth.  We  frequently  hear  that  "facts  are 
^tubl)orn  things."  Truly  they  are  /////tiy>-,  not 
inmh  Mi>rt.l  fa.  ?s  have  mora!  meaning;  and 
P  ty.<ical  tacti  exliibjt  the  physical  aud  moral 
character  of  God  the  auihor  of  fundamental 
truth.  That  Christ  gave  hinip*  for  us;  thai 
lie  i.iight  rtideem  us,  and  purify  unto  hiinsel;'  a 
peculiar  people,  are  moral  facts,  and  fundamen 
til  truths.  That  -lesus  turned  water  into  wine 
u  a  fact,  an'l  the  fact  that  it  im.s- done  is  a  truth 


Whatever  operate  does,  and  the  result  j^ 
I  known  a-  a  f'-irt.  A  thing  must  really  l,e  ,/^,„^ 
I  before  it  ciu  be  a  fact.  That  Jesus  died,  was 
I  buried  and  arose  are  /'icts.  and  conformity  to 
these  facts  isVrH/A.  That  the  Apr  sties  went 
everywhere  preaching  the  word,  is  a  fart,  and 
conformity  to  this  fact  is  truth.  History  is  bas- 
ed ou/iirta,  hence  the  history  of  New  Testament 
goes  to  ?o  many  fact".  Take  away  the  facts 
and  there  can  l>^  no  history,  and  without  hj^ 
torj-,  the  jj'/.vr  is  but  "  i/"n/r.  The  history  of 
Jesus"  birth,  inini-itry.  death,  resurrection  and 
ascension  contains  so  many  fai-ts;  take  away 
the  fact  of  his  birth;  the  fact  of  his  ministry, 
his  death  and  resurrection,  and  what  becomes  of 
the  Cliristian  system?  Where  is  fuith  with- 
out the  New  Testament _/'/(- ^v.  Tuke  away  the 
fiiiis  of  the  Gospel  and  you  take  away  the  re- 
ligion of  Jesus,  So  soon  as  a  thing  is  done 
the  fact  tliat  if.  is,  has  been  established,  and 
this  is  a  truth.  Truth  belongs  to  /'act  Truth 
conforms  to /art,  and  never  moves  m  opposi- 
tion to  itself.  "Thy  nurd  is  truth,"  sa^s  Jesus 
to  his  Father.  Thy  word  is  m  hitrmouy  with 
fact  and  truth  whichever  dwell  tugether.  To  say 
that  tlie  tree  dues  not  grow  wheu  it  does,  is  to 
say  what  IS  not  in  conformity  with  fact.  The 
tree  does  grow,  and  this  is  a  fact.  To  recog- 
nize this  fact  is  to  deelsre  the  truth.  Jesus  died- 
this  is  a  fact,  aud  to  recognize  this  fact  is  to 
recognize  the  truth.  That  he  arose  from  the 
dead  is  a  fact,  and  to  believe  this  fact  is  to  rec- 
ognize the  truth.  Many  things  do  exist,  but 
we  are  slow  to  recognize  them.  A  fact  is  nut 
afltcted  by  our  believing  or  disbelieving  it.  The 
thing  affected  is  ourself.  If  it  be  a  fact  that 
the  earth  revolves  on  its  axis  once  every  twen- 
ty-four hours,  our  believing  or  dinbelievino^  it 
will  not  affect  the  fact,  nor  the  truth;  hut  if 
there  is  any  effect  it  will  be  in  us.  If  the  Bi- 
ble be  a  book  of  fact^,  our  believing  or  disbe- 
lieving it  will  not  affect  the  Book.  Our  action 
in  the  matter  can  exert  no  influence  upon  the 
fact;  cannot  change  or  in  the  least  vary  the  fact 
nor  the  truth  of  the  fact.  That  the  Book  uf 
facts  is  here,  that  it  came  by  Int^piration  /ur 
mankind;  that  in  it  we  think  we  have  eternal 
life  promised  through  Jesus  Christ,  are  farts 
which  we  cannot  change. 

As  moral  beings  we  cannot  lift  ourselves 
above  ourselves.  It  is  fact  that  a  Being  high- 
er than  ourselves  was  required  to  raise  our  mor- 
al natures  higher  than  ourselves.  Without  aid 
from  God,  no  man  can  attain  to  the  knowledge 
of  God, what  be  requires  of  us,  how  to  do  it,  and 
when.  The  fact  that  God  has  made  us  capable 
of  receiving  and  imparting  culture,  proves  that 
we  can  be  raised  up  morally,  and  religiously; 
aud  the  fact  that  we  can  not  lift  our  moral  na- 
tures above  corruption  proves  thit  we  need  One 
who  is  greater,  stronger  than  we  are. 

Fact  makes  impression.  If  our  dearest 
friend  should  die  suddenly,  the  fact  would  make 
us  weep  and  mourn.  When  a  friend  places  a 
valuable  gift  in  our  hands,  a  feeling  of  joy  and 
gratefulness  possesses  us.  The  heart  is  sadden 
ed  through  misfortune  and  gladdened  by  gifts 
and  favors.  The  condition  of  onr  feeling  will 
be  according  to  the  uatnre  oi  the  fact  known 
or  believed.  We  know  a  thing  when  we  have 
seen  it;  we  be/ieve  a  thing  when  reported  to  us 
by  competent  and  truthful  witnesses. 

Tliere  must  be  a  fact,  before  it  can  be  known, 
reported  and  believed.  Heuce  we  have, 
first,  the  fact,  or  thing  done;  second,  the 
testimony;  third,  the  faith.  A,  died,  and  B.  re- 
[lorled  it— B.  reported  it,  and  C.  believed  it,— 
C.  believed  it  before  he  sorrowed  over  it.  Here 
were  a  number  of  facts,  the  truth  of  which  was 
unquestionable.  If  the  fact  had  not  been  true, 
the  second  could  not  have  taken,  and  without 
the  second,  the  third  would  not  be.  Tu  this 
case  we  had  fact,  testimony,  belief,  grief.  The 
fHct  of  His  death  being  reported  and  believed 
caused  grief.  We  thus  see  the  importance  of 
lUct,  and  the  necessity  of  truth  being  with  it. 
Let  us  now  divest  it  of  truth  and  see  if  the  ef- 
fect will  not  be  the  same.  A.  does  not  die,  bnt 
3.  thinks  he  U  dead  and  leporls  it  for  afact  ■" 
0,,  who,  regarding  B.  as  truthful,  is  greived.— 
His  gntf'v^  this  case  is  just  as  intense  as  if  it 
vere  inte  that  A.  died.  See  the  error;  B.  decs 
lofc  Knou  that  A.  is  dead,  but  simply  thinks  he 
'.  aud  reports  his  thouglij.  about  the  matter 
'rfnci.  Truth  is  wanting,  yet  being  regarded 
y  C.  as  credible,  the  effect  is  all  the  same.— 
■'foni  this  we  may  learn  the  importance  of  tes- 
iinony  based  od  fact,  without  which  there  can 
''C  no  real  faith.  k.  m.  k. 


Tiist     11 


Tidii;    til^Ka^tll-iiulN'    ^X    AVOKIC 


LIVING  PRINCIPLES. 


f  oiir  hflored  and/aith/ul  Jienftfm,  many  nf 
ivf  fojournfrs    ami  ;»i7</ri»i,«,   srat/ereil 


y,-u'  Jfrsry.   Femmylvanin,  Maryhnd, 
Went  Virginia,  North  CaroUnn,  Ten- 
Ivetiliick'f,    Ohio,  Imluttut,   Mirhigun. 
■  vo'i'*'"'  /""""■''i  I'^^'o.  Miiinesiita,  Missouri, 
Te-ras,  Nebraska,  Colorado,  Oreqou, 


'ortii",  ond  the    Territories,    Canada   and 


rk: 


mg  t 


fV""""' 

IV  the  name  of  Jesiis  we  thauk  you  for  your 
'  faithful  and  perseTering  ffforts  to  extend 
j.ircnlation  of  the  B.  at  W.   That  you  liave 

ne  a  noble  work  is  evident,  and  God  alone  is 
ble  to  reward  you  as  you  desei-ve.  He  takes 
'  of  sparrows,  so  will  lie  of  every  good  and 
'jorlby  deed. 

ffith  a  constant  desire  to  do   right,    and    to 

jevou  a  paper  worthy  of  a  place  in  your  at- 
Llionl  ^*'  ^'^^^  toiled  on  and  on,  believing 
■  ave  a  cla^a    of  readers   and    thinkei-3 

ho  are  quick  iu  perceiviug  the  merits  of  a  pa- 

,,and  bold  in  niaintaiuiug  the  right  as  tbey 
L  eiven  grace  to  aee  tlif  right.  That  ire  have 
oide  Dii*fc'*lt'"S  is  evident;  and  really  if  we  did 
not  soiiietiiueti   turn    up   the   erring    aide,  we 

jrjlit  not  be  able  to  di-*tMi^uisli  the  truth  at  all. 
It  \i  only  Ij-V  *'^*'  greah  lnw  of  cnriipari-ou  that 
know  j^iiinl  fnun  «vil.  right  from  wrou^,  jua- 
,.„  tr""i  injustice  &i;  H  iwever,  mitwith- 
(g„,]iug  the  seemingly  crooked  steps  of  iliepa^t 
e  uot  di  oiirag^d,  but  shall  try  to  wilk 
more  circumspectiv  in  the  futur--.  With  us  the 
iK4ti'iii  d  t"t  fio'  aride,  "Will  in-'i  weigh  our 
ilion'*  to  our  advaotage  or  disadvair.age?"'  but 
flow  will  Gi)d  view  th^-ni?  Here  is  the  vital 
fliiestiou.  and  he  who  acts  contrary  to  God's 
(ifW  will  most  surely  fail. 

We  try  to    plpasc  you  with  tiie  truth,  believ- 
that  trutii  IS  the  only  tbiog  that  will  please 
aud  with  whiili  you  should    be    pleased. — 
iud.  then.  too.   we  are   pleased  and  you  are 

asei  with  the  fact  that  there  are  no  diff.;r- 
(flces  among  us  on  the  fundam-fntal  priuciplei 
of  the  Otispel.  To  some  it  may  uot  he  so 
t  to  differ  in  the  appHiyiHoit  of  those 
principles,  yet  itca.i  hardly  be  expected  that  all 
ifill  f,\pre83  their  ideas  on  the  application  and 
prnclii'p  of  these  principles  ip.  the  i^ame  words. 
We  should  rememeber  tliat  some  men  add  num- 
bers from  the  top  to  the  bottom,  some  from  left 
to  right,  wliile  most  persons  ?>*'(//;;  at  the  bot- 
tom of  the  coluum.  This  only  shows  that 
Ibere  are  three  methods  of  adding  numbers, 
each  of  which  is  correct,  for  it  produces  the 
same  result — the  sum  of  numbers,  So  in  the 
■¥wj  nuf  of  certain  Christian  principles,  the 
Dtethods  may  vary,  yet  the  answer  is  always 
Ihesiime.     We  should  look  for  samniess  of  rc- 

i//^-,  rather  than  for  sameness  of  methods. — 
Like  principles  must  produce  like  results,  and 
will  if  the  principles  be  not  corrupted.  God 
has  given  us  the  law  of  charity  to  help  us  to 
igree  iu  our  applications  of  divine  principles. 

We  are  desirous  that  our  contributors  be  al- 
lowed the  same  liberties  that  we  seek  for  our- 
wlves.  It  is  unfair  to  reject  good  and  instruc- 
tive arlicles  from  Christian  men  and  women, 
oil  the  j-round  that  they  do  not  conform  to  the 
pet  ideas  of  the  editors  on  some  particular 
lobject.  While  we  do  not  seek  to  misrepresent 
sny  one  who  has  been  '"born  of  the  spirit  and 
of  water,"  nor  "bite  and  devour"  such  as  ditl'er 
from  us  in  the  application  of  living  principles, 
we  shall  endeavor  to  excel  in  wielding  the 
afford  of  the  Spirit.  We  do  uot  think  it  rob- 
Wy  to  have  on  the  helmet  of  salvation,  the 
breastplate  of  righteousness  and  the  shield  of 
faith.  Thtse  are  within  our  reach,  have  been 
tendered  to  us  as  well  as  to  you,  and  if  we 
choose  to  be  equipped  with  them,  let  no  man 
seek  to  hinder  us.  On  the  other  hand,  the 
same  equipments  are  ready  for  all  of  you,  and 
we  shall  not  attempt  to  prevent  you  putting  on 
the  irhoh  armor  of  God.  So  be  it!  The  well  of 
tnitti  is  open  to  all  to  draw.  Lazy  indeed  must 
te  be  who  vrill  not  draw,  but  prefers  tu  .drink 
the  sl,ngnRiit  water  of  death. 

We  Ituov/  no  classes  among  the  Brethren.— 
There  is  no  higli  nor  low  in  the  church  of  43od. 
Not  Hutil  the  third  century  was  there  any  dis 
tini;tion  between  clergy  and  laity,  and  in  popu- 
lar Christivinity  it  ban  become  wide  indeed.— 
Some  of  Jesus'  disciples  once  "disputed  among 
themselves  who  should  be  greatest,"  but  Jesus 
loon  gave  them  the  true  answer,  and  they  had 
1o  more  to  say. 

To  watch  over  the  U.  at  W.  with   that   wis- 


dom which  comes  from  above,  is  our  heartfelt 
desire.  We  wantto  listen  kindly, court<?ous- 
ly,  and  lovingly,  and  ask  uo  more  from  you 
when  we  spe.ik.  All  rash  movements  end  iu 
failure  and  entail  misery  upon  many  innocent 
persons.  Backward  movements,  or  the  advoca- 
cy and  practice  of  metliods  built  upon  tlie 
judgment  of  rfrW  mnt  instead  of  being  built 
npOD  dirijie  prinrijih s,  detract  rapidly  from  the 
law  of  growth  iu  grace  and  knowledge  of  the 
truth.  To  still  or  sleep  is  certain  death  also. — 
To  move  forward  steadily,  cautiously  aud  fnith- 
fully  is  in  harmony  with  Ciirist's  law  of  Chris- 
tian development,  which  brings  sure  victory 
over  death,  hell  and  the  grave.  We  now  bid 
you  God  speed  in  every  eft'ort  to  approximate 
more  aud  more  to  the  living  and  eternal  prin- 
ciples of  truth,  and  pray  God  that  all  of  us 
may  meet  across  the  river  of  death  where  trials 
sorrows,  provocatious  and  temptations  do  not 
prevail.  May  we  be  permitted  to  interchange 
thoughts  and  views  while  here  below,  not  for 
self-g rati ti cation  merely,  but  to  help  others  to 
come  to  Jfsus  and  live,  m.  m.  e. 


NEITHER  BIBLE  NOR  LOGIC. 


I  N  a  report  of  a  camp  Mt-eting,    at    Farrand- 
1     ville,  Mich.,  by  M.  C.  Craig,    published    iu 


"  Methodist,  we  read  the  following  para- 


the  Fr 
graph: 

"During  one  or  two  days  of  the  meetinp  some 
Adventists  came  im  tlie  Rroimd.  Bible  in  baud,  for 
iiigiiment.  And  wliile  some  of  the  pilgrims  knew 
but  very  little  about  logic  they  knew  how  to  pre- 
vail with  God,  and  resurtiny  to  that  ever  ready 
weapon,  all  prayer,  they  vamjuished  their  roate- 
riiilistio  foe." 

The  Fr/fe  Methodist  lady  reports  what  seems 
to  us  to  be  very  inconsistent.  It  seems  the  Ad- 
ventists were  routed  without  either  the  Bible 
or  logic!  It  stilifurtherappearslhat  ueitherthe 
Hible  nor  logic  ia  in  favor  of  Fht  Methodism; 
for  had  they  been  of  coui-s"  they  would  have 
been  used.  Upon  this  confesssiou  on  the  part 
of  the  writer,  as  to  what  Fn-e  Mfth(Hh\iii  is,  we 
seriously  doubt  whether  God  is  in  favor  of  it, 
seeing  his  word  is  set  at  naught.  If  the  Ad- 
ventists had  both  the  Bible  and  logic  on  their 
side  and  the  Free  Methodists  had  neithnr,  we 
believe  we  would  take  our  place  with  the  .Advent- 
ists. Prayer  from  a  body  of  people  who  reject 
both  logic  aud  the  Bible  is  a  kiud  of  mockery 
too  dfi)lorable  to  be  described. 

A  young  lady  (Baptist)  was  one  time  talking 
with  a  young  gentleman  (Pedo-b  iptist)  on  the 
subject  of  bapti.-m.  The  gentleman  not  being 
able  to  resist  the  lady's  logic  bei-ame  enraged 
and  said:  "I  just  hateyou  Baptists;  you  want 
yjrwo/' for  everything."  We  boast  of  the  nine- 
teenth century  civilization.  But  what  there  is 
to  boast  of  is  hard  to  discover.  The  Jews  want- 
ed Christ  crucified.  They  could  prove  nothing 
against  him — but  they  trnnled  him  crucified, 
they/elt  he  ought  to  be  crucified.  A  robber  who 
was  condemned  by  pruof  could  go  free,  but 
Christ,  in  whom  no  guile  was  found,  must  be 
crucified.  Stephen  had  to  be  stoned  to  death 
because  the  people  could  not  rcsi^l  the  wis- 
dom and  spirit  by  which  he  spake.  Paul  ''dis- 
puted against,  the  Grecians:  but  they  went 
about  to  slay  him."  So  you  see,  brethren  and 
sisters,  we  should  not  weary  in  well  doing  even 
it  people  do  turn  from  sound  logic,  truth,  the 
spirit,  the  word  of  God,  and  seek  our  ruin;  for 
so  you  see  they  did  with  our  blessed  Master  aud 
the  dear  departed  saints.  s.  j.  n. 


look  at  a  frifud.  Before  this  he  could  meet 
riend  or  foe  face  to  face.  His  braverj-  was  uu-l 
daunted.  But  now  self  reliance  is  gone;  fear 
takes  the  place  of  confidence,  and  shame  of 
gladness. 

Our  brother  thought  how  similar  this  was  to 
the  conduct  of  men.  .\  man  with  a  clear  con- 
science is  never  happier  than  when  in  contem- 
plation of  meeting  his  blessed  Master  face  to 
face,  and  when  in  fellowship  with  the  elect  of 
God.  He  can  brave  storms  of  opposition,  en- 
dure severest  privations.  He  would  not  shrink, 
if  duty  demanded  it,  to  stand  in  the  very  jawa 
of  death.  Hut,  when  his  morals  have  been  sur- 
rendered, oh,  how  chauged!  So  cowardly  is  he 
that  he  shudders  to  meet  even  his  best  friend! 
With  a  clear  conscience,  an  implicit  trust  in 
God,  aud  an  unwavering  faith  in  the  truth  of 
the  Bible,  no  diftVrence  what  the  conditions  of 
life  are,  it  will  be  joyful,  contented,  and  elevat- 
ed; but  on  the  other  hand,  with  a  guilty  con- 
science, the  doubt  of  a  God,  aud  a  disbelief  of 
the  Bible,  no  circumstances  of  life  can  make 
one's  existence  either  enjoyable  or  successful. 
A  man  without  a  clear  conscience  ia  as  pow- 
erless as  a  bird  with  a  broken  wing,  a  train  of 
cars  without  an  engine,  a  ship  without  a  sail; 
as  useless  as  an  ax  without  a  handle,  a  reaper 
without  a  sickle,  a  watch  without  a  spriug,  a 
wagon  without  a  wheel;  aud  he  is  uo  better 
than  either  of  the  tra;tors  Arnold  to  Judas. 


"  NEW  TESTAMENT  GREEK '' 

TjN'DER  the  above  caption  ProfesHor  M.  B. 
U  Riddle  of  Hartford.  Conn..  publiaheB 
some  very  good  thiugs  in  the  Itcligioti.-^  Herald. 
.\mong  the  many  he  says: 

Tlie  delinite  and  discoverable  meaning  of  the 
New  Teatemeiit  teniw  b;ia  Iwd  to  stability  of  lex- 
ieognipliy  a-s  ri-gards  this  book.  With  this  thouRht 
I  began.  Hut  now  I  must  make  exceptions.  Three 
class.-^  of  intvrpnurn  have  endeavored  to  shake 
thi^stiib!lIty:fa).Kc>L&siASTMAi,.who  liave  In- 
sislwl  that  the  decisions  of  councils  iind  similar 
bodies,  centuries  mayhap  after  the  Xew  Testa- 
ment was  wrltteu.  determine  the  meaning;  (b) 
MvsTKAi.,  who  tliink  some  inner  light,  or  new 
sul'jtcti\frev.-lati(m.i:an  idler  the  historic  facta 
of  lexir.ii'i;.|.hy  iiii.l -i;ioQmar,aml(c)  Ratio-SaIt 
i-Tic.  wliutiiiuic  ttiiit  whiit  their  iudlvldual  no- 
tions urcept  as  true  or  false,  can  affett  the  sense  ol 
words  written  by  men  centuries  liefore  there  Indi- 
vi.iual  opinions  existed.  And  It  will  perhaps  be 
the  best  safeguard  againat  a  most  hurtful  habit, 
Uiehabit  of  putting  iihomiletical  twiNt  upon  our 
texts,  cvplaining,  or  at  U-;wt  using  the  welldellned 
words  of  Scripture  ii.  another  sense,  which  better 
nits  «omo  sermon  wo  have?  planned  to  preach.  I 
believe  that  nucIi  a  hahit  is  more  damaging  to  the 
ordinary  hearer  Itia  i  inhdcl  att;ick«  ur  the  viciouB 
thooriM  of  interpretation  alie;nly  all  )ded  to.  If 
(Jiid's  word  is  mit  rich  eiioujih  in  meaning  to  ua  to 
furnish  ua  with  t.-\t»  (liat  cim  he  fairly  used,  then 
the  fault  is  probahly  our  own." 


TO  THE  BRETHREN  IN  KANSAS 
AND  NEBRASKA. 


GOD  a 
ten 


addmg  his  blessings  I  shall  spend  Sep- 
mber  aud  part  of  October  in  Kansas 
and  Nebraska,  and  ttiose  wishing  meetings  will 
please  address  me  at  once,  stating  the  nearest 
route  to  your  point  from  Topeka.  I  desire  to 
visit  thi;  isolated  members,  and  the  churchi 
that  art<  uut  abuudantly  supplied  with  minit^te- 
rial  laborers.     These  shall  have  the  preference. 

0  how  oft'^n  have  your  earnest  appeals  caused 
the  tears  to  start;  and  my  vow  to  God  that  if 
he  would  spare  me,  I  would  do  my  part  towards 
helping  you,  must  now  be  publislied.  I  ask 
not  your  gold  and  silver,  but  your  hrnrf/elt 
prager.-i,  that,  "if  by  auy  means  now  at  length 

1  might  have  a  prosperous  journey  by  the  will 
of  God  to  come  unto  you.  For  I  long  to  see 
you,  that  I  may  impart  unto  you  some  spirit- 
ual gift,  to  the  end  ye  may  be  established;  that 
is.  that  I  may  be  comforted  toirether  with  you 
by  the  mutual  faith  both  of  you  and  me." — 
Rom.  1: 10-13. 

M.  M.  ESHKI.MAN. 


MANUSCBIPTAL. 

HIRE  Doctor  and  His  Patient,"  by  W.  Q.  Cal- 
1  vert,  "Why  Do  You  German  Baptists 
preach  the  Literal  Word  HO  Much?"  by  CM. 
Yearout.  "TIib  Beautiful  River,"  by  Leah  T. 
Condry.  "(Jupstions  on  Trine  Immersion,"  by 
E  Umbaugh.  "A  Clear  Conscience,"  by  Mary 
C.  Miller.  "Shadows  and  Sunlight,"  Mary  Lou- 
ise Hopwood  ."The  Jews."  l>y  Johu  H.  Welters. 
"Judge  Not  Oue  Another,"  by  S.  L.  Thomas- 
sou.  "Di«agreemfut,ri,"  by  Daniel  Longaneck- 
er.  "The  Ten  Cummandents,"  by  I.  J.  Uosen- 
berger.  "Vour  Tinii-,"  by  Levi  Hollert.  "Stars," 
by  Mary  Louise  Ilopwood.  "Feet- washing,"  by 
B.  C.  Kps.Hler.  "Man's  Corruption,  Condemna- 
tion, and  Reatoratiou  to  God,"  by  H.  W.  Strick- 
ler.  "The  Kingship  and  Kingdom  of  Christ," 
by  R.  Water.i. 


PREDICTION  CONCERNING 
NEWSPAPERS. 


"W^ 


A 


A  SHEEP  DOG. 

of  , 


BROTHER  once  told  us  of  a  very  fine 
hephL'rd  dog  which  one  of  his  neighbors 
had.  This  dog  was  one  of  more  than  ordinary 
usefulness.  Anything  left  in  his  care  would  be 
well  guarded — no  one  would  dare  touch  or  dis- 
turb it.  Then  he  was  very  fond  of  his  master. 
The  dog's  chief  delight  was  in  being  with  his 
master.  There  he  was  always  happy  and  con- 
tented. 

Ooe  day  the  master  observed  his  dog  avoided 
him,  that  hi  would  not  look  him  in  the  face  in 
that  confiding  way  which  it  was  hia  custom  to 
do.  This  conduct  at  once  aroused  the  suspi- 
cion of  the  master.  That  something  was 
wrong  was  evident,  hut  what  it  was  he  could 
not  imagine.  He  wa.s  not  kept  [long  in  sus- 
pense however  as  the  mystery  .was  revealed  a 
few  days  after. 

The  secret  briefly  told  is  this:  The  dog  had 
gotten  in  bad  company  and  helped  to  kill  a 
sheep.  After  doing  this  all  his  courage  was 
gone.    He  Jid  not  even  liave  enough  simply  to 


w 


ENVELOPES. 

E  have  purcbuHsd  a  very  lurjiequnnHty  of 
superior  euvelopes  with  the  cardinal  prin- 
ciples of  uiu' churcli  printed  on  the  back  of 
them.  We  will  send,  po.st  paid  to  any  address 
in  the  United  States  or  Canada,  1  pack  (2.5)  for 
12  cents  or  four  postage  atainpa;  4  packs  (100) 
tor  40  cents.  We  would  like  to  have  all  our 
readers  use  these  envelopes,  for  by  them  our 
distinctive  features  may  be  carrieti  to  many  pla- 
ces, and  an  int'ireit  awakened  iu  them,  where 
they  would  otherwise  remain  forever  unknown. 


Gleimed  from  the  address  of  Whitelaw  Held  be- 
fore the  Xew  York  press  association. 

E  shall  not  have  cheaper  newspapers. 
Tliey  are  the  cheapest  thing  sold  now 
considering  the  cost  of  nmking  them.  We 
ihall  not  have  continuailygrowiugsupplement 
on  supplement  of  advertising.  Individual  wants 
will  seek  mediums  more  suitable.  Only  geiier- 
al  wants  will  seek  publicity  of  great 
journals,  and  these  will  be  kept,  by  the  increas- 
ing cost,  within  manageable  compass.  We 
shall  not  have  more  neww.  The  world  ia  ran- 
sacked for  it  now.  Earth,  sea,  and  air  carry  it 
to  us  from  every  capital,  from  every  people, 
from  every  continent,  and  from  every  islimd. — 
We  shall  not  have  bigger  pai)ers;  they  are  big- 
ger now  than  a  busy  people  can  read.  We 
hhall  have  better  newspapers;  the  story  bettei 
told;  better  brains  employed  in  the  telling; 
briefer  papers;  papers  dealing  with  the  more 
important  of  current  matters  in  such  style  and 
such  fiuscination  tliat  they  will  command  the 
widti^t  interest.  There  will  he  more  care  and 
ability  in  rtelecting,out  of  the  myriads  of  thing; 
you  might  tell,  the  things  that  tlie  better  peo- 
ple want  to  be  told,  or  ought  to  be  told.  Tiicre 
will  b;  greater  skill  in  putting  these  things  be- 
fore them  in  the  most  convenient  and  attract- 
ive shape.  Judgment  in  selecting  the  news; 
genius  for  telling  it— that  is  the  goal  for  the 
highest  journalistic  ellort  of  the  future.  In 
making  a  newspaper,  the  heaviest  item  of  ex- 
pense used  to  be  the  white  paper.  Now  it  is 
the  uows,  By  aud  by,  let  us  hope,  it  will  be 
the  brains." 


M.  51.  EsHELMAN  will  Spend  a  few  weeks  iu 
Indiana,  aud  those  desuring  to  write  him  will 
please  observe  the  length  of  time  he  will  re- 
main at  each  pla^e.  North  Manchester  until 
August  13th,  Goshen  until  August  lS*th.  South 
B-jnd  until  August  24lh. 


For  seven  years  a  convocution  of  church 
authorities  in  England   have  been  discussing 
the  clothes  {juestion.     What  the  clergymen 
shall  wear,  has  been  a  question  of  lengthy  de- 
bute, and  the    convocation   liaally   concluded 
that,  "In  saying  public  prayers  and  ministering 
the  sacrements  and  other  rites  of  the  Cliurch, 
every  priest  and  deacou  shall    wear   a  surplice, 
with  a  stole  or  scaf  aud  the  hood  of  his  degree; 
or,  if,  he  think  fit,  a  gown,  with  hood  aud  scarf; 
and  no  other  oruaiuent  shall  at  any  time  of  his 
ministration     be    used    by  him    contrary   to 
the    monition    of    the    bishop     of    the    dio- 
cese." In  commenting  on  it  I  he  N.  \.  Independ- 
ent .naya:    "This  whole  matter  of  vestments, 
which  occupies  so  much  attention  in  the  Church 
of   England,   reminds  us  of   the  controTeray 
among  the  Tunkers  as  to  whetlier  they   ought 
to  wear  coats  with  rollinj;  or  standing  collars. 
The  world  would  feel  that  two  great  issues  had 
been  closed  if  these  two  controversies  were  fi- 
nally settled."    And  the  worid  feels  that  an 
immense  amouni  of  money,  good   liealth,  and 
broken  hearts  could  be  saved  if  the  popular 
churches  would  set  scripture  examples  of  plain- 
ness.    It  is  because  the  world  aud  the  leading 
popular  churches  of  the  age  have  been  married 
and  are  dwelling  together  that  so  much  con- 
troversy on  dress  is  had.  Come  down  to  Scnpt- 
ure  plainness,  maguify  the  Lord  God  by  obedi- 
ence to  ail  his  requirements,  and  the  feeling  as 
well  OS  the  condition  of  the  worid  will  be  chang- 
ed.      So  long  as  the  great  body  of  Christian 
professors  adorn    themselves    in   the    absurd 
■ttyles  of  the   world,   the  controversy  on  the 
clothes  question  will  uot  cease.      The  people  of 
God  are  commanded  to  "contend  earnestly  for 
thi!  faith  once  delivered  to  the  saints." 


TuK  wav  man  wishes  to  go,  thither  his  TmI 

will  carry  hi-u. 


THK    KKETHKEN    ^T    "WORK. 


-A-usust    H 


0nr  $mt   0as5. 


■*  The  Worth  of  Truth  no  Tongue  Can  Tell." 


This  (Ifimrtmont  is  (tpsiRiK-d  for  luikint;  and  an- 
aweriiig  tiui'sliori!*.  ilrawii  frurji  thp  Bil»le.  In  tiT' 
der  to  I'romoti- tliH  Truth,  iill  i|iji'!*tioiif»  hIhiuWI  I'<* 
brii>f.  hikI  clotlip*!  in  simple  InncuiiRr,  We  shall 
assifrn  niiPstiiiHs  to  our  (•■mtrlhiitont  to  answer, 
but  tliis  doe.s  not  cxclutle  any  others  writlOK  upon 
Che  snine  tujitc. 


Will  some  one  explain  Heh.  IMV  "  And  of  the 
ungelA  lie  saitli.  ^VllO  maketh  his  anReln  uplrlU,  and 
hl3  ministers  n  flame  of  Are."  11.  T.  Cbuok. 

Will  some  one  plcjw*  tell  u»,  tlirouKh  the  Hiiicth- 
REK  AT  WoiiK  who  WFotc  the  latter  part  of  the* 
lAst  chapter  of  Deiiteronomy,  from  fifth  verstf 
to  end  of  chaptfrV  A.  !■*■  M. 

Will  Home  one  pli-iue  explain  Matt.  »:  2'i'f  "Hut 
Jesus  said  uiiU>  him.  Follow  mo;  and  let  the  dead 
bury  their  dead."  II.  steavakt. 

Will  some  one  bo  kind  enuutrh  to  explain  Ileb. 
10:  iOt  C..h  Hkad. 


Ofl«n  T  have  thought  myself  right  and  aQ< 
other  wronsr,  when  upon  proper  inre^tigation, 
1  found  that  the  revere  was  the  ca^;  aod  thus 
have  experimentally  learned  that  another  opin- 
ion is  at  lea^it  as  good  as  mine.  Uoion  and 
rliarity  is  wliat  makes 

The  church  below 
Kesenihle  that  above. 
May  Cod  hasten  the  day  when  the  bicker- 
iDg8  about  technical  and  small  thing."  will  be 
buried  in  Oblivion's  jjrave,  and  the  church 
tftand  robed  in  the  gloriouH  garb  of  hijrh  moral 
influence,  going  forth  con'|uering,  and  to  con- 
quer in  the  name  of  Clirist. 

FKOM  PALESTINE. 

NLMHKK  XVII. 

Bethlehem  and  Solomon's  Pools. 


Win  some  one  pleiuie  explain  Daniel  7:  13,  14. 
"laaw  the  ntRht  vislonn,  and  behold,  one  like  the 
Son  of  man  eume  with  the  clouda  Of  heaven,  and 
came  tfl  the  Anrient  of  days,  and  they  bronRhl 
him  near  before  him.  And  there  wm  given  ?ilm 
dominion,  and  a  Icln((dom,  that  all  people,  nations, 
and  languages  HhouM  serve  him:  hiB  dominion  is 
an  everliisting  dominion,  which  shall  not  i)ass 
away,  and  liltt  kingdom  that  which  shall  not  be 
destrriyed. 

Also  llev,  7,  and  Hev.  ■JU:-l,  r>.  T.  C.  Wnoo. 

[Wltl  Brother  IJanluI  Vunlman  answer  Urother 
Wood  V-En.] 

Will  some  one  please  explain  Matt,   ll:  11. 
pardeiiliir  we  wmild  like  t/i  know  who  Is  the  leasl. 
and  why  railed  the  ktngilom  of  heaven? 

.llWTINA    MlLLBIL 


CHRISTIAN  UNION. 


.  H.  lUrMAN. 


IN  our  former  article  on  the  above  subject  we 
tried  to  hIiow  the  necesNity  of  unity  among 
the  diriciples  of  CliiiHt,  In  this  we  shall  aim 
to  show  bow  that  unity  can  exi^t  and  be  per- 
manent. An  editorial  item  in  the  Murthickn 
AT  WtJitK  liitH  tlie  nail  on  tlie  head.  It  says: 
"A  church  can  never  divide  on  tlie  Bible;  and 
if  division  occurs  al  all  it  must  he  on  some- 
thing that  ifi  not  in  the  Book."  I  heartily  en- 
dorse t,ii(l  item  in  toto.  Every  olisi-rvaiit  and 
itupartial  iniutl  irninf  notfce  that  the  leaven  of 
schism,  which  (*eeni»  to  some  extent  in  he  at 
work  in  the  church,  is  eaused  by  things  tlutt 
are  not  in  the  Hnok.  The  tradition  of  the 
fathers,  mutter  of  mere  opinion  or  taate,  and 
which  may  be  expedient  to  ct-rtaiu  timea  and 
localities;  but  wont  work  on  the  whole.  Now, 
to  avoid  all  this  trouble,  there  is  but  one  way, 
and  that  is  to  enforce  nothing  hut  what  the 
llible  enforces. 

In  my  travels  and  iutercourite  with  and 
among  my  brethren,  I  never  met  with  any,  to 
my  knowledge,  arrayed  against  anything  or  op- 
posed to  what  the  Hook  teachoH.  The  trouble 
seems  to  be  in  eti/urnuij  the  mere  matter  of 
taste  in  the  modus  opfnimfi  of  administration. 
In  the  feet-washing  trouble  it  whs  not  the 
ordinance  itself  that  was  in  dispute,  but  the 
mode  of  administration.  And  such  seeniH  to 
he  the  caie  in  all,  or  nearly  all  the  mutinous 
troubles  in  the  church. 

Paul  in  Romans  3:  4,  saya:  "Let  God  be  true, 
but  every  man  a  liar."  Vm\  certainly  does 
not  wish  U9  to  lie  in  the  ge'ieral -sense  of  lying. 
His  idea  must  be  simply  this:  Go.i  is  perfect, 
aud  that  which  emanates  from  him  is  perfect, 
alao,  and  will  uot  admit  of  improvement  or 
tliange.  Man  is  imperfect,  and  that  which 
Bimply  emanates  from  him  is  imperfect;  and 
will  admit  of  improvement  aud  change,  and  if 
the  saying  of  the  apostle  would  be  ad  mitt  J 
both  iti  practiee  and  theory,  (especially  in 
practice)  tli-rre  would  be  no  danger  of  division. 
It  would  be  not  only  unchristian,  but  ungcn- 
tlemanly,  on  my  part  to  uijchristianize  or  dis- 
refipect  those  who  differ  with  mo  in  matters  of 
mere  opinion  or  taste.  Suppose  wo  sliould  en- 
deavor to  enforce  this  matter  of  taste  in  our 
diet  for  the  body,  and  unchristianize  every- 
body that  didn't,  need  I  to  tell  what  the  result 
would  be? 

We  are  told  that  charity  is  the  bond  of  per- 
fectnesB,  and  it  is  the  band  that  should  bind 
together  the  foilowera  of  Christ.  I  may  en- 
tertain an  opinion  on  a  subject  my  brotlier  may 
differ  with,  and,  as  he  is  just  as  likely  to  be 
right  £R  I  sm.  T  vhyM  eierri=e  fljnrity.    Wha* 


[Tmat  Ihi  'ChrUUaa  SUDiUnl"  t-y  tpMlsl  Amfj|>n»iiLl 

THKRKarefew  objecta  in  Palestine  which 
I  hod  felt  more  anxious  to  see  than  these 
pools  and  tbe  afjueduct  connected  with  them; 
and  few  that  are  80  insutflciently  described  in 
the  books  which  I  have  read.  1  examined  them 
with  the  greatfist  cure,  and  they  fill  me  with 
more  admiration  than  ever  before.  Previous  to 
their  construction  -Jerusalem  had  within  it  no 
running  water,  but  was  dependent  on  rain  water 
caught  in  cisterns.  Such  a  dependence  was  too 
precarious  for  the  capital  of  a  kingdom,  and 
Solomon  was  too  wise  a  king  to  be  contented 
with  it:  Kobe  determined  to  bring  in  a  con- 
stantly llowing  stream  by  means  of  an  aque- 
duct, but  in  order  to  this,  a  suthciently  copious 
spring  must  be  found  at  an  elevation  above  .le- 
rusalom ;  and  as  .lerusalem  is  from  L',4UU  to  2,500 
feet  above  the  sea  level,  and  as  springs  general- 
ly burnt  out,  not  at  the  top  of  hills,  but  far 
down  their  slopes,  it  is  clear  that  such  a  spring 
was  not  to  be  found  at  random.  The  neare.st, 
and  the  only  one,  within  a  i)racticable  distance, 
wafl  found  two  miles  southwest  of  Bethlehem, 
and  about  eighty  miles,  by  the  nearest  road, 
from  .lerusalem.  How  the  men  of  that  age  as- 
certained that  tbissjti-ing  was  high  enougli  for 
the  purpose,  1  leave  the  reader  to  judge. 

Having  settled  that  point,  the  aqueduct  was 
started,  not  from  tbe  highest  of  the  three    hills 
in  the  city,  but  from    the   lowest — the   temple 
mount.     It  crossed  over  to  the  side  of  Mount 
Zion,  under  what  is    now  called    David    Street, 
then  wound  around  the  aouthein,  and  half-way 
along  the    western    side   of  that  mount,    then 
across  the  shallower  part  of  the  valley  of  Hin- 
rvm\  on  arches,  then  around    and    around    aud 
around    the   bills   to    Bethlelieni,  then  around 
Bethlehem,  and  around  half  a  dozen  other  liills, 
till  it  reached  the  narrow    valley  down    which 
tiie  spring  aimed  at  was  sending  its  waters  east^ 
ward  to  the  Dead  Sea.     These    windings    mode 
the  aqueduct  twelve  miles  long,  and  through  the 
whole  of  this  distance  the  engineers  had  to  give 
it  sufKcient  slope,  a^  they  tame. along,  to  insure 
a  How  of  water,  yet  uot  sufficient  to  overshoot 
the  spring  they  were  aiming  at.     They  succeed- 
ed so  well,  that  wlien    they    struck   the   spring 
branch  they  were  at  least   a  quarter  of  a  mile 
from  the  spring,  and  about  100  feet   perpendic- 
ular below  it.     Not  contented  yet,  they  ran  the 
aqueduct  up  the  steep  slope  of  the  valley  to  the 
spring,  and  tlieu,  by  cutting  a  trench  30  inches 
wide  through    larth   and  rock    down    to   the 
stream  which  Howed  into  the  spring,  they  laid 
tliis  stream  bare  for  another  quarter  of  mile  up 
the  bill,  their  trench,  by  this  time,   reaching   a 
depth  of  20  feet.  Here  they  were  close  to  auol  h~ 
er  under-ground  stream,  and  doubtless  they  had 
this  in  view  wliile  digtjiug   their  trench:   they 
intended  to  bring  both  streams  into  their  aque- 
duct.    Heretbeyduga  chamber    in    the' solid 
rock,  41  feet  long  and  112i  feet  wide;  and   at   a 
right  angle  to  it,  another  chamber  I2i  feet  long 
by  10  wide.     In  the  center  of  the  large  cham- 
ber they  dug  a  basin  in  the  rock.  7  feet  long,   2 
feet  10  inches  wide,  aud  3  fecr  4  inches  deep,  and 
in  the  center  of  the  smaller  one,  a  circular   ba- 
sin 3  feet  wide  and  2  feet  deep.      Krom   one   of 
these  basins  to  tbe  other  they  chiseled  a  circu- 
lar hole  under  the  stone  floor,  six  inches  in   di- 
ameter; and  then,  turning  the  water  of  one   of 
the  streams  into  the  small  basin,   they  allowed 
it  to  flow  through  the  circular  orifice   into  the 
larger  one.     Then,  turning  to  one  corner  of  tlie 
large  chamber,  they  cut  their  way  a  few  feet  to 
the  other  stream,  bored  another  circular  orilice 
from  it  to  the  large  basin,  and  thus  turned  into 
the  latter  the   other  stream.      When   the  two 
springs  wer^  thus  drawn  into  one   basin,  they 
chiseled  another  round  hole  from    this    to   the 


tbe  Bible  enjoins  IB  not  a  mattw  of  opirion; '  trench  along  which  their  »quednct  was  to  flow, 
bulwnatitdoei(notfDJoIn(ryi;giou3ly)i>«.      In  j  but  started  it  u  foot  from  the  bottom  of  the  ba 


the  acknowledgement 'f  :he  above  pra'i'---'!. 
on  our  part  the  Christian  unity  prayed  lor  by 
Christ  aud  enjoined  by  the  gospel,  generally 
will  rxist,  and  the  gates  of  hell  will  n')t  pre- 
vail. 


sin,  so  that  thn  latter  has  water  in  it  *  fnot 
deep  all  the  time.  Thi^  done,  the  united  streams 
flowed  along  the  trench  into  the  aqueduct,  and 
through  the  aqueduct  into  the  cisterns  prepar- 
ed for  it  under  the  court  of  the  temple. 


But  the  task  of  the  engineers  was  not  yet 
completed,  by  more  than  half.  The  two  cham- 
bers above  mentioned  were  next  arched  over 
with  nicely  cot  stone,  and  the  earth  replaced 
above  them,  leaving  only  a  well-like  opening 
into  the  larger  one,  which  could  be  closed  up  by 
a  Hat  rock  laid  over  its  mouth.  Through  this, 
until  recently,  travelers  had  to  climb  down,  in 
order  to  visit  the  chambers;  but  now  an  ea*y  en- 
tranc-  has  lieeu  made  by  a  narrow  passage  witli 
a  Higlit  of  stone  steps.  A  wooden  door  closes 
the  entrance  to  this  passage,  and  the  key  of  the 
door  is  kejtt  by  a  Turkish  ■  soldier  stationed  in 
an  old  castle  which  stands  a  short  distance  be- 
low. 

Next  after  covering  up  the  chambers,  the 
workmen  laid  slabs  of  stone  across  the  trench 
which  they  hsvl  dug.  resting  them  on  the  solid 
rock,  and  replaced  the  earth  above  these.  The 
entire  stream  of  water  was  now  hidden  from 
view,  aud  the  Commentators  have  supposed, 
not  without  good  reason,  that  Solomon  refers  to 
this,  when  he  says  in  his  song,  (4:  12)  "A  gar- 
den enclosed  is  my  sisters,  my  spouse,  a  spn'tiff 
ffliit  itfi,  u/oiiiifirin  sealeff.'" 

A  constant  supply  of  water  was  now  secured, 
not  for  Jerusalem  only,  but  also  for  Bethlehem, 
provided  the  spring  which  furnished  it  would 
never  grow  dry.  aud  would  al  ways  How  copious- 
ly. But  Solomon  knew  that  in  along  drouth 
the  flow  of  water  would  be  diminished,  and 
that  in  a  very  long  one  it  mi^ht  fail  altogether; 
so  he  provided  against  these  two  contiofiencies. 
Observing  a  small  stream  coming  in  from  a  side 
valley  just  opposite  the  point  where  his  aque- 
duct reached  the  stream  of  his  prihcipal  spring, 
he  built  a  short  branch  aqueduct  up  that  valley 
to  the  fountain  head,  dug  out  a  chamber  there, 
and  arched  it  over,  and  added  this  stream  to  the 
one  already  in  his  main  aqueduct.  I  followed 
this  branch  aqueduct  to  where  it  disappeared 
under  tbe  ground,  and  on  going  further.  Hop- 
ing to  find  it  again.  I  discovered  a  hole  in  the 
ground  about  large  enough  to  crawl  into,  and 
upon  crawling  in  aud  down,  I  found  myself  in 
tbe  chamber  just  mentioned.  It  is  21  feet 
long  and  lU  wide.  The  hole  through  which 
I  had  crawled  was  made  by  the  dropping  of  a 
atone  from  the  arched  roof. 

Against  the  other  contingency  mentioned 
above,  he  provided  by  constructing  the  three 
great  pooN  which  bear  his  name.  They  are 
built  along  the  slope  of  the  valley  between  tbe 
principal  fountain  and  the  union  of  the  two 
aqueducts;  and  the  principal  aqueduct  flows 
along  the  side  of  the  valley  a  few  feet  from 
them.  The  uppermost  is  380  feet  long  east  and 
west,  with  an  average  width  of  232  feet,  and  a 
depth  of  25  feet.  The  next,  about  .^0  yards 
down  the  slope,  is  423  feet  long,  205  feet  wide, 
and  39  feet  deep.  The  third,  SO  steps  below 
second,  is  582  feet  long.  177  feet  wide,  and  50 
feet  deep.  All  are  dug  down  to  the  solid  rock, 
walled  up  with  excellent  masonry,  and  plaster- 
ed with  cement.  The  cement  of  the  uppermost 
is  much  brokeu,  aud  a  gap  about  20  feet  wide 
and  12  feet  deep  has  been  made  in  the  wall  of 
its  upper  end ;  but  the  other  two,  and  especially 
the  lowest,  are  in  an  almost  perfect  state  of 
preservation. 

The  uppermost  and  middle  pools  are  supplied 
with  water  by  side  channels  leading  from  the 
aqueduct.  The  places  whence  the  water  for 
these  side  channels  leaves  the  aqueduct  are 
plainly  visible  through  well-like  openings  lead- 
ing down  to  them,  and  the  streams  can  be  seen 
inside  the  pools,  where  tbey  leapinto  the  water. 
The  lowest  is  .supplied  by  an  aqueduct  of  its 
own,  which  runs  around  the  hills  several  miles 
toward  Hebron.  I  traced  it  for  two  or  three 
miles  !Ls  we  rode  to  Hebron,  but  I  failed  to  find 
its  fountain.  It  is  now  dry,  the  last  winter 
having  been  an  unusually  dry  one,  and  its  pool 
has  but  little  water  in  it,  though  the  water- 
marks sliow  that  it  is  often  full. 

These  pools  arc  evidently  intended,  as  I  have 
intiniated  above,  to  hold  a  mass  of  water  in 
readiness  to  supply  the  aqueduct  during  any 
interval  in  which  the  fountain  should  fail  or 
I)rove  insufficient.  It  would  bean  easy  matter 
to  make  a  connection  between  them  and  tlie 
aqueduct,  such  as  woald  answer  this  purpose. 
Whetlier  j^uch  connection  was  ever  made  or 
not,  does  not  appear;  but  here  was  a  mass  of 
water  etpial  to  a  lake  covering  six  acres  of 
grouud  3S  feet  deep,  always  ready  for  an  emer- 
gency. 

While  the  chief  purpoas  of  this  magnificent 
work  was  to  supply  Jerusalem  with  water,  and  ' 
to  supply,  in  passing,  the  uuwalled  town  of  j 
Bethlehem,  this  was  not  ito  only  purpose.  By  ' 
m-i'ans  of  treijuent  openings  in  its  top,  it  atlords  ^ 
a  w  .t.  r  supply  for  man  and  beast  al!  the  way; 
and  when-  ver  the  cisterns  within  the  city  are  ' 
full,  it  is  the  work  of  but  a  moment  to  stop  up  i 
the  channel  flowing  beyond  one  of  the  open- 
ings, aud  cause  the  waterto  overflow  into   irri- 


gatiug  channels,  through  the  fields  and  gardets 
and  orchards  in  tbe  slopes  and  valleys  below 
This  purpose  of  it  is  stated  in  the  well  known 
passage  ( Kc.  2:  6)  where  Solomon,  in  enumer- 
ating the  great  things  which  he  had  done,  says 
"I  made  me  pools  ol  water  to  water  therewitb' 
the  wood  that  bringeth  forth  trees."  I  think 
too,  that  this  is  "the  brook  that  ran  through 
the  midst  of  the  land"  which  Hezekiah  stopped 
when  Jerusalem  was  threatened  by  Sennacherib 
He  said:  "Why  should  the  kings  of  Assyria 
come  and  find  much  water?"      2  Cbron.  32:  4. 

Finally,  the  king  was  not  unmindful  of  the 
sir/>»H/f/->-.  "Better  swim-pools  than  these" 
says  Dr.  Barclay,  "could  not  be  desired."  g,, 
we  found,  by  actual  experiment  on  two  of  them 
And  for  immersing,  they  are  just  the  thing.-! 
They  all  have  atone  steps  reaching  down  to  the 
bottom,  on  which  you  could  immerse  nicely 
when  the  water  is  at  any  stage,  by  placing  your 
candidate  on  the  step  below  you;  and  when  the 
water  is  low,  the  benches  made  by  Uie  natural 
ledges  of  rock  on  the  sloping  bottom,  wouU  be 
the  chosen  ulace. 

It  has  become  common  and  popular  to  aav 
that  Pontius  Pilate  built  these  pools  and  this 
aqueduct,  because  Josephus  represents  him  as 
undertaking  to  bring  water  from  a  great  dis- 
tance to  Jerusalem;  but  I  am  fully  persuaded 
that  no  king,  nor  Roman  governor,  suospquent 
to  Solomon,  was  capable  of  the  conception  and 
execution  of  such  a  work;  aud  until  some  con- 
clusive evidence  i--^  produced  to  the  contrary,  I 
will  still  ascribe  it  to  him.  There  are  several 
other  interesting  details  which  I  must  omit 
from  my  description.  lest  i  weary  and  confuse 
the  reader;  but  if  my  leao'ers  feel  lialf  the 
interest  in  the  subject  which  I  feel,  they  will 
peruse  this  tetter  with  pleasure. 

I  bring  this  letter  to  a  close  on  the  18th  of 
May,  in  the  Philt->tine  [)l,iiu  between  Beer-sheba 
and  Gaza,  surrounded  by  a  multitude  of  Bedouiu 
Arabs  grazing  their  cauiels  and  harvesting 
their  wheat.  J.  W.  McGakvey. 


l-aUcn  ^\alVi[jt. 


iilhn  Liird.— Hit.  14;  !8. 


Ubtiuariee  should  be  brief,  vrritteD  on  hut  ooe  iide  of 
paper,  and  separate  f^om  all  other  buainesR. 


MYERS.— In  Washington  ("Inirch.  Kosciusko 
County,  Indiana.  March  5th,  1871),  of  con- 
sumption. Sister  Matilda  Myers,  wife  of 
Brother  Jeremiah  Myers,  aged  56  years,  1 
month,  and  9  days. 

Her  maiden  name  was  Deardorfi".  Was  born 
in  Berks  County,  Pennsylvania.  Jo'  uary  -iith, 
1823,  and  in  183S  .she  moved  with  her  father. 
Jacob  Deardorff,  to  Miamiasburg,  Ohio.  In 
1839  she  was  married  to  Jeremiah  Myers.  Ten 
years  later  she  moved  to  Indiana.  She  united 
with  the  church  Septemher  24th,  1874.  She 
lived  a  consistent  life,  and  was  fully  prepared 
for  death.  Was  anointed  by  the  Brethren.— 
Funeral  by  Samuel  Phield,  from  I  Pet.  1:  3,  4. 
5,  to  a  large  and  syuipathizing  audience. 

Jesse  Calvkkt. 

SPELMAN-— In  the  Lafayette  Congregation, 
Allen  County.  Ohio,  May  26th.  1879,  Sister 
Lnu'-etta  S[>pl'"aii,  aged  34  years,  8  months, 
and  22  da>s.     Furu-ral  services  by  the  writer. 

J.  L-   BAKKft, 

CANADA Y.-lu  the  N>.-ttle  Creek  Congrega- 
tion, Wnyni!  Couoty  Imliaia,  Gracie  M, 
daugliter  of  N.  F.  aud  Elizabeth  Canaday, 
died  June  2Gtli,  aged  8  years,  9  months,  and 
ISdays  Disease,  brain  fever.  Funeral  ser- 
vices by  Brot  her  B.  F.  Wissler  and  the  writer, 
from  Job.  34:  33,  to  a  very  large  and  sympa- 
thizing audience.  Lewis  W.  Teeteb. 

MARTIN.— Sister  Nancy  Martin  died  on  the 
30tK  of  May,  1679,  aged  59  years,  3  months, 
and  2  days. 

She  was  married  to  Brother  Christopher 
Martin,  October,  1879,  with  whom  she  lived  up- 
wards of  forty-one  years.  She  was  the  mother 
of  eleven  childf  u,  eight  daughters  and  three 
sons.  All  survive  her  except  one  daughter  who 
lias  gone  before  hpr  to  the  spirit  world.  The 
mnst  of  her  children  are  members  of  the 
church.  Sister  Nancy  wa.s  an  old  veteran  of 
the  cross.  She  serve!  her  Master  many  years  and 
was  always  found  in  the  line  of  her  duty.  Being 
very  plain  in  her  dress,  humble  in  spirit,  kind 
to  all  around  her,  not  finding  fault  with  others, 
it  can  truly  be  said  of  her,  "Slie  was  a  mother 
in  Israel'."  She  was  luiricd  in  tbe  Molican 
Graveyard  on  the  first  of  Jute,  followed  by 
many  synipafhizing  friends  and  neighbors.— 
Funeral  services  by  Brother  Uaac  Kilhefner 
and  another  brother,  from  the  words,  "For  tae 
to  live  is  Christ,  but  to  die  is  tiain." 

H.  S.  Jacobs. 


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More  About  Peter    Halberg. 

jk,ir  B>rtl>rrn.— 

ISlipPOSE  ere  these  lines  reach  you.  you 
will  be  intormed  of  the  wonderful  and  mi- 
^oloua  dealings  of  God  in  bringing  to  justice 
bs^anddiuigerousman.  One  who  no  doubt 
J,j  over  a  month  past  has  been  figuring  and 
plotting  a  second  raid  on  the  Brotherhood.— 
gnl  thanks  be  to  a  kind  ane^pver-ruling  Prov- 
UeBce  tb"^  would-be  perpetrator  of  evil,  in 
^eftViBg  a  net  to  catch  othenf.  was  caught  in 
lijj  own  web,  and  when  I  left  Mt.  Morris  on 
Holiday  of  last  week  he  was  panting  in  the 
,,alflboose.  standing  in  one  corner  with  his  eyes 
^itened  upon  the  floor,  no  doubt  meditating 
„,er  the  past. 

Qa  the  2Ut  of  June  this  same  Swede  came 
ja  my  house  and  introduced  himself  as  Nels. 
Sodaberg,  said  he  belonged  to  the  Baptibt 
Cburch  on  theea'tf^ide.  (Rockford),  and  that 
be  ffftS  baptised  last  Spring,  but  of  late  by 
ffading  the  word  of  Qui,  and  by  continual 
priiyer.  and  seekirif  fur  truth,  he  had  come  to 
(),er(>nelu."jion.  that  as  they  left  undone  so  many 
flf  the  SiivK^r'-- plain  L-oriiniands,  that  he  could 
putbe  hati'*Hed  witli  them  any  longer,  and  that 
be  was  in  search  of  a  church  more  apostolic 
Ibari  tlte  Biptisr,  Church  of  Itickford,  and  that 
he  knew  sonif  thing  of  a  small  church  in  Inwa 
(but  WHS  known  there  !is  Dunkevs,  and  llii^r  he 
jiad  wrilieu  to  one  of  the  Brethren  there  to 
fiud  out  if  there  were  a  paper  printed  in  the 
iut«re.4  of  the  (ihurch,  and  that  they  referred 
bim  to  till-'  BiiKTHiiKN  AT  WijRK  printed  at  Lan- 
jik.  Illinois,  ami  t.hiif,  he  had  written  there  to 
find  out  if  there  were  any  members  in  Rock- 
ford,  and  that  he  was  r.-ferred  to  me  as  a  raem- 
berof  that  body,  therefore  he  had  come  to  see 
me,  aud  talk  over  the  j;reat  truths  of  Christian- 
ity, 1  told  him  I  was  glad  to  meet  hira  and 
irnijH  be  glad  to  talk  with  him  upon  this  all 
important  subject.  I  was  not  long  in  becom- 
p;;very  ranch  interested  in  the  man,  although 
I  must  say  that  there  wa-s  something  about 
iiiiii  that  I  did  not  altogether  admire  at  hrst, 
(Hit  !iis  great  zeal  and  continued  earnest  en- 
Jiiavor  to  get  at  the  truth  of  the  Cliristian  re- 
ligion, and  his  great  desire  was  to  know  noth- 
ing save  Jesus  Christ  and  hira  crucified  had  a 
iriiiniiig  etVect  upon  your  unworthy  writer,  and 
nhatever  might  have  been  repugnant  to  nie  at 
Sr.4  jiyht  was  fast  sinkinir  into  insisxoificance, 
iithe  theme,  the  moat  important  of  all  that 
D)it;ht  interest  the  poor  dying  mortal  man.  was 
Mt  upon. 

Attfr  this  first  meeting  his  visits  to  my 
mse  were  frequent,  scarcely  without  an  ex 
(eptioti,  talked  upon  the  all  absorbing  truths 
jf  the  Bible.  Is  it  any  wonder  that  I  should 
bf  so  wonderfully  deceived,  as  the  sequel  to  my 
iWy  will  show  before  I  get  through. 

Saturday,  the  l-2th  of  July,  Brother  David 
Price  aud  cotnpunion  put  np  at  our  house  in 
the  evening,  intending  to  visit  with  us  until  the 
lullowing  Sunday,  and  then  t;o  to  Westfield. 
ibimt  eight  miles  distant,  where  Brother  P. 
lad  ah  engagement  to  preach.  Shortly  after 
tbir  arrival,  Sodabuvg  put  in  his  appearance. 
lintmiUiced  Him  to  Brother  David.  After  the 
leatri  wh<  put  away  we  all  went  to  the  house. — 
Tlie  eouversafciou  soon  turned  up  on  ourinteud- 
fJ  irj]i  iifxt  day  to  Westfield,  when  ray  would- 
^"jfritud  made  it  known  that  he  too  would  like 
lobe  one  auuuiy  the  nunibpr  that  would  like 
lu^'oouf  to  our  meeting  on  the  morrow.  How 
to  plan  it  was  not  so  convenient,  o^ourconvey- 
inw- were  such  that' we  could  not  carry  any 
Eore  ivithijiil  some  one  of  us  remaining  at  home 
montor  to  give  a  seat  to  th**  earnest  seeker 
ifier  truth,  therefore  my  "better  li  lU"  proposed 
'U  Iw  tuj^riit  take  ii^r  seat,  that  she  would 
sWjy  deny  herself  Of  the  pleasure  of  going  to 
'Kmiietirig,  if  by  so  diting  she  could  make  it 
wilaViI,.  for  him  to  go.  He  accepted  the  chance. 
jQ.fli.'  toHowios  Sunday,  Sodaburg  was  on 
WQd  luighf,  and  early.  When  wb  arrived  at 
J'epi:*'-- appointed  forworahip"  he  hud  a  text 
•"^ile^ind  Bn^ther'pivid  shoiild  siJeJiVupoji.- 
'^i**  :is  foil  iivs:  '"G  )  V'"'  tVkHrefore  aud  teaiiU 
n^hona,  bipTizin--'-  ihi-m  in  the  nnm»  of  thr 
•at''"'-,  aiirt  „i  tl,^  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost: 
ItticliiTi;^'  thorn  to  observe  all  thing*  whatsoev- 
"  I  have  commanded  you:  and,  lo,  I  ftiu  with 
J^nrilway,  even  unto  the  end  of  the  world. 
*men.'    Matt.  2S:  19:  20. 

He  wa-i  much  plo.ised  with  the  sermon,  and 
•^^mtd  vt-ry  favorably  impres.'^ed  with  the  re- 
wks  (jC  [\-.f.  brother — so  much  so  that  he  was 
*fy  anxious  to  remain  for  the  afternoon  servi- 
^"t  a  ^ehool-houje  three  or  more  miles  south- 
*•*'  <>i  here,  the  meeting  to  be  at  3  P.  M.  It 
■^fird  with  difficulty  that  he  could  arrange  to 


I  Wtnain  for  the  afHrnoon  meeting,  as  he  had 
previously  arranged  to  exhort  liis  Swede  Breth- 
ren  in  Kocktord  on  the  same  eveninir.  but  afl«?r 
hearing  the  fir=t  sermon,  and  being  so  well 
pleased,  he  could  not  think  of  returning  with- 
out  first  attondini,'  the  afternoon  meeting. 

At  the  appointed  time  we  arrived,  and  Broth- 
er David  took  for  hia  text.  "Be  ye  not  unequally 
yoked  with  unbelievers,"  and  of  course  accord- 
mg  to  the  nature  of  things.  Secret  Societies 
had  to  be  noticed  during  the  remarks  of  the 
brother,  (and  the  remarks  were  excellent).  It 
was  plainly  shown  by  the  unerring  words  of 
truth  that  any  organization  of  a  secret  nature 
where  the  members  are  sworn  to  carry  out 
certain  restrictions  not  founded  upon  the  word 
of  God  is  dangerous,  and  should  be  viewed  with 
suspicion. 

After  hearing  this  sermon  SodaburL'  waxed 
earnest  and  warm  in  praise  of  the  preaching. 
He  said  he  never  heard  such  gospel  preaching 
before  in  all  his  lite.  Every  word  was  truth; 
audit  had  made  a  deep  impression  upon  him, 
and  on  the  way  home  he  said  he  never 
was  so  happy  in  all  his  life,  he  has  a  soul  to 
save,  and  should  all  his  associates  and  brethren 
turn  aj.'ainst  him  it  would  make  iioditiereuce 
to  him,  he  was  determined,  by  the  help  of  God 
to  make  sure  work  for  the  kiiiizdom.  I  encour- 
aged hira  all  I  could,  and  thought  I  never  met 
one  more  in  earnest  than  was  this  chief  of  hyp- 
ocrites. 

His  next  move  was  to  advise  Brother  Price 
that  he  thought  he  would  be  down  to  see  him 
and  Bruther  Stein  on  the  followiuu' Saturday.— 
He  could  hardly  wait  until  then,  as  he  wanted 
to  t:et  the  truth,  and  as  Brother  Stein  had  be- 
longed to  the  same  church  (the  Baptist)  th^t  he 
belongs,  he  was  very  anxious  to  know  his  rea- 
sons tor  a  change  of  church  relationship.  He 
caiietometo  take  him  to  Mt.  Morris,  and 
made  many  good  promises  that  I  should  be  well 
paid  for  my  trouble,  th-refore  on, Saturday,  the 
day  att  apart  for  this  trip,  after  partaking  of  an 
early  dinner,  10:30  A,  M.,  we  lefc  home  in  my 
conveyance,  and  arrived  in  front  of  the  old 
sandstone  at  about  4:30  P.  M. 

After  arriving  at  Mt.  Morris  we  wended  our 
way  to  the  office  of  Brother  Stein.  I  intro- 
duced my  supposed  frimd,  Sodeburg,  and  at 
once  commenced  coiiversastion  upon  religious 
subjects.  Conversation  waxed  warm.  The 
trials  of  two,  -sustaining  a  like  relationship. 
leavini:  the  church  thf  home  pt.their  adoption. 
The  trials,  the  tear?,  and  tl^^;,'roaiis.  Brother 
S.  remarked,  were  al|  brought  vividly  to  hi* 
recollection,  that  he,  too,  had  1 1  endure  when 
bidding  adieu  to  his  brethren,  whtii  fully  mak- 
ing up  his  mind  tlint  was  his  h.nniden  duty  to 
unite  with  another- body  that  lived  out  more 
fully  the  fundamental  priuciplei  of  Christiaii- 
itv.  When  the  conversation  had  increased,  and 
all  presejit(the  trio)  were  warnifd  up  by  the 
gonial  infiuence  of  a  Savior's  Uv,  thit  Chriat- 
lun  warmth  gradually  going  u|)  to  niiiety-eigbt 
in  the  shade,  Brother  Stein  was  called  out  by 
his  would-be  Christian  friend  t  >  hold  a  little 
conversation  with  him  privately.  After  a  few 
moments  time  had  elapsed  they  returned. — 
Brother  S.  remarked  that  this  Brother  would 
like  to  be  baptized  at  Silvei-  Ortfk  to-morrow, 
that  I  might  see  Brotli^r  D.  Price,  and  talk  to 
him  about  it.  We  now  bid  farewell  and  soon 
arrived  at  Brother  Price's. 

After  partaking  of  a  hearty  supper  (aot  eating 
anything  since  10:  30  A.  M..  I  can  assure  you 
that  I  enjoyed  it)  Sodaherg  Jiaving  departed  in- 
to anotlier  room,  the  Buethren-  at  Work  of 
the  10th  of  April  last  wa^  produced,  and  I  was 
r.;(juf;sted  to  read  the  rogue's  description.  After 
reading  the  !»amc  I  looked  up  in  astojiisUinent 
and  before  I  could  express  my  mind,  Brother 
Price  remarked  that  the  attention  of  hira  and 
wife  were  called  to  tire  piece  by  a  3iHt«r.  After 
reading  it,  they  both  made  up  their  niinda  that 
he  was  the  man  if  he  haii^the  linger  marks.  1 
said  if  he  has  the  finger  fi^arks,  he  i:i  the  very 
identical  man.  Now  wa  proposeil,  if  possibl^^ 
to  watch  closely  during  the  eveuiug  for  the 
marks,  but  it  was  not  so  easy  a  matter;  ha  liad 
trained  the  right  hand  so  perfectly  that  it  was 
kept  in  such  a  position  that  it  was  hard  ito  get 
sight  of  the  two  front  fingers,  but  I  had  an  op- 
pori  unity  to  notice  the  front  Hn^jer  of  the  rigfct 
hauil,  ami  it  was  identically  as  described.  Oth- 
er nu-mbers  of  ilie  family,  saw  the  second  linger 
of  the  same  hand,  aud  it  was  oif  as  it  was  de- 
scribed. We  were  convinced,  and  at  the  same 
time  greatly  iwtouishert,  but  this  was  a  dear 
case.  I  knew  he  could  talk  Swedish,  Danish, 
English,  aud  I  think  he  could  talk  Norwegian. 
I  could  sleep  but  little  thut  night. 
'  Brother  Price  and  I  talked  the  matter  ovrr 
how  beat  to  throw  him  oil',  his  guard  8p|4ihat  ^.e 
would  not  suspect  anything  was  wrong;  thert- 
fore  it  was  platined  by  us,  that  on  the  way  to 
church  that  I  should  ask  him  if  he  did  npt 
think  it  advisable  not  to  be  ^  too  hasty  jn  this 


matter.  M  it  was  an  important  work,  and  that 
we  thought  he  had  better  get  a  little  better 
acquainted  with  the  Brethren  firat  H.is  reply 
to  all  this  was:  "To-d»y  is  the  accepted  time, 
and  to-day  is  the  day  of  salvation,  if  you  hear 
his  voice  harden  not  your  lieart."  He  seemed 
very  much  changed,  he  was  very  despondent. 
Arrived  at  Silver  Creek,  he  sitting  by  niy  aide 
during  the  discourse  Oelivered  by  Brother  Stein. 
He  paid  close  at teiitiou  lo  the  preaching.  As 
soon  OS  the  sermon  was  ended,  he  requested  an 
interview  with  the  Brethren.  I  told  him  he 
could  make  known  his  wishes.  Nothing  more 
was  said  until  alter  the  singing  of  a  hymn, 
when  he  went  up  to  the  stand  and  called  Bro. 
Stein  out.  In  a  few  moments  they  returned 
but  only  to  cast  a  greater  gloom  upon  him,  as 
no  doubt  he  began  to  think  the  Brethren  knew 
more  about  him  than  he  would  like  to  have 
them  know. 

We  were  invited  home  with  a  brother  to  din- 
ner. When  we  left  Rockford,  he  did  not  want 
to  return  until  Tuesday,  but  now  be  was  ready 
to  go  back  immediately;  but  I  told  him  to  hold 
on,  that  I  would  like  to  visit  some  of  ray  rela- 
tives while  I  was  here,  and  I  prouiised  I  would 
take  him  home  on  the  following  Monday.  We 
all  went  to  Sunday-school  in  the  afternoon;  had 
a  very  large  Bible  class,  both  Sodaberg  aud  my- 
self being  invited  to  take  part,  which  we  did.— 
Had  a  good  Sunday-school  aud  largely  attend- 
ed. 

From  here  went  to  Cousi  n  Samuel  Price's  to 
stay  over  night.  On  Monday  morning  we 
started  for  home.  About  11  A.  M.  we  were  in 
frout  of  the  Seminary  in  Mt.  Morri.s.  I  want- 
ed to  call  on  Brother  S.  before  leaving  town. — 
Sodaberg  said  he  would  reraain  in  the  buggj' 
until  I  would  return;  he  told  me  to  hurry  up. 
I  did  so,  and  when  I  came  to  the  buggy  there 
was  no  body  there.  I  was  beckoned  across  the 
street.  The  Constable  told  me  that  he  had  put 
my  man  in  the  calal>oose.  It  did  not  astonish 
me  v«ry  much,  as  1  was  satisfied  be  was  the 
guilty  man,  and  that  his  arrest  might  take 
place  at  any  time.  I  observed  that  I  liad  some 
of  his  wearing  apparel  that  I  would  like  to 
give  him.  I  was  requested  to  take  Brother  S. 
with  me  and  see  what  he  had  to  say  for  him- 
.self.  I  invited  the  Brother  to  go  with  me  who 
complied,  and  a^iout  hah  a  dozen  others  accom- 
j'anied  us.  Brother  Stein  read  the  charge 
ngainst  him  in  the  Bkkthkk.v  at  Wokk  and 
asked  him  what  he  had  to  say  about  it.  His 
reply  wsa:  "I  am  the  man,  I  am'  guilty  of  it 
all."  Before  leaving  I  asked  him  why  he  be- 
trayed ray  confidence  in  the  way  hf  had,  but  he 
scarcely  made  a  reply;  and  it  is  rather  indefinite 
what  he  did  say. 

With  a  tew  good  Christian  admonitions  from 
Brother  Stein,  we  all  parted  troin  the  guilty 
man,  leaving  hira  to  his  own  sad  reflections.  I 
can  truly  say  that  it  is  with  deep  regret  that  1 
have  to  chronicle  these  sad  facts,  much  nuire 
would  I  desire,  could  it  have  been,  that  he  was 
ii8  /me  as  what  he  was  eiirnest,  how  much  good 
as  an  instrument  in  the  hands  of  our  dt-ar  Sav- 
n.r,  might  he  have  been  among  his  two  thous- 
and Swede  Friends  in  Rockford,  in  poiutinf: 
them  to  the  Lamb  of  God  that  taketh  away  the 
sius  of  the  world.  With  many  regrets  I  clo^e 
these  sad  pages,  though  not  with  sorrow  on  my 
part  that  I  have  labored  for  the  best  inter- 
est of  my  undntiful  friend. 

May  the  Lord  grant  tliat  it  might  be  that  in 
aubaequeut  life,  when  the  hand  that  penned 
these  lines  may  be  far  away,  or  summoned  by 
an  all-wise  being  to  mingle  in  a  different  sphere 
and  society,  that  my  imprisoned  friend  may  no- 
tice? these  words,  and  be  in  earnebi  in  fleeing 
from  the  wrath  of  God,  and  laying  hold  on 
eternal  life.  Manlooktih  to  the  o\itward  ap- 
pearance, whi^^  God  looketh  to  the  hoiirt.  The 
heart  of  n^u  is  desperately  wjcked,  who  can 
know  it?'     "'  ,      ^  ,.      .        . 

Bret|iren,|let  us  watch,  and  when  a  stranger 
knocks  for  admittance  into  the  fold,  let  him  h* 
idcnriHf-d,  show  h(3  cr(»df>ntial*  and  all  will  be 
well.  '      • 

John  Suuxair.l 


From  Salem,  Oregon. 

Dmi'' Breihven :~~  -'■  ■'"[ 

IN  my  other  communication  in  the  BjKBTH-, 
iu:x  AT  Work  I  said  welivedwith  oureon- 
in-law,  in  UraafiUa  County,  Oregoij,  hut  s\m\ 
that  time  we  moved  to  Marion  County.  We 
arrived  at  Brother  David  Brower's  on  Sunday 
morniuff,  March  U>th,  just  in  time  to  attend 
a  mee^MLnt  the  school-house  near  by,  where 
we  met  with  dear  hrtthren  and  sisters  and 
formed  acquaintance  with  a  number  of  brethren 
and  siiters.  Had  a  very  pleasant  season  oj 
worship  together  for  a  while;  have  felt  to  thank 
God  and  take  cpurage.^ 
We  reniaiued  in  the  house  with  Drobhfr  Da- 


vid Brower  till  the  first,  then  moved  into  a 
house  near  by,  where  we  are  still  rwiding.  We 
like  this  part  of  Oregon.  I  ni^ver  felt  so  happy 
in  my  life  a«  when  I  came  back  to  the  fold 
again.  We  are  all  well  and  happy;  we  have 
close  neighbors,  and  thf-y  are  all  good  and  kind, 
and  we  have  plenty  to  eat. 

This  is  the  greatest  country  for  fruit  I  erer 
saw.  We  are  enjoying  oumelves  remarkably 
well.  Our  communion  meeting  wan  at  Brother 
David  Early's  the  oth  inst..  commencing  on 
the  4th.  and  continuing  over  Sunday.  We  had 
a  feast  of  fat  things.  Mmisters  pre-sent  were 
as  follows:  Brother  David  and  Samuel  Barklow, 
from  (^asa  County,  Oregon,  and  Brethren  Danl 
lel  Leedy,  A.  H.  Baltimore,  from  Linn  County. 
Oregon.  The  Brethren  all  took  an  active  part 
in  preaching  the  «ord  of  God  in  its  purity.— 
They  made  the  doctrine  of  the  church  so  plain, 
as  practiced  by  the  Brethren  at  our  Lovft-fewts,' 
that  all  who  are  not  prejudiced  could  not  help 
but  see  the  truth  as  it  is  in  .lesus.  On  Friday 
night,  the  -Ith,  four  persons,  young  women, 
lade  It  known  that  they  wished  to  become 
united  with  the  church,  and  were  bapti/«l  on 
Saturday.  On  Sunday  night  one  young  man 
came  forward,  and  was  baptized.  On  Monday 
morning  there  were  near  sixty  comraunicanta 
at  said  meeting:  The  order  and  attention  were 
excellent. 

On  Sunday  morning  at  !>  o'clock  we  had  our 
Sunday-school  at  the  same  place.  Brother 
David  Early  is  our  Superintendent  and  Brother 
Samuel  Forney,  Assistant.  There  being  twelve 
mutes  present  at  this  meeting  from  dilFerent 
parts.  Brother  D.  Early  proposed  that  Jacob  D. 
Brower,  a  mute  son  of  Brother  D.  Brower, 
should  take  the  mutes  in  a  cla,vs  aft^r  the  other 
classes  were  through,  and  read  and  explain  by 
sign  language  the  samt  chapter  that  the  others 
had  read,  which  '"as  done  in  the  presence  of  the 
entire  congregation,  and  I  must  say  that  the 
scene  was  very  impressive.  It  seemed  that  the 
whole  congregation  was  brought  to  tears.  On 
Monday  morning  while  Brother  D.  Brower  was 
administering  baptism,  his  son.  J.  I).,  was  ex- 
plaining to  his  mute  friends  about  baptism. 

In  conclusion,  I  will  say  I  think  the  church 
here  is  in  a  prosperous  condition.  Brother  Da- 
vid Brower  is  laboring  hard  for  the  cause,  and 
travels  a  great  deal.  Can  not  one  of  q^r  labor- 
ing brethren  come  over  here  and  help\im  in 
the  good  work.  SouIb  are  starving  here  for 
the  bread  of  life.  Since  we  arrived  there  have 
been  five  accessions  by  baptism,  three  by  letter, 
and  one  reclaimed,  with  two  more  afpticants 
for  baptism.  My  love  to  you  nil.  J  rem  ain 
yours  in  Christ  Jesus. 

El.lZ.MlHTH  KlESTEK. 


From  Weeping  Water,  Neb. 

Dmr  Urethra n:— 
pREETlNG  to  you   and   all    the   sainU    in 
\jr     Northern  Illinois. 

God  in  his  goodness  has  still  borne  with  us, 
and  we  are  spared  m  the  land  of  the  living.— 
Permit  me  to  say  that  my  thoughts  are  wan- 
dering back  to  Illinois,  and  it  is  impossible  to 
address  every  brother  and  sister,  so  I  hope  this 
letter  will  answer  many  requests  to  let  the 
Brethren  in  Illinois  hear  from  us. 

Would  say  we  are  well,  and  experiencing 
about  what  might  be  expected  in  anew  field  of 
labor.  More  calla  for  meeting  than  it  is  possi- 
ble to  answer.  I  am  just  doing  aa  well  as  1  can, 
but  do  hope  and  pray  the  Lord  of  the  harvest 
will  either  send  or  call  more  laborers  into  the 
field,  for  the  harvest  truly  is  great,  and  until 
recently  no  co-labori^r  neart-r  than  sixty  miles. 
Would  say  T  am  preaching  to  as  quiet,  orxierly 
and  intelligent  people  here  in  Nebraska  as  I  ev- 
er did  any  where  else,  and  feel  quit"  confident 
that  the  labor  is  not  all  wasted. 

One  thing  I  miss  very  much— the  voice  of  a 
co-laboier  in  the  ministry.  The  liast  brother  I 
heard  was  William  Provont  at  Hicliory  Grove^ 
Illinois.  In  a  new  country  we  are  deprived  of 
many  things  that  we  enjoy  in  an  old'-r  country, 
hut  I  miss  nothing  so  much  as  the  brethren's 
preaching.  Now  I  know  there  are  many 
brethren  who  have  a  westward  inove  in  consid- 
eration. 1  would  like  to  call  your  attention  to 
this  field,  especially  the  ministers.  Many  of 
you  almost  idle,  and  here  you  are  so  much  need- 
ed. ,  Don"t  put  thi'  mritter  off  for  ye.irs  to  come; 
death  will  take  miuiv  away  in  that  time,  and 
perhaps  you  will  b"  f  -l'  ■■  '■■  ■■^'  1..-.!',,,..  i-m  have 
gathered  many  sin  p  the 

Master's  cause  ai>   . 

Will  say  for  the  ct;u:j,uy  uuay  mile.*  around, 
it  is  just  as  haudsome,  fertile,  Inraithy,  and 
grand  in  apjHiarance  as  can  he  found  any  where. 
"Even  as.the  .gar-icn  oi  tlio  Lord,  like  the 
laud  of  E^-yjil  :i3  thou  couiest  unto  Zoii.  The 
,  ci;))pa  t^s  y«ar,^  reniiftrk.aljli"  good. 
.  _^  ]  ,  M  ■■  ir:i  Jesse  V.HEc;!itfiB- 


I-HE    BKEXMRE^^    ^T    AVOKKl. 


-A.-a, 


crust 


^art|iitl  ^ui;i;i;ss. 


An-i>  tl.ey    timt  !»■    wi.io  shall  »hlno    »»    the 
briKliUKv-wof  lhi-flnnam('iit;and  tlie^  !'""_'l'i^ 
toanv  t"  rii:l»i'''>iisiie»3. 
eTer-Dan.  1-.>:S. 


i  the  stJtra  forever  and 


Forty  porsons*  were  rewivrti  into  thv  church 
at  EphratA.  IVansylvania,  during  the  past  year. 

Brother  S.  Crumpacker,  of  the  IJotetonrt 
CoDgr.'gation.  pn'ai^hpd  intprestihgly  to  ntj^n- 
tWe  congregations,  :it  oiir  Dr>-  Ran  and  P^nir- 
Tiew  ftppointmr-ntw  to-day  at  11  A.  M.  and  •'>  P. 
M.  Welove  to  have  our  eolaborer*  vicit  us 
Bud  preach  to  our  people.  When  th«  brethren 
mininters  travel  this  way,  please  don't  fori.'p(  to 
atop  with  us.  We  pK-dge  you  good  congr^ga- 
tiono,  warmhearU-d  receptions,  and  will  brin^ 
you  on  your  wny,  and  give  you  plenty  to  eat. 
provided  you  ask  no  questions. 

D.  C.  MOOMAW. 

Edna  Mills.  Indiana.-Liwt  Saturday,  the 
and,  the  Brethren  of  the  Fairview  Church, 
held  a  harvest  nieetin;.'  in  n  hcftutiful  grove 
near  Pettit.  Preaching  at  l"  A.  M.  by  Broth 
or  BillheinK-r.  then  the  ccngrpf-'ation  broke  uj 
and  partook  of  dinner  brought  then-  in  various 
wayH.  Preaching  Hirain  at  U  P.  M.,  by  Elder 
G,  W.  Cripe.  The  bejit  of  order  prevailed 
throughout  tho  meeting,  and  many  ;,'ood  rcso- 
Intion»  formed.  Hoping  by  the  help  of  God 
they  may  be  carried  out. 

■^  MirHABI,  IT/tttY. 

Prom  Elk  Lick,  Pa. 

l).ar  iiirthren:— 

SINCE  my  fourth  of  July  reporl  of  additions 
w«  were  again  niadu  to  rejoit^w  in  the  God 
of  ournHlvation.  On  the  ItUth  there  were  two 
nwro  added  to  the  told  of  God  in  thin  part  of 
hlB  heritage;  one  wlio  wum  a  biick-slider  for 
some  time  luu  grown  weary  in  wandering  away 
from  the  fold  and  has  returned  penitent,  and 
we  trust  her  confenHion  is  also  accepted  with 
God,(  who  alone  can  Hee  the  heart)  iw  with  the 
church.  The  other  was  a  promising  young  sis- 
ter who  was  present  nt  our  glorious  celebrution 
held  on  tho  4tb.  Sh«,  having  been  di«iippointed 
in  going  to  tho  world's  celebration  held  on  that 
day  at  Berlin,  Pennsylvania,  resolved  to 
7i8it  Salisbury,  and  b;-  the  Christian  inlluonco 
jf  some  dear  sister,  wiw  brought  to  tlie  watcr- 
itide  where  (the  witnessed  baptism  for  the  first 
time  performed  by  tne  IJrethren.  She  wa.** 
convicted  of  the  truth  us  there  praticed,  and 
upon  due  relleetions  and  ample  time  to  eouut 
the  costs,  she  came  to  our  counc^il,  havini; 
gladly  received  the  word,  and  was  Itaptized. 
Thus  we  may  well  say  we  had  a  glorious  fourth 
when  Bucli  results  tollow  our  labors. 

Thus  ends  the  labors  of  the  mouth  of  July, 
with  six  additions,  and  while  we  were  umde  to 
rejoice,  our  hearts  were  also  smitten  with  sad- 
ness over  the  death  of  our  Sister  Shoemaker, 
who  alter  a  severe  suffering  of  over  a  numth, 
passed  <iuietly  in  death  caiwed  by  cancer  in  tbe 
stomach.  She  wan  fully  resigned  to  the  will 
of  the  Lord,  and  wasfaithtul  to  the  hi-st,  calling 
for  the  elders,  and  being  Huointed  in  the  name 
of  the  Lord.  Many  neglect  this  duty,  breth- 
ren in  charge,  visit  the  sick,  comfort  them 
through  the  word  of  God. 

S.  C.  Kkim. 

From  Flora,  Indiana. 

Ikitr  iirrt/irni.— 
rpHK  church  here  is  in  an  excellent  working 
I.  condition.  We  have  preaching  every 
Sunday;  have  two  meeting  houses;  they  are 
four  miles  apart.  Meeting  ye>terday  at  the 
upper  bouse;  house  tilled  to  overflowiug  with 
eager  listeners;  could  not  all  get  in.  One 
young  sister  came  forward  and  recjuested  bai)- 
tiem.  Counsel  taken,  no  objection,  all  were 
glad  to  receive  her.  Then  went  to  Wild  Cat; 
about  two  miles  distant,  and  baptized  her  ac- 
cording to  the  great  commission.  Trust  all 
went  home  rejoicing.  May  the  Lord  bless  and 
keep  her  from  the  evil  of  the  world.  Three 
weeks  ago  we  received  two  by  baptism;  so  you 
see  thftt  the  yood  work  is  progressiug  slowly 
but  surely.  I  think  there  are  many  more  near 
the  kingdom. 

Brother  George  Cripe.  from  Fairview  Church 
will  commeuce  a  series  of  meetings  on  the  2l8t 
of  September,  and  we  anticipate  a  good  meet- 
ing. The  elders  and  officers  of  the  church 
were  counseled  and  were  united  in  holding 
BQch  a  meeting,  and  that  is  the  way  I  think  it 
should  i>e,  then  there  will  be  love,  and  union 
and  peace,  and  I  will  just  say  right  here  to  my 
brethren  and  sisters,  let  us  put  our  trust  and 
confidence  in  God,  for  we  know  that  Brother 
George  may  plant  or  sow  the  seed,  but  the  in- 
crease must  come  from  God.  Will  report 
Bgain.  Chhibtiam  Lesh. 


From  H.  P.    Brinkworth. 

Dear  Jirrfhren: — 

I  AM  glad  you  keep  yoar  paper  free  from  ar- 
ticles of  a  schismatic  nature,  cansine  divi- 
«on  instead  of  onity.  Keep  from  bitter 
perfonalities,  and  try  as  much  as  you  can  to 
live  peaceably  with  all  men.  Advocate  the 
characteristics  of  the  church  which  tend  to 
ker;p  us  I'pparate.  that  we  may  know  each  other 
and  be  known,  ff  not.  then  we  must  be  pain- 
ed to  hear  that  the  church  has  lost  her  purity 
and  her  glory. 

From  C.  H.  Balsbaugh. 

WE  are  in  perilous  times.  Few  of  us  are 
aware  how  the  church  is  undermined  by 
the  irruption  of  the  '/.fH<jei^t.  A  general  fast 
should  I>e  proclaimed,  and  such  a  fast  as  fills 
the  stripture  idea  of  the  term. 

A  free  press  is  a  glorious   thing  if  it   means 
Golgotha.     But  it  is  fa*t  becoming  our  ruin. 


I^nnonnii^mi^nfsi. 


bo  brisf,  Mil  written  on  psper  Bepftl»t« 
from  all  other  liuniDess. 


LOVB- FEASTS. 

The  Brethren  of  the  Cottonwood  Church 
Lyon  County,  Kansas,  have  aopninted  the  sec- 
ond Saturday  of  October  for  their  Communion 
Meeting.  Preaching  to  commence  on  Fridiiy 
and  continue  over  Siuidiiy.  Place  of  meeting, 
fleven  miles  west  and  two  miles  south  of  Em- 
poria, and  one  and  one-half  miles  south-west  of 
I'etty's  Mills,  at  the  house  of  J.  M.  (Juakenbush. 
J.  Bl'CK. 
f  I'rimitirr  Christian,  please  copy.) 

The  Bushnell  arm  of  church.  McDouough 
County,  Illinois,  will  hold  liiiir  communion  at 
Brother  i*.  Carsons,  on  the  ^'tli  and  28th  of 
September.  .\ll  those  coming  from  the  west 
will  stop  off  at  Tennessee,  and  call  on  Brother 
Benjamin  Boyd,  one  and  one  half  miles  south 
of  station,  if  nut,  wait  at  depot.  Those  from 
the  eiifct  stop  oft'  at  Macomb,  call  on  Morrison 
or  Black,  if  not,  wait  at  station. 

A.  G.  Black. 

Love-fea»t  at  Urbana  Church,  Chamjiaign 
County,  Illinois,  September  S6,  commencing 
at  4  P.  M 
three  days. 


Meetiug    to   continue    two   or 


A.  J.  BOWKRS. 

Wo,  the  members  of  the  Union  Center 
Church,  Elkhart  County.  Indiana,  intend  hold- 
ing a  Communion  Moeting,  on  the  25th  of 
Sef*temher,  commencing  at  i  \\  M.  Also  meet- 
ing next  day.  A  general  invitation  to  all  de- 
siring to  be  with  us,  and  especially  ministering 
brethren.  A.  Miller. 

We  expect  to  hold  our  Love-feast  in  the 
Bachelor  Run  Church,  Carroll  County,  Indiana, 
one  half  mile  south-east  of  Flora  Station,  Oc- 
tober 2nd,  commencing  at  3  o'clock.  The  usu- 
al invitation  is  extended  to  all  who  desire  to  be 
with  us.  John  F.  Kinoesy. 

Wb  expect  to  hold  our  Communion  Meeting 
ill  the  Bear  Creek  Church,  Jay  County,  Indi- 
ana, one  and  one-half  miles  iVom  Bryant  Sta^ 
tiou,  September  5th  and  titli,  commencing  at 
4  o'clock  in  the  evening.  A  hearty  invitation 
to  all,  especially  the  ministering  brethren, 

Eli  Bennku. 

The  Brethren  of  the  Church  intend  holding 
their  coniinuiiiou  at  their  meetinL'-house,  eight 
miles  uoith-east  of  Marion,  Gran'  County,  In- 
diaim,  Thursday,  October  2nd,  commencing  at 
2  P.  M.    Invitation  to  all. 

J.  C.  TiNKEL. 

Oi'R  Love-feast  in  the  Dallas  Center  Congre- 
gation, Dallas  County,  Iowa,  will  be  held  at  the 
church,  one  mile  east  of  Dallas  Center,  Sei)tem- 
ber  27th  and  28tli.  Meeting  to  comntence  at 
I  o'clock  P.  M.  We  expect  Brother  Enoch 
Eby  with  us  u  few  days  before  that  time,  and 
remain  with  us  till  after  the  feast.  All  are  in- 
vited. H.  Stitzel. 

The  Elk  Lick  Congregation,  Somei-set  €o. 
Pa.,  will  hold  a  Love-feast  Saturday.  Seplember 
2Uth.  Services  open  at  3  P.  M.  Meeting;  to 
continue  over  Sunday.  Ministers  from  abroad 
are  conlially  invited.  As  no  private  invitiittoii 
is  extended  to  ministers,  those  contampUting 
being  pre«<^nt  will  please  drop  i^  a  card  (>o  ut, 
to  a-<)Hjn:i  iia  thn  d*!i>ir^'l  irinioTMiial  aid.  h  'Ah- 
can  bo  with  us  a  few  day?  prerioii?  to  t.li--  nr 
pointed  time,  will  please  inform  us.  as  w.- 
would  preler  having  preaching  a  lew  days  b.- 
fore  the  fea.st.  The  usual  courtesy  is  extendeil 
to  alL  S.  C.  Keim. 


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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


frfSt 


l*A»'i:— ^'■'^i"  and  llav  DebalP. 


^OSP 


I'Aoc— jV  Mivsonic  Funfirjil;  Uaptisin 
llic  Uenii88ion  of  Siiia.  —  Win.  Burouuli; 
^'^jjpliiiig  Pure  I'rini'iples— Jolui  L.  Suavely; 
jian's  Accoii liability. 

WHIP  1' AGE— How  to  PreiK-li  What  you  llplieve; 

OIuaiiesMii  Serving   (iod;     No  Time   I>ikf    the 


preseiii : 


Tilt-  Feiiv  of  Gud;  A  .Slanderer's  Pen- 


fncnTii    Page—  Editobials— Editorial     Cur- 
napomieiice;  Testimony  "Egsentiii!  to  Fuith. 


rimi 


Paob— Editorial  .—The    Glory    of  the 


fif„ja._(;.  H.  liiilsbaiiKli;    Missionary  Meeting. 


BTii 


PAOT5— Froiti  Piileatine.— J.  W.  McGarvey. 


ITENTU 


pAOK— Echoes  From  the  East.— D.  B, 
Mgnt/er;  Echoes  From  the  South. — D.  C.  Moo- 
oaw;  From  Strandin  Kaua;i3.— Louisa  J.  Will- 
jims;  Our  I'sriodicals. — Daniel  LonKanecker; 
From  Ashland,  Ohio.— S.  II.  Bashor. 

BonTuPAOE— From  Monroe  Church,  Itiwa.— 
Isiac  H- Miller;  From  Ciuty,  "Wyandot  County, 
iiu,_-S-  W.  J.in<lo\^r;  A  Fragment.— D.  C. 
;Mt)oniiiw;  From  Siflnerspt,  Pa.  —  A  Sister; 
isliliiud  Collese.— S.  Z Sharp; City  MissioiiFund. 
^T.lSnssiim;in  ;  Echoes  I'rom  the  Antiuch  Church. 
for  the  Month  of  July.— J.  W.  Soutliwood;  From 
SM.  ISiirket;  From  Turkey  Cn-ck,  Ind.— J.  H. 
Uiller. 


•BTEIN  AND  RAY  DEBATE, 

tfl]i.  ht— Brethren  (or  Tunker)  Oliurclies  pos- 
tlie  Bible  Characteristics  which   entitle 

them  to  he    rejiarded    as   Churches   of  Jesus 

■Clinst. 

J.  W.  Stkin,  Affirms. 
D.  B.  Ray.  Deniee. 

F.l.h    0,  B.  ray'.-  eighteenth   REPLY. 

AMES  did  not  teach  the  Tanker  bhx^pheniy 

(ilaucintiiig  with  oil  "for  the  "forgiveness 

iius."    We  have  driven  Mr.  Stein   from   the 

Wker  doctrine  that  "haptism   aad   regenera- 

i"  ere  identical,  so  that  he  confesses  that  the 
p^enerated"  ''are  required  to  enter  Christ's 
loreli  by  solemn  oath  of  aHegiance,"  adminis- 
ftd  by  the  ministers  of  Clirist.  Tiierefore  the 
Wear  not-  at  all"  was  not  designed  for  univer- 
1  application.  The  Tunkers  do  make  conform- 
F(as  we  have  shown)  to  their  rules  of  dress, 
Kutial  to  fellowship.  The  very  fact  that  the 
inters  have  estildished  a  council — congress— 
unforce  subjection  to  its  laws,  is  positive  proof 
at  their  government  is  unscriptunil.  See 
Ittt.  1S:17.  The  government  of  the  United 
ute-s  is  not  the  Bible  model  for  church  gov- 
Bmeut- 

Mr,  Stein  has  been  forced  to  surrender  his 
'f»ilitions,"  claiming  a  connected  church  suc- 
**ion  iVom  the  apostolic  church  through  the 
'ildeode^,  down  to  Alexander  Mack.  In  his 
'Wntli  aff.  he  says;  "Mr.  Hay  pick*  up  his 
'n  Bro.  Brown's  language,  a  part  of  which 
'iinow  to  be  untrue,  and  exhibits  it  as  "Tunk- 

hutory." "     And  in  his    seventeenth    aff.    he 

"ii  is  the  same  Baptist  document  reliash- 

Though  we  had  quoted  from  the   Tunker 

*>nftns  themselves,  the  fact  of  the  origin    of 

•ifipinal  Tunker  church  in  170S,  yet  Mr. 
*">  charged   that  our  quotations   originally 

'sfroin  Baptists  and  were  untrue.    We  now 

'^'^'l   to   establish    our    histcnical    positions 

"original  Tunker  souvce.s  which  pl^ce   Mr. 

^"i  the  unfortunate  attitude  of  a  titise  »c- 
It  is  to  h*-  hoped,  ho*-*  v»r.  th»t  be  did 
'.ioUy  jM  unbelief."     We  Ime-o  l».;fore  us 

'1'y  It  the  Wfilhujs  iif  A't^rit nil er  Mack,  in 

^'"an  and  KnglisH,  translated  and  puiitished 
^  ■'  Memoir  of  tlio  author,  by  JumeR  Qiiinter. 

"Tunkers  themselves, at  Colunibiaua,Ohio, 


Vii. 


in  lf<llO.  This  work  is  from  the  pen  ol  Mr.  I 
Mack,  the  touuder  of  the  ori-jimtl  Tunker 
church.  In  the  introductory  Memoir  by  James 
Quiuter.  a  leading  Tunker  editor  and  iiuthor. 
concerning  the  original  Tunker  movement, sitys: 
"They  were  resolved  to  makt-  the  christian 
tabernacle  after  the  pattern  showed  them  tui 
the  mount — not  on  Mount  Sinni.  but  on  Mount 
Zion.  according  to  the  pattern  taught  and  ex 
emplitied  in  the  doctrines  and  lives  of  Christ 
and  His  apostles." 

Of  this  number  was  the  faithful  little  baud  ot 
eight  persons,  a  number  between  which  and 
that  which  peopled  the  world  after  the  deluge, 
a  striking  coincidence  is  observable.  And  one 
of  those  eight  pprsoiis,  and,  one.  too.  who  n-ns 
proniiuflnt  anion^  thera,  was  Alexander  Mack. 
Sen.,  the  subject  of  the  following  Memoir," 
Mack's  Writings,  p.  7. 

So  according  to  Mr.  Quinter,  this  leading 
Tunker  author,  these  original  Tunkeri  "uiade 
the  christian  tabernacle" — the  church— and  re 
peopled  the  earth  with  true  saints  after  the  del- 
uge of  apiritual  rtpostacy  had  destroyed  all  oth- 
ers! 

Again  Mr.  Quinter,  p.  9,  says:  "Alexander 
Mack,  Sen,,  author  of  the  following  work  was 
in  16T9,  in  Sehreiaheim,in  the  Electoral  of  Pal- 
atia,  between  Manheim  and  lU-idlelii-rg.  in  Ger 
many."  "He  was  a  Presbyterian  and  educated 
in  tiie  Calvinistic  faith."  "His  occupation  wa* 
that  of  a  miller,  and  he  possessed  a  very  profit- 
able mill,  and  a  handsome  patrimony,  and  sev- 
eral vineyards  at  Schreisheim." 

.After  de^cribin^:  his  marritge  and  family  re- 
lations, on  p.  10, (iniuter  says: 

'■Thwa-ifl  <vii*»go.n\.miM.r  or-TnTUc'ceiiHantf* 
still  living  and  in  inembetship  with  the  chris- 
tian coniuiunity  which  their  worthy  ancestor 
did  much,  as  an  humble  instrument  in  the  hands 
of  God,  to  organize  and  establish." 

According  to  this,  the  original  Tunker  church 
was  organized  and  established  under  the  leader- 
ship and  instrumentality  of  Alexander  Mack. 
This  is  Tunker  testimony.  Continuing  on  p, 
111,  Mr.  Quinter  says: 

"Becoming  dissatisfied  with  the  religious  sys- 
tem in  which  he  hsid  been  brought  up,  and  be- 
ing anxious  to  ascertain  the  mind  of  the  Lord 
as  revealed  in  the  Scriptures,  to  this  source  was 
his  attention  directed  in  searching  for  the  old 
paths.  He  became  convinced  by  his  reading  ol 
the  Scriptures  that  an  immersion  in  water 
was  the  New  Testament  baptism,  and  a  believ- 
er the  only  proper  subject  for  the  ordinance, 
and  that  the  doctrines  and  practices  defended 
in  the  following  work  are  such  as  believers 
should  receive  and  obey.  Accordingly,  he  and 
his  wife  and  six  othei-s,  in  1708,  were  immersed 
in  the  river  Eder,  and  covenanted  together  to 
walk  in  all  the  commandments  and  ordinances 
of  the  Lord." 

Also  on  p.  ll,of  their  original  Tunker  cburcli, 
Mr.  Quinter  says: 

"Tlie  same  spirit  which  actuated  the  great 
letl  dragon  with  seven  heads  and  ten  horn-,  that 
stood  ready  to  devour  the  man-child  which  the 
woman  clothed  with  the  sun  was  to  bring  forth, 
Kev.  12:  1-6,  manifested  itself  at  Swartzenan 
to  devour  the  infant  community  which  the 
truth  had  conceived  and  brought  forth." 

From  these  historical  facts  from  the  Tunkers 
themselves,  the  original  Tunker  church  was 
CQiueined  andbroiujht/'titli  under  the  ministry 
of  Alexander  Mack,  in  Germany,  in  the  year 
1708.  This  is  neither  Baptist  hash,  nor  rehash; 
but  it  is  the  family  record  ot  the  parentage  and 
birth  of  the  original  Tunker  church.  Ai,'.iin. 
on  p.  13.  Mr.  (^^inlo^,  of  Alexa-ider  Mack  say-'*: 

"He  Wits  the  first  minister  in  the  little  chris 
tian  community,  organized  at  Schwartzeiiau  in 
170S.  and  labored  zealou-tly  and  successiiiUy  to 
enlarge  the  borders  of  their  /in?)." 

So  the  Tunker  Mount  /ion  wa-<  b  irn  at 
Schwartzenan,  in  \~Q^.  And  fiually  on  p.  14 
Mr.  Quinter,  says: 

"Such  are  the  brief  Memoirs  we  have  collect- 


ed of  Alexander  Mack,  Sen.  And  while  we 
venerate  hiH  character,  may  we  honor  the  sys- 
tem of  fftith  and  practice  which  he  and  coadju- 
tors have  handed  down  tons." 

So  it  turns  out  in-stead  of  following  the  faith 
and  pnictice  handed  down  to  us  by  Christ  and 
the  apostles,  the  Tunkers  are  controlled  by  the 
faith  and  practice  handed  dowu  to  them  by  Al- 
exander Mack ! 

"The  Preface  or  Introduction"  to  the  Writ- 
ings of  Alexander  Mack,  was  written  by  Alex- 
ander Mack,  Jun.,  who  was  the  (ton  of  the  orig- 
inal Tunker  leader.  He  was  aUo  a  prominent 
preacher  and  author  in  his  father's  new  church. 
In  this  Preface,  pp.*23-25,  of  the  original  Tunk- 
er church,  Mr.  Alexander  Mack,  Juu.,  says: 

"Finally  in  the  year  170S,  eight  persons  con- 
sented together  to  enter  into  a  covenant  of  a 
good  conscience  with  God,  to  take  up  all  the 
comnmndments  of  Jesuti.Christ  as  an  easy  yoke, 
and  thus  to  follow  the  Lord  Jesus,  their  good 
and  faithful  shepherd,  in  joy  and  sorrow,  as  his 
true  sheep,  even  unto  a  blessed  end.  The.-e 
eight  persons  were  as  follows:  namely,  five 
brethren  were— George  Grebi,  from  Hesse  Ca.s- 
sel,  the  first;  Lucas  Vetter.  likewise  from  Hes- 
sin,  the  second;  the  third  was  Alexander  Mack, 
from  the  Palatiuate  of  Schrie^heim,  b'jtween 
Manheim  and  Heidleberg;  the  fourth  was  An- 
drew Bony,  of  Basle  m  Switzedaud;  the  Hfrh 
John  Ivipping,  from  Barott  in  Wurtemberg. 
The  three  sisters  were  Johanna  Xocthuger  or 
Bony  the  first;  Anna  Margaretha  Mack,  tin- 
second;  and  Ji)hauna  Kipping  the  third." 
Tliese  eight  persons  covenanted    and    united 

together^  brethren  aij^  sJntei-^i  into  thft,-««ve- 
nant  ol  ehe  crfltir"df "Jesus  "njie^i- (..-^n.,. ,«  .. 
church  of  christian  believer-*.  .A.nd  when  they 
had  found  in  authentic  histories,  that  the  prim- 
itive christians  in  the  first  and  second  centuries 
uuiformily,  according  to  the  command  of  Christ, 
were  planted  into  the  death  of  Jesus  Christ  by 
a  threefold  immersion  into  the  water-bath  of 
holy'  baptism,  they  examined  diligently  the 
New  Testament,  and  finding  all  perfectly  har- 
monizing therewith,  they  were  anxiously  de- 
sirous to  use  the  means  appointed  and  practic- 
ed by  Christ  himself,  and  thus  according  to  his 
own  salutary  counsel,  go  forward  to  the  fultil- 
ment  of  all  righteousness. 

Now  the  ([uestion  arose,  who  should  admin- 
ister the  work  externally  unto  them?  One  of 
their  number,  who  was  a  leader  and  speaker  of 
the  word  in  their  meetings,  had  visited,  in  .sin- 
cere love,  different  congregations  of  Baptists 
{Tauf  gesinuten)  in  Germany,  most  of  which 
admitted  that  holy  baptism  when  performed 
by  an  immersion  in  water  and  out  of  love  of 
Christ,  was  indeed  right;  but  they  would  also, 
besides  this,  maintain  that  the  pouring  of  a 
handful  of  water  might  also  do  very  well,  pro- 
vided all  else  would  be  right. 

The  conscience,  however,  of  them  (the  Breth- 
ren) could  notbe  satisfied  with  this.  They  there 
fore  demanded  of  him,  who  led  in  preaching  the 
word,  to  immerse  them  according  to  the  exam- 
ple of  the  primitive  and  best  christians,  upon 
their  faith.  But  he,  considering  himself  as  un- 
bapti'zed,  required  first  to  be  baptized  of  some 
one  of  them  before  he  should  baptize  another. 
So  they  concluded  to  unit*!  in  fasting  and  pray- 
er, iu  order  to  obtain  of  Christ  himself,  the  foun- 
der of  all  his  ordinances,  a  direction  and  open- 
ioH  in  this  matter.  For  he  who  wa-*  requested 
to  baptize  the  other,  wanted  to  be  baptized  by 
the  church  of  Christ,  and  the  rest  had  the  same 
desire. 

In  this  their  difficulty,  they  w-'re  eucour«j;ed 
by  the  words  ol  Christ,  who  has  said  so  faithful- 
ly, 'Where  two  or  three  are  giithered  in  my 
name,  there  am  I  iu  the  midst  ut  them.'  U'lth 
such  coniideuco  in  the  precitms  and  sure  ]>rom- 
isus  of  God.  they,  under  tasting  and  prater,  cKst 
luus  whik:h  of  the  four  brethren  -should  baptize  ■  was  Joi-u  tbi 
tliat  brother,  who  so  anxiously  ilv^iretl  to  be 
b.iptiz.-d  by  the  church  of  Christ.  They  mu- 
tually pledged   their  word,   that  no  oni-  should 


ever  divulge  who  among  them  had  baptized 
first '.  according  to  the  lot.)  in  ord«r  to  cut  off 
all  occiwiou  of  calling  them  after  any  man,  be- 
cause they  had  found  that  «n<-h  foolishness  had 
already  been  reproved  by  Paul  in  hiii  writing 
to  the  Corinthians. 

Being  thus  prepared,  the  eight  went  out  to- 
gether one  morning  in  solitude,  to  a  stream 
called  Kder;  and  th^  brother,  opon  whom  the 
lot  had  fallen,  baptized  firMt  that  brother  wlio 
desired  to  be  baptized  by  the  church  of  Christ, 
—and  when  he  was  baptized,  he  baptized  bim 
by  whom  he  had  been  b.iptiz^d  and  the  remain- 
ing three  brethren  and  three  Kist^rs. 

Thus  these  eight  were  all  baptized  at  ao  ear- 
ly lumr  of  the  morning.  And  after  all  had 
come  up  out  of  the  water,  and  had  changed 
their  garments,  they  were  also  at  the.-ame  time 
made  to  rejoice  with  great  inward  joyfulne^a, 
and  bv  yrace  they  were  deeply  impressed  with 
tneso  significant  words. 'IJe  ye  fruitful  and 
nmlLii)ly!'  thi«  occurred  in  the  year  above  men- 
tioned, 170S.  But  of  the  mouth  ot  the  year,  or 
the  day  of  the  month  or  week,  they  have  left 
no  record." 

From  the  above  testinnmy  as  given  by  Mr. 
Mack,  Jr.,  we  gather  the  following  historical 
facts:  Fii-At:  The  above  named  five  brethren 
and  threesisters,  eight  persons  "covenanted  and 
united  tt'gether"  "to  form  a  church  of  christian 
believers."  Sev.nnO.  They  learned  from  "au- 
thentic histories"  (uninspired)  that  early  eliris- 
tiaiiH  were  baptized  "ny  threefold  immersion 
into  the  water-bath."  Third.  Thesa'Sight  souls 
were  all  uubaptized  persons,  and  according  to 
the  Tunker  doctrine,  children  of  the  devil. 
Fimrlh.     They  all  wanted  to  be   "baptized    by 

Hn»Aliwr^l.  -of  rit-Je*"   l".*  n-...-  »-_ ,*    „rt 

church  in  the  world.  Fifth.  It  was  d-nided 
that  one  of  the  fnir  brethren,  who  were  all  iin- 
baptt/.ed  aliens,  should  baptize  Alexander  Mack, 
who  iu  turn  should  baptize  all  the  rest.  Sixth. 
They  cast  lots  which  of  the  four  iirethren  should 
baptize  Mr.  Mack,  "who  so  anxiously  de.sired 
to  be  baptized  by  the  church  of  Christ"!  Was 
that  unbaptizi'd  alien  tiie  church  of  Chrift? 
Seventh,  "They  mutually  pledged  their  word, 
that  no  one  should  ever  divulge,  who  dm  *ng 
thf  m  had  baptized  first,"  according  to  the'  lot. 
Eiijhth.  Tiius  prepared,  these  eight  deluded 
souls  "went  out  together  one  morning"  in  sol- 
itude to  the  river  Eder  and  the  "brother  opon 
whom  the  lot  had  fallen"  baptized  Alexander 
Mack,  "and  when  he  was  baptized,  he  baptix-d 
him,  by  whom  he  bad  been  baptized,  and  the 
remaining  three  brethren  and  three  sistenf." 
Were  these  eight  souls  baptized  by  the  church 
of  Christ?  Ninth.  After  these  eight  soub  had 
come  up  out  of  the  water  and  changed  their 
garments,  they  were  deeply  impressed  with  the 
words, "Be  ye  fruitful  and  multiply"!  "This 
occurred  in  the  year  above  mentioudd,  1TU8)" 

In  the  face  of  these  historical  facl«'  and  the 
confession  of  all  honest  Tunker  writers,  Mr. 
Stein  is  so  destitute  of  the  love  of  the  truth,that 
he  has  attempted  to  make  the  impression  that 
the  original  Tunker  church  be^  m  prior  to  the 
year  1708.  But  at  last  driven  from  his  tradi- 
tional Tunker  succcsition,  he  claims  that  the 
Tunkers  "are  proper  successors  of  the  apostol- 
le  churches,  because  they  have  their  faith  itad 
practice."  This  is  utterly  false,  for  he  cannot 
show  where  a  single  ;ipostolic  chorch  was  or- 
ganized by  eight  unbaptiz>fd  aliens  immersing 
each  other.  Will  he  dare  to  tell  what  apostol- 
ic church  had  such  an  origin  as  this  Schwart- 
zenau  bastard  concern. 

But  now  we  are  informed  by  Mr.  Stein,  "that 
any  number  of  penitent  believers'"  where  there 
is  no  church  accessible,  without  a  b..ptize)  ad- 
ministrator, may  submit  them^lves  to  baptism, 
'andtheii  be  as  truly  >cnl  of  Gid  to  tapliiu.  as 
wasJobn!!!  Such  is  the  utter  blusphemy  and 
rnisei-a<>le  tolly  of  Tunkerism,  that-any  number 
of  the  children  of  the  devil,  according  to  their 
owu  d^Hitnue.  nifiv  >Mi>ti7-*  cachothct.  aud  ibtil 
claim  to  !«•  a-,  trulv  hwutof  God  to  Wptiie  i^ 

B.,— : 

[Eld  R*y'^  3p3cch  arar  nuH  ih«  VKirtis  .tofrf 
couseijuei^ly  tnoru  is  not  rocutt  ^it  all  iit'h;« 

i*sue. 


kqiienlly 
;.  EdsI. 


I^JtiK    BKKTHItE^J^    AT    WOHKl. 


-A^ugust 


A  MASONIC  FUNERAL. 

I  STOOD  b*'sidi-  an  open  gnivi;. 
lii.nunibi-.i  with  gmf  and  Mr: 
It  se«mwl  to  nw  in  ilmt  d»rk  hour, 
I  ne'er  shotild  fei'l  fiRain. 

Friends  eloscly  stood  abont  nn- 

On  that  sad,  dreary  day; 
A  voii-e  f'-ll  on  the  sil'-nt  air. 

Clear  spoken:  "Let  os  pray." 

The  man  who  upoke  had  never  bent 
To  heaven  his  worldly  pride: 

A  seoffcr  and  a  sconier  he 
Of  Christ,  the  crneifie<l. 

A  man  of  Qod  stood  silent  by. 
With  grave  and  reverent  air, 

And  listened  without  word  or  sign. 
Unto  the  scorner's  prayer. 

He  |)rayed  that  lie,  mv  prefious  d.'iul. 

The  object  of  my  love. 
Might  meet  his  brethren  all  once  more 

In  the  Orand  Lodge  above. 
I  wondered.  M  1  thought  of  him. 

In  that  strange  place  of  rest. 
If  I  should  ever  see  his  ftue. 

Or  lean  upon  his  breawt. 

It  seemed  that  on  :<ood  works  alone 
They  daied  to  base  their  claim, 

Tor  they  sought  not  Heaven's  fiivor 
In  the  Kedeemer's  name. 

And  I  wnn.lered.  as  I  listened 
To  that  ^t^aIl■_'e,  unchristian  prayer. 
What  would  light  that  rlistunt  lodge  of  theirs 
If  the  Savior  was  not  there. 

Would  it  not  be  outer  dnrkncsBr' 
Would  it  not  be  burning  pain? 

Where  those  gathered  who  had  never 
Called  upon  the  Savior's  name? 

The  brethren  listened  reverently 

To  what  was  sin  to  mo. 
And  answered  to  the  Master's  words, 

"Amen ;  so  iiioto  ft  be." 

A  holy  order,  verily ! 

In  bitterness,  I  said. 
To  choose  a  wicked  man  like  that 

To  pray  beside  their  dead. 
And  now  I  ollen  leel  the  pang 

That  hour  of  trial  gave. 
When  a  reckless  unbeliever  prayed 

Beside  my  father's  grave. 

— Froin  Ciiiiosiitr. 


HAPTISM    FOR  THE  REMISSION 
OF  SINS. 

IIY  VVM.  BOIIOUOH. 

"Ke^ien*.  and  be  bajitized  every  one  of  you  in 
the  name  of  Jesus  Christ  for  Ihc  remission  of 
sins."    Acts  2:  oS. 

IN  examinini;  this  aubject  carefully,  if 
is  necessary  firat,  that  we  bear  in 
niimi  who  spnki-  this  luily  lallijiLnge:  see 
ondly,  to  whom,  wbei-eaud  when;  third- 
ly, the  object  and  his  authority. 

l''irst,  the  apostle  Peter  is  the  author 
of  this  langu.sge.  ii.  It  is  a  portion  of 
his  memorable  sermon  delivered  on  the 
day  ofPenteeost  at  Jerusalem  in  .ludea 
to  the  .lews.  :l.  The  object  was,  that 
they  might  be  saved  and  receive  eternal 
life.  This  event  bad  been  foretold  by 
Christ  himself  when  be  said,  "Repen- 
tance anil  remission  of  sins  should  be 
pleached  in  his  name  among  all  nations, 
beginning  at  .lerusalem."  Luke  ^4:  47. 
Then  this  no  doubt  was  the  beginning, 
as  we  find  that  it  was  the  first  sermon 
preached  after  the  plan  of  salvation  had 
been  fully  arranged. 

We  will  now  examine  the  authority  of 
Peter  for  saying  what  he  did.  In  order 
to  do  so,  we  will  first  notice  a  portion  of 
history.  We  learn  that  he  was  a  poor, 
illiterate  fisherman  when  Christ  found 
hini  and  commanded  him  .to  follow  him, 
however,  his  traits  of  character  were  so 
various  thjit  the  Savior  saw  fit  to  make 
him  his  constant  companion.  Owing  to 
some  of  his  traits  of  character  he  made 
many  mistakes,  but  was  always  set  right 
by  his  divine  Master,  and  always  re- 
ceived hia  teachings  and  sharp,  rebukes 
with  mM'kness.     In  coneetjuence  of  Pe- 


ter's mistakes  while  with  the  Savior, 
some  people  do  not  place  much  confi- 
dence in  his  teachings,  saying  that  if  be 
niaile  mistakes  while  he  was  with  liis 
Master,  he  would  tie  still  more  liable  to 
to  make  them  while  not  with  hira.  To 
such,  we  will  endeavor  to  show  that  Pe- 
ter was  not  alone  in  this  niatu-r.  "It  is 
expedient  for  you  that  I  go  away;  for 
if  I  go  not  away,  the  Comforter  will  not 
come  unto  you:  but  if  I  depart,  I  will 
send  him  iinio  yon.  And  when  be  is 
come  be  will  reprove  the  world  of  sin, 
and  of  righteousneas,  and  of  judgment." 
John  II):  7,  •>. 

We  will  bring  still  another  witness  to 
bear  upon  this  point,  Christ  said  to  his 
disciples,  Peter  being  among  the  num 
ber,  "But  ye  shall  receive  power,  after 
that  the  Holy  (ihostis  come  upon  you; 
and  ye  shall  be  witnesses  unto  me  both 
in  Jerusalem,  and  in  all  Judea,  and  in 
Samaria,  and  unto  the  uttermost  iiart  of 
the  earth.  And  when  he  bud  spoken 
these  things,  while  they  beheld,  he  was 
taken  up;  and  a  cloud  received  him  out 
of  their  sight."  Acts  1:  H,  il.  Again, 
"and  when  the  day  of  Pentecost  was  fub 
ly  come  they  were  all  with  one  accord 
in  one  place."  Acts  2:  7,  and  they  were 
filled  with  the  Holy  Ghost,  and  began 
to  speak  with  other  ton  jues  as  the  Spirit 
gave  them  utterance."  Acts '3:  4.  We 
learn  from  these  passages  of  Scripture 
that  Christ  luust  leave  his  disciples,  that 
he  would  send  them  the  Comforter,  that 
he  actually  did  le.ave  them,  and  that  he 
verily  did  send  unto  them  the  Comforter, 
that  he  slioiild  reprove  the  world  of  sin, 
righteousness  and  judgment,  that  they 
(the  disciples)  should  be  his  ("Christ's), 
witnesses,  and  that  they  (the  disciples) 
spake  as  the  Spirit  gave  them  utterance. 

s;l..„,l,I  not  thi«  b"  o-Jilen""  <.»-|sb  <■'">' 

Peter  was  not  alouc  in  this  mattei-!  But 
this  is  not  all  of  Peter's  authority.  Matt. 
Hi:  U'l.  We  find  Peter  made  confessiou 
of  Christ;  CUirist  blessed  him  and  gave 
him  a  charge,  saying,  "I  will  give  unto 
thee  the  keys  of  the  kingdom  of  heaven; 
and  whatsoever  thou  shalt  bind  on  earth, 
shall  be  bound  in  heaven,  and  whatso- 
ever thou  shalt  loose  on  earth,  shall  be 
loosed  in  heaven."     Matt.  I'l;  10. 

Wo  would  have  you  bear  in  mind 
tliat  the  disciples  were  also  present  and 
he  gave  them  a  charge.  We  will  now 
refer  you  again  to  the  day  when  our  text 
was  first  8)ioken,  the  disciples  were  all 
assembled  at  one  place,  were  all  filled 
with  the  Holy  Ghost,  Christ  sent  the 
Comforter  as  he  had  promised.  AVhat 
was  to  be  (lone  next !  The  world  must 
be  reproved  of  sin,  of  righteousness  and 
of  judgment."  Who  must  commence 
this  reproof?  No  doubt  the  disciples  all 
understood  who  should  commence  this 
work,  because  they  were  present  when 
Peter  received  his  charge.  They  also 
knew  that  this  would  open  the  kingdom 
of  Christ  on  earth;  and  Peter  felt  no 
doubt  that  this  duty  devolved  upon  him, 
hence  he  arose  and  began  to  rebuke  sin 
as  the  Spirit  gave  him  utterance.  Now 
when  they  (the  Jews)  heard  this,  they 
were  pricked  in  their  hearts,  and  said 
unto  Peter  and  to  the  rest  of  the  apos 
ties,  "Men  and  brethren,  what  shall  we 
do,"  which  signified  that  they  believed 
what  Peter  said;  hence  he  tells  them  to 
"repent  and  be  baptized,  every  one  of 
you  in  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ  for  the 
remission  of  sins."  Then  adds,  "and 
ye  shall  receive  th«  gift  of  the  Ho. 
ly  Ghost."  We  learn  that  about  three 
thousand  souls  obeyed  Peter's  command, 
for  he  sp.ike  as  the  Spirit  gave  him  ut 
terance.  Hence  we  learn  that  this  com 
mand  did  not  originate  with  Peter,  but 
that  God  made  him  an  infallible  iustni- 


ment  in  his  bands  to  say  these  things, 
and  therefore  originated  with  God  him- 
self, and  is  not  a  mistake  of  I'eter's, 
neither  did  Peter  make  mistakes  after 
he  received  this  infallible  guide.  Again, 
I'eterwas  told  when  he  received  the 
charge,  "that  whatsoever  he  liound  on 
earth,  should  be  bound  in  heaven."  Pe- 
ter bound  this  command  on  earth,  and 
it  certainly  is  bound  in  heaven  and  not 
to  be  evaded,  but  extends  to  the  utter- 
most parts  of  the  earth,  and  to  the  end 
of  time. 

(To  hp continued). 

PREACHING  PURE    PRINCIPLES 

BY  .FOnS-  I..  SXAVELY. 


T 


Shun  the  doctrine  of  those  who  ••have 
erred  conceiTtimj  the  truth."  Strike  for 
the  right. 

HEUK  are  tho.se  who  have  erred  con- 
cerning the  truth,  yet  professing  to 
have  named  the  name  of  Christ,  but 
have  not  departed  "from  all  iniiiuity," 
have  uot  held  "fast  the  form  of  sound 
words"  which  w.is  preached  unto  them 
by  the  apostles,  and  Jesus  Christ,  "who 
hath  saved  us,  and  called  us  with  an  ho 
ly  calling;"  and  "who  bath  abolished 
death,  and  hath  brought  life  and  im 
mortality  to  light  through  the  Gospel." 
But  notwithstanding  all  this,  "the  foun- 
dation of  God  standeth  sure,  having  this 
seal,  "the  Lord  knoweth  them  that  are 
his. 

The  temptations,  and  influence  of  the 
evils  that  are  now  filling  our  land  with 
sorrow  have  gone  on  to  such  an 
idarming  extent  that  many  of  the  pro- 
fessed adherents  of  religion,  and  even 
ministers,  have  got  to  calling  "evil  good 
<wia  good  c-?il,"  and-conseiiueutly  have 
"erred  concerning  the  ti'Uth,"  "have  fel- 
lowship with  the  unfruitful  works 
of  darkness,"  have  quit  reproving  them, 
but  have  consented  to  them  by  being  si- 
lent, and  not  showing  the  people  their 
transgression,  are  ashamed  of  the  testi- 
mony of  our  Lord,  have  a  growing  lax- 
ity of  docti'ine,  which  weakens  the  faith 
of  both  the  preacher  and  the  church, 
have  consented  to  the  language  of  the 
worldly-minded,  which  speaks  unto  us 
smooth  things.  If  you  do  not,  you  are 
called  a  scolder  and  a  grumbler.  How 
many  preachers  now  in  these  last  days 
were  it  told  them  like  the  prophet,  "cry 
aloud  anil  spare  not,"  suppose  y"  would 
think  they  had  a  hard  task  assigned 
them  ?  and  why  ?  because  they  would  be 
crying  at  the  sins  of  the  people,  be  made 
"partakers  of  the  atHictions  of  the  gos- 
pel," would  have  to  "endure  hardness  a.s 
a  good  soldier  of  the  cross  of  Christ,"  and 
liy  their  preaching  would  not  win  the 
popular  approbation  of  the  people.  The 
world  wants  a  religion  that  will  not  stir 
the  heart  and  conscience,  something  that 
-will  not  call  on  them  to  crucify  the  flesh. 
:^uch  a  religion  suits  all  classes.  The 
preacher  that  can,  and  will  preach  in 
this  style,  aiid  has  got  out  of  the  apos- 
ties  style  of  preaching,  aud  has  "erred 
concerning  the  truth  is  now  looked  up 
to  by  the  world,  and  even  Christian  pro- 
fessors, as  a  man  that  is  introducing 
grejit  "facilities,  or  enlarged  views  of 
Christian  activity,"  and  tliis  is  looked  on 
as  a  mark,  or  evidence,  of  great  faith 
as  a  Christian.  The  world  loves,  anil 
smiles  on  such  men,  however  contrary 
to  the  command  of  Jehovah,  preferring 
to  cling  to  sin  ratlier  than  to  listen  to 
him  who  is  the  resurrection  and  the  life. 
Strange  infatuation  of  man,  that  be  will 
prefer  the  chaff  to  the  wheat  that  is  in 
religion. 

The  great  necessity,  dearly   beloved 


for  our  reform   as   individual    nim 
and  the  church  of  Christ,  is  to  "li,,  ,. 
fellowship  with  the  unfruitful   w  i 
darkn-ss,   but   rather   reprove     th 
Sister,  brother,  enter  into    an   e.v-u, 
tiou  of  yourself,  and    of   the    chiirci, 
may  be  you    will  conclude  the  cliui. 
that  do  not  have  "fellowship  with  ,1., 
ness"  are  but  few;  should  this  be  th,  , , 
we  are  the  servants  of  sin,   in    I,,,,,, 
to  the  world.     It  cannot   be   oth^,  , 
with  every  one  who  endeavors  to  rl,, 
vice  for  one  Master,  while  held  in    i 
dai'e  by  another,  will  have  writtei, 
luithe  last  page  of  the  liistory   ,,f  ,. 
ilay— fii^'we. 

Wliere  are  we  standing^  What  iv 
support?  Have  we  for  our  s„|,| 
the  word  of  eternal  truth,  which  cin, 
ly  keep  us  from  falling,  and  wliidi  . 
will  .stand  through  all  eternity;  .,,  , 
we  only  the  support  and  sympi;! 
those  whose  doctrine  and  conduct  ], 
that  they  have  "erred  conceriiiiu 
truth,"  are  perceived  to  be  conn, , 
with  a  disregard  of  many  known  i,, 
and  indulgence  in  such  things;  ., 
said  of  those  that  do  such  thiiii.',  ^ImH 
not  inherit  the  kingdom  of  heaven.  M„ 
we  be  among  the  faithful  who  are  will. 
ino-  even  under  reproach,  and  at  tin-  ,.y. 
pense  of  much  self-denial,  to  siv,-  tnie 
testimony,  though  we  may  be  hat..]  -; 
telling  the  truth,  as  Jesus  was,  hd  !  .1 
sus  says,  "follow  me."  Remeiiil»  r  il,e 
evil  that  accompanies  the  saints  will 
tinue  with  them  no  longer  than  li: 
Here  lies  the  comfort  of  the  l. m 
May  we  go  forth  in  the  spirit  of  tic 
tie  Nazarene,  to  the'  conversion  ot 
ners,  to  the  peace  and  purity  n 
church,  and  to  the  Subversion  of  ai 
ti-christian  powers. 

May  the  redeemed,  with  the  .'  . 
and  fortitude  with  which  they  ;it 
dowed,  stand  for  the  right,  and  sue 
fully  resist  the  temptations  they  niiy 
meet  on  their  pilgrimage.  Stand  for  tlie 
right;  leave  the  result,  or  issue  with  ijim 
who  is  owner  of  the  silver  and  the  guld. 


MAN'S    ACCOUNTABILITY. 


WE  recognize 
ba 


our   creation   the 
hand  of  an  Almighty  Being  »ta 
has  endowed  us  with  understanding  .wJ 
intelligence.  We  possess  faculties,  whi 
under  culture  and  development  are  w 
dei-ful.     Certainly  Omnipotence,  iu  civ- 
ing  such  matchless  dis])lays  of  his  » 
dom,  has  a  purpose. 

Kind  reader,  what  think  you  is  the 
first  great  object  of  man's  creation! 
this  momentous  question  had,  in  ef'fy 
instance,  a  truthful  and  practical  aii.«"f 
at  the  out-start  in  life,  the  face  of  s-  i 
ety  would  bear  the  marks  of  unc|uestiun 
able  improvement,  but  what  a  tragic  .Mil 
lamentable  reply  the  masses  are  giv"i( 
to  this  question!  Some  seeking  t"'-"' 
and  worldly  aggrandizement  by  ginMJ 
on  the  sword,  bridling  up  the  steed: 
war,  and  driving  iron  shoes  through 
of  blood  and  wreck,  regardless  of  M 
widow's  tears  and  orphan's  cries.  Mail 
thirsting  for  gold  and  plunder,  ariueH 
with  gleaming  knife  and  revolver,  ch""' 
the  silent  watches  of  the  night 
harvest  season  in  which  to  wrench  ' 
the  hands  of  honest  toil  the  hard  wr" 
wages. 

Others  again,  but  little  less  honorfl 
over  reach  in  trade,   defraud  the  F 
and  sacrifice  all  their  integrity  of  J'^ 
acter  upon  mammon's  altar,  deii 
cries  of  want  and  the  claims  of  heo' 
lence;  while  thousands  stifle  the  vou' 
conscience,  and  all  the   moral  sens 
ties  of  nature,  oenying  the   authe    ■  , 
xi^tcni-eoto"  "I 


tlifil 


of  the  Scriptures,  the  e 


:,.u.t  18 


■vni-:  ■RiiVflUlAWi^   Ai    g»uj 


rirlues  of  ibe  Wood  vi  tbf  cros^ 

.,nl  is  earthly    gratification,    an* 

'  wiuiperina  of  the  arpiavcd  appetites. 


fbeir 


HOW  TO  PREACH  WHAT  YOU 
BELIEVE. 


*    '       .1, 


luliuite  Architect  of  the  uiii- 


stamped  such  pictuiesiiueneiis   and 
"""^.T  on  the  face  of  nature,  flecked  the 


K»"'> 


,vith  stars,  s^^i" 


a   seasonable 


''.'^"  IT  .Hod  setting  to  the   sun,  that  the 
'"'^niayl.riug  forth  bountiftiUy,  mere- 


ly ,,ive  man  an    opportunity    of  em 
■  ^  j  °g  the  Umitless  capacities  of  his  ua- 
'  '  in  li^i"f?  *"'"*  "^  higher  object  than 
*!'    ,iatificatiou  of  his    animal    nature ( 
1  [liere  no  higher  tribimal  before  -which 

n  must  be  accountable  than  his  own 
conceived  notions  of  right  and  WTong  i 
L  jjy  "For  every  idle  word  that  men 
,  11  si>eak,  they  shall  give  an  account 
l,j,,,-eof  in  the  day  of  judgnient."  An 
-  partial  reckoning  will  come  sooner  or 
later.  Gainsay  or  make  light  of  it  if  you 
ia,.e.  I'ile  tlie  mountains  on  the  words 
,i„l  acts  of  your  life  if  you  can,  or   roll 

>     waters  of  the  oceans  over  thetn,    yt-i 
(lif,  Archangel's   trump   will    resurrect 

tb'"'"- 
We  may  find  a  forcible  illustration  of 

tt-liat  we  are  trying  to  impress  upon  the 
niind  iu  the  care  of  a  poor  unfortunate 
widow.  The  winter  was  inclement  and 
cold ;  the  pitiless  blasts  driving  great 
flakes  of  snow  against  the  windows  and 
through  the  chinksin  her  humble  dwell- 
ing- '^'^'^  ^^^^^  ^^^  gone,  nothing  re- 
fliaiued  but  a  few  smouldering  embers, 
and  the  last  crust  of  bread  had  been  giv- 
en to  appease  the  gnawing  hunger  of 
oer  only  child,  while  no  work  could  be 
obtained.  Thinly  clad  and  shivering 
with  cold,  she  appealed  to  the  compas- 
sion and  generosity  of  a  wealthy  neigh- 
bor for  only  a  little  food  and  fuel.  But 
her  reception  at  the  door  of  affluence  was 
as  fruitless  and  heartless  as  the  mid  win 
ter  storm - 

The  mother  died ;  her  little  son  grew 
into  manhood  and  became  a  distinguish- 
ed artist,  but  the  remembrance    of  that 
iuhninan  conduct  to  his  devoted  mother 
never  could  be  erased.     He  drew  a  most 
graphic  deliniation  of  it  on  canvass  which 
proved  to  be  a  master-piece.  Years  pass- 
ed with  their  mutations,  lights  and  shad- 
ows, sunshine  and  darkness.     A  gentle- 
man in  passing  along  one  of  the  great 
thoroughfares  in  a  European   City,   en- 
tered an  art.  gallery.     A  moment  more, 
and  he  stood  transfixed    and    speechless 
before  a  great  painting.     He  recognized 
in  it  one  of  the  almost  forgotten  acts   of 
liis  past  life  recoiling    back    upon   him 
with  a  reflex  power. 

Dear  reader,  the  eye  of  God   is   cog- 
nizant to  all.     You,  too,  will   meet   all 
the  acts  of  your  life   in   a  coming   day 
When  the  records  from  the   archives  of 
eternity  are  hung  up  in  the  light  of  all 
the  crimson  colors  of  sin.     If  unforgiven, 
they  will  stand  out  naked   in  all    their 
unmistakable  deformity.     It  is  said  of 
one,  arraigned  for  some  supposed  crime, 
that  while  giving  in  hisdefense,  he  heard 
the  scratch  of  a   pen  behind    a  drawn 
screen,  reminding  him  that  every    word 
was  being  recorded,  and  if  not  properly 
uttered  would  appear  ag.iinst  him.  With- 
in the  veil  the  Kecording  Angel  is  mak- 
ing an  entry    of  all  the  transactions  of 
your  life.     That  record  will  survive  the 
record  of  the  universe,  and  be  found  in- 
dellible  when    the   pale    nation    of  the 
dead  are  stiiTing  and   the   great    white 
throne  is  set. 

■Hmv  careful  ought  I  tben  to  live. 

With- wliHt  religious  fear, 
Wno  such   u  strict  acccuot  must  give 
I'ov  uiyWhavior  here" 

Beleeled  by  Maev  A.  MoOK.iw 


BY  making  no  allusion  to  what  other 
believe.     Preach  the  gospel  as  you 
undei-stand  it.     Nothing    is   gained    by 
animadverting  upon  the   creed   or  doc- 
trine of  some   other   sect-     You  some- 
times tell  your  hearers  what  they  never 
would  have  known-  Confine  your  preach- 
ing to  your  own  views  of  truth.     Never 
call  names.     Xcver  say  the   Methodists 
or    Initarians   believe   so    and  so.     Go 
right  on,  ,  pniaching   the  truth    as   you 
have  received  it  from  God's  Word,  just 
as  though  no  other  denomination    exist- 
ed under  the  sun. 

_.     Do  not  make  any  one  point  a  hob- 
by that  you  must  ride  every  time   you 
i»o  into  the  pulpit.  I'reacli  all  the  truth, 
not  one  thing  to  the  neglect  of  the  rest. 
;i.     Be  cheerful  and  pleasant  about  it 
Do  not  fall  into  a  scolding,  fretful,  fault 
finding  way.     Be  not  censorious.     But 
lell  great  truths  in  a  pleasant  way.     No 
man  was   ever   driven    or  scolded    into 
holding  anything  right  or  wrong. 

4.  Preach  plainly.  When  defining 
any  term  or  phrase,  use  short  words  and 
short  sentences.  There  is  too  much  ver- 
biage generally ;  too  many  words  and 
too  few  ideas.  Sentences  lung  drawn 
out  will  nevercarry  conviction  to  amind; 
but  a  plain,  terse  statement  of  a  truth 
will  go  like  a  rifle  shot  to  the  mark. 

5.  Preach  as  though  you  believed 
yourself  what  you  want  others  to  be- 
lieve. Let  your  whole  heart  aud  soul 
speak  out  in  your  words. — JleU(jviux 
Iht-aU. 


"IQiimc  anil  '^'amifu. 

Husbiimla.  love  yovir  wivea.  Wiv.'».  aultmit  y<mi 
selves  unUi  your  own  liuvbiintU,  Cliililri-n.  olii- 
vont  imn-iits.  Fjitlinrs.  vrovokPiu'ly.uri-liilUri'ii  ',j 
wratli.  l.iir  l.riilK  tli,.m  iipln  tlto  novturi-  mill  h<1 
liiotiitiuti  ol'  tin-  l.oril,  >,'rViiiiLs.  be  obediuiil  Id 
tbem  Ui;U  ivre  yovir  luiwlers,— r.\i  I- 


NO  TIME  LIKE  THE  PRESENT 

11-'  you're  toM  lo  do  u  thins, 
And  mean  to  do  it  really, 
Never  let  it  b^  by  halve*. 
Do  it  fully,  freely. 

Do  not  make  a  poor  excuse, 

Wailiup.  weak,  onst^-ady; 
All  obedience  worth  the  name 

Must  be  prompt  and  ready. 

When  fatbereiills,  tlioogh  pleasant  lie 

Tbe  play  you  are  pursunis. 
Do  not  siiy.  "I  will  come  when  I 
Have  finished  what  I  um  doing.' 

ir  yon  are  told  to  learn  a  tusk. 

And  you  should  begin  it. 
Do  not  tell  your  teacher,  "Yes, 

I'm  coining  in  a  minute. 
Waste  not  moments  nor  your  words 

In  telling  what  yon  could  do 
Some  other  time;  tlie  present  is 

For  doinj;  what  you  should  do. 

Don't  do  right  uuwillin;<ly. 

And  stop  to  plan  aud  measure: 
'Tis  working  with  the  heart  and  soul 

That  makes  our  duty  plea-ure. 

-Se(. 


THE  FEAR  OF  OOD. 


Do  much  for  little— so  that  you  do 
for  a  good  purpose. 


GLADNESS  IN  SERVING  GOD.       1 

j^rrHE    joy     of  the     Lord     is    your 
A      strength."     The  heart  filled  with 
gloom  cannot  be  strong.     As   the  sun- 
shine is  needed  to  bring  out  the  fruitful 
harvest,  so  joy  in  God  is  needed  for    ef- 
fectual, distinguished  service  in  his  cause. 
He  whp_  is  whipped  to  duty   will   never 
accomplish  great  things.     The  volunteer 
is  ever  more  brave,  and  daring,  and  suc- 
cessful   than  the   conscript.     But  of  all 
duties,   the  service  of  God  is  the  no- 
blest in  which  man  can  engage,  and,    if 
gladness  should  fill  the  heart  in  any  ser- 
vice, it  sboidd  be  the  service  of  tbe  Lord 
of  hosts.     Let  there  be  perfect  love  for 
God,  and   no   sei  vice   will    be   counted 
mean  or  unworthy ;  all  work  \yill  be  dig- 
nified by  him  for  whose  sake  it  is  under- 
taken. 

"Tis  love  that  makes  the  cheerful  feet 
Iu  swift  obedience  move." 
If  our  love  be  feeble  or  fluctuating,  if 
self-love  interfere   with  its   perfectness 
then  we  may  find  it  at  times,  difficult  to 
serve  the  Lord  with    gladness.     Duties 
may  then,  at  times,  feel  irksome,  and  th 
most  reasouable  service  may  clash    with 
our  inclinations;  but  let  God   be   loved 
perfectly,  and  no  sacrifice   will    be   felt 
too  i»reat,  and  no  service  too  difficult. 

Let  there  be  the  fullest  appreciation 
of  God's  character.  Is  he  not  the  Lord  I 
infinite  in  every  pet-fection?  Can  he 
command  an  unwise  thing?  Is  it  not 
true  that  the  sacrifices  and  the  services 
rendered  to  him  make  the  ort'er  stronger 
in  their  very  action?  If  so,  let  us  think 
of  these  things,  and  we  shall  serve  the 
Lord  with  the  gladness  of  heai'ts  fully 
consecrated,  and  shall  come  before  his 
presence  with  singing,  for  glad  hearts 
will  make  tuneful  lips. — Sd. 

It  is  easy  to  find  fault,  to  pick  flaws, 
to  criticise  aud  condemn.  But  can  we 
improve  upon  what  we  blame?  and  is 
our  life  e.valted  enough  to  authorize  us 
to  act  as  censors  of  our  friends?  Do 
we  not  all  live  iu  glass  houses? 


alou 


X1EAR  has  come  to  be  regarded   with 
-I-       great  disfavor,  as  a  motive  to  right- 
eous action.     It  is  true   that  there   are 
fears  which  are  not  especially  potent   in 
their  influence  for  good,  but  the  Script- 
ure has  made  no  mistake   in    telling  ut 
that  "The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  the  begin 
ning  of  wisdom."     Love  is  a  higher  mo- 
tive;  but  in   a  world  like  this,  where 
temptations  a,ssail  man  at   every    point 
and  iniquities  take  hold   upon   him   on 
every  side,  it  is  right  that  every  motive 
which  sways  the  mind  of  man  should  be 
pressed  into   the   service  of  truth   and 
righteousness.     Fear  is  such  a  motive; 
not  so  much  the  fear   of  perdition,   fov 
that  might  be  a  purely  physical  fear,  in 
which  even  lieasts   might   partake,   but 
the  fear  of  the  Lord,— the  solemn    con 
sciousness  that  God  is  near  at  hand;  that 
his  eyes  behold,  that  his  eyelids  try  th 
children  of  men ;  that  bis  ear  catirhes  not 
only  the  murmurings  of  our  lips,    hut 
the  very  thoughts  of  our  hearts;  and  that 
his  awful  indignation,  whii^h  blazed  out 
against  the    cities   of   the    plain,  which 
thundered  from  Mount  Sinai   his   curse 
against  iniquity,  and  which  for  ages  has 
followed  a  blasted  ungodliness  on  every 
hand— the  thought  that  this  same  wrath 
of  God  is  still    "revealed    from    heaven 
against   ull    imrujliteoumew;' —saTf\y 
such  a  thought  as  this  must  be   a  most 
salutary  restraint  to  keep  men  back  from 
presumptuousness. 

It  is  true  that  Christians  knowing 
their  Father's  love  aud  rejoicing  in  his 
grace,  may  not  need  this  motive;  the.y 
may  indeed  be  beyond  its  influence,  and 
swayed  by  the  higher  and  more  gracious 
power  of  love;  but  all  men  have  not 
faith,  and  hope,  and  love;  and  the  first 
form  of  religious  life  is  naturally  con- 
nected with  fear.  "The  fear  of  the  Lord 
is  the  beginning  of  wisdom." 

Children  are  withheld  from  sin  by 
fear;  they  are  restrained  by  dread;  »-heu 
they  become  older,  other  motives  enter 
in  and  have  play ;  but  in  the    beginning 


discriminalesjiiipubi  '.vhii '.i  confound 
all  moral  di,stincib.|i«  |ii-v»ll  '••«  widely 
this  world.  We  need,  a»  (;hri»tiana, 
1  that  wholesome  restraint,  that  ooleriin 
1  apprehension  which  tells  us  that  tbe 
1  path  of  sin  is  the  path  of  danger,  and 
I  that  however  pleasure  may  alliire  n«  in 
I  tbe  way  of  disoViedience,  calamity  and 
death  will  overtake  us  ere  long  if  we  per- 
1  sist  in  a  sinful  course. 

Let  us  learn  a  lesson  taught  alike  by 
nature,  providence  and  revelation;  let 
ilreiid  the  least  approach  of  ini'|uity, 
I  ...id  "let  us  have  grace  whereby  we  may 
I  serve  God  acceptably,  with  reverence 
1  and  godly  fear:  for  our  God  is  a  consuni- 
iug  fire."  — Tlie  Christian. 

A  SLANDERERS    PENANCE. 

THE  following  oft- repeated  but    very 
instructive  lesson  is  by  St.   Phillip 
Neri-     A  lady  presented  herself  to  him 
one  day,  accusing  hei-self  of  being  given 
to  slander.     "Do  you  irenuently  fall  in- 
to this  fault!"  imiuiredthe  Samt.  "Yes, 
Father  very  often."  replied   the  lady. 
"My  cliild,  said  the  saint,  your   fault  is 
great,  but  the  mercy  of  God  is  still  great- 
er for  your  penance  do  as  follows:  .  Go 
to' tbe  nearest  market  and   purchase  a 
1  chicken   just    killed   and  still    covered 
with  feathers,  you  will  then   walk  to  a 
certain  distance,  plucking   the   bird    as 
you  go  along;  your  walk    fm.-bed  you 
will  then  return  to  me."     Great  was  the 
astonishment  of  the  lady  at  receiving  so 
strange  a  penance;  but  silencing  all  hu- 
man reasoning  she  replied,  "1 -d   obey, 
Father."  Accordingly  she  repaired  to  the 
uiaiket.  bought  the  fowl  and  set  out  on 
h-riourney,   plucking  it  as  she  went 


as  she  bad  been  commanded.     In 


short   time   she    returned,   anxious  to 
tell  her  exactness  in  accomplishing    her 
penance,  and  desirous  to  receive  an   «.x- 
nlanation  of  one   so   singular.     "Ah. 
said    tbe  Saint,   "you    have    been    very 
faithful  to  the  first  part  of  my  command : 
now  do  tbe  second  part,   and   you   will 
be  cured  of  your   fault.      U--trace   your 
steps,  pass  through  M  tbe   places   you 
have     already      traversed,    gather     up 
one  by  one   all   the   feathers  you  have 
scattered."      "But  Father,"   exclaimed 
the  poor  woiiian,  "that  is  impossible.    I 
cast  the  feathers  carelessly  on  every  side; 
the  wind  carried  them   iu  dift'erent   di- 
rections; how  can  I  now  recover  them?" 
"Well,  my  child,"  replied  the    Saint  so 
it  is  with  your  words   of  slander;   like 
the  feathers  which  the  wind  has  scatter- 
ed they  have  been  wafted  in   many   di- 
rections; call  them  back  now  if  you  can. 
"(Jo  and   sin   no  more."     History  does 
not  tell  if  the  lady  was  converted;  but  it 
IS  very  probable.    It  reiiuired    a   Saint 
to  give  the  lesson;  one  should  be  a  great 
sinner  not  to  profit  by  it. 


of  the  natural,  as  well  as   tbi 

life,  fear  isun  elem-ut     vhich   mu.st  'lot 

be  overlooked. 

The  age  lacks  moral  stamina:  aud  re. 
ligious  namby-pambyisin  is  altogether 
too  prevalent.     Mawkish  sentiment  and 


Be  not  puffed  up  at  any  time.     Turn 
over  thy   books   again.    Judge    justly. 
Forbear  bad  language.     Overcome    th> 
parents  with  forbearance.     Cast  not   oft 
ail  inferior.  Throw  not  thyself  headlong 
into  danger.  Love  thy    friend's   things 
and  preserve  tbem  as  if  they  were  thme 
own.     Do  not  to  another  man  that  which 
thou  hatest.  Threaten  no  one.  Go  soon- 
er to  thy  friends  tluat  are  in  misery  than 
to  them  that  are  in  prosperity.     A  stone 
is  the  tree  of  gold  and  gold  of  men.     A 
egiuuiMs   liar   depravefh   his  life   with     slander. 
religious  I  VVho,soever  IB  discrete  and   wise  hateth 


liars.    Have   a  care  of  thy   house^    Sbs 
struct  children   that   are  most  dear  tc 
thee.    Do  good  to    men.     Throw   »wa\ 
suspicion.      Remember  a  courtesy    irr. 
c  ■WKi.—CkoMu^  of  Lindiii 


mpii 


J-  i^Jrtl'jiN 


W  Ol^iv. 


^i^'^'ust 


Pl'BLISlIED  WEEKLY. 


M.  M.  KslIKLM  AN.  I  KniToRS  A>a) 
S.J.  HAKItlSON.      iJ'i'ontiBTOits. 


1.  TiiK  I'Mltors  will  Iip  rosniinsilile  only  for  th^ 
ffoiionit  tonciit  llw  )iapor.  Hti<(  ttiv  insertion  of  an 
arluW  (loos  iKii  imjilj  llml  tliey  eudonie  every  wn 
tinieni  itf  till-  writer. 

2.  ("oNTimuTDio  in  i>r(lpr  Id  s.- 
st-rtiDTiot  ttii'ii  u 
|H'r*oiiHlitii':s  :iiul 
seiil  thpir  views 

">.  Tiir.  Bkktiirkn  at  Wokk.  will  b«  sont  to 
atiynddrwit  in  Hit'  rnitcti  Stal*"*  i»r  Cnnmla  for 
SLMippr  annum.  For  ttic  leadlnn  cliftrart^ristics 
of  tlitf  liapcr.  us  wfll  iut  Ii-rm^  to  iini'iits  mii-  i-iglilh 
p)if!i-.    Address  nil  cuiiiniuni' 'Atl'inft. 

DRKTIIKEN  AT  WORK, 

Lnnnrk,  C'lirroll  Co.,  III. 


irf  prompt  lu- 
.  rll  )i]i'iiHc  riiit  iiid)itti(>  in 
lUii-.iiirl.'Diii.  l/iiiyiiAfc.  Iinr  i>n- 
'■  with  grace  Hciwonpd  with  milt." 


I  We  call  attention  to  the  article  entitled 
•MiBsionarj-  Mnptiag."  We  believe  Hint  if 
Brethren  nod  giat^rx  would  awemble,  conBult. 
•uid  adviite  an  to  the  b«'«t  connw  to  pursue  in 
the  Lord'8  work,  much  good  might  be  done.  U  is 
(I  fflct  thai  the  more  we  awiociatc  and  exchange 
views,  the  more  we  agree;  and  the  more  ww 
agree  on  the  manner  ol'  jtreacliing  the  gospel, 
the  less  we  are  inclined  to  fight  for  "our 
opinions."  The  more  we  kef-p  out  of  each 
other's  iiociet>  the  more  sciti  sh  v  hecome  .and 
t  hcu  down  hill  we  go  so  fa.it  that  soon  our  name 
will  he  stricken  from  the  record  above.  Let  us 
assemble,  and  do  work  in  the     fear  of  the  Lord 


proper  feeding,  how  easily  they  may  be  driven    ence  between  hnoirhig  a  thing   when 
from  the  ubie  uf  the  Lord,  how  soon  Ihey  may    seen  it  our^elve*  and  Ufuring    it  whe 


AriJlSTlH,  1879. 


If  Mhs.  Naxcy  a.  IIokh  will  send  us  her  ad- 
dress, we  !«hall  fill  her  order  at  once. 


Thk  older  the  wise  man  gets,  the   Winer  be 

growx;  the  fool,   when   he  ages,  becomes  but 

on  old  fool. 

-^-^^ — _ — - 

Thk  oddress  of  M.  Liohty  is  changed  from 
Norton,  Norton  County,  Knnsai,  to  Ilifll,  same 
County  and  Statu.  j 

Wb  have  received  Huolher  copy  of  the  Jireth- 
ren'a  /Uhwifr,  of  Wnynewboro,  Pa.  It  is  edi- 
ted by  D.  H.  Kiihrney. 

BmiTirf;R  V.  H.  WiufUiTHMAN  writes  that  bis 
health  han  improved  nmch,  and  hopes  ^nnn  to 
take  his  place  in  the  puljiit  again. 

TifK  addrenB  of  I*.  K.  Wortz,  i«  changed  I'rom 
Martin  Springs,  Grayson  f'ounty,  Texas,  to 
Pottshoro,  same  County  and  Stat«. 

TnuEK  more  have  been  ndded  to  the  church 
in  Denriirirk,  The  work  of  the  Lord  is  pros- 
pering, and  proH|)Pct8  for  further  increaxc  arH 
good. 

Wk  are  sorry  to  learn  Hint  .lereniiah  Becgh- 
ly,of  Accident,  Miiryliind,  is  allMcted  with  ccn- 
jiestioii  of  the  brain  and  litis  not  been  able  to 
read  or  preach  for  «ix  niontlis.  lie  is  ntuc^  bet- 
ter, btit  not  well  yet. 


Au\iy.— Do  not  order  Auuiml  Mietinn  lU- 
portn  fVtuii  us  (IS  we  have  none.  Send  to  tjuin- 
ter  \  Hninibniigh  Uro's.  Iluiitiniidon,  Pn.,  for 
them.  They  haven  good  (ii'i  pi*  yet  and  will 
hll  your  ordern  promptly. 

Is  a  former  number  we  said  that  A.  B,  Urum- 
bnugh  biid  liecn  chosen  Friiiiipai  of  Ihe  Ilunt- 
inpdnn  Normal  School.  We  sliould  have  siiid 
.1.  B.  BrunibaiiHli-  We  wish  him  ubuudtinl 
siici:es.s  in  his  arduous  labors  for  the  good  nf  the 
young. 

TwKi.Yi;  copies  of  the  Bkkthrkn  at  Wuhk 
weigh  a  pound.  The  blank  paper  is  worth  ton 
cent^  pur  jiound  nl  retail.  The  postage  on  ii 
pound  of  the  B.  at  W.  is  two   cents.  Wp 

liiive  a  few  back  numbei-s  which  we  will  use  for 
wrapping  pajier  unless  some  one  would  like  I  > 
pay  ns  the  cost  of  the  pu|)er  and  postage  on 
Iheiu  and  distribute  them  among  neighbors  and 
friends.  If  you  want  th-'ni  send  soon.  We 
can  supply  you  witli  a  f»w  of  the  following 
numbers:  2.  3.  5,  7,  9.  ll.l'i,  13,  U.  17.  IS.  Ifi. 
*J<|,  21,  22.  23.  U,  but  no  others. 


BiiornKH  TnoMAS  0.  SNypKR  of  Cedar  Rap. 
ids,  Iowa,  writea:  "Our  Bible  School  is  pro- 
grexsing  very  well.  Attendance  is  good;  from 
eighty  to  one  hundred.  Teachers  all  faithful. 
Home  few  of  our  pupils  commit  to  memory  in 
one  week  a««  much  as  forty  to  fifty  verses." 
This  we  are  very  glad  to  hear.  Children  who 
are  storing  their  minds  with  the  Bible  at  the 
rate  <.f  forty  to  fifty  vorwes  per  week  will  have 
such  a  fund  of  knowledge  when  tliey  become 
men  and  women  an  will  enable  them  always  to 
(iive  a  ;-«/,-.(,M  for  (lieir  hope.  We  would  like 
to  hear  from  more  thatdo  likewise.  They  will 
tell  us  what  the  BM  says  and  not  what  they 
or  someone  else  t/,hiK-s.  God  bless  the  faithful 
teiK-hers  and  the  persevering,  and  industrious 
pious  children. 


A  nKAU  Brother  recently  said:  "I  used  tobac- 
co many  years.  One  of  my  sons  ottered  me 
ten  dollars  if  I  would  fjiiit.  This  made  me 
think.  I  told  him  that  his  offer  no  dniibt  was 
made  for  «ood.  but  I  did  not  want  the  money 
My  daughter  went  some  distance  from  home  to 
viwit  friends,  and  after  the  lapse  of  several  weeks 
returin-d.  She  Came  into  the  house  without  pre- 
vious notice,  and  like  a  dear  child  offered  to  sa- 
lute me.  Think  of  my  shame  when  I  tell  yon 
that  my  month  was  not  in  condition  to  meet 
her.  Tobacco  and  salutations  of  love  do  n<.t 
mix  well,  so  I  then  and  there  resolved  to  ',,iit, 
and  forthwith  threw  tobacco  out  doors,  audio 
this  day  it  never  passed  between  my  lips.  I 
owe  my  deliverance  to  my  cliildren." 


BiioTiiRR  H.  R.  HoLsiNOER  again  retires 
from  editorial  work.  Ho  is  a  man  of  exlraor- 
diuaiy  ability  and  Iiirg^  e\i)erience  in  the  pub 
lishing  business.  He  hiw  prosecuted  his 
work  ill  the  Pivgiasitv  with  a  great  nniouut  of 
tact  and  energy.  We  doubt  if  any  other  one 
in  the  Brotherhood  could  liuve  done  n«  much. 
He  is  in  full  sympathy  with  the  Brethren  in 
church  ordinances,  but  not  in  chnrcli  govern- 
ment. We  hope  he  may  now  lind  employment 
that  will  be  more  profitiiLle  'in  himself  iind 
more  acceptable  to  the  chim  !, 

BEiNfi  pressed  with  business  we  have  not  had 
time  to  prepare  an  editorial  of  our  own  for 
this  week's  issue,  consequently  we  substitute 
one  of  unqoeationable  merit  which  our  dear 
Brother  C.  H,  Balsbauirh,  has  furuisi.ed  us. 
We  hope  all  who  see  this  article  vrill  read  it 
with  verj-  close  attention  in  ordi^r  that  they 
may  comprehend  it.  Brother  B.  is  very  terse 
and  eiact  in  his  statements.  He  Iiok  the  peen- 
liif  faculty  or  power ofembodyiog  his  thoughts 
in  language  divested  of  .ill  unnecessary  verbi- 
age. To  the  careless  reader  sucli  writing  is  cf 
fcatc*-]y  any  value,  but  it  i-  just  what  suits  the 
liiuiiniziLgand  searching  mind.        e  j 


EDITORIAL  CORRESPONDENCE. 

TUnOVd}]  the    -oodne^s  ot  onr    Father.    I 
wus  permitted  to  meet  with  the    Brethren 
and  sisters  of  North  Manchester  church  Ind  .  on 
the  morning  of  the    7tb,  inst  in  council.  Bretli 
rcii  David  Ni/f  and  Jacob Metzger  were  pres 
«nt  to  aasiyt  in  the  labors.     A  num'W  of  defer 
red  fjnestions  were  presented,  among  thnn    the 
Siinihiy  School  question.        Aft-T  considerable 
discussion,  the  church  bv    a   vote   of  one  hun- 
dred and  eleven  to  lifty.  decided  not  to    have    a 
School.     Some  said  tlut  it.  {th-i  q-ies'ion)    was 
enusing  trouble,  hence  they  votfd  apainst    liav- 
a   School   among   them.      Others   maintained 
that  Sunday  Schools  were  conducted  in    a  dis- 
orderly manner,  hence  said,  nny.      Others   still 
said  "nay"  because  the  word  Sunday-school   is 
not  found  in  the  New  Testament.    While  none 
of  timae  pleas  aeora  to  have    tho  weight   about 
them  to  commend  them  to  reflective  minds,  yet 
they  were  sufficient  to  tuin    the   voice    against 
those   who   urged   the    privilege  of  bringing 
their  children  "info  one  place"  to  teach   th^ni 
the  Holy  ScriiJtures.      The  minority,  lil<e  true 
Christians  should,  yielded  gracefully  to  the  ma- 
jority.   Ma^'  it  never  be  said  of  those  who  are 
"xealons  of  f,ooil  works"  (Titus  2: 14)  and   who 
wish  "to  Diaiulain  gowl  works  for  nexesmnj  /wy" 
in  order  "that  they  be  not   unfruitfup*  (Titus 
3:  14)  that  they  become   impatient  and   unfor- 
beariiig  when  they  are  hindered.       Only   by   a 
meek  mid  humble  spirit,  can  love  and  fellowship 
prevail.     It  w  woi'th  endeavoring  to  overcDme 
by  kiiidnoM  nnd  long  suffering;  and   he   who 
forbears  in  love  shows  that  he  has  the  .spifit    ot 
of  the  Master. 

After  council  we  gathered  on  the  river  bank 
to  witness  the  burial  and  resurrection  of  nine 
precious  souls,— a  husband  and  wife,  aud  seven 
young  sisters.  Th  it  was  a  real  old  Jordau 
scene;  for  E^l  river  r^miad^  one  of  the  Jordan 
as  fivquently  described  by  traveler*.  Father^ 
and  mothers  wept  for  joy  I)ecan«e  ihoirchildren 
came  to  the  Lord.  Brothers  and  sistera  rejoic- 
ed bee  au*;e  a  brother  and  eight  sisfets  were 
found.  Nine  joyful  hearts  were  made  gldd  be- 
eau.se  Jesus  camy  to  dwell  in  their  hearts,.  V.  s, 
and  I  think  this  evening  not  a  few  fiimili-.s  i„ 
(he  North  Manchester  church  are  happy  be 
cause  some  have  resolved  to  enjoy  tho  love 
and  fellowship  of  God's  dear  children.  An  ol  i 
mother  in  Israel  urged  the  overseers  to  foed  the 
I  LamlM,  and  *!teri  I  thinit'  of  tho  necessity  of 


die  for  the  want  of  the  ".-incere  milk  of  the 
word."!  pray  my  Fatberlogivegracetotbemin- 
i-iter^  to  WHich  over  the  souls  of  those  tender 
ones    with  all  diligence. 

The  meetingH  here  were  well  attended.       On 
Siindiiy  we  iigain  met  at  the   waterside    where 
baptism  was  administered.  Since  the  beginning 
of  the  year  thi.s  church    has  witnessed  thirty- 
seven  souls  covenant  with    Christ    in    baptism. 
Many  families  were  made  to   rejoice,    for  chil- 
dren and  parents  have  been  brought  to  a  knowl- 
edge of  ttie  truth.      Brother  D.  S.   T.    Butter- 
bangh  and  wife  were  mode  happy  to   see  their 
son  go  down  into  the  water  the  last  Lord's  day 
and  yield   himself  obfdient  to   God.        All   his 
children  are  now  in  the  houfle  of  the  Lord,  and 
there  is  heavenly  joy  in  that  family.      Brother 
B.  is  an  active  worker  in   the    vineyard    of  the 
Lord,  and  among  the  youne  he  finds  a   fruitful 
field  of  labor.     0  what  good  all  may  do  by  be- 
ing "warm"  in  the  Master's  cause!      To  such  I 
would  say,  irf>rkfin:\»i  not  discouraged.  Though 
your  motives  may  h<i  impugned,  and  men    may 
make  hard  speeches  against  you,  do  not  fail    to 
look  for  the  crown.     Envy  and   jealousy    lie  at 
the  bottom    of    nil   opposition;    and   the   more 
good  you  do.  the  louder  Satan  will  howl.  Some 
people  are   drones:  they  are  willing  to  eat   the 
honey,  but  gather  none.  Cease  not  to  encourage 
the  young  members,  and  thus  strengthen  them. 
0  look  to  heaven  for  your  rewardi        God  sees 
you;  be  will  not  leave  you  to  be  cast  down  for- 
ever. 

There  are  now  many  young  members  in    the 
North  Manchester  church,  and  we  pray  God  to 
give  the  overseers  abundant   grace  to    care   for 
the.-;e  young.     Dt'ar,  aged  brethren    aud  sisters, 
you  need  to  meet  those  tender  lambs  with  smiles 
and  kind  words.       They  are   feeling    very    un- 
worthy and  humble  as  we  all  do  in   our   first 
love.  0  treat  them  tenderly!     Besure  that  you 
do  not  flight  them.      They    look    for  kindness 
and  gentlei'.ess  from  you.  and  oh  what  a  pity  if 
some  rude   act  from   you    should   drive    them 
away  from  the  fold!       I  write    thus    because  I 
love  thor^e  "little  ones;"  I  write  thus   because 
you  have  e.xperience  and  are  placed   over  them 
til  do  thtin  good.  O  how  you  may  enrich  them, 
by  pniviug  with  them,  by    admoni^hin?    them 
to  steadfastness.     You  may  lead  them  into  the 
rich  pastures  of  God  hijlove,  and  you  may  drive 
them  over  the  awful  abyss  by  rudeness.      Then 
with  all  long-hiifteiing  look  after  them  for  good. 
I  often  wonder  where  I    would    be  if  my    aged 
brethren  had  not  shown  great  love  for  me.      0 
how  they  grasped  my  hand,  and  called  on  God 
to  bless  me!    How  often   they  met  me   with 
smiles  aud  tears!  How  often  the  true  and  faith- 
ful met  with  me  and  prayed!      Yes,   had   they 
been  cold  nnd  formal;  had    they   been    distant, 
partial,  rude  and  overbearnig.  I  might  now   be 
in  a  cold  and  merciless  world,  a  companion   of 
sinners,  an  outcast  from   God.      0   Lord   how 
good  and  excellent  are  all  thy  ways! 

Our  meetings  closed  on  Sunday  afternoon. 
It  was  here  like  in  many  other  places,  closed 
too  soon.  God  bless  those  who  are  mourning!  I 
enjoved  myself  among  the  Brethren  here.  Many 
families  were  visited  during  the  day,  and 
sinners  were  urged  to  turn  to  God.  I  prefer 
going  from  house  to  house  during  the  day  and 
st-eking  those  who  are  away  from  the  Lord.  In 
order  to  reach  this  class  I  announced  at  the 
clo^e  of  (he  first  meeting  that  if  any  wished  to 


ed  to  us  by  credible  witnesses. 


•  kare 

lu  the  ea,|| 
ages  of  the  world,  men  were  moved  mo      \1 
knowledge,  by  experience  and  observation,  tl, 
by  faith.    But  as  tbe  number  of  people  m  i*^ 
plied,  and  tlie  means  of  (ommunicatinp  im     *" 
taut  troths  to  each  otlier   increased     the 
of  the  former  generations  was   received  hw  l 
lief  in  their  testimony.     Facts  may  grow  1 
by  experience,  biit  faith  founded  on  reliabi   t 
tiraony  increases.     The  more  we  see  of  an 
ject.  the  less  attractive  it  becomes,  but  by  n 
er  present    faith,    the   ettec's   ot  objects  p, 
stronger.     It  follows,  then,  that   fiith   is  i°k' 
best  medium  through  which  to  reach  ourh'  t," 
er  atiections.    And  as  the  dispensation  in  wh"  u 
we  live  is  related  to  things  unseen  aud  etern  1 
faith  becomes  the  true  medium  through  wl  ■  l 
the  unseen  things  can  be  conveved  eff,;cti   n 
tothesoul.     Faith  has  an  influence  over  th    ' 
dividual,  not  onl.v  is  his  conduct,  Itut  also 
the  churacter  of  the  moral  powers  of  his  gn  1 
We  then  see  the  importance  of  true  faith-      i 
as  the  faith  is  dependent  upon  the  fKithnoiL  w 
see  the  value  of  icinrrl  testimony.     His  hopesof 
eternal  bliss,  his  desires  for  a  rest  with  the  n 
pie  of  God  and  an  iuheritance  that  is  undefileH 
aud   that   fadeth  not  awa.v,"de|tend8  on  irlmt  k 
believes.  The  belief  of  falsehood  destroys  man' 
spiritual  interests,    while   the    belief  of  truth 
ever  guides  him    right,  and  guarantees  to  him 
the  highest  and  best  enjoyment  attainable 

In  looking  over  the  material  system  we  finj 
the  witnesses  to  be  "the  eye,  the  ear,  the  smell 
the  taste,  the  feeling."      The  sense  of  seeing  is' 
the  witness  to  the  mind  in  regard   to  the  fonn 
fini  armiifirmtiil  ot  things.    The  sense  of  hear- 
ing is  the  witness  to  the  mind  in  regard  to  the 
soiiml  of  things.    The  sense  of  smelling  is  the 
evidence  to  the  mind  in  regard  to  the  ut-dn  of 
things.    The  sen^e  of  tasting  is  the  witness  to 
the  mind  in  regard  to  the  .//(nor  of  things;  aud 
the  seuse  of  feeling  is  evidence  to  the  mind  ia 
regard  to  the  stale  of  things.      The  mind  has 
these  witnesses  to  guide  it,  aud   upon   them  it 
relies  with  the  utmost  credibility  to  give  it  the 
truth  of  facts.     If  one  of  these  witnesses,  the 
eye  for  instance,  be  injured  so  that  it   can  no 
longer  testify  as  to  the  form     and  arrange- 
meut     of   things— /iic(,s— then     the    witneis,' 
feeling  is  strengthened  to  aid  the  mind.    "Blind 
men  say   that    black   is   rough,  and    white   is 
smooth."  Thus  what  was  once  communicated  to 
the  mind  by  the  sense  of  sight  is  now  commu- 
nicated by  the  sense  of  feeling.        How  impor- 
tant that  all  these  witnesses  he  reliable,  and 
that  when  one  is  injured  or  destroyed,  another 
may  in  a  measure  work  for  it. 


know  the  way  of  the  Lord  more  perfectly,  an  i 
desired  my  assistance,  I  would  gladly  help  them. 
Some  came  forward  after  meeting  and  invited 
me  to  visit  them.  This  I  have  done,  and  1 
leave  the  results  with  God  who  gives  the  in- 
creiise.  .  J,  J,  J. 

Nm-tli  Mnndmtcr,  Intl.,  Any.,  It. 

Later.— Large  attendance  last  night.  At- 
tention excellent.  I  understand  there  are  sev 
eral  applicants  for  baptism  this  morning.  I 
leave  for  Goshen  at  10  A.  M.  Health  middling 
good  this  morning.  I  am  treated  ve.y  kiudh 
everywhere,  aud  love  my  dear  Breturen.  I 
want  to  learn  to  love  them  more  and  more  as  I 

grow  older.    0  let  us  labor  to  be  free  from   th- 
ills ot  sni! 
Km  Hill,  liid.^Atti/.  1::. 


TESTIMONY  ESSENTIAL 
TO  FAITH. 

TRUra'reactes  the  mind  in  hut  two  wnvi 
by  knowledge  aud  by  faith.      The  ditVer- 


^ov  since  the  mind  needs  no   witnesses  un- 
less there  be  objects  in  the   universe   of  which 
to  testify,  neither  can  there    be  any  need  for 
moral  witnessies  unless  there  be  spiritual  things 
of  which  to  testify.    Hence  in  the  divine  work 
of  regeneration   there    must   he    witnesses  of 
these  things.     God  gave  his   Son   to  redeem 
man;  this  is  a  fdct;  hence   it   may  be  reported 
and  believed.     This  being  a  divine  fact,  needs 
to  be  substantiated  or  reported  by. divine   testi- 
mony.     First  in   order   then,   God    Imrd  the 
world;  second,  srni   his   Son   to  reconcile  the 
world;  third,   his  Son  airhed  in   the  world; 
fourth,  limijlit  the  people  while  here;   tilth,  he 
dM  for  the  people;  sixth,  was  buried,  seventh, 
arose  from  the  dead  ,•  eighth,  aseeiidid  into  heav- 
en; ninth,  they  saw  him;  tenth,  they  heard  him 
jireach;  eleventh,  many  of  them  heliemi  in  him; 
twelfth,  some  of  them  testified  of  him,  and  were 
slain  for  the  testimony.— Rev.  fi:   0.      He  for 
whom  they  died,  is  our  Luiniuarv,  our  Sun  of 
Righteousness,  was  sacrificed  for  us,  nnd  has 
not  left  us  comfortless.     .411  this  we   know   by 
the  testimony  of  credible  witnesses,    who  saie 
him, /iraiv/him.  iWicwrfhim,     Every   hope  of 
the  sorrow  stricken  soul  rests  upon  the  testimo- 
ny of  the  faithful  mtuesses.    Not  a  single  tear 
of  joy  or  gratitude,  not  one  ray  of  hope  for  the 
mansions  in  the  skies   ever  arose  from  tbe  bo- 
som of  the  man  who  nerer  heard  of  Jesus.  That 
God  sect  his  only  begotten  Son  into  the  world 
to  suffar  and  die  for  us,  has  never   touched   the 
heart  of  him  who  hie  not  heard  of  it.      Only 
where  the  testimony  has   been   declared,   only 
where  the  people  have  heard  of  the  love  of  God, 
is  there  any  faith  in  Christ.     Testimony  there- 
fore, is  as  nfcessary  lo  fhe  divine   illumination 
of  man  as  fact.     All  the  facts  set  forth  in   the 
Bihie  are  supplied  with  witnesses,  chosen  by 


pi-c   h^i «.,.<,n  f„;»i.  »- J  I        1  ,     -     ,     —cauppijcu  wiin  witnesses,  chosen  oy 

eLC    b.fween  faith  and  knowledge  IS  the  ciffer-    th.  Lord  himself,  hence  may  be   believed   with 


.crust     IH 


a^Hi:  i^KKaiii^ii.>r  ^r  avokic. 


^f  ntfiost   confidencp.     The  witnpsses  declare    of  a  revival  of  the  central  truth  of  both    Tes-  I  the  expense  of  harmony  and  prosperity  with  a 
wtMosP-'  '''^    t^«   children   of  Israel    out  of    tamenl«— man  nn  emanation  and  shrine  of  the    view  of  substibtiling  another  less  repugimnl  io 


oess 


-nt  throntrh  the  Red  Sea  and  the  wilderness 

the  I"'^''  "^  Cduaan.  The  testimony  i*  clear, 
*^V  bK  '^^'^-  '^'^^  witneiises  testify  that  Jesiis 
^      ruvifie'l.    was   buried,    arosp.    talked,  and 

n-ed  with  the  disriples,   and   then    ascended 
heaven.     The  witnesses  are  credible,  relia- 
'     j,euc«  fi*  f**'*^  mnst  be  true. 

The  testimony  used  by  Jesua  in  his   ministry 

,  extraordinary.  Be  was  divine,  the  Son  of 
,  .  and  as  such  used  extraordinary  means   to 

nvince  the  people  of  his  Messmtiship.  All  mir- 

,  J  performed  by  him  are  extraordinary  wit- 
for  him.  They  testify  of  his  divine  pow- 
Xbe  miracle  that  does  not  testifv  of  his  di- 
"ne  authority  is  not  to  he  found.  A  miracle  is 
,kp  niauif^***^'"^  of  the  yearrret} imuer  of  God, 

nd  tbesp  are  supernatural  witne.''ses  of  Christ, 
fiiey  as  surely  testify  of  his  divinity  as  the  sin 
the  world  testifies  of  Satan's  iniquity.  Does 
.pgug  I'ail  to  convince  the  people?  He  feeds 
(hem  with  bread,  brought  from  an  unseen 
ource.  Do  ^^.V  of  the  people  fail  to  accept 
him'  ^'^  turns  water  into  wine,  and  tlie  tes- 
tiroouy  is  R"ip'''- 

The  present  constitution  of  man  does  not 
^piit  him  to  believe  in  the  divine  origin  ot 
the  Christian  systc-m  without  it  be  ••ovfinnrd  by 
miraf^le^,  witnesses  extraordinary.        The  mind 

1-  (jjjiu  iijf-rs  that  the  acts  of  an  Infinite  Be- 
ini'  will  be  superhuman.  It  looks  to  (iod  for 
lUperirr  actions  just  as  it  looks    to   the    lower 

yinials  f>r  iuferior  actiuos.  Il«iiaou  iiiaisls 
that  since  it  is  natural  for  ni;in  tn  ppitirni  acts 
sDiierior  to  those  beings  beneath  iiim,  so  God 
ouuht  to  perform  acta  anp-'rior  to  man,  since 
he  is  fir  aboye  all  creaturps,  even  man.  Mira 
cIm,  tberrfore,  are  neces'iary  to  omwinre  man 
they  are  the  superior  witnesses  of  God  testify- 
idj;  to  superior  actions  performed  by  a  Superb 
or  Being.  All  the  ftct?*  winch  Jesus  revealed 
ffpre  Bupernaturftl,  hence  supernatural  te'^timo- 
Dv.  And  this  (supernatural  testimony  was  in 
order  corifinited  among  the  followers  of  Clirist. 
Ttstimouv  that  i*  d< -igned  to  stand  must  be 
mjiniied.  Prtula.ijf^:  "Men  verily  swear  by 
the  oreater;  and  an  oath  fjr  confirmation  is  to 
them  an  end  of  all  strife.  Wherein  God,  will- 
jug  more  abundantly  to  show  unto  the  heirs  of 
promise  the  immutability  of  his  counsel,  con- 
firmed  it  with  an  oath." — Ueb,  6:  16,  17.  God 
did  not  leave  himself  without  testimony,  nor 
tlie  couHrmation  of  the  tfstiinouy.  We  now 
turn  to  1  Cor  1:  5.  6.  "That  in  .^very  thing  ye 
are  enriched  by  him,  in  all  utterance,  and  in 
all  knowledge.  Even  as  the  testimony  of  Chri:*t 
ffas  confirmed  in  you." 

We  next  bring  forward  chapter  twelve. 
wherein  the  apostle  enumerates  the  gifts,  and 
declares  that  they  came  in  possesion  of  them 
"ivben  the  testimouy  of  Christ  was  confirmed 
among  them." 

"Now  there  are  diveisitiea  of  gifts,  but  the 
same  Spirit.  And  there  are  differences  of  ad- 
ministrations, hut  the  same  Lord.  And  there 
are  diversities  of  operations,  hut  it  is  the  same 
God  which  worketh  all  in  all.  But  the  mani- 
festation of  the  Spirit  is  given  to  every  man  to 
profit  withal.  Fiirto  oue  is  given  bythe Spirit 
the  word  of  wiadora;  to  another  the  word  of 
knowledge  by  the  same  Spirit;  to  another  faith 
by  the  same  Spirit:  to  another  the  gifts  of  heal- 
ing by  the  same  Spirit;  to  auother  the  wbrking 
of  miracles;  to  another  prophecy;  to  another 
discerning  of  spiiit^;  to  another  diimrs  kinds  of 
ioDguea;  to  another  the  interpretation  of 
toDgueg." — 1  Cor.  12:  4  10. 

ThiH  we  see  thai  where  there  is  no  tpstimouy 
there  can  he  no  faith.  Where  testimony  be- 
gins, there  faith  begins;  and  where  the  last  wit 
ness  speaks,  there  faith  ends.  M.  m.  E. 


THE  GLORY  OF  THE  CROSS. 


UY  C.  H.  BALSBAUOH. 


A  HIDDEN  glory;  f«w  diatjem  it.  The  glo- 
ry of  yielding,  th'^  glory  ofd)iiif(,  the 
gloryofbrtiug  enriched  by  prodigality,  of  bid- 
ing eimobled  and  txalted  by  sacrifice— this  is 
to  share  the  cruoifixiim  and  resurrection  of  lu- 
Cftmate  D-'ity.  Christ  was  no  phantasm,  but 
very  God  in  Jmmaa  nature.  The  true  Chii^tian 
"3  no  mock-repret-eniitioH  of  Eniraauuel.  but  a 
veritable  reproduction  of  Gotl  in  (he  flesh  «Cr 
cording  to  the  mea-^nre  of  each  individufil  be- 
liever. Coramun'ty  of  life  and  interest  be- 
tween Christ  and  tte  God-horn,  i-*  the  very  es- 
«-''-  of  Christianity.     We  are  greatly  in  need 


Holy  Trinity.  This  is  the  one  idea  that  occu- 
pies the  Divine  Mind  in  all  His  revelations 
from  Geuesis  to  .\pocalypse.  In  this  alone  will 
we  find  our  individual  and  ecclesiastical  harmo- 
ny and  strengih.  As  we  diverge  from  this  cen- 
tre will  there  he  division,  discord,  and  lailure. 
The  love  that  ("oiy/s  the  cross  with  its  agony 
and  ignominy  to  etfeci  reconciliation,  will  give 
us  a  church  typed  alter  the  personality  of  the 
Godman,  exhibiting  the  undeniable  credentials 
ot  her  Divine  character  and  mission. 

All  the  way  from  Dakota  comes  an  anony- 
mous, Heaven-ll avored  missive,  a  single  dimin- 
utive tablet,  three  inches  by  seven,  bearing  the 
image  and  superscription  of  Emmanuel,  stamp- 
ed with  the  Cross  on  both  aides.  It  is  a  gen- 
uine lillvtd()u.r,  such  as  the  blood  of  Christ  can 
alone  inspire,  and  the  Holy  Spirit  alone  indite. 
Who  it  is,  in  that  far  otf,  insulated  Laish, 
(Judges  IS:  -JS)  that  has  such  a  warm  heart  for 
Jesus,  and  is  so  deeply  imbued  with  the  spirit 
ol  the  Cross,  I  know  not;  but  it  thrills  my  in- 
most soul  to  think  that,  without  a  sanctuary, 
without  a  minister,  without  christinn  fellow- 
ship, the  Holy  Ghost  can  nurture  Saints  whose 
burning  devotion  to  the  cause  of  redemption, 
whose  wrestings  and  sacrifices  for  the  triumph 
of  the  CroFs,  i)ut  to  shame  thousands  whose 
Bibles  and  clost^ts  and  sanctuaries  will  turn  in- 
to consuming  witnesses  against  them  in  the 
day  of  .Judgment. 

The  most  real  of  all  realities  is  1  John  1:  3. 
There  is  no  fact  so  wholly  removed  from  the 
sphere  of  doubt  as  that  of  erisffnce.  1  am  is  the 
deepest,  most  immediate,  most  incontrovertible 
knowledge  possible.  This  is  the  Uiibeginning 
Name,  the  Memorial  of  the  Ever-living  unto 
all  generations.  Ex,  3:  1-1,  15.  "My  people 
shall  Know  my  Xaine"  Is.  52:  *">.  This  is  re- 
generation, salvation,  eternal  life.  This  other, 
higher.  Deific  life  is  so  inwrought  into  our  con- 
sciousngss,  that  we  are  as  certain  of  the  "Not  /" 
as  of  the  "/".  Gal.  3:  20.  This  is  high  ground, 
but  it  is  Golgotha,  the  only  ground  where  the 
Cross  and  CruciBii^d  aiul  the  God-life  can  be 
found. 

Some  seem  to  think  that  the  only  way  to  ascer- 
tain the  reality  of  their  religion  is  to  examine 
the  Brethren's  Encyclopedia,  and  see  that  they 
at  all  points  square  with  the  minutes.  Others 
apply  an  opposite  test,  and  are  not  satisfied  with 
a  religion  that  is  not  full  of  fire  and  fury  and 
contempt  against  almost  every  thing  that  ema- 
nates from  Annual  Council.  A  bilious,  fire-sea- 
soued  escapade  at  the  enactments  of  our  gener- 
al confereDCeis  with  many  one  uf  the  unmistaka- 
ble tokens  of  being  in  the  van  of  religious  prog- 
ress. Councils  we  must  have,  aud  minutes  are 
in  order,  and  the  criticism  of  both  is  sometimes 
ncces^sary.  But  a  real,  genuine,  Spirit-engen- 
dered, Spirit-sustained  "  fellowship  with  the 
Father,  and  with  His  Son  Jesus  Christ,"  will 
reduce  the  necessity  of  frequent  councils,  and 
will  saturate  them  through  and  through  with 
the  life  and  harmony  and  sweetness  of  Heaven, 
and  will  take  all  passionate,  defiant,  BCOi;Dful 
railing  out  of  our  exceptions  to  them. 

"  I  aud  my  Father  are  oue."  "  That  they  all 
may  be  one;  as  Thou  Father,  art  in  me,  and  I 
in  thee,  that  they  also  may  be  one  in  us,"  "Aud 
truly  OUT  fcllowsip  is  with  the  Falvher.  and  with 
his  Son  Jesus  Clirist."  Is  there  a  real  Chris- 
tian on  earth,  one  who  has  fundamentally 
caught,  and  entertains  the  true  idea  of  the  In- 
carnation, who  would  not  glory  in  any  sacri- 
fice of  the  fl^sh  in  order  to  attain  this  sublime 
unity  with  God,  ourselves,  and  our  fellows?  lu- 
dividual  and  corporate  unity  can  only  result  from 
a  vital,  personal,  body-and-soul  transfusing,  all- 
domiaating,  all-tfausforniiiig  connection  with 
Almighty  God.  This  ia  the  religion  of  the 
Cross,  this  to  /ii'f,  thia  is  a  miniature  infleshiog 
of  the  Ail-holy,  the  All-porfect,  the  AU-beauti- 
ful,  and  takes  us  far  enough  away  from  the 
world  to  he  known  by  our  apparel  as  by  every 
thing  else,  without  making  a  merit  of  a  mi- 
nutely uniform  costume,  or  of  opposing  an  or- 
der of  christian  simplicity  expressive  of  the 
r.^dical  fact  of  the  christian  life.  The  a^loptod 
orUor  of  dress  is  not,  ns  an  oi-dei\  directly  of 
Divine  injunction,  and  cannot  be  rccoramended 
OT  QniiYtoaA  on  that  groHiul.  And  horeiu  lies 
the  error  of  its  advocates.  .The  challenge  how- 
ever ra'ay  be  safely  ottered  to  contrive  a  differ- 
ent order  to  express  more  distinctly  the  reality 
of  union  with  Christ  in  the  essential  quality  of 
His  life,  and  the  mode  and  purpose  of  its  ex- 
pression.   The  endeavor  to  render  it  obsolete  at 


the  carnal  mind  is  ignoble.  Could  more  llexi 
bility  of  thought  be  obtained  in  minor  details 
without  the  deep,  inward  jar  thai  threatens  the 
very  Ufe  of  the  Mystical  Body,  various  changoa 
would  be  permissible  without  either  oblitera- 
ting the  general  order,  or  compromising  the 
higher  life.  But  as  this  is  absolutely  out  of  the 
question,  it  evinces  neither  christinn  wisdom 
nor  good  common  sense  to  keep  the  church  in 
turmoil  by  straining  after  an  impracticable  ob- 
ject. Our  diversities  are  far  deeper  than  the 
surface.  They  lie  at  the  core  of  our  degenerate 
nature — the  natural  insubordination  of  the 
heart  to  the  Divine  order  of  redemption — life, 
liberty^  a  truly  Deific  beatitude  by  the  shame 
and  agony  of  the  Cross,  There  is  the  sore  irri- 
table spot. 

Those  not    personally   acquainted   with    me, 
who  imagine  they  are  committed  to   principles, 
but  w  bo  are  only  wedded  to   faction    or    tradi- 
tion, often  inquire,   "to  what  party  do  you    be- 
long?"    Verily,  I  am  not  of  Paul,  nor  Apollos, 
nor  of  Cephas.     N'^ithi^r  of  these  died    for    me, 
nor  was  1  baptized  in  the    name   of  either.       I 
cliug  to  Christ  crucijicd,  and  this  means    death 
to  sin.  opposition  to  the  flesh,  conflict  with  the 
devil,  separatiou  from  the  world,    identification 
with  the  Most  High  and  Holy  in  character  and 
aim  as  manifest  in  Jesus  of  Nazareth.      Broth- 
erhood in  these  essentials  constitute  the  house- 
hold of  faith,  the  elect  of  God,  the  single-heart- 
ed Bride  of  the  Lamb. 
"THAT   THEY    ALL  MAY    BE  ONE." 
0  this  wondrous,  Triuity-expiessive,  blood- 
printed,  fathomless  One.  It  is   the   sweet,  soul- 
entranciug,      soul-amalgamating     mystery    of 
Love.        It  is   the   glory    of    the    Cross,     the 
inell  ible     Ahone-mnd     which    taxed  the    tri- 
une .lehovah  to  achieve,  and  which  will   be  the 
song  and  transport  and  marvel  of  the  endless 
ages.     .\nd  yet    what   puerilities   we  allow    to 
break  this  Divine  harmony!     Those  who  right- 
ly conceive  of   it,   welcome  "sheepskins   and 
goalskios."  "dens,  caves,"  "stripes  and  impris- 
onment," rather  than  suffer  its  sacred  spell   to 
be  broken.     The  celestial  rhapsody  of  Romans 
8:  3S,  3'J,  is  the  inner  melody  which  the   blood 
purchased  heir  of  Heaven  is  to  chant  unceas- 
ingly in  his  heart  of  hearts,  and  voice  in    every 
act  of  his  life  as  the  glad  iwalm  of  personal  re- 
d^-mption.    0  how  rashly,  how  iugluriusly  do 
S01I1P  publish  to  the  world,   notour,  not  one. 
"They  glory  in  tbeir  shame."      Love   cements, 
is  not  pugnacious  about  overdrawn   austerities, 
nor  rebelliously  bent   on    effecting   schismatic, 
crosf-t lighting  resolutions.    It  knows  how   to 
"bear  all  things"  and  yet  be  immutable. 

Of  this  oneness  the  Father  and  Son  are  the 
Type,  and  Holy  Ghost  the  conliguriog  energy. 
Christ  of  course  never  specified  nor  prohibited 
cut  or  color  ot  dress.  He  deals  with  the  soul 
ol'  truth.  His  utterances  are  all  radical.  He 
never  leaves  any  thing  hack  of  his  declaration 
to  be  discovered  hy  some  after-genius.  When 
He  speaks  of  oneness,  the  whole  life  goes 
into  the  account  without  specification.  I 
:  The  Divine  life  in  the  soul  has  its  intuitive  pro- 
prieties. It  waits  not  for  councils  and  coercive 
measures.  Dress  is  one  of  the  great  decoys  of 
the  devil,  one  of  the  easiest  and  most  certain 
avenues  to  the  heart,  as  well  as  one  of  its  most 
natural  expressions.  It  is  unreasonable  to8U|j- 
pose  that  in  the  oneness  for  which  Christ  pray- 
ed no  rf  fereuce  is  had  to  one  of  the  most  besets 
ting  sins  of  human  nature.  The  very  first 
thing  that  sin  calls  for  is  dress,  ands»r/i  dress  as 
represents  both  our  lapse  and  recovery.  Gen. 
3:  7,  21.  This  principle  inheres  in  the  fixed  ua 
ture  of  sin  and  holiness,  and  is  binding  from 
the  gate  of  the  lower  to  the  Gate  of  the  Upper 
Edou.  The  humliation  aud  glory  of  the  Cross 
are  in  tt, 

God  is  a  Spirit,  and  as  suck  is  one  with  the 
Sou.  Christ  and  the  Christian  are  Spirit  mid 
corporeity,  and  God  U  the  Author  of  both. 
Hence  the  unity  of  Christianity,  Godward  and 
mauward,  comprises  the  whole  of  our  com- 
pound being.  Weri-  we  one  in  the  specific 
sense  ill  which  Christ  prayed,  there  could  be  uo 
wrangling  for  liberty  of  adornment  that  shames 
the  very  idea  of  a  second  generation  of  which 
"God  manifest  in  the  ticst"  is  both  Sire  and 
Model.  God  can  not  commend,  in  uh  what  Ho 
condemned  with  dire  anathema  in  our  Divine- 
human  Sin-bearer.  Whpu"Christ  (iulfercd  in  the 
flesh,"  he  suffered  for  all  to  which  the  tle^b 
spontaneously  prompts  under  the  inborn  incita- 


ment  of  corruption.  li  we  go  deep  enough 
into  Christ's  meaning,  and  deep  enoogh  into 
Dur  own  nature — deep  enough  to  comprehend 
[>ur  tendencies    and    want**,  and    the    redtrio- 


tions  and  provipio?i>.  of  the  Incarnation,  all  thii 
clamor  for  lilwrty  to  the  inferior  »ide  of  our 
constitution,  will  subside.  Holinws  naturally 
issues  in  that  world- separating  simplicity  which 
bellt^  the  redeemed,  even  as  the  Crofw  is  the 
most  fitting  symbol  of  the  K«dcemer'«  charac- 
ter and  olfice, 

1  am  not  pleading  for  any  particular  style  of 
dress,  not  even  for  that  which  ra  truly  expresg- 
es  christian  character  aa  the  manger  and  the 
Cro8sexpre-«s  the    Divine   idea  of  redemption; 
but  I  plead  for  the  very  life  of  God  in  the  soul, 
which  employs  the  body  as  the  exponent  of  the 
Divine  perfections.     The  individual  indweUing 
of    God   does    not  of  necessity    bloom    into  a 
round  coat,  or  a  broad  brim,  or  a  plain  cap,  aa 
hiBuan  vitality  produces  essential  human  pecn- 
liaritiea;  but  it  </om separate  from  the  unredeem- 
ed, even  in  dress,  with  as  distinct  a  line   of  de- 
marcation as  the  genus  homo   preserves   from 
identification  with  lower  animaU,     It  is  a  bar- 
lesciue  on  Christianity  to  contend  that  it  docs 
not  as  tnily  shape  a  person's  dress  as  his  heart. 
A  professor  of  religion  who  conforms  to  the 
fas-bious  of  thoBp  who  openly  disavow  allegi- 
ance to  Emmanuel,  is  no  more  a  Christian  than 
a  monkey  is  a  nmu.    Brute-life   must  issue   in 
brute  form,  and  tlesh-life  will  take  on  its  appro- 
priate exterior.     No  legerdemain    of  logic  can 
nullify  the  force  of  this  fact,  to  which    Heaven 
and  earth  bear  testimony  in  all  their  countleBa 
vital  mauifestatiuua. 

I  do  not  much  pity  the  dilemma  of  those  who 
make  n  fetich  of  a  capapie  ecclesiastical  cos- 
tume, or  of  any  thing  else  of  sacred  signifi- 
iiuice;  but  my  whole  soul  is  in  arms  against 
the  movement  that  would  allow  the  Christian 
to  select  his  apparel  from  the  devil's  ward-robe. 
Hfi  is  "the  god  of  this  world,"  and  to  affiliate 
with  the  world  is  to  own  hia  paternity.  There 
IS  no  logic  ot  religion  but  the  loeic  of  life;  and 
the  life  of  religion  is  the  life  of  God  m  the 
flesh  and  expressed  by  it;  and  this  is  "Ao/y, 
hannlt'ss,  iindpfilcd,  and  SRrARATB  fkom  bin- 
SEKS."  The  essence  and  characteristics  of  life 
are  uniform,  with  many  minor  variations,  and 
God  takes  the  same  general  way  of  develof- 
iiieut  and  manifestutiun  in  till' Cliristian  as  iu 
Christ.  He  has  no  sin-bruising  crown  for  the 
Head  of  Emmanuel,  and  a  flesh-pleasing,  sin- 
catering  rigging  for  the  head  of  Saints. 

"Christ  is  for  me  and  I  am  for  Christ.       HiB 
life  for  mine,  mine  for  Hiti.      Right  hand, right 
foot,  right  eye,  »//,  even  to  the  last  drop  of  blood, 
must  go  before  I  will  run  couut"r  to  the  sacii- 
tice  of  the  Cross,  or  grieve  the  Holy  Ghost  by 
dnllyiu'j  with  the  world."    This  is  the  senti- 
ment of  the  hiddvii    Dakota  member,   and  no 
less  of  all  who  have  come  out  of  the  matrix  of 
the  All-holy,  The  elect  are  virgin-bom  and  yve- 
gin-c!inracterod,  aud  keep  their   garrapiits  uti- 
sp  itted  from  the  world.  The  name  of  .lehovah- 
shamraah  i.s  on  thitr  forehead,  they  carry    the 
I  Heaven-burnLslied  wedding  ring  of  their  eternal 
betrol  hal  on  their  hand,  and  their  raiment  ia  n- 
doli-nt  with   the   perfume  of  the  love-thrilled, 
bli«)-throbbing,  fadeless   Paradise   of  UoHneas, 
There  is  not  a  mammon-worshiper,  nor  a  aelf- 
seeker,  nor  a  ftshion-devnt^p,   nor  a  Cross-de- 
spiser  among  them.     "With  -trong  crying  and 
tears"  they  have  pa.s^sed  through    Matt.   7:  14, 
aud  will  enter  triumphiiiilly  through   Hev.  31: 
21.     flatt-s  of  Pearl  n[)pn  only  to  those  who  are 
"■in'fhniif  .'</>iif.  or  irrinh!-',  '■■r  any  srcH  thing. 


MISSIONARY  MEETING. 

ii  ipHE  Brethren  at  Work  seconds  the  roo- 
l  tioo  for  a  tueetiug  of  evangelists  and 
mis.'iioaary  workers,  an>l  propo«e!»  Indiana  for 
the  place.  We  are  anxious  that  a  meeting  of 
tills  kind  should  be  held,  as  we  feel  thu(  it 
would  do  much  ^ijiiod,  aud  be  a  source  of  en- 
couraKtnient  to  our  traveling  aud  workiii;^  men. 
Who  wilt  take  it  and  who  will  go? 

If  some  plan  of  operations  could  b?  alopt^d 
by  which  all  could  labor  in  union  and  c^-ucert. 
pjrobably  much  more  g'lod  would  be  jncom- 
plisbed.  Meet  and  aud  discu-s  w;tys  and  means, 
tind  give  each  ofli*;r  the  result  of  experience  ill 
the  work.  With  a  complete  plan  t.>r  balding 
nieetions  and  the  b^st  way  to  reach  the  uocon- 
v.Tted,  and  tho  sympathies  aud  pravera  of  «ll 
the  trua  workers  united,  an  interest  wimld  be 
created  that  at  piesynt  does  not  e.\Ist.  \Ve 
prtqiose  that  an  interest  iu  this  matter  W  work- 
ed up,  !iud  that  the  m»*eting  be  held  Srtniewhere 
in  Northern  Indiana.  Brethren,  do  you  want 
the  meeting  and  will  we  have  u?  I»-t  us  beer 
either  through  the  Pukmukk  or  tli"  lii\lhrt» 
at  \Voyl\  or  any  of  our  papers.  Drop  a  Cii-d 
and  sav  what  vou  think  abDut  it  anyhow."— 
Go^pfl  Preachef. 


J  1  I',     lii;KTilKK>f    -tVT    AV'OiilC 


A.U2ust     li^ 


1 


0nr   f  iBlc   tflass. 


**.Th$  Worth  of  Truth  m  Tongue  Can  TtU." 

Thiatlcpiirtnii'iit  istUslRin'il  for  Rsklng  nml  «n- 
BwerliiK 'I'lpHiinn!*,  ilrAWii  fvi>iii  til*  llililc.  In  or^ 
dpr  t.>  |uom^>t->  Ml.'  Truth,  nil  .|iu-MioiiH  atinul.l  l-*; 
brief.  ;i'ul  i!i>ili.*'nii  *;>ini.li-  Irtnguiic''.  Wf  »"»" 
Mdljrn  <lii'"-li"'"*  t<*  <""■  contrtltHton*  to  aiiBwer. 
but  tliis  (lofs  not  excliidt'  any  otliera  wnting  iipwu 
ttie  aame  topic. 


Will  souie  one  fxphiin  Hi'b.  1 : 1  ?  "  And  of  th* 
ftngels  he  saitli.  Who  maketli  hli  flnfteU  spirit*,  and 
hlB  ministers  a  llame  of  lire."  it.  T.  Ckook. 

Will  some  ono  iileiwu  U*ll  iw.  llirouRli  the  Huktii- 
BXN  AT  WOKK  who  wrote  tlie  latt«r  purt  of  tin- 
last  chniitpr  of  Deiit^Tononiy.  (torn  fifth  vcrBC 
to  end  of  cIiBpt^r  y  A.  E.  M. 

Wll!  some  onwvlL'jiso  explain  Matt.  «:22y  "But 
Jmus  B«id  unto  him.  Follow  me;  and  let  tlie  dead 
bury  Miolr  dead."  II-  Stewaht. 

Will  sonic  one  be  kind  pnoiigli  to  (?x|ilaln  Iffh. 
JO- say  C..J.irEAD.^ 

Will  Honic  one  pK'iwn  nxithitn  Diiiilol  7:  1".  l>- 
"iMw  the  night  vlslonit.  and  behnM,  one  like  the 
Son  of  man  eiime  with  tlip  idonds  of  heaven,  and 
came  to  tli«  Antlent  of  ihiv*.  and  lliey  brought 
him  near  before  him.  And  llim^  was  given  hlni 
dominion,  and  »  kingdom,  that  all  iteojile,  nations. 
and  languages  Blionld  serve  him:  his  dominion  l« 
an  everlHJiting  dominion,  wblcli  dhiill  not  patw 
away,  and  hi«  kiugdum  Ihut  which  ahall  nut  be 
deitroycd. 

Also  n«v.  7,  and  Rt-v.  -Jfr-A.  r>.         T.  C.  Wood. 

[Will  Brother  Daniel  Vanlman  anHWcr  lirother 
WoodV— Eiw.] 

Will  iome  one  ideani?  I'Kjdaln  Matt.  Jl:  11.  In 
partleiilar  wo  w.mld  lik«  to  know  who  Is  the  leiuit, 
and  why  calltil  the  kingdom  of  heaven  V 

JiUTINA    MlLLBlt. 

Will  iiome  brother  or  HlHter  ideaee  eviduln  wimt 
things  were  done  In  Jh-tliabani.  That  whloh  is 
spoken  of  In  St.  John  1 :  irs. 

.SAMrwL  W.  y<i,sT. 

Ibelleve  that  It  is  generally  claimed  by  us  that 
woare  strletly  salptnVFil  in  our  prattniu.  Will 
somebn.llHrorsist^r  please  (ell  lis  where  Ihe  com- 
mand or  cxamptc  was  given hy  Christ  orthi-  apos- 
tles for  till-  i)nu!lire  of  the  Baliitatlon  helwrrn  tlHt 
supper  iiml  c-(.mmiinlony  A  Bcriptuial  answer  is 
desired,  and  not  I  he  triulitlon  of  llie  elders  (thi.-* 
aide  of  the  a|..i»llcH).  D.  Yor  vci:. 

(Will  Brother  li.  F.  Moomaw  answer  Hrother  D- 
Younce?— Kds.] 


FROM   PALESTINE. 

NL'UliLU  XWll. 

Hebron   and    En-gedi. 

(rroui  Uio  "Oliri«1lttO  SUrxInnl"  b;  tprtM  Ami<ia>*iir>nt  1 

WE  left  Solomon's  1'ooIn  on  Monday  morn- 
ing.  May  12th,  for  Hebron.  Tliedintance 
is  ubout  twelve  miles,  and  thoiiph  the  road 
posBes  up  hill  and  down  almost  continually, 
there  is  a  general  nifceut,  so  that  the  hiplmst 
elevation  in  all  Palestine  is  reached  ubout  three 
miles  north  nf  Hebron.  It  is  3,3U(>  feet  above 
the  sea.  Whm  we  were  within  a  mile  of  He- 
bron we  turned  to  the  riglit,  and  crossed  over 
to  the  plain  of  Maoire.  in  order  to  visit  Abra- 
ham's ofik.  Near  the  upper  end  of  a  volley 
which  descends  toward  Hebron,  and  widens  as 
it  descends,  i«  n  very  large  and  ancient  oali  tree, 
which  tradition  hn»i  designated  as  the  one  under 
which  Abraham  entertained  the  thne  angels.  It 
is  32  feet  in  diameter,  and  at  about  nine  feet 
from  (lie  ground  it  divides  into  lour  very  large 
brandies,  wliich  reach  out  to  an  immense  dis- 
tance almost  borixontally.  One  of  tlieiii  is 
dead,  and  another  almost  so,  and  both  these  are 
supported  by  props.  The  trunk  is  also  decay- 
ing, and  to  check  the  decay,  the  same  careful 
hands  that  propjwd  the  drooping  limbs,  have 
built  around  it  a  good  stone  wall  about  four 
feet  high,  enclosing  a  space  ^0  feet  in  diameter, 
and  tilled  tliis  in  with  fresli  earth.  For  tliis 
care  we  are  indebted  to  the  Russian  govern- 
ment, which  \inH  bought  the  surrounding  land, 
enclosed  it  with  u  good  wall,  set  it  iu  vines  and 
fruit  trees,  and  built,  on  the  slope  of  the  hill 
above,  a  large  liospiir,  or  free  lodging  house, 
for  the  pilgrims  of  the  Greek  Caurcli.  Tlious- 
ands  of  these  pilgrims,  many  of  them  very 
poor  people,  flock  to  the  Holy  Land  every  year, 
ajid  they  are  provided  with  comfortable  lodgings 
at  Jerusalem,  Bethlehem,  and  Hebron,  by  tlie 
liberality  of  the  Kussian  governmBut.  The 
oak  whose  life  is  thus  cared  for  is  certainly  nut 
the  one  under  which  Abraliam  sat  nearly  4,i.K)0 
years  ago,  but  it  is  probably  a  lineal  descendant 
thereof,  and  it  certainly  stands  on  the  plain  of 
Mamre  in  which  that  oak  stood;  for  there  is  no 
Other  plain  near  Hebron  which  answers  to  the 


the  Valley  of  Eshcol,  where  '.he  spiej*  cut  the 
bunch  of  grapes  which  wao  bornei>n  a  vtatf  be- 
twe«D  two.  Such  bunchea  grow  there  still.  1 
saw  many  buDcbe«  with  the  grapi-ii  just  form; 
ing,  that  were  t<:u  or  twelve  inchf-w  long,  aud 
w.;re  destined  to  be  nearly  two  fe-'t  long  when 
the  grapes  are  ripe.  Uebron  is  represented  88 
the  best  dittrit  t  for  grapes  in  all  Western  Asia, 
with  the  single  exception  of  Damascus,  and 
its  vineyards  ar«  far  superior  to  any  others 
that  I  havffe»«»r  s«en.  The  grapes  are  not  util- 
ized to  the  exMot  that  they  would  be  by  an 
enterprising  people,  but  many  of  them  are 
made  iuto  raiains.  I  wnuti'd  some  of  th-;  raisins 
to  take  home  a?  a  specimen;  so  I  told  our  drag- 
oman to  buy  me  some,  and  I  w;tf  surprised  to 
receivi?  about  four  pounds.         * 

Our  tents  at  Hebron  were  pitched  on  the 
"lope  of  a  hill  west  of  the  t'>wo,  and  as  the 
town  lies  on  the  oppo^it^?  nlope.  it  was  in  full 
view  from  our  tent  door,  it  claims  about  8,000 
inhabitantJH,  and  is  a  stirring  place,  though  in- 
tensely Moliammedan.  We  could  see  from 
our  eanip  the  ancieiil  stone  wall,  supposed  to 
have  been  built  by  Solomon,  whieh  surrounda 
and  conceals  the  Cave  of  Machpelah,  wherein 
lie  buried  Abraham  and  Sarah,  Isaac  and  lU*- 
bekah,  .Jacob  and  Leah.  We  could  see  the  roof 
and  part  of  the  wall  of  the  church  built  within 
the  inclosure  during  tht-  t'hristian  period  of 
Palestine,  and  afterwiu-d  tinned  into  u  mosque 
by  the  Mohammedans.  We  were  alsj  permit- 
ted, under  the  escort  of  the  Sheik  of  the  city, 
to  walk  round  the  enclosure  itself,  lookini''  into 
the  doors,  but  not  entering,  while  the  women 
nd  boys  werecurnilig  us  in  Arabic,  and  wish- 
ing that  they  dared  to  stone  us  This  burial 
place  is  so  sacred  iu  the  eyes  of  Mohammeduns. 
tliat  no  Christian  was  allowed  to  pollute  it  bv 
passing  its  thrpMhold,  until,  in  16IJ2,  the  Prince 
of  Wales  was  allowed  to  enter  it  as  a  special 
royal  favor  granted  by  the  Turkish  Sultan  wi*h 
the  unwilling  consent  of  the  Pasha  of  .Jerusa- 
lem, Kven  he  was  not  wermitted  to  descend 
into  the  cave  itself,  which  is  covered  by  the 
iloor  of  the  nioyqiie.  The  i)rivilege,  tlierefore. 
wfts  of  little  value,  seeing  that  it  letl  still  un- 
settled the  question  whether  the  embalmed 
body  of  .lucob,  and  the  crumbled  bones  of  the 
other  patriarchs  aud  their  wives,  are  yet  to  be 
found  lliere.  .lacob  was  embalmed  and  buried 
with  all  the  skill  of  the  Egyptians,  and  without 
regard  to  expense:  ctmsequently  it  i.s  but  rea.'*- 
onable  to  MU|ipose  that  his  body  !■<  still  preserv- 
ed; hut  whether  it  is  or  not,  will  remain  an 
open  ([iiestion  unlil  Moslem  bigotry  shall  give 
way  before  the  advance  nf  civilization.' 

Prom  Hi'l)rnn  we  made  an  excursion  to  Kn- 
gedi,  an  oasis  on  the  desolate  western  shore  of 
the  Dead  Sea,  Our  object  was  not  only  to  visit 
the  place,  conspicuous  iu  Old  Testament  liis- 
tory,  but  to  see  the  barren  hills  which  form  the 
western  sliore  of  the  Dead  Sea,  and  reach  west- 
ward about  ten  miles.  The  path  which  we 
tollowed  was  very  direct,  aud  the  greater  part 
of  it  wa.s  a  much  better  road  than  I  expected 
to  see;  but  at  two  places  we  had  a  trial  of 
mountain  riding  which  surpassed  any  in  our 
previous  experience.  Our  road,  for  a  mile  or 
two,  was  a  mere  goat  [xith  on  the  fide  of  a 
mountain,  whose  slope  v/aa  so  steep  that  it 
man  or  boist  should  fall,  there  woult  be  ho 
stopi»ing  short  of  the  rocky  bed  of  the  ravine, 
and  that  was  at  least  a  thousand  feet  below  us. 
The  path  in  many  phices,  was  not  more  than 
twelve  iucliea  wide,  and  it  had  a  little  slant  iu 
the  wrong  diiection.  I  could  not  look  down 
without  being  nervous,  but  though  I  tried  to 
keep  my  eye  fixed  on  the  path  before  me,  1 
could  not  resist  the  inclination  to  look  down- 
ward occasionally.  To  add  to  my  nervousness, 
my  horse  persisted  in  walking  ou  the  outer 
edge  of  the  path,  while  I  leaned  and  drew  the 
rein  in  the  opposite  direction.  He  reminded 
me  of  uiiiny  young  Christiana  who  are  con- 
stantly treading  on  the  verge  of  propriety,  as 
if  to  show  how  near  they  can  approach  de- 
struction and  yet  escape  it.  I  spokft  of  dis- 
mounting, but  the  dragoman  insisted  tliat  it 
wa.s  safer  for  both  the  Imrse  and  myself  that  I 
should  remain  iu  the  saddle,  and  be  closed  by 
saying,  "The  horse  is  very  wise," — so  I  trusted 
to  honse  wisdom,  aud  passed  through  iu  safety. 
The  other  place  was  the  cliff  which  rises  above 
Eu-gedi.  When  we  reached  the  mountain  top 
overlooking  the  Dead  Sea,  we  found  that  we 
were  on  an  almost  perpendicular  cliff  of  brown 
and  rugged  rock  2.000  ftet  above  the  spring, 
and  it  appeared  impossible  for  horses  to  descend 
it.  Hut  we  dismounted,  the  arab  attendunt^ 
led  our  horses,  and  we  followed.     Bv  a  series  of 


Biblical  description.      The   vines   which   now  [  very  whort   /iz-zacs,  over  rough   stoae-^. 


cover  the  plain  are  an  innovation  aa  respecT.s 
Abroham'ij  time;  for  the  plain  was  then  a  past/- 
ure:  but  they  had  already  taken  possession  of 
the  soil  when  the  twelve  -^pies  were  sent  into 
Canaan  three  hundred  years  later.  It  was 
probably  this  very  plain  which  was  then  called 


ftmouth  ^lojiting  rocks,  and  dowiist*'ps  from  one 
to  two  feet  perpendicular,  wo  slowly  and  care- 
fully picked  our  way,  while  the  grandeur  of  the 
scenery  continually  increased  as  the  dork,  frown- 
ing precipice  rose  higher  and  higljer  above  us. 
In  half  an  hour  the  2,OU0  feet  oi'  descent    were 


p;iK»-4.  and  we  f loo-i  oii  a  (»eiuh  of  a  raountaiD. 
(>»ufe<'t  yet  above  the  stta,  by  the  bide  of  a 
rusbiog  stream  of  pure  and  sparkling  water. 
If.  goabeo  forth  from  uader  mountuias  which 
look  a- if  they  had  never  received  a  drop  of  rain; 
it  makes  verdant  a  few  acres  of  g^round:  it  rush- 
p»  down  the  remainder  of  the  precipice,  turn- 
■uira  mill,  when  the  mill  is  in  repair,  as  it  goes. 
Although  if  has  only  a  half  mile  of  bcich  to 
crrws  after  cmipli'ling  the  descent — so  thirsty 
are  the  -nnd^  of  that  beach  the  stream  is  lost 
before  it  reaches  the  sea. 

After  a  brief  rest  we  walked  down  to  the  sea 
to  take  a  bath.  There  was  astilf  breeze  from 
the  north,  and  the  wav*s  were  rolling  two  or 
three  feet  high.  This  delighl-d  us,  for  we  ex- 
pected to  have  a  wave  batb  after  the  fashion  at 
Cape  M.iy;  but  when  we  tried  it  we  found  that 
our  fe-'t  w-V'/'/  fly  up,  and  our  heads  down.  The 
first  we  kntV  our  eyes  were  full  of  the  water, 
and  smarting  so  tliat  we  could  not  open  them 
until  the  tears  washed  out  the  brine.  Mean- 
time, we  were  learning  how  to  keep  our  feet 
under,  and  were  getting  farther  from  sliore. 
;  When  we  iMam  to  keep  open  our  eyes,  the  ride 
over  the  waves  as  they  came  iu  was  delightful. 
After  enjoying  this  to  our  satisfaction,  we 
hurried  toward  the  shore,  and  experienced  the 
oldditKculty  in  a  new  form.  There  was  an  un- 
dercurrent drawing  us  out  to  sea,  and  as  we 
tried  to  swim  against  it.  every  wave  that  over- 
took us  tiiiew  our  feet  out  of  wafer,  so  we  were 
compelled  to  swim  with  our  hands  alone.  The 
exertion  was  so  great  th.it  by  the  time  I  reach- 
ed water  in  which  I  could  toueli  bottom,  the 
strength  of  my  arms  was  almost  completely 
exhausted.  No  one  who  is  not  a  good  swimmer 
should  venture  into  the  Dead  Sea  beyoud  his 
depth  when  the  waves  are  rolling.  Alter  our 
bath,  we  started  f'Jr  the  mouth  of  an  enormous 
fisaure  in  the  mountains,  a  short  distance  to 
the  right,  whose  grandeur  had  excited  our  ad- 
miration, As  we  api)roached  it  we  came  to  a 
feeble  stream  of  water  just  sinking  in  the  sand. 
The  further  we  went  the  broader  and  s-trouger 
thisstream  became,  and  when  we  entered  the 
mouth  of  the  gorge,  we  saw  before  us  a  fine 
cascade  leaping  over  a  perpendicular  ledge  of 
rock  25  feet  high.  It  had  scooped  out,  where  it 
fell,  a  round  basin  in  the  solid  rock,  six  feet 
deep  and  about  HO  feet  in  diameter,  which  was 
full  to  the  brim  with  sparkling  water.  We 
were  soon  plunging  about  m  this,  to  wash  away 
the  gummy  coating  which  the  Dead  Sea  Water 
had  left  on  our  bodies.  This  coating  made  one 
feel,  to  us  Hrother  Taylor's  expression,  as  if  we 
had  been  smeared  all  over  with  molasses. 

The  hills  composing  the  wilderness  along  the 
western  shore  of  this  sea  ooui^ist  chiefly  of  a 
soft  limestone  which  varies  in  color  from  a 
tawny  to  a  dark  brown  when  long  exposed,  but 
is  almost  as  white  as  snow  when  freshly  uncov- 
ered. Nothing  grows  there  except  two  little 
shrubs,  one  of  which  is  called  by  the  Arabs  the 
blacksmith  bush,  and  the  other  the  bachelor 
bush.  The  last  is  well  named,  for  you  never 
see  two  of  them  growing  together.  A  ride 
through  this  region  is  usually  attended  with 
great  discomfort  and  some  danger  to  health,  ou 
account  of  the  glare  of  the  white  hillside  in 
the  sun;  but  we  were  favored  with  a  cloudy 
day  and  a  north  wind,  for  which  we  were  truly 
thankful. 

On  our  return  from  En-gedi  to  Hebron,  we 
made  a  detour  to  the  southward  in  order  to  see 
Ziph,  near  which  David  aud  his  meii  were  lurk- 
ing when  the  Ziphites  betrayed  them  to  Saul; 
and  Ciirmel.  where  were  the  possessions  of  the 
churlish  Nabal.d  Sam.  13:  16-29;  25.)  The 
town  /ipb  stood  on  the  summit  of  a  rounded 
hill,  five  miles  south-east  of  Hebron,  with 
broad  rich  valleys  at  its  hose,  aud  a  beautiful 
country  spreading  far  away  to  the  south  and 
soutb-west,  a  part  of  the  Xegeb.  There  is  noth- 
ing left  of  the  town,  except  its  cisterns  and 
sepulchres,  and  the  broken  pottery  that 
ticattered  through  the  soil.  The  terraced  sides 
of  the  hill  and  its  leveled  summit  are  cultivated 
in  grain.  As  I  stood  there  and  looked  around 
where  the  dust  of  David's  betrayers  had  en- 
riched the  soil,  I  felt  like  saying.  You  Ziphites. 
you  were  a  mean  set,  you  deserved  the  fate 
which  has  befallen  you;  for  you  betrayed  the 
innoceut  to  make  favor  with  the  powerful. 
May  such  be  the  fate  of  all  who  follow  your 
detestable  example. 

Carmel  is  in  sight  fn»m  Ziph,  and  it  lies  iu 
the  midst  of  just  such  a  grazing  country  as 
would  delight  the  heart  of  a  man  like  Nabal. 
Maon,  where  his  dwelling  was,  ond  whence 
Abigail  came  forth  to  meet  David,  is  hid  from 
the  view  behind  a  ridge  in  the  distance.  At 
the  foot  of  this  ridge,  perhaps,  the  eventful 
meeting  took  place. 

In  coming  from  Ziph  to  Hebron,  we  saw, 
perched  on  a  high  hill  to  the  west  ol  us,  the 
ancieuttown  of  Juttah,  supposed  to  have  been 
the  birth   place  and  early   home  of  John   the 


Biptist.  The  grounds  of  this  supposition  are 
hr»t.  that  it  was  one  of  the  Levitical  cits.^- 
(Josh.  21:  lt»)  in  one  of  which  we  might  expeit 
the  priest  Zaoliariab  to  dwell;  and  second,  that 
it  is  iu  the  hill  country  of  .Indah,  as  is  n^quijg^i 
bythetext  (I.ukel:.19:40),  No  other  city  of 
.fudab  answers  tiie  natural  requirements  of  the 
case  so  well.  The  Roman  Catholic,  however 
with  their  usunl  disregard  of  evidence,  long  ago 
fixed  on  a  place  about  four  miles  south-we»t  of 
Jerusalem,  as  the  place  of  .lohu's  residence, 
aud  there  they  have  extensive  convent  build, 
ingp.  with  beautiful  gardens  and  ordiatda 
around  them.  J-  W.  McGakvey. 


fallen  l^sTepp. 


0  LonL — Rvt.  it7]j| 


Obitnaries  ahoulit  be  brief,  irritien  on  but  oue  side  of 
paper,  ftnd  sepiu-atu  from  all  other  bu9iiie§a 


FIIIEND.— At  Waterloo,  Iowa,  July  27th 
George  Jouathan,  son  of  Brother  David  and 
Sister  Lizzie  Friend,  aged  2  years,  8  months 
and  l.>  day:'.  Funeral  services  by  the  writer' 
assisted  by  the  brethren. 

i--  R.  Peiper. 
K  ARN.— In  the  Mexico  Church.  Indiana,  Jmie 
SOt.h.  Sister  Eliza  Karn,  aged  '0  years,  6  mon. 
and  18  days.     Funeral  services  by  the  breth- 
ren, liom  2  Tim.  4;  6,  7,  8. 

Emma  Fisher, 
BERRY. — In  Rosita,  Fremont  County,   Colo- 
rado, of  heart  disease,  Sister  Rachel,  wife  of 
Friend  Charles    Berry,    July    21st,    aged  53 
years,  5  months,  and  12  days. 

Allen  Boter. 
GREEN.— Near     Caiey.      Wyandot     County. 
Ohio,  July  2stb,  George  Green,  aged  20  years 
aud  4  months.  ■ 

He  was  thrown  froui  a  wagon  by  a  runaway      I 
te^m,  July  19th,  from  which  eftects  he  died  one     ■ 
week  after.    So  is  life— it  is  very  uucertain.  He 
wiLS  the  son  of  Sister  Green.    She  has  our  sym- 
patby.  S.  W.  Lindoiver. 

EBY. — At  Merriam.   Noble  County,   Indiana, 
August  1st,  of  consumption.  Sister  Eby,  aged 
63  years,  10  months,  and  22  days. 
She  leaves  a  husband  and   two  step  children 
to  mourn  their  loss.     Funeral  services  by  Jer- 
emiah Gump,  assisted  by  George  Swihart,  from 
Rev.  14:  13.  Lkonard  Hyre. 

(Gosiifl  Preacher^  please  copy. J 

KNAUS.— In  the  Walnut  Creek  Church,  John- 
son County,  Mi'^souri,  July  31st,  Sister  Eliz- 
abeth, uife  of  Brother  B.  P.  Knaus  and 
daughter  of  Brother  E,  Warapler,  aged  3a 
years,  6  mouths,  and  12  days. 
She  leaves   a  husband,  seven  children,  and 

many    friends   to    mourn    their  loss.  .Funeral 

services  by  A.  Hutchison,  from  1  Pet.  1:  28,  to 

a  very  large  congregation. 

Isaac  Wampler. 

COUGHMAN.— In  the  Elkhart  Congregation, 
Indiana,  August  2nd,    Sister    Lizzie  Cough- 
inau,    Hife  of    Brother   Joseph     Coughman, 
aged  76  years,  3  months,  and  10  days. 
She  was  the  mother  of  seven  children,  three 
of  whom  havw  passed  the  river  of  d-ath  before 
her.    She  w.is  a  faithful  sister  uf  the  church  for 
fifty-four  years;  a  descendant  of  Elkhart  County 
forty-five  ye^is.     She  was    buried   on  Suuday, 
the  3rd,  aud  fun>^ral  services  were  delayed  unlil 
the  17th  ou  account  of  the   inclemency  of  the 
weather.  D.  H.  Jones. 

(P.  C.  and  Gospel  Preacher, please  copij) 


fojHIJS    of  ffijt   §«}!. 


At  the  May  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Maua- 
gers  of  the  American  Bible  Society,  appropri- 
ations were  made  for  expenditure  iu  foreign 
work  to  the  amount  of  ?31,6i)0.  and  grants  of 
books  for  circulation  and  abroad  to  the  v;iliie 
of  $4,f)00.  The  receipts  for  April  were  ?:i'.'/'""- 
•The  number  of  volumes  issued  was  1(14,61*0,  the 
largest  monthly  issue  during  the  past  eight 
years.  The  total  issue  of  the  year,  at  home 
and  abroad,  amount  to  1,187,854. 

Thk  United  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain  ha3 
long  been  considered  the  wealthiest  power  on 
earth,  but  according  to  comparative  estimates 
rfceutly  made  France  takes  the  lead  in  this  re- 
spect. Ouoling  fr..m  these  estimates  we  fini^ 
the  valu' jof  private  and  public  property  in 
France  amounts  to  about  ?4f!,110,tiUO.OOO,  and 
the  same  values  in  England,  Ireland,  and  Scot- 
bmd,  5=42,.'iO0,000,t!0'-\  The  highways  are  not 
included  in  the  English  estimste  whilo  tl|0^ 
of  France  are  estimated  at  ^1,525,00U.WP. 
T bus  the  com pai ison  shows  values  to 
amount  of  over  $2,000,000,000  more  in  France 
than  the  I'nited  Kingdom. 


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Echoes  from  the  East. 


NIMBER   SX. 


A    RETIlOSP?:(-T. 


WITH  niauy  regrets  for   the   ai>j)areQt  sus- 
pension of  iijy  letters,  I    again    resume 

Y  pell  for  uoiie  other  purpose  than  the  fur- 
.'  jio^e  of  the  cause  of  our  Rpdeenier  and  tlu' 
.fllftirc  of  /ion.  1  am  made  happy  to  see  so 
lany  **^  "'""  ""'^  contributors  to  the  press 
•|.j[jg  sentiments  of  steadfastness  in  the 
faith  contending  earnfstly  for  the  doctrine 
which  IS  accordiug  to  the  letter  and  spirit  of 
"the  word  of  the  gospel."  On  the  other  hand 
I  ba'^  ^^^"  made  to  feel  sod  and  discouraged  in 
seeing  soiip  writi>  things  which  wru  well  cah 
Uted  to  If  ad  the  young  and  inexperit-nced  inio 
yjews  and  ways  that  may  bring  lamented 
nartures  from  onr  faith.  Not  only  so  hut  sow- 
ine  Bcedsof  di^siord,  disunion,  contention,  ill 
fpeling,  and  provoraHon  0  what  a  happy 
neople  we  might  IjH,  and  what  a  vast  wurk  we 
could  do  for  the  edilination  of  the  body  of  Ghnst 
and  the  evim;;eli/.;ition  of  the  unconverted 
world!  Wliydo  we  not  this  work?  Because 
we  laclt  union?  Wliat  causes  thi^  want  of  co- 
operation in  tliis  grand  wiirk?  Is  it  not  be 
cause  we  are  somewhat  divided  in  Pentiln^•nt?  I 
think,  then,  it  would  be  wise  for  us  all  to  luSor 
first  of  fill  lo  mute  iiA\  owe  firceri.  How  can 
this  be  doneV  Let  us  lay  anidt-  everything  that 
causes  divided  sentiment.  Let  \ts  return  to  tlie 
"old  (laths"  of  the  faith,  and  t;.ere  is  not  any 
reason  why  we  s-liould  not  if  v;e  have  allowed 
our  own  desires  to  drift  us  away.  "New  in  veil 
tions"  in  the  churcli  ot  Clirist  wJl  never  m.il(e 
the  church  better,  but  will  bring  contention, 
looseness  of  views,  liberality  of  belief,  selfish 
ness,  emulations,  and  what  not?  There  results 
are  apparent.  Let  as  pray  fervently  and  labor 
faithfully  for  the  union   of  our  Brotherhood, 

lift  us  forsake  every  vain  ainhition  and  sellish 
motive.  Let  us  l>ri  couteut  to  do  our  duty 
where  ihe  Lord  ha.  placed  ns  in  his  body  of  be- 
lievers, and  let  us  fear  lest  we  offend  "the  chil 
dren  of.  the  Highest,"  and  merit  our  own  per 
soual  rej-jction  when  the  Master  cometh.  "'Look 

for  him,"  "look    unto    him,"    and    "live  unto 

him." 

OVH  LOVK  KE.VST 

in  the  Antietam  Congregation  was  held  May 
2Tth,  at  Price's  Meeting-house.  It  was  a  very 
enjoyable  occasion.  Brother  Adam  Beelman 
and  Brother  Michael  Bushman  did  the  princi 
pal  part  of  the  preaching,  and  we  are  pleased 
to  say  it  was  what  we  love  to  hear— .i  self-cru- 
citying  doctrine.  This  only  will  prepare  us  to 
live  forever  with  our  crucified  Lord,  and  hence 
we  delight  in  the  therae  after  the  inward  man 
Brother  Bushman  spoke  at  10  o'clock  upon  a 
peculiar  text,  uamelv,  "What  shall  I  do  with 
Jesus  who  is  called  Christ?"  He  spoke  of  the 
last  days  of  our  Savior's  ministry  on  earth— his 
mock  trial  before  Pilate— Pilate's  trouble  as  to 
what  he  should  do  with  our  innocent  Jfsus- 
what  we  are  doing  with  him  now— whether  we 
love  him  or  ''crucify  him  afresh"— whether  we  i 
follow  him  or  forsak;  him— whether  we  defend 
him  or  let  him  be  put  to  shame— the  uncon- 
verted being  convinced  of  their  not  having 
fellowship  with  Christ  and  feelini;  that  he  calls 
them  into  his  service,  they  are  made  to  inquire, 
"what  shall  I  do  with  Jesus?"— If  they  would 
follow  him,  they  conclude  they  must  forsake 
the  world  with  its  giddiness,  its  amusements, 
its  fashions  and  styles,  its  godless  company  and 
unholy  associations.  Theydon't  makeup  their 
minds  to  cousenfto  this,  and  yet  Jesus  knocks 
at  the  door  of  their  hearts  for  admittance. 
What  will  they  do  with  J  asm  hut  turn  him 
aside,  and  probaoly  to  request  it  forever.  And 
bhc  brother's  closing  words  were,  "May  God 
help  us  all  to  live  for  Jesus." 

Brother  Beelman  offered  an  impressive  testi- 
mony to  the  truth.  He  spoke  of  Jesus  being 
with  his  people,  and  tiiatbe  was  here  present 
with  us.  Wliat  will  wedo  with  Jesus?  Nail 
himtoacro:^^?  No.no.  We  will  give  him 
,the  preference  more  than  ourselves.  We  will 
take  him  at  his  word.  We  will  obey.  After 
prayer,  the  assembly  was  dismiseed. 

Uintfer  was  prepared  a^  usual,  and  about  3  P 
M.  services  were  announced  by  singing.  We 
now  bad  another  hour  of  wholesome  preachin- 
by  Brother  Beelman,  who  spoke  with  much 
eavnestness,  and  to  the  edification  of  them  that. 
believL'. 

Alter  a  short  intermission  we  had  the  usual 
examination  service,  at  which  the  eleventh 
chapter  of  1st  Corinthians  was  read,  and  many 
appropriate  words  spoken,  showing  the    im- 


portuuoe  of  Love-feasts,  and  in  what   mind  we 
should  observe  them. 

The  evening  occasion  was  very  solemn,  and 
reminded  us  of  that  time  when  Jesus  washed 
his  disciples'  feel,  ate  his  last  supper  with  them, 
and  made  the  unleavened  bread  aud  the  wine 
the  emblems  of  his  broken  body  and  shed  blood. 
Such  occa-sions  oii-rht  to  bring  us  very  near 
heaven,  and  surely  will  if  we  appreciate  the  op- 
portunity. 

Our  next  Love-feast  is  appointed  for  the  25th 
day  ol  September,  at  the  Wolty  Meeting- 
house e. 

AITLICANTS  FOR  B.VI'TISM. 
On  Sunday  after  the  Love-feast    above    refer- 
red to,  it  was  ray  duty,  as  well    as    my   sacred 
pleasTire.  to  help  in  the  visit  to  two  applicants 
for  baptism. 

On  Tuesday  following  we  started  for  Annual 
Meeting,  and  arrived  just  in  time  to  hoar  a  por- 
tion of  the  first  day's  proceedings.  We  enjoy- 
ed the  meeting  and  the  a-ssociation  of  the  dear 
brethren  and  sisters.  What  u  happy  time 
that  will  be  when  we  meet  on  the  other  shore, 
where  the  ransinned  church  of  (iod  will  have 
no  one  to  troul)le  its  borders  a  ad  cause  auhing 
hearts.  Be  faithful,  brethren,  and  make  no 
compromises  with  error  or  worldly  religion. 
We  hope  lo  meet  again  by  and  by. 

On  our  return  we  h-ariied  that  we  hud  several 
more  applitaiitt  for  baptism,  30  on  the  Loth  of 
June  eiglit  were  baptized  near  the  Welty  Meeting 
house.  There  is  joy  in  heaven,  and  why  should 
there  not  be  on  earth?  We  are  made  glad  to 
see  the  harvest  work  of  the  Lord.  Youuii  aud 
old,  take  up  the  crois,  aud  pronis^  to  follow 
the  Master  humbly.  0  what  a  cross  the  world 
thinks  it  is  thus  to  change.  But  it  is  the 
Lord's  doing,  and  wonderful  in  our  eyes.  May 
the  Lord  keep  them  n-^ar  the  cross.  Two  more 
were  baptized  July  liUh,  and  still  one  more  on 
the  27th.  We  are  made  irlad  beyond  expres- 
sion. 0  may  the  Lord  continue  to  work  about 
the  hearts  of  our  neighbors,  and  may  the  good 
work  -irow  among  uh.  Eleven  souls  have  been 
added  unto  the  church,  we  tru^t,  "such  as  shall 
be  saved." 

OUB  HARVK.ST  MEETUKJS 

are  over,  and  good  times  we  bad.  The  first  was 
held  at  Prices'  Meeting-house,  at  2  P.  M.  on 
the  '^Oth  of  July.  Our  home  ministry  officiated- 
Tlie  loOth  Psalm  was  offered  as  a  lesson  to  in- 
spire us  with  sentiments  of  toankegiving  for 
the  Lord's  bounty  we  are  allowed  to  share.  We 
were  told  that  we  have  abundant  cause  for  giv- 
ing thanks.  Not  only  have  we  been  spared 
fnom  famine  or  pestilence,  hut  we  are  permitted 
to  follow  our  avocations  of  life  uninterruptedly 
and  are  having  another  fruitful  year.  We 
should  remember  that  we  owe  some  of  it  to  the 
Lord.  There  arepoor  who  need  help.  The  la- 
borer should  be  well  paid  and  m.t  compelled  to 
take  extremely  low  wages.  Tli-n  the  church 
constantly  needs  money,  to  hold  its  Love*feasts, 
support  its  poor  members,  and  so  on.  We  can 
fitly  show  our  gratitude  to  God  by  aiding  lib- 
erally in  every  good  work. 

0)1  the  27th.  we  met  again  at  the  Welty 
Meeting-house  for  harvest  thanksgiving. 
Brother  Jesse  Roop  and  Brother  David  Long 
were  with  us.  Hymns  and  prayers  of  thanks 
were  offered.  Brother  Roop  spoke  upon  the 
words,  'The  goodness  of  Godleadeth  thee  to  re- 
pentance." Brother  Long  followed  in  a  hearty 
testimony,  and  called  us  to  duty  aud  diligence. 
Next  day,  Sunday,  Brother  Hoop  preached 
two  sernioiifl,  and  our  meetings  were  ended. 
One  was  added  by  baptism,  as  before  stated,  the 
same  bein<^  now  au  old  man,  and  having  long 
had  a  desire  to  he  numbered  with  the  Brother- 
hood. He  was  happy  in  his  obedience.  May 
he  he  happy  in  life,  and  in  death  triumphant. 

In  conclusion.  let  me  say,  brethren  and  sis- 
ters, let  us  he  awake  to  our  interests.  We  have 
only  one  human  lifetime  to  live,  and  by  obser- 
vation we  know  this  will  he  very  short.  Think 
of  the  great  work  we  have  to  do — "Prepare  to 
meetthyGod."  Jesus  will  helpus.  He  is  our 
only  helper.  Let  us  ever  meekly  follow  him. 
Yours  in  bonds  of  Christian  love, 

D.  B.  Mentzer. 
Wmjftesboro,  Pa.,  Aug.  7th. 


Echoes  from  the  South. 

Moving  Time— Harvest—  Thanksgiving  Meet- 
ings—Rejoicing at  Johnsville. 

"I  T  is  a  philosophical  axiom  that.  *'Natnro  ab- 


le proposition  that,  "Nature  abhors  a  pauj-e." 
There  is  emphatically  no  pauee  in  nature.  All 
things  move.  Forward — march,  rings  out  from 
the  great  telephone  of  Kternal  Throne.  The 
celeHtial  and  terre&tiu!  creation  bow  submis- 
sively to  the  divine  helust  and  duly  performs 
Iheirceasely  rounds  of  duty.  And  man  moves 
too.    This  I?  pre-eminently 


MOVING  TIMK. 
We  are  moving  animals.      We  would   more 
properly  say  we  are  migratory  beings. 

Our  fin-t  move  was  a  Siid  one— from  the  Iwau- 
tiful  garden  of  God's  presence  and  love,  to  the 
"low  grounds  of  sorrow"  aud  darkness.  Since 
then  we  have  groped  and  wondered  aud  stum- 
bled through  ages  oi  moral  iindi"piritual  degrar 
dation. 

Through  the  antediluvian   period,  through 
the    patriarchal  period,  through  the  Mosaic 
period,  through  storms  of   divine  judgmeut, 
through  seasons  of  blood  aud  tears  aud  sorrows, 
through  terrible  despotisms   aud    persecutions 
aud  great  wrongs,   through    incomprehensible 
heart  troubles  and  vexatious  and  disappoint- 
ments and  "manifold  temptations,"    througli 
struggles  with  the  Satanic  elements,  through 
the  most  amaxing  moral,  social,  political,  and 
religious  resolutions;  this   moving   world   with 
its  moving  swarms  of   immortal  beings  has 
plodded  its    weary  pathway  until   tlie  goitl   is 
miarly  reached.    And  still  it  moves,   aud  still 
We  move.     God   says  to  the   neople,  "Go    for- 
ward," and  we  go,  sweeping  onward,  the   rush- 
ing chariot  of  time   bears  us  to  the  verge  ot" 
life.    Let  us  stand  still  awhile  if  we  can.    Say, 
brother,  which  way  are  you  moving,  upward  or 
downward,  backward  or  forward?     Are  you  ad- 
vancing or  retreating?      Are  you  progressing 
or  digressing?     Now  look  in  your  diaries  and 
see.     Compare  the  entries  of  to-day  with  those 
of  last  year.     Do  you  love  God  aud    his    Book 
and  his  people  and  his  service  now    as  you    did 
theu?     Forward,  March.     Is  your  love   grow- 
ing painfully  less,  and  your  light  growing  dim? 
Rightabout  face, — Forward,    March.       Don't 
halt  a  moment. 

The  seasons  move  too.  How  bewilderingly 
rapid  do  the  seasons  chase  each  other  "all  tlu- 
year  round."  The  bleak,  frozen  season  is  hur- 
ried out  of  tht?  path  to  make  room  for  lovely 
Spring,  aud  it  falls  gently  to  sleep  in  the  lap  of 
SunniitT.  Why  we  are  right  in  the  midst  of  a 
bountiful 

HARVEST. 

Millions  of  animate  beings  and  creatures 
must  be  fed,  and  God  gives  his  annual  harvest. 
Reader,  do  you  know  God.  He  must  be  good 
who  is  kind  and  afl'ectionate  and  benevolent. 
Who  gave  us  that  nice  basket  of  blushing  to- 
matoes? Where  did  that  crati-  of  peaches 
come  from?  Thirty  bushels  of  wheat  per  acre 
did  you  say?  Aud  provender  enough  for  the 
beasts  next  Winter?  Corn,  oats,  apples,  ber- 
ries, fish,  game,  etc.,  why  the  earth  fairly 
groans  under  the  great  loads  of  rich  gifts. 

"Thank  you,  mam,"  said  a  little  miss  of 
twelve  bright  Summers.  We  love  grateful  lit- 
tle girls  and  boys.  It  don't  matter  how  cold 
and  hard  the  world  has  made  us,  we  will  love 
grateful  and  pretty  children.  They  are  out- 
posts ..f  the  beautiful  land  "over  the  river." 
Shall  our  Father's  children  be  less  dutiful? 
We  think  not.  "Except  we  become  as  little 
children,"  don't  if  say?  Let  every  congrega- 
tion of  the  faithful  appoint  a 

TIIASKSGIVJNO    MEEIINO, 

and  consecrate  a  day  for  special  prayers  and 
grateful  recollections.  Our  congregation  has 
uniformly  observed  this  practice. 

"What  shall  we  talk  about?"  asks  the  brother 
on  the  other  end  of  the  bench.  "He  sends  us 
rain  and  fruitful  seasons,  and  tills  our  hearts 
with  joy  and  gladness."  Take  that  ior  yoiir 
text,  and  try  and  make  the  people  acquainted 
with  our  Father.  Talk  about  how  our  country 
is  blessed  with  free  institutions.  Compare  our 
condition  with  the  condition  of  other  counlries. 
Compare  our  age  and  generation  with  thcsi; 
that  have  preceded  us.  Compare  our  religious 
dispensation  with  the  patriarchal  and  Mosaic 
dispensation.  Contrast  our  beautiful  religion 
with  the  other  so-called  religions  of  the  world. 
Compare  our  temporal  condition,  the  state  of 
our  pantry,  our  dairy,  our  ward  robe,  etc.,  with 
that  of  our  Kuropean  Eastern  fellow-beings, 
You  will  not  proceed  far  in  that  direction  till 
you  find  sufficient  cause  for  thanksgiving.  The 
factfl  are  indisputable  that  we  are  the  happiest 
conditioned  people  on  the  face  of  the  globe. 
Yes,  I  can  hazard  the  broad  asseveration  thnt 
the  world  never  saw  a  nation,  in  its  palmiest 
days,  more  widely  blessed  with  all  the  consti- 
tuteuts  of  happiness  than  ours.  Can  any  per 
son  gainsay  it?  Yet  wo  aw  not  happy.  Reif- 
less,  discontented,  murmuriitg,  grumbliug. 
fretting,  lusting,  worrying,  growling,  quarrel- 
ing, hating,  etc.,  is  our  daily  joys  frittered  away 
and  bartered  for  less  than  a  me«  of  pottage 
A  broad  bla/e  of  scientific  and  spiritual  light 
shines  with  almost  celestial  effulgence  from 
shore  to  shore  of  our  favored  land,  and  yet  w.- 
grope  and  stumble  through  the  weary  years  of 
our  short  pilgrimage. 

Our  herds  and  flocks  and  granaries  and  fields 
and  mines  and  manufactories,  etc  .  are  flowirig 
rivers  and  oceans  of  fatness,   and  yet   we  are 


murdering  our  joys  by  silly  feam  of  want  and 
starvation.  While  other  nations  are  glad  for 
cnimbs  that  ftlU  from  the  mft«tcr's  table,  we  rit 
at  the  festal  hoard  and  partake  to  natiety  of  the 
richly  crowned  feast.  And  yet  we  are  not  hap- 
py. Let  us  be  grateful  and  rememl>er  the 
thanksgiving  meeting;. 

We  were  happy  yesterday.    It  was  a  day  of 

IIKJOICINO  AT  JOHNSVII.t.E. 
Two  birds  from  the  fowlt-rV  net  escaped  \\m 
murderous  meshes  smd.  pluming  their   pinions, 
they  started  on  theirglorious  flight  to  the  realms 
of  peace  and  safety.     Two  of  Satan's  servants 
struck  for  better  wages  and  now  take  joyful 
employment   in    the    Father's  vineyard.    Two 
youthful  voyager*  over  the  ocean  of  time  took 
passage  on  the  good  old  ship  "Zion"  and  are 
ticketed  for  the  port  ot  glory.  How  we  rejoiced 
to  take  them  aboard.    They  came  in  at  the 
door  of  baptism,  with  profound   solemnity,  the 
consecratory  ceremonies.     It  was  indeed  a  sol- 
emnly, joyful  meeting  and  one  that  will  linger 
long  in  our  memories.    They  were  just  begin- 
ning to  work  out  the  grave  and  intricate  prob- 
lem of  life,  and  how  wine  to  put  themselves  at 
once  under  the  tuition  of  a  M&ater  so   wise  aa 
Our  Father."    We  bid   you   God  .speed,  dear 
young  brethren.    Go   forward  in  the  blessed 
work.     It  will  end  in  a  good  reward.     You  wilt 
have  to  wear  the  tjorn  crown  here.    The  iron- 
barbeil  cross  vnW  tear  the  Hesh,  but    be   patient 
and  you  will  "come  out  conc[uerors,   yes,   more 
than  comiueront  through  him  that  loved  m,  and 
gave  himself  for  us."  I).  C.  Moomaw. 


F.om  Scandia,    Kansas. 

l>..n-  lUrthrai:— 

IS0L.4,TED  as  I  am  from  the  main  body  of 
the  church,  and  biding  deprived  of  going  to 
hear  the  Brethren  preach  very  often,  1  feel 
somewhat  lonesome,  and  often  times  I  feel  a  lit- 
tle for.^aken.  The  good  Lord  knows  whether 
wl-  will  ever  have  a  church  here  or  not.  We 
hope  and  pray  that  some  good  minister  will 
come  and  locate  in  our  part  of  the  country.  I 
think  much  ood  might  be  done  here. 

We  were  rejoiced  to  see  Sister  Sarah  A.  Dag- 

tt  come  to  our  parts,  and  more  so  when  she 
purchased  a  farm  near  us;  for    i    think,  as  she 

II  settle  among  us,  that  will  be  the  means  of 
bringing  more  members  here.  She  iafroin  Ill- 
inois: a  aister  to  Brother  Lemuel  Hillery. 

We  have  as  good  a  country  heru  a*  can  he 
found  in  North-western  Kansas  any  where.  I 
see  in  our  ehuroh  papers  of  so  many  miniiiters 
traveling  East.  Why  not  more  come  West, 
where  tlwy  are  needed  the  most?  I  often  wish 
I  could  he  at  some  of  tin.-  good  meetings  I  read 
about,  but  have  to  be  cuiteiit  with  my  lot,  and 
hope  for  ab--'tter  time  and  more  mettinga  here. 
For  this  we  hope  aud  pray. 

LoLIfiA  J.  WlLUAJIS. 


Our  Periodicals. 

SINCE  there  is  a  dissatisfaction  concerning 
our  periodicalt,  cannot  the  church  get  up 
a  plan  that  will  give  general  satisfaction?  As 
you  have  got  apian  for  holding  .\nnual  Meet- 
ing so  let  us  have  a  plan  for  our  editors  to  pub- 
lish articles  for  the  church.  L^t  the  articles 
that  are  calculated  to  stir  up  strife  be  examined 
at  homo,  and  if  the  church  recommends  or  has 
no  objection,  let  them  be  published,  for  the 
church,  and  the  church  or  subscribers  pay 
them  for  their  labor.  Let  there  be  a  church 
paper  or  organ.  Let  the  churches  say  what 
shall  go  betore  the  public,  and  not  individual 
enterprises,  for  these  do  not  give  general  satis- 
faction. And  then  if  the  editors  publish  any- 
thing that  has  passed  the  churches,  they  will 
not  be  blamed,  but  the  churches  themselves. 
No  one  can  say  that  an  editor  has  the  power  of 
a  universal  bishop,  to  reject  or  publish  what  he 
pleases,  that  he  is  a  church  master  instead  of  a 
servant.  There  is  nothing  on  earth  that  can- 
not b«!  improved,  so  let  us  try  in  this  case. 
Daniel  Loku.^jcklkeb. 


From  Ashland,  Ohio. 

Dear  linihrcn: — 

OURchurch  here  is  in  a  comiuion  of  peace 
and  love.  We  have  about  sixty  comrau- 
nieauts.  and  a  number  will  headdi'd  shortly  by 
letter.  We  have  two  deacons  and  three  speak- 
ers. Have  services  every  Lord's  Day  at  3  P.  M, 
Our  meetings  are  always  well  attended,  and 
usually  we  cannot  obtain  room  inside  the  chap- 
el. We  have  no  Sunday-school  yet.  but  think 
of  organising  this  Fall.  W«  haw  a  Bible 
Meeting  every  Sunday  evening.  The  Brethren 
around  us  are  prospering,  aud  are  geuerally  iu 
union.  A  good  many  take  the  Bretrre.v  ax 
WmiK  ihh  year,  arid  like  it  firrtrate.  " ' 

S.  H.  Ba*hor. 


aiiii;  miEXHKiazsr  -A-i'  ■\voiiJi. 


-A.U, 


gust    ig 


^ps|irr  ^ui;i;ijsa. 


Some  contributions  are   from  the   olil  motht^rii '  deliverwJ  twodt' 
in  I»rael.     O.id  blR-i-i  tho  dear  si.^t^rx.    "latit  at  ■  otti'^ral  *2  I*.  .M., 


i.TiM.-'.  oneat  10:30  A.  M  .  tin- 
'in  the  lj*aiitiful  Iiarvt-st,    aii<) 


And  they  tli;it  l>o  wiiic  slinll  »hinc  ax  the 
brlglitne^s  of  tliv  llniiiiiiH>nt;  mid  they  thai  turn 
many  to  riphtf  uisni-.is,  as  the  At-ira  forever  and 
ever.— Dan.  12:  3. 


PMora,  Iowa.— One  sinter  bapti/*<I  tbo  3ril 
inat.  J.  I).  Hal:(1]itki,in. 

Garrison,  Iowa.— Our  church  wan  luude  to 
R!Joic«  to  *•*}!.'  more  precious  noulfl  come  out  00 
the  Lord's  aide  on  tlie  'ird  in»t.,  making  mix 
that  have  been  iiddod  to  the  church  tincf  lant 
Winter.  Our  church  »eem»  to  be  more  in  love 
and  union  sinc^^  thcHemiditiunit.  Mtiy  God  give 
US  grace  to  b»  mom  faithtul  and  attentive  ti> 
ourduti«H.  J.  M.  RinKNot  k. 

Blue  Ridge  Church.  III. —We  met  for  divine 
servic  at  titp  Brick  Scbool-houne.  lirothcr 
Bower*,  of  the  Urbaiin  Church,  preached. 
Theme, — Sftlviition.  We  next  attended  tn  the 
ordiDanc«>  of  baptiflni.  A  dear  nifil^rr  unit^'d 
with  the  people  of  Ood.  Brothr-r  .John  Barn- 
hart  ofKriati'd  We  trunt  !<he  hon  rineii  to  walk 
in  newne«n  of  life.  Oh  mny  we  all  bp  enour 
agedtos»e(he  lost  onen  returning  home  tf> 
God.  May  we  be  encourac'd  to  presM  onward 
and  upward,  to  tltat  when  our  warliire  in  ended 
wecan  iioar  over  the  ever  lantinf;  hill  into  the 
sanahine  of  et4Tual  tflory.        C.  BAiiNiiAnT. 

Campbell  Co.,  Va.— On  Saturday  Brother  n. 
A.  Beahm  and  the  writer  left,  for  Campbell 
County.  Nexl  morniiii;  Brother  Boaiini  preach- 
ed at  the  l''ctreiit  Schorjj-houso,  to  a  Iiirpe  audi- 
ence of  attentive  bearers.  In  the  evening 
again  ttt  Lyncb'H   Station. 

maniieHled.  luid  oiju  applicant  for  bnptiHni, 
After  repairing  til  the  Water  he  wa-t  led  down 
into  tile  waler  and  wiut  bapti/,ed  according  to 
the  apoHtolic  order.  Brethren,  remember  tlio 
peojile  around  Lyneli'd  Station.  Let  your 
prayers  anuend  in  behalf  of  them. 

L  A.  B,  lizasmtRuami. 


the  croft-i  and  first  at  the  grave,"  of  their  ri^en 
Lord,  and  are  ju»it  ax  eager  to  tabor  for  him  as 
in  days  of  old.  Then  agaiu  help  is  comiog 
from  the  dear  young  sixt^ra  who  arc  sending 
their  pathetic  prayers  for  the  nuccess  of  the 
CBiiBe,  and  (heir  tender  heartx  are  bleeding  for 
the  salvation  of  the  «inn'T.  May  God  bless 
the  entire  brotherhood  and  friend»  of  the  caune. 
trusting  that  help  mav  com"  in  fast  from  all 
(juarterH  and  that  the  evangelists  may  be  wt  to 
work  at  the  earliext  possible  movements. 

This  committee  aj^ks  the  prayera  and  awri.it- 
anccof  God'*  people  in  thin  noble  work,  and  by 
the  help  of  God  we  will  endeavor  to  do  the 
betit  we  can  in  prosecuting  the  work  to  the 
honor  of  Ood  and  to  the  glory  of  hi-*  name. 

We  shall  endeavor  to  select  brethren  that 
shall  constitute  the  evangelist  committee  to 
preach  the  gospel,  who  are  true  exponents  of 
the  Brethren V  doctrine aa  taught  in  the  Bible,  j 
and  who  are  true  in  Hpirit  and  nound  in  the 
faith  of  .leNUH.  As  to  the  length  of  time  the 
evangelintM  ithall  preach  and  alternating  with 
others,  ahall  be  determined  m  the  work  pro- 
grewen.  TrurtJiug  we  have  the  prayers  of  all 
GodV  people  in  this  work  of  evangelism,  I  re- 
main your  brother  in  Chriflt, 

S.  T.  B08SEBMAN, 
Sec'y  and  Treas.  City  Mission  Service. 

From  Monroe  Church,  Iowa. 


how  thankful  we  ought  to  be.  His  texL  in  the 
forenoon  was  from  Luke  12:  IR  to  end  of  2Ist 
vrw?:  how  Grti  ha?  bleated  u-".  (-tt  least  flome  cf 
um)  and  we.  like  the  man  in  the  parable,  tear 
down  our  bamK  and  build  gr*'ater  ones,  aud 
Gnd  would  say.  "Thou  fool,  this  nieht  shall 
thv  itoul  be  recpiired  of  thee."  Brother  Calvert 
thought  if  God  has  ble9<ied  u4  with  more  than 
we  need,  we  should  give  the  rest  to  the  poor,  or 
to  the  missionary  cause. 

.1,  H.  Miller. 


City  Mission  Fund 


Driir  Ihrtfircn.— 

Pl.HASIC  acknowledge   through  your  paper 
tlie  following  monies  received  to  be  appro- 
priated to  tlie  City  Mission  aervice: 

I.  K  Kjiirigh.  (.'ampbell.  Mich $  1.00 

Jacob  Horner,  Linden,  lod .,50 

Esther     "  "         "  .'J.-i 

Nancy     "  "        "  .05 

Abrahain  Toms,  Cairo,  Iowa 1,00 

W.  B.  Woodard,  Walker  "    1.00 

D.  Heiae,  Clarence  Centt-r,  N.  Y B  00 

W.  A.  Chirk,  Detiftnce,  Mo 100 

F.  T,  Biipp,  Shanrionville,  Pa 2.00 

H.  Harshberger,  Mogadore,  0 1.00 

I),  Stuni]>.  A  boite,  K  an 1.00 

.1.  C.  BfHcliy,  Summit  Mills,  Pa 1,00 

D,  C.  MiKitiiiuv,  McDonalds,  Va 10  no 

M.  M.  Diet/.,  Waterloo,  la 1.00 

A    A.  Ownly,  Decatur,  111 1.00 

K.  E  Teagueand  fatlier,  Covington,  0. . .     1.00 

C.  Tinkel,  Marion,  lud 50 

H. ,50 

P.  P.  Brumbaugh,  Cove  Station.  Pn. .  . .     2  00 

Sarah  Tridle.  Silver  Luke,  Ind 25 

J.  R.  Kisblt-r,  New  Albany,  hid 2.(i(t 

D.  Zuck,  Farmiugton,  III 1,00 

M.  C.  Christopher,  Peltou,  Mo 1  00 

A.  Rowland,  Silver  Lake,  Ind 50 

J.  Leckron.      "         "        " .50 

S.  Smith.  Seville,  Ohio \x>0 

D.  Bower^ox,  Modesto,  ('al l.OO 


/tftir  lirrihrFH: — 

IHE  good  work  is  slowly  progressing  in  this 
part  of  God's  moral  vineyard,  and  sinners 
(^lite  an  interest  I  are  t«till  enlisting  under  the  banner  of  King 
Emmanuel.  Some  lime  iif,'o  a  single  immer- 
sionist  held  forth  his  views  in  regard  to  bap- 
tism and  ftet-washing  bo  clearly  (  V)  that  some 
of  the  advocates  of  mono-baptiHm  thought 
that  the  "spiritual  house"  of  the  Brethren  hud 
been  demolished;  but  becau.se  of  the  rock  upon 
which  it  is  founded,  and  llie  word  of  truth 
with  which  it  is  braced,  it  withstood  the  cou- 
t<.'st, — it  being  of  God. 

So  far  this  year,  eighteen  have  been  baptized, 
being  the  immediate  result  of  the  labors  of  our 
home  ministers,  together  with  the  compliance 
of  the  injunction,  "Search  the  Scriptures." 

There  seems  to  be  an  increasing  interest 
awakened  in  regard  to  the  doctrines  of  the  Bi- 
ble as  believed  and  practiced  by  the  Brethren. 
May  it  continue;  and  may  the  Biikthren  ever 
bsj  AT  Work  proclaiming  the  "good  tidings  of 
great  joy,  which  shall  be  to  all  people,"  that 
sinners  may  be  brought  into  the  fold  and  enter 
into  the  service  of  the  Lord,  and  finally  meet 
his  approbation, 

Youra  Fraternally, 

Isaac  FI.  Millkh. 
Avery,  Iowa,  August  2nd,  1870. 


From  Soroerset,  Pa. 

/Ay/*"  lirtitimt' — 
riTHISis  Sunday  morning,  and  I  juiit  now 
1  read  your  excellent  article  on  "The  Foul- 
mouthed  Slaudererand  Abominable  Tittle  Tat 
tier,"  and  tlie  piece  following  it  called.  "What 
We  Need."  The  reading  of  those  two  articles 
has  railed  forth  my  sympafhies,  and  I  a?.sure 
you,  dear  H.  at  W,,  that  you  have  my  heart- 
felt sympathies.  1  hope  and  pray  we  may  all 
meet  at  last,  far  beyond  the  reach  of  such  an- 
noyances as  slanderers  and  tale-bearers. 

We  are  notaubscribers  toyour  worthy  paper, 
though  we  read  it  every  week  with  pleasure. 
We  exchange  with  our  neighbors  and  so  we 
get  five  of  our  church  papers;  so  you  will 
lleft*e  excuse  father  for  not  subscribing  for  it 
at  present,  though  we  received  your  kind  solic- 
itations and  a  copy  of  your  paper.  Thank  you. 
Uoi>e  thi^  delinquent  subscribers  will  pay  at 
once,  and  th;it  the  Lord  wilt  bless  the  B.  at  W. 
A  Sister, 


wastes 


gitt*  tli'-ir  doctrine.     Our    Brotherhoud 
thuu!<aU(lH  ou    tob,icx>0   and    table  dalnti 
luxuries  and  on  the  foolish    fautastics  of  f^L** 
ion,  and  give  but  little  or  nothing  to  the  ca 
of  the  Lord.  ^ 

Every  brother  and  sister  in  the  church  ouch* 
to  contribute  somithing  to  city  mission  servi 
At  least  I  think  so.      S<;nd   your   contribution 
at  once  to  Brother  S.  T.  nosaerman.  of  DunbirL- 
Ohio,  who  IS  the  Secretary    and   Treasurer  „I 


the  committee     chu>>en 
branch  of  the  Lord's  work. 


"'■e''  of 
to    superintend  that 


D.  C.  Muomaw. 


Ashland  College. 


BY  strict  economy  a  studentcan  take  ayear* 
course  of  instruction  at  Ashland  Collep 
tor  ^100.  Those  who  wish  to  perform  labor 
and  reduce  their  expenses  otill  farther,  should 
apply  soon,  that  tbey  may  be  accominodated 
College  opens  September  17th,  1879.  S^qj' 
fiir  circulars  to  S.  Z.  Sharp 


tiinonni[^mi[nfs 


OrB  mil'  i*  to  give  notices  '>iu  one  in.sertioa.  They  should 

itf  hrief,  ftH'i  wriiiuii  on  pspcr  separate 

Irom  nil  uiber  busiucsa. 


Danish  Mission  Report. 


Naperville    Church,    III.. 

Rdck  River        "  ''  . . 

Silver  Creek       "  "  . . 

Lanark                "  "  . . 

Arnold's  Grove  "  "  .. 
Fall  Creek 
Eagle 


0. 


.^2.00 

2  00 

5.00 

3  00 

2.50 

1.50 

, 2  00 

A.  J.  Myers,  Ohio 4.00 

2  00 

5.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2  00 

2  00 

.    -    5.00 
-  -   100 


Manor  Church,  Md. 
Botetourt  Church,  Va. 
St.  Vraiu  Church,  Col.. 
Danville  "  0  -  ■ 
Flat  Rock  "  Va  . 
Louis  Creek  "  "  . . 
Middle  River- 
David  Wei  Is,  Pa 


Total S;i3.00 

C.  P.  Rowland,  Treasurer. 
Lanark,  III.,  August  ith,  1879. 
(P.  C,  plense  fopy) 


M.  Shelly 

J.      '■ 

L      " 

G.  B.  Frederick    ' 

H.  Haines  " 

S,  A.  Overholtzer  " 

B.  Swartz 

P.  S.  Garman       " 

M.  Miller,  New  Paris,  Ind 1.00 

...  1.00 
...  .50 
...  .25 
. .  1.00 
.  - .  1.00 
.  . .  ..50 
...   10.00 


1.00 
1.00 
l.OO 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
100 


From    Carey,    Wyandot    County,    Ohio. 

Ikm-  liiithrvn:— 

WE  took  a  trip  to  the  Insane  Asylum  ut 
Columbus,  Ohio,  and  in  passing  through 
the  different  apaitmeuta,  we  were  impressed 
with  the  thought  how  poor  and  miserable  is 
the  human  family  iu  this  life.  In  looking  at 
the  diH'ereut  classes  of  people  inside  of  the 
walls  we  saw  old  fathers  and  mothers  whose 
fa ;  ids  are  gray  and  evidently  th  -ir  di  y  <  j  re  few 
in  this  life.  There  are  tlie  middle  aged  who 
have  children  at  homo  left  iu  a  cold  and  sinful 
world,  where  they  have  no  kind  father  or  affect^ 


Dcu 


From  S. 
'  Bre.thrm:— 


J.  R.  ■■     L-Jcke. 

8.  Sab,  Wakarusa,        "   ..... 

S.  Hoke.  Locke. 

F.  Anglerayer,  Locke,  " 

M. 

D. 

S.  T.  Bosserman,  Dunkirk,  0. 

Amount  rec'd  to  date §61,50 

Many  are  the  congratulations  for  the  City 
Missoio  Service,  by  the  donors  breathing  forth 
a  spirit  of  prayer  that  will  bring  God's  bless- 
ing down  upon  the  work.  Some  are  aged,  go- 
ing down  the  steeps  of  time,  and  ere  they  lay 
their  armor  down,  are  sendinj,'  their  mite  ac- 
companied with  a  warm  heart  felt  prayer  for 
the  success  of  the  cause.  Some  are  younger, 
and  full  of  energy  and  send  their  money  and 
voice 


iouate  mother  to  soothe  their 
away  their  fears,  or  speak  a  word  (»f  consola- 
tion iu  time  of  need.  How  thankful  we  should 
be  to  God,  aud  how  kind  we  should  bo  to  our 
parents  while  they  live.  After  they  ar«  dead 
then  we  have  done  our  duty  toward  them. 
There  are  some  there  tliat  nre  young  in  years; 
all  seemingly  to  have  lost  their  reasoning  fac- 
ulties. It  is  truly  a  sad  scene  to  behold.  There 
are  875  patients  and  225  employes,  making  a 
total  of  1,100,  We  were  kindly  treated  by  the 
officials  and  employes,  for  which  they  have  our 
thanks.  S.  W,  Lindower. 


FOR  the  ben'titof  those  brethren  coming  to 
Southern  Kansas,  [  will-state  they  can  se- 
cure round  trip  tickets  by  securing  an  order 
from  me  to  Emporia,  via.  of  Parsons  just  as 
cheap  as  they  cm  get  them  to  Parsons,  and 
thus  have  an  opportunity  to  see  the  beautiful 
Neosho  Valley.  From  Chicago  they  can  buy 
round  trip  tickets  at  101  Clark  St.  for  S.i6.  At- 
Ft,  Wayne  the  round  trip  ticket  will  cost  §132.60 
There  will  be  quite  a  number  of  Brethren, 
here  from  the  different  States  during  the  latter 
part  of  August  and  in  the  mouth  of  Septem- 
ber. Our  Love-f,ia'tt  is  on  tlie  last  Saturday  in 
September,  to  which  all  coming  are  invited. 
If  the  Brethren  coming  will  write    to    Brother 


LOVE- FEASTS. 

At  Waddam's  Grove  Meeting- house,  Steph- 
enson Co..  III.  Oct.  :iOih  and3l3t,  at  1  P.  M. 

In  Christian  County.  Ill,  five  miles  west  of 
Morrisonviile,  at  the  house  of  Brother  Peter 
Dow.  Sept  26  aud  27.  at  4  P.M. 

At  North  Solomon  Church,  Smith  Co.,  Kau, 
at  the  house  "f  Brother  John  Wagoner's,  Sept 
27lh,  at2P.  M. 

In  the  Franklin  Cliufhh.  jour  and  one-half 
miles  north-east,  of  L^on,  Decatur  Co.,  la,  Oct- 
ober 2ud. 

Six  miles  Svjuth  of  Iowa  Center,  Story  Co.  at 
the  residence  of  Brother  Samuel  Myera,  Sept 
25th  and  26(,h,  at  10  A.  M. 

Logau  Church,  Logan  Co.,  Ohio,  Oct.  2nd,  at 
2  P.  M. 

Panther  Creek  Church,  Woodford  County, 
III..  Sept.  25th,  at  10  A.  M.  Meeting  to  con- 
tinue over  Sunday. 

At  Black  River,  Medina  Co.,  Ohio,  Sept.  19, 
at  5  P.  M.     Meeting  to  continue  over  Sunday. 

At  Neosho  Church,  Neosho  Co.,  Kan.,  at 
Brother  Joseph  Garber's.  four  miles  north  of 
Parsons,  Kansa--.  Sept.  27th  and  28th. 

In  White  Cloud  Congregation,  Nodaway  Co., 
Mo.  September  20th,  and  close  the  2Gth  iu 
time  lur  District  Meeting.  The  meeting  will 
be  held. ^  miles  south  ot  Mayville  and  2  miles 
north  of  Aikoe. 

At  Spring  Creek  Church,  Kosciusko  Co.,  In- 
diana, Oct.  2-ith,  six  aud  one-half  miles  south 
of  Piercelon,  on  the  Pittsburg,  Ft.  Wayne  and 
Chicago  iV  l{ .  and  five  miles  north-west  of 
Collamer.  ou  the  E^l  Hi  /er  R.  It.,  at  10  A,  M. 

P.attValle:- Church,  Neb..  Sept.  13th  and 
Uth,  at  th«  houae  uf  Brother  Kinzer,  in  But- 
ler County,  seven  miles  south-west  of  David 
City.  Those  coming  from  the  south  stop  off  at 
Sewart,  will  inform  Brother  Eli  Armaghost  by 
letter,  at  Summit,  Butler  County,  and  he  will 
meet  you. 


a,  or  drive    , I.  J.  Solomon,  or  to  Brother   Andrew   Gulp,  c 
to  myself,  the  party  written  to  will  mee  t  them 
on  their  arrival. 

Parsons.  Labellr  Co  ,  Kan. 


From  Turkey  Creek,  Ind. 

Drar  Jintlirni.— 

THE  ark  of  God  is  moving  along  slowly. 
Since  my  lost  we  received  one  by  baptism. 
.\nother  one  who  has  been  confined  to  his  bed 
for  some  time,  is  willing  to  join  in  with  us  o-s 
soon  as  he  gets  able  to  be  taken  to  some  snit^i- 
hie  place  where  baptism  can  Iw  administered. 

On  the  lui,h  of  Auiiiwit  I    WHS    'o   Solomon's 
District  to  the   Thituksginug   MeeUiig.      The 


Ectioes  from  the  Antioch  Church  for  the 
Month  of  July. 

Ikar  BrcthreH: — 

THE  Antioch  Church  has  six  ministers  and 
five  deacons.  For  some  time  there  has 
been  meeting  at  eight  points  each  month;  this 
month  there  were  ten  meetings  v-ithin  the  dis- 
trict. Our  harvest  meeting  was  held  at  the 
Hart's  School-house,  and  a  very  pleasant  meet- 
ing it  proved  to  be.  After  a  short  sermon,  lib- 
erty was  given  to  each  one  that  felt  so  disposed 
to  make  a  few  remarks.  Upon  the  whole  the 
congregation  seemed  to  feel  thankful  unto  the 
Giver  of  the  bountiful  harvest.  Our  minds 
were  also  drawn  forward  to  the  time  when 
Christ  ^hall  gather  this  harvest  in. 

J.  W.  SoiTHwoon. 

A  Fragment. 


large  house  and    gallery  were    tilled,    leaving  a     1^  EAR  brethren  and  sisters,   are   you    doing 
large  crowd    on    the     outside.       Brother    Jes.se  '  L/      all  you  .:au  to  help  the  Lord  iu  the  battle 
,'0  on  in  the  strength    of  the  Lord    and    Calvert,  M.    Hes^.    L-;vi    Weaver,    D.    Rothen-  |  agai'ist  the  mighty?     Millions  of    money    are 
may  God  grant    saccess    to    the    enterprise."  |  berger  and  others  were  there.     Brother  Calvert  |  expended  by  the  advocates  of  error  to   propo- 


True  EvangeHcal  Obedience, 

Ciipiisi.-.  B.v  ,1,  W.  ,Sii?in,  bi'ing  one  of  his  Iweniy  ren- 
soiiH  forucliiiiii^o  ID  church  reUlions,  16  coma;  10 
copies,   fil  00, 

Truth  Triuophant.— Ill  six  inimbers  of  four  fiflget.  eacL, 
Bapliaiii,  Oriice  and  Truth.  Feet-wnshiug.  Broth- 
erly KiiKlDCHH.  Non-reBiaUnce,  Kon-Esaentiftliim 
Dieasurod,  and  Found  loo  Short.     Price  I  ceui  each,  or 

80  oenltf  per  hundred. 
The^Perfecl  Plan  of  Salvation,  or  Sufe  Oronnd.    Py  J.  H 
"havvirig    [lull  tbe    puailiou    occupied  by  the 
is  infallibly  safe.  10  ceuLs;  12  uopies,  $1.00. 

Any  of  the  above  works  sent  postrpaid  for  the 
annexed  price.    A[ldreas. 

BRETHREN  AT  WORK, 

Lanark,  lUinois. 


Bret  h  re 


W.  U.  R.  R.  TIME  TABLE. 


WEST  BOUND. 


. .  aw  P.  B. 


■"" 'I'-"  '"  We.i..ri.  L  nluu  JuiiolJud.  G.  A.  SM ITII.  A,!fiit 

PasHencei-s  lor  Chicago  should  leiwe  Lanark  at 
iii.i:;  I'.  M.iniii  tti  the  Wcfitern  Uiilnii  .lunrtmn; 
lirretbevnfi>a  wait  hut  live  minutes  for  the  CIu- 
(•iigo.  Milwjnikee  and  St.  I'liul  pxHsenger  iraiu.unii 
lljiisn'^uli  riiic;iL'oat7:4fi  tbe  same  vveninc-  T& 
ri'Hcli  Laiuirk  troui  CliicaKo:  L'o  to  Ft.  "Wavni-  de- 
j'-'t.  lakF-  tbe  rhlcaKo.  llihvaukee  and  St.  Taui 
ir.iiii  at  livr  ill  tlie  evening;  run  North  to  tlie  W. 
I  .  Jtiuctioii.  change  curs  for  Lanark,  and  arriv 
Nere  at  1 ::,-  iu  the  moininK. 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


''Behold  I  Bring   Yov,  Good  Tidings  of  Ortat  Joy,  iiihich  Shall  be  to  All  People."  —  Lukk  2:  10. 


vol.  IV. 


Lanark,  111.,  August    25,  1879. 


No.  35. 


EDITED  AKD  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 


ESHELMAN   &   HARRISON. 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


FiH-T  I' AGE— Stein  imd  Kav  Debate. 

i»xi'    PaoE— It  IK  sweet  to  1ie    Reiuenibeied; 

'*^,'!(-,iiiinati.m  of  Some    Objections   Agtiinst  the 

iiivnie  Oiigiii  ol  tUw  Bible.— Uewia  O.  Uumuitr. 

fTiiRi'  PAOE— City  Mipsioii  Service.— James  A. 
<ell;  Is  it  WUat  it  OiiRlit  to  bui"  Grieve  not 
the  Sjiii"  it.— Miuy  I-  Grater ;  Steiu  and  Ray  De- 
bat*'. 

FoVBTii  Paoe  —  Editorial— noes  the  Gospel 
permit  Women  to  Pray  or  ProplieBj  Publitly  i" 

VifTTi  PAGE— Editorials.- Some  OtliprThinRs 
1,1,1  preiuHiers;  From  C.  H.  BaUbaiigli ;  Home 
AL-iiin;  How  to  Send  Money;  Help  for  Pieinli- 
frs;    ManuHcriptiil;    Danisli  Mission  lleport. 

SiSTii  Page— Answer  to  Brotlier  "Wootl,- A.  W- 
Vaniman;  What  the  liible  aays  About  Divis- 
ions;   From  Palestine.- J.  W.  McGarvey. 

gBVESTU  Page— The  Difference  Between  Faitli 
aiul  Belief.— J.  W.  Southwond;  Statlereit  Sheep. 
—C.  U.  BalsbauRh;  A  Proposition.— D.  C.  Moo- 
iflaw;  From  Maple  Grove  Colony,  Norton  Co.. 
Kansas.— N.  C.  Workman ;  From  Laporte  Churuh, 
In,l._Tluir.ston  Miller.  That  Sister  in  Need.- 
Thurston  Miller;  Going  West;  To  Whom  This 
Mav  Concern.— H.  E.  Fadely;  From  John  For- 
itey- 

EieiiTU  Page- From  .1,  E.  Pfout/,;  A  Sad  Occur- 
rence.—J- H.  Miller;  From  David  Bowman. 


STEIN  AND  KAY  DEBATE. 


Prop.  Ist— Rrethren  (or  Tunker)  Churches  pos- 
sess the  Uible  Characteristics  which  entitle 
thera  to  he  regarded  as  Churches  of  Jesus 
Christ. 

J.  W.  Stein,  Affirms. 
D.  B.  Ray.  Deniea. 
J.  W.  Stein's  19th  Affikmative. 

IFR.\NKLY  acknowledge  that  I  have  not 
seen  tlie  work  of  Uro.  Mack,  Sen.,  from 
which  Mr.  U.quotes,aeitherhadl  seen  the  atate- 
ments  of  Bro.  Mack  Jr.,till  Brethren  called  my  at- 
tention to  them  since  niy  allusion  to  the  artic- 
les of  Messrs.  Brown  and  Edwards.  1  hope  my 
fm  years  with  the  church  and  the  multiplicity 
of  engagements  which  have  crowded  them,  will 
be  sufficient  apology  for  the  over-sight.  It 
still  remains,  however,  that  I  was  not  mistaken 
about  those  articles  being  "Bnptist  documents," 
inasmuch  as  they  were  not  reproductions  of 
Bro.  Mack's  article,  hut  were  compiled  by  Bap- 
thts,  and  my  attention  had  been  called  years 
ago  by  Bro.  Mooraaw  to  the  assertion  of  Mr. 
Brown,  that  the  Swartzenau  Brethren  "did  not 
hioio  that  there  were  niuj  Bupihls  in  the  icorld," 
as  being  incorrect.  That  is  "the  pari"  of  Mr. 
Brown'3  statement  that  I  referred  to  as  being 
''untrmr  I  hope,  therefore,  that  my  friend 
will  have  the  honor  to  withdraw  his  premature 
charge  of  "false  accuser"  and  other  viali>jning 
epiclwts,  and  have  Jif»)P  »■(■(/«>■</ to  Articles  '2,i 
and  6  of  Hedges  Logic,  by  which  he  agreed  as  a 
gentleman  to  be  governed  during  our  debate.  I 
regret  the  n-iceasity  of  alluding  to  this,  but  it 
seems  that  he  proposes,  since  his  arguments 
fuil,  to  try  the  virtue  of  personal  mnliyniiy  and 
open  insult .  Is  such  "the  Spirit  of  Christ?" 
Does  it  not  prove  his  defeat? 

I  do  not'questiou  the  correctness  of  Brother 
Mack's  statements,  as  he  had  an  opportunity  of 
knowing  whereof  he  affirmed.  But  they,  in  no 
way,  httVct  my  position  on  the  qiiestinn  of  true 
church  (succession.  T  have  never  claimed  for 
the  Brt^thren  uninlerrnpttd  rtUKcn**sioii,  through 
thp  WaldensH.H  or  any  othyr.-;  I.houiili  1  do  be- 
hove that  Bro.  Macl;  was  ii  Wald^nsian.  \  et 
1  plainly  admitted  that  the  modern  Waldenses 
h  id  ap  utati/.  'd  from  the  (inrifH<  faith  and  were 
BwJIowed  up  in  the  niovemcuts  and   names  ot 


the  llf-formation.  I  maintain  that  the  Breth- 
ren are  proptr  aicrtfssors  to  the  anrieiit  Wal- 
denses,  Albigenaes,  Nuvatians,  firtmitive  Cath- 
olics and  apnstflic  churches  because  they  suc- 
ceed them  in  adhering  to  the  same  principles, 
faith  and  practice.  Mr.  Ray  would  do  well  to 
coiisider  the  evidences  already  adduced  in  proof 
of  this,  ami  if  he  cannot  refute  them,  which  he 
has  not  yet  attempted,  to  bold  hJsi  peace.  His 
mere  assertions  only  fight  the  wind.  He  has 
persistently  refused  to  notice  my  arguments  on 
the  nature  of  church  succession,  and  hence  leaves- 
me  without  a  respondent  on  that  issue. 

When  the  ordinances  of  God  had  been  cor- 
rupted and  discontinued,  and  the  priests  had 
apostatized  from  the  teaching  and  practice  ot 
the  diviue  law,  and  even  forgotten  it,  and  Hil- 
kiah  found  the  bookot  the  law  (notice,  he  did 
not  receive  the  pure  ordinances  by  uniuterrupt- 
d  personal  succession  from  good  men)  and  Jo- 
siah  the  king  caused  it  to  be  read,  and  Israel 
■eturned  to  the  commandments  of  tlie  Lord,  and 
covenanted  to  walk  according  to  them  and  ob- 
served them  and  were  blessed  (see  2  Kings  23), 
were  they  *'blas])hemers?" 

Had  hados  prevailed  against  the  divine  theoc- 
racy?    Was  the  subsequent  ihui'ch  of  that  dis- 
pensation founded    itpou    Jo->iah?  or  Hilkiuhy 
Were  the    pt^ople  "presumptuou's."    "'blasphe- 
mous," hecaiiBe  they  dared  to  obey  (Jod  in    tlie 
midst  of  a  rebellious  and    apostate   generation? 
Were  Josiah   and   Hilkiah  "blasphemers"  be- 
cause they  were   nftrrmers — Goi/'s   instruments 
to  i:ecall  the  people  from    apostasy   and  error? 
Mr.  K.  canni)t  show  that  thn  church  of  God  in 
any    age,     whether    ante-diluvian.    Mosaic,   or 
Christian,  ever  depended  on  an  order  of  men,  or 
miinterrupied  persikini  succession;   Mr.  Powcli 
truly  remarks  that  "when  gospel  truth  haA  been 
preserved  against  error^  a  real  rerival  of  apos- 
tolic faith  and  gospel  holiness  has  been  brought 
about,  God  has    employed    men    not    in    this 
scheme  of  succession.     The  yospel  would  have 
perished  if  left  to  this  succession.    Man  corrupts 
everything.     He  is  not  to  he  trusted   with   so 
precious  a  treasure  as  Christianity.    God   keeps 
his  own  work  in  his  own  hands.  He  and  he  ontij 
holds  the  ke^^3  n/  the  ministnj  of  his  word. 
When   ministers   forsake   God,    God    forsakes 
them,"  (this  is   also  true  of  churchea."    "Hi 


baptize,  etc.     They  do  teach  that  men  may  de- 
»ort  the  devil,   forsake  sin.  and   then    become 
chri^tian8.     It  is  not  true  that  the  Brethren  de- 
rived their  baptism  from  "uninspired"  histories, 
but  having  "examined  diligently  the  New    Tes- 
tament," they  found  it  commanded   by  Christ 
himself  (Matt.  2S:  li'),  m  we  have  shown.    And 
the  very  fact  that  they  practiced  the  "primitive 
baptism,"  shows  that  it  had  not  ceased.    It  still 
previiils.    My  friend  may  denounce  it  as  "new 
baptism,"  but  he  cannot  point  to 'its  beginning 
this  side  of  the  great  ucmmisBion.     True,  he  as- 
serta,  in  his  Baptist   succes-^ion  (p.   Shb)   that: 
'*Ait«r  the  rise  of  the  Arian  controversy,  the 
Catholic^  originated  the  practice  of  trine  im- 
mersion."    Kor  this  bold  statement  he  offers  no 
proof:  of  course  he  has  none.  1  asked  him  in  sev. 
eral  kind  communications,   years   ago,    for  tht 
.voKjTf  of  this  information,  but  he   treated  my 
queries  with  silent   contempt.     I    have   proven 
tbe  statement  to  be  false,  hence,  it  is  a  citlutnny 
upon  the  truth:  and  now  1  ask  him   (if  he   re- 
gards truth,  as  a  pnife.ised  historian)  to  have  the 
honor  to  correct  it  aud  acknowledge  it  to  be  an 
error  as  publicly  as  he    has  declared   it.     Will 
he  do  it? 

But  Mr.  R.  thinks  the  Brethrens'  organiza- 
tion at  Swart/."nau  "blrts/ihcmous"  etc.  What, 
then,  must  In-come  of  the  Baptists,  and  of  him, 
inrfelhirshipiny  them  '^ 

Mr.  Hogger  Williams,  who  founded  the  Bap- 
tist church  at  Providence,  in  America,  "was 
baptized  by  one  Ilollimau;  then  Mr.  Williams 
rehaptized  hiua  and  some  ten  more."  "'March 
ltJ3i)."  See  Backus"  Hist,  of  New  England 
B-iptists,  (edition  of  17")  Vol.  1,  p.  106.  Mr. 
Williams'  apology  forstartiag  thus  church  was 
6s  follow*:  ''if  my  soul  coold  find  rest  in  joininii 
unto  any  of  the  rhurches  professinij  Chrixt  noie 
extant,  I  would  gladly  do  it."  Idem.  pp.  144. 
14.5.  We  further  learn  from  this  old  Baptist 
history  that  "this  Baptist  church  at  Providence 
appears  to  be  the  second  distinct  society  of  that 
denomination  in  all  the  British  empire."  Idem, 
pp.  US,  149. 

We  will  now  look  across  the  ocean  to  the 
first  chnrch  of  'Particular  Baptists'  in  London, 
and  in  the  world  as  far  as  we  have  ever  been 
able  to  learn.  "Several  persons  in  the  MOciety" 
(of  Independents)  "finding  that  the  cougrega- 


theu  raises  ui)  others:  he  sets  his  own    seal   to    tion  kept  not  to  their  first  principles  of  separa- 


iheir  piety,  doctrine,  labors  and  auflerings,  by 
making  them  abundantly  successful  in  the  cou- 
verson  of  sinners  aud  in  the  edification  and  ex- 
tension of  his  church.  The  residue  of  the  Spirit 
is  with  him.  The  hearts  of  all  men  are  in  his 
keeping.  He  can  raise  up  and  qualify  instru- 
ments for  his  work  from  any  <iuarter."  Christ 
says:  "He  that  hath  my  commandments  and 
kecpeth  tliem,  he  it  is  that  loveth  me:  and  be 
that  loveth  me,  shall  be  loved  of  my  Father,  and 
I  will  love  him,  and  will  manifest  myself  to 
bim."    John  14:21. 

According  to  n'y  friend  any  number  of  men 
may  have  Christ's  commandments,  but  cannot 
keep  them  unless  they  can  fiud  other  men  who 
have  an  on/anir  uninterrupft'd  personal  connec- 
tion, through  others 7((.-.7  lili-e  thnn.selirs,  to  the 
apostles,  to  give  them  the  privilege  of  obeying 
Christ.  He  and  his  co-n  orkers  "venture  to  sus- 
pend the  validity  of  their  own  ministry  and  or- 
dinances, and  the  whole  Christianity  of  all  their 
i"  ot"  unlnferrupted' 
the    Brethren    have 


people,  upon  this  doctria 

person  tl  succ  M*ion.     Thi^ 

never  done.     In  submitting  to  Christ's  author 

ity,  they  build  upm  him  (MtttT:  24.   25),   not 

upon  Bro.  Mack'^  or  any  one  else /«,  or  before 

or  ((/''■''  1"'!^.     My  friend  utterly  fails  to  show 

that  the  "faith  and  practice  handed   down"   by 

Bro.  U-ick  was  not  the  same  "handed  down    by 

Christ  and  the   npost"ei*."     All    true    christians 

•'hand  doirn"    U\^    'H'th     to    Mhpr^i.      !    ;isk  my 

friend  if  the  tirst  ehnstians  were    not    ._'.itliPr»^d  '  John  Miles,  who  afterwards  mma  to 

from  "uniiaptizid  alien-"'  after  having  b^en  im-  i  and  founded  the  church  at  Swansea. 

merged  by  John,  an   xtnbaptizel  man?     Where 

have  the  Brnthfen  ever  taiig'it  that   'children 

of  the  dfcil  an-ordimj  to  their  own  doctrine"  may 


tism,  and  being  also  convinced  that  baptism 
wa.'*  not  to  be  administered  to  infants,  but  such 
only  as  professed  faith  in  Clirist, desired  and  ob- 
tained liberty,  auifonned  themselves  into  a  dis- 
tinct church,  Sept.  Vi,  IGZ'i,  having  Mr.  John 
Spilsbury,  for  their  minister."  Idem,  pp.  101). 
107.  The  following  wts  Mr.  Spilsbury's  apology 
for  starting  baptism:  "Mr.  John  Spilsbury  ,pa9tor 
of  the  first  Baptist  etiureh  in  hondon,8ays:  "Be- 
cause some  think  to  shut  u[>  the  ordinances  of 
of  God  in  such  a  strait,  that  none  can  come  by  it 
hut  through  the  authority  of  the  popedom  of 
Rome;  let  the  reader  consider  who  baptized  John 
the  Baptist  before  he  baptized  others,mA  if  no  man 
did.then  whether  he  did  not  baptize  others,  he 
himself  beiny  unbapliz&i'^  Wearetautjht  by  this 
what  to  do  upon  the  like  occasion."  Idem,pp.  101, 
111.  Mr.  Benedict  the  Baptist  historian,  calls 
this"(wJffc6"^''''*'''."B'?nedict'8Uist.of  the  Bap- 
i3ts(editlon  of  1813).  Vol  1,  p.  IDS. 
Was  that  ^'blasphemous?" 
Mr.  John  Smith,  and  some  other  Episcopal 
diasidenta,  fo-ined  tlianselves  into  the  First 
Church  cf  "General  Baptists,"  in  England, 
about  1606  or  1608,  by  starting  baptism  anew 
also.    See  Robison's  Works,  Vol.  3,  p.  168. 

Respecting  the  origin  of  the  Welsh  Baptists, 
Mr.  Benedict  says:  "TheyiW  Baptist  church  in 
Wales,  of  which  we  can  give  any  clear  account, 
was  founded  at  Suansea.  in   that  country,   in 
164!'.     Th»   prinripnl    man  among    them    was 
America 
I  Massa- 
chusetts."   Benedict's  Hist,  of  Baptists  <1S13), 
Vol.  1,  p.  229. 
Mr  friend  tracM  a  large  prO}>ortioH  of  the 


American  Baptist  churchen  to  these  Welsh  Bap- 
tists.    See  B.Hptist    Succession,  pp    C3-74.     If 
thisyiPK/  Wtlsh  Baptist  church  at  Swam-ea,  had 
any  organic  connection,  it  wat  from  the   Bap- 
tists of  London  (whose  origin  we  have  notic*d), 
by  sending  "Mr.  John  Miles  and    Mr.  Thomas 
Proud."  to  London;  who  "were  well  received 
and  were  «oon  sent  back  into  their  own   conn- 
try  again,  and  were  instrumental    of  gathering 
a  Baptist  church."     Backut'  Hist,  of  New  Eng- 
land Baptists  (1777).  Vol.  1.  pp.  350.  351.     Mr. 
Backus,  this  Baptiat  historian,  ^jiives  us  the  fol- 
lowing from  the  "records"   of  thi»  church  in 
Wales,   gatliered    by    "Mile*."    and    "Proud." 
"When  there  had  been  no  company  or  society 
of    people,    holding   forth    and   profeaiing   the 
doctrine,  worship,  order,  and   discipline   of  the 
Gospfl,  according  to  the  primitive    inHtitution, 
that  ever  ui-  heard  of  in   alt   Wal^s,   since  the 
pitsfasij,  it    plea-sed   the    Lord    1 1  cboosie    thii 
dark  cotii'-r  to    place  his   name   in,  and    honor 
us,  undeserving  creatures,   with  the    happiness 
of  being  the  first  in  all  these  parts,  amontj  irhoM 
was  preached  the  ylorious  ordinance  of  baptism, 
mid  here  to  yuthrr  the  first  church  of  baptized 
believers  "     Idem,  pp.  350,  361.    Thus  the  Bap- 
tists originated  firom  self -constituted  and  .W/- 
haptized  churches,  who  substituted  one  backward 
dip  for  the  christian  ordinance  ol  immersion 
into  the  name  of  each  person  of  the  Holy  Trin- 
ity as  our  Lord  commanded.     Matt.  28:    19,     I 
niu»t  hei'f  say  to  my  friend,  ''this  proverb,  Phy- 
sician, heal  thyself."     I  am  still  of  the  opinion 
I  can  make  out  a  better  case  of  chnrch  saccess- 
ion  than  Mr.  Ray. 

My  friend  tries  to  evad<4  the  oath  question  by 
talking  about  "universal  application."  I  apply 
it  just  where  Christ  did,  to  the  members  uf  his 
church.  Ididnotsay  the  V.  S.  Qovernmeut 
wan  a  model  for  church  government.  I  a^ked 
Mr.  lUy  if  it  wns  a  "centraltTed  hierarchy," 
and  he  evadeK  my  question,  us  he  ha^  also  my 
qneationa  respecting  the  anointing.  He  misrep- 
resents us  again  as  having  a  "Congress."  Our 
general  couuCila  are  no  more  a  congress  than 
Baptist  associations  and  conventions.  It  give:5 
advice  and  refuses  fellowship  with  the  violators 
of  the  gospel. 

HRCAI'ITILATION  CONTINUEU. 

My  ;ird  reason  why  the  Brethren  possessed 
.'ith  characteristic,  was  that  they  baptize  by  a 
forward  buwiny  posture.  This  I  supported  by 
13  distinct  arguments,  to  seven  of  winch  Mr. 
R,  did  not  even  attempt  a  reply.  His  quibblea 
on  the  others  were  lost. 

My  4lh  reason  why    the   Brethren   posaessed 
this  c'naracteristic  was,  that    they   observe    the 
laying  on  of  liands  aud   prayer  after  baptism. 
In  support  of  this  I  ofl'ered  five  arguments  based 
respectively  upon:  (1)  Its  observance  in  the  ear- 
ly chucrh;  (2)  Its  primitive  prevalence;  (3)  Our 
obligationslo  retain H/i'M/«/iVtrt«litionB  (2  Thess. 
2:  l.i:  3;  6,  14);  (4)  Upon  the  fact   that    it    had 
never  been  repealed  by   divine   authority;   ('5> 
That  it  is  assigned  to  no  peculiar  period  or  con- 
dition of  the  the  church  more  than  is  ministe- 
rial ordination.    To  these  I  had  no  respondent. 
My  .">th  reason  why  the  Brethren  possess  this 
characteriKtic  was,  that  fhey  teach  that   perse- 
vering faith  and  faithfulness  in  wetl-doint;   are 
divinely  appointed  means  by   which    christians 
attain  to  eternal  blessedness  and  fruition.  Mark 
10:  31;  Rom.  2:   7;  1    Tim.  6:  12;    Heb.  11:  13. 
To  these  I  had  no  respondent. 


BY  P.  C.  MOOUA«, 

Did  you  say,  brother,  that  I  am  begaiog  too 
much?  The  church  commissioned  me  twelve 
years  ago  to  beg  the  [>eople  to  serve  the  Lord, 
and  1  have  been  and  am  determined  as  mueh  as 
in  me  lieth  to  dwciiarge  that  sacred  trust,  and 
I  hope  the  dear  brethren  will  judge  me  wilh 
righteous  judgment,  and  in  the  meantime  send 
their  love-ollering  toS.  T.  Boiss^rman;  UuukirV. 
Ohi't,  tivasurer  of  the  ('ity  MJ?*ion  S*rvic*. 


Many  an  arroi 
rows. 


'-smith  is  shot  by  his  own    ar- 


THE    MliKTHJitElS^    ^T    WOKKl. 


-^tagust  o_^ 


IT  IS  SWEET  TO  BE  REMEM 
EERED 


IT  i*  sweet  to  bi'reni<»mlier«J. 
Even  when  life's  sky  ts  bright. 
It  iuMm  iii'W  fracriiiire  tii  the  ph-nnnre. 

NeiT  radiance  to  the  light. 
And  birds  umong  h-afv  l>r:uu  litwi, 

Sinft  vi'iih  s»vc>-!i-r  tune — 
llt)|>e's softer  fin-  it  kin<ik'th, 
To  know  we're  not  alone. 

It  is  dwcct  to  be  reiiieinhpred, 

Wlit-n  bV'vs  nre  dark  witli  g\uom. 
And  tried  and  tnmted  friendahiiis, 

Arv  bnried  in  the  tomb. 
It  miikes  our  heurlA  (iron-  lighter, 

When  htilli  in  urowiiig  dim, 
And  lilt*  our  spirit»  licuvcnwnrd. 

To  trust  and  lean  on  bim. 

It  is  9»veet  to  be  rememhered. 

By  the  loved  oiien  far  ftwuy, 
And  ilie  kindly  words  thiy  ^nid  in  us, 

Sh.'d  a  gpnth*,  ilu'eriiig  ray. 
Ohiarn  tt-fwlill  n-nienibcrpd. 

S.iy  we  softly  through  our  ti-nr^'f 
Do  (hey  ki'cp  our  memory  Ka<;rfd, 

Tliroagh  the  weary  toilsome  yarsr* 

If  in  Hwe^t  tit  be  n-nifnibered, 

Wli'*n  tli'i  dying  hour  in  near. 
And  the  prayer.-'  of  our  l>eloved. 

Milk'-  uttr  fuith  more  jiurvniid  clear. 
And  »"  death's  dark  nhndowy  niigel 

A  lurieiy  Hinile  iH  given; 
All!  it  is  bh'ssr-d  to  hp  ntnicnilK'nd 

iiv  that  belter  Krii  iid  in  hfiivrii. 

.Sel.rl.'d  by  Makv  Chk^'S. 

BAPTISM   FOR  THE  REMISSION 
OF  SINS. 

IIY  W».  JIIIIKM'OII. 

^'(-Mll^:tI  ir. 
'■Ke])pnf.  and  he  hapti/.-d  every  one  of  yoii    in 
the  inmie  of  Jesus  Chri»t  for  the  remiflsiou  ot 
sins,"     Acts  -J:  ;!S. 

OATTISM  fur  till-  iciniMHiou  of  sinw. 
^^  "Jii.'pHDt  Hiid  lu^  lutptized  ev(;ry 
yue  of  you  in  the  name  of  Jesus  Chiist, 
for  the  reinissiuii  of  sins."  Aet«  2:  ;is. 
lu  oi'tl<T  to  comply  fully  with  this  com- 
lujiiul  three t;onilitij>n«  nre  neeeNMiuy.  1. 
To  Ijelieve.  2.  To  repent.  3.  To  be 
(>a}>tizei:l.  Ileuee  bnptiem  Is  designed 
only  fwr  tliose  who  can  receive  it  under 
thi)Ke  eonditions.  To  such  it  is  not  a 
source  of  pardon  unless  tho.»<e  conditiouM 
aiv  Jointly  complied  with.  These  nre 
<livinely  appointed  means  by  which  all 
may  receive  jjardon.  Christ  says,  *'i'>.\ 
cept  a  man  be  born  of  water  and  of  the 
Spirit,  he  cannot  enter  into  the  kingdom 
of  God." 

Man  is  composed  of  body  and  spirit, 
both  of  which  have  sinned.  The  liody 
belonirs  to  Christ  aa  well  as  the  spirit; 
they  are  both  his  by  redenij)tion;  both 
are  to  glorify  God.  The  body  is  giveu 
to  Christ  in  baptism,  while  the  spirit  is 
renewed  by  the  Holy  Ghost;  and  the 
luau  is  born  of  ^vateI■  and  of  the  sj)irit, 
witii(put  which  he  cannot  enter  into  the 
kingdom  of  God.  Therefoi-e  Christ  gave 
his  apostles  a  great  commission,  saying, 
*'(io  ye  tlierefoi-c  and  teach  all  nations, 
ba]»tizing  them  in  the  name  of  the  Fath 
er,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy 
Ghost;  Teaching  them  to  observe  all 
things  whatsoever  I  have  commanded 
you,  and,  lo,  I  am  with  you  alway,  even 
unto  the  end  of  the  world."  Matt.  "JS: 
VJ,  iMi.  Here  are  two  specifications  of 
Juty;  first,  teaching;  second,  baptizing, 
but  when  we  add  the  testimony  of  Mark, 
Luke,  and  John,  we  learn  that  there  are 
live  specifications  of  duty  given  in  this 
great  commission.  First,  teaching  or 
preaching;  second,  belief  or  faith;  third, 
repentance;  fourth,  baptism:  fifth,  re- 
mission  of  sine,  or  pardon. 

Taking  the  event  of  our  subject  into 
consideration  we  find  that  teaching  or 
preaching  is  ^vhat  I'eter  was  doing.  To 
believe  or  Lave  faith  is  what  the  Pente- 
costian  Jews  did;  to  repent  is  also  what 
they  did;  to  l>aptize  is  what  those   did 


o  whom  Christ  gave  this  great  commis 
*ion  which  e.\teuds  to  the  end  'of  tinm. 
I"o  remit  or  pardon  sins  i»  what  God  did, 
ind  always  will  do  when    these   specifi 
'•at ions    are    properly   complied    with. 
There  is,  howpver,  but  one  sjH'cification 
upon  which  there  is  any  gre.it  difference 
■  >f  oi>ini'>n  in  regard  to    the    inanm-r    in 
which  they  should  be   complied    with, 
ind  that  in  baptism.     Christ  says,  *'IJaj> 
'izc  them   in   tlie    name  of  the  Father." 
Here  is  an  asflemldage  of  words  express- 
ing an  idea;  it  is  imperative;  it  express 
>fs  a    command.  To   comply    with   ihif* 
command  re<|uires  action;  it  is  also  trans 
itive  having  for  iu  subject    you  or  thou 
iiaderstood.     Baptize,  the   verb,    them, 
the  object.     Here  iH  action  e.vpressed  at* 
paHsing  over  from  the  subject  or  admin- 
istrator to  the  oltjeet  or  receiver.  There 
fore  when  an  .administrator  says,  '*!  liap 
ti/,e  thee  in  the  name  of  the  Father,  and 
Ihe  oliject  or  receiver  receives  no  action, 
the  administrator  does  not   do   what  he 
says,  he  therefore  does  not  obey  the  Sa 
vior's  command,  and  besides  tells  an  un 
truth;  but  we  pass  on  to  the  ne.xt  word; 
and  is  a  co-onlinate,  copulative  conjunc 
tion  connecting  sinidar   elements,    then 
we  have  the  same  subject  repeating  the 
same  action  njion  the  same  object  or  re 
ceiver,  in  another  name;  hence  if  the  ob- 
ject receives  no  action,  he  lnt)ora    under 
the  same  misfortune  that  he  did    Ijcfore, 
and  the  administrator  commits   another 
vitjjatioti  of  Christ's  command,  and  tells 
another  untruth.     He   says,   "I    baptize 
thee  in  the  name  of  the  Fatlier,"  but  he 
does  not,  then  he  says;  "and  of  the  Son," 
but  he  does  not,  then  he   says;  "and  oi' 
the  Holy  Ghost,"  and  does  what  he  says, 
using  tlie  same    connective,    having   the 
same  oftice,  he  being  the  same   adminis- 
trator, expressing  the  same  action    ujion 
the  same  object  in  the    third    name,  yet 
the  first  action  has  just  taken  place.  "0 
consistency  where  art  thou!" 

A  prominent  writer  upon  this  subject 
brings  up  the  issue  before  us  in  these 
words:  "Son  is  a  noun  in  the  objective 
case,  and  must  have  the  preposition  of 
to  govern  it.  Of  is  a  preposition,  and 
must  have  the  noun  iKwie  understood 
before  it  as  its  antecedent  term  of  rela- 
tion. Name  is  a  noun  in  the  objective 
ca«e,  and  must  have  the  preposition  it. 
understood  to  govern  it.  /;*,  a  prepo 
sition  must  have  the  participle  baptiz' 
ing  understood  as  its  antecedent  term  of 
relation.  JJaptizlng,  an  active  transi- 
tive participle,  must  have  the  pronoun 
ye  understood  as  its  nominative.  Just 
in  this  same  manner  and  just  as  simple 
and  jilain  is  the  secondary  sentence," 
and  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  to  be  analyzed 
and  parsed  under  the  same  rules. 

We  will  now  endeavor  to  explain  the 
meaning  of  the  language  of  the  commis 
sion  in  such  a  manner  that  those  can  un- 
derstand who  do  not  understand  the  rules 
of  grammar.  If  I  wny,  I  raise  my  corn 
in  Indiana,  and  in  Illinois,  and  in  Iowa, 
ftud  only  plant  in  Iowa,  and  you  would 
learn  the  facts  in  the  case,  you  would 
certainly  think  I  had  told  you  an  un- 
truth. Notwithstanding  it  is  parallel 
with  single  immersion.  The  single  im 
mersionist  says,  "I  baptize  thee  in  the 
name  of  the  Father,"  but  he  don't  do  it, 
I  say  I  raise  corn  in  Indiana,  but  don't 
do  it;  he  says,  "and  of  the  Son  "  but 
he  don't  do  it.  I  say  and  in  Illinois, 
but  don't  do  it;  he  says,  ''and  of  the  Ho- 
ly Ghost,"  and  performs  the  action  of 
immereion.  I  say  and  in  Iowa,  and  raise 
a  crop.  AVe  certainly  think  the  immer- 
sionist  would  lack  as  much  truth  in  his 
case  as  I  would  in  mine.  If  we  reverse 
the  case,  the  administrator  says,  "I  bap 
tize  thee  in  the  name  of  the  Father,"  and 


perform  the  immersioD.  lie  doe*- 
jilBt  what  ha  says;  then  says,  "and 
of  the  Son,"  and  performs  the 
inimersion ;  again  he  does  what 
he  s;iys:  and  then  says,  "and  oi'  the 
Holji  (rhnst,"  and  performs  the  third 
immerniou.  He  has  done  just  what  the 
Lord  told  him  to  do,  that  is  he  has  per 
formed  one  baptism. 

Again,  if  1  say  I  raise  corn  in  Indiana, 
and  produce  com  there  I  do  just  what  1 
ay;  and  in  Illinois,  an<I  raise  a  ijuantity 
of  corn  there,  I  again  do  what  I  say,  an<l 
in  Iowa,  and  plant  and  harvest  a   ipian- 
tity  there,  I   will    then    have  done  just 
what  I  said  I  would.     I  will  then   have 
raised  one   crop,    although    it  required 
three  etforts  to  raise  corn  in  thiee  States, 
Just  so  with  baptism,  it   requires   three 
efforts  to  baptize  into  three  names,    aud 
constitutes  one  baptism.     Then  we  have 
"one  Lord,  one  faitJi,  one  baptism."  Eph. 
4;o.     And  we  firndy    believe  that   the 
)mia8ion  of  immersion  in    the  first    two 
names  destroys  the  validity  of  baptism, 
from  the  fact  the  candidate  is   not   bap- 
tizfd  in  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ,   or  of 
the  Son,  (another  title  of  the  same  per- 
son).    Christ  distinctly  says,    "He    that 
entereth  not  b}'  the  door  into  the  sheep 
fold,  but  clirabeth  up  some    other   way, 
the  same  is  a  thief  and  a  robber."  John 
10:  1.     He  further  says,  "I  am  the  door; 
by  me  if  any  man  enter  in,  he   shall   be 
saved."     John  H':    ii.     Again   he   says 
"No  man  cometh  to  the  Father,  but    by 
me."     From    these    Scripture   p:i.ssage8 
we  find  that  Christ  referred  to  the  chtirch 
when  speaking  of  thesheepfold  of  which 
he  himself  is  the    door;    he   is  also    the 
Shepherd  aud  went  in  at  the  door  when 
he  was  baptized  of  John.     Entering    in 
at  this  door,  is  to   be    baptized   in    the 
name  of  Jesus  Christ,  which  is  also  put- 
ting on  Christ,  by   which    we   can   also 
come  to  the  Father.     Before  we  proceed 
fui'ther  we  wish    you  to   bear   in    mind 
that  there  is  no  command    or   ordinance 
given  in  the  word  of  God   wherein  the 
name  of  Jesus  Christ  is  ever  invoiced  up- 
on a  penitent,  wishing  to  come  into    the 
fold  of  Christ,  except  in  the  ordinance  of 
baptism,  let  the  form  of  the   name    be 
what  it  may.     "Then  how  shall    we  es 
cape  if  we  neglect   so   great   salvation.' 
Christ  says  if  we  enter  in  at   this  door, 
we  .shall    be  saved,   saved  from  what? 
Our  past  sins,  that  is  our  sins  shall   be 
remitted  or  remembered   against   us  no 
more.     This  proves    clearly   that  Peter 
knew  what  he  was  doing  when  he  spoke 
the  words  or  language  of  our  subject  to 
the  Peutecostian  Jews  than  to  those  who 
are  desirous  to  come  into   the   fold,    we 
would  say  follow  the   example    of  the 
Shepherd ;  go  to  the  river  or  where  there 
is  mufrh  water,   then   do   as  Philip  and 
the  Knnuch  did,  go  down  into  the  water, 
then  do  as  Paul  says,  be  buried,  be    bu- 
ried in  the  name  of  the  Father,    and    of 
the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost,   (as  the 
Savior  Commanded),  for   the    remission 
of  sins,  calling  upon    the   name   of  the 
Lord.     This  done,  you  may  go  in   and 
out  aud  find  pasture,  that   is,    you   m*iy 
then  walk  in  newness  of  life,  and  grow 
in  grace. 


for  it  is  evident  th.it  infidels  are  alwav 
seeking  for  truth  and  never  able  to  finj 
it.  In  the  first  place  infidels  have  q 
knowledge  of  truth,  and  can  therefor 
not  find  it.  If  a  man  sought  peaches  in 
an  apple  orchard  lie  would  nut  finj  ^^^ 
or  if  a  man  imagined  that  a  peach  ^J 
an  apple,  he  would  feel  sure  hf  had 
peach,  when  in  fact  he  had  an  applg 
Before  a  man  seeks  for  truth  he  muat 


know  what  truth  is,  or   else    he 


cannot 


EXAMINATION   OF  SOME  OBJEC- 
TIONS AGAINST  THE   DIVINE 
ORIGIN  OF  THE  BIBLE. 

riYT.Bwi^o.  nriiMEK. 


XlMHEi;    1. 


the 
any 


OOME  person  sent  me  a  copy  of 
^  Iru'ih  Seeker  in  which  are  n: 
objections  against  the  divine  origin  of 
the  Bible.  Truth  Seeker  is  the  most 
appropriate  name  for  a  liberal  paper  that 
could  be  found  in  the  English  language 


find  it,  and  then  he  must  have 
knowledge  of  the  means  by  which  to  fi^^ 
the  truth,  or  else  be  cannot  find  it,  »! 
though  he  had  a  knowledge  of  truth.  If 
is  however,  doubtful,  whether  a  xa.hn 
can  have  a  coi-rect  knowledge  of  truth 
and  be  ignorant  of  the  means  Iiy  which 
it  is  acquired.  The  man  that  h.is  a  cor- 
rect  knowledge  of //viM  is  a  philosophtj. 
in  the  true  sense  of  the  wonl.  and  ing. 
dels  are  the  men  that  nee  destitute  of 
this  knowledge,  and  th(  rrf..re  the  dupes 
of  their  own  sophistry.  The  copy  of 
the  I'ruth  S<'t'k('r  now  before  me  is  a  fair 
repi'esentation  of  this  fact,  fur  it  is  ]ikg 
all  other  objections  that  have  ever  been 
urged  against  the  divine  origin  of  the 
Bible — entirely  irrelevant,  aud  has  no 
more  direct  bearing  upon  the  issue  than 
it  has  upon  the  tides  of  the  ocean. 

The  Tndh  Seeker  heads  his  article 
"Interrogatories  to  Jehovah,"  and  then 
starts  out  in  the  following  strain:  "Great 
Jehovah,  are  there  not  many  character- 
istics appertaining  to  thy  revealed  Word 
not  yet  alluded  to,  which  are  well  cab 
culated  to  shake  the  confiilence  of  think- 
ing peojde  in  its  divinity.  While  it  nar- 
rates the  occurrence  of  many  events  im- 
possible to  have  taken  place  in  unison 
with  the  laws  of  the  Universe,  which 
are  never  superseded,  does  it  not  omit 
to  state  important  eras  and  events  which 
have  had  k  certain  existence? 

Does  not  the  Bible  fail  to  say  any. 
thing  about  the  upheavel  of  mountains 
and  continents  which  is  now  well  known 
to  have  occurred  from  time  to  time  since 
the  earth  existed; 

By  the  marine  shell  deposits,  sea 
sliells,  etc.,.  which  have  been  formed  on 
tlie  summits  of  the  highest  mountains  in 
the  world,  like  the  Himalayiis  in  Asia, 
and  the  Alps  in  Europe,  and  many  of 
themountaina  and  hillson  this  continent, 
have  we  not  conclusive  proof  that  they 
once  emerged  from  the  bed  of  the  ocean? 
The  'JV/f.ih  Seeker  goes  on  with  a  long 
list  of  similar  "interrogatories"  and  this 
i.s  his  ;!-lth  No.,  so  that  it  would  require 
a  long  time  to  examine  them  all  if  we 
had  them,  but  as  this  No.,  must  have 
been  considered  unans^verable  or  one  of 
the  best  out  of  the  ;U  numbers,  (or  else 
it  would  not  have  been  sent  to  me.)  I 
will  devote  some  time  to  the  examina- 
tion of  this  No.,  and  show  the  weakness 
of  such  objection^.  Although  these  "in- 
terrogations" are  likeall  other  objections 
against  the  origin  of  the  Bible — irrelevant 
ana  do  not  deserve  an  answ^er,  yet  I  feel 
like  exposing  these  silly  objections. 

Can  any  man  that  thinks  such  inter- 
rogations have  auy  bearing  against  the 
real  issue,  ever  expect  to  find  the  truth? 
The  only  time  the  TrfUk  Seeker  touches 
the  issue,  he  assumes  the  very  point  in 
debate,  and  then  goes  on  like  a  wild  man 
that  just  entered  the  arena.  "^Vhy  does 
the  7'rut/i  Seeker  not  sustain  his  allega- 
tions by  competent  testimony  instead  o( 
simply  denying  what  it  is  his  business 
to  prove?  ' 

He  says  the  Bible  "narrates  the  occur- 
rence of  many  events  impossible  to  have 
taken  place  in  unison  with  the  laws  of 
the  Universe,  which  are  neversupersed- 
ed."  That  it  is  "impossible"  for  these 
'events"  to  "have  taken  place  in  unison 


rHK    liKK.XMJ<J^>:    ^VT    AVOKKl. 


tbe  laws  of  the  L  iiiverise,"  we    Doti  Wn  enUrvly  useless  to  atiem^'t  to    iiiln* 


liuil>    l>wt     cout«ud.    but  these 

"^"'■^pts"  tlid  take  place  which  the  Truth 

•/Ari'  deuiey  is  just  whiit  we  affirm,  and 

.  st  «-hat  fstAblishes   the   diviue  origiu 

^"ffhe  Bilde.      Now  if  the  'frufh  Stekn- 

p,uv(*  by  oonipi'tent  lestiiiiouy    that 

I  it>  "t'veiits  did  not   take    place,   then 

.    ,„,ifit  I'e  considered  the  victor,   Imt  if 

o.iiiU'^t  do  this  the  liattle  is  lost.   Xow 

..■j,e  could  have  furnished  any    compe- 

,„t  testimony  on  this  point,  why  did 
1,P  iiass  this  point  with  a  mere  dt^nial. 
i[j5  whole  proceedings  show  him  to    be 

iihfi'  incompetent  to  defend  his  case  fw 
A^  want  of  competent  testimony  or  else 
■  ^Qoiant  of  all  Inwn  of  controversy.  If 
iJ^.  Truth  Seeker  thinks  his  readers  are 
^,  faioiliai"  with  the  testimony  from  its 
iisuftl  introduction  that  he  deemed  it  un- 
nt-cfssary  to  give  it  here,  1  would  just 
rfQiiuil  him  that  the  testimony  usually 
„liVicil  on  his  point   is    irrelevant,    and 

,^uM  nut  come  into  any  court. 

The  tfslimony  usually  urged  or  otlVr- 
4  has  no  more  bearing  upon  tlie  alle 
gfltion  than  it  has  upon  the  tides  of  the 
oceail.  Nati  uk  is  the  only  witness  that 
iutidels  ever  bring  upon  the  stand  to  tes 
lijiy,  Xow  just  bow  nature  can  testify 
jiitliis  case  is  more  than  I  can  see.  How 
,.iiii  Nature  prove  that  her  laws  "were 
,;iiMciseded"?  Would  N.iture  be  a  com 
|iet.-nt  witness?  Any  man  that  will 
liriiiij  Nature  into  court  as  a  competent 
nituess  shows  himself  ignorant  of  the 
first  piiuciples  of  controversy,  and  will 
iievfi'  liud  the  truth  and  if  he  seeks  for 
it  niitil  he  is  gray- headed.  If  the  Truth 
Snlrr  contends  that  Nature  is  a  com- 
jipteDt  witness  in  the  refutation  of  this 
iiii^.stion,  will  he  be  kind  enough  to  tell 
LUf  what  would  be  competent  testimony 
toe^tfddish  the  affirmative?  Does  the 
Truth  S,-A-er  think  if  the  Bible  said 
something  about  tiie  upheavel  of  moun- 
(aiu?,  that  the  divine  origin  would  then 
be  established?  If  the  objection  is  valid 
ftud  di-'<provc's  the  divine  origiu,  would 
it  itul  prove  the  affirmation  or  the  opo- 
site  side.  If  that  is  all  that  is  essential 
!o  the  evidence  to  establish  the  divine 
origin,  then  I  must  confess  the  infidels 
bave  a  great  deal  of  "common  sense"  or 
■'reason,"  and  Christians  have  none.  If 
I fmd  in  the  Bible  what  every  school 
liDy  could  tell  me  witbout  any  revela- 
tiou  from  God  I  would  certainly  feel  as- 
sured that  it  was  of  divine  origin,  but  if 
I  was  to  find  such  intbrmation  that  was 
impossible  to  be  acquired  through  any 
natural  channel  claiming  God  as  its  au- 
thor I  would  of  course  think  that  was 
all  I'osh,  and  that  the  author  was  a  man. 
What  wonderful  reasoning  powers  these 
iufi'lels  have!  If  the  Bible  only  contain- 
ed some  account  of  "the  upheavels  of 
mountains"  how  conclusive  the  evidence 
would  then  bel  How  readily  would  in- 
fiiieLs  accept  the  Book  then  as  the  ju'o- 
duction  of  God!!  AV'hat  force  there  Is 
then  in  the  Truth.  Seekcr'.s  ohjections 
Viheu  they  are  reversed  and  used  in  the 
atHrmative  instead  of  the  negative!  If  1 
coiilct  otier  no  better  arguments  to  the 
world  than  the  Truth  Seeker,  I  would 
keep  .still.  Let  infidels  bring  a  single 
competent  witness  into  court  to  testify 
against  the  divine  origin  of  the  Bible,  if 
they  can.  I  will  risk  the  credit  of  my 
UDiierstandiug  in  making  the  assertion 
that  infidels  cannot  produce  a  single 
wmpetent  witness  to  testify  against  the 
■iivine  origin  of  the  Bible,  while  I  can 
produce  more  than  I  can  e.xamine  in 
t^Vftlve  months  tn  testify  in  its  favor,  so 
'iiflt  a  man  that  determines  truth  from 
^■<'iiipeteut  testimony  instead  of  a  wild 
'"1  agination,  can  soon  determine  in  his 
'^  ^n  mind  which  is  the  truth.     It  would 


duce  te^iiuiony  in  this  exauuuatiou,  but 
infidels  must  either  take  their  chaUetuje 
out  of  market,  or  else  meet  the  issue  fair 
and  sipiare.  The  world  is  about  lull 
enough  of  such  iufid»d  stuff.  If  they 
want  to  illuminate  the  world,  and  set  it 
right,  they  must  show  themselves  eapa 
ble  of  doing  the  job.  If  we  are  not  t») 
be  governed  by  argument  and  compe- 
tent testimuny,  but  fanaticism,  I  want 
to  know  it. 

The  Bible  says  that  "events"  that 
have  '-superseded  natural  law,  did  take 
place,  and  these  events  are  recorded  in 
detail,  now  the  Truth  Sitltr  says  they 
did  not  take  place,  that  it  is  an  impossi- 
bility for  them  to  have  taken  place. 
Now  what  is  the  legitimate  rule  to  set 
tie  the  controversy?  Why,  by  compe- 
tentand  relevanttestimonvnotsui)ject  to 
impeachment.  If  the  men  that  say  they 
saw  these  "events  transpire,  are  compe- 
tent to  testify"  and  are  men  of  truth,  are 
we  to  reject  their  testimony  and  shovit 
"fable,  fable!" 

Coulii  any  man  think  of  a  (Jod.  and 
describe  his  character  and  his  own  rela 
tion  to  him,  if  there  were  no  God?  Could 
any  fabuhius  religion  exist  if  there  were 
nogenuinei  Could  any  man  impose  coun- 
terfeit money  if  there  were  no  genuine? 
Before  a  fable  or  falsehood  can  exist 
there  must  be  a  genuine  or  truthful. 

The  fact  that  many  religious  in  the 
world  are  spurious  does  not  ]>rove  all 
religions  spurious  as  intldels  insist,  but 
they  prove  that  there  is  a  genuine  relig- 
ion. In  this  -way  I  might  go  on  and 
prove  the  Bible  of  divine  origin  by  self- 
evident  propositions  regardless  of  any 
human  testimony,  but  as  it  would  re- 
quire months  if  not  years  to  present  all 
my  evidence  I  shall  pay  little  attention 
to  this  point  in  the  examination  of  these 
objections,  by  pointing  out  their  irrele- 
vancy. In  every  light  that  I  can  view 
infiiielity,  it  is  arbitrary  in  first  princi 
pies,  and  opposed  to  self-evidence.  It 
feeds  upon  imagination,  lives  in  doubts, 
and  dies  in  despair.  I  will  now  close 
No.  1.  by  congratulating  the  Truth  Seek 
07' with  the  information  that  I  do  not 
(hnibt  the  upheavel  of  mountains,  etc., 
but  I  am  very  doubtful  if  he  would  be- 
lieve the  Bible  of  divine  origin  if  it  gave 
the  most  descriptive  account  of  such 
things. 


CITY  MISSION   SERVICE. 

HY  JAUES  A.  SELL, 

HAVING  now  accepted  ( though  some- 
what rel  uctautly  )  our  appointment 
as  managers  of  the  "City  Mission  Ser- 
vice," we  now  make  this  announcement 
to  the  public.  Brother  :*.  T.  Bosserman 
of  Dunkirk,  Ohio  is  both  secretary  and 
treasurer.  All  suggestions  and  money 
should  be  sent  directly  to  him,  and  for 
the  e.xecutive  part  he  will  confer  with 
us.  We  want  the  work  to  go  forward 
at  once.  We  have  now  two  evangelists 
selected  and  if  they  are  at  our  disposal 
they  will  be  sent  as  the  necessary  ar- 
rangements can  be  made.  The  field  will 
no  doubt  be  the  City  of  Chicago,  111. 
But  this  will  be  officially  made  known 
wlien  fully  arrasged. 

Now,  brethren,  we  need  a  few  things 
to  make  this  service  a  success,  and  they 
are  available.  I.  We  want  good  men — 
able  men — such  as  fear  God,  good  rep- 
resentatives of  the  Chui'ch  and  her  due 
tiines — men  who  are  nutafraid  orasham- 
ed  of  the  truth  when  unpopular,  and 
who  can  defend  it  when  assailed.  2. 
We  want  to  keep  united.  There  is 
strength  in  union,  but  a  house  divided 
against  itself  must    fall.     Let  us   keep 


down  prejudice,  and   think  kindly  and 
charituldy  of  those  who  have  the    work 
to  do.     There  are  doubtless  abler  minds 
and  better  hearts  for  the  work  chan  those 
of  tta  wbo  have  been  chosen,  but  as   we 
were  selected  we  feel   like  doing  what 
we  can.     The  work  is  beset  with   many 
difficulties,   and  to  begin  to  find   fault 
and  criticise  will  he    like    frost   to  th 
early  flower.     Living  remote  from  each 
other,  we  cannot  move  as  expeditiously, 
and,  perhaps,  not  as  cautiously  and  pru 
dently  as  we  would  like.     ;i.     We  need 
money.     The  exact  amount   cannot   be 
told.     In  fact,  the  more  we    have   of  it 
the  farther  the  work  can  be    prosecuted 
Xow  bretliren  ami  .-listers,  you  have  vol 
uularily  offered  your  money  to   start  a 
glorious  work,  and  we    have   been   ap 
pointed  to  see  that  it  is  judicially  appli- 
ed.    This    we    will  try    to    do,  but  we 
need  more  if  the  work  is  to  go  on.    Aft- 
er the  work  is  started  in  a  particular  lo- 
cality, and  the  Lydiaa  are  found,  the  ex 
penses  may  not    be   so    great.     4.     We 
need  the  prayers    of   all.      If   the    Lord 
heard  and  answered  the  prayers   of  de 
vout  hearts  in  behalf  of  imprisoned  Pe- 
ter, he  will  surely  come  to  our  assistance 
if  prayers  are  offered  up  to  him    in    be- 
half of  the  "City  Mission  Service."    Let 
this  service  be  held   up   to    the  Lord  in 
the  public  assemblies,  at  the  family    al- 
tar and  in  private  devotions,  and  let  all 
feel  while  at  their  daily  round  of  duty 
that  there  is  a  great  work   now    begun. 
Let  dollars   go   up  to    Dunkirk    by  the 
thousand  and  prayers  up  to    heaven   by 
the    ten    thousand,     and  'success     must 
crown  the  effort.     T).     We  need  sugges 
tious,  advice,  and  assistance.     These  we 
are  willing  to  receive  and  will  respect- 
fully consider  in  love  any  that   may    be 
sent. 

All  money  should  he  sent  t>.  T.  Bos- 
serman, Dunkirk,  Hardin  County,  Ohio. 
All  letters  sent  to  me  should  be  directed 
to  McKees,  Blair  County,  I'a.,  as  it  is 
more  convenient  than  Newry.  Yours 
in  love. — Primitive  Christian. 


IS  IT  WHAT  IT  OUGHT  TO  BE? 


IS  our  1 
Do' 


daily  life  what  it  ought  to  be? 

we  not  allow  petty  vexation  and 
trivial  things  to  sour  our  temper  and 
darken  our  brow — the  impulse  of  na- 
ture to  get  the  better  of  us^  That  im- 
patient word  just  now :  you  were  fretted, 
but  did  it  nmke  you  feel  any  more  ])leas- 
ant?  Those  light  and  trifling  thoughts: 
they  have  gone  to  give  their  account 
against  you.  That  witticism  at  anoth 
er's  expense;  you  meant  no  harm,  but 
was  it.  after  all,  ([uite  right  and  doing 
just  as  you  would  be  done  by?  And 
then  the  words  that  are  unspoken:  the 
opportunities  neglected  which  might  be 
productive  of  so  much  good!  How 
much  evil  we  do  when  we  might  do 
good!  How  much  reproach  we  l)ring 
upon  ourselves  by  our  inconsistencies! 
How  little  we  do  unto  others  what  we 
would  that  they  should  do  unto  us! 
How  selfish  we  are.  and  ready  to  listen 
to  the  promptings  of  self  interest!  How 
we  permit  little  jealousies,  animosities 
to  rankle  in  our  hearts,  and  pride,  vain 
and  impotent,  to  fill  it.  How  little  of 
charity  do  we  feel  for  an  erring  i>rolher 
or  sister,  as  if  we  never  erred  ourselves! 
How  imperfect  and  incougruous  are  our 
lives! — Scl. 


He  who    has   learned  and    does    i 
teach  is  like  a  myrtle  in  the  desert. 

There  is  a  threefold  death  in  the  .slan 
derer's  tongue;  it  killshiin  whoslauders, 
him  who  is  slandered,  and  him  who  le 
ceives  the  slanil-'r. 


GRIEVE  NOT  THE  SPIRIT. 


("t  RIEVE  not  the  Spirit  when  s'ou  hear 
J     It  pftll  yon  oVr  and  o'er. 
Us  voice  is  low,  his  itcuvuts  clvut. 

He  bids  you  sin  no  more. 
0  hii-'ten  Hinn.T  while  it'tU  Any 

The  iii^ht  will  Burely  come. 
When  all  maiikimJ  shitlt  weep  and  pray, 
I' or  (leiitli  they  cannot  shun. 

How  sad  if  we  shall  grieve  and  spiirii 

That  hind  and  t*iid?r  voice; 
Our  Savior  tln-n  would  from  us  turn. 

For  sin  would  be  our  choice. 
Yet  O  how  often  do  we  grieve 

That  Savior  meek  aud  low; 
While  hi!  so  ready  to  forgive. 

If  we  but  humbly  go. 

0  let  us  try  liy  dav  and  by  nijihl, 

That  Spirit  to  obey; 
The  word  of  God  tho  only  licht 

To  li'ad  us  ou  the  way. 

Then  when  our  trials  all  are  jiast 

And  We  iihaU  be  no  more, 
We'll  join  tlie  heavenly  throng  at  last, 

And  rest  forever  more. 

STEIN   AND  RAY    DEBATE. 


Kl.li.  1).  It.  RAY.-  EIGUTBKSTH   llEl'l.Y. 

(Cowl lilted  from  last  iveek.) 
In  keeping  with    these  blasphemous  preten- 
sions the  Tunkers  claim  power  to  cast  out  dev- 
ils, ^pl!ak  with  tongues  li''al  the  sick  and    use 
the  key  power  of  binding  and  louaing. 

In  uuswer  to  tlie  quefitioQ:  "U'/ja/  kind  o/ 
iiifii  are  (putlified  toi-ondnrt  (he  office  u/  cxcom- 
mnniiatiouY"  Mr.  Alexander  Mack,  Sea.,  tlie 
fattier  of  tlie  Tutikerchurch,  in  his  Writings, 
p.  K\,  says: 

"Now  observe  the  nature  and  iivmlity  of  faith 
as  pronounced  by  .lesuit,  the  Son  of  God.  Mark 
16;  IT.  Here  the  Lord  Jesus  aaya  to  his  disci- 
|)les,  'and  tliese  ?figuH  blmll  follow  theoi  that  be- 
lievi-  in  my  uame,'  i.  e.,  iu  hia  doctrine,  word 
and  uommandnients.  Xl'fy  !*hall  cast  out  dev- 
il?): Fir»%t  ou^>  of  theniKelvcs.  and  then  uUo  oat 
of  others  who  believe  on  him,  and  by  their  word 
are  converted.  They  [■hn'l  Bpe.ik  with  new 
tonfiUes,  and  take  up  serpents,  aud  if  they  drink 
any  deadly  tiling,  it  shall  not  hurt  them:  they 
sliiill  lay  Iraiida  ou  the  sick,  and  they  shall  re- 
cover.' To  such  believers  eternal  life  is  prom- 
ised, and  to  such  bclieven)  it  is  commanded  by 
Clinst,  to  exclude  from  their  communion  all 
Tiiuful,  nft'eusivR  and  ftelf-lovini-  spirits;  and 
whit  tli*?y  biml  on  oarlh.tliat  will  most  certain- 
ly be  bound  in  li-^aven.andwhat  they  ^h  ill  looHe 
un  earth,  shall  he  loused  also  iu  heaven.*' 

As  the  Writings  of  Mr.  Mack  are  endorsed 
by  the  present  Tunkers,  they  claim  like  the 
modern  Mormons,  the  blusphemuus  power  to 
work  miracles.  Surely  such  a  church  ha.s  do 
just  elaim  to  be  tho  church  of  Christ. 

Though  Mr.  Stein  does  "not  doubt  that 
Christ  ha-s  always  had  churches  somewhere  OD 
eiinh,"  which  were  true;  yet  Im  does  not  dure 
to  name  even  one  local  congregation  during 
the  fifteen  centuries  prior  to  the  eighteenth 
that  posses-sed  the  characteristics  of  the  Tun- 
kers. This  amounts  to  a  surrender  of  the  his- 
rorie  field  for  fifteen  centuries.  Notwithstand- 
lug,  Mr.  Alexander  Mick,  Sen.,  admitted  that 
liis  company  had  "comnieuoed"  a  "new  baptism 
;ind  church"  (Writings  p.  1311),  and  that  they 
were' THK  NEW  HAl-TlsTs"  (p.  112);  yet  under 
the  force  of  his  own  "Q round-searching  (-iues- 
lions,"  he  wii.-i  compelled  to  confes>^: 

"We  do  believe,  and  think  it  may  be  shown 
also  from  ancient  history,  that  primitive  hap- 
lisiu.as  ordained  by  Christ,  never  has  ceased  to 
he  practiced,  it  follows  as  a  consequenc*-,  that 
the(true)  church  neverceased  to  exist,  though 
it  shuuld  (at  some  periods)  have  consisted  of 
hut  lew  menib'^rs." 
Also  he  saya; 

"We  believe  that  the  gates  of  hell  have  not 
prevailed  against  the  church  of  Christ,  but  it 
has  remained,  and  will  remain  even  until  the 
end  of  the  world."  The  Writings  of  Alexan- 
der Mack,  p.  11". 

Thus,  the  historica'  question  as  to  tbe  origin 
of  the  Tunker  churches  is  definitelv  settled  by 
themselves.  They  acknowledge  *V/m/  tht  trut 
church  never  cf asm  tn  I  j-ist,"    that  Mryo'rs  o^ 


hell  hner  »ol  vrevniUd  aqaitist  thr  chunh  of 
Chi'i'l.  >n"  il  fitis  T'U-ii'nt'd,  (iiid  irifl  '.iHniit. 
«(VH  iiittif  thf  fiid  «./■  th''  uoyld."  Th>>  nlso 
freely  Hcknowled^"  "ihtt  all  the  Dunkards  oi 
America  hive  *prunjr  from  th"  liitle  band  a{ 
vigHt  >"Ui.' «:"' aia'icd  <ifi  in  Germ«uy  iu  the- 
V"*ir  1T08."  under  the  mii>islrv  uf  A!e\juidei 
Mack  Therefore  the  Tu^.ker  thurch^i  <^V><»V> 
I  ellie  true  churches  uf  Chris-t. 


THi:    l^RETl-lKKX    ^VX    "WOHIC. 


^n^ust   3o 


f Fic  frcflirctt  af  ?|f)iii!li 

IH  BMvSHKI)  WKEKLY. 


M.M.  KMIKl.MAN',*  i:niTon.s  and 
S.  J.  HAltHISOX.       i  Piioi'itlKTOiis. 


1.    TiiK  KililiTs  will  111- 
trenonit  tour  of  I  In-  iiiijHT. 
article  'l'H'.s  not  nii(>l)  It'itl  they  ooilome  Mcry  sen- 
timent of  tlip  writer. 

2  CoNTurifi'TORs  In  ortler  t<i  itociirc  prompt  In- 
sertion .if  IJK-iriirlkh's.  Hill  plca-ne  not  imliilK'-iM 
personftlities  rind  iinooiirtcauH  IwiiciiiK*'.  ""'  I;'"'",; 
flont  their  views  ■■  witti  Rrnco  upHHoni-d  with  srtil. 

3,  TlIK  l(RBTlini;!<  AT  WOHK  will  IjC  (H'llt  to 
anya(l.!rc»:»in  Il.r  I'nilcd  Slntcs  or  Canail:i  foi 
«l.>.nperiinnnin.  Fortln-  IcmllnR  rliHiacU*rlM  ic« 
of  the  pjiner.  iw  well  iw  Icruis  U>  iiRi-ntu  see  .jiglilh 
pftpc.    A'IdresH  :ill  r'lnuniininitl.iiis. 

URKTIIHK>  AT  WORK, 

Lanark,  Cnrroll  Co..  III. 


Doctor  CaiiTEE  of  N'ew  Orleaua  reports  f 
era!  caws  of  leprony  in  that  city.  His  patienla 
were  natives  of  this  country,  and  worked  at 
haircieaninK  for  mattreMee.  It  is  thought 
that  they  were  poiwoned  I»y  the  hair,  thouf-h 
tlipy  were  Kcrupnloudly  Df'at  in  regard  to  their 
persons.  No  medi(;ine«  had  any  4?fFect  upon 
them,  and  after  years  of  sufFfring  they  die<l. 

Will  some  one  of  our  readers  i»lea>e  tell  n» 
how  many  time-s  KIder  ilay  has  said  "Thf 
Tunker  Churches  arc  not  church**  of  .Ie«UK 
Christ"?  We  dont  know  how  often  it  ia  n»*c- 
ensary  (o  repeat  an  assertion  il  order  to  make 
it  true,  hut  we  belifve  Elder  Kay  dws;  no  it 
some  one  will  kindly  inform  us  how  often  he  re- 
peats, we  shall  then  know  one  more  thing  than 
we  now  do. 


AlKJlSTari,  187». 


TnRftddr»*c«  (jf  Bro.  F.  p.  Lifbr  i-  cbanK'd 
from  Bloominndale,  Mich.,  to  South  Kend,  Ind 

Mt.  Morris  Seminary  opened  last  Wednenday 
with  sixty-fiye  student*  and  nood  prospects  for 
a  number  of  others. 


Thk  addrcfis  of  Samuel  Uiiker,  ha!»  been 
changed  from  Willow  Springs,  Kan. to  Pleas 
ant  Grove,  same  State. 

Wo  hare  received  a  lengthy  "ExpUniition" 
from  our  fripiid.  KIder  .Iiiiii'-s  ('hr>sf.il.  which 
wenhsll  publish  in  our  nr-xt  is«ue. 

HiioTiiKit  C.  H,  Ualshalhii  in  rrtCerring  to 
his  writing  for  the  press  says:  "My  pnrtujseev 
er  is,  to  reach  what  is  deepest  in  human  niiture 
and  reveal  the  reiidc-r  to  hinHt-lf." 

Will,  some  one  pleiise  we.d  ns  Ihe  addresies 
of  racli  of  the  following  nanu'd  persons:  .lane 
Christman,  J.  W.  Wanipler,  V.  Dniyer.  Alex. 
Brooks,  and  Wilson  Eby. 

In  No.  'i'2,  on  page  H,  in  tlie  (■oiiiniiniication 
from  Wakarusii,  Ind.,  "the  youngest  seventeen 
years  old."  -illould  he  "thirteen  years,''  and  the 
name  "'John  Metzger,'*  should  Ik-  John  Met/.- 
ler.  ^^_ 

Ul'  to  the  18th  inat.,  Brother    J>.    H.  (iibsou 
hnd  baptized  seven  persons  in  lUy  County,  Mo,  | 
where  ho  Mas  holding  a  series  of  meetings.     An 
imnionBe  concourse  of  people  assemlded  at   the 
water  to  witness  huptisin. 

SiNiE  we  left  North  Mauchester  seven  more 
have  been  bftpti/.ed,  and  there  are  two  more  ap- 
plicants. Ten  were  baptized  on  the  14th  in 
the  Eel  River  church.  We  bless  flod  that  the 
good  work  of  gathering  souls  into  ihe  told  is 
still  going  on. 

•^— 

Kkep  our  'GosiJel  Success"  column  well  lill- 
ed,  brethren  undsislurs.  We  ask  the  privilege 
of  rejoicinn  with  the  iiugels  in  lieavcu  wheuev- 
L-r  people  turn  to  God.  Send  along  the  joyful 
news  on  h  postal  card,  or  by  letter.  We  want 
toeeethe  ''Success"  column  kept  full  all  tlie 
time. 


Tfe  our  call  for  uumeR  for  specimen  copiep, 
hundreds  have  been  received  and  a  .sample  has 
now  beeu  sent  to  each  oiu'.  \Ve  n^j^iiu  renew 
tin-  call.  We  wiint  the  name  of  every  lamily 
in  tlie  Brotherhood  not  now  taking  the  Bkkth 
RES  .\T  Wi'HK  and  we  will  promptly  mai!  them 
fi'T  a  specimen  copy. 

0.  C.  Moomaw  says:  "1  hope  to  be  at  tlio 
A.  M.,  next  Spring  and  among  the  prospective 
enjoyments  not  the  lea'-t  will  be  the  meeting 
with  the  Lanark  corps.  A  few  more  such 
nieetinps  atid  then  conies  along  the  Order  of 
transfer  from  our  beloved  ('apta;n,  and  we  join 
in  the  Eternal  Meeting.  Let  us  get  ready  for 
our  transfer." 


Not  for  many  years  ha«  this  country  in  gen- 
eral been  blessed  with  such  bountiful  crops. 
How  much  of  the  blessing  shall  bw  turned  to 
the  Lord's  work?  There  is  the  iJaoiwh  Missiou. 
do  not  forgft  it  while  distributing  yonr  favors. 
The  City  Mission  needs  a  little  of  the  bounty, 
and  ilie  poor  Saints  are  worthy  a  share  i,f  the 
increase.  God  is  trying  the  people  of  this 
country,  and  it  remains  to  be  seen  whethi-r 
they  will  consume  the  favors  upon  their  lusts 
or  to  the  glory  and  honor  of  God. 

Wk  have  just  received  a  lot  of  pamphlets 
from  J.  V.  Ebersole.  entitled  "I-Vtwa^hing  as  a 
Church  Ord'nance  Scriptunilly  considered." 

This  pamphlet  has  always  been  sold  at  ten 
cents  per  copy,  but  as  we  desire  to  get  the  pam- 
phlets beeter  (irculal-'d  we  make  (he  followinw^ 
reduction:  ^ 

One  copy.  05 

Three  copiep,  "* 

Ten  copies,  2.) 

The  above  offer  ifl  made  only  to  tlnse  who 
order  between  now  and  Nov.  lat. 

()«■  the  morning  of  the  17tb  inst.'.  we  had 
the  pleiksure  o(  listening  to  a  discourse  by  Sis- 
ter Mattie  A.  Lear  at  this  place,  on  '"Jubtifica- 
tion  by  l''aith,"  In  the  evening  sdic  again  iid- 
dresHeil  the  congregation  on  the  subject  ot 
"Kailh."  The  houae  was  crowded,  Konie  not 
being  able  to  gain  an  entrance  to  the  main  au- 
dience room.  Sister  Lear  returned  to  Mt.  Mor- 
ris on  Monday,  where  she  will  engage  in  t-aeii- 
iiig.  We  are  glad  to  state  to  our  readers  that 
she  expects  to  continue  contriliiilinK  to  the 
columns  of  the  B.  at  W. 

Not  a  single  good  deed  sliail  pit---  the  notice 
if  our  Father  in  Heaven.  We  believe  that  He 
will  reward  the  Brutlier  who  writes  lluis;  "I 
feel  it  my  duty  to  give  some  to  the  Lord,  and 
in  doing  so  I  will  get  some  tools  for  our  young 
ministers  to  work  with,  as  they  are  both  talen- 
ted brethren."  Enclosed,  find  $10.  seven  for 
two  copies  (d  "  Cruden's  Concordance,"  one  to 
D.  H—  and  the  other  to  C.  M—  §1  00  to  Dauish 
Mission,  ^1  on  to  Danish  I'oor,  juid  the  other  to 
the  poor  for  the  paper."  May  tliis  holy  deed 
I)rovoke  others  to  good  works.  Those  who  are 
able  and  thus  show  their  love,  truly  enjoy  the 
religion  of  Christ. 


It  is  a  fact  that  Moses  saw  a  flame  of  fire  in 
a  bush,  and  our  only  business  is  to  ftelirre  it :  but 
when  a  man  says  he  thinks  it  wa-  a  «'Air  bu^h, 
it  is  an  opinion,  and  we  have  nothing  to  do 
with  the  opinion.  If  we  believe  bis  opinion 
we  are  none  the  wiser,  neither  are  we  the  worse 
if  we  believe  it  not.  Whether  it  was  cedar  or 
oak.  it  .iia't*Ti  not.  If  it  were  neces.sary  t« 
know  it.  Gofl  would  have  caused  it  to  be  writ- 
ten.   May  we  not  learn  a  lesaou  from  this? 

BnornKR  Hopr  writes  under  date  of  July 
22nd:  "I  am  sick  with  diptheria.  bnt  must  go 
four  miles  Ut  hold  meeting."  Few  of  us  indeed 
know  the  privations  and  self-denials  of  our 
dear  brother  whom  God  has  tlio-en  to  set  U(i 
again  Ihe  standard  of  truth  in  Denmark.  La- 
boring in  a  <.ountry  whose  customs  are  very 
different  from  ours,  and  whose  people  are  wed 
ded  to  State  religion,  his  difficulties  are  little 
understood  by  us  who  have  not  been  there.  To 
see  the  condition  of  the  people  is  to  dra«  pity 
and  sympathy  from  any  Christian  heart.  To 
know  th' great  bondage  f.f  the  people  to  the 
tradition  and  conimaiidmeiit*  of  men,  is  to  un- 
tie our  love  tor  them,  and  open  our  purse  f-trings 
to  the  preaciiiug  ct  the  Gospel  in  all  its  primi- 
tive simplicity.  We  hot»e  Brother  Enoch  Eby 
will  soon  give  us  all  artiile  on  the  rnstoms  and 
habits  of  llie  people  in  Denmark,  and  tlien  uln/ 
Bro.  Hope  needs  our  aid. 

Wb  are  informed  by  .J.  V.  Browne  that  the 
"Sixth  Anniversar.t  of  the  Wisconsin  Christian 
Association  opposed  to  Secret  Societies  will  be 
held,  D.  v..  in  Evansville,  Rock  County,  on 
Sei.temher  2nd,  3ni,  and  4th,  1879,  beginning 
at  3  P.  M  on  Tuesday  2ad,  with  prayer  and 
conference  meeting.  Eld.  .1.  P.  Stoddard,  Gen. 
Agt.  of  the  National  Christian  Ascn.  will  de- 
liver the  opening  addre,--*.  Among  the  other 
speakers  expected  are.  Eld.  J.  L.  Barlow,  Sec'y 
f  the  Wistr^nsin  Christian  Ascn.,  Eld.  J.  F. 
Browne.  Agt.  of  the  111.  Chris.  Ascn,,  and  Eld. 
D.  P.  Kathbun,  Lecturer  of  the  Iowa  Chris. 
A«cn.,  who  will  work  the  1st  and  3rd  degrees 
of  Masonry.  Let  all  who  love  justice,  and 
pure  Christianity  come  and  help.  Bills  an- 
nouncing the  meeting  may  be  had  free  by  send- 
ing to  Ezra  A.  Cook  &  Co.,  13  Wabash  Avenue 
Chicago,  III.  Enclose  stamps  for  postage  when 
sending  for  bills." 


Ik  a  man  foolishly  does  me  wrong,  I  will  iv- 
turn  to  him  the  protectiiu  of  my  ungrudging 
love.  The  more  evil  comes  from  liim,  the  more 
good  shall  go  from  me.  Overcome  anger  by 
love;  overcome  good  by  liberality;  overcome 
falsehood  by  truth;  overcome  evil  by  good.  Ha- 
tred never  ceases  by  hatred,  but  by  love;— this 
is  an  old  nile. — Buddhii. 


l.'si>EK  the  date  of  July  29th,  Brother  Hopt- 
informa  us  that  two  more  have  been  received 
into  the  church  there,  makin;^  seven  since  June 
2fitli.  Another  v.-a&  to  be  baptixed  the  ID  inst. 
He  expresses  joy  in  the  increase  in  numbers, 
and  hoi)e8  that  tbey  may  decrease  in  selfishness. 
'TIS  a  good  thought,  loved  one,  and  we  pr^ 
that  it  may  be  realized  to  its  fullest  exteut  by 
all  of  us. 


Faiiuney's  tjuarterly  for  July,  August  ai.d 
September  is  to  hand,  and  we  observe  that  the 
Doctor  ha.**  put  forth  his  doctrine.  He  prom- 
ises to  continue  under  the  following  headings: 
"i\.ying  Preachers,"  "'Sunday  Schools,"  "Col- 
leges," 'The  Old  Order,"  "TJle  Progressive 
Order,"  "  The  Middle  Order,"  "Temperance  So- 
cieties," "Quoting  Scriptures,"  "  ChristJauity." 
Dr.  Fahruey  plows  straight  through,  and  is  not 
inclined  to  turn  out  for  stumps  nor  '"dearl 
trees,"  therefore  his  readers  may  look  out  for 
!ioiue  sharp  blows.  We  have  freiiueutly  stop- 
ped with  the  Doctor  when  in  the  city,  amlhave 
iuvariably  found  him  and  family  pleasant  and 
sociable.  We  would  be  glad  to  see  him  in  prac- 
tical fellowship  with  the  Brethren,  believing 
that  his  sympathies  ate  with  them. 

Oi't  <'£  an  enjoyable  time  was  had  in  the  Lan- 
ark Bible  School  on  the  afternoon  of  the  ITth 
We  always  enjoy  a  good  thing;  and  where 
there  is  order  and  simplicity  there  will  be  en- 
joyment. The  arrangement  of  classes,  and  the 
great  t)uietness  of  visitor*  and  worker^,  attest 
Ihe  good  judgment  and  tact  of  those  in  cbarg« 
of  the  school.  Perhaps  Brother  Moore  can  be 
induced  to  give  us  an  illustration  of  the  clas- 
arraugemeut  through  the  Children  nt  Work 
for  the  benefit  of  other  Bible  Schools.  We  ar- 
especially  desirous  that  all  schools  of  learning 
be  conducted  in  order,  gospel  simplicity,  so  that 
those  who  fear  the  results  may  learn  to  admire 
and  assist.  Ther,  too,  such  a  course  leaves 
good  inipreesioQs  on  the  young,  and  where 
good  impressions  ara  made,  we  are  geDerally 
nude  glad  by  seeing  good  fruit. 


If  is  impossible  to  publish  all  the  correspon- 
dence and  long  articles  sent  to  us  for  that  pur- 
pose. Weiibridge,cutdowu,aud  stftas  we  have 
time  to  do,  but  still  we  cannot  make  room  for 
all.  Now  what  should  be  done?  Should  our 
correspondents  and  essayists  cease  to  write?  oh, 
no.  But  let  all  be  as  brief  as  poss-ible.  Long 
articles  are  least  read,  thertfore  make  them 
short.  Dout  eeud  usany  memorials  uuletw  they 
are  ol  persons  largely  known  to  the  Brot^ier- 
hood.  Dontthiuk  that  a  few  families  ought  to  be 
gratified  at  the  expense  of  many  thousauas.     It 

uucliarilable  and  unchristian  to  do  so.  Never 
write  anything  which  interests  only  ooe  small 
neighborhood. 

If  these  suggestions  be  observed  our  paper 
can  be  nuich  improved.  Let  every  one  who 
wants  to  see  the  BltEiiniKS  at  Work  made  bet- 
ter do  all  he  cau  to  make  it  so.  The  editors  are  a 
very  small  frac'i-Mi  in  the  make  up  of  a  paper. 
If  the  paper  be  not  good,  fhey  deserve  a  very 
small  .'-hare  of  the  blame,  and  on  the  other  hand 
if  it  be  superior,  thry  merit  a  very  small  share 
of  the  credit.  Now,  dear  brethren,  we  want 
you  to  feel  a  mutual  interest  with  us  in  this 
great  work.  We  want  you  to  feel  your  share 
of  the  responsibility. 


DOES   THE   GOSPEL  PERMIT   WO- 
MEN TO  PRAY  AND  PROPH- 
ESY PUBLICLY? 


G° 


NUMItItU   I. 

OD"S  Book  of  his  revealed  will  is  a  book  of 
facts,  and  his  facts  are  to  be  believed.  If 
a  mm  reject  the  facts  as  revealed,  tlien  he  re- 
jects God.  Jesus  says  nothing  about  goine  to 
prepare  a  place  for  them  that  reject  him. 

Woman  was  Ihe  last  being  made.  All  the 
animals,  birds,  and  fi-lies  were  formed  first.  The 
earth  teemed  with  beautiful  flowers,  grasses  and 
trees.  Mau  stood  up,  nolle  and  grand  amongst, 
all  these.  Yet  something  wiis  wanting.  That 
something  was  lacliing,  is  dn.wn  from  God'.- 
langauge,  "It  is  not  good  that  man  should  b*- 
alone.  I  will  mile  him  an  helpmeet  for  him.' 
Gen.  2:18.  Dr.  Clarke  siys,  that  if  the  worl 
hclfjiiieet  hi  rendered  strictly  literal  "it  signifie- 
one  liU  or  as  himself,  standing  opposite  him; 
implying  that  the  wt-man  was  to  be  a  perfec 
resembh  nce  o'  the  man,  possessing  neither  in- 
feriority or  superiority,  byt  being  in  all  things 
like  and  e^ual  to  bimself. 


The  helpmate  m-ide  by  the  Lord  can  symj,, 
thize,  meditate,  study,  speak,  and  enjoy  Ijl 
man.  Sarah  was  mc'eed  a  helpmate  to  .Abnu 
ham.  God  bestowed  great  honor  upon  Abra 
ham,  and  on  this  account  Sarah  called  him 
"lord."  But  this  bv  no  means  destroyed  \, 
individuality.  God  bade  Abraham  thus;  "In  aM 
that  Sarah  hath  said  unto  thee,  hearken  unto 
her  voice."  Gen.  21:12.  Here  the  servant  of  God 
the  pious  Abraham,  was  directed  to  listen  to  th ' 
advice  of  a  pious  wife.  And  in  giving  counsel 
to  her  husband  she  did  not  assume  leaderahin 
nor  usurp  authority  over  him,  bat  was  ^  Jig]  ' 
mate— one  who  assisted  in  heavenly  and  divjnp 
work, 

Israel  was  called  out  ot  Egypt,  led  throiiph 
the  wilderDes^  and  finally  placed  in  the  land  of 
Canaan.  Jo.shua  ruled  thi  m  and  was  at  last 
gathered  with  the  father.^.  The  chosen  peoute 
rebelled,  put  away  God's  law,  and  God  gayg 
them  unto  the  hand  of  Jaliin,  king  nf  Canaan 
who  for  twenty  years  oppressed  tlieiu.  At  this 
critical  juncture  of  the  natious  history,  Qod 
called  a  «o»(ff»  to  occui»y  the  place  of  chief 
magistrate.  The  Bible  sny-;  "And  Deborah  a 
prophetess,  the  wife  of  Lapiduth,  she  judged  Is- 
rael  at  that  time  *  *  *  and  the  children  of 
Israel  came  up  to  her  for  judgment."  Heretbe 
Lord  himself  recognizes  womau  worthy  the 
same  position  as  man.  Does  this  look  as  if 
God  restricted  woman's  sphere  to  domestic  du- 
ties?  Where  God  has  given  an  example,  can 
any  one  say  it  shall  not  be  so?  We  pass  by 
the  calling  of  Miriam,  and  look  at  that  of  Hul- 
dah.  "So  Hilkiah  Ilie  priest,  and  Aiiakiin,  and 
Achbor,  and  Sbapliam,  and  A^ahiah,  went  nn- 
to  the  prophetess,  the  wife  of  Sballum  the  son 
of  Tivkah,  the  son  of  Harhas,  keeper  of  the 
ward-robe;  (now  she  dwelt  in  Jerusalem  in  the 
college;)  and  they  communed  with  her.  Au^ 
she  said  unto  them,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of 
Israel,  Tell  the  man  that  sent  you  to  me.  Thus 
saith  the  Lord,  Behold,  I  will  bring  evil  upon 
this  place,  and  upon  the  inhabitants  thereof, 
even  all  the  words  of  the  book  which  the  king 
of  Judah  hath  read:  Because  they  have  forsak- 
en me,  and  have  burned  incense  unto  other 
gods,  that  they  might  provoke  me  to  anger 
with  all  the  works  of  their  hands;  thereforemy 
wrath  shall  be  kindled  against  this  place,  and 
shall  not  be  quenched,"— 2  Kings  22:  H  IT. 

She  was  a  prophetess,  and  through  her  the 
Lord  spake  to  Hilkiah.  The  sacred  writer  even 
states  where  she  dwelt,  "in  the  college  in  Jeru- 
salem." Does  this  revealing  his  will  through 
womati  look  like  undervaluing  her  talent?  Does 
it  look  like  restricting  that  gift  which  ha?  been 
given  her  as  well  as  man?  Shall  we  refuse  the 
crumple  of  the  Lord  God':'  If  he  in  agts  past 
used  woman  as  well  as  man  to  rule,  and  asame- 
dium  through  which  to  reveal  his  will,  (two  of 
the  noblest  stations  in  life),  can  we  justly  con- 
clude that  woman  is  debarred  from  the  rights 
and  privileges  of  man  now?  If  by  grace  and 
nature  siie  was  fitted  for  the  Lord's  work  under 
the  Law,  what  has  she  done  to  debar  her  from 
doing  the  work  of  the  Lord  under  the  Gospel? 
More  luight  be  said  of  such  women  as  Han- 
nah, Ruth,  Esther,  but  enough  has  been  pro- 
duced to  show  that  God  used  the  talent  of  wo- 
man as  well  as  that  of  man  under  the  Old  Tes- 
tament dispensation.  "And  it  shall  coiue  to 
pass  afterward,  that  I  will  pour  out  my  Spirit 
upon  all  flesh;  and  your  sons  and  your  daugh- 
ters shall  prophesy,  your  old  men  shall  dream 
dreams,  your  young  men  shall  see  visions:'  — 
Joel  2:  28. 

Here  the  Lord  tells  upon  whom  he  will  pour 
his  Spirit.  He  promised  to  pour  it  upoii  sons 
and  daughters,  and  tiie  daughters  shall  prophe- 
sij.  Does  this  look  like  confining  prophecy  to 
man  alone?  Both  the  sons  and  daughteri 
shall  prophesy.  God  places  them  on  an  equali- 
ty. If  God  places  them  there,  can  we  place 
them  diflerently?  The  prediction  was  givfi 
concerning  the  sons  and  daughters  of  the  Gos- 
[lel  dispensation,  in  which  dispensation 
we  now  live.  We  are  therefore  con- 
cerned about  it — are  directly  interested  in  i'- 
hence  take  pleasure  in  writing  and  talking 
about  it. 

In  my  next.  I  shall  try  to  show  the  mind  of 
the  Lord  in  this  matter  as  revealed  to  us  through 
his  Son  and  the  Holy  Spirit.  Whether  woman 
is  performing  her  part,  enjoying  the  liberti*^ 
and  privilege.s  guaranteed  her  by  the  gospel,  and 
whether  there  is  male  and  female  in  Christ,  are 


(uestions  agitating  some  of  the  most  pious 


an<l 


learned  of  this  age,      Let  us  reach  forth  to  tlie 


-^^^gust   Q5 


THE    'Bl^ETHTiE:>T    ^VT    AX'OKIC. 


,  till.)    the   truth,  Hccept  it,  wht- llur  * 


\e3  of  God-,  loik  into  tlwn.  pr*y  tor  divtuM 

'^;, 

of  GoJ  snail  be  unto  vis 


and   our  Rlnltlren, 


'fnea  ft' 


many  a'*  the  Lonl  God  sliall  c*ll.' 


SOME    OTHER    THINGS    AND 
PREACHERS 


I  g  we  went  from  Lanark  to  Mt  Mitrris  last 
l\  week  and  looked  overtliefie!il-*ofgriissand 
*  ju  we  felt  that  if  any  people  on  earth  ought 
thank  God  for  blessings  certainly  those  of 
Vnrthern  Illinois  should.  Itiatous  the  Pal- 
atine of  America.  As  Brother  Moomaw  ex- 
resses  it,  "  The  earth  fairly  groans  under  the 
[oad  of  lich  gifts" 

^e  wanted  to  go  a  way  we  hud  iievtr  gone 
hefortv  and  as  we  started  lal«  in  the  afternoon 
thought  of  stopping  uver  night  with  a 
Brother  Di«hl.  Nut  knowing  wliere  the  brt-tli- 
f  lived,  we  iuqnired  of  a  preacher  who  hal 
WD  tht-re,  Alter  receivins;  instructiooa  we 
tarted  and  obeyed  them  iiutil  near  the  place  to 
tfhifli  we  wfre  directed.  Here  we  saw  a  ciuple 
V  „^_  and  as  we  were  near  a  timii,  v,\'.  tliuii;!l>t 
thi'V  could  aid  iH  in  fiuHing  the  plac>\  and  lu 
™e  a*ked  thun  about  it  and  they  said  we  had 
slreBdy  iia.-sed  the  plaee.  We  at  onee  lurned 
liiick  nnf)  "''*'^  sonii  iit  the  place  pointed  uut  by 
tlie  I'O.ye.  but  no  one  was  at  hume.  We  . nisH^d 
tlie  ri'iid  then  and  inquired  of  a  family  tbi 
thev  knew  whtlher  Mr.  D.'s  would  be  iit  home 
jjijght.  (It  waa  nearly  san  Ft-t  then),  but  to 
our  surprise  and  divappoiutiuent  we  f  uud  we 
p„st  jet  f,'0  back  twice  the  distance  the  boya 
tiad  told  lis  to  go.  Here  we  stopped  again;  and, 
seeiug  ft  ""Jii  '*''  ^^*^  gate,  in(juiredif  Jolin  IJiehi 
jJTFd  there.  The  man  said  that  was  liia  name. 
Although  we  had  seen  Bro.  Dithl  we  did  not 
think  we  wuuld  recognize  him  again,  still  we 
felt  we  were  not  at  the  right  place,  so  we  ivsked 
if  he  was  a  member  of  the  Brethren  Chnnh. 
I Hti  looked  just  like  some  who  are).  Be  said 
no.  Then  we  knew  we  were  at  the  wrong  place 
and  asked  if  he  did  not  know  a»Iohii  Dtehl  who 
is  a  meoiber.  He  said  ha  did,  that  he  lived 
seven  or  eight  miles  distant.  It  was  now  dark, 
and  to  drive  that  distance  after  night  where  we 
koew  neither  the  roads  nor  the  people  we  did 
not  wish  to  do.  We  asked  then  if  we  might 
remain  there  over  night.  He  said  he  guessed 
we  could,  but  he  mast  see  his  wife  first,  Ihit 
sbe  had  so  much  to  do,  whs  all  alone,  had  visit- 
ors and  harvest  hands  that  day,' etc.,  etc.  Of 
course  we  were  then  at  the  merey  of  the  wom- 
an. But  on  the  great  diy  when  she  is  placed 
atthe  right  of  the  Judge  and  the  King  shall 
say,  "Come  ye  blessed  of  my  Fatlier  iuhr-rit  the 
kingdom  prepared  for  you  from  the  foundation 
of  the  world:  For  *  *  *  I  wasastmuger.aad 
ye  took  me  in"  and  she  will  say,  "Lord,  *  *  • 
when  saw  we  thee  a  stranger,  and  took  thee  in?" 
Then  will  she  hear,  "Inasmuch  as  /e  have  done 
it  unto  one  of  the  least  of  these  my  brethren 
ye  have  done  it  unto  me." 

Before  we  refu?>e  to  receive  any  one  into  our 
house,  we  ought  always  to  ask  ourselves  how  we 
would  like  to  b^'  turned  olV  under  similar  civ 
cumstauces.  Many  of  us  might  be  made  much 
better  by  a  free  uae  of  the  golden  rule. 

Next  morning  aft,er  breakfast  Mr.  Diehl  kind- 
ly showed  us  his  domesticated  fish.  As  this 
was  new  to  ua  we  think  likely  it  is  to  most 
of  our  readers.  The  kind  of  fish  kept  are  spot- 
ted trout  and  California  salmon.  He  keeps 
them  in  an  artificial  pond  about  fifty  feet  long, 
twelve  feet  wide,  and  from  six  to  twelve  feet 
deep.  The  bottom  is  over  laid  witli  rock.  The 
pond  is  supplied  by  a  spring,  and  the  water  car- 
ried away  by  means  of  pipes  with  screens  over 
the  ends  where  inserted  into  the  pond.  An 
embankment  around  it  makes  it  proof  agaiusi 
floods.  The  fish  are  fed  such  insects  as  are  eas 
ily  caught,  beef  liver,  and  bread.  He  fed  then, 
tommou  house  flies  the  morning  we  were  with 
him.  He  always  feeds  them  at  the  same  place. 
According  to  his  statenifut  they  are  as  profit- 
able to  have  as  anything  one  can  raise.  Mr 
Diehl  takes  pleaHure  in  explaining  all  abou 
them  to  any  one  who  has  a  desire  to  learn 
Although  we  were  disappointed  we  were  vcrj 
kindly  entertained  and  invited  to  call  again. 

We  now  started  for  Mt.  Morris  io  meet  i 
preacher  who  had  telegraphed  to  us  to  ^o  so, 
The  preacher  did  not  atop  and  so  we  were  agaii 
disappointisd.  At  Mt.  Morris  we  first  met  Sis- 
ter Hopson  who  now  has  charge  of  the  culinar; 


department  there.    Next  wan  Bro,  Teeter  from 
Dunkirk,  Ohio.     He  has  been  one   of  our   best 
agents  and  we   Wftv   very    glad    to   meet  hini. 
We  hope  he  may  tind  his   change   of  location 
and  bu-iness  conriutive  to  the  present  and  eter- 
nal interests  uf  both    himself  and    fellow-mao. 
We  also  bad  the  plea-isure  of  meeting  Bro.    T.'s 
wile,  SiHter  Lenr  and  daugliter,  and  Prof.  Jenks. 
The  arrangements  of  the  school  are  very  good; 
the  patronage  will  be  much  better  than  was  ex- 
pected.    Nearly  all  of  the  room**   have   already 
been  engaged.     All  of  the   teachers   were  on 
hand  except  I'rof.  Lockard    who   was  expected 
yet  that  day.     We  would  not  have   been   lliua 
minute  had  we  not  wanted  the  preceding  nar 
ative  to  illustrate  an  important  religious  truth. 
How  similar  are  the   two   circutnstauces    of  a 
preacher  describing  the  way  to  Canaan  and  the 
way  to  some  place  on  earth,  and    telling    us   to 
meet  hiiu  iu  heaven  and  he  tiot  be  permitted  to 
top  there.     Eiicli  are  given  by  tlie  same   facul- 
ties and   powers.     They   are  just    as  liable  to 
make  mistakes  in  telling  the   way  to  the  one 
place  as  they  are   the   other.      Canaan   is    no 
inm-e  every  thing  and  every   where  than  Bro. 
Dielil's  place  is  every  thing    and   every    where, 
and  just  as  inipos.->ible  as  it  would  be  to   get   to 
Hru.  Diehl's  by  going  ittiij  way  is  it   to  get  to 
Cuiiuan  bj  going  "any  waj'."     As  we   were   led 
HMtray  and  deceived  by  misplaced  confidence   in 
lixKsv  ministers  in  finding  a  place  and  meeting  a 
person  on  earth,  so  we  may  be   in  finding    Ca- 
naim  and  meeting  them  after  leaving  this  world. 
Just  as  little  as  we  are  likely  to  find  a  place    or 
person  ou  earth  by  being  sincere  and  honest  in 
a  faith  based  upon  an  error, — just  so   little    can 
we  pxpcct  to  reach  Canaan    and    meet  in  heav- 
en by  being  sincere  and  honest  in    ii    faith  not 
based  upon  fact.     Instead  of  sincerity  being  an 
advantage,  when  our  taith  is  a  delusion,   it  is 
a  serious  hindrance  to  us,  for  just   in    propor- 
tion as  we  are  sincere,  have    we   confidence   in 
our  fditli;  and  just  as  we  hav;  confidence  in  our 
faith, 30  do  we  exclude  every  possibility  of  see- 
ing how  false  it  i'^. 

Since  we  know  preachers  have  the  same 
Weaknesses  other  men  have,  should  we  expect 
more  from  them  than  from  others?  The 
preachers  and  olficers  know  that  the  votes  of 
peoide  may  give  them  the  liberty  to  use  what 
powers  they  have,  but  can  votes  give  intelU- 
ifHUce. /.oal,  cliaracter.  or  anything  else  which 
qualifies  them  for  the  office  the  votes  may  have 


FROM  O.  H.  BALSBAUGH. 


l^JK  are  naturally  loth  to   lose   the    fruit    of 
f  I       our  wrestling  at  the  ford  Jabbok.  Every 


article  is  a  mirror  of  the  writer,  but  few  know 
their  own  likeness.      Many  a  well-written  es- 
say has  a   sin-marred  visage    grinning  out  of 
every  word.     Self  will  out.     The  devil  came  to 
Kve  in  the  form  of  a  serpent,  but  often   comes 
to  us  in  heavenly-worded  prayera,  and  elo<iuent 
sennoUB,  and  polished  essays.     Yon  have  it   as 
your  prerogative  to   basket  every   thi'ig  that 
conHicls  with  your  judgment;  but  you  must  be 
filled  with  all   the  fulness  of  God   if  you  can 
keep  the  devil  out  of  your  columns  in  what  you 
approve  and  retain.  To  be  "light  in  the  Lord,"' 
so  as  to  'dirtceru  the  spirits*  of  darkness    where 
least  suspected,  demands  a  deliverance  of  our- 
selves to  Ibe  iuiiuolation  of  the  Cross  so  all-in- 
clusive, that  but  few  are  "clothed   with  the 
Sun,"  and  "walk  in  the  light  as  He  is  in  the 
light." 

To-day  I  sent  an  article  to  your  office  enti^ 
tied.  "TAp  Gforif  of  the  Cross,^'  which  had  been 
in  my  hands  forsome  time  for  want  of  stamps. 
At  last  I  took  of  my  bread  and  butter  to  compen- 
sate Brother  Jonathan  for  carr>ing  my  manu- 
script. I  might  often  sparea  nuggetfor  our  peri- 
odicals, but  an  my  pen  is  my  only  remunerative 
resource,  I  must  employ  it  where  its  apprecia- 
tion means  food  and  raiment  no  less  than  nu- 
trition for  the  higher  life. 

When  you  rend  my  article  mailed  to-day, 
please  do  not  »M«read  me  where  I  say  "I  am  not 
pleading  for  any  particular  style  of  dress  &c," 
The  context  will  perhaps  make  it  clear  that 
what  I  */«  plead  for  will  render  it  unnecessary 
to  hint!'!  on  the  adoption  of  a  distinctively  Chris- 
tian costume.  IMain  lints  must  be  judged  by 
their  motives,  and  there  is  no  posMbility  of 
gatheting  a  motive  from  the  Cross  and  its  ob- 
jects that  will  prefer  a  plain  hat  for  a  sister  to 
a  bonnet.  There  is  not  a  plea,  grounded  on 
any  principle  that  has  even  the  semblance  of 
honi?8ty,  that  has  not  been  urged  ten  years 
ago  by  our  fash  ion- worshiping  sisters  in  behalf 
of  hoops.  Should  plain  hats  become  tliederision 
of  the  entire  outside  world,  as  the  plain  cap  is, 
all  this  pitiful  pleading  for  permission  to  wear 
it  would  be  hushed  at  once. 

I'nion  Depo^'it.  Pa.,  Aiit/iist  11,  IK7'J. 

tlKI'LY. 


same  evening.        Our  beloved    W     C.  Teeter 
was  there,  and  comforted  our  hearts   with   his 
a^suri^e  words.     On  the  14th.  at  10  A.  M.    met 
with  those  of  "like  precious  faith"  in  the   Yel- 
low Creek  Church.     This  clowd   my    work   in 
Indiana  for  the  time  Iwing,  my  health  not  per- 
mitting further  labors  at  this  time.       Wisdom 
said,  "cease  for  a  season."     While  in   Chicago, 
oil  my  way  to  Indiana,    I    wan  taken   ill,  aod 
scarcely  knew  whether  U,  go  or  to  return,  but 
finally  concluded  to  go   to  my   appointment*, 
hoping  that  I  would  «oon  recover.        I  labored 
under  considerable  dilhculty,  and   trusted   that 
Mesiiings  would  he  added  so  that  I  could  fill  all 
my  engagements,  but  this  was  denied  me      By 
proper  treatment  and  rest,  and  the  ble.sainga  of 
IVovidencc  I  think  I  xhall    again   be  able  for 
my  Muster's  work  in  a  short  time.      I  desire  to 
visit  Kansas  and  Nebraska  a  few    weeks   and 
then  return  to  my  engagenii-nts  in  Indiana.  To 
(his  end  may  the   prayers  of  God's  children  as- 
cend  to  heaven.  n.  m.  b. 


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hoseu  them  l:o  fill  ?  Has  God  anywhere  promised 
to  bless  preachers  more  than  others?  Do  votes 
tr  hands  of  Elders  make 

liey  make  liim  any  purer?  any  more  pioii"*? 
any  more  holy?  any  more  intelligent?  Do 
votes  or  tlie  hands  of  Elders  enable  men  to  learn 
in  any  different  way  from  others?  Do  not 
preachers  have  to  learn  just  as  blacksmiths, 
masons,  and  farmers?  We  believe  God  inspires 
men  to  preach  now  jui-t  as  he  did  eighteen  hun- 
dred years  ago.  We  believe  he  aids  our  pres- 
ent ministers  just  as  he  did  the  apostles.  But 
never  did  God  do  for  man  what  man  could  do 
for  himself.  He  did  not  do  for  the  apostles 
what  they  could  do  for  themselves.  Ministers 
can  fit  themselves  for  their  work   now;  i;ou.se- 


Dear  Brolhfr.—'We  much  appreciate  your 
consciousness  of  the  predicament  in  which  edi- 
man  any  better?  do  tors  are  placed.  Few  realize  it  as  it  is,  and  as 
you  express  it.  Certainly  "every  article  is  a 
mirror  of  the  writer."  We  would  to  God  that 
all  might  "know  their  own  likenesses,"'  When 
you  say  "self  will  out,"  numerous  examples  of 
it  are  instantly  before  the  mind's  imaginary  eye. 
We  think  of  persons  who  have  had  all  the  ad-  I 
vantages  of  school,  travel,  books,  and  society. 
fliey  could  in  any  way  use,  but  with  all  that 
"self  will  out."  A  most  abom  inable  contra- 
diction may  sometimes  be  seen  in  an  humbly 
dressed  minister.  In  dress  and  language  he  is 
certainly  a  fair  representative  of  Christ,  while 
in  tone  and  manner,  he  is  almost  an  exact  like- 


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.piently  we  do  not  believe  God  ins; 
preach  the  gospel  anymore  than  he  inspires  in- 
fidels to  ridicule  it.  Do  not  ministers  call  into 
action  the  same  faculties  and  powers  by  which 
to  bless  the  name  of  God  that  infidels  do  to 
blaspheme  it?  Are  not  preachers  who  boldly 
assert  their  reliance  upon  God  but  neglect  to 
.■iiuihj  the  scriptures,  base  impostors,  quacks, 
hypocrites,  and  mockers?  Does  not  the  man  who 
relies  upon  God  .sd/rfi/?  ('2  Tim.  2:  15).  "What 
doih  it  profit  though  a  man  .w;/  he  have  faith 
.tndhavenot  ((wts'?  (Jas.  2:  14).  God  truly, 
iu  times  past,  chose  men  to  hear  witness  to  the 
trutli  who  were  very  poorly  qualified,  but  did 
he  not  fit  and  fully  equip  them  before  he  set 
them  at  work?  Did  he  ever  set  any  man  at 
work  who  proved  to  be  incompetent?  Why 
were  the  disciples  commanded  to  farry  at  Je- 
rusalem? Why  did  they  not  begin  o^  once  to 
preach  Christ's  "name  amonj;  all  nations"? 
(Luke  24:  47^9.)  For  what  purpose  was  the 
comforter  to  be  sent?  (John  14:  20.)  Do  not 
ministers  who  obey  the  gospel  study  to  show 
themselves  approved?  "  ^-  ■'■  "• 


pires  them  to    ness  of  the  father  of  hypocrites.      He  endeav- 


MANUSCRIPTAL. 

"Honesty,"  II.  P.  Brinkworth.  "Behold  the 
Lamb  of  God,"  hy  H.  P.  Briiil. worth.  "  The 
First  Hesurret-lion,"  by  John  Forney,  Sen. 
"■The  Second  Heaurrei'tion,"  by  John  Forney, 
Sen.  "  Humility,"  by  I,  F.  Kelso.  "The Seven 
Modern  Wonders,"  by  Thurston  Miller. 
"Dress,"  by  M.  C.  Savior. 


ors  to  screen  the  "wolf" — bigotry,  flgijtism, 
selfishness,  and  greediness, — with  "sheep's  cloth- 
ing"— plain  garments,  long  face,  and  Bible 
language.  But,  God  he  thanked,  while  he 
thinks  he  is  deceiving  others  he  is  deluding 
himself.  "To  keep  the  devil  out"  of  our  col- 
umns is  what  we  most  devoutly  wish,  but 
since  he  comes  to  us  in  "heavenly  worded  pray- 
ere"  in  "sheep's  clothing,"  it  will  hardly  be  ex- 
pected that  we  can.  If  the  "grim  visage"  grins 
from  behind  the  sacred  desk,  will  he  not  cer- 
tainly squeeze  himself  into  the  columns  of  any 
journal  exisiing  for  the  sole  purpose  of  obliter- 
ating his  Kingdom 

We  have  previously  expressed  our  views  on 
the  dress  question,  and  as  you  coincide  with 
them,  we  say  notliing  ab.^ut  that.        S.  J.  H. 


BnKTHKKN  in  Kansas  and  Nebraska  will 
please  not  scatter  appointments  too  widely  for 
BiofherJJ.  M.  E.  He  wants  to  concentrate 
his  efforts  as  much  as 


HOME   AGAIN. 


ON  the  night  of  the  12th,  met  with  the 
Brethren  at  Funk's  Meeting-house,  E-l 
River  Church.  Before  leaving  the  next  morn- 
inc,  1  learned  that  there  were  several  applicants 
for  baptisui.  Hope  they  have  carried  out  their 
resolutions  and  that  they  now  enjoy  freedom 
from  sin, 

.\rrived  at  Goshen,  on  the  13th,  and  had  the 
pleasure  of  meeting    in    public   worship  the 


DANISH  MISSION  REPORT. 

D.  C.  Moomaw,  Va $1.00 

Bufi-alo  Valley  Church 3.00 

Macoupin  Creek  "    "  3  00 

Kome        "  "    0  3.00 

West  Neimishillen    "  3.82 

Raccoon  Creek  "  lud    3  00 

Moschetto  Creek       0  105 

Loss  Creek  "     " 1 55 

Mahoniujj  "     "  3.00 

Cerro  Gordo       "     111    3-50 

Spring  Creek     "    Ind 3.00 

West  Branch    "    HI    800 

Covington  "       0   3.00 

Tulpehocken     "      Pa 300 

Portage  Praiiie      Ind -i-ST 

Ephreta  "      Pa • S.00 

Milford  "     Ind 1.00 

liro.  Swilz^r    "        "    A.OO 

Rock  Hun        "        "    3.00 

West  Otter  Creek    III 3.00 

Pleasant  Hill   "        •■    3,40 

C.  P.  RowLANii,  Treasurer. 
Lanark,  III.,  Awjust^-i,  1(^9. 


(I'.  <:..  pl'^'tse  Ci,yy.) 

DANISH    POOR  FUND. 

Enelish  Prarie  Church        Ind ^50 

Middle  Fork  "  Tnd  le.Ctt 

A.  Sister       "       "  Neh   .-..-...     100 

C.  P.  RowLAXn,  Treasurer. 
Lamrk,  Aug.  15,  ItiJif. 

(P,  C,  please  coptf  ) 


THE    BRETHltEKT    ^T    AVOKKl. 


-A-ugust 


•»  The  Worth  cf  Truth  no  Tongue  Can  Tell" 

Tliis  il.'itirtiiifitt  is  ili>.iik'iii-<1  f.»i  adkiiii;  and  aii- 
SWwrimi  quc^tiOTii,  ilrnwii  from  tin-  nihlt-.  In  ft- 
cler  to|>i-iuii'>t<'  lli>-  Tnitli.  all  ijiicstitiiis  should  l><- 
brief.  «ii.l  .l.'tlK-.llii  .iiiiiplc  Uiijfii.nr*.  Wi'  «Ji«n 
MSiffii  i|iii's[iiina  to  our  lODtriltiit'irH  to  iinswi-r. 
but  lilts  (t'li's  not  excliiduntiy  otln-rn  wrilinn  ujinn 
Che  SHine  (oiijc. 


Will  frunif-  un«  t<xp]uin  Hob.  1 :  I V  "  And  of  trio 
•ngvlB  hrsniili,  Wliumnkctlibisanf(<<Iti8]ilrit«,  and 
hit  ministers  a  llnmo  of  (Ire."  It.  T.  CiiooK. 


tii^ 


:  that  thf y  may  ti*-  one.  eveo 
nnf;  I  in  thfm.  and  thou  in  ni",  tbat  thpy  may 
hf  niadi'  pprfpct  in  oop:  and  that  the  world  may 
l^now  that  thoi]  bavt  sPDt  me,  and  hsmi  lurtMl 
thema*  Ihoii  hftst  loTtd  me.  Father,  I  will 
that  they  aUo  wbooi  thou  haat  given  me  be 
with  me  wbc^rel  am;  that  they  may  behold  my 
Wlll8om4i  one  pluasu  toll  u«,tlirousb  tboJJitf.Tii-  I  f;Iory  which  ihou  hatt  given  nie;  iar  thou  lov- 
RBN  AT  Woiut  wlm  wiole  the  latter  part  of  tli.- 1  f,,j^t   me  before  tlie  lijundatiun  of  th.^    world." 


nhHll  believe  on  me  throuf^h  Dieir  word:  That  nioulhe.  and  there  can  be  no  reaeiyi  for  doubt- 
llipy  limy  ail  be  one;  as  thou,  Father  art  in  mi>.  |  ing  that  tlu-y  are  the  very  wi'lU  A\i^  by  Abra- 
und  I  in  thee,  that  they  may  aho  be  one  iu  u»;  ■  ham  and  Iiiaac.  St«  Gen.  ifl:  22-^;  2**:  1^-33. 
that  the  world  may  believe  thai  thou  hast  scut  Tru*-.  Lieut.  Conder  fentureR  the  suggentinn 
me."    John  I";  "i't.  yi.  that  the  mo«t  eastern  well  i-^  of  modern   con- 

OmfTiiry  tQ  thf  npirU  nf  Chrir^tuinify. — ".And    tttruction,  but  I  nee  no  reason  for  the  ajwertion. 
the  jrlorj- which  thou  ^'aveat  me.  an  I  have  given    It«   upper  course  of  stones   is  not   so  dee[j!y 


are    pround;  but  thi'*  is  accounted  for  by  the  fact  of  ,  could,  he  exjiressM-d  hi-*  gratitude    by    touchii 


from 


firth    venie 
A.  E.  M. 


last  cliiipler  of  r>eiiteronomy. 
to  end  of  chapters' 

■Will  Home  fine  pli-nao  explain  Matt.  8:22?  "But 
JeauB  said  unto  lilm.  Follow  me :  and  let  the  Av<:v\ 
bury  tlif-ir  ituail."  11.  Sthwaht. 

Will  Huiue  one  lie  kini,!  enough  to  exjilain  Ileb. 
10:281'  '  C'.J.  Hkap. 

Win  some  one  pluaie  explain  Matt.  11:  11.  In 
particular  we  wi>iild  like  to  hnuw  who  Is  the  IftuiX. 
and  why  called  the  klnprdom  nf  heaven  ';* 

.re^TlNA   MiT'LEIt. 
Will  some  brother  or  nlsler  jilfase  cxjilaiii  wliat 
Uilngi  were  done  In  Betliabarn.     Thai  wblcli  Ih 
apohen  of  in  St.  John  1 :  zs. 

Sasii'kl  W,  Voht. 


Thfij  nhoir  a  mrnal  n/iirit. — '"For  ye  are  yet 
carnal;  for  wlu-reas  there  is  among  you  envy. 
itip,  and  xlnl'<'.  and  divisions,  ore  ye  not  carnal, 
and  walk  as  men?"     1  Cor.  3:  3. 


I  believe  tiiat  it  iHgencrnlly  (-lainiedby  us  tljiit 
we  are  Ktrietly  scrlpturnl  in  our  practice.  Will 
some  liroIIuT  ornlster  ple)u<c  tell  us  where  the  com- 
manil  or  ixiimple  w.-w  fiivcn  by  ('lirJBt  orlhe  jiiiuh- 
t!e»  for  the  ]>j,i(iic'e  of  the  Balutation  between  the 
supper  . mil  roiiiiiiunlonV  A  icrlpturnl  aiiHwor  1m 
deslriiid.  and  not  tlie  tradition  of  the  elders  (this 
side  of  LJm  apostleij.  I>.  YiMN<.ii. 

[  W'iil  lirolher  Ji.  F.  Aluumnw  annwer  Brother  I). 
VouucvT— Edk] 

Will  some  one  please  oxjilaln  the  Mh  and  flth 
verses  of  the  nth  ehnpter  of  nevelntlonsy  It  readi 
iM  follows:  "And  when  he  had  opened  the  third 
seal.  1  heard  the  third  U'lmlHiiy,  Corne  and  Noe.— 
And  1  lielield,  and  lo,  a  hlaek  hoiHe;  and  lie  that 
sat  on  hini  had  a  jiiilr  of  balances  in  IiIh  hand. 
And  I  heard  a  voice  In  the  midst  of  the  foui'  heasis 
say.  A  me.xsnre  of  wheat  for  a  penny,  and  Ihiee 
measures  of  barley  for  ft  penny ;  and  see  thou  hurl, 
not  the  nil  and  Ihe  wine." 

Also,  Matt.  II :  11.  "Among  them  that  ar<j  horn 
"f  women,  there  hatli  not  risen  a  greater  than 
.Tohn  the  Itaptlnt:  notwitliHlandint;,  he  tliat  i^  leu>t 
in  the  kiuKdom  of  heaven  is  preater  than  he," 

Kmma  .1.  Mvmti.v. 


FROM  PALESTINE. 


.NIMISKH  Xl\ 


Bcer-shcba,  and  the  Land  of  the 
Phlistincs. 


F" 


ANSWER  TO  BROTHER  WOOD. 

Will  Nome  one  ])leas''  explain  JJaniel  7:  ID.  11. 
"I  saw  thu  night  visions,  and  behold,  one  Iflcu  tlio 
Son  of  man  came  with  the  clouds  of  heaven,  and 
came  to  the  Ancient  of  days,  and  they  broiiRht 
him  near  l>erove  him.  And  thtne  waa  Riven  him 
dominion,  ami  a  kingdom,  thai  all  people,  nations, 
and  languages  should  serve  him  :  his  dominion  is 
an  everlastinK  dominion,  which  shall  not  pass 
away,  and  his  kingdom  that  which  uhall  not  be 
destroyed. 

Also  Hev.  7,  andHftv.  20:4,  5.  T.  C.  Wood. 


riMlK  I'rophei  Daniel  looked  forward  to  Christ 
i  and  hia  kingdom.  "Tho  Son  of  Man"  is 
Christ,  and  tlie  Ancient  of  days  is  tho  oternat 
judge  of  the  world. 

Verso  14  corresponds  to  several  other  script- 
ures coucemiuK  tho  extent  and  duration  of 
Christ's  kingdom. 

Rev.  7  (reals  mainly  upon  the  end  of  the 
world,  and  tho  happiness  of  the  redeenied.  The 
one  hundred  and  forty-four  thousand  is  perhaps 
a  term  used  to  express  a  great  number. 

Rev.  20:  4  represents  the  saints  who  have 
part  in  the  first  resurrection,  who  will  "reign 
with  him"  during  the  uiillenniuni. 

Rev.  20:  o  does  not  represent  the  first  res- 
urrection as  being  at  the  end  of  tlie  thousand 
y*ars.  A.  W.  Vaniman. 


HOM  Hebron  to  Iji^rr-Hheba,  i.sahout  thirty 
miles  ill  a  south-westerly  direction.     For 
tlie  lirst  two  or  three  miles  we  pa-i* through  the 
exlensive  olive  groves  and  vineyards,  interspers- 
ed   with    fit;,    prtmegranate   and    (juince   trees, 
which  surround   U<-bron    on    evi-ry    side.       At 
about  litteeu  miles,  we    reachfd   (he  village   of 
Oahiriyeh.  which  lies    amonfj   the    la-^t   nf  tho 
hills,     the  remainder    of    the   distance    being 
tbroii;,'h  tho  plain    where   Abraham    and  Isaac 
fed  their  IJockrt  and  du^^    their   wella    while  so- 
journing in  the   couutry   of  Abimelech.     Iler« 
a  striking  historical  coincidence  had  just  occur- 
cd.     In  conversation  with  tlie  Shiek  of  tlie  vil- 
lage, wiio  called  at   our   camp,  I    learned    that 
his  people  ani'  thoje  of  another  village  further 
south,  had  recently  had  a  tight,  in    which    five 
men    were     killed,  and  that   the   quarrel    was 
about  the  ownerflhii»  of  a  well  which  lies   be- 
tween the  two  villages.    At  once  I  wa-s  remind' 
ed  of  the  quarrel  which  arose  up  between  Isaac 
and  the  herdsmen    of  Abifiielech    iu  this    very 
vicinity,  nearly  4,000  years   ago,  for  the   very. 
Name  cause.     The  life  of  tliu  people  and    their 
/locks  is  still  dependent  during  the  Summer  on 
their  wells,  and  in  the  absence  of  an  efi'ective 
general  government,  the  half  independent  com- 
munities slill  scttlt:  their  quarrels  among  them- 
selves. 

The  remainder  of  our  ride  to  Beer-sheba  was 
over  an    alluvial    plain    ten    miles    wide,  and 


its  having  le*^  wat«r  and  being  Ie3!<  used.  I 
would  rather  inter  that  it  is  the  oldest  well  of 
ail.  and  that  the  others  were  dug  because  of  its 
failure  to  furnish  a  continuous  supply  of 
water. 

It  wan  with  deep  and  solemn  satisfaction, 
that  after  visitint:  the  favorite  residence  of 
these  venerable  patriarchs,  and  their  approi>ri- 
ate  burial  place,  I  wa.'i  now  permitted  to  rest 
where  the  grove  which  Abraham  here  planted 
once  cast  a  shade,  and  to  refresh  myself  with 
the  same  water  from  which  he  drank.  Along 
the  plain  above,  and  close  about  the  wells,  cit- 
ies have  risen  and  fallen  since  that  day,  and  we 
rode  among  their  ruins:  but  now  in  these  ends 
of  the  ag*'*,  thoae  silent  wells  are  as  tht^y  were 
when  Isaac  left  them,  without  a  perfect  habita- 
tion within  many  miles  of  them,  the  property 
of  all  who  iio  to  tbeni  for  refreshment,  the  ex 
elusive  inheritance  is  none.  Through  all  these 
sges  they  have  been  a  constant  source  of  bless- 
ing to  mankind  in  s  humble  way,  aud  there  are 
no  relitrs  of  antiquity  which  command  so  much 
my  veneration. 

It    was   Saturday    afternoon     when    we   left 
Beer  Sheba,  and  our  camp  for  Sunday.  May    IS. 
was  on  Wady  Shariu,  a  perennial  stream  whitli 
Hows  fiom  the  hills  west  of  Hebron  across   the 
southern  end  of  the  Philistine  plain,  and  enters 
the  Mediteraueau  south  of  tiaza.     We  were  in 
the  midst  of  a  large    tribe    of  Bedouin,    whose 
encampments  dotted    the    plains   in  every   di- 
rection, while  their  herds  of  camels  were  graz- 
ing in  group-i,  or  marching  in  solemn   proces- 
sion to  and  from  the  water,    and  their   harvest- 
ers, both  men  and  women,  were  everywhere  at 
work  in  the  mifeiiced  fields  <.f  grain.  I  thought 
of  Samson  and  his  foxes,  aud  could  see   that  a 
fire  once  set  out  in  these  fields  of  dead  ripe  grain 
and  yellow  straw,  would  spread     without    hin- 
drance over  the  whole  country.     The  modes  of 
handling  grain  are  the  same  that  they   were  iu 
thedaysof  I^aac.     The  grain  is   cut    with    the 
sickle  and  tied  in  very  small   bundles.     Camels 
are  loaded  with    these   bundles,    and    they  are 
gathered  in  great  heaps  at  the  threshing-floors. 
The  threshing  is  still  done  with   the  flail  and 
with  the  feet  of  oxen,  and  the  rule  not  to  muz- 
zle the  ox  that  treads  out  the  grain    is   strictly 
observed.     When  the  straw  it-   beaten  or  trod 
until  it  is  broken  into  chaff,  sometimes  a  kind 
of  sled  is  dragged  over  it  to  fimsh   the   work, 
and  then  it  is  separated  from  the  chatl'  by  toss- 


hL-^trilje  and  another.  He  claim-rd  that  K" 
cousin  had  Uen  guilty  of  no  personal  crin, 
and  said  that  there  was  no  way  ol  geltinp  ' 
case  throueh  the  Turkish  courts  except  t 
bribery.  He  waut-'d  me  to  induce  the  America 
consul  to  u«e  his  influence  to  effect  his  couain" 
release;  and    wJien    I    ptomnted    to  do   what  T 

ing 


my  heart  and  bissinj  my  hand.     1  was  faithfi  i 
to  my  promise,   aud  Col.    Wilson,   our  consul 
a.'aured  me  that  he  would  us«  his  utmost  infl    ' 
ence  in  the  case,  if  be  could    niauage  to  do. 
without  appearing  to  iuternitddlc. 

.1.  W.  MnQiBvn. 


faXtm  |(afeirp 


ObitaBries  ehouli]  be  brief,  wrillen  on  but  od«  side  of 
paper,  aad  separate  Itom  all  other  buiineu 


stretching  as  far  as  the  eye  could  reach    to  the    ing  it  up  into  the  wind  with  a  winnowing  shov- 


WHAT  THE    BIBLE    SAYS    ABOUT 
DIVISIONS. 

'J'Jiii/  Kte  ilrdarfil  ttf  he  uronij. — "For  it  hath 
been  declared  unto  me  of  you,  my  brethren,  by 
them  which  are  of  the  houss  of  Cliloe,  that 
there  are  contentions  among  you.  Now  this  I 
say.  that  every  one  of  you  saith.  I  am  of  Paul; 
and  I  of  Apollos;  and  1  of  Cephas;  and  I  of 
Christ."    1  Cor.  1:  11-13. 

Thetjare  unhrroining  in  tlie  church.— ''For 
ourcomely  parts  have  no  need;  but  God  hath 
tempered  the  body,  having  given  more  abund- 
ant honor  to  that  part  which  lacked.  That 
there  should  be  no  schism  in  the  body;  but 
that  the  members  should  have  the  same  care 
one  for  another.  And  whether  one  member 
sutler  with  it.  for  all  the  members  sufltr  with  it; 
or  one  member  be  honored,  all  the  members 
rejoice  with  it."    1  Cor.  12:  24-i>(j, 

Contrary  to  the  unity  0/  believer/i.—''Suyf  ye 
are  the  body  of  Christ,  and  members  in  partic- 
ular."   1  Cor.  lii:i;7. 

Contrary  to   (he  desire  of  ChrhL—'-'Seiiher 


east  and  west,  with  a  gradual  descent  to  the 
west.  It  is  bounded  on  the  uorth  by  the  hills 
of  Judah,  and  on  the  south  by  the  desert  of 
the  wanderings.  It  is  the  plain  in  which  Isaac 
sowed  and  reaped  tho  same  year  a  hundredfold. 
It  is  now  almost  a  continuous  whtat  field,  culti- 
vated by  the  Uodouin  Arabs.  Like  tho  man  of 
tho  parable,  they  cast  their  seed  into  the  ground 
and  go  away  and  sleep  aud  rise  night  and  day, 
aud  the  seed  springs  iiiid  grows  up,  they  know 
not  how.  Uut,  when  the  fruit  is  brought  forth, 
tlu-y  return  with  their  black  tents  and  herds  of 
camels,  and  thrust  in  the  .sickle  and  gatlior  the 
harvest.  Tho  soil  is  1  ich  and  deep,  and  it  needs 
only  a  restoration  of  the  early  aud  the  latter 
rain— the  early  iu  the  Fall,  and  the  latter  in 
the  Spring  to  make  it  bring  forth  again  a  hun- 
dredfold. 

The  wells  of  Beer-sheba  are  at  the  western 
extrtiniity  of  this  plain.  They  are  three  in 
number,  and  they  are  in  a  row  about  300  yards 
apart,  along  the  northern  hank  of  the  torrent 
bed  which  drains  the  plain  during  the  Winter. 
This  tonent  bed  is  alwut  50  yards  wide  oppo- 
site the  wells,  and  its  smooth,  white  stones, 
thrown  into  ridges  by  the  violence  of  water, 
show  that  adeep  and  rapid  stream  rushes  over 
thorn  in  the  rainy  season,  though  in  the  Sum- 
mer they  are  perfectly  dry.  The  most  eas-tern 
of  the  three  wells  is  nine  feet  iu  diameter  and 
forty  feet  deep,  with  three  aud  one-half  feat  of 
good  water  at  the  the  time  of  our  visit.  The 
third  is  five  aud  one  h  »If  feet  in  diameter  and 
forty-five  feet  deep,  aud  has  ten  feet  of  excel- 
lent water.  They  are  all  walled  with  excellent 
masonry,  aud  are  exactly  alik-?  iu  workiu.iu- 
ship,  indicating  a  common  origin.  They  are 
without  any  curbing,  except  the  topmost  row 
of  the  wall,  and  the  constant  friction  of  the 
ropes  by  which  wat«r  is  di*awii,    has   worn   a 


el.    While  some  of  the  men.  women,  and   boys 
are  thus  engaged,  a  detachment  of  women  and 
boys  are  at  work  bringing  water  to   the   labor- 
ers, and  Lu  the  camps.     It  is  brought  partly  in 
goat-skins,  the  bottles  of  scripture,  aud    partly 
in  suiaU-mouthed  jars,.or  large-mouthed   j'l^j. 
1  scarcely  know  which   to  call   them,   holding 
about  five  gallons  each.     These  are  swung   in 
pairs  iicross  the  backs   of  small  donkeys;  or  if 
the  distance  is  moderate,  they  are  poised  singly 
on  the  heads  of  the  women.     The  women  have 
learned  to  balance  them  so  skillfully  that  tli<-y 
seldom  steady  them  with  their  hands.      To  add 
to  this  interesting  picture   of  nomad   life,   the 
Shiek  of  the  tribe  visited  our  camp  in  company 
with  several  of  his  men,  and  they  brought  with 
them  a  beautiful  yearling  lamb,  led   by  a  cord. 
a-i  a  present  to  our  dragoman.      They   nceivcd 
pnsenti  iu  return,  and  remained  all  night  with 
us.     We  gave  them  a  hospitable  (?)  sleeping 
place  on  the  bare  ground  outside  of  our  tents, 
but  the  loamy  plain   did  not  furnish   a  stugle 
stone  tor  a  pillow— for  be  it  known  that  a  stone 
ia  still  uied  as  a  pillow  by   the  sleeper  in    the 
desert,  aud  I  know   by   the  experieuce  of  my 
noonday  &luniher.*i  that  it  is  a   real    comfort.     I 
throw  my  blanket  shawl  on   the  ground,    with 
one  end  folded  on  a  stone,  and  under  the  shade 
of  a  fig.  or  olive,  or  carob  tree,  it  is  a   bed   that 
any  weary  man  would  enjoy.     So  the    Bedawy 
uses  hia  wooleu  outer  garment,  which  protects 
him  from  the  sun  during  the  day.  and  serves  as 
his  bed  and  cover  hy   night.      It   would  have 
amused  you  to  see  the  Sheik  and  his  company 
eat  their  boiled  rice.  It  is  placed  ou  the   ground 
iu  a  large  dish,  and  they  sit  around   it.      Eich 
puts   in  his  hand,   and  squeezing    together  a 
round  roll  about  the  size  of  a  hen's  egg.  put*  it. 
all  at  once  into  his  mouth.     About  as  fast  as 
the  hand  em  perform   its   part,   the   month 


stones  all  round  the  top  of  the  well.  II. 
many  thousiud  of  rop-j-i  iii*'.!  b^_■r•n  worn  out 
in  thus  wearing  out  the  hard  limestone,  I  leave 
the  reader  to  imagine.  The  antiquity  of  the 
pray  I  for  thee  alone;  but  for  them  also   which  |  wells  is  emphatically  asserted  by  their  scalloped 


series    of  deep  grofive.s   in   these  (  ready  for  the  successive  rolls,   and    the  ^reat 


heap  in  the  dish  disappears  very  rapidly.  Thi.s 
Sheik  appealed  to  me  very  earnestly  in  behalf 
of  a  cousin  of  his.  who  had  been  held  by  the 
Turks  a-s  a  prisoner  in  Jerusalem  for^wenlv- 
two  months,  on  account  of  a  fight  between 


BFKRY.— In  Solomon's  Creeit    Thurch,    l^A- 

ana,  August  Mth,  of  cancer,  Sister  Mary  Bi>r 

rv,  companion  of  .John  Berry,  aged  46  years 

S  months,  and  ^1  days.  ' 

Jksse  Calveht. 

ULEKY.— In  the   Brush   Creek    Church,  St 

Clair  County.   Missouri,  August   5th,   187*)' 

Sister  Elizibeth  IJlery,    wife    of  Elder  J.  p 

Ulery.  aged  3.o  years.  11  mouths,  and  4  days 

She  leaves  a  husbaud  aud   nine  children  to 

mourn  their  loss;  but  we  have  reason  to  believe 

their  loss  will   be  her  gain.       Funeral    services 

by  the  writer,  from  Heb.  13: 14. 

J-  A.  Yost. 

SHIRKEY.— In  the   Wakauda   * 'ongregation 

Mary  F  Sbirkey.  infant  daughter  of  Brother 

S.  B.  and   Sister  Catharine   Shirkey,  aged  8 

months  and  2.*»  days.    Funeral  discourse  from 

Psalms  10:  G,  hy  Brother  Eli  Metz   and  the 

writer,  to  a  large  and  sympathizing  audience. 

D.  B.  GiiisoN.  ' 

MURRAY.— In  the  Fall  River  Church,  WUson 

County,  Kan=as  July    3rd.    Sister  Lucinda 

daughter  of  Brother  John  F,  Hess,  and  wife 

of  Brother  James  Murray,  a»eil  28  years,  6 

months,  and  7  diys.     Disease,    conslimption. 

Funeral  services  by  the  writer,  from  Heb.  13; 

1-i-  •  Sidney  Hodockk. 

HOOVER— Near  Syracuse.  August  9th.  WiJ- 

liam  ]•].  Hoover,  son  of  Brother  John  D.  and 

Mary  Hoover,  aged   7  years,  2  months,  and 

21  days. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  came  to  his  death 

by  a  very  slight  scratch   on  his   foot  from  a 

rusty  nail.    Funeral  discourse  by  the  writer. 

Davis  Yol-nce. 

JOHNSON.— In  the  Waddam's  Grove  District, 

Stephenson    County,    Illinois.   August  4th, 

Sister  Hetty  Johnson.  Aged  20  years   less  26 

days.     Funeral   services     by    the   brethren 

from  Rev.  14:  13  and  Job  14. 

The  subj-ict  of  this  notice  will  be  best  remem- 

I  hered  by  many  when   I  say   she   walked  with 

two    crutches    on    account  of  a  lame   leg,  ou 

which  she  had  a  running  sore   occasioned  by  a 

fall  when  a  little  girl.    The   sore   healed  over 

some  three  nioiitli-.  ago;  heur*    maiter  ackjuin- 

mulated  internally,  causing  her   sudden  death, 

with  but   liJtle   pain   or  inconvenience.     She 

leaves  father,  mother,  and  all  her  brothers  and 

sisters,  aud  many  friends,  to  mourn  their  loss, 

which  we  believe  is  her  eternal  gain. 

Enoch  Eby. 
CLARK.— In  Oakland  Church.  Darke  County, 
Ohio,  Sister  Elmira  Jane  Clark;  waa  born 
August  2S,  1860,  and  died  July  6th,  1879, 
aged  18  years.  10  mouths,  aud  8  days.  Funer- 
al services  by  the  brethren. 
STONKROCK— In  the  same  church.  Sister 
Eliza  Jane  Stoneroclr,  aged  19  years.  8  mon., 
and  5  days.  Funeral  by  the  brethren. 

HOLLAD.U'.— In  the  same  church.  Sister  Jl; 
len  Holladay.  daughter  of  Brother  Vincon 
and  Sister  Martha  Holladay,  aged  some  over 
sixteen  years. 

DEE  TKR .— In  the  same  church,  Curtis  Deeter, 
son  of  Brother  Israel  and  Sister  Lizzie  Daeter, 
aged  14  years  and  30  days, 

Jeremiah  Kathkbman. 

ADAMS.— In  the  Beaver  Creek  Congregation, 
Indiana,  August  7tli.of  consumption.  Sister 
Elizabeth  J.  Adams,  aged  37  years,  3  months, 
and  11  days. 

She  wa*«  a  consistent  ineuilier  of  the  German 
Baptist  Church  the  greater  portion  of  her  life, 
and  after  counfcting  herself  to  the  church  ol 
Christ,  shf.  like  the  Ethiopian  officer,  arose, 
and  went  on  herway  n-joiciui.'.  But  the  Lord 
called  her.  and  a'ter  a  great  d<'al  of  pain  and 
suffering,  her  soul  took  its  flight  to  that  eter- 
nal world.  She  leaves  a  mother,  three  sisters, 
aud  many  friends  to  mourn  their  loss.  Servi- 
ces hy  the  brethren,  from  1  Cor.  15 

I.  N.  Click. 


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THE    liltETHRElSr    ^T    "WOKKl. 


'\fiE   DIFFERENCE  BETWEEN. 
FAITri  AND  BELIEF. 


HY  .1    \V    «lirTHWOl>I>. 

Hi  lii  ttfts  Belief  only  exists.  Paith  is  an 
r  Hi^iive  Wlit'f-  Uelief  is  a  (ieuil  faitti.  Faitti 
liiit  jniu'Ut  l»e  called  a  faith  I'y  works,  an 
'msel'c"'-  practical,  or  n  living  faith.  Belief 
*  nlv  an  lii^torlo;il  faith. 
'  VVebster  says.  "Faith  is  the  belief  iq  the  facts 

j  truth  of  tlie  Si:riptures,  with  .i  practical 
fj^tif  them,  especinlly  that  coufidiiig   and    af- 

.tiiinate  belief  in  the  person  ami  work  of 
',Lp,t  which  effects  the  character  and  life,  and 

j);e«  a  Ilia"  ^  ^""'"^  christian,  called  a  practical, 
"j,P^rp|iciil.  or  living  faith." 

[.■;iith  ni:ikes  ;i  man  a  christian.     Belief  only 
|.,ei  ii  mnn  hiivt' lontidencp  in    the   christian 

itli.     Ki'tl'  '^  what  .lames  would  seem  to  call 

frtith  hy  works.  Belief  is  what  he  terms  a 
Mil  t'"''^''-  Belief  is  a  confidence  in,  or  a  credit 
,i(PU  to  ftu  evidence.  Faith  and  belief  aresyn- 
'  yiiioiis,  yet  faith  is  something  more  than  be- 
Ijfi.  '"Faith  is  the  substauce  of  things  hoped 
for   tli^  evidence  of  things  not  seen.'"  Heb,  11: 

jj.nv  we  sBf  thHt  faith  i^  that  evidence,  while 
jjeljel'  '■*  ""'>'  'I  cnnfidonrc  in  that  cvideuce,  or  a 
{i¥ilit  siiven  to  it  as  evidence.  According  to 
Pj„i,  fiirh  is  the  sub-taace  of  things  hnp^d  for 
^|>il(!  bi'lief  only  adDntj.  that  such  things  exist 

;\  man  may  be  a  believer  in  the  religion  of 
L„i,  ('nri>t.  and  yet  never  become  a  Chri-tian, 


hot 


vl,fnheba3  faith  th^n   he   will  act,   and 


,l)n,  bt-comea  follower  of  Christ.  Many  per- 
jons  believe,  and  yet  have  not  faith.  Faith  is 
ffliat  people  much  need;  taat  is  faith  by  works, 
Jivio?.  practical  taitb. 


(forrpsjiontlcnep. 


:e  wo  unto  jau.  Dial  ymir  joy  m 


any, 


Scattered    Sheep. 

r.,  ISrulher  Jaroh  R    Kififhr,  of  Neir    Alb' 
h,'l-,aw,. 

\f  OUK  soul  stirrinir.  Heaven-freighted  epistle 

\  ciiuie  in  due  course.  Although  you  have 
no  ministry  save  the  Gospel  and  Bukthhen 
il  Work,  your  letter  gives  stratifying  evidence 
thai  you  are  under  the  guidance    of    One  who 

knows  liuw  to  lead  you  by  the  "still  waters," 
aii'I  regale  you  with  "Kreeu  pastures.'"  With 
such  isolated  souls  I  have  inten-e  sympathy. 
1  know  by  sorrowful  experience,  the  deep,  des 
olate,  incommunicable  meaning  of  the  word 
.\LONE.  The  88th  P.-^alm  was  recorded  to  de- 
pict my  history,  aod  to  enable  nie  to  find  the 
inner  link  of  communion  that  binds  spirit  with 
SPIHIT.  ".\loae  yet  not  alone,"  is  the  agouy 
and  the  glory  of  life.  Without  loneliness  %ve 
irili  never  find  our  true  Complement.  To  ex- 
perience that  without  this  is  hell.  The  essence 
of  torment  is  the  loss  of  God.  Man  is  an 
empty,  worthless,  endless  cypher  of  damnation 
without  connection  with  the  Everlasting  Unit. 
1  have  been  twenty-six  years  a  dependent  suffer- 
er, and  fifteen  years  voiceless,  much  of  this 
lime  in  monotonous  solitude,  and  have  had  ray- 
less  midnights,  bliss-flooded  noontides,  dcsper- 
ateencounters  with  "the  devil  and  his  angels, ' 
and  soul-thrilling  exaltations  in  the  sense  of 
the  Divine  inheing.  Living  in  a  dutch  com- 
munity, and  obliged  to  iiorumnnicate  mostly 
with  slate  and  pencil,  few  nave  been  so  conform- 
ed to  the  Great  Sympathizer  and  Self-denier  as 
iovouchsafe  even  the  silent  girding  of  Job 
13.  Hut  I  refer  not  to  this  as  any  just  ground 
of  complaint,  but  to  give  you  an  inkling  of  the 
iiliiifif  of  my  letters  and  essays.  Circumstan- 
ces so  peculiar  must  needs  give  birth  to 
IhouGihis  and  utterances  which  are  unholy  be- 
yond the  comprehension  of  many:  To  be  press- 
ed out  to  the  dreadful  verge  of  the  problem  of 
*!(istence,  is  to  bi5  educated  in  a  sphere  of 
Ihougbt  and  experience  which  is  a  sealed  arca- 
ouni  to  the  vast  majority.  There  is  a  doultle 
finding  fur  every  saved  soul,  and  a  single  find- 
ing for  every  lost  one.  Simultaneously  we 
find  ourselves  as  sinners  and  God  as  a  consum- 
ing fire.  This  is  the  first  draught  from  th< 
'ate  of  wrath,  differing  intrinsically  in  no  wise 
f'oni  thij  utter  p^rdititn  of  the  hopeb-Msly  lost. 
Thisis  tfj  fmd  God  in   knowledge  while  losing 

Ufa  in  character  and  enjoyment.  Adam's  like- 
less  to  God  by  sin  was  a  deeper  unlikeness  in 
that  wlii;h  constitutes  salvation.  Gen.  3;  22. 
^uch  likt'ness  to  God  means  rupture,  woe,  death 
ifdheU.  To  find  God  as  a  Sivior,  we  must 
find  ourselves  in  the  immovable,  changeless  de- 
'eraiination  to  do  right.  Here  all  the  Gates  of 
Pearl  8\ving  open,  the  vail  is  rent,  the  mercy  seat 
is  revealed,  and  the  smiling  face  of  God  shinen 
^nll  upon  the  aoul.  This  gathers  into  one  flock 
*"  the  sheep  of  the  Divine  Shepherd,  in  what- 


ever corner  of  ihe  wilderness  they  may    browse. 
This  double  finding  is  the  great  crisis   of  our 
being:  and  the  "not  losing  agnin  what  we  have 
wrought"  is  the  uninlermittent  strugglp  of  the 
new  life.     Truly  to  be  found  of  the  Imug,  Om- 
nipotent Shepher-i.  and  truly  to    find   Him  and 
ourselves,  is  to  set  unto  deadly  opposition  uith 
ourselves  and  the  mi^jbty,  seductive   legions  of 
darkness.      It    is    a    life  aud-dealh    encouu'er. 
That  luysteriojis  inner  somrthing    which  puts 
us  into  conscious  relation  with  Givl  and  Eterni- 
ty is  poised  at  the  core,  and  it  is  by  a  slow  and 
painful  process  of  extraction  that  we  are    puri- 
fied and  healed.     The    Devil    is   intrenched  in 
the  citadel  of  moral  being,  and    will    fight    for 
the  supremacy  as  long  as  soul  and  body  are    in 
fellowship.     To  U!^  a  civic  comparison:  in  the 
unregenerate  .\pollyon   occupies    Washington, 
while  in  the  redeemed  and  sanctified  he  is  con- 
fined to  the  Indian   Territory,  and  a  deal  of 
trouble  he  makes    there.      What  soul-blood  is 
often  abed,  and    what    ruinous   exp?nditure  of 
moral  resources,    in    suppressing  the   inaurrec- 
tionsof  tho'Sin  that  dwelleth  in  our  members." 
The  old  serpent  twists  his  tail,   darts   his    hell- 
di-ippiug  tongue,  iind  infuses  his  virus   till    the 
suu  sinks  behind  the  golden  bars  of  the  eternal 
morning.     But  "thanks  be  to  God  who   giveth 
us  the  victory  through  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ." 
1  Cor,  l.i:  ."i7.     Let  this  be  voiir  ^tudy   and  sol- 
ace in  your  isolation.  The  Devil  is  a  mighty  de 
stroyer.   but  .Iehovab-.Iesu3   is     an     Almighty 
Delivpror.       Man   sins    by   innate    nropensity. 
and  fulls  an  ea.sy    prey    to    the  arch-fiend;  but 
Emmanuel  is  Lord  of  sin  and   devils,   and    can 
countervail  all  adverse  gravitation.      What  the 
will  is  none  can  explicate,  and  what  free  will  is 
none  can  fathom;  but  both  are  conscious    fact?, 
and  therein    Heavtn   and    Hell  find  their   tri- 
umphs.    Volition  unlocks  the    Gates   of  Pearl, 
and  uiibolt-t  the  gates    of  tHe   Buttomless    Pit. 
Without  it  God  could  have  no  New   Jerusalem, 
and  the  Ked  Dragon  no  Pandemonium.    In  the 
freedom  of  the  will  is  fought    the   decisive   Ar- 
mageddon for  Hternity.     Rev.  Hi:    14-1(J.     No 
soul    is   doomed    to   destruction     by  any    Di- 
vine arrangement  to   that    end.      The  door  of 
Eden  is  open  to  the  entrance  of  Abaddon,   but 
the  inner  sanctuary  of  our  being  we  must  open 
ourselves.    Damnation  is  our  own  work,  and 
so,    in    a    corresponding    sense,    is    >5alvatiou. 
"Work    out  your   own    solvation,    kc."      The 
Lord  stands  within  aiebt  of  every  soul  that  has 
ever  heard  of  Jesus,  and  the  blood  of  the  Cruci- 
fied is  offered  in  its  omnipotent  etiieacy  to  every 
prodigal,  every   wandering  sheep,  every  lone 
pilgrim,   every    isolated,    heart  sick,      Ohrist- 
hungeriDg  saint  no  matter  in  what  far-oti'  mor- 
al Siberia  or   Saharah    he    may    sojourn.     The 
Good  Shepherd  ha-s  a  rill  from  th"  Crystal  Riv- 
er,   and  a   patch  of  fresh,'  tender    pasture   for 
every  loyal  soul.      The   God   man  still   turns 
thistles  into  roses,  water  into  win-,  and  Marahs 
into  Elims.    Only  eo that  we   h-arken   to  His 
voice,  and  follow  the  flaming  pillar. 

C.  H.  Bals^baugh. 


w 


A   Proposition. 
E  ascertain  from  Brother  Sell's  article 


492,  that  the  workers  in  the  City  Mission  Ser- 
vice will  soon  be  in  the  field,  and  we  should 
feel  a  deep  and  prayerful  concern  about  their 
"necessities."  The  movement  is  one  fniuiiht 
with  the  gravest  and  most  far-reaching  conse- 
quences. It,  from  henceforth,  ceases  to  be  the 
"Moomaw  Proposition,"  and  becomes  the  ad- 
vance forlorn  hope  of  God's  church  moving  in- 
to the  enemy's  territory,  and  against  liisstron;:- 
holds.  It  fills  every  lover  of  Jesus  with  re- 
joicing to  see  the  church  take  up  the  work  in  a 
spirit  so  truly  apostolical. 

Read  Brother  Sell's  communication,  and  see 
what  a  holy  inspiration  permeates  every 
thought.  Surely  God  is  in  such  work,  hut  to 
make  it  a  success  we  must  work  with  God.  We 
are  his  instruments  and  he  has  given  Js  men. 
mighty  iti  word  and  deed,  men  who  will  lay 
down  their  lives  for  the  Lord  Jesus.  We  have 
the  Pauls  foi  bold,  pioneer  work,  the  Apolloses 
for  proving  mightily  and  elotiu'mtly  that  God's 
commandments  must  be  obeyed,  and  the  Bar- 
nabas' precious  sons  of  consolation,  with  their 
exhau^fless  stores  of  "oil  and  wine,"  the  sons 
of  thunder  who  bare  their  breasts  in  the  fore- 
front of  the  battle,  and  an  infinite  nuta'jer  of 
heroic  helpers  among  whom  are  the  teloved 
Phillipians  who  send  once  and  again  to  the  ne- 
cessities of  the  Lord's  workers.  Oh  what  a 
memorial  thrice  blessed  of  the  Lord,  is  that 
sending  "once  and  again."  How  ricli  the  fra- 
grance that  goes  up  to  heaven  from  that  sacri- 
fice of  love.  Will  it  not  be  infinitely  joyous  to 
meet  those  loving  brethren  and  sisters  in  the 
Father's  House? 

Now  the  workers  in  the  City  Mission  Service 
have  "necessities"  just  like  Paul  and    his  com- 


panions had,  and  we  should  shike  oft'  our  leth- 
argic shimhers  and  prove  ourselves  worthy  suc- 
cessors of  the  self-sacrificing  ajiostolic  Christ- 

11)  IIS. 

Who  would  not  give  all  he  has  for  nuch  an 
encomium  as  the  dear,  faithful  ones  received  in 
Phil.4,  10,  20?  Read  that,  brethren  and  sis- 
tprs,  and  by  doiusr  likewise  a  record  in  heaven 
that  will  afiord  you  an  eternity  of  bliss. 

Without  mature  reflection  it  will  appear  dif- 
ficult to  provide  the  means  to  sustain  the  Mis- 
sion Service,  but  when  we  compute  the  treas- 
ures of  the  church,  the  soppo-^ed  difficulty  will 
viiuiAi  like  the  morning  vapor. 

1.  We  have  a  rich  Father  to  draw  supplies 
from.  Boundless,  fathomless,  and  infinite  as 
divinity  are  the  treasure  chamber*  of  the  Fa- 
ther. 

2.  Faith  will  draw  therefrom  whatever  His 
beloved  children  need.  "Whatsoevi-r  ye  ask 
the  Father  in  my  name,  that  ye  shall  receive." 
Oh,  doubter,  get  tliee  hence,  and  "hinder  not  the 
work." 

S.  Prayer  is  the  magic  key  in  the  hands  of 
thrice  blessed  faith  to  unlock  the  treasures 
which  were  bought  for  us  by  the  blood  ol 
Christ. 

4.  Millions  of  gold  have  been  lent  to  the 
church,  and  now,  as  faithful  stewards,  we  should 
lay  up  amemori^il  of  praise  ligainat  the  day  of 
final  juljiistinents.  It  is  marvelous,  yet  truf, 
that  we  can  contribute  "once  and  again"  from 
the  goods  that  the  Lord  has  lent  us,  and  every 
act  will  make  us  richer  both  in  aoul  and  Uody. 
This  brings  us  to  our 

I'HOPOSITION: 
Lrfpufnj  member  of  the  chitirh  ftint  one  itii:ol 
eiifh  month,  anii  si)ciifl  thr  fimf  Ifuit  would  he  oi- 
rnjiii-il  in  rifing,  in  hninhh-.  f'ltilhf'ul,  pnii/fr  to 
O'xI/oi-  liig  hlessiit'j  on  Ihr  rilij  Misfi-m  Scrvirr, 
uiid  citnlrihute  the  prtc^  of  the  "iiieaL"  to  the  sus- 
t'Hiation  of  the  same.  Each  meal  will  average 
in  value  about  five  cents.  This  will  aggregate 
sixty  cents  a  year,  computing  the  membership 
at  S",uO0,  the  aggregate  contribution  would 
reach  the  sum  of  ^4S.1VOO.  Supposing  that  on- 
ly oiie-fourLh  of  the  members  will  read  this 
proposition,  and  that  one-fifth  of  that  number 
will  respond  to  it,  we  still  have  the  handsome 
amount  of  !?2,400.  This  sum  added  to  the  free- 
will, love  offerings  of  the  Lydias  and  Gaiuses 
that  abound  everywhere,  will  enable  the  com- 
inittee  to  put  several  companiea  of  workers  in 
the  tii;ld.  a  consummation  lor  which  we  should 
devoutejiy  pray. 

Bjt  a  brother  across  the  table  objects  that 
we  should  fast  in  secret,  and  if  we  thus  contrib- 
ute fifteen  cents  quarterly  or  thirty  cents  serai- 
annualiy  we  advertise  oui  fasting  to  all  the 
world.  Brother,  we  could  only  infer  that  you 
fasted,  and  you  would  not  be  responsible  for 
your  inferences.  Let  us  each  enclose  our  (juar- 
t«rly  I'lve-oti'eringsto  S.  T.  Bosserman,  Dunkirk, 
Ohio,  and  the  Lord  will  preserve  tlie  memorial. 
E  ich  congregation  could  collect  tlie  cunlribu- 
tion  and  remit  together,  and  thus  save  a  consid- 
erable sum  in  piatage, 

We  kindly  solicit  the  editors  of  our  period- 
icals to  publish  the  "Proposition"  once  each 
month,  if  they  think  it  proper.  Brethren,  will 
you  copy  thi.s  article  and  insert  the  proposition 
monthly?  l).  C.  MooiiAW. 


trusted  to  him,  will  be  promptly  attended  to, 
forheis  a  first  citu-s  lawyer,  and  we  b«;lieve  a 
gL-iitleman  in  pvcry  respect.  He  has  done 
much  for  our  colony,  and  is  working  for  □■ 
continually.  Any  one  wishing  to  write  him, 
will  enclose  stamps  for  return,  and  address  him 
at  Morton,  Ivansas.  Any  one  withing  to  writ* 
us.  will  address  us  at  Boll,  Norton  County,  Kan- 
sas. Fraternally, 

N.  C.WoilKWAX. 
Angust  K'th. 


That  Sister  in  Need. 

Ihxir  lirrfhmt: — 

HAVING  a  personal  acquMotance  with 
Sister  Lilia  C.  Ingteright,  I  cm  bear  tes- 
timony to  her  extreme  need  of  a  siubhle  iii|ter 
coinpamon  in  her  much  afflicted  coudKpn.  Bhe 
bus  tried  to  tell  us  something  about  her  sufTer- 
ing  through  the  BiiKTiiiihiN  ,\t  Wokk;  but  lam 
sure  the  half  has  not  been  told.  She  now 
mukes  another  appeal,  in  which  she  offers  the 
couiforts  of  a  Christian  home  to  some  one  who 
is  dt'stitute  or  hmnly  and  without  a  home. 

Dear  sisters,  you  who  are  suffering  the  rough 
wavesof  adveraity,  go.  try  Sifter  Ingleright's 
offer.  Did  you  say  you  would  if  you  were  ac- 
quainted with  her?  Well,  now,  I  trust  you 
are  acquainted  with  her  and  your  Father,  and  I 
k-iow  He  is  well  acquainted  withyou  both,  and 
will  give  a  pleasant  and  happy  introduction. 
Sister  Inqleriglit.  pray  on.  and  "don't  faint." 
Remember  the  importunate  widow.  .\nd  to 
the  rest  t  would  say,  let  us  remember  the  para- 
ble of  him  that  showcth  mercy,  and  go  and  do 
likewise."  Don't  "pass  by  on  the  other  side." 
THntsTos  Miller. 


0^ 


From  Laporte  Church,  Ind. 

Dear  lirrfhret' .— 

UR  meeting  at  Water  Shed  last  Sunday 
as  well  attended  ond  Ihe  appreciative 
audience  of  brethren  and  friends  were  both  sur- 
prised and  gratitifd  to  bear  a  well  delivered 
discourse  (the  lir-^t  effort)  by  our  yming  minis- 
ter, B.  1'.  Redding,  who  was  (hosen  the  first 
day  of  .lune  last.  Indeed  he  handled  the 
sword  with  thedexterity  of  many  having  much 
experience.  Mjiy  he.  jia  well  as  his  dear  com- 
panion, continue  to  be  faithful  learners  at  that 
sacred  shrine,  and  become  bright  and  noble  ex- 
amples of  humility,  and  submissive  meekness 
to  theii*  brethren  and  sistiTS  as  well  aa  the 
world  around  them,  and  with  God's  blessing 
attending  his  public  efforts,  become  a  strong 
witness  for  our  great  King.  Brethren  and  sis- 
ters of  Ln|>orte,  let  us,  us  a  band  of  God'B 
children,  always  be  found  ut  the  post  of  duty 
that  he  appoints  us. 

TufitsTON  Miller. 


KKSONS 


Going  West. 
ashing  to  visit  Kansas    will  find 


w 


From  Maple  Grove  Colony,  Norton  Co., 
Kansas. 
E  will  once  more  say  to  our  colony  mem- 
bers, and  to  any  other  brethren  or 
friends,  that  there  are  a  few  tracts  of  govtrn- 
niLMit  land  here  yet  subject  to  homesteads  and 
some  excellent  claims  that  can  be  bought  for  a 
small  sum,  say  from  5*50  to  i?75  and  some  for 
less,  and  some  jirobably  will  run  over  that. — 
Mr.  J.  R.  Hamilton,  our  lociting  agent  and  at- 
torney, told  mi^  the  other  day  that  the  last  half 
of  this  mouth  and  September  and  October,  there 
would  he  excellent  chances  to  get  No.  1  claims 
in  this  section  of  country  by  contesting,  which 
would  cost  from  §21)  to^iO. 

AI>out  one  year  ago  a  large  number  of  claims 
were  taken  by  young  men  tliat  have  never 
been  hack  nor  heard  from,  whose  time,  as  re- 
quired by  law,  wilt  be  out  in  a  few  weeks,  in 
which  the  law  requires  them  to  make  improve- 
ments, failing  to  comply  with  the  reqnirements 
of  law,  they  forfeit  all  ri^ht  and  title  t<)  said 
land.  One  year  from  time  of  entry  on  timber 
claims  and  six  months  on  homesteads,  any  day 
after  that  time,  expires,  their  land  is^con 
testable.  There  will  be  a  number  of  such 
chances,  and  will  be  the  laat  chance  to  get 
cheap  land  in  this  county. 

We  say  to  all  that  intend  to  locate  here  this 
Fall,  to  come  soon.  We  are  told  by  old  farm- 
ers that  breaking  done  in  the  Fall  any  time  be- 
fore the  ground  freezes  is  an  excellent  chance 
for  corn  the  followin;:  Spring. 

Any  one  desiring  to  confer  with  Mr.  J.  R. 
Hamilton  in  regard  to  land  or  any  business  en- 


PEKSO 
exci 

sa.s,  Missouri  and  Texas  R.  R ,  for  sale  at  the 
principal  stations  of  the  "Indianapolis,  Bloom- 
ington,  and  Western  Railway;  the  Toledo,  Peo- 
ria and  Warsaw  Railway,  Lafayette,  Hlooming- 
tonaud  Muncie  Railway,  Great  Wabash  R.  R. 
and  Chicago,  Burlington  and  (>uinty  Railway. 
Also  at  102  Clark  street  Chicago,  111.  Thiae 
going  to  Kansas  will  go  through  to  Fort  Scott 
and  Parsons,  and  can  stop  over  at  all  stations 
on  the  Neosho  Valley.  In  order  to  reach  this 
road  parties  should  go  to  Hannibal,  Mo.  For 
further  information  address  Jas,  D.  Brown,  Se- 
dalia.  Mo. 

To  Whom  this    May    Concern. 

n.<ir  Ihilhrtnt— 

I  TOR  the  benefit  of  your  readei^  .md  all  who 
'  desire  to  visit  Southern  Nebraska  and 
Noilhern  Kansas,  I  will  .•ay  the  best  route  will 
be  to  take  the  B.  Jc  M.  li.  R.  from  the  river  lo 
R-d  Cloud,  Nebraska,  from  there  the  stage 
runs  both  ways  daily  by  way  of  Burr  Oak  to 
B^loit,  Kinsas,  on  the  Central  Branch  It.  R.  I 
can  also  procure  a  clergyman's  i»ernnt  over 
both  roads  for  all  our  ministrtrs.  Address  me 
at  Burr  Oak,  Jewell  County,  Kansas. 
Yours  R*?spectfally, 

H.  £.  Fadxlv« 


From  John  Fo;ney. 


Dear  Hirthirn: — 

IN  Nd.  31.  July  28th,  p^e  7,  in  our  visit  lo 
the  Nineskaw  Church  in  Reno  County, 
you  make  me  say  there  was  an  "organization" 
requested.  It  should  be,  an  "ordination"  was 
requesfiid.  Please  correct  the  error,  let  it  be 
mine  or  yonrs.  It  makes  no  sense  sa  To  go 
to  make  an  organization  in  a  church  we  might 
divide  one  into  two. 


I-HK    BKKXHKEjS'    -A.X    -VVOliK:. 


-A,UE 


(0O!i|td  J>ucccsi 


AND  they  thnt  be  wis*  slmll  nlilnc  aa  the 
bligbtueK  of  tlif  llrmiuiirnt:ao(l  tb«y  tbat  tiuu 
mimy  to  nnht^ousneaa,  as  the  fttara  forever  and 
eT«r.— Dan.  12:  3. 


Abilene.  Kansas,— This  cliurch  haA  an  in- 
grw  of  siinKMubent;  five  by  emigration  and 
one  by  baptism.  John  Kobnev. 

Logan,  Hocking  Co..  Ofiio— Brother  D.  N 
Workman  commenced  a  Bi-rien  of  meeftngn  at 
this  place  on  the  !Hh  Inst.,  and  up  to  the  Uth 
sevent^-eii  had  hem  n-ceived  into  the  "one  body" 
by  bnptism,  and  tiifrc  were  othern  to  follow. 
TiTia. 

Panora,  Iowa —One  more  received  iaCoon 
River  Church,  by  baptism  to-day.  and  proHpectH 
for  more.  Thank  Hod.  Wtather  very  dry; 
cburche*  in  gouod  workinf;  order;  meetinK-* 
well  attended;  much  interent  in  meeting  and 
SuDduy-scliooI;  Heven  miniMtern  and  more  callH 
than  they  can  fill.     More  Anon. 

J.  D.  Halomtklin. 
August  17th,  mfi. 

Norborne,  Mo. — I  am  holding  a  few  evening 
m«etingii  in  Hay  County,  i'reaclicd  four  Per- 
monti;  fonr  baptized;  and  an  excellent  intereHt. 
Will  have  to  close  to-night  (Au|£U8t  l'>th).  to 
go  to  Caldwell  County,  to  continue  a  series  of 
meetingi,  from  which  1  wa*  called  away  by 
BickncBH  in  my  family,  lloixw  crowded  toil; 
Utmost  cHpHcify.  D-  H-  Oh'hon. 

Willow  Springs.  Kan.— (!hiirch  in  love  and 
union.  The  Hrethn-n  have  organized  u  Suii- 
day*Bci)ool  here.  Tlie  work  KeemH  to  prosper. 
We  had  council  last  .Saturday,  and  agreed  to 
have  a  Love-iea-t  on  thw  third  of  October,  com- 
mencing at  10  A,  M.  All  HBem  to  he  alive  tu 
the  cauHe  of  Christ.  E.  W.  Flout. 

Auyust  W,  :>i7'J. 

From    David  Bowman. 

J)enr  lirrthren : — 

AS  you  want  names  of  personH  tliut  might 
read  the  piippr  with  profit,  1  will  give 
you  a  lew  where  the  JJrethren  are  not  known 
I  preached  there  once;  and  tl>ere  1)08  been  a 
deep  interest  niimitestcd.  The  Lord  willui;,',  I 
expect  to  go  biuk  again,  and  would  like  if  tlie 
papers  would  praach  i-evorni  Hormons  before  we 
get  there,  an  we  know  tlio  power  there  ia  in  the 
Bilent  preacher. 
St.  Martins.  Mo. 

I  We  have  sent  the   imperH.   and   liope   they 
may  accomplish  the  desired  reHultJi. — Ens.] 


in  there.  He  ran  down  stairs  to  shut  off  the 
wheat;  but  could  not  close  it.  and  did  not  know 
the  course  until  a  closer  examination  was  made, 
when  to  bis  great  astoniithment.  he  found  two 
feel  sticking  out  at  the  spout.  Uy  this  t 
there  were  men  enough  on  the  ground  to  do 
Home  lively  work.  Some  throwing  the  wheat 
out.  and  some  knocking  holes  in  the  side,  and 
letting  some  three  or  four  hundred  bushels  of 
wheat  out  below.  Finally  the  boys  were  res- 
cued, but  life  wa.s  extinct.  What  a  horrible 
death  they  roust  have  died.  Their  mouthn, 
noseit  andeyea  were  filled  with  wheat,  and  the 
print  of  the  wheat  could  easily  be  seen  througn 
the  clothes  on  their  person. 

What  agloom  was  ca-st  over  the  little  village. 
Parent*  ought  to  take  a  solemn  warning  from 
thiw  aad  scene,  and  never  allow  their  children 
to  be  loafing  around  such  places;  and  many 
accident.^  would  be  avoided. 

Arrangements  were  made  tohavt-  both  funer- 
als preached  at  the  same  time.  The  oldest  boy 
was  Milo  Alexander,  son  of  Henjamin  I'Vazier 
aged  10  yearM.  d  months,  and  15  dayw.  The 
youngest  William  Lowi»,  son  of  Friend  John 
and  Sarah  Kshenbough,  aged  J> yearn.  4  months, 
and  17  days.  Mr.  Breneman.  of  the  Reformed 
Menonite  Church,  was  called  to  assist  the  writ- 
er in  conducting  the  iuneral  Bervices.  Tin 
Union  Church  in  Nappanee  was  filled,  and 
over  one  hundred  could  not  get  in. 
'Itis  said  this  wan  the  greatest  accident  ever  oc- 
curred in  or  near  the  place.  So  solemn  was  the 
scene  that  the  whole  congregation  wept.  Text, 
'If  I  h-  bereaved  of  my  children,  I  am  bereav- 
ed." TliUH  we  see  the  old  adage  is  true.  "In 
the  midst  of  life  we  are  in  death."  May  the 
Lord  lielp  UH  so  to  live  that  at  any  moment 
when  called  upon  we  may  be  ready  to  go. 

.1.  H.  MaLBit. 


I^mtonnircmenfs. 


[t  ru1«  it  to  gijB  aoliccft  btil  one  insprlioo    The;  should 
be  tiripf,  ftnd  nrilloo  ou  pnper  separate 
from  itU  other  business. 


From  J.  E.  Pfoutz. 

DB.  KAY  ha-f  often  siiid  that  our  diurcli. 
,  which  he  calls  the  ''Tunker  Church, 
is  not  the  church  of  Christ,  because  it  wiw 
started  only  in  1708,  when  there  was  no  Tunker 
in  existenc*,  which  is  not  true.  The  Tunker 
Church,  as  liny  calls  it,  started  with  John  the 
Baptist,  (or  Dlj'pn;  i.  «■.,  Tunkrr),  and  contin- 
ued on  under  great  persecution  from  century  to 
century  until  in  the  year  ItiOO,  the  persecuted' 
Christians— apostolic  Tunkors— the  "Brethren" 
Bguiu  found  a  place  of  refuge  in  the  valleys  of 
the  Alp^  in  the  western  part  of  the  Alps  in  the 
Piediuoiiit,  where  they  lived  in  pence  a  short 
time,  but  thev  were  soon  again  horribly  i>erHe- 
cuted.  Then  eighteen  years  afterward  in  the 
year  170S,  there  was  a  place  of  liberty  found 
in  Schwarlxenau,  where  tliey  organized  again. 
Enhrafd,  Ldincn^lrr  To.,  Fa. 

A  Sad  Occurence. 

ON  the  ISth  of  August  a  sad  accident  hap- 
pened ID  Nappanee.  Elkhart  County, 
Indiana.  About  3  P.  M.  several  voices  were 
heard  at  the  depot,  screaming  lameutable.  Fi- 
nally men  and  woiiieii  were  seen  running  to 
the  place,  and  the  alarm  was  made  known. 
Some  boys  were  lying  around  (as  wften  is  the 
case)  and  bothering  Mr.  Stouer.  the  graiu 
manager.  So  he  drove  them  away,  but  they 
slipped  around,  went  up  stairs  andbegau  to  play 
on  the  wheat  in  the  hopper  where  there  were 
nearly  1,000  bushels  of  wlieat.  and  Mr.  Stoner 
was  tilling  a  car  at  the  time,  taking  fifteen 
minutes  to  fill  one.  which  held  400  bushels. 
After  the  wheat  began  to  run  out  there  was  a 
draught,  and  the  boys  would  see  how  long  they 
could  stand,  and  then  jump  out,  when  to  their 
great  eurprise.  the  downward  draught  was  so 
^reat  they  rould    n<tt  extricate  theniselve„-i  any 


brought  Mr.  Stoner  up.  but  they  were  so  badly 
icared  that  they  could  not  tell  what  the  trouble 
Wja.  Finally  Mr.  Stoner  saw  two  hats  lying 
in  the  wheat  bin ;  and  then  supposed  they  were 


L0VE-FKA8T6. 

Lower  Twin  ('hurch,  Preble  County,  Ohio, 
September  2.5th,  at  10  A.  M. 

Grasshopper  Valley  Church,  Jefferson  Co., 
Kausa.<<,  September  '11,  2S. 

Berrien  Contrregation.  Berrien  County, 
Michigan.  Septeinber  Kith,  at  Brother  Jacob 
Weavers.  Those  coming  by  rail  will  stop  off 
at  Buchannau.  • 

Niueskaw  Church,  Reno  County,  Kansas, 
October  18th.  at  2  P.  M. 

(Primitive  Christian,  phase  copy.) 

Abilene  Church.  Dickinson  County,  Kansas, 
twelve  miles  south  of  .Abilene.  Meeting  tu 
commence  October  lUh,  at  2  P.  M.  Also  meet- 
ing ou  the  12tb. 

Somerset  Church,  Wabash  County.  Indiana, 
iu  their  meeting-house  in  Mt.  Vernon,  nine 
miles  south  of  Wabash,  October  4th,  at  10  A. 
M. 

Murreau  Creek  Church,  Mo.,  Septe-nber  6th. 
at  P.  C.  Lehman's,  ten  mites  south  of  Tipton, 
on  tlie  M.  P.  R.  R.  and  eight  miles  north  of 
Versailes.  Meeting  to  continue  about  a  week. 
There  will  be  conveyance  at  Tipton,  on  the  5fli 
at  the  11  oVlock  train,  or  any  other  time  if  no- 
tice is  given. 

In  the  Pony  Creek  Church,  Brown  County, 
Kansas,  at  Brother  Daniel  Lichty's,  three 
miles  north  of  liamlin,  October.llth.  Preach- 
ing to  commence  ou  Thursday  evening,  and 
continue  over  Sunday. 

The  Wagomoii  Valley  Church,  Clayton  Co. 
Iowa,  and  the  Iowa  River  Church,  Marshal! 
County,  Intend  to  hold  Love-feasts.  I  desire 
to  go  to  them.  Will  Brother  W.  S.  Lurabee 
and  John  Murray  drop  me  a  card,  stating  what 
railroad  to  take  and  what  station  to  get  ofi'  at? 
B.  CnOWNOVEK. 

Cream  Hill,  Franklin  Co..  la. 

Four  Mite  Church,  September  25th,  at  2  P. 
M-  Meeting  to  be  held  at  the  White  Water 
Church,  three  miles  north-east  of  Conuerville. 
Fayette  '"ounty,  Indiana. 

Washington  f'reek  Church,  October  22od 
and  23rd,  at  their  meeting-house,  eight  miles 
south-west  of  Lawrence.  Kansas,  at  10  A,  M. 

A*  Glade  F^D  'Vngregation.  Rural  Valley, 
Pa.,  as  follows:  (jlade  Run    Meeting-Uoui 


more.  Two  boys  uutaide  made  the  alarm,  whi'.-h    the  evening  of  October  71  h.    Meeting  to  com- 


mence on  the  Saturday  evening  previous  and  to 
continue  until  after  the  feast.  At  John  Meet- 
ing-house on  the  eveuing  of  the  10th  of  Octo- 
ber.    Meeting  to  continue  over  Lord's    Day. 


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CetlficattB  of  Kemberahip  in  B«k-?orm.— Tbpy  •renc^ilj 

pnnii-l.  Hi.il  t-ul  ii|.  in  f.,.ok-("riii.  Unc  of  ihtat  books 
(hoitl'l  bp  ia  f»eh  c'-nertgnli'ia.  n»  lb«jr  arc  so  irmng- 
fi  u  U>#n»fa1«  ittp  clerk  to  k*ei>  •  r«ord  of  »1)  lellers 
of  nioiab«nibip  girea.  Bvok  K"  1.  conlaiiiing  100  cer- 
tific*(««.  75  ctai*.  So  2,  fiO  ceiitficalM,  &0«nu. 

The  Mnce  of  tlie  Eowe  of  DlTld,  or  Thrw  Tears  it.  the 
Holj  Ciiy.  iH-ing  a  »erieB  of  iMitra,  giving  a  life-like 
piciiire.  wi'l  relut^l  m  by  wi  eye-wUoeBS,  "11  ihe 
Bcrne*  ftri'l  woDilrrfiil  iacl'leuM  in  ftir  life  of  Je>iti> 
of  NKVireih.  from  Ilia  bApiism  in  Jonlftn  (o  His  cru- 
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No.  36. 


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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


PAGE— Stein  and  Rav  Debate ;  Spet-ial  Prov- 
'"deoce.— I-  Conclaat;    Scraps— D.  C.  Moomaw. 

jjp  Page— (Jod'd  Srho-l;  Ex  ami  nation  of 
^'objections  ARainat  the  Divine  Origin  of 
He  Uibie.— Lewis  O.  Hummer,  Xumbei  II ;  The 
^.r,\\  Tieasmy.— A  Brother ;    The  Seven   Mod- 


Wonders.— Thnrs  ton  Miller. 


-Lewis  Hang:   Euchariat- 
I.,ove  at 


PAlili— DlvSS. 

Giving  of  Thauks;    Old  Folks; 

A  Letter  lo  tlie  Girls;  The  Poor  Girls; 


;  T!i   ■ 

Uiiiiie . 
I  jiort  to  Sroil  a  Child, 

'  pju  Page  —  Editorial— Does  the  Gospel 
iwrmit  Women  to  Pray  or  Prophesy  Publicly  V 
SderChrystal's  Position;    A  Visit  to  Mt.  Mor- 


Firrn  Paoe— Editorials.- 
scrii'tiil;    An  Expauation. 


-Tracts  Free;  Mauu- 
-J  limes  Chryslal. 


aXTil  PAGE— Let  the  Dead  Bitry  their  Dead.— 
Levi  LoiiKimecker;  A.  E.  M.  Answered.— U.  R. 
Moon;  The  T«o  Ways.— Jacob  Buck;  From 
piiiestinL-.- J.  W.  McGarvey. 

iEVENTii    PjvdE— Valediction  and  Salutatory.   C. 

■g  lliilsbimiib.  From  New  London.  Kansas.— 
Lewis  E.  Fabiney;FroiuS.T.Bos3erman:  From 
tiieMuuui  Valley.— dohn  Calvin  Bright;  From 
Eiitfiprisf,  Kansas.— .1.  H.  Baker;  Gj  Ye.- F. 
Anplpniyer;  From  Toddville,  Linn  Co,,  Towa.— 
,I.C,  Miller;  From  Maple  Grove  Church,  Kan.- 
S,  0.  Workman;    Our  Almanac.— H.  d.  Kurt/. 

EioiiTU  Page- From  Mt.  Morris;  Til.  "W.  E.  Lock- 
anU    Our  Almanac— H..L  KiuU:    From  H.  W. 

Sli-ickler. 


Iiad 


to 


STEIN  AND  RAY  DEBATE. 

Prop.  1st— Brethren  (or  Tanker)  Churches  pos- 
sess the  Bible  Characteristics  which    entitli 


Churches   ot    Jesus 


them  to  be   regarded 
Christ. 

J.  W.  Stein,  Affirms. 

D.  B.  Ray.  Deuiea. 

ELI),  t'.  R.  RAY\-  N'INKTEENTII    REl'LY. 

UR.  Stein  bases  his  "apology  for  the  over. 
ill  sight"  of  denying  our  positions,  concern-  I 
ujg  the  origin  of  the  first  Tuulcer  church  with 
Mr.  Mack  in  ITOS,  on  the  fact  that  he  did  not 
kuow  any  better.  We  advise  him  not  to  deny 
so  positively  where  he  does  not  know  the  jicts. 
Why  clues  he  take  it  as  ''pergonal  imlirinifij  und 
epin  inauU"  for  us  to  furnish  the  proofs  to  cor- 
rect his  false  statements  about  the  Tunker  suc- 
ce.Mion,  throu2:h  the  Waldenses?  He  now  ad- 
mits 'tliecorrectaessof  Mr.  Mack's  statements" 
coucerning  the  origin  of  the  Tunker  church,  in 
liOS,  by  "unbaptized"  aliens  baptizing  each  oth- 
er, and  forming  themselves  into  a  church.  He 
thinks  the  "true  church  succession"  allows  *'uu- 
Wptized"  alien  sinners  to  originate  and  start 
Ihe  church  ot  Christ!  Such  is  the  pitiful  i»f- 
^Vihj  of  Tunkerism. 

The  example  of  the  idolatry  oT  the  kings  and 
people  of  ancient  Israel  does  not  help  the  Tunk- 
er succf'ssion.  Even  in  the  dark  time  of  Man- 
K»eh.  prior  to  the  faithful  .losiah.  God  had  "his 
servant:*  the  prophets"  that  faithfully  reproved 
■ill  -l  Kmg^  31:  lu.  Also,  in  these  times  Uil- 
liiah  the  priest,  Shaphan  the  scribe,  and  "Hul- 
dah  the  prophetess,"  with  many  others,  "dealt 
faithfully."  as  true  servants  of  God.  The  an- 
cient chosen  political  I-rael  did  not  become  ex- 
'iuct,  imd  heathen  alien  idolaters  start  ft  new 
■■-i-ael.  who  were  not  ot  the  seed  of  Abrdliam. 
God  always  reserved  at  least  a"9uiall  remnant" 
Vveu  thousand  in  Israel"— that  never  hiw^d 
'0  Bial.     T'l"  pn.misp  wd«  fultill^d  «'h'''b  said: 

rW  ^.leptre  -^hall  notdepart  frmi  .ludah.    nor  ^  coutrad 
^liawgiverfrotu  h 'tween  hii  ftet,   until  Shiloh 
w>iiii. "    Gjd's  proiniseof  ft  political  succession 
•^'J  not  fail.     Neither  has  his    promise   of  per- 
petuity tj  his  church  been  broken.    The  man 


that  contends  that  the  kingdom  of  Christ  lia* 
i)ecome  extinct,  so  that  aliens  must  start  anew, 
makes  God  a  liar.  The  Tunker  church  couteuda 
that  the  church  established  by  Christ  became 
■■xtinct,  so  that  aliens  must  start  anew.  There- 
fore, they  give  the  lie  to  Jesus  Christ.  Couse- 
ipn-utly  they  are  anti-christian,  and  cannot  pos- 
sibly be  churches  of  Christ. 

Mr.  Stein  thinks  that  as  John  the  Baptist 
was  an  '^unhapiizM"  administrator.  Iherr'fore  it 
is  right  for  an  uubaptized  alien  to  start  a  new 
church!  John  was  filled  by  the  Holy  Spirit, 
and  sent  of  God  to  baptize.  John  1:  33.  Was 
Mr.  Mack  sent  of  God  to  start  a  new  dispensa- 
tion? 

Mr.  Stein  shows  his  surrender  of  the  historic 
question  by  leaving  hi>!  proposition  and  devot- 
ing so  much  space  to  the  liaptists.  He  knows- 
that  Baptists  do  not  claim  their  origin  from 
John  Smitn,  Roger  Williams,  or  any  one  else 
this  side  of  Christ  and  tbeapostles.  He  cannot 
how  that  any  living  Baptist  has  baptism  by 
succession  from  Smith  or  Williams.  His  re- 
peated charge  on  our  succession  is  another  evi- 
dence of  his  defeat. 

Grant  that  there  is  an  inaccuracy  as  to  the 
date  of  the  rise  of  "trine  immersion,"  the  truth 
remains  that  it  originated  with  the  Catholics, 
the  same  party  that  invented  infant  baptism 
and  all  the  other  traditions  of  Rome. 

SUMSIAIIY    KEVIKW. 

1.  Mr.  Stein  atTiriiicd  that  the  Tunker 
church's  "fuuuilatiim  is  Christ;"  but  he  did 
not  introduce  one  solitary  proof,  sacred  or  pro- 
fane, that  referred  to  the  Tunker  church.  This 
we  pointed  out;  but  he  say?,  "To  these  we  had 
no  respondent"!  He  feoew  better  wlieu  he  ut- 
tered this  "culamny,'"  but  with  him  it  seeuis  that 
the  "end  justifies  the  means." 

2.  His  2nd  characteristic  affirms  that  the 
Tunker  church  "is  a  spiritual  house"!  Here 
we  introduced  onrjirst  negative,  that  the  Tunk- 
er churchea  are  based  upon  a  carnal  membership. 
We  showed  from  the  testimony  of  their  own 
writers  that  the  Tunkers  propose  to  baptize  the 
children  of  the  devil  upon  a  dead  faith,  to  pluck 
them  from  Satan,  in  contrast  with  the  Script- 
ures, that  re(|uire  spiritual  regeneration  prior 
to  baptism  and  church  membership. 

3.  Mr.  Stein  says  that  the  builder  of  the 
Tunker  church  is  God!  While  he  referred  to 
several  Scriptures,  he  did  not  find  a  single  proof 

n  or  out  of  the  Bible  that  mentions  the  Tunk- 
er churches.  We  answered  his  assertions  by 
proving  from  the  Tnnkers  themselves  that 
they  built  themselves  into  a  church,  under  the 
leadership  of  Mr.  Mack  in  1708. 

This  was  our  t-econd  neijative;  ''that  the  Tunk- 
er churches  were  built  hij  tiiiinspired  jhph."  Yet, 
with  unblushing  recklessness,  he  says:  "I  had 
no  respondent"!!     He  knew  better. 

4.  Mr.  Stein  affirms  that  the  Tunker  church 
is  the  pillar  and  ijround  of  the  truth.  He  tried 
to  sustain  this: 

1.  Because  the  Tunkers  Irild  that  baptism 
is  "for  the  remission  of  sins."  He  argued  for 
baptism  as  essential  to  salvation,  to  pardon,  to 
the  new  birth,  to  spiritual  cleansing,  to  heart 
obedience,  to  freedom  from  sin,  to  the  washing 
away  of  sins,  to  a  good  oonsclence,  to  coming 
to  the  blood  of  Christ,  to  netting  into  the  name 
of  the  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Spirit,  and  to  sal 
vation  by  grace! 

This  brought  us  to  our  AV'/«/nc  Thirds  thit 
the  Tunker  churches  are  not  the  churches  ut 
Christ,  because  theij  hold  thehlasphem'ms  here.'iy 
of  baptismal  salvation.  All  the  proof  texts  from 
Scripture,  cited  by  our  friend,  only  showed  that 
in  baptism  we  have  the  rmhU-inatic  icaxhimj 
uuay  of  sins,  as  we«at  the  fle-h  and  drink  the 
blood  of  Chriit  in  the  supper.  We  showed  that 
baptismal  salvation  wat  falne  — 1.  Ilecaii>e  it 
3  the  ni:in  r>t'  halv<itiuu  administered 
by  Christ.  Luke  T:  Z').  'J.  It  contradicts  the 
teachings  of  Christ.  John5:21.  3.  Itcontra 
diets  the  voice  of  the   prophets.     Acts   lit:  43 


that  none  but  the  "regenerated"  should  be  bap- 
tized. Thus  he  surrendered  the  Tunker  doc- 
trine, that  baptism  and  regeneration  are  thf 
same  thing. 

Ah  a  sfcond  reason  why  the   Tunker   church 
IS  tfce  ^"ijrouful  of  the  truth,"  Mr.  Stein  brought 
in  *lriue  immei-sion"!     Or  rather  three   immer 
siotts  i(i.-ff'(*/  of  the  one  immersion  of  the    Bible 
He  admits  that  the  three    immersions   are   not 
exA&ssed  in  the  Bible,  but  they  must  be    infer 
redB-supplied  iu  the  commission  by  "ellipsis"!! 
ilelontended  that  baptism  must  be  "into  each 
of  we  names— Father,  Son  and   Holy   Spint." 
Hete  we  introduced  our  Fourth  Nei/ative—That 
the  Tunhr  churches   are   not  the   Churches   of 
Christ,  because  they  have  added  to  the   words   of 
our  Lord's  f/reut  commis»ion.     When   filled   up 
to  4Dit  the  Tunker  doctrine,  the  commission 
?,  "Go  ye,  therefore,  and    teach  all  nations, 
Ififiiiif  them  in  the  name  of  the  Father,  and 


ping  them  in  the   name   of  the  Son,  and 

Lfint;  them  in  the  name  of  the  Holy  Ghost." 

ittve  wilfully  added  to  God's  re(iuirements. 

his.     We  proved  that    we    are    to    ob- 

^^liiiV'oiie  baptism"  in  the  name  nf  the  tri- 

-that  the  commission  is  not  ellipticni. 

but  every  word  into  it  that  is  neces-tary 

Tcoinplete  grammatical  construction.  We 


raisfdon,  and  have  thereby  rebelled  aKaimit  Je- 
sus Christ. 

Our  Fifth  Negative  says  that  the  Tunker 
churchea  are  not  churches  of  Christ,  f>Kaune 
they  reject  the  word  of  God  and  takf  the  tradi- 
tion of  the  Greek  church. 

We  showed  from  Mr.  Moore,  the  Tunker  au- 
thor, that  they  "confidently  confide  iu"  the 
"opinion"  of  the  Greek**  in  order  to  learn  the 
number  of  actions  required  in  the  commission. 
Trine  immersion,  p.  tilJ.  2T. 

We  showed  that  the  Tunkers  follow  the 
Greeks  in  making  "the  scriptural  and  tradition- 
al authority"  •et^nulh/  binding!!"'  2.  They 
tm  confidently  confide  in  the  wisdom  of  (he 
Greeks  to  leani  the  number  of'  actionn  requiced 
in  baptism.  :S.  The  Tunker:*  "go  to  the  Greek 
church  to  learn  the  inraning  nf  the   Greek   eom- 

The  Tunker  churches  are  not  churches  of 
Christ,  because  they  interpret  the  Scriptures  by 
tradition,  and  tlierchy  reject  the  Bible  an  the 
standard  of  authority. 


That  Jesus  was  oiily  bapti/'d  once — we 
regard    his   example.     2.     That     John's 
liifiin  was  but  one  immersion.     The   original 
;h  members    received    this    one   baptism. 
3.    ^he  commission  requires  but  one   baptism. 
Mark  16:  16.     "He  that  believeth  and  i»  bap-\ 
ti:ed"— not  haptizM  ihr«^i^s!     4.  .The  douth,  ,^_   ' 
ofChrist  wa**  called" ^apimii,  Luke  12:  r.O,  Hf 
died  but  once.    We  are   baptized — "planted"— 
"in  the  likeness   of  his  death,"   but  once.    5. 
Baptism  is  a  burial  with  Christ,  but  oiue,  a«  he 
was  buried  but   once.     tJ.     Bapti^jin    represents 
the  resurrection  of  Christ;  and  as   he   rose    but 
once,  we   must   rise    but   once  in  baptism.     7 
Baptism  is  a  pledge  and  monument  of  the   res- 
urrection of  the  dead;  therefore,  as  the  dead  are 
to  rise  but  once,  we  must  rise  but  once  in    bap- 
tism.    S,     Baptism  declares  our   death  to   sin. 
Rom.  t!:  25      Therefore,  a^  we   die   to  sin    but 
once,  wc  must  declare  that  death    but   once   in 
baptism.    9.    The  Tunkers  make  "born  of  wa- 
ter" mean  baptism.    Therefore,  they  have  three 
water  births!     10.     The  typical    baptism    unto 
Moses,  was  but  one.    Therefore  the  literal  must 
be  but  one  baptism.     11.    The  salvation  in  the 
ark  was  "the   like   figure"   »■*   baptism.    Was 
Noah  saved  in  the  ark  three  times!     12.     Paul 
says;  "one  Lord,  one  faith,  one  baptism."  Kph. 
4:  5.     But  the  Tunkers  have  three  baptisms! 

We  laid  down  the  following  historical  facts 
which  remain  unanswered — 

1.  It  is  a  fact,  that  no  example  in  classic 
Greek  can  be  produced  where  the  Greek  verb 
haptizo  means  more  than  one  submersion. 

2.  It  is  a  fdct,  that  no  example  in  sacred 
Greek  can  be  produced  where  the  word  baptizo 
means  more  than  one  submersion. 

3.  It  is  a  fact,  that  there  is  no  mention  of 
"trine  immersion"  in  the  Bible. 

4.  It  is  a  fact,  that  not  one  of  the  four  ap  )s 
tolic  fathers  mentions  "trine  imnierBion." 

.■).  It  is  a  fact,  that  there  is  no  mention  of 
"trine  immersion"  in  the  literature  of  the  world, 
whether  sacred  or  profane,  till  about  the  com- 
mencement of  the  third  century. 

6.  It  is  a  fact,  that  when  "trine  irameraion" 
first  made  its  appearance  in  church  history,  it 
was  a.ssociated  with  infant  baptism,  infant  com- 
munion, and  a  swarm  of  or  her  tradit  ions. 

7.  It  is  a  fact,  that  'trine  iminersioir  was 
regarded  by  early  church  writers  as  only  an 
aiiostolic  tradition. 

H.  It  b.  a  f.*cf.  that  "trine  immersion"  can 
be  u-iiced  o»/tf  through  the  Itoiuisii  and  Gt.'.  k 
Calh'dic  cnurches.  up  to  aiiout  the  iwmnniiiir  id 
the  third  century. 

The   lestimony   is   overwhelming     that    tb. 


SisTEit,  it  will  cost  you  two  dollars  to  buy  a 
"sytlish"  liafi  for  your  daughter  and  only  fifty 
cents  to  get  u  plain  bonnet.  Buy  the  plain 
bonnet,  if  silly  people  do  call  it  a  "scuttle"  and 

[1  ^'l  .Ml  .ciitv  l.i  S.  T     llo^erinan,    li-ea*,urer 

,ly  „■,. 


TIi^  IbU-  mir.N  „,,v,-  ,„<-.riised  the  material 
'vealth  of  the  brethren  hundreds  and  thousands 
of  dollars,  and  we  read  of  thanksgiving  meetingH 
all  over  the  land.  Another  very  appropriate 
manifestation  of  our  gratitude  would  appear  in 
a  gencrou''  contrbution  to  the  treaKury  of  the 
City  Mission  Service.  Address  S.  T.  Bosser- 
maii,  Dunkirk,  Ohio,  and  have  your  name  en- 
rolled among  the  cheerful  givers  whom  Gu<l 
loves. 

SPECIAL  PROVIDENCE. 

IIV  1.  CO.NCLAST. 

THIillE  are  some  profeMcd  Christians  who 
claim  that  it  is  all  superstition  to  believe 
in  a  special     interference   of  Providence,   and 
quote  Scripture  in  juNtificatlon  of  their  positioo- 
With  them  I  shall  not  dispute,  but  many  cases 
have  come  under  my  observation,  that  are  at 
leant,  singular.     Reference  is  only  here  made  to 
one— a  widow  lady  whose  husband,  in    his   life 
time  was  well-to-do— but  to  further  provide  for 
his  family,  after  his  deatV.  he   got   his    life  in- 
sured.    He  was  afterwards   killed    by   accident 
and  left  this  widow  with  a  large  and   delicate 
family.     When  the  estate  was  wound  up  by 
trusted  lawyers  very  little  remaiii«d,  and  if  the 
insurance  company  ever  paid  anything  she  nev- 
er found  it  out.  Under   the-"n  circumstances  it 
was  not  expect^-d  thai  she  could  put  her  trust 
in  man  any  long-'r.     Fortunately,  her  son  h  a 
short^hand  writer,  and  has  a  situation  in  a  Rail 
Road  otHce,  from  his  salary  the  whole  family  is 
supported.     He  is  a  i-ood  and  religious  boy,  and 
promises  to  sui)port  his  mother  until   she   has 
other  help.     But  his  situation  may  not  be   per- 
manent, and  his  life  uacertaio;  but  she  contin- 
ues to  trust  in  God. 

If  there  is  no  special  Interference  of  Provi- 
dence, who  softens  tli"  hearts  of  petiple  to  buUd 
orphan  asylumsand other  charitable  institutions. 
Unbelievers  seldom  concern  themselves  about 
such  things. 


During  the  coudc;  we  drove  Mr.    S.    to  admit    Tunker  churches  have  added  to  the  great  com 


Two -'ry  out  and  get  no  pity;  he  who  lend* 
out  his  money  withiui  witi.e?MS  and  he  who 
cannot  get  on  in  one  place  and  doea  not  try 
another. 


TMK    BI^KTHRK^^r    A.T    "WOliK:. 


Sept^nibe 


GOD'S  SCHOOL. 

ON  K  bv  onp.  iis  till'  AnvH  go  by. 
To  learn  uur  I.'MoriH  we  bravely  try; 
Kor  vvpry  liour  some  ta^k  is  set — 
Diftu'iilt.  fiisy,  sliort,  or  \nng — 
Auil  whi-'luT  HV  come  to  it  weak  or  utroni;. 
Soiiu'liow  or  othfrit  niiini  Vn»  nipl. 

Gnirii'd  Wfll  i^  (IiiH  sclmol  of  ours, 

Kacb  one's  duties  within  his  powers, 

And  hi,t  task  the  lIiioK  that  hi*  needs  to  know 

And  immy  a  time  does  the  puge  grow  dim. 

And  bi-fore  tirfd  eye«  the  hard  words  swim. 

And  the  hours  go  by  10  hiow,  »o  slow. 

SkilU'il  ttMcher-  (wemblcd  Iwre, 

I'rtti^-ntly  labor  yp«r  by  year; 

Ncrer  mistnke  iir  their  work  wm  known; 

Only  ibepcliolarH,  wi-ary  and  vi-xed, 

Idle,  impatient,  tried,  perplexed, 

SiiUer  troni  erron«  ait  their  own. 

The  spirit  teacheit  the  high^Ht  ihv*^; 
Time  tiikefl  »ll  ax  they  onward  pii^N; 
Joy  is  claimwl  by  the  happy  few. 
While  car.-,  experience,  labor,  i)ain, 
TFea.><iiret(  ol  knowledge  help  iii  guiu. 
And  conscience  conducin  tlie  grand  review. 

But,  patiently  lonrning  day  by  day, 
We  are  longing  to  hear  the  Miwler  nay. 
That  our  »(Jiool  dayx  here  are  rlotir; 
And  after  the  hint  long  term  tditill  j>iis4, 
To  be  Ininnferred  to  that  upper  clw^n, 
In  which  the  mlvaticd  work  in  begun. 

—Set. 


EXAMINATION  OF  SOME  OBJEC- 
TIONS AGAINST  THE   DIVINE 
OKIGIN  OF  THE  BIBLK. 

JIYLKWISO.  HCHMER. 


NUMUKlt    II. 

"lirUH-K    writing    iiumlxT     oik^     I 
'  "       thought  I  would  niiik(f  l)ut,  a  i\-w 
quotations  from  the  "Truth  Seeker,"  hut 
sinct'  then  I  have  detenuined    to   qiiofi- 
him  veff/(ff,i7/i  in  orrlcr  to  show  more  ful 
ly  the  wedkneRs  of  liin  mentnl  digestion. 
The  writer  continiien    hiw  "interrogn- 
toiies"  liy  nsking   the    following   ques- 
tions: ''Were  thev  not  li_v  (he    forees    in 
the  intrror  of  the  earth,  projet-ted  rajnd 
ly  or  slowly  from  hent-nlh  the  waters  of 
the  ocean  to  the  altitude   they    now  oe 
eupy?"     Now  if  any  man  can  «ee   wlint 
this  lias  to  do  with  the  divine  origin  ol 
the  Rilile,  he  cm  descry  the  inhabitaiitft 
of  the  moon  with  the  naked  eye. 

"Have  not  these  mighty  ujiheavels  oc- 
curred at  various  times  over  the  entile 
surface  of  the  globe?  Do  not  all  the 
mountains  and  hills  over  the  earth,  in  . 
the  strata  of  rocks,  gravel,  clay,  etc,  af 
ford  tln!  clearest  proofs  that  upheave]' 
have  taken  place? 

While  islands  and  continents  have 
sunk  lieneatli  the  waters  of  the  oceans, 
have  not  others  arisen  in  other  localities; 
Have  not  these  changes  taken  place  for 
ttiouf^ands  ot' years  f 

Does  the  BibJe  contain  any  allusion 
to  these  momentous  events,  or  does  it 
intimate  that  anything  of  the  kind  has 
ever  occurred? 

Does  it  make  the  slightest  allusion  t.. 
the  Glacial  Period,  when  in  the  long 
ago,  from  about  the  40th  degree  of  norlli 
latitude  to  the  pole,  both  on  the  Eastern 
and  Western  Hemisphei'e,  immense  mas 
ses  of  ice,  rocks,  gravel,  and  clay,  mov 
ed  by  the  action  of  water,  were  carried 
to  great  distances,  to  he  finally  melted 
by  the  action  of  the  sun's  rays,  deposit 
ing  the  rocks  and  earth  thus  moved,  to 
be  left  as  "drift,"'hy  which  term  such 
deposits  are  now  known  ? 

Are  there  not  abundant  i)roof3  in  the 
nibbie- worn, scratched  and  poliahedsun- 
faces  of  rocks  where  such  drift  is  form- 
ed, that  those  immense  bodiea  of  ice, 
rocks  and  earth  did  move  from  place  to 
place  in  the  manner  above  described  ? 
Do^  not  thetjilence  of  the   Bible   upou 


knowledge  that  there  ever  was    such    an 

era  in  the  history  of  the  ghibe?  If  the 
writers  knew  aught  of  it,  should  they 
not  have  said  .nomethinc:  about  it,  even 
ihoti^'h  it  preceded  hy  thousands  of  years 
the  advent  of  iiiao  upon  the  earth. 

I  think  by  thin  time    my    n-aders   art- 
all  able  to  estimate  my  antagoni^its  rea 
soning  powers,   and    know    what    conti- 
lenee  to  place  In  such  men  as   the   only 
wise  men  'of    the  nineteenth     century. 
What  would    their   ignorance   of  theve 
tliingH  have  Ut  do  with  a    knowledge    of 
the  events  that  they    narrated?     I    can- 
not whether  they  were  ignorant  of  these 
r'hanges  or  not,  so  they  knew  what   tiiey 
wrote  was  acfually  so — thiw  Is  the   point 
I  in  debate,  and  not   their    knowledge    of 
huch  eventrt  that  have  nothing  to  do  with 
the  i*iue.     Hut   the   gutleman    showed 
himself  ignorant  of  all  the  essential  ele 
inents  of  a    controverMalist,  or  else  he 
would  not  take  the  very  thing  for  grant- 
ed that  it  iH  his  fiusiness  to  jirove.   Does 
tile  hilence  of  tjrammar  ami  mathematics 
in  a  spelling  l.ook  or  hiNtory  of  Kansas, 
prove  conclusively  that  the  author  of  the 
spelling     book   was   ignorant   of  lliesc 
thmgs?     Oh  iiitidel!  nbarne  at  such  silly 
va«ions.     Seek  the  truth   from   ration 
al  premises.     If  the  writers  of  the  Bible 
had  said  something  about  these  momen- 
'rms  events,  would   it   not   prove   their 
knowledge  of  such  "events,"   and    does 
their  writings  of  ft  future  .'§tate   of  exis- 
tence and  our  relation    to    that  govern- 
ment not   j)rove    that  they   had    some 
knowledge  of  those  things^    Can  u  man 
write  a  history  of  any  country   aud   de- 
-seiibe  its  laws  without  a  knowledge   of 
such  things ;  A  man  cannot  write  a  his- 
tory ofsomel,hing  that  is  nothing,  or  has 
no    existence.      Men    can    imitate     and 
change  the  truth,  but  they  cannot  wiite 
a  faltulous  history  until  there  is    first   a 
genuine.  The  writers  of  the  Bible  could 
not  have  given  a  history  of  such    things 
as  the  "Truth  Seeker"  thiuks  so  essential, 
without  injury    to  the  design    of  their 
work.     If  a  man  was  writing  a   history 
of  Kansas  and    would    occasionally  get 
on  to  math(!matics,  grammar,  and    geol- 
ogy, etc.,  would  any    man    buy  such    a 
book?     Would  such  a  course  of  proced- 
ure recommend  itself  to  any  sound  mind 
ed  man.  aud  yet  infidels  are  ot)liged    to 
urge  such  nonsense  iu   their   olyections. 
Thei-e  must  be   great  lack  of  evidence 
when  men  will  resort  to  such  objections 
ns  the  "Truth  Seeter"  otters,  and*  his  are 
as  good  as  any,  for  there  are   none    that 
have  any  relevancy   to   the  real  issue. 
The  writer  keeps  going  on  with  hia  "in- 
terrogatories" as  follows:   "la    it  nut  a 
little  singular  that  the  great   Continent 
of  America,  e.vtending  nearly  ten    thou- 
sand miles,    embracing   all    varieties   of 
climate,  and  destined  to  be  the  home    of 
millions  of  the  human  race,  was   wholly 
unknown  to  the  writers  of  the  hook? 

If  they  drew  their  inspiration  from  the 
source  of  all  knowledge  and  truth,  how 
is  it  that  so  important  a  matter,  so  con- 
nected with  the  life  of  man  ou  the  earth, 
was  never  alluded  to? 

Is  not  this  silence  respecting  America 
noticeable  when  the  fact  is  taken  into 
consideration  that  there  are  very  strong 
proofs  that  America  is  the  oldest  part  of 
the  globe,  and  that  it  existed  {is  a  con- 
tinent long  before  the  Himalayas  or  the 
Al])s  had  even  raised  from  the  depths 
of  the  ocean,  and  when  we  have  the 
clearest  reasons  for  thinking  that  it  was 
populated  by  civilized  and  cultured  j)eo- 
•pie  who  butlt  cities  aud  executed  works 
of  art  at  a  time  earlier  than  the  Bible 
was  written.     I  liave  no  doubt  that  men 


see  the  clearest  e\'i»lence  in  their   disor- 
dered imagination  of  all   the   statements 
made,  but  before  I  admit  all    of  them  I 
want  the  proof;   but   should  all    these 
thinjjs  lie  so,  what  bearing   can  it  have 
with  the  issue.     I'be  gentleman  is   sim- 
ply telling  (iod  what  he  ought   to    have 
put  in  his  t)ook  in  order  to  gain  his  con 
fidence,  and  if  he  had  put  all  there   that 
he  thinks  ought  to    be  there,    he   would 
think  something  else  ought  to  be   there. 
I  do  not  say  that   everything   recorded 
in  the  Bible  is  in«pii-ation,  for   a    large 
proportion  of  it  is  history;  hut  all    sucli 
information  as  pertains  to  a  tuture  woritl, 
and  our  relations  to  that  worM  are. forit  is 
impo-ssible  to  give  such  laws   and    rela 
tions  without  communications  with    the 
inhabitants  of  that   laud.     Whether  or 
not  the  writers  of  the    I^ible   had    any 
knowledge  of  America,  has  nothing    to 
do  with  the  ijuestioo:  the  nuestion  is.  did 
they  have  any  knowledge  of  our  futur< 
existence  and  the  world  beyond  ihe  riv 
er,  that  is  the  cjuestlon  tobe  determined 
And   would  a    knowledge    of  America 
jn'ove   their    knowledge    of    the   upjier 
world, or  would  their  ignorance  of  Amer 
rica  prove  their  ignorance  of  the    upper 
world?    Can  any    man    so   destitute   of 
a  knowledge  of  evidence  ever  expect  to 
find  the  truth.     If  the    imaginations   of 
the  writer  was  taken  for  proof,  then    he 
would  he  a  convincing     reasoner:  hut 
these  christians  that  infidels  think    feed 
upon  faith  alone,  are  the  very  men  that 
demand  evidence  for  their  faith,  and  do 
not  believe  without  evidence    or    disbe 
lieve  evidence  like  the  infidel — the    infi 
del  believes  without  evidence  and  disbe- 
lieves evidence  and  of  course  must  be  in 
error  all  the  time.     I  would  say  more  if 
there  were  anything  in    the   objections, 
but  as  they  are  so  irrelevant  as  not  to  he 
dej^erving  of  any  notice,  I  will  pass  them 
over  and  close  this  number,  as  the   next 
will  be  more  interesting,   from  the   fact 
that  the  writer  comes  a  little   closer   to 
the  issue,  and  his  objections  will  require 
a  little  more  accumeu.     I  think  I    have 
said  enough  to  convince  any  infidel  that 
there  is  nothing  in  \vhat  1   have  quoted, 
and  that  it  is  entirely  irrelevant,  if  not  I 
am  ready  to  hear  from  him. 


Therefore  I  resolved  in    my    heart     ^" 
vowel  uotothe  Lord,  that  one-tenth 
what  I  sell,  he  it  land  or  stock,  or  ^r  • 


or  whatever  it  may  be,    one-tenth 


shail 


this  important  subject  show  conclu.si  vely    that  can  urge  such  objections  against  the 
that  the  writers   ot   the   book    had   no|  divine  origin,  of  the  Bible,  a.  valid,   cat! 


THE  LORDS  TREASURY. 

'Let  every  one  of  vou  lay  by  him  in  store 
(whm)  upon  the  first  day  of  (he  week,  (how 
much)  according  as  God  has  prospered  him, 
tliiit  there  be  no  gathering  when  I  come."  1 
Cor.  1«:  2. 

"VTY  beloved  brethren,  you  will  find 
-"J-  enclosed  $a.()0  which  I  will  take 
out  of  the  Lord's  treasury,  where  it  had 
been  laid  the  first  day  of  the  week,  ac- 
cording as  God  had  prospered  me,  which 
you  will  please  use  to  send  the  Bretu- 
HKN  AT  WoKK  to  the  poor.  Now,  per- 
haps you  will  wonder  what  I  call  the 
Lord's  treasury.  The  widow  who  east 
into  the  treasury,  two  luite.s,  cast  in  more 
than  all  they  B'hicb  did  cast  in  of  their 
abundance,  so  they  must  have  had  a 
Lord's  treasury,  and  ,1  believe  it  would 
be  righ,t  for  every  Christian  to  have  a 
Lord's  treasury.  I  will  tell  you  what 
I  call  the  Lord's  treasury,  and  how  much 
I  consider  the  Lord  has  prospered  me, 
and  how  I  came  to  establish  it,  but  \Vill 
withhold  my  name,  lest  I  let  my  left 
hand  know  what  my  right  hand    doeth, 

or  it  be  said  Brother is  blowing  the 

truuipet.  I  have  a  small  paper  box 
which  I  call  the  Lord's  treasury,  becau.^e 
in  it,  upon  the  first  day  of  the  week,  1 
put  what  I  have  decided  should  be  hU. 
aud  therefore,  it  is  the  Lord's  treasury, 
because  it  contains  the  Lord's  money.  I 
read  in  my  Bible,  that  Abraham  gave 
one  tenth  of  the  spoils  unto   the  Lord. 


he  gi\en  unto  the  Lord.  I  have  tK' 
vow  sLv  or  eight  mouths,  and  tluou  K 
God's  grace  I  e.^pect  to  keep  it  while'^i 
live. 

The  promptings  which  led  me  to  th' 
vow,  are  as  follows:  I  gave  my  heart 
Jesus  when  I  was  a  youth,  I  felt  that!, 
was  ■/.  precious  Savior.     He  forgave    u 
ray  sins,  and  1  was  happy  in  a   Savior' 

love,  and  like  the  Eunuch  went  nn  1 

...  .  "^  on  my 

way  rejoicing.  As  yeais  p.,,^«ed  away,  I 
felt  my  acceptance  with  (rod,  aud  'ii 
was  jie.ace  within,  though  many  triaU 
temptations  and  discouragements  hs  ' 
followed  me  in  my  chri>tiaii  journey 
However,  as  time  moved  on,  the  enem 

was  at  work,  the    little    seeds   bprro^  / 

1     i-  fi      1       ,  «»"  to 

grow,  and  after  awhile  the  thorns  cam 

up,  the  cai-es  of  the  woild,  and  the  d 
ceitfuluess  of  riches  began  to  choke  th  ' 
word  that  was  sown  in  my  heart,  and  T 
was  brcomiuir  unfruitful,  or  while  I  wa 
sleeping  the  enemy  sowed  tares  amon„ 
the  wheat,  and  the  wheat  was  becomin? 
choked.  While  being  in  this  coniiition 
and  realizing  that  the  enemy  was  gain 
ing  ground,  I  also  realized  my  condition- 
I  no  longer  felt  that  all  was  peace  ivith.' 
in;  I  no  longer  felt  that  smile  of  appro, 
bation,  which  I  once  felt  from  my  bless- 
ed Savior.  I  no  longer  felt  that  if  my 
Savior  should  call  me  now,  that  1  was 
prepared,  but  doubts  were  in  my  mind 
fearing  that  if  he  would  call  me,  eternal 
death  would  be  my  certain  doom.  Oh' 
with  those  doubts  and  fears  I  was  not 
happy.  Oh,  how  often  I  have  prayed 
for  forgiveness,  and  had  well  nigh 
thought  that  repentance  was  denied  me. 
As  only  those  who  have  felt  a  Savior's 
love  know  what  it  is.  So  only  those 
who  suffer  for  their  sins,  know  what  sor- 
row it  is.  Oh,  that  I  could  write  with 
the  pen  of  Almighty  God  upon  the  tab- 
let of  every  heart  that  has  felt  the  joy 
of  a  Savior's  love!  Beware!  oh  beware 
lest  you  fall  from  that  sweet  commun- 
ion with  God  which  you  once  enjoyed, 
and,  in  consequence  of  which  you  will 
have  to  weep  bitter  fears  of  sorrow. 
How  much  better  to  drink  the  cup  of 
sorrow  now  than  to  drink  it  forever  in 
eternity.  I  rejoice  that  I  can  drink  it 
now,  perad venture  th  i  Lord  will  h.ave 
mercy. 

Oh!  ye  mammon  worshipers!  ye  back- 
slide#in  heart,  ye  sinners  and  ungodly, 
will  you  not  drink  the  cup  of  sorrow,  re- 
pent of  youi-  sins,  and  receive  a  Savior's 
love?  My  beloved  brethren,  will  you 
not  "watch"  lest  the  love  of  the  world 
enter  into  your  hearts  and  choke  out  a 
Savior's  love? 

Feeling  much  distressed, on  the  account 
of  my  unsaved  condition,  on  a  Love  feast 
occasion,  I  feared  that  I  was  eating  and 
drinking  to  my  own  coudemnatiou.  I 
prayed  God  torforgive  me,  I  solemnly 
vowed  in  that  silent  hour,  I  will  give 
one-tenth  unto  the  Lord  to  be  used  for 
my  own  spiritual  benefit,  and  for  the 
benefit  of  the  Lord's  people,  and  I  re- 
joice tosaythat  my  faith  is  strengthening, 
my  hopes  of  heaven  are  brightening,  and 
I  expect  through  the  mercy  of  God  and 
the  tenderness  of  a  Savior's  love  to  reach 
the  Celestial  City  where  there  is  no  sor- 
row. 

A  BllOTIlHU. 
THE  SEVEN   MODERN    WONDERS. 

HY  THL'ftSTON  MILLER. 

T1IKST  wonder:  How  an  elder  or  other 
-*■  officiating  ministers  can  lay  the 
usual  instructions  before  applicants  («' 


r-caber    X 


U'HK    UKKTHKKJSr    A^T    AVOKIi. 


v\"" 


I  an<i  exact  from  th*-m  the  prom- 


\,t  ^-out'o'ui  in  general    iippfaraoce  to 
'^  ,.,-,ler  of  the  church ;  and  at  the  same 
.,  disclaim  any  gospel   authoritj^   for 


1  oi'^l'''"'  l^nowing  that ''whatsoever  is 


faith  is  siu/ 


''     '   wonder:     How  such  applicants, 

tU     app''«^'«'i    honesty    and   siucerty 

make  the  required  promise  and  then 

,ifil'-y     'S"^***'*'   **^*^    ohligation  by  their 

«tiuiie<j  conformity  to  the  worki. 

..[.,1  wonder;     IIow  an  elder  can,  aft- 

iviiuiring   such    promises,  allow  the 

]y  ijrowth  of  pride  and   fashion    to 

.^^\  in   his   church,  and  at  the   same 

^  claim  the  fellowship  of  a  brother' 


biH" 


not   with   hraiJed  hair,  or   wearini;   t>f 
gold  or  the  dressing  of  cosily  array.  Oh, 

lister,  you  are  much  tempted,  )>ut  heark- 
en to  the  gentle  voice  of  the  apostle. 

TertuUian,  who  lived  in  the  second 
centmy,  and  was  one  of  the  ablest  de- 
fenders of  christian  faitii,  condemns  the 
vanity  of  curious  costly  dress,  and  con- 
cludes with  these  wise  counsels  to  the  sis- 
ters of  his  time:  '-To  clothe  themselves 
with  silks  of  honesty,  the  fine  vesture  of 
piety,  the  purple  of  modesty,  and  being 
thus  beautilied  and  adorned,  God  him 
self  will  be  their  Cod."  Let  humility 
be  a  aelf-sealer  to  obedience. 


J)oinc  anil  |[*amtlu. 


,J  that  he  knows  do,  and  ever   have 
,posed  the  innovations   of  pride    and 

4tb  wonder:  Why  a  brother  or  a  sis- 
,i-  Loutimie  their  membershp  in  the 
•liiiroh  of  the  Brethren,  who  have  ten 
•oid^  to  say  in  opposition  to  the  order 
fnl.Hiniiess  and  simplicity  in  the  church, 
I,  where  they  have  one  contlenining.tht 
.iineifliiity  of  the  world. 

;)tii  wonder:  How  members  can  hope 

j-eceive  the  reward  of  the  good  and 
faithfLil,  who  are  scarcely  ever  seen  in^ 
,i,te  the  Lord's  sanctuary,  or  hope  to  es^ 
•ape  tbe  judgment. ''depart."  (Notto  be 
.nplieil  to  the  aged  or  infirm.) 

(ith  wonder:  Who  will  be  held  re 
;,ioD^i!tle  for  the  above  state  or  condi- 
,j„ii  ,)f  things;  anybody  or  nobody? 

;tli  w(fnder;  What  is  the  remedy 
juii  lioW  shall  it  be  applied? 

DRESS. 

BY   LEWIS  HANG. 

DEAli  Vjrethren  and  sisters,  the  prim- 
itive Christians  were  noted  for 
tlifir  contempt  of  the  world;  among  the 
tliint's  to  be  avoided  by  them,  was  the 
tvliavagance  in  dress.  Dr.Cave  who  wrote 
iouip  two  hundred  years  ago  on  this  sub- 
ject, says:  "They  were  exceedingly  care- 
ful to  avoid  all  costliness  and  finery. 
cboosiug  such  apparel  as  expressed  the 
^»ieatest  lovliuess  and  innoceucy."  Cle- 
nifut  of  Alexandria,  who  lived  in  the 
latter  p.art  of  the  second  century,  says, 
"Tbe  garment  that  we  should  wearought 
tube  mean  and  frugal,  not  curiously 
wrought  with  divers  colors — the  em- 
blem of  craftiness  and  deceit — but  white 
to  denote  our  embracing  and  professing 
simplicity  and  truth.  Our  outward 
clothing  is  an  indication  of  the  tempers 
of  our  mind.  That  is  true  simplicity  of 
hal'it  whicli  takes  away  what  is  vain 
flod  superfluous;  and  the  best  and  moat 
solidgarmeut  which  is  furtherest  from  art 
and  curiosity,  and  most  apt  to  preserve 
and  keep  the  body  warm." 

Th."  plea  is  with  some,  because  they 
ire  rich,  and  have  the  right  to  make  use 
of  their  estate  as  they  be  pleased.  To 
this, Cyprian,  who  flourished  in  the  third 
century,  answers:  "That  they  are  only 
rich  that  are  rich  in  and  toward  God; 
tUt  the  world  ought  to  be  despised,  the 
pomps  and  delights  whereof  we  then 
turned  to  God,  with  the  loss  of  whom 
ill  that  is  in  the  world,  the  lust  of  the 
flesh,  and  the  lust  of  the  eye,  the  pride 
of  life;  it  is  not  consistent  with  the  word 
fifGod.  To  apply  the  riches  in  deco 
fating  and  oruamenting  our  bodies,  par 
and  tables,  this  which  is  pride  of 
Aeeye.  God  has  shown  a  more  excel- 
'ent  way,  vii:  to  relieve  the  hungry,  and 
feed  the  poor  members  in  Christ,  and 
'hou  shaU.  be  biying  up  trnnsures  in 
W-en  Hud  you  will  accutuulaie  riches 
"I  The  love  of  Christ. 

How  does  the  apostle  instruct  the  sis- 
ters, that  they  adorn  themselves  in  mod 
^t  iiiTay,iin «oba^ty  «iid  sbamefaoednesa, 


H>isli:iu.ls.  l«>v.'  vour  wivps.  Wivc?<.  siiLniil  your- 
9"!v(w  iinio  yciir  nwri  Imsliiiruls  Cliililri'ii.  oi«'\ 
your  i>:»r.'iits.  rutlnTs.iunV'-kiMuilyi.urcliiWrcn  •> 
wrnlh.  lull  brinR  tlitrii  ui)in  the  nurture  ami  ml- 
miiititinii  .if  the  l.itrJ.  'prv.tnt».  Ito  obcdifiit  t»i 
iht'iu  tliat  are  your  inaat its.— Paul, 


LOVE  AT  HOME. 


Wlieu 


EUCHARIST— THE  GIVING  OF 
THANKS. 

A  NAME  applied  to  the  sacrament  of 
-^-^  the  holy  communion,  or  the  feast 
of  the  Lord's  Supper  in  allusion  to  th 
blessing  and  thanksgiving  with  which 
the  laiit  supjier  of  our  Savior  with  his 
disciples  began  and  ended.  This  sol 
emn  festival  has  been  kept  in  all  Chris 
tiau  churches  fiom  the  time  of  the  res- 
urrection in  commemoration  of  the  pas 
siou  and  death  of  our  Lord,  and  in  obe- 
dience to  his  own  divine  institution. 
Among  the  earliest  disciples  in  Judea, 
the  Lord's  Supper  seems  to  have  been 
a  regular  meal,  probably  the  principal 
meal  of  the  day  in  each  family  into 
W'hich  the  commemorative  breaking  of 
bread  an<l  partaking  of  the  cup  of  bless 
ing  were  introduced  as  a  part,  subse- 
quently the  disciples  of  many  families 
came  together  and  held  a  festival  in  com 
mon,  in  the  course  of  which  the  breth 
ren  saluted  each  other  with  a  holy  kiss. 
The  abuses  which  grew  out  of  this,  and 
which  are  severely  rebuked  by  St.  Paul 
in  the  first  epistle  to  the  Corinthians  led 
to  a  separatiou  of  the  two  institutions 
and  the  commemorative  observance  has 
since  been  celebrated  with  a  solenmity 
in  harmony  with  its  character  by  itself. 
'/ok-mons  J^ew  l/niversul  Cyclopaedia. 


t  beauty  all  arouud, 
lieu  tlieri*'-.  luve  Hi  homi-; 
Tlii-re  is  joy  in  evi-ry  sound. 
When  iliere  ia  Idvh  at  home. 
I't'ftce  ftiid  plenty  hereahide, 
Smiling  sweet  on  evory  side, 
Titne  doth    siiftly,   swivtly    (^lidt", 
Wli^n  there's  lov*^  at  homo. 

In  the  cotta?*'  there  is  joy. 
When  there's  love  at  lunue; 
Hrtte  and  envy  neVr  annoy, 
Whpn  there's  love  at  home. 
Ilose-'*  blo*f)m  'ueaHi  our  feet, 
All  the  earth's  a  garden  sweet, 
Mukiug  li!e  H  blisi  complete. 
When  there's  love  at  home. 

Kindly,  heaven  smiles  above. 
When  there's  love  at  home; 
All  the  earth  is  filled  with  love, 
When  there's  love  iit  home. 
Sweeter  sings  the  brooklet  hy, 
Brifrbt^r  heamithe  axure  sky; 
Oh,  there's  Oue  who  smiles  on  higli, 
When  there's  Uive  at  home. 

Jesus  show  thy  meroy  mine. 
When  tbt-re's  love  at  h'liiie; 
Sweetly  whisper,  I  am  thine. 
Then  there's  lova  iit  home. 
Source  of  love,  tliy  cheering  light, 
Kar  exceeds  the  sun  so  hrijiht — 
Can  dispel  the  gloom  of  night; 
When  there's  love  at  home. 


A  LETTER  TO  THE  GIRLS, 


Y 


OU  have  all  heard,  no  douV)t,  of  the 
lianyau  tree  which  grows  far  oil' 
iu  the  Kastetu  t'ouutries.  It  grows  up 
straight  al  first,  hut  the  branches  from 
the  trunk  grow  tiownwanl  to  the  ground 
again  and  taking  rof>t  fasten  there  as 
firmly  as  the  trunk  itself  is  fastened. 

Now  let  me  tell  you  a  true  story  to  il 

lustrate  my  suttjeet.     A  few  years    ago, 

two  girls  aht)ut  the  ages  of  eleven   and 

yvO  the  young  people  ever  think    that   j^i.t^^n  j.„„,g,  j,,„e  their  hearts    to   J 

-L'     thev    will  he    old?     Onlv   a   few    g,,^^  ^^^j  ^j^^j^i  „„  jhe  road  to    heaven, 

at  the  same  time.  They  were  sisters; 
i|uite  well  instructeil  in  the  way,  and 
saw  many  thiu<is  that  they  would  be 
obliged  to  give  up,  in  order  to  serve 
their  kind  Master  in  the  right  way.  But 
they  were  determined  to  do  their  duty. 
Before  they  had  had  their  clothes  trim- 
med and  in  fashion,  but  now  they  saw 
that  It  was  not  right.  So  they  had  their 
dresses  made  over  plain,  and  their  hats 
trimmed  in  a  simple  way;  they  looked 
as  neatly  as  little  girls  can  look  and 
were  as  happy  as  the  day  was  long. 

No  one  enjoyed  the  Sabbath  school 
or  the  prayer  meeting  more  than  Ella 
and  Lizzie,  and  they  were  always  ready 
to  tell  what  the  LonI  had  done  for  them. 
This  was  during  the  .Summer  vacation. 
In  the  Fall,  school  again  commenced, 
and  it  was  a  hard  matter  for  our  girls  to 
determine  to  go  to  school  in  their  plain 
dres,ses,  while  the  others  were  dressed 
"in  style."  Finally  KUa  (the  older)  con- 
cluded to  have  au  overskirt  made  to 
match  her  dress,  and  a  few  e.'dra  bows 
on  her  hat  to  look  more  like  the  others; 
but  Lizzie  would  do  nothing  of  the  kind. 
In  a  short  time  Ella  was  like  the  oth 
er  girls,  ^'he  was  no  longer  seen  at  the 
prayer  meeting,  and  took  but  little  in- 
terest in  the  Sabbath  school.  Patient 
little  Lizzie  went  alone  to  the  meetings, 
and  at  school  wlieu  the  others  woiihi 
laugh  at  her  for  bc-ing  so  plaiu  and  i;u 
like  the  other  gills,  she  would  reply. 
Same  people's  iudgmeut  is  that  of  a  '  that  she  would  obey  her  Savior  if  they 
-blind  .man  at  a  window.  did  tease   her.     She    wished    that   they 


OLD  FOLKS 

,0  the  young  people  ever  think  that 
they  will  be  old?  Only  a  few 
short) ears  ago  that  aged  man  and  fee- 
ble woman  w'ere  young,  strong  and  full 
of  life;  their  loving  hearts  were  gushing 
with  tenderness  and  care  for  the  little 
ones  who  now  stand  in  their  places.  Do 
not  jostle  that  aged  couple  out  of  your 
pathway,  but  ratlier  lift  them  with  ten. 
der  care  over  tlie  rough  declining  road. 
You  may  have  forgotten  how  carefully 
they  kept  your  ten<ler  feet  from  stumb- 
ling, and  with  what  care  they  watched 
your  advancing  steps.  But  they  have 
not  forgotten,  and  the  time  will  come 
when  you  will  be  forcibly  reminded  of 
it,  by  the  love  you  have  for  your  own 
little  ones.  Will  they  ever  hand  you 
the  same  bitter  cup  to  drink  that  you 
pour  out  for  that  aged  father  and  strick 
en  mother?  Verily  witli  "what  meas 
ure  ye  meet,  it  shall  be  mejisured  to  you 
again."  Think  of  the  an.vious  days  and 
nights  your  mother  lias  watched  by  your 
sick-bed;  remember  her  loving  care;  her 
patience  and  long-suffering  with  your 
fretfulness,  and  then  let  the  blush  of 
shame  dye  your  brow,  that  you  should 
be  im,patientor  unkind  to  her,  now  that 
she  is  old.  Old  folks  are  such  a  trial! 
Yes,  they  know  it;  they  feel  it!  and 
will  you  be  such  a  trial  to  your  children 
in  the  days  that  will  surely  come,  aye, 
and  you  will  i-emember  too.—  Sel. 


would  give  their  hearU  to  Jesus,  they 
would  then  lie  so  much  happier. 

Now  do  you  see  how  Ella  was  .like 
the  banyan  tree!  She  started  right  on 
the  road  that  leads  to  heaven,  but  step- 
ped oft"  on  the  branch  road  which  led 
her  back  to  the  world  again,  and  rooted 
her  as  firmly  to  her  old  ways  as  before 
she  started. 

Now,  my  little  friends,  beware  of  the 
branch  roads,  and  don't  give  up  your 
hope  of  heaven  for  a  little  laugh. 

When  you  start  for  a  place  you  ex- 
pect to  get  there  if  you  keep  the  path ; 
but  if  you  step  into  another  path  you 
are  sure  to  nii.ss  your  way.  When  you 
are  tempted  to  turn  back  ju-il  a  littk, 
think  of  Ella  and  the  banyan  tree. 

My  letter  is  to  the  girls  this  time.  Per- 
haps some  other  time  I  will  have  a  few 
words    for    the     boys. — Free     Metho- 

THE  POOR  GIRLS. 

rriHE  ])oorest  girls  in  the  world  are 
-*-  those  who  have  never  been  taught 
to  work.  There  are  thousands  of  them, 
llich  parents  have  petted  them.  They 
have  been  taught  to  despise  labor  and 
lepend  upon  others  for  a  living,  and  are 
perfectly  helpless.  If  misfortune  cornea 
upon  their  friends,  as  it  often  does,  their 
ase  is  hopeless.  The  most  forlorn  and 
miserable  women  upon  the  earth  belong 
to  this  class.  It  belongs  to  parents  to 
protect  their  daughters  from  this  deplor- 
alde  condition.  They  do  them  a  great 
wrong  if  they  neglect  it.  Every  daughter 
ought  to  be  taught  to  earn  her  own  liv- 
ing. The  rich  a-s  well  as  the  poor  re- 
>|uire  this  training.  The  wheel  of  for- 
tune rolls  swiftly  round — the  rich  are 
very  likely  to  become  poor  and  the  poor 
rich.  Skill  to  labor  is  no  disadvantage 
to  the  rich,  and  is  indispensable  to  the 
poor.  Well-to-do  parents  must  educate 
their  children  to  work.  No  reform  is 
more  imperative  than  this. — Sel. 


HOW  TO  SPOIL  A  CHILD. 

BECilN  young  by  giving    him   every 
thing  he  cries  for. 
2.     Talk  freely  before  him  about    his 
great  smartness. 

:i.  Tell  him  he  is  too  much  for  you, 
that  you  can  do  nothing  with  him. 

4.  Let  him  regard  his  father  as  a 
creature  of  unlimited  power,  capricious, 
and  tyrannical — or  as  a  mere  whipping- 
machine. 

5.  Let  him  learn  (from  his  father's 
example )  to  despise  his  mother. 

ii.  Do  not  care  who  or  what  his  com- 
panions may  be. 

7.  Let  him  read  stories  about  pirates, 
Indian  fighters,  and  so  im. 

s.  Let  him  roam  the  street**  in  the 
evening  and  go  to  bed  late. 

il.  Devote  yourself  to  making  money, 
rememberiugalwaysthatwealthis  a  bet- 
ter legacy  for  your  child  than  principles 
in  the  heart  and  habits  in  the  life;  and 
let  him  have  plenty  of  money  to  spend. 
— .S'rf. 


(•rreater  is  he  who  causes  good 
than  he  who  does  them. 


ileeds  I 


Do  all  the  good  you  can  in  the  world 
and  make  as  little  noise  about  it  as  pos- 
sible. 

We  have  more  power  than  will,  and 
it  is  often  by  way  of  excuse  to  our- 
selves that  we  fancy  things  are  imposai- 

ble. 

Much  have  1  learned  from  my  mas- 
tei-s,  more  from  my  colleagues,  most 
from  my  disciples. 


TI-1J-;     HRETHHK>w'    -S-T    AVOKK. 


September 


P>K  ^vdkm\  at  ij^ar^. 

n'BUSHED  WEEKLT. 


S.  J.  1IAIU{I^(^^■,       *  I'ltoi-itiETORfi. 


1.    TiiK  Kililor*  ■ 
^nrral  tmicnf  thr 


'.  iind 


the  Inscrlioii  of   Jin 


2  CoVTifiHiTniis  in  r-nlcrloBM-uroproinnt  in- 
sprtionof  tln-ii:irlic-Uit,  will  ploiw'-  not  indiiln-  in 
persmiHlltii's  and  iino)urtc«iw  liiiiifuiiK'^.  '*'"■  1"*~ 
sent  their  views  "  witli  grivv  M-anonfa  with  bi 

3  TiiK  llRRTimFN  AT  WoriK  wMl  I'O  NPnl  to 
anvHddrpjwiH  tlic  riiltpcl  StHl.-s  or  Ciinit'la  f<T 
SlJSOpprHniiuin.  For  llic  Ip^mUdk  cliaracleriftirw 
of  the  piiiicr.  mt  well  sw  t'-iint  lo  iiKiiiU  m-c  pirIiUi 

Afldress  all  r.imniniili  Mtinurt. 

bkktiiiif:n  at  wouk, 

Liiitiirk,  ('rirrolK'<».,  Ml. 


pnfff- 


LANAKK.  ILL.. 


sKi*n:>iiti:it  i,  ih7». 


BitoTiiKit  Jambs  II.  Gimi  is  fitill  Uboring 
with  the  lircthren  in  VirKJuia. 

Iris  J.  Il.iiiit^afl  of  J.  li.  Brnmlmugh  who 
ifi  principal  of  Hui)tinjt«i(m  Nonmii  School. 

Hb  Hure  to  rpad  "The  Lord's  Treasury"  on 
pajjc  two.  It  ouRlit  to  find  its  counterpart  in 
»Tery  man  and  woman. 

BlKiTHKltP.  H.  WltlOIIThMAN  hri- chungfd  hlfi 
nddroaa  from  South  lit-nd.  lud.,  to  Dkuvct,  Col 
for  tin*  time  Wing. 

Thk  Bi-shop  of  London  w  allowed  two  houses 
and  $50,000  a  year,  ThuH  sonio  tihp])hcrdM 
feast,  whilw  thousaudi  of  Hheap  are  left  to 
starve.  ^ 

Foit  the  convonipnce  of  our  bploved  Brelli- 
ren  we  have  concluded  to  indulK"  them  again 
by  leaving  noticj'Hof  niootingo  stand  until  they 
have  been  held. 

Hku.  II.  J.  Kfin/,  of  Dayton,  Ohio,  is  get- 
liuK  out  nil  AInumiH  <-ntiMf(l  'Our  Aliimnnc/ 
and  denirnn  tlie  nntire«  and  addresseti  of  all  min- 
isters and  deaconii.    Seo  notice  on  eighth  page. 


We  have  already  sold  several  hundred  ense- 
'  lope*.  Their  extra  rjuality,  and  ch'-apneas  com- 
mend them  wherever  they  are  wen;  and  ttje 
good  that  may  be  dune  with  them  ifl  simply  in- 
estimable. "Whatuhall  it  profit  a  man  il  lie 
Khnll  gain  the  whole  world,  and  lo«e  bin  own 
Houl?"  I'rice  of  envelope*  per  pack  of  25,  12 
ccuU;  4  packit  (VMt),  JO  c*nt«. 

Bko.  Benj.  SriKGLKY.  of  Ogle  Co.,  III., 
thinks  Brethren  who  advcrti-He  for  help  in  the 
ministry  flhould  not  be  particular  in  deacrihing 
what  kind  of  brethren  are  wanted.  He  thiiiktt 
it  does  not  whow  a  vfry  good  spirit — not  an 
humble,  Kiiek  and  mode«f  one— such  a^  (^hrict 
gives.  We  agree  with  Bro.  Swjngley  and  h>pe 
«uch  things  will  not  be  sent  to  any  of  onr  jnur- 
nalft  for  publication.     It  does,  indeed,  look  bad. 


women  keep  ^ilence  in  the  cbui^ches:  for  it  is  the  moH  uoble  work  on  earth-re«;u,og  th 
0ot  i>erraitted  unto  them  to  speak;  bat  th^y  nr^  dying  fn)m  sin  and  sorrow.  If  she  W  a  f^^^' 
um'led  to  be  under  obedience,  as  also  saith    member,  are  not  atl  the  memb-rs  of  the  t^'' 


TliK  spfcial  District  Metting  of  Northern 
Illinois  convened  at  Pine  Cr.-ek.  Ogle  Couuiy 
on  the  2^th  inst ,  to  make  arrange uieuts  for  the 
A.  M,.  in  1^«0.  There  waj.  a  hirge  attondauc 
and  thirt^-en  churthfH  wt-re  reprexented  by  del- 
egates. A  committee  on  Location  was  clioaeii, 
consisting  of  one  from  each  churtli.  To  bhis 
was  added  the  committee  of  arrangements  i^hicli 
consist*  of  five  members.  There  are  fourt^^cn 
churches  in  Northern  Illinois  and  five  in  Wi- 
cousin.  The  WiBConsin  church  not  being  rej)- 
resentvd  it  was  agreed  that  eacli  of  them  miplit 
send  a  Brother  to  fu;t  on  Locating  Ci>m:nitt<;L' 
Should  all  the  cliHr.;heH  be  p-prewnted  there 
the  Locating  Committee  would  consist  ol'twtMi- 
ty  five  memhern.  •"In  the  multitude  of  Ciiun- 
aeliors,  etc."  After  arranging  some  minor  mat 
U-rn,  ]j.*ruii.HKioii  WiiH  given  to  otl'er  ground  on 
which  to  bold  A.  M.  Nine  niaces  were  oil'i-retl. 
With  so  many  to  select  from,  it  would  seem  thai 
the  Comuiitli-e  could  hardly  fail  to  find  n  very 
suitable  plaee  for  the  meeting. 

DOES   THE   GOSPEL  PERMIT  WO 
MEN  TO  PRAY  AND  PROPH- 
ESY PUBLICLY  .P 

Nt'UUBlt   II. 


the  law.  And  if  they  wil!  learn  any  tbioK,  let 
them  ask  their  husbands  at  home:  for  it  is  a 
shame  for  women  to  speak  in  the  church.'  1 
Cor.  14:34,  3.x  "Lstthe  woman  learu  in  m- 
lence  with  all  Mubjection.  But  I  suflVr  not  a 
woman  to  t>'ach,  nor  to  usurp  authority  over 
the  man.  but  Ut  be  in  silence." — 1  Tim  2: 11. 12. 
These  pawagea  are  plain  and  positive.  They 
prove  beyond  contradiction  that  a  restriction  is 
laid  upon  woman  in  some  particular.  She  i* 
required  tolfarii  something  in  silence;  not  to  do 


necejAary  to  its  edification?  An  exhortat' 
an  admonition,  the  word  of  the  Lord  imp. 
ed  by  on-  of  the  feeble  ones,  may  arouse  r 
sleeping  mind  and  infuse  life  into  the  dead  ^ 
treppassea  aud  sins.  The  Lord  help  us  to  co  " 
right  up  to  the  truth,  accept  it,  and  hold  f  ^ 
to  it.  M.  a  g 

ELDER  CHRYSTAL  S  POSlTlQi^ 


W 


E  did  not  think  that  the  Elder  was 


to  trine  immersion,  for,  h 


■apprise  ,j 


""^OS  read  hi. 


j. at  men  are  permitted  to  do.      Let    us  learn    Modes  of  Baptism  severa' yrarsagowekn^ 


Wk  call  especial  attention  to  Bro.  HuinniprV 
iirticli-8  in  answer  to  ohjfi-iions  urged  against 
the  Divine  orinin  of  the  Bible.  These  articles 
are  replete  with  good  reasoning  and  will  well 
pay  a  careful  and  cIomc  reading. 

Thk  cloth  bound  edition  of  GuspHl  Pn^aehcr 
Volume  II  is  exhausted  Wh  can  still  lurniyh 
it  in  leather  (Arabeniue)  binding,  but  it  i^ 
worth  25  cents  more  per  votuinc.  making  price 
of  Volume  II,  luathor  hound,  Gospel  Preacher. 
«:2,2J.  _       __.__ 

Ir  you  will  find  one  example  of  saintly 
living  in  a  church,  you  will  find  more  power  in 
that  o})f.  than  in  all  the  loud  talkers  about  pur 
ity  and  consecration.  Christians  are  active, 
drones,  bu/./.  aod  eat. 

Taf  manuscript  paper  wo  have  heon  previous- 
ly seniug  at  twenty  cents  jier  tab.,  of  one  hun- 
dred sheets,  we  cannot  nH'ord  to  soil  for  thiil 
price  longer.  The  price  now  is  twenly-five 
cents  per  tub.,  post  paid  to  any  address  iu  tlii 
United  States. 


PAUL  says, 
man,  the  head  of  Christ  i 


SoMK  one  sent  an  order  from  DcGrnlV.  Ohio 
to  Bro.  R.  H.  Miller,  for  a  copy  of  "Doctrine  of 
Brethren  Defended,"  and  the  order  has  l)een 
lost.  The  .sender  will  please  renew  his  order, 
and  he  will  receive  the  hook.  Address  II.  II. 
Miller,  Ladoga,  hid. 

Bito.  C.  S.  Ho:8TNnEn,  of  Alumn  Bank,  Bfid- 
ford  Co.,  Ph.,  will  leave  there  the  16th  inst.,  for 
Marshall  County,  IllinoiM.  He  goes  there  to 
take  charge  of  Illinois  Central  Mi3>ion  field. 
His  address  will  he  Henry,  Marshall  Co.,  Illi- 
nois. 

Thk  Solomon's  Creek  Church,  Ind.,  ban 
agreed  to  take  the  Missionary  Meeting  as  men- 
tioned in  last  week's  is^ue.  Communication^ 
from  a  number  of  Brethren  aud  Sisters  have 
been  received  favoring  the  project.  We  sug- 
gest .Tan.  Ist,  1S60  as  the  time. 

We  call  attention  to  "Go  Ye"  in  another 
part  of  thin  paper.  Bro.  Anglemeyer  quotes 
snme  stirring  facts  which  ought  to  arouse  all  of 
)-  U)  activity.  In  regard  to  ''plans"  and  "con- 
.^iitinus."  we  would  say  that  the  object  of  our 
Brethren  in  holding  conventions  is,  tiniltf 
Concert  of  action  is  necessary  to  auy  good  work 
when  two  or  more  are  engaged.  From  a  soiial 
standpoint  preachers  need  to  get  together  often 
as  well  as  otiier  classes,  but  we  still  iiiCline  to 
the  view  that  if  the  method  of  raising  means 
;:^Ti-  left  to  those  not  ministers,  that  partofthe 
■■:  ork  would  be  better  done.     Acts  6:  'i.  ' 


The  head  of  the  woman  is  the 
God."  Yes^ 
and  'the  head  of  every  man  iV  Christ."  He 
draws  a  circle,  puts  God  in  the  center,  Jesus 
first  within  that  circle,  man  sticond,  and  w^Aian 
third.  They  are  all  i«A!j(i»  the  circle,  may  en- 
joy rightN  and  jirivileges  guaranteed  theifl  by 
the  Head  of  all— God  the  Father.  The  head  of 
t'hriat  is  God— does  that  eignify  that  Clirist 
has  no  [lublic  labor  to  perform?  Then  if  God 
being  the  head  of  Chiist,  does  not  prevfot 
Chnst  performing  public  duties,  and  Christ  be- 
ing the  head  of  man  dooa  not  prevent  man 
from  perfoming  public  duties,  pray  how  does 
the  fact  that  man  is  the  head  of  the  woman 
prevent  her  from  doing  religious  work  public- 
ly ?  But  let  us  look  again.  The  apostle  i'ur- 
therdtclures:  "But  every  woman  that  prayeth 
or  prophesieth  witli  her  hiad  uncovered  dis 
honorcth  her  head:  for  that  is  even  alt  one  m 
if  she  were  shaven." — 1  Cor.  11:  5. 

Men  were  not  permitt^sl  to  pray  and  prophe- 
sy with  their  heads  covered;  nor  were  women 
allowed  to  pray  and  prophe.'jy  with  their  heads 
uncovered.  Whatevtr  prayer  or  jrophecy 
meant  with  regard  to  man,  it  meant  precisely 
the  same  with  regard  to  woman.  In  the  same 
epistle  Paul  says:  "He  that  prophet ieth  speak- 
eth  unto  men  to  edification,  and  exhortnticin, 
and  comfort," — 1  Cor.  14:  3.  He  defines  proph- 
ecy as  consisting  of  exhortation,  comfort,  aud 
edification.  Women  were  then  permitted  to 
edify,  to  exhort,  to  comfort  the  saints  publicly 
as  well  as  men.  But  this  is  uot  all  the  proof. 
Paul  says  to  tlu- brethren  at  CoUosse:  "Let  the 
word  of  Chri-it  dwell  in  you  richly  in  all  wi»- 
dnm;  teaching  and  admonishing  one  anotliorin 
psulms  and  spiritual  songs,  sin^Miig  with  gr&ch 
in  your  hearts  to  the  Lord." — Col.  3:. 16.  Here 
the  members  of  the  church, — male  and  female 
^-were  commamletl  to  leach  antl  admonish  one 
another.  How?  "In  psalms."  Men  and  wo- 
men were  required  to  teach  and  admonish  one 
>iUoi]\pr  iti  psaltns  More;  ''teachiiii;  and  ad- 
monishing one  another  in  hymns."  Still  mofo; 
to  teach  and  admonish  in  ^^spiritital  songs. 
All  this  were  they  to  do  "i«  the  name  a/  the 
Lord  Jesus."  If  men  are  permitted  to  teach 
and  admonish  in  pnalms  imd  hymns  and  spirit- 
ual songs,  women  are  no  less  allowed  to  do  so, 
for  Paul  addressed  the  church;  and  includes  wo- 
men in  the  phrase,  "on's  aaoihcr." 

But  does  not  Paul  say  that  he  suffers  not  a 
woman  to  teach?     Yes;  aud  right  here  I   shall 


V.  hat  that  is.  The  customs  of  the  people  in  the 
apostolic  age  were  different  from  ours.  Had 
their  custom  of  conducting  public  meetings 
been  as  ours  is,  Paul  would  not  have  found  ne- 
c-^i^-ity  to  lay  down  thi^  rej^triction.  Dr.  Adam 
Clarke  says;  "It  was  permitted  any  man  to  ask 
(IpesHons,  to  object,  altercate,  attempt  to  refute 
a  speaker  iu  the  synagogue,  but  this  liberty  was 
not  allowed  a  woman."  This  is  not  the  cus- 
tom now.  A  minister  i*  not  disturbed,  but  is 
permitted  to  finish  his  discourse,  both  men  and 
women  keejiing  silence  while  he  speaks;  not  so, 
however,  in  apostolic  times.  Auy  man  could 
jisk  it  question,  dispute,  object  or  refute  a  minis- 
t^er's  assertions  in  the  midst  of  his  discourse. 
This  privilege  Paul  forbade  women.  He  says: 
'If  they  will  learn  any  thing,"  showing  that 
the  woman  in  such  cases  must  seek  informa- 
tion elsewhere,  hut  lays  down  no  restriction 
about  praying  and  proplie.sying — teaching. 
True  he  says,  "I  suffer  not  a  woman  to  teach, 
nor  to  usurp  authorily  over  the  man,"  but  he 
ha-*  reference  to  the  custom  of  teaching  as  al- 
ready i-eferred  to.  Tosaytbatit  preventsa  woman 
opening  her  mouth  at  all  iu  church,  or  to 
teach  men,  is  going  farther  than  Paul  went.  In 
his  letter  to  Titus  he  insists  that  women — aged 
women — be  "teachers  of  good  things."  He  not 
only  says  that  she  shall  teach,  but  tells  uhat 
ihe  ?hall  teach  and  whom.  Wovld  it  not  he  e 
little  strange  if  Paul  should  instruct  some  sis 
ters  to  keep  silent,  not  to  preach  in  public,  and 
then  tell  Titus  to  instruct  women  to  teach?  D. 
oussion  is  forbidden,  but  to  plead  in  gentle 
tones  aud  wield  the  sword  of  the  Spirit  to  de- 
stroy the  work  of  Satan,  is  no  crime.  May  not 
a  mother  instruct  her  son,  the  young  man?  In 
so  doing  would  she  make  herself  the  head? 
Does  she  nut  teach  in  singing?  Certainly;  for 
the  apostle  sajs  that  is  one  method  of  teaching 
Mark  well  thelaugnageofGod'saervant:  "Speak- 
ing to  yourselves  in  psalms  and  hymns  and 
spiritual  song's,  singing  and  making  melody  in 
your  heart  to  the  Lord." 

Paul  does  not  by  any  means  contradict  him- 
self, but  by  th^  H)ly  Spirit  permits  woman  to 
prophesy  {1  Cor.  11:  5);  for  she  being  endowed 
with  gifts  of  the  spirit  as  well  as  man,  is  re- 
quired to  exercise  therein.  The  only  restriction 
is,  that  she  shall  not  assume  authority  or  dicta 
torship  over  man,  (and  would  it  uot  be  equally 
wrong  for  man  to  assume  authority  over  the 
woman),  but  she  is  required  to  be  in  subjection, 
"as  also  saith  the  Law."  "And  I  entreat  thee 
also,  true  yoke-fellow,  help  those  women  which 
labored  with  me  in  the  gospel,  with  Clement 
also,  and  with  other  my  fellow  laborers,  whose 
names  are  in  the  Book  of  life." — Phil,  i:  3. 
Here  the  church,  born  of  God  at  Philippi,  were 
entreated  to  help  certain  women.  What  wo- 
men, Paul?  "Those  women  which  labored  with 
nie  in  the  Gospel/^  Did  they  labor  with  you, 
Brother  Paul?  Yes.  did  I  not  say  those  who 
'^labored  with  me?"  They  labored  "»j  the  tjos- 
pcl"  not  out  of  it,  not  at  something  else,  not 
simply  in  household  affairs,  hut  IN  THE  GOS- 
PEL. Is  that  all  concerning  women  prophesy- 
ing? No,  not  all.  I  wrote  to  the  Brethren  at 
Rome  to  "Salute  Trypheua  and  Tryphosa  who 
labor  in  the  Lord."  They  labor  in  the  Lord, 
speak  to  edification,  as  do  also  the  sisters  at 
Corinth,  whom  I  also  iiddres^ed  on  the  mmncr 
\A  appearing  before  the  Lord  to  labor  in  the 
gospel. 

Woman  has  mind,  thought,  feeiing,  tastes, 
desires,  all  the  faculties  of  man.  She  is  given 
as  a  help-male  to  man,  and  is  it  reasonable  thut, 
being  bought  with  a  price,  she  shall  not  lab-.r 
in  the  same  holy  cause  when  brought  to  the 
knowledge  of  the  truth?  Has  she  no  talent  to 
improve?  Is  the  work  so  scanty  that  her  In 
bor  is  not  needed?  Does  uot  man  impoverish 
when  he  holds  at  a  distance    any  gift  given 


give  all  the  Scripture  which  >ou  urge  in  behalf   him  by  the  Lord  God?    Woman  is  agift,  there- 
of silence  on  the   part  of"  women,     "Let  ycur    fore  should  be  accepted  as  a  worthy  laborer  in 


W^ 


pusition.     Nor  did  we  wish  to  convey  the  it! 
that  the  Elder  is  opposed    tn    trine  inimersio^^ 
We  meant  to  criticise  his  position  in  a  fri..»ji 
way;  for  we  admire  his  Irankness  and  earn  \ 
desire  to  obt^in   the   trulli,   but  do  not  asto 
with  him  in  his  attempt  ;:0    lasVn    infant  U 
tism  upon  the  church    siuce   th-?    "Law  of  M 
Spirit"  does  not  :*o  teach.     We  believe  that  tti'^ 
Elder  knows  that  the  Brethren  would  not  h 
itate  to  baptize  infants  if  the    New   Testament 
so  taught,  but  to  acr-pt  it  because  jt  seeois  t 
have  been  (iracticed  quite  early  with  some  othe 
innovations,  we  do  not  think  would  please  ou 
heavenly  Father.     We  Ho  uot  hesitate  to  prac 
tice  what  God  requires,    but   the   things  abou( 
which  he  says  nothin?   we   fear  to  accept 
conditions  of  eternal  life.     Now  for  a  few  qup, 
tions: 

First.— Is  "the  gospel  ol  Christ  the  power  of 
Gcd  unto  salvation"  to  those  who  canuot  Kb 
lieve? 

Second, — Did  Christ  and  the  Apostles  teach 
that  infants  should  be  baptized? 

Third. — If  the  New  Testament  teaches  sue- 
cessional  trine  immersion,  does  it  not  also  teach 
succeasioual  faith  ?  M.  ii.  r 

A  VISIT  TO  MX.  MORRIS, 

E  had  Ihe  pleaiiure  ul'vihitin<;the  Mt, Mor- 
ris Seminary  last  wck.  On  Siindny  a 
Bible  School  was  organized  at  ttie  Seinianry 
Bro.  W.  C.  Teeter  was  chosen  Superintendent, 
Sister  Mattie  A.Lear  Assistant  Superintendent 
Carrie  Price.  Secretary,  Melchor  Newcomer 
Treasurer,  Delilah  Tombaugh  and  Mary  Yai- 
ger.  Librarians.  Two  Bible  classes  wereformed 
one  under  the  care  of  Bro.  J.  W.  Stein,  the 
other  in  care  of  Sister  Mattie  A.  Lear.  Good 
order  and  harmony  prevailed,  and  the  school 
starts  out  with  excellent  prospects. 

On  Monday  we  visited  the  college,  and  found 
teachers  and  pupils  cheerful  and  busy.  There 
were  seventy-seven  stu'lents  present  and  twenty 
enrolled  that  had  not  yet  arrived.  Ohio,  Indi- 
ana, Illinois,  Iowa,  Missouri  and  Nebraska  are 
represented  by  students.  Prospects  for  a  large 
patronage  very  good.  The  curriculutL  embrac- 
es a  complete  university  course.  Should  aoy 
one  desire  to  take  simply  an  English  course,  he 
can  be  accommodated.  This  is  a  good  feature, 
since  some  do  not  desire  to  study  the  languages 
but  wish  to  become  proficient  in  Eny;lish  liter- 
ature. 

Plainess  of  dress  and  simplicity  of  raanners 
are  prominent  characteristics  of  the  teachers 
and  students,  IlutHcs,  flounces  and  all  unnec- 
essary apparel  are  laid  aside,  and  simplicity  is 
apparent  every  where. 

For  the  first  time,  perhaps,  in  the  history  ot 
the  United  States,  can  it  be  said  that  a  sister  of 
the  Brethren  church  may  be  found  in  a  Col- 
legiate Institute  teaching  the  young,  being 
adorned  according  to  the  principle  taught  lu 
1  Cor.  11:  fl.  We  do  not  hesitate  to  coramcud 
tlie  prudence  and  wi.sdoni  manifested  on  the 
part  of  those  in  charge,  believing  that  the 
Brethren  who  visit  the  Seminary  will  be  grati- 
fied with  the  fact  that  there  is  an  institution  in 
the  West  where  our  people's  faith  and  practice 
will  be  duly  respected  and  maintained. 

The  rooms  are  well  furnished,  the  grounds 
are  beautiful  and  all  things  which  tend  toniftk*^ 
home  pleasant  and  enjoyable  are  to  be  foum' 
there.  For  the  benefit  of  our  young  sisters  m 
general,  we  will  say  that  the  sisters  at  the  Sem- 
inary invariably  wear  the  covering  as  indicate" 
by  the  church,  when  at  the  table,  and  when- 
ever there  are  religious  exercises.  And  the 
young  Brethren  attending  school  are  in  tu" 
uniforni  in  dress.  We  speak  of  this  here,  o^ 
cause  it  had  been  doubted  whether  the  rules  f' 
the  school  in  these  respects  could  be  enfor*^ 
They  are  being  enforced,  and  that  without 
harsh  means.  Love  is  the  predominating  »'^" 
ture. 


>iep^ 


mber    1 


Tilt:  liiiK'rjriiiB.:^  ^t  avokk:. 


AN  EXPLANATION 


rirler  Chrystal's  Position,  and  how  Baptism  is 
•till  Parfonied  in  the  East. 


more  ( 


IS  tilt"  i^s'"-' '  ^  ^^^  '"Beethben  at  Wokk"  of 
\iigiist  itii.    1879.   occurs  language   from 
1  icb  I  i"**""  *^"*  ■^**"  thittk  I  oppose  trine  iiii- 

IVruiit  me  "y  way  oi  eiplana'ton,  ss  i»y  po- 
lion  has  be^n  s(jm"what  misin-lrTt^tood  .(o  set  it, 
.1,  niore  plainly,  and  to  add  what  I  hope  will 
i^re^t  your  readers,  on  account  of  how  I  have 
triue   immersion    pprformed    iu   llie  "East 
Church,  where  it  is   still    the  law.     My   early 
-tmlie"  conviiiced  me  that  trine  iuiiiiprsiou  wns 
,|i^  only  luoie  of  baptism,  though  at  tir^t  the 
ii,il>er  of  Jips,  "eteswary  to  conslitute  it,  did 
nt  pi.gag^"^y  attention.      Afterwiird  I  gave  it 
cure.     Ill  1^59  I  was  ordained    deacon    in 
le  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  and  in    isfiu. 
ir^abvter,  thut  is  elder,  m  it.       I  never  was  ful- 
.    ^.itjflfied  with  that  organization.  I  did  not  be- 
lieve it  tobi?  iu  all  respects  a  reproduction  of  the 
gptistolic  church  not  as  twenty  quarreling   ig- 
pruniustP  understood  it,  but  as  it  was    iiuilrr- 
./,»»/  /"/  ''"■  Christian  writers  while  the  churcli 
still  reniaiued  pure,  that  is  before  A.    D.    2G0, 
\'ei  as  the  first  Anglican  Prayer  Book  in  A  D. 
I54!>,  cnninianded  trinp  immersion  in  the   bap- 
tism of  infants  (ther«  was  no  adult    bip*ism  in 
giiglftud  then,  for  thore    were   no    (>|'[.ri-.Ts   <;f 
Irifant  Baptism  there),  and  as  dippin;;,    ilimgh 
the  number  of  dips  in  one  baptism  i^  not  spec- 
iti.f!,  is  still  commanded  in  the  presHnt   Prayer 
Brtok  of  the  Church    of  Eugliiiid  for   the    well, 
and  iis  it  is  the  first  mode  mentioned  in  that  ot 
tlie  American  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  and 
as  tlip  language  of  both  those  churches  conteni- 
nUte    its  use  in  most  cases,  I  tliought  the  thrice 
dipping  might  po.ssibly  be    restored.       And    I 
thought  if  it  be.  and  the   infant  confirmation 
nod-infant  communion  could  be,  and  its  thor- 
oiiffh  Protestauti'm  of  the  U;^  form  at  ion    epoch 
could  also  he,  th-n  it  would  be  far  nearer  toUie 
church  before  A.  D.  '2(30,  my  idea  of  a   model 
cburcli,  than  any  other.     For  as  there  came  a 
restoration  in  Jerusalem   after  the   Reform  iu 
Babylon  under  the   Old  Teatam^nf,  so  "must 
there  come  in  our  time  or  after  a   K- storntion, 
not  of  shreds  and  patches,  but  of  all   that  was 
before  the  fall  of  idolatry. 

And  80,  in  the  early  years  of  my  ministry,  I 
wrotp,  and  iu  1861  published,  my  History  of 
the  Modes  of  Christian  Baptism  (Lindsay  and 
Blakiston,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,).  I  think  I  can 
say  without  egotism  that  I  translated  aud  gave 
more  fully  thnu  any  other  work  does,  every 
passage  from  councils  Ecumenical  and  Local, 
from  those  called  Fathers,  and  from  what  is 
vastly  important  the  rubrics  ofdilF':'rent  church- 
es, because  such  rubrics  do  not  represent  mere 
private  opinions,  but  were  the  law  and  the 
practice  of  the  communions  to  which  they  be- 
longed. Every  clergyman  was  bound  by  the 
rubric  of  his  church  to  baptize  as  that  rubric 
coramauded.  And  if  he  did  not,  he  was  liable 
to  punishment. 

Of  course,  as  I  was  not  a  Tanker,  I  never 
wrote  a  line  of  the  book  for  that  denomination 
I  had  hoped  it  would,  under  Giod,  be  the  means 
of  restoring  the  old  mode  in  the  comiuunion  of 
which  I  was  tlien  and  am  still  a  ministtr. 
Hence  I  took  no  pains  to  have  it  read  or  circu 
Iftted  among  Tunkers;  indeed  I  may  siy  that  as 
I  knew  the  true  mode  to  be  a  means  of  strength- 
ening any  denomination  keeping  it,  I  did  not 
wish  the  work  to  be  circulated  among  those 
called  Tunkers  or  Brethren,  for  then,  as  now, 
I  held  that  the  Tunkers  hold  to  some  grievous 
heresies  and  utterly  lack  any  valid  baptism,  be- 
cause it  began  with  the  unhapti/ed  so-called 
baptizer  of  Alexander  Mack  in  A.  D.  ITOS. 
But  experience  has  taught  me  that  when  once 
a  church  has  lost  the  divine  haptism  that  it  is 
very  difficuU,  if  not  impossible  to  restore  it 
For.  if  one  contends  that  its  members  are  not 
baptized,  th'-y  will  not  follow  him  ""l^ss  they 
leave  that  communion.  And  indeed,  as  I  grow 
older,  I  am  more  and  more  inclined  to  think 
that  the  loss  of  the  true  baptism  will  he  one 
important  part  of  the  fultillment  of  that  uttor 
desolation  of  Rome  which  is  pretoM  in  Revela- 
tions, chapters  17,  18.  For,  as  tlie  Roman 
communion  has  lost  the  true  baptism,  it  has 
necessarily  also  lost  the  orders  which  are  basfd 
on  true  baptism,  and  are  given  only  to  baptize 
men  who  are  alone  capable  of  receiving  them. 
And  the  same  lack  extends  to  all  those  Reform- 


••d  communions  which  came  out  from  Kome. 
though,  as  they  are  not  idolaters,  and  as  God 
has  callfd  them  to  com**  out  o(  Home  (Uev  18: 
4.  compared  with  Uev.  17:  IS  );  and  calls  them 
his  people,  T  beli-ve  they  are  God's  people.  But 
they  did  not  restore  all  that  was  iu  the  begin- 
ning at  thut  time,  for  they  did  not  have  the 
books  to  learn  it  from  which  we  hive  now.  For 
let  us  remember  that  lew  of  them  had  been 
published  then. 

Trine  inimersiou  I  found  then  would  not  be 
easily,  if  at  all.  restored  in  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal ('hurch.  My  book  brought  me  compli- 
ments from  bishops  and  the  Protestant  Episco- 
pal press,  accompanied,  however,  with  more  or 
less  of  dissent  from  it<i  conclusions  as  to  mode. 
For  they  would  not  have  approved  them  with- 
out invalidnting  their  own  so  called  baptism. 

And  as  time  wore  on  I  felt  more  and  moro 
inclined  to  get  tlie  suceessional  trine  immer- 
sion through  one  of  the  churche»  which  had 
preserved  it  a*  the  general  mode.  The  troubh 
with  me  tor  a  long  time  was.  how  to  get  it  with- 
out being  forced  to  approve  the  later  errors  and 
creature  service  of  those  commuuir>ns.  For 
the  whole  Christian  Church  has  become  crea- 
ture-serving and  idolatrous  as  did  the  Jewish 
before  it.  Yet  !  believe  that  baptism  has  nev- 
er been  lost  though  covered  up  at  times  or  sur- 
rounded with   some   corruptions. 

And  so  I  went  abroad   in   the   Fall  of  1868, 
and,  on  the  sixtli  day  of  January,  18*>9,  old  style, 
that  is  on  what  is  called  Epiphany  or  Tlieopha- 
ny  day,  that  is  the  Manifestation  or  God-Mani- 
festation day,  k'ipt  of  old  by  the  Greeks  to  com- 
memorate the  Manifestation  or  Showing  of  tlie 
whole  Trinity  at  the  baptism  of  Christ   in    the 
wafers  of  the  Jordan,  I  received  the  tliree  total 
immersions  of  (he   one   baptism   in  the    bap- 
tistery attached  to  tlie  Greek    Cathedral  in  the 
city  of  Syra.  or  Hermopolis  as  it   is   called    by 
the  Greeks,  on  the  it-laud    of  Syra  iu   Greece. 
My  baptizer  was  Alexander  Lycurgus,  a  native 
of  the  island  of  Samos,  not  far  remole  from  the 
apostle-founded  church  of  Epliesus,  a   nephew 
of  Cyril  the  second,  the  succi'^sor  of  James    in 
the  episcopate    of  Jerusalem,    the  first  founded 
church  of  Christendom,  who  had   himself  been 
made  presbyter  by  that  uncli*  in    Jerusalem    in 
1852.    This  Alexander  Lyciirgns  had  studied  in 
Germany  and  had  become  di-pnsed  to  aid  in  the 
work  of  reform  in  crrtain   thiiif/A   iu   his   own 
church.     He  wished  me  to  enter  their  episco- 
pate, and  to  start  u  reformed  church  in  Ameri- 
ca with  Greek  succession  in   hiptism    by    trine 
immersion  and  crders.    And  a-i  his  words  were 
translated  to  me  by  him  who  interpreted,  they 
were  about  a**  follows:  "Take   this  to  AmeriCi 
purify  it,  iiud  we  will  imitate  you  here."      This 
accorded  with  my  own  desire. 

But  perhaps  some  one  anxious  a^    to   details 
may  ask  how  was  each   immersion   perfomed? 
I  answer,  according  to  the   rubric   of  that 
church  which  is  as  follows; 

"The  priest  baptizes"  [that  is  as  the  Greek 
word  used  means  dips]  "him,  holding  him  up- 
right, and  looking  towards  the  East,  and  say- 
ing so  and  so"  [that  is  the  given  name,  in  my 
case.  James]  "the  servant  of  God  is  baptized" 
[the  Greek  word  used  means  "dipped"  |  "into 
the  name  of  the  Father,  Amen:  and  of  the  Son, 
jVmen:  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  Amen. 

At  the  name  of  eoL-h  person  of  the  Trinity  he 
dips  him  and  raises  him  up  again." 

Each  immersion  was  total.  The  font  or  bap- 
tistery was  large  euougli  for  the  total  immer- 
sion of  an  adult.  The  Greeks  uniformly  bap- 
tize their  children  in  infancy.  1  do  not  sup 
pose  a,child  of  Greek  church  parentage  a  year 
old  can  be  found  unbaptixed  in  all  Greece 
Hence  small  fonts  will  do  for  them.  But  oc- 
casionally some  person  living  in  Turkey,  and 
four  of  a  Turkish  Mohammedan  father  and  of 
a  Greek  church  mother  wishe-i  to  be  baptized. 
But  Moliammedan  law  denies  that  all  children 
of  such  mixed  marriage  shall  be  brought  up  in 
the  Moslem  faith,  and  no  one  may  baptize  them 
Hence  to  avoid  trouble  they  go  to  Syra  to  get  it 
and  therefore  a  font  or  baptistery  large  enough 
to  admit  an  adults  whole  body  is  provided  there. 
Some  time  after  I  saw  a  convert  from  Rome  to 
the  Greek  church  baptized  iu  the  same  bapti? 
tery  and  font,  for  the  Greeks  proper  do  not  ad- 
mit the  thrice  pouring  of  the  Romanists  to  he 
valid.  For  in  one  of  their  works  published  by 
their  first  bishop,  the  Patriarch  of  Constanti- 
nople, it  is  termed  "tht^  "(df  wiiter  sprinklimj  mid 
safanical  deadhj  ajfuston  of  the  Papists,"  and  it 
adds  "as  many  09  admit  the  Popish  sprinkliiKj 
or  affusion  one  under  the   injlm-nre  of  the   evil 


spirit,  and  make  thetniirlvfs  like  to  the  Jftrs  u^ho 
iren  the  murdrrers  of  Chrint^  and  to  the  genera- 
tions of  riperx."     And  their  laws  reject  it. 

But  some  one  may  further  ask,  with  refer- 
ence to  controversies  of  which  I  see  something 
iu  the  weeklies  of  those  who  are  termed  Brethren 
wus  the  immersion  done  like  that  of  the_  Tan- 
kers? that  is,  was  the  candidate  first  made  tu 
kneel  and  theu  pushed  under  water  by  pres!)iug 
upon  his  shoulders? 
I  answer.  No. 

Some  one  may  fvirthor  ask,  "how  theu  was  it 
performed?" 

I  answer.  1  was  first  put  into  the  baptistery 
or  font,  the  water  being  perhaps  not  far  from 
four  feet  deep,  and  then  the  archbishop  press 
ing  me  with  his  hand  on  my  head  plunged  mo 
completely  under,  once  at  the  name  of  each  of 
the  three  divine  persons.  In  the  water  I  did 
not  kneel  but  stood  erect  on  my  feet  at  fii-st. 
But  at  eat;h  dip  1  went  down  nearly  straight 
coming  down  on  one  knee  and  bending  slightly 
forward  as  any  man  will  in  that  act  aud  po;-i 
tion.  1  arose  after  each  dip  and  stood  on  my 
feet,  and,  after  the  third  submersion,  came  out 
of  the  font. 

I  ought  to  add,  however,  in  perfect  justice  to 
all  the  facts,  that  when  afterward,  in  the  same 
year,  I  visited  Constantinople  aud  its  environs, 
and  met  an  American  bishop,  whose  church, 
the  national  church  of  America,  still  commands 
trine  immersion,  he  contended  that  their  cus- 
tom of  baptizing  the  infant  by  putting  him  un- 
der water  on  his  back  at  each  of  the  three  dips, 
was  nearer  the  scriptural  sjmbol  of  a  burial. 
For  he  urged  that  a  man  is  buried  on  his  back, 
not  on  his  face. 

Yet  my  own  observation  teaches  me  thut  the 
way  of  putting  the  infant  under  water  among 
the  Greeks  is  not   always  uniform,    for  of  the 
four  1  saw  dipped,  two  in  18f!0  on  the  island   of 
J..nosiu  Greece,  were  held  erect  by  the   bapti/. 
er,  aud  plunged  under,  be   holding  tliem,   if  I 
recollect  right,  under  the  arms,  the  other  two  I 
saw    baptized    last    year    in    Jerusalem,     and 
the  baptizi-r  took  each    infant   with    one   hand 
back  of  its  neck,  and  the    other  about   its   two 
ankles  or  just  above  them  aud  plunged  it  head 
fir:-t.  but  so  that  the   whole  body  went   under 
water,  the  head  however  going  down   first  and 
coniin^i  up  first.     Aud  from  what  I  have  learn- 
ed I  judge  that  neither  the    .\iuericans    or   any 
otiier  Eastern  church  is  uniform  in  the   back- 
ward position,  or  upright  position.     And  while 
I  liave  generaUy  preferred  the  backward  posi- 
tion, yet  I  have  baptized  some  four  the   upright 
position,  as  I  was  baptized    by  going    straight 
down;  and  <mce  at  what  1  thouglit  was  the  re- 
qu>-^t  of  the  candidate,    1    baptized    in    Tunker 
(ashion,  that  is.  she  knelt,  and  I    then    plunged 
her  thrice,  face  forward,  and  thrice  wholly  sub- 
merged her.    1  say  Tunker  fashion,  for   1   sup- 
pose that  to  be  the  general  or  universal  custom 
among  those  called  "The  Brethren."    The  old- 
est Rubrics   of  Western  Christendom  do  not 
specify  whether  the  trine  immersion    shall    bb 
straight  down,  backward,  or  forward,  though 
Mr.  Thurman,  without  any  facts  for  a  baeia, 
asserts  otherwise.    The  English  church   rubric 
in  the  first  Prayer  Book  put  forth  alter  its   re- 
formation has  something  which  may  be  singu- 
lar to  some,  that  is  cruciform  trine  immersion, 
that  is  making  the  sign  ot    the  cross  with    the 
childs  body  in  the  font.    It  reads  as  follows: 

"Then  shall  the  priest  take  the  child  in  his 
hands,  and  a-sk  the  name;  and  naming  the  child 
sliall  'lip  it  in  the  water  thrick;  first  dipping 
the  right  side,  secondly  the  left  »ide,  the  third 
time  dipping  the  face  toward  the  font."  But 
this  cruciforiv  custom  is  mediaeval,  I  think, 
At  least  I  never  found  it  mentioned  in  any  old 
writer. 

Furthermore  in  certain  postures  "the  baptiz- 
er is  surer  doing  his  work  perfectly.  In  the 
backward  position  for  instance,  if  he  takes  with 
his  right  hand  the  candidates  robe  a  little  be- 
low the  hack  of  the  neck  and  her  hands  iu  his 
he  can  readily  secure  three  total  submersions  if 
he  is  careful  to  keep  the  hands  under  water.  In 
the  straight  down  position  with  the  candidates 
head  thrown  a  little  forward  at  each  dip,  much 
depends  on  her  nerve.  In  the  kneeling  tbi-- 
ward  position,  I  once  found  a  difficulty  in  com- 
pletely submerging  a  lady  somewhat  timorous, 
as  those  who  cannot  swim  are  apt  to  be,  because 
she  threw  her  hands  instinctively  forward  to 
the  bottom  of  the  stream,  when  1  plunged  her 
forward,  and  in  that  position  hindered  herself 
from  going  completely  under  the  wat*r,  for  ^he 
had  a  good  purchase  on  the  soil'  beneath,  and   t 


told  her  that  the  baptism  wa«  incomplete,  and   . 
reciuested  her  to  riw  and    go   backward,  which 
was  done  and  the  three  immersionn    were  then 
made  total. 

To  conclude  aa  to  thin  matter  of  position  in 
going  down  under  the  water  at  each  dip  [  would 
day  that  while  myiwlf  preferring  the  backward, 
and  straight  down   ponitions,  the  latter   with 
the  head    bent  a  little  forward,   I    regard    all 
I  baptism  aa  complete  and  valid,    if  it  haa  two 
thingv,  1st.,  an  administrator  with  the   apottol- 
ic  cuccessiou    in    the   trine  immersion    and  in 
orders.     2nd.,  three  submersions  in  water  of  the 
whole  body,  the  first  in  the  name  of  the  Father, 
the  second  iu  the  name   of  the  Son,  and  the 
third  iu  the  name  of  the   Holy  Ghost,  one  of 
these  names  being  repeated  before  each  dip,  and 
in  that  order  of  the  names. 

Or  to  put  it  in  another  form  these  things  are 
necessary,  Ist ,  the  proper  minister,  2nd.,  the 
uialtfr,  water,  3d.,  the  mnde,  trine  immerBioUi 
'ith.,  the  proper  joininif  of  the  three  names,  the 
Futhrr,  the  Son,  and  the  JIolij  Ghost,  one  iffith 
each  dip. 

In  the  same  year,  1869.  Alexander   Lycurgui 
the  archbishop  of  Syra  and  Jenos  ordained  me 
a  deacon,  and   then    a   presbyter.       I     after- 
wards went  to  Constantinople,  but  made  up  my 
mind  that  the  then  Patriarch  m  he   is  termed, 
the  Greek  bishop  of  that  city  could  not  be  in- 
duced to  favora  full  reform, and  that  sinful  con- 
ditions would  be  rciiuired  of  me  in  order  to  en- 
ter their  episcopate,  to  which   he  had  invited 
me;  the  condition''  were  approved  of  their  later 
errors,  image  worship,  creature,  invocation,  etc., 
and  I  did  not  go  further.     1  tlien  after   a  trip 
over  the  Black  Si?a,  through  Bulgaria,  the  Dan- 
ube,   Hungary,    Au-(tria   and   Germany,    came 
home  and  have  since  remained  in    both    minia- 
tries  the  Epi.-^copal  and    the    Greek.     But    God 
grant  me  to  see  a  repoduction  of  the    Primitive 
Church  in  all  respects,  and  that  shall   be  my 
phice  to  liveand  labor.  "That  is  Christ's  Old  Or- 
der, which  'n  older  than  Mack.   When  will  men 
lay  aside  the  pr>-judice3  of  education  and   follow 
tliat    wisdom    which    is    without    partiality." 
(.lames  3,  17.)     When  will  men    leave   isms  of 
the  last  few  centuries  and  their  late  understand- 
injis  of  scripture,  be  what  it  really  dues  meaa- 

I  am  weary  of  practically  preaching  the  in- 
fallibility of  the  private  opinions  ot  well  mean- 
ing, but  unlearned  men  like  Muck,  and  itoger 
Williams  and  a  host  of  other-*.  And  1  am  vril- 
ling  to  give  to  any  who  have  it  not  the  baptism 
and  the  ordination  which  come,  not  from  him, 
hut  from  Christ  and  his  Apostles,  it  they  will 
only  follow  the  acri[fturesjio(  f(8  understood  by 
Miiik,  hat  hy  the  men  who  lived  near  the  Apos- 
tolic  age,  and  swne  of  whom  had  sat  at  the  ApoS' 
tie's  fi'fl.  Aud  to  that,  some  of  the  more  intelli- 
gent men  among  "The  Brethren,"  and  godly 
women,  also  will  sooner  or  later  drift  by  Gods 
leading.  It  is  jour  fault  not  mine  that  \\e  are 
separate.  You  hold  to  a  part  of  the  t'-uth. 
You  will  not  accept  it  all.  Show  me  where  I 
am  wrong.  Yours  with  best  wishes  lor  both 
worlds.  James  Chtiystal. 


MANUSCRIPTAL. 

"Christian  Salvation,"  by  S.  T.  Bosserman. 
"Who  are  the  MiisionariesV"  by  Jennie  Sam- 
stiue.  "The  Chemist  and  Doctor,  the  Contrib- 
utor aud  Editor,"  hy  John  Forney.  "The  way 
to  be  Happy,"  by  Phehe  A.  Frantz.  "Where 
aud  What,"  by  C  H.  Balsbaugh. 

TRACTS  FREE 

The  Board  of  Managers  of  the  Gospel  Tract 
Association  luis  appropriated  ^.i.OU  to  send 
tracts  free  to  such  as  apply  for  them.  Send  for 
some  aud  put  them  to  work.  There  are  thous- 
ands of  places  where  they  may  be  put  to  do 
good.  Churches  who«e  ministerial  force  is  not 
.strong  in  number  can  use  some  to  advantage, 
and  isolated  members  should  embrace  this  op- 
portunity to  sow  some  good  seed.  Address 
Bkethiien  at  "WonK.  Linark,  HI. 


FitOJl  the  Gosp'-l  Preacher  we  learn  that 
twenty-seven  persons  were  baptiz-'d  at  Lancas- 
ter, 0..  during  the  !?eri*'S  of  meetings  held  by 
ouresteemed  brother.  D.  N.  Workman.  One 
was  taken  down  into  the  water  at  midnight. 
That  sounds  Gospel  like. 

My  address  will  bt- as  follows  for  two  months: 
From  the  4th  to  tlu-  15th  of  September.  Mono- 
mon.'e,  Dunn  Co.,  Wis.  To  the  22d.  ^ora 
Spring'.  Floyd  Co..  Iowa.  To  the  ^th  of  Oct., 
Dallas  Center,  Dallas  Co..  Iowa.  To  the  ISth, 
Brooklyn,  Powe.'^heik  Co.,  Iowa. 

EsocH  Ebv. 


I 


XJ11-;  nKirrtiKK^r  ^-r  wojkic. 


©•»«•  ^me   dffass 


'*T%*  »'orth  of  Truth  »o  Tongue  Can  TM." 


Thisdcpiirlnipnt  iRdeHipnf.l  for  nskitiR  hihI  Hti' 
iwerfiiir(iii.'«tion:4,<lr!iwn  from  the  HII.Ip  In  or- 
der to  iir..ui<.U>  tlH-  Truth.  ;iil  niu'stmiis  «lioul.l  t- 
brief,  jiiiii  rl.^thwl  III  Kimiilo  Ii»iiutiiiK«-.  Wn  sl>»ll 
•Miffii  <Hus1i.nis  to  our  coiitrllmtors  to  «ii(tn>r. 
but  Una  dofs  not  exoludfany  otiicra 
the  same  toptc 


^ptember 


writhiff  uiiuii 


"Will  some  one  oxplsiin  Heb.  1:1?  '■  Anrl  of  tlie 
ftDRels  lie  safth.  Who  mnketh  Ills  fuiRf In  sidritfl,  anil 
his  ministers  »  flamo  of  Jlro."  It.  T.  Crook. 

Will  somo  one  bo  kind  enoiif;b  to  explain  IIcl>. 
10:26y  .  C.J.  IlKAt). 

Will  some  one  jilease  explain  Matt  ii:  ii.  In 
particular  %ve  w  iild  like  X»  knuw  who  in  thn  li-iutt,  I 
ftnd  why  culled  the  least  in  llie  khigdom  ui  lifav- 1 
ftHi'  JkkTINA    UII.LKK. 

Will  some  brother  or  »i»ter  please  explain  what 
Uilnga  were  done  in  Iti>lliabiira.  That  whlcli  in 
apokcn  of  in  St.  Joim  1 :  :fs. 

Samtki,  W.  Yost, 
I  believe  tliat  it  is  Kenenilly  rlHimed  by  us  tliat 
we  are  strielly  scrfiitunil  In  our  pnwtfcc,  Will 
flome  hrotlier  ornistcr  plejutc  tell  us  ■•iiere  the  mm- 
mand  or  example  was  given  by  (Christ  or  the  apos- 
tles for  the  pructiee  of  liie  salutation  between  the 
Bupperand  commiiniiiu?  Asiriptunil  anitwer  In 
desired,  and  not  the  tradition  of  the  elderw  fthis 
side  of  the  apostle*),  •        D.  VofNCK, 

[Will  Urothur  B.  F.  Moomaw answer  Brother  IJ. 
Younce?— Ei>h.J 

Will  some  one  pleiwe  explain  the  .'.th  and  flth 
verses  of  the  lUh  ehiipter  of  Heveljitiu'iNl'  It  reads 
as  follows:  "And  when  he  had  o|)pne(I  the  fiilrd 
aeal,  I  hwird  the  third  beast  say,  Come  and  see.— 
And  1  beheld,  luid  lo,  a  biiiek  burse:  and  lie  thai 
aat  on  him  had  a  pair  of  biiUnees  in  his  hand. 
And  I  heard  a  voice  in  the  midnt  of  the  four  beiists 
ifty,  A  measure  of  wheat  for  a  penny,  and  three 
mea.iures  of  barley  for  a  penny;  and  see  thou  hurl 
not  the  oil  and  the  wine." 

Also.  Matt.  II;  11.    "Amon^r  tlu-m  that  ar^  iwni 
of  women,  tluire  hath  not  risen  a  Krejiter  tiian  ■ 
John  theltaptifitrnotwltlmtnndlnjr,  he  that  1.^  hiwt 
In  the  kingdom  of  heaven  is  Kn-ater  tiiaii  he." 
ICmma  J.  Mvnitiv 


LET  THE  DEAD  BURY  THEIR 
DEAD. 

Will  some  one  jdeaae  explain  Matt.  8:  'i.'it  "Hut 
Jesus  said  unto  him,  Follow  me;  and  let  the  dead 
bury  thfir  dead."  II.  Stkwakt. 

WHKN  .iHHnHtoldtliat  rlisciple  to  follow  Iiini, 
tV  the  (liMfipIewnnt<-d  first,  to  bury  liis  fallier. 
and  then  he  would  follow  him,  thus  ninbinK  it 
a  secondary  obji-ct  to  flu  wlmt  .lesii.s  cnniniand- 
ed,  Hut  .lesiiH  told  him  t(»  leave  the  dead  (spir- 
itually dead)  bury  their  dead,  that  is,  those  v-ho 
are  literally  dea-i,  giving  um  to  understand  that 
we  should  make  the  obeying  of  the  commands 
of  Christ  u  primary  and  jiot  a  secondary  ob- 
ject in  life,  because  on  our  spiritiial  welfare  de- 
pend* more  than  on  our  temporal  welfare. 

LkVI  LoNOAKKCKKIt. 


A.  K.  M.   ANSWERED. 

Will  some  one  pleas«  tell  us.  througli  tlie  BiiiiTii. 
REN  AT  WonK  who  wrote  tli«  latter  pint  of  the 
last  chapter  of  Deuteronomy,  from  Ilfth  verse 
to  end  of  cliai)teri*  A.  E.  M. 

THIS  ijuestiou  is  easier  aslted  than  answered. 
It  is  generally  believed  that  Moses  wrole" 
the  lionlc.  but  lie  could  not  have  written  the 
last  chapter,  tor  it  gives  an  account  of  his 
death.  We  have  no  means  of  a.scertaiiiing 
who  did  write  it;  but  it  is  very  probable  that 
Joshua  wrote  it.  for  be  was  Monee'  boaoni  friend, 
and  was  to  succeed  him.  Infidels  have  taken 
occassion  to  cavil  at  this,  seeming  inconwistency 
but  there  is  nothing  inconsistent  here,  for  Mos- 
es could  have  employed  .loshua  or  some  oneelse 
to  write  the  whole  book,  and  yet  he  be  its  au- 
thor. 

It  is  not  strictly  necessary  that  an  author 
should  do  his  own  writing.  We  have  abiindiint 
proof  of  this  in  the  epistle  of  Saul,  for  in  bis 
first  epi-ftle  to  the  Corinthians  he  employed  lour 
to  writ*  it.  viz.,  Stepbanus,  Fortunatus,  Acbai-  | 
COS,  and  Timotheus.  There  were  at  lea.st 
six  of  the  epistles  of  Paul  written  bv  others 
they  are,  nevertheless,  the  epistles  of  Paul. 
It.  R.  MooM. 


According  lo  the  uatural  order  of  worldly 
affairs,  it  is  customar>'  to  follow  the  leading 
fiwbions,  and  taking  that  view  of  the  matter, 
we  will  naturally  drill  with  the  current  to  the 
broad  and  downward  road,  as  by  far  the  greater 
portion  of  the  human  family  travel  tbereon. 
There  are  many  lane*  and  avenue-s  leading  to 
thin  great  thoroughfare  prominent  among 
which  are  disobedience  to  parents,  profanity. 
Sabbath-breaking,  ItcentioosneiM,  drunkenness.  | 
grombJing,  and  murder. 

At  fimt  the  way  is  comparatively    level,  and 

it  is  an  easy  matter  to  retrace  ourfootsteps.  and 

enter  the  strait  gail,  but  if  we  allow   ourselves 

to  be  carried  alouK  with    the  current,    we  will 

find  tbedescent   gradually  increasing  until  it  is 

I  almost  impossible  t-t  return,  and  if  we  continue, 

I  we  will  be  rapidly  carried   from  one  transition 

to  another,  until  eventually  we  will    be    drawn 

into  the  vortex  of  eternal  misery  and  woe,  from 

which  there  is  no  exit,  "where'the  worm  dieth 

not,  and  the  fire  is   not  quenched,"  where  we 

must  forever  submit  to  indescribable   tortures, 

and  endure  the  socity  of  fiends  and  dpvils. 

Pause  for  one  moment,  reader,  and  reflect  ui>- 
on  the  awful  consequences,  which  are  .^tuie  lo 
overtake  us  if  we  continue  in  the  popular  and 
well-ljeat4*n  way,  when  we  shall  hear  the  awful 
sentence  pronounced  upon  us:  "Depart  from 
me,  ye  cursed,  into  everinsting  fire,  prepared  I 
^tix  the  devil  and  his  angels,"  verily, "  there  shall 
be  weeping,  wailing,  and  gnaahinif  of  tt-eth." 

There  are  also  several  avonue.s  leading  to  the 
other  way,  through  all  of  which  we  must  pass 
before  we  can  travel  thereon,  the  i)rincipal  ones 
being  prayer,  faith,  rei)entance,  and  baptism; 
after  passing  through  these,  we  can  "arise  unto 
rtewness  of  life."  and  "having  -our  feet  shod 
with  the  jireparation  of  the  gospel  of  peace," 
we  can  travel  over  the  dark  and  tliorny  desert 
withoiitfear,ever  looking  unto  the  "Father  of 
lights,  with  whom  is  no  variableness,  neither 
shadow  of  turning." 

The  narrow  way  is  not  at  all  times  strewn 
with  roses,  but  on  the  contrary  we  will  have 
many  trials  and  temptations  to  encounter,  but 
if  we  have  girded  ourselves  with  the  helmet  of 
salvation,  and  the  shield  of  faith,  we  will  he 
enabled  to  withstand  all  the  fiery  darts  of  the 
dversary,  for  "God  is  faithful,  who  will  not 
sufl'er  you  to  be  tempted  above  that  ye  are  able; 
but  will  with  the  temptation  also  make  a  way 
to  escape,  tliat  ye  may  he  jible  to  bear  it." 

And  we  ieorn  that  "these  li^bt  aftlictions 
which  are  but  for  a  moment  work  out  for  us  a 
far  more  exceeding  and  eternal  weight  of  glory; 
for  if  we  bad  no  battles  to  fight,  there  would  be 
no  victory  to  gain. 

If  we  travel  on  this  way  the  blessings  are 
not  all  reserved  until  the  end  of  tlie  journey, 
hut  .lesus  says,  "Verily  I  say  unto  you.  there  iJ 
no  man  that  hath  left  house,  or  brethren.  01 
sisters,  or  fatlier.  or  mother,  or  wife,  or  children, 
or  lauds,  for  my  hake,  and  the  gospel's,  but  he 
shall  receive  a  hnndredtold  now  in  this  time, 
houses,  and  brethren,  and  sister,-,  and  mothei-s,' 
and  children,  and  lauds,  with  persecutions;  and 
in  the  world  to  come,  eternal  life." 

We  have  now  both  ways  pictured  out  before 
us,  and  which  will  we  choose? 

We  are  plated  here  as  free  moral  agents,  hav- 
ing right  and  wrong  before  us,  and  bping  free 
to  choose  for  ourselves;  let  us  not  then  abuse 
this  great  privilege  which  is  granted  unto  us, 
hut  let  us  lay  hold  of  eternal  truth,  and  take 
up  the  cross  and  follow  our  l)les8ed  Master,  for 
'e  says,  "I  am  the  way,  the  truth,  and   the  life; 


no  man  cometh  unto  the  Fithcr,  but   by   me. 


FROM  PALESTINE. 


NUMltKR    XX 


THE  TWO  WAYS. 


BY  JACOB    BOCK. 

"Enter  ye  m  at  the  .strait  gate;  for  wide  is  the 
gate,  and  broad  is  the  way  that  leadeth  to  d<»9triic- 
tion.  and  many  tliere  be  which  go  in  thereat:  be- 
cause, straight  U  tlie  gai«.  and  nar  ow  in  tlm  w.-iy, 
which  leadelh  uuto  IiJ>.  and  lew  tiieie  Ije  th.u 
'ind  It."    Malt.  7:  l.'i.  U. 

THERE  are  but  two  way*  through  life,  and 
the  que'ition  which  moat  concerns  our 
pre^ut  and  eternal  welfare  ia,  upon  which  of 
the  twochall  we  travel? 


Becr-shcba,  and  the  Land  of  the 
Pblistines. 

IFrum  Uie  "OiridUa  SUriUnnl"  1,^  ipclnl  ArruiiH,.ui<.ni.] 

ON  Monday,  the  19th  of  May,  we  continued 
our  journey  to  Ga/a,  reaching  there  about 
noon.  It  ia  distant  from  Beer-sheba  about  30' 
miles,  the  latter  place  being  south-east  of  it. 
The  modern  Gazaconttius  about  1.5,000  inhab- 
itants, and  is  n  place  of  considerable  business. 
Its  houses  are  nearly  all  miserable  huts,  built 
of  sun-dried  bricks,  but  it  has  some  respectable 
buildings,  the  most  respectable  of  which  is  an 
old  Christian  Church  turned  into  a  mosque. 
The  ancient  Ga/a  stood  between  the  present 
town  and  the  sea.  Its  site  is  traceable  only  by 
the  mounds  of  rubbish  formed  by  the  crumb- 
ling uf  iti  larger  buildings,  wh 
ail  itji  smaller  structures  are  hidden  under  heaps 
of  sand.  But  little  is  left  ro  interest  the  Bible 
student. 


feet,  and  trod  continually  opoii  smalt  sea-«heiN 
of  beautiful  colors.     The  ruins  at  Ai^kelon    are 
Ter>-  extensive  and    interesting,    but    they   are 
chi<  llv  tbost  of  the  walls  and  buildings  erected 
by  Kicbard  Cier  de  Lion,  while  here  as  a  crusa- 
der in  the  year  llHii,    The  walls  were  built  of 
small  blocks  of  ouodstone  cemented   together 
I  by  a  very  hard  cement,  and  to  give  them    addi- 
tional  strength,  gray  granite  columns,    from 
the  ruins,   perhaps  of  heathen  temples,    were 
laid  in  the  walls  crosswise.     Now.  great  masses 
of  the  outer  coun*e  of  stone  have  dropped  away 
from  the  wall,  especially  on  the  aide  next  to  the 
sea.  and  these  columns  are  left  projecting  from 
the  part  still  standing,  like  great   piece*   of  ar- 
tillery projecting  through    port-holes.      These 
columns  are  perhaps  all  that  is  left  of  the  orig- 
inal Askelon  of  the  Philistines.      The   predic- 
tions of  the  prophets  have  been  strikingly  ful- 
filled in  the  fate  of  these    two    Philistine  cities. 
See  Jer.  47:  !-.>;  Amos  I :  G-S;  Z-^ph.  2:  4. 

From  Askelon  we  struck   across   the    Philis- 
tine plain  again,  in  a  line  nearly    parallel    with 
that  by  which  we  had  approached   Gaza.      We 
found  the  plain  here.    ai    below,   a   va<t   grain 
field;  but  unlike  that  below,  it  was   dotted  with 
numerous  villages  instead  of  the  Bedouin.  The 
people  here,  as   everywhere   else    in    Palestine, 
'  exci'pt  among  the  Bedouin,  live  in  village^,  and 
cultivate  the  surrounding  fields.     Near   the  vil- 
la;: ..-s     are    the     viaeeards,    garden^J,    and  fruit 
orchards,  all  of  which,  in  the  plain,  are  protect- 
ed by  cactus  hedges;  while  farther  out  are  the 
fields  of  grain    entirely    unfenced.      All    cattle 
and  sheep  are  kept  constantly  in  charge  ofsbef- 
herds. 

We  struck  the  bills  near  Bet  Jibriu,  (pro- 
nounced Bate  .Iibreen  (which  was  called  in  the 
cnisading  times  Jlleutheropoiis.)  It  is  now  a 
city  of  rnios,  and  it  is  most  remarkable  for  the 
vast  artificial  caverns  which  abouuu  in  its  vi- 
tiiiity,  and  which  show  plainly  by  their  inter- 
ior arrangements,  that  they  were  made  for  hu- 
man habitations.  They  are  cut  in  a  soft  white 
limestone,  they  have  lofty  arched  ceilings,  with 
an  opening  in  the  apex  to  let  in  light,  and  they 
have  passage  opening  from  one  opening  to  the 
other  like  the  doors  from  one  room  to  another 
in  a  large  house.  It  was  doubtless  in  some  of 
this  series  of  cave  dwellings  that  David  and  his 
men  made  their  home  near  Adullara. 

Our   next  movement  was    northward    along 
the  dividing  line  between  Judah  and  the  Philis- 
tines, as  fdr  a.^    Gath.      It  was   Lieut,    Conder, 
who  first  identified  the  site  of  this  city,   and  it 
is  one  well  worthy  of  the  city's  fame.    It  is  the 
leveled  summit  of  a  hill  at  least  500  feet   above 
the  surrounding  valleys,  and  the  ascent  to  it  so 
steep  on  every    side  that   it  requires  a  Syrian 
horse  to  climb  it.     From  the  southern  extrem- 
ity of  the  summit  the  view  stretches  out   over 
the  entire  country  of  the  Philistines,  and  a  sig- 
nal fire    lighted    here  could  be  instintly   seen 
from  all  the    confederated    cities.       Along   its 
northern  base  passes  the  valley  of  Elah.    here  a 
beautiful  plain  a  mile  wide,  and  rich  in  waving 
grain.     It  wa3  down  this  valley  that  the  Phihs^ 
tines  fled  after  the  death   of  Poliath.   and  thi^ 
noted  event  occured  but  a  few  miles  above.  Be- 
fore visiting  the  spot,  we  rode  across  the  mount- 
ains northeastward,  to  visit  Timuath,  the    V^l- 
iey  of  Sorek,  Zorah,  and  Beth-shemesh.     After 
passing  Timnath,  which  is  now  a  village  built 
of  ancient  ruins,  we  climbed  over  the   top  of  a 
rugged  bill,  too  rough  with   massive   rocks  for 
cultivation,  and  thickly  set  between  the  rocks 
with  scrubby    brush.     Over    this    hill    Samson 
had  to  pass  in  going  from  Z.jrah    to  see  his  be- 
loved at  Timuath,  and  here  he  must    have    met 
Hiid  slain  the  lion. 

When  we  reached  the  northern  brow  of  the 
same  hill,  the  Valley  of  Sorek  spread  before  r.^- 
and  we  voluntarily  reined  in  our  horses  to  gazj 
upon  Its  beauty.  From  Beth-shemesh,  who.e 
ident.ty  was  unmistakable,  about  three  miles  to 
our  right,  the  smooth  trougJi  of  the  valley  pass- 
ed by  beneath  our  feet  and  stretched  away  to 
the  west,  widening  as  it  went,  and  variegated 
everywhere  with  alternate  stripes  of  yellow  and 
green  gram  and  freshly  j,l'.ughed  ground  For 
a  lew  miles  the  hills  with  decreasing  higbt  be- 
yond iti>  border  was  the  slightly  higher  level  of 
the  Philistine  plain.  Far  off  in  the  dim  dis- 
tance the  eye  could  barely  detect  the  small  vil 
lage  where  Ekron  once  stood,  and  alou^r  the 
smooth  floor  of  the  valley  it  could  trac°  the 
entire  course  followed  by  the  milch  kine  as 
they  brought  back  the  ark  of  Go,\  followed  by 
the  wondering  lord,  of  the  Philistines.  The 
Bethshemites  were  then  engaged  m  iratherin^ 
their  harvest,  aud  the  harvest  was  ripe  for  the 
the  site,  of  I  sickle  as  we  gazed  upon  it.  Our  a„!on 
01 1  lie  scene  was  fully  e.tpressed  by  Frank 
broke  the  silenoe  by  saying:  "It  look. 


place,  and  almost    the 

combat  took  place,  are   ea-ity    identifi^"  *. 
being  only  one  place  in  the  valley  of  Ejau 
ed  in  every  particular  to  the  scripture  narrat"'^ 
In  that  place  the  brook  which  David  crossed  " 
approaching  Goliwtb  is  on  the  side  of  the      l  '" 
rmy,  while  the''>'i'>f  —  ■    -      ■^' 


next  to  Saul 
valley,  in  wb 


;h    Goliath   stood. 


i  chief  r 


here  a  quarter  of  a  mile  wide, 
istine  side.  At  no  other  point 
is  their  sufficient  width    of  the 


P»^*  of  tb. 
^"•^    which   ,; 
18  next  the  pt, 

y^orbeU 
alley   on  tk 
Philistine  Mde  together  with  sutiicient  nar 
ness  on  Saul's  side.      Guided    by    these  i   ^v^ 
tious,  we  went  to  the  brook  at  the  very    I     "'^" 
which  it  appeared  that  David  must  have  c^*  '" 
ed  it.  and  found  it  full  of  smooth  rounded  st  ^*^ 
from  the  size  of  one's  head    to  that  of  a     ""^* 
pebble.     We  picked    up  five  each,   of  jugt'^th" 
size  which    we    think   David    selected.      Tk 
would  certainly  knock   a   hole   in    any  a'     ^^ 
head,    if  thrown   from  a  sliiiir    y,\\\.    .   ^^ 
hand.  '*'"'^e 

In  my  next  I  will  have  something  to  siy 
the  place  where  the  eunuch  was  baptiz-d 
J-  W.  McGakvey. 


ihituuicB  aliould  be  brief,  writtea  on  bm  one  .id. 
paper,  and  Beparale  from  all  other  buaine,. 


KYER.— In  PeBlroHy  CoLcregatiou,  Mariui, 
Coimfy,  Kansas,  August  IStb,  William  H 
vey,  son  of  Q.  W.  and  R^Wcca  Ej  er,  aged "l 
months  and  ]H  days.  Disease,  braiii  (ever 
Funeral  services  by  KIder  Samuel  flainVi 
from  Malt.  IS:  2,  .3.  H.  SaoM,,?' 

SWIHAUT.-In      the    Tuscarawas    Churcb 
Starit  County,  Ohio,  June  2etli,S;sler  Susan' 
na  Swihart,  aged  70  years,  8  months,  and  18 
days.     Disease,  cancer. 
After  many  days  of  sulferinj,  she  fell   asUen 
in  Jesus.     She  leaves  a  kind  husband,  children 
aud  friends  to  mourn  their  loss,   which  is  h  ' 
eternal    gam.      Services    by    the    writer    Irnm 
John  16:22.  n   K.„' 

SENTZLEir-Iu  the  North  Solomon  Church 
Smith  County.  Kansas,  August  Uth  Sulo' 
mon  Gentzler.  aged  40  years.  2  months',  anj  ti 
days.     Kuneral  services  by  the  writer. 

HANDS.— In  the  same  church.  August  17ih 
1S7!),  EiKin  Ora,  s,n  of  Brother  Noah 
and  bister  Hands,  aged  1  year,  1  month,  ni 
22  days.    Fumral services  by  the  writer. 

D.  0.  BRUMriAUGH. 

WEAVER. -Near  Springfield,  Keokuii  Co 
Iowa.  Augu^t  14th,  Lizzie  Amelia,  daughter 
ol  Friend  C.  and  Sister  Kale  Weaver,  aged 
13  years,  4  month-,  and  21  days.  Funeral 
occasion  improved  by  Brother  S.  P  Miller 
from  Heb.  13:  14,  Kev.R.gan,  of  the  Discipl^ 
Church,  closing  with  very  appropriate  re- 
inaiks 

ll.ALL.— Near    Dresden,   Poweshiek    County 

Io«»,     August     ]4.h,    Emma    Gr.ace,  little 

daughter  ol  Friend  William  and  Almira  Hall, 

aaed  I  year.  8  months,  and  12  days.  Funeral 

mproved     by    the    Brethren,    from 

Jestina  MllLEll. 

SHUINKEL.-In  Sterling.  Whiteside  County. 
Ill,  August  3rd,  Anna  Mabel,  daughter  of  Jo- 
seph and  Catharine Sprinkel,, aged  11  months 
and  22  days. 


Ouca-iloii    1 
Mutt.  II):  14- 


iojiiirs  of  Hie  DaH. 


who 
like    one 


We  rode  up  the  coast  ten    miles  to  Askelon.  '  "'  lit::":  Vaty  Z  Zl  ■"""I'        ■ 
our  path   lying  along   the   bea-h    where   the  I  around  to  (h         .         ^"'f^'  '"ade  a  circuit 
waves  of  the  se.  frequently  washei  ou^TorJ^^  |  -^^^'^^ZJ^JZ^^ 


Mt  Vesuvids  is  now  in  a  state  of  eruption. 

New  Brcnswick  was  visited  by  a  fearful 
hurricane  last  week,  several  persons  being  kill- 
ed, and  much  damage  bi-ing  done  to  pro|,erty. 

The  Bishops  of  Belgium  have  declared  that 
all  the  teachers  in  the  schools  established  bv 
State  under  the  new  education  law  are  excom- 
municated. 

FliiNCE  having  refused  to  authorize  the  ei- 
Kbedive  Ismail  I'asha  to  reside  in  Algiers,  the 
Powers  have  intimated  to  the  Porte  that  they 
do  not  object  to  his  living  in  Constantinople. 
Ihe  iiultan,  however,  is  opoosed  to  having  Is- 
mail in  his  capital. 

Choleha  is  still  prevalent  at  Ca'ml.  Major 
Cavagnari  has  telegraphed  that  cholera  has  ap- 
peared among  the  regiments  which  recently  re- 
turned Irom  Herat.  This  caused  a  panic  at  Ca- 
bul,  and   .some   of  the  soldiers  deserted.     The 

cholera  IS   diminished   at   Caudahar The 

^""fs  dispatch  from  Calcutta  says:  The 
drought  in  Cashmere  slill  continues,  and  the 
condition  of  the  people  s  deplorable.  The 
British  Resident  at  Burmah  is  closely  watched. 
His  house  is  surrounded  by  spies. 


:  t>teniber^1_ 


•rtlE    l^^KTHKEN    ^VT    AVOKIC 


^orrrsiioiulcncc. 


of  comfort  to  my   thirsty   soul  in    the  darkpst  i  of  the  seventh  day  to  have   a   sd^ibnth    of  rp-st, 
hour  of  affliction.    Not  a  ray  of  hght.  not  a  i  but  that  I  cnn  daily  aui  hourly  retire  into  that 


U  fmijajmnj  bafqlL— John. 


Valediction  and  Salutatory. 

y.ffifr  Frfifi'i'fi  !'■  Lirhrof  Mirhiff"if. 
T  was  with  profound  sorrow,  and    profoundf^r 

-itation 


that  I  read  t\ii  notice  ot  your  paralyln 
S  )rrow.  because  of  j'lir  apprcnuli- 
,^...11  to  earth,  and  joy  for  t lie  glad  nel- 
^^  e  th»t  a*fa't9  you  in  the  irlory-bHthe  I  P.i- 
',   n    of  Love.      Another   step,   and  you  are 


"  yss  the  diizzling  threshold  of  the  Temple  ol 
*^jbss  fldoration  and  eternal  wonders.  Perh;ip9 
'"fiire  th'^  ^°'^'*  ^^  """^  '"  ^'^^^  earthly  doiui- 
K  you  will  here  mingle  with  the  pa!m-bear- 
'^  '  «un  crowned  worshippers  of  the  Upper 
^ctiinry- 

'  I  hold  in  grateful  remembrance  the  Christ-fla- 

rfd  letters  you    wrote    me  neurly    ten    years 

'        Their  inspiration  flamed  out  in    many  an 

^'jgioD  from  my  pea  since  then.    And   dow  I 

'ij  Jo  greet  you  once    more    with    the  warm 

iffushiuff  of  my  heart's  beet  love  btl'ore  you 

L^  your  place  amt>nE  the  blood-purged  thruni 

jp5i,le  the  ^'t^m•b^lllt,  j  i-per  walN. 

L't'S""''  '»*''i*^""y  ^^^'^  yo"  ^ri^'i  '•'-■'  upiioid 

,  l^jiuuer  of  Redemption.  Many  a  st^ar  of 
i|,e  dire  conHict  witb  the  legions  of  Hell  will 
i,iu carry  unto  the  presence  of  '"the  Captain  if 


glimmer  o(  hope  appeared  for  many  day*,  but 
thanks  to  God  that  he  moved  the  hearts  of  my 
Llti-rhren  to  givt-  words  of  cheer  and  eiK-onrnge- 
iiit'nt.  0  thou'*anls  of  thank*  for  the  synipa- 
thies  of  the  members  of  that  holy  body  of  our 
precious  Jesus.  '"If  one  member  suffers  all  suf- 
fer." I  lone  for  the  day  when  all  can  join 
above.  O  (iod  give  us  patience  to  endure  a  lit- 
tle longer. 

My  wife  and  I  came  here  last  eveuina;  to  our 
son,  away  from  the  cares  of  life.  I  am  able  to 
totter  about  some.  My  mind  is  clear  I  am 
prepared  to  suffer  (tod's  holy  will.  I  can  now 
talk  so  a-*  to  be  understood.  Writing  goes  hard, 
but  am  improving  in  this.  Perhaps  the  Master 
will  give  me  some  employment.  I  cannot  be 
idle  while  there  is  so  much  to  do.  0  the  labor 
that  is  to  be  done  to  save  the  lost!  O  that  all 
cimld  see  the  need  of  greater  activity.  May 
we  count  all  things  but  loss  for  the  excellency 
of  Christ  Jesus  our  Lord. 

Yours  in  waiting, 

F.  P.  LfEHR. 
Smith  Bend.  Iml,  Anyii^t  littli. 


From  New  London,   Kansas. 


jnur 


salvation."  Many  a  hammer  ctroke  ot 
PS3  crucifiers  have  you  felt  driving  the 
BftiUof  Gr.))gi>tha  through  bleeding,  pam  quiv- 
.finir  hands  and  feet.  Many  a  spear-thrust  c-n 
lereJ  your  side  and  made  a  p  issa^e  for  tlie  very 
blood  of  y""""  ^""'^  "i^rudjled  with  Chrisf." 
The  true-hearted  ambassadorof  Jesus  i-*  "killed 
ill  the  day  long."  To  feel  as  Chri>t  felt  in  a 
world  fill'  ''f  (iod-hating,  Inill-coiirting  itinuers 
iiu  perpetual  crucifixion.  But  there  is  glory 
j  the  r':'pn'ai;h  of  the  crbvs.  There  is  a  preli- 
batiaa  of  Heaven  in  the  shame  of  Chriettian  pe- 
^iiliafi^  "For  every  blow  we  get  for  Jesus' 
■ik^'^e  soul  thrills  with  the  kiss  of  the  One 
jliiif^ether  lovely. 

Yourloug  wilderness  pilgrimage  is  studded 
ffith  tokens  of  the  Divine  Presence.  The  Elims, 
rnil  Siuaii?- ill"!  Malirahs,  and  llephidims,  and 
I'jrads,  and  Meribahs,  are  in  the  past.  You 
lisve  reached  the  summit  of  PiFgah,  on  the 
btriier.  But  the  Shekinah  is  not  localized.  The 
Pillur  of  cloud  and  fire  are  both  van  and  rear. 
That  awful  symbol  of  the  ever-present  Invisible 
ya-jes  over  with  the  croRsing  host,  and  yet 
aliides  with  the  tribes  that  stay  on  the  Mcab 
fhiire.  Be  of  good  cheer,  beloved  evangelist  of 
Emmanuel,  tie  who  cleft  for  you  the  threaten- 
iu^  tide  at  Pi-harioth  (Ex.  14:  9-31),  will  also 
mie  up  in  crystal  grandeur  the  foaming  torrent 
(,|  Jord.u.  "0  death  where  is  thy  sting,  0 
grave  wh-re  is  thy  victory?"  This  is  the  glo- 
rious outcome  of  a  Christian  career. 

0  what  visions  of  glory,  what  realitits  of 
grtict?,  what  thrills  of  rapture  will  soon  be 
yuurs!  The  God-man  Mediator  who  bpcame 
jour  vicarious  siu-otferiui»  on  the  cross,  is  seat- 
t(I  as  your  advocate  at  the  right  hand  of  Om- 
nipotent Holiness,  wailing  your  entrance  at 
iheDiJor  of  Pearl.  There  is  no  danger  that 
He  will  allow  His  second  and  Diviuer  inbreath- 
i:ii£  to  be  extinguished  in  the  choke-damp  of  the 
ikrk  valley.  Gen.  3:  7.  John  20:  22.  ''Not  the 
If/ixt  (fimn"  of  God's  sowing  ever  missed  the 
Celestial  Gamer.  Amos  9:  9.  No  bairn  of  the 
Ewnal  Father  wa9  ever  coffined  for  the  sepul- 
clier  of  "outer  darkness"  80  long  as  the  First- 
Wq  lives,  the  after-born  are  secure.  '^Jiecau>:r 
I  lire,  thetj  t^hiiU  live  also."  Let  these  words, 
iii>  dt-ar  brother,  be  light  and  sweetness  to 
yuursoui  when  "the  last  enemy"  turns  every- 
lluDg  dark  and  bitter.  "HE  IS  FAITHFUL 
TH.\T  I'UOMISED."  May  this  cardiphonia 
ot  J(?Mis  stand  in  blood-printed  capitals  befon^ 
yimr  (lepaninn  spirit.  Here  is  eternal  rock  for 
ilie  anxious  soul  to  cast  her  anchor.  Omuipo- 
t':'Uce  uuiHt  grow  feeble,  and  eternal  truth  must 
tveoiiie  a  lie,  and  Infinite  Love  mnst  turn  cold 
wild  repi-llaut,  before  christian  confidence  can 
ii-- pi'l  i'lti)  shame  before  the  bar  of  God.  1 
Mil  2: 2S,  and  4:  17.'  _ 

But  I  have  written  juore  than  enough.  If 
your  soul  is  feu'*ted  with  the  -Bread  of  Heaven 
IW  you  need  not  this  cninib  it  will  at  least 
"■ipa-ss  niy  love  and  pymputhy. 

I  am  anxious  to  mail  this  immediately,   but 
Uow  not  yet  where  the  stamp  is  to  come  fro 
M»y  the  Lord's  raven  hasten  his  flii^ht. 

Farewell,  heary-headed  and  beloved  servant 
•'f  JiJitus.  Go  np  higher,  to  enter  a  loftier  and 
^vider  mission  in  the  sublime  scheme  of  the 
l-Voss.    Death  will  not  end  your  ministry. 

C.  H.  Bai.sii.uoii. 

1 ".  ;BKsi»o«'sE. 
l''"r  Brother:-^      '  ' 

i'        Like  the   gentle  showeron 
'lie  parched  groiind,  so  were  the  precious  words 


rHEBR 
It.   « 


Dan-  Jirrfhrm.— 

RETHREN  AT  WoHK  has  been  making 
eekly  visits  to  me  for  some  time 
thr  )ugli  the  kindness  of  some  kind  brother,  fcr 
which  1  return  my  thanks.  Truly  it  is  n  wel- 
come visitor.  I  hjive  been  reading  its  columns 
carefully,  and  get  all  the  information  and  news 
lean,  especially  among  the  different  churches. 
One  among  the  best  items  I  scan  is,  that  Broth- 
er Eshelman  is  going  to  pay  our  State  a  visit; 
aUo  stating  that  he  will  go  wherever  he  is  need- 
ed the  most.  We,  a  small  body  need  him  very 
much,  and  ifc  will  suit  us  so  well  if  he  comes  in 
October,  as  weexpect,  if  the  Lord  willing,  to 
hold  our  Love-feast  on  the  ISth.  Now,  brother, 
if  you  come,  come  aud  make  us  a  vi.^it  at  that 
time.  We  need  help,  and  would  be  very  glad 
to  see  you.  The  people  are  generally  poor 
here,  but  you  are  not  after  the  wealthy.  I  sup- 
pose you  intend  to  spread  the  gospel,  and  doc- 
trine of  the  Brethren;  you  will  get  many  calls: 
the  months  of  September  and  October  will  not 
be  long  enough. 

Kansas  had  its  drawbacks  last  year.  Our 
crops  were  almost  an  entire  failure,  yet  I  for  one 
thank  God  it  is  no  worse,  for  we  have  plenty  to 
live  on.  I  heard  many  growlmg.  even  cursing 
the  Almighty.  0  what  can  be  the  thoughts  of 
such  people  when  they  think  ot'  the  future!  I 
wonder  if  they  think  they  will  never  die?  Why 
not  come  and  preach  to  this  i' ople?  Why  it 
you  are  instrumental  in  saving  i>ne  soul,  what 
is  the  reward? — It  is  great.  'I  he  angels  rejoice 
to  see  sinners  brought  to  i<|entance.  Yes, 
come,  we  need  you  or  some  other  good  brother. 
We  have  three  ministers,  but  so  far  apart  that 
we  do  not  have  meeting  often  enough.  Broth- 
er J.  Uuck  is  our  elder.  Ke  expects  to  be  with 
us  at  our  Love  feast;  he  lives  a  great  ways  off. 
but  he  is  working  for  the  cause  of  Chri'it. 
There  is  preaching  in  the  county  every  Sunday, 
but  not  by  the  Brethren. 

Lewis  E.  Fahbnby. 


sacred  pavilion  where  God  dwells  and  enjoy  a 
sabbath  of    rest    to    the    soul.      This    is    the 
strength,  the  joy  of  my  heart.    0  for  that  high- 
er life  in  which  my  soul  loves  to  dwell.    Would 
to  God  we  had  more  of  it  in  the  Brotherhood  at 
largo.     Less  earth  aud  more  heaven;   less  con- 
tention and  more  union;  les*  frivolity  and  more 
truth  and    soberness,   less   feasting  and  more 
fasting,  less  •'living  to  eat,"  and   more    "eating 
to  live."     Could  we  but  dispense  with  this  im-  I 
mense   amount  of  cookery,     highly     sea-^oned 
li>r.ds,  fatty  meats  (pork)  and  live  more  on  fruits, 
vegetables,  cereals,  ^c,  then   we  would  have 
'.ess  aches  and  better  health,  sweeter  n'pose  at 
night  and   more  invigorating  growth  to  the 
body,  better  developed  brain   and    brighter  in- 
tellect, mind  more  vivid  and  active,  producing 
better  and  richer  thought,  elevating  us  in  that 
plane  of  better  morals  which  would  aid   us   to 
escape  the  marshy  low  lands  of  sin  and  sorrow. 
Then  could  we  belter  "glority  God  iu  the  body 
1  in  the  spirit    winch   are  his."      Then,  my 
brother,  when  you  and  I  go  from  home  to  labor 
in  one  common  cause,  the  salvation  of  sinners, 
we  could  retain  our  health,  labor  better,  be  more 
successful,  and  be  a  greater  honor  to  the  cro.^s 
!  truly  hope  you  may  soon  be  .sound  in   health, 
he  ready  to  wield  the  pen  with  p.jwerlul    etl'ect, 
the  voice  with  comforting    words   and   smiles 
that  radiate    with    gladness    and    love    to   all 
around. 

Weare  well;  thank  the  Lord.  Work  in  the 
ministry  plenty.  We  feel  the  loss  of  Brother 
Teeter,  but  it  animates  us  to  greater  activity; 
and  we  tiuit  all  will  b'l  well. 


more.  The  lands  for  sale  belong  to  actual  set- 
tlers, railroads  and  eahtern  »pecHla'orn,  but 
plenty  for  sale,  both  improved  and  unimproved. 
These  lands  lie  along  the  Kansas  it  Paiific  K. 
U,,and  is  known  a*  the  limestone,  golden  wheat 
bi'lt,  and  is  somewhat  broken,  but  well  watered 
by  running  streams;  water  good. 

Any  one  wishing  further  particulaw  can  ad- 
dress me  at  Knt*rpri«e,  Dickinson  County, 
Kansas,  with  a  three-cent  stamp  enclo»ed.  and 
I  will  take  pleasure  in  giving  them  any  infor- 
mation desired. 

Yours  in  brotherly    love, 

J.  H.  Bakeb. 


From  the  Miami  Valley. 


l),,ir  Bret'ircii.— 

S  you  requested  the  Echoes    to   cease,  pre- 
jrhaps  the    Original 
theref  )re  write  under  a  new  heading, 


A^^ 


ring   perhaps  the    Original  Sound,   I 


From  S.  T.  Bosserman. 


T 


[The  following  private  letter  to  one  ol  the  edit- 
ors is  so  full  of  "good  and  true"  that  we  cannot  re- 
frain from  publishing.— Eds.] 

HE  work  before  me  is  great  but  from  my 
little  success  and  ease  in  the  work  tells  to 
me  that  God's  children  are  praj  in?  for  me.  Oh 
the  power  of  prayer!  What  an  avenue  through 
which  the  chariota  of  love  can  run  lightning 
speed,  returning  laden  with  power  from  God' 
There  stands  the  poor  minister  with  "woe  is  me 
if  I  preacli  not  the  gosppl"  before  him,  and  the 
carper  and  critic  and  not  nnfrequtntly  false 
brethren,  toe.  ready  to  make  a  piece-meal  of  him. 
Sinners  hardened  in  their  crimes,  reveling  in 
the  luxurit?*  of  earth,  standing  on  the  brink  of 
eternal  ruin,  all  taking  an  active  part  to  cry 
him  down.  0  bow  hard!  Enough  to  chill  the 
blood  in  the  veins  of  the  poor  minister.  But 
thanks  be  to  God  for  his  saving  grace.  Over 
there  i^  a  dear  saint,  a  child  of  God  unseen  by 
mortal  eje,  wrestling  in  prayer  in  behalf  of 
him  who  heralds  forth  the  jj;lad  tidings  of  salva- 
tion. He  prevails.  His  language  fails  bira 
not,  his  hands  droop  not,  the  powers  of  hell  are 
broken  and  now  and  then  a  sinner  brought  in- 
to the  fold  of  Christ.  All  through  the  untiring 
efforts  of  the  true  believers  in  Christ.  0  how 
glad!  ant  that  I  stand  not  alone  in  Ibis  work! 
Many  are  the  "God  bless  you'^,"  and  the  heaven 
invoked  cx>ps  of  manna  that  fall  upon  my  head, 
inspiring  ;ne  to  greater  zeal  and  energy  iu  the 
Tvork.  ,       ^        ,  «•  -,..■-., 

1  am  glaa  that'l  neeff  noi  ^ait  for  ffie  reluVn 


Duty  called  me  from  the  Huntingdon  No! 
mal.  I  arrived  home  on  the  morning  of  the 
12th  of  August.  And  though  abspnt  only 
eleven  weeks,  we  could  discover  in  many  things 
a  perceptible  change.  Among  other  thing'* 
Miami  Valley's  most  aged  veteran  of  the  cro^s 
had  been  called  home.  Elder  Daniel  Miller 
ttillot'  years  and  good  work.t  went'tohis  reward 
at  the  close  of  the  Pentecostal  werfk. 

On  the  thirteenth  the  delegates  of  the  various' 
churches  in  Southern  Ohio  met  according  to  ap- 
pointment in  the  Wolf  Creek  Church  to  devise 
some  plan  for  missionary  work.  Although  the 
business  was  entirely  in  the  bands  of  the  d(  le 
gate?,  yet  as  it  was  understood  that  none  of 
the  members  would  be  prohibited  fnun  witness- 
ing their  labors,  the  congregation  v/u-%  large. 

Tweuty-three  churches  were  represented. 
The  mi.jority  of  the  delegates  brought  irstruct- 
ionsfrom  the  church  which  th^y  repres*  nt- 
ed.  And  though  these  instructions  differed  in 
some  few  points,  there  WAS  neve^thele^a  a  re- 
markable unanimity  in  them.  This  was  a  nice 
feature  of  tie  meeting,  and  it  had  a  happy 
effect  upon  it. 

After  conferring  the  matter  together  pleas- 
antly and  in  brotherly  love,  the  delegates  con- 
cluded to  appoint  a  committee  to  oversee  the 
missionary  work.  The  following  Brethren 
constitute  this  committee:  Elders  S.  Garber,  A. 
FK)ry,  S.  Mohler,  T.  Wenuich,  and  G.  V.Siler. 
This  committee  is  to  make  a  fair  proportion- 
ment  of  the  ministry  in  Southern  Ohio,  who 
are  in  th>?  general  order  of  the  Brotherhood, 
&c,,  to  fill  the  various  calls  that  may  be  made. 

The  committee  after  selecting  any  brother  to 
fill  a  call  shall  notify  the  cliuich  of  such  8.*1  ec- 
tion.  It  is  the  duty  of  the  church,  if  the  min- 
ister is  poor,  to  meet  his  temporal  wants.  This 
arrangement  to  stand  until  next  District  Meet- 
ing. John  Calvin  Briqbt. 


Go  Ye. 

IT  doe^  seem  that  we  a*  a  church  cannot  be 
aroused  to  our  duty  in  regard  to  spreading 
the  gospel.    While  lliouBauds  and   thousand* 
are  going  to  their  long  home  without  the  bread 
(if  life,  we  are  planning  how  to  get  it  to  themj 
i  while  we  are   thus  planning    and  waiting 
the  enemy  of  souls  uiay  aud  will  steal  or  march 
upon  US.     If  any  think  the  way  is  not  open  in 
large  cities  let  them    read   the  Following   from 
the     Wr.^tern    Unrnl.      In     speaking    of    the 
poor    of    the     larg?    citie*,    it  says:     "If  the 
poor  want  to  go  to  church    they   can't  do  it. 
Churches  are  not   for  poor   people.    In  every 
large  city  theie  are  thousands  of  the  poor  who 
are    practically  deprived    of  the    privilege  of 
church  going.    In  Chicago  there  are  churches 
which   have     actually  crippled    their  mission 
work  among  thtipoor,  for  the  purpose  of  erect- 
large  and  elegiint  editices  for  the  rich.  The 
same  is  true  of  churches  iu  other  cities,  and  to 
some  extent  it  is  true  of  the  churches   in   the 
villages." 

"If  one  wishes  to  know  how  much  the  poor 
are  deprived  of  relij^'ioua  privileges,  let  him 
op-n  a  mission  in  some  section  of  a  large  city 
where  the  poor  congregate,  and  see  how  quickly 
the  largest  hall  he  can  secure  will  be  picked." 
Let  us  go  and  work.  If  we  knew  that  the  mid- 
night express  with  its  five  hnndred  Bouls  were 
rushing  to  sure  destruction  we  would  do  all  in 
our  power  to  have  it  stopped  in  time  to  avert 
tli<)  dangerand  we  could  tell  it,  too,  so  that 
every  one  could  understand  what  we  meant. 
But  while  millions  are  dying  and  going  to  their 
long  home  and  .Toing  to  a  more  snrp  destruc- 
tion than  the  midnight  express,  we  are  |^lan- 
ning  and  calling  conventions,  choosing  com- 
mittees to  arrange  plans  how  to  carry  the 
alarming  news  to  the  dying  i  khMcngers,  or  the 
glorious  news  if  they  stop  and  turn  unto  the 
Li.rd.  F.  .4ni*lemyeb. 

Locke,  Imiinnn. 


From    Enterprise,    Kansas. 

FOR  the  satisfaction  of  many  lirethren  and 
fritndsin.tho  valley  of  Virginia,  I  will 
state  that  we  landed  at  Abilene.  Dicliinson  Co.. 
Kansa?,  Friday  evemu;i  the  Sth  lu-'t.,  and  was 
metatthe  deiJOLby  Brethren  liumbarger  and 
Michael  Forney,  who  took  us  to  their  Koines 
and  kindly  cared  for  us. 

Health  in  this  part  of  the  country  is  good. 
Liind  is  cheap.  The  corn  crop  is  very  good. 
Wheat  not  so  good  on  account  of  drouth  in  the 
early  part  of  the  Summer,,  This  is  a  beautiliil 
country,  but  cannot  tell  how  we  will  like  it,  as 
we  have  been  here  but  one  week.  We  bought 
160  acres  live  miles  south  of  Enterprise,  and 
(ive  miles  south  and  five  miles  east  of  .'Vbilene. 
SofUr  wenrewell  pleaserf.  ThW  wishing  to 
come  west,  especially  to  Kansas,  I  think  would 
(^o  welltocomoto  tl>i3Ll>avt'0f  the  Stato.  There 
'are  no  homestead  lands  here  to  be  taken  any 


From  Toddville,  Linn  Co.,  Iowa. 

/>«/■  Brethifn:— 
MAO-DAY,  August  2.ith,  our  fiuarterly  council 
1  meeting  was  held;  not  much  business  came 
up.  but  what  did  we  disposed  of  (piite  pleasantly. 
We  have  not  been  increasing  but  very  little  for 
a  long  while  on  account  of  dis^cord  aud  dis- 
union; but  now  there  seems  to  be  a  little  more 
union,  love,  and  atlection  in  the  church,  so  I  do 
hope  and  pray  that  the  good  Lord  may  send  a 
copious  shower  of  yrace  into  all  our  hearts  80 
that  his  work  may  b^  thoroughly  revived  in  QB 
all,  that  we, may  feel  for  the  j^ood  of  the  church 
and  the  salvation  of  perishing  souls.  This 
should  be  our  only  object— to  save  ourselves 
and  those  around  ns.  J.  C.  MlLI-ER. 

From  Maple  Grove  Church.  Kan. 

Dear  Brethren. -^ 

WE  have  forty  members  here,  and  but  one 
of  that  number  u<es  tobacco  in  any 
form.  Four  of  our  Brethren  imve  quit  its  use 
since  coming  here.  None  of  our  colony  mem- 
bers use  it.  members  or  no  members.  We  hope 
that  those  who  intend  to  come  will  also  be  free 
from  its  use.  Cau  any  other  congregation  gife 
a  better  showing  on  the  tobacco  question? 

N.  C.  WoKKUAN. 


Our  Almanac. 

SINCE  my  former  notice  of  our  almanac,  re- 
ports have  been  coming  in  rapidly.  From 
a  number  of  churches  we  have  received  lists  ol 
names  of  ministers  and  dea:ous.  As  the  time 
is  here  to  begin  the  work,  wc  earnestly  request 
that  some  oho  in  every  church  will  see  to  send- 
ing iu  lists  at  once.  We  do  not  want  to  omit 
ob6  church.    Address,  H    ■    Kirtz, 

Daijion,  Ohio. 

The  yellow  fever  pMlileuce  in  Memphis, 
Tenn.,  issif-adiog,  and  several  cvsts  ar>?  re- 
ported in  neighboring  villages.  In  the  city 
propiT  the  Howard  Association  have  :J07 
nur*03  attending  190  families.  120  of  whom  are 
white  and  TO  colortd-  The  txpeuste  daily  ag- 
gregate $900. 


THK    BHKa'HKE:Sr    ^T    WOXHKl. 


Septerabe 


(()0!>|icl  ^UCCCSS. 


And  tliBV  that  be  wise  «liiill  shhie  as  tli*> 
brl*;htncssor  llie  lirniftmcnt:  and  they  Ihiit  turn 
many  to  riRhteinisiieas,  as  the  stars  forever  and 
eTM.'— Dan.  Vj:  3. 


From  Elkhart,  Iowa.— To-day  we  were  made 
0  rejoice  at  our  regularmceting  »*  \Vhit#  Oak. 
that  two  more  (a  mother  aiiri  her  daufrhtcr) 
were  williDK  to  comf  out  on  tlie  Lord's  side  by 
being  buried  with  him  in  baptism,  we  hope,  to 
walk  in  uewne&s  oi'  life. 

S.  M.  OoroHNoiK. 

Norborne,  Mo.  —  Suspended  meeting  on 
Wednesday,  with  ten  additions.  We  close  to- 
morrow; will  be  in  Shelby  County,  MisHOuri, 
AngustSOth,  to  hold  a  ^nv»  of  meetingn;  It"- 
anoke,  Woodford  County.  111.  from  IHth  t^. 
28tb  of  Sepl^-mb.-r;  New  Mansfiold,  Pintl 
Co.,  II!..  from  Iht  to  20th  of  October,  if  it  be 
the  will  of  God.  D.  B.  Gibson. 

Aug.  ^-'iril. 

Rose  Hill,  Ind.— We  were  to  meeting  this 
forenoon;  had  a  InrRi-  tonyrcgation.  Si-ven 
more  came  out  and  xvart^  baptiz/'d;  we  think 
there  are  Mtill  more  ulraoHt  ready  to  come.  Last 
Thumdiiy  there  were  ten  baptized  in  Mi-tzger'» 
District.  Thin  is  encouraging  to  us  here;  and 
we  hope  it  is  to  you  also.  That  in  the  reaiioa 
why  1  writp  this  card.  A.  Mii.i,KU. 

All;/   17th. 

Clinton,  Mo. — Brother  Hillery  was  with  us; 
(Grand  Ifivor  Church,  Henry  Co.,  Miflsouri) 
held  Hererat  night  meetings,  and  assisted  in  our 
communion  Norviccs,  and  labored  faithfully  to 
promote  us,  tut  rL-jiresentc-d  in  the  ^^f*!'^!  of 
God's  dear  Son.  The  reHult  of  bin  labom,  with 
the  asKiHtance  of  other  iiiiuiHterH  is,  ttiat  the 
church  is  much  edilied,  and  encouraged  to  i>reN8 
forward  to  win  an  iinmortul  prize,  and  three 
precious  souls  were  added  to  the  church  by  bap- 
tism, and  excellent  iinpreiHions  made  upon  the 
hearts  of  those  who  are  ynt  stranf{er«  to  the 
covenant  of  promise.  Brother  Hillery  is  ia 
good  health,  and  li-ft  uh  in  excellent  «pirit«. 
He  goes  from  here  to  Mineral  Creek,  Johnson 
County,  to  assist  in  commuuion  wervicos;  from 
there  tu  Morgan  County,  thonce  north,  towards 
bis  home  in  Illinois. ,  J.  S.  Moiii.Rit. 

Aiiyunt  2:'»th. 

Piom  Mt.  Morris  Seminary,  III. 


Dear  "lirrtlnru'K  Wurk:"— 

THINKING  that  pi!rhai)s  many  of  your  read- 
era    would    be   glad    (o  know    something 
with  reference  to  the  Hcope  and    )iroflpect8   and 
present  status  of  this  inHtitiition,  I  will   briefly 
give  you  a  few  point-i.     Situated  in  a  beautiful 
and    productive  country,   and    building;*   that 
cost  about  ^i8,000,  surrounded  by  a  fine  shaded 
park  oi  .tix  and  oue-lialf  acres,  and   everything 
to  make  the   student's  surroundingH   pleasant, 
there  is  a  grand  opportunity  here  for   building 
up  a  first  class  institution.      Under  the  former 
management,   owing  to  the   many   competing 
iog  schools  in  the  denomination   under  whose 
auspices  it  was  conducted,  the  college  had  from 
a  condition  of  great  prosperity  in  former  years 
dwindlfddowu  until  attho  time  when  our  I'rieudH 
took  hold  of  Uie  matter  there  were   but  about 
thirty  students  in  attendance,  and  the  buildings 
were  in  a  very  unsatisfactory  condition.     Now, 
under   the  careful    nianugement  of    Itrothera 
Steia   and   Newcomer,   everything   presents  a 
very  ditferent  appearance.     Blinds  have   been 
put  on  the  windows,  the  inside   nicely   painted 
and  calsomiued,    ttieflocrs   are  carpeted  in   all 
rooms  and  hatli,  registern  and  ventilators  are  in 
every  room,  and  a  cosier,  (leaner,  and  more  at 
tractive  set  of  students'  qiiartei-s  are  not  to  be 
found  in  this  country  80  far  as  our  knowledge 
extends.     I  think  we   can  safely  say  that    we 
have  the  most  iionie-like  surroundings   of  any 
college  in  the  United  States.    Our  Dining  Hall 
is  a  model   of    neatness   and  order.     The  food 
is  good  and  well  cooked,  and  the  price  of  board 
very  low  indeed.    Too  much  praise  can  not  be 
awarded  those  having  the  matter  in   charge  for 
the  thorough  and  business-like  manner  in  which 
everything  has  been  done. 

We  have  on  the  roll  upwards  of  eighty 
students— intelligent  and  enthusiastic.  The 
prospects  are  that  there  will  be  a  large  increase 
in  number  before  Winter.  President  Stein  is 
winaing  golden  opinions  from  all  who  come  in 
contact  with  him  as  an  able  and  conscientious 
worker.  There  is  a  full  corps  of  teachers  who 
are  all  in  earnest  in  their  work  and  who  will 
Hpare  no  pains  to  make  the  college  worthy  of 
the  parronagp  it  MOW  enjoys,  and  of  the  much 
larger  patronage  which  we  confidently  expect 
in  the  near  future. 

Yoors  truly, 

W.  fi.  LOCKARD. 

Au'j  mh. 


Our  Almanac. 

IS  your  church  reported  for  our  almanac?  If 
not,  will  you  not  do  so  at  once?  Let  some 
one  inevtry  confjregation  that  liai  not  lieen  re- 
port*^ we  (o  it  without  further  delay.  Breth- 
ren having  other  matt«r  intended  for  the  alma- 
nac will  please  wend  it  on.     Address. 

H.  .1.  KlKTZ. 
!>'iyh,n,  Ohio. 

From    H.  W.  Strickler. 

I'^LDKIt  David  Wolf.',  of  Libertyville.  Illinois. 
J  is  again  confined  to  hishou-te  with  dropsy 
andcoDgestion  of  the  lungs.  He  has  not  bf^en 
ableto  preach  fora  long  time,  and  the  prospects 
unfavorable  for  his  preaching  any  the  coming 
Fall  and  Winter.  May  the  Lord  be  with  him 
in  his  afllictionH.  and  if  pleasing  in  his  sight 
restore  him  to  health  again. 


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3  inib's  went  of  Peiibody.  at  2  P.  M. 

■/".  I'oplar  HidgeCongiegiitlon.DerlanceCo., 
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Mii^aaoBnnon.  — JuM    ike   thing   f,r   tTavelle-s   fprt.. 
.arthtohearen      Dy  J.  S.    Mohle,-.     V^Zl^^Xp 
les.  10  cenU;  12  copies,  W  ■.  ata;  10)  oo,  ies!  %2  lU 
Campbell  and  Purcell.— ^  Debate  on  the  Roman  Catho- 
lic religiuu      Ju,t  the  boulc  r„r  the  limes,     ;1.50, 

Buck's  Theological  Dictionary. -Bound  in  Leather,  $2.50 
Jeaephas  C  m_'.  t)   Wor  :s.-  Bouad  in  Leather,    3.E0. 


Thm  Fntt-WoKlilug 
olMcrvpi]  hi  llio  churcb: 

Tli.til,pL«rd'.Supp«rl.»fUllinMl.Bnd.  In  ooon^abn  wiih  u,, 
ConiiuuiiloD.BhoultlboUilien  l"  Ihp  DteninK,  oi«  Iho  cIiMiiof  theitii 

TliBt  tbo  gdluuilloii  of  lUo  Uoly  Elu,  or  KJu  of  Chnrlty  li  lilndinr 
upon  llio  followvivDr  Chrlal;  .  ' 

TI.UI  \riir  and  KBtnllMlon  ure  conttnfy  to  ihu  »p[rit  ani]  iolfHtonjiog 
principle,  of  till,  religion  of  jMu»nirl»i: 

TlmliiNoD-Confoniilly  lo  Iho  world  la  irca.  cutlotDi,  dully  tndl 
■ii>l  coDTt™tl<.ii  i>  oumnliil  lo  Inie  hoIlD«n  .nd  ChrtMInn  pi.tj. 

It  tDFUiitnlna  tLni  in  pnl.lic  wonlilp.  or  ndlgloui  eiotclio.,  i;i,ri,u,o, 
vhould  Bppcnriu  dlrunioil  la  1  Cor.  II;  i,  5. 

II  »1k)  «dvof«lw  tli«  Mriptural  diay  of  AnoinUos  the  tick  with  oil 
In  Hip  nnmnof  (lie  I«itI. 

Iinlionlil.nvlndkatorotBlllbat  am.t  oiiil  tlic  ApmllM  h»<< 
eiijoliiwluiionu*,  and  wiiu,  amid  iliuwaUicUngtheoHBi  itad  dliMrdi 
ofmiMlpriiCliriitendoin,  topolatouticround  ihiitnll  muMMDctdi  lo 
be  ttifHlllUy  Mri>. 

Prlci'.dnsle  eoi.y,  ono  yiwir ff^ 

Nino    wplM  (nliiih  to  nijentt ujo 

Sfliiiiilu  topioK  aoat  freu  on  np|illciitiou.    Abuou  ttiinled  In  avviyloott. 
Ity.    S«i)d  for  kn  uuifit. 

TO    SUBSCRIBERS. 

1.  TiiK  iBjior  ifi  ti^KHlnrly  nuil  prompily  tent  lo  nil  wLo  .ub«Hl« 
font.  It  nay  do  notrvctfivn  it,  tlicy  ilioiild  Srel  Mk  tliplrp«tOi**itr, 
If  notlilng  BBtl-fnctory  can  be  ol,t«liR-d  ftom  liliii,  then  writ*  to  up 

2.  If  yoii  do  not  Willi  ro  iiil«  any  nnuitior.,  obnorvo  tlio  daio  B^v> 
alio  yom  oHnio  on  Ibe  ivijicr,  and  rimi-w  n  few  weeki  LefuiB  jout 
■utidcriptlun  L'liplri'Ti. 

3.  If  you  Willi  to  dmriKo  your  luIdrrM,  nlway.  gtv.'  tli»  Via'. 
Poai-onicd,  Coiinly.undSlnte.  tu  which  yoii  with  It  luiit,  >u,  vW  u 
ih(.  pliKD  where  It  ig  sow  received. 

i  Our  tonn»  ato  oakii  w  apvancf.  iinli-K<  hy  upedtil  Rrrabgntaniii, 
If  only  <i  purf  of  IIib  yeiii'i  »ubscrlpUoii  Is  lont.  wb  ■linll  give  crwiil 
only  fw  Uio  amount  rcmllled.    Wo  iwy  hII  patngB  '.n  tlic  p.pM. 

a.  W«wiiutne(.iit8o¥ory.wliuro,  Evory  ruaponallilo  porwn,  old  or 
yonnt",  cnocl  M local  ngent.  Thow  dMlrlng  loi.n  «.  Bg.nU  will 
plwwu  Kcnd  to  ua  tor  terms,  .mil  winijiln  coplfii,  We  uro  »illlnB  to  pw 
IJunu  wlio  work  for  us  uii  canli  liulx, 

9.  Siiiglo  «ob«cription-  S1-60  In  Bdranc«,  Tlio*o  nondlDg  fllslil 
nnluon  nnd  SlU.OO,  will  rcciUvu  nn  oxlni  mpy  tr«i:  For  i-ncli  nd- 
•tlllanal  duik,  tlie  HKoot  will  lie  allowed  u-u  jht  emit ,  which  uiwiiiil 
'111  please  retain  and  .nud  ii«  lljo  linlauce.  Moiioy  dnnl  ly  Pml- 
olTkc  OrdcM,  Kiglaecre.1  Lett..r».  and  DrnfU,  propprTy  nddiw""!, 
'Ullio  nl  uiirrluk.  Do  not  eiridclictlti;,  lu  tli.-y  cnn..!  (in  fuilMl"! 
'Ilhoii  t  i.'Iiarge«. 

Address,  BKETHREX  AT  WORK, 

LauAi-k.  r'lin-oll  I'd..  Ill' 


W.  U.  R.  R.  TIME  TABLE. 

Trains  Imi,-  Lnnnrli,  Siiodiiys  dctpled,  b*  follows 
r,      „  WKST  BOUND. 

Diiy  EsprtM             ,  1UJ6  P.  M- 

Nlgbl  K»pr.-M  ,  ,                                                                    "■  i^A.a. 
Accotunnhlutlon  lOHUA-M- 

MghlKupr™  itUA.IL 

Atcomuiodnlluti *]   ' ,  *'    iMV.H. 

TickBti  nto  lold  for  iibovo  Inilni  only.    FuasneHr  tnitnit  mtif  doM 
wnntcllon  M  Wwlern  Unloo  JuncUori,  iT  A.  HMITil,  AR*"' 

Pits  eiiucT-S  fur  CliicatrD.sljnij!  :  i.MV.-  Uiiark  a! 
I:.;:!;!  I\  M.:riiii  to  Uif  W.'.stfiri  I'ntnn  .Imtfti  m- 
Dwre  th-y  juvH  \v.iit.  hui  w..-  iuumui-..  tor  tlif  nn- 
cago.  Milwaukee  and  M.  I'.utl  p;iss.'ii(;*T  trmii.-iii'' 
tlui3  it-;utt  Cliicanu  al  7.1.-.  tin' same  evenhit;.  }** 
rcHcli  Lanark  liom  fniicaco;  l'o  lo  Ft.  Wavne  de- 
pot, takff  Hk-  CliiLago,  Milwaukee  and  St.  ?»"' 
traiMiit  livein  thecveninn;  run  North  to  tlieW- 
U,  Junction,  change  cai-8  for  Lanark,  and  arnv 
bere  at  1  ;57  in  the  morning. 


rn 


1  HE  Brethren  x\t  W'ork. 


"Behold  I  Bring   You  (food  Tidings  of  Oreat  Joy,  which  Shall  be  lo  All  People."  —  Lckk  2:10. 


^ol.  IV. 


Lanark,  111.,  September   8,  1879. 


No.  37. 


|lj0  ^t-ctht^cn  af  ^OKli 

EDITED  AHD  PDBLI8BED  WBBKIT 
BSHSI'MAN    &   HARRISON. 


liie 


GENERAL  AGENTS 
Brethren  at  Work 

AND 

TRACT    SOCIETY. 


B0S3KKMAN, 


-   LENA,  U.L. 

LOMliMONT,  COLO- 

DUXKIRK.  OHIO. 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


-Steiu  and  Ray  Debate. 


f  [BS.T  PAi 

MCONO  PAOE— Reminisceiiee.—George  D.  Zol- 
\^.x^■,  Kxaminatlon  of  Some  Objections  Asainst 
(he  i)iviiiB  Origin  of  tlie  Bible.— Lewis  0.  Hum- 
j„er:  The  Origin  of  Baptism— rouring  and 
SprinklinK.-A.  H.  Ellis. 

rniRD  Page— TbeTwo  Roads.— Selected  by  Sarab 
J   rri<:e;  What  .Shall  We  Dj  "With  Our  Daugb- 

FoiTBTn    Page  —  Editorial— Should  Masonic 

0iitli5  lie  Kept  or  Broken  ?    Originality. 
firTii  rAOE—EDiTOniALs.— Evangelistic  Work; 

Decoys:    The  Donation  Perpetual;  J-  S.  Flory; 

Ucins  of  Interest;      Danish  Mission  Report. 
gisTn  Page- J.  C.  Head    Answered.— Mary    E. 

Stnn:T!ie  Power  of  God.— James  Wirt;  (iiiery— 
Begeiier;ition.— M.  M.  E.;  Tracts!  Tracts.- M.  M. 

K.  Hebrews.- M.  M.  E.    From  Palestine.- J.  W- 

Mcfiarvcy. 
SEVENTH    Page— Echoes  From  the  East.—!).  B. 

Meiit/.sT;    From  Brother  Itidenuiir;  Dark  Kays. 
'  r. IT.  Allen;    Only  a  Single  Letter.— C.  H.  Rals- 

baugh:    From  IL  P.  Strickler. 
EioiiTii  Page— Idlers  in  the  Vineyard;  General 

Fund;  Bretbvon's  Tract  Society;  How  it  Works; 

Tract  Fund. 


STEIN  AND  RAY  DEBATE. 

Pro|).  1st— Bretlireii(or  Tuuker)  Churclies  pos- 
sess the  Bible  Characteristics  whicli  entitle 
them  to  be  regarded  as  Churches  of  Jesus 
Christ. 

.1.  W.  Stein,  AlHvnis. 
D.  B.  Ray.  Denies, 
.j:  W.  Stein's  20tii  .^Fi'iaMATivE. 
Recapitulatiov  Concluded. 
T  NOTICED  as  u  5th  characteristic,   that  the 
1    church    ia    God's    habitation    through    the 
Spirit— Eph.  2:  22;  mid  that  the  surest  evidence 
of  the  presence  of  this    lieavenl*  occupant  are 
his  IVuits,  vi/,.  *-love,  joy,  peace,   long-suffering. 
gentlL-iiess,  goodness,  faith,  meekness,   temper- 
«uce,"  &c.  Gal.  5:  22,  23. 

My  first  reason  why  the  Brethren  pos'sess  this 
chariicteristic,  was  founded  upon  their  love  for 
each  other,  exemplified 

Ut.     In  their  practical  benevolence. 

■IwA.  By  the  "lass  of  charity,"  urged  hy 
eiglit  argumentH,  vi/,— (1)  a  positive  scripture 
comnumd-Rom.  16: 16;  1  Cor.  16:  20;  2  Cor, 
13:  VI;  1  Thess.  5:  26;  1  Pet.  5  14;  (2)  the  di- 
rMiou  of  inspiration;  (:i)  divine  origin  of  the 
apoHolic  conmiands-1  Cor.li  37;  (4)  its  exprei 
sion  of  holy  fellowship,  &c;  (5)  its  christian  pe- 
culiarity; (6)  its  apostolic  exemplification— Act- 
20:  27;  (7)  its  primitive  prevalence;  (8)  its  ne- 
ceasiLy  to  an  iniitatii)n  of  the  divine  patteru- 
2  Tuu,  2: 2.  To  these  agiin  I  had  no  respond- 
ent. 

I  showed  that  thi^  brotherly  love  was  also  ex- 
Hni.lifii.d. 

ofd  By  '-hve^femh"  (2  Pet-  3.  13.  J"de  12) 
ffliichl  defended  by  several  unanawer»d  argn 
nenta. 

'4th.  Bv  wa-^hing^'one  another'^  feet"— John 
l'':i;>-iT.  Tui.-' WK  siipporied  by  eleven  re- 
'P-ctivwavguments-d/its  divine  institution ; 
(■•i)  it.^  peculiarity  to  the  saiut.;  CA)  its  enforce^ 
Went  a3  a  matter  of  duty— John  13:  14,  15;  (4) 
tlie  inactical  character  of  this  duty;  (5)  the  speo- 


itic  character  of  its  divine  pntlern;  (0)  the  \>i'U- 
alty  upuo  which  it  was  eiiJDini'd;  (7)  \U  divin> 
import;  (S)  the  nece'^sity  ol  its  lufluencp;  (H)  the 
blessings  upon  its  observance;  (lH)  its  support 
by  all  the  principles  thatsuppor  other  chrisliau 
ordiuauces;  (11)  its  primitive  practice.  The-i^e 
also  remain  unanswered.  My  friend  labored  to 
evade  the  force  of  this  by  separating  the  occa.s- 
ion  of  feet-washing  and  the  commuuiou,  in 
which  ha  failed.  We  showed,  how«ver,  that 
had  he  succeeded,  it  would  not  have  invalidated 
the  authority  ibr  feet-washing,  since  it  was  giv- 
en to  the  same  apostles  to  whom  the  commun- 
ion was  given;  and  if  they  were  the  representa- 
tives of  the  church  in  receiving  the  one,  they 
mutt  have  been  alhc)  in   the  other. 

My  2nd.  reason    why    the  Brethren    possess 
this  .')th  Characteristic  wiis  founded  upon  their 
principles  of  peace,long-sufferiug,&c.  We  shewed 
the  incompatibility  of  war  with  Christianity  by 
no  less  than  tlnrtij-sir  ari;uments  drawn  from 
important    facts,    principles    and    jiassages    of 
scripture  too     numerous  to   recapitulate.     To 
these  I  had  no  respondent.     My  friend  thought 
that  because  John  told  the  soldiers  to   be    con- 
tent with  th-^ir  wages,  that   he  justiHed   chris- 
tians in  bearing  arms — as  though  John  had  any 
right  more  than  we  to  interfere  with  nufional 
soldiers  <tn<l pol in:     He   also   thought   because 
Abraham,  Moses,   &c.,    fought,    thai  christians 
might  do  likewise — but  we  showed  that  his 
guraeut  failed,  in  that  it  proved  too  much,  and 
admitted  according  to  the  same  principle,  that 
christians  might  practice  polygamy  and   many 
other  Ihiug-t  which  were  allowed  to    Abraham, 
Moses,  and  others.     To  this  he  did  not  respond. 
My  3d  rea.^on  why  the  Brethren  possess  this 
Cliariiuteristic  was,  their  faith,  m  manifested  in 
prayer  and  anointing  the  sick,  according  to 
James  5:  14,  15  some  six  or  seven  principles  and 
arguments  which  remain  unanswered. 

We  noticed  as  a  0th  Characteristic  of  the 
chuich  of  Christ,  thatit  is  hit  betrothed  Bridi 
(Isa.  54:  5,  6;  2  Cor.  11:  2),  and  is  consequently 
separated  from  unholy  alliances. 

My  first  reason  why  the  Brethren  possess 
this  characteristic  was  based  upon  their  refusal 
to  take  oaths,  supported  hy  Matt.  5.  34-37, 
James  5:  12,  urged  by  several  additional  argu- 
ments, to  which  I  have  had  uo  respondent. 

My  2d  reason  was  that  the  Brethren  are  not 
identified  with  secret  worldly  societies,  wliich  1 
supported  by  senfntcn  tiryumnits,  to  which  1 
also  had  no  respondent. 

My  3d  reason  why  the  Brethren  possesses 
this  characteristic,  was  their  refusal  to  conform 
to  the  world  in  the  costliness  and  the  fashion 
of  their  apparel,  etc.  1  Tim.  2:  9, 10;  1  Pet.  3: 
3-5;  Rom.  12:  2;  James  4:  4;  1  John  2:  15,  16; 
Isa.  3:  16-23.  Rev.  16  4.  This  I  urged  hy  some 
sixteen  considerations,  which  my  friend  passed 
unanswered,  as  well  as  nine  others  in  support 
of  our  sister's  head  covering.     1  Cor.  11. 

My  4th  reason  was  founded  upon  the  Breth- 
ren's refusal  to  fellowship  such  clerical  titles  as 
■Rev.,"  &c.  This  I  supported  hy  6  arguments 
to  which  Mr.  R.  did  not  respond. 

I  noticed  as  a  seventh  characteristic,  that  the 
church  is  Christ's  body.  1  Cor.  12:  27;  Eph.  4: 
15;  5:  23;  Col.  1:  18. 

My  first  reason  why  the  Brethren  possess 
this  characteristic,  was  founded  upon  the  fact 
thai  Ihey  (I'knowledgi  m  head  but  Chrii^t. 

My  2d  reason  was.  that  their  rules  of  disci[»- 
line  are  those  contained  in  the  last  will  and  tes' 
tament  of  Christ  In  addition  lo  all  Ihi^.  w. 
have  proven  our  peculiarities  by  my  friend  him- 
self. We  have  taken  the  very  churches  con- 
fessed by  him  tol>e  true  churches  of  Jesus  Christ, 
and  have  shown  by  incont rover iible  historic 
truth,  giving  author,  book,  juge,  etc.,  blate- 
ments  with  which  he  has  not  dared  to  grapple, 
that  they  ba]jt)/.edfor(/«  order  io  i  thf*  remission  of 
wins,  hy  (riiine  immersion  und  thf/oruurd  po.<- 
ture.  ohserved  the  laying  on  of  handH  and  pray- 
er after  baptism,  the  salutation  of  the  "kiss  of 
charity."  refused  to  take  oath',  and  go  to  war, 
&c.,  &c. 


The  same  X."w  T.-stam-nr  .^hic 
thfin  in  thfse  thions.  ilirTC'-u**  \ft.  If  on  ini? 
account  the  Brethren  are  uotchiirt  he-  of  Chr.s  . 
for  the  same  reason,  ih-rffor-',  1  luivr-  showu 
that  tho^e  ancient  wiln'-ww  nmld  not  have 
bfen.  But  h''  confesses  they  y^v^•^•,  ihtirefore, 
I  have  pmven  by  him  the  mfe  grnund  of  posi- 
tion. Out  of  his  own  mouth  1  have  convictea 
him. 

While  h*"  has  failed  to  respon  \  to  mv  av(fu- 
meut.s  o'»  thf  n-ttarr  of  churtoi  huceed^ion,  I 
have  shown  that  hi-*  nwn  »iicc—-ioii  fchtrnw  on- 
ly falls  into  the  ditch  whieli  he  hiM.«.-lf  has  doc. 
while  our  position  reiimiUH  untMuch.'d.  My 
friend  does  not  like  for  me  t<i  tail  aticntiou,  at 
this  stage  of  the  debate,  to  the  fact  that  I  have 
really  had  tut  respondent.  I  admi'  that  he  has 
inis-npplied  my  arguineuU.  mis-sttttt^d  my  po- 
sition, based  arguments  upitn  hypoMn-^^es  which 
he  has  falsely  ivscrilx-d  to  thi-  Br.  tlir.-ii.  and  '-m- 
ployed  the  curse  UHnal'y  adnptHd  by  exjii-rt 
j^ophists,  skeptics,  and  iiiH>lfU  in  liijlitiiig  Bible 
truth. 

My  friend's  1st  negative  arguni-iit  was  iMsed 
upon  the  accusation  of  a  carnHi  membeohip, 
thus  accusing  a  membership  u{ pmitenf,  Imptiz- 
ed  believers  of  being  "carnal."  Yet,  h';  has  re- 
futed himself  by  admitting  that  all  liflievers  are 
spiritually  rpgi-neratj;.  He  \vm  not  i*ven  at- 
tempted to  show  that  the  Bn-thren  nu' not  be- 
tifvers  in  Christ.  I  have  shown  tlmt  the  ad- 
dition of  baptism  to  faith  cannot  niike  men 
"carnal,"  because  "He  that  beliereth  and  i.-i  bap- 
tized shall  be  saved"  Mark  16:  16.  and  that  i 
the  former  is  spirilunl,  the  latter  cannot  he  car- 
nal. 

fiis  second  negative  argument-WftS   thst  our 
churches  are  "built  by    uninspir.  d    men"     W 


din-cted  I  on  the  charge  of  "church  salvation."  In  ap- 
plying this,  he  rerersnl  and  misrfpre^fnitfd  our 
position,  knowing  that  we  h-ld  that  mere  fw- 
nml  membership  saves  no  one.  but  that  whatev- 
er brings  ns  into  a  saveil  atikle,  bringi  U4  into 
the  church  of  Christ. 

His  7th  negative  argument  was  based  upon 
the  chnrgi*  that  we  have  dfvated  the  holy  kiss 
into  a  saving  church  ordinance,  wh-'reas  he 
knew  that  we  taught  that  the  "holy  kiss"  was 
peculinr  to  those  only  who  were  in  a  jmrdontd 
state. 

His  Sth  negative  argument  w^  based  upon 
the  charge  that  we  "have  established  a  saving 
chiM'ch  unliuauco  out  of  a  full  meal,"  whereius 
we  have  nhowu  that  our  "love-teasts"  are  the 
outgrowth  as  well  iw  the  cultivation  and  ex- 
pn-snion  of  social,  christian  allection  and  benev- 
olence. Neither  did  if«  "establish"  theu),  for 
we  have  ^hown  them  to  he  peculiar  lo  the  apM- 
tolic  church.    Jude  12. 

HiH  \h\i  negative  argument  was  founded  op- 
on  the  charg.- that  we  "have  established  feet- 
washing  an  a  church  ordinance  essential  to  sal- 
vation," while  we  have  shown  that  Christ  him- 
.vc//*  established  it  for  those  who  were  saved  or 
pardoned,  yet  enforced  it  on  Peter  under  no  less 
penalty  than  excision  from  his  kingdom.  John 
VM  a. 

His  lOth  negative  argument  was  based  upon 
the  charge  that  our  church  goverment  is  nn- 
ccriptural,  yet  he  failed  to  condemn  one  feature 
of  it  by  the  scriptures. 

His  llth  negative  argument  was  founded  up- 
on the  charge  that  we  ri'ject  salvation  hy  grace, 
and  make  it  all  depend  upon  works  which  we 
do — whereas  we  have  shoivn  that  our  obedience 
to  Christ  deperifh  upnti  tjrai:e.:  that    we    believe 
nd  tctch  that  salvation  is  all  of  'jrace,   inao- 
nuch  that  even  Christ  its  author  is  the  gift  of 
irace;  and  that  every  act  of  obedience — whether 
e|)eutance,  faith,  baptism,  or  other  things— is 
only  a  compliance  with,  and  ucceptance   of  its 
arrangements.     Becausp*  we  hold  that  dinobedh- 
ence  is  rebellion  and  rejects  Christ,   my  friend's 
arguments  have  misrepresented   us  as  holding 
every  act  of  suhniission  and  olwdience  to  Christ 
as  meritorious. 

His  12th  negative  argument  was  founded  up- 
on the  charge  that  our  churches  arc  "destitute 
of  scriptural  church  succession."    Yet  he  has 


have  shown  that  our  gospel,  faith  and  practice 
have  come  by  inspirntion  from  Hod,  and  though 
proclaimed  and  obeyed  since  the  aiio-tli"*'  tim-* 
by  ((/liHSj^MPrf  instruments,  yet  rt/i  churches  or 
ganized  according  to  its  pattern  tiave  to  all  in- 
tents and  purposes  been  orgai'izd  unilcr  the 
ministry  of  Christ,  who  is  their  Builder. 

His  3d  negative  argument  was  founded  upon 

the  false  charge  of  "baptismal   salv^ition  "     We 

have  shown  that  we  hold  salvation   to   be  the 

(jifi  of  free  yrace.  thr  puri:hase  if  Chri.-<t's  blood, 

and  that  however    neces-ary   repentance,   faith 

aud  baptism  are  to  put  away  their  soul-destroy 

ing  opposites  which  rej-'Ct  Christ,  that  we  con- i  not  defined  what  he  calls  "scriptural    church 


sider  neither  them,  nor  anything  else   we  can  j 
do.  as  meritorious  in  themselves. 

His  4th  negative  argument  i.s,  that  we  have 
added  to  the  words  of  the  commi'*»ion.  This 
we  have  shown  lo  be  incorrect.  Besides,  in  bup- 
tizintf,  we  do  not  even  supply  tlin  elliptical 
words  (which  we  have  shown  to  be  a  pari  of  it,) 
but  confine  ourselves  to  the  identiiMl  words  ex- 
pressed in  Matt.  2S;  10,  no  more  and  no  less, 
and  suit  our  actions  exactly  to  our  words.  His 
persistent  declaration  that  "the  Catholics  orig- 
inated trine  immersion,"  without  any  aufhoritij, 
and  in  the  face  of  all  the  early  te.itimouy  adduc- 
ed to  the  contrary,  luis  placed  him  in  u  very 
unenviable  position,  indeed,  as  a  historian. 

His  5th  negative  argument  whs  h>ised  upon 
the  charge  that  we  "reject  the  word  of  God, 
and  teach  the  tniditions  of  the  Greek  church," 
yet  he  has  failed  to  adduce  one  precept  of  Christ 
or  the  apostles  which  he  has  convicted  us  of  re- 
jecting, or  to  show  a  singU  characteristic  of  the 
church  which  was  not  derived  from  thf^m. 

His  main  argument  al^ain^t  baptizing  into 
the  name  of  each  IVr-ton  in  ih"  Holy  Trinity, 
was  that  "these  three  are  one,"  and  that  so  bap- 
tism was  one.  Yet.  when  T  accepted  his  argu- 
ment and  its  consequence,  as  in  no  way  sup- 
porting his  position  or  prejudiced  to  our  prac- 
tice, ht'  surrendered  its  on'y  legitimate  cnclu 
sion,  because  he  saw  that  t!i"y   were  not  onl> 


succession,"  let  alone  shown  wherein  we  lack  it. 
Besides  we  have  shown  that  he  cannot  impeach 
our  succession  without  impeaching  the  princi- 
ples of  succession  upon  which  his  own  and  ev- 
ery other  denomination  is  based,  and  thus  sim- 
ply pandering  to  the  prejudices  of  blind  skepti- 
cism and  infidelity. 

His  perpetual  argument  has  been  the  unwar- 
ranted assertion,  viz. — "The  Tunker  churches 
are  not  churches  of  Christ."  This  he  has  repeat- 
ed for  want  of  argument  ifiTty-siJ:  times  verbo' 
tim,  besides  repeating  its  equivalent  a  great 
many  timea.  If  a  thing  asserted  that  many 
times  thereby  becomes  an  argument,  my  friend 
has  certainly  made  one. 

His  logic  has  been  spent  on  false  issues,  and 
his  ridicule  aud  familiar  epithets  of  "blasphe- 
mous heresy."  "  popish  heresy,"  "stupidly  ig- 
norant." "dropsy  of  the  brain,"  "moon  struck." 
&c.,  &c ,  have  all  hurled  their  impotent  venge- 
ance at  our  head;  which  with  his  misdirected 
and  misapplied  argumeuLs  have  proven  as  vain 
as  the  "rains"  and  "floods"  aud  "winds"  which 
heat  upon  the  "house"  "founded  upon  the  rock," 
So  his  "negative  Hue"  has  only  proven  itself 
to  he  "sinking  sand,"  and  yielded  to  the  fury  of 
its  own  reckless  current. 

In  the  meantime  I  feel  more  confirmed  in  the 
correctne.-w  of  the  Brethren's  position  and  the 
I  trnth  of  our  most  holy  religion.    1  thank   Goi 


'  hut  also  "three."  and   one.   in  the  sense    for  his  supporting  grace,  and  you  gentle  reader 


thaf  three  are  one,  V!^kh  he  i.nefT   was  trnt-   ol 
our  baptism,  hut  not  of  his.     Ihns  n..^  Cithr.tlte. 
was  evacuated  without  one  defensive  shot. 
llis  6th  negative  argument  w«  founded   up- 


for  your  labor  and  patience.    The  araoe  of  our 
Lord  J'-sus  Christ  be  wit'ii  you.    Amen. 

First  understand,  theu  argue. 


TMK    Hl{KTtlHK>r    ^T    "WOKK. 


September 


REMINISCENCE. 


KY  <>Bf)K<«K  n    /OLI.KflJ^. 


IX  Mili'tun  mood  I  now  surFey  the  home, 
WIiAire  oft  in  youth  my  wayward  f»>et  dii 
roam, 
Thp  verdure  meadow  by  the  fl  iwin^  stream. 
The  hillH  and  stream!*  hr>iv  nut  uralfltilt  they  sevni, 
Dt'arsct'(ie,s  of  old.  nil  ^n-nt  my  vision  now, 


Did  uot  tbf  American  Bible  Society, 
in  1-S47,  appoint  a  comm'iU*ie  of  its  mem- 
lieM  t()  prcpart*  a  Mtamiar'l  r»iitiou  '*f 
King  Jnnu'H  versitiri  fr<'<*  fn»in  errors  i 
Ami  'lid  they  not  pn-pan'  such  an  edi 
lion,  t'orrecting,  as  they  confewed,  twen 
tyCoiir  thousand  crrorHif     AncJ  did    nof  j 


the  fear  oft  lie  cotifn- 


su  that  the  n-al  "Truth  Seeker"  could 
obtain  the  truth  if  he  really  desired  it. 
and  a  man  with  the  iiifoniiotion  of  the 
"Truth  Sfeker"  cannot  e.\eu.sf  himself 
on  those  grounds  if  he  is  brought  unto 
judgment. 

The  gintleman  asks  one  question  that 


l-qU 


That  witiieswd  oiiof  lu  youth  my  wchI  or  woe:   ho  many  changejH  alarm  th^-m  so  greatly 


f  making  ■  I  did  not  fully  understand,  and  that   is, 


The  tieliln  f.ttiiilidr  uud  the  ptfa-imt   Ihwii, 

When*  oft  I  woiidiTtrd  in  the  mcirniiiK  dawn. 

Rise  up  btffor.*  me  in  my  pliul   Kurj)ri:«>', 

A«  when  I  viewed  tliem  with  my  youthful  eye-". 

While  Kiviftly  musing  oVr  life's  fleetinfj  \mft^, 

I  meet  my  frieniis  of  yore  advanfied  in  age, 

With  deeply  dimiWi'd  fihcek«  and  heads  no  gray. 

The  tokeus  of  departing  i\>iy. 

0  what  a  Ipj^son  thin  of  Iif.''n  decline, 

And  man's  sppfdy  exit  from  the  shoren  of  tim**! 

How  brief  f!if  period  fruni  our  youthful    bloom. 

To  hoary  age  and  the  mouldflriug  tuuib. 

Heri'  first  I  heard  the  wtill  Kmult  voit'e  of  love, 

The  wouingfl  of  the  Spirit  from  above. 

Which  stirred  my   longin;f«   for   our    Father'** 

house, 
Where  ihey  shine  forever  in  their  vermil  bloom. 
Onr  time  glidex  onwiird  hn  the  rolling  utresm, 
Its  scenes  nil  viiniHli  an  th«  nightly  dr.-am, 
The  frien'N  wecheridli  'mid  the  smiles  of  youth 
Some  desire  sin,  soiin'  wear  the  budge  nf  truth 
Then  vanish  scened  of  earth,  iU  joys  decline; 
I  long  to  reach  that  bi-tter  hind  and  clime. 

(■OSriNlKI). 

In  the  graveyard  I'm  fitting  in  solemn  reflet  tijn, 

'Tis  «  loijely  retreat; 
While  scenes  of  the  past  come  in  bright  recul- 
lection, 
And  life's  i-tory  repeat. 
Here  the  friends  tt{  my  youth  in  deafli's  cham- 
bers are  lying. 
And  mouldering  to  dust, 
Years  have  gone  sin^e  they  passed  through  the 
ordeal  of  dying, 
Ooce  strong  and  robust. 
Ucw  plainly  their  features  still  shine  on   my 
virtion 
Long  Milent  in  death: 
Wiiei]  I  iihnred  their  glad  xuiiles  ere  the  day  of 
decision, 
That  closed  up  tlioir  breath. 


EXAMINATION  OF  SOME  OBJEC- 
TIONS AGAINST  THE    J-MVINE 
ORIGIN  OF  THE  BIBLE. 

BY  LEWIS  O.  nUMMKU. 
NUMIIKR    III. 

rpIIlS  lumiher  may  seem  interesting  to 
*•  my  readers  as  a  great  many  may 
uot  know  that  our  translation  in  gener-- 
al  use  \h  na  imperfect  as  it  is,  and  that 
men  will  rather  conceal  the  truth  and 
keep  the  world  in  ignoranc-e  than  give  a 
faithful  translation  and  then  conform 
their  practict;  thereto — tliey  will  change 
the  word  of  (iud  to  .suit  their  pi-actice 
rather  than  c^hange  their  practice  to  tht 
word  of  (rod.  Tile  "Truth  Seeker"  asks 
the  following  pertinent  questions: 
"Are  not  the  errors  and  inaccuracies  of 
the  Bible  snfficieut  to  cause  tbiukiii 
people  to  doubt  itJi  divin"  origin?  la  it 
possible  that  \nth  these  thei-e  is  a  possi- 
bility of  making  mistakes  and  commit- 
ting errors?  Werenot  all  thebooke  of  the 
nil)]e  copied  and  i-e-copied  many  times? 
And  is  it  not  true  that  they  were  trans- 
cript of  tranecript,  wWh  errors  and 
changes  creeping  in  with  every  new  copy 
made  ? 

After  what  is  called  KingJames'  trans- 
lation was  published,  in  1611,  wiLs  it  not 
found  by  Bishop  Teuison  and  Floid  that 
thousands  of  errors  had  crept  in?  In 
IflGU,  did  not  Dr.  Blayney  correct  a  mul- 
titude of  errors  that  had  not  before  been 
liscovered?'  And  did  he  not  reform  the 
text  in  many  places  and  correct  the  de- 
fective chronology  in  many  instances?  In 
view  of  the  great  numbers  of  erroi'S  the 
book  containetl,  did  not  the  British  and 
Foreign  Bible  Society,  aft^r  issuing  and 
circulating  millions  of  copies,  declare 
that  a  faithful  examination  of  it  gave 
rise  to  serious  doubts  as  to  whether  it 
can  truthfully   be  called   the    word    of 


that  they  decided  to  defer  making    the 
corrections?     And  are  they  not  this  day 
continuing  to  circulat*^  In  vast   numbeo 
a  book,  which,    by  tlieir  own  acknowl- 
edgement, contains  twenty  four  thouwand 
errors?      Im  it  not  trut*  that  the  Bible  H< 
vision  Committee  in  Kriglaiid,  whlirh  for 
nearly  ten  years  has  been    industriously 
engagedin  makingchangesnnd  improve 
mcnt   in  the   revt-aled    word,  given  out 
the  information  that  the  present   version 
contains  some   one    hundred    and    fifty 
thousand  errors  of  one  kind  and  anotiier-? 
When  they  shn])  have   completed    their 
wr)rk,  and   the  changes  are   all    made, 
vviien  tht-y  shall  have  the  improved  woi-d 
of  God  all  completed,  is  there  not  danger 
tliat  it  will  be  so    changed  fi-om  the  Bi- 
ble we  knew  in  our  childhood    that   we 
cim  scarwdy  recognize  it  a.s  the  same  pi'o- 
diiction  V 

What  I  have  i|iiiited  in  this  number 
may  seem  weiglity  to  man)  men  who  are 
as  destitute  of  critical  aeeunien  as  the 
Truth  Seeker,"  J)ut  thephllosojiher  i^ees 
no  difliculty  here,  or  argument.  How 
does  it  conic  that  the  writer  knows  all 
that  is  goiiig  on  among  the  translators, 
and  is  ignoi-ant  of  the  fact  tliat  many 
Christians  do  uot  j-ecogni/.e  King  James' 
version  and  liave  clianged  the  translators 
with  fraud?  Is  the  wrirer  ignorant  of 
the  fact  that  thousands  of  Christians 
have  sufl'ered  martyrdom  rather  than  ac- 
knowledge the  authority  of  the  church 
to  altar  or  change  the  word  of  God? 
!)m's  he  think  any  Christian  will  sanc- 
tion tiiese  forgeries? 

But  what  has  that  to  say  about  the 
j^enuine?  Does  the  writer  not  admit 
th'it  men  have  changed  the  original, 
which  is  virtually  an  admission  that  the 
genuine  orunRltered  is  of  divine  origin. 
It  is  the  original  book  that  I  claim  to 
be  of  divine  origin,  and  not  that  which 
men  have  charged  lortheir  conveniences. 
The  writer's  arguments  commit  suicide 
with  his  premises.  How  could  these 
errors  be  corrected  if  there  were  no  f/en- 
uine  copy  to  correct  by  ?  How  would 
we  know  that  there  were  errors  if  there 
were  no  truth!  The  writer,  by  his  con- 
fession has  got  himself  into  a  dilemma 
by  arguing  these  olyections.  All  that 
I  claim  for  the  Bible  as  being  of  divine 
origin  is  that  part  of  the  Book  that  per- 
tains to  God,  and  uot  the  historical  part, 
yet  I  regard  the  Book  as  a  book  of  truth 
with  the  exceptions  of  such  changes  that 
have  been  made  that  changes  the  truth. 
To  add  a  word  or  use  a  different  word 
to  more  clearly  convey  the  truth  to  peo- 
ple of  different  languages,  is  not  an  er- 
ror or  a  fraud,  but  of  the  highest  impor- 
tance; but  to  make  such  changes  that 
form  I^e  muovatioas  and  superogations 
of  the  church  is  the  worst  kind  of  a  fraud. 
In  the  subject  of  baptism  we  have  the 
matter  clearly  demonstrated.  }t  was  just 
:i8  easy  to  give  in  the  English  tongue  an 
exact  counterpart  of  the  Greek  hiqitho 
as  any  word  iu  tbe  language,  but  tlie 
translators  had  the  instructions  of  a  king 
to  follow,  and  that  was  not  to  give  a 
faithful  translation,  but  a  translation 
that  would  not  contlict  with  the  practice 
of  the  church,  and  this  is  about  the  only 
erroriu  our  common  version  of  important 
magnitude.  This  pious  fraud  has  always 
been  repudiated  by  many  Christians  and 
other  translations  were  made  and  in  use. 


did  he  (Blayney)  not  reform    the   te.rt 
in  many  places"?     Keform   means    im- 
prove.    Does  the  writer  mean  that   the 
original  idea  wa-s  improved,  or  the  lan- 
guage to  express  more  clearly  the  idea. 
It  is  a  solecism  to  talk  of  improving  or 
reforming     the  idea    conveyed  by    the 
word,  but  words  are  often  used  to    con- 
vey the   idea    which    by    appropriation 
strictly   belong  to  some  other  word,  so 
that  if  that  could  lie  regarded  as  an   er 
ror,  I  would  like  to  see  the    translation 
that  Mr.  "Truth   Seeker"   would    make 
from  the  original  and  see  if  he    would 
give  us  a  translation  free  from    philolo- 
gical errors.     I  will   venture   the  asser- 
tion that  he  cannot  do  any  better    than 
many  Christians  have  done.     There  nev- 
er was  a    translation    in    existence   free 
from  these  errors,  and  it  is  highly  prob- 
able if  the  men   that   say    there   are   so 
many  thousand  errors  would    have  any 
less  if  they  gave   us  a   translation    free 
of  error — as  they  would  supiiose.     Phil- 
ological accuracy  is  not  an  essential  ele- 
ment in  any  translation,  if  it    were,    no 
man  could  translate  from  one    language 
to  another,  for  there  are  man}'  words  iu 
a  language  that  have  no  exact   counter- 
part in    another    language.     The    very 
best  of  translations,  will  always  admit  of 
improvement,  and  the    translation    that 
conveys  the  ideas  the  clearest  is  the  best. 
Take  for  illustration  King  James'  trans- 
lation (an  admitted    corrupted    transla 
tion,)  and  any  ordinary    miud   can   dis 
cover  the  truth.     It  is  an  easy  matter  for 
learned  men  to  detect  the  spurious  from 
the  genuine,    for   it  is    much    harder  to 
change  written  documents  so  as  to  change 
their  import  as  it  is  to  forge    counterfeit 
money.     In  fact  it  is'  an  impossibility  to 
change  the  import  of  any   book.     There 
may  be  two  or  more  books  in  circulation 
claiming  a  certain  author  and  then  to  as- 
certain whicli  is  the  genuine,    might   be 
more  difficult,  yet  even  then  its  generally 
easy  to  detect  the  spurious.     That  there 
is  a  God  and  a  revelation  from  him,  is  a 
self  evident  proposition  and  req^uires  no 
proof,  but  whether  we  have  the  genuine 
revelation  is  the  only  question  that   ad- 
mits of  debate.     If  the  Bible  is   not   of 
divine  origin  it  is  because  we  have  not 
tlie  genuine  revelation,  and  not   because 
no  revelation  has  ever  been  made  as  in- 
fidels contend.     I  am  \villing   to    affirm 
that  we  have  the  genuine  revelation,  and 
that  the  religion  of  Jesus  is  the  only  gen 
uine  religion  in  the  world.     And   with 
reference  to    the  Bible   Societies  being 
fearful  of  the  consequences  of  making  a 
correct  translation,  I  have   only   this  to 
say,  that  the  only  thing  t\\%y  fear  is  just 
what  KingJames  feared  iu  giving  a  faith- 
ful translation,  and  that  is  their   unholy 
practices  in  the  church.     Such  as   bap- 
tizing infants  in  embryo   and   at  eight 
days    old,    with    their  sprinkling   and 
pouring  under  the  name  of  haptiso.     A 
faithful  translation  of  the   word   hapiizo 
should  by  all  means  be  procured  by  those 
who  disclaim  all  authority  to  change  the 
word  of  God  and  then  infidels  will  have 
no  more  such  admissions  fi'om  Bible  So- 
cieties, and  no  more  unfaithful   transla- 
tions. 

It  is  upon  this  poiut  that  the   revela- 
tion of  God  has  been  changed  by  the  au 


else.     Why  does  he  not  give  a  faii 
resentation  of  these  things?     !»  ],, 
ly  seeking  the  truth, or  ishesimplx 
ing  for  weapons  to  destroy   the    [:,; 
Let  him  answer  the  question.     It 
seeking  the  truth,  can  he  ever  esj., 
find  it  as  long  as  he  pursues  it  win, 
h\trary,—frst    pvinriplm.      If  i,i|;  ,  , 
have  out  done  the  Christians  in  th.    ,| 
coveries  of  truth    they    have   a   i^ii  ,, 
method    of  acquiring  it.     I    think    i|~„ 
whole  success  of  their  discoveries  li,.,  ^, 
their  ignorance  of  truth,  so  that   tr-v.-,, 
thing  they   see   that  looks   round    i|,, 
think  is  a    pumpkin.     When  the  ]',i(,] 
we  now  have  is  corrected,  we  will   -i,, 
ply  have  immersion  in  placeof  bniiti  . 
which  Baptista  have  iu  all  ages  cuur,  ,,,1 
e(i  for,  so  that  the  "Truth  Seeker"   n^;^,^ 
not  live  in  ignorance  on  tliis  point,    rq,! 
this  is    about   ull    the    perceptible  im. 
provement  of  any  conseqiiem.-    that  can 
be  made.     "If  the  book  is  right  now  as 
it  has  been  accepted  for  two  hundred  and 
fifty  years,    will    it  still   continue  to  be 
right    when    such    a  great    number  of 
changes  shall  have  been  made  in  it?    If 
it  is  a  divine  and  perfect  production,  can 
it  possibly  be  right  to  tamper  with  it  so 
extensively  ?"    This  extensive  tamperinij 
is  all  imagination,  and  if  any. one  doubts 
this  let  him  get  a  cojiy   of  the  original 
or  these  imj)roved  versions  and  comi)are 
them.  The  fnuiduleutly  designs  of  traog. 
lators  have  always  been  exposed  by  oth- 
er Christians,  so  it  is  useless  to  blow  so 
much  on  this   point — it   only  manifests 
great  ignorance  or  dishonesty. 


THE  ORIGIN  OF    BAPTISM-PQUR, 
ING  AND  SPRINKLING. 


A^ 


HY    A.   H.  KL1.IS. 

N  ordinance  forever,  Is  ah  ordinance 
continuing  through  the  longest 
time  in  which  it  can  be  an  ordinance; 
that  is,  throughout  the  whole  continu- 
ance of  the  dispensation  of  which  it  is  a 
part;  thus  the  ordiuance  of  baptism  is 
an  ordiuance  as  long  as  time  lasts;  no 
man  has  any  righi.  to  do  away  with  it, 
or  to  change  it  iu  the  least.  It  was  giv- 
en us  by  the  i-'avior,  John  the  Baptist, 
and  the  apostles. 

It  appears  that  John  the  Baptist  was 
about  six  months  older  than  the  Savior; 
he  was  called  the  forerunner  of  Christ; 
he  was  a  prophet;  he  taught  the  will  of 
the  Almighty;  he  did  the  first  baptiz- 
ing; he  laid  the  plan;  he  taught  the  peo> 
pie  the  ordinance;  he  baptized  Jesus  in 
the  river  Jordan;  he  served  his  Mastti 
as  long  as  h^  lived;  he  took  no  pay  for 
his  services.  The  Savior  endorsed  John's 
jdan  of  salvation  according  to  the  will 
of  his  heavenly  Master.  The  Savior 
chose  twelve  men  to  be  his  brethren 
whom  he  called  apostles.  He  taught 
them  the  plan  of  salvation,  and  the  or- 
dinance of  baptism  as  he  was  instructed 
by  his  Father  in  heaven. 

It  appears  tliat  tbe  apostle  John  was 
the  only  one  out  of  the  twelve  that  died 
a  natural  death.  He  lived  about  one 
hundred  years  longer  tiian  the  rest.  Hm 
life,  no  doubt  was  spai'ed  for  a  wise  pm- 
pose.  He  instructed  the  people  in  the 
way  of  salvation,  and  the  orilinanues 
that  should  be  kept.  Although  John  out 
lived  the  rest  of  the  disciples,  b'lke 
was  tbe  last  writer.  It  was  about  one 
hundred  years  after  Christ's  death  he- 
fore  tbe  Testament  was  put  together, 
that  is  before  the  manuscript  could  be 
collected  together  and  fully  underetooil. 
It  seems  that  the  apostle  John  was  to 
live  until  this  was  done,  or  until  it  w^^ 


thorityofthe  church  and  the  "Truth  j  fully  understood.  God  works  in  a  mys 
Seeker"  ought  not  to  be  ignorant  of  -  terious  way.  John  seemed  to  be  a  lo'^' 
these  things  while  he  knows  everything '"ly  writer — a  lovely  man — and  no  doubt 


^toaiber_8_ 


.  r  woiiK.. 


'^^-  4  .'tviit  wnii-fiu'lion  to  bim  to  t^fc 
"'  ,(1  work  linisbed,  iisil  wiisorjaiu 
\\lt»t  a  v^*"'"^**"*  tiling  it  would  have 
'■  ,  talk  wiib  John.  Little  did  Jobo 
■*",  ^|,.jt  iu  sq  short  ft  time  there.  wouUl 
'"  iiiiiiiv  ilitiereot  modes  of  Baptism. 
''"  jj  m-e  fouip'-niHl  to  go  back  to   the 

'      ,r  John,  if"  "•-•  ^^'■^ii''  to   get    lu   the 
•>V  " 


u,  iTftck.  Ai-cording  to  the  auoieul 
^'  ij  scfiuy  tliat  in  a  country  wiiere 
'  r  «»^  ^^'^"^  P^'''^^^'  ^''**^  made  baths 
'■\tn.  iiniiif-rt-iou  oi'  all  believers.  Theie 
'  1 .  were  made  three  or  tour  t'e^t  deep. 


I  lit  tln^  wholf  body  could  he  immei'ts- 
,1  this  was  done  face- foremost  in 
(noration  of  his  death,  the    death 
/Pbrist.     It  has  ever  been  since  Christ 
'     tlje iteople  worshiped  face-foremost, 
tlieir  knees,   and   often    fell    upon 
-   fac'i*-   Biiptism  was  performed  an- 
lU-,  and  by  jHorae  to  this  day,  in  the 
ikene-«  "f  his  ileath,   face  forward.    He 
1  ffcil  his  head  anil  died. 
Tlie  very  nature  of  the  act  of  baptism 
t,5,.i.ibed  in  the  New  Testament,  im 
"(it-s  that  it  was  administered  in    places 
iapud  for  the  immersion  of  persons  in 
,.|er.     The  fact  that  every  age  of  the 
history  of  the  church,    and    every    land 
lit-re  thegospel  iu  the  early  daysspread, 
War  testimony  to  the  e.xistence  of  struct- 
rfs  t'.-pecially  intended  for  immersion, 
J ny  iiiinressive  testimonial  that   in    all 
jjes  the  prevailing  conviction  of  his  pro- 
fessed  followers  has  recognized  the    n»- 
l^reof  the  ordinance  as  the  Savior   ap- 
iioiDtcd   it.    The    statements  of    early 
Christian   writers,   as   to   the   mode  in 
jliich  and  the  places  where  baptism  was 
iduiiuistered,  is  not   to    be  confounded 
,-i(li  the  doubtful  truth  of  their   views 
B  the  1  Ificacy  of  baptism.     Tlie  one   is 
a  uiatter  of  eye-sight;  the  other  of  opiu- 
jou;   a  distinction  carefully     observ^ed 
in  judging  of  the  authenticity  of  all  his- 
torical records  and  in  weighing  all  testi- 
mony of  eye  witnesses.     The  positively 
existing  structures  now  visited  and   ex- 
amined by  the  Christian  tourists  are  il 
lustrated  as  well  as  confirmatory  of  the 
statements  of  tho.se  ancient  witnesses. 

The  New  Testament  statements  indi- 
eate  that  three  distinct  kinds   of  places 
were  resorted  to  by  Christ's  apostles  for 
the  performance    of    baptism.      River 
aliores  as    at  Bethabara  and   Philippi; 
public  pools  as  at  J  erusalem  and  on  the 
toad  to  Gaza;  and  private  baths,    as  in 
the  centurion's  house  at  Cesarea  and   in 
the  jail  yard  at  Philippi.     The    testimo 
ny  therefore  of  the   inspired    records  is 
that  any  place  adequate  for   immersion 
is  appropriate  for  the    ordinance.     The 
apostles  u.sed  liaths  when   there  was  no 
stream  handy  that  contained    plenty   of 
water  for  the  immersion  of  the   whole 
body.     Thus  Cornelius,  the  Roman  cen 
turion,  was  baptized  in  a  bath,   by   the 
apostle  Peter,  also   the  Philipiau  jailer 
by  the  apostle  Paul.  The  earliest  known 
writer  after  Luke,  was  Clement  of  Rome ; 
he  says,  "baptism  may  be  performed    in 
A  river,  in  the  sea,  or  in  a  lake,  so  it  is 
done  in  the  name  of  the  Holy  Trinity." 
Tertullian   describes   the    ordinance   of 
baptism    as   being   three   actions,     and 
where  the  water  is  of  full  depth  to    im- 
merse the   whole   body.     Ambrose   es- 
tablished an  order  of  Scripture  reading, 
singing  and  prayers,  in  the  language  of 
the  people.     He  liaptized    iu    the  name 
ofthe  Father,  and  of  the  Son,    and   the 
Holy  Spirit.  He  says  this  was  the  prim 
itive  mode  prior  to  the  year  A.  D.  300. 
Pascalin  by  trine  imipersion  up  to  the 
year  A.  D.  44:!,  he  used  water  that  was 
from  three  to  four  feet  deep,  and   face- 
foremost. 

Cyril  baptized  by  three  actions,   face- 
forward,  the  three  actions,  having  a  mys- 


huri.'d  of  Christ.  Strabo  s-«ys  trini  im 
niei-siun  was  the  ancient  mode  up  to  the 
eiglith  century.  T)r.  Wall  says  the  way 
of  trine  immersion  or  plunging  the  head 
ofthe  person  three  times  into  tile  water, 
was  tlie  general  practice  of  all  antiipiity. 
The  practiceof  tiiue  immersion  prevailed 
in  the  West  as  well  as  in  the  East,  till 
the  fourth  council  of  Toledo,  whicli,  act- 
ing under  the  advice  of  tiregory  the  lireat, 
in  order  to  settle  some  disputes  which 
hatl  arisen,  decreed  that  henceforth  only 
one  immersion  shoidd  be  used  in  bap- 
tism. Who  had  any  right  to  make  this 
changed  Did  Eiinomius  the  inventor  t>f 
single  immersion,  or  Gregory  the  (ireat? 
The  ordinance  of  a  threefolo  immersion 
wa.s  given  us  by  the  apostles. 

It  would  seem  that  in  France,  in    tlie 
eighth  century,  many  ofthe  clergy    had 
in  cases  where  immersion  was  impracti- 
cable or  very   difficult,    volunteered    to 
modify    their   practice    by    pouring    or 
sprinkling,   as  tbe   case   might  require. 
Thus  Pope  Stephen  II.,  granted  it,    and 
also  said  that  in  a  case  of  illness   or    an 
infant  that  the  practice  should   be    held 
valid,  if  it  \^as  done  in  the  name  of  tlie 
Holy  trinity ;  the  Pope  requires  three  ac 
tious  in  baptism.    But  what  right  has  ht 
or  any  other  man  to  change  the  ancient 
mode  of  baptism,  as  it  was  given  us   by 
the  apo.stles  f     Take  notice  this  learned 
Basnage  allows  sprinkling  only   in  case 
of  imminent  d.inger.  Tliis  order  was  not 
noticed  mucU,  but  was  practiced  by  some 
that  were  too  nice  to  go  into   the  water. 
Shortly  after  this  order  by  Pope   Steph- 
en, there  was  a  law  passed   in    France, 
England,  and  Germany,  to  compel    dip 
ping,  and  wlthoutany  provision  for  cases 
of  necessity.     These  law-makers  looked 
bick  to  tbe  ancient  mode,  and    declared 
by  a  large  vote  that  immersion  was   the 
mode  in  which  our  ancestors  in  the  fath- 
erland was  baptized.     This  is  manifest, 
not  only  from  the  hi.story  of  baths,  pools, 
and    font^,     but  from  the  earliest  histo- 
rical records.  King    Edwards    the    VI., 
and  Elizabeth   were   both  immersed. — 
Tyndai  says,    "The    plunging  into    the 
water  signifietH  that  we  die  and  .are  bu- 
ried with  Christ.     This  is  what  dipping 
in  the  water  doth  betoken."  It  has  ever 
been  since  Chri8t,or  the  apostles,that  some 
will  take  one  view  of  baptism,  and  some 
another.     But  the  candid  mind,  and  the 
reading  man  or  woman  who  is  informed 
in  ancient  history,  that   is   not   partial, 
must  say,  that  immersion  is  the    ancient 
mode,  and  all  other  innovations  has  been 
invented  by  poor    mortal    man.     When 
the  true  spirit  of  Christ's  simple  word  is 
awakened,  there  stands  before   the  new 
believer  in  Asia,  Greece,  Italy,   France, 
Germany,  England,   everywhere   alike, 
the  baptismal    pools  of  the  early  Chris 
tian  times,  seeming  to  exclaim    "This  is 
the  w.ay  the  Master  trod ;  walk  ye  in  it." 
The  Cliristian  visiting  Palestine,  seeking 
at  the  spot  where  Jesus  bowed  his  head 
beneath  the  stream  of  Jordan,  to  instruct 
his  faith  and  to  learn  his  Master's   will, 
finds  at   each   step,    following   Christ's 
apostles  westward,  new   and  constantly 
increasing  testimonials,  in    the   existing 
baths,  and  fonts,  as  to  his    appointment 
in  the  solemn  ordinance  of  baptism. 

Dr.  Judson,  in  the  apostolic  times  the 
administrators  haul,  bowed  forward, 
aided  by  that  genuflection  which  in- 
stinctively comes  to  one's  aid  when  at- 
tempting to  bow  in  that  position,  until 
his  head  was  submerged,  and  then  rose 
by  their  own  etVort 

the  ancients  baptized  by  three  actions, 
and  face  forward,  in  the  name  of  the 
Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy 
Ghost-     Go  ye  and  make  disciples  of  all 


haptizii  g  tltm  in  the  name 
t»f  tlie  Kather,  and  of  the  S>n,  and  of  the 
Holy  QKosl.  Do  ye  therefore,  O  bish 
op  immerse  thrice  into  one  Faliier,  and 
Soil,  ,nud  Uidy  tihost,  according  to  the 
«ill  ofChrist  by  the  Spirit!  i-ivmem- 
ber  that  God  hath  said,  "your  covenant 
with  death  shall  be  disannulled,  and 
your  agreement  with  hell  shall  not 
stand."  Clirist  hath  said,  "he  who  lie 
lieveth  not  theS.iu,  shall  not  sec  life; 
but  the  wrath  of  tiod  abideth  on  him." 


%omt  anil  '^amUg. 


ttlHIII  IrllAl  HX«  >liur  III1UIU'I». — I'Al'L. 


THE  TWO  ROADS. 


WHAT  SHAI-U  WE  DO  WITH  OUR 
DAUGHTERS? 


A^ 


IT  \v!is  New  Year's  night.  An  aged 
man  was  standing  at  a  window.  He 
raised  bisniournfiil  eyes  toward  tlie  deeji 
t)lue  sky,  where  the  stars  were  floating, 
like  white  lilies  on  the  surface  of  a  clear, 
calm  lake.  Then  he  cast  them  on  the 
arth,  where  few  more  hopeless  bein*^ 
than  hiuiself  now  moved  toward  their 
certain  ijoal — tbe  tomb.  Already  he 
had  pajwed.sixty  of  the  Htages  winch  lead 
to  it,  and  he  batl  brought  from  his 
jouraey  nothing  but  error  and  remorse, 
hid  health  was  destroyed,  his  mind  va 
rant,  his  heart  sorrowful,  and  his  old 
age  devoid  of  comfort. 

The  days  of  hia  youth  i-ose  up  in  a 
vision  before  him,  aud  he  recalled  tbe 
Molemn  momenta  when  his  father  had 
placed  him  at  the  entrance  of  two  roads, 
one  leading  into  a  peaceful  sunny  land, 
covered  with  a  fertile  harvest,  and  re- 
sounding with  soft,  sweet  songs;  while 
the  other  couducteil  the  wanderer  into 
a  deep,  dark  cave,  whence  there  was  no 
issue,  wliere  poison  flowed  instead  of 
water,  and  where  serpent-s  hissed  and 
crawled.  He  looked  toward  the  sky. 
and  cried  out  in  his  agony:  "O  youth, 
return!  ()  my  father  place  me  once  more 
at  the  entrance  of  life,  that  I  may  choose 
thfe  better  way"!  But  the  days  of  his 
youth  and  his  father  had  both  passed 
away. 

He  saw  wandering  lights  floating 
away  over  dark  marshes,  and  then  dis 
appear.  These  were  the  days  of  his 
wasted  life.  He  saw  a  star  fall  from 
heaven,  and  vanish  in  darkness.  This 
was  an  emldem  of  himself;  aud  the 
sharp  arrow  of  unavailiugremorse  struck 
home  to  his  heart.  Then'  he  remember- 
ed his  early  companion,  who  entered  on 
life  with  bim,  but  who,  having  trod  tbe 
path  of  vu-tue  and  of  labor,  were  now- 
honored  and  happy  on  this  New  Year's 
night. 

The  clock,  in  the  high  church  tower, 
struck,  and  the  sound,  falling  on  his  ear,  1 
recalled  his  parents'  early  love  for  him,  I 
their  errring  son,  the'  lessons  they  had 
taught  him,  the  prayers  they  had  offer- 
ed in  his  behalf.  (Overwhelmed  with 
shame  and  grief,  he  dared  no  longer 
look  toward  that  heaven  where  his  fath- 
er dwelt:  bis  darkened  eyes  dropped 
tears,  and,  with  one  despairing  effort,  he 
cried  aloud:  "Come back,my early  days! 
come  back!" 

Aud  his  youth  did  return;  for  all  this 
was  but  a  dream  which  visited  his  slum 
bers  on  New  Y^ears  night. 

He  was  still  young;  his  faults  alone 
were  real.  He  thanked  God  fervently, 
that  time  was  still  his  own;  that  he  had 
not  yet  entered  the  deep,  dark  cavern; 
but  that  he  was  free  to  tread  the  road 
leading  to  the  peaceful  laud,  where  sun- 
ny harvests  wave.  Ye  who  still  linger 
on  the  threshold  of  life,  doubting  which 
path  to  choose,  remember  that  when 
Thus  it  seems  that  (years  are  p.issed.  and  your  feet  stum- 
ble on  the  dark  mountiiin,  you  will  cry 
l)itterly,but  cry  in  vain:  "0  youth,  re- 
turn! give  me  back  my  early  days!"— 
Selected  by  Sai;au  J.  1*khe. 


PUOPOS  of  what  M-^s.   I/ivermore'« 
late  lecture  on  the  above  important 
tpiestion,  and  the  navenj)ort   Democrat 
th\)s  si-usibly  makes  answers: 
Teach  tiiem  self-reliance. 
Teach  them  to  make  bread. 
Teach  them  to  make  skirtn. 
Teach  them  to  foot  up  store  bills. 
Teach  them  not  to  wear  false  hair. 
Teach  them  not  to  paint  or  powder. 
Teach   them   to    wear  thick,     warm 
shoes. 

Teach  them    how    to    wash    and  iron 
clothes. 

Bring  them  up  in  the  way  they  should 

Teach  them  how  to  m^ke   their   own 
dressed. 

Tearb  them    that   a   dollar   is  only  a 
hundred  cents. 

Teach  them  how  to  cook  a  good  meal 
of  victuals. 

Teach    them    every    day    dry,   hard, 
practical  common  sense. 

Teach  them   how   to   darn   stockings 
and  sew  on  buttons. 

Give  them  a  good  substantial  common 
school  education. 

Teach  them  to  say  no,  and  mean  it,  or 
yea,  and  stick  to  it. 

Teach  them  to  regard  the  morals  and 
not  the  money  of  beaux. 

Teach  them  to  wear  culico  dresses — 
and  do  it  like  aipieen. 

Teach  them  all  the   mysteries  of  the 

kitchen,  the  dining  room  and  the  parlor. 

Teach  tiiem    to    have  nothing   to  do 

with  intemperate   and   disolute    young 

men. 

Teach  them  that  the  more  one  lives 
within  bis  income,  the  more  they  will 
save. 

Teach  them  the  further  one  lives  be- 
yond their  income,  the  nearer  they  ^et 
to  the  poorhouse. 

Kely  upon  it  that  upon  your  teaching 
depends  in  a  great  measure  the  weal  or 
woe  of  their  after  life. 

Teach  them  to  cultivate  a  garden,  and 
drive  a  road  team  or  farm  wagon. 

Teach  them  that  God  made  them  in 
his  own  image,  and  no  amount  of  tight 
j  lacing  will  improve  the  model. 

Teach  them  that  a  good  steady  me- 
chanic without  a  cent  is  worth  a  dozen 
oil-pateut  loafers  in  broadcloth. 

Teach  them  the  essentials  of  life — 
truth,  honesty,  uprightness — and  at  a 
suitable  age  let  them  marry. 


In  the  time  of  John  We-^ley,  one  of 
his  preachers,  nanied  John  Nelson,  was 
pressed  into  the  army;  but  he  adhere<l 
firmly  to  the  gospel  of  peace,  and  refus- 
ed to  tight.  He  was  taken  before  a 
court-martial,  by  a  file  of  musketeers 
with  their  bayonets  fixed.  When  tjues- 
tionedbythe  court.  Nelson  answered: 
"I  shall  not  fight;  fori  cannot  bow  my 
knee  before  the  Lortl  to  pray  for  a  man, 
and  get  up  and  kill  him  when  I  have 
done;  I  know  God  both  hears  me  pray 
aud  sees  me  act;  and  I  should  expect  the 
lot  of  a  hyocrile"if  my  actions  were  to 
contrailict  my  prayers." — Lomion  Her- 
alif  of  Pfact. 


He  who  caunst  moderate  his  grief 
will  soon  have  a  new  grief  to  weep 
over. 


'I'HK    HRETlril<i;>.'    -VT    AVOltl-C. 


September 


PIUUSIIKD  WKKKLT. 


M.  M.  ESITKI.MAN, 
S.  J.  HARRISON. 


)  EniTons  amd 

J  Pkophietoiw. 


1.  TiiK  Ktlitor*  Willi"'  r«M.oi.i.!liI(>  only  for  tJic 
mnenil  loiu-of  tin-  piiiuT.  «iiil  tin-  Irw^rtlon  of  an 
artU'le  clofs  not  nniwy  ttiHl  lliej-  eiKlonw  every  »cn- 
tlmeul  of  till'  Hrit«*r. 

2.  roNTniiuTons  ill  onirr  to  RCPiirpftrf)m[it  In- 
aertionof  tlicir  inlulcj*.  "ill  |ilfiw»-  ii->t  huliiliii-  in 
persnnjilih«-s  niMl  unc.iirli-oiis  hiniriiinic.  l.iil  ).ip- 
sent  tlieir  vli-wn  ■•  wilJi  ifni<-«-  »cjwomkI  witli  wait. 

3.  Tin:  lUifTiiitiTN  AT  AVdKK  will  !"■  Hi-nl  ^> 
Bnya<l<Ir«w  In  (In-  VniWi  Miilfi*  t.r  Ciutii'lii  for 
tl.fill[>priiltniim.  For  tin-  IfMilinK  rliiirm  t4-rl«llrH 
of  llw  I'ap'-r.  ii«  welt  as  ti-nns  to  .-iK'-ntH  wi-  o^glitli 
pOf^-.     Aiiilrf.ia  111!  roniiiinniiatiinm. 

UKFTflKFN  AT  WORK, 

Unnrk.rnrrolK'n.,  III. 


si:i'Tf:«i(i:it  m,  imo. 


On  last  Lord*.  iMy  tw-.iiun  w.-r- iMptiZi-d  in 
tlie  I'infl  CrfckXlnirch.  III. 

WiiKN  ni.-n  (iin.  [jc-npl^  iiKk.  "WliRthaTftlipy 
left  iM-hiiJil  tlitni?'  Imt,  iinK'l"  itujnin-,  "What 
havf  tliey  sent  before  thcmV" 

My  afJdrecs  rifter  Sept.  7tli.  IH'H  will  1. 
Platt^burg.  Clinton  Co..  Mo,  instead  ol'Shoalw 
Maitin  Co.,  Ind.  David  A.  Nonrnoe«. 


SoMK  men  fold  their  armn   and  wait,   for   in- 
npiration  to  givf  (hem  jiomctliinp  to  do.    while 
■  the  weeds  of  mn  gruw  nj)  iill  Hrnund  tlieni  with- 
out any  inHpiration. 

Tbub  ediiCHtiou  i»  not  boa»itfuI.  not  BrrogHnt. 
not  welf-willed  in  ib  remiltM.  "flu-  more  in- 
telligent a  niiin  heconicn  the  Ic«»  hi-  tliii.ka  of 
himwlf,  and  the  more  lit-  thinI(HolulliBr»," 

Show  u*i  o  man  who  becomes  more  hnnible 
by  being  praised,  and  we  will  uliow  you  a  man 
who  Iian  on  "the  whole  Armor  of  Oorl,"  ivhit  h 
Armor  th«  fiery  darte  of  the  wicked  one  cannot 
penetrate. 

SisTRit  Wkalthy  a.  Clatikk,  of  Hnniingdon, 
Ph..  formerly  editor  of  I  he  Votin;/  J)isriji(t\  ar- 
rived here  on  the  moniing  i)f  the  31st.  ult.,  and 
han  luki-n  lodgingH  with  tlio  BitRTiiKKN  at 
WoiiK  family. 

Why  iihoiild  a  man  who  ninkeH  every  man 
thiit  owes  him  pay  the  tilinnst  farMiiitK,  I)r»v 
to  God,  "KorRive  uh  our  debts?"  Why  nhoiild 
he  (idd  "rt^  we  forgive  our  debtors"  wiieu  h- 
will  not  forgive  a  debtor? 


All  who  deHire  preachiag  and  la<:k  in  miuiii- 
tibial  fore*',  or  thoiu^  who  live  iRolated  from  a 
church,  in  either  Kaa!*A«  or  Nebra-ka,  should 
addre^x.  until  iJ"(h  in-f..  Elder  Martin  Myers. 
Hamlin,  Hrown  Cn,.  Kan  ,  in  care  of  .lohn  K. 
Springer.  Hro.  Myers  will  l>e  traveling  in  tbe^e 
States  and  can  preach  where  his  eervicea  are 
needed. 

RfAD  carefully  the  laiit  nage  of  this  paper. 
We  NUggert  that  tbi»  number  be  pnwerved  by 
all  for  future  reference.  We  have  given  that 
pjtge  in  this  i>-!<i|p  for  the  advancement  of  tract 
work,  and  in  thi*  we  aUo  »im  to  obey  the  voice 
of  in*' pi  ration,  which  Bayii:  "Wliatsoever  thy 
bund  findeth  to  do,  do  it  with  thy  might." — 
Keel  !i:  10.  _ 

Tub  seventh  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Indiana 
State  Cbrixtian  AxRociation  opposed  to  S^cn  t 
Si/ciftien,  will  meet  at  Albion.  Indiana,  Octo- 
h'T  liUt,  and  continue  in  KeNnion  iintit  (be  even- 
ing of  the  a8d.  We  are  pleiisi'd  to  note-tlmt 
the  worker^  againNt  Secretirtni  are  mtking  con 
tiiderabte  headway.  They  have  our  heartfelt 
nympHthies  and  pray  the  Lord  to  blcM  their  ef- 
forta  for  good. 


Special  attention  is  called  to  the  advertiKe- 
mi'tif  of  workx  on  pecret  8ucieti4')«.  We  Hlanrt 
opposi-d  to  con-titiilional  secreti-'m,  becaust*  the 
Jlible  IK  Hgainut  it.     The  Hible  ih  against  it  ii 

cause  it  i^   an    injury    to    mankind.     Send    for 

HOine  of  I  he  pamphlets  and  leain  to  avoid  the 
nieitluK  of  HecretiHHi  a«  taught  and  practiced    by 

rliH  different  aocietiea   which    are  urging  their 

claim  upon  the  people. 

Mum  Ankik  Olivp.u  hrw  In'cn  preachirg  in 
the  Mefhndiwt  (,'luireh  in  Brookl>n.  This 
81-emN  to  have  stirred  up  the  feelings  of  some  of 
the  members  who  are  oppo-sed  to  women  preach- 
ers. They  went  into  the  liouwe  and  took  out 
nearly  everything  that  was  ill  it,  even  earned 
iiway  the  IJible,  If  worldly  perftons  were  to  de- 
ipoil  a  cli..rcli,  llieir  action  would  be  univer- 
sally n-fiarded  uh  spiteful  and  niaticiouo.  It  i» 
toberrgretted  that  hucIi  nianifiatntions  of  preju- 
dice are  found  in  a  civili/,ed  country. 


Wtio  winhes  an  ill-natured  and  churlinh  man 
f'lr  a  neighbor?  What  advantage  would  such 
a  man  Ik*  to  a  community?  Would  he  make 
(leace  more  peaceful,  or  piety  more  pious? 
Would  he  induce  patience  to  be  more  patient, 
and  hope  to  be  more  hopeful?  Anger  hides  tbe 
man  from  himself,  and  exposes  him  to  otiiers. 
In  bin  presence  you  think  it  is  all  the  time  rain- 
ing, yet  you  Hee  nothing  refreshed,  thunders 
you  hear,  but  the  atmosphere  is  no  purer.  An 
angry,  fretful  person  is  the  brimstone  of  so- 
ciety. 

"Will  some  one  of  our  readers  please  tell  us 
how  many  times  Elder  Hay  has  said  "The 
Tunker  Cliurchtfs  are  not  churches  of  Jesus 
Chrif-t"?  We  don't  know  how  often  it  is  ne- 
cessary to  repeat  an  assertion  in  order  to  make 
it  true,  but  we  believe  Elder  Kay  does;  bo  if 
someone  will  kindly  inform  us  bow  often  he 
repeaU.  we  shall  then  knotv  one  more  thing 
than  we  now  do." 

Mr.  Hay  makes  the  assertion  that  the  "Tunk- 
er cluirches  are  not  cliurches  of  Christ"  at  least 
forty-three  times.  Emha  Watson. 


Vor  may  buy  Iriend-i,  law,  justice,  order  and 
about  eveiything  that  is  iu  the  mailiet  for 
filthy  lucre,  but  you  cannot  buy  off  death. 
When  Old  monnter  death  conieN  aloug  witii 
Ins  sting,  you  cannot  pay  him  to  go  away  and 
leave  you  8  little  longer;  he  will  have  his  w^V, 
anil  your  money  and  you  part  for  ever.  Hut 
not  HO  with  the  man  of  God,  He  has  treasure 
wlieie  death 'h  ru.-t  and  moth  cannot  de>itroy;  it 
is  laid  up  in  heaven,  and  the  mighty  and  eter- 
nal God  has  charge  of  it. 


The  Jewigb  Timts  8.i>h  that,  for  many  years 
lerusiilem  has  been  the  very  hot  bed  of  pauper- 
sm,  fh--  refuge  ofthe  iile  and  degraded  .Jews 
from  Poland  and  RuPHia.  Pauperism  is  not  con- 
lined  to  the  aged  &nd  infirm,  hut  it  has  become 
ii  poiiitive  institution,  to  which  all  classes  have 
recourM'.  All  .lewi-h  children  born  in  Pales- 
tine are  enrolled  in  a  book,  and  are  entitled  to 
Alms.  As  a  rejiult  of  this  system,  marriages 
are  quite  common  between  boys  of  fifteen  and 
sixteen  and  girls  of  thirteen  and  fourteen,  the 
principal  idea  being  (hut  an  increase  in  popu- 
lation proiluces  an  increase  of  Alms.  The 
Titiifx  insists  that  the  Jews  in  foreign  lands 
cease  contributing  to  the  support  of  Jews  in 
Palei^tine,  and  thus  break  up  this  nefarious  bu:- 
ness. 


to  break  that  oath  and  stop  the  progr<;^8^^7~^ 
The  oath  is  sin,  execute  it  is  sin,  to  abro*""' 
the  oath  is  a  virtue."  ^*** 

The   late  Josf-ph    Haven,   professor  in 
Theological    Seminary,    Chicago,    I||.^  ^^,     ,^ 
Amherst  College,  i-ajs  on  this  topic:    '  '" 

"Suppose,  for  example.  I  have  promised  tn 
what  is  in  itself  unlawful— to  commit  ■ 
t<j  lie.  to  steal,  to  commit  murder,  or  ii  ^^' 
way  to  violate  the  laws  of  society  or  the!  ^"^ 
God— am  I  under  obligation  to  keep  sn^l"  "'^ 
promise?  Unquestionably  not.  There  c  "^ '  ^ 
no  obligation  on  a^iy  man  to  do  wring,  "il  ^ 
a  contradiction    of  terms   to  say   that  '^ 

oiKjht  to  do  what  he  ouslit  not  to  do.     [n  '"*'* 
the  unlawfulness  ofthe  act   contemplated  '^"''^ 
known  at  the  time  of  the   promise   was   m^^ 
tlinn  the  promise  itself  was  a  gtiiitv   on 
the  sooner  it  is  broken    the    better.     TJ,    '  ^■ 
of  such  promises,  it  ha^  been  well  said  Ij 
in  the  breaking,  but  iu  the  niakiug. 


Kuilt 
Dot 


"In  the  case  the  unlawfuhiFS' 


7«-'"'«' known 


but  the  thing  promised  wa«.  at  the  time 
posed  to  be  lawful,  this  supposed  lai\f,i|np" 


'lip. 

Was 

*  promise- 

'"'*'"'»  »  f«ilur^ 


Si'ccKSB  !« found  at  the  end  of  bard  work. 
"Many  people  have  no  other  way  to  succeed  in 
thisi  world  but  to  jiiill  others  hack,  hut  the  true 
way  \i  to  elevate  otlK^rs  aH  high  as  wo  can,  anil 
then  put  ourselves  above  them." 


A  CAni)  from  Hro.  John  Meb.ger  Aug.  28th. 
staled  tliat  he  was  at  Makauda,  Jackson  Co., 
Ill ,  and  intended  to  hold  some  meetings  there. 
As  A  valiant  soldi-r,  he  fearlessly  goes  forth  to 
fight  sin  and  rescue  the  perithing.  Success  at- 
tend bis  labors. 


Just  out— Gospel  Facts,  n  four  page  tract, 
showing  tlie  order  ofthe  Gosjjel  Plan  of  Salva- 
tion, designed  for  distribution  on  cara  steam- 
boats, in  hotels  and  iuall  public  places.  Twen 
*yfive  copies,  15  cents,  oO  copies  'iS  cents,  100 
copies  40  cents.    For  sale  at  this  office. 


UuDBRdat-;  of  Aug.  14th,  Bro.  Ilope  writes: 
^'Latt  Sunday  we  baptized  one  more,  a  brolbHp, 
making  our  number  now  thirty-six.  Eight 
iiave  been  received  since  June 28th,  Our  new 
ministers  mamo  isSorensen  instead  ofTorenses 
Our  Love-feast  will  be  held  Oct.  12lb,  in  Hjor 
ring." 

Brotiikr  John  Eujikrt  of  the  Arnold's 
Grove  congregation  preached  in  the  Lanark 
Meeting  IIouko  Sunday  morning,  Aug.  Slst, 
and  Brother  Martin  Myers  of  the  Milledgeville 
Church  held  forth  the  word  iu  the  evening. 
We  are  always  pleased  to  see  Brethren  coiue 
among  u;). 

HosKTir  is  greatness.  It  is  the  candle  which 
shows  truth  in  ils  brightest  colors.  "I  cat,not 
keep  your  sin"  t^aid  a  merchant,  "he  told  a  cus- 
tomer of  a  small  blemish  in  a  piece  of  goods,'' 
The  boy  was  turned  out,  'and  with  him  the 
Umpof  honesty  wiw^nutftd  nut  of  that  store. 
The  love  of  money  leads  men  to  resort  to  tricks 
in  tra^e."  and  then,  sooner  or  later,  their  s^ins 
find  them  out.  After  thiM  they  go  down  the 
ladderof  shame,  and  the  world  looks  for  those 
who  ha^'e  honesly  etamped  deep  in  their  liearlt* 
as  irorthv  of  their  fonfidenr^.  "An  honestman 
'"  'he  noblest  work  of  God." 


SoxE  lears  ago  (he  great  preacher,  W.  II. 
U.  Muunay  declnred  ibatit  was  both  inhuman 
and  disgraceful  to  hapiize  p.  oplu  in  the  cold  ol 
the  winter.  Of  lute  years  he  hhs  given  his  Ht- 
tcntion  to  fast  hon^ta  and  fancy  laiming,  ec- 
clesta-sticai  milJiiig  nut  being  j-iilliciently  re 
inuiierKtive.  He  made  grund  show  in  (lie  world 
and  8*1  niatiy  pi-opio  in  amazement  at  lii^  prod- 
igalir.y,  but  alii'!  the  end  of  Mich  worldljihin 
also  comes.  Munnuy  hits  fl.d  far  back  into  the 
.\diroudackf,  and  bheriffs  have  t^eized  his  bor-ies 
und  farms.  Young  men,  beware  of  fast  living. 
Pay  as  you  go,  and  go  on  principle,  if  you 
would  be  liuppy  and  continue  happy. 

WiiKN  our  affections  are  centered  on  bonds, 
mortgages,  lands,  houses  and  the  goods  of  the 
world  to  the  exient  that  we  are  kept  from  the 
house  of  God  it  is  high  time  that  we  do  our  first 
work  over,  time  tliat  we  get  back  to  our  iirsi 
love.  It  is  to  he  regretted  that  persons  give 
tlieiuHelves  and  their  eternal  intercnts  uway  in 
such  a  manner.  Is  it  any  wonder  tliat  mis- 
sions work  drnga  slowly  along  under  such  cir- 
cumstances? Is  it  any  wonder  that  ministers, 
iho  spend  all  their  living  picacliiug  the  Go.s- 
lel,  go  down  to  their  graves  in  sorrow,  whilr 
others  sink  into  ruin  because  of  liche^?  Th- 
minister  is  all  light  for  the  world  to  come,  but 
how  will  it  be  with  the  covetous  and  greedy  ? 


On  Monday,  Sept.  IU,  the  Committee  ap- 
pointeil  by  District  Meeting  met  at  Mt.  Mor- 
ris to  confer  in  regard  to  place  of  next  Annual 
Meeting.  Tliey  visited  several  places  and  then 
came  to  this  place  to  view  the  grounds  here. 
Ill  the  evening  they  met  in  the  meeting-house 
and  after  several  hours  deliberation  decided  al- 
most unHiiimouslv  that  the  next  Conference 
hould  be  held  on  the  farm  of  Brother  Isaac 
Rowland  at  Lanark.  The  place  of  meeting  is 
one-half  mile  from  the  depot,  and  well  adapted 
for  the  purpose.  We  anticipate  a  very  pleas- 
ant time  with  our  Brethren  if  we  live,  and  be- 
lieve the  Committte  of  Arrangements,  which 
cou!^i•*ts  of  Euocli  Eby.  J.  C.  Lehman,  J.  H. 
Moore,  D.  M.  Miller  and  Edward  Forney,  will 
do  all  they  can  to  make  the  coming  Conference 
a  success  so  far  as  their  work  goes.  The  Com- 
mittee met  again  on  the  morning  of  the  2nd  to 
advance  the  work  still  further. 


TiiK  attempt  of  somH  half  a  dozen  small  con- 
gregations in  the  neighborhood  of  East  Broad- 
way to  establish  the  ofBce  of  a  "Chief  Rabbi 
and  a  Beth  Diu  for  all  tbe  congregations  of  the 
United  State.s"  is  certainly  doomed  to  he  a  dis- 
mal failure.  The  tendency  of  American  lite, 
even  iu  religious  circles,  is  decidedly  opposed 
to  the  centralization  of  power.  The  Ameriran 
Jewishcongregatioii«are.  always  have  been,  aiio 
will  remain,  autonomous,  Vila  do  not  want  any 
Chief  Rabbi  here  nnd  it  would  be  impracticable 
to  establish  the  office  if  we  did  want  one.  No 
con:;re;r  I'oii  of  any  impoitaiice  bus  joined  the 
East  Broadway  movement  and  we  are  author- 
ized to  state  that  the  announcement  that  the 
congre;;atiou  Shaaray  Tefila  ban  signified  it-i 
willingness  to  join  is  without  foundation  in 
fact. — Ittfonner  ami  Jewish  Times. 


SHCTJID  MASONIC   OATHS   BE 
KEPT  OR  BROKEN? 

UNDER  this  head  the  Cynosure   puis  some 
plain  truth;!,  and  quotes  several  profound 
biblical  scholars  on  the  subject,  it  says: 

"With  uptit'ted  eyes  gazing  upon  the  glory  of 
heaven,  we  often  ask,  Who  shall  ascend  into 
the  hill  of  the  Lord?  or  who  shall  stand  in  hi« 
holy  place?  And  when  Jehovah  sends  back 
the  answer,  '^He  sweaieth  to  his  own  hurt  and 
cliaugeth  not,"  we  may  justly  pause  and  con- 
sider well  our  act  before  breaking  any  promise, 
covenant,  or  oath  we  have  taken. 

Let  us  pause  before  this  Scripture  and  learn 
its  true  meaning.  Doe.'*  it  teach  that  if  we 
have  sworn  to  do  a  wicked  act,  we  must,  do  it 
t't  enjoy  the  f.ivor  of  God?  Mark  well  its  ut- 
terance. It  does  not  say  he  tliat  sweareth  to 
tlie  hurt  of  truth,  justice,  civil  and  religious 
liberty  and  changeth  not,  shall  have  a  seat  iu 
heaven  and  hear  the  sweet  music  of  aogelic 
song.  But  1*.  does  say,  he  that  swearetli  to  his 
oum  hurt  and  still  adheres  to  his  engagement, 
does  a  noble  act  for  which  he  shall  be  permit- 
ted to  enter  the  joy  of  the  Lord  aud  stand 
among  the  redeemed  iu  glory." 

Albi'rt  Barnes  in  hi.s  iut-jrinetation  of  tliis 
p.l^siige  says: 

"If  the  thing  itself  is  wrong;  if  he  has  made 
a  promise,  or  pledged  himself  to  do  a  wicked 
thing,  he  cnunot  be  under  obligation  to  do  it; 
he  should  at  once  abandon  it;  but  he  *s  not  at 
liberty  to  violate  an  agreement  simply  because 
it  will  be  a  loss  lo  him,  or  because  he  ascertains 
that  it  will  not  b^  as  supposed,  to   advantage." 

A.J.  Howe, professor  in  Bates  Theological 
Seminary,  Lewiston,  Me,,  says: 

"When  men  have  become  bound  by  solemn 
oaths  to  commit  crime,  they  have  no  right  to 
do  it.    They  are  under  the  highest  obligation 


and  a  failure  of  tbe  couditi' 
of  the  obligation,     The  promise  is  to    be  U(C'^ 
in  its  plain    and   obvious    inlciil;  nnd    jf  ,i     " 
was  no  intention  to  do  a  wrong  net.    no 
ise  to  do  a  known  wrong,  of  course  there  is  .'" 
obligation  in  the  promises.  ^ 

"This  was  the  case  with  Herod,  whose proni 
ise  was  to  give  his  daughter  whatever  she  might 
ask;  but  who  in  making  that  promise,   had  no 
thought  of  her  asking  what  she  did.     in  taking 
the  life  of  John  theBaplitt  under  such  circu 
stances,  that  ruler  committed  the  crime  of  m 
der  in  order  to  avoid  breaking  a  promi.,e  which 
in  reality  he  never  made;  aud  which,    if  m,,^, 
he  had  not  only  no  obligation,  but  no  rwhi  to 
keep.     In  like  manner  a   promise  obtained   by 
any  raisreprfseutation  or  fraud  on  the   part  of 
the  person  receiving  the  promise,  is  not   bind- 
iiig,  when  such  fraud    or   misrepresentation  ia 
discovered,  inasmuch  as  the  condition  on  which 
the  promise  was  made  i)roves  false." 

God  insists  that  his  children  shall  not  swear 
at  all.  *If  they  swear,  they  break  the  law  of 
God,  and  the  reader  knows  what  abides  on  I^m 
who  breaks  the  law.  No  one  asks.  Is  it  wrong 
tfit  to  swear?  but  is  it  right  to  swear  fit  all? 
This  God  answers  in  the  negative.  Then  since 
it  is  wrong  to  swear,  when  a  man  turns  his  face 
Christ-ward,  he  is  bound  to  leave  tbe  evil  of 
swearing  behind  him  with  all  other  evils.  If 
he  has  sworn  to  murder  a  man,  must  he  keep 
his  oath?  Ifbe  had  fellowship  with  a  hand  of 
robbers,  having  sworn  to  aid  them  in  plunder- 
ing, must  he  now  rob  and  plunder  in  order  to 
Lrvp  his  oifth  ?  If  Masons  are  empowered  from 
on  High  to  administer  oaths,  then  are  also  all 
other  societies  likewise  empowered.  If  Mitsous 
can  admini  ter  oaths  to  be  kept  inviolate  before 
God,  then  can  any  other  society,  no  difference 
what  its  aims  and  objects  may  be. 

The  object  of  swearing  a  man  into  Masonry 
is  to  hold  him  to  it.  One  of  the  results  of  such 
swearing  ia,  stcresy.  Now  if  a  man  should 
commit  murder,  and  bring  misery  upon  a  dear 
family,  then  turns  to  God,  must  he  continue  to 
inflict  misery  just  because  he  did  wh^tQodsays 
he  should  not  do?  So  with  the  Masonic  oath. 
God  says,  "Swear  not  at  all."  Now  because  he 
did  that  which  God  says  he  should  not  do,  shall 
he  continue  to  regard  the  result  of  that  sweat- 
ing? No;  abandon  the  whole  thing.  "Noth- 
ing is  hid,  which  shall  not  be  manifested. 
Mark  4:  22.  m.  m.  e. 

ORIGINALITY. 


The  boast  of  originality  belongs  emphatically 
to  tlie  ignorant,  unlearned,  and  unthoughtful. 
It  may  be  we  think  of  what  we  never  read  or 
beard,  but  we  ought  to  know  there  i«  much  to 
read  and  be  heard  with  which  we  never  came  in 
contact  and  of  which  we  know  nothing.  We 
ought  to  know,  too,  that,  because  like  causes 
produce  like  eflects,  others  may  hav..-  applied 
the  same  force  of  mind  to  the  same  question 
and  therefore  must  have  obtained  the  same  con- 
clusion which  we  have,  although  we  never  read 
nor  heard  of  them. 

People  who  read  much  and  think  little  are 
not  likely  to  evolve  thoughts  of  which  they 
have  never  read  nor  heard;  while  those  who 
meditate,  reflect,  think  or  reason  much  and 
little  are  likely  to  think  of  a  great  many  things 
of  which  they  have  never  read  nor  heard. 

Probably  we  liave  all  been  more  or  less  sur- 
prised by  the  fact  that  when  we  bad  reached  a 
c  inclusion  in  a  wnyditlerent  from  any  of  which 
ve  knew,  that,  afterwards  in  conversation,  refwl- 
ing,  or  at  public  speaking,  we  would  find  out 
that  what  we  thought  was  original  with  us  had 
^'een  thought  of  years  and  even  centuries  b''- 
fore  we  were  born. 


jSepte: 


ruber    8 


THE    13KIiiTPIIiK>si    ^VT    AVOtlKl. 


41  our  l>irtt»  wenre  all  (cjiinl;  no  one  is  sh- 
jjftTor  iuU-rioT  in  pnwcr  or  merit— intellpcru- 
]lv  mA  nioraliy  we  art^  a  cipher.  All  we  AmW 
*■  lino*  we  iimtt  learii.  This  is  not  only 
'm?  of  ti5  ""*]''  ''"*  ''  '^  ^^^^  °^  *••  '^•lo  hftve 
]jreti  bi^'"'"'^  '''*■  ''"''*'  ^^y  ^'^'"'*'  PPt'ple  ^ftlk. 
hpugh.  it  wouM  aeeni  ootluDgeven  was  known 
before  they  existed,  that  kiiowledgp,  too,  was 
j^rn  «^tli  Ihem.  Such  mnintain  that  others, 
^■\}0  know  anytbiug  of  laaguage,  uitithemalics, 
^,r  science  which  some  one  tise  had  previously 
^noff"  a"^  expressed,  are  fraiidB,  .|uacks,  im- 
postors. pIflgiarisU,  etc,  forgetting  that  all  they 
(the 


consuDiers)  know  they  have  lenrmd. 


Some  persons,  when  they  hear  a  good  sermon 
pffiiched,  a  good  lecture  delivered,  or  sfe  a  good 
^icle  or  book  written,  always  say.  '"he  stole 
(iiat  Iroin it  is  not  original," 

When  persons  are  so  very  free  in  condemn- 
ing  oOiers  for  stealing  because  tliey  have  sonie- 
jjiiDg  good,  we  very  much  suspect  then  that 
those  who  are  so  ready  wilh  accusation,  do  not. 
have  any  thing  good  themselves  except  they 
have  i^tolen  it,  for  our  only  rule  by  which  to 
juilge  others  is  by  ourselves.  la  not  the  n.an 
ffbo  comprehends  a  thought  juat  as  much  the 
figlitt'iil  owner  of  it  as  the  person  wiio  impavt- 
^  it  to  him?  He  has  not  paiflthe  same  price 
for  it  that  his  predeces'-tir  did.  The  price  of  an 
ideH,  ill  every  case,  is  the  necessary  study  and 
gUeiitinn  to  comprehend  it,  and  he,  who  hou- 
fjllyaud  manlike  pays  this  fuU  price  I'.ir  the 
article,  has  an  abHolute  right  to  dispose  (»!'  it  us 
hi*  onn.  _^_^^.^___  s.  J.  11. 

EVANGELISTIC   WORK. 

1  X  pvangelist  is  one  who  ii  anthori/-ed  to 
^  preach  the  gospel,  but  hasnot  tlie  care  and 
wponsibilities  of  a  church.  Timothy  was 
i.oiiiniaD'it"l  to  "do  the  work  of  an  evangelist," 
^()  in  obedience  to  this  command  he  seems  to 
have  done  his  work  well.  There  are  still  evan- 
gelish  in  the  house  of  God,  who,  through  their 
perseverance  and  steadlairtuess,  are  winning 
many  souls  to  Christ. 

A  meeting  of  all  evangelists,  missionaries, 
cfiUDsellois,  overseers,  workers  has  bten  called 
ID  the  Solomon's  Creek  Church,  Indiana.  We 
not  understand  this  meeting  to  he  called  in 
the  iuttrest  of  any  class  in  the  church,  nut  (o 
Q!urp  authority  over  the  church,  but  to  con- 
fer with  one  another  in  reference  to  tlie  best 
method  of  doing  evangelistic  work,  and  how  to 
iplily  the  pure  principles  of  our  holy  religion. 
Wheii  brethren  and  sisters  meet  and  talk  over 
liii-ir  ditlVreuces  in  the  spirit  of  the  Master  and 
liy  aside  all  prejudices  and  notions,  regarding 
tdub  oth' r  as  being  purchased  by  the  same 
precious  blood,  adopted  by  the  same  holy 
nniiQ^  aad  nan  rishud  by  the  same  vine,  then 
ilrifts  and  divisions  rapidly  vanish.  Who  does 
Dot  love  the  peace  of  Jolm  14:  27? 

Id  the  days  that  are  pa^t  and  gone,  many  of 
us  have  rejoiced  in  the  increase  of  the  army  of 
IheLord  by  the  liands  of  such  men  as  Bashor, 
(Juinter,  Hiilery,  Gibson,  Mohler,  Metzger, 
Crife,  Calvert,  Hendricks,  Buckalew,  Stump, 
Forney,  Workman,  Urown.  Hoover,  Loehr, 
West,  Hixon,  Nead,  Kline,  D.  M.  Miller  and 
maoy  others  whose  names  we  cannot  meirtion. 
Thfs.j  went  forth  with  the 'Word  of  the  spirit," 
ind  withstood  the  storms  of  worldly-minded 
"I'n,  and  have  done  well  for  the  cause.  We 
ibftiik  God  for  the  many  valiant  soldiers.  Not 
»feiv  may  be  found  among  the  humble  walks 
"flife,  who  are  also  doing  good  buttle  for  their 
jMa'ter.  We  know  some  who  are  not  ininis- 
tsrs,  that  are  doing  a  mighty  work  for  the 
|Wrd.  These,  too.  should  go  up  to  Solomon's 
.Creek  to  give  word.s  of  comfort  to  the  'veary 
|Waf{iJnt.  Let  all  who  have  had  e.Kperience  in 
pundiui,'  out  the  woi-d  of  the  Lord  be  there. 
I^^t  thosi' who  are  almoat  sinking  under  the 
i^Wvy  burden  lie  there  Let  those  who  have 
•ords  of  sympathy  forthe  weary  ministers  be 
nere.  L^t  him  who  loves  the  association  of 
"'brethren  be  there.  May  all  be  bent  fitted 
'ucwily,  intellectually  jmd  religiously.  Let  us 
J^upiu  the  fear  of  the  Lord.  ' 

Since  writing  the  foregoing  the  Pfogresaive 
'Christian  .,f  Aug.  2!)t,h  h  at  hand,  and  in  speak- 
?  ot  the  nrp|)i)8ed  meeting  of  missionary  work- 
■^'Sugg^-sls  that  the  Moderator  of  evangelism 


many  commendable  features  in  tiiat  Plan.  We 
believe  our  Brethren  generally  will  do  that 
which  is  fair  and  just  in  this  niatt«r,  and  in  all 
things  that  are  good  and  pure  we  wish  to  lend 
a  helping  hand.  «.  m.  e. 


amenting.    Thi.i  we  think  would  bo  well, 


"'f  (he  Moderator  could  endorse  the  projiosed 
*^t''ig  i.t  Solomon's  Creek,  Ind.,  we  think 
^^  the  Eiist  and  the  West  co;>ld  ea.sily  reach 
We  would  like  to  aee  the  Ogan's  Creek 
*"rk  come  before  that  meeting,  for  there  are 


DECOYS. 

A  BUTCHER  wants  a  decoy  sheep,  one  that 
will  lead  others  where  he  wants  them,  so 
he  singles  out  one,  pets  it.  fondles  it  until  it 
will  follow  him.  With  this  pet  sheep,  he  will 
decoy  or  lead  his  sheep  to  the  slaughter  pen. 
Thousands  of  sheep  are  thus  led  by  a  single 
Bheep  unto  death,  but  alas!  the  decoy  sheep 
finally  goes  where  all  the  others  have  gone. 
He  gets  old.  is  fattened,  killed  and  hung  up 
where  tho.se  before  liim  hung. 

i'lsh  will  not  so  much  as  nibble  at  an  empty 
hook.  The  delicious  bait  must  cover  it,  before 
the  finny  fellow  will  take  it  in  his  mouth.  The 
decoy  must  be  complete  before  the  fisherman 
can  realize  a  dainty  dieh  for  his  dinner.  So  sin 
is  covered  with  many  a  bland  smile,  a  shake  of 
the  hand,  or  a  "hin  d-^  yon  do."  in  order  to 
mislead.  The  devil  does  not  keep  a  stock  ofde- 
cojs  very  long.  So  soon  as  they  are  detected 
by  the  "wise"  and  the  "elect"  he  turns  them 
out  and  introduce.s  new  ones.  In  the  haunts 
of  Llottsure,  each  yt-ar  he  introduces  new  decoys. 
The  method  of  cheating  so  successful  last  year 
is  supplanted  by  a  new  one  this  year. 

Philip  Costo  went  to  the  city,  and,  being  a 
stranger,  he  looked  around  for  some  tine  look- 
ing stylish  gentleman,  with  whom  to  spend  the 
time  and  see  the  sights.  He  soon  finds  him. 
The  evenings  are  long,  so  the  men  proposes 
crociuet.  It  is  delightful!  Time  passes  so  rap- 
idly! But  it  soon  heconips  too  dry  for  them  on 
the  commons,  so  some  interesting  billard  table 
i.s  sought.  The  nights  are  too  short,  so  a  part 
of  the  day  is  spent  in  the  "pleasurable  amuse- 
ment." Philip  learns  rapidly,  soon  thinks  he 
is  the  best  player  in  the  State,  if  not  in  the 
world.  He  bets  and  losct.  bets  again  and  loses. 
Money  nearly  all  gone,  ashamed  to  go  home, 
and  too  lazy  to  work,  he  stakes  his  ia.'^t  dollar. 
It  goes  where  the  othei-s  have  gone.  No  money, 
no  food,  no  friends,  the  fine  gentleman,  the  de- 
coy, gone  to  finish  another  Philip  Costo.  Poor 
Philip!  decoyed  in  to  play  croquet,  he  was  eas- 
ily led  from  bad  to  worse  until  h'!  found  him- 
self a  poor'outcast,  a  lonely,  friendless  boy  in  a 
great  city.  Decoyed  by  a  wolf,  and  left  a  car- 
cass, he  goes  down  to  the  river,  plunges  into  it. 
and— well  the  next  day  the  papers  read: 
"Found,  in River,  Philip  Costo:  Sup- 
posed to  have  committed  suicide  " 

The  farmer  p\i^,s  twenty  busheh  of  wheat  on 
his  wagon,  starts  to  market,  and  gf'ts  there  in 
good  time.  "What  is  wheat  woith?"  "$1.10" 
says  the  grain  dealer.  Parmer  goes  to  another 
dealer  and  says,  "What  is  wheat  worth?"  ■$!.- 
10"  is  the  answer.  "1  have  been  offered  $1.13" 
says  the  farmer.  All  right,  says  dealer  No,  2, 
you  beter  take  it,  I  cannot  give  more  than  $1.10 
Farmer  gc^  back  to  dealer  No.  1  and  says,  "I 
have  been  offered  §1.12  for  my  wheat."  "Well," 
says  the  dealer  who  wishes  to  retain  his  trade, 
"  I  will  give  the  same,"  and  the  sneaking  farm- 
er invariably  chuckles  over  his  "sharp  bargain." 
Decoyed  by  Satan  to  tell  a  falsehood  for  forfy 
ffnis!  Sold  his  chances  for  heaven  for  forty 
cents!  Well  it  is  just  as  bad  ifhe  had  sold  it 
for  forty  millions. 

The  world  is  full  of  decoys.  Sometimes  they 
get  into  churches.  Men  will  be  leaders,  even  if 
they  are  blind.  They  decoy  the  artlers,  the 
innocent,  and  at  last  go  down  to  eternal  woe. 
Men  will  follow  some  leaders.  If  not  Christ, 
then  some  other  being  far  beneath  Christ. 
Such  decoys  will  finally  go  just  where  they  are 
leading  others— like  tlie  decoy  sheep— iind  their 
last  end  will  he  full  of  wailing  and  gnashing  of 
t'^eth.  M.  M.  K. 


THE  DONATION  PERPETUAL. 

Uar  Ihrllnrn:— 

WE  think  upon  examination  of  the  outlines 
and  suggestious.  relative  to  the  Tract  So- 
ciety you  have  hit  upon  u  most  excellent  plan  that 
will  commend  itself  to  any  one  desirous  of  doing 
something  for  the  cause  of  our  heavenly  Fathev. 
First  it  gives  all  an  opportunity  to  work  to- 
gether and  each  donor  can  manage  tho  distri- 
bution of  the  amount  of  tracts  he  is  entitled  to. 
Thus  he  may  know  his  money  has  not  been 
tquandered. 
Secondly  cvry  donor  becomes  acolportcur  and 


thus  the  tracts  will  be  distributed  from  many 
diffi-rent  poiut-s.  Suppose  you  have  a  donor  in 
every  church  district,  then  it  follows  there  will 
bea  distributor  of  tracts  in  every  church  district, 
one  who  can  have  the  opportunity  to  scatter 
the  good  seed  out  into  the  highways  and  hedges 
and  into  the  families  of  those  who  do  not  at- 
tend our  meetings. 

Thirdly,  the  donation  HfMr  becoitict  exliaus- 
'erf.  Oh!  what  a  grand  opportunity  for  every 
child  of  God  whom  the  Lord  has  blessed  with  a 
little  of  this  world's  good  to  work  for  Jesus, 
not  only  while  he  lives,  but /or  long,  long  years 
tiftcrhe  has  passed  atrng.  Just  think  of  it! 
Though  the  body  lies  mouldering  in  the  dust, 
and  the  spirit  gone  to  God,  who  gave  it,  still  the 
leaven  is  at  work  in  the  world.  If  it  is  so  (and 
why  not)  that  in  eternity  we  are  conscious 
of  transpiring  events  here,  wha^  a  joy  to  know 
after  we  have  i)assed  over  there  that  tlie  little 
we  have  done  to  help  on  the  good  cause  is  still 
at  work,  and  through  this  auxiliary  to  the 
preached  word,  souls  are  being  brought  to  a 
saving  knowledge  of  God's  free  grace.  What  a 
ready  opportunity  your  plan  of  Brethren's 
Tract  Society  is  to  i,.\t  in-  theasl-kes  in  heav- 
en. As  time  rolls  on  the  more  will  be  accom- 
plished through  our  donation,  and  if  any  one  is 
to  be  rewarded  according  to  the  deeds  done  in 
the  body,  surely  tlie  reward  will  be  in  propor- 
tion to  the  good  results  accomplished  through 
our  donations.  As  the  good  continues  so  shall 
our  reward  be  continuous.  As  the  interest  here 
continues  year  by  year  so  will  our  interest  con- 
tinue in  heaven,  not  however,  as  a  reward  of 
merit,  but  of  continued  love  and  grace  from 
God,  simply  because  we  did  what  it  was  our 
ilutii  to  do  icitli  the  Lord's  goods.  We  bespeak 
for  the  enterprise  success  and  shall  heartily  do 
what  we  lan  to  help  on  the  move.  In  a  mat- 
ter of  this  kind  we  do  not  stop  to  inquire  will  it 
attcct  our  reputation  any  way  in  our  public  ca- 
pacity to  lend  a  helping  hand  Duty  is  always 
partiiiiount  to  reputation  or  worldly  praise.  As 
we  believe  the  Tract  Society  is  one  of  the  chan- 
nels through  which  we  may  do  good,  our  con- 
science condemns  us  not,  and  if  our  conscience 
does  not  condemn  us  God  will  not— that  is  so 
long  as  convictions  of  conscierice  are  the  result 
of  obedience  to  truth,  and  the  outgrowth  of 
duty.  Yours  hopefully, 

Auoi'ST  29th,  1879.  J.  S.  Flort. 


eU  per  acre   for  ISTft. li^-suitn  of  our   hut 

Fourth  of  .July,  so  far  m  heard    from,  ar«    18 

killed.  107  wounded. A   qnati   was  «hot  in 

Florida  with  a  ruby  in  his  throat. 1,000,000 

acres  of  the  «oil  of  India  are  devoted  to 'th« 
growth  of  the    poppy,  for  the   production   of 

opmm. Each  day  there  are  l.WXJ.OOO  gallon* 

of  petroleum   brought  to  the  naiftu-j-.  of  the 

earth. The  Esterbrook  St«el  pen  Co ,  makes 

over  150  styles  of  pe,,,. A  ragged  beggar  r*. 

ceiitly  dropped,  accid.nfally.  a  package  of  $400. 

A  poor  Florida   fi-herman.  while  digging 

worms,  found  a  pot  containing  »l.40f)  in  gold 
coin.- — Kentucky  makes  about  250,000  bar- 
rels of  whisky,  consuming  U.OOO.OOO  busheU  of 

corn  and  500,000  of  r>e Some  Jersey   cow» 

will  give  in  one  month    the'ir  own  weight  of 

milk. A  Texas  wool-grower  has  a    aheep 

with  variegated  black  and  white  wool. There 

are  over  724  millions  acres  of  Government  land 
rveyed   and    open  to  settlement,   and   1.000 

illiousyetto   be  surveyed. A  cattle  epi- 

demis  of  a  fierious  n  iture.  we    learn,    has   made 
appearance  at  Lincoln,    Nebraska.      Fifty 


ITEMS^OF  INTEREST. 

A  single  ant  will   lay  millions  of  eggs. 

Postage  hereafter  must  be  entirely  prepaid. 

A  snow-storm  in  Southern  France  is  another 
of    the   strange    things   which  are    happening 

nowadays. A  new    puss   over     the      Kacky 

Mountains  has  been  discovered  by  Pr.jf.  Marsh. 

A  Minnesnta  hen.is  doing  two  days   work 

in  one— 32  eggs  in  IG  days. Bread  in  Lon- 
don is  three  cents  a  pound,  lower  than  for  many 

year. Texas  has  considered  hereducation  and 

appropriates  §600.000  for  school  work.  Now 
she  only  needs  good  teachers. Harvard  Col- 
lege graduated  its  largest  class  this   year,    over 

200. The  Canadian  Government  is  engaging 

fiirmers  to  instruct  the  Indians   in    farming   in 

the   Northwest. Total    value     of     postage 

stamps,  stamped  envelopes,  and  postal  cards 
sold  during  the  past  }  ear   was  S29,539,or)0,  an 

increase  of  $971,866  over  the  previous  year. 

The  French  Minister  estimates  that  France  will 
pay  $100,000,000   for  foreign  grain,   most    of 

which  sum   will    come    to    America. The 

United  Statts  uses  2,200,000  ounces  of  ijuinine 

as  a  febrifuge. Grasshoppers  are  devastating 

the  wlieat  ti«lds  of  Southern   Prussia. The 

"Golden  Gate,"  a  17-foot  schooner,  has  hft  Bos- 
ton for  a  trip  around  the  world.     Two    persons 

go   with  it. One   hundred  years  ago  there 

were  only  fournewspapsrs  in  America. Dur 

ing  the  year  ending  June  JiO,  1S7!),  39.224  im- 

mignu.ts  landed  at  New  York. A  farmer  and 

ten  of  his  cows   were  (struck   by   lightning  in 

England. Telephones  are  worked   between 

Getei-sburg,  Va,,   and    Wilmington,   Del.   22(i 

miles. Real  estate  is  rising  in  New   York 

City;  a  go(jfi  sign  of  better  times. Missouri 

has  acorn-cob  pipe  factory;  pays  a  cent  apiece 
for  suitable  cobs,  and   cannot  supply   the   de- 

mimd. Boston  drinks  15  000  gallons  of  soda 

water  per  day. Southern  California  is  ex- 
pecting an  immense  grape  and  orange  crop. 

The  direct  losses  to  sheep-oivnera  in  the  United 
States  from  ravages  of  dogs  is  ov*r  $1,000,000 

annually. Nebraska  is  reported  to  have  gain^ 

ed  72,662  in  population  in  thclost year. — — Illi 
no's  wheat  will  probably  average  tweuty  bush 


its 


head  per  day  die  in  that  vicinity. Texas  has 

3.674,00(1  sheep. The  annual    production   of 

bees-wax  in  the    United    States   is  2(>   million 

pounds. Thirty  swarms  of  bees  swarmed  at 

once  01  a  single  tree  in  Hoonesville,    Ohio. 

Mways  start  a  horse  by  the  voice   and    not  by 

he  whip. France,   Belgium   and  Cuba  are 

lie  only  countries  producing  a  surplus  of  gu- 
ar.    In  the  first  two  nam^d,  it  is  from  the 

beet:  in  the  last,  cane  sugar. Eleven  cheese 

factories  were  built  in  one  county   in    Wiacon- 

-iii    last   winter.     All    in  operation. U    n- 

luires  not  one-fourth  as  much  power  to   mOTe 

L  load  on  water  as  it  does  by  rail. The  City 

of  New  York  disposes  of  12,i)ii(i  cattle  per  week. 

Virginia  has  12  cotton  factories.     She  had 

none  before  the  war. Buckwheat  should  not 

be  fe.l  unground,  as  the  sharp  edges  of  the 
grain  irritate  the  animal's  stomach. The  bal- 
ance of  trade  in  favor  of  the  United  States  for 
the  year  ending  .lime  3ii,  187ft,  was 267  milliona 

of  dollars. Thomas  Taylor,   Microscopi^t  of 

the  Department  of  Agriculture,  i^  discharged 

by  Commissioner  Le  Due. Failure  of  crops, 

depression  in  tra.le.  and  foreign  war,  will  make 

Englanil  thoughtful,  if  not  sad. A  HeUo- 

trope  14  years  old,  and  covering  a  space  of  10  x 

14   feet  is    reported. ^JUiclugan    has    70.000 

more  acres  of  wheat    this  year   than    last. ■ 

Many  small  farmers  in  France  pay    their  rent 

from  their  poultry  yards. At  Worth,  Iowa,  a 

ram  killed  a  dog  which  had  badly  torn  a  young 
lamb  in  thefiock.  Not  a  hone  was  unbroken 
in  the  dog's  body,  the  revenge  had  been  so  se- 
vere.  The  acreage  of  Arkansas   cotton   crop 

isfour  per  cent  larger  than  last   year. Italy 

ha.s  ordered  20,0(in  tons  of  coal  from  Philadel- 
phia and  Heading. 

The  mortality  record  in  New  York  for  the 
week  ending  Saturday,  July  26,  was  600  against 
833  the  previous  week.  The  decrease  is  due  to 
the  favorable  change  in  the  weather. 


DANISH  MISSION  REPOEl 

Springfield  Cbiirch, 

0. 

#2.00 

Mohican            " 

0. 

3.00 

Chipaway 

0. 

300 

I'aiiiter  Crfpk    " 

0. 

600 

Vallv)  Creek       " 

.      Va, 

2.00 

W^ihinatou  Creek  Church              Kaa. 

2  35 

R.ick  Creek  Church 

III. 

200 

PeahwW 

■    Ran 

1.00 

B.ar  Creek 

III. 

800 

Failiug  Spring  " 

Pa. 

a.  00 

Sandy  Spring    " 

0. 

3.0O 

Lewietowu          " 

Pa. 

2.00 

Coventry            " 

I'a. 

10.00 

Eel  Uiver 

.     lud. 

130 

Salamony          " 

.     Ind. 

368 

Howard              *' 

.     Ind. 

2.00 

Log  Creek          " 

.    Mo. 

SOO 

C. 

1*.  UowLASp,  Treasurer. 

JUimirk,  III.,  August  3ll,  1S79. 

(P.  c, 

pUast  copi/.) 

DANISH    POOR  FUND. 

.istoria  Church  ...  III.    S3  CO 

Mary  Sandburn       .  111.      100 

Bear  Creek        ....  IJI.      5.00 

C.  P.  Rowland.  Trrasurer. 
[.iiniirk;  III..  Aligiisl  Mh,  1S79. 
P.  C.  PIrast  Co/iy. 


September 


©ur   phh   (ffass. 


'■-  ■ 'J;  »i»>  TonffM  Can  TfH" 

..-iii-d  fur  MttincaiicI  Bn- 

1  Iri.mtli"  nililo.    In  '"■ 

rmli   :,n  ilii'-stinns  alioiilrt  t'*» 

;  III   n.iii>lf   Irtlii:'!'!':''-    We  pIibM 

.    r.iir    roritril'iit'»r»   tu    aiiBWi. 

.ACliiil-'Jiny  .Hlicra  writing  iil'*>» 


Will  «"mf  oiw  oxiJain  H-l).  1 :  1 '  "  And  ot  ths 
uiceli  li.>  siiilh.  Who  nwkftli  bin  BnBfU  liplriU.  «nd 
MtmUM^m  n  ll«n.i.  of  lire,'  R.  T.  CnooK. 

Will  sonifl  one  iilwi-w  pxpl"""  M«tt.  n;  H-  '" 
purti.uliir  wo  w.iuld  USD  to  know  "li"  l»lli"  I™"'' 
and  wl.v    callfd  the  teisl  I"  the  klngiloui  .d  lirav- 

j„y  ■  JK.T1N.I    MlLUiU- 

Will  >oino  l.rotliiT  or  »i«l<-i-  idoino  explnln  wliat 
tblnm  wfrc  done  In  l!elli»bnr«.  Tlial  wlildi  H 
apok«n  of  In  St.  John  wt*. 

Sahi'EL  W.  Yii»t. 

I  heller*  that  It  l«  nmerally  rialmed  by  u«  tliiit 
wean-  >triullv  icriiilurul  In  our  iiraeliw.  Will 
Bomel.rMlhiMorMHUTIileiarlelln.  «liiT.' tlie  com- 
mand or  p\am|do  wlK  Riven  hy  Christ  or  the  nl...»- 
tles  tor  the  proctlee  of  the  •ahilatlon  between  the 
.upper  im.l  coniiiinnlon '/  A  w-rlptural  anawor  1« 
de»ir.-<l.aiidnotllie  tradition  of  the  eldera  (thl» 
aide  of  Ihe  apoBtle.).  '>■  Yr.I-NCK. 

[Will  Hrollicr  IS.  F.  Mooraaw  nnjwer  Brother  D. 
■i'ouneeT— Elm.) 

Will  some  one  plea»o  explain  the  r.tli  and  «th 
verBe,Hof  the  otii  eliapler  of  IlevehitionBl'  Uremia 
Ba  followa:  -And  when  he  hud  opened  the  third 
seal.  I  heard  Ihe  third  lmeit«:iy.  Come  .-m.l  »ee,- 
And  I  beheld,  and  lo.  a  blaek  horse;  and  he  that 
sat  on  him  had  a  |.alr  of  bulnm-es  In  hia  hand. 
And  I  heard  ji  voice  In  the  llildat  of  tlie  four  beaaU 
■ay.  A  memon-  of  wheat  for  B  penn.v.  and  three 
measures  of  barley  for  a  penny ;  and  «oo  thou  hurt 
not  the  oil  and  the  wine." 

Also.  Matt,  n  :  11,  "Anionc  tliem  that  ar»  bom 
of  women,  there  hath  mil  risen  a  itreater  than 
John  the  BapUat:  notwlthslandlng.  he  that  is  least 
In  tlieklncdom  of  heaven  Is  (freatcr  than  he." 

Kmma  .1.  MTl'.lll.v. 


C.  J.  HEAD  ANSWERED. 

Will  some  one  ho  kind  enough  to  explain  Ileb. 
Itp.juy  O.J.IHIAD. 

1WILL  give  m.v  humble  opinion  in  rogord  to 
this  aueslioB.  The  2(ith  verso  reads  as 
follows:  "For  if  we  sin  willfully  after  that  we 
have  r-'Ceived  the  Icnowlodgo  of  ein,  there  re- 
maineth  no  nioro  sacrifice  for  sins."  If  wo 
sin  willfully  wo  must  certainly,  know  it  to  be  a 
sin  before  we  doit.  Therefore  knowing  it  to  be 
a  sin  and  go  and  do  it,  wo  sin  ogainal  the  Holy 
Ohojt,  which  ialheunpardonublosin,  and  this 
being  tlio  case,  certainly  there  reinaineth  no 
more  sacrifice  for  sin,  Uy  rending  the  2,')th 
verse  you  will  plainly  see  that  tho  apostle  has 
told  us  "not  to  forsake  the  oascmhling  of 
ourselves  together"  and  eo  on.  Then  if  we  do 
forsake  tho  assembling  of  ourselves  together, 
we  do  «iu  willfully,  when  we  have  everything 
comfortiibie  in  the  way  of  warm  clothes,  and 
good  conveyance,  good  health,  etc.  If  we  will 
read  from  the  2-lth  to  tho  'iSth  verse,  and  see 
what  we  may  look  for  if  wo  «in  willfully  we 
certainly  will  he  very  careful  how  we  do  things 
that  onr  coUBcienco  condemns. 

Mahy  K.  Stahr. 


THE  POWER  OF  GOD. 

ItY  .IAMK8  WIUT. 

"For  I  am  not  ashamed  of  llio  Gospel  of  Christ ; 
for  it  ii  the  power  of  God  unto  salvation  to  every 
one  that  believoth;  to  the  Jew  lliflt  and  also  to  the 
Greek."    Itom,  1 :  111. 

THE  power  of  God  is  manifested  in  different 
ways  throughout  the  works  of  nature  and 
in  the  economy  of  grace.  The  object  of  the 
present  article  is  to  notice  the  power  of  God 
more  particularly  iu  the  work  of  Hedeniption. 

The  incarnation  of  Christ  was  accomplished 
through  the  agency  of  divine  power,  and  this 
consists  in  theunion  of  the  liuniau  and  divine 
natures  in  the  person  of  the  Mesiah. 

Christ  attested  his  power  by  the  many  mira- 
cles which  he  performed,  having  entire  control 
of  the  elements  of  nature.  Water  was  converted 
to  wine,  and  the  wind  and  waves  obeyed  him, 
the  dead  were  raised  to  life  and  returned  I  o 
their  home*  and  families,  and  all  diseases  that 
flesh  is  heir  to  were  instantly  removed  bv  his 
miraculous  power;  the  influence  he  swayed  over 
the  minds  of  the  people  by  his  speech  was  in- 
deed wonderful.  "He  spake  as  never  man 
spake,"  and  the  gospel  which  he  taught  is  the 
power  of  God  unto,8alvation  to  all  who  believe 
and  obey  it. 

After  liis  baptism  iu  the  river  of  Jordan  by 
his  forerunner  John,  God's  power  w.is  demou- 
itrated  by  the  spirit  coming  down  from  heaven 
to  abide  uiK)n  him.  and  the  miraculous  an- 
nouncement proceeding  from  .Jehovah:  "This 
u  my  oeloved  Son  iu  whom  I  am  well  pleaaed." 


The  IransfiLMirationof  Christ  on  the  ni^ounl 
i,  another  instance  of  divine  power:  and  I  eler. 
.lame-,  and  .lohn  wen.  allowed  to  witness  this 
scene  and  hear  word,  uttered  by  the  Father 
similar  to  th.»e  alhisbaptism.  This  revelal.on 
„l  Ood  enabled  I'eler  to  re|dy  to  the  question 
imt  to  him  bv  Jesus  in  the  manner  he  did.  for 
tlesh  and  blood  had  not  revealed  this  unto  hini. 
Another  manifestation  was  the  e^laWishment 
of  hi.  church  on  earth,  which  is  proof  against 
anyatla.*  made  by  all  the  combined  powers  of 
hell,  as  all  power  in  heaven  and  earth  i»  given 
unto  Christ. 

The  j.owerof  God  was  displayed  at  the  time 
of  the  crucifixion  bv  the  supernatural  phenom- 
na  of  nature,  the  sun  was  shrouded  in  d»rkneB.. 
the  veil  of  the  temple  was  rent  in  twain  from 
top  to  bottom,  the  rocks  burst  asunder,  and 
many  of  the  sainte  arose  from  their  graves  and 
appeared  in  Jerusalem. 

The  resurrection  of  Christ  is  an  exhibition 
of  the  power  of  Ood,  and  to  those  who  were  to 
be  a  witness  ofhis  resurrection  he  showed  him- 
self alive  bv  many  infallible  proofs,  being  seen 
of  them  forty  days,  and  speaking  of  the  things 
pertaining  to  the  kingdom  of  Ood. 

Christ's  ascension  into  heaven  was  a  mighty 
display  of  infinite  power.  His  body  ascended 
toward  the  Z»nith  in  direct  opposition  to  the 
],owcr  of  gravity.  The  promise  to  those  who 
love  his  api.euring  is  that  he  will  come  again  in 
like  manner  as  he  dei.arted,  but  to  those  who 
Ho  not  love  hi.  appearing,  he  will  come  with 
his  mighty  angels  in  flamii.g  fire,  taking  veng 
anec  on  them  that  know  not  God  and  obey  not 
the  goBpel. 

Tho  descent  of  the  Holy  Spirit  on  the  day  of 
penteoost  was  a  verification  of  the  promise  given 
by  Christ  our'diviiie  head  which  is  to  bring  to 
remembrance  all  things  that  will  be  to  Ihe  in- 
terest or  promotion  of  the  cause  of  Christ. 


QUERY-REGENERATION . 

Drother  Eslielman,  will  you  ideasc  explain  Matt. 
10-  !«  It  reads  aj  follows:  "And  Jesus  said 
unto  them.  Verily  1  say  unto  you,  that  ye  which 
have  followed  me  In  the  regeneration  when  tho 
Son  of  Man  sliall  sit  In  the  throne  of  Ills  glory,  ye 
also  shiill  sit  upon  twelve  thrones,  judging  the 
twelve  tribes  of  l.niel."  Was  CliriBt  ever  regener- 
ated y  N.S.DAI.I!. 
rilllilST  addressed  the  twelve  apostles  SB 
\J     loiiud  in  Matt.  13:  aS: 

"Ye  shall  sit."  Where?  "Upon  twelve 
thrones."  Doing  what?  "Judging."  Whom? 
"The  twelve  tribes  of  Israel  "  At  what  time? 
'■When  the  Son  ol  Man  shall  sit  in  the  throne 
of  his  glory."  Where?  "In  the  regeneration." 
—"when  this  mortal  shall  have  put  on  immor- 
tality." 

Christ  was  not  regenerated  in  the  sense  that 
we  are  regenerated.  In  order  t,j  he  born,  lit 
did  not  need  to  change  his  heart,  his  conduct, 
nor  his  relation  as  we  must,  hut  when  he  eame 
forth  from  the  time,— was  quickened  again,  he 
regenerated.  In  this  sens*  must  wo  be  regener- 
ated u!so,  and  in  this  we  follow  him.  For  then 
will  "this  mortal  put  on  immortality,"  "this 
corruptible  bo  swallowed  up  by  the  incorrupt 
ble."  Hemember  when  he  promised  seats  upon 
the  twelve  thrones.  They  are  for  the  twelve 
apostles.  "■  ^'  ^- 


HEBREWS 


liril.SON  translates  as  follows:  "For  the 
VV  Word  ol  <i  >d  is  livioc  and  energetic, 
and  men- cutting  than  auv  two-edged  .word, 
cutting  through  even  to  a  Separation  of  Lite 
and  Breath,  and  of  JoinU  and  Marrow,  and 
able  to  Judge  the  Thought*  and  Intentions  of 
the  Heart. " 

Luther  in  hi«  German  translation  differ, 
somewhat  from  the  various  English  translations 
He  savs:  "/*"  'la»  >""<  «""'•  '•''  '*'"''»  "!"' 
krajluj.  mul  t<h„rj'r  dn,  IWm  .-«*»«/, nerrfrj- 
achiKi-JI.  iiii'i  ilurcMrmjrl"  dc. 

There  is  an  apparent  contradiction  here,  since 
Luther  says  that  it  is  sharper  than  no  two-edged 
sword.  Perhaps  some  of  our  German  readers 
can  give  ns  some  light  upon  the  subject.  V\  c 
have  given  the  above  in  order  to  call  them  out. 


FROM  PALESTINE. 


Philip's  Fountain,  and  the 
Jerusalem. 


TRACTS!  TRACTSll 

Why  do  the  iiretliren  not  print  any  T  acts  in  the 
Gotman  language '/  is  not  a  Gerinan  soul  worth  ns 
much  ns  any  other  "^  Hundreds  and  Ihousaluls  of 
Germans  are  in  the  lanil  that  luiglit  receive  i« 
miicii  benefit  as  luiy  body  if  they  could  read  them. 
Samcei.  Iti,:AM, 

GERMAN  Tracts  are  not  printed  bcctuse 
the  ])ul)lishers  are  unable  to  get  them  out 
and  .7i'ee  Ihrm  iimnj.  which  they  would  have  to 
do,  for  too  few  of  our  German  Bretbren  are  in- 
terested in  tract  work.  The  soul  of  a  Gerinan 
is  just  as  precious  as  tne  soul  of  any  other,  and 
wo  would  take  pleasure  in  doing  much  for  them. 
It  is  too  much  to  a'k  publishers  among  us  to 
hear  the  whole  burden  in  these  things.  Had 
we  tens  of  thousands  of  dollara  we  might  well 
put  in  a  lew  hundred  for  such  good  work,  but 
as  we  have  it  not,  we  cannot.  We  this  week 
present  a  method  to  the  General  Brotherhood, 
by  which  all  may  do  something  in  this  way, 
and  thousands  be  taught  the  whole  truth, 
which  but  few  now  learn.  We  have  able  men 
among  us  who  would  willingly  devote  their 
time  in  the  preparation  of  tracts,  but  are  un- 
able to  have  them  published.  If  about  twenty 
Brethren  will  come  forward  with  *l.(lO  each  as 
a  donation  we  will  agee  to  put  the  tract  work 
on  a  permanent  bstsis.  and  issue  them  by  the 
ten  thousands.  We  shall  soon  issue  three  new 
tracts  from  this  office,  two  by  Brother  J.  S. 
I'lory  and  the  other    by  one  of  the  editors. 


[rr..ni  Uie  "Cl.ri.Uiu,  SUn-l.et"  I'X  ■P'cl"'  Amunpm*"! 

ABOUT  five  miles  south-west  of  Jerusalem  is 
a  fountain,  which  is  called  by  the  Arabs, 
Ain  ,1  Urmhieh,  but  which  has  been  known  by 
Christians,  since  the  close  of  the  loth  century, 
as  Philip's  h'ountain.  Since  this  date,  tradi- 
tion has  located  here  the  baptism  of  the  en 
nuch,  having  previously  located  it  at  a  fountain 
called  Ain  Dilweh,  about  three  miles  notth   ot 

Hebron. 

So'l'aras  water  supply  is  concerned,  the  so- 
called  Philip's  Fountain  is  admirably  suited  to 
tho  event.  The  spring,  which  issues  from  the 
hillside  high  above  the  road,  is  led  down  the 
hill  to  a  wall  of  handsome  ,  masonry,  through 
hich  it  flows  in  a  stone  spout,  and  falls  into 
_  stone  watering-trough.  It  overflows  this 
trough  at  one  end  and  flows  thence  by  a  con- 
duit into  a  pool,  20  or  30  steps  distant.  This 
pool  is  41  feet  long  by  '26  wide,  and  8  feet  deep. 
It  is  partly  cut  in  the  natural  rock,  and  partly 
built  of  masonry.  The  water  is  drawn  from  it 
to  irrigate  some  beautiful  gardens  of  fruits  and 
vegetables  below. 

This  pool  is  as  good  a  baptistery  ns  if  it  were 
made  for  the  purpose,   and   it  could   not  have 
failed  to  attract  the  eunuch's  attention,  had  he 
ridden  by  it;  but  there  is  one  serious  objection 
toits  being  accepted  as  the  place  of   the  eu- 
nuch's baptism:  it  is  not  on  "the  road  that  leads 
from  Jerusalem  to  Gaz-a."    True,  it   is  possible 
to  go  to  Gaza  by  Uut  way,  as  is  clear  from  the 
fact  that  we  came  to  Jerusalem  that  way  from 
Gaza.    But  we  came  by  a  way,  for  a  few  miles 
beyond  this  fountain,  by   which   no    chariot 
could  possibly  go,  and  by  which  I  am  sure  there 
never  can  have  been  a  chariot   road.    True,  we 
miijht  have  come  by  a  road  far  smoother,  if  wc 
hail  ascended  the  valley  lending  up  to  the  fount- 
ain,  instead  ot   crossing    precipitous   hills  to 
shorten   the    distance.      But    such    a    route, 
though  it  may  have  been  practicable,  and  prob- 
ably was  so,  and  though  it  would   h^ve   event- 
ually enabled  the  eunuch  to  reach  Grza,   is  al- 
together too  roundabout  to  be  called  "the   way 
th-at  goeth  down  from  Jerusalem  to  Gazi  "     It 
lends  out  to  Ueth-sliemesh  and  thence  to  Ekrou. 
The  language  used  hy  the  angel  in  telling  Phil- 
ip where  to  go,  directed  his  mind,   not   to   any 
road  by  wliich  a  mm  miffht  go  to  G  iza,   but  to 
f/ieroad  by  which  men  commonly  went.  There 
is  such  a  road  now.     It  lead^  directly   from  Je 
rusaleiu  to  the  Valley  of  Elah   by   the   way  of 
Wady  Mussar,  where  traces  of  an  ancient  pav 
ed  road  are  still  visible.    Tliis  road  lies  to   the 
south  of  the  valley  in  which  Philip's  Fouutiin 
lies,  and  it  leads  hy  way   of  Bet  Jibriu,   once 
called  Eleutheropolis.      I  think  that   on   this 
road,  and  on  this  alone,  should   be   our   search 
for  the  place  of  the  baptism  in  question. 

This  consideration  is  equally  fatal  to  the  old- 
er tradition  which  located  the  event  at  the 
fountain  north  of  Hebron ;  for  that  fountain  is 
on  the  road,  not  to  Ga/.a,  but  to  Hebron,  True, 
men  may  have  traveled,  at  times,  by  way  of 
Hebron  to  get  ttj  Gaza;  but  even  if  that  were 
customary,  the  portion  of  the  road  in  question 
would  still  be  called  the  road  to  Hebron,  and 
that  section  which  leads  oft'  at  almost  a  right 
angle  from  Hebron  to  Gaza,  would  not  be  called 
the  road  from  Jerusalem  to  Gaza,  but  the 
road  from  Hebron  to  Gaza, 

Fixing  our  mind,  then,  on  the  road  to  Gaza, 
we  next  consider  three  other  conditions,  made 
necessary  by  the  sciiptures,  to  an  identification 
of  the  place.  First,  the  place  must  W  "a  cer- 
tain water"  in  which  baptism  would  be  practi 
;able.  Second,  it  must  be  far  enough  westward 
of  Jerusalem  for  a  route  of  travel  going  south- 
w-ard  from  Samaria,  to  intersect  the   road  be- 


tween the  place  and  Jerusalem— for  the  i  , 
cieaHy  implies  that  Philip  cauie  into  the  n.i 
byan'inle.MCtingroul..'.  Bnd  not  by  g,,,,,, 
through  Jerusalem.  Tiiird,  there  must  be  spate 
between  the  point  of  intersection  and  the  place 
of  the  baptism,  sollicient  for  Philip's  instruc- 
tion  of  the  eunuch  to  be  given  aa  they  passed 
over  it. 

On  the  road  in  question,  all  of  these  eoudi- 
lions  are  jatisfaclorily  met.  In  the  valley  of 
Elah,  which  (he  road  to  Gaza  traveriies  for  a 
mile  or  two.  and  crosses,  about  18  miles  from 
Jerusalem,  is  the  brook  mentioned  in  my  last 
letter,  from  which  Unvid  took  Ihe  stones  as  he 
apiiro'ached  Goliath,  It  is  a  rapid  mountain 
stream,  filled,  like  all  such  streanm,  with  alter- 
nating  shoals  and  pools,  and  furnishing  udniir. 
able  places  for  imiucrsiou  when  flowing  at  all. 
It  flows  now  about  six  mouths  iu  the  year,  and 
it  was  probably  perennial  I.SIIO  years  ago;  for 
the  well  known  decrease  of  rainfall  within  that 
period,  and  the  le.ss  favorable  dislribulion  of  it 
through  the  year,  has  very  greatly  diminished 
the  How  of  water  in  all  the  streams  of  the 
country.  Here,  then  was  the  water  necessary 
to  meet  the  first  condition. 

Secondly,  there  are  many  foot-paths  leading 
from  Samaria  southward,  which  intersect  this 
road  between  Jerusolem  and  the  valley  of  Elah, 
those  passing  within  four  or  five  miles  of  Jeru- 
salem being  the  more  favorable  for  travel.  By 
any  of  these  Philip  may  have  traveled,  and  any 
of  them  would  meet  the  third  condition— it 
would  give  him  am|»letime,  alter  he  joined  the 
eunuch,  for  the  instruction  which  jireceded  the 
baptism.  My  conclusion,  then  definite  and  as- 
sured, is  that  the  eunuch  was  baptized  in  the 
brook  which  Hows  throug'i  the  valley  of  Elah, 
The  remark  of  the  ang  Is.  "This  is  desert,"  re- 
fers to  the  place  in  which  Philip  would  find  the 
eunuch,  and  it  fully  agrees  with  my  conclusion; 
for  the  rough  and  rocky  hill-slopes  traversed 
for  a  few  miles  before  reaching  the  valley,  was, 
in  Jewish  parlance,  a  desert.  It  could  not  re- 
fer to  the  plain  reaching  from  the  foot  of  the 
hills  to  Gaza;  for  that  was  a  series  of  grain 
fields,  and  most  of  it  so  at  present. 

In  this  counection  I  will  write  that  I  have 
intended  to  say  couceniing  the  facilfcies  for  bap- 
tizing, in  and  arouud  Jerusalem.  There  never 
was  a  city,  I  suppose,  without  a  running  stream, 
and  apart  from  its  aqueduct,  so  well  supplied  as 
Jerusalem.  Beside.)  a  goolsupplyol  rain-water, 
cisterns  under  private  property,  many  of  which 
to  the  present  day  afford  excellent  water,  there 
were  no  less  than  seven  artificial  pools  accessi- 
ble to  the  public.  The  first  of  these  that  I  shall 
mention,  is  the  one  called  Upper  Gihon,  by 
Christians,  but  known  to  the  Arabs  under  the 
name  B'lrkd  MiimiUti.  It  is  735  yards  due  west 
of  the  Joppa  gate,  in  the  midst  of  a  piece  of 
smooth  ground  descending  toward  the  city, 
partly  used  as  a  parade  ground  for  Turkish 
"iers,  and  partly  as  a  Mohammedan   grave- 


yard. The  ground  slopes  toward  it  from  the 
north-east  around  to  the  south-west,  and  it 
drains  about  a  square  mile  of  surface,  perhaps 
more.  It  is  supplied  entirely  from  the  surface 
drain.  My  measur.'inents  of  it  nearly  agree 
with  those  of  Dr.  Barclay.  It  is  Sin  feet  in 
lenath,  by  '218  in  width,  while  its  depth,  meas- 
ured in  three  dilferent  places,  is  19,  20,  and  22 
feet  respectively.  It  is  walled  with  good  mason- 
ry, and  was  cement  .1,  but  most  of  the  cement 
is  now  gone.  It  -as  entirely  dry  when  we  saw 
it,  iti.wat.  r  having  been  drawn  into  the  poo|  of 
Hezekiah,  inside  Ihe  city,  with  which  it  is  con- 
nected by  an  underground  conduit.  We  saw 
and  measured  the  mouth  of  this  conduit,  in  the 
bottom  of  the  pool  at  its  east  end.  The  con- 
duit comes  to  the  surface  not  more  than  200 
yards  from  the  im„l,  and  runs  along  the  side  of 
the  road  nearly  to  the  Joppa  Gate,  where  it 
goes  under  the  ground  again  in  order  to  maiu- 
lain  its  doivnwaid  slope.  Mr.  Hornslein,  keep- 
er of  the  Medilerrauean  Hotel,  told  me  that  he 
hadseen  the  connection  of  this  conduit  with 
the  pool  of  Hezekiah,  when  some  excavation" 
were  being  made  a  few  years   ago,   within  the 

These  facts  establish  in  my  mind  Ihe  identity 
of  this  conduitand  these  pools  with  those  men- 
tioned in  2  Kings  18:  IT  and  '20:  20  Soch  i» 
the  relative  level  of  the  two  pools,  that 
though  the  Gihon  can  empty  itself  entirely  in- 
to the  Hezekiah,  the  former  may  be  filled  with- 
out overflowing  the  latter.  It  is  now  never  tall 
except  in  very  wet  Winters,  and  usoillv  >'  B"" 
dry  early  in  the  Summer.  It  aB'ords  ta'"'"*^ 
for  immersing  by  means  ol  two  flight  O' J"*^  ^ 
step',  descending  from  top  to  bittoiu.  OM  . 
these,  at  the  south-west  corner,  is  five  and  one- 
half  feet  wide,  and  the  other,  at  the  f,'""^'*', 
corner  is  seven  leet  wide.  When  lb,!  " 
w,.8  8halloweuough  to  descend  to  the  o '»'  .^ 
these  steps  art'orded  the  ine.ins,  and  '^"'  , 
was  deeper  it  was  quite  practicable  to  n"  j^ 
on  the  steps  themselves  by  placing  the  '• 
date  on  the  step  »"' ^elow^  you- ^^^^^^^ 


g^otem  ber    8 


a  tlK   UHKTJllJKlN'    j^-V    WOIUC 


(t'ort;rs]tantlcncc. 


o  )...n,  lli»iuat  JojiDiT  b«  luir.— J^.ti 


Echoes  from  the  East. 


Nl-MBEa   XXI. 


akothrr  memher  oosk. 

H()\\'  aftd  are  our  feelinga  wheu  the  mes-a;i^ 
„t"  (Je«tli  roacliea  our  ear;;  I*  And  why 
<liouM  it  not  ?  It  must  be  a  hard  henrt  indeed 
|,^j  c.;iuu''t  be  moved  when  death  t-peaks,  and 
*umiooiJ3  a  lovtfd  one  from  time  to  eternity. 
There  is  an  awful  solemnity  that  hovers  around 
.(j^  cP^satiou  of  human  life.  How  respL-etfuI 
„e  ^lioiil'^  ''•'  *"  ^^^^  departed  !  Hnw  ready  to 
render  the  last  service  of  friendship  and  love  to 
(Ijciii  jind  those  they  have  left  to  mourn  their 
departure  !  Soon,  jih  I  soon  our  k^t  liours  will 
gnie  wheu  we  shall  forever  retire  from  the 
fforl'i's  stage  of  action.  Let  us,  therefore, 
^^iiiber  that  we  must  die.  Let  us,  like  true 
Cliristiiinji,  live  as  we  will  wish  we  had  lived 
ivlieu  we  depart. 

TliiM  afternoon.  July  24lh,  we  attended  the 
fuaeral  services  of  an  aged  relative,  a  sisier  in 
•111;  (;!iiirch  of  Clui  t.  Suaan  Sh(>(;key  was 
bjro  111  the  year  ISOO.  She  knew  what  sorrow 
gild  jitilictiou  ii".  She  was  the  mother  of  au 
child — a  daiigliter  who  died  a  number  of 
Both 


oulv  '^ 

years  ago.  Liter  her  husband  died 
died  in  the  ftuth,  having  united  with  the 
CiiMi'ch.  Our  sister  was  left  alone,  bu'.  imt  at 
all  i[i  want,  being  surrounded  with  an  nnna- 
JAiic  tif  this  world's  good  things.  Siglit  filled, 
jiitjil  hiiudiiess  followed,  and  uuder  this  great 
atilictii'i'.  she  ended  her  few  reniainiog  years. 
But  she  had  joined  the  Cliurch  rather  early  in 
life,  and  her  Chn'sliim  hope  was  her  greatest 
comfort.  She  rests  now,  we  trust,  with  those 
iviio  "fleep  in  Jesus." 

The  funeral  discourse  was  preached  in  Prices 
Meetiiig-hou^e.  by  brother  D.  F.  Good,  and 
others,  from  the  words  of  the  Uevelator  :  "What 
are  these  ?"  The  speaker  spoke  of  John's  vis- 
ion on  the  Isle  of  Pdtmos — what  John  saw  in 
Heaven — the  company  of  those  who  are  saved 
through  much  tribuUtion — trials  are  a  means 
to  brmg  ^ome  near  to  i^od — we  are  all  bound  for 
et«rui(y — religion,  pure  and  uudeiiled,  our 
Djeans  of  preparation  for  eternity — our  hope 
ill  the  believer's  death — the  importance  of  the 
unconverted  turning  to  God. 

The  body  of  the  deceased  Was  interred  in  the 
buryiug-i^rouud  near  by  the  Meeting  house  in 
tbe  presence  of  in,  large  circle  of  relatives  and 
s)'iupatlii/,iug  friends. 

oim  cousca  meetinu. 

On  the  31st  ultimo,  we  met  in  ([iiarteriy' 
ooiuicil  at  the  Welty  Meeting-house  in  the 
soutliern  end  of  the  Autietam  congregation. 
Aftflr  the  items  of  ijusiness  were  received  and 
arnmgt'd,  the  meeting  was  opened  in  the  usual 
ilevotioiial  manner.  Our  bishop  then  addressed 
the  meeting,  directing  attention  to  the  impor- 
tance and  seriovisness  of  tho  occasion.  The 
members  were  kindly  admonished  to  treat  each 
other  with  due  respect  and  brotherly  love  which 
becomes  thoso  who  profess  to  be  joined  together 
iu  the  frtith  and  power  of  the  Gospel. 

The  first  thing  iu  order  was  the  reading  of 
the  Minutes  of  our  late  Annual  Meeting.  This 
is  usually  done  every  year  at  the  first  opportu- 
nity ;tU(.r  the  Minutes  are  received.  Wo  prt- 
81111IL'  tlii:j  i-i  done  throughout  the  churches 
from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific.  If  not,  1  can- 
uot  ijiirlerstand  how  nil  the  churches  are  to  be 
kt[>i  in  order,  that  is,  in  harmony  with  the 
detsiils  oj'  ouV  Church  government  as  regulated 
by  the  church  council.  Sometime:!  we  hear  of 
congrpy;ttiona  being  in  disorder,  or  "out  of  or- 
der," and  we  cannot  see  how  this  may  occur 
uiU'.h.s  it  should  be  true  tliat  all  do  not  "walk  by 
the  saiu«  rule  imd  mind  the  same  thing.""  Wo 
[troless  to  be  one  in  Clirist.  Li>t  each  member 
tflla;  the  New  Tea'.anient  and  answer  the  ques- 
tion: How  can  this  he  done?  We  mimt  be  one 
if  He  would  obtain  Heaven's  ai)provul.  Let  us 
stek  thi-n  to  lalior  putieutly  for  oneness  of  mind 
aniojig  the  bretliroti  and  sisters.  Let  us  have  a 
it  work  of  fault-finding  with  SKLF  within 
""  of  UH,  and  let  us  lie  satisfied  with  tho 
ChriHt  as  His  spirit  ever  ruhis  and 
'. — v.  it.  Wi!  shall  do  ourselves  and  others 
immeasurable  harm  by  being  "unruly,"  "'disobe- 
diflnt,"  "nplf-wilied,"  "contrary"  and  "conten- 
tious." U  will  only  prove  too  true  that  such 
«av(>  nnf,  yei,  found  full  "peace  in  believing." 
Mny  thw  Lord  have  mercy  on  all  who  err  from 
the  truth! 

Our  church  meeting  was  well  attended,  and 
tho  buaiiies>i  was  disposed  of  in  a  manner  that 
B-'tvf-  uppni-eni  satis  faction  to  the  church.  The 
•"isiut-Hji  wa^  generally  of  a  local  character,  but 
*he  subject  of  Non-conformity  to  the  world  was 


considered,  and  is  one  that  concerns  our  entire 
fi-uternity.  When  Trine  Iniineniion,  or  any 
other  cardinal  doctrine  of  the  Church  is  strong- 
U' ndvocuted,  it  encounters  opponents  aud  dis- 
puters.  So  inside  the  church  when  rules  of 
Christian  duty  are  insisted  upon,  oa  uou-i»)0- 
formity  to  the  world,  then  too  opponents  arise. 
But  brtthr^n  and  Ristera,  Kt  us  contend  for  the 
I*  with.  Our  work  may  soon  be  done,  and  we  be 
called  home  to  our  Father's  house  above.  How 
consoling  to  depart  with  the  ltn<>wledg«  of  hav- 
ing trifd  hard  to  do  our  duty.  Conformity  to 
the  word  in  our  feelings,  and  conduct,  and  ap- 
pearance, are  had  signs.  We  are  "strangers 
and  pilgrims"  on  earth.  Let  us  act  so.  Let  us 
love  the  church  and  its  quiet,  humble  life,  that 
we  may  escape  the  "wrath  to  come." 

OUlt  SUNDAY    SERVICHS. 

diir  meeting  on  the  3rd  inat.  was  at  Prices 
M.  H.  The  nth  chapt^-r  of  Miitlliew  wiis  read. 
The  last  three  verses  were  chosen  by  brother 
Snyder  who  spoke  of  the  Great  Invitation- 
Christ  our  sufficient  Savior — all  who  are  weary 
of  the  ways  and  rewards  of  sin  can  find  rest — 
— the  Gospel  yoke  must  he  worn — au  easy  yoke 
and  light  burden  for  the  willing. 

While  the  speaking  continued  a  crash  was 
heard  in  the  woods  surrounding  the  Meeting- 
house. A  large  tree  fell  to  the  earth,  the  de- 
cayed top  which  struck  the  shaft  of  our  bishop's 
carriage.  Our  brother  was  not  at  the  meetini; 
owing  to  the  infirmities  of  advancing  asfe,  but 
his  wife,  our  sister,  and  an  attendant  were 
present.  The  noble  horse,  though  astrongand 
lifeiul  animal,  did  not  break  his  rein,  and  soon 
became  quieted.  There  seemed  to  be  no  dam- 
age beside  a  broken  shaft  and  torn  (race  which 
were  soon  adjusted.  The  tree  had  been  tried  by 
many  storms,  but  to-diiy  it  fell  wbpn  the  air  was 
apparently  calm.  Serious  indeed  might  have 
been  the  result,  but  we  believe  the  Lord  pro- 
tects those  that  trust  in  Him.  This  circum- 
stance was  and  is  a  sermon  to  us  all  and  worthy 
of  our  study  and  our  gratitude  to  God  for  His 
wonderful  care  over  us.  This  calls  to  mind 
another  circumstance  which  sha^va  forth  'the 
providence  of  God,  and  His  protection  over 
them  that  love  Him.  I  clip  the  account  from 
the  daily  Baltimore  Americntr. 

Wayneshoro.  Pa.,  July  14. — "X  veryserioua 
accident  occurred  about  five  niiies  south  of  thi^ 
place,  near  the  Western  Maryland  Railroad, 
yesterday  noon.  After  religious  services  closed 
at  the  Dunker  Baptist  Meeting  house  (Welty's) 
many  persons  resorted  to  a  stream  of  water 
about  a  half  mile  distant,  wheie  two  persons 
were  baptized,  in  accordance  with  the  faith  of 
the  Dunker  Baptists.  Shortly  after  this  im- 
pressive ceremony  was  ended  s  ime  carriages 
were  in  waiting  under  the  shadow  of  a  great 
elm  at  the  roadside,  near  which  was  a  plank 
bridge.  The  horse  and  carria,'**  of  Mr.  J. 
Kurtz,  the  merchant  at  Ringgold,  was  hitched 
to  a  post,  so  that  the  liind  wheels  of  the  car- 
riage touched  the  wooden  bridge.  Mr.  Kurtz 
loosened  his  horse  and  entered  his  carriage,  in 
which  were  also  his  wife  and  little  daughter,  a 
servant,  and  Mrs.  D.  B.  Mentzer.  Mr.  Kurtz 
intended  driving  past  the  other  conveyances, 
but  his  horse  backed  rapidly  and  precipitated 
carriage,  horse  and  all  down  over  the  end  of  the 
bridge,  some  six  or  seven  feet,  into  a  siimll 
stream.  Immediate  assistance  rescued  all  the 
persons  from  their  perilous  situation  without 
being  seriously  injured,  except  some  strains  and 
bruises,  The  carriage  in  its  very  demolished 
condition  was  drawn  from  under  the  horse,  and 
all  seemed  to  be  gratified  to  find  the  accident, 
though  very  dangerou*,  was  not  fatal  to  any 
one." 

Brother  and  sister  Kurtz  and  sister  Menfxer, 
my  wife,  have  all  been  led  to  recognize  the 
goodness  and  protectiuff  power  of  God.  Let  us 
trust  in  Him  more  tlian  ever,  and  follow  His 
guiding  hand. 

On  the  10th  iust.  it  was  our  privilege  to  at- 
tend services  at  the  Shady  Grove  church-house. 
The  subject  was  "A  good  foundation,"  from  the 
text  in  Ist  Tim.  6:  19.  The  brother  proceeded 
to  say  that  there  is  a  life  to  come,  and  that  we 
may  now  huild  for  eternity — good  works  are 
the  laying  of  a  good  foundation — our  present 
life  is  short  at  most,  and  our  condition  iu  the 
life  to  come  depends  upou  how  we  do  here. 

When  we  remember  how  many  meetings  we 
have,  we  think  how  thankful  we  all  should  be 
for  .such  sacred  privileges.  Then  again  we 
think  how  good  society  should  be,  and  how 
good  the  Church  ought  to  be,  amid  so  many 
opportunities  for  preaching.  But  we  must 
make  thn  best  of  things  m  they  are.  and  strive 
to  do  our  own  duty,  knowing  full  well  that  the 
Master  said,  "Watch  and  pray."  So  let  us  do. 
Yours  Fraternally, 

1>.  B.  Mbktzbr. 

Waymsboro,  Pa. 


From  Bro.  Ridenour. 


To  onr  "Earne^ft  Appeal"  published  some 
time  ago  tho  lollowing  brethren  aud  siatHrs 
have  responded. 

Black   liiver  Church,  Ohio *a9.00 

M.  N.  Smith.  Duytou.  Ohio 2.U(J 

Michat'i  Mnore,  Rush  Cr^ek.  Ohio 3.0(i 

S.  J.  Gitliii,  Coneinaugh,    Pa., l.OU 

A  Brother,  Philadelphia,  Pa 1  i)ii 

J.  F.  Oiler,  A  wife  Waynesboro,  Pa a  00 

J   D.  Bosenherger,  Pa 2.00 

J.  V.   Heckler  ..."  " 2  on 

A.  H.  Cassel,   "    " i  oo 

A  Sister,  Lanca-tter.  Pa 1  00 

Tho^.  I).  Lyon,  Hudson,  111 7i)0 

.Steplien    Uutterbaugh,  111 2.0(j 

'Andrew  Shapball,  Mich o.oii 

W.  H.  Clark,    Missouri l.tHi 

E.  L.  Fahneslock,  Missouri l.OO 

CathuriuH  King,  Md 200 

Julia  A.  Wood,  Va 37 

A,  Miller  .V  wife,  Hagerstown,  Ind 2.00 

Levi  Stump  i.  wife,  Ind 2.00 

For  the  above  contributions  we  hope  the  kind- 
hearted  givera  will  receive  the  blessing  ol  the 
Lord,  and  you  have  my  warmest  thanks  and 
fervent  prayers  in  your  behalf.  Your  words  of 
encouragement  are  highly  appreciated.  We 
hope  I  hat  others  will  follow  the  examiile  of  the 
above  brethren  and  sisters  between  this  aud  the 
middle  of  September,  as  6ne-fifth  of  the  amount 
has  not  been  raised.  We  hope  tlie  good  Lord, 
who  is  able  to  give  you  back  double  the  amount 
you  contribute,  will  put  it  into  your  hearts  to 
aid  me  iu  this  extreme  case.  I  have  a  personal 
acquaintance  with  many  congregations  which 
I  hope  will  yet.  like  tlie  Black  Itiver  Congrega- 
tion, nobly  respond,  and  I  will  try  in  the  fu- 
ture to  remember  your  favor.  God  bless  you. 
ClijUm  Milln,   IF.    r«.,  Aiiff.  ir>. 


wordi!  may  flignify   Iif«  or  death,  as  tney  «r« 
towards  or  away  from   the  Cro*<t  of  EmmanwL  ' 
I'or  reMolutioDS  read  rtvolutionn.' 

We  here  become  a  spectacle  to  nien  and  to' 
angels  io  the  contiict  which  ha^  grown  oat  of 
mijtapprohennion  of  our  true  mission.  It  ia 
w..akne»3  to  .ontcnd  that  but  one  coxtume  can 
represent  the  Christian  life;  and  greater  weak- 
ne-s  to  fi^ht  for  a  change  which  cannot  powi- 
bly  represent  Christ's  ownership  of  us  a  whit 
better.  If  all  the  s.-ed  of  Abraham  were  Uaaca 
and  not  some  Ii-hmaela,  druas  might  sm  aafely  be 
left  (o  the  individual  a»  hi«  daily  meals.  Hot 
"five  are  wise,  and  fiv«  are  foolinh,"  and  for  the 
sake  of  the  loolisb  and  carnal  we  must  have 
authoritative  reatrictiomi. 

C.  H.  Baubal'oh. 

Ligonier,  Ind  —  In  your  issue  for  August  11, 
pnge  4.  Ut  column.  4th  paragraph  from  the 
top,  "Brother  D.  Bade"  should  read  brother  D. 
Bare.     Yours  in  brotherly  love. 

Daviij  Babe. 


nnonttccmenfs. 


Noiicea  should  be  brief.  aD<l  writien  on 
ftom  all  other  businesa. 


Dark  Rays. 

For  the  benefit  of  those  who  might  believe 
what  Mr,  Ray  says  that  .lesns  did  not  teach  thfe 
anoiniing  the  sick  with  oil,  and  that  the  Breth- 
ren do  practice  blasphemy  in  perforniing  their 
duty,  let  us  examine  the  following  passages  of 
Scripture  :  "Tlie  former  treatise  have  I  made. 
0  Theophilus,  of  all  that  Jesus  began  both  to 
do  and  to  teach,  until  the  day  in  which  he  was 
taken  up  after  that  he  through  the  Holy  Ghost 
gave  commandment  to  the  aposUe^  whom  he 
hud  chosen."  Acts  I  :  12.  .lames,  who  was  an 
apostle,  in  his  epistle  general  to  the  Church, 
say.s,  "Is  any  sick  among  you?  Let  him  call  for 
the  elders  of  the  church  and  let  them  pray  over 
him  anointing  him  with  oil  iu  the  name  of  the 
Lonl."  James  5:  14.  This  is  not  only  the 
teaching  of  Jesu".  but  a  command  through  the 
Holy  Ghost  by  his  apostle  James,  for  he  says 
also,  "and  the  prayer  of  faith  shall  save  the  sick 
and  the  Lord  shall  raise  him  up,  and  if  he  have 
committed  sins  they  shall  be  forgiven  him." 
Let  us  not  follow  alter  the  rays  of  darkness,  but 
rather  the  rays  of  light.  Jesus  is  light,  that 
true  light  that  lighteth  every  man  that  comuth 
into  the  world.  He  has  left  his  Gospel  with  us 
as  lamps  to  our  feet,  and  we  are  commanded  not 
to  add  unto  or  take  away  from  one  word  of  the 
prophecy  of  this  book  lest  God  shiill  tiike  away 
our  part  out  of  the  Book  of  Life  and  out  of  the 
Holy  City.  R.jv.  22  :  18.  \\i. 

.  0.  H.  Allek. 


A 


From  H.  P.  Strickler. 

Dear  Brethren: — 
GOODLY  number  of  brethr.'n,  sisters  and 
neighbors  of  the  Grundy  Church,  Iowa, 
met  on  Saturday  23rd  inst.  in  the  capacity  of  a 
harvest  meeting.  Subject,  James  1:  16,  17. 
Tho  brethren  spoke  of  the  good  gifts  as  the 
productions  of  the  earth,  sucli  as  our  bountiful 
harvest,  AC,  and  the  perfect  gift  is  spiritual  a'* 
the  gift  of  God's  dear  Son,  and  that  we  should 
not  err,  but  that  these  are  the  gills  of  God  aud 
that  we  should  be  thankful  to  God  iu  all  things 
and  that  we  should  be  prepared  for  the  great 
h;;rv(>st,  the  end  of  the  world,  that  we  might  be 
as  wheat  prepared  for  the  garner. 

The  church  at  the  same  time  concluded  (o 
have  a  lovefe^st  on  Friday  aud  Saturday  the 
;jrd  and  -4th  of  October,  in  their  Meeting-houee 
ten  miles  west  of  Grundy  Center,  to  which  the 
usual  invitation  h  given.  Preaching  to  com- 
mence at  1  (> Vlu,  k, 

Aiifj.  21i,  !■■>;  >. 

Only  a  Single  Letter. 

AN  H  for  av that  is  all;  and  yet  the 
result  is  utter  confusion.  This  again 
nniind^  me  of  the  fatal  h  in  Judges  12: 6.  Shib- 
luleth  meant  life  and  Siblioletti  death.  So  also 
may  resolution  mean  the  one,  and  revolution 
the  other.  See  B.  at  W.,  No.  34,  pngo  5  col- 
umn 3rd,  42  line  from  bottom.    ISitW  oF  the 


L0VB-PKAST8. 

-ad,  «7,  BnUiri  CLurtli.  ThajiT  mid  Fllltoore  (Vk.  S.b. 
m,  Antliich  Cliiiccli,  nunUiiBtoii  To.,  Ind^  at  3  T.M 
91,  «,  [.ItwitjvlllA  c"har*h,;  J»ff.non  Co.Ia.,  at  10  A.  M. 

JO.  iwo  eitlw  S.    W.  Burr    Otk  Km,    m  Brj.  P   E.  Gu. 

flO,  WnhnniU  Oil  lira  h,  Ray  COn  Mw, 

1».  V»\n\  rr»ok  CIiiiKh.   Buurtmm  Co.,  Km,  at  Rra  M  D 

WMlwn'*.  twdlr.  diIIm  vhi  of  Kl  Sc«it,  ai  10  A  U. 

Ootrli-k-*.  at  ,1  1'  M 

A  Suloiiion  Vttllp)'.  UiiHlIngtoiiCo.  In.1, 


»uUit>t  SoQlh  Bid 


nB  A 


77.  IS,  Binhaall  Chur«h,  McDaQonsh  Oo,  ni,  at  Bra  F  CU> 

m,  UrtNiiin  CLiiRli.  ChamiiAJsn  Co,  ni,  at  4  P  M. 

Union  CtnUi  Cliurdi,  KIkbut  Oa,  luit,  at  4  P 11. 

Xi,  8S,  Uftllaj  C*ot«r,  [)allAji  Co,  la,  at  1  I'  JI. 

SO,  KIk  I.lck  CangT«S'>»'>n,  Sooignifl  C",  Vt,  al  %V  U 

•JS,  LowDr  Twill  Cliurcli.  Prrble  Co.  Ohio,  at  10  A  Hi 

JT.  a*.  (inuilinppiT  Vftlloj  Chiipcti,  3etl-nnn  Co.  Kan. 

n,  norrti-ii  Cumtn-fiillon.  ricrriso  Co.  Mlrh,  Al  Hp.  J  ^mt 

»r«.  ThuM  onilug l.j  mil  will  iluii  off  al  Blcbannan. 

CI'Bt  ttwk  Chiirrli,  CliriitUn  111,  Sppl.  lit, 

J-i,  Willi"  Wiilor  Cliiinti,  iliroff  iiiUn  S  K  of  ConnwrlUa, 

K»}uit*  Oo,  IM. 

ijti,  27.  Christian  Cd,  IU,  5  miles  west  of 
Mnrrisonville. at  IJro.  TeterDoiv's.  aU  P.5I. 

■-'7.  XortU  Solomon  Churcli.  Smith  Co..  Kan., 
al  Uro.  .1.  WagcUKT's,  at  i  I*.  M. 

25,  2i(,  six  miles  south  of  Inwa  CVnter,  Story 
Co.,  at  lirn.  tiamuel  Myers',  at  10  A.  M. 
2".,  Panther  Creek  Church,  Woodford  Co.. 
111.,  at  10  A.M. 

Ill,  Black  Hiver.  Medina  Co..  O.  at  h  P.  M. 
27,  JS,  Neosho  Church.  Neosho  Co.,  Kan.,  at 
Bro.  .1.  (iarher'a,  \  miles  north  of  Tiirsons. 
20.  White  Cloud  riiur*  h.  Xoilawav  Co..  Mo.. 
.1  miles  south  of  Mayviile,  and  2  miles  north 
of  Arkoe. 

i;j.  14.  Phitt  Valley  Church.  Xeh..  at  Bro. 
Kinzer's,  Butler  Co.,T  milea  a.  W.  of  David 
Citv. 

23.  Pine  Creel*  Church.  III.,  at  9: 30  P.  M. 

27. 2S,  Peabody  Cliurch.  Marion  Co..  Kan.,  at 
Kider  Samuel  Uairigli's,  r>  miles  north  and 
;j  miles  west  of  reabody,  at  2  P.  M. 

•11,  Poplar  KidgeCougregatiou.DeliunceCo.. 
Ohio.    Council  Sept.  Vi. 

—  2,  Pino  Cn«lii  Cbnrcb,  St.  JoMiili  Co.,  Ind.  at  4  P.  U. 
I,  i,  Sliaanon,  III.,  at  3: 30  1>.  U. 
as, -J3,SllYvr Croak  Clinivb,  OeloCo,  III, at  ig  A  M. 
^  ai,  Los  Cttck  Chutob,  Cal'liraU  Co,  Uo,  at  tbe  boiu*  ol 
KriiDil  i:«uti»oiin't  Sultr  UiPtnr.  •  nillw  N  E  of  HnoxTine 
J{n>Cu. 

•i,  Itralrtce  niijrch.OiierOo,  Nab,  IftmltwS  E  of  Hwirtr-, 
alM  L&pUv'aAlsrM. 

1,  loHa  ItlTt>i  Cliurcti,Ma»lialK'o,at  tOA  M. 

II,  ('otl>n  Wail]  Giurth,  Ljdq  Co,  Ku^  at  tbvlioiv*  oIJ, 
31  Ituiikfiibunh, 

2,  Iljitlwlor  Itiiii  Cliiiirb.  Carroll  ft.,  lad,  ;^  mil*  S  E  o( 
Flonil»tatlan.>l3t')l. 

■i,  fIgbtiuiImN  K  vr  Uarluii,CiiwilCo,la<i«i  i  P  M. 
Ifl,  Mnnkn«  tbuich,  K«uu  Cot  Kan,  al  2  P  M. 
M.AMk'iiu  (;bat«ti,  Ulcfeliuou  CifKaa,  W  mlln  KHithor 
AMlrii.-,»tJPM, 


11,  PonyCivok  Cliurtti.  Bntvn  Oj,  Kan,  al  Bn  Daal«l 
Lldilj'i^  l^i«  mlloiDOilh  ut  tlimillii. 

22.  23.  Wa.shington  Creek  Church.  3  miles  S. 
W.  of  Lawrence.  Kan,,  .it  li)  A.  M. 

1,  filade  Kun  M.  H..    Rural    Vallev.   Pa. 
JohnM.  H.,  Px.Oct,  10. 

an.  .11,  Waddnm's  Grove,  Stephenson  Co ,  ni.. 
all  P.M. 

•i,  Tranklin  Church.  4' j'  miles  X.  E.ot  Leon, 
D«catur  Co..  hi. 


-'.  L  i^im  Chutith, 

LotriutCo^Obio^at 

SP.M 

i4.  Sprint:    '      • 
Ind..  u' 
miles  N.  ^. 

' .  Kosciusko  Co. 
Pierci-ton.  and  2 

:!l.  I.owvr  t..N  V 
InO.at  10  A.  M. 

.■.„ 

t_uuivh,M:i'!- 

r- 

4.  Mill  Cnek  Church, 

A.M. 

Adams  Co., 

4.Uoot  llivor  coiifiregattoD.  FiUmoi«  Co. 

Minn. 

20,  30.  Hry  Crvi-k,  I.inn  Co.,  Iowa. 
■*,  S:ileni  Cliurih.  M;irion  Co.,  HI.,  at  S  r.  Si. 
■I. :..  Thornapidc  Dislricl,  Mich..  1  mil^s  &  E. 
of  Lowfrll,  al  10  A.  M.   Those  coming  by 
rail  will  stop  ati  at  Lowell: 


•i-HK  bkkthke^j  -A.T  av^okk:. 


Septembi 


•er   e 


Idlers  In  The  Vineyard. 

-WlO.'-"'!  »'■'"'•'""""*»' '■"•■■■      *■■"    ■ 

Bo,  I'HoM  in  ihe  Tiney»rd.  ., 

Why  wwtlngull  ihcJnyT 
Ihp  MwWr  loon  i«  coming. 

To  b»>*r  Ihpfniil  «wbj  . 
Then  cl<w^J  will  btihe  nilMioD, 

The  bftrrnl  irill  be  pMicJ. 
The  »u  »tn*r  fjuickly  eudpd, 

AnJ  lostihjF  fiou!  m  iMi. 

Then  rou»eUie«.  iille  glewntr-. 

r«rfoMu  the  »'.rk  nl  1i«di1; 
Bf  tnrncsl  in  Ihy  July. 

AdJ  rradj  nt  command. 
Fill  well  tl'"  Jil'""*'  M'igocd  thee. 

Though  hard  moy  »ecm  thy  lol; 
Wilh  HM*on"f  epprobiilon. 

Be  every  ill  forgol. 

Sojn,  on  n  clond  of  glory. 

Tliy  BftTlor  will  uppwr; 
All  fucw  gnther  polcneiu. 

And  nmiutiK  ^uakc  with  fwir. 
Oh.  Ihtn  Itiy  nftn""  f""'"  houor, 

And  for  iliy  *»T»iPf  now, 
A  crown  orfiidpln"*  glory 

He'll  jtJocfi  upon  ihy  brow. 

A  munBlon  lo  iho  oily 

WhoHC  glorJCT  fnr  ouubine 
TheHun  la  noon-dny  Hpleodor, 

abnil  evermore  be  thine. 
Tbo  Juprr  wall"  of  lleaTCD 

Shnll  cobo  thy  refrnin, 
The  nnthum  of  ndoinplloD. 

To  Jciu*  who  wu  vluin, 


GoRPRL  Tracts,  -lO  cfiits  a  hundred. 

Wk  WHDt  ftii  active  Hrotlier  or  SiHt<'rin  each 
coDRreRation  to  canviwafor  the  "Tract  Society." 
Write  ua  for  leriiia,  etc. 

Two  new  Traits.  "Infidelity,— Its  CauHe  and 
Cure."  oud  "Salvation  by  Orace,"  both  by  Bro. 
J.  S.  Flory,  will  noon  be  issued. 

You  are  not  compelltd  to  accept  such  tractH 
as  we  may  wlect,  but  you  cau  have  your  choici- 
out  of  those  wu  ket'i*  ou  hand.  Thi«  in  a  liber- 
ty not  unually  graut^d  by^  Tract  Societiea. 

Aktkr  introducing  the  truth  by  preachinR. 
if  you  wisli  tocorilinn  now  converUiin  the  faith, 
place  intcreslniK  reading  matter  in  their  htiiid-. 
What  fiint;  forbade  you  to  make  clear  to  their 
underatttiidiny,  may  be  made  plain  by  reading 
tractit. 

Each  donor  of  $r>.00  and  upwards  is  furni»h- 
ed  a  Certificate,  which  embraces  theobligatioim 
of  the  ManHfiersttiid  the  privileges  of  the  donor 
Please  send  in  your  donation  luid  receive  a  Cer 
tificate  by  return  niuil. 

If  every  one  who  donates  becomes  adistribu- 
tor  of  tracts  uud  papery  and  our  evangelists 
continue  to  labor  iw  in  the  past,  we  may  look 
for  a  rapid  increase  of  membership  within  the 
next  few  years. 


Aftkh  the  death  or  resignation  of  the  present 
Manaifers^  the  Standing  Committrr  of  Annual 
Mttting  may  appoint  two  Brethren  in  their  straii. 
and  ever  thereafter  continm  to  appoint  whenever 
there  is  a  vncnnnj. 


It  will  be  better  to  go  up  to  God,  having 
done  something  towards  bringing  others  to  tlie 
knowledge  of  the  truth,  than  to  waste  our  earn- 
ings upon  our  lusts  and  carnal  pleasures.  God 
looks  down  with  pity  on  our  weaknesses,  but 
not  on  our  sloth. 

"Whbs  1000  douora  will  annually  dihtributo 
Tracts  in  all  parts  of  the  country,  we  may  look 
for  a  great  increase  in  Zion.  No  other  Society 
offers  such  tacilities  for  mission  work.  Tracts 
and  a  living  ministry  will  awaken  a  lively  in- 
terest in  true  vital  piety. 

Childkbn,  your  '"nickles"  and  "dimes"  which 
you  had  thought  of  spending  for  candy,  will 
bring  you  greater  things  if  you  put  them  into 
the  "Tract  Society."  Would  you  not  like  to 
help  poor  souls  to  come  to  the  knowledge  of  I  he 
truth  and  live?     Head  James  5:  22. 

Now  since  there  is  a  "Tract  Society"  in 
which  each  one  may  do  something,  shall  the 
thousands  of  dark  spots  in  America  have  the 
true  light  to  dispel  the  darkness?  >Vliat  will 
We  do  about  it?  Can  you,  dear  reader,  help  to 
put  God's  truth  into  those  places? 


TlloMK  who  donate  *.'j.00  or  more  will  be  furnished  with  a  certificate  as  follows: 


Snlhren^  Tmt  ^yvietij. 


^iZ^iU^y  C/^^-, 


Jf 


Im  uiom'iify  thai '  V."".'.'*  *'.'.'. '.V.'.V.V.  V.'couniy, 


Th 


.'ha^doTuitcd  the  mm  of^ U>  the  Brethren' >i 

Trad  Society  and  u  entitled  to  the  per  cent,  annwilly  in  srich  travVi  or  papers 
a,  the  legal  rate  of  interest  imy  he  at  tJcat  time  in  the  SUUe  in  which  the  money 
in  deposited.  .  .  .„*■...,.  /-Mits 

.r..,..,,rtp.p.r...U...ta'.'»."-P'«i«"l-l""'"'«i"'"""'«'"'°  ■"•'"'•'■  """'""'"••°  "  "''""  'P 
a.     m»..r.-...»dp.p.r..h.llb,„»Mf™b,    pko.  of  puLllCio.  b«»..n    .h,  bn,,    .-d  „.M,    .f  OUob., 

AnouAlly,  im  direcled  by  donor  from  year  tu  year.  i„„„,i„„    .^   ,|„nor 

t.     .f  ,1,,  M.,„.g.r.  f.'l  ■„  .™pl,  »Ub  f.r.g.l»g  ...li.i..,,  .h.y  ,b.ll  r.fa.J  full  .^u..  «(  d.b.,,0,,    U, 

upon  iippUcMitm  by  him  or  his  heiri  or  Msigns 


available  as  in  the  beginning.     Can  you  q.^. 
a  l»tt*-r   investment    for  the  diB.Hetniuat,Qjj    ^ 
i.ur«  gospel  priutiplei*?  ^' 

Weke  the  results  ot  sendint;  Ktrih  good  tract, 
and  papers  writt*-n  in  Hammg  lett^^rs  on  ^ 
canopy  of  heaven,  m.wt  ot  ub  wonlj  "taudarnaj 
ed.  and  wonder  why  we  have  all  our  lives  bw 
80  slothful  in  this  work.  Surely  goodness  an^ 
mercy  will  follow  Mich  aa  deny  themselves  f 
the  kingdom  of  heaven.  «    *"^ 

Wii.L  some  sister  in  each  congregation  ^ 
it  in  band  to  canvass  for  the  "Tract  Society?" 
Sisters,  your  hearts  are  open  to  the  poor  and 
the  unsaved;  what  will  you  do  toward,-,  giyj^ 
them  good  tracts  and  papers?  A  day  or  tw^ 
spent  m  collecting  dimes  and  dollars  for  th 
'Tract  Society"  will  not  lose  their  reward.       ^ 

KoTHiNiiiamore  assuring  of  the  righteous. 
ne^s  of  a  cause  than  that  unceasing  efforts  must 
be  put  forth  to  arouse  the  people  to  its  \ai\mt 
tance.  Burr  Robbing  and  P.  T  Baruuni  can' 
get  a  crowd  and  a  hearing  ou  short  notice  but 
a  righteous  cause  luust  plead  long  and  liard 
Jesus,  though  possessed  of  all  power,  could  not 
make  some  stubborn  hearts  submit. 


A«K> 


W.  H.  Eslieluiaii,   i 
S.  ,1.  Harrlwoa,       I 


ma\a(;ers. 


E  X  F  L  -A.  :K  a.  T  O  1 1  Y. 


We  are  pleased  with  the  interest  that  is 
being  taken  in  the  "Tract  Society."  All  who 
have  been  asked  to  donate,  have  shown  an  in- 
terest. We  are  now  hopeful,  and  the  indii'a- 
tionsare  that  this  long  neglected  work  will 
Boon  stand  forth  as  a  grand  means  for  the  ad- 
vanceraent  of  God's  eau.se.  Not  one  is  occlud- 
ed from  doing  his  part. 


1 .  Uonore  can  incrtwo  their  donaiiont  wlicnoter  they  wish 

:;  The  bookM  of  Ihe  Munugir-  will  be  open  to  e«  iroinntion  of  donors  at  nil  lime.. 

«.  The  .\lnn«Ber«  will  report  nnn.mtly  ibrough  .be  BBKrnur:.  *t  Wobk. 

4.  Ac«.«logu.ofTfnc.«willbcf..rni«b..ldonor-fromwhichto8rleciror.lislr.bu..on.  .,„„_„„, 

6  If  de.lr 'l.  th.  «moaot  of  >n..r«t  m.y  be  «sod  by  ihe  donor  in  sending  l.E.rn«.x  .t  Wob..  Vo  oth  r  pe      as 

a.  Tr«c..«ndp«p.n.  will  bo  se.t  direct  <o  donors;  orif  de,ir«d,  .bey  in..j  be  s.ut    by  Manager,  lo   the  persona 
n«med  in  ibe  order.     Address  <>f  »uoh  parlii-s  should  bo  plainly  wriften. 


General  Fund. 

ON  mature  r.  flection,  it  was  found  thatBumll 
amiiunts  would  be  difficult  to  handle  on  the 
individual  plan,  iieiici' all  .■'ums  under  five  dcl- 
lan*  will  oe  placed  m  the  General  I'un'd,  and  the 
interest  used  in  wending  tracts  and  papers  to 
such  as  call  tor  them.  Any  one  can  draw  tract- 
mihI  papers  from  this  source.  Poor  niembers 
and  persons  not  members  but  who  would  likely 
be  benefitted  by  a  tract  or  paper,  can  be  sop- 
plied,  hence  a  Inarty  response  to  this  will  en- 
able us  to  supply  many  who  will  feel  grateful 
tor  the  favor.  Our  cvangel.sts  who  go  into 
new  fields  can  be  furnished  with  tracts  from 
this  fund.  Hiethren  who  travel  and  desire  to 
do  good  can  also  be  supplied.  In  fact,  there  are 
hundreds  of  wa>s  by  which  tracts  and  papers 
may  be  distributed  if  we  all  take  hold  with  en- 
ergy any  perseverance. 

The  following  amounts  have  already  been  re- 
ceived: 

Hurricane  Church,  IJond  Co.,  Ill 1.00 

S-  Krabill 1T5 

H   S 100 

D  Irvin,  Kent.  Ill 1.00 

Traift  Fund. 

Jacob  R.  Eby 850  00 

Uaac  Rowland 45  00 

.bn,  Dul.liel C.OO 

.1.  W.  Ihnkle 500 

Geo.  Sword ■ 5.00 

.Inhii  Rowland 5  00 

D.  B.  K-.helmau 5  00 

S.J.  Peck 5.00 

Geo.  Putorbaugh 5,00 

SHinuel  Sword 5  00 

1).  iJ,  Puterbaugh 5.00 

J..hn  Liiird 10  00 

W.  H.  llerriugton 5 00 

0.  F  Eby 5.00 

Tobias  Mevera 5  00 

II.  H.  Meyers 10.00 

A.  Brandt 5.00 

A.  Livengood 10  00 

W.  II.  Meyers 5.00 

Henry  Livengood 5.00 

Z  T.  Livengood 5,00 

W  M,  Kike 5.00 

Martin  Meyers 5  00 

J.  S.  Studebaker 5.00 

Samuel  Studebaker 5.00 

E.  Mishler 5.00 

Joha  Wales 5  00 

E.  X.  Meyers 5  00 

Allen  Boyer 5  00 

Enoch  Eby 500 

B.  II.  Kepner 5.00 

I'aul  Wetzel 5  00 

J.  J.  Enimert .'•OO 

Jamt«  K  u.oL 1000 

John  Y.  Snavely 5  00 

R.U.Mohler 500 

Cenia  Long 5.00 


Henry  E.  Gerdes 500 

Levi  Trostle 5  00 

Lyman  Eby 5>^0 

D.  M.  Miller 25.00 

A.  W.  Swab lO.I'O 

Total *;^41.00 


Brethren's  Tra(5t  Society. 

Many  Brethren  and  Sisters  are  anxious  to  la- 
bor for  tlie  salvation  of  others  by  means  of 
good  tracts  and  papers,  and  iu  order  to  give  all 
such  an  opportunity,  a  "Tract  Society"  has 
been  formed.  Here  all  who  wish,  can  associate 
in  such  a  way  as  to  concentrate  their  efforts, 
and  thus  reach  many  that  could  not  be  other- 
wise instructed. 

In  the  providence  of  God,  talents  of  useful- 
ness have  been  given  to  men  and  women,  and 
these  talenta  cannot  he  trifled  with-  Some  are 
blessed  with  the  ability  to  talk,  others  to  write 
and  still  others  with  wealth,  so  that  all  things 
may  work  together  for  good.  Not  one  of  us 
can  say,  "There  is  nothing  for  me  to  do." 
There  is  abundant  work  for  all. 

The  "Gospel  Tract  Associtfion"  ha^  been 
merged  into  the  "Brethren's  Tract  Society," 
and  now  with  a  few  simple  rules  a^  found  on 
this  page,  we  hope  that  all  will  be  able  to  com- 
prehend the  object  eind  design  of  this  work.  Iu 
this  each  donor  is  directly  interested,  and  in  a 
measure  controls  his  donations  and  even  ufier 
his  death,  any  person  named  by  him  prior  to 
his  death  may  enjoy  the  same  privileges. 

We  did  not  aim  to  present  a  long  list  of  rules 
believing  that  the  fewer,  the  better  they  wil 
be  understood.  Nor  could  we,  at  this  time,  es 
tend  the  drawing  privileges  to  all  who  give  less 
than  five  dollars,  since  it  would  ent:.^il  more 
bor  than  we  are  able  to  perform,  and  the  income- 
will  not  warrant  the  hiring  of  a  clerk,  since 
all  proceeds  are  designed  forthefreedistribution 
of  tracts  and  papers.  However,  those  who  do- 
nate less  than  five  dollars  are  still  permitted  to 
take  part  in  distributing  tracts  and  papers,  but 
not  in  the  same  way  as  those  who  give  five  dol 
lars  or  more.  Read  this  page  carefully,  and 
whatever  may  seem  good  to  you,  that  do  to  the 
honor  and  glory  of  God.  We  do  not  claim  pt 
fection  for  this  system  of  doing  good,  but  gi 
it  as  worthy  of  your  careful  and  prayerful 
study. 


How  It  Works. 

SUPPOSE  you  should  donate  ^5(i.OO,  and  thi 
legal  rate  of  interest  in  Illinois  be  S  pei 
cent,  then  you  would  be  entitled  to  l?4.00  worth 
oftracta  or  papers  annually.  Four  dollars 
pay  for  about  :I,20U  page.s  or  KOO  four-page 
tract-^.  which  iu  ten  years  will  amoont  to  SOOO. 
l)rS4  00  interest  will  entitle  you  to  SO,  hve  cent 
pamphlets;  or  in  ten  years  you  will  havedrawn 
and  distributed  800  pamphlets.  And  then  at 
the  end  often  )  ears  your  donation  is  just  as 


It  you  desire  to  have  the  faith  and  practice  of 
the  Brethren  perpetuated  throughout  your  gcQ. 
erations,  if  you  desire  your  children's  children 
should  be  taught  aud  teach  what  you  are  taught 
and  teach,  secure  a  share  in  the  Bretbreu'a 
Tract  Society.  Whatever  you  put  in  it  ,v,[i 
remain  there  when  you,  your  children,  y„ur 
children's  children  and  even  when  th.-ir  graud- 
children  have  passed  away.  When  the  full 
amount  of  your  donation  has  been  paid  ia  tracts 
aud  papers  to  you,  and  then  to  your  childreu 
and  again  to  your  grand  children,  there  remains 
still  the  same  fund  for  their  heirs  there  was  in 
the  beginning.  In  no  way  cau  you  hand  duwu 
to  ages  to  come  a  legacy  of  such  great  value 
blessings  of  such  a  divine  character,  as  by  He^ 
positing  a  little  of  your  wealth  in  the  Breth- 
ren's Tract  Society. 


The  Seventh  Day  Advent  Tract  Society  of 
Batle  Creek  Michigan,  sent  owi  free  during  tlie 
year  ending  Aug  1st,  1879,  717,123  pages  of 
tracts,  and  gave  away  77,192  papers.  More 
than  1000  copies  of  their  periodicals  in  (he 
American,  French,  Swedish,  Danish,  German 
and  Italian  Iangua&;es  are  being  remaiUd  fach 
week.  This  shows  how  active  the  niembeM 
are,  and  with  what  zeal  they  propagate  their 
peculiar  tenets.  Each  member  gives  one  tenth 
of  his  earnings  for  the  support  of  Missions  and 
Tract   work.  ^ 

It  is  a  fact  that  not  a  single  author  in  tbe 
Brotherhood,  so  far  as  we  know,  possesses 
much  of  this  world's  goods.  We  have 
many  good  writers,  sound  thinkers,  but  th^y 
lack  the  means  to  publish  their  works.  These 
subscriptions  will  enable  the  Managers  to  pub- 
lish many  of  them,  and  the  donors  to  give  tfietu 
an  extensive  circulation.  There  are  at  this 
time  many  tracts  prepared  by  able  and  experi- 
enced Brethren  waiting  for  means  to  pay  for 
publication,  Shall  these  lie  dormant  or  will 
you  deposit  ii  lew  dollars  and  put  them  to 
work? 

M.\TTHEW  wrote  his  tract  about  31  years aft^r 
Clirist  ascended  fo  heaven.  Mark  wrote  hi* 
about  the  same  tiTup.  Luke  wrote  Iiis*  about  a 
year  earlier,  inid  Paul  wrote  his  tract  for  the 
BreMiren  in  Galalia  about  nineteen  years  afiw 
Clirist  had  left  the  earfh.  Paul  was  quile  a 
tract  writer,  having  written  at  lea't-  f.iurteeu 
tracts.  These  have,  with  those  ot'otliers,  Iwli 
collected  and  put  into  bo'ik  form  and  ^iven  tba 
name.  "New  Testament."  This  hook  coiitaiM 
the  woids  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  and  the.se  wordi. 
are  designed  to  make  a  man  wise  unto  salva^: 
tinn.  These  «ords  "righlly  divided"  are  de- 
signed as  (lie  power  of  God  unto  salvatjOD. 
They  are  to  be  sent  forth,  whether  written  or 
spoken,  to  bring  sinners  to  Clirist  who  aloW 
can  save.  Then  tracts  were  written  with  [ifn 
an-^  iuk,  and  the  process  of  multiplying  thtm 
was  very  slow,  but  it  was  iu  keeping  with  tn*'"' 
methiid  of  farming.  Now  grHin  ra!^iMg  }*  '^J\, 
very  far  ahead  of  ttie  Palestine  farming  iu  ,"* 
days  of  Christ  and  the  Apostles.  Aud  since 
new  methods  of  farming  have  come  up,  an* 
machinery  t.f  all  kinds  have  been  'n^^"'^?  5 
^horte■^  man's  labor,  and  increase  ihe  ^^p»'^".^ 
tlie  country,  the  art  of  printing  could  "ot  '?» 
behind,  so  it  seeks  to  keep  up.  and  thercsult  A 
that  to-day  many  millions  of  copies  may  w 
taken  from  Ihe  same  form.  Ought  we  n"t"  i 
bless  God  for  thef^e  noble  |)rivilege9?  1'"' 
every  heart  should  be  grateful. 


W.  U.  R.  R.  TIME  TABLE. 


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KABT  BOUND.  .^i)  P  -" 

2«i-!I 

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Ion  JuoeUon.  CA-SMUii. 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


''Behold  I  Bring   You  Good  Tidings  of  Great  Joy,  which  Shall  be  to  All  People."  —  Luek  2 :  10. 


■/ol 


IV. 


Lanark,  111.,  September   IB,  1879. 


No.  33. 


EDITED  AWn  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 

—  BY  — 

ESHELMAN    a    HARRISON. 

GENERAL  AGENTS 


riie 


Brethren  at  Work 

TRACT    SOCIETY. 


-  LENA,  lU.. 

LONGMOKT,  COLO. 

DDNKIRK,  OHIO. 

-   VIBUEN,  ILL 

NOKBOriNK.  MO. 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


riBSTl'AOi:— .Stein  iiiid  Ray  Debate. 

ijcoND  Page — E\iiinination  of  Some  Objections 
■  ^pniii^ts  the  Divine  Origin  of  tlie  Bible.—Lewis 
0  ilumiuer; — Kemember  thy  Creator. — G.  Nev- 
iiigcr;  WaitiDR  by  the  Uiver.— Selected  by  Hiel 
namiltoii. 

jaiKD  Page— Envy ;  Starved  to  Death ;  A  Fam- 
ily _Mary  J.  Stees;    Sot  Yet;    Mothers;  Say. 

youRTii  Page— Editorial— FromSoutheni  Kan- 
;  Among  the  Doctors;    Grief. 

fiFTQ  Page— Editobial-s.— Secrecy  and  Privacy; 
Ttiosf  Two  Families — Faiilt-lindinR;  SomRtliing 
Abort  Caps  ;  "Son,  Oo  Work  To-day  in  my  Vine- 
viirJ-— Daniel  Vaniman;  General  Fund;  Tract 
Fiiiiii;  From  Indian  Territory ;  Danish  Mi»sion 
Report;  M;inuseriptal. 

iisTn  Paoe— Tlie  Number.— M.  M.  E.;  From 
palatine.- J;  W     McCrarvey. 

SEVENTit  Page — From  lirolhev  Samuel  Murray; 
Eitioes  From  the  Esist.- D.  li.  Menztfr;  ASug- 
.^esticn— J.  S.  .Flory;  From  the  Alb'gliany 
Cliiiri'li.  West  Va.— D.  W.  (ieorge;  Lbodblcbm. 
eliliifoogtl,  hulbeikcahtealiutaydslirnoowfelit!! 
-C.  n.  Balsbaugh;  From  Laudon  West;  From 
Brother  Knisley;  From  Jesse  Calvert. 

Eeoiitii  Page- City  Mission  Fund— S.  T.  Boaaer- 
uijin;  Our  Visit  to  Lnndenville,  Ohio.— I.  .T. 
Rosenberger:  From  Milfo'd,  Ind.— John  Arnold. 
A  Visit  to  the  Far  North.— Isaiah  Ilurner;  From 
Liuiestone.  Teini, — J,  IJJ'ence. 


STEIN  AND  RAY  DEBATE. 

Pro|>.  1st — HrethreD  (or  Tunker)  Churches  pos- 
sess the  Bible  Characteristics  which  entitle 
them  to  be  regarded  as  Churches  of  Jesus 
Christ. 

J.  W.  Stein,  Affirms. 
D.  B.  Ray.  Deniw.. 

Hay's  2nth  Rbi'LY. 
Stimiiianj  Ueriew  CoudixM. 

OUR  i.ixth  negiitive  was  based  on  the  fact 
that  the  Tunker  churchcB  nre  not  the 
churches  of  Christ,  btainitf  theij  hold  the  )iopish 
^freMj  iif  chwrh  salvniintt.  This  wo  proved  by 
their  own  writer,  Mr,  Moore,  iu  his  Safe  Ground, 
p.  0,  wht-re  he  makes  pardon  and  getting  into 
the  church  the  same  tiling;  that  we  are  jiluck- 
rffrora  Satan  by  entering  into  the  church.  Al- 
w,  our  friend  claimed  that  "the  terms  of  salva- 
aud  membershii)  in  Clirist's  Churches  are 
'he same!"  Th>^  Bible  would  have  "lively 
itones"  •'built  up  a  spiritual  house" — inateriiilw 
iQOroughly  prepared,  and  then  placed  into  the 
tmilding.  According  to  this  doctrine,  all  ex- 
«pt  Tunkers  are  lost.  To  this  argument  Mr 
in  made  no  attempt  to  reply,  except  a  bar? 
Dotice  in  lii.'i  recapitulation,  where  he  charges 
hhfJij  tliat  we  misrepresented  the  Tunker  pc- 
"hon.  So  the  Tnnkers  stand  side  by  side  with 
'lie  great  Itomiah  apostasy  in  holdine  that  all 
t'Qtfiid,.  of  their  <,iwn  romninuion  must  endure 
'lie  damnation  of  hell. 

As  a  tilth  churactenslic.  Mr.  S.  coiiteuded 
'I'at  the  Tunker  "church  is  God's  habitation 
through  the  Spirit"!  Where  did  the  Spirit 
'"ell  prior  to  the  organization  of  the  first  Tunk- 


er church?    He  tried  to  sustain   this,  because 
the  Tunkers   practice    the   "holy   kiss"!     Here 
we  introduced  our  secpnth   negative,  that    they 
are  not  churches  of  Christ,  "because  they   have 
elevated  the  kiss    into    a  saving   church    ordi- 
nance."   We  did  not  object  to  the  kiss  of  char- 
ity of  the  apostolic  or  present  age;  but  the   es- 
tablishment of  this   common   salutation    as   a 
church  ordinance,  to   be   observed   on    pain   of 
damnation,  exhibits  the  auti-christian    charac- 
ter of  the  Tunker    churches.      Messrs.    Moore 
and  Eshelman  both  taught,  as  we  showed,    thaf 
lite  ki,^s  a/  charity  is  f>is<'ntial  to   salvation.    See 
our  eighth  reply.  Yet  our  friend   unblushingly 
says:  "To   these   again  I  had    no    respondent." 
How  untrue!  Our  eighth  negative  showed  that 
the   Tunkers   are  not  the  churches    of  Christ; 
"because  they  have  established  a  saving  church 
ordinance  out  of  a  full  meal."     They  eat  a    full 
meal     of  beef  or  mutton,  and  soup,  bread  and 
such  like,  to  satisfy  ''the  cravings   of  hunger," 
and  then  call  it  the  Lord's  Supper.     For   this 
"ordinance  of  the  church,"  they    make   no  pre- 
tence of  Bible  command.     Piiul    says,    "If  any 
man  hunger,  let  him  eat  at  home;"    but  Tunk- 
erism  says,  let  him   eat  "a  full    meal"    in    the 
church.     See  our  ninth  reply.     Our  ninth  neg- 
ative argument  showed  that  the  Tunker  rhitrrh- 
es  are  not  the  churches  of  Christ,  "because  they 
have  established  feet-washing   aa  a   church    or- 
dinance essential  to  salvation,"  they  make   bap- 
tism and  feet-washing  "to   the   soul    what    the 
washing  is  to  the  flesh"!     They  suppose     that 
the  Savior  washed  the  disciples'  feet  in  connec- 
tion with  the  Lord's  Supper.     But    we   showed 
that  this  feet-washing  occurred  at    Bethany 
the  house  of  Simon  the  leper   two  dayB   before 
the  passover  and  the  communion.     The  Lord's 
supper  was  observed  m  the  upper  room    at  Je- 
rusalem.    Matt.  26;  2ti;  Mark  14:  22;  Luke   22: 
19,  20.     To  settle  the  time  and  place  of  the  feet- 
washing,  read  Mark  U:  l-U;  Matt.    26:    1-17; 
John  12:  1-li,  and  13:  1-17.  From  these  script- 
ures we  gathered  the  following  facts: 

1.  Jesus  came  to  Bethany  six  days  befoie 
the  passover. 

2.  Jesus  was  invited  to  a  "supper"  prepared 
for  him  in  tlie  house  of  Simon  the  leper  two 
days  before  the  passover. 

3.  Martha,  Mary,  and  Lazarus  were  present, 
with  other  Jews,  at  thi?'  supper. 

i.  Mary  anointed  the  feet  of  Jesus  nhile  at 
this  supper. 

5.  At  the  dose  of  this  supper  in  Simon's 
house  in  Bethamj,  Jesus  arose  atid  washed  his 
fliscijiles'/eef. 

(i.  At  the  close  of  this  Bethany  supper  the 
d^vil  put  it  into  the  heart  of  Judas  to  betray 
Jtsus,  and  he  went  to  the  chief  priests  and  made 
the  bargain  to  betray  him.  And  from  that 
time  he  sought  opportunity  to  deliver  him  up. 

7.  About  twod*ys  afc?r  the  Bethany  supper 
Jesus,  with  the  twelve,  entered  the  upper  room 
at  Jerusalem,  to  eat  the  passover. 

8.  At  the  close  of  the  passover  Jesus  insti- 
tuted the  communion  or  Lord's  supper.  There- 
fore, the  feet-washing  lus  no  connection  either 
in  time,  place  or  circumstances  with  the  com- 
munion. 

The  real  church  ordinances  may  be  identified 
by  the  following  cli^iracteristics: 

1.  A  church  ordinance  is  a  solemu  religious 
nte  or  ceremony  enjoined  by  Christ  or  the  apos- 
tles upon  the  churches  a^  organizations. 

2.  A  church  ordinance  must  be  performed 
by  thi'  church  in  her  organized  capacity,  or 
through  her  ordained  officers. 

3.  A  church  ordiuau-e  must  be  observed  as 
a  prescribed  form  of  solemn  worship,  includiug 
invocation  and  prayer. 

4.  A  church  ordinance  must  commemorate, 
m  a  .sacred  monument,  some  great  fundamental 
fact  of  christiauity. 

'i.  A  church  ordinain''-  niu*-t  be  continued 
by  revealed  law  of  perpetuity. 

6.  The  cliurch  orJinances  Were  o'siserved  by 
the  apostfdic  c'lurches. 


Feet-washing  is  wanting  in  all  the  above  par- 
ticular*, and  therefore  is  not  a  church  ordinanre. 
We  have  proved  that  the  Tunkers  liave  erred 
grossly  in  establishing  feet-washing  as  a  saving 
church  ordinance,  may  be  seen  from  the  follow- 
ing considerations:  1.     There    is   no  command 
or  injunction    given    by  Christ    or  any    of  his 
apostles  to  any  church  to  wash  leet.    The  Sti- 
vior  washed  feet  socially  in  a  private  house,  in 
huimony  with  the  ancient  custom.    2.    If  feet-  ' 
washiug  was  a  church  ordinance,  then  it  would 
be   confined    to    ordained    administrators.     No 
private   member   could    perform    it,   any  more 
than  baptism  and  the  supper.    3.    The  church 
ordinnnces  must  be  performed   as  a    part   of  a 
solemT  church  worship;  but  there  was    neither 
prayer,  singing,  nor  solemn  formula  joined  with 
feet-washing.     4,     The  two  church    ordinances 
commemorate  in  a  solemn  manner  the  two  great 
gospel   facts — the     death  and  resurrection     of 
Christ.    The  communion  is  in    remembrance  of 
Jesus  to  show  his  death  till  he  comes.  Baptism 
declares  the  burial  and  resurrection  of  Christ, 
and  is  a  pledge  of  the   resurrection    of  all    the 
dead.     But  if  fvet- washing   has    any    religions 
svmbolic   design    it  is   not   revealed.     5.     The 
clmrch  ordinances  have  the  revealed  law  of  per- 
petuity— to  the  end    of  the    world,  till    Christ 
comes.     But  nothing  is  said  about  the  perpetu- 
ity of  feet-wa.shiug.     *■'<      Baptism  aud  the  com- 
munion were  observed  m  and  hy   the  apostolic 
churches.     But  there  is  no  record  of  any   apos- 
tolic church  observing  feet-washing. 

With  the  above  Bible  lacts  and  arguments 
the  Tunker  feet-washing  church  ordinance  was 
entirely  overthrown. 

Ax  to  the  Tnnker  childish  quibbles  concern- 
ing hapti/.ing  by  a  "forward  bowing  posture," 
and  the  laying  on  of  hands  in  connection  with 
baptism,  we  answered  according  to  their  folly. 
Yet  Mr.  S.  says:  "Mr.  II.  did  not  even  attempt 
a  reply,"  and  "  To  these  I  had  no  respondent"! 
Where  is  his  love  of  truth? 

Mr.  Stein'3  second  reason  under  his  fifth  char- 
acteristic is  based  upon  the  wonderful  goodness 
of  the  Tunkers  concerning  war.  While  it  is 
true  that  christians  have  no  right  to  make  war 
for  the  propagation  or  defense  of  Christianity, 
yet,  as  we  showed,  the  citizens  of  political  gov- 
ernments may  obey  the  powers  that  be  in  aiding 
in  the  punishment  of  evil  doers.  Rom.  13:  1-7. 
John  the  Baptist  advised  thesoidiers:  "Be  con- 
tent iivith  your  wages."  Luke  3:  14.  We 
showed  that  the  Tunkers  in  making  laws  on 
this  subject,  have  violated  the  word  of  God. 
Our  tenth  negative  argument  showed  that  the 
Tunker  churcli  government  is  unacriptural,  be- 
cause they  are  controlled  by  a  "national  con- 
ference," "to  decide  matters  for  which  no  thus 
saith  the  Lord  can  be  found."  The  decrees  of 
this  conference  are  to  decide  even  the  fashiob. 
style,  and  cut  of  the  clothing  of  the  member- 
ship. For  this  usurpation  Mr.  S.  made  x^o  ap- 
peal to  the  scriptures. 

Our  eleveuth  negative  proved  that  the  Tunk- 
er churches  reject  the  plan  of  salvation  by 
grace.  Against  this  false  doctrine  we  appealed 
to  Horn.  4:  2-13;  Epb.2:  8-10;  Gal.  3:  7.  See 
our  twelvth  reply. 

Our  twelfth  negative  proved  that  the  Tunk- 
er churches  are  destitute^  the  Scriptural  Church 
Succession. 

Mr.  Stein  tried  to  make  out  "that  there  were 
testimonies  of  the  existence  of  an  apostolic 
church  from  the  beginning  ronm-clinq  with  \our 
brethren  in  America,  through  the  ancient  Wal- 
denses  and  Albigens^'s."  He  boldly  insinuated 
that  our  proofs  of  the  origin  of  the  Tunker 
churcli  with  Mr.  Mack  in  ITilS  were  untrue. 
But  his  consternatiDn  and  defeat  was  overwhel- 
ming when  we  forced  him  to  admit,  upon  the 
testimony  of  Messp».  Muck,  that  we  were  cor- 
rect. The  Tunkers  are  forced  to  admit  thn* 
•'all  th*-  D'lfikap!^  ot  America  have  sprung  lio^ii 
the  little  blind  of  eight  souls,  who  startcU  up 
in  Germany  in  the  year  I708."  "They  were  fill 
baptized  by  trine  immersion,   organi/.!?d   thi  m- 


welves  into  a  church,  and  chose  Alexander  Mack,      . 
for  their  first  minister." 

We  forced  Mr.  Stein  to  admit  the  porpeiuity 
of  the  true  church.  We  -bowed  by  many  io- 
fallible  proofs  from  scripture,  that  the  gates  of 
hell  have  not  prevailed  against  the  truechnrch. 
Mr.  Mack,  Sen.,  th--  founder  of  the  Tunker 
church,  says: 

"We  believe  that  the  gates  of  hell  have  not 
prevailed  against  the  church  of  Christ,  but  it 
has  remained,  and  will  remain  even  until  the 
■nd  of  the  world."  The  Writings  of  Alexaa- 
der  Mack,  p.  117. 

Thus,  the  historical  question  ta  to  the  origin 
of  the  Tunker  churches  is  definitely  settled  by 
themselves.  They  acknowledge  "that  the  trite 
church  never  ceased  to  exist,"  "that  the  gates  of 
hell  hare  not  prevailea  against  the  chunk  0/ 
Christ,  but  it  has  remained,  aud  will  remain, 
eren  until  the  end  of  the  irorld^  They  al=d  free- 
ly acknowledge  "that  all  the  Dunkards  of  Amer- 
ica have  sprung  from  the  little  band  of  eight 
souls  who  started  up  in  Germany  in  the  year 
I'lix."  under  the  miniiitry  of  AU-xander  Mack. 
Therefore  the  Tunker  churches  cannot  he  the 
true  churches  of  Christ. 

It  will  be  remembered  that  Mr.  Stein  failed 
to  name  a  single  local  congregation,  holding 
the  Tunker  characteristics  during  the  Hfteen 
centuries  prior  to  170S.  Hi.s  overthrow  is  com- 
plete on  the  point  of  history.  His  "recapitQla- 
tion"  is  such  a  gross  batch  of  misrepresenta- 
tions that  it  refutes  it-^elf.  His  utter  disregard 
for  truth  must  be  attributed  to  his  blindness  and 
confusion.  Did  he  hope  to  deceive  the  reader 
by  his  crying,  "no  respondent!"  "I  had  no  re- 
Hpoudeut!!"  "I''/«(r?~r*v)//y  hod  uo  respond- 
ent!!!"? One  conscious  of  toe  truth  will  not 
resort  to  5Ui:h  means. 

We  believe  that  Mr.  Stein  has  done  tlie  best 
for  his  cause  that  can  bedoue.  Though  a  strong 
man,  he  has  utterly  failed  to  sustain  his  propo- 
sition. H«  has  mis-stated  our  arguments  and 
resorted  to  all  the  trickery  of  deception  and 
"Jesuitical"  sophistry,  to  aid  a  sinking  cause. 

He  feels  "more  confirmed"  in  his  positions! 
So  did  the  anti-christs  which  went  out  from  the 
apostolic  church.  We  have  but  little  hope  oi 
the  conversion  of  one  who  has  apostatized  from 
the  true  church. 

There  are  some  minor  points  that  we  !iave 
omited  from  this  summarj'  as  not  needing  fur- 
ther mention  here. 

We  here  repeat  that  we  have  proved  by  am- 
ple testimony  that  the  Tunkers  as  churches — 
(1 J  are  based  upon  a  carnil  membership;  (2)  and 
as  churches  were  built  by  uninspired  men;  (3) 
they  hold  baptismal  salvation ;  (4)  they  have  added 
to  our  Lord's  great  commission;  (."i)  they  r-ject 
the  word  of  God  as  the  only  rule  of  faith  and 
practice;  (*i)  they  hold  the  doctrine  of  church 
salvation:  (7)  they  kiss  for  salvation;  (8)  they 
make  a  "full  meal"  into  a  saving  church  'irdi- 
nance;  (9)  they  make  salvation  by  feet-waxhiog; 
(1*0  they  have  un  unscriptural  church  gcvtrn- 
ment;  (11)  they  rej-'ct  salvation  by  grac*-;  (12) 
they  are  destitute  of  scriptural  church  ^ucves- 
ion; — therefore,  the  Tunker  churches  arr  not 
churches  of  Jesus  Christ. 

We  suggest  that  every  one  cirefuily  re-read 
the  entire  discussion  on  this  pniposition.  Truth 
does  not  lose  by  investigatiou.  May  God,  by 
his  Spirit,  guide  and  preserve  us  all  in  the  wey 
of  truth  aud  salvation,  is  our  prayer. 
Conclusion. 


He  who  studies  for  a  good  purpose,  to  hin 
his  study  bei^omes  a  blessing;  to  him  who  do« 
not,  it  grows  into  a  poison. 


Do  not  dwell  too  long  upon  your  friend^ 
praises;  you  will  end  bv  saying  thiuj:iii  agaitK^t 
him. 

Why  is  the  lobe  of  the  ear  soft?  that  you 
may  close  up  your  ear  when  you  hear  aught 
improper. 


THK    B3iKTHKE>r    ^T    AVOKKl. 


September    15 


WAITING  BY    THE  RIVER, 

SKI.KfTKH  BY    IIIKL  HAMILTON. 

WE  are  waiting  I»y  the  river, 
Wbili>  tho  cveniiu  i^lui'lon's  fiilt; 
Waitiiiz  only  for  tlie  lioHtnmii. 
liistniu^  tu  his  (;enM(«  cnll. 
(HOBr.-. 
Wh^n  IVp  rroMprf  the  vhII  i>f  .lordai). 

With  the  ditrk  and  chiMing  tide; 
In  that  bright  cetcsliat  city, 
I  sliall  e^t'rmore  iibiile. 

Though  thf  mist  hangs  o'er  the  river. 

And  thf  billowa  londly  roar; 
Vet  1  hear  the  snug  of  angels 

Waftpd  from  the  othi*r  «hore. 
Mp  hu.")  called  for  many  a  loved  one, 

We  havw  seen  them  leave  our  Bide; 
Willi  otir  Savior  we  shall  gre^-t  them, 

When  we  too  have  cro^fu-d  the  tide. 
Rnrth  with  al]  i»  light  and  ahadowit, 

Seems  receding  from  niy  "ight; 
And  I  iilmoNt  hear  the  niuxir. 

In  that  liitid  diviui'Iv  bright. 

Shall  I  waitinc  io  the  iiioming, 
lu  my  Kallier'd  Iiouho  above; 

Or  will  nhailoivH  Hiill  Hurroiind  m<', 
Brighten'-d  only  by  hw  lovr'f 

Hiirkl  I  hi'ar  the  wat^rn  rippl", 

ljig)it.-'  are  gleaining  all  aronnd; 
Thinlt  ye  'tin  tiif  coniiug  lutatman? 
Will  my  toil  so  noon  ho  o'er? 

I  will  wait  in  calm  suhinitismn, 
Heekly  kii"r-ling  on  the  »liore; 

'Tilt  my  Savior  piviise  to  call  me. 
Then  he'Jl  gently  hear  mo  o'er. 

Waiting,  waiting  for  the  hoiitman. 
With  his  Hhining  nngel  hnitdn; 

Waiting,  waiting  by  the  rirer. 
Clinging  elowe  to  .Ii-stiiM'  hands. 


EXAMINATION  OF  SOME  OBJEC- 
TIONS AGAINST  THK   DIVINE 
ORIGIN   OF  THE  BIBLE. 

Jiy  MEWIH  O.  IIUUMKH. 


WK  Rvv  uow  getting  to  where 
tlie  buttle  will  require  a  little 
more  generalship  than  in  our  preceiling 
numhei'rt.  The  'Jruili  Seeker  wants  to 
know  "when  the  fact  ia  brought  to  our 
uiinda  that  so  many  errors  exist  in  tliy 
liook,  is  it  not  enough  to  destroy  all  be 
lief  in  its  being  directly  from  thy  brain 
and  thy  hand  ?"  This  is  a  hard  (jueHtion 
to  answer.  1h  a  counterfeit  bank  iiote 
the  jn'oduction  of  the  bank!  "Can 
it  be  possible  that  the  highest  confidence 
and  veneration  can  always  be  cherished 
for  a  book  that  reijuirvs  such  e.xtensive 
doctoring,  tinkering,  and  remodeling?" 
AVho  says  it  does  require  such  "tinker- 
ing"^ People  that  did  the  "tinkering" 
were  men  just  like  the  Truth  Seeker, 
they  thought  they  knew  a  little  better 
than  God,  and  therefore  got  to  "tinker 
ing."  The  writer  e.\hi  bits  about  as  much 
of  this  "tinkering"  spirit,  as  we  shall 
presently  show,  a.s  any  one;  he  no  doubt 
thinks  it  needs  "tinkering." 

"Is  not  the  influence  which  the  Bil>le 
has  exerted  ou  women  a  great  argument 
against  its  divinity?  Has  it  not  placed 
her  in  subjection  to  the  opposite  sex  and 
persistently  held  her  in  that  degi'aded 
position?"  Now  we  are  getting  direct- 
ly to  the  Bible  which  opens  out  the  is- 
eue. 

Here  the  gentleman  fully  exhibits  the 
same  spirit  that  Chriatians  exhibited  in 
their  "tinkering" — he  is  a  liule  smarter 
than  God  and  can  teach  him  many  things 
— becaasc  God  placed  the  woman  in  sub- 
jection to  the  man  on  account  of  her 
weakness  and  inability  to  equality  m 
the  provision  of  the  comforts  of  life.  God 
placed  the  woman  in  subjection  to  the 
man  for  her  care  and  ]»rotection  just  a& 
he  placed  the  children  under  subjection 
to  their  parents,  and  not  as  slaves  as  th-i 
writer  represents  him.   The  writer  must 


be  in  posseft-^ion  of  a  much  more  con-upi 
translation  than  King  James'  or  hewould 
certainly  fi-el  axhamed  for  such  gross  anti 
obvious  misrepresentations.  If  his  Uible 
teaches  what  he  eays  it  does  he  may  well 
loH  •  confidence  in  it. 

Is y^u///;*;/ a  perton  under  subjection 
degrading  hiin^  Are  we  I'egraded  b 
cause  we  are  placed  in  subjection  to  the 
laws  of  the  I'niverse  ?  What  ideas  these 
itifidels  have  of  degradation !  Is  not  wo 
man  from  her  very  constitution  the  one 
I  hat  needs  the  oversight?  Is  the  woman 
to  i)rovide  for  the  man  and  the  family, 
or  is  the  mail  the  one  that  ought  to  do 
it?  If  the  man  does  hiw  <luty,  would  it 
be  right  for  the  woman  to  usurp  author 
ity  over  the  man?  If  a  man  doe^  not  do 
his  duty  toward  the  woman,  he  is  worse 
rhan  an  infidel  and  has  no  faith  in  (rod'f 
injui.ctioiiH,  for  this  is  just  what  God  has 
.•iijoined  upon  man.  The  Bible  that  I 
have  leaches  just  th»T  reverse  of  what  the 
7Vw/// >SVje^tfr  does,  80  it  is  very  dotibt 
ful  if  he  ia  in  possession  of  even  King 
James*  revision,  or  knows  anything 
aliout  it.  Men  that  are  so  ignorant  ot 
the  teachings  of  the  Uible  may  well  re- 
ject it  as  a  divine  injunction;  hut  the 
man  that  is  fully  aequaint<'d  with  its 
teachings  has  no  trouble  to  discover  the 
divine  counsel  and  wisdom  therein. 

"With  a  few  exceptions,  wej-e  not  the 
women  of  the  Bible  met  e  blaves  to  the 
male  sex  ?  And  were  they  not  regarded 
as  ministers  to  the  sensual  pa'^sions  of 
men?  Was  the  disposition  anywhere 
shown  to  accord  to  woman  the  position 
in  society  and  in  the  affairs  of  life  that 
justly  belong  to  her?"  Yes,  Mr.  7'n/M 
Setiktr,  tliey  were  mistreated,  and  this 
shows  exactly  where  women  would  be 
to-day  was  it  not  for  the  Bible.  Had 
not  Christ  given  special  legislation  on 
this  point  they  would  still  be  in  that  con 
dition.  Infidels  are  not  the  originators 
of  this  law, nor  ever  did  anything  for  wo- 
men, it  18  onl}'  among  Christians  who 
have  a  correct  knowledge  of  God's  Word 
that  treat  women  with  due  respect,  and 
infidels  who  live  in  such  Christian  soci- 
eties see  the  beauty  of  such  treatment 
and  follow  their  example. 

The  intelligent  woman  knows  from 
whence  comes  her  deliverer  and  friend, 
and  thus  they  venerate  the  name  of 
Christ.  Were  there  no  infidels  prior  to 
Christ  to  lift  woman  out  of  her  misery? 
Did  the  French  Revolution  add  anything 
to  woman's  elevation?  Infidels  ought  to 
be  ashamed  to  claim  for  themselves  what 
justly  belongs  to  the  Bible. 

"In  view  of  the  fact  that  the  Bible  has 
recognized  polygamy,  which  at  best  is 
a.  relic  of  barbarism,  is  not  that 
juite  enough  to  shape  one's  belief  in  its 
iiivinity?  Can  it  be  possible  that  the 
great  Father  of  all  goodness  connives 
and  co-operates  with  that  vile  institu- 
tion"? 

What  kind  of  jj^^^ible  has  the  Truth 
Seekerf  Does  it  "recognize  polyg- 
amy?" It  would  look  a  little  better  if 
he  would  back  up  his  assertion  with  er- 
idence,  would  it  not? 

If  he  can  impose  his  assertions  and 
misrepresentations  upon  people's  credu- 
lity, he  will  do  a  ^reat  deal  of  injury  to 
the  Bible;  but  I  ho)ie  no  man  with  a  Bi- 
ble in  his  hand  will  allow  him  or  any 
infidel  to  impose  such  falsehoods  upon 
them.  If  they  are  going  to  destroy  the 
veneration  due  the  Bible  with  such  false- 
hoods, it  is  high  time  that  some  one  ap- 
pears on  the  arena  iii  defense  of  the  Bi- 
ble. 

I  can  make  some  allowance  for  error,, 
but  for  willful  misrepresentations  as  is 
evident  from  all  his  allegations  I  am 
obliged  to  deplore.  Were  women  of  the 


Bible  treated  any  worst- under   the   Old 
Testament  laws  than  other  women? 

"I>iil  not  many  of  thy  most  marked 
favoriU'S  among  whom  may  be  named, 
Abraham,  Jacob,  (iideon,  David,  Solo- 
mon, and  others,  openly  practice  polyg- 
amy ?  And  is  there  an  instance  where 
tiiy  word  ever  <liscountenanced  them  on 
account  of  their  indulgence  in  the  de- 
grading practice  of  having  a  plurality  of 
wives" i 

Now  what  a  keen  debater  this  Truth 
Seeker  i«I  What  critical  accumen  he 
pos^e.-i'^'fs!  Do  people  regard  everytliing 
right  and  best  that  people  do,  simply 
because  there  is  no  law  directly  against 
it?  Did  God  recognize  polygamy  be 
cause  he  did  not  prohibit  it  by  law  ?  Is 
a  practice  not  prohibited  by  law  so  de^ 
grading  as  the  writer  endeavors  to  make 
out?  Is  a  plurality  of  wives  half  a?  bad 
as  adultery  under  the  Mosaic  law?  The 
writer  would  likely  be  ia  the  same  prac- 
tice to-day  if  the  Bible  did  not  prohibit 
it  under  Christ,  and  would  not  be  aware 
that  it  was  a  degrading  practice.  What 
make^  polygamy  wrong,  is  God's  prohi 
bitiou.  Is  there  then  any  common  sense 
in  condemning  a  book  after  obtaining 
such  advantageous  knowledge  therefrom 
that  makes  our  own  knowledge  look 
like  barbarism. 

"Could  men  be  really  first  class  patri- 
archs and  saints  who  were  so  sensual 
that  their  passions  could  not  be  gratified 
short  of  from  five  to  one  thousand  wo 
men"?  1  suppose  a  man  can  be  a  good 
citizen  so  long  as  he  does  not  transgress 
any  law,  and  above  all  the  injunctions 
of  the  government? 

Has  not  the  Bible  damaged  its  claims 
to  divinity  by  its  advocacy  of  human 
slavery  ?  Does  it  not  recognize  in  nu- 
merous instances  that  unrighteous  insti- 
tution''? Does  the  writer  think  he  can 
impose  such  falsehoods  more  successful- 
ly upon  the  credulity  of  the  American 
people  by  asking  questions  thereby  prov- 
ing his  allegation  by  competent  tesiimo 
ny  ? 

In  the  Old  Testament  slavery  is  just 
the  same  as  polygamy — neither  approv 
ed  nor  condemned,  but  under  theXew  it 
is  prohibited  which  makes  it  look  bad 
to  the  Truth  Seelcer. 

"Can  it  be  possibe  that  a  being  who 
is  equally  the  kind  parent  of  all  races 
and  people  should  lavish  all  his  favors 
on  one  special  race,  and  willingly  see 
others  subjected  to  slavery  and  oppres- 
sion without  lifting  a  finger  or  saying  a 
word  to  prevent  it"  ?  It  is  not  my  bu- 
siness to  (piote  the  whole  Bible  and  shoW 
wiiat  it  really  does  teach,  but  I  deny 
that  the  BiVde  teaches  any  such  doctrine 
and  demand  the  proof.  It  is  only  anoth- 
er misrepresentation. 

"Is  not  slavery  wholly  incompatible 
with  divinity,  as  it  is  with  true  human 
ity,  and  is  it  not  an  axiomatic  truth  that 
a  book  which  recognizes  and  authorizes 
the  slavery  of  onehuman  being  to  anoth- 
er, or  of  one  race  to  another,  cannot 
come  from  a  divine  source"? 

The  writer  has  now  reduced  his  evi- 
dence to  an  axiom  which  will  enable  my 
readers  more  fully  to  estimate  his  rea- 
soning powers.  When  people  get  to  ax- 
itmis  they  are  about  right,  but,  such  an 
axiom  as  that  is  like  a  flea  in  u  dark 
night, — hard  to  see.  Admitting  for  ar 
gument  sake  that  the  Bible  "recognizes 
slavery,  Ac,  as  the  writer  alleges,  would 
that  prove  the  Bible  of  human  origin? 
What  an  axiom  this  its!  Is  the  writer  to  fix 
up  the  characteiiatics  of  God,  and  if  the 
God  of  the  Bible  does  not  meet  his  im- 
agination of  a  God,  it  is  an  axiomatic 
truth  that  the  God  of  the.  Bible  is  not  a 
God,   but    some   kind  of   a  being  he 


low  the  human?  Perhaps  Barnum's^^^^. 
rifed  man  wrote  the  Bible!  I  would 
like  to  knoW' what  kind  of  a  character 
the  Truth  Sr'-k'fr^  God  is.  or  where  he 
dwells  and  what  relation  he  sustains  to 


his  God.     I  think  he    must   be  a 


good 


kind  of  a  God,  and  aUows  all  his  sub- 
jtxts  to  determine  right  according  to 
their  own  feelings.  Now  if  the  'Truth 
Scfhr  knows  so  much  about  the  chap- 
acterof  God  I  would  like  to  know  where 
he  gets  his  information. 

I  will  engage  to  show  that  the  God  of 
the  Bible  is  the  only  God  that  we  have 
any  kn-iwledge  of.  and  any  other  has 
uo  existence  except  in  the  imagination 
of  people.  Let  them  prove  that  there  is 
another  God,  such  an  one  as  they  repre- 
sent  by  describing  the  relationship.  If 
I  allowed  the  writer  to  fix  up  God  to  suit 
his  notions  of  a  God.  and  the  Bible  God 
differed  in  character,  then  it  would  be 
an  "axiomatic  truth"  that  the  Bible  was 
not  of  divine  origin,  but  if  I  demand  the 
evidence  for  the  existence  of  such  a  God 
his  axiom  is  only  imagination.  If,  how- 
ever, he  can  prove  by  competent  testi- 
mony that  there  is  in  existence  a  differ- 
ent God  than  that  representeil  in  the  Bi. 
ble  I  should  like  to  hear  from  him  at  his 
earliest  convenience. 

Christians  must  begin  to  look  out,  for 
infidels  are  fixing  up  another  God  that 
is  far  superior  ( ()  to  the  Christian's  God. 
The  existence  of  a  God  will  no  longer 
be  doubted,  but  a  new  God  has  coiue  in- 
to existence,  and  the  Christian's  God  a 
delusion  only.  Surely  this  is  the  age  of 
reason  and  reform.  This  new  God  ia  of 
such  a  character  (from  the  Truth  Sfek- 
er's  knowledge)  that  I  would  not  be 
much  afraid  of;  for  he  has  uo  jurisdic- 
tion; and  I  think  the  reason  he  has  no 
jurisdiction  is  because  he  has  uo  exis- 
tence, except  in  his  imagination. 


REMEMBER  THY  CREATOR. 

BY  Q.   NEVINUB". 

"Remember  HOW  thy  Creator  ill  the  daya  of 
thy  youth,  while  the  evil  days  come  not,  nor 
the  years  draw  nigh  wlieu  thou  shalt  say,  I 
have  no  pleasure  in  them,"  Eccl.  12:  1. 

IITANY  are  the  reasons,  my  dear  young 
-^'J-  readers,  why  we  should  enlist  un- 
der the  blood-stained  banner  of  King 
Jesus  when  young,  "while  the  evil  days 
come  not,  nor  the  years  draw  nigh  when 
thou  shalt  say  I  have  no  pleasure  in 
them."  We  are  not  so  far  away  from 
God,  and  our  whole  nature  has  not  be- 
come 80  thoroughly  imbued  with  sin, 
nor  brought  under  the  vile,  contaminat- 
ing and  degrading  inflaence.  Sin  is  of 
such  a  character  that  if  an  individual 
yields  strict  obedience  to  its  pernicious 
demands  long  enough  it  captivates 
his  very  being  and  reigns  supreme  ovel' 
his  moral  and  physical  nature  and  holds, 
with  but  few  exceptions,  the  hell-doom- 
ed sinner  under  such  tyrannical  aud  de- 
basing slavery  that  "thou  shalt  say  I 
have  no  pleasure  in  them."  It  ia  noth- 
ing but  our  duty  that  we  owe  to  the 
Creator  and  Preserver  of  our  lives,  that 
we  spend  our  whole  life  in  his  service: 
for,  "that  we,  being  delivered  out  of  the 
hand  of  our  enemies,  might  serve  him 
without  fear,  in  holiness  and  righteous- 
nvps  before  him  all  the  days  of  our  lifii.' 
If  God  withheld  not  bis  own  Son,  but 
gave  him  to  redeem  us  from  our  enemies 
(which  is  :*atan  or  his  vile  ambassadors), 
should  we  not  love  him  enough  that  we 
would  speud  our  whole  life  in  his  ser- 
vice, that  we  might  enjoy  the  endless  fe- 
licity of  the  mansions  of  the  blest? 

Well;  some  say,  '-those  that  eilter  the 
vineyard  of  the  Lord,  at  the  eleventh 
hour  wili'receive  ] list  as  miifiK  as  those 


__.  p,  ember    15 


'XJblK    liKJiTHllEiSr    ^VT    WOJili. 


3 


■ul^r  ill  tlie  ii'urijiug."     This  is  all, 

hut  are   \ou   uertaiu,  dear  >uuiig 

rs.  tbat  you  will  live  to  olJ  agt  In 

1,1  tliei"    littv**   the  opportunity  to 

1-,.  vrtor  peacH  \v\l\i    iioAi     U*Tnem- 

hflt  lif^  '■"  ^*''*y  uncertniu,  for  every 

i!;i\S  l>riiii:J'  th«?   saii    iiitelli^^enee  of 

.itin'2"'"-  '"'^i'*  ^""^  home.  "The 

ill  lif*-V  gi'f'ii  spring,  ami  he,  who 

u  the  full    strength  of  years,  ma- 

tiul  iiiaivl,  the  bowed  with  age,  the 


(lis 


r.ni 


by  !"■" 


fiut  iu  t-he  smiles  ami  beauty  of  its  in- 
•ent  nget^'"^  "l^-"  -A^"*^  •*"  V***i  ilolive, 
vi)U  fi'*'  t^**  )'""  would  have  the 
.:\i]ei:e  of  turning  to  Christ?  "For 
.  Sp'i'it  will  not  always  strive  with 
■III "  '^'^y-'*  iu^pivation.  Besides  this 
ay  become  so  hardened  that  yo" 
ill  say,  "I  have  uo  pleasure  in  them." 
•Oil  well,"  Miiid  a  young  man  somtime 
1(0  under  conviction,  when  I  told  him 
f  tbi'  danger  of  going  further  form  God, 
.eraslinating,  "I  intend  to  keep 
i,iVr  cunvicti()n.  hy  reading  the  Bihle 
p;l  ijoing  to  church,  and  I  will  come 
btfore  long."  Well  may  tbe  Sage  say, 
uprocrastination  is  the  thief  of  time." 
Tbat  youui^  man's  time  is  past,  that  he 
iiroiuist'J  to  come  to  the  Lord,  and  he  is 
(till  out  iu  the  cold  world  of  sin.  What 
would  you,  kind  readei',  think  of  a  cit 
i2PU  of  the  Uuited  States,  if  England 
^vrere  arrayed  in  hostile  arma  against  the 
(Tovernuient,  and  the  Americans  would 
piomise  him  a  good  home  for  life,  if  he 
,fould  light  for  his  cause,  but  instead  of 
tiiiit  he  would  take  up  arms  against  hin 
o\ru  couutry,  and  help  England  and 
would  tell  the  American  emissaries,  that 
fts  80un  as  he  became  so  old  that  he  could 
do  the  English  no  more  good,  he  would 
come  back  to  his  own  country  and  ac- 
ceiit  of  that  home  they  promised  him.  Is 
that  the  way  with  3^ou,  my  young  friends? 
Dii  you  intend  to  waste  all  in  riotous 
living?  Do  you  intend  to  spend  you 
talents,  lite  and  wealth  in  serving  sin 
anil  after  you  become  old  turn  to  Christ? 
It\o,  "know  thou  that  for  all  these 
tliioi!s,  God  will  bring  thee  into  judg 
pent.  Therefore  remove  sorrow  from 
tliv  heart,  and  put  away  evil  from  thy 
fiesh,  for  childhood  and  youth  are  van 
Why  are  they   vanity  ?     Beoavise 


ity 


the 


they  will  pass   uwaj .     For,  "even 
youth  shall  faint  and  Ije  weary.'' 

Thus  we  see  that  the  young  man  with 
iron  muscles  aud  golden  sinews,  and  the 
fair  maiden  with  all  her  blooming  beau- 
ty and  flowery  dreams  of  future  life  and 
happiness  must  appear  before  the  judg- 
ment seat  of  Christ.  But  they  that  wait 
upon  the  Lord  shall  renew  their  strength ; 
they  shall  mount  up  with  wings  as  ea- 
gles; they  shall  rim  and  not  be  weary; 
and  they  shall  walk,  and  not  faint."  Art 
thou,  dear  reader,  sleeping  in  the  lap  of 
atreacherous  world?  If  so,  "awake  to 
righteousness  and  sin  not."  Now,  let  ua 
bm-  the  conclusion  of  the  whole  matter, 
"Fear  God  and  keep  his  commandments; 
for  this  is  the  whole  duty  of  man." 

ENVY. 


all  traits   of  character  most   to  be 

abhorred,  and  one  universally  prev- 

i',  is  the   detestable    trait    of  euvy. 

'  and  every  one  of  us  havt  a  slight 
kiiugof  it  in  our  composition.  From 

nine  of  Adam  to  the  present   day  it 

In-ld  sway  with  perwistent  tenacious- 
-,  Hud  will  undoubtedly  until  the  end 
'uiie.  But  some  are  euvious  in  a 
i-r  degree  than  others,  and  they  may 

'newell  to  all  greatness  while    they 

>\  envy  to  stir   within    their    breast. 

'r  irlassesseem  thickly  covered  with 
"-'■u  light,  and  everything    beautiful 

iiuble  becomes  distorted   and  mean 


imd.-r  their  envious  glance.  They  wii' 
n-'t  allow  (hrmiiclves  to  see  auy  g-iuil 
quality  iu  a  person,  but,  like  the  owl, 
vigilant  iu  darkness,  they  seek  only  the 
evil  and  dark  actions  of  men,  and  re 
main  blind  to  the  good.  The.ie  envious 
pHi-s<)ns  will  allow  their  criticisms  and 
iuueudoes  to  fall  indiscriminately  u[>on 
every  lovely  thing,  like  frost  upon  fliu 
ers.  They  will  utter  sharp  speeches 
with  sneering  lips,  aud  with  supercilious 
brow,  and  impudent  tongue,  wagging  to 
an  empty  brain,  call  to  naught  ihat 
which  is  true  and  beautiful.  This  trait 
I  assert  to  be  characteristic  of  shallow 
and  ignoble  minds!  In  all  great  aud 
noble  characters  in  past  and  present,  time, 
this  trait  lay  dormant  and  suppressed. 
Their  minds  were  of  such  superior  or- 
gaui>:atiou,aud  the  eserci&e  of  such  mind 
was  so  systematic  and  salutary  that  the 
meai^  trait  of  envy  was  never  juomineut. 
All  noble  minds  are  loftily  superior  to 
the  act  of  condemning  a  course  of  action 
or  drawing  inferences  prejudicial  to  a 
party  for  the  mere  gratification  of  their 
envious  spirit. 

We  would  mildly  suggest  to  those  who 
are  envi(msly  inclined  to  forbeai',  aud, 
like  the  Spartan  youth  who  smiled  while 
suft'eriug  iVom  secret  wounds,  have  suf- 
ficient wisdom  to  conceal  that  which 
they  may  feel;  or,  like  Macawber  in 
Dickens'  tale,  if  things  do  not  ipiite  sat- 
isfy you,  like  him  assume  the  air  of  an 
optimist,  and  wait  patiently  and  some- 
thing will  turn  up;  but  do  not  give  way 
to  envy.  Of  all  beincs  most  miserable, 
worthy  of  most  profound  pity,  is  an  en- 
vious person.  If  they  notice  a  person  ex- 
erci:>ing  their  talents,  developing  their 
capacities,  they  will  censure  them,  for 
they  are  fearful  of  their  becoming  supe- 
rior to  themselves;  anlif  perchance  they 
hear  the  slightest  rustling  of  another's 
laurels,  their  brains  will  seethe  and  their 
hearts  hurn,  and  their  imprecations  of 
hate  reverberate  throughout  the  air. 
Why,  they  would  inspire  one  with  the 
idea  that  this  world  was  a  laud  of  wrang- 
ling aud  quarrels.  Now,  upon  medita- 
tion, I  arrive  at  the  conclusion  that  there 
is  nothing  in  life  of  sufficient  importance 
to  cause  an  envious  spirit  in  any  individ- 
ual. The  end  of  all,  rich  and  poor,  learn- 
ed and  ignorant,  ugly  and  beautiful,  is 
one  and  the  same.  What  are  those  il- 
lustrious and  brilliant  persons  of  past 
ages  but  a  traus«formation  of  dust,  el  h'un  f 

It  is  well  those  euvious  persons  can 
not  become  exclusive  rulers,  for,  ifs<" 
we  might  tremble  for  our  safety.  Even 
the  actions  of  Nero,  Cato  and  other  tyr- 
ants would  not  have  a  parallel  with 
those  of  an  envious  person  of  to-day.  It 
is  well  to  avoid  the  occasion  which 
would  tend  to  imbue  us  with  this  trait, 
and  be  content  as  we  are.  The  little 
robin  chirps  as  gayly  as  the  gorgeous 
bird  of  Paradise,  and  his  note  is  as  gay 
for  it  is  truly  contthit  and  knows  not  eU' 
vy.  When  we  see  one  climbing  laVjor 
ously  up  the  hill  of  fame,  we  must  not 
imagine  that  to  gratify  ourselyes  by  send- 
ing him  a  dart  from  the  poisonous  ar- 
row of  envy  will  add  to  our  happiness 
or  detract  from  his  merit,  for  if  we  in- 
dulge that  fallacious  hope  we  will  be 
supremely  mistaken.  And,  alas,  the 
criticism  of  the  envious  is  simply  imx  et 
preterett  nihil! — Sel. 


^Kjomr  ami 


Husbnnils,  lovt"  your  »  i>  < 





'  11. it  yft.ir- 

■I'-hfS  Hiilo    >.iiir   iiwti    ]i 

■,.„.  .il.ey 

"mr  imri-iils.  l'athir«,  i>i 

iMr.ii   >. 

wnitli.liiiL  brhiK  thcin  ii|> 

'    '    itnil    nd 

ii<iT)'tiii)i  of  llip   l..irtl.       >r 

■■.\'.\:.     1. 

MiKliu-Ilt    Ut 

ilif  III  thai  nre  voxir  iiiiisU-ni. 

-P.M-I.. 

l^, 


STARVED  TO  DEATH. 
itQ    alttc,  colli    and   dn-ary, 


Hel|>lf>*,  hopMless,  wt?ak  and  wenry, 
And  with  craving  hurigtr  wild, 

Flu-ilmnd.  ftithcr,  toil-eiiduriDg. 
Working  linrd  tor  pittAiice  pay — 

(n  a  week,  vixnigh  i)i-ocuriug 
Fur  his  family  for  a  day. 

XeiiiliboM  IcArn  tlicir  •'iid  condition; 
(i.ifhpriii  to  render  aid; 

Hushund  goL's  for  a  physician^ — 
Cannot  come,  unletis  he's  paid. 
Vnv'^  another  and  another. 
Until  one  consents  toeonie. 

But  too  late  to  save  the  mother- 
She  in  death's  cold  arms  in  numb. 

Millions  >pent  in  church-adorning — 

Millions  wustfd,  making  laws; 
Millionit  of  the  pi'Ojile  mourning. 

While  the  deiuiiii  hiuigtr  v!ii>iws. 
Oil,  ye  paid  Hnd  trusted  leaders! 

Listen,  while  ye  hold  your  breath: 
In  this  laud  of  liible-reuderm. 

WivpH  and  motliers  starve  to  death! 
riic  Sinker  M.i,>ifi-Hlo.  .       ' 

A  Family. 

IIY  MARY  J.  STEES. 


\  FAMILY  is  as  a  coach  filled  with 
-^^  passengers  driving  along  danger 
ous  places,  while  ascendiug  precipitous 
heiglits,  where,  were  the  driver  to  make 
a  mistake,  all  would  be  dashed  to  pieces 
in  tbe  abyss  below.  Tlie  parents  are 
the  drivers,  the  children  the  passengers. 
Deal"  parents,  just  where  you  drive,  the 
children  will  go. 

"^ometiTiirs  a  passenger  leaves  the 
coach  thinking  he  can  find  a  more  pleas 
antandeas)  route,  wanders  off  in  auoth 
er  direction  and  is  torn  to  pieces  by 
wild  beasts,  or  starves  to  death.  Thus 
do  children  often  wander  from  home, 
become  surrounded  with  vicious  com 
panious  and  permit  their  conscience  to 
become  so  seared  that  they  regard  neith- 
er right  nor  wrong,  home  nor  (iod.  (rod 
looks  down  and  sees  man  daily  stepping 
along  the  edge  of  eternal  disasters.  He 
may  hear,  if  he  listens,  the  voice  of  God 
saying,  "Don't  step  there."  But  on  and 
on  he  goes  until  he  has  almost  reached 
the  fatal  capsize  where  occasionally  one 
will  suddenly  leap  otf  and  come  away 
in  safety.  Do  you  wonder  that  the  an- 
gels of  God  rejoice?  Blessed  be  God, 
the  heart  of  heaven  beats  close  against 
the  heart  of  this  world,  "For  there  is 
joy  in  heaven  over  one  sinner  that  re- 
penteth."  , 


"O  Diik!  yoii  rh.ii't  mean  it!  Think 
how  we  proiiiiM-.:  iii,.tiii...'i  wt  wi.iildn't! 
Think  of  the  troiilde  int«uiperai]ce 
brings!"         ' 

"I  am  not  talking  iutemperaace/'  Maid 
Dick,  impatieutly ;  "jimt  a  sip." 

*'Kiit  one  sip  might  lead  to'more; 
don't  take  even  a  sip, dear  brother.** 

"Cousin  Mary  will  look,  and  r..^ifl 
will  think,  'How  curiouur  and  George 
will  put  up  his  eye  glasses.  I  hate  to 
be  looked  at  a«t  a  euriosity." 

"So  do  I,"  said  Alice.  "Perhaps  it 
won't  be  aa  bad  as  we  think.  1  mean  to 
say  'Xo'  all  the  same.  It  will  not  be 
rude,"  she  a<ld»*d  eagerly;  "General 
Wa'-iiington  said  it  was  not." 

"One  day  neartlie  end  of  our  Revoln- 
tionary  war,"  began  Alice,  "a  youngof- 
ficer  came  to  Phibvdelphia  to  see  Wa-sh- 
ington  on  business.  He  was  invited  to 
a  dinner  party.  A  little  before  they 
were  to  leave  the  table  Washington,  call- 
ing him  by  name,  aaked  him  to  take  a 
glass  of  wine." 

'No,  thank  you,  sir;  I  have  made  it  a 
rule  not  to  touch  wine.' 

"Every  one  looked  surprii^ed  tbat  the 
young  man  should  refuse  such  an  invita- 
tion from  the  General.  'He  is  rude'  they 
thought.  'What!  say  no  to  Washington !' 
Washington  saw  in  a  moment  how  they 
felt.  He  said  "I  do  not  want  any  one  at 
my  table  to  partake  of  any  thing  against 
his  inclination.  I  honor  you,  sir,  for  re- 
fusing to  do  what  you  consider  wrong.' " 
"Good  foi-  the  General!"  exclaimed 
Dick. 

"Good  for  the  yi)ung  man,"  said  Alice. 
He  was  not  sure  what  General  Washing- 
ton would  think  of  him,  and  yet  he  was 
not  afraid  to  do  what  hv  th^u^jht  ritjht.'''* 
— Child'a   World. 


The  bill  designed  to  relieve  the  8ev 
euth  Day  Hajttists  from  the  operation  of 
Sunday  laws,  which  has  been  pending 
in  Pennsylvania  Legislature,  has  failed 
in  the  senate.  A  majority  voted  for  it; 
but  it  did  not  receive  a  two-thirds   vote. 


No  excellence  without  labor. 


MOTHERS. 

"l/ruTIIERS,  never  get  discouraged  in 
-^'-■-  speaking  wise  aud  loving  words 
of  counsel  to  your  sons  and  daughters, 
for  though  there  be  no  apparent  signs 
of  fruit  the  harvest  is  certain.  The 
Mother's  words  to  youth  have  been  the 
salvation  of  sons  when  they  liecame  far 
advanced  in  years,  and  that  mother  was 
a  thing  of  memory,  not  of  life.  Through 
the  vista  of  years  heart-sown,  words  be- 
came "apples  in  pictures  of  silver." 
>>peak  true  counsel  and  your  iniluence 
will  be  felt. 


^,  4   LICK,  what    «ilt    you    say   when 
-^*-     they  oiler  you  wine  at   dinner?' 
asked  Dick. 
"I  shall  say.  No,  tlian'v  j  ou." 


This  little  life-boat  on  earth,  with  its 
noisy  civw  of  mankind,  aud  all  thiir 
troulded  history,  will  one  day  have  van- 
ished; faded  like  a  cloud  speak  from  the 
azure  of  the  sky.  What  tiien  is  man^ 
he  endures  but  for  an  hour,  and  is  crush- 
ed before  the  moth.  Yet  in  the  begin- 
ning and  in  the  working  of  a  faithful 
man  is  there  already  (as  all  faith,  from 
the  beginning  gives  assurance)  a  some- 
thing that  pertains,  not  this  death  ele- 
ment of  time. — Thomaa  Carlyle. 
When  I  consider  thy  heavenn,  the  work  of  thy 

hand!', 
The  moon  and  the  stars   which    t'lou  hast    or- 
dained, 
What  is  man  th  it  thoii  art  mindful  of  him, 
And  the  Son  of  uiiin  thut  thou  can^st  for  him? 
Vet  thoii  IiJistniiide  him  a  little lowerthan  God; 
Thou  hast  uiowned  him  with  glory  aud   honor. 
Tliou  hast  given  hiui  dominion  over  the   works 

of  thy  hands; 
Thou  hast  put  all  things  uuder  his  feet. 
— llehnw  Psalm, 

NOT  YET. 

iiltrV  SOD,  give  n.e  thine  heart." 

iTi  i.jfot  yet,"  said  the  little  boy  as 
he  was  busy  with  the  top  and  ball; 
"when  I  grow  older  I  will  think  about 
it." 

The  little  boy  grew  to  be  a  young 
man.  "Not  yet  said  the  young  maul 
am  about  to  enter  int)  trade;  When  I 
see  ray  Imsinesw  prosper,  then  !  shall 
have  more  time  than  now." 

Business  ilid  prosper.  "Not  yet,"  said 
the  man  of  business;  "my  children  mnst 
now  have  my  care;  when  they  are  set- 
tled iu  life,  1  shall  lie  better  able  to  at- 
tend to  religion."  He  lived  to  be  a  gray- 
headed  old  man.  "Not  yet,"  stifi  he 
cried:  "I ->■//<*//  soon  retire  from  trade, 
and  then  I  shall  have  uothin?  else  to  do 
hut  to  read  and  pray." 

And  so  he  die*!,  fleputoti'to  anoth- 
er time  what  should  have  been  done 
when  a  child.  He  liveti  without  God 
aud  died  without  hope. —  7'ht  Jfomhuj. 


THK    Bl{liTiiKE>r    ^T   -WORK. 


September   Jg 


PrBLISHKR  WFKKLT. 


M.  M.  ESUI-l.MAN,  (  KlUTOM  AKD 
S  J.  HAHKISOX.      )  Pnoi'inia-ons. 


1.  TllK  Ivliiors  will  lie  n-siioudiWe  only  for  tin* 
ffencral  tom-of  tlic  imi-i.  unA  the  hisprlfon  of  »ii 
article  tloas  not  iiiii'l)  Uml  tlii'y  endonie  every  sen- 
timeiit  of  the  writvr. 

5.  roxTitiniTons  in  <>nI<T  to  scciirf  pronijtt  in- 
serlioiiof  Iht-ir  iirlitli-Jt.  will  plcaM-  imt  IndiilK"  in 
peraoimlittfs.-iml  imr<iiiri«-niis  Inimuaae.  but  |<ii;; 
Sfnt  tlifir  views  ■■  willi  Krart-  iit-iisoiicri  with  mtlt. 

a.  Tnr.  ItiiETiittKN  AT  '\\'oi{h;  wtll  be  iipnt  to 
auyndrtrpAsin  tin-  I'nitcd  Mutes  or  ('aiuula  for 
$Uyi>tTHiimim.  Forthc  h-wllnft  rliaracU-rlfttitH 
of  the  papnr.  a«  well  ii»  terms  to  ;iKcriUt  Hce  ciglttli 
pagei.    Address  all  roinumnicitlioiia, 

BRETIIRKN  AT  WORK, 

l.anorl(,CnrroII('o.,  II 


Thk  more 'luietly  and  peacebly  we  gel  on!  Tii«  communion  m'^cliiig  of  (he  Nt-osho 
the  better  for  our  neifjliboni.  In  nine  casos  out  ■  Connty  Church,  will  be  held  on  Ihe  farm  of 
of  ten  the  wisest   policy   i»,    if  h  nmn    cheats,    Brother  .lowpph  Garber,  four  inile*»  nortli  of  the 


LANARK.  ILL., 


sEPTEMiiKKi:*,  ih;». 


SoJO!  one  hiivh:  "PJeu«e  change  address  from 
Hagewtown.  Wayne  Co.,  Ind.,  to  Blouiit«vilIe, 
Heury  Co.,  Ind. 


Bbothkii  SHAKPsayB:  "By  strict  economy 
students  cmi  take  n  year's  lourse  at  Ashlaud 
College  for  ?100.(Xi. 

Thb  youuK  lady  that  paanes  you  wine,  would 
not  mHke  a  pood  wife.  i^aste  this  in  your  hat, 
young  man. — Alhiiiii/  'J'luicn. 

Il' Brother  J.  n.  Shirk,  of  ('arroll  County, 
III.,  will  hddrtsH  Mro.  Andrew  Culp,  Montana, 
Labtttl^-  County,  Kan.,  he  will  (ind  Honiething 
to  hift  advantage. 

Brothkr  KsnKJ.MAN  will  begin   n  series    of 
meetings  in  a  tent  on    Brothei-  Jon.   Garber's 
farm,  four  uiilem  north  of  I'urHune,  Knu.,  on  the 
ovouiug  of  thfi  24th,  iDsL,  continue  ovar  Love 
feast.,  aith,  and  *2Hth. 


stop  trading  with  him;  if  he  is  alinsive,  quit 
his  company;  if  he  Klandcm  you.  take  care  to 
live  so  nobody  will  believe  him;  no  matter  who 
he  is  or  how  he  miitiisen  you.  the  wisest  way 
is  to  let  him  alonn;  for  there  i"  nothing  bet- 
ter than  thin  cool,  calm,  quiet  way  of  dealing 
with  the  wrong  we  meet  with. 

Wk  pfTceive  in  Brother  M.  M.  E't  communi- 
cation from  Southern  Kansa.i  that  he  gives  us 
a  loud  hint  not  to  teM  ftoir,  ichni,  and  irhere  we 
got  "aboard"  or  where  we  "lodged,"  how  much 
or  how  little  we  ate,  how  big  the  house,  the 
barn,  the  farm,  or  how  many  children,  and 
what  their  complexion,  color  of  hair,  eyes, 
and  dispositions  are.  Well,  well.  Brother  E., 
we  have  tried  to  put  your  notions  in  clear 
print;  and  we  hope  they  may  have  their  de.'sired 
ellect.  Our  compositors  are  in-^trucU^d  nut  to 
set  up  matter  belonging  to  Jjailroad  Quiil< 
Ilot*l  Ktjgisters.  and  Census  lleports. 


I  plac«,  the  27th,  inst.  Meettnjf  will  begin  in 
tent  on  the  24th.  I  wish  to  say  here  ihat  it 
will  be  impossible  for  me  to  till  one-tenth  ot 
all  the  calls  received  before  I  left  home.  The 
Brethren  in  Northern  Kansas  and  Southern 
Nebraska  can  not  be  reached  on  this  trip.  Shall 
point  out,  on  my  return,  where  help  is  needed, 
and  then  trust  that  some  arrangements  may  bp 
made  to  inpply  ministerial  assistance.  Truly 
the  harvest  is  plenteous  and  the  laborers  few. 
The  jx-ople  are  anxious  to  hear  the  truth.  Come 
over  and  help  these  people.  m.  m.  i 


star- 


Makk  your  corrpspondeuce  short.  We  waril 
all  thiMiCM'.-,  but  nothing  morn.  This  week  a 
Ta«t  amount  of  rorrpspondence  must  bo  carried 
over  until  next  week.  This  wo  do  not  like,  be- 
cause the  mutter  becomes  stale  before  it  reaches 
the  readers.  __ 

Pkiwons  desiring  to  attend  the  Love-feast  in 
Neosho  Co.,  Kansas,  on  the  ^7,  inst.,  and  go 
there  from  the  Ktwt,  will  be  met  with  convey- 
ances at  the  depot  in  Parsons  on  Friday,  the 
2Glh,  at  2  P.  M.  Should  iipy  one  arrive  on  the 
night  train  iniiuire  for  Win.  Hoke. 


On  a  private  card,  9th  inst.,  from  Brother 
Baahor  we  have  the  following:  "We  li-ft  A^h- 
land  on  the  morning  of  Aug.  21'tli,  and  readipd 
Versailles  in  the  evening.  Have  been  preaching 
at  different  points  each  evening  since,  and  will 
remain  until  next  Lord's  day,  and  then  close. 
Thi|B  far  we  have  been  m-nting  at  the  water 
several  tim^s  as  well  an  in  the  church.  iVr- 
sons  have  been  baptized  ranging  in  years  from 
16,  2",  and  upwards  to  *i8.  One  old  couple 
came  in  at  the  age  'J7  and  (JK,  The  inlerest  in 
our 'meetings  ifl  good:  and  there  are  othfis  to 
yet  before  we  close.  May  God  bless  you 
in  your  good  work," 

FROM  SOUTHERN  KANSAS. 

'ITIJ'E  cannot,  like  Paul,  say  we  entered   '"into 


GRIEF. 


0 


XLY  a  few  days  ago  we  stood  by    an    open 


T KK  Kof.irmed  Presliytcrian  Synod,  at  its  re- 
cent meetinji  in  New  York,  placed  on  its  rec- 
ords a  resolution  adviniiig  their  stMsionn  not  to 
Ordain  any  otficers  in  the  church  who  use  t(- 
bacco  for  "carnal  gratiliiHtiou.*' 

Altiioikjii  the  Lanark  Church  was  nob  built 
for  Love-feasts  and  will  be  stumewhat  inconven- 
ient to  liave  one  in  it,  yet  the  brethren  and  ais- 
t^'rs,  at  Inst  council,  so  much  desired  to  "shew 
foith  the  Lord's  death  till  he  come,"  that  they 
decided  to  coniiiienionife  the  death  and  sufl'tr- 
ings  i)f  our  Kedeemer  on  the  27th  inat.,  services 
to  commence  at  2  P.  M.  and  close  same  even- 
ing.         

TiiK  prayer  of  Socrates. — 0,  beloved  Pan.  and 

all  je  otlier  gods  of  this   pliire,  grant  me  to  be- 

cinnie  beautiliil  In  the  inner  man,  and  that  what 

ever  outward  things  I  have   may  bo  at  peace 

with  those  within.      May  I  ileem  the  wise  man 

rich,  and  may  I  have  oucli  u  portion  of  gold  as 

none  hut  a  prudent  man  can  eitlier  bear  or  em 

ploy.     Do  we  need   anything  else   Plnedrusr' 

lor  myself  I  have  prayed  enough. — Plato  (Plia- 

•Irus.) 

—  .  ♦  . — 

SoiiE  of  our  readers  so  deplore  Ray's  unchris- 
tian language  that  they  no  more  read  hi!< 
(>peeches.  Christ  did  not  treat  the  devil  thai 
way;  but  be  debated  with  bim.  He  also  debat- 
ed with  tlie  Pharisees  as  to  tlie  power  by  wliicli 
he  "cast  out  devils."  In  both  cases  we  have 
what  enrh  said — what  the  devil  and  the  Phari- 
see* said  as  well  as  what  Christ  said.  The  same 
i-  true  in  the  book  of  Job.  Pure  gold  ia  not 
made  less  beautiful  by  any  test  that  can  be  ap- 
plied to  it.  The  ofleuer  it  is  worked  over  the 
brighter  and  6ner  it  gets:  30  with  the  churcit 
of  God:  the  more  violent  its  persecutions,  tlip 
more  brilliant  its  light,  the  more  vividly  are  itw 
excellencies  i^m-u.  The  more  rains  that  descend 
upon  it,  the  more  floods  that  wa^h  it,  the  mor- 
etjrmH  and  winds  that  beat  against  it,  the  clear 
er  may  it  be  seen  that  it  stands  upon  the  Rock, 
r.  might  not  be  possible  in  any^^other  way  to 
8  low  what  its  foundation  is.  Would  not  a 
b  litdiug  on  mnd  stand  as  long  as  the  raina  de- 
s^iid  not,  the  ttocds  wa^h  not,  and  ihe  winds 
blow  not?  3.  .1.  li. 


a  ship,  meaning  to  sail  by  the  coasts  of 
Asia,"  for  we  are  too  far  from  said  coasts  and 
no  ship  can  sail  on  dry  land,  but  we  might  say 
we  got  "aboard"  the  train  at  Lanark,  and  would 
say  it,  telling  when  and  how,  if  it  would  make 
a'ly  one  more  pir)UN,  more  piirt?  in  thought  and 
deed  and  us  more  humble,  but  since  nothing 
can  he  gained  by  tellinp  when  and  where  we 
took  the  train,  where  we  bulged,  wiiat  we  ate 
and  how  nmeh  or  how  little,  we  forbear  ftiid 
I  pass  to  that,  vibich,  we  trust,  will  be  more  ben- 
eficial to  our  readers. 

Paul  could  well  write  about  sailing  "over  the 
Sea  of  Cilicia  and  Pampliylia,"  and  along  "un- 
der Cyprus,"  for  this  seemed  good  to  the  Holy 
Spirit  which  direct^^'d  the  mind  of  the  apostle. 
God  thus  shows  us  wliat  great  things  that  emi- 
nent apofltle  liB'l  to  sutler  for  "Christ's  sake." 
But  this  entering  into  details  concerning  traV' 
els  by  the  greatest  of  upostles  by  no  means 
justilies  us  ministers  going  into  details  every- 
tinie  we  go  a  few  miles  from  home.  In  these 
things  we  should  exercise  becoming  wisdom, 
reiiiemberiug  that  if  all  were  to  do  so  fifty  pa- 
pers tould  not  contain  all  that  might  be  writ- 
ten Whenever  we  hazard  and  endure  what 
Paul  endured,  let  it  be  written  and  published 
every  where  for  the  elect's  (^ke  to  the  glory 
and  honor  of  6od. 

In  this  we  shall  not  give  a  description  of  La- 
bette County,  Kansas,  but  reserve  that  for  a 
separate  article,  when  we  have  obtained  suffi- 
cient data  to  give  facts  us  they  are.  Many 
Brethren  and  friends  are  looking  westwant,  and 
the  object  of  the  writer  is  to  give  all  such  the 
full  benefit  of  liis  observations.  We  are  visit- 
ing many  of  the  best  farmers  in  the  county, 
and  from  them  are  gleaning  experiences  and 
observations  that  will  be  interesting.  We  ob 
serve  that  they  are  very  careful  not  to  exagge- 
rate, hut  desire  that  only  the  facts  be  stated. 
They  say,  "We  prelVr  thiit  people  find  this 
country  better  than  accounts,  for  then  they 
will  not  be  apt  to  be  tlissatistled.  We  will  not 
give  all  the  good  traits;  let  the  people  come 
here  and  find  some  of  Iheiu  out  themselves  as 
we  have  done." 

S.  M.  Burket  is  doiuij  all  he  i  an  to  help 
Brethren  to  find  good  h.nd  in  this  county.  He 
knows  that  tbis  is  a  gcoj  tountry,  and  wants 
the  Brethren  to  have  a  goo  1  portion  of  it.  Bro- 
Andrew  Culp.  formerly  of  Ohio,  is  also  desirous 
that  Brethren  shoild  locate  in  his  neighbor- 
hood. He  lives  eight  miles  soith-eait  of  Par- 
sons. He  and  wife  nie  the  ouly  roember-i  in 
that  part  o!' t'le  county.  We  shall  say  more 
about  his  section  in  our  obferviitio:is.  Expect 
to  visit  the  Indian  Territory  this  week,  thougli 
at  present  there  is  quite  an  excitement  down 
there  between  Indian-  anl  while  settlers. 


heaven,"  was  lowered  therein.  Disease  had  fed 
upon  the  jewel  until  but  little  more  than  skin 
and  bone  was  left.  But  oh,  what  angelic  sweet- 
ness was  still  contained  in  the  lifelp.ss  clay.  The 
mother  bows  in  grief  and  jjresses  a  few  more 
kisses  upon  the  cold  lips.  Ah,  [then  she  rises 
and  in  despair  cries: 

"O  God.f  I  tiinnot  ^ive  without  my  blessed  little 
one!  (>  Lord,  have  mercy  on  me!  Ob,  my  (iod, 
my  (Jod!  what  have  I  done  that  I  cannot  keejio-vi; 
f  my  family?  Oh  dear!  oil  dear!  I  have  not 
ONE  left!  Ai.t,  are  goiie.  Oh,  how  lonely  and  <'uld 
the  woiliJ  will  hi-  without  my  little  eomforter!" 

Not  one  left!  chilling    thought!      How   sore 

the  f*nder  lies  of  affection.     But  such  is   life. 

"Man  is  of  few  days  and  f  jll  of  trnuhle." 

Lord   Byron     while    meditating    upon   the 

death  of  his  mother  and  urged  not  to  give  way 

te  sorrow,  burst  into  an  agony  of  grief,  saying: 

"I  have  but  one  friend  in  the  world,  and  she  ;s 

gone  r 

On  the  death  of  other  friends  he  writes  thus: 
"My  friends  fall  around  me,  and  I  shall  be  left  a 
lonely  tree  before  I  am  withered.  /  Aau*  no  re- 
HOUTce  but  my  own  refltctions-.  and  tbey  present  no 
prospect  here  or  hereafter,  except  the  selllsh  satis- 
faction of  surviving  my  betters.  I  am  indeed 
most  wretched." 

When  in  society  Byron  was  cheerful  and  hu- 
morous, but  even  when  he  was  merry  and  full 
of  laughter,  he  was,  at  heart,  one  of  the  most 
miserable  wretches  in  existence.  He  further 
says: 

Why,  at  the  very  height  of  desire,  and  human 
plejisure,  worldly,  amorous,  ambition  or  even  ava- 
licioua,  does  tiieir  mingle  a  sense  of  sorrow  and 
doubt,  a  fear  of  what  is  to  come,  and  a  doubt  of 
wlial  is?  If  it  were  not  for  liope,  what  would  tbt' 
futiirebe?  A  bell!  As  f jr  the  pjist,  what  pre- 
domiuatesin  menioryV  Hopes  battled.'  From 
whatever  place  we  commence,  we  know  tohere  it 
7nust«nl.  And  yet  what  good' is  there  i'l  know- 
ing it?  It  does  not  make  men  wiser  or  better.  If 
I  were  to  live  over  again,  I  do  not  know  what  1 
would  change  in  my  life,  unless  it  were  not  to 
have  lived  at  all.  All  history  and  experience 
teach  us.  that  good  aad  evil  are  prt'tty  equally  bal- 
anced in  this  existence,  and  that  what  is  most  to 
be  desired  is  an  easyjjnssage  out  of  it.  What  can 
it  give  us  but  year.s,  anil  these  have  litiJe  of  good 
but  their  ending. 

As  we  address  you  we  wonder  how  miiiui 
hearts  are  enveloped  by  the  gloomy  rtcollec- 
tioMS  of  a  misspent  life,  how  many  bodies 
scorched  with  fever  and  racked  with  pain  are 
stretched  upon  the  invalid's  couch,  how  many 
bodies  are  being  devoured  by  the  wolf  of  pover- 
ty. Ah!  we  wonder  how  many  minds  know 
naught  but  grief,  how  many  souls  are  weeping 
over  a  tarnished  name,  a  ruined  reputation, 
misplaced  loulidence,  fruitrated  plans,  blasted 
hopes  for  this  world  and  despair  in  the  world 
to  ccine. 

The  most  glorious  lives  history's  pen  has  ev- 
er stopped  amidst  the  rush  and  selfishness  of 
life  to  record  are  interwoven  with  threads  of 
most  desponding  gloom.  They  have  felt  at 
times  as  though  they  were  dropped  to  the 
depths  of  the  regions  of  damnation.  Hell 
seemed  to  surround  them  with  impenetrable 
walls  of  most  terrific  blackness.  Oh,  bow  hor- 
rible! But  horrible  as  it  Is  we  are  marched 
out  to  meet  it  and  there  is  no  escape. 
Lite  is  before  you!  from  the  fated  road 

Yo,i  cannot  turn;  then  take  ye  up  the  load. 
N  -t,  voiirs  te  tread  or  leave  Ihe  unknown  way. 

Ye  must  go  o'er  it  meet  ye  what  ye  may, 
Gi-d  up  your  souls  within  you  to  the  deed, 
Angels  and  tellow-spints  bid  you  speed. 
Oh  how  true  the  verse, 
"Thou  alone  must  shape  tliy  future." 
But  life  is  grand.      If  we  are  not  happy  it  is 
our  own  fault.     We  should  "glory   in   tribula 
tion."     fur  reYerses  enable    us    to    appreciaie 


aggression;  the  clouds,  the  .lear  sky;   the 
less  night,  the  noonday  sun:   the   torrid 
mer's  heat,  the  winter's  freezing  cold;  theach 
and  pains,  the  peace  and  comfort  of  health-  tk 
trials  and  storms  of  lifp,  the  rest   and   sertnj. ! 
of  heaven;  deuth,  hell,  and  Ihe  grave;  life,  j^^ 
mortality,  the  new  beav<-n  and  the  new  earth 
We  could    imve    no   idee  of  success   if  the 
were  no  failures,  no  idea  (d  purity  if  there  wa. 
no  impurity,  no  idea  cf  a  light  if  there  waa  n 
darkness,  no  idea  of  rest  if  there  was  no  labo 
no  idea  of  joy  if  there  was  no  sorrow,    no  jj 
of  lif-  if  there  was  no  death,  no  idea  of  heave 
if  there  was  no  hell,  no  idea   of  immortality    f 
there  was  no  mortality.  g.  j.  ^ 


AMONG  THE  DOCTORS. 

THE  following  From  the*  Hi-coyii  and  Evatia 
fht  opens  an  interesting  field  at  this  time 
"I{>-cently.  Dr.  Weaver,  a  Baptist  preache 
of  many  years'  standing,  was  rr-baptized  (.t 
Louisville,  for  tlie  reason  that  hi*  first  baptism 
(immersion)  was  at  the  hands  of  a  Methodist 
preacher.  The  IMiqious  Jhnild,  also  Baptist 
suggests  some  (^itficultips  attendant  upon  the 
theory  that  the  validity  of  a  baptism  depends 
on  the  administrator.  They  present  a  curious 
chapter  of  tangles.  If  he  was  before  unbap- 
tized,  of  course  his  ordination  was  invalid  for 
an  uubaptized  person  cannot  be  properly 
daiiied;  if  he  was  not  ordained,  then  the  ordina 
tions  which  helped  to  confer  were  irregular  and 
ought  to  be  gone  over  again;  the  baptisms 
'vhieh  he  performed  were  irregular  if  he  was 
not  baptized,  and  all  the  people  whom  he  bap- 
tized ought  to  be  immersed  by  some  one  else 
In  short,  on  this  theory,  before  any  person  con- 
sents to  receive  immersion  from  any  luiniater 
he  ought  to  make  a  careful  inquiry  into  his 
credentials;  and  even  then  he  does  it  at  his 
own  risk.  If  the  inquiry  is  only  extended 
back  as  far  as  Roger  Williams,  it  will  be  found 
that  he  was  immersed  by  Ezekiel  ilolliman,  an 
unimmersed  man,  whom  he  afterwards  bapti?.. 
ed.  On  this  theory,  Roger  Williams'  baptism 
was  not  valid,  nor  were  those  which  he  after- 
wards administered.  Hence,  the  whole  chain 
of  Baptist  baptisms  cannot  stand  the  teat,  and 
the  Baptists  are  an  uubaptized  people!" 

We  will  next  hear  Dr.  Burrows,  a  leading 
Bjptist: 

"If  an  immersed  administrator  is  essential  to 
the  validity  of  baptism,  then  none  of  us  have 
been  baptized,  and  theie  is  no  valid  baptism  in 
Christian  churches.  Dr.  Weaver's  first  uabap- 
tized  administrator  was  ouly  one  remove  buck 
Dr.  Boyce  may  have  bncn  five  removes  back 
Can  that  make  any  diflerence  as  to  validity:-' 
If  the  first  in  tha  series  wa.%  unbantizad, 
must  they  not  all  have  been  uubaptized?  At 
what  point  was  the  invalidity  made  valid?  How 
many  nothiugsdoes  it  require  to  make  a  some- 
thing?" 

He  declares  that  "there  is  no  valid  baptism 
in  Christian  churches."  Does  not  the  Baptist 
church  maintain  that  it  is  Christian?  Is  there 
no  m//rf  6rtjj//s7»  in  the  Baptist  church?  Dr. 
Kay  will  have  to  take  Dr.  Burrows  in  hand  for 
tearing  down  the  Baptist  fort-succession.  Can 
Doctor  Itay  irate  his  inimeraion  outside  the 
line  that  goes  back  to  Ezekiel  HoUimau?  Have 
the  Baptists  two  lines  in  America— one  that 
goes  back  to  the  English  Baptists  who  first 
practiced  backward  single  immersion  as  Doctor 
Jndsoa  affirms;  and  another  line  that  stops  at 
Ezekiel  HoIUman?  We  want  these  things 
made  plain,  and  we  insist  on  Doctor  Ray  shed- 
ding ray  of  light  upon  them. 

Since  we  are  among  the  Doctors  we  will  let 
Doctor  .Judson,  the  great  Baptist  Historian, 
spfiak: 

"All  the  Baptists  in  the  world  who  have 
sprung  from  the  English  Baptists,  have 
pra:ticed  the  'oackward  posture.  But  from  the 
beginning  it  wa?  not  so.  In  the  apostolic  times 
the  administrator  placed  his  right  hand  on  the 
head  of  the  candid  ile.  who  then,  under  the 
pressure  of  the  administrator's  hand,  bowed 
forward,  aided  by  that  genuflection  which  in- 
stinctively comes  to  one's  aid  when  attempting 
to  bow  in  that  position',  until  his  bead  was  sub- 
merged, and  then  rose  by  hia  own  efl'ort."— ■Z"'^" 
son  on  Baptism,  pp.  112,  ll'!. 


M.  M.  E. 


Dissenters  from  the  Greek  Church,  hitherto 
unrecognized  by  the  State  in  Russia,  are  now  to 
have  entire  liberty  of  worship.  This  affecit 
12,000.000  Russian  subjects. 


C^ember 


15 


THE    T5KEXtIl<li.>J^    ^T    AVOKIC. 


SBCKECY  AND  PRIVACY. 

t  maiutaiiipd  l>y    tbe   advocates   of  Spcrft 

[^,^.;eties  thtit  tlie  cabinet  meetings  oi  thv 
i^iit,  9i>me  of  the   sessions   of  tbe   Senate 
'^.(,nduct**(i    ill    Secrecy,  therefure  wliy  not 
.    jjgS     They  further  maintain  that  grand 
sit  in    secret,    that   families  have   things 


lb?  ■ 


tbe   Lodge   is  justifiable  in    its   courne. 


penal  tie 


J  ja  a  plausible  plea,  and  by  some  will  be 
'  ved  as  eminently  sound  argument. 
There  is  a  difference  between  serrmj  ami 
■■iicu.  La^'f"!  societies,  designed  tor  the 
l^[(.  good  may  do  some  of  their  work  in  pri- 
le  but  this  doe:<  not  constitute  them  Secret 
■  ti^g.  Their  work  done  in  private  is  not  a 
ititutioual  feature  of  the  society,  while  that 
{ the  Lodge  is.  Secrecy  in  the  Lodge  is  one 
f  il^  leading  ieatrres,  and  each  step  in  it  is 
i^gj  with  secrpcy  under  the  severest  peual- 
ii>/  All  that  is  learned  therein  is  upon  the 
ndition  that  it  be  tiercr  revenletl  to  any  other 
than  its  own  members.  This  never  revealing 
■  constitutional,  and  any  one  violating  it  is  in 
of  having  visited  upon  him  tbe  severest 
of  tbe  Lodgfl.  With  the  Lofl^'e,  se- 
'  y  is  tbe  rule;  but  privacies  in  families, 
hurches,  and  in  the  State  is  not  the  rule,  but 
ihe  exceptions.  Families  do  not  administer 
natbs  in  orfic  *"  keep  its  members  from  mak- 
gj  public  its  privacies.  Families  do  nut  i>lace 
gseutinel  at  their  doors  with  a  pass-wurd  and 
iiiatructiona  to  admit  only  those  who  have  ibe 
nass.  The  father  does  not  require  his  children 
to  uuderstaud  a  certain  grip  of  the  hand,  moye- 
nieut  of  the  arm,  or  eyes,  or  feet,  in  order  that 
they  may  recognize  each  other.  Grand  juries 
do  not  instruct  its  members  under  oath  to  for- 
ever conceal  its  labors  from  the  public.  No 
Duard  stands  at  the  door  of  the  church  councils 
to  keep  out  those  who  have  not  a  pass- word. 
Xhe  business  of  the  Cabinet,  the  Senate,  the 
churcli  and  family  is  such  a»  simply  requires 
privacy,  and  not  secrecy.  Privacy  withholds 
no  good  that  can  benefit  the  public;  secrecy 
seeks  to  benefit  its  own  members  only.  Priva- 
cy administers  no  oaths;  'iecrecy  must  in  order 
to  carry  its  ends.  PriTacy  is  modest  and  unas- 
suming; secrecy  is  arrogant  and  selfish.  Pri- 
vacy iidvauces  work  for  the  public  good;  se- 
crecy sintiles  out  the  favored  ones  and  bestows 
its  kindness  upon  them.  Privacy  reports  itself 
to  all  who  miy  be  benefitted  by  its  labors:  s"?- 
crecy  selfishly  assumes  all  the  good  to  itself. 
Privacy  has  no  guards,  oaths,  penalties,  fees, 
favorites:  secrecy  has  sentineU,  penalties, 
oaths,  tees,  favorites.  Privacy  is  not  opposed 
to  annshine;  stcreiy  prefers  darkness.  Priva- 
cy is  not  afraid  of  exposure;  secrecy  is  ever 
fearful,  lelt  its  deeds  come  to  the  light. 


We  avoid  them  all  we  can;  partly  through  dis- 
like, and  partly  through  fear.  Still  we  should 
not  feel  that  way  towards  them — we  should 
pifi/  them.  But  when  you  are  thrown  in  com- 
pany with  a  member  trom  the  other  fainilif^ 
your  pleasure  is  only  enhanced.  Their  first 
word  is  not  one  of  censure  or  fault;  oh,  no!  it 
is  one  that  cheers  you  up  and  makes  you  feel 
more  houyant. 

After  one  of  these  parties  leaves  you,  you  feel 
sorry  and  yet  glad — you  are  grieved  at  the  con- 
duct of  your  caller  while  with  yoa,  bnt  still 
you  feel  glad  to  think  he  is  gone  and  you  are  by 
yourself.  After  the  other  one  leaves,  you  feel 
somewhat  lonesome;  but  the  pleasant  word.i 
and  smiles  of  approbation  still  linger  in  your 
mind  and  cause  you  pleasant  sensations.  Thr 
influence  of  tbe  one  harrows  up  your  soul,  irri- 
tates you,  discourages  you,  makes  you  despond- 
ent— half  sick  of  life,  wishing  you  had  beeu 
born  somebody  else — or  not  at  all;  while  the  in- 
fluence of  the  other  causes  you  to  regret  that  so 
much  of  your  life  is  past,  that  your  stay  in  tb. 
world  must  be  so  short,  and  at  wliat  work  you 
are  engaged,  you  feel  to  do  with  double  zeal. 

So  we  might  <_'0  on:  the  influence  of  the  one 
is  always  good — ;?levatiug.  and  insp'iing.  while 
the  other  is  always  bad — leading  downward  in- 
to tilth,  crime  and  corruption. 

These  two  families  represent  two  classes  of 
society.  Both  classes  are  found  in  all  eircl 
That  congress  nor  church  has  never  been 
known  which  has  not  been  cursed  with  a  fault 
tinder.  He  carefully  stows  away  in  his  mind 
everything  which  he  has  a  notion  is  evil.  His 
heart  becomes  a  store  house  of  waste,  corrup- 
tion, poison,  and  malignaty.  He  has  the 
true  mark  of  a  "reprobate  mind."  s.  j.  h. 


the  token    of  authority,  the   representative    of 
power  to  do  all  things   acceptably  before  God. 


SON.  GO  WORK  TO-DAY  IN  MY 
VINEYARD."  MATT.  21:28. 


THOSE  TWO  FAMILIES. 

FINDING. 


-FAULT- 


JUST  as  certain  as  any  one  ever  visits  one  of 
these  familieR,  just  that  certain  will  he  be 
obliged  to  listen  to  all  the  bitterness,  and  mean- 

1  that  each  individual  lueiuber  can  say  of  all 
thp  others.  The  wit-  complains  of  her  hus- 
band, of  her  children,  and  the  nearest  neighbors; 
the  Imsband  knows  his  wife  has  more  faults 
lliau  all  the  other  women  in  the  whole  county, 
and  a.s  fjr  the  children,  their  vileuess,  and  bad 
deeds  are  deplorable  bevond  computation  or  de- 
gree. The  children  know  they  have  the  most 
cruel,  overbearing,  and  stingy  parents  there 
are  anywhere. 

But  a  visit  with  tbe  other  family  discloses  a 
much  different  scene.  Tbe  wife,  if  necessary 
to  speak  of  her  husbiind,  always  does  so  with  the 
greatest  respect  and  regard.  She  knows  he  has 
faults,  but  still  she  wont  believe  them.  Then, 
M  would  moat  likely  be  expected,  we  find  tlie 
husband  affectionate,  earnest,  happy,  and  con- 
tented. He  never  speaks  of  his  wife  but  to 
commend  her.  If  his  wife  does  any  thing, 
foolish  fellow!  he  thinks  it  is  just  right  because 
■''^n' did  it.  Tlie  children's  countenances  beam 
like  suns.  They  seem  not  to  know  what  sor- 
row is.  Their  parents  love  them  and  think  of 
^1  the  children  there  are  anywhere  theirs  are 
certianly  the  sweetest,  most  winning,  and  most 
noble. 

Ifa  member  from  the  first  of  these  families 
meet  you  or  call  upon  you.  his  first  word  is  one  of 
^«lt.    Now  reader,  don't  you  know   some 


SOMETHING  ABOUT  CAPS. 

ROUMELIA,  a  province  of  Turkey,   during 
tbe  late  war,  between  KusHi;t  and  Turkey, 
was  for  some  time  in  the  bands  ot  tbe  Romans. 
It  is  a  rich  and  beautiful  State,  and  in   arrang- 
ing peace  it  was  agreed    that    Uounielia  should 
have  a   Turkish    Governor,    hence    the   Sultan 
appointed  Aleko  to  govern.  This  new  (iovernor, 
naturally  wore  the  foz  or  Turki-'h   otficiRl    cftp." 
As  soon  as  he  reached  the  province  he  perceived 
signs  of  discontent   among  tht;   people.      The 
deputation  that  had  C"me   to   meet   him   and 
greet  him.  refused  to  do  so  formally    unless  he 
would  agree  to  take  off  the  Turkish  fez  and  put 
on  the  Bulgarian  cap.     After  considerable   de- 
bating, it  was  agreed  that  Alek  >  should  receive 
the  deputation  with  uncovered  bead,  and   then 
put  on  bis  red   cap  or  fez.     Hut   his  troubles 
were  not  over.     The  people  deuiaiided  that   he 
wear  tbe  Bulgarian  cap  if  he  expected  to   rule 
them.     The  Governor  hesitated   for  some  time, 
scarcely  knowing  what  to  do.     He  finally   put 
the  Turkish  fez  into  bis  trunk  and  put  on   the 
liulgariaii  cover.     This  raised  tbe  wrath  of  the 
Sultan,  who  threatens  to  recall  him   unless   he 
restores  the  fez  to    its    place   of  honor.      Now 
why  all  thia  dispute   about  cups^      It  seeniB  to 
be  a  small  thing  to  quarrel  over,  but   when  we 
come  to  think   what   those  caps   represent,  it 
may  not  seem  strange.     They  represent  mate- 
rial authority,  and  to  lay  off  tbe  fez  was  regard- 
ed by  the  Sultan    as    laying   off  his    authority, 
and  thisjie  would  not  submit  to.     We  thus  see 
that  a  very  small  thing— even  the  covering  for 
the  head  may  represent  authority.      The   same 
idea  is  presented  by  the  Apostle  Paul   when  he 
says,  "For  this  cause  ought  the  woman  to  have 
power,  or  authority,  on  her  head,  because  of  the 
angels."     When  any  nation,  society   or  organi- 
zation, agrees  that  a  certain  thing  shall    repre- 
sent it.  then  it  din's  represent  it,  all    the  cavil- 
ing to  the  contrary   notwithstanding.       When 
the  Lord  .Jesus  declared  that  those  who  partake 
of  the  eucharist  do  shoiv  the  Lord's  death   till 
he  come,  then  it  is  an  emblem   of  his  death, 
say  what  we  will. 

The  man  who  carries  the  i\ag  of  the  United 
States  by  the  direction  of  the  officers  of  Gov- 
ernment, carries  with  him  authority.  The 
man  who  lays  hold  of  the  promises  of  Christ, 
puts  him  on  in  baptism,  has  gone  forth  under 
the  authority  of  his  King.  The  church  as  the 
tbe  executor  of  the  Last  Will  of  Christ,  is 
clothed  with  authority  and  luis  a  mark 
which  is  significant  of  her  power  to  judge,  and 
execute  the  law  made  by  Jesus  Christ.  To  lav 
down  that  sign   or  token  of  authority  is  to  lay 


wiodoesthia?      Just  see  if  you  can't  pick  out    down  her   power  to  do  justly   and   obey   the 
>omeort<thatthi3articlpiseipre33lywrittenfor.  lcommandraent*of  God.    Then  let  u^   cling  to 


IIV  n.\SlEL  VANIMAN. 

IN  the  parable  from  which  this  text  is  takeu, 
the   certain    man   represents   the  Lord  of 
Ilosta.     The  vineyard  represents    the  church  of 
Christ  in  which  many  earnest  lal)orers  are  need- 
ed.   The  first  of  the  two  sons  represents  that 
class  of  persons  who  at  first,   \vhen  they   are 
called,  say,  "I  will  not,"  but   afterward    repent 
and  go,  and    of  course  are   justified  in    going 
The  second  son  represents  that  class  of  persona 
who  pretend  to  work  in    the  vine>ard,  yet  do 
not;  thos.-  do  not  tbe  will  of  the  Master.      Al- 
tht>ugh  this  parable  was  spoken  to   the  scribes 
and  Pharisees  and  applicable   to   them,   yet   it 
may  be  applied  to  certain  classes  to-day,    Uead- 
ei  are  you  like  the  first  of  tbe  two  sons,   living 
out  of  the  church,  or  vineyard,  refusing  to  go 
and  work  in  the  vineyard;  then  the   language 
IS  applicable  to  you.    You  are   wanted  in   the 
vineyard,  not  as  an  idler,  but  to    work.       The 
time  when  you  are  wanted  is  io-ilny.     "Son,  go 
work  to-tUttj  in  my  vineyard."       Will    you  not 
repent  and  go  and  become  justified  and  saved? 
"T  go  sir"  and  will  not,  thinking  because  you 
entered    the     vineyard,    you    will    be  justified 
whether  you  work  or  not.      Be   not  deceived. 
Work  is  what  is  wanted  from  you,  not  merely 
being  in  the  vineyard.     This    class    Is   entirely 
too  large,  especially  among  the  wealthy.  Many 
of  whom  have  the  means  to  do  much  ia  spread- 
ing tbe  gospel,  by  assisting  the   ministry,  dis- 
tribiit  lit;  tracts,  helping  the  poor,i:c.,  but  alas! 
they  are  !it  ease  in  Zion,  saying,    "I  go  sir,  but 
will  not."  Is  there  smooth  railing?  No  trouble 
in  the  church  and  not  much  said  about  means 
to  carry  on  missionary  work,  then  they  are  sat- 
isfied and  will  go  to  church    meetings,   and  by 
pretence  continue  to  say,  "I  go  sir."      Should, 
however,  serious  trouble  arise  in  the  church,  or 
the    workers  urge    strongly    the    necessity    of 
mukiiiii  more  in  the  vineyard  through  the  Bi- 
ble School,  the    Brethren's  Tract    Society,    or 
preaching  the  gospel,  then  those  meetings  will 
not  suit  them,  others  may  go  and  work  so  far 
as  the.v  are  concerned. 

Reader,  if  you  are  in  this  class,  up!  rr!  It  is 
work  that  is  wanted  in  the  vineyard.  Sinners 
are  perishing  for  tbe  want  of  the  bread  of  life, 
anil  every  child  of  God  must  do  what  he  can  in 
order  to  get  the  best  results.  Perhaps  you  are 
no  preacher,  if  not  there  are  others  who  can 
and  will  preach,  if  you  give  them  your  sympa- 
thy, your  prayers,  and  help.  Von  can  perhaps 
work  in  some  minister's  place,  and  thus  enable 
him  to  go,  or  else  send  something  to  S.  T.  Bos- 
sermau,  Dunkirk,  Ohio,  for  the  City  Mission 
or  contribute  something  to  the  Brethren's 
Tract  Society,  and  thus  assist  in  spreading  the 
truth  through  the  presH,  and  in  that  way  bring 
sinners  to  Christ.  I  know  a  poor  alflicted  sister 
who  has  no  home  of  her  own,  who  said  to  the 
wife  of  a  minister,  "Your  husband  is  away 
preaching  so  much  leaving  you  and  the  chil- 
dren alone  while  he  ia,  without  dispensation, 
doing  the  missionary  work  of  the  district.  1 
want  to  do  my  part  by  helping  you.  Can  you 
not  give  me  some  knitting  or  something  that  I 
can  do  so  that  I  may  do  my  part  in  spreading 
the  gospel  by  helping  the  family  along  in  his 
absence?" 

I  know  a  young  brother,  who  lately  said  to 
the  same  minister.  {The  minister  having  this 
year,  wihout  any  compensation  from  the  dis- 
trict, spent  upwards  of  eighty  days  on  the  mis- 
sionary field).  "You  have  been  spending  con- 
siderable time  preaching  the  gospel.  I  want  to 
do  my  part  of  that  work  by  bringing  my  team 
and  doing  a  day's  hauling  for  you.  So  you  can 
the  sooner  get  through  with  your  work  and  go 
again."  God  bless  such  workers  as  these  who 
are  not  satisfied  until  they  have,  in  some  way, 
done  their  part  in  having  the  gospel  preached, 
and  sinners  brought  to  Christ.  He  who  helps 
the  minister  to  obey  the  great  command  of  the 
Miister  to  "Go  into  all  the  world  and  preach 
the  gospel  to  every  creature"  by  working  in 
his  place,  or  otherwise  contributing  means  to 
enable  him  to  go.  is  as  truly  a  worker  with 
God  in  the  saving  of  souls,  as  though  he  did 
the  preaching  himself.  "Son,  go  work  to-day 
ill  my  vineyard." 


FROM  INDIAN  TERRITORY. 

I  AM  now  (Sept.  10th,  10:  Zi)  X.  M.)  seated 
nnder  a  huge  elm  tree  on  RusmII  Creek,  in 
the  Indian  Territory.  My  companionB  are  Col- 
Cook  of  Chetopa,  S.  M.  Hurket  of  Panoni, 
and  a  Mr.  Clark  from  Chester  Co.,  Pa.  We 
have  just  enjoyed  a  good  melon,  and  feel  real 
well  in  this  invigorating  air.  This  19  a  grand 
and  beautiful  country,  and  the  milliont  of  acre* 
of  unimproved  prairie  lands  are  very  inviting 
to  the  farmer.  Shall  go  down  into  the  Territo- 
ry among  the  civilized  Indians  before  my  la- 
tum ami  distribute  some  papers  and  tract*. 
More  a  nou.  u.  h.  B. 


GENERAL  FUND. 


B.  F.  Foreman 15.00 

J.  L.  Snavely .40 


TRACT  FUND. 


J.  P.  Wilson,  Linn  County,  Iowa 120.00 

Thos.  Harrison '         "  " 25.00 

Levi  Hoover       "        "  '* 2500 


MANUSCRIPTAL 

"A  Delusive  Idea,"— Dr.  S.  M.  Eby.  "Sum- 
mer."— Leah  Condry.  "Consistency." — John 
Forney.  "Thoughts  upon  different  subjects." 
Mary  C.  Miller.  "God's  Promises." — D.  G. 
Couser.  "Congregational  Singing." — H.  Gar- 
ber.  "Long  or  Short  Prayers." — R.  R.  Moon. 
"A  Dialogue."— J.  Harsbman.  "Is  the  Bible 
True?"— J.  K.  Ebersole 


DAltlSH  MISSION  REPORT. 

Stony  Creek   Church  Ind $2.00 

Union  Church,    Plymouth,  Ind 7.50 

H.  S.  Huntington,  Ind 1.00 

Eliza  Smith, 1.00 

Two  Sisters,  Ci  ventry.  Pa 2.00 

J.J.   Cover 50 

M.  Shotts,  Ind SO 

n.C.  Higgle,  Ind 50 

Sarah  Berklv.  Waterloo,  Iowa 1.02 

A  Sister,    Arcadia,  Ohio 50 

Eliza  Flack,   Congress.  Ohio 1.00 

.1.  Johnson,  Spafford.  Wis 50 

David  Garber,  Cook's  Creek,  Va 2.00 

A  Brother 25 

A  Sister.  Ohio 1.00 

Dry  Creek  Church,  Toddville,  Iowa 2.00 

S.  A.  Shaver.  Woodstock,  Va 2.00 

David  Brower,  Salem,  Oregon 2.00 

J.  S.  Ulery,  North  Manchester,  Ind 80 

Total 25.82 

C.  P.  Rowland,  Treasurer, 
Lannrk,  It!.,  Srij/.,9th,  lB7i). 

(P.  C,  ph-fise  copy.) 


DANISH    POOR  FUND. 


H,  S.,  Huntington,   Ind 

Geo,  T.  Weigle.  Lse  County,  III 

Silver  Creek  Church.  Cowley  Co.,  Kan. . 

C.  P.  K0WL4NI),  Treasurer. 
Dtnark,  III.,  Sept.  9th,  1879, 
P.  C.  Pleme  Copy. 


ei.oo 

.50 


ITEMS  OF  INTEREST. 

The  value  of  the  oranges  and  lemons  import- 
ed into  the  port  of  New  York  in  1S78  was  $2,- 
M(|o.%H.  

The  wheat  harvest  in  Minnesota,  which  is 
now  in  progress,  is  expected  to  yield  not  far 
from  45,000,000  bushels. 


Seven  years  lasted  the  famine,  but  no  work- 
men starved;  seven  years  lasted  the  plague,  but 
no  one  died  before  his  time. 


It  is  estimated  that  50,000  men  and  womeit 
are  employed  in  Philadelphia  in  the  manufac- 
ture of  clothing  an(r2l\000,000  suits  are  made 
there  every  year. 


Sats  a  correspondent.  "There  are  persons 
who  say  they  would  unite  with  the  Church, 
believing  we  have  the  right  doctrine,  but  they 
cannot  bear  the  idea  of  saluting  with  a  kiss 
those  who  u^e  tobacco.  0,  is  it  possible  that 
the  tobacoo  user,  will,  rather  than  give  up  the 
habit,  stand  in  the  way  of  the  salvation  of 
souls?  Can  we  suppose  the  tobacco  user  will  be 
seated  at  the  right  hand  of  God  while  his  neigh- 
bor, who  was  kept  from  the  Church  from  th« 
reason  above  stated,  must  go  away  into  ever^ 
lasting  punishment?  Judge  ye." 


THK    HHK'l'ilUKN    ^^T    "WOKIi. 


September 


1 


0Hr  5^iDlc   tflas 


"  Tfu  Worth  of  Truth  no  Tongue  Can  TfU.' 


bnt  ttkiii  ilot>&  uul  vxuliidt!  au)  oLIiirm 
the  ftaiiic  u>pio. 


ikinv  and  an- 
isit.lc.  In  or- 
--.   -ilionM   !'<' 

,  Id  niiHWPr. 
writing  u|»<m 


Wni  eoniP  one  fxpliiin  llel'.  1:1?  "  An<l  uf  Ihe 
anvels  hesaitli.  Wliti  miikolli  tils  iineel8t«|)irtU, and 
bis  minlstora  ft  tlame  of  nre."  R-  T.  Ckook. 

Will  some  oni- pli-iw.'  ftplaln  Mutt.  11:  II.  In 
particular  «■*■  w  'Ulrl  llki-  to  kn<iw  who  lnthf  l"-iwt. 
and  wliy  cAllP.)  the  iPMt  in  tin*  kinRiIoni  of  hcjiv- 
eny  Jkstina  Mili.kil 

Will  some  brotIiBror«i8U-i-  i>I«-iL<»e  fniiUln  wiiitt 
things  were  rlono  In  Hr'M(t(l>ani.  TliHt  wliich  Ih 
■poken  of  in  St.  John  I ;  ■^■*. 

SAMlliLW.  yo(*T. 

I  bellPvr.  Ilml  It  id  jT'-nertiily  clftimi-dhy  ub  tlial 
wearo  Btrictly  Bcrlptnral  in  our  pnictir*'.  WIN 
iomehr'tUii"ror»i»l«r  |tleiwi>t4'II  ii»  wliorc  tliecoiu- 
mond  or  exumplfn  wa«  tfivfn  hy  V.UtM  ortlit-  npnd- 
tlas  for  the  prarltre  nf  the  aaiuliiUon  betwr-on  Hip 
supper  aii'l  comnniiUony  A  scriiitnral  answer  in 
deiilrwl.  and  not  tlie  Iniclltlon  of  tdo  eldent  ftlil» 
Bide  of  tin-  apoHllrM).  I).  VoI'nck. 

[Will  BrotliLT  B.  F.  Mooioaw  answer  Brother  I>. 
YounceT— Kiw.] 

Will  Homo  ortt*  ])I('iUP  expluln  the  nth  anO  fltli 
verses  of  the  Oth  r-hnpter  of  I(evMlHtlon»y  It  touU 
aafullowa:  "An<l  when  he  ha'I  upcncil  the  Ihirr] 
Beftl,  I  heard  the  thlrrl  hea.st  flay.  Come  and  see,— 
And  I  I'cliehl.  and  lo,  n  lilnck  liorfle;  and  he  that 
Baton  htm  had  a  i>air  of  ))ahinoi-.s  iu  liiH  hand. 
Aod  I  heard  ii  voice  In  the  nildsl  of  the  fonr  hfufttn 
Bay,  A  meiwurc  of  wheat  for  a  penny,  and  three 
measureii  of  barley  for  tt  ])enny;  itnd  sue  thou  hurt. 
Qotthooll  and  tho  wine." 


:  vid<*  for  them?  Ut>duubl»*4ly:  if  uut,  tlieii  th«-re 
has  be«n  a  change,  a  ntnai  clianRi'  Noniew)ii^r«. 
The  term^  iri'iotCK  imire'l  woold  Hwm  to  im- 
ply that  it  was  the  name  of  aa  office,  which  was 
dO  called  from  the  fact  that  only  widows  were 
allowed  to  fill  it.  We  believe  T'Tlullian  men- 
tioni  Ronn-ihinj?  about  thf  order  of  widows.  And 
records  them  *h  iii»triictor«  of  the  younjfer. 
We  therefore  roncind'-  that //i^  nutnhrr  refer- 
to  widows  powesiing  certain  qualiliuiitioni*  to 
b^Bch  and  direct  the  younger  women,  and  wert* 
set  apart  by  the  church  for  this  purpose  Mnil 
nupportfd  by  tli"  church.  To  insiHt  that  a 
widow  "hould  not  be  fed.  clothed,  and  lodged, 
because  she  was  not  quite  sixty  years  old,  or 
that  she  failed  to  brin^  up  children,  or  happen- 
ed t<»  have  no  reptirt  lor  /rood  workfl,  i"  riot  in 
harmony  with  the  sreat  law  ol  lore,  whif^h 
urges  that  we  relieve  the  needr  wherever 
found.  M.  M.  E. 


[ifntlenirtH  of  w»?aitli  propoT!.d  toclear  itoutnnd  I  aaticii>atioo9  are  indulged    m,    and   here    aaa 


FROM  PALESTINE. 

mniBER  xxii. 

Philip's  Fountain,  and  the     Pools  of 
Jerusalem. 


THFj  pool  of  Hezekiah.alreiidy  mentioned.  lieS 
about  one  hundred  yards    from  tlio  .foppu 


GREATER  AND  LEAST. 

AInii.  Mall.  11:  11,  "AmoUK  thcin  that  nrs  bom 
of  winricii,  tliere  hath  not  rtsen  a  greater  than 
John  t)je  liiipiiHi ;  iiotwithstaniiin|;,  he  Liiat  Is  leasi 
Is  the  kin};duni  of  heaven  Is  jicreater  than  he." 

K.MMA  .1.  MvF.ni.v. 

^Yturoing  to  Dnniel  you  will  jind  in  the 
7th  chapter,  l-fth  and  15l.h  vcmes  that  a 
ruler  or  kingdom,  which  is  the  kiiigdoni  ol 
Christ,  v/iLH  promined.  John  saw  tlie  one  prom- 
ile  but  was  not  Njiiired  to  see  the  kingdom  fully 
'Mtablished,  but  when  Chriist  wus  crucified  and 
arose,  then  was  the  kingdom  established,  ho  we 
see  the  part  each  has  token;  the  propjiets  /w;r- 
iold  of  his  coming,  Joliii  aair  him  before  hi^ 
death  and  re.-'urreclion,  but  those  in  the  king 
dom  saw  the  full  ilisjifiinnHon  of  his  Gocpel 
which  John  never  saw.  A  UitonrHK. 

THE    NUMBER. 

What  number  if)  meant  in  the  following  verse: 

"Let  not  a  widow  he  taken  into  iliu  niimher  under 

three  score  years  old,  having  been  the  wife  of  one 

man."— 1  Tim.  5:  ti.  •  -  • 

AN8^VKlt. 

That  number  is  meant  is  not  definit'-Iy 
given.  We  can  only  draw  our  conclu- 
sions  from  what  follotvs.  That  there  was  u 
class  of  widows  enjoying  certain  rights  and 
privileges  upon  certoincoHr/iV/oH.*  seems  evident. 
Let  us  look  at  them. 
First.  She  must  be  sixty  years  old. 
SecoHti.  She  must  have  been  the  wife  of  one 
man, 

Tltiril.    Well  reported  of  for  good  worlts. 
Fourth.    Have  brought  tip  children. 
Fifih.    Lodged  or  entertained  strangers. 
Sixlh.     Wa-'hed  the  saint's  feet. 
Sn-enth.     Uelieved  the  aftlicted. 
Eighth.  Diligently  followed  every  good  work. 
Upon  tht«e  conditions  she  should  be  taken 
into  the  number  who  are  to  instruct  tlie  youn- 
ger women.    Titus  2:    I  i,.    The  qualilications 
urged  by  the  apostle  indicates  that   they  had 
special  work  to  perform,  and   this  seems  all  the 
more  probable   when   we  remember  that   the 
instruction  there   was  altogether  ont).     There 
were  no  books  of  the   New   Testament,   from 
which  each  one  could  Itarn  his  duty   to  God, 
but  teachers  were  set    apart    to   direct  and  in- 
struct; aad  what  could  be   more  fitting   than 
for  the  aged  widows,   qualiiied  or  directed  by 
Paul,   to  teach   the    younger   women  r*  Piou*, 
godly,aud  noted  tor  having  followed  every  good 
wor; 

lead  a  similar  life.  To  concludw  that  Paul  would 
lay  dowii  eight  conditions  for  women  in  or.ier 
that  they  might  be  led.  clothed.^  and  lodged  by 
the  cborch.  and  one  of  I  hege  conditions  a  cer- 
tain  age.  is  lo  us  a  little  too  narrow  to  believe. 
Were  there  not  j  ounger  widows  who  needed 
help,  who  had  no  children   or  nephews  to  pro- 


gate  within  the  city.  It  is  completely  surrouit 
ded  by  blocks  of  houses,  and  it  tan  he  seen  only 
from  the  roofs  or  back  windows  of  the^e.  Vis- 
itors usually  see  it  from  the  roof  nf  the  Medi- 
terraiienii  Hotel,  where  you  stand  immediately 
over  the  edge  of  it,  and  can  see  Its  entire  surface. 
According  to  Dr  Uarclay's  mea.'<ijrement,  it  ii* 
S!.'J2  feet  long  by  l.MJ  wide.  The  bottom,  which 
is  the  natural  rock,  slopes  to  the  south,  and 
consequently  its  northern  end  is  (be  shallower, 
and  the  bottom  is  there  exposed  wh*^n  the  water 
is  loiv.  It*  water  is  drawn  l»y  buckets  let  down 
from  the  windows  of  the  houses.  A  door  in 
the  rear  of  the  Coptic  Convent  at  the  nortliern 

BY  turning  to  Daniel  you   will   find   in  the    end,  and  a   ilight  of  steps,  give  the  only  other 
7th  chapter,  Hth  and    15th    verses  that  a    „,:ceH„  to  it.     It  is  not  probable  that  it  was  ever 

used  as  an  immersiing   pool  though   it  could 
have  been  at  a  low  stage  of  its  water. 

I  will  next  speak  of  the  pool  called  Lower 
Qihon  by  Christians,  and  Birketes  Sultan  pool 
of  the  .Sultan,  by  the  Arabs.  A  ravine  begins 
to  form  near  Upper  flihon,  and  tlicnce  run- 
eastward  olong  the  south  side  of  the  road  to  the 
Joppa  gate,  deepening  as  it  goes.  Near  the 
gate  it  is  about  TjO  feet  deep,  measuring  from 
the  city  wall,  and  here  it  turns  at  nearly  a  right 
angle  to  the  south.  It  runs  along  parallel  with 
the  west  wall  of  the  city,  and  reaches  a  depth  of 
more  tlian  lUU  feet  opposite  the  southern  end 
of  that  wall.  At  this  point  a  massive  wall  runs 
ac^o^s  it  and  constitutes  the  southern  end  of 
the  pool,  while  another  wall,  less  massive,  wliich 
crosses  it  6O0  feet  further  hack  toward  the  Jop- 
pa gate,  forms  the  northern  end.  The  pool, 
Wii.,p         ,       -  ,    .         ,,„.,.      then,  is  (100  feet  long,  and  has  an  Hveraee  width 

HAfnumW,,  meant  „«otdefi„,t..lj  „fa«of.el.  It,  side,  .u.l  botta,  are  to™,  d 
«,veu.  We  ca„  only  dr,mo„r  conclu.  by  the  natural  rock  of  the  valley.  This  rock 
lies  in  ledges,  and  it  slopes  from  each  side  to- 
wards the  middle.  The  greatest  depth  of  the 
pool  at  the  upper  end  n  :J1  feet,  and  at  the  low- 
er end  4! t  feet.  Nearly  all  the  cement  of  the 
wall  is  gone,  and  the  pool  now  holds  no  water; 
but  we  saw  some  cement  on  the  lower  wall  that 
WHS  3i  inches  thick.  When  this  pool  held 
water,  it  furnished  an  admirable  place  along  its 
sides  for  immersing,  and  tliere  was  room  for  a 
hundred  preachers  to  be  iinmereing  at  one  time 
if  necessary. 

On  the  east  side  of  the  city  about  S.j  yards 
north  of  Stephen's  Gate,  is  the  Pool  of  M-*ry. 
It  is  100  feet  long, 80  feet  wide  and  27  feet  deep. 
At  the  southeast  corner  it  had  a  flight  of  steps 
descending  into  it,  and  it  could  have  been  used 
tor  a  baptihtery. 

Inside  of  the  city,  on  the  same  side.and  lying 
just  north  of  the  temple  enclosure,  is  Hirket 
IfTiwl,  commonly  known  to  Christians  as  the 
Pool  of  Bethesda;  but  certainly  not  the  pool  so 
called  iu  the  fifth  chapter  of  John. 

Its  dimensions,  according  to  Dr.  Barclay, 
were  as  follows:  The  main  body  of  it,  365  feet 
long  and  130  teet  wide,  and  a  projecting  arm  of 
it,  142  feet  long,  and  45  feet  wide.  Us  depth, 
according  to  Capt.  Warren,  who  made  excava- 
tions to  the  bottom  of  it,  is  SO  feet;  and  be 
w,.ri,  th^v  ^:  v..      1]  .  II  ^x.  :  ^  '^°""**  ^^  *^®  *"*^^-  ®"*^  ^  '*'■"'"  pipe  2'>  I'ett  above 

::;:!-:L?,!r'';!'L'!'i'^'r.'',r,''°" '?!'''«''-'''-.  wi.ich  be  thi„i«  .....tended  .„ 

■prevent  the  water  Irom  risinj;  above  that  depth, 
This  pool  was  inteuded  chidly  as  a  deep  moat 
on  that  side  of  the  temple  wall,  and  it  is  not 
likely  that  there  were  facilities  for  immersing 
in  it.  It  is  now  nearly  filled  up  with  dirt  and 
rubbish  which  is  being  continually  thrown  into 
it  from  the  city.     Some  years  ago  an  English 


ri-^tore  it  to  '\\a  original  condition,  but  iht*  irtu- 
pid  authoriliea  would  uot  give  bim  pcrmia-ion 
to  do  so. 

Passing  outside  the  city  again,  on  the  east- 
era  fide,  d^cending  the  Kwlron  valley  until  we 
are  about  .tOO  yardji  pa.-*t  the  city  wall,  we  reach 
the  Virniu's  Pool,  as  it  is  now  called,  but  the 
Iru^  Bethesda.  This  is  a  pjol  of  living  water, 
supplied  by  the  stream  of  an  intermitting 
spring.  It  is  located  in  a  cavern  in  the  side  o( 
the  hillOphei,  which  is  the  soulheru  projection 
of  Mt-  Moriah.  You  reach  the  valley  by  de- 
fending a  Ilight  of  stone  stvps  H  feet  wide  to  an 
arched  chum  ber  Si  feet  wide  and  13  feet  long, 
whence  another  (light  of  steps  -ti  feet  wide 
lea;N  down  to  the  wat?r  by  a  descent  of  13  feet 
perpendicular.  The  surface  of  the  pool  has 
nearly  the  shape  of  the  section  of  a  jug.  the 
n-  ek  of  the  jug  being  next  to  the  step'.  Its 
roea.«urement  around  its  sides  is  21  feet  :»inche-«: 
and  the  water  .-itands  in  it  about  three  feet 
deep.  Men,  women  ami  children  bathe  in  it. 
with  a  superstitious  belief  that  its  waters  have 
healing  properties.  The  intermitting  flow  of 
the  water  tends  to  keep  up  this  superstition 
and  it  wa.s  doubtlesss  this  same  characteristic 
whicli  led  to  the  belief,  among  the  ancient 
Jews  that  the  occa.sional  agitation  of  the  war 
ters  by  the  renewal  of  the  flow,  was  caused  by 
an  angel.  See  Jno.  v.  1-7;  and  remember  that 
verse  4  is  an  interpolation. 

I  have  only  to  speak.in  conclusion,of  the  well 
known  Pool  of  Siloain.  It  lies  near  the  south 
em  end  oi  the  hill  Ophel,  and  at  its  foot  on  the 
wef>t*Tn  side.  It  is  supplied  with  water  by  the 
oveitlow  of  the  Virgin's  Pool,  through  an  un- 
derground aqueduct  %vhich  was  partly  explored 
by  Dr.  Barclay,  and  pattlyby  Dr.  Robinson, 
but  entirely  by  Capt.  Warren.  This  pool  is  50 
ff-et  long,  and  17  teet  wide  at  its  upper  end,  and 
14  i  at  its  lower  end.  It  has  an  opening  at  the 
bottom  of  the  lower  end,  through  which  the 
water  flows  liy  an  aqueduct  to  some  gardens 
below.  When  this  opening  is  stopped,  the  wa- 
ter stands  about  three  feet  deep  and  the  over- 
flow pisses  out  through  a  higher  opening.  A 
flight  of  steps  at  the  aouth-wnst  corner  leads 
down  to  the  bottom.  Here  was  an  admirable 
place  for  iinintrsing,  and  it  would  be  so  yet  but 
for  an  accumulation  of  dirt  and  rubbish,  wliich 
makes  it  now  a  filthy  place.  Bro.  El  Karey,  a 
Biiptjst  Missionary  in  Nablua,  whose  acquain- 
tance I  formed,  was  immersed  in  this  pool  about 
twenty-four  years  ago. 

From  the  above  every  reader  can  draw  his 
own  conclusion  as  to  the  facilities  for  immer- 
sintr  the  three  thousand  on  the  day  of  Pente- 
cost. J.  W.  McGarvey. 


ther*  preparations  made    tor  a  gre*i;    reviral 
Eutero  trade. 

Thb  Catholics  of  Belgium  have  made  ao  . 
sault  upon  the  excellent  school  aygtetlj  of  thit 
kingdom,  and  the  king  has  K-en  tlireateoed 
with  death  if  he  rutities  the  bill  depriving  the 
Catholic  clergy  of  the  control  of  eleiumtg-, 
education.  Yet  that  church  is  permitted  to 
control  the  schools  in  American  cities. 

A  lady,  Miss.  Waterstuu,  has  gone  to  central 
Africa  as  u  medical  missionary.  She  is  to  ji 
the  Livingstouia  Mission,  with  whuh  a  fiurrw™ 
pe.fn  woman  is  already  conuected,  who  is  Iq  l 
the  wife  of  Dr.  Laws.  Mrs.  McDouald,  at  the 
Blantyre  Mission,  in  the  Shire  Hills,  south  of 
Lake  Nyassa,  is  tiie  only  other  European  v 
man  north  of  Lake  Ngami.  Miss.  VVateraton 
does  uot  go  to  Africa  now  for  the  first  time 
She  was  superintendent  of  the  female  Seminn. 
ry  at  Lovedale  for  several  years,  and  gathered 
there  im  experience  which  will  be  of  the  utmost 
benefit  at  Living>touia. 


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Obituaries  should  he  brief,  wrilten  on  bm  oni)  side  of 
paper,  and  sepafHte  from  all  other  bugiaeiB 


^o)ni[s  of  tTjif  ^ag. 


KoiUY-iiVE  families  of  Russian  Menuonites 
arrived  in  iVew  York,  .Tuly  20th.  They  will 
settle  iu  Dakota. 

A  report  from  Calcutta  of  August  6th  says 
there  have  been  seventy-five  cases  of  cholera 
among  the  Europeans  at  Candaliar,  sixty  being 
fatal. 

There  is  an  increasing  coldness  between  Rus- 
sia and  Germany.  The  St.  Petei-sburg  papers 
are  severe  in  their  deouuciatins  of  Germany. 

A  Conference  representing  200,000  miners 
has  been  held  in  Manchester,  England.  A  r^- 
ohiLion  was  parsed  favoring  emigration  to  the 
United  States. 

Secketaby  Evarts  has  procured,  by  our  Con- 
suls, labor  statistics  from  abroad,  from  which 
it  appears  that  America  laborers  get  better 
wages  than  those  in  other  countries,  and  money 
here  has  a  greater  producing  value. 

George  F.  Hkrhick,  of  Turkey,  reports  that 
the  circulation  of  Bibles  and  religious  litera 
ture  in  that  country  now  numbers  140,000  vol- 
umes a  year.  The  only  mission,  he  says,  which 
can  reach  Turkey  is  a  woman's  mission. 

BisHoi'  Huntington,  of  the  Episcopal  church, 
when  advisee!  to  raise  tobacco  on  his  farm  at 
Hiidley,  Mass.,  uttered  this  rejoinder;  "God 
made  this  soil  to  yield  something  that  will 
nourish  man  or  beast,  a-id  without  sitting  in 
judgment  on  my  neighbors.  I  choose  to  follow 
my  Maker's  plan. 

As  Cashmere  is  the  only  part  of  India  which 
appears  to  be  still  threatened  with  famine,  there 
are  hopes  of  a  revival  of  prosperity  iu  India.  So 
cjulident  is   tbia  feeling   in  Manchester   that 


KEITH— On  the  frontier  of  the  Mnnor  Con- 
gregatioii,  Indiana  Co.,  Pa.,  Sept  10  187s 
Mrs.  Martha  G..  wi*'e  of  friend  Ad-^n  Keith 
aged  68  years,  S  months  and  2  days.  Funeral 
discourse   on  the    10th    ot  August  '7S»  from 

Heb.  13: 14.  Joseph  Holsopplk. 

POWERS.— In  the  Milledgeville  District,  Car- 
roll Co..  Illinois,  Mary  Powers,  aged  about 
07  years.  Disease  dropsy.  Funeral  discourse 
by  brotiier  Mai  tin  Myers  and  Jacob  J,  Hay. 
ger.     Subject  Matt.  :J4;  44. 

PARREn.— In  the  Falls  City  Church,  Neh, 
Augu.-'t  11,  sister  Mary  E.,  wife  of  Jacob  Par- 
rett,  and  daughter  of  Bro.  Peter  Bare,  a^ed 
■25  years,  1  month  and  3  days.  Funeral  dis- 
course by  the  brethren  from  2  Cor.  5:  1-3. 
H.  P.  Brinkworth. 
SHIVELY.— In  the  Fairview  Church,  Tippe- 
canoe  Co.,  Ind.,  June  11th..  1S79,  sister  Es- 
ther Shively.  aged  i'J  years,  2  months  and  8 
days.  Funeral  services  by  elders  Kiel  Ham- 
ilton and  Isaac  Billhimer,  from  Rev.  14:  13, 
She  lived  with  a  kind  and  devoted  husband. 
Elder  John  Shively,  04  years,  united  «ith  the 
Church  at  an  early  day,  and  was  a  consistent 
member  57  years,  and  during  uU  that  time  she 
was  never  broug_it  before  the  church  for  any 
charge.  About  eighteen  months  before  she 
died  she  had  a  severe  struke  of  Paralysis  which 
was  generally  thought  wonl'l  soon  bjingan  end 
to  her  existence.  She  called  iu  the  elders  ofthe 
church  and  was  anointed  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord.  She  bore  hei  atflictious  with  the  great- 
est of  Christian  fortitude.  She  left  many  rela- 
tive's and  friends  to  mourn  their  loss  which  we 
believe  is  her  ttciual gain. 

Bamlel  Uj.ery. 
STONER,— N-ar  Toledo,  Ohio,  July  20, 1879, 
David  Stouer,  nged  42  years,  and  G  months. 
He  left  a  wife  and  five  children  to  mourn  his 
loss.  Funeral  services  by  the  writer  from  the 
words,  "Be  ye  therefore  ready." 

KIMBALL.— Near  Elmore,  Ohio,  Angu4  3rd, 
1879,  our  worthy  brother,  Benjamin  Kimbafl, 
aged  73  years  and  10  days. 
He  wa-*  in  the  second  degree  of  the  ministry 
for  a  number  ot  years.     Funeral  discourse  byS. 
M.  Loos  and  the  writer  Jrom  2  Tim.  4:  6,  7* 
8th  verses.  Noah  Hendkicks. 

STONEROCK.-In  the  Oakland  Church. 
Darke  Co.,  Ohio,  sister  Eliza  Jane,  .laughter 
of  brother  Daniel  and  sister  Mary  Stone- 
rook,  aged  l!)  years,  7  months  and  h  days. 
Funeral  services  by  Jeremiah  Kattermanaiid 
the  writer. 

Sister  Jane  was  a  faithful  member,  and  ^ 
bright  example  to  her  asnociates,  and  they  afl 
well  as  father  and  mother,  si'iters  and  brothers 
miss  her  very  much,  but  we  hope  our  loss  is  her 
great  gain. 

HOLADAV. — la  the  sam?  churc'i,  o  ir  b;loved 
young    sister,  Sarah    E.   Holaday,    aged    15 
years,  ii  months   and  18  days.     Disease  Con- 
sumption and    Dropsy. 
She  leaves  a  kind  father   and  mother,  three 
brothers  and  two  sisters  to  m ..urn  the  lu^iofa 
loved  one.  but  we  need  not  weep  a*  those  who 
have  LO  hope.     Sis^er  Ellen  took   up  her  cress 
'"tier  youth  but    did  not  bear  it    long  till  the 
Ma^t-r  called  for  h'T.     Funeral  services  by  the 
writer  assisted  by  Nathan  Groff".  from  liev.  14: 
13  to  a  large  assembly  of  people. 

Isaiah  Rairiqh. 


.Dteni 


ber  15 


THE    BItETHilEN    A.T    AVOKIC 


(ronrri|ioiulfncc. 


it)vJ  maf  btfbll Joliii 


From  Bro.   Samuel  Murray. 

V  vol""  ppfO'if's'O"  ^  would  like  to  say  a  few 

I  (hinpf  ihronsrh  your  worthy  paper  to  my 
u  wb<»  r^"**  '*•     '■"roni  the  ii3nl  of  July  to 

'lOth  of  August,  I  wft3  in  my  home  cliurch. 
''  ^ila[iif>''y-  I  visited  quite  a  Quraber  ol 
''  liP^aud  fimud  all  well,  except  brother  Eliaa 
Mler.  ^^'^  ''■'^  ^^^'^  poorly  for  nearly  three 
"  .  9iifft;riDg  much  pain  at  times.     Msiy  the 

J  Lord  enable  him  atill  to  be  patient  under 
f'  l,„,i(j  of  artiiction,    and    patiently    wait  the 

II  of  the  Lord.  We  did  a  little  preaching 
lile  in  the  Salamony  arm  of  the  church.  On 
tunhO''    A"R"''''  '•*^^-    ^^    ^'^^   our     harve'^t. 

,j„n.  We  were  very  glad  to  aee  so  many 
,iir  dear  members  attend.  If  they  live  until 
ther  harvest  meeting  fhey  will  not  fnrget 
[,j„ig  their  children  along.  They  too  may 
l^ijfBtteti  by  attending  such  meetings.  We 
^ntiiiit  every  ^^ood  and  perfect  gift,  comes 
,01  tlie  Lord.  We  also  know  that  if  the 
J  jviiiild  withhold  the  early  and  latter  ntiuH. 
■vill  have  no  harvest  to  reap.  We  al-fo 
jDW  tltat  we  are  taught  to  be  thankful  in  all 
Notwithstanding  all  the  rich  blessin^n 
Jllie  Lonl  conferred  upon  us,  and  all  the  teach- 
ufoui  blessed  Savior,  and  the  exbort;ili(ins 
/the  liolv  apohtles,  we  are  sorry  that  ^nme  of 

ileur  brethren  and  sisters  cannot  lav  j.- 
Wleniporal  lnbor3oneday  out  of  six  moi(iii«, 
,1  devote  themselves  to  fasting  and  prayer. 
Bretlif''"  hummed  their  threshing  maclnni'S 
pd  whistled  their  engines  in  hearing  di-tance 
ifthe  meeting-house.  We  think  those  things 
fjM  act  so  to  be.  The  Savior  said,  "First 
uek  the  kingdom  of  God  and  his  righteouBness, 
iijthe  rcsi  shall  be  added  unto  you."  I  do 
[ct  understand  the  Savior  to  mean  that  we 
iiiuld  not  work  at  all.  We  believe  it  is  the 
inly  of  every  able-bodied  person  to  work  ami 
■ruvide  for  hia  household,  but  the  first  fruits  of 
labors  every  day  should  he  given  to  the 
[rtrd.  Besidps  that  we  believe  the  Church,  as 
ill  as  individuals,  should  have  special  days  set 
ipart  tor  fasting  and  prayer,  We  believe  the 
hurch  would  be  much  healthier  and  more  of 
oe  mind,  and  of  one  judgment,  and  speak 
nore  the  same  things,  if  those  things  of  our 
jivior  were  more  strictly  observed.  M^ty  the 
tord  bless  every  lawful  etl'ort  made  for  the  ad- 
rjDceaif  nt  of  the  cause  of  Christ,  is  my  prayer. 
■Priiiu'tirr  Cliyistirni. 


God  in  us — a  service  unto  the  Lord — a  life  of 
sr-lf-dt-nial — a  fight  of  faith — a  preparation  for 
Ibegiand,  glorious,  saving  realitiesof  the  world 
to  L'ume. 

Brother  Daniel  Miller,  a  resident  minister, 
t.illowed  in  a  testimony  to  the  truth  of  the 
word  spoken  and  e.\hortation  to  faithfulness 
and  prayer.  After  some  church  business  was 
transacted,  we  spent  a  few  hours  in  the  home 
of  brother  Dauiel  Miller,  and  returned  home  in 
the  evening.  One  of  our  pleasant  thoughts 
were  that  the  brethren  are  maintaining  good 
order,  and  that  we  are  uniform  in  conducting 
church  services.  It  does  not  show  oneness 
when  our  ministering  brethren  are  heard  to 
make  inquiry  as  to  how  the  services  of  thv 
occasion  should  be  conducted.  This  we  think 
should  everywhere  be  the  same,  and  conse- 
qut^ntly  understood.  Oneness  ot  mind  and 
action  is  more  necessary  in  the  Church  of 
Christ  than  iu  any  other  organization.  It  is 
egsetitial  to  love,  happiness  and  success  in  our 
Christian  cause. 

OVER  THB  KIVEIt. 

A'lijnht  lath. — This  morning  we  spent  a  sad 
hour  at  the  house  ot  bereavement.  Sister  Sa- 
rah Welty,  a  young  disciple  of  our  blessed  M;ia- 
ter,  has  crossed  the  dark  river  of  death.  Our 
hope  is  complete.  She  was  the  tenth  of  the 
vame  family  vfho  died  within  thirteen  years, 
Thf  two  youngest  yet  remain— sister  Amelid 
and  another,  the  youngest,  whom  we  trust  we 
i-aii  also  call  sister  ere  long.  We  trust  she  will 
feel  the  need  of  the  pardoning  love  of  .Tesui  and 
come  into  His  service,  and  with  sister  Amelia, 
try  to  serve  the  Lord  in  the  better  days  of  lite, 
so  that  heaven  will  be  gained  and  we  all  saved 
with  those  who  have  gone  on  before.  Come  to 
Jesns.  He  says:  "Those  that  seek  Me  early 
find  Me." 

OUR  PLAIN  HILL  MEETING. 

To-day  brother  Benedict  spoke  from  Heb.  4: 
It.  He  spoke  of  the  children  of  Israal  in  Egypt, 
and  compared  their  bondiige  thnre  to  the  din- 
ner's condition — the  exodus  from  Eijypt  was 
compared  to  the  sinner's  repentance  and  accept- 
ance in  Christ — their  rest  in  Canaan  to  the 
saint's  rest  in  Heaven — and  how  we  must  obey 
the  commandments  of  oui  Lord  to  find  that 
rest  at  last. 

Brother  Baker  followed  in  an  application  of 
the  subject  to  o\ir  daily  life  as  to  how  we  should 
live  and  show  the  fruits  of  regeneration. 

May  grace  and  peace  be  multiplied  unto  all 
our  readers.  D.  B.  Mkntzer. 

Waijneshar'juqh,  Pir. 


A  Suggestion. 


Echoes  from  the  East. 

NLMREll  XSII. 
WKI.OIME   SHOWERS. 

lUGUST  Ifith.— This  afternoon  our  neigh- 
[i  Ijorhood  was  favored  with  plenLeou' 
lowers  of  nun  amid  peats  of  thunder  and 
169  of  lightning.  After  a  long,  dry  Sum- 
Eer,  we  are  made  to  rejoice  in  the  provideiici* 
if  our  God  for  refreshing  rains.  Even  the 
grass  and  suffering  corn  seem  revived 
ind  glad  under  the  blessing  of  the  Hand  that 
Bade  them.  So  it  is  in  our  life  of  faith.  Some- 
limes  the  soul  undergoes  a  dearth.  The  wa- 
lirof  grace  seem  withheld.  The  "good  works" 
ofthesoul  seem  to  wither,  and  the  feigns  of 
Ifnth  are  apparent.  But  a  change  takes  place. 
rfiosoiil  is  reduced  to  want  and  calls  upon  God 
fcr  refreshing  showers  of  grace,  God  sends  Ihe 
'all  supply.  The  soul  is  revived  and  takes  new 
wura^ft,  It  prospers  and  bears  again  the  fruit 
if"good  works."'  Joy  and  gladness  have  taken 
lie  place  of  indifference  and  sadness. 

Bruthpr,  are  you  discouraged?  ('arry  your 
flea  before  your  Father  in  secret.  Examine 
fourseif  before  and  pray  him   to  settd  showers 

mercy  upon  your  dying  spirit. 

Sister,  are  you  unhappy?  Then  come  to  Je- 
'"sa^ain  aud  learn  at  Hin  blessed  feet  the  les- 
^is  of  humility  and  devotion.  Ask  llie  deiu 
''^^tsr  to  gr^at  you  the  gentle  rains  of  His 
"Diles  and  sunshine  from  above.  He  will  snrc- 
'jwnd  them  and  bountifully  too.  He  does 
"It  Tir^iake  them  that  trust  in  Him  in  quiet- 
'***  ami  muckness. 

A  MKETINO   ABROAD. 

■iii<iust  /■/'. — Ijnat  evening  we  enjoyed  the 
jWian  hu^pitftlity  and  fellowship  of  brother 
';"istiHn  Itoy»?r,  a  miuisttr  of  the  Falling 
'Priiig  con gre fixation,  living  near  Greencastle. 


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evening  was  .spent  pleasantly  and   profit- 


%even  to  a  late  hour;  and  this  morning  we 
^^  our  leave  to  attend  the  meeting  at  Church 
ill  the  r>:ick  Creek,  congregation.  The 
'o  chupt-r  of  Eplie«iauH  was  read,  and  brother 
■r.Good  spoke  of  our  vocation  in  Christ, 
"""ig  that  it  is  a  spiritual  colling— a  work  of 


E  say,  brethren,  in  regard  to  the  tract 
enterprise,  that  since  donors  of  small 
amouutT*  will  not  personally  dr.iw  tracts  for 
distribution,  and  as  there  are  hiiitdreds  of  breth- 
ren and  sisters  who  feel  a  coii^<  iousness  and 
desire  to  help  along  the  cause,  and  want  their 
donations  to  do  the  most  possible  good,  for  the 
longest  possible  time,  would  it  not  be  well  for 
every  congregation  that  is  favor.Jjly  di.sposed 
to  appoint  one  or  more  to  gather  the  mites  and 
freewill  orterings  of  Gnd-loving  hearts,  and  put 
them  together  a*  a  donation  from  that  particul 
congregation,  and  let  the  congregations  draw 
their  quota  of  tracts  yearly  and  distribute  them  as 
they  see  tit.  The  -donation  will  always  stand 
to  the  credit  of  the  congregtition  and  may  he 
increased  year  by  year. 

Further,  we  would  suggest  that  just  prior 
to  the  move  to  collect  for  the  purpose  above 
mentioned,  the  ministers  stir  up  the  minds  of 
their  hfarers  in  regard  to  their  duty  in  giving 
to  the  Lord's  cause  hia  due  portion,  and  for  a 
text  take  the  3rd  chapter  of  Malachi,  from  the 
7th  to  the  12th  verse  inclusive.  If  we  duly 
consider  the  Scripture  we  need  not  wonder  why 
so  often  our  lands  fail  of  abundant  crops  and 
our  vineyards  "oast  their  fruit"  before  the  prop- 
er time.  Though  we  are  not  under  the  Mosiiic 
law,  we  are  under  the  government  of  that  God 
that  is  the  same  to-day;  'ypaterdaf  and  forever. 
"UiVB,  and  it  shall  b«  ^iveH  unto  tjou,''^  is  as 
positive  a  command  today,  witli  a  blessing  to 
follow,  as  it  ever  was.  ,  -■; 

As  we  have  no  Bnancial  interest  iioij^'nWer 
expect  any  from  the  Brethren's  Tradt  Society, 
we  feel  at  liberty  to  say  what  we  have,  and  in 
such  a  Cause  believe  it  better  to  [/!>'>■  tb.ui  to 
receivt.  .1   '     i  ■  ■   ■■ 

Lo»ffmo»t,  C-li'. 

From  The  Alleghany  Church,  W.  Va. 

Dear  Brethren : — 
'IIHIS  church  is  called  Atlpgliany  and  is  a 
I,  part  of  the  Greenland  Church.  Tlie  en. 
tire  t<;rritory  lie?  on  Alleybmiy  mountain,  and 
the  members  are  scattered  in  diHerent  directions 
mostly  .some  distance  apart.  Our  numerical 
strength'ia  not  large.    Joseph  Hanlin  is  our 


elder,  assisted  by  three  otlierii.  Also  have  sev- 
eral deacons.  We  have  preaching  every  Sun- 
day, but  all  in  si  hool-bouses.  The  church  is  in 
union.  Have  had  no  additions  for  sometime^ 
expect,  aoiiie  soon. 

Brother  S.  A  Fike  from  Preeton  Co..  W.  Va., 
preached  two  interfs'ing  sermons  for  us  at  Lit- 
tle Creek  school-house  last  month,  one  a  fune- 
ral sermon.     He  told  us  some  good  tilings    We 
should  not  only  think   about  them,  but  should 
live  thrtui  out  iu  our   every  day  life,     He  dwelt 
on  family  worship,  asking  blessing  at  our  tables 
nd  bringing  our  children  "up  in  the  nurture 
and  admonition  of  the  Lord."  Thfse  are  solemn 
truths  which  are   much  neglected,  and   that  to 
the  hurt  of  the  spiritual  welfare  or  the  Church. 
Why  any  should  neglect  blessings   at  our  daily 
meals  there  cannot  be  u  good  reason  assigned. 
The  ScriptiiFfS  say,  "pray  without  ceasing,  and 
in    everything  give  thanks."     No   matter  how 
small  a  gift  is  presented  us  by  a  friend  we  thank 
him  for  it.     Now    when    it   conies   to   sitting 
down  to  our  daily    meals  we  can  eat   without 
(■ft'friug  a  single    word  in    thankfulne  ,  to  the 
Oiver  of  all  good,  and  in  whose    hands  ■  'i ,  -    life 
and  all  we  pos-sess  is  vested.     Often  too  I  have 
bpt-ii  made  to  reflect  when  I  see  sisters  uncov- 
er- li   at  our  tables    while  a    blessing    is  being 
ask<-d.     Si-»ters  are  (■onimaiided,  while  praying 
or  prophecying,    to  Lave  their   heads   covered. 
Now  if  sislers  do  not  pray  or  have  a  prayerful 
lieart  while  a  bit-ssing  is  being   asked,  they  are 
certainly    very  excu>able,  but  I  am   persuaded 
better  things  of  them.     What  would  we  think 
of  a    brother  sitting  down  at  a    table  to  ask  a 
hlfSsing  with  his  hat  on  y   Why  we    would  all 
be  astonished  and  mortiti'-d  at    the    sight,    be- 
cause the  Lord  has  commanded  man  to  uncover 
his  hfad  on  Huch  occa.siona.    It  looks  no  worse, 
in  the  sight  of  God,  to  see  a  man  ask  a  blessing 
with  his  hat  on,  than  to  see  a  sister  uncovered 
on   such  occasions.     [    have  seen    sisters,  as  I 
tlioueht  wilb  thtic.  heads  uncovered,  in  time  of 
thanks  because  some  stninge  person  was  there. 
Nodiiubthe  is  an  oppoaer  to   the  truth.     Dear 
sisters,   why  should    you   be  ashamed  to  obey 
God  befure  opposers  of  the  word  of  God?     The 
Savior  says,  "He  that   is  a.sbamed  of  me  and  of 
my  words,  him  will  1  be  ashamed  of  at  the  last 
day."     A  fearful  sentence  indeed.    We  are  com- 
manded to   let  our  light  so   shine  before  men 
that  they  may  see  our    good  works   and  glorify 
Ohr  F-ither  who  is  in  heaven. 

The  subject  ot  not  provoking  our  children  lo 
wrath,  but  to  bring  them  up  in  the  nurture 
and  admonition  of  the  Lord,  is  something  that 
should  interest  all  parents  and  guardians  pro- 
fessing godliness  with  good  works.  Many  chil- 
dren have  gone  to  ruin  by  undue  attention  to 
them.  A  good  example  by  parents  ha^  a  won- 
derful inHiience  on  children,  (,'hildren  are  of- 
ten led  to  ruin  by  going  iu  bad  company.  Tln'y 
are  apt  to  learn,  so  they  gather  many  bad 
things.  Parents  too  often  brawl  at  their  chil- 
dren instead  of  speaking  kindly  to  them.  The 
Scripture  says  wo  are  not  to  be  brawlers.  We 
should  always  speak  kindly  to  them;  talk  to 
them  of  such  bad  children  as  are  in  tht-ir  knowl- 
edge; teil  them  what  a  terrible  thing  it.  is  to  be 
f^o  had;  that  the  Lord  does  not  like  bad  chil- 
dren, but  good  ones.  Tell  them  we  want  them 
to  be  good  so  when  they  die  he  will  take  them 
to  rest,  .\nything  of  this  kind  has  a  good  ef- 
fect if  commenced  in  time.      D.  W.  Geohoe. 


was  chosen  m  a  signal  of  distrew  peculiar 
enough  to  take  the  fyf<  of  th«?  most  carfllesa.  It 
is  simply  a  transposition  of  John  BapliMt's  pro- 
phetic  ejaculation  in  John  l:2tt.  This  in  the 
substance  and  sum  of  all  that  God  is  or  hiw  to 
reveal,  and  will  he  the  ejaculation  of  eodlea* 
ages.  Col.  2;  3-9. 

0.  H.  Balsbauoh. 


From  Landon  West. 

[The  followinR  shoulil  have  appoared  soonor  but 
was  mislaid.     We  res!r4.t  it.  Kdn.! 

ON  the  4th  of  May  we  were  happy  to  visit 
the  Lower  Miami  Church,  Montgomery 
Co.,  Ohio,  which  is  in  care  of  Eld.  George  Hol- 
ler, It  was  here  that  brother  Ridenourand  my- 
self had  a  very  pleasant  meeting  in  .lanuary, 
and  were  now  gl^ad  to  mct-t  so  many  of  theae 
brethren  and  si.stera  again,  and  especially  those 
who  then,  and  since  then,  have  come  into  the 
church.  Had  two  pleasant  meetings  on  Son- 
day  '■■i;b  larg*"  attendance  and  good  feeling 

On  the  5tli,  we  receiv«d  a  requeat  to  go  on 
Tuesday  the  tilh.,  to    the    house  of    friend    B. 
Shock,  and  with  brother  George  Garver.  attend 
the  (un-Tal  of  his  little  daughter.     Th^y  had, 
until  in    April,  two  briuht  children,  a  boy  and 
girl,  but  now,  in    less  than  twenty  days,  both 
were  taken  by  that  dreaded  disease,   diptheria. 
The  first,  Ira  Lee,  aged  10  years,  7  months,  died 
April  l!)th,  H70.     His  last  words  were,  "Don't 
weep,  mother,  don't  inind  it."    Funeral  at  Bro. 
Samuel  Garber's    Cliur-h,  by    brother    George 
Garver    and   John    J.    Bowman.     A   few  days 
after  the  little  daughter,    .\my.  showed  symp- 
tons  of  the  same  disease.     Aid   was  called  in 
time,  it  w:is   thought,    but  all   means  availed 
nothing.     Although  not  seven  years  of  age,  yet 
she  seemed    to  regard   death  with   a   sense   of 
pleasure    rarely    witnessed.     She    at  one  time 
said,  "I  do  not  want  to  get  well,  I   want  to  go 
to  my  little  brother."     When  she  Inarned  that 
deiith  must   come,  she  would  sit  and   wipe  the 
tears  from  her    parent's  eyes  and  tell  them  not 
to  weep.    She  said, 'i  will  get  alive   again  in 
that  good  plac'\"     When  the  last  moment  bad 
come  and    her  f,ither  and  mother   were  closest 
her  i^ide,  she  motioned  for  them  to  move  away, 
and  her  last  words    were, 

"Let  them  come  in,  let  them  come  in. 

Let  the  good  aiu^els  come  in." 
The  funeral  at  10  .\.  m.  on  the  f>th.,  was 
arg.  ly  altendtd,  and  all  seemed  to  regard  this 
ifroke  as  no  ordinary  one,  and  seemed  to  shore 
t  in  I'ommou.  Her  age  was  H  years,  8  months 
and  .')  days.  When  we  retunn'd  to  this  hone 
of  sorrow  the  cliildrtn's  playthings  were  yet  In 
the»)>lace  where  they  had  left  them,  but  the 
little  workers  were  both  gone  to  return  no 
more.  There  is  but  one  hope  tor  these  parents 
to  again  meet  their  little  ones,  and  that  is  to 
prepare  for  that  better  world  above.  I  trust 
tbey  will  seek  it  in  time. 
Sinkinf/  Sprinr/s,  Ohio. 


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Lbodhlebmehtafoogd,  hutheikcaht- 
eahutaydsUrnoowfeht !  ! 

WHAT  means  this  abracadabra?  An  inex- 
plicable conondrum,  surely.  If  it  has 
arrested  your  attentiou,  and  awaked  suflicient 
curiosity  to  lead  to  the  perusal  of  this  brief 
article,  it  has  served  its  purpose. 

I  am  fiinous  at  mistakes — or  the  compositor. 
But  the  gravest  wc  ever  conjointly  managed  to 
perpetrate,  is  found  in  B.  at  W.,  No.  35,  in 
my  article  entitled,  "Scattered  Sheep."  That 
caps  the  climax  for  typographical  errors.  I 
could  not  help  inly  laughing,  although  it  put 
me  at  a  most  humiliating  discount  before  the 
public.  I  have  no  douht  tluit  from  many  read- 
ers escaped  the  bitter  sigh  of  disappointment  as 
they  mentally  said,  poor,  deceptive  C.  H.  B. 
Page  7,  first  column,  Si4th  line  from  the  bottom, 
for  uiihohj  read  wholly.  Flvery  soul  is  writing 
his  or  her  iiutohtography.  Let  us  pause  and 
pondor  what  the  revelation  will  be  in  the  Great 
Day  when  the  curtain  in  the  Divine  drama  will 
l).i  lifted,  and  'Voil  slniH  jwhje  tin-  SECKMTS 
of  man  hij  Jeans  Christ,  accohhino  to  thk  oos- 
PBL."  Rom.  2:  16.  The  niajfstic,  omniscient 
compositor  in  the  Upper  Uealras  never  mispla- 
ces a  type.  The  record  is  unerring  and  for 
Eternity. 

Iu  the  second  columu,  7th  line  from  the  top, 
occurs  another  slight  error.  Between  to  and 
ai'f.  insert  be,  and  for  unto  read  isto. 

"iiow  for  the  application  of  my  caution, which 


From  Bro.  Knisley. 

the  members  of  the  I'nion  (Jhurch, 
Mar^iball  Co,,  Indiana,  held  our  har- 
vest meeting  August  li^th.,  had  a  large  aid 
good  meeting.  The  brethren  and  sisters  ap- 
peared to  be  very  thankful  to  the  Giver  of  all 
;ood.  We  have  been  abundantly  blessed  with 
a  bountiful  harvest.  I  have  lived  in  Northern 
Ind.,  for  forty-four  years,  and  never  saw  a  better 
crop  of  wheat.  The  member^*  have  given  a  lit- 
tle for  the  Danish  Mission,  *7.50.  [  hope  we 
and  all  the  churches  will  do  more  hereafter, — 
give  from  the  abundance  God  has  blessed  us 
with.  Dear  members,  let  us  all  do  our  part 
toward  making  each  other  jcomfortable  that 
God  may  be  honored,  and  souls  convertod.  It 
will  not  be  long  until  we  all  must  lay  our  bod- 
ies down  in  the  silent  grave,  and  then  our  labor 
will  be  done,  hut  if  our  lives  have  bi*n  spent 
in  the  service  of  God  we  will  get  our  reward 
which  will  be  worth  more  than  all  the  world. 


From  Jesse  Calvert. 


I  LEFT  home  oik  the  20th  ut  Augu-t  for 
Allen  Co..  Ohio  to  hold  meeting  in  a  Meth- 
odist Church,  where  but  little  preaching  had 
ever  been  done  by  the  Brethren.  Commenced 
preiching  on  Friday  evening  anfl  continued 
until  the  following  Tuesday  evening.  Had 
large  cougregfttioni",  many  could  not  get  in  the 
house.  A  very  deep  interest  seemed  to  be 
awakened.  Four  wore  added  to  the  church  by 
baptism,  and  m  *uy  more  said  they  would  come. 
Hope  they  may. 
M'arsaWt  ImK 

The  cup  that  is  f\ill  will  hold  no  mor^.  Ke«p 
your  heart  full  of  good  thoughts,  that  bad  ones 
may  have  no  room  to  enter.  "Ktep  the  hMrt 
with  all  diUgeuce,  for  out  of  it  are  the  issues  of 
life." 


TMK    BKETilliEX    ^^T    -WOKK. 


^ept-^mber    ]? 


(^i!r.|id  Success. 


AND  they  thftt  be  wise  shall  Bhlii^  8»tbe 
brightness  of  the  flriuftinont ;  and  they  that  luni 
bImS  to  righlejiianeas.  as  the  Btara  forever  and 
erer.— Dan.  12:3. 


Beatrice,  Neb.— Two  more  added  to  the  ""iie 
body."  Though  they  are  advanced  in  life  w«f 
trust  that  the  evening  of  their  lives  will  be  giv- 
en faithfully  to  the  Master.  J.  E.  B. 

Any.  2lfh.,  ISTJ. 

DuDDings  Creek.  Pa.— We  had  our  Lovef.-a^t 
August  2!Hh.  Had  a  large  crowd  and  good  or- 
der— three  strange  ministers  and  the  gonpel 
well  handlfd  Ity  them.  Six  were  willing  to 
leave  SatauV  ways  and  no  with  the  children  of 
God,  aiid  we  believe  more  are  near  th«*  king- 
dom. Wp  are  loth  to  part  from  one  of  our 
miniBters  who  will  leave  soon  for  Illinoitt. 

T.   S.    H0I>8IN0ER. 

From  Elkhart,  Iowa— Our  communion  in 
past.  We  bad  a  good,  and  we  trust,  profitable 
meeting.  One  was  net  apart  to  the  miniHtry, 
brother -Infft-rson  Mathian.  One  precious  soul 
came  out  on  the  ljord'n  side  and  is  now  with  uh 
on  the  road  tu  the  better  land.  Our  cburch  is 
in  love  and  union  with  very  little  exception. 
S.  M.  Got  OHHorti. 


From  CerroGorilo.  111.— We  met  on  the  lotb 
of  AuguKt  for  the  jiurpriHe  of  organizing  a  Sun- 
day-school. (Juite  a  large  nunibor  of  brethren 
and  friends  were  present.  A  good  interest  is 
manifested  in  the  Kcboiil,and  so  far  we  have  had 
an  average  attendance  of  IttO.  Kor  lesson  leaves 
the  VhiUren  ut  Worh  are  used. 

C.  S.  MiLLKR. 

Sept.  a.  7.'/. 

MoDtioeUo  Church,  Ind.— Wl-  are  still  moving 
along  slowly.  On  the  4tli  of  July  one  ni(jn> 
was  baptized.  The  lant  of  August  we  hud  our 
quarterly  council  meeting.  All  piwsed  ofl' very 
pleasantly,  and  a  good  feeling  seemed  to  exist 
when  the  meeting  closed.  Next  Sunday  eipeet 
to  baptii^e  some  more — hope  others  will  soon 
come  out  on  the  LordV  side.  Health  good, 
thank  the  Lord.  Crop.n  very  good  and  every- 
thing prosperous  temporally.  "Oh,  that  men 
would  jtraise  the  Lord  for  his  goodness  and  his 
wonderful  workm  to  the  children  of  men." 

.J.  S.  Snowukbger. 
Srpt.  i*.  7.''. 

From  Augtsta  Co..  Va.— W©  are  yet  in  the 
Valley  trying  to  build  up  the  cause  of  the  Mus- 
ter. There  is  not  as  much  spiritual  interest  as 
we  would  like  to  see,  yet  there  are  some  good 
working'  members  here,  while  others  seem  to 
wish  the  cause  well,  but  not  (piito  well  enough 
to  make  any  eflbrt  or  do  much  for  the  cause  of 
tlie  Lk>rd.  Uatlier  lukewiirni;  neither  cold  nor 
hot.  I  fear  unless  they  warm  up  and  go  to 
work  they  will  l)e  siwwii  out  into  outer  darkness. 
There  have  been  three  baptized  in  th«  bounds 
of  the  Mt,  Vernun  District  lately,  one  young 
man  that  I  hope  will  make  a  good  worker.— 
Last  Sunday  two  very  old  peo|>le  were  baptized, 
the  bruUier  being  eightv-tliree  and  the  Bister 
eighty.     To  the  Lord  he  the  pmise. 

J.    It.  GlSH. 
Aug.  .isth. 

Information  Wanted  -Any  one  knowing  of 
the  whereabouts  of  a  person  by  tlie  name  of  J. 
P.  Wood,  aged  about  20  years,  will  pleiLse  give 
the  required  inlbrmation  througli  the  li.  at  W. 
and  oblige  a  brother.  N.  E.  W. 


From  Milford,  Ind. 

Jhar  fittthren: — 

0\}\i  congregation,  (Solomon's  Creek,)  is  in 
a  healthy  condition,  although  we  have 
not  had  many  additions  of  laU-.  We  trust  ere 
long  we  will  have  a  refreshing  shower  from  the 
Lord  as  we  used  to  have.  We  have  five  minis- 
ter*. Brother  Daniel  Shively  is  our  elder,  and 
he  is  putting  forth  every  effort  to  enlarge  our 
little  Zion.  We  have  two  houses  for  worship, 
and  a  third  one  about  ready  to  dedicat«.  There 
ia  preaching  every  Sunday  in  our  church,  and 
(.ometimes  we  have  two  meetings.  We  have 
lour  organized  Sunday-Mchools,  and  they  are 
doing  well. 

We  bad  the  largest  wheat  crop  ever  cut  in 
Klkhart  Co.,  therefore  we  ought  to  be  thankful 
to  God  for  these  temporal  bleiwings  and  be  will- 
ing to  give  to  the  needy,  and  for  all  mis.siou 
and  church  purposes,  that  the  good  work  may 
be  carried  on  without  hindrance.  Notwith- 
standing the  abundance  of  the  good  things  of 
earth,  there  are  men  and  women  that  are  not 
satisfied.  Vourw  fraternally. 

.loHN  AkNOLJ). 

From  Limestone.  Tenn. 


f^H 


City  Mission  Fund. 

PLEASE    acknowleedge    the    receipt   of  the 
followiog  monies  since  last  report: 
Kate  Bushong,  Williainstown,  Ohio  .  .  .  gl.oO 

M.  P.  Lichty,  Waterloo,  Iowa l.OO 

Hiram  Forney  &  wife,  Milford,  Ind  .  .  .       ."i  00 

N.  S.  Dalt,  Cornell,  111 50 

Mary  Crouse.  Mt.  Carroll,  III 1.00 

■A-  M.      .  .  . .: 1  00 

B.  H.  Gordon,  MiddleKork.  Ind 1.00 

E.  L.  Fahneatock,  Ladue,  Mo 1,00 

^-  H- '  1.00 

Lyman  M.  Eoy.  Lanark.  lit 1.00 

Phebe  A.  Holtz.  TitJin.  Ohio 1  00 

Ella  Williams,  Funkstown,  Md lO.tK) 

E!d.  Geo.  Shrotk,  Berlin,  Pa 2.00 

Silas  Johnson,  Hindley's  Mills,  Pa 1  00 

Isaac  Henricks.  Virden,  111 1  00 

Elizabeth  Thompson.  Falls  City.  Neb 1.00 

-L  C.  Lahmau.  Franklin  (jrove.  111 10,00 

Two  hi8t«ra  of  S  juth  Bend,  Ind a.OO 

Amount  previously  reported, 61.50 

^*'^a''  ^lOLS.-i 

S.T.  BOSSEHMAK. 


Dear  lirethren: — 

HE  time  of  year  is  nearly  here  when  we 
must  say.  "The  harvest  is  past,  the  Sum_ 
mer  ih  ended."  The  early  portion  of  the  sea-^on 
was  dry,  and  crops  in  many  parts  were  injured, 
but  the  season  during  the  latti^r  part  of  .luly  and 
August  was  L-xc4'llent.  As  a  result,  corn  is 
looking  well  and  will  yield,  in  many  localitie--^, 
a  bountiful  crop.  Winter  oats  was  almost  an 
entire  failure,  having  frozen  out  last  Winter. — 
Wheat  generally  good;  fruit  rather  scarce.  The 
general  health  of  our  country  is  very  good,  but 
some  cases  of  fever  have  occurred. 

Brother  Solomon  G.  Arnold  was  taken  witi; 
pneumonia  and  billious  fever  iu  May,  and  after 
lingering  for  more  than  (hree  months,  he 
parted  tliis  life  .\ug.  17th.  His  funeral  services 
were  conducted  by  brethren  Jesse  Crosawhite 
of  Maryville,  and  C.  Deale  of  Pleasant  Valley, 
in  the  presence  of  a  very  large  audience  of  be- 
reaved relatives  and  friends.  He  left  a  widow 
and  an  intttresting  family  of  children  to  mourn 
their  irreparable  loss.  The  church  has  lost  one 
of  its  most  active  and  faithful  members,  one  of 
ts  most  zealous  and  persevering  ministers,  one" 
of  its  most  generous  and  self-sacrificing  suppor- 
ters, but  we  cherish  the  hojie  that  our  loss  is 
his  eternal  gain,  '"For  here  we  have  no  contin- 
uing city,  but  we  seek  one  to  come." 

Our  annual  visit  and  thanksgiving  or  harvest 
meeting  at  Limestone  was  held  Aug.  23rd.  and 
24th.  The  brethren  and  sisters,  with  one  or 
two  exceptions,  were  found  in  peace,  desirous 
to  remain  with  the  church  and  to  labor  for  an 
increase  of  holiness.  Eld.  Geo.  Bowman  of 
Knob  Creek  was  with  us  and  labored  in  the 
word  and  doctrine.  A  good  interest  prevailed 
and  one  was  added  lo  the  church. 

"Let  love  be  without  dissimulation.  Abhor 
that  which  is  evil;  cleave  to  that  which  is 
good."  "Be  kindl_y  afi'ectioned  one  to  another 
with  brotherly  love,  iu  honor  preferring  one 
another."— Uoinans  Vl:  ti,  10. 

Our  communion  will  be  held  on  the  2Tth 
iust.,  commencing  at  3  o'clock  r.  m. 

J.  B.  Pbnce. 


rts  Chrintians  enjoy.  The  dot-trine  was  well  de 
tiiiwl  and  bfddly  defended  by  the  minister; 
present  from  adjoining  congregations  of  which 
there  was  no  ample  supply.  The  meeting  was 
held  under  a  large  canva'»s  tent,  which  they 
have  used  for  »  number  of  yearn  succesafully. 
The  brethren  at  L-iudenville  have  three  house-* 
fur  worship  in  different  parts  of  their  territory, 
niz.'d  to  meet  the  wants  on  all  ordinary  occar- 
Hions  of  worship:  on  the  occasion  of  their  feasts, 
they  erect  thfir  tent  wherever  the  rail  is  for 
the  meeting.  The  building  of  such  large,  ex 
l)ensive  houspa.  simply  to  accommodate  occa- 
sions of  fea-its,  we  think,  if  properly  considered, 
is  not  to  be  recommended.  A  tent  has  several 
advantages. 

1.  By  the  use  of  a  tent  feasts  can  conveniently 
be  held  in  any  part  of  the  congregation,  thus 
evading  the  mtmotonous  effect  of  holding  feasts 
in  a  single  place. 

2.  By  the  use  of  a  tent  the  congregation 
can  be  much  better  accommodated;  seattho.se 
under  the  tent  wiiile  the  rest  circle  around  th< 
tent,  and  they  can  hear  all  that  is  said  and  see 
all  that  is  going  on,  under  which  circumstances 
we  can  reasonably  expect  good  order. 

3.  A  tent  with  open  sides  renders  it  pleasant 
in  warm  weather. 

4.  The  use  of  a  t^nt  cuts  off  all  opportunity 
for  crowding  in  doors  or  aisles. 

I.  J.   RoSENHEROEK. 


Our  Visit  to  Loudenville,  Ohio. 


Dear  Bnthriti:— 

MV  wife  and  I  arrived  at  the  above  place  on 
Saturday  the  a3rd  of  August,  and  spent  a 
number  of  days  visiting  the  large  circle  of  rela- 
tives and  friend)  that  we  have  rt-siding  iu  thai 
vicinity,  it  wasiu  this  congregation  we  moved 
iu  the  Spring  of  1868,  and  here  also  that  we 
were  called  to  the  ministry.  The  feelings  of 
attachment  that  Imve  thus  grown  out  of  tnose 
aeasous  of  mutual  association,  are  to  us  lasting, 
and  we  trust  will  thus  to  each  continue,  only 
to  be  renewed  on  the  other  bright  shore. 

This  church,  under  the  eldership  of  Morgan 
Workman,  has  for  some  years  been  moving 
at  a  pleasant  sail,  with  her  banner  of  peace 
largely  unfurled,  gathering  on  board  in  the 
meantime,  precious  souls  from  the  sinking 
wreck.  This  peace  was  a  little  marred  recently 
by  the  introduction  of  new  items  of  church 
government,  by  ministers  stopping  with  them. 
I  think  evangelists  should  exercise  care  in  this 
on  their  visits  to  the  cliurches,  so  that  "the 
spirit  may  be  kept  in  the  bonds  of  peace."  We. 
however,  were  made  liappy  to  see  the  dark 
clouds  breaking,  separating  and  disappearing, 
reeulting  in  the  warm,  genial  rays  of  our  holy 
religion  shining  m  their  circle  again. 

We  met  for  their  feast  on  the  26th.  The 
weather  was  pleasant,  attendance  large,  order 
excellent,   which  rendered    the  meeting  such 


A  Visit  to  the  Far  North. 

Dear  Brethren: — 

HA\'ING  irequently,  in  years  past,  read  the 
iippeala  of  isolated  members,  in  which 
they  expressed  a  hungering  for  the  gospel,  and 
a  desire  that  their  neighbors  should  hear  the 
truth  as  it.  is  in  Jesus,  I  felt  that  those  calls 
should  not  be  disreyarded,  for  I  have  no  reason 
to  doubt  the  truthfulness  of  the  expression  le- 
gardinc  '///  faith  religion,  in  James  2:  16, 17. 

As  it  fell  to  my  lot  last  January  to  testify 
publicly  "that  Jesus  is  Christ,"  and  having  a 
knowledge  of  members  living  in  Emmett  Co.. 
Michigan,  far  from  the  main  body  ot  the  Church, 
1  concluded  to  visit  them  iu  April.  I  spent  two 
weeks  with  them  and  then  returned  home,  but 
as  the  tueiubers  plead  for  my  returning  to  them 
again,  I  conceded  to  their  wishes  and  returned 
iu  May  and  stayed  till  the  26th  of  Augu.^t,  and 
had  many  meetings.  The  members  being  scat- 
tered, and  as  each  desired  meeting  in  their 
neighborhood,  there  was  much  traveling  to  be 
done,  and  frequently  while  1  was  on  my  jour- 
neys, (which  were  all  on  foot),  I  sat  down  to 
rest  and  knelt  down  to  wrestle  with  self,  to  la- 
bor in  Gethr^emaue  aa  our  Great  Pattern  showed 
us.  I  prayed  that  more  of  my  brethren  might 
be  brought  into  the  wilderness,  away  from  th?ir 
fiue  vehicles  on  which  we  are  so  apt  to  forget 
the  Cro^s.  Sometimes  discouraging  scenes 
would  becloud  my  journey,  but  I  remembered 
tlie  prophets,  and  concluded  that  I  ouglit  not 
to  complain.  I  thought  of  Paul  and  concluded 
that  I  had  no  such  perils  to  pass  through  as  he 
had,  although  once  on  crossing  the  bay  I  had 
given  up  all  hopes  of  getting  to  land,  as  we 
were  caught  iu  a  small  storm;  we  however  got 
safely  to  land,  after  which  1  could  be  the  more 
thankful. 

Some  of  the  meetings  were  well  att«uded 
cousidering  the  circumstances.  Some  wen  t 
away  like  Felix.  The  greatest  difficulty  I  had 
to  meet  was  the  misconception  of  the  Gospel, 
not  that  they  wanted  it  all  spirit,  but  they  con- 
tended that  the  brethren  whom  they  formerly 
heard  preach,  wanted  it  all  external.  Let  us  be 
careful,  brethren,  that  we  iu  setting  forth  the 
truth  do  not  mistake  the  condition  for  the 
means,  and  thus  hiuder  the  Gospel  of  Christ. 
O  that  our  zeal  was  always  "according  to 
knowledge."  Some  of  ttie  members  have  lived 
there  four  years.  There  are  fifteen  living  there 
and  are  under  the  control  of  brother  George 
Long  of  Lowell,  Michigan.  At  the  communion 
on  the  22nd  of  August  I  met  with  brethren 
Long,  Cossner,^ind  others.  Brother  Cossneris 
from  West  Virginia  and  is  looking  tor  a  loca- 
tion. Their  laud  lies  very  high  and  rolling, 
some  parts  (piite  hilly.  There  are  large  por- 
tions that  will  make  beautiful  locations.  Along 
the  lake  it  is  unoccupied,  that  is  north-west  of 
Little  Traverse,  in  the  vicinity  of  Middle  V.l- 
lege.  The  soil  is  limestone  and  seems  produc- 
tive. Small  fruits  abound  and  promises  quite 
successful  f(Jr  fruit  raising;  is  not  subject  to 
frost  along  the  lake.  Climate  is  mild  and  very 
healthy;  no  ague  there.  Land  sells  from  :$3  to 
*o  per  acre,  some  partly  cleared.  Some  of  the 
choice  location.■^  alou!,'  the  shore  higher.  Land 
along  the  lake  is  quite  easy  cleared,  and  indus- 
trious people  can  get  cheap  home-,  but  should 
remember  that  it  is  a  new  country.  The  Breth- 
ren there  desire  members  to  move  in,  especially 
an  active  minister.     Your  young  brother, 

Isaiah  Hobmkb. 


|^nnonni;rnt^nfs. 


Notices  should  be  brief.  Mtl    wriuon  on 
from  all  ulher  busincsB. 


"P»mt 


LOFE-FEABXa. 

^rpL-9t.  T..  BeUicl  Cliorth,  Tb«jer  aad  nUmore  Co-fc,  y^ 
-        OT.  AnQutli  Cbiireh.   UunlIu«Wn  Co.,  Intl,  k|  j  p_j( 

W.  37.  IJl»»tjTliI«  Cburth,  JrfftraooCo.Ia,,  «  lo  a.  u 
■    J).  l.»  mlira  S-    W   Burr    Ort   Km... 


•■  P  E    G»^ 


ao.  Wkk«oila  Clinnb.  [Uy  Co.,  Ho. 

JO.  CoJdI  l't«k  Church,    BuurboD   Co.,    Kan,  at  Bn 

W«l»n«.  <*<■!"  mil"  ■«'  ■>'  Ft  Seott,  al  10  A  H. 

Oclrttk'*.  •(  a  P  M 

(S.  Kolomon  V>ll*r.  IluaUnstun  Co.  lod. 


«,  ffl,  Biiihn*ll  CliureU,  UcDonougli  Oo,  ni.  at  Dn  p  c^-. 

2B.  rrbana  Cbiirth.  CtiaiDpalKii  Co,  III,  *t  4  p  U. 

"         t'Dlon  Crnli^T  Cburcb.  BlkbuTl  Oa,  Inil.  al  4  P  U . 
37,  2iDftlli*  CoDtot,  Dallaa  Oi.  iii.at  I  P  U. 
aO.  KIk  Lick  Coogrpfntloii,  Somonet  Co,  Pa,  M  3  P  M 
as.  Lower  Twtn  Cliurch,  Problo  Co,  Oliio,  at  10  AH 
■Z;,  i»,  finuBlioppiT  Vollay  Cbureli.  JbUcpwii  Oo,  Kan. 
xr'a.  TliiMD  comlUR  by  mil  will  alnp  off  at  Buchantun. 
CI«rCrwkChurel..Cliri<ll«ti  IU,  SbiiLIS, 
Urimcaiiv  Congrogallori,  Unnd  Co  ,  III,,  Soi>t  aO,ii  3  -   ^ 

■■  ■a,.  Wbllo  W«tor  Cburtb.  Ihroa  mil™  S  K  of  ConomUU 
FnjMloCO.  lilt)  ' 

•■  vii.  27.  Christian  C"  .  IU.  :.  miles  west  of 
Morrisonville,  ;it  Hm.  I'ctprDow's.  at4  p  u 

■■  27,  NortU  Solomnii  Cliiucli.s^mUh  Co.,Kan' 
at  Bro.  J.  WuKoiiei's.  at  2  P.  M.  """ 

■*  2.1,  20,  six  miles  south  of  Iowa  Center,  Storv 
Co.,  at  Bro.  Samuel  Myei-a',  at  10  A.  M,       ' 

■'  25,  Panther  Creek  Church,  Woodford  c.<\ 
III.,  at  10  A.M.  ^''•' 

10,  Black  Uiver.  Medina  Co..  O,  at  c  P.  m. 

27.  28.  Neosho  Clmrch,  Neosho  Co.,  Kan   at 
Bro.  J.  Garber's.  4  miles  north  of  Tarsona. 

•'  20.  White  Cloud  Chuicb.  Nodaway  Co.,  Mo 
5  miles  south  of  May  ville,  ami  2  miles  aorth 
of  Arkoe. 

'■      2a,  Fine  Creek  Cliurcli.  Ill,,  at  3:  30;p,  m. 
■17. 2S.  Peabody  Church.  Marion  Co..  Kan.,  at 
Elder  Samuel  Rairigh'a,  5  miles  north  and 
3  miles  west  of  Pcioody,  at  2  P.  M. 

27.  Poplar  Kidge  Congregation,  Defiance  Co 
Ohio.    Comicil  Sept.  13.  '' 

Oct.— 2,  Plao  Creuh  Cburtb,  St.  Joaciih  Co.,  Ind,  at  4  P.  U. 
l,S.SbaDnoii,  III..  At3:30  P.  U. 
!H,al,  SllyorCnjok  Chiircb,  OglaCo,  lll.ntlOAU. 
£j,  ■»,  I.ug  Creek  Chureh,  CalUwell  Co,  Uo,  a(  the  hoim  or 
Vriutiil  llxubuDHiiil  Sliter  GrepDC,  2  inll«a  N  B  of  EooxTllla 
Itay  Co 

3,  Bnitrico  Cburcb,  (iagu  Oo.  Nob,  10  miloa  8  ]£  ot  BNtriM, 
BlM  LSiilro'satSPM 

I.  Iowa  ItlTcr  Cliurch.  UarshBll  Co.  at  10  A  M. 

It,  C.Xlou  Wood  niurcli.   Lyon  Co,  Kitn.nt  Ihahoiutorj 

U  l^iinkonbiisb . 

i,  Bacbdlut  Kuu  Cbutch,  Camll  Cu,   Ind,  )^  mlla  S  E  of 

F Ion  Station,  Bl  3PM 

3,  ?lebtml[ei:N  E  of  Uarlou, Grant  Oo.  Ind,  at  2  PH. 

IS,  Nlnvsknw  Ofaurch.  Reno  Co,  Knn,  at  3  P  U 
'        11,.\blli-tis  Cbnrcli.  Dlcklnaon  Co.,  Kan,   13  mtliw  lonth oT 

Abllonu,  ntUPM. 

4.Soiurr«ct  Cbiiiili.Walarh  Co,   Inii,  0  nilra  nutli  of  Wk- 
"        huab.nl  IU  A  M. 

II,  Pony  Crook  Cliiircb. 


22.  23,  Washington  Cieek  Church,  S  miles  S. 
W.  of  Lawrence,  Kan.,  at  10  A.  M. 

7,  Glade  Run  M.  H.,  Rural  Valley.  Pa. 
.John  M.  H..  Pa.,  Oct.  10. 

■'.».  :il,  Wiiddum's  Grove,  Stephenson  Co ,  111., 
at  1  V.  ai. 

2,  Franklin  Church,  4*^  miles  X.  E.of  Leon, 
Decalm-  Co.,  la. 

2,  L')Kan  Church,  Logan  Co.,  Ohio,  at  2  P.  M 
24,  Si)iing  Creek  Church,  Kosciusko  Co.. 
ind.,  *\V,  miles  south  of  Piercetoii,  and  5 
milesN.W.ot  Collaiiier. 
31,  Lower  Fall  Creek  Church,  Madison  Co., 
lud,  at  10  A.  M. 

4.  Mill  Creek  Church.  Adams  Co.,  111.,  at  10 
A.  M. 

4.  Hoot  River  congregation,  Fillmore  Co] 
Minn. 

29.  30,  Dry  Cceek,  Linn  C  i..  Iowa. 
4.  Salem  CiurcU.  Marion  C  j..  III.,  at  3  p.  m. 

4,  5,  Thornapple  District,  Mich.,  7  miles S.  E. 
ot*  Lowell,  HL 10  A.  M.  Tnosts  cumiiig  by 
rail  will  stop  off  at  Lowell. 


Anti-Secret  Society  Tracts. 


Masonry  a,  Wort  (f  Darknesa,  nxverap  to  Cbriatianiiy 
itu.l  InimiiiU  (II  ft  Kepu.jliciiii  Form  of  Government  B? 
Leiiheua  .Vi-(i]Hirong.     I'rice,  \h  cis. 

Thirteen  Reasons  ^>  ''.v  u  C'  risiian  phould  uoi  lie  a  Free. 

Maaim.     lly  llobi^ri  ArmutfcDg.     Prioe,  5  ots. 

FreemaEonry  Illustrated,  «  f""'-  nnd  Acountie  E-tposi- 

(i  11  ^^f  [Ik-  Tlirue  Kliii!  Lodge  Degrees.  Profaaely  lilus- 
irnleU.  monolorial  qnoftiona  niid  noies  fro  o  sianduM 
Mogjuic  Worka,  boiitirming  ihe  trutlifulnesH  of  llii* 
espDEtUion,     By  J.  CIrtnalinrd.   Vi  ce  fiO  ci». 

Confession  of  the  Hurder  of  Williim  Morgnn.  Etery 
young  uiaii  wno  com empUnes  joining  the  Lidg«  sioiuil 
first  read  thia  coiili;stion      Price.  2U  ois. 

TreemasoEry  Exposed,  ^j  Wiiiidm  Morgim,  wbo  ww  >i>- 

'  icinl  luid  ullej  i„r  reveiliug  tUe  Hecrela  of  be  InBli- 

Odd  Fellowship  IllUEtratet-A  full  IlluBtrnled  Eip"- 
sitJDn  of  ilie  Leri'iiiuni>-B  of  ilie  DeKtefs  of  I  be  wage 
aail  KaciUipiaeiii.  and  the  Rebeliftb  or  Luiies"  Degre«' 
Price,  26  cia. 


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R.  R.  TIME  TABLE. 

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Fhe  Brethren  At  Work. 


^'Behold  I  Bring   You  Good  Tidings  of  Cheat  Joy,  which  Shall  he  to  All  I^eople^  —  Lokb  2:  10. 


Vol.  IV. 


Lanark,  111.,  September  22,  1879. 


No.  39. 


EDITED  AND  PUBLISHED  WBBELT 

—  BT  — 

ESHELMAN    &    HARRISON. 

GENERAL  AGENTS 

Filll 

ijlie  Brethren  at  Work 

TRACT  .SOdlETT. 

BSOOH  EBV, 1.EXA.  "■'■ 

,,  9.  FLOHY,  -  -  -  -  r.UXOMOSI,  COLU. 
j'l.  UOSSKKUAS,  -  -  -  DUSBIKK,  OHIO. 
PUJIKLVAKINAN,  -  -  -  -  VIIUIES,  Il.I. 
„.  „.  01BS0N-.         -         - 


NOIUIOIISE.  MO. 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


vTinsT  PAOH— ^'"iencK  and  ■Revelation.— Allon   .\. 

(jiiprliii;     Evil  Speak iiiR.—M.    A.  S.;    Musical 

Iiistiu  iients  and  their  Uesulta.— B.  F.  Moomaw : 

Sciaps— D-  0.  Moomaw. 
gBCONn    PAOK— A  Voice  From  tbe  Dead;    The 

Oliristiaiis  Aim.— M.  P.  Lichty ;    The  Commands 

of  God.— Tetter  Hall. 

TOIBP  P.VOK— ^Vill  and  Obedience.— G.  W.  Miller 
An  Invitation  to  Sinners.— M.  P.  Liclity;  Leis 
lire  IIoiii-s.— MaryJ.  Stees;  lani  Strong  in  llim 
The  Value  of  a  Fixed  Heart;     What  is  Wanted 

FOURTH  Paob— EniTOitiAL— ToOur  Aents;  T 
Test:    Ciiali1Jusint:s8. 

prrrn  Page— From P.ale8tine.—J.  W.McGarvey. 

SIXTH  Page— Ministers  A  flame  of  Fire.— K.  U. 
Answer  to  Brother  Vounce.— B.  F.  Moomaw  ;  A 
Victim  of  Hydro])hot>ia ;  From  Bond  Co.,  1 11.— 
'  Mary  Jones;  From  Gosliun,  Inii.— Thomas  Nell; 
From  Mineral  Creek,  Mo.— S.  S.  Mohler;  Why 
did  they  Fight?  .I.T.Ma^on.  From  Michigan— 
Lydia  A  Kiise;    Missionary  Meeting.— B.  Meff. 

Sevkntii  Page— a  Destructive  Fire  at  Long- 
mont,  Col.— J-S.  Flory;  The  Debate.— J.  F.  Eb- 
ersole;  From  Brother  BalsbauKh;  From  Mu- 
ria.  Pa.— D.  S.  Iteplogle;  From  Ripon.  "WiHcon- 
9in;  S.  H.  Swighart;  Notes  of  Travel.  D.  N. 
Workman;  From  Pierceton,  Ind.— E.  -Miller.— 
F  ora  Brother  Enoch  Eby ;  From  Elk  Lick,  Pa. 
S.  C.  Keim. 


with  h\\  the  heaveulj-    cousttllatioDs  cumliined, 
yet  notwithstanding  its  inferiority  in  a  primi- 
tive sense,  we  cannot  refrain  from   speaking    of 
its  still  apparent  greatness.    Since  it   does   not 
directly  pertain  to  eternal  elory,    it   cannot   be 
disputed  but  that  it  has  that   tendency    to   ele- 
vate the  human  mind  to  that  point  of  aspiring 
intelligence,  where  it  is  the  better    ijualiUfd    to 
recognize  the  power  of  God  in  creation's    work. 
Revelation,  however,  makes  no    pretentions   to 
scientific  explanation;  yet  they  are  inseperably 
connected.    We  will  also  observe  that  science 
properly  assumes  two  forms  of  character.    Nat- 
ural science,  pertaining  to  things  natural.    Ar- 
tificial science,  so  termed  from  man's  inventions. 
We  are  not  unfrequent  obsservers,  too,of  what 
miglit  be  termed  a  religions   science,   ill  which 
form,  it  inevitably  proves  detrimental  to  its  vo- 
tarifrs.     But  let  us  notice   that    revelation    de- 
fies that  kind  of  science.  It  speaks  in  lofty  dig- 
nity and  puts  it  to  blu^h.     Should  we    tremble 
then  when  science  speaks  or  man   threatens? 
Shall  wu  Ux7,a-like  pat  forth  the  hand  to  steady 
the  ark  of  God,  becau.se  it  does  not  move  smooth- 
ly over   the    rough     places,    or   p'^rhaps    those 
scieutific  (?)  kine  have  shaken  it  by  their  care- 
les-s  going?    This  would  argue  weak  faith  both 
in  Science  and  religion.     We  may   descend   the 
deep  caverns  of  the  earth,  ascend  the  rocky   Al- 
pine summit  of  Italy  and  Switzerland,   or   gaze 
upon  the  unmasked  ruins  of  Pompeii,  and  there 
we  find  the  science  of    past  hidden   ages    both 
natural  and  artificial.  The  worst  enemy  of  penc 
is  the  man  who  will  rob  it  of  a  living    faith  ii 
God.     But  should  we  turn  our  backs  to  the  sa- 
cred light  of  his  word,  and  follow  after  the  dir 
flickering   of  man's    intelligence,  or  so-called 
science,  we  should  wander  a  lone:,  long    way  in 
the  dark. 

M'hitv  Sj)nnt/s,  Pa. 


Eighth  Page— An    Appeal  foi'   Aid,  D.T.. 
ianis;  From  Mt-  Morris— T. 


Will- 


SCIENCE  AND  REVELATION. 


BY  ALLKN  A.  OHKKLIK. 


WHEN  we  observe  what  is  embodied  in  the 
language  of  the  subject,  our  mental  ca- 
1)H(  ities^seem  to  undergo  a  shock  of  momentary 
piralyzation.  The  time,  irora  the  first  of  God's 
proclamations  that  vibrated  across  the   mighty  |  agitation,  crimination, 


met  by  the  declaration  that  they  are  not  will- 
ing to  come  back  upon  those  terms,  and  urge 
as  a  reason  that  instruments  of  music  are  in 
use  in  other  parts,  and  are  a  part  of  theteaching 
n  our  higher  literary  institutions.and  thererore 
we  ought  not  to  interfere  with  them. 

We  were  pained  to  see  in  the  account  of  the 
commencementescercises  that  the  performances 
were  interspei-sed  with  the  music  of  the  instru- 
ments.    Thus  by  degrees  we  are  drifting    away 
from  the  simplicity   which   once  characterized 
our  fraternity,  and  deci.sion  of  councils,  which 
say.  that  they   shall    not  bp  introduced    where 
they   are   calculated  to   give  trouble.     Now  it 
d<)es  not  require  the  eye  of  a  philosopher  to  s^-e 
from  the  foregoinj;  that  there  is  no  place  whtre 
they  could  be  introduced  where  it  would    wield 
a  i-reater  influence  than  to  be   connected  with 
the  training  of  youth.     Thus  thecoun?*el  of  A. 
M.,  is  not  only  overridden  and  troubles   inaug 
urated,  but  the  feelings  and    wishes   of  a  large 
majority  of  God's   faithful   children   are  dii-re- 
spected  and  disregarded,  and  we  are  drifting  in 
to    the    channels  which    the  popular    church 
es  have  been  for  years,  and  from   which   they 
would  now  gladly  relieve   themselves,  discover- 
tbe  ruinous  consequencns   rr'^ultiug    there- 
from.    For  example,  aMethodist  church  in  this 
vicinity  concluded  that  they  must  have  an   or- 
gan in  their    meeting-house.     The   effect   was, 
that  the  young  and    fiishionahle    members    run 
the  con".ern,  while  the  old  and    pious    portion, 
in  a  measure,  withdrew  and  ruin  was   the  con- 
sequence, a.s   expressed   to    me    by  one  of  tbosi- 
last  meutioned:  that  ia,  says  he,  "the  organ  has 
literally  ruined  our  church."     Again,  I   recent- 
ly noticed  an  account  of  a  Presbyterian  conven- 
tion, voting  the  organ  out  of  the   church,    by  a 
majority  of  its  membei-s.     It  appears  to  nie  the 
facts  in  the  case  call  loudly  upon    us    to   check 
this  evil  before  it  becomes  more  uncontrollable. 


and  also  to  thoie  without,  and  if  wt-  8p.>nd  time 
fiossiping,  speaking  .^vil  others,  our  light  will 
become  darkness.  Christ  i«  our  example,  mi 
he  had  sympathy  for  all  men.  and  went  about 
doing  good.  Let  us  endeavor  to  do  the  suBe, 
ever  looking  to  him  for  help. 


8GBAFS. 


BY  U.  C    MOOMAW. 


MUSICAL  INSTRUMENTS  AND 
THEIR  RESULTS. 


IIY   B.  F.  MOOM  VW. 

OU  R  experience  and  obsevatlons  are  that  they 
are  disastrous  to  the  prosperity  of  vita' 
Christianity  as  understood  by  our  Brotherhood, 
and  calculated  to  lead  our  riaiiig  population  from 
the  time-honored  usages  of  the  church  into  the 
channels  of  popular  or  progressive  Chriatiauity, 
falsely  so-called. 

Some  few  years  ago  it  was  the  pride  and  boast 
of  the  churches  of  Virginia,  that  they  were  in 
harmony,  peace  and  love,  prosperity  crowned 
our  labors.  But.  unfortunately  for  us,  musical 
instruments  began  to  be  introduced,  giving  dis- 
satisfaction to  a  large  majority  of  the  members; 
id   recrimination   fol- 


OUR  DUTY. 


BY  3. 


.  .STUMI'. 


abyss  of  darkness,  connected  with  preceding 
^ps,  down  through  the  labyrinth  of  time  to 
this  present  now,  with  ^future  successive  ages 
pending,  is  what  the  subject  implies.  Does  it 
not  cover  ail  immensity  of  time  and  space?  We 
deem  it  a  sacred  i)rivilege,  as  well  as  an  imper- 
ative duty,  for  us  to  learn  how  God'.s  mighty 
liower  is  developed  in  the  most  tiny  flower  and 
plant,  or  in  the  minutest  particle  of  the  won- 
derful frame-work  of  man. 

Will  not  every  unbiased  and  generous  mind 
admit  that  the  more  we  know  of  God  and  b"a 
works,  the  more  we  love  and  reverence  his  name? 
And  while  we  gaze  upon  the  mighty  wonder- 
workings  of  his  hand,  are  we  not  made  to  fee. 
with  intensity  that  we  are  continually  walking 
sud  acting  in  divine  presence?  What  is  science? 
What  we  know  of  nature.  What  is  revelation  ? 
What  we  know  of  God.  Neither  work  is  yet 
fully  written.  This  is  left  for  ages.  We  do  not 
'know  all  of  nature,  neither  dn  we  kn'>w  all  ot 
(jyd  iiiiiil  liiith  b^-  tur'i-'d  to  sight  and  pray*>r 
praise.  We  will  ndmit  that  ski 
sliouid  l>p  regarded  a.-*  a  «t.*'pping  stone  to  the 
eternal  world,  that  science  in  magnitude  oi  ex- 
tent, dues  not  compare  with  revelation  any 
otore  than  does  the  smallest  star  of  the  universg 


lowed,  culminating  in  the  calling  of  a  commiU 
tee  from  A.  M.,  which  by  no  means  made  the 
matter  any  better;  other  committees  became 
necessary, — these,  mark,  were  the  first  commit- 
tees ever  called  to  Va.  In  other  churches  act- 
ing under  the  long  cherished  usages,  and  the 
councils  of  A.  M.,  they  proceed  to  try  to  adjust 
the  troubles  consequent  upon  liberties  taken  by 
some  members,  which  culminated  in  expulsions, 
withdrawals  and  separate  organizations,  con- 
vulsing the  churches  to  their  center;  and  par- 
alyzing their  usefulness  and  prosperity.  The 
new  organization  after  a  fruitless  struggle  of 
tive  or  six  year,  is  now  dissolved.  The  mem- 
bers desire  to  return  into  the  bosom  of  the 
church,  i^tili,  however,  having  in  their  posses- 
sion their  instruments,  and  being  informed  that 
they  will  be  expected  to  sacrifice  them  upon  the 
aitar  of  union,  that  they  are  offensive,  and  re- 
garded as  hindrances  to  the  advancement  of  the 
Master's  cause,  and   cannot  be   sanctioned  or 


IF  we  are  the  followers  of  Jesus  our  Savior, 
we  will  show  to  the  world  that  we  love 
him.  When  we  say  we  love  him  we  will  keep 
his  commandments,  and  live  a  Christian  lite, 
and  raise  our  childn.'n  in  the  nurture  and  ad. 
monition  of  the  Lord,  and  then  when  we 
come  to  die  we  have  done  our  duty,  and  if  we 
come  short  of  that  tlie  sin  will  rest  upon  us 
We  stay  home  from  church  and  say  it  is  too  far 
or  toe  muddy,  and  our  places  are  vacant  in  the 
church.  I  am  afraid  our  Savior  is  not  well 
pleased  with  us,  for  it  is  setting  a  bad  example 
before  our  children,  and  they  will  follow  our 
footsteps,  and  who  is  to  blame  for  itP 

0  brethren  and  sisters,  let  us  be  on  our  guard 
how  we  raise  our  children.  Let  us  take  them 
along  to  church,  not  leave  them  at  home  to  run 
in  had  company.  If  they  grow  up  in  that  way 
they  will  not  love  the  Savior. 

EVIL  SPEAKING. 


Faith  without  works  ia  dead,  that  i»St.  James 
-tays  it  is.  I'rayers  without  correspoi-ding  d^eda 
are  worae  than  d^ad.  Dear  brother  and  8i8t<rr, 
do  you  pray  fur  the  conversion  of  «inuera?  If 
you  do  npt  you  are  not  th.-  child  of  our  Father. 
Ifyou  do  and  yet  neglect  to  accomp.in7  your 
prayers  wjlh  corrf-aponding  acts,  what  doen  St 
James  miy  about  it?  "Be  ye  warmed  and  filled 
and  jet  do  not  give  the  thingi^  that  they  need." 
Let  not  tnat  be  said  of  any  of  the  fail  hfiil-  8end 
your  prayers  and  your  aliiiH  in  b-^half  of  the 
City  Mis-sion  S.rvice,  and  look  to  the  Lord  for 
the  blcsiiiiig. 

That  w:w  a  really  happy  meeting  which  was 
held  en  the  3Ist  of  August  with  the  good  peo- 
ple of  Haymaker  town  in  Botetourt  Co.,  Va.  A 
•ioodly  number  of  our  br^hren  and  sicei^rH  with 
whom  we  hpcnt  many  joyom  hour-  in  won-hip- 
ing  the  Father  in  former  >uiri  were  pr.-i-Qt, 
among  whom  was  Brothor  Peter  Nininger,  the 
aged  and  senior  elder  of  the  Botetourt  cungrfi- 
gation,  at  whose  band  I  received  the  holy  onii- 
nance  of  baptism  seventeen  years  ago,  the  twen- 
tieth of  this  month.  Such  meetioL'*  aiTord 
pleasure  of  the  purest  kind,  and  are  kindred  to 
those  joys  that  the  Father  has  in  rwiwrvatio!!  for 
us.  Many  thanks  ;ire  due  to  those  dtar  hrfth- 
ren  and  sisters  for  their  boundless  hospitality 
and  kindness. 

It  costs  twenty-five  cents  to  buy  a  plug  of 
tobacco  which  will  last  one  active  manipulator 
of  the  weed  one  week.  Now,  brother,  send  that 
twenty-five  cents  to  S.  T.  Bos,scrmau,  Irea-surer 
of  the  City  Mission  Service,  and  ch^w  oak 
leaves  instead  and  report  the  result  in  the  B.  it 
W. 


IBKLIEVE  that  evil  speaking  is  one  of  the 
greatest  temptations  among  the  Brother 
hood.  I  think  I  am  safe  to  say,  that  it  all  comes 
from  Satan,  for  God  has  forbidden  it.  "Speak 
not  evil  one  of  another,  brethren."  James  4. 
"Hold  fast  the  form  of  sound  words."  If  we 
use  sound  words  we  will  not  feel  to  speak  evil 
of  any  one.  I  have  heard  so  much  of  it  that  I 
cannot  hflp  shedding  tears  to  think  that  Sa- 
tan has  so  much  to  do  with  us. 

Dear  reader,  let  us  all  try  and   conquer  hiiu 
by  spendin,L,' our  limeiii  prayiny  for  one  juioth- 


"WELL-BUILT  CHRISTIANS 

A  WELL-BUILT  Chrifitiau  is  harmonloua  in 
all  his  part^.     No  one  trait  shames  anoth- 
er.    Ho  is  not  a  jumble  of  inconsistencies) — to- 
day devout,  to-morrow  frivolous;  to-day    Mberal 
to  one  cause,  tomorrow  niggardly    toward  an- 
other; to-day  Huent  in  prayer,   and   to-morrow 
Huent  in  polite  fabehoo/ls.     He  does  uot  keep 
the  fourth  commandment  on  the   Suneay.  and 
hieak  the  eighth  commandment  on   the   Mon- 
day. He  does  not  shirk  an  honest  debt  t^  make 
a  huge  donation.     He  is  not  in  favor  of  tea-per- 
ance  for  other  folk,  and  a  glass  of  toddy  for 
himself.     He  does  not  exhort  or  pray  at  -ach  of 
the  few  meetings  he  attends,  to  make  up  ^.rrenr- 
ag'.'s  for  the  more  meetings  which  he  ui-glects. 
He  does  not  so  consume  his  spiritual  fuel    dur- 
ing revival  seasons,  that  he  is  as  cold  as   Nova 
Zembla  during  all  the  rest  of  the  time;  nor  do 
hU  spiritual  fervors  ever  outrun  his  well  order- 
ed conversation. — Cuifler. 


held  in  fellowship  by  thf  sister  churches  rom 
his  world  i  posinir  thi-<  district.  When  visited  by  faithful  1  er  iiislead  of  talking  about  each  other  in  th.-ir 
'  brethren  and  friend*,  and  nitormed  that  the  i  absence,  as  it  does  great  mischief  sometime^,  I 
door  ot  the  church  is  open  to  receive  them,  and  |  know  we  may  keep  aouls  away  from  Chri4  by 
thearmsof  the  Brethren  are  ready  to  embrace  speaking  evil  one  of  anothi-r.  We  are  to  be 
them,  and  warm  hearts  to  welcome  Iheui,  weare  1  bright  and  shining  lights  to  those  in  the  church, 


The  moon,  a  softer,  but  not  less  beautiful  ob^ 
ject  than  the  sun,  returns  and  communicat«s  to 
mankind,  the  light  of  the  sun  in  a  gentle  and 
delightful  manner,  exactly  suited  to  the  strength 
of  the  human  eye.  An  illustration  and  most 
beautiful  emblem  in  this  and  other  n?sp^ct,s  of 
the  Divine  Redeemer  of  mankind,  who,  soften- 
ing the  »plendor  of  the  Godhead,  brings  it  to 
the  eye  of  the  unaerstaudinz  ih  a  manner  titt«fl 
to  the  streuiith  of  thw  mind,  so  that, without  b<^ 
ing  overwlielmed,  or  disn*8*wid.  it  Ci»n  th'W  iv!- 
hold  "the  light  of  the- kuowleiTgi  of  the  g)ory 
of  God  in  the  face  of  Jesus  Christ" — Dr, 
Dwigki, 


TTriK  i^iMrrnxiEix  -^T  woiu<:. 


September    ^o 


A  VOICE  FROM    THE  DEAD. 

MV  .v.mihfiil  tiiat*'.<  both  "inall  and   great 
Strtiiit  ln-n-  uikI  yoii  shull  see. 
All  awful  Mijlit  which  is  a  type, 
Of  what  you  snou  imistt  be. 

i  ua'd  to  iipp.'iir  oncp  frctli  ami  fiiir, 
AiuoDg  the  youthful  crDwd; 
But  uow  you  set-  h'lw  'tin  with  ni«*. 
Wrapt  \n,a  sal»le  shroud. 

My  chwks  oiir«  red  like  roaes. 

My  sparkling  eyes  so  giiy, 

But  now  you  we  how  '(is  with  mf, 

A  hclples-s  lump  of  clay. 

When  you  arc  drt-w-d  in  all  your  best, 

In  fashion  80  couii>I«to. 

You  S'Hin  must  bp  iw  you  «<■<■  me 

Wrapt  in  H  winding  sheet. 

Ah!  youth  beware  and  do  prepare 
To  meftthe  mf>nHt<'r,  Df-nth. 
Kor  he  niiiy  come  when  you  Kre  y.iunt,' 
And  take  away  your  breath. 

When  you  unto  voiir  frolic^n  go, 
Remember  what  I  hhv. 
In  ashort  time,  tliongh  in  your  prime, 
You  may  be  culled  away. 

Xow  I  am  dijud  I  can't  return, 
No  morft  of  me  you  »ee; 
But  it  i"  true  that  alt  of  you 
MiiHt  Hhortly  follow  me. 

When  you  unto  my  grave  do  come. 
The  gloomy  place  to  »tee, 
I  »ny  to  you  who  sliind  and  view, 
I'ujjare  U>  follow  me. 


WHAT  IS  TRUTH? 
nv  vfu.  iionouoii. 
"W  hat  JH  truth '('"  .John  iM  iiS. 

rilHIS  question  is  one  that  vitally  con- 
-*■      cerii'<  us  nil.     To  know  tlir   truth, 
the  whole   truth,  and  nothing    hut   Un- 
truth, in  all  wo  need.     It  is   all  that  is 
required  at  our    handM.     This   question 
was  asked  of  the  Savior  by  Pilate.     IJut 
ltd  Utf  notice  the  juaunei-  in  which  it  was 
iwked.  rilateaftks  the  Savior,  "Art  tbou 
a  king  then";  "Thousayeat,"  wawtbeau 
swer"to  thin  end  wa^*  I  horn;"  hut  "my 
kingdom  is  notof  this  world,  il'  my  king 
dom  were  of  this  world,  then  would  my 
servants  tight,  that  I  sbunld  not   he   de 
livered  tothe.iews."    Then  how  elearly 
did  the  Savior  set  forth  tfu;  doctrine  of 
Tion-resistance  in  his  last  moments.     He 
also  tells  Pilato,  that  he  came  into  "the 
■world  to  bear  witness   unto   the   truth, 
tlien  sayB,  "every  one  that  is  of  the  truth 
heareth   my  voice."     Then   comes   the 
question,  "What  is  truth?"  by   I'ilate 
who  immediately  when  he  bad  said  this, 
went  out  again  to  the  Jews  without  wait- 
ing for  an  answer,  a  very  uncertain  act. 
He  interrogbttil  the.  Savior  until  he  be- 
came L'onviiiced  in  his   own    mind    that 
ho  was  the  true  Messiah,  hut  not    wish 
ing  to  acknowledge  the  fact,  hut  rather 
'-nrt  the  favor  of  the   Jews,    went  out 
I  said,  "I  find  in  him  no  fault  at  all." 
'  >  how  many  we  find  in  this  enlight 
ened  age  who  are  convinced  of  the   Sa- 
vior's mission,  who  treat   him   with   as 
much   contempt   as  did  Pilate, — rather 
court  the  favors  of  a  wicked  world,  than 
to  acknowledge  this  witness  of  the  truth, 
of  which  truth  John  also   came  to   bear 
witneK?.     "Then  what  is  truth  i     This 
we  will  now  endeavor  to  answer.     We 
can  do  this  more  clearly  by  first  giving 
some  of  its  attributes.     1.     Truth  is  un- 
changeable and  parallel  with  God.  Truth 
never  contradicts  itself.     Two  truths  are 
always  parallel,  and  never  colash  or  con 
tradict  each  other;  hut  a   trutli    and  an 
untruth  are  not  parallel  with  each  other, 
Lt  nee  must  colaah   or  cross   each  other 
honiewliere;so  also  may  two   untruths 
Kirst,  truth  is  unchangeable  and  is   nor 
effected  by  belief  or  unbelief.     We  may 
believe  and  advocate  a  truth,  hut  it  has 
no  effect  upon    it,  it  still  remains  the 
BAzne.     Again  we   may  disbelieve  and 


.icnoiinet-a  truth,  yel  it  stand-  the  ^aine. 
In  the  simple  iii.titiematieal  calcula- 
tion of  I'xL'rqual  4,iheretori'*iHts  atruth 
that  is  iinchaDgcflbl"  nn  matt*^r  what  we 
may  say  for  or  against  it. 

The  truth  to  which  thn  Saviorhadr^fwr 
ence  when  wpeakiog  to  Pilate  was  not 
point^-d  out,  because  Pilat**  cav!*  him  no 
(tpportunity  to  (io  so;  yet  w»  are  Dot 
left  in  the  dark  on  this  quention,  for  thf 
Savior  answeisit  in  one  of  his  memora- 
ble prayers  to  hii*  Father,  saying,  "Thy 
word  is  truth."  John  17:  17.  This  is 
the  tnith  which  he  came  to  witness,  and 
his  evidence  was  clearly  the  truth,  the 
whole  truth,  and  nothing  but  the  truth, 
the  Word  of  (iod;  for  he  said,  "I  have 
done  all  that  thou  hflflt  given  me  to  do," 
and  impl<»re«  his  KathiT  to  glorify  him, 
which  he  did,  giving  him  all  power  in 
heaven  and  in  earth.  Now  he  n  tjuires 
UH  to  he  his  witnesftCh.  This  request 
wa*t  made  to  the  eleven,  he  said,  "Go  ye 
therefore  and  teach  all  nations,  haptiz 
ing  them  in  the  name  of  the  Father,  and 
of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  te.ich- 
ing  them  to  observe  all  things  whatso- 
ever I  have  couinianded  you,  and,  lo,  I 
am  with  you  alway,  even  unto  the  end 
of  the  world."  Amen.  Matt.  :iS:  10,  20 
'I'hen  we  are  commanded  to  witnt^-^s  the 
whole  truth,  aif  things  that  he  has  com 
manded,  nothing  more,  nothing  less. 

Now  8upi)ose  a  case  of  assault  and  bat- 
tery comes  up    before   a  civil    court    in 
which  A  iK  plaintilf  and    B  defeudent, 
the  witnesses  are  brought  up  and   qual- 
ified by  an  oath  oraftii'iuation  to  tell  th(; 
iriitli,     the    whole    truth,    and     noth- 
ing but  the  truth.     Suppose  the  case  to 
be  aaaault  and  battery,  a  witness  is  call- 
ed up  and  (juallfied  and  states   that  he 
saw  I^  strike  A  which  is  true,  hut  screens 
his  friend,  he  stops  right  there  and  tells 
LO   more.     The   second   is    called    and 
(|ualified,  and  states  th.at  he  saw  A  strike 
IJIirst,  and  then   to   .screen    his  friend, 
goes  on  to  state  a  number  of  tilings  that 
he  did  not  see,  and  ijevej-  happened.  The 
third  is  called  and  duly  qualified,   goes 
on  and  states  just  what  he  saw,   having 
no  friend  to  screen,   he  tells   the   trulb, 
the  whole  truth,  and  then  stops,  letting 
the  result  be  what  it  may.     Then    the 
first  witness  told  the  trutb,  but  not   all, 
therefore  violates  his   oath — hisaffirma 
tion  is  false.hence  guilty  of  peijiiry.  The 
second  tells  the  truth,  but   adds   things 
which  are  not  true,  therefore  is  also  guil- 
ty of  perjury.     The  third  tells  the  truth, 
the  v^■hole  truth,    and    nothing  hut   the 
truth,  fearless   of  consequences,  letting 
justice  rest  upon  wliom  it  may,   he  does 
his  duty  and  stands  acquitted. 

We  will  call  your  attention  to  a  tew 
witnesses  or  professed  witnesses  of  the 
ti'Uth — the  word  of  God.  The  I*agan  or 
Hindoo  believes  there  is  a  God,  which 
is  true,  yet  he  has  not  his  word,  there- 
fore cannot  prove  much  of  the  truth,  l>ut 
falls  into  error  and  is  not  a  good  wit- 
ness. The  great  hero  of  China,  who  by 
a  faint  knowledge  of  God  and  his  pow- 
erful philosophical  reasoning  invented 
the  laws  that  govern  that  country  to- 
day, believed  in  God  the  Creator  of  all 
things;  but  he  had  not  the  whole  truth, 
therefore  practiced  many  errors,  hence  is 
not  a  good  witncf-s.  'J'hese  two  witness- 
es fall  short,  not  because  they  liavu  no 
truth,  but  because  they  have  not  the 
whole  truth. 

We  will  uow  call  your  attention  to  a 
noted 


which  stat'd:  "By  these  ^hall  >e  iUi'^wl 
th"  truth."  This  created  confusion 
amonu'  Christians,  for  they  had  thetruth, 
aud  the  whole  trutli.  They  told  thic 
man  that  Paul  teaches  us  not  to  fight, 
anJ  that  Christ  taught  bis  servants  not 
t<j  light.  This  man,  still  prevailing  up 
on  tht-m  with  his  visiou,  said,  "Tht-se 
things  have  ha-l  their  day,  and  that  we 
are  rnt^'ring  upon  a  new  dispensation. 
consefpjcntly,  the  greater  portion  yield- 
ed to  his  arguments,  and  what  was  the 
result?  popery  was  soon  established, 
Sute  ami  church  weresoon  united,  creeds 
adopted,  -and  the  power  assumed  to 
change  and  create  ordinances  which 
men  were  forced  to  practice  and  obt-y — 
the  carnal  sword  was  used  instead  of  the 
sword  of  the  spirit.  Ilereisa  witne-ss  who 
told  the  truth,  the  whole  truth  and  more 
than  thetruth,hencehisevidenceis worth- 
less. Mahomet  in  another  of  the  same 
character. 

We  call  your  attention  to  the  nine- 
teenth century.  In  the  State  of  New 
York  another  man  btcame  visionary  (it 
is  always  those  visionary  men  that  are 
most  dangerous),  and  established  a  doc- 
trine called  Mornionism.  The  people 
have  the  truth  and  the  whole  truth,  hut 
they  have  added  another  book,  called 
the  book  of  Mormon  which  contains 
loathsome  and  wicked  doctrines,  hence 
they  are  not  good  witnesses. 

There  are  many  churches  to  day  which 
have  the  truth  and  the  whole  truth  to 
which  they  add  a  creed  or  discipline, 
claiming  it  to  be  based  upon  the  word 
of  God.  Now  if  these  peojde  have  to  go 
to  the  word  of  God  to  get  them,  why 
not  take  the  pure  unadulterated  word 
itself  for  themau  of  their  counsel.  These 
people  will  acknowledge  that  the  word 
of  God  contains  all  that  is  necessary  for 
thp^ealyatiou  of  the  human  family,  yet 
they  persistently  add  tliese  appendages 
to  the  truth;  hence  tbey  are  not  good 
witnesses.  Then,  brethren,  having  the 
pure  word  of  God,  for  the  man  of  our 
counsel,  let  us  hold  fast  to  it  all,  and 
that  alone;  declare  it  to  the  world,  prac- 
tice and  obey  it.  It  is  that  which  will 
jvidge  us  at  the  bar  of  God. 


THE  CHRISTIAN'S  AIM. 


rriH  !•-  great  aim  in  life  of  every  jirofessor 
J-  of  religion  is  emphatically  declared 
by  the  loving  Savior  in  Matt.  5:  48. 
"Be  ye  perfect  even  as  your  Kather 
which  IS  in  heaven  is  perfect."  This 
important  and  binding  command  is 
doubtlessly  too  little  heeded  by  many 
who  profess  tiie  name  of  Jesus;  and  no 
doubt  many  grow  faint  and  sliriuk  hack 
from  duty  when  they  read  this  passage 
of  Scripture,  and  readily  exclaim,  "Im- 
possible for  man  to  attain  to  such  a  de- 
gree of  perfection!" 

But  the  command  is  given  by  one  who 
means  just  what  he  says.  People  may 
say,  how  can  poor  sinful  man  who  sins 
every  day  of  his  life,  become  thus  per- 
fect? 

I  understand  by  this  Scripture,  that 
by  crucifying  the  old  man  more  and 
more  by  daily  denying  the  lusts  of  this 
life,  and  keeping  up  a  constant  vigilance 
against  the  evils  enumerated  In  the  holy 
Book,  tliat  we  finally  can  attain  to  such 
a  degree.     If  we  could  not,  why  should 


the  Savior  demand  it  of  usi  And  heark 
haracter  who  lived  some  four  or  I  en  to  what   Paul  says  iu  Phil.    4:  13,"] 


five  hundred  years  after  the  truth  was 
fully  established  by  Christ  and  his  apos- 
tles.    This  character  became  visionary; 


can  do  all  things  through  Christ  which 
strengtheneth  me."        ' 

Dear  brethren  andsiateVs,  it  is  shame 


he  said  he  had  a  great  vision,  in  that  j  fully  true  how  often  have  we  broken  our 
vision  he  saw  a  great  sword  and  other  vows  in  times  i>ast,  and  have  not  striven 
implements  of  war,   and  an  inscription   for  Christian   perfection    as   we   should 


have  done.  Ob,  let  us  pray  earnestly 
for  forgiveness  and  vow  anew,  and  then 
strive  to  serve  the  Lord  with  all  "oay 
soul,  with  all  our  heart,  with  all  ©up 
strength,  and  with  all  our  mind,"  so  that 
we  will  not  be  accountable  for  neglect- 
for  know  we  not  that  the  result  of  such 
a  courst^  iu  life  will  insure  to  us  un- 
■ipeakable  happiness,  power  and  glory. 
Let  us  ever  he  mindful  of  the  precious 
promises  of  rewards,  some  of  which  we 
f'.an  verily  realize  already  in  this  world 
such' as  are  recorded  in  John  13;  17;  "If 
ye  know  these  things,  happy  are  ye  if 
VH  do  them."  So  also  in  Rom.  2:g^  jo 
(fod  "?pill  render  to  every  man  accord- 
iuL'  to  his  deeds,  trlory,  honor,  and  peace 
to  every  one  that  worketh  good." 

Again,  in  Rev.  'J:  2ii,  "He  that  over- 
eoinetb  and  keepeth  my  words  unto  the 
end.  to  him  will  I  give  pawer."  But 
the  glorious  anticipations  of  a  future  ex- 
istence in  a  nobler  state  of  being,  and  a 
hetter  world  outweighs  all  the  others. 
May  God  strengthen  us  all  anew  in  the 
glorious  hope  and  cause  us  to  bold  out 
faithful,  is  my  prayer. 

Watirhx).  loinn. 

THE  COMMANDS  OF  GOD. 

BT  TETTER  HALL 

GOD'S  commands  are  of  a  twofold  na- 
ture. Some  are  commanded  because 
they  are  right,  others  are  right  because 
tbey  are  commanded.  This  is  evident 
from  the  following  passages  of  Script- 
ures. AVe  find  iu  the  twentieth  chapt- 
er of  Kxodus  and  thirteenth  verse:  "Thou 
shalt  not  steal,  thou  sbalt  not  kill,  thou 
shalt  not  commit  adultery".  *  Thou 
shall  not  kill,"  was  commanded  long 
since  Cain  killed  Abel;  and  he  knew  it 
was  wrong  because  be  answered  the 
Lord  and  said,  "Why,  am  I  my  broth- 
er's keeper?"  The  Lord  said,  "Thou 
art  cursed."  This  curse  would  not  have 
been  put  upon  Cain  if  it  had  not  been 
wrong;  hence  the  necessity  of  a  com- 
mand.    The  other  pattsages  are   similar. 

The  reader  will  please  turn  to  Matt. 
5:  88,  39.  "Yc  have  heard  that  it  bath 
been  said,  An  eye  for  an  eye,  and  a 
tooth  for  a  tooth ;  but  I  say  unto  you. 
That  ye  resist  not  evil,  but  whosoever 
shall  smite  thee  on  thy  right  cheek,  tura 
to  him  the  other  also."  This  shows 
since  the  Prince,  of  Peace  has  come  that 
we  are  to  he  under  subjection  to  the 
laws  of  heaven,  and  not  to  the  military 
authorities,  that  instead  of  using  carnal 
weajjons  we  are  commanded  to  use  the 
sword  of  the  Sfjirit  which  is  the  word  of 
God.  This  is  sufficient  to  show  that 
tbey  are  commanded  because  they  are 
right. 

Now  to  8(how  that  others  are  right  be- 
cause they  are  commanded.  Klisha 
commanded  Naaman  to  wash  seven  times 
iu  Jordan  and  his  flesh  should  come 
again  and  he  should  be  cleansed  of  his 
leprosy;  but  Naaman  was  wroth  and 
wentaway  and  said,  "Behold,  I  thought 
be  would  surely  come  out  to  me  and 
stand  and  call  ou  tlie  name  of  the  Lord, 
and  strike' his  hand  over  the  jdace  and 
remove  the  leproey."  Here  Naaman 
was  like  some  people  at  the  present  day, 
if  they  cannot  have  theirown  way  about 
sidvaliou  they  will  not  come  at  all.  D^iar 
reader,  if  you  are  unconverted  you  will 
liave  to  take  God  at  his  word,  or  you 
cannot  be  saved.  Naaman  had  to  go  down 
into  Jordan  and  dip  himself  seven  times 
before  he  could  be  healed. 

We  shalbnext  notice  the  salutation  of 
the  holy  kjss,"Greetye  one  another  with 
an  holy  kiss."  1  Cor.  1(J:  20.  This  is  no 
less  than  five  times  commanded  in  the 
New  Testament  Scriptures.  This  shows 


^  ,pien^t)t;>"    '-i- 


iiifui  ln'«  thel'ivUireu  bave  for  ■•ii.' 
■  |j,.,._  What  coustitutt*!  au  holy  ki.-;*; 
V   i^sV  when  wo  are  Uorn  aijain,  of  the 

tt-r  jitifl  of  the  Spirit  jicconHni?  to  Jc 
j.^imuaud  to  Xifoilcnius,    theu   our 


L  dies  ai'*'  God's  rt^deemed  property 
hii-h  is  to  glorify  God  as  well  as  the 
■  it  —theu  we  can  salute  each  other 
ill  an  holy  kiss.  "Go  ye  therefore 
1  tt*ach  all  nations,  baptizing  them  in 
■  name  of  the  Father,  and  vd'  the  Son, 
1  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  teaching  them  to 


obsorv 


all    things    whatsoever    I   have 
.oiiiiuanded  you,  and.  lo,  I  am  with  you 

Iway,  ^^'^"^  ^^^^  ^^^  ^^^  ^^  ^^^  world." 
\Ve  see  they  are  to  go  teach  all  nations, 
disciple  them;  then  they  are  to  bap- 
(■7^  them  in  the  name  of  the  Father,  tC*c. 
f  ijjg  is  the  voice  of  the  Sun  of  God.  But 
fhpie  are  some  people  in  the  world  that 

ay  it  was  nailed  to  the  cross.  Well,  we 
will  see.  Notice  the  sixth  verse.  "For 
he  is  risen."  Also  the  ninth  verse.  "Je- 
gu9  met  them."  (the  women  who  went 
j^Ijis  grave.)  It  is  evident  that  this  com 
niaud  was  given  to  his  apostles  after  his 


resurrection. 


Then  could  it  have    been 


c 


nailed  to  the  cross?  No;  it  stands  as 
jriu  as  the  one  who  gave  it.  To  obey 
tijis  command  we  claim  is  right  because 
it  is  commanded. 

Dear  reader,  turn  to  the  thirteenth 
chapter  of  John's  Gospel  where  you  will 
finil  the  ordinance  of  feet-washing  insti- 
tuted. "After  that  he  poureth  water  in- 
to a  basin  and  began  to  wash  the  disci- 
ple's feet  and  to  wipe  them  with  the 
towel  wherewith  he  was  girded."  Sixth 
verse,  "Then  cometh  he  to  Simon  Peter, 
Peter  saith  unto  him,  thou  shalt  never 
wash  my  feet,  Jesns  answered  him,  if  I 
wash  thee  not  thou  hast  no  part  with 
me."  Here  Peter  was  like  Naaman,  the 
leper,  he  refused  to  be  washed,  hut  when 
the  Lord  told  him  he  would  have  no  part 
with  him,  he  was  willing  to  submit  to 
this  command.  "If  I,  then,  your  Lord 
and  MoBter  have  washed  your  feet,  ye 
also  ought  tb  wash  ttne  another's  feet, 
lor  I  have  given  you  an  example  that  ye 
should  do  as  I  have  done  to  you." 

I  have  tried  to  set  forth  some  of  the 
commands  of  God  and  we  hope  you  will 
be  obedient  to  God's  Word;  for  hear 
him  in  the  fourteenth  chapter  and  fif- 
teenth verse:  "If  yelove  me  keep  my 
coiiuniindments." 

WILL  AND  OBEDIENCE. 

BYO.  W.    .Mil.!  EH. 


"Be  thou  faithful  unto  death,  and  I  will  give 
tlipe  a  crowa  of  lifu."  1{"V.  3:  10. 

WE  find,  in  reading  the  word  of  God 
that  after  the  a-wension  of  our 
Lord,  his  disciples,  up  unto  the  present 
day  have  proceeded  to  e.\ecute  the  com- 
mission he  has  given  them  to  evangelize 
the  wojld;  and  there  arose  persecution 
at  that  time  as  there  does  in  this  day 
and  age  of  the  world,  and  John,  "for  the 
word  of  God,  and  for  the  testimony  of  I 
Jesus  Christ,"  was  exiled  to  patmos; 
banished  as  he  was,  alone,  and  ajjart 
from  all  the  society  of  his  friends,  he 
through  an  act  of  obedience,  and  a  will, 
that  was  not  free  as  a  pair  of  scales, 
was  afforded  the  pleasure  of  enjoying 
intercourse  with  his  Lord;  for  while  in 
the  Spirit  on  the  Lord's  day,  Jesus  met 
him  and  delivered  to  him  certain  things 
to  write  to  the  seven  churches  in  Asia. 
Thus  yon  will  liud,  dear  reader.lhrough • 
out  the  Sc'riptures,  that  if  the  will  is 
right,  and  placed  in  the  scales  that 
Weigh  for  eternal  life,  or  eternal  ruin, 
that  if  the  heaviest  part  of  the  balance 
by    the 


■| 


ter^wiio  kcep-i  ;iiv  ,^:.  . 
diviiiK  Weights. 

How  ofteu  ill  the  cour->- ol  -lur  u\  ■^. 
have  we  had  a  will  to  Int  obeilit-nt  'o 
the  commands  of  tiod  ;  but  as  liie  Iichv 
ier  weight  produces  a  pn'pondcrauce  in 
the  scales;  so  thestronger  motive!  certain 
ly  influences  the  will,  in,  or  against  its 
favor. 

Whatever  comes  within  man^s  sphere 
of  operation,  he  is  free  to  do  or  not  to 
do,  to  choose  or  refuse.  Man  is  morally 
free  in  view  of  a  universal  diviuc  influ- 
ence,producing  ascnse  of  right, and  wrong 
to  lead  a  life  ol'  Christian  piety,  or  aluin- 
dou  himself  to  course  of  outbreaking 
wickedness.  Thus  reads  part  of  the 
verse  quoted:  "Be  thou  faithful."  This 
already  and  clearly  shows  that  there  has 
been  an  act  of  submission  to  the  author- 
ity of  Christ.  That  we  have  taken  his 
yoke  npoii  us,  and  we  must  now  show 
our  loyalty  by  a  course  of  obedi^cc. 

Though  we,  the    Dunkard  people,    as 
we  are  uamed,  are  hooted    and    sneered 
at.     though    we  are  despised  and  shun- 
ned by  many,  permit  me  to  ask  the  ques 
tion,  whether  there  is    a   Christian    de 
nomination  under  the  canopy  of  heaven, 
that  follows  the  letter  and  the   spirit  of 
the  Scripture  more  closely  and  minutely 
than  do    they,   the    poor  unenlightened 
Dunkards?     Brethren,  let  us  be  strong 
in  the  faith,  and  firm  in    the   cause.     It 
has  only  been  through  the  will  of  obe- 
dience that  we   were    enabled   to  with- 
stand the  storms  thus  far.     Let  us   not 
forget  the  Savior's  word.-^,  "And  behold 
I  come  quickly,  and  my  reward  is  with 
me  to  give  every  man  according   as   his 
work  shall  be."     Thus   if  we   keep   in 
view  his  commands  whatsoever  he  com- 
mands us,  we  through  the   act   of  obe- 
dience will  be  treated  accordingly  as  he 
assures  us  in  his  language  just  (luoted.' 
According  to  Christ's  teachings, it  will 
be  better  for  us   to    appear   before   the 
judgment  seat  of  God,  clad  iu   plain  aji- 
parel  with  a  testimony,    that    according 
to  his  word,  is  indisputable,  wherein  we 
can  testify  that  we    have   observed   and 
obeyed  his  commandments,  whether  'uhey 
be  trine  immersion,    feet  washmg,    non- 
conformity   to   the    world,    eating   the 
Lord's  Supper  as  a  meal,   or   whatever 
else  he  has   commanded  us  to   do     than 
to  appear  before  him  in  all   the   pomp, 
pride  and  vanity  of  the  world,  attempt- 
ing to  establish  a  flimsy  testimony,  com- 
posed of  non  essentials.     We   find   that 
through  much  tribulation  we  enter   into 
the  kingdom  oi  God.     There  is  no  con- 
dition in  life,  from  the   humble   cottage 
to  the  palace,  exempt  from  affliction  and 
trial.     Only  those  who  keep   his  com- 
mandments shall  inherit  the  kingdom  of 
heaven.     May  God  bless  us   all,  is  my 
prayer. 


\T    W01!l 


*|)«jiHr  nml  ji^aiuitu. 


I  til 


It.  siilrtiiil  yoiir- 

Cl.iMr. 1,1-y 

I  -ui-flill'lren-fi 
irtiire  .1iiii  hi1 

ii.l.>.  W  ol.i'.llfiit  t' 

I'Ari.. 


LEISURE  HOURS. 


BY  \lAlt\-  .1.  3TKES. 


IHLDliKN,  how   you  improve   yt 


■i 


■'■  ■*     liUi  f.i e':.  au'l    qtr.  t,   and   af- 

fectiouaii  iiiuii>er;ai>-i  ili  —  \v,.,>l,« wem- 
ed  to  lift  the  burden  from  the  vktv  heart; 
they  seemed  to  make  the  world  more 
beautiful  than  ever  it  was  before;  they 
brought  home  to  my  heart  a  great  and 
blessed  truth.  May  you  and  I  and  every 
one  else  be  "strong  in  him." — J)r. 
McLeoil. 

THE  VALUE  OF  A  FIXED     HEAR  f. 


imjirovement  of    leisure     hours   shapes 
one's  future  destiny.     If,    when  young, 
you  idle  away  your  time  and  depend  on 
others  to  assist  and  provide  for  you,    in 
stead  of  looking  forward  with  the  object 
in  view  of  becoming  industrious  and  in 
dependent  you  will  ever  be  idle  and  cast 
down.  I  shall  try  to  give  you  a  few  ex 
amples  of  industry  which  I  read  one  day 
while  stopping  with  strangers  to  shelter 
from  rain.     The  first  paper   I   took    up 
had  a  pi*  ce  something  like    the   follow 
ing:  A  boy  who  was  employed  in  a  law- 
yer's office,  im])roved    his    leisure  hours 
by  reading  or  studying  French.     He  be- 
came a  fluent  reader  and  writer   of  the 
French  language.     This  he  accomplish 
ed  by  laying  aside  the  trashy  newspapers 
anit  taking  up  something  more   profita- 
ble.    Another  boy  who  was    employed 
to  drive  coach,  thought  to   improve   his 
time  while  his  mistress  made  calls.     He 
found  a  book  containing  selected  piieces 
of  Virgil  the  Roman  Poet,  but  could  not 
read  it,  so  he  purchased  a    Latin   gram 
mar,  and  soon  became  a  good  reader,  in 
after  years  he  became  a  learned  and  use 
ful  man. 

And  anotter  boy  who  was   hired   to 
open  and  shut  the  gate  to  let  the  teams 
out  of  an  iron  mine,  determined  to    im 
prove  his   leisure    hours.     He  sat   on  a 
log  all  day  by  the  side  of  the  gate   and 
sometimes  an  hour  would  pass  ere  a  team 
cailie.     These  hours     he   employed    so 
well  that  there  were  scarcely  a   fact  in 
history  that  escaped  his  attention.     He 
began  by  studying  a  little  book  on   En- 
glish history  that  he  found  in  the  road. 
Having  learned  that  thoroughly  he  bor 
rowed  of  a  minister  an   ancient  history. 
This  good  man  became  greatly  interest 
ed  in  him,  and  loaned  him    books,  and 
was  often  seen  sitting  by  him  on  the  log 
conversing  with  him  about  the  people  of 
ancient  times. 

Little  readers,  how  many  of  you  have 
far  better  advantages  than  these,  yet  you 
do  not  improve  or  appreciate  them. 
Stop  and  think  children.  Did  you  ever 
make  an  estimate  of  the  time  you  waste? 
How  many  will,  like  these   little   boys 


T  F  any  of  you  are   so   wise   that  you 
-■-     know  all  the  objections  to   Christi- 
anity, all  the   dark  places    which    faith 
must  encounter,  all  the  darksayings  and 
perplexing  mysteries  of  the   gospel,   re- 
member that  it  is  nothing  to  your  cred- 
it. A  wrecker  who  lives  from  the  goods 
of  foundered   vessels  and    shipwrecked 
crews  knows  where   all    the   dangerous 
rocks  are  along  the  coast,  and  he  is   al- 
ways hovering    about   them.     But   the 
shipmaster  knows  more  about  the  chan- 
nel than  about  the  reefs.     A  calm,  self- 
possessed  captain  of  a  vessel  was  asked, 
"Captain,  1  suppose   you   know  where 
every  rock  and  shoal  is  along  this  whole 
coast,  do   you   not?"    "I    know   where 
they  are  not,"  was  his  reply,    which    is 
the  more   imporant   thing.     Admirable 
answer.     If  your  faith  is  fixed   on   God 
and  your  heart  is  wedded  to  his  service, 
you  will  know  the  dangers  and  dilScul- 
ties  and  mysteries  and  contradictions  are 
not.     Hiding  peacefully  upon  the   great 
deeps  of  his  love,  your  greatest  joy  will 
be  that  you  no  longer   live   by  doubts, 
but  by  affirmation. — Dr.  A.  J.  Gordon. 


AN  INVITATION  TO  SINNERS. 

UY  M.  I'.   I.lCllTV. 

SINNERS,  come  join  o-ar  christian  baud, 
No  longer  badly,  wildly  roaui, 
But  strive  to  gain  the  heaveuly  land, 

To  dwell  with  Christ  aud  saints  at  home. 
'Tis  sad  to  see  you  blindly  leap 

Into  the  ffrasp  of  hell's  wide  j^iws. 
Kind  friends  and  angels  sadly  weep 
To  see  you  tifiht  aj-aiust  God's  laws-. 

Halt,  but  lor  ouce,  and  deeply  think, 

Uefore  you  take  the  fatal  bound, 
Ii'you  will  from  this  woeful  briuk, 

Laud  wisely  011  a  sure,  safe  ground. 
Oh!  wretched  siiUHr  doomed  to  hell, 

If  onward  you  penist  to  go, 
VVheie  Sulau  and  iiis  liosts  d>i  divell 

In  pain  lor  aye.  aiul  eudless  woe. 
'Tis  madness  thus  10  lead  a  life, 

Kevert  your  stejn,  to  Jesus  pray. 


WHAT  IS  WANTED? 

i)EOPLE  want  in  you   a  Christianity 
that  is  Christian   across   the  coun- 
ters, over  the  dinner  tat>les,  behind   the 
neighbor's  as  in    his   face.     They  want 
in  you  a  Christianity  that  they  can   find 
in  the  temperance  of  the  meal,  in    mod- 
eration of  dress,  in  respect  for  authority, 
in  amiability  at  home,  in   veracity    and 
simplicity  in   mixed  society.     Rowland 
Hill  used  to  say  he  would  give  very  lit- 
tle for  the  religion  of  a  man  whose  very 
dog  and  cat  were  not  the    better    for  it. 
They  want  fewer  gossiping,  slandering, 
gluttonous,    peevish,  conceited,  bigoted 
Christians.     To  make  them  eft'ectual,  all 
our  piiVilic  religious    measures,    institu- 
tions, benevolent  agencies,  missions,  need 
to  be  managed  on  a  high-toned,  scrupu- 
lous and  unquestionable  sense  of  honor, 
without  evasion  or  partisanship,  or  over- 
much  of  the   serpent's   cunning.     The 
hand  that  gives  away  the  Bible  must  be 


unspotted  from  the  world.     The  money 
that  semis  the  nihssionary  to  the  heathen 
resolvetoimprovetheirleisuremoments?    ^__^^  ^^^  honestly  earned. 


' 


be   that    that   is  drawn  down  

'weight  of  obedience,   all  will  be  found    -^^  |,p||,  y„u  to  couquer  sm  aud  strife, 
right  when  we  report  to  the  Weigh-mas  |     Dou't  sinner,  throw  thy.elf  away 


'•I    AM  STRONG  IN  HIM." 

THE  other  day  I  was  requested  by  a 
brother  minister,  who  was  unwell, 
to  go  and  visit  a  dying  child.  He  told 
me  some  remarkable  things  of  the  boy, 
eleven  years  of  age,  who,  during  three 
years  of  sickness,  had  manifested  the 
most  patient  submission  to  the  will  of 
God,v\dth  a  singular  enlightenment 
the  Spirit.  I  went  to  visit  him.  The 
child  had  surt'ered  excruciating  pain;  for 
years  he  had  not  known  one  day  of  rest. 
I  gazed  with  wonder  at  the  boy.  After 
drawing  near  to  him,  aud  speaking  .some 
words  of  sympathy,  he  looked  at  me 
with  his  blue  eyet— he  could  not  move- 
it  was  the  night  before  he  died— and 
breathed  into  my  ears  these  few 
words:  "1  am  strong  in  him."  The  words 
were  I'ew,  and  uttered  feebly.  They 
were  the  words  of  a  feeble  chill,  in  a 
poor  homo,  where   the    only   ornament 


What  the  country  wants  now  is  prac- 
tical women-  The  girl  whose  skill  lies 
in  thumping  the  tune  out  of  an  old  pi- 
ano is  not  calculated  to  run  the  happi- 
ness mill  in  the  average  American  home, 
and  if  she  is  not  disposed  to  retire  to 
some  out  of  the  way  i)lace  and  live  with 
a  cross-eyed  aunt,  the  next  -best  thing 
for  her  lo  do  is  to  go  to  Africa,  marry  a 
Zulu  prince.  It  is  only  the  sensible  girl 
who  can  make  a  batch  of  bread,  propel 
a  broom  handle,  wa.sh  her  own  clothes, 
talk  back  to  the  milkman,  and  wear 
hair  that  hurls  her  when  you  pull  it, 
who  will  fill  the  bill  iu  these  hard  times. 
That's  the  kind  that  is  rapidly  taking 
the  front  seats. 

"Insults,"  says  a  modern  philosopher,, 
"are  like  counterfeit  m.mey.  We  can- 
not hiader  their  being  oflVreil ;  but  we 
are  not  compelled  to  take  them." 


TtTK    bi^ktmre:n^   ^VT   "V\^0KKL 


Ser>ternber  2*^ 


PCBUSHRD  WEEKLY. 


ai.  M.  KSIIKI.MAN.  I  EiiiTORS  A>a> 
is,  J.  HAKKISON.       ll'lini-niKTOlW. 


1.  THK  Kilitoni  will  lie  n-.simnsllile  only  for  tlip 
general  Mm-. if  lln-  iiap.T.  itml  tli'-  Insprtion  of  iin 
article  ilot's  >iot  imply  lliiil  Ihey  endorse  every  sen- 
limeiit  of  tin-  wrilt^r. 

2  CoNTiMTirToii-  in  unlcr  to  secure  prompt  In- 
sertion of  their  ftrticles.  will  plciwi"  not  inrtiilKP  in 
porsoualitips  anrl  iiinoiirt.ous  iHnRiiiiiji'.  but  pn- 
senl  their  vi<'\vs   -  with  griiif  wimoned  with  suit. 

A.      TlIK   ItHFTlIlH-N  AT    WftRK     Will    hfi    flPnt    Ul 

auymlilrfvs  in  the  Inlted  stateH  or  Ciinatla  for 
SLftOpprMiiinini,  Fur  tin-  IfudUiR  rhamct^rlstlCB 
of  the  pap-r,  iis  well  a*  1'-iin>  to  HRiiita  »i'e  etghtli 
nafce.    Aditresa  all  ronimunitatliiiis. 

nKETIMtE>  AT  WORK. 

I,nnflrh.('HrrolICo.i  Ill< 


LAXAKK.  ILL., 


HEPTEMBKBSa,  1879. 


I F  any  of  our  agent f  fail  to  rectirr   a  Pros- 
pfctm.  itu-y  trill  fon/er  a/avor  by  in/ormtny  \i». 


Bno  James  KbIko  of  WaU-rloo,  Iowa,  io  very 
sick.    Diieaxe  Hemorrhage  of  thi-  Liingfi. 


Drothrk  James  U.  Gish  writiDK  from  Fish- 
ersville,  Va  .  under  dat<*  of  15th  in«t.,  says:  "In 
ihe  bounHs  of  the  Mt.  Vernon  Church.  Augusta 
County.  Virginia,  two  were  bai*tizfld  August 
24th,  one  wa**  an  old  brot  tier  'r>^  vears  of  age, 
Mnd  a  sinter  80.  On  the  second  of  September 
two  more  were  baptized,  a  youn  g  man  and  his 
wife,  and  on  the  Utli  an  old  lady  about  seventy. 
May  the  Lord  h\wa  them  all." 

Tnifl  is  YOi'K  pajipr.  We  want  every  broth- 
er and  sister  to  be  able  to  say,  "My  paper,"  or 
if  speaking  in  a  general  eenne,  "Our  paper. — 
The  BiifrrHRRN  at  Work  Im  published  for  vur, 
and  when  you  pay  for  it.  we  want  you  to  feel 
that  it  19  Yorit  pafek.  It  comes  t<i  you  to  ^n- 
la  rgeyour  love  for  Ood  and  man,  to  help  ex- 
pand ymr  mindM  in  things  that  are  true  and 
good,  and  to  increase  purity  of  heart  and  life 
in  things  divine. 


Blto.  E.  W.  Flory  o\'  Willow  SpringH.  KanBa?., 
8ay«  their  L^vofe-wt  is  on  the  23il  inHtrad  of  the 
Sd.  I'i<>aBe  notice. 


Okr  ui'SDiiKO  H-h  >lar4  attending 
the  Mt.  Morris  Seminary. 


inhool    at 


Tkk  District  M'teting  for  the  Southr^rn  Dis- 
trict of  Illinoi.s  willbeh'ildat  Hudnon,  Octo- 
ber 28,  1879.  _^^ 

Thowb  who  have  not  been  acting  an  ng.>nts 
for  us  heretofore,  but  dewire  to  do  bo  now.  will 
pleaso  send  for  an  outfit. 


Skni*  to  IJitETllUKN  AT  WnitK  office  for  sam- 
ples of  the  Danish  J'aper.  Cannot  some  of  the 
readers  mak«  an  i'ff.>rt  to  get  somesubflcribers  ? 
PapiTri  will  br  sent  from  this  office.  Price  .lO 
centa  per  annum. 


Thk  direntoff*  of;theMt.  Morris  Seminary 
have  df'cided  that  no  musicHi  instruments  shall 
be  iillowpd  on  the  pn-misfs.  An  hour  each  day 
is  devoted  to  vocal  rauaic  for  those  who  wigh  to 
learn  to  sing.  _ 

SwKKT  language  will  multiply  friends;  and  a 
fair-sp'alting  tongue  will  increase  kind  greets 
ings.  IJf  in  p^ace  with  many;  iii-vertheless 
have  hut  one  counsollor  of  a  thousand. — Suln- 
man. 

IJu(lTH^:u  D.  Shively  Bays  that  the  proposed 
Missionary  Meeting  will  be  hfld  in  the  Solo- 
mon's Creek  Church,  Indiima,  October  24th 
Place  of  meeting  one  and  a  half  niilei)  from  Mil- 
ford  Junction,  on  Haltimiire  and  Ohio  Ksilroad. 

La-t  week  our  list  was  increated  by  about 
forty  newsulwcribersat  Parsons,  Kansas.  None 
of  them  are  members  of  the  IJrethren  Church, 
but  WH  hope  tint  ItuKTintKN  at  Wokk  may  af- 
ford them  much  comfort  and  aid  them  iu  mak- 
ing lite  more  agreeable  and  pleasant.  There 
are  many  towns  and  citiea  where  quite  a  num- 
ber of  subscriberH  might  bo  obtained  if  proper 
efforli  were  made. 

Bbfork  we  lay  anything  to  heart,  let  us  ask 
ourselves  if  we  have  not  done  the  Hame  thing 
toothers.  We  carry  our  neighbors"  crime:,  in 
gight,  and  we  throw  our  own  over  our  own 
shoiilderii.  We  cry  out  preneiitly,  "What  law 
Idve  we  transgressed?  as  if  the  letter  of  the 
law  were  the  8um  of  our  duty,  and  that  piety, 
humility,  liberality,  justice,  faith,  were  things 
beside  our  business. — Sfttera. 

Did  you  say  that  you  are  poor,  and  cannot 
spare  i?  1-50  to  renew  your  jiaper?  Then  per- 
haps you  can  spare  twenty-five  cents,  which 
will  pay  for  two  months,  or  lifty  cents  which 
will  pay  for  four  months,  or  one  dollar  which 
will  pay  for  eight  month^i.  It  is  less  expense 
to  US  to  receive  your  remittances  during  the 
year  than  to  keep  books.  Will  all  our  subscrib- 
ers please  remember  this? 

A  WORTHY  sister  writes:  "Please  send  me  the 
Brethren  at  \yoRK.  I  have  been  without  it 
for  some  time,  and  feel  somewhit  lonely  with- 
out it.  My  husband  is  not  a  member  cf  the 
chnrck.  but  a  Freemason  and  a  Pilgrim  Knight: 
therefore  I  am  lonely,  and  want  the  i)ai)er. — 
0  help  to  pray  for  a  change!"  Go:i  bless  the 
poor  lonely  eisttr!  'Tis  not  the  first  woman 
who  is  deprived  of  her  husband's  spare  hours 
on  account  of  the  Lodge.  M^y  the  Lord's 
g^exi  kindnes-t  and  abundant  ■^rac:^  turn  all  to 
e^rve  him  and  him  oulv. 


Kkom  a  sister  we  glean  the  followin'::  "En- 

elowed  you  will  find for  the  Brkthkkn  at 

WoKK  to  send  to  Mm. Sh<>  is  a  poor  widow 

and  has  no  meeting  to  go  to,  so  I  sent  it  to  her 
for  HIT  months  but  did  not  feelj  able  to  send  it 
longer  as  we  are  renters,  but  shfl  begs  of  nie  to 
keep  sending  it  to  her.  She  nays  the  Lord  will 
pay  me  for  it  if  she  never  gets  able.  I  thought 
1  would  try  and  wend  it  a  little  longer.  I  thiuk 
it  in  the  duty  of  all  of  us  to  send  the  paper  to 
all  Huch  people." 

Japan  has  made  rnp.d  progress  in  civili/.a- 
Lion.  Oen.  Grant  says  that  country  has  as  fine 
•.(■hools  as  those  of  (he  United  State«.  that  he 
could  travel  all  over  the  country  and  was  not 
at  all  molested.  English  is  htiug  taught  the 
ehildron;  and  on  every  hand  one  sees  the  great 
change  which  hat^  come  over  that  people. — 
Surely  they  must  have  been  quite  free  from 
superstition  and  prejudice  when  they  laid  bold 
of  modern  methods;  lor  how  could  they  get  the 
new  without  abandoning  the  old.  It  is  likely 
that  they  accepted  things  on  their  merits,  and 
never  imiuired  how  their  fathers  did,  or  what 
their  mothers  would  thiuk  if  alive. 

In  a  recent  letter,  Mr.  JOlIinger.  one  of  the 
members  of  the  Palestine  Commission,  says: 
•■('an  Pulowtine  be  made  habitable?  Can  those 
whii  llock  there  be  taught  to  draw  their  sub- 
sistunce  from  the  soil?  Can  life  there  be  made 
tolerable  and  devoid  of  disgrace  to  the  Jews? 
We  know  that  it  will  be  necessary  to  educate 
those  that  are  there  iu  the  needs  of  the  modern 
citizens  of  the  world,  they  must  be  redeemed 
trom  the  illusion  under  which  they  live,  and  if 
the  present  generation  cannot  be  delivered  from 
the  bondage  of  superstition  we  must  direct  our 
labors  to  the  future  of  coming  generations. — 
Palestine  should  no  longer  be  the  great  poor- 
house  of  the  Jewish  race. 


Gl.ADl.T  would  we  reduee  the  price  of  the  B. 
AT  W.  were  we  able  to  do  ao,  but  we  are  giving 
it  to  our  readers  as  cheap  as  we  can.  Most  re- 
ligious papers  have  an  income  from  outside 
advertisements,  but  we  believe  about  all  of  the 
IJretliren's  periodicals  have  no  income  from  this 
source.  Taking  this  into  consideration,  our 
papers  are  quite  cheap,  and  we  do  not  Gelieve 
our  Brethren  demand  a  p-iper  published  at  a 
fliicrifife  to  the  publishers,  Knowing  the 
"thorny  road"  through  which  alPreligious  pa- 
pers must  pass,  we  can  sympathiz'?  with  such 
as  are  struggling  to  obtain  a  Ibolhold.  Wh 
want  to  see  all  good  thinga  succeed,  and  should 
be  sorry  were  any  of  our  words  and  actions  to 
dei>rive  worthy  papers  all  they  merit.  To  our 
co-temporaries  in  the  Brotherhood  we  extend 
the  hand  of  fraternal  greeting,  and  wish  them 
abundant  prosperity  in  divine  grace  and  in 
temporal  things.  We  do  not  think  any  of  the 
periodicals  are  burdened  with  patronage.  "Live 
and  let  live,"  is  a  maxim  we  wish  to  bear  in 
miud,  but  shall  not  complain  if  every  brother 
subscribes  for  the  Buethhkn  at  Work. 


1880 -PROSPECTUS. ^1880. 

BRETHREN  AT  WORK. 

WITH  gratitude  to  God  for  the  many  ble^s- 
ngs  which  we  bavt\enjoyed  in  the  pa-^t, 
we  come  before  our  readers  encouraged  to  issue 
this  our  Prospei^tua  for  our  Fifth  Volume 

By  untiring  industry  on  the  part  of  the  pub- 
lishera,  and  the  unceasing  ett'orts  of  its  friends 
the  B.  at  W.  has  obtained  an  extensive  circu- 
lation in  the  Middle,  S:)uthern  and  Western 
States.  The  distinct  ive  features  of  God's  peo- 
ple, and  tha  earnest  pleas  for  pmctical  piety 
have  been  held  forth  by  our  conlributois  in  a 
manner  which  reflects  credit  upon  the  great 
cause  of  the  Lord  Jesus.  The  future  in  this 
respect  is  no  less  promising.     Krom  all  parts  cf 


the  Brotherhood  come  letter-  of  sympathy  and 
commendation.  These  fill  us  with  zeal  and  en- 
ergy for  the  prowcution  of  the  work,  and  by 
th- grace  of  Him  who  is  abundautty  rich,  we 
hope  to  dissappoiiit  none  of  our  readen. 

THE  OKHATK. 

Brother  Stein  now  takes  the  negative  in  his 
discussion  with.  Dr.  Ray;  and  our  reader^ 
while  they  have  been  well  entertained  by  broth- 
er Stein  in  his  affirmative,  will  be  treated  with 
arguments  in  favor  of  our  faith  and  practice, 
that  are  still  more  convincing  and  weighty. 
We  do  not  believe  that  any  of  our  readers  can 
afford  to  lose  the  arguments  of  Bro.  Stein,  who 
has  s]>ent  much  time  in  his  researches  tor  truth. 

I.M-II>EI.ITT  AtiAINST  ITSELK. 

The  widi^spread  teachings  of  modern  athe- 
ism and  infidelity  rail  forth  our  earnest  deter- 
mination to  eombat  it.  To  tliis  end  a  series  of 
articles  will  be  given,  making  infidelity  say./-"- 
Chnstianity  what  it  says  against  it— or  in  oth- 
er word'*,  all  it  says  against  the  Bible  are  mere 
assertions,  and  these  assertions  will  be  turned 
iu  favor  of  the  Bible.  This  work  requires  much 
stody  and  patience,  and  we  trust  our  readers 
will  appreciate  our  vti'ortM  in  behalf  of  pure 
principlej>. 

FOREIGN  t'ORRRSl-ONllKKrE. 

This  department  of  the  paper  will  be  more 
fully  developed,  and  we  shall  aim  to  keep  our 
readers  informed  in  such  Ecclesiastical  matters 
as  will  enable  them  to  read  the  signs  of  the 
times  in  the  fear  of  the  Lord.  Prof.  McGarvey's 
Letters  have  afforded  much  pleasure,  and  per- 
haps given  more  information  concerning  Jeru- 
salem and  surroundings  than  any  other  modern 
writer.  These  Letters  will  be  continued  until 
he  readies  home. 

EXEGETICAL. 

We  design  to  fill  about  one  page  with  Bible 
notes  and  comments,  bringing  out  for  our  read- 
ers some  of  the  best  thoughts  of  our  best 
thinkers.  Here  the  writing  talents  of  expe- 
rienced pens  and  beginners  will  find  a  field  for 
their  productions,  the  only  conditions  being, 
brevity  and  Bible  principles.  We  want  and  will 
nvite  the  choicest  tlioughts  of  old  and  young 
for  our  "Bible  Class  Department." 

CHURCH   NKW.-. 

The  atfectious  uiu^t  be  cultivated,  the  joyful 
part  our  being  fed  as  well  as  all  other  parts; 
hence  church  ne-v^,  and  the  incre^e-  of  Zion, 
whether  in  number  or  piety  will  form  an  im- 
portant feature  the  coming  year.  Only  that 
which  is  of  general  interest  will  be  published, 
and  matters  which  relate  to  individuals  will  be 
relega*ed  to  the  indispensable  "waste  basket." 
Neither  the  paper  nor  the  church  should  be 
wa.sted  by  lot'al  matters. 

PRINCIPLES. 

The  Brkthren  at  Work  is  for  that  peace 
which  Jesus  speaks  in  John  14:  27.  It  believes 
that  "the  Kingdom  of  God  is  joy  and  peace" 
(Rom.  14:  171  therefore  desires  to  "follow  the 
thing's  which  iiinke  for  peace,"  while  at  the 
same  time  it  shall  earnestly  contend  for  "the 
faith  once  delivered  to  the  saiijts."  To  expose 
the  weaknesses  of  Brethren,  singling  them  out 
as  subjects  for  reproof,  is  not  tlie  mission  of  the 
B.  at  W.  We  regard  the  paper  as  a  preacher. 
Whatever  is  required  of  preachers,  we  grant  to 
the  paper.  What  gospel  preachers  should  not 
do  in  the  pulpit,  should  not  be  done  by  the  pa- 
per. The  New  Testament  is  its  only  guide  in 
matters  of  faith  and  practice.  It  maintains 
that  the  unmerited,  unsoliciteii  grace  of  God  is 
the  only  source  of  pardon,  and  that  the  meri- 
torious works  of  Jesus  and  his  sutt'erings  are 
the  price  ot  our  redeoiption.  It  further  main- 
tains that  faith,  repentance  and  baptism  are 
conditions  of  pardon,  and  that  obedience  to  all 
the  commandments  of  the  Gospel  is  essential 
to  the  "reward  of  the  inheritance." 

TO  THE  FRONT. 

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but  request  that  you  induce  as  many  others  as 
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behalf  of  the  BRETHitEN  at  Work  may  again 
be  manifested,  and  that  the  success  which  has 
already  attended  your  work  may  be  continued 
for  the  promotion  of  Christian  principles.  That 
the  duties  and  responsibilities,  the  difficultjej 
and  obstacles  are  many  we  need  not  particolar- 
ly  notice,  for  God  will  supply  sufficient  gr^e 
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Do  <:(i'<h  hitsiuess;  for  the  text,  "Owe  no  man 
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THAT  "TEST.  " 


SINCE  becoming  a  partner  in  the  office  we 
have  had  to  devote  more  time  to  busineas 
than  we  had  anticipated,  when  we  proposed  to 
answer  whatever  criticisms  there  would  be 
made  on  our  article  in  No.  ."),  entitled,  "Sprink- 
ling and  pouring  put  to  the  test,"  Wo  now 
f-'el  that  we  have  delayed  too  long,  hence  re- 
print what  we  have  since  discovered  is  written 
nil  the  subject.  It  is  gratifying  to  us  to  know 
that  others  who  have  thought  upon  the  ques- 
tion agree  with  us. 

From  Gospd  Visitor,  Vol.   XIX   No.    1,  we 
have  the  following: 


eiiiber    ^2 


THE    TiRETHKl±.M^    ^T    AVOIiK. 


I.IUPTIZE  YOf  WITH  WATBR."  Matt.  3:11 

the  above  translatinti  strictly  logical? 
'  **  -pression  in  liarmooy  with  ft  clear  prac 
^^^  \  phi\o\gicA\  exposition  of  the  English 
^  •"  .    .    ...   __. 


Let  u9  see.      Webster   gives   the 

■c  no  specific  definition;  however,  ht 

,.  among  transitive  verba.      It  is  always 

''*'*^itive,  since  it  may  be  used   in   the   passive 

^^'    In  the  above  sentence,  'baptize'  ia  tran- 

''^"^  having  'I'  for  ^^  nominative  and  "you'  for 

^       t      Now  whatever  action   i^i   indicated 

"     verb   t<f /)/';<■  niust  be  exerted    upon    the 


,hiect;/«"' 


and  the  phrase  'with    water'    muat 


'I  i 
Now   we  can 


the  means  6y  which,  or 'the   means 

"V  gych  action  ia  performed.      Should   the 

*  '  i^pthf  mean  to  sjn-hikh.  as  many  contend 

"!        we  may.  according  to  the  law  of  grani- 

,■  1}  P.iuivalents,  test  the  tnith  of  it  by  sub- 
ifttica*  "^^1 

tintj  >Dri"A"/'' for 'baptize,  and  read: 
litutme  "I 

wa  .*F"'^''' y°"  witli  water. 

,    a  man  "''''  »  cluh,  because  sti-ikc  means 

.     y  hiou\  and  we  tan  u3e  a  club    a;;  a  means 

which  to  lay  on  blow.     We  can    buil   water 

')/  fire  because  we   can    employ    fire    aa  the 

ns  /"/  wliicli  to  perform  act  upon  tlie  water. 

',wec«n  not  .^/''-iHA/'-aman  i(M   water,    be- 

u<ie  the  woid  sprinkle   means   In   srattir   in 

II  tirops  or  patiii'Ie,  and  we  can  not  use  wn- 

'  ^  nieans  by  which  to  smlter  a  mnii    with 

, ,//  ufi ft ii-trs  were  it  even  poat-ible  to  do  so. 

.^ow  substitute  I'oitr  and  it  will  read:  'I  in- 

beApoi"'  yo"  "''*'**  ^v^t*""-'     ^^  '^^^  P""''  '"'"^ 

^Ith  water  '"  "  " 


if  it  first  be  mingled  with    it,  a^ 


r  unollK^r  liquid  into  water,  because  the 
to    flow   in    a     contiiuutus 


.treani,  and  the>e  liquids  are  susceptible  of  such 

tion.  Bit  water  can  not  be  usfd  as  a  means 
u  which  to  pour  anything.  That  a  man  may 
h,r  ill  "  coiUiiiuoiis  stream^  is  absurd. 

V?e  will  substitute  imnitrse,  and  read:  'I  in- 
deed'""«"■''«' y^" '"'''^  water.'  We  can  im- 
mft^f  any  thing  in  water,  but  we  can  nut  usf 
^aterasa  means  by  which  to  immerse  auy 
thing  because  the  word  immerse  means  to  put 
a  lltiiii.  The  word  iininfrsi',  however, 
ilaiids  the  teat  as  an  tfjuivalent  for  the  word 
baptize,'  since  U  will  take  the  'you'  after  it  and 
make  sense.  We  can  imnierae  a  man,  using 
ffater  as  a  medium  in  which  the  action  is  per- 
formed. The  element  water  is  essentially  pas- 
sive in  the  ordinance  of  baptism;  hence  the 
Greek  preposition  en,  should  be  translated  by 
inaiid  not  (W'/i.  The  word  spc/HWe  and  puiir 
oiisedinthe  above  connection  not  making 
sense  with  either  of  the  phrases,  'with  water' 
orin  icaf'-r,  prove  that  they  give  a  wrong  mean- 
ing to  the  original  word  haptiza.  D.  H." 

From  Alexander  Campbell's  works  on  Bap- 
tism, pp.  172,  173,  17S,  179,  ISO  we  find  the  fol- 
lowing: 

"Water  was  never  poured,  in  any  instance, 
upDE  a  human  being  in  virtue  of  any  statute, 
law.  or  regulation  of  divine  authority,  for  the 
purpose  of  sanctifying,  purifying,  or  cleansing 
liim  from  any  kind  of  legal,  ceremonial,  or  mor 
alpollutioii— for  the  sake  of  healing  him  or 
cleansing  him  from  auy  malady,  physical  or 
mental.  Water  mingled  with  ashes  is  com- 
manded to  be  sprinkled,  as  a  water  of  separa- 
tioD.  or  of  cleansing  persons  puUuted  by  any 
contact  with  things  forbidden  or  declared  un- 
clean. The  only  passages  in  the  Bible,  Old  Tes- 
tament or  New,  in  which  this  subject  is  men- 
tione-l,  are — Num.  viii.  8  and  7th:  'Sprinkle 
ffatero^'  purifying  \sin-W(it'r  in  the  margin]  up- 
ou  them,  j  the  Levites.)  and  let  them  shave  all 
their  flesh,  and  let  them  wash  their  clothes  and 
make  themselves  clean.'  Again,  Num.  xix.  13, 
18,19,  and  21st  verses.  The  manufacture  of 
this  'sio-water,'  or  water  of  purification— the 
Iftw  of  the  manner  of  them,  are  detailed  in  this 
cha|)ter.  These  four  passages  are  the  only  pas- 
sages in  the  law  of  Moses  that  speak  of  .-^priuk- 
'iug  water.  Allusion  to  thii  'clean'  or  'cleans- 
ing water'  is  found  once,  and  only  once  in  the 
Prophets— 'Then  will  I  sprinkle  clean  water 
upoij  you.'     Ez-'kiel  xxxvi.  2."). 

"I  have  lefc  out  one  occurreuce  of  the  word 
sprinkle,  beciuse  of  its  doubtful  interpretation. 
It  h  found  in  Isaiah  42:  15.  'Si  shall  hespriuk- 
's  many  nations.'  Junius  and  Tremelius,  for 
whose  leariiig  and  general  critical  acumen  in 
tier  Latin  versioo,  lying  before  me,  London  edi- 
lioQ,  15S1,  I  have  a  high  respect,  thus  render  it: 
^ftperspenjet  stujtorf  gentes  niidfna-So  shall  he 
•^tonish  (sprinkle  with  astonishment)  many  na- 
*«ns.'  The  Septuagint  uses  tk'iiumMiUtii— 
'So  shall  he  astouish  many  natipns.'  And  in 
tte  five    other   versions  of  Uagster's   Hexapla, 


equivalent  terras  are  employed.  Adam  Clarke 
observes  on  this  passage;  'I  retain  the  common 
rendering,  though  I  am  by  no  meais  satisfied 
with  it,  )  n::fh,  frequent  in  the  law,  means 
to  sprinkle;  but  the  water  sprinkled  is  the  ac- 
cusative case,  the  thing  on  which  has  a!  or  rl. 
Thauuimtoniai  makes  the  best  npodosis!'  Ho 
think  I.  The  connection  would  be  more  con- 
sistent. 'So  shall  he  astonish  many  nations." 
'The  kings  shall  shut  their  mouth  at  him.'  So 
far  OS  my  position  is  coDceined,  any  translation 
!■<  equal. 

"In  the  New  Testament,  we  find  the  term 
'sprinkle'  only  seven  times.  Heb.  f>:  19,  21, 
'Moses  sprinkled  both  the  book  and  all  the  peo- 
ple with  blood.'  Heb.  1^:  22,  'H.'iving  our 
hearts  sprinkled  from  an  evil  conscience,  and 
our  bodies  washed  with  pure  water.'  In  Heb. 
12,  we  have  an  allusion  to  the  red  heifer: 
'The  ashes  ot  an  heifer  sprinkling  the  unclean,' 
Heb.  11:  28  also  affords  another  instance:  'Mo- 
ses kept  the  sprinkling  of  blood.'  And  Heb. 
12:  24  alludes  to  the  'blood  sprinkling.'  While 
Peter,  ill  his  Ist  Epistle,  1:2,  allndes  to  the 
sprinkling  of  Christ's  blood.  So  that  sprink- 
ling of  water  receives  no  countenance  whatev- 
er from  the  New  Tfstament. 

"For  the  spcial  benefit  of  the  more  uneduca- 
ted, I  hhall  deduce  my  twelfth  argument  for 
immersion  from  the  first  precept  of  the  deca^ 
logue  of  philology.  That  precept,  according 
to  my  copy,  reads  thus;  Thf  <i'finitir}ii  of  a 
iron/  itself  are  n!wai/s  coneeriiblr  tenns.  For 
example;— (t /aw  I.V  rrrw/^  n/ action — is  equva- 
lent  to  saying,  a  rule  of  nrtimi  is  a  lair.  I'hi- 
hnttliropy  is  the  love  of  man . — is  equivalent  to 
sayiijg,  thr  love  of  man  is  piuhnifltropij..  Now, 
if  a  definition,  or  translation,  (whiijh  is  the 
same  thing)  be  correct,  the  definition,  if  substi- 
tuted for  the  terra  defined,  will  always  make 
good  sense,  and  be  congruous  with  all  the 
words  in  costruction. 

In  order,  then,  to  test  the  correctness  of  any 
definition  or  translation,  we  have  only  to  sub- 
stitute it  in  place  of  the  original  word  defined 
or  translated.  If.  in  all  places,  the  definition 
makes  good  sense,  that  is,  if  it  be  convertible 
with  the  word  defined,  it  is  correct;  if  not,  it  is 
incorrect.  Let  auy  one  unacquainted  with 
Greek  take  the  New  Testament,  beginning 
with  the  first  occurrence  of  haptitu,  or  auy  of 
its  family,  and  always  substitute  for  it  the  defi- 
nition or  translation  given,  and,  if  it  be  the 
correct  one,  it  will  make  sense;  good,  intelligi- 
ble sense,  in  every  instance, 

"We,  fhen,  read: — 'In  those  days,  the  .Jews 
of  .Jt-rusalem  and  Judea  went  out  to  John,  and 
were  sprinkled  by  him  in  the  Jonian,  confess- 
ing their  sins.'  To  perceivt*  the  impossibilty  of 
such  an  occurrence,  it  ia  only  necessary  to 
know  that  the  word  sprinkle  is  always  followed 
by  the  substance  sprinkled,  and  next  by  the 
object.  We  can  sprinkle  ashes,  dust,  water,  or 
blood,  kc,  because  the  particles  can  be  severed 
with  ease;  but  can  we  sprinkle  a  man?  We 
may  sprinkle  something  upon  him;  but  it  is 
impossible  for  any  man  to  sprinkle  another  in 
a  river;  and  it  is  eijually  -so  to  sprinkle  the  riv- 
er upon  him.  The  same  reasoning  will  apply 
to  pour.  This  verh  is  also  to  be  followed  by 
the  substance  poured.  Wa^  it  not  impossible  to 
pour  the  Jews  in  the  Jordan,  or  anywhereelse? 
And  to  pour  the  Jordan  upon  them  would  be 
as  unacceptable  to  them  as  it  would  have  been 
impossible  tor  the  Baptist.  It  remains,  then, 
that  we  try  the  word  immerse.  That,  too,  is 
followed  by  tlie  substance  to  be  immersed 
Noiv,  a  mil  em  bi  i;u  ujcni  iQ  ff  itar,  iu  oil 
in  sand,  in  grief,  in  debt,  or  in  the  Spirit; 
though  it  is  impo'sible  to  piur  him  into  any 
one  of  tliese.  Having,  then,  sul-jected  these 
thfije  to  th^  same  law  of  trial,  two  are  cou- 
deinani  and  reprjbite:  on;  only  is  psaaible,  de- 
sirable, and  reasonable. 

'"This  test  will  hold  to  the  end  of  the  volume; 
even  where  tht  asjociatiou  miy  appear  strange 
and  uncouth  in  style,  it  will  alway.s  be  not 
practicable  in  fact,  but  gJid  in  meaning.  For 
example:  Jesu*  was  to  bap'.i/.?  io  the  Holy 
Spirit.  Tlie  influence  of  the  Spirit  poured  out 
fills  some  place;  into  that  debt,  io  atlliction,  in 
any  special  trouble;  but  a  person  cannot  be 
poured  or  sprinkled  into  tliese.  Such  an  oper- 
ation is  always  impossible,  under  any  view,  lit- 
eral or  figurative. 

"Let  it  be  carefully  noted,  in  this  most  use- 
ful test,  that  the  three  words  are  all  to  be  sub- 
jected to  the  same  laws.     Ist.  Tlie   material    is 


performed  is  to  follow  the  material.  In  baptism, 
the  material  is  a  man;  the  element,  water.  Ab 
Johnoinnot  pour  the  material  Jame-i.neither  can 
he  sprinkle  him;  but  he  can  immerse  him  m  * 
river,  in  debt,  in  grief,  &c.  It  is  highly  improp- 
er and  uiigrammatical  to  use  such  a  phrase,  un- 
less by  special  agreement  by  the  parties  pres- 
ent. 

"Some  persona  accustomed  to  a  very  loose 
style.see  aoimproprietyin  the  phrase,  "sprinkle 
him — pour  him,"  because  of  the  supplement  in 
their  own  minds.     They  think  of  the    material 
which  is  sprinkled  or  poured  uprjn  him,  and  for 
brevity's  aake.  say  sprinkle  bim;  that  is,  sprink- 
le dust  or  wiiter  upon  him.     But,  in  testing  the 
propriety  of  such  phrases,  the  ellipsis    muat  be 
aupplied.     There  is  no  ellipsis  in  ^'"immersion;" 
but  there  i^  always  in  sprinkle  or  pour   htm. — 
The  material  is  suppressed,  because  it   ia    to  be 
-uppnged  to   be   understood,   as   in   the  case^ 
sprinkle  c/fC(H  fr'i/cr  upoQ   him.      Now,   whi 
the  abbreviation  may  be  tolerated,  so  far  as  time 
concerned,  it  is  tolerable   in   physicial   and 
grammatical  propriety;  because  it  is  physically 
impossible  to  scatter  a  man  into    particles  like 
dust,  or  to  pour  him  out  like    water;   and    it  i« 
grnmmaticallj'  improper  to  suppress  the  proper 
object  of  the  verb, 'and  to  place  after  it  a  word 
not  goverurd  by  it. 

"Before  submitting  my  next  argument  on 
this  proposition,  I  beg  leave  to  introduce  the 
special  cestimony  of  one  of  An-erica's  most 
eminent  classic  scholars.  I  believe  I  only  ac- 
cord with  enlightened  public  opinion,  when  I 
introduce  Profesor  Charles  Anthon,  of  Colum- 
bia College,  New  York,  as  one  of  the  most  dis- 
tinguished Greek  scholars  in  the  Union.  His 
long  devotion  to  the  study  and  teaching  of  this 
language  is  not  the  only  reason  of  this  super- 
iority. His  laborious  researches  in  ancient  lit- 
erature, his  critical  collation  of  copies,  various 
readings,  marg  inal  notts,  general  criticisms,  as 
editor  of  so  many  of  the  classics  already  in 
our  colleges,  and  his  excellent  classical  diction- 
ary, have  obtained  for  him  this  high  reputa- 
tion." s.  J.  H. 


FROM  PALESTINE. 


HUUBER  XXIII. 


Jerusalem. 


always  to  follow  the  verb.      2d.  The   place,  or 
thing,  or  relation  into  which  the  action  is  to  be 


[Tniin'.Uiu  "OlirtftInD  Stsadard"  by  iiwcl&l  AmiiKemeDt.] 

SINCE  the  turnpike  from  Joppa  to  Jerusa- 
lem was  constructed,  nearly  all  travelers 
approach  Jerusalem  by  that  road,  and  enter 
through  the  Joppa  gate,  which  is  the  only  gate 
on  the  western  side  of  the  city. 

When  you  are  within  about  a  mile  of  that 
gate  you  obtain  your  first  view  of  it,  and  of  the 
city  wall  running  south  of  it.  You  have  al 
ready  seen,  a  b-w  minutes  sooner,  the  hills  of 
Moab,  and  the  Mount  of  Olives,  and  you  could 
see  that  part  of  the  western  wall  of  the  city 
which  lies  north  of  the  Joppa  gate,  but  for 
houses  outside  of  the  walls  which  hide  it.  You 
are  now  on  ground  more  than  100  feet  higher 
than  that  at  the  gate,  and  the  road  descends  by 
a  regular  slope.  The  road  before  you  is  really 
a  street;  for  it  is  lined  with  buildings  and  the 
walls  of  gardens  and  yards  all  the  way.  This 
is  part  of  a  new  city,  which  has  sprung  up  out- 
side ot  the  old  one  within  the  last  ten  years,  and 
which  extends  all  along  the  western  and  north- 
ern sides  of  the  old  city,  and  about  a  mile  o:\t 
on  each  side. 

Passing  down  the  street  before  you,  you  reach 
the  Joppa  gate  This  gate  is  not  an  opening 
directly  through  the  wall  into  the  city,  but  a 
doorway  12  teet  wide  and  about  Hi  high,  which 
admits  you  into  a  square  tower,  3H  feet  square 
and  as  high  as  the  wall.  When  you  get  within 
this,  you  turn  square  to  the  left,  pass  through 
a  similar  opening  on  that  side,  and  thus  enter 
the  city.  The  outside  opening  into  the  tower 
is  supplied  with  folding  doors  five  or  six  inche-H 
thick,  covered  with  iron,  and  thickly  set  with 
the  heads  of  iron  bolts.  A  Turkish  soldier  is 
always  posted  there  with  musket  in  hand,  but 
he  seems  to  have  no  business  except  to  prevent 
any  of  his  fellow-soldiers  from  going  out  with 
out  a  pass.  Tursish  soldiers  are  famous  for  de- 
serting at  every  opportunity. 

When  you  are  through  the  gate  you  see  an 
open  space  of  irregular  shape,  stretching  about 
70  yards  belbre  you  towards  (he  east,  and  vary- 
ing from  six  to  ten  yards  in  width  from  right 
to  left.  Along  this  space  on  your  right  hand 
is  a  wall  about  three  feet  high,  which  separates 
the  street  from  the  deep  moat  surrounding   on 


imiuenne  old  castle  called  the  tower  of  David. 
Thiscastle  was  spared  by  Titus  when  he  de- 
stroyed the  citv,  to  show  posterity  how  dtrong 
were  the  fortifications  of  the  city  which  hesnc- 
ceeded  in  taking.  On  your  left  along.this  space, 
are  a  garden  wall  and  some  iimall  houses. 
Through  this  space  pass  more  than  half  of  the 
people  who  go  in  and  out  of  Jerusalem,  and  it 
is  continually  thronged.  Beggarn  of  every  im> 
aginable  description  swarm  here  like  flies,  and 
they  put  flies  to  shame  by  the  tenacity  with 
which  they  cling  to  every  foreigner  who  pasaea 
along.  If  you  stop  to  give  one,  they  all  crowd 
around  you  and  you  are  compelled  almost  to 
fight  before  yon  can  move  on. 

Passing  throi'gh  this  open  space,  you  next 
have  on  your  right  a  similar  space  turning  to 
the  right  between  the  eastern  side  of  the  tower 
of  David  and  a  row  of  buildings  in  which  is  the 
American  Consulate  and  Episcopal  Church— 
the  latter  a  handsome  building.  Further  to  the 
south  this  space  contracts  into  a  street  which 
runs  through  the  south-western  part  of  the 
city. 

On  your   left,   at   the    point  we   have    now 
reached,  are  two  stores  after  the  Kuropean  style, 
and    next   to   them    the    Mediterranean   hotel. 
Passing  these  and  still  going  eastward,  you  en- 
ter David  street,  which    runs  directly   through 
the  city  to  the  principal  gateway  into  the  tem- 
ple inclosure.    This  street  is  about  b  feet  wide 
between  the  sidewalka,  and   the  sidewalks  are 
about  two  feet  wide.     It  is  paved   with  stones 
of  every  shape,  whose  rounded   surfaces  are  aa 
smooth    as  glass,   and  you   are  comirelled    to 
watch  your  steps  to  keep   from  falling.      Y'ou 
must  also  watch  to  keep   from   colliding   with 
some  of  the  crowd  which  constantly  throng  it, 
and  with  loaded  asses  and  camels  to  whom    the 
entire  street  octaaionly  must  l>e  given  up.     We 
rode  through  it   two  or    three   times,   but  we 
found  it  better  to  walk.     Another  striking  fea- 
ture of  the  street,  and  one  which  characterizes 
all  the  streets  of  all  the  cities   of  Palestine   is, 
that  here  and  there  it  is  entirely  covered   over 
by  an  arched  roof,  or  by    the    upper  stories  of 
houses,  and   that   at   other    places    matting  ia 
stretched  across  on  poles  above  to  shut  out  the 
direct  heat  of  the  sun. 

On  David  street  are  theshopsoccupiedchiefiy 
by  Jews,  and  called  the  Jewish    Bazaar.      The 
street  descends  ropidly  as  you   advance  to    the 
east.    The  surface  on  the  right  hand  stirts  off 
at  first  nearly  on  a  level  with  the  street,  but  as 
you  descend,  it  rises;  and  the  streets  leading  in 
that  direction  become  steeper  and  steeper,  some- 
times having  stair  steps  to  iiscend  them.       All 
of  this  is  the  surfuce   of  Mt.   Zion,   along   the 
northern  slope  of  which   David   strert  is  con- 
structed.    The  descending    grade  of  the  street 
was  made  necessary  by  the  fact  that   Mt.    Mo- 
riah,  thf  temple  Mount,  is  100  feet  lower  than 
Mt.  Zion.    Mt.  Zion  is  divided   into  two  dis- 
tricts, or  quarters,  as  they  are  called — the  Ar- 
menian quarter  toward   the  west,  and  the  Jew- 
ish toward  the  east.    Only   abont   half  of  thia 
mount,  however,  is  now   within   the  city,   the 
southern    half  lying  outside  of  the  present  wall. 
Consequently,  the  Mt.  Zion  of  lilodern  Jerosfc- 
leni  is  not  more  than  half  the  size  of  the  Mt. 
Zion  of  ancient  times. 

On  your  lefl  hand,  as  you  start  d^wn  David 
street  from  the  Joppa  gate,  the  grx)und  to  the 
left,  or  north  side,  ascends  all  the  way  to  the 
north-west  corner  of  the  city,  where  it  is  100 
feet  higher  than  the  top  of  Mt.  Zion.  When 
you  have  gone  about  half  way  down  David 
street,  however,  the  ground  in  this  direction 
runs  oft"  on  a  level.  The  higher  ground  to  the 
left  which  you  have  now  passed  is  the  hill  Acta. 
As  you  go  still  further  down  David  street,  the 
ground  to  the  left  descends  with  a  continually 
increa-*ing  slope  into  a  valley  out  of  which  it 
rises  again  as  it  approaches'  the  northern  aide 
of  the  city.  This  is  the  upper  part  of  the 
Tyropii-n  valley.  It  once  passed  from  this 
point  with  a  rapid  descent  all  the  way  between 
Mt.  Zion  and  Mt.  Moriah;  but  where  David 
street  crosses  its  original  bed.  and  for  a  short 
distance  to  the  rii;ht  and  letl  of  this  street,  it 
has  been  entirely  filled  up.  Further  south  it 
•shows  itself  again,  but  even  there,  according  to 
Capt.  Warren's  excavations,  it  has  been  tilled 
up  60  feet  iverpendicular. 

J.  W.  McGahvet. 


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Ti^t:  Hiii-ri'n^^JiKisr  -a.t  ^vo±iK:. 


September 


COui;   HiiBlc    (fl;iE 


brie.i     ■ 
Mslen  CM  ■-li"- 
bulthis.l.*f«  n 
the  sfinic  t'ipif 


il  .■xflurtemiy  "tit 


tliifl  U>ken  of  rcierencc  fur,  and  suliti.  *'  :  iry,  who    pron  ;        ' 

the  authority   of  our   Ma»t«r.    than  Afl-'rtaliij.- 

tliu*  come    upyn    this  conmion    Icvv!  rtjilaioU,  thi?  .]-  -  . 

lii'-IiDction  (■(  tft'ft*?,   rich   or  j»oor.  anJ  ^luojj '.  j  I  !.■  uj,f'j   i.i^  disease   hyciropl-Jii'      Oi: -i,     i! 

rtii^h  0111'  anoth'T'M   feet,  and  again  »t   th«t  pp-1  him  if  be  had  \)e^a  bitten  by  a  dun  at  uriy  *'"! 

riod  vrhon  w<?  have  jiiat   eTcmplifii'd  the  ulioii    Mr.  Smith  had  i;0  recollcctioo    <"f  the  4tli 


Will  sonip  i>n«>  pt(«A^'?  explain   Matt 
twrttcular  w.'  w.tiiUl  llkf  to  know  wIhj  is  the  lna«t, 
and  wliy   called  tlio  Iwiat  in  tli*-  kinn'UJtx  d  d 


enlf 


jF>iTINA    MlLLBH. 


Will  soon*  brother  or  siftter  plciwe  cxiilalri  what 
thlniP  wen- done  In  Bcthntnim.  That  whidi  In 
•poken  of  in  SU  Jolm  1 :  as. 

Samubl  W.  Yo«t. 

Win  8i>mi'  one  pU':i*''  rxpUln  thi-  -'.th  and  flth 
TWBWiof  ll»'«".tli  chapLflrof  iUwplatiijriay  It  rends 
M  follows:  ■'Ami  wlir-nhdliadopHnwl  the  tliird 
Beal.  I  heard  the  tliinl  hi-iwt  say.  C"iiic  and.  fu-.*-.— 
And  M'l'lii'M.  and  lr>.  al'hwk  hoP«e;  and  hp  that 
WtonhimhadH  pair  of  balamses  In  his  hand. 
And  I  h«ard  a  voice  In  the  midst  of  the  four  hpf«t* 
■ay,  A  mea-inri-  of  wl.pat  for  a  jic-nny.  and  thn-e 
mraaiin'S  of  Itarlcy  for  a  penny ;  Jin.i  h.-.-  thoii  linrl. 
nottlieoll  and  the  wini-." 


MINISTERS  A    FLAME   OF  FIRE. 

Will  Hf.nH-  oni-  explain  Ilch.  1:1?  "  And  of  th« 
anfr<<lfl  he  hhUIi.  Who  raakf'f  h  Ids  an([elB  Hrdrlta.  and 
hlB  mlnioUTH  a  flamP  of  llrf."  li.  T.  Ckook. 

ii  i  ND  of  the  angel"  l^e*'*''!'."  Welearufrom 

A     thiH    Unu'iaiio  that,  th.^    miuHt-M   apo 
ken  of  in   the  laat  part  of  the  Teme  muat  be 
angfltt.  also  iu  the  Ulh  v.-f«L-  ol  the  Kani-  chap- 
ter the  HUti'-U  »ru  calied    "miniHtvring 
We  c-oiicliidf  Mien  that  the  iinKf 
ter3.  hut  wliy  rallfd  a  "flinic  of  firi':-' 
bos  seat  them   to  tlie  eartli  at  varioUB 
minister  to  nmn  in  the  form  of  a  Hm-ic  of  hrp  — 
ExoduN  3:  2,  reaH-i  iv*  fonow.-s:    "And  the  nngel 
of  the    Lord    appeared    unto  him    (Mos^-h)   in  « 
flam.'  of  firit  out  ol  (he    niidst  of  a  bush,  and  he 
look-d    and    behold  the    bu^h  bnrned  with  fire 
and  the  bush  wn«  ii')t   lonnunied."  and   Klii-lia 
■aWHphariot  and  horsuH  of  Hre  receive  Elijah 
when    he   wa«   tmmlaU)d.--2  KiiiKS.  ii:  H.     I 
could   multiply  these  examples,    but  deem    it 
imDecessary. 


of  the  divine  family  by  participating  iu  the 
Lord's  Supper,  and  about  to  ceJebrate  the  holy 
communion,  in  which  we  exemplify  our  union 
and  feilowHhip  with  Christ.  I  rejieat  that  it 
appeam  to  me  that  there  could  be  no  more  auit^ 
able  time  to  viiw  each  other  a  solemn  pledge  ot 
our  fidelity,  our  intention  to  be  true  to  each 
other  under  all  circumi^tances  and  to  ^eal  thin 
pledge  by  a  warm,  Christian  ttalutation.  There- 
fore I  can  see  no  yood  reason  for  abandoning 
this  practice,  though  we  may  not  hav**  a  com- 
mand nor  example  that  it  niiould  W  so  done,  if 
80,  for  the  «amp  reaion  we  may  abandon  it  alto- 
gether. H,   K.  Mill. MAW. 


iTopirrt  of  tljc  flau. 


s]>iritH. 
e  minirt- 
'  for  God 

timcH  to 


li  K,  Moon. 


ANSWER  TO  BROTHER  YOUNCE. 

I  lielieye  tJmt  It  Iw  (("iieriilly  clniniedhy  us  that 
we  are  strielly  Hcriplinal  hi  our  praetiro.  Will 
■ome  brother  c  sister  please  tell  us  whpro  the  com- 
mand or  exan  plo  wiw  given  by  Christ  or  the  apos- 
tlos  for  the  i)rACtk'«  of  the  .inhitation  between  the 
supper  and  cmmunlon"!'  A  scriptural  answer  la 
flealred.  anO  not  the  tradition  of  the  eirtei-s  (this 
llde  of  the  apostle*).  D-  Younok. 

FIllST,  we  do  notnuppoHc  that  any  one  would 
venture  to  iWBcrt  that  there  is  any  precept 
or  axaiuple  given  by  Christ  or  the  apostles  for 
the  practice  of  the  salutation  at  the  time  re- 
ferred to  in  the  query,  or  at  any  other  partic- 
ular time  or  place,  hut  like  many  other  christian 
exercises,  sncli  as  singing,  praying,  fasting,  *c., 
it  is  a  service  otdnined  by  Divine  authority,  and 
to  he  observed  by  God's  children  when  and 
where  circumstances  would  indicate  its  propii 
ety,  to  be  determined  in  the  minds  of  those  who 
KB[jecl  and  ilesire  to  obey  the  command,  iu  tlio 
fear  of  (ioii  mid  fearless  of  man. 

Second,  there  (ire  many  diiVereut  forms  of 
salutation.  The  soldier  sHlutcs  with  a  peculiar 
movement  of  the  hand,  prcBentation  of  the 
sword  or  other  implements,  uel^'hbors  salute  by 
an  inclination  of  the  body  and  bowing  the 
head,  and  sometimes  by  a  gro'tp  and  hearty 
shake  of  the  hand,  and  various  other  forms  have 
obtained  among  the  people  of  the  world.  The 
Christian  salutation,  as  ordained  by  Divine 
authority,  is  the  kies  of  charity,  or  holy  kiss, 
and  hiiggests  to  the  mind  the  idea.  Ist.,  a  token 
of  reverence  to  a  sunerior.  See  1  Samuel,  K'lh 
chapter  Ist  verse.  2nd.  of  subniiHsion  to  Christ. 
Ps.  2:  10.  3rd.  of  love.  Genesis  27:  2tJ,  27.  4tli, 
of  fidelity,  1  Samuel  20:41. 

Third.  With  hiMnble  reverence  for  our  Mas- 
ter, and  respect  to  his  authority,  the  faithful 
intends  to  he  obedient  to  his  command  to  salute 
one  another  with  a  kiss  of  charity,  and  as  an 
evidence  of  love  for  the  divine  family,  we  prac- 
tice this  salutation  when  meeting  afcer  a  period 
of  absence,  and  should  not  be  ashamed  of  it. 
if  thLs  meeting  should  occur  on  the  public 
thoroughfares  or  anywhere  else,  though  it 
should  be  in  the  presence  of  tho  dignitaries  of 
the  world.  And  when  together  upon  commun- 
ion occasions',  when  in  the  exaniiuation  of  our 
spiritual  condition,  and  call  our  minds  again 
afremh  to  our  covenant  engageriieut  to  be  faith- 
ful until  death,  faithful  in  our  duty  to  God,  and 
fidelity  toward  one  another.  I  c:innot  cor  ceive 
of  a    more  euitable  time   or  place   to  obseiv 


TwKNTv  thousand  acres  of  land  have  been 
leased  in  Orif-gsville,  near  Genesee,  Livingston 
Co..  N.  v.,  for  the  purpose  of  sinking  salt 
wells.  The  prospects  are  said  to  be  very  prom- 
ising. 

Gevkral  Krancis  A.  Walker,  superintendent 
of  the  census,  t  links  the  next  count  will  show 
an  increase  of  10,O0<i,0on  peojde  in  the  United 
Strtes  during  the  decade  ending  next  year. 

Mit.  .yohu  U.  (iongh  i.s  iu  his  fl2nd  year,  has 
traveled  about  42<i,'iiJ0  miles  and  delivered  near- 
ly K,000  lectures  within  the  hxst  thirty-seven 
years,  and  yut  he  haa  not  been  in  bed  trom  ill- 
ness siince  itvltJ. 

It  is  now  «»timated  that  the  wheat  crop  of 
Indiana  for  this  year  will  be  from  4O,OuO,O06  to 
T)!),' II  10,1  II 10  bushels,  and  will  bring  into  the 
State  and  add  to  its  invented  wealth  from  $25,- 
000,0(10  to  40,000.000. 

The  Kussian  Societyof  Hygiene  propose  to 
print  school  books  in  white  letters  on  a  black 
ground,  in  order  to  check  the  increase  of  myopia 
(short-sightedness)  iu  scholars. 

Dm.  Hitchcock  insists  tliat  knowledge  is  a 
preventative  of  disea-^e,  showinp  that  the  insane 
in  Massachusetts  are  nine-tenths  uneducated 
paupers,  and  so  are  5u,uu0  of  the  (if>,G0O  in  asy- 
lums in  J-Jugland. 

Thk  entire  [lopulation  of  Pan's,  floating  or 
jiermanent,  is  counted  oflieially  every  month. 
Whetrier  your  abode  be  at  private  residence, 
hotel  or  boarding  house,  you  will  be  reijuired 
within  forty-Hight  hours  to  sign  a  register  giv- 
ing your  name,  age,  occupation  and  former 
residence.  This  register  gives  also  the  leading 
characteristics  of  your  personal  appeitfanco. 
There  it  no  hiding  in  Paris.  Every  house,  l'V- 
ery  room  is  known  and  under  policesurveilauce, 
while  each  stranger  is  known  and  described  at 
police  lioadquarters  within  a  short  time  after 
his  arrival.  It  might  be  advisable  for  some 
tourists  who  propose  a  vi?;it  to  tlie  French  me- 
tropolis  to  prepare  beforehand  for  this  scrutiny 
of  the  i'Vench  olKciuls,  for  once  within  the 
walls  of  Paris  your  identity  is  always  there. 


July  incident  until  reminded  by  his   wife.     He 


thought,  however,  it  conld  not  be  possible  that    t«u  Klder  Kay  has  said,  '•Mr.  J.   H.  M 


Why  Did  They  Fight? 

WILL  some  of  our  readT.'*  p|fag«  \^\\  ^^ 
iiii.ny  tim.  -    Eld-r  IWy  has  ■«-,  ,; 
Tonker   rimrche-.  are    not    irhurchwi    •.■_ 
('hri-t?  li.  AT    W.     \Vt' c^nm.t    an.vw 
(juehtion,  hut  will  sfik  some  uu«  to  teil    ;, 


he  was  a  victim  to  this  dreadful  malady,  and 
bravely  held  to  this  opinion  to  the  last  From 
this  time  on  he  grew  worse  and  woise,  but  nt 
no  time  was  he  ^^nlject  to  violent  paroxisms  or 
other  hurribie  nyniptons  that  invaria^)ly  accom- 
pany an  attack  of  hydrophobia.  Other  physi- 
cians were  called  in  consultation,  and  npijjhbor?* 
and  friends  haatifned  to  his  assistance,  but  all 
the  medical  skill  and  ho[iP3  and  prayers  could 
nrtt  -tay  the  monster,  and  at  6  o'clock  on  Thurs- 
day evening  our  amiable  friend  and  good  citiz  n 
closed  his  eyes  in  death. 

The  deceased  was  a  member  of  the  German 
Baptist  Church.  ;ind  was  consistent  in  the 
Christian  teachings  of  that  denomination.  He 
leaves  a  young  widow  an''  child  offender  yeiu^s, 
and  a  howt  of  relatives  and  persfmal  friejids  to 
mourn  his  sad  and  melancholy  death.  The  lu- 
ueral  on  Sunday  morning  wjs  probably  the 
largest  that  has  yet  occurred  in  the  lower  end 
of  the  county.  It  was  indeed  a  fitting  tribute 
to  the  worth  and  character  of  the  deceased  — 
About  two  hundred  and  sixty  vehicles  were 
I'ounted  around  the  mourning  homestead,  and 
at  MohlerV  church  no  less  than  six  hundred 
persons  listened  to  the  eulogy  services,  conduc- 
ted by  Klfier  Kckerman.  of  Shippensburg,  Pa. 
— S'ifiinhtu  Erenini/  JouriiiiL 


^ovv^mmxAf^ntxi. 


From  Bond  Co.,  111. 

I>far  Brethren: — 

I  HOTHKR  John  Wise  is  presiding  elder  here 
O  in  the  Hurricane  Creek  Church,  and  tries 
to  meet  with  us  once  a  month,  but  we  have 
appointments  every  two  weeks  which  are  tilled 
by  brethren  living  here.  We  have  four  uiinis- 
ters,  Hix  deacons  and  about  a  hundred  mem- 
bers. There  have  been  no  additions  since  iu 
tjie  Spring.  W^e  have  no  Sabbath-school  here 
but  hope  there  may  be  ere  long.  We  have  bea^i 
blessed  with  a  very  bountiful  harvest  of  all 
kinds  of  grain  and  fruit,  except  peaches.  Our 
communion  will  be  on  the30th. 

Mary  Jokes, 


leading  Tiinker  editor,  Alexander  Mk'c  - 
enau,  1708— blaaphemous?  &c.  Wy  «..;, 
what  concern'--d  in    arranging   the    N.-,, 
Debate,  and    wo    liave  often  wondertd  \\tiy      ' 
Baptist   friend.-*    fought  the  idea  of  an  it«ii,i""J 
discussion  with    such  uutiring  zeal.     Wp  } 
concluded  tliat    they    are  like  a   friend  of  ou  "■ 
who,  when  callfd  upon  to  make  a  speech  saj 
"I  don't  wish  to  be  confiutd  to  any  one  suhje  t' 
for  it  takes  all  that   1  know  ou  all  subjects  t ' 
make  a  speech."     So    with  Mr.  lUy.    He  don't 
knoiv  enough  against  the  Brethren  on  any  ^^^\^ 
ject  to  make  a  .speech,  and    thii  will,  perlian 
serve    as  an  anology  for  Mr.    Pay's  ramble  '  ' 
every  effort  he   makes,  also    for  his   numerou 
niisrepresentafious  of  which  that  article  call  :1 
'■Kid.  D.  B.  Ray*H  ISth  r*ply,"  is  the  cap  sheaf 
Brethren,  we  should  lememb^r  that  '  thoy  tJim 
would  live   godly  in  Christ    .Fesus  shall  sutler 
persecution."     Then  let  us  take  courage. 

J-T.M.wos. 


From  Goshen,  Ind. 


J)riir  Bnthrt'n:- 


A  Victim   of  Hydrophobia. 

ANOTHKR  good  citizen  haa  been  stricken 
down  iu  the  enjoyment  of  perfect  health, 
and  his  nuujerous  friouds  sorrow  as  those  who 
would  not  bw  comforted.  , 

Levi  A.  Smith,  the  subject  of  this  notice,  was 
avictiui  to  tli^  hn-rilile  malady  known  as  hydro 
pliol)ia.  On  the 4th  of  .July  last  he  was  bitten 
on  the  index  finger  of  the  right  hand  by  a  bla"k 
and  tan  terrier  dog.  The  dog  had  appeared  as 
a  pot  iu  Ihc  household,  and  having  been  iiijured 
in  one  of  his  limbs,  he  lounged  around  th^ 
house  in  apparent  misery.  Mr.  Smith  took 
him  up  into  his  lap  to  loarn  the  cause  of  his 
Hufieruig,  when  he  was  bitten  as  aforesaid.  Mr. 
Smith,  however,  thought  nothing  of  this  and 
went  about  his  work  on  his  homestead,  which 
is  located  in  Upper  Allen  township,  about  a 
mile  and  a  quarter  south-east  of  Mechanicshurg. 
On  last  Monday  evening  the  hrat  syiuptoius  of 
the  impending  malady  appeared  to  take  hold  of 
his  healthy,  robust  foi-m,  hy  his  feeling  a  slight 
pain  in  his  arm.  of  which  he,  however,  said 
nothing  about,  and  passed  the  night  in  appa- 
rent comfort.  Ou  Tuesday  morning  he  again 
felt  unwell,  hut  returned  cheerfully  to  his  farm 
labor,  hoping  to  wear  off  the  mysterious  pain. 
He  labored  all  day,  keeping  silent  as  to  hisdi-v- 
tresKcd  feelings,  On  Tuesday  night  after  reti 
ring  he  felt  wori-e,  and  no  lou'ier  concealed  his 
distress  of  mind  and  body  from  hi.s  wife  and 
family.  Getting  no  better,  his  wife  became 
alarmed,  and  at  2  o'clock  Wednesday  morning 
she  despatched  a  messenger  to  Dr.  O'Neil,  at, 


BIIOTHKR  Loehr  was  with  us  a  week  late'y. 
He  is  very  weak  in  body  hut  strong  in 
tiie  spirit.  He  wiis  too  weak  to  preach  to  the 
people,  but  his  heart  was  filled  with  joy  and 
love  to  Qod.  Brethren  and  sister?,  let  us  be 
more  faithful  and  dischai-ge  our  duty  more  and 
more  so  we  cau  be  ready  whcu  death  overtakes 
us.  Let  us  try  and  raise  our  children  iu  the 
admonition  of  the  Lord.  I  desire  to  work  for 
Christ.  We  picture  death  coming  to  destroy 
us,  let  us  rather  picture  it  coming  tu  save  us. 
We  think  of  lo.sing,  let  us  rather  think  of  gain- 
ing; we  think  of  parting,  let  us  think  of  meet- 
ing; we  think  of  going  away,  let  us  think  ot 
arriving,  and  as  the  voice  of  death  whispers  you 
must  go  from  earlh,  let  us  hear  the  voice  of 
Christ  saying,  you  are  coming  to  me  brother. 
■  1  '  Thomas  Seli.. 


From  Michigan. 

fh'ir  JirrlJiren:— 

OUR  communion  meeting  is  now  amon?  the 
thiug«  of  the  oast,  and  we  had  a  refresh- 
ing season,  with  a  few  ^-xceptions.  The  Lord 
had  blessed  us  in  sending  us  a  minister,  who 
labored  willingly  and  faithfully,  and  many 
times  we  were  permitted  to  have  our  sptrilual 
appetites  satisfied  and  our  thiraty  souls  refreili. 
ed  as  we  were  permitted  to  drink  deep  from  the 
wells  of  salvation,  and  to  hear  the  blessed  fmths 
of  the  Gospel  anri  learn  the  way  of  eternal  life 
under  the  sound  of  his  voice.  But  now  comes 
the  trial,  now  comes  the  time  of  onrseparation 
We  had  to  take  the  parting  hand  and  drink 
the  bitter  cup  to  its  very  dregs  and  ftelthe  rea- 
ding  smart  that  Christians  feel  when  they  lutwt 
part.  Now  we  are  left  without  a  miuiater 
without  any  one  to  cheer  us  ou  our  journey 
through  the  wilderness,  and  brethren  and  sis- 
ters, let  us  press  fjrw;ird  with  more  zeal.  Let 
us  not  be  content  with  an  outward  form  aloue, 
hut  let  us  show  that  we  have  been  bora  not  of 
corruptible  seed,  but  of  incorruptible,  by  the 
word  of  God  which  liveth  and  abideth  forever. 
Christ  said,  "My  words  are  spirit  and  they  are 
life."  If  we,  then,  are  born  of  the  spirit,  letiia 
discern  things  in  a  spiritual  way,  and  ever  dis- 
dain the  thought  of  an  outward  form  without 
an  internal  change.  Let  us  not  be  ashamed  to 
pray,  but  may  we  often  bow  in  Getb.seuiane, 
and  may  we  be  bathed  with  the  drops  that  fell 
from  the  Master's  brow,  nu^iy  our  prayers  asceLd 
heavenward  minaled  with  the  agony  and  dy- 
ing groans  of  Calvary's  Lamb. 

Lydia  A.  KnisF. 
Good  Hart,  Mich. 


From   Mineral  Creek,  Mo. 

Dnir  BnUifeH: — 

OUR  Love-least  on  the  28th of  August  passed 
off  with  excellent  impressions.  Thechurch 
was  built  up  under  the  ministry  of  brethren 
Lemuel  Hillery,  A.  Hutchison,  J.  S  .  Mohler 
and  A.  W.Rceae.  The  attendance  was  good. 
Our  meetings  continued  until  theSlst.  Preach- 
ing by  brother  Hillery  who  labored  earnestly 
and  faithfully  to  impress  the  hearers  with  this 
truth,  and  we  have  reason  to  believe  that  his 
work  among  us  resulted  in  strengthening  fhe 
cause  of  the  Brethren  here.  During  his  stay 
amons  the  churches,  over  three  months,  he 
labored  zealously  and  traveled  from  place  to 
place.  If  we  could  always  have  Buch  workers 
in  the  field  attending  to  the  oft-repeat^>d  calls 
to  us  to  come  and  preach,  we  would  feel  greatly 
relieved.  As  w«  cannot  reconcile  a  refusal  ot 
such  urgent  calls  with  our  sense  of  duty,  we 
hope  that  in  the  providence  of  Him  who  hear- 
cth  His  pe.iple,  brother  Hillery,  with  otheri'. 
may  come  among  us  to  do  battle  for  the  L'lrd 
and  replenish  the  wa^te  places  in  Zion. 

S.  S.  MOHLF.K. 


Missionary  Meeting. 

fpHE  Missionary  Board  of  the  Middle  District 
X  of  Ind.,  met  in  the  Antioch  Church,  Hun 
tini;ton  Co.,  Aug.  30th,  1879.  Meeting  opened 
with  devotional  exercises.  The  Moderator  ol 
Board  not  being  present,'  brother  Benjamin 
Neff  was  chosen  Moderator  pro  ^ew).  Meeting 
declared  reaiiy  tor  business. 

1st.  Reading  of  plan  of  Mission  work  ot 
Middle  Ind.,  as  adopted  by  District  Meeting  ol 
I67!t.  hy  Secretary.  Also  reading  proceeding-' 
of  Board  choseu  to  carry  out  said  plan  at  their 
meeting  .lune  14th,  187{i.  in  the  Ogans  Creek 
District,  to  organize,  and  organization  stated 
iic. 

2.  Report  of  Treasurer,  stating  what  amouut 
of  funds  iu  his  bauds,  and  the  churches  tbut 
contributed  funds. 

3.  Setting  time  foi  evangelists  to  start  on 
their  work,  aud  where  theiV  fi^Id  of  labor  is  to 
be.  The  fith  of  October  was  named'  to  meet  iu 
the  Monticello  Church,  Whit*  Co.,  Ind..  to  en- 
gage in  prayer  aud  supplication  for  God'fi  bless- 
ing upon  them  aud  their  ivork,  and  to  go  intu 
the  wtstern  part  of  Middle  Ind  .  for  this  seaaoB. 

4.  Selecting  two  more  brethren  as  subiili- 
tutes  to  fill  vacancies  in  case  of  sickness  of  the 
evangelists.  Abraham  Rnehart  and  A.  L  edy, 
chosen. 

5.  Adjourned,  to  meet  again  on  Monday  pre- 
cefding  the  District  Meetin;'  of  Middle  Ind.,  of 
ISSO.  place  of  meeting  notyet  knohn  but  notice 
to  be  given  by  Secretary  in  due  time  through 
the  periodicals,  B.  Neff.  Mothrator. 

J.  S.  Snowherger,  Secretary- 


Books  are  the  key  of  the  soul. 


.^v^e 


,nber  32 


tup:    lil^KTlrll^Klsr    JS^T    AVOlil-C 


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1^  111  riiii'K.  S  p'emVr   8th  ,  a  gooH  por- 

n  (,]' KiK  towu  WHS  la'd  io    ashvA  1>>  llie 

•ir   .Ifiii'it*.     Thw  fiff   orii;iiiftt#Hi  in  n 

'      ml  "Hcii  iH'nimiiniP«t!?d  it*  r4»v«g«>i  ton 

'*'^J,r,.-',oiiS'',    tljen  to   the   St.Vn.in  Kotol 

^,!,..  Hii'i  theuce  it.  swfpt  every  buildincr  as 

nfi  tlie   <?"■''''  ^'i'*'  "*  niftiu  »tret»t,  iuclo- 

"^th"  !'"**  *>^'^'^*  "'"'  IT'it'ug  "ffit*"'  "'"*  "'" 

'p^..<<  II  n«iiil>'^i'  "f  s-t»res,  sb<  (n,  &{*,     Tb<' 

.  estimated    at  $50,000,    iDsuraiice   only 

\xi     Tlie  most  of  the  mail  in   tlip  Vo< 

books,  &c.,  were  saved  esceptiug  thftt  in 

Tofk  bfixtfi   wliich  was   all  deslrovfd.     We 

'^  i|,p  niiiil    uiatttT  of  three  arrivuli-,  that  of 

]rtV  t'venin^  and   two   of    Sunday.     Our 

'"    loudfut*'  whothiiilc  it  probable  tiii>ir  Irt- 

I'e  destroyed,  not  roeeiving  a  rt--pou«e  in 

sliould  write  again.     Post  OHice  orders 

,-ed  will  bp  duplicated.  Rpgiatered  letters 

ti  sitfc-    'l'"'   ''***^''  Office  safe  coutaiuint,' 

(ive  buutlrpd    dollars  in   stamps,  and 

\i  to  ^I'^f^O  ill  money,  with  important  bunks, 

lying  in  tlie  smokiog   ruins,  as  iilso  near 

'■■"sale  containing  ^i.OOO  in  money  Ulong- 


ffrt^P"' 


,f  times 
'      .-J 


IS  ft 


to  one  of  pui"  busint'ss  firms, 
'litf  night  \^*as  vwry  culm  or   the  loss    to   the 
\v<nM    have   be*>n    much  heavier.     Soiii' 

erely  injured  but  not  f:it)iUy. 

J.  S.  Klouy. 


The  Debate. 


cboiw  wan  to  be  niadc.tbey  unanimously  agreed 
to  hi  Id  their  elcctiou  and  the  following  named 
brethren  were  chosen:  Chance  Uively  forspeak- 
er.  aud  Thomas  Cloar  and  Chaucu  Liugenfelter 
n^    di>H'ji>n!t,    who  were  installed.     May    God'> 
choicest  blessings  rest  upon  these  dear  brethren, 
may  they  be  bright  and  sfainipg  lights  in  their 
raUing  and   servt.*  the   church  for   which   they 
werfl  called.     This  branch  of  the  churcb  is  sep- 
arited    from  the    main   district    by     the  Cove 
mountain   and    is   in  n   pro^.p^-rous    condition. 
Tiiey  have  now  two  speakers  and  sevt»n  deacons, 
and  tlnir   membership  numbers  near  one  hun- 
dred.    Bro.  Michtiel  Claar  was  promoted  to  the 
second  degree  of  the  ministry  at    this  meeting. 
Amonj;  the  br>-thren    that  were  called  to  asisist 
in  fh«  council  was  our  esteemed    brother  C.  S. 
Ilfisingcr,  who  preached  for  them  in  the  eve., 
and  on  Sabbath  forenoon.     Tlie  meetings  were 
interesting  and  we  believe  some    histing    im- 
pressiouH  were  niade.  On  Sabbath  brother  Hot- 
singer  preached  a  farewell  sermon,  a-s  heesppct« 
soon  to  leave  for  his  new  field  of  labor  in  Mar- 
shall   Co.,    111.,  where   we   hope    he    may     he 
croivned    with  much   success.     Brother  Cliris- 
tian  it   xealous  and    is  not   asliamed  to  declare 
the  whole  counsel  of  God  and  has  gained  much 
influence  during  his  short  ministry.     He  is  one 
of  thoHo  that  prtach  by  precept  and  example, 
tnd  we  are  not  ashamed    to  recommend  him  w* 
sueli  to  the  brethren  of  Ills.     At  this  meeting 
'here  were  four  received  by  ba|)tisni,  so  you  see 
the  good  work  is  still  going  on  iu  this  part  of 
God's  moral  vineyard.  D.  S.  Beploole 


received  vere  of  a  mixed  class  of  brethren's 
children,  npighhur-',  and  members  of 
churolie!!  and  of  very  grand  iuiluence.  We 
enjoyed  the  meeting  very  much  and  were  treat- 
ed v«ry  kindly  by  all,  and  now  may  the  Lord 
bless  and  keep  all  is  my  prayer. 

D.  N.  Workman. 
-Is/i/nnrf,  O. 


From  Picrccton,  Ind. 


>•!< 


liose  t 


^„,.  JS.rflirni.'— 

,^M  more  than  ever  impressed  with  thi 
tiiiit  we  should  have  the  Debate  piihlishiu 
lilet  or  book  form  when  completed,  for 
ead  who  come  after  us.  The  hii^tor- 
■llrelerencein  it  thus  far  are  worth  preserving. 
u^tl  niitst  confess  that  I  am  very  much  disap- 
■j,t^,i  upon  the  one  side.  Where  we  should 
rtMct.  sound  logic  presented  iu  a  Christian 
,fit  we  find  the  reverse;  but  truth  will  stand, 
Jtiikiug  the  evidence  thus  far  presented  rel- 
ji(f  til  tlie  practice  of  the  early  Chrintians,  it 
grii'ilying  to  know  that  we  are  noue  too 
,[ii1,|h  or  obedient,  and  allliough  the  shade  of 
,[ 'Vraud-motherV  niglit  chps,"  01-  the  Slau- 
lujgciillar  may  loom  up  in  the  distance,  it  only 
■ji  that  the  Chrisl,ian  world,  to  a  large  ex- 
^ut.  Iiai  lost  its  education  upon  tluit' point. — 
ffhiit  tlie  world  most  stauds  in  ueed  of  how,  is 
[.iiiid  v¥um«ii-wl*oli«v«  the.mor««o»i-&i**To 
out  those  iirinciples  of  simplicity  and  hu- 
oiljly  wliich  are  the  outgrowtli  of  thu  reliL^ioh' 
rfJf^iiB,  and  stay  thebuUitudes  froni  rushing 
islo  (lie  vortex  of  financial  and  spiritunl  ruin 
tlioir  Mind  zeal  to  du  homage  unto  the  god  of 
H  world.  It  would  indeed  he  a  glorious  ref- 
)riii;»tieu  and  a  bright  dawn  in  the  history  of 
Ste  nineteenth  century  of  the  Christi:\n  era  if 
itery  pulpit  in  the  land  would  begin  to  send 
Sjrth  it.s  thundering  accents  of  denunciation 
ijMiiist  the  prevailing  faehions  and  tlisoiiiis  of 
Iheday.  J.  F.  Eukk-solb. 


From    Ripon,  Wisconsin. 


h^t 


Dm,-  Brt'thniu:— 

here  is  nothing  known  of  the  Brethren's 
doctrine  in  this  part  of  Wisconsin,  I 
think  much  good  might,  be  done  by  distributing 
tracts.  Pleas-e  send  me  a  good  .'•upply,  and  we 
will  distribute  Ihem  as  an  introduction,  hoping 
some  of  the  brethren  will  follow  jt.  up  by 
preaching  at  this  place  before  long.  My  wife, 
my  SOD  and  myself  are  all  the  uienibera  we 
know  of,  nearer  than  Richland  Co.  We  came 
here  tbret*  years  ago,  from  Spring  Run  Church, 
Mifflin  Co,,  Pa.,  where  the  Urethren  were 
strong,  hence  we  feel  our  isoldted  condition 
and  want  of  church  ptivileees  all  the  nmre. 
Bn  thren  and  sisters,  we  Uik  you  to  remember 
ui  when  you  meet  to  enjoy  what  we  are  dejiryedrf 
ininoTs,  wiieff  *' 


Jfr.n-Jfnthrcii.— 

ACCORDING  to  iirevious  arrangements,  our 
Harvest  Meeting  was  held  last  Sunday, — 
had  a  very  pleasant   meeting  aad  a  large  audi- 
ence.    Our  large  niectmg-house  was  tilled    to 
overflow  and  the    very    best  of  order   prevailed 
during  meeting.     Services   were  opened  at  10: 
30  A.  M;  lunch  at  12:  30   r.    u.;  preaching  at -2 
V.  M..  and  Sunday-school  at  4  i'.  m.     Eld.  Jes^e 
Calvert    preached,    asiisted    by  Davis   Younce 
and  others.    Brother  Calvert  told  us  many  good 
tilings,  aid  some  very  hard  things.    Why  don't 
you  think  he  told  us  that  it  bad  better  not  rain 
for  three   years  and  ajx   months,  if  we  only  in- 
tended 'to    buy    us  another  farm,  or    buy  some 
more   railroad   stock,  or     just  fill  -our  cofferii, 
or  our   carpet  sauks,  or    buy  fine  jewelry,  rib- 
hons  and  gewgaws  tor  our  daughten»!     But  he 
said  we  had  better   give  our  surplus  money  to 
the  Missionary  cause.     Why   don't  you  think 
he  said  that  each  of  ud  should  pay    fitly    cents 
at  It-ast,  to  the  Mission  Fund,  or  even  more  if  we 
could  btand  it.     Just  think  of  that:  Hut   then 
brother  Calvert  told  us  -ome  very  good  things 
in  his  sermon,  so   that  we  can  look  over  his 
hhinders  without  calling  him  to  account.  Come 
again,    brother    Calvert.     The    meeting  closed 
with  the  very  best  of  feeling. 

\i.  is  now  very  dry,  so  dry  that  farmers  can 
hardly  do  their  plowing,  and  the  weather  ia 
warm.  Health  generally  good.  Corn  will  be 
an  average  crop.  Apples  will  not  he  plenty- 
enough  for  home  use.  Peachefl  are  scarce.  We 
coiitMiplale  holding  our  communion  on  the 
'24tii  I't  October,  commencing  at  lu  a,  m  Come 
and  be  with  us.  Our  Sunday-school  is  doing 
finely  and  is  well  attended.  Over  a  hundred 
scholars  attend,  with  a  full  corps  of  working 
teacheri*.  Yours  fraternally, 

E.  MlI.LKR. 

Aug.  Uth.  '7;i. 


Cannot  the  bietbren  fn 
tliey  visit  the  Wisconsin  Mifsiou  b'ield,  take  us 
in  their  route  as  fliey  go  or  coine?  W^  have 
the  grant  of  a  snug  little  church  in  the  city  of 
RipoD,  where  wy  live,  for  any  hrcfcher  who  will 
come  and  prtacb  for  us.  Brotlur  Enoch  Eby 
is  acquainted  with  us  and  we,,);,  'pe  he  will  do 
all  he  can  to  have  some  brotluT  -top  here.  Bro. 
.Je.-se  Ciilvctt  vjsjted  us  twice  a  \viir  ago   when 


pTDin  Bro.  Enocti  Eby, 


W" 


Dear  UnHntu: — 

ritTjR  waiting  for  the  boat  at  Reed's  Lan- 

d'.'T;,,  Minn.,  I   will  coinijly   with  your 

request  and  give  you  a  sketch  of  the'hahits  and 

customs   of  Denmark,  and  in  doing  so  could 

perhaps  give  t  he  readers  of  your  excellent  paper 

(cflpeciiilly  the  atrcd  and  mi* die- aged),  i\w.  most 

j  Compr>  hensive  idea  by  saying,  if  von  remember 

wc  lived  at  Appleton,  forty  mil  ■>  north  of  this.    ^^  ^^.^.  ■^^„  ^^^^  j-^^j^p^  g,,^  mother?,  and  grand- 

i&it,  and    j-jj^her-s  and   grandmothers  tell   how   they  did 


and  all 

>  purt  of 


From  Bro.  Balsbaugh. 

IT  i^  amazing  to  what  lengths  perverted  iutel 
lection  and  headlong  prejudice-will  go.  The 
Mgatives  of  Mr.  Itny  are  the  most  remarkable 
wrrent  instance  on  record.  Never  did  the  most 
»nteniptible  pettifogger  save  his  client  at  a 
brger  i  xpense  of  justice  and  honor,  than  Mr. 
Hayes-ays  to  save  his  caU8'^  iigaiiist  the  over 
pressure  of  facts  and  principles  adduced  by  Bro. 
Jtciii.  Of  all  [  have  ever  read  in  the  line  of 
ivL-rsy,  I  have  not  met  with  such  persists 
'III  iiBirmation  of  false  vie'"s  and  positions  in 
'fiiitioii  to  an  opponent,  as  in  the  present  case. 
Mr.  R,.y  c.'innot  get  (lone  reiterating  his  out- 
n^ooiH  falMfications  in  relation  to  baptizing 
tbildreu  of  the  devil,  and  misrepresenting  us  in 
the  doctrine  (f  renii'>siou  of  sins.  lam  grieved 
liy  inmost  soul  that  an  educated  mind  c»n 
tfso  estranged  from  all  that  is  both  manly  and 
"liiisliiti.  His  attempt  to  sever  our  exodus 
tider  M  ick  from  our  .Genesis  under  Christ,  is 
"le  fteme  of  polemical  legerdemain.  "What 
lienV  uotwithstanding  every  way,  whether  in 
frtteueo  or  in  truth,  Christ  is  prea'ihed;  and  I 
Iifruiu  do  rejoice,  yea,  and  will  rejoice."— Phil. 
■  ti^  Ray  never  gave  the  truth  a  mightier 
'"l"''!^  than  in  this  frantic,  vain  atttnipt  to 
"I'rthrowit. 
^'nifjH  Deposit,  Pa. 


He  baptized  my  son  during  hln  last  v 
many  others  were  almost  persuaded, 
that  is  wanted  is  a  further  eftV.'rt  on  th( 
the  brethren  to  do  a  great  work  there.  Many 
expressed  their  sorrow  when  we  moved  away, 
fearing  that  they  would  never  have  an  oppor- 
tunity of  bearing  such  preaching  again. 

Will  some  brother  in  Richland  county  please 
inform  us  immediately,  by  letter,  when  their 
Lovefeast  is  this  Fall  and  all  they  know  about 
the  distance  from  here  as  we  contemplate  going 
Uiere.  ,,.  S.  U.  Swioart. 

Ripon,  Fomhilac  Co.,  Wisrotisht. 


From  Maria,  Pa. 


Notes  of  Travel. 


THE  raeelings  at  Rushviile,  Ohifti  ate  among 
the  things   of  the   past.     F-i'^-'^i-f    '■■■■■'>' 
addled  to  the  church,   fifty-four  '■•    '  | 

two  restored.    Brother  John  Hun  i 

alvauced  to  the  second  degree  of  (lie  iiiuii--t)\ . 
We  preached  tlnrty-eiylil  sermons  ami  hold  two 
L'lve-f'efists  in  the  same  church  before  leaving 
them.  The  feastd  were  held  in  difi'erent  houses, 
about  nine  miles  apart.  For  several  years  there 
has  been  a  very  dark  cloud  hanging  over  this 
chureh,  but  the  Lord  has  revived  his  cause  in 
their  midiit.  Wjj  were  much  rejoiced  to  spe  the 
few  members  that  were  there  when  wc  com 
mouced  our  meeting,  (about  forty)  so  anxious 
lo  see  the  cause  prosper,  and  by  their  prayers, 
earnest  l.ibcir.s  and  prompt  attendance,  we  wer(* 
much  encouraged  iu  our  work.  Notwithstan- 
ding the  busy  season  of  the  year,  our  congrf- 
gations  were  very  large  both  day  and  evening. 
We  had  one  midnight  scene  of  baptism.  W^ 
took  him  the  same  hour  of  the  night  and  bap-, 
tized  him,  and  when  we  came  into  the  house 
the  sisters  set  meat  before  us.  Does  that  prove 
fbiit  we  sprinkled  water  t-u  him  for  baptism,  as 
is  often  referred  to  in  the  case  of  the  jailory 
The  pecjile  in  general  were  very  kind  audmau- 
fest  great  respect  for  the  truth  when  presented 


Ihar  fiirflnrn:— 

\^  ILL  give  you  a  little  news  from  our  dis- 
I  tiict,  Woodbury,  Bedford  Co.,  Pa.  On  the 
'!'' "I  September  there  Wiis  a  council  meeting 
Wd  in  the  Greenfield  Branch  for  the  purpose 
'''  tioidiiig  a  choice  for  a  speaker  and  two  dea 
■'^H    Alter  counseling  the  church  where  this.j  in  a  Christian-like  manner.    Those  that  were 


ana  lived  in  the  early  history  of  the  United 
States,  you  will  have  a  pretty  correct  picture 
nf  the  habit«  and  customs  of  the  people  in 
Denmark  b(f  »re  your  mind,  for  they  are  similar 
to  Germany.    , 

Our  ancestors  being  mostly  Gornian,  brought 
their  European  customs  and  habits  with  them 
'nnd  practiced  them  until  wealth  facilitated 
them  to  adopt  better,  hence  the  old  sickle, 
grain-cradle,  mowing-scythe,  fiax-break,  apin- 
ning'wheel.  loom,  &c.,  were  thrown  aside,  and 
instead  of  wearing  sack  cloth,  we  are  clothed  iu 
purple  and  fine  linen. 

The  American  method  of  doing  business  in 
general  is  by  the  velocity  of  steam  and  clec- 
t!■ici^y,  while  Europe  must  be  satisfied  with  the 
liand  and  foot  movempnt.  You  say  must  be? 
Yes,  for  they  are  too  densely  populated  to  rise 
iDUch.  if  any  higher,  in  the  scale  of  euterprise 
or  idiproyemont.  This  is  especially  true  in 
refei'-uce  to  the  history  of  Denmark,  taking  in- 
to consideration  the  fertility  of  the  soil. 

I  am  frequently  asked,  Do  not  the  Danes  or 
European  people  iu  general,  lack  ambition  and 
enterprise?  No,  not  as  much  as  we  often  imag- 
ine. Where  do  the  American  people,  which 
are  largely  made  np  of  Europeans,  get  their 
ambition  and  spirit  of  enterprise?  I  answer 
from  wealth  and  prosperity,  and  that  comes 
from  the  fertility  and  latatpde  of  the  soil  which 
is  attainable  at  sacrificial  rates  compared  with 
Europe.  '      '■ 

Suppose  wo  give  every  twentieth  American 
wi'h  a  family,  one  hundred  acres  of  land,  and 
ilirt'i-liftha  of  the  balance  from  five  to  thirty 
acres,  and  two-fifths  none,  but 'let  them  depend 
on  the  other  two  classes  for  labor  and  support, 
having  few  or  no  manufacturing  establishments 
to  yivH  support,  also  with  rare  fucijities  for 
iii'irketing,  S:c.,  compared  with  America,  and 
where  would  America  be?  Echo  answers  where? 
Yet  such  is  a  plain  picture  of  Deunmrk.without 
any  exaggeration;  also  a  good  part  of  Germany 


and  Hollaud.  Next,  dear  reader,  pleaae  im- 
various  I  agine  two-fifth*  of  the  inhabitants  going  around 
bfgging  for  work,  oUering  to  work  for  their 
board,  Home  unking  a  mere  trifle,  aud  Home  ank- 
ing  for  money,  ekthing  or  m'.-als,  &c.  Sach 
was  the  case  during  our  stAy  in  Denmark,  and 
it  is  represented  as  being  no  better  at  this  wri- 
ting. Some  of  the  mosl  wealthy  gave  dome 
work  for  their  boarding  merely  for  charity 
sake,  for  all  could  do  their  own  work  on  so 
sMia'l  amounts  of  prui.e'ty. 

Now  we  think  the  reader  wiUitee,  at  leant  one 
good  unavoidable  reason  for   the  support  ot  otir 
dear  brother  Hope   and   family.     When    many 
others  who  have  no  charge,  aoe  seeking  employ* 
uient  aud  can  not  obtain  it,  bow  can   it  be  ex- 
pected  that  one  who  mu»t   w.vk    from   ten   to 
twenty  inileii  to  fill  appnintiiienti  on  Saturday 
and  return  on   Monday,  can  git   it,  and    more 
especially  wln-n  we    remember  that  the  cuHtom 
of  the  country  is  to  hire  all,    if  possible,  by  the 
year  or  half  year,   so  that,  small  joh«,  such  as  a 
missionary  could  work  at  what  time  he   conld 
be  at  home,  are  not  to  be  had?  While  we  were 
there  we  spared  no  cfibrt  to  find  out  sometbiog 
he  might  get  at   to   earn   somethiog,    but  we 
failed    for    reasonn  alre^tdy  given.     A»  he  is  a 
saddler,  the  thought  ot  hetling  up  buBiDe.''»  was 
suggested,  but  wiieu  we  examined  that  matter 
we  saw  it  would  not  justify  bim  hecaune  of  low 
prices,  much  competion  and    heavy  tax.     Even 
if  he  would  di-vote  all  his  time  to  the  busiDeiM, 
and    under  the   circumstances  he    could  only 
devote  four  days  in  a  week  to  work  to  do  any- 
thing like  justice  to  the  nuHyion,  and  even  is 
d('Voting  nearly  all  the  time,  he   cannot  fill  all 
the  calls  for  preaching,  and  it  becomes  to  be  an 
important  question  in   o'u-   minds  whether  we 
shall  neglect  a  good  work  which  is  prospering, 
(eight  souls  been  baptiwrd  since  June  last),  for 
the  sake  of  the   sniiill.  yes,  very  small  lam  of 
two  dollar.s  to  each  congregation  in  the  Broth- 
erhood; if  two  hundred  raemhi  rs  would  only  be 
one  ceni  each,  and  while  niauy  aud  strong  ap- 
peals t\\'p  being    made  and   many   favorable  re- 
sponses follow  the  City  Mi8.-iou,  (which  we  are 
glad  lo  i-ee)  wo  hope  howev.-r,  the  dear  breth- 
ren aud  sisters  w:ll  also  remember,  (ei^pecially 
the  eldeirt)  their  duty  towards   the  Danish  Mis- 
sion as  well  as  theirduty  to  respect  the  Annual 
Meeting,  for  eldere  cannot  consiKtently  require 
the   members   to  obey  the  decisioaa  of  A.M., 
and  at  the  saaie  time  be  inditfftrent  in   tbia  re- 
spect, b"pe  therefore  IbHt  each  chtirch  or  indi- 
vidual will  send  his   small    or   large   donation, 
to  the  treasurer  of  said  Mission,  C.  P.  Rowland, 
Lanark,    Carroll   Co.,  III.,  for  the  District  of 
Northern  III,  has  made  other  calculations  in 
harmony  with,  and  on  the  strength   of  said 
dtcision  and  lequest  of  A.  M.,  but  ia  still  willing 
to  do  even  more  than  her  share. 

Another  thought  we  call  attention  to.  Accor- 
ding to  the  laws  of  Denmark,  if  brother  Hope 
would  set  np  business,  it    would    make    him  a 
legal  citizen,  and   consequently  he  would    lose 
hi-t  citizenship  to,  and  his  protection  from,  the 
government  of  the  United  States,  and  he  wish- 
es, and  we  think  it  best,  fur  him  to  remain  a 
citi/en  of  the  United  Stateti,  especially  in  case 
ofemergency.    Should  any  be  dissatisfied  with 
the  amount  required  to  support,  brother  Hope 
and  family,  and  the  poor  members  in  Denmark 
I  would  say  that  brother  Hop*;  keeps  an  item- 
ized account  of  all,  aud  cau  show  where  every 
cent  is  applied  and  will  send  it  to  the  committee 
as" often  as  required,  and  by  our  own  experience 
iu  housekeeping  in  Denmark,  he  is  not  getting 
too  much.    We  further  rwnark  that  the  Broth- 
erhood can   fenl  assured  we  will  economize  all 
we  cau,  but  we  confess  we  do  not  like  to  see  the 
Mission   fail  hpcause  of  a  little  means,  and  we 
do  not  see  how  itx:an  be  carried  on  without  it 
yet  or  we  surely  would.    We  still  entertain  the 
hope  that  if  the   mission  continues  to  prosper 
that  it  will  he  self-supporting  in  a  few  yeais, 
and  do  not  forget  a  foreign  Mission  is  quite 
dilfereut  from   a  Home  Mission  in  a  financial 
point  of  view, 
/rftia,  lit. 


From  ElklicV,  Pa 


?  met  in  council  to  i 


rpO-DAV  we 
I  ments  for  our  feast,  to  helnld  oiith)  2*':h. 
The  business  was  dispensed  with  iu  goud  time. 
Bro.  Hetric  from  Philadelphia  was  present. 
There  were  ten  uddtd  to  our  congregation  du- 
ring the  day,  one  by  lettec,  two  reclaimed  aud 
seven  by  baptism.  It  was  a  day  long  to  be 
remembered  and  hope  that  the  labor  thus  done 
may  be  for  our  good  and  itdouud  to  the  honor 
and  glory  of  God.  We  were  sorry  brother  Het- 
ric could  not  remain  and  preach  fjr  us  orer 
Sabbath.  May  God,  the  Good  Shephenl,  keep 
the  flock  under  his  divine  protection,  and  guide 
us  safely  on  through  the  voyage  of  life,  and 
give  us  a  sate  and  happy  ancbonige  in  tbo  por( 
of  eternal  rest. 

S.  C.  KsiM. 


8 


THK    HKETHHKX    ^T    AVOKK. 


Seofmber    gy 


(l>u:i|id  ^ucrcss 


AS'D  tliev  th«t  be  wisp  shall  shine  aa  the 
brightness  tif  the  tirmaiuent ;  autl  they  tliat  tuni 
nuinj  to  righteoiisneaa,  as  the  stars  forever  ana 
trer.— Ditn.  12^  3. 


Brother  Fitz  aud  the  writer  lately  held  a  few 
meetings  in  Adams  Co,.  Iowa.     One  hajdized. 
Alkhkp  BtnvKRh. 


Gettysburg,  Ohio,  Sept.  i:»,— Brother  Ba«hor 
haa  heen  preaehinj;  m  thiw  vicinity  for  two 
weeks  with  qu ice  an  interest.  Klfteien  acc«*wions 
by  baptism.  S-  B, 

Dunkirk.  Ohio.-  Another  accession  by  bap- 
tism to  Kaple  Creek  Church  on  last  Sunday. 
May  the  good  work  go  on  that  we  may  enjoy 
this  freedom  from  sin.  S.  T.  BosSKhMAN. 

Longniont.  Col--Our  comraiiuion  meeting 
will  be  held  on  the  4th  of  October.  Also  a  se- 
riea  of  meetingM  commencing  one  week  previoun 
to  the  communion.  J.  S.  Fwmv. 

Oswego,  Kan.-  There  are  three  speakeHH.  two 
Tisitiuj.'  brethri-n  and  thirty-live  members  in 
this  church.  Om  communion  will  Ijp  October 
11th,  commencing  at  .'.  p.  m.  We  invitt?  breth- 
ren and  winterM  to  l>e  with  us. 

C.    H.  KlNOKKY. 

Rook  Creek  Church,  III.— Our  Love-feast  i» 
past  mid  it  wtw  iudt-ed  a  feiint  of  love  long  to  he 
remembereil.  Brethren  Kdmoinl  I'oruey,  John 
Emmert,  J.  H.  Moore,  Henry  Martin  and  Dan- 
iel Dcanlorfl',  were  with  uh  and  held  forth  the 
Word  of  Life  with  power.  We  wore  mucli 
encouraged,  and  we  think  some  good  impresN- 
ioDs  were  luudc.  Como  again,  brethren,  we  are 
always  glad  to  Meu  you.  A.  L.  GiiATKit. 

From  Fairflold,  Pa. — The  brethren  ol  MarHh 
Creek,  AdiiniM  Co.,  Pa.,  organized  a  iSunday- 
school  with  the  following  oflicerN:  .1.  II.  Hon- 
sermay,  Su|it.,  .1.  1''.  Kittiiigar.  ANxt,,  John 
Bucher  Treiis,,  C.  Byers  and  Lydia  iioHm-rmaii, 
Librarians,  .1.  S.  Kittiuger,  Chorister  and  Sec- 
retarj'.  One  member  of  the  school  has  Iteeii 
baptized.  The  Cliildrni  nt  Work  is  used  and 
gives  general  sntib faction.  A  number  of  Testa- 
ments lutve  been  distributed. 

J.    L.  KlTTINOBK. 

Edna  Mills,  Iad.~I  leit  my  homeon  the  ^Oth, 
and  went  tu  Jackson  County  and  couiiiienced 
meeting  next  evening  with  n  good  attendance. 
While  there  wej  baptized  nine  at  ICetrcat,  and 
then  went  to  another  place  where  the  doctrine 
of  the  Brethren  never  was  preached;  had  three 
meetings  with  two  more  applicants.  There  are 
now  twenty-nine  members  in  tlmt  county,  of 
whom  twenty-Hve  were  baptized  within  ten 
months.  May  the  blessing  of  God  rest  upon 
the  brethren  and  sisk-rs  everywhere.  Hetiirned 
home  Sept.  81  h. —  was  sick  one  week  while  gone. 
J.  W.  MKTzoait. 

Greasy  Creek,  Va.— On  the  tJth  inst..  we  con- 
vened together  for  the  purpose  of  looking  into 
the  aftairs  of  the  church.  The  visiting  breth- 
ren all  made  a  report  of  tlieir  visit,  and  they 
reported  nothing  Ijut  love.  Tvvo  brethren  who 
had  been  going  the  downward  road,  cuuie  back 
to  the  fold,  acknowledged  their  faulls  and  were 
restored  to  liill  lellowship.  We  will  hold  our 
Love-fejist  on  the  4th  and  5th  of  October,  and 
we  desire  some  of  our  traveling  breihreu  to  be 
with  ua.  If  any  will  come,  write  to  us  at  Greasy 
Creek,  Floyd  Co.,  Va.  C.  D.  Hyi.ton. 

An  Appeal  for  Aid. 

B BOTHER  Oeor-e  W.  Stickelman  who  lives 
in  the  Northwest  part  of  this  Saliua  Co, 
hasaderanged  child  that  has  bin  so  now  for 
about  three  yean),  claused  by  sickness  and  is  a 
great  deal  of  trouble  to  tlie  family  on  account 
that  he  is  coutinualy  on  the  go  and  plunder- 
ing the  house,  tearing  the  bed  things  oH  the 
beds  and  breaking  everything  that  will  brake 
that  he  can  get  his  hand  on  so  they  have  to 
keep  a  constant  watch  over  him,  and  as  the 
present  law  is  of  this  state  ho  would  have  to 
pay  his  way  if  he  wa-)  to  send  him  to  the  assi- 
lum  which  he  is  not  able,  and  now  it  is  neces- 
sary that  he  build  an  additional  Room  to  his 
house  aoas  to  keep  the  boy  in  an  empty  one  as 
the  winter  is  now  approaching  some  special 
arringements  is  got  to  be  made,  and  he  is  not 
able  to  do  it  so  he  has  concluded  to  call  on  his 
brethren  to  assist  him  by  donating  means  so  as 
to  enable  him  to  git  lumber  to  build  said  Room 
brother  stickelman  is  sorry  to  have  to  make 
IbU  appeal  bui  actual  ncese><ity  driven  him  to 
it  ;uid  I  can  truly  say  that  he  \a  worth  of  as«ist- 
auce.he  himself  is  an  oi>eii  harted  kind  brother 
and  will  do  dll  in  the  case  of  ueedsesjty  that  he 
can,  80  let  me  say  to  you  brethren  that  but  a 
trifle^ven  by  a  number  of  brethren  will  an- 
swer his  purpose  and  Relieve  him  of  his  pre.sent 


pressed  condition,  ••'nd  all  coutributious  to 
)>rother  John  Umplhet  Milta  Bend.  Sdina  Co 
Mo.  and  a  Iteport  will  be  given  of  all  and  a  no- 
tice will  be  given  to  stop  as  soon  as  there  is 
enuff  obtained.  D-  L.  VViLr,iA«,i. 

BroicnsvilU,  Mo, 


Prom  Mt.  Morris,  III. 


ora    L0ttf>6    DAY    JJOIKOS. 


^imonnccmcufs. 


THE  brethren,  sisters  and  friends  met  Aug 
;i]Ht,  at  lOi.'W  A.  H  in  Seminary  Chapel  for 
dedicatory  services.  Bro.  J.  C.  Lehman  of 
Franklin  Grove  being  pre?*eut  opened  the  exer- 
sea  with  an  exhortation  and  prayt^r,  Bro.  J. 
W.  Stein  then  led  in  discourse  by  using  INalm 
S4:  10,  n.— 

DAVID'S  choicp:. 

[A  Synopsis.) 

I.  He  called  HttenlioM 
TO  THK  UOVHK  np  OOIi. 

That  David  was  a  man  after  the  Divine  Image 
—"God's  own  heart  "  Thert^fore  he  desired  close 
intimacy  with  Him,  because  it  was  most  accor- 
dant with  his  in«pir<'d  longlng^. 

II.  TUB  I'l.AcB  HK  WOI^LU  HATHEB  OCCUI'V, 
TKAN  nWKr.I,  INTHKTKNT.-*  OF  WlfKKDNKSS,— 
That  of  the  humble  position  of  a  doorkeeper. 
Jnst  fio  it  WH«  in  the  "Houhe  of  His  God." — A 
house  consecrated  (fi  Ihe  serviee  of  Him  whoui 
HisKOui  loved,  rather  tiian  dwell  in  the  tran^ 
sienf  tabernacles  of  ambition,  VHuity,  and  the 
attendant  pleasures  of  a  life  discordant  to  the 
will  of  God. 

III.  Tire    HKASOU     HB    A8SI0NBD     FOR    THIS 

I'liKKKUKNcE.  "For  the  Lord  God  is  a  sun  and 
nhifhl,  the  Lord  will  givf  gnicf  and  glory:  no 
ifOfjil  ih'wg  will  He  withhold  from  them  that 
walk  iiprigbtly."  How  explicit  and  grand  his 
reasons  They  arc  the  exjierience  of  every  truly 
regenerated  heart, — the  animating  iuHueiice 
governing  their  lives. 

The  entire  discourse  was  delivered  in  an  im- 
pressive manner,  with  urgent  appeals  to  believ- 
ers that  our  deportment  be  actuated  by  the 
deep-toned  piety  of  our  profession:  also  with 
earnest  appeals  to  the  unconverted  to  accept  a 
position  in  "God's  spiritual  House"  if  it  be  but 
an  humble  one.  A  few  appropriate  remarks  by 
brother  Lehman  and  services  closed,  we  believe 
with  a  bettered  condition  of  the  auditors.  In 
the  evening  we  met  again  for  public  devotion, 
when  Bro.  J.  H.  Moore  was  present  and  ad-  "^ 
dressed  an  audience  from  Rom.  12;  2.  Theme. 
TRANSHOUMATION  iif  THK  HEART. 

Sept.  7th,  10:  30  a.  m,  met  again  in  the  chai>- 
ei  for  divine  service  at  which  hour  Eld.  Stein 
addressed  an  attentive  audience,  composed 
largely  of  students  and  village  friends.  Theme. 
"TUE  CONSTRAIKINO  INPH^ENrE  up  CHRIST's 
I-OVE."— 2  Cor.  5:14.  He  showed  in  what  waya 
Cliiiat's  love  has  a  conetrainine;  and  restraining 
influence  upon  the  hearts  and  minds  of  individ- 
uals, especially  those  who  profess  to  know  Him 
lis  their  Savior.  Brother  Stein  strikes  at  pop- 
ular sins  without  reserve,  and  shows  the  abso- 
lute necessity  of  purity  of  purpose  and  chastity 
of  life  in  all  its  phases.  His  remarks  tend  to 
incite  all  to  feel  they  should  be  more  devoted 
to  the  cause  of  right  and  truth  as  revealed  in 
the  Gospel, — have  in  them  less  of  earth  and 
more  of  heaven. 

At  close  of  "chapel  service"  Sept.  14th.  we 
were  much  delighted  to  learn  that  deaconees 
Mattie  A.  Lear  had  consented  to  addrchs  uf. 
Met  at  usual  hour  in  church  capacity  when 
sister  Lear  delivered  an  instructive  and  aBect- 
ing  discourse  based  upon  Eph.  !*:  4;  after  which 
oue  of  the  ministers  present  closed  the  meeting. 

OUR  IIIBLK  BCHOOI,. 

On  each  of  the  days  corresponding  with  the 
above  dates,  "Sem.  B.  S."  met  in  regular  session 
at  4;00  i-.  m  ,  and  an  especial  interest  was  man- 
ifested on  the  part  of  all  in  attendance.  The 
number  present  at  our  last  meeting  was  100,  at 
which  time  there  were  60  in  lid.  Div.,  and  tlie 
little  folks  seemed  much  pleased  over  the  tinted 
Vhildnn  at  Work  presented  them.  Thus 
"Time  is  winging  us  away. 
To  our  eteruiU  home." 

T. 


bOW-FBABIS. 

Scpt^M,  r.  B»Ui.l  Choreh,  Tli»Tef  ">^  FIHnoer*  C<ft^  K»l>. 
27,  ADllifhcbunb.  llQiitln«w  C<u  Ind^  ""^  P-*! 
"        as,  K.  UlwrtjTiII*  ftorrb,  JtScmoCaU,  »l  10  A     M. 
-    «,  IwomllM  S     W,  Burr    UU   K»o.    M  Br>.  P   E,  <iv 

80. 1-^ni  Cr«*  fboreb,  Baarbon  Co.  K«o,  •!  Bro    M  D 

Wot»r.  .,  lw.lt.  mil*  »~l  tt  F(  Scolt.  *XW\U. 

DotrickV  aiar  M 

■a,  dAoja-m  V*tl*r.  lIullUDIlAn  Co.  1d<1 

ST.  S6.Biiilio"IIChurcL,  MeOinoo^bOo.  III.  •!  Bf    r    <-*< 

~        as,  Utiaiw  Cburrb,  Oti*iD|alKri  Co,  Ul.  •!  4  P  M  - 
MUbluD  Ont-iCbgPtb.  ElklwlO*.  Inil.n  *  P  M 
■r.  B^  pBllM  C*al*r,  DklU>  Co.  Ih,  tt  1  P  U. 
ttft,  Lower  Twin  Chunb.  Pf»bl«  Oo,  Oblo.  •!  10  A  M 
W.  as,  GT»«lioppi«  V»ll"»  Chuixh.  J.Befioo  Oi,  K«n 
ClaarCin-k  Cbonh.  ChHilUa  III.  S^pl   IS, 
Ilonltanp  C«nprJi»Uon.Boncl  Oo.HI,.Siiiit  30,«t3  p    ni, 
»,  Whito  W«t*r  CbureJi,  tlli»«  mil-  N  E   of  Coonertlllr. 
Y*j'\lr  Cu,  Inii 

"      vu.  a7.  Clu-istian  <-q.  111.  .',  miles  west  of 

Morrisonville.  at  Bro,  I'eterDow  s.  at  4  P.  M. 
"      27,  Xortti  SuIoiH'Ui  Cliiircfi. .Smith  Co,,  Kan., 

at  IJro.  J.  WaRoner's,  at  '^  I'.  M. 
"      IT,,  an,  six  miles  south  of  Iowa  Center.  Story 

Co..  at  itro.  Samuel  Myers",  at  10  A.  M. 
■•      Z5.  Panther  Creek  Chureti.  Woodford  Co.. 

111.,  alio  A.M. 
■■      HI,  Blaek  Itiver.  Medina  Co.,  0.  at  5  P.  M. 
■•      i-.  2».  Neosho  Chiirrh.  Neosho  Co..  Kaii.,  at 

Hro.  J.  Uiubei's,  4mile9  north  of  Parsons. 
■•  -JS.  Pine  Creek  Clnircli,  111,,  at  0: :»  P.  M. 
"      27.  as,  I'e.ihodv  Cluircli,  Marion  Co..  Kan,,  at 

Killer  S;iiinierKairigh's,  r,  miles  north  and 

3  miles  we,st  of  Peabody.  at  a  P.  M. 
'■      :;7.  Popljir  KHlj,'eCongregation,De(ianceCo.. 

Oliid.    Council  Sept.  VA. 

OeL— 2. 1'liP  CtwI«  Cliurcti.  SL  Jmoph  Co.,  Inil,  al  4  P.  U- 

1,'j,SliaQii<>ri,  lll,,Kt»  30  P.  U. 
"        21,  US,  SllTor  Cpp.k  Ch<ireli.  OgU  Co,  Ul.  ni  10  A  W . 

«(.  W.  I»(tCreek  Cliurab,  OalUwDll  Co,  Mo.  »l  Uio  booio  ■ 

IMond  jteulnnand  Sliler  Qroen*)  2  (iiIIm  N  B  of  Knoull 

Rdy  i>>. 
■■       X  DMirke  Cliurcb,  Ougo  Co.  Neb,  10  nillw  S  E  of  Bwl  rlc 

nt  HI,  Spire-*  ntSl'M. 

I.  lowft  Itlici  CI>iiKb,^nli>U  Co,al  10  A  M. 

II.  (MUon  Wiod  CliurCli.  Ljon  Co,  K»rj,  iit  lUu  buuio  ot , 
M  (/lutki-iibiub. 

"        2,  llDrPn1..rKiiiiChtirdi.  CacroU  Co,   lii<l,  <^  iiilU<   ^  K   < 

•i.  vlKhl  niilM  N  K  of  UBrla<i,Oront  Co,  Ind,  ul  'J  P  M 
IS,  NlncakAW  Uhureh.  Rcnu  Oo,  Kan,  m  2  P  M  . 
ll.Abllciio  Clinrcb,  UUkliiion  Co.,  Kon,  12  mllM  *«t,ih  . 
Ahllvoo.  Ml  2  P  U 

-I,  Sc.ui<rM'tCliulvb,WatLuL  Co,  luit,  0  mill'*  tuiilb  o(  W 
bub.MlO  A  M. 


Notices. 

The  District  Meeting  for  tlie  Southern  Dis- 
trict  of  Mo.,  will  be  held  in  the  Brush  Creek 
Church,  three  fmiles  south  of  Odceola,  St.  Clair 
Co.,  October  16th  and  17t,h. 

S    S,  MoHi.KR. 

There  will  be  j.  Love-reast  m  the  Cjooked 
Creek  <  ougregatjon.  Washington  Co.,  lowii.  at 
the  house  o(  brother  Henry  Ett^r.  we  ;eu  miieh 
west  of  Washington,  commencing  ou  the  eve. 
of  the  10th  of  October  and  coBtinue  over  Suu- 
^ay.  A.  Wolf. 


V  Crrrk 


Bio    Dae 


LleJiIr'a.  Uin»  mllaa  uurtli  at  Ijaiillla. 

S,  Lower   Miimii    Cbuicli,   0,  5j    uiilee  South- 
west of  Dftylou,  ni  3  r.  a. 

28.  SiiiiiU    Fork    Church.  Clinton  ('n,  Mo.,    1^ 
miles  north  of  I'lnti^liiirg. 
4.  Pigeon  Creek  CKvrch,  III,,  ni  2  i:  m- 
yt,  NetdeCreek  Congregation,  Inil..  no  10  a,  m 
24.  4  miles  Noilb-ea§t  of  Warren,  Well  Co..  hid 
at  4  p.  )i. 

22,  as,  Wiishington  Creek  Church,  3  miles  S. 

"\V.  of  Lawrence,  Kan.,  at  10  A.  M. 

7,  (Jlade  Hun  M.  H..    Rural    Valley,    Pa. 

,IotmM.  H.,  Pa.,  Oct.  10. 

;in,  :{l,  Waddara's  Grove.  Stephenson  Co  .  111., 

at  1  P.  M. 

■2,  FratiklSn  Church.  4!^  luiles  X.  E.of  Leon. 

Decatur  Co.,  la. 

■J.  L'lgan  Church,  Logan  Co.,  Ohio,  at  2  P.  M 
•4.  spring    Creek    Church,    Kosciusko  Co., 

1)1(1.,  ii'^  miles  south  of  Pierceton,  and  5 

miles  M.  W.  of  Collamer. 

:J1,  Lower  Fiill  Creek  Church,  Madison  Co., 

JnU,  at  10  A.  M. 

4.  Mill  Creek  Church.  Adams  Co.,  111.,  at  10 


■2i>.  30,  Dry  Creek,  Linn  Co.,  Iowa. 
"      4,  Salem  Church.  Marion  Co.,  111.,  at  3  r.  ii. 

"  4.  5. Tlioruapple District,  Mich.,  7  niiles.S.  E. 
of  Li^well,  al  10  A.  M.  Tuose  coining  by 
rail  will  stop  off  at  Lowell. 

1,  04k  Grove  Church,  Hnncoek,  Oliio,  fiA  miles 
north- west  of  Carey,  altOa.  lu. 
Nov;— 1,  Oknw  Cliurch,  Wall  111.,  at  10  a,  in. 


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Confession  of  the  Harder   of  Wiliia<a  Morgan,   t^"y 

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and  Bncmi-meui.  and  (be  Hebekiih  or  Ladies'    Degric 


W.  U.  R.  R.  TIME  TABLE. 


D4y  Sxpicm 
Nt|i;bt  Eiuti-. 


Tnlm  IcaiB  Ltnath,  Suotlayi  exctiptrd,  u  futlowi 
WKST  llulTND. 


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l-»A.r 


KA8T   BOLfNIi 


Nlgbt  K<|,r.«s SW*-Sl 

A (CODi Dilution S**JP.*- 

TickiiU  iir«  miM  tor  Hbove  traim  only     PuML-nKertnlna  t>'*<" 
roiiDMilun  .1  tt»t«r(i  [TtiluD  Jantlicn.  C  «   SMIllf.  *t 

I'MS'tPii-icrs  for  Cliicairn  should  lf»a\(- Laiiiirkitt 
l^:i:;  I'.iM. ,11111  L.-Lliii  Ur,itiii  Liii-iii  Jmictwii; 
IiPH'tlifv  ji..p,i  w;iii  l.nr  live  niiiiijtfsj.jr  llm  ('%- 
cago,  ihlwiiiiKtuf  ;tiul  .St.  P;iiil  piLssenyer  train. »"« 
thus  leairli  Ciiic-iiyu  aL7;(-'.  thf  s;iiut  evt-nmS-  f" 
rt^aclj  Luiiiirk  from  Cliicupn ;  jro  to  Ft.  Wayne  De- 
pot. tHke  the  CMcjigo,  Milwiiiikee  and  St.  la^ 
train  at  fivtj  in  the  evt-ning;  run  North  to  the  w- 
u.  .Junction,  change  cure  for  LHiiark.  and  arrn 
here  nt  l  :57  in  the  morning. 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 

"Beliold  J  Bring   You  Good  Tidings  of  Oreat  Joy,  which  Shall  be  to  All  People."  —  Ldkh  2:  10. 


Mol  IV. 


Lanark,  111.,  September   29,  1879. 


No.  40. 


I-'Oli 

-HE   BEETHREN    AT   WORK 

'"■  AND 


^nnl  Socieiii. 


,i,  fl.OKV.         - 

^IBI.  VAMMAN, 
,„,ppB  HENDHlrK,. 
jj.  oiiisox, 

,„U.V  HETZOER, 


-   LENA,  ILU, 

l.ONiiMONT,  r(>I,0 

DUNKIRK,  OHIO. 

VIRTIKN,  ILL 

^CERRO  QOBDO,  ILL. 

NORBURNE,  MO. 

CKRRO  GORPO,  ILL. 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


FijtsT  PAOK- A.Soleiim  Duty,  Dangerous  to  Neg- 
uct.— C".  (".  Root;    Fnlse  Witnesses.— .lohn  For- 
ney;   Scraps.— D-  0.  Moomiiw. 
eCoSP    Paoe— Somebody's    Mothtr;    A     Delu- 

*sivpld<'a.— S' W.  Eby:  "VVliat  becomes  of  tlie 
^^^(1 /-—.s.  T.  Bo.sseraQim;    rride.— A.    Kricker; 

faiiin  Page— A  Thousand   years  witli   Christ. 
liine  Robinson;      Go,  Teach.     Baptize,    WhoV 
ffbere?  The  PromiHeV    W.  J.  H.  Buuiiian.  My 
j,i,l^i]g._Mary    J-Ste^s;    The  Righteous  T>ea<l 
tiood  Conduit— .1  G.Snyder. 

ForRTii  Paoe— Editobiai.— i-»ur  Purpose;  Pity 
(tiePreathers;  Tliere  Will  be  Weeds;  Signifl- 
caiit;    I.ibptte  Oonnt\  Kansas. 

Fifth  Faoe— Knrroni.M:^ — American  Bible  Soci- 
ety; Manusiriptal. 

SIXTH  PAdE— Water  Baiitiam  and  the  Bhioil  of 
Christ.— iM.  M.  I".  From    Palestine.— J.   W.  Mc- 


Seventii  Paoe—  From  KngUsh  River,  Church 
l,i/zie  M.  Brower.— From  Ceylon  Ind.— Kmnia 
Watson;  From  Alexandria,  Mo.— M.  E.  Rose,- 
Notes  of  Travel.— John  C.  Miller;  The  Debate. 
W-H. Boose;  From  Buchanan,  Michigan.— I.illa 
Ingleright— From  FarraKiit,  Iowa.— J.  M.  Re]!- 
luple;  From  Good  Hart,  Michigan.— Lydia  A 
Krine;  Information  Wanted.— J. B.  Kinder;  She 
Hath  Done  What  She  Co  aid.— C.  H.  Balsbaugh. 

EioiiTii  Page- Misf  ionary  Meeting.  S.  W.  Lindow- 
er;  Fragments.- S.  C.  Keini ;  From  St.  Mar- 
tins. Mo.— D.  Bowman;  From  Marshall  Co.,  111. 
C.S.  Holsinger;  From  Bremo  Bluff,  Va.— Julia 
A.  Wood. 

A  SOLEMN  DUTY.  DANGEROUS 
TO  NEGLECT. 

BY  C.  C.  ROOT. 


THKKE  is.  perhaps  no  Christian  duty  of  more 
importance  to  the  success  ot  the  church 
and  cause  of  Chriet  than  that  of  diligence  in  as- 
.semblinsi  ourselves  together  at  the  time  and 
place  appointed  for  public  worship.  Few. 
deed,  of  you,  dear  brethren  and  sisters,  who  are 
deprived  of  this  blessed  privileire.  know  to  what 
extent  your  power  in  the  church  to  do  good  is 
curtailed  Then,  may  we  not  with  propriety 
ask  of  you,  to  be  the  more  fervently  engaged  in 
prayer  in  behalf  of  the  services  of  the  sanctuary, 
though  not  yourselves  present.  Your  power 
in  the  sanctuary,  were  you  present,  would  con- 
Mst  in  these:  A  word  titly  spoken  for  Jesus,  are 
like  "apples  of  i^'old  in  pictures  of  silver,"  are 
not  heard  there.  While  the  church  goeth  forth, 
"as  a  mighty  army  with  banners,  and  shineth 
dear  as  the  sun,  fair  as  the  moon;  then,  a  sol- 
dier of  the  army  is  absent,  and  a  star  of  the  <;lo- 
rious  constellation  is  not  seen."  Heuce  the 
arrow  of  conviction,  by  word  or  by  a  silent  act, 
was  not  centered  by  you  i'lto  the  heart  of  one 
who  should  have  there  and  then  died  unto  sin. 
butwent  on  in  sill,  losing,  otU-rwise,  its  bfst 
opportunity.  Or  that  light  that  did  not  shin.- 
ittto  ttiat  heavenly  place  to  he  shed  abroad  in 
some  bt^iiighted  soul,  which,  by  your  inllnenc  ■ 
only,  was  destined  to  eternal  dav,  or  everlasting 
"';;ht.  Then,  also  your  presence  might  hav»- 
in'igorated  the  drooping  spirit  of  the  minister. 
"Iio,  through  sympathy  with  you  in  part,  and 
"lin-ouraged  by  the  absence  of  negligftnt   mem 


bers.  and  from  care  of  the  safely  of  others 
absent,  he  was  by  nc  means  so  well  compo^^ed 
and  qualified  for  the  solemn  tusk  tw  if  all,  had 
been  present.  Hence  your  absence  with  that 
of  others  may  have  hindeivd  or  curtaiM  the 
power  of  that  word  wiiichthete  and  then  would 
have  otherwise  been  made  etlfctual  in  the  pow- 
er of  Uod  unto  salvatiim;  and  saved  poor  minis- 
ters from  the  temptation  of  >i.'ldiiig  in  weak- 
ness to  the  discouragemfut. 

The  apostle,  saw  iuiiiiitely  more  in  the  c  m- 
UANf.,  "not  to  forsake  the  a-ssembling  of  \our- 
selves  together,"  than  we,  at  once  niay  com.yrr- 
hend.  And  for  this  reason  this  pubji^t-t  Wos 
thought  worthy  of  this  effort,  so  that  thnsp 
who  are  nnavoidab'y  deprived  «f  this  great 
means  of  occupytnii  their  talent,  might  lie  «n- 
cuurai-ed  to  apply  every  other  (_iod-given  meHU!. 
in  their  reach  to  supply  what  i:*  lo-t  here.  And 
also  to  impress  upon  the  minds  of  thowe  who 
could  attend  and  do  not,  the  awful  responsibility 
that  rests  upon  and  agaiuft  them,  to  be  answer 
ed  at  the  trrcat  and  comiuii  day.  And  as  it  i* 
a  growing  practice  and  threatens  a  foimidabli- 
approaching  danger,  the  watchman  on  the  wall-> 
of  Zion  mustfeelit  hisduty  to  sound  out  might 
ily  tlie  alarm.  Wliile  this  is  read,  wliu-h  1  hhall 
now  add,  no  doubt  a  thousand  and  oni^  hundred 
and  ten  witnesses  will  say,  Ao'en.  And  that  i« 
this:  Tliat  the  longi^r  we  persistently  or  nrg.i- 
gently  absented  ourselves  from  the  house  ol  the 
Lord,  the  less  desire  we  had  to  be  there,  and 
the  farther  we  found  ourselves  on  the  luck 
grounds  of  holy  rectitude  and  godliness.  Then. 
IB  it  not  an  approactiiog  danger  as  the  practice 
becomes  more  prevalentV 

Now  when  excusen  are  to  be  made  for  not  at- 
tending, let  such  excuses  always  be  made  in 
our  consciences  to  God.  For  when  you  make 
them  to  your  brethron  it  only  disgusts  them, 
for  they  know  if  yourexcusea  were  laudable  you 
would  not  need  to  make  th^m.  but  would  be 
self-evident.  But  if  yon  can  command  a  busi- 
ness of  a  capital  of  hundreds  or  thousands  and 
tell  your  brethren  the  cause  of  jour  absence 
was  on  account  of  not  owning  a  private  con- 
veyance, your  brother  will  only  lose  conliileuce 
in  your  fidelity.  You  should  look  to  your 
ker  and  Master  for  an  excuse;  remember  that  a 
mechanic  who  is  worth  1^2.000  can  as  easiiy  buy 
a  horse  and  carriage  for  ¥^"0  as  a  farmer  can 
who  is  worth  no  more;  and  as  to  keeping  a 
horse,  whenever  the  farmer  sells  a  bushel  of 
grain  at  what  he  can  afford  to  raise  it,  the  me- 
chanic can  buy  it  at  that;  and  tbe  mechanic 
seldom  adheres  to  a  trade  that  does  not  hold  its 
own  with  that  of  the  farmer. 

But  the  poor  we  have  always  with  us,  but 
they  seldom  make  excuses  to  men,  for  they 
know  God  knows  their  circumstances  without 
making  excuses  to  men.  But  truly  devoted, 
poor  Christians  will  walk  as  ibr  to  church  on 
the  Lord's  day,  and  expose  themselves  a^  much 
to  the  inclemency  of  the  weather  to  do  so,  as 
thev  will  ou  week  days  to  attend  to  worldly 
matters;  while  some  professing  Cliristianity  will 
scarcely  ride  out  and  expose  themselves  as  much 
to  attend  worship  as  they  would  to  attend  to 
business  affairs  Miuistei's  duty  r.quire  that 
all  of  their  auditors  should  know  full  well  that 
few  things  can  lawfully  hinder  them.  Hence 
for  you  to  say,  won't  go  to  d*y  because  th^'re 
will  be  but  few  there,"  is  in  viitue  to  say,  "the 
minister  that's  there  aud  is  w  ounded.  may  for 
my  part,  be  altogether  slain;  or  it  is  simply 
more  fuUj  to  brin^  about  whathad  been  without 
your  aid  bo  far  already  wrong  to  be  suffered,  to 
wit:  a  failure  in  the  house  of  God.  The  very 
spot  where  Jesus  has  promised  to  be  present 
with  you.  Yes.  the  very  spot  "Wheresoever." 
Then  that  should  for  your  benctit  be  at  your 
very  meeting  house. or  at  the  vi-ry  scliool-liou^e 
or  private  dwelling,  or  barn,  or  gro\r.  ^vhert- 
ever  it  is  your  privilege  to  meet  with  the  peo- 
pleof  Godto  worship. 

In  conclusion,  I  will  yet  tiler    i.8  tt  thcuuht 
what  I,  in  niy  Bhort  fitperiejice,obaervetobe4l»e 


mightiest  power  in  the  church  of  God,  in    dia- 
•eminatiug  his  truth  irom  the  sanctuary,   and 
impressing  it  on  the  diversified  minds   of  the 
hearing  world.     And  that  is  a   full    attendiwc^ 
and  hearty  co-operation  of  every  member,  that 
your  hearei"s  think  could  in  reason  get  th^re,  and 
are    not  afraid   to  come  up  near  the  altar  their 
children  in  plainness  aud  apparent  zeal,  follow- 
close  after.     Ob,  what  a   power.      Now   your 
humble  servant  feels  fortified.     If  a  single  soul 
goes  away  without  conviction  or  an  impression, 
wlien  all  this  was  done  decently  and  in  order, 
I  hen  whose  fault  is  it?     But  on  the  other  hand, 
this  power  to  do  souls  good,   and    glorify    God, 
tnrteitfd  for  the  want  of  energy,   Oh,  what  a 
f^ult  to  acci'iint  for!    And  when  does  the  apos- 
iIm  hi  Gal.  t):9,    and  2    Thess.    3:   13,   say  we 
-hiiuld  become  weary  in    well-doing?     Answer. 
n*;ver.     Dear   brethren  and  sisters,  think  ou 
ibe»e  things. 


FALSE  WITNESSES. 


ay  JUKX  FOKNEY. 


Thou  Shalt  not  bear  fdlse  witness."    Matt,  m 


in  all  ca-ses,  unless  positively  piovento  the  con- 
trary.    We  are   aware   that   the  same  kind  of 
characters  are  in  the  world  and  in  families,  yea, 
in  churches  that  are  represented   in   the  above 
pa&sftges  of  Scripture    iiam-d  in    this    article. 
Some  of  us  have   learned   to   Know   sneh    that 
spoke  falsely  for -self-gain  (f>r  to  cheat  the  gOT- 
ernment  out  of  a  few  dollars  tax,  they  will  say 
this  ia  all  we  have.     This  is  like  Ananias,  false 
in  your  own  case.     Another  one  brings  an   un- 
truth to  bear   against   his  neighbor,   while  a 
third  against  his  brother  in  the  church  to  hurt 
his  character  falsely,  or  to  save  some  respected 
friend  from  his  due  penalty.     I  say  again,  let 
us  raise  the  alarm  to  our  children,  to  our  neigh- 
bors, yea,  to  the  church,  that  this  aUrraine  sin 
may  be  rooted  up  and  die.     Oh.    when    will    it 
die?  I  know  when  it  will  be  buried,  and  its  ba- 
ryiiig-ground  in  the  botlomleHs  pit  where  Sir 
tan  the  old  serpent  will  be  sealed  up  that  bore' 
the  first  f'ilse  witne.ss,  yea,  was  the  firat  deceiT-' 
er. 

Let  us  look  well  to  ourselves  that  we  snffer 
not  the  sting  of  this  sin  aud  lose  our  right  to 
the  kingdom  of  Qod  and  of  Christ. 


I'O  act  falsely  is  a  dishonor  to  any  person,  for 
there  is  always  some  one  deceived  by  him, 
And  when  it  comes  to  bearing  false   witness   in 
any  ca'^e  concerning  any  matter,  there  is  always 
line  party  deceived,  and    at  the  same  time  the 
one  against  whom  the  witness  <roes    is   greatly 
injured,  while  both  judge  and  jury  are  deceived: 
and  by  it  men  of  inuocency  have  been  condemn- 
ed tu  tine,    yea,    to    imprisonment  and  death. 
Then  we  do   not  wonder    why   God  made  it  a 
strict  point  of  law,  "Thou  shalt    not  bear  false 
iy[inP'-R  against  thy  neighbor,"   and  though  ev- 
f!  so  wrong  and  hurtful  to   character,    yet  .the 
evil  was  practiced  iu  all  ages,  so  that  even  holy 
men  of  God,  had  to  suffer    by  it.     Rev.    3.5:11. 
Ddvid  Baid  false  witnesses  did  rise  up,  they  laid 
to  my  charge  things  that  I  knew  not,  iic.  Not- 
withstanding we  are  told  that   a   false   witness 
shall  not  go  unpunished,  aud  he  that  speaketh 
lies  ^.h^lt  not  escape.  Deut.  P+:  16,  2ii.  We  can 
see  vvhdt  God"s  law  required  to    be  done    with 
him  that  bore  false    witness  against  his  brother 
He  was  to  suffer  all  the  evil,  before  all,   that  he 
had  thought  to  bring  on    his  brethren.     So   Is- 
rael was  told  to  put  the  evil  away  from    among 
them,  and  those  which  remain   shall   hear  and 
fear,  and  thine  eye  shall  not  pity,  but  life  shall 
go  for  life.     Yet  men  would  continue  to  bear 
false  witness  out  of  envy  and  malice,  when  they 
could  not  accomlish  their  object   in   an   honest 
way.  as  we  see  ui  Matt,  -'ti:  5!»-t;0.     Here  they 
t-ven  sought  false  witnesses,  and  it   seem-    they 
were  not  so  very  plenty  in  that  day;  but  at  last 
they  found  two  that   was   willing   to  bear  false 
witiifss.     It  seems  that  filse  witnesses  could  be 
found  when  sought  for.  and  that  by  a   people 
professing    godliness,    to    bear  false      witness 
against  the  best    person    on   earth,   (Jesus    the 
Anointed  One).     Though  men  knew  long  since 
that  falsehoods  and  lies  were   an   evil,   aud  the 


RELIGION. 


W^ 


E  have  seldom    read  a    more    finished  de- 
scription of  this  heavenly   principle,  in 
easy   language,  tlian   the  followiut.',  extracted 
from  the  English  Monthly  R'-r lew ;—- 

"Ueligion —  that  messeoger  of  Heaveo — 
dwells  not  exclusively  in  cells  or  cloisters,  bat 
goe$  forth  among  men,  not  to  frowu  upon  thiiir 
happiness,  but  to  dothem  good;  she  is  familiar 
aud  cheerful  at  the  tables  and  Hre-sides  of  the 
happy;  she  is  equally  intimate  in  the  dweUingii 
if  poverty  and  sorrow,  when'  she  emourages 
the  innocent  smiles  of  youth, and  kindles  aglow 
of  serenity  on  the  venerable  front  of  age;  sht  is 
found,  too,  at  the  bed-side  of  the  sick,  when  the 
attendants  have  (.eased  from  their  labors,  and 
the  heart  is  almost  still;  slu-  is  't^^en  in  the 
bouse  of  mourning,  pointinir  upward  to  't.)\t 
house  not  made  with  hands;  .-.he  will  not  retire 
30  long  as  there  is  evil  that  can  be  prevented, 
or  kindness  that  can  be  given,  and  it  is  not  till 
the  last  duty  is  done  that  she  ha-«tens  away  and 
raises  her  altar  in  the  wilderness,  so  that  she 
may  not  be  seen  of  men." 

SCRAPS 


Whenever  you  "cast  about  in  your  miiid" 
"what  wonldst  thoo  have  me  to  do,"  th<ak 
whether  you  could  not  do  soiuethiag  for  the 
conversion  of  sinners  by  contributing  a  lew 
pence  to  the  City  Mis.>ion  8er%*ice.  Now  in- 
stead of  pa>'iug  live  cents  for  a  cigar  seud  it  to 
S.T.  Bosserman  along  with  thi-  tCi  cents  yon 
owe  to  your  Lord. 

The  I'ruyresi^iif  t'/iiii*tian  suggest*  Ihit  the 
workers  iu  the  City  Mission  Field  be  authoris- 
ed lo  receive   aid   from    the    towns  aiid   ci'.ies 


devil  its  author,  aud  an  abominable  crime  that  wherein  they  labor,  and  thus  make  that  ser%'ice 
will  not  pass  the  judgment  of  God  unpunished,  partially  or  wholly  self-supporting.  That  is 
and  will  exclude  the  liuilty  one  from  the  king-  rii:ht.  The  brethren  will  find  tltat  the  ho^pi- 
dom  of  Christ  and  of  God,  yet  we  can  trace  this  tabh'  Gains'  and  Lydias'  in  every  town  and  city, 
evil  into  the  church  in  an  early  day.  Acts  '>:  1,  and  they  will  doubtless  avail  themselves 
2,  :i.  In  the  case  of  Annaniits  aud  Saphira  his 
when  they  bore  false  witness  in  their  own  case 
and  lied  to  deceive  both  the  church  and  th"  Ho- 
ly Ghost,  brought  upon  themselves  swift  de- 
struction. There  were  false  brethren  in  Paul's 
day  from  which  he  suffered  [lerils.-J  Cor.  U:  2»i. 
alsobv  his  Jewish  brethren  he  wasgreatlywith- 
stood  by  false  witnesses  and  accusations,  and 
his  preaching  hindered.     Acts  21:2S-:K 

Brethren  and  slstern,  let  us  raise  a  warning 
voice  agaiust  this  injurious  evil,  seeing  it  is  ?o 
damaging  to  the  best  and  holiest  men  ot  the 
church;  for  if  one  or  two  War   fuUe   witiie-s 


ery  lawful  opportunity  to  forward  the  Lf^rd's 
cause. 

We  knew  a  Christian,  who  we  supposed  to 
Ix-  near  death,  who  was  a^ked  if  she  did  not  de- 
sire to  be  restored  to  hejlth.  who  replied.  "I  do 
not  know  that  I  have  any  desire  t*>  eiprv>^  iu 
the  matter."  Suppose  the  whole  question  was 
left  to  you,  what  would  you  say?  "Well,  .fit 
wer<»  all  referred  to  me.  then  I  would  refer  it 
1  rtl!  .back  to  Christ."  This  saint  was  i-i  ^^rf^ct 
':  harmony  with  the  will  of  God.  Tins  -s  ihat 
!  life  of  whiih  the  apostles  si>eaV.  wheo  they  say. 
The  just  shall  live  bv  faith."  "fhey  that  imst 


acaiust  a  brother  or  sister,  some  one  will   be-  i  in  the  Lord  shall  uever  be  coufouuded."    Thev 
lieveittoWtrue.auditwiU   have  its  bearing  I  slmll  be  as  Mount  Zion  that  cannot  be  r^orei 


IHK    ilKK'lilKK>r    ^X    W^OlilC. 


s-'cptetnber 


"SOMEBODY'S  MOTHER   ' 

THE  womnn  waa  old,  snrt  rnjreetl,  and  ftray, 
Ami  bt-utwith  the  chill  ol  tlit^  winter's  day; 
Th»»  stiv«U  wi'r*  white  with  a  rrccatHDow, 
And  tho  woman's  (eot  with  ng**  were  slow. 

At  the  crowded  (  rovting  ahe  waited  long. 
Jostled  aside  hy  the  careless  thr»ng 
or  human  l>einjr-  who  pav^ed  her  by. 
Unheeded  the  glnnee  other  anxious  eye. 

Down  the  street,  with  Innjihter  and  hh  lut, 
Glad  in  the  freedom  of  "seh  ml  l"t  ont." 
Come,  hajipy  boys,  lilie  a  flock  of  sheep, 
Hailini;  the  snow,  pil.?d  white  and  di-ep, 
Paiiscd  the  woman,  so  old  and  (rnty. 
Hastened  the  children  on  their  way. 

None  olTered  a  helping  hand  to  h  -r. 

So  weak  MO  timid.  afV.'iid  to  stir. 

Lest  the  carriaj:e  wheels  or  the  horsi's'  feet 

.Should  trample  her  down  in  the  slippery  street. 

At  last  came  out  of  the  nierrv  troop 
Tne  gaye-st  hoy  of  all  the  group; 
He  paused  beside  her,  aii^  whimpered  low. 
"T'll  help  you  across  if  you  wish  to  go! ' 

Her  aged  hand  on  his  strong,  young  arm 
She  placed,  and  so.  without  hurt  or  harm, 
Heguidedtiie  trembling  lect  ahnig. 
Proud  that  his  own  were  lirm  and  strong; 
Then  back  again  to  his  friends  he  went, 
His  young  heart  happy  and  well  contiint. 

She's  "somebody's  mother."  boys,  yon  know 
For  all  she  ageil,  and  poor,  and  slow. 
And  some  one.  sometime,  nisy  lend  a  hand 
To  help  my  mother — yon  iiiidersland  — 
If  ever  she's  poor,  and  old.  and  gray, 
And  her  own  dear  boy  is  far  away." 

"Somebody's  mother"  bowed  low  her  head 

In  her  home  that  vight,  and  the  prayer  she  said 

Was  "God  behind  that  noble  boy. 

Who  is  somebody's  son,  uud  pride,  and  joy." 

Faint  was  the  voice,  and  worn  and  weak, 
But  heaven  lists  when  itii  chosen  speak; 
Augcis  caught  the  faltering  word. 
And  "Somebody's  mother's"  prayer  was  heard 
—Sri. 


not  left  in  hell,  neither  did  his  flesh  see 
corrujition,"  but  by  the  power  of  the 
resurrection  he  triumphed  over  death 
and  Hell,  //aJ'^M,  j^ave,  and  thereby 
opened  the  way  for  his  church  to  be  res' 
cued  from  uuder  hellV  dominion,  twhich 
hitherto />/'<  riiihil  against  it). 

In  reference  to  the  nineteenth  verse, 
it  is  said  the  .Jews  made  a  man  a  doc- 
tor of  the  law,  they  used  t4>  put  into  his 
handa  the  key  of  the  (;Ioset  in  the  temple 
where  the  aacred  writinpi  were  deposit- 
ed, sygnifyinj;  that  they  jjave  him  au- 
thority t<>  teaeli  and  to  explain  the  .Script- 
ures and  law  of  (rod  to  the  people. 

Likewise  Christ  gave  to  IVter  this  em- 
blem of  authority,  which  he  also  freely 
used  upon  the  day  of  Pentecost  aud  in 
the  house  of  ('oruelius;  an<I  further  we 
have  no  account  of  any  successor,  except 
in  the  line  of  J*opes,  and  these  '/•'  do  not 
recognize. 

"WHAT  BECOMES  OF  THESEED.>" 

IIY  S.  T.  ao-SKIiVHS. 


A  DELUSIVE    IDEA. 


"The  gates  of  bell  shall   nut   prevail   against 
it"    Malt  Hi:  IK. 

TIKOM  the  above  passage  of  .Soi-iptui-e 
■*•  very  many  get  the  idea  that  God's 
protection  over  his  church  is  such  that 
it  caTinot  err,  that  no  evil  or  delusive 
doctrine  can  prevail  against  it,  or  do  it 
any  e.ssential  barm.  'J'liis  idea  is  con- 
firmed by  another  passaj^e,  viz:  "What- 
soever ye  bind  on.ieiirtji,  ^all  be  bound 
in  heaven."  (Verso,  11(.)  (-'hurch  in- 
fallibility isjjroVBn  in  the  minds  of  ninny 
y   the.se    two    paKan)^e.s.     'I'lie     I'ajial 


by  the.se  two  paKan)^e.s.  'I'lie 
Church  resorts  to  the  same  doctrine  to 
prove  the  infallibility  of  the  Pope.  But 
this  idea  is  not  in  Imnnony  with  the  his- 
tory of  the  church,  even  in  the  apostol- 
ic age;  for  Paul  infonns  ns  that  the  mys 
tery  of  ini.|iiity  eomnieneed  its  devastat- 
ing work  in  his  day,  so  uiucli  so  that  all 
they  of  Asia  were  turned  away.  And 
before  .John,  the  revelator,  left  Ih- 
sphere  of  action,  he  gave  ua  a  history  of 
the  seven  churches  of  Asia,  which 
rather  a  sorrowful  one,  showing  that 
evil,  error,  and  false  doctrine  did  pre 
vail  against  the  church  to  an  alarming 
extent. 

Now  the  delusion  in  that  idea  is  this: 
The  church  may  be  engulfed  in  tradition, 
and  doctrines  of  men,  and  many  of  the 
isms  of  the  day,  and  yet  feel  perfectly 
secure,  just  as  werf  the  Laodiceans,  say- 
ing "I  am  rich  and  lack  for  nothing;" 
none  can  harm  us:  hell  cannot  prevail 
against  us;  when  they  were  miserable, 
l>oor,  wretched,  blind  and  nuked,  and 
ready  t<>  be  spewed  out. 

God's  jirotection  is  over  the  faithful— 
those  who  continue  steadfast  in  ivord 
and  doctrine,  but  apostates  have  no  claim 
upon  him  whatever.  The  correct  mean- 
ing of  the  first  named  pa.ssage  is  simjily 
this:  Chi'ist's  soul  was  in  the  hell  here 
spoken  of  Acl»2:  .'11,  "that  hi*  soul  wa« 


T'r  is  a  (juery   in    the   minds  of  many 
-*-     why  .so  little  success  attends  the  ef- 
forts that  are  being  put  forth  in  the  con- 
version of  the  sinner.    The  minister  w  ho 
spends  his  time,  talent  and  a  large  sharif 
of  his  means  in  his  calling,  is  sometimes 
made  to  mourn  o\  er  his  little  success.  In 
looking  over  his   congregation    he   sees 
the  approving  smile,  the  falling  tear  and 
tl^e  penitent  look,     lint  ofttimes  in  oth- 
er visita  he  sees  works  of  indifl'erence    in 
tho.se  former  mellow  ed  hearts,  and  hopes 
of  success  not  flattering.     T)ie   members 
attend  church  regularly  and  seem  to   fill 
their  places  with    credit   to   themselves 
and  to  the   cause,   yet   their  labors  are 
seemingly   fruitless.     The   unconverted 
eveu  look  with  surprise  at  the  little  suc- 
cesses of  the  church,  little  thinking  tlia't 
the  cause  may   lie   within   themselves. 
What  then  is  the  cause  of  all  this  fruit- 
less labor?  The  reasons  are  obvious  and 
not  a  few.     It  is   admitted    by    all    that 
great  efVorts  are  being  made  for  the   ex- 
tension of  Christ's  kingdom.     Time,  tal- 
ent and  means,  all  are  exjiended  and  ev- 
I'lytliing  available  brought   into    reijui- 
sitiou  for  the  extension  of  Ziou's  borders. 
But  with  all  this  the   success  does  not 
compare  favorably  to  the  means  extend- 
ed. In  enumerating  some  of  the  reasons 
as  heretofore  stated,  we  will  firet  notice 
the  two  kingdom,* — of  light  and  of  dark- 
ness as  of  the  church  and  of  the  -world. 
The  line  of  demarcation   is   so    faintly 
drawn  that    it  is  scarcely   discernable. 
hence  the  advantages  of  the  church  can- 
not be  shown  up. 

It  is  a  natural  instinct  in  man  to  re- 
main in  his  original  position  unless  he 
sees  something  better,  and  more  desira- 
ble, and  an  advantage  in  the  chano-e. 
Implements  of  mai'hinery  of  ancient 
manufacture  are  in  disuse  and  give  way 
to  those  of  modern  inventions  because 
of  their  superior  advantages.  The  fann- 
ers or  mechanics  being  convicted  of  the 
truth,  and  seeing  the  utility  of  the  change 
readily  accepts.  We  cling  to  our  na- 
tive country  with  the  utmost  tenacity, 
are  willing  to  live  and  die  there  unless 
we  can  learn  of  a  better  country  possess 
ingadvantagessuperior  in  health,  wealth, 
.\:c.  When  those  facts  are  established 
we  change.  The  line  between  the  churcli 
and  the  world  must  be  very  conspicuous. 
Its  advantages  must  be  exhibited;  its 
healthful  and  saving  influences  must  be 
taught  in  order  that  the  sinner  can  read 
ily  see  the  advantages  of  making  the 
change.  Its  saving  influences  must  be 
seen  and  felt,  then  will  conviction  fall 
readily,  aud  stepping  over  the  Hue  from 


the  world  into  the  church  will  be  the 
happy  result.  "I  see  no  difference  be- 
tween the  church  and  the  world."  "lam 
just  as  good^as  those  in  the  church."  are 
common  expressions  bv  some,  and  hence 
see  no  necssitv  of  a  change.  "The  church 
has  her  "festivals,"  so  have  we.  She 
has  her  "fairs,"'  .so  have  we.  She  has 
her  "public  auctions,"  pretending  to  sell 
a  thing  of  great  value  (?1  when  she  has 
not,  so  have  we.  She  ha-S  her  "shows" 
and  "grab  bags"  at  ten  cents  a  grifi,  all 
to  raise  money  for  the  Lord  O  1  so  have 
we.  They  do  things  just  as  we  who  are 
classed  the  "world,''  and  we  think  there 
is  such  similarity  that  we  would  have 
but  little  change. 

The  fault  may  lie  largely  with  indi- 
vidual members,  who  at  home  or  abroad 
do  not  show  that  they  have  passed  from 
death  unto  life  by  that  fervent  love, 
godly  walk,  and  holy  conversation  as 
they  should.  In  assembling  at  public 
worship  instead  of  being  earnestly  en- 
gaged in  secret  prayer  for  the  cause  aud 
for  the  success  of  their  ministers,  will  sit 
and  talk  about  their  secular  afl'airs,  crops, 
horses,  merchandise,  and  in  this  way  thi 
seed  that  is  sown  by  the  earnestly  en 
gaged  saint,  measurably,  if  not  altogeth 
er  loses  its  eftects. 

Again,  it  may  l>e  the  ministers  are  at 
fault.     He  is  a  s])eculative  in  his   delib 
erations,  theorizes  much;  but  theju'acti- 
cal  jtart  is  neglected.     In  the  pulpit  he 
may  be  eftective,  but  when  out    he    de- 
stroys it  all  by  indifferent  and  thought- 
less talk.  This  is  the  way  the  good  seed 
is  lost  by  many  unthinking  professors  of 
the  religion  of  Jesus.     Why    not    liring 
about  a  much  needed  reform  \     tiling  to 
the  old  paths,  get  the  world  out   of  the 
heart,  and  more  of  Christ   in,    and    live 
parate  from  the  world,  then    can    the 
line  be  conspicuously  drawn,  the  church 
wield  a  greater  influence   and   produce 
happier  results.     The  sinner  who  looks 
surprisingly  at  the  slow  working  of  the 
church,  let  us  look  at  him  and  see  if  he 
is  not  also  at  fault  There  are  too  many 
superficial  liearers  among  them,  full    of 
selitimentalism,    having   no  depth.      H 
they  find   a   minister   who  will  preach 
their  pet  theories,  be  full  of  sensational- 
ism, wit  and  humor;  he  is  "just  the  man," 
Hit  upon  a  more  mature   reflection  will 
condemn  him  for  it.     They   listen    to  a 
liscourse  of  one  more  seriously  disposed 
and  are  somewhat  moved,  "with  joy  re- 
ceive the  word,"  but  on  account  of  hav- 
ing no  depth  the  plant  withers  and   the 
seed  is  lost.     Some  are   "compromising 
hearers."      They  kmr  the   word,    but 
when  the  thorn  of  persecution  arises  or  of 
self  denial  will  compromise  their   relig- 
ion, sell  their  birthright  for  a  "mess   of 
pottage"  and  allow  the  seed  to  be  chok- 
ed.    Again,  some  are   "hardened   hear- 
ers," when  the  pearls    (the   religion  of 
Jesus)  are  cast  (preached )howeverplaiu 
and  practical  "because  of  the   word,    by 
and  by  they  become  oti'ended  aud  tram- 
ple it  under  their  feet  and  receive  itnot" 
Thus  lookingat  the  carelessness  of  many 
Christian  jirofessors  and   of  the  many 
agents  that  the  enemy  has  employed  we 
can  readily  see  where  the  seed  is  goin", 
and  how  lost. 

We  are  still  glad  to  know,  there  are 
some  who  are  "practical  hearers,"  the 
ground  of  whose  hearts  are  ever  mellow 
and  receive  the  truth  of  Jesus  and  prac 
tice  it  in  honor  to  his  name  and  to  the 
credit  of  the  cause,  and  by  their  holj 
piety  constrain  others  to  accept  the  term's 
of  the  gosjiel  and  travel  together  on  the 
highway  to  heaven.  Fellow  Christian, 
let  us  ever  try  to  keep  our  religion  pure 
and  undeHled;  let  us  ever  be  of  the  "ye 
are  not  of  this   world,"   that    our    light 


may  shine  and  be  influential  in  winn'     I 
souls  to  Christ.     Jlay  we  ever  niak     ^ 
true  exhibition  of  our  faith    praciicall  * 
that  others  may  see  and  know-  that  th 
is  a  real  ily  in  ibereligiou  of  Jesus  Chr' 
and  that  there  is  a  wide,  and  saving  At 
ference  between  the  world  andthechur  K 

PRIDE 


P'-iJe,  sinipij, 
mat- 


A  .\I>  now  abideth  pride,  fashion,  ex 
-^^     travagance,  these    three     bnf  ^l 

,.  ^,  ,  .  '         "^    ttle 

greatest  of  these  three  is 
because  it  is  the  root  of  the  who! 
ter.     Destroy  the  root  and  the  tree  will 
die.     It  is  hardly  worth  while  to  wa  t 
amunitiim  in  shooting  at  fashion  and  e\ 
travagance  as  long  as  the  root    is   aliv 
Most  per.sons  say  that  it  does    not  ni 
ter  how    people  dress,    jirido    is   in  th 
heart.     Very    true,  ibut    straws    show 
which  way  the  wind  blow;  plain  exteri 
or  may  cover  up  a   plain    heart.     Ijomj. 
rules  work  two  ways,  but  some  will 
\W  are  asked  whether  a 
not  be  fond  of  rlress  and  or 
out  being  prouil ',  I 
tail 


not. 
person    might 
naiuents  witb- 
ply,  when  you  see 
the  fox's  tail  peeping   out  -of  the    hole 
you  may  be  sure  ihe  f.i.x  is  within.  Jew. 
elry,  costly  anil  fashionable  clolhing  may 
all  be  innocent   things   in    their  places 
but  when  hungujion  a  human  form  thev 
give  ino,st  conclusive  evidence  of  a  proud 
heart  But  is  it  }io,ssible  that  a  man  can 
be  found  at  this  aihanced  age  of  refine- 
ment that  dares  to  write  or  speak  a  word 
against  pride  and  its  consequences! 

The  jiuljiits  have  nearly  all  .shut  down 
on  that  style  of  |ireaching.     The   fact  is 
we  have  passed  that  age  and  are  living 
in  better  times.     Our  fathei-s  and  moth- 
ers were    far  behind    the   times;    they 
were  good    enough   in    their   way,  but 
they  would  not  do  now;  they  wore  plain 
clothes,  and  sung  old  fashioned   hymns; 
they  talked  and  acted  like  some  old  nil-' 
grims  that   were   looking   for   a  better 
country,  and  when   they  left  the  world 
they    contended  to  the    very    last   that 
they  ^vere  going  to  a  city  where  there  is 
no  night.     But  they  are  nearly   all  out 
of  the  way  now.  aud  the  people  have  a 
mind  to  try  a  different  route.     We  can 
be  Christians  now   and  do  as  we  like. 
We  can  have    fine    churches,    cushioned 
seats,    ^costly     carpets,     a     fashionable 
preacher,  and  all  our  singing  done  to  or- 
der.   Now  if  this  is  not  singing  with  the 
spirit  and  with  the    understanding  also, 
then  what  is  it(    That  is   the  qnestion, 
I  know  it  is  a   little   risky   to   speak 
out  agaiust  pride  at  this   day   and   age, 
because  the  churches  are  full  of  it,   and 
hundreds  who  occupy  the  pulpit  whose 
duty  it  is  to  point  out  these  evils  plain- 
ly are  like  "dumb  dogs,  they  don't  even 
bark  at  it,"  and  in  proportion    as  pride 
gains  in  a  church  spiritual  life  dies  out, 
they  will  not,  caunut  dwell  together,  for 
they  are  eternal  op[iosites.  It  is  a  sin  for 
men  and  women  professing  Christianity 
to  spend  money  the  way  they  do  to  grat- 
ify a  proud  heart,  when  ten  out  of  every 
twelve  of  the  human    race   are  yet  un- 
saved, and  six  out  of  twelve  have  not  so 
much  as   heard    the   gospel   of  Christ. 
There  are  many  evils  in  the  land  and  in 
the  church,  but    I    doubt   if  any  evil  is 
doing  more    harm    than    pride.     It  has 
made  its   way  into   the    church  by  de- 
grees, and  now  rules  with  a  rod  of  iron. 
It  seems  that  nearly  all  creation  is  kept 
busy  in  furnishing     fashions  to  satisfy 
the    errings   of  the     depraved     heart 
There  is  no   such    thing  in    heaven  or 
earth  as  a  proud  Christian.     Pride  is  of 
the  devil.     It  originated  with  him,  and 
he  is  managing  it  most   successfully  in 
destroying  souls.     The  world  is  running 


-.pt^' 


ujber    '-^9 


'rjh±jb:  ntihcrrj^nE,^  ^^t  "woiui. 


way    bticAUse 

Mniiii  t-vtry 

to  k*^*'p  vviili  iln-ni.  untl  ibe   Jevil 

(fbs  t"  »"*^  tliHiu  ru-^h  viu.      Tlif  augels 

7l}od  tt'ouM  shrink  tVfua  the  socit-ty  of 

fjishionahle  Chmtinas  of  thiAday? 


nSOy 


A  THOUSAND  YEARS  WITH 
CHRIST. 


BY  JANE  KOHIS-«DN. 

,,r  tiie    Lord    IniiisiH'  shall    descend    from 

,11  wiibashout,  with  thf  vmceuf  the  Hrt'h- 

„(d  wilb  thf  trump  ot  Uoil;  and  Ihe  dead 

i.-tsbiull  rise   first,  tin  u   we  whicli   are 

.,ii  reiimiu  Hhnll  hu   caught    up   togetht-r 

.  ,  [11  in  the  clouds,  to    meet,  the   Lord   in 

;iud  sn  shall  we  tver  he  with  the  Lord." 

..   t:  16,  17.     "But  rher^st  of    the    dead 

it  again  until  the  thousand  years    were 

1      Ttiis  is  the  first  n'siurrfctiou      Hless- 

I  iinly    is  he    that    hath  part  in  ih*»  fiist 

,  rtiou;  on  Such  the  second  death  hath  uo 

liiit  lliey  >.hHlI  he  prie.-*t»  of  God  and  of 


.,nd  Bball  rt'ign    with   him   a  thousand 
ii^v.  23;  r>,  'K 
.  j;Ll'jSSED  thought  to  be  worthy    if 
V     ,i.'ad  to  come    with    Christ,  an<l  if 

.,_'  to  remaiu  with  him  a  thouNaud 
If  a  thou.-'Mnil  yeavf^  on  earth  witli 
ji-sseil  lieileeiner  were  all  that  we 
,.,iilJ  rfceiV|e.  i-  it  uot  worth  striving 
,,,,  Biit  thi^iis  uot  all^.he  still  oflers 
.  ^iinre  and  that  is  etta'oal  life.  Oh, 
,  l,.,t  a  dreadful  thought  to  think  of  1) - 
D^iu  the  grave  till  the  end  of  tliethous-. 
uml  vears,  then  to  come  forth  to  be  cast 
[iru  the  lake  of  fire.     Uev.  '20:  14. 

Ihvthren  and  sisters,  let  us  b:;  careful 
;bni  we  do  not  set  our  liearts  too  mueb 
,)ii  tiic  things  of  this  world,  and  so  en 
;iiii:U'  ourselves  as  to  be  deprived  of  the 
t;;.t  iftturrection.  To  the  sinner  i  would 
•sv,  -top  in  your  downward  course,  and 
think  fphat  a  dreadful  thing  it  would  be 
to  be  cast  out  from  all  that  is  good  and 
holy.  Think,  sinuer.and  flee  to  the  Lord 
for  safety,  for  he  stands  with  outstretch 
ed  arms  to  receive  you.  I  a«k  you  in 
the  name  of  Christ  to  take  his  yoke  up- 
on you,  for  he  says,  "my  yoke  is  easy 
and  my  burden  is  light."  Matt,  11:  ;J0. 
The  day  will  come  when  you  will  say, 
blessed  day  that  I  flt-d  to  Jesus  for  re 
lief,  for  then  you  are  safe  from  the  storms 
of  this  life,  and  when  the  monster  death 
shall  claim  you  as  his.  you  can  say,  "I 
have  fought  a  good  light,  1  have  kept 
the  faith."  <  )h,  what  a  blessed  thing  to 
be  able  to  say  this,  and  to  enter  into  the 
rest  of  the  Father  which  art  in    heaven! 

brethren  and  sisters,  may  God  help 
each  and  all  of  us  to  say  this.  Let  us 
be  sober  and  temperate  m  all  things, 
and  not  let  the  filth  of  this  world  spot 
our  garments;  let  us  love  one  another  as 
Christ  loved  us,  ever  looking  to  him  for 
strength,  for  without  him  we  can  do 
oothing. 

rniunrilh,  loua. 

GO,  TEACH.  BAPTIZE.  WHO? 
WHERE?  THE  PROMISE? 

ItT  W.  J.  H.  BAIMAN. 

pIKST,  tbeSavior's  command  is  to  go. 
-^  This  is  imperative,  and  as  long  as 
we  refuse  we  disobey  one  of  the  most 
positive  commands  of  the  great  Law-giv- 
pr.  "If  any  man  have  not  the  :-pirit  of 
Christ  he  is  none  of  his."  When  (.'hrist 
was  yet  with  the  Father,  the  Spirit  said, 
''(to."  Yes,  go  and  save  a  perishing 
World.  Did  not  j^ay  wait  till  you  are 
sent  for;  but  go  and  be  aggressive:  force 
ynu-self  upon  them.  The  command  to 
go  there  is  given,  not  only  by  precept, 
but  by  example.  No  wpiirming,  breth- 
■■fn,  it  will  not  do. 

The  second  command  of  the  great 
Commission  is  just  as  imperative  as  the 
first.  It  eay»,  "Teach."  Irft  them  strike. 


but  make  thum  hear.  "Cry  aloud,  spare 
not."  "Tell  my  people  their  sins  and  the 
house  of  Jacob  its  transgression."  All 
this  isapplied  in  the  command,  "Teach." 
Teachiugthe  world  the  waysot  the  Lord 
requires  the  same  aggressive  spirit  that 
we  find  inherent  in  the  command,  "Go." 
The  carnal  mind  being  enmity  against 
God,  not  subject  to  his  will,  ttc.  Men 
are  not  going  to  urge  us  to  come  and 
leach  them  a  doctrine  so  contrai'y  to  their 
natural  disposition.  The  world  did  not 
want  Christ  to  teach  the  doctrine  be  did. 
but  still  he  taught  it,  having  their  good 
in  view.  Children,  when  sick,  don't 
generally  want  to  take  medicine,  and 
nurses  must  often  use  force. 

In  teaching  the  gospel  we  are  not  to 
use  jibysical  but  spiritual  force.  Pierce 
the  hearts  of  men  with  "the  sharper  than 
any  two  edged  swordV — the  wordof  God. 
Baptize  comes  in  number  3.  This  is 
also  imperative  like  the  rest.  No  prom 
ise  given  without  it,  and  if  men  like 
thieves  and  robbers  want  t*)  climb  into 
the  fold  some  other  way  and  claim  the 
promises  of  God,  aggressiveness  on  our 
part  is  also  required  in  keeping  them 
out.  It  may  bring  upon  us  frowns;  but 
if  the.se  things  were  done  in  the  green 
tree,  what  else  need  we  expect  in  the 
dry.  But  who  is  to  go?  We  answer, 
men  full  of  the  Holy  Ghost — full  of  pow- 
er— men  who  are  apt  (qualitied)to  teach. 
Men  sound  in  the  faith  "once  delivered 
to  the  saints."  It  short,  men  who  have 
a  saving  knowledge  of  Christ.  But  who 
are  they  to  teach  ?  Answer,  those  who 
are  susceptible  of  being  taught,  old  oi 
young^  rich  or  poor,  king  or  peasant, 
black  or  white.  The  dwellers  in  cities, 
towns,  or  country,  whether  found  in 
Asia,  AtVica,  Europe,  America,  or  Au- 
stralia. But  what  is  to  be  taught^  An- 
swer, the  everlasting  gospel  of  Christ. 
The  object  of  going,  teaching,  and 
baptizing  is  to  liberate  men  from  the 
thralldom  of  sin.and  as  the  gospel  of  Je- 
sus is  a  perfect  law  of  liberty  nothing 
else  is  necessary  to  be  taught  for  that 
gospel.  Yes,  that  gospel  itlon<>  can  save 
men.  Paul  says  it  is  the  not  a  power  of 
God  unto  salvation,  *fcc.  Teaching  the 
gospel  is  what  Jesus  meant  when  he  said, 
"teach  them  to  observe  all  things  what- 
soever I  have  commanded  you.  '  The 
promise,  lo,  I  am  with  you  alway,  even 
unto  the  end  of  the  world.  Glorious 
promise,  wh}  should  we  fear  to  go  teach, 
ttc,  when  he  who  has  (til  power  in 
heaven  or  earth  will  be  cr^wff//^'  with  us — 
stand  by  us  in  six  troubles,  and  not  for- 
sake us  in  the  seventh. 

With  U8  when  we  toil  in  sadDeaa, 

Sowing  much  and  reaping  none, 
Telling  ua  that  in   the  future. 
Golden  harvests  shall  be  won. 


|omc  anil  J^amtlg. 


i-ls.  In 


unto 


wn   hii' 


.  Wiv. 
nils. 


,  ulie 


yitiir  |)iir<-nl4.  FjitluT*.  iirovukenut  y'nrchihli 
wrath,  )>ul  brintc  them  up  in  tlif  nurture  and  ad- 
nioiittini)  iif  the  Lord,  "ervaiita,  be  obedient  tii 
tlicm  Unit  are  ynur  niaflters. — Paii.. 


MY  PUPILS. 


BTC  MAKY  J.  tiTEL>. 


rpiIIS  morning  as  I  started  to  school  1 
-^  felt  both  happy  and  sad.  Happy 
because  I  am  an.xious  to  begm  my  new 
"wreath,"  sad  because  I  must  soon  aaj 
good-by  to  the  dear  boys  and  girls  with 
whom  I  have  spent  so  many  happy  hours. 
Happy  hours  did  I  say  ?  Yes,  happy 
hours,  for  t  assure  you  I  have  very  good 
boys  and  girls.  I  have  not  heard  a  bad 
word  on  the  play  ground,  nor  any  re 
ported  as  having  used  bad  words.  I  have 
had  no  f[uarrels,  or  disputes  to  settb 
during  the  term.  All  seemed  to  be  per 
feet  harmony. 

It  is  lovable  to  watch  them  at  play, 
for  they  play  with  all  their  might  and 
strength  and  when  they  hear  the  liell 
ring  to  call  them  to  work,  they  are  all 
prompt  in  getting  to  their  seats  with  their 
faces  all  aglow ;  and  as  the  gentle  breez- 
es sweep  through  the  room  they  seem  t<i 
kiss  each  red  cheek  and  wake  the  ur- 
chin's mind  to  study.  O!  to  see  these 
beautiful  little  faces,  and,  too,  the  sweet 
sound  of  each  voice  as  it  joins  in  sing- 
ing, lights  and  awakes  the  admiration 
in  any  hearer  or  looker  on.      • 

But  with  these,  as  with  everything 
else  I  love  on  earth,  I  must  sooner  or 
later  part,  only  to  remember.  Oh,  could 
every  parent  and  teacher  only  know 
that  each  child  would  attain  to  wisdom's 
ways,  what  a  happy  consolation  it  would 
be!  But  this  is  impossible;  we  must 
part,  wondering,  for  the  future  alone 
can  tell.  The  good  and  industrious  will 
find  his  friends  among  the  wise,  the  hon- 
orable and  learned.  While  the  indolent 
will  find  his  among  the  careless,  the  ig 
norant,  and  the  uncouth.  Reader,  will 
you  be  industrious,  or  idle? 

THE   RIGHTEOUS  DEAD. 


3 

he  weredead.  }et  shall    he    liv.-."     The 
.•ar  that  ha**-!  1miii#  lict-n  ileiif, will  catch 
the  sound  of  lb.*  Lite  Givr-r's  voic|:  at  it 
reverberau-s  thr<}ii.;hlhe  chaiiibera  of  the 
dead,  and  tbo-^e  moldy  eyelid.i  that  have 
been  so  long  pres-sed  down  by  the  finger 
of  death  will  i»pen  to  behold    their  glo- 
rious reward.     "The  aged  Christian  who 
has  plodtled  his   way    along  the    mazy 
thoroughfare  of  life  until  way-worn  and 
Weary  he  fell  a-ileep,  will  hear  that  \o\f.oi 
that  bids  the  righteous  deal  from  their 
dusty  beds  arise.     The   youthful  voya- 
ger whose  bark  sank  beneath  the  water? 
while  sailing  in  the  Master's  service,  will 
rt'sponij  to  its  \ 
ig  his  tiihrou<l 


elcome  tones,  and  chang 
fur  the  glistening  robes 
of  white,  will  meet  in  mid  air,  him  who 
unlocked  his  pVlsoii  cell."'*  't^^ti'  ^fi 
be  brought  to  pa-^s  the  saying  thai;  Js 
written,  "Death  !«  swallowed  up  in  vic- 
tory. O  death,  where  is  thy  sling?  O 
grave,  where  is  thv  victory  1" — Sel. 


GOOD  CONDUCT. 


G": 


1>  coDiliift  i.s 


(»)■  tilt*  most  im- 


Willi  iw  wheu  the  storm  is  sweeping 
O'er  our  pathway  'lark  and  drear: 

Making  hope  within  onr  bosom. 
Stilling  every  anxious  tear. 

With  us  in  the  lonely  valley, 
When  we  cross  the  chilling  stream. 

Lightin<r  np  the  steps  to  glory 
Wit.i  aaWotion's  radiant  beam. 


Going  to  law  with  a  neighbor  is  not 
only  unplea-iiant,  and  often  mischievous, 
but  dangerous.  The  cost,  taking  time 
into  the  account,  often  amounts  to  more 
than  the  principal.  It  might  be  well  to 
take  a  U-Bson  from  aeertain  judge  who, 
when  calling  ca.se*  for  trial,  came  to  one 
of  debt.  He  asked  the  attorney  the 
amount  in  dispute  and  was  answered 
"two  dollars."  The  judge  said,"!  will 
pay  that"  ac.d  handed  it  over. 

Wiadoni  is  the  olive  that  springeth 
from  the  heart,  bloomelh  on  the  tongue, 
and  beareth  fruit  in  the  actions. 


niNCE  the  transgression  of  our  first 
^  parents  death  has  passed  upon  all 
mankind.  Who  has  not  stood  by  the 
death  bed  of  a  relative  or  friend  and 
watched  the  sinking  form  as  death  stole 
a  march  upon  his  victim? 

The  mother's  tears  of  affection  moisten 
the  infant  brow  of  death.  Her  farewell 
kiss  is  planted  upon  the  lips  that  so  oft- 
en have  been  pressed  to  hers  for  the 
good-night  kiss,  and  then  the  little  one 
is  laid  away  in  its  dusty  bed  to  rest.  The 
mother  weeps  for  the  child,  the  child 
weeps  for  the  mother,  the  brother  for 
the  sister  and  the  sister  for  the  brother. 
AH  weep  at  the  portals  of  the  grave. 

But  why  weep  for  the  righteous  aead 
for  they  have  gone  "Where  the  wicked 
cease  from  troubling  and  the  weary  are 
at  rest."  iieautiful  thought!  no  feelings 
of  animosity  can  pierce  their  way  through 
that  lonely  mound.  No  cruel  darts  of 
sorrow,  no  keen  arrows  of  false  friend- 
ship can  penetrate  that  pulseless  heart. 
We  often  retire  to  the  graves  of  our  lov- 
ed ones  and  the  thirsty  dust  that  covere 
their  affectionate  forms  drinks  the  scald- 
ing tears  of  sorrow.  But  mourner,  look 
up  through  that  blinding  mist  of  tears 
and  see  the  eye  of  pity  that  looks  down 
from  abo\e.  Hear  the  comforting  words 
that  so  many  long  yeari)  ago  fell  from 
those  lips  that  once  weie  silent  in  that 
mighty  sleep;  "I  am  the  resurrection  and 
the  life,  ke  that  l>elieveth  on  nn-  though 


portant  things  in  lii'e.     It   matters 
uot  bow  beautiful  p.-isuiis  ujay  be,  how 
well  they  may  drts^.or  tiow  much  wealth 
they  may  have  in  ^tore.  if  their  conduct 
is   not    good,  their  place   in   society  is 
scarcely     ever     .is    they  would    desire. 
Knowing  that  this  is  true,  we  should  ev- 
er strive   to   control    our   conduct,  and 
thereby  gain  the  respect  and   esteem   of 
all  surrounding  persons.     In  order  to  do 
this  we  have    many    things   to  notice,  a 
few  of  which  we   shall   mention.     We 
must  attend  to  our  own  busine.s.s,  and  if 
we  do  this  aright,  we  will  have   enough 
to  do  without  attending  to  otlier  people's 
business.  .Vvoid  t-alkiog  about  ourselves, 
and  praising  our   own   works,  or  pro- 
claiming our  own  deeds.     If  they    are 
good,  they  will  proclaim  themselves;    if 
bad,  the  less  we  say  about  them  the  bet- 
ter.     Never  tell  falsehoods.     There    is 
no  higher  virtue  than  the  love  of  truth. 
Avoid  manifestations  of  ill  teni})er;  rea- 
son is  given  for  our  guide,   and    pasaion 
is  the  tempest  Uy  which  reason  is   over- 
thrown.    A  moment's  passion    has  fre- 
quently cut  oiy  life's  friendship,  de.stroy- 
ed  a  life's  hope,  emViittered  a  life's  peace, 
and  brought  on    unending   sorrow    and 
disgrace.     We  must  be  honest,   for   this 
is  a  dut\  to  tifod  and  man.     Avoid  idle- 
ness, for  it  is  the  root  of  many  evils.  Be 
kind,    polite,   and   sociable;    remember 
that  thought    illumines     thought,  and 
smiles   win  smiles.     Be  punctual.     One 
moment  too  late  has  lost  many  a  golden 
opportunity  .     Behave  in  the  presence  of 
all  company  with  a  feeling  of   high    re- 
spect to  all.     In  conclusion,  we  must  e» 
er  strive  and  hope   for  the  best,   think 
only  of  the  worst,  and  kindly  hear  what- 
ever happens. 

Jhrnlnr,  Alnbamti, 


The  course  of  a  drunkard  ii»  like  a 
great  stone  started  from  the  top  of  a  hill . 
It  flrst  moves  slowly,  and  a  .slight  ob- 
struction will  often  stay  its  course,  but 
after  it  is  fairl)  in  motion  it  rolls,  plunges 
and  teai-s  its  way  down,  down,  crushing 
and  de-itroying  whatever  may  be  in  the 
course  of  its  flight,  until  the  forces  which 
draw  it  downward  are  exhausted,  and  it 
lies  motionless  and  dead  at  the  foot  of 
the  plain.  There  is  but  one  exc-eption 
to  this  rule,  and  that  is  when  the  grace 
of  God  enters  the  heart  of  man,  auri  b- 
ter[ioses  its  mighty  power  to  save  htm. 
— .^»— •*  ■ 

Uesolve  to  perform  what   you  oughts 
a  id  perfi>rm  without  '"ad  your  resolve. 


THK    BTJKTHI?K>r    ^T    "WOIiK. 


Seotembf 


ler  20 


PUBMSHBD  WRBKLT. 


M.  M.  ESHKI.MAX.j 

.?.  \V.  STKIN".  ) 


1,  TiiK  Kililors  wit)  1><>  responsilili?  only  for  llii? 
general  toiuMif  tlip  iiiijuT,  iiml  tbc  innertlon  of  nn 
artk-lr  dofs  not  imply  that  tlicy  endorse  everj-  swn- 
titn^nl  of  (!»'  writer. 

8.  roXTitmi'Toits  fn  order  to  Hcciiroiiromiit  in- 
sertion of  (licir  arliclfA,  will  |>IfAsi<  not  jii<iiili;c  In 
personal! tiis  and  nninnrl^'oiiN  lanifnii^,  l)nl  pn*- 
sent  tlietr  vivwa  "  willi  (friuc  jiea»«ncd  witiiaalt." 

3,  The  l^IlETlrn^:^■  at  Whiik  will  be  Acnt  I'l 
aDVHddrMstn  tlw  I'nitfHl  Mnti's  or  Oannila  for 
$l.'60]))<r  annum.  Fur  tin-  Icudinfi  cIiantrteriHtlnt 
of  till*  papt-r,  as  «rli  as  li-nns  lo  iiifntA  mr  piRhtli 
Address  all  roniniunii'iiLionH, 

IIRITIIBKS  AT  HORK, 

Lanark,  (nrroll  Co.,  UK 


page. 


LANABE,  ILL., 


•    NKl'TRMBEKSf),  1879. 


In  sendiuf;  Pro^pe  luae>t  lo  cur  nf(ent«ROine 
of  theiu  may  have  befii  overloo!.ed.  It'  no  they 
will  confer  a  favor  by  uotifyinf;  us. 

BiioTHKit  SuAitr  informs  un  that  ''Ashluiid 
Coliepe  oi>enecl  laat  Wedoesday  with  Hevf  nty- 
five  Btudent-H  and  proHpects  for  many  more." 

What  has  betouip  ol  Doi-tor  Hayr'  lloa  he 
retreat^-d?  *  *  *  We  cannot  tell  why  he 
IB  90  Blow  in  starting  out  on  his  atlirmntive. 
We  hope  to  hear  from  him  soon. 

FnoM  the  d'onpfl  Frenehrr  we  loam  (hat 
Bro.  A.  J.  HixRon  will  visit  KansAK  Hoon  with 
a  view  of  locatinR  there.  We  urs  ^'^'^  that 
Bro.  Mizson  has  an  t>y<>  iii  that  dire<'ti(;u,  for 
his  services  nre  very  much  needed  in  that  new 
couptry.  ^__^ 

Bmothkii  .John  SitiH  nay«;  "If  I  keep  and 
read  the  H,  at  W..  I  vhall  stay  in  tliu  narrow 
way  of  life  which  londeth  to  the  heavenlyli  (>\nt\ 
May  the  Lord  help  us  in  our  pilgrimage  that 
trials  and  troiil)le«  will  unly  maltc  us  root  deep- 
er into  ^odliuesrt  and  come  out  con<|iicrerH  i<t 
last."  _^ 

BnOTitEn  ST.  Bossermam  wishes  us  lo  say- 
that  the  conimifttT  on  "Citv  Mihsirtn  Service" 
hiw  aecured  the  serviceH  of  lirethreii  U.  II.  Mil- 
ler and  .Fflsse  Calvert  as  city  Bvungelisls,  and  as 
soon  as  the  necessjuy  means  and  place  tt<  oom- 
mence  operations  may  he  aecurcd,  they  will  he 
called  upon  to  onter  the  contest.  May  God'- 
people  all  pray  for  the  success  of  Xion. 


When  a  man  tftkeft  ^ore  pains  l>  eeparate 
himself  from  saints  than  from  ^lnn>>r!i,  and  yet 
elaims  allegiaoce  to  the  "one  holy."  w.*  sutp-ct 
that  there  is  something  wrong  with  him. 
He  is  then  a  suhjVct  of  pi'y,  prayer  and 
Christian  -ympathy. 

Thk  Xcw  Testament  H-vision  Company, 
meeting  at  We-rtminstflr,  the  Afhenuttm  states, 
have  made  surh  prngre-s  in  their  work  that  the 
New  Testament  is  likely  to  be  puMinhcd  by  the 
I'Divenity  pr^^s''e^  early  in  IfiSd.  It  ii  intend 
ed"to  issue  in  the  first  inittaiie- two  cditioiis — 
a  larfie.  handsome  oct<ivo;  and  a  small.  c)iea|>er 
volume,  for  more  general  use.  The  English 
and  American  companies  are  now  busy  with 
the  final  revision  of  passages  in  which  the  same 
Greek  words  are  found,  so  as  to  bring  the  trans- 
lation into  greater  harmony. 

Tjcibk  pernonf  were  hapti/ed  on  the  !Hh 
inst.  in  the  North  Munrhester  Church,  Ind, 
and  on  the  li'th  four  more.  The  Spirit  of  the 
Lord  is  moving  the  hearts  of  the  people  in 
that  church.  About  sixty  have  been  baptized 
aiace  Jan.  last.  Homebody  is^//  tcork  there,  and 
we  will  not  promise  not  to  tell  our  readers  sotoe 
time  who  it  i>4,  tlmt  in  iLOrn^  about  \iWii(\n\y^ 
with  sinnerN  to  turn  to  (Jod  and  live,  A  niuii 
need  not  neceNsarjlv  be  a  minister,  -io-called,  to 
persuade  sinners  to  cease  their  evil  ways.  0 
what  m'ghty  work  mav  he  done  iii  the  name  ot 
JfMus,  if  we  work  diligently! 

The  VFj-y  ojijifisjtiou  one  meets  ought  to  cheei 
his  footsteps  and  gladden  his  heart.  As  long 
as  lions  are  prowling  around  and  the  frantic 
yelp  of  wolf  is  heard  profieeding  from  the  Hod. 
— though  it  comeH  from  beneath  a  sheepskin — 
we  know  we  are  on  the  highway  that  leads  to 
the  golden  city;  for  out  lA  '■  great  tribulations" 
the  blond- washed,  wtiit[>-riibed  throuj;  must 
come.  "In  the  world  yewhall  have  tribulations," 
ii|)plies  on^  to  those  who  earn  them.  It  i-i 
rath-^r  easy  to  approjiriate  a  Chribtian  ,  title 
withoutprovokiog  persecution  by  "good  works;" 
(hough  after  the  bittertst  maledictions  pro- 
ceed from  the  body  of  saints. — Oo^tprl  Prrm-hir 


OUH  PUKPOSB. 

IN  accepting  a  position  upon  the  Editorial 
atatr  of  the  BsirrHKEX  at  Wmks,  it  is  my 
purpose,  by  the  help  of  the  Lord,  to  cling  to 
the  primitive  tenets  of  our  holy  religion,  and 
"contend  earnestly  for  the  faith  once  delivered 
to  the  haiut*."  We  need  to  "stand  in  the  ways 
and  enquire  for  the  old  paths,  where  is  the 
fffiod  way.  and  weshall  finri  rest  unto  our  souU." 
InourChriHtiao  principles  we  need  steadfastness 
In  maintaining  tho-sa  principles  we  need  kind 
newB.  Courage  and  fidelity.  In  alt  our  co-oper- 
ative eflorts  to  alvance  our  U-i-iter's  cause  we 
should  "abuuii'l  in  the  work  of  the  Lord.''  Here 
we  need  not  only  integrity  of  purpose,  but 
humble  minds,  gentle  and  forgiving  spirits, 
loving  hearts,  holy  and  con'*ecrated  live.i,  ever 
emulating  the  lovely  character  and  life  of  our 
adorable  Kedeemer. 

It  is  proper  to  state  here  that  other  pressing 
engagements  and  labors  will  likely  prevent  oth- 
er editorial  cootributions,  from  me,  than  the 
debate  until  its  close.  In  the  meantime  I  ask 
an  interest  in  your  prayers  that  grace  and 
strength  may  be  given  me  for  every  day  aud 
duty. 
May  'olouy  by.  To  Ot'i>  is  the  hkihe-^t,  on 

KAHTH   l-KA'  K.  ROOD  WLI.I,  TOWAKU    MEN." 

J.  W.  Stein. 


PITY  THE  POOR  PREACHER. 


time  Cor  beginning  an  active   and    euer 


Wk  are  pleased  to  have  associated  with  us 
editorially,  our  beloved  Brother  J.  W.  Sl«iri 
Our  only  regrets  are  that  for  a  while  he  cannot 
take  up  regularly  topics  apart,  from  the  debate. 
The  duties  of  the  College,  and  his  part  of 
the  dificiHsion.  will  engage  mosi  or  hi«  time 
tor  a  while.  We  triist,  howover,  Unit,  notwitli 
jitanding  tho  work  before  him,  the  Lord  will 
open  the  M.iy  for  an  arlirie  from  him  occft>»ion- 
aliy. 

Wb  must,  if  we  would  have  *t#rnal  life,  oc- 
cept  Chrisi,  or  nothing.  There  is  only  one 
tiling  for  us  to  do.  If  a  drowning  man  refuse 
the  plaiik  or  rope,  he  is  lost.  If  the  prisoner 
on  tli«  WBv  to  the  gallows,  rejectw  the  ollend 
pard'ni.  he  dies.  If  the  dying  beggar  refuses 
the  loaf,  he  .starves.  It  nriy  seem  couraj,'eoii- 
'•>  go  down  the  third  time,  and  drown.  It  may 
-eem  heroic  to  tear  Hie  pardon  into  pieces,  or 
refuse  the  loaf,  and  starve— but  in  the  licht  of 
common  sense  it  looks  like  insanity,— Iffw/- 
itorth. 

Wirr  IS  It?— Saloon-keeper*  put  up  a  screen 
before  their  doors;  home  players  kIuiIHp  their 
cards  out  of  sight  when  the  minister  calls:  and 
young  men  put  their  cigars  behind  them  nl  I  lie 
sight  of  a  lady.  Why  is  il.  unless  tliey  air 
avhanied  of  what  they  are  doing y  Now  hoys,  if 
saloon  keepers  think  what  is  done  inside  ton 
bad  to  be  thrown  open  to  the  world,  don't  gd 
behind  the  screen.  If  cards  are  not  lit  to  shakr' 
liands  over  with  the  miQister.  let  them  alone. 
If  the  cigar  in  your  lips  ofl'ers  an  aflVont  to  thi 
iadyapproacliing,  don't  smoke  it. 


FoK  some  time  we  have  given  consider- 
able spm^e  to  the  description  of  ditlerent  jior 
tions  of  the  West  with  the  hope  that  tihe 
ciiiiHe  of  Ciiristianity  might  be  promoted.  If 
proper  caution  be  obserced,  much  uood  may  b. 
don.-  by  brethren  going  into  uew  settlement' 
aud  building  ..p  churches.  To  facilitate  .thi> 
work  we  have  permitted  correspoadeuta  to  giv* 
their  views  of  the  country  iu  which  they  live, 
and  we  believe  in  the  great  mijirity  of  case? 
they  have  endeavored  to  be  fair  and  imjiartial 
Wo  must,  however,  all  he  careful  not  to  permit 
ourselves  to  heco.n*  too  -nuch  concerned  about 
lauds  and  weaU.li.  but  remember  that  we  shall 
"firnt  seek  the  Kiutidom  of  (iod  and  his  right- 
eousness and  all  these  things  shall  be  added  un- 
to us." 


An  Asylum  for  the  aged  and  inlirm.  or  n 
home  for  the  homeless,  is  an  enterprise  tliat  i- 
being  agitated  among  some  of  our  more  phi 
lanthropic  brethren  and  sisters  in  a  private  way 
Wbo  will  make  the  st:irt  iu  >o  noble  an  enter- 
prise? Our  columns  are  open  for  the  fsetlin^ 
forth  of  every  good  work  and  deed,  and  w. 
stand  ready  to  give  a  hearty  liod-^fjieed.  Tli< 
time  for  as  doing  good  may  be  short,  thererore. 
we  ought  fo  take  home  to  ourselves  the  timely 
admonition.  "Whatsoever  thy  hand  findeth  to 
do,  do  it  with  thy  might"— Prlmifin  Chris- 
tian. 


Wk  clip  the  following  from  the  Carroll  Coun- 
ty (III )  ('i^k.V/c  of  Sept.  J2tlt; 

In  Stein "k  debate  of  the  11th  of  Aug,,  he 
said  that,  accordini,'  to  grammatical  construc- 
tion of  llie  coiumission  in  Matt.  US:  ]!),  "We 
-should  bapti/*  into  the  ttaw*' of  «jc/j  person  i<i 
the  Godhead  or  trinity."  This  we  mo»t  hearti- 
ly iudoi-ap.  D.  Gans. 

Mr.  Gans  indorses  what?  Why  that  "We 
should  baptize  into  the  )ia)Ur  of  fo-h  ptn-non  ot 
the  Godhead  or  trinity."  He  not  only  "iudors 
ea"  this,  but  "heartily"  indorses  it;  and  more, 
he  ")iit>st  hi'iriihj"  indorses  the  fact  that  "we 
should  baptize  into  the  unmc  of  f<trh  prrsoii  ol 
the  Godhead  or  trinity."  We  "moat  heartily" 
accept  his  indorsemeiTt  of  trine  or  Bible  im- 
mersion, 

A  RitoTiiER-wishes  to  know  whether  plain- 
ness of  dre*s  should  not  bs  enforced  upon  all 
meuibors  ol  the  Church.  Our  answer  to  this 
question  would  be  decided  "No."  In  religion 
we  do  not  believe  in  coercion.  God  does  not 
force  it  ui»on  us.  neither  should  we  try  to  force 
.it,  or  any  of  its  characteristics,  on  anybody 
else.  Plainness,  like  all  other  Christian  char 
acteristics,  is  the  outgrowth  of  principle  aud  n 
regenerate  heart,  therefore,  to  iucuUdte  correct 
princi|»lef  should  he  our  first  care,  and  plain- 
ness of  dress  will  follow  as  a  natural  result 
While  we  do  not  believe  in  f'oroing,  or  using 
coercion,  we  at  the  same  time  <h  believe  ii, 
plainness  as  taught  and  commanded  in  th* 
Scriptures,  and  we  further  I  elieve  tinit  f^verj 
one  who  has  been  truly  coiiveited,  correctl.^ 
taught  and  >urrouiided  by  j>roper  inHueuces 
will  take  to  plainness  jis  naturally  as  they  will 
to  auy  of  the  other  (Christian  graces.  It  i- 
convenient,  economical,  right  and  reasonable, 
aud  is  ?o  considered  by  every  intelligent  aud 
sound  thinking  mind.— /V/im/V/iv  Chrhfi'in. 


'pHEtir 
J.     g«^tic 

IS  ntar  at  hand.  True  we  should  at  all  t  mes  be 
found  fisjlitin^  the  good  tight  of  faith,  and  we 
trunt  each  III  his  p.irticular  way  is,  but  the  sea- 
sou  of  the  year  is  approachins;  in    which    about 
all  have  retired  from  the  more  artive    physical 
labors  and  are  living  upon  the  fruits   of  their 
Bumra-rwork.       During  this   period  iniuisters 
will  go  forth  in  the  name  of  Jesus  aud  declare 
his  grace,  sinners  will  believe   and  turn  to  God 
and  live.     Perhaps  not  a  few  will  feel  from  the 
d-pt  bs  of  their  souls  that  at  a  certain  place  they 
might  awake  some   to  righteousness,   but  cir- 
cumstances forbid   (heir  going'  there.      Some 
will  be  invited  tu  "come  over  and  help,'"  but  be- 
ing "straitened"  cannot.       One  thing  we  must 
plead  for,  and  that  is  the    poor   minister.       Do 
not  ask  him  to  spt-nd  his  daily  wages    for  your 
benefit.     Do  not  ask  him  to  give  you  the  bread 
which  belongs   to   his  children.       Assist  him. 
HeliJ  bear  his  burdens.      Railroads  as  a  rule  do 
not  work  for  nothing.      Pay  the  fare  of  your 
minister;    put    bread  into    the   mouths   of  his 
chil-iren  and  clothes  on  their  backs.      This  will 
hardly  putf  him  up,  nor  enlarge   his   stock  of 
pride  aud  vanity.     If  it  does,  send  him  home  to 
stay.     I  would  a  thousand  times  rather  put  a 
dollar  into  the  poor  ministers  hand  to  help  feed 
and  clothe  his  family   than  to  consume  it  upon 
the  lusts  of  my  children.      Poor  preacherl      It 
is  expected  that  he  bear  all  the  load  while  others 
go  tree.     Let  there  he  at  lea-st  a  shade   or  sem- 
blauce  of  f  rpiality  iu  this  matter.      I  should  be 
sorry  indeed,  to  hear  that  a  poor   minister  wa« 
compelled  to  spend  his  substance  for  the  church 
while  his  family  sutlered  for  the   necessaries  of 
life.     I  do  jiot  know  that  a  minister  is    obliged 
to  do  this,  but  if  he  answers  not  the  calls  he  is 
regarded  as  diaoljedient,  and  if  he   answers   the 
calls  ;iiid  loses  all  lie  has,  he   will   be  tried   for 
mismHiiageraent.      Hard  lot,  for  you  poor  niin 
ister.     God  bless  you  with  patience  and    stead- 
fasliieps!    0  IS  it   not  soul-cheering   to   know 
that  ill  the  world    to   come    there    will    be  no 
property  distinction?     Will  it  not  he  glprious- 
Iv  grand  wlien  men's  standing  will  not  be  meas- 
uied  l.y  the  amount  of  acres  he  possesses?  Look 
up  to  (iod,  poor  minister,  trust   him,   hope  ol 
He  will  aliundantly  reward.      I  know  it  is  very 
unpopular  to  take  your  part,  or  to  bespeak  for 
you  the  aympathif.s  of  all  who  cry  "Lord,  Lord," 
but  whether  men   will   hear  or   not   we  must 
speiik.     I  do  not  look  for  uerfect  e<!uality  in 
this  life.    Sin  abounds;  and  this   fact  prevents 
perfect  e'iuality.      But  we  may  approximate  to 
it;  aud  only  by  meekness  and  piety,  by  unceas 
ing  devotiou  to  principle  can  any   one   succeer 
with  God      Do  uot  boast   of   }our  preaching 
nor  speak  evil  of  you  co-laborers.  Do  the  worl, 
of  an  evangelist,  and  leave  the  result  with  Gor 
our  Father,     I  wish  you  all  abundant  success. 


THERE  WILL  BE  W^ED3.^~^ 

THE  wheat  and  the  tares  grow  in    the  so 
field.  Take  the  impurites  out  of  the  wate" 
and  it  IS  refreshing  to  mau.     The  good  and  iv' 
bad  are  seen  by  the  same  eye,  felt  by   the  sa 
heart,  heard  by  the  same   ear.   and    spoken  K 
the  same  tongue.       The  soil  that  will    prodn 
gO(^  wheat  will  also  produce  weeds. 

Said  a  dear  brother,  "1  will  try  your  papop 
few  months,"     The  manner  in  which  be  said  t 
told  me  that  he  was  expecting  nioreintheH      ' 
W.  than  he  would  find,      I  concluded   that  h 
was  looking  for  a  paper  iu    which    no   "weed  " 
might  be  found.     We   therefore  conversed 
the  sul'ject  about  thus: 
Are  you  are  a  farmer? 
"  I  am." 

Vou  theu  know  how  to  raise   corn,   do 
uot? 
"I  do." 

Yon  are  careful  to  keep  down   the   weeds 
that  you  may  have  a  good  crop? 
"I  do  my  best  in  that  direction." 
Weil,  after  doing  your    best,  and  you  think 
the  weeds  are  all    destroyed,  do   you    not  linH 
some  there  when  you  go  to  gather  your  corn? 
"Yes,  I  do," 

Now  since  you  find  weeds  in  your  cornfield 
after  doing  all  you  could  to  keep  them  down 
you  will  uot  rejet  t  the  coru  because  a  few  weeds 
are  found  among  it? 

"0  DO,  of  course  not;  I  shall  be  sure  to  gath- 
er  the  corn.  I  do  not  think  the  few  weeds 
have  injured  the  corn  any." 

\'ery  true,  dear  brother,  the  corn  is  not  in- 
jured,  the  land  is  only  a  little  impoverished  hv 
the  weeds,  and  it  would  have  been  desirable 
that  some  good  plant  be  nourished  instead,  but 
fhr  weeih  nrr  then:  So  it  is  in  a  religious  paptr 
The  editors  perhaps  try  to  keep  out  all  "weeds  " 
and  do  their  best  to  cultivate  pure  grain,  but  a 
weed  will  spring  up  now  and  theu.  The  broth- 
er immediately  extended  his  subscription,  and 
saw  that  even  editors  ought  to  be  borne  with 
sometimes. 


.  M.  E. 


SIGNIFICANT. 


Sfn-d  a  donation  to  Brethren's  Tract  Socii^y, 


INFIDKLS  have  sounded  the  call  fora  union 
ot  their  forces,  and  propose  to  step  into 
the  arena  of  politics  for  the  advancement  of 
their  work.  On  the  13th  and  Uth  of  Sept,,  a 
convention  was  held  in  Cincinnati,  in  order  to 
take  political  action.  A  similar  meeting  was 
held  in  the  Astor  House,  New  York,  Aug  8tli. 
at  which  one  of  their  leaders  urged  that  "the 
liberals  of  the  United  States  should  organize, 
and  become  as  far  as  possible,  apolitical  power." 
They  propose  sending  out  1,000,000  copies  of 
thier  paper  called  Man  to  business  men,  niiuia- 
ters,  lawyers  aud  teachers.  Tliey  do  not  lack 
means  to  do  this,  but  with  "liberal  hearts"  liber- 
ally contribute,  while  thousands  of  professors 
of  Christianitj  fold  their  hands  and  look  on. 
These  movements  are  significant,  and  we  can 
view  it  in  no  other  light  thau  we  are  entering 
the  time  when  Revelation  13:5  shall  be  fulfill- 
d.  Many  of  us  are  inclined  to  look  upon  the 
itpid  increase  of  skepticism  with  iudilferjice 
Its  rise  ha*  been  significant  and  its  marvelous 
growth  no  less  so.  There  is  a  cause  for  this  -a^ 
well  as  for  all  other  things.  What  is  ii?  Noth- 
nglesa  than  lu/ptirristf.  Men  profess  to  love  God 
with  vehemence  on  the  Lord's  day  in  the  house 
of  God,  at  the  [uayer  meeting,  and  wherever 
I'eople  meet  to  worship,  aud  the  balance  of  th'' 
lime  is  generally  spent  in  driving  sharp  bav- 
;<aius,  in  devouring  neighbors,  or  pulliug  down 
tiiose  who  really  walk  according  to  the  com- 
mandments of  God.  Such  unholy  living  pro- 
duce? large  crops  of  infidels;  and  God  above 
knows  what  the  end  will  be.  We  warn  our 
readers  against  the  pernicious  evil.  We  plead 
with  all  the  "born  of  God"  to  watch— not  lor 
black  spots  in  others,  but  that  no  spots  come 
upon  you.  //(Vc  r/V//(/;  follow  the  Master;  he 
weaned  from  the  world,  and  you  will  be  reailj 
u-hen  .lesus  conies.     He  will  come  soon. 


LABETTE  COUNTY.  KANSAS, 

[N  giving  an  account  of  this  portion  of  Kan- 
sas, I  shall  confine  myself  to  facts,  and 
uot  atlem|it  to  color  these  nor  exaggerate.  ' 
have  not  beeu  all  over  Kansas,  nor  will  I  say 
that  h'liiiftas  is  so  and  so  simply  because  IhftVf 
been  in  a  few  cornties.  We  should  be  careful 
how  we  represent  a  country.    To  go  into  a  fe* 


THE    l^KETl:iliii.:N'    ^T"    WOJiK. 


^j.!*" 
,1"^ 


wholf 


ries  io  a  St«t«.   and  then  regard  the  wl 

fr.iru  thi»+    stHndpoiot  is  like   r<*B(iing  the 

words  to  Christ,  aud    then    condemning 

''"ul,)e.      There  are.  nu  doubt,  disadvantnees 


J.  lireleas  farmers  hs  well  as  thrifty  ones; 

Hie  iWt«/!'  should  not  be  condemned  because 

'"'     pot  goltl  ao'l  puinbiiie.       Men  sometimes 

nto  Kiiiisas  at  a  few  poiuts,  aray  a   couple 

tepks.   then    go   away  and   write  naugbty 

■    r*  concerning  the  whole  State.  That  man 

'    itpoor  judgment,  and  thinking  people  have 

r  thoughts  about  such  men.      On  the  otli-r 

will  visit  a  couDty  or  two  lieunmea 


til" 


[e  excited  and  say  all  manner  of  nice  thing- 


Knii**"*' 


These  have  set   themseUe^    down 
•ide  of  the  ft*nce.  and.  like   thi>ae 


,ban?e 


,,„theothei 
I  o  cDudeinn  all  from  a  slugle  standpoint,  are 
nt  9ttt'*'  counsellors. 

Many  of  our  readers  are  contemplating  a 
we  of  location,  helieviii^  that  such  HOours> 
111  rpaii'tin  advantnge  to  th^ir  f-tmilea    HUf 

tlie  cause  of  Christianity.       It  U  a  seriou 
.     ,,  [Q  leave  old  aswciatious  and  the    ties    of 
i-ndred  and  gn  nut  to  a  new  country  to  endure 
,    ],^|.^l^liip-<  that    iiaimlly    attend    those    wli-i 

k-  tlie  tiritt  Ijlow,  To  aid  tlio-e  who  desire 
,>iiR'  west,  and  to  build  up  thu  cause  of 
.■[,ii,t  the  writer  came  to  Kansas,  and  now  uf 
,  ^yiisid'^rable  oh'^ervrttion,  and  uiuoh  iuter- 
Vffiut;.  ho  u  ready  to  l»v  before  the  repd 
^ra  4i<»iiiething  which  niHy  i)enetit. 

Libelte  county  is  in  the  south-eastern  iurt 
„f  tlie  State.  It  is  bounded  on  the  ea>t.  \}\ 
(jberokee  couuty;  ou  the  north  b>-  Neoshn 
^.yi,ot\;on  thewtst  by  Montgomery  couury; 
nud  south  by  the  liidirtu  T-^rntn-y.  Tfie  pop- 
uliilion  in  1S70  wrts  5).!t73;  in  1S7S  it  was  111.- 
;,y,  being  an  incre'ise  of  9,779  in  ei^'ht  years 
Tbere  most  be  a  cause  for  thi^  r-ipid  increa'te 
of  population.  Certainly  pi'opte  wdl  not  mov-- 
inlo,  remain,  and  irapmve  a  eoiiutry  unless 
there  be  inducements.  The  f,ict.  Ihnt  so  many 
have  come  here  and  remain  is  proof  that  it  is  a 
Jr^irable  part  of  the  State. 

Lust  year  3^,135  acrts  of  wlieat  were  sown: 
(ISJbo  acres  planted  in  com;  1,312  arres  in  po 
tatoes;  1,1"J0  acres  in  castor  beiui'  There  were 
JOl)  aores  ni  clover  meadow  and  1  73i*  acres 
timothy.  There  were  2:)5,707  r.pple  ir-ev;  10.975 
Dear  trees; '228,ti40  pMHch  tree.-";  .11986  cherr 
trees;  and  S21.2S6  rod*,  or  nearly  '2,600  miles  of 
fence,  the  principal  part  of  which  is  hedge. 
There  are  95  school  district-*  orga-iized,  aiil  92 
school  houses,  and  about  7  0)0  persons  ut 
school  age.  The  average  witges  uf  male  teach- 
ere  is  ^3-VOO;  of  fem  iles,  ^'■'■0  00.  This  couaty 
in  1S78  stood  second  in  the  State  in  acreage  of 
all  kinds  of  crtin«.  These  are  facts  gleaned 
from  the  second  Biennial  report  oi  the  St.ite 
Board  of  Agriculture. 

lACE  OF  THE  COUNTKY. 

Eighty-eight  percent,  of  the  county  is  upland 
prairie;  two  p-r  cent,  bot.ti.m  UnU.  aud  t^n 
percent,  timber.  Tne  bottom  lands  lie  along 
•itreams  ftud  are  from  one  ha\f  to  n  mile  wide. 
Timber  coii-^ists  of  black  walnut,  hickory,  hack- 
berry,  sycamore,  red  and  white  eirfi.  burr  oak, 
.ottonwood,  u;aple  and  willow.  The  Neosho 
river  is  the  principal  stream,  clear  with  rock 
bottom.  Abounds  with  li-^h.  Libeite  river, 
Turkey  .Teek,  Deer  creek.  Snow,  Big  Hill,  and 
Pmiipkiu  creeks  with  many  other  smaller 
streams  may  be  found. 

BriLDINli  STONE  AND  COAL. 

Coal  is  found  in  abundance  iu  the  south  and 
eastpartof  the  county.  Lime  and  stnd'^tone 
are  found  in  abundance  W-i  nuver  saw  pret- 
tier building  stone.  They  are  smooth,  large 
and  of  superior  quality.  They  are  found  in 
layers  from  one  to  five  inches  iu  thickness. 

T0WM8AND  CITIB3. 

The  piincipal  ones  are  Parsons  Oswego. 
Itbe  county  seat)  Chetopa  and  Libette  City 
:Vt  Oswego,  the  M.  K.  ii  T.  R.  R.  crosses  the 
Missouri  and  Western  branch  of  the  St.  Louis 
and  SaN  Francisco  Railroad.  Parsons,  is  the 
■  IiilUut  Wonder  of  the  West."  A  little  over 
';iglit  years  agLi,  the  present  site  was  selected 
tor  a  town  and  named  after  Judge  Parsons  of 
New  York.  It  now  contains  about  4,000  in- 
habitants, and  is  noted  for  its  thrift  and  enter- 
t>rise.  The  machine  shops  of  the  M.  K.  .^  T.  it 
It.  are  located  here.  The  branch  extending  north 
to  Jun.  tion  City  on  the  K.  N  V.  mad  connects 
with  the  main  line  at  Parsons.  It  is  also  the 
western  terminus  of  theMemphis,  Kansas^  Col- 
orado Uailway.  Th-re  are  six  church  buildings, 
two  large    school-houses   which   cost   ^1.'>.OI>0 


each,  aid  «iuile  a  number  of  brick  business 
blocks,  two  or  three  stories  high  which  denotes 
thrift  and  enterprise  on  the  part  of  the  citi- 
zens. In  fact  brains,  culture,  ambition  and 
bui-iuess  tact  are  about  as  highly  developed 
ht-re  as  in  most  eastern  cities;  and  he  who 
comes  here  with  a  view  to  show  the  people 
how  to  do,  will  find  his  fancy  flitting  away  lik^ 
moonbeoms.  The  people  are  bright,  iutelli 
gent,  obliging  and  business-like.  They  havt 
settled  down  here  to  stay;  and  have  built  fine 
business  structures,  commodious  dwellings, 
and  seem  to  enjoy  themselves  remarkably  well. 

HEALTH. 
The  faces  tell  that.       1  was  pleased,  on  step 
ping  from  the  car?,  to  see  such  fair  and  health) 
c'tuntenances.        True,    here    as    in     all    new 
countries,  there  are  some  ehills  and  fevers,   es- 
pcially  along  the  rivei-s.    but    I  have   not  si  en 
nor  heard  of  any  yet,    anil    we    all    know  that 
this  is  the  season  for  chills.     From  what  I    can 
lilean  from  physicians  and    others,    I    conclude 
that  chilU  and  fever  are   the  exception    instead 
of  the  rule.     In  fact  ppople  who  have  chills  do 
not  have   rosy  cheeks,   fair   countenances    and 
hardy  constitutions.       Several  have  told  me  ot 
1  heir  being  cured  of  lung  and   throat  diseases 
by  coming  here;  and  I  confess  that  I  have  been 
considerably  benetitted   hy  my  short  stay  in 
Labette  county. 

SOIL  AND  rorNTRY, 

There  is  the  black  limestone,  the  red  lime- 
stone and  white  or  ashen  soil.  The  black  soil 
is  rao^t  abundant.  Each  kind  bns  its  friends, 
ami  I  presume  when  compared  with  some  of 
the  "barrens"  in  other  parts  of  America,  it 
will  be  found  remarkably  fertile.  The  best 
corn  is  on  the  black  s<jil.  We  were  informed 
that  wheat  does  well  ou  the  white  soil.  The 
average  yield  of  wheat  this  year  was  about  Ifl 
bushels;  oats  about  -10;  corn  estimated  at  Vy. 
Castor  beans  15  bushels. 

tt.\,TER  AND  tlEI.. 

Water  in  places  very  good;  iu  others  not  very 
tresh,  though  not  as  hard  as  in  some  parts  of 
the  west.  People  say  they  like  it,  and  by  a]i- 
pearances  it  must  be  healthy.  But  in  this 
there  is  much  in  usage.  When  we  have  be- 
come accustomed  to  the  water  in  onr  "home 
places,"  water  elsewhere  does  not  taste  so  sweet. 
Coal  from  three  and  a  half  to  ten  cents  per 
bushel.  It  is  found  in  large  quantities  in  the 
ea-.tern  and  southern  portions  of  the  county.— 
Good  hickory  wood  delivered  for^S.i'"  per  cord. 
Posts  seven  cents. 

M  \RKETS. 

Freight  rates  are  le^s  from  here  to  Chieago 
than  from  western  points  to  Illinois  in  Chicago. 
Dry  goods,  groceries  and  the  staple  articles  of 
life  are  about  the  same  as  in  Illinois.  Neai-ly 
all  grain  that  shipped  goes  to  Texas.  Stock- 
raisinir  is  a  leading  busines.  and  this  generally 
pays.  Mild  climate,  abundance  o''  feed  and 
other  material  advantages  combine  to  make 
this  branch  of  business  remunerative. 

FAKMS  .VSD  KARMEK^. 

The  first  settlers,  or  rather  most  of  them  are 
>till  here.  About  nine-tenths  of  them  mort- 
gaged their  land  thinking  they  could  not  get 
through  safely  otherwise,  but  alas!  that  was 
their  short-sightedness.  The  mortgages  are 
now  coming  due,  and  the  land  must  be  solil. 
Farms,  hedged  and  ready  for  the  plow,  drill  and 
planter  may  now  be  purchased  for  ^10.00  ^15,- 
00  per  acre.  Dwellings  not  very  good;  but 
most  farms  have  good  orchards  which  are  just 
beginning  to  bear.  No  fruit  this  year.  Here 
and  there  you  will  find  a  prudent  farmer  who 
would  not  mortgage  \m  farm  flor  piake  debts, 
hence  he  is  contented,  and  happy.  Such  do  not 
want  to  sell  their  farms.  And  then,  too,  in 
this  as  in  all  countries  you  will  find  those  who 
seem  to  have  been  "born  tired"  and  are  not  rest 
ed.  These  are  the  one?  who  work  two  days  on  the 
farm  and  spend  four  loafing  in  town.  Thepe 
will  sell  cheap.  Any  one  having  from  one  to 
two  thousand  dollars  may  do  well  here.  But 
bear  in  mind  that  you  <  an  not  reap  here  unless 
you  plow,  and  plant.  If  you  expect  to  pluck 
well-baked  loaves  of  bread  from  stalks  of  wheat 
you  will  be  disappointed.  But  by  industi-y, 
economy  and  contentment  you  may  do  well— 
Anil  then  if  you  think  you  can  endure  the 
hardships  of  opening  up  u  new  farm,  yon  can 
find  suih  ihances  in  Labette   County,   Kansas. 

If  you  cannot  leave  your  old  associates  to  find 
new  ones;  it  you  cannot  pluck  from  your  eyes 
the  scenes  [of  childhood,  better  not  go   west. 

Personally  I  could  live  in  south-eastern  Kan., 


or    rather  Labette  county.     Those   who   have 
been  in  Ogle  Co.,  III.,  or  Cedar  Co.,  Iowa   can 
have  some  idea  how    this   couuty  looks.       The 
butter   way    for   those    who   think    of  moving 
there  is  first  to  go  there  and  spend  a  few  we^ks. 
J.  B.   Cook,   of  Chetopa,   will  show  you  the 
country  in  the  south  part  of  the  county,   and 
S.  M.  Burket  and  the  Brethren  and  others  will 
take  pleasure  in  showing  you    the   country  in 
the  north  part.     These  pereons  will    take   you 
out  free  of  expense,  and  when  you  •'o,  observe 
soil,  water,    crops,    fruit    trees,  stock,  improve- 
ments, grain  &c.      Talk   with  some  of  the  old 
and  most  experienced  farmers,  and  ft.sk  for    the 
truth  without  any  coloring.      Avoid  braggarts. 


Brethren  should  select  a  good  vicinity  and   set-  1  of  16,tift9  each  month. 


Copies  iHBued  at  home  940,814;  abroad,  238,- 
'140.     Total.  1.187,854, 

Bible  for  the  Blind.— Volomett  iiwaed.  356; 
making  an  aggregate  of  11,593  volumwi  in  thir- 
ly-aeven  years. 

The  iflsues  of  the  society  dQring63  yean 
amount  to  .36,052,169  copies, 

The  Bible  Society  Record,  with  the  monthly 
receipts  from  all  sources,  and  it*  extract*  from 
the  domestic  and  foreien  correspondence  of  the 
Society,  is  sent  to  each  Life  Director  and  Life 
Member  who  requests  it.  and  to  the  p*«tor  of 
every  church  taking  an  annual  collection  for 
the  Society,  upon  his  application.  Copies  cir- 
culated during  the  year.  200,270,  or  an  average 


tie  there  in  order  to  build  up  a  church.     Hous- 
es to  worship  in  are  needed,  and  there  are  plen- 
ty of  plaees    where   sound    doctrine   and    holy 
lives  can  be  made  to  blossom  as  the  rose.  There 
is  also  a  church  about  eight  or  ten   miles  west 
of  Chetopa,     Brother  Andrew  Gulp,  near  Mon- 
tana, lives  in  a  good  country,  and  would  rejoice 
to  have  Brethren  visit    him.       Should  any  one 
wish  more  information  relative  to  thii*  county 
aud  south-eastern  Kan.,  send  for  !S^(tlers  Giiidi., 
CbetoRa,  Kan.     To  Col.  J.  B.  Cook,  A.  Wilson, 
.1.  Grimes,  S.  M.  Burket,  Jos.  Garber  and  J.   J. 
Snlomon   [  am   indebted   for  favors   while  in 
Kansas,  aud  to  the    Kansas  f^    Texas    Hailroad 
fur  favors  iu  getting  there.     We  found  the  offi- 
cers of  this  road  gentlemanly  and  kind,  aud  as 
a  through  line  to  Texas  and  Kansas  is  worthy 
ot  our  patronage.       The    company    has  about 
200,000  acres  of  land  for  sale,  and    their  agent 
A.M.  Soinmers  of  Kiuporia,    Kansas,  will  take 
pleasure  in    giving    inforiuatiou    concerning 
their  lands.     This  road  passes   through    some 
very  fine  country,  especially  south  of  Missouri 
Hiver.      Usually    Railroads    pass  through  the 
roughest  portions  of  the  country,  but  I  cannot 
say  this  of  the  M.  K.  &  T.  R.  R. 


AMERICAN  BIBLE  SOCIETY. 

Abstract  of  the  Sixty-third  Annual  Report, 
May,  1879. 

1  vlSTKICT  Superintendents  engaged  in  the 
I  /  Society's  work  in  this  country,  IS;  Coun- 
ty Agents  employed  at  the  expense  of  the  aux- 
iliarie.«,  97;  unpaid  Volunteer  Bible  Distribu- 
ters, o.ii29. 

The  Receipts  for  the  year  were  ^lil2,274.t)t' 
Ofthis  amount  ¥2m;3,460.53  were  received  in 
payment  for  hooks,  $ll2,20.'i.74  from  legacies, 
?14"J.0ii;t.S7  from  donations  and  other  sources. 
The  total  receipts  exceed  those  of  the  previous 
year  by  i!;io.:'>"20.T2.  For  the  loreiprn  work  of 
the  Society  to  be  expended  during  the  current 
year,  the  amount  ot  $107,176  has  been  appro- 
priated but  not  yet  paid. 

Translations  aud  Revisions.— The  year  sig- 
nalized by  the  completion  of  a  translation   of 
the  whole  Bible  iu  I'urkisli,  and  its  publication 
in  both  the  Arabic  aud   Armenian   characters, 
making  it  accessible  to  the  millions   who   use 
the  Turkish  language.     Considerable  progress 
has  been  made  in  Japan   in   translating  the 
New  Testament.     It  is  hoped   that   this  work 
will  be  completed  during  the  present  year.     In 
China,  the  revision  of  the  Bridgni:in   ;md   Cul- 
bertson  Bible  and  of  the  Gosp^l.^  in  the  Canton 
and  Shanghai  Colloriuials  is  in  progress.     Five 
new  books   in  the   Foochow   Collonuial  have 
been  published  during  the.year.      The  Book  of 
Genesis  has  been  translated   into    the    Swatow 
ColloiiniftI,  and  stepn  have  been  taken  to  secure 
a  version  of  the  Old   Te^^tauienl  in  the  Niugpo 
Colloipiial.    The  Book  of  Genesis  iu  the  Mar- 
shall Islands  language  has  been   translated  and 
I  rinted  at  Ebon.      A  revised  edition  of  the  /u- 
Ncw  Testament  hft«*   been   printed.       Parts  of 
the  Old  Testament  In  Mpougwe,  and  tlie  Book 
of  Acts  in  Muskokee  are  now   in   press.      Six 
Books  of  the  Old  Testament  in  Dakota  are  also 
in  press,  which  completes  the  Bible   in   a  lan- 
guage spoken  by  fifty  thousaud   Ift^aus,       A 
new  version   of  the   Psalms   in   Span^h  ,  will 
shortly  be  issued".  -^  'uf[j 

New  Books.— Editions  of  the  four  Gospels  iu 
Arabic,  and  of  the  tlospel  of  Matthew  in  Ger- 
man and  in  Italian,  the  two  Kpistles  of  Peter 
in  Portuguese,  and  the  four  Gospels,  Ecclesias- 
tes.  Song  0^  Solomon,  Daniel,  and  the  Minor 
Prophets  in  Mpongwe,  have  been  printed. 

Copies  Maniifactured  at  the  Bible  house,  1,- 
oU.-)  761.  Printed  obroad,  145,:.6n.  Purcha?ed 
abroad,  6.5,68T.    Total,  1.266,958. 


The  Gratuitous  Work  for  the  year  amounted 
to  ?263.T86.7:i  Of  this  amount  «109,816.77 
was  in  cash  appropriations  to  foreign  lands,  be- 
sides 34,."»20  copies  of  Scripture  sent  firom  thii 
country. 

Number  of  Auxiliaries  Reported  an  engaged 
iu  supplying  their  fields  during  the  year,  211. 

The  Parent  Society  has  employed  U7colpor- 
teurs,  chiefly  in  Alabama.  FloriiiH, Georgia. Mis- 
souri. Michigan,  Nebraska,  Iowa,  North  and 
South  Carolina,  Tennessee,  Texas,  and  West 
Virginia.  The  combined  results  of  these  agen- 
cies for  seeking  out  and  supplying  the  desti- 
tute are  as  follows: 

Number  of  faiuilies  visited -HflMi 

found  without  Scriptures. ..17,311 

destitute  families  supplied MMi 

IndividnalBBupplieil  in  addition 27.029 

Sahbatli  Schools  suppllea 71)8 

Operations  iu  other  Lands, — The  preparation 
aud  distribution   of  the   Scriptures  in    foreign 
lands  are  every  year  becoming  more  systematic 
and  satisfactory  in  connection  with  the  agents 
employed  to  devote  their  time  and  energies  to 
the  work.  Dr.  Isaac  G.  Blise  remains  iu  charge 
of  the  Turki.'ih  agency,  assisted  by  the  Mr.  Ed- 
win M.  Bliss,  who  during  the  year  has  made 
several  long  journeys,   visiting    Egypt,  Syria, 
Persia,  and  the  Caucasus.     In    Greece,   Egypt, 
and  Syria  Dr.  Bliss  has  hadsppiial  aiil  from  M. 
D.  Kalopothakes,  S.  C.  Ewing,  and  E.  R.  Lew- 
is.    G.  n.  Prince,  Esq,,  of  St.    Peteraburg,    h;8 
rendered  valuable  service  in  euperiitending  the 
publication  and  diHtrihution  of  the    Kevul-Ea- 
thonian    Scri[)tures.      Mr.    Andrew    M.   Milue 
has  had  oversight  of  colportage  work  in  the  Rio 
Plato  agency,  and  A.   L.    Blackford   has   been 
carrying  011  'i  similar    work    in    the  empire   of 
Brazil.    Dr.  L,  H.  Gulick  resides  in  \okohama, 
but  divides  his  time  between  Japan  and  China, 
having  visited  the  latter  couutry  twice  during 
1S7S.    The  Board  have  established   an   agency 
in  the  city  of  Me.\ico.  through  which  they  hope 
for  a  largely  increased   distribution    of  Script- 
ures, 11.  P.  Hamilton  having  been  appointed  to 
that  field.     The  cordial  co-operation  of  mission- 
aries in  foreign  lauds  iu  promoting   the   object 
of  the  Bible  Society  is  highly  appreciated.  One 
hundred  and  thirty-nine  coiporteuns  have  been 
engaged  in  distributing  the  Scriptures. 

A  million  of  Bibles  and  Testamentscirculated 
through  the  agency  of  the  Society  in  a  single 
yeiir,  means  more  than  words  can  tell.  V^very 
one  of  those  copies  bears  the  impress  of  its  Di- 
vine Author.  Every  one  of  those  volumes  re- 
peats and  proclainM  the  record,  the  counuand- 
ment,  the  warning,  the  promise,  given  to  men, 
ages  ago,  by  inspiration  of  God.  Through 
those  printed  p;igeN  the  law  of  the  Lord  haa 
been  published.  Through  those  instrumeukal- 
ities,  which  have  no  articulate  voice,  it  has 
pleased  the  Most  High  to  have  the  gospel 
preached.  They  are  more  potent  than  the 
star>  of  the  firmament  to  declare  the  ^Mory  of 
God.  They  have  gone  into  all  lands,  convert- 
ing the  soul,  making  wise  the  simple,  rejoicing 
the  heart  and  enlightening  the  mind. 

The  Board  ol  Mau;igers  in  dispensing  the 
(jiarities  of  their  constituents,  have  beeu  doing 
,)j  service  for  the  King  of  kings.  And  in  closing 
the  record  of  another  year's  stewardship,  thej 
give  thanks  to  God  for  the  trust  committed  to 
their  charge,  aud  for  the  manifold  good  couse- 
((ueut  upon  this  large  circulation  of  his  book. 


MANUSCRIPT  AL. 

"Thk  Bible  vs.  Jails  aud  Peneteutiaries."— 
"Decoys."— J.  F.  Ebersole.  "Force."— "Skep* 
ticism."— Prof.  SaaforJ. 


On  the  2.'>th  iu^t.  Brother  Eshelmau  and 
wife  left  Lanark  for  Parsons,  Kansas.  They 
will  probably  not  return  for  two  or  thr*e  weeksv 


U'tJK     HKKillJ^JJ-NT    -A.'X'    AVOiili. 


SeDtembi 


er  a;, 


0iir   jgiBIc   (Has 


"  The  Worth  of  Truth  no  Tongue  Can  TeU." 


This  ilppiirtnipiit  Is  tlMiKn.-<l  for  RsktiiK  ami  an- 
■WMlngq>iPStions.drHwn  from  thP  Btbl«v  '"  o"^" 
aer  to  pnimolp  tliP  Tnitli.  hII  quMtlnna  »» i'>"'d  ''^ 
brief  aii.l  flolhwl  In  t-iniiile  ImiKiiiiKe.  We  Bhall 
uslffn  quisliouB  to  our  coritributore  to  answer, 
batthistlofa  not  excUideany  othera  wrltlnR  upon 
tbs  tame  topic. 


Will  some  PUP  [ilPiise  expKin  the  r.tli  and  6th 
Teraes  of  ttio  6th  dmptcr  ol  Itpvehttionsy  It  reads 
aa  follows:  -Ami  ulii-n  he  ha<l  oiwiicJ  the  third 
seal,  I  heanHlu- third  beast  nay.  Come  and  see.— 
And  I  behehl.  and  lo.  flhlack  home;  and  lie  that 
Wit  on  him  hati  a  pair  of  balfinceH  in  hi*  hand. 
And  I  heard  a  voirein  the  mhist  of  the  four  beauts 
iay,  A  meftfliireof  wheat  for  a  penny,  and  three 
measures  of  barley  for  a  penny ;  and  see  thou  liurt 
Dot  the  oil  and  the  wine." 

A»  tlic  numheni  ieventv.  rotly,  and  three  are 
very  often  iii  Scripture,  ean  any  brother  or  sister 

tell  me  through  the  Bhktukkn  at  Wimik  how 
oft«n  tiie-Hp  niimberaare  in  the  Holy   Hihloy 

have  thev  any  particular  mured  nieaninny 

A.   \KI>ON  GRAVIttl.I 


And 


QUERIES  ANSWERED, 


Will  some  one  ith'jwe  cxi.Iiiin  Malt.  11;  11.  In 
particular  we  w  .ul.l  like  to  know  who  is  the  leaat, 
and  why  called  tlie  least  In  the  kinKdom  of  lieav- 
eny  ,IF>T1KA    MlLLKR. 

I  WILL  ofii-r  my  opinion  in  roxaril  to  Matt, 
11:11.  Ah  Clm«fc»aid"I  am  thp  resur. 
recHon."  and  a.')  Paul  says  in  1  Cor.  IT.:  21' 
"But  nnw  is  Ctirint  ri-turi  from  the  dead,  and 
became  the  firwt  fniitH  .  f  theni  that  ulept,"  it 
seemi  by  these  pft.HHajre.H  that  no  nmn  had  gouf 
to  heaven  before  ChristV  re«urre.-ti<in.  And  »h 
Christ  wa«  taaehinK.  a  multitude  of  Jews  prior 
to  bi»  resurrection,  therefore  the  least  that  whh 
in  heaven  whh  greattir  than  he,  n()twith8taDd- 
ing  he  was  con Hidcfd  the  gu-nU'M  man  of 
earth.  But  u^  Christ 'li>t;M  not  any  where  teach 
who  wfts  the  least  and  wh*  the  least,  I  thuH 
Judge  it  is  not  for  iis  to  know. 

Will  some  brother  or  HiHt^-r  please  explain  what 
things  were  done  In  Hethabara.  That  which  is 
apoken  of  in  St.  John  1 :  2^. 

Samuel  W.  Yost. 

The  JewH  sent  priests  and  Levites  to  Beth- 
abara,  whore  John  wiw  hapti/.inn,  asking  him, 
"Who  ort  thou,"  etc.  Also  John's  preacbinK 
was  done  in  Bethabnru. 

Will  some  one  explain  Hel).  1:7V  "  And  of  the 
anfrelB  he  saltli.  Who  maketh  his  anRfls spirits,  and 
bia  rotniHters  a  llame  "f  fire."  It.  T.  CnooK. 

Jh(/'7  in  Hebrew  and  in  (Jreek  means  mes- 
senger. We  read  in  llevelation  1 : 4  that  John 
wrote  to  the  seven  cburclies,  and  in  the  HOIli 
Terse,  that  the  seven  stars  which  ho  saw  are  the 
■even  angels,  and  the  seven  spirits  which  are 
before  his  throne,  (verse  4)  are  the  seven  an- 
gelH,  toeaeh  cliiirch  an  angel.  These  angels 
signified  unto  John  what  he  should  write  unto 
the  churches.  Therefore  lie  maketh  his  anyels 
spirita. 

A  miDi<iter  in  one  who  attends  or  waito  upon 
anoth'-r;  therefore  who  attends  to  the  preach- 
ing the  word  of  God  are  bis  minister-'.  As  God 
is  a  consuming  tire,  ( Heb.  12:  29)  his  gospel  is 


mand  that  we  should  obey;  every  promise,  thul 
we  need  toei  joy.  The  blood  of  Chri-t  cletius''- 
us  from  sin  whenever  we  comply  with  the  con 
ditionn.  Would  the  blood  avail  u-  if  we  did 
not  Mieif  in  Christ  ?  Would  the  btood  clean"*- 
us  if  we  refused  to  repent?  Certainly  not; 
then  the  cleansing  by  blood  is  on  condition 
that  we  believe.  re(>*nt,  and  are  bapti7>vl.  Sal 
vation  is  not  reached  by  blood  alone,  nor  by 
faith  and  blood,  nor  yet  by  faith,  blood,  and  re- 
pentance, but  by  the  bl(»od  of  CliriHt,  an  bi« 
wor^,  and  by  faith,  repentance,  and  baptism  u.« 
<}ur  part  of  the  work.  We  cannot  shed  blood 
tor  ourselves,  but  Christ  could  and  did.  II*- 
did  his  part;  and  more,  he  tells  ui  what  w.-  am 
do  and  m/tij  do  to  obtain  tin-  benefit  of  wbiit  /« 
did/«r  us.  The  things  whi.  h  we  could  not  do 
he  willingly  did  for  us;  and  tlie  thing-*  that  we 
can  do.  he  rerjuires  u«  to  willingly  perform. 

Of  Christ  it  IS  written.  "He  by  the  grace    ol 
God   tasted    deatb    for   every    man— Heb,  iJ:  It, 
"Tnto  him  that  loved  us.  and    washed    us  Irom 
ourwiuH  in  his  own  blood  •  *  be  glory   and   d'-- 
minion  Ibrever  and  ever.       Iter.  1:   5.    <i        li^ 
tasted  death,  died  for  u»,  that  the    way    of  )it^ 
might  be  opened  to  us,     Tiiis  is  the  Brat   saiva 
tion.     The  second   salvation  is   from    our  own 
evil  acts,  and  from    these    we   are  clfansed    '>> 
the  blood  of  Christ  whenever  we  comply  with 
the  conditions.     The  blood  cleaii-^e^  onlv  wh-  u 
we  do  as  we  are  bidden.       In  Act*  2:   2>*    IVii-i 
commanded  the  people  to   repent  and  be    bap- 
tized.    They  already  believed,   and  desiring  to 
know  what  to  do,  the  Holy  Spirit  by  the  nioiiMi 
of  I'eter  directed  them  to  repent  for  the  reiiii  - 
sion  of  sins;  yes  more,   to  be    baptizi^d    for  tin- 
remission  of  sins.      Mark,    it   says  niiin,    more 
than  oiii  sill,     if  they  obeyed,  tlit-n    they  com- 
plied with  the  condition  of  cleansing,  and  were 
approved    of  God.       Ail    are    willing   to  admit 
that  the  blood  of  Christ  is  esaoutial  to  salvation 
arid  while  this  is  a  fart,    it    is   no    lesi  a  truth 
baptism  "into  the  name  of  the  Fathor,   and    of 
the  Son.and  of  the  Holy  Gho4."(Matt  28:  10) 
IS  at  least  essentiafto  cleansing  in  the  blood  — 
If  what  .lesus  did  for  us  is  absolutely  necessary, 
is  it  not  ecpially  necessary  tiiat  we  do    our  purf 
in  order  to  obtain  the  benefit  of  his  work? 

Without  faith,  repontaoee,  and  baptism  w>- 
cannot  reach  the  blood,  and  without  blood  we 
reach  not  Christ,  the  life.  m.  h  r. 


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the  burning  which  {■t>nsuiues  the  wicked,  and 
his  minister  which  spreads  the  gosi)eI  is  com- 
pared to  a  flume  of  tire.  C.  H.  A. 

WATER  BAPTISM  AND  THE  BLOOD 
OF  CHRIST. 

Please  explain  AcLt  l-;  :i^.  If  this  means  water 
baptism,  what  power  was  the  blood  of  Christ  In 
the  salvation  of  manV  W.  H.  UnosK. 

[F  we  say  we  have  fellowship  with  him 
(God  I  and  walk  in  darkness,  we  lie,  and 
do  not  the  truth;  but  it  we  walk  in  the  light 
as  he  (Qod)  is  in  the  lieht,  we  have  fellowship 
one  with  another,  and  the  blood  of  Jeaus  Christ, 
bis  Sod,  cleanseth  us  from  all  sins." — 1  John  1 : 
7. 

It  is  exjiressly  stated  by  the  Holy  Spirit  that 
if  we  sfjy  we  have  fellowship  with  God,  and 
tcalk  in  darkneAn  we  lie,  and  when  we  lie  we  do 
not  the  truth,  do  not  obey  the  truth,  do  not  (t<- 
r<yj(  the  truth.  But  on  the  other  hand  if  we 
walk  in  thr  lights  do  the  the  truth,  as  God  is  in 
the  light  or  truth,  then  we  have  fellowship. 
And  more,  the  blood  of  Jesus  Olirist  cleanseth 
OS  from  all  sin.  One  thing  is  here  rer^uired  of' 
us,  viz.:  To  walk  in  the  light  just  as  Qod  is  in  ' 
the  light;  and  the  result  will  be  fellowship  one 
with  another:  and  the  blood  of  Christ  will 
cleanse  us  from  all  sins.  Here  remission  ot 
sins  is  promised  on  conditions  that  we  lio  some- 
thing— that  we  walk  in  the  Light;  and  when 
we  obey  the  command  t<»  if  ttaptizrd.  do  we  not 
walk  in  thelightV 

The  Light,  the  Truth,  the  Word  of  Qod  con- 
tains e?ery/nW  that  Qod  wants  us  to  believe 
in  order  to  salvatioa ;  it  contains   every   coni- 


FROM  PALESTINE.  ' 

NUMIIER  XMV. 

Jerusalem. 

Ihu  "ChrlMlBD  Slaiidftrd"  \iy  apKlol  Armn(ifm"nt.] 

you  enter  the  city  from  the  eastern  side, 
ou  enter  through  Stephen's  gate,  so  called 
from  the  tradition  that  the  proto-martyr  Ste- 
phen was  Htoned  a  short  distance  outside  of  it. 
This  tradition  is  probaoly  true;  for  this  is  the 
nearest  ^^ate  to  the  temple;  and  if  Stephen's 
tnal  took  place  in  the  temple  court,  th^y  would 
nafurally  drag  him  to  the  nearest  gate  when 
tney  hurried  him  away  to  be  atoned.  This  pate, 
and  indeed,  all  the  others  entering  into  Jeru- 
salem, are  so  near  like  the  Joppa  gate,  that  I 
iietd  attempt  no  further  description  of  them. 
It  stands  about  '3)0  feet  north  of  the  temple 
area.  When  you  are  inside  of  it  with  your 
face  westward,  there  is  a  narrow  street  to  your 
left  running  clo^e  to  the  wall  and  pas^^ing 
a  small  gate  into  the  northern  end  of  the  tem- 
ple incloflure.  Before  you  is  the  street  called 
Via  Dolorosa,  leading  from  Stephen's  gate 
through  the  city  parallel  with  David  Street.  As 
you  go  forward  you  first  pass  on  your  left  the 
miscalled  pool  of  Bethesda.  A  wall  three  or 
four  feel  high  guards  against  the  dan^*-r  nf 
falling  into  it.  Next  after  the  pool  come  the 
military  barracks  and  Ihe  residence  of  the  Gov- 
ernor. This  immense  structure  occupies  the 
remainder  of  the  space  along  the  northern  wall 
of  the  temple  court,  and  two  narrow  streets 
pass  through  its  lower  story,  under  arches,  two 
other  small  gates  through  that  wall.  This 
structure  stands  ou  the  site  of  the  ancient  tow- 
er of  Antonia,  and  tradition  has  it,  not  without 
strong  probability,  that  a  portion  of  the  latter 
was  the  residence  of  Pontious  Pilate.  The  Via 
Dolorosa  is  spanned  at  the  upper  corner  of  the 
buildint;,  by  anarch;  and  this  marks  the  spot, 
according  to  tradition,  where  I'ilate  brought 
Jesus  forth,  and  delivered  him  up  to  be  cruci 
tied.  The  tradition  then  very  absurdly  assumes, 
that  from  this  point  he  was  led  westward  along 
the  Via  Dolorosa  to  near  its  west  end,  where 
the  Church  of  the  Holy  Sepulcher  now  5tanda, 
and  that  be  was  both  crucitied  and  buried  with- 
in the  space  jjow  occupied  by  that  church.  In 
contradiction  of  all  this,  the  Scriptures  clearly 
show  that  he  was  crucified  outside  the  ciiy. 
though  near  to  it.  (Jno.  xix.  2";  Heb.  \lii.  12J 
H,  then,  Pilate's  house  is  correclly  located,  the 
opposit*r  direction   is  the  one   that    would   Im' 


OnturMlly  tflkeu,  so  as  to  get  out  of  the  city  by 
lheBhort«-Bt  dintance;  and  outside  of  Stephen's 
K-*t^.  a'"  I  .-aw  i)y  a  uireful  examination  of  the 
■>[,ut-  with  n-fert-nc*  to  thi«  very  question,  is  a 
most  suitable  place  for  all  the  incidents  of  the 
crucifixion 

On  the  right  of  the  Via  Dolorosa,  as  far  as 
thearcb  mentioned  above,  and  for  a  short  dis- 
tance further,  if  the  hill  called  Bezetha,  the 
iiortli-<>asrern  part  of  the  rity.  It  is  the  Tur- 
kish quarter,  while  the  uortb-weBtern  part, 
through  which  the  remainder  of  the  Via  Dolo- 
rosa runs.  i«  the  Christian  quarter,  occupied  by 
Komui  and  Greek  Catholics,  with  their  chorch- 
'  s  ami  couvi-nls. 

Ac^l»^^  from  Via  Dolorosa  to  David  Street 
ire  swo  streets  running  at  right  angles  to 
these.  The  more  western  one,  into  which  you 
I  urn  from  David  Street,  about  fifty  yards  below 
"he  M-ditsrranpan  Hofel.  is  Christian  Street. 
It"  shops  are  occupied  by  the  so-called  Chris- 
tia  -",  and  they  .  onstitute  the  Chri-^tian  Bazaar. 
The  other  is  Daniaocns  street.  It  commences 
at  the  Damascus  gale,  the  only  B»te  ou  the 
nortb  side  ot  the  city,  runs  southward  between 
the  hills  Acra  and  Bezstha;  crosses  the  Via 
D.jlorosa  in  the  Tyropallen  valley  described 
above;  ascends  thence  to  David  street,  which  it 
crosses,  and  then  it  continues  upward  and 
southward  until  it  reaches  Zion  gate,  the  larger 
of  the  two  gite^  in  the  southern  wall  of  the 
city.  That  part  of  it  between  David  Street  and 
Zion  gate,  is  called  Zion  street.  That  portion 
of  Damascus  street  which  is  near  David  street, 
ad  on  both  sides  of  the  latter,  is  occupied  by 
tiie  Turkish  B.t/iar. 

The^e  an!  all  the  streets  in  Jerusalem  which 
(;.ive  a  name,  and  which  ruu  to  a  considerable 
listaiiCB  with  an.y  directness.  Even  they  have 
>i  few  jrooks  in  them  which  I  have  not  thought 
it  well  to  mention,  lest  I  should  confuse  the 
reader  by  intjoduciug  too  many  details.  Be- 
sides the^ie,  there  are  many  narrow  and  crooked 
pASs-ways,  in  which  the  stranger  who  attempts 
to  traverse  them  without  a  guide  will  almost 
c.»-rtiiiuly  be  lost. 

We  had  a  little  eiperience  of  this  kind  one 
•lay,  and  although  we  were  not  completely  lost, 
we  walked  three  times  the  distance  necessary  to 
reach  the  point  at  which  we  were  aiming. 

Hoping  that  [  have  now  imparted  to  the 
att*-ntive  reader  a  general  idea  of  the  interior  of 
tins  singular  city,  I  will  next  devote  a  few  lines 
to  its  walls,  and  drav^  this  letter  to  a  close.  I 
walked  aroumi  more  than  half  the  city  on  the 
fop  of  the  wall,  with  compass  and  tape-line  in 
band,  and  by  I  he  assistance  of  my  three  faithful 
(^onipaiiicns,  I  supplied  some  measurements  and 
hearings  which  are  omitted  from  all  the  books 
that  I  have  real.  Rut  this  is  not  the  place  for 
elaborate  details.  The  wall  is  about  forty  feet 
tn  height  on  the  average,  but  at  the  south-east- 
ern corner  of  the  Temple  couit  it  is  seventy- 
eight  feet  high.  Its  thickness  at  the  bottom  is 
nine  feet.  Within  about  eight  feet  ot  the  top, 
•u  the  inside,  it  drops  off,  leaving  u  standing- 
place  for  soldiers  two  and  one  halt  feet  wide, 
and  four  te^t  higbt-r  it  drops  ilV  again,  leaving 
another  standing-place  tour  feet  wide,  while 
above  this  rises  the  parapet,  four  feet  high,  over 
which  the  soldiers  hurled  their  weapoos,  and  by 
which  they  were  protected  from  the  weapons  of 
tlie  enemy.  Of  course  such  a  wall  would  be 
worthh'SH  OS  a  protection  against  modem  artil- 
lery, and  it  now  serves  the  city  no  good  purpose 
that  I  can  see.  The  course  of  the  wall  is  not 
straight  except  on  the  eastern  side,  where  the 
steep  slope  of  the  valley  of  the  Kedron  renders 
it  almost  unassailable.  Elsewhere  its  course  is 
varied  at  short  intervals  by  angles  and  square 
towers,  which  both  strengthen  the  wall  and 
fualiled  the  defenders  to  fire  upon  the  flanks  of 
an  approacliing  enemy.  The  entire  circuit  of 
the  walls  is  two  and  three-quarter  miles,  and 
within  this  space  is  crowded  a  population  of 
20.()0M  souls.  This  is  about  the  estimated  pop 
uUtiou  in  the  latest  books  which  I  have  read, 
but  our  consul.  Col.  Wilson,  and  some  other 
intelligent  persons  with  whom  I  conversed,  esti- 
mate the  present  population,  including  that 
outside  the  walls,  at  from  40,000  to  45,0(i0.  No 
correct  census  has  ever  bten  taken ;  such  a  thing 
1^  unknown  in  the  Turkish  Empire. 

In  my  next  letter  I  will  give  some  account  of 
the  Temple  mount,  and,  if  space  allows,  of  some 
of  the  valleys  and  hills  about  Jerusalem,  and 
then  bid  tlie  Holy  City  farewell.  This  letter  is 
written  in  Damascus,  June  23. 

J.  W.  McGikVEy. 


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i"lo  ttioLonl.—Bf,,   !(. 


Ubituuies  sboaid  be  bri«f.  written  on  but  one  tide  nr 
P»per.  and  ieparale  from  all  other  biuiac 


LIXGENFELTER.— In  Jefferson  Co.,  Pc^j 
May  Sth,  1S7H,  Susannah,  daughter  of  Al   '^ 
ham    and    Margaret     Lingenfelter,    awed  p 
years,  S  months  and  14  days. 
She  v/as  the  mother  of  twelve  daughters  ai 
ty  grand-children    and  eight    threat  grand-'chl' 
dreo.     She  wa.-*  a  worthy  member  of  thechur  l" 
about  thirly-three  years,  and  departed  this  If' 
in  the  triumphs  of  a  living  faith.     Funeral  s  * 
vices  by  the  writer,    assisted  by  Levi  Wells  a  I 
Robert   Whittacre,  Jo  a    large     and   atteoti, 
congregation.  J.  B.  Wampi.e^ 

ARNOLD.— In  the  Limestone  Church,  Wash 
ington  Co.,  Teun..  Aug.    17th-.  '7».   broth  " 
Solomon  G.  Arnold,  aged  46  years,  8  month 
and  17  days. 

He  was  loved  by  all  who  knew^bim.  He  * 
the  father  of  seven  children  and  one  ^rand-chiM 
one  bad  preceded  him  to  the  spirit  world  aiiH 
three  have  united  with  the  church.  Brothei- 
Arnold  and  his  wife  united  with  the  church  in 
1S58.  and  in  January  1863  he  was  elected  to  th 
deacon's  office,  and  in  1860  he  was  elected  tn 
the  ministry.  He  is  greatly  missed  from  the 
sanctuary.  He  traveled  a  great  deal,  preachiQD 
what  he  believed  to  be  the  truth. 

H.  M.  Shbrfy. 
LEES.— In  the'  Fall  River  Church,  Kansas 
Aug.  11,  sister  Victoria  J.  Lees,  aged  31  years' 
6  months  and  lil  days.  Sister  Lees  cume 
west  13  years  ago  from  Etna  Green,  Kosci- 
usco  Co..  Ind.    Her  maiden  name  wasThom- 


Tbe  Wis^oii'iiu  Deaf  and  Dumb  Asylum,  at 
Delavan.  Wis  ,  was  destroyed  by  hreSept  16th. 
All  the  furniture  luid  property  ot  the  pupils  was 
saved.  The  loss  to  the  State  will  be  about  two 
hundred  ami  fifty  thousand  dollars,  and  no  Insu- 
rance'. 


BEAR.— In  the  Lower  Cumberland  Church 
Pa.,  Samuel  Bear,  aged  81  years,  10  months 
and  20  days.  Funeral  services  by  the  Breth- 
ren, from  John  5:  2S,  29. 

A.  MiLLEB, 

MILLER.— Near  Waterloo.  Black  Hawk  Co,. 
Iowa,  September  6th,  of  diphtheria,  Mahlon 
Elsworth,  son  of  J.  W.  and  M.  Miller,  aged 
16  years,  ."i  months,  and  21  days.  Funeral  oc- 
casion improved  by  Friend  Sterns  (Christia- 
delphian)  and  the  writer,from  Psalm  103: 14, 
l-**.  16.  Wm.  Iken'bekby. 

HOUSTON. -In  the   Oakland  Church,  Darke 
Co..  Ohio,  sister  Emma  Jane,  wife  of  brother 
Wra.  Houston,  aged   21  years,  3  months  and 
28  days.     Disease,  Consumption. 
The  day  before  she  died  she  said  to  her  hus- 
band, "I  am  soon  going  home,  and  0,  William, 
be  faithful  and  then  you  can   meet  me  there." 
Let  this   be  a  warning   to  us   all.     Before  she 
died  she  j?ent  for  ine  and  when   I  got  there  she 
requested    prayer  after    which   she  soon  fell 
asleep.     Funeral  services  by  the  wri'er,  assisted 
by  Nathan  Groff',  from  Heb.  4:  9,  10.  11,  12. 
DKDA — III  the   same  church,   Curtis,   sou  of 
I-?rael  and  Eliz-^beth  Ueda,  aged  14  years  and 
one  month.     Funeral  services   by  Jeremiah 
Katbermau  and    the  writer  from    1  Peter,  1: 
24.  Isaiah  Kaikich. 

KEMPER:— Near  Lena.  Ills,,  Sarah  Ellen, 
daughter  ot  Itrother  Isaac  and  sister  Rebecca 
Kemper,  aaed  22  years,  6  months  and  15 
days.  She  died  on  the  7th  ofSept.  1879.  Oc- 
casion improved  by  the  brethren  from  John 
11:25,29.  "  Ai.i,>:v  BoYER. 

WILSON,— In  the  Bushnell  Congregation, 
Fulton  Co.,  111.,  brother  James  Wilson,  aged 
64  3  ears,  seven  months  and  27  days.  Disease 
Typhoid  fever.  He  leaves  a  wife  and  spven 
children  tcJ  mourn  their  loss.  He  was  a  very 
consistent  member.  Funeral  -services  im- 
proved by  the  writer  to  a  very  large  congre- 
gation from  1  Peter  24.  25, 

John  L.  Mykm. 
(Pritiiitivi   Christian,  pkasv  ropy.) 

BOYD.— In  Linn  Co  ,  Iowa,  Aug.  8Lh,  1979,  of 
flux.  Harlie,  infant  son  of  Peter  and  Anna 
Boyd,  aged  1  year  and  3  months.  Funeral 
discourse  by  Solomon  Stamy  and  Daniel  Hol- 
singer. 

MENTZEU.— In  same  congregation,  Abraham 
Stamy.  only  son  of  G -orgH  and  Susan  Meotz^ 
er,  age  l  3  years,  1  month  and  10  days.  Fu- 
neral servi(!es  by  elder  Daniel  Holsinger  BH'J 
Thomas  Snyder  from  the  Sth  Psalm. 

RE[NHoLD.~Iu  Harrisburg.  Pa..  Auir-  itit''' 
'7^.  sister  ilary  B.,  relict  of  the  late  Beuja- 
min  Reinhold,  of  Lam  aster  Pa,  agedoTye 
She  was  buried  at  Laucastei  on  the  li*th.  Fu- 
neral services  by  the   writer  from   John  H: 

25.  M.    MlI-LEB- 


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^apics  of  flit  g^ay. 


TBKt* 


1"  are  two   ihnuBaud.  eight  hiiDtlred  and 
itiiJeiits  in  the  University  at  Berlin. 
Sixty-one  More. 


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V'  Tuesday  thirty-eight  caiiet  mid-shipmeu 

I    and    twenty-three  cadet    engineers   were 

luated  at  the  Naval  Academy  at  .\miap(>liB. 

"^1  turned  over  to  the  people  to  supoort  for  the 

'  under  of    their   natural   lives.     Slxty-oue 

'     uieu  of  exceptional  physical   soundness 

'^1  vltiility.  who  ouf^ht   to  be   especially   well 

'!  ,„  earn  their  own  living,  after  haviiig  been 

'    ul;iiNfd  by  tlie  people  for  four  years,  during 

^^  ,i^ri"d  of  tiieir  education,    paid  by    them  at 

pile  "f  ^•''^"'  year  each,  and  trained    at  the 

Hie  co-it,  with  a  corps:  of  officers  and  profess- 

(('  iri«truit  them,   doctors    to   phytic  them, 

]  MiiT  masters  to  pay  then),  all  drawing  large 

'  from  the    Treasury,    and    numbering 

lit  iiue  hundred  in  total,  are  sent  forth  with 

i  iiii//as  to  continue  a  charge  on  the  people 

ucrea.'^iug  scale  of  ex[>ense. 

i]l  of  these  sixty-one   yoiing   men,  witb  the 

.pntion  of  four  .'nly.  who  at  onceeri*  to  fancy 

jv  Bif  uoiv  at  their  homes  awaiting  orders  — 

jl  |,. waiting  for  the  Ancient  Mariner  tu  scare 

itiL-  scmiilance  of  something  for  them  to  do. 

Iiii,   ilie>    are  loatini:    away    their  vacation, 

.V    will  each    draw  from    the    treasury    the 

„,i-iriie  salary  of  ^600  a  year,  more  money 

^,1  Hi'-y    could    make   in  these   days  if  they 

irli,-H  from  morning  until   night  at  a  trad^  or 

uri.fd^sion      it  wjII  thus  cost  the  people  to  keep 

rheiii  tie  pretty  sum  of  *36,R00  a  year,  though 

[W  do  nothing  more  in  return    lor  the  money 

iHii  show    their    paces  at   the  watering  place 

hop-"-     When  the   Ancient  Mariner   is  able  to 

fflske  room  for  them  on  ships,  even  now  loaded 

ilowD  with  officers,  the  pay    of  tliese  boys    will 

be  raised  to -I'i.OOn   a  year,  each  or  *61,000  in 

total. 

liVhat  do  the  people  think  about  this?  Do 
[),gy  feel  themselves    able  to  undertake  such  a 
(Imfe  in  addition  tu  tlit;   millions  laid  on  tbei 
fur  the  support  of  the  crowd  ol' officera  already 

the  navy,    who  are  treading  on  each  otli 
toes  in  the  few  wardrooms  afloat,  or  jostling  one 
iDotlier  in  the  useless  navy  yards? 

They  must  bear  in  mind,  too,  that  these  six- 
ty-one pampered  boys  are  only  the  graduates  of 
I  single  year.  Next  June  we  shall  have  an 
ither  lot  turned  out  at  Annapolis,  and  th» 
xpensive  mill  will  keep  ou  grinding.  Let  it 
snrk  lon;i  enough,  and  instead  of  one  navy 
to  three  or  f  jur  seaman,  we  shall  have 
Ihree  othcers  to  a  seamen,  making  onr  maritime 
^itablishment  something  uuparalelled  in  history. 
With  a  score  or  so  of  shipa  fit  to  go  to  sea,  we 
ilready  have  officers  enough  to  till  pearly  all 
the  s|mce  they  atford  for  the  stowing  away  of  a 
kman  cargo,  aild  if  the  Annapolis  mill  keeps 
^noding,  we  shall  be  called  ou  before  long  to 
build  vessels  to  hold  the  steadily  increasing  sur- 
plus. When  the  executive  officer  bawls  out  his 
orders  they  will  be  repeated  along  a  solid  epau- 
!*tt«l  line  which  will  stretch  from  the  poop  to 
the  bow,  while  the  engine  room  will  need  to  be 
ipacio'is  to  hold  the  machinery  doctors, 
iBut,  good  []or  bad,  we  do  not  need  the  Naval 
Academy.  We  want  no  more  uavy  officers,  for 
ive  already  havo  too  many  of  them.  If  we 
itopjied  tliis  costly  business  of  turniugthem  out 
itAniiapoliH  for  a  quarter  of  a  century,  we 
*till  should  have  a  full  supply.  But  the  sound 
of  drums,  the  glitter  of  epaulettes,  the  flashing 
of  swords,  and  the  booming  of  canons  are  very 
apt  to  turn  the  heads  of  silly  Congre-^smen,  and 
tbe  military  people  know  it. — New  York  Sun. 


Prom  English  River  Church,  Iowa,        i 

Itttir  BrtH-rrtt.— 

Ol'li  Sunday^chuol  was  reorgiuitzed  in  April 
with  eleven  teachers,  neaily  all  mei'ibt-r^ 
of  the  Church.  They  are  generally  punctuBl 
in  attendace  aud  ^eeni  to  take  itn  interest  in 
the  work.  Our  average  attendani.e  has  been  96. 
I  think  we  have  a  good  school,  and  one  uf  itn 
attractive  features  is,  the  interest  thwl  is  mani- 
fested by  our  older  members,  it  J'*  very  encour- 
aging for  us  who  are  young  in  years  and  young 
in  the  Church  to  see  our  old  fathers  and  moth- 
ers come  and  assist  us  in  guining  knowledge 
from  the  Bible.  I  think  much  good  has  been 
accomplished  through  the  intiuence  of  the  Sun- 
day school.  We  should  remenilwr  the  word: 
of  our  Savior,  "Search  the  Scripliire»s  for  in 
them  ye  think  ye  havp  eterii  il  life,  and  they  are 
they  which  testify  of  me."  Success  t6  the 
Brethren's  Sunday-schools  everywhere. 

Lizzie  M.  Bkowkh 


Prom  Ceylon,  Ind. 


Jknr  Brethren:' 


OUR  Love-feast  is  among  the  things  of  the 
pu'^t,  and  we  can  truly  say  we  had  a  season 
that  will  be  long  remembered.  We  are  a  young 
church  but  our  brethren  and  sisters  of  ')hiu 
sympathize  with  us  and  came  over  to  help  to 
encourage  us.  Several  mii]iNter->  were  with  us. 
Four  were  made  willing  to  accept  Christ,  as 
their  captain,  hope  they  may  be  blight  and 
shining  lights  in  the  church.  On  Sunday  fol- 
lowing brother  Q.  F.  ^  ouut  preached  on  the 
■(ubject  of  baptism,  and  made  it  plain  to  thote 
who  want  to  see.  He  is  etiM  amoug  us;  Ijap. 
tized  one  last  Sunday,  aud  ue  have  hopes  ot 
more  coming  to  the  fold  hefore  he  leaves  ns. 
Brethren,  pray  for  us  that  w-e  be  faithful 

Emma  Watson. 


re«li7.e  that  he  hiis  a  Captain  who  will,  by  the 
assLtliince  of  the  army  of  God,  bring  him  out 
more  than  conqueror.  May  he  go  on  in  the 
noble  work  he  hiw  assigned  to  him,  ever  Inint- 
ii'g  iu  him  who  is  able  and  willing  to  help  for 
Qud'a  word  must  prosper  in  tbe  thingn  whereto 
he  8knt  it  W.  H.  Uoosk. 

Carson  Citt/,  Michigan. 

Prom  Buchanan,  Michigan. 

lf,ar  Jirithrnt.— 

IN  my  letter  to  yon,  written  some  two  months 
smce.  1  wrongly  expressed  thoughUin  one 
of  my  sentences.  I  said  that  I  desired  the  com" 
paiiioflHbip  of  a  sister  in  Christ  '"who  would  not 
leave  me  when  I  was  sick  and  my  husband 
absent  to  visit  the  ball-room."  I  should  have 
said,  who  would  not  leave  me  to  visit  the  ball- 
room when  I  '•■as  sick  and  my  husband  absent. 
My  liusbund  ha-s  been  a  minister  of  the  Breth- 
ren Church  for  eleven  years  aud  his  absence 
trom  home  since  that  time  has  been  to  respond 
to  the  calls  of  the  church.  I  desire  to  say  to 
sister  Lydia  J.  Allen  that  I  am  as  well  as  i  could 
txpect.  I  am  yet  without  a  suitable  girl  who 
will  stay  with  me. 

On  the  13th  the  communion  meeting  of  Ber- 
rien Congregation  was  held  at  brother  .lacob 
Weaver's  barn,  five  miles  west  of  this  place.  1 
listened,  with  much  interest,  to  brother  Thurs- 
tou  Miller  speal<  of  the  duties  incumbent  upon 
the  laithfiil  followers  of  the  Lamb  of  God,  of 
the  hope  we  have  iu  Christ,  and  of  the  rest 
that  awaits  the  children  of  Qod.  Brethren 
Moon  and  Brncons  were  advanced  to  the  offices 
of  minister  aud  deacjn. 

LlLLA  C.  Ini.i.kright. 


From  Alexandria, *Mo. 

Dear  Brethren  :— 

I  WAS  thinking  this  evening  of  the  manj 
precious  aouls  that  are  starving  for  the 
Bread  of  Life,  and  of  the  numbers  that  are 
dying  without  Christ,  or  even  hearing  the  Gut- 
pel  preached  in  its  purity.  We  would  be  so 
glad  to  have  some  brother  come  here  to  preach. 
It  would  not  cost  as  much  as  to  send  a  mission- 
ary to  a  foreign  land,  and  much  good  might  be 
done.  I  stand  alone  here,  and  I  sometiuien  feel 
like  one  cast  on  an  island  to  livf  aud  die  alone. 
If  any  of  the  congregations  in  Iowa  or  Illinois 
will  please  dr(ip  me  a  card  ;iud  inform  me 
when  they  will  have  their  L.ivt-feasts  I  Wi>uld 
be  glad.  I  cannot  take  the  paper  and  therefore 
do  not  know,  aini  I  would  like  to  attend  some 
ofthera.  If  ;iny  of  the  brethren  tiiiuk  of  com- 
ing to  this  part,  come  to  Alex  mdria,  inquire 
for  R.  W,  Rose.  We  will  he  gUd  to  sf-e  any 
one  come.  M  E.  Ko.se. 


^ot|tfpsiionrt«;nctf. 


Information  Wanted. 

WK  desire  to  know  of  the  whereabouts  of  a 
person  by  the  name  of  Joseph  Krump, 
aud  one  by  the  name  of  William  Ludlara. 
W:\se  L;ive  ua  tlu-lr  addrfss  by  dropping  us  a 
card,  and  oblige. 

J.  P.  Kinder. 
.\r--tifHn,  Hamilton,  Co. ^ Ind. 


ON  the  24th  of  last  March  my  son  Josiah 
Holsopple  took  a  trip  West  from  Johns- 
'owii,  I'a.  Since  that  time  we  heard  nothing 
from  liiiu.  He  either  neglected  writing, 
'^mething  has  happened  him.  We  are  very 
aixious  to  know  where  he  is.  Any  information 
'^  regard  to  him  will  be  thankfully  received. 

jAt'OlI  HOLSOL'I'I-E. 


r 


Notes  of  T  avcl. 

EFT  my  home  near  Toddville,  Linn  Ct)., 
Iowa,  ou  the  inoruing  of  the  9th  of  Sept, 
for  a  trip  to  Missouri  to  preach  the  Gospel  aud 
visit  some  relatives.  Thus  far  we  have  had  six 
meetings,  mostly  well  attended.  Am  now  near 
Lacono,  Warren  Co.,  Iowa,  at  the  house  of  Bro. 
Nathan  Miller.  There  is  a  small  group  ot 
members  living  here  a's  sheep  without  a  shep 
herd,  having  no  minister  to  preach  for  them 
only  as  one  passes  through.  This  is  a  good 
country,  plenty  of  coal  and  timber  and  rich 
land,  though  some  of  it  is  somewhat  broken.  A 
large  field  and  plenty  of  material  for  ministers 
who  preach  the  pure  Go^pel  to  work  on,  and  I 
would  advise  such  as  contemplate  nioviug  West 
to  come  here  as  they  are,  needed  as  much  as  any 
place  they  can  go.  John  C.  JIIillkk 


The  Debate. 

WE  have  been  watching  Messrs.  Stein  and 
Ray  for  some  time  as  they  have  bfen 
discussing  the  Tunker  question  ajid  huvc  exam- 
ined their  arguments  from  an  independent 
standpoint.  We  thought  we  would  be  impartial 
aud  pass  our  judgment  according  to  the  m»-rits 
of  tlie  arguments,  and  we  think  we  have.  Mr. 
Ray  has  acknowledged  his  defeat  by  hisstjif 
of  language.  No  man  will  resort  to  such  ex- 
pressions as  he  has  vfhen  they  are  on  the  right 
side  and  has  solid  proofs  and  unsurmountubie 
tacts  at  their  disposah  No  man  can  or  should 
expect  to  win  in  a  contest  by  using  maligning 
epithets  and  slanderous  phrases.  Ridicule  has 
never  brought  any  one  out  of  a  conflict  victors 
honorably.  "Let  everything  bo  done  decently 
and  in  order."  I  am  glad  to  see  Mr.  Stein  go 
on  in  his  work  so  faithfully.  Surely  he  ho.** 
great   patience  and  forbearance.     He  seems  to 


From  Farragut,  Iowa. 

Ikiir  Brethren: — 
ArOU  will  please  send  some  pamphlets  that 
1  will  explain  the  Brelhren's  doctrine.  I 
)iad  a  conversation  with  a  man  from  Missouri, 
and  I  discovered  that  he  had  very  bright  ideas 
about  the  dealings  of  God  with  man.  I  asked 
hiiii  it  lie  belonged  to  a  church,  and  he  said  he 
did  not  nor  he  did  not  think  he  ever  would, 
that  be  could  not  find  a  people  or  church  that 
obeyed  the  principles  of  the  Gospel  as  taught 
hy  the  Savior  and  the  apostles.  I  asked  him 
tostiite  what  he  understood  these  principles  to 
b^,  and  I  do  not  think  any  ot  our  brethren  could 
have  drawn  a  better  picture  of  the  Brethren's 
doctrine  thai  he  did.  1  then  told  him  he  could 
find  such  a  people,  and  we  would  like  to  have 
him  go  with  us.  He  seid  be  was  raised  in  the 
State  of  New  \  ork  and  traveled  so  far  West 
and  I  was  the  first  one  of  onr  faith  he  had  ever 
met.  s:iid  he  had  heard  that  there  was  such  a 
people  but  did  not  know  their  doctrine. 

Deiir  brethren,  can  it  be  possible  that  we 
claim  to  be  the  Church  of  Christ,  the  pillar  and 
ground  of  the  truth  and  do  not  heed  the  great 
and  last  commission  of  the  blessed  Savior  when 
he  said  "Go,  preach  my  Gospel'-"  I  fear  thiit 
this  is  a  matter  that  we  as  a  Church,  when  put 
m  the  balances,  will  he  found  wanting,  aud 
would  it  not  be  a  lamentable  thought  if  in 
the  eternal  world  it  would  be  said  to  us  that  we 
grasped  the  dollars  and  cents  too  hard  and 
would  not  let  them  go  to  help  tbe  poor  minis- 
ters preach  the  Gospel?  May  God  help  us  to 
awake  from  our  lethargy  and  do  our  duty  to- 
wards perishing  souls   around  us. 

.J.  M,  Hki'logle. 

—  ^    I    ^ — 

From  Good  Hart,  Michigan. 


Ikitr  Brithren: — 

Mr\NV  times  have!  thought  of  the  trials 
and-  sutTerings  nf  our  dear  brother  Hope, 
wlio  is  laboring  for  the  Master  iu  a  foreign  land, 
and  as  thinking  and  praying  alone  will  not 
meft  the  a|iprobation  of  God,  can  we  not  do 
something  tor  him?  That  it  may  be  said  of  us. 
"Come  ye  blessed  of  my  Father,  enter  the  King- 
dom, for  I  was  a  hungered  aud  ye  gave  meat;  I 
wiis  thirsty  and  ye  gave  mo  drink;  1  was  naked 
and  ye  clothed  me."  I  have  a  piopo8iti(m  to 
make.  On  the  first  Saturday  nfternoon  ot 
each  mouth  lotus  meet  at  some  suitable  place 
for  prayer  aud  lasting.  Let  no  supper  be  eaten 
that  night,  aud  at  said  place  collect  from  each 
member  the  value  ot  one  meal  and  send  the 
money  to  Bro,  C.  P,  Uowhind,  Lanark,  Illinois, 
tor  the  Ijouefit  of  brother  Hope  and  family,  and 
rthat  remains  over  let  him  use  for  the  Lord's 
cause,  lirethren  and  sisters,  this  is  for  you  who 
love  the  Lord  enough  to  sacrifice  one  meal.  We 
should  rejoice  for  the  blessed  opportunity  when 
«.' think  of  the  joy  and  fruition  of  eternity  in 
which  we  hope  to  participate.  I  offer  this  to 
the  prayerful  consideration  of  the  Brotherhood 
hoping  to  hear  from  such  as  are  like-minded 
and  are  willinLT  to  hear  the  cross  and  make  the 
sacrifice.  L''i>i\  A.  KmsK. 


She  Hath  Done  What  She  Could. 

To  a  lone  Sister  in  Miasouri. 

A  HIGH  encomium.     Coming    from  the  Om- 
niscient  Mind,  and  the  Heart  of  K«senfcikl 
Truth,  it   is  worthy  a   rewrd    as  part  of  tha 
Everlasting    Gospel  for  the  Htudy  of  all  the 
christian    centurie«.     Although   you    are  fifly 
miles  trom  christian    fellowship,  you  need   not 
go  that  distance  to  find  the   feet  of  J«lu^  nor 
expend  three  hundred  p>-iice   to  fill  "your  alft- 
bast#r  box   with  ointment  of  spikenard  very 
precious."     The  Mission  of  ,le«u8  in    His  vie*- 
rioua  ministry  wan  local— "to  the  lost  sheep  of 
the  house  of  Israel."     His  feet  never   trod  any 
part  of  the  United  States  of  America.     But  the 
ministry  of  the  Holy  tihost  is  ecumenical.  Mis- 
souri is    His  no  less  than    Palestine.     He  has  s 
temple  there  if  you  live  in  the   import  of  your 
baptism.     Let  it  be  your  ambition,  your  unceas- 
ing etlort,   your  peace  and  glory,   to   keep  the 
■'earthly  house  of  your  tabernacle"  for  the  un- 
hindered occupancy  of  the   I'ure  and   August 
Representative  of  .lehovah-.Jesns.     Ever  dwell 
on  the  sublime   and  astounding  truth  that  Qod 
was  and  is  manifest  in  the  flesh,  and  "as    He  ia 
so  are  we  hi  //i(>  world."  1  Tim.  3;  16.1  John*: 
17.    This  is  lost  sight  of  by  many  who  name  the 
'■name  of  ("hrist,"  and  "for  this  cause  numljers 
are  weak  and  sickly  among  us,  and  many  sleep." 
■iTim.  .'■.:   1!1.  1    Cor.  11:30.    Let  the    soil  of 
Missouri  be  holy  ground  because  God   Is  then 
manifest  iu  your  flesh.    Let  this  great,  centra!, 
saving  thought  take  hold  of  you  as   a  violent, 
all-doiuinating  Divine  apprehension. 

You  can  do  much  for  J«^bu!'.  if  you  allow  God 
to  work  in  you  both  to  will  and  to  do."    Lei 
the  Holy  Ghost  be  sentinel  at  every  avenue  of 
the  soul,  and  then  you    will  not   forget  Matt. 
12:  3ti.  and  Mark  'J:  43-48,  and  Prov.  4:  23,  and 
Ps.  139:  23,  24.     Ever  keep  your  alabaster  box 
ready,  and  be  on    the    lookont  for   the  feet   of 
.lesus.     If  your  eye*  are  anointed   you  will  jee 
them  everywhere.     (.Iften   recur  to  Mark  14:  8, 
and  solemnly  ask  yourself:  She»  this  commen- 
ilatinn  helo)\;i  to  )!"'?  It  is   a  "A17/1  calling,"  but 
not  higher  than  "God  manifest   in    the  flesh." 
The  Divinely  only-begotten,  and  the  humanely 
tirst- begotten,  is  tbe   first' born   nmong  mantf 
brethren."  A  marvelous  generation  takes  place, 
an    uncreated     life  is    infused,    before  we  can 
claim  filiation  with  the  Everlasting  Father,  and 
kinship  with  the  Elder   Brother,    A  christian 
is  one  whose  celestial  Paternity  and  citizenship 
can  no  more  be  hid  than  a  city  set  upon  a  hill. 
Tube   "partaker  of  the    Divine    Nature,"  is  to 
have  "the   mind  of  Christ,"  the  "life   hid  with 
Christ  in  God."  "holy,  harmless,  uudefiled,  sep- 
arate from  sinners,"     "Your  body  is  the  temple 
of  the   Holy  Ghost."    "If  any    man  defile  the 
temple  of  God.    him  shall  God  destroy;  for  the 
temple  of  God  is  holy,  which  temple  ye  are."  1 
Cor.  3:  17,  and  f!:   1'.',    "Be  ye  holy,   for  lam 
holy."     "Without  holiness   no   man   shall  see 
the  Lord."  1  Peter    1:    16.  lleb.    12:  14.     The 
conditions   are   strinar-nt   and   inexorable,  hut 
Gt.d  Himself  is  our  Pattern  in    the  flesh,   aud 
our  power  in  the  Holy  Spirit.     "God  is   love»" 
and    "behold   »7iu/ /H'<MN(^r  of  love."  1   John  3: 
1.    O  the  height,  the  depth,  the  length,  the 
breadth!     A  perfect  cube.     As  long   as    broad, 
aud  as  high  as  loagl^Eph.  3:18,19.  John  3: 
KJ.  Matt.  IS:  23-35.  1  Cor.  13:  4-7.  1  John  4: 
16.  Rev.  21:  16. 

With  such  a  Basis,  such  a  hoi>e.  such  an 
aspiration  who  would  not  glory  in  tribulations 
aud  trials  and  crosses,  just  because  we  maybe 
sureofthe  manifestation  of  Jesus  in  them, — 
Work  on  silently,  hopefijly,  and  above  all, 
lire  the  winning  beauty  of  a  daughter  of  Jeho- 
vah, and  a  sister  of  Jesus.  The  beauty  of  holi- 
ness is  fascinating,  and  a  fair  evidence  »>f  the 
Divine  indwelling  tvill  inspire  some  of  those 
around  you  with  'hunger  and  thirst  after 
righteousness,"  and  bind  them  to  you  iu  chris- 
tian bonds.  There  is  no  argument  so  mighty 
as  a  life  radiant  with  the  meekness  and  beauty 
aud  attraction  of  a  Cross  magnifying  religion. 
Throw  all  the  powers  of  your  soul  into  the 
subliniest  work  of/ti'irt(/theDiviueIncariiation. 
"To  tne  to  /i"!  is  Christ"  Philip.  1:  il  Glori- 
ous words.  It  is  only  another  way  of  saying, 
"siiKiiATH  lioav  wii.vT  SHE  ■■oriii."  .\ll  this 
ot  course  seems  dreamy  mysticism  to  those 
whose  religion  is  ritual,  and  those  who  pretend 
to  no  sort  of  religion.  But  to  those  who  have 
found  Christ,  the  wisdom  and  power  and  love 
of  God.  it  is  "meat  and  drink,"  "joy  unspeakable 
and  lull  of  glory,"  the  "substance"  of  all  the 
ravishing  reservations  of  the  Heaven  of  Heav- 
ens. This  may  be  jours  in  your  Missouri  Saha- 
ra, although  you  hear  no  sermon  aud  see  no 
saint  all  the  year  round.  I'he  Holy  Ghost  can 
create  a  most  Paradisiac  Oasis  in  the  wildest^ 
darkest  desert.  C.  H.  Balsb.\iqh. 

I'nion  Ihposit,  I'a. 


XHK    liRETJrlKKlS'    ^X    AVOKK. 


September    i>Q 


^a!i|irl  ^ucijifss. 


Anti  Ihi'y  lh;»t  bt-  wise  .shall  sliitu"  rs  tho 
brljhtii«*s  of  thp  llrmim'nt;  and  they  that  ttirn 
nu'iy  u>  rieiit0aii3ii«3s.  a»  the  stAra  forever  nud 
•T6P.-UHU.  12:  i. 


Mt  Vernon.  Va.—  Vwo  were  b*ptizetl  on  the 
Slth  of  August,  llie  old  brother  !*3  and  the  sis- 
ter SO  years  old.  Sept.  2nd.,  baptiwd  two 
more,  >'0uug  lUHn  nud  wife  living  in  the  Hame 
house.  On  the  Hth  b:)pti)i*'d  an  old  lady  of  70 
Tears.     May  the  Lord  bless  them  all. 

J.  1{.  Gi^n. 

Oakland  Church.  Ohio.— We, too,  had  aBeason 
of  rejoicing  nud  encourageniRnt.  Bru.  S.  11. 
Bashor  met  with  as  on  the  ereniug  of  the  30tb 
of  August,  prt-Hched 'JI  Hermoiii*.  Thord  wftre 
tweuty-one  ba|ih»>d.  UV  hope  thin  will  encour- 
age others  to  di)  likewise.     Maky  Haiwma's. 

Burr  Oak.  Kao  —Our  Love-feAtt  i^  past  and  I 
hope  will  Im-  lor((»  rem<-mber*d.  Hrolh»rSwitwr 
from  Whit*"  Hock,  nud  brothrfn  Mi-r-tsr  and 
MontKontcry  trom  Dimentonf,  were  prc-'pnt. — 
Two  were  received  into  the  churfh,  one  by  let- 
ler  an  i  one  bv  baptism.  H.  E  I''ai>ri.v. 

From  Brother  Bashor— Our  mpetinK"*  cloted 
at  Oiiklind  Chunh  l.utt  ivt-ck  ividi  nver  a  Hcorc 
of  additions,  and  otlxTM  who  prorriiwd  to  conif, 
but  prouiines  are  «ttMily  brokf-n.  We  can  di'pcnd 
on  what  men  f/o;  what  ihey  jtroniise  in  uncer- 
tain. 

Wf  ramr*  hiTf  on  Tii.Mdiiy  night  and  have 
labored  only  in  thu  evi-ning  tiiiK^e,  YcHf^rday 
we  w«nt  out  to  (lir»  water  whfni  Heveral  believ- 
ers were  burii'd  iu  baptiHm.  Our  meetings  clone 
here  to  iglit  junt  m  a  good  iutorest  ix  bving 
awak«ned.  1  am  niyrry,  a^  it  would  bt*  wiser  to 
Btay,  but  Hj>p.)iutui  ntn  ahrod  eall  uk  ou.  Ac- 
cept our  Christian  regarda  for  ull  the  workers 
with  yOD. 
Plfasant  Hill,  Ohio. 


having  railroad  facilitie.t,  our  coal  nbipppri  ;trr 
availing  theniHolves  of  the  opportunitv  wbii  h 
brings  labor  to  the  laborer  and  ea.<ib  in  hi»< 
pocket,  which  brings  prosperity  to  our  home?- 
May  we  not  forget  our  duet*  to  God. 

Old  brother  Joseph  Kike,  of  the  Meyeradalf 
Congregation,  was  buried  to-day,  S-'pt.  I4th. 
after  a  few  davs  illneAs.  He  was  taking  hi" 
horse  to  [laMture,  and  on  the  way  found  he  wa.- 
gffting  dizzy,  and  trying  to  get  off  the  home  he 
partly  fell,  and  in  that  conditron,  with  a  para- 
lytic 8troke.|lie  wat  found,  able  to  tell  the  storj' 
but  iras  soon  again  taken  and  tbos  remained  a 
few  days  and  passed  away. 

S  C  Kfim. 


PromBrcmo  Bluff,  Va. 


Dro 


Notices. 

The  Diitrirt  M-etirig  for  the  Southern  Dis- 
trict of  Mo.,  will  bf  held  in  the  Uruah  ''rei'k 
Chunih,  three  milfs  south  of  Osceola,  St.  Clair 
Co.,  Octobsr  Ktth  and  17th. 

S    S.  MOBLKU. 
Missionary  Meeting. 

THE  Board  of  Kvangfli-m  of  Nortij-eoatern 
Ohio  will  meet  at  Oak  Grove  church, 
five  and  on«  half  miles  nortliWKst  of  Onrey, 
Oct.  4  at  10  A.  M.,  to  trauHuet  bu^inossand  ex- 
change  views.  By  orHtr  of  a  majority  of  the 
Board.  S.  W.  Lindower.  Sec'y. 

From  Burr  Oak,  Kansas. 

THK  Hcatti-red  nif-m-b-ri*  .of  the  Burr  Oak 
Church,  Hituat*-d  on  Ihe  Blue  in  .\dam8 
Co.,  Neb.,  at  Silver  Lnkp.  fifteen  niili's  from 
HaBtingP,purpO'«e  holding  a  rommunion  meet- 
ing at  the  residence  of  friend  W.Grnbill,  We 
heartily  desirf  and  rerjuest  brethren  and  Risters 
to  be  with  us,  esjwcially  ministering  brethren 
as  we  have  no  minittTs  among  us.  Brethren, 
remember  um,  and  come  ovpr  and  help  us. 

H.  P.  BltlXKW(»RTH. 


From  St.  Martins,  Mo. 

/Jfur  tirethrtm: — 

OUR  Love-tenst  is  past.  Brother  Uillery  was 
nitli  us— came  to  uh  on  the  4th  and 
preathed  two  telling  sermons,  beaideBofficiatin^ 
at  our  Love  fea-st.  .The  church  ha-  been  built 
up  and  many  good  impressions  uiade  upon  those 
out  of  the  fnld.  The  meeting  cloned  when  a 
fcood  interest  prt^vailed,  and  could  he  have 
staved  longer  we  believp  there  would  luivo  been 
an  ingathenng.  Yours  in  the  hope  of  eternal 
l>*'e-  D.  Bowman. 

From  Marshall  Co  ,  Illinois. 

M\NY  brethren  expreisedthemselve-s  anxious 
to  hear  of  our  arrival  in  our  new  field  of 
labor.  We  lande.)  in  Henry  on  the  morning 
of  the  1.5th.  all  stood  the  trip  well.  The  breth- 
ren here  of  the  I'lL-eon  Creek  Church,  will  hold 
their  Love-fea^t  on  (he  4tli  of  October.  Hope 
we  may  have  a  good  meeting  to;.'ether.  Would 
be  pleased  to  meet  Bro.  D.  E.  Price,  or  some  of 
the  brethren  from  the  north  end  of  the  district. 
We  would  feel  at  home  and  be  glad  to  meet 
!^me  of  those  whom  we  met  last  Spring. 

C.  S.  Hoi.si.vdEit. 

Fragments. 

117  K  have  had  thre*^   succe-sive  froslK  but  no 
If       w-noui  result*. 
<Jur  Lord  ha-*  blessed  us  with  good  crops,  and 


J"liN'C!/)3EDfind$l,  subscription  to  the  B. 
J  AT  W.  Thi.i  i^  all  I  am  able  to  send  now. 
Not  haviugseen  the  pajier  for  more  than  twelve 
months  I  do  not  now  know  tlie  present  price.  I 
think  it  in  the  doty  of  all  lovers  of  Christ  to 
read  all  papers  in  tlieir  churith,  whether  for  or 
against  them,  that  they  may  wee  and  know  for 
themselves,  and  thus   "prove  all  things." 

The  I'rfxjrrxfirf  Christian  has  been  shame- 
fully served;  and  some  of  the  progressionist ^ 
have  fared  unmercifully — ^too  unjust  to  contem- 
plate! God  will  defend  the  right.~He  can  "save 
by  many  or  by  ti;w."  I  ueitlx-T  jump  at  con- 
clu.-ions  nor  guess  at  things.  Calmly,  /^aiuusl^, 
prayerfully,  i)enteveringly  and  most  tenaciously 
I  stand  at  my  post  of  Cliristian  duty  to  "spend 
or  be  Hpent"  for  "judgment,  mercy,  faith."— 
These  weigliiier  matters  ol  the  law"  have  been 
Hrtdly  and  glaringly  neglected  in  souiespction-^. 
and  thai  too  by  those  who  rank  as  patterns!  I 
o|»erate  upon  facts,  providentially  opened  up  for 
I  know  that  raurh  unbappiuei^s  m  this 
church  was  begun  by  evil  fipt^aking,  evil  imagi- 
nation, speculation,  &c..  tkc,  and  this  was  too 
often  agitated  by  stealthy  means,  and  for  subtle 
policy.  Sucli  corrupt  doings  in  any  church  is 
ao  oflensive  to  a  just  God  that  He  will  e.xecute 
judgment  through  or  by  whom  He  choses  to 
send.     (Jod  is  Judge. 

When  I  have  great  reason  to  feel  that  I  am 
doing  Uod's  will,  I  can  endure  anything  even  if 
it  be  martyrdom.  I  know  whereof  I  speak. 
Naturally  I  am  timid;  but  for  truth,  justice  and 
mercy,  !  nm  iw  bold  as  a  lion;  but  feel  as  harm- 
less as  a  dove.  May  God  bless  all  lawful  efforts 
for  good  is  devoutly  prayed  by  yoar  well-wish- 
ing sister  in  Christ.  Ji'LiA  A.  Wood. 


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Lanark,  111.,  October   6,  1879. 


No.   41. 


FOR 

THE  BRETHREN  AT  WORK 


Israel  ^ofielii. 


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-  LENA.  ILL 

LONOMOST,  C:OLO 

DUNKIRK,  OHIO. 

TIRDEN, ILL 

CERHO  GOIUIO,  ILL. 

NOHBORNE,  MO. 

CERRO  QORUO,  ILL. 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


■P  pxoB— Shadow  iinrt  Sunliglit— Miiry  Louise 
SoDwood;  GodisLovo.  D.  S.  T.  HuUerbiiugb 
"l,e  Doctor  and  his  Patient-W.  Q.  Culvert 
piiun  vs.  Fashionable  Dressing ;  Nature  Against 
5licpticiBtn. 

CBCOtro    PAOE—Aiwwys  I-ooh  on  the  Sunny  Side. 

X  .Sin  Hereditary '(■  Lewis  O.  Hummer;  Of 
HevDlution.— Prof.  W.  E.  Lockard. 

THIRD  PAOK—Clioasing  Ministers.— S.  L.  Tliom- 
•i.Haon;  Kvpeotation  in  God.— Phebe  A.  Fnmt/.; 
Position  and  Ability:  Look  up,  not  Down;  Chil- 
dren or  Dogs. 

m'BTU  PAOE—EmTORiALs— Kansas  Kernels;— 
Anger;    Shannon  Love-feast;  More  Preaching. 

fiFTB  PAGB— KDi'rOKiALs— 'J'he  Coming  Man; 
Little  Tricks;  Query  Answered.- Mattie  A. 
I,pRr;    MiniiHcriptai. 

SIXTH  Page— Sow  the  Seed;  Keligious  Kiiowl- 
pAge._\Vea\thy  A.  Clarke;  From  Palestine.- J - 
T^MiGiirvey ;  Costly  Churohes ;  A  Cliristinn 
\  iew  of  the  .lews ;     The  Xorth-west  Paasagt- 

Found. 

SEVENTH  Page— FiomD.    X.   Workman;    From 

Etdev  F.  P.  Lu'hr;    The  Western  Churches.— D. 

K.  Cripe;  Echoes  from  the  East.— D-  B.Ment/er; 

To  Many  loiiuirers.— C.  H.  Bdisbaugh 
Eighth  Page— Diiniah  Mission  Report;    Diiuish 

Poor  Fund ;  From  Runnings  Creek.  Pa.— Thnm- 

Hs  HolBinger. 


greatly  desiro,  we  will  make  strenuous  flfort« 
to  ubtain,  and  seeking  earnestly  for  happiufss, 
we  will  experience  much,  even  in  this  world. 
Here  aud  there,  along  life's  pathway  roses  bloom, 
but  we  must  diligently  search,  if  wt  would 
find  them  amid  the  thorns. 

Did  not  our  existence  extend  beyomlthis  life, 
it  would  not  be  worth  our  white  to  patitntly 
endure  the  trials  to  which  we  are  subject.  Tl'ere 
would  be  no  incentive  to  good  and  noble  deeds, 
for  with  life  all  would  be  endfd.  But  we  have 
the  blessed  assurance  that  there  is  something 
beyond  all  the  strife  and  turmoil  of  this  life  tliat 
is  worth  striving  for.  A  fadeless  crown,  and  a 
spotless  robe  await  tliose  who  in  the  end  prove 
worthy.  Beyond  the  Heeling  shadows  and  sun- 
light of  earth,  there  is  a  land  where  tlowers  nev- 
er withi?r,  but  where  all  is  unfading  sunlight, 
Then  there  will  be  sweet  rest  for  the  weary  feet 
that  have  walked  in  the  narrow  way.  Earth's 
sunlight  we  know  is  not  unfading;  but  that 
which  radiates  from  the  great  white  throne  and 
the  Lamb,  shines  with  undying  luster,  illumin- 
ing Jehovah's  boundless  empire  with  a  light 
that  will  da/zle  the  eyes  of  earth-born  spints; 
while  the  clear  crystal  stream  that  flows  from 
underneath  the  throne  shall  quench  all  thii-st, 
and  the  white  robed  throng  of  redeemed  ones, 
shall  forever  enjoy  his  sunlight. 


and  yet  how  few  consider  their  latter  end  till 
it  is  hastily  approaching.  We  see  others  dy- 
ing around  us,  we  witness  our  friends  and  re- 
lationssinking  into  the  grave,  andliecausewe  are 
strong,  we  imagine  thai  our  turn  will  not  come, 
or  be  at  some  far  distant  period.  But  my 
friend,  the  strongest  may  in  a  moaieut  be  cut 
down,  by  accident,  or  disease.  Yes,  the  com 
luand  ot  God  may  summon  our  spirit  in  the 
twinkling  of  an  eye  before  his  eternal  majesty. 
"It  is  appointed  unto  men  once  to  die,  but  aft- 
er this  the  judgment."  Heb,  9:  27. . 
Sorfh  ^['ln•■hester,  Ind. 

PLAIN  VS  FASHIONABLE 
DRESSING. 


er;  go  to  the  unroofed  universe;  go  to  the  aw- 
ful pages  of  scjf-nce,  not  to  l»>arn  your  religion, 
hut  to  learn  your  ne^d  of  it—to  learn  that  yon 
are  homeless  without  the  senM^  of  God  as  over- 
arching you  by  his  power,  pledging  his  care  to 
you,  twisting  the  fiirious  force*  of  jmmenrity 
into  a  protecting  tent  for  your  spirit's  home. 


THE  DOCTOE  AND  HIS  PATIENT. 


N 


GOD  IS  LOVE 


.  T.  BITTERBALGH. 


LET  US  read  and  think  on  the  mysteries  rel- 
ative to  our  eternal  welfare.  The  exercise 
ol  the  mind  is  one  yreat  blessing  God  has  given 
to  his  creature,  and  when  brought  into  action 
by  retiectiug  upon  heavenly  things,  it  is  em- 
ployed on  primary  purposes.  "Seek  ye  firat 
the  kingdom  of  God,  and  hi.s  righteousness,  and 
all  these  things  shall  be  added  unto  you."  Matt. 
6:  3a.  Let  us  call  on  God,  the  disposer  of  all 
blessings  that  he  will  have  mercy  on  us,  and 
teach  us  the  proper  mode  of  wovshiiiins  him 
that  is  most  pleasing  in  his  sight,  and  ask  him 
to  point  out  to  us  that  which  is  right,  and  to 
teach  us  that  holy  wisdom  that  discovers  oar 
truest  interest,  and  imparls  hi.^  heavenly  grace 
to  strengthen  our  resolutions  to  perform  his 
will,  and  walk  in  his  ways  with  sincerity,  then 
"If  I  am  right,  thy  grace  impart. 
Still  in  the  right  to  stay; 
If  r  am  wrong,  oh,  teach  my  heiirt 
To  tiiid  a  better  way." 
Yes,  our  lirst  thoughts  should  be  the  care  of 
the  soul,  aud  our  first  treasures  laid  up  in  heav- 
en. Our  souls  never  die,  but  our  bodies  dailv 
hasten  to  the  grave.  However,  we  know  that 
if  "our  earthly  house  of  this  tabernacle  were 
disolved,  we  have  a  building  of  God,  a  house 
not  made  with  hands,  eternal  in  the  heavens, 
'i  Cor.  -'■:  1.  If  so,  we  should  quicken  our  hearts, 
and  no  longer  sit  in  darkness  aud  in  flie  shad- 
ow of  death,  but  we  should  ask  God  to  forgive 
us  our  unworthiness,  help  our  iniirmities.  and 
prepare  u^  for  his  abode;  aud  beseech  the  Lord 
that  we  may  fix  our  hearts,  our  thoughts,  our 
hopes  and  our  desires  upon  heaven  aud  heaven- 
ly things.  Yes,  ask  him  to  teach  us  to  pray 
with  sincerity,  tn  hear  with  humbleness  and 
doiility  of  mind,  and  prolit  by  his  hoiy  Word, 
and  keep  alive  in  ns  a  true  spirit  of  devotion, 
and  preserve  us  from  the  great  sin  of  praying 
to  him  with  our  lips  only,  and  uot  with  our 
hearts. 

Let  us  not  forget  to  ask  God  to  give  us  pow- 
er from  this  time  to  lead  a  life  of  faith  and  ho* 
liness.  and  to  make  it  the  great  business  of  our 
lives  to  keep  ourselves  in  his  fear  and  love,  and 
wean  us  from  the  pleasures  of  this  world,  and 
keep  us  from  its  evils  aud  temptations,  aud 
draw  us  (by  gracel  tj  ii  J  hii^  will,  so  thnt  Wf 
may  serve  him  in  spirit  and  in  truth  forever 

I  entreat  the  good  Lord  to  assist  every  reader 
of  t'lLs  article  to  prepare  for  thedying  hour.  01 


SHADOW  AND  SUNLIGHT. 

BY  MAl:7   LOri>K  BOl'WOOI*. 

I'HAl'OWS  dark  and  gloomy  often  gather 
^  ,>r0Lind  life's  pathway,  and  bright  visions 
it  \\  i[p[niiesa  are  not  always  realized.  Our  faith 
-M-metimes  sorely  tried,  and  all  that  we  pos- 
M,  iv  requisite  to  sustain  and  keep  us  from  fall- 
iiL'  liy  the  wayside:  but  our  shield  and  corafor- 
wr  Hi  tvery  hour  of  darkness  and  gloom,  is  ev- 
rii.ar,  to  support  and  strengthen,  if  we  out 
lati  iontidinLily  on  his  all-sustaining   arm. 

Id  Hvery  age  of  the  world's  history,  aud  in 
-VHry  life,  there  are,  and  have  been  shadows 
muiirled  with  sunlight.  The  first  great  shad- 
'w-.itht-redover  the  fair  garden  of  Kden,  en- 
-i'lpiog  in  its  gloom  our  lirst  parents,  and  since 
I  ii  liijur,  every  day  of  sunlight  has  had  its  cor- 
r^-liiTitliug  shadow.. 

Th^  greatest  benefactors  of  our  rate  have  had 
Ui^ir  h.iurs  of  anguish  and  bitter  trial,  when 
'■lly  cherished  visions  for  the  future  seemed 
f.uly  t(.  be  blasted,  and  the  day  star  of  hope 
ii'i  trr.-vvn  dim;  but  they  toiled  on,  contendmg 
v^li  .iliuost  superhuman  strength,  against  the 
-I,  tide  of  adversity,  and  finally  'surmounted 
-^-ry  obstacle.  The  sunlight  which  to  them  had 

■■  :i>Ht.u  hidden,they  were  at  length  permitted  to 
I'Hi'iM— its  splendor  appearing  greatly  euhanc' 
"1,  lice  it  had  just  emerged  from  l)ehmd  i 
'"I-  iloud.  Shadows  always  b.«iime  darker 
.  ■  '  lifl'ore  dawn. 

1  tinre  are  many  joys  mingled  with  the  cup  of 

'■■•^  that  it  will  be  ours  to  drink  while  jour 

I- through  this  vale  of  teara.     There   are 

"■  -uiR.nts  within  the  reach  of  all.  which   hut 

'^^ --viierience,  because  they  are   not   ardently 

" '^  p^rseveringly  sought  for.    That  which  we]  how  necessary  it  is  for  all  of  us  to  think  of  death 


WB  are  pleased  to    learn    that   plainness    in 
dress  is  bpginniug  to  be  considered  good 
taste  in  some  fashionable  circles.     It  always  has 
been  admirc-d  by  intelligent,    thinking    peo[di 
and  the  lea'ion   thfre    has   been   so   little  said 
iigainat  it  is,  because  the  masses   of  the  people 
refuse  to  think  fairly  on  the  subject,  and  think- 
ing people  refuse  to   condemn    it   because  it  is 
popular.     It  must  be  very  encouraging  to    thnt 
ilass  of  Christian  professors,  who  labor  so  Zfal- 
ously  Hfiainst    the   siu    of  foolish,   fashionable 
dressing,  to  see  the  prominence    that  plainness 
is  beginnmg  to  occupy  in  the  miuds  of  the  peo 
pie;  and  the  outspokeu  way  in  which  they   as- 
sail this  fascinating,  soul-destroying  evil — fash 
ionable  dressing.     Below  we  give  a   remark    iu 
reference  to  the  marriage  of    a   certain    couple 
which  we  copy  from  a  secular  paper  of  Virginia: 
'"The  bride  was  attired  in  the   plainest  possi- 
ble style,  a  handsome  dress   of  white    larleton. 
an^'SOjae  pure  sweet  Howies  in  her  hair   being 
the  only  ornaments  of  her  person.     The    beau- 
tiful simplicity  and  modesty  of  her   plain   wed- 
ding trousseau  was  in  striking   contrast  with 
the  absurd  and  ridiculous  exhibitions  of  costly 
dresses  whose  elaborate  description  has  some- 
times occupied  the  columns  of  some  of  the  city 
and  rural  press  to   the    disgust  of  all    sensible, 
welt-meaning  persona.     If  we   could    have  our 
way.  we  would  abolish  the    'fuBs   and   feathers" 
of  fasiooable,  costly  weddings,   in   which   silly 
descriptioiisof  ladies' wardrobes  occupy  so  much 
space  in  the  rural  press,  some  of  whose   editors 
display  the  weakness  of  their   brains   in    their 
miserable  fawning  at    the    shriue  of   fashion." 
—Sd. 


NATURE    AGAINST    SKEPTICISM. 

THAT  bniliantgeoius.Thos.  Starr  King,  said 
If  I  were  in  danijer  of  becoming  skeptical. 
I  believe  that  a  fre^h  and  vivid  appreciation  of 
the  scientific  revelations  concerning  our  globe 
would  apall  lue  into  faith.  To  think  of  this 
hall  whirling  and  spinnini;  about  the  sun,  and 
to  bean  atheisl:  its  covering  less  in  comparative 
thickness  than  a  peach  skin,  and  its  pulp  a 
seethiug  Hre,  aud  to  feel  that  we  are  at  the  mer- 
cy of  the  forc'-'s  that  l^h  it  like  a  top  around 
the  ecliptic,  and  of  the  raving  flames  that  heave 
and  beat  for  vent;  not  more  than  an  eighth  of 
its  surface  inhabitable  by  man;  seas  roaring 
around  him,  troiiic  heats  smitug  his  lirain,  po- 
lar frost  threatening  his  blood,  inland  airs  lad- 
en with  fever,  sea  winds  charged  with  consumi>- 
tion;  hurricanes  hovering  iu  thesky, earthquakes 
slumbering  under  our  feet;  the  condition  of  Ijfe 
depeudenton  the  most  delicate  oscillations  oi 
savage  powers  over  which  the  wisest  man  is 
powerless  as  a  worm,  to  think  of  these  and  not 
to  have  any  coufiden>  e  or  belief  iu  a  power  su- 
l>erior  to  these  pitiless  forces,  not  to  have  an 
inspiring  faith  that  the  land  was  made  for  hu- 
man habitations  aud  exj  eriences,  and  is  shelter- 
ed by  a  ceaseless  love  from  the  hunger  of  the 
elements!  Why.  I  co  ild  as  ea^ly  conceive  of 
a  peri  IU  making  his  home  unconcerned  in  au 
uncaged  menagerie,  as  of  a  man  at  rest  in  na- 
ture, seeing  what  it  is,  and  not  feeling  that  it 
i*  embosomed  in  God!    Goto  nature,  my  broth- 


HY   W.   li.  CAI.VERT. 

OT  long  since  we  heard  a  Dr.  relating  that 
he  had  told  one  of  his  iiatieut'i' that  he 
must  die;  y^l,  the  patient  persisted  in  cursing 
at  a  great  rate,  saying  that  he  knew  they  wer*- 
scared  about  him.  but  at  the  same  time  swear- 
ing that  he  wiw  not  afraid.  A  L^niverBalint  who 
«as  hali'tiing  to  thed-ctor's  talk,  remarked  thitt 
the  patient  must  have  been  beside  himself.  The 
Dr.  said  that  he  was  not  beaile  himself,  but 
ihat  he  had  the  r:ght  use  of  his  mind. 

The  Univei-salist  thought  it  imposaibl«  that 
one  in  his  right  mind  would  cuis.-  and  sweif 
while  death  was  staring  him  in  the  face.  The 
doctor  said,  "that  was  nothing."  "If  it  would 
do  to  live  by,  it  would  do  to  die  by." 

This  last  remark  seemed  to  ontaii  quits  a 
good  moral.  Would  to  God,  we  could  indoee 
all  persons  to  turn  their  attention  to  the  man- 
ner of  living,  rather  than  the  manner  of  dying. 
Life  is  that  which  we  havn  to  do.  The  care  of 
death  is  uot  in  our  hands,  auy  farther  than  it 
is  governed  by  the  way  we  live.  The  manae'^- 
mentof  death  is  in  wi-ier hands  than  ours.  Thi-n 
it  is  ours  to  mold  our  lives,"  and  let  God  deter- 
mine what  death  shall  be. 

It  is  to  he  feared  that  we  are  too  often  promis- 
ed to  right  acts  through  fear  of  death.  Triif, 
it  ia  enough  to  fright*?u  us  when  we  think  of 
dying  unprepared,  but  the  promptings  of  th- 
Christian  should  he  of  a  higher  character.  The 
love  of  God  should  constrain  us.  We  should 
live,  uot  to  see  how  we  can  die,  but  to  see  how 
well  we  can  live. 

Reader,  did  you  ever  think  what  your  life  is 
worth?  Ask  yourself  this  question:  When  1 
am  gone,  will  the  world  he  anv  the  better  that 
I  have  lived?  Will  my  life  leave  a  mark  on  th'- 
sands  of  time,  or  will  it  be  said  that  I  lived  uiid 
died,  and  that  is  all  uf  my  record?  Did  you 
ever  think  that  auy  thing  that  will  do  to  live 
by,  will  do  to  die  by?  Or  in  other  words,  that 
which  will  not  do  to  die  by,  will  uot  do  to  livi: 
by.  No  one  expects  a  tret?  that  has  grown 
crooked  to  be  straight  when  it  falls.  We  c<:v- 
er  think  of  a  man  vho  has  always  had  some  dis- 
ease, dying  I'.ale  and  sound;  yet  these  are  no 
more  absured  than  to  make  calculations  to  live 
wrong  and  die  right.  Let  us  devote  our  atten- 
tion to  making  life  what  it  should  be,  and  dc*<tth 
is  sure  to  be  what  it  should  he. 


A  single  word  may  destroy  a  soul.  It  is  not 
impossible  that  u  single  utterance  may  be  the 
means  of  destroying  a  soul.  Such  n'ay  not  be 
the  intention  of  him  who  speaks,  but  the  words 
may,  nevertheless,  go  forth  to  save  or  destroy. 
They  fall  on  the  ear  and  reach  the  heart.  A 
child  is,  perhaps,  the  hearer  and  the  spctvh 
from  the  father's  lips.  They  are  words  foil  of 
sin,  but,  nevertheless,  are  the  words  of  father, 
and,  as  such.  *ink  di*p  and  poison  the  charac- 
ter of  ttie  child.  .The  germ  is  sown  aud  it 
springs  up,  bringinj;  forth  much  fruit,  but,  alas! 
evil  fruit— the  fruit  of  death,  eternal  death. 
When  the  final  exposition  of  iiuman  deeds  is 
made — when  all  things  come  vividly  bdik  to 
memory,  what  must  be  the  agony  of  that  p;tr- 
ent,  who  was  thus  instrumental  iuthe  eternal 
ruin  of  his  child.  The  piwaibility  of  such  »  re- 
sult is  a  fearful  warning. 

Great  is  peace;  it  is  to  the  land  what   V.nvn 
is  to  the  dough. 


IliK    BKETHKEN    ^X    "VVOIiK. 


October 


ALWAYS  LOOK  ON  THE  SUNNY 
SIDE. 

ALWAYS  look  on  tlie  siiniiy  Hide. 
And  thonRh  life  chpckcred  he, 
A  lightsome  heart  bids  care  depart, 

And  lime  fly  plensiintly. 
Why  sit  and  mouru  o'er  faiiuied  ills, 

When  danger  is  not  nearj* 
Care  is  a  sell-consuming  thing. 
That  hardest  nerves  can  wear. 

Always  look  on  the  sunny  side. 
And  though  yoH  do  not  find. 
All  thiii(;s  according  to  your  wish. 
Be  not.  diaturhed  in  your  mind. 
The  KrtJBtest  evils  that  can  come. 

Are  lijrhter  fur  to  bear 
When  met  by  fortitude  and  strength, 

Instaad  of  doubt  and  fear. 
Always  look  on  the  sunny  side— 
ThtT,,"s  health  in  harmless  jest, 
And  much  to  soothe  our  worldly  cares 

In  hoping  for  the  best. 
The  jrloomy  path  is  f,tr  too  dark 

For  happy  feet  to  tread, 
,\nd  tells  of  pain  and  solitude. 
Of  friends  estranged  and  dead. 


Always  look  on  the  sunny  side, 

And  never  yield  to  doubt, 
The  ways  of  I'rovideueeare  wise, 

And  faith  will  bear  you  out. 
If  you  but  make  this  maxim  yours. 

And  in  its  strength  abide: 
Believinu  all  is  far  the  best, 

Look  (Ml  the  sunny  side. 

Selected  by  MaILV  M.    li 


ent  power  to  conduct  either  good  or  evil 
infliience,  auci  then^tore  succumhs  to  it- 
environmentB,  hen.  e  the  necessity  of  c,  r 
met  traininK— "bringing  ourchildreu  u|i 
in  the  nurture  and  admonition  of  the 
Lord,"  and  keepini;  tbern  from  evil  in- 
fluences. The  child  i«  liom  susceptible 
of  impressions,  but  not  imjircMetl;  sus 
ceptible  ot  i-duralinn,  but  not  educated. 
At  our  birth  there  is  no  predisposition 
to  either  good  or  evil,  so  that  our  cnvi 
nnuiunl'i  really  f'TM  uur  rullurc.  Thi^ 
child  (ula/iOi  itself  Ui  its  e,wirunmcut' 
and  not  the  environmeDts  to  the  child. 

.\nd  as  WH  are  surrounded  by  the  at- 
mosphere of  evil  as  well  as  of  good,  we 
inhnle  both— which  really  composes  our 
individualities.  If  there  were  no  law 
there  could  be  uo  abnormal  relation.  "I 
■  law  had 
Hon).  7: 


had  not  known  lust  e.vcept  On 
said.  Thou  shalt    not   covet." 


IS  SIN  HEREDITARY? 

JIY  LPWIS  O.  m^MMEII. 

IT  will  DO  doubt  seem  strange  that  i. 
man  that  was  schooled  to  the   affir 
mative  sideof  Ibis  (piestion  should  coni' 
forward  and     face    all    the  thcologicn 
learning  of  this  advanced  age  by  taking 
the  negative.     Am!  while  1  am  engnge.i 
in  tearingdown  what  1  formerly  helped  l< 
builil  up,  I  am  acting  from    conviction.- 
of  years   of  hard   mental  labor,   and  n 
thorough  analysis  of  all  the   facts;   am 
not  from  hasty  concluNions.  To  my  reail 
er  who)iorhap»  never  thoughttliat  tliei-. 
is  a  negative  side  to  this  i|uestion,   ami 
■who  may  not  fully  understand  my  ;i"«i- 
Hon  will  cmsiiler  my  ellorts  very  weak. 
But  unless  there  is  something  at  the  bot- 
tom of  this  niatlei-  that  I  have  overlook- 
ed, I  am  sure  I  am  right.  I  do  not  claiii 
perfection,  and  I  know  that  it  is  an  eas* 
matter  to  be  mistaken — yet  theie  is  suci 
a  thing  as  reducing   argument   into  ax- 
ioms. 

I  will  now  state  my  jumtUin  so  all 
can  understand  me.  Adam  wa«  a  poor, 
wral-  creature  just  as  we  are,  and/eW  at 
the  vevtj  Jii-Ml  tcmplittion  that  presented 
itself.  The  Serpent  implanted  fuhe 
Anof/y  which_^>»'»iC'/  the  false  inipi-etisioit, 
and  tho  false  impression  jivoduced  sin — 
this  sin  imirrt^'l  the  conscience  of  Adam, 
and  this  stam  was  not  transmitted  to  his 
otlsjH-iug.  Organic  hybridization  is  im 
possible;  so  that  if  Adam  was  born  ho 
ly,  his  otlering  must  also  be  holy.  While 
the  fruit  of  a  tree  may  l)e  hybridized, 
the  tree  itself  remains  unafTected ;  and 
the  kind  may  be  perpetuated  by  using 
H-ion'i  instead  of  the  >feed  of  the  apple. 
If  God  intended  Adam  to  multiply,  the 
>r«i  in  emhnjo  was  in  Adam  at  his  ere 
ation,  and  not  put  there  by  the  Serjient. 
We  are  not  Jiyhridn,  imt  .irion'^.  We 
are  not  from  a  seed  produced  by  the  Ser- 
pent's pollen,  but  belong  to  the  old 
ofiijhuzl  uticl-.  Was  not  this  the  fact, 
Christ  never  could  have  redeemed  us. 
It  is  »ft«r  ail  the  seed  of  the  woman  that 
bruised  the  Serpents  head.  It  requires 
a  perfect  human  sacrifice  to  redeem  a 
sinful  nature.  We  are  sinners  by  nature, 
not  by  virtue  of  being  boru  a  sinful  man 
or  woman,  but  by  virtue  of  being  born 
susceptible  to  sin. 

-V  child  when  it  is  born  b.is  no  inh<  r 


I  admit  that  Christ  meets  us  with  .sal- 
vation at  the  same  point   where   Adam 
nii'cts  US  with  corruption,  forthej-e  is  no 
such  a  point  in  e.vistence.     1  say    (Jhrist 
meets  us  wilh  salvation  at  the  same  point 
where  the  Devil  meets  US  with    corrup 
tlon,  and  that   point   ia  in    the   school 
room,  and  not  in  the  loins  of  Adam  and 
(.'hrist.     Uo  we  revert  through  tlie  loins 
r»f  Christ  as  we  come  through    the    loins 
of  .\daiii?  Can  you  run  sin  through  the 
loins  of  Adam,  without  running   salva 
tion  through  the  loins  of  ChrLst?     If  .sin 
is  inherited,  what' becomes  of  our  free 
■  iiency?     I  would    like   to   know    how 
.\dain's  organization  was  affected,  so   as 
c.  niake  the  transmission  of  sin  possible^ 
What  kiiiil  of  a  body  had  he?     Was  he 
composed  of  flesh  and  blood  just  as   we 
ar ',  or   what   kind   of  a   being  do  my 
Christian  brethren  who  believe   in    this 
h'-rcditary  sin  imagine  that  he    was?  If 
sin  changed  the  organism  from  incorrup- 
I  tion  to  cfjrruption  then    salvation    must 
also  change  the  organism  from  corrup- 
tion   to    incorruption,     and    obliterate 
death.     Did  Christ  die  to  redeem  a  de- 
(i-aved  human  nature,  or  did   he   die  to 
give  efllcacy  to  a  law  whereby  a  corrupt 
soul  may  redeem  itself  from  the   pollu- 
lion  of  sin,  anil  transform  itself  into  the 
ifethat  now  is,  and  is  to  come,  or  a  alo- 
riiins  immortality!     Herein     lietli    the 
'iiystery  of  godliness.     Herein  lieth  the 
justice  of  God  in    executing  judgment. 
It  certainly  ought  to    be    apparent  to 
(ill,  that   Adam's   intellectual    faculties 
were  corrupted,   and   not   the    organic 
man.  What  we  learn  we  receive  througli 
die  organs  of  sense,  and  the  soul  is  the 
governor  of  the  immaterial   attributes, 
as  the  stomach  i.s  of  the  material.     I  can 
see  no  way  to  make  sin  hereditary    and 
salvation  o[itional.     Had  Christ  u<tt  ful- 
filled the    law,  he  never  could  have  abol- 
ished it  and    instituted  a  new  and  living 
way.     "My  yoke  ia  easy  and  my  burden 
is  light" — all    may    come     that     will 
and    partake     of     the    water   of     life 
freely.     It  ia    easy    to  go   to     Jordan 
and  be  immersed  in    the   name   of  the 
Father,    t^'C.     This  is  the   salvation  of 
,Iesus,  and  if  there  is  any   other,   where 
is  it  to  be  found?  If  infanta  need   a   Sa 
vior,  how  does  Christ  save   them  ?     If  a 
well  person  needs  a  doctor,  how  will  he 
save  him?     If  infants  are  born  into   the 
kingdom  of  Christ,  and  need  no  Kedeem 
er  until  they  get  lost,  or  get  out  of  the 
kingdom,     they   need  no  one  to  jdead 
their  case  while  unconscious  of  sin.  The 
law  is   imperative    where   there   is   no 
knowledge  of  law^     Infants   belong   to 
Christ  by  creation,  but  not  by   redemp 
tion.     If  knowledge  and  conscience  were 
innate  then  no  just  grounds  of  adjudica 
tion  can  exist.     If  sin    is  transmissible, 
would  not  faith  and  repentance  also   be 


transmissilde?  Consistency,  fellow  Chris- 
tians. Our  nature  is  not  the  soil  from 
which  springs  sin  in  its  relation  to  in- 
stituted law,  but  the  soil  is  susceptible 
of  germinating  and  manifesting  fruits  of 
the  seed  that  is  sown  on  tte  soil.  Incor 
rupt  seed  is  not  in  the  child  at  birth,  but 
the  Devil  sows  it,  and  when  it  has  once 
been  germinated  and  its  roots  fully  de. 
veloped,  God  alone  can  .save  us,  and  that 
by  grace  that  it  might  be  by  faith. 

When  we  nrive  at  the  period  of  ca 
pability  of  choosing  and  refusing,  indi 
vidual  rtisponsibilitysets  in,  and  not  be 
fore.  ■  God  holds  the  parents  responsibb 
for  the  manner  in  which  they  bring  up 
their  children,  and  not  the  children.  If 
there  is  any  way  to  run  sin  and  death 
through  the  loins  of  Adam,  without  run- 
ning life  and  immortality  through  the 
loins  of  Christ,  I  will  thauk  any  one  for 
the  lesson.  If  one  is  a  natural  result  of 
Adam's  transgression  then  the  other  is 
a  natural  result  i>f  Christ's  obedience — 
which  is  universal  salvation.  If  sin  is 
inherited,  how  can  a  man  repent?  ^  ou 
might  as  w  ell  try  to  repent  of  the  finger 
nail  or  hair  on  your  head,  as  of  sin.  I 
understand  that  all  law  on  the  Deific 
side  is  the  same,  and  that  they  are  op- 
posites  to  us  on  account  of  our  abnormal 
relation;  liut  the  relation  does  not  exist 
in  an  unconscious  child.  We  are  by 
nature  the  children  of  wrath,  and  yet 
this  nature  is  not  inherited,  but  is  a  sec- 
ond nature  formed  by  our  environments. 
In  sin  are  we  conceived,  not  because  the 
mother  had  inherited  sin,  but  because 
.she  arived  at  that  period  when  we  were 
born,  as  to  constitute  her  a  sinner.  There 
is  no  one  that  lives  to  l>e  bS  or  20  years 
old  but  what  is  a  constitutional  sinner — 
but  this  constitutional  sin  is  not  caused 
by  being  born  of  sinful  parents,but  by  be- 
ing surrounded  by  sin  and  our  adapta- 
tion to  these  surroundings.  If  any  one 
can  point  out  a  sinful  sin  that  is  not  pro- 
duced by  our  environments  let  them  do 
it,  and  I  am  ready  to  be  converted.  "As 
in  Adam  all  die,  so  in  Christ  shall  all 
lie  made  alive."  We  die  in  Adam  liy 
disobeying  like  Adam,  and  we  are  made 
alive  in  Christ  liy  obeying  like  Christ. 
1  know  of  nothing  that  looks  like  her- 
editary sin,  yet  I  have  no  desire  to  be 
odious,  for  it  is  nothing  to  me  more  than 
to  all  others  that  desire  to  know  the 
truth.  Get  this  idea  of  hereditary  sin 
out  of  the  minds  of  tlie  people,  and  in- 
fant baptism  is  at  an  end,  as  well  a  host 
of  other  errors  that  are  husks  for  skep- 
tics to  feed  upon. 


OF  REVOLUTION. 

UY   I'ROF.  U.  E.  UH  K.VRD. 

IN  looking  back  through  tlie  history  of 
civilization  and  noting  the  great  rev- 
olutions in  forma  of  government  and  re- 
ligion, in  modes  of  thought,  social  sen- 
timents and  methods  of  education,  the 
thoughtful  mind  will  be  deeply  impress 
d  with  the  fact  that  no  one  man  ever 
yet  accomplished  a  revolution  natural 
in  its  intiuence. 

The  namesof  Galieo,  Columbus,  Luth 
er  and  others  stand  out  on  the  pages  of 
history  as  great  discoverei-s  and  reform- 
ers, as  men,  who,  by  their  own  individ 
uality,  changed  the  supposed  facts  ol 
.science,  redrew  the  geography  of  the 
world  and  changed  the  religion  of  na 
tions. 

To  the  superficial  reader,  hundreds  ol 
years  after  the  events  described,  so  it 
doubtless  seems,  But  to  the  careful 
student  of  history,  who  dives  deep  into 
the  thoughts  and  feelings  of  the  people 
among  whom  these  men  lived,  a  differ 
ent  state  of  ati'airs  will  be  apparent.  Ir 


stead  of  being  the  on'/^iniifors  the\  ^ 
themselves  the  outgrowth  of  revoluti,,  "^ 
having  their  origin  in    the   wants   .„  j 
wrongs  of  the  people.     The  theor\  rl 
the  world  was  stationary  and    thiir     : 
sun  revolved  around  it,  was  found  t.    i 
inconsistent  with    known    facts    l,,., 
Galileo  startled  the  nations   and   call  1 
down  on  himself  the    anathemas  of  i 


i-hurch  by  proclaiming  that   the 


the 
World 


■iges 


Columbus  had  doubtless  heard  tl 
traditions  of  the  Northmen  in  referen  "^ 
to  a  strange  land  lying  to  the  west  acro'sl 
the  seas  before  he  launched  his  bark 
the  stormy  Atlantic.  .\ud  Luther  but 
echoed  the  voice  of  generations  of  pile  . 
ridden  peojde  when  he  started  a  rollin,, 
the  ball  of  the  Reformation.  He  |  ^ 
touched  the  spark  to  the  train  that  \,-  i 
been  laid,  little  by  little,  through 
of  silence  and  suffering. 

I^y'ig.i'"*'  beneath  the  surface  of  ,|j„ 
water  in  New  York  Harbor,  rocky  sl,„  i 
had  existed  for  ages.  They  had  lon„ 
been  the  dread  of  seamen,  ami  «-  source 
of  great  loss  to  merchant  princes  whose 
veasela  were  ijashed  upon  the  hidden 
rocks.  It  was  iletermined  to  remove 
them.  For  weeks  and  months  science 
gave  her  best  resources,  and  labor  her 
sweat  to  undermine  them.  At  laat  when 
tons  ofgiant-powder  were  enclosed  with- 
in the  rocks  and  wires  from  all  the  blast- 
ing  holes  were  connected  with  a  powe,.. 
ful  battery  onshore — it  was  the  tiny  Pn 
ger  of  a  little  child  that  loosed  the  ,  |„ 
trie  sparkand  seutit  along thetremlilin,. 
wires  on  its  work  of  destruction.  I,,' 
stantly  an  explosion  occurred.  The  ^r.i 
was  tossed  like  mount.iins  high,  ami  fur 
a  moment  all  was  dismay  and  confuMi.n 
and  dread.  But  when  the  tumult  sub- 
sided it  was  found  that  the  largest  shiii 
could  ride  in  safety  through  the  Tiitfeer- 
to  dangerous  passage.  The  shoals  were 
gone. 

As  the  little  child  loosed  the  electric 
park  that  blew  up  the  shoals  of  Hell 
Gate  after  the  mines  had  been  laid  deeji 
beneath  the  placid  surface  of  the  water; 
so  these  Luthers  and  Galileos  but  lit 
with  the  fire  of  their  own  genius  and  eu- 
thusiasm,  the  hearts  and  minds  of  mill- 
ions  who  indistinctly  felt  the  truth,  and 
waited  only  for  a  leader  to  free  them- 
selves from  the  bondage  of  ignorance 
and  superstition.  There  must  be  a  long 
accumulation  of  grievances  before  the 
sluggish  nature  of  man  will  arouse  and 
throw  off  abuses.  Eruptions  of  Vesu- 
vious  occur  but  once  in  centuries;  but 
when  they  do  occur  the  face  of  nature  is 
changed.the  bowels  of  the  earth  are  purg- 
ed of  its  noxious  g^es;  and  though  ruin 
marks  the  course  of  its  rivers  of  fire,  and 
buried  cities  tell  to  future  ages  its  de- 
structive power,  yet  who  shall  say  that 
greater  peace  aud  security  and  ha|i|)i- 
ness  shall  not  thenceforth  dwell  around 
its  base  and  within  its  influence! 

Keformations  are  moral  volcanoe-s. 
Keforms  are  the  craters  through  which 
the  seething,  boiling  fires  of  the  popu- 
lar mind  find  vent.  We  hear  the  rumb- 
ling and  feel  the  trembling  long  before 
the  upheaval  comes.  Long  abuses  require 
a  long  time  for  their  correction;  that  is, 
it  takes  a  longtime  to  get  nadi/  to  cor- 
rect them.  But  when  the  time  of  ac- 
tion comes,  it  comes  like  the  liurst  of 
ocean  in  the  earthquake,  like  the  hel 
chingsof  Vesuvius,  like  the  burstinL'of.'i 
thousand  tons  of  giant  powder.  Audit 
we  do  not  read  amiss  the  signs  of  the 
times,  the  time  is  not  far  distant  when 
very  much  of  our  present  system  of  po]'- 
ular  education  will  be  relegated  to  mer- 
ited obscurity  along  with  the  false  and 
barbarous  of  fast  ages. 


^bei 


I*    6 


'I'ilK    l^KETHJ^JBiSr    -A.T    "WOKIC. 


3 


,  n-intis  of  truth  begin  to    blow. 

..K-  we  hear  the  low  swash    of  the 

kers  as  they  beat  upon  the  rocks  of 

^,.     The  best  of  our  modern  thinkers 

'^jjjkius;  up  the  cudgel  against  a   sys 


,^[U 


nbich  they  claim  ia  false  in  theory 
I  barnifiil  in  practice.  And  wheu 
Z  times  are  fully  ripe  for  action,  when 
undercurrent  of  thought  becomes 
fliuien*'')'  strong,  it  will  bear  to  the 
■  .■  p  some  man,  who,  embody iutr 
.  p]f  the  best  thought  of  the  a^e,  will 
d  a  successful  revolution  and  lead 
.  people  up  and  out  of  the  present, 
,  ^  ti-ue,  a  more  natural  and  a  ration 

lOt"-'  " 

life.  _ 

CHOOSING   MINISTERS. 


.  I     TnOMASSON. 


EXPECTATION  IN    GOD. 


bY    CHEHE  A     FR\NT/. 

fT1HEles8we  expect  from   this  world 
*-      the  better  for  us.     The  lees  we  ex- 


%om€:  anit  'j^amilu* 


THK  office  of  a  minister  is  a  laborious 
but  a  good  work;  they  M'ho  desire 
t  as  such  fr<^m  proper  motives,  do  well, 
od  if  duly  qualified  they  should  be  en 
ui-ft(*ed,  assisted  in  obtaining  their  ub- 
vt;  but  to  desire  authority  in  the  church 
!  intruding  into  the  sacred  office  ;vith 
lit  iiuftlifit'atious  suited  to  its  important 
ijities  is  a  vile  prostitution,  and  merits 
,.  deepest  conflemnation.  I^t  none 
,,■110  desire  this  offi<'e  or  have  entered  in- 
to if  or  who  have  any  concern  in  admit- 
tiotr  others,  forget  that  nothing  can  com- 
neo'^ate  for  the  want  of  proper  motives, 
or  a  blameless  conduct.  The  ministers 
of  tiie  Lord's  flock  should  be  vigilant, 
sober,  of  good  behavior,  gWeu  to  hospi- 
lality,  apt  to  teach,  and  remote  from  vi- 
alent  passions,  and  every  kind  of  covet- 
ousne.is.  No  man  can  be  a  flt  person  for 
this  office  in  the  most  obscure  situation, 
,Tho  is  uuwatchful,  frivolous,  licentious, 
.riveu  to  wine,  greedy  of  filthy  lucre,  dis- 
ri.,dpd  to  furious  anger,  selfish,  averse  to 
liospitality,  and  unalde  to  teach. 

It  however  behooves  ustfllook  to  our- 
selves and  those  with  whom  we  are  con- 
cerned. It  ia  incumbent  upon  ministers 
to  rule  well  their  own  houses,  and  to 
have  their  children  in  subjection  with 
all  gravity.  If  they  find  this  too  diffi 
cult  for  them,  how  shall  they  take  care 
of  the  church  of  God  t  The  folly  of  os-, 
tentation,  conformity  to  the  world,  or 
ungodliness  will  surely  lessen  his  influ- 
en(*.  It  is  also  very  wi-ong  for  novices, 
however,  eminent  for  abilities  and  gifts, 
to  be  pushed  forward  prematurely  into 
this  sacred  work.  This  has  ruined  many 
promising  men,  by  puffing  them  up  with 
pride,  and  casting  them  into  the  con- 
deiuaation  of  the  wicked  one.  Anoth- 
er great  concern  that  ministers  have  a 
good  report  amongst  those  that  are  w-lth- 
out.  Professed  Christians  should  there- 
fore be  proved,  and  found  blameless  be- 
fore thny  are  admitted  to  an)  office  of 
the  church.  The  wives  of  ministers 
sho\dd  be  grave  and  sober,  no  slander, 
Imt  faithful  in  all  things.  They  who 
liavf  acted  faithfully  and  diligently  in 
iuterior  matters  are  best  qualified  for 
more  important  duties,  especially  when 
by  enduring  hardships  and  facing  dan- 
gf-r,  they  have  attained  to  great  bold- 
nehs  in  the  faith.  The  importance  of 
iWse  things  is  therefore  unspeakable; 
and  our  watchfulness  ought  to  correa- 
I'oiid  with  it.  If  so.  they  maybe  instru- 
ments in  the  hands  of  God  that  they  may 
liold  forth  and  adorn  the  doctrine  of 
truth  as  pillars  and  supporters  of  it.  Ltt 
Us  remember  that  GoQ  was  manifest  in 
tile  flt-sh  to  take  aVay  our  sins,  to  de- 
stroy the  works  of  the  evil  one;  to  re- 
■J-eiii  U8  from  all  iniquity,  and  to  puri- 
fy lis  unto  himself,  a  -'peculiar  people, 
zt-aloua  of  good  works." 


pect  from  our   fellow-men    whether   of 
spiritual  help  or  of  inspiring   example, 
the  smaller  will  be  our  disappointment. 
How  often  do  we  feel  that    our   dearest 
friends  forsake  us  in  time  of  real    neel! 
Those  whom  we  think  are  true  and  best 
of  all,  will  sometime  forsake  us  in   time 
of  adversity ;  therefore  we  should  not  e.K- 
pect  so  much  from  earthly  friends.     He 
that  leans  on  his  own  strength,  leans  on 
broken  reed.     We   are    always   going 
to  something  stronger  purer,  and  holier; 
somewhere  in  the    future   there    always 
hanss  in  the  air  a  golden  ideal  of  a  high- 
er life  that  we  are  going  to  reach,  but  as 
we  move  on,  the  dream  of  better  things 
move  on  before  us  also.  It  is  like  a  child 
running  over  a  hill    to    catch   the    rain- 
bow; when  he  gets  on  the   hill  top   the 
rainbow  is  as  far  ofi"  as  ever.     When  our 
day-dream  of  a  higher  Christian  life  keep 
floating  away  from  us,  we  are  left  to  re- 
aline  what  frail  unreliable  creatures   we 
are.     We  rest  on  expectation  of  growth 
and  victory  over  evil  in  ourselves.    "My 
soul  wait  thou  only   upon   God!"     My 
expectation  is  only  from  him.     God  nev- 
er deceives  us.     When  we  pray  to   him 
aright,  that  is,  with    faith,    with    pei-se- 
verance,  with   submission  and   with  an 
eye  single  to    his  will.     Oar    heavenly 
Father  makes  no  mistake  in  his  dealings 
with  supplicants.     He  is    a    Sovereign, 
but  not  a  despot.     If  it    pleases  him  to 
keep  us  waiting   for    the   trial  of   faith 
then  we  must  wait. 


HiiHliands.  lovi*  your  wivt's.  Wives,  nulimtt  your- 
swlvfs  imid  your  own  huBbumls  ('htMren.  obey 
your  purr nta.  Fatliert,  pmvokwnwty  urulilldrvn  o 
"wriiMi.  but  \)riutf  them  lip  in  IhB  nurtnr*  and  nd- 
iiK>:tUton  iif  tlip  Lord,  ^piranta.  be  obedient  to 
them  Hmt  iire  your  masters. — Pacl. 


LOOK  UP,  NOT  DOWN. 

IIFE.  to  some,  is  fud  of  sorrow, — 
J     Half  ia  real,  half  they  borrow, — 
I'uU  of  rocks  ami  full  ledgfs. 
Cornere  ahurp  mid  cutting  edges. 
Though  the  joy  bells  may  be  ringing. 
Not  a  song  you'll  hear  them  (•inging, — 
Seeing  never  makes  them  wise, 
Lookuig  out  from  downcast  eyes. 

All  in  vniu  the  sun  is  shining. 
Waters  spnrkling.  hlosomi  twining; 
They  hut  sec,  through  the-ie  same  sorrows; 
Snd  to-days,  and  worse  to-morrows; 
See  the  clonda  that  must  pa-^sover; 
See  the  weeile  among  thw  clover; 
Kverything  and  anything. 
But  the  gold  the  sunbeams  bring. 

Drinking  from  the  bitl*r  fountain. 
Lol  ymir  mole-hill  seems  a  mountain; 
Drops  of  dew  and  drops  of  ruin 
Swell  into  the  raighty  main 
All  ill  vain  the  bh-SMiigs  shower. 
And  the  mercies  fall  witli  powi-r; 
Gathering    chaff,  ye  tread  the  wheat, 
Kicli  and  royal,  'neath  your  feet. 

Let  it  not  be  so,  my  ueiEhhor, 
Look  up  you  love  and  labor; 
Not  for  one  aloue  wok's  vials. 
Every  man  has  carea  and  trials, 
Joy  and  pain  are  linked  together, 
Like  the  fair  and  cloudy  weather; 
May  we  have,  oh,  let  us  pray, 
Faith  and  patience  for  to-day. 


H 


CHILDREN  OR  DOGS. 


M" 


POSITION  AND  ABILITY. 

E  who  would  bare    position    should 
first  seek  fitness  for  it.  Many  per- 
sons forget  this,  and  hence   we  see   in- 
ompetent  men    depending   upon  their 
subordinates  for  skill  and  wisdom  to  e.\- 
eruise  theii-  proper  functions.    Such  men 
are  generally  despised  by  those  beneath 
them.     He  who  would  control    and    di- 
rect matters  needs  to  have,  not   perhaps 
all    the    special    knowledge    which    the 
whole  of  his  subordinates  combined  pos- 
sess, but  a  general  understanding  of  the 
managemenfof  affairs,  more   extensive 
than  that  ot  any  one  of  those    beneath 
him.     In  that  ca.se,   instead    of  looking 
upon  him  with  disguised   contempt,    as 
an  intruder  and  interlopel ,  they  turn    to 
him  with  confidence   for   direction  and 
for  aid  in  time  of  emergency.     He  who 
fills  any  place   of  responsibility    should 
have  such  aciiuaintance  with    its    afi'a'.rs 
as  to  be  able  to  respond  to  any  call  which 
shall  be  made  upon  him  by    adverse  or 
dangerous  circumstances.    He  should  be 
a  man  to  whom  men  can  cling,  and    in 
whom  they  can  trust  lin  time  of  trial  and 
calamity;  unshaken  in  his  integrity,  un- 
blemished in  hLs  life ;  with  a  mind  quick 
and  ready  for  an)    special    need.     .Such 
a  man  will    command   the  respect  and 
win  the  love  of  his   associates,   for  thej 
will  see  that  he  has  ability  as  well  as  po- 
sition, that  he  occupi.-s  a  place  of  honor 
because  he  is  fit  to  bear  its   responsiliil 
ities.  

A  college  student  being  e.vaniined  in 
Locke,  where  he  speaks  of  our  relation 
to  the  Deity,  was  asked,  "What  rela- 
tions do  we  most  neglect?"  He  answer 
eil,  "Poor  relations,  sir!" 


and  women  bi-come  foster- njc»ther8  and 
fathers  to  rat  t.-riier-!   .\riil  iheHC  worth- 
less heaxU  have  driven  the  children  into 
the  houses  of  refuge  or  orphanages.  We 
are  confounded  and  disgu.sted,  io  public 
conveyances,  in  being   compelled  to  see 
a  woman,  who   ought   to  be  leailing  or 
caressing  a  child    of  her   own,  or  one  of 
hers  by  adoption.carrying  along-haired, 
brindle  looking  dog  in  her  bosom,  some- 
times kissing   the  despicable   thing,  or 
lifting  it  on  the  seat   where  some   chihl 
ought  to  he;  or  to  see  a   great,  stalwart 
man,  who  ought  to  have  brains  to  be  ab- 
sorbed in  human  all'aira,    holding  to   a 
chain,  at  the   end    of  which  is  a  dirty- 
footed,  soulless  Spitz,  while  hundreds  of 
children  are  homele.88,  who  are  jiutting 
out  their  little  hands  for  some  one  to  do 
for  them  a  mother's  or  father's  part.     Or 
what  is.  if  possible,   more  pitable,  is   to 
see  an  unmarried  woman  of  health  and 
cultivation,  at  that  age  wheu  she  ought 
to  be  interested  in   her   kind,   walking 
behind  a  dog  with  a  chain  iu  her   hand, 
worrying  hei-self  in  keeping  the  dog  on 
the  sidewalk,  or  iu  extricatiug  the  limbs 
of  her  fellow  travellers  on  the   wavaide 
from  the  chain  by    which  she   attempts 
to  guide  the  beast  according  to  the  latest 
style.     Is  there  no   orphan,   with  tears 
lying  on  its  cheeks,  motherless  and  nee- 
lectetl,  that  could  take  that  dog's  place-  - 
redeemed  by  the  love  of  that   woman'-* 
heart  from  its  wretchedness,  and   led  to 
Jesus  Christ  to  ever  bless  the  queenly 
per.son  and  noble  heart  that  re-enact<'d 
the   generous    impulses    of     I'haraoh's 
daughter?     No!    If  the   Queen  of  the 
Pharaohs  had  lived  in  this  age,  the   ba- 
by Moses  might  have  shrieked  until  his 
face  was  as  red  as  a  cherry ;   and   if  he 
had  been  offered  to  her  iavor  she  woald 
bave  said,  "Servants,  pitch  him  back  to 
the  alligators.     I  would   raf'ber    have  a 
tailless    jioodle,    with   a   blue    ribbon 
round  his  ears." 

Sometimes  we  are   compelled   to  see 
these  wretched  dogs  carried  out  on  their 
airing  expeditions.     A    grand    turn  out 
whirls  by  and  gay    and  dashing  steeds 
prance  along  the  highway.     Two   stal- 
wart men  guard  it  in  front    and  back. 
Inside  a  richly-robed  beauty,  with  dain- 
ty fingers  and  immaculate  gloves.     The 
richest  silk  covers  this  splendid    make- 
up of  dust  and  ashes,  and  in  her  lap  lies 
an  e.xbausted  dog,  so   overcome  that  it 
can  scarcely  raise  its  languid  eyes  to  the 
loving  face  that  is  pouring  her  motherly 
instincts  upon  it.  And  how  many  baiters 
there  are,  the  very  beauties  of   creati^m, 
God's  divinest  work,  pining  in    asylums 
or  wretched  homes,  to  whom    a    breath 
of  fresh  air   would    be   as  the    balmy 
breath  of  Paradise,  who  could  smile  even 
though  the  fat^e  were  marked  by  pain  if 
chirped  by  a  loving   woman.     But   no. 
she  prefers    to  chirp   to   her  inanimate 
dog.     One-half  the  children    might    be 
taken    from    the   dreary    hospitals    and 
have  homes  where   love  reigns   did  the 
dog-catchers  do  their  duty.     It  costs  no 
more  to  feed  and  clothe  a  child   than    a 
dog.     Why,  then,  is  the  children's  bread 
cast  to  the  dogs  i  — Sd. 


Knowledge  is  power. 


Do   not  stand   iu  a   place  of  danger, 
trusting  in  miracles. 


The  salt  of  money  is  almsgiving 


oDERiS'    fashionable  _  society     by 
some  tacit  agreement,   limits  the 
household  to  one  or   more,    and    shrugs 
its  shoulders  at  families  as  large  as  its 
fathers  had,  as  if  there  were  some  shad- 
ow of  the  unbecoming  thrown  over    the 
past  by  its  great  households.     And  so  it 
becomes  apparent,  in  the  numerous  ex 
amples  before  us.  that  there  must  be  an 
agreement  in   this   direction;  and   thus 
society  is  in   conspiracy   against   Uod's 
creative  fiat,  substituting  chihIWs  house 
holds,  or  ne.\t  to  these,  as  the  proper  or 
der  of  a  well  bred  family.     But  akin  to 
this,  and  proceeding  from  this  conspira- 
cy in  public  sentiment,  is   the   substitu- 
tion of  dogs  in   the    chrildrtn's   place. 
The  Savior  said  to  the   Syro  Phu-nician 
woman,  "It  is  not  meet  to  take  the  chil- 
dren's bread  and  cast  it  unto  the  dogs ;" 
and,  and  what  seem<d  to  have  only  a  lo- 
cal application,  has  come,  through    the 
mutations  of  custom,  to  be   a  command 

which  ought  to  be  accompanied  with  the 

thunder  of  Siuai.     It  is  a  wrong  against 

childhood  to  bring  the  dog  into  the  place 

in  the  family  circle  that    God   has,   ever 

since  creation,  given  as  the  home  of  in- 
fancy and  childhood  life. 

To  see  a  dog  on  the  lap  of   a    man  or 

woman  who  has  the  ability   to    support 

a  child  is  a  crime  that  the  judgment  will 

avenge.     Children  are  as  accessible  and 

abundant  as  pups,  and  as  good-looking, 

and  rec[uire   no    more   care  than  multi- 
tudes   give  their   dogs.     Nor   do   they 

cost  any  more   to   support;  an3  in   the 

possibilities   of  their  natures  for  good, 

why,  au  angel  would  be  outraged  if  re- 

iiuired  to  make  the  comparison.     In  the 

one  case  it  is  to  preserve  and  hand  down 

the  course  of  time  the  image  of  (iod;  iu 

the  other  it  is  to  liestow   the   time   and 

pains  which  ought  to  be  devoted  to   his 

glory  and  the  good  of  the  race  on  worlli 

less  curs.  •..•--•— 

How  have  the   mighty    fallen!     Uow       It  is  a    heaven    upon  eartu   to  u.ive  a 

has  the  line  gold  become  dim,   and    the   m-iu's  mind  move  iu  charii> ,  re.st  i«  Pivv. 

divine  image  become  marred,  whfn  men  ]  ideiice,  and  turn  upon  the  poh-s  of  truth. 


Adam  Clarke,  when  once  requested 
to  give  thanks  at  a  repast  of  which  pork 
constitut'^d  a  conspicuous  pai't,  used  the 
following  words;  "Lord,  bless  this  bread. 
these  vegetables,  and  this  fruit;  and  if 
thou  canst  bless  un<ler  the  gospel  what 
thou  didst  curse  undej-  the  law,  bless 
this  -.w  ine's  tl**sh." 


TMK    HJiKXl:dHK>r    ^T    AVORIC 


October    ^ 


ll^  Jretftrq  at  l^atl 

l>niI.ISIIKI>  WEEKLT. 


M.M.ESUKI.MiVM.) 

S.  J.  IIABRISON       }  Editors. 

J.  W.vrKIX.  \ 


1.  The  Killloni  will  I)b  n-siinnsible  oitly  ttir  tin* 
gpneral  toii(><if  tlif  pappr.  ami  Utv  Insprtion  of  an 
article  (Itws  not  iinitly  Ibiit  tliey  endorsf  evtfry  sen- 
tioient  of  tin-  writiT, 

J.  CoNTRmrT'n!«  in  onlcr  to  Rprnn>  prompt  tn- 
sprtion  of  their  ju  ttclesi.  Hill  jil.-tiso  rii>t  iiuliilKC  in 

lwrsoii.AliIii-s.iml  uiuniirl in  hiriKUHKe.    litit   pn- 

sent  Ihoir  \  ifWft  -  «illi  tjrjici- nrtwini*-*!  with  biiII. 

3.  TilK  Kretiiufn  at  Wouk  will  l)e  wnt  to 
»nyadilrea.s  in  tlif  rniU<l  Mjiti*a  or  C.-in.Kln  for 
*l..SOpiTiiiiimm.  Kurlh?  Ii-iuIIhk  tIiHrtMt«riirtir» 
of  the  i.;ui»-r.  iis  «<-ll  a,-  lirros  lo  i.K-iits  :<*■*■  '■  Rlitli 
Aadrc-ts  all  (•oznrniinlfnttoiis, 

BKKTJiKE>  AT  HOKK. 

Liinnrk,  Cnrroll  Co.,  III. 


I»afffv 


LA.\.kKK.  11,1... 


IK  TOIIKK.  «  !«;». 


Will  soiin  o( 
Jestina  Miliar? 


•  ]>leH*i>  Hond  U4  Ibe  adiirus^  ol 


Thk  Brktiirrs  at  Wokk    boH    t'fn'/r/rrn   at 
H'ork  to  one  nidn-^  on«  y»*ar.  #1  J>". 

BiioTREn   F.  P.   I*<Kint'ft  uddresH  i*  chanfi^-fi 
from  South  Duud,  Ind..  t»  liloott<iiig']nl<>,  Mic) . 


jAUKti  RooRRi  withfi*  hiH  8'l(]ri>tt»i  cha)i(;»<]  ti 
Uell,  Xortitn  Cnuiity.  K<ui-iiiA,  but  t'liU  to  eivt 
Im  former  iiddreHH. 


nothJDg  but  8  little  effort  for  the  f«ke  of  th(> 

good  it  mnydoto  one   ( I' ChrUt's   little   one*', 
you  may  induce  them  to  Rubscrihp.       And    we 
shall  hope  by  Ood'«  gtAce   to   strenKthi-n    the 
Chriataiiin  amonf^  them,  and  bring  the   uuflfxH 
ou«8  to  a  knowledfte  of  ^nvjug  jt'^wi-r.      Lit  ic 
make  one  or  two  eiiygwtiond.       Hi?tt»*r    by  lar 
get  them  to  Buburribe  for  them«elvea    than    to 
send  tiif  pHper  to  them,    for  it   iw   nnivr-rNall.v 
true   that    men    pri/'?  tho«e    Ihiuj^B    that   co?t 
them  MOmcthiiJg  Jar  more  tiian  what  does    not. 
And  if  you  can  only  by  itkilt  and    [jertievpran''*- 
get  them  to  |My  ♦l.r.O  for  the  H.   at    \V.    you 
II  have  created  in  them  an  interest  in  the  pa- 
per at  one*.       Wh*-re   a   manV   trea«ore    koc^- 
hert'  goffl  his  lieart.     Another  tuiiig.  get  them 
o  fiuliHunbH  tor  a  y<-ar,  if  possible.     Better  get 
them  to  B#nd  4i)  ceuiN  and  take   the  paper   for 
three  months  than  not  at  all,  but   thin   ituui    h 
so  small  and  lh<-  time  in  so  Hliort    that    we   cuii 
proliably  do  tiiem    much    more    L'ooi   und*T  a 
yearly  flubscnption.     A  silent  little   traet  often 
works  a  conversion.     We  believe   that    th.*  B. 
AT  W.  18  doing  just  that  kind  of  work;  and  we 
propose  ninking  it  more  and  more  useful   under 
God  U)  this  end;  biit  while    we   lubor   to    make 
the  paper  good,  our  frif  iids    nuint   see    that  its 
circulation  18  extended.      You    cmi    «i>core   the 
cougrcgatiotis,  and  we  will  prfach  to  (lifiu 


KANSAS  KERNELS. 


HRHBAhTRK,  the  report  of  Brethren'-*  Tract 
Society  will  be  published  m  tht>  hr-tt  iit^ue  ot 
each  month. 

Thanks  to  tigent"  who  report  "r'firne>.t  work 
already  begun."  luvariiibly  tlioto  who  s-'rid  the 
most  Dame*  are  thumi;  who  bryin  first. 

Iwthp  obituary  nolieuof  E^zibeth  J.  Adam', 
it  should  he  B.-aver  Creek,  Va  ,  instead  of  Bea 
ver  Cmek.  1ml.  And  also  'M  years,  11  months, 
and  11  dayp,  innL^-ad  ol  :{  moiithK. 

nBoTHKR  W.  C,  Tkrtkk  Hud  wife  of  Mt.  Mor- 
ris gave  08  n  call  on  th*-  SHlh  ult.  Brother  T, 
preached  in  the  IiBuark  Church  on  Stiturday 
eTening.     He  is  a  zealous,  intelligent  yoiin^' 

uiinister. 

■  ♦  ■ — - 

CKiiTiiiCATKg  to  Brethren's  Tract  Society 
have  been  sent  to  alt  donors  as  ppr  specifica- 
tions. They  should  have  been  sent  sooner;  hut 
we  could  ntit  gil  Ibt  m  leedy.  We  dtfer 
the  time  for  filling  orders  this  year  a  month— 
until  Nov.  Jut,  18?t. 

We  call  special  attetitioo  to  the  article  en- 
titled. "Little  Tricks."  It  is  so  replete  with 
truth,  so  full  of  sound  instructions  that  wc 
wish  aM  our  readers  luay  not  fail  lo  read  if 
It  will  do  ;iii  iuniiieiit  soul  good  an  well  a»  the 
guilty.  ^ 

Bbotukii  W.  C.  Tkkikh.  Ml.  Morris,  111., 
Oit.  2ud,  says:  ''Liut  Sunday  21"  were  in  utt*ii 
dance  at  th*>  Bible  School,  mid.  much  interest 
miiiiifestfd  by  all.  SistiT  Loar  perforni<i  her 
part  well  OS  teacher  of  so  large  a  class  jis  141) 
One  hundred  and  five  studeuttt  registered  and 
more  coming." 


nvibe 

J)     and 


The  pleasant  weather,  complctenp^.^  ol  ar- 
rangements, the  union  and  sympathy  existing 
between  the  members,  made  the  Lanark  Love- 
least  of  2'tb  ult.,  one  of  the  most  enjoyable 
occasions  we  have  ever  witnessed.  Foreign 
mioisfers  present.  S.  Holdeman,  J,  J.  Emniert, 
H.  Mirtin,  V.  Eisenbise.  H.  Grouse,  and  F. 
McCune. 

Db.  J.  B.  Thosii'son,  a  cltixen  of  the  United 
States,  but  for  several  jeir^  a  residi^nt  of  Ber- 
lin, attended  m  representative  of  this  country 
the  Evangelical  Alliance  at  Balse,  Switzerland. 
While  from  home  a  sensational  paper  in  Ber- 
lin secured  some  of  his  private  letters  and  gar- 
bled them  90  thflt  Dr.  Tiiompson's  character  was 
made  to  look  hiack  as  death.  \Vhen  he  return- 
ed home  and  learned  how  hU  character  had 
been  unjiLstly  assailed,  he  gave  way  to  grief  and 
died  in  a  few  days.  L'poii  hi»  tombstone  should 
be  ioscrbed,  "A  good  man  killed  by  slander." 
i)  the  wickedness  of  tlie  slanderer!  May  God 
h«!p  the  innocent  to  endure. 


Now  that  the  crops  are  gatherei  in  the  best 
time  to  take  subscriptions  for  I  he  Biiethuek 
AT  Work.  Von  want  to  do  your  neighbor's 
liiiiily  %  real  good.  In  there  any  better  way 
than  by  securing  for  the  n  a  weekly  vwitor  of 
the  power  and  attnu;tiveness  of  the  B.  at  W.? 
\<  there  a  thing  easier  to  do  which  can  he  com- 
pared with  this  real  value  lo  them?  By  a  prop- 
er word  in  season — only  a  word,  costing  you 


ble-i-iiiig  of  Providence,  the  writer 
d  companion  arrived  in  Pardon-.  Sept. 
:J(iih,  and  by  Bro.  G.irber  was  conveyed  to  place 
of  meeting  lour  mites  north.  Here  a  lari:e  eaii- 
va.s  tent  had  been  erected  for  mi-eling  purjiosen 
Not  arriving  at  the  time  appuiuted,  Bro.  Mar 
tin  Nelier,  of  Crawford  couuty  entertained  the 
congregation  on  Wednesday  evening,  and  on 
Thursday  evening  Bro.  Daiid  Bare,  ^^i  Ind., 
preached  an  acceptable  discoun»e.  On  Friday 
evening  the  writer  hod  the  pleasurft  of  talking 
to  ail  attentive  audience.  On  Saturday  at  11  A. 
M.  we  met  again  for  public  wor-liip.  'My  this 
time  (jnite  a  number  of  earnest,  active  minis- 
ters had  arrived,  We  remember  the  following: 
A.  .1.  Hixson,  of  Ohio.  Diivid  Bare  and  Bro, 
Pliimmer.  of  Ind.,  Moses  Bare,  of  Bourbon 
couuty,  Martin  and  .lolin  Neht^r,  Robert  and 
:Jamuol  Kdgecomb,  of  Crawford  county,  Bro. 
Ikenberry  and  D.  Kingery.  of  Labette  county, 
.lohii  lless,  ot  Wilson  county,  Jacob  Buck,  of 
Lyon  county,  Kansas.  At  the  con^lusioii  of 
the  forenoon  exercises  one  came  forward  aud 
was  received  by  l)iiptisin.  In  the  evening  met 
to  attend  to  the  ordinHiices  of  God's  house. 
Bro.  David  Ban*  officiated,  and  the  meeting 
was  truly  an  enjoyable  one.  We  were  inform- 
'd  that  two  hundred  aud  thirty  members  were 
eated  at  the  fables.  Header,  do  not  say  that 
there  are  no  brethren  and  sistera  iu  Kaunas. 
Here  were  memhere  who  had  come  forty,  titty, 
sixty,  yes  ninety  miles  to  partake  of  tiie  Feast. 
Some  came  long  distances  in  private  convey- 
ances, and  they  gave  unmistakable  evidence  of 
being  refreshed  and  strengthened.  O  it  does 
one  good  to  meet  these  hungry,  zealous,  and 
humble  l)rethren  and  sisters!  Hard  pressed  as 
they  are  sometimes  by  the  world,  and  away 
from  the  main  body  of  the  church,  they  clina; 
to  the  good  old  ship,  Zion,  with  a  tenacity 
which  demonstrates  true  conversion  and  loyal- 

On  Sunday  at  9:  30  A.  M.  met  in  children's 
meeting.  The  tent  which  was  about  CO  feet 
long  aud  2r»  wide,  was  completely  lilled  with 
people.  One  hundred  little  boys  and  girls  were 
there,  eager  to  hear  what  the  children's  friend 
had  to  aay.  See  their  smiling  faces,  their  ready 
ears  and  willing  minds!  Fathers  and  mothers 
were  there  to  hear  somethius;  to  comfort  their 
heart*.  Brothers  and  sisters  were  there  to  learn 
sonielbing  that  would  do  tli(*m  good.  Old  and 
young  longingly  and  attentively  listened  for 
that  which  would  edify  and  strengthen.  A 
half  hour  was  ajteut  with  the  children  and 
then  Bro.  Edgecomh  closed  the  exercises  in  an 
impressive  mainrer,  Bro.  A.  J.  Hix-soii  also 
did  good  service  in  the  opening  exercises.  Af 
ter  prayer  we  distributed  a  lot  of  little  folks 
paper,  the  Childrni  at  li'orl;  and  had  not  near 
enough.  May  these  meetings  in  behalf  ot"  the 
dear  youth  prove  beneficial  to  old  and  young. 
More  than  one  oil  persoiisaflccliou  is  strength- 
ened by  seeing  tlie  attention  and  interest  of  tb. 
young.  Is  it  any  ^\o  ider  that  joung  men  and 
women  misbehave  in  tlip  public  assenildy? 
Were  they  in  their  youtlifut  tenderness  pointed 
to  Jeaus  iu  all  sympathy  and  kiudness?  Per- 
haps the  minister  never  stopped  to  talk  with 
them,  aever  gave   them   a   word   ol  sympathy 


aud  kind  admonition  hut  rather  scolded  or  re- 
proved them.  If  you  want  a  child  to  love  yoc. 
tirstflhow  it  fi'-ir  to  love.  Do  not  a«k  it  t<>  lo 
you,  to  comeTo^Jesus  while  anger  aD3"coldDe^s 
and  peevishness  heaves  in  your  bosom.  So  long 
as  God  spares  me  and  beston-a  grace  up  »n  me 
for  the  work,  ."o  long  shall  I  urge  childr<*n  to 
love  their  partnla,  to  be  kind  to  each  other,  to 
read  the  Bible,  and  early  seek  the  Lord.  God 
forbid  that  any  of  us  should  follow  the  latt'-r 
clause  of  Mark  10:  l-**..  If  you  are  inclined  to 
rebuke  those  who  bring  children  to  Jesus,  go 
and  read  that  Scripture.  It  will  cure  your 
dinea'it^d  heart. 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  children's  meeting, 
preaching  to  the  older  ones  commeucdi.  Some 
excellent  discourses  were  delivered  at  the  clo.sp 
of  which  two  aged  persons  came  forward  and 
rtquested  to  be  baptized.  This  wa«<  a  season  of 
reji>icing.  Now  came  the  time  of  parting.  All 
seem  to  have  enjoyed  the  hallowed  occasion, 
and  it  was  a  trying  time  to  leave  for  the  old 
battle  grounds  again.  A  number  remained  for 
meeting  in  the  evening  which  was  held  iu  a 
»<>hool-hou8e  near  by,  the  tent  having  been  tak- 
en down  and  conveyed  to  Bourbon  county 
where  it  will  he  used  for  Love-feast  purposes 
S(|.t.  :uith.  We  like  this  tent  arrangement. 
They  are  convenient  in  more  ways  than  out 
M.  M.  I 


ANGER. 


U  pFye 

D     rio 


■e  angry  and  sin  not."  What  a  glo- 
rious time  the  people  of  earth  might 
have  did  they  obey  thi.s  admonition.  Paul 
knowing  man's  nature  and  the  inllueuce  of  cir 
cumstances — uuderstandiug  that  there  can  he 
no  cause  without  an  effect— well  knew  that  cer 
tain  things  would  of  necessity  displease  man 
and  cause  him  to  become  angry,  cause  his  soul 
to  writhe  and  revolt;  and  thtrefore  he  provides 
a  waj  that  he  may  escape  the  dreadful  evils  of 
anger.  To  he  angry  and  sin  not  is  what  every 
hild  born  of  God  and  guiiied  by  the  Holy 
Spirit  will  do.  Although  his  feelings  may  be 
wrought  up,  aud  his  spirit  burning  in  agony, 
yet  he  need  not  sin— he  need  not  violate  God's 
law — he  need  not  injure  his  fellow-man;  but 
his  auger  simply  indicates  his  displeasure  with 
sin  and  wickedness.  Lot's  righteous  spirit  was 
vexed  from  day  to  day  by  the  filthy  Sodomites, 
yet  we  do  not  learn  that  he  ever  did  them  any 
harm;  that  he  ever  sinned — transgressed  God's 
law.  To  be  angry  and  hate  our  brother  is  to 
put  ourselves  "iii  danger  of  bell  fire;"  and 
clofe  observation  would  teach  ns  that  many, 
both  in  and  out  of  organized  churches,  are  ex 
posed  to  this  great  danger.  Few,  indeed,  are 
those  who  get  angry  and  siu  not. 

I  have  felt  many  times  that  this  admonition 
has  not  been  so  carefully  obeyed  tiudenlorcedby 
the  church  as  its  importance  demands.  Breth- 
ren and  sistera  are  not  always  required  to  con- 
form to  it.  They  are  allowed  when  they  get 
aii;:ry  to  .tin,  transgress  God's  law,  to  hate 
their  brother.  I  say  we  deal  too  lightly  with 
this;  we  are  too  indifferent  about  it.  Things  ot 
much  less  importance  consume  our  time  and 
talent.  A  great  deal  more  time  is  often  spent 
to  see  that  externals  according  to  decisions  of 
general  councils  are  enforced  than  to  see  that 
brethren  who  get  angry  sin  not.  This  is  not  a 
demand  of  n.an  nor  church-creed  but  of  God. 
Were  we  more  caieful  with  the  fundamental 
principles  of  our  holy  religion  we  would  have 
much  less  trouble  with  some  minor  things 
which  are  the  outgrowth  of  character.  To  he 
angiy  and  sin  not  is  according  to  divine  nature. 
We  spend  time  iu  adjusting  business  trausac- 
lions  between  brethren  and  when  the  work  is 
done  ueitlmr  one  is  any  better  than  he  wa.s  be- 
fore. His  character  is  not  one  whit  better.  In 
such  cases  instead  of  taking  into  consideration 
the  transaction  itself,  it  should  be  tlie  brethren. 
If  we  would  direi.t  our  etfjrts  in  8Ui_h  a  way  a- 
to  lull  siu  we  ought  to  strike  at  the  niul.  As 
long  as  the  root  is  not  destroyed  evil  fruit  will 
continue  to  be  produced. 

When  inger  grows  into  hatred  of  our  fel- 
low-man, it  deijases  the  soul,  engulfs  in  misery 
and  wretchedneps,  home,  society,  'hurch,  ai  d 
goveruinent.  lis  s-^ething  foam  and  fury  bun  s 
before  il  all  that  is  lovely,  sweet,  and  tent'er 
A  mad  man!  What  a  aighi!  Nothing  on 
earth  hun  id  ttud  lucau  cuvugh  to  liken  him 
unto.  s  J.  H. 


Sknu  a  doiiat  DM  to  Brethren's  Tract  Socitly. 


.SHANNON  LOVE-FEAST 

OX  the  first  instant  a  very  large  audience  ^^^ 
sembled  at  Shannon  to  participate  m  t|  „ 
service  of  the  Communion  and  those  attn,,,] 
ing  upon  such  occasions.  In  examination  ~,.. 
vice,  Bro.  D.  Fry  eaid  we  should  examine  .j^r 
selves  to  see  if  we  were  in  order.  Do  sisters 
wear  the  covering  at  the  table  as  commanded '■' 
Do  brethren  wear  the  hair  as  Jesus  did?  j. 
BUS  wore  hia  hair  as  the  Nazarenes,  and  they 
wore  it  long  and  parted  iu  the  middle.  Bro.  f) 
B.  Ely  spoke,  saying  that  we  give  too  much 
attention  to  externals  and  not  enough  to  that 
which  regulates  them.  He  said  he  heard  about 
a  man  that  had  been  stealing,  who,  one  day 
while  in  a  machine  shop,  placed  his  hands  in  J 
pair  of  shears  which,  when  they  closed,  cut 
them  off.  These  hands  have  stolen  many  thingg 
but  they  will  steal  no  more.  He  now  Ihought 
he  would  be  much  better.  He  did  not  seem  to 
realize  that  he  would  uot  be  any  belter  unless 
his  motives  were  changed;  that  cutting  off  his 
hands  only  deprived  him  of  the  ineans  used  in 
tealiiig  without  changing  his  desires.  He  1,9^ 
uo  better  heart  after  his  hands  were  cut  oH' 
than  before.  We  have  no  regard  for  anythin,, 
we  do,  if  it  be  nor  done  from  the  heart.  We 
ouly  make  ourselves  hypocrites — wolves  in 
sheep's  clothing.  To  becon'ie  better  we  must 
begin  at  the  heart.  Then  what  we  do  will  be 
done  from  the  heart,  and  we  will  be  better  Ijy 
the  observance.  Brother  Henry  Marliu  then 
said  we  should  follow  uo  one  farther  Iban  \u- 
follows  Christ.  Do  you  all  pray?  If  yon  do 
not  you  disoboy  one  of  the  coromaudnieuts  n! 
God.  Ministers  should  have  family  worjtliip,  VVi> 
must  pray  at  home.  Christ  was  a  pattern  ,,1 
prayer.  Brethren  do  not  always  conduct  them- 
selves at  funerals  as  they  are  directed  by  the 
word  of  God.  They  sometimes  worship  wjti) 
their  hats  on  and  do  uot,  even  in  prayer,  kneel 
This  we  consider  very  wrong.  Before  going  to 
prayer,  Brother  M.  said  that  it  was  the  custom 
of  the  church  always  to  give  the  liberty  on 
such  occasions  to  any  brother  or  sister  wh  >  had 
anything  on  his  raiiid  that  he  wished  to  take 
to  God  in  prayer.  Indeed  [  should  be  very 
glad  to  hear  sonie  lister  lead  in  prayer,  ^'be- 
lieve it  would  brive  a  bettnr  efl'ect  than  prayer 
from  a  brother,  heciuse  it  is  a  couiinon  thintr 
to  hear  a  brother  pray. 

From  notes  taken  by  S.  J.  H. 


MORE  PREACHING. 

WITH  every  issue  of  the  Brethbkn  at 
Work  there  goes  out  the  cry  for  preach- 
ing. Never  in  the  history  of  the  Church  has 
there  been  such  a  demand  of  our  breihrfu  to 
preach  their  iiiterpretatiiui  of  the  Bible  as  now. 
The  call  comes  from  the  high  and  low;  from 
the  learned  and  unlearned:  from  the  rich  and 
the  poor.  The  cry  gnes  uj)  from  the  inhabi- 
tants of  the  barren  mountain,  the  desert  plain, 
from  lowland  and  highland,  from  th'^  smallest 
country  town  to  the  metropolis  of  the  world. 
From  every  age,  sex,  color,  rank,  ami  state,  comes 
the  wailing  cry,  "Corae  over  aud  help  us." 

It  has  ever  been  the  boast  of  our  ministers 
that  to  the  poor  the  Gospel  is  preached.  Hut 
have  we  any  just  cause  to  be  elated?  Do  our 
ministers  preach  to  the  poor?  We  are  afraid 
not  many  do.  To  whom  do  they  preach?  Gen- 
erally to  their  brethren  and  f-isters  mid  th^ir 
families.  Are  they  poor?  They  are  not.  The 
Brethren  Church,  iu  proportion  to  its  size,  is  es- 
timated to  be  one  of  the  wealthiest  churches 
in  the  world.  Just  think,  in  Chicago  there  are 
213  churches  besides  about  twenty  missionsand 
eleven  Adveiitist  aud  Spiritualist  societies,  but 
not  one  of  them  the  Brethren's  Churches. 
Now  if  the  people  of  that  great  city  know 
nothing  of  the  Brethren,  whose  fault  is  it?  If 
they  are  all  Roman  Catholics.  Lutherans,  Meth- 
odists, Episcopalians,  Presbyterians,  Congregft- 
tionalist^  Jtc,  who  is  to  be  blamed?  Can  they 
believe  a  doctrine  which  they  have  never  read 
nor  heard?  We  heartily  endorse  the  senti- 
ments of  a  letter  from  Farraguf,  Iowa.  We 
neither  lack  food  nor  raiment.  To  go  to  the 
wa.ste  places  was  ever  the  Master's  precept  and 
example,  "Go  to  the'loit  sheep  0'  the 
house  of  Israel."  How  many  counties  are  thef* 
in  the  United  States  over  «// of  wh  ch  the 
Brethren  travel  and  jreaeh? 

"Ho  reapers  of  life's  liarveat, 
Why  stand  with  rns'ed  blade, 

Until  the  night  draw-t  lound  thee 
And  day  I  egius  to  Cade? 


^Vtober    6 


THE    rtKEXIIRIi.>r    ^X    AVOJKIC. 


Why  slaud  ye  idle  waitiog. 

l-'ur  tellers  more  to  come, 
The  golden  moru  is  passing. 

Why  sit  ye  idlf.  dumb?" 

Aroa^e!  awuke!  "Go  aud  teath  all  nations  " 
gee  III**  "^°  '''^  1'°'"'  ^^^  Rosiiel  is  preachfd." 
"Thrust  in  the  sharpeneS  sickle 

Aiid  gather  in  the  grain, 

The  uight  is  fast  approaching, 

And  soon  will  come  again. 

The  Master  calls  for  reapers, 

And  shall  he  call  in  vain? 
Shall  sheave--^  lie  there  imgathtrii 

And  wast".*  upyii  the  plain? 

If  yon  cannot  cross  she  ocean, 
And  thi*  lieatiien  lands  explnre, 

You  can  find  the  heatlieii  neiirer, 
You  can  help  them  at  your  door. 

If  you  cannot  give  your  thousands, 
You  can  give  the  widows  mite. 

If  you  cannot  be  the  watchman, 
Standing  high  on  /ion's  wall. 

You  can  do  what  Heav"u  demands, 
Yon  can  bn  like  faithful   Aaron 
Hidding  up  the  prophets  hands." 

V  iiiiiu  who  has  become  a  victim  to  (.ancer 
would  spend  ih*-  world,  if  he  bad  it,  to  be  cured 
of  his  disease,  that  his  life  Uiight  be  prolonged 
lust  a  fijw  years;  but  he  would  not  givp  a  cent 
tohi*ve  his  neighbor  cured  of  the  rau(^»r  of 
sill,  when  he  knows  the  wages  of  sin  it  df^fh, 
fflipu  he  l*nowa  that  a  cure  would  not  insure 
life  for  only  »  few  years,  but  for  a  nuver  end- 
ing, cyi'lessless  eternity. 

To  be  coii^is'eiit.one  cf  two  things  we  must  do: 
either  we  must  cense  our  profetsion,  or  we  must 
try  to  win  othern  to  it.  If  we  do  not  we  show 
BQ  in  siuceiity,  an  abscence  of  faith  in  our 
teachings,  aud  are  the  vilest  and  nio'it  debased 
hypocrites  of  which  it  is  possiliV  for  the  most 
.■xtravagant  imagination  to  conceive.  If  we 
would  eee  our  fellow  man  go  down  to  eternal 
ma  without  making  any  eSort  to  save  him  we 
lire  no  more  charitible,  no  more  benevolent,  no 
more  merciful,  no  more  humane,  no  more 
Cijrist  like  .than  the  devil  himself.  Is  this 
plain?  It  takes  plain  speech  to  cut  through 
the  heavy  cru^t  of  selfishness  out  of  which 
^row  pride,  arrogance,  covetousne&s,  envy,  jeal- 
ousy, and  hypocrisy. 

If  God,  the  Bible,  Christianity  mean  any- 
thiag  at  alt,  they  mean  as  many  times  more 
than  anything  in  this  life  as  there  are  sands  on 
the  sea  shore,  drops  in  the  ocean,  or  atoiin  in 
the  Univerie.  If  eternal  life  was  bought  at 
the  expense  of  a  sairilice  of  every  earthly  com- 
fort, solace,  or  joy  and  the  most  dreadful  tor- 
tures to  mind  and  body  were  each  endured 
night  and  day— if  our  bodies  were  receptables 
of  the  most  excruciating  pain  and  our  mind^ 
of  the  greatest  grief  and  gloom  of  which  one 
niinute  could  not  be  endured,  even  then  we 
would  obtain  salvation  on  easier  terms— would 
make  a  better  bargain  than  though  we  should 
buy  the 'Varth  and  the  fulness  thereof"  with 
our  shadow.  '  ■'   "■ 


pretensions  to  learning,  wheo  you   know    that 
he  is  even  b'dow  the  medium.     When  you  pre- 
sent an  idea,  you  art>  not  mortified  by  any  such 
remarks,  "0  that  is  old  to  me."       ''I  guess  you 
borrowed  that  tomewhere."       He  is  glad  when 
you  speak,  and  patient  in  hearing.       He  is  not 
arrogant,  self-willed,  ambitious  to   be  foremost, 
but  believes  that  his  work  must  determine    the 
estimation  in  which  he   is   to    be   held  by    his 
brethren.     In  fact,  he  is  just  so  modest  and  un- 
a.*suraing  that  he  cannot  fail  to  occupy   a  very 
eminent  position  in  the  church.       He   has  the 
qualities  that  make  men  worthy  of  our  confi- 
dence.    Ue  takes  delight  in  making  others  use- 
ful and  happy.      He  does  not  say   much,  but 
when  he  speaks  you  are  made  glad.       Such    is 
the  coming   man.     For  aught  I    know  there 
may  be  many  just  like  him  on  the  way.   I  pray 
God  that  their  number  may  be   legion.      The 
name  of  the  coming  man  I  do  not  know.    The 
qualities  of  the  successful  man  have  been  nam- 
Shallowness,  arrogance  and  self-exaltation 
may  flourish  for  a  season,   but  the  end   will 
come.    No  such  work  can  remain,  for  God  will 
overthrow  it.     Ignorance  and  si-lf  must  boast  a 
great  deal  in  order  to  hold  a  poi^ition,  but  soon 
er  or  later  their  hollowness  will  be  apparent  to 
all.  M.  M.  R. 


LITTLE  TRICKS. 


THE  COMING  MAN 

HEi-iComin;^.  You  may  all  know  hira:  in 
fact  you  will  have  no  trouble  in  learning 
to  know  hira  if  you  are  not  now  well  ac<iuaint- 
e<l  with  him.  He  is  humble,  unpretentious, 
kind,  sociable,  tender-hearted,  Inug-sufterins 
charitable,  lovely,  truthful,  punctual,  aud  con- 
ttiited.  He  takes  advantage  of  iio  one.  He  is 
losing  no  sleep,  losing  no  physical  strength 
account  of  station  in  life.  He  is  not  fretting 
and  worrying  because  he  is  not  a  minister  or 
an  editor.  Perhaps  he  is  thinking  of  startin? 
a  paper,  but  then  he  is  not  telling  it  around, 
aud  addinir  ''It  will  be  the  l-est  paper  iu  th-- 
Brotherhood."  He  is  not  saying.  "jV/;/  paper 
will  be  the  cheajiest;  nuj  ))aper  will  be  the 
i-lfanest  and  bnqhttsL"  No.  he  is  not  using  ad- 
jectives of  such  high  degree,  but  modest-lik^ 
says  nothing  of  the  kind.  He  does  not  say,  "I'll 
make  things  jingle  if  1  ever  preach."  Nor  du 
you  hear  him  say,  "I  was  to  the  District  Meet 
ing  last  week.  I  made  a  speech  there  and  it 
made  things  ring."  No  such  boastful  language 
proceeds  out  of  his  mouth.  He  is  not  all  the 
time  trying  to  hoist  himselt  to  the  top  of  the 
liinnacle  at  the  expense  of  bis  fellow-man.  Tlie 
vanity  of  self-ex  alt  at:  on  is  not  in  him.  ^  ou 
are  not  always  annoyed  by  his  allusions  to  his 
own  work.       You  are  not  male  nshnraed  at  his 


OF  all  the  things  which  dishonor  the  cau«e 
of  God  and  disgrace  the  name  of  Christ, 
perhaps  we  should  assign  the  first  place  to  lit- 
tle meannesses  practiced  by  men  professing 
godliness;  and  especially  by  miuisters  of  the 
Gospel.  There  are  soinw  things  which  are  hard- 
ly big  enough  to  be  called  sins,  and  which,  if  a 
man  were  pro vul  guilty  of  them,  would  in  single 
instances  hardly  atlord  ground  for  disfellow- 
ahipping  him,  yet  which,  if  allowed  to  go  on 
unchecked,  work  ruin  to  his  reputation,  and 
dishonor  to  the  name  and  cause  of  Christ. 

It  is  scarcely  necessary  and  perhaps  hardly 
possible  to  define  the  thiuga  of  which  we  speak, 
but  unfortunately  most  persons  know  what 
they  are.  There  are  lew  neigliborhoods  where 
the  name  of  -Christ  is  not  dishonored  by  some 
petty  example  of  meanness  and  littleness  on 
the  pHrt  of  some  church  member,  or  deacon,  or 
pretended  minister,  which  really  causes  more 
reproach  than  would  be  occasioned  by  some 
solitary  act  of  outbreaking  sin.  When  Moses 
speaks  unadvisedly  with  his  lips,  we  consider 
the  provocation  and  pity  his  weakne.*s.  but 
when  Achan  bring*  reproach  aud  defeat  upsn 
the  armies  of  Israel  for  the  sake  of  a  Baby- 
lonish garment  or  a  wedge  of  gi>ld.  we  acqui- 
p?;ce  in  the  justice  that  blots  him  out  of  existence. 
Wlien  David  commits  a  crime  we  wnit  to  wit- 
ness his  repentance  and  hear  his  penetential 
cry;  but  wlieu  Geha/i  lies  through  covetousness 
and  hides  his  taleL.ti  of  silver  and  his  changes 
of  raiment,  we  see  with  just  indignation  the 
leprosy  smiting  him  as  with  the  curse  of  God. 
There  were  many  of  IsraePs  kings  that  sinned 
ana  repented,  or  who,  even  in  tlieir  iniquities 
had  something  of  nobleness  about  tliem.  hut 
when  Ahab  aud  Jezebel  conspired  by  fraud  and 
lalsehood  to  rob  a  poor  man  of  hi  little  hari- 
tage.  we  feel  a  satisfaction  when  we  eee  the 
dogs  licking  his  blood  upon  the  very  ground 
which  he  had  so  wickedly  appropriated.  Pet'-r 
denies  his  Lord  aud  curses  and  swears,  and  at 
one  glance  from  the  eye  of  his  Master  goes  out 
to  weep  in  bitterness  over  his  fait;  hut  .lulas 
who  carried  the  bag,  who  handled  the  funds, 
who  stole  the  money,  who  pleaded  the  cause  of 
the  poor  that  he  might  pilfer  his  percentage  of 
the  gifts  bestowed  upon  them,  and  who  finally 
betrayed  his  Lord  for  thirty  pieces  of  sijver, 
went  to  a  suicide's  grave  with  few  to  pity  nim 
or  lament  his  end. 

The  petty  meannesses  of  covetous  men,  >pen 
the  way  to  the  worst  of  crimes.  Their  Ittle- 
ne>^  does  not  measure  their  importance.  A 
fallen  tree  may  be  gashed  and  cut  and  shattered, 
aud  still  have  soundness  aud  strength  in  il,  but 
if  we  see  emerging  i'roni  it  little  fungus  growths. 
if  the  evidences  of  decay  are  manifest,  we  luuw 
then  that  though  the  trunk  may  seem  faiv  and 
the  bark  entire,  aud  eN-Bry  branch  be  bcken. 
yet  the  whole  tree  is  far  gone  in  decay,  ani  is  tit 
for  nothing  but  the  tire,  and  hardly  tit  foitlmt 
These  minute  tokens  tell  of  inward  decooposi 
tion,  aud  are  a  thousand  fold  more  omnioui  than 
any  cut  or  cleavage  whicli  violence  may  caus' 
An  oaken  post  may  be  shattered  or  rivei,  au.l 
yet  every  fibre  of  it  may  be  sound  and  fitforai. 
age  of  service,  but  if  vie  see  another  in  whose 


smooth  surface  we  detect  only  here   and  there 
a  little  worm- hole  which  it  would  seem  could 
not  affect  iu  character   or  strength,   we  know 
that  through  all  its  fibres  from   top  to  bottom 
worms  have  wrought  their  way,    until    the   in- 
terior is   but   maM   of  worthier   powder,   and 
is  destined  to  be   crushed  by  the  firvt  pressurtt 
that  rests  upon  it.      So  there  are    men  who   iu 
appearance    and  retmtation     seem    sound    and 
strong:  they  stand  high   in   the  Church   and 
n  the  world,  and  will  stand  so  until  some  sud- 
den revelation  smites  them  aud  crushes  them  to 
the  dust:  but  in  spite  of  all   their  pride  of  ap- 
pearance, their   little    petty    tricks  ahow   that 
borers  are  at  work;  that   there   is   present  the 
leaven  of  the    Pharisees,    which    is    hypocrisy, 
and  which  once  lodged  into  a  man's   heart  and 
life,  does  not  cease   to  operate    until    it     ha:^ 
thoroughly  permeated  his  moral  constitution, 
and  utterly  eatpu  out  everything    within   hira 
that  was  manly  and  noble  and  godlike. 

Christian  minister,  beware  of  little  tricks. 
You  may  save  a  penny  and  lose  afriend.  While 
yi\\\  pride  yourself  upon  yoar  keenness,  others 
may  he  talking  about  your  meanness;  and  one 
thing  remember,  these  little  wrongs  are  likely 
to  be  unreliuked;  the  mau  who  observes  them 
despises  them,  but  he  says  they  are  not  worth 
speaking  of,  and  so  he  says  not  hing  about  them, 
and  they  remain  until,  like  a  fungus  growth, 
they  indicate  the  decay  of  moral  vigor,  and  the 
utter  and  hopeless  ruin  of  all  true  manhood. 

There  art-  men  and  ministers  of  the  Gospel 
in  good  and  regular  standing,  about  whom  al- 
t  every  m;iii  that  knows  them  knows  sone 
little  mean  contemptible  trick  of  which  they 
have  been  guilty,  which  in  itself  is  a  small 
matter,— aud  so  a  grain  of  sand  is  a  small  mat- 
ter,—but  when  the  grains  of  sand  become  nu- 
merous enough  tlie  ocean  itself  cannot  breaV 
throuL'h  them.  So  no  excellencies  of  character 
can  make  amend"  for  these  petty  exliibitons  of 
humiiu  frailly  and  depravity.  U  is  not  that 
the  things  themselves  are  of  such  importance, 
but  they  are  the  straws  which  show  which  wav 
the  wind  is  blowing;  they  are  the  things  which 
make  everv  mau  doubt  the  integrity  of  thosi 
who  are  guilty  ot  them,  and  which  prepare 
Bvory  man  who  knows  them  to  believe  that  a 
man  who  could  do  such  things  could  do  other 
things  which  are  far  meaner  and  far  worse. 

We  recall  with  satisfaction  an  instance  where 
a  near  relative  when  brought  before  a  court 
on  some  trumped  up  charge  of  wrong-doing, 
summoned  an  old  gray-haired  minister  who  had 
lived  more  than  forty  years  within  half  a 
mile  of  him.  "How  long  have  you  known  this 
mau?"  i-aid  the  lawyer,  "I  have  known  him 
ever  since  he  was  born."  What  do  you  know 
about  him?"  "I  never  knew  a  mean  thing  of 
him  in  my  lite."  Such  a  testimony  as  that 
stands  out  in  marked  contrast  with  many  petty 
tricks  and  discreditable  transactions  which  so 
often  need  to  be  explained  and  a|iologixed  for; 
the  explanation  frequently  being  more  harmful 
than  the  accusation,  and  the  apology  more  diw 
creditable  than  the  fault. 

0  man  of  God,  if  you  would  be  honored  of 
God  and  man,  put  away  from  you  once  and 
forever  all  craftiness,  deceitfulness  and  guile, 
aM  stand  in  the  name  and  strength  of  the  Lord, 
spurning  everything  which  partakes  of  little- 
ness and-  trickery,  and  living  so  blamelessly 
and  uprightly  that  you  shall  ever  enjoy  the 
sunlight  of  the  Maker's  smile,  and  the  favor  ol' 
those  who  loye  righteousness  and  bate  iniquity. 
Then  you  can  say  with  the  apostle,  We  have 
"renounced  the  hidden  things  of  dishonesty 
not  walking  in  craltiness,  nor  handling  the 
Word  of  God  deceitfully ."—2  Cor.  iv.  t». 
'"Receive  us;  we  have  wronged  no  man,  we 
have  corrupted  no  man.  we  have  defrauded  no 
man."    3  Cor.  vii.  2.— TAc  Anmrij. 


ejnr  %me   (ftass. 


Vh*  Worth  of  Truth  no  Tongue  Can  TeU." 


This  department  IB  desij^nrd  for  uktn(;and  an* 
iwerlng  que."iUona.  drawn  ironi  the  Bltjle,  In  or- 
ier  to  promote  tlie  Tnitli,  all  fiUKstionn  Bbould  be 
nrlef,  nn<\  clultied  In  eimpUi  language.  We  sliaU 
M9l^  (luestioas  to  our  cimtributors  to  snswer, 
'jut  this  does  not  exclude  any  others  writing  upon 
'.hi  same  topic. 


Will  some  one  please  expUIn  the  rtth  and  Qth 
verses  ot  ttie  6th  chapter  of  ItevelutlonH?  It  r«sdi 
M  follows:  "And  wlicn  he  Iiail  opened  the  third 
seal,  I  heard  the  thinl  heaat  say.  Come  and  nee,— 
&nil  I  lieheld,  and  lo,  a  black  horse;  and  he  that 
idtonhim  had  a  pair  of  balanceH  In  hl«  hand. 
And  I  heard  a  voice  in  the  mtiUit  of  the  four  b«aata 
tay,  A  measure  of  whuat  for  a  penny,  and  three 
meaaurcs  ol  barley  for  a  penny ;  and  see  thou  hurt 
aottlie  oil  and  tlie  wine." 

As  the  numbers  seventy,  forty,  and  tfiree  are 
very  often  In  Scripture,  can  any  brother  or  sister 
tell  roe  through  the  Uretiiken  at  Wokk  how 
often  these  numbers  are  in  the  Holy  Hible  y  And 
have  they  any  particular  aacred  meaning? 

A.  Xelsos  Gbaybim,. 
Will  some  one  please  explain  Jer,  12: 5  It  read* 
as  follows:  "If  thou  haat  run  with  the  footmen, 
and  lliey  Iiuve  wearied  thee,  tlien  how  canst  thou 
contend  with  liorsus  and  If  in  the  land  of  peace, 
wlierciu  thou  triistedst,  they  wearied  thee,  then 
how  wilt  thou  do  in  the  swetUng  of  -Tordan." 

C.  E.  M. 
Will  some  one  please  explain  Rom.  11;  -io  which 
reads  as  follows;  "Therefore  if  thine  enemy  hua-  ■ 
[■ei  feed  him;  if  he  thirst  give  him  drink:  fori  a  so 
doinc  thou  Shalt  Iteap  coaW  of  lire  ou  hi»  head. 
C.  .1.  Hkad, 
What  is  fasting?  IIow  and  when  rnunt  it  he  ob- 
served, how  long  continued?  Is  It  a  coramaady 
If  so  why  is  there  not  more  preaching  aid  writ- 
ing dune  on  that  subject  T  And  why  i!«  it  not  ob- 
served luiue  by  us  aud  especially  by  some  of  the  eld- 
ers. If  it  is  not  acomuiand  what  does  Matt,  0: 14,- 
l.r.  Miirk  2:  lH-21,  Luke  5:  ilH-JW,  Acta  13:  2,  .t.  Matt. 
IT:  ■jl,MarkO:27. 1-uke2:;n,  Acta  l4:2i),  10:  3o,  I 
(,;or.T;.>,  :i  ("or.  tV:  ."i.  Malt.il:  iii-li',  4:  J,  and  I.uke 
1: :;  mean.  Wil.  Ciinowi,. 


MANUSCRIPTAIi. 

A  Mumxy  Hunter  Before  the  Lord." — C.  H 
sbaugh.  "Degradation  and  glory  of  Death." 
—  C,  H.  lialsbaugh.  "Sanctitication."'— W.  H 
Miller.  'The  Bridegroom  and  the  Bride."— C 
H.  Balsbaugb. 


Bill 


TllK  Primitive  f'hrisHiin  came  to  us  los^ 
week  in  regular  newspaper  form.  They  seL'i 
it  out  as  a  sample  number,  but  think  of  adopt- 
ing it  another  year.  We  think  it  looks  well 
and  although  not  so  convenient  for  binding-, 
prcsmts  a  good  appearance. 


QUERY  ANSWERED. 


Will  some  one  please  explain  Matt.  11:  11.  In 
particular  we  w.iuld  like  to  know  who  is  the  least. 
tnd  why  called  the  leiist  in  the  kingdom  of  heav- 
■hD?  Jbstina  Uiller. 

The  verse  reads  as  follwa:  "Verily  I  say  unto 
v"u.  among  them  that  are  boni  of  women  there 
liatti  not  risen  a  greater  than  .luhn  the  Baptist; 
notwithstaiidiiig,  he  th:it  is  lea.01  in  the  kingdom 
of  heaven  is  greater  than  he, 

"MIOUGH  .lohn  was  the  greatest  of  prophets 


had  preceded  him,  inasmuch  as  it  was  his  great 
privilege  to  stand  at  the  very  threshold  of  the 
gospel  dispensation,  yet    his   advantages    were 
far  inferior  to  thase  which  are  accessible  to  the 
humble   trusting   obedient   disciple  of   Christ. 
Who  is  the  It-a-itV      The  ino&t   humble,   those 
that  are  the  least  in  thtir  own  estimation.  The 
Sdvior  says:  "Bltstd  arc  the  poor  iu   spirit,    for 
thcii-s  is  the  kingdom  of  heaven."  Again,  "For 
he  that  is  least  among  you  all,  the  eanie  shall 
he  great."    Again  it  is  written,    "But   to  this 
man  will  I  look,  saith  the    Lord,   even   to    him 
that  is  poor  and  of  a  contrite  spirit,  and  trem- 
bleth  at  my  word."     Or  it  may  mean  those  who 
have  the  least  advantages,  the  lea-*!    opportuni- 
t.es  for  acquiring  knowledge  in  the  kingdom  of 
Christ,  has  opportunities  far  superior  to  those 
who  possessed  the   greatest   advantages  under 
the   law.    Either,   or  both   idea-   would   hold 
true,  tor  the  humble  disciple,  the  poor  iu  spirit, 
those  who  live  by  faith  on  the  Son  of  God  have 
advantages  superior   to  John,  and   then   the 
most  lowly  have,  for  to  them  also  are  the  bless- 
ings of  faith  made  accessible. 

Mattu;  a.  Lbvr. 

QUERIES  ANSWERED. 


Will  some  brother  or  sister  please  explain  what 
things  were  done  in  Bethabara.  That  which  is 
ipoken  of  in  St.  John  1 :  as. 

Sami-el  W,  Yost, 

WILSONS  translation  reads:  "These  things 
occurred  &c."    It  refers  to  the  fa.  ts  and 
.  onversation  set  forth  at  the  l''th  verse. 

Will  some  one  explain  Heb.  1 :  T  y  "  And  of  ihe 
ingels  he  saith,  "Who  maketh  hia  luigels  spirits,  and 
Ilia  ministers  a  flame  of  fire."  It.  T.  Crook. 

This  refers  to  the  mission  that  angels  were 
sou.etimes  sent  to  perform.  Abraham  enter- 
tained angels  who  auiiounced  the  birth  ol  Isaac. 
Angels  proclaimed  the  birth  of  Jesu^.  His 
ministers  f  Diener^  or  workmen  are  represented 
as  a  flaming  tire  because  of  their  holy  mission 
to  inorali?.e  and  christianize  the  people  to  be  an 
I  ei;!=aniple  to  the  flock,  a  terror  to  sin. 

1  J.  K.  E»BR-'L£. 


THii:  nj^i^rttiiKJsr  -a.t  avokk:. 


October 


6 


SOW  THE  SEED. 

SOW  ye  beside  all  wnters, 
When?  tlie  dew  of  heoven  may  fall; 
Ye  atmll  renp  if  ye  be  not  weary, 

For  the  Spirit  breathes  o'er  all. 
Sow,  though  the  thorns  inny  wound  thee, 

One  wore  the  thorns  for  thee; 
And  thoush  the  cold  world  scorn  thee, 

Pftticut  and  hopeful  be. 
Sow  ye  bcf.idc  all  waters. 

With  a  bU'vsing  and  n  prayer: 
Name  Him  wliose  hand  upholdeth  thee, 

And  sow  thou  everywhere. 
Sow  when  the  morning  breaketh 

In  bpauty  o'er  the  land; 
And  when  the  evening  fallrth, 

Withhold  not  thou  thine  hand. 
Sow,  thouKl'  •'"'  "'"clt  repwl  thee 

In  itt  cold  and  -.lerile  pride; 
Some  cleft  there  may  lie  riven. 

Where  the  little  Kpfd  may  hide. 
Fear  not.  for  some  will  iloiirish. 
Ami.  though  the  tares  nbound, 
Likf  Hii'  willow.s  by  the  waterw 

Will  the  HCflttered  grain  be  found. 
Work  in  the  wild  mufte  places, 

Tliough  none  thy  love  may  own; 
God  guides  the  down  of  the  fhi»tle 
The  winid'ring  wind  hath  sown. 
Sow  by  the  wayHide  gladly. 

In  thftdark,  damp  ravernf  low, 
Where  stMilight  Sf-ldoni  reaeheth, 
Xor  Iiealtlifnl  strrsmli'tH  (low. 
Watch  not  the  clouds  above  tliee; 

Let  the  whirlwind  round  thee  aweep; 
God  may  the  seed-time  give  thee, 

Hut  another's  hand  may  reap. 
IJttve  faith,  tliou^'h  ne'er  beholding 

The  Need  burdt  from  itw  tomb; 
Thou  know'ht  not  which  may  perisli, 

Or  what  be  spared  to  bloom. 
Room  on  the  narrowed  ridges 
The  ript'Ufd  grain  will  find. 
Thatthf  Lord  offheharvc-t  coming 
In  tlie  harvest  sheaves  may  hind. 
Work  while  the  daylight  Usteth, 

Ere  the  shades  of  night  come  ou — 
Ere  the  Lord  of  the  vineyard  cometh, 
And  the  laborer's  work  is  done. 


RELIGIOUS  KNOWLEDGE. 

HV  WKALTHY  .\.  CLAKKE. 

WE,  a»  individuals,  are  not  satisfied  with  our 
present  attainments;  we  are  daily  striv- 
ing to  H^Kjuiro  more  knowledge,  and  thus  store 
our  minds  with  that  which  will  prove  of  ;,'reat 
benefit  to  us.  The  student  who  longs  to  become 
proficient  in  the  sciences  toils  incessantly,  and 
often  burns  the  midnight  oil  that  he  may  gain 
knowledge  and  reacb  the  Humniit  of  greatness 
to  wliith  his  aspiring  mind  dfsires  to  attain. 
Worldly  people  liibor  long  and  clieerfully  that 
they  may  increase  their  knowledge  and  thus 
prepare  them  to  Hp pear  as  members  of  >oi;iety, 
but  nllen  that  knowledt,'e  is  not  of  the  proper 
kind.  A  knowledge  (-t  some  things  does  not 
bettrer  (mr  idiidition  any  whatever,  but  rather 
the  revene.  It  is  the  A/H'/ of  knowledge  that 
we  seek  that  is  of  real  bunelii  to  us.  A  knowl- 
edge of  tlie  world  and  its  maxima  and  fashions 
will  not  iitlord  us  any  tral,  triir  enjoyment,  for 
the  world  and  all  that  is  therein  wilt  pass  away, 
but  there  is  a  knowledge  that  enriches  its  pos 
sesaor,  and  which  will,  while  life  lasts,  pro7e  to 
be  a.  continual  feast,  and  finally  lead  the  niiud 
to  highei  enjoymeuts— Ihose  that  will  be  real- 
ized at  God's  right  hand. 

"Knowledge  is  power,"  is  ««  old  adage,  but  a 
true  one,  and  especially  is  it  true  of  religious 
knowledge.  We  may  possess  a  knowledge  ot 
the  arts  and  sciences;  we  may  study  the  heav- 
eoB  and  learn  to  call  the  stars  by  name,  and 
through  that  knowledge  look  up  with  reverence 
to  Him  who  created  them,  and  whose  works  so 
often  impress  our  minds  with  His  omniscience 
and  i)Ower,  but  :it  the  same  time  our  AmWs 
may  be  entirely  de?ititute  of  the  knowledge 
which  is  intended  to  cause  us  to/»rl  the  near 
aod  endearing  relation  we  can  sustniu  to  Him 
We  want  a  religious  knowledge  in  order  that 
we  may  be  better  prepared  for  the  work  that  is 
del  olving  upon  U9,  and  equip  us  for  life's  bat- 
tle*. Religion  is  intended  to  make  us  better; — 
it  will  soften  and  eubdue  our  cold  and  indiflerent 
heartj*  if  we  will  submit  to  its  gentle  influences, 
and  thi.-?  added  to  our  knowledge,  gives  ns  power 
in  the  world — a  power  thai  cannot  fail  to  be 
felf,  although  it  may  work  it*  way  wieutly. — 
There  is  p>wer  in  religion  and  it  will  be  real- 
ized in  all  the  walk»  of  life,  and  we  need  it  that 
we  may  more  succf's-dully  meet  the  many  con- 
fiictA  that  obstruct  our  pathway. 
Worldly  knowledge  often  atford'i  us  pleasure; 


— there  are  many  things  that  a  knowledge  of 
gives  us  hours  of  enjoyment,  but  nothing  can 
be  compared  to  religious  knowledge.  It  alone 
is  sufficient  to  soothe  the  distressed  mind  and 
comfort  when  earthly  knowledge  no  longer  sat- 

The  Bible  10  a  casket  of  rare  jewels  and  we 
can  powews  them  if  we  are  willing  to  search  for 
them.  Let  us  delve  down  '/rr/t  after  the  rich 
treasures  and  apply  them  to  the  fihaping  of  our 
Hvea.  And  while  we  study  the  blessed  volume 
we  should  not  only  do  it  with  a  view  of  storiny 
our  fieadu  with  knowledge,  but  our  //. 
should  feel  the  influence  of  its  sacred  teacbing-i. 
.Jesus  says,  "Search  the  Hcrijitures.  for  Hiey  are 
they  that  l^iitify  of  me,  and  therein  ye  think  ye 
have  eternal  life." 

Those  who  have  never  felt  the  sweet  peace 
that  a  religious  knowledge  affords,  delay  not  to 
procure  the  "pearl  of  great  price."'  While  you 
are  liiborioff  to  attain  to  worldly  greatnehx  and 
to  store  your  mind-s  with  such  knowledge  as 
will  better  enable  you  to  live  ami  act  in  thi.s 
world,  do  not  lorgft  that  in  order  to  be  truly 
happy,  and  useful  to  youroelves  and  others,  and 
that  the  olpj'Ct  for  whiih  you  were  created  be 
answered,  you  iiiusl  possess  a  knowledge  of 
heavenly  wisdom,  which  is  "first  pure,  then 
peaceable,  gntitle,  and  easy  to  be  entreated,  full 
ol  mercy  and  goud  fruits,  without  partiality  and 
without  hypocrisv."  This  knowledge  will  en- 
able you  to  be  more  useful  while  in  this  world, 
ai.d  when  your  life-work  is  ended,  will  prove  a 
pass-port,  into  the  beautiful  world  on  high 
Ln>iar/,\  HI. 


FROM  PALESTINE. 

hVXltKR  XXV. 

Jerusalem. 

Llio"CbrMlAfi  UtAnilurU"  1>y  iivcJuJ  Anvngr 
J^Ol'NT    MORIAH. 


IN  my  last  letter  I  endeavored  to  give  the 
reader  a  general  idea  of  the  present  city  of 
.lerusMlem.  apart  from  the  temple  mount.  In 
the  days  ol  David,  and  at  the  beginning  of  Sol 
omon's  reign,  the  city  was  limited  to  Mt.  Zion. 
Us  northern  walls  ran  close  upon  the  present 
David  street,  and  the  other  walls  encircled  the 
remainder  of  the  mountain  tup.  It  was  so  com- 
|det«ly  surrounded  by  valleys,  that  only  at  the 
Dorth-weat  coruwr,  where  the  .Inppa  giile  now 
f-ttrnds.  was  it  Bjtproailmble  ou  level  ground; 
and  at  thi*  point  stjiuds  the  atroD'j;  etistle  now 
called  the  tower  of  David.  I  suppose  that  this 
is  the  fortification  mentioned  in  II  Sam.  aod  I. 
Kings,  under  thf  nauie  Millo.  At  that  time 
Mt.  Moriah  Wiw  outside  oft  lie  city,  and  separa- 
ted from  it  by  a  narrow  ravine  about  JUO  feet 
deep,  with  ii-ecipitous  aides.  On  its  toj)  was 
the  threshing  floor  of  Ar«untth,8  Jubesite.  who 
was  still  allowed  to  live  at.lerusalem;  and  per- 
haps its  terraced  aides  produced  the  grain  which 
was  threshed  on  its  sun.mit.  The  Ihreshing- 
iloor  was  purcha-Ned  by  David  in  order  to  oifcr 
his  sacrifice  there  at  ttie  time  of  the  plague,  and 
perhaps  the  entire  mountun  was  included  in 
the  purchasi*.  It  was  tiiere  that  Abrahnni  had 
ofVered  Isaac,  and  (here  Solomon  determined  to 
build  the  temple.  Hut  the  nmuutaiu  top,  as  it 
was,  furnislud  in!<uthL'ient  apace  lor  the  courts 
oi'the  temple,  and  »  temple  built  there  without 
a  wall  surrounding  it,  would  be  exposed  to  the 
attack  of  his  enenries.  To  supply  these  two 
defects  wils  the  [iriucipiil  work  of  the  sevjn 
years  iluring  which  he  wa-*  building  the  teiupTe, 
He  first  dug  down  to  the  solid  rock,  nil  arouml 
the  base  of  the  mountain,  except  at  the  north- 
west corner,  where  a  narrow  ridge  connected 
this  mount  with  the  one  next  north  of  it.  On 
the  rock  thus  laid  bare,  he  built  his  inclot>iug 
wall,  laying  the  fouudatiou  stones  iu  a  bed  cut 
into  the  solid  rock.  This  wall  was  built  up 
perpendicular,  until  its  top  was  higher  than 
the  lop  of  the  mountain  inclosed  within  it.  He 
then  filled  in  the  open  space  lying  between  his 
Willi  and  the  slopes  of  the  mountain,  and  thus 
obtained  im  the  top  of  the  mountain  a  leveUur- 
face  for  the  temple  and  its  courts,  of  equal  ex 
tent  with  the  mountain's  base.  The  space  thus 
filled  in,  according  to  Capt.  Warren's  estimate, 
liiiiounted  to  7n.(lOO,(.)00  of  cubic  feet.  To  avoid 
part  of  the  labor  of  Iransportng  earth  for  the 
purpose,  a  large  part  of  the  apace  was  occupied 
building  very  lofty  piers,  on  which  was  turned 
an  arched  roof,  and  unon  this  wa.s  laid  a  com- 
paratively thin  surface  of  earth.  This  ufthod 
was  adopted  chiefly  at  the  south-east  corner, 
where  wa.s  the  largest  apace  to  be  tilled.  I 
went  down  among  tlie^e  piers,  Hnd  explored,  by 
the  light  of  candlc-s,  th-  sp;iCe  which  they  occu- 
py to  the  extent  of '200  feet,  north  and  south, 
and  370  feet  east  and  wi  si.  They  are  about  .")0 
feet  high  above  the  present  earth  floor,  but 
they  reach  down  luajiy  feet  below  this,  to  the 
solid  rook,     broken  places  in  the  arches  abovo 


have  allowed  earth  to  fall  in,  from  time  to  time, 
and  fill  up  much  of  the  space. 

Oq  the  solid  rock  of  the  mountain's  natural 
summit,  8olomon  built  his  temple;  and  in  or- 
der that  this  fortified  bill  might  be  accessible 
to  the  city,  he  ran  the  city  walls  across  the  in- 
tervening chasm,  and  built  a  vast  bridge  from 
near  the  southern  end  of  the  temple  courts, 
across  to  the  side  of  Mt  Zion.  The  spring  of 
(he  arch  of  this  bridge,  is  still  seen  in  the  an- 
cient wall  on  the  west  side  of  Mt.  Moriah,  and 
Capt,  Warren,  whose  excavations  have  fully 
established  all  of  the  above  mentioned  facta, 
discovered  the  foundations  of  one  or  two  of  the 
piers  of  the  bridge.  It  was  probably  this  bridge 
which  the  tiucen  of  Shrba  so  much  admired,  as 
the  a.scent  by  which  Solomon  went  up  to  the 
house  of  the  Lord.  (II.  Ch.  ix.  4.). 

In  order  to  supply  the  temple  and  its  court 
with  water,  and  to  secure  an  adequate  supply 
in  case  of  n  siege.  Solomon  constructed  the 
pools  and  the  aqueduct  which  I  made  the  sub- 
ject of  one  of  my  former  letters.  There  are  now 
within  the  temple  inclosure  thirty-threelcis- 
torns,  for  the  purpose  of  holding  water.  One 
i>f  these,  first  explored  and  uir.'asured  by  Dr. 
Harclav,  is  4'J  feet  deep  and  736  fVet  in  circuit. 
It  is  dug  in  the  natural  rock,  and  pillars  of  the 
same  are  left  at  intervals  to  support  its  roof.  Its 
water  is  reached  by  a  flight  of  stoni.-  sti^ps,  and 
the  wat.er  was  about  four  feet  deep  when  we  saw 
it.  Another,  first  explored  by  Capt.  Warren, 
is  J2  feet  deep,  fi3  feet  long,  and*  57  wide.  It 
wa.s  dug  in  the  earth,  walled,  and  plastered,  and 
covered  with  arches.  How  many  of  these  cis- 
terns were  dug  Ijy  Solomon  is  not  known;  but 
he  certainly  provided  as  many  as  he  thought 
useful. 

The  reader  is  aware  that  everything  above 
ground  on  Mt.  Moriah  was  frequently  torn 
down  arid  rebuilt  after  Solomon's  day.  When 
the  city  was  taken  by  the  Mohammedans,  in 
the  7th  century,  this  mountain  entered  upon  a 
new  phase  of  its  history.  It  was  a  sacred  spot 
to  the  Mohammedans  as  well  as  to  the  Jews, 
lioth  on  account  of  its  earlier  history,  and  he- 
rau-e  Mohammed  h,id  started  from  its  Siimmit 
when  he  made  his  celebrated  flight  to  heaven 
and  back.  He  had  stood  upon  a  certain  rock 
there,  which  began  to  follow  him  as  he  started 
up,  but  the  angel  Gabriel  laid  his  bauds  ou  it 
and  stopped  it.  The  prints  of  Mohammed's 
feet  and  of  Gabriel's  hands  were  left  iu  the 
rock,  and  there  they  8rv  seen  to  the  "present 
day.  I  saw  fhein  myself,  but  I  never  would 
have  known  they  were  hand-prints  and  foot- 
prints if  the  Sheik  who  showed  them  to  me 
had  not  told  me  so.  They  reminded  me  of  a 
place  which  the  priest  showed  me  in  Rome, 
where  IVter,  when  in  prison  there,  happened  to 
strike  the  side  of  his  head  against  the  stone 
wall,  and  left  a  deep  dent  in  it.  I  afterward 
saw,  iu  a  little  chapel  iu  the  Mount  of  Olives,  a 
depression  in  the  solid  rock  made  by  the  feet  ot 
Jesus  when  he  took  his  last  step  before  the 
ascension.  People's  feet  and  hands  and  heads 
were  very  hard  in  these  early  days. 

J.  W.  McGarvky. 


Belve*  been  judiciously  put  • 


s«mll  sun, 

„    hundred   struggling     cou^r^g^ttioas    m  J7' 
have  been  helped  to  erect  churches  of  the    ^ 
size  where  the  masses   in  Chicago  could  b^  "** 
duced  to  attend  upon   the  Gospel.    It  jg      ,'^" 
that  the  churches  of  Chicago  cannot  accom 
date  one-half  of  the  population,  and   there  *" 
need  not  only   of  more  room,  but  some  ch      ** 
in  the  present  conduct  of  the  churches   wt,-  l 
will  induce  the  masses  of  the  people  to  att     j 
and  probably  if  Christian  people  would  cont*.  I 
themselves  with  plain  houses  and  simple  rn  l^ 
of  worship  it  would  go  far  to  bring  about  th^ 
desirable  end. 


A  CHRISTIAN  VIEW  OF  THE 


JEWS 


rpHE  Cliristian    Union  says:  It   la  wonderful 
I     to  contemplate  that   while   10,000   I 
hover  about  captive  at  Jeruaslem,  and  mitiin 
look  wishfully    Zionward,    the    RothscniM    * 
.Tews — can    count  up  their  $35,000,000  flOO 
to-day  the  two  prime  ministers  of  Great  Brit  ■ 


and  France,  Benjamin  Disraeli  and  Ju 


les  Simon 


are  both  Jews.  Jews  are  the  bankers  of  E 
rope's  kings;  .lews  the  premiers  of  70,nOo  000  ( 
civilized  people.  All  this,  too,  where  a  centun, 
ago  the  poor  Jews  were  hunted  from  nation  to 
nation  like  wild  beasts.  How  this  once  d 
spised  people  are  marching  to  the  front  in  rich 
es  and  honor. 


?^o|iti;s  of  fijij  ^aji* 


COSTLY  CHURCHES. 

\^J'E  give  two  items  of  news  which  show 
VI  something  of  the  cost  of  religion  to 
some  classes  in  a  great  city. 

'iPlymouth  Church,  Chicago,  through  the 
peffionul  solicitation  of  its  |)astor.  Rev.  C.  H. 
Kv^rcst,  and  a  few  leading  members,  undertook 
to  secure  pledges  for  the  payment  uf  ^fiO.OlO 
debt.  The  subscriptions,  ranging  from  ^100  to 
$IOJOOO,  were  all  made  on  condition  that,  the 
whde  amount  should  be  raised.  Lately  tlie 
raoiiey  was  iu  the  bank,  and  the  chocks  were 
made  out  for  every  dollar  of  the  indebtedness." 

"Grace  Episcopal  Church,  Chicago,  recently 
celeirated  the  close  of  the  twentieth  year  of  the 
pastfrrate  of  Rev.  Dr.  Clinton  Locke.  During 
thes*  twenty  years  there  have  been  1.002  bap- 
tism), 40.">  confirmations,  4(i3  funerals,  370  mar- 
riag«;  and  there  have  been  contributed  forob- 
jects|  inter  and  extra  parochial,  in  round  num- 
ber, ^■t20,000." 

These  items  were  written  for  another  purpose, 
but  hovf  the  fact  we  mention  nevertheless,  aud 
whatjis  said  of  these  two  churches,  is  true  of 
many  others  in  Chicago  and  in  other  large 
cities^ 

Heje  the  annual  expense  of  one  church  ib 
show!  to  average  ^'21  001)  lor  twenty  years 
This  M'20.000  would  have  built  and  euport..d 
a  full  lalf  dozen  i)lain  but  comuiodious  church 
es  of  [lie  same  capacity  as  Grace  church,  or 
betteiitill,  had  the  excess  over  the  reasonable 
cost  a  d  support  of  one  fair  chirch  for  them- 


The  North-west  Passage  Found 

PROFESSOR  Nordenskjold.  of  Sweden,  h^, 
made  the  voyage  so  long  dreamed  of  thro' 
the  North-east  passage.  Voyaging  along  the 
shores  of  Europe  and  Asia.and  passing  from  the 
North  Sea  to  the  Arctic  Ocean,  and  through 
Behring  Strait-  info  the  North  Pacific  he 
reached  Yokahama  in  safety  Sept.  2— havine 
sailed  from  (Jothenburg  on  his  expedition  JuIp 
4,  1S7S.    He  says:  ^ 

"I.fully  accom  1)1  i shed  the  object  for  which  the 
expedition  was  sent  out  by  Dr.  Dickson,  namely, 
a  practical  proof  of  the  existence  of  a  northeast 
passage.  Tli^n  the  Asiiitie  coast  was  followed 
aud  St.  Lawrence  Bay  was  cros-ed  tn  p,jrt 
Clarence,  Alaska.  Thence  we  crossed  the  Kon- 
lyan,  dredjriug  carefully  in  order  to  determine 
theforraatKMi  ofthe  bottom  of  the  sea,  many 
specimens  r\\'  the  fauna  and  flora  being  ob- 
tained. The  location,  breadth,  velocity"  aad 
approximate  volume  of  the  currents  of  the  Arc- 
tic and  Pacific  Polar  cuneuta  wer«  chartered 
and  calculated." 

He  claims  that  he  has  found  a  practical  Sum- 
mer route  between  America  and  Siberia,  but  it 
is  yet  problematical  whether  any  solid  advan- 
tage to  commerce  will  result.  Scientifically 
this  successful  exppdition  will  be  found  to  pos^ 
ses.«  unusual  'mienis,t —Christian  Standard. 


»1  UB  tbu  dead  wbloh  die  In  Ibo  Lotd.— Bdt.  14 ;  IM, 


ObituirieB  should  be  brief,  written  on  but  one  side  of 
paper,  and  eepnrate  fl-om  all  other  buaineae. 


HARDON— In  Piiiiip?  Co..  Kansas,  Aug.  20, 
ofDiptheria,  infant  daughter  of  S.  and  A. 
Harden,  and  gr^nd  daughter  uf  S.  and  C 
Shuck,  aged  7  months. 

DRURY.— In  Bristol,  Fillmore  Co.,  Minn.,  of 
old  age,  brother  Thomas  Drury,  aged  85 
years,  Funeral  services  by  elder  .Joseph  Ogg. 
S.  M,  Shuck. 

HENRY. — Near  Dresdon,  Poweshiek  Co.,  Iowa, 
Sept.  2nd.,  1879,  little  Millie,  daughter  of 
friend  Ja«p^r  aud  Sophia  Henry,  agnd  two 
years,  three  months  and  sixteen  days.  Fu- 
neral   services  by  the  writer    from  Matt.  1^: 

'■i-  S.  S,  Miller. 

APPLEQATE.-fn  th-Miple  Grove  Cmgre 
gatiou,  Ne'"ton  Co.,  Kausa".  Sept.  IS,  of 
Diptheria.  little  Mattie,  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Applegate,  aged  3^  years,  6  months  and 
15  days. 

Sweet  child  has  gone  to  rest  with  her  Savior. 
May  Gi)d  help  the  parents  to  prepare  to  meet 
her  in  glory.  Funeral  thoughts  by  the  writer 
from  2  Cor.  o:  l-U.  N.  C.  WorkmaH. 

Zl'MBRUM.— In  the  Walnut  Creek  Church, 
Johnson  Co.,  Mo.,  Sept.  17,  1S79,  sister  Su- 
san M,  wife  ol  liro.  Ddvid  Ziiuibrum,  aged 
o4  year?.  4  months  and  28  days.  A  large 
congregation  assembled  atflie  house  expect- 
ing Bro.  Hutchison  to  preach  the  funeral,  hut 
sickness  prevented  him   from   getting  there. 

The  occasion  wasiraprovid  by Literal  of 

the  Cumberland  Preshyterian-  Church. 

ISA.\f  W.\MPLER. 

FAHRNEY.— In  the  Ninevah  Congregation, 
Reno  Co.  Kansa'*,  Sept.  -2,  1S7!',  Blanoha  M.. 
daughter  of  brother  F.  E.  and  sister  F.  Falir- 
ney,  a^fd  -^  tirrnfhs  narl  y3  days. 

C.  Seckist. 


THE    l^TtKTKCK:^^    ^T    AVORIC 


Ofj  the  5th  of  September  wife  and  self,  ac- 
couipftui<^^  by  brother  Henr,v  Keller,  Yisi- 
,  (be  Jonathan  Creek    Church.  Perry  Co.,  O. 
a  A  a  verv  pleasant  conimuuion  season.     Two 
uue  by   baptism,   and  cue   restored. 


ti0'^' 


MoiK^iy  the   Sth  had  a    pleasant    ttRincil. 


Oil 
Brotiipr 


Orr  and  Bradley  were  advanced  to  tlip 

"'"iid  d^firee  of  the  ministry,  aud  Uro.  Samnel 

n  ffeubaugh    elected  deacon.     Ou    the    18th   I 

called  to  the  same   district  hut   at  another 

Preached  three  sermons,  baptized  one, 

Sjliirday  the  UUth.  eldest    daughter  and  self 

■  ted  the  I!ush  Creek    Church,    Fairfield   Co. 

ifet  (n»"J  ^^^'^  brethren  at  the  depot  in  Ure- 

Preached  four    sermons,    and  baptised 

^e  expect  to  attend  our  Sunday-school  Con- 

ntioii  ftu*i  then  ctart  on  our  trip  West.  May 

fhe  Lord  bless  and  keep  all  with  whom  we  have 

Lppii  visiting  »ud    liiboring  in    the  cause  of  our 


From  Eld.  F.  P.  Lcehr. 

Dtar  Bnithe>-  Harrison:  — 
iroIJU  card  was  received  and  contpiits  miteil. 
Y  Uow  precious  are  kind  word»  given  l,y  a 
jrifii!  in  time  of  helplessness  of  body  and  &oul. 
Thanli'*.  many  thanks.  God  be  your  great 
ft.iviiider  and  ynur  shield  as  you  go  along  bat- 
iliiiK  Hgaiu^t  the  hosts  of  wickedness;  and  when 
cour  strength  faiU  you  like  mine,  may  some 
tind  soul  administer  to  your  wants. 

Oft  does  my  mind  wander  away  and  seethe 
inmates  of  your  otUce  at  Lanark,  and  hold 
sweet  communion  with  them.  Vividly  before 
niy  ejei  appear  your  congregations  with  the 
lovely  little  ones  in  front.  Ah !  will  I  see  them 
g„,jny — IJiit  hope,  blessed  hope  that  reaches 
beliiud  the  vail,  says  I  shall  see  you  all  again 
heyoud  the  rijod  in  the  haven  of  rest.  O  teli 
the  ctiildreu,  tell  old  aud  young  to  he  kind  and 
affectionate  to  all  around  them. 

I  hope  to  be  at  -the  Missionary  Meeting  in 
[odianaJn  October.  It  will  beat  my  former 
home.  T  hope  to  be  refreshed  when  I  see  those 
whom  I  love. 

My  palsied  hand  doth  not  nerve  i-ie  sn  I 
must  quit. 

filQomingdaU;  Mich.  Sept.  2'J,  7.V. 

[From  the  above  letter  we  may  all  see  how 
our  atllict«d  brother  in  the  dark  and  lonely 
hours  of  the  decline  of  hia  life,  at  the  near  ap- 
(iroachof  the  pale  messenger,  appreciates  words 
ofreaiembrauce  and  brotherly  kindness.  May 
none  who  read  this  and  know  him  fail  to  lay  up 
tbe  treasure  in  Heaven,  "■[  was  sick  and  ye 
visited  me."  We  hope  brother  Loehr  may 
be  Hooded  with  letters  from  all,  and  especially 
from  the  lovely  little  ones  in  whom  his  soul  so 
delights.     S.J.  H.l 


them  warm  in  the   f«ith   and  in    full  love  and 
harmony  with  each  other. 

They  do  not  have  many  ministers,  but  among 
them  are  some  able,  en^'rBetic  laborern,  though 
they  are  mostly  young  men.     The  churches,  a^ 

rule,  have  a  great  desire  for  able  ministers  in 
the  East  to  come  aud  preach  for  them,  but 
their  circumsrances  are  generally  such  that 
they  cannot  possibly  bear  the  expense  of  so 
long  a  journey,  and  therefore  feel  reluctant  to 
ask  them  to  come.  But  all  brethren,  and  min- 
isters in  particular,  will  find  a  hearty  welcome 
in  the  West. 

Brethren,  you  who  are  blessed  with  this 
this  world's  store,  remember  the  injunction, 
"Freely  ye  have  received,  freely  give."  Bro. 
Kshelman  is  taking  a  step  in  the  right  direc- 
tion by  goinij  to  preach  the  Gospel  in  the  wilds 
of  the  West,  aud  we  hope  others  will  follow  hi.'i 
example,  for  we  believe  much  good  may  he 
done.  In  the  Mast  where  there  is  proachiug 
every  Sunday  people  become  so  accustomed  to  it 
that  they  do  not  realize  the  blesHings  they  en- 
joy and  almost  become  tired  of  hearing  tiie 
word,  but  in  the  West  the  people  hear  little 
preaching,  as  few  of  the  other  denominations 
are  yet  organized  there,  and  the  prople  hunger 
aud  thirst  iiftnr  righteousness.  Notonly  would 
the  believers  be  biiilt  up  in  tliat  moat  holy 
faith,  but  many  might  be  turned  from  the  error 
of  their  ways  to  seek  the  true  and  living  God. 
D.  E.  Crii'E. 
La  Place,  III. 


veracity  and  love.  To  go  on  trustingly  and 
hopefully  in  the  way  of  sftf-sncrijice  for  the 
good  of  our  fellows  and  thj  honor  of  God,  is 
the  unfailing  method  of  laying  up  treasure  in 
Heaven  and  becoming  millionaires  in  tke  King- 
dom of  glory.  Why  are  we  so  averse  to  bear 
the  reproach  of  the  Cross,  and  kevp  company 
with  the  humiliation  and  poverty  and  self-im- 
mulation  of  Emmanuel?  .\re  we  too  insensible 
to  form  a  conception  of  the  feeling  of  God  on 
account  of  the  supineneBs  of  the  ptople  in  rela- 
tion to  the  object  in  which  all  His  attribute- 
aud  purposes  centre?  0  fur  another  Pentecost, 
for  a  fresh  inbreathing  of  the  life  of  Jesus.  Let 
us  come  with  one  accord  to  the  Altar  of  Gol- 
gotha. C.  H.  BAJABAroH. 


Echoes  from  the  East. 


s-iuiiKH  xxm. 


To  Many  Inquirers, 


The  Western  Churches. 

DURING  the  past  Summer  we  traveled  over 
a  portion  of  Kansas  and  Nebraska,  look- 
iug  a^.  the  country,  and  have  been  among  quite 
anumberofihe  Brethren,  have  attended  some 
of  their  meetings,  councils  and  lovefeasts,  as 
well  a;  been  with  them  aud  ec^u  them  in  their 
CTory-day  walk  and  conduct  of  life.  We  found 
them  zealous,  and  earnestly  contending  for  the 
faith  once  delivered  to  the  saints.  The  churches 
which  we  visited  are  in  a  healthy,'  thriving 
condition,  peace  and  harmony  generally  pre- 
vailiug,  and  in  some  things  wo  thought  mem- 
bers of  our  old  churches  might  yet  learn  useful 
lessons  from,  them.  They  are  more  sociable  and 
hospitable  than  in  the  Eastern  churches;  stran- 
cers  cominK  ajjioug  them  are  received  with 
true,  brotherly  kindness,  and  that  coldness, 
ttlmost  amounting  to  selHshnesa,  which  we  so 
«fteu  see  at  home,  is  unknown  there.  They 
aU  keep  in  mind  that  in  all  things  we  should 
give  thanks.  Few  among  them  sit  down  to  a 
meal,  simple  though  it  he,  without  returning 
thanks  to  the  Giver  of  all  good,  and  asking  His 
Messing  upon  the  same. 

Oa  "the  first  day  of  the  week"  they  do  not 
"neglect  the  assembling  of  themselves  together, 
as  the  manner  of  some  is,"  but  generally  meet 
Ht  some  brother's  house,  lor  in  many  places 
they  have  no  meeting-houses.  Though  there 
•»  ao  minister  with  them,  they  sing  and  pray. 
and  exhort  one  another  to  hold  out  faithful.— 
These  meetings  have  a  great  tendency  to  keep 


\/^0r  see  by  ray  chirography  that  writing  is  a 
_L  task  at  present.  I  j  iwt  dr  aw  my  peu  along, 
leaving  an  almout  illegible  scrawl.  I  have 
scores  of  times  essayed  to  resign  my  pen-min- 
istry, but  cannot.  So  long  as  my  soul  is  flood- 
ed with  thought,  it  is  a  relief  to  give  it  utterance; 
and  so  long  as  voices  ot  gratitude  aud  encour- 
agement roll  in  from  Dan  to  Beor-sheba,  I  pm 
stimulated  to  eflbrt  in  promulgating  the  Gospel 
of  the  Cross.  Here  ajid  theie  a  soul  who  has 
entered  deeply  into  the  bltisseduesi  of  sacrifice, 
contributes  its  mite  to  my  voiceless  ministry 
and  so  I  continue  to  "occupy"  till  "the  silver 
cord  is  loosed,  aud  the  golden  bowl  be  broken." 
I  will  here  repeat,  perhaps  ti.r  the  twentieth 
time,  that  I  neither  a.sk  nor  acctpt  anything  on 
the  ground  of,  poverty.  He  that  has  learned 
the  jueauiug  of  the  Cross  a"*  God  means 
must  become  woefully  reduced  before  he  can 
cou.acientious'.y  place  himself  on  the  poor  list 
and  on  the  other  side,  the  same  Iciiowledge  will 
Constrain  Christ-possesiiug  souls  to  glory  in  the 
opportunity  of  sharing  the  beatitude  of  .lesus 
in  2  Cor.  8:  9.  We  do  not  think  much  of  Em- 
manuel until  we  ai-e  ready  to  In-  stripped  and 
emptied  and  crucified  for  the  attainment  of  His 
great  aud  rapturous  ends.  If  thi;  ".-"till  voiues' 
from  my  chamber  of  suffering  and  sorrow  are 
meat  aud  drink  to  God-loving  hearts,  let  thpm 
sustain  iny  dragging  peu  ior  Jeans  siiic,;  till 
head  and  neart  and  hand  succunih  to  the  seize 
of  the  "last  enemy." 

A  word  in  behalf  of  missions.  Nothing  is 
dearer  to  Jesus  than  the  extension  of  His  king- 
dom. It  is  a  grief  to  the  Holy  Trinity  and 
the  elect  angels  that  the  Bride  of  the  Lamb  is 
80  apathetic  in  the  proclamation  of  the  glad  ti- 
dings of  the  Cross.  Salvation  by  blood,  the 
blood  of  the  Godman— do  we  really  know  what 
it  signifies,  do  we  prize  it  at  all  correspond! ug 
to  it^  import?  Have  we  the '"mind  of  Chrr4'' 
in  relation  to  it?  Is  "the  zeal  of  His  house  cm- 
i^iimitnj  usV"  Are  we  keeping  our  hands  tfti- 
stained  with  the  blood  of  immortals  for  whom 
the  Cross  was  stained  with  Divine-human 
blood?  Let  us  pause  and  ponder,  and  interh- 
gate  ourselves  whether  our  life  is  in  very  triitli 
a  perpetuation  of  the  Inoarnation?  Fop 'Wise 
and  gracious  reasons  God  has  uiude  Himiell 
dependant  on  the  Church  forthecoiihummaijou 
of  Hi9  purposes.  Our  dereliction  in  oppoeition 
to  His  will  and  frustration  of  His  supremede- 
sir.s.  This  thought  is  enough  to  bring  ^he 
whole  church  on  her  knees,  to  hll  God'.s  buttle 
with  tears,  and  the  golden  censer  with  pra^rs, 
and  the  mis^sion  treasury  with  funds.  P^..5t!: 
8.  Hev.  S;  U.  Mark  1-':  il,  42.  0  Brethre*  let 
us  tremble  at  the  thought  of  sliglititig  jMu-, 
Our  whole  life  and  peace  and  hope  lie  in  th. 
Cioas,  and  that  calls  for  our  all.  Much  -wlW 
not  authce:  God  gave  liitnself,  aud  will  not  ac- 
cept less  in  return.  He  that  acce|)t8one  i»iiny 
as  beinij  his  ntni,  has  given  wUiinij  to  God 
There  is  no  danger  that  our  investments  ar*^ 
lost.  Christ  haS  left  us  a  double  promissoL  note 
which  will  be  redeemed  in  due  lime,'  and 
bear  interest  through  endless  ages.  Mait.  10: 
42,  aud  'J.o:  40.  The  larger  investmente  wt 
make  in  reliance  on  that  promise,  the  richtr 
will  we  be  here  and  forever,  and  the  greattr 
our  joy  in  the  solemn  day  of  settlement,  There 
is  too  little  confidence  in  the   pledge  of  !)ivii)e 


OUK  meeting  to-day,  Aug.  Slat.,  ot  the  Am 
sterdam  Meeting-house  was  introduced  by 
singing  a  beautiful  song  of  invitation  to  sinners 
and  saints.  The  4th  chapter  of  John  was  read, 
and  brother  Good  took  his  text  from  the  4Ut 
and  42  od  verses. 

"This  is  indeed  the  Christ,"  was  the  confess- 
ion of  the  Samaritans  when  they  heard  the 
despised  minister  from  Nazareth.  The  .lews  in 
and  about  Nazareth  were  so  blind  at  heart  that 
they  knew  not  their  spiritual  King  from  heav 
en.  They  rejected  Him,  and  thus  exposed  their 
want  of  true  religion.  So  it  ia  now.  When 
■rofes-sed  Christians  reject  the  teachings  ot 
(■lirist,  they  exhibit  their  need  of  the  Savior's 
love  aud  lite.  But  "Jesus  of  Nazareth,  th*- 
King  of  the  Jews,"  is  not  discouraged.  He 
leaves  this  God-forsaken  people,  He  journey^ 
over  into  Samaria'^  land.  Methinks  I  see  the 
lonely  company  of  Jesus  and  his  apostles  going 
up  through  the  little  valleys  of  Galilee  and 
Siiniariii.  He  corner  itothe  famous  city  of  Sy- 
char.  He  enters  nufc,  but  seats  Himself  at  the 
well  of  historic  fame — Jacob's  well.  He  rests, 
while  liis  disciples  go  for  something  to  eat 
What  a  consolation  here  for  our  [joor  brethren 
iind  sisters!  Jssus  Was  poor  and  his  disciples 
were  poor.  He  knows  how  to  be  your  friend. 
He  experienced  your  want  aud  your  feelings. 
Tlutugh  rich  in  heaven,  he  became  poor  for  our 
sakes,  that  we  by  Uim  might  become  rich  in 
grace,  t),  yes,  it  is  grace!  Ouly  if  we  are  faith- 
ful to  \im\  and  patient  in  Htm,  we  shall  have 
His  help  and  His  fullness.  So  shall  we  know 
tor  ourselves  that  this  is  indeed  the  Christ,  the 
Savior  of  our  bouIs.  Let  us  all  hear  Him  in  all 
things,  and  we  shall  not  only  know  Him,  but 
He  ivill  »oon  come  and  gather  us  iiito  Hia  honii' 
above,  and  we  shall  be  ever  with  Him.  Bro, 
Raker  followed  with  appropriate  remarks. 

,-iBEKIKli  ASI>    SAVING  THE  lAWT. 

September  17th.  A  goodly  congregation  was 
at  the  Welty  Meeting-houae  this  morning, 
many  of  whom  were  young  people. 

"lliiiipy  in  lio  wLoau  oArly  joars, 
Ucceivo  iDelrucliijii  well," 

were  the  words  ol  (-acred  song  that  opened  the 
regular {(ervice.  Notliiugcanbe  more  beautiful 
than  early  piety.  No  benefit  in  this  life  so 
great  and  good  as  the  benefits  of  true  and  prac- 
tical reHgion  in  the  lives  of  the  young.  The 
strong  tendency  in  young  members  is  to  go  af- 
ter the  world  in  its  fashion  of  dress,  and  amuse- 
ment of  the  mind.  But  we  know  of  some  verj 
faithful,  prayuig  yonog  members.  How  beau- 
ti|l|su<h  lives!  They  are  the  beautiful  orna- 
niBms  of  the  Lord's  house — the  Church. 

Brother  Baker  chose  a  text  that  is  full  of 
Good  News:  "The  Son  of  Man  is  come  to  seek 
and  to  save  that  which  is  lost." 

I.  The  Son  ofMim — Jesus. 

II.  How  Jesus  seeks  the  bat. 

III.  The  means  of  salvation. 
We  all  heard   many  good  things— words  for 

our  future  good,  if  we  but  give  ourselves  to  the 
Lord's  service  as  we  ought.  It  is  possible  that 
all  can  he  ^avrtl,  hot  some  may  he  lost  forever. 
Who  v.ill  it  be?  It  must  he  them  who  will  not 
believe  and  come  to  Jesus.  No  one  then  should 
negb-ct  it.  The  spirit  strives  with  the  hearis 
of  many,  hut  the  enemy  is  busy  too.  There  is 
war  around  the  human  heart.  0  may  the  good 
Spirit  win  the  v  cturv  and  brini;  every  eoul  u 
trophy  of  the  cross!  Will  the  reader  say  Amen? 
September  14th.- Spent  the  day  in  reading 
and  in  meditation.  Who  does  not  now  and 
then  love  to  spend  a  quiet  day  at  home?  Well, 
some  of  us  do.  AVe  caunot  be  faithful  Chris- 
tians and  ueglecf  to  a-isemble  with  our  brethren 
and  sisters  Ireqnently  if  it  is  in  our  power  to  do 
so,  but  a  day  of  rest  from  physical  toil,  spent  at 
home  in  Clirislian  conversation,  religious  read- 
ing, devout   meditation,  Hnd    all  this  seasoned 


Brethren  aud  sisttrs,  let  u«  never  \m  idl*.  Aj 
long  wi  we  are   fitt«l  lor  labor  lot  as  labf^r  for 
our  soiiU  and  the  xouU  of  otliero.     We  may  not 
be  able  to  do  a»  much   aa  we  deaire  to  do,  but 
thia  in  better  than  we  whould  think  we  do  too 
much.     But  in  all  our  doing  let  u»  keep  on  the 
Lord's  side.     The   Scriptures  give   u«  eiampleg 
of  persons  who  thought  they  were  doing  God*B 
service   and  it  proved   the  reverse— they  were 
opposing  God.    Just  think  then   how  careful 
we  ought  to  be  that  we  do  the  will  of  our  Fath- 
er in  heaven,  lor   if  we  should  oppose  Him,  it 
will  do  us  evil,  and  it  may  reach  »o  far  among 
others  that  we  may  never  be  abieto  correct  the 
mistake.     When  we  do  something  that  dividet 
the    sympathies   and  destroys    brotheriy  lov* 
among  brethren,  we  ought  to  b«  very  cautions 
and  tremble  at  the  results.     May  the  Lord  help 
us  to  watch  and  pray. 

September  2l8t.— This  morning  we  had  ser- 
vices in  our  town  church-house.  The  tolling 
bells  indicated  that  the  people  could  attend 
religious  services  at  various  places,  and  of  course 
wuuld  hear  dittcTent  doctrines.  If  all  were  ONE 
all  would  "speak  the  same  thing."  Why  should 
we  pretend  to  he  oh/-,  and  then  hold  fast  to  con- 
flicting creeds?  Brethren  and  sisters,  canyon 
all  deny  yourselves,  and  "come  out  from  among 
Ihem  aud  be  separate?"  How  else  cau  you  fol- 
low the  truth  and  proclaim  it?  Let  us  stand 
fast.  We  have  a  good  djctrine;  let  us  make 
the  preaching  of  it  good  also.  Let  us  also  see  to 
it  that  we  are  grounded  aud  established  in  the 
primitive  doctrine  of  the  Church.  The  greatest 
struggle  the  Church  has  to-day  is  to  keep  on 
the  old  foundation— to  prevent  departures  from 
the  faith. 


LOOK  AHBAD. 

Our  meeting  began  service  with  the  singing 
of  those  beautiful  words: 

"Siveei  liour  of  pr^^er,  snoet  hour  of  prayer." 
A  deacon  brother  read  the  seventeenth  chapter 
Of  St.  Luke,  as  is  our  order  generally,  a  feature 
unknown  in  the  so-called  churches,  where  one 
miuister  does  alt  and  gets  paid  for  it.  We 
hope  the  day  will  never  come  when  our  minis- 
ters will  "make  merchandise"  of  us,  aud  turn 
the  free  service  of  preaching  into  an  ease-loving, 
men-pleasing,  hireling  ministry. 

Brother  Snyder  tUeu  announced  his  text: 
"Keniember  Li)t's  wife."  He  spoke  of  Abra- 
ham, Lot's  uncle,  and  how  he  labored  for  peace. 
Abraham's  method  of  peace-making  is  com- 
mendable: he  planned  and  yave  Lot  the  first 
choice  of  territory.  He  was  unselfish.  But 
after  a  good  while  Lot  lived  in  a  city  wuere  in- 
stead  of  his  godly  life  becoming  corrupted  with 
city  life,  he  held  his  integrity,  and  so  conducted 
his  family  also.  The  wickedness  of  that  city 
became  so  great  that  Cud  permitted  it  to  be 
entirely  destroyed,  but  preparatory  to  this,  God 
rt- moved  Lot  and  family  through  the  ministry 
of  mtu  whom  Lot  alterward  found  were  angels. 
He  took  their  advice  and  with  his  family  left 
the  city,  aud  was  allowed  to  go  where  he  pray- 
ed he  might— a  place  of  safety.  While  on  the 
way  we  think  we  uee  them  going.  Ni»ah  leads 
the  way,  the  two  daughters  follow,  and  the 
motli-r  is  last.  They  hasten,  and  have  been 
commanded  by  the  angels  to  refrain  from  look- 
ing back.  But  Lot's  wife  has  a  vain  desire  to 
look  back,  and  she  looks.  Immediately  she  is 
visited  by  the  judgements  of  God. 

This  Bible  circumstance  was  compartd  to  the 
journey  of  the  Christian  through  this  world. 
He  lives  in  the  city  of  sin  at  first.  He  is 
warned  to  flee  for  his  life.  The  Holy  Spirit 
convinces  him  of  d:uiger  and  leads  him  out  of 
the  city,  and  starts  him  on  the  journey  to 
Heaven.  He  is  now  a  believer  in  Jesus,  and 
must  not  have  tho  vain  desire  to  be  where  he 
st,irted  tiom  or  take  along  anything  that  might 
hinder  on  the  journey.  The  former  life  must 
be  forsaken.  If  not  then  hardness  of  heart  and 
dulluess  of  conscience  will  come  upon  us. 
What  a  pity  that  any  should  come  short  of  the 
city  of  safety  at  last!  Brethren  and  3isters,let  us 
not  lo:jk  back,  for  this  is  dishonoring  our  Sav- 
ior, and  sad  consequences  will  follow.  Let  us 
deny  ourselves  for  Christ's  sake. 
Fraternally, 

D.  sB.  Mestzer. 
Winfue^horo.,  Pa. 

From  Scandia,  Kansas. 

Dear  Broth  r  E.^hihnun  .— 

THKOUGH  the  goodness  of  God  we  arrived 
in  Kansas  on  the  evening  of  the  'IM.,  af- 
ter a  two  week's  journey.  We  all  like  it  so 
far,  having  had  fine  weather.  We  are  all  wb!1 
and  hope  you  are  the  same  We  shall  be  glad 
to  have  the   Brethren   visit  this  part  of  God'* 


with  fervtnt  prayer  for  ine's    own  benefit,  and  i  „      w      i.i       /^      a 

fortheChurchofUod.this  is  very  profitable  and    mord  vmeyard.     Love  to  all.    Ma>- the   Good 
well-pleasing  in  the  sight  of  our   Father  in    Father  guide  and  protect  you. 
heaven.  '  ^•^'^^«  •^-  Da^wbtt, 


TIIK    >iRETliRE>r    ^T    WOKI-C. 


October    0 


(ijaspcr  ^ui;i;faa 


An-d   thev    tlmt    br    wiso  shuU   shine    iw    the 
brightnc-wiif  thp  flrmann'iU:  and  thpy   that  tnrn 
numy  to  rj)iht*>ousiift'*9. 
tTAT.— Uaii.  12:3. 


the  9t»r8  forever  and 


From  Roanoake.  111.— Meetinj;r«  "till  iu  prog- 
ress.—four  accessions  to-day  and  prosiM-ct* 
good  for  more.  Met-tings  well  attended.  A 
lUftu  and  his  wife,  aged  seventy  yearn,  and  two 
young  girls  were  brtptized  to-day.  Brother  D. 
B.  Gibson  is  conducting  the  exercises. 

T.  D.  LvoN. 

•  Sept.:i7'7iK 

From  Dunkirk,  Ohio.— The  saints  at  Eagle 
Creek  rejoice  once  more  in  the  addition  of  an- 
other soul  to  the  ehiirth  hy  holy  bapti-ni  How 
culmly  and  h.nwfiilly  the  dear  sinter  truntwJ  her 
Miwtor  in  yiflding  obedience  to  hi«  comninnds. 
May  the  Uoly  S|)irit  contiuue  to  atrive  that 
Others  may  bUo  tnwt  their  Savior  iu  hopeful 
obedience.  .S.  T.  Bos-sekman. 

Sept. ;'/.  ■;.''. 

From  Union  Ceniwr,  Ind.— Yewb'rday  evening 
we  held  our  Love-fcwt  and  truly  a  feast  of  love 
it  was,  and  to-day  vra  held  an  election  for  Iwu 
deacons.  John  II  Miller  and  Dftni<-I  White- 
head were  chosen.  Daniel  Neff  was  advanced 
to  the  office  of  bi«hop,  and  Alexandir  Milh-r  to 
the  second  degree  in  the  ministry.  VVitbin 
thi«  week  four  were  received  by  b^ptium  in  thw 
district.  May  the  Lord  njih.ild  us  nil  in  every 
good  work.     Uleswd  be  hia  holy  name, 

K.  Asni.EUYKli. 

Sfpt.  no. 

From  Fanora,  Jowa.— At  Dalian  Center,  Love- 
feast  two  little  girJH  just,  emerginy  from  the 
morning  of  childhood,  were  hapti/.pd.  A  wise 
move.  How  eiLsy.  comparatively,  to  return  to 
the  Father's  iiouse  b-fore  they  hare  gone  far  in 
the  way»  of  nin.  The  wi-ather  wtw  fine  and 
there  wan  a  very  full  attendmice.  About  two 
hundred  and  forty  communed.  K.  I'^by,  D. 
Priw,  and  about  twenty-five  other  miniHt«rs 
were  preHeut.  L^hh  tlurn  lifteen  years  ago  we 
had  our  Hrflt  fiefoit,  with  only  ten  raembent,  and 
no  Hpeiiker  within  tilty  miles.  Only  those  who 
have  1  passed  through  the  trial  know  the  joy  we 
feel.    It  ifl  a  foretaste  of  heaven. 

J.  D.  Haioiitelin. 

From  Elk  Lick,  Pa,— <>ur  Love-feait  passed 
otr  pleasantly  ou  the  '.iOdi,  with  Imirmore  ad- 
Afd  through  baptism,  making  fourteen  ior  this 
mnnth.  Hrothcr  .loimthau  Kelso  and  1  leave 
home  Monday  Oct.  'Hh,  for  Mountain  Park 
Home,  Weniersville,  Herkti  Co.,  Pa.,  at  which 
place  all  communicationfl  to  ua  should  be  ad- 
dressed while  we  remain  there.  Ttro.  KeUo's 
health  has  been  much  impaired,  and  mine  not 
fiilly  restored,  we  go  there  assured  that  it  is 
the  place  to  have  the  vital  powers  restored. 
Wife  and  I  just  returned  from  our  annual  visit 
to  our  friends  in  W.  Va.  S.  C.  Keim. 

Sepl  :Hi. 

From  Ceylon,  Ind.— Bro.  Yount  closed  his 
aeries  of  meetings  yesterday,  and  at  the  close  ol 
the  servicfis  liapti/ed  eight.  Among  the  num- 
ber were  two  young  brothers  and  three  young 
sisters,  the  youDgewt  being  but  twelve  years 
old.  Her  parents  opposed  hei  going  but  she 
wept  so  bitterly  they  relented  antl  slie  was  bap- 
tized. .\ftertbe  baptism  and  they  had  returned  a 
short  distance,  her  parents  made  application, 
when  they  again  went  to  the  water-side  and, 
like  their  little  daughter,  were  led  into  the  llow- 
ine  stream  and  took  ui>on  them  the  name  of 
Chri«t.  What  a  time  of  rejoicing!  Surely  the 
angels  rejoice  when  sinners  turn  to  God.  "God 
works  in  mysterious  ways."  Re  sometimes  pro- 
cures the  lambs  to  get  the  sheep  to  follow. — 
Three  bapti/ed  last  Wednesday,  making  eleven 
in  one  week.  The  work  is  just  fully  begun,  anil 
we  have  the  as-urance  if  some  brother  could  be 
with  us  a  short  time  many  more  would  come 
into  the  fold  of  Christ.  Brother  Vount  leaves 
to-day  fcr  another  point  in  our  district.  May 
God  be  with  him  and  bless  his  labors. 

Emma  Watson. 

Sept.  '*ind.,  '7'J. 


From  Dunnings  Creek,  Pa. 

Ikar  Brethren: — 

BY  request,  I  will  give  a  few  of  the  many 
kind  feeliDgs,  and  love  and  fears  that 
were  manifested  before  the  parting  of  our  be- 
loved brother,  C.  S.  HoIniDger  and  his  kind  fam- 
ily. Had  we  not  believed  be  was  needed  more 
in  lUiooifl  than  here,  we  would  not  have  con- 
sented to  let  him  go.  He  gave  the  church  his 
farewell  address  on  the  evening  of  the  I4th  of 
SepU-'mber  to  a  large  number  of  brethren 
friends  and  neighbors.  At  the  close  of  the  ser- 
vices it  waa  a  sad  scene  to  see  the  people  give 
the  family  larewell.  They  accompanied  u»  to 
our  home  where  they  spent  Monday  preparing 
to  leave.  Friends  and  neighbors  were  coming 
and  going  all  day,  and  in  the  evening  about 
forty  were  together,  many  bringing  presents 
tor  them  as  tokens  of  love.  At  9  o'clock  they 
were  all  invitfd  to  come  together  to  have  a 
season  of  prayer,  and  sing  some  songs  of  /lou 
In  th«  mornioK  three  spring-wagons  drove  ui> 
but  they  could  not  take  all  that  wished  to  g. 
along  to  the  Hailr.tad,  which  was  eleven  miltrs 
diBtant,  and  at  the  station  some  more  kind 
meiiiberM  and  friends  came  to  bid  tht-m  farewi-ll 
Nine  of  thn  crowd  f-tt-pped  on  the  train  to  ac 
company  thfra  a  short  distance.  In  the  com- 
pany were  ('.  S.  Holsinger's  old  mother,  over 
seventy  years  old,  his  only  sister  and  his  oldest 
brother  with  wife  and  three  sons;  and  Levi 
llol"inger,  (a  uephew)  and  wife,  all  clinging 
together  as  long  as  tht-y  could,  but  it  wafl  not 
long  until  we  all  had  t()  take  the  i)artiug  hand, 
which  was  done  with  the  shedding  of  many 
tears.  Thomas  S.  Holmkobk. 


Stanislaus.  Cal, 2  00 

Cherry-  Grove.  HI 2.00 

Newton.  Ohio,  -...'. 2  00 

Huflh  Creek,  Md 3  00 

Yellow  Creek,  Pa., 3.00 

.Jacob  Barick,  III 100 

MaryB.  Miller.  Waterloo. loirt, 200 

Middle  District,  Miami  Co .  Ohio, 2  00 

Mill  Creek  Church,  III. :  -  .2  00 

White  Oak.  Pa., 2.7.i 

Nevada  Church.  Mo., 1  35 

Four  Mile,  Ind... .  ..■••■ 2,00 

John  Hart 50 

Clear  Creek,  4  00 

Samuel   Kinsey.O, 13.50 

Stillwater,  0. 2,00 

Spring  Creek,  Pa 3.00 

Snake  Spring,  Pa. 1.00 

Solomon  Creek  paid  by  John  Arnold 3.30 

Linville  Church,  Va ' > 3.00 

Fiti/jib'th  Kendig,  Va 3.3 

Bango  Church,  Ind, 1-00 

Cole  Creek,  III 200 

Broken  Sword.  O, 2.00 

C.  P.  RowLAKD,  Treaaurer. 
Lanark,  Hi,  Sepf.,29lh.  1879. 
(P.  C,  please  copy.) 


AN  APPEAL. 


Sooks,  F^mpliletsi  Irads,  etc,  for  Sale  at  this  Dice, 


Any  r.uligio 
<1  publisber's 


Missionary  Meeting. 

OWING  to  the  fact  that  the  general  Mission- 
an'  Meeting  is  to  lie  held  near  Millord 
Indiana.  October  24th,  the  brethren  of  Spring 
Creek  Church,  Koskiosco  ''o.,  have  changed  the 
time  of  their  communion  from  the  24th  to  the 
2*2ud  of  October.  A.  W.  Bowman. 

Notices. 

The  District  Meeting  for  the  Southern  Dis- 
trict of  Mo.,  will  be  held  in  the  Brush  Creek 
Chnr.h.  three  miles  south  f^f  Osceola,  St.  Clair 
Co.,  October  Iflthand  17th. 

S    S.  MOHLKH. 


THK  following  Books  and  Tracts  are   much 
needed  and    respectfully  solicibed   for  our 
HEAlilSri  lioriM?',  Viz: — 
6.  "Doctrine  of  the  Brethren  Defended. " 
2.  "Light  on  Freemasonry." 
1.  "Campbell  and  Owen  Debate." 
1.  "Passover  and  Lord's  Supper." 
1.  "Heynoldsburg  Debate." 
I.  "Voice  of  Sevi-n  Thunders." 
1.  "Through  Bible  Lands." 
1.  "The  Prince  ot  the  House  of  David." 
].  "The  Pillar  of  Fire." 
1.  "The  Throne  of  David." 
J.  "Union  Bible  Di<'tionory." 
1.  "Biblical  Antiquities," 
t.  "Ancient  and  Modern  Egypt." 
1.  "Dick's  Sideral  Heavens," 
1.  "Dick's  Celestial  Scenery." 

1.  "Map  of  Palestine." 

2.  "Sabbatism." 

3.  "One  Baptism." 

6.  "Trine  Immersion  Traced  to  the  Apostlts." 
Will  not  some  of  the  dear  brethren  and  sis- 
ters who  are  interested  in  the  xptnttint  iz-flfun 
of  the  young  men  and  women  of  to-dnij.  hf  ^o 
liberally  kind-hearted  an  to  donate  the  b  ook« 
^c,  named  in  the  above  catalogue?  And  thus 
be  the  means  cf  inibueing  principles  which  may 
brighten  in  glory  and  in  bliss  throughout  the 
endless  cycles  of  eternity.  All  such  donations 
will  be  acknowledeed. 

Frate»nally, 
W.  C.  TEtTRn,  Box  :>41, 
Currrsponding  Secretaru^ 
Mt.  M>..,<s,  (hjh  f.V,  ///. 


DANISH    POOR  FUND. 


t„ 


.-Astoria  Church,  111, 

Mary  Sandburn,  III, IdH 

Bear  Creek  Church,  III. '..00 

Broken  Sword  Church,  O, mo 

Panther  Creek,  III, 2.00 

C.  P.  Rowland.  Treasurer. 
Lanark,  III.,  Sept.  2m,  2879. 
P.  C.  Please  Copy. 

SOUTHERN  KANSAS    MISSION   RE- 
PORT. 


Cedar  Creek  Church, $5.51 

Cottonwood       "   .i.OO 

E-ght  Mile,      "   L'20 

Washington     "      3.85 

Peabody  "     .5.00 

Wades  Branch 6.00 

E.  HuFmBD,  Trmsurrr. 
<iai  uett,  Kinuaa,  Sept.  29,  7879. 

Danish  Mission  Report. 

English  River  Church,  Iowa, $2 1'O 

Milmine  Church,  111 617 

Katie  A.  Snavely,  Hudson,  III, 1.00 

Seneca  Church,  Ohio 2  00 

Oakland,  Ohio 2.<X» 

Missinewa  Church,  Ind, 2.00 

Elkhart  Valley,  Ind, 'J0>* 


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Fhe  Brethren  At  Work.  ' 


"Behold  I  Bring   Tou  Good  Tidings  of  Great  Joy,  which  ShaU  be  to  All  Peopfe."  —  Lukbi  2:  10. 


IV. 


Lanark,  111.,  October   13,  1879. 


No.  42. 


FOli 

-SE  BRETHREN  AT  WORK 

AND 

grnct  §ociefg. 


-   LENA,  ILL. 

LUNGUONT,  CULO. 

DUNKIRK,  OHIO. 

VIRDEN, ILL 

CEURO  QORUO,  ILL. 

NOUBORKE,  MO. 

CEKRO  QORU||,  ILL. 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


^asTPAQE-He.    Didn't    Wutit    to   Tleni  it;  D 

Dveri  so  to  Tliein.— Siliis  (iilbBrt;  How  it  is  i.i 
I)^iiiii.irk.-EiioPli  Eby. 

si-oNO  Page— Write  Them  a  Letter  To-night; 
T|ie  Kim-'ship  and  Kingdom  of  Christ.— Selected 
t,v  II.  WaLei-a. 

jajHP  pAoe— Speak  not  thfi  Hitter  Words;     Eu- 
on  i'liblic  Si'hools.— ProE.  W  .E.  I>ock:ird; 


foFBTU   Paoe— Editorials—  Behaving      Our- 
le-^;  In  tleivealy  Places.  The  Lanark  Church. 

fimi  Page— From  Palestine.— J.  W.  McGiirvey; 
l|i,er)'  Answered.- U.  U.  Moon;  Questsous  on 
Xriue  Immersion.— Peter  Winebrenner. 

iBTH  Page — Separation;  Teace  and  tluity. — 
Annie  F.  Harris  m;  Ve  Ohlen  Tyme;  (^uift 
Mvcs;  !>iiiging  For  Jesus. — LchIi  Iteplogle;  Ciiii- 
wntmeiit-— Daniol   Bripht;     (ircut     Knteiiiises: 

MDrmonism. 

jvENTi!  Paoe— From  the  Aracadia  Church,  Ind. 
J.N.Perry;  From  Eld.  John  Munay;  From 
Wi!cpiiig  Waer,  Neb.— .lease  Y.  Heckler;  From 
Tlif  Oiiterview  Church,  Mu. — A.  Creeger;  Sun- 
j:iy  schuo!  Convention.- John  Stiirgia;  A  Trip 
To  Kansaa.— Alex.  W.  Reese;  From  Modesta, 
Cal.— P.  .S,  Garman;  From  Mt.  Vernon,  Va.  S. 
iT,)i;iiber. 

EioiiTii  Page— Gospel  Success;  Notice.— Thos.  D 
l.yon. 


HOW    IT  IS  IN    DENMARK. 


BT  ENOCH  EBY. 


N  our  last  written  at  Keeds  Laudiiig,  Miun. 
we  confined  our  remarks  to  a  few  of  the 
iD-toms  HI  Deumark.  In  this  we  shall  speak 
Eore  particularly  ot  their  religion.whit^h  is  des- 
i?uate(l,  Lutherin.  lu  form  it  very  much  re- 
smbles  the  service  of  the  Episcopal  church  in 
iuierica.  It  is  controlled  exclusively  by  the 
[overnment.  Priests  (as  thev  are  called)  re- 
ceive their  positions,  their  fixed  salaries,  aiid 
leir  respective  orders  pertaining  to  their  sev- 
fTa!  chari?e-i  from  the  government,  to  which 
Ibey  ctiug  with  scrupulous  tenacity,  and  iu 
then-  hliud  wal  lead  the  masses  with  a  ri-jror  and 
'piritual  tyranny  which  is  particularly  peculiar 
10  that  class.  Tlie  laity  are  wofully  priest-rid- 
Jeu;  and  in  their  ignorance,  have  a  great  zeal 
ior  God,  but  not  according  to  knowledge.  As 
ill  Germauy  and  many  other  European  oouu- 
Iriea,  the  government  controls  the  priest,  the 
priest,  the  school  teacher  and  the  child;  hence 
'tie  children  are  roclced  in  the  cradle  of  a  State 
'fiiirch  hierarchy,  fed  and  nourished  by  the 
milk  drawn  from  the  breasts  of  their  spiritual 
^others,  who,  though  they  promise  others  lib- 
erty, are  themselves  the  children  of  bondage 
«ij  corruption,  their  religion  being  a  work  of 
the  head  and  not  of  the  heart — a  mere  matter 
"f 'raining  and  not  of  conversion. 

In  order  to  j^ive  some  idea  of  the  tenacity 
^ifh  which  the  people  cling  to  their  religious 
tfaining  in  the  school,  we  here  relate  a  circum- 
''ance  which  came  ander  cur  notice  while  there, 
i  certain  man  having  coiiftcientious  scruples  in 

ftroiug  war,  refused  to  i-end  his  son  to  school 

'^'liich  he  would  be  taught  the  urt  and  neces- 
%  of  war.     Kor  this  he  expected   to  sull'er  a 


heavy  tine  or  imprisonment.  While  it  ia  a  fact 
that  we  can  never  expect  religious  iufiuence  to 
govern  oor  American  Protestant  schools  to  the 
same  extent  in  consequence  of  the  divided  and 
corrupt  state  of  Christendom,  we  nevertheless 
feel  to  say  that  it  would  be  a  great  blessing  to 
our  country  and  an  advantage  to  the  church 
if  all  our  school  teachers  possessed  a  true  Chris- 
tian character;  from  the  simple  fact  that  the 
school  room  and  the  family  circle  are  insepera- 
bly  connected — the  one  can  always  feel  the  ef- 
fect of  the  other  more  or  less,  in  a  moral,  in- 
tellectual, and  even  religious  point  of  view,  and 
from  that  consideration  we  would  be  pleased  to 
see  every  school  in  the  country  taught  by  a 
true,  faithful  brother  or  sister;  tor  just  as  the 
parent  moulds  the  character  of  the  child,  so 
does  the  teacher  the  pupil. 

From  the  above  considerations,  the  difficul- 
ties which  our  dear  ministering  brethren  in 
Denmark  must  labor  under  to  establish  success- 
fully the  true  doctrine  of  the  cros-<,  can  be  more 
easily  imagined  than  expres--d.  We  think  the 
:'<6  faithful  standard-bearers  of  tiie  truth,  vhich 
have  been  saved  and  brought  from  the  power 
of  darkness  and  brought  into  the  glorious  light 
of  the  gospel  in  the  short  period  of  three  and 
a  half  years,  forever  settle  the  question  cf  thi 
propriety  of  supporting  the  Danish  Mission. 

Furthermore  it  should  ever  be  remembered 
that  to  set  up  the  standard  of  truth  anywhere 
in  America  is  nothing  to  be  compared  with  a 
foreign  mission,  where  not  only  lihndness  pre- 
vails to  a  much  greater  extent,  but  where  facil- 
ities for  preaching  the  gospel  "are  much  inferior. 
The  State  church  has  a  auihcient  number  of 
houses  for  woi-sliip,  but  ihoy  cannot  under  any 
circumstances  be  obtained  by  dissenters  who, 
are  yet  too  f  w  and  limited  in  circumstances  to 
build  houses  of  woi-ship  for  themselves;  hence 
our  dear  brethren  with  all  other  dissenters  must 
hold  their  meetings  in  private  houses,  (some- 
times a  public  hall)  which  are  generally  small 
and  inconveniently  arranged  for  meeting  pur- 
poses. (They  do  not  have  groves  for  summer 
use).  A  tent  would  be  a  good  service  to  them. 
Brother  M.  M.  E.  may  truthfully  say,  the  dif- 
Hculties  of  a  missionary  in  that  country  are  lit^ 
tie  understood  by  us  who  have  not  been  there. 
Afij  pen  fiiits  to  describe.  If  our  ministering 
brethren  in  Denmark  could  use  Baalam's  ass  to 
go  to  their  appointments  it  would  be  to  their 
weary  limbs  what  a  cup  of  cold  water  is  to  the 
the  thirsty  soul. 

My  dear  brethren,  when  you  start  to  meeting 
and  are  permitted  to  jump  into'a  splendid  spring 
seated  coach  drawn  by  a  pair  of  lively  steeds, 
sailing  along  the  road  on  "flowery  beds  of  ease," 
so  to  speak,  soon. to  arrive  at  a  good,  large,  com- 
fortably seated  and  heated  room  to  worshiji  in, 
furnished  with  plenty  of  lights,  and  books  to 
accommodate  every  desire,  so  much  so  that  a 
great  part  of  your  congregation  can  induftje  in 
slee|)  while  you  are  speaking,  soon  to  be  arous- 
ed by  the  doxology.  Services  over,  you  are  now 
met  by  half  do/en  or  more  warm-hearted  breth- 
ren and  sisters  pressing  you  to  yo  \vith  them 
with  so  much  captivating  enthusiasm  that  you 
become  perplexed  to  know  how  to  decide.  Soon 
we  are  in  brother  or  sister  A's  parlor  with  sofas 
and  rocking-chairs  sufficientto  accommodate  all, 
while  the  sparkling  diamonds  of  well  tired  up 
coal-stoves  with  many  beautiful  pictures  on  the 
wall  to  meet  your  gaze,  and  you  are  pleasantly 
entertained  till  by  and  by,  say  from  one  to  three 
hours,  the  sisters  come  in  with  a  red  but  smil- 
ing face  indicating  the  hard  tusk  of  preparius 
luxuries  is  now  performed,  and  you  are  wel- 
comed to  partake.  The  day  is  spent  pleasantly, 
the  evening  comes,  and  you  are  conducted  to  a 
comfortable  ronm.  to  a  beautiful  clean  bed  deck- 
ed with  coverings  of  tapestry  with  carved  works 
and  fine    Hneu.     Prov.  7;  10, 

Nuw  turn  arou)!d  and  imagine  yuu  bee  our 
dear  ministering  bretliren  in  i>ejim«rk  takt- 
their  stages  in  band  gjviug  a  farewell  kiss  to 
wife  and  chiliiren,  the  di'or  now  cJoifes  H^ratnst 


a  God  bless  you,  they  beud  down  their  heads 
against  the  storm  of  snow  or  rain  as  the  case 
may  be,  singing  in  their  heart.<i, 

"Weep  for  the  lost!  Lord  make  uh  weep. 

And  tail  with  ceaseless  care. 
To  save  our  frieids,  ere  yet  thoy    pass, 
That  point  of  deep  eespair;" 
thus     wending      their     way,     not    knowing 
just      where    they    are     going,    or    how    they 
will    meet    the  close    of   the  day,   whethi 
will  l)e  a  friend  to  take  them  in  or  an  enemy  to 
cast  them  ofi',  but  if  received  at  all,  to  meet  in  a 
little  damp  house,  with  but  one  little  fire  in  one 
foruer  to  warm  by;  soon  to  be  invited  to  HUpper 
consisting  of  black,  hard,  rye    bread,    with  per- 
haps a  little  cold  nn^at,  and  sometimes   butter, 
,nd  when  done  eating,  a  cup  of  strong  coifee, 
soon  to  be  lit  to  a  single  bed,  with  scanty  cov- 
ering, and  p^rhap>  another   occupant,   as   tney 
seldom  have  any  spare   buds.     Itx  the  morning 
arise  and  say,  Can  I  have  a  meeting  at  your 
house  this  evening?     .\nswer,  perhaps,   yes,  or 
no.     If  yes,  be  :*tarts  out,  walks  another  day  to 
invite  people  to   meeting,  evening   conu-s  the 
brother  returns,  weary  and  perhaps  discourag- 
ed, a  half  do/.en    assembled.     He    preaches,  in- 
quires about  another  appointment,  perhaps    he 
gets  another  invitation,  and   perhaps  not,  but 
renews  his  energies,  lifts  his  head  over   all  dis- 
couragements,  perseveres,  the  seed   is  taking 
root,  a  few  plants  come  up,  the  light   is  begin- 
ning to  shine,  numbers  gather  in   now.    Small 
rooms,   few,   if  any  seats,    perhaps   one  Ught, 
people  stand  and  listen  for  one  hour   attentive- 
ly, after  walking  from  two  to  eight   miles,  and 
now,  at  least  around  Hjorring,  the  people   that 
■at  in  darkness  see  a  great  light:   thirty-six  are 
there  now,  some  of  whom  we  know  by    person- 
al acquaintance  are  ifhiuing    lights.     The   little 
sheet  edited  by  Brother  Hope  is  stealing   a  si- 
lent march  all  over  Denmark,  and  has  found  its 
way  over  into  Norway  and  Sweeden.  The  silent 
messenger  is  touching  some  of  their  hearts,  and 
the  Macedonian  cry  is   heard  from    across    the 
Eastern  Sea,  "Come  over  and    help    us."     But 
who  can  respond?     Our  brethren  cannot  do  all 
at  home.    0  may  the  Lord  send    many   labor 
ers  into  the  great  Scandinavian  harvest  tield, 
and  may  the  united  prayers  of  our  entire  Broth- 
erhood arise  in  behalf  of  the    Danish   Mission. 
and  enter  the  ears  of  the  Lord  of  Sabbaoth,  and 
may  our  hearts  swell   until   our  purse  strings 
break,  and  we  donate  that  which  is  required  ot 
us  according    that  we  have,  and  not   according 
to  that  which  we  have  not,  and  the  Lord   will 
add  his  blessing. 


in  the  aisles;  yet  hinown  parlor  was  spread  with 
Bru».sels,  and  lace  adorned  the  windows,  ti*} 
was  one  of  the  strictest  of  the  strict,  bat  where 
were  his  children?  Out  of  ChriNt.aitd  tlley  nev- 
er heard  their  father  pray.  Ra-shor. 
— OoHjwl  Prenrhfr. 

DO  YE  EVEN   SO  TO  THEM. 

HY  MLAS  OILBKHT, 


HE  DIDN'T  WANT  TO  HEAR  IT 


H^ 


Bidu't  want  to  hear  a  sermon  on  covet- 
ousuess  as  it  looked  as  though  the  preach- 
er was  begging  money.  And  he  should  not 
preach  on  style  and  fashion,  as  the  rejitml 
neighbors  were  very  fashionable,  and  would 
stay  away  from  church.  He  didn't  want  to 
hear  the  preacher  re|irove  people  for  bad  con- 
duct in  church,  especially  the  brethren's  chil- 
dren, as  it  utlended  them  and  looked  too  rough 
He  didn't  want  the  preacher  to  say  muck  about 
dancing  and  Sabbath  breaking,  as  the  young 
people  would  not  come  to  church  to  hear  the 
preaching.  Ue  didn't  want  anything  said  about 
Sabbath  School-)  or  missions,  and  no  one  should 
ask  him  for  the  poor,  as  he  paid  for  what  he 
wanted,  and  worked  for  his  money  and  other!* 
could  do  the  same.  Ht^  didn't  like  to  hear  thr 
preacher  exhort  too  warmly,  as  it  might  bring 
some  into  the  church  before  they  were  ready, 
and  tliey  miyht  fall  back  into  the  world.  More 
than  three  or  four  sermons  he  did  not  want  to 
hear  in  one  place,  as  it  would  keep  people  away 
from  their  work,  and  might  biing  a  "lot"  into 
the  church  before  they  had  counted  the  coai. 
He  did  not  want  a  preacher  to  visit  him  that 
was  not  c.riicdy  in  the  "order" — hair,  coat,  vest, 
pants,  and  all — because  it  had  too  much  world- 
ly influence,  and  he  did  not  want  any  one  to 
look  only  as  he  di  i,  as  he  dre--sed  just  right.  He 
would  not  go  to  a  church   where  carpets   w.^re 


"Therefore  all  things  wUaUoever  ye  would  that  -  g 
men  ihould  do  to  you.  da  ye  even  HO  to  them:  for  '  .j 
lliis  IS  tlie  law  and  the  piop^eta."    Malt.  7;  li.  ^' 

''jiniS  Scripture  meets  us  in  many  way«,  .lO'l  ' 
I  the  oljservance  ot  it  will  keep  ua  walking 
in  the  humble  pathway  of  Jesuu.  This  terrible 
self  of  our*  will  have  to  be  gathered  up  cleao 
and  put  on  the  altar  and  offijr«-d  Up  to  Gml;  if  it 
i*  not,  the  enemy  of  our  souls  will  lull  u«  lo 
slee)).  As  this  command  meets  us  almost  daily 
we  should  give  it  much  careful  thought.  Jesos 
says,  "it  is  the  law  and  the  prophets."  It  meett^ 
us  by  h  iving  sick  neighbors.  If  we  were  sick — 
unable  to  help  ournelvM,  what  would  we  wdnt 
our  neighbors  to  do?  Stay  at  home?  No:  we 
would  want  visits  from  them  and  a  word  of  en- 
couragement— their  endeavora  to  make  u?  fom- 
fortable. 

Let  uB  all  do  likewise — it  meetii  uh  io  onr 
linancial  aifairn.  Do  we  buy  and  sell  with  oor 
neighbors  as  we  would  tiiey  should  with  us?  or 
do  we  wait  and  search  till  we  find  some  Onem 
a  financial  eml)arra8sment  and  then  set  aboot 
getting  their  property  under  value.  The  world 
has  such  cases,  but  we  should  set  them  a  better 
example.  While'thcre  :ire  many  in  the  .rforW 
that  would  do  so,  therv  are  uiuuy  that  would 
be  far  from  it. 

Now  we  may  stand  in  the  way  of  sinners  if 
we  are  not  very  careful  on  this  point.  The 
world  is  watching  us  and  if  they  should  see 
some  some  cases  in  the  church  the  Devil  will 
use  them  as  a  bug-htrar  to  keep  fjood,  moral  men 
out  of  the  church.  Then  we  have  the  poor 
cripple,  the  poor  widow,  the  orph;m  children, 
Do  we  ever  get  their  situation  fitted  on  our- 
selves? Think  of  the  thermometer  settling 
down  below  zero,  their  scanty  clothes,  their  ofU 
en  cold  houses,  their  wood  almost  gone,  what 
would  we  want?  Surely,  a  more  vivid  testimo- 
ny of  love  than  "be  ye  warmed  and  filled." 
Such  would  be  opportunities  to  lend  to  the 
Lord,  and  when  we  loan  them  we  need  not  he 
afraid  of  the  security,  for  we  can  net  a  lien  on 
heaVen 

Our  text  meets  us  in  our  duties  in  the  church. 
We  elect  our  ministers,  we  exnect  them  to  at- 
tend meeting,  rain  or  cold.  Do  we  do  as  we 
want  them  to  do?  What  would  we  think  of  our 
ministers  if  they  did  not  attend  meeting  more 
regular  tban  some  of  the  deacons  and  laity?  Is 
there  anv  excuse  for  us?  I  say  no.  Some  of 
our  ministers  have  many  hardships  to  encoun- 
ter. Some  are  called  away  so  much  that  they 
cannot  carry  on  business  successfully;  so  their 
income  is  very  little. 

Now  would  not  a  visible  testimony  oi  bear- 
ing one  another's  burdens  according  fo  (iai.  fl; 
•J,  be  in  harmony  with  our  subject?  Then  we 
have  ministers  who  are  able  to  spend  much  or 
all  of  their  time  and  many  are  the  ones  to  come 
liver  and  lieip  us,  for  we  are  starving  for  spirit- 
ual bread.  There  is  another  opportunity  it-  ful- 
fill this  Scripture.  If  you  would  be  in  '.heir 
stead,  would  you  want  the  jiood  minister  of  God 
to  stay  at  home?  Nay  verily.  Then  we  have 
churches  that  are  abundantly  able  to  send  thos«- 
that  cannot  go  themselves  and  for  a  pUte  to 
comtnence  sending  them  we  need  not  go  to 
some  distant  land.  Have  half  the  o»anties  in 
Ohioorgani/.ed  churches?  Whooan  ans^err? 
0  let  U6  think  of  the  uiauy  souls  that  ar^goiD*: 
down  to  the  terribleabyyeof  eternal destrucfiou, 
ind  then  apply  our  text  to  ourselves!  May  the 
Lord  speed  the  day  when  not  only-  in  Ohio>  bnt 
'u  the  East  and  Wt«t,  North,  and  South,  th^v 
Lord's  truth  m  ty  be  preachiKl  and  ol>py«J.5 


6 


THE    BREXHEEISr    ^X    AVOKKl. 


Ootcber 


■  WRITE  THEM   A    LETTER  TO- 
•      NIGHT.* 

I  vOXT  go  to  the  tlicHtrp,  concert  or  hall. 
,1/     Bat  stay  in  your  room  to-nigtit;. 
Deny  yourself  to  thn  friends  that  call. 

And  a  V'>i>'i  '<'"?  I<'tt#r  wril^-- 
Write  to  tho  sail  old  folfcft  «t  home. 

Who  sit  when  thi-  day  is  donf, 
With  folded  hands  and  downcast  eyes, 

And  think  of  the  ahient  one. 

Pon't  rseltishly  srribblf,  "Kxcusp  my  hiist  ■, 

IVe  scarcely  the  time  to  writ**," 
Lest  their  brooding  thoughts  go  wandering  l)Hck 

TVi  many  a  hy-gone  night— 
When  thoy  lost  their  needed  sleep  and  res', 

And  ev.  ry  brcalli  was  a  praver 
That  God  would  Inuve  thoir  delicate  babe 

To  their  tender  love  and  care. 

Dmi't  let  them  feci  that  you've  no  more  need 

OC  their  love  or  counsel  wise; 
For  the  heart  grows  strongly  senBitive 

When  litre  hm*  dimmed  the  eyes- 
it  might  be  well  to  let  them  believe 

You  ufver  forget  them,  riuite; 
That  you  deem  it  n  pleasure  when  far  aw.i> , 

Long  letters  home  to  write. 

Don't  think  that  the  young  and  giddy  friends 

Who  make  yDur  piiatinie  gay. 
Have  half  the  anxious  thought  for  you 

That  the  old  (oiks  have  to-day. 
The  duty  ol  writing  do  not  put  off; 

Let  sleep  or  ploanure  wait, 
Lest  the  letter  for  which  they  looked  and  longed 

Be  B  day  or  an  hour  too  late. 

For  the  sad  old  folk«  at  home. 

With  locks  fast  turning  whit<% 
Arelongin?  to  hear  from  the  absent  onr-— 

Write  them  ft  letter  to-night. 

-.SV/. 


THE   KINGSHIP   AND    KINGDOM 
OF  CHRIST. 

"I'ihtte  saith  to  tln-ni,  Shall  1  crucify  your 
King?  the  thiet  pricHts  answered,  We  have  no 
king  but  ('ii'sur.'"  .lohn  li';  l^- 

TilKliK  lire  two  ^^rent  pnDcii)le8  of 
interpretation  of  Bible  ti-utbs, 
ariojited  hy  Christian  ministPrs — the.7»/r- 
ifuaf  ftDtl  the  ^frnr/.  Those,  nr  at  least 
some  of  those  who  adopt  the  spiritual, 
reject  the  literal;  and  rice  versa.  lioth 
clas.ses,  in  our  opinion,  are  wrong.  The 
true  plan  is,  to 'adopt  and  apply  both 
principlesofinlerpretaliou,  according  to 
the  uatuje  and  tenure  of  the  subject. 
The  application  of  either  principle,  ex 
clusively,  leads  directly  and  unavoidably 
to  errors  and  absurdities. 

Among  the  various  errors  into  which 
men  have  fallen,  by  the  adoption  of  the 
-strictly  literal  principle  of  Biblieal  in- 
terpretation, is  the  theory  or  doctrine 
contained  in  the  text,  to  wit,  the  denial 
of  the  royalty,  or  King.ship  of  Jt*sub- 
Christ,  the  Son  of  God.  This  no  king 
doctrine  is  here  as.serted  for  the  first 
time.  It  origmated,  as  you  perceive, 
with  those  ignorant  and  malicious  Jews, 
who  accused  Christ  of  being  an  inipos 
ter,  and  upon  the  charge  of  treason  and 
blasphemy  had  him  arrested  and  put  on 
trial;  tirst  before  Caiapbas,  the  high 
priest,  and  then  Pontius  Pilate,  the  Uo- 
man  governor  of  Judea.  It  was  then 
and  there,  at  the  trial  of  Jesus  Christ, 
that  this  «y  X'mv/and  no  I'hujdovi  doc- 
trinf  was  first  conceived  and  proclaimed. 
For  when  Pilate,  who  appears  to  have 
been  a  believer  in  the  doctrine  of  the 
Kingship  of  Jesus  of  N'azareth,  asked 
the  Jews,  "Shall  I  crucify  your  King?" 
they  immediately  replied,  "We  have  no 
kilty,  but  CVsar." 

Here  then,  we  have  the  original  and 
first  proclamation  of  this  singular  doc- 
trine. And  inasmuch  as  this  old  Jew- 
ish doctnne  is  still  believed  and  preach- 
ed^not  by  the  Jews  alone,  Viut  also  by 
some  professed  ministers  of  Christ;  and 
especially  because  thisdoctriue  has  been 
frequently  and  boldly  proclaiiued  among 
the  churches  of  God,  of  late,   by   differ-  | 


u>l  wish,  in  awordanc-e  with  nurfeel- 
Mgs  and  .sense  of  duty,  to  briefly  exam 
•  ne  and  test  this  doctiiue  by  the  word 
.f  (?od;  and  by  so  doing,  ascertain 
>vhether  those  who  thus  speak,  npeak 
ind  preach  according  to  the  oracles  of 
(Jnd. 

And  now,  in  the  performance   of  thi^ 
duty,  wo  shali  endeavor,  briefly,  to  show 

I.  WirATTHI>  NO  KIN<i  A  M>  X**  KIN'* 
DOM    IIOCTRIN'K  IS. 

II.  Examine  ANi>    tkst    it  hv    tmi 

oltAfl.KS  OF  «.0|t. 

III.  Kkfutk  it,   hy  sirowixii   that 

IKSI  S  (  HRIST  IS  KtNO,  IS     \     TWO 

fOJ.Ii  kKNSK,  AVI)  THAT     HK     HAS   \ 
■I'KII'I.i:,     (•«  TlII[KK-i"OI,I>  KIN*;l»f>M. 

According  to  this  argument,  we  shall 
attempt  to  show, 

I.     What  THIS  nokiv;  \vt>  no  ki mi- 
mom   noCTKIMC  I-. 

The  advouater  of  this  do(!lrine  hold 
and  teach  that  Jesus  Christ  is  no  Kiug, 
Hiidthat  hehasasyet  no  kingdom.  They 
admit  that  he  is  both  the  Prophet  and 
Priewtof  the  (.'huich,  but  that  he  has 
not  y(it  entered  ujjon  his  kingly  office, 
and  nevi-r  will,  till  all  his  p^ople  a 
converted,  and  all  his  enemies  are  d 
stroyed.  And  thi.s,  th**y  say,  will  not 
take  place  until  he  shall  come  again  in 
the  clouds  of  heaven,  with  2)0wer  and 
great  glory,  to  raise  the  dead,  to  change 
his  living  saints,  to  destroy  the  world, 
to  create  a  new  heaven  and  a  new  earth, 
and  then  set  up  his  everlasting  kingdom. 
Then,  say  they,  and  not  till  then,  will 
he  receive  and  profess  the  kingdom,  and 
be  crowned  King  of  his  Church,  and 
Lord  of  all.  This,  then,  is  an  outlii 
or  a  lirief  sketch  of  the  so-called  no  Jcing 
find  no  linijdotii  (hjitr'tne. 

Now  is   this    doctrine   in    accoi'dauce 

with  ihe  teachings  of  the  Bible?— or  U 

it  a  newfangled  and  man-made  system? 

II.     TnipiisTHi-;  NKXT '^ni-isTioN    wr: 

I'ltOPO.SK      TO    K,\'AM1NK  AM' TirY, 
5V  Tin-:  ORAr-LKS  OF  OOD. 

That  Christ  is  no  King,  and   that   his 
kingdom  is  yet  future,  is  argued, 

1.       FitoM  TilK  INPOirr  OF    THK     TKUMs 


KINIi   AND  KIMJDOM. 

The  tei'iii  khtfj  is  defined  to  mean,  the 
sovereigu  ruler  of  a  kingdom;  and  the 
term  khujdom  is  explained  to  signify,  a 
town,  district,  or  country,  governed  by 
a  king,  and  implying  five  essential  ele 
ments,  viz;  king,  territory,  capital,  sub 
je(;ts  and  laws.  Hence,  then,  the  argu- 
ment is,  that  Christ  can  as  yet  be  uo 
king,  because  he  has  as  yet  no  country 
o  govern;  that  is,  he  has  no  territory, 
capital,  subjects  and  laws,  all  of  which 
are  essential  to  the  formation  of  a  ]|ing- 
dom. 

Now,  can  this  argument  be  met  and 
overthrown?— if  not,  it  stands  good:  if  it 
can,  it  falls,  and  must,  of  course,  be  giv- 
en up.  Let  us  try  its  validity,  first  hij 
tinahifjy. 

1.  Chrkt  u  called  Faihei\ — (Isa.  i): 
6.)  Father  is  a  patronymic  term,  and 
commonly  signifies  the  head  of  a  family. 
A  family  implies  a  wife,  children,  house, 
law  and  order.  But  Christ  can  be  no 
Father,  according  t<i  this  no  king  doc 
trine,  because  he  has,  ai*  yet,  no  such  so 
cial  communion;  or  in  other  words,  no 
wife,  children,  house  law  and  order,  in 
an  associated  state. 

2.  ChriM  /.v  calkd  a  Uedeeuier.  A 
redeemer  ia  one  who  rescues,  or  accom- 
plishes redemption.  Redemption  in  its 
theological  sense,  implies  sin,  forfeiture, 
servitude,  i-ansom.  restoration.  But  the 
Christ  of  this  no  king  doctrine  is  not  a 
Redeemer,  because  sinners  are  not  yet 
delivered  from  the  bondage  of  corrup- 
tion, and  restored  to  the  glorious   liber- 


.  ent  persons;  we  feel  it  to  be   our   duty, '  ty  of  the  sons  of  God. 


,t.  Chrht  XX  >tt>fhd  a  Shepherd.  A 
shepherd  is  a  keeper  of  a  flock  of  sheep; 
and  this  keeping  or  tending  of  sheep, 
implies  a  fold,  feeding  and  protection. 
But  according  to  the  no  king  doctrine. 
Christ  cannot  be  a  Shepherd,  because  he 
ha^  no  certain  shnppfold,  no  pa.stiire 
fields,  and  no  place  of  defence. 

4.  t'hrUt  'iHCiilhdtt  Phifsiciun.  A 
physician  sijjnifies  one  who  practices  the 
healing  art.  The  healing  art  implies 
patients,  medicines,  the  administration 
of  remedies,  and  the  healing  of  diseases. 
But,  this  no  king  theory  forbids  that 
Christ  should  be  a  Physician.  And 
why?  Because  the  health  of  the  daught 
er  of  his  people  is  not  yet  recovered. 

Now  this  may  suffice  to  illu.strate  the 
fallacy  of  the  argument  that  Christ  is  no 
king,  and  that  he  has  no  kingdom,  sim- 
ply because  the  constituents  or  elements 
of  his  kingdom  are  not  yet  completed, 
This,  we  say.  does  not  follow,  and  there- 
fore the  argument  ia  fallacious.  But, 
second,  it  is  argued  from.  po.'<itire 
/iroof  ti\H\:  Let  us  test  the  validity  of 
this  argument,  by  examining  some  of 
the  strongest  proof  texts  by  which  this 
doctrine  is  wont  to  be  supported. 

"J///  klngdoiii  is  not  of  this  world.'' 
(John  is:  30.)  This  text  is  offered  in 
evidence  of  the  alleged  doctrine.  But 
does  this  prove  that  Christ  is  no  king, 
and  that  he  has  no  kingdom  in  this 
world  ?  We  think  not.  Christ  said  to 
his  disciples,  on  a  certain  occasion,  *'\e 
are  not  of  the  world,  even  aa  I  am  not  of 
the  world."  Did  he  mean  that  they 
were  not  in  the  world?  By  no  means. 
He  merely  meant  that  they  were  not 
HI-':  the  world,  even  as  he  was  not  like 
the  world.  Just  so,  when  he  said,  "My 
kingdom  is  not  of  this  world,"  he  meant 
My  kingdom  is  not  liketheworld,butisa 
holy,  spiritual  and  heavenly  kingdom. 
"If,"  said  he,  "my  kingdom  were  of  (or 
like)  the  world,"  that  i3,carual,  and  foun 
ded  on  the  purse  and  the  sword,  and 
sustained  by  gaudy  eijuipage,  battery 
rams  and  steal-clad  armies,  —  "  then 
would  my  disciples  fight,  that  I  should 
not  be  delivered  to  the  Jews;  but  now 
is  my  kingdom  not  from  hence."  This 
passage,  then,  is  far  from  proving  the  no 
kingdom  dogma.     Again, 

"A  certain  nobleman  went  into  a  far 
rountry,  to  receive  for  hinvielf  a  hing 
tlom,^\'vts. — (Luke  lU:  Pi.)  This  par- 
able is  also  ottered  in  proof  of  the  doc- 
trine under  consideration.  But  when 
rightly  understood,  it  will  be  seen  that 
it  proves  no  such  thing,  as  they  imag- 
ine, and  that  it  lends  not  the  least  coun- 
tenance to  such  an  idea.  The  word 
kingdom  in  this  parable  denotes  kingly 
authority,  or  an  installation  to  the  king- 
ly office.  The  parable  refers  too  well 
known  custom  in  the  Roman  empire,  at 
that  time,  which  was  this:  When  men, 
who  by  hereditary  succession,  or  other- 
wise, acquired  claims  to  royalty,  or  the 
government  of  a  country,  they  were  ac- 
customed to  visit  Rome,  to  be  invested 
with  authority,  by  the  emperor,  and  then 
return  to  administer  their  government. 

Now,  then,  did  not  Christ  go  into  a 
far  country?  did  he  not  go  into  Paradise 
after  his  death  on  the  cross?  and  did  he ! 
not  return  again  on  the  morning  of  the 
third  day,  saying,  he  had  received  all 
power  in  heaven  and  on  earth:  and  aft- 
er speaking  to  his  disciples  for  forty 
days,  of  things  pertaining  to  the  king- 
dom of  God,  did  he  not  commission  them 
as  his  embassadors,  to  go  into  all  the 
world  and  preach  the  gosjiel  to  every 
creature,  teachin^'  the;o  to  observe  all 
things  whatsoever  he  had  commanded? 
and  did  he  not  command  them,  among 
I  other  things,  to  seek  first    the    kingdom 


tfGod?     Here  then,  we  havy 
fulmfilment  of  this  parable,  and  a 


fdf  establishment  of  his 

pre-millenial  kingdom,  in  all   ita   ass'* 

tial  parts  and  elements. 

111.  Wi:  sFAi.r,  saw  i-koi-kkd  t, 
'-linw  \.\I)  FsTAIH.lsii  TriK  ^■  ^,..' 
■IIIAT  ntltlsT  IS  KI.Vi.  iv  .  -.,.  ' 
1  OLD  sENsk;  AM)  I'llAT 
A  THT:KE-F0I,0  KINiiWOll, 
NATrKAI,  KISOlHlM, 
Al,  KK\(iIIOM,  AM> 
KIN(inoM. 

The  points  to    be    established,  utnj^. . 
this  head,  are  as  follows: 

1.     Til  \r  Cjnti-T  I-  Ki\..  i\  a  tw,,. 

FOI.Ii  SKlfSF. 

I .  //(  is  a  King  hi/  natur^.  Bein  ' 
by  nature,  God  over  all.  he  is  also  Kin 
over  all.  Hence  we  read,  in  the  Psalm 
"The  Lord  is  a  great  God ;  and  a  great 
King  over  all  gods."— ('.i.'.:  ;l.)  j^  j^^. 
'The  Lor.1  is  the  true 
the  living  God,  and  an  fve,. 

— i,     —B-       (!<':    1".)      As  God, 
therefore,  he  is  the 


spiritual  ao.i 


Viz:  \ 

A  ^IKniTOR,. 
'"■-WKNi.v 


emiah  it  is  said,  ' 
(jod;  he  ii* 
lasting     Kino 
ore,  he  i 
King 


le  sovereign  ruler  and 
of  the  univer.se. 
-1.     If  I  is  King  hi/  apjHnntment.  The 
Lord  Jehovah  has  said  by  the  mouth  of 
the  royal  Psalmist:  "I  have  set  my  Kinr- 
upon  my  holy  hill  of  Zion,"  (Psalnia  i- 
(i.)    The  "holy  hill  of  Xion,"  in  thistext^ 
denotes  the  "Church  of  the  living   Qq^ 
the  pillar  and  ground  of  truth."     Over 
this  redeemed     and    sacramental   host 
Christ  is  the  ajipointed  King.     Already 
under  the  Old   Testament,    he   was  re- 
peatedly  proclaimed  and  acknowli'il.r,,,] 
as  such.     "I  have  set  my    King, 
mine  eyes  have  seen  the  Kiug,  the  Lnni  i 
of  hosts,"  ifec.  (Isa.  G:  H.)     It  is  fmthi 
said,  "The  Lord  is  our  Judge,  the   Lord 
is  our  Lawgiver,  the  Lord  is   our  King; 
he  will  save  us."  (ch.  8;!;  22.) 

Moreover,  Christ  is  particnlarly  set 
forth  as  the  appointed  and  acknuwledtj. 
ed  King  of  his  Church  and  people,  un- 
der the  New  Testament  dispensation. 
This  might  be  strongly  argued  from  the 
types  and  prophecies  of  the  Old  Testa- 
ment. But  waiving  all  this  right  and 
privilege,  let  us  content  ourselves 
hearing  a  few  gospel  witnesses. 

First,  let  us  hear  the  magi,  or  wise 
men  of  the  East.  What  is  their  testirao 
ny?  What  say  they  upon  thissubject 
"Where  is  he  that  is  born  King  of  the 
Jews?^forwe  have  seen  his  star  in  the 
East,  and  are  come  to  worship  him."— 
(Matt.  2:  "1.) 

Next,  let  us  hear  the  testimony  of  the 
disciples.  What  said  Nathaniel?  "Rab- 
bi, thou  art  the  Son  of  God;  Thou  art 
the  King  of  Israel."  (John  1 :  41),)  What 
said  the  whole  multitude  of  the  disciples, 
atthedescent  of  the  Mimnt  Olives?  They 
all  with  one  accord,  and  with  uplifted 
voices,  cried,  caying,  "Blessed  be  the 
King  that  cometh  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord;  peace  in  heaven,  and  glory  in  the 
highest."  (Luke  IS:  38.)  This  text  is 
a  fulfilment  of  the  prophecy  of  y^echa- 
riah,  "Rejoice  greatly,  O  daughter  of 
Zion,  shout,  0  daughter^of  Jerusalem; 
behold  thy  Kiug  cometh  to  thee;  he  is 
just,  and  having  salvation;  lowly,  and 
riding  upon  an  ass,  and  upon  a  colt,  the 
foal  of  au  ass."  (ch.  1>:  y.) 

Again,  let  us  hear  the  testimony  oi 
Christ  himself,  which  he  gave  before 
Pontius  Pilate,  where,  as  the  apostlesays. 
be  "witnessed  a  good  confession."  1  Tun. 
I'.:  P'..)  When  Pilate  asked  him,  "-Aj^ 
thou  the  Kiug  of  the  Jews?  Jesus  ans- 
wered, "Thou  sayest  that  I  am  a  King- 
To  this  end  was  1  born,  and  for  thi& 
ca\i8e  came  I  into  the  world,  that  I  should 
bear  witness  to  the  truth."  John  18:  3(- 

Messiah's  claims  to  royalty  were  ^^ 
ly  understood   and    acknowledged,  ^^' 


aer 


13 


'rx^E  Ti]ii2xiii^K>s^  ^SJT  av^okk:. 


.  i.y  bis  disciples,  who  hailed  him  as 
v  King*  ^^^  *^s"  ^y  some  of  the 
..  so  thftt  they  said,  he  that  raaketh 

•  self  f*  kins^,  is  not  r;isar's  friend." 
'in  con^'^^®^^*^  **°  ^'^'^  point,   let  us  re^ 

-  A  you  of  the  testimony  of  the    angel 

*  1  of  the  heavenly  hosts,    at  the   time 

■  iiu'  Savior's liirth,  and  at    Lis    asceu- 

to  heaven.  At  the  time  of  his  birth, 
L  ftU^el  of  the  Lord  came  down  and 
■ared  to  the  shepherds,  while  wateli 
,beir  flocks  by  uigbt,  and  proclaim- 
jth**'*^"  "'^'^  3"^  '®  born  this  day  in 
.  (.jtyuf  David,  a  Savior,  who  is  Christ 
^LoUn."  (Luke  2:  11.)  At  the  lime 
.■Christ's  Jisceusion,  the  hosts  of  heaven 
ailed  hi"i  as  the  King  of  Glory,  buying: 
lift  up  your  beads,  O,  ye  gates,  and  be 

■  lifted  up,  ye  everlastmg  doors;  and 
.    Kiui;  of  Glory  shall  come  in.     Who 

tljis  King  of  (ilory?  The  Lord  of 
iiosts,  he  is  the  King  of  (Tlory."  Psalms 
.34:  7,  I'l.) 

From  all  this  strong  array  of  evidence, 
tjs  undeniably  clear  and  manifest,  that 
Ohritit  is  KiuR,  aa  we  have  stated  iu  a 
twofold  sense;  vi»:  by  natwe   and    by 

Selected  by  R.  Wati  1:-. 


SPEAK  NOT  THE  BITTER  WORDS. 

SPEAK    not   tliii    bitter   words, 
Wheu  anger  riiles  the  hreast, 
Of  swift  the  stiug  may  turn, 

And  cause  thee  wild  unrest; 
The  cruel,  burniriii-  ivords, 
Thou  ever  must  regiet; 
Though  friend^^hip  may  forgive. 
It  never  can  forget. 

Speak  not  tlie  bitter  words, 

het  silence  bind  thy  tongue, 
Ere  thou  in  heedless  wrath, 

A  loving  heart  hast  wrung. 
Wliatever  be  tlie  wrong, 

What'er  thy  cause  to  blame. 
Speak  gently,  or  speak  not, 

Till  dies  the  anger  flame. 

Spefik  nut  those  cruel  words. 

In  life's  short  fading'  hour, 
Cast  not  a  withering  blight, 

On  pure  affection's  flower. 
To-day  is  thine  to  bless. 

With  tenderness  and  care; 
To-morrow  who  can  say, 

What  shall  be  thine — or  wliere? 

Speak  not  the  cruel  words, 

L  'st  thou  ill  woe  sbalt  stand. 
Over  a  cotTin  bowed, 

Clasping  an  it\v  hand; 
With  the  aaddest  tears  that  tall, 

A  giief  of  living  force. 
Born  of  cruel  burnioii  words. 

Hurled  back  by  stern  remoi-se. 


EULOGY  ON  PUBLIC  SCHOOLS. 

HT  I'KOP.  \V.  E.  rOlKAKn. 

LKT  no  caviler  say  that  we  are  at  war 
with  free  schools.  We  hv>'  them, 
and  lurffuse  we  love  them  we  shall  deal 
unsparingly  with  whatever  we  think  is 
m-ong  or  useless  in  them.  We  want  to 
see  them  grow  and  spread  and  exert  a 
'till  greater  power  for  good  iu  the  fu- 
ture than  they  have  done  in  the  past; 
yet  We  shall  not  hesitate  to  condemn  the 
many  faults  that  have  grown  up  with 
tiieiu,  and  become  iu  a  measure  a  part 
'>ttheir  life.  In  doing  this  we  expect 
to  do  violence  to  the  feelings  and  prej 
udices  of  many  earnest  workers  iu  the 
'^ause  of  education,  for  falsehood  grown 
venerable  with  age  has  all  the  force  of 
truth.  We  have  no  warfare  to  wage 
sgaiust  our  common  school  system  as  a 
^Vfitem,  but  only  what  is  wrong  iu  the 
'yateni.  For  it  is  safe  to  say  that  with- 
out it  our  nation  could  not  have  surviv- 
^  through  a  hundred  years  of  such 
*tt>rmn  as  have  swept  over  this  young 
Republic.    It  has  done  a  grand  work  for 


the  t  ation  and   for   Immanity.     If    has 

made  America  the  shrine  f<»r  the  oppret-s 
ed  of  all  nations,  the  beacon  light  of  lib 
erty  to  all  people  every  where  struggling 
to   be    free.     To    it    We   owe    whatevtM" 
ofgreatues-i  we  have  achieved  as   a  na 
tiou.     To  it,  enshrined  in  .the   hearts  of 
the  people,  weoweournuU'Vflous growth 
in  acienee.in  moralsand  iu  the  social  sen 
timents.  To  it  we  owe  <»ur  agricultural 
and  commercial   prosperity.     To  it    we 
owe  our  liberty  as  a  nation,  our  charac- 
ter as  a  people,  the  peace  and  security  of 
our  homes,  the  good  will  of  liberty  lov- 
ing people  everywhere,  our  own  approv- 
al and  the  favor  of  God. 

Our  free  school  system  is  able,  in  and 
of  itself,  to  work  out  the  problem  of  self- 
government  and  the  universal    brother- 
hood of  man.  No  nation  can  lougbe  free, 
nor  long  deserve   its   freedom,    without 
some  system  of  general   education.     We 
see  this  fact  illustrated  in  the  past   and 
present  condition  of  the  two  sections   of 
our  own  country.     Here  in    the    North 
where  free   schools   have    obtaiutd,  we 
find  a  sturdy  growth  of  all  the  virtues; 
honest  toil    with    honest   recompense;  a 
manly  independence;  a   general   respecl 
for  the  rights  of  others;  due  regard    for 
law ;  a  land   of  pleasant   homes   where 
white  winged  peace  sits  brooding  over 
every    door.     Look  at   the   South'  and 
mark  the  contrast.     There,  the  very  re- 
verse of  all  this  is  and    has   been    true. 
In  aland  where  it  was  a  crime  to  teach 
the  poor  to  read,  what  else  could  be  e,x 
pected?     Slavery  and  free  schools  could 
not  exist  together,  and  therefore  schools 
were  not  tolerated.  There,thefew  alway 
lorded  it  over  the  many.  A  general  sense 
of  dependence  and  insecurity  always  pos- 
sessed the    poor  aud  lowly      The    rich 
and  ,educated  rode  roughshod    over   the 
illiterate  poor,  whose  ignorance  aud  pov 
erty  they  themseleves  had  caused.    The 
rights  of  man,  as  man,  had  no   place  in 
their  creeds,  and  even  religion  was  press 
ed  into  service  to  support    a   monstrous 
crime. 

It  is  safe  to  say  that  no  such  battle  of 
the  wrong  againat  the  right  as  exempli- 
fied iu  the  late  Rebellion,  could  have  oc- 
curred had  the  free  school  system  been 
there,  as  with  us,  woven  into  the  very 
structure  of  their  political  economy.  The 
free  schools  of  the  North  saved  the  na 
tion  in  its  time  of  peril.  The  schoo! 
made  it  possible  to  eradicate  slavery.  It 
has  been  the  conservator  of  peace  and 
order,  the  tutor  to  intelligent  citizenship, 
the  destroyer  of  caste  and  the  promul- 
gator of  the  gospel  of  fratei-nal  love.  It 
IS  the  bulwark  of  oiu'  liberty,  for  it  gives 
to  our  youth  self  defensive  knowledge — 
and  as  loug  as  that  is  atforded  them 
American  institutions  are  safe. 

If  with  all  its  faults  it  has  done  so 
much  iu  the  past,  what  may  we  not  pred- 
icate of  its  future,  when  freed  from  its 
worst  faults,  it  is  left  free  to  work  out 
its  grand  mission!  ''With  its  arrows  of 
thought,  winged  by  the  fire  of  progress" 
it  will  triumph  over  wrong,  superstition 
and  oppression  everywhere,  and  pre- 
pare the  world  for  the  millennium  which 
is  to  come. 

"If  Ireland  with  ever  increasing  force 
is  demanding  liberty;  if  France  has  be- 
come an  euduriug  republic;  if  Spain  is 
making  herculean  elforts  to  show  that 
persomdntvvlt,  and  not  hiyth  is  the  bal- 
ance of  social  government;  if  the  world 
is  L-arning  that  Christ  died  to  make  mau, 
not  only  holy,  but  free;  if  these  great 
convictions  are  leavening  the  world  to- 
day, let  it  be  said  that  the  common 
school  system  of  America,  sustaioing 
and  backing  up  the  truths  of  the  Decla- 
ration of  Independence,  has  oi)eued   the 


doors  to  the  new  era  ot  grand  human! 
Varian  freedom  and  high  impulses;  no- 
ble conceptions  aud  lofty  deeds. 

OltUilN    AND    UltOWTU. 

<^ur  flee  school  system  origiuatlug  whih 
the  cDuntry  was  yet  new,  was  only   cal 
culated  to  meet  the  wants  of  an  agricul 
tural  people,  battling  with   forests,  wild 
!  leasts  and  I  nd  ians.   Their  course  of  study 
was  very  limited.     They    had    none   ol 
the  modern    appliances   for  saving   the 
people  the  necessity  of  thinking.  TiOam 
mg  was  not  then  made  easy.     They  had 
not  discovered  the  royal  road  to  know! 
edge  iu  which   the  favored    ch'ldreu    of 
this  geueration  are  treading.     The  high 
school  wiw  a    log    bouse.     The    furnace 
was  a  huge  fire  place,  and  scholars  took 
turns  at  lugging  in  "back  logs"  aud  "fire 
stick."     Puncheon  floors;  benches  made 
of  split  logs,  without  backs;  long  boards 
fastened  to  the  wall  for    writing   desks; 
teachers  who  were  scarcely    able    to  do 
the  "sums"  rtipiired  of  the  scholars;  no 
maps,  charts,    trlolies  nor    apparatus  of 
any  kind;  these  were  the  conditions  un 
der  which  our  fathers  and  grandfather: 
received  their  schooling.    And  yet  from 
those  old  log  school  houses   went   foith 
men,  who,  for  vigor  of  mind,  originality 
of  thought   and    keenness  of    analysis 
would  put  to  the  Z'^^^.// many  of  the  grad- 
uates of  our   modern    high   scbocils  and 
colleges. 

And  this  is  so  as  a  direct  result  of  the 
methods  of  teaching  pursued  then  and 
now.  Then  the  path  to  knowledge  was 
a  hard  road  to  travel ;  runo  it  is  a  way 
pleasantness  bestrewn  with  thoruless 
roses.  Then  the  very  difficulties  encouu 
tered  and  overcome  added  ruggea 
strength;  m///;  the  facility  with  which 
knowledge  may  be  acfj^uired  enervates 
the  recipient  aud  defeats  the  purposes  of 
all  education.  We  eat,  but  do  not  di 
gest.  Our  mental  pabulum  is  adminis 
tered  in  much  the  same  way  in  which 
turkeys  are  fattened  in  France,  viz:  by 
our  instrument  fa-<hioned  like  a  sausage 
stuffing  machine,  so  that  willing  or  uu 
willing  the  turkejs'  crops  are  filled. 

Then,  while  their  limited  facilities 
circumscribed  the  currciulum  of  study, 
they  more  fully  mastered  what  they  un- 
dertook to  do,  and  thus  made  the  sub- 
sequent acquisition  of  knowledge  com- 
paratively easy.  But  as  the  forests  were 
cleared  away  and  machineiy  began  to 
supply  in  a  large  measure  the  want  of 
muscle,  it  was  felt  by  many  educators 
that  some  advance  might  properly  be 
made,  both  in  the  extent  of  the  course 
of  study  and  in  methods  of  teaching. 

The  advance  once  begun,  conserva- 
tism was  uprooted.  Old  methods  were 
laid  aside  because  they  were  old.  The 
age  began  to  pride  itself  on  its  advance- 
ment and  claimed  to  be  in  a  peculiar 
sense,  the  age  of  progress.  Everything 
thatwasidd  was  interdicted  while  every- 
thing new  was  received  with  rapturous 
delight.  Every  statesman  had  his  plan 
for  a  model  government.  Kvery  philan- 
thropist his  panacea  for  the  amelioration 
of  human  ills,  and  every  pedagogue,  his 
pet  theory  of  how  to  teach  the  young 
idea  how  to  shoot.  I'nder  the  stimu- 
lus of  these  ideas  innovation  follo\i#ed 
innovation. 

The  wonderful  improvements  iu  tie- 
chanica  upset  all  ideas  of  conservatism. 
Mere  change  came  to  be  considered  as 
pio'/rfss:  The  wildest  theories  were  ac- 
cepted as  truth.  And  so  it  came  to  pass 
that  the  most  enlightened  of  the  later 
centuries  became  the  most  gullible.  No 
man  dared  to  question  the  claims  of 
would-be  reformers,  or  straightway  he 
was  called  an  old  fogy,  and  told  to 
"clear    the    track    for  v<mug  .Vmerica." 


X«  cra/y  brain»*d  ref.Tmer  m^t  with    a 
rebuff  wiiho.iT.  calling  i-  inind  th.-  trials 
..f  Columbus  and  Gald-o,  aud  w.nsoling 
himself  with  the  reflection  that  all  great 
men    have   been     treated    in    the  same 
shameful  manner   by   an  ignorant   and 
unsympathizing  world.     His   wuppoft«d 
ill  treatment  calle  1  to  his  side  auporterM, 
sympathizers  and  followers,   aud    forth- 
with his  theories  began   U)   grow.      We 
need  not  look  far  for  instances  iu   sup- 
port of  this  statement.  They  are  familiar 
to  all  students  of  history.     ( )pposition 
and  persecution  will  givelife  and  growth 
and  vigor  tothemost  pernicious  of  causes. 
We  say  persecution  adviHedly,  for  violent 
measures  in  all  time,  have  failed  to  sup- 
press ideas.   In  the    language   of   Emer- 
son— "'I'he  highest  glory  of  human-  na- 
ture is  to  love  right  better  than  lite,  and 
to  obey  the  dictates  of  conscience   at  ev- 
ery conceivable  hazard.     Truth,  when 
uttered  from  the  stake,  or  on  the  scatfold, 
becomes  absolutely  irresistable;  and  ev-n 
fahehood,   wj^en  sealed  with  blood,  or 
strengthened    by  opposition,    acquires, 
not  unt'requently,  for  a  time,    an    irre- 
ju'essible  power."    Aud  so,  betwixt  these 
two  caiises — the  lack  of  opposition     to 
change  for  fear  of  standing  in  the  way  of 
real  progress,  on  the  one   hand,   and  a 
stubborn  opposition  to   all    change,   on 
the  othor,  an  opfiosition,  too,  not  always 
cimflucted  with  candor  and   fairness  aud 
bordering  on  persecution    sometimes — 
our  school  system  stands  where  it   does, 
aud  as  it  does  to-day — magnificent  in  its 
proportions  contaiuing  much  of  good  in 
its  compoHiti()n,  and    also  some  evil — 
grand  and  powerful  in  its  means  of  do- 
ing good,  and  also,  to    a  certain    e.xtent 
exercising  a  pernici.tus  influenee  over  the 
minds  anil  lives  of  those   nurtured   un- 
der its  care.  DiveMing  ourselves,  there- 
fore, of  all  prejudice,  let  us  calmly    aud 
reasonably  examine  the  conduct  of  our 
public   schools   and   see    wherein    they 
overreach  their  purpose     that  we  may 
intelligently  set  to  work  to   supply   de- 
ficiencies and  lop  off  superfluities. 
Ml.  MovriH,  in. 


NO  TIME. 

rPHKRE  are  persons  who  have  no 
•*-  time  to  read  the  Bible,  no  time  to 
pray,  no  time  to  serve  the  Lord.  They 
remind  one  of  that  old  shoemaker  who, 
commencing  his  work  in  the  morning, 
was  in  such  haste  that  he  had  no  time 
to  put  a  bristol  on  his  waxed  end.  The 
result  was  he  toiled  long  and  accom- 
plished nothing.  There  is  a  story  of  a 
soldier  pursued  by  his  enemies  who  was 
seen  mending  the  girth  strap  of  his  sad- 
dle while  the  foe  was  in  sight.  He  la- 
bored diligently,  but  yet  carefully,  un- 
til at  last  the  work  was  done,  and  then, 
springing  into  his  saddle  he  fled  on  the 
wings  of  the  wind.  Had  he  iu  his  haste 
sought  to  escape  without  mending  the 
girth  strap,  he  would  surely  have  been 
overtaken  and  destroyed.  So  in  this 
world's  care  and  business,  we  have  no 
time  to  lose,  but  we  hor,  time  to  pray. 
prayer  aud  provender  hinder  no  mau's 
journey.  A  thousand  dangers  are  avert- 
ed by  prayer;  a  thousand  difticulties  are 
prevented  by  prayer;  a  thousand  hin- 
drances are  removed  by  prayer. 

What  emergencies  may  confront  us. 
wliat  temi)tation3  may  assail  us,  what 
ti'ials  may  come  upon  us,  no  man  can 
t*ll.  In  watchfulness  and  prayer  is  .aII 
our  security ;  and  if  we  make  God  our 
refuge  aud  turn  to  hiui  continually,  we 
shall  find  him  a  present  lielp  in  time  of 
need,  and  hi-*  prospering  hand  will  bear 
us  safely  through  the  world  and  briug 
us  home  at  last. — *  'hr',\tiKn. 


TiJE    BUK'r£iKE?<r    ^T    AVORK. 


O.-toh  . 


lic^rctftfcti  at  '^ct^, 

PirULISHED  WEEKLY. 


M.  M,  rSHKl-MAX. ) 

S.  .1.  HAIUIISON  EDiTiiif' 

.).  W.STKIN,        ■       \ 


1.  TilK  K.lilors  will  \>f  rctiii.iisililft  only  for  tlii- 
Beiipral  tone  of  llu-  iiiiper.  aiitt  thf  iii»iTti(in  of  nir 
M-ticle  ilora  not  imiily  tli»t  tln-y  P-j.Ionie  evpr>-  Men- 
timent  of  Ihc  wrilrr. 

2.  roNTKiiUTtins  ill  nnlcT  tospciir^'pr.iii.i.t  In- 
sertion of  tlipir  iirtiflcs.  will  pleaac  not  indulge  m 
persoiiiilltif.s  mill  iiiicourtcoii!!  lanRii:ie«,  l)iit  pn-- 
sent  their  views  -  witli  )rr»*e  sciutonfl  with  salt, 

S.  Thl  HRKTiinKN  AT  WoitK  wlll  be  aent  to 
anvMdtlrwisln  tin-  rnlt«il  HIhIi-h  i>r  Caniidn  for 
©LMper  Hneiiini.  For  llie  li-ndlnfr  rlianutcrifiticn 
of  tile  I'Hi'T.  ax  well  .IS  t<'rm.H  to  aRi-nls  s^e  t"iK''tli 
page.    Aililress  all  coniniunirations, 

I1KET1IKF>  AT  WOKK, 

LuDark,  Onrroll  Co.,  III. 


LAMRK.ILL., 


OCTllflKK  1«,  IHJfl. 


iiKtrrHKK  iCsUKLMAN'    IS    fXJifCted    hoDie  the 
14th  iDHtaiit. 

NoH  is  thp  tinit*  to  ninkefldoDatioii  to  Jirefh- 
ren'it  Tract  Sonefij. 

HrtuTHKK  P.  II.  Wricuitsuan  exjtePtH  to  bf 
at  Aljiletie,  Karinux.  until  tlu-  ^th  iiistmit. 

Ki.nKR.JonN  Laik  hH«  (-hnngpfl   his  addrPHi- 
from  DixoD,  Uo,,  to  HumanHville,  Polk  Co.,  Mo. 


Wk  are  fearful  the  Hrothirliood  is  on  the 
eve  of  Honie  great  eveuf-s — afeardil  criMi^.  Huni- 
bliiigft  are  heard  in  tlie  distaiae.  May  we  all 
"watch  and  pray." 

Wk  instruct  our  mailtn(f  clerk  to  tiil»  all 
Damnt  out  IL.H  tiooii  w  the  f)ul>Hcription  expire»i. 
If  any  get  the  pivper  longer  than  they  have 
subscribed  for.  it  i«  beeauHH  the  clerk  overlooks 
it  

If  there  are  any  who  have  been  acting  nx 
agento  for  the  IJ.  at  W.  in  the  past  and  do  not 
iDtend  to  do  ho  iIiim  year,  they  will  confer  a  fu- 
on  us  by  sending  \\»  a  card  to  tlut  efi'ect  and 
Mggestiui^  some  other  A'Hi/a?>/f  person  for  t/if 
work. 

Not  Ituig  aiiicu  :i  frieml  wtm  ndinp  with  n 
brother,  and  hu  "aid  he  regretted  that  while  ao 
much  was  said  about  visiting  the  siolf,  ho  little 
of  it  wa<  dune.  I'enple  should  i)nictice  what 
they  preach.  The  rebuke  was  proHt.'tbly  ac- 
cept«i. 

iJo  not  forget  to  ask  those  who  are  not  niem- 
bersol'  the  church  to  subscribe  for  the  paper. 
Thousands  there  are  who  appreciate  a  paper 
that  isfearles  and  bold  in  its  utterances  for  the 
truth  of  Jesns.  Give  them  opportunity  to 
subscribe. 

Souk  tell  ud  not  to  stop  their  paper  when  the 
'iul>scnptIou  expires;  but  of  the  hundreds  ol 
subscribers  we  hove,  wo  can  not  tell  wlio  they 
are.  We  hope  no  one  will  .think  hard  of  uh 
for  stopping  the  paper,  even  if  they  have  told 
us  not  to  do  it,  knowing  that  vie  cannot  remtin- 
bcr  fiienjthing. 


Prom  the  report  given  in  the  Gospel  Preach- 
<r  wo  would  infer  that  the  S.  S.  Convention  at 
Ashland,  Ohio,  2titli,  27tb,  and  28th  ult.,  was  a 
very  interehtinfr  meeting.  A  large  number  o 
subjects  were  discussed  by  many  differenl  breth 
ren  and  sisters  whose  names  are  familiar  to  the 
readers  of  the  Brotherhood. 


Bbothek  J.  J.  Solomon,  of  Parsons,  Kansas 
eii>t*eLs  to  labor  conBidenibly  in  the  ministry 
the  coiiiin?  winter.  He  will  act  oa  agent  for 
the  BittTURE-v  AT  Work,  and  whatever  he  may 
do  iu  that  line  will  be  acceptable  for  ub.  As  a 
Tract  distributor  and  a  subscriber  hunter  he 
has  already  given  evidence  of  being  successful. 

Wk  are  glad  to  learn  that  Uro.  H.  B.  Brum- 
baugh, of  the  I'rimilire  f'hriiitain,  contemplates, 
a  trii"  to  Kansas  and  Nebraska.  The  harvest 
out  there  is  trnly  great  and  the  laborers  are  in 
great  liemaiid.  May  others  be  moved  to  go 
forth  in  the  name  of  Jesus  with  the  Sword  of 
the  Spirit  to  maintain  the  doctrine  of  the  Croas. 


BEHAVING  OURSELVES. 

i)AI  L  ii.i.d  gi>-i,t  j.lainness  of  speech,  so  that 
hi«  brethren  might  understand  him;  for 
where  i*  no  niUnnderntanding  there  can  be  no 
fjuarreling.  no  strife,  and  the  absence  of  strife 
means  iove,  peace,  and  harmony.  "Ve  are  wit- 
Jieeste."  sayttheapobtle,  "and  God  also,  howho- 
lily,  aiidju'-tly,  and  onblamabl*-  we  behaved 
our  .-Itc^among  you  that  believe."—!  Thess.  2: 
'     \V.w  this  boasting?    Nay,  verily;  it  was 


reminding.     Paul  had  walkwl  holily  among  hi» 
brethren.     Not  an  impurp  act  could  l>e  charged 
to  him  whilst  in  the  church    at   TheHsalouica. 
It  was  a  fact   that  he   behavied   himself  ./M«'/y 
while  there;  and  more,  he  behaved  niMtimahly 
This  he  could  say   and  did    without    boabtiug- 
He  spake  as  one  that  dared  to  \>\eay(y  God    who 
■•trietli  our  heart*."      No  "tiattering"   words 
were  used  while  among  them,  nor  "a  cloak   of 
covetousnes."      Still  more,  he  did  not  week  glo- 
ry of  men.  nor  of  his  brethren.     "But  we  weie 
gentle  among  you,"  is  bin  oeclaration,  and  he 
Maid  it  without  boasting.      Were  the  apostle  to 
visit  Mome  of  us,  and  aft^r  his  departure  write 
us  that  he  wofl  ^nitlr  among  us,  what  would  be 
our  (in.t expression:'     Would   we   say    Paul    is 
boasting!'  Would  we  say  he   in   proud;    puffed 
up?.   Perliap.H.     Well,  but  Paul  wa.i  an  apostle, 
therefore  conld  thus  apeak  and  write.     Admit- 
ted; but  was    he   more  than    a  child    of  God? 
Was  he  not  dwelling  in  afleshly  temple, subject 
to  all  the  ills  and  weakne^seB  of  a  corrupt  body 
as  we  are?     Waw  he  not  enabled  to  say  he   be- 
haved unblamably  among  hi»  brethren  by   the 
same  means  that  we  are  enabled    to    behave? 
When  he  obeyed  God  from  the  heart,  he  behav- 
ed unblamably,    When  he  preached,  in  all  gen- 
tleness, tlie  mml  of  Uod,  he  also  behaved    un- 
blamably. 

That  minister  who  Hhuns  not  to  preach    the 
Wort!  is  behaving  in  the  house  of  God.      That 
minister  who  lives  holilv  and  justly,  is  behaving 
unblamably.     Thete   two    words,  holiness  and 
juxtirf  embrwe  the  whole  of  a  successful  Chris- 
tian life.     It  is  not  questioned  whether  the  man 
who  is  holy  will  be  saved;  in  tliis  we  all  arc 
one,  even  as  the  Father  and  SfJii  are  one.     The 
man  who  is  living  J»t<0>J  ia  not  regarded  as  a 
dangerous  man  in  society.     He  is  not  shunned 
in  the  market!*,  on  the  streets,  and  among   liis 
neighbors.    0!  no,  he  \?  not  charged  with  mis- 
conduct.    His  heart  is  warm  and  tender.     He 
does  not  set  hiiiisrlf  up  as  a  judge  in  Israel,  but 
labors  with  the  church,  with  all  lon-i-stittering 
to  maintain  its  purity  and  simplicity.     He   is 
not  "lording"  over  God's  people,  neither  ia  he 
apologizing  for  rutlles,  flounces,  worldly   fash 
ion  and  superfluity.      Wlien    from  home   he  is 
not  a>hanied  of  his  brethren  and  sisters;  nor  is 
he  troubled  about  his  plain  clothe.t.    He  knows 
/iOH'fo  behave,  hence  behaves.      Pity  and  pray 
for  tlmae  who  are  more  concerned  for  fashion 
and  filthy  lucre  than   for  holiness,  trufh,   and 
righleousness. 

Why  do  troubles  arise?  Because  somebody 
does  not  liehave  in  the  house  of  God.  Why 
must  quiet  atd  jieaceably  di.sposed  members  sit 
all  day  long  and  listen  t^o  things  that  should 
not  e  ven  be  named  among  those  who  believe 
because  somebody  misbehaved?  Why  are  com- 
mittees called  a  long  distance,  money,  time  and 
mind  expended  ?  Because  somebody  is  not  un- 
blamable— somebody  has  not  behaved.  Hi 
often  we  forget' that  "jV  is  better  to  sufl'er  wrong 
than  to  do  uTonij."  It  is  wrong  to  strive  and 
contend  from  day  to  day  about  a  trivial  matter, 
and  at  lust  stop  just  where  we  began;  or,  per- 
haps, find  ourselves  away  from  the  fellowship 
of  our  brethren.  All  this  comes  of  not  ^lehar- 
huj  ourselves. 

How  mauy  of  us,  when  a  brother  mishenaves, 
go  about  to  restore  him  "in  the  spirit  of  meek- 
ness?"    Do  we  reason  thus,  "Now  Bro.  B . 

lias  erred,  and  whatever  we  do  must  be  done 
lor  his  good,  and  tho  purity  of  the  church. 
We  pity  you  Bro.  B— .  and  desire  you  to  be 
saved  from  your  error.  0  come  and  walk  with 
us!  Be  patient,  be  humble,  and  we  will  all  la- 
bor together  as  dear  children.  Will  you  turn 
again  to  God  as  in  former  days,  and  enjoy  tho 
blessings  of  vour  Father."  Is  this  how  we 
talk  to  the  erring?  Or  do  we  say  in  our  hearts, 

"Bro.  B .  has   trespassed,   and   a^   he   lias 

some  talent  and  might  excel  me,  or  my  hus- 
band, or  my  fleshly  brother,  or  my  father,  (as 
the  case  may  be)  I  will  vote  to  expel  him;  yea 
I  will  do  all  I  can  to  put  hiui  down  so  low  that 
he  Rin  never  rise  in  the  alVectionfi  of  others;  in 
short  I'll  do  all  I  can  to  degrade  and  disgrace 
!iim.  Now  is  my  time.  I  liave  long  sought  jufit 
audi  an  opportunity  and  I  will  embrace  it.'"  Ia 
this  the  «ay  we  reason?  0  vain  and  darkened 
heart!  0  why  will  we  permit  Satan  to  trouble 
us  thus?  When  we  go  to  thinking  that  way. 
let  us. remember  the  Saviour's  temptation  and 
at  once  use  the  Sword  of  the  Spirit.  Brother, 
do  not  deceive  yourself  with  the  thought  that 
you  can  trample  your  brother  under  foot  and 


Voii  ctinirot  hide  it;  and  though  you  may  i  ry 
weave  a  net  around  your  brother's  character 
order  to  destroy  him.  your  netting    will  in  due 
time  break  and  expose  you.    Behave  and   l>e 
blessed.  «-  «■  ' 


IN  HEAVENLY  PLACES. 


Dkab  Bhhthhks  at  Wouk: — 

SINCE  our  last  communication  to  you  we 
have  been  sitting  with  our  brethren  and 
si-iters  in  heavenly  places  in  Christ  Jesus.  Al- 
U*r  the  Neosho  County  F-^ast  the  meetings  were 
continued  in  a  school-house  several  evenings, 
and  about  the  time  I  hat  some  were  almost  ful- 
ly persuaded,  we  were  obliged  to  leave.  How 
we  enjoyed  the  association  of  those  of  "like 
I)recious  faith"  at  this  place!  Bro.  Sidney  Hodg- 
den  is  the  KIder,  and  is  assisted  by  Bro.  .J.  J. 
Solomon  in  the  mini.-it.ry.  More  laborers  are 
needed  at  this  place,  and  we  utter  the  united 
sentiment  of  the  church  iu  Neosho  County, 
when  we  say  that  an  ai;^ive,  zealous  minist/'r 
would  receive  a  grand  welcome  among  them  if 
he  were  to  locate  in  that  fruitful  field. 

On  Thursday  night,  Oct  2nd  we  were  in  Che- 
topa  with  S.  M.  Burket,  Brethren   David    Bare 
and  A.  J.  Hixsoii  who  had  been  spendiug   sev- 
eral days  in  looking  over  Labette  County.  They 
expressed  themselves  as  being  well  pleased  with 
the  appearance  of  things  in   general.     An  ap- 
pointment had  been    made   for   us   somewhere 
west  of  Chetopa,  but  by  6ome  misunderstand- 
ing did  not  reach  the  place.     We  returned   to 
I'ardons  on  Friday  afternoon,  where  we  remain- 
ed until  Saturday,  the  4th,  when   we   went   to 
Paint  Creek  Church,  Bourbon  Co.  This  chunli 
held  its  Feast  Sept.   30th.      Brethren   Neher, 
Edgecomb,  and  Hess   were  present   to  assist. 
Three  loved  ones  were  received  by  baptism  du- 
ring  tho   meetings.      After   the  Communion. 
Bro.   Edgecomb  remained  and  held    meetings 
during  the  week,    until  the    writer    arrived    on 
Saturday  evening.    When  we  assembled  at  the 
arge  school-house   near  John   Bolinger's  and 
met  many  old  friends  and  associates  from  Car- 
roll Co.,  III.,  we  concluded  that  this  was  also  a 
heavenly  place.    An  attentive  audience  on  Sat- 
urday evening.    Met  on  Sunday  at  11   A.   M. 
and  notwithstanding   another  society  had    a 
meeting  in  a  church  near  by,  the  school-house 
was  densely  croweded,  and  a  number  stood   at 
the  doors  and  windows  attentively   listening. 
After  meeting  many  went  down  to  the  stream 
to  witness  the  baptism   of  one  dear  soul   who 
boldly  came  out  and  confessed  Jesus. 

At  4  P.  M.  met  to  have  a  talk  with  children. 
A  heavenly  place  again!  The  children  looked 
so  pleasant,  behaved  so  well  that  we  concluded 
that  their  little  hearts  were  warm  for  the  right, 
open  to  the  truth  and  would  show  in  tlie  fu- 
ture how  useful  they  may  be  if  properly  taught. 
The  older  ones  enjoyed  the  occasion  uo  less  than 
the  younger  ones.  Wlmt  father  or  mother  will 
refuse  to  partake  of  the  joys  which  are  always 
found  in  heavenly  places?  None  are  So  cold 
and  hard-hearted  that  they  cannot  be  touched 
with  the  love  of  oH'spring.  How  carefully  we 
should  guard  the  interests  of  the  young!  Per- 
sonally 1  feel  my  negligence  is  this  respect,  but 
pray  God  to  grant  grace  for  tlie  iuture. 

Met  again  at  7: 30  for  public  worship.  Bro. 
Martin  Neher  led  in  the  services,  drawing  his 
conclusions  from  the  remarks  of  the  Philippian 
jailor,  "What  must  I  do  to  be  saved?"  Bro. 
Neher  is  a  plain  speaker,  uses  plain  words  and 
plain  reasoning,  all  of  which  we  admire.  His 
co-laborer,  Bro.  Kdgecomb.  is  no  leas  at  home 
in  the  ministry.  The  people  need  common 
sense  reasoning  instead  of  the  cold,  distant  and 
unsympathetic.  No  minister  is  sent  to  talk 
roughly  aud  absurdly  to  the  people,  but  to 
preach  the  dospeL  This  is  God's  power  unto 
salvation;  aiiy thing  else  is  not  God's  power. 
:md  must  result  iu  failure. 

When  the  services  were  over  many  came  for 
ward  and  kindly  bade  ua  farewell.  A  few  said 
they  would  soon  turn  to  the  Lord;  and  0!  may 
He  give  the  needful  help  to  enable  them  to  go 
on  and  complete  their  resolution.  The  same 
old  story,  "meetings  closed  too  soon.'*  Anoth- 
er week's  meetings  would,  uo  doubt,  enabled  a 
number  to  throw  otf  the  shackles  of  sin. 

Disguise  the  fact  as  we  will,  it  will  up  that 
it  otten  requires  long  continued  efforts  to  melt 
tlie  heart  that  is  hardened  in  sin.  It  was  sd  in 
the  days  of  the  apostles  and  bo  it  is  yet.  Our 
meetings  closed  because  duty  called  us  else- 


1:- 


!er  wt-k  with  the  hr-thrHi,  „{  tJie    Paint  Chtoi 
Church,  but  we  could    not.     This   church   l 
about  eighty  members.      M.  T.  Bare  is  the  Et 
der  assisted    by    Brethren    Numer,    ReynoM ' 
Stockraeyer  and  Watson,  the  latter  waschn. 
at  the  Love-feast  recently  held  at  his  restiden 
God  ble^s  all  the  faithful  ones  in    Christ  J 
our  Lord.  i(_  J, 

Ft.  Srutf,  Kan.,  Oct.  Hfh,  IK^U. 


THE  LANARK  CHURCH. 


THE  i'r,u>ilirr  Ch, 
tains  the  following: 


"A  correspondtnt  of  the  yftr  Jerusalem  \f 
gfH'jer  makes  the  following  remarks  about  U^ 
ark  and  our  people  there: 


"  °f  "^''  instant  con- 
about  Lan. 


■It  is  a  town  of  1,200  iuhabitants,  surrouni 
ed  by  a  rich  farming  country.      A  peculiar  r 
ligious  sert   called    'Dunkards.'    (lonrish  hp 
Thev  make  good  citizens,  settle  all  th^ir  n 


disputes,  without  retourse  to  law.  take  ^ro    "f 
tlipir  own  poor,  and    dress  exceeilingly  pla' 
Themen  wear  broad-brimmed  hats,  and  coats^'f 
a  singular  cut.     The  women  wear  slat  sun-bo 
nets  in  all  weather,  aud  drees  in  tahcos.     Th 


have  little  or  un  association  with  the  worl/ 
They  neither  vote  nor  go  to  war.  The  chur  4.' 
m  which  tliey  worshi|)  must  be  plain,  not  rich 
ly  furnished  or  showy.  No  steeple  la  allowwl 
on  the  top.  They  bought  a  church  in  th 
ii«ieborhood  of  the  Lutherans  that  had  a  'ste^ 
pie.  They  took  it  down  ere  they  would  wor 
.ship  iu  it.  The  preachei-s  are  not  paid  aiirt 
some  say  their  sermons  are  not  worth  pJivin 
IW.  They  are  generally  thrittv  tariners'aiiH 
well-to-do  in  the  world,  we  say.'  " 

"How  strange  it  is  that  the  coat  genpralh- 
worn  by  our  brethren  ^hould  be  con>*ideivd  ■ 
singular  cut,'  when  there  is  nothing  sin-'ular 
about  it  Indeed,  there  is  nothing  strliDse 
about  it,  as  it  is  the  most  common  cut  thiit  h 
been  worn  in  America  for  the  Ia.-t  hundred 
years,  and  yet  it  is  so  'singular.'  Our  bretliren 
wear  a  rery  common  cut,  bat  the  fashionable 
world  do  wear  some  very  'siogular'  cut*  but 
they  are  not  so  considered  because  they  are 
iashionable.  Style  has  much  to  do  in  makius 
things  look  'unsingular.'  As  to  our  siste^ 
out  there  wearing  'slat  sun-bonnets' and  'dress- 
ing in  calicos,'  we  are  not  quite  sure  that  the 
corrrespondeut  is  right.  Possibly  some  of  tliem 
use  a  more  costly  material  for  'Sunday  dresses' 
at  least.  But  as  to  our  Western  brethreu  hav- 
ing  uo  "association  vrith  the  rest  of  the  world  ' 
is  news  to  us,  as  we  were  told  they  are  quite 
^ociable,  and  indeed  we  touud  them 


not  be  noticed.    Your  very  actions  tcU  on  you.  \  wher«.    Gladly  would  we  have  remained  anoth- 


from  home,  especially  our  publishing  bretliren 
at  Lanark.  We  hope  they  will  rise  to  explain 
as  it  will  never  do  for  them  to  have  a  world  of 
their  own  out  there." 

"We  dare  say  that  the  views  of  this  corres- 
jiundeiit  in  regard  to  our  people  are  about  as 
singular  as  the  cut  of  our  coats,  but  it  does  uot 
make  a  particle  of  difference  to  us,  as  we  gye 
net  the  least  ashamed  of  such  singularity,  ex- 
cept our  attributed  none  sociable  qualities." 

The  correspondent  to  the  Messenger  is  about 
correct.  However,  few  of  the  sisters  wear  "slat 
iun  bonnets,"  not  bfcause  they  are  too  proud 
to  do  so,  but  because  such  bonnets  are  difficult 
to  keep  in  order.  Many  of  the  sisters— some 
of  the  wealthiest — do  wear  calico  dresses  to 
church  on  Sunday.  They  do  not  insist  in  word 
that  others  shall  do  so,  but  they  show  by  prac- 
tice what  their  preference  is.  They  teach  by  ex- 
ample rather  than  precept.  Indeed  we  have  nev- 
er heard  our  very  plainest  listers  say  anythiug 
about  dress,  not  that  we  would  say  they  never 
have;  but  from  this  we  take  it  for  granted  that 
they  do  not  make  it  a  hobby  to  parade  wheu- 
ever  an  opi»ortunity  is  jtresented.  Some  per- 
sons think  that  to  live  in  town  or  become  rich 
i5  sure  to  make  one  dressy,  but  any  one  ac- 
(luainted  with  the  Lanark  Church  can  see  the 
falsity  of  that  notion.  We  have  been  here  over 
a  year  and  have  not  yet  heard  iu  church  a  com- 
plaint about  dress. 

The  brethren  and  sisters  here  are  as  so- 
ciable as  in  most  places.  Qy  some  they  may 
seem  hard  to  get  acquainted  with.  Our  minis- 
ters frequently  remind  us  that  we  .should  be 
courteous  and  sociable  to  all  we  meet,  and  a 
word  of  welcome  is  always  given  any  who  fa- 
vor our  uieetings  with  their  presence. 

Our  house  for  worship  is  enclosed  by  a  good 
fence;  and  nice  evergreen  and  otlier  ornamen- 
tal trees  are  growing  in  the  yard.  The  house  is 
very  plain,  yet  it  is  neat,-  comfortable,  well 
lighted,  and  the  floor  is  kept  scrupulously  clean. 
Our  brethren  and  sisters  think  heaven,  to  be 
beiutiful,  must  be  r/f^/n,  and  so  they  try  to 
keep  tiieinselves  and  houses. 

The  slur  ou  our  preaching  falls  to  the 
ground  by  its  own  weight.  Christians  do  not 
say  "sermons  are  not  worth  paying  for."  The 
Lanirk  Church  does  not  buy  aermons  with 
gold  and  silver,  but  it  tries,  "to  visit  the  fath- 
erless and  widows  and  to  keep  itself  unspot- 
ted from  the  world."  s. .'.  H. 


October    1  ^^ 


THK    i$lili:'i\tlKli.>f    ^X    AVOKK. 


FROM  PAIiESTINE. 


KtJMBBR  XXVI. 

TfartiOau  9Uia<li.n]"  li;  (prclal  ArraDHMDiaLI 

WELL,  the  Caliph  Omar,  to  whom    Jerusa- 
lem surrendered,  cleared  away  the   rub 
h  sb  ttD'^  '^'*^  about  this  holy  rock,   and   built 
_  jt  a  doBiP,  thus  making  it  a  place  of  pray- 
Severat    of  his  euccesaors  enlarged    upon 
d  imptoved  his  work,  until  it  givw  into  what 
-.  noff  improperly  called  the  Mosriue  of  Omar, 
a  it  itif>  oot  aMo8(t«e,  and  its  true  name  is,  The 
Oome  of  the  Kock.    A  Christian  Church   !iad 
Lgen  built  at  the   south-western   corner   of  the 
Id  templp  court:  this  was  turned  into  a  mosque, 
and  bears  the  name  El  Aksa. 
flie    Dome  of   the  Rock   is  an    octagonal 
tructiire.  surniouuted  by  the  handsomest  dome, 


1  supposP' 


in  the  world — handsome,  not  in  its 


Around  th**  Domeuf  the  Kock  is  a  level  spac*?, 
pavud  with  •*mooth  shihs  of  limeston.*,  nenrly 
rectangular  in  shape,  and  extending  537  feet 
from  north  to  south,  by  460  feet  east  to 
west,  measured  through  the  middle.  It  lies 
about  70  feet  higher  than  the  surrounding  area, 
and  IS  retiched  by  two  tlighta  of  steps  on  every 
side.  Scattered  about  OTer  this  platform  are 
numerous  praying  places,  cupolas  and  pulpits, 
which  I  can  not  stop  to  describe.  The  Dome 
stands  nearer  the  southern  end  of  the  plattorni 
than  the  northern,  and  nearer  the  western  than 
the  eastern,  I  suppose  that  this  platform  ror- 
retiponds  very  closely  to  the  "Court  of  the  Jews," 
in  the  temple. 

The  entire  area  outside  of  the  platform,  and 
within  the  inclosing  walls,  is  about  35  acres  m 
egtept,  and  about  l,5n0  feet  long,  by  about   1 


fnt?   fililit   ^tass. 


The  Worth  of  Truth  no  Tongue  Can  Tell." 


This  department  in  destfirned  for  asking  and  an- 
jwering  questiona.  drawn  from  the  Bible.  In  or- 
-ler  to  promote  the  Truth,  all  fiuoationa  tiliould  Ite 
'>nef,  iinil  dollied  in  simple  Ungiiage.  We  shall 
*salgu  questiouB  to  our  contributors  to  auBwet, 
'jut  this  does  not  exclude  any  others  writing  upon 
tbe  same  topic. 


nrnanientation,  either  outside  or  mside,  but  in 
its  form  above.  The  spring  with  which  it 
leaves  the  drum  on  which  it  sits,  and  the  pe- 
fuliar  taper  with  whioJi  it  approaches  its  cres- 
,ent-<.TOwded  apex,  are  inimitable.  I  will  not 
j^ere  attempt  a  description  of  it,  or  of  the 
building  which  supports  it.  Suffice  it  to  say 
ihat  the  building  has  no  significance  except 
as  A  suppLirt  to  the  dome,  and  the  dome  none 
ejcept  as  a  covor  to  the  sacred  rock.  The  iii- 
aide  diameter  of  the  dome  at  its  base,  is  63  feet, 
and  this  is  but  little  more  longer  than  the  long- 
est distance  across  the  rock. 

None  of  the  writers  whose  books  I  have  read, 
jaw  this  rock  uncovered.  For  lenturies  it  was 
kept  continually  overhuug  by  a  c  mopy  of  tlie 
richest  silk,  the  gitt  of  the  Sultan.  >  Sin  e  the 
last  of  these  wore  out,  the  rock  has  been  un- 
covered, I  suppose  that  the  present  poverty  of 
the  Turkish  government,  together  with  the 
general  indift'^reuce  now  prevalent  amoug  Mo- 
hammedans in  regard  to  their  sacred  places, 
ha.^  caused  the  neglect  to  supply  a  new  canopy. 
We  were  allowed  to  examine  the  rock  at  our 
leisure,  hut  not  to  climb  over  the  wooden  par- 
tition, about  five  feet  high,  which  surrounds  it. 
U  is  apart  of  the  natural  rock  of  the  hill-top, 
left  projecting  when  the  suriace  all  around  it 
was  leveled.  It  has  the  rough  and  irregular 
'  shape  of  a  natural  rock,  showing  signs  of  cut- 
tiug  on  only  the  western  side.  It  is  about  six 
feet  high  at  the  higbe.st  point,  and  at  lowest, 
about  one  foot.  It  extends  about  y"2  feet  from 
north  to  south,  and  about  35  from  east  to  west. 
Under  its  soutli-east  corner  there  is  an  open- 
ing, through  which  a  flight  of  steps  leads  into 
an  artificial  cavern,  about  20  feet  in  diameter 
and  8  feet  high.  A  circular  hole,  two  feet  nine 
inches  in  diameter,  is  cut  through  the  rock 
above  into  the  top  of  this  cavern;  and  nearly 
under  this  hole  tliere  is  a  hole  of  nearly  the 
same  size  in  the  floor  of  the  cavern,  wliii  h  is 
covered  by  a  slab  of  marble  nicely  fitted  into  it. 
This  last  hole,  according  to  Mohammedan  be- 
lief, is  the  entrance  into  the  place  of  departed 
spirits;  and  good  Mohammedans  can  some- 
times hear  the  voices  of  their  departed  friends 
speaking  to  them  through  the  slab.  This  slab 
is  not  to  be  removed  until  the  day  of  judgment, 
80  we  had  not  the  privilege  of  looking  under 
it. 

This  curious  rock,  thus  left  above  the  sur- 
face, where  all  else  was  carefully  leveled,  thus 
supplied  with  a  cavern  beneath  it,  an  opening 
from  its  top  into  this  cavern,  and  an  opening 
from  the  cavern  floor  into  some  other  recepta- 
cle henpath  it;  a  rock  so  strangely  revered  by 
th^  Mohammedans  from  the  beginning  of  their 
history,  has  been  an  object  of  much  thought 
aud  speculation  among  Christian  archir-ologists. 
The  most  prevalent  opinion  among  those  who 
have  formed  a  definite  opinion,  is,  that  it  in  the 
very  rock  on  which  Isaac  was  offered;  that  it 
stood  within  the  threshing-floor  of  Araanah; 
that  David  offered  his  sacrifice  on  it;  that  Solo- 
mon, on  account  of  this  previous  sacred  use, 
Jeft  it  projecting  when  he  leveled  the  moun- 
tain's top;  that  he  inclosed  at  least  a  portion  of 
it  within  his  great  altar  of  brass,  which  was  30 
feet  square;  that  the  hole  drilled  through  its 
top  into  the  cavern,  and  the  one  from  the  floor 
of  the  cavern  into  a  receptacle  below,  were  in- 
tended to  allow  the  blood  of  the  victims  to  flow 
through  and  into  an  underground  channel,  and 
thence  into  the  valley  of  the  Kedroii.  To  my 
own  mind  this  theory  appears  altogether  plaus- 
ible, and  I  know  of  no  reason  for  not  accept- 
'Bk  it.  aave  its  want  of  historical  support.  An- 
cient history,  both  sacred  and  profane,  is  silent 
m  regard  to  it. 


OiK)  in  width.  ItTlike  the  platform,"  lacks  a  lit- 
tle of  being  rectangular,  its  eastern  side  being 
a  little  longer  than  the  western,  and  the  north- 
ern than  the  southern.  The  surface  is  nearly 
level  everywhere,  except  at  the  north-eastern 
part,  where  it  is  uneven,  and  where  it  is  also 
lower  than  elsewhere.  In  the  southern  part  there 
are  half  ado/.en  cypress  trees  of  rather  a  rag- 
ged appearance,  and  two  or  three  dozen  olives, 
of  still  worse  appearance.  Weeds  are  allowed 
to  urow  everywhere  except  where  the  tramping 
of  feet  keeps  them  down,  aud  grass  grows  up 
between  the  stones  in  the  pave  ment  of  the 
platform.  The  Mosque  and  the  Dome  are  both 
too  sacred  for  any  but  bare  or  slippertd  feet  to 
tread  (they  allowed  us  to  wear  our  slippers),  but 
boys  were  playing  ball  in  the  large  portico  of 
the  Mosque.  The  entire  area  is  a  place  of  pray- 
er; but  we  saw  more  persons  gadding  about 
and  laughing  aud  talking,  than  we  did  praying. 
Everything  visible  ;ibout  the  place  has  an  air 
of  neglect  and  decay.  This  is  true  also  of  ev- 
erything Mohammedan  that  we  have  seen,  both 
in  Palestine  and  in  Egypt.  The  system,  with 
all  that  belongs  to  it,  is  crumbling  ahd  ready 
to  fall. 

The  wall  around  the  Haram.  as  the  Arabs 
call  the  temple  area,  is  in  most  places  not  more 
than  ten  feet  higher  than  the  surface  on  the 
inside,  though  it  is  from  4o  to  nearly  SO  feet 
above  the  surface  on  tUe  outside.  The  north- 
ern wall,  near  the  north-west  corner,  is  partly 
the  natural  rock,  which  was  originally  higher 
here  than  the  level  to  which  the  area  was  re- 
duced, and  partly  the  wall  of  Turkish  barracks 
and  Governor's  house.  The  ch-ef  part  of  the 
western  wall  constitutes  the  eastern  wall  of 
houses  that  are  built  against  it,  and  the  upper 
stories  of  these  houses  stand  above  it,  with 
their  windows  looking  iuto  the  area.  Along 
the  southern  part  of  this  wall,  the  Tyropiuou 
Valley  is  not  so  much  filled  up  us  elsewhere, 
and  here  is  seen,  near  the  ground,  same  of  the 
original  wall  built  by  Solomon,  or  at  least  some 
of  the  largo  stones  which  he  used.  Here  is  the 
Jewish  wailing  place,  where  the  Jews  meet 
every  Friday  afternoon  to  bewail  the  loss  of 
their  temple.  We  visited  the  spot  on  the  ISth 
of  April,  at  half  past  four  in  the  afternoon, 
and  found  the  space,  which  is  !'0  feet  long  aud 
U  feet  wide,  full  of  Jewish  men  and  women, 
the  women  jn-edominating.  Some  were  stand- 
ing, some  were  sitting  on  the  ground,  many 
were  leaning  their  foreheads  against  the  an- 
i:ient  stones,  aud  were  reading  aloud  from  the 
liooks  in  which  their  lauientation>  are  printed. 
I  copy  a  brief  specimen  of  the  lamentations: 

"For  the  palace  that  Ilea  flcsolate,  w©  sit  in  soli- 
tude and  mourn. 
"For  the  palace  that  is  destroyed,  we  sit.  etc- 
"For  the  walls  that  are  overthrown,  we  sit,  etc. 
"For  our  majesty  that  is  depaiicil,  we  stti  etc. 
"For  our  great  who  He  dead,  we  sit,  etc. 
"For  our  precious  stones  that  are  burned,  we  sit. 


Will  some  one  please  explain  Roiu.  11 :  '20  which 
reads  a.s  followa;  "Therefoi-e  If  thine  enemy  hun- 
ger feed  tiim ;  if  he  thirst  give  him  drink ;  for  in  so 
duing  thou  Shalt  heap  coals  of  tire  on  his  head. 
C.J.  Head. 

Will  Bro.  H.  II.  Miller  please  explain  Rom.  1-1:- 
n.  ly,  "For  the  kingdom  of  God  is  not  meat  aud 
diink;  but  righteousness,  and  peace, and  joy  in  the 
Holy  Ghost.  For  he  that  in  these  things  serveth 
Christ  is  acceptable  to  God,  and  approved  of  men." 

F.  M.  CORHELL. 

Will  some  one  please  explain  Jer.  12:  5  It  reads 
)i8  follows:  "If  thou  hast  run  with  the  footmen. 
ivnd  they  have  wearied  thee,  then  how  canst  thou 
ci>nteu<l  with  liorsss  ;  and  if  in  the  land  of  peace, 
wherein  thou  trustedst,  they  wearied  thee,  then 
how  wilt  thou  do  in  the  swelling  of  Jordan. " 

C.  E.  M. 

What  ifl  fasting?  How  and  when  must  it  be  ob- 
served, how  long  continued?  Is  it  a  command'/ 
If  ao  why  is  there  not  more  preaching  and  writ- 
ing done  on  that  subject?  And  why  is  it  not  ob- 
KtTvetl  uinre  by  us  iiud  especially  by  some  of  the  eld- 
ers. If  it  is  not  a  command  what  does  Matt.  0: 14,- 
iri,  Mark  2:  in-'2I,  Luke  B:  ;w-;i«.  Acts  13;  2,  :j,  Matt, 
n:  21,  Mark  11:27,  Luke2:;n.  Acta  ll:aa,  10:  30,  1 
Cor. 7: .'»,  2  Cor.  «:  .i,  Matt.  «;  16-l(*,  4;  2,  and  Luke 
4 :  2  meim  V  Wm.  Chrowl. 


Will  someone  please  explain  the  Gth  and  6tb 
verses  of  the  0th  chapter  of  Kevehitioue?  It  reads 
da  follows:  "And  when  he  had  opened  the  third 
ieal,  I  heard  the  third  besist  say.  Come  and  see.— 
And  I  beheld,  and  lo,  a  black  horse;  and  he  that 
iftt  on  him  had  a  pair  of  balances  in  his  hand. 
And  1  heard  a  voice  in  the  midst  of  the  four  beasts 
say.  A  measure  of  wheat  for  a  penny,  and  three 
cneasures  of  barley  for  a  penny ;  and  see  thou  hurt 
not  the  uil  and  the  wine." 

As  the  numbers  seventy,  forty,  and  three  are 
very  often  in  .Scripture,  ran  any  brother  or  sister 
tell  me  through  the  UitETiiREN  at  Work  how 
often  these  nuraberaare  in  the  Holy  Bible  V  And 
have  they  any  particular  sacred  meaning? 

A.  XEI.SO.N   Gtt.VYBlLL. 


"For  our  priests  who  have  stumbled,  wo  sit," 
etc. 

Ab  I  looked  around  upon .  the  mourners,  I 
saw  many  who  gave  evidence  of  the  deepest 
feeling.  Tears  flowed  down  their  cheeks  in 
streams;  they  read  with  broken  utterance,  and 
occasionally  one  wept  aloud,  I  could  not  re- 
frain from  sympathy,  and  I  mentally  e-xclaimed. 
Poor  people,  I  pity  you,  and  gladly  would  I 
hope  for  your  consolation;  but  all  of  your  pray 
ers  are  in  vain.  Vou  reject  the  only  One  through 
whom  you  can  come  to  God.  and  your  prayers 
will  not  be  heard  until  you  turn  to  Hiui.  I 
left  the  place  with  a  sad  heart,  and  was  led  to 
renewed  refleciiou  on  the  strange  past,  thentran- 
ger  present,  and  the  unrevealed  future  oi  thia, 
the  strangest  people  that  ever  lived. 

J.  W.  MCQ.VRVEY. 


aUEEY  ANSWERED. 

Will  some  one  please  explain  Mall.  II:  11.  In 
particular  we  would  like  to  know  who  is  the  least. 
4ud  why  called  the  least  in  the  kingdom  of  heav- 
«n'i'  Jestina  Miller. 

WE  understand  the  first  part  of  this   verse 
to  teach  that  of  all  the  prophets  and 
teachers  that  came   before,  there    was    none 
greater  than  John  the   Baptist;   not  that   he 
was  a  better  or  wiser  man  than  any  other,    but 
thedienityand  importance  of  his  mission;  for  he 
proclaimed  the  kingdom  of  heaven  was  at  hand 
or   about   to   appear.      He  was  favored  aliove 
all  prophets  before    him    in    that  he   had    the 
privilege  of  introducing   the  long  looked   for 
Mes.siah,  the  Sou  of  God  to  the  world.      Jesus 
tells  us  in  Matt,  o:    IS',  "Whosoever  therefore 
shall  break  one  of  these    least  commandments, 
and  shall  teach  men  so,  be  shall  be  called   the 
least  in  the  kiugdom  of  heaven."      Do  you  ask 
in  what  sense  can  he  that  is  least  in  the   king- 
dom be  greater  than  John  the  Baptist?     In  the 
bame  sense  that  John   is   greater  than  those 
that  were  before  hiiu;  for  the   prophets  of  old 
could  only  teach  Christ  in  the  farfuture,  whilst 
John  could  proclaim  the  advent  of  the  Messiah, 
and  that  he  was  about  to  enter  upon   his   work 
of  redemption,  but  he  that  is  least  in  the  king- 
dom or  Christian  age,  can  teach  that  Christ  has 
not  come  but  has  completed  the  work   of  re- 
demption— had  been  offered  as  the  great  sin-of- 
fering for  the  whole  world— went  down  into 
the  grave  and  rose  triumphant  the  third  day 
ascended  up  to  heaven  and  is  now  seated  on 
the  right  hand  of  his  Father  to   intercede  for 
us,  and  that  God  accepted  the  oQering  and  sent 
the  Holy  Ghost  or  Comforter  us  an  evidence  of 
his  acceptance  and  to  guide  us  iuto   all   truth, 
and  that  whosever  believeth  on  hiiu  and  is  obe- 
dient to  the  requirements  of  the  gospel,  shall 
have  everlasting  life.  K.  R.  Mo^n. 


QUESTIONS    ON  TRINE  IMMEE 
SION. 


ilY  I'ETEH  WINBBRENNKH. 


1]1IRST.     I  ask  our  Tunker  Brethren  to  give 
^      IIS  one  example  of  trine   baptism   in  the 
Ne  V  Testament.     There  are  none. 

2.  Give  one  preceot  nr  command  lor  trine 
immersion.  Nowhere  does  it  say  "dip  three 
times  for  one  baptism." 


3.  Whydoyooftay,  when  you  Uptize,  "I 
baptize  yon  in  the  name  of  the  Father,  and  I 
hapti/.e  you  in  the  name  ot  the  Son,  and  then 
say  that  the  candidate  ia  not  baptized  until  the 
third  dip  is  completed?  Why  tell  two  un- 
truths before  you  arrive  at  what  you  tall  truth? 
4.  Why  don't  you  use  the  ceremony,  in  bap- 
tism, just  ait  it  is  recorded  in  Matthew?  Why 
H'id  words  to  it?  Why  put  words  into  the 
mouth  of  Christ  Jesus?  Did  h.;  not  onder- 
»tand  what  he  viaa  saying?  or,  did  he  need 
your  wisdom  to  add  to  his  word?,     lieware. 

5.  Your  adding  wordH  to  the  commiiwion 
certainly  proves  that  your  doctrine  on  baptism 
is  not  contained  in  it  as  it  stands  in  the  word, 
floes  it  not  ? 

6,  Your  trine  baptism  not  being  contained 
in  the  Bible,  neither  in  precept  nor  example, 
then  why  do  you  condemn  all  who  differ  from 
you?     Remember  Christ  will  judge  all. 

REPLY  TO  TH8  AHOVE. 

Dear  I'rietul: — 

1.  I  think  you  must  have  been  very  inatten- 
tive while  reading  the  New  Testament,  or  yojx 
certainly  would  have  found  some  example  of 
trine  baptism.  All  baptisms  administered  by 
the  apostles,  after  the  commission  was  given, 
were  administered  in  accordance  with  the  com- 
mission. They  either  administered  baptism  in 
accordance  with  the  commission,  or  else  they 
were  disobedient,  icere  they  itot?  The  commis- 
sion teaches  nothing  but  trine  baptism. 

2,  Have  you  been  preaching  all  this  time 
without  having  read  the  commission?  If  you 
have  please  turn  to  it  now  and  learn  that  no 
one  is  authorized  to  ba^'tize  any  other  way 
than,  in  the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the 
Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Gho^t.  Here  then,  all 
who  are  authorized  to  bapti/e,  are  authorized 
to  bapti/e  three  titiies  for  one  baptism;  or  if 
l»apti/.e  means  to  dip  they  are  authorized  to 
dip  three  times  for  one  dipping. 

3.  Tunkers  ad  you  call  them,  never  use  the 
language  you  charge  tlieiii  with.  Hence  this 
needs  no  reply.  They  don't  tell  the  two  un- 
truths you  charge  tliem  with  neither,  but  you 
do  that  yourself.  You  tell  your  candidate  that 
you  will  baptize  him  in  the  name  of  the  Fath- 
er, but  you  don't  do  it.  Alter  this  you  tell  him 
that  you  will  baptize  him  in  the  name  of  the 
Son,  but  you  don't  do  that  either.  It  is  you, 
then,  who  teil-i  the  two  untruth.-'  iriJ'tuad  of  the 
Tunkers,  is  it  not? 

4.  Those  among  us.  who  are  authorized  to 
baptize,  do  use  the  ceremony  as  given  in  Matt, 
iiS:  I'.t.     Hence  this  needs  no  reply. 

.'"i.  This  has  ln-cii  answered  in  my  reply  to 
your  3rd  and  4th,  and  need  not  be  repeated, 

6.  The  first  part  of  this  qaestion  ha.s  been 
answered  in  my  reply  to  your  1st  and  2nd. 
Hence  I  need  only  say  that  we  condemn  no 
one.  The  word  of  God  condemns  the  disobe- 
dient. All  that  we  do  is  to  point  out  the  man- 
ner in  which  mcM  aud  women  may  disobey 
God's  word:  and  although  we  may  see  them 
disobey  that  word,  we  do  not  cotidemn  them, 
but  are  willing  t<i  aid  them  by  pointing  to  sin- 
gle immersion  and  every  other  inventiou  of 
mail  ^s  daugerou.-'  perversion.-*  of  the  teachings 
of  Christ.  If  you  charge  us  with  condemning 
others  may  not  we,  with  equal  propriety  con- 
sider the  last  word  in  your  4th  uuestiou  an  in- 
sinuation of  condemnation?  I  hope  thi^  reply 
may  prove  satisfactpry.  If  otherwise  please 
let  me  know  in  what  particular  and  I  will  write 
again.  E.  Umba'gh, 

WlNEURBNXEUS  RkTOKT. 

Dear  Brother: — Not  one  ([uestion  have  you 
answered;  you  simply  beg  the  cpiestion,  and  de- 
ny that  you  coudenin  others  while  you  must 
know  that  you  fellowship  none  but  your  trine 
immersionist-*.  No  my  brother  there  is  no  trine 
immersion  in  the  Testament.  You  can  show 
none.     Why  did  you  not? 

P.  Wl>-EBREXXER. 

Kkhly. 
Dear  Friend: — You  say  I  have  not  answered 
one  of  your  questions.  If  your  a.^seriion  is 
true  you  are  right,  but  if  anything  more  than 
a  man's  assertion  is  reqired  to  establish  a  fnct. 
you  are  wrong.  You  say  I  beg  the  question. 
Please  explain  how?  You  say  that  I  deny  that 
we  condemn  others.  I  do  deny  this.  Should 
we  fellowship  any  but  those  who  obey  the 
teachings  of  Christ  and  his  apostles?  You  say 
there  is  no  trine  immersion  in  the  Testament 
I  told  you,  that  all  the  baptisms  admittL><tered 
after  the  c  ommissiou  was  given,  were  adminis- 
tered in  accordance  with  the  commission.  You 
can  readily  infer  from  my  answer  to  vour  3rd 
question,  and  also  from  Christ's  commission, 
that  where  any  of  the  apostles  said,  '"I  baptize 
you  in  the  name  of  the  Fathtir'"  Jsic ,  they  eith- 
er did  so  or  were  disobeient.  Now  if  the  a^tos- 
ties  could  not  smj  aud  not  do,  but  instead  ot  do- 
ing what  they  said  they  would,  s^y  they  will 
do  the  same  thing  in  another  name,  without 
being  disobedient,  we  who  live  in  the  prvaent 
age<annot  do  so  without  being  disobedient 
Can  we?  If  so  plea^M  telt  why  we  have  more 
liberty  in  this  respect  than  tlie  apfwtles? 

E.  UnRiUOH. 

P  S  Although  this  last  reply  was  sent  to 
friend  Winobri'uner  3  m«mths  ago  he  has  not 
yet  replied,  the  reason  for  which  is,  we  con- 
clude, that  he  cannot  tell  wh^*  he  should  hare 
more  liberty  than  the  apostles.  E.  U. 


THE    T.KETHKEISr    ^T    AVOKKl. 


Octob 


er    V-i 


^]ame  anil  '||>amif^. 


HiisbJUnK  love  your  wivos.  WivM.  Bubmlt  your- 
selvi-s  ivnlo  your  own  huelnLmiit,  CIiHJren.  obey 
your  iww-iils.  FaHiers.  provoke nnt  ymirclilMrcii  tn 
WTkUt.  Init  liriti^  tlivm  up  III  tlie  nurtiim  uiid  <i(l> 
monition  of  the  l.nnl.  acrvHiits,  be  obeditiiit  t" 
thfni  Hint  are  your  niiistiTs.— I'Ari,. 


SEPARATION. 

A  w»l«  gtfH  up  beim-i-u  tin-  Mm— 

A  slroDg.  thick  nail,  Ihuiigli  »11  iin**cn; 
Noiic  kofw  wlicn  the  fii>l  dWniw  wer*  lalil, 

Nor  how  lli«  iiall  vru  buDl,  I  wccn. 
And  no  (heir  lives  ww*  <)»ilt«  •pftii, 

Alitoogh  thej  afaarW  one  Itonr-J.onc  I'cd; 
A  owIm*  ey*"  »*»  nntiyhl  mnii*. 
V«l  tAcb  WW  to  (ht  olher  do»(l. 
He,  much  iih<orbc<t  in  work  and  K»ln, 

Qt4^iv  rood  imniindriil  of  bi>  Iomi 
A  hftpJ  Indiifcronce.  womo  ihnn  IibIp. 
Chnngcil  lovo  a  fine  gM  lo  norilileiM  droM. 

Sbr  vuircreil  lorlum  nil  untol'l; 

Too  proud  lu  nioiirn,  lo  strong  I  >  die. 
Tbowall  prf*5fJ  licn»y  on  Iter  lirnri: 

Her  i*tiil«  Tice  flioned  her  mUcry. 

■   Such  «»lh  are  irruniiiK  dny  hy  diy. 

'Tirlxl  mitn  and  «lf»,  'Iwlsl  ft-Icn<l<in'I  frirm 
Woaltl  ihcy  couM  knotf.  wlio  tiglilly  bnil'l, 
Uow  ud  ttDil  Lilicr  i«  iba  eud! 

A  c^lrMKor'l,  ftu  unkiud  llicruglil, 
A  (Ijjlil  iirglorl,  n  tfiunliug  lonP — 

Such  iliiiigs  AH  llir^c,  iFrforc  wi'  knun, 
IlttTe  Inid  ibo  wall'*  fbiindmion  «l«ne. 


Tiiosi:  wlio  go  sboui  doitie  good  are  doinf;  an 
JesuR  did.  nnd,  ftlthcuiKh  llieir  hiiiiilile  work 
may  not  ntli-act  tlie  notiw  of  tliu  Rreat.  God 
mil  rvcoguize  it  us  duos  uuto  Him. 


"I  KAVK  been  n  njcmbeT  of  your  church  for 
thirty  years,"  ajiid  hii  elderly  Christian  to  his 
paatur.  *'iiiid  wh<'n  I  wtw  liiid  by  with  MickneMK 
for  a  week  or  two,  only  one  or  two  ciiuu'  to 
visit  me.  I  wji«  Bhniiiefully  m-glected."  "My 
friend."  said  the  jJMtor,  "in  nil  tliuw;  thirty 
yearw  how  many  sick  have  you  viHited?"  "Oh," 
he  replied,  "it  never  struck  me  in  that  light." 
and  so  many  connider  only  the  relation  of  their 
brethren  to  them,  and  nut  their  own  reliition 
to  others. 


PEACE  AND  UNITY. 

BY  ANKIE  V.    HAltniHON. 

f^rilKSE  two  little  words  have  in  them  vol- 
J.  umeH  of  meiining.  We  will  not  ntti'iiipt 
to  define  them  in  all  their  various  sitrnificatious, 
but  we  realize  that  in  them  is  conveyed  the 
duty  of  uur  liven. 

When  wo  look  around  and  xee  instead  ol 
peace.  Btriff;  in  the  place  of  unity,  discord;  it 
sadden^  our  hearts  and  brings  deep  regret  to 
our  mindM.  To  be  at  peace  and  dwell  in  unity 
is  our  duty,  but  it  does  not  »top  there.  Not 
only  are  we  to  live  in  peace  and  unity,  but  we 
are  to  use  our  whole  influence  to  bring  peace 
to  others.  "Blessed  are  the  peace-makers,  lor 
theyt-liall  be  called  the  children  of  God."  What 
a  blessed  promise,  to  be  a  child  of  the  living 
God;  to  be  adopted  into  his  family. 

YE  OLDEN  TYME. 

IT  waa  over  lioO  years  ago,  even  in  the  year 
HUG,  that  Dr.  Samuel  WliitingM'as  a  miu- 
ister  in  Lyon,  Ma»s.  At  that  time  one  Obadiah 
Turner  did  keep  his  journal  and  did  write 
therein  m  hdloweth : 

"1646,  June  ye  3d:  Allen  Crydges  hath  bin 
chose  to  wake  ye  sleepers  in  meeting,  and  being 
much  proud  of  his  place,  must  need  have  a  (ox 
taile  fixed  to  ye  end  of  a  long  start"  wherewith 
ye  may  brush  ye  faces  of  them  yt  will  have 
nape  in  time  of  discourse;  likewise  a  slmrp 
thorne  wherewith  he  may  prick  such  as  be 
moste  Bouude. 

"( ia  ye  last  Lord  his  day,  as  he  strutted  about 
ye  meeting  house,  he  did  spy  Mr.  Tomlins 
sleeping  with  much  comforte,  his  head  kept 
steadie  by  being  in  ye  corner,  and  his  baud 
grasping  ye  rail.  And  soe,  spying.  Allen  did 
luicktie  thrust  his  staff  behind  Dame  Hallond, 
and  give  him  a  grievious  prick  upon  ye  hand. 
Whereupon  Mr.  Tomlinj  did  spring  up  much 
ebove  ye  floor,  and  with  terrible  force  strike  his 
hand  againttt  ye  wall,  and  alto  to  ye  great  won- 
der of  all.  prophainlie  exclaim  in  a  loud  voice, 
'Cufts  the  woodcbuck,'  he  dreaming  as  it  seemed, 
vtawoodchuck  had  seized  ;ind  hit  hiti  hand. 
But  on  comeing  to  know  where  he  wtt.<i,  and  ye 
greiit  Hcandall  lie  had  committed,  he  .-eemed 
much  abashed,  but  did  not  speake.  And  I 
think  he  will  not  soon  againe  go  to  sleepe  in 
meeting.  Ye  women  may  sometimes  sleepie, 
and  none  know  it  by  reason  of  their  enormous 
bonnets.  Mr,  Whiting  dot»*  plpasantly  say  yt 
from  ye  pulpit  he  doth  seem  to  be  preaching  to 
stacks  of  ftraw,  with  men  jotting  here  and  ther 
amoog  them." 


QUIET  LIVES. 

CHRIST'S  lonrly.fiuiet  workers  unconsciously 
bl*»ss  the    world.     They  come  out  every 
morning  from  the  presence  of  God.  and    go  to 
their  busiue^j'   or  their  household  work.     And 
alt  day  long  m*  th*>y  toil  they  drop  gentle  words 
from  Iheir  tips,  and    scatter  little  sepds  of  kind- 
ii«w  ahoiil  tli*-m.  and   to-morrow  flowers  from 
the  garden  of  Ond  spring  upin  the  dusty  streets 
of  earth,  and  along  the  hard  paths  of  toil  on 
which  their  feet  tread.     More  than  once  in  the 
ScrijiturB  the  lives  of  God's  people  in  this  world 
are  compared  in  thfir  influence  to  the   dew. — 
There   may   b^  other  points  "f  analogy,    but 
^pecinlly    noteworthy    is  the  (piiet    manner  in 
which  the  dew  perform?*  its  ministry.     It  falN 
silently  ftnd  imperceptibly.     It  mwkes  no  noise. 
No  one  hears  it  dropping.     It  cIiohcm  the  dark 
ne»«  of  the  night  when  men  ore   sleeping,  and 
wln'ii  no   man  cau  witness  Us    beautiful   work. 
Itcovers  the  leaves  with  cluster*i    of  pearls.     It 
steaN  into  the  bosom  of  th<'  flowers,  and  leaves 
a  new  cupful  of  sweetness  there.     It  pours  itself 
*own  among  the  roots  of  the  grasses  and  ten- 
der herb'i  and    plants.     And   in    the   morning 
there  is  fre.^h   beauty  everywhere.    The  fields 
look  gn-eiier,  the  gardens  are  more  fragrant,— 
All  lif«  glows  and  s|>arkleK  with  a  new  splendor. 
.And  is  tht  re  no  lesson  her"  sit   to   the  manner 
in  which  we  should  seek    to  do  good   in   Ihis 
world?  Should  we  not  strive  to  have  our  influ- 
ence-   felt  rather  than    to   be  seen   Or  heard? 
Should  we  not  scatter  blessing  so  silently  and 
so  secretly  that  no  one  shall  know  what  hand 
Iropped  them?  The  whole  spirit  of  the  Gospel 
t^pftcbes  this.     •■When    tboii  doest  thy  alms,  let 
not  thy  left  hand  know  what  thy   right   hand 
doeth,  that  thy  alms   may  be  in  secret."     We 
lire  not  to  seek  the  praise  of  men.     We  are  not 
to  do  good  to  receive  reward  from  men.  We  are 
ijot  to   sound  trumpets  or  announce    our  good 
deeds  from  the  housetop. — Spkrlrd. 


CONTENTMENT. 


IIY  r>.\NieL  IIKIGHI. 


SINGING  FOR  JESUS. 


IIY  LEAH  BKI'LOOLE. 


ONK  evening  as  I  was  sitting  in  the  twilight 
musing  over  my  day'.-!  work,  little  Emma 


pualied  up  a  chair  and  took  a  seat  be.-ide  me.~ 
Aller  sitting  there  quietly  and  thoughtfully 
awhile,  she  said  to  me.  "Anutie,  the  bird>  were 
iu  the  tree  to-day  singing  for  Jesus."  I  replied, 
were  they?  scarcely  thinking  of  what  I  waa 
saying,  when  she  continued,  (referring  to  her 
little  sisters)  we  sing  for  Jesus,  too. 

These  little  girls  hod  been  in  the  hahit  of 
taking  a  hymn  book  or  a  note  hook,  and  retiring 
to  some  secluded  spot  to  hold  their  little  con- 
cert^n.  We  never  olijected  to  it.  l)ut  we  bad  not 
thought  of  it  that  they  were  really  singing  for 
■lesus.  This  opened  our  eyes  and  we  concluded 
to  encourage  them  in  all  their  make-believe 
services.  We  have  known  parents  to  object  to 
their  children  holding  such  meetings  because 
they  thought  it  was  a  had  sign.  Our  parents 
thought  it  wa**  a  sign  for  a  funeral.  This  is 
only  a  foolish  notion.  It  is  no  bad  sign  at  all, 
it  is  only  a  sign  that  the  children  are  drawn 
upward  by  some  unseen  cord  of  Divine  love. 
Let  the  children  play  going  to  meeting,  and  let 
them  sing  as  much  us  they  please  Give  them 
your  Bibles,  your  hymn  book's  and  your  note 
hooks,  let  them  wear  the  dust  off  even  if  they 
do  tear  them  a  little.  It  will  pay  you  to  get 
new  ones  occasionally.  He  who  has  said,  "Suffer 
little  children  to  come  uuto  me,  and  forbid 
them  not,  for  of  such  is  the  kingdom  of  heav- 
en," is  no  doubt  welt  pleaded  with  the  offerings 
of  tlieir  innocent  little  hearts.  He  who  said, 
"Where  two  nr  three  are  gathered  together  in 
my  name,  there  will  1  he  in  the  midst  ot'them," 
will  Me  not  be  in  tlie  midst  of  these  little  ones 
to  guide  and  bless  them? 

The  spot  where  children  hold  their  meetings 
is  hallowed  jiround,  for  svirely  the  Unseen  Di- 
vine Presence  is  there.  Let  the  children  -^ing 
for  .lesus,  even  though  they  may  not  know  a 
single  note  or  a  verse.  Jesus  will  understand 
them,  and  you  can  soon  teach  them  a  few  ver- 
ses, if  you  will  try-  Suffer  the  little  children 
to  sing  for  Je^^us  and  forbid  them  not. 

"Who  shall  sing  if  not  the  children?        , 

Did  not  Jesus  die  for  them? 
May  they  not,  with  other  jewels, 

Sparkle  iu  his  diadem? 

Why  to  them  were  voices  given — 
Bird-like  voices,  sweet  and  clear? 

Why,  unless  the  song  of  heaven 
They  begin  to  practice  here?" 

"OhI  they  cinnol  sing  too  early; 

Fathers,  stand  not  in  their  way; 
Birds  do  sin?  while  day  is  breaking — 

Tell  me,  then,  why  should  not  they?" 
ICoof/iKry,  Pa. 


COXTKXTMENT  is   a  treasur**  that  is  dug 
after  by  all  classes  of  peoplt>;  by  the  poor 
as  well   as    the  rich,  the  p^-asant  as  well  as  (he 
noblpinan.     But    it   is    like   entering   into    the 
Kingdom    of  heaven,  thomrh    sonijht     lor   by 
many.  y<-*t  found  by  but  few.     All  desire  it,  and 
all  seek  it,  but  seeking  it  where  it  does  not  exist, 
it  is  of  course  sought  for  in    vain.     How  vain, 
and  laden  with  perplexities^,  is  the  delusion  of 
seeking  it  in  riches,  vviiicb  often  take  wings  and 
fly  away,"  and   which,    in  the  best,   are  only  a 
head  full  of  cares  and  a  heart  full  of  desires  and 
anxieties.     Are  those  who  are  rich  in  the  goods 
of  this  world  contented?  Are  they  satisfied  with 
what  they  possess?  When  they  have  two  farms 
will    they  not   covet  the    third?  When   they 
ims-.eHs  their  ten  thousand-,  will  they  not  covet- 
ously grasp  and    miserly  and    uiggardly   hoard 
to   reach  their    hundreds  of    thouaauds?    Can 
they  sh'ep  so  sweetly  'on  their  soft  and  downy 
beds  iLS  did  Jacob  with  a  stone   for  a  pillow? 
Are  their  consciences  not  haupted  by  the  guilt 
of  having  "kept    back    by  fraud    the    hire    of 
the   laborers"  because  their  "cries    are  entered 
into  the  ears  of  the  Lord  of  Sabbaoth?"     Are 
their    souls     not  tormented;  their    sleep    not 
disturbed  by  the  nibl)ling  little  foxes  of,  "  W  here 
ciiu  I  inve.st  my  hoardings,    so    that  they  maj- 
not  be  lost?  WherMcau  I    insure   them  so  that 
neither  man  nor  God  can  deprive  me  of  them." 
Those  who  can    answer  all  these  questions   in 
the  neBit've  and  are  content  are  the  exception. 
Equally  vain  is  tiie  delusion  of  seeking  conteut- 
meut  iu  beauty  of  person  and  worldly  pleasures, 
for  like   the    beautiful  flowers   of  the   grass  it 
shall  wither  and  pass  away. 

But  is  contentment  not  to  be  found  in  fame 
and  honor?  How  soal-tormenting  {he(ielusion! 
What  is  fame? 

•■ramc  \^  but  n  slow  decay, 
IO«tn  Hiis  sbnll  pass  iiwivy." 

And  in  regard  to  finding  contentment  in  honor, 
it  is  the  same  as  seeking  it  in  wealth  and  riches, 
the  more  a  person  finds  the  more  he  wants,  and 
.'10  is  never  contented  nor  satisfied.  A  person 
seeking  honor  will  soon  not  he  satisfied  with 
that  which  he  receives  according  to  his  well- 
doing, so  he  begins  to  rob  it  from  his  neighbors. 
He  begins  to  covet  all  the  honor,  no*  willingly 
permitting  any  one  else  to  receive  any.  When 
lie  see-s  some  one  whom  he  estimates  as  being 
inferior  to  him,  receive  houor,  be  envies  him. 
When  he  hears  the  virgins  sing,  "David  has 
slain  his  ten  thousands,  and  Saul  his  thous- 
ands," the  Sauls  are  aroused  to  jealousy  against 
the  Davids,  persecuting  them,  speaking  evil  of 
them,  whetting  "their  tongue  like  a  swor  J,  and 
beudiijo  their  bows  to  shoot  their  arrows,  even 
bitter  vords," — ^Psalms  6i:  1,  trying  to  exalt 
themselves  by  attempting  to  debase  others.  But 
such  envious,  grudging,  honor-covetors  cau  no 
more  be  happy  and  contented  than  was  king 
Saul  the  Benjamite. 

No,  true  contentment  is  not  found  in  any- 
thing that  is  transitory.  It  requires  for  its 
foundation  something  that  is  immutable,  and  is 
iu  its  nature  pure  and  holy,  and  tor  such  foun- 
dation one  Seeks  iu  vain  hut  in  the  Holy  Trin- 
ity. Who  could  not  rest  and  he  content  in  the 
faith  of  his  beiug  the  son  or  daughter  of  the 
Almighty,  omniscient  and  merciful  God.  who 
protects  and  cases  for  his  children  as  we  do  for 
the  apple  of  our  eyes?  Truly,  unflinching  faith 
in  God  and  the  merits  of  Jesus,  the  spotless 
Lamb,  and  the  conscious  indwelling  of  the  Ho- 
ly Spirit,  the  comforter,  must  render  a  soul 
happy  aud  contented.  B'aitb  that  does  not 
reach  to  yonder  starry  heavens  to  grasp  Je.siis 
there,  hut  that  feels  biiu,  and  in  love  embraces 
liim  within  his  heart;  there  uuuoints  his  feet 
with  the  tears  of  gratitude,  (love  and  joy.  and 
exclaims,  "My  Lord  and  my  God."  Beiug  "dead 
indeed  unto  sin"  and  "quickened  together,"  and 
"risen  with  Christ,"  Col.  2:  13,  having  the  atiec 
tioiis  riveted  on  things  above,  the  soul  finds 
contentment  sweetly  within,  even  "life  hid 
with  Christ  in  God."  Having  taken  a  draught 
at  the  "wells  of  salvation,"  from  the  hands  of 
the  Savior,  he  is  satisfied,  happy  and  contented, 
"shall  never  thirst,"  though  always  drinking, 
for  i(  shall  "he  iu  him  a  well  of  water" — com- 
fort, peace,  joy  and  contentment  "springing  up 
into  everlasting  life.— Johni  :  14. 

Such  is  true  aud  lasting  contentment.  Will 
you  diligently  seek  it,  dear  reader?  The  prom- 
ise is,  "Seek,  aud  you  shall  find,"  hut  remember 
that  it  is  not  fouud  in  any  worldly  object,  nor 
iu  the  "counsel  of  the  ungodly,  the  w&y  of  Sin- 
ners, the  seat  of  the  scornful,"  luit  in  the  "con- 
gregation of  the  riL;hteous,"  the  "Chur;h  of  the 
tirBt-boru.  which  are  written  iu  heaven,"  whose 
"delight  is  in  the  law  of  the  Lord."  and  whose 
meat  and  drink  it  is  to  do  their  Master's  will. 
Give  your  heart  to    God,  and   humble    yourself 


uuder  his  mighty  hand,  and  it  will  conit;  to  pag, 
that  you  call  say  with  David  ot  old  while  io  the 
wilderne*s  of  Judah.  fiercely  persecuted  bykinp 
Saul,  "Thus  will  I  bless  tbet-  while  !  five;  i 
will  lift  np  my  hands  in  thy  name.  My  sou! 
shall  l>e  satisfied  as  with  marrow  and  fatneea 
and  my  mouth  shall  praise  tbee  with  joyful 
lips,  when  I  lem-'mber  thee  ujiou  my  bed,  and 
inedit.it«>ipn  thee  m  the  night  watches.  Because 
thou  hast  been  my  help,  therefore  in  the  shadow 
of  thy  wings  will  I  rejoice." — Psalms  63:  4-7 
liflhUhnn.  I'n. 


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THE  pi\ 
great 


GREAT  ENTERPRISES. 

nvseut  time  is  fruitful  in  schemes  of 
great  magnitude.  There  are  already  pro- 
ject*d, 

A  new  suspension  bridge  over  Niagara  river- 

A  new  Atlantic  Cal;!e?h  addition  to  that  now 
in  process  of  constrOCtSoa; 

A  ship  canal  across  the  Isthmus  of  Darieu 

A  ship-railroad  across  the  same  strip  of  land 
separating  two  oceans; 

A  railio;id  over  the  desert  of  Sahara, connect- 
ing .-Vlgeria  and  Soudan; 

A  canal,  which,  conveying  the  waters  of  the 
Mediterranean  into  the  sands  of  .\frica,  sliaU 
make  a  great  inland  sea  aud  fertilize  arid 
wasti!s; 

The  establiiihinent  of  water  communication 
between  the  Black  aud  Caspian  seas. 

Add  to  these  enterprises,  most  of  which  seem 
likely  to  be  undertaken  in  the  near  future: 

Tlie  destmction  of  the  world's  plagues; 

The  emancipation  of  every  slave; 

Univei-Sttl  education; 

The  adjustment  of  ti»e  relations  of  labor  and 
capital; 

The  solution  of  the  population  question; 

The  discovery  and  adoption  of  the  fina'l  form 
of  society. 

Aud  we  need  not  fear  that  the  world's  great 
thinkers  and  doers  wil!  get  out  of  work  aud 
have  to  go  tramping  for  a  long  time  lo  come.— 
American  Sorialist. 


MORMONISM. 

SEMI-MOUMONISM  at  the  East,  as  well  as 
in  all  its  original  deformity  iu  I'tab,  is 
suffering  the  withering  bhift  of  an  aroused  pub- 
lic sentiment.  Leading  clergymen  and  Christ- 
ian laymen  in  the  State  of  New  York  have 
been  in  consultation  to  devise  active  measures 
for  the  breaking  up  of  the  impure  Oneida  com- 
munity, in  the  center  ot  that  Slate.  Led  by  the 
retired  and  really  very  able  former  head  of  it. 
John  Humphrey  Noves— a  relative  of  President 
Hayes — the  community  has  voted  to  give  up 
their  system  of  complex  or  bestial  marriages, 
They  do  not  renounce  their  principles;  indeed 
they  advocate  llie  superior  purity  of  celibacy, 
but  will  not  live  separate  as  do  the  Shakers.— 
They  will  permit  separate  marriages,  break  up 
the  indiscriminate  association  ot  the  sexes, 
keep  up  their  forms  of  moral  and  religious  dis- 
cipline, their  socalistic  plan  of  doing  business 
and  holding  property,  and  tor  the  care  and  ed- 
ucation ot  the  children.  Young  Mr.  Noyes, 
the  present  head  of  the  body,  is  happily  mar- 
ried, and  is  opposed  to  the  complex  marriage 
system  of  his  father.  His  personal  influence 
together  with  the  strong  public  sentiment 
around  them,  has  secured  this  hopeful  step  to- 
wards a  moral  reformation. 


h-  the  prosperity  of  the  Methodist  Book 
Concern  in  New  York,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Hunt,  one 
of  the  managers  in  this  city,  gave  some  inter- 
esting statistics  in  an  address  at  one  of  the  late 
Chatauqua  meetings.  He  said  that  after  the 
fire  in  1836  the  capital  to  begin  business  with 
was  8281,650.74:.  In  June  liSiS,  the  netcapital 
was  i*l,009.4U,48,showing  an  increase  of  §719,- 
762,69  which  came  from  profits.  Records  show 
that  the  New  "1  ork  Concern  has  paid  for  objects 
outside  of  its  own  business  since  1831' the  sum 
of:*2,120,81)3.35.  This  was  paid  by  order  of 
the  General  Conference,  or  it  would  otherwise 
have  been  added  to  the  capital,  so  that  the  total 
profits  have  been  $2,859,66.5.04  in  forty- two 
years,  or  an  average  of  $67,872.72  per  year. 

Philadelphia  makes  anuually  20,00(t,000 
garments,  emplovihtj  oO.OOfJ  men  and  women 
in  the  business.  Cutting  machines  are  used  in 
some  establishments  that  can  cnt  nearly  1,800 
garments  in  twelve  hours,  and  button-hole 
machines  that  can  work  at  the  rate  of  IHian 
hour,  in  which  time  only  three  could  be  worked 
by  hand. 


ilctober    IS 


XHE    MTtKTHKEN    ^T    "WOKIC 


(forrcs|ioiirtfncc. 


•■  «r1l*  ««  unto  roo.  * 


}ouF  JojBia}  b*  [all — J'.hc 


From  the  Arcadia  Church,  Xnd. 

\'[{  coiiuniiuion  was  on  the    lOth  uf  Sept- 

I  I  ember.  We  liud  a  godd  meeting;  not 
iiy  ministers  from  a  dist-nici-,  iinr  any  very 
A  but  those  that  came  did  thpir  *vork  well, 

*■  J  jiUhough  youug.  their  work  showed  their 
arts  were  iu  it.  and  are  promiHiuf!  worlcmeii. 

If  their  lives  are  spared  they  will  do  much  good 
g  on  earth,  and   it"  their  couusel    is  recei 
1  lived  out,  fruit  will  be  the  result,  though  it 
mes  after   many  days.     May  God    hless    the 

Church  is  my  prayer.  J.  N.  Periu'. 

From  Eld  John    Murray. 

PLEASE  explain  why  people  seem  so  much 
less  coucerned  about  having  peace  with 
fod  W"il^  ^°  health  than  in  sickueHS.  I  have 
thou'^ht  much  about  this  and  woudered  why  it 
a  Do  uot  the  well  know  that  they  must  die 
a  certainly  as  do  the  sick?  This  is  what  sur- 
riges  me  at  llie  ditt't^rence  in  their  expressions 
oddnnire*  when  tht-y    are  in  health  and  when 

sick 

I  have  now  been  in  Marshall  Co.,  lowatwen- 
tv-lwo  years,  luthe  liiat  six  or  seven  yt^ars  I 
^a$  called  once  a  year  lo  preach  u  funeral;  but 
jincn  that  ti-ne  there  ha<  been  a  gradual  in- 
crease in  population  and  many  more  dt-atlis.  I 
have,  in  this  time,  irequeutly  preachtd  lor  iwo 
deatlis  at  the  same  time,  and  on  the  iiud.  of  la-st 
iueust  I  preached  the  funeral  sermon  of  three 
at  ihi'Sauie  tune. 

Qiiarrif,  loira. 


The  following  is  the  programme  as  prepared 
for  the  Convention: 

1.  What  are  the  advantages  of  Sunday- 
!-i'hools  among  the  Brethren?  Jesse  Calvert, 
D;iuiel  Sliively. 

'2.  Has  the  (•xperiment  of  Sunda> -school Cou- 
ventioos  proven  to  Iw  UeneHriul  to  the  Sunday 
school  Cause  in  the  Brotherhood?  Daniel  Whit- 
mer.  John  Sturgis. 

3.  Tearher">  Meetings,  and  how  to  conduct 
them.    Louis  Munt?.,  Sarah  Johnson. 

■i.  What  are  the  nesessary  qualifications  of 
teachers  and  otficers?  P.  R.  Wrightsnmn.  Isaac 
Berkey. 

.1.  How  should  scholars  be  instructed  who 
cannot  read?  Isaac  Early.  Noah  Shntt. 

6.  How  can  all  who  attend  Sunday-school  he 
induced  to  take  part  in  the  exercises?  John 
Wri^ht-iman,  Henry  Wartsler. 

7.  What  records  should  be  kept,  and  how? 
Amaey  Puterbaugh,  Alman  Mock. 

8.  How  should  funds  he  raised  to  defray  the 
expenses?  Wm,  G.  Cook,  Haftrison  Elson, 

The  persons  named  with  each  proposition 
will  open  the  discussion,  after  which  all  present 
will  have  liberty  to  take  part  in  the  exercises, 
Perfect  freedom  to  present  the  light  of  the 
fiospe!  upon  these  subjects,  and  to  suggest  the 
best  methods  uf  teaching  our  youth  will  he  al- 
lowed. We  want  active  workers  throughout 
the  Brotherhood  to  be  with  us  and  help  iu  the 
noble  cause.  All  will  be  heartily  welcomed. 
JuiiN  Stikuis.    Secretary. 


A  Trip  to  Kansas. 


From  Weeping  Water,  Nebraska. 

THE  tirst  Lovt^-ffa^t  iu  this  pait  of  the  coun- 
try 1!^  now  past  aud  truly  it  was  a  feast  to 
us  all  and  one  long  tube  remembered  by  all 
ureseiit.  In  an  humble  tent  30x10  feet,  covered 
ivilh  Uiug  hay.  about  titry-three  members  com- 
[ouiied.  ami  peo|)le  wiiu  long  sat  in  darkness, 
Tvei'B  permitted  to  ste  the  ordinances  of  the 
Lord's  house  observed  iu  their  primiiive  order, 
We  trust  aud  believe  this  occasioji  will  be  the 
means  of  furthering  the  Master's  cause  in  this 
place.  We  organized  a  church  with  twenty- 
four  members,  with  two  deacons  and  oue  niiu- 
ister,  and  named  it  the  Weeping  Water 
Church.  Brethren,  remember  us  in  your  pray^ 
ers  and  in  your  travels  among  the  isolated 
churches.  We  are  60  miles  from  any  other 
organization.  Two  were  lately  received  by 
hupUsui      ^"our  unworthy  brother, 

Jesse  \.  HhXKi.Eit. 

From  the  Centerview  Church.  Mo. 

OUR  communion  meeting  was  held  on  the 
27th  of  September.  Had  a  large  gathering 
aud  2ood  order.  It  was  a  least  of  love  long  to 
be  reraeuibered.  The  week  previous  we  had 
some  fears  uf  not  having  ministerial  help  as  our 
brother  Hutchison  was  in  ill  heiUth,  but  on  the 
[uoruing  of  the  meeting  brethren  S.  S.  Moliler. 
J.  S.  Mohler  and  E.  Kees  came  equipped  with 
Ihe  Gospel  armor  and  shunned  not  to  declare 
the  whole  counsel  of  God.  May  God  bless 
them  for  their  labor  of  love,  guide  them  through 
the  journey  of  life,  aud  eventually  give  them  a 
home  in  the  many  mansions  above. 

A.  Creegeu. 

Sunday-School  Convention. 

TH  K  Sunday-school  Convention  for  the  north- 
ern district  of  Indiana  will  meetiu  regular 
session  the  23rd  day  of  October,  1870,  iu  Solo- 
mon's Creek  Meeting-house,  li  miles  north 
east  ofMilford  Junction.  Elkhait  Co.  Those 
coming  by  way  of  Lake  Shore  road  will  change 
cars  at  Goshen  for  Milford  Junction.  Those 
toming  by  way  of  Pittsburg,  Ft  Wiiyne  and 
Chic;igo,  will  change  cars  at  Warsaw  tor  Mil- 
ford  Junction.  Those  coming  by  way  of  Band, 
Ohio,  will  stop  off  at  Milford  Junction. 

We  expect  thin  meeting  to  be  the  best  one  of 
tbekmd  ever  held  in  northern  Indiana  among 
the  Brethren,  being  just  one  day  orevious  to 
the  northern  Indiana  Mission  Meeting  iit  the 
same  i)lace,  thereby  calling  togetlier  the  ablest 
widmost  zealous  workers  iu  both  the  Missionary 
and  Sunday-school  fields.  Brethren  and  sisters, 
let  us  come  together  and  learn  how  much  good 
Sunday-schooU  have  done  among  the  Brethren 
Slid  how  much  good  can  yet  be  done,  aud  last, 
but  not  least,  how  we  can  do  the  work.  Broth- 
er M.  M.  Eshclman  has  promised  to  he  with  us 
aud  deliver  a  discourse  the  evening  before.  His 
ttiene   will  l)e  "The  Bible." 


FASHIONABLE  preaihers,  on  a  plethoric 
salary,  in  this  age  of  steam,  electricity, 
and  gas,  when  the  weather  becomes  inconveni- 
ently hot,  and  "side-board"  shirt  collars  (espec- 
ially the  i>tr/ier  sort)  persistently  wilt  under 
calorific  influences,  are,  frequently,  granted  a 
"vacation"  by  their  admiring  congregations,and 
undrr  certain  soothing  influence;^ — as  for  exam- 
ple Havanna  cigars,  linen  dusters,  aud  "dead- 
head" tickets  on  the  rail-roads— shake  the  dust 
of  heated  cities  from  their  feet,  and  seek  the 
coed,  sfciuestered  borders  of  the  Northern  lakes, 
the  Falls  of  Minnehaha,  or  the  congenial  "wa- 
tering places"  by 

"Tlie  mournful  somiding  sen.   — 

where,  fanned  by  apicy  breezes— wandering  amid 
tlie  lonely  aisles  of  majestic  forests,  or  on  the 
cool,  inviting  verandahs  of  palatial  hotels  the;' 
may  indulge  an  after  dinner  nap— 

'■I'arfroin  tlic  uiinhliug  crow.ls  ignuljle  strife." 

whencf  returning  to  the  scene  of  tneir  "minis- 
terial labors'V  ?},  as  duly  heralded  in  the  denom- 
inational sheet,  "with  invigorated  frame  and 
rejuvenanted  spirits" — from  a  long  and  ardu- 
ous pursuitofreligious  billiards, ''/((/.■'  "croquet," 
ou  the  grassy  lawn,  "at  dewy  twilight."  with 
the  yirls,  they  are  "refreshed  in  body  and  mind," 
aud  so  prepared  to  preach  the  word  with  re- 
newed power. 

So  we,  though  not  a  "Rev,"  nor  a  double  D.. 
and  therefore,  not  properly  entitled  to  the  above 
)ierijuisitcf:  pertaining  to  the  fashionable 
"house  of  God" — in  our  humble  and  obscure 
sphere,  have  been  permitted  to  enjoy  a  short 
respite  from  home  cares.— ministerial,  farming, 
medical,  and  other  labors  and  duties,  and  to 
enjoy  our  "vacation"  of  one  brief,  parsing  week 
ot  time.  We  have  uot  been  to  Saratoga,  or 
Niagara  Falls.  We  have  uot  been  to  Long 
Branch,  or  Cape  May,  (to  say  nothing  of  the 
Mammoth  Cave)  hut  we  hair  been  to  Kavsas. 

In  company  with  brother  Lemuel  Hillery 
and  wife,  myself  and  "side-companion",  set  out, 
a  few  weeks  since,  for  the  "classic  shores"  of 
Kansas. 

Bro.  Hillery  aud  I  bad  some  appointments 
ahead  of  us,  which  we  were  endeavoring  to 
reach,  one  at  Belton.  Cass  Co,,  Mo.,  two  miles 
from  the  western  border  of  the  State,  one  at  a 
school-house,  five  miles  from  Belton,  aud  two 
in  the  vicinity  of  Lawrence,  Kansas.  We  went 
in  brother  Hillery's  private  conveyance,  and, 
with  the  exception  of  the  hot  and  sultry  weath- 
er, and  feeble  condition  of  brother  Hilbry's 
health,  as  he  was  scarcely  yet  well  recovered 
from  the  effects  of  a  severe  spell  of  congestive 
fever,  a  short  time  before,  at  brother  Fred 
Kulps,  near  the  Mineral  Creek  Church  ,— we  bad 
a  delightful  trip. 

We  left  Warrensbnsg.  Mo.,  on  Friday  mom- 
in"  reaching  brother  Jonathan  Emmerts'  four 
mifes  south  of  Mo.,  passing  Friday  nigbt  with 
this  kind  family,  resuming  oar  journey  Satur- 
day morning,  and  arriving  at  sister  Minnie  C. 
(Jhristopher-s  near  Belton,  late  at  night.  Sister 
C,  is  my  wife's  si3ter,  and  a  member  of  our 
Church.  We  were  kindly  received  and  enter- 
tained, and  on  Sunday  morning,  Bro.  Hillery 
being  still  much  indisposed,  and  fatigued  by 
the  journey,  it  devolved  upon  the  writer  to  fill 
the  appointment  at  the  school-house  near  sister 
C's— preached  to  a  pretty  welt^filled  house,  sev- 


eral Mt) 

first  "Ounkard"  sermon  ever  preached  in  that 
neighborhood,  aud  I  was,  perhaps,  the  first 
preacher  of  the  sort  this  nistic  audienoe  had 
ever  beheld. 

Curiosity,  doubtless,  atimiitnted  the  major 
p;irt  of  the  CfUgregation  to  come  out  to  the 
meeting,  for  they  eyed  the  round-tailed  coat. 
uud  general  "outfit"  of  your  bumble  servant  as 
minutely  and  cunoualy  a»  il  he  hod  been  some 
tabulous,  or  uuuUescript,  animal,  or  "soaring 
arment,"  suddenly  and  unexpectedly  turned 
loose  in  the  community. 

I  certainly  had  the  "undivided  attention"  of 
that  "highly  respected  and  intelligent  audience." 
I  was  informed  that  a  decided  impression  was 
made  on  one  of  my  bearers,  a  Mormon  woman, 
who  remarked.  "That  is  the  doctrine  forme!" 
I  sincerely  hope  that  this  poor  "Latter  Day 
Saint"  may,  in  God's  good  time,  be  brought  out 
of  the  darkness  of  Joe  Smith  into  the  marvel- 
ous light  of  the  Gospel  of  Christ. 

At  night  I  preached,  by  request,  in  the 
Christian  (or  Campbellite  )  Church  at  Belton. — 
The  house  was  full  and  good  attention  given  to 
tbe  discourse.  Text,  Acts  xvii:  IS.  Here  the 
gdze  of  the  curious  seemed  concentrated  on  our 
little  group  of  sisters,  who  sat  near  the  speak 
er's  plat  form  attired  in  their  plaiu  clothes,  aud 
modest  white  caps. 

Monday  morning,  '"bright  and  early."  Bro. 
Hillery  teeling  somewhat  better,  and  the  "Latin 
parts"  of  the  machinery  all  round  being  in  bet- 
ter working  order,  we  set  out  for  the  cekbrated 
State  of  Kansas.  VVe  had  a  delightful  drive: 
protected  from  the  fierce  rays  of  old  King  Sol 
in  a  covered  carriage,  tanned  by  cool  and  invig- 
orating breezes,  and  charmed  by  the  matchless 
scenery  of  the  delicious  landscape  around  us. 
The  view  wa.s  magnificent  indeed.  The  con- 
stant succession  of  well-ordered  farms,  with 
their  long  colonnades  of  tall  and  feathery  Loni- 
bardy  poplars  fringiug  the  broad  avenues  of 
approauii — well  cut,  smoothly-trimmed  hedges, 
shapely  orchards,  laden  with  red  and  tempting 
Iruit,  innumerable  strcka  of  grain,  smooth, 
broad,  level  roads,  vast,  illimitable  prairies 
stretcliiug  in  the  dim  distance  fur  away  as  the 
eye  could  reach,  dotted  with  white  cottage.s, 
aud  varied  by  the  winding  outlines  of  enchant- 
ing streams  fringed  by  stately  trees,  all  con- 
spired to  form  a  picturesque  and  delightful 
scene. 

A  spell  oi  glory  lies  on  wave  and  wood! 
A  dreamy  splendor  sleep.s  o'er  all  the  laud, 
And  winding  far  away,  on  either  hand. 
The  glit'riug  streams  that  murmnrto  the  sea 
And   poured  round  all,  like  Ocean's  flashing 
loam — 


in  the    audience.     Thia  was  the    spent  a  pleasant  evening  und^^r  the   hospitable 

" ^.. «.v..j    ;.,  .!,„.     roof  of  old  brother  and  8i«f«r  Eyre  who  have  a 

comfortable  little  home  near  the  nuburU  of  tbo 
city.     Lawrence  in  a  b..autiful  place.  It  i^a  neat 
and  cosy  little  city  of  »oine  9  Or  lO.OOfJ  inhab- 
itantu,  n.Btling  amid  green  tree«  and  clmilerinK 
vines  on  the  south  bank  of  the  Kansa*.  river^ 
The    wide,   well- paved,    clean-kept  »tr^u,  iU 
elegant  busii.ew   houses,  its  neai  cottages  and 
handsome  rcsidence»,its  smoothly-shaven  Uwns 
aud  imposiug  public  structures  form  a  striking 
contrast  with  the  Lawrence  I  aaw  21  years  ago 
with  its  fltniggliag  collection  ot  -doby"  adobej 
hiiU,  and  shanties  built  of  rough  pine  plank 
scattered  promiscuously,  hither  and  yon,  along 
the  banks   of  the    Kaw.    as   if  somebody   had 
pitched  a  peck  of  Irish  potatoes  into  the  air 
and  each   one  lay    where  it    fell    in  picturesque 
irregularity,  and  in   utter  defiance  of  jc-ithetic 
law.     One  of  these   dingy  huts,  a    veteran  sur- 
vivor of  the  days  of  yore,  stands,  in   mournful 
and  solitary    grandeur,  on  the  brow   of  a  hill 
overlooking  the  classic  waters  of  the  Kaw.  This 
important  item  in  tho  past  and  progressive  his- 
tory of  the  city,  we   obtained    through  the  per^ 
s.stent    curiosity   of  the   two  accomplished  fe- 
males  who  wore  our  fellow  frHvellers  on  the  trip 
To  them  the  world    is  indebted  for  this   iniper- 
ishiible  fact.     Fired  with   aiiti<iuarian   zeal,   at 
their  behest,  I    started    out  in  quent  of  the  de- 
sired  information.     Fortune  smiled   upon  the 
praise-worthy  purpose,  and  I  gleaned  the  ines- 
timable knowledge  from  an  aged  aud  vnerable 
looking  specimen  of  the  African  race,  whom  I 
encountered  in  the  vestibule  of  tht-  Post  Office. 
But.    iu    the    lauguaee  of  the    old  Methodist 
preacher,  "I  must  wind  to  a  close"  lent  iny  nar 
rative,  like 

a    bout 

Of  linked  Bweetni*s.s,  long  drawn  out," 
prove  too  tough  for  the  ea.sy  digestion  of  your 
readers.  • 

We  had.  altogether,  a  very  pleasant,  aud,  I 
trust,  a  profitable  trip.  In  the  compauianship 
ofbrother  Hillery,  earnest,  devoted,  zealous  m 
bis  labors  fur  the  cause  of  Christ,  and  that  of 
sister  Hillery,  no  less  interested  in  the  triumph 
of  God's  p-^ople.  both  myself  and  wife  felt  that 
we  enjoyed  a  rare  anji  precious  privileee, — one 
that  contributed  to  our  spiritual  growth.  The 
occasion  will  long  be  remembered  with  emo- 
tions of  pleasure  by  us. 

May  the  Lord  prosper  our  beloved  brother 
and  wife  in  their  labors  for  the  upbuilding  of 
Christ's  Kingdom  on  earth,  and  when  done 
with  the  things  of  time  and  sfine.  triumphant 
them  to  that  better  Kingdom  above. 

Alkx  W.  Reese. 

Wurrensburg^  Mo. 


(With  song  of  forest-bird  and  hum  of  bee) 
The  fairest  landscape  eye  of  man  could  see. 

We  fuuiid  the  drive  from  Beltou  to  brother 
Sapplee'r.  ."i\  miles  north  of  Lawrence,  rather 
too  uiutli  )0r  our  team,  though  kept  all  day  cm 
a"Dunkard"  trot,  so  we  reached  the  unpreten- 
tious, quiet,  little  (Quaker  village,  called  liesper, 
just  as  the  pMrple  twilight  enshrouded  the 
scene.  This  little  town  is  some  14  or  Iti  miles 
from  the  fauious  city  of  Lawrence. 

Here  we  pulled  up  for  the  night,  enjoying 
the  hospitality  of  a  genteel  family  of  this  quaint 
people.  The  next  day  we  journeyed  ou,  cross- 
juir  the  far-famed  Wakarusa,  on  a  scow,  at  the 
substantial,  Teutonic  village  of  Eudora.  and 
reached  brother  Supplee'a  about  noon.  We 
spent  two  or  three  days  with  the  family  of  this 
kind-hearted  brother  and  his  noble  wife.  Hero 
we  felt  truly  at  home,  and  realized  that  we 
were  in  the  house  of  a  brother  and  sister  in  the 
Lord.  We  met  here  brother  Samuel  Baker  and 
wife  of  the  Willow  Springs  Church;  also  Bro. 
Flory  and  wife  of  Lawrence.  Owing  to  our 
detention  one  day  longer  on  the  road  than  we 
had  expected,  we  did  not  reach  our  appoint- 
ment for  Monday  nigbt,  at  the  school-house 
near  brother  Supplee'a.  Fortunately,  howeTer 
brother  Bjtker  was  present  and  preached  for  the 
people. 

The  weather  ou  Tuesday  evening  was  threat- 
ning:  black  clouds  blocked  up  the  sky  vrith 
every  indication  of  a  storm,  so  it  was  thought 
prudent  to  postpone  the  meeting.  We  were 
solicited  by  brethren  Baker  aud  Flory,  to  hold 
a  series  of  meetings  in  the  city  of  Lawrence,but 
the  state  oi  brother  Hillery 's  health,  and  my 
personal  engagements  at  home,  would  not,  at 
this  time,  admit  of  this.  In  speaking  of  the 
proposed  meeting,  and  the  style  of  preaching 
most  likely  to  prove  elfective  in  Lawrence,  Bro. 
Flory  thought  that  "Love"  would  be  a  good 
theme  to  start  out  on.  We  cheerfully  coincide 
iu  this  view.  Love  is  a  wonderful  grace,  aud 
we  would  suggest  to  the  brethren  upon  whom 
it  may,  in  the  Providence  ol  God,  devolve  to 
inaugurate  such  a  meeting,  that  a  suitable  and 
appropriate  text  for  the  oj  eiiing  sermon  can  be 
found  iu  the  latter  clause  of  Gal.  vi  :  10. 

While  iu  the  neighborhood  of  Lawrence  we 


From  Modf'Sta,  California. 

WE  held  our  Love-feast  on  the  evening  of 
the   20th  of  September.      Commenct;d 
meetivg  on  the  evening  of  18lh.  and  erntinued 
until  Monday  evening,  '22nd.    We  bad  a  very 
pleasant     and      good    meeting.     The     church 
seemed  revived  and    edified  and   some  favorable 
impressions  made  on   the  minds  of  many.    We 
sttll  try  to  "plant  and  water"   by  holding  forth 
the  Word  of  Life  according  to  the  "ability  that 
God  givetb,"  and  we  humbly   pray   that  the 
Lord  may  give  the  increase  so  that  a  bountiful 
harvest  may  he  gathered   into  the  Lord's  gar- 
ner"   The  church  held  a  choice  for  one  minis- 
ist^r  and  two  deacons.     The  lot  fell  on  brother 
S.  A.  Overholt/.er,  for  minister,  and  for  deacons, 
brethren   Jacob  aud   Isaac  Shelly.    A  happy 
union  of  feeling  prevailed  among  the  members, 
as  was   amply    indicated   by  the  vote    for  the 
brethren  to  their  positions.    The   Brethren  of 
California  desire  the   pravers  of  the  Church, 
both  on  this,  and  on  that  side  of  the  stormy 
waters.     Humbly   praying  that  the  Lord  may 
streugthea  aud  encourage  the  Brethren  in  Cal- 
ifornia, we  are  as  ever. 

Fraternally, 

P  S.  Garmax. 

From  Mt.  Vernon.  Va. 

THE  Mount  X'ernou  congregation  seems  to 
be  in  a  prosj  e  "ous  couditioa.  Seven  haT« 
Iwen  received  by  bapti-^m  since  the  24th  of  Au-^ 
gust.  Klder  J.  R.  Gisb  and  companion  have 
returned  to  lllinoi?.  He  labored  hard  wliile  h» 
was  among  us  trying  to  encouruge  the  Chri«t- 
tian,  aud  warn  the  sinner.  Our  Love-feast  will 
be  held  on  the  25th  of  present  month. 

S.  W.  0AR5ER. 


THi-:  brethi^KjS'  A.X  a\^oi<k:. 


October    X3 


^"-iJIcF  ^OCJJCBS. 


AND  thPT  tliat  be  wisp  slmll  ahlne  as  the 
brlBtitnettsof  tlie  flrraamenl;  and  they  that  turn 
mttytorifthteouanftss.  as  the  scara  forever  and 
Vnr,~-T)lii\.  1:2 : 3. 


Covington,  Ohio  —Our  church  i»iu  a  healthy 
condition,  both  fri>iritunlly  and  t^-mporully.  Du- 
ring brother  Ba-ihor'e  meeting  (of  one  week). 
there  were  six  nAAcd  by  bajttiam.  and  one  since 
Our  Sunday-school  in  well  attended  by  the  little 
folks,  but  not  so  well  by  their  parents  b»  it 
should  be.  Succ<«s  to  Sunday-achoolB  and  the 
City  Mission.  E,  Beeky. 

From  North  Manohefiter.  Ind.— Our  church  is 
in  a  healthy  condition.  True,  we  have  our 
losses  and  crojwea.  but  htill  we  prosper.  YenUir- 
day  wo  had  council  meeting  and  diaposed  of 
matt*-r  bi-fure  the  house  i<rctty  Natisfaclory  to 
gll^_hope  the  Lord  will  add  liis  hlcHwug  to  the 
same.  We  rijoice  to  inform  you  that  we  had 
the  privilege  of  receiving  three  mor«  to  the 
church  hy  baptiom,  making  in  all  for  this  year 
ereu  sixty,     (iod  have  the  praixc. 

D.  T.  S.  limhMiAvciU. 
at.  :ir<l,  '7:1. 

From  Mansfield.  Ills.— ijoned  me'-ting  in 
Woodford  Co.,  Oi:tol.er  l«t,  withufveii  additioriH 
by  baptism,  one  re-lored.  and  one  ajiplicant  t« 
be  ftceived  in  Lacon.  Two  mwp  from  tlie  Hap 
tiatsaud  one  fjoni  the  Methodist*.  The  hreth- 
«li  and  sLsUffM  in  Woodford  are  lively,  working 
memlj'»r«  and  did  not  forfiet  the  preacher  nor 
hia  family.  May  Uod'n  blessing  he  with  them 
evermore.  I  reached  brother  Banihart'«on  the 
2nd  iu«t.  SniHll  conpretiation  last  night  on 
account  of  rain.  Humbly  tniMtinp.  we  ba'in 
this  meeting.  !>■  ».  (ijusoN. 

Oct.  .V,  '7ff. 

From  Fraiikllu  Churrh,  Iowa.— Our  feast  in 
past  uiid  we  liad  a  good  nneting.  Hrother  11. 
Palmer  was  witli  iim  and  preached  for  u«.  One 
preciouM  Moul  was  coiiHtrained  to  turn  in  with 
the  peojtle  of  God.  Held  a  choice  for  two  dea- 
cons, the  lot  falling  on  brother  Hiram  Porter 
and  Lewis  D.  Garber.  Hope  the  Lttrd  will 
bless  them  and  cause  thenuto  be  true  and  faith- 
ful workers  in  their  calling.  «nd  may  we  all 
live  80  that  we  will  be  porinitted  to  hear  that 
welcome  apidaudit,  "Woll  done.'' 

jKItKMIAII    KuK. 
Orf.  7th,   '?!'. 

From  Maple  Grove  Colony,— Last  Sunday, 
(Sept.  I'lHt.,)  was  our  refjular  appointment  on 
the  Sappa  River,  about  eight  luilea  north  of  the 
colony.  Brother  N.  C.  Workman  re»[»onded 
to  the  request,  made  by  a  person  in  thai  neigh- 
borhood. Tiie  requeHt  wh.s  that  brother  Work- 
mon  should  tell  tho  people  what  the  Brethren 
did  belie  .-e.  He  not  only  told  the  people  what 
we,  as  a  Church,  believe,  but  also  gave  good, 
Scriptural  reasons  for  the  same  in  a  clear,  logi- 
cal and  convincing  manner.  He,  iu  the  Hpace 
ol  two  hours,  liandled  subjects  eooiigh  to  en- 
gage a  speaker  lor  a  year.  At  the  close,  two 
precious  souls  were  unit«d  to  the  body  of  the 
church  by  baptism  in  tlie  presence  of  a  large 
and  interesting  audience.  Some  good  impres- 
sions were  made  upon  the  minds  of  many  oth- 
ers. May  the  tjooii  Lord  help  our  dear  breth- 
ren and  Kiatera  to  be  faithful  in  the  discharge  of 
every  Christian  duty.  We  are  almost  daily 
receiving  additions  to  our  colony  and  yet  there 
is  room  for  good,  entorprisiug  men  and  women. 
Our  communion  will  be  held  on  tlie  4tli  and 
5th  of  Oetoher.  We  will  have  our  church  com- 
plete so  an  to  hold  it  there.  Health  in  the 
colony  good,  weather  dry,  necessaries  of  life  are 
p!«uty  and  cheap.  S.  U.  HoLSiNGKR. 

iff//,  \orhn  Co.,  Kansas^  Sept.  '^bih^  ''7'J. 


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Dedicatory  Services. 

The  dedication  of  the  Pleasant  View  Church, 
Indiana,  will  take  place  on  the  2(>th  of  October, 
'70.  llro.  JestH*  Calvert  is  to  preach  the  dedi- 
catory sermon.  C.  Lentz. 

Notice. 

The  District  Meeting  for  the  Southern  Dis 
trictofMo..  will  be  held  in  the  Brush  Creek 
Chor^^^^h.  thrte  miles  south  of  Oaceola,  St.  Clair 
Co.,  October  lUth  and  17th. 

S    S.  MOHLRH. 


Delegates  and  others  att«uding  the  District 
Meeting  at  Hudson,  IlliDois,  can  stop  off  at 
Oneida  Crossing,  two  milep  north  of  Hudson, 
by  asking  the  conductors.  This  will  be  granted 
on  Monday  and  Tuesday,  the  ^Ttb  and  26th 
of  October,  and  those  coming  on  Saturday  will 
stop  off  at  HudscD.  Thomas  P.  Lyon. 


OKLTV.— In  the  VpIIow  Cretfk  Congr'-gation, 
Stpphenson  (Jo.,  III.,  siflt^r  Mary,  wife  of 
Leonard  G*-Uy.  ag*"d  4(*  yoara,  ^  months  and 
2  day*.  Funeral  wrvicp«  by  thp  Brfthren, 
from  2  Cor.  5th  chapter.       Davih  B.  Knr. 

SNVDEK.— In  the  Union  District.  Manball 
Co.,  Ind.,  Aug.  linh.  friend  Eva,  wife  of  Da- 
vid Snyder,  aged  h'2,  years.  I'uneral  service*- 
by  brother  M.  A.  Eisenhour  from  1  Prt^r.  3: 
lO-I.-;.  0.  W.  Mateb. 

PLRTCHEH  — In  Cook  Co.,  Texa.1.  Aug.   11. 

is:f(,  sister  M.  M.  Pletcher.  agp '  21    year-. 

Her  suffering  last^  but  a  few  days.  She  wax 
confinfd  to  hfr  room  on  Monday,  on  Tliiirsdrty 
she  was  nnoint<>d.  and  on  Sundry  nif,'ht  shr 
parsed  over  the  river.  She  leaves  a  husband 
and  one  child  and  many  fri''ndn  to  mourn  their 
loss.J  She  w.is  a  dutiful  child,  a  kind  c  'tr-i... 
ion,  and  ever  ready  to  obey  the  commands  of 
the  Lord.     Fnneral  services  by  the  writer. 

.1.  H.  SownEK. 

MICHAEL.— In  the  Howard  Church,  Indiana, 
Sept.  Ist  lf>7i»,  sister  Martha  .lane,  d  utrl'ter 
of  friend  Wm.,  and    sister  Aseneth    Michael, 
aged  24  years.     Kuneral  sermon    by  the  wri- 
ter from  Rev.  H:  12.  J'i. 
This  dear  young  sister  was  taken  down  early 
last  Spring  with    the   conKumi)tion.     Siie  bore 
her  afilctioiiH  witli  an    unusual   degree  of  pa- 
tipnce.     On  the  29th  of  .lune  she  called  for  the 
ciders  of  the  Churcli  and    was   nnoint<?d    in  the 
name  of  the  Lord.     She  leav*^8  a  kind  fathnr  and 
mother,  five  brothers  and  threesi»tfr8  to  mourn 
their  loss,  HiEi-  Hamilton. 

WItIGHT.~In  the  Mt.  Vernon  Congregation, 
Augusta  Co.,  Va.,  September  7.  1870,  of  Dij.- 
theria,  sister  Eva,  wife  of  brotl^r  William  .1 
Wright,    aged  2S  years,  fi   month.'*  and    12 
days.     Funeral   discourse  by   brother   J.   K 
Giah  of  Ills,,  from  RpV.  11:12.  \?.. 
She  leaves  a  large  number  ol  friends  and  nOa- 
lives,  besides  her  hunbHud   and   little  son.     ."^h*- 
jsoflsessed  such  n  modest  and  aftectionate  di^ipo- 
sition  that  all  who  knew  Iier  seeme'd  to  bo  devo- 
ted to  her.     She  was  a  zealous    sist^-r,    and    her 
Christian  example  is  worthy   of  imitation  and 
should  characterizi- every  one  that  professes  the 
name  of  Christ.     Clieer  up,    weeping    friends, 
surely  she  is  one  of  those  jewels  spoken  of  bj 
Malacbi,  3:  17.  S,  W.  GAnuEU. 


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W  A  RA'  EL. — In  the  Ogaus  Creek  Congregation, 
of  Typlmid  [fever.  September  1^^,  '79,  near 
Nortli  Mancheslt'r,  Ind.,  siater  Alice  Warvel. 
aged  Hi  years,  il  months  and  iill  days. 
■  Like  the  tender  (lower  that  is  so  soon  cut 
down  by  the  frosts  of  Autumn  and  sinks  inio 
the  earth,  so  did  our  sister  pass  calmly  and 
serenely  away  through  the  gates  of  death  into 
life  eternal  into  the  Kingdom  of  God.  At  the 
early  age  of  twelve  years,  she  gave  her  heart 
to  God  and  became  Hi.'^  faithful  follower,  a  de- 
voted Christian,  resDected  and  esteemed  by  all 
who  knew  her.  it  was  a  pad  scene  to  behold 
our  sister  in  death's  embrace,  but  we  felt  that 
it  was  God's  will.  Sister  Alice  will  be  sadly 
missed,  not  only  l)y  near  and  dear  ivlatives  in 
the  family  .circle,  but  by  a.s80ci«tes  nud  friends, 
in  the  church  and  Sunday- school.  Thus, 
one  by  one,  we  p*iss  from  time  to  a  state  of 
things  eternal.  Mny  God  help  us  nil  so  to  live 
that  when  we  mu-^t  suffer  the  pangs  of  death 
wc  may  have  the  hope  of  an  immortal  crown 
n  the  home  of  llh'  l)le,Hseit, 

l.-^AiAH  WiticnT. 


|^nnouni;^m(;ttfs. 


NoUotB  should  be  brief  and    written  oa  paper  eepnrnle 
fk>om  Alt  other  buainese. 


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»cl. 
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lEt,  IU,  LoKCnwk  C'biirub,  Cfllilwfll  On,  Ma,  at  tbu   hoiui>>l 
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e^iM,  Wiu'IoE'orit:,,^  k  Cliuich,  KiiriMMX  10  .V    M 
21.  Sprxni[Cr-»k  riiiii.-li,  Uu«>*i'i>iko  Co..  In'l 
:i1.  Loo*  ^tll  '-r<-k  Chijich,  MiiIImo  Oi'..  rii.l .  ut  10   \.  M 
■Jfl.  30.  Diy  Iretik.  Una  Co,,  lowit. 
ii.  Wtnonn,  Cn ,    BJItin**otn 
'JD,.W,Culd  W.tcr  Churrb.  Uatler  rounty  !.>».. 
HO,  fyrniant,  Carr.ll  Indiiui.,  <l'.  1(i  A,  U  . 
js,  Iimlih  l-'nrk  Chxnh,  CUiiloo  Co  .  Ho 
DO. 31,  Wwia«m'*c;'u**,St'i)h<!Daon  Co,  1  I     't  t   I'   }l 

KOk.wCburrli.  riatt  ni 

1, 9,  Nonuula,  Nixrioti  Co,,  Ud 

l.CerroOiirJo,  IU  S    I  P,  U. 


w&owinB  tbnl  IritK-  iinmer^iou 

ion,  in  buplism  ihui  can  fcp  oon- 

.,..        ly  thi'lcft'liog  Jeiioniini»iiim»  (if 

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Trtao  Immerdoa  Traced  to  the  ApOBtlee.  —  Being  *  coiiee- 

lipin  of  lii«(firii'iil  ijii-.!  pit  ions  frnm  Dioikrn  unil  ancipnt. 
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rrimiUvc  CliriiUiitilly  In  nil  IU  andnnl  purity. 
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nnrJ.li  Chriiliitn  GapUam: 

That  F«o^WllahlllH,  u  taught  lu  John  13,  li » tlMno  command  In  bt. 
ott^Drvcd  iu  tUr  cliuTCli; 

TLnl  till'  I«rJ'8  Supp.ir  In  n  full  m<»il.  nii.t.  In  coonwtlon  with  ibe 
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upon  the  rulluwor*  of  C'hritL 

That  W«r  and  Retallulion  aro  oonlreT  lo  the  aplrit  and  ■birdnnflDg 
prlncliitiM  of  tlm  religion  ot  Joiii«  i^lirlit: 

Tliiit  a  S"U'Coiifkiniilt/  to  til o  world  in  drnu,  customs,  dBily  w«U 
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It  uinlntJitni  llint  in  public  wonhlp.  ur  rotigioui  cxerclioa,  Clirtnuoa 
ihoTild  appear  ludlrMl-dtnl  Oar.  11:4,  5. 

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ctiJiilned  iiponu9,  Itnd  niiai,  amid  the  oontltoUug  Ihooi-loi  and  dlaoord 
of  luodom  Chrutendoin,  to  point  out  ground  that  all  matt  ooBMdt  to 
Le  liirAllll'ly  safu. 

Pricc.BinijIocopy,  onoyenr ', ,,'|  iJfy 

Klnp   coplfi  (ninth  lo  ngont) ]2flO 

Sanipk- ooplw  acnl  hvv  on  nppUcutliio.    AbuuIs  wniiil''i1  In  oTi.ry  local- 
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«iUcript(m,,-.spir.. 

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Fo.ii-oini'1?,  Couuty.  and  SUttu,  lu  which  you  wiah  it  t«nl,  ai  woll  u 
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young,  caa  net  M  local  agonl.  ThAiD  dedrlag  load  u  aiODl*  will 
jiliBu'i'i.'nd  tuiinrcr  toiuic,  a<td  naiiiplo  coplw.  WfurcwIlUng  to  p»7 
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tl.  Slnjflo  suliMtlptloii*  11.60  In  Bdronoo.  Tlioto  itondlDf  elstit 
iiiiniw  iiu'l  SU-00,  will  locpivy  an  lixlnv  cotiy  ttev.  For  each  ad- 
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he  villi  plnuu  mlaUt  and  trnd  uatbo  balanco,  lUoney  teiil  by  PmI- 
otlito  Onion,  lli'^litcrod  Lntlcn,  nnd  Dnifls,  ptopotly  nddrewed, 
ullll>«  Ht  uurriah.  Du  mil  >.i'iiJv'bci-k«.  u  Ibry  imihkfI  bo  colUflfd 
irllhoul  ibnrgo 

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A  Xi:atlt ptttitod,  Illiuiiated  weolily  fir  iin  <IjiI.|i  r,      EdiinlwA 
j>nbU«lind  by  J.  U.  Uooro. 

Oni'  ropy ,  ono  year, _',,..     S^' 

Sis  crtpli-*(a(xlli  111  BBoni) "P.. 

AgcuU  wanto-l  In  every  locality.     Sanipln   <npy   i-ut  free  on  i>|i 
pllcattiiD.       .\ttdrMi, 

J.  11.  Hoorc,  I-nn«rk,CariollCo.,  111. 


W.  U.  R.  R.  TIME  TABLE. 


Trnlni  leiiv 

I.annik,  Sundnya  i!Xv-\'\ 

rl    i.#  r.ill.iw* 

Day  Eipiooa...     . 
Ntglit  EipK'M..     . 

WKST  IH)U.M>. 

i.Mi.a 

ICMISA-W 

Day  E»pt<™ 
Night  Bi|Fr«-. 

Tlckcli  nro  •f^ld  fo 
ojuucctJonat  Wwint 

BA5IT  B(il'M' 

.    -.    at6A.M. 

6^5P.M 

,rM  Initn*  make  riox- 
1,,   \    .-iMrTII.  J*!""! 

rasfifiiKias  for  Cliitago  sliould  li'iivt-  J,itiiark  iit 
l2:i;{  r.  M.;nm  tuthe  W(^.steni  Uiiiiin  JtmctloiK 
liere  tliev  wv^A  wait  but  live  iiiimittjB  fur  the  I'l": 

.■ag...  Mi1\v.,iik,-..  aiiil  M.  I'aul  pa-ssi-iiKer  tritlii,a»« 
thus  i.-;i'>li  (■hir;iuu  .It  T'-i:.  tilt' same  eveiiiiip.  }» 
rciu-li  I.aiiaili  In.in  flij.'au'a;  k'"  to  Ft.  Wayiie  de- 
pot. lakf  ilif  CI. j. ■;.-,.,  MilwaiikeH  and  St.  Pa»' 
tfaiii  at  live  ill  tlie  evening:  run  North  to  the". 
U.  Jtinctioii.  change  cars  for  Lanark,  aiitl  itniv 
iiere  :it  1  ■Stl  in  the  moruinjj. 


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Vol.  IV. 


Lanark,  111.,  October  20, 1879. 


No.   43. 


(^rnetraT  J^gcufa 


THE  BRETHHEIT  AT  WOEK 

AND 


guocH  F.iir,     -     - 

J.  8.  FLUKY, 
8.  T.  U088EltUAN, 
BiSlIl-  VASIM4N,   - 
jOSKI'H  HEKDUICK.- 
„.   B.  tllUSllS, 

loan  MErzBEii, 


-   LENA,  ILL. 

LOSGSIONT,  COLO. 

DL'SKIHK,  OUIO. 

VIHDEN, ILL 

CEltRO  GORDO,  ILL. 

i^ORUOIlNE,  MO 

CERRU  GORDO,  ILL 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


First  I'AOE— Stein  ami  Ray  Df-b.ite;  Serious 
Quest  i  una. 

Second  Paoe— The  Death  of  a  Christian.— J.  W. 
Siuithwood:  The  Kingship  and  Kingdom  of 
Cliii^t.  No.  2;  A  Clear  Conacience.— Mary  C. 
Millw-. 

Third  Tage— Land  of  Ileiilah.— A.  Armour;  The 
Lord's  Freeinuin.— C.  H .  Balsbaugli ;  The  woalth 
of  Jesu8.— Emma  C.  Newland;  Better  hite  than 
Never. 

FouitTU  Page— Editorials— On  Trial;  Pre- 
piiratory  Course ;  The  Crisis  haa  Passed  and  tlie 
Banner  ol'  Peace  AKaio  Floats  to  the  Bieeze. 

FifTii  Page- Editorials— A  Rave  OITer;  Trea  - 
ment  of  Contrihutorg ;  Notice  to  Agents ;  From 
Palestine.— J.  W.  McGurvey. 

Sixth "TAOE—tTiiy  rbrtlie  fiirfng;  Ch^rful  Wo- 
men; Home  ReliRion;  Reading  Aloud;  Sunday 
School  Convention.- Emma  E.  Jiowm  on ;  From 
Ozawkie.  Kiinaa-.—H.E.  Faddy;  From  Silver 
Creek.  Ohio.— A.  K.  Brown;  From  Roanoke.  111. 
C.  W.  Gish;  Prom  West  Pine.  Wisconsin.— J, 
E.  D.  Short;  Fnim  New  Hope,  Virginia.— D.  A. 
(larger;  From  Carey.  Wyandott  County,  Ohio. 
S.  W.  I^indower;  From  Cumberland  County.  Va. 
S.J.Etter;  From  Elmwood,  Nabiiislca.- Josie 
Utyer;  A  Visit  to  Mt.  Morns.— Sarah  J.  Dep- 
pen;    A  Report— XL  C.  Early. 

Seventh  Page— From  Elkhart.  Iowa.— S.  M. 
Cuuglinour;  From  the  Antioeh  Church,  Ind.— 
.1  W.  Southwood;  From  Moscow,  \'ii.— U.  F. 
moiihray;  Milford.  Ind— J.  H.  Milk-i :  Long 
mont.  Col.-J.S.Flory;  NaperviUe.  Ill.-Nuah 
Early;  Maple  Grove  Colony.— S.  R.  Ilolsmger; 
Pleasant  Hill.Ind.— Sarah  Gump;  Bipou  Wis- 
t-onsin.- ■!,  H.  Swigart ;  Montague  County,  Tex- 
iis— J.  H.  Soudei;  Distri;t  Meeting —District 
Clerk. 

Eighth  Page— Among  the  Brethren  in  Mo.— M. 
M.  E.    Missionary  Work.— Daniel  S  -ively. 


STEIN  AND  RAY  DEBATE. 


Prop.    2d.     Baptist  churches  possess  the  Bi- 
ble cliaracteristics  which  entitle  them  to   he 
regarded  as  churches  of  Jesus  Christ. 
D.  B.  Ray,  Affirms. 
J.  W.  Stein,  Denies. 

Ray's  l6T  Afpibm.ative. 

THE  church  question  is  emphatically  the 
question  of  the  age.  Long  and  painful  has 
been  the  controversies  over  rites  and  ceri'monies 
—raode.s  ol"  worship— and  abstract  theological 
specuIation9;but  the  time  has  fully  come  for 
"the  battle  of  the  cturches."  The  questioiis. 
"What,  and  where  are  the  churches  of  Jesus 
Christ,"  reverberate  amidst  the  thunder  of  ec- 
clesiastical artillery  throughout  the  entire  laud. 
Few.if  any,  lovers  of  the  Bible  dare  deny  the 
importance  ofthe  question.  The  churches  of 
Christ  are,  in  a  very  important  sense,  the  "light 
of  the  world,"  'the  salt  of  the  e»rth,"  and  "the 
pillar  and  ground  of  the  truth.' 

Our  proposition  is  so  definitely  stated,  that 
there  is  uo  room  for  controversy  as  to  its  mean- 
ing. The  term  rhurchs  is  here  nseA  in  its  pri- 
mary usual  Bible  signification,  to  describe  local 
ro,if,re!jatmiH.  In  the  New  Testament,  we  read 
of  "the  seven  churches  which  are  in  Asia"  (Rev. 
1:  4);  of  "all  the  churches  of  the  Gentiles" 
(Rom.  !B:  4)  and  that  such  are  called  "the 
churches  of  Christ"  (Rom.  16:  16).     Oar  word 


church  is  a  very  imperfect  translation  of  the 
Greek  word  ecclesia,  from  kalein,  to  call,  and  eh. 
oaf  "/;  therefore,  literally,  it  means  Ihf  cnlle-l 
out.  Liddell  &  Scott,  in  tlieirGreek  lexicon,  de- 
tine  the  word  "Erdf^iu^  an  assembly  of  citizens, 
summoned  by  the  crier,  the  legislative  assem- 
bly." There  is  no  controversy  about  the  exist- 
ence "of  churches  of  Jesus  Christ"  somewhere 
on  earth. 

It  is  almost  universally  admitted,  throughout 
Protestant  Christendom,  that  Baptist  churches 
are  churches  of  Christ.  In  denying  our  propo- 
sition, our  friend  denies  the  salvation  of  any 
Baptist.  He  thinks  that  all  Baptist*  will  bf 
damned,  unless  they  become  Tuuker*.  Surely, 
Mr.  Stein  wilt  use  ull  diliii-'nceto  teach  all  Bap- 
tists the  way  of  tile  Lord  more  perfectly. 

We  believe  the  truth  of  our  proposition  as 
firmly  as  we  believe  the  truth  of  the  Bible.  We 
expect  to  introduce  several  Bible  characteristics 
possessed  by  Baptists,  which  will  show  that 
Baptist  churches  are  churches  of  Christ. 

Characteristic  I,  Baptist  churches  pos- 
.^ess  the  Bible  characteristic  which  demands  spir- 
itual regeneration — the  new  birth — and  spiritual 
life  as  an  esseyitial  to  baptism  and  church  mem- 
bership. 

This  characteristic  is  so  essential,  that  no  or- 
ganization which  denies  its  truth  can  be  regard- 
ed as  atrue  church.  The  testimony  in  itssupport 
is  overwhelming.  ' 

Arg.  1,  This  Baptist  characteristic  is  prov- 
ed from  the  fact,  that  repentance  is  essential  to 
baptism  and  church  membership.  Those  that 
caun-  to  John's  baptism  were  required  to  bring 
.the  "fruits  wwljiy  ot"  repentance."  Lijike  3i  7^ 
8.  On  the  day  of  Pentecost,  Peter  said,  ''Ue- 
pent,  and  be  baptized,  every  one  of  you."  But 
repentance  reaches  unto  spriritual  life.  "God 
also  to  the  Gentiles  granted  repentance  unto 
life."  Acts  11;  18.  It  is  repentance  (eis  zoeii) 
into  life.  We  state  the  argument  thus:  (1)  Re- 
pentance precedes  baptism;  (2)  Repentance 
reaches  into  spiritual  life;  (:i)  Therefore,  spirit 
ual  life  precedes  baptism.  Again,  "Kor  godly 
sorrow  worketh  repentance  to  salvation" — eis 
soteriau — into  salvation.  (1)  Repentance  pre- 
cedes baptism  and  church  membership;  (2)  Re- 
pentance reaches  into  salvation;  (3)  Therefore, 
salvation  precedes  baptism  and  church  member- 
ship. 

Arg.  2.  This  leading  Baptist  characteristic 
is  proved  from  the  fact  that  heart-faith  precedes 
baptism  and  church  membership.  Every  such 
believer  possesses  spiritual  life,  and  is,  therefore, 
in  a  state  of  justification,  (a)  Testimony  of  the 
prophets:  At  the  house  of  Cornelius  Peter  said, 
"To  him  give  all  the  propliets  witness,  that 
throufih  his  name  whosoever  believeth  in  him 
shalt  receive  remission  of  sins."  Acts  10:  i'i. 
Every  true  believer. has  remission  of  sias.  It 
is  agreed  that  this  heart-faith  is  essential  to  bap- 
tism and  church  membership.  Abraham  "be- 
lieved in  the  Lord;  and  he  accounted  it  to  him 
for  righteousness."  Gen.  15:  6,  Paul  enforces 
the  same  in  the  New  Testament,  where  he  says: 
"Abraham  believed  God  and  it  was  counttd  un- 
to him  for  righteousness.  Now  to  him  that 
workttb,is  the  rewaid  not  rei;koued  of  grace, 
but  of  debt.  But  to  himthat  worketh  not,  but 
believeth  on  him  that  jusiifieth  the  ungodly, 
his  faith  is  couuted  for  righteousness.  Even  as 
David  also  dc'icribeth  the  blessedness  of  the  man 
unto  whom  God  imputeth  righteousness  witli- 
out  works."  Horn.  4:  3-6.  This  faith  was  reck- 
oned to  Abraham  for  righteousness  when  God 
called  him  out  of  Ur  of  the  Chaldees,  long  be- 
fore his  circumcision  and  justification  by  woiks, 
when  he  otfered  up  his  son  on  the  altar,  lie 
was  justified  in  the  sense  of  pardou  when  h-*  be- 
lieved, and  was  justified  before  men  by  works 
when  he  ottered  his  son. 


the  same  are  the  children  of  Abraham."    Gal. 
8:  6,  7.    This  settles  the  question  that  the  plan 
of  salvation  which  saved  Abraham,  is   still    the 
plan  by  which  siuners   are   sav?d.     Thi.s    plan, 
which  is  held  by  Baptists,  is  further  taught  by 
the  prophets,  Hab.  2:  4;  Is.  2S:  16;  and  is  quot- 
ed by  Peter  and  Paul  as  the  New  TeRtameut 
plan.     1  Peter2:6;llom.  0:  33.     Thus  we  have 
the  testimony  of  all  the  Old  Testament   propli 
ets,  and  adopted  as  the  New   Testament    plan, 
that  every  believer  hits   the    remission   of  sins, 
and  is  a  spiritual  child  of  Abraham,     (b)  In  the 
New  Testament  we  have  the  testimony  of  Jesus 
that  the  believer  in  ?aved  and  \\m  spiritual    life. 
"And  he  said  to  the  woman,  thy  faith  hath  sav- 
ed tliee;  y;o  in  ppace."     Luke  T:  50.     Our  friend 
does  not  believe  this  doctrme  taught   by   the 
Master.     Jesus  said: "Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto 
you,  he  thatheareth  my  word,  and  believeth  on 
him  that  sent    me,    hath  everlasting    life,   and 
shall  nut  comu  into  condemnation;  but  is  passed 
from  death  unto   !ife" — mif   of  denih    into  U/e. 
John  5: 24.    One  must  be  a  true  believer   prior 
to  baptism  and  church  membership,  Kvery  such 
true  believer  has  passed  out  of  spiritual  death 
into  spiritual  life.     In  the  interview  with   Nic- 
odemus,  the  Savior  sets  forth  the  same    Baptist 
doctrine,  that  the  bi-liever   in    him  ha.-;   eternal 
life,  and  is    not   eondenin»d      John    3:    l.i-lS, 
Paul  affirms.  "That  if  thou  shalt  confess   with 
thy  mouth  the  Lord  Jesus,  and  shalt  believe  in 
thine  heart  that  Gud  hath  raised  him  from    the 
dead,  thou  shait  be  saved;   for    with    the    hfart 
man  believeth    unto    righteousness;    and    with 
the  mouth  confession  Is  made   unto  salvation." 
JlpUi.  lU;  9, 10,    The  testimony  in  supyort  of 
this  Baptist  characteristic  is  overwhelming.  We 
stat«  the  argument  as   follows:   (1)    Every   one 
must  possess  heart-faith  prior  to  baptism   and 
church   membership.  (2)  But  every   one  thai 
possesses  neart-faith  has  regeneration  and  spir- 
itual life.  (3)  Therefore,  every   one  must  pos- 
sess regeneration  and  spiriual  life  prior  to  bap- 
tism and  church  niembei-ship.     This  our  friend 
has  admitted.     In  spite  of  the  doctrine   of  his 
church  he  has  surrendered  this  question    so   as 
to  admit  that  none  but   the  "regenerated"  are 
to  be  baptized.    Yet  for  the   bc-riiefit  of  others, 
we  continue  our  proofs. 

(c)  Peter  testifies:  "And  God  which  kuoweth 
the  hearts,  bear  them  witness,  giving  them  the 
Holy  Ghost,  even  as  be  did  unto  us;  and  jtut 
no  dirt'ereuce  between  us  and  them,  purifying 
their  hearts  by  faith."  Acts  15:  8,  9.  Also. 
Peter  says:  "Whom  having  not  seen,  ye  love; 
in  whom,  though  now  ye  see  him  not,  yet  be- 
lieving,ye  rejoice  with  joy  unspeakable  and  full  of 
glory:  receiving  the  end  of  your  faith,  even  the 
salvation  of  your  souls."  1  Pet.  1:  S,  9.  The 
true  believer  has  his  heart  purified  aud  his  soul 
saved,  according  to  Peter.  1.  True  faith  must 
precede  baptism  and  church  meraberohip.  (2) 
Bat  every  one  that  has  true  faith,  has  his  heart 
purified  and  the  salvation  of  his  soul.  (3)  Tiiere- 
fore,  every  one  must  have  the  purification  pf 
heart  and  the  salvation  of  the  soul  before  bap- 
tism and  church  membership. 

(d)  The  testimony  of  John  stands  thus:  'Who- 
soever believeth  that  Jesus  is  the  Christ  is  born 
of  God."  1  John  5:  1.  Also.  "He  that  believ- I 
eth  on  the  Son  of  God  hath  the  witness  in  him- 
self." 1  John  5: 10.  The  true  Wlierer  is  "born 
of  God,"  and  has  the  witness  in  himself"  Thi^ 
is  Baptist  doctrine.  1.  True  belief  must  pre- 
cede baptism  and  church  membership.  (2)  Ev- 
ery true  believer  is  horn  of  God,  aud  has  the 
internal  witness.  (3)  Therefore,  every  one  mu-it 
be  born  of  God  and  have  the  internal  witnes.s 
prior  to  bapti.sm  and  church  membership. 

(e)  Paul  testifies  that  he  was  sent  by  Christ 
to  i\\f  Gentiles  "To  open  their  eyes,  aud  to  turn 
them  from  darkna-s  to  light,  aud  from  the  po«- 


with  wisdom  of  words,  lent  the  cro-s  of  Christ 
whould  be  ma-le  of  uone  effect."     1  Cor.  1:    17. 
Mark  it  well.     Paul  wa^  sent  to  turn  men  from 
darkness  tc  light,  from  the  power  of  Satan  uc- 
to  God;  but  he  was  not  sent  to  bapti/..;.     There- 
fore, baptism  is  not  essential  to  the  turning  from 
the  power  of  Satan  unto  GoJ.   ht.     True  faith 
inuMt  precwie  baptism  and   church  membcTHhip. 
2.     Every  one  that  has  true  faith  U  juatifie^  by 
faith  in  Chri.-»t.     3.     Therefore,  every  one  must 
beju^'tified  by  faith  ir\  Christ  prior  to   biptisnj 
and  church  membership.  Paul  again  says:  "And 
by  him  all  that  believe   are  justified   from   all 
things,  from  which  ye  could  not  be  justified  by 
tlie  law  of  Moses."  Acta    13:  39.     1    AH    must 
be  believers  in    Christ   prior   to   baptism   and 
church  membership.     2.     "All  that  believe  are 
justified."    Theref.jre,  all  must  be  justified  prior 
to  baptism  and  church  membership. 

Once  more,  the  trembling  jailor  cried  out, 
"Sirs,  what  must  I  do  to  be  saved?"  And  they 
said,  "Believe  on  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and 
thou  sbalt  be  saved,  aud  thy  house."  Acts  IG: 
30,  31.  1.  Every  one  anst  believe  on  the  Lord 
Jesus  Christ  prior  to  baptism  and  church  mem- 
bership. 2.  But  every  one  that  believeson  the 
Lord  Jesus  Christ  is  saved.  3.  Therefore,  ev- 
ery oue  must  be  saved  prior  to  baptism  and 
church  membership. 

The  New  American  Cyelopedia  (edited  by 
Geo.  Ripley  and  Chas.  .4..  Dana;  published  by 
Al)pleton  5t  Co.,  New  York)  under  the  head  of 
"Biiptists^'  says; 

"The  Riiptistfl,  properly  defined,  are  those 
who  hold  that  the  baptism  of  christian  believ- 
ei-s  is  of  iinivfiESBl  obligatioti." 

Surely  Baptist  churches  possess  tlie  funda- 
mental Bible  characteristic  which  demand  spir- 
itual regeneration— the  new  birth— and  spirit- 
uiU  lite  as  essential  to  baptism  and  church  mem- 
bership. 


SERIOUS  QUESTIONS. 

1.  Will  the  road  in  which  I  am  walking  lead 
to  heaven  or  hell? 

2.  Will  the  imaginary  advantage  of  sin  here 
bu  u  sufficient  compensation  for  the  etemnl  loes 
of  my  soul  ? 

3.  Going  on  as  I  now  do,  shall  I  run  no  risk 
of  being  condemned  forever? 

4.  Have  I  not  committed  many  sins  against 
God  and  provoked  his  auger? 

5.  If  God  uhould  this  moment  call  me  to  his 
bar,  would  1  be  prepared  to  meet  himV 

6.  Am  I  born  again? 

7.  Do  1  rest  my  hopes  of  heaven  on  my  do- 
ings, or  on  the  merits  or  medintinn  of  Christ? 

8.  Do  I  humbly  and  diligently  rea<l  the  word 
ofOod.forthe  purpose'of  knowing  hisdiviue  will 
and  learning  the  way  to  heaven? 

9.  Do  I  believe  in  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  with 
all  my  heart  and  are  my  sins  forgiven? 

10.  What  evidence  do  I  give  of  my  faith  in 
Jesus? 

11.  Do  I  pray  sincerely,  fervently  and  ear- 
,  neatly  in  all  humility  of  mind? 
I      12.    Do  I  heartily  repent  of  every  knoirn  sin 

and  hate  it  aud  endeavor  to  Bee  from  it? 

13.  Do  I  desire  holiness  as  much  as  happi- 
ness? 

14.  Do  1  hate  rain  thoughts  and  shun  vain 
company? 

15.  Is  it  ray  desire  to  be  like  Jesus,  in  the 
temper  of  my  mind  and  the  whole  course  of  my 
life. 

16.  Do  I  avoid  all  temptations  and  constant- 
ly watch  and  pmy  ugainst  them? 

17.  Do  I  love  Christ  sincerely  and  obey  him 
conscientiously  V — >W. 


The  apostle  further  enforces  the  doctrine  of 
justification  by  faith  in  the  letter  to  the  Oal.i- 
tians.  He  says:  "Eveu  as  Abraham  believed 
God  and  it  was  accounted  to  him  for  rightcousnesK, 


of  Satan  unto  God,  that  they  may  receive  f.ir- 

'  givenesji  of  Sinn,  aud  inheritance    among    them 

i  that  are  sanctified  by  faith  that  \*  in  lue."  Ac'^ 

26:18.     Yet  Paul  says:   "for   Christ  .-.int   ni* 


Know  ye  therefore  that  they  which  are  of  faiih, '  not  to  baptize,  but  to   preach   the  Gospel:   not 


A  lady  missionany  t«acher  of  I'tah.  said  at 
the  Saral'-ga  .^s«emhly,  lft.^t  wet-V.  that  the  deg- 
radation of  Mormon  women  there  is  as  gr^at  as 
that  of  women  in  China. 


I'HK    iJKKT'HlKiliV    ^X    WOKiC. 


Ootcber    20 


THE  DEATH  OF  A   CHRISTIAN. 


BV  J.  IV.  SorTHWOKIt. 

CAM.  to  mind  a  Summer  eveniiig, 
WhpQ  the  sky  is  ntt  serene, 
Wht'ii  tlie  sun  hiis  jii»t  <icparli'd, 
.\nd  no  clouds  nrv  to  be  set-n. 

When  the  gentle  ZHjihyrd  whisner, 
.\nd  the  twilij^lit  glenma  npifi'Hr: 

Then  the  heart  is  filled  with  Klailnejw. 
For  the  scene  hath  nothing  drc.'ir.' 

Bnt  'tis  crowded  with  peace  and  quiet. 

To  the  faithful  of  the  day; 
So  they  oiin  in  swi'etncss  slumlwr, 

,\lr,r  Ihey  to  God  do  pray. 

Thus  the  evening's  verj'  plesaaut. 

To  the  laborer  of  the  day: 
"Who  lias  wrought  and  worked  n.ost  nobly 

And  doth  not  from  duty  stray. 

So  it  is  with  nil  who  labor, 

In  this  life  while  it  m  day; 
Working  hard  in  .Jesus'  catling, 

.And  l)is  teachingHull  obey. 

When  their  sun  of  life  is  setting, 

There  will  not  a  cloud  appear; 
They  can  i)ass  from  earth  to  glory, 

Havin;;  naught  Ut  make  them  fear. 
Blessed  tlM,u:;lit  for  dying  t.'hristians, 

That  no  clouds  shall  int<'rvene; 
To  disturb  their  dying  slnniberv, 

Or  molest  the  parting  scene. 

Let  us  live,  so  when  we're  dying. 

It  will  he  hut  slumber  sweel. 
That  will  glide  us  safely  over. 

Where  we  can  our  Savior  meet. 


THE  KINGSHIP  AND    KINGDOM 
OF  CHRIST. 

"Pilate  saith  to  them,  Sliall  I  crucify  your 
King?  the  chief  priests  nnswercd,  We  have  no 
king  hut  Ciesar."  John  It':  15. 


rirnu.sT,  .is  Ki.v» 


IIA.S  A  THIl'I.K,  01! 
TIIJIKKFOJ-M  Kl.N(i])(t.M;  .V  N,\TI-iE,\I, 
KlN<iI)OM,A  lilMilJO.M  or  cilJACK,  ANh 
A  >xl.\()DO>l  PF  U1.0itY. 

I.     i'ht'Ut  han  a  natural  kinffdom. 
This  natui-nl  kiiij^dorn  i.s   tlu?   univtn'sc, 
and  his  universal  dotiiinioD,  n-i  the  (lov- 
ernor  of  the  tiniver-te.     In   refei'enee  to 
this  kingdom  it  is  eaid,  '*Iii.s   throne    i.s 
esliililinhed  in  the  heavens,  and  liia  king- 
dom riiletli  over  all."     All  the  works  of 
Lis  baud  througli  tJie  v'a.st   and    liound- 
lew  universe — the    jilanetary  systems, 
the  stellar  systems,   the   lofty   heavens 
above,  and  the  bottomless  hell  beneath — 
all  are  included  in  the  immense   empire 
of  which  Christ  is  King.     The  kingdom 
of  nature  and  providence  belonc:s  to  him 
as  God,  in  which  he  would  have  reigned 
with  a  sovereign  and  universal   scej)ter, 
as  one  with  the   Father  and   the  Holy 
Ghost,  though  man  had  never  fallen,  and 
there  had  been  no  need  of  a  Kedeemcr. 

2.  Christ  has  a  Hmjilom  of  ijrare,  or 
a  meiUiilorial  i-itujdom.  'I'his  kingdom 
is  divided  into  various  eras  or  periods. 
The  first  period  extends  from  the  first  to 
the  second  Adam.  The  second  period 
extends  from  the  time  Christ  was  mani 
fested  in  the  flesh  to  his  second  advent. 
The  third  and  !.s.st  period  will  extenil 
-from  the  time  of  his  second  coming  to 
the  end  of  tbeworld ;  which  is  commonly 
called  the  Millennium,  or  bis  personal 
reign  for  a  thousand  years.  Each  of 
these  periods  is  called  his  kingdom,  and 
the  kingdom  of  God.  Hence,  it  is  idle, 
and  nnscriptural,to  talk,  as  did  the  Jews, 
and  as  some  do  now,  that  Christ  is  no 
king,  and  that  he  has,  as  yet,  no  king 
dom.  It  is  equally  unscriptural  to  speak 
of  his  millennial  kingdom  or  the  last  pe 
riod  of  his  mediatorial  kingdom,  nnhk 
only  and  everlasting  kingdom.  It  i.- 
neither  his  only  nor  everlasting  kingdom . 
He  is  as  much  a  king  now,  and  has  just 
an  much  a  kingdom  now,  as  be  will  be 
a  king  and  have  a  kingdom  during  the 
I'liileiinium.  That  he  is  K4ng  now,  we 
h    e  already  shown,  and  that   he    has  a 


king<]om  now,  will  be  no  dillieult  rjisk 
to  est.'ililisb.  In  evidence  i>f  tile  fact. 
we  offer  the  following  proofs: 

I.      ThelfarlrintjM  ttf'i'hnH.   "Jesils," 
it  is  saiif,  "came  into  (lalib-e.  pre.aching 
I  lie  gospel  of  thi- kingdom  oftJod,   and 
••aying:  "The  time  is  fiiltilled,   and  the 
kingdom  of  God  is  at  hand :    repent   ye, 
and  believe  the  gospel."    (Mark    1:14, 
1.").)     In  his  sermon  on   the    mount,    he 
said:  '*Seek  ye  tirstthe  kingdom  of  (toH 
and    his  righteousne»*."    fMatt.  (i;    'VA,) 
.\nd  again,  when  speaking  to  the  multi- 
tude concerning  .John,  he  snid:  ".-Xmong 
tiiem  that  are  horn  (if  \M,men,  there  hath 
not  risen  a  greater  than  .John  the    liap- 
tist:  notwithstanding,  he  that  is  lea-^t  in 
the  kingdom  of  heaven  is    greater  than 
he.    And  from  the  days  of  John  the  Bap- 
tist until  noiv,  the   kingdom   of  heaven 
sulfereth  violence,  and  the  violent  take 
it  by  forft."rMatt.  11:11,  1l>.) 

.Such  were  the  teachings  of  Christ  con- 
cerning his  kingdom,  if  then,  he  de- 
clared Ids  kingdoni  at  hand — if  be  taught 
men  to  seek  it,  and  if  those  who  did 
jiroperly  took  it  by  force;  then  it  was 
most  certainly  his  present  kingdoni  of 
grace,  and  not  his  futureand  everla-sting 
kingdom  of  glory.  Hut,  we  olfer  in  ev- 
idence of  the  same  thing, 

2.  The  doctrine  and  teachin/jn  of  the 
aposths.  They  all  studied  and  gradua- 
ted in  the  school  of  ('hrist.  Me  taught 
and  instructed  them  carefully  for  more 
tiiau  three  years  in  the  things  pertaining 
to  the  kingdom  oi  God.  He  also  endow- 
ed them  with  power  from  on  high,  and 
sent  them  forth  to  preach,  in  all  the 
world,  "the  things  concerning  the  king- 
dom of  God.  It  is  therefore  fairly  pre- 
sumable that  they  were  well  acquainted 
with  the  nature  and  doctrine  of  Messiah's 


This  kingdom  is  variously  designated. 
It  is  called:  "Ills  heavenly  kingdom." 
2  Tim.  4:  IS.  "The  kingdom  of  Christ 
and  of  God."  Eph..i:  .'>.  "Tbeeverlast 
ing  kingdom  of  our  Lord  and  Savior  ,Ie 
BUS  Christ."  -J  I'eter  I.  11.  "The  king 
j.loni  prepared  for  the  ri-jbteous,  from  the 
foundation  of  the  world."  Matt.  2.'>:  .34. 
"My  Fathers  kingdom," and  "the  king 
dom  of  their  Father."  Matt.  2li:  2ii;  ch. 
i:j  4.'b  "A  kingdom  whicli  cannot  be 
moved."  Heb  12;  2^.  "His  endless  and 
everlasting  kingdom."  Dan.  7:  14,  27; 
I. like  1:  'A'A.  It  is  also  called:  "The 
third  heaven,"  "everlasting  life,"  itc. 
.M.att.  I'j;  29;  ch.  25:  4(;;  1  Cor.  il:  :>,  10; 
2  Cor.  12:2. 

These  texts  show  conclusively  that 
Christ  lias  a  heavenly  and  eternal  king 
dom,  as  well  as  natural  and  mediatorial 
kingdoms.  These  kingdoms  are  all  sep- 
arate and  distinct  from  each  other,  and 
ought  not  therefore  be  confounded,  and 
spoken  of,  as  being  identical.  The  king- 
dom of  grace  is  temporal,  hut  the  king- 
dom of  glory  is  eternal.  The  end  of  the 
one  is  thebeginningof  tbeother.  Hence, 
the  apostle  says,  speaking  of  the  resur- 
rection aud  the  end  of  the  world:  "Then 
Cometh  the  end,  when  be  shall  have  de- 
livered up  the  kingdom  [i.  e.,  his  medi- 
atorial I  to  God,  even  the  Father;  when 
he  shall  have  put  down  all  rule  and  all 
authority  aud  power.  For  be  must  reign 
til]  he  has  put  allenemies  under  bis  feet." 
1  Cor.  15:  24,  25. 

As  to  the  time  when  all  these  things 
will  be  fulfilled,  that  is,  when  Christ 
will, conquer  all  rule  and  authority  and 
all  authority  and  power,  and  put  all  en- 
emies under  his  feet:  we  uudei\stand  the 
Scripture  to  mean,  the  end  of  the  world 
jind  the  last  general  Judgment.     Up  to 


this  subject,  it  follows,  of-  course  that 
the  mUIennium  belongs  to  bis  reifn  ,  r 
grace,  and  not  to  bis  reign  of  gloiy.     r^ 


other  words:   that  Christ's    uiedi: 


lorial 


happy, 


kingdom.     Hence  their  leaching  on  this   the  time  of  that  notable  day,  Christ  will 


subject  must  be  true,  and  in  perfect  bar 
mony  with  the  teachings  oi  the  Master 
What  then,  do  they  teach  in  regard   to 
his  kingdom  ?   They  teach  us  that  Christ: 
has  a  kingdom;  and  they  tell  us  also, 
what  it  is,  and  where  it  is  established. — 
"The  kingdom  of  God,"  says  Paul  "is 
not  meat  and  drink;  but  righteousness 
and  peace  and  joy  iu  the  Holy  Ghost." 
(Kom.  14: 17.)     "This  kingdom  of  God 
Cometh  not  with  observation.     Neither 
shall  they  say,  Lo  here,  or  Lo  there ;  for 
behold,"  says  Christ,  "the  kingdom  of 
God  is  within  you."  (Luke  17:  2(1,  21.) 
The  heart  is  the  throne  of  Messiah's  spir- 
itual kingdom.    Those  wbo  will  not  al- 
low him  to   rule  over  their  hearts  and 
consciences,  are  accounted  children  of  the 
■wicked  one,  and  not  children  of  the  king 
dom.     Hence,  Paul,  speaking  of  the  lat 
ter,says:  "Who  hath  delivered  us  from 
the  power  of  darkness,  and  has  translat- 
ed us  into  the  kingdom  of  his  dear  Son." 
Col.  1:    i;);   Matt.  12;  2S.     These,  and 
many  other  passages  of  like  import,  clear 
ly  demonstrate  the  fact,  that  Christ  has  a 
kingdom  of  grace,  and  that  the  saints,  or 
his  regenerated  children  possess  and  en- 
joy this  kingdom.     We  offer  in  further 
evidence  of  this  fact, 

3.  The  experietice  and  leslimoni/  of 
all  (rod's  j>eople.  In  every  age  and  coun- 
try where  God  has  had  a  people,  they 
have  borne  their  uniform  testimony  to 
the  fact  that  they  sought  and  found  the 
kingdom  of  God  to  be,  .as  Paul  defines  it, 
"righteousness,  peace  and  joy  in  the  Ho- 
ly Ghost."  Tbisisthekinffdom,or  grace 
of  God  in  the  heart.  This  is  the  one 
thing  needful,  and  the  good  part  which 
Mary  chose;  this  is  the  blessedness  that 
every  new-born  soul  feels  and  speaks  for, 
and  that  makes  it  a  fellow  citizen  with 
the  saints  and  of  the  household  of  God. 
But,  again, 
'A.     Ohrifst  has  a  Idngdum   of  glorn. 


occupy  his  mediatorial  throne,   .and 
erclse  his  all -conquering  power. 

But  when  the  time  of  the  end  shall 
have  come,  and  be  shall  have  finished 
the  great  work  of  human  redemption, 
then  willjebov.ab  Jesus  ascend  to  the 
throne  of  his  glory,  and  by  his  omnipo- 
tent jiower,  judge  aud  slay  all  his  ene- 
mies that  would  not  have  him  to  reign 
over  them.  And  then,  having  saved 
and  justified  and  glorified  all  his  ran- 
somed host,  and  subdued  and  destroyed 
all  his  enemies,  he  will  give  up  lis 
mediatorial  kingdom  to  God  the  Father; 
and  the  Son  himself,  that  is,  bis  human- 
ity will  also  be  subject  to  bim  wbo  put 
all  things  under  bim,  that  God  maybe 
all  in  all. 

RKCAITir  I.    AI'PLICATION. 

Now,  then,  we  li.ive  briefly  and  frank 
ly  given  our  views  and  opinions  on  the 
doctrine  of  the  Kin'c!Suii>  and  Kinodoji 
OK  CniiisT.  We  have  first  briefly  stated, 
e.\amined  and  refuted  the  no  kingdom 
doctrine.  AVe  have  also  established  the 
fact  that  Jesus  Christ  is  King  in  a  two- 
fold sense,  and  that  he  has  a  triple  king- 
dom, aud  a  kingdom  of  glory. 

We  have  sought  to  define  these  king- 
doms, and  show  that  they  are  separate 
and  distinct  from  each  other.  We  have 
also  shown  that  the  kingdom  of  grace  is 
divided  into  three  difl'erent  periods.  The 
first  period  extends  from  the  first  to  the 
second  Adam;  the  second,  from  the  first 
to  the  second  advent  of  Christ;  aud  the 
third,  from  his  second  advent  to  the  end 
of  the  world.  Then,  at  the  end  of  the 
world,  as  we  have  stated,  when  Chrisi 
shall  have  finished  bis  mediatorial  work, 
and  put  down  all  his  euemies  under  his 
feet,  he  will  surrender  his  mediatorial 
administration,  .inl  enter  upon  the  pos 
se.ssion  and  government  of  bis  everlast 
ing  kingdom  of  glory. 

If  we  are  correct  in  our   views  upon 


kingdom  will  not  terminate,  as  some  be. 
lieve  and  tench,  at  the  time  of  his  see 
ood  coming.  But  at  the  time  of  the  res 
titution  of  all  things.  After  the  second 
and  last  resurrection  and  .at  the  close  of 
the  great  Judgment  D.ay,  the  King  of 
life  ntid  'jlorij  will  say  to  those  on'his 
right  hand:  "Come  ye  blessed  of  my 
Father,  inherit  the  Hngdom.  prepared 
for\'ou  from  the  foundation  oftbeworld  " 
Tile  kingdom  here  referred  to,  is  Christ's 
everlasting  kingdom  of  glory.  This 
will  be  awarded  to  the  righteous  and 
blessed  of  the  Father,  as  their  ha 
glorious,  and  endless  home. 

Accordingly,  we  are  naturally  led  to 
the  conclusion,  that  when  the  grand  dra- 
ma of  human  recovery  is  fully  accom- 
plished,and  Messiah's  ine<liatorial  throne 
finally  vacated,  then  the  world's  destiny 
will  he  fixed  and  sealed  forever,  'fhe 
righteous  will  tht'n  shine  forth  like  the 
sun,  in  the  kingdom  prepared  for  them 
from  the  foundation  of  the  world ;  and 
the  wicked  shall  be  iniuisbed  in  hell 
to  all  eternity.  This  is  the  plain  doc- 
trine of  the  Bible,  in  relation  to  man's 
future  destiny,  and  which  cannot  be  de- 
nied. And  .as  a  summary  thereof  on 
this  point,  the  Revelator  says:  "He  who 
is  unjust,  let  him  be  unjust  still;  and  he 
who  is  filthy,  let  him  be  filthy  still;  and 
he  who  is  righteous,  let  bim  be  right- 
eous still ;  aud  he  who  is  holy,  let  him 
be  holy  still."  Rev.  22:  II. 

How  awfully  grand  and  imin-essive  is 
this  subject !  Sinner,  ponder  it  well  in 
your  heart,  and  seek  the  kingdom  of 
God,  whilst  the  King  is  waiting  to  be 
gracious. 


A  CLEAR    CONSCIENCE. 
Ill'  maky  C-  millku. 

"And  herein  do  T  examine  myself,  to  have  al- 
ways a  conscience  void  of  ofi'ence  toward  God 
and  towai-il  men."  Acts  24:  16. 

*    CERTAIN    writer    says,     "How 


bravely  a  man  can  walk  the  earth, 
bear  the  heaviest  burdens,  perform  the 
severest  duties,  and  look  all  men  square 
in  the  face,  if  he  only  hears  in  his  breast 
a  clear  concience,  void  of  ofi'ence  toward. 


God  or  man.     There 


IS  no   spring,  no 


spur,  no  inspiration  like  this;  to  feel 
that  we  have  omitted  no  t.ask,  and  left 
no  obligation  unfilled;  this  fills  the  heart 
with  satisfaction,  aud  the  soul  with 
strength." 

Wasifc  so  with  the  apostle?  He  exer- 
cised himself  to  have  a  clear  conscience. 
Was  he  able  to  be  brave,  bear  burdens, 
perform  duties  and  look  all  men  square 
iu  the  face?  The  strength  th.at  is  to  be 
obtained  by  being  in  possession  of  a  clear 
conscience  was  surely  his.  He  pleased 
his  Master,  and  therefore  was  strong. 
He  did  his  duty  toward  his  fellow  man, 
and  though  many  were  ott'ended,  yet  he 
gave  them  no  cause  to  be  so,  and  told 
them  plainly  that  they  could  not  prove 
the  things  that  they  accused  him  of  do- 
ing. God  holds  no  man  guilty  for  sins 
he  has  not  committed.  In  the  twenty- 
fourth  chapter  of  Acts  we' read  about 
Paul  being  accused  before  Felix.  But 
was  he  found  guilty?  And  iu  the  next 
chapter  when  he  was  placed  before  Fes- 
tus,  the  Jews  laid  many  and  grievous 
complaints  against  him,  but  they  could 
not  prove  them,  yet  they  desired  to  have 
judgment  against  him.  How  unfair! 
how  unlike  Christ  they  acted!  Audit 
was  the  same  way  when  Christ  was  ac- 
cused. It  was  their  prejudices  which 
made  them  so,  and  not  because  they  had 


Oc.to'y  er 


'1111.:    lii; 


A'i^    AVOKK. 


reason 


to   be    offfude*!. 


Christ  pa\st. 
^.^lessed  is  be.whosoever  sbnll  not  Ik- 
fleniled  in  me.*"  Then  we  may  cou 
liiile  tbiit  to  beoflemUnl  witliout  a  cnuse 
■  not  right,  and  the  Christian  is  not  ae- 
•ouutftbl''  for  such  ott'euce.  Wbf  n  king 
Atffipp^  had  come.  Piiul  was  again  re^ 
Jjred  to  make  liis  defense.  Xow  when 
,  ^^^  brought  before  the  king  he  was 
(■niod  innocent,  and  he  was  found  inno 
jjt  once  or  twice  before.  He  has  done 
othiiK'  worth)'  of  death  or  of  bonds,  he 
had  "S  be  says,  exercised  himself  to  keep 
ijjs  conscience  void  of  offence  both  to- 
ward t»od  and  man,  and  when  Judged 
i,y  the  king  was  found  iuuoceut.  >o  it 
«rin  be  at  the  great  clay  when  "the  books 
will  be  opened  and  another  book  will 
Ije  opened  which  is  the  book  of  life,  and 
the  dead  will  lie  judged  out  of  those 
thib^s  which  were  written  in  the  books 
according  to  their  worka."  The  old 
prophets,  who  labored  to  keep  their  con- 
sciences clear  aud  clean  will  be  found 
innocent.  Though  some  of  them  were 
slain  and  others  shamefully  treated  by 
their  brethren,  the  Jews.  "Oh  Jerusa- 
lem! Jerusalem!  thou  that  killest  the 
prophets  and  stonest  them  which  are 
sent  unto  thee,  how  often  would  I  have 
(Tflthered  thy  children  together,  even  as 
a  ben  gathereth  her  chickens  under  her 
wings,  and  ye  would  not.  Behold  your 
house  is  left  unto  you  desolate."  Sad  in- 
deed for  God  had  sanctified  the  temple 
by  his  presence,  but  now  he  says  be  will 
leave  it  unto  them,  desolate.  Why  did 
he  depart  from  the  house?  Ah,  it  was 
because  they  had  departed  from  him, 
they  had  not  kept  themselves  void  of 
offence  toward  their  God,  but  had  defil- 
ed his  holy  sanctuary,  killed  his  proph- 
ets and  built  their  sepulchres  and  tilled 
up  the  measure  by  crucifying  Christ  and 
his  followers. 

Yes,  at  that  great  day  of  judg- 
ment, those  who  have  kept  tieir  con- 
sciences clear,  those  who  have  neither 
offended  God  by  trampling  his  word 
beneath  them,  nor  man  by  disobeying 
the  laws  between  man  and  man  given 
also  by  God,  they  will  l)e  found  inno- 
cent. Though  persecuted  by  their  breth- 
ren, by  governor*,  by  kings  and  emper- 
ors; ail  this  will  only  be  in  their  favor. 
'•Blessed  are  yc  when  men  shall  revile 
yon,  and  persecute  you,  and  shall  say 
all  manuer  otevil  against  you  falsely, 
for  my  sake.  Kejorce,  and  be  exceeding 
glad;  for  great  is  your  reward  in  heaven ; 
for  so  persecuted  they  the  prophets 
which  were  before  you."  Matt.  5:  11, 
12. 

"Unto  the  pure  all  things  are  pure 
but  unto  them  that  are  defiled  and  un- 
believing nothing  is  pure,but  even  their 
minds  and  consciences  are  defiled.  They 
professthattbey  know  God,  but  in  works 
they  deny  him,  being  abominable  aud 
disobt'.dient,  and  unto  every  good  work 
reprobate."  Titus  1:15,  U.  The  minds 
and  consciences  of  the  class  spoken  of 
above  have  become  defiled.  They  have 
not  exercised  themselves  as  diligently  as 
they  should  to  keep  them  pure. 

To  sum  up  the  whole  juatter,  if  we 
would  keep  our  minds  and  consciences 
pure  and  clean  we  must  "pi-esent  our 
bodies  a  living  sacrifice,  holy,  acceptable 
unto  God,  which  is  our  rea'^onable  ser 
vice."  Rom.  12:  1.  We  must  humbly 
learn  to  obey  in  all  things,  and  know 
nothing  but"  the  will  of  our  Master.  Our 
own  opinions  are  worth  uothing.  They 
will  never  ehangeGod"'simrnutable  laws; 
but  they  will  bring  condemnation  upon 
us  if  they  do  not  agree  with  the  word  of 
trutt. 

Keep  thy  heart  with  all  diligence. 


LAND  OP  BEULAH.- 


ht  A.  ARMOrU. 

11^  AUTn'S  litt«-st  suu  ia  xiukiug  tdstt, 
J     Our  raci-  is  npsrlynin; 
Our  trials  now  are  almost  past, 
The  crown  !•>  almost  won. 
O  come,  -rloriutis  Lord, 
Soon  come,  fulfil  ttiy  worj; 
U  gather  us  utl  from  thf.-ie  sceiifs  ot  siii,    . 
To  our  eternal  bomv. 

I  know  we're  near  tlie  solemn  d«y, 

Waen  Jesus  shall  appenr; 
The  light  shiaea  brighter  on  our  way, 

The  morning  must  be  near. 

We've  almost  gained  our  heavenly  lioiue, 

Aloud  for  joy  we  sing; 
The  augel-reapers  >oon  will  come, 

Tlie  harvest-home  to  hriug. 

All  praise  and  honor  be  to  hiui 

Who  bled  and  died  for  me; 
Wliose  blood  now  cleanses  from  ull  sin. 

And  gives  the  victory. 


THE  LORDS  FREEMAN. 


IiY  C.  H.  BALSHACUH. 


7Vj  Brother  J.  R.  Spaehty  of  Vtmhlrl. 

Ohio:— 
O  IN  enslaves.  Nothing  else  does.  Trutl 
'^     liberates.    God  is  free  not  only   to 
good  but  in   good.     Liberty    and    bliss 
are  synonyms.     Not  all  sadness  is   un- 
happiness,  else  God  would  be   the   most 
unhappy  of  all  beings,     lie  knows  and 
H^-G^  all  the  sin  and  misery  in  the  Universi;, 
and  feels  it  too.  God  is  a  Spirit,  and  not 
stone  or  iron.     His  sensil->iUtie8  are   In- 
finite.    All  wrong  wounds  Hini,  dishon- 
ors  Him,   grieves  Ilim.    His     deepest, 
most  rankling  wounds  are  those  He  re- 
ceives "in  the  house  of  His  friends."  But 
He  is  free  because  True.     All  evil  is  ob- 
jective.    The  past  has  nothing  to  gnaw 
Him,  the  future  nothing    to   terrify.  "I 
AM"  takes  in  all  that  was    and   to    be, 
and  that  is   immaculate.     There  is   no 
peace  for  us,  no  freedom,  till  God's  noio 
is  ourf.     The  past  must  somehow  be  an- 
nihilated, as  a  guilitj  past,    and  the    fu- 
ture disrobed  of  its  mien  of  horror,   be- 
fore the  present  anticipates  theglad  Eter- 
nity of  the  All-holy.     It  is  in  the   pres- 
ent we  apprehend  God,  and  are    appre- 
hended of  Him.     Faith  is  retrospective 
aud  prospective,  aud  sheds  the  love-light 
of  the  Godman  over  oiw  past  and  future. 
''Faith  is  the  substance  of  things   hoped 
for."     "/  li^e,  yet  not  7,  but  Christ  Ivv- 
eth  in  me:  and  the  life  vvhicb  I  now   live 
inihe  flesh  I  live  hi/  the  faith  of  the  Son 
of  God."     Let  us  ponder  the  word   of 
after  faith.     That  inaugurates  "the   HO- 
erty  which  we  have   in    Christ  ^Testis." 
Faith  in  Christ,  as  a  Divine   historical 
Personage,  is  not  salvation;  but  the  faith 
()/ Christ  is  the  iufleshing  of  Deity.  Those 
only  are  free  whom  the  Son  makes  free; 
and  He  emancipates  by  the  inbreathing 
of  His  Deific  properties.     He  that  is  en- 
slaved })y  the  lust  of  the  flesh  in  any 
form,  or  by  money  greed,  or   desire  for 
competence,   or  reputation,   is  not  the 
Lord's  freeman.     One  who  is  not  master 
of  his  appetite,  or  passion,  or  carnal  pro- 
pensities, is  in  bondage  to  the  flesh.  They 
that  "walk  after  the  flesh"  in  any  of  its 
promptings,  "and  not  after  the  Spirit," 
are  the  vassals  of  corruption,  no  matter 
how  securely  they  may  be  sheltered   by 
conventionalism,  or  ecclesiastical  lenity 
Christ  did  not  befoul  his  mouth  by  sens 
uality  any  more   than    lie  yielded    lliu 
other  members  "as  instruments  of  uu 


Phili.,  :l:  !'.>.  1  Cor.  it:  27.  Matt. 
4:  1',  4.  John  4:  152.     "He  wa<*  rich,  yet 
forour'sflkeH  became   poor."    His   mis- 
sitinary  enterprise  so  impoverished  Him 
ilial  hi:  had  not  wh^re  to  laj    his   head. 
Why  arc  we  so  niggard  in  the   prof^ecu- 
tion  of  his  ends  and  the  extension  of  His 
Kingdom^     Why  so  lavish    in    promot- 
iiij;  our  "wn  intt  rt^^ts.    augmenting   our 
own  comfort,  or  maintaining  our   popu 
larity,  while  the  claims  of  Jehovah   are 
disregarded,  or  opposed,  or  even    treat- 
ed wiLh  contempit     Our  lack   of  aym 
pathy  witli  His  .lims   betrays    a   small 
meji-surt^  of  the  spirit    of   Nazareth,   the 
Wilderness  of  tifthseinane,  and    Golgo- 
tha; and  this  accounts  for  the  absence  of 
that  freedom  which  rentiers  the   elect  a 
"peculiar  people."  Ji-sus  "made  himself 
of  uo  reputation."     Philp.  '2:7. 

Is  not  our  w:int  of  likeness  to  Him  in 
this  respect  another  stumbling-block  to 
our  liberly  ami  progress?  No  soul  can 
be  free  but  iu  the  Truth  and  that  means 
surriuder  of  body,  soul,  spirit,  houses, 
lands,  stock,  friend.-*,  all  that  we  are  and 
have,  for  the  cimsummatiou  of  the  1): 
vine  pui'pose  in  C/wi-st  Jeswi.  He  that 
is  not  flee  enough  to  give  himself  and 
his  all  for  a  Savior  who  left  the  bosom 
of  Inttnite  Love»  and  Power,  and  Bliss, 
to  endure  the  measureless  horrors  of  a 
oro.ss  that  aggregated  thesius  of  the  whole 
world  from  Adam  to  the  last  born,  evinces 
nothing  of  the  majesty  of  sacrifice  which 
endears  the  soul  to  Gotl.  He  that  h-vi 
not  consecrated  his  all  to  the  Cross,  can 
not  give  ten  per  cent,  nor  five,  nor  one, 
to  the  glory  of  God. 

If  Jesus  has  a  right  to  the  whole  of 
our  possessions,  why  .should  we  grudge 
the  tenth?  If  we  would  enter  into  the 
spirit  of  the  incarnation,  including  all 
that  lies  between  the  Manger  and  the 
Cross,  and  between  the  Cros;!  and  the 
everlasting  Diviue-huiuan  reign  of  Em 
manuel,  what  a  stripping  off  of  jewelry 
and  flesh-pampering  apparel  there  would 
be  for  the  advancement  of  the  interests 
of  the  Cross!  What  a  disposal  of  world 
fashioned  furniture  and  glittering    equi 


as  thou^'h  it  13  only  a  dr**ani.  'vapor  that 
apl-i  areih  for  a  liiilw  tinip,  an  I  then 
vaniaheth  away."  Ah  I  life  jh  full  of 
troubles,  full  of  partings  and  of  tears. 

The  L-ird  i»  good,  a  btruugbold  in  the 
(lay  oftrouble,  ami  he  knowetb  them 
that  trust  in  him.  What  consoling  words 
to  the  penitent,  "he  knowetb  ihem  that 
trust  in  him."  How  many  kohIh  h-ive 
sat  under  the  sound  of  the  truth  for  years, 
and  yet  gone  astray.  When  we  look 
around  us,  we  see  so  many  unconcerned 
souls;  only  that  they  would  receive  in- 
struction and  obey  the  truth.  With  the 
poet  I  must  say, 

Tfiieli  mi'  the  way,  O  Lord. 

To  do  thy  holy  will; 
Xui  with  u  ciuan.  umM-irinh  heart, 

Abatrtin  from  all  that**  it). 

Teach  me  to  walk  «ubmiaH:veIy 
The  strait  and  narrow  road. 

And  shun  tlie  broarl  and  ninfal  on*» 
That  leads  from  heaveD  and  0.»d. 

Teaeh  me  to  liow  in  penitence 
Betovp  tliy  mighty  throne, 

And  with  a  hiimbV,  contrite  hwirt. 
My  many  dark  sins  own." 


page!    What  a     purgation 


of  pantrie 
,  soul  be- 


aud  tables  of  disease  genderm^ 
numbing  dishes  that  belong  to  the  other 
side  uf  the  Ked  Sea!  What  a  spewing 
out  of  filthy  quids!  What  a  demolition  of 
Christ- loathed  pipes!  What  abon-fire  of 
novels  and  poisonous  ethics,  and  other 
literary  trash.  All  these  dispute  the  su- 
premacy of  the  Cross,  and  are  abhorred 
of  God.  When  the  time  is  here  for  God 
to  build,  it  is  time  for  us  to  sacrifice. 
Ex.  ;J5:  21, 29, and  :i8:S,and  first  chap- 
ter of  Haggai.  There  is  no  liberty  for 
saints  but  in  Christ.  There  we  cannot 
be  too  free,  His  liberty  was  self-immo- 
lation. When  vself  is  consecrated,  all 
tiiat  self  owns  ia  included.  In  such  souls 
God  will  verrify.  -2  Cor.  10:  4,  5.  On 
such  characters  bangs  the  triumph  of  the 
Cross  and  thesuccess  of  the  missions 

THE  WEALTH  OF  JESTJS. 


BETTER  LATE  THAN  NEVER. 

TT  is  not  an  uncommon  thing   to    ht-ar 
^     young  men  complain  that  their  early 
schooliug  was  deficient  in  quantity,  poor 
'n  quality,  or — if  neither  of  the.se — was 
w:iMted  through  boyish    indifference  and 
tolly.     They  would  get  on  better  in  life 
if  they  knew  more,  they  are  free  to   ad- 
mit, hut  they  do  not  see  that  they   are 
daily   wasting  opportunities,  which,  if 
improved,   would  in  a  few  years  give 
a   fairly  good    education.     They  think 
them  themselves  too  old    to   learn,    aud 
spend  more  time  regretting  their  lack  of 
knowledge  than  would    suffice   to   give 
them  the   knowledge   they   need.     It  is 
said  that  the  father  of  Professor  Sumner, 
of  Yale  College,  could  neither  write  nor 
read  when  he  came   to  this  country,   a 
young  English  mechanic.  Within  twen- 
ty years  thereafter  he  was  known  as  one 
of  th**  best  read  men  in  Hartford,  one  of 
the  most  cultivated  communities  in  the 
country.     Instead  of  wasting  his  time  in 
idle  regrets  for  his   deficient  schooling, 
he  learned  to  read,   and   reai   to  good 
purpose.     In  a  similar  way  many  of  the 
best,  most  honored,  aud  most  successful 
men  our  country  has  known,   have  be- 
gun their  acquaintance  with  letters  aft- 
er reaching  manhood;  and  there   is  no 
reason  why  the  most  illiterate  mechanic 
in  our  land,  if  possessed  of  natural  abil- 
ity and  a  sincere  purpose,   may   not  in- 
crease his  enjoyment  in  life,  his  oppor- 
tunitiea  for  improving  his  social  and  fi- 
oancial  condition,  and  the  chances  of  his 
family  for  the  highest  success  in  life,  by 
an  honest  ertort  to  retrieve  by  study  the 
disadvantages  by  which  early  poverty  or 
lack   of  educational    opportunities  has 
surrounded  him. 


I 


KMUA  C.  NT?Wl^\5iI). 

DO  not  crave  th«  wealth  of  tins  world 
but  the  wealth  rfaii  eternal  home 
beyond  this  vale  of  tears.  Then  how 
careful  we  must  be  to  enter  in  at  the 
door  of  the  sheep  fold.  Our  Savior  says. 
"Verily,  verily  1  say  unto  you,  he  that 
euteretli  not  by  the  door  into  the  nheep-, 
fold,  but  climbeth  up  some  other  way, 
righteousness  unto  ein."  He  did  not  i  the  same  is  a  thief  and  a  robber."  Oh! 
worship  mammon  although  all  the  gold  how  many  imve  passed  away  without 
and  the  silver  are  His.  Hag.  2:  8.  He  j  heeding  his  words.  AVe  too  must  die; 
did  not  make  "a  God  of  His  belly"  by  we  see  our  friends  and  neighbors  die; 
stuffing  with  the  dietetic  abommalionR  biit  iiow  selilora  does  it  occur  to  us  tha- 
of  modern  Christendom,  but  kept  his  '  our  knell  may  next  give  the  warning  to 
body  under,  and  brought   it   unto   suV  |tii«  world.     To*he  Christian,  life  sie.i  s 


"Gibbon,  Voltaire,  and  Ohesterfield, 
distinguished  intideU,  laboreil  earne^-^ily 
to  overthrow  the  cause  of  Christ.  How 
has  Gocl  iu  his  providence  tbwarttd  all 
their  plans!  tiibbion's  house  at  Lake 
Leman  is  now  a  hotel,  in  which  there  is 
a  room  for  the  sale  of  Bibles;  Voltaire's 
printing  press,  from  which  he  scattered 
widely  his  infidel  tracts,  ha'  l)een  ap- 
propriated to  printing  the  word  of  God, 
which  he  sought  to  destroy :  and  Ches- 
terfield's parlor,  where  an  iuliders  club 
used  to  meet  and  rail  at  religion,  is  now 
a  vestry  where  the  songs  and  prayers  of 
the  peuitent  go  up  to  iTod.  Thus  God 
raake.s  the  wrath  of  man  to  praise  him, 
and  the  n-mainiler,  he  restrains." 


Truth  is  mighty  aud  will  prevail 


XHK    UHKlHIiK^r    ^T    ^VOKKl. 


October    2o 


k^  yrctfjcq  at  Wa^\. 


PIIILISIIEU  nEEKLT. 

M.M.  ESIIEI.MAJT. 

J.  W 

STEIN. 

Editors. 

1.    Tub  Ktlil.irs 
frciicnil  tniu'of  llu'  i>;iinT.  «ii(I  tlie  limerliiiii  of   mi 
article  iloes  not  iinpli-  Hint  they  endorie  every  wii- 
tiiiif  lit  of  thi'  writtur. 

S.  Oi'XTiiiiu'Tons  ill  iinliT  lo  spoiirc  [iromiit  in- 
sertion of  llieir  iirticles,  will  jileasc  not  irnliiiRe  in 
|M-i%»iiiiIities  mid  iinrourtviiiis  IimKimRe.  tmt  jin- 
sent  tlu'ir  vii'ws  "■  witli  pniw  Ncasoni-il  wllli  salt. 

S.    TiiK  liiiKTiinKN  AT   AVoiiK   wlll   hv  Hcnt  to 
Rin  atldross  in  llic   rnitcil  SUtlt-s  or  Ciinii.l. 
Sl.riOj'iT  uiiimni.    For  the  ItMiIing  cIiHriiftiTiwlirs 
of  the  ii:i|"r,  as  well  as  tfrins  lo  Jittents  si-i-  eiplill) 
piige.    AililtCAs  nil  romiiMiniriitionit, 

nilRTirRK.V  AT  WOltK. 

Lflnark.  Carroll  Co.,  III. 


It  sometimes  hnppenH  tliat  w<;  are  Jnipofikd 
ijpou  by  plugiarists— thnir«  who  purloiu  the 
articles  of  ol  hen  and  paxs  them  ofT  fori  their 
■  >n'n.  This  is  bad — ugly.  di»I)on«*'t.  thievi«h. 
Ml'U  of  Gud  will  iKit  be  found  in  that  ))iiHiDef.8. 
liiid  when  w«  find  a  cotilribiit.or  doing  that 
kind  of  work  we  "  give  him  ovtr"  for  the  de- 
struction af  hJH  Ihieviitli  quiilitiefi. 


LA.\AltK.  Il.l.., 


OCTOKRIt  20,  1M?II. 


bbUTUKK  I).  C.  MouuAw  huR  tiilcQn  chuTiif 
of  th«  "MiMionary  Department"  of  the  Prim- 
ititv  Christian. 


UroHier  Stein  wnn  coiled  to  att-end  a  special 
funer.il  oc'cAfiion  on  the  day  he  fshoulrl  have 
pn'par«fd  his  first  negatire,  henco  we  do  not 
expect  to  have  it  in  time  for  next  isttue. 


Ukdsr  dale  of  Sad  innt.  firo.  D.  N.  Work- 
Dinn  writ«a  from  Low<*]l,  Mich.,  irhero  he  wan 
to  begin  a  seric'*  of  meeting«  on  that  evening. 
From  there  lit*  intended  lo  go  to  Iowa. 

Tub  Novelty  (M'>.)  Congregation  held  it^i 
Love-fea.<it  nl  JnmeH  McCoydV  in  Millport,  Knox 
Co..  Mo.  Bro.  D.  U.  Gibwou  aurl  Bro,  Itiley 
were  present,  The  niimber  in  attpndaiice  i» es- 
timated at  two  thousand. 

Thk  Yiitinif  Dinriplfi  Hml  Our  Sunilny  School 
have  consolidated.  Brethren  Ja-4.  (juinterand 
S.  '/..  SImrj)  are  tlic  editors.  The  paper  will 
certainly  be  ably  t-diterl.  Single  MibKriptiuiih 
six  moaths,  tweutv-five  ccntfl. 


CoK»BSPOSi»BNT{t  who  have  written  with  a 
lend  pencil  OT  have  not  signed  their  full  name. 
n'\\\  ext'UHe  uh  for  not  publiHhing  their  contri- 
liiitioUM,  af«  the  writing  of  a  pencil  is  g<-nerally 
-o  cffac*fd  by  th«  time  we  get  it  that  we  can 
not  read  it,  and  articles  without  fnll  name  be- 
tray a  lack  of  Riocerity.  We  mutit  have  the 
lull  name,  not  necessarily  for  publication,  but 
4A  an  oRsurance  of  good  faith. 

IIrktiirek  i-hould  have  learned  by  this  time 
(but  it  ii  generally  uncalled  for  to  give  detailed 
ac-couiits  of  Hhort  tripH  to  other  tircnitH  iind 
LationH  to  a''HiHt  in  holding  meetings.  Not 
one  readerof  the  Ai/roreitr  in  tiiry  cnre«  where 
you  stopped  for  dinr.pr,  tarried  nil  niglit,  &c- 
flive  UB  accounts  of  the  Lord's  work,  not  your 
buggy  or  car  rides,  dinners  and  the  like. — 
Church  Admicale. 

Thk  Bkkthken  at  WohK,  published  at  Lan- 
ark, is  rapidly  increasing  in  favor  among  the 
denomination  in  wlioi^e  interest  it  is  published. 
Notliing  is  being  b  ft  undone  to  make  it  a 
thorough  and  honent  exponent  of  the  religious 
principleH  which  it  advucates.  Tlu-y  have  re- 
o«ntly  added  to  their  editorial  foreo  lOlder  ,J. 
W.  Stein,  princioal  of  the  Ml.  Morns  Semina- 
ry, and  one  of  tlie  ntii^^l  ta)i'iit'-il  mid  )>rilliant 
minds  of  the  brolherliood.  Siuo-ss  to  tlieir 
MW^ry  effort  is  the  wihh  ot  the  Slia:~Lena  Star. 


"CoMMOH  .SeNSB  I,V  Bl'SIHK'v'i,"'  IS  the  lit'"  of 
n  book  edited  by  Edwin  F.  Freedly.  author  of 
the  "L-'gal  Adviser,"  opportunitif-s  for  Indus- 
try. "Home  Comforts  &c.,"  and  pupliehed  by 
riaiton.  Iten.neu  4  Haffelfinger,  624,  627.  & 
»•*  Market  St..  PhiMelphia,  Pa.  The  book 
contains. 'tis  pages,  is  bound  in  cloth,  and  is 
well  printed.  It  is  a  book  everj-  young  roan 
would  be  benefitted  by  reading.  It  is  to  young 
men  what  "Home  Comforts"  is  to  the  youn^ 
Iwly.  It  treats  on  all  the  perplexing  ^jiiestions 
with -which  young  men  must  grapple  and  con- 
lend  in  life.  Sent  post  paid  on  receipt  of  pul>- 
lishers  price,  ^1.50. 


THE  CRISIS  HAS  PASSED  AND 

THE  BANNER  OF  PEACE 

AGAIN  FLOATS*  TO 

THE    BREEZE. 


Rno.  nALSiiAi'on  informed  us  in  a  private 
letter  n-ceivcd  lately  that  the  very  day  on 
which  he  nmilcd  our  letter  tlitif.  he  needed  ^.'> 
postage  stanips.  Will  not  all  who  write  to 
him  renir-mb'-r  to  enclose  •lomo  stamps  ?  "  Bear 
ye  one  another's  burdena." 


NoiSR. — Some  people  make  a  great  deal  of 
noise.  They  go  through  life  like  a  thunder- 
bolt, but  afterall  We  can  not  see  much  tlmt 
they  accomplished.  There  are  others  again 
who  move  along  quietly — noiselessly,  but  they 
do  a  power  of  gootl.  Their  inlluenee  is  such 
that  it  will  be  felt  upon  the  heart-s  and  lives  of 
others  long- alter  tliey  have  Kft  the  shore.s  of 
time.  These  are  the  workers  the  world  needs 
t,o  do  the  work  that  must  be  done. 


"HoMB  CoMKOKTs  or  Things  Worth  Know- 
ing'" is  the  title  of  a  book  of  373  pages,  bound 
iu  cloth,  edited  by  Edwin  T.  Freedly.  and  pub- 
lished by  Mesani.  Claxton,  Remsen  S:  Hal^-'lfing- 
.-r.  624.  626,  a  62.*S  Market  St.,  Philadelphia. 
I'u.  Upon  examination  we  find  the  book  to  be 
true  to  it*i  title  page,  vi/:  '"A  digest  of  facts  es- 
tablished by  scienip,  observation,  and  practical 
experience,  respecting  the  important  art  of  liv- 
ing well  and  cheajily,  preserving  health  and 
prolonging  life."  Tlur  book  is  dedicated  'to 
every  young  woman  who  aspires  to  be  a  good 
wife  and  good  house  keeper,  and  who  believes 
that  true  wisdom  consists  in  knowing  what  is 
br-st  worth  knowing,  in  the  hope  and  belief  that 
it  contains  for  her  words  fitiv  spoken,  which  Sol- 
omon compared  to  apples  of  gold  iu  pictures  of 
silver."  Sent  post  paid  on  receipt  of  price, 
«1,50 

ON  TRIAL. 


Wnii,E  at  Ft.  Scott,  K'ftDHW*,  we  were  kindly 
entr-rtained  by  Uro,  John  Emmert  wlio  has  for 
many  years  been  a  resident  of  that  city.  Any 
one  wishing  to  look  at  the  coiuitry  in  Bourbon 
Co.,  Kaunas,  should  call  on  Bro.  Einmeit  who 
will  take  pleasure  in  conducting  )iim  from 
place  to  place. 


ItKLiGiorai.Y  we  want //(^  liibJe,  the  whole 
Bible  and  NOTHING  BUT  THE  BIBLK, 
Tlmt  is  tlie  religion  of  tliu  Holy  Trinity,  it  is 
tlie  religion  God  sacrficed  His  Son  to  establish, 
it  is  the  rt-ligioii  the  Holy  Spirit  teaches;  it  is 
the  religion  of  Christ,  the  religion  of  the  apo.s- 
tles,  it  is  the  religion  the  early  Christians  were 
imprisoned,  scourged,  beaten,  starved,  drowned, 
burned,  aud  crucified  for;  it  in  the  religion  of 
every  true  follower  of  Jeaus  Christ,  the  Son  of 
God 


SoMEBOHT  sends  a  card  with  the  following 
infurmation:  "In  to-day's  mail  I  send  you  two 
of  your  p«per«.  Wliy  in  the  world  don't  you 
get  the  right  address?  We  have  no  such 
place  here."  No  name,  no  date,  no  post  office, 
county  or  State  to  it.  Of  course  we  will  get  it 
all  strajglit  from  the  information  on  card. 


One  who  is  trying  to  learn   the  way  of  life 
more  perfectly  writes:     "I   have  been   raised 

among  the? s  and  went  to  their  Suuday- 

scli'jol,  yet  I  could  not  believe  as  they  taught, 
lam  aware  that  if  we  trust  iu  God's  promise:', 
we  must  also  do  his  will— be  obedient  to  his 
commandti." 


The  reader  will  see  that  the  majority  of  on 
contributions  are  shorf.  This  we  hope  will  re- 
main so.  It  is  our  intention  to  be  so  iu  oitr 
writing  and  we  hope  it  will  be  so  throughout 
the  paper.  We  thank  those  who  write  for  the 
pajier  for  their  acquiescence  to  and  co-operation 
in  this  work  May  we  all  strive  to  show  our- 
selves "approved  unto  God," 

.loHK  Wi^E,  the  :iTonaut,  aud  Geo.  Burr, 
teller  of  the  St.  Louis  National  Bank,  left  St, 
Louis  Sunday  afternoon  in  the  balloon  "path- 
finder." and  nothing  has  been  heard  from  them 
since.  When  they  made  the  ascension  it  was 
the  intention  only  to  stay  up  a  few  hours.  It 
is  now  the  prevailing  opinion  tliat  the  men  are 
both  lost. 

Sevebal  typographical  and  other  errors  es- 
cape the  notice  of  our  "proof-reader"  from 
week  to  week.  These  errors  occur  in  our  own 
article^  the  same  as  in  others,  and  we  assure  all 
ol  you  that  it  isfxcefdingly  mortifying  to  us. 
Fiic^  errors,  as  one  writes  who  has  just  been 
jn-r-ited,  put  words  into  our  mouths  that  we 
iiTf  n»tver  Faid.  One  consolation,  however,  is 
•hat  not  one  of  our  exchanges  comes  entirely 
>-■•  from  all  errorx  Not  one  book  have  we 
■»^.  except  the  Bible,  but  what  we  have  found 
u  .t  some  mi5tak>?s. 


The  Missionary  Meeting  alluded  to  some- 
tiuio  ago,  will  be  hold  wilh  the  Brethren  in  the 
Solomoii'd  Creek  Chunih,  lud.,  Oct.  24th. 
Tlio>e  who  go  tliere  by  Ituilroad  should  stopofl' 
at  Milford,  on  the  B.  &  0,  U,  K.  We  are  not 
certain  whether  either  of  us  can  attend,  tliough 
we  would  very  much  like  to  be  with  our  Breth- 
ren at  that  place.  We  enjoy  the  associations 
of  our  dear  brethren,  and  regret  that  the  nu- 
merous invitations  cannot  be  complied  with. 
May  tlie  Lord  give  grace  for  the  great  work  be- 
fore us. 

OfR  writing  tablets  for  contributors  are  very 
much  liked  by  those  who  are  using  them.  They 
will  be  sent  free  to  all  regular  contributors.  We 
'lave  used  as  Hue  and  light  paper  as  possible  to 
avoid  excessive  postage,  yet  the  pajjer  is  good, 
and  adapted  to  p?u  or  pencil.  Write  only  on 
one  side  and  write  across  the  short  way  of  the 
page, — Primitive  Christian. 

From  what  we  have  received  at  this  office 
from  "regular  contributors,"  we  can  say  that 
the  tablets  are  ver^  good,  aud  hope  "all  regu- 
lar contributors"  who  liave  not  jet  received  a 
tablet  will  avail  themselves  of  this  opportuni- 
ty to  secure  one /»Te,  Address,  P.  C.  Hunt- 
ingdon, Pa. 

■  ♦  ■ 

]*oi.iTKNES3  says  the  right  word  at  the  right 
time,  leaves  with  a  good  impression,  does  not 
usurp  the  rights  of  othei-a,  thinks  as  well  of 
others  as  of  self,  does  not  put  self  forward,  does 
not  forget  courtesies;  it  makes  others  feel  you 
lire  kind,  honorable,  truthful  aud  sincere.  It  is 
always  on  time,  neither  too  soon  nor  too  late; 
is  always  on  guard,  never  offended  by  blunt- 
ness,  is  not  harsh,  does  not  turn  a  cheek  to  be 
kissed  when  a  friend  otters  the  lips,  is  quick, 
tender,  sympathetic  and  a  fleet  ion  ate;  does  not 
trll  frivolous  stories  to  those  who  inyuni  and 
make  their  heart  ache  by  mirth  aud  frolic;  it 
calls  forth  the  best  in  every  body  and  all  are 
made  better  by  her  in  the  future;  it  is  not 
touchy,  haughty,  not  given  to  cherishing  its 
own  dignity;  i.s  not  easily  affronted;  is  not  jeal- 
ous, envious,  or  suspicious  at  all  misunderstand- 
ings. 


MANY,  no  doubt,  would  take  the  Bbethhen 
AT  Work  a  few  months  on  trial  if  asked. 
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at  the  right  hand  of  God.  0  how  we  love  to 
meet  zealous  workers  iu  Christ's  cause!  Such 
look  back,  not  with  regret,  but  with  pleasure 
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PREPARATORY  COURSE. 

MEN  need  certain  religious  disciplingin  this 
world,  during  their  stay  on  earth,  to 
make  them  suitable  characters  for  the  next 
world — its  scciety  and  goveraineut.  This  d 
cipling  is  to  create  within  them  a  capacity  to 
appreciate  the  attributes  of  Jehovah,  the  glory, 
grandeur,  and  sublimity  of  what  is  just  and 
tiue,  the  philosophy  of  the  r/nlden  rule.  Natu- 
rally we  have  no  [jower  to  appreciate  obedience 
to  God's  law;  and   to  be   ushered   into  heaven 

ithout  any  preparation  for  it  would  be  like 
sending  a  child  to  college  before  it  had  learned 
the  alphabet.  God  has  prepared  a  ^'course"  for 
men  to  take  while  on  earth  which  is  to  fitthein 
for  the  school  above  where  God  will  be  all  and 
iu  all  just  as  we  have  a  common-school  course 
which  children  must  take  before  they  have  the 
capacity  to  appreciate  the  high  school  or  col- 
lege. A  chilli  belonging  to  the  primary  depart,- 
inent  of  a  public  school  would  he  no  more  out 
of  place,  would  look  no  more  foolish  aud  be 
no  more  uneasy  iu  the  senior  class  of  the 
world's  best  University,  than  a  man  in  heaven 
without  having  passed  through  the  primary 
cjiirse  laid  out  in  the  Bible. 

Tliis  counte  is  just  <Ae  OMc  men  should  take: 
I  i  contains  just  what  is  necessary  and  omits 
what  is  unnecessary.  Each  of  the  different 
professions.  Law,  Medicine,  Tactics  have  a  sjie- 
liitl  preparatory  course.  Just  as  little  use  as  a 
couis-  preparatory  to  the  study  of  medicine 
would  be  to  the  study  of  Uw,  will  be  the  study 
of  any  oth*jr  system  of  religion  than  that  ot 
the  Bible  to  any  one  wrio  enters  the  eternal 
school  above.  g   i   » 


Be  temperate  in  all  thing 


Foil  Jiometinip  the  signs  of  the  skies  jn 
Southern  Mo.,  betokened  trouble;  and  not 
a  few-  feared  that  what  seemed  like  a  speck 
might  terminate  in  division  and  separation. 
Many  were  the  prayers  which  ascended  in  be- 
half of  love,  peace  and  union,  and  we  believe 
the  Lord  has  heard  and  answered  the  devout 
pleadings  of  hia  children.  Happy  are  the 
hearts  that  have  longed  for  harmony  and  union 
among  those  who  have  obtiiiued  'like  precious 
faith." 

By  consent  of  a  number  of  ^■lder3,  and  in  jus- 
tice to  Bro.  Harshey  and  the  churches  in  South- 
ern Missouri,  we  give  a  synopsis  of  Bro.  H.'g 
trial,  and  trust  we  may  in  no  instance  misrep- 
rtsenl  him.  but  so  present  the  proceedings  as 
to  reflei't  credit  upon  all  concerned. 

The  members  of  the  Mineral  Creek  Church 
assembled  in  council  Oct.  !'th.  Elders  C.  Har- 
ader,  Geo.  Barnhart,  J.  S.  Moliler,  Andrew 
Hutchinson,  S.  Glick,  and  D.  L.  Williamsfrom 
Southern  Mo.  were  present  by  invitation  to  as- 
sist the  church.  Brethren  A.  Crumpucker  of 
Va.,  Jessse  Danner  of  III.,  and  J.  C.  Miller 
of  la  ,  were  also  present.  C.  Harader  was  chosen 
Moderator,  and  J.  S.  Mohler,  Clerk.  The  lol- 
loping charge  aud  specifications  were  read,  aud 
by  consent  of  the  church,  admitted  for  consid- 
eration: 

"Geueral  charge  against  Elder  John  Harehey 
of  the  Mineral  Creek  Church,  Mo,,  for  disturb- 
ing the  peace  of  this  (Mineral  Creek)  Church. 

SPErlFrcATION  1st. 

By  speaking  disrespectfully  of  A.  M..  thereby 
opening  the  way  so  that  other  members  of  this 
cliurch  dill  tlie  same  thing,  and  used  hard  speeches 
against  members  of  this  ami  other  churches,  be- 
cause on  the  ground  that  D.  M.  nor  A.  M.  wouM 
adopt  bis  views  on  pjints  contained  iu  petitions 
sent  to  A.  M,  of  I'TS. 

The  petitions  alluded  to  were  those  that  were 
presented  to  the  Annual  Meeting  at  N.  Man- 
chester, lud.  1S78.  They  were  prepared  by  Bro, 
Harshey  and  after  some  modification  were  al- 
lowed  to  pass  the  Southern  District  of  Mo.,not 
as  representing  the  voice  of  tha  District  but 
out  of  courtesy  to  Bro.  Harshey. 

The  petition  set  forth  the  style  of  Brethren's 
and  Sisters  apparel,  alluding  to  the  kind  of  car- 
riages, houses,  barus  &c,,  that  brethren  should 
posses?.  The  penalty  for  nou-peformance after 
a  certiau  period  was  excommunication  Speci- 
fication first  was  sustained  by  the  church,  only 
three  dissenting. 

2-  By  making  now  the  single  mode  of  feet-wasb- 
iug  the  point  of  atta-k,  doing  this  when  tliia 
church  never  advocated  tlie  single  modo,  neitlier 
practicedi;  and  doing  this  after  having  himself 
voted  for  ttie  single  mode;  and  doing  ibis  in  oppo- 
sition to  Ar-.  a-t  Minutes  of  A.  M.  1877  and  Art,  <; 
Mi  iiutcs  of  J>.  iM.  11*75 

It  will  been  seen  from  this  specification  that 
the  Mineral  Creek  Church  had  uo  difficulty— 
they  were  in  harmony  aud  peace  on  this  subject 
and  were  practicing  precisely  as  Bro.  Harshey 
wanted  them  to  do. 

3.  By  seeking  on  this  grounl  to  crowd  this 
cbiircb  into  conflict  with  adjoining  churches,  with 
D.  M.  and  A.  M. 

The  manner  in  which  he  tried  to  crowd  the 
Mineral  Creek  Church  into  conflict  with  adjoin- 
ing congregations.  District  Meeting  aud  Annu- 
al Meeting,  was  by  demanding  that  Eld.  S.  S. 
Mohler  and  other  officials  of  that  church  should 
not  attend  an_^  Comnumion  meeting  where  the 
single  mode  was  practiced;  and  that  they  should 
use  their  influence  to  have  all  the  meutbers  to 
do  the  same.  When  this  demand  was  not  com- 
plied with,  Bro.  H,  withdrew  from  the  oflicial 
council.  This  specification  was  austaiued  with- 
out a  dissenting  voice. 

4.  By  repeatedly  saying  privately  to  members  of 
this  church,  also  in  church  council  when  consid- 
.stdevingthe  whole  or  parts  of  said  petitions,  that 
if  Ills  viewi  were  not  adopted  be  would  not  com- 
mune with  us;  and  be  has  not  so  cominiied  for 
three  yeiiis,  and  privately  souglit  to  prevent  mem- 
licrs  of  the  church  from  communing;  yet  lie  in  the 
ineantiuic  continued  to  commune  with  adjuininp 
churclies  wbicli  stood  with  tliis  church  on  the 
[loints  of  said  petition. 

This  specification  was  sustained  with  only 
"oe  di.ssenting  voice.  The  adjoining  churches 
iiere  alluded  to  as  striving  with  Mineral  Creek 
Ohurch  on  the  points  of  said  petition  means, 
hat  they  were  practising  preciKely  as  the  Min- 
■  ral  Creek  Church,  and  the  only  plea  for  not 
itomnuining  seemed  to  be,  because  the  church 
^ould  not  agree  to  go  into  contiict  with  the 
■idjoining  churches. 


THE    l^]{KTtItlli.:N    J^'r    AV'OKK. 


itiia  iiot  ii*l"l't  lii»  'fi^'w  ^  '"  s**'"'  petitions. 
eciIicHtioit  wfi   sustained    with    only 


"  ,.l  li'ifi  f""'"""  ^'^''  ""'^  minister  un*!  two 
''*  ''^^.^iisofthisplnncli  for  ilit  furtlieiiince 
'^^  r'jwi"  t"  cstibliah  i*guliilioQt  not  auth..r- 
''"nr  A-  >*■  "••itiipr  recjgoizeil  by  the  gener- 
'''^_'I,»f  the  cluiicli. 

■us  iiistaiued  by  the  church    without  a 


fhi^ 


.0*1" 


voice- 


Hrpthren  in  Southern   Misioiiri   are  in 

'      ,iiiiUi>    ai<*  practice   with    tlie   geutral 

hooti-     J^or  advice  in  matters  not  fully 

t  lod  they  desire  to  go  to    Annual   Meet- 

Thou''h  in  the  past  it  may  have   seemed 

hat  the  District  was  endeavoring  toes- 

Tiilatioos  as  to  practical  piety    not  in 


jfts' 


.,„.-  with  the  general  Brotherhood,  yet 
,    not   the   fact.     They   have   had    and 

.  (jave  very  great  respect  for  age  and 
■pnce  and  thus  allowed  things  to  appear 
h  did  not  fully  meet  their  approhation. 

rie  members  of  the  churches  are  plain,  and 
desire    to    maintain    the   principles  of 

'■  ,  *,ss  and  lumconforiiiity,  but  do  not  wisli 
iloi>t  I'ig''^  measures  for  the  enforcement  of 
4iaiiitV,  believing  thit  love,  kindness,  gen 
s-  and  hutiiiess  are  the  best  means  for  thi 
uceniei't  and  maintenance  of  the  Cliristian 


knows  nothing.  Hence  he  is  not  full 
enough  of  self-contidence,  self-importance  to 
be  much  discimi'ert«d  if  his  article-i  are  not 
published.  About  all  he  says  to  the  editors 
when  his  M3.  is  reject-d,  is,  "I  am  very 
thnuktui  to  you  fur  withholding  that  a-ticle 
from  the  public,  fur  I  do  not  now  ihiuk  it 
would  either  have  added  to  my  f^redit  or  have 
been  to  the  good  of  the  cau^e." 

The  following  not-i  from    Prof.    Lockard,   of 
Mt.  Morris   College,  is  a  fair   sample  of  how 
.sf7fo?«i's  f.'el  and  write  concerning   their   pro- 
ductions: 
"•'Dmr  Editors: — 

Enclosed  find  manuscript. 
If  too  long  for  one  insertion  divide  in  two.  I 
am  afraid  it  ivill  not  suit  you.  It  seems  very 
lull  to  me,  and  if  you  do  not  like  it  please  put 
it  gently  in  the  fiiv." 

The  article  referred  to  made  about  a  column 
and  a  half  when  set  up  in  type. 

We  shall  not  here  say  how  those  who  are 
neither  truly  converted  nor  educated  do.  We 
sliall  leave  the  reader  in  suspense  about  that 
uutU  some  future  time  when  we  shall  prol)ably 
give  specimens  of  what  they  say.  We  only 
have  one  at  present  and  we  would  have  no  more 
regrets  if  we  did  not  have  it. 


city  wall  than  the  present  bed  of  the  valley.    It    their  beauty  »nd  fragranc*  lent  a  charm  to  our 
was   identified  by  its  stratum    of    water-worn  I  tents,  until,  like  all  thing**  be^iutiful   on  earth. 


itlier     Harshey    accepted    the  decision  of 


each 


m 


'\  aiknowledged  the  charge  and 
jilicatioa,  promising  not  to  do  any  more 
jiat  he  ^viw  here  proved  guilty  of  H«  made  all 
.^.jjucessions required  of  hiiu,  and  tho  church 
^eutfd  them  as  coming  from  the  heart.  We 
,e  t'iivorahly  in'pressed  with  his  acknowl- 
,  n,,iit,<i,  and  by  no  means  wish  to  impugn 
molives.  We  observe  that  the  Mineral 
retb  churcli  was  in  order,  yet  it  was  not 
iphole  conversation  while  among  them 
[here  are  abriut  one  hundred  and  fiity  mem- 
We  hope  alt  will  now  be  peaceable, 
that  each  one  will  seek  to  heal  the 
louu'is  and  do  all  that  he  can  to  promote  har- 
ly  and  Christian  iove.  M.  M.  E. 


NOTICE   TO   AGENTS, 

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copy.  It  is  cheaper  for  us  to  send  the  paper 
that  way  than  to  send  several  copies  to  you  and 
then  you  dii-tribute  them  ;  besides,  it  will  save 
vou  trouble  and  work. 


FROM  PALESTINE. 


NtJMBEa  SXVIl. 


More  About  Jerusalem. 


A  RARE  OFFER 

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[Par  our  officH  we  will  he  enabled  to  publish 
nitli  promptness  a  complete  report  of  its  pro- 
idiiigs.  Our  arrangements  will  be  such  that 
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Ihe  Ijegiuuiiig  of  the  next  day's  work.  A  first- 
(lass  reporter  will  he  engaged,  and  a  trauscr 
berwill  furnish  the  compositors  with  copy,  so 
that  while  one  brother  is  presenting  his  views 
Ihe  spfech  of  the  one  who  preceded  him  will 
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nieao  himnetfs,  and  we  think  our  readers  mil 
jppreeiate  our  efforts  in  giving  them  a  com- 
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promptness  of  the  work,  and  thus  labor  with 
0!  for  the  promotion  of  the  cause  in  which  we 
ire  engaged.  We  therefore  make  the  following 
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TREATMENT  OF  CONTRIBUTORS. 

1  DOUBTLESS  our  readers  sometimes  wonder 
1  *  wbat  contributors  th-uk  when  their  arti- 
cles are  nut  accepted.  That  depends  entirely 
upon  two  things:  one  is  whether  they  iU'e  true 
Cliristians  or  not;  the  other,  whether  they  are 
educated  or  not. 

The  true  Christian  always  feels  unworthy, 
aiimeriling,  humble,  meek,  and  submissive. 
The  tru.-  and  refined  scholar  has  in  his  life  seen 
^'*  iiiimy  things  which  he  could  not  understand 
^^  is  deeply  conscious  that  a  great  many 
things  may   he   and   are   known   of  which   he 


[rrem  lh«  "ChrlBtlKD  Suudard"  b;  ipuclal  Amugomonk] 

I  AT  first  thought  I  would  limit  my  account 
of  Jerusalem,  whirh  must  be  brief  at  best, 
to  two  letters;  but  since  writing  these  two  I  re- 
alize that  the  acount  is  too  incomplet.e  to  give 
satisfaction,, and  I  now  devote  another  letter 
to  the  city  and  its  environs. 

Immediately  east  of  Mount  Moriah,  which  I 
described  in  my  last,  lies  the  Valley  of  Jehos- 
haphat,  through  which  the  brook  Kedron  once 
flowed.  It  originates  in  a  depression  north- 
east of  the  city  which  is  cultivated  in  grain, 
and  well  set  with  olive  trees.  Just  east  of  the 
north-east  angle  of  the  city  wall  tlie  valley  is 
about  150  feet  deep,  measured  fruui  the  level 
surface  outside  the  wall,  and  it  c-ntinues  about 
the  same  depth  along  the  entire  .astern  side  of 
tlri  city,  its  downward  slope  being  nb  greater 
than  of  tlie  ground  on  which  ,the  v/all  stands. 
The  strip  of  nearly  level  ground  lying  next  to 
the  wall  is  about  200  yards  wide  at  its  northern 
extremity,  but  it  gradually  contracts  as  you  go 
southward,  until  it  becomes  so  narrow  as  to 
scarcely  allow  room  for  a  bridle  path  at  its 
southern  extremity.  The  slope  from  this  sur- 
face down  to  the  bottom  of  the  valley  also  be- 
comes gradually  steeper  as  you  go  south.  At 
Stephen's  gate  it  is  so  steep,  that  an  angle  is 
made  in  the  road  descending  it,  in  order  to 
make  it  passable  for  loaded  animals,  and  it  is 
still  too  steep  for  vehicles.  The  bed  of  the  val- 
ley, the  chief  part  of  the  way,  is  a  level  floor, 
from  00  to  80  yards  wide,  thinly  set  with  olive 
trees  and  cultivated  in  grain.  Where  it  is  cross 
ed  by  the  road  from  Stephen's  gate,  it  is  nar- 
rower, and  opposite  the  south-east  angle  of  the 
city  wall  it  contracts  into  a  narrow  ditch  which 
extends  southward  for  some  hundreds  of  yards, 
beyond  which  the  valley  expands  to  its  former 
width  and  is  well  cultivated  in  garden  vegeta- 
bles. 

Along  this  valley,  as  I  have  just  said,  the 
Kedron  onij  flowed,  and  one  of  our  party  ex- 
pressed ili-,Tppointment  at  not  finding  it  there 
now.  He  had  thought  that  the  beautiful  lines, 

•■TIiou  sweet,  gliding  Kedron,  by  thy  silver  stream, 
TIte  Savior  would  linger  in  nioonliglit's  soft  beam. 
AndbythybriBht  waters  till  midnight  would  stay. 

And  lose  inthymurmurs  the  toils  of  the  day." 

were  true  to  the  brook  as  it  now  ie.  But  no 
stream  has  flowed  there,  except  after  heavy 
rains  in  very  wet  winters,  for  many  long  years; 
and  Capt.  Warren,  by  his  excavations,  discov- 
ered  the  original  bed  of  the  brook,  40  feet  be- 
low the  present  surface,  and  !'0  feet  nearer  the 


rocks  and  pebble^i.      This  shows  what  might 
oMierwisp    be  doubt^'d   by    skeptics,   that    the 
scripture  representations  of  the  brook  are  true; 
und  at  the  same  time  it  illustrates  the  eitentof 
(.-Imugu  whicli  hiis  been   wrought  by    the  fre- 
qut  nt  destruction  of  the  city  walls,  and  by  the 
constant  accumulation  of  rubbish  from  ordina- 
ry causes.     I  tbitik    1    have   seen   a  statemeut 
from  Dr.  Barclay,  that  during  his  stay  in  Jeru- 
salem no  water  flowed  along  the  bed  of  this  val- 
ley, even  lifter  hard  rains.    But  I  saw  the  clear- 
est evidence  that  during  the  ext:eptionally  wet 
winter  of  1877-S,  not  only  a  stream,  bvit  a  vio- 
lent   torrent  washed    through    it;    for    I    rode 
along  the  bed  of  a  freshly  washed  gully  cut  out 
among  p!'i)bles  and  larger  stone.s,  the  sides  of 
which  were  even  with  my  shoulder  as  I  sat  on 
my  horse.    The  stanza,  then,   which   I  have 
quoted  above,  is  true  of  the  Kedron  as  it  once 
was,  and  may  continue  to  sing  it  with  that  un- 
derstanding. 

All  along  the  surface   between    the   eastern 
wall  of  the  city  and  tlie  declivity   descending 
into  the  valley,  there  is  a  Moslem  cemetery, 
and  graves  are  about  as  thick  there  as  tlieycan 
be,  burials  continue  to  take  place,  and  you  can 
see  one  or  more  groups  of  women  there  every 
morning  and   evening    visiting    the    graves   of 
thobe  recently  buried.      On  the  day  of  jude- 
nieut  Mohammed  is  to  sit  astride  of  a  granite 
column  which  now  projects  from   the    Harani 
wall  over  this  cemetry,  and  here  the  dead  are  to 
assemblt  as  they  arise.     \  had  curiosity  to  see 
what  kind  of  seat  the  old  fellow  will  have,  so  I 
got'astride  the  column  myself;  but  I  did  not  re- 
main there  long,  for  it  was  more  than  50  feet 
from  the  ground,  and  I  am  not  so  good  a  sailor 
as  to  eiijijy  such  a  situation. 

lmni--diately  beyond  the  Valley  of  Jehosha- 
phat,  n;«  everybody  knows,  rises  the  Mount  of 
Olives  Almost  as  soon  as  you  cross  the  bridge 
opposite  Stephen's  gate,  you  begin  to  ascend 
this  mount.  You  have  choice  of  four  roads. 
One  leads  to  the  right,  running  almost  parallel. 
for  a  while,  with  the  valley,  ascending  very 
i/radually,  and  passing  around  the  mount  on 
a  sou!li-rn  shoulder  of  it.  This  is  the  road  to 
Jericlio.  aud  the  one  followed  by  all  beasts  and 
womu-u  of  burden  who  go  or  come  in  that  di- 
rection. The  other  three  roads,  turning  off  not 
far  from  one  another,  ascend  the  mount;  one 
leading  to  the  summit  directly,  one  with  an  in- 
clination to  the  right;  and  the  other  with 
about  an  equal  iiulination  to  the  left.  These 
three  are  rather  steep  for  liorpes,  especially  the 
middle  one;  liut  we  rode  u|i  and  down  all  th: 
of  thoiu. 

In  the  angle  which  separates  the  right  hand 
road  of  the  three  last  mentioned,  from  the 
n  Jericho  road  first  mentioned,  is  the  fradi- 
lional  gardeu  of  Gethseinane.  I  judge  from 
the  nature  of  the  ground  that  these  roads  nan 
never  have  been  far  from  where  they  are  now, 
and  that  the  present  garden  must  be  partly,  if 
not  entirely  identical  with  the  one  in  which 
the  Savior's  great  agony  took  place.  About  an 
Here  of  grouud  is  here  inclosed  by  a  well-built 
aud  comparatively  new  stone  wall,  some  eight 
or  ten  feet  high,  Tbe  garden  is  divided  into 
six  plats  of  about  equal  size,  with  nicely  grav- 
eled walks  passing  between,  and  all  well  culti- 
vated in  flowers.  It  belongs  to  the  Latins,  ai 
the  Roman  Catholics  are  called  in  this  country, 
and  is  under  the  care  of  some  hard  working 
and  poorly  clad  monks,  who  remain  in  it  dur- 
ing the  day,  and  sleep  at  night  in  the  Latin 
monastery  within  the  city.  The  flowers  are 
beautiful,  and  there  are  many  varieties  of  them; 
but  my  eyes  were  soon  drawn  from  these  ven- 
erable olive  trees    which    appeared 


they  faded  away.  We  visited  the  garden  of 
Qoths'imaiie  many  times;  we  preserved  some  of 
the  leavea  of  the  old  olives,  and  we  obtained  a 
few  npecimens  of  pressed  flowers  which  had 
grown  in  the  garden.  J,  W.  McOarvry. 


ON    THE    BRROH-BULLETIN 
AGAIN. 

IT  seems  I  cannot  get  an  article  into  print 
without  typographical  blunders.  Three- 
fourths  of  the  blame  is  no  doubt  mine.  Proof- 
reader and  compositor  may  share  the  other 
fourth. 

No.  41,  page  7,  column  2nd,  22nd  line  from 
bottom,  for  I'ri  read  is.  This  makes  quite  an 
alteration  in  the  sense  of  the  context. 

In  11th  line  from    bottom,  for  flccepta  read 

Excepts.  This  is  quite  an  important  correction. 

In  8th  line  from  bottom,  for  promi^sion  read 

I'ROMISSORT. 

In  column  3rd,  lUh  line  from  top,   for  tlie 
people  read  His  people. 

C.  H.  Bal^bauoh. 


0Jnti  HiM^  |tass. 


The  Worth  of  Truth  no  Tot\gw  Can  Tell." 

Tins  department  is  desipned  for  askins  and  an- 
tweriuff  questions,  drawn  from  tlie  Bible,  In  or- 
ler  til  promote  the  Truth,  all  (luestions  should  be 
urief,  and  clothed  in  simple  lanKna^e.  We  shall 
iBSign  questions  to  our  contributors  to  answer. 
'jQt  this  dues  not  exclude  any  others  writing  upon 
iibe  Bame  topic. 


ost  old 
enough  to  have  cast  their  moonlight  shadows 
on  the  divine  Sufferer  who  prayed  where  they 
now  stand.  Their  trunks  are  gnaried  and 
pierced  with  many  cavities;  their  foliage  is 
very  scant,  like  the  scattered  lock  on  a  pa^ 
triarch's  brow;  and  they  are  gradually  giving 
way  beneath  the  corroding  hand  of  time. 

They  can  not,  of  course,  he  eighteen  hun- 
dred years  of  age,  but  their  venerable  antiquity 
greatly  helps  the  imagination  in  its  etlort  to 
realize  the  scene  so  long  ago  enacted  ou  the 
spot.  We  drew  our  tape-line  around  two  of 
them,  and  found  them  respectfully  '21  feet  aud 
2Ueet  feet  in  circrmferenre,  mea.suring  above 
the  swell  of  the  roots.  We  bought  some  flow- 
ers from  the  monks,  thus  paying  the  only  fee 
that  is  charged  for  admission  to  the  garden,  and 


Will  some  one  plesise  explain  Itom.  II:  JO  which 
reads  as  follows:  "Tlierofore  if  thme  enemy  hun- 
ger feed  him;  if  he  thirst  give  hiindrink;  for  iaso 
doing  thou  Shalt  heap  coals  uf  lire  ou  his  head. 
CI.  Head. 
Will  some  one  please  explain  .lohn  U:  12V  It 
leads  as  follows;  'A'erily.  verily  1  say  unto  you, 
He  thatbolieveth  on  me.  the  works  that  I  do  shall 
he  do  also ;  and  Rreiiter  wurka  than  these  shall  he 
do;  because  I  go  unto  my  Father." 

lllLKY  STfMP. 

Will  some  one  please  exphiiu  Matt.  12:  -lOV  It 
reads  as  follows:  "For  iia  .Tonas  was  three  days 
!iit<l  three  nights  in  the  whale's  belly ;  so  shall  the 
^S^Il  of  man  be  three  days  and  three  nights  in  the 
heart  of  the  earth."  11.  E.  Fadkltt. 

Wili  some  one  please  explain  John  20:  IT?  It 
reads  as  follows:  ".lesussaid  unto  her.  Touch  me 
nut;  for  I  am  not  yet  ascended  to  my  Father:  but 
go  tu  my  brethren,  and  say  linto  them,  I  ascend 
imto  my  Father,  and  yojr  Father;  and  to  my  God, 
and  your  God."  N,  S.  Dale. 

Will  bro.  U.  II.  Miller  pleaseexplain  Rom.  14;- 
17.  IS.  "For  the  kingdom  of  God  is  not  meat  and 
drink;  but  vightcousneas,  and  peace, and  joy  in  the 
Holy  Ghost.  Forhethatin  these  things  aerveth 
Christ  is  acceptable  to  God.  and  approved  of  men." 
I',  il  COBHIILL. 
Will  some  one  plea.se  explain  Jer.  12;  5  It  reada 
:is  follows:  "If  thou  hast  run  with  the  footmen, 
Aiid  tlipy  have  weiuied  thee,  then  how  canst  thou 
coiiteiid  with  horspB;  and  if  In  the  land  of  peace, 
wherein  Ihou  trustedsl,  they  wearied  thee,  then 
how  wilt  thou  do  in  the  swelling  of  Jordan. " 

C.  E.M. 
What  is  fastinR?  How  and  when  must  it  be  ob- 
served, how  long  continuedV  Is  it  a  command? 
If  31  why  is  there  not  more  preaching  aid  writ- 
ing done  on  that  subject  T  And  why  is  it  not  ob- 
served more  by  us  and  especially  by  some  of  the  eld- 
ers. U  it  is  not  acommand  what  does  Matt  0:  H- 
1.-.,  Mark  2: 18-21,  Luke  r,:  :i;j-3«,  Acta  i:j:  2,  3.  Matt- 
17:  21,  Mark0:27.  Luke2:  37,  Acta  14;23,  10:  30,  1 
Cor.7:  .1. :;  Cor.  0:  5,  Matt.O:  HJ-li>,-(:  2,  and  Luke 
4:  2  mean?  Wm.  Ciikowl. 

Will  some  one  please  explain  the  5th  and  ftth 
verses  of  the  rtth  chapter  of  Revelatiousi"  It  reads 
AS  follows:  "And  when  he  had  opened  the  third 
seal,  I  heard  the  third  beast  say.  Come  and  see.— 
And  1  beheld,  and  lo,  a  black  liorse ;  and  he  that 
aat  on  him  had  a  pair  of  balances  in  bis  hand, 
iud  I  heard  a  voice  in  tbe  midst  of  the  four  beasts 
aay,  A  measure  of  wheat  for  a  penny,  and  three 
measures  of  barley  for  a  penny;  and  see  thou  hurt 
aotthe  oil  and  the  wine." 

As  the  numbers  seven,  forty,  and  three  are 
very  often  in  Scripture,  can  any  brother  or  sister 
tell  me  through  the  UnETiiKEN  at  Wouk  how 
often  these  numbers  are  in  the  Holy  Bible?  Ajld 
have  thev  any  particular  saered  meaning? 

•         A.  NKL-iOS   GnAYBILL. 


A  HBOTHER  wishes  to  know  how  to  form  a 
Bible  class.  Simply  get  a  number  to  convene 
at  a  proper  place,  the  church,  or  at  some  bro- 
ther or  friend's  house,  and  let  this  class  choose 
"ne  of  their  number  for  teacher.  Select  a  nor- 
tion  of  God's  word,  read  it,  rightly  divide,  it  ac- 

Lt-pt  It.  and  you  will  most  certainly  enjoy  its 
promises.  Do  not  make  a  hobby  of  £;iviug 
•■  opinions,"  but  seek  to  know  what  God  says. 
Any  one  lau  sleep  all  day.  get  up  at  sunset, 
urd  deliver  opinions  for  several  hour*,  but  it 
t«kes  the  man  who  has  studied  bard  to  tell 
what  the  Honk  savs.  Opinions  are  sweeping 
many  of  God's  truths  into  forgelfulness.  and 
eatious  are  suffeiing  lecause  men  love  to  hear 
.  heir  opinions  rather  than  the  plain  facts  of 
I  he  eternal  Word. 


Jjuiiic  ami  jl^inulu* 


TaK  i^tjni:rHi<jj:jNr  ^t  •yvoKicr 


Husl'.imls.  h>ve  >>mr  wives.  Wivi-s.  sulimit  your- 
B«lvm  Hiit«>  your  own  Imslmiicts,  Chllirren.  oliey 
your  iwiviits.  K;itiiPi>,  i.r.nokoiiolvour  children  u> 
wrath,  imt  LiiiiK  thcni  lip  til  tlio  iiurtnn>  and  ad- 
monltirtii  of  tin-  l,oni.  S^Tvanta.  he  olM^fent  t« 
tbciu  (li;it  ai-c  voiii  iu;wlonf.— I'aii.. 


PRAY  FOR  THE  ERRING. 

HAS  thy  brndier  gone  astray, 
Havo  dark  clouds  ob.<cured  his  way 
Causing  Iiim  to  stumljle?  Pray. 
Prayer  may  lift  the  Htricken  up; 
Prayer  nuiy  givo  the  hopeless  hope; 
Prayer  may  win  thy  brother  hack 
To  the  straight  and  narrow  truck. 
Prayer  will  move  the  uiighty  Arm 
That  alone  .shall  shield  from  harm. 
lias  thy  sister  gone  astray  ?■ 
Suffer  not  thy  heart  to  say 
Hsnl,  renroHchfiil  things,  but  prny. 
Thou  may 'at  well  give  prayer  and  leant. 
Not  o(  moment!*,  but  o(  years, 
One  poor  Htroggliijg  moul  to  aid, 
In  its  hour  of  direct  jieej. 
For  thy  sister  gone  ft'itray, 
Pray,  iu  tender  pity,  pray. 
Has  a  CliriHtirtu  gone  iwtray  ? 
'Tis  thy  brother:  do   not  Buy 
Words  of  coiideninafion;  jiray, 
Hadst  thou  been  as  sorely  tried, 
Thou  hadht  wondered  fur  more  wide. 
Pray  with  meekest  charity; 
Pray  wilh  purest  fervency — 
Pray:  his  suul  cannot  be  loitt 
And  thy  heart  not  rue  the  cost. 

'Tishis  hour  of  sorest  need; 

Show  thyself  11  friend,  indei-rl; 

For  him  with  thi'  Savior  plead. 

Pray  that  (Jodw  eternal  arm 

May  deliver  him  from  harm. 

I'ruy.  For  him  the  Savior  bled, 
Shtill  that  bloud  in  vain  be  shedr* 
Bear  him  to  the  mercy-scat, 
Pjead  for  him  at  Jesus'  feet. 


HOME  RELIGION 

WK  take  the  following  from  Murray's  "Ool- 
den  Rule":  "There  is  no  place  in  which  | 


^otcespondente. 


Live  for  auniethiiig.  Do  good  and  leave 
behind  you  a  iiioiiiinient  of  virtue  tlmt  (lie 
Htorm  of  time  can  never  destroy.  Write  your 
name  in  kiiidjieo,  love  and  mercy  on  the  hearts 
of  the  thou»iuid»  you  come  in  contact  with  year 
by  year;  yim  will  never  be  forKotteri.  No,  your 
name,  your  deeds  will  bo  ua  leKiblo  on  the 
hearl.^  you  leave  behind  m  the  stars  on  tht-  brow 
ol  eveninR.  flood  deeds  will  shine  as  the  stars 
of  Heaven. — Vltambfrs. 


Why  do  ])rofessedly  Christian  mothers  put 
gaudy  ornameutj  upon  their  little  girls?  We 
often  see  them  with  riu(;a  on  their  lingers  and 
liook<  in  their  ears,  as  though  that  were  being 
trained  uj)  "in  the  way  they  should  go."  Poor 
little  things!  They  will  naturally  be  strongly 
enough  tempted  to  pride,  without  having  their 
own  parents  help  feed  the  llanie.  Mothers,  do 
you  appreciate  your  solemn  ncenuntability? 
How  dare  you  put  on  your  children  those  jiride- 
feeding  ornamonli  which  the  Bible  firbids  you 
to  wear?— /fiA/c  iiumter. 


•    •  — •  .. a.!....!    ,.1  u,/  ^iim.-:  iii   (vrilCII 

reii^'ion  should  Ijeso  little  a  thing  of  form  and 
so  wholly  a  thing  of  spirit— and  a  peacfnl, 
happy  spirit  too— as  at  home,  Prayer-mwtiog 
piety  answen  a  good  purpo'e;  and  Sunday, 
church.going  piety  haA  its  uses,  and  that  i»iety 
which  is  better  than  either,  that  makes  a  man 
deal  justly  and  honestly  with  his  fellow-man,  w 
of  priceleiii  value  to  the  community.  But  bet- 
ter than  prayer-meeting  piety,  or  church-going 
piety,  or  busim-.s*  piety,  w  that  piety  which 
light^'Hs  and  bleiiipa  a  home.  Home  religion  is 
a  thing  of  the  heart,  which  is  the  same  ai  say- 
ing it  i«  a  thing  of  love.  It  may  exi^  in  con- 
nection with  forni.^  and  il  may  t-xist  in  it« 
Hweet<wt  unfolding,  independent  of  forms.  It 
may  be  gift<?d  to  sustain  a  family  altar,  and  it 
may  not  have  the  gift  requisite.  But  if  the  ] 
Iioart  be  right,  there  shall  be  gra<:e  ami  prayer-  ' 
fulness,  albeit  forms  be  lacking  in  the  family. 
We  have  known  a  man  ask  a  blessing  on  food 
which  he  himself  condemned  in  the  very  next 
breath.  To  thank  God  for  food,  and  scold  your 
wife  or  the  couk  in  the  next  breath  because  the 
steak  is  overdone,  or  the  cakes  not  browned  to 
I  your  suiting,  or  the  tea  too  Htrong,i8  something 
more,  friend,  than  impiety;  it  is  indecency. 

Homo  religion  should  be  Joving  first  of  all, 
find  last  of  ail  it  should  be  —loving.     It  should 
be  very  patient,  too— especially  on    those  days 
when  it   is  hard    to    be  patient.     It   should    be 
cheeriiil.  especially  when  it  takes  wit  to  invent 
occasions  of  mirthfuluoss.     It  should    be  brave, 
not  to  tace  the  troubles    that  are  without,  but 
the  troubles  that  are    within.     A    kindly  word, 
a  pleasant   sjieech,  a   cheerful    or  sympathetic 
look,    a  touch    ot    the    hand    in  the    old    ten- 
der fashion  of  the    courting  days,  a  stroking  of 
the  cheek  and  the  soft   niovc'nient   of  the  palm 
over  the  hair— "Foolish   tricks"?'     Vou   didn't 
think    they  were  foolish  fricks  once,  and  you 
were    wiser  then   than    you    are   now     that 
you    hare  dropped  them.     A  little  more  court 
Jng  iu   married   life  would     keep      niarriage- 
life     what;  courtship  is.    The   foolishness  of 
love  is  wiser  than  the  wisdom  of  hate;  and  the 
more  foolish  you   are    in  the.se  directions,  the 
happier  will  your  homes  be  and  the  sweeter  will 
''"  your  home  religion.— .V/n ■<*■(/, 


October    ' 

on  account   of  room.     The   word   opQ^     ^ 
well  bandied  by  the   ministering  brethr-    ^   ' 

^"^  *'''"*'■  t'j'^'-e  were  laHirTg  imprwuio^g  !!,'",' ' 

j-jBajb-rmi^ohat  I  Wi-  held  u  cboitp  lor  five  visiting  br^th  "" 
the  following  were  chosen,  instated.  andV'  ' 
entered  upon  their  duties;  Simon  (ir^^j,-     ,       " 

I  Thomas.  George  Wise,  John  Wise  and  tb 

K  have  decided  to  hold  the  Sunday-school    ter.     Yours  fraternally.  '''■'• 

S-  W.  iiKnowER, 


Tb*M  tfalnci  wriu  **  nnia  ;■«.  iJ 


Sunday-School  Convention. 


Convention  for  the   Middle  District  of 

i  Indiana,  on  the  *ind  Tuesday  of  February,  ISSO. 

being  the  day  followiug    the  Missionary  Meet- 

,  ing,  and  the  day  preceding  the  District  Meeting. 

Notice  of  theexact  place andthe  programme  wiif 

'  be  given  in  due  time.     Hy  order  of  Committee, 

Emua  E.  Bowman. 

From  Ozawkee.  Kansas. 

j       Dtar  Brfthren: — 

IAKRIVED  here  lait  niijht,  October  Cth. 
I  stopped  with  the  brethren  at  James 
Crossing  at  their  communion  meeting,  which 
surely  wa«  a  fe.i,st  of  love.  A  number  of  the 
brethren  and  sisters  from  this  place  were  there. 
Two  were  b.ijjti/.ed,  one  being ninty-seven  years 
old.  When  coming  out  of  the  water  she  said, 
"Now  I  am  ready  to  die."  One  more  was  bap- 
tized at  Burr  Oak  before  I  left.  May  th>  good 
work  of  the  Lord  still  go  on.  My  next  point 
will  be  Colfax,  Iowa,  and  from  there  I  go  to 
Meyersdale,  pa.  H.  E.  Fadei.v. 


From  Cumberland  County,  Va 

.  l>i,n-  Birllim,:— 

ON  the  30lh  of  August  we  had  our  Love  fe 
and  I  can  say  for  myself,  and  I  think  T"' 
for  the  rest  ol  the  brethren  and  sisters  th  t    ° 
all  eujoy.-d  a  real  fea«t  of  lo^e.     Hrethren  E  T 
Brower  and  J.  flory  were  with  us  as  Uiinistl 

Their  advice  to  us  wan  tn    hnM  „ :..i  ^''^ 

lllgs, 


From  Silver  Creek,  Ohio. 

THE  brethreu  of  this  arm  of  the  church  met 
in  council  to  attend  to  such  business  as 
might  come  before  them.  D.  Rittenhouse  and 
.lacob  Shauour  were  elected  to  the  office  of 
bishop,  after  which  the  necessary  arrangements 
were  made  for  holding  a  lovefeast  on  the  28tli 
of  October.  Brethren  and  sisters,  let  us  not 
grow  weary  in  well  doing,  but  labor  earnestly 
iu  the  cause  of  Christ.  A.  K.  Brown, 


READING  ALOUD. 


From    Roanoke,   Illinois. 


CHEERFUL  WOMEN. 

IN  marrynig,  men  should  seek  happy  women 
They  make  a  terrible  mistake  when  they 
marry  for  beauty,  or  for  talent,  or  for  style;  the 
sweetest  wives  are  those  who  possess  the  magic 
secret  of  being  happy  under  any  and  every 
cumslance.     Rich   or  poor,  high  or  low,  it 
makes  no  difference,  the  bright  little  fountain 
bubbles  up  just  as  musically  in   their  hearts. 
Nothing  ever  goes  wrong  with  them— no  trouble 
i»  loo  letious  for  them  "to  make  the  best  of  it  " 
Was  ever  the  stream  of  calamity  so  dark  and 
deep  that  the  sunlight  of  a  happy  face  falling 
across  its  turbid  tide  would  not  wake  an  an- 
••vcring  gleam?  Why,  then,  joyous-tempered 
people  don't  know  half  tho  good  they  do.     No 
matter  how  crow  and  crabbed  yon    feel    no 
matter  if  your  brain  is  full  of   mcditalioti  on 
alflicting  dispensations,  and  your  stomach  with 
medicines,  pill,  and   tonics:  just   have  one  of 
those  cheery  little  women  talking  to  you  and 
we  ate  not  afraid   but  that  she  can  cure  you.— 
The  long-drawn  lines  about  tho   mouth   will 
relai— the  clond  of  settled  gloom   will  vani.lie 
nobody  knows  where,  and  the  fimt  thing  yo- 
will  be  laughing.    Oh.  what  blessings  are  Ihos 


ir.r=ii:;s,sl=  =SK?:iS-Ss 


--. ^.^..   ...cii    iiifcjc  nana: 

guiae  the  ponderous  machine  of  life,  mth  al- 
most an  invisible  touch!  How  we  look  forwari 
through  the  weary  day  lo  their  fireside  smiles' 
>o  one  knows,  no  one  will  ever  know  until  the 
day  of  judgment  reveals,  how  much  we  owe  to 
IhfM  hopeful,  helpful,  uncomplaining,  happv 
"omen.  ' 


T  is  strange  that  in  a  country  whose  lau- 
_  guage  is  stored  full  of  the  choicest  <"orks 
of  the  human  mind,  and  whose  population  is, 
as  a  whole,  ao  well  educated,  reading  aloud,  as 
a  nioaus  of  eujoyment  and  source  of  instruction, 
is  solitle  resorted  to.  There  are  many  families, 
where  a  book,  or  a  chapter  of  a  book,  is  never 
read  to  the  family  circle  from  one  end  of  the 
year  to  another.  The  individual  members  of 
the  family  read,  but  all  reading  done  in  the 
family  is  silent  reading.  Father  has  his  paper, 
mother  her  tract,  and  .Johnny  his  story  of 
ild  adventure.  Reading,  there  is  enough  of  it; 
but  each  one  reads  for  himself.  There  is  no 
reading  for  the  whole,  and  no  grouping  of  tho 
family  into  an  audience  for  an  evening's  enjoy- 
ment, such  as  comes  to  people  who  hear  a  good 
bit  of  writing  well  read. 

Only  those  who  have  visited  in  families  where 
the  gift  of  reading  was  cultivated  as  a  source  of 
family  enjoyment,  and  the  custom  of  reading 
aloud  to  the  family  practiced,  can  imagine  what 
a  help  and  blessing  to  the  family  life  such  a 
habit  is.  Music  is  well  enough  in  its  way,  but 
its  range  of  expression  is  far  narrower  than  that 
of  reading,  and  for  that  matter,  far  less  practi- 
cal in  its  adaptation  to  the  family  wants.  The 
art  of  reading  well  is  easily  acquired  and  cheap- 
ly taught,  and  the  expressions  of  literature  are 
abundant  varied.  If  sorrow  has  fallen  on  the 
family,  tho  needed  antedote  can  be  found  both 
in  prose  and  poetry.  History,  tragedy,  comedy, 
wit,  pathos,  sublimity,  every  spring  at  which 
the  human  mind  loves  to  drink  can  be  opened, 
and  the  aweet  waters  be  given  freely  to  every 
one. 

How  cosy  those  home  readings  may  be  made. 
Warmth,  light,  companionship,  culture,  happi- 
ness, are  all  included  iu  them.  How  much  you 
are  misjing,  good  people,  ii  reading  is  not  culti- 
vated as  oue  of  the  means  of  happiness  and 
pleasure  in  your  family  circle;  for  in  such  an 
exercise  there  is  quickening  for  the  imagination 
apjieal  to  judgment,  elevation  of  feeling,  oppor- 


Dmr  linlhrni.— 

OUR  Lnv.--teast  and  series  of  meetings  are 
now  among  the  things  of  the  past.  Bro. 
D.  B.  Gibson  commenced  meeting  on  the  even- 
ing of  the  18th  of  September,  and  as  a  result, 
seven  precious  souls  came  out  on  the  Lord's 
lide  and  are  now  walking  with  the  people  of 
God.  One  was  also  restored.  Surely  there  was 
rejoicing  among  the  people  of  God  when  sinners 
turned  from  their  evil  ways  to  the  testimonies 
of  the  blessed  Master.  G.  W.  GlsH. 


From  West  Pine,  Wisconsin. 

I}fin-  Brclhren: — 

WE  held  a  feast  long  to  be  remembered. 
About  sixt3'-live  members  communed 
and  it  was  one  of  the  mostqniet  meetings  I  ever 
attended.  There  was  love  and  respect  shown 
by  the  spectators  throughout  the  meeting.  One 
broke  the  ranks  of  Satan  and  came  out'ou  the 
Lord's  side  and  was  baptized  which  caused 
solemnity  among  the  spectators  and  rej.iiciug 
among  the  saints,  'Brother  and  sister  Swig,irt 
of  Kipon,  Fondulac  Co.,  were  with  us.  'flify 
truly  felt  happy  among  us.  0  brethren,  if  you 
could  have  seen  our  litlle  brothers  and  sisters, 
how  humble  and  plain  they  were,  and  how  they 
enjoyed  each  other's  society!  The  spectators 
said,  "How  beautiful  they  look!"  May  we  all 
be  willing  to  do  our  Master's  will  is  my  prayer. 
J.  E.  D.  Shokt. 


Their  advice  to  us  was  to   hold  social  meetii 

as  we  have  no  preacher,  and  assemble  oursel'^^' 

together  which  we  have  commeuced  to  do    w' 

(  have  had   two  meetings,  one  at    the    hou,    '■ 

I  brother  Sheets,  and  lodayut  brother  Mallo'*'"' 

I  At  the   first  meeting  there  were    twenty?" 

present,  and    to  day    there    were    thirly.fi,  "^" 

Very  encouraging  if  we  will  only  work  in  1^ 

right  spirit.     We  hope  Uie  good  Lord  will  jl 

send  us  a  preacher.     Pray  for  us,  brethreu      ° 

Your  sister, 

S.  J.  Etier. 

From  Elmwood,  Nebraska, 

Drill-  BrHhnn:- 

OUK  Love-feast  was  held  on  the  lO.h  and 
;Jtlth  of  September.and  truly  it  was  a  good 
meeting.  There  were  about  forty-live  mem 
hers  present,  some  from  Ohio,  Indiana,  Iowa 
and  Peiiusylvania.  and  from  sis  different  coun 
ties  in  this  State.  This  was  the  first  feast  ever 
held  in  this  part  of  Nebraska,  and  quite  an  in- 
terest seemed  to  be  manifested.  Many  brethren 
and  sisters  thought  this  was  the  best  Love  feast 
they  ever  attended.  It  was  held  in  an  huaible 
tent  put  up  for  the  occasion.  It  was  good  to 
enjoy  a  communion  season  together,  but  sad  to 
part  never  to  meet  again  in  this  world.  We 
have  a  bright  hope  of  meeting  in  the  sunny 
dimes  of  heaven  where  parting  will  be  no  more 
Brethren  Snowberger  from  Indiana,  Henry 
Brubaker  from  Beatrice,  Wni.  PuUen  from 
Paul  Co,,  L.  Miller  and  .Jacob  Graft  from  John- 
sou  Co.,  and  our  minister,  brother  Jes^e  Y 
Heckler,  were  present.     From  your  weak  sister, 

JOSLE   ROVRR. 


,        '  ■  " -n^...  me  chil- 

dren more  of  literature,  in  three  hours  than 
they  can  learn  at  school  in  three  weeks.  Next 
to  the  impulse  of  love  as  a  means  of  drawing 
families  together,  is  the  inlluoncol  intellectual 
companionship.  Cultivate  this,  good  friends 
and  see  how  satisfactory  will  be  the  result  — 
GoUlm  Jtule. 


From  New  Hope,  Virginia. 

THE  Bridgewater  meeting-house  is  situated 
near  the  small,  but  popular  and  enter- 
prising town  of  Bridgewater.  Rockingham  Co,, 
Va.  This  is  a  large  church,  well  coustrnctedi 
nicely  finished  and  well  arranged.  This  church 
was  dedicated  to  the  service  of  God  in  August 
1878.  Bro.  Lint  preached  the  dedicatory  ser- 
mon f'roM  the  words,  "Make  not  my  Father's 
house  a  house,  of  merchandise."— St  John,  11: 
16.^  The  first  Love-feast  was  held  October  Ist . 
1S70.  Quite  a  number  of  brethren  and  sisters 
communed,  while  a  number,  who  have  not  as 
yet  made  their  peace  with  God,  were  looking 
on.  The  meeting  seemed  to  be  enjoyed  by  all" 
D.  A.  Gahbeb. 


A  Visit  to  Mt.  Mo  ris. 

WE  had,  for  some  time,  anticipated  a  visit  to 
Mt.  Morris  Illinois,  where  a  son  is  at- 
tending school.  On  the  morning  of  the  21sl  of 
September  we  started,  had  u  pleasant  ride  of 
sixteen  miles  and  arrived  just  in  time  for  morn- 
ing services.  Brother  Stein  preached  a  vciy 
excellent  discourse,  by  whom,  after  services,  we 
were  kindly  entertained.  In  the  allern'oou 
attended  Bible  school  where  we  were  much 
intert'sted  and  edified. 

While  then;  we  found  everybody  pleasiint, 
good  and  kind,  and  I  would  like,  to  sav  to  p*! 
rents,  or  those  contemplating  attending  school, 
that  they  will  probably  not  find  another  place 
so  free  fiom  all  kinds  of  vice  and  wickedness  as 
Mt.  Morris.  Here  the  student's  spiritual.aa  well 
as  temporal,  wellaie,  is  carefully  looked  after. 
This  should  certainly  be  a  great  comfort  to 
parents  who  are  desirous  of  educutinj  their 
children.  We  pray  God's  blessing  upon  this 
Institution.  Sar.ih  J.  Depi'EN. 

Nachma,  III. 


From  Carey,  Wyandott  County,  O. 


lli-ar  Brethren: — 

OUR  commuinon  at  the  O.k  Grove  Church 
hvo  and  onc-lialf  miles  North-west  of 
Carey,  Wyandott  Co.,  Ohio,  is  now  among  the 
things  of  the  past.  There  were  four  added  to 
the  church  by  baptism,  and  we  had  a  pleasant 
waiting  before  the  Lord.  Theie  was  a  large 
congregation  and  good  order,  Theie  were  -.iOO 
n  embers  communed,  and  miuy  more  could  not 


A  Report. 

OUR  Bible  school  taught  in  Centennial  Sem- 
inary, near  Mt.  Sidney,  Va.,  closed  its 
third  fessi.ui  ou  the  21st  of  September.  This 
school  was  fir,,t  organizrd  in  April  1S77,  aud 
was  called  by  the  usual  name— S(iii*(y  srhonl. 
This  Suiiimer  afier  a  condsideration  of  the  p/o- 
l.riety,  we  changed  its  name  to  BibU-scbtitl. 
The  school,  with  officers  and  teachers,  numbers 
about  one  hundred,  and  although  organized 
amid  some  opposition,  has  increased  in  numbsr, 
and  rapidly  gained  favor  and  frieudship.— 
Our  teachers  deserve  much  credit  for  the  zeal 
demonstrated  aud  pains  taken  in  preparing  tho 
young  soldiers.  They  aimed  to  teach  Willi 
thoroughness  and  simplicity,  and  to  tho  prac- 
tical acceptance  of  their  pupils.  Tiles}. young 
people  march  out  from  under  the  instruction 
of  their  exemi.lary  teachers  with  the  happy 
assurance  of  having  received  at  least  a  part  of 
the  armor.  They  glory  in  the  work.  May  we 
all  meet  again.  H.  C.  Early,  Supt. 


•rtiE  m^Kau-iJ^KN  jvr  ^voli3c 


From  Elkhart,  Iowa 


s^  it' 
i^  tin*"  ^ 


a  distanc*. —  Breth 
and  Samuel  IMiiel. 


.-  Tiie*dav.   September   L':?rd.  1   started    Jor 

y  ^j  .    i.oTe-f-M-it  iu  Jeff-raoii    County,  iirid 

'      (i.sl.  the  uext  day  we    mtt  at  the   lumso 

nin   liartz.  wlio  liad   l.een    swk    f'T  lliree 

Land   was    not  exp-ct  d  to  live.     Tie  de 

'"    '     ,^  liaptiz-d  but   thuuglit  lie  could  not 

I  lis  wile  also  wished  to  be  baptized 

.-(•nt  to    the  water  and   baptixid  hei; 

H  tliut  night,  and  on  the  2ti  .h  we  met  a 

icun^n-'gatio"  at  the    Brethren's  meeting- i 

\^  t'x'O"*'^"^  meeting  over  Snudiiy.     Had 

'^'  i  iiiei-tiug,  DO  additions,  but  we  trust  last- 

.      fpi^sions  were  made.     Arrived  home  to- 

','sept#mber  30tli.  S.  M.  GoiGHNovB. 

From  the  Antioch  Church,  Ind 

Vadiiitici  to  our  regular  appointments  and 

'  ri  i'ltiiie  ^*    business,    was    the    meeting   of 

llissiouary  Board  of  Middle  Ind.    It  met 

'  Atiti^""''  on  the  30th  of  August,  and  though 

lersiuiill   in  attendauLe,  the  meeting  was  a 

'\  one     Bro.    J.    S.  Suowberger  ivmaiued 

I  11^  over  Sunday,  preaching    on    Saturday 

"lit  fit   Antioch  and  on  Sunday   morning  ut 

Oti  the  aoth   of  September  was  our  reg- 

urc<>i'ii«il  meeting  which  was  a  very  pleasant 

The  report  ot  the  visit  was   good;   with 

j>ht  I'xt't'ptions,   all  were  found  in  union  and 

I'llowship.     Three  minif-teriug  brethren  were 

JTaln:i-d  to  the  second  d^gr-^e. 

Qu  t!i«  iiTth  was  our  cumniunion,  which  was 

oj^.yoble   one.    The   houae  was  somewhat 

jroivd.'J,  y*t  the  order  was  good.     Quite  anum 

urot"H"ist'*"'3  and  others  were    with  us   from 

^[lier  districts.     Just  as  brother  Williams  was 

the   meating   for  home  he  was*  thrown 

111   badly  hurt.    He 


well  circumstanced   financially,  but  spiritually 

they  seem  strung.     The   brethren    m  Defiance 

Co.  remember  what  Pdul   said.   "Bear  ye  one  ]  ^afi^^^^b' *"«i^ 

another's  burdens."     A  miui^ter  that  i»  called  *"' 

to  preai-h  will  have  his  fare  paid;  his  tnuu  is  nut 

forgotten  either.  They  surely  have  large  heart; 


■en    Jesse  Calvert,  A.  Leedy, 
The  brethren  labored  very 
the    faith    on  redelivered  to  the 
saints, '  and  sinners  were  warned  to    flee  from 
the  wrath  to  come.     At  the  close  of  the  meet- 
ing   one    made  apptiration  for   baptism.     Slie 


and  t-el  for  the  poor'  minister.  May  the  Lord  I  w"  M»ite  au  ..id  lady;  was  bow^d  down  with 
abundantly  bles.s  them.  The  brethren,  of  late  afllictious;  lier  body  deformed  by  Rheumatism, 
years,  are  beginning  to  see  that  the  minister  is    She  had  to  bo  carried    to  and  from  the  water. 


[lor; 


burdened  too  much,  and  we  earnestly  pray  tie 
Lord  that  a  general  reformation  may  t;ike 
place  in  this  one  particular.  Then  the  watch- 
men will  be  able  to  blow  the  trumpet  in  places 
where  the  Gospel  has  not  been  preached. 

J.  U.  Mlllkr. 


kanug  t 

dm  his  spring-wagon  am 
[,]1  on  \m  left  shoul  er  and  broke  hia  collar 
t,i[ie,  Ui^  wi'*'  ^''^'^  ^^^°  ''"'■''•  ^"*'  ^"^  seriously 
lu  the  midst  of  plea^iure  aud  enjoyment  there 
ideuts.  psiin  anlsuttering,  and  sometimes 
nth.  "Be  y<>  also  ready,"  so  that  if  we 
,hould  have  to  meet  deaHi  by  accident^  all  wil 
iefffll  and  acceptable  with  God.  May  He  help 
^i  to  be  always  ready  to  meet  death. 

J.  W.  SOUTHWOOI). 

'Ohrstrilh.  lu.l 


Im 


From  Moscow,  Va. 


-,stu.lv.vbile 


DmrBreihrvn:^ 

\U[l  lastLOuncil,  met  on  Saturd.iy,  Au^^ust 
J  liUh,  at  which  an  expelled  member  was 
received  into  fellowsliip  again.  The  voice  of 
Ihe  church  was  almost  unanimous  for  calling 
one  to  the  ministry.  The  lot  fell  on  our  young 
brother,  David  Neigler.  1  think  this  is  a  move 
^  tlie  right  direction.  The  church  is  not 
thoughtful  enough  sometimes  in  this  matter  of 
choosing  persons  to  the  ministry.  1  think  the 
(hurcli  should  elect  young  brethren  sometinK-s 
insl.'ad  of  old  ones.  It  is  a  long  time  before 
lheye;iii  prc'urh,  and  some  never  can  because 
they  are  too  old  and  cannot  apply  their  minds 
toilttdy,  and  for  this  reason  it  seeiu's  to  mc  the 
word  should  be  put  into  the  hands  of  younger 
brethren,  for  they  can  comiuem 
they  are  youug. 

Tiie  members  all  seem,  to  b 

II  with  one  another.    Wo   1^ 
tivflve  iethers  of  mombership  in  the  last  twelve 

fitteen  months  but  no  accessions  by  baptism 

I.^ter.— Sunday  Sept.  2l8t.  There  were  two 
youDg  sisters  baptized  in  Mossy  Creek,  in  the 
bounds  of  the  Beaver  Creek  Congregation.  I 
learned  the  evening  orevioua  to  tlie  baptism  of 
our  youug  sisters,  that  there  bad  been  some 
accessions  to  the  church  at  that  place  this 
Suonner  at  different  times;  also  that  there  had 
been  some  accessions  to  the  church  during  the 
Summer  at  Beaver  Greek.  There  was  a  young 
brother  baptized  in  the  village  of  Sangersvill, 
belnugiug  to  the  arm  of  the  Beaver  Creek  con- 
sre^iitiou.    Yours  iu  bonds  of  love. 

R.  T.  MocnBAY. 


From  Longmont,  Col. 

OUK  Love-feast  and  series  of  meetings  are 
past  and  it  is  needless  to  say  we  had  good 
meetings,  as  such  is  always  the  case  where  we 
worship  God  in  gpiritand  in  truth.  Brother  P. 
U.  Wrightsuiaii  of  Indiana  was  with  us  and 
labored  f.uthfully  for  eight  days.  Brother  M. 
M.  Bashor  arrived  during  the  course  of  the 
meetings,  but  owing  to  ill  health  at  the  time, 
was  unable  to  preach  much.  The  labors  of  the 
brethren  were  appreciated,  the  congregations 
large,  thi  in'-.efeU  s'eindtibi  very  good, 
and  we  have  every  reiison  to  believe  many  good 
imprcssiouis  were  made. 

Our  number  has  had  au  increase  during  the 
year  of  fifteen  by  liaptism  and  letter.  To  the 
Lord  be  all  the  glory  ascribed  for  hia  mercy  and 
loving-kindnea'.  Brother  Wrightsmau  soon 
goes  East  with  his  health  much  improved  by 
his  visit  to  our  healthy  climate.  Truly  yours 
iu  love.  J-  S.  Flouy. 

From  Naperville,  III. 

AN  enjoyable  meeting  was  our  Love-feast 
which  waa  held  on  the  ith  and  5th.  It 
was  truly  a  feast  to  the  soul  and  we  believe 
those  of  us  that  were  permitted  to  surround  the 
table  of  the  Lord  and  partook  of  the  emblems 
of  his  broken  body  and  shed  blood,  did  it  in 
faith,  looking  forward  to  that  blessed  hope  in 
the  evening  of  this  world  when  the  Savior  will 
come  forth  and  serve  us.  Bretbrpn  J.  C.  and 
S.  Lehman  of  Lee  Co.,  aUo  Wm.  Sidler  of  Nan- 
kin. Ohio'  were  present.  They  labored  faith- 
fully and  gave  us  much  eucounigement  in  ser- 
ving the  Lord.  For  the  opening  of  the  exercises 
of  the  first  afternoon,  brother  Siidler  read  and 
commented  upon  the  23rd  Psalm.  He,  being 
in  Chicago,  desired  to  be  with  the  brethren  in 
Illinois  during  the  Sabbath.  He  turned  to  the 
ministerial  list  to  ascertain  what  brother  lived 
nearest  the  city,  and  finding  brother  J.  Sollen- 
berger  being  the-  nearest,  stopped  otf  and  labor- 
ed ior  us.  Brethren,  when  you  are  passing  over 
the  C.  B.  &  Q.  II.  U.  do  likewise  and  the  Lord 
will  reward  you.  Noah  Eakly. 


I  As  she  hail  put  off  Christ  until  so  late  an  hour, 
1  ih.uiubt  hort-  jiood    He  was  to  wait   on  her.— 
She  waa  baptized  without  a  groan  or  struggle, 
and  as  I   looked  upon  her  bowed  torm  and  de- 
fiirmed  limbs,  I  thought  of  the  great   power  of 
God,  aud  that  if  the  dear  sister  proved  faithful, 
in  the  better    world,  her  limbs  would    all    be 
straiirhtened,  and  she  would  have  a  new  b,idy. 
Some  of  her  cbi!dr-n,  who  stood  by    the  moth- 
er's side,  belong  to  the  church,  while  her   com- 
panion and  other  children  are  atill  living,  as  it 
were,  in  a  cold  and  wicked    world.     May    God 
Ip  them  to   be  concerned   about  their  souls, 
d  that  they  may  not  put  off  the  day  of  grace 
until  it  is  forever  too  late,  is   my  prayer.    Our 
little  ehurch  is  in    love   and  union,  with    a  few 
exceptions.     We    have  one   speaker,  an   elder, 
and  four   deacons.     We   are  surrounded  with 
different  ordei-s  of  ao-called  Christians. 

We  were  blessed  with  good  crops  for  which 
we  all  ought  to  be  thankful.  We  have  fruit  of 
most  all  kinds.  Health  not  very  good.  Wi 
beg  an  interest  in  your  prayers  that  we  may 
prove  fiiithrtil  and  get  home  to  heaven  where 
we  will  part  no  more.  Wishing  you  all  th 
race  of  God,  I  remain  your  sister  in  Christ. 
Sarah  Gfiii'. 


From  Ripen.  Wisoousin. 

Dmr  Lirdhnit:— 

FTEIt  many  inquiries,  we  learned  the  time 


From   Milford,  Ind. 


MV  wife  and  I  left  home  Sept.  20ilx,  for  De- 
fiance Co,  Ohio.  We  met  with  the  breth- 
ren in  the  Poplar  Ri'ge  District  at  their  f.ast. 
There  were  not  many  present  during  the  day 
on  account  of  rain,  but  at  night  a  krge  audi- 
ence was  present.  The  ministerial  force  was 
itroug  enough  so  the  burden  ras  light.  The 
iieeting  was  an  enjoyable  one.having  good  order. 
Oa  the  30th,  we  met  with  the  brethren  in  the 
Mamee  District  at  their  Love-feast.  In  the 
"eiiing  the  house  was  60  crowded  that  the 
members  could  hardly  have  room  enough  to 
alteiid  to  the  ordinances  of  the  Lord's  house.— 
Two,  at  this  meeting,  made  the  good  confession 
tod  Were  baprized  in  the  Mamee  River.  The 
iTethren  in  Ohio  are  not,  as  a  gfneral  thing,  so 


From  Maple  Grove  Colony. 

IITE  held  our  communion  meeting  on  the 
V\  4th  and  5th  of  October,  and  although 
we  were  disappointed  in  not  having  any  minis- 
lering  brethren  from  other  congregations,  we 
bad  a  very  good  meeting.  This  was  the  firat 
communion  meeting  ever  held  by  the  Brethren 
in  Norton  Co.,  Kansas.  Fifty-throe  communed 
and  about  a  dozen  could  not  oa  account  of 
lack  of  room  at  the  tables.  At  this  feast  we 
received  ten  members,  nine  by  letter  and  one 
^ouug  man  by  baptism.  Oh,  that  all  young 
men  and  women  would  do  as  this  dear  young 
brother  hiis  done,  give  their  hearts  to  the  Lord 
in  their  youth.  May  God  bless  him  and  keep 
him  iu  the  narrow  way.  We  now  number 
about  sixty-five.  Difterent  ones  remarked  that 
they  never  had  seen  such  good  order  us  we  had 
at  our  meeting.  Gpod  impressions  were  made 
upou  others  as  was  manifested  by  their  words 
and  actions.  Our  home  miuisters  did  nobly  in 
defending  the  doctrine  and  ordinances  delivered 
unto  us.  Tlie  feast  was  held  in  our  new  meet- 
ing-house aud  was  densely  crowded  and  many 
could  not  get  admittance.  This  church  is  truly 
iu  a  prosperous  condition.  We  were  sorry 
Brother  M.  M.  Eshelman  could  not  he  witli  us. 
Brother  Allen  Ives  was  also  prevented  from 
coming  by  a  team  running  over  him  and  inju- 
ring him.  May  the  Lord  prosper  you  in  your 
"ood  work  and  at  last  save  us  all,  is  my  prayer. 

"  S.  R.  HOLSINOliU. 


From  Pleasant  Hill,  Ind. 


Bmr  Jiretlirai.-— 

ON  the  25th  of  September  we  had  our  feast. 
We  wore  favored  with  very  pleasant  weath- 
er a'ul  I  think  also  with  the  Good  Spirit.  Our 
church  is  not  very  large,  but  we  were  not 
crowded.    We  had  a  number  of  speakers  fVom 


A  FTF  .       , 

i\  of  the  Brethren's  Love-feast  iu  Richland 
County,  and  as  we  desired  to  be  with  them,  wifi 
and  1  started  on  the  2nd  of  October  iu  a  private 
conveyance,  for  that  place.  We  traveled  thro' 
Fondiilac,  Grcenlake,  Columbia,  Sauk  and 
Richland  counties.  The  farther  west  we  went 
the  more  broken  and  irregular  we  found  the 
country.  Largo  hills  and  ijlufts,  with  fine  wheat 
valleys  between  them,  and  springs  of  excellent 
water  reminding  us  of  Pennsylvania.  The  first 
day  we  drove  fifty  miles,  bringing  ua  about  five 
miles  west  of  Portage  City,  on  the  Wisconsin 
River.  Night  overtaking  us  here  we  asked  for 
lodging  at  a  farm-house.  It  happened  that  we 
were  in  a  settlement  of  Welch  Presbyterians, 
aud  if  our  hojt,  Mr.  Owens,  and  his  family,  are 
a  sample  of  the  settlers,  they  are  surely  a  very 
fine  people.  We  were  se  well  cared  for  that  wc 
felt  as  tuough  wo  were  among  the  Brethren.— 
After  telling  them  the  object  of  our  trip  they 
vei-y  naturally  wanted  to  know  all  about  our 
doctrine.  We  gave  them  all  the  light  we  could, 
and  tbi^.k  they  have  favorable  impressions  of 
lie  Brethren.  They  not  only  refused  to  receive 
anything  for  lodging  us,  but  gave  us  a  strong 
invitation  to  stop  with  them  on  our  return 
which  we  did  and  were  warmly  welcomed-  May 
God  bless  them  and  reward  them  for  their  kind- 
ness, is  our  prayer. 

On  the  evening  of  the  3rd  we  arrived  at  Bro 
Lint's,  within  f;wo  miles  of  Rockbridge,,  having 
driven  about  fifty  miles.  The  next  morning  we 
started  for  the  place*  of  meeting  which  was  ten 
miles  away,  at  brother  Rizer's.     Here  we  met 
about  seventy    brethren  and  sisters,  all  stran- 
s  to  us  in  the  flesh.     We  found  them  all 
zealous  workers,  aud    enjoyed    meeting   with 
them  very  ninch.    The  ministers  present  were 
brethren  Fogle,  Shepherd,  Patton,  Turner  and 
Brown,  the  laet  two  having  been  lately  called 
to  the  ministry.    Brother  John  Shepherd  did 
the  principal  part  of  the  preaching  and  ollicia- 
ted  at  the   communion.    He  has  been   sorely 
afilicted   with  Rheumatism  and    has  lost  the 
use  of  hia  right  arm   and  is  not  able  to  work. 
Hope  the  Church  will  make  a  note  of  this  for  he 
is  a  very   worthy  brother.    One   young  sister 
was  baptized.    The  meeting  closed  on  the  ".th, 
and  then  it  became  our  duty  to  take  the  parting 
hand  which  we  did  with  regret  after  such  pleas- 
ant associations,  and   not  knowing  when  we 
might  have  the  opportunity  of  meeting   with 
them  again.    Arrived  home  on  the  evening  of 
the  7th,  our  team  and  ourselves  very  tired,  for 
it  was  a  Ion;:  drive.    Brother  Daniel   Miller  of 
Lanark.   Illinois,    has  promised  to  come   aud 
preach  for  us   about   the  middle  ot  November. 
We  are  looking  forward   with  britrht  anticipa- 
tions to  that  time.    Yours  fraternally. 

9.  H.  Swio.\BT. 
{I'rimUire  Chrhtiun,  please  copy.) 


From  Montague  County,  Texas. 

AS  there   are    many    inrjuiring  aft^r  Texas  I 
will  give  my  views  of  it  in    as  few  words 
as  possible.     I  have  been  in    the  State  nearly 
tliree  yeartt  and  hav*  seen  the  most  of  Graynon, 
Cook.  Denton,  Tarrant  and  part  of  Wim?  and 
Montague  counties.     There   ix  good  country  in 
all  of  them,  but  I    like  Cook  the  best.     Thin  is 
a  good  country    for  a  poor    man.     If  he  comes 
here  poor  and  la/y  he  is  sure  to  boLl   his  own. 
When  you  come  here  if  you  think  you  can  itay 
from  old  friends,  just  bring  enough  to  get  here 
with  aud    feed  you   the  first  year,   and  try  to 
make  enough  to  keep  you   the  next  year.    By 
that  time  you  can  makeenough  to  keep  you  the 
nest,  and  by  that  time  vou  can  have  some  idea 
how  you  like  it,  as  no  man  can  tell  in  one  vear 
how  he  likes  it.     I  wish  I  had  come  here  twen- 
ty years  ago.    We  have  had  a  drv  Summer  and 
water    is  very  scarce.     Crops  are  short  but  I 
think  in  a  few  years  men    will  farm  differently, 
plow  less  land  and  plow  deeper.     Society,  aa  a 
general  thing,  is  very  good,  but  here,  as  every- 
where, there  are  those   who  are  not  strictly 
;il.     1  sleep  with  my  door  open  all  Summer; 
do  not  have  oa  much  fear  as  I  did  in  Virginia. 
I  have  ridden  twenty  miles  alone  at  night  and 
then  lav  down  and  sleut  until  daylight  without 
fear.    There  are    no  more  crimes  committed 
here  than  iu  the  old  States.     I  had  a  trip  to  the 
Indian  Territory.     That  is  a  fine  country  but 
the  most  of  it  is  lying  idle.    If  it  were  m  the 
whites  could  hold  land  it  would  soon  be  settled 
up. 

I  think  while  the  Brethren  are  eending  out 
men  to  preach,  the  South  should  not  be  over- 
looked as  it  has  been  in  the  pattt.  I  had  a  meet- 
ing in  Denton  Co.,  last  week,  had  A  good  audi- 
ence and  as  good  order  as  I  ever  saw.  Good 
could  be  done  there  if  some  more  meetings 'could 
be  held.  There  is  a  speaker  in  Grayson  county, 
one  in  Clay,  aud  one  in  Cook,  but  all  have  fam- 
ilies to  care  for  aud  not  much  of  this  world's 
goods,  so  we  all  have  to  spend  the  most  of  our 
time  in  the  field.  Since  the  loss  of  my  com- 
panion 1  cannot  leave  home  as  I  could  before, 
but  I  will  do  all  I  can.  I  will  commence  meeb< 
ing  in  our  own  vicinity  Octiber  31«t,  and  if 
any  of  the  brethren  contemplate  coming  to 
Texas  we  would  be  glad  to  see  you  here  at  that 
time.  J.  H.  Souder. 


District  Meeting. 

Tni'j  tenth  conference  of  the  Northern  Dis- 
trict of  Missouri  was  held  in  the  Bethel 
Church  in  Holt  Co.,  on  the  ^Oth  day  of  Sept- 
ember 1S79.  The  meeting  was  visited  by  spec- 
tators from  six  diftetent  State'-;  Virginia,  Iowa, 
Indiana,  Illinois,  Nebraska  and  Kansas,  among 
whom  was  Elder  Martin  Myers  of  Northern 
Illinois,  and  brethren  B.  F.  Flory  and  Daniel 
Miller  of  Iowa. 

1.  The  organization  of  the  meeting  resulted 
in  the  following  appointraenta:  Moderator  D. 
D.  Sell;  Clerk,  C.  C.  Root;  Reading  Clerk,  Geo. 
A.  Shamberger.  Out  of  the  fourteen  congrega- 
tions composing  the  District,  only  eight  were 
represented  by  delegates. 

The  most  remarkable  feature  in  the  meeting 
W1L1,  that  not  a  single  query  was  presented  for 
deliberation.   In  the  regular  precess  of  business 
the  district  evangelifits  were  called  on  to  give  a 
report  of  their  labors,  which  they  did  to   the 
satlsfaetion  of  all,  and  were  encouraged  to  con- 
tinue their  services  aa  appointed  to  them  at  the 
previous  session   of  the  conference.    Next  in 
order  the  treasurer  of  Mission  funds  was  called 
upon  to  make  a  report  of  the  means  in  hand  to 
carry  out  the  present  term  of  evangelism  when 
it  was  found  that  the  congregations  had  not  yet 
responded  to  the  cans©  by  their  aid,  and  that 
the r.- was  a  lack   of$45.00ofa  sufficiency  to 
carrj^it  out  in  way  of  bearing  expenses  in  pro- 
portion to  the  part  in  the  past,  and  hence  such 
congregations  are  solicited  to  aid  in  th-*  noble 
work  of  spreading  the  gospel  where  it  was  not 
yet  preached  by  the  Brethren. 

Next  was  the  election  of  a  delegate  to  repre- 
sent in  Annual  Meeting  ISSO,  and  in  onJer  to 
represent  on  Standing  Committee  the  elders  of 
the  District  only  were  to  be  considered  as  can- 
didates for  this  election,  which  resulted  in  the 
appointment  of  C.  C.  Root.  Aud  last  it  was 
granted  that  the  next  District  Meeting  should 
be  held  with  the  brethren  of  the  Wakendah 
congregation,  the  time  to  I e. left  to  the  option 
of  that  congregation,  except  that  it  be  I  etween 
the  15th  of  September  and  the  15th  of  October^ 
ISSO.    By  order  of  the  church. 

District  Clerk. 


THK    URETl-lUKX^    ^VT    AVOKK. 


Octobe 


0o>t|trl  ^ufccas. 


And  tliej"  that  bo  wise  shall  aliin©  na  thp 
brightiii«s  of  the  nrmamoiil :  and  tlmy  that  turn 
mitny  to  n^litejusneds,  aa  the  stara  torover  and 
©Tar." DiUi.  J2:3. 


From  Loraine.  III.— Our  church  council  wuh 
held  yesteH«y,  and  the  business  before  us  was 
dispa^ed  of  in  iH^ice  and  harmony.  Among 
other  matters,  we  chose  Mro.  Daniel  Vaniman 
for  our  presiding  elder,  for  the  time  being  sub 
ject  to  himself  and  the  church.  [ 

H.  W.  STRrCKI-ER. 

From  Hansfleld,  111. — I  am  laboring  in    Dro.    some  twenty  miles   north.     On  the  morning  of 
J.    Burnhart's  congregation.     Two  flit('lirant.s  J  the  9th,  met   in  council.     The   proceedings  an- 


Among  the  Brethren  in  Missouri. 

IIT^E  left  Ft.  Scott,  Kiiunas  on  the  niorniuu  ol 
Tf  the  7th  inat.,  and  reached  Clintob.  Mo, 
Bfter  a  pleasant  ride  of  four  hours.  Our  est>''ni- 
ed  brother,  J.  S.  MohliT,  met  us  at  the  train 
andeonreyed  us  to  bis  home  where  we  sppnf 
the  day  plea-iantly.  Brother  Mohier  in  <iue  of 
our  f//"/m' brwthri^u.  He  not  only  lifts  up  hi.-" 
voice  in  defense  of  primitive  Christianity,  but 
wields  hit«  pen  no  lesj*  vulaintly. 

On  the  morning  of  the  8th.  brethren  C.  Har- 
oder,  tieorge  Barnhart  and  S.  Click  urnvtid,  au'! 
in  company  with  these  and  brethren  Mohier  and 
Wolf,  we  went   to  the    Mineral  Cref-k  Church 


hh  Fuiphlet:,  Tr^-ts,  etc,,  for  Si!e  U  this  9S:e. 

An/  P.cligiduB  ..r  llistjrical  work  in  phul  aval  od  reer;ipi 
of  piibli«ber'*reuil  pr)c«.  In  »eD<ii&g  for  boolu  oIvbjb 
girt  IbI.  Tbc  nsin«  uf  tb*  book.  2a<].  The  naoir  of  ibv 
ftiithnr.     ;iril.  Tb«  <i<l<lrc»v  of  tbe  publiabm. 


came  out  last  night,  one  n  daughter  ol  brother 
Barnhart,  and  the  other  formerly  a  Fiaptint,  a 
Free  Mason  and  ex-iSheriffuf  Bourbon  Co.,  Kan- 
sas and  a  man  of  influence  here.  The  weather 
has  been  unfavorable  yet  the  inU-re^t  in  good. 
D.  B.  G]B.HON. 
Oct.  12,  m'J, 

Plymouth,  ind.— Our  churcii    is  still  increas- 
iLg.     To-day  one  was  added,    la-st  Siibbittli  one. 


given  in  another  column.  Owing  to  the  late- 
ness of  closing  the  day's  labors  there  was  uo 
preaching. 

Mft  again  in  council  on  the  morning  of  the 
10th.  and  after  a  tedious  and  patient  day's  work 
in  a/ijiisting  difficulties,  w**  were  very  (ilad  to 
find  rest  at  the  homi-  of  brother  S.  S.  Mohier. 
Brother  Mohier  is  the  active  elder  in  charge  of 
the  church,  and  is  a/^wisted  in  the  ministry  by  V. 

and  several  during  the   Summer  and  otin-rs  are    Culj),  John  Mohier.  I).  M.  Mohier  and Hi- 

couuting  the  cost.     I  do  hope  the  brethren  and    att.     This  church  hint  seen  some  severetrials  in 
Bisters  will  do  all  in  their   power   to   save  poor    its  history,  but  o  brighter  future   seems  to  be 


souls  as  the  time  is  drawing  near  when  we  can- 
not work.  John  Knulky. 
Oct.  J2,  787.9. 

Panora,  Iowa.— Brotlior  Enoch  Eby  just 
closed  a  series  of  meetings  in  the  Coou  Kiver 
Church  which  was  very  well  attended  and  we 
trust  that  though  there  were  no  Hddilious,  the 
church  was  much  built  u|)  and  we  hope  the 
fruits  thereof  may  be  seen  many  day*  hence. 
J.  D.  Hai'oiiteun. 
Oct.  2mL  '7'J. 


From  Lucke,  lad,— We  are  still  moving 
along  in  the  even  tenor  of  our  way  spiritually, 
the  Lord  occiuiionnlly  adding  to  us  such  a<i  shall 
be  saved.  On  the  5th,  two  more  old  citizens 
were  buried  in  the  liquid  grave,  and  arose  to 
walk  in  newness  of  life.  May  the  Lord  aid  them 
and  all  liis  children  to  be  diligently  engaged  in 
gathering  oil  so  as  to  have  a  sulficiency  when 
the  Bridegroom  comes.  J,  It.  M. 

Goshen,  Ind. — The  work  is  still  going  on  in 
this  part  of  the  Lord's  vineyard.  One  was  bap- 
tized in  August  and  yesterday,  Oct.  5th,  we  had 
the  pleasure  of  seeing  two  young  sisters  willing  J 
to  take  up  the  cross  and  follow  Jesus,  which  1 
think  is  the  result  of  Sunday-school  labors. — 
The  majority  of  the  joung  people  hero  are 
members  of  the  church  and  I  hope  that  tlioie 
who  are  not  will  remember  that  youth  i.s  the 
time  to  serve  the  Lord.  Some  may  wait  for  a 
more  convenient  season  but  that  seaaouimay 
never  come.  It  is  true  we  are  young  and  our 
faces  glow  with  youthful  vigor,  yet  while  we 
are  thinking  of  this  we  should  remember  that 
many  younger  than  we  have  died,  and  some 
very  suddenly.     Then,   dear  reader,    if  you    are 


dawning  for  them.  Tim  members  are  plainly 
adorned,  are  sociable,  hospitable,  charitable  and 
kind.  To  say  that  they  are  ''narrow."  "Iiigof^ 
ed,"  "selfish,"  "cold  and  formQl,"Vnigbf  do  for 
one  who  cares  not  tvhni  he  says,  and  says  it  sim- 
ply io  hmr  himself,  but  it  cannot  be  said  by  him 
who  has  a  regard  for  truth  and  Christian  cour- 
te-iy. 

Met  at  10  A.  M.  on  the  11th  for  public  wor- 
ship. Theme,  Prayer.  In  the  eveuiug,  brother 
John  C.  Miller,  of  Linn  Co..  Iowa,  addressed  the 
congregation.  On  Sunday  forenoon  and  in  the 
evening  the  members  arid  others  assembled  to 
hear  the  preacher.  May  the  Lord  give  the  in- 
crease. Gladly  would  we  have  remained  among 
the  brethren  in  Missouri  a  little  while  lontjer, 
but  other  engagements  would  not  permit  ue. 
To  those  who  are  looking  for  homes  in  the 
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lark,  111.,  October   27, 1879. 


liiii  ^'^■- 


Tl." 


uiitiij  so  tliat  alti-'i'  liAviuj^  U 

by  tlie  exercise  of  our  reason 

anil  relation,  that  coiisHtaMm  l.u lut.iMi.u. 

Tlie  same  plicDoinciia  of  nntiire  aie  l)atent  to 
«U  men;  but  only  tltp  '-l.""'"l  ^"'''  u:"'"rt'''«' 
to  explain  their  law-,  ''" 

apple  full,  but  Lilly    .  "^' 

aud  iuanswei 
of  (lie  nnivr- 

',  ,n'i.''"P''"''>   '"'    ■■"  ■"' 

lit  we  nay  that  »  room  lull 
I"  .,,,..  I-  ,11111  ..v  .  .  i.iilleyB,  screws  anil  levers, 
weilges,  ropes  and  chains,  is  an  onsioc,  a  cotton 
will  or  a  machine  shop— as  to  say  that  a  chaot- 
ic mass  ot  facts  dates  and    names  immured  ni 


drtails  oi 
and  illii-l 
concern  " 
history,  I 

The  reiiini-  <■■' 

nple.  ami  the  ■ 
;,f.iuit,— all  thl  1 

It  is  naif  «  father  sill 
of  all  the  ains  of  his  li: 
children  have  arrived  »i 
the  lecofd  iu'o  theu 
study — without  r  '■ 


■I'HK    BKKT'IiliE:Nr    ^X    AV^OHK. 


October 


A  HYMN. 

t»V'i»  lb'  llpnnaiil. 


I*Y  JAS.  Y.  HErKLKR. 


MY  God.  tliiH  lienrt  I  bring  to  thoe. 
All  olVfriiie  nnd  a  gift. 
Thou  cliUiiU'st  tlii>,  ()  LorH.  pfnif, 
As  I  my  thouKhtx  upliiK 

'"Give  me,  ray  child,  thy  heart,  thou    fuiyest. 

That  is  U''  me  of  wortli; 
Thou  fiiidpst,  otherwicL',  no  reH. 

In  heaven  uor  on  earth." 

0,  thtm,  my  K»ther,  tnkv  it  then. 

My  heart,  despite  it  not, 
I  tiifeit,  LorJ.OM  l>est  I  cmi; 

Turn  thou  io  me,  0,  God! 

Thongli  it  ii«  full  of  dins,  mine  own. 

And  full  of  vanity; 
TJiy  goodness  there  is  yet  iinknonn, 

ThHt  vital  piety. 

Tlioiigh  it  iH  now  in  jieiiiti'nce, 

KtiOWH  ifH  dt'pm?ity; 
And  liiite.s  Idoff  things,  williout  prctenwe 

Wli>'re  it  could  jdeasure  we. 

It  falU  and  Inyn  liere  at  tliy  feet, 

And  crie*i  in  eftrnest  too, 
"UruiKH  me,  O,  Lord,  that  I,  workn  meet 

Miiy  fitr  n>p<'ntfiiice  do." 

flrijiH  111.  the  hfinhii'MN  of  my  lieart. 

lUake  mellow  my  dt-sire, 
That  J  with  bigh^find  groiuiK,  apnri, 

Aud  tears  to  thee  aspire. 

Acc-pt  me  then,  my  Jcsub  Christ, 

Baptize  me  in  thy  blood, 
I  believe  thou  litutt  been  crucified. 

The  world  and  me  for  good. 

Make  strong  my  feeble  hand  of  faitli. 

That  [  tliy  blood  may  feel; 
As  the  rciiilHoiun-pled^'i',  it  hath 

Provided  all  thingn  well. 

Grant  me  according  to  tliy  means, 

Salvation,  sanflify; 
And  t.ike  upon  thyself  my  sine 

And  bear  my  jtenalty. 

Giiivrap  me  in  thyself.  [  mean, 

Thy  innocence,  so  good. 
That  I  of  a)]  my  stun  made  ctoun 

Can  atuud  before  my  ('od. 

God,  Holy  Spirit,  thou  me  take. 

luto  thy  ehurcli.  a  part; 
And  stamp  aJono  for  Jesus'  sake 

Thy  itapress  on  my  heart. 

Into  tliy  lemple,  God,  with  grace, 

My  heart  take  unto  lliee, 
Aud  let  it  be  thy  dweJIiug-place, 

I'or  all  eternity. 

To  thee  I  give  it  now  to  own, 

To  iwe  a«  thou  incline; 
I  know  that  I  am  l^hiue  alone, 

And  uot  the  world's,  but  thine. 


BROWSING. 


I!Y  S.  S.  MOHLBll. 


ap. 


James. — Good  morning,  Parson. 

Pa7-mn. — Good  morning,  James. 

•J. — Where  are  you  going,  Parso 

I*.— I  am  on  my  way   to  fill   an 
jiointment. 

J.— How  many  ai)i)oiutments  Lave 
you  per  mouth  ? 

P. — Four. 

J. — Well  this  keeps  you  pretty  busy, 
takes  up  much  of  your  time.  It  certain- 
ly  interferes  largely  with  your  business. 
I  don't  see  how  you  can  make  a  living. 
P.— 0,  preaching  is  my  business!  1 
look  for  my  gain  from  my  (juarter  just  as 
lawyers  and  doctors  do. 

^■— **)  3'oudo;  well  bow  does  thissal- 
ary  preaching  work  among  your  people 
anyhow  'i 

P.— Well,  pretty  much  the  same  as 
other  business  transactions  work.  It  is 
asort.  ofa  "nip-andtuck''  game.  The 
congregations  neverget  a  preachercheap 
er  (han  they  think  is  right,  and  the 
preachernever  gets  enough  anyway.  You 
see  my  e.vpenscs  are  ioimdcvuhh.  I  am 
e.xpeeted  to  bL-  somewhat  genteel  in  my 
appearance,  and  besides, .  keep  myself 
poj'ed  on  the  movements  of  the  times, 


consult   the    public  taste,   and    to  m.-ike 

myself  generally  agreeable,  both  in  and 

I  out  of  the  jiulpit,  to  preach  to    -suit    my 

people;  for  you  know    that   a   preacher 

that  don't   do   thi^i,    don^t   stand    much 

show  nowa  days  of  getting   a  call, — es* 

peeially  from   a  rich  church    where  the 

pay  is  good,  and  the  pay  jiart  is  a    very 

important  considi-ration :  and    then    my 

wife  is  e.xpected  to  lie  sort  of  a  leader  in 

flociety,  do  a  fjood  bit  of  vlMitini;  aroun<l, 

and  all  ////■< costs  time  and  money, ^and 

the  fact  is,  i  don't  think  the    preacher's 

wife  ought  to  do  much  drudgery  in  house 

work  anyway.     So  you  see  the   chances 

are  poor  enough  to  lay  up  something  for 

a  rainy  <lay. 

J. — Well,  won't  your  people  take  care, 
and  i>rovide  foryour  worn  out  preachers? 
P.-    I  don't  like    to    risk    that   thing. 
Van  hee  our  people  think  when  they  pay 
for  a  thing  as  they  go,  tlmt  that  ends  tiie 
contract.     They  look  at  it  in  n  bu»iin'*NS 
like  way,  and  really  they  are  about  rierht 
about  the  matter,  for  tlie  jjreachers  have 
made])reachinga  jirofession,  and  the  sue- 
ce.ss    of   the    whole    thinjj,    that    is    the 
preacher's  ])ay,  depends  largely   on   the 
amount  of    hrains  and  policy,     especi- 
ally policy,  which    h*'  can    offer   iu    the 
market. 

J. —  Hut  don't  you  think  though  tliat 
they  possess  a  real  love  for  the   souls  of 
men,  and  that  they  have  this  as   an    in- 
ducement to  preach,  too,  beside  the  pay  ? 
P. — O  I  su])po8e  so!  but  I  confess  that 
th.;  thing  is  a  kind  of  a  puzzle  to  me   to 
kuowjust  how  it  is.     You  see  there  are 
a  good  many  things  in    the    liible   that 
ought  to  he  preached,  and  practiced  too, 
but  I  just  know  our  people  won't  stand 
it;  such  as  not  to  dress  fashionably,  nor 
to  go  to  law,  picni(rs,  festivals,  theatres, 
and  ever  so  many  more  things;  but   the 
I  preacher    that   dares    to   say    (Uiything 
against  such  like  things,  might   as  well 
have  his  funeral  preached,    anyway    his 
pay  would  stop  sure;  aud  that  we  can't 
stand,  and  so  we  have  just  got  to  do  the 
best  we  can;  so  while  we  lovetheir  souls, 
we  musfgiveit  that   kind   of  a   shape; 
but  J  am  not  without  hope  either,  for  tlie 
Loj'd  knows  the  fix  preachers    have  got 
into.     lie  knows  we've  just  got  to  suit 
the  people,  aud  then    too,    I    sometimes 
think  that  may  be,  that  rather  a  comer- 
;'«(^//V' course  in  these  matters  is  best;  for 
people,  I  mean  <pod  people,  differ  on  all 
these  tilings.     Their  training,  you  know, 
has  been  different,  and  ijct  they  are  hon- 
est, but  still  they  can't  see   alike.     The 
science  of  phrenology   teacjies  us  this: 
There  are  certainorguu8,or  bumps,  rath- 
er, on  one's  heail  that  iu    ditVerent   per- 
sons are  differently  developed,  which  all 
go  to  show  that  people  will  honestly  dif 
fer. 

Now  there  is  brother  Let-live,  you 
know  he  belongs  to  the  Dissenters,  aud 
he  believes  iu  baby  sprinkling,  and  real- 
ly  thinks  that's  what  the  Scriptures 
teach ;  but  I  don't  believe  that,  aud  yet 
Brother  Let-live  is  certainly  a  good  man, 
aud  zealous  for  the  cause.  You  just 
ought  to  have  heard  the  warm,  earnest 
])ravcr  he  made  the  other  night  1  could 
not  help  but  say.  Amen,  to  it.  Now  for 
me  to  say  that  he  is  no  Christian,  wouldn't 
do  at  all.  My  own  people  \vouIdn't 
stand  it;  rigid  as  they  are  for  "much  wa 
ter,"  and  I  believe  it  is  my  duty  to  own 
him  as  one  of  God's  chosen  ones.  He 
will  think  more  of  me,  so  will  his  peo- 
ple; and  my  own  people  are  encouraged, 
when  they  see  1  am  generally  well  liked, 
and  they  had  much  rather  pay  me  thei 


line  drawn  through  a  dark  place  which 
can  only  he  faintly  seen,  and  the  people, 
thouirh  thfy  ditfer,  are  still  tryin;^  to 
work  up  to  that  line, — some  on  this  side, 
and  some  on  the  other  side. 

J. — If  1  understand  you,  you  mean  to 
say,  that  there  is  io  rfa-^ioii,  some  kind  of 
a  i<'mproini>'c  ifroun'h  that  men  «jet  into 
as  soon  as  they  start  for  this  Scripture 
line, — and  before  they  reach  it. 

P. — Yes,  things  work  somuch  smooth- 
er, and  I  like  it. 

J. — Do  you  mean  to  say,  that  the 
Scriptures  arefio  hard  to  understand  that 
it  is  not  advisable  to  preach  positively 
that  it  means  so  and  so,  or  to  say,  if  we 
do  not  live  accordingly  we  cannot  be  sav- 
ed? 

P. — Well,  yes,  somethingof  the  kind, 
^'ou  see  I  have  had   a    little   e.xperieuce 
in  that  direction.  Before  I  just  kaew  how 
to  manage  this  thing/Ji^ff'vwi^y,  I  preach 
ed  toleiably  pointed,    and    of   course   it 
hurt  .some,  so  an  old  preacher   that    un- 
derstood the  business  better  than   I  did, 
lie  belonged  to  a  different    church    than 
mine,  and  on  accountof  my  ])lain  preach- 
ing, he  felt  cramped,  and  so  he  "came  to 
see  me,  and  just  plainly  told   me,  that, 
"that  kind  of  preaching   people  do    not 
like, — they  talk    haid    about  you,    and 
that  i^ood  men  do  not  like  to  be  put  out 
with  the  world,  and  besides  it  is  as  much 
as  saying  that  you  are  right  and  all  oth 
ers  are  wrong,"  and  the  fact  is,  James, 
the  thing  looks  just  about  that  way,  and 
I  find  it  really  works  smoother,  to    he  a 
little  tender  in  points  of  difference,    and 
when  1  consider  my  money   prospects, 
I  have  jr^t  (jot  to  he  tender,  I  can't  help 
it,  I  can't  afford  to  be  unpopular,  I  want 
my  pay,  my  market  value  is    my   hope 
for  a  living. 

J. — But  don't  that  allow  every  person 
to  do  just  about  as  he  pleases? 

P. — Well,  yes,  that  is  just  about  the 
way  of  it,  but  you  know  Paul  says,  "Let 
every  man  be  fully  persuade<I  in  his  own 
mind,''  and  1  find  that  works  best  and 
improves  niypay. 

J. — Suppose  though  people  would 
claim  that  privilege  in  respect  to  paying 
the  preacher,  how  then? 

P. — Well,  that  might  be  tough  on  the 
preacher,  besides,  it  would  show  great 
selfishness,  and  I  don't  think  they  would 
get  very  much  preaching. 

J. — It  strikes  me  that  looks  more  like 
preaching  for  the  love  of  money  than  for 
the  souls  of  men. 

P. — I  confess  I  don't  like  that  grizzly 
looking  skeleton  myself,  but  then  I  can't 
live  on  nothing,  1  must  have  pay  for 
preaching. 

J. — Suppose  though  people  refused 
paying  preachers. 

P. — Ah,  we  attend  to  that  matter,  that 
is  part  of  the  preachers  programme,  to 
teach  people  so  they  get  the  idea  that 
preachers  ought  to  be  paid.  You  see 
we  offer  them  our  services,  and  hold 
protracted  meetings  two,  three  or  more 
weeks,  and  get  sometimes  twenty  orthir- 
ty  or  more  to  "join  meeting,"  and  then 
our  people  are  made  to  feel  good,  and  it 
is  natural  for  people  to  show  their  good 
feelings  by  giving  us  some  money,  and 
that  you  see  is  our  opportunity  to  tell 
them  that  it  is  true;  this  money  will 
come  good  to  buy  sugar  and  coffee  and 
clothing  for  the  wife,  and  children,  and 
we  strike  a  tender  spot  w  hen  we  talk 
that  way,  and  besides  all  that,  we  know 
people  like  to  be  praised,  and  we  work 
on  that,  so  3  ou  see  we  get  them  to  feel 
that  the  way  to  do  a  nice  thing  by  nice 


'rais 


can  generally   count   on    a    pretty 
thing  for  our  pay,  and  that  is  the   n 
to  stir  us  up  to  try  other  parts. 

J. — I  confess  I  can't  understand     k' 
thing.  Now  over  here  is  the  "C.  cli,     ,' 
that  don't  often  have  meeting,  and  1 1 
it  is  on  account  <if  not  being  able  to 
money  for  the  preacher. 

P.— (),  all  they  need  is  a   good  dri]! 
master,  ano  I  find  that  it  is  a  ffood 
with  such,  to  talk  with  the  sisters  ah    " 
it,  to  tell  them  to  plant  a  patch  of  be 
or  potatoes,  or  cabbage,    and   set 
six  or  eight  setting  of  eggs,  so  as  to  rau! 
four  or  five  dozen  chickens;  then  to 
ofi'  the    beans,    potatoes,    cabbage    «  ' 
some  of  the  chickens  to  market  and     1 
them  for  "preacher- money,"  saviow  o 
of  the  chickens  for  the  preacher  when  h 


comes  around  to  look  after  their 
al  inteivsts. 


spiritu 

^ow  you  see    that  is  th, 

wa}'  to  work  Up  such  a  chiu'ch. 

J. — But  don't  you  think  many  of  th 
sisters  need  the  beans,  cabbage,   ana 
on,  to  get  someting  for  their  own  famij 
ies? 

P. — O,  to  talk  to  them  though  in  that 
way  work>»  good.  It  makes  them  think 
of  the  preacher  when  they  pull  their 
beans,  and  cabbage,  aud  especially  when 
they  eat  a  chicken  at  home,  aud  it  gen- 
erally ends  b^  the  j)reacher  getting  some- 
thing, even  if  they  have  to  stint  them- 
selves  mightily  to  spare  it.  AVomen  have 
a  tact  of  scraping  things  together,  and  of 
singing  their  lullabies  to  baby,  even  if 
they  haven't  just  got  good  things  to 
eat,  or  warm  clothes  to  wear.  They  ar*- 
sorter  good  somehow,  and  are  calculat 
ed  for  the  buiness  of  making  others  hap. 
py,  especially  the  preacher,  though  they 
are  distressed  a  little  themselves  by  it 
J.— Well,  Parson,  do  you  think  that's 
exactly  fair? 

P. — O,  yes;  its  dividing  the  burden, 
you  see.  We  know  that  women  are  sort 
of  ministering  spirits.  They  have  a  nat- 
ural tact  of  doing  nice  things,  and  we 
simply  appeal  to  this  trait,  and  the  idea 
of  l)aying  preachers  needs  a  little'stimu- 
laut  frequently,  aud  to  get  the  ^vomen  to 
take  hold  of  it,  has  a  soothingly-spurriut* 
up  effect  on  the  close-fisted  men,  and 
they  generally  shell  out,  and  that's  the 
point.  I  don't  see  how  we  preachers 
could  get  along  at  all,  but  for  the  wo- 
men helping  us,  we  would  be  obliged  to 
to  work  for  a  living. 
J. — Well,  suppose  you  would.  Other 
people  must  too,  why  not  the  preacher? 
Paul  woiked  while  he  was  a  pi-eacher. 

P- — That  would  look  as  if  they  were 
worldly-minded,  and  then  it  gives  one 
a  bony-handed-bronzed,  appearance, 
and  I  believe  it  will  make  the  brain  sort 
a  dull. 

J' — As  for  the  appearance  of  worldli- 
ness,  I  don't  see  that  preaching  for  mon- 
ey changes  that  much,  and  as  for  having 
ihe  appearance  of  a  working  man, 
hadn't  you  rather  have  that  than  to  have 
the  people  always  growling  at  ihe 
preacher's  love  of  money — money  i  I  just 
the  other  day  heard  a  church  member 
say  that  he  is  going  to  quit  paying 
preachers  until  he  is  able  to  dress  him- 
self aud  family  as  well  as  the  preacher 
and  his  family  are  dressed,  and  a  good 
many  people  are  just  his  way  of  think- 


money  this  way,  than  if  I    j.reached  the '  men,  is  to  have  the  rich  members   outdo 
straight  doctrine  of  the   Scrii)ture?   as  I  j  others  in  this  good  work ;  aud  by  us  get- 
sometimes   ting  some  good  brother,  or  sister,  to   do 


understand    it;  and   then   I 


P. — 0,  such  things  don't  scare  us;  it 
is  an  easy  matter  to  coo  such  a  brother 
into  giving  a  nice  bit,  a  good  plan  is  to 
call  at  his  house, — pray  with  the  family, 
tell  the  brother  of  his  good  work  in  the 
church, and  of  his  position  of  usefulness, 
how  he  is  looked  up  to,  show  tins  as  a 
Christian  duty;  quote  a  little   Scripture 

the  talk,  especially  about  "doing  good, 


tbi„uthe.eHptu,..a.  a  Kttie  like  ^[^^^^  ^i^.^o.^n,^..,^;^,z[:::;::2Zz:i;^^ 


•I'jbii-;  nKETUKKisr  A.'r  -wokk;. 


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^"^iftises,  auil  you  st'f  we  an;  pn- 
' ',  .'or  them,  and  when  wf  come  nclosi 
^  boy  geoerally  come  off  secou J  liest, 
*,te'of  eour-e  get  money  to  go  on  in 

t     1  see  you  liave  given  tbls   matter 
^ittention,  anil  are  prepareil  to  col 
!  money  under  difficulties. 
1  ^  \tteution,  I  guess  we  have,    and 

shouldn't  we!     for  the   laborer  is 
,l,v  of  his  hire,  and  we  want  it    too. 
„c  that's  Scripture. 

I  ^L)ou't  you  think,  though  Parson, 
t  your  reward  in  heaven  will  he  great 
f  r  a  ijratuitous  ministry,  and  besides 

would  be  rid  of  the  annoyances  at 

,,  _.Xhat's  rather  tine,   James.     The 

I .( J3  1  had  rather  have  a  sure  thing  of 

^.    having  pay  now.     It  is  now,  I  need 

«d  and  butter,  and  as  for  the  annoy- 

we  manage  to  get  that  onto   some 

Jy  else. 

■  ^-Well,  Parson,  you  know  the 
.nankard  brethren"  don't  have  ft   paid 

iuistry.  and  yet  they  do  a  great  deal  of 
Lching.  Why  can't  yon  and  every 
„ay  else  do  the  same? 

p  _( ),  the  "Duukard  brethren,"  you 
jjow,  that  they  are  eighteen  hundred 
„jrs  behind  the  age  with  their  religion ; 
L  comparison  you  make  is  not   fair  at 

.II 
j._But  they  have  as    much,  or  more 

,„s,ifl  than  any  other  church,  and  their 
labits  are  no  further  behind  the  age  than 
Ibe  gospel  is. 

p^_Why,  James,  they  have  not  a  bit 
of  science,  or  philosophy,  or  rather  poli 
ty,  in  their  Christianity,  they  are  a  sort 
of  a  flat  footed  sei,  as  it  were,  and  tell 
Ihiogs  liluntly,  which  grate  roughly  on 
refilled  ears,  and  you  see  they  are  very 
mpopular.  Who  do  you  think  would 
want  to  pay  for  such  preaching? 

J.— I  don't  know  that  they  are  any 
more  unpopular  than  the  gospel  is,  and 
lam  sure  they  preach  it,  and  ask  no 
pay  neither. 

P.— Preach  it!  Why,  just  let  them 
pi«ich  to  our  people  in  their  blunt  way 
of  tilling  unpleasant  things,  and  I  tell 
you  it  won't  be  long  until  our  people 
will  take  the  outside  of  the  house. 

J.  -Well,  what  of  it?  that  don't  prove 
that  they  don't  preach  the  go.spel,  neith- 
er does  it  prove  that  our  people  want  to 
hear  the  gospel.  I  am  sometimes  afraid 
that  our  people  have  itching  ears,— it 
srems  to  me  the  Scriptures  say  some- 
thing of  the  kind,  about  itching  ears, 
anyway  1  find  generally  where  the  peo- 
jile  have  itching  ears,  that  the  preach- 
trshave  itching  pockets;  and  really  Par- 
son, I  am  afraid  we  are  in  a  bad  box. 

P.  — Bad  bo-t  or  not,  these  Dunkard 
brethren  may  do  for  the  unrefined  and 
ignorant  masses;  but  they  would  not  do 
at  all  where  there  is  any  figure  to  cut. 
To  do  this  reifuires  tact,  talent,  policy, 
great  fiexibility,  and  suavity,  of  man 
bers;  and  a  man  can't  stand  all  this  trim- 
ming up  to  please  people  for  nothing. 

J.-  But  they  somehow  are  generally 
found  in  line  with  Christ  and  the  apos- 
tles. Christ,  you  know,  thanked  his 
heavenly  Father  that  "these  things  were 
hid  from  the  wise  and  prudent,  and  re- 
vealed them  unto  babes;  and  Paul  says, 
God  cLose  the  foolish  things  of  the  world 
to  confound  the  wise."  Which  now  do 
you  think  has  the  surest  thing  of  their 
Christianity,  you  or  they? 

P.—Well,  1  have  the  surest  thing  as 
fai-  as  pay  for  preaching  is  conci!riied,  al- 
so for  being  more  satisfactory  to  the  peo 


life,  Siiuilay  school  celebration*,  and  so  | 
in,  but  1  never  heard  of  one  uf  their 
preacliers  being  so  invited ;  this  shows 
who  is  beat  liked. 

J. — Uiglit  here  they  are  again  found 
on  gospi-1  ground,  for  it  says,  ''Whatso 
ever  is  hig'y  esteemed  among  men  is  an 
abomination  in  the  sight  of  God."  1 
am  afraid  you  are  in  a  bad  bo,K  again, 
for  all  the.se  gatherings  you  alluded  to, 
are  highly  esteemed  of  men,  and  you  are 
in  for  them. 

P. — You  will  soon  come  out  "turn- 
coat" and  join  this  unpolisbed  set,  I 
guess.  You  will  see  it  won't  Vie  long 
until  your  model  "Dunkard  brethren" 
will  be  in  the  same  boat  with  us,  even 
now,  1  hear  that  in  some  parts  they  are 
clamoring  for  pay  for  preaching.  They 
cannot  long  withstand  the  civilhing  in- 
fluences of  the  age,  you  will  see. 

J. — Yes,  I  heard  something  of  this  too. 
but  I  learn  that  the  places  where  they  ask 
pay  for  preaching,  they  have  drifted  from 
the  time  honored  landmarks,  and  lost 
their  simplicity,  and  run  into  disorder; 
and  actually  where  such  is  the  case,  a 
few  of  their  preachers,  as  you  say,  "have 
got  into  your  boat,  but  the  great  ma.si 
of  them  stand  opposed  to  a  paid  minis 
try. 

P.     Well,  what  of  that.   It  still  shows 
that  they  arc  following  in   our  wake. 

J — But  this  is  no  credit  to  you.  Par- 
son, it, shows  that  you  take  comfort  to 
yourself,  from  what  is  a  disorder  among 
them.  In  other  words,  it  shows  you  are 
willing  to  shake  hands  with  confusion, 
and  clothe  yourself  with  the  misfortune 
of  a  good  people.  You  are  in  a  bad  box 
again. 

p. — I  wish  you  would  quit  talking 
that  way.  Do  you  call  paying  preachers 
discreditable? 

J. — I  mean  that,  since,  as  in  places, 
some  of  the  "Dunkard  brethren"  preach- 
ers are  getting  itching  pockets,  and  this 
being  contrary  to  their  church  principles, 
vou  should  not  have  referred  to  this  dis 
order  among  them  in  justification  of  your 
course.  Suppose  even  that  their  position 
is  wrong  on  the  preacher's  pay  matter, 
your  appeal  to  an  infraction  of  their  church 
rule,  is  unworthy  of  you;  it  is  not  hon- 
orable. 

p. "Well,  James,  would  you   like  to 

lose  all  your  time  m  preaching,  besides 
having  to  meet  other  expenses  for  a 
church  so  unfeeling  as  your  model  Dunk- 
ard church? 

J. — That's  one  way  of  putting  it,  and 
one  too  that  does  your  head,  or  heart, 
but  little  honor.  Y'ou  talk  as  if  there 
were  no  generosity  among  them, — as  if  a 
pure  gospel  awakened  no  noble  impulses 
-as  if  they  left  their  self-denying  preach 


r  houses,  or  a  highway   beggar ;   system,  ilie  false  glare  of  pn|"ilar  appro- 
'     '  -al.  and  v-iur  social  ottra  -is.,,, 

P.--Sii[ipose  I  would  ipiit  it  and 
preach  as  yousayiny  convictionwof  truth 
as  taught  by  the  Hil)le,  what  for  a  figure 
do  \ow  Hupnose  I  would  cut  among   my 


our  [ ,  --  -  ~  s-      J         otj 

but  1  Jokat  ourchurch,  and  other  church 
cs,  who  opcr.ate  on  a  paid  ministry,  the 
county  house  is  where  our  poor  may  go. 
or  become  public  mendicants.  It  is  a 
fact  when  any  of  our  people  become  too 
[loor  to  pay  the  preacher  anything,  they 
get  the  cold  shoulder  iiuick,  and  as  they 
cau't  dress  up,  a  little  genteel  like,  they 
liecome  to  others  a  source  of  mortifica- 
tion. We  kuow  that  the  preachers  don't 
like  to  have  an  introduction    to  such 


..-  . ....  ..appose  1  would  cut  among   my 

clerical  brethren  who  preach  lor  pay  \ 
Such  preaching  would  get  up  a  general 
howl  along  the  line,  and  all  kinds  of 
things  would  be  said  .about  mi-.  No  con- 
gregation would  dare  to  call  nie  to  ]ir.;ach 
for  them  any  more 

J.— Well,  let  them    howl.     In    fact  I 
think  the  howl,  if  any,  ought   to  be  on 


lltiC   lAJ   un^c   an    tun  v/'i,!,-!..""      *"     —      »u.....    .....   ....-..,   ......,,, 1, —      —      -  — 

brother  or  sister,  and  knowing  that  they    the  other  side  awhile.    Paul    did    that 

..      .  ■       ■  aoTiia    fliiTKr  fijAU'n   ttiuru    (it     K,nn»aila        I'litt 


cfiierally  make  sbort  work  of  tbeir  so- 
ciality with  such,  we  seldom  try  to 
have  the  preacher  made  acquainted  with 

them. 

V  —James,  you  draw  an  ugly  picture, 
on  U8,  I  don't  like  it.  1  know  nothing 
of  what  you  say,  as  to  the  truth  of  it. 

J. — That  may  all  be  true,  but  that 
the  mischief  of  it;  but  you  just  go  among 
the  poor  members  as  1  freipipntly  do. 
(io  and  hear  them  complam  and  wcp^ 
at  their  forced  isolation,  because  of  then 
excluding  them  from  social  recognition 
and  they  feel  they  are  so  excluded,  be- 
cause of  the  pride,  which  the  preacher 
pay  system  is  calculated  to  foster. 
"p.-_l)o  you  mean  to  saj  that  the  pay 


same  tinngdown  there  at  Ephesus,  you 
know,  there  was  a  man  there  that  made 
money  by  his  religion,  I  don't  know 
whether  he  was  a  preacher,  but  anyway 
Paid  stirred  him  up,  and  th^-y  had  a  big 
howl  at  Paul,  and  he  just  let  them  howl, 
and  that's  just  my  notion  about  it. 

P.-   Yes,  yes,  but  we  are  to  be   "wise 
as  serpents,"  so  the  Bible  aays,  and  you 
know  one  man  can  accomplish    nothing. 
J.     Yes,  but  the  Bible  don't  say    we 
are  to  at-t  like  serpents.    Will  you  prom- 
ise me  that  you  will  make  an    ellort  to 
Mtop  this  pay  system?     I  will  h-dp  you, 
and  we  can  soon  see  what  can  be  done! 
P. — No,  I  will  not   promise   at  this 
time.  Ytm  see  ray  year's  preaching  over 
here  is  nearly  up,    and    I   have   several 
hundre.d  dolars  abi)Ut  due  me,  and  to  go 
into  thus  thing  justnnw,  wnuld    cut   me 


ureachini-  system  establishes  cmk  in  our  I  out  of  my  mone'.N ,  smv    No,  I  can't  now. 
pieacniuo  sjsicmc  ,J.  -Suppose  it  would,  can  t  vou  make 

:hurches!  And  that  we  Preachers   only  I   ^^^^  ^_^^_.n^^  j.^^^.  ^,_^  ^^,_^^|, ,^  ^^^^_  ^^  y^,^ 
get  to  see  the  bright  side  ot  it,   and  not    — _, ,  «,......,\,  ;» /     t  Tr/^,,1.1  lib,*  t«   h^iar 

the  dark  side! 


J.— According  to  your  showing,  the 
thing  has  no  dark  side.  You  seemingly 
are  as  ignorant  of  the  deep  under  current 
attending  this  preacher- pay -system  as  is 
a  Hindoo.  In  its  effect,  on  the  preacher, 
at  least,  I  am  led  to  regard  the  principle 
of  paying  preachers  somewhat  similar 
to  the  principle  which  the  old  pharisees 
stood  in  line  with,  which  led  them  to 
make  beautiful  the  sepulchre  without, 
and  within  they  were  full  of  deail  men' 
bones . 

P.  -James,  it  is  a  downright   shan 


could  preach  it?  I  would  like  to  hear 
a  sermon  from  a  free  man  once.  My 
idea  is,  there  would  be  some  old-time 
gos()el  song  in  such  a  sermon. 

P.  — But  what  am  I  to  do  for  a  liv- 
ing, if  I  let  my  prospects  from  preaching 
go? 

J. — You  would  simply  place  yourself 
along  side  of  us,  sharing  with  us  the  bur- 
den of  life,  as  it  is.  Wc  must  toil  and 
save,  to  support  our  own  families,  and 
also  support  the  preacher  and  his  fam- 
ily, and  the  burden  of  all  this  amounts 
to  something,  from  which  you  are  ex 
empt.  But  the  greatest  objection  against 
the  system  of  paying  preachers,  is  the 
things  we  talked  over,  and  as  for  your 


P.  -James,  It  is  a  uownrigni   sunme    .^.^g.,  ..„  ™.... ,  _-...-..- 

to  talk  that  way    about  the  _  preacher's  ]  l;v,ng,^n.™u^pre.^^^^ 


that  take  pay  for  preaching.  You  charge 
the  pinj  si/niem  with  the  weeping  and 
forced  isolation  of  our  poor  members.  I 
believe  true  humility  will  be  reconciled 
to  its  lot.  God  so  orders  it  that  some 
are  poor.  Now  don't  change  their  con- 
dition, sad  as  it  is,  on  us.  Those  poor 
who  talk  as  you  say,  just  show  how 
proud  they  themselves  are.  If  they 
were  humble  they  wouldn't  talk  that 
way. 

J.— One  thing  is  certain.  Parson,  if 
the  preachers  would  quit  this  pa)  sys- 
tem, much  of  this  talk  would  cease,  and 
you  woidd  dare  to  jireach  the  truth,  and 
I  warrant  nou if  > ou  preach  the  whole 
truth,  people  will  (fuit  inviting  >  ou  to 
iccial,   and   nonsensical 


-a»,..ucj.......w.„. ,.-. their  political.  •,,,.,  ,., 

ers  to  sutler,  without  any  substantial  ex     gatherings,  and  you  would  feci  more  like 

-.• .>i.„,.      v.,    „^    tl„it   minglingwith  the  poor.  ^  our  eyes  would 

be   opened  to  see  the  falsecoloringwhich 
this  preacher-tickling,  and  this  people 


1.1 


, ., .  and  that's  a  great  comfort.  Why, 
I  am  invited  to  nearly,  all  kinds  of  social 
gatherings;  such  as  picnics,  Christmas 
festivals,  conventions,  marriages  in  high 


pressions  of  sympathay.     No,   no,   that 

way  of  telling  it  won't   do.     A   people 

more  generous,  more  willing  to  relieve 

the  needy,  than  they,  are  not  found.     A 

pure   gospel    always    produces  mutual 

sympathy,  and  seeks  opportunity    to  do 

good.     While  a  mercenary  gospel  closes 

up  and  stifles  generous  impulses.    \  ou 

beiu"  witness  by  your  own  confession  of 

how  youmust";y/«j(,;wfi<y' to   get  our 

people  to  pay  you,  and  then  think  you 

don't  get  enough,  and  always  trying  for 

more;  and  whenevera  rich  church  off'ers 

more  salary  than  a  poor  one,  then  you 

have  a  way  of  telling  it   that  looks,— 

well,  I  hardly  know  how,  i.  e.,  "the  Lord 

calls  you  to  preach    where  you  get   the 

biggest  pay.     My  own  impression  is  it's 

the  money  that  called  you  to   leave  the 

poor  church  for   the  rich    one.     Money 

makes  men  selfish,and  ungenerous.  Why, 

you  never  heard  of  a  Duukaid  preacher 

or  church  member  being   a   pauper   in 


and  loving  hands  will  not  be  wantins; 
under  pure  gospel  to  see  to  the  needs  of 
their  ministry. 

P.-  Well,  James,  I  will  c.msider  over 
the  matter,  and  in  the  meautiine  I  will 
try  and  inform  myself  more  of  the  work- 
ing of  the  now  paying  preacher  system 
as  practiced  by  the  "Dunkard"  brethren 
I  would  like  to  have  a  talk  with  one  of 
their  preachers.  Can  you  direct  me  to 
one. 

J.— I  don't  know  that  I  can  di  rect  you 
you  to  a  better  representative  of  their 
principles  and  habits  than  to  "John  Pi- 
ous." Are,  you  acquainted  with  him? 

p. — Very  little.  1  am  much  better  ac- 
quainted with  Mr.  "Fact"  who  keeps  a 
notion  store  at -the  four  corners,  takes  in 
lodgers,  does  some  preaching  around, 
and  I  think  is  a  pretty  fair  sort  of  a  man. 
Our  congregations  at  times  buy  their 
masks  and    trinkets   for  our   Christmas 


tickling  system  carries  with  it.  For 
the  people  don't  bargain  with  the 
preacher,  to  pay  him,  and  thus  please 
him,  without  expecting  in  turn  that  the 
preacher  will  please  them  by  being  very 
mild  in  reference  to  popular  sins.  They 
don't  pay  him  to  please  the  poor,  who 
could  not  pay;  they  themselve-s  expect 
to  be  pleased.  Thus  it's  a  mutual 
change,  in  which  the  poor  don't  figure 
at  all  on  either  side,  and  they  feel  it; 
and  as  to  your  insinuation,  that  such 
poor  are  proud,  when  complaining  at 
their  forced  isolation  from  Christian  so- 
ciability, nothing  else  could  have  prompt 
ed  vou  to  say  this,  but  a  self  justifxing 
spirit,  which  to  gratify  itself  does  not 
hesitate  to  give  the  poor  anothei-  stab  and, 
bleed  their  hearts  afresh.  I  do  wish  you 
i  would  quit  this  whole  business-  the  |.»> 


festivals,  and  mint  julip  for  our   church 
sociable.s  at  the  "corner." 

J.— I  don't  know  him  but  have  heard 
a  good  bit  about  hiin,  and  from  all  I 
hear  his  name  docs  not  belie  the  m,in. 
He  is  one  of  those  that  wants  pay  for 
preaching;  they  say  he  is  asmooth  talk-r, 
and  those  membei-s  of  his  church  who 
are  inclined  after  popular  tastes,  an! 
habits,  stand  by  him,  they  would  Iw 
willing  to  pay  him  for  his  preaching  if 
they  liiild  just  get  some  of  the  other 
preachers  out  of  the  way.  He  is  easy 
on  them,  and  is  willing  for  them  to  do 
about  as  they  choose;  such  as  dres-ing 
stylish,  going  to  shows,  taii-s,  picnics, 
and  such  like  things,  I  don't  think  you 
would  gain  much  by  talking  with  him. 
But  I  tell  you  Parson,  I'll  go  .along  with 
you  to  see  Mr.  Fact.  I'd  like  to  hear 
what  he  has  to  say,  and  it's  .t  crooked, 
round  about  way  to  his  pkace,  and  you 
know  the  road;  let  us  go  together. 
P.     AU  right;  come  over;  to-morrow 

will  suit  me. 

J.     I'll  be  over. 


'•i? 


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thousand  ovBir  Triui-- 


THK  Tua-:'rjtiiij-:>r  jv'r  m'^jhk.. 


October    U7 


Ijanir  anil  K-aiiitlu. 


HusUtntIs,  low  your  wivos.  \Viv»«.  submit  ><iur- 
selves  unto  your  luvti  liuKlumd.s.  ("!iililr**n.  i>l>*>y 
your  paiviits,'  KmIIht*.  |>iwol«'not  ymrcblltlren 'o 
vnitli.  I<ut  brint;  tlu-ni  ii]>  111  Ilif<  niirtiiri>  Hiid  ud- 
monition  of  tlu*  l.onl.  ^^-i^HiitH.  lie  obedient  U> 
tbem  ihiit  :uv  yum-  iii;Ltltrs.— Tacl. 


'HANDS  TO    WORK  AND 
TO  GOD  '• 


11     Th 


OUR  HOME. 


AN  AOmsTir, 


Xoum  of  ibe  orieul,  ri«inf[  in  craodviir, 
Qrfr  ihy  inowj  pctki,  the  Buony  bcitm*  f^ll. 
tTpftvED  thy  valleji  tbc  cedsn  iir«  loirtiing, 
Koble  in  b«auiy;  lunjeaiic  nnil  ull. 
Time  in  hiaonvnrd  march,  left  u>  tbe  record, 
L)gti«<'  "iib  Jt^M*  vtbich  ihp  tiinyiyrs  hi\*«  ilonct 
Surest  ibcir  work,  for  a  iruili  t)ipy  werr  KrowiiiK. 
But  ire  must  loll  till  an  iocrciuic  I*  won. 
As  o'tT  tby  bill  topa  Iho  nun  roue  in  spleniJor, 
2Tigbt«i«ra  rccedi^']  frum  Henveu'ii  liliio  arch, 
Qrcr  tfa«m  still  iibitios  the  light  jiiHl  cut  olo»rly, 
2Tigb(  Klara  sing  sweei.y,  aa  tbeu,  ou  their  mnrdi. 
Q:  while  we're  thinking  ortifTarln  of  jiiul  lime, 
uplifting  our  npirili  in  prniio  fur  llie  (riio, 
Jerering  ihe  miirlyra  whcrne  liTCru  were  ilevrii^il, 
SftTe  we  noi  a  work  in  the  preieni  lo  i!o? 
():  yes,  we  miiat  tiuihl  up  the  ciiy  elernnl, 
][stle  rcftily  for  mjiiU  that  wuiitil  •Iwell  in  accord; 
£'cn  onw  it  nj>pear»  An  a  li|;lii  (u  Iho  nnlions, 
OUB  EOME  >■  etolied.  rI.eUOITNT  "fihe  Ur.f 


WOMEN  AT  WORK, 


RY  DR.  J.  H.  IIANAFORI). 


AT  the  preaeni  tinu-  there  is  ngrcuUtr  (Jemnnd 
for  womeu  tbrni  for  moii,  tw  Inbf)rcr», — n 
modern  iiinovatiun.  Iii<I<-'>d  no  ivonmii  of  ordi- 
nary aI>ilitieH  nited  Iid  without  cinployiiiout  in 
tliiij  coimtry,  with  ho  niiiiiy  ijraiicht>8  oi'liUHineflH 
open  to  lier.  It  is  true  thftt  Honie  of  these 
labors  may  set-m  lucnitil,  tiioiigh  ju»t  what  tho 
average  houseivifi-  does  in  her  own  t'liuiily,  whih- 
it  i»  niyslerious  that  the  xiinie  labor  wliioli  we 
may  do  lor  oursi'lves  is  deKradiug  when  done 
for  auother. 

The  iimuufuctiiriug  ostabIiiihm«iit«  are  now 
open  to  women  to  u  Kreal'-r  ext»«nt  than  for- 
merly, while  all  thf  profe.tfliouK  are  ably  repre- 
sented by  tlieni.  Hut  tho  most  important  of 
these  to  her,  as  is  believed,  in  that  of  k  tt'acher 
of  the  young,  to  which  Hhe  in  admirably  iidiipt- 
ed.  Fortuimtely,  most  of  the  «choo)s  of  the 
ordinary  grades  ur.-  now  tauglit  by  women,  wlio 
are  nmnifestly  doing  a  better  work  in  them, 
governing  better,  on  the  whole,  than  tho  former 
occupants  of  these  poKitions.  It  must  be  ad- 
mitted, how*-ver,  that  the  value  of  female  tencli- 
ers  is  particulnrly  munileiit  in  the  lower  grales, 
where  the  most  important  impre«Nionn  an- 
made.  Women,  iw  a  chiss,  or  rejil  wom.n, 
are  "apt  to  teach."  She  in  patient,  is  in  Hympa- 
thy  with  the  ^oung,  underatands  their  needs, 
their  little  sorrows,  tlii-ir  tender  minds,  and  by 
her  aflection  can  intluence,  control  imd  guide. 

It  is  especially  fortunate  that  the  younger 
classes  are  generally  in  chiirgo  of  women.  It  is 
believed  that  very  few,  if  any  of  the  sterner  sex 
can  develop  this  class  successfully,  can  secure 
their  affections,  or  interest  them  sufliciently,— 
leading  them  along,  as  it  were,  with  a  ''silken 
cord." 

When  we  remember  that  tJie  first  steps  are 
by  far  the  most  important,  the  most  easily  ta- 
ken, the  effect  the  most  dillicult  to  h-i  obiiter- 
ated,  we  may  appreciate  tht>  importance  of  hav- 
ing the  best  teachers  in  the  Primary  depart- 
ment, these  being  found,  muuifestly  among 
women.  Women  teach  the  more  successfully 
by  "object  lessons,"  since  they  are  the  most 
capable  in  adapting  themselves  to  the  capacity 
of  the  young  in  the  selection  of  the  appropriate 
objects  and  fit  illustriitions.  The  timid  are 
more  readily  influenced  by  loving  hearts,  by 
the  mother  element.  It  is  certain  the  moral 
nature  may  be  mercirully  affected  by  the  influ- 
ence of  a  loving  woman,  one  whose  nature  it  is 
particularly  to  love  children  as  such,  because 
they  are  young,  helpless  and  confiding. 

The  Sabbath-school  opens  a  fine  field  for  the 
wide  range  of  woman's  influence,  one  in  which 
the  power  of  the  true  mother  may  be  supple- 
mented. The  first  impressions  in  this  depart- 
ment of  labor  are  made  in  the  tender  years  of 
chUdhood,  when  the  unsuspecting  immortal 
eagerly  receives  in8truction.if  clothed  in  a  pleas- 
ant garb,  such  as  a  woman  may  easily  furnish. 
Woman's  refinement,  clear  perceptions,  and 
pleawng  address  admirably  fit  her  for  for  this 
kind  of  instruction  of  the  very  young,  while  it 
believed  that  rude  boys,  verging  on  manhood 
n  rtatore,  will  be  better  controlled  and  taught 
T  a  dignified  woman-one  of  good  sense  and 
ipenence-than  by  men.~n'omen  at  Work. 


1)6  to  work,  and  hearts  to  prayer.'' 
That  wa^  a  maxim  taught   by  our  firat 
founder  on  the  earth,  and  is  it  not  as  n*eessary 
now.  to-day,  as  it  wiw  then?  Aui   how  can  w*- 
put  it  in  practicf?  that  we    may  rt-ap  the    mint 
benefitfl  therefrom    in  a  community?  It    in  cer- 
tainly not  by  standing  Htill  and  waiting  for  t)ie 
ttdfs  of  life  to  turn,  expiicting   sumething  tiiat 
will  please  our  fancies,  or  yield  the  most  enjoy- 
ment to  del f.     It  is  not    by  eittiug    with    our 
bands   idly   folded,  and   iweing   our  brother  or 
sixter  lifting  the    heavy   loads  of  care,  without 
rising  to  duty  and    rendering    our  assistance, 
thus  failing  to  call  into  action  the  Gtdden  rul 
It  is  not  by  finding;  fault  with  another  for  not 
doing  what  we  do  not    like  to  do.    but    what  d* 
our  duty  to  do;  nor  by   leaving  the  ntern  baltje 
of  life  for  one  or  two  to  fight,  and  then  expect 
a  share  of  blessing  in  the   victories  won.     Ah, 
nay'  If  we  would  be  noble  men  and  women  in 
the  new  creation,  true    brethrpn  and    sisters  in 
Christ,  we  must  together  toil  for  the  upbuilding 
of  our  homes,  feeling  that  it    in  our   hoiur;    we 
must  togethf-r   face  the   duties  of  life,  lift   tlie 
burdens,  and  lighten  the  car^-s,  together  seeking 
each  other's  comfort  and  happiness,  thus  secu- 
ring the  same  blessing  to  ourselves. 

In  so  doing,  wo  will  be  living  exiimi)le9  of 
that  faitli  which  we  profess;  and  ours  will  be 
the  inheritance  of  that  Peace,  which  the  world 
knows  not  of,  because  we  have  sown  the  seed, 
nourished  the  plant,  and  finally  reap  the  har- 
vest of  patient  toil  and  tabor  in  Xion's  cause, 
and  our  very  lives  will  be  the  essence  of  praise 
to  God.— .SVk/Att  M'/nif'fsto. 


away.  The  t)-xi  is  not  simply  a^^^in/  strong 
drink,  but  agam-t  Ioi>kin;^ou  it,  ms  u'^*'"-  •***"'' 
gerous.  Il  is  like  dropping  a  sparb'iJ*''  "  P<"^- 
der  niHg-t/jne.  Kre  wu- t-mpled  *brr..igh  (he 
eye,  and  thereby  brought  ruin  'P""  '•"?  world. 
Drains  in  the  liquor  traffie  under-tL-ind  thi». 
and  hence  clothe  their  salocis  with  even,thii)g 
attrai  live  in  ord-^r  to  exer'  an  almi'«t  resistless 
force.  There  is  de.ith  in  «e  dr.iugbtand  should 
itc  shunned  n»  a  plague  ^^-  "<^y  ''*  **'*'>'  chani 
palpn  at  first,  btit  re/  pain  in  the  end.  There 
i«  a  fearful  revival  of  intemperance  of  late. 
Young  men  are  fli^hiug  blindly  into  its  woes. 
The  text  is  the  drunkard's  looking-glass 
which  his  miseratie  life  and  miserable  end  is 
plainly  ween,  andshould  be  hung  up  in  every 
conspiruous  place. 

I.  The  habitual  use  of  ardent  spirits  creates 
an  uuiJsuHt.  craving  appetite  which  burns,  yet 
IS  never  satisfied.  It  cries,  "Give,  give,"'  and 
deems  nothing  too  sacred  to  be  sacrihced  tor  it. 

II.  Intemperance  leads  to  poverty,  not  hon- 
est poverty,  but  the  most  disgraceful  kind.  On- 
ly by  exinrience  can  one  realize  the  misery  of 
the  drunkard's  wife,  as  she  sees  the  cloud 
apjiroaching.  at  first  'no  bigger  than  a  man's 
ha  


^orrrs|Tomlrncc. 


e  w.  uolo  r"i.  thu  JtrarJnjtua/befaU.— Joh 


B" 


The  generaUty  of  ujen  expend  the  early 
rt  of  their  lives  in  contribating  to  render 
e  Utter  part  niiMrable. 


THE  FAMILY. 

The  family  ia  tike  a  buck; 

The  ohildron  ire  Ihe  leaves; 
Tho  pnroiilB  nrc  the  oovor, 

That  protective  beauty  givea. 
Al  tint  the  IcavcH  are  blank 

And  purely  fair: 
iliii  time  R400  wrileth  tDeiuorloi 

Adi]  paioleih  picturoa  Ihore. 
L«T«  is  the  ]iule  golden  cloMp, 

That  biudeih  up  (he  trusi: 
Oh!  break  it  not  leal  all 

Tho  leftvea  nhiill  HCMtter  and  be  lost. 

Many  yeara  since  I  met  with  the  above  Iittl«< 
gem  of  poetry  and  copied  it.  It  so  fastened 
itself  upon  my  mind,  as  containing  niucli  truth 
that  the  impressions  remained  with  me. 

This  likeness  of  a  family  to  a  book  seems  a 
beautiful  one,  the  parent*  representing  the 
cover  as  a  protection  to  the  firdt  fair  leaves.— 
Then  the  thought  of  the  leaves  as  bhmfc,  so 
clothes  the  i)arent*i  with  a  responsibility  from 
which  they  cannot  rid  themselves  and  cannot 
be  overrated.  It  was  said  tu  one  of  old,  "Take 
this  child  and  nurse  it  for  me."  May  not  every 
parent  take  this  as  a  command  to  tliemselves? 
Does  not  this  nursing  mean  this  writing  of 
memories,  this  painting  of  pictures  on  these 
blank  leaves  that  shall  tell  in  beauty  and 
strength  forever?  Has  not  God  set  the  solitary 
in  families  for  this  very  purpose?  Love  is  in- 
deed  a  r/rt»;j;  if  we  let  it,  it  will  bind  up  this, 
wonderful  trust,  but  it  must  be  cultivated  in  all 
itrS  richness,  that  these  leaves  may  not  be  lost. 

When  the  family  is  grown,  let  the  surround- 
ings still  be  love;  let  the  interest  of  each  iii  the 
other  be  retained  by  frequent  correspondence, 
by  often  coining  together,  by  the  remembrance 
of  birthdays,  and  in  every  way  possible,  keeping 
secure  this  binding. 

When,  even  this yjjo^cc/ion  be  no  more  ueed- 
d,  and  these  leaves,  written  and  painted  nobly 
over,  go  to  make  np  otlier  books,  let  this  same 
(7a,sy/ of /(/re  be  preserved  in  all  its  richness  of 
golden  beauty.  Then  "love  shall  lay  each  ",c 
iier  stone"  of  all  our  homes.  W.  R.  0. 


d."  but  which  increases  until  she  realizes 
the  awful  fact  that  she  is  a  drunkard's  wife,  and 
then  priiys  for  the  bitter  cup  to  pass  from  her. 

Ill  Intt'inperance  destroys  health;  dethrones 
reiwon  and  renders  the  victim  utterly  reckless 
ol  life.  It  is  a  destroyer  of  life.  It  is  a  terri- 
ble destroyer  of  life  and  may  oftentimes  be 
clojiely  connected  with  some  of  our  appalling 
di^;i.sters!  Us  destructiveness  is  enhanced  by  its 
adulteration. 

iV,  It  destroys  morals,  breaks  down  charac- 
ter: paralyzes  the  moral  sensibilities  and  causes 
the  victim  to  glow  in  his  wretchedness.  Some 
of  the  brightest  and  noblest  characters  are 
brought  to  a  total  moral  wreck.  Men  of  all 
classes  and  position  are  prostrated  by  its  power. 

V.  Itseli  a  crime;  it  leads  to  all  other  crimes, 
for  it  is  an  egregious  sin,  and  prepares  men  for 
gambling,  probinity,  obscenity,  and  such  like 
foul  crimes. 

VI.  It  ruins  (he  soul.  The  Bible  decrees 
that  "no  drunkard  shall  inherit  the  Kingdom 
of  God."  The  victims  are  not  found  amid  influ- 
ence which  tend  to  elevate,  but -seek  their  own 
company  and  go  down  to  death  and  to  the  bar 
of  God  stained  with  the  blood  of  self-murder! 
and  the  bite  of  the  serpent,  and  sting  of  the 
adder  is  felt  throughout  all  eternity.  It  is  sad 
to  see  so  many  of  our  young  men  trying  the 
sad  experiment  that  has  led  so  many  to  destruc- 
tion. Youug  man,  look  at  the  end  and  resolve 
at  once  on  total  abstineur-e. 

In  view  of  these  inevitable  consequences,  the 
liquor  trafic  is  immoral,  and  laws  against  it  are 
good,  and  sbriuld  be   sustained,  and   the  rum- 

ller  who  kills  his  victim  by  inches,  and  dooms 
a  aoul  to  eternal  death,  should  suffer  the  ex- 
treme penalty  of  the  law. 

The  final  success  of  the  temperance  cause, 
though  slow,  is  not  hopeless,  and  those  who 
would  bet])  the  cause  must  he  strong  in  tlie 
Lord,  for  only  llirough  God's  blessing  on  ear- 
nest endeavors,  will  the  accursed  evil  be  ended. 

liflitjious  Hr.rtdd. 


From  Harlcysville,  Pa. 

MO.  Abram  li-  Cassel.  widely  known  as  the 
Church  Autirjiiariau,  has  been  laid  low 
with  the  Typboi'l  fever  for  several  weeks.  At 
this  writing  the  tever  is  decreasing.  Imt  has  not 
reached  its  crisis  yet.  consequently  he  is  still  in 
a  critical  condition.  But  as  there  are  no  unfa- 
vorable  symptoms,  hope  for  his  recovery  is  gtili 
entertained.  HAJiXAH  Cassel. 

0.-(.  'ilh.  '7U. 


From  Old  Virginia. 

BROTHER  B.  V.  Moomaw  of  Bottetourt  Co. 
\\a%  with  us  the  latter  part  of  August  and 
delivered  some  able  discourses,  which  were  well 
received. 

We  have  had  the  longest  dry  spell  that  we 
remember  if  at  this  season  of  the  year.  Farm- 
ers are  slow  seeding  wheat  on  account  of  it. 
May  the  Lord  bless  us  all,  is  my  prayer. 

I.  A.  B.  Hershberoer. 


RECIPE  FOR    FINDING  A  WIFE. 


THE 
coi 


following  from  "A   Single  Lady,"  we 
ommend  to  the  attention  of  our  young 
gentleman  readers: 

"More  literju-y  talk,  and  less  opera  and  fast 
honies.  More  industry,  and  less  loafing  about 
public  places.  More  study  of  the  mysteries  of 
some  good  trade  or  profession,  and  less  of  the 
mysteries  of  gambling  houses  and  drinking-sa- 
ioons.  More  respect  to  the  parents  at  home, 
and  less  attention  to  the  flirting  coquette.  Less 
display  of  canes  and  cigais,  that  shocks  the 
modesty  of  the  fair  sex.  More  proof  to  ladies 
that  they  will  find  in  a  husband  a  true  and  kind 
protector,  and  not  an  abuser.  In  a  word,  be  a 
man  tha'-  we  dare  tru^t." 


SERMON  ON  TEMPERANCE. 

Pbov.  23:  31,   32. 
'  IK  Bible  exercises  extreme   caution  against 
sin,  from  which  we  are  to  turn  entirely 


icr.  of  fli^  gag. 


Coi,.  Rout.  G.  Ingkrsold  and  a  number  of 
men  of  his  stripe,  held  a  convention  at  Ciiici- 
nati  Saturday  and  Sunday  the  13th  and  14th  of 
September  for  tlie  purpose  ofstartlng  a  uational 
party  opposed  to  the  Bible,  Sunday  laws,  and 
the  suppression  of  obscene  publications.  They 
pa.s:^fd  a  re.'^nUition  of  condolence  with  that  bad 
man  Bennett  whom  President  Hayes  refused  to 
pardon  in  obedience  to  their  petition  a  few 
weeks  ago.  He  is  rightly  in  prison  forsending 
obscene  printed  matter  through  the  mails  to 
corrupt  the  youth  of  the  country,  and  now  he 
has  the  sympathy  of  these  men.  The  Bible  was 
declared  to  be  an  obscene  book  aud  unfit  for 
circulation,  and  yet  they  praised  the  circulation 
of  Bennett's  trash. 

The  communists  came  to  the  convention  in 
such  numbers  as  to  practically  control  its  action. 
And  yet  Col.  Ingersoll  has  expressed  himself  as 
pleased  with  the  work  of  the  convention.  Very 
well,  let  the  sow  return  to  her  wallow!  God  has 
use  for  these  men,  we  suppose.  It  may  he  to 
show  the  Chureh   what  the  world   would   be 

ithont  Oirist. 

It  cannot  lie  said  now.  after  this  free  exhibi- 
tion of  their  nonsense,  that  we  are  not  a  free 
jieoule  nor  that  we  are  deaf  by  prejudice  and 
will  not  hear  the  other  sidi»  of  these  moral 
questions.  The  country  .has  heard  them  aud  is 
thoroughly  disgusted.  Tnere  is  no  danger  that 
it  will  reuouiice  the  purity  and  blessed  influ- 
ences of  our  Christian  rr;ligion  to  take  up  with  '  V^^'i  "'^' 
this  dis^-nnting  programme  which  may  be  right-  ,  brethren 


From  Wernersville,  Pa. 

}),ur  Brflhrni:— 
r  HAVE  received  the  B.  at  W.  and  thank 
J.  you  for  your  kindness.  The  paper  is  passed 
around,  aud  I  hope  that  it  may  have  the  desired 
effect  torwhieh  it  i-*  sent  forth.  I  am  so  situa- 
ted at  this  Home  that  1  can  not  give  you  church 
news,  and  my  bodily  infirmities  will  not  admit 
taking  a  text  and  wrFtiiig  out  a  sermon,  and  to 
write  up  this  Institution  is  also  perhaps  not 
profitable  for  your  readers.  I  liope  to  be  able 
to  get  out  wliere  the  brethren  hold  meeting.  I 
think  my  health  is  improving,  aud  that  I  will 
not  be  required  tu  remain  here  very  long.  This 
common  sense  system  is  surely  the  way  to  treat 
an  invalid,  and  if  the  vit:)lity  can  be  awakened 
in  any  way,  it  can  surely  by  this  system.  The 
Dr.  publishes  a  Health  journal,  audi  think  you 
should  read  it.     Fraternally, 

S.  C.Keim. 
Mountain  Park  Home,  Oct.  liith,  '79. 


0' 


From  Sugar  Ridge  Church,  O. 

Di'iir  Brethren: — 

Ull  quarterly  church  council  was  held  on 
the  11th  of  October.  Everything  passed 
off'  pleasantly.  The  gentle  messenger  of  peace 
seemed  to  prevail.  Old  troubles  rest  iu  obliv- 
ion, and  a  disposition  prevails  to  reach  out  after 
the  promises  of  the  Gospel,  that  we  may  enter 
new  fields  of  usefulness.  An  election  was  held 
for  one  speaker  and  one  deacon.  The  lot  fell 
on  brother  B.  F.  Sholts  for  minister,  aud  David 
Funk  for  deacon;  brother  Edward  Rosenberger 
was  also  forwarded  to  the  second  degree  of  the 
ministry.  Brethren  J.  P.  Ebersole  and  D. 
Brower  v-gre  present.  May  those  who  have 
been  called  to  duty  go  f-irward  to  fightthe  good 
fight  of  faith.  Mary  V.  Ebersolb, 

The  Next  Annual  Meeting. 


AT  tlie  n^'xt.    Annual   Meeting   there  will  be 
Riil-roiH 


lid  facilities  required,  and  as  a  rule 
this  has  been  left  to  any  one  who  may  choose  to 
look  it  up.  For  illustration,  at  the  Va,  meeting 
tliree  brethren  in  good  faith  set  out  to  do  the 
same  work,  that  is  to  arrange  with  the  B.  &  0. 
R.  R.,  and  three  sets  of  arrangements  were 
made,  only  one  of  which  held  and  two  others 
were  misleading  in  their  nature  as  to  limit, 
time,  ki.  To  avoid  this  I  propose,  if  it  is  satis- 
factory, to  take  this  matter  in  hand  and  make 
terms  with  the  various  Rail-roads  for  the  uPork. 
These  arrangements  are  only  valid  when  made 
by  the  General  Ticketagents  of  the  roads.  Over 
the  roads  to  be  u^ed  the  general  officers  are  at 
Philadelphia.Baltiinore,  Pittsburg, Chicago,  St.- 
Louis,  &c.  I  am  in  all  of  these  cities  from  time 
to  time  and  think  I  can  make  better  terras,  and 
secure  a  more  complete  network  of  excursions 
by  personal  attention  than  can  be  done  by  some 
one  writing,  especially  one  unfamiliar  with  the 
work.    Shall  it  be  so  done? 

Howakd  Milleh. 
Elk  Lirk,  Fa. 


From  the   Pigeon  Creek  Church,  III. 


Dtar  Brethren: — 

OUR  Love-feast   is  past  and  it  was  a   feast  of 
love  that  will  be  long  remembered.     Near 
sixtv  members  lonimuned.     Ouite  a  num'oer  of 

^_,  antl    sisters  from  iidjoining  congrega- 

iy  termed  "liberty  rnn   mad."    Liberty   to"  do  '  t-'^^s  ""ere  with  us.     Six    ministering   brethren 
"   '  "     *  '  were  here.     On  Sunday  the  5th,  biother Daniel 


v\roug  is  a  spurious  i  berty. 


Octcber    'Z7 


TiiE    OT^KTHKK^    JsJV    AVOiilC 


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thev  " 


n^jrii'Ttt' preaclie*' a  piwrlVil  «rmou  from  1st 
t  liu  ''>'■  '•  ^'  ■"^^  whicli  we  repaired  to  tVe 
at*T  side  (VilL-n-  a  large  congrf  gntiou  of  p»^pl'' 
hij  a'Senililfd  to  witness  the  soleina  yPnp- — 
Tbr-'''  pre^'ous  soula  were  buried  wi^li  Christ 
.  ijapi.^m  like  uuto  his  death,  tfid  we  trust 
rtH'se  to  walk  in  newness  ^f  life.  There 
.  otherB,  we  think,  that  are  ^lot  far  from  the 
tirfdoui.  Many  good  inif-'eassons  were  made 
jf„m  the  miuds  of  the  people. 

()iir  dear  brother  C.  »S.  Hoisinger  and  ftiuiily 
nfe  now  settled  a/uong  us  and  hare  already 
traiued  the  high  esteem  of  man;  out:iide,  as  well 
ni  tlie  church.  May  the  Lord  enable  the 
brother  by  divine  grace  to  stand  ujion  the  walls 
t  /,yu  and  cry  aloud  and  spare  not  that  the 
ffpod  work  already*hi^guu  luay  goon,  that  when 
we  tire  done  enjoying  the  sweet  foretastes  of 
hfaveu  below,  we  may  enjoy  heaven  itself 
(j,ive  where  we  shall  be  permitted  to  partake 
of  the  great  marriage  supper  of  the  Lamb  when 
tlif  Lord  himself  shall  serve. 


ori.  loth,  -yn 


HaRKIET    lifCK. 


From  Slate  Creek   Church,  Kansas. 


(fl^ 


From  Abilene,    Kansas. 

J),, I, ■  Brethren  :— 

OLI[t  feast  was  held  on  the  Tlth  and  12th,and 
truly  it  was  one  to  be  enjoyed  andremem- 
beiL-d-  Oui'  hearts  were  made  to  rejoice  in 
ipi-in2  three  souls  williny  to  covenant  with  the 
Jjord  by  baptism  in  his  appointed  wjiy.  Mny 
they  remember  their  vow  aud  live  holy 
acceptable  to  his  will.  Brother  George  Mouver 
WHS  orJaiued  to  the  eldership.  M;iy  0<id  grant 
him  grace  to  walk  blamelessly,  doing  the  whole 
will  of  God.  Miiiisleriiil  help  from  iibroad  was 
liretliren  Samuel  R  lirigh  irom  Peabody,  and 
Jao.  HoUingerof  Dornmce,  Kansa-s.  One  was  re- 
ceived by  letter,  which  makes  seven  by  letter 
and  four  by  baptism  >iuce  the  Love- feast  in-May. 
Death  has  takeu  a  sister  from  our  midst  and 
transplanted  her  in  the  church  triumphant. 
May  we  all  l)e  prepared  for  the  aoKnnn  change, 
ii  the  iJrayer  of  your  unworthy  servant. 

SlilON  A.  SUTTElt. 


I>.>ir  Brrtiin-H:— 

council  ou  the  23rd,  found  the  members 
luve  and  union.  It  was  uuammously 
agreed  to  carry  into  effect  the  premeditaled 
resolution  to  Lave  a  Love-fea.'it.  The  nieel- 
iug  was  opened  on  the  I't  of  October  by  Bro. 
McCrea,  followed  by  brothor  Troxel.  O.  how 
our  hearts  throbb.'d  as  the  brethren  were  speak- 
ing of  tlie  death  aud  sufferings  of  our  dear 
U«deemer.  We  are  sorry  to  say  that  we  bad 
notbiiiii  l)ut  home  talent  to  offer  but  this  ex- 
ceeded our  expectations.  l)u  the  2ud,  Bro. 
Troxel  addressed  us  from  the  ith  chapter  of 
Micah.  We  were  told  not  to  give  scaut  mea.s- 
ure.in  short  to  fill  the  half  busbi,!  full  aud  have 
a  full  sized  one  at  that,  and  to  walk  humbly 
with  the  Lord.  All  went  away  much  refreshed 
aud  built  up.  so  may  we  ever  be.  We  liave  up- 
wards of  thirty  members  here  thou^'h  widely 
scattered  over  the  cnunlies.  We  have  four  dea- 
cons and  two  speakers.  Vlave  had  sohie  few 
addition^  by  letter  and  baptism  during  the  past 
year.  We  would  like  very  much  to  have  some 
more  ministers,  and  with  the  Maced()niaii9, 
cry,  "Come  over  and  help  us,"  Any  brother 
wishing  to  pay  us  a  visit  aud  will  |,ive 
us  two  Week's  notine,  will  be  promptly  met  at 
Wellington,  and  all  communication-i  int-^nded 
for  this  branch  of  the  church  may  be  addressed 
to  the  writer  and  will  receive  prompt  atteuUou. 
Yours  in  hope  of  eterual  life. 

Stl'akt  Hamuekokk, 
Oc(.  'J,  '79. 


at  the  meeting-house  near  Lincoln  on  the  28th 
mid  29th  ot  Oct..  aud  in  Ephrata  Church  on 
the  30t.h  and  3l3t.  May  it  be  a  season  of  re- 
freshing to  the  soul;  and  that  we  all  may  be 
built  up  in  the  "most  holy  faith."  That  we 
may  not  luily  be  Christians  in  name  but  in 
"dred"  aUo.     Kr^iternally, 

Levi  Lajjdis. 


From  IfOraiae,  JL^j_     . .»    4<v 


To  the  Churches  of  Southern  Indiana. 

BY  request,  I  report  the  vi'^it  made  by  the 
brethren,  Lewis  Kinsey  aud  Isaac  Cripe, 
appointed  by  District  Meeting  m  missionaries 
to  the  churches  and  isolated  memberBin  South- 
ern Indiana. 

They  started  on  their  mission  July  19th,  '79. 
bVom  liulianapolis  they  took  the  train  lor  Cro- 
tersville,  .lacksou  Co.,  next  day  went  to  liro. 
Josepli  Wilson's  near  Retreat,  and  on  the  fol- 
lowing day  commenced  a  series  of  meetings  in 
Retreat,  a  n?at  little  country  town,  held  four- 
teen meetings  there  and  also  a  commuuiou,  this 
beiny  the  first  communion  ever  held  in  the 
county.  Received  two  iuti)  the  church  by  bap- 
■'[i~'T'_|ind  h(fM  ""  ■*'•—*■—-   t^j       '        i    tii    m 


Eagle  Creek  Church  Ohio. 

am  alone  this  afternoon  I  feel  like  writ- 
ing something  for  your  paper.  I  have  had 
any  trialb  and  troubles  during  my  short  Hffe. 
I  am  youni!  in  life  and  have  had  nmny  tempta- 
tions to  endure.  And  perhaps  many  more  to 
undergo.  Hut  hope,  by  the  help  of  Qod,  that 
may  enduie  them  patiently.  If  we  live 
faithful  and  obedient  to  the  teachings  of 
the  word  of  God,  he  has  promised  us  a  home  in 
heaven  where  I  have  a  companion  aud  two 
children,  who  were  near  and  dear  hy  the  ties  of 
nature.  But  it  has  been  our  heavenly  Father's 
will  to  call  them  to  their  long  home  in  heaven, 
while  I  was  left  to  mourn  their  departure. 

May  we  all  so  live  that  we  may  meet  all  the 
lovod  ones  that  have  gone  before,  where  sepa- 
ration will  never  come,  neither  sickness  nor 
sorrow,  nor  pain,  uor  death,  hut  where  wo  can 
forevfr  dwell  together  throughout  the  ceaside«s 
ages  of  eternity,  and  there  to  worship  around 
the  i:reat  white  throne.  Brethren,  pray  for  one 
another,  that  we  may  all  live  faithful  until 
death. 

J.  V.  Kkahili.. 

Walkcrton,  Indiana. 


Dear  Jirethrpn: — 

ACCORDING  to  previous  appointment,  on 
the  2ud  of  October,  the  brethren  and  sis- 
ters of  the  Pine  Creek  District,  St.  Joseph  I 
C|.,  Ind.,  met  around  the  Communion  tables. 
Ffve  ii.'plicants  for  baptism.  Their  want^  were 
attended  to  at  once,  aud  were  glad  to  welcome 
tKem  into  the  church.  We  trust  that  their 
les  are  registered  in  the  Lamb's  Book  of  life. 
ire  was  a  very  large  number  of  brethren  aud 
rs  in  attendance;  quite  a  number  of  thera 
ing  from  adjoining  oistricts.  We  were  glad 
meet  with  them  around  the  table  of  the 
in  liL->  earthly  courts,  and  it  is   our  desire 


3.  Avoid  anything  like  .lonfusion,  for  God  ti 
not  the  author  cf  this,  nor  do  we  think  Him 
well  pleu-sed  with  it.  We  offer  this  because  we 
have  been  at  Love- feasts  where  the  double  mode 
of  feet  washing  was  practiced,  as  many  u 
twenty  brethren  on  the  Hoor  at  once.  The 
service  then  had  more  the  appearanc*  of  a 
house  raising  than  of  a  church  ordinance. 

4.  To  the  speakers  we  would  say.  Do  not 
abuse  and  condemn  other  churches,  for  Love 
does  not  throw  stones  at  anybody,  aud  beside* 
you  are  not  the  judge  of  any  man  or  of  his 
faith.  Remember  you  are  at  a  Love-feast,  and 
do  not  fail  to  show  these  feelings,  or  you  may 
have  the  feast  without  the  prefix. 

5.  Do  not  on  any  account  forget  the  feelinga 
of  the  sppctators,  for  with  them  your  service 
wilt  be  respected,  and  they  can  not  feel  edihed 
in  standing  from  four  to  hix  hours  in  one  pom- 
tion,  and  then  get  a  scolding  for  being  uneasy. 
Be  courteous  to  all  men  and  at  all  times,  but 
especially  at  this  time  and  place. 

a.  Do  not  as  soon  as  the  I-'east  is  over,  forget 
what  you  have  ju^t  done,  and  be  as  thoughtleis 
and  worldly  as  .-ver,  but  try  at  all  times  to 
show  to  others  that  you  love  Jesus  Wtter  than 
before,  and  be  willing  to  do  more  for  him  in  the 
future.  Also  love  each  other  more,  be  more 
kind,  tender- hearted,  forgiving  one  another 
more  readily  than  ever  before.  If  these  are 
uotseeii,  it  will  at  once  be  thought,  that  you, 
did  not  feast  much  on  love.  Let  this  spirit  be 
seen  in  all. 

7.  Uo  not  think  it  is  enough  to  enjoy  theae 
Feasts  all  for  yourself,  hut  talk  to  your  neigh- 
bors aud  friends  of  the  pleasure  had  whilst  thus  • 
feasting,  and  invite  them  to  come  in,  that  they 
may  partake  of  it  with  you.  If  you  are  selKah 
in  any  way  or  in  anything  do  not  be  selfish  in 
this,  hut  be  willing  to  ask  and  entreat  others 
to  come  into  the  church  and  enjoy  all  its  plea- 
I  surea.  Christians  are  not  selfish.  They  want 
always  that  others  share  His  goodness  too. 

S  Talk  to  your  children,  not  of  the  faults  of 
the  memberahip,  hut  of  their  graces  and  vir- 
tues, aud  especially  of  your  own  enjoyment 
whilst  in  the  Master's  work.  John  xiii;  17. 
The  faults  of  others  yon  have  covered  and  let 
them  remain  so. 

1).  Do  not,  for  the  Lord's  sake,  forget  tfa(»& 
who  have  neither  seen  nor  heard  of  a  simile 
feast.     Be  s^iire  to  do  sonu'thing  towards  send- 


ELDER  David  Wolfe,  of  Liberty,  this  county, 
one  who  has  long  been  recognizvd  as  one 
of  (jtjd'fi  faivhful  soldiers  of  the  cross,  has  been 
lately  called  from  the  service  of  his  Master  that 
lie  miiy  repose  for  awhile  in  that  peaceful  silence 
and  undisturbed  sleep  where  no  sorrowing  or 
gloom  can  disturb  him.  Though  the  raging 
storms  may  arise,  and  the  howling  winds  may 
rustle  the  green  covering  of  his  quiet  bed.  he 
will  not  fear,  aud  though  the  lerrilic  thunders 
may  shake  the  earth  with  its  fury,  f^till  he  will 
sleep  in  his  calm  repose  until  that  voice  shall 
speak  to  him  (that  hade  him  depart)  arise  ye 
dead  and  come  away,  then  will  he  come  forth  to 
glory  to  bask  in  the  sunshine  of  that  bright 
morning  that  shall  never  end,  but  shall  be  one 
cimtinual  beginning  of  that  never-ending  world 
of  light  and  life  which  God  has  prepared  for  all 
them  that  diligently  seek  him  aud  continue 
f-iitliful  to  the  end. 

H.  W.  Strickler, 


t.-*n« 


From  Weeping  Water,    Neb. 

IT  is  impossible  for  me  to   write  to  our  many 
friends,   so  a  letter  in  the  B.  at   W.   may 
siitHce  for  awhile. 

We  are  happy  to  say  that  by  the  mercies  of 
God  we  are  all  well  and  have  many  reasons  to 
be  very  thankful  to  our  kind  heavenly  Father 
for  his  love  aud  mercy.  Two  weeks  ago  I  star- 
ted oil  a  trip,  by  private  conveyance,  iiortli  to 
Dodge  county,  attended  a  Love-feast  there  at 
the  house  of  brother  John  Ikenberry,  where 
about  thirty  members  communed  together.— 
Although  1  was  an  entire  stranger  to  all  in  the 
Hesh,  1  found  the  members  there  of  like-prec- 
ious faith,  and  enjoyed  a  very  pleasant  feast  of 
love  among  them.  From  thence,  in  company 
with  brother  Nathaniel  Wilaon, -we  wended  our 
way  south  through  Lincoln,  the  State  capital, 
trt  near  Beatrice,  in  Guge  county,  where  the 
brethren  had  another  feast.  Here  we  met  a 
large  assembly  of  brethren  and  sisters  from  a 
number  of  different  States.  It  was  a  feast  long 
to  be  remembered  by  all  present.  We  there 
separated  on  Sunday  afternoon  with  the  thought 
that  we  would  never  all  meet  again.  From 
thence  I  returned  home  after  an  absence  ot 
thirteen  days,  ft^uud  the  brethren  and  sisters 
generally  well  at  home,  but  met  considerable 
sickness  throughout  my  journey. 

Jesse  Y.  Hbcki-er. 
' '  '.  7fh,  7,9. 


falling  on  our  worthy  brother,  .loseph  Wilson. 
A  deep  interest  was  manifested  in  the  mcetines 
by  the  raembore  and  community  in  eeueral. 

The  brethren  next  went  to^boals,  in  Martin 
county,  where  they  held  nine  meetings  and 
baptized  two.  From  there  they  went  to  Pike 
county  where  they  lield  four  meetings  at  Whit- 
ley's school-house,  and  baptixvd  one.  From 
here  they  returned  home  on  the  5Jth  of  August, 
having  been  gone  from  home  o:i  their  mission 
of  love  twenty-four  days,  Thty  were  kindly 
received  wherever  they  went  and  were  strongly 
solicitid  aud  urged  to  come  hack  again,  and  in 
obedience  to  their  mission,  and  at  the  earnest 
solicitation  of  those  both  in  and  out  of  the 
church,  they  purpose  making  another  visit 
shortly  providing  the  necessary  funds  can  be 
raised  to  defray  their  traveling  expenses. 

Now,  dear  brethren  and  sisteis  of  the  South- 
ern District  of  Indiana,  the  <»arrying  on  of  this 
good  work  depends  upon  your  action  in  the 
matter.  The  good  Lord  has  blessed  us  all  with 
bountiful  crops,  and  now  let  us  return  our  grat- 
itude to  the  great  Heml  of  the  Church  by  con- 
tributing a  small  portion  of  our  substance  for 
the  continuation  of  the  noble  work  of  spread- 
ing the  Gospel  and  the  building  up  ot  the 
Church  of  the  living  God.  Some  of  the  church- 
es have  responded  generously  in  this  matter, 
while  others  have  done  nothing. 

In  sending  money,  it  is  the  cheapest  and  sa- 
fest to  get  a  bank  draft,  wheu  banks  are  conve- 
nient, otherwise  post  oflice  orders  or  registered 
letters,  but  don'tsend  money  in  ordinary  letters, 
it  is  too  unsafe.  I  hope  the  elders  and  minis- 
ters in  charge  of  the  different  churches  of  the 
Southern  District  of  Indiana  will  give  this  mat- 
ter their  immediate  attention,  as  the  brethren 
desire  to  start  on  their  mission  shortly  and 
have  no  funds  ou  hand  to  pay  their  traveliu, 
expenses.     Yoars  in  brotherly  love. 

B.  F.  KooNs. 
Netth  Creek,  Ind. 


that  bt-autiful  land  which   by   an   eye  of  faith 
we  behold. 

Bro.  Jesse  Calvert,  and  other  brethren,  made 
some  very  interesting  remarks  upon  command- 
ments and  ordinances  of  the  Lord's  house,  while 
the  brethren  and  sisters  went  forth  in  discharge 
of  the  same.  Very  good  order  was  observed 
during  service;  for  which  we  feel  thankful.  On 
Friday,  brother  Calvert  preached  a  very  inter- 
esting discouise,  after  which  one  more,  a  Meth- 
odist lady,  came  out  and  wi\3  received  by  bap- 
tism. In  the  evening  we  were  very  highly  en- 
tertained by  the  above  named  brother,  also  on 
Saturday  at  10  A.  M,,  and  again  in  the  even- 
ing, Ou  Sunday,  our  meeting  in  course,  was 
at  the  west  met-tiug  house  near  North  Liberty, 
where  brother  Jesse  preached  an  able,  an  in- 
structive and  affecting  discourse  to  a  very  large 
d  attentive  audience.  An  invitation  wjisgiv 
en  for  any  who  wished  to  come  and  unite  with 
the  church.  Although  none  came  forward, 
yet  we  believe  that  there  were  those  present 
who,  (like  one  of  old)  were  almost  persuaded  to 
become  Christians. 

May  they  not  put  off  their  return  to  God, 
until  it  be  eternally  too  late,  is  the  humble  pray- 
er of  the  writer. 

Mks.  David  Ci.em. 

Our  Love-Feasts. 


4irtWTT!iar-<IonTra-TTryTtfff-TO"ra'a"Ttira«riPnB('TiT  TTrfSeTi-aatft.-WTtn-ftlfff 
n  invitation  to  all  to  come  and  freely  partake. 
'  Freely  ye  have  received,  fn  ely  give." 

10.  Do  not  forget  the  grand  feast  above  to 
which  we  all  want  to  go,  and  let  us  strive 
lor  it,  so  that  if  this  one  here  should  be  our 
last  the  next  may  he  with  the  Lord  himself. 
Matt.  xxv=:  29.    Fare  you  well. 

Landok  West. 


From  Lincoln  Pa. 

Bear  Brethren:— 

SOMF  time  has  elapsed  since  1  communicated 
to  you,  hut  by  the  help  of  the  Master  I 
will  try  and'give  you  a  little  news  for  yout 
columns.  We  intend  to  hold  a  protracted 
meeting  at  the  Mohler  meetiug-huu8^  North 
east  of  Kphrata,  Lancaster  Co,,  I'n.,  which  will 
commence  on  the  18th  inst.  The  West  Cone^- 
toga  Church  will  hold   u  communion   meeting 


THE  time  has  again  come  when  the  meetings 
known  as  Love- feasts  will  be,  and  are  being 
held  throughout  the  Brotherhood,  and  we  here 
offer  a  few  suggestions  to  those  who  may 
he  permitted  to  attend  and  again  celebrate  the 
death  of  our  Lord. 

1.  Do  not  go  simply  because  you  have  been 
in  the  habit  of  going,  hut  go  because  you  want 
more  of  Christian  life  within,  and  because  you 
cannot  afford  to  stay  away  from  the  place 
where  this  life  is  best  obtained.  Do  not  let  any 
small  thing  hinder  you,  and  when  there  be  sure 
to  remember  that  each  one  partakes  of  it  for 
himself. 

2.  Where  there  are  many  members  in  attend- 
ance let  the  effort  be  to  hasten,  as  much  as  pos- 
sible and  is  consistent,  the  services,  so  that 
no  one  becomes  wearied.  It  can  edify  no  one 
to  be  wearied  over  a  tedious  service.  We  sug- 
gest this  because  we  have  seen  patience  abused, 
and  no  one  benefited.  There  was  too  much 
talk  when  no  other  service  was  going  on,  and 
far  too  much  said  for  any  one  to  remember,  even 
if  they  hsid  wished. 


Bishop  Wiley  tells  of  a  school  of  three  hun- 
dred students  in  connection  with  the  Methodist 
mission  in  Japan-     It  wa.i  desired  to  introduce 
moral  philosophy.— '■  What    is    moral  philoso- 
phy?'' asked  the  heatheii.    "It  is  the  science  of 
doing  rijiht  and  of  doing  wrong,"  said  the  na- 
tive  local  preacher,  "and  the  best   book  of  in- 
struction is  the  Christian's  Bible."    "Oh,  well, 
then  we  must  have  that,"  said  the  heatbeu,and 
he  went  at  once  aud    purchased  forty  Bibles 
with  which   to  teach    moral  philosophy   in  his 
Bchosl.    Bishop  Wiley  said  he  did  not  know  of 
anything  like  this  in  the  history  of  the  world. 
St.^tistics  have  been  prepared  which   show 
that  the  growth  of    Roman   Catholicism    in 
New  England  during  the  last  thirty  years  has 
beeu  large.    The  church  now  has  six  dioceses 
there,  one  archbishop,  h   bishops,   596   priests, 
520  churches,  SI  chapels,  a  colleges,  30  acade- 
mies, 107  parochial  schools,  with  33,609  pupils, 
and  a  Catholic  population  of  861,000.     In  thir- 
ty years  there  has  been  an  increa^e'of  4  dioces- 
es, 4  bishops,  534  priests,  525  churches  and 
chapeU.  29   academies,   107  parochial  schools, 
and  7^1  000  population.       Protestant   papers 
hold  that  tb.'se  figures  correspond  nearly  with 
the  increase  in  foreign  population,  which   dur- 
ing the  thirty  ytars,  immigration  and  by  birth 
from  foreign-born  parents  has  been  about  S93,- 
000. 


I^nnonmjcmrnfs 


Notice*  ahortld  be  brief.  m'\  wriuea  on  p»p«r8«p«mto 
from  all  other  busiuees. 


LOTa-F&JkSTS. 


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1=  williout  pHrtiiiliiy.  uiail  to  lit 
1  tiie  work  of  the  Lord.  Eits  \ 


!  WaUirloo,  Iowa. 


Msy  God  in  bis  ar. :<■ 
1  heiirts.     Bm.  fciiirv.  ■ 
'■(ijamin  Eikenljcriy   ot 
C.  A.  SCTTBlt.      I 


b.  JuiiuLiuii,  t;tiaii;i 
liei-eil,tl:57  iu  Uu; 


!  Ciiis.ior  J-,anrtrk,  aiid  :in'' 


D&vid  G«orgo  litit) 


The  Breiw^rm  At  Work. 


"Behold  I  Bring   You  Oiiod  Tidings  of  Great  Joy,  which  Shall  be  to  All  People."  —  LuBJt  2:  lo. 


Vol.  IV. 


Lanark,  111.,  November  3, 1879. 


No.  45. 


GEMERAL    .IGEXTH 
THE  BRETHREN  AT  WORK 

AND 

xuAur  sociiirv. 


F).  D-MruUfi.WftJo.  u.fu.  I'n 
DiinM  Taiilniivn,  Vlnlon.  Ill 
J.  S.  I'luiy,  l^ngfniunl,  t'olu 
■Toliii  Mrtujor,  Ccrrodi'iila.  In. 
Jul.    Uelll|^l^:k^,     ■'  "       " 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


-Stem  iiud  Uny  Debate. 


Nfujalive  Ary.  3,  which  is  bused  upou  tlie  coii- 
sidtTdtioa  that  the  Uaptiitt  titaiiiUrd  uf  r*-peu- 
tance  is  suyerficia!.  uot  iuvulviiig  thw  hatred 
nnd  abauduriiiieul  of  (.ertitiu  sium  which  thi- 
Scriptures  forbid.  Baptist  chiiri;h«»  hiivc  uot 
repeuted  of  the  oaths  with  which  lliey  cutiuii- 
ally  trausgre33  Christ's  Inw.  Ho  sny^.  "It  hath 
been  said  by  tliem  ofoid  tifiiP.  Iliou  yhillf.  nnt 
t'orrtweiir  thyself,  bnt  simll  perform  uiilo  (he 
Lord  tliiiie  Obths;  but  I  say  unto  you,  8W<*ar 
not  at  all;"  iic.  K-'iid  Matt..  Cr.  3H-37,  and  James 


KCurity.  and  lead^  th«m  to  hute  aud  kill  men. 
'*lle  that  huitti  he  is  in  the  light  ntid  hateth  hia 
brother,  i»  in  darknea^  e%'uu  until  now."  1  .Toun 
"L  a  "If  u  niiiii  -ty,  I  low  Gud,  and  lialetli  his 
brotht-r,  hi-  is  a  liar."  1  John  4:  20.  Uapiisttt 
not  only  kill  tmuh  other  in  war,  hut  recent  per- 
sonal insult. by  law  and  violpuc*.   See  I '  Cor.  6: 

8.    The  divinely  appointed    expression    ot 


tisu  tein'h  that  as  many  as  have  belieyej  with- 
out baptism  have  put  him  on.  <e)  Peter  toya, 
"Baptism  doth  also  now  sav.;  us."  I  P^tKrS:  21. 
Biipti:ils  toach  that  baptimn  do.  s  not  i-ave  w. 
(f)  Peter  «ayt."Il.'p..iit  and  bf  bapt  z*:j  every 
one  oi  yon  in  the  nameof  .It-MnCtimt  tor  v fix, 
in  order  to)  the  remis-iiou  of  sins."  .\cU  2:  38. 
Baptists  inate.'id  of  instructing  penitent  enquir- 
_  era  after  thib  old,  inapinnLapustolic  and   primi- 

cWistian  lore  find  fellmvship,    (the   holy   kiss)  i  ^ive  pattern,  in.truotth*m  to  r^fimt  iavrdt.  to 


seems  to  b?  entirely  wanting'   among    Baptist*. 


plIItsT  I'AO 

^j(CONt>  Paor— Take  mu  to  tlie  Golden  Shore.— 
J,  W.  Soutliwoo  I ;  .Sliipwieck  at  K/.ion-Ua  er.— 
f.  U   Uiil9brtii{jh- 

TiiiuDPACE—'i-  Voteran'a  Humiiiks.— M.  fil.  E. 
Family  Huligion. 

Foi'KTii  Paok— Editorials— Kefcfmersaud  the 
liifiillible  Word  of  Truth. 

f  iKTii  Paoe— Editorials  —  Railroad  ArranKP- 
iii^iils;  Our  Hiire  (.)ffer  Kccalled;  From  Pales- 
ti„.  .-J.  W.  Mc(;;.rvey. 

SixTu  Page— Life's     West   Wiiulow;     Heiiven; 

"  Wliat  11  Mother  Can  do;  Talk  to  the  Ch!  dren: 
Iliiiue.— J.  F.  Eliersule;  Uely  on  Yom-self;  >'* 
tun-'s  Ilarpstiinga;  Spelling  lleforni;  From 
tiieasy  Creek.  V;i—C-  D'  llylton;  Prom  Beui 
Creek  Cluiioh.  111.— W.  H.  MiUer. 

SE^-ENTH  Page— Willow  Springs,  Kansiis.— E.  W, 
tiny;  Plymou  h,  Ind.— John  ICnisely.  The 
Debate.— Levi  Aiuk's;  Notes  of  Travel— Mary 
Hess;  From  Labette  Church,  Xeb.— C.  H.  Kiny- 
ery;  Uewitt,  Md.— Maria  F.  JJurrow;  SilvM 
Lake,  Neb.— Mary  Grabill—Mt.  M  nia,  111.  W, 
C.  Teeter;    Echoes  from  East.— !>.  B.  Ment?:er, 

Eighth  Paob— from  .Jewell  Co.,  Kan.^.A.  W. 
Austin;  Tiom  PaVm.  Oiogou,— David  Browei ; 
An  Appeal  for  Help.— J.  P.  Woomaw. 


b:l2.  Ba,,t,»t  cl>urcU«  w.ll  not  ob«,  'h''"  j  p,„l  e„,„„„,d,  tlu- brrtln-.^  to 'Wute  on.  a«. 
g«at  imparalivea.  UKrist  .»j'8,  "Ew,  o.ie  ^,^^^  „jj^  ,^  ^,,1^  ^.^^,.  [,^„,^  ^^,  ,jj  g^  ^j. 
that  hcaretu  these  sayings  uf  mine,  and  doetb 
them  uot,  shall  be  likened  uuLo  a  looli-th  man  , 
who  li'uilt  liis  li'iune  upon  the  hand  and  the  rain 
desCMided,  and  the  fluodr-  came,  mid  the  wiudKl 
blew,  and  beat  upou  that  house;  and  it  fell,  and 
yreat  was  theiftill  of  it."  Matt.  7:  20-27. 

Notice,  1.  Tboae  who  hear  Christ's  snyingi*' 
and  do  them  not  aro  like  a /ooliKk  man  who 
built  upon  the  SHuri.  a.  The  Baptist  churohe^ 
hear  these  sayings  of  Olirist's  but  will  not  dn 
theiu.  !i.  Therefore  Baptist  cdiurches  are  like 
one  who  built  upou  tho  sand.  They  lack  tht; 
true  foundation.  2.  Baplist  churches  h^ve  uot 
repented  of  the  blood  of  perishing  ainuers  aud 
even  of  their  own  brethren  which  they  have 
'hed  in  war.  They  still  have  their  cJUient,  if 
opportunity  offer?*,  to  repeat  these  deeds  aud  to 
fellowship  those  who  do  them.  Christ  forbid 
hatred  and  injury  even  to  an  enemy.  Matt.  5: 
38-45?  but  Baptists  have  hated  and  alain  thone 
whom  Christ  loved  and  for  whom  he  died.  The 

liaract-r  of  Clin«t's  piaccable  kijigdom  is    not 


aff,  10»r.  16:2iJ;dOor.  la:  Pi;  1  Thfes.  y.  W). 
^^r  sa,>'t)  gr«)et  ye  onu  another  with  II  kiss  uf' 
Ojiprity."  lP*ter5;l'k  We  have  a  practical 
eumplilication  of  t!us  iu  Acts  20:  37.  Tbe^u 
ap  plain  X-.-w  Testament  coimutindnieut*. 
.T(^n  says:  J'This  is  the  love  of  Gcd,  that  we 
k^pp  his  commandments,  and  hU  eomm-iud- 
ments  are  uot  grieTouR."  1  John  5:3.  Notice. 
1.  The  commandments  of  God  are  not  grievous, 
but  delightful  to  those  who  love  him.  (John 
U:  21,  2;'/,  24.)  2.  The  (oujmands  to  observe 
the  holy  kins  are  no  distitsteful  and  grievous  to 
Uaptist  churches  that  they  will  not  obey  them. 
3.  Therefore  Baptist  churclles  do  not  truly 
love  God.  How  tlien  eau  they  be  churches  of 
Jo9U!*  Christ?  Head,  asain.  John  H:  21,  23. 
24.  The  passages  aid  need  by  my  friend,  to 
show  that  salvntion  is  conditioned  upon  faith 
without  the  deeds  of  the  law,  we  believe  and 
teach,  but  his  conclusion  that  u'an  is  therefore 
justified  by  faith  without  baptism,  without  work 
of  gospel  obedience,  1  rejpi;t  ii"  foreign  to  the 
fuimte^lrrttPrar.— !!re6«4-of  wtriiBlBcding  thft^  pfejise,  sophistical   and   stiti-«sriptiirai,  •  See 


STEIN  AND  RAY  DEBATE. 

Pr-ip.     2d.     Baptist   churches  possess    the  Bi^ 

hie  characteristics  which  entitle  them  to   be 

regarded  as  churches  of  Jesus  Christ. 

D.  B.  Ray,  Affirms. 

J.  W.  Stuin,   Denies. 

J.  W.  Stein's  i-irst  negative. 

MY  friend's  personal  allusion,  his  attack  up 
on  the  Brethren,  his  appeal  to  his  belief^ 
to  personal  and  popular  prejudice,  sympathy 
and  passion,  all  evince  at  once  his  want  of  ar- 
gument and  defeat. 

My  first  argument  to  show  that  Baptist 
churches  are  deficient  in  the  Bible  characteris- 
tics of  the  churches  of  Christ  is,  that  the  wgrk 
of  regeneration  or  renewing  of  the  Holy  Spirit, 
cannot  be  peculiar  to  any  church  in  whose  con- 
duct the  works  of. the  flesh  have  legal  license. 
"To  the  law  and  to  the  testimony:  if  they  speaV. 
not  according  to  this  word,  it  is  because  there 
Is  no  light  in  them."  Isa.  8:  20.  "Ye  shall 
kuow  thorn  by  their  fruits.  Do  raon  gather 
grujjea  of  thorns,  or  figs  oi  thistles?"  Matt. 
7: 16.  Among  the  -works  of  the  flesh,"  i*aul 
expressly  mentions  "hatred,  variance,  emula- 
tions, wrath,  strife,"  &c:  Gal.  5:  20.  When- 
ever Baptists  enffago  in  war  on  any  account,  or 
under  any  circumstances,  they  license  these 
lusts.  They  "do  siu^h  thiuffs."  Paul  plainly  de- 
clares "TJifi/  that  do  such  ihinf/s  shill  not  in- 
herit the  kimjdtim  of  God."  Gal.  5-.  20. 

Notice,  1.  Those  who  inherit  the  kingdom  of 
God  are  regencrakd.  John  3:  3-7.  2.  Those 
who  caunot  cntt-r  the  kingdom  of  God  on  ac- 
count of  doing  these  things,  are  nnreue'-mdtd. 
3.  Baptists  "(/o  such  things"  by  church  con 
sent,  and  therefore  Baptist  churches  are  not 
Iridtj  regenerated.  Rend  Rom.  S:  6, 7, 9,  13, 14; 
Gal.  6:  8.  How  then  can  they  be  churches  of 
Christ-'  They  need  the  renewing  and  trftus- 
forraiug  power  of  divine  truth  and  the  Holy 
Spirit  upon  their  hearts. 

'^hoi  repentance  mA  faith  qualify  for  chris- 
tian  ba[.lism  is  not  disputed.  If  however  I  shall 
show  that  the  repentance  and  faith  of  Baptist 
churches  are  not  thorough,  my  friend's  1st  and 
2d  arguments  will  prove  failures,  this  brings 
uie  to  my 


tide  (it  human  passion  and  reproving  its  «iu, 
they  yield  to  it  and  are  swept  away  iu  it.  Thoy 
need  to  repvnt  and  be  v.imverted  that  their  sins 
may  T)e  blotted  out.  How  can  they  be  other 
than  apostate  churches? 

My  Negative  Arg.  3,  is  that  the  faith  on  which 
Baptist  churches  suspend  their  hopes  of  eternal 
salvation,  appears  to  be  destitute  of  several  es- 
sential scripture  element;*  of  true  christian  faith. 

1.  Bible  faith  "overcomes  the  world."  1  .lohn 
5:4.  The  faith  of  Baptist  churches  uouforms 
to  the  world  (1)  in  its  priaB,xlerical  titles,  etc 
They  call  their  mini4tera''ReMrend"  &c.,  a  term 
applied  in  scripture  to  God  only.  Read  Matt. 
23:  8.    They  conform  to  the  world,— 

(2)  in  all  its  extravagant  fashions.  Their 
members,  like  other  worldly  people,  are  adoro- 
td  with  "gold  aud  pearls  and  plaited  hair,  and 
costly  attire"  which  the  gospel  forbids.  1  Tim. 
3:  9, 10;  1  Pet.  3;  3,  5.  Such  wa.s  the  cause  of 
God's  displeai'ure  against  the  daughters  of  Is- 
rael, Isa.  3:  l.')-24.  One  of  the  principal  mark^ 
of  the  apostate  church  is.  that  she  "was  arrayed 
in  piu-ple,  and  scarlet  color,  aud  decked  with 
gold  and  precious  stonos  aud  pearls.'  Rev.  17: 
1-4.  , 

(3)  Baptist  faith  conforms  to  the  world  in 
its  worldly,  oath-bound  institolions,  with  all 
their  Ao/Titi  t/eatb-pcmiltifK  that  shrink  trom 
the  gaze  of  the  public  eye  and  civil  justice 
These  conformities  evidently  proceed  irofti  heart 
(itiachmrnt  to  them.  If  these  things  were  not 
in  their  hearts,  they  would  not  engage  their 
lives.  John  sav's,  "If  any  man  love  the  world, 
the  love  of  the  father  is  not  in  him.''  1  .lohii 
2:  15.  Notice.  1.  Bible  faith  purities  the 
heart  Irom  these  thin-s.  2.  Tl'ie  Baptist  aland- 
ard  of  faith  does  nut  purify  the  heart  from  Ihem 
3.  Therefore  the  Baptist  standard  of  faith  is 
destitute  of  the  Bible  elements  of  living,  saving 
faith.  "Whatsoever  is  born  of  God  overcomes 
the  world."  1  John  ."i:  4.  Notice.  1.  The 
truly  r.  generate  overciime  the  world.  2.  Bap 
tist  churches  do  not  overcome  the  world.  3 
Therefore  Baptist  churches  are  not  truly  regeu* 
erated.  How  then  can  they  be  churches  of 
Christ?  2.  Christian  faith  works  by  love  snA 
trusts  iu  the  Lord,  while  the  B-iptiht  standard 
of  faith,  as  we  have  shown,  often  trusts  in  car- 
nal weapons  {v^hich  Christ   has   forbidden)   for 


James  1:  22-25;  Mark  16:  16;  Acts  2:  3S;  Jas. 
2:  14r-24;  John  8:31;  I:  42,  43.  Wh-iU-ver 
Christ  may  have  done  ioi'the  womau  or  dying 
thief,  he  has  not  authorized  his  churches  to  go 
beyond  the  strict  provisions  of  his  great  com- 
mission, and  he  who,  as  the  professed  executor 
ot  the  divine  will,  does  so,  must  meet  the  re- 
sponsibility aud  expose  himself  to  peril.  Bead 
Eaek.  13:23. 

My  friend,  rea'»oniug  from  his  own  avowed 
premises,  misrht  just  as  easily  prove  that  men  are 
pardoned  beforr  /'ailh^a-i  they  are  brjore  baptism 
I.  He  notices  that  spiritual  life,  fiic,  is  condi- 
tioned upon  repentance  and  faith.  3.  Ho  main- 
tains that  saving  repentance  aud  faith  ju-e  ba- 
fore  i>apti9m.  3.  He  concludes  that  spiritual 
life  and  pardou  are  be/ore  baptism.  To  show 
the  absurdity  of  one  of  hia  premises,  I  shall  put 
his  method  to  the  tfst  by  another  applita'.ion. 
I.  He  says:  "Repentance reaches  into  spiritual 
life."  2.  He  teaches  that  repentance,  which 
change*  the  mind  aud  heart  and  reaches  into 
life,  is  ^n-ior /«/aiV/(.  (See  Ray's  Ist  negative.)* 
3.  .Therefore  according  to  his  position  one  i; 
iuilpduced  into  spirifual  life-  and  pardnn^d  pri- 
or to  fuifh  in  Chrial.  Thus  it  will  be  observed 
that  the  method  by  which  he  rejects  baptism  in 
order  to  remission,  also  rejects  faith  in  Christ 
iu'diVder  to  spiritual  life.  Such  are  the  fatul 
coniequencesof  tightiiigttifainat  the  plaiu  word 
offlod. 

My  fourth  argument  to  show  thai  Baptist 
churchcii  do  uot  pos.soss  the  Bible  characteristics 
of  the  churches  of  Jusus  Christ,  is  that  they  re- 
ject the  Bible  design  of  christian  baptism,  (a) 
Anania*  told  Saul  to  be  baptized  and  wash  away 
his  sins.  Acts  22:  16.  Baptists  teach  that  (-ioH 
cannot  be  washed  away  in  baptism,  (b)  Paul 
save  Christ  cleansed  the  church  with  the  inmh- 
inh  of  latter  by  the  word.  Eph.  5;  25, 2(1.  Bap- 
tists teach  that  he  cleanses  it  tcitnouf%r  trash- 
ing of  uatir.  (c)  Christ  cOMNHrtH'/.*  believers  to 
be  baptized  into  the  name  of  the  Father,  an^i  of 
the  Son,  aud  of  the  Holy  Spirit.  Matt.  28:  V.f 
Paul  says,  "We  are  baptized  into  C'/jnVi^"  H  mi. 
6:  3.  Uaptints  teach  that  we  can't  get  into 
these  iy  ftn/>/'S'".  but  that  baptism  only  sLo  vs 
that  we  were  already  in  them,  (d)  P.utl  *<\» 
"Ak  many  of  you  aa  have  been  bapt'Zi^l  io'i 
^7tri«?  have  put  oil    Christ."    Gal.  3:27.    B  p 


reiuisBion  but  be  bnptiaed  beeause  (heir  sins  ate 
remitted.  Tlieir  method  of  ch mging  this  scrip- 
turtj.doctrine  would  make  Christi  iii6t«ad  of  say- 
ing, "TL-is  U  my  blood  of  the  New  Testament 
which  is  shed  for  m^my  for  (,(>  in  order  loj  the 
remission  of  jtiu'*."  (Matt  2Ij:  2S).  say  it  is  shed 
because  their  hIus  are  atxeady  romitti-d.  Tlrnn 
the  position  of  the  Baptist  ahuroh  entirely 
chaugts  the  seiue  of  the  word  of  God.  Uaptistd 
deny  the  relat.ou  b  t.re^n  ba,^t(tm  and  solva- 
tion wiiich  ChriHt  himseil  insMtuted  iu  the 
great  commission.  He  said.  "He  that  beliefxlh 
ajid  is  baptized  (thall  be  wived."  Murk  16:  W. 
The  Baptists  ptochum  Hiat  iie  wuo  tjelieves  and 
is  not  baptized  shall  he  wvei.  liow  can  those 
who  thus  reverse  thu  very  constitution  of  fhe 
gospel  be  church.-s  of  Chriat? 

WALKING  ADVEKTISEMENTS. 

IN  moat  of  our  cities  one  Will  See  upon  the 
streets  men  wearing  Im-ije  oil  c!oth  or  india- 
lubber  cuats  vvitli  advertisements  painted  nptm 
th^'in.  Why  is  thisy  Because  the  dealers  have 
come  to  believe  this  a  niory  ellectual  method  of 
attrsctmg  tlia  nt.}.oii^,nn[  nf  jUw jMirrplM  to  thiir 
wares  tiian  the  usual  poster.  A  man  ig  more 
likely  to  he  impressed  by  a  moviuj,'  advertise- 
ment than  by  one  that  is  pasted  to  the  fence. 

It  is  so  in  matters  of  religion.  The  "liviug 
epistles" — tho  man  whose  every-day  life  is  so 
placarded  with  advertiwmenta  ofChristaat*-  be 
"known  and  read  of  all  men" — is  the  one  who 
will  the  uiust  commend  his  Master  and  the 
graces  which  ue  has  to  dispense.  There  is,  how- 
ever, this  ditlereuce:  the  business  man  advertise* 
his  goods  for  the  sole  purpose  of  profit  to  him- 
self, while  Christ  announces  himself  to  the  world 
through  his  people  that  he  may  confer  the  ^i/l 
of  eternal  life.  . 


Benjamin  Franklin,  writingto  Thomas  Paine, 
urgirfg  him  not  to  puolish  the  "Age  of  Reason," 
said  to  him: 

"Vou  are  probably  indebted  to  religion  for 
the  Imbitti  of  virtue  on  which  you  so  justly  val- 
ue yourselt  You  luigbt  easily  display  your  e«- 
celleot  talents  of  reasoning  upon  n  less  hazard- 
ous subject,  and  thereby  obtain  a  rank  amon;; 
our  most  distiuguLshed  authors.  For  among  q£ 
it  is  not  necessay,  us  amuug  the  Uott«uU/l«t, 
that  a  youth,  to  he  raised  into  tho  comp^my  of 
men,  should  prove  his  manhood  by  beating  bis 
mother." 

The  above  excellent  advice  should  be  taken, 
by  all  lIioHe  who  sneer  at  Christianity,  who  are 
doing  their  best  to  discredit  the  Bible,  and  over- 
throw the  influence  oF  morality  and  relision. 

In  proportion  to  the  [>ro^ressorCbrisbiauity, 
education,  civilizatiou.  aud  the  elevation  of 
mankind,  advances.  Vntil  infidels  have  some- 
thing better  to  olltfr,  they  should  cease  their 
attacks  upon  the  Btble,  and  the  principles  that 
depend  upon  it.  Let  them  sh.tw  themselve.^ 
men,  by  attacking  evils  of  which  there  are  i » 
many,  rather  than  "beating  their  mother.'" 


George  Muller.  of  Bristol,  Kngland,  who» 
life  of  faith  and  succes^ial  condict  or  an  or- 
phanage, feeding  and  educating  hundreds  and 
even  thousinl'^,  wit'.iout  asking  any  oue  bu- 
God  for  aid.  have  mule  him  we  1  kno^n  iu  all 
lauds,  isag,iia  vtsitiug  this  country  with  his 
wife. 

Flight  is  the  beginning  olde.^eaL 


THK    BRETMHE^T    ^X    "WOiili. 


>C 


ovember 


TAKE  ME  TO  THE  GOLDEN 
SHORE 

BY  J.  W    SOlTHWOOtl 

IF  I'll  rnrth  I  treasure  wiiiilulii, 
Wliii-h  IS  lint  of  worldly  lore; 
W'lfti  I  die,  wilt  iboii.  (ieir.lesuH. 
Tnke  me  to  llie  golden  shore? 

When  with  loving  friends  I'm  talking, 
0'  the  pleioiiiit  di»,vs  of  ,vore; 

If 'Jeatli's  suiiiiiions  sliould  Hurprii^e  me. 
Take  me  to  tlie  goldeo  shore. 

When  I've  foiiiflit  my  earthly  bftttle, 
.\nd  have  Imd  in  heiiveu  my  stoR<; 
Theu,  dear  Savior,  take  me  over,— 
Take  me  to  the  gotdeu  shore. 

When  I'm  crossing  death's  cold  river. 
And  my  life's  on  earth  no  m,>re. 

Then,  dear  JeMus,  loving  ijuvior. 
Take  nie  to  the  golden  ^llo^e. 

Witen  my  aiiint  leaves  this  body. 

Grant  that  it  on  win^s  .shall  soar, 
To  thyself  in  r-'alnis  of  (itory, — 

Ta>e  lite  to  the  golden  shore. 

May  I  ftsk  of  thee,  dear  Savior, 
When  mv  course  on  earth  is  o'er. 

That  thou  will  ill  lender  mercy. 
Take  Die  to  the  golden  shore. 

SHIPWRECK    AT  EZION-GABER, 

IIY   C.  II.  IIALSIlAfOH. 

BIBLE-8tii(Ient«know  w/iatismeanthy 
my  caption,  .lehosajihnt  aud  AJiaz 
iah  are  not  the  onJy  joint-speciilatorH 
who  undertook  more  than  they  coulii  ae 
coniplinb,  2  Chr,  20:  .'^l-.'iT,  Ainonj^ 
these  daring  spirit.-*  who  work  laborious 
ly  in  the  doeks  only  for  disaster  and 
wreek,  1  think  may  liesafi-ly  ranked  the 
author  of  "Is  ,Sin  Hereditary  T'  in  No. 
41,  current  volume,  I  deem  it  not  at  all 
'■strin  ji'^  tiiat  he  should  ^\f(tce  all  thr 
theoUhjirnl   hiinihti/   of  thh   mlrtnirfl 


'bat  he  hiS^Hliorou'jltly  anah/zM  all  tli 
f'tn-t^"  of  Om  problem.     There  is  not  the 
shadow  of  truth  in   the  assertion  that 
.\<lani's  moral  {mlieeilit_\  was  the  cau.se 
■  'f  his  apostasv ,  and  1  challenge  the  pro- 
duction of  evidence  from   revelation,   or 
the  moral  history  of  man,  to  support  it 
The  yowv';- of  man  to  del\  (iod,    aud  he 
a  (rod  to  himself  in  will    anil    oliject,    i- 
the  vertehral  element  oi  human    nature, 
and  the  rn\.stel-v  of  the[innial  lapse.  The 
opposite  is   purely  gratuitous,    a  make 
shift  to  serve    a  theological    dilemma. 
"Theserpent  implanteil"  no  "falsehood." 
-/A  jiiT/ifnteil  a  false  alternative,  w/^e/W 
a  Mank  lie,   and    Adam    knew    it,    and 
inlijlfl  have  resisted  w-ith  the  triumph  of 
OiKjtijKili'iiff'y  as  the  image   or   duplica- 
tion of  Deity  in    him    had    reference    to 
their  m«^«f// relation  ta^'tjood  and  evliy 
I  This  fi.xes  the  sin  where  all  iiuman   ex 
perience  testifier* — in  the  c(mttciou.''nettH 
of  violated  moral  integritij :  or  in  sacred 
definition,  the  knowledge   of  evil   a-s   a 
personal  fact.     So  strong  is  human    na- 
ture, even  in  its  ruins,  that  the  comhined 
powers  of  earth  and    hell    cannot   over- 
ride our  moral  rectitude  against  oui-  will. 
There  was  no  "i  \i.si.;  itnprcmioiC  mode 
in  the  case  of  the  first  oll'enders,  else  the 
act  had  not  been  sin.     To  swallow  a  fa- 
tal dose  of  priissic   acid    unwittingly   is 
not  suicide.   Whatever  impression  Adam 
and  Kve  had  \\-as  wholly  on  the  side  of 
right  and  victory.     This  is  corroborated 
by  the   (-oncomitant   sense  of  guilt   in 
yielding  to  wi-oDgdeapite  the  imiuanenee 
of  Deityto  prove  invulnerable  to  the  se 
vei-est  moral  siege  of  all   the   legions   of 
Apollyon,    They  had  the  -V8(i«<?   of  Giiil 
and  ivuth  a-s  they  had  of  crbiltnfe.,   and 
iiuld  not  otherwise,  unless    we    ascribe 
to  them    the  mental  and    moral    states 


ayf,"  but  am  astounded  that  he  niul>e8  a  |  of  the  apostasy  before  they   ajiostatize/l. 

,i?r- 


i-aunt  of  it,  aiBd  intimates  the  supei-iori 
(y  of  his  intellectual  aeutnen  and    theo- 
logical di-duetions.  There  isnothinggj-eat 
or  remarkable  in    putting   ourselves    in 
o])po»ition  to  others,     Oftener  than  oth 
ernise  it  Indicates  lack  of  true  greatness 
of  either  mind  or  heart,     A   ]iigmv    can 
shake  his  fist  ata  gianl.  Siinjily  to  "face^^ 
the  theological  goliatli8"of  M/.«  advano- 
erl  «;/(,"  is  a  cheaji  sort  of  fame.     The 
lesson  of  1  Kings  •>():  11,  is  as   .salutai-y 
today  a.9  nearly   three   thousand  yeai-s 
ago.     The  Henbadads  are  not  all    dead, 
lie  claims  to  have   reached   "l/ie   lint 
torn"  of  the  mystery  of  sin.     He  has  ev. 
ideutly  not  looked  very  deep   into  the 
subject  he  so  self-comiilacentjy  liandles, 
however  awful  the  dejith  may  seem    to 
him.  His  conceptions  and  style  are  only 
a  Imle  turbid,  and    because   tjiis   hides 
the  bottom   from  view,    he   fancies   his 
plummet  rests  on  the   crystal   floor   of 
truth.     His   "tliorouyh  anali/.^i.s  of  all 
the  facts"  is  palpably  one-sided,  and  far 
from  sounding  a  single  fact  to  the   bot- 
tom.   His  speculations  are  conspicuously 
superficial.     I  fully  "imderxtarid  hia  pn- 
situm"  without  an  elaborate   presenta- 
tion, and  think  it  weak  enough  to  fall  to 
pieces  at  the  first  touch  of  the   wand  of 
truth.     His  caricature  of  Adam  is  a  li- 
bel  on    the  Creator.     A   puny   mortal 
should   shrink   from    promulgating    or 
cherishing  such  ideas  of  a  being  'hnade  in 
the  image  of  Ood,''  fresh  from  the  Fount 
of  Kternal  Life  and  Absolute  Perfection. 
But  he  can  get  no  footing  for  his   "po«i- 
ti»n"  ID   relation   to   the   nature  of  sin 
without  first  degrading   God  and   man, 
by  representing  the  chef  d'ujuvre  of  Je- 
hovah as  "poor"  and   "weak"  and  on 
t/ii^  a'xi/unt  ready  to  "fall  at  the  very 
firnt  Itmi'tatitm   that  prenented   itself." 
The  author  who  starts  out  with   such 
a  proposition,  had  better  pause  aud  pon- 
der a  long  while  before   he   announces 


Ailnm/-«ewthe  truth,  mentally  *nd  mi 
ally,  and  thtit  kept  him  free.  He  could 
not  be  impressed  _with  the  falsi-  notion 
that  the  opposite  of  the  Divine  mandate 
was  also  true.  The  impression  was  not 
false,  but  normal,  deepening  his  sense  of 
right,leavinghiniwithoute.\-cuse.  Tins  i.i 

■nil-;  III.STOUVOF  sin  I»KVKKVSOt:i..     The 

consciousness  of  power  to  rout  the  devil 
and  hisangels,is  the  inalienable  property 
of  moral  being.  "/  worild  but  ye  would 
not"  is  the  verdict  of  the  Almighty,  and 
the  response  of  the  rational  universe. 
1/uke  l:!:  :!4.  Where  there  is  reason, 
will,  and  conscience,  there  are  the  pecu- 
liar attributes  of  Deity,  and  ample  pow- 
er to  resist  and  master  all  the  malign 
powers  of  darkness.  To  speak  of  such 
a  creature  as  "weak"  in  the  sphere  where 
sin  alone  can  have  genesis,  shows  any 
thing  but  a  "thorough  analyiis  of  all  the 
Varls."  "  Years  of  hard  mental  labor" 
have  not  clarified  our  e.ss.ayist's  vision  tis 
regards  the  essential  nature  of  sin,  the 
iieces.mrytransmissibillty  of  its  MOR 
AL  ORGANIC  DETERIORATION, 
mo«'»-  supernatm-al  endoioments,  find 
the  elementary  chairaclir  of  moral  in 
fraction. 

What  be  says  about  "hybrids"  and 
"scions,"  and"  the  serpent's  pollen,"  k  so 
glaringly,  irrelevant,  and  so  wildly  em- 
blematic that  it  is  a  waste  of  ink  to  en 
large  upon  it.  There  is  no  analogy  in 
the  whole  realm  of  nature  that  bears  the 
faintest  testimony  tothe  essential  lu! lure 
of  sin,  unless  we  adopt  the  materialistic 
philosophy  and  make  the  moral  element 
only  a  higher  ph,ise  of  nature;  while  all 
forms  of  existence  in  the  vast  domain  uf 
being  below  man,  unite  in  vindicating 
the  organic  unity  of  parent  and  oft'spring 
in  every  element  of  their  eomple.i;  oi-gun 
isms.  With  all  the  confidence  which  a 
universal  fact  and  self-evident  proposi 
tion  inspire,  I  challenge  any  and   nil    to 


point  to  a  single  priilciplein  philosophy, 
a  single  law  in  science,  or  a  single    ele 
mem  in  religion  that  severs   effect    and 
cause  in  tht  genesis  of  human  life,  hold- 
ing the  organic   conditions   atfecte-i    iiy 
sin  in  the  generator  in   abeyance    while 
the  all-comprehendin-^,   bo-ly  and  soul- 
ta.vinir  act  of  reproduction  isconsuminat 
ed.   No  man  who  has  the  least  regard  for 
his  reputation  as  a  philosnpliit-  tliitiker 
will  venture  to  antagonize  ^v  fact  prin 
ciple,  or  results  of  this  unity.     .'\  chibl 
has  a  moral  CO.N'STITUTION  dkhivkd 
K.\t:it  \TIVK  iMli-:iEn-ANcK,    ii-i-efra>.r 
■ibly  demonstrating  that  the  imniatei'ial 
constituent  in  the   parental    pMrs<inaUtv. 
is  actually  involved  in    generation.     To 
den_\  this  would  bring  our  sanity  in  doubt. 
To  admit  it  brings  a  principle  inro  play 
which  utterly  annihilates  the  iiiiuiaciilate 
theory   even    without   argiimeut.      Can 
such  a  jiarental  contribution  occur  apart 
from  the  moral  .yfafuy.  or  organic  condi- 
tion of  the  soul?     The  idea  is  preposter 
ous.     One  minute's  sober  reflection  will 
establish  in  the  most  ordinary  mind  the 
absolutely    exiomatic    character  of  this 
truth.     The  ntnral  element   of  a  child 
must  be   accounted  for.     There   is   but 
one  alternative;  it  comeseither  by  deriva- 
tion, or  \iy  evolution.     The  former  is  the 
death-blow  of  the  theory  I    am  review- 
ing, and  the  latter  is  undiluted  Darwin- 
ism.    The  writer  may  gi-asp  either  horn 
of  the  dilemma  that  allows  him  the  least 
humiliating  retreat.     His  denial   of  the 
essentiality  and    radically  deteriorating 
haracter  of  sin,  enfeebling   the    higher 
constitution,  rendering  propagation   im 
possible  in  a  sinless  element,  is  a   repu 
diation  of  the  intuitive,  inevitable  infer- 
ence of  common    sense,    and  the  deduc- 
tions of  all  sound  philosophy.     His   as- 
sertions, assumptions,  and  inferences,  are 
'really  amazing.     He  contends  with  all 
the  earnestne.«sof  an  attorney,   and  all 
the  confidence  of  an  apostle,  for  the  most 
marvelous  effects  without  the  shadow  of 
a  cause.     In  my  inmost  soul  I  am  griev- 
ed at  the  necessity  that  compels   me  to 
dissect  him  so  searchingly,     1  pity   him 
with  tears.     It  is  my  constant  aim   to 
sjjare  his  feelings,  aud   direct   my   bolts 
only  against  his  absurd  and   pernicious 
theory,     I  am  dealing  with  a    theologic 
error,  and  not  with  character   nor   con 
duct.    But  he  seems  so  vit,ally  identified 
with  the  hobliy  he  bestrides,  that   it  is 
not  ea.sy  to  put  him  hws  de  combat  with- 
out bruises  aud    fractures   and    dialoea 
tions.     But  in  sober  truth  I  have  no  de 
sire  to  wound  him,   only  to   riddle  his 
thelogical  vagaries.     :-uch  a  bundle   of 
error  in  so  small  a   compass,    outraging 
reason    and   universal   consciousness,   I 
have  seldom  seen. 

I  was  dumb-founded  with  amazement 
that  a  man  who  makes  such  e.\traordi- 
nary  claims  to  profundity,  and  proclaims 
his  "mental  labors"  and"thorough  analy 
sis"  as  vouchers  of  his  accurate  phil- 
osophical attainments,  can  aver,  as  the 
"conviction  of"  mature  thought,  that  a 
"chil3  is  born  susceptible  of  impressions, 
but  not  impre-^sed,"  and  that  "environ 
jnents  really  voim  onit  natpuk."  Mark: 
"form  our  nature.'"  Of  all  irrational, 
self  stultifying  assertions  that  have  come 
under  my  observation,  I  have  met  none 
more  utterly  devoid  of  truth-  I  blush 
in  my  solitude  for  taxing  my  poor,  suf- 
fering body  and  brain  to  refute  it.  But 
as  It  is  in  some  quarters  a  popular  here 
sy,  and  may  cm-rupt  the  uuwary  reader, 
I  must  notice  it.  That  a  child  should 
be  born  without  being  impressed  with 
the  moral  /juality  of  its  subordinate  ere 
ator,  in  bone  and  muscle,  brain,  nerve 
and  fibre,  soul  and  spirit,  renders  human 
propagation  so  disgustingly   beastly,  s. 


than  brutish. 


With. 


IS 
neient 


inhnitely  In 

holding  the  superior  nature  of  the 
rental  factors,  that  nothing  but  the  , 
dense  Ignorance  or  inveterate    preju,]- 
can  welcome  it  as  truth.     If  such  an  '^'^ 
terior  divorite  takes  pla.-e,  no  pei-son  w^ 
ever  conscious  of  it.     The  reverse  is  ; 
vai-iablv  the  fact.     That  it  is  effected  K 
direct  Divine  iiiterposition,   admits  n^t 
of  a  thought.  (Jod  never  wrought  a  mi 
acle  in  bi-lialf  of  forn-cation  and  adulte 
Every  thing  after  its  kind.     "Mania  th 
image  of  God."     Adam  begat  a  son  in 
his  own  likeness,  after   his   imaae  "     a 
FAi.i.KN    oKioi.vAi,,  and   an    i-nfallv 
imaok!     Is  there  a  spark  of  reason  i 
siii-h  an  idea?     The  order  of  identity 
Divine  and  iuiinutable.    It  is  as  i 
to-day  as  in  the  Week  of  Creation.     J^. 
amount  of  theoretical  tinkering  and  cav 
iling  cau    derange  it.     "Years  of  hard 
mental  labor  uml    thorough    analysis  of 
lannot  alter  it   one    iota 
ay  be  incitements  to 
r  occasions  of  deveW. 
ment,  but  to  sffiim   that   they  "ukvlm- 
kohm  our  SA-rtntE,"  is  bald  Tyndallism 
Just  think  of  "inhaling   evil,"  which 

"KKALLY      <-05IIMSl-:S      Ot'l!     IXUlVIDUALl- 

ty"!  Was  the  atmosphere  of  Heaven 
loaded  with  moral  malaria,  the  inhala- 
tion of  which  infected  the  angels  and  de- 
posed them  from  their  "first  estate,"  and 
metamorphosed  them  into  devils?  The 
single  fact  that  all  sin  is  morally  iden- 
tical,  and  that  it  originated  in  the  Ce- 
lestial Empire,  among  a  spiritual  order 
of  beings,  in  a  sphere  where  "environ. 
MENTs"  could  not  possibly  exist  to  incite 
to  sin  without  clearly  transferring  all 
responsibility  of  evil  to  God, should  for- 
ever  explode  in  every  sane  mind  the 
God-and-man-dishonoring  theory  under 
consideration. 
"Aifam's 


all  the  facts, 
"Environments" 
action,  means 


INTELLECTUAL      KACl'LTIES 

were  coiini  i-teii,  and  not  the  oroanic 
man."  Indeed !  And  cau  it  be  possi- 
ble that  a  person  who  pretends  to  stand 
on  the  topmost  round  of  analytic  induc- 
tion is  so  blind  to  the  repeated  annihi- 
lations of  his  own  propositions  and  as- 
sumptions! We  cannot  place  the  point 
of  a  needle  on  any  part  of  the  material 
structure  in  which  the  corrupted  facul- 
ties are  not  inwoven.     Sin,  death;  ook. 

KUI'TION  OF  SPIIHT,  DETERIORATION    and 

decay  of  MATTER.  These  ai'c  the  ante- 
cedent and  sequence,  cause  and  eft'ect.of 
Divine  ordiuation.  To  divorce  the  ma- 
terial and  immaterial  in  the  issues  of  sin 
is  to  fly  squarely  in  the  face  of  Divine 
revelation.  Is  spirit  no  entity?  Because 
not  organic  in  the  coarse,  corporeal  sense, 
is  it  therefore  devoid  of  constituents  as 
real  as  those  that  compose  our  fljsh  and 
bones?     It  is  essentially  vital.    It  has 

RELATION  of  ELEMENTS,  CO  OPERATION  of 

FUNCTION.S,  and  unity  of  purpose.    It 

is  a  SPIRITUAL  JLECIIANLSM.    It  is  OltBAN 

If  its  CORRUPTION  is  sin,  as  our  au- 
thor admits,  and  sin  is  the  cause  of  death 
as  inspiration  declares,  the  higher  anil 
lower  organisms  cannot  stand  vitally  and 
logically  apart  as  the  theory  of  the  writ- 
er requires.  A  school-child  with  the 
crudest  conception  of  reason  can  grasp 
this  proposition.  What  is  the  logical 
sequence  of  his  statement?.  A  plain,  in- 
controvertible demonstration  of  the  point 
he  controverts,  unless  he  avows  himself 
a  disciple  of  Darwin,  Tyndal,  Huxley, 
and  Co.  Has  intellect  nothing  to  do 
■■vith  propagation?  Does  man  generate 
with  an  impulse  so  utterly  carnal,  that 
eveu  the  brutes  are  more  Godlike?  No 
hen  can  hatch  a  brood  without  commu- 
nicating her  iN.sTiNcT.s — her  iikihe" 
nature.  No  sooner  is  the  chick  out  of 
the  shell  than  it  runs  about  and  uses  its 
bill  in  picking  up  bits  of  food.  Whence 


a-iiifl    TJK-ETHKET^    AX    \V0KK:. 


''"■'.wnce  if  there  l.e  sucli  a  ijulf  l.etwei, 
'*"  ,„o  departments  of  on;.ini<-  life? 
'!',  man  is  to  t.e  denied  eveu  the  ,liu„i 
•^  f  g  lirute  in  the  solemn  and  momen- 
IL°  oraiuance  of  geoeratio,, !      In  l.lank 

„„4tiou  to  su.-han  ahMirdity,  it .»  both 
"''  ientific  and  self  evident  fact  that  man 
•'"'gates  wholly  under  the  superin 
Cence  of  intellect,  and,. ^NNor  OTHER 

,„  He  can  no  more  reproduce  him 
"if  without  mind  to  guide  and  .volition 
f  determine  the  act,  than  he  can    \.e   a 

„n  without  these  altrilmtes.     If  then 
"he  ISTKl.l.E"''^!'  F.uri.riEs  akkook 

,.|,Ti.ii,  and    generation    is  organieally 
lai  necessarily  based  <m  intellectual  im 


iiid  l.riiigs  eternal  life  throogh  Christ  a- 

eerrainly  as  organic  eonnecliou  with  our 

primal  ance^lor    lirint's   sin  and    death: 

i.iir  pbiiiilv  not  on  jirinciple-s  that  neces 

state  universal  salvation,  as  mv   mosi 

uncultured  mind  can  see.     The    immac 

ulate  liirth    theory    unaiubiguouslv  ig 

nores  the   gnat   fundamental    truth   ol 

the  Bible  that  Christ  died  for  the    race 

and  that  the  race  nkekko  such  an  Aton 

ment,  and  was  put  into  new  relations  t 

it.     According  to   this  dogma   Christ' 

I  death  in  itself  effected  absolutely    uotl 

ing.     Mark,  1  am  not  referring   to    any 

remote  use  made  of  His   death    liy   th 

Holy  Spirit,  but  to  its  immediate  resul 

as  a  reconciliation  of  a  lost   race    and 


lie  saved.  This  is  the  Christian's  theme, '  to    have   them  to  »<-x.-pt  it.    He     (jetn 
.r  will  be  if  he  has  tasted  of  the  heaven-  j  mighty  men  U.  do  ibis,  the  wise  men  of 
ly  ..ift  and  been  made  partakers  of  the  :  this  world.     This  fal«e  doctrine  (hey  try 
livlne  nature:  if  we    have    washed   our  ;  to  palm  off  for   the   true,   the   genuine, 
obes  sn.l  made  them  white  in  the  blood    Beware!  Build  on  the  irue  loundalion. 
,f  the  I.amli      O  who  can  show  the  pic    I  believe  in  progressive  religion,  l.ul  not 
lure  of  the  separation  from  Cod  in   thai    in  the  progressive  christian.    1  The  Jiro- 
day  when  Christ  Jesus  shall   .judge   the   gressive  christian  is   the  re,„li    ot   the 
w.'.rld  in  righteousness!     Then   the  sm-    progressive  religion,  hence  not  a  matter 
ner  will  cr?and  want  to  change  his  con-    of  faith.     The  aged   brother   «  correct. 
luct,  his  life,  hut  it  will  betoo  late.  Kds.] 

We  are  allViuiiders  for  eternity.  We  But  I  must  soon  leave  you,  death  is 
who  have  come  out  on  the  side  of  the  Lot  far  off.  When  we  think  it  is  far 
Lord  Je-sus  are  going  to  raise  a  super- J  ^^nJ.^^.g  ^re  not  much  concerned,  but 
structure  that  will  be  for  our  eternal  i  .^^jj^^^j^  jf^^,  ^j^r, we  thinkmuch  about 
good  if  we  use  the  proper  material;  while  ;j  j^et  us,  then  progress  in  the  divine 
others  who  are  careless  will  raise  a  build  jjif^.l,,tua  all  he   faithful.     Let   us   he 


,  otners  WHO  are  Ljoeicc^  "  ■•' •- jne,ie^unaii    _- 

d  necessaru)  oa^co  ..„ - ~l ."h".  ,1     ing  of  their    own   material— a  building  L^jy^^^^  anj  j„uhle  our  diligence,   for  a 

Ices  how  can  a  corrupted  cause  issue  ,  Holy  Sovereign,    ^ot  only  'S  "is  uea   i    ^  destroNed,  and  great  will      .„„„  „,•  uf^  awaitelh  all  who  will  keep 

i^'an  Untainted  effect  r     The  character   emptied  of  all    its    peculiar  sign.hcance,  ^  ^^^   ^       ^^^^^^^^^^^  ,,,^,^,,1 ,......_„ 

'°d  estentofthe  transmitted  corruption   but  His  infancy  and  childhocid  ;j;    »'    I   o„e  mighty   men  in   the   world,   some 
""It  under  discussion.    The  fact  itselt   viously   supererogatory.     We    need    no  S    y       ^^^  _^^  ^^^^^^  ^^.^^  ^^^^  ^^ 

raenledbythetheorylam  -iewing.   Child-Chr  sttomeet  thedemandso^^^^^^^^^  ^^^   ^.^.^^  (,„,.     T, 

MUhe  facts"  belonging  to    the    prob.    theory.     AH  children  ae  «»Yf,\'^r';    ^any  of  them  do  much  to  moralise    the 
;^"r*«ive  a  dilVeren't  and    more  "thor-    Cod  Himself  was  a  chiK  ,  a^d  ^^^^        ^  1  ,„i,^  ,,,,  „„  some  good,  but  they  are 

'gh  analysis"  than  a  purely  carnal  the-    the  stern  necessity  ot  the    ase.     The.e  ^  ^^  ^^^  ^^^^^  ^^^^  ^^^^.^^^  foundation. 

"ot  human  genesis  can  give  them.  uo  schism  in  human  latuie.  It  is  a  ""  j^  ^^^  ^„,b„  „f  eternal   salvation 

"Xl  have  thf  promise  of   gratitude   to  \  Neither  hal    .s  .nu-o-luetive      Th       o  1    ^^  ^^^  ^^^_^  ^^^^  ^^^^^  ^,^      ^,^_^      ^^^ 

„'  one  who  will  explicate  the  enigma  ,  .8  sexed,  and  moral  natu.e  is  g^°"''"'"'|  ^^  ,,„;!,  „„  ,his  foundation,   h 

"Jl'LlusiNAM.    uK.-i.    Tiiuoi.ou   but   uot   isoUted.  .T^'';/7';"f,,2^M„„t  ignorant  of  It;  he  knows  it.     What 
.     UNS  or    A1.A,.,   without  running   spiritual  are  the  conjoint  factors  of  human  Ig  ,1,^  Christian!     He   knows 

iXlnd  immortality  through  the  loin.of  nature,  and  .s  such  U  transiers  itsel.  sem-  I 

Christ."     And  this  from  the   same    pen   '^f^^^j  i„„^,,,,i„„  „f  the  tenets  I 

1  ,  .  1       /.  .    1  ..  i?.:*l. 


what  the  Lord  hits  comnutted  to  them.' 
Brother  Rittenhouse  is  nearly   eighty 
years  old,  and  has  for  many  years  labor, 
ed  efficiently  in  his  Master's  cause.     His 
plain  and  simple  manners  endear  him  to 
many  hearts;  and  his  oft  repeated  warn- 
ings have  been  the  stay  of  many   iiearts. 
We  are  glad  that  we    have  such  men- 
men  who  are  zealous  in  theil  utterances. 
We  admire  truth   accompanied    by    the 
spirit  of  Jesus.  M-  M-  K- 


which  in  the  same  paragraph  announces 
the  fundamental  truth  that  we  are  en- 
dowed  with  innate  "capability  of  choos- 
i„,-  and  refusing."  It  requires  a  super- 
sensuous  or   incorporeal  constitution  to 


am  controverting  would  be  fatal  to  faith 
and  holiness.  The  unwarped,  rtHecting 
mind  can  have  little  respect  tor  a  IJod 
who  has  so  related    the   subjective    and 


what  he  has   built,   and    where   h. 

built. 

1  shall  soon  leave  you;  soon  shall 
leave  this  world;  and  I  go  away  know 
iuc  that  Jesus  first  loved  us.  We  know 
tlmt  over  yonder  a  book  will   be   open 


FAMILY  RELIGION. 


THERE  is  not  a   small    arm)    of  real 
Christians,  who,  though    husband 
and  wife  are  believers,  yet  both  are   not 


„,   that  over  yonder  a  hook  wm    ne   y"'  r^r;^  ^^  „„^  „,;,„,.„„:,„  this  d 
il  constitution  to  1  wno  uas»o.e.».>..    -^   ..„..,..--_-    ^         „j  .^d  another  hook,  and   the   book  ot  hoineii  in  one  m  1    ,         »  ,     , 

,_ietencetosuch;'.pability."Itob^-e.. 

tZ"^^   :!;-^i:riiSer^-^|:S-nation  of   nLsary   causation  j^e^n  .at  .ir  n.nes  a,  ew„  .    _   ) ^^^^,.,^^ „. here  thev  .lease,  or 

iould  be  as  rank  materialism  as  Darwin 


ever  announced.  This  capability  i 
ganic  and  innate,  <,r  it  is  the  sheerest 
myth  Any  person  who  can.w.ith_  tte 
same  penful  of  ink  aver  his  belief  in 
moral  freedom  in  relation  to  good  and 
evil  and  at  the  same  time  represent^'^  sm 
and' death,"  "life  and  immortality,"  as 
responsible  elements  of  moral  being,  run- 
ning  through  the  loins  of  botu  federal 
heads  of  the  race,  is  so  utterly  unrelia- 
ble in  his  postulates,  arguments  and  con- 
clusions, that  great  caution  and  large 
abatements  are  necessary  m  wh"*"""  >" 


the  house  is  divided,   and    the    children 

,  ,    „k  of  life      Th^ee  books  are  mention-  I  are  either  left  to  go  where  they  please  or 

as\rnly  as  any  other  natural   phenome-    b  "k  o  li  e^      h..  ^^^^  ^.^  ^^^^  .^  the   perhaps  some  go  to  one  p  ace   wHh   the 

on .     It  is,  in  plain  terms,  by  logical  ne-    -^  ^T^^^  ^,„„k  ,f  Uf,.,  ,hall  be   cut  1  father,  and  others  go  with  ^  the_  mother, 

cessity,  a  specious  phase  of  materialism:   one  booK, 


^pecio^nd  acceptableto  a  certain  flf«M"\      ,,^^     „,  have   many   privileges; 

TiiSSSeTl-nilTOs  sin,  and  f™7^-  LXve  be  ter  opportunities  than  many 
moral  responsibility.     "All   the   facts     we  ha  ll_^^_^  ^i,^„   ^,,. 

call  for  a  fresh  "analysis, '    and   i     does  ,  o   -  -  ^^^^^^  ^^^^^   ^_^      ^^^^^^ 

uot  require  "years  of  hard  mental  labor     s^  ut  ^^  ^^^^     j^^^^  ^,^,.^,^|„ 

to  arrive  at  the  unerring    deductions   ot|wiu^  1  _  ,      ^_^      ^ 


and  thus  a  spirit  of  .liscord  and  strife  is 
engendered,  aii.l  religion,  as  it  is  called, 
is  despised  by  the  children  Such  chU- 
dren  general'ly  grow  up  worldly  people, 
and  when  the  iittle  home  restraint,  if 
there  is  or  has  been  any,  is  removed,  and 
the  children  go  into  tlie  world,  they  are 


to  arrive  at  the  unerring    deductions   o.    "■"-—'  '  ^   .    e    ,le  on  the  face    of  the  Jnldren  go  into  tne  wo,  10,  .ue,  ... 

the  universal  consciousness  in  regard  to     ban  o   any  ^^e-  P^oi  ^^^^^  ^^^^^^^^^^  _,j_      „^  ,„,,,,  „,  «,„ 

.-,_...,...,   .,f  ,;„    the  fnnda-    the  earth.     We   are   noi,    ^11  „.,.i  n,„  „„.ents  are  eft  to  mourn   over 


the  essential  nature    of  siii,  the   fuuda 

mental  conditions  of  its  personal   origin 

anu    laiKc  1  and  the  inevitable  transmission  of  its  or 

-hatever  he   ganic  consequences  in  the  generative  in- 


propounds  or  develops 
sphere  of  philosophical  research.  Running 
eternal  life  through  the  loins  ot  Christ  on 
principles  of  natural  generation!  Such  a 
conception  could  never  be  born  in  the  mind 
who  has  "thoroughly  analy/.ed  all  the 
facts  "  Setting  the  two  Adams  side  by 
side  in  the  matter  of  generations  as  di 
verse  as  the  origin  of  both!  One  is  of 
the  earth,  earthy;  the  other  the  Loid 
from  Heaven."  Just  as  though  it  were 
amatterofco.irsethatour  relations  to 

Adam  and  Christ  are  the  same.  J  ust  as 
though  flesh-birth  and  Spirit  birth  were 
Identical.  As  though  both  were  org-an- 
ically  inclusive  of  the  race.  And  this  IS 

the  ripe  philosophy  of  one  who  has  made 
sucha-thoroughanalysisofal  th«.acs 
as  to  justify  hi,n  to  "face  all  the  theoV 
gical  Warning  of  this  advanced  age!    T  he 
governmental  and  judicial  rupture    has 


■elative    to  the   stitute.     All  that  is  necessary  is   imp. 


,  wicked  rulers,  but  have  their  protection 
hence  if  we  do  not  build  upon  the  true 
found ation-for  it  alone  will  stand-we 
must  suffer  the  terrible  consequences,  if 


nc  wants  to  build  wood,  hay 
stubble  on  that  foundation  he  can  do  it, 
but  it  will  be  burned  up;  if  any  wishes 
to  buUd  gold,  silver,  precious  stone    he 


verted  common  sense,  and  the  acceptance  j  an> 
of  plain  facts  without  putting  them  to  »tu 
the  strain  of  afalse  phihisopby. 

A  VETERAN'S  REMARKS. 

»  T    the    Silverl^ek  fea^  October    ^^g^';; ':  ;r,i  ".^ai^'a^ointed   in  that 
A     2;,rd,  our  aged  Brother  David  Rit-    thousands     ^  .^t'^^^,^.^,.   ^^^^  ^,^ 

tenhousewas  prevailed  upon  '»  "P"'''''"  fau"  th  y  have  mingled  their  own  ma- 
the  congregation.  He  assented;  -'1  >  j  ^^^"^ ';  tV^^ud's  material.  "Perilous 
being  perhapsthe  last  sermon  some  "[  ^  .^'^^^  p,„i  o.hall  come,"  and  I 
,  US  shall  ever  hear  from  him;  b>  reques      ™-'    ->;/  ^^U  into  them. 

wegiveasynopsisofit,hopingthat   he    thinkwe  y  ^^ 

reader  may  also  gather  some  substanial       home  sa     "-e  P-    °'  ^^^^^   ^^^ 

food  for  the  soul.     He  said:  "I  look  for-    the  B'"^  '     ";     =°pt  ,d„es  not  troub- 
ward  to  the  time  when  I  shall  lay  down    many  erro.s in  if. 


and  the  parents  are  left  to  mourn  over 
their  mistakes.  But  alas,  it  is  then  too 
late  to  undo  the  past. 

Such  people  often  ascribe  their  sor- 
rows to  the  sovereignty  of  the  divine 
will.  One  of  these  said  to  me  a  short 
time  since,  "I  can't  make  my  chUdren 
Christians;  if  they  are  to  be  saved  they 


mav    these    will  endure.     Seeing    and  LiU  be  saved ;  and  if  not^well,    its  no 

Vn  I'vinXse  things,  if  we  do  not  build   use  to  trouble  about  it.  Religion  is  very 

hlTt'i    ou     own   fault.    How   many    well  in  its  place.     But  ve  can't  live  up- 

r.ght,itisour  own   la^^^^^^    ;„   ib-tl  „„  ,ebgion."  I  replied,  "Your   religion 

1  would  not  give  a  penny  an  acre  for; 
it  neither  brings  blessing  to  you  nor  to 
yours"  I  added,  "1  believe  the  most 
terrible  in  the  hand  of  God  upon  diso- 
bedient parents,  is  their  children.  What 
you  are  to  Cod  will  be  proved  very  oft- 
en by  what  your  children  are  to  you. 


this  earthly  tabernacle,  and  be  clothed 
with  an  immortal  body.  It  is  necessary 
for  us  when  we  expect  to  go  to  dwell  at 
a   certain    place  to   enquire   something 


■nmental  and  judicial  rupture  has  ^^^^^^  ^^^j  place;  so  we  who  expect  to 
been  rectified  by  Christ  for  ««""'"';  t^  that  heavenly  Canaan  should  en- 
world      2Cor..^>:19,lJ°l"''--:     ^^'"1^-       ■      —       -^  ....  ■  1- ..^™eth,n, 

the  provisional  is  not  the  actual.-it  runs 


through  the  loins  of  Christ  into  not  a 
single  soul  as  a  matter  of  course,  as  in 
the  case  of  Adam.  The  immediate  pe. - 
sonal  work  of  Christ  in  His  v.cavi..us  ca- 
pacity is  Godward.  .  The  individual  ap^ 
plicalion  of  His  work  ,s  thi^ugh  the 
IgencyofthellolyChostand   the       ■ 

vforking  of  the  human  will.  M  th 
point  begins  the  parallel  of  running  op- 
1  osite  facts  through  opposte  loins. 

Organic  connection  with   lieity   is   a 
personal,  voluntary,  mutual,  transaction, 


quire  about  it-should  know  something 
about  it.  Where  are  we  going?  Some 
of  us  ask,  "Where  will  we  all  be  eighty 
years  from  now!"  O  well,  says  one, 
"why  ask  such  a  question?  Because  we 
are  all  concerned  in  it;  we  are  all  hast- 
ening to  the  tomb,  and  the  question  is, 
are  we  prepared  for  that  place ! 

"Other  foundation  can  no  man  lay 
than  that  which  is  laid."  Jesus  Christ 
is  that  foundation.  There  is  no  salvation 
in  any  other  name,  for  none  other  name 
is  given  from  heaven  whereby  we    may 


Some  of  the  Mennonites  who  emigrat 
ed  from  Russia  to  South  America  are  re- 
turning tlisappointed  to  their  old  homes; 
r,42  have  recently  reached  .Vntwerp,  and 
l,.")0(l  more  are  soon  to  follow. 

It  is  reported  from  Damascus  that  the 
Jews  in  that  city  have  -  petitioned  Mid- 
hat  Pasha,  who  is  Governor  General  m 
Syria  to  promote  the  constuction  of  a 
railway  from  Jaffa  to  Jerusalem,  in  or- 
der to  make  less  difficult  the  pilgnma- 
cesofreliirous  Jews  to  the  Holy  City. 
d  be  seperate  from  sinners.  1 1-;;;;';\    ,^.  ,h..  mor.^  easily  to  attain 

The  devil  lays  a  deep  scheme  to  caich.  The  Jo         ,^._^^^  ^^_^^^^^  ^^^^^  .^^^ 

(Jod's  children.     He  gets    some    one    to   the..    0  j  ,^  ^^^   _^^^ 

pretend  to  dig  deep  and   then  firrnis  -   p  -  ut     ^    ^^^^^^^^I  ^^J^^^^_^  ^^^^^^ 
him  with  something  nearly  like  the  gen-     % 
nine,  and  then  sends  him  to   the   people  |. out. 


le  me      God   will    n..t  judge   me  by  a 
corrupt  law;  he  will   not  judge   any  ol 
us  by  a  law  which  he  has  not  given;  but 
this  law  was  given  by   the   H°ly  SP'"M 
through  holy  men  of  old.     'f'^  ''^.'H 
en  have  a  law  unto  themselves,  by  which 
they  may  know  what  is  right  and  what 
is  wrong.     But  the  word  of  God    stand 
eth  sure,  and  by  this  word  we  can   ob- 
tain life  eternal.     Upon  It  the   child   of 
God  must  build,  and  upon    none   oth«v 
He  must   put   away   all   surfeiting  and 
drunkenness,  and  come  out  of  the  worhl 
and  be  seperate  from  sinner 


'I'WIC     HlJIO'ItlltKrs'^    ^ry    WOUK. 


n  III.ISHEII  mSKKIA. 


M.  M.  KSIIKI.MAN. 
».  J.  IIAHHISON 

.V  «•  ■«ri:iN-. 


ft,.     ^t...ffn.*lt    Hf    lilrtBt        !  J'«»''''"™''"»y-."'e/'™j,r«„„C*™/i,„,     Th.,  b.«)v  „l  y„„„g  Burr,  who  ...-„«  in 
f  ,  the  following  :  „^  ^^^  ,,,,,  l^_,_,^  ,__^^^_,  ^^_  ^l_^  ^^^_^^_  ^^^  l_^^^ 

"2.  HwauiiKil  i»«i8DJtii«i.»ofourc(.K-  -' no  douM  m  to  th..-  fdl.' ..f  IIi-  htM 

tioii  totJdd  aiidoJ'imr}(i({l(Hrid  holy  |»r<'f'  "*'  ''*''  R**""  '^^  **>'  ^f  many  oth- 

"3.  Hfcfliise   it    w  Dot    iiPWii   liymij-    rj  ....  '  'iv  .  iej»»:riintnt-d  in   the  same  line,  i 

"'ctaiSn"in  it.'^    "*^'  ""*  **"*"'  "  *****""*'  I  ■^*'  '*"'*'''• '"  "'■- '"  J  """S  '*"''• «'  ^«'  *^'  ^* 

know.  iiH'Ih  nuuew  knowMtce  '«  the  sufji-ct  of 

^2Twlr7ZZr  r*  '"'^  '"^'^''''R-  H.M  ^rre  .o  m,k.  o.h.„  more  c«atio.,.-a  n- 
Bro  cZr^I  nf  ^^^^^  'Z^^^^^  «PP''««nt.  H.l,  wMch  t.«tory  of  ..rial  navigation  will 
«ro.  p,.«on  aI.o  .nf.rm,  «.  thaf  the  tru^t.  w.  |  h«rdly  ju.t.fy  u-  in  «^liDg.~r/i;  rAm/m». 


JS  ovember 


1.  TiiK  Rirton  will  tn*  ri-><pi.i)8il»l(»  only  fortltp 
ffprteial  toni'or  tin-  iiaprr.  hiiiI  llu-  iiiMtrlion  nf  an 
arh.-lf  iUh's  not  impli  t!i«t  trify  (•(iddrnc  every  sen- 
liiiienl  nt  ilio  wril^'r. 

J.  CiivTiunrTons  in  onler  to  necnreprnniitt  In- 
srrtinn  of  Uieir  ;ir(lcles.  w  III  plpjuu-  not  iiiiliil«i'  in 
jHTsoiiiililirs  mill  iinrourU'ouN  litnciniif*",  Imt  jux- 
sent  their  vUmvs  ■  « llli  m-.uT  sciwoned  witlt  wilt." 
•i.  ThF.  iinETIIRKN  AT  Wr>llK  will  l)(-  acut  tO 
Miyaddroxnin  tin*  riiili>d  SmtPH  nr  Canada  fnr  r  ••"■•■"•m.  huu  ar  niicrii>UT«fl  nuili 
»J^l»HrHn..um.    For  the  Iwulinp  cliHri.cU>rJ«ti™  Und  reaped  tb*  fruit  tts  th^f  w^,,* 


or  tl 


•  ■'■->.  .kH  wt'll  :iK  terni!!  to  it(,'eiilfl  hmt  i 
ddiv»3  ull  {'i>u I mnnl rations, 

»Rt:TIIKE\  AT  nonK, 

l.ftiinrk,rnrrnliro.,  III. 


sfliithim,  HervMhim  to  a  pood  purpoKe.      iJrt. 
nitnihart  snd  hp  di^tribuM   f|uito  a  Dumber,  | 
Brrtbr#ij. 


"•■iid  iu  yonr  donatinnr  so  that  we  cart'SoppIj* 


IA.\ARK.IU», 


\uv>;hiik-u  :i. 


Hk  >riiKK  Ua-^hok  ha*  bL't-D   Imlhu;;  -iu.  cuns- 
ful  nieel.iiKii  at  H»gpr«t..wn,  Ind.      H.r  eijireU    imblo  in  tliu  |..ragrapli,  »«re  that  itshows  that 

I      All.'..  I  mmi  >I>inl.  :.._>   1 :..      ...  ■ 


Thk  columoH  of  thp  Basthkbn  at  Work 
ojM-n  t«»  invi^tigat^-  and  itircusA   principles, 
bnt    nnl    t..  invcstiffiil.!  or  di»cu"s   the   people 
„_  -  (»  I  "''°  '"■'''■'"'  '"■  maintain    lh»ni.     Tlie  column. 

JHB^at:on.lHureauof  Stati.lioji«v,  all    of  th- HnntTHni!*  < t  VTork  are  open   to  ex- 
rll'X\,nZ';,'^'u'',  ""'   '■■"•'■''?''»"•»  i«    I-<'-^.'Oepli»n:  I,ut  not  the  people  who  „re  in 
M»lJ',''Tf^^^^^^^  «"■'    ■'•■'••-•'"'■      The    eol Ln.    of   the 

Mink.,  ilie  e.unlry.  the  clurch,  the  solmol,  the 


...n  to  return  to  hiR  home  at  Ashhtn'l.  Ohio 

Tkb  lloman  Cutholicq  apenii  $GM,t'ih't  a  year 
among  the  ucgroen  in  the  Spnitli.  13  orr  much 
do  the  brethren  upend  among  them?  Or  inn't 
their  religion  worth  so  much  a.s  the  lioniBii 
Cath.ilira? 

OKHRRir,  Gkakt  left  Virginia  City,  Nerada.  I      Oaihb  advices  fliow  thai  the  u„irer<iu  peace 
yesterday  afternoon,   and  eontinued   hi»    trip    congre,,  wa.  mo.t  nnCorlunate  in  I  he  .^lectio,,  , 

O..T  land,  Ktoi^nng  at  Reno      It  ,»  exp,  cted  he    of  Naple,  aa  the  plnoe  for  it.  ae,.ion.  ■  The  N.-    HEFOEMEES  AND  THE  INFALLL 
.,11  amve  at  Onn.ha  .Saturday,  and   at  Galena    „pol,t«„  are  .0  powerfully  ,„,pr„«ed  ^th   th   '  °'  "■  "">""  "" 


men  drink  ju.t  twice  ai   much   m  thtf   pray, 
I  And  there  i»  not  nnjihing  paiticularlj'  r,Ju 
He  in  that  eil  her."  ' 

Only  not  nearly  half  the  and   glory  ll!  told 
Drink  eost..*7af).(l»o,ii|)0,VB7r/./,  while  ofertwn 
ilur...»   have  linen    apeut  in   n-ouM«lating 
*!iO.OOO.OOO  of  church  property.  , 


father,  niolhir,  eon,  or  daughter  batter;  but 
they  an.  not  open  to  Jo  harm  to  any  man,  wo- 
man, .-r  child.  The  column.s  of  the  linF.rFiiiEN 
AT  W'oiiK  are  opiii  to  fitr  Inith.  THa  ivhole 
TiirTH.  .^NDNDTIJINO  HUrTIIETHIiTH 
-\rticle.i  !|j^inuat:n;r  evil  of  otneia,  caatlug  re- 
ll'.ctions  upon  any  pereon  or  people,  if  noticed, 
will  invariably  he  rejected 


on  the  6th  of  November. — Inter  Orean. 

In  any  country  entitled  to  the  credit  of  I,r.jng 
highly  civilized  ond (7hriat.inni7.ed.  when  itn  tit- 
izena  pay  more  for  cigars  than  ie  paid  to  aiifitain 
tta  eitmnion  nchoolH?,  The  Uriitt.d  Statei  doii. 
thw.    Shame  on  uft!—y'/ie.C/(ri.v//(t«.  i 


Wr  wen-  obliged  tn  have  some  repairing 
done  to  tile  boiler  of  our  eugin    "  '    ^ 

when  we  most  neede!  ill  aervit  

i«  'he  1.1.  4tli,  .S!h.  and  Wb  paj<.   of  the  DliCTit 
m:k  at  Work  were  \^iy  poorly  printed. 


•  I .....J     ,,>>|>,U>QTU    tVitU      IIU 

notion  there  m  sonieUiing  worth  finhling  for 
and  ore  80  anxioua  to  light  lor  it,  anil,,o  un- 
compr.imiHing  in  llieir  de,ire  for  <•,  ngeaure  n|>- 
on  AilMrin,  that  they  broke  up  and  prajJiMlly 
dinparaed  the  congress  belirroit   had  faifiy  got 


•„,    ,.     ,.  -o--. ..™  mi.iy  goi    wiui  unuincniug  uoillufts  defended    t»  c  a  mi 

inlolhedncuwon  of  Uioganeral  dijarmameni  ■    i  .i  >    ■      •  .         i'"  ^i"i"i> 

-Inter  OcaZ  <lu«m»inent,    aga,„tt  the  proud,  impu.ua  and  tyrannical  Ko 


BLE  WORD  OF  TRUTH 

AliTlN  Luther  ami  his  heroic  associates, 
lid  mighty  opposition,  restored  the  Bi 
lie  t-)  th'?  niBSB  of  mniikind  in  A.  D,  1584,  and 
with  untlinchiug  bohliii»s  defended  it»  claims 


in  I'.iiilitf  and  Papacy.    The  Spirit  of  refor 

matiiui  wan  caught  np  hy   many   and   spread 

ipldly  until  rival  political  intereHi  checked  it« 

wholesoiue  influences.    What  bid  lair  to  bo  a 

bond  of  nniOn,  soon  llficame  a  matter  of  ppecu 


Re 


-PRVoi:  .^T.  .lo?i»r.  of  Kansas,  ris 


ti.eio,.«U.,-  "i-M,  gonet«  work,  and  not  more 
than  aeventy Hvo  of  the  whnli)  nunibor  are  now 
receiving  aid   from  charitiible  sources,— /nf/r 


J,..,....,  .  The  Jnler  Ocean  (Daily)  of  SOth  nit.  lakes 
Imt  week  )n«l  "P  ""«!■  «  llair  column  in  the  description  of  "A 
and  the  result  I  hiRl"  toned  wedding,"    Tlie  bride.  Miss,  C,  A, 

Astor,  wore  a  llouncc  which  cost  *3,g00,  and  |  -  -i— - 

juwolry   to   the    amount  of  SBO(l,(IOO.iiO!      Jf    laHon  and  discord,  so  that  Iho  ground  gttin-d 

wealth  is  appropriated  in  that  way  aujely  it ' '"'  '''■•■  -'' —  ■'■■  "-  """ 

tilust  be  as  hard  for  a  "rich  man  to  enter  the 
Itinffdom  of  heaven  lU  it  ia  for  a  camel  to  pass 
Ihroujih  the  eye  of  a  needle."  fs  tl'iTre  any 
tiling  digniHod,  nobte,  or  great  in  thus  descen*' 
log  the  ladder  of  propriety  to  become  b  barba- 
rian  ? 


Whkk  the  Emperor  of  Germany  di.coverod 
that  Im  subjects  were  about  to  make  him  many 
We  are  off,  ring  agents  e.vtra  inducements   to    "".'"''"""'   P"'»tn's   on    the  occasion   of   his 
irk  for  the  circulation   of  our  papw.    Send    *;      ."   '^<^'''<'H   "'clebrnlion,  he  notified  them 

■  a  l'r.,«n/.el„.  «„,!  !„....  n.. o ._.  .  .        I  Hmt  it  WU-S  his  dcsira  tbat  all   money  raised  for 

that  purpose  be  given  to  the  jioor.  The  result 
•was  the  alleviation  of  b  great  deal  of  autfering. 
riie  king  of  Spain  now  follows  the  illuslriona 
example  set  him  by  directing  tlwt  all  contribu- 
tion.s  by  individuals  and  societies,  originally 
intended  for  gift,  to  grace  his  marriage  festivi- 
ties,  be  turned  over  to  those  left  destitute  by 
the  late  terrible  floods  in  his  kingdom 


-'  paper, 
for  a  I'r.isppclus  ami  learn  the  excellent  tenna. 
Each  worker  may  srvuro  a  vulnal  lo  book  for 
himielr  or  friend.  We  do  not  wish  to  ho 
grateful  to  faithful  and  efficient  agents,  hence 
this  year  make  them  offers  as  will  enable  tbera 
to  do  good  work. 


This  week  our  clerk  sends  statements  to  a 
parii.s  whose  accounts  are  not  square.  Tl: 
statement  tells  when  the  account  is  due,  he 
much  it  is  S:c.  Most  of  these  are  old  nccounla 
which  we  hopwl  would  be  tettlcd  before  now 
a>  hast  they  >hould  have  been.  Wo  would 
like  for  each  one  getting  statement  to  give  it 
prompt  at'entioD,  even  if  it  ia  only  a  few  cents 
We  shall  continue  ti  fend  out  staleinents  reg 
niarly  until  accoontaare  all  settled. 

Weaver's  Works  for  the  Younq,  is  edited  bv 
G.  S.  Weaver,  and  published  by  S.  K,  Well's 
and  Co ,  737  Broadway,  New  York,    This  book 
embrace.  "Hopes  and  Hel,«  for  the  young  of 
both  sexe*;"  "Aims  and  mdsforfgirls  and  -oung 
women:"  "Ways  of  life  „r  the  right  wa'v  and 
the  wrong  way."    It  contains  027  pages,  is  well 
printed  on  nice  tinted  paper.     It  treats  on  the 
lollowing  subjects:  Meditation,  The  Danger)  of 
impulse,  tormalion  of  character,  Choice  of  avo 
cation,  and  Perseverance.      Health,   Temper- 
«nce.  Amusement*,  Music,   Chastity   of  Lan. 
guage.  Cultivation  of  the  intellect,  Cultivalion 
of  the  moral  sentiments.  Cultivation  of  the  af- 
fections Conrtship.  Marriage,  Girlhood.  Beauty 
Ores,  Fashion.  Education,  Physical  and  intel- 
kctoal  development.  Moral  and  Social  culture 
Employment,  Home.    The  relations  and  duties 
of  young  women  lo  young  men:  Iteligious  Du 
ti».   Womanhood,   Hanpiness,   IMnciple    and 
Pleasure,  Honesty  and  Policy,  Right  and  Mi-hl 
-''.ow  and  SuMa.ice,  Luek  and  Pluck,    Thr„rv 
odP«ctice,T«:tand  Piclion,   The  real   and 
deal,  The  seen  and  unseen.  Character  and  Hep. 
lUlion,  Knowledge  and  Cnllnre.  The  Actual 
t-id  P.issible.    Thi-  boo',  m,y  be  had  hy  ad 
-s-ng  tae  publishers  or  tbU  office.    Price 


Is  IT  tcoT  very  grave  impudeneo  in  man  to 
suggest  to  God  lh„t  he  left  some  things  out  of 
he  Book  of  Life  which  ought  to  be  there» 
How  any  mnu  or  body  of  men  can  dare  to  die 
tuteto  Iho  great  Jehovah  how  he  should  rule,  by 
■■■'■at  laws  and  regulations  He  should  govern 
children,  IS  more  than  we  can  explain  Is 
It  possible  for  us  to  believe  that  persons  guilty 
of  such  barefaced  impudence  expect  to  meet 
God  face  to  fuce-^  Ah,  if  there  shall  beany 
class  on  earth  who  will  cry  for  mountains  and 
rocks  to  tall  on  them  and  hide  them  from  tlic 
face  of  Him  that  sittetl,  on  the  throne,  will  it 
not  be  these  arrogant  and  impudent  ones? 

Suouu,  notour  cultivated  (?)  ladies  train 
themselves  to  a  little  more  politeness  when  iu 
contact  with  Ihe  public?  Not  a  day  but  can 
beseenactsoflhougbtlcssness  and  selfishness 
on  the  part  of  finely  dressed  women,  whosprend 
Uleir  velvets  and  silks  over  double  the  space  al- 
lotted  them  in  public  convevances,  utterly  ob- 
livious of  the  rights  of  others.  Even  this  very 
week  ma  crowded  church,  a  hundred  ladie. 
could  be  seen  standing,  when  a  little  ifl'.ot  on 
iliepart  of  those  in  the  comfortable  pews  would 
have  made  room  for  every  one.  There  is  more 
genuine  religion  of  the  practical  sort  in  exercis- 
ing Christian  polilenees  lliun  there  is  in  saying 
amen  to  the  prayers,  and  looking  daggers  at 
some  unfortunate  who  attempts  to  rest  his  wea- 
riness by  asking  a  seat  wliich  is  his  by  fee  sini 
pie,  and  yours  only  b     ' 


by  the  reformers  iu  the  leth  century  was,  ere 
its  close,  the  scene  of  religious  contests  which 
bring  sorrow  i-atlior  than  joy  and  comfurt  to 
the  soiil.  The  grand  old  Book  of  religious 
fdcts  Concerning  Ciirisi  and  the  apostles  bad 
long  been  hidden  from  all  but  the  priests  and 
prelates  of  Rome,  but  now  arose  a  Luther,  firm, 
bold  and  fearless  to  tear  away  the  bars  which 
held  IheS.icred  Word  from  the  eyes  and  ears 
of  the  multitude.  Darkness  was  penetrated  by 
light:  error  wasdriven  from  supreme  control 
and  right  assumed  a  position  in  the  hearts  of 
men  once  more. 

But  Luther  and  his  associates  permitted 
themselves  to  be  turned  aside  from  the  one 
gland  plea— the  Bible,  ami  the  Bible  only  as  a 
rule  of  faith  and  practice.  Works  of  superer- 
ogation, penance,  indulgences,  and  men  made 
ceremonies  of  the  Roman  Church  drove  the  re- 
formers to  the  '■faith  alone"  theory.  With  Ibis 
as  a  basis  they  disputed  with  one  another  until 
brotherly  affection  was  almost  wnolly  obiitera- 
ted.  Speculations  i:i  regard  to  Platonism  and 
the  "  mysteries  of  Egyptian  theology  "  became 
now  the  bond  of  union  and  then  au  apple  of 
discord.     But  the  Bible  was  free. 

Going  into  the  island   of  Britau,  where  the 
ideas  of  the  great  reformer  were  most  rapidly 
developed,  we  see  the  beggarly  elements  of  car- 
nal forms  and  opinions  of  men  developing  the 
"Spiritaloiie"  theory  under  the  foster-care  ol 
George  Fox.    So  disgusting  were  the  ceremo- 
nies of  Roman   Catholicism   that   when   men 
sought  to  throw  them  off  and  become  free  and 
uiilrammeled,  they  invariably  settled  down  on 
the  other  extreme,  which,  iu  its  demoralizing 
inlluencfs  was  little  better  than  the  frying  pan 
from  which  they  had  just  escaped.      Indeed  re 
igious  matters  were  so  mixed  that  Lord  Chat- 
liani  might  well  exclaim,    "A  Popish  liturgy 
Calvinistic  principles,  and  an  Amer.can  clergy." 
Tliis  was  the  couditiou  of  tilings  less  than  » 
century  after  the  Bible  was  set  Irco  by  M..rti,i 
Luther.     Had  Luther  with  his  great   boldness 
and  intrepidity  rested  his  plea  on  the  infallibh 
Word  only,  and  had  this  been  taken  up  by  hi- 
a-so,iates  and  sounded   thrtjghout  the  then 
known  religiou.s  world,  a  mighty  w„rU   would 
have  been  done  for  Christianity.      In  thus  rea 
soning  we  do  not  wish  to  be  understood  as  un 


.W    ,-.   ' --.I—    'snuatter  sovereignty."    ■""""»  "•""o  not  wisn  to  be  understood  as  nt, 

11"^:  "'hSuT  •'"t'""'"r'^"™"'^  °f  ^°-   ""-'"""^  '"'  ^"""   "-^  "'the    refo^ers 
lit-uess  Iu   the   sisters  and  cousins  and  aunts"    They  did  much  for  mankind  but  had  the 

It  s;.- w  s:  ""-"'"'■ ''- "-"  H  -  -^-'>-  r-no'vin'rr  iifaniie^:: 

I  much   more  might   have   been    accomplished 


But    PUIonism    and    mysticism    b..gat      ,. 
•lone."    Cruel  forms  and  ceremonies  ev.^ 
■'Spirit-alone."    The  tire   points  of  Cal,,, 
generated  the  live  pdints  ol  ArroineaDisui- 
the   W»lniin«ler  Cn-ed   produced   a   bun 
others,  so  that  instead  of  the  Bible  aK.ne  1,. 
Ihe  only  basis  of  union  there  are  houiln-oV 
fine  spun  theories  presented  lo  the  uller  c<.^ 
sion  of  minds  who  are  seeking   to   be  relH 
from  the  fetters  ol  siu.     But  the  BiUe  „a,  i 
eraled,  and  the  way  open  f.,r  others  to  or,..,,,,    ', 
m  their  only  guide  to  eterngl  joy  and  peae, 

B.ing  tired  ot  new  and  old  creeds,  imH  f,„, 
,ng  to  realize  from  the  various  reforms  aroJ'.J 
I  them,  that  holiness  of  character  set  fortli  in  t| ' 
Word   of   God,  a   lew   humble,    unpietentio,!'' 
souls  resolved,  in  the   beginning  oi  the   l.i,.!, 
century  to  accept  the  Bible  as  their  only  ] 
structor  in  matters  of  eternal  salvation.    Th'"' 
knew  (hat  the  improvement  of  no  ere,  ,1  onUn/ 
the  New  Testament,  could  ever  becoiue  the  l'  " 
«is  of  Christian  union  and  restore  to  the  wo  Id 
the  ancient  practice  in  all  its  siniplicit,-.    Jha 
therefore  agreed,  by  the  grace  of  God,  to  dtoote 
their  lives  to  the  restoration  of  iiriniitivemS, 
tianily,  belieting  Ihatits  s.iper.i.rily  andexSdl 
iiig  simplicity  would  commend  itself  to  all  sober 
and  reflecting  minds.    And  it  is  not  at  all  im. 
probable  that  in  their  pilgrimage  they  meloih^" 
era  who  also  lifted  their  voices  for  the  Bible  on- 
ly,  yet  were  all  the  while  preaching  the  '„pi„" 
of   .«(/«/   .ii-ean,   or  mM     Athanasii,,'' 
This  class  is  still  numerous.    The   Bible  and 
the  Bible  only  is  their  plea,  which   ,,lea  when 
laid  bare  means,  the  Bible  with  the  opinions  of 
saint  so,  and  saint  so  attached.     One  has  a  lit. 
lie    materialism   from   Tyndale  and    .Speucer 
with  bis  Bible  alone:  another  has  a  little   uni^ 
ver.-alism,  while  the  third  puts  spiritualism  with 
his.    This  only  muddles  uiatters.       '■' 

The  litlle  baud  who  fearlessly  cut  loose  from 
all  Seclarianism  made  the  Bible  Ihefr  sole  test 
Book.    Did  they  wish  to  know  the  mind  t>f  the 
Lord?   They  sought  it  in  the  Bible.    Had  they 
difficulties  among  themselves?    They  adjusted 
Ih:  ill  in  hnrmony  with  tlie.one  best  Book.  Were 
forms  to  be  adopted  expressive  i  of  principles? 
They  were  drawn  from  the  divinely  inspired 
Oracles.    Were  ceromoiiiea,  iiijicali™  of  their 
ilh   and   obedience,  Meede|I?     The  infallible 
Word  was  consulted  and  followed.      For  ,„e„„s 
to  restore  primitive  Chrisli.iiily  among the'peo- 
ple,  thfy  went  to  the  great  Record.     Thry  look- 
ed info  the  blessed  Volume,  saw  what  Christ 
and  the  apostles   did   and   tesloved   to  imitate 
l/iein.    Persecuted  siid  forsaken,  even  by  those 
whose  plea  was  the  Bible,  thcy  fled  to  America 
and  here  jilauted  the  Bannerol]  truttupon  the 
same  basis.     Here  hearts  were  found  ready  to 
receive  it.     That  which  is  found  m  the   Gospel 
profluced  faith   and   obedience,   and   eier   will. 
Sometimes  the  principles  of  the  Gospel  and  our 
opinions  are  found  at  variance  with  each  other, 
and  the  tptest'oii,  whether  the  principles  shall 
.vield  to  the  opnions  or  the  ooinions   be  sacri- 
ficed lo  the  principles,  must  be  decided.     Here      ' 
binges  the  destiny  of   many.      Opinions   are 
dear  to  them:  and  rather  than   bury  them  be- 
neath the  mighly  millstone  of  truth,  they  re- 
ject  the   undying   principles  of  the   infjilible 
Word  and  perish. 

Our   Brethren   who  were   foremost  in    llie 
grand  reformatory  movements  of  the  last  cen- 
tury coiiW  believe  and  rf«  believe  tbat  the  di- 
vinely inspired  Word  of  GoJ  is  the  only  genu- 
me  authority  for  every  act  ol  worship  and  obe- 
dience to  God.     Thry  regarded  it  as  being 
dapted   to  the  enlightenment    of    benighted 
miuds,  and  the  guverment  of  the  elect.    Tbat 
they  fought  advice  of  one  another  an  to  the 
best  methods  of  expressing  practical  piety  and 
holiness  of  ch.racter,  is  not  doubted  by  us"  but 
this  counsel   was   without  penallt,,    ,v,is    not 
/hrcal  upon  each  other.    Each  was  left  free  to 
acceptor  reject   at  pleasure,  but  so  great  was 
iheir  regard  for  each  other,  so  extensively  was 
'il-otheily  affection  coUivated  among  them,  that 
■llgool  c.iinsel  was   readily  adopted.     There 
were  none  to  charge  them  with  being  "lords  " 
or  as  burden-binders,  for  they  had  learned  to  be 
subject  to  one  another.     They  found  this  prin- 
ciple in  1  Peter  5:  .■). 

"A'l  Scripture  is  given  by  inspiration  of 
'io'l  '-2  Tim.  3:  Iti,  This  setlles  the  que-stioii 
■"/leretheSciotureisfrom  and  ho„-  it  came. 
It  IS  not  declared  that  it  came  by  on;,, Is  nor 
>y  "...;.,ro(,o„  of  angels,  nor  vet  of  men,  but 
''!/>yi'atio„of  Oct.  This  ought  forever  to 
etil,  the  rpiestion  of  its  origin  and  the  manner 


isj^o^emb'^r    3 


TtiK  i^in-rriii^i'^zvr  ax  avoj^k:. 


f  i(-i  ori.U'i"  About  tlii*  thtre  can  Ite  no  cav-  , 
liB£  ai""*"?  betiei-er«.  Thmt*  nrp  nil  agre»d.  j 
1.  (^  oulv  anioug  unMirtrs  Hini  thin  qiipstion 
lip.  7'/"-,7  Art-  troiiljUil  lib  uit  its  origin, 
•;  tljem*ielves  Impjiy  in  1 
7  Scriptiiro  18  not  giNt-o  b_v  I 
but  there   it  is  iit    f  I.  ' 


FHOM  PALESTINE. 


LVtiBR  X!:i\ 


and  ■"^"  '^  "    ., 

,rdi*-     ii  i-f  t'i' inapirrttiua.  aiul  unt  by  iiipi-'  |_j  A\  lr»(l  i 

:„  '  11     miles  t(i 


From  Jerusalem  to  Nablus. 


bviiit  over  the  well.nnd  wftter  wns  drawn  from  name,  Nablus,  in  no  Arabic  corruption  ol  tHU. 

1  it  through  an  opening  in  the  Honr  of  the  church  It  i«  a  wwll  built  town,  "trftcbing  along  th« 

iiM'rtf  it^  caileru  end.     This  church  is  now  in  ^^oot  of  Mt.  Gerixiin  and  standing  about  half 

mint,  its  foimdntion  walls  and  tho  underground  "»y  acrow  the  valley  toward  Mt.  Bbal.     It  has 


);„u  ■idy  but  by  iu>piratiou  of  God  Gud 
rcuind  i^  H^ove  it,  iiud  bem*afch  it. 
Kurther.  i*  is  fXpresxly  stiited  wliot  it  i^  for. 
It  is  pri>fit!ilile  f'f  'hcffitif,  Som-  say.  "  Be 
arefiil  about  preiiching  doctrine  here:  the  peo- 
le  are  tired  of  dnctrine.  and  want  something 
i^p"  precisely  !  The  Pharisees  and  Suddncfes, 
(he  iihiet' pi'i^s's,  scribei,  and  elders  were  very 
5,3  rif  Christ'-*  doetiino  and  wanted  somtthhn/ 
.igf  "The  people  were  astnni-hpd  at  Ins  d<>c- 
triue"  (Matt.  7:28).  And  when  Peter  and 
Tithu  healed  thp  lame  man  at  the  temple  uriJ 
thus  stirred  up  the  wrath  of  the  rulT^  who 
iltfd  a  council  and  tried  the  apostles  in  their 
flbsciicK,  said,  "Did  we  not  straitly  comiiiand 
that  y*-'  should  not  teach  in  his  name?  and 
behold  ye  have  fillpd  .UTiianl"m  with  yourdoc- 
triiiw"  (Acta  5:  'i*-).  Tlie  Chief  priests  did  not 
like  the  doctrine,  and  tlie  fashionable  priests  of 
this  Hgp  arp  »"  more  iucHued  to  receive  it  tbiin 
weri*  the  Jewish  priests.  Still  the  Scripture  is 
uf'tifof'l^  for  (loctriripUyr  rfprmf  fur conecfiim 
and  inafniditm.  ,     , 

Can  a  mau  be  corrected  by  the  divinely  in- 
spireil  M'oid?  G'od'  aiiyt  /nf  ant.  H  \^  i;o( 
claimed  liy  the  npoatle  that  n  inaH  whimld,  umi 
oriiiiji^it  be  (orrect>'d  by  some  other  crei'd,  or 
confession,  but  by  the  infaDihlc  Won!  T.i  this 
we  flii'g'  'I'll'-  reriiedies  for  reh<-lli')n,  hchipm, 
distibidieuce,  stubborn 'les-,  and  eviiy  evil  work, 
are  in  that  inipei'lsltalil  1  ami  [I'Tfi'st  Book. 
Do  nv  (lit^n  accept' it  n-s  '""  '"('.'/  yifh  of  fait li 
aii'i  practice?  Will  we  henceforth  unitedly  re- 
ceive it  a^  tli<'  basi-  of  u'l  ^■ovcrmetit'^,  aud  spir- 
itual eulighfenm>*nt?  Will  wo  hrlieve  if,  obnj 
it,<:lit't-ish  :m^  il'lffH'l  if  «s  the  nnf'/  revealed 
wi;i  "f  thu  nii-hty'aiid   eternal    F.»ther?      We 

M.   M,  B. 


niadio  a  d*->tour  of  tlir'-*    ur   four 
the  west  of  the  main  rodd  leud- 


RAILHOAD  ABRANGEMENTS 


ng  u)rLh  ffJm  JeruiileiU,  oj  Ijin'iui;  Oibei>u, 
we  followed  a  path  nhich  brought  ub  hauk  in- 
to that  road  bt  fore  we  reached  Bethel.  Theuce 
we  rode  to  a  spring  called  Robber's  fountain, 
about  15  iuili'3  north  of  .lerus.ilem,  where  we 
found  our  tents  pitched  for  the  night  The 
road  lies  nearly  on  the  wat«r-shed  between  the 
sliipes  which  descend  to  the  Jordan  and  those 
winch  descend  to  the  Medilerrauetiu,  but  there 
i^  no  coutiuuous  dividing  ridge  for  it  to  follow, 
and  it  constantly  crosaes  the  bead  of  the  Wa- 
dies,  which  descend,  first  one  way  and  then  the 
other.  It  is,  therefore,  quite  an  uneven  road, 
nud  very  rough.  Traces  of  an  ancient  paved 
road  are  oticiwionally  seen. 

On  the  next  day  we  rode  to  Nabluc,  the  au- 
oieut  Sbecbeni;  but  on  the  way  we  made  a  de- 
tour to  the  right,  in  order  to  visit  the  site  of 
Shilnh.  The  plnc"  is  easily  identifii-d,  both  by 
it^  Arab  nauic,  Stilun,  which  is  a  corruption  of 
Shiloh.  and  by  its  correspondence  to  what  is 
said  of  Shiloh  in  the  Scriptures, 

■  The  town,  which  was  never  a  large  one,  was 
Uhilt  on  a  lilll  of  moderate  high/i, ,  In  front  ol 
iti.  to  the  Kouth,  lies  a  beautiful, plain, surround 
ed  hy  l({fty  bills.  Ou  ttie  east  aiid  went  are 
ntirrow  vulh^-s,  which  hre  continuations  of 
Ilii.H  plpiu., while  on  the  north  is  a  much  high- 
er hill,  teparated  from  vShiloh  by  a  ravine. — 
Tliere  is  nothing  of  Shiloh  left  e:icei>t  a  con- 
fiised  maw  of  weatheN^vorn  building  stouts, 
wit  h  an  occasiwal  piece  of  an  old  wall,  cover- 
iii--  the  rounded  top  of  the  hill.  But  immedi- 
ately ni^rth  of  the  town,  there  is  a  space  on 
the  vl-pe  of  the  hill,  80  feet  wide  aud  412  feet 
Icfiig,  wliich  has  been  artificially  leveled.  Its 
vvidili  is  distinctly  markeii  by  the  perpendicu 
l:ir  face  of  the  natural  rock,  which  had  to  be 
cut  ou  both  sides,  but  chiefly  ou  the  upper,  in 
maldng  the  levid.     It.  irt  about    five    feet   wider 


<-h«mb-r<i  wbtise  arehfd  cpilings  supported  the 
^tono  lioor  of  th-^  church,  alone  remai-iing.  In 
one  of  these  ehnmbers  the  well  is  now  found, 
and  yuii  hiivv  t>«  clamber  down  through  the 
broken  arch  and  over  n  rough  heap  ot  fulleu 
stones,  to  reach  its  mouth.  Tlie  umuth  of  the 
well  was  arched  over  like  a  cistern  by  the  build- 
ers of  the  church,  aud  a  circular  opening  twen- 
ty inches  in  diameter  was  left  at  the  top  of  the 
acli.  This  opening  is  now  closed  by  a  wtdge- 
shaped  rock  which  we  were  not  able  to  remove. 
But  we  found,  beneath  a  pile  of  stones  a  little 
to  one  side,  a  break  in  the  arch,  and  we  succeed- 
ed in  uncovering  this^  so  as  to  get  a  peep  into 
the  well.  The  well  U  seven  and  one-half  feet 
iu  diameter,  and  is  walhd  with  good  masonry, 
vcrj'  much  like  that  of  Abraham's  wells  at 
Beer-shebft.  When  Dr.  Robinson  measured  it 
ia  1838,  it  was  105  feet  deep;  but  in  ISTO,  when 
measured  by  Capt.  Andersoa.  it  was  only  sev- 
enty- five  feet  deep,  and  my  own  tape  line  touch- 
ed the  bottom  at  »>isty-six  feet.  This  changeip 
caused  by  the  practice,  universal  among  the 
thousands  who  visit  it  annually,  of  throwing 
ill  stones  to  hear  them  strike  the  bottom,  and 
it/  accounts  for  the  fHct  that  the  well  is  now 
dry.  U  was  wise  to  stop  up  the  month  with 
dtones  and  put  u  check  t-i  this  practice;  and  we 
e  careful  to  replrtcf  tlip  t-ton^en  a^  we  found 


a  population  of  13,000,  and  m  a  place  of  con- 
aidorwhle  business  importance.     The  mo«t  re- 
markable part  of  the  population  i!»  the  remnant 
of  180  Samaritans,  descendant*  of  the  original 
struk.  who  maintain  asynagoguf,  andntill  keep 
lip  the  observance  of  three  grtat    Mosaic  fifSti- 
vttls,  the  Pasaover,  the  Pentecost,  and  the  taber- 
nacle.    Every  year  at  ihe  appointed  time,  they 
aHcend  Mt.  Gt^rixim  in   solemn    proceaaion,  and 
sacrifice  the  paschal  lamb.    I  visited  the  spot 
where  the  sacntii:*!   in   olfered,  and   picked   up 
some  charred  pieces  of  the  bones  of  the  offering 
made  tliere  tliia  year.     The  Sainuritans  believe 
that  Mt.  Gerizim  is  the  center  of  the  wortd,and 
the  highest    mountain    in    the    world.     Lieot. 
Conder  talking  with    the    high    priest  on  this 
liltter  point,  told  him  just  to  look  across  to  Mt. 
Ebal,  and  he  could  8ee  that  even  it  was  higher! 
But  the  old  man  answered,  "It  seems  so,  hot  it 
ciunot  be;  for  Mt.  Geri7,in  is  the  highest  moon- 
tain  in  the  world."     1  suppose  ve  might  call 
Ibis  walking  hy  faith  and  not  by  sight. 

J.  W.  McQarvey. 


TRACT  FUND. 


Sarah  .1.  D.-ppen, * $5  00. 

Laura  M.  Eliersole, 5.00. 

J.  C.  J-ehmau, 5.00, 


WE  call  attention    to  brother    bU"— J  •'"■'" 
ler'sarticU'    in  last    weeks    issue.     The 
committee  ot  arrangements  have   appointed  J. 
H.  Moore  aud  the  writer  to  seeuro  vatts  over  all 
the  Kftil-roads  leading  to  place  of  next  A.  M. 
We  suggested  to  brother  Miller  that  he  attend 
to  excursion  rates  over  all  roads  east  of  Chica- 
go aud  we  would  attend  to  tlie   west^Tu  roads. 
He  accepted  the  suggestion  and  will  labor  accor- 
dingly.   This  will  obviate  the  necesnty  of  any 
ntVrs  making  any  attempt  to  secure  rates.     It 
I  tct  that  when  so  many  mideitalie  the 
u"S3,  ther«  will  be   misunderstandings,  and 
sui;h  things  are   very  unpleasaut.     Uio.  Miller 
beiug  already  iu  the  business   is  well    Htltd  for 
the  work;  we  therefore  suggest   that  the  entire 
work  ot  the  East  be  left  to  his  care.    It  will  be 
better  in  the  end,  and  avoid  the   publication  of 
much  matter  similar  iu  character.  Th..  arrange- 
ments will  be  such   as  to  accommodate   about 
all  who  wish  to  attend.    These  coming  on  the 
P.  F.  W.  &  C.  rail-road   in   numbers  sufficient 
to  fill  a  car,  or  cars,  will  he   put  through,  no 
doubt,  without  change  of  cars.  m.  m.  e. 


'-'""T    r*'    *^"     I^~ia] 


OUR  HABE  OFFER  RECALLED. 


IN  No.  43  w«  imljlisUed  our  "Karc  Oiler.' 
Since  then  we  have  held  a  friondly  corrre- 
pondeuce  with  our  Brethren  of  Huutinsdon, 
Pa  ;  and  as  they  have  been  publishing  Hie  R« 
port  lor  several  years,  the}  feel  that  we  should 
not  now  "go  in"  and  give  it  away.  Perhiips 
we  should  not,  tlierefore  rtcall  our  "Rare  Offer. 
We  are  very  sorry  that  in  our  haste  we  seemed 
to  have  exercised  too  much  desire  to  acto.umo- 
date  our  readers,  and  hope  that  lhe;f  will  now 
exercise  considerable  charity  for  our  zeal  in 
their  behalf.  We  do  not  wish  to  injure  the  busi- 
ness of  our  Brethren,  but  hope  that.tlley  with  us, 
may  cverprosp^r  iu  the  Rood  work  of  the  Lord. 
When  Uro.  (Juinler  was  with  us  we  endeav- 
ored, before  our  offer  was  published,  to  niaKe 
some  arraugemeiits  with  him  concernini!  th 
Report  and  our  papers,  but  he  could  not  see  l,i» 
way  char  to  make  Iho  desired  arrangemen  s. 
Since  tlien  we  have  arranged  to  publish  the 
Report,  and  as  our  Br,  thren  do  not  see  the  jus- 
tice and  propriety  of  giving  away  ""'  f  1"?' 
we  recall  our  offer.  It  will,  however  b  nb 
lished  promptly,  and  sent  O"' ""'!■"'''"''?/  y 
the  meeliug!  Will  our  agents  please  note  thi.~ 
and  act  accordingly? 


li.i.!;  way,  like  that  ol  tho  tabernacle,  is  from 
wi  st  to  east,  and  it  is  the  only  level  space  on 
the  rocky  surface  of  the  hill.  These  facts  leave 
us  no  allcrnatiyc  but  to  conclude  that  here  is 
the  site  of  the  tahetnacle,  during  the  long  Jie- 
riod  from  Joshua  to  Eli,  in  whiub  it  stood  ak 
Shiloh.  A  discovery  like  this,  first  made,  I 
think,  bv  Capt 'Wilson,  ia  one  of  those  mani- 
feilcd  evidences  of  the  truth  of  the  Old  Testa- 
ment history,  with  which  the  Holy  Land 
abounds,  and  which  are  the  more  cunvinoing 
because  they  are  unexpected. 

Tins  idcntilicatiou  was  gratifying  to  me  for 
another  reason.  In  tlie  account  of  Eli's  death 
(I  Sam.  iv.  ia-l»),  ha  is  represented  as  sitting 
bythewayside^audby  the  gate,  watching  for 
news  from  the  battle;  yet  the  messenger  is  rep 
resented  as  coming  into  the  city  aud  telling  the 
news  to  the  people,  while  Eli  learns  nothing  of 
it  till  he  hears  the  outcry  of  the  people,  and  in- 
quires what  this  means.  Then  it  is  said,  that 
the  iiiau  "<■("«« '""  hastily  and  told  Eli.  This 
has  been  somewhat  a  puzile  to  me,  but  now  it 
is  clearly  explained.  Eli  was  sitting,  not  at 
the  gate  of  the  city,  but  at  that  of  the  taberna- 
cle, and  by  the  wayside  which  led  to  it.  The 
inesseuKer,  coming  from  the  south,  the  direc- 
liouin  which  the  battle  was  fought,  came  into 
the  city  first,  and  when  Eli,  hearing  the  tumult, 
demanded  the  meaning  of  it,  the  man  came  m 
where  the  tabernacle  stood  and  told  the  fatal 


Riding  on  from  Shiloh,  we  passed  no  object 
of  special  interest,  until  we  came  to  Jacob's 
Well.  We  aiiproiich.d  it  through  the  plain  ol 
Moieli,  now  called,  Makhlieh,  the  same  plain 
over  which  Jesus  walked  on  the  day  in  which, 
"being  wearied  with  his  journey,"  he  sat  on  the 
well,  and  cover>ed  with  the  Samaritan  woman. 
Hiis  plain  is  eight  or  nine  miles  long  and 
about  two  miles  wide.  It  lies  nearly  north  and 
south.  Its  western  side  is  bounded  .by  Mt.  Ge- 
rizim and  Ml.  Ebal.  Uetween  these  two  moun 
lains  lies  a  valley  about  half  a  mile  iu 
at  a  light  angle  to  the  plain,  and  Jacob 
at  the  anglejriade  by  the  southern  side  of  this 
valley  and  the  western  side  of  the  plain. 
highe4  point  of  Mt.  Gerizim, 
i.an  temple  once  stood,  towers  above  it  about 
o  ouO  feet     In  the  fourth  century  a  church  was 


them. 

It  robs  one  of  much  enjoymdnt^  on  visiting 
such  a  spot,  to  find  it  so  different  from  what  it 
was.  The  folly  of  building  a  chiuch  over  tll-a 
well,  instead  of  leaving  it  and  keeping  it  as  it 
was  when  Jesus  sat  upon  it,  is  amazing.  But 
such  is  Ihe  hereditary  folly  of  the  Greek  and 
Latin  priests,  who  have  defiled  almost  every  sa- 
cred spot  m  Palestine  with  their  chapels,  their 
masses,  aud  their  lying  traditions.  I  was  told 
in  Nablus,  that  the  Gr<-tks  are  about  to  rebuild 
the  chinch  over  this  well,  and  I  devoutly  wish 
that  before  they  begin  some  sensible  iiitm  will 
buy  the  property  aud  restore  the  well's  mouth 
to  its  original  appearance;  the  model  for  which 

sneha. 

The  vicinity  of  this  well  is  abundantly  sup- 
plied with  water,  aud  a  rushing  stream  from  a 
copious  siiring  irrigates  the  plain  immediately 
north  of  it.  The  inhabitants  of  the  land  would 
seem  never  lo  have  needed  u  well  here,  and  now 
that  it  ii  dry  they  do  not  miss  it.  Why,  then, 
the  great  labor  and  expense  of  digging  it? 
Thistpustion  can  he  satistactorily  answered, 
only  cu  the  supposition  that  it  was  dug  by  J;;, 
cob.  He  bought  a  piece  of  land,  that  be  inii;ht 
be  independent  of  the  neighboring  tribes  in  re- 
gard to  pasturage,  and  in  order  to  ba  equally 
independent  in  regard  to  water,  he  was  com- 
pelled to  dig  a  well  on  his  own  land.  Had  lie 
not  been  a  stranger  in  the  land,  the  thought 
could  not  have  occurred  to  him.  The  very  ex- 
istence ot  tho  well,  then,  is  proof  of  the  scrip 
tural  tradition  that  Jacoo  dug  it. 

About  six  hundred  yards  north  of  Jacob's 
well,  is  the  tomb  of  Joseph.  The  tomb  ilseli 
is  in  the  shape  ot  a  modern  grave,  built  of 
stones  and  covered  with  planter.  It  is  seven 
feet  long,  three  feet  high,  and  three  feet  wide. 
It  is  surrounded  by  a  stone  wall  twenty-five 
feel  siiuarc  aud  ten  feet  high,  rebuilt,  accord- 
ing to  the  inscription  on  a  marble  slab  let  into 
the  wall,  hy  a  Mr.  Rogers,  British  Consul  at 
Damascus,  iu  1868.  The  tomb  is  also  inodern, 
and  was  evidently  built  by  the  Moliaiumcdans. 
for  it  has  the  shape  that  uniforn.ly  seen  in  Mo 
haiuniedau  graveyards.  But  this  modern  work 
is  only  a  reconstruction  of  tliejmore  ancient, 
and  as  Joseph  was  certainly  buried  in  this  im- 
mediate vicinity,  I  can  readily  believe  that  this 
tomb  marks  his  burial  place. 


GENERAL  FUND 

AnnaK.  Lehman, ?'2  00. 

Jacob  Riddlesparger 3  00. 

John  Lehman, 1  00, 


0n«!  §ihU  (flasa. 


/■«ie  Worth  of  Truth  no  Timgui  Vm  TtU." 

This  tieimrtioent  is  desimieil  for  iwktutr  .vid  an- 
wenn.;  iiuestlons,  (trawn  Ironi  llie  liilile.  In  or- 
lar  tOproiinitetlieTnO!,.  ;iU>|n. -1I...I-     .l..,n!d    lie 

>f.  and  elothe-l  ni  ,ih,,.l.  I  .....i,  i  .  .  \V<.  sliall 
^,      (le.e^^tl.MtS    !■■  •      ..UN^iir, 

uE  tills  fines  iK't  '  n.;  njxin 


After  examining?these  two  interesting    ob- 
jects at  the  mouth  of  the  valley  of.TJables,  we 


width, 
s  well  is 


The 
where  the  Sainar- 


rodo  along  the  valley,  with  Mt.  Gerizim  on  our 
left,  and  Mt.  Ebal  on  our  right,  until  we  pass- 
ed the  town,  ant  found  our  tents  pitched  at  the 
upper  en*  of  it.  We  were  now  beside  one  of 
the  most  ancient  cities  in  all  tho  land.  It  was 
called  Sychein  in  the  days  of  Abraham,  aud 
Shechem  in  the  later  Old  ITeslament  history. 
In  the  Now  Testament  it  is  called  Sychar.'un- 
1ms,  as  some  have  supposed,  the  village  of  As 
ka,  at  the  mouth  of  the  valley,  is  the  one  thus 
designated.  During  the  Roman  dominion  ii 
acquired  the  name  Neapolis,  'and  the   moderi 


Will  someone  i.Ii;i..e  r\i>l;iiii  uom.  ;i: 
reads  as  follows:  "Therel,.ie  if  thine  enemy  Una-' 
ger  feedliirn;  if  ho  thirst  Kive  hiia  drink;  for  ii  80 
doing  thou  shall  heap  eoala  of  Ore  im  Iris  head. 

C.J.  11  HAD. 
■\Vill  some  one  please  explain  .lohn  14:  Vif    It 
vends  as  follows  1 'Verily,  verily  I  say  unto  you, 
lli-lhatbelievelbon  me,  the  works  lh:it  1  do  shall    I 
he  do  iilso ;  and  greater  works  than  these  shall  he, . 
(hi-  because  1  go  unto  my  Father." 

Uli.KT  Stump. 

Will  some  one  please  explain  Mitt.  12:  407    It 

I  reads  aa  (oUowa;  "For  iB  Jonas  wns  three  day> 

and  three  oIbIiIs  in  the  whale's  belly;  soshall  the 

S.m  of  in:ui  be  thiee  da>aaud  three  nights  iu  the 

heart  ot  the  earth.'  H.  E.  FiUKl-T. 

Will  some  one  itlease  explain  John  uu:  r,'i  It 
reads  as  follows:  "Jesus  saiil  unto  her.  Touch  me 
not;  for  I  am  not  yet  iiacended  to  iny  Father:  but 
^o  to  my  brethren,  and  say  unto  them,  I  ascend 
unto  my  Father,  and  yo^r  Father;  and  to  my  God, 
and  your  Cod."  N.  S.  HAnE. 

Will  Hro.  K.  II.  Miller  please  explain  Horn.  14^ 
For  the  kingdom  of  God  is  not  meat  and 
drink ;  hut  riglileousness,  and  pe.ne. and  jey  in  the 
Holy  Uliost.     For  he  that  in  these  things  sei^eth 
Christ  is  acceptable  to  God,  and  ai,prove.l  of  men." 
P.  M  Col.UELL. 
Will  fome  one  please  explain  Jer.  12:  ■'.    It  reads 
as  follows:  "It  thou  hast  run  with  tho  footmen, 
4nd  thiy  have  wearied  thee,  then  how  canst  thou 
..ontemi  with  horses ;  and  if  in  the  land  ot  peace, 
therein  thou  triistedsl,  they  wearied  thee,  then 
now  will  thou  do  In  the  swelling  of  Jordan. " 

What  la  fasting  ?  How  and  when  must  it  be  ob- 
ived.  bow  long  continued';  Is  it  a  commanil? 
s  >  why  is  there  not  more  preaching  and  writ- 
ing done  on  Hurt  subject !  And  why  is  rt  not  ob- 
served more  hy  ns  and  especially  by  some  ot  theeld- 
ersw  If  it  is  not  acomnumd  wh:\t  does  Matt.  0:  14,- 
1-,  Mark  i;  ls-21.  Luke ;.;  :i:!-50.  Ads  l::;  8, ».  Matt. 
n'-jl.  Miuk(i;2!,I.uke2:37,  Actel4;S3,  la  so,  1 
Oor  ;■!,  "  Cor.  0 :  i.  Matt. »:  10-10, 4;  2.  and  Luke 
.l:2meim'r  Wjl.Clu.owi. 

Will  some  one  please  explain  the  6th  aud  mh 
verses  ot  the  ath  chapter  of  BevelatiQas?  It  reads 
u  follows:  -And  when  he  had  opene<l  the  third 
leal,  I  heard  the  third  beast  say.  Come  and  see.— 
Vnd  I  beheld,  and  lo,  a  black  horse;  and  he  that 
.at  on  him  had  a  pair  of  balances  in  his  hand. 
And  I  heard  a  voice  in  the  mi.lst  ot  the  (our  beasti 
say  A  measure  of  wheat  for  a  penny,  .aud  three 
measures  of  barley  tor  a  penny ;  and  see  thou  hurt 
not  the  oil  and  the  wine." 

As  .the  numbers  seven,  forty,  and  three  an 
very  often  in  Scripture,  can  any  broOier  or  sister 
toll  me  through  the  liBKiuKE-s  AT  Work  bow 

.  ..„ :..  ...a  rinU-    Hihie?    AUtt 


Often  these  nunibens  are  in  the  Holy  B^bto 
hav 


,hev  :u,y  l'»"l™la,^»;™.lm«nU«>^^^_^ 


THE    MTiKI'HKKJvT    A.T    "WOKK. 


ICovember 


^jamr  ami  'H^nniiru. 


Uu^^ikIs  Iovo  your  wivvs.  Wives,  submit  yonr- 
lelvt^  imlo  y.nir  own  liuHtmmU.  Clitldr^'n.  ol>ey 
yonriwitvnts,  K«thpr^.  jtrnvoki'iiot  y>iirohlMrpn  'i> 
WFMtl),  >>ul  I'Mitt;  (In-Ill  ii|>  It)  ttif  mirturf*  uiid  hJ- 
tnon'liim  'if  the  Lord,  ■iprvanta,  be  oberftflnt  Ui 
thfm  that  an"  v«'iir  nuistfrs— I'aci.. 


LIFE'S  WEST  \VINDOW. 

Wo  «t*nil     I  lir^'a  wmi  winJotr, 

.\n'l  ihink  itf  ihc  it-ijn  ihni  *rr  goDf ; 
Reincinl>cring  (he  cominK  ■iin*cl, 
We,  loo,  oiuKl  mnnnbrr  ihe  morn: 
Bui  the  auD  wHi  I"!,  the  .l*jr  will  do>«, 
And  «a  eo'l  •rill  coniF  lo  kII  our  woe*. 
Ab  we  n'Hicb  from  tbe  wc*lcrii  oiucmcnu, 

RvTlewing  «ur  happ/  j'ontb, 

Wc  mourn  for  iu  VAniabeil  proiuiap 

Orhonor,  amliition  and  initb. 

Bill  faopM  irlll  fail  atiJ  ]>Tiile  J«<W7, 

WhtD  we  ibink  buw  soon  w«  mu*i  nwaj* 

VTr  !iUd<I  ilI  life'tt  weni  wiudomi, 

AdiI  turn  not  iiullj  away. 
To  watch  our  chil'Ircn'n  fnco< 
The  DODulidp  of  iipnrli.ing  Jny. 
Bui  our  Ruij  njutl  •«(,  our  lip*  grow  dumb. 
And  lo  look  from  our  winduwa  our  oliililren  coino 
Slid  looking  from  life's  weil  wiDdowi; 

And  we  know  wc  wuiil<l  nol  n^ain 
Look  forth  from  ibt  cnJiiorn  lallicc. 
And  bTC  over  nil  lifdM  pain. 
Though  tlfe'M  •ualight  be  brilliant,  IU«iiq§oI  is  sweet. 
Since  il  bringn  longed-for  rest  lo  our  woory  feel. 


us  iw  tin-  ceuttT  of  earthly  atfe';tion,  aroun 
nhicli  cluetor  atl  ot  tbowe  C]in»tiau  Krao^  unr 
qualitifN  which  tend  to  malie  it  a  Ilumc  iu  pv 
t?ry  !wn»e  of  the  word. 

W*' endeiivor  to  make  our  home«  attractiv*". 
to  render  them  comfortable  and  convenietit 
but  we  will  sof'ii  have  to  leave  them  to  ntber- 
and  twite  tip  our  abode  with  those  who  hav^ 
gone  before  ti-i.  But  to  the  Christian  thii- 
thought  ha-*  no  terror,  when  bis  confidence  it- 
fitayed  on  the  comforting  words  of  Jeitifi,  "I  g( 
to  prepare  a  place  for  you,  that  where  I  am  y« 
may  be  al«o."  A  home  beyond  the  Jordan  dl 
death  for  the  redeemed  of  all  age».  of  which  it 
i«  said  thiit  "Kye  hath  not  ecen,  nor  ear  beard, 
neither  hath  it  entered  into  the  heart  of  mHii 
the  thiugH  which  Qofl  bath  prepared  for  then, 
that  lore  bim." 


Co|iics  of  tlic  ^ag. 


NEVER. 

Never  exaggerate. 

Never  betray    uonBdeoce. 

Never  leave  home  with  uukind  wordc. 

Never  laugh  at  the  minfortuueM  of  otliore. 

Never  give  a  i)re.ient  hoping  for  one  in  re- 
turn. 

Never  speak  uuch  of  your  own  perforniancew. 

Never  lend  an  article  you  have  borrowed  un- 
le»ti  you  have  permission  to  do  bo. 

Never  forget  tliat  if  you  are  faithtiil  iu  a  few 
things,  you  may  be  ruler  over  many. 

Never  exhibit  too  great  familiarity  with  a 
new  acquaintance:  you  may  giv>  olfente. 

Never  fail  to  offer  the  beat  aud  easiest  seat  in 
the  room  to  an  invalid,  an  elderly  person,  or  a 
lady. 

Never  sen^  Vfl.«,''i-.^,ur44nip,   ,,,.re  bed  to 


WHAT  A  MOTHER   CAN  DO. 

THE  lute  lion.  Tl,„n„vrn.  Benton,  for  thir- 
ty  years  n  United  .Stales  Senator,  said- 
My  mother  o«k.d  me  never  to  use  tobacco,  and 
1  never  to„tl„.d  ,t  from  that  lin.e  to  the  present 
day:  she  asked  me  not  to  game,  and  I  have  not 
and  I  caunot  tell  who  is  winning  or  who  is 
losing  m  games  that  can  be  played.  Shead- 
nmn,>h,dme,  too,  against  hard  drinking:  and 
to  «h.tevtr  Uftfulne.s  I  miiy  attain  in  life  I  nt- 
tnbule  ,t  lo  having  com,,lied  with  her  pious 
and  correct  wishes.  When  I  was  seven  years  o/ 
age  she  asked  me  not  to  drink,  and  then  I  made 
a  resolution  of  total  abstinence;  and  that  I  have 
adhered  to  it  through  all  the  time,  I  owe  to  my 
mother.  ■' 


RELY  ON  YOURSELF. 

IT  ift  related  of  Stephen  Oirard.  that  he  had  u 
ftvorite  clerk,  and  he  always   Raid  "he  in- 
tended    to  do  well     by  Ben     Lippeocott"  Si^ 
when  Bnn  got  to  be  twenty-one  he  expected  ti. 
hear  somethiDg    of  his  future   proapectw,    and 
perhaps  have  a    helping    band    in  startine  him 
•"  the  world.    Bui  the  old  fi.x  carefully  avoidc.i 
.-BBubject.    Ben  muwtered  courage.   "I  siijipoae 
I  am  now  free,   sir,"  aaid  he,  "and  I    thought  1 
would  8ay  something  to  you  as  to    my  coursi- 
What  do  you   think    I   had  better  do?"  "Yes. 
yea,  I  know  you  are,"  said  the   old  millionairi-, 
"and    my  advice  is  that  you  go   and  learn  the 
cooper's  trade."     TIiif>  application  of  ice  nearly 
froze   Ben  out,  but    recovering  his  equilibrium, 
he  said  if  Mr.    Girard  was  in    earnest  he  would 
do  80.     "I  am  in  earnest."     And  Bwn  forthwith 
sought  the  best  cooper    in   Spring    Garden,  be 
came   an    apprentice,    and    iu    due  time    could 
make  a.1  ijood  a  barrel  as  the  best.  Heannounced 
to  Mr.  Girard  that  he-  had  graduated,  and   wa;. 
ready  to  set  up  business.     The  old  man  seemed 
gratified,  aod  immediately  ordered   three  of  the 
best  barrel-s  he   could  turn    out.     Ben    did    his 
prettiest,  and  wheeled  them  up  to  the  old  man's 
counting  room.     Mr.  Girard  pronounced  them 
first-rate  and  demanded  the  price.     "One  dollar 
each,"  said  Ben,  "is   ns  low  as  lean    live    by.'' 
■'Cheap  enough,  make  out  your  bill." 

The  bill  was  made  out,  and  Mr.  Girard  settled 
it  with  a  clieck  for  Jl^O.rmii,  which  he  accompa- 
nied  with  this  little  moral  to  t,hfi„«lnr.v.  "Ti,„vt. 
-  ..  .^  ^iiij  ot^tt>o«sibie  man- 
ner, aud  If  you  are  unfortunate  and  lo.se  if  you 
will  have  a  good  trade  to  f«II  back  upon  which 
will  aflurd  you  a  good  living." 


I'hk  hi.tau  ha-i  dm  .iiii.iftl  «  r- -^rve  t.*rte  of 
'i2,<tOi»  men. 

Thfhe  an-  »"0  tons  of  ftaudard  silver  dollars 
-tored  ill  till!  Tre-tHury  at  VVanhiugton. 

THRkK  are  (ears  of  gre-it  distress  among  the 
*orking  cl^-ws  in  the  north  of  Etigland  during 
he  coming  winter. 

Thk  Evangelical  Mennonites  eipel  all  meni- 
Ut-n  who  have  insured  their  lives,  and  two  min 
ihUts  have  been  disciplined  of  late  for  this 
'lili-nce. 

Since  1849.  new  translations  of  the  Bild 
liavt'  been  made  in  210  languages.  In  some 
lases  a  written  langu.ige  had  to  he  formed  tor 
th"  purpose.  In  Madagascar  a  company  of 
rcTwers  has  been  sitting  for  over  ten  years. 


-ay  iHoioh  for   much,  ^a 


NATURE'S  HARPSTRINGS. 


TALK  TO  THE  CHII^DREN. 

/IHILDKEN  hunger  perpetually  for  new 
\J  Idea..  They  will  learn  with  p!ea.«ure  from 
the  ips  of  parents  what  ti.ey  deem  mere  dr,.dt,- 
ery  to  study  m  books;  and  even  if  they  ha.e 
the  misfortune  to  be  dej.rived  of  many  educa. 
honal  advantages,  they  will  grow  up  intelligent 
people.  We  son.etimes  see  parents  who  are  the 
life  of  every  company  they  enter,  dull,  silent 
andnaioteresting  at  home  among  their  chil- 
dren. If  they  hare  not  mental  activity  and 
mental  stores  sufficient  for  both,  let  them  first 
use  what  they  have  for  their  owVhousll^^^^ 
A  silent  home  IS  a  dull  place  for  young  people- 
a  place  from  which  they  will  escape  if  they  can 
How  much  useful  information,  and  what  un- 
C0DSC.0U8    but  excellent  mental  training,  isin 


HOME. 

BY  J.  F.  EUBitSOLB. 


miiAT  a  world  of  thought  i,  expressed  in 

viv.h  /  ""[  "™''  "  ''*»  ■""  o-'y  oon- 
vey  the  jdea  that  ,t  is  the  place  where  we  get 
our  meals,  sleep,  and  where  we  kbor,  but  the 
thought  goe,  beyond  thU  and  presents  itself  to 


"W.lk  ll,™,gl,,l„  „„,„„,  J        ,„,,, 
%  Ih.  ,iM  .o„e.r,   .ro.K,li„l„,.„d. 

Nature  is  full  of  wonderous  harmonic.  Her 
echoes  are  heard  far  and  near,  while  her  sweet 
strains  k.n.lle  in  our  hearls  responsive  joy  Let 
us  smg  the  beauteous  Spring,  the  d'orious 
bummer,  and  the  golden  .-Vntumn.  Through- 
out  these  seasons  in  their  harmonious  round, 
we  hear  vo.ces  tuned  to  gladness  and  song  Our 
being  now  intuitively  beats  with  rapture  and 
prmse  nnnd  these  innumerable  harpstrings  in 
Nature  s  own  great  orchestra. 

In  the  vernal  season,  amid  buds   and  leaves 
and  llowers,  out  in  the  midst  of  the  forest  soli- 
iludes,  m  the  green   .ueadows  or   by  the  mur- 
muring streams,  how  sweet  the  harmonies  from 
the  overflowing     melodies    of    the    feathered 
hrong!  In  the  leafy,  shady  retreats  ofSummer 
land,  how  the  outbursting  strains  from  grove 
aud  brook,  and    myriad    leaf-tongues   swell  the 
glad  lelraiu  into  joyous  ecstacies,  till  the  fields 
and  woodlands  with   the  heavens  above   us  in 
thrilling  nimstreleies,  flood  the  hills  and  plains' 
So  too  in    Autumn,  when  on   every  band  is 
seen  beauty  and  plenty,  what   unbounded  an- 
thems go  up   to  liod   from  the   vast  fields  of 
earth!  Hear  the  wonderous  echoes  of  joy  from 
the  great  organ  of  Nature,  that  rise  and  fall  in 
oue  vast  harmony  of  sound  on   the  high  head- 
lands, down  upon  the  ocean  shore,   and  in  the 
glowmg     lorests    of  the  fading    year.-  What 
hymns  Ko  glorious  and  full  of  glad  hallelujahs 
as  these  great  "harvest  homes"  of  our  favored 
I  laiidr 

I  Hark!  It  is  God's  own  grand  chorus  that 
sweeps  symphoniouxly  over  every  field,  bveverv 
stream  and  in  every  woodland,  -'Mis  own  first 
temple  ere  man  worshipped  in-  saucturies 
reared  by  hands.  How  eweet,  joyous,  and  exul- 
tant indeed,  these  strange  yet  welcome  harp- 
'-tnng..Df  Nature.  Then  a  sweet,  tranquil  si- 
lence  succeeds  like  the  cadence  of  psalm,    when 

"Only  thi-  whi.i,.  ring  rilla  I  Lfdr, 

Wiib  itx  Willi  vcpiT  h/mo, 
Aad  hcjutiJUltj  clcnr, 
The  robin'a  pluSntlve  kodb!' 


Heke  are  a  few   interesting  points  for  the 
young  man  who  thinks  he  can't  work  for  leas 
than  tour  dollars  a  day  aud  board  to  cut  out  and 
paste  on  the    back    of  the  Saratog.i   trunk    he 
will  probrtbly  check  for  Alaska   or  some  other 
iuijii>rtant  sea  port  town  as  soon    as  he  reflects 
upou  the  state  of  things  in  the  civilized  world. 
The    fulluwing    la    the  report    of   the    diflereut 
United  State.s   Crmsuis  in    the  old  world,    and 
3h'>wsastartliug  comparison  with    trade  in  our 
own  country:  "VVage^  in  the  United  States  are 
'liml.fe  thiise  iu  Belgium,  Denmark,  PVam^e  and 
England ;  three  times  those  in  Germany,Italy  and 
France,  and  f.mr  times  that  of  the  Netherlands, 
That  prices  of  the  necessaries   of  life  are  lower 
111  the  United  States  than  iu  Europe.     A  labor- 
er in  the  United  States,  were  he   satisfied  with 
the  scanty  fare  of  the  European,    can  purehhse 
like  food  for  Kss  money   than  in  Europe.     The 
French  working  people  with  far  Ie'*s  wages,  are 
liHppier  than  the  working  people  of  Great  Brit- 
ain, who  receive  the  highest    wages  in  Europe, 
on  account  of  the  steadiness   and    economiLal 
traits  of  the  iornier.     That  more  misery  resulls 
tnun  ^tnke.q.  drinking,  socialism,  and  conimun- 
isni  in  Ejigland  and  Germany  than  from  all  the 
other  causes  combined."    This  is  good  news  to 
the  temperate,  steady   American,  be  he  laborer 
or  artisan.    The  man  who   is  always    out  of  a 
job,  and  grumbling  because  his  family  are  star- 
■wft  »vuui.at,ontoT>  percent  more   than  that 
'>'   'uiybody  else,  and    the   quicker     he  settl.. 
down  wuh  the  times  the  better  it  will  be  for  all 
parties  concerned.     It   isn't   so    much  what  a 
man  earns  as  to  what  he  saves  at  the   present 


-SPELLING  REFORM. 

AN  ADDBKSS  DKLIYERED  BY  B.  O.  VAILE,  OF  THl 

CHICAGO  HIGH  SCHOOL,  BEFOKE  THE  TEACHEhS' 

ISSTITDTE  OP  STEPHENSON  COUNTr..   ILl 


liilelligeiit    b..y   )o  ,  .  _,    ...^^^^  ^^ 

bene  you  are  put  down  in  disgrace  ;  and  nil 
becauee  you  dared  to  u^e  your  intelligence 
Vou  learn  propel  with  one  !;  but  we  must  not 
follow  the  analogy  wlien  spelling  foretell  and 
gawlle;  nor  may  these  two  be  alike.  But  one 
mutit  end  iu  II  and  the  other  In  lie. 
jKoe  is  ail  right;  but  not  so  with  «oe  for  no 
nor  fitioe  for  know.  The  more  common  sense 
you  have,  the  worse  lor  you  in  learning  to 
spell  ;  and  if  you  happen  to  have  but  little  of 
that  precious  article  about  you  today,  I  have 
no  doubt  but  that  it  is  due  to  the  violent  wav 
in  which  you  were  compelled  to  throw  it  aside 
when  learning  to  spell  your  mother  tongue. 

Look  at  a  few  more  of  these  words  which  you 
labored  over  when  in  the  first  or  second  reader- 
One,  but  not  oneder    (wonder) 
Two,  "      dwo         (do) 
Dry,                     "      dy  (die) 
Speech.                  "      speek       (speak) 
Schism,                "      schink    (sink) 
Witch,                 "      whitch   (which) 
Scourge,              "      ourge      (urge) 
Dirge,                  '*      mirge      (merge) 
Breeze,                 "      cheezo    (cheese) 
Tongue,               "      rongue    (rung) 
Opaque.                "      taque      (take) 
Wright,                "      recight    (recite) 
Height,                  "      reight     (rite) 
Aisle,                    "      smaisle  (smile) 
Laugh,                 '•      haugh    (half) 
Through              "      dough     (due) 
Enougb,               "      stough    (stuff)  etc 
And  90  I  might  go  on  for  a  long  time,  using 
only  the  more    common    words,  which    we  are 
taught  in  the  first  four  years  of  school  life,     I 
am  not  indulging   iu  exaggeration.     You  can 
take  any  spelling  book  and  find  these  iuconsig- 
teiK'ies  by  the  dozen  on  every  page. 

If  myrrh  be  mir,  why  not  syrrh  sir'f  If 
through  be  throo,  why  not  tough  too?  If 
bough  be  how,  why  cot  cough  con?  It  noise 
why  not  boise  for  io//s?  If  colonel  be  kernel 
why  not  iufolouel  for  in/enia!^  If  neighbor 
be  nnbor,  why  not  leighbor  labor  i' 

It  has  bet n  mathematically  demonstrated  that 
the  word  " -M-issors"can  be  spelled  in  596,5S(ldif- 
f*.r^it^  modes,  and  have  analogies  to  authorize 
each  speinng.  For  instance  'Sehissyrrhce" 
is  judged  by  the  representations  of  it*  sounds 
in  schiHTii,  myrrh,  sacribce. 


fotujifapoiuli-ni;^. 


These  Uilora  wrtle  we  iiulo  rnii   riiAi  v.>.i,  i  .     ,_  , 
B^jwiioweiimu  you,  tlial  jour  jqy  mnjr  he  full,— John. 


I  iniES  AKi,  Gzntlemek:   In  presentin.. 
Ij  the  m«tt*r  of  Spelling  Reform  to  you  to" 
night  I  must   a,k  you   for  the  moment   to  lav 
as.de  all    the    knowledge  of  English   spelling 
which  you  have  acquired,  aud  to  imagine  your 
sel    little  children   again,  just   beginning  the 
toilsome  ascent  of  the  hill  of  knowledge     By 
practice  and  repetition  we  become  accustomed 
to  the  absurdities  and   inconsistencies  of  our 
«l>ellii.g,andwe  fail   to  recogni/e  what  a  pre- 
posterous thing  il  is.     It  is  only  when  we  put 
ourselves  at  the  starting  point  again  and  look 
along  the  road  we  have  gone  that  we  see  what 
adiftculttask   has   been   re<,uired  of  „s;  how 
we  have  been  compelled   to  labor  without  any 
necessity  or  proHt:  how  our  reason   has  been 
dwarfed  because  we  have  been  forbidden  to  use 
.  ,  and  how  we  have  been  punished  or  mortified 
■I  perchance  our  reason  did  lead  us  astray  and 
perhaps  to  spell  according  lo  common  sense 
rather  than  the  spelling  book. 

Suppose  now,  yo,i  are  a  little  boy  and  have 
us  learned  at  ,.,•-,-,,  spells  pity.  How  much 
W.I  the  spelling  of  that  word  help  you  in 
eling  ,/,,,,,  Not  at  all.  If  a  sensible 
oh. Id  you  follow  vour  instinct  and  feelin.  ol 
«nalogv  you  will  say  rf-/.,.,  „„d  „;,,  ^^^  „; 
Now  comes  the  word  c,V.v.  Shall  y„u  spell  il 
We  pity  or  like  ditty?    Sometin  e,  you'th  nl 

7  7^  rf  ^°™"'"'''  "-  "ter!  an     a" 
oiten  laughed   at,  nntiMina„,,Hy;itt;;;, 

>ettles  down  m  your  mind  as  a  mere  matter  o 
memory,  an    not  at  all  as  a  matter  of  reasoii. 
1  ou  are  allowed  to  .say  il-o-l-e  for  *,l.      j 

would  like  to  follow  cofnmonlel:*':: 
*-/«  for  bowl.    Uutn,    There  you  „,„ 

irow  away  your  common  sense  agaii.    u  ^ 

Wlyouwroag.     Vou  leanWo,./,,  and  like  ' 


From  Greasy  Creek,  Va. 

OUR  Love  feast  passed  oH' pleasantly,  a  Love- 
feast  indeed.  The  largest  crowd  ever 
known  at  our  church.  Eld.  B.  F,  Moomaw  of 
Roanoke,  and  D.  C  of  Montgomery,  were 
with  us,  besides  a  number  of  minister  of  our 
own  county.  One  baptized.  Eld.  B.  F.  Moo- 
maw stayed  aud  preached  a  few  days.  Two  more 
baptiz-d  and  two  applieanls.  We  regret  that 
our  brother  could  not  slay  longer.  Quite  an 
interest  manifested.  c.  D.  Hvlton 


From  Bear  Creek  Churcti,  111. 


Hear  Brethren: — 

WE  had  a  very  enjoyable  feast.  Brother- 
John  Wise  of  Bond  Co.,  was  with  us 
aud  preached  the  word  of  Qod  with  great  power. 
Other  ministers  were  present,  but  brother  Wise 
was  the  mam  speaker.  Although  there  were 
no  additions  to  the  church,  there  were  many 
good  impressions  made  upon  the  minds  of  some 
good-meaning  people,  who  have  expressed  their 
willingness  to  obey  tlie  Gospel  in  its  primitive 
punty.  About  one  hundred  and  seventy  were 
seate^d  around  the  table  of  the  Lord.  As  I  sat 
and  looked  upon  the  young  people  before  me 
making  sport  of  the  eiamples  of  their  Redeemer, 
and  ot  us  because  we  obeyed  the.n,  I  thought 
how  great  were  the  trials  of  the  young  soldiers 
ot  the  cross,  and  how  great  our  enjoyment  if 
we  only  prove  faithful-t,,  the  end. 

Meeting  continued  over  Sunday.  On  Sunday 
evening  brother  Wise  delivered  a  discourse  on 
Ohristian  baptism,  which  we  think  is  beyond 
successful  dispute  or  contrailiotion.  He  eit 
plained  some  of  the  various  objections  to  the 
action  of  baptism,  the  unity  of  the  God-head, 
and  the  meauing  of  sprinkling,  pouring  and  im- 
inersioD,  and  compared  them  to  the  word  bap- 

n'ti,,-.  ,."7  "'f  "' 'he  saints  of  God  here - 
m  this  world,  but  there  is  a  time  coming  when 
they  will  remember  their  folli,.. 

W.  H.  MlLLEl,, 


-pjovember    3 


'I'idE    lil^KTL'HJiKN    J^T    AVOKK. 


From   Willow  Springs,  Kansas. 


haii  »  I-' 


f  loTp.     Sailil^  were    uiHtlc 
iuners  ti>   wtep.     Wivt-s 
'■  ihfirliiisliuuils  p;o  rtonn 
he  fl  'wiiiK  stream  and    be    burieii  iu  li^ly 
iTntisui-     Thrt-e  biive  bet'ii  added  siDCt*  ciy  U-t 
oort,  aud  we  think   there  are  qui(e  a  nuiulipr 
I  nost  reaily  to  couie.     We  bad  quite  a  number 


From  Labette  Chu'ch,  Neb. 


OUIlL'iVivfeasl 


f  miui''t*'''s  wiUi  us.  About  tb't- 
onimuu^d  and  some  could  not  get  \ 
,j),e  weather  waa  delightful,  and    tht 


tion  conl 


Id  not  all    g.it  in  the  house. 


huiiH 
^th.'  tab!^. 
congregfl- 
May  God 


bless 


„s  all  i:*  luy  pmyer. 


From  Plymouth,  Ind. 

J)rar  B>tthren:— 

OVR  feast  of  love  is  past.  We  commpoced 
meeting^pu  the  17th  of  October.  Brother 
Isaac  Billhimer  was  with  us  aud  labored  faith 
fuliy.  Ou  the20th  brother  John  Metzg- rcarae. 
aud  ou  the  evening  of  tlia  Slat,  brolher  J. dm 
Barnbart  came  tj  assist  us.  We  held  a  choi:e 
for  two  spfakprs,  iind  the  lot  fell  ou  two  of  our 
visitiug  brethren.  Jacob  Seiders  and  Aaron  H. 
Kreighbiiitn.  Five  brethren  wern  calh-rl  to 
the  dr-acon's  office.  May  they  prove  faithful  to 
tbeircalliug  i>*  my  prayer.  In  thu  evening  we 
udtbered  around  the  t ibles  to  comiu'nKirate 
the  Hiifl'erings  and  death  of  our  admirable  Re- 
deemer. The  house  was  nearly  full  of  menib-rs. 
We  had  nplendid  order.  Four  were  added  to 
the  church  by  baptism. 

John  Knisliiv. 


The  Debate. 

IN  reading  the  debate  between  Stein  and  Ray, 
our  miad  often  wandered  out^after  these 
nicu  to  know  them  personally,  and  we  Bome> 
tim-is  made  an  im  iginary  picture  of  them  to  our 
miud's  eye. 

Having  read  tlni  description  of  the  person  of 
Christ;  ho*  ch.iraftvTistic  he  waa  in  all  humil- 
ity and  meekness  while  among  men,  and  know- 
iug  that  he  wanted  hi-*  apustles  and  ministers 
who  should  be  aftrr  him,  to  be  a  pattern  of  him 


ast  was  held  on  the  Ihli  and 
tobi-r  lour  miles  norHi  "t  thr 
Indian  T-rnlory.  at  ihe  h«ime  I'f  "ur  eelfeni'il 
trietid  Harrisi>ii  Hackfl«.  We  had  an  enjiyabie 
s^a•^ou,  aud  tme  tltat  will  be  long  nniembered. 
This  wan  tl,e  first  uieeling  u\  ill.-  kind  evt  r  luM 
in  this  part  of  the  country.  BretJiren  Robcit 
Eilgecitmb  and  Martin  N>-her.  from  (Irawiord 
Co,  Kan^ax,  auil  David  Knre  from  Noble  Co 
Indiuna.  were  iiie^t-ul  Hiid  held  lorlh  the  word 
with  power.  Duriiit;  the  evening  lervues there 
w  is  good  order  and  atleutioii  I'herf  tire  tliir 
ty-fivK  mt-mhers  mi  thm  cliiirch.  ami  we  desire 
the  siiifi-re  pra>en<  uf  ihn  Brnthirhniid  in  our 
behalf  and  miui-'ters  lo  rome  ami  preaeh  lor 
us.  We  have  a  g-iod  ci-uutry  aud  brethren 
would  do  Well  to  settle  here.  Any  inlormaiiou 
will  lip  promptly  an-tw^red  by  writing  to  me  aud 
enclosing  a  tliree  c-iit  stimp.  My  addres.s  is 
Ailamout,  Labette  Co..  Kaunrt!<, 

C     \\     KiNGEBY. 


who  90  willingly  lent  a  helping  hand.  May  the 
blessings  of  heaven  follow  us  all  and  bring  us 
safely  home  to  reat. 

Mary  Grabu-l. 


FromMt.  Morns,  UUois. 


AS  it  is  nlw 
a  family 


From  DeWitt,  Mo 


T 


Iknr 
Er  I 


Sintrrs:  — 

liv-*  AS  we  profess,  and  try  and 
hiiw  (;io!*e  we  can  live  to  our  Savior  and 
the  Chundi.  Let  us  be  on  our  gimd  how  we 
raise  our  ihildren,  and  not  put  <in  them  what 
we  would  Hot  wear  ournelve'',  Let.  m  have 
family  prajer  aud  .-how  tliem  tlui'  we  intend  to 
do  what  ii  righ>,Hiui  not  t<y  to  teach  tbeni  what 
wo  don't  live  up  to  ourselves,  Children  aie 
cloie  observers,  and  Vi  ry  soon  aee  our  mistakes. 
God  has  given  these  little  ciiildren  into  our 
care  and  we  should  be  true  to  the  sacred  trust 
committed  to  us.  We  need  divine  graie  to 
help  us  to  discharge  our  duty  faitlifully.  May 
God  help  us  all  to  do  what  is  right,  aud  at  last, 
when  we  are  done  t*'Hchiug  atid  laboring  iiere 
in  thi^  world,  be  so  happy  as  to  meet  among 
the  blncid- washed  throng  in  the  beautiful  laud 
ou  high. 

Makia  F.  BrBiiow. 


Dfur  Brethren 
this  rospet:t,   we    pictured  these  insii   hrfore      A  FTERour  greetings  of  love  and  goodwill 


as  in  this  light,  and  while  we  thint-rtrp-fnrm7?r|-iV- 
correspouds  pretty  well,  we  must  say  we  had  to 
think  the  latter  would  not  bear  more  semblance 
to  the  Church  of  Christ  tlian  a  war  officer,  aud 
we  felt  sorry  for  this.  Bat  a  man  who  hoi- is 
forth  to  be  a  "preacher  of  righteoiisuess"  and  to 
procUim  the  Gospel  a^  it  is  in  Christ,  and  uses 
such  language  of  derision  and  mockery,  must 
surely  be  in  gross  ignorance  of  his  position  or 
else  is  a  full  hypocrite.  We  may  be  wrong  iu 
our  impressions,  but  this  is  the  conclusion  we 
came  to.  Lbvi  Andes. 

Lincoln,  Va. 


From  Silver  Lake,  Neb. 


T-rfarrniiinta  — 


Notes  of  Travel. 

Iti a r  Brethren:— 

AFTKR  a  long  anticipation  of  a  pleasant  trip, 
and  for  the  ever  cherished  manna  for  ihe 
soul,  five  of  ns  boarded  the  covered  wagon  tlie 
morning  of  the  2Gth  of  September,  to  attend 
the  Love-ieast  in  Neosho  county,  near  Parsons. 
We  arrived  at  brother  Sidney  Hodgden's  the 
same  evening,  and  after  enjoying  a  good  night's 
rest  went  to  place  of  meeting,  at  brother  Joseph 
Garher's,  where  quite  a  number  had  already 
assembled.  Brother  A.  J.  Hixou  favored  us 
with  a  very  able  discourse  which  wiis  relished 
by  all  present.  In  the  evening  met  to  conv 
memorate  the  sufferings  and  death  of  our  Lord 
aud  Master.  What  a  refreshing  seaMon  thi**  is 
to  our  weary  souls  when  brethren  and  sisters 
can  meet  in  one  common  band  witli  their  minds 
ceutered  upon  King  Jesus,  who  is  the  author 
and  finisher  of  our  faith! 

The  next  forenoon  we  met  in  the  tent  for 
Children's  Meotiug,  condncted  by  brother  Esh- 
elman.  It  was  very  pleasant  indeed  to  attend 
a  meeting  of  this  kind.  Preaching  services  fol 
lowed,  aud  also  in  the  ereuing.  There  were 
three  baptixed  during  the  meeting.  While' 
stiinding  at  the  water  side  my  mind  was  wau- 
di-riiig  along  the  streets  of  Pwarl  aud  of  our  dear 
sister  who  was  lately   snatched    from  our  wide. 

Daring  this  meeting  we  Had  the  pleasure  of 
forming  the  acqimintauce  of  brother  and  sister 
Eshelmau.  brother  A.  J.  HiKon,and  many  oth 
ers  whom  we  shall  long  remember.  From 
there  we  went  to  Bourbon  county  to  the  com- 
munion. On  our  return  we  had  the  pleasure  ot 
hearing  brother  Esholman  speak  on  the  subject 
oHKippiiicss.  It  is  very  pleasant  to  meet  our 
dear  brethren  and  sisters,  but  the  p.itting  hour 
s.i'.ii  ^oin-H.  Yo  ir^  in  the  hopp  of  eternal  life. 
Mary  Hkss. 


ehTisr*esiar-rtiningn  rmr 
thv  Brotherhood,  1  desire  to  say  Mut  we,  the 
isolated  brethren  and  sinters  in  A  lam«  county, 
Nebraska,  held  our  little  communion  meetiug 
at  Silver  Lake,  and  we  fee!  to  thank  Him  who 
raleth  the  heavens  ab^ve  and  the  earth  beneath, 
for  liiH  tender  mercies  and  loving  kindness. 

On  the  9th  insi.  brother  James  M.  Bailey  and 
wife  arrived  from  Jewejl  Ci>. ,  Kansas,  bringing 
with  thein  brother  Wagoner  of  Red  Cloud, 
Nebraska,  and  the  spacious  tent  under  which 
we  were  privileged  to  often  meet  and  aiiig  the 
sweet  songi  ofZio-i  loite  praise  and  glory  of 
God.  On  Friday.  Eld.  Alien  lv^<  and  Bro  H. 
P.  Briukvorth  Irom  Burr  Oak.  brethren  Dee 
ter  aud  Montgofnery  of  the  Limestone  church, 
and  brother  B.  F.  Stump  aud  laiuily  arrived. 
We  were  aiuch  gratified  to  hiiveour  dear  breth- 
ren assist  in  declaring  God's  truth  aud  we  felt 
greatly  to  rejoice  for  our  hH[»py  privileges. 

Tne  meeting  opened  on  Friday  evening  On 
Saturday  morning  Bro.  Briukworth  addressed 
us  from  Rom.  8:  1. —Fruits  of  the  spirit.  In 
the  afternoon  we  met  for  examiuatiou  services, 
the  brethren  leading  our  thoughts  to  the  im- 
portance ol  a  due  preparation  for  the  solemn 
e-tercises  of  the  evening  hour  and  prove  our- 
selves worthy  to  partake- of  the  aacred  emblems. 
Dear  brethren  and  sisters,  how  carrful  should 
we  be  of  our  conduct  for  tongue  cannot  ex- 
press tlie  weight  of  sorrow,  the  baptism  of  suf- 
terings,  the  agony  and  bloody  sweat  that  our 
Savior  endured  prior  to  his  shameful  death 
upon  the  cross  for  you  aud  me.  About  twenty- 
Kve  members  surrounded  the  table  of  the  Lord. 
Our  hearts  burned  with  love  toward  those  who 
were  spectators,  for  we  desire  to  see  all  practiLe 
alike  the  commands  and  examples  of  our  God 
Brother  Bailey  carried  our  minds  to  the  great 
Supper  at  the  end  of  the  world  when  Jesus  will 
be  present  and  serve  us  May  God  enable  us 
to  look  unto  him  us  our  pattern. 

Services  Sunday  morning  aud  atteruoou  when 
a  dear  youug  3i.--tor  presented  lierself  for  bap 
tism.  Then  we  repaired  to  the  placid  waters  of 
the  little  Blue,  where,  amidst  the  shades  of  the 
evening,  she  was  ciluily  buried  beneath  the 
liquid  wave.  May  she  be  a  bright  and  shining 
light  and  at  last  niet-t  her  Savior  in  the  home 
of  the  blest.  Others  were  almost  persuaded. 
May  the  spirit  of  Divine  love  had  us  into  all 
truth,  and  may  we  be  enabled  to  eearch  God's 
word  and  '  e  witling  to  go  where  he  leads. 

We  lender  our  heartfelt  thanks  to  the  dear 
brethren  aud  slaters  who  met  with  us  and  la- 
bored in  the  good  cause,  and  to  the  kind  friends 


ways  gratifying  to  the  member' of 
ly  to  learn  of  the  enjoyment  of  a 
lovi'd  one  f.»r  away,  so  we,  no  doubt, 
dwi-liers  iu  local  churches — members  of  the 
body  of  Christ — part  of  the  great  spiritual 
Family  of  God  are  interest4'd  iu  the  welfare  of 
■■ach  other,  and  since  our  Love-feast  meetings 
(la-sedoffso  pleasantly,  we  thought  it  would 
he  interesting  to  the  dear  ones  in  Christ  who 
•'ould  uot  be  with  us  to  read  a  sketch  of  the 
proceedings. — Hence  the  following: 

The  day  being  the  '^'iudinst.  we  met  at  10;00 
A  u  in  the  Silver  Creek  house  of  worship,  a 
large  commodious  building  5  milea  north  of 
town.  The  weather  pleasant,  there  was  a  large 
attendance,  by  some  estimated  that  500  were 
[ireseut  iu  the  evening.  I  believe  twenty-one 
iiiinirtters  were  present  from  Northern,  111.,  and 
Eld.  S.  M,  Forney  of  Southern  III.,  also  Eld,  J. 
Qiiinter,  editor  P.  C.  &  /'.  from  Huntingdon, 
Pa.,  who  led  in  discourse  in  the  forenoon.— 
Theme, 

IMl'OKTANCE   OF  FAITH. 

We  made  the  following  deduction: 

I.  Tnie^cvaugAiial  faith  ijivfschnracler.  We 
muht  not  only  possess  faith,  but  faith  must  also 
possess  us. 

U.  Fnith  ineatis  the  system  of  truth.  It  com- 
prthfluds  all  the  Christian  virtues.  We  believe 
rliat  all  hearers  who  have  been  begotten  by  the 
spirit  of  lioii,  felt  that  we  needed  uew  acces- 
sions of  strength  from  day  to  day  under  the 
itilinence  of  divine  grace,  in  order  to  become 
more  faithful,  and  rise  to  a  higher  degree  nt 
perfection  in  the  ihvike  life. 

Met  again  after  dinner,  when  Eld.  Hillerv 
addressed  us  on  "I'RKAf  h  thk  wohu."  He  en- 
deavored to  elucidate  the  fact  that  the  "Word 
of  God"  Iranaceuded  everything  else.  That  it 
uLderliea  the  groundwork  of  creation,  redemp- 
tion, AI.1.  uoun,  aud  therefore  it  should  be 
pleached  instead  of  the  doctrines  of  human 
creeds,  because  our  salvation  is  not  predicated 
uvon  the  opinions  of  men,  but  upon  the  "word 

OF_bm,>."  __  __ 

In  the  evening  Elds.  S.  M.  Forney  and  ijuin- 
ter  talked  on  self-examination  to  the  edificati  >n 
ot  all.  Bro.  Hillery  talked  plainly  on  the  sub- 
ject of  ieet-washing.  and  we  hope  some  be- 
clouded mind  was  convinced  that  "ought"  was 
imperative. 

Brief  remarks  on  the  supper  by  brethren 
Quinter,Steiu  and  Hillery,  wheuit  was  remark- 
ed that  Love-feasts  in  the  Primitive  Church 
were  no^  discontinued  until  in  the  fourth  cen- 
tury, atwhich  time  they  became  80  corrupted 
by  beinj  changed  iuto  feasts  of  hilarity  that  the 
church  abandoned  them  as  the  lesser  of  two 
evils,  'i^tead  of  correcting  the  error  as  it  should 
have  dme.  Hence  the  corrn[)t«d  state  (jf  mod- 
ern Christendom.  Good  order  prevailed  during 
the  siTvices — about  550  co  mmnnicants.  We 
hope  tie  spectators  will  not  soon  forget  the 
prevajing  solemnity. 

Net  day  met  at  9:30  a.  m.,  and  truly  good 
wine  lad  been  kept  till  the  close  of  the  feast. — 
The  it  chapter  of  2nd  Peter  was  selected  and 
read  [y  Eld.  E.  Forney,  after  which  the  follow- 
ing l^ethren  spoke  respectively.— Elds.  David 
Rittoltonse,  Daniel  Deardorft",  M.  M,  Eshel- 
luautL.  Hillery  aud  John  Einiuert. 

TV  Lord  blessed  all  of  them  with  many  good 
t.hov(ht3  and  heavenly  wisdom  flowed  from  hu- 
maiiips  while  they  warned  sinners  and  admon- 
ishej  believers.     We  hope  the  followers  of  the 
bleeing  Lamb  of  Calvary  left  the  house  of  pray- 
er ad  praise  feeling  encouraged  to  continue  iu 
theright.    Pear  brethren  and  sisters,   let   us 
prqforone  another,   agonize  for  sinners,  and 
nn(  we  never  forget  Gethsemane,  Guhatha  and 
Go[otlia — but  strive  to  be   faithful  to  the  end 
wlji  we  shall  receive   the  immortal  crown  in 
reffvation  for  us  at  God's  right  hand.     It  will 
ii'ibe  long  until  all  of  us  shall  ''pass  over  the 
■ijr." 
I        ■■I'll  soon  l>e  at  home  o*?r  there, 
For  ilie  CDilof  my  jouruey  luce; 
Mauy  ileiir  lo  my  Lv»rl  over  iL^rv, 
Arc  WAtcliing  and  wnitiug  for  me." 

I  Yours  in  Christ, 

I  W.  C.  Teeteh. 


Echoes  from  the  East. 

'  NUMIiUlt  XXIV. 

THE    ANTIETAM   LOVKFEAST. 

rHURSDAY,  Aug.  i^ath.— Tuis  beautiful 
I  morning  our  church  was  well  represented 
(  the    lower   meetiDf;-ho>use — Welty's.    We 


anticipated  a  jovful    lovefewiit  occsunon.     How 
we  love  to  see  the  brethren  and  sihterH  from  far 
and  near  coming  iu  frfim  all  directionh!  These 
are  the  occasions' that  should,  most  of  all,  bring 
us  down  very  humble  at  the  foot  of  tUe  crow, 
and  inspire  ui*  with  renewed  vows  to  our  Lord 
and  Master.  Brother  Edwanl  Miller  of  H«g-  rs- 
town  opened  the  meeting,  when  brother  Adam 
Pyle,  bishop  of  Back  Creek  Church,  preached  a 
diicnurse  upon  Heb  4:  \.    Brother  Diivid  Knift- 
ley  of  Lower  Cumberland  bore  testimony  to  the 
truth,  and  stated  that  people  are  very  ready  to 
accept  invitations  us  appear  on    noticea  of  pic- 
nics and  so  on,  but  when  they  are  invited  to  the 
Gospel  feast  of  spiritual    things  they   are  care- 
less.    The  claims  of  the   Gospel    were  pressed 
home  to  all  both  in  the  discourse  and  the  testi- 
mony.    Ill  the  afternoon  brother  Ejihraira  Sto- 
ner  addressed  us  from   Rev.   3:4.     He   insisted 
upon  honesty  among  our  brethren    in  this  evil 
day,  and  gave  out  an  earnest   caution   against 
the  prevalent  sin  of  dishonesty  in  businea  deal- 
ings.    He   also  urged  truthfulness  sa  another 
virtue  of  our  Christianity.     He  said  that  a  say- 
ing used  to  be  current  of  some  men  that  "their 
word  was  as  good    as  their  bond,"  and  we  were 
exhorted  to  attain  to  such  a  desirable  standard 
of  public  recognition. 

After  a  short  intermission  the  uanal  self- 
examination  service  was  held.  The  Gospel 
propriety  of  the  sisters'  head  covering  was  ex- 
plained. We  often  wonder  that  there  should  be 
any  sisters  who  have  not  advanced  in  grace  so 
far  as  to  understand  the  nectssity  of  this  "pow- 
er" on  their  heads.  The  brother  said  the  hair 
is  the  natural  covering,  the  bonnet  is  the  artifi- 
cial or  weather  covering,  but  the  plain,  white 
cap  has  a  spiritual  signilicauce  which  every 
►■ister  will  hi!  happy  to  comprehend.  It  was 
said  seli-examinatiou  should  be  doue  daily.  To 
commune  unworthily  w**  condemned  by  the 
apostle,  aud  no  one  desires  to  commune  unwor- 
thily, hence  strict  self-examinatiou  is  necessary. 
We  may  see  others  in  fault  and  lose  sight  of 
ourselves.  Hence,  self-examination  is  needed 
that  we  may  appear  worthy  guestsof  the  Lord's 
Slipper. 

The  Love-feast  followed  "when  the  even  was 
come."  The  meeting  was  very  enjoyable  and 
will  long  be  remembered. 

TaE  SONS  Of  liOD. 

tiundaij,  Sept.  2Hth — We  attended  services  at 
oar  towu  nreeting-houke  this  evening.  Brother 
Jacob  F.  Oiler  addre.ssed  us  from  Rom  S:  14* 
"As  many  as  are  led  by  the  spirit  of  God,  they 
are  the  sous  of  God."  True  Christians  are  the 
sons  of  God.  A  true  Christian  is  a  true  follow- 
er of  Christ,  walking  in  all  His  coinniaudments 
and  ordiuiiuces  as  laid  out  in  the  writings  of  the 
New  Testament.  They  are  born  again,  created 
new  creatures  iu  Christ,  ado[ited  into  God's 
family  on  earth, — helf  is  in  subjection,  Christ  is 
master,  the  Christian  is  servant  and  follows  the 
Master.  The  sous  of  God  on  earth  are  they 
who  by  the  spirit  of  God  are  led  into  all  truth. 
May  the  labor  uot  he  iu  vain,  but  Ziou  huilb  up 
and  souls  saved. 

THE  SUN   OF  ItIOHTEOUSi*ESS. 

Sunday  Oct.  'itk. — The  discourse  we  heard 
this  morning  was  on  Mai.  4:  3.  The  text  was 
written  by  a  prophet's  pen  about  4(.iu  jears 
bi_'fore  Christ.  The  pn>phel  had  Christ  in  mind 
a-*  he  "He  that  should  come"  to  redeem.  Now 
we  look  upou  Christ  as  He  that  did  come  and 
tiiltilled  the  prophecy.  Hence  He  is  the  Christ 
of  prophecy  and  of  history.  The  bun  is  the 
greatest  natural  luminary,  hence  Christ  is  com- 
pared to  a  Sun  ot  light.  The  Sun  sends  its 
light  upou  the  earth;  so  does  He.  The  Sun 
warms  us  with  its  heat;  so  does  He  with  His 
love.  The  first  idol  worshipper  did  homage  to 
ihe  Sun  of  Nature;  the  true  worshippers  adore 
the  Sun  of  Righteousness.  The  beauty  and 
glory  of  the  morning  sun  was  compared  to  the 
untold  Ix'auty  and  the  unveiled  glory  of  the 
Sun  of  Righteousness.  Christ's  love  for  us  was 
compared  to  the  Sun's  attraction  for  the  earth. 
May  His  love  be  reciprocated  in  us. 
Christ's  skcosd  coming. 

Simdaij,  Oct.  13th. — Brother  Oiler  spoke  from 
the  37th  verse  of  the  34th  chapter  of  Muti  hew. 
Ut.'fer«ncft  was  made  toNoah's  faith, experience, 
obedience  and  ministry.  Application  was  made 
to  our  times,  the  hiiidrauce.&  to  religion,  modern 
infidelity,  uud  the  certainty  of  Christ's  com- 
ing again.  May  He  find  us  looking  for 
Him  whtu  He  cometh.  What  a  pity  that  He 
Vhould  come  and  find  irany  of  us  sUeping  over 
our  duties!  "Watch  and  pray."  was  the  Master's 
watchword  to  his  primitive  di&ciplee,  and  this 
should  lie  ours  to-day.  He  may  appear  in  the 
clouds  of  Heaven  any  day,  aud  lime  shall  be  no 
longer  for  tho  faithffll  dead  and  Uviu;„^  May 
we  reiga  with  Him. 

D.   B.  If  BXTISR. 

W^nifnesboro,  Fa. 


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Axn  lho»  tliiit  1»  <tl-f  «li«ll  "bin",  »» . "" 
brlKhtuMS  of  tlie  lirmrtiui'iit ;  ami  they  tUiit  lutn 
■toy  U>  riclite  >u»iie«s.  i«  llie  aUni  forever  and 
irer.— Dan.  la :  3. 


Lowell,  Mich.— The  meetings  at  Ibis  plac» 
closed  with  niue  a^dilioin  bj-  baptism.  From 
here  I  went  to  Manhattan,  Iowa,  where  we 
had  t»n  addilion»  and  two  applicants.  The 
me«tin|t»  were  closed  when  the  interest  was 
good,  and  with  weepinR  eyes  they  begged  us  to 
•t«y  long.'r.  llro.  A.  M  Dickey  and  self  are 
now  on  our  way  to  Waterloo,  Iowa,  to  attend 
the  communion  there. 

D.  N.  WOBKMAK. 

An  Appeal  For  Help 

TI/'HEN  we  read  the  pages  of  tbe  B.  AT  W. 

y\  wc  see  niauy  letters  of  encourigement, 
where  the  brctbren  have  been  preaching,  ol 
Love-fejisls,  the  dilTerent  mis«i..us.  Sic.  Here  i« 
another  l^rge  niis-ion  field,  and  who  will  come 
and  help  lill  il  ?  I  urn  tho  only  mini.iler  in  Col- 
far  and  Holler  counties.  There  are  many  calls 
that  can't  be  filled,  and  people  slartiug  for  the 
Bread  of  life.  Who  will  come  and  settle  here 
and  preaeb  and  at  the  same  time  procure  a  good 
home?  BuHerroooly  is  forty  miles  from  here 
and  it  is  im|ins<ible  for  mo  to  go  often.  There 
are  thirteen  members  and  one  deacon.  Tliey 
haye  good  land  and  cheap  r«ilroa/l«,  &c.  l''or 
farther  information  address  brother  KM  Ar- 
maghst.  Summit,  Butler  county,  Nebraska. 

Our  fea.st'is  pnst  and  i(  was  truly  a  feast  of 
love.  We  had  no  liel],rroni  nbrnad;-  a  crowd- 
ed tent  .10i4(',  iind  the  best  order  I  ever  saw. 
Brethren  wishing  to  come  West  ennnot  better 
themselves  .is  we  hayegood  land,  good  markets. 
Jo.  A  church  can  be  built  up  by  coming  and 
living  out  what  you  preach.  Who  will  come 
and  fill  this  mission?  t'orae  on.  Any  wishing 
information  will  address  J.  P.  Moomaw, 

Purple  Cmir,  fjodffr  Co.,  Xfl. 

[Prmitivp  CItriaitnn  'pleflso  copy.) 


From  Jewell  Co.,  Kan. 

UlJHBTllHKN  At  Wohk"— what  aglorious 
Jj  name  it  has!  iinl  such  a  good  cause  to 
be  engaged  in  the  work  of  the  Master!  But 
are  we  all  to  work,  im]iroiing  llio  talents  that 
the  Lord  has  entrusted  us?  or  have  wo  our  tal- 
ents buried?  1  I'oar  loo  mauy  of  u«  buried  our 
talents,  and  perhaps  helped  others  to  bury 
thein, 

There  being  no  meeting  of  the  Brethren  to- 
day, 1  wont  to  hear  the  "Church  of  Goi,"  as 
they  call  themselves.  Their  minister  told  us 
some  1-onderful  things  about  the  kingdom  of 
Christ;  did  not  correspond  very  well  with  your 
views  given  in  last  week's  number.  There 
were  two  baptized  after  meeting  in  that  faith. 
One  peculiar  thing  abaut  the  speaker  was,  that 
he  wore  on  bis  breast  a  gold  badge,  that  of  a 
master  moaoo. 

Wemeet  once  iu  four  weeks  for  preaching. 
Wo  have  no  prayer  meeting  nor  Bible  Class. 
Oh  how  1  long  to  be  with  the  brethren  that 
forget  not  the  assembling  of  themselves  to- 
gether, iw  the  manner  of  siuno  is,  that  I  may 
receive  their  loving  admonitioas,  and  that  1 
hear  the  word  explained  every  first  day  of  the 
week,  that  I  may  grow  iu  grace  and  the  knowl- 
edge of  the  truth,  that  we  may  know  that  we 
love  one  another  by  our  great  desire  to  meet 
together  and  do  one  another  good  by  way  of 
encouragement.  I  pray  that  success  may 
crown  your  efforts.  .4.  W.  AraTlK. 

From  Salem,    Oregon, 

Vfar  linOimi: — 

ACCORDING  to  previous arraugemeuls  with 
the  Brethren  in  Southern  Oregon,  ray 
wife.  Sister  Sarah  Root,  of  Coos  Co.,  Oregon, 
and  I,  started  from  my  residence  the  2Gth  of 
August:  stopped  with  the  brethreu  in  Albany, 
thence  to  Roscburg.  Were  met  by  Brother 
John  Vaohoun,  of  .Jackson  County,  who  con- 
veyed us  to  the  brethren  in  .lackson  County, 
at  which  place  we  arrived  on  Sunday  morning 
of  the  31st,  in  time  to  attend  meeting  same 
day.  , 

We  remained  in  the  neighborhood  ten  days. 
Had  eleven  meetings;  communion  meeting  the 
6tb  at  which  time  and  place  we  organized  the 
church  more  fully,  by  calling  two  bretliren  to 
the  deacon  oRice.  Brother  G.  W.  Boxie,  *df 
Applegate,  .lackson  County,  is  their  minister. 
Hope  and  pray  that  the  good  Lord  will  bless 
and  protect  ihe  members  of  this  church,  called 
the  Rogue  River  Church,  and  that  the  minister 
and  deacons  will  lie  firm  and  steadfast,  and 


earnestly  contend  for  tho  faith  once  delivered 
to  the  ssiot-s.  The  brethren  are  few  iu  num- 
ber, and  wry  much  scattered. 

On  Wednesday,  the  10th  of  September  we 
left  thit  ni'ighbjrhood,  with  two  other  mem- 
bers added  to  our  company,  and  went  to  Wil- 
liams Creek.  JosephuB  County.  We  held 
three  meetings  here.  On  Sunday  had  one 
meeting  in  Ai.j.legate,  at  tbe  Missouri  School- 
house.  All  this  territory  bolougs  to  the  Uogoe 
Ktver  Church. 

During  our  stay  we  were  Very  kindly  receiv- 
ed and  well  treated  by  tho  brethren  and  others. 
Had  pleasant  meetings,— attention  and  order 
very  good. 

On  Monday  tbe  I.5th.  wo  started  on  our  way 
for  tbe  brethren  in  tho  Coquille  Church,  Coos 
County.  This  church  is  situated  on  the  west 
side  of  tiieco.ist  range  of  mountain,  about  sixty 
miles  weslot  Roseburg. 

We  arrived  at  Brother  Harvey  Luellen's,  in 
Coos  County,  on  Saturday  morning,  Sept.  20. 
where  we  remained  with  tho  brethren  aboiil 
eightdays.  Had  quite  a  number  of  meetings. 
On  Friday,  the  2lith,  hod  our  first  District 
Meeting  lor  Oregon.  Business  passed  olf  verv 
pleasantly.  Also  had  a  very  pleasant  commun 
icm  meeting  the  aTth,  at  which  time  and  place 
there  were  two  brethren  elected  to  the  of- 
fice of  deacon.  There  were  about  filtj-five 
communicants. 

Better  order  and  attention  I  never  saw.  Two 
wire  added  to  the  church  by  baptism.  Elder 
David  li.irklow.  Elder  IVIer  Overbol-er,  Sam- 
uel Barklow,  .1.  H.  Roberts,  and  .lohn  Root 
are  the  resident  ministers  here.  They  have  a 
membership  of  near  seventy. 

We  had  a  very  pleasant  time,  Beiierally  with 
the  brethren  here  with  a  good  leeling.  We 
were  kindly  received  and  well  entertained. 

On  Monday  the  "lltb,  we  started  for  home, 
arriving  at  Roscburg  the  first  of  October.  Here 
we  parted  with  Brother  Q-  W.  Hoxie  and 
brother  and  Sister  Vanhouii.  Wife  and  1 
boarded  the  lr,iin  Oct.  2iid,  and  arrived  home 
the  sumo  day.  Found  all  well ;  and  teel  to  thank 
the  Lord  for  the  blessing  we  enjoyed,  and  we 
thank  the  brethren  lor  their  kindness  towards 
us.  We  traveled  hy  rail  about  300  miles,  by 
private  conveyance  about  1140.  Hope  the  breth- 
ren in  the  Atlantic  States  will  tliink  of  us  and 
pray  for  us.  D*vil>  Brower. 


Scokt,  Piinrlilil),  TkcIj,  etCi  ft:  Ws  it  liii  ilz 

An/  lUligiouii  rirllislorital  work  in  print  senl  on  r«-cflijil 
of  |«iblish<T«re(AiI  priw.  In  neodiug  for  bo»l»  •Iwwjo 
piT*  Isl,  Tin- numtiof  the  h«»k.  2o.l.  The  name  of  the 
vilhor.     arl.  TbP  «.J.Ir«'  of  ih*  irtiHi^hrW- 


Tbroseb  Bible  LandE.- 


fallen  l^sltrqp. 


Btmnl  nrp  tlio  Jiaid  wbloU  dldln  Ihe  Lord.— BoT.  :*  :  IH- 


Obitnariei  BhouM  he  brief,  wrillon  on  but  one  tide  of 
paper,  and  separate  from  all  other  butiueas. 


TROTSMAN.— Iu  Elkhnrt.  Iowa,  Oit.  23rd, 
ol"  cDiiHiimptioii,  Brother  Dttvid  Totsiaau, 
aged  about  50  years.  Funeral  discotrse  from 
Ainoj  4:  12,  "Prepare  to  meet  thy  G»d." 

L.  W.  GOUGIWUUK. 

HARADER— la  the  Mnple  (trove  ehurch. 
Norton  County,  Kiinaae,  October  1>,  1870, 
Sister  Barbara  BUen,  wife  of  Uroth?  Isaac 
L.  Harader,  aged  23  yearn,  8  months,  uid  14 
days. 

Sister  Harader  was  daughter  of  llrother 
Samuel  U.  and  Sister  Savah  Plaugher,  irmoi- 
ly  of  Ri):!kinrtham  County,  Virjjiuia.  She  has 
been  a  faithful  and  conBisteut  member  tf  the 
church  for  nearly  seven  V"*""  t^ver  rudy  to 
obey  the  1-ord  in  all  his  requirements.  Sht- 
was  sick  ten  days;  and  never  was  heard  t-nnir- 
mur  during  her  suffering'^.  She  leaves  B  kind 
husband  and  worthy  brother,  and  twolitile 
children,  youngest  ten  days  itM.  Fuueil  by 
the  brethren,  from  Isaiah  40:  0.  7.  8. 

N.  C.  WoitKMN. 

MOHLER.— In  tbe  Ashland  Church,  Asl.md 

County,  Ohio,  Octybor  22ad,  BrotherLevi 

M(»hler,  aged  71  yeaV-",  3  months,  and  Says. 

Funeral  services  hy  tbe  writer  and   G»rge 

Worst.  Isaac  Kiluefmi. 

MILLER.- In  the   Sugar,  Creek  Chuvcb^l 

len  County.  Ohio,   Oct.    12tb,   Sister  illy 

Miller,  consort  of  Brother  Jacob  Miller,^ed 

44   years   less  two  days.      Funeral   bythe 

brethren,  from  Rev.  14: 13. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  much  deted 

to  the  cause   of  Christ,   and  said,   in   a   due 

hour,  "What  ft  blessed   thing   it   is   to  -i  a 

ChrisHan."    Sbe  leaves  a  family    of    sonsnd 

daufthters  to  mourn  the  Io&b  of  an  affecliorte 

mother. 

MILLER.— In  the  sam  church,  October  ih. 
Brother  Abraham  Miller,  son  of  Brotr 
John  G.  Miller,  aged' 2S  years,  3  months,id 
20  days.  Funeral  by  the  brethren,  froi  1 
Pet.  1:24,26. 

The  huhject  of  this  notice  leaves  an  affeclii- 
«te  companion  and  two  children  to  mourn  le 
lo)9  of  u  kind  and  humble  fatbt-r. 

Daniel  BuowB 


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(,',  W.  bMlTII 

Tninic  MdixnB"'' 
.IAME8H.  WtJOD 

(;..tu.r,.iPa>-iAK"i.l.  ChUnK". 


W.  U.  R.  R.  TIME  TABLE. 


Day  Eii'TMB  . 


Pa-Hsengers  for  Chit-aco  .should  leave  Luiiiirk  at 
12:1.1]'.  M.;  run  to  the  W(;,ttuni  Uniou  Jiuiction; 
here  tlu-y  lu-cd  wiiit  but  live  uiiuutes  for  Ihu  Oui- 
('iiRo.  Milwjuikco  ;in(i  St,  Pniii  passenger  train, ana 
thus  ifach  Cliirajio  ittTM'i  the- same  eveuiug-  l" 
reiicb  Litniiik  Inun  Cliicaj-o;  uo  to  Fl.  Wavne  U*" 
l>nt.  taki-  [)>.■  rhicai^o.  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paf 
tram  at  livi- 111  lliiM-vi-iiing;  riiu  Nortli  to  tlieW. 
U.  Jiiiictiou.  changi- cars  to:  Lanark,  and  arnv 
here  at  l  :57  in  the  moining. 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


''Behold  I  Bring   Tov  Good  Tidings  of  Oreaf  Jot/,  which  Shall  be  to  All  People."  —  Luks  i:  10. 


Lanark,  111.,  November  lO,  1879. 


No.  46. 


CrEXER.lL    AGEMTS 
THE  BRETHREN  AT  WORK 


ANO 

TRACr  SOCIETY. 


D.  D,  M<niti"r,W»ynri1iiiro,  P* 
DuulBl  V.nlia*n,  V'nlen,  III 
J  a.  Floiy.  LoDgniODt,  Colo 
iIobD  UMx«ot,  CnrroUntilo,  111, 
Jo*.    Brnilrftkii     "  " 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


flPST 


PAGE— Stein  rtiid  UiyDelmte;    Where  and 
What.— C.  H.  BalHlittugh. 
AiUlrfSS 


Sinner. — J  as. 


^''^rklerV'o' J'- ■'      f   Eil«cati.m.-Pn.f.    W.  E, 
fkari';  ImmortiiliLy.— I  couclast;  Infiaelity.— 
MoUler. 
TfliKD  F'AOE-nress.-Mary  C  Snylor;    Desiritifi 
',^,  jy,,^,_n.  WeHl-y;     Wl.y    Do  You   Pnnkanls 
PrHii.-lillie  Literal  Wont  so  Mii-li  — n.  Yearoul 
Cou)ir.-^.a  C3ual  SinRinj,'.— Henry  fiaber. 
FoiRTii  Page— Editorials- Out  in  the  Field; 
District  Meeliiig  «.'f  Southern  Ulinoi-s;    Prince- 
U>ii  Review; 
Fifth  PAOE-From  Paleatiop.-J-  W.  MeCarvey; 
Que.-'tUm  i   on  the  Ccivcrin^-  — MaUie  A.  Ecar 
(■iXTii  PAtiE-I.  nfs  :it  my  MotliPr'a  Grave.-G.  D, 
"^pmit»:e:    TheH  mis    f  tliB  Household;  Home- 
ly Hints  to  the  GirU;  Dewitt,  Carroll  Co.  Mn- 
E.  K.  liunow;    Linn  Co.,  Iowa— J.  C.  MiUer 
•Somerset,    lull.— Samuel  Murray;    From  Poan, 
liul.-.IosephJolin;  Loraine.  111.— !l.  W.  .StrUk- 
IK'     Monlicello,    Ind.  — John  J.  Snow  eiger; 
U,.('lgeman  Center.  Kan.— Mary  E-  llittflr ;  Please 
Tell  it  Around.— P.  Famey ;    Enteriirise,  Kan  — 
J.  U.  Haker. 
SEVKNTii  Page— Biigraphieal  Sketch  ol  the  Life 
of  Kldw  David  Wo  fe.— T- n.  Lyon;    Our  Visii 
to  Kansaa.-A.  J.  Hixon;  The  Silver  Creek  Meet- 
ealtby  A.  (iavke;    From  Hollidayshup, 


From  Dunkirk.  Ohicj 


itii^.- 

Pii.— Emily  R.  Stiller. 
S.  T.  Boasermau- 
ElonTit    Paoe— From  North  MautliPster,  Ind, 
Mary  '■'.  Rowman;  Sund ay-school  Convention. 
David  Younre;  Report  of  Funds— J  .bnVmidT; 
liom  Maria.  Pa.— Lottie  LeUiuger;  Prom  Low 
ert  umberland,  Pa.— J.B.  Garber;"Misrepreseiii 


STEIN  AND  HAY  DEBATE. 


Prop.    2d.     Baptist  churches  posseBs  the  Bi- 
ble characteristics  which  entitle  them  to  he 
regarded  as  churches  of  Jesus  Christ. 
D.  B.  Rat,  Affirms. 
J.  W.  Steik,   Denies. 
Rat's  '2d  Affirmative. 

MIL  Stein's  "negative"  opens  by  charging  us 
witb  an  "attack  upon  the  Br.-thren"  and 
"def.at"!  Not  true.  Hia  '"first  ari,uiment"  i^ 
the  charge,  without  proof,  that  "Baptisi 
churches  are  not  truly  regenerated;""  because 
they  have  "legal  license"  to  fulfill  the  lusts  of 

h,  according  to  "Gal.  5:  20."  Horrible!  Paul 
rays: 

^'Now  the  works  of  the  flesh  are  manifest 
which  are  these:  adultery,  fornication,  uaclean- 
oess,  laeiviousness,  idolatry,  witchcraft,  hatred 
Tttriance,  emulations,  wrath,  strife,  heditions 
heresies,  envyings,  murders,  drunkenness,  rev- 
lling>i,  and  such  like." 

Wa.^  Mr.  Stein,  while  a  Baptist,  guillv  of  all 
these  crimes?  Baptist  churches  do  not  "en- 
gage in  war  on  any  account,"  with  carnal 
weapons.  He  kmwa  better.  His  "Negativ. 
Arg.  2,"  is  the  unfounded  charge  that  "B.iptist 
churches  have  not  repented  of"  their  "oallis. 
This  charge  of  profane  swearing  is  not  true. 
The  individual  command  to  "swear  not  at  all" 
does  not  prohibit  the  legal  "oath  for  confirma 
lion,"  in  a  court  of  justice,  (tieb.  6:  Ifi.)  Jesut^ 
himself,  when  on  trial,  refused  to  answer  till  ht 
wa.H  put  on  oath.  The  high  priest  said  unt< 
him: 

"I  ailjure  thee  by  the  living  God  that  thou 
'ell  uB  whether  thou  art  the  Christ,  the  Son  o 
^<>i.  Jesus  saith  unto  him.  Thou  hast  said,' 
kc  Matt.  26;  fJ:i,  64.  To  adjure  mf,  is  "to  pn 
*c  oath  to  one."    Jesm  answered   under  natli 


Mr.  S.  admits  that  b'lptism  i"!  a  "solemn  oatt." 
His  coarees  about  war  and  kissing  nave  been 
discussed  and  will  come  up  iu  another  place. 
He  also  perverts  our  argument  on  "repentance 
into  life,"  While  in  poiut  of  order  repeiitttnee 
precedes  faith  wiih  tlie  heart,  it  is  also  true  tlmt 
repentance  receives  into  heart  faith  us  well  as 
life.  True  repentance  and  faith  aiv  correlative, 
thpy  cannot  exist  separately.  Faith  and  spirit- 
ual life  aresiniultHlieou-H.  Our  argument  la  uii-  ! 
moved,  He  did  not  dure  to  touch  our  aruu 
ments  based  upon  the  tf.stimony  of  the  prophrts, 
upon  the  tehtiinonv  of  Jesus,  and  upon  the  tes- 
timony of  the  apostles. 

His  '  fourth  argument"  charges  that  "Baptist 
churches"  deny  cert-iui  Biole  phrases  cone  ru- 
ing ba})ti8m  to  wash  away  sins,  "lor  remission," 
&.C.  The  charge  is  not  tru^ ;  we  ()nly  d^;uy  the 
Romish  interpretation  that  teaches  baptismal 
salvation.  These  passmres  were  fully  examined 
iu  the  di^cupsiuu  of  th^  first  proposition.  Mr 
Stein  surrendered,  90  far  as  to  admit  that  none 
but  the  "regenerated"  ar.;  to  be  biptixed.  One 
must  be  baptized  as  a  child  of  God.  or  as  a  child 
of  the  devil.  Wi!l  he  go  back  to  the  doctrine 
of  bia  church,  that  a  child  of  Saian  uught  to  he 
baptized  to  make  him  a  child  of  God?  will  be 
auswer?  We  must  baptize  one  without  spirit- 
ual life;  or  we  must  baptize  him  affer  regener- 
ation. Answer,  yes,  or  no;  mu-it  we  baptize  a 
child  of  God?  yes,  plea-e  do  answer,  must  we 
baptize  a  child  uf  the  devil  to  make  him  a  child 
of  God?  say.  yea  or  no.     Do.  do,  \>o.         ^ 

Our  first  Baptist  characteristic  demands 
"Spiritual  regeneiation — the  new  birth — and 
.'<piritual  li/e,  as  essential  to  bnptisin  and  church 
•metnbefshipy 

This  developea  the  great  fundamental  line  ot 
demarcation  between  the  churches  of  Christ 
aud  those  of  anti-christ.  The  Romish,  with 
other  anti- christian  churches,  holds  that  the 
uuregenerate  children  of  Satan  should  he  hap- 
iizi^d  and  received  into  the  church  for  salvation 
Ou  the  other  hand,  Baptists  with  one  voice  con 
lend  that  none  except  the  children  of  God 
■.hould  be  received  to  baptism  and  church  mem- 
iiership.  Our  friend's  church,  on  this  point, 
.,  -.tands  with  anti-christ.  In  support  of  this  char- 
acteristic, we  introduce  our 

Ar<j.  'id.  That  this  peucHnrity  is  sustained, 
because  love  to  God  is  essential  to  baptism  and 
•  hurch  membership.  No  one  can  be  scriptural- 
ly  baptized  till  he  loves  God.  Jesus  said:  "It 
ye  love  me,  keep  my  commandments."  John 
14:  15.  None  should  dare  to  attempt  to  keep 
[he  command  to  be  baptized  till  he  has  the  love 
.>f  God  in  his  heart  This  -jur  friend  dare  not 
leny.  The  curse  of  God  rests  upon  those  thai 
iovB  not  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ."  1st.  Cor  16: 
J2:  but  "Love  is  the  fulfilling  of  the  law."  Rom. 
13:  IU.  (a)  This  stands  a.s  our  first  proof  under 
Arg.  3d.  As  we  were  totally  unable  to  meet 
the  demands  of  the  taw.  Jesus  fulfilled  the  law 
for  uh;  and  when  the  enmity  of  our  hearts  is 
>laiu  and  the  "love  of  God  is  shed  abroad  in  oui 
oertrts  by  the  Holy  Spirit"  (Kom.  5:  b),  then 
Christ  becomes  "the  end  of  the  law  for  right- 
eousness to  every  one  that  believeth."  Rom 
10:4.  It  is  evident  that  every  lover  of  God. 
having  fulfilled  the  law,  is  justified.  1st.  Kv- 
-■ry  one  must  love  God  prior  to  baptism  and 
church  membership.  2d.  But  every  one  that 
loves  God  is  justified.  :^.d.  Therefore,  every  out 
must  he  justified  prior  to  baptism  and  churcli 
membership.  And  as  none  are  justified  prior 
to  spiritual  regeneration,  therefore,  regenera- 
tion must,  in  the  divine  order,  precede  baptism 
and  church  membership. 

(b)  John  says;  "We  know  that  we  have  pas 
>-d  from  death  unto  life,  because  we  love  th. 
brethren.  He  that  loveth  not  his  brotlier  abi-l 
eth  in  death."  John  3:  14  Every  one  that 
loveth  him  that  begat,  loveth  him  also  that  is 
begotten  of  him."  John  5:  1.  Every  one  that 
loves  Ood,  the  Father,  'eves  the  children  o''  God. 
Mark  well  it!  does  not  say  that  we  kno^v  that 
.\e  have  passed  from  death  unto  life  because  we 


have  been  baptized,  or  becaus'!  we  havti  united 
with  the  church,  but  "femM.te  we  love  the  breth' 
»■«■«."  Isl.  Every  oue  must  love  th!  br.tnrt^n 
prior  to  bap' i-(tn  and  church  lu.-ut'i.r^lnp.  2 
But  every  one  tliat  loves  the  bretlir^n  lias  pi-..^- 
ed  irotn  death  unto  life.  Therefore,  t-vtry  one 
must  pass  from  death  unto  life  prior  to  baptism 
and  church  meinb'Tship.  Tiiis  settles  the  Hap 
tist  doclriie  that  s-pintnal  life  must  precede 
I  biiptism,  a>4  the  Biule  doctrine,  (c)  JeRUS  of  tlie 
woman,  said: 

"Wherefore  I  say  unto  thee,  her  sins,  which 
are  many,  arw  forgiven;  forshe  loved  much;  l»ut 
to  whom  little  is  forgiven,  the  same  loveth  lit- 
tle."   LuUe  7:  47. 

H  re  the  S^vmr  makes  lurfi  the  evidence  of 
sinsfo'givm.  I.  Every  one  must  love  God 
ptior  to  baptism  and  church  mfinbernhip.  2. 
But  every  kUh  that  loves  God  has  his  sins  for- 
tjiven.  3.  Thtrefore,  every  one  must  have  liis 
*iiis  forgiven  prinrto  liaptisui  and  church  nipra- 
bf-rship.  And  as  those  who  have  their  sinnlor- 
yiven  have  been  "reaenerated,"  therefore  the 
Uaplisfc  doctrine  that  ri'geiieration  prereriea  bap- 
tism and  churidi  membership,  is  sustained  by 
ihe  Bible.     (■!)  John  sajs: 

"B*  loved,  lei  us  love  one  another;  for  love  is 
•  d  God;  and  every  one  tlmt  loveth  is  horn  of 
God,  and  kni.weth  tiod.  He  that  lovi'th  not. 
kimweth  not  God;    1or  God  is  love."     1  John  4 


Yes! ''' Every  one  that  bieeth  is  born  of  Qod,and 
huHvefh  dod."  Does  our  I'nend  deny?  1.  Ev- 
t-ry  one  must  love  God  prior  to  baptism  and 
eburch  membership.  'I.  But  every  one  that 
loves  God  "is  born  of  God  and  knoweth  God." 
3.  Therefore,  everv  one  must  be  bom  of  God 
and  know  God  prior  to  baptiHui  and  church 
membership. 

Mr.  Stein  will  try  to  dodge  this  by  pervertin? 
th-  scripture  that  says:  "For  thiw  is  the  love  of 
Ooit,  that  we  keep  his  commandments."  Yes; 
keeping  the  external  commaudH  is  the  love  ol 
God  manifested:  but  the  "love  of  God  must  be 
shed  abroad  in  our  hearts"  first.    Our 

Arg  Uh  h  draiCH/rom  the pntttrn  of  thetem- 
j.U\  which  wits  a  tijpe  of  the  church.  This  "i> 
the  house  of  G  id.  which  is  the  church  of  th  ■ 
living  God,  the  pillar  and  ground  of  the  truth.'' 
1  Tim.  3:  15.  The  materials  of  the  temple  were 
put  into  the  building  because  they  were  previ- 
ously prepared.     Read; 

'And  the  house,  when  it  was  in  building, 
was  built  of  stone,  made  ready  before  it  was 
r>rought  thitber,  so  th-it  there  was  neither  ham- 
ner.  nor  ax,  nor  any  tool  of  iron  heard  in  the 
house  while  it  was  in  building."  1  Kings  6:  7. 
So  in  the  "spiritual  house,"  none  except  "live- 
ly stones"  are  to  be  put  into  the  building.  Pe- 
ttr  says: 

"Ye  also,  as  lively  stones,  are  built  up  a  spir- 
itual house,  an  holy  priesthood,  to  r.fi'er  up  spir- 
itual sacrifices,  acceptable  to  God  by  Jesus 
'Ihrist."  1  Pet.  2:  5. 

But  our  friend's  church  would  have  dead 
s/oHrs— children  of  tlu-  devil— pnt  into  the 
house  to  make  them  the  children  of  God! 

Paul  says:  "Now  if  any  man  build  upon  thi- 
roundution,  gold,  silver,  precious  stones,  wood, 
nay,  stubble;  every  man's  work  shall  be  made 
manifest;  for  the  day  shall  declare  it,  liecause 
it  shall  be  revealed  by  fire;  and  the  fire  shall  try 
every  man's  work,  of  what  eort  it  is."  1  Cjr. 
:i:  VI  13. 

But  our  friend's  church  would  have  the  "wood, 
hay,  and  stubble"  built  in,  hoping  thereby  to 
prepare  the  materinl  by  putting  in  the  house!! 
Shall  we  put  goats  into  the  fold  to  makt 
«heep  of  them  ?  This  is  too  absurd.  This  fun. 
.Umental  Baptist  characteri-^tic- that  demands 
regeneration— the  new  birth— and  spiritual  litl 
as  easential  to  baptism  and  church  membership, 
is  sustained  by  a  host  of  witneaees.  Baptists 
stand  against  the  anti-chrietian  world  upon 
thispiint.  We  predict  that  Mr.  3t»?in  will 
uever  answer  our  argnments  in  this,  and  our 
former  allirmative. 


WHERE  AND  WHAT. 

BY  C.  n.  BALSnAUOH. 

AUniversaliat  propoundH  the  following  query: 
•ir/if-re  will  the  right^-ouH   hv   rewarded, 
and  what  will  they  inheritV" 

There  in  a  hidden  trap  in  this  rpn  stion  with 
wh:ch  it  is  hoped  some  fresh  vindication  for  the 
fio  hell  doctrine  may  becaui;ht.  But  it  in  only 
an  inevitable  gin  for  theentarglement  and  ovcr- 
rhrow  of  the  error  it  is  sought  to  bolster. 

It  is  self-evident  that  the  qut-rist  has  no  true 
conception  of  th    real  import  of  his  proposition. 
The  thought  probably  never  entered  his  mind 
ihar  in  thet-miiloyinentof  theword8"rij/i/fO(M," 
"rctrard,"  and  ''inheritanee,"  he   has  given    up 
■-very  vesti>;e  of  sound  argument  in  favor  uf  his 
pet  heresy.     Reward  >.ignifi-s  fidelity  tu  a   pos- 
itive standard  of  o^iligatiou,  and  merit  as  con- 
nected thnrewith;    while   inheritance     signifies 
grace.     Righteousness  is  th>-  foundation  id'  both. 
,\n  unrighteous  man  cannot  be  rettardeJ   with 
t^ood,  UHithercin  he  pcr-i  ui.iUy  inherit  even  the 
proviMions  of  Infinite  Mercy.     Both  are  as  im- 
poHsible  as  being  pivdominautly  good   and  evil 
at  the  same  tini^.     If  the  querist  will  elaborate 
this    truth,  both  as  to  tht-  di»tiuctiou  and  unity 
of  its  two  fac'ois,  with  reference  to  the  world 
to  come,  it  will  not  le.ive  luoi  a  ebred  of  fact  or 
priniple  in  support  of  a  ILaven  for  the  ungod- 
ly.    Let  him  give  his  own  proposition  an   hon- 
est, philosophical  investigation,  and   the  inevi- 
table conclusioa  will  necessitute  a  future  Hell, 
as  absolutely  as  a  future   Heaven.    The  single 
word  rigteous,  a.s  descriptive  of  a  part   of  the 
humau  familv.  implies  a  ditferent    animas   and 
finale  as  to  the  rest. 

His  query  def.-ats  itself.  Are  the  rigbteoQs 
rewarded  at  all,  as  .sl'ch,  and  have  they  any  Mi' 
\\er\tki\ice  peculiar  to  themy  Here  is  a  drastic 
pill  which  will  thoroughly  scrape  his  moral  al- 
imentaries  before  it  is  "cast  out inttithedranght." 
If  he  answer'^  in  the  ncgutiiv,  he  is  guilty  of 
impeaching  the  Divine  character,  falsifying  the 
Divine  record,  and  destroying  all  distinction 
between  right  and  wrung.  Any  child  of  the 
least  reasoning  capacity  can  fee  the  force  of  this 
logic.  If  ho  answers  in  the  affinnaiire,  he  ad- 
mits an  opposite  class  which  is  excluded  from 
that  inheritance.  Grasn  what  hor.i  of  the  di- 
lemma he  will,  his  heresy  is  j.oreI  to  death. 
Either  alternative  strips  him  as  nude  as  ofar- 
■iument  against  the  existeuces  of  future  tor 
ment,  as  a  fish  is  nude  of  wool,  or  a  sheep  of 
fins. 

Here  is  the  radical  answer  to  his  query: 
llighteousni'ss  is  its  own  reward  in  Ihif  world 
and  in  the  next.  Righteousness  is  the  eternal 
law  of  God's  own  being,  and  they  who  share  it 

with  Him,  will  share  its  fruits partly    here, 

fully  yonder.  The  same  is  true  of  sin.  The 
unriyhteouHcau  no  more  enter  or  enjoy  the  in- 
heritance of  the  God-configured,  than  the  Dei- 
cide,  rrs^MrA,  can  he  joint-heir  witb  Jt-.-us  nn 
principles  o(  equity  The  doctrine  of  ignoring  the 
t a w\of  character  in  the  future  world,  is  ao  out- 
rage to  common  sense,  and  a  stigma  on  Christi- 
anity. 

Here  is  Christ's  own  answer  to  the  whrrr  and 
u^haf  "  Where  I  ant,  thkre  shall  mg  SER- 
VAXT  /'(  also."  John  12:  2't.  Whatof  thow 
who  are  not  servants,  as  to  locality?  "He  that 
•,m-cometh  shall  inhkmit  ALL  THINGS."  Rev. 
21:  7.  Overcome  what?  Sin  of  course.  Then 
he  that  is  dominated  by  it  is  debarred  fnim 
Heaven  by  the  absolute  law  of  mor^l  being. 
Hell  and  dninnatiou  for  the  wicked  19  a  moral 
necessity  to  which  Goii  Himself  must  do  ever- 
lasting homage-  rnivcrsalism  is  the  Devil's 
.laster-stroke  of  heresy.  It  makes  the  Hiblf  a 
,,iiii  and  God  an  Infinite  Idiot 


The  sacred  tears  of  those  who  never  or  stU 
iloin  weep  about  matters  of  this  life  nobly  at- 
test the  truth  and  pjwei  of  the  Christian  r-> 
li^iou.  With  such  team,  ho«>vfr. }<■>  is  coiubin 
ed. — ben^et. 


TMK    liRETJ-niKrsr    ^^T    AVOliK. 


^J'ovember    Xc\ 


ADDRESS  TO  A  SINNER. 

HY  JA8.  Y.  HEOKLBB- 

SHOrLD  you  wi»»i  to  be  a  (Mitistian. 
Ami  as  such  to  live  ^^ad  dir-: 
You  ni'i'-t  seiirch  the  luily  SeripturM. 
Au(i  vou'll  find  a  Savit.r  uifjli. 

Should  you  rewl  the  sacred  pnnes, 
Anil  l>i'tiuiM8  U'gin  to  pray; 

You  must  take  your  cross  up  daily. 
And  pursue  Hie  narrow  wiiy. 

Should  you  wish  your  sins  forgivpu, 
Hy  thf  promiup  of  the  Lord; 

You  must  then  enibmco  the  noFpt.-], 
All  I    -iH'y  th.'  rf.ivior*H  word. 

Should  you  fei-l  co  heavy-laden 

With  the  burdfu  of  your  dins, 
That  thfy  rise  up  and  coudemn  you  — 

0.  embrace  the  Savior's  meannl 
Should  you  U-t>\  your  condemnation. 

And  your  mind  be  exercised, 
(),  repent,  believe  the  Koxpel, 

Ye.s,  bolieve  and  be  baptized. 

Sh.-uld  you  then  obtain  a  bletwiuK. 

When  your  -(inH  have  been  forgiven; 
You  can  then  proceed  rejoicinw, 

And  purauo  tlie  way  t«  heaven. 

Should  you  wish  to  be  a  woMier 

in  the  army  ot'thn  Li)rd. 
Vuu  iinift  ihfii  twke  up  your  armor— 

Tuki!  the  Hword.  which  iabia  wonl. 

Should  you  see  HOme  ugly  giant 

Come  apainMt  you  l.y  the  way, 

Use  the  weapons  of  your  warfare, 

PerBCvereto  w.ifcli  ami  pray. 

Should  you  wiHJi  to  ■(ain  tidmittonce, 
To  the  aliiiiinfi  courts  iibove, 

You  mni-t  enter  by  t)ie  do'>r-way. 
Up  the  highway  paved  with  love. 

Should  you  wish  to  sew  tlio  Savior, 
And  to  tjuin  his  ureaL  reward, 

You  niUNt  wqiiare  your  whole  behavior, 
By  hie  evfrhwling  word. 

Should  youthen  continue  faithful 
In  your  calling  to  the  end;     * 

You  etin  then  go  .louie  rejoicing, 
Having  lesu^fwr  yuur  irieiid. 


OBJECT  OF  EDUCATION. 

IIV   I'ltOF.  W.  K.   LOfKAKI) 

HAVING  thus,  iu  a  general,  and  im- 
jicrtVct  way,  determinfil  what  ed- 
ucation is  or  should  he,  and  shown  that 
teachers,  generally,  have  failed  to  attain 
to  a  compri'bension  of  its  true  meaniu};; 
let  usappl>  .inother  test  to  the  efficien- 
cy of  our  schools.  With  the  light  we 
have,  it  seems  to  us  that  the  only  excuse 
or  reason  for  the  existence  of  any  educa- 
tion at  all,  is  utility. 

This  sugi,'e8tion  will,  no  doubt,  expose 
us  tondicalc.  Mawkishly  sentimental 
jicople  iniiy  turn  up  their  noses  and 
charge  u^s  with  a  want  of  culture,  with 
lieing  gross  and  earthly-minded,  with 
never  rising  to  the  consideration  of  the 
wants  of  our  spiritual  and  aesthetic  na 
ture.  Very  well,  be  it  so. 
■  This  is  the  Age  of  Machinery,  the 
Age  of  Industry.  Everything  is  made 
•  subservienttotheaccuinulation  of  wealth. 

Time  was  when  art  was  the,  goddess 
at  whose  shrine  were  offered  the  oV)la- 
tions  of  the  finest  minds  of  the  age.  The 
energies  of  generations  of  art  loving  peo- 
ple were  concentrated  to  produce  a  mas 
terpiece  in  painting,  statuary  or  archi- 
tecture, while  the  people  lived  in  wretch- 
ed hovels,  steeped  in  ignorance,  filth  and 
Buperaiition. 

Then  again,  history  shows  us  states  of 
societj'  where  whole  nations,   from  the 

ild  who  hie  not  begun   to   think,  to 

•'  old  man  on  the  verge  of  life,  have 
believed  firmly  in  certain  absolute  dog- 
mas. This  era  produced  a  religious  fan 
aticism  which,  raising  the  symbols  of 
Christianity  above  Christianity  itself, 
prizing  more  the  relics  of  saints  and  the 
i«*pulcber  01  Christ,  than  the  virtues  of 
the  one,  and  the  perfections  of  the   oth 


er.atrewed  thcniad?*  from  ct-ntrftl  Kurnpe 
fo  Jeruwilem,  with  the  bones  of  ban 
■  Ircds  of  thou^andH  of  men,  women,  and 

children. 

This  was  the  Keligious  Age,  and  it 
I.  ft  its  imjirei*8  for  evil  on  ages  (ollow- 
iiig.  But  its  blind  devotion  to  creeds, 
at  once  irrational  and  absurd,  produced 
:i  reaction  in  the  niindh  uf  thinking  men, 
which  led  to  the  age  of  philosophy.  In 
ihiMBgfc  men  bngan  critically  to  exam- 
ine the  whole  system  of  faith,  and,  dis- 
covering its  various  imperfections,  con- 
cluded that  where  ibe  j)art8  were  so  de- 
fective the  whole  system  must  be  un- 
worthy of  credit  in  an  a<lvanced  age  of 
society.  It  i«  among  philosophers  that 
such  a  revolution  commencis.  and  it  is 
among  them  that  it  is  carried  nut  and 
completed;  but  the  n'-z/Zrv  of  their  re- 
searches penetrate  all  cla.'He.''8,  and,  find- 
ing their  way  from  the  summit  to  the 
ic/w  of  society,  reach  finally  the  mass, 
where,  sajiping  and  ruining  all  convic- 
tions ami  the  wlh.le  system  of  truth,  they 
produce  a  total  vvarit  of  faith. 

This  produced  the  era  of  skepticism, 
when  instead  of  believing  too  much,  men 
heganto  believe  nothing.  Wild  chimeras 
took  possession  of  men's  minds,  and  vice 


He  ifl  fulfilling  the  law  of  his  being.  He 
is  doing  something  useful. 

The  age  of  utility  has  been,  so  far,  sub- 
stantial]) ,  one  of  peace,  of  progre.ss,  of 
fraternal  love.  The  n-xef'nl,  then,  is  the 
highest  object  to  he  sought  for  here. 
God  has  made  nothing  that  js  not  useful, 
although  in  many  eases  their  uses  have 
not  been  discovered.  Every  ])lant  has 
its  virtue.  Every  weed  that  grows  has 
its  i)urpose  to  subserve.  As  everything 
was  made  for  use  we  may  conclude  that 
utihdj  is  the  first,  and,  perhaps,  sole  rea- 
son for  the  existence  of  any  plant  or  an- 
mal  or  worM  oi-  system  or  universe. 
True,  God  has  superadded  beauty  to 
most  things  in  nature,  and  perhaps  to 
(///  things,  if  we  could  only  ser  their 
beauty.  But  beauty,  apart  from  utility, 
is  an  illusion.  We  do  not  gaze  with 
emotions  of  delight  upon  unmeaning  pic- 
tures, although  their  colors  may  be 
blended  in  the  most  perfect  harmony. 
We  do  not  listen  with  any  very  pleasur- 
able emotions  to  musical  choi'ds  when 
disconnected  from  their  setting  iu  the 
tune. 

The  colors  may  be  exquisitely  blend- 
ed, the  chords  may  be  in  perfect  harmo- 
ny, but  if  they   are    disconnected    from 


nnnrchv  and  bloodshed  were  the  natural  |  their  proper  use,  they  fait  to  satisfy.  The 
result.     It  was  reserved  for  the    Age  of,  ocean  is  beautiful  during  a  calm.     In  a 
the  age  of  utility,    to   strike   storm  it  is  sublime.     When    the    winds 


Machinery, 

the  happy  medium,  to  sever  the  bonds 
of  superstition  that  held  the  nations  in 
their  hideous  coils,  on  the  one  hand,  and 
to  tlirottle  a  senseless  skepticism,  on  the 
other;  to  evolve  from  tlie  misdirected 
zeal,  the  fettered  aspirations,  the  benight- 
ed minds  of  the  dark  ages,  a  higher  civ- 
ili?.ation,  a  nobler  conception  of  duty,, 
uniting  men  and  nations  in  a  closer 
brotherhood,  and  so  building  up  the 
king<'om  of  Christ: — for  they  serve  God 
who  love  their  fellow-men.  / 

But  how,  do  you  ask,  does  all  this 
provethatutilily  is  the  foundation  of  all 
edui,afion;  We  will  see.  As  long  as  men 
lived  in  an  ideal  atmosphere;  as  long  as 
they  would  fight  for  an  idea,  the  truth 
or  falsity  of  whi(di  could  have  no  possi- 
ble bearing  on  the  welfare  of  humanity; 
as  long  as  they  directed  their  efforts  to 
fathom  the  unfathomable,  to  know  the 
unknowalile,— just  so  long  was  society 
in  ftstat*;  of  chronic  unrest.  One  theory 
would  arise  only  to  be  supplanted  by 
another.  Like  a  huge  pendulum,  socie 
ty  oscillated  from  one  extremity  of  its 
arc  to  the  other,  at  every  swing  sweep- 
ing millions  into  bloody  graves.  But 
when  men  began  to  follow  their  natural 
instincts,  when  it  began  to  be  consider- 
ed more  praiseworthy  to  care  for  than 
to  crucify  the  body,  to  <?«/oy  rather  than 
to  dc-'ijyiae  the  bounties  of  Providence, 
when  each  one  began  to  pursue  his  oidh 
true  and  substantial  ha})piness,  then  it 
was  that  wantss  l)egau  to  multiply.  Aft- 
er increased  wants  fol  lowed  increased 
production.  But  human  hands  were 
too  slow  and  too  feeble  to  keep  i)ace  with 
the  demand,  and  the'Klements  were 
pressed  into  service.  From  speculative 
philosophy  and  an  ascetic  contemplation 
of  the  hollowness  and  worthlessness  of 
life,  men's  minds  were  turned  to  higher 
and  better  things.  They  began  to  in 
■vent.  Production  incre*ised.  Trade 
winds  filled  the  flapping  sails  of  cum- 
mercc.  Industry  became  the  tutelary 
goddess.  Her  bum  hushed  the  cries  of 
the  inquisition,  extinguished  hate,  beat 
swords  into  ploughshares  and  spears  in- 
to pruning  books.  The  cloistered  monk, 
the  pale  scholar,  the  man  of  high  degree 
and  him  of  low  estate — we  see  them  all 
striving  for  a  common  goal,  a  substantial 
good.  The  light  of  divinity  shines 
throucb  the  workman's  face,  and    why '( 


blow  and  the  billows  roll  the  spectator 
sees  the  roar  of  the  elements  and  thinks 
onl\  of  the  grandeur  of  the  scene.  The 
white  caps  chasing  each  other  in  frolic 
some  glee,  the  breaking  of  the  billows 
upon  the  shore,  the  roar  of  the  l)reakers, 
the  majesty  aud  resiftles-^  power  of  the 
wftv^  fill  him  witii  admiration  and 
wonder  and  awe;  but  he  does  not  think, 
then,  of  the  great  purpose  of  the  elemen 
tal  war  that  is  constantly  and  forever 
going  on. 

He  does  not  consider  that  were  it  not 
for  the  lightning  and  the  winds  and  the 
waves,  the  great  deep  would  become  one 
vast  ocean  of  pollution  aud  death;  that 
no  living  thing  could  be  found  in  its 
depths;  that  it  would  become  one  vast 
charnel  house,  a  loathsome  scene  of  fi.oat- 
ing  putrefaction.  A  sickening  sense  of 
desolaton  and  decay  and  death  would 
weigh  down  the  spirit.  There  would  be 
no  beauty  there — for  there  would  be  ex- 
istence without  a  purpose. 

If  we  look  at  the  tiniest  rivulet  that 
trickles  down  the  mountain  side,  or  at 
the  beautiful  stream  gently  flowing 
through  its  valley,  or  at  the  mighty  riv- 
er flo\ving  on  in  majesty  and  power  un 
til  its  waters  are  swallowed  up  by  the 
ocean,  we  see  that  all  their  lives  are  lives 
of  beauty.  From  source  to  mouth  their 
course  is  always  serpentine,  winding  in 
and  out,  here  and  there,  always  iu  grace- 
ful curves.  Aud  wliile  we  are  delight- 
ed with  their  grace  aud  beauty,  and  feel 
like  thanking  God  that  be  has  made  all 
things  so  bright  and'  fair.  There  is  a 
deeper  purpose  in  the  windings  of  the 
rivers  than  the  mere  gratification  of  our 
sense  of  the  beautiful.  If  the  streams 
ran  straight  to  the  river.';  and  the  rivers 
ran  straight  to  the  sea  their  channels 
would  be  furrowed  deep  beneath  the 
surface  of  the  earth;  their  sources  would 
be  drained;  their  waters  become  shallow: 
vegetation  in  their  valleys  would  die: 
the  clouds  would  cease  to  pour  down 
their  refreshing  showers,  and  the  whole 
continent  would  become  one  vast  soli 
tary  waste.  The  windings  of  the  stream^ 
preserve  the  salubrity  of  the  climate 
aud  the  fertility  of  the  soil  by  checking 
the  rapid  flow  of  the  water,  and  so  cans 
ing  life  and  beauty  to  spring  up  on  ev 
ery  side.  Here  again  we  see  that  utility 
s  the  great  principle  that  governs  in  the 


materia,',  and,  by  inference  in  theirom 
terial  world. 

"Then  nmrL 
Tlie  mathetiiatic  glories  of  theskiea. 
In  number,  weight,  and  measure,  all  ordai  oa 
Though  splendid  all,  so  splendor  i  nui  „(■ 
Use  rivals  beauty;  art  contends  with    im 
N'o  wanton  wa*ite,  amid  effuse  expeuse-       '* 
The  great  economist  adjusting  all 
With  prudent  ponip,  niii^iiiificently  wi>e." 

IMMORTALITY. 

MY  I.  roacuAsT. 

rilHK  Jews  believed  that  the  soul  " 
-L  immortal.  Christ  and  hisapostl 
did  not  correct  the  error,  if  such  it  real 
ly  was.  Christ's  purpose  was  to  select 
a  peojde  for  his  name.  It  is  .therefor 
necessary  to  form  character  in  order  t 
be  entitled  to  a  blessed  immortalitv 
Speculative  theology  has  led  off  many 
intelligent  believers  who  depend  more 
upon  their  own  powerful  { ?)  intellects 
than  upon  the  grace  of  God  to  enable 
them  to  see  the  truth  as  manifested  by 
Christ.  The  Bible  is  a  remarkable  book 
out  of  which  tlie  followers  of  Christ  can 
derive  much  comfort;  while  to  the  sol- 
dier of  the  ci'oss  it  is  a  two  edged  blade 
to  be  used  as  a  weapon  of  defense.  It  ig 
so  sharp  that  it  can  be  used  even  for  self- 
destruction. 

The  writer  has  observed  much  and 
his  experience  has  been  varied  and  sad 
having  been  led  from  one  theological 
speculation  to  another,  just  as  a  faithful 
hard  working  mechanic  can  be  led  from 
his  legitimate  business  into  some  vision- 
ary speculative  enterprise.  The-  firat 
(juestiou  usufill}'  asked,  "Is  the  soul  im- 
mortal?" Next,  "Was  the  kingdom  es- 
tablished on  the  day  of  Pentecost"?  Last 
"Is  immersion  valid  baptism  without  a 
correct  faith  iu  these  things"?  Kvery- 
thing  is  done  to  work  up  the  imagina- 
tion, and  that  accomplished,  the  invest!-' 
gator  bectmies  an  easy    victim. 

Lately  one  of  those  religious  fanatics 
was  led  to  believe  it  his  duty  to  kill  his 
little  daugliter  as  an  otYering.  One  man, 
who  came  out  from  amongst  the  breth- 
ren some  years  ago,  would  use  the  word 
"Dunkard"  in  a  derisive  manner.  A  lit- 
tle fui'ther  on  he  would  call  them  the 
"Dunks,"  aud  finally  the  "Dumb  Dunks;" 
and  all  because  he  could  not  convert 
them  to  his  way  of  thinking-  People 
who  have  no  veneration  for  their  own 
parents  have  still  less  for  their  Creator, 
aud  cannot  therefore  worship  hitn  in 
spirit  aud  in  truth.  And  this  may  ac- 
count for  the  fact  that  so  many  who  have 
embraced  materialistic  doctrines  are  now 
petrified  in  the  cold  abyss  of  infidelity. 

The  monks  of  r^aint  Bernard  send  wine 
of  spirits  with  their  trained  dogs  to  per- 
ishing travelers  in  the  snow  bound  Alps, 
in  like  manner  has  the  Biietiiken  at 
WoiiK  saved  at  least  one  from  a  congeal- 
ing e;rave. 


INFIDELITY. 


BY  (i.    MOHLEk. 


T  ^lA^^E  often  wondered  within  my- 
^  self  whether  the  infidel  is  truly  sin- 
cere in  his  assertions.  If  he  is,  he  surely 
predicates  his  belief  on  a  very  narrow 
foundation.  Why  is  it  that  he  demands 
such  overwhelming  proof  of  those  who 
believe  in  inspiration,  while  he  himself 
-upports  his  belief  with  such  puny,  shal- 
ow  evidence? 

The  gist  of  his  argument  m  favor  o' 
ufidelity  is  about  this:  That  there  are 
o  many  who  profess  Christianity  ao^ 
lo  not  show  any  diil'erent  fruit  fiom  those 
^vho  do  not  profess.  Is  this  sound  logiii- 
Suppose  the  gj-eat   firm  of  RothschiM 


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'1\H.K    l^JrlKXHKEN    A.T    "WORK. 


3 


feud  over  to  America  an  offer  to 
•very  citizen  of  the  United  .Slates 


lev  -'"'"''  '°  tl"""  *'"'''"  I"™''!  1'"*'  office, 

,  ijusiness  occupation.     Now   a  num- 

'     gf  persons  would  send    their   names 

'^Ir.  would  they  he  very  likely  to   get 

"he' hundred  dollars;     Would  this   be 

Y  evidence  that  there  is  no  Rothschild  ? 

'  that  he  never  made  the  offer?     This 

•  tde  same  kind  of  logic  precisely.  Now 

,l„se  who  send  their  names  only  do    not 

.  mply  with  the  conditions  named;   and 

uto  these  may  be  likened  those  profess 

^vho  have  a  name  in  the  church  but 

,    DOt  comply  with  the  conditions   of  a 

jj-ue  Christian.     They  are  not  benefited 

M-  their  shallow  profession  only;  there 

fore  show  no  fruit. 

It  is  a  fact  to  be  lamented  that  there 
re  so  many  professors  that  do  not  adorn 
tbeir  profession  with  that  piety  and  zeal 
that  is  essential  to  that  holy  and  glori 
nus  religion  of  the  blessed  Son  of  God, 
jjil  by  this  furnish  an  excuse,  weak 
though  it  be,  for  the  infidel  to  make  use 
of  in  denying  inspiration. 

Again,  our  public  school  system  is  ac- 
Ijnowledged  by  the  majority  of  our  citi- 
jens  to  be  a  good  thing.     Now  there  are 
some  who  do  not  avail  themselves  of  its 
benefits,  find  fault  to  the  system,  ifec.  Is 
this  any  evidence  that  the  public  schools 
of  the  United  States  are  a  fraud?     Now 
these  are  like  those  who  have  access   to 
the  gospel  of  Christ,  but  do    not   accept 
if  such  as  the  infidel  and  hardened  sin- 
ner, generally.     They  refuse  it,  not  be- 
cause it  is  not  good    and    genuine;    but 
because  it  does  not  suit   their   peculiar 
whims  and  odd  notions.     Do  those  care- 
less, cold  professors  have  any  obligation 
rejsting  upon  them  concerning  infidelity? 
We  believetheyliave.jnstintlie  same  pro- 
portion as  the  infidel  gleans  from  the  life 
and  dally  walk  of  those  careless  profess- 
ors. Inthesame  proportion  do  we  believe 
they  will  be  hehl  accountable  at  the  bar 
of  God  in  the  day  of  judgment.     These 
are  they  who  "crucify  to  themselves  the 
Son  of  God  afresh,  and  put   him   to  an 
open  shame."     We   are   to   be    shining 
lights.   Thus  showing  to  the  world  that 
we  have  been  with  Christ.     I  think  ev 
ery  one  would  be  much  benefited  if  he 
would  often  read   the   epistle   of  Jude. 
Also  the  second  chapter  ot  second  Peter. 

DRESS. 

HY  MAKY  C.  SAYLOH. 


a  trial  to  ensure  success;  and  the  vexed 
ipieslion  (of  toomuch  dress)  would  then 
he  a  thing  of  the  past. 

I  haveoflen  wondered  at  the  advocates 
of  plaiuncis,  dressing  themselves  in    be 
coming  style,  and  their   children    in  the 
latest  fashion,!  must  conclude  that  their 
strenuousness   emanates     from    iiupnrt 
motives,  for  how  could  a  part  be   cloth 
ed  in  humility  and  a  part  iu    superfluity 
and  both  retain  the  same  principle.  Does 
the  fountain,  (the  heart)  send  forth  both 
sweet  water  and  bitter?    Assuredly  not. 
Then  I  ask,  why  is  it!  and  where  is  the 
consistency. 


pel  is  the  power  of  God,  unto  salvation  1  They  all  regard,   pitch,   length,  power, 
to  every  one  that  bt-lieveth."     Horn.    1:    time,  harmotiy,,  and  melody,  *t'-.     Web- 
Hi.     It  is  through  the  word  of  God    we  Ister  says,  "singing  is  the  act  of  uttenng 
are  changed,  and  sanctified. uotone  word,    musical  sounds    by  the  voice."     These 
but  "every  word  that  proceedeth  out  of  1  sounds utten-d  iu  systematical  order  cie- 
the  mouth  of  God."    'Now  ye  are  clean    ate  melody  in  the  heart,  as   the   apostle 
through  the  word  which  I  have   spoken    would  have  us  do.     Singing  in  il«  pure 
unto  you."  John  15:3.  "Sanctify  them    motive,  "sweetly    moving   a<;centft,   and 
through  the  truth,  thy  word  is  truth."        flowing  nuinbera  has  a  benign,  winning 
We  are  regenerated  through  the  word,    and  powerful  influence  over  the  human 
"Having  been  regenerated  not  from  cor-    mind."  There  is  a  power  in  singing  that 
ruj.tible,  but  incorruptible  seed,  through    we  can  scarcely   express;    and   there   ia 
the  living  and  enduring  word  of   God" 


0 


DESIRING  TO  LOVE. 

[HY  rHARLES  WKSLKV  ] 

LOVE  divine,  how  sweet  thou  art! 
When  shall  I  find  my  wilhug  heart. 
All  taken  up  by  thee? 
I  thirst,  and  faint,  and  die  to  prove 
The  greatness  ot  redeeming  love, — 
The  I'lve  of  Christ  to  me. 

Stronger  his  love  than  death  or  hell; 
Its  riches  are  unsearchable; 

Tlif  first  born  sons  of  sight 
Desire  in  v.im  its  depth  to  see  — 
They  cannot  see  the  mystery. 

The  length,  and  breadth,  and  height.. 

God  only  knows  the  love  of  God — 
Oh  that  it  now  were  shed  abroad 

Ta  this  poor  stony  heart! 
For  lone  I  sigh,  for  love  I  pine; 
This  only  portion.  Lord  be  mine — 

Be  mine  this  better  part. 

Dh  that  1  could  forever  sit 
With  Mary  at  the  Master's  feet! 

Be  this  my  happy  choice — 
My  only  care,  delight,  and  bhss, 
My  joy,  my  heaven  on  earth,  be  thia— 

To  bear  the  bridegroom's  voice. 

Oil  thai,  with  huiilbled  Peter,  I 
Could  weep,  believi?,  an3  thrice  reply, 

_My  faithfulness  to  prove! 
Thou  kuow.st,  for  all  to  tliee  is  known— 
Thou  knowcst.  0  L  ird,  and  tbou  alone — 
Thou  kuowest  that  thee  I  love. 

Oh  that  I  could  with  tailored  .John, 
fiecline  my  weary  head  upon 

The  dear  Redeemer's  breast! 
From  care,  and  sin,  and  sorrow  free 
Give  me.  0  Lord,  to  find  in  thee 

My  everlasting  rest. 

Thy  only  love  do  I  require — 
Nothing  in  earth  beneath  desire, 

Nothing  iu  heaven  above; 
Let  earth  aud  heaven  and  all  things  go— 
Give  me  thy  only  love  to  know. 

Give  me  thy  only  love! 

■WHY  DO  YOU    DUNKARDS 

PREACH  THE  LITERAL 

WORD  SO  MUCH?" 


(  Wilson's  Translation.)  "The  words  that 
I  speak  unto  you  they  are  spirit  and  they 
are  life."  .lohn  C:  11:1.  We  want  to 
preach  something  that  will  do  the  soul 
good,  when  the  shores  of  mortality  are 
lost  in  oblivion's  gloom;  something  more 
enduring  than  the  fleeting  bri-ath;  hence 
we  "preach  the  word,"  aud  it  hath  been 
declared,  "though  heaven  and  earth  pass 
away,  my  words  shall  not  pass  away." 
Matt.  04':  35;  Mark  i;i;  13;  Luke  '21; 
3:). 

Our  Ma.ster  says,  "search  the  Scriptures 
for  in  them  ye  think  ye  have  eternal  life, 
aud  they  are  they  which  testify  of  me." 
John  ."i:  39.     "Seek  ye  out  of  the   book 
of  the  Lord,  and    read."     Isa.    34:     111. 
One  of  old    hath  declared,   "Thy  word 
have  I  hid  in  mine  heart,  that  I   might 
not  sin    against  thee."     Psa.    11«:   U. 
When  the  gospel  is  so  pure,    so   per- 
fect, wliy  preach    anything    else?     It  is 
all  the  man  of  God    desires   td    preach, 
not  part  but  all  of  it.    "All  Scripture  is 
given  by  inspiration  of  God,  and  is  prof- 
itable for  doctrine,  for  reproof,  for   cor- 
rection, for  instruction  in  righteousness: 
that  the  man  of  God    may  be   perfect, 
thoroughly   furnished     unto     all   good 
works."  oTim.  3;  IK,    17.     "The   law 
of  the  Lord    is   perfect,  converting  th^ 
soul;"  "The   testimony   of  the  Lord    is 
sure,  making   mse   the   simple."   "The 
statuteji  of  the.Lord  are  right,    rejoicing 
the  heart."     "The  commandment  of  the 
Lord  is   pure,  enlightening   the   eyes." 
"The  judgments  of  the   Lord  are   true, 
and  righteous  altoeether."     Psalms  19: 
7,  8,  9.  This  is  whj  our  ministers  preach 
the  literal  word.     Brethren  let  us  "ear- 
nestly contend  for  the  faith  once   deliv- 
ered to  the  saints."  "Preach  the   word." 

CONGREGATIONAL    SINGING. 


UY  HENRY  OARBER. 


rt  of  divine  wor 


WHILE  we  hear  much  said  upon  the 
subject  of  dress,  a  few  remarks 
may  not  be  amiss  from  one  acquainted 
with  the  writings  upon  the  same,  yet 
holding  no  e.xtreme  view.  That  our  first 
parents  were  clothed  in  humility  after 
their  expulsion  from  the  garden  of  Eden, 
all  would  rea-sonably  believe,  and  think 
that  the  present  style  of  dress  is  not  all 
in  semblance  as  theirs  were,  none  will 
deny.  And  the  fact  that  the  present 
fashionable  attire  for  the  ladies  is  en- 
eumbrous,  need  only  attestation  on  then- 
part,  without  any  previous  bias  from 
any  source.  Admitting  then  the 
truth  of  these  statements,  what  a  valua 
ble  acquisition  would  the  fashion  of  plain 
aud  modest  attire  bring  to  the  greater 
portion  of  our  community  at  large  ? 

While  1  am  inclined  to  believe  that 
this  would  be  an  advantage  to  ail  con- 
cerned, I  also  believe  it  would  be  ap- 
preciated by  the  many  fathers  and  moth 
ers  of  our  land,  and  the  true  moral  worth 
of  any  person  would  not  be  estimated 
by  the  amount  of  superfluous  dress  worn, 
but  rather  by  the  walk,  conversation, 
aud  daily  demeanor  of  the  one  in  view. 
The  practicability  of  theabove  needsonly 


ItY  rHAS      YEAROl'T. 


T 


HIS  question  has  often    been    asked. 


can  give  no  better  reason  than  this:  Be- 
cause we  are  commanded  to  "preach  the 
word."     "I  charge   thee,    therefore    be- 
fore God,  and  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  who 
shall  judge  the  quick  and   the    dead    at 
his  appearing,  aud  his  kingdom;  preach 
the  word;  be  instant  in   season,  out   of 
season;  reprove,  rebuke,  e.xhort  with  all 
long-suffering  aud  doctrine."  ■->  Tim.  4: 
1.     Another  reasou  is,  our  divine  Master 
taught  it  by  precept  aud  example.  Mark 
•J:  2.     The  apostles  sent    to   preach    by 
Christ,  preached  the  word.     We  preach 
the  word  because  it  is   "perfect   convert 
ing  the  soul."     "The   word    of  God    is 
quick  and  powerful,  sharper  than   any 
two  edged  sword,  piercing  even    to   the 
dividing  asunder  of  soul  and    spirit,  and 
of  the  joints  and  marrow,  and    is  a   dis- 
cerner  of  the  thoughts  and  intents  of  the 
heart."     Ileb.  4:  1-2.     The  apostle  says, 
"let  the  word  of  Christ   dwell   in   you 
richly,  in  all  wisdom."  Col.  3;  IG.  "Faith 
comelh  by  hearing,  and  heating  by    the 
word  of  God."  Rom.  10:  17.  "The  gos 


THAT  singing  is  a  par 
ship,  is  generally  admitted  by  all 
Christian  worshipers,  and  that  psalms, 
hymns,  and  spiritual  songs  are  admitted, 
aiid  recommended  by  the  Bible,  is  also 
true.  We  have  a  variety  of  testimony 
throughout  the  Bible  of  holy  men,  and 
Christians  generally,  worshiping  God  by 
sinking.  But  to  comment  on  the  neces- 
sity or  propriety  of  singing  is  unnecessa- 
ry, all  will  admit. 

We  desire  to  direct  our  feeble  remarks 
mainly  on  a  cultivation  of  this  lu-anch 
of  worship  practiced  by  the  Christian. 
The  Bible  gives  no  moile  of  singing,  as 
to  high  or  low,  long  or  short,  loud  or 
soft.  But  Paul  says,  "I  will  sing  with 
the  spirit,  and  I  will  sing  with  the  un- 
derstanding also."  And  in  Kphesians 
o:  10,  he  says,  "Speaking  to  yourselves 
in  psalms,  and  hymns,  and  spiritual 
songs,  singing  aud  making  melody  in 
your  heart  to  the  Lord."  This  is  the 
sum  and  substance  of  the  mode  and  man 
ner  of  singing  as  found  in  the  Scriptures. 
Then  as  a  matter  of  course,  we  are  left 
to  learn  the  art  or  science  of  singing  as 
given,  and  gotten  up  by  men  of  th 
world.  And  there  seems  to  be  hut  on 
general  science,  by  which,  all  authoi' 
are  led,  in  settiug  and  arranging  tune; 


nothing  in  all  congregational  worship 
that  is  more  calculated  to  unite,  to  equal- 
ize, to  knit  hearts  together  in  reverence 
to  the  great  I  AM,  than  good  singing. 
All  can  unite  in  this,  saint  and  sinner. 
The  unconverted  singing  without  under- 
standing does  not  prohibit  the  convert- 
ed to  sing  in  understanding,  or  with  the 
understanding. 

The  Almighty  has  placed  that  vocal 
organ  iu  men  and  women.  It  is  for  them 
to  improve  that;  it  requires  time  and  cul- 
tivation.    We    have    something  in    the 
fourteenth  chapter  of  Uevelatiou   which 
implies  somt  thing  uf  learning   to   sing. 
"And  no  man  could  learn  that  song,  but 
the  hundred  and  forty  and   four  thous- 
and."    We  must  learn  tn   sing.     Many 
have  found  it  difficult  and  gave  up   in 
despair;  the  gift   not  be' jg  so    natural 
with  them  as  with  some   others.     It  be- 
comes   Christian    parents    to    take  an 
interest  in  teaching   their  children    to 
sing.     It  is  not  a  day's,  a  week's,  or  a 
month's  work,  but  it  is  a  life's  work.     I 
thank  my  father  to-day  for   the   advice 
when  but  a   boy,   that  1   should   buy  a 
note    book    and    learn    to  sing,  as    he 
could   not  sing  and   therefore  did  not 
wish  his  childnn    to  neglect    that   im- 
portant branch.     Vet  I  must  say  to   all 
my  brethren  aud  friends,  that  with   all 
the  labor  and  toil  in  that   direction,  wc 
are  still  very  deficient;   but   having   a 
natural  inclination  for  music,  and    feel 
ing  the  necessity  a»d  propriety  of  us  all 
n  general  to  press  on,  improve  the  time. 
Young  frienils,  brethren   aud   sisters, 
and  all,  make  good   oingiug  a  specialty 
among  yourselves,  take  advantage  of  all 
the  opportunities  you  have.     Wheu   in 
company  you  cannot  improve  your  time 
any  better  than  by  singing.    It  is  a  very 
difficult  thing  for  a  person  to  lead  a  tune 
in  a   congregation    properly    when    the 
congregation  itself  will   carry    the  tune 
in  a  drawling,   irksome  manner.      Dear 
reader,  bear  with  your  weak   writer   in 
his  manner  of  expressing  himself.  If  all 
old  and  young  would    take   the   proper 
interest,  aud  help  us  in  this  direction  the 
work  would  move  on  much   easier,  and 
with  more  edification.     Our  aim  is   not 
to  encourage  any  thing  new  or  fast.  W_- 
are  commanded    to  "let  our  moderation 
be  known  to  all  men." 

Therefore  let  us  take  advantage  of 
our  Christian  privileges,  not  only  in 
singing,  but  all  other  duties  we  owe  to 
the  Lord,  so  we  may  be  ready  and  pre- 
pared to  help  to  sing  the  song  of  Moses 
and  the  Lamb. 


Wii  KN  a  Christian  missionai-y  had  la- 
bored some  time  at  Balasore,  a  young 
Brahmin,  named  Juguunatha,  embraced 
the  Gospel.  Soon  after,  the  brother  of  a 
native  magistrate  said  to  him,  "Do  you 
believe  this  from  the  heart?"  Jugun- 
natha  replied,  "Yes."  "Well,"  said  tie 
other,  "we  are  watching;  you  are  mak- 
ing an  ex|ieriment;  if  you  live  a  holy 
life,  we  shall  know  that  this  gosjiel  is 
true  which  Padresaleh  has  been  preach- 
ing for  three  or  four  years;  but  we  have 
our  doubts,  and  cannot  believe:  none  of 
the  Ooriyas  till  now  have  embraced  this 
religion ;"  if  you  bear  good  fruit,  many 
>vill  follow  xour  example." 


1'Jbii;    JJHiri'JbiKKN    ,A.T    -W'OKK.. 


Novembe 


rriiLi.siii:»  weeklt. 


M.M.  KMIIKI.MAN.  i 
8.  J.  iiAHitrsoN 

.1.  W.STEIX.  ' 


1.  TiiK  Kdilors  will  1>m  rt'sii .  _-,  --- 

^nontl  loui'tif  Hie  i);tin'r,  and  tin-  iiisf-rtfon  of 
ATticlp  di>es  luii  iiii|.i)  tliat  tbfy  vutlone  every  sen- 
timent of  the  »ritiT. 

2.  CoNTRini  TORS  in  order  to  scfnr'*  i)romitt  In- 
sertion of  Ihfir  -irtiflcfl,  uill  iilraiic  iidI  tmliilK*'  I'l 
personalities  anil  innmirttHUi!*  luiiKunuf.  hut  prp- 
swil  their  views  -  with  grHci'  si-rtsuneu  with  »iilt.' 

3.  Till;  liRtTiiKKN  AT  UonK  « ill  lie  Bent  t'l 
anvn(l(lr«\<w  in  tlje  I'niteil  Mates  or  ('itnada  for 
91^0i>er  niiiaiiii.  For  tli«  le^idintc  (.'liiinu.-terii<tirH 
of  llie  iuii)er,  tis  well  iw  terms  Iti  iiKents  «ee  eif(litli 
|tiige.    AcidiesH  all  eoniniunicjitiona, 

IIBETIIKEN  AT  WORK, 

l,annrk.  Cnrroll  Co.,  III. 


LANARK.  ILL.. 


XOVK.MIIKft  10,  IH70. 


Skb  "Misrepresenled  '  on  Iimt  page. 

FOHTY  »wwBtndent>  lit  Ml.  MoriiK  (Jnllegp. 

Oklt  fonr  niorenumben  of  Ihe  IlnETiiitKN 
AT  Wdhk  and  the  volume  lor  1879  will  liuv< 
closed.  _ 

In  Bro.  W,  C.  Teeter's  report  of  the  Silver 
Cre«k  Fenat  he  whs  mndi'  to  say  560  where  he 
meant  250. 

IJro.  David  Brower,  Siilem,  Oregon,  inlbrrn?- 
n»  thfit  he  e\|)i'fl,s  to  tnkc  it  trip  lo  Washing- 
ton and  Idaho  Territories. 


time  with  considerable  interest.    The  IJiid 


After  the  mt-vtuig  quit*-  a  nuiui»er  visited  the    from  placet*  out-tde  the  Distric":  were  cordially  j  permit  sisters  to  pray  and  prophe-y  puj,|    , 
Mt.  Morris  school  und  had  the  ple8»iire  of  bear-    invited  to  participate  in  thedeliberations  ot  the    Thw  was  <.ue  of  the  most  important  queri'^^vl 
inKSfVerrtlcIii'sexrrcite.     'IV   work    s^em-  to'ni.eliag.  |  fore  the  meeting,  and  was  discussed   f,..^. 

be  progregsiuetinely.  and  no  far  an  we  could  j  The  delegate  from  the  Mill  Creek  Church 
I-aru  g'.od  *ati«latti(in  was  h.  iog  given.  We  '  pr^euted  a  paper  stating  that  Bro,  Daniel  V»n- 
hi-ard  no  grumblmK;  however  thin  doKt    not'  irnan  had  Wen  chosen   to  take  charge  <■{  that 

prove  that  there  is   ii.uie;  Mud   we   hope  that    church,  and  desired  th»t  the  D.  M.  ratify  their 

tiiereiHiiotaHiiitfle  minieut  who  would  ho  tar  j  action.     The   eouncil    heartily   endor-ed    their 

forjfet  hin  duly  an  to  coniplaiu  when  so  much  is    choice. 

being  done  for  hii   conilort,   conveui-nce.  and  |      [Jtlegat*'--.  froni  the  Macoupin  Cretk  Church 

inatrurtion.      It  cannot  be  expected  that  the  |  precented  o  pla-!    for  (loing   mis-ionary    work. 

i^arhunligbt  will  alwayit  pour  its  re^I.lellde^t  Another  pn|)er  was  presented  from  the  Pleas- 
beams  iof.  every  nook  ot  the  heart,  or  that  Lnt  Hill  Church.  The  tornier  en.hraces  Solici- 
even  the  dull    heavy  moun    will    shine    as  .we  j  t„„  and    rivangelints  under  the  control     of  a 


In  No.  45,  under  "Itfformers  and  the  Infal- 
lible Word  of  Truth,"  "American  clergy" 
should  )ie  Armenian  clergy. 

Thk  committee  ot  urtaugemenls  will  meet  in 
Lanark  on  the  17th  in«t,  to  make  further  prep 
aiatious  for  the  ue\t  Uenernl  Conference.  M>i 
ny  are  anticipating  n  (.'lorious  meeting  on  nexj 
I*enleC'§(.  May  their  earnest  desires  he  fully 
realized. 

Ukothrk  Kshelman  began  a  series  of  meetings 
in  the  Hudson,  III.  church  Oct.  2!)th,  mid  owiii^ 
to  fiickneBs  whk  compelled  to  leave  theJield  th. 
f  6th  of  Nov.  Five  hiid  been  baptized  and  tlier.- 
were  three  iipplicantji  for  baptism.  Hro.  D.  U 
Oihfon  was  sent  for  and  will  continue  tli' 
nieetingN. 

By  reference  to  proceedingN  of  D.  M.  of 
Southern  IllinoiH,  it  will  be  aei-ii  that  the  Bretli 
ren  have  taken  measures  looking  to  a  Home  foi 
the  poor  and  (or  orphans.  If  the  Southeri 
District  of  Illinois  should  bring  such  an  iuHti 
tiition  into  existence  they  will  rear  an  impOF' 
iNliiible  monument  to  their  name.  W«  hope 
that  the  Brethren  may  prove  to  the  world  thi.t 
their  hearU  are  open  very  wide  to  the  poor  vi- 
plmns.  That  iiynipathy  which  ismauitested  bv 
MctioUH,  i«  the  real,  true,  Gospel  sympathy.  May 
We  have  much  ot  this  Kind. 

BoAiiniNri.  alone,  in  this  town  costa  from 
i^'i.oO  to  !?4.ijO  per  weed.  S'udeuls  can  attend 
M(.  Morris  College  43  weoka,  the  school  year, 
lor  125.00,  while  just  the  boarding  here  would 
coat  from  $150  to  ?200.  It  would  then  co>.t 
from$li5  lo#75  1w8  to  attend  tot  lege  than  to 
stay  here  and  "Jo  nolhing,  and  boarding  is  no 
higher  here  either  than  in  most  other  places. 
Young  men  and  ladiea  sliould  he  oiruful  Jian 
they  spend  their  Winters  else  they  have  to  re- 
pent of  neglected  opportunilies  when  it  is  for- 
ever too  late  to  remedy. 


would  wish  it,  f<jr  the  dark  ^torms  and  lem- 
pesta  of  life  muwt  Come  tor  our  good.  The 
mighty  oak  is  only  made  stronger  by  the  tierce 
bla-ta  of  wind.  The  earth  around  its  rootieta, 
the  teedurs  of  its  maH.Hive  body  and  tender  buds, 
are  looHened  by  the  iniylity  air  i:mr'-nls.  Su  Ilie 
torms  of  life  arouse  nur  eueigies  and  try  uw. 
Happy  are  they  that  vniiurf. 

About  four  i».  M.  of  the  23rd,   brother  J.  C. 
hahniaii  took  u»  in  his  convt-yance  to  hi-i  pleas- 
ant home  at  Franklin  Orove,  Lee  iU).      Bro.  L. 
U   surrounded    by  a   dear  family    of  children, 
who,  with  a  kind,  tender  father,  were,  not  long 
(tinco  bereft  of  the  iutluences,  the  counsels  and 
support  of  a  tender  mother.     0  how  mother  is 
missed!     Bro.  L.  ,\et  deeply  feels  his  loss;  and 
a<  W(<  look  at    those    bright   young   people    we 
ihiuk   of  their  aching    h.art.H.     We    think   ot 
their  reflections  on  the  pas'.;  how   their  sorrow 
wells  up  and  tears   start   from   the   eyes    when 
they  think  of  the   motlier  who  lies  in  death's 
cold  embrace.     Ah!  they  remember  all  her  lit- 
tledeeds    of    kindness,        They    r.  memb^'r    her 
words  of  sympathy;  they  thiuk  of  her  patieu 
her  love,   motherly  devotion   to  them.      Our 
iieart  is  to<5  full   for  further  meditation.     God 
bleNS  the  orphans  and  lead  them  to  the  Savior's 
l(tlil;  and  may    abundant   grace    be    giveii    our 
dear  hrotln'r  for  his  stay,  his   support,    and    for 
bis  arduous  labors. 

Met  with  the  dear  brethren  and  sisters  and 
Iriends  in  public  worslyp  on  the  evening  of  tlie 
24th.  Bro.  Levi  Kall"ensperg*r  and  Daniel 
Dierdorff  are  the  house-keepers  here,  and  are 
asHiiJd'd  in  the  ministry  by  brethren  Levi  Trqs- 
tie,  J.  C,  Laliman,  and  Samuel  Lahraan.  llt'.'i 
are  building  their  third  nieeting-hoiise  which 
is  located  near  tho  town  nC  Frunkliii  Grove,  It 
is  40x70  feet;  good  basement.  The  flour  of  the 
audience  room  is  inclined,  and  the  place  for 
ministers  slightly  raised  so  that  both  hearers 
mid  i-peakers  may  occupy  advantageous  posi- 
tions. We  think  llie.\  have  manifested  a  good 
degree  of  common  sen«e  in  the  arrangement  of 
tlieir  houde,  and  hope  many  souU  ai.iy  he  gath- 
ered into  the  temple  of  the  Lord  there. 

M.  M.  v.. 


THE  DISTRICT  MEETING  OF 
SOUTHERN   ILLINOIS. 


OUT  IN  THE  FIELD. 

fro  the  Christian,  the  green  pastures  of  God 
J.  are  delightful.  The  downcast  soul,  th> 
hardened  heart  and  weaned  iiiiud  tind  stvcel 
reat  under  the  foliage  of  God's  great  tree  o( 
life.  Affection  l-fc  to  the  cares  of  this  world 
will  congeal:  mind  left  to  the  deceitfulness  of 
riches  will  rust;  and  the  soul  left  to  persecu 
tion  aod  tribulation  will  sink  into  darkness  and 
wo»'.  In  order  that  we  he  not  left  to  lean  upon 
oar  own  strength,  we  went  to  the  Silver  Creek 
Ftast  on  the  22nd  of  Oct.,  where  we  had  th. 
ple»«ure  of  meeting  many  who  have  "obtained 
like  precious  faith  through  the  k-nowlcdge  ol 
"Of  Lord  Jeeas  Christ."  We  would  like  to 
name  wme  of  them,  but  the  space  is  too  mea- 
ger to  nitmc  all,  and  as  we  have  not  been  se' 
aj4  a  respecter  of  persons,  hut  in  defense  of  the 
G'Apel,  we  forbear.  It  ican  a  feast  indeed. 
The  soul  that  went  away  there  hungry  must  be 
well  set  with  thorns;  and  brambles,  and  flesh- 
pita,  and  riches.  Another  has  given  a  faithful 
deMcriptioa  of  the  meeting,  hence  I  turn  eUe- 
w  hpre. 


OUR  la. 
We 


•■i  was  written  at  Franklin  Grove,  III. 

met  the  horn  of-God  in  imblic  wor- 
ship near  Ahliton,  on  Sunday,  10  A.  M.,  and 
7  I*.  M.  The  people  at  these  meetings  mani- 
fested very  great  re.-^pect,  and  both  old  and 
young  gave  abundant  evidence  of  having  been 
well  taught,  for  they  behaved  as  well  as  any 
one  could  desire. 

On  the  way  to  Hudson,  the  place  appointed 
for  the  district  meeting,  we  were  joined  by  Bro. 
Enoch  Eby,  who  accompanied  us  to  meet  the 
disciples  of  Jesus  at  Hudson.  Arrived  in  tim 
for  evening  services,  and  was  made  joyful  in 
heart  by  meeting  many  with  wliom  we  had  be- 
fore met  and  worshipped.  Preachers  were  very 
numerous;  and  we  piesumo  it  was  good  that  it 
was  so,  for  tiiey,  too,  love  to  be  hearers  occa- 
sionally. Bro.  A.  S.  Leer  was  prevailed  upon 
to  lead  ill  preaching;  and,  though  he  was  suffer- 
ing from  a  very  sore  eye,  he  was  still  able  to 
see  clearly  with  a  "single  eye  "  to  the  edifica- 
tion of  the  body. 

DI8TKICT    UKBTINO. 

By  7  A.  M.  of  the  28th,  the  delegates  had  as- 
sembled, and  they  proceeded  to  ballot  for  the 
necessary  oflicers.  Bro.  John  Wise  was  chosen 
Moderator,  Daniel  Vauiman,  Writing  Clerk, 
and  A.  S.  Lear,  Heading  Clerk.  At  8  o'cluck, 
the  meeting  was  opened  for  business,  by  sing- 
ing aud  prayer  on  the  part  if  Bro.  Enoch  Eby. 
Acts  15  was  read,  after  which  the  officers  elect- 
ed were  announced.  The  Moderator  stated  the  ' 
object  of  the  meeting;   and   members   present  I 


I  Mi»<p>ion  B'nird  clu'wu  by  del'-gates  to  District 
t  Meeting,  The  latter  called  upon  the  D.  M.  to 
I  declare  all  niiuislers  of  the  second  degree  in 
the  Dintriet,  evangelists  to  fitl  all  calls  within 
their  bounds,  and  that  their  respective  church- 
es pay  all  'xpenses.  After  considerable  discus- 
hton,  the  Macoupin  Creek  p'an  was  taken  up 
by  sections  and  debated.  Articles  three  and 
6ve  were  amended  and  the  whole  adopted  amid 
expressii.ns  of  approbation.  Adjourned  for  re- 
freshment*. 

AKTBaNOOK    .SKSSIOK. 

Met  at  1  P.  M.  Some  time  was  spent  in 
completing  (he  list  of  Solicitors.  During  the  re- 
ce.**  the  following  nani'-d  brethren  were  elected 
on  Board  of  Missions:  John  Beechly,  John 
Briibaker,  John  E.  Sludebaker,  John  Nelier, 
;Lnd  A.  D.  Sdif/man. 

P.tper  from  Sugar  Creek  Church  relative  to 
the  negative  ba.'ieii  on  Matt.  IS:  15,  16,  17,  was 
presented.  The  ooji^ct  was  to  ascertain  the  sen- 
timent of  the  assembly  on  the  practice  of  aak- 
me  applicants  for  baptism  whether  they  are 
willing  to  Acrtr  the  offended  in  cane  they  should 
be  the  nfl't-nier.  On  account  of  inde6niteness 
the  queiy  was  returned  to  the  church  with  the 
answer  that  no  brother  should  deviate  from  the 
general  rule  of  the  church. 

The  Okaw  Church  wi-bed  to  know  whether 
any  branch  of  the  "ime  body"  could  permit  sis- 
ters to  wear  any  other  (dain  covering  iu  lime  of 
worship,  instead  of  a  phiin  cap.  The  answer 
was  Ml  the  negative. 

The  Milmine  Church  desired  information  rel- 
ative to  the  plac?  where  a  transgressing  mem- 
ber should  he  tried.  The  case  was  peculiar 
and  would  require  too  muk-li  space  to  give  in 
detail.  Decided  that  he  should  be  tried  in  the 
church  where  he  now  resides. 

The  Cerro  Gordo  Church  requested  D.  M-  to 
ask  Annual  Meeting  to  return  to  the  place  of 
ori^m  all  queries  that  grow  out  of  financial  dif 
ficuities,  believing  that  such  can  be  settled 
much  better  at  home.  Sent  to  A.  M.  It  was 
pretty  generally  conceded  that  such  queries  bet- 
ter never  be  sent  to  Annunl  Meeting  iu  the  first 
place  and  then  the  responsible  parti-s  will  make 
greater  efforts  to  adjust  the  difficulties. 

Petitions  from  same  church  to  Annual  Meet- 
ing. a.iking  thiit  Conference  convene  ou 
Friday  before  Pentecost,  instead  of  Tiie!*dHy 
after.  Some  good  reasons  were  given  for  the 
desired  change,  but  the  council  deferred  the 
question  until  next  year.     ' 

The  Woodford  Church  presented  a  paper  rel- 
ative to  objectionable  matter  sent  out  in  some 
of  our  periodicals;  aud  urged  the  adoption  of 
measures  to  prevent  one  person  from  stopping 
tlie  work  of  Annual  Meeting.  It  desires  a  rem- 
edy for  such  as  hinder  the  proceedings  of  Con 
ference,  and  calls  for  a  Committee  to  maintain 
the  integiity  of  the  church  where  disorder  pre- 
vails.   Sent  to  the  Standing  Committee. 

The  Vermillion  Church  called  for  a  commit- 
tee to  settle  difficulties.  The  meeting  declared 
its  inability  to  comply  with  the  request,  and  re- 
ferred the  church  to  the  usual  course  in  such 
matters,  call  in  eiders  to  assist,  and  if  no  set 
tlena-nt  can  he  liad,  then  go  to  Annual  Meet- 
ing for  a  committee. 

TheUrbana  chnrdi  sent  up  the  following: 
"Will  the  District  Meeting  of  the  Southtn. 
District  of  Illinois  take  step*  for  provid.ng  an 
asylum  for  orphans  of  their  deceast^d  brethren 
aud  sisters,  and  also  for  their  infirm?"  The 
council  discnased  this  at  great  length,  and  mau.\ 
were  the  earnest  appeals  in  behalf  of  the  pooi 
and  homeless.  The  followine  answer  was  giv 
•  n:  "The  above  received  a  favorable  reception 
by  this  meeting,  aud  we  therefore  entrust  this 
uusincss  iuto  the  hands  of  the  following  breth 
ren:  John  M.t/yer,  John  Wise,  Jolin  Barn 
h  trt.  David  Troxel,  J.  11.  Gieh,  T.  D.  Lyon,  and 
V.  .f.  Bowerw. 
I'lNui  the  Hudson  Church:  "Does the  GoJ-p- 


in  demand  then.  Verse  after  veree 
up,  and  the  Scriptures  searched  for  t.-3iiin 
PJach  one  endeavored  to  produce  the  luoef 
vincing  arguments,  and  it  has  been  a  b 
since  we  witnessed  such  an  instructii 
sion.  The  Spirit  of  Chri.'t  was  nianifeated  h°" 
all,  and  though  the  views  were  widely  differs  f 
yet  brotherly  affection  was  apparent  in  it' 
It  happened  in  this  as  in  many  other  impoHa  t 
permit 


called 


con- 

etitue 

ve  discus- 


Tiatters,  the  views  were  too  far  apart  to 

an  afhrmative  ansner,  hence    was   deferred   ' 

definitely.    A-tjoumed  until  the  morrow. 

WEnWESDAT,  OCT.  2yTH. 
Meeting    convened  at  S   A.    M.     Prayer  h 
Bro.  John  Meti^ger.  after  which  the  roll  call  o^ 
churches  was   completed.     It    was   fnund  tl 
during  the  year  two  congregations  bad  been 
formed  cut  of  the  Bushnell    Church,  and   tl 
they  are  now  known  as  the  Camp  Creek  Chur  h 
and  the  Spring  Run  Church.      There  are  now 
twenty-seven  churches  in  Southern  Illinois 
number  of  them  large  and  pm^perous. 

Report  of  Evangelists  was  next  in  order 
Bro.  John  Metzger  rej  orted  twenty-three  ad- 
ditions to  the  church.  His  expenses  were  about 
$3!».  Bro.  Daniel  Vaniman  preached  ninety, 
two  discourses  and  spent  ninety  days  in  the 
field.  Baptized  thirty-two.  Expenses  ?28  75 
Bro.  Jas.  R.  Gish  preached  seventy  discourses 
and  baptized  seven.  Owing  t.,  sickness,  Bro 
Joseph  Hendricks  was  unable  to  do  much  evau- 
gelistic  work,  hence  reported  no  additions.  The 
whide  number  baptized  by  the  Evangelists  since 
last  District  Meeting,  is  sixty-two.  Expenses 
$102..57.  We  wi^h  to  observe  that  the  Breth^ 
ren  of  Southern  Illinois  are  not  afraid  to  tell 
what  the  Ljrd  did  by  their  hand.  Acts  15- 12 
and  14:  27.  We  recommend  those  Scriptures 
to  "the  fearful." 

The  Treasurer  then  reported,  which  report 
was  accepted  and  placed  on  rtcoid.  Election 
of  members  of  Standing  Committee  aud  Dele- 
gate to  A.  M.  was  next  in  order.  Bro.  John 
Wise  was  chosen  on  Standing  Committe  and 
Daniel  Vauiman,  Delegate  to  A.  M.  We  can- 
not pass  by  in  silence  the  method  of  the  Breth- 
ren in  Southern  Illinois  in  their  elections.  All 
their  elections  are  open.  Each  delegate  writes 
his  choice  on  a  slip  of  white  piper,  and  theae 
tickets  are  thrown  intoa  hat.  The  reading  clerk 
th.  n  reads  each  ballot  and  the  writing  clerk 
keeps  talley.  When  the  last  ballot  is  read,  the 
Clerk  announces  the  votes  that  each  have  re- 
ceived—all open  and  mhndy  hurt.  There  is 
^onie  real  satistaction  in  this;  and  we  cannot 
forbear  commending  the  Brethren  for  their 
wisdom  in  conducting  elections.  The  member 
of  Standing  Committee  was  chosen  in  tnesame 
manner.     And  why  should  he  not  be? 

Before  the  meeting  closed,  several  brethren 
addressed  the  meeting  on  the  work  and  spirit 
of  the  District  Meeting.  This  was  truly  a  joy- 
(ul  time.  It  reminded  us  of  the  Danish  Mis- 
sion meetings  in  Northern  Illinois  a  few  years 
ago.  0  how  the  tender  hearts  throb  in  unison 
with  each  other!  Of  all  the  Conferences  we 
ever  attended,  this  was  the  best.  Not  a  harsh 
word,  not  a  single  manifestation  of  bitterness 
during  the  meeting.  The  Spirit  of  Christ  was 
apparent  in  all  who  spoke;  and  we  bless  God 
that  we  were  there.  Such  meetings  are  an  hon- 
or to  the  church  and  a  blessing  to  mankind. 

The  next  District  Meeting  will  be  held  iu  the 
Big  Creek  Church,  Richland  Co.  May  many 
blessings  crown  the  efforts  of  our  dear  earnest 
Brethren  of  Southern  Illinois. 


PRINCETON  REVIEW. 


THIS  is 
No.. 


religious  hi-mozithly,  published  at 
37  P^irk  Row,  New  York.  It  is,  with- 
out doubt,  one  of  the  most  scholarly  journals  in 
the  world.  The  following  subjects  by  the  men 
whose  names  are  alhxed  to  them  is  a  sufficient 
guaranty  of  its  worth: 


JANUARY. 

The  Conscience  as  a  witness  for  Chiii^t.— W. 
D.  Killen;  The  Monetary  Conferences  of  1867 
am!  1878. -F.  A.  Walker;  Moral  Government. 

B.  F.  Cocker;  Political  Effect  of  tlie  Dtcline 
of  faith  in  Continental  Europe.— J.  W.  Draper; 
TbeDay  atCicsareaPhilippi.— B.  Weiss;  The 
Pulpit  and  Skeptical  Culture— S.  Robinson; 
The  Surrender  of  Kugitivos  from  Jufelice.-J- 
Cooley;  The  Philosophy  of  Casuality.-J.   H. 


j<;oveiiiber    lO 


THE    KKKTJbiKi!.>v[    ^T    AVOKIC. 


•firliud:  t^-*":*^*  of  Con-aierciiil  Depressiou  — T. 

«*"•  MARCH. 

K^IigioQ  ao(J  Stiite. — T.  L*'ni'>;    The   Genesis 

naw»i.n;The  Pul- 

-P.  Brooks;  Weuli- 


„d  Migratu.i.s  ul  Plants 


pit 


i  Pupular  aketicisi 

^„ral  iiud  I'ractical  Poiitict. — E.  A.  FrftniHii; 
-jj^ifs  _B.  De  Pitssense;  Fiual  CiiUHe,  M.  Ja- 

j  jjijj  Prof.  Nt'wcoaih — MoCosli;  Conliueii- 
,al  prtiuiiui:  at  Purix  in  187S.— P.  fiilbert;  Pre- 

j,j,.ijj,riauisn- — R"  M.  Piitterson;  The  lalomle 
pt"  tlie  Pacific— Sir  J    Vugel. 

MAY.* 

P^ligiouf' Condition  of  the  France  of  Today. 

V   De  Pre>-^eDBt-;iEvoluliou  and  the  Apparu- 

ticii  iif  Animal  forms.— Dawson;  A  PmsouhI 
Re--urrectioii  and  Mudern  Science. — E.  A. 
Wji-hburut-;  God's  Three-fold  Hevelation  of 
Bim-'-K  — C.  A.  Row;  The  Dritt  of  Europi-, 
Ctiristiaii  aud  Social. — J.  P.  Thonipsi-in;  f>ci- 
eiict'and  Revelation. — A.  P.  Ptabody;Ciiuie;  Its 
Cause  and  Cuie.—  E  C.  Wines;  American  Art: 
Its  progress  and  Prospects.— J.  F.  Wier;  Tlit- 
Miracle  of  Creation, — J.  H.  Mcllvaue;  Disput- 
ed ricripture  Localities. —  P.  Scbatf;  England 
and  her  Colonies.- J  A.  Froude. 
JULY. 

Esi>loratioa  a-  Veriljiug  Hnvelation.— J.  L. 
Portt'i':  (i'  d's  IndiMcrimiQate  I'roposals  of  Mt-r- 

^.y K,  L   Dabiicj;  Cla.H-ics  and    Colleges. —  B. 

L  GilJersleeve;  The  Mufeiiali^t  Revival. — L.  S. 
Hcalf ;  The  Sou  uf  Man. — J.  J.  Van  Ooter/.t^e: 
{(t^O'-ut  Chaugeft  in  Jiirispnideiic  and  Aptdo- 
gfiics  — F,  Wharton:  Methods  of  Home  Evan- 
gfilization. — W.  G.  Blakie;  Kunt  and  his  ^'or- 
tuuert  in  England.— J.  P.  Miihutly;  Christiiini- 
ty  under  the  Kitnian  Kiupire. — A.  Uaruack; 
The  Prophets  end  Prophecv. 
SEPTEMBER. 

The  Problem  of  the  Human  Will.— H.  Cai- 
derwood;  Art  as  an  luterprtter  of  History.- H. 
Coppe;, Taxation  of  the  Liquor  Tralfic— R.  C. 
pittnan:  Science  and  a  Future  State. — R.  Stu- 
art; .1-  S.  Mill  and  the  Drt3trin;tion  of  Theism. 
— D.  S.  Gregory;  The  Aim  of  Poetry.- Shairp; 
Thf- Foundatiiiufl  of  Chance-  J.  Venn;  Fi.ith. 
—Mark  Hopkiu-s;  The  Political  Outlook  iu 
Prnnce. — R.  L.  Stanton;  The  Coat  of  a  Lauded 
Gt  firry. — A.  Arnold;  Tlui  Aojjrio-Catholic  Move- 
ment.—Lord  liishop. 

NOVEMBER. 

Nation^il  Morality.— E.  A.  Fm.mnu;  The 
Rights  aud  Duties  of  Science.— Daw.-mi;  Pi.i- 
Joanphy  as  Scientiu  Scientiarum.— R.  Flint; 
The  European  Equilibrium.— T.  D.  WooUe>  : 
Copyrights  and  P.tt^nts.- L.  Levi;  Man's  Plati 
in  Nature.— J.  Lt-  Coiite;  Duties  of  Higher  In- 
wards Lower  Rices.— ti.  Rrtwlinson;  Eclip^*- 
of  theSun.— S.  Newcouib;  The  Rpcmt  Solai 
Eclipse. — Young:  A  Criticism  of  the  Critif.>l 
Philosophy,  in  reply  to  Prof.  Mahaffy.— Mi 
Cosh;  Poyniological  Meiaphyi^ics. — Porter. 
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QUESTIONS    ON   THE   COVERING. 

ANUMBKU  of  letttrs  were  exchanged  be- 
twen  Sist'_r  Lnar  and  a  brother  on  the  sub- 
ject of  the  covering  mentioned  iu  1  Cor.  11:  l-io 
Below  we  give  the  brother's  queries  and  Sister 
Lear's  answers. 

1.  If  a  mmi  would  permit  liis  hair  to  grow 
as  long  88  uiture  would  muke  it,  would  it  be  r. 
covering? 

I  would  gay,  yes.  But  as  a  man  ought  not  to 
cover  hia  bead,  forasmuch  as  bo  is  the  image 
and  glory  of  God,  he  ought  not  permit  his  hair 
to  grow  long. 

2.  If  a  woman  permit  her  hair  to  grow  as 
long  as  nature  will  make  it,  would  itbeacover- 


I  would  say,  yea.  And  a-s^wonian  is  the  glo- 
ry of  the  man,&be  ought  to  wear  this  natural 
covering  as  a  token  of  her  respect  for  man,  her 
natural  bead. 

3.  When  one  thing  is  substituted  for  anoth- 
er, what  words  in  the  English  express  it? 

I  Hupposeyou  mean  by  the  "one  thing"  that 
"is  substituted  for  another,"  that  the  hair  is 
.-iubntituted  for  another  or  special  covering. 
This  cauQot  bf ,  ray  dear  brother,  as  the  hair 
was  given  fhst.  heuce  could  not  be  put  in  the 
room  of  another  or  special  covering.  Tlie  hair 
is  nature's  protection,  if  sufidred  to  grow  lonn 
as  it  should  on  woman's  head,  it  is  then  a  cov- 
erintr.  Tlnre  are  turn  iconh  used  iu  the  origi- 
nal for  the  two  coverings.  Kaliipto  applied  to 
the  special  coverin;!,  means  to  spread  over,  t 
conceal.  The  other  VtmbHm%  from  Pxtri  and 
BvUo  applied  to  the  natural  covering  and  mesuiH 
to  cast  around,  to  envelop,  as  with  a  veil.  Thf 
long  hair  of  woman  if  left  unconfined  would 
carrj  out  thi.->  idea  beautifully. 


i.  Id  1  Cor.  11:  13  what  constitutes  the  cov- 
nng  a  woni»n  should  have? 
The  Kalupto,  or  ->'pecial  covering. 

5.  Iu  1  Cor.  II;  14,  is  the  hair-acovering? 
Lnug  hair  would  be  a  I'ltrihilinn^  or  natural 

covering,  but  as  man  is  the  image  and  glory  ot 
(iod,  designed  by  hia  Creator  as  his  crowning 
work  on  earth,  it  would  be  a  shame,  a  disgrace 
lor  him  to  Wear  his  hair  long,  thus  having  a 
natural  covering,  for  by  this  he  would  show 
that  he  acknowledged  a  natural  superior.  This 
would  he  etlnminate;  it  would  show  that  he  did 
not  apprtciate  bis  high,  his  exalted,  and  his  re- 
sponsible position.  That  lie  was  not  willing  to 
Hi  and  forth  in  the  dignity  of  his  nature  and 
take  his  proper  place. 

6.  When  one  thing  is  substitutea  tor  anoth- 
er, what  words  in  English  express  it? 

I  aui)pop.e  you  allude  to  the  word  "instead" 
ill  verse  15, ''iastead  of  a  veil."  The  definition 
which  Webster  gives  of  the  word  instead,  is. 
"in  the  place  or  room."  Instead  is  Wilson's 
trauijlation.  The  meaning  of  for,  the  common 
rendering,  is,  because,  by  reason  that,  lor  that, 
indicating  the  reason  for  any  tiling. 

Wilson's  translation  is  evidently  wrong.  The 
Greek  word  translated  "instead  of,"  is  nnti. 
Liddeli  and  Scott  give  the  following  render- 
ings of  ''^anti":  over  against,  opposite,  before, 
agaiust,  set  against,  put  for.  in  opposition  to, 
equal  to,  corresponding,  counter.  Put  for,  is 
the  rendering  that  has  the  least  idea  of  substi- 
tution in  it.  Again  we  would  answer,  the  hair 
is  not  substituted  for  the  special  covering 
fcfow  could  that  be?  The  hair  was  the  firat 
I'Dvering  given,  it  had  nothing  to  supercede, 
nothing  to  t«ke  the  place  of.  The  hair  was 
not  substituted  for  the  special  covering  lor  the 
hair.    Each  has  its  own  design. 

What  is  your  authority  for  a  spn-itil  cover- 
iug? 

My  authority  is  founded  upon  1  Cor.  11;  5. 
11. .t  every  woman  praying  or  prophesying  with 
her  liead  uncovered  disgraces  her  head;  for  it  is 
just  the  same  as  if  she  were  shaven."  If  you 
will  pprniit  I  will  here  paraphrase  a  little.  In 
ilie  toiiitb  verse  Paul  tells  the  man  that  if  he 
l)ia)s,  or  proph'-sies  liuving  hisliead  covered  he 
li'honors  bis  head,  which  is  Christ.  Man  has 
MO  other  herid,  neither  spiritualty  uortemporal- 
ly  than  Christ.  Woman  has  no  other  spintua 
tiead,  but  she  has  another  temporal  head  which 
is  niiu. 

Now  if  it  would  be  a  shame,  a  dishonor,  a 
mark  of  disrespect  toward  her  na  ural  head  to 
have  lier  biiir  cut  short  or  shiivi-n,  it  would  bt 
uo  less  such  a  mark  of  disrespect  toward  hei 
spiritual  Head  to  appear  in  hia  presence  with- 
out her  special  coveriug.  "It  U  just  the  same 
.IS  if  she  were  shaven."  It  is  just  as  disgrace- 
ful iu  a  spiritual  sense  to  be  without  the  spe- 
'lal  covering,  as  it  in  a  natural  senwe  to  be  with- 
out the  natural  covering.  We  know  that  the 
upostle  does  not  allude  to  the  hair  in  verse  5, 
by  the  word  he  u.^es,  anatakalupto,  translated 
iiucoyered.  It  it*  <licgr4cetul  to  pray  or  proph- 
.sy  without  this  Kaliiptoon  her  head, 

8.  If  a  woman's  hair  were  short,  would  you 
consider  it  a  veil,  Peribulaion? 

I  would  consider  it  a  covering,  but  not  a  Pe- 
ribulainn.  PeribaUtion  means  to  hang  loosely. 
r,o  envelop,  and  those  ladies,  who  have  such 
iieautiful,  graceful  veils  should  highly  appre- 
ciate nature^^  rich  gift. 

i).  If  a  woman  have  long  hair  and  pray  or 
prophesy,  would  she  be  veiled? — 1  Cor.  11:  13, 
She  certainly  would  be  veiled,  that  is  would 
have  the  Peribalaion,  but  uot  the  covering  the 
apostle  alludes  to  iu  verse  ^ISth.  The  word 
h^e  tfauslatud  unveiled  in  the  original  hAkat- 
tihalupfoti.  Paul  ap[>eals  to  their  sense  of  pro- 
priety and  says,  "Judge  for  yourselves,  is  it  be- 
coming for  a  woman  to  pray  to  God  unveiled 
without  the  Kalupto  on?"  Indeed,  my  dear 
brutiKr.  I  wish  all  the  Scriptures  were  as  clear 
10  mv  mind  as  that  pirt  uuler  consideration. 

10.  If  a  man  should  keep  a  hat  or  special  ar- 
tiKcial  covering  on  his  head  while  he  prays 
would  tlut  h:  a  disgrace?~l  Cor.  11: 14. 

In  the  first  place  I  do  uot  consider  the  hat  a 
covering.  U  is  worn  for  protection,  aud  not 
18  a  covering.  It  is  worn  just  a-i  any  other  ar 
ticle  I'f  clothing  is  worn,  to  give  comfort  aud 
protection  to  the  body.  But  it  would  iudeed 
ow  a  DisoiiAOB  for  a  man  to  wear  on  hia  head  a 
Kalupto  wheu  he  prayed  or  prophesied,  or  in- 
leed  at.  any  other  time, 

11.  Did  uot  women  veil  theniielvea  prior  to 
Pttot's  time? 


0"^; 


We  answer,  they  did.  See  Gen.  24:  65;  Ruth 
3:  15.     And  the  ladies  of  the  Orient  still   keep 
up  ()iis  ancient  custom.     To  take  away  the  veil 
of  a  married  woman    was   one   of  the  greatest 
indignities  that  she  could  receive,  because  it  de- 
prived her   of  the   badge   which   distinguished 
and  dignified  her    in  that  character,  and  betok 
ened  her  allian<'e  to  her  husband,  and  her  inter- 
est iu    liis    affections.      HeiiC"   the  spouse  so 
toabingly  comidains,  "They  took  my  veil  from 
me."     What  the  veil  betokened  to  the  wom^n 
of  the  old  dispensation  (respecting   their  inter 
est  in  their  husband's  afifection,  and  their  dig- 
nity aa  being   allied  to  man  in  the  solemn  mar- 
riage covenant),  the  Kalupto,  or  cpicial  cover- 
ng  is  to  the  Christiun  woman    respecting  her 
union  with  Christ  her  spiritual   head,  and  her 
interest  iu  Ins  affections. 

12.  Does  woman  sustain  the  same  relation  to 
to  man,  that  man  does  to  Christ. — 1  Cor.  U.  3. 
In  a  temporal  sense  she  does.     That  is,  man 
is  woman's  natural  head.    Man  has  no  natural 
head  but  Christ.     But  they  both  have  the  same 
spiritual  head.     Nature  and    revelation  always 
agree.     Nature  has  made   woman   the    weaker 
vessel.     She  is  more  frail,  more  delicate  in  her 
organism,  more  sensitive,  more  refined  in   her 
nature  than  man,  consequently  he  is  well  fitted 
for  the  more  rugged,  sterner  duties.    He  is  well 
fitted  to  battle  with    the  world  to   sustain    its 
conflicts,  to  brave  its  storms,  and   consequently 
to  shield  and  protect  woman,  who.  because  of 
her  frailty,  her  sensitive  shrinking  nature,  needt- 
a  strong  arm  to  shield  her  from  danger,  manly 
wisdom  to  direct    her.     Nature  has   given  to 
man  an  independent,  fearless,    bold    nature,    to 
woman  a  dependent,  clinging  nature.     Man  is 
to  be  the  support,  the  protector  of  woman,  and 
so  far  as    he  possibly  can    to   shiwld  her   from 
the  storms  of  life.     Woman  is  to  be  the  glory 
of  man.     In  his  retirement,  in  hia  seclusion  she 
is  to  be  his  comfort  and  his  solace,   with   her 
sweet  words  of  sympathy,  with  her  patience, 
tier  love,  she  is  to  lift  from  his  brow  the  cloud 
of  care,  the  cloud  that  accumulated  durinc;  his 
contact  with  the  world,   she    is    to   soothe   bin 
chafed  aud  troubled  spirit,  and  thus  provide  lor 
liim  a  retired  haven,  where  he  can  regale  him- 
selr",  aud  thus  be  prepared  for  a  fresh  encounter 
with  the  outside  world. 

The  above  positions  are  just  the  postions  that 
Paul  has  respectively  assigned  to  man,  and  wo- 
man.    Paul  agrees  with  nature. 

13.  Wliy  should  woman  have  power  on  her 
head  because  of  the  angels? — 1  Cor.  11:  10. 

Paul  commences  this  verse  with  therefore, 
showing  that  what  he  here  says  is  drawn  from 
what  he  hdd  stated  in  the  precediug  verse. 
What  iheu  is  the  previous  statement?  "For 
man  also  was  not  created  for  the  woman,  but 
the  woman  for  the  man."  The  preposition  tor 
has  several  meanings.  Its  most  general  sense 
iudicates,  the  antecedent  cause  or  occasion  ,ol 
au  action.  This  is  the  sense  in  which  it  is  used 
uere.  Woman  was  not  the  cause  ot  man's  cre- 
ation, but  man  was  tlie  cause  of  woman's  crea- 
tion. This  shows  a  superiority,  a  precedency 
m  creation.  Man  was  not  creaied  as  a  help- 
mate for  womau,  but  woman  as  a  help-mate  lor 
man.  Tnerefore,  for  this  cause,  the  woniau 
ou;ht  to  have  power,  or  th-?  token  of  power  on 
her  head,  because  of  the  angels,  because  of  those 
ministering  spirits,  that  minister  for  them,  who 
shall  be  heirs  of  salvation.  That  these  holy  be- 
ings may  witness  her  submission  to  heaven's 
arrangement,  and  thus  give  her  their  ai  J. 

14.  If  any  thing  is  a  covering  for  a  woman's 
head,  would  it  be  a  covering  for  a  man's  head 
of  the  Same  size? 

It  would.    "But  man   iudeed   ought    not  to 
cover  his  hear,  fora-^much  as   he   is  the   image 
aud  glory  of  God."    A  man   ought  uot  (to  be 
covered).     Katakaluptesthai. 
15    Is  a  cap  a  veil? 

It  is  in  all  intents  and  piTposesa  Kalitpfo.  It 
answers  the  purpose  of  the  covering  which 
Paul  admonishes  Christian  women  to  wear.  It 
would  uot  be  a  substitute  for  a  Turkish  veil 
which  envelops  the  entire  person,  face  and  all. 
Paul  only  wauts  the  head  covered. 


FROM   PALESTINE. 


MUMUKK  XXX. 


From  Jerusalem  to  Nablua. 


Elder  D.  N.  Workman,  of  Ashland,  Ohio, 
says  th»t  they  have  jmt  closed  a  series  of  meet- 
iogg  at  Waterloo,  Iowa.    Seven  were  baptized, 


Tub  expt)Q*9  of  thi  Udiau  war  is  so  em  r- 
moua  that  every  Indian  killed  in  battle  is  said 
to  co^t  the  governin  nt  ?20,0l.lU  00  besides  valu- 
able lives.— i)r.  SchaJ'. 


tVna  lb**'Ohrt<Uuimjuaud~bT*p*<Ul  AmD|>a>Dt.| 

reaching  NirtluH,  i  ctlled  on  Bro.  El  Ks- 
rey.  aB.ipii8t  miRsii-nary  who   ia   loei«t«d 
iliere,  and  the  ouly  Baptint  nii«8i<jn*ry  iu   PJ- 
tine.     I  had  a  letter  of  introduction  to  him, 
given  me  by  a  Uuptitt   iirt-iicliHr  from    London 
whom  I  met  at  Naples.     He    receiv(;d    us    vt  ry 
cordially,  explained  to  us  his  missiouary  labors, 
and  being  a  native  of  the  place,  thougli  educat- 
ed in  England,  he  was  full  of  local  information 
lor  which  we  were   m   search.     We  especially 
wanted  to  learn  the  best  way    to  reach    Enoa, 
the  locality    ot  nbich  ^m<s  definilt^l)   fii<d  by 
Lieut.  Conder,  but   which  our  dragoman   had 
never  visited.     He  gave  us  the  desired  informa- 
tion, and  the  n-xt  morning,  leaving   our  teota 
pitched  at  Nablua,  we    made   an   excursion   to 
that  interesting  spot. 

Our  route  took  us  back  through  the  valley  of 
Nablus,  and  we  resolved  that  while  passing  be- 
L'veen  the  two  mountains  of  Ebal  and  Gem/.im, 
in  the  still  morning  air,  we  would  try   the   ex- 
periment of  reading  the  blessings  and  curses.  It 
will  he  remembered  l)y  the  reader,  that  in  com- 
pliance with  directions  given    before  the  death 
of  Moses,  .loshua  assembled   all   of  the    people 
on  these  two  mouutiaus,   stationing  six    tribes 
on  one,  and  six  opposite  to  them  on  the  other, 
and  that  he  stood  between  and  read  to  them  all 
I  he  blessings  aud  curses  of  the  law.     See  Deot. 
27:  '28;  and  JoshuaS;  30-35.    It  baa  been  nijied 
by  some  skeptics  that  it  was  impossible  for 
Joshua  to  read  so  as  to  be  heard  by  six  thousand 
persons.     It  is  asufBcient  auswerto  show,  that 
while  Joshua  read,  the  Levites  were  directed  to 
repeat  the  words  "vith  a  loud  vrtice"  (Deut.  27: 
14)  and  that  it  was  an  easy  matter  to   station 
ih'-m  at  such  points,  that  their  repetitions,  like 
those  of  officers  along  the  line   ot  a  marching 
army,  would  carry  the  words  to  the  utmost  lim- 
its of  the  multitude.  But  it  was  interesting  to 
discover,  that  the  spot  chosen  by  God  for  this 
reading  is   a  vast   natural     amphitheater,    in 
which  the  human  voice  can  be  heard  to  a  sur- 
prising   distance.      About   half    way   between 
Nablus  and  the  mouth  of  the  valley    in    which 
it  stands,  there  is  a  deep  aemi-circular  recess  in 
the  face  of  Mt.  Ebal,  and  a  cnrresponding  one 
precisely  opposite  to  it    on    Mt.    Geri/im.     No 
man  with  his  eyes  open  can  ride  along  the  val- 
ley without  being  struck  with  this  singular  for- 
nution.      As  soon  as  1  saw  it  I  recognized  it  as 
the  place  of  Joshua's  reading.     It  ha.s  been  as- 
serted repeatedly  by   travelers,   that  although 
two  men  stationed   on  the  opposite  slopes  of 
these  two  mountains  are  a  mile  apart,  they  can 
read  so  as  to  he(]ieard  by  each  other.     We  pre- 
ferred to  try   the  experient  in  stricter  accord- 
ance with  Joshua's  example;  so  1  took  a  posi- 
tion, Bible  in  hand,  in  the  middle  of  the  valley, 
liile  Bro.  Taylor  and  Frank,  to  represent  six 
tribes,  climbed  hair   way    up    the  slope  of  Mt. 
tieri/.im;  aud  Bro.  Eurl,  to  represent  the  other 
■iix  tribes,  took  a  similar  position  on  Mt.    E  «!. 
I  read,  and  they  were   lo  pronounce  the  ameu 
after  each  curse  or  blessing.    Bro.  Taylor  heard 
me  distinctly,  and  I   could   hear  his   response. 
But  Bro.  Earl,  though  he  could  hear  my  voice, 
oould  not  distinguish  the  words.    This  was  ow- 
ing to  the  fact  that  some  terrace  walls  on  the 
■lide  cf  the  mountain  prevented  him  from  aa- 
L-euding  high  enough.    The  trees  between  me 
iind  him  interrupted  the  passage  of  tb«  sound. 
The  experiment  makes  it  pcrlectly  obvious  that 
if  Joshua  had  a  stroug  voice,  which  I  have  not, 
he  could  have  been  heard  by  his  audience  with- 
out the  assistauce  of  the  Levi'es.     As  to  the 
<pace   included  in   the  two  amphitheaters,  1 
ihink  it  ample  to  accommod-ite  tlie  six  hundred 
ibousand  men,  though  of  this  1  cannot  be  cer- 
lain.    If  more  spaco  was  required,  the  aid  of 
'he  Levites  was  indispensable. 

,\fter  making  this  experiment,  which  occu- 
pied au  hour  or  more,  we  proceeded  on  our  way 
toward  Enou,  haviug  with  us  as  an  escort  and 
guide  a  Turkish  soldier  belonging  to  the  gar- 
rison at  Nablus. 

Salim,  near  to  which  £non  was  located  (Jno. 
3: '23),  is  a  village  on  the  slope  of  the  hn  s  «»at 
of  the  plain  of  Mon  b,  aud  nearly  opiwsite  tO 
J-tCob's  well."  Our  nearest  rout<*  would  haT« 
been  to  pa-sit;  but  we  preferred  tracing  the 
waters  from  near  their  fountain  head;  so  we 
turned  to  the  left  near  Joseph's  lomb.  aud  went 
northw;ud  a  few  miles  alone  th-  Damascus 
.oad.  J.  W.  M^Gakvkt. 


THK    JUiKTPIKKiSr    ^X    AVOKKl. 


ICovembar 


lO 


^niiu'  nnil  'jfamilji. 


HusKinds;  Invi'  your  wives.  Wivt^s,  siit>mil  your- 
SelviKS  unto  ymir  'own  luisbitiuls,  CliiMr'Ti.  olipy 
yoHF  pAivnts.  KHthpra.  pntvokiMiulvinrcliildn-n  ••> 
wwth.buHirinR  them  uj>  tn  the  nurturw  und  ad- 
monition of  the  I,or*l.  "^on-anta.  be  obedient  U> 
tbMn  that  «n»  your  m»wt»*M.— PAt'L. 


LINES  AT  MY  MOTHERS   GRAVE. 

BY  OKOROS  1).  I'HBNTICE. 

The  trembling  dewwlrups  fall 
Upon  the-ahiittlne  fln  'em:  like"«oiila  ft*,  rest. 
The  sUirs  shine  elorimisly:  and  all, 
Save  me,  are  blett. 

Mother,  I  love  tliy  gmvp; 
The  vloli't  with  its  hl.Ksoms.  hliic  und  mild, 
Waves  over  (hv  head ;  when  kIihII  it  w«ve 
Above  thyehlldy 

TiS  a  aweet  tlnwer.  yet  mnst 
Its  brldht  leaves  to  the  eooiinn  tflmpMt  how  '/ 
Dear  mother,  'tla  thino  emblem:  dnat 

la  on  thy  brow. 
And  I  rould  love  to  die: 
To  leave  untasted  life's  dark,  bitter  »treiim«,— 
By  thee,  as  entt  In  childhood,  lie 
And  shai^  tiy  dreams. 


But  [  mnst  lin((er  here 
To  stain  the  plumule  of  my  slriJe.in  yeara. 
Ant  mourn  the  hopes  to  childhood  dear. 

With  bitter  Icjira. 
Aye,  I  must  linijer  here, 
A  lonely  branfli  upun  a  willu'red  tree, 
Whose  last,  frail  leaf,  nnt  mely  aero. 
Went  down  with  thee. 

Oft  from  life's  withered  ''nwer, 
In  Btil!  rommim  on  with  the  i)aflt,  I  turn. 
And  muse  on  iliee.  the  only  rluwer 

lit  memory's  urn. 
And  when  the  evening  pulp 
Bows,  like  a  mourner,  on  the  dim,  blue  wav*, 
I  stray  to  hear  the  niRlit  winds'  wall 
Amund  thy  f^ave. 

TEACH  YOUR  BOYS. 

TEACH  them  thota  true  lady  may  he  found 
in  caliro  quitu  a-*  (rt-ijuently  as  in  velvet. 

Teat-li  them  that  a  common  school  education, 
with  common  Kense,  iH  better  than  a  college 
education  without  it. 

Teach  them  (hut  one  noud,  honest  trade,  well 
nias-twred,  iu  worth  a  dozen  beggarly  "profesa- 
ionH." 

Teach  them  that  "Honesty  is  the  be.st  policy." 

Teach  them  that,  as  they  expect  to  be  men 
Home  day,  they  rannot  too  soon  learn  to  protect 
the  weak  und  helply^s. 

T-ah  tl  eru  by  your  own  example  that  smok- 
ing in  moderation,  though  the  least  of  the 
Tices  to  which  men  are  heirs,  is  diaguatiiig  to 
others  and  Iiurtlul  to  thoniHelves. 

Teach  them  that  to  wear  patched  clothes  is 
no  di!'grrtce.,but  to  wear  a  "black  eye"  is. 

Teach  them  that  God  is  no  respecter  of  sex, 
and  that  when  he  gave  the  seventh  conirhand- 
ment,  he  meant  it  for  them  as  well  as  their 
eister. 


THE  HEADS  OF  THE  HOUSEHOLD. 

Ail,  can  too  much  honor  be  i>aid,  too  much 
love  be  given  to  the  mother?  Her  part  it 
IB,  indeed,  to  bear.  How  patient  was  she  with 
our  wayward  youth;  over  indulgent,  the  sterner 
par'-nt  tells  her;  but  within  limits,  the  very 
faults  of  gentleness  are  beautiful.  She  bears 
the  testy  and  rebellious  moods:  like  the  willow 
tree— 

"If  tlie  rudest  blasts  assail  hur. 
Patiently  she  droops  awhile; 

But  when  showers  and  bree/cs  hail  lier, 
Wears  again  her  willing  smil«." 
But  the  father  must  have  acknowledgement, 
contrition— very  rightly;  only  itii  sweet  to  see 
how  ready  the  mother  is  ever  to  give  much,  and 
to  accept,  thankfully  to  acwpt,  little.  Never- 
theless her  influence  is  prodigious.  She  may 
seem  to  be  pushed  aside,  for  awhile,  at  times, 
but  she  is  evertheone  sought  in  time  uf  trouble; 
the  women  that  followed  Jesua  sj  closely,  won, 
surely,  as  their  meed,  this  likeness  to  him.  She 
paves  the  way  for  dreaded  requests  or  revela- 
tions to  the  father,  bearing,  alas!  too  often  the 
brunt  of  his  vexation  or  testinesB;  and  willinj: 
to  bear  it,  that  the  Htorra  may  come  broken  and 
less  severe  upon  the  children.  From  the  first, 
she  is  pre-eminently  unselfish.  While  tlie  tired 
father  frets  at  his  night's  rest  broken,  she  will 
sit  op  for  hours  rocking  the  crying  babe,  and 
never  for  a  moment  losing  patience.  She  is  all 
compaMion,  all  allowance,  for  its  misdemean- 
or": and  the  inharmonious  and  ceaseless  wail 
that  brings  wrath  upon  it  from  others,  does  but 
bid  her  prew*  it  closer  to  her  warm  maternal 
heart.  Thijn  the  girl*-,  although  they  cling  to 
her,  yet  will  take  liberti«8,  and  give  such  an- 


swers, ns  they  dare  not  btt-low  upon  the  father 
And  she  bears  with  the  rudeness  .ind  ron^'hnefw 
of  the  boya,  complaining,  indeed,  that  they  "get 
beyond  her;"  still  ever  their  warm  Mympathizer 
in  their  manifold  dorrown,  joyn,  frieudshipa, 
loves,  ent«rpriiiea,  scrapes;  ever  their  comforter 
in  their  hurts,  and  griefs,  and  di<?graces. 

How  Mternly  ought  the  father  to  visit  any 
disrespect  to  the  mother!  ilow  atrictly  ought 
he  to  uphold  her  authority  f  With  what  respect 
ought  he  himself  to  treat  her,  before  the  quick- 
eyed  children!  Is  this  enough  attended  to?  or  is 
not  her  dictum  sometimes  set  a«ide  with  a  pish 
or  pshaw?  Is  the  boy  never  allowed  to  come 
to  one  parent  for  a  reversal  of  the  sentence 
of  the  other?  Is  the  very  idea  of  such  a  thing 
one  of  which  the  child  would  never  dream? — 
These  quentions  are  well  to  ask  oareelvea  at 
times. — Selerlrii. 


^ori'cspoiuleucc. 


TbMr  thlDo  vrit'  ■• 


From  DeWitt,  Carroll  Co.,  Mo. 

'pO  brethren  seeking  homes,  I  would  say  we 
1  have  agood  country,  good  soil,  timber  for 
present  use,  markett,  &  r.  The  Brethren  have 
a  church  of  about  thirty  or  thirty-five  members. 
We  would  be  glad  for  brethren,  especially  min- 
istena,  which  we  very  mucli  need,  to  come  and 
settle  among  us.  Improved  land  is  worth  from 
:i;]0  to  15  per  acre;  raw  prairie,  $8,  but  not 
much  of  it.  E.  F.  BrBRow. 


HOMELY  HINTS  TO  THE  GIRLS. 


0^ 


GIllLS,  you  have  no  time  to  waste  in  reading 
novels;  no  precious  hours  to  throw  away 
in  the  hall-room  or  theatre.  There  is  so  much 
for  you  to  do,  so  much  to  learn  before  ynu  will 
he  prepared  to  enter  upon  the  joys  and  duties 
of  womanhood.  Vou  expect  some  day  to  be 
married,  and  that  is  right.  There  is  no  happier, 
brighter  place  on  earth  than  a  happy  liome;  no 
place  where  woman  can  he  so  happy  as  in  her 
own  home  in  the  society  of  the  man  she  loves 
and  the  children  that  lovingly  call  Her  mother. 
But  the  glory  of  Eden  was  destroyed,  and  so 
may  lie  the  liaijpiness  of  the  brightest  home. 
*erhap3  yon  already  love  the  man  who  is  to  be 
your  life-compa*iion,  and  you  feel  that  his  love 
in  more  precious  than  anything  earth  can  afford. 
Do  you  know  that  being  now  in  poisession  of 
Ilia  love  is  uo  proof  that  you  will  always  possess 
it?  You  may,  but  not  by  accident.  It  will 
require  vigilance  and  care  to  keep  ever  pure  and 
unchanging  that  love  which  ia  now  lavislied 
upon  you.  Time  will  bring  many  changes. — 
Your  brow  will  not  always  be  so  smooth  and 
fair  nor  your  step  so  elastic.  Care  and  disease 
will  rol)  you  of  many  charms,  but  notwithstand- 
ing all  this,  you  may  not  only  retain,  but  in- 
crease the  love  now  cherished  for  you,  Tht 
reality  may  be  sweeter  than  the  dream.  The 
rippling  rill  that  now  laughs  itnd  dances  iu  the 
Hunsbitie,  may  widen  and  deepen  into  a  great 
uinjealic  stream  that  calmly,  steadily,  over- 
floweth.  The  love-HOng  now  tuned  to  the 
Hweetest,  most  airy  music  may,  perhaps,  assume 
a  graver,  sadder  strain  but  it  may  be  fuller, 
richer,  and  the  very  soul  of  harmony,  or  it  may 
become  the  wail  of  agony  and  despair,  very 
much  as  you  will.  Vou  want  to  be  true  and 
good.  Vou  want  to  have  a  mind  well  disci- 
plined and  well  stored  with  useful  knowledge. 
You  want  to  know  how  to  make  your  knowl- 
edge available.  Vou  need  to  be  thoroughly 
acquainted  with  every  department  of  woman's 
work.  'Tis  not  enougli  that  you  utiderstand 
the  various  arts  that  give  refinement  to  life,  but 
in  addition,  you  want  to  know  how  to  keep 
your  own  house  and  do  it  right.  Your  husband 
may  he  wealthy  and  you  exempt  from  all  labor, 
l)ut  you  want  to  know  when  your  house  is 
properly  cared  for,  and  this  is  impossilile  unless 
you  understand  house-work  yourself.  Vou  do 
not  want  to  be  your  husband's  doll,  capable  on- 
ly of  talking  nonsense  in  the  parlor  or  flirting 
in  the  ball-rooui;  you  want  to  take  your  place 
beside  him  as  his  equal,  and  preside  with  digni- 
ty over  your  own  home.  Vou  want  to  be  as 
intelligent,  as  intellectual  as  he;  you  want  to  be 
able  to  converse  with  him  on  any  subject,  to 
appreciate  any  literary  pursuits  in  which  he 
may  be  engaged.  Tlie  man  you  love  may  bs 
poor,  l)ut  your  woman's  heart  prompts  you  to 
niarrv  him.  am]  marry  him  you  will.  Perfectly 
proper  to  do  so  for  poverty  is  no  disgrace  unless 
produced  by  laziness  or  profligacy.  If  your 
husband  should  be  poor  you  will  need  to  do  the 
work  of  house-keeping  yourself  and  you  want 
to  do  it  right;  you  want  to  keep  your  house  in 
good  order,  be  a  good  cook;  know  how  to  econ- 
omize and  yet  not  be  penurious,  keeping  your 
wardiobe  iu  good  repair;  to  do  everything  in 
the  riglit  tiiue  and  right  way.  Your  accom- 
plishments will  be  useful  too.  Music  i.-^  just  as 
sweet  in  a  poor  man's  cottage  as  in  the  rich 
man's  palace.  You  will  want  the  place  where 
you  spend  most  of  your  time  to  be  very  pleas- 
ant; the  home  where  your  liusbaud  seeks  re- 
pose after  the  labors  of  the  day,  to  be  attractive 
To  be  successful  in  this  requires  all  the  intelli- 
gence, all  the  education,  all  the  ambition,  all 
the  piety,  you  can  bring  to  the  work.  Now. 
girls,  you  have  but  a  short  time  in  which  to 
make  all  this  preparation;  only  tlie  few  short 
years  of  girihood.  Surely  you  have  no  time  for 
trifling. — X ion's  W'nlrhninn. 


Prom  Linn    County,  Iowa. 

UK  Love-feast  is  past.  We  had  a  beautiful 
time  and  a  pleasant  meeting.  Bro.  .Jacob 
Murray,  from  Blackhawk  Co.,  J.  Shultz,  J. 
Gable  and  Isaac  Barto,  from  Lost  Nation,  Iowa, 
were  the  ministers  from  abroad.  The  word  was 
preached  with  power,  and  we  trust  lasting  im- 
pressions were  nude  on  the  mind-*]  of  many 
wliiuli  will  not  b^  forgotten,  but  will  work  in 
their  hearts  until  they  yield  themselves  to  be 
servants  of  Christ.  I  hope  and  pray  that  peace 
and  prosperity  may  attend  the  Church  of 
Christ.  J.  C.  Miller. 


From  Somerset,  Ind. 

Dear  Uitniroi:^ 

I  CLOSED  a  very  interesting  meeting  last 
evening  in  the  Wabath  District.  Hadlarge 
and  attentive  congregations.  Preached  five 
discourses,  and  a  good  interest  manifested.  Hope 
the  word  preached  may  be  aii  bread  cast  upon 
the  waters,  that  it  may  be  gathered  many  days 
hence.  Next  we  preach  in  a  school-house  in 
another  neighborhood,  then  Somerset,  all  in 
the  same  county.  Tlien  we  go  to  Denver,  Miami 
Co.     As  ever  yours.  S-vmuel  MrnitAV. 


father?  and  mothers  feel  wh*-n  their  cbiMrea 
said,  "We.  too,  will  go  along  to  glory  and  enjoy 
heaven  with  all  its  beaut>  !"  Our  two  mission- 
aries from  Middle  Indiana  wer*"  with  u?,  and 
our  hearts  were  made  glad  when  they  reported 
that  twelve  souls  came  out  on  the  Lord's  sidp 
during  their  meeting  at  I'leasant  Kidge  Dear 
brethren  and  sisters,  pray  for  the  wives  and 
children  of  our  miesionariee,  and  don't  withhold 
your  means,  but  send  freely  to  Bro.  Aukerman 
so  that  their  wants  can  be  supplied  and  a  few 
precious  aoula  brought  home  to  Jesus  throueh 
their  labors,  .Tohn  S.  Snowheroeh 


From  Hedgeman  Center.   Kansas. 

Dear  Brethren : — 

It  has  been  about  a  year  since  we  came  from 
the  East  here  to  these  western  wilds,  and  I 
have  not  had  the  privilege  of  speaking  to  one 
of  our  members  since.  But  when  I  think  of 
the  good  meetings  and  sweet  communions  which 
I  have  so  dearly  enjoyed  with  the  children  of 
God  in  the  East,  I  feel  as  though  I  could  no 
longer  stay  away  from  them,  but  flee  to  where 
I  coald  enjoy  assembling  with  the  true  Church 
ot  Christ.  I  do  tliink  that  if  some  of  our  east- 
ern uiiui.sters  would  come  in  here  they  might 
do  a  great  deal  of  good.  I  trust  the  time  will 
come  when  the  true  doctrine  of  Christ  will  be 
preached  all  over  these  western  plains.  Breth- 
ren and  sisters,  pray  for  me  that  I  may  hold  out 
taithful,  and  at  last  hear  the  welcome  voice 
"Come  up  higher."  Mary  E.  Ritter. 


Life  is  grand  if  we  make  it  so.     Let  us  try. 


From  Roan,  Ind. 

WE,  the  brethren  of  the  Squirrel  Creek 
Church,  Ind.,  held  our  Love-fea.4t  on  the 
'23rd  of  Oiitober  and  the  season  will  long  be 
remembertd.  There  wa^  great  respect  shown 
by  the  vast  multitude  of  spectators  throughout 
the  entire  meeting.  About  three  huudred 
communed,  and  twenty  able  ministers  were 
present.  The  church  seemed  revived  and  edi- 
fied, and  strong  impressions  made  on  the  minds 
of  many.  One  sister  broke  the  ranks  of  Satan 
to-day  aud  joined  in  with  the  people  of  God  — 
May  God  grant  grace  and  truth,  knowledge  and 
wisdom  to  all  bis  dear  children  here  on  earth  is 
my  prayer.     Fraternally  yours. 

Joseph  John, 

From  Loraine,   Illinois. 

Dear  Brethren: — 

THE  communion  held  in  Liberty  was  well 
attended.  We  had  a  number  of  visitors 
from  the  various  churches,  among  whooi  was 
Eld.  John  Metzgar,  of  Cerro  Gordo.  Ill,,  breth- 
ren  Gibson,  Mire.i,  Hays  and  Collbank,  all  of 
whom  took  part  in  the  ministerial  labor.  The 
word  was  preached  iu  its  primitive  purity.  It 
was  thought  that  we  had  the  largest  number  of 
communicants  that  we  have  ever  had,  and  also 
that  the  best  order  prevailed  duriug  the  after- 
noon aud  evening  that  we  liave  ever  had  since 
the  house  was  built.  This  speaks  well  of  the 
citizens  in  and  around  the  village,  and  manifests 
a  feeling  of  respect  for  the  truih  when  preached 
as  it  is  iu  Jesus.  One  stood  up  for  Jesus,  aud 
many  good  impressions  were  left  on  the  minds 
of  those  who  looked  on  while  the  brethren  aud 
sisters  poitrayed  the  sutterings  and  death  of 
Christ.  May  we  all  live  the  lives  we  profess, 
and  finally  go  home  to  enjoy  the  society  of  Him 
who  did  so  much  for  us,  is  my  prayer. 

H.  W.  Striuklbr. 


From  Monticel!o,  Ind. 


I)i'(ir  Brethren: — 

AMONG  the  things  of  the  past  is  the  late 
commuuiou  meetiug  in  the  Mouticello 
Church,  White  Co.,  Ind.,  which  was  held  on  the 
2-ith  of  October.  The  saints  had  a  pleasant  aud 
happy  waiting  .before  the  Lord,  and  nil  real 
ized  that  the  Master  of  solemn  assemblies  wa.s 
,n  their  midst  to  bless  and  do  tliem  good.  Near- 
ly all  of  the  members  of  the  church  were  pres- 
ent to  participate  in  the  ordinances  of  the 
Lord's  house.  Not  as  many  from  abroad  as  on 
former  occasions.  Six  were  made  willing  to 
come  out  on  the  Lord's  side,  one  a  little  daugh- 
ter of  the  writer,  and  his  son- in-law,  and  one  a 
sou  of  one  of  our  miesionaries.    0,  the  joy  that 


Please  Tell  it  Around. 

AFTER  ten  years  of  experience  and  ten  years 
of  hesitation,  1  wish  to  make  known  some 
thing  that  may  save  some  brethren  and  friends 
trouble  when  iu  this  city,  for  those  who  are 
strangers  and  no  one  to  depend  upon  will  he 
about  as  bad  off  here  as  in  a  wilderness,  if  not 
more  so.  Not  long  since  an  old  brother  was 
roped  into  a  gambling  deu,  while  others  have 
been  relieved  of  money.  Very  frequently  a  let- 
ter or  dispatch  comes  like  this;  "Will  be  in  the 
city  tomorrow  or  uext  day,  he  sure  and  meet  me 
at  the  depot."  There  is  no  definite  time  or 
depot  named,  and  as  a  result,  a  complaining 
letter  follows  telling  bow  he  tried  to  find  our 
place  but  faibd.  not  dreamini;  what  amount  of 
anxiety  was  caused  by  such  inde6nite  notice. 
While  penning  these  lines  have  just  returned 
from  the  depot,  a  distance  of  four  aud  a  half 
miles,  and  failed  to  meet  a  very  dear  friend  who 
may  have  stopped  off'  at  one  or  the  other  sta- 
tions and  is  now  in  search  of  a  stopping  place, 
I  have  gone  to  the  depots  by  night  and  by 
day,  through  storm  and  sunshine,  and  then 
failed  to  meet  my  friend.  I  now  venture 
some  advice  hoping  that  no  one  will  miscon- 
strue my  motives.  On  landing;  in  the  city  get 
into  an  omnibus  and  go  to  any  first-class  Hotel, 
ask  for  a  dispatch  boy  and  either  telephone  or 
telegraph  to  your  friend  who  will  then  call  up- 
on you  and  take  you  to  his  home.  This  is  the 
custom  here.  When  Paul  went  to  Rome  he  did 
as  the  Romans,  and  doubtless  they  liked  him 
all  the  more  for  his  courtesy. 

P.  Fahhney. 
Chica(/o,  IK. 


0' 


From  Enterprise,  Kansas. 

Dcur  Brethren: — 

UR  Love-feast  in  the  Abilene  Church,  Dick- 
inson Co.,  Kansas,  is  past,  and  we  had  a 
refreshing  meeting  and  felt  that  it  was  good  to 
be  there.  Having  no  meetiug-house,  this  feast 
was  held  in  a  canvass  tent.  Three  precioufl 
souls  were  added  rejoicing  the  hearts  of  the 
brethren  and  sisters.  May  God's  Spirit  contin- 
ue to  strive  until  all  will  yield  obedience  to  the 
deoiands  of  the  Savior. 

Seventy  or  eighty  members  partook  of  the 
feast,  some  coming  over  fifty  miles  by  private 
conveyance.  Brother  George  Mowery  was  or- 
dained to  the  office  of  bishop,  giving  this  dis- 
trict three  elders,  brethren  Joliii  Foruey,  John 
Hurabarger  aud  the  above  named.  The  breth- 
ren here  seem  to  be  alive  in  the  good  cause  and 
proclaim  the  same  doctrine  as  our  brethren  in 
Virginia,  and  thus  we  were  made  to  think  of 
tihem  often  duriug  the  meeting.  Dear  breth- 
ren, press  ou,  fight  the  battles  of  the  Lord  and 
great  victories  may  be  won  everywhere.  I  was 
|)leased  with  the  interest  that  the  spectators 
manifested  at  this  meeting,  and  I  think  some 
were  made  to  count  the  cost  and  with  Felix  of 
old,  were  "almost  persuaded."  Had  brethren 
to  visit  us  irom  the  eastern  States  who  I  think 
will  soon  come  to  live  among  us.  Land  is  good 
and  plenty  for  sale  very  cheap.  Good  water  and 
good  health.  Fall  wheat  is  up  and  looking  as  well 
as  I  ever  saw  anywhere,  showing  that  our  God  ia 
still  in  remembrance  of  us  both  spiritually  and 
temporally.  J.  H.  Baker. 


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Riographical    Sketch  of  the  Life  of  Elder 
David  Wolfe. 

THK  subj^-ct  of  imr  uotice  was  born  December 
:irJ,  lf*I3.  iu  I'uion  Co..  Illinois.  HU 
fatli"'''.  Eld.  Geo.  Wolfp.  was  baptized  iu  tlie 
safiie  couuty  iu  1"^!1,  being  the  first  person  re- 
^^iveJ  into  the  church  in  the  then  territorj-  ol 
Illinni^-  H"  was,  iu  mauy  respects,  a  remar- 
L-abte  mail,  and  many  yet  remember  his  elo 
ypiii-e  in  defence  of  primitive  Chn^iianity.  In 
is31  Ik'  moved  to  Adams  county  wliere  he  was 
irflthered  unto  the  fathers  to  rest  until  .leaus 
cuiues  to  call  him  to  receive  the  crowa  of  life. 
Elder  David  Wolfe  remained  through  life  a 
resident  of  the  old  home,  where  he  died  Sept. 
U  18"!*,  agpd  tvt  years,  5  months  and  11  dtiya. 
He  was  baptiz-ed  by  the  Brethren  in  May,  1856. 
and  in  li^'^^  was  chosen  to  the  office  of  deacon. 
Two  v^'*'^  \ateT  he  was  called  to  preach  the 
fford,  in  1863  advanced  to  the  secouil  degree, 
and  in  1865  ordained,  in  which  ca[)acity  be  ex- 
ercisf  d  acceptably  to  the  day  of  his  death.  In 
his  death  the  Adaraa  county  church  received  a 
severe  shock  and  his  place  cannot  be  easily 
tilled,  but  such  are  the  mysterious,  yet  always 
kind  provideucs  ol  God,  for  He  seeth  not  as  we 

see. 

Brother  David  succeeded  well  in  life,  having 
secured  for  himself  more  than  a  coiupeteucy. 
He  wfi'^  hifjhly  respected  by  his  fellow-meo,  and 
re'^arded  worthy  of  a  common  trust  on  the  part 
of  his  fellow-citiz'!U8  who  once  sent  him  as  their 
representative  to  the  State  Legislature  before  he 
became  a  member  of  the  church.  But  the  call 
ol'God  turned  him  from  positions  of  honor  and 
trust  in  the  government  of  this  world  to  one  lar 
more  honorable  and  praise-worthy  iu  the  Church 
of  the  living  God.  He,  no  doubt,  as  some  olh' 
ers  have,  discovered  the  exceedingly  unsatis- 
fying  character  of   p  ditics,   and    sought  that 

fppace  which  fdr  outlives  the  vexations  of  hu 
inim  government.  He  turned  from  the  strife; 
and  commotions  of  the  political  foruiu  to  pro- 
claim the  acceptable  truth  of  .Tesus.  A  noble 
change.  From  empty  honor,  worry  and  vexa- 
tion, to  love,  joy  and  peace  through  our  Lord 
and  Savior  Jesus  Christ.  Who  could  not  die 
in  peace,  full  of  bright  hopes  for  eternity  under 
sui:li  circumstances?  Well  may  it  be  said,  "Our 
brother's  Hie  was  not  a  failure." 

He  possessed  a  tender  heart,  and  his  very  soul 
was  in  the  work  to  which  the  Lord  had  called 
hira,  I  well  remember  that  at  the  close  of  a 
District  Meeting  in  Southern  Illinois  some 
years  ago,  in  an  exhortation  before  the  parting 
hand  was  given,  brother  David  found  a  very 
dear  place  in  the  aflfections  of  all  present.  I)u- 
riug  his  exhortation  his  head  became  a  fountiiiu 

.  of  tears,  his  eloquence  exceedingly  grand,  so 
that  the  whole  congregation  wa'^  melted  to 
tears.  We  felt  that  it  was  a  real  inspiration, 
and  the  remembrance  of  that  scene  prompts  us 
to  say,  "Pence  to  his  ashes."  May  his  life  of 
love  for  his  fellow-man  be  imitated  by  many. 
Thomas  D.  Lvon. 
PriiWitim-  Chrixtian,  please  copy. 

Our  Visit  to  Kansas. 

Ihw  Brethrnt:— 

I  LEFT  my  home  in  Ohio,  September  2-ith, 
via.  Dayton,  Muncie,  Bloomiugton  ano 
ICauaas  City,  for  the  State  of  Kansas,  which  was 
reached  in  the  afternoon  of  the  26th. 

It  is  needless  to  attempt  to  give  a  description 
of  all  I  saw.  but  rather  to  give  impressions  as 
they  exist  in  my  mind  at  present.  I  was  fre- 
quently told  by  friends  during  my  visit  that  I 
was  excited  and  when  the  excitement  abated, 
things  would  appear  differently.  Hut  now  as 
a  week  has  passed  away  since  my  return  home 
to  familiar  scenes  and  routines  of  duty,  (  think 
I  can  truthfully  write  my  convictions  %vith  ref- 
erence to  the  State. 

ITS  UENERAL  APPEAHAMCE. 

To  one  unaccustomed  to  meeting  such  broad 
prairies  it  is  quite  novel  and  attractive.  As  far 
as  the  eye  can  carry  to  see  nothing  but  the 
unbroken,  undulating  prairie,  is  certainly 
grand,  and  to  me,  a  native  Buckeye,  was  per- 
fectly captivating.  These  yrass-covcred  plains, 
with  hflrds  of  cattle  feeding  all  over  them,  are 
certainly  inviting  to  the  lovers  of  stock-raising. 

THE  QUALITY     OF  THE  SOIL, 

There  are  ditiereut  varieties  and  each  has  its 
votaries,  according  to  tho  tastes  of  the  occu- 
pants. The  black  and  red  limestone  soil  is 
abundant  and  is  adapted  to  the  raising  of  all 
kinds  of  grain,  especially  com  and  wheat.  The 
gray-colored  soil  is  well  adapted  to  tlie  growing 
of  wheat,  and  produces  corn  very  well.  The 
ash-colored  produces  castor  beans  in  abundance, 
ftud  it  is  claimed  by  its  friends  to  produce  wheat 
iiud  corn,  but  our  preference  is  decidedly  iu  fa- 
vor of  the  limestone  soil.  Persons  inquiring 
relative  to  a  new  country  are  generally 
wore  or  less  interested  in  the 


STATE   OF  SuriETY. 

In  this  particular  our  knowledge  i-t  of  course 
quit«  limited,  having  visited  only  a  few  local- 
ties.  Our  impressi<)n.<i  are  that  the  society  of 
Kansas  compares  very  favorably  with  society 
elsewhere.  Churches  of  all  the  various  religious 
denominations  are  found  throughout,  the  coun- 
try, espeLiiilly  the  more  popular.  The  people 
everywhere  were  very  kind  and  obliging,  and 
much  interested  in  presenting  the  advantages 
and  also  the  disadvantages  under  which  they 
labor.  The  State  has  a  well-established  com- 
mon school  system,  and  the  school-house  every- 
where meets  the  view,  and  the  pedagogue,  1 
learn  is  well  remunerated  for  liia  arduous  toil. 
"The  common  school,  the  hope  of  the  nation," 
is  here  an  established  fact  and  highly  prized 
by  all  the  citizens.  Labette  Co.,  the  one  in 
which  most  of  our  time  was  spent,  contained  a 
school  property  in  187S  valutd  at^li:J8S>S, 
Mauy  of  the  sites  have  been  nicely  ornamented 
with  shade  trees  and  are  inviting,  as  well  as 
attractive,  to  the  young  tyro,  eager  in  his  pur- 
suit of  knowledge.  I  think  that  it  may  be 
safely  said  that  everything  speaks  out  with  no 
uncertain  sound  for  the  future  greatness  of  the 
State. 

The  health  of  a  new  country  is  often  a  theme 
dwelt  upon  by  those  contemplating  a  remove. 
In  this  particular  1  believe  it  may  be  safely  said 
that  Kansas  is  inviting.  To  all  appt-arances 
there  is  nothing  to  prevent  its  being  as  healthy 
a  State  as  any  in  the  Union.  The  water  is 
sweet  and  pure,  both  hard  and  soft.  True,  there 
are  some  wells  which  are  alkaline,  and  not  so 
pleaiant  to  the  taste.  Puola  of  water  un  thi 
open  prairies  here  do  not  stagnate  but  are  kept 
pure  by  the  action  of  the  wind  upon  their  sur- 
face, hence  the  malaria  so  common  to  new 
countries,  generally  from  this  source,  is  entire- 
ly obviiited.  The  wells  are  generally  shallow, 
from  It)  to  20  feet  in  depth,  and  consequently 
the  water  is  not  so  cool  as  it  would  I'P  if  they 
were  of  greater  depth. 

THE   CLlSIATE, 

This  is  delightful.  Southern  Kansas  lies  in 
about  the  same  latitude  ot  Richmond,  V'a.,  or 
I  he  north  line  of -North  Carolina  and  Tennesee, 
and  enjoys  about  the  same  temperature,  though 
probably  less  etfecied  by  local  causes  and  hence 
more  equable  and  uniform.  The  Summ..'rs  are 
warm,  but  much  modiried  by  the  constantly 
prevailing  wind  from  the  South  and  SoutL- 
west.  The  Winters  are  short  and  generally 
mild;  four  or  five  mouths  is  considered  the  ex- 
tent of  Winter.  Plowing  commences  in  Febru- 
ary, planting  generally  completed  by  April 
15th,  almost  one  month  earlier  than  in  Ohio. 

FARSIS. 

Cheapness  is  an  essential  item  to  the  emi- 
grant, if  all  other  things  necessary  are  equal. 
I'iniber  and  cual  are  abundant  and  exceed 
inyly  cheap  in  the  parts  visited,  Crawford,  Cher- 
okee, Labette,  Neosha  and  Lyon  counties.  These 
combined  with  a  healthy  climate  and  fertile 
soil  will  render  cheap  land  inviting.  Unim- 
proved lands  rate  from  '^2{  to  $6  per  acre. 
Improved  from  -^w  to  ^:i5  owing  to  improve- 
ments and  location. 

TO  MY  hbethren. 

In  whose  interest  particularly  I  write  to  you, 
I  would  say  a  more  inviting  i>lace  for  locuiiug 
cannot  easily  be  found,  and  we  would  suggest 
lo  every  one  contemplating  a  removal  We!*t,  go 
and  see  southern  Kausas.  \\\x  will  find  men 
ready  to  show  you  the  country  and  give  you  all 
the  information  deaired.  We  would  particu- 
larly refer  our  brethren  to  S.  M.  Uurket  ol 
Parsons,  Kansa.«,  who  is  laboring  in  the  inter- 
ests of  the  Brethren,  and  to  thOse  wishing  to 
visit  Kansas  I  would  say,  by  corresponding  with 
him  you  may  be  much  favored,  especially  min- 
istering brethren.  We  also  take  pleasure  in 
referring  to  Col.  J.  B.Cook,  of  Chetopa,  a  land 
agent,  whom  we  found  a  pleasant  and  obliging 
gentleman,  and  who  rendered  us  much  ser- 
vice and  imparted  much  valuable  information. 
A.  J.  HixoN. 


hancc  their  beauty,  but  if  we  cultivate  our 
minds  as  we  should,  we  can  see  beauty  in  all  of 
God's  works,  however  small  and  insignificant. 
The  tiny  blade  of  grass,  and  the  modest  little 
wild  flower,  although  they  may  seem  almost 
beneath  our  uotice,  yet  the  same  Hand  that 
formed  the  gigantic  hills,  and  piled  the  rocks 
one  upon  another,  also  made  them  and  they  are 
for  a  purpose,  too.  At  this  season  of  the  year  a 
peculiar  sadness  pervades  all  Nature.  It  is 
Autumn,  aud  everything  around  us  suggest* 
the  "Autumn  of  Life."  The  forests, which  were 
lately  robed  iu  a  mantle   of  green,  are  now    al- 


evening  exerciseK  were  the  mont  qui«t 
and  orderly  that  we  ever  attended  any- 
where, and  were  of  a  very  imprefliiite  charac- 
ter. On  Friday  morning,  Hro.  Hlllery  agun 
addresHed  a  large  audience  from  NuniVw?™  14: 
24.  The  meeting  wm  closed  with  a  warm 
address  by  brother  Enoch  Eby,  who  has  charge 
of  the  church,  and  the  singing  of  the  old  famil- 
iar hymn, 

»  "When  »\t%\\  weiDQcl  ftgkin, 
Mesl  tio'«r  to  RCTer?" 
Thus*  closed  another  season  of  refreshing  that 
will  long  be  remembered  by  thoiw  present.  The 


"T^jT::""^  ?.  f !,  ^.h^7*^''«"'*  •^^^^  ,K*^"-  1 1'rethren  and  sisters  are  very  kind  and  sociable 

" " '    '  '         >  and  make  strangers  feel  at  home  among  them. 

The  same  love  and  kindnesa  which  is  a  charac- 
teristic of  the  Church  in  the  East,  is  also  mani- 
fested in  the  West,  and  wherever  we  go  we  find 
this  grand  and  Christ-like  trait  among  the 
Brethren.  Jesus  say.s,  "By  this  shall  all  men 
know  that  ye  are  My  diaciplea  if  you  have  love 
one  toward  another." 

Wealthy  A.  Clarke. 
Lnii'trk,  fit. 


The  Silver  Creek  Meeting. 

ON  the  morning  of  the  22nd  of  October,  we, 
in  company  with  several  others,  left  Lan- 
ark finoufe  ior  the  Love-feiLst  at  Silver  Creek, 
m  Ogle  Co.  Having  twenty-Hve  miles  to  drive, 
we  starled  before  the  sable  shadows  had  passed 
away,  and  while  the  stars  were  yet  visible  in 
the  heavens.  Soon  light  dawned  and  the  bright 
rays  of  the  "king  of  day"  beamed  forth  in  all 
their  brilliancy,  and  very  beautifully  illumi- 
nated the  broad  prairies  that  were  stretched  out 
us  iu  panoramic  view  before  us.  The  praine 
scenery  is  beautiful,  but  it  lacks  tho  sublimity 
aud  grandeur  of  the  mountains,  and  is  less  awe 
inspiring,  especially  of  those  grand  and  shagg) 
pi-aks  that  surround  our  home  in  the  Flast.— 
Well,  perhaps  the  pleasant  and  hallowed  asso- 
ciations which  cluster    around  that    spot  en- 


tly  and  noiselessly  fall  to  the  ground  and  are 
mingled  with  the  dust  of  the  valley.  The  naked 
branches  will  stand  shivering  alone  amid  the 
blasts  of  Winter.  The  falling  leaves  Ibrciblj 
remind  ua  of  our  mortality.  How  trite  are  the 
lines  of  Mrs.  Hemans: 

"Leavwa  hiivo  their  tSuio  lo  fall, 
Aii.l  Howcrs  to  wubcr  nl  tho  NorlU  winds  brcivlh; 

AiiJ  stiiM   io»ei;  but  nil— 
Thou  hnal  all  scniion!t  forthiiic  own. 
U!  Ucalh.'' 

We  arrived  at  the  meeting-house  before  10 
o  clock,  and  found  a  large  congregation  assem- 
bled. The  opening  aermon  was  delivered  by 
brother  t^uinter,  whose  voice  we  have  so  ofieii 
heard  at  Huntingdon.  His  di^couree  was  based 
upon  (Jalatiaiis  2:  9;  "So  then  they  which  be 
of  faith  are  blessed  with  faithful  Abraham." 

The  importance  of  being  faithlul  in  all  the 
departments  of  life  was  urged  upon  us.  Minis- 
ters, deacons,  fathers,  mothers,  employers  and 
employed,  should  prove  themselves  faithful  in 
their  ditiereut  responsiblecallings.  True, evan- 
gelical faith  gives  character.  Faith  means  a 
system  of  truth,  aud  is  composed  of  all  the 
elements  which  constitute  a  true,  Christian 
character.  Then  the  grand  thought  that  it  we 
are  faithful  we  will  be  blessed  and  prove  a 
blessing  to  others.  If  we  faithfully  perform 
the  Christian  duties  Ood  requires  of  us,  even 
though  we  may  leel  weak  and  unworthy,  He 
will  help  us  and  others  will  be  incited  to  duty, 
and  thus  while  we  are  blessed  the  good  influ- 
ence we  exert  will  bles.'i  all  around  us. 

On  Thursday  ninming  we  made  a  short  call 
at  the  Mt.  Morris  College;  arrived  just  in  time 
for  chapel  exercises  and  were  much  pleased. — 
The  scene  reminded  us  of  a  happy  group  in  the 
East  that  daily  gathered  in  the  "I'ilgrim  Chap 
el,"  and  of  a  pale,  patient  face  that  stood  before 
us  and  read  from  the  sacred  page.  He  nobly 
fulfilled  his  mission,  and  one  calm  and  beautiful 
Sabbath  evening  in  Spring-time,  when  all  ani- 
mated Nature  seemed  glad,  we  stood  around 
his  dyiug  couch  and  witnessed  the  spirit  take 
its  flight— and  all  was  over.  He  proved  faithlul 
to  his  calling  aud  left  exampUs  of  virtue  and 
true  [liety  that  will  ever  be  remembered  by 
those  who  were  thrown  within  the  circle  of  his 
iuflaenc''.  He  wus  compelled  to  leave  his  work 
when  in  the  very  midst  of  his  usefulness,  but 
others  have  taken  it  up  and  are  successfully 
carrying  it  on.  When  there  is  a  work  to  be 
done  God  always  provides  mean^,  and  this  truth 
has  been  lealiz-d  iu  the  history  of  our  schools 
It  is  to  he  hoped  that  our  young  friends  will 
appreciate  the  supL-rior  advantages  they  enjoy, 
aud  by  theirstriot  aiherence  to  right,  aud  Chris- 
tian characters,  help  to  carry  out  and  preserve 
the  pr-nciples  which  are  characteristic  of  the 
Church,  and  thus  share  the  burden  of  those  who 
are  placed  at  the  head  to  govern  and  control, 
aud  by  their  good  influence,  which  is  their 
happy  privilege  to  exert  when  they  leave  the 
halls  of  learning  and  go  out  into  the  world, 
prove  a  blessing  to  themselves  and  others. 

THE  meeting  at  WADDAMS  OHOVE. 

On  the  30th,  we  had  another  pleasant  trip  of 
twenty  five  miles  north  of  this  place  to  the 
t'easstat  Waddauis  Grove,  in  Stephenson  county, 
riie  first  discourse  was  preached  by  Bro.  L.  H. 
Peifer,  from  the  words,  "It  is  written."  He 
endeavored  to  show  "That  the  chief  object  of 
man  is  to  prepare  for  the  future. — Life.the  time 
to  serve  the  Lord.  A  right  and  a  wrong  way 
laid  down  before  us.  The  Savior,  when  tempted, 
did  not  bring  any  theology  or  new  doctrine,  but 
only  the  old  testimony,  "It  is  written."  We 
flud  that  Satan  was  present  on  that  occesion  to 
tempt  the  Savior,  and  although  we  do  not  see 
him  with  our  natural  eyes,  he  is  always  present 
to  tempt  us,  and  why  cannot  we  refer  to  the 
written  language  of  our  Savior?  There  is  power 
in  these  words.  When  opposed,  present'  the 
word  of  God  as  an  argument.  When  Satan 
tempted  the  Savior  after  he  had  fasted  iu  the 
wilderness,  he  said  "Mjn  shall  not  live  by  bread 
alone."  We  are  not  to  live  by  bread  alone — \ 
more  important  work  is  to  be  done,"&c. 

Tlie  subject  of  seli-exaini  nation  was  handlt-d 
by  brother  Ilillery,  who  presented  some  gran: 
ideas.  One  waS,  that  >Y{/-exiiminitioa  is  ou.- 
life-work,  but  how  oftt-n  we  overlook  oursdtve.-." 
and  examine  our  brethren   and   sist.'rs.     The 


From  Hollidaysburg,  Pa. 

/>mriJ>vf/imi.— 

FRIDAY.  October  3rd,  was  the  time  appoint- 
ed for  our  Love-feast.  The  weather  was 
■  lelightful,  and  everything  in  Nature  was  happy. 
Bro.  Joseph  Snowberger,  of  Willlanishurg,  Pa., 
was  with  us,  also  our  resident  ministers,  Jamee, 
Briie.  and  Davi^l  Sell.  One  young  brother 
made  his  spiritual  wants  known  aud  was  bap- 
tized: also  one  re.  Uimed,  While  the  emblems 
of  Christ's  broken  body  were  being  partaken  of, 
adeath-like  stillness  pervaded.  Much  respect 
was  shown  by  the  spectators,  which  at  previous 
feasts  was  not  the  rose.  It  is  the  duty  of  every 
one  when  he  enters  the  house  of  God  to  show 
due  resppct  for  the  services  within,  nor  should 
he  exptit  to  be  praised  for  good  behavior  in 
God's  holy  temple.  It  would  be  far  better  to 
remain  at  home  than  to  annoy  those  w  ho  try  to 
worship  God. 

Brother  Snowberger  spoke  on  the  subject  of 
Self-examination.  Pra>er,  family  prayer,  the 
lamily  altar,  our  baptism  ami  vow,  religion,  a 
lecondary  matter.  Conclusion  by  Bro.  Jamea 
.\.  Sell.  On  Saturday  morning  we  laid  aside 
the  cares  of  the  day  and  at  10  A.  M.  met  to 
learn  more  about  Jesus.  John  14:1,  was  spo- 
ken from  by  brother  Snowberger.  Subject, 
■'My  Father  s  house  of  many  mansions."  Sat- 
urday evening  again  addressed  ijy  brother  S., 
ilso  on  Sabbath  morning.  The  meeting  waa 
^vell  attended,  and  1  trust  may  prove  a  season 
long  to  be  remembered  by  us  all. 

ANOTHEK  HAl'I'Y  SEASON. 

On  Saturday  evening,  Oct.  22th,  1  had  the 
<xtrem«  pleasure  of  meeting  with  the  dear 
ijretlireii  and  sisters  of  Altoona.  Pa.,  at  their 
(east.  Brethren  Samuel  Cox  of  Warriorsraark^ 
G.  Myers  and  Brice  and  David  Sell  coLducted 
the  meeting.  What  a  lovely  sight  to  see  the 
')relhren  and  sisters  surround  the  table  of  the 
Lord!  There  were  those  present  who  had  never 
oefore  attended  a  meeting  of  this  kind.  Dear 
brethren  aril  sisters,  let  u*  let  our  light  shine 
more  brightly,  that  thote  who  are  yet  in  dark- 
ness may  learn  the  way  to  Jesus.  They,  also, 
continued  their  meeting  over  Sabbath.  They 
liad  expected  brother  tjninter  to  be  present,  but 
lie  had  already  started  wentward.  The  house 
wa^  densely  crowded  yet  all  seemed  eager  to 
listen,  and  the  services  were  conducted  in  a 
very  orderly  miuner.  May  the  Lord  bless  the 
church  there  and  evyiywhere  Your  si'it^r  in 
Christ.  Emily  R.  Stifler. 


From  Dunkirk,  Ohio, 

Jimr  Bnthrni:— 
'plIE  Love-feast  at  Eagle  t'reek  Church  was 
I  an  enjoyable  one.  Saints  were  encour- 
aged and  sinners  exhorted  to  return  to  God. — 
Our  meeting-house,  40xS0  wa»  filled  to  its  ut- 
most i:apacity.  The  brethren  ably  defended  the 
truth  and  we  think  many  were  imprevsed  with 
the  need  of  accepting  it.  Two  dear  psuiteate 
were  received  into  the  fold  by  tioly  baptisai.and 
now  rejoice  with  us  iu  the  God  of  their  salva- 
tion. May  God  bless  his  /ion  everywhere  in 
the  enlargement  of  her  borders,  is  my  prayer. 
Bretheren  and  sisters,  labor  on,  and  God  will 
reward  you.  S.  T-  BosSERMAN. 


I  venerate  old  age;  and  I  love  not  the  man 
who  can  look  without  emotion  upon  the  sun- 
set of  life,  when  the  dusk  of  evening  begins  lo 
gather  over  tho  watery  eye,  and  the  shadow*  of 
twilight  grow  broader  and  deejier  upon  the 
understanding  —Lo/iy/V//oM>. 


I'HK    iiKKTHiiB^J^    -A.T    "WOKK:. 


November    IQ 


From  Maria,  Pa. 

WK  held  our  f*MiH  on  I  be  3rd  naA  4tli  of  Oc- 
tober. Had  H  \arge  gHtlieriiiK  uiid  good 
OMtfr.  U  was  n  st'usoii  loug  to  be  ri'iupmbfrfti 
by  all    prvc-elit.     BivLhreu  0.    0.  Luit,    Hiriini 

MusScllUAl),  Jncub    Ilol<«(>i>ptr-    Ulld  OliUifl    ilol 

SLugt-r  wrn^  tbe  miui-»t«rmg;  brethren  tmni 
abruHtl  They  labored  taiththlly,  and  although 
we  had  no  hdditions,  we  bt'lieve  many  good  iiii- 
pre&iions  were  made. 

LOTTIX  Kktbino. 


Notice. 

To   the  churchos   comprising   the   Southern 
District  of  Kansas.     Will    the    churchw- 
tha'.  ha»«  not  alrealy  ssiit  iu  their  first  i^^tttll■ 
meal  tor  the    Home    Mission,    pleate   send   a^ 
•uou  as  convenieut,  an  we    waiit   to   have   our 
miMiwuarv  iu  ihu  fit^lH  by    the  25th  of  Novem- 
ber,    bietlireu,  let  us  labor  in  tin-  good  cause. 
.Iacod  Buck. 
Srcntary  of  Hoard  of  Mamigern. 
JUadison,  Kan, 

News  of  Ministerial  Labor  in  Kansas 

lll'K  will  give  you  tin*  labor  of  your  unwortlij 
If  servant.  Wo  have  the  care  of  sevei. 
or|{uniZ'iri(>tis,  tho  nearest  onn  65  milen,  froin 
that  tu  15it,  and  to  vinit  all  ninkcf)  a  circuit  ol 
about  iOu  mileii,  wliicti  liiu  all  to  be  doue  In 
privut**  coDveyance.  Further,  will  say  sincf 
tlie  :J5tii  ol  last  April  a  >e.>r  ago  traveled  about 
120'  aiilert  tryiuB  to  preach  to  theiiolated  mem- 
bers and  org.iiii/,ln*;  churclieH.  add  yet  hallHi 
the  callx  are  not  filled  Will  we  not  coochid 
dear  hretlireu.  that  the  harvest  in  greatr*  Truli 
your  humble  servaut  teelu  it  8o,  and  in  addition 
to  this,  iieuijy  nil  the  meiut)er«  are  iu  very  lim- 
ited circum.4Laiicentiiiaticially.  Now  how  mant 
of  our  uiiuiiteniig  brettireu  will  ftel  to  iiiukt 
the  sacrifice  of  frji-iidn  and  nativity,  and  coor- 
to  the  great  fi  id  of  i^bor  aud  li«  ip  to  keep  the 
car  ol  bolvatioo  uiovjng  that  we  may  gather 
sould  fur  Ibe  celestial  city? 

Jaoou  Buck. 
JUadimn,  Kniims. 


preaehed  at  Minluig  Simn^i  to  a  larnr-  aii^  at- 
leotive  congregation  from  Romana  'J:  3-  Oa 
Saturda.v  evening,  Oct.  Slid,  we  met  again  for 
worship.  Brethren  Himes  and  Daniel  Holling- 
er  of  Upper  Ciinil)erlaiid,  were  the  tipeakenj 
i're»eut.  On  Sunday  following  Bro.  Hollinger 
delivered  a  powerful  discourse  to  a  large  and 
aiteutive  audience  from  Jeremiah  33:  20,  21. 
.\l'o/.-th«-r  this  wa.t  the  most  interesting  meet- 
ing that  we  have  had  for  a  long  time  and  one 
ihat  will  lie  long  remembered  by  many  on  ac- 
count of  the  f  olemn  and  peculiar  circumalancea 
CMinectod  with  it.  An  evening  meetin^of  tbi» 
memorable  day  and  occurrences  ended  our  se- 
rien  of  meetings  at  Boiling  Springs. 

B(other  fJ.orge  Brindle,  Jr  ,  one  of  our  most 
enterjtrising  aud  energetic  brethren,  has  recent- , 
ly  been  on  a  trip  to  Kdusas  looking  out  a  tem 
porary  location  for  himself  and  family.  Mar 
iht-ir  prospects  be  a  good  "feast  of  fat  things'' 
which  they  have  for  many  years  bad  the  priv 
ilego  to  enjoy. 

The  henl'li  of  our  people  has  for  some  time 
been  rematkably  good  with  the  exception  of  a 
*  (ew  cased  of  Typhoid  fever.     Fraternally. 

J.    B.  Gakvek. 
AlUn,  Pa. 

Sunday-Scliool  Convention. 


Report  of  Funds. 


J  HERE  state  the  amount  received  by  me  for 
the  benetit  o\  brother  Qeorge    W.  Stickel- 
man: 

Michael  Eramert fil.OO 

Pbebe  A.  Brower, •. l.Ujj 

George  W.  Taylor, l.(,(j 

M.  N.   Smith, j.OO 

D.  K.   Wiand, , .48 

Three  sisters  per  C.   B.  Spegler, 2,00 

Siater  Bales, j  00 

Sister  Anna  Hoop 1.00 

Amount #848 

John  Umi-hlbt. 
Malta  Bend,  Mo. 


From  North  Manchester,  Ind. 

Dmr  llni/trn,.— 

TilE  brethren  of  Spring  Creek  Congregation 
held  their  Love-feast  on  the  22ud  of  Octo- 
ber. Eld.  F.  J.  Brown  ot  Cougress,  Ohio,  ad- 
dressed the  larpe  audience  upon  tiie  subject  of 
"Sanctitication.  Eld.  Jesse  Calvert  closed  the 
meeting  with  appropriate  remarks,  hi  the 
afternoon  we  met  for  the  election  ot  ofticers. 
The  responsible  tot  of  minister  fell  upon  Bro. 
David  Connell,  whom  we  believe  feels  the 
weight  of  his  calling.  Brethren  D.  and  E.  Mil- 
ler were  chosen  as  deacons,  May  each  go  lorLh 
as  the  Lord's  chosen,  and  while  their  burdens 
at  time.s  press  upon  them  with  a  crushing 
weight,  let  us  bear  them  up,  having  the  pros- 
perity of  the  cause  of  Christ  at  heart.  The 
ordiaatioD  took  place  in  the  presence  of  the 
assembly  and  the  perfect  silence  gave  evidence 
of  the  solemnity  of  the  occasion. 

The  evening  exercises  were  very  impressive. 
By  a  large  majority,  we  voted  a  change  from 
tb^double  to  the  single  mode  of  feet-washinj;. 
The  few  who  could  not  unite  with  us,  will,  we 
truat,  see  the  beauty  in  the  change  after  a  little 
more  thought  on  the  subject.  On  the  follow 
iug  morning,  farewell  addreases  were  delivered 
by  the  brethren,  after  which  two  precious  aoula 
were  added  to  the  fold  by  baptism.  God  have 
the  praise.    "Who  will  be  the  next?" 

Maby  E.  Bowmak. 


From  Lower  Cumberland,  Pa, 

Drtir  BreJhren : — 

BftO.  W.  B.  Himesaiid  family  of  Rus>.el.Kaii- 
'33  are  here;- visiting  their  friends  and 
prtaihing  the  Gospel  i»  doubtless  their  object 
On  Sunday  evening,  Oct,   mh,  brother  Himes 


ACCORDING  to  appointment,  the  friends  of 
Sunday-schools  a'tseinbled  in  Convention 
..li  TdurMday,  Oct.  2.'')fli,  1879,  at  Solomon's 
Creek,  Elkhart  Co.,  Ind. 

The  Superiutendaut  being  absent,  an  organ- 
iziitiou  wa'*  elfected  by  electing  brother  David 
Vounc,  Superintendantyjro  tem  Tlie  Minutes 
d  last  Convention  were  then  read.  The  follo' 
iiig  wa-4  then  read  ai  the  programme  for  the 
present  meeting. 

Topic  1.  What  are  the  advantages  of  Sunday- 
-chools  among  thn  Brethren  r*  To  be  opened  Oy 
Jesse  Calvert,  Daniel  Shively. 

2  Has  the  experiment  of  Sunday-school  Con- 
ventions proved  to  be  beneficial  to  the  S.  S. 
cause  in  tire  Brotherhood!'  Dauiel  Wbitmer, 
John  Sturgis. 

3.  Tiaclier's  Meetings,  and  how  to  conduct 
them.   Lewis  Muntz.  Sarah  Johnson. 

What  are  the  necessary  qualifications  of 
I  teachers  aud  olHcers?  P.  R.  Wrightsman,  Isaac 
Berkey. 

5.  How  should  scholars  be  instructed  who 
cannot  read?  Isaac  Early,  Noah  Shutt. 

6.  How  can  all  wlio  attend  Sunday-school  be 
induced  to  take  part  m  the  exercises  ?  John  B. 
Wrightsman,  J,  H.  Warstler. 

7.  What  records  should  be  kept  and  how? 
Amsey  Puterbaugli,  Almou  Mock. 

b.  How  whould  funds  he  raised  to  defray  the 
expenses?  Wm.  G.  Cook,  Harrison  Elson. 

Isaac  Early  and  Noah  Shutt  were  abseIl^, 
and  Benjamin  Let'r  was  chosen  to  open  the  oth 
topic.  Amsey  Pulerliaiigh  and  Almon  Mock 
were  also  absent,  and  J.  H.  Miller  was  chosen 
to  open  the  7th  topic.  Sister  Emma  Bowman 
was  chosen  to  open  the  Hth  topic  in  place  of  W. 
G.  Cook  and  Harrison  Elson. 

The  1st  topic  was  opened  by  Daniel  Shively, 
and  was  followed  by  John  B.  Wrightsman, 
Isaac  Berkey.  S.  H  Bashor,  Emma  Bowman 
and  others,  all  showing  cleariy  the  advantages 
of  Sunday-schools  aiiumg  the  Brethren. 

Bro.  J  ohn  Sturgis  was  followed  upon  the 
2nd  topic  by  brother  S.  H.  Bashor,  with  very 
plain  and  practical  remarks  upon  the  subject. 
Tnere  was  a  lively  interest  manifested  through- 
out the  meeting,  and  every  topic  was  handled 
pointedly  and  practically.  Large  attendance 
and  good  order. 

A  committee  of  five  was  appointed  to  nom- 
inate otKcera  lor  the  ensueing  year.  The  follow- 
ing brethren  were  elected:  A.  H,  Puterbaugh. 
Supt,,  J.  H.  Miller.  Assiet,  Daniel  Sliively, 
Cor.  Sec,  J.  B.  Wrightsman,  R.c.  Sec. 

A  proposition  was  passed  to  the  effect  that 
all  propositions  aud  topirs  he  sent  to  the  Cor. 
Secretary,  from  whicli  a  programme  will  be 
arranged  and  iiublished  in  due  time  for  next 
Convention.     Respectfully  submitted. 

David  Youncs.    Supt. 
J.  H.  Warstleu,  litr.Sec. 


were  not  good  enough,  it  eeeme  I.  He  supposed 
that  such  luiies  as  "Old  Dan  Tnder"  wojld  be 
adopted;  that  we  were  in  a  last  time.  S:c.  Now 
when  we  heard  it  we  wondered  and  wondered 
who  had  Called  such  a  convention,  and  where. 
We  had  not  heard  of  it  before,  nor  have  we 
heard  of  it  since,  though  we  have  made  diligent 
inquiry  about  it.  Perhaps  brother  Harshey  will 
remember  hearing  this 'misrepresentation"  not 
long  ago. 

But  about  the  B ,  at  W.  mi-represenlatiou 
We  make  this  offer:  If  the  church  in  lohivh  Bro 
John  Jlarshri/  hoUlu  hi*  mrmbership  wilt  say 
that  in  my  report  oj  his  thai  I  misrepresented 
him,  I  will  moKt  gindly correct  it.  I  go  further: 
If  a  mtijoritij  uf  the  elders  in  Southern  Mo.,  say 
that  I  mil  represented  Bro.  Harshey  in  my 
report  of  his  trial,  I  will  make  ample  corrtc- 
tion.  I  tried  to  beimpaitial  in  my  account  ol 
the  trial,  for  should  we  not  all  lab^r  for  peace 
and  have  some  lorbearance,  thus  shoeing  thai 
we  possess  unity  of  faiih?  Had  I  been  disposed 
to  misrepresent  Bro.  H,,  I  could  have  shown 
him  in  a  very  untavoral)ie  light,  but  charity 
Bitid,  '  lie  menifol:  be  torbeariug;"  and  this  1 
endeavored  to  heed.  I  was  present  at  his  (rial, 
heard  wbat  was  proven  against  bim.  couvrrsed 
with  Elders,  and  learned  the  extent  of  his  "schia 
niarii:"' i-fFiirts.  It  has  but  htlle  sympathy  iu 
Missouri.  The  proposition  which  I  have  made 
is  certainly  fair  and  honorable,  and  it  I  have 
done  wrong  Bro.  II.  will  have  no  trouble  to  set 
me  right  before  the  public.  My  love  for  Bro 
11  IS  yet  strong,  and  what  I  have  here  said  is 
with  the  best  of  feelings.  M»y  his  last  days  bf 
filled  with  great  love  and  pi^aee,  and  while  we 
are  all  so  poor  and  weak,  aud  miserable  withoui 
God's  grace,  O,  may  we  drink  often  from  the 
fountain  of  truth,  so  that  we  may  kno""  how  to 
behave  in  the  house  of  God.  I  rejoice  that  God 
holds  judgment  in  his  own  bands.  To  him  we 
commit  all  our  deeds.  He  will  do  right;  none 
ciiu  hinder  his  fairness.  We  repeat  our  read- 
iness to  be  corrected  by  Bro..  Harshey's  own 
congregation,  or  the  Elders  in  .Southern  Mo- 
Isnot  this  fair?  Will  the  I'indkator 
pobliF-h  this  fair  offer?  M. 


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□  tbo  Lord.— BeT.  14  :  13. 


"Misrepresented." 


OUK  brother  and  Elder  .lohn  Hsrahey,  of 
Warreimbtiry.  Mo  .  requests  lis  to  say  for 
hiui  that  he  ha-^  been  very  much  inisrt'presented 

late  miiuher  of  the  Brethren  at  Work.  He 
hopes  the  corrections  will  hi*  made.— V indicator. 

We  should  be  very  sorry  if  we  kuew  that  we 
misrepresented  any  one.  It  is  a  grave  thiug  to 
misrepreaent.  Not  Inng  Hince  an  "KIder"  gravely 
declared  before  a  congregation  that  a  cunven- 
tion  had  bjcn  calh-d  among  the  Urethren  for 
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KISSELL.— Near  Mc  Comb.  Ohio,  ou  the  29th 
of  October,  sister  Heather,  wife  of  brother 
Frederick  Kissel,  aged  71  years,  6  month 
and  27  days.  Funeral  services  in  the  M.  E 
church  by  tlie  writer. 

S.    T.  BoSSEHMAN. 

MOftKOW.— In  the    South   Salomon   Valley 
Church,  Oflbi>riie  Co.,  Kansas,  Oct,  fHh,  1879, 
sister  Leah,  wife  of  brother  Joseph  Morrow, 
aged  40  years,  ,*)  months  and  21  days. 
Sister  Morrow  was  the  first  member  in  Os- 
borne county,  came  from  Penna.  in   the  Fall  of 
'71,  aud  has  been  God's  instrument  to  bring  the 
first  addition  to   the  church   here.     She   fully 
lived  out  the  doctrine  of  the  Gospel  and  in  her 
death   we  sustain   a  great  loss.     She   leaves  a 
husband  and    four  children.     Funeral    services 
by  Bro.  Powell   Porter.  H.  W.  Landis. 

KIE3TEU.— Near  Salem,  Marion  Co.,  Oregon 
Minnie,  daughter  of  brother  David  and  sister 
Elizabeth  Kiester.  tiged  10  years,  3  months. 
Little  Minnie   came  here   with   her  parents 
last  Miirch,  and  wa8  an  active  member  of  our 
Sunday  scliool.  She  wa.s  loved  by  all  who  knew 
her,  especially   by  her  partnts.    She  laid   four 
weeks  with  Typhoid  fever,  suttered  no  pain  and 
renikiiied  cou'^cioiis  until    the  last    week    when 
her  Butferings  commenced    and  she  became  un- 
conscious.    Tlie  funeral   sermon    was  preached 
by  Eld.  David  Biower  to  a  sympathizing  con 
gregation.    May  the  parents  so   live  that  they 
can  meet  their  child  again. 

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jjcoND  Page— Lite's  Mi-iiiiiiiB;  A  Fow  Piacti- 
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Our  Prayer  Meeting. 

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Xriiib  iif  Life;    Louse  Chriatiiinity. 

PjjMjiji  Page — Editorials.- Tlie  Grace  of  God; 
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111— John  Wise. 


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A)ia;    Gospel  Success, 


Map  of  Western 


STEIN  AND  BAY  DEBATE. 


Prop,    2d.     Baptist  churches  possess   the  Bi- 
ble characteristics  which  entitle  thera  to  be 
regarded  as  churches  of  Jesus  Christ. 
D.  B.  Ray,  Affirms. 
J.  W.  Stein.   Denies. 
J.  W.  Stein's  seconi*  negative. 

WHKN  luy  friend  can  appeal  to  our  church 
characteristics  in  support  of  his  affirmative 
arguments,  he  is  welcome  to  do  so,  but  when  he 
quits  his  proposition  to  attack  the  Brethren 
l"our  friend's  church"),  as  he  did  /Aw  iimei'm 
bia  last  affirmative  (and  as  many  times  misrepre- 
seuted  them),  to  divert  atteption  from  the 
proposition  under  discussion,  he  betrays  at  once 
thu  desperateness  of  his  cause  and  his  imnt  of  i- 
delity  to  the  jtnncijiles  and  rule x of  uU  honorable 
Male.  Surely  he  is  hard  pressed  to  finish  his 
"oegative  line"" 

It  is  not  true  that  I  accused  the  Baptists  of 
"adultery,  fornication,  profane  3wearing,"'etc.  I 
spedfted  "hatred,  variance,  wrath"  and  "strife." 
They  license  these  lusts  whenever  they  eny;age 
in  carnal  war.  Mr.  K.  says  "Baptist  churches 
^onot  engage  in  war  oil  any  account."  If  they 
do  not  as  churches,  they  encourage  and  justi- 
fy their  members  iu  doing  so,  and  are  therefore 
just  as  guilty.  No  church  can  vindicate  itself 
from  crimes  which  it  justfiies  iu  its  members. 
Biipfiata  "</o  sHfh  thimjs,"aud  Paul  says,  "They 
that  do  such  things  shall  not  inherit  the  king- 
dom of  God."  My  friend  may  exclaim  "horri- 
Me/'l.ut  these  are  liorrid  facts.  How  then  can 
they  be  churches  of  Christ  ? 

The  Savior's  prohibition  of  oatht(Matt.  5:  33 
■'T)  alludes  directly  to  oaths  of  couhrniatiou. 
leb,  i;:lf},uierely  states  what  oaths  of  confirma- 
tion are  to  min.  It  does  not  authoriz ^  such  oaths 
Christ  conderas  anything  more  than  asiraple  af- 
firmation or  negation. as  coming  from  evi'.  Matt. 
^  ■■  37.  Baptists  justify  this  evil  as  well  a.s  the 
^"il  of  engaging  iu  war.  War  is  of  the  devil 
'iiiyettoe  Baptistt  justify  themselves  iu  partic- 
ipatiiig  iu  it.  This  brings  me  to  my 
''''  Sfij.   Arg.      BaptiHt  churches  aie   not 


churches  of  Christ  because  they  hold  that  we 
may  do  evil,  fight  and  kill,aud  take  oaths, 
that  good  may  come.  Christians  are  to  abhor 
evil,  (Rom.  12:9,)  and  abstain  from  all  appear- 
ance of  it.  1  Thess.  o:  22.  "He  thatdoeth  evil 
hath  not  seen  God."  3  John  11.  But  Baptists 
justify  pvii. 

Whatever  the    party   adjuriiuj   Christ   niiiy 
have  done,  Christ  himself  did  not  swear.    Matt. 
26:  63,  04,     He  simply  made  a  statement.     Be- 
lievers have  pledged  their  fidelity    to  Christ  in 
the  solemn  sacrament ot  baptism;  tbereforethey 
cannot  disobey  Christ  by  taking  oath^  of  confir 
matiou  to  any  institution  unlike  Christ's  gov- 
ernment, without  exposing    themselves   to   thi 
Clime  of  perjury.     If  they    swear   allegiance  to 
any  other  institution,  they  put  themselvesi    un- 
der obligations  to  obey  it  whether  it  commaiidB 
them  to  disobey  Christ  or  not,  and  this  Baptists 
do  by  taking  oaths.    My  frieud  offers  as  a  third 
argument,  love  to  God  sis  essentia!   to  baptsim 
and  church  membership.    That  "everyone  who 
loves  is /«'y«^/c«  (for  such  is  the   true  import  of 
the  passage)  of  God,''and  that  this  brtjettinrj  pre- 
cedes birth,  the  baptism  or  adoption  into  the  di- 
vine family  we  believe  and  teach     But  Mr.  It's 
argument  assumes  that  justification.w  Inch  is  con- 
ditioned on  the  new  birth,  is  contingent  upon 
the  act  of  beyettinif.     His  argument  is   founded 
upon  the  assumption  that  begeftimj   and   birth 
are  the   same.     But    we   have   already  shown 
that  Baptists  lack  even  this  true  love  to  God, 
Christ  says.  "If  a  man  love  me  he  will  keej)  my 
words."     .tohn  14:  23.'  Baptists  justify  them- 
selves as  we  have  seen    in    disobeying    some    of 
the  words  of  Christ  and  of  his  holy  apostles. 

"They  profess  to  know  and  love  God,  but  in 
works  they  deny  himJ''  "Not  every  one  that 
saitb  unto  me  Lord,  Lord,  shall  enter  into  the 
kingdom  of  heaven,  but  he  that  doeth  the  will 
of  my  Father  who  is  in  heaven."  Matt.  7:  31. 
"Why  call  ye  me.  Lord,  Lord,  and  do  not  the 
thinsrs  which  I  say?"  Luke  6:  46,  I  reiterate 
it,  "The  curse  of  (iod  rests  upon  those  that  'love 
not  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ.'  "  1  Cor.  16:  '22. 
But  "If  a  man  say,  I  love  God,  and  hateth  his 
brother,  he  is  a  liar:  for  he  that  loveth  not  his 
brother  whom  he  hath  seen,  how  can  he  love 
God  whom  he  hath  not  seen."  1  John  4: 
Read  1  John  2:  9,  11.  "Because  we  love  the 
brethren,"^  is  John's  evidence  of  transition  from 
death  to  life.  "He  that  loveth  not  his  brother 
abideth  in  death."  1  John  3:  14.  Baptists  love 
one  another  like  sinners  generally  do,  "for  sin- 
ners also  love  those  that  love  them."  Luke  6 
32,  Are  they  therefore  ior/i  of  God  and  justi- 
fied? Nay,  because  they  also  kill  those  that 
kill  them.  Christians  are  not  only  not  to  in- 
jure but  to  lore  even  their  enemies;  but  Baptist 
like  other  sinners  will  hate  and  quarrel  and  kill 
even  their  brethren  about  political  and  other 
questions.  The  Baptists  lack  the  evidence  of 
love  to  their  brethren  and  hence  of  love  to  God. 
They  may  profess  and  boast  of  love,  but  in  the 
language  ot  missionary  Coan,  "What  is  that 
love  worth  that  worketh  ill  to  its  neighbor?  " 
What  is  the  nature  or  tliat  conversion  (or  re- 
generation) which,  under  the  command  of  a  man, 
will  split  a  brother's  skull  with  a  sabre,  drive  a 
bayonet  through  a  brother's  bowels,  send  a  lump 
of  lead  through  a  brother's  heart,  break  a  broth- 
er's bones,  scatter  his  hmbs,  hi«  blood,  his  brains, 
and  his  quivering  flesh  with  an  internal  torpedo 
or  a  bursting  shell?"  Vet  Baptists  dc  the  very 
things  and  are  justified  and  fellowshiped  in  them 
by  their  churches.  How  can  these  be  chuiches 
of  the  meek  and  lowly  Jesus,  who  "came  to  save 
men's  lives  and  not  to  destroy?"  Surely  thej 
need  regeneration,  roncersion.  Such  churche.-i 
will  never  banish  the  diabolical  spirit  ot  war 
and  shed  over  the  earth  the  radiance  of  tht 
peaceful n^ign  of  chrislianity. 

My  friend  tries,  to  (scape  his  dilemma  witli 
reference  to  repentance  into  life  being  prior  to 
faith,  by  maintaining  mir  that  they  are  »''i;i- 
ultaneous.    Therefore  his  repentance,   which  i 


ing  to  his  theory  until   it  is   accompanied  by 
faith,  but  he  maintains  that  repentance  reaches 
into  life,  remission,  &c.,  be/ore  and  independent 
of  baptism,     John's   "baptism    of  repentance" 
(Mark  1:4;  Luke  3;  3;  Acts    13:   24;    was    not 
only  for  (eis,  into  or  in  order  to)  remission,   but 
was  into  repentance  itself.     He   says,  "I    indeed 
baptize  you    with  {eis  in)  water  unto  (eis,  into) 
repentance."     Matt.  3:   11.     Was   that  repen- 
tance not  into  life?'     Will  Mr.  R.  answer?  The 
plain,  uninterpreted  passages  of  scripture  which 
I  adduce  on  the  sulij-ct  of  baptism,  do  not   suit 
my  friend's  interpretation,  hence  he  passed  theui 
unanswered.      But    he  wants   to    know   if  we 
should  baptize  children  of  God  or  cbildren   ol 
the  devil?     Am.     We  sln^uld  baptize  neither— 
children  of  God  need  no  baptism  and  "c|iildn-ii 
of  the  devil"  are  unfit  for  baptism.     When  peo- 
ple have  died  to  Satan  and  are  begotten  of  God, 
then  they  are  to  be  "born  of  water,"  i  e  ,  brought 
forth  into  actual  childhood  and  heirship  by  bap- 
tism.   My  friend's  theology  can  discern  no  did- 
tmction  between  begetting  and   birth,   botwien 
the  process  of  lye/icrd/i/if/ and  that  ui  deliverance 
and  heirshij),  between  the  conditions  o;  dmth 
and  the   resurrection.    I  will   now  ask   him   a 
few  questions.     1.     Do  you  bt  Leve  it  right  to 
bury  a  lice  man?     "Answer,  yes  or  no."  2.  Do 
not  Baptists  recpiire  candidates    for   baptism  to 
confess  that  they  have  experienced  a  change 
from  death  unto    life   before   they  burg  them? 
"Say  yes,  or  no."    3.     Was  Christ  buried  while 
dead  or  after  he  was  made  alive?    "Please  do 
answer."     4.     Do  Baptists  hold  that  '/>;/-   the 
remiitsion  oi  sins"  (Matt.  26:  2Sj  mean,  becanae 
sins  have  been  remitted'!'     Please  answer. 


Notice,  1.  Baptibts  hold  that  baptism  is  es- 
sential to  membership  in  the  church  of  Christ 
2-  They  deny  that  baptism  is  ever  required  in 
order  to  remission.  3.  Tbey  therefore  virtual- 
ly teach  that  tne  church  of  Christ,  with  all  that 
is  peculiar  to  it,is  never  made  needful  to  the  sal- 
vation of  a  soul.  Again — 1.  Baptists  teach 
that  all  may  get  into  Chri.st,  "the  head  of  the 
church,"  without  baptism?  They  teach  that 
no  one  can  get  into  the  church,  Christ's  body, 
without  baptism.  3.  Tbey  therefore  virtually 
teach  that  some  in  Christ  are  no  part  of  his 
body. 

My  friend's  4th  argument   is   founded   upon 
the  pattern  of  the  temple.    True,   the   material 
must  be  prepared  before  it  is  put  into  the   tem- 
ple.   ThM  is  \i\i.e  begetting   before   birth.    Still 
the  building  process  is  essential  to  the  very  ex 
istenre  of  the  temple  and  to  each  parts    identity 
with  the  whole.     Each  part  however  thorough- 
ly prepared,  muf»t  be  builded  in,  or  it  never  be- 
comes a  part  of  "God's  temple."  "God's  habita- 
tion."    Notice,  1.     Baptists  teach  that  all  must 
liecome  temples  of  the  Holy  Spirit  (of  (iod)   be- 
fore baptism,  independent  of  baptism.    2.  They 
teach  that    no   one   can    become   a  part   of  the 
church,  "God's  temple"  "the  habitation  of  God 
through  the  Spirit,"  without  baptism.  3.  They 
therefore  virtually  teach  that   "temples  of  the 
Holy  Spirit"  are  no  part  of  "(iod's  "temple,"  of 
"the  habitation  of  God   through    the  Spirit." 
Hut  we  have  shown  that  Bapti>ts  need  even  the 
preparation  for  this  building.     Again,  1.    Bap- 
tists teach  that  baptism   is  essential   to   mem- 
bership in  the  church  of  Christ.  2.  They  teach 
that  the  Baptist  church   is  the  only  church  of 
Christ  'in  earth,  and  will  constitute  exclusively 
the  Bride  of  the   Lamb   in   Glory.    3.    They 
therefore  virtually  tea<h  that  all    who  are   not 
baptized  (though  they  expect  to  meet   many  of 
them  in  heaven)  will  never  constitute  a  part   of 
the  Bride  of  the  Lamb.    .1  a-sk  Mr.  K.  to  tell  us 
what  relation  they  will  sustain  to   the   Baptist 
church  in  glory?     Please  answer? 

TiiKellVctedgayety  of  a  wicked  man  i*  lik* 
the  Howery  surface  of  Mount  Etna,  beneath 
which,  materials  are  gathering  for  an  eruption 
that  will  one  day  reduce  all  its  beauties  to  rum 


COME,  EVEHY  ONE  THAT 
THIRSTETH. 

VTO  doubt  it  is  advisable  to  keep  dogs  out  of 
lA      little  shallow  pools,  for  the    water  wooM 
TOOU  become  defiled,  and  the   cattle   would   re- 
luse  it;  but  we  do  not  need  to  preserve  a  great 
river,  and  no  on»  cares  to  pue  up  a  gu-at  notice 
informing  the  dogs  that  they  may  not  wash   in 
the  sea,  because  there  is  no  fear  whatever  that, 
how  many  dogs  may  come,  they  will    ever  pol- 
lute old  Father  Thames,  or  defile  the  boundless 
sea.     Where  there  is  infinite  uhnmlnuc-.  there 
may  well  be  unlimited  freeueas.  The  vilest  dog 
of  a  sinner  that  ever  ate  the   crumbs   that    fell 
Iroiii  Ihe  Master's  table  is  invited  to  plunge  into 
ihe  river  of  th^  water  of  hfe,  which  is  clear   as 
crysal  still,  though  thousands  of  uncircunicised 
and  defiled  lips  have  drunk  it,  and    myriads   of 
foul  souU  have  been  washed  whiter  than    snow 
in  its  streams.    "Come    and   welcome,"  is  the 
note   whicj   sounds    from   Calvary,  from   the 
wounds  of  the  expiring  Savior;  yea,  U  sweetly 
cjme.s  upon  mine  ear  from  the  lips  of  the   glo- 
rified Christ,  who  sits  at  the  right  hand  of  the 
Father.    "Let  him  that  is  athirst,  come.    "And 
whosoever  will,  let  him  take  of  the  water  of  life 
freely."     No  one  can  be  an  intruder  when  the 
call  is  so  unconditional,  and    whoever  tries  to 
keep  a  sinner  back  is  so  doing  the  devil's  work. 
They  are  trespassers  who  keep  away  Irom  Jesus, 
and  not  those  who  come   to  him.    Some  are 
afraid  that  they  would  be  presumptuous  should 
they  believe  on  the  Lord  J.-sus,  but  presumption 
lies  in  the  opposite  direction;  it  is  the  worst  of 
presumption  to  dare  to  question  the  love  of  God, 
the  efficacy  of  the  l)lood  of  atonement,    and  the 
saving  power  of  the   Redeemer.    Cease  from 
such  proud  questions,  an  trust  in  Jesus. 


Come  hither,  bring  thy  boding  fears, 
Thy  aching  heart,  thy  bursting  tears; 
'Tis  merey's  vtiice  Haliites  thine  ear— 
0  trembling  sinner,  come 

— C.  H.  Spurgeon. 


prior  to  faith  in  its  order,  is  nut  saving  accord  |  and  dcjolation. 


Coaxing  the  devil  to  support  the  gospel  .s  a 
modern  device.  The  primitive  church  knew 
nothing  of  it.  When  Paul  ivas  collecting  fund^ 
to  aid  poor  saints  at  .Jerusalem,  he  used  no  fa  rs, 
festivals'  "mum  sociable.-*",  kissing  games,  or 
other  sanctified  snares,  to  accomplish  his  obj  ect. 
The  Christians  paid  their  own  bills,  and  did 
not  expect  Satan  to  pay  for  the  weapons  which 
they  used  against  him.  When  the  devil  sap- 
ports  a  church,  he  does  so  m  his  own  interest 
He  carries  on  his  operations  with  a  full  knowl- 
edge of  the  fact  that  "a  kingdom  divided  agamst 
itself  cannot  stand."  For  every  dollar  paid  oat 
of  his  Coffers  to  the  church,  he  receives  full  7al- 
Church  partnerships  with  the  devil  never 
benefit  the  former,  Sut  al  ways  the  latter.  Hands 
off! 

Untold  harm  comes  to  the  church  by  the  use 
of  even  questionable  measures  to  raise  money 
for  tli'^  support  of  God's  work.  It  creates  the 
impression,  in  the  minds  of  the  worldly,  that 
the  church  is  a  kind  of  parasite,  dependent  for 
its  existence  on  the  community,  that  it  is  a  ^crt  of 
genteel  beggar  whicli  it  is  proper  and  fashiona- 
l)le  to  support;  tlut  it  is  an  object  of  charity  or 
even  pity  and  cimteuipt  which  is  grateful  fur  the 
tolerance  of  the  people  that  lets  it  live.  The 
ungodly  regard  such  churches  as  engaged  iu 
seeking  money  rather  than  souls  and  valu- 
ing wealthy  memWrv  more  than  poor  saints. 
To  stand  before  the  world  in  this  light  is  hu- 
miliating *nd  degrading  beyond  expres.*ion. 
Such  churches  ought  to  be  close.!  or  cleAOsed, 
cured  or  killed. 

Churches  that  are  doing  the  Lord's  work, 
aud  are  worth  supportini:,  can  be  supported 
»vithout  the  use  of  iiticstionable  lueaus.  L«t 
them  go  down ' 

—Setectmi 

Iv  the  way  to  heaven  is  narroir,  it  i$  not 
long:  aud  if  the  gate  be  strait,  it  0|>fD<)  into 
endleir?  life. 


TMK    HRETin^lO^sT    .VT    AVOKlv. 


November    XT 


LIFE'S  MORNING. 

LIFK'S  morniiiK  hours  sonn  pass  nway, 
Ijike  hiH's  ot  sunset  lifiht: 
No  Tftiu  r^givt-sno  nuniriifnl  t4>ars, 

Can  stay  tlipir  arrowy  fliglit. 
As  clOHil^  befoiv  tilt  sumnipr  wind — 

Witli  uftiight  their  coursp  Ut  atny— 
So  nioruiiiL'  years  with  youthiul  dreams, 

Glidi*  to  eicniiiy. 
But  will  th.M  pass  like  summer  cioads 

Upon  the  balniy  air; 
No  good  thing  sought,  no  pood  deed  done. 

No  treasure  t'"""^  with  care? 
(),  what  is  you'h  but  life'H  fair  spring. 

Its  growth  and  blossom  hour^i* 
Tlietinie  to  sow  the  precious  seeds, 

With  earnest,spirit  powers. 

The  wheat  we  sow,  will  surely  grow. 

This  hiw  will  never  sleep; 
And  if  our  hopes  are  true  or  false, 

Their  harvest  we  nnuit  reap. 
But,  li  through  lifeH  fair  sprinir-tido  years 

We  titl  the  mellow  soil; 
And  do  our  work  with  williog  hands, 

Throufih  summer  hour*  of  toil. 

Autumn  will  yield  «  precious  store, 

To  fill  our  granary; 
And  we  cun  hing  a  joyful  Hong, 

in  harv.  st  jubilee. 
The  evil  days  will  never  come- 
No  future  rthall  we  fear- 
But  fruits  of  everlasting  j)eace. 
Will  in  our  lives  appear. 

-Sel. 


A  FEW  PRACTICAL  HINTS, 
BY  I'ltOP.  W".  E.  LOCKAIU) 

TEACil,  theh,  theyoun^  those  thingM 
tlmt  tentl  to  promote  their  phywical 
\v*']fari*,  aut\  n  toHte  for  the  fjood,  the 
})eautiful  and  the  true,  will  not  be  lack- 
inj^.  Hut  if  we  att+'mpt  to  cultivate  a 
iove  for  Iteaiity  in  the  luind,  in  the  heart 
and  in  the  soul,  in  any  other  way  than 
by  cultivating,'  a  taste  for  the  rt-seful,  we 
will  surely  fail.  Whoever  would  love 
eharity  must 'A' charitable  deeds.  Who 
ever  would  love  ^oodnejis  must  first  do 
good.  No  one  with  lying  lips  can  love 
the  truth. 

Every  good  impulse,  every  noble 
thought,  every  kind  intent,  every  virtu- 
ous jirinciple,  is  the  result  oi  doiit<j, — of 
employment,  of  toil  of  the  hands  or  tlie 
head,  for  the  f^ratilicatiou,  in  the  first 
iustanee,  of  sd^sh  desires.  Is  it  not  trut 
that  if  we  hud  the  power  of  always  di 
reeling  ourselves  according  to  the  rule 
of  self-interest,  is  it  not  true  that  the  at- 
tainment of  such  self-interest  would 
comprehnui  and  include  the  greatest  pos- 
sible satisfaction  of  all  our  tendencies? 
Of  this  there  can  he  no  doubt.  Experi- 
ence proves  that  there  is  a  dee])  haniio 
ny  between  obedience  to  the  law  of  dii 
ty  and  self-interest.  What  does  the  law 
of  duty  advise?  That  we  should  fulfill 
our  own  destiny,  and  yet  not  hinder,  but 
rather  aid,  others  in  fulfillng  t/n-irs. 
This  satisfaction  of  our  nature  is  our 
true  end — our  real  well-being  and  good. 
The  means  by  which  we  attain  to  this 
good  we  call  tke  uaefiiL 

The  attainment  of  good,  causes  agree- 
able sensations;  the  .s'»m  of  agreeable 
sensations  is  happbiem;  hence,  Ctility  is 
the  hetj  to  happiness. 

The  world  is,  and  was  designed  to  be 
a  vast  work-shop,  and  ever\  iuhaLitant 
of  the  world  was  designed  to  have  use- 
fill  work  to  do.  The  fulfilment  of  the 
piimal  curse  to  earn  our  own  bread  in 
the  sweat  of  our  brow,  is  the  only  means 
of  attaining  unto  our  true  end.  So  sure 
as  idleness  leads  to  vice,  industry  leads 
to  happiness.  Yet  in  many  schools  ev- 
ery fnflaence  that  is  brought  to  bear  on 
the  young,  tends  to  unfit  them  for  the 
practical  duties  of  life.  In  grasping  for 
the  shadow  they  miss  the  substance. 
•    They  are  taught  that  refinement  and 


taste  and  the  higher   virtues  are   some- 
how or  otherdiscunneeted  with  tht-  l)read- 
winning  duties  of  life.     But  labor  alone 
c-aii  develop  the  full  capacitv  of  the    hu- 
nwn  aoiil.     So,  we   insist,   that   because 
more  stress  is  not  placed  on  the  jn-O'ti- 
rtf/studies  in    school,    nnd    because    the 
juung  are  not  taught  that  labor    is    the 
great  polish^  and  purifier  of  the   mind, 
"ur  schools  are  not  doing  their  full  duty. 
And  not  only  so,  but  they   make    labor 
odious  by  holding   up   education    as   a 
means  of  eacajie  from  a  life  of  toil.   This 
idea  is  the  curse  of  our  country   today. 
We  see  the  results  in    the   thousands  of 
l.izy  tramps  with  whom    the  country  is 
fill.'d.     It  crowds  the    profes-nious    ^ith 
an  imjieeuniouK  mediocrity   that  might 
have  succeeded  well    a.s  farmers  trades 
men,  artizans  and  mechanics.     Mechan- 
ical trades  are  avoided.  Crowds  of  young 
men  leave    their    pleasant,  comfortable 
liomes  in  the  country  and  rush  int<>  the 
citiesonly  to  be  swallowed  upinthemael- 
Htrom  of  poverty,  wretchedness  and  vice. 
Half  educated  youngmenand  women  are 
clamoring  for  jdaees  as  clerks  and  sales- 
tiien  and  teachers.     We  lay  much  of  the 
blame  for  this  state  of  affairs  on  our  pub- 
lic schools,  and  especially  on    the    High 
Schools  of  our  larger  towns  and  villages, 
whicli,  instead  of  laying  the   foundation 
for  Iietter  workmen,  foster  a   disinclina- 
tion to  manual    labor.      We    would   not 
say  one  word  to  discourage   any    young 
inan  or  \vomen  from  obtaining   as  good 
an  education  as  jiossible.     We  believe  it 
is  the  ^/«^// of  every  one  to  cultivate   the 
talents  God  has  given    him.    Hut  to    all 
is  not  given  the  same  kind  oftali-nt.s  and 
We  would  have  every  one  edu<-'ated  with 
special  reference  to  some  particular  end- 
some  j)ursnit  or  calling. 

Most  of  our  teaching  is  aimless.  We 
give  our  youth  what  is  called  an  educa- 
tion, not  that  they  may  have  greater 
power  to  do  good,  but  that  we  may  hare 
it  to  say  tliat  tiiey  are  educated,  and 
trust  to  chance  or  circumstances  to  de- 
termine their  course  in  life. 

A  young  man  graduates  with  honor 
from  a  High  Scliool  or  college.  He  has 
passed  his  examinations,  and  received 
his  diploma.  He  hoitls  in  his  hand  the 
evidence  of  his  wonderful  attainments, 
to  him  the  talisman  at  whose  magic 
touch  the  ways  of  wealth  and  position 
and  power  will  open  wide  their  portals 
and  make  his  progress  through  life  one 
continual  triumph.  He  leaves  his  Al- 
ma Mater,  carrying  ^vith  him  the  bene- 
dictions of  his  teachers.  The  many  pre- 
dictions of  a  brilliant  future  for  him  have 
fostered  in  his  mind  an  undue  sense  of 
his  own  importance.  He  goes  out  into 
the  world  to  make  his  fortune. 

He  fixes  his  mark  high  and  decides  in 
his  own  mind  to  refuse  all  ofters  that  do 
not  comport  with  his  dignity  and  attain- 
ments. He  imagines  that  many  brill- 
iant ofters  will  i)e  made  him,  but  after 
waiting  awhile  and  receiving  none,  he 
concludes  that  he  will  not  exact  too 
much  at  the  start,  and  calls  up  from  his 
fund  of  classical  lore  examples  of 
many  illustrious  men  who  commenced 
at  the  lowest  round  of  the  ladder  of  be- 
ing, and,  despite  all  weaknesses  and 
wrongs,  climbed  to,  and  stood  firmly 
upon,  that  round  where  God  placed 
man  at  the  fii-st — a  little  lower  than  the 
angels  and  within  speaking  distance  of 
his  throne. 

Longer  he  waits;  but  no  summons  ar 
riving,  he  concludes  to  look  around  a 
little  and  see  if  there  are  not  places 
awaiting  him  if  only  he  should  make  his 
abilities  known.  He  begins  to  look 
around  him,  for  the  first  time  in  his  life 
with  an  observing  eve.     On  everv  side 


he  sees   tireless    actix-ity      and    cease- 
less    industry.      He      alone      is    .idle. 
He    steps  into    a     workshop    and  sees 
at  a    glowing     forge,     perha]w,   an  old 
friend,  who,  years  ago  wasdropped  from 
his  list  of  friends  because  bis  grovelling 
uature  chose  a  mechanical  trade  with  its 
grime  and  smoke  and  sweat,  rather  than 
tread    the   sylvan    shades     and    classic 
groves  of  Academe.     His    brawny    arm 
is  hammering  out  a   comfortable    living 
and  laying  the  foundation  of  future  com- 
petence and    influence.     Kvery     where 
our  hero  goes  be   finds   the   same  thrift 
and  content  of  these  workers,  these  Na 
ture's  noblemen.     He,  the  only   one   of 
all  the  village  boys,  on  whom  doting  pa 
rents  lavished  their  wealth  to  raise  him 
above  the  vulgar  crowd,  now  finds  him- 
self the  only  one  of  them    all  who    has 
nothing  to  do  and  who  knows  how  to  do 
nothing.     His  itleas  of  his  own    impor- 
tance begin    to  vanisi.     He  drifts  aim- 
lessly around  for  awhile  and  finally  set- 
tles down  as  a  country   school    teacher, 
an  occupation  he   once  despised.     Now 
indeed  if  he  has  the  right  kind    of  stuff 
in  him,  he  may  begin  to   learn — but   he 
has  lost  valuable    time,   and    when   we 
take  into  account  the  thousands  who  an- 
nually "finish"  their  coui-se  wHh  no  def- 
inite object  in  view,  and  who    try,    first 
one  thing  and  then  another  before  final- 
ly choosing  their  life  labor,  and  consid- 
ering the  other   thousands   who   never 
make  permanent  choice,  but  waste  their 
lives  in  fruitless  experiments,   we   may 
well  stand  aghast  at  the  terrible  array  of 
blighted  hopes,  crushed  asplrati(ms    and 
ruined  lives  that  are  the  result  of  misdi- 
rected labor.     This  aimless  teaching    is 
all  wrong.     After  the  '  rudiments    have 
been  aci^uiied,  each    child    should   be 
taught  with  a  view  to  future  usefulness. 
Teach  them  to    discover,    to   invent,    to 
put  this  and  that  together  and  draw  their 
own  conclusions.      Make   their     minds 
workshops  of  thought  instead  of  cyclo- 
pedia's of  knowledge.  A  few  sharp,  well 
tempered  tools,  each  in  its  proper  place 
60  that  the  workman  can  lay  his  hand  on 
them  at  any  movement,  are    better  than 
a  whole  shopfuU  of  dull  and  rusty  tools 
lying  around  in  confusion. 

Do  not  put  too  heavy  a  load  on  the 
minds  of  the  children,  but  teach  them 
the  useful  little  things  of  every  day  life. 
Cease  to  tell  them  that  they  are  all  em- 
bryo Pi'esidents,  Senators  and  Generals. 
Teach  them  that  to  lead  an  honest,  in 
dustrious  life  is  a  greater  honor  than  to 
be  a  philosopher,  a  poet  or  a  statesman. 
Tell  them  that  the  influence  of  kind 
words  and  gentle  actions  will  live  when 
the  names  of  the  great  ones  of  the  world, 
her  conquerors,  (emblazoned  butchers) 
and  her  statesman,  (political  parasites) 
have  been  sunk  in  "forge tfulness  and 
mere  oblivion," 

Teach  them  to  be  contented  with  their 
situation  in  life. 

Instead  of  increasing  their  yearnings 
after  the  unattainable,  teach  them,  to  ex- 
tract happiness  from  the  humblest  lot. 

Tell  them  of  the  exiled   king,   who, 
with  his  few  faithful  followers  in  the  for- 
est,  could  extract    happiness  from    his 
very    misfortunes,   and    beautifully    ex- 
claim wbil  •  a  usurper  sat  on  his   throne, 
"Sweet  are  the  uses  of  adversity : 
Which,  like  Ihe  toad,  ugly  and  venomous, 
Wears  yet  a  precious  jewel  in  its  head ; 
And  this  our  life,  exempt  from  public  haunt 
Fuds  tongues  in  trees,  books  iu  the  running 

brooks, 
Sermons  in  stone--,  tmd  good  iu  every  thing." 


JUDGE     NOT  ONE    ANOTHER. 

I  Y  S.  L    TIIOMASSOS. 

AMIDST  all  confusion  and  strif,-  the 
the  foundation  of  the  Lord  stands 
sure;  secure  and  happy  are  they  who 
build  thereon  by  an  obedient  faith.  H^ 
knows  them  as  his  own  people,  and  they 
may  know  this  themselves  by  their  dil- 
igent  care  to  depart  from  iniquity,  and 
to  honor  the  name  of  Christ,  by  a  holy 
conversation.  Alas!  how  little  has  it 
been  remembered  that  the  servants  of 
the  Lord  must  not  "strive,  but  be  gen- 
tie  toward  all  men."  Numbers  seem  to 
think  the  reverse  should  be  the  eon- 
duct,  and  tbat  zeal  for  doctrinal  truth  is 
incompatible  with  gentleness  and  meek- 
ness; and  thei]'  love  for  controversy  ig 
one  great  hindrance  to  recoverijg  sin- 
ners:  for  to  aggravate  opposers  is  no 
wav  to  convince  them;  and  to  censure 
one  another,  when  perhaps  we  do  the 
same  or  similar  things,  is  very  wrong. 
The  branches  of  men's  disobedience  are 
numerous,  yet  they  all  spring  from  the 
same  root.  Can  any  one  judge  another 
without  at  the  same  time  condemning 
himself,though  he  may  not  have  commit- 
ted the  same  crime,  yet  hath  been  guilty 
of  the  same  apostacy  from  God,  and  re- 
bellion against  him,  and  is  equally 
chargeable  with  sinning  against  his  bet- 
ter judgment.  To  God  we  ought  to 
leave  others,  and  be  chiefly  concerned  to 
judge  ourselves,  and  to  seek  mercy  ac- 
cording to  his  blessed  gospel.  If  our 
fellow  sinners  cannot  stand  before  us  in 
judgment,  how  are  we  who  are  guilty  of 
the  same  thing  escape  the  righteous  con- 
demnation of  a  heart  searching  God.  It 
behooves  us  to  remember  our  own  nn- 
worthiness  and  falibility.  We  should 
therefore  carefully  judge  ourselves  both 
to  our  state  and  condition,  that  our  con- 
fession of  Christ  be  jjroved  genuine  by 
our  devoted  obedience  to  him.  It  is 
very  important  that  we  be  reminded  of 
death  and  judgment,  and  of  the  discrim- 
ination of  character,  which  will  soon  be 
made.  Not  only  immense  multitudes  of 
infidels,  phansees,  and  aposates  are 
thronging  the  broad  road  to  destruction, 
but  a  large  portion  of  those  who  appear 
to  be  followers  of  Christ,  andare  extern- 
ally admitted  to  the  communion  of  saints  j 
will  be  found  foolish  virgins  having  ' 
their  lamps  iu  their  hands,  but  no  grace 
in  their  hearts. 

It  is  indeed  to  be  lamented  that  while 
the  heavenly  Bridegroom  tarries  Christ- 
ians(  0  are  apt  to  be  drowsy.  At  this 
our  weak  brethren  may  stumble.  Instead 
of  this  we  should  sympathize  with  them. 
We  should  deem  ourselves  honored  in 
the  reputation,  success  and  usefullness 
of  our  more  distiguished  brethren.  In- 
stead of  all  acting  as  if  all  were  to  be 
apostles  rulers  and  teaeher8,we  should  re- 
member that  the  most  eminent  now  will 
not  necessarily  be  the  most 'eminent  in 
the  world  to  come. 


A  DISCUSSION. 


"Wisdom  is  better  than  rubies;  and 
all  the  things  that  may  be  desired  are 
not  to  br-  compared  to  it." 


On  the  time  that  the  apostlts  broke  brend, 
between  Dr.  J.  M.  Ward,  of  the  Christian 
Church  and  Eld,  S.  S.  Mohler,  of  the  Duuk- 
ard  Clmrcb,  '^ 

[The  practice  of  the  Dundard  Church  is  to  '• 
hold  communion  on  any  day  of  the  week.  | 

I)H.  ward's   ANSWEn. 

Mh.  Mohler: 

JJear  Sir. — The  near  approach  of 
your  annual  communion  reminds  me 
I  hat  I  bad  not  finished  the  answer  to 
your  last  letter.  The  time  you  choose  for 
that  service,  is  so  clearly  a  departure 
from  the  usage  of  the  religious  world  as 
well  as  the  time  indicated  in  the  Bible 
and  sustained  by  the  evidence  of  sacred 


>o 


vember    1 1 


J-'iriK    IBilETHi^EN    ^T    AVOliK:. 


3 


history,  tliat  it  is  no  more  than  rifjbt  to 
question  your  practice. 

In  our  former  letters  we  hail  reacheci 
a  point  where,  as  you  said  I  hftd  brought 
^p  ituprobabilities.  While  on  the  oth 
J.  liano^  you  had  made  a  positive  decla- 
ration, that  Paul  did  not  break  bread  on 
jht^  fireit  day  of  the  week.  You  tried  to 
sustain  your  position' by  the  meaning 
you  would  force  on  the  word  "morrow," 


midnight,  ready  to  depart  on  the  "mor- 
row."  Now  if  that  word  never  meant 
fluything  but  ''nest  day,"  and  if  ''next 
dav"  ii*"^'^*'  meant  anything  but  a  twen- 
ty-four hour  day,  and  had  the  Jewish 
day  begun  and  endtd  at  midnight  then 
you  had  gained  your  point.  Unfortu- 
nately for  )  our  position  the  word  "mor- 
row" don't  sit  in  the  straight  jacket  you 
prepared  for  it.  You  challeuged  me  to 
show  that  it  did  not  so  sit,  and  this  I 
propose  to  do,  and  with  no  indulgence 
in  pro})abilities. 

Turn  to  Websters's  Dictionary,    (pic- 
torial edition)  187(5,  aud  see  what  "mor- 
j-ow"  means.     He  gives  the  primary  sig- 
nificance of  the  word,  "morrow,"  to    be 
gimply,     "morning."       Your     common 
sense  and  scholarship  will  dictate  to  you, 
that  the  primary  meaning  of  -a  word    is 
the  true  essence  of  that  word,  and    with 
no  reference  as  to  what  may  be  implied 
in  a  secondary  definition.     Suppose,  for 
an  example,  you  try  the  word    '•'bapto, 
and  see  if  that  is  not  true.  You  are  well 
aware  that  the  salutation,   "Good   mor- 
row," that  was  in  common  use  formerly, 
meant  the  same  as  our  "Good  morning" 
of  the  present  day.  Now  in  Jewish  timf s 
the  evening  and  the  morning  made    the 
day,  or  the  evening  and  the    "morrow," 
if  you  please.     The  day  began    at  II.    p. 
M.  of  one  day,  and  continued  till  0.  i'.  m. 
of  the  nest,  so  that  the  evening  and  the 
morrow  made  a  twenty-four    hour  day. 
Paul  met  on  the  first  day    of  the  week 
and  preached  till  midnight.    He  met  on 
the  first  part    of  a   Jewish    day,    broke 
bread  on  the  first  day,  ready  to  depart  on 
tbe  morning  of  the  same  day,  as  the  day 
consisted  of  the  evening  and  the   morn- 
ing according   to  the  Bible.     Webster 
gives  the  "next  day  following,"  as  a  sec 
ondary  definition  of  the  word  "morrow" 
and  his  primary  definition  of  the   word 
"day,"  is  "from  dawn  till  dark,"  in  con- 
tradistinction to  the  word,  night,  and  his 
secondary  defininitiou  is  "the  whole    -1\ 
hours."     So,  with  the   above   in  view, 
you  must  pardon  me  for  not  hoisting  on 
board  your  positive   declaration,    "That 
the  Apostle  Paul  did  not   break   bread 
on  the  first  day  of  the  week."     Jhe  rec- 
ord that  says    that    Paul   preached    till 
midnight,  don't  even  intimate  that  mid- 
night was  the  end  of  a  day,  for  that  was 
coutravy  to  the  Jewish  division  of  time, 
aud  you  have  no  right  to  assume  it,  and, 
on  that  assumption  make  a  positive  dec 
larationtojustify  your  uusariptural  prac 
tiee.    The  time  that  the  sacrament   was 
instituted  forms   no    data  for   its  obser- 
vance, but  the  time  that  the  apostles  ob- 
served it,  guided  as   they    were   by  the 
Holy  Spirit,  is  what  should   guide    us. 
That  the  early  Christians  were  so  guid- 
ed iscertaiu.for  Mosheim  says  that,  ".1// 
Christians  set  apart  the  first  day    of  the 
Week  for  worship  aud   the    breaking   of 
bread."     All   Christians    includes     the 
Jews,  who  observed  the   first   day,  and 
who  also  oliserved  the  seventh  as  a  fes 
tivttl,  from  their  previous  Jewish  educa- 
tion,    if  you  want  apostolic  precedent 
you  must  confine   yourself  to   the    prac 
tice  of  the  first  century ;  but  you  do    not 


had  so  far  departed  from  the  primitive 
practice  as  to  meet  on  any  day  of  the 
week,  than  the  Lord's  day.  To  bolster 
your  practice  by  such  innovations  won't 
stand  iu  the  light  of  the  Bible  ami  sa- 
cred history.  All  that  1  am  advocatiug 
on  this  point  i-i.  that  we  should  be  on 
apostolic  ground;  aud,  while  you  as  a 
church  may  just  as  easily  be  right  as 
wrong,  you  need  not  complain  of  what 
others  do  with  water,  under  the  name  of 
baptism,  while  you  so  greatly  violate  a 
sacred  practice. 

Respectfully  yours, 

Dir  J.  M.  Ward. 
CortifiJia,  Mt>.  A>uj.  liO,  IS";). 

It  E  PLY. 

The  discussion  grew  out  or  a  sermon 
preached  by  Brother  A.  Hutchison,  from 
the  text,  "Diminish  not  a    word."     I.)r. 
Ward  htardit — sent  me  a  note,  charging 
ou  us  that  we  diininish  from   the    word 
and  offered  as  proof  that  we  break  bread 
on  others  than  the    first   day.  I    deni 
his  assumption,  aud  demanded  of  him  to 
produce  the  command,  or   precept   that 
we  should  break  bread  on  the  first   day 
of  the  week.  I  further  asked  of  him   to 
prove  that  the  disciples  at  Troas  broke 
breaii  on  the  fii"st  day  of  the  week,  call- 
ing his  attention  to  the  fact   while   they 
met  on  the  first  day  of  the  week  to  break 
bread,    they  however,  did     not     }>reak 
bread  uiUil after  inidnUjht.  This  led  the 
Dr.  to  (lasume  that    they  met   between 
sunset  and  dark,  and  according  to  Jew- 
ish time  they  thus  met  on  the  first  day  of 
the  week;  he  giving  as  a  reason   for  this 
meeting    between    sunset   and    dark    to 
break  bread,  that  Paul  passing  through 
Troas  hastily  called  the  disciples  togeth- 
er to  break  bread.     In   answer   to    this 
I  called  his    attention    to    the   fact  that 
Paul  was  seven  days  at  Troas.     The  Dr. 
however,  fell    back    to    his    pet    theory 
again,  aud  would  have  it  that  the  disci- 
ples met  between  sunset  and  dark.  Thus 
simply  begging  the  matter,  assumed  that 
it  was  Jewish  time,  though  Troas  being 
a  Gentile  city    hundreds   of  miles  from 
Jerusalem,  and  practically    plead    apos- 
tolic precedent  in  sanction  of  his  church 
practice  to   which    was   replied   that  if 
apostolic  precedent,  simply   as  such,  es- 
tablished a  church   ordinance    then  we 
must  hold  }iujht  baptism  as  a  church  or- 
dinance, because  of  the    night    baptism 
of  the  jailor  and    his    house.     Also    we 
must  hold  community    of    goods,  as    a 
church  ordinance  since  something  of  this 
obtained  in  the  infancy  of  tbe  apostolic 
church.     Thus  while  the    Dr.   is   grap 
pling    with   the   problem   of  apostolic 
breaking  of  bread  on  the  first  day  of  the 
week,  he   still    hangs  there,  and  in    his 
attempt  to  get  clear  of  that  horn  of  the 
dilemma,  he  says,  "Jewish  time,  Jewish 
time!"  and   that   the    word   "morrow" 
means  a  part  of  the   same    twenty-four 
hour  day,  beginning  the  evening    before 
"Jewish  time." 

The  progress  then  which  the  Dr.  made 
toward  making  out  his  case  against  us 
of  "diminishing  from  the  Word"  as  yet 
hano-s  on  his  plea  for  "Jewish  time"  at 
Troas  in  that  lu-eaking  of  bread.  lit 
does  not  even  attempt* to  bring  forward 
a  single  prece})t  in  support  of  his  church 
claims  as  against  our  practice,  admit- 
ting even  that  he  could  prove  his  "Jew- 
ish time"  theor>  correct,   which   neithei- 


is,  lie  is  straining  at  a  gnat,  after  having 
swallowed  an  "Alexander  Campbell." 
.  With  great  respect. 

S.  S.  MoiILKU. 


DISAGREEMENTS. 


RY    HANIEt.  LUNUAXECKEIl. 


he,  or  any  other  1  >r.  can  prove,  even  then 
as  an  apostolic  precedent  it  would  stand 
side  by  side  with  the  right  baptism  of 
apostolic  times.  So  all  I  ask  of  the  Dr. 
is  simply,'*stick  to  your  text,"  aud  bring 
the  proof  that  in  our  church  practice  ot 


TT  is  maintained,  first,  that   there  are 
-■-     too  many  periodicals,  and   second, 
that  some  publish  thiugs  before  the  world 
that  ought   not    be    publisheil.     Third, 
some  reject  articles  that  were  written  by 
the  influence  of  the  Holy  Spirit  in  child 
like  simplicity.    No  man  should  assume 
to  a  universal  Bishop  and  lord    it  over 
God's  heritage.  No  gospel  article  should 
be  rejected,  because  it  is  not  fashionably 
gotten  up,  or  learned  according   to   the 
world.     Sometimes  there  is  a  word  mis- 
spelled or  omitted.     \  Yes,  we  are  do 
iuL'  it,  even  rewriting  your  article  so  a^ 
not  to  delay  our  compositors.  Eds]  The 
Scribes  and   Pharisees   objected    to   tbe 
doctrine    of  Christ,  saying  "Have  any 
learned  meu  believed  in    him?"    Cursed 
are  they  who  understand    not    the   law. 
Nicodemuslike  they  could  not   see  the 
kingdom  of  heaven. 

A  simple  gospel  taught    by    a  simpl 
preacher.     Christ  called  fishermen,   and 
by     his    power   and    spirit  the     ettVct--, 
were  great  on  the  day  of  Pentecost.  The 
word  and    spirit   went  forth    from    the 
apostles  like  arrows   from    the  bow    of 
God.    What  lightnings  and  thunderiugs 
aud   shakings   among   the   dry     bones. 
Three  thousand  <:onvert«d  and  baptized, 
brought  to  the  shore  of  salvation.  Thus 
God  chose  to  hide  these  things  from  the 
wise  and  prudent,  and  reveal  them  unto 
babes.     He  chose  simple  things  to  eon- 
found  the  mighty.     David,  a  mere  youth 
with  a   simple   sling   killed    the    giant. 
Sampson     with    a    simple,  insignificant 
jawbone  was  choseu  to  slay  three  thousand 
Philistines.     It  has    been  observed    by 
some  learned  men  that  the  most  fashion- 
able and  elegant  preachers  are  the  least 
successful  in  turning  sinners  to  obey  the 
humble  commands  of   God.     They  may 
get  the  world  by  scores  into  proud    and 
fashionable  churches,  but  to  make    con- 
verts to  the  meek  and  lowly  Savior  they 
cannot. 

A  certain  priest  who  could  read  the 
Bible  in  fourteen  languages  being  over- 
come in  Scripture  arguments  by  a  Duuk- 
ard,  asked  the  Dunkard,  "Where  did 
you  get  your  divinity?"  He  replied, 
from  the  best  Professor  that  ever  walk 
ed  on  this  earth."  "What  is  his  name?" 
"Jesus  Christ,"  was  the  reply.  "Well 
said  the  priest,  "you  have  a  good  one." 
If  the  gospel  is  to  be  the  Christian's  guide 
I  will  confess  that  the  Dunkard  church 
comes  the  nearest  the  pattern. 

If  the  very  heavy  laden  sinner  makes 
use  of  God's  Word  by  faith  he  cannot 
miss  the  way  to  heaven.  He  has  two 
infallible  guides;  but  witliout  both  he  is 
sure  to  miss  or  step  olf  the  narrow  way. 
I  do  not  say  these  things  iu  opposition  to 
classical  education.  Much  worldly 
learning  is  like  much  worldly  riches;  it 
leaves  too  little  time  for  heavenly  learn- 
ing. If  it  is  a  good  servant  it  is  also  a 
hard   master. 

We  have  seen  in  our  travels  through 
diflerent  States,  that  the  churches  which 
have  learned  men  to  preach  to  them 
that  the  congregations  were  small,  while 
on  the  other  hand  where  the  common 
preacher  was  laborintr,  there  were  large 
congregations.  Too  often  we  see  a  u-m 
dency  to  follow  the  world,  and  their 
coldness  and  fashion  kills   the  work    ol' 


fruits  of  the  spirit  can  be  sfen  on  the 
outside,  not  on  the  inwide.  God  looks 
inwardly.  We  judge  the  inside  by  the 
outside.  Those  who  wJHh  to  go  to  heav- 
en should  gp  to  the  school  of  Christ  and 
learn  their  weaknet*'*  and  humility  inside 
and  outside.  May  the  time  never  come 
when  the  old  and  untutored  will  be  sf-t 
aside  and  rejected  by  men  who  look  for 
their  salary  from  the  church. 


do  it.  You  ™  into  the  second  centurj  breaking  l.rea.l  we  do  as  you  charge  u, 
when  all  manner  of  innovations  had  crept  with,  "dimin.sh  from  the  word.  1  as. 
into  the  church,  an^  show   where   som»  \  sume  that  th.  real  trouble  with  the  Ur. 


the  humble.  Among  the  i-ommon  om- 
1  found  not  only  an  eti'ort  to  make  tin 
inside  clean,  but  the  outside  also.     Tht 


OUR   PRAYER  MEETING. 

I.  I  purpose  to  be  there  regularly 
and  punctually.  "Not  forsaking  the  as- 
sembling  of  ourselves  together." 

II.  I  will  endeaver  to  draw  others 
to  the  meeting,  "Come  thou  with  ua,  and 
we  will  do  thee  good." 

HI.  Beforeentering  the  place  of  pray- 
er, I  will  ask  the  Savior's  presence.  "We 
would  see  Jesus." 

IV.  I  will  not,  unless  it  is  necessary, 
occupy  a  back  seat.  "How  pleasant  it 
is  for  brethren  to  dwell  together  in  uni- 
ty." 

V.  I  will  not  so  seat  myself  as  to  hin- 
der others  from  occupying  the  same  set- 
tee with  me. 

VI.  I  will  refrain  from  fault-finding, 
and  will  not  indulge  a  criticising  spirit, 
"lie  ye  kindly  aft'ectioned  one  to  anoth- 
er." 

VII.  I  willnot  e.Kpressly  dissent  from 
one  who  has  spoken,  and  will  avoid  giv- 
ing the  expression  of  wariance  of  feeling. 
"That  they  may  be  made  perfect  in  one." 

VIII.  So  far  as  is  coDsistcut,  I  will 
aiisist  actively  in  the  exercises,  by  t*'Sti- 
tying  to  the  love  of  Christ,  by  exhorta- 
tion, by  a  passage  of  Scripture,  a  hymn, 
a  stanza,  or  otherwise.  "Let  the  word 
of  Christ  dwell  in  }ou  richly,  in  all  wis- 
dom, teaching  and  admonishing  one  an- 
other in  psalms,  and  hymns,  and  spirit- 
ual songs." 

IX.  I  will  not  decline  to  lead  in 
prayer,  and  in  offering  prayer  will  be- 
gin with  the  subject  in  hand,  and  in  aid 
of  what  hiis  just  been  said."  "Ye  also 
helping  together  by  prayer  for  us." 

\.  If  I  ofler  the  first  prayer,  it  shall 
be  chiefly  an  invocation,  asking  the  Sa- 
vior's special  presence  and  iiil.  "For 
without  me  ye  can  do  nothing." 

XI.  My  prayers  or  remarks  shall  not 
be  long.  "For  God  is  in  heaven,  and 
thou  upon  earth ;  therefore  let  thy  words 
be  few." 

XII.  I  w  ill  notseem  to  harangue  nor 
teach  in  prayer,  as  though  I  were  think- 
ing of  man  more  than  God.  "We  speak 
before  God  in  Christ." 

XHI.  I  will  not  speak  merely  to  fill 
a  vacancy,  but  will  rather  offer  prayer 
during  pauses  in  the  meeting.  "That 
the  benefit  should  not  be  as  it  were  nec- 
essarily, but  willingly." 

XIV.  I  will  not  needlessly  expose 
any  want  of  faith,  or  other  discourage- 
ments. "Who  is  fearful  and  faint-heart- 
ed, let  him  return." 

X\'.  I  wWi  cultivate  enlargement  of 
faith  and  desires.  "Let  us  therefore 
come  boldly  unto  a  throne  of  grace." 

XVI.  Oq  leaving  the  place  I  will 
endeavor  to  maintain  a  devout  frame  of 
mind.     "Continue  in  prayer." 

XVII.  I  shall  also  endeavor  to  use 
all  means  suited  to  secure  the  blessing 
for  which  I  have  prayed.  "Faith,  with 
out  woi-ks,  is  dead  also." — Seh 


Hk  who  refuses  to  believe  anvihiug 
until  he  is  certain  of  it,  is  uot  in  danger 
of  unjust  judgment:  for  many  probaW 
thiugs  turu  out  false.  It  is  my  duty  to 
love  my  neighbor  as  myself:  it  is  no 
less  a  dut\  to  regard  him  as  truthful 
ard  good  until  he  proves  to  be  other- 
wise. Without  love  aud  vai"e  for  him, 
I  mav  soon  bring  him  to  have  no  love 
aud  cire  for  me. 


TtLK  liniJ'rtiiiE^sr  ^T  av'okk:. 


IS^ovember    XT 


ri'BLISIIEU  n'EEKLV. 


M.  M.  KSIIKI-MAN. 
S.J.  HAKKISON 
J.  W.STEIX. 


TiiKlMiU.n*«iin.u 


rrtusiblu  only  for  thr 
the  insertiou  of  nii 
Srticie  doM  not  imi'ly  that  tb«y  endorse  every  »en- 
tlmrnt  or  ilic  MTiHT. 

2  CONTKilu-Toiis  ill  or<lt-r  Xo  secure  iimmnt  In- 
terUon or  ihfir  artul««,  will  plfHsc  n.il  IihIuIkc  "i 
pcreon;ilities  iiiul  iiiK-otirtt-..UN  ItinpuHL-f.  l"it  i-rP; 
sent  their  vifws  ■■  with  prmi- scasum-il  with  suit. 
:t.  TnK  idtKTnuKN  at  Wouk  will  be  sent  l^i 
aiiyaddre.-wlii  the  l'nit*'d  NtjitrH  .ir  (limiidu  for 
8l'MM>er:iiiiiiiin.  F.t  ttic  k;idiiifr  ol.nriicleriHliift 
of  the  pai'tT.  Jia  wi-II  iLs  t<'rms  U<  aginta  m-e  el({hth 
Addre«8  all  coniiniinkations, 

BBETIIRE.V  AT  WORK, 

Lanark,  Carroll  Co.,  III. 


page. 


LANARK.  ILL.. 


NOVEHBEK   17,  IHJD. 


"At  ror/t  oitios:" — So  t%y»  an  elder  at  the 
liPiid  of  hia  commuiiicatioD.  That  meniiR,  ac- 
cejit,  or  rt'ject,  or  "boil  down,"  so  we  bniled  it. 
It  is  not  *lie  much  from  a  few  that  in  denirable, 
but  the  "multinn  in  parro"  from  many  that 
makes  th*f  noiil  fat. 

Thkre  is  a  number  of  inembfpt  living  near 
Independence,  ICtioitaH,  who  are  without  a  luiu- 
ister.  and  th<'y  very  much  d^hiro  some  one  to 
locate  amoii^  them.  The  country  isfaid  to 
be  ime  of  the  best  in  Southern  KanK.w.  Who 
will  go  there  to  plant  and  to  wat«r? 


Hkavks's  thr«e  great  misBiouaries;  Jesus 
Christ,  the  Holy  Spirit,  mid  the  Bible.  Oppos- 
ed to  these  iit  Satan,  who  i^  aUo  an  act  ive.  ener- 
getic niisaiODBry:  and  all  who  are  fighting 
against  Chrint,  the  Holy  Spirit  and  the  Bible 
are  working  with  the  devil. 


OvFAi  on-  hundred  students  enroliid  (it  Ash- 
land College. 

Will  Henry  Shivelv  pleoxe  give  u-.  his  cor- 
rect address? 

Blder  OKOlHiB  Kanihiirt  hnichanppd  his  ad- 
dress from  Newtouia,  Mo.,  to  Oraugeviile,  Mo, 


Thk  editor  of  the  Settler's  Guide,  Chetopa, 
Kansa*,  «ay«:  "We  hav*-  four  lots  to  donate 
them  (the  Urethren)  fur  church  purposes  when 
they  are  ready  tn  build  a  thurcii  of  their  own 
in  Chetopa."  This  is  characteristic  of  Col. 
Cook,  whn  by  the  way  sends  out  a  good  fluide 
for  settlers. 


BuoTHER  W.  J.  SwiOART  of  the  I'l'imitiie 

Christian,  has  been  having  a  joyfultinii' among 
the  Brethren  in  Virginia. 

Bbotheii  S.  T.  Bossenuau,  of  Dunkirk,  Ohio, 

arrived  in  Lanark  on  the  morning  of  the   15th, 

and  will  labor  iu  the  Lord's  vineyard  here  for  a 

season. 

.  ^  ■ 

Mrs.  Cami'Jikll,  widow  of  Alexander  Camp- 
bell, attended  the  Blooniingtcn  Convention, and 
"deliver*?d  an  exhortation  about  ten  minutes  in 
length."  

BiioTUKit  M.  H.  Brumbaugh  is  visiting  some 
of  the  churches  in  Missouri  and  KftiiNiu).  A 
good  thing  iudeed,  for  workers  are  needed  out 
there. 

if  important  matter  is  crowded  out,  do  not 
becom"  impatient.  We  are  doing  the  best  wh 
can,  i.jid  are  often  at  a  loss  what /r"/  to  pub- 
lish. ^ 

BkoTHKit  Daniki.  BiioWKit  left  home  Oct.  23, 
for  Washington  and  Idaho  TerritorieM  to  preach 
the  Gospel.  Bro  S.  .1.  I\'(lly,  of  Ladtgii,  Iml.,  | 
is  with  him. 


TiiK  Brethren  of  the  Bear  Creek  Church, 
Chrixtian  county,  Illinois,  have  purchased  a 
meeting-liourte  in  the  town  of  I'almer,  on  the 

Toltdo,  Wabash  aail  Western  Itailroad,  and  de-  |  that  fashions  the  heart  ft 
sire  mitiisters  to  stop  there  and  preach  the  word    eiatter,  le.ss  jingling,  but  nioie  real  solid  argu- 


Brotukb  Hoi'E  under  date  of  Oct.  7th,  says: 
"Our  Love-feast  is  past:  nearly  all  the  members 
present.  One  received  by  baptism.  Bro.  Sor 
ensen  advanced  in  the  ministry,  au'l  Bro.  Soren 
Chr.  NieNon  chosen  to  preach  and  Chr.  Chris- 
tiauwii  eltct*d  deacon.  The  la^t  two  live  some 
distance  from  here,  and  at  a  place  wliere  a 
church  will  sometime  be  organized,  the  Lord 
willing.  At  that  pl-jce  they  now  have  two  min- 
isters and  one  deacon.  A  Love-feaat  will  be 
held  there  in  a  few  weeks.  Our  halt  was  tilie-i, 
and  soon  will  be  too  small  to  hold  Ftasts  in. 
Do  you  think  our  American  Brethren  would 
feel  to  aid  m  in  bui.ding  a  meeting-house ?  All 
is  peace  and  harmony  among  us,' 

Wb  fee!  grateful  to  those  who  are  striving  to 
make  "Our  Bible  Class"  interesting.  This  d*- 
partnieDt  is  open  to  all,  even  to  ourselves,  and 
we  iiiteuil  to  go  in  occasionally  and  ilo 
part.  Clearness,  brevity  and  truthfuluess 
should  characterize  our  work  here  as  in  other 
departments. 

Hot  iron  welds  easily,  and  good  black-smiths 
waste  little  time  on  cold  iron.  Doctrines,  opin- 
ions and  disputations  of  men  are  tedious  ami  un- 
profitable, but  good  old  gospel  tranns.  Preach- 
er, are  you  putting  gospel  fire  into  your  work? 
Call  down  the  warming,  meeting,  burning  pow- 
er of  God's  ereat  truth.  Warm  your  hearers, 
then  ajiply  the  hammer;  melt  first,  then  niipld. 
It  is  not  80  much  the  truth  as  the  ii-hole  truth 
God's  service.  Less 


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to  iliH  people. 

An  Independent  Catholic  church  has  been  or- 
ganized in  New  York  City.  It  niaiutains  that 
the  people — th«  nienibtT.i  of  the  church  should 
decide  all  ecctosia-stical  questions.  This  is  a  se- 
vere blow  at  itriest-traft  and  "infallible"  Pope- 
dom. We  admire  all  efforts  to  free  the  people 
from  the  chains  of  moral  slavery,  and  to  this 
move  for  liberty  say.  Anieu. 

BitOTifKii  John  Wise  will  goto  Pennsylvania 
the  ^Olli  iiist.  to  ttpeud  some  weeks  there  among 
the  loved  one*.  By  rtijuest  we  say  that  he  is 
willing  to  spend  Houie  time  among  the  Breth- 
ren in  Ohio,  on  his  return,  if  they  will  open 
correspondence  with  him.  Address  him  at 
Scenery  Hill,  Washington  Co.,  Pa.  IJeuiember 
to  accompany  your  lettera  with  the  the  ueces- 
Hury  postage  stamps. 


ment,  preceded  by  the 
produce  better  results. 


"lire  that  burns,"  will 


TKIAIiS  OF  LIFE 

OME  regard  the  trials  of  life  as  too  ^^ver 
and  as  bringing  no  reward.  OppoMiiunj 
gooil,  and  the  greater  the  opposition  the  l>etter 
for  the  opposed.  What  do  you  put  on  i^i.^j  j^ 
enrich  it,  and  cause  it  to  produce  a  bouiitifui 
crop?  Then  the  more  tillh,  and  slander,  anA 
malignity  you  heap  upon  a  man,  the  more  he 
will  thrive.  When,  you  have  been  tried  jon 
know  your  own  strength.  You  can  not  leapw 
to  swim  by  sitting  on  the  table.  You  must  eo 
into  deep  water.  Do  you  think  the  sprouted 
acorn  is  an  oak  tree?  No;  but  it  must  endure 
the  cold  winters  and  the  tierce  storms,  before  it 
can  be  a  mighty  oak.  Each  trial  adds  stri-iigth 
and  prepares  it  for  more  tierce  ones.  Heav\ 
afflictions  are  the  best  benefactors  to  heavenly 
affections,  but  he  who  aftlicts  you  does  not  al- 
ways  design  a  blessing,  but  Goi  gives  it  to  you 
The  envious  man  oHlicts  lor  an  evil  purpose 
but  he  only  adds  strength  to  your  moral  pow- 


ers.   If  you  shnnlf 


jdertakt 


a  journey  around 


Bkotiikk  Jtsf-E  Cai.vkht  has  invited  the 
I'rtxjref site  Christiiui  to  lake  up  its  abode  at 
Warsaw,  Ind.,  and  tlie  /^ro(/?'cj*si'Dr8ays  it  will 
if  the  brethren  will  raise  the  necessary  means. 

We  have  received  a  lot  of  "'Our  AlmanacV 
from  Bro.  Kurtz,  and  they  show  good  work- 
manship. A  more  extended  notice  in  Literary 
column  next  week.  Price,  ten  cents.  Kor  sale 
ut  this  oHice. 

Thb  Gospel  I'reivhcr  reports  that  the   Mis- 
sionary Convention  in  Ind.,  was  an  enjoyable 
one.  1  We  longed  to  be  there   in  body  and  spir- 
it, but  could  only  think  And  pray.    This  was 
near  as  we  could  get. 

"Thb  General  Wesleyou  Conference,  lately 
held,  passed  a  resolution  prohibiting  the  use  of 
fermented  wine  at  their  Communion  serviees. 
Wh}  may  we  not  do  the  same  at  our  next 
Annual  Meeting?"  So  writen  our  aged  Bro. 
Isaac  Price. 

— ..^. _ 

Th£  27th  of  November  has  been  named  by 
the  Governor  of  Illinois  as  a  day  of  Thanks- 
^viog.  May  the  suggestion  be  heeded  and  the 
day  really  spent  in  prayer  and  giving  thanks 
Qst^ad  of  feasting  and  light-mindedness. 


Ws  want  some  one  in  each  congregation  to 
report  to  us  promptly  on  a  postal  card  all  ad- 
ditions by  baptism.  Name  the  church,  and 
the  number  baptized.  We  want  to  make  our 
"Success"  column  as  iuterestiog  as  possible. 

Ubo.  B.I.SUOR  will  begin  a  discussion  in 
Waynesboro,  Pa.,  with  Dr.  Bergstresaer  on 
Thursday,  the  2<*th  inst.  Subjects:  Infaut 
Cfaorch  Membfrship.  Scripture  Baptism   and 

th--L(rd%    Supwrr.     Tnr^    del)^fe  is    lo  contin- 


i.tit.r.i.1-    -.1   .ijlicl.-ji     ■    ij.-tw.i.-Il    a    luuiicil    to 

«nKt  articlej^  of  faith,  and  the  co-operation  of 
churcbfri  iu  sending  miutHters  to  preach  the 
0'i"|ie1  to  the  poor.  The  former  is  born  of  men. 
liixljAtter  of  God.  'Let  there  be  light"  all 
sr-'UnJ. 


A  iiHOTUKit  from  Missouri  writes  as  follows: 
"Being  formerly  a  Baptist  myself  and  also  be- 
ing i)ersonally  acquainted  with  brother  J.  W. 
StA'in  CHiiKed  me  to  read  the  debate  between  him 
and  Mr.  i^ay;  and  it  was  the  means  of  convinc- 
ing me  of  the  error  of  my  way,  and  now  1  am 
rejoicing  iu  a  Savior's  love  with  the  Brethren. 
May  the  Lord  spare  him  still  to  manfully  de- 
fend his  cause  iu  these  last  and  dark  days." 

Gbnekally  the  most  ungrateful  people  are 
those  whom  you  help  most.  Just  help  a  man 
with  broad,  fuel  and  clothing  awhile,  and  when 
circumstances  compel  you  to  stop,  behold  how 
he  and  his  family  will  pour  down  invectives 
upon  your  head.  All  the  goud  you  ever  did  is 
turned  into  blackness  by  the  cold  hearted  and 
unthankful.  It  shows  a  want  of  feeling  and 
unniAsks  the  corrupt  heart  so  that  the  Christian 
can  only  find  lelieF  iu  tears  and  prayers. 

We  find  many  of  our  agents  have  been  un- 
usually active  this  Pall  aud  quite  a  large  num- 
ber of  our  subscribers  have  already  renewed 
for  ISSO,  This  is  quite  an  accommodation  to 
us.  It  is  much  more  pleasant  aud  couvenieut  to 
get  the  subscriptions  in  uow  for  next  year  than 
to  wait  till  the  year  is  out.  We  now  have 
])lenty  of  time  to  put  the  names  in  type  and 
thus  have  everything  ready  to  start  with  the 
new  volume.  The  sooner  our  subscril)ers  renew 
now  the  better.  As  fast  as  renewed  the  date 
after  the  names  will  bf  changed,  aud  if  you 
reuew  now  you  can  see  that  your  subscription 
is  ext^'iided  before  this  year's  lian  expired  and 
thus  avoid  any  delays. 


"What  shall  I  preach  about?"  said  a  minis- 
ter to  the  pastor  ot  a  colored  Hock  which  he 
was  to  address.  '"Well,  mo-t'  any  sulij-ct  will 
be  Veptable,"  was  the  reply;  "only  Pd  like  to 
gib  you  one  word  ob  caution."  "Ah!  what  is 
that?"  "Weil,  ef  I  was  you,  I'd  touch  werry 
light  on  de  ten  commandments."  "Indeed!  and 
why?"  "0,  coH  I  hab  notise  dat  dey  mos'  al- 
wa>  s  hah  a  damb'iiiu'  ett'ect  on  de  congregation." 

The  pastor  of  the  colored  tlock  aud  his  audi- 
ence are  not  the  only  oiles  of  the  kind.  The 
plain  fact*  of  the  Bible  have  a  very  dampning 
effect  on  a  large  number  of  C»uca>iiaii  audi* 
eiices;  aud  not  a  few  of  their  pastors  have  learn- 
ed that  the  "ten  commandTuent*"  ore  very  un- 
popular. 


GATHERING  THEM  IN. 

ON  the  2:tth  of  October,  we  commenced 
meetings  in  the  Hudson  Church.  Meet- 
ing each  evening,  and  by  Sunday,  Nov.  2ud, 
four  loved  ones  signified  their  desire  to  have 
fellowship  with  the  peopleof  God;  hence  after 
the  forenoon  services  on  Lord's  day,  we  repair- 
ed to  the  water  where  the  minister  went  with 
the  candidates  todoGod's  will.  The  weather  was 
exceedingly  cold,  yet  not  too  severe  to  obty 
Jesus.  One  of  the  immersed  was  an  aged  wo- 
man upwards  of  seventy  years  old;  the  other 
tliiee  were  young,  yet  brave  to  go  forward  in 
the  work  of  the  Lord.  On  Sunday  evening 
again  met  to  praise  God,  aud  tell  the  sweet  old 
story  ol  Jesua'  love.  A  young  man  signified 
his  willingness  to  unite  with  the  hand  of  be- 
lievers, so  we  rent  to  the  beautiful  river  ou 
Monday,  aud  did  as  Jesus  commanded  iu  Matt. 
2S:  19.  Monday  evening  still  found  us  in  pub- 
lic assembly  with  the  "Sword  of  the  Spirit'  as 
our  weapon  of  warfare.  Another  young  man 
sought  to  be  released  from  the  fetters  of  sin, 
and  declared  his  'villingnets  to  walk  in  newness 
of  life.  Tuesday  evening,  finding  my  health 
failing,  a  dispatch  was  sent  to  Bro.  D.  B.  Gib- 
son, who  was  then  at  Cerro  Gordo,  to  come  to 
the  rescue,  aud  on  Wednesday  moruiug  we 
were  refreshed  by  the  coming  of  this  "Titus." 
That  evening  Bro.  Daniel  shunned  not  to  de- 
clare the  truth,  and  two  more  resolved  to  leave 
the  barren  fields  of  sin  for  God's  green  pastures. 
On  Thursday  morning  the  writer  left  for  home, 
having  seen  five  baptized  and  three  more  ready 
to  begin  the  new  life.  The  Lord  did  a  noble 
work  for  the  Hudson  church,  and  we  &hall  ever 
remember  the  affection  aud  kindness  of  the 
"blood- bought"  ones  at  that  place.  They  de- 
serve praise,  not  because  I  hey  are  rich  and  in- 
creased in  goods,  but  because  of  their  good 
works  and  holy  zeal  in  the  cause.  "Watch 
and  pray,"  my  beloved  brethren:  God  has  bless- 
ed you;  hold  fast  your  gifts  which  have  been 
given  to  you  by  the  Lord  Jesus. 

Bro.  Thomas  D.  Lyon  is  the  Elder  and  for 
help  he  has  brethren  J,  Y.  Snavely,  John  L. 
Suavely  aud  Henry  Forney.  We  heard  no 
strife  nor  rumors  of.  strife;  no  backbiting,  no 
complaining,  uo  fretting,  no  "hobbies"  there. 
None  seemed  oppre-^sed,  persecuted,  held  back 
or  hurried  forward.  Heard  nothing  about 
"fast  men,"  "slow  men,"  "middle  men,"  "bad 
men,"  "schemers,"  "fogies,"  "'proud  brethren,' 
•"selfish  brethren,"  "poor  preachers,"  or  "mighty 
men."  Iu  fact,  each  one  seemed  to  atteud  to  his 
own  business,  swept  away  his  own  rubbish,  con 
tessed  his  own  sins,  preferred  the  other,  and 
united  in  the  work  of  the  Lord.  No  wouder 
we  enjoyed  their  company,  aud  no  wonder  tlie 
Lord  gave  the  increase  to  the  minister's  labors. 
Bro.  S.  M.  Forney  was  with  us  until  the  4th, 
when  he  left  for  home.  God  bless  him  in  his 
holy  calling.  u.  «.  e. 


the  world  you  would  prepare  yourself  for  all  lat- 
itudes.  So  you  must  be  willing  to  take  lifg 
as  you  find  it.  You  must  piepare  to  go  up  hill 
as  well  as  down.  Corn  is  not  planted,  cultivat- 
ed, gathered,  ground,  aud  made  into  bread  with- 
Lut  labor.  You  were  created; you  were  only  bs- 
gun.  Without  trials  you  would  not  now  be  what 
you  are.  The  greater  the  darkness  the  bright^ 
er  the  stars.  Wiue  is  not  made  without  the 
press.  Blted  a  vine  aud  it  will  thrive  the  fast- 
Gold  melted  and  cleared  ot  its  dross  looks 
better  than  in  its  original  state.  Glow-worms 
glow  most  beautiful.ou  dtirk  nights.  The  more 
you  tread  camomile  the  more  it  will  spread. 
The  stronger  the  wind  the  more  the  thistle  will 
scatter.  Most  are  triumpliant  because  they 
have  overcome  the  trials  of  life.  Severe  trials 
is  the  rich  soil  of  true  manhood.  By  them 
the  soul  is  refined,  the  affections  enlarged  aud 
strengthened.  Then  welcome  distress  and  ca- 
lamity as  refiners  and  cease  your  fretting  and 
complaining.  Sickness,  misfortune,  opposition 
scour  us  of  our  rust  aud  dispel  the  mildew  from 
our  affections.  Worry  not  when  you  are  prun- 
ed, but  in  your  patience  possess  ye  your  soul, 
God  sometimes  puts  you  on  your  back  that  you 
may  look  upward.  Whom  the  Lord  lovetli  he 
chasteneth.  Then  eudure  afflictiona  and  trials 
without  a  murmur,  m.  m.  b. 


LOOSE    CHRISTIANITY. 

OUR  heading  is  a  logical  absurdity.  As  im- 
po^siljle  as  it  is  would  be  for  a  m»n  to  be 
a  follower  of  Christ  and  depart  from  his  foot- 
steps, so  it  is  to  be  a  Christian  at  all  and  be  a 
loose  one.  A  half  (Jhristiau  is  do  Christian  at 
all.  He  is  a  traitor  in  the  ranks.  These  we 
will  always  have,  aud  should  not  be  surprised  if 
they  sometimes  discomfit  us. 

A  loose  Christian  is  a  peculiar  and  particular 
kiud'of  a  no  Christian.  While  we  deplore  the 
iuHiience  of  professed  infidels  aud  ungodly  men, 
we  do  not  believe  that  they  hiuder  nr  retard  the 
cause  of  Christianity  near  as  much  as  the  loose 
Christians  do.  The  loose  Christian  is  accepted 
as  the  product  of  the  gosjiel  ot  Christ,  aud 
whatever  inconsistencies  are  in  him  are  regard- 
ed as  being  iu  the  religion  which  he  professes. 
The  loose  christian  is  not  a  real  one — he  ii  on- 
ly a  pretended  one.  He  pretends  to  favor  just 
what  he  opposes.  Then  he  is  as  much  worse 
than  an  infidel  aaa  hypocrite  is  worse-thiu  au 
honest  mau. 

Nothing  will  kill  a  good  doctrine  quicker 
thau  for  a  lot  of  bad  meu  to  profess  to  believe, 
favor  aud  obey  it.  The  more  wicked  men  say 
in  favor  of  a  good  thing  the  more  honest  and 
pious  people  will  avoid  it.  Politicians  under- 
stand this;  aud,  to  defeat  a  cause,  one  lueasiire 
to  which  they  resort,  is  to  employ  one  of  the 
most  wicked  and  unpopular  men  they  know,  to 
speak  favorably  of  the  cause  they  want  defeat- 
ed. It  makes  no  difl'erence  what  you  look  upon, 
if  it  be  univeraally  used  and  upheld  by  good, 
[lious  aud  honest  people,  uo  opposition  iu  the 
world  can  put  it  down. 

0  how  sad  it  is  to  have  the  sinner  say,  when 
urging  him  to  join  the  church  of  the  Brethren, 
■'Oh  1  am  now  as  much  like  Christ  as  the  ma- 
j-)rity  of  your  brethren  aud  fei^ters!"  How  fu* 
tile  are  all  the  ttlorts  of  the  minister  to  add  to 
the  numbers  in  the  church  when  a  few  or  many 
..t  the  members  are  like  whitened  sepulchers. 
That  is,  when  they  make  a  nice  profession,  but 
live  a  prayerless.  impious,  dishonest  aud  quar- 
relsome lite!  Oh  God,  can  anythiug  be  more 
deplorable  thau  this!  Can  any  darkness  of 
crime  and  wickedness  bf  worse  thau  this? 


jCove 


mber    IT 


xtit:  t5i{i!:xjriKii.>r  ^a^  avokic 


THE  GRACE  OF  GOD. 


GOD'S  grace  is  his  divine  favor  toward  man. 
Mercy  is  its  Imudmaid.Aud  love  its  father. 
i«  sovereign  because  he   wl\«  munifests  it,  is 
T^r-ig"-      It  is  the  SOU). V  of  all    ihe   benefit, 
^^rfceive  from  God.     We  did  not    nuiit   tlu> 
"    't  of  God.     We  rtctivtd  grace,  not  because 
sou^lit  out  the  Lord,  found  tiim  and  volvu- 
Iv  submitted  a  plan  of  recuucilation  tu  him, 
.    J  becuuae  iu  our  helplessness  he  pitie  i  us  an-i 
1  ad  mercy.     The  grace  of  God,  thtrefore  was 
'iioieril*^  oil  our  part.     It  was  God's  love,  not 
urs.  that  fou4d  o^ilJ  redemption    for   u-*      All 

the  fa'"*^  °°^  '"^  ^"^   '^'^^  ^'"^^'  ''"^  ""^  ^^  ^^^** 
ffeowed  usnolhiug;  he  was  under  no  obliga- 

tous  even  to  love  us,  hut  he  did  love  us,  and 
"w  loinr  the  world  that  "he  tjave  his  only  bv- 
tieti  Son  that  whosoever  helieveth  on  him 
gtjould  not  perish  but  have  tvevlastiug  life." 
His  grace  abounded  to  the  extuut  of  sacrific- 
uU  bi3  ou'y  begotten  Sun.  And  this  without 
nuy  love  on  our  part,  without  any  Inbur  on  our 
behalf.  "I*  through  the  oflence  of  one(  Adaui) 
luany  be  dead,  much  more  the  grace  ot  God, 
and  the  gift  by  grme,  which  is  by  .iie  man, 
Je<U9  01iri?t,/m'Af'ft»'"!(/'''/«"'o  ;h((ni/".— Rom. 
15.  Now  if  by  Adam's  transgression  inuni/ 
be  dead,  much  more  the  grace  of  Gud  hath 
ahoiinded  unto  many.  If  the  transgression  of 
•Vdiim  was  fearful  iu  its  consequences,  the  free 
trift  far  exceeds  in  iVv  consequences.  God's 
grace  not  only  removes  the  ojense,  but  hestowi 
blessings  besides.  Grace  not  only  Uilces  away 
the  penalty  of  transgression  but  reaches  /a 
hfuoml.  adding  happiness  and  eternal  life  tu 
the  believer. 

The  idea  of  grace  may  be  illustrated  by  the 
following:  You  are  stai.ding  upon  the  sea- 
shore, and  as  you  look  uut  over  the  miglity 
deep,  you  behold  a  vessel  m  distress.  The  crew 
are  sea-drenched,  cold,  hungry  and  needy,  and 
unless  assisted,  must  soou  perish.  Vou  are 
moved  by  pure  love  to  aid  them,  hence  you 
stnl  your  only  sou  to  their  rescue.  A  boat  is 
l.rocuied,  your  sun  enters  it  and  exposes  biui- 
selt  to  all  the  dangers  uf  a  distui'btd  sea  in  or- 
der to  savp  the  perishing.  He  goes  forth,  will- 
iug  even  to  lay  down  his  life  for  the  poor  and 
niisenible  if  necessary.  HeTeceives  them  and 
they  are  happy.  Should  you  now  fuj  them 
for  coming  to  the  shore?  Do  you  think  justic. 
would  require  you  to  reward  them  for  climbing 
into  the  boat  and  thus  saving  their  lives?  Not. 
at  all!  But  they  should  rather  serve  you;  be 
gratefuUthaukful  and  friendly  for  the  favor. 
Fiicrti-^  Yes,  it  wa.s^j(rf  //'W  on  your  part. 
Vour  love  for  them  was  great,  and  ymr  grace 
iiwml  you  to  send  them  assistance,  cio  witb 
our  Father:  lie  loved  us:  his  grace  moved  him 
to  send  his  Son  to  save  us.  To  him  we  owe 
our  allegiance,  our  love  and  obedience. 

What  did  we  do  towards  redeeming  ourselves? 
Nothing;  God  did  all  the  work,  not  because  we 
had  done  anything/o;-/./V^  but  because  he  lov 
edus.  Grace,  all  grace  on  his  part,  What  did 
man  do  towards  obtaining  pardon  or  forgive- 
What  did  mankind  do  to- 
It 


to  partake  of  his  bounties  and  be  happy,  all 
through  grace.  They  did  not  mm  the  gifts 
which  he  now  bestows  upon  them.  -Things 
earued  are  not  gilUs  but  compiuision.  God's 
love  and  compassiou  meets  us,  invites  us,  not 
because  we  first  loved  or  had  compassion,  but  be- 
cause of  his  abundant  greca.  Grace  did  abound, 
graci-  HOfr  abounds.  But  in  couaidering  the  sov- 
ereign, unmerited  and  unsolicited  grace  ot  God 
as  being  the  only  source  of  pardon,  let  us  not 
forget  that  we  now  have  a  part  to  perform. 
Obedience  is  required,  and  this  we  can  do. 
Grace  opened  the  way,  but  now  we  can  walk  in 
it.  Let  UB  duly  appreciate  the  fhi'ntjs  alri-iidy 
done  for  u.f  by  the  yrace  of  God,  and  then  we 
may,  we  rnn  appreciate  the  thitiys  which  he 
will  yd  do  for  u3.  M.  M.  E. 


INCONSISTENCY. 


FHIS  is  emphatically  an  age  of  envy,  selfish' 


are  not  envied;  few  strive  who  are  not  selfish 
and  small  is  the  number  who  act  as  they  feel. 
So  skilled  are  some  people  that  it  is  impossi- 
ble to  tell  whether  what  they  say  and  do  is  sin- 
cere or  not.  They  can  say  and  do  what  they 
do  not  mean  so  nearly  like  they  say 'and  do 
things  which  they  do  mean  that  is  jmiiossible, 
from  their  manner  of  saying  or  doing,  to  tell 
whether  they  mean  it  or  not.  A  worthy  friend 
once  remarked  that  it  was  impossible  to  de- 
cide who  were  friends  and  who  wero  not, 
While  business  and  social  prospects  are  bright, 
persons  gather  around  us  with  all  the  show  of 
true  fidelity  that  it  is  in  the  power  of  the  word 
or  act  to  indicate,  but  wheu  reverses  come  and 
friends  are  needed,  ahl  they  fly  likf  shadows  be- 
fore a  cloud.  We  are  disappointed— they  were 
not  friends.  Why  then  did  they  seek  our  socie- 
ty? To  enhance  selfish  interests.  Are  these 
not  by  far  more  "wolves  iu  sheep's  clothing" 
than  in  their  own?  We  can  say,  yes,  from 
observation,  and  many  can  attest  from  expe- 
rience. 8- 


We  consider  it  our  duty  to  distribute  to  the 
fifM«i(r>s  of  the    poor  whether  miniRters    or  I 
not,  whether  white  or  bhick,  bond  or  free;  and 
for  such  we  are  trying  to  raise  a  fund  to  send 
them  the  paper  /ref.      We  now  have  means 
to  send  about  thirty  copiea,  and  hope  that  the 
liberal  giv«r  will  assist  us  so  that  we  cau  send 
to  several  hundred  poor.     We  are  willing  to  pay 
those  who  work  for  us,  but  so  long  aa  our  voices 
c.«n  be  raised  for  gospel  equality  we  will  refuse 
to  bid  tor  the  iufluence  of  any  class  or  race  of 
men  to  enhance  ouv  own  selfish  interests.    We 
will  not  pursue  such  a  course  knowingly,  and 
Bland  here  upon  record  lis  opposed  to  singling 
out  officials  as  favorites,     if  the  B.  AT  W.  be  ^ 
benefit  to  the  people,  is  it  not  the  duty  of  every 
minister  to  recommend  it  and  give  it  his  inilu- 
euce,  favor  or  no  favor  from    its  editors?     On 
the  other  hand  if  it  be  no  benefit,  ought  he  to 
recommend  it  for  fifty  cents  or  any  other  sum? 
Further  is  a  professor  of   religion  who  thus 
places  an  estimate  upon   his  iuHueuce,  a  safe 
one  to  risk?    Think  of  these  things,  beloved 
brethren. 


0n«t  %mt^   pass. 


The  Worth  of  Truth  no  Ttmyut  Can  Tell" 


This  (lepartmeot  Udcalf^ied  fur  uMklng  and  ao* 
iwertng  (luestluns.  drawn  from  the  Bit))*,  in  or- 
der to  prouiute  the  Tiath,  all  qiH'Attnnn  »houM  ba 
Ortef,  un'l  elutlmd  In  titmple,  IniiRiiiiKA.  We  tihall 
AMi^  t)ut'.atlunii  to  our  cuntritjulura  to  aagwu, 
but  this  diteH  tiut  exchide  any  olliers  writinf;  upon 
the  same  tupic. 


COALS   OF   FIRE. 

Will  some  one  please  explain  Rom.  11 :  20  which 
lemls  as  follows:  "Therefore  if  thine  enemy  hun- 
ger feed  him ;  if  be  thirst  give  him  drink ;  f ur  i  a  ao 
doinc  ttimi  shaH  heap  coals  of  Ore  on  his  head. 
C.  .1.  Head. 

WK  do  not  understand  that  we  shall  literally 
"heap  coals  of  fire,"  bub  reference  is  had 
to  the  subduing  eftects  of  such  a  course.  We 
must  kiU  our  enemies  with  kindness. 

J.  F.  Ebebsole. 


GREATER   WORKS. 


iiess?    Nothing. 

wards  securing  the  Holy  Spirit?  Nothing, 
is  a  qift,  by  the  grace  of  God.  What  did  man 
do  towards'taking  himself  out  of  an  evil  state 
and  putting  himself  into  a  better  one?  Noth 
Ing.  God  opened  the  way,  made  the  sacrifice, 
bestowed  gracs  and  now  invites  all  men  every- 
where to  accept  it.  More  than  that  no  on^ 
should  E«k.  Why  should  any  one  a.sk  God  to 
do  still  move  for  him? 

A  lather  possesses  a  beautiful  home.  The 
comforts  of  life,  home  enjoyments,  health  and 
pro^^perity  smile  upon  him  and  his  lovely  family 
I'eace,  goodwill,  harmony,  love  and  obedience 
charattenze  that  household.  Want  and  dis- 
tress are  unknown  to  any  member,  and  con- 
tentment seems  to  be  a  happy  feature  among 
them.  But  in  the  midst  of  all  the  enjoyments, 
the  peace,  plenty  and  prosperity ,-the  children 
bc.ome  tired  of  home  i.ud  go  out  in  the  world, 
engage  in  sin  and  wickeduis^  until  they  have 
forfeited  all  claims  to  that  beautiful  home  and 
the  respect  and  admiration  of  the  devoted  and 
kind  parent.  But  the  father  sees  the  condition 
ot  his  children.  They  have  been  long  from 
lionie.  Needy,  sick,  care-worn,  distressed,  and 
fornaken  the  father  finds  them,  has  compassion, 
and  is  moved  to  invite  them  to  his  pleasant 
Lome  again.  They  have  forfeited  all  claims  to 
liis  benevolence  and  inheritance,  but  seeing 
their  wretchedness  he  is  moved  withfipity  to 


LITTLE  CHILBRBN. 

• 

OUR  Master  recoguiz-d  little  children,  talked 
witb  them,  blessed  thwto:  why  should  not 
we?  Do  we  truly  recognize  the  advantages  for 
doing  good  among  children?  Have  wy  learned 
bow  to  mould  their  minds,  and  lead  them  to 
lOve  that  One  who  Messed  them?  0  whohO 
heart  is  nut  opened  to  our  dt^ar  youth! 

On  the  second  of  November  w^  met  the  chil- 
dren of  the  Hudson  Church,  and  had  a  pleas- 
ant talk  with  them.  They  have  been  attend- 
ing school  during  the  past  Suniiuer,  and  have 
learutd  considerable  about  the  Bible.  Dear  lit- 
tle ones,  how  happy  they  were!  Their  good 
conduct  shows  that  they  have  been  well  taught, 
and  that  they  are  trying  to  live  right  and  do 
good.  There  are  some  children's  friertds  in 
the  Hudson  Chuich,  and  their  friendship  is  be- 
ing felt.  It  is  gratitying  to  ob^-erve  that  in  the 
congregations  where  the  children  are  being 
taught  and  cared  for,  the  order  in  public  wor- 
ship is  good,  and  the  young  people  ai-e  not  rude 
iiiid  boisterous.  Talk  and  act  as  we  will,  the 
more  gospel  you  put  into  children's  hearts  and 
the  more  we  get  into  our  affections,  the  better 
lor  all  around  us.  I  hope  that  iu  years  to  come, 
if  the  Lordshall  spare  ine  to  visit  the  Hudson 
church  agaiu,  I.may  find  many— yea  all  of  those 
little  boys  and  girls  good  m^en  and  wwmeu 
in  the  church.  So  mote  it  be.  «■  «■  e. 


SPECIAL  TO  SUBSCRIBERS 

11]"  E  cannot  send  the  Brethren  at  Work  j 
\V  to  auy  one  alter  his  time  is  out,  unless 
he  renews.  We  deal  with  so  many  that  neces- 
sity compels  us  to  have  but  one  rule  for  all. 
We  shall  not  knowingly  send  our  paper  to  par- 
ties without  it  has  been  paid  for  by  themselves  or 
others,  and  if  auy  one  should  receive  the  paper 
without  ordering  it  he  need  ,only  look  at  the 
date  opposite  his  name  to  see  how  long  it  has 
been  paid  for,  as,  for  example 

J.  E.  Jones,  U»l. 
which  means  that  J.  E.  Jones*  paper  is  pftidfctQ 
Jauuray  Kt,  iHbl. 

To  s--iid  the  paper  without  pay  puts  us  at  too 
great  a  disadvantage.  When  .aciounts  run  a 
longtime,  many  forget  them,  and  when  naked  to 
settle,  say  they  have  paid,  and  in  order  to  main- 
tain peace  in  the  family  the  clerk  is  ordered  to 
square  ai..(.unts.  And  then  it  is  very  unpleas- 
ant tu  stnd '"duns."  and  equally  unpleaaant  to 
receive  them.  Now  can  we  all  agree  to  do  our 
part,  and  avoid  all  unpleasantness  iu  this  mat- 
ter?-"Times  are  good,"  is  the  newB  from  all- 
parts  of  the  land;  cau  not  each  one  at  once  re- 
mit *I.oO  for  one  year,  or  ^l.'X)  for  eight 
months,  or  fifty  cents  for  four  inonths?  Or  if 
there  is  an  agent  hand  the  amount  to  him,  and 
thenthere  will  be  no  "duns,"  no  "forgetting" 
the  printers'  dues,  and  all  will  go  on  pleasantly. 
We  want  to  talk  with  all  of  you  next  year, 
for  as  we  become  more  experienced  in  the  work, 
and  loarn  f,o  know  more  of  you  the  better  we 
can  labor.  In  addition  to  what  we  have  prom- 
j  ised  you  iu  our  Prospectus  iu  No.  3if,  we  will 
say  that  we  design  giving  one  column  of 
"Church  History"  each  week.  This  alone  will 
be  worth  the  price  of  the  paper.  We  cordially 
invite  yon  to  renew  now. 


Will  Mome  one  please  explain  .loiin  U:  12?  It 
reads  as  follows;  "Verily,  verily  1  say  unto  yoa« 
lie  that  helieveth  on  me,  the  works  that  I  do  shall 
he  do  also ;  and  greater  works  than  these  shall  he 
do ;  because  I  go  unto  my  Father." 

TlrtEY  Stump.    • 

JESUS  came  into  the  world  to  redeem  man- 
kind.    He  pL-r-ormed  a  great  many  miri^ 
cles  in  establishing  the  gospel  which  was  typi- 
cal of  the  great  dehveraace  from  sin  which  is 
far  more  destructive  than  any  malady  the  flesh 
is  heir  to,  as  it  destroys  the  happiness  of  the 
soul  beyond  this  "vale    of  tears."     When  man 
transgressed  the  law  of  his  Creator,   he  placed 
himself  under  the   curse    of  a    violated     law 
of  Jehovah,  and  the  curse  could  only  be  remov- 
ed by  our  being  brought  out  from  under  the 
cursieliy  the' precious  blood  of  the  Son  of  God, 
and   until   this   was  accomplished  there  could 
be  no  remission  of  sins.     Although  Jesus  could 
say  "thy  sins  be  forgiven  thee,"  he  looked  for- 
ward to  the  time  when  he  would  complete  the 
atonement.       The   blood  of  bulls    and    goati 
could  not  take  away  sins,  but  were  typical  of 
the  blood  of  JtjBUs  which  cleanseth  us  from  aU 


esus,  when  he  uttered  the  above  language 
botit-to  make  that  atonemrnt,  then  he 
cOuId  commission  his  followers  to  go  into  all 
the  world  and  rescue  the  children  cf  m^u  from 
the  dreadful  curse  of  sin  which  were  the  same 
works  as  Jesus  did  only  greater  as  they  had  the 
atonement  to  build  upon.  Before  this  it  was 
only  a  shadow,  but  now  a  reality. 

S.  C.  MlLLEB. 

Brooklyn,  loi'u. 


B 


OTHER  SHEEP. 


take  tile 


He  embraces  thtiu,  inyitea  thcra  1  iilitij- 


B.  AT  W.  TO  MINISTERS. 

SOME  of  our  Brethren  have  asked  us  why 
we  do  uotsond  the  U.  AT  W.  to  luiuislerB 
lur  jil.UO  which  is  fifty  ceuts  less  than  the  reg- 
ular price.  If  we  thought  that  a  minister  who 
ia  worth  from  one  to  twenty  thousand  dolhua 
deserved  his  paper  for  a  third  less  than  his  poor 
brother  who  is  niit  worth  as  many  hundred 
dollars,  we  would  most  readily  do  the  laTor, 
but  as  hedoes  not,  and  we  do  not  believe  in  c!<iM 
i/Mim-lionx  we  cannot  send  the  B.  at  W.  to  a 
wealthy  man  just  because  he  has  been  elected 
to  "the  ministry,  for  two-thirds  of  what  we 
charge  his  poor  brother.  We  are  not  rich  our- 
selves, and  for  us  to  j.tf  fifty  ceuts  to  all  our 
wealthy  ministera  just  because  they  are  minis- 
ten,  does  not  look  fair.  We  appeal  to  the  Law 
and  the  Testimony  which  says  that  wo  8hall"do 
nothing  by  partiality."  It  is  further  declared 
that  the  wisdom  from  above  ia  '•wUhiil  parti- 


TO   THE    BHOTHERHOOD 
AT   liABQE. 

E  it  known  that  Dr.  I'.  Fahrney,  of  Ch 
go,  formerly  a  member  of  Pine  Creek 
congregation,  m  Ogle  Uo.,  111.,  has  been  fully 
restored  to  practical  fellowship  in  the  Brethren 
church  after  a  satiifactory  confession.  The 
trouble  was  life  insurance.  Reported  by  order 
the  church.  J-  **■  LfE. 

I  We  had  the  pleasure  of  stopping  with  Bro. 
Fahrney  on  the  night  of  the  I2th  instant,  and 
were  happy  to  find  the  Doctor  in  full  fellow- 
ship with  the  church.  May  his  joy  be  full,  and 
may  his  labors  for  the  good  of  the  human  lani- 
ily  ba  crowned  with  success. — Ens  1 


"The  Col 
iier  Chambi 


-Jas.  3.  17 


MANTJSCRIPTAL. 

illi.sseuni."— I'rof  Jenks.  "The  iu- 
of  Majesty."— C.  H.  Balsbaugh. 
llimkances  to  the  Spread  of  the  Oospel."— A. 
U.  Woodward.  "Five  lleasons  for  attending 
Public  Worship."— J.  C.  Bright.  'Musings.' 
— W.  U.  Ropse. 

"Yb  are  the  Liglit  of  the  World."— Silas  Gil- 
bert. "Work."— J.  H.  Miller.  "The  Unfroit- 
iul  Tree."— D.  S.  T.  Bulterhiugb. 


TuE  children  of  the  Hudson  Church,  111., 
contribute  annually  to  the  Danish  Mission. 
On  Lord's  day,  !ith  inst.  they  brought.  Iheir 
Ijlfts  toRetliBC  for  the  next  year.  ■  •'    ' 


ripiiseexpliliu.Iohn  10:10,  which  reads  -.s  fol- 
lows: 'Ami  other  slieci-  I  li;ive,  which  ire  nut  of 
this  foUl:  them  alsii  1  must  liriiiK.  and  they  shall 
hear  my  voice ;  and  tliere  Bh:ill  be  one  told,  and  one 
sliepliuid."  J.il.CASKEV. 

JESIIS  addressed  himself  to  the  Jews.  "Oth- 
er sheep,"  means  Gentiles  and  Sainaritaos 

••I  lay  down  inv  lit-  tor  the   sheep"  says   Jesus, 
that  IS,  he  tasted  "death  for  fi'«rvman."  Heb.S: 
S>.    Jews  and  Gentiles  are  permitted  to  enter 
the  fold  of  Jesus,  and  as  helievere  "are  made 
nigh  by  the  blood  of  Christ,  having  abolished 
iu  his  llesh  the  enmity,  even  the  law  of  com- 
mandments contained  in  ordina;,ces;  to  maks 
111  himself  ,,f  twain  one  new  man,  so  making 
peace;  and  that  he  might  reconcile  both  unto 
God  in  ,,ne  body  by  the  cross,  having  slain  the 
enmity   thereby."   Eph.  '2.    We  gather  from 
these  divinely-inspired  words:    Firi^t,  the  Gen- 
tiles who  far  otf,  are  made  nigh  by  the  bliKxl  of 
Christ:  Heamd,   that  Christ  til/i:lislieil  the  law 
of  commandments:  Third,  that  he  did  this  to 
make  one  uete  man  of  Jew  and  Gentile.  Fmrth, 
to  reroncih  Jew  and  Gentile  unto  GoJ   in   ont 
b'ldij.  and  thai    6;/  the  cross:  Fifth,  that  in  so 
doiiig  he  slew  or  destroyed  the  enmili/  that  bo- 
fore  his  death  existed  between  these  nations. 

Many  Jews  in  Christ's  time  heard  (obeyed) 
him;  and  since  then  many  Gentiles  have  obeyed 
from  the  heart  that  form  of  doctrine  delivered 
unto  them,  hence  are  iu  the  fold  of  Christ. 
The  Greek  word  iiii(«s  r.nderwi  /old,  signifies  o 
oairl:  aud  iu  the  latter  clause  of  the  verse  the 
,iijinal  word  jKiiiinie  would  be  better  if  render- 
,..!  ";(u./t.  Luther  translati's  jwiraw,  *m*, 
iiliich  U,  herd  or  flock.  This  Hock  is  composed 
of  believera  in  Christ,  whether  Jew,  Gentile  ot 
■*  lma^it^^.  and  Christ  is  the  gi*at  Shepherd. 


THK    UMKrHKiCISr    ^T    AVOKKl. 


!tCoveinber    j-- 


loinc  anil  ^nmifti. 


dined  to  rewive  than  to  giTp.  and  we  complaiu 
of  the  cold>heart«d  world  when  the  fault  evi- 
dently lieH  lit  our  own  door.  Can  we  ezpoct 
othent  to  tre»t  iiit  kindly   when  we   fail  to  treat 


Hust«nfls,  love  vour  wives.  Wives,  submit  yoiii-      ,  ,    ,,  .     ,i         .  i 

■elvwmito  your  own   Inieliands.    Children.  oJipy     them  to.-'  Can  w.- eipect  others  to    nmile    upou 


your  ikarents.  rMtliers,  provoke  not yourchlldi 
wmth.  but  bring  tliem  up  in  the  nurture  and  ad- 
BODltion  of  the  honi.    -^ervantx.  be  obedient  to 
them  that  are  your  u^astvrs.— Pai'l. 


IF  WE  KNEW. 

If  we  knew  when  wHlkini;  tliouithtle.vi 

ThrxHigli  thi'  rrowdel,  dusty  wity. 
That  some  pearl  of  wi»n  Iroui  whlMness 

Cloae  beside  our  pathway  lay. 
We  would  pause  where  now  we  haati'u. 

We  would  oftener  look  around, 
Lest  our  careless  tf*et  :<hi)uld  trample 

Some  rare  je  vel  in  the  ground. 
If  we  knew  yhnt  forms  are  fa'iiting 

For  the  nhade  which  weshmtld  fling. 
If  we  knew  wh;»t  liju  arc  pirchtng 

For  the  wat«'r  we  tihonld  bring, 
We  would  ha-HtB  with  I'ag^r  fnitJitep*. 

Wp  would  work  with  wlIlingjIiandH, 
Be^niiu  cooling  nips  of  water 

riuiitliig  rows  of  shading  palms. 
If  we  knew  what  feet  are  wejiry. 

Cllmliiiig  up  the  hilU  of  patn : 
Hy  the  world  cast  out  aa  evil, 
PoLtr.  repontani  Magihileneji; 
We  no  more  wmihl  dare  to  8<orn  them 

With  our  I'harJsnic  jiride. 
Wrapping  eloie  our  nihes  about  U8. 

Paflfllng  on  fie  -ither  aide, 
ir  we  knew  wlmn  friends  around  »n 

Cloiely  iire.is  to  nay  "Oood-bvo," 
Which  among  the  lipH  that  kiwi  us. 

First  beneath  the  llowers  should  ho. 
While  like  rain  ui>on  their  faces 
Fell  our  bitter.  hIiiidiiiK  tears. 
Tender  words  of  love  eternal 
We  would  whisjier  In  their  e^irs- 


RIGHT    BEGINNINGS. 

WE  all  know  how  liard  it  i»  to  go  on  pleaH- 
antly  it'  we   have  made  a  bad  bet,'iniiiDg- 
Breakfast  time  giveH  the  turn  to  the  whole  flay. 
If  father  is  stern  and  mother  is  cross;  if  the  big 
brother  gives  a  short  answer,  or  the  youn;,'  lady 
sister  frowns  over  her  coflee,  the  little  children 
catch  the  feeling  and  imbibe  the  infectiou,  One 
discordant  note  sets  the  whole  household  choir 
jftrring.    One  cross  face  re|>eafs  itself  in  many 
varitttiona.  Oneanfiry  word  challenges  another. 
Let  US  be  very  careful    to  begin  right    in  the 
morning.     Are  we  careful  to  prayf  I}o  we  open 
the  gates  of  the  day  with  a  petition  to  the  Migh' 
ty  One,  who  guards  us  in  life  and  in  death?  A 
little  child  once  said:  "I  always  pray  to  (*ud  at 
night,  because  in  the  dark  I   want  him  to  take 
care  of  me,  but  in  daylight   I  don't  pray   for  I 
can  take  care  of  myself  well  enough  then."     In 
very  much  this  spirit  some  'growu  people  act. 
They  are  hurried  and  worried  iu  the  morning; 
they  have  overslept;  buHinesa  presseM  them  with 
manifold   vexations  and  perplexities;  many  ar*- 
the  excuses  they  make  to  themselves  for  their 
omissions  and  abbreviations;  but   secret  prayer 
and  household  worship  are   neglected  and   the 
day  goes  wrong. 

Sunny  faces  at  the  breakfast-table  and  a  cheer- 
fal  "good-morning"  from  each  to  the  other  are 
blessed  missionaries.  They  start  everything 
right,  and  all  housekeepers  know  the  value  of 
that.  Others,  who  are  not  housekeepers,  know 
it  too.  aud  benedictions  follow  the  man  <n 
woman  whu  goes  down  the  street  in  the  morn 
ing  with  a  bright  look  and  a  word  of  cheer  for 
every  one  he  meets  on  the  v/&y.~C/iristi 
Work: 


THE  WAY  TO  BE  HAPPY. 

«Y  rHEbt  A.  PItANTZ. 

WE  all  desire  to  be  happy,  but  this  aloue 
will  not  make  us  bo.  To  wish  for  any. 
thing  is  not  to  secure  it.  In  order  to  acquire 
anything  something  must  be  done— some  effort 
most  be  put  forth.  Flowers  would  not  be 
beautiful  nor  emit  any  fragrance,  did  they  not 
grow  and  expand.  Birds  would  not  be  cheerful 
and  liappy  did  they  not  flutter  in  the  breeze 
and  tone  their  voices  in  the  ecstacy  of  song.— 
Lile  and  cheerfulness  are  prerefjuisites  to  happi- 
ness, and  God  has  wisely  placed  labor  before 
enjoyment.  This  is  a  world  of  toil,  and  it  is 
certainly  a  mark  of  wisdom  in  us  to  submit  to 
it  calmly  and  make  the  best  of  it.  And  since 
happiness  here  is  alone  attainable  by  labor  and 
care,  we  should  not  expect  it  through  any  other 
source.  All  enjoyment  .insists  in  receiving 
and  doing.  Happine^a  is  communicated  to  the 
BOul  by  ineress  and  egress,  and  all  faealtby  souls 
will  keep  a  proper  balance  between  the  two.  We 
always  feel  happy  by  making  others  happy.  "It 
«  more  blessed  tc  give  than  to  receive."  The 
joy  we  give  to  others  will  return  with  a  bright- 
ei  lostre  to  oar  own  hearts.  The  fault  with  here"  and  beaa 
many  of  ue  seems  to  be  tbat   we  feel   more  in-  I  life  beyond. 


us  while  we  frown  i*  Have  we  a  right  to  expect 
a  continued  glow  of  joy  and  sunshine  while  we 
tie  in  a  passive,  receptive  attitude,  and  speak  no 
pleasant  word,  and  do   no  kiud  iict  to  cause  joy 
aud  Hunsbine  to  spring  up  in  the  heart*)  of  oth- 
ers? The  Golden  Rule  requires  us  to  do  unto 
others  as  we  wish  them  to  do  unto   us;  hence  it 
is  the  duty  of  every  one  that  winhefi  to  be  hap- 
py,   to  begin    the  work.     The   great    mit'^ake 
made  by  many  of  us   is,  that  that  we  take  hold 
of  the  Golden    Kule    at    the    wrong  end.     We 
wish  or  expect  others  to    do  first,   and  then  we 
cooimouly  do  to   others  as    they  have    done  to 
True  and    lastini;  bappiuei^s    must  spring 
from  within  the  soul;   it  must  find  its  root  aud 
nourishment  there.     Tbat  world    of  beauty  in 
the  mind  must   have   continual  sunshine.     All 
entrance  to  the  kouI  must   be  closed   against 
everything    from  without  that  would    mar  tht? 
enjoyment,  disturb  the  [leace  and    obscure    the 
light  of  the  world  within.     The  eye    must  not 
wander  through  the  dark    holes   and    alleys   of 
society  to  ga/.e  upon  the  faults  and  blemishes  of 
kind.     The  ear  must  not    hend  the  taunts, 
jeers  aud  scofi's  of  the  vicious,  nor  listen   to  the 
flatterer    and  insidious  devices     of  those    who 
would  discourage  or  lead  antray.     When  others 
would  heap  abuse  upon  us  we  should  not  carry 
it.     When   others  scold  and   frown,   fret  and 
complain,  we  should  listen  to  the  music  of  Na- 
ture,   view   the    world  of  beauty    within    aud 
around  us,  and  look  on   the  sunny  side  and  the 
better  time  coming. 

All  is    not  sunshine  in  this    fleeting  world  of 
ourrt.     There  are   seasons    of  gloom  and  disap- 
pointment;  sad  seasons  when  the  heart  is  »ick, 
and  hopes  are  crushed  and    the  bow   of  promise 
Bcarc(!ly  visible  to  the  spiritual  eye.  How  often 
we  are  disappointed    in    the  common   atl'airs  of 
life,  in  the  ordinary  pursuits  of  business,  iu  our 
long-cheriahed    hopes,   and  tlie    professions    of 
iriendsliip,  by  those  who  revived  our   warmest 
sympathies  aud  kindness  and  have  now  become 
our    enemies.     These  sorrows   and  disappoint- 
ments are  more  or  less  experieueed  by  all,  and 
the  more  sensitive  our  natures,  and  the  higher 
our   susceptibilities,    the    greater  will     be   the 
gloom  aud  sadness  they  occasion.    This  sensi- 
tive, irritable  part  of  our  nature,  this  source  of* 
so  much  annoyance  and   unhappiness  to  us,   is 
one  of  the  characteristic  marks  of  depraved  na- 
ture.    It  is  within  us,  and  if  not  born  with  us. 
or  in  us,  is  at  least  bred  in  us.     Now  this  thing 
is  one  of  the  greatest  enemies  to   our  happiness 
and  peace  of  mind,  aud  it  is  our   business  and 
duty  to  get  rid   of  it.    The  fact  is   we  should 
have  left  it  in  our  childhood    days    with  all  else 
that  is  childish.    "When   I  was  a  child  I  spake 
US  a  child,  I  understood  as  a  child,  I  thought  as 
a  child;  but  when  I  became  a  man  1  put  away 
childish  things."    According  to  this  we  are  not 
men  and  woman  until  we  "put   away"    or   get 
rid  of,  things  which   belong   to  childhood  aud 
not  to  manhood   and  womanhood.    Childhood 
is  the  period  of  discipline  to  prepare  us  for  man 
and  womanhood.     How  many   are  the  conflicts 
with  bad  temper,  aud  disappointments  in  their 
early  life  befor*  a  firmness    of  miud.  a    stabil- 
ity of  character  and  firm  principles  are  formed, 
or  before  the    great  theatre  of   life  is    properly 
realized.     How  many,  alas,   carry  the  follies  of 
childhood  into  the  years  of  maturity  to  perplex 
tbem  through  life.    Notwithstanding   Christi- 
anity aflnrds  a  type  of  true  happiness,  a  peace 
of  conscience,  a  cheerful  heart   and  a  glorious 
hope  of  future  bliss,  yet  a  Christian's  lite  is  uot 
without  its  conflicts,  and  a  Christian's  feelings 
and   temper  have  much  to   endure.    There  are 
sad  reverses  aud  serious  shocks  to  the  cause  of 
trutli   often  witnessed  and   experienced   which 
carries  much  with  them  that  is  depressing,  and 
the  serious  aud  truly  humble  Christian  is  grieved 
aud  sad  at  heart,  but  the  beacon-light  of  happi- 
ness  is  before  us. 

Do  ail  in  your  power  to  make  others  happy. 
"As  mucha.s  liuth  in  you,  live  peeceablv  with 
all  men,"  The  union  and  prosperity  of  Zion  is 
the  joy.  the  life  of  the  Christian.  No  one  can 
enjoy  real  Christianity  who  does  not  labor  for 
the  good  ol  others,— the  peace  and  union  of  the 
Church,  and  the  cultivation  of  liis  own  mmd 
and  heart.  The  great  apostle  Paul  was  happy 
even  when  iu  chains  and  imprisonment;  and  iu 
contemplating  his  pa.st  life  with  its  tabors,  and 
in  view  of  the  death  which  ^waited  him  he  was 
still  tranquil  and  happy  because  he  had  fought 
a  goi)d  fight  and  there  was  a  crown  of  life  laid 


FHOM  PALESTINE. 


ifuuiiEK  ncxi. 


From  Jerusalem  to  Nablus. 


up  tor  him  and  all  who  truly  loved  the  Lord. 

Thus  shall  our  days  be  cheerful   and  happy. 

If  we  let  the  sjn  ot  real  religion  shine  into  our 

hearts,  our  labors  aud  good  deeds  for  the  benefit 

of  our  tellow-man  will  increase    our  enjoyment 

many    gems  in   our  crown  of 


[mn  tho  ~Clirt*U«ii  Staiuliu>l' trj  f|j«lBl  Anfig«mrat.| 

Thin  brought  us  to  the  head  waters  of  Wady 
Bedan,  a  tributary  of  the  wady  on  which  Enon 
is  located,  called  wady  Farra,.     We  struck  wa- 
dy Bedan  at  a  point  where  four  mills,  propelled 
by  its  water,  are  situated  in  sight  ef  one  anoth- 
er     We  followed  its  course  to  itsjunction  with 
wady  Farra,  and  in  doing  so  passed  twelve  mills, 
the  last  situated  in  the  fork  of  the  two  stn-ama 
aud  propelled  by  water  drawn  from  wady    Far- 
These  are  all  overshot  mills,  aud   are  pro- 
pelled by  water  drawn  into  races.     The  rapid 
det-xput  of  the  principal  streams  makes  it  prac- 
ticable to  draw  off  these  side  channels  at  short 
intervals,  and  to  build  the  mills  close  together. 
In  some  instances  the  mill-race  is  so  high  above 
the  principal  stream  that  it  runs  through  and 
propels  two    mills   in  making    its    way    down. 
From  the  junction  of  the  two  streams  we  ron- 
tinued  down  wady  Farra  in   search    of  a   place 
answering   to    Enon.      The  "much  water  "  we 
found  all  the  way,  and  although  the  season  was 
exceptionally  dry,  pools  well  suited  for  baptiz- 
ing were  abundant.     We  rode  into  a  number  of 
these  to  try  their  depth.     But   we   wanted   to 
find,  iu  addition  to  the    much    water,    an    open 
space  on  the  bank   of  the  stream   suitable  for 
the  assi^mbting   of  the    great   multitudes    who 
flocked  to  John's  places  of  baptizing;    and    for 
several  miles   we   found   no  such   place.     W 
pursued  our  pathless  way  along  the  slopes  of  a 
narrow  ravine,  with  high  and  precipitous  hills 
on  either  side.      We  bad  to  ford  the  stream  fre- 
(juently,  aud  its  banks  were  so  thickly  crowded 
with  a  jungle  of  oleanders  in  full   bloom,    that 
we  could  not  always  cross  where    we   would. — 
Never,  in  a  single  day,  have  I  seen  so  many  ole- 
anders.    For  as  Hianyasfive  miles  their  line  of 
mingled  pink  and  green  was  aseontiuous  as  the 
currt-nt  stream  whith  nourished  them.     Final- 
ly, after  a  faliguiug   ride,   during  which    both 
our  dragoman  and  our  escort  Wcame  discoura- 
ged and  fell  behind,  there  suddenly  optued   be- 
fore us  a  beautiful  valley  among  the  mountains, 
about  one  nile  wide  aud  three  miles  long.     Be- 
douin tents  were  pitched  in   groups   here  and 
there;  herds  of  camels,  to  the  number  of  three 
or  four  hundred,  were  grazing,  or  drinking,  or 
moving  about;    and  swarms,  of  brown-skinned 
boys,  both  large  and  small,  were  bathing  at  dif- 
ferent places  in  the  stream.     Here,    then,    was 
the  open  space  required,  and   a   more  suitable 
place  for  the  gathering   of  a   multitude   could 
not  be  found  on   the  banks   of  any  mountain 
stream  in  Palestine. 

It  is  identified  as  Enon  by  the  only  man  who 
has  ever  made  a  thorough  aud  scientific  explo- 
ration of  the  country,  and  now  it  is  accepted  as 
such  without  dispute  from  any  quarter,  We 
cut  an  oleander  cone  apiece  from  the  banks  of 
the  stream,  and  we  took  a  bath  in  one  of  its 
pools. 

Our  excursion  to  Gn<m  occupied  an  entire 
day.  The  next  morning  we  ascended  to  the 
top  of  Mt.  Gerizim,  to  see  the  site  of  the  an- 
uieiit  Samaritau  temple,  the  ruins  of  a  citadel 
and  church  built  by  the  crusaders,  aud  the  rock 
on  which  Jotham  stood  when  he  recited  to  the 
Shechemites  his  .celebrated  fable  of  the  trees. 
That  a  man  could  stand  near  enough  to  an  as- 
sembly of  bis  enemies,  who  had  slain  all  of  his 
brothers  and  were  at  the  time  engaged  in  crown- 
ing as  king  the  instigator  of  the  slaughter,  to 
make  to  them  an  audible  speech,  and  yet  be  out 
of  r^iach  of  their  weapons,  and  safe  from  pur- 
suit, is  most  singular.  Yet  the  locality  shows 
that  it  was  altogether  practicable.  A  projecting 
rock  on  the  face  of  Mt.  Gerizim  overlooks  the 
city  of  Shechem.  From  its  top  a  man's  voice 
can  be  distinctly  heard  in  the  plaiu  below;  it  is 
too  high  to  be  reached  by  arrows  shot  from  th-- 
plain,  and  pursuers  would  be  compelled  to 
climb  the  mountain  i)r  pass  a  long  distance 
around  it,  while  the  flight  of  the  speaker  was 
unobstructed.  See  the  narrative  in  Judges  ix: 
121. 

After  returning  from  the  mountain's  top  we 
left  Nablus,  going  north-westward,  and  came  iu 
two  hours  to  the  site  of  Samaria,  the  ancient 
capital  of  the  ten  tribes.  The  well  posted  stu 
dent  of  sacred  hihtory  will  remember  that  thin 
city  was  never  taken  except  by  a  long-contin- 
ued siege,  reducing  its  inhabitants  to  the  point 
of  starvation. 


must  hare  been  through  this  gap  that  thp  S,. 
ian  army    ihought    they  heard    the  Egjj.tj* 
coming,  when  they    precipitately  fltd  i.y  yj  i  * 
and  caused  a  fulfillment  of  Elisha's  predictio 
See  H.  K.ngs  vi.  2i-vii.  20.     In  ibe   rejg,,  °, 
Herod  the  Great,  the  city  had  fallen  into  decav 
and  he  undertook    to  rebuild  it.     Among  oth  ' 
magnificant  structures  which  he  erected,  was 
columnade  of  granite    columns  about  20  f 
high  all  around  the  brow  of  the  hill,  and  aboi 
50  feet  from  its  summit.     They    stood  on  a  te 
race  leveled  for  the  purpose    of  a  chariot  driv 
and  the  circuit  around  which  they  extended  '' 
supposed  to  have  been  about  1000  yards.  Kjti 
or  sixty  of  these  columns  are  still  standinrr  ani^ 
in  their  loneliness    they  speak    mournfullv 
the  departed  glory    of  him    who  erected   thetn 
The  entire  hill  is  now    terraced    and   cultivate.! 
in  grain,  except  the  small  space   on  the  north 
ern  slope  occupied  by  a  little    village    of    [qi 
huts,  and  by  an    old   chnrch    of  the  crusadin 
period  in  which  it  is  foolishly  claimed  that  Johi 
the  Baptist  was  buried.     Herod  named  the  citv 
Sebaste,  the    Greek  for    Aupcistus,  iu  honor  of 
Augustus  CiL'iar.  and  the  village  still  wears  thia 
name  in  the  Arab  form  of  Sebustiyeh.  We  took 
our   lunch  on     the    top  of  the  hill    under  thp 
shade  of  an  olive  tree,  and  I  meditated  much  on 
the  utter  desolation  of  a  city  so  conspicuous  in 
sacred  histjry.     Samaria   and    Mt-    Zion  were 
the  two  be&t  fortified    hills   in   Israel,  aud  their 
inhabitants    were    wont    to    rest  under  a  seusp 
of  great  security  when  the  prophets  predicted 
the  fate  awaiting  them:  hence  the  well  known 
words  of  Ainos,  "Woe    to  them  that  are  at  ease 
in   Zion,   and  trust  in  the    hill  of    SaiUdria " 
(Amos  VI :  1.)  J.  W.  MoGahvey. 


^o\msi  0^  fh^  ^ag. 


TEMPERANCE  VIEWED   FROM  A 
FINANCIAL  STAND-POINT. 


Its  peculiar  situation  made  it  impregnable 
when  defended  by  a  competent  tone.  It  otood 
on  the  top  of  an  isolated  bill  40n  feet  high,with 
a  valley  from  a  half  mile  to  two  miles  in  width 
all  around  it.  and  high  hills  surrounding  this 
valley  everywhere  except  at  the  west,  where 
there  is  a  gap  opening  out  toward  the  eea.     It 


FEW  persons  are  aware  of  the  money  annu- 
ally spent  for  intoxicating  liquors.  Eveu 
those  who  spend  this  money  are  largely  igno- 
rant of  what  it  amounts  to  in  the  course  of  a 
few  months.  It  is  only  when  a  strict  account 
of  spenditurea  is  jiept  tbat  there  is  any  concept- 
inn  of  the  enormity  of  the  sum  or  the  rapidity 
with  wliich  it  accumulates.  We  will  give  some 
facts  with  regard  to  the  money  that  is  spent  for 
various  liquors  in  our  day. 

It  is  estimated  that  there  are  annually  con- 
sumed in  our  country  60,000,000  gallons  of 
whiskey,  at  a  cost  of  8--i60,000,000.  There  a 
consumed  2,500.000  gallons  imported  spirits,  at 
$2o,00U,00O;  10,500,000  gallons  imported 
wines,  valued  at  §^65.000,000;  7,560,000  barrels 
of  beer  valued  at  §150,  000,000;  natine  wines, 
brandies,  cordials  ?alued  at  !f50  GOO  000.  Here 
are  $6.''>0,000,000,  directly  spent  for  different 
kinds  of  drink:  spent  to  gratify  passion  and  to 
destroy  men's  souls. 

But  the  liquor  expense  does  not  stop  here. — 
Look  for  a  moment  at  the  expense  that  is  indi- 
rectly incurred.  There  are  SO.OOn  paupers  to  be 
supported  at  an  annual  expense  of  §25,000,000; 
50,000  tramps,  $5,000,000;  250,000,  criminals 
l§25,000,000;5,000  insane,  $50,000,000;  60,000,00 
drunkards  to  b.*  provided  for  at  $60,000,000  cap- 
ital invested  in  breweries,  distilleries,  etc.  $500,- 
000,000;  labor,  enterprise,  etc.  lost  by  drink 
$50,000,000;  indirect  losses  and  taxation,  $35, 
000,000;  making  a  grand  total  of  $1,'JUO,OOU,- 
000.  Comparing  other  statistics  it  may  be 
possible  that  even  this  estimate  is  too  low.  This 
is  the  bill  tbat  the  American  people  are  called 
upon  to  step  forward  and  settle  every  year.  I 
cooly  ask  the  question,  can  we  afford  it?  Here 
are  over  a  million  dollars  thrown  away.  Worse 
than  if  cast  into  the  Atlantic  ocean. 

The  population  of  the  globe  is  estimated  at 
1,396,752.000;  of  this  number  711,383,:)S3,  are 
under  non-christiau  government.  Taking  then, 
the  above  estimate,  there  is  annually  spent  in 
our  country,  enough  money  to  place  a  Bible  in 
the  hands  of  every  heathen  at  a  cost  of  over  $2 
yer  copy.  Again,  there  are  in  the  Soutii  1,381, 
434  colored  children — the  sons  and  daughters 
of  freedman — within  the  school  age  who  attend 
no  school,  and  are  without  instruction.  Should 
the  money  we  spend  for  liijuor  each  year  for 
liquor  be  appropriated  to  their  education,  there 
would  be  enough  to  keep  every  one  of  these 
children  in  school  the  entire  year  at  a  cost  of 
over  $1,200  for  each  pupil.  Oh  how  blind  is 
man  to  tbat  which  is  good!  Oh,  that  he  would 
stop  aud  consider! 

But  what  do  we  get  in  return  for  this  ''sst 
expendituiv?  We  get  each  year  .'>00  murders, 
500  suicides,  250,000  crimin  a  1  s,  2  50,oOO 
pauper',  60,nou  deaths  occasioned  by  the  sin  of 
drunkenness,  60(i,0(iO  moderate  drinkers,  who 
will  be  sots  in  ten  years  hence.  Can  any  one, 
by  searching  our  country  thmuifhout,  find  any 
good  resulting  from  this  traffic;   or  present  a 


November 


17 


THE    BI^ETHKEIST    ^T    "WOUK. 


(jpg' 


■le  reason  why  it  should  any  longer  be  con- 
pjja  I  ask  agiin,  cao  we  aft'ord  it?  Can  we 
fc  a  alford  to  waste  our  resources,  while  a  heavy 
tional  deht  is  banging  over  us?  whi'le  thouB- 
'V  j^l  beggars  and  orjihans  are  knockiDg  at 
*"  iloors  r*jr  l^r^ti'l'^  wl>'le  the  piteous  wail  of 
'^"f  rtunate  wives  and  broken-hearted  mothers 
""tillio?  "»?  air  and  rending  the  heavens? 
"jj^^Jate  drinker,  have  you  ever  estimated 
,  J  jiint  ten  cent  dram  you  are  in  th^  habit 
*  '    jjing  every  day,    will    amount    to   in  the 


couRf 


ot'ay<ar?  Make  a  little  calculation  and 
I  amount  to  $3(1,50,  a  sum  that  will 


It  ^ 


-  you  a  neater  suit  than  the  one  you  at  pres- 

t  have  on.     But  what  will  it   amount   torn 

years?  Only  831)5.     Well,  do  you  not  know 

fa  lot  or  small  piece  of  ground  that   can    be 

„jit  lor  that  sum,   or   at   least  give  you    a 

<tart  in  paying  it?  Do  you  own  any  property? 

1)0  vou  not  then  see  how  you  are  robbing  your- 

ifaud   youi  family?  But   probably  you    also 

tobacco.     Suppose    you  throw   in  that  bill, 

"'order  to  make  good  measure.  Say  on  an  aver- 

raoe  your  tobacco  costs  thirty  cents  a  week;  in 

year  that  will  amount  to  i?lo.50,    which  sum 

ffill  buy  your   'i*'*''^  ^°y  ''^  handsome  suit;  in 

years  it  will   amount   to  ^156;  plus  §365. 

akcs  ?;;V21-    In  these  stringent  times  this  sum 

g  ,  fir  tu  V  iri    biyiu'j;  ii  o.ufjrti'ile  homa. 

\aty\a-  pft'  a:' ti' c  u.itry  i",  w>ll  b,i/  a  gj)l 

[j(,^:>    IV. th   niiav    improvitniuts     TUes-?   are 

jjjjiigg  that  every   one  who  loves  the  intox- 

icatiug  cup  shJdll  sobjrl/  comid-r. 

0[  ^llrtvih,  wj  knwof  none  thit  if-;  d-Mtroy 
j^cr  so  m  my  faaiilies.  Of  all  traffic,  we  kmw 
of"uooe  thit  are  making  so  mauy  paupers. 
iaji.iit  the  miay  biakrup'iciei  th  it  a'-'-  ociii,-- 
(|j  e^er/  yatr,  w)  kui-v  of  n  )n-!  thi".  are 
equal  to  those  that  intemperance  is  bringing  to 
thousanis  m  the  liui.  Hjw  m^ny  homos  uave 
been  made  desolate,  how  many  hearts  have 
si^ht^d,  how  many  tears  have  been  sUed,  how 
many  wretched  orphan;*  have  trodden  the  cold 
pavements  with  naked  feet;  how  many  weeping 
widows  have  died  of  utter  deprivation,  because 
of  the  robberies  made  by  the  demon  intemper 
aiice! 

We  warn  all,  then,  against  this  dreadful  evil. 
Would  you  always  be  poor,  and  have  your 
children  grow  up  in  ignorance  and  squalid  pov- 
erty, and  after  you  become  beggars,  th^u  con- 
tinue to  drink.  Would  you  live  in  shame,  and 
ile  til  have  your  name  and  that  of  your  chil- 
dren held  in  everlasting  opprobium,  then  drink 
ou,  Would  you  sink  your  own  soul  and  the 
jouU  of  your  children  into  eternal  perdition, 
and  bewail  a  misspent  life,  throughout  eternity, 
haunted  by  the  ghosts  of  unfor^otten  Crimea? 
If  so,  just  drink,  and  all  these  woes  will  be  sure 
to  follow.— fid WeM  Censor. 


nes  t  day  to  a  sick  neighbor  who  desired  prayer. 
On  this  day  also  met  Bro.  Hixon.  Was  well 
pleased  with  the  country.  October  4,  convened 
with  brethren  and  sisters  at  Lockard's  school 
house  for  council  meeting  preparatory  to  Lovh- 
feast.  We  preached  to  the  people  here  as  God 
gave  ability.  One  desired  to  learn  more  of  our 
doctrine  but  other  duties  forbade  a  longer  stay. 
Spent  some  time  viewing  Labette  county,  and 
on  the  9th  met  again  with  the  sick  neighbor 
for  religious  services.  On  Saturday  wai  taken 
to  Hockberry's  Creek,  four  miles  north  of  Indi- 
an Territory  and  seven  miles  west  of  Chetopn 
vfhere  the  brethren  had  a  larga  shed  erected  for 
communion  purposes.  S;rvicei  b-'giu  at  ."»  p. 
m.  Ministers  present,  brethren  Erigecomb, 
Martin  Neher  aal  the  writer.  All  sesra^d  to 
enjoy  a  happy  season.  Quite  a  large  crowd 
assembled  to  witness  the  Brethren's  first  Love- 
feast  in  Labette  county.  Next  morning  deliv-, 
ered  our  farewell  address.  Left  for  home  on 
the  following  Tuesday  morning. 
Ligotiicr,  Ind. 


From  Ashland,  Ohio. 


^,otttf«ts|ionil«;n«i«f. 


Th»o  tbiDg)  writo  ' 


From  Goshen,  Ind. 

WE  are  glad  to  report  to  you  another  visit  to 
this  arm  of  the  church  by  our  beloved 
brother  Jesse  Calvert.  Ht  arrived  here  on  Sat- 
urday evening.  Oct.  2.>th,  and  preached  some 
[lowerful  sermons  to  us.  Saints  were  made  to 
rejoice  and  sinners  turn  to  God.  Four  precious 
souls  made  the  good  confession.  On  Wednes- 
day evening  we  gathered  around  the  tables  to 
partake  of  the  emblems  of  Christ's  broken  body 
and  shed  blood.  Our  meetings  were  very  en- 
joyable. Maby  Myers. 


Drnr  Brethren: — 

IN  perusing  your  columns  I  see  nothing  from 
Ashland,  and  thinking  you  might  be 
pleased  to  learn  of  us.  we  thought  to  notice 
of  this  place. 

We  left  our  home  Sept.  Sth,  with  sorrowing, 
yot rejoicing  hearts;  sorrowing  to  part  from  the 
loved  ones  and  all  the  endearments  of  home, 
and  rejoicing  in  the  opportunity  of  acquiring 
knowledge  at  Ashland  College.  We  arrived 
here  safely  and  found  many  warm  hearts  to 
welcome  us,  and  though  we  have  been  here  but 
a  short  time,  we  feel  very  much  at  home  We 
are  well  pleased  with  the  school  and  hope  that 
it  may  be  the  means  of  accomplishing  a  vast 
amount  of  good  in  the  Brotherhood.  We  feel 
like  commending  the  brethren  at  Ashland  (or 
the  warm  welcome  extended  to  us. 

Our  meetings  here  are  always  well  attended, 
and  great  interest  manifested.  Services  are 
regularly  held  each  Sunday  afternoon  at  three 
o'clock  in  the  College  chapel.  Prayer-meeeting 
is  held  each  Sunday  night  at  th*  chapel  and  | 
the^e  meetings,  to  us,  are  very  interesting.  The 
Sunday-school,  thouirh  lately  organized,  is 
growing  rapidly ,both  in  number  and  in  interest. 
Brother  (Juiuter  was  with  us  a  few  week% 
since  and  we  were  glad  to  meet  him  again,  at 
well  as  hear  him  preach.  Brother  John  Stu- 
deb:i!(er  has  b?en  with  us  also,  and  told  us  of  the 
greatness,  the  goodness  and  the  love  of  God. 
Bro.  Studabaker,  though  he  is  growing  old,  is 
still  the  dear,  warm-hearted  brother  of  our 
younger  days. 

A*hl;iiiiia  very  p^tty,  ffrfU  locited  city 
and  entirely  freu'  from  malaria  diseases.  The 
College  is  beautifully  situated,  a-id  as  a  school 
is  all  that  we  could  ask,  considermg  its  youth. 
There  are  now  quite  a  number  in  attendance 
and  all  seem  to  be  f^lly  aatisfaed  and  pleased 
H.  P.  H. 


wherewith  he  was  girded.  We  were  truly 
pleased  with  the  service,  there  being  much  less 
confusion.  There  was  a  large  number  of  min 
ist«'r8  present. 

Next  visited    Bryan,  William*  county  Ohio, 
to  enjoy  the  feast  in   Lick  Creek  congregation, 
where  John  aud  .lacob  Bowman  are  the  elders. 
Preaching     commenced    on     Saturday     at     10 
o'clock.     Aflt;r  forenoon    meeting  a  choice  was 
held  for  tno  deacons,  and    the    lot  fell   80   that 
the  church  aaceptid  four;  the  elder.^  seeing  that 
they  were  needed.     Jacob    Brown,  Jr.,  Jacob 
Uarber,  Jacob   Uocky   and   John   Mark,   were 
installed  to  perform  the  duties   of  deacons,  Si- 
mon Long  was  advanced  to  the  second  degree 
of  the  ministry.    The  ordinations  were  attended 
to  on  Sunday  before  the    forenoon  services. — 
Had  three  meetings    at    Bunker    Hill    Church, 
belonging  to  the  Iteformed  Church  of  ^aid  place. 
Love-feast  on  Tuesday,  eighteen  miles  north  in 
the  Silver  Creek    Church.    Our  comi>any   all 
along  were  Jacob  Gump.  Jerry  Gump  and  wife, 
Isaiah  Horner  and  Leonard  Hyer.     Had  a  good 
meeting;  one  baptized   on  Tuesday,  also  one  on 
Wedueaday.     On    Thursday  the   company    re- 
turned to    Corrunna,  where,  the   same  evening, 
in  the  Cedar  Creek  Church,   the   ordinances    of 
the  Lord's  house  were  observed,  and  the  breth 
ren  managed  things  in  such  a   good    and  quiet 
manner  that  we  all    could  learn;  were  through 
with    all    the   services    a  few    minutes  after   8 
o'clock,  and  over  one   hundred   members  com- 
muned.   At  al\  "these  places  the  single  mode  (so 
called)     was  observed.     Reached  home    safely 
Nov.  3rd,  and  found  our  family  well. 

Geo.  Long. 


Christianity  is  to  bring  them  into  the  light  of 
the  OoBpel  and  establish  peace  between  them 
and  Qod. 

We  have  sioce  learned  that  several  were  bap- 
tized and  thuH  added  to  the  church  during  the 
meetings. 

HOLD  P.IST  ORACE. 

Attended  meeting  in  town  in  the  evening 
where  brother  Oiler  npoke  on  Heb.  12:  2H.  Ye«, 
"Let  us  havH  grace."     The    marginal  reading  la 
more  clear— let  us  hoMfasi   grace.     The  apo*- 
tie  gives  a  solid  reason  why  we  should  hold  faik 
grace.    It  is  that  "we  may  serve  God,"  bow?  1. 
"■acceptably,"  2nd.  with  "reverence,"  3rd.  with 
"Godly  fear."     So  it   seems  we  may  serve  Qod 
not  acceptably,  not  with  reverence,  and  not  with 
Godly  fear.     Let  us   be    honest,    earnest    and 
faithful  in  all    things,  and  especially   labor  for 
oneness  among  us,  for  it  is  painfully  evident  we 
ought  to  think  and  act  more  alike.   Let  us  lft> 
bor  and  pray  patiently  for  such  a  glorious  end. 
Why  are  our  practices  of  our  religion  ao  often 
ditferent?  Why  do  we  notice   brethren  and  sis- 
ters   contending    with    each    other — some  for 
more  strictness,    and  ^ome   for    more  liberty? 
Our  only  liberty  should  be  in  Christ,  and  sure- 
ly he  would  have  us,  members  of  his  body  all  of 
"one  mind."     Why  contend   for  liberty   to  fol- 
low the  world?   May  our  freedom  be  in  Jesus, 
to  do  his  will  and  love  the  Church. 

D.  B.  Mbntzeh. 
Waynesboro^  Pa. 


From  Southern  Mo. 


From  Mulberry  Grove,  HL 


Notice   to  Duty. 


Iowa  Brethren,   Please  Notice. 

I  DESIRE  all  the  elders  of  the  different 
churches,  aa  well  as  the  superintendents -of 
the  different  Sunday-3cliool«,  to  inform  me 
immediately  whether  they  would  favor  a  Sun- 
day-school Convention,  to  be  held  in  the  South 
Waterloo  Church  some  time  during  the  Wiu- 
■  ter,  either  before  or  after  the  holidays.  All  in 
favor  of  such  a  move  will  please  report  to  me  at 
once,  and  state  your  preferable  time,  so  that  all 
due  arrangements  can  be  made- 

M.  P.  LiCHTY. 
WfdfrhiOy  loivn. 


lom  Bro.   David   Bare. 

i  Sept.   24th,  for  Kansas   and   ar 


TO  the  brethren  of  Southern  Kansas,  and  all 
othei-s  interested  in  missionary  labor:  We 
are  all  aware  of  tile  fact  th.xt  it  Wiis  decided  to 
select  two  tried  brethren  to. travel  and  preach 
in  Southern  KanSHS.  Two  such  have  been  ap- 
pointed and  arc  ready  to  do  their  duty  just  aa 
soon  as  sufficient  money  is  paid  into  the  treas- 
ury. There  ought  to  be  two  hundred  dollars 
to  begin  with.  1  do  not  think  much  over  one- 
fourth  of  this  amount  has  been  raised.  The 
quota  is  not  heavy  when  divided  among  seven- 
teen organ-zed  churches.  Some  of  the  churches 
have  Vesponded  liberally,  aud  if  there  are  any 
not  willing  to  contribute,  they  ought  to  make 
it  known.  I  hope  there  are  none  such  in  Kan- 
sas. I  know  Cedar  Creek  church  will  do  its 
duty,  ior  we  know  how  it  is  here  in  our  own 
district;  we  can't  have  meeting  at  one  tenth  of 
the  places  that  there  are  calls,  and  it  is  the 
same  all  through  Kansas.  There  is  a  great 
demand  for  preaching  by  the  Brethren,  and 
they  can  win  many  souls  to  Christ  if  all  do  their 
duty.  We  have  taith  in  the  misMouary  cause, 
and  now  let  our  faith  be  accompanied  by  works. 
Ephhaim  Sti^deb.vkbh. 
Minerai  I'uint,  Kansas. 


Ikar  Bnthren:— 
/COMPANION  and  I  left  home  ou  the  7th  of 
\j     October  on  a  mission  of  love.    Attended  a 
council  iu  the  Mineral  Creek  Church,  Johnson 
Co.     Ttie  difficulties  were  adjusted,  and  things 
apparently   set  in  order    again.     Next  went  to 
Bates  county  to  a  council    meeting  with  the 
members  of  the  Mound  Church.     Business  was 
not  found   in  proper  shape,  so  we  did  not  do 
anything  but  make  arrangenientH  ft>r  the  an- 
nual visit,  aud  a  church  meeting  for  the  13th. 
We  once  had  our   liome  iu  this  church,  and 
we  greatly    enjoyed  ourselves  with     our   dear 
"members  and  old  neighbors,  aud  regretted  that 
we  cuuld  not     stay    iouger  with    them.     This 
church  has  been  badly  neglected,  and  but  very 
little  preaching  done  for  them  since  we  moved 
from  there.     But  the  members  have  been  stead- 
fast and  brother  John  Knisley  is  a  zealous  dea- 
con.   He  has  done  much   to  hold   the  church 
together  there.    They  were  re  organized  last 
Spring;  had  two  more  chosen  to  the  uthce  of 
deacon,    aud  two  to  the    ministry;    aud    those 
young  brethren  need  to  be  encouraged.    There 
are  twenty-tivo    members    and    prospects   for 
more.     Next    attended    the    District   Meeting 
which  w^s  held  with  the    Brush  Creek  Church, 
in  St.  Clair  Co.    There  was   not  much  business 
before  the  meeting  but  what  there    was  passed 
off   pleasantly.     We    formed    many    new    aud 
pleasant  acquaintances,     Among    the   number 
was   brother  Abram  Crumpacker  of  Virginia, 
and  brother  M.  M.  Eshelman   of  Lanark,  III. 
On  the  Ist  and  2nd  of  November  we  attended  a 
commujiion  meeting  with    the  membei-s  in  thi 
Walnut  Creek  Church,  Johnson   Co.     It   was 
one  of  the  tinest  meetings  that  we  ever  attend- 
ed—a meeting    long    to    be    remembered.     The 
most  profound  attention  that  we  ever  witnessed 
was  manifested.     Brother  A.   Hutchison,   the 
Elder  of  that  church,  said  to  us  that  time  pas>ed 
as  he  never  had  it  to  pass  before.    Our   minis- 
terial force  was   rather  small.     It  consisted  of 
brethren  Hutchison,  Dr.  A.  Reese,  F.  Culp  aud 
myself.     There  was  one  applicant  for  baptism, 
and  one  desired    to  be  re-instated.  This   church 
is  without   a    resident    minister.     They    have  a 
Hue  country,  a  good  meetmg-house,  and  minis- 
tering brethren  who   contemplate  going  West 
would  do  well  to  visit  this  church. 

D.  L.  Williams. 
Brownsville,  Mo. 


IEi' T  home  S 
J    rived  at  ?i 

by  brother  Garber  and  conveyed  to  Ini  home, 
near  which  was  the  large  tent  for  meeting  pur- 
poses. In  the  evening  addressed  a  large  con- 
iregatioo.  Saturday  evening  met  at  same 
plnce  for  the  feast.  Sunday  mommy  brother 
M.  M.  E.  preached  to  the  childreu.  At  U 
o'clock  regular  services  began.  Three  were 
':!!^::J^^Ttr^:^  ^"^    ;;;t  w...ea  the  feet  aUo.iped.Ul.   theto„e, 


From  Lowell,  Mich, 

]>ciir  Bnthren:— 

ON  the  2:ind  of  October,  wife  and  I  left  home 
for  our  former  home  in  the  English  Prai- 
rie Church,  Lagrange  Co.,  Ind.  Enjoyed  their 
feast  of  love  on  the  23rd.  Had  a  good  meeting 
aud  good  order  for  such  a  crowded  house.  Here, 
for  the  Krat  time,  we  witnessed   where  the  one 


Echoes  from  the  East. 


NUMBER  XXV, 


nle; 


A  SERIES  OF    MRFmNOS. 

I  AST  evening,  Oct.  26th,  we  came  nine  m 
j  to  attend  services  this  morning  at  the 
Long  Meadows  meeting-house,  of  the  Beaver 
Creek  congregation,  Maryland.  Upon  arriving, 
we  learned  that  this  morning  there  would  be 
held  the  first  of  a  8erie.«i  of  meetings.  Brother 
Silas  Hoover,  of  Somerset  county,  Pu.,  who  had 
been  called  for  the  occa.«ion,  announced  hi? 
text  in  Luke  1: 19.  He  spoke  of  Christ's  fin* 
coming  and  his  mission  to  earth.  Sinuera,  or 
unbelievers  sit  in  darkness  and  the  intention  of 


Ih-ar  Brethren.* — 

SOME  of  my  friends  have  complained  because 
I  have  been  so  quiet,  especially  because 
nothing  appeared  in  print  from  my  pen.  My 
only  apology  is,  there  were  reasons  for  it. 

On  the  37th  of  September   I   attended  the 
Love-feast  iu  the  Bear  Creek  congregation,  111 
Had   an   enjoyable  meeting.    There   are    some 
live  icorkprs  in  Bear  Creek.     On  the  yoth.  at- 
tended the  feast  in   Hurricane  Creek  congrega- 
tion, Bond  county.     Had  an  eicellent  meeting; 
good  order  and  much   love  seemed  to  be  mani< 
tested.    On  the  -Ith  of  October  attended  a  Love- 
feast  in  the  Silem  congregation.  Marion  county, 
III.     Had  a  cro^vded  house  and  good  attention. 
My  wile  accompanied    me  to  all  of  the  above 
meetings.     Her  health  had  improved  some  b\it 
as  we  bad  to  travel    iu   private   conveyance  it 
worried  her  and  she   seemed  to  fail  some.     Oq 
the  Sth  of  October  1  bade  adieu  to  ray   family 
and  biiardfd  the    train    lor  Iowa,  to   meet    the 
.Annual   Meeting  committee.     Met    tn   council 
with  the  Middle  Creek  cougreguUuu  in  M.iha9- 
ka  county  ou  tho  10th.    The  whole  committee 
were  present;  heard  the  grievau".e8  and  consid- 
ered them  in  the  fear   of  the    Lord,   and  made 
our  report  to  the   members  which  was  unani- 
mously accepted.    On   the  12th   was  tak-m  to 
South  Knglish  to  fill  au  appointment.    On  the 
Hveiiing  of  the  liith,    brother    Enoch    Eby  ad- 
dressed a  large   and   attentive  congregation  in 
the  same  place.    On   the  14th,  met  fde  church 
iji  council  and  continued  until  tho  Ifilh,— then 
adjourne'l   until  the    2(ith.    In   the  afternoon 
went  to  Deep  River  congregation,  iii  Poweaheik 
county.    Ou  the  17th  met  the  church  in  coun- 
cil, and  on  Saturday  night  between  eleven  and 
twelve  o'cloek  we  made  our  report,    which  was 
unanimously    accepted.     On  Sunday    morning 
met  at  the  same  place  for  preaching.     Had  a 
very  interesting  meeting.    Was  taken  to  South 
English  in  the   afternoon,  20th,  met   liguin  in 
council  aud  ou  the  21st,  male  our  report.  After 
some  explanations,  this  report  was  also  unani» 
mously   accepted  bv   the   members.     May  God 
bless  the  untiring  zeal  of  our  dear  brethren  and 
sisters,  and    where  wounds  were    made  by  the 
enemy  sowing  discord   among  them   UMy  the 
balm  of  love  lieal  all,  and  may  a  double   guard 
be  set  so  the  enemy   may  be  kept  at  bay.    On 
the  22iid.  was  taken  to  Middle   Creek,   had  ft 
meeting  at  night   and   next  day  bade  a  final 
adieu  to  the  loved  ones    in  Iowa.     In  the  aflec^ 
noon  left  for  Hudson  111.,  to  attend  our  District 
Meeting  for  Southern  Illinois.    1  here  made  a 
number  of  acquaintances  whom  I  shall  remem- 
ber with  pleasure  for  their  great  kindness.  The 
meeting  passed  off  pleasantly.     Bro.  H^helmaa 
being  present,  1  hope  he    will  give  a  report  o 
the  meeting.  I  arrived  home  safely  on  the  30th, 
.itter  an  absence  of  twenty-two  days.    Found 
my  wif-"  in  improved  health.    Thank  God  for 
his  gooduess. 

Many  thanks  to  the  dear  brethren  and  sisten 
for  their  kiuduess  to  me  while  among  them. 
May  God's  choicest  blessings  rest  upon  all,  and 
luay  we  all  so  live,  that  when  life's  sorrows  are 
is-er  we  may  meet  iu  our  Father's  house  of 
many  mansions. 


JoHX  Wise. 


Keep  regular  hours;  rise  early;  exercise  half 
an  hour  before  breakfast. 


THIC    BRETHKElSr    u^T    W^OKK;. 


IsTovembi 


ler    !■; 


(I)a:i|icl  ^u«;ccss 


AND  tti#y  that  bp  wise  shall  shlnp  as  the 
tffUrtitncwof  thp  Hnimnw-iit;  and  they  that  turn 
■myto  rjfihteiiiamw9.  as  the  stars  forever  and 
tTCT.— I>)U).  12:  S. 

MadisoD  county.  Ohio.— Seven Un-n  turned 
from  darkiie^t  to  lifiht  by  the  Word. 

Silver  Creek  Chnroh,  0,— Two  changed  their 
relatiou  by  bnptisni. 

Ephrata  Church,  Pa.— Sixteen  baptized  into 
Christ,  and  tbrco  -Hfekiofr  admission. 

James  Creek  Church.  Pa.— Twenty-one  made 
the  good  confession  and  were  bapti^-i^d. 

South  Branch.  W.  Va  -One  member  added 
to  the  "honsp"  of  the  Lord. 

Plymouth.  Ind  — Four  received  by  baptism. 
Bear  Creek  Churoh.  Ill  —Three  grew  weary  of 
their  smlnl  rehitiou  and  tiinieFi  to  God. 

Hudson,  111.— Pour  made  the  Rood  confesMion 
aild  wry  received  into  lellowshiiJ. 

Waterloo,  Iowa— Seven  odded  unto  the  "om 
body." 

Denmark,  Europe. — One  received  by  faith, 
repuntaiiee,  eorpfi'K««inn  and  baptiiim. 

Plea-ant  Valley  Church.  Va  —Three  admitted 
into  feltowwliip  by  biiptwm. 

Glade  Run  Church,  Pa.— Two  born  intothc 
kiuRdnm. 

Huntingdon  Church,  Pa— Three  made  par 
takers  oi  t  lie  divin"  niiture. 

Henry  Creek  Church,  Ind  — Seven  have 
griiwu  weary  of  nin  and  turned  to  thw  Lord, 

From  Somerset,  Pa. — Since  my  lait  report, 
held  a  rteries  of  ineetinKH  in  D.  V.  Stoufl'er'h 
cougreRation.  ab.iut  three  miles  from  Henry 
Gemtarui's,  Maryland.  There  are  niniiy  mem 
hers  in  that  arm  of  the  uhurcii  l>iit  our  met;t- 
ings  proved  a  Huccens.  Closed  with  twenty-two 
applicants.  I  ho|ti!  they  will  adi  rn  their  pro- 
fession with  a  tjodly  walk  and  condurt.  (H.lierM 
have  promised  to  come  before  long.  I  return 
my  thanks  to  the  membera  io  general  for  their 
kindness.  Silau  Huoveu. 

Ii'rom  Antioch,  Ind— ()u  the  firnt  Sunday  in 
this  month  there  were  serviceM  in  the  forenoon 
at  Antioch,  and  in  the  afternoon  at  Dora.  At 
the  close  of  the  services  five  came  forward  and 
desired  to  unite  with  the  church.  The  multi- 
tude then  repaired  to  the  river  eide  where  pray- 
er was  wont  to  be  made,  where  two  sirtterH  and 
three  brothers  were  received  into  the  fold,  and 
where  the  church  was  made  to  rejoice. 

J.  W.  SOUTHWOOII. 


her  powera.  She  charges  nothing  for  her  aer- 
vice«,  and  accepta  only  food,  lodging,  and  con- 
veyance from  place  to  place.  She  is  of  pure 
negro  blood,  uneducated,  and  a  devoot  Meth- 
odist. 

Nkarly  all  the  negroes  in  and  near  Darling- 
ton. S.  C,  now  own  horses  and  cows,  and  many 
of  them  own  land,  which  they  are  able  to  work 
with  their  own  money.  There  is  less  stealing 
than  formerly,  churches  are  immerous  and  well 
Huppprted,  and  newspapers  are  in  demand. 

EiaHTKKN  of  the  States  have  civil  damage 
li(]iior  laws.  Their  provisions  are  substantially 
the  same,  making  dealers  reHpon«ibIe  pecuni- 
arily for  all  harm  resulting  from  the  sale  of 
atroholic  beverages.  New  Vork,  Maine,  Masi^a- 
chuKetta,  and  Illinois  have  statutes)  precisely 
alike. 

Thr  steamship  Arizona,  of  the  Guion  tine 
fiaid  to  be  the  (leet^'st   steamer  on  the  Atlantic, 
oa  she  is  one  of  the  finest,  left  New  York  Tues- 
day.    Ou  Friday,  at  9  A.   M,,  the  night   being 
k,  but  not  fuggy,  while  the  ship,  in  charge 
of  the  second  otiicer,  was  runniug  at    her  usual 
speed  acrons  the  grand   bank-*,  a   huge  iceberg 
suddenly  appeared   directly    in  her  course,  aud 
liefore  her  headway  could  be  checked  the  splen 
did  ves-tel  buriei  her  b'jw^    in  the    Arctic  levi- 
athan, bounding  back    with   a  frightful    recoil, 
which  hurled  tht;' sleeping  passengerd  and  crew 
in  terrified  confusion    oil  deck,     Tlie  Arizona's 
bow  was  com[detely  crushed  in,  and  the   for- 
ward compartment  instantly  filled  v>-X\\  water 
On  the  forecastle  were  lodged  tons  of  ice,  while 
the   sleeping   sailors    below    narrowly   escaped 
with  their  lives,  under  the  skillful  management 
of  tlie  commander  and   Mr,  GuiifU,   who,  with 
his  daughter,  hapjiened  to  be  a  passenger.     The 
crew  were  at  once  put  at  work  to  prevent  dam- 
age as  much  as  possible,  and  the  shij)  was  head- 
ed for  St.  Johns,  three    hundred   miles  distant. 
This  morning  she  safely  arrived  at  that  harbor, 
whore  her  passengers  were  landed  and  the  work 
of  repairing,   which   will  probably   consume  a 
month,  begun. 


whore  he  resided  until  186!^,  when    he  moved     Seuon  knd  S^velatloB— Br    R.  MilUgKn.     t],j, 


$pms(i  fjitius. 


On  the  Sth  iust,  a  severe  atnrm  passed  over 
Pageville,  Mo.,causing  considerable  destruction 
to  property,  and  injuring  a  number  of  persons. 

Of  the  seven  million  Hebrews  in  the  world, 
statistics  say  there  are  five  million  in  Europe, 
and  a  million  and  a  half  in  the  United  States, 

La  Frfiurr,  says  Waddington,  persists  in  h: 
desire  to  resign  the  presidency  of  the  council  of 
ministers  of  France. 

The  Uusjsian  expedition  in  Turkestan  will 
make  a  fresh  advance  as  soon  as  reinforced. 

The  Emperor  William  has  sent  t'.'JOa  to  re- 
lieve the  dLstress  in  Muciu,  Spain,  occasioned 
by  the  recent  floods. 

The  Daily  Ti'lfrjriiph's  Vienna  disjiatch  says 
a  strong  force  of  Montenegrins  has  marched  ou 
Gnsiuje,  pillaging  and  burning  everything  be- 
fore them.  More  than  three  hundred  Albanian 
Mussulmen  were  mercilessly  slain. 

The  czar  has  recently  granted  reJigioue  lib- 
erty to  the  Baptists,  who  are  put  on  an  equal 
footing  with  his  orthodox  subjects. 

Many  of  the  people  of  Africa  are  as  fair  as 
Englishmen.  The  boys  are  noted  as  being  par- 
ticularly handsome. 

"Thirteen  Baptist  Associations  in  West  Va.. 
are  supporting  fourteen  active  preachers  in 
Bnrmah."  Christian  preacher!  can  you  per- 
suade your  own  dock  to  be  loyal  to  the  Savior's 
commission? 

The  Grant  family  are  very  ([uiet  in  their 
home  life  at  Galena,  ill .  adapting  themselves 
qoite  readily  to  the  habiU  of  this  sleepy  old 
town.  Gen.  Grant  calls  unoatentatiously  on  his 
old  friends  at  their  places  of  business,  or  drives 
with  them  about  the  city  and  vicintiy. 

Mbs.  Mix,  who  has  a  Connecticut  reputation 
for  working  miracles,  travels  through  that 
But*  profe6*ing  to  cure  diseases  by  the  laying 
on  of  handfl,  and  crowds  seek  her  wherever  she 
goes.    The  most  wonderful  stories  arfe  told   of 


Ififirtjatig  |Iof  i^ifs. 


to  this  county.  H«  united  with  the  Brethren 
in  the  year  1865,  and  remained  a  member  un- 
til death.  He  died  Octob-r  30th,  '79,  aged 
H4  years  and  3  months.  Funeral  services  by 
the  brethren  from  Rev.  14:  13,  to  a  very 
large  audience.  Dobset  Hodqen. 

CHOPENNINQ.— Near  Waterloo.  Iowa.  Sept. 
3, '79.  SuHaonfl.  wife  of  Simon  Chopenniiig. 
aged  55  years,  II  months  and  19  days.  She 
was  a  member  of  the  iteformed  Church.  She 
mnvf^d  from  Somerset  Co  ,  Pa.,  in  1S7S,  She 
was  the  mother  of  8  children.  Funeral  ser- 
vices by  brother  Lewi.s  Peifer. 
HELLER.— In  the  South  Waterloo  Church. 
Iowa,  Aug.  21,  79,  Sarah  C.  Heller,  aged  10 
years,  1  month  and  17  days.  Funeral  servi- 
ces by  the  writer  from  Matt.  9:  24. 
HILDEBRAND.— In  the  same  church,  Anuie, 
David  and  Frank,  litUe  children  of  Bro.  Wm. 
and  sister  Lovina  Hildebrand.  Fuueritl  ser- 
vices by  brother  D.  N.  Workman.  The  disease 
wa*)  Diptheria.  J.  A  Muuuay. 

BOWMAN.— In    the  Antioch  Church,    Hun- 

tiagton  county,  Ind..  Oct.,  25,    '79,  Mary  M. 

Bowman,  aged  27  years,  9  months  and  7  days. 

Funeral  services  from  Job  15:  14. 

She  leaves  a  husband  and  five  small  children. 
She  wa'  taken  flick  la*>t  Spring  and  rennined. 
VUrcp  weeks  before  her  death  she  was  received 
into  the  church  as  far  as  thought  possible,  she 
being  so  low  that  she  did  not  feel  able  to  be 
mmer«ed,  but  gave  her  solemn  promise  that  if 
she  ever  got  able  she  would  be,  but  she  grew 
weaker  uutil  deith.  On  the  night  of  the  25th, 
we  went  to  see  her  and  remained  all  night.  At 
midnight  death  commenced  its  fatal  work. — 
Soon  she  aroused  and  began  to  sing.  She  then 
reached  her  hand  to  lier  husband  and  said, 
"farewell."  She  lingered  until  the  next  morn- 
ing, J.  W.  SoL'THwoon. 

Notice. 


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Anil  a  wondeiful  love  it  must  be. 
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IIY  PKOF.  H.  S.  OSIJOKN. 

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Please  announce  that  we  of  the  Pleasant  Hill 
Church,  MaCoupin  Co.,  III.,  have  appointed  a 
communion  meeting  to  be  held  on  the  28ih  of 
November,  commencing  at  10  o'clock  a.  m.  An 
invitation  to  all  wishing  to  be  with  us. 

Joseph  Fjlbukn. 


t^allirii  l^alecn. 


BiMMdan  tbadeod  which  dlolniba  Lord.— Bo*.  H;  13. 


Obiluuiea  should  be  brief,  written  od  bnt  one  side  of 
pftper,  and  eeparate  ttom  all  other  businoes. 


GAKUER.— In  the  Cold  Water  Congregation, 
Iowa,  Nov.  6,  '7D,  sister  Ann  Eliza  Garber, 
aged  79  years,  5  mouths,  and  21  days.  She 
was  sick  only  forty-eight  hours.  She  was  a 
faithful  Christian.  She  leaves  a  husband 
and  eight  children,  and  many  grandchildren 
to  mourn  their  loss.  Funeral  services  by  W. 
J.  H.  Bauman  and  the  writer. 

J.   F.  ElKENUHBHT. 

CHRISTIAN.— Samuel  D,  Christian  was  born 
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1829  he  moved  to  Montgomery  Co.,  Ohio, 


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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


FIRST  PAGE— Stein    imd    K*y     Debate;     Mnses' 

Honifli ' 
Sbcond  Taqe— The  P;ist;  ConcliiBion.— Prof.  W. 
E  Lo<:kui;t:  "This  is  the  llr»t  ileauiiecliun."  .lulin 

Forney.     Suiierit>ra    and  tiubortl i nates.— D.    F. 

Eby. 
Third  Page— Honesty.— H.  I*  Brinkworth;  "The 

Pliilistines  he  uprn  Thee.— C.  H     Ualshaunb; 

Gud'a  Promises.- IV  G.  Conaer. 
Fourth  Page- Editorials— The   Pric;e  of  our 

Redemi'tiun;     Uell  — liigersoU  Couveited 

fiTTU  Page— EiuToKiALs  — Uannony  Want*' '  — 
.lulia  A.  Wood:  Sniceasful  (iospel  Work— S.  T 
Hossfrmau;  Hoi>k  of  Jasher.— M.  M.  E  Gre:iter 
Work?-— A.  W.  ViUiira.m 

SIXTH  I'AOK— T  IP  Ooblen  Side:    True  Strength; 
ScoMiiiff ;  Thiit  Vgly  Rubbish ;    Simplicty ;  Tied 
Ht  Home;  From  Paleatine.— J  \V.  McGarvey. 

Seventh  Page— Fr.im  Brother  Samuel  Murray; 
Waahiiigtoii.  lowvi.— Abrabam  Wnlf-;  Mission 
Work  ill  Soutlieru  Iow;i.—G.  Ji.  Keplogle;  Kir- 
byville.Mo.— .lames  Miner;  Madiaon  C"  .  Ohiu 
S.  M  Prugh;  Hudson  Church.  Ill  — Kfberca 
Siiave  y;  Fmm  A'irginia,- B.  F,  Moumaw  ;  Tn 
Ei(fer  I-aac  Price.of  Schuvlkill  —least*  Y.  Heck- 
ler; FnniFairview  Churcli.'Olifo,— 5  T-  Bos- 
serman:     From  Mt,  Morrl3.Ill.— D.  E.  Price. 

EiOHTH  Page— Progressive  UeliKion  and  Pro- 
gressive ChristianB— J.  S  Mohler;  Kailroad  Ar- 
raiigements;  City  Misson  Fund;  Danish  Mis- 
sion Report. 


STEIN  AND  BAY  DEBATE. 

Prop.    2d.     Baptist  churches  possess   the  Bi- 
ble characteristics  which  eutitle  them  to   be 
regarded  aa  churches  of  Jesus  Christ. 
D.  B.  Ray,  Affirms. 
.1.  W.  Stein.   Denies. 
Kay's  .'in  Affirmative. 
WK  did  not  "attack    the    Brethren,"    unless 
W      stating   the  ditferences   between   us   in 
such  an  attack.     Mr.  Stein  did  accuse  the  Bap- 
tist churches  with  granting  "legal   license"   to 
gratify  the  "lusts"  "of  the  flesh"  Gal.   5:  20.  '21. 
He  must  prove  or  withdraw  these  foul  charges, 
stand  as  "the  accuser  of  our  brethren."    Mr. 
S,  states  his   fifth   negative  accusation   thus: 
"Baptist  churches  are   not  churches  of  Christ, 
because  they  bold  that   we  may   do  evil,  fight, 
aud  kill,  and  take  oaths,  that  good  may  come" ! 
What  Baptist  church  ever  uttered   such  a  sen- 
timent:'    He  knows  that  this  charge  is   utterhj 
iiiUrur.     Baptists  follow  the  example  of  Christ 
and  the  Apostles  in  making  no  laws  to  exclude 
members  for  being  subject  to  "the  powers   that 
be,"  by  aiding  in  the  punishment  of  "'evil  doers." 
Under  the  law  as  well   as   the  gospel   the  com 
mand  reads:  "Thou  shall  not  kill;"  nevertheless 
the  best  men  on  earth  were  commanded,  a^  cit- 
izens, to  punish  evil  doers  with  carnal  weapons. 
And  in  the  present  dispensation  the  political 
''powers  that  be  are  ordained  of  God." 

The  political  ruler  "is  the  minister  of  God," 
who  bears  the  "sword,"  as  a  revenger  to  execute 
wrath  upon  him  that  doeth  evil."  Rom.  13: 
M.  Christians  are  commanded  to  submit  tc 
these  kings  and  governors,  "as  unto  them  tlia' 
We  sent  by  Him  for  the  punisnment  of  evil 
Joers,  and  for  the  praise  of  them  that  do  well." 
1  Peter  2:  V.\  14.  Aa  God  hsis  ordained  the  civ- 
il governments  to  bear  the  sword  a^'ftinst  trans 
irreseors.  and  Christians  are  required  to  act  h;- 
''bedient  citizens  in  such  governments,  ther-' 
fore,  it  is  right  and  proper  for  christians  to  ohey 
*be  ordinance  of  (iod  by  the  support  of  the  po 


htical  powers  in  the  punishm^-nt  of  transgre-ss- 
ors.  Cornelius,  captain  over  the  "Italian  band," 
wiis  a  "devout  man.  and  one  that  feareil  God 
with  all  his  house."  In  answer  to  the  prayers 
of  this  aoldier  an  angel  of  God  came  down  aud 
instructed  him  to  send  for  Peter.  Acts  10;  1-5. 
Under  the  sermon  of  this  apostle  this  "just 
man"  with  his  "devout  soldier"  si  rvaut,  with 
others,  received  the  baptism  of  the  Huly  Spirit 
aud  spake  wiili  tongues  Neither  the  aw^A  nor 
Peter  demanded  his  expulsion  from  the  army. 

What  a  pity  that  there  were  no  Dunkards 
in  those  times  to  instruct  Pct-^r  eoucerniug  "the 
diabolical  spirit  of  war,"  aud  the  extieme  wick 
edneas  of  beiug  a  soldier.  As  John  the  Baptist 
was  preaching  the  gospel  ot  the  kmgdom  aud 
bapti/.ing,  "The  soldiers  lik«wiae  demanded  of 
him  saying,  aud  What  shall  we  do?  And  he 
said  \mU'  them  Do  violence  to  no  man.  neither 
accuse  any  falsely;  and  be  content  with  your 
wages."  Luke  3;  14.  Why  did  John,  who  was 
tilled  with  the  Holy  Spirit,  instruct  soldiers  t' 
continue  in  the  service,  aud  receive  wages  for 
the  same?  The  instructiou  to  do  violence  to 
no  man  evidently  relent  to  those  individual  acts 
of  violence  to  which  soldiers  are  liable.  As 
christians  and  church  members  we  are  to  "do 
violence  to  no  man"  and  "resist  not  evil;"  but 
as  citizens  we  may  aid  in  the  punishmeHt  of 
evil  doers.  Shall  all  civil  government  be  aban- 
doned ?  and  the  whole  country  given  to  be  plun- 
dered by  thieves  and  robbers?  such  would  not 
be  according  to  godliness.  Our  accuser,  without 
proof,  charges  the  Baptists  with  "the  crime  of 
perjury"!  Was  he  guilty  of  that  crime  while  a 
Baptist?    What  is  hw  word  now  worthP 

Our  accusing  friend  has  admitted  that  ouly- 
"regenerated"  persons  "are  required  to  enter 
Christ's  church  by  solemn  oath  of  allegiance." 
Therefore,  he  contends  that  gospel  ministers  ar*; 
to  administer  a  solemn  oath  to  "regenerated" 
persons.  Under  the  law  a  person  was  required, 
as  ail  individual,  to  "perform  unto  the  Lord 
thine  oaths."  But  now,  in  this  sense,  one  must 
"swear  not  at  all."  Nevertheless,  under  the 
gospel,  in  baptism,  one  is  "required  to  enter 
Christ's  church  by  solemn  oath  of  allegiance." 
Also,  under  civil  authority  in  obedience  to  the 
political  ordinance  of  God,  we  may  end  strife 
by  an  "oath  for  confirmation." 

Instead  of  attempting  to  answer  our  Bible  ar- 
guments proving  tlie  Baptist  doctrine,  that  spir- 
itual life  must  precede  baptism  and  church  or- 
ganization, Mr.  S.  occupies  his  space  with  uu- 
sustained  accusations  against  Baptists.  We  an- 
swer his  cjuestions  as  follows: — (1)  Yes,  the  re- 
pentance, Matt.  :i:  11,  was  "into  life"  and  the 
"baptism  unto  repentance,"  was  baptism  to  de- 
clare the  repentanse  which  had  already  borne 
fruit. 

2.  It  IS  right  to  bury  by  baptism  those  who 
"are  dead  to  sin;''  "For  he  that  is  dead  is  freed 
from  sin."  Rom.  6:1-7.  Of  such  it  is  said, 
"Ye  are  dead  and  your  life  is  hid  with  Christ  in 
God."  Col.  3:  -t.  One  must  be  dead  tosin  and 
alive  to  God  before  the  burial  in  baptism.  '.^. 
Yes,  Baptists  certainly  demand  that  the  candi- 
date for  baptism  have  the  experience  of  having 
"passed  from  death  unto  life."  We  know  thift 
because  "we  love  the  brethren."  1  John  '■'>:  14, 
i.  As  Christ  was  sinless  he  did  not  die  to  sin 
prior  to  his  fmrial  in  Utpfism;  therefore,  he  was 
spiritually  alive  when  baptized.  5.  Baptists 
believe  that  "for  remission,"  (Matt.  2';:  2s) 
means  to  procure  the  remission  of  sins.  (V  We 
are  of  the  opinion  that  tie  redeemed  that  have 
not  become  members  of  "tlie  Bride,  the  Lamb's 
wife,  will,  in  glory,  be  happy  guests  at  the 
marriage  of  the  Lamb.  Mr.  Stein  answers  our 
important  question  thus: 

But  he  iranis  to   knmi    if  in-   ^liuuhl   b'lptKt 
children  of  (iod  or  children   ot  the  devil:'     .\ii^. 
n't'  should  baptize  nfiVAer— children  Of'  Gorf  n'  td 
no  baptism  and  "children  of  th^  devil"  are  im 
fitfor  baijtisni.     When  people  havn  died  to  8 
tan  and  ate /''^'AVfji    ol  God,    then    thej 
be  "born  of  water  "  i  e..  I'mmjht  forth   > 
tiai  childhood  and  hrinhip  by  baptism. 


are  to 
a't- 


It  will  be  ob-<prved  that  our  friend  quotes  no 
passnge  of  scripture  to  prove  that  acconntable 
persons  are  neither  the  children  of  Ood  rtor  the 
children  of  the  devil.     He  has  divulged  this  sil- 
ly stutT  to  escape  the  tt-rriblw    doctrine   of  his 
churi:h,  that  ihe  childro'H  of   Satan    are   to  be- 
come the  children  of  God.  in  the  act  of  baptism. 
He  should  have  known  that  the  terms  hdjotten 
and  burn  are  transbilions  Irmi  the  same  origin- 
al word.     There  can  p.>sssib!i/  be  no    intermedi- 
ate apace  or  ttnn»  between  spiritual  death    and 
spiritual  life.  "You  hath  he  qnickened  who  were 
deml  111  tre>4p>iss-s  and  in  sins."  EpK.  2:  1.     M 
Stein  will  please  answer  the  following:  1.    Can 
one  be  "tiegotten  ot  God"  and  "regenerated"  and 
atill  liewttiioutapiriti'Sl  life?  Doaitgwerl  3.  How 
long  may    one  remain  in  a  "begotten"  aud  "re- 
generated" state  without  beiug  born    of    God? 
iJoiit  for(j'(  tiinntiwer.  3.  If  oneof  these  "b^-got- 
ten"  "regenemted"  perioiis  who  are  "neither  tl'.e 
childreu  i-f  God  nor  children  of  the  devil,"  should 
die  in  this  condition,  wdl  they  gii  to  heaven  or 
hell?  or  will  he  go  to  purgatory,  if  there  he 
such  a  place?    4.     Is  the  water  oi  haptiHin  the 
real  mother  of  all  the  spiritual  children  of  God? 
i  IS  or  no.     .».     How  many    plans   of  salvation 
are  there?     Was  the  thief  on    the  croas  (Luke 
23:42)  saved  or  lost?     Ifyou  forget  to  answer 
these  questions  some  of  our  readers    will    think 
that  you  are  unable  to  au^twer. 

Mr,  S.  attem|itsto  pervert  our  argument  from 
1  .lohn  4:  7  partly  by  suppression  and  partly 
by  a  false  rendering.  John  says,  "Every  one 
that  loveth  is  born  of  God  and  knowcth  God," 
but  Mr.  S.  changes  it  to  rt-ad  "Every  one  that 
loveth  is  begctten  of  God,"  and  leaves  out  "and 
kthM'eth  Hod."  Does  any  one  in  his  senses  con- 
ceive, I'or  a  moment,  that  one  without  spiritual 
life  or  the  new  birth,  "knoweth  God,"  spiritual- 
ly? How  grossly  absurd  and  blind  is  the  theo- 
ry of  our  friend!  1.  Kvery  one  must  love  God 
prior  to  baptism  and  church  membership.  2. 
But  one  that  loves  God  is  "born  of  God,  and 
knoweth  God."  3.  Therefore,  every  one  must 
be  born  ot  God  and  know  God  prior  to  bap- 
tism and  church  membership. 

We  base  our  5th  argument,  for  spiritual  re- 
generation and  life  prior  to  baptism  and  church 
membership,  upon  the  fact  thai  Jesus  mnde  dis- 
'iptes  be/on'  he  baptized  them. 

"When  therefore  the  Lord  knew  how  the 
Pharisees  had  heard  that  Jesus  made  and  bap- 
tized more  disciplea  than  John.  (Though  Je- 
sus himself  baptized  not.  but  his  disciples.)  Jqo. 
4:  1.2. 

"Disciples,"  made  such  by  Jesus  Cbriat,  are 
the  children  of  God.  "Jesus  made  and  bapli/- 
ed  more  disciple  thjm  John."  Ist,  Disciples, 
made  by  .lesus  Christ,  are  the  children  of  God. 
2nd, Jesus  made  bis  disciples  before  baptim 
aud  church  membership.  3rd,  Therefore,  Je. 
BUS  Christ  received  the  children  of  God  to  bap- 
tism and  church  membership.  But  our  friend 
would^bapti/e  those  who  are  not  the  children  of 
God  to  give  them  spiritual  life!  This  makes  a 
Savior  of  the  administrator!! 

We  base  our  tJth  argument  for  this  tirst  liin- 
damental  characteristic  upon  the  fact  'hnf 
wen  musf  hi  "dead  to  si»"  prior  to  the  hurntl  itt 
baption  ttnd  reirptiun  to  •hutch  m>  ndjership. 
Read  Rom.  *i:  1-T.  In  the  sense  of  this  scrip 
ture,  "he  that  is  dead  is  treed  from  sio."  1st, 
every  one  must  lie  "dead  to  sin"  prior  to  bap- 
tism and  church  membership.  2nd,  But,  in  this 
sense,  every  one  "that  is  dead  is  freed  from  sin" 
3rd,  Therefore,  every  one  must  be  "freed  froitj 
sin"  prior  to  biiptism  ami  church  membership. 
We  rlefy  the  power  ot  men  or  demons  to  vr,^T- 
throw  this  argument.  But  Mr  Stein,  with  uu' 
ticbrist,  would  pretend  to  baptize  oue.  nut  » 
child  of  God  and  without  sjtiritual  life  to  ir.e 
him  from  sin!   What  blindneas! 

Our  Uh  Arfj.  for  flijs  ^•ha^acte^^^ti^;  i?- b.i>ed 
upon  the  fact  that  the  n'lr  birth  doff  not  ■Ici'^i'' 
n/ian  thr  null  of  tnanJ'Ut  is  of  f!wl,  o-  fh'  di- 
rect product  of  the  Ifohf  Spirit.  We  intri"  i.m- 
our  proofs: 


(a)  "He  came  to  his  own,  and  his  own  rcceiT- 
ed  him  not.  But  as  many  as  received  him,  lo 
them  gave  he  power  to  becoiiie-t4e  t-on«  vf  O-W, 
even  to  them  that  believe  on  his  name  vh'.Ji 
were  born,  not  of  blood,  nor  of  ihe  will  of  the 
flesh,  not  of  the  will  of  mon.  but  of  Gol"— 
John  1:11-13. 

Any  one  not  blind,  can  we  that  this  power 
to  become  sons,  granted  lo  Iho^e  "which  were 
born"  already,  dops  not  mean  power  to  be  boro, 
or  become  children,  but  the  '>rivile:e"  of  be- 
'•oniing  sons  in  the  sense  of  receiving  the  in- 
tieritance.  The  new  birth  in  not  "of  the  will 
i>f  man  but  of  God."  BaptiBm  cannot  be  per- 
formed without  consulting  "the  will  of  mau," 
to  act  as  the  admini-itrator.  Therefore,  bap- 
tism is  not  essential  to  the  u«w  birth.  Accord- 
ing to  our  friend,  no  onw  can  be  born  of  God 
without  securing  the  will  of -^oine  Tunker  to 
perform  the  act  of  the  new  birth!!! 

(b)  'But  ye  are  washed,  but  ye  are  sanctified, 
but  ye  are  ji'stified  in  the  name  of  our  Lord  Je^ 
sue.  and  by  the  Spirit  of  our  God."  1  Cor.  6: 11. 
We  "are  washed"  from  sin  "by  the  Spirit  of 
God,"  in  the  new  birth;  but  our  friend  thinkw 
that  the  literal  water  secures  the  spiritual 
wa-vhing!  "That  which  is  bom  of  the  Spirit, 
is  spirit;"  but  Mr.  S.  would  have  the  body — 
the  fl'ish— born  again. 

The  peculiar  Baptist  doctrine,  that  spiritual 
regeneration— the  new  birth— anil  spiritual  lite 
mubt  precede  baptism  aud  church  membership, 
has  been  established,  as  a  Bible  characteristie, 
by  overwhelming  testimony. 


MOSES    HORNS. 


BY  HOWARD  MILLER. 


•'Anold  Uibleis  now  in  a  bookstore  in  Albjiny 
that  was  picked  up  by  aUnion  soldier  In  ihe  streets 
of  Fredericksburg  on  December  U.  isi(2.  The  «ol- 
diei  gave  it  to  his  chaplain,  who  forwarded  it  to 
Albany,  and  there  it  has  bei  ii  ever  sin  e  It  iy  a 
Latin  IJihle  that  was  [)rintHd  in  the  year  IStXi.  The 
lirst  person  of  the  f.odUead  is  represented  in  it  *n 
the  semhlnu-e  of  an  old  man  with  the  Papal  crown 
on  his  head.  The  tloodiB  pictured— Noah  and  tJs 
wife  with  their  heads  out  of  the  window  looking 
at  tlie  lllght  of  four  birds.  Maiiua  U  Tf  presented 
about  thesi/,e  uf  ii  bread  craiker  Moses  is  invar1»- 
hly  pictured  as  having  horns  " 

THE  above  extract  the  writer  noticed  in  tbe 
Philadelphia  Tinirf  of  the  15th  instant. 
The  laHt  sentence  I  wish  to  call  attention  to.  I  u 
an  old  Bible  in  my  possession  the  same  occurs. 
In  Habakuk  the  expree^sion  "He  had  herns 
:omingout  of  his  head"  is  found. 

The  original  Hebrew  iu  which  the  Old  Te^ 
tamtnt  was  written  has  peculiarities  perfectly 
characteristic  of  the  language,  and  one  is  that 
the  word  for  a  ray  of  light  preceding  from  a 
common  point,  or  horn  shaped,  aud  the  worj 
for  a  horn  are  one  ami  the  same.  Thus  Mosen, 
when  he  came  down  from  the  Mount,  had  light 
coming  out  from  his  head,  aa<l  the  old  transtiv 
tors  rendered  it  horus  aud  all  the  old  artist.'* 
pi.iture  Moses  with  horns.  In  every  placo  I 
remember,  except  iu  Habakuk,  aa  quoted,  tn« 
word  has  been  chan<!ed.  S..  much  for  critn-U 
Bcholar^hip. 

Klk-  Lick,  I'a. 


Thk  significance  of  a  human  life  is  deteruiiH- 
ed  by  its  angle  of  elevation.  To  sweep  the 
stars  the  telescope  must  Ite  directed  upwaids. 
To  make  the  most  of  life  a  man  must  have  h 
high  purpose.  That  he  will  attain  a  higher 
point  than  he  aims  at,  is  coutniry  to  the  every- 
day ex|)erienceof  men.  We  are  constantly  fall- 
ing below  what  we  intended;  it  would  be  quit*- 
onussl  to  rise  above  it. 

In  the  Uhristiau  course  this  is  more  ueoe&a*- 
ry  attiie  gospel  places  the  -taiidHid  so  high.  It 
is  not  natural  to  man  to  ri*e  to  the  Gospel  »»* 
quirement.  He  must  be  lifted  there  ly  grac«; 
and  in  order  to  thht  Mtt.iiiin.eut  hi*)  aim  niu»t 
b»  uhote  nature.  Rt'^i'ipuis  too  ueir  si)[hti<I  to 
Libtain  *»  high  a  view. 


1^1-n:    7^RETHHi:>r    JlT    avokk. 


IN'ovamber    24. 


THE  PAST. 


1W0UL11    not    dig    my  past 
Tpou  its  grav.'  of  v,-akiiess  and  rpgret, 
Up  fn>m  its  hopes,  wliicli  Blimmer;".  But  tenet. 
Its  drp«ms  that  couM  not  last 

Yet  I  cftu  look  before 

And  profit  by  the  leMou  sadly  learned, 
Af  children  plftying  witli  the  fire  are  buri.ed. 

And  t«mptito  glow  no  morp. 

I  would  not  if  I  could, 

Live  o'er  again  this  dark  uncertain  life, 
Thi^  slipping  btickard  ii>  the  daily  strife, 

Of  reaching  after  good. 

I  would  not  open  out 
The  half  healeiwoiindB  of  other  yearalongfled 

'Twere  better  they  were  numbered  with  the  dead 

Better  than  forever  doubt. 

Ypt  I  can  truly  say, 

Let  the  dead  pa-*!,  bury  the  dead.  We  go 
So  swiftly  around  to  life's  sunset  glow, 

And  then  their  in  no  day. 

Life  19  too  short  to  waste 

In  vain  repinings,  or  in  weak  reirrets. 
The  strongest  h«ftrt  endures  and  never  frets. 

0"er  joyn  it  niav  not  ta*tt«. 

And  80  I  would  not  lift 

Up  from  tb^  grave  the  ahadow  of  thp  past, 
The  clouds  that  all  my  aky  overcast 

Into  the  night  may  drift. 

For  their'9  enouyh  to  fi" 

Eflth  hour  and  nionient  of  the  days  to  come 
Then  wherefore  woo  thi-  shadown  of  the  pait, 

Which  we  can  never  undo. 

Selected  by  L.  T.  C. 


CONCLUSION. 
BV  VhOV.  W.  E.  LOCKARD 

WE  hear  it  Haul  of  a  man  who  deals 
only  with  the  hard,  plain  fai-ts 
of  esiHtence,  that  bf  is  ti  utilitarian;  that 
hisaims  are  low  and  grovelling;  and  peo- 
ple of  8U|iposed  culture  and  relinenient 
look  down  with  mingled  pity  and  con- 
tempt upon  tho.sn  whose  etforts  are  di- 
rected to  the  hetterin};  of  the  physiiral 
condition  of  man.  T/tfft/  contemn  the 
physie.1l  and  would  dwell  above  the  dull 
and  heavy  dirt,  amid  the  dim  and  dis- 
tant realms  wliere  fauey  flits  from  fet- 
ters t'vtf;  where  .spirits  purean.l  radial. t 
bovt^r  on  the  eontines  of  another  world, 
delving  deep  in  mystic  lore  and  drag 
ging  from  tbe  abysses  of  the  brain,  con- 
jectures vast  and  thoughts  profound!! 
Korthem  the  things  of  earth  contain  110 
charms.  'Tis  true  tbey  eat  a  little  at 
limes,  but  latber  tleplore  the  neceasity 
that  compels  tbeui  thus  to  pay  tribute 
to  their  grosser  nature.  'Tis  true,  tbey 
love  in  a  certain  sense,  but  not  in  the 
warm  gushing  manner  of  ordinary  nior 
tals.  Their  love  is  purely  plato.iic. 
There  \s  nothing  si'nsual  about  it.  It 
is  rather  a  mingling  of  pure  spirits  than 
of  warm  sensuous  lieings.  All  the  con- 
ditions of  life  are  but  clogs  to  the  at- 
tainment of  their  transcendental  theories. 
They  would  improve  the  Hj)iritual  con 
dition  ofhunmniiy  while  ignoring  the 
only  means  by  which  that  object  can  be 
'attaini'd.  This  is  how  tbey  do  it;  they 
jyrat/  for  the  hoviftes^^  send  tracts  to  the 
hv/itf^ry,  ^ifmpathize  with  the  cold  and 
naked,  and  point  to  the  Friend  of  man 
for  the  solace  of  the  friendless 

They  seek  for  goodness  and  beauty 
aod  purity  and  truth  outside  of  their 
connection  with  material  things.  But 
their  search  must  be  vain  for  these  are 
all  altrifnUex  of  created  things.  They 
are  never  isolated  and  jjosHessed  of  an 
independent  existence,  but  are  always 
associated  with  something  else  through 
which  they  have  their  being,  and  sepa- 
l-at^-d  from  which,  we  cannot  conceive  of 
'them  a«  having  any  ejtiBt^nce  at  all.  If 
there  were  no  air  there  could  be  no 
fiouud.     If  there   were  no   color  there 


If  there  were  no  created  things  there 
eonld  he  no  truth.  We  must  understand 
that  to  cultivate  a  love  for  the  good,  the 
heautiful  and  the  true  we  must  first  cul 
tivate  a  love  for  those  thirujM  that  are 
good  and  beautiful  and  true,  viz;  all  of 
(Tod's  creation.  Let  us  then  bear  thr 
conclusion  of  the  whole  matter  and  bring 
thtse  desultory  tbonght.s  ir)  a  eloae.  A 
proper  education  inuft  be  the  draimmj 
ouiof  the  mind— the  development  of  the 
faculties  and  germs  in  man  and  the  train 
ing  of  them  into  harmonious  action  in 
oliedience  to  the  laws  of  reason  and  mor 
ality;  must  favor  and  direct  the  growth 
of  the  divine  ideal  imjdanted  in  every 
„ian— the  type  after  which  he  was  cre- 
ated, the  germ  of  a  perfect  person. 

In  this  work  we  should  make  baste 
slowly.  The  course  should  be  shorter 
and  more  simple  and  conformable  to  na 
ture.  There  are  no  hot  bouses  in  nature. 
Ii^very  thing  comeH  in  its  season.  Each 
tree  and  plant  and  flower  sucks  up  from 
the  earth  and  from  the  air  just  the  kind 
and  (juantity  of  nourishment  suited  to 
its  nature.  There  is  no  lack,  no  waste. 
In  the  long  procession  of  things  to  be 
learned  nothing  should  appear  until  the 
ihild  is  prepared  to  grasp  it  without  dif- 
liculty.  We  should  proceed  slowly  ac- 
cording to  the  laws  of  nature,  the  teach 
er  exciting  the  child  to  activity  and  ren- 
dering but  a  limited  amount  of  assistance. 
But  it  is  hard  to  be  conservative  in  an 
age  like  this.  Dare  to  suggest  that  the 
•'word  method"  of  learning  to  read  is 
like  an  alphabet  of  a  hundred  thousand 
letteis,  and  somebody's  feelings  will  lie 
hurt.  Such  systems  are  the  result  of  the 
love  of  change  which  is  the  chief  char- 
acteristic of  our  present  intellectual  con- 
dilion.  The  love  of  change  denotes  a 
desire  for  something  which  we  need. 
What  we  need  now  more  than  anything' 
else  is  greater -vm(y>/?V//v  and  a  more  ra 
tiiinal  methods  of  development.  It  is  in 
the  future  only  that  we  can  expect  to 
tind  them.  Hence  our  age  is  looking 
with  hope  and  love  to  that  future  and 
gi\e8  itself  up  cheerfully  to  the  change. 
We  seem  to  be  living  not  so  much  in  the 
pr<  sent  as  in  the  future,  and  receive  each 
novelty  with  rapturous  enthusiasm,  a^ 
if  because  new,  it  is  that  of  which  we 
feel  the  want.  "The  secret  and  uncon- 
scious longing  of  our  hearts  is  for  some 
tiling  yet  untried,  as  if  ii;  alone  could  sat- 
isfy our  desires."  May  it  not  be  that  in 
our  passion  for  revolution  we  have  lor^t 
sight  of  its  object,  and  so  unconsciously 
yvavAff/ the  point  we  wished  to  attain? 
and  will  have  to  allow  the  wheel  to 
to  make  another  half  turn  to  bring  up 
that  for  which  we  were  striving;  but 
which,  in  the  rapidity  of  the  revolution 
eluded  our  clutch.  Let  us  get  back  to 
first  principles.  Let  not  the  person- 
ality of  the  child  be  subdued  by  a  too 
rigid  adherence  to  a  mechanical  routine 
which  merges  the  individual  into  the 
school,  making  the  school  the  entity  on 
which  all  the  teacher's  resources  are  lav- 
ished and  making  a  nojieutif//  of  the 
child. 

Model  schools  will  not  make  model 
children.  Let  us  br.'ak  some  of  the  cast 
iron  rules  that  are  binding  m  fetters  and 
hohiing  to  a  common  level  the  minds  of 
our  children.  Let  theii  minds  follow 
their  natural  bent.  l>o  not  lop  olf  the 
highest  shoot  of  the  young  Bapling,if  you 
wish  for  a  tall  ancl  stately  tree.  If  one 
excel-s  in  numbers  let  him  grow  that  way. 
If  another  delights  in  physical  science, 
check  not  his  growth  because  he  cannot 
comprehend  numbers.  We  all  have  our 
gifts.     Let' not  our  child-culture   resem- 


kinds  of  fruit,  would  allow  it  to  bear 
none-  Each  one  having  been  taught 
fbat  to  be  useful  is  to  be  good,  let  bis 
mind  follow  its  natural  inclination  and 
do  not  spoil  a  good  geometer  to  mate  a 
poor  poet,  nor  ruin  a  good  mechanic  to 
roakf  an-indifferent  artist. 


uouUl  be  no  beauty.     If  there   were  no  1  ble  the  horticulture  of  the  man  who,  be- 
social  beings  there  could   be   no  virtue,  j  cause  hw  garden  would  nut  produce  all 


■'THIS  IS  THE  FIRST  RESURREC- 
TION '■ 
Rev.  ,\x.  v.  vi. 

by  john'  pobnbt. 

THE  resurrection  of  the  dead  is  truly 
a  subject  that  should  deeply  inter 
est  every  mortal  on  God's  footstool,  for 
if  there  would  be  no  resurrection  there 
could  l)e  no  hope  for  the  Christian  be- 
yond this  life.  But  because  of  a  glori 
ous  resurrection  there  is  a  hope  of  fu 
ture  life;  and  there  is  something  more 
sublime  in  the  subject  than  simply  a 
hope  of  a  future  existence,  because  we 
learn  there  is  a  difference,  1  Cor.  1-5: '2:^, 
"But  every  man  in  his  own  order,  they 
that  are  Christ's  shall  rise  at  his  com- 
ing, twenty-fourth  verse,  then  cometh 
the  end,  when  he  shall  have  delivered 
up  the  kingdom  to  God  even  the  Father." 
The  end  of  what  will  come  when  Christ 
will  deliver  up  the  kingdom  to  the  Fath- 
er? I  answer,  the  end  of  this  order  of 
thf  resurrection  of  which  Paul  reasoned 
with  the  church  at  Corinth.  Here  we 
learn  from  Paul,  of  a  beginning  of  the 
resurrection  and  of  the  end  of  it,  as  al- 
so the  order  of  it,  and  we  see  that  that 
order  is  a  beautiful  order.  But  Paul 
does  not  tell  us  the  period  of  time  that 
aui)divide8  the  order  of  the  resurrection, 
nor  does  he  tell  us  how  long  Christ  shall 
possess  the  kingdom  before  he  gives  it 
over  to  the  Father,  or  how  long  it  will 
take  to  bring  down  all  rule  and  autboi-- 
ty  and  power  until  be  puts  all  enemies 
mder  his  feet;  neither  does  Christ  him- 
self tell  us.  John  Ti:  28,  'i'.i.  But  Christ 
tells  us  positively  that  all  shall  come 
forth  in  the  resurrection ;  and  he  also 
tells  us  something  about  the  order,  and 
in  that  order  he  says  some  will  rise  unto 
everlasting  life,  and  others  for  damna- 
tion. 

God,  also,  V>y  his  prophet  Daniel,  12th 
hapter  tells  us  something  about  the  or 
der  of  the  resurrection.  He  says  "many 
that  sleep  in  the  dust  of  the  earth  shall 
awake,  some  to  everlasting  life,  aud 
some  to  shame  and  everlasting  contempt." 
But  Daniel  does  uotsay  if  this  awaken 
ing  of  the  two  classes  shall  take  place  at 
the  same  time  or  not.  And  our  text 
heading  this  essay  says  "This  is  the  first 
resurrection,"  and  where  there  is  a  first 
there  is  a  second,  or  more  than  one,  for 
the  wovdjlrst  implies  a  second. 

Let  us  notice  the  language  carefully, 
"This  is  the  first  resurrection."  Speaking 
of  those  thai  sat  upon  thrones  and  of 
the  souls  of  them  that  were  beheaded 
for  the  witness  of  Jesus,  and  for  the 
word  of  God,  and  which  had  not  wor- 
shiped the  beast,  neither  his  image,  aud 
tbey  lived  and  reigned  with  Christ. 
Here  lyeth  the  sublime  principle  of  the 
first  resurrection.  Those  that  have  part 
in  it  .shall  not  only  have  a  future  exis- 
tence, they  shall  not  only  live,  but  tbey 
shall  live  and  reign  w^ith  Christ  a  thous- 
and years,  and  it  is  said,  Uev.  20:  6, 
"Blessed  and  holy  is  he  that  h;ts  part  in 
the  first  resurrection;  on  such  the  sec 
ond  death  hath  m>  power,  but  they  shall 
he  priests  of  God  and  of  Christ,  and 
shall  reign  witii  him  a  thousand  years, 
but  the  rest  of  the  dead  lived  not  again 
until  the  thousand  years  were  finished. 
This  is  the  first  resurrection."  That  is 
the  first  one  that  is  yet  to  take  place  fore 


tohi  by  Christ  and  his  apostles.  In  the 
Xew  Testament  we  are  told  of  one  req. 
urrectiou  called  the  first  fruits,  which 
took  place  when  Christ  arose.  Matt. 
J7:  .■)2-.">:i.  Here  we  are  told  many  of 
the  bodies  of  the  saints  which  slept  aro3e 
and  came  out  of  the  graves  after  his  res- 
urrection  and  went  into  the  holy  city. 
Rev.  14:  1-3.  John  saw  them  afterward 
in  number  with  the  Lamb  on  Mount 
Zion,  an  hundred  and  forty  ancl  four 
thousand:  and  it  is  said  of  them  they 
were  redeemed  from  the  earth.  That 
this  number  constituted  the  Bride  the 
Lamb's  wife  is  quite  satisfactory  to  my 
mind.  It  is  said  in  Rev.  19:  7,  "His 
wife  hath  made  herself  ready."  And 
Kev.  21 :  !>,  1**,  "Come  hither  I  will  show 
thee  the  Bride,  the  Lamb's  wife,  and  he 
carried  me  away  in  the  spirit  to  a  great 
aud  high  mountain,  and  showed  me  that 
city,  the  holy  Jerusalem."  Just  the  very 
place  was  shown  to  John  where  it  is  said 
hy  Matthew  that  they  appeared  that 
rose  after  Christ's  resurrection  in  the  ho- 
ly city.  1.  That  a  resurrection  has 
taken  place  called  "the  first  fruits"  ig 
very  clear.  2.  That  one  will  take  place 
at  the  coming  of  Christ,  called  the  first 
resurrection,  'n  the  which  only  those 
that  are  Christ's  shall  be  resurrected,  is 
equally  clear  in  the  Scripture.  8.  That 
a  second  resurrection  will  follow,  at  least 
a  thousand  years  after  the  first,  cannot 
be  denied  of  which  I  will  speak  more  of 
in  my  next  essay. 

Now  dear  reader,  let  us  look  to  our- 
selves that  we  forfeit  not  our  right  to 
the  first  resurrection  and  the  marriage 
feast  of  the  Lamb.  For  it  is  said.  Rev. 
10:  9,  "Write  blessed  are  they  which  are 
called  unto  the  marriage  supper  of  the 
Lamb,  and  he  sayeth  unto  me,  these  are 
the  true  sayings  of  God."  Therefore  let 
US  be  wide  awake  to  this  all  important 
subject;  for  bis  wife  has  made  herself 
ready,  and  we  are  the.invited  guests  to 
the  marriage  feast  of  the  Lamb,  and  it 
is  required  of  us  to  be  ready  and  have 
on  the  wedding  garment,  least  we  be  re- 
jected, and  have  to  remain  under  the 
power  of  death  a  thousand  years  longer, 
but  that  we  may  be  the  blessed  and  ho- 
ly, and  have  part  in  the  first  resurrec- 
tion, for  upon  such  the  second  death  hath 
no  power,  anil  they  shall  be  juiests  of 
God  and  of  Christ. 

Brethren  and  sisters,  what  must  it  be 
to  be  there  when  this  mctrtal  has  put  on 
immortality,  and  we  shall  bear  the  im- 
age of  the  heavenly;  when  our  Savior, 
the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  .-hall  change  oui' 
vile  bodies,  and  fashion  them  like  unto 
his  glorious  body,  as  Paul  says,  Phil,  '-i: 
20,21.  Look  forward  with  me,  dear  fel- 
low laborer,  with  joy  and  patience  for 
the  time  wheu  we  shall  meet  together 
with  our  loved  ones,  with  our  Jesus  auu 
be  like  him,  and  see  him  as  he  is,  where 
there  is  no  sickness,  no  sorrow,  no  pain, 
no  crying,  no  death  nor  parting,  but  litCi 
joy,  and  peace  unspeakable  and  lull  of 
glory.  Do  you  not  all  with  me  long  to 
be  there?  I  know  you  do.  May  (iod 
help  uh  all  to  meet  there,  is  my   prayer. 


SUPERIORS  AND    SUBORDINATES, 


BY  I).  F.    EHY. 


iN  Bi:i:ti[en  at  Wouk  of  October  Oth, 
l?s7!i,  number  41,  are  two  articles 
which  called  my  attention  more  tl 
anything  I  have  read  for  some  time;  one 
is  entitled  'Choosing  Ministers,"  by  S. 
L.  Thomasson.  It  has  the  right  ring,  18 
full  of  gospel  truths,  and  points  out  what 
minister-,  should  be,  and  how  careful  the 
church  should  be  in  choosing  them.  1^^' 
ery  brotiier  and  sister  should  make  that 
article  his  study;  the   whole   of  it  cao 


liber    U4: 


ridLK    IBilKXHliEiSr    xVT    "WOUKl. 


8 


C  luuuiHu  the  8crii>ture.  >ister  Thorn 
a-oii.  plt'ase  givf  us  more  such  readiug. 
The  heading  of  the  other  U  "ru.sitiou 
\  Al>ility,"  selected,  I  presume.  I 
1  it  with  mingU^d  feeliog  of  jov   iind 


aDii 


gOjTOW. 


If  it  is  intended  for  church  of 
fl  ,(,rs  I  ai^i  gl^*^  that  some  one    had    the 
mi'H^e  to  express  in  writing  the  things 
that  are  too  often  practiced,  which  talks 
louder  than  words  and  touches  the  feel- 
jntrs  much  harder.     AVherever  there  are 
eul'ordinates  there   must   necesarily    lie 
superiors.     Now  the  nuestiou  arises,  who 
are  the  superiors  and  who  the   subordi 
natt'i^?     We  fail  to  fiud  anything    in  the 
c^.,-iptureB  that  would  favor  the  idea   of 
suhordinates  and  superiors,   Ilt^ad  Matt. 
03.  11,  "Bat  he  that  is  greatest    among 
you  shall  he   your   servant."     Mark  9 
35  "If  any  man  strive  to    be   first,   thi 
same  shall  be  last  of  all  and  servant   of 
all"  Luke  22;  2n,  2Ci,  "And  hesaid  un 
to  ihem  the  kings  of  the   U^'otiles   exer- 
cise lordship  ovei-  them    and   they   that 
exercise  authoi  ity  upon  them  are  called 
benefactors.     But  ye  shall    not   V)e   so; 
hut  he  that  is   gi'eatest  among  you   let 
bun  be  as  the  younger,  and    he   thai  is 
chief  as  he  that  doth  serve."    We  could 
ijuote  much  more  Scripture  of  a  similar 
nature,  but  the  above  is  enough  to  show 
that  the  Lord  did  not  consider  one  above 
another,    but    contrariwise    such     that 
wuuld  be  great  should  serve,  hence    th- 
Lord  teaches  no  superiority;    or  do   we 
understand  the  article  without  signature 
to  mean  that  one  officer    is   superior    to 
another?     We  fail  to  fiud  any  Scripture 
to  support  that  idea;  we  even  fail  to  find 
the  first,  second,  and  third  degree  of  the 
ministry,  but  rather  that  each  one  shall 
serve  in  the  vocation    wherewith    he    is 
called.  We  are  taught  that  we  are  Breth 
ren,  even  the  Master  will  own  us  as  such 
if  we  do  the  Father's  will;  and  not  only 
Brethren  but  sons.     "Beloved   now  are 
we  the  sons  of  God,  and  it  doth    not  v*it 
appear  what  we  shall  be,  but   we    know 
that  when  he  shall  appear  we    shall    be 
like  him.  for  we  shall  see  him  as  he  is." 
John  :^■.  2.     John  does  not  say  the  supe- 
rior shall  be  like  him,  neither    the   sub- 
ordinate.    The   Lord   the   bead  of  the 
church  at  no    time    called    his    apostles 
subordinates;  the  nearest  he  comes  to  it 
was  when  he  said,  "ye  call  me  Lord  and 
Master,  and  so    I    am."     There    is    one 
body  and  one  spirit,  even  as  ye  are  call- 
ed in  one  hope  of  your    calling."     Eph. 
4:  4.     If  we  are  one  body  and  one  spirit, 
where  does  the  superior   or  subordinate 
come  in,  or  does  the  writer   of  the  un- 
signed article  consider  the   bishop   the 
superior  and  all  other   officers   subordi- 
nates?    Ifso,  hasthe   bishop   authority 
to  call  meetings  and  deal  out  commands, 
tell  one  to   do  this   and    another  to  do 
that?    Or  has  he  the  authority  to   issue 
proclamations?     We  think  not;  we    can 
not  learn  that  the  bishop  has  any  author- 
ity independent  of  the  church.     The  of- 
ficers have  always  been    considered    the 
em-vants  of  the  church ;  hence  the  church 
must  be  the  superior,  and  the  officers  the 
subordinates,  but  that  is  contrary  to  th( 
inclination  of  big  ."I,"   and    brings  the 
spirit  of  elevation  to    a   level   with    the 
humble. 


sume  will  dare  question;  but  that  there 
IS  a  manifest  declension  in  things  pertain 
in;^  to  honesty  of  purpose  and  integrity 
f  character  must  be  admitted  by  all  en- 
gaging more  or  less  in  the  business  af 
fairs  of  life.  Job  of  old,  who  sustained 
his  integrity  even  to  the  la.st,  is  a  noble 
example  to  modern  Christians  that  (iod 
will  not  fui'sake  his  chosen  ones,  and 
that  of  Annanias  and  Saphira  is  a  sure 
manifestation  of  the  displeasure  of  th« 
Almighty  in  matters  pertaining  toGod- 
liness,  to  honesty,  to  integrity  of  purpose 
and  to  formation  of  character. 

We  have  then  before  us  two  plain  ca- 
ses, pro  and  con,  and  from  the  same  as  a 
ha^is  fur  our  remarks,  and  a  criterion  by 
which  we  may  judge  of  the  worth  of 
character,  we  deduce  the  following; 
Int.  That  honesty  forms  a  part  of  the 
haracter  of  every  true  born  soul. 

2nd.  That  a  lack  of  the  same  betray> 
the  grand  fundamental  piiuciple  that 
holds  Christiantiy  above  the  world. 

3rd.  That  by  being  dishonest  we  bring 
reproach  upon  the  cause  of  Christ,  aud 
iheT'efore  are  no  lunger  tit  subjects,  claim 
iug  a  visilde  union  with  the  chur<'h  be 
low,  nor  vital  union  with  Christ  our 
Head. 


the  Devil,  becomes  no  one,  and  conse- 
ipiently  should  receive  its  just  punish- 
ment at  the  hands  of  the  h'ghest  tribu- 
nal, who  sees  not  as  man  seest  not  aw 
man  seeth,  who  regard  the  heart,  aud 
reipiir-s  that  the  regenerated  heart  be 
viiid  of  these  things. 

Thirdly.  By  being  dishonest  we  bring 
reproach  upon  the  cause  of  Christ,  and 
therefore  are  no  longer  fit  subj.-cts,  claim- 
ing a  visible  union  with  the  church,  nor 
vital  union  with  Cbrist  our  Head. 

Tliat  a  reproach  upon  the  cause  of  our 
Master  will   invalidate  our    faithfulness 
ami  thereby  bring  upon  us  the  condemn- 
ation referred  to  in  the  tirst   verse  of  the 
eighth    chapter    of  Paul's    letter  to  the 
Uomans,  is  in  my  mind  a  matter   of  no 
d»mbt,  and  that  this  will  destroy  the  vi- 
tal union  that  unites  our  inner,  spiritual 
life  to   God,  is   conclusively    seen,    and 
thereby  endanger  our  union  both  visible 
and  vital.     To  separate  ourselves   from 
the  influence  of  wicked  men,  to  lay  aside 
all  malu-e.  deceit,eriv)  ingi,  hatred,i'-vrath, 
aud  in  fact,  all  of  the  Uisis  of  the    fl  -sh, 
IS  evidently  the  imperative  duty  euj-dn 
ed  by  the    apuntle,    aud    the    denounce- 
ments upon  the  same  ever  received  their 
just  dest-ris  at  his  hands;  yet  in  the  face 


First,  then,  as  to  the  characteristics  of  of  the  same  how  often  do  we  see  the 
a  true  born  soul.  The  Scripture-*  assure  \  man  of  influence  or  wealth  carried  as 
us  that  it  becomes  our  duty,  if  we  wrong  smoothly  over  the  turbulent  waters  of 
our  fellow-man,  to  restore  tour-fohl;  now    dishonesty,  as  though  his    character   as- 


if  it  had  not  been  wrong  in  general  prin- 
ciples, this  could  not  justly  have  been 
required,  for  the  illegal  ti-ansactiou  had 
actually  transpired,  whilst  the  person  in- 
terested was  in  an  unregenerate  state. 
Take  for  instance  the  case  of  Zaocheus,  | 
whose  own  heart  owned  his  guilt,  confess- 
ed the  same,  and    promised    retribution. 

Again,  we  find  the  young  lawyer 
whom  Christ  addressed  regarding  the  in- 
heritance of  eternal  life.  If  honesty  had 
strictly  followed  the  propounded  ques- 
tion, there  would  have  been  no  reason 
for  going  back.  But  upon  examination 
it  is  clearly  seen  that  there  was  a  lack 
and  it  occasioned  an  entire  failure,  so 
that  no  longer  was  there  any  desire  man  - 
ifested  for  the  important  point  in  view. 

The  Pharisees  tempted  Christ  as  to 
the  Roman  coin,  but  our  Savior  plainly: 
shows  that  honor  to  whom  honor  is  due. 
The  apostle  Paul  in  speaking  to  his  Ro- 
man brethren  would  exhort  them  to 
"owe  no  man  anything,  but  to  love  one 
another." 

Secondly.  That  it  betrays  the  grand 
fundamental  principle  that  holds  Chris- 
tianity above  the  world.  Were  this  not 
80,  the  dishonest  person  would  be  en- 
titled to  that  respect  and  confidence  re- 
posed in  him  before  his  default,  and  the 

lea  of  his  being  dealt  with  as  a   trans- 


id  an  angelic  nature,  seemingly  d' 
stroyiug  neither  visiblt^  nor  vital  union. 
But  oh,  dear  reader,  God  sees  the  heart, 
aud  with  him  perhaps  the  crime,  (for 
crime  it  is)  is  not  passed  by;  among  the 
things  treasured  against  us,  may  prom- 
inently stand,  a  dishonest  reputation. 
Will  we  not  turn  in  the  light  ot  true 
reasoning,  cast  off  the  cloak  that  hides 
from  view  the  true  state  of  affairs,  and 
own  ourselves  sinners  before  God,  aud 
in  his  sight  no  longer  worthy  to  be  call* 
!  ed  his  eon. 


done  on  purely  philotuphical  grounds, 
with  auch  permmal  allll^ic^n»  m  bin  per- 
sonal identification  required. 

If  the  article  needs  an  apology,  which 
is  80  loudly  aud  magisterially  called  for, 
let  the  editors  give  it  by  all  means.  My 
review  was  put  into  iheir  hands  with  the 
recjuest  to  return  it  \i  not  on   the  whole 
productive  of  the  cause   of  Christ.     It 
blame  there  be,  and  they  bear   a    part, 
aud  Brother  Hummer  auother  and  I  the 
larger  share,   all    the    wounds   inflicted 
will  probably  heal  by  the  first  intention, 
to  use  a  surgical  phrase.    If  all  the  oth- 
ers refuse  to  shoulder  part  of  the  respon- 
sibility, I  will  be  the  scapegoat  for    the 
whole  ort'ence.      But  the  truth   will   tiod 
lodgement  in  many  heartd,  even  if  given 
in  a  sharp,  prickly  setting.     And  as  for 
the  "ioHi^a-ft,"  and  "c7tefa/>/tfme,"   and 
''•empty    declamati&n,''^    and    '■'■^n'otlier- 
Ji/tod  scandalizituj,''^    and    ^'■injidel  mak- 
ing'''  of  wUich  I  am  so  hotly  accused,  oh 
how   little  am    I  moved  V>y  all     such 
ebullitions    of    littleness.     Safiject  per- 
sonality 1  employ  without  compunction, 
because  unavoidable;  but  with  the  petty 
personalities  of  chaerin  and  ill  will  I  am 
disgusted.     If  my  article   contains  any 
thing  not  philosophically  educeil  fruiiithe 
essay  reviewed,  tear  it  out  and  I  will  be 
the  first  to  put  on  my  heel. 

Come,  brethren,  let  us  all  clasp  hands 
around  the  Cross,  and  [)ledge  ourselves 
anew  to  the  discovery  and  exemplifica- 
tion of  "the  truth  as  it  is  in  Je.'ius."  Here 
Brother  Humuier  is  my  hand.  Roll  the 
tide  of  love  round  the  llcaven-formed 
circle.  "What  is  written  is  written." 
God  defend  the  right. 


"THE    PHILISTINES    BE     UPON 
THEE.' 

liY  C.  H.  BALBBAUQH. 

JUST  as  I  expected.  Someof  the  "sons 
of  thunder  are  serving  me  with  their 
harmless  broadsides  as  a  compliment  for 
the  "Shipwreck  at  Ezion-Gaber"  in  No. 
45.  I  need  not  tie  told  that  it  is  terribly 
severe.  I  meant  it  to  be  so.  But  that 
I  was"mean"  and  "cruel"  and  "abusive," 
1  plead  not  guilty.  As  for  the  "person- 
ality," that  was  a  necessity  of  the  case.  iaeB  more  clusely  to  your  heart:  teau  on  th«^m 
The  author  had  so  infused  himself  into 
his  essay  that  it  was  impossible  to  deal 
thoroughly  with  his  views  without  deal- 
ing to  some  extent  with  him.  Brother 
Hummer  and  I  are    good    friends.     Our 


GOD'S  PROMISES. 


IJY  D.  11    ruL'-^ER. 

Wherein  ye  greatly  lejoic*,  'hijui^lj  iiow  for  ;i 
seaaon,  if  need  be  ye  iire  iii  lienvuiess  tliruugb  man- 
ifold tenii)t,itioiiH;  that  tlie  tiiiil  of  your  faith,  bt- 
ng  luucli  muru  preci  )ua  than  of  giiUl  that  perish- 
etli,  thouRh  it  be  tried  in  fire,  iDiglit  be  found  unto 
|nni»e  and  honor  and  glory  at  the  iippearlng  of  Je- 
8U3  Christ."  1  Peter  1 :  fl.  1. 

OH!  that  we  did  always  mvet  Siitan  with  a 
prnmiae  from  our  God.  His  promise)*  are 
hrm  as  the  everlatting  hills.  TnaN  bring  as 
into  sweeter  commnion  with  our  Lord.  Tbey 
cause  U8  to  flee  to  Uim  for  aid  and  support.  We 
tind  great  pleasun^  in  telling  our  trials  to  him, 
and  in  the  cousciousness  that  his  eye  sees  the 
emotion  that  moves  our  hearts.thitt  his  ear  is  e*- 
er  open  to  our  crie^.  aud  above  all  treat  his  own 
tender  heart  is  throbbing  in  sympathy  with 
ours.     Tired  and  weary  pilgrim,  claj-p  his  prom- 


HONESTY. 


BY  H.  1'.  IIKINKWORTH. 


THAT  every  one  who  professes  an  in- 
terest in  the  saving  blood  of  Jesus 
Christ,our  Redeemerfrom  the  curse  of 
sin,  and  who  by  covenant  relationship 
with  him,  has  entered'a  membership  on 
the  church  roll  of  his  choice,  should  be 
in  every  sense  of  the  word  a  strictly  hon 
est,  upright  man  or  woman,  none  I  pre 


gressor  would  be  wrong.  To  assume  private  correspondence  gave  him  fully 
that  the  world  is  dishonest  without  ex-  \  to  understand  what  cautery  he  is  to  ex- 
ceptions \vould  be  wrong;  as  doubtless  pect  in  my  review.  Like  myself,  he  is 
we  can  call  to  memory  many  whose  a  poor,  miserable,  suffering  invalid,  on- 
whole  hves  have  showed  that  trait  of  ly  my  furnace  is  sevenfold  hotter  than 
character  far  above  even  suspicion,  and  ^  his.  From  my  inmost  soul  1  pity  him.and 
offers  of  public  trust  have  again  and  embrace  him  in  my  warm  brotherly  sym- 
a-ain  fallen  upon  the  same  person.  But  pathy.  But  hisviews  of  sin  are  dishon- 
that  the  profe-<.sor  of  Christianity  .-an  \  orable  to  God  and  harmful  to  man,  and 
pass  through  the  ordeal  of  default  and  '  I  wished  to  make  thorough  work  in  my 
come  out  spotless  is  simply  antagoni.-^tic  ,  dissection.  I  purposed  to  bnng  down 
to  revealed  light,  to  our  own  opinions.  |  my  sword  so  as  not  to  be  re<iuired  to 
»nd  to  the  public  sentiment  at  large.  strike  twice.     1  Sam.     LHi:8.     I  more^ 

If  Nve  ^vere  stncth  honest  in  all  things  over  wished  to  shock  him  juet  enough 
we  wouli  not  seek  to  cover  up  our  sins,  1  to  make  him  sensible  that  it  is  neither 
nor  hide  our  brother's  upon  the  mere  I  prudent  nor  magnanimous  to  pit  him 
pittance  of  worldly  gain:  for  upon  this  self  against  the  scholarship  of  the  the 
basis  the  high^^a^  robber  enters  upon  ological  world.  During  the  preparation 
his  deadly  career,  and  ^^  e  know  that  no  j  of  my  review  1  often  inwardly  groaned 
robber  can  enter  the  kingdom  of  heav  \  at  the  sweeping  massacre  I  was  making 
en  What  then  must  be  done?  Surely  ^  of  the  theory  he  constructed  with  so 
deceit  has  failed,  robbery  has  no  g.ound  much  mental  labor.  It  was  his  express 
whatever,  and  the  conclusion  inevitably  ed  wish  that  I  should  subject  his  views 
folh.ws,  that  dishonesty  is  the  work  of  [  to  the  most  searching  analysis. 


It 


more  firmly,  for  if  you  have  uciepted  Christ  as 
your  eternal  portion,  all  thiug^  will  work  to- 
gether for  good.  Our  sky  may  be  clouded,  dis- 
appointments may  come,yet  trust;  lor  the  Bless- 
id  Jesus,  who  suflerd  and  died  lor  us.  will  bear 
IS  up  in  trial's  dark  aud  gloomy  hour.  For 
this  we  know  that  we  shall  nut  be  tried  abow 
that  which  we  are  able  to  bear.  How  precious 
to  our  souls  are  the  momeut'*  of  sweet  commun- 
ion with  our  Savior,  when  we  have  a  strong 
aud  realizing  sense  of  his  presente  iu  oar  souls 
and  ft  8weet  a-*3urance  of  our  acceptance  with 
Him.  There  are  no  more  precious  moments 
gi\eii  than  these.  Then  we  can  -^y.  "Jesas, 
I'll  endur.-'  all  this  far  thee,  and  even  more,  if  it 
i^hall  be  thy  will,  and  count  it  joy  thus  to  suf- 
fer, when  I  remember  what  thou  hmt  doue   for 


Do  not  get  vexed  at  what  people  -^ay  of  you. 
Let  them  speak  while  you  endeavor  to  do  the 
will  of  (lod.  You  will  never  succeel  in  pleas- 
ing men.  aud  it  would  not  be  worth  the  trouble 
if  you  could.  A  httle  silence,  aud  gr-'at  peart 
of  soul  with  commuuion  ot  the  Spirit  irill  com- 
peusate  you  for  all  the  ioju-tiee  of  nieu.  We 
luust  love  our  fellow-nien  withi-nt  depending 
ou  their  fellowship,  and  se»-k  lo  win  their  love 
l>y  kind  words  and  deeds,  leaviuj:  our  lives,  our 
lepututious,  aud  our  character*  with  him  who 
careth  for  us. 


THi}    BKETHKKlNr    ^T    ■yVOliK- 


November    24. 


rctl{tfn  at 

ri'BUSRED  1TEEKLT. 


av^, 


M.  M.  Iv-illKl.MAN, 

S..I.  HAUItlSON 
J.  W.  STEIN. 


lv.v 


1.  TiiK  Etiitors  will  W  rvyimsMe  only  for  tlip 
general  toiipof  tlie  luii'tr.  ami  tlip  insprtioii  of  bo 
articU'  ilwj*  iiol  imi>lj'  lltitl  they  eudorsv  pvciy  sen- 
timent of  the  writer. 

2.  CoNTRinvTOR.s  in  or<lpr  to  necure  promiit  In- 
sertion of  Ihpir  firticli'S,  will  jilctispnot  imlultt*"  I" 
pereonalities  hhiI  iincoiirtPoiiH  lnnirmtRC,  but  prt^ 
Bent  their  views  "  with  Krutt-  seasoned  with  aalt, 

a.    TiiK  Ii«F.Tiini;N  at  Wokk  will  bo  son t  to 
tinv  address  in  the   I'liil*-!!  Slalcs  or  Canada  for 
*1.50 per  annum.    For  the  h-adinR  cliariKteri.stics 
of  the  palter,  as  wi'll  as  irruis  lo  agents  see  eight 
Address  all  couiinuniriitliins. 

BRF.THRF.V  AT  WOllK, 

Lnnark.  Curroll  Co.,  III. 


We  have  been  much  (ttren^ttheaed  in  th«- 
L'Ttl  1)V  the  numerouH  vinitora  Ihc  pifit  we.'k 
The  Committee  of  Arranpt-m'-iits  held  a  two 
day's  sewi.in  in  the  Lanark  Church;  and  be«id*-« 
these,  we  had  the  pleatture  of  aKHOciatiiiR  wilh 
brethren  S.  T.  Hos-ernian.  Samuel  Uadger, 
lt<Hac  Uhodes  and  nile,  and  (Jeo.  Brumbaugh 
and  wife  of  fluntintidon  countv.  Va.  Bro. 
Brumbaugh  is  ou  hix  wav  to  Kint-as. 


page. 


LANARK.  ILL.. 


NOVKMItKK  H,  IH;(t. 


D.  Al.  Miu.KK  and  M.  M.  Eshelman  letl 
the  morning  of  the  2i!od  inst.  for  Kiptn,  Wis- 
consiD,  to  hold  forth  the  word  of  lift*. 

Now  ready;  "lufidi-iit)  :  Its  Cause  and  Cure" 
—a  tract  that  U-1Ib  the  truth  boldly.  I'ncv  for- 
ty cent*  per  huiidr'').  Send  for  souie  aud 
hand  them  to  your  otigbbors. 


O.N  Fuday  c-vejiing,  the  14  h  rnHtan',  Bro.  W, 
r.  Teeter,  of  Mt.  MorriM,  pn-atlied  an  interest- 
ing diHCOur-e  in  Lanark,  on  the  "Love  of  God." 
Saturday  evening,  Bro.  S.  T.  Bn-heruian.  of 
Diiukirk,  Ohio,  entertained  ub  with  "What  i^ 
Man?"  and  on  Sunday  morning  and  evening 
Bro.  J.  C.  Lahnian,  uf  Franklin  Gnive,  Iil . 
i;ave  us  (tome  excelteotHoul-fuud.  Uany  tbankx 
to  those  who  have  so  kindly  nniembered  uh. 
Cime  again  Brethren. 


THE  PKICE  OF  OUE  REDEMPTION 


KEDEM 
Zach 


Up  li'  the  IHih  iust.  one  hundred  and  fifty' 
M^veu  students  had  been  enrolled  in  tin-  Mt. 
Morris  College,  forty-nme  having  been  ;idded 
since  the  beginning  of  the  seeond  tcrui- 

BRoruRK  HiLi-ERY  reaelied  Hudson,  HI.,  on 
the  18th  inst.,  and  expected  to  remain  there  a 
few  days.  Wo  hope  the  Lord  will  bless  his  la- 
bors to  the  good  of  liis  people. 

Almanac's  i)ublished  by  Quinter  and  Bruiri- 
baugh  Bros.,  and  by  II.  J.  Kurtz  are  botli 
read.v  to  send  out.  We  have  a  lot  of  each, 
Price  per  copy,  ten  ceijt>4;  per  dozen,  ?I  U'l. 


An  earnest  worker  in  the  cause  uf  Christianity 
writt^s:  **IttieeuiH  as  it  nothing  but  thunder 
and  lighting  will  awaken  peojile  and  even  that 
liiils  in  uifiiiy  cases.  I  do  not  know  hov 
is  witli  othi're  while  laboring,  but  as  for  niy-^elf 
I  must  work  hard.  It  seems  to  me  that  I  must 
study  and  read  more  than  any  one  else  in  order 
to  know  what  to  »ay.  Sometimes  1  think  I 
.-'hould  <juit  preudiirjg  until  1  know  more,  but 
that  will  not  do,  tor  the  harvest  truly  is  great. 
I  dare  not  throw  away  my  one  talent  or  else 
all  will  he  lost." 


A  .siBTSR  writej):  "I  am  one  of  the  isolated 
members.  0  how  liungry  we  get  for  the  preacli- 
ed  woro,  but  when  th"  paper  comes  the  hunger 
19  appeased!    How  eu^jer  we  are  for  our  mail 

t-ach  week!" 

-  ^- — 

We  bad  a  pleasant  call  lost  week  from  Breth- 
ren  Samuel    Badger,    of  Dalian    Center,    I<)w 
and  Wm.  Miller,  of  I'olo,  III.     llro.    Bndcer 
a  young  minister,  and  is  mui  h  concerned  for 
the  cause  of  his  Mmter. 


Whites  azealuus  brother:  "Send  me  a  I'roa- 
pectuB  and  I  will  do  alt  I  can  fur  the  B.  .vi  W. 
It  i*  for  the  good  of  souls  that  I  labor.  We 
should  do  all  we  Ciu  to  win  people  to  Christ, 
foronesou]  is  worth  more  than  the  whole  world." 
—        --^> 

Bkotheh  li.  H.  MiLi.Kit  is  still  in  poor 
health.  We  hope  he  may  sooq  enjoy  such 
blessings  OH  will  eniiblu  hint  to  go  forth  in  de- 
fense ol  I  he  eternal  principles  of  truth.  We 
shall  be  glad  tu  welcome  him  to  our  ;HaMi.:in- 
tiOQ  here  at  any  time. 

Wk  not  lirng  since  received  an  article,  pleBil- 
iog  in  (-Irong  terms  tor  reform  aiid  improve- 
ment, and  the  paper  was  t>u  httongly  scented 
with  tobacco  that  we  were  compelled  to  close 
our  nasal  organ  whilt;  leading  it.  0  Gcd,  how 
long  must  the  people  suDer! 


Brothbr  Thosl  D.  Lyok,  of  Hudson,  III., 
writes:  "One  of  the  prettiest  sights  !  ever  be- 
held was  on  last  SSutidiiy,  (lith  inst.)  when  I 
called  for  the  contribution  from  the  tittle  ones 
to  send  as  a  Christmas  gitt  to  Bro.  Hope's  chil- 
dren. Some  came  forward  with  live  cents, 
some  with  ten,  and  others  with  twenty- live." 

Loos  at  your  roioister  when  he  preaches. 
Do  not  twist,  and  lean,  and  gu%e  about  uk  if 
you  were  ashamed  of  hiM  weak  elTortti;  it  will 
only  make  him  weaker  and  you  too.  And 
above  ail,  strire  to  l^ep  (ttrak/-.  It  is  very  un- 
pleasant to  the  minister  and  many  otln^rsto  see 
J  ou  asleep.    Look  up  if  you  want  a  good  dis- 

ootme. 

•  ^» 

From  cow  until  the  close'of  the  year,  the 
BuETHREN  AS  WoKK  Will  Dot  reach  itti  readers 
as  BOOH  after  publicatioxi  aa  it  did  the  past  five 
months.  We  have  heeu  mailing  the  paper  on 
Tu«-day  of  each  week,  and  shall  do  so  nei't 
y«-»',  hot  the  remainder  of  this  year  we  will 
li/i.  mail  until  near  tne  close  of  each  week.  We 
a)-k  our  readers  to  et'^cisc'  patience,  and  all  will 
work  for  good.  There  will  be  but  two  more 
nuuben,  aod  we  wish  all  to  renew  note  iu  or- 
der tfaatao  much  work  may  oot  be  thrown  up- 
'in  tu  si  once.  Thereto^?,  if  you  intend  to  re- 
D'*  your  eubfecriptio^i,  pleaw;  attejid  to  it  W 
fore  the  I5th  of  December. 


Wk  have  the  following  from  Jesse  Calvert: 
"1  huvejust  closed  a  series  of  meetings  at  Ar- 
cadia, Hamilton  county,  Indiana,  with  eleven 
additions  by  baptism;  and  one  nstored.  W 
Pierce  and  Kli  Caylor  are  Elders  here.  Things 
are  pleasant  and  many  more  promised  to  come. 
Hope  they  will  and  that  Qod  will  bless  all.  I 
contmence  meeting  here  at  F^ld.  Uiel  Hamil- 
ton's to  continue  a  week.  The  27th  will  be  in 
Lnporte  county,  and  the  16th  of  December  will 
be  in  Wells  county,  Ind." 

Ol'R  mailing  clerk  knows  none  of  our  sub- 
scribers. Some  ]iavH  told  us  not  to  stop  thtir 
paper  when  their  time  had  expired;  l>ut  t|ie 
clrrk  does  not  knnw  who  theyare.and  we  have 
no  way  ot  ttlling  him.  We  instruct  him  to  send 
a  notice  to  each  subscriber  one  month  beforeh: 
subscription  expires.  Iftht.'  subscription  then  is 
not  renewed  within  the  month  the  clerk  under- 
stands the  paper  is  no  longer  wanted  and 
promi>My  removes  the  name  from  the  mailing 
list.  We  hope  our  r'aders  will  all  appreciate 
the  fircumritances  and  do  what  they  can  to  ac- 
coiiniodate  theiiiiselvcs  to  them. 

ThatMis,sinh  "E."— It  isan  old,  old  story. 
God  said,  "Ve  shall  not  eat,"  but  Satan  artful- 
ly dropped  the  three  letters  n-o-t  and  sin  won 
the  victory.  Leaving  out  often  leads  to  terrible 
results.  For  the  want  uf  a  horse-shne  ni.it,  a 
battle  was  lost,  a  nation  vanquished,  and  the 
destiny  of  the  people  changed. 

The  missing  "«"  makes  fasting  instead  of 
ffa^sfing.  In  the  last  issue,  which  gave  notice 
of  Thanksgiving  Day  by  tlie  Governor  of  Hli- 
nois,  we  expressed  the  hope  that  the  day  would 
be  spent  in  giving  thanks  instead  of  fe:isting 
and  light-mindedness,  and  not  until  several 
thousand  copies  had  been  printed  did  we  see 
that  the  want  of  no  'V  made  us  speak  against 
fasting, 

Wk  call  attention  to  Bro.  Bulsbaugh's  arti- 
cle on  third  page.  We  have  heard  no  com- 
plaint«  brother  Christian,  but  ou  the  contrary 
considerable  satisfaction  with  your  "Shipwreck 
at  Ezion  Gaber."  How  any  one  tan  expect  to 
be  more  pious,  more  intelligent,  ornioreChri&t- 
like  by  applying  the  term  '"cruel,"  "abusive," 
and  "mean"  to  you  for  speaking  out  boldly 
your  sentiments,  is  a  mystery  tliat  needs  clear- 
ing up.  To  such  we  have  no  a|)ologies  to  ot- 
fer,  for  they  would  not  profit  by  any_  hutnliliug 
on  our  part;  but  if  there  be  any  "meek  and 
lowly  in  lieart"  whose  spirits  were  grieved  by 
your  "Shipwreck,"  we  most  gladly  step  into 
the  arena  with  you  as  "scape-goats"  (Lev;  IG;- 
10)  Hud  cheerfully  do  our  part. 


Ofit  meetings  in  Lanark  Church,  conducted 
b)  Bro.  BoBserman  have  steadily  increased  in 
interest  and  attendance.  One  was  baptized  yes- 
terday. Bro.  B.  nnnouuced  last  (Sunday)  even- 
ing that  he  could  not  renuin  with  u«  longer 
than  Tuesday.  It  waa  remarked  by  some  of 
our  brethren  and  t-istent  tliat  if  dinners  could 
withstand  Bro.  liV  warnings  and  appeals  they 
could  withstand  anything  on  earth.  We  hoje 
th^t  the  good  resolutions  formed  at  these  meet- 
ings may  rif)t  be  forgotten  nor  disobeyed.  Bro. 
B.  will  return  home  at.  the  close  of  the  meet- 
ings by  way  of  Ml.  Morris,  III.  May  the  Lord 
blitohim  whwevtr  he  gnes  to  hold  forth  the 
Wcrdof^ife. 


EMPTIOX  means  dclivfraiice  from  '■in. 
Zacharias  when  filled  with  the  Holy 
Uho't.  said:  "Bleesed  be  the  Lord  God  of  Israel; 
for  he  hath  visited  and  mlffitied  his  ppople." — 
Luke  1:  ')8,  Paul  also  declared  that  Christ  gave 
"himMlf  fur  us."  What  for?  That  "he  might 
redeem  us.''  Redeem  us  from  what?  "From  all 
iniquity." — Titus  2:  J4.  Here  it  is  expressly 
tated  that  Christ  gave  himself,  and  for  ichvw 
and  for  irhnt  pitrjiosr.  The  grand  idea  wa.s,  to 
rt-i/rein  us,  and  that  from  all  iniquity.  No  an- 
gel could  be  found  that  would  auswer  the  pur- 
pose. Angels  could  not  purchase  us.  Dead 
saints  could  not  purchase  us.  Living  men 
were  not  of  sutficient  value  to  pay  thedebt,  but 
he  who  in  full  of  grace  and  truth  was  abundant- 
ly able. 

But  why  was  the  Pure   One   sacrified?     "/« 
ohfilirnce  fo  tlte  law"     Without  sncrijui'  there 
can  be  no  life.     Look  at  the  beautiful  flower  in 
your  garden  as  it  exhales  its  rare  perfumes,  and 
then  ask  yourself  the  question.    "How  does   it 
do  this?  and  the  only  answer  will   be,  by  the 
sacntice  ot  dew,  and    air,    and  earth,    and  sun- 
light."    The  mighty  oak  came  up  through   its 
years  of  existence  according  to  the  great  and 
immutable  law  of  sacrifice.     The  ear  of  com 
was  formed  and  matured  according  to  this  law. 
The  cattle  upon  the  hills  are  there  at  the  ex- 
pense of  other  matter.     So  Christ,  iu  order  to 
redeem  us,  and  develop  that  higher  life,  must 
lis  be  sacrificed.     Before  reaching  this,  how- 
ever, he  had  to  pass  through  all  the  stages  of 
development,  so  that  there  might  be  no  infrac- 
tion of  law.    God  does  not  break  any  of  his 
laws.    He  cannot;  for  liis  very  being  is  in  har- 
mony with  law.    Ail  things,  whether  animate 
or  inanimate,  are  governed   by   law,  and  any 
infraction  of  that  law  by  which  animate  things 
are  governed  will  entail  distress  and  misery  in 
proportion    to    the  extent  of  the   infraction. 
When  sin  laid  hold  of  man,  the  law  of  his  be- 
ing was  broken,  and  nothing  less  than  the  sac- 
rifice of  God's   Son   could   repair  the   breach 
That  which  was  conceived  Inj  the  Holy  Ghost 
was  calieJ  the  Christ.     He  was  the  first  begot- 
ten of  God  by  the  Holy  Spirit,  hence  the  Only- 
bcijOtfpu.     Every  miracle,  every  good  deed   by 
this  Christ  developed  his  power  and  mission. 
His  works  availed.     All  his  works  were  merito- 
rious, because  he  hnl  bt-okni  no  Inu:     God  could 
and  did  accept  all  the  work  of  his  Son.     Such 
work  possessed  merit;  because  it  came  from  w 
sinless  being.    Let  us  turn  and  behold   what 
we  cost. 

"The  foxes  have  holes,  and  the  birds  of  the 
air  nests,  but  the  Son  of  man  bath  not  where 
to  laj  his  head."— Matt.  S:20.  This  expresses 
hia  jwierty  for  our  sakes. 

"For  ye  know  thegrace  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
that,  thoug-4  he  was  rich,  yet  for  your  sakes  he  he- 
came  poor,  that  ye  through  his  poverty  might  bo 
icli  "—2  Cor.  8:  9 

The  beasts  of  the  forest  were  provided  for,  the 
birds  of  the  air  were  not  neglected,  but  Jesus 
the  Son  of  God,  for  our  sakes,  was  compelled 
to  sacrifice  even  home  and  its  attendant  bless- 
ings. Thiiisapart  of  our  price.  Now  turn 
to  the  court-room  where  Judge  Herod  presided, 
and  see  what  Jesus  sufjered  for  us. 

"And  when  he  had  thus  Bjioken,  one  of  the  olii- 
cers  which  stood  by  struck  .lesiis  with  the  palm  of 
his  hand,  saying.  Answerest  thou  the  hicrh  priest 
soV"— John  ik:  22 

Struck  lor  ub!  a  part  of  the  price.  0  what 
indignity;  but  Jesus  bore  it  meekly!  Here 
stood  the  only  sinless,  perfectly  pure  and  holy 
inhabitant  of  the  world  before  the  rulers,  re- 
ceived their  indignities,  their  mockings  and 
scourgiiigs— all  as  the  price  of  our  redemption. 
Law  demanded  sacrifice,  and  only  Jesus  could 
supply  the  demand.  Given  over  to  the  multi- 
tude by  .Judge  Pilate,  he  was  crowned  with 
I  horns,  smitten  with  hands,  mocked,  i-obeA  iu 
purple  like  a  criminal,  and  hurried  away  to 
Calvary  bearing  his  cross.  On  the  way  rude 
men  and  boys  line  the  streets  otlering  insults 
and  jeers.  What  for?  As  the  price  of  our  re- 
demption. He  reaches  the  place  of  execution. 
The  men  appointed,  extend  his  arms,  grasp  the 
rugged  hammer,  and  with  a  strong  hand  drive 
the  nails  thnugh  his  lovely  hands  and  feet.  But 
this  is  not  enough.  Strong  arms  lay  hold  of 
the  huge  crnss  and  rudely  plant  it  vo  that  it 
will  stand.  Ah,  behold  him!  See  the  blood 
trickling  down  from  that  cross!  Behold  the 
quivering  flesh,  the  saddened  look,  the  d\ing 
features!  Wicked  and  hard-hearted  men  deride 
him.     All  this  as  a  i>art  of  the  price  of  our  re- 


demption. But  the  end  is  not  yet.  The  Sa- 
vior thirsts,  and  desires  a  sip  of  water.  Even 
this  is  denied  him.  The  cruel,  unfeeling  go), 
diers  dip  asponge  in  vinegar  and  place  it  to 
his  lijH.  He  exclaims,  "It  is  fiuished!"  The 
price  is  given!  The  debt  is  paid,  and  mankind 
is  free.  (>Iory  to  God  in  the  highest,  the  great 
Sacrifice  is  made,  aud  Life  now  appears.  The 
gloom  and  sorrow  which  so  long  hung  over 
man  now  disappears  and  the  glittering  sun- 
light of  eternity  looms  up  to  lighten  the  path- 
way ot  mortal  man.  "We are  bought  with  a 
price:  therelore  glorit^v  God  in  your  body,  and 
in  your  spirit,  which  are  God's."  m.  m  e. 


HELL.— INGERSOIiL  CONVERTED. 


THF  articles  whith  we  now  present  on  ing, 
delity  are  not  given  as  the  best  that  can 
be  produced  in  favor  of  Christianity;  they  are 
just  such  as  are  given  in  favor  of  infidelity,  and 
as  they  have  had  an  influence  to  make  infidels 
we  hope  that  when  their  purpose  is  reversed 
that  they  will  have  an  opposite  influence.  We 
have  carefully  read  every  word  IngersoU  has  vet 
had  put  in  print  and,  in  so  small  a  compass,  we 
have  never  found  a  greater  number  of  absurd- 
ities and  misrepresentations.  How  then  does 
he  obtain  influence  over  people  to  convert  them 
to  infidelity  y  Wholly  by  his  rhetoric  and  soph- 
istry. Ingersoll  will  not  debate.  Whyr"  Because 
his  fallacies  would  be  exposed,  and  his  rhetoric 
shown  to  be  only  sound.  Those  unskilled  in 
logic  are  carried  over  his  most  apparent  fallacies 
by  the  powerful  and  brilliant  wings  of  oratory. 
Thus  with  his  rhetoric  he  clutches  his  prey  rises 
and  soars  along  till  he  has  escaped  the  bounds 
of  the  cloudless  regions  of  reason  aiidjiidgoient 
and  with  the  mighty  momentum  which  he  has 
gained  in  his  long  fiiijht  plunges  into  the  black- 
est clouds  of  skepticism,  unbelief  aud  doubt  un- 
til he  is  far  beyond  where  rays  from  the  suns 
or  stais  of  science  or  logic  ever  pierce  their  way 
and  shed  their  light. 

The  idea  of  infidelity  was  born  of  revenge  and 
brutality  on  the  one  side,  and  cowardice  on  the 
other.  In  my  judgment  the  American  people 
are  too  brave,  too  charitable,  coo  generous,  too 
magnanimous  to  believe  iu  the  infamous  dog- 
ma of  infidelity.  I  have  no  respect  for  any  hu- 
man being  who  believes  iu  it.  I  have  no  res- 
pect for  any  man  who  will  pollute  the  imagin- 
ation of  childhood  with  that  infamous  lie.  I 
have  no  respect  for  the  man  who  will  add  to  the 
sorrows  of  this  world  with  that  doleful  dogma. 
I  jave  no  respect  for  any  man  who  endeavors 
to  put  that  infinite  cloud,  that  infinite  shadow 
over  the  heart  of  humauity.  I  waut  to  be  frank 
with  you.  I  dislike  this  doctrine,  I  hate  it,  I 
despise  it,  I  defy  this  doctrine. 

For  a  good  many  years  the  learned  intellect.s 
of  Christendom  have  been  examining  iuto  the 
religions  of  other  countries  in  the  world,  the  re- 
ligions of  the  thousands  that  have  passed  away. 
They  examined  into  the  religion  of  Egypt,  of 
Greece,  the  religion  of  Rome  aud  of  the  Scan- 
dinavian countries.  In  the  presence  of  the  ru- 
ins of  those  religions  the  learned  men  of  Chris- 
tendom insisted  that  those  religions  were  base- 
less, that  they  are  fraudlent.  But  they  have 
all  passed  away. 

Wiiile  this  was  being  done  Christianity  was 
applauded,  and  when  the  learned  men  got 
through  with  the  religions  of  other  countries 
they  turned  their  attention  to  Christianity,  By 
the  same  mode  of  reasoning,  by  the  same  meth- 
ods, by  the  same  arguments  that  they  u^ed  with 
heathen  religious  they  established  the  religion 
o' Jesus  Christ.  Why?  Because  Christianity  is 
the  work  of  God  and  not  of  man.  Every  book 
has  been  printed  and  bouud  by  man.  Ood  is 
the  author  but  not  the  printer  and  the  binder 
of  the  Bible.  Men  existed  before  the  Bible  but 
not  before  its  author.  What  could  be  more  ab- 
surd than  the  idea  of  a  sacred  volume  before 
there  was  any  one  to  read  it. 

In  my  judgment  man  has  made  ever>'  religion 
which  has  any  thing  more  or  less  in  it  thauja 
taught  iu  the  Bible. 

There  is  another  thing  to  which  I  wish  to 
call  your  attention.  Man  never  had  aa  idea, 
except  it  was  supplied  him  by  his  surroundings 
or  revelation.  Every  idea  iu  the  world  that 
man  has,  came  to  him  either  by  his  surround- 
ings or  revelation.  Man  cannot  conceive  of 
anything,  the  hint  of  which  he  has  not  receiv- 
ed from  one  of  these  two  sources.  Von  can  im- 
agine an  animal  with  the  hoof  of  a  bison,  with 
the  pouch  of  the  kangaroo,  with  the   winss  of 


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,-itli  the  beak  of  a  bird,  and  with  the 
hf  iiou;  and  yet  every  joint  of  this  mon- 
u  bnrrowed  from    nature.     Every   thing 
c^n  thiiili  of— every  thing  you    can    dream 
-  eobtiuned  fnmi  revelation  or  your  surroutid- 

''■  ^v-erythiii".     And  there   is    nothing    on 

^    earth  knowc  in  any  other    way    whatever. 
i-a  the  auth'jr  of  every  religion  in  the  world 
I  Cliristiauity.     And  why?     Because  each 
'    ef't"""  ''""1'^'*  ^^^^^  ^''*  knowledcr-  and   the 
"  iiet'i>'  t"^  pt^'ij''^  **  ^^^  ^^^^  '*•  ^''s  made,  and 
"no  bouk  is  there  anv  knowledge  of  God   ex- 
.  t  the  Bible.     B-irbarians  have  produced,  and 
,g  ^v'ill  produce    a   barbarian    religion,     it 
Qiained  for -lesiis    Christ,    the  only    begotten 
„  of  God,  to  produce  a  religion  which    would 
ot  on'y  "1"'"'  "'*"  happier  and  better  here,but 
lich  would  fit  him  for   an    eternal  home    be- 
nd this  "vale  of  tears."     Man-made  religions 
changing  every   day.     They   are   changing 
niirht.     That  IS  to  say  we  are  changing  them 
1  the  religions  of  today  are  not  the  religions 
fone  year  ago.     What  changed    them?     The 
Sible  has  done  it;   science,  education   and  the 


jrowiug 


heart  of  man  has  done   it.     They    will 


^  ork  would  dare  to  preach  the  Gospel.  Now 
we  have  an  infidelity.  What  is  it?  They  say 
10  the  first  place  that  all  the  vaat  universe  was 
created  by  a  nobody.  I  know  it  was  not.  They 
say.  too,  there  is  not  and  never  was  a  devil,  thai 
death  is  not  the  result  of  sin— Adam's  trans- 
gression. All  this  they  stit/,  but  really  hioir 
nothing  about  it.  Infidels  ought  to  have  lived 
at  the  same  time  or  before  their  parents  so  they 
could  have  instructed  their  parents  what  they 
should  do.  These  infidels  further  say  that 
Christ  never  made  a  sacrifice  of  bis  lite  to  re- 
deem a  lost  and  ruined  worl'l,  that  he  did  not 
give  us  a  Bible  that  we  might  know  the  way 
tn  eternal  salvation.  Whenever  these  infidel 
ideas  have  been  read  and  believed,  men  have 
immediately  commenced  cutting  each  other's 
throiits.  Wherever  it  has  obtained  the  power 
thpy  have  invented  imiuisltions  and  instruments 
ot  torture,  and  they  commenced  hating  each 
other  with  all  their  hearts.  The  Bible  is  the 
foundation  of  civilization,  but  infidelity  is  the 
foundation  of  hell,  and  we  never  shall  get  rid 
of  it  until  Satan  is  bound  and  cast  into  the 
bottomless  pit.  ^.  j.  h, 


lot  bear  the  test  of  Gospel  light.  New  relig 
.on;  are  forming  every  d;iy,  but  just  as  soon  as 
fospfl  liglit  13  thrown  upi-n  them  they  wilt  and 
(jde  from  our  view.  If  infidels  and  professors 
,f  Cbrl3tianity   can  commune  together    now, 

dat  will  they  not  do  in  a  thousand  years? 

If  true  religion  continues  to  mark  still  more 
jjid  more  distinctly  the  exact  similarity  between 
QiaQ-ujade  religions  and  infidelity  which  it  has 
been  doing  the  last  twenty-five  years,  what  will 
i[  he  fitly  years  from  to-night?  In  my  judg- 
ineut  every  religion  that  is  not  substantiated  by 

iiiraele  is  a   fraud.     Every    religion    in    the 

,rld  has  aunouncfd  every  other  religion  as  a 
iraiiii.  That  proves  to  me  that  some  of  ttieni 
must  be  mistaken.  Why?  Suppose  Mr.  Smith 
ihould  tell  Mr.  Brown  that  he — Mr.  Smith- 
.ftw  a  corpse  get  out  of  the  grave,  and  that 
iheii  he  first  saw  it,  it  was  covered  with  the 
,ornis  of  death,  and  in  his  presence  it  was  re- 
Mhed  in   healthy,   beautiful   flesh,   and   then 

upiise  Mr.  Brown  should  tell  Mr.  Smith,  "I 
iaw  the  same  thing  myself.  I  was  in  a  grave- 
md  once,  and  I  saw  a  dead  man  rise  "  Sup 
pose  then  that  Smith  f-hould  say  to  Brown, 
Ynu're  a  liar,"  and  Brown  should  reply  to 
Smith,  "and  you're  a  liar,"  what  would  you 
ihink?  Vou'd  think  they  did  not  talk  very 
me,  wouldn't  you?  Smith  having  seen  it 
himself  should  have  believed  Brown;  and 
Brown  having  seen  it  should  have  believed 
Smith.  Now  since  Smith  bad  reully  seen  it 
ind  Brown  had  seen  it  too,  theu  Smith  should 
have  regarded  it  as  a  corroboration  of  this  sto- 
ry and  ahould  have  regarded  Brown  as  one  of 
his  principal  witnesses.    So  when  a  man  says 

was  upon  Mt.  Sinai  and  there  I  met  God 
ind  another  man  says  "I  was  upon  a  mountain, 
ind  there  I  met  the  Supreme  Brahma"  and  Mo- 
ss says  "That's  not  true,"  and  contends  that 
Ihe  other  man  never  did  see  Brahma,  and  he 
roatends  that  Moses  never  did  see  God,  that  is 
in  my  judgment,  proof  of  nothing,  because 
they  did  not  both  see  the  same  thing  and  could 
not  be  witnesses  to  circumatauces  they  knew 
nothing  about. 

Every  religion  has  charged  every  other  re- 
ligion of  having  been  an  unmitigated  fraud; 
ind  90  most  of  them  are.    Some   of  the   men 

ho  were  eye  witnesses  of  the  miracles  record- 
*d  in  the  Bible  were  just  like  the  infidels  of  to- 
iay.  They  said,  "IL  is  a  fraud,"  although  they 
blew  better.  Whenever  a  man  appeals  to  a 
"uiracle  which  is  an  established  fact  he  tells 
"hat  is  true.  Trutli  relies  upon  reason  and 
the  mideviating,  unchangeable  laws  of  God. 

Now,  we  have  a  religion — that  is,  some  peo- 
ple have — I  i)retend  to  have  religion  myself.  I 
Iwlieve  in  living  right  in  this  world,  in  living 
We,  now,  to  day,  to  night  as  we  ought  to  live, 
•odo  good  to  our  fellow-man.  That  is  Christi- 
anity. And  when  we  reach  the  shores  of  the 
iJther  world,  oh,  liow  ready  and  anxious  we  will 
w  to  meet  the  dear  ones  who  have  preceded  us 
•o  the  spirit  land. 

Now,  we  have  in  this  country  a  theory  of  in- 
•^elity  which  the  devil  and  nien  po^sesstd  with 
piritliave  tried  to  teach  almost  ever  since 
'nation,  imd  just  in  proportion  as  infidelity 
■iiti  been  believed  have  men  grown  mean  and 
"'eWd:  just  in  proportion  as  they  have  ceased 
•"lieliuve  it  men  have  become  just  and  charita- 
^1^-  And  if  they  heleived  to-night  as  it  has 
^^i>  believed  no  minister  in  the  city  of  New 


vour  quotation.  If  we  *'gr<nc  in  gract  tmd  in 
ihr  kiiotrMfje  of  our  Lorrl  and  Sarinr  Jenus 
Chri-tC  (2  Peter  3:  IH),  we  will  be  movin^j  on- 
mir'i^  and  thi«  is  characteristic  of  a  Christian. 
A  Christian  does  not  go  downward,  but  up 
ward.  The  term  does  not  mnan  going  back- 
ward, but  forward.  Is  not  this  a  fact?  If  ao. 
can  any  adjv.tive.  strictly  speaking,  be  used  to 
(jualify  it?  Does  not  the  term  "Christian" 
elude  all  that  is  meant  by  the  term  "progress- 
ive?" Can  a  believer  be  more  than  a  Chris- 
tian? Can  he  be  less  than  a  Christian  and  still 
be  a  Christian?  Is  there  such  a  thing  a.s  an  un- 
progressive  Christian?  Let  ua  have  some  light 
shed  upon  this.  m.  m.  k 


STTCCESSFUL  GOSPEL  WOEK. 


.  T.  MOS!>ERMAN. 


HAKMONY  WANTED. 

Dinr  Brethren: — 

ENCLOSED   find   my   mite  •  .  for    the 

Tract  Fund.  Ever  since  I  received  this 
notice  I  have  been  wishing  to  respoud  to  it,  as 
I  never  turn  any  away  eiiipty-ljauded  when  it 
it  is  in  my  power  to   contribute. — Luke   6:    3<i. 

'  *  *  Except  one  vear,  for  several  suc- 
cessive years,  I  have  only  succeeded  in  placing 
our  papers  ami  tracts  before  the  people  entire 
ly  at  my  own  expense:  and  that  all  earneil  with 
earnest  eflorts  and  much  delicate  health. 

Thanks  be  to  the  Fountain  of  strength,  com- 
fort, counsel,  light  aad  life,  when  I  am  pliynic- 
ally  weak  theu  I  am  spiritually  strong.  'God 
is  our  refuge  and  strength,  a  very  present  help 
in  trouble  " — Ps.  46 

IiiB.  atW.  No  4.^.  under  captir  ii  of.  "A 
Veteran's  Remarks,"  I  noticed  this:  "1  belif-vt- 
iii  progressive  religion,  but  not  in  the  pr.igress- 
ive  christian."  I  The  jirogressive  christian  is 
the  result  of  the  progressive  religion,  hence  not 
a  matter  of  faith.  The  aged  brother  is  cor- 
rect."—Ena.  1 

This  paragraph  is  such  a  puzzle  to  me  I 
write  to  ask  your  exolanaiioQ  through  the  pa- 
per. I  understand  the  aged  brother  to  say  he 
believes  in  progressive /'(7/(/iO»,  but  not  in  the 
progressive  christian. 

With  my  view  of  the  words,  and  of  disinter- 
ested readers  around  in-,  we  could  only  con- 
clude they  are  one  and  the  same  thing.  Cm 
could  not  posse?-s  the  progressive  vl'njhin  with- 
out resulting  in  a  proi;res>ive  christKiii. 

I  understand  you  er/itorfi  to  say  these  things 
or  names-nature  are  "not  a  matter  of  faith." 
Closely  following  tins  you  bay,  "the  aged  broth- 
er is  correct  "  Do  you  mean  he  is  correct  il 
these  things  are  "not  of  faitli?"  "VVbat  la  not 
of  faith  is^iu."  Over  aud  over  I  (-\nmiiied  to 
understand  the  meaning  of  the  parties;  for  they 
seem  to  conflict. 

As  to  my  part,  I  care  very  little  about  names 
The  natitri'  is  what  my  whole  heart  is  set  upon. 
The  "will  of  God"  I  find  to  be  the  all  impor- 
tant concern  of  Chriiitians.  To  perform  it  for 
His  highest  glory  ami  honor,  a  daily,  prayerful 
aud  impartial  searching  of  the  Scriptures  is  ut- 
terly indispensable. 

Then  we  can  find  much  remi  sneas  of  duty 
to  God  aud  mau.  Fnifh  ant/  works  >nut<f  <jii 
hmtil  inui  hand  Oh!  what  a  resolution  is  need- 
ed in  this  direction.  In  this  day,  truly  the  Sa- 
vior might  eja<  ulate:    "0  ye  of  liiti'  fuilfi.'* 

May  Almighty  God  au  unstop  deal  ears,  open 
blind  eyes  aud  touch    hard    hearts    that    many 
may  be  moved  to  be  about  my   Fatiier's  busi- 
ness.    In  various  ways  it  is  sadly  needed. 
Your  sister  in  Christ, 

Julia  A.  Wood. 

KRIEKDLY  RESPONSE. 

Thanks,  dear  sister  for  your  "mite"  to  Tract 
Society.  May  many  "go  and  do  likewise." 
Bro.  3.  S.  Mithler,  in  this  issue  presents  us  a 
definition  of  the  term  "progressive."  We  do 
not  say  that  definition  is  the  best  or  the  poor 
est,  but  suggest  that  all  read  it  carefully. 

The  aged  brother  nor  any  othtr  person  i* 
not  required  to  lelirre  in  a  "progressive  chris- 
tian' in  order  to  be  saved  in  heaven,  but  in  the 
ifli'ine  priuiiples  of  salvation.  The  Cliristian 
is  an  irponent  of  the  principles  of  Christianity, 
aad  not  Christiaiiitij  itself.  The  Christian  it- 
only  the  effect  of  Chriet's  work  on  earth,  and 
not  the  cau^e.  A  man  is  uot  required  to  believe 
in»)«",  butin  the  Lord  Jesus,  who  brought 
■■immortality  to  light  through  the  gospel."  And 
more;  a  man  is  not  only  recjuired  to  bflieve  the 
principles  of  religion,  but  to  obey  "from  thi 
heart  that  form  of  doctrine  once  delivered  un- 
to the  saints."  We  sa^'  amen,  to  the  union  of 
faith  and  works,  and  workw  will  follow  all  true 
faith.  Pleai-e  bear  in  mind  ani.'ie  and  r(ftrl,  the 
thing  ittelf  and  the  result  of  that  thing,  and 
tlieii  vou  will   have   our  idea  as  expreuBed 


IT  is  apparent  to  the  observing  mind  that  the 
Christian  is  desirous  of  the  socceas  of  the 
gospel  of  Christ,  in  the  conversion  of  the  sin 
ner.  Various  are  the  methods  adapted  by  tliem 
to  accomplish  their  designs.  Aid  from  neigh- 
boring ministerial  force  is  secured,  means  sub- 
scribed, house  of  worship  iu  readiness,  an- 
nouncements made,  the  people  assemble  and 
the  work  is  commenced.  Notwithstanding  the 
means  provided  aud  the  effort  made,  the  suc- 
cess attending  their  efforts  does  not  meet  their 
expectations,  aud  in  many  cases  evinces  a  sig- 
nal failure,  and  in  consequence  of  this,  disap- 
.pointments  follow. 

The  prospective  meetings  are  now  a  reality. 
The  brethren  and  and  sisters  with  their  neigh- 
bors and  friends  assemble  together  iu  the  sanc- 
tuary of  the  Lord.  The  saints  pray,  the  minis- 
ter labors  haid,  the  meetings  cease  aud  small, 
if  any,  i^  the  success  of  tlie  labor  and  means 
expended.  Brethren  expected  their  neighbors 
converted.  Parents  looked  forward  with  pain- 
ful anxiety  for  the  conversion  of  their  children 
and  having  them  safely  anchored  iu  the  arms 
of  Jesus.  Husbands  or  wives  who  were  be- 
lievers in  Christ  longed  for  the  happy  hour 
when  they  could  give,  to  the  guide  of  their 
youth  or  the  solace  of  their  declining  age,  the 
embrace  of  loving  reconciliation,  or  to  them, 
extend  a  christian  recognition.  But  their  fond 
hopes  and  expectations  proved  futile.  They 
wonder.  They  inquire  what  is  wrong?  Sorrow 
io3tea<i  of  joy  fills  the  heart.  The  unconverted 
feel  to  say,  their  power  is  gone,  and  with  feel- 
ings of  surprise  at  this  non-success  they  yet  re- 
main in  sin.  What  are  the  causes  producing 
those  almost  or  entire  failures? 

1st.  Perhaps  we  place  too  much  confidence 
in  man,  too  much  is  expected  of  the  minister. 
A  circumstance  of  this  kind  occurred  sometime 
ago  in  the  State  of  Minnesota  as  related  by  a 
Baptist  minister.  In  the  city  of  Minneapolis, 
the  society  of  Baptists  called  a  meeting;  all  the 
necessaries  were  provided  for  the  minister,  Dr. 
Buckley,  was  called  to  preside.  A  weeks  pray- 
er-meeting was  held  prior  to  the  arrival  of  the 
Doctor,  and  all  his  petitions  to  Almighty  Gt  d 
were  centered  on  Dr.  Buekleyfor  his  protection 
and  safe  arrival  &c.  Great  was  the  gossiping 
among  friends  "when  Dr.  Buckley  arrives  the 
meeting  will  be  a  great  success  and  sinners  will 
be  converted."  The  time  of  his  arrival  ap 
proached,  a  committee  appointed  to  conduct 
him  to  place  of  meeting.  The  people  assem- 
bled, all  anxious  to  see  aud  to  hear  the  great 
orator.  The  committee  arrives,  but  where  ia 
Dr.  Buckley?  Ah!  the  disappointment,  the 
tears,  that  fell  from  many  of  that  congregation, 
"our  meeting  and  our  week  of  prayer  is  a  fail 
ure."  At  thin  time  an  aged  veteran  arose  and 
observed,  "we  have  been  trusting  too  much  in 
man,  let  us  trust  in  God.  We  also  have  a  work 
to  do  ami  now  let  us  set  nur  niini8t«r  to  work 
and  let  us  hold  up  /ikv  hands  and  labor  with 
him  trusting  in  God  and  the  blessing  will  fol 
low.  Xt  this  juncture  he  called  for  a  season  of 
prayer,  the  work  commeDced  and. greiat  .results 
followed. 

2nd.  It  may  be  the  church  is  uot  in  harmo- 
ny aud  in  good  working  order.  If  such  is  the 
cu^i-  we  need  not  look  for  much  aucceas.  Our 
brethren  and  sisters  call  for  meeting*,  anxious 
for  the  conversion  of  their  frienda.  Oh  this  is 
a  holy  desire!  But  to  insure  success  there  must 
be  a  united  effort,  unity  of  action  aud  senti- 
ment upon  the  part  of  the  members.  Must  be 
in  love  and  harmony  and  walk  worthily  in  the 
truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus  iu  order  to  be  blessed  wi'-h 
the  j  .y  of  heavou  (2  John  i-i).    In  order   tu 


work  in  theglorioimcaufleofour  blenf^d  Muter 
more  successfully  and  to  injure  the  blesniiigi  of 
heaven,  I  would  o|V«r  the  following  plan  an  al- 
ready suggested  to  me  in  part,  by  «n  humble 
follower  and  earnest  disciple  of  Jesud. 

W  hen  a  local  church  dehires  a  eenw  of  meet- 
ings: 1st,  Let  the  house-keeper  couob«1  his 
inembem  a«  to  whether  they  want  a  meeting. 

2nd.  ArR  you  in  love  and  union,  peace  and 
harmony  so  that  j  on  can  stand  united  in  de- 
fense of  the  gospel  aud  support  thU  meeting 
with  your  praijers  antl  altrm/ancf. 

3rd.  Whom  do  you  wish  to  preach  and  con- 
duct this  meeting?  If  the  decison  is  for  your 
home  ministers  or  foreign,  then  stand  by  them 
and  hold  them  up  before  God  and  success  will 
inevitably  be  the  result.  For  Jesus  has  prom- 
ised to  be  with  his  children  wherever  oasembled 
in  his  name,  aud  if  not  in  union  and  peace  we 
cannot  meet  in  his  name,  and  the  consequence 
is  we  cannot  receive  the  blessing.  If  this 
course  were  pursued  by  the  churches  generally, 
the  evangelists  could  go  to  their  fields  ol  labor 
with  a  lighter  heart,  knowing  that  all  is  lore 
and  union  among  the  saints  and  all  needed  help 
readily  offered.  Then  brethren  aud  sisters  let 
us  not  trust  in  the  arm  of  fleah,  but  in  the 
mighty  God  who  will  ever  help  ub  in  all  our 
trials. 


#««!  i»l«Tc  ^lass. 


The  Worth  of  Truth  no  Tongue  Can  Tell" 


This  dflpartmeni  is  designed  for  asking  and  an- 
iweringquestions.  drawn  from  the  Bible.  In  or- 
Jer  to  promote  the  Truth,  all  questions  aliould  be 
)rlef.  and  clothed  In  eiinple  language.  We  shall 
issign  questions  to  our  contributors  to  answer, 
out  this  does  not  exclude  any  others  writing  upon 
Che  same  topic. 


BOOK  OF  JASHER. 

Please  explahi  where  the  book  of  Ja-sher  is  tobe 
fonndV  John  IU:  i;i.  Hannah  Kahns.  ' 

rUE  sentence  referred  to  reads:  "Is  not  this 
written  in  the  book  of  Jaslier?"  or  aa  the 
marginal  has  it,  the  book  of  "the  upright." 
Also  in  II.  Sam.  1: 18  "behold,  is  it  not  written 
in  the  book  of  Jasher?" 

Commentators  are  very  much  divided  on  this. 
Some  think  that  it  was  a  commentary  similar 
to  C;p«ar's  on  his  wars  with  the  Gauls,  while 
others  think  that  it  refers  to  the  book  of  re- 
membrance prepared  by  Mones  for  Joshua's 
private  use,— a  sort  of  directory  how  to  pro» 
ceed  in  war.  To  this  Utter  opinion  we  are  in» 
elined.  m,  m.  e. 


GREATER   WORKS. 


Will  some  one  please  expljiin  John  H:  12?  It 
reads  as  follows;  ''Verily,  verily  1  say  unto  you, 
He  that  helieveth  on  me.  the  works  that  I  do  Bhalt 
he  do  also;  and  greater  works  than  these  shall  he 
do ;  because  I  go  unto  my  Father." 

KiLEY  Stump, 

HERE  Christ  gives  hia  di.nciples  a  promiae 
of  mdueing  them  with  power,  which  w© 
see  fulfilied  in  their  speaking  "with  tongues" 
in  the  conversion  of  three  thousand  at  one 
time,  healing  the  sick  by  their  shadows.  &c. 

These  were  greater  works  than  Christ  him- 
self did. 

BECAfSB  I  GO  TO  MV  FaTHER. 

It  was  through  the  Holy  Spirit  that  they 
did  the.se  thiugs.  Christ  said,  "If  I  go  not,  the 
comforter  (Holy  Spirit)  will  not  come  unto  you; 
hut  if  I  go  away  I  will  send  him  unto  yoq, 
Thus  we  see  the>  did  these  things  through  the 
Holy  Ghost  aud  the  Holy  Ghost  came  hy 
Christ's  going  to  the  Father. 

Will  siiiiie  one  pteaae  e^llIain  Matt.  12:  WV  It 
rends  as  foUowtt:  "For  as  Jonas  was  three  days 
and  three  nights  in  the  whale's  belly;  fiu shall  the 
.Son  of  man  be  three  d:iys  and  three  nights  in  the 
heart  of  the  earth.'  H.  E.  Fai>ely. 

This  is  a  prophecy  that  was  uttered  by  Christ, 
aud  fulfilled  while  he  was  iu  the  grave.  Al- 
though Christ  was  not  threr  '/'iy>-  oinl  (hrte 
nights  in  the  grave. •4ie  ir./y^  i^n-f  of  three  >iiigs. 
.\,  W.  Vanmman. 
Mt.  Aforri.*,  Hf. 

FuK  the  benefit  of  those  ^ho  did  not  take 
the  Beetiihbn  AT  Work  when  we  announced 
that  a  series  of  articles  would  appear  i-u  iufidel- 
ly,  we  would  here  say  that  »-e  t«ke  IngereoH's 
wn  wonU  tocondfinn  his  theory.  Sii  that  in 
Inith  it  maj-  he  said  of  him,  "thine  owu  mouth 
<<mdemneth  thee."— Job  15;  6. 


TMK    13JiKTtLKEN    ^T    -VVOKIC 


TVovernhf^r    '4  ] 


^omc  aiul  ^aintiyi. 


p.it  tdrouBh  a  proce^*  by  whicli  s^lU  of  ammo     ro  k  and  toss  the  wor.'i.  mxi  who  (TMtherwiUnn 

iiiH,  tar  i.a|)tKa  are   manufiiotiir^-d.     From  this    u  those  that  under   her  kmlly  guidance  grow 

tJir  is  mad.'  pitch.  Wn/.  dp,  crevot«  aod  carbolic  '  up  to  be  an  honor  aud  a  blessing   to  the  race. 

I  «cid      Knmi  the  "Blaty  ahal.^"   that  ar«  found  ,  i)ut  who  for  her  care  and  the  sheltering  refuge 

.S^^:^youro"«'iTu:j;^:mar"^^^^^^^^^^^^^  ofg«wo.k.,    which     her    1ov.ok    hand*   prepare,  wonid    be 

■* '■" «him,  fjrcen    vitriol,     and   sulphuric    acid   ar«  ,  turned  forth    an    wild  beasta  to  devour  society 

ninde.     Frf^m  old  saiU  bank-note  pHjn?ri>t  made,    and  lo  destroy  each  uther. 

andoalofold  ropeH  larwe  qunntiti'*s   of  brown        The  mothir  thinka  sometimes  as  she  muses 

paper  are  manufac-tured    yearly.     Out   of  coal    on  bnr  weary  lot,  that  ai.otlier  mother  baa  doue 

tar  the  mont  delicate  perfume'*  are  made    ""cb    the  very   same   things   for  her.     Her   memory 

m  wondiiiffand  metilot.     What   i«   rubbish  to  '  goes  back  to  the  time  when  she  was  a  clinging 

ui  is  "fL-n  in  its  altered  condition  very  valuable  '  child;  when    hands   that  are  no 

toothers;    and  some    of  the   st.-ept^st    luxuries 

are  nro  lur*d  from  things  which  in  themselvpH 

are  ^xc*•edingly  repuNive, 


yaar  ptAi-vuLa-  Patlu-r 
«r  tu).  uiK  briu^  ta»iii   i] 
ID  latUoa  »1   Die   li"i\l. 
tb  -a  liiHl  ai»  yniir  inik'^t 


,  Jiiit  y  mr  iliiliJien 
lu   nurture  aud   -icl- 
,ul».   tje  oiK-ilifiit  lo  , 
I'aim..  I 


TH£  GOLDEN  SIDE. 


Tliere  is  muio  a  rest  on  this  rouil  ut  life, 

If  wrt  only  would  Htuji  to  take  11 : 
And  many  atone  from  tlie  bett'-rland, 

if  tUequenitoiM  li'art  sliouVI  wake  it. 
To  Uie  suuny  8ulu  tliai  Is  full  of  lioji-. 

And  wlioae  lie.iiit  ful  tru->l  ne'er  fatletb. 
The  gniss  Is  green  ami  the  lluwes  bright, 

Xii.iugli  the  wintry  htoira  prevnilelh. 

Better  toliopf,  though  llie  clouds  liaiig  low. 

And  to  keep  trie  eyeH  srill  lifted ; 
Forlliesweet  lilueaky  will  soon  peep  through 

When  lliu  oiuin  'Ut  clouOti  arc  ril'ted. 
There  wiis  never  a  niglit  without  a  Udy, 

N  -r  nil  eveiiltitf  wiltiiiiit  a  inmniiiK; 
And  llieilarkett  hour,  tin-  proverb  goea, 

la  the  hour  tK-fure  Ltie  dawning. 

There  Is  many  a  g'-m  in  the  path  of  life, 

-t  Jilcli  » ('  I'lL^K  in  our  lille  pii-avure. 
Thai  in  rlclier  far  than  lite  jfWf Icil  crown, 

Or  tlie  miser's  hoardiil  iretiture; 
It  may  bPt'>e  love'of  a  liith-  ciii  d, 

Or  a  niollier'ei»rayer  to  tieav»-n. 
Or  only  a  begfcMr'n  cr-iU-fiil  tlianks 

For  a  cup  uf  water  given. 

Better  to  weave  in  tlie  web  of  life 

A  bright  Hiiil  g^J>l  li  lllJtug. 
And  to  do  ().h1\  Will  wiiti  H  r»«dy  heart. 

And  hamli^  that  areiiwif   ami  willing; 
1  han  to  snap  llie  delluile  Bilviir  tlireadti 

Of  our  curioiiM  lives  tMun<Ier; 
An-t  tlieu  Ilea- en  l)laiiie  foi  the  tang-Od  ends 

And  sit  to  grieve  and  wtmder, 
"Golden  Ceiincr. 


TRUE  STRENGTH. 

WE  must  meiisiire  a  iiihu's  HtreiJgth  by  the 
power  of  the  feelings  he  subdues,  not  by 
the  poiver  of  tho-ie  wlio  subdue  liim.  And 
hence,  composure  it  often  the  highest  result  ol 
(trength.  Did  we  ever  see  o  man  receive  a  fla- 
grant injury,  and  then  re|)ly  calmly/'  That  is  a 
man  spiritually  strong.  Or,  did  we  ever  see  a 
man  in  anguish,  stand  as  if  carved  out  of  solid 
rock,  as  if  mastering  himself?  Or,  one  bearing 
a  hopeless,  daily  trial,  remain  silent  and  never 
tell  the  world  what  cankered  his  home  peacjc? 
That  is  strength.  We  too  often  mistake  strong 
feelings  for  strong  character.  A  man,  wlio 
bears  all  before  him,  before  whose  frown  domes- 
tics tremble,  and  whose  bursts  of  fury  make  the 
children  of  the  household  quak(>,  because  he  has 
bis  way  in  all  things,  we  call  him  a  strong  man. 
The  truth  is,  that  he  is  a  weak  man;  it  is  his 
passions  that  are  strong — he,  mastered  by  them, 
is  weak. 


SCOLDING. 


WITH  some,  scolding  is  chronic,  says  Zion's 
Herald.  Life  is  one  long  fret.  The  flesh 
is  fevensh,  the  nerves  unstrung,  the  spirit  per- 
turbed and  in  a  state  of  unrest.  The  physical 
condition  and  the  material  surroundings  may 
have  a  strong  tendency  to  disturb  our  eiiuanim- 
ity  and  to  exanperate  our  feelings;  but  we 
■houtd  bear  in  mind  that  scolding  never  did 
anybody  any  good;  and  withal  grows  to  be 
ver}'  uncomfortable  to  the  party  who  indulges 
in  it  Inappropriate  to  anybody,  scolding  ap- 
pears moat  hateful  in  parents  and  ministers. — 
Set  to  be  dispensers  of  kindness  and  love  to 
those  with  whom  they  are  more  especially  asso- 
ciated, it  is  horrible  to  see  gall  distilled  instead 
of  charity  that  blesses  both  parties.  Scolding 
taniB  a  household  into  a  pandemonium,  and  a 
church  into  an  inquisition.  Bear  in  mind  that 
kindness  and  gentle  speech  are  a  great  deal 
easier  to  practice  than  their  opposites.  Why 
practic*  the  worse  thing  when  harder?  Arrest 
yourself  in  the  indulgence  of  this  bad  habit 
right  here.  Begin  now.  and  put  yourself  un- 
der bonds  to  be  good-natured. 


V 


THAT  UGLY  RUBBISH! 

[(.'ompiW  tor  Bbetbbek  kt  Wubk.J 

"T)  UBBISH!"  exclaiiiia  the  maid  as  she 
It  sweeps  the  room.  Perhaps  only  "matter 
out  of  place,"  and  not  bo  bad  as  one  might  think. 
What  we  think  worthless  is  often  exceedingly 
Taluable.  From  the  slimy,  silvery  sediment 
lonnd  in  the  bottom  of  the  vessel  in  which  the 
frwh  wat^r  bleak,  a  small  fish  about  four  inches 
in  length,  has  been  worked,  beautiful  artificial 
pearUand  J>eadi  are  made.  Old  glass  is  bought 
op,  rtmelt*d.  colored,  and  moulded  into  flat 
cakep.  which  are  in  turn  broken  into  fragments 
and  u^  to  ornament  buildings.  la  the  man- 
ofacture  of  gas.  a  lifjnor  is  produced  which  tor  a 
tiuw  wa«  regarded    afl  worthless,  but    now  it  is 


SIMPLICITY. 

)KIIHAPS  ("implieity  in  itn  various  develop- 

nientu  is  nowhere  more   agreeable  than  in 

egndire.  that  medium    through    which    spirit 


trtlks  witn  spirit.  The  reason  for  this  is  obvi. 
oiis:  nine  tenths  of  mankind  are  strtigKling.  a^ 
the  swimmer  that  breast*!  the  waves,  for  a  sub 
flist-'Dce.     Such  are  not  thinkers;  th-y  have  not  I  ^Hy  butterflies  of  fashion  flit  on  every  breeze. 


crossed 
death's  slumber  toiled  to  care  for  her;  and 
when  a  heart  that  now  is  silent  in  the  grave, 
throbbed  with  love  and  thrilled  with  anxiety 
for  the  brood  of  little  ones  of  whom  she  was 
one.  She  is  doing  for  others  only  what  others 
have  done  for  her,  and  as  she  blesses  the  mem- 
ory of  those  who  have  shi^^lded  her  in  her  eariy 
days,  so  she  labors  with  renewed  zeal  so  to  p-r- 
form  a  mother's  duty  that  her  children  shall 
arise  and  call  her  bles^^ed  a'  the  last. 

Sliewholeels  the   bondage  of   home,   never- 
theless cannot  fail  to  rfjoic  in  its  safety.     The 


tim»to  be.  Thev  take  thought  as  others  huve 
coined  it,  and  in  an  hour's  respite  from  the  dai- 
ly routine  of  labor;  those  who  seek  mental 
culture  are  ton  faliffUfd  for  metaphysical  inves- 
tigriti'iUH.  even  Mhonid  thfy  possess  the  capacity 
to  comprobend  tli-m.  The  remaining  moityof 
renders,  thoueh  giHed  with  mor*-  leisure,  have 
seldom  mental  ener^v  for  abstruse  investiga- 
tions There  is  something  in  man's  motive  in- 
dolencA  whieh  revolts  neairist  severe  mental 
Iiib'T,  and  we  are  not  quite  positive  that  there 
is  not  a  (■■rtain  im^tinctive  impression  on  the 
minds  of  (jip  common  sense  ma'<ses.  that  obscu- 
rity on  the  part  of  a  writer  or  speaker  arises 
from  his  own  want  of  clear  comprehension  of  I 
the  8ubj''rt. 

(  S'me  communicators  of  thoueht  labor  under  | 
the  impression  that  there  is  an  inelegance,  a 
want  of  dignity  in  simplicity.  Is  it  so?  When 
Moses  inipiired  of  Israel's  great  lawgiver  by 
what  name  he  would  be  made  known  unto  that 
people,  his  reply  was,  "I  AM  that  I  am:  I  am 
hath  sent  me  unto  you."  Is  there  not  a  ma- 
jority in  these  sintpie  words?  Can  wc  by  mul- 
tiplying add  to  their  strength?  Later  on  in  the 
world's  history,  under  the  Christian  dispensa- 
tinn.  man's  great  exemplar  left,  in  the  simplicity 
of  his  teachings  to  his  disciples,  a  model  for  lal 
iretructorB.  The  Lord's  prayer,  given  from  his 
own  lips  to  his  followers,  is  a  pattern  of  com- 
prehensive simplicity.  Are  we  not  to  learn 
this  that  essential  truths  are  simple,  and  that 
these  are  they  which  are  best  grappled  to  the 
Bonl?  To  make  the  application  of  this  grand 
troth  still  more  universal,  we  learn  that  the 
King  of  heaven,  who  built  the  mountains,  who 
spread  out  the  curtains  of  the  pkies  and  gar- 
nished them  with  gems — He,  before  whose  glo- 
ry the  angels  veil  their  faces,  came  to  this  world 
to  benefit  humanity,  and  in  His  intercourse 
with  men  he  spake  unto  them  so  that  the  com- 
mon people  heard  him  gladly.  This  sublime 
fact  teaches  us  that  they  who  would  impart 
best  to  others,  should  have  their  own  si)irit9 
robed  with  the  beautiful  garments  of  simplicity, 
and  then  go  forth,  freely  giving  of  their  own 
treasures  of  thought  in  the  eloquent  simplicity 
of  words  and  works,  for  the  noble  purpose  of 
elevating  our  common  humanity. — Sel. 


TIED  AT    HOME. 


with   little    ones 


I  ANY    a  weary   mother, 

nging  around  her,  has  sighed  to  think 


MANY  a 
clingit 
she  was  so  "tied  at  home."  With  the  re.'^tleas- 
ness  common  to  humanity,  with  a  desire  to  hear 
and  know  and  enjoy  what  is  going  on  outside 
of  her  little  circle,  she  finds  her  wings  clipped, 
and  herself  year  after  year  confined  to  the  nar- 
row circle  which  she  calls  home.  Often  too, 
her  toils  seem  not  appreciated,  and  her  sacrifi- 
ces seem  poorly  rewarded,  and  sometimes  there 
are  few  rays  of  sunshine  on  her  weary,  lonely 
path. 

There  are  several  things  to  be  considered  in 
making  up  an  estimate  of  the  case.  And  first, 
the  home  life  ia.  under  God,  the  foundation  of 
everything  worth  having  in  this  world.  Blot 
out  the  home,  and  with  it  goes  religion,  moral- 
ity, liberty,  order,  peace.  The  healthful  and 
orderly  existence  of  the  human  race,  depends  on 
the  maintenance  of  the  family  life.  The  wo- 
man who  holds  this  fort  may  think  she  is  doing 
but  little  good,  but  neither  she  nor  any  other 
mortal  knows  how  much  evil  she  is  preventing. 
The  little  boy  who  stood  wet  and  dripping  all 
the  night  long,  stopping  with  his  chilled  body 
the  opening  in  a  breaking  dyke,  and  thus  saving 
the  whole  country  from  a  deluge  which  threat- 
ened to  overwhelm  it,  was  not  more  heroic  nor 
more  useful  in  that  supreme  moment  of  his  life, 
than  the  woman  who  opposes  the  bulwark  of 
home  against  all  the  surging  madden<8ses  that 


but  the  wintry  blasts  fiud  them  without  a 
shelter.  There  are  dangers  away  from  home; 
there  are  phantom'*  that  lure  and  snart-s  that 
entangle;  there  are  sins  and  woes  unnumbered 
that  liein  wrtit  for  those  who  cut  loose  from 
wise  restraints;  l>ut  the  mother  in  her  qmet 
h'-niH  life  with  her  lirtl^  ones  around  her,  hag 
her  heart  steadied  in  its  supreme  affections  and 
d.  sires,  and  feels  a  nearness  to  that  Christ  who 
blessed  the  little  children,  and  who  shelters 
tho^e  who  trust  in  him,  from  every  foe  and 
snare. 

We  may  chafe  at  the  confinement  of  home 
but  what  of  those  who  have  no  home,  drifting 
on  the  wide  world,  waifs  upon  a  stormy  8ea.lo8t 
children  in  a  desert  land?  To  b"  without  a 
home  ia  next  to  being  without  hope  and  with- 
out God.  The  true  mother  has  her  home,  and 
what  is  more  she  expects  to  have  it;  for  when 
her  hands  have  grown  weak,  the  little  ones 
which  she  clasps  will  have  grown  strong; 
when  her  steps  shall  falter,  theirs  shall  tread 
firmly;  when  she  can  no  longer  guide  the  er- 
ring and  support  the  helpless,  they  who  have 
grown  wise  beneath  her  teaching,  and  strong 
beneath  her  nurture,  shall  bear  her  up  amid 
the  sorrows  of  life's  closing  hours  and  lead  her 
geiitly  to  her  rest  in  peace. 

0.  mother,  thank  God  for  a  home,  and  re- 
member though  it  may  not  have  beauty,  it  need 
not  be  void  of  blessing.  That  which  makes 
home  holy  makes  home  happy;  and  though  the 
cot  be  humble  and  the  roof.be  low:  thongh 
there  be  in  it  no  pomp  nor  splendor,  though  it 
may  not  echo  with  the  witchery  of  music  or 
shine  with  the  adornments  of  art,  yet  if  there 
he  tender  love  and  unfailing  kindness,  and  faith 
and  zeal  and  fellowship  with  God.  then  shall  the 
home.hallowed  by  such  influences,  and  crowned 
with  the  divine  blessing,  be  sacred  in  the  sight 
of  God  and  angels,  and  ever  sacred  in  the  mem- 
ory of  those  who  there  abide.  The  years  r.iay 
come  and  go,  the  little  feet  may  walk  their 
weary  paths  on  distant  shores,  but  however 
scattered  abroad,  whether  tossed  upon  the  wa- 
ters or  wanderiug  upon  the  land,  the  sweet 
influences  of  home  shall  never  be  forgotten ;  and 
there  shall  come  from  day  toda>  to  the  heart  of 
your  boy  or  your  girl  the  recollections  of  a 
mother's  love,  the  memories  of  the  twilight 
hour  of  prayer,  the  remembrances  of  sacred 
:ommiinion  with  God,  and  the  solemn  utter- 
ances of  his  Word  repeated  by  maternal  lips; 
and  these  shall  weave  around  their  wayward 
hearts  bonds  that  earth  can  never  break,  and 
shhll  link  them  in  all  their  waudermgs  to  moth- 
er and  home,  and  through  these,  draw  them 
gently  toward  that  home  where  sorrows  shall 
not  enter  and  whence  joys  shall  not  depart. — 
The  Christian. 


FROM  PALESTINE. 


NTMBEB  XSSU. 


From  Jerusalem  to  Nablus. 


FROMSa 
the  1101 


trnm  thB  "OhritUui  SUud&nl"  b;  tpcidkl  AfmigBBiNiLl 

Samaria  we  c<uitinued  our  course  to 
north-west,  until  we  came  to  the  ruins 
ofCwsarea.  Not  a  human  being  inhabits  this 
city,  once  the  political  capital  of  .ludea,  and  the 
chief  commercial  point  on  the  Syrian  coast. 
Built  by  Heroi  the  Great,  thirteen  years  before 
the  birth  of  Jesus,  it  was  finally  destroyed  in 
the  year  1265. 

Its  walls  are  still  traceable,  and  in  some  pla 
ces  they  stand  20  or  30  feet  high.  They  en- 
close about  4'  0  acres  of  ground.  The  ruins  of 
an  old  church,  with  parts  of  the  wall  retaining 
hlinoi-t  their  original  bight,  are  se' n  in  the 
south-eastern  part  of  the  cily,  and  on  a  ledge 


of  rockexiei.diiig  2-iO  vari-.  into  t'o  seii,  ^^^ 
the  ruin-*  of  au  old  •  it*i^l,  once  an  ai»par.^,|i|y 
imeregnable  htrouyh-M.  But  all. .f  these  w^w^ 
and  buildings  beit.ng  to  the  period  of  th- .-n|. 
saderB,  dunng  which  the  city  was  several  times 
destroyed  and  rebuilt;  and  there  is  ni.tliii.g  \^f^ 
of  the  city  known  to  IVter,  Philip.  Paul,  K-l^ 
Fe>tus  and  Agripi»a.  exc^-pt  'he  granite  colnaina 
which  were  taken  from  amid  the  ruins  of  the 
earlier  city,  and  built  ernshwise  into  the  more 
recent  walls.  Many  of  these  are  seen  in  the 
city  wall;  I  C'>unt*d  seventy-five  in  the  watU  of 
the  old  citadel;  aud  astill  greater  nuinb>»r  of 
them  lie,  like  raft*  of  saw  logs,  in  the  shallow 
water  north  of  the  citadel,  where  some  similar 
structure  stood,  but  has  crumbled  away,  and 
let  drop  these  imperishable  columns.  The  dis. 
integration  of  the  sofi.  sandstone  of  the  shore 
aud  of  the  wails  <if  these  citadels,  has  gradually 
filled  up  ihe  harbor,  which  was  made  at  great 
exiiense  by  Herod,  and  now  no  ship  touches 
where  onca  the  commerce  of  this  entire  coast 
was  centered.  We  rode  into  the  city  through 
its  gateway,  and  fiuding  a  shaded  recess  iu  the 
wall  not  far  from  it,  we  spread  there  our  noon- 
day meal  aud  took  our  u>ual  rest.  A  mournful 
stillness  pervaded  the  place,  interrupted  only 
by  the  arrival  of  some  shepherds  with  a  liHrd 
of  small  bl  ick  cattle,  who  came  through  the 
sane  g  lUj  an  I  w  it  r  d  tli-^  r  jt  icte  at  aa  aucmat 
well  of  good  water. 

From  Crt'sarea  we  followed  the  sea  coast  to 
Mt.  Carmel.  We  passed  several  ruined  cities 
not  mentioned  in  the  Scriplure-J,  and  couiplt.ted 
by  this  ride,  our  survey  of  the  plain  of  Sharon, 
We  had  now  enisled  the  plain  which  begins  at 
Mt.  Carmel  and  extends  southward  to  Gwa, 
four  times;  aud  had  ridJeu  along  its  coa>*t  loi- 
many  miles.  We  had  seen  almost  every  equarf 
mile  of  its  surface 

Mt-  Carmel  rises  from  the  sea  as  a  promou- 
otory  about  500  feet  high,  with  a  narrow  lieaeh 
at  its  foot,  around  which  the  road  passes  close 
to  the  water.  Thence  it  stretches  away  to  the 
south-east  about  twelve  mites.  It  rises  to  a 
hight  of  ISOO  feet  about  eight  miles  from  the 
shore,  and  then  descends  to  1600  feet  at  its  fur- 
ther extremity.  On  its  top  near  the  sea  is  a 
Roman  Catholic  monastery,  from  which  is  ob- 
tained a  magnificent  view  of  the  surrounding 
country.  The  bay  of  Acre  lies  under  the  north- 
ern slope  of  this  part  of  the  mountain,  with  the 
town  of  Kaift'a,  on  its  southern  shore  and  that 
of  Acre,  or  Akka  as  it  ia  now  called,  on  the 
opposite  side.  Of  these  places  I  cannot  speak 
particularly  for  want  of  space.  After  spending 
the  Lord's  day  at  Kaiffa,  and  attending  the 
meeting  of  the  German  colony  located  there,  we 
went  to  the  spot  at  the  southeast  end  of  Mt. 
Carmel,  where  Elijah  called  down  fire  from 
heaven,  and  gave  the  death  blow  to  Baal  wor- 
ship in  Israel.  The  place  is  identified  beyond 
reasonable  doubt  by  its  complete  correspondence 
with  the  details  of  the  Scripture  narrative.  We 
sat  upon  a  bare  rock  under  the  shade  ol  an  oak 
tree,  and  studied  the  scenery  before  us.  Mt. 
Gilboa,  with  the  town  of  .Jt/.reel,  where  Ahab 
and  Jezebel  resided  at  its  foot,  was  in  full 
view  to  the  east,  with  a  plain  sixteen  miles 
between  us  and  it.  Across  this  plain  we  could 
trace  every  step  of  the  course  along  which  Eli- 
jah ran  before  the  chariot  of  Ahab,  when  the 
heavens  wtre  growing  black  with  clouds,  and 
the  rain  lor  which  he  had  prayed  was  about  to 
fall. 

We  could  also  see  Shunem  and  Nain;and  the  i 
summit  of  Mt.  Tabor  towered  conspiculously 
above  some  hills  which  hid  its  base  from  our 
view.  The  plain  before  us  was  the  celebrated 
plain  of  .lezreel,  as  it  is  called  in  the  Scriptures, 
and  of  Esdraelon,  aa  it  is  now  called.  It  has 
witnessed  more  battles  than  any  other  spot  ot 
equal  space  in  the  wurid.  The  river  Kishon 
winds  its  crooked  way  through  it,  and  we  could 
trace  its  course  by  the  line  of  verdure  along  its 
banks,  made  more  conspicuous  by  its  contrast 
with  the  yellow  surface  of  the  fields  of  grain 
just  yielding  to  the  sickle. 

From  Mt,  Carmel  we  went  to  Migdol,  where 
king  Josiah  was  slain  in  battle;  thence  to  Dt>- 
than,  where  Joseph  was  sold  by  his  brethren; 
thence  to  Jezreel,  the  summer  residence  ol 
Ahab  and  Jezebel;  theme  along  the  toot  ol  Mt, 
Gilboa,  where  Gideon  routed  the  Midiauites, 
and  where  Saul  aud  Jonathan  were  slain;  and 
thence  to  Bethshean,  now  called  Beisan,  on 
whose  walls  the  dead  bodies  ot  Saul  and  his 
sons  were  gibbetted  by  the  Philistines  after  the 
battle.  Here  the  present  letter  must  close. 
'  J.  W.  McQAaVKy. 


Many  young  people  fall  into  error  from  the 
idea  that  it  is  smart  to  be  fast  or  wicked.  They 
should  he  taught  Irom  childhood,  "line  upou 
line  aud  precept  upou  precept,"  that  the  '^'"'J' " 
.■^t  thing  in  the  woHd,  that  which  requires  tne 
greuteht  effort  and  the  most  heroic  selt-sacnnce, 
IS  to  be  and  to  do  good. 


P-Joveniber     ti-i 


THE    MrtKTEIREISr    AT    AVOKlv. 


^orvcspontlcnce. 


From  Bro.  Samuel  Murray. 

Jhiir  Brffhren:— 

1\^  Btill  able  to  travel  ond  do  some  preach- 
n,y;  heeu  very  busy  the  last  three  weeks. 
Qj  i.i-t  S'liiday  eveuing  had  a  very  attentive 
y,j,euce  in  Denver  City,  Miami  touuty,  Ind, 
lliuy  could  uot  find  seats,  yet  all  were  very 
nuiet.  Ou  tbe  15tb.  I  commence  a  meeting  in 
Whitley  Cq.  Kem-mber  us  in  yonr  prayers, 
for  our  labors  are  arduous. 

From  Washington,  Iowa. 

Dan-  Brtthren:— 

OUR  communion  meeting,  held  at  brother 
H.  Etter's,  ia  now  past.  We  had  a  feast 
for  the  soul.  Although  there  were  only  a  fe' 
to  labor  in  the  ramit-try,  the  word  was  preached 
with  power.  Brother  John  Fritz  was  tbf  only 
strange  speaker  present.  One  aoul  was  added 
by  baptism.  I  never  saw  better  order.  May 
God  bleas  the  word  spoken  that  it  may  bring 
forth  much  fruit  in  honor  to  his  name. 

AuRAHAM  Wolf. 


Fitzgerald  and  Geo.  Garver.  of  Dayton,  went  on 
their  way  to  South-eastern  Ohio,  and  West 
\  irginia,  to  preach  the  Gospel,  and  brother 
^  ount  remained  wiih  us  until  Tuesday  follow- 
ing, preaching,  admonishing  and  baptizing. — 
I-our  perBons  were  baptized  on  Mouday  after 
the  least,  one  of  whum  was  your  unworthy 
correspondent. 

We  have  preaching   at    our  bouse    once  a 
month,  commencing,  u^nually,  on    Friday  even- 
ing  and   continuing    until  Sunday    following. 
Oar  neighboring  brethren  furnish  us  ministers. 
S.  M.  Pklqh. 


From  Hudson  Church,    Illinois. 


W' 


Mission  Work  in  Southern  Iowa. 

]iiitr  Brethren:— 

ABOUT  seven  years  ago  the  Southern  district 
of  Iowa  inaugurated  a  plan  of  Mission 
TTork.  A  few  of  the  churches  took  hold  and 
did  their  duty,  but  the  work  met  with  much 
Ojifjosition,  and  at  tlie  next  District  Meeting 
was  entirt-ly  overthrown.  At  our  last  District 
Meetng  the  work  was  again  set  ou  foot  with  a 
few  changes  dictated  by  Ibrmer  experience. 

I  hope  the  members  of  the  district  will  now 
take  hold  and  aid  the  cause  as  it  justly  deserves. 
Let  us  now  throw  away  our  little  quibbles 
about  plans  aud  give  it  a  fair  trinl,  and  tlieu  we 
ni^y  be  enabled  tu  see  where  we  can  improve  in 
the  future.  Let  each  a^k  himself.  What  could 
I  attVird  to  give  to  save  a  soul  from  death?  and 
^ive  accordingly,  aud  then  pray  God  to  bless 
our  united  efforts.  G.  B.  Rki-luot.e. 


From  KirbyviUe,  Mo. 

Jiiiir  Brethren: — 

ALLOW  me  to  e.ti»re3s  ray  heart-felt  grati- 
tude for  the  papers  you  have  so  kindly 
Sent  me.  Brother  Harader  visited  us  last 
August  and  remaiued  several  daya.  Three  were 
baptized.  Our  little  church  consists  of  nine 
members.  We  are  in  working  condition,  hav- 
iug  two  ministers  and  a  deacon.  There  is  some 
interest  here,  aud  we  hold  meetings  every  two 
weeks.  Our  church  was  tirat  organized  by 
brother  George  Baruliart  laat  Winter. 

James  Miner. 

From  Madison  Co.,  Ohio. 

Jhtir  Hrethrni:— 

WE  have  a  very  nice  and  suitable  meeting- 
house built  about  two  years  ago,  that 
will  seat  seven  hundred  people,  aud  is  situated 
four  miles  north-west  of  London.  The  church 
here  was  quite  weak  in  number  previous  to  the 
feast,  which  came  ofi"  on  the  24tli  of  October, 
thwe  being  only  fourteen  members,  but  during 
a  aeries  of  meetings  held  by  brother  Oliver 
Yount  of  Miami  Co.,  before  aud  after  the  feast:, 
eeveuteeu  persons  were  added  by  baptism,  and 
three  were  re-instated,  miiliing  in  all  an  addi- 
tion of  twenty  members.  Brother  Vouut  la- 
bored diligently  and  successfully  in  these 
meetings  proclaiming  the  Gospel  truths  with 
clearness  and  fearfulnesa.  In  vindicating  the 
doctrines  of  the  Brethren  a  favorable  impression 
has  been  made  on  the  people  of  this  coiumunily, 
and  we  believe  that  still  more  good  from  these 
meeting!*  will  yet  be  realized.  Others  have  ex- 
pressed themselves  well  satisfied  with  brother 
Yount's  "reasons  why  we  do  these  things"  and 
we  verily  believe  are  "almost  persuaded." 

A  number  of  brethren  from  a  distarice,  prin 
eipally  from  Dounells  Creek  Church,  attended 
Oar  Love  feast.  Several  miuisters  were  present 
but  brother  Fitzgerald  of  Darke  county,  A\'\ 
the  preaching  in  the  afternoon.  He  spoke  with 
power  and  earnestness.  On  the  evening  "f  the 
29th,  the  sacred  ordinances  comoiemoratiug 
the  suffering  and  death  of  our  dear  liedeemer. 
were  solemnly,  but  cheerfully  obeyed.  The 
himae  was  comfortably  filled  some  being  unable 
to  gain  admittance  at  all. 

The  farewell  aidressea,  on  the  niomiDg  of 
the  30th,  were  touching,  and  nut  only  the  mem- 
bers, but  sinners  were  made  to  weep.     Brethren 


Ihnr  BreOtren: — 
E  have  juat  pasaed  through  a  glorious 
season.  About  the  middle  of  Octobsi 
brother  Edmond  Forney  came  to  us  and  zeal' 
ously  held  forth  the  Bread  of  Life  until  tbe 
*25th,  when  brother  John  Wise  also  came  and 
preached  for  us  and  lett  many  lasting  impres 
sions.  On  tbe  '28th  was  our  District  Meeting 
which  passed  oif  so  very  pleasantly.  The  bus- 
iness was  all  transacted  in  luve  aud  harmony, 
which  has  left  a  very  deep  and  lat^ting  impres- 
sion on  our  vicmity.  Many  old  brethren  pres- 
ent thought  it  one  of  the  best  meetings  of  the 
kind  they  ever  attended.  Not  one  unguarded 
word  was  spoken  uor  au  unkind  look  given,  but 
all  was  peace  aud  uuion.  Then  brother  M.  M. 
Eshlemau  remained  with  us  and  preached  the 
word  with  great  pDWer  which  resulted  in  the 
conversion  of  five  precious  souls,  and  among 
the  number  was  our  own  dear  brother  Otis. 
By  this  time  brother  E^helman'a  health  began 
to  decline,  but  he  labored  on  until  the  (Jth, 
when  brother  D.  B.  Gibson  came  to  our  assist- 
ance. Then  came  the  sad  time  of  taking  tbe 
parting  hand  with  brother  E^helman,  for  he 
rendered  good  service  and  bis  stay  was  so  pleas- 
ant. May  God  bless  him.  Then  our  beloved 
brother  Gibson  zealously  labored  with  us  until 
the  lutli,  which  resulted  in  the  conversion  of 
four  more  dear  xouls,  (nine  in  all),  among  this 
number  our  "baby"  brother  Frank.  We  must 
conffss  that  we  have  been  greatly  blessed  aud 
that  the  Lord  has  been  with  us  and  strengthened 
n  the  good  cause,  aud  that  we  haveeujjyed 
one  of  the  most  pleasant  seasons  that  we  ever 
had.     Although  we  have    had  one  or  two  nieet- 

ga  every  day  for  about  three  weeks,  we  feel 
loth  to  close  as  it  seems- many  morn  are  almost 
persuaded  to  become  Christians.  Our  meet- 
ings closed  last  evening  with  many  good  im- 
[iressions,  but  now  we  are  called  to  part  with 
our  dear  brother  Gibson.  May  we  all  one  day 
meet  to  part  no  more.  One  of  tbe  most  endear- 
ing times  of  our  joyful  season  occurred  last 
Suu'lay,  when  all  the  little  children  of  our  vi- 
cinity contributed  to  the  Danish  Fund.  God 
bless  them,  "for  of  such  is  the  Kingdom  of 
heaven." 

Rebecca  SnavrIiY. 

From  Virginia. 

[The  lollowing  correspondence  should  have  ap* 
peaied  sooner,  but  was  misplaced.  We  regretsuch 
otrurreiices.  Eds.] 

Dffir  BMhren: —  - .  .        .  i; 

HE  churches  of  th9  brelHreh  are'celebrating 


was  finally  acceded  to  by  all  preiient.  and  so  the 
matter  was  adjusted  so  far  as  those  prrnent  wiw. 
concerned,  and  the  committee  won  n-lieved  ot 
the  duty  assigned  them.  But  of  courae  it  was 
ueces^ary  that  tbe  church  involved  sbould  he 
consulted  ami  accept  the  conditions  before  it 
could  be  effectual,  This  was  done  at  the  meet- 
ing abive  HMnifd,  the  articles  of  compromise 
were  read  and  explained,  the  vote  was  then  pri- 
vately taken  and  resulU-d  in  a  unanimous  vote 
for  tbe  restonitiun  of  the  suspended  Elder,  and 
he  was  again  installed  into  his  office  aud  re- 
ceived in  the  regular  way. 

I  then  gladly  resigned  my  charge  as  provis- 
ional elder  with  an  invocation  for  a  blessing 
upon  the  elder  and  tbe  church,  and  judging 
Irom  tbe  cheerful  countenances  of  all,  and  tbe 
expressions  of  some,  and  the  fraternal  feeling 
that  seemed  to  pervade  the  whole  congregation, 
I  concluded  that  all  present  was  glad  that  it 
was  now  disposed  of,  and  which  makes  me  in- 
dulge tbe  hope  that  all  who  have  taken  an  ac- 
tive part  in  this  useless  agitation  will  learn 
wisdom  by  experience,  and  that  questions  en- 
gendering strife  and  heart  burnings  will  no 
more  disturb  the  peace  of  our  Brotherhood 
unless  there  is  a  cense,  lor  surely  there  vioa  no 
cause  for  this  trouble  because  if  it  had  been  left 
on  the  basis  ol  the  present  compromise  there 
would  never  have  been  one  word  said  about  it 
and  ever  since  it  has  been  a  question,  at  any 
tioie  it  could  have  been  settled  upon  the  same 
terma  and  no  one  hurt.  How  much  better  if 
we  would  use  our  energies  in  improving  our 
talents  and  employ  them  in  trying  to  recover 
lost  aud  ruined  sinners,  and  promotiog  the  glo- 
ry of  God. 

On  ray  arrival  home  from  tbe  above  named 
meeting  I  found  a  letter  from  Uockbridge  Co., 
some  forty- five  miles  distant,  informing  me 
that  there  were  six  persons  in  that  vicinity 
that  wished  to  unite  with  our  church,  and  that 
the  time  was  set  toe  their  bapti'ou,  and  that 
there  was  a  desire  by  all  classes,  including  a 
Methodist  minister,  to  have  an  exhaustive  ser- 
mon on  the  peculiarities  of  our  church,  especi- 
ally ou  trine  immersion,  and  desired  me  to  be 
there.  The  doctrine  of  our  church  has  only 
quite  lately  bteu  introduced  in  that  vicinity,  a 
tew  brethren  moving  in  aud  a  minister  visiting 
them  and  preaching  occasionally.  Tbe  work, 
ay  >uppo3e,  is  of  the  Lord  and  I  hope  we 
may  have  a  good  report  from  that  Geld  of  labor, 
B.  F.  MooMAW 


I  thought  I  would  do  it  through  th*-   press,  by 
which  meanH  I  could  write  to  all  at  once. 

We  arrived  home  on  the  8th  ol  October,  and 
found  tbe  family  all  well.  My  companion  wai 
quite  sick  for  over  a  week  before  we  got  home, 
and  has  been  under  the  Or.'«  care  neariy  ever 
since.  She  was  confined  to  her  room  lor  ab<jut 
four  weekn  and  the  greater  part  of  the  time  vrta 
not  able  t«  be  up.  She  biw  now  so  far  recovered 
as  to  be  lip  a  g..od  part  of  the  time,  and  I  fond- 
ly hope,  b>  pn  per  care,  she  may  soon  be  re- 
stored  to  her  uHual  health. 

We  spent  about  two  weeks  in  Gage  coonty, 
Nebraska,  found  the  brethren  generally  well^ 
and  earnestly  contending  for  the  faith.  Five 
years  ago  when  I  was  there,  there  were  only 
four  members  in  what  is  now  the  Beatrice 
ihurch,  without  a  minister,  now  there  are 
about  one  hundred  members  and  ten  ministen. 
We  attended  six  meeting  while  there,  including 
one  council  meeting.  We  attended  three  Love- 
feasts  in  Iowa,  one  at  Iowa  Center,  one  at  Dal- 
las Center,  and  one  near  Marwhalltown.  Also 
spent  some  time  with  the  brethren  in  Powe- 
sheik  county,  and  had  lour  meetings.  The 
meetings  were  (|uite  largely  attended,  and  good 
order  and  attention.  Two  were  added  to  the 
church  at  Dallas  Center,  and  three  at  Marshall- 
town. 

We  »njoyed  our  visit  very  well,  met  maoy 
old  acquaintances  and  formed  a  great  many 
new  ones,  which  I  trust  will  not  soon  be  for- 
gotten. If,  through  the  providence  of  God,  we 
should  never  be  permitted  to  meet  again  in  thii 
world,  may  we  be  so  unj-peakably  happy  aa  to 
meet  beyond  the  river  ol  death  where  separfr 
tiona  will  be  no  more.  D.  E.  Pbigb. 


To  Elder  Isaac  Price,  of  Schuylkill,  Pa. 


Denrhj  helovsti  hrother: 
Y'^OUlt  letter  was  received. 


rHE 
the  occasion  with  meetings  fur  thanksgiv- 
ing which  are  being  well  patronized,  not  only 
by  our'menibers  but  by  many  others  outside 
with  whom  these  meetings  are  growing  in 
tereat.  This  is  as  it  should  be.  Surely  it  is 
little  enough  that  one  day  in  a  year  should  be 
set  ap^rt  for  a  public  manifestation  of  gratitude 
to  our  merciful  and  benevolent  Father.  L.ist 
Saturday  while  our  congregation  assembled  fur 
this  purpose,  and,  as  I  am  informed,  had  a  good 
meeting,  I  being  called  to  attend  to  some  im- 
portant business  with  the  church  in  Montgom- 
ery county  with  which  I  have  been  laboring  as 
provisional  older.  Church  business  having 
been  attended  to  in  the  foienoon,  the  Harvest 
Meeting  came  off  at  4  l-.  m.  The  attendance 
was  very  good,  the  frequent  showers  of  rain 
notwithstanding.  After  preaching  a  young 
girl  of  less  than  fifteen  summers  came  forward 
conducted  by  her  mother,  who  was  weeping  for 
joy,  and  a^ked  to  be  received  into  the  divine 
family.  ,    •' 

The  particular  busiripss  of  the  meeting  was 
to  reatore  tbe  lormer  Elder  to  his  charge,  he 
having  been  suspended  in  consequence  of  tlie 
extreme  agitation  ot  the  beard  question, whiih 
bad  convulsed  our  district  for  some  two  icars 
or  more,  which  was  brought  to  an  issue  at  our 
late  A.  M  ,  as  you  and  many  of  your  readers 
will  remember,  calling  forth  the  necessity  ol 
the  appointment  of  a  commiitr-e  of  five  breth- 
ren. Before  leaving  the  place  of  meeting,  how- 
ever, tbe  more  conservative  and  prudent  from 
our  district  who  where  present,  de|)  oring  such 
necessity  proposed  terms  of  compromise  which 


From  Fairview  Church,  Ohio.  I 

THIS  church  was  erected  and  recently  com- 
pleted by  the  brethren  of  the  Wyandott 
congregation,  Wyandott  Co.,  t)hio.  On  the 
5th  iust,  the  writer  arrived  to  a'-siat  the  breth- 
ren in  holding  a  series  of  meetings  at  the  above 
named  place.  The  church  was  dedicated '  by 
brother  L,  H.  Dickey  of  Fostoria,  Ohio  on  the 
'2ud  inst,  who,  with  brother  Gideon  Bollinger, 
continued  the  m*'etings  uniil  our  arrival  'on 
the  Stli.  We  remained  until  the  10th,  when 
we  returned  home  leaving  brethren  Dickey  and 
J.  Hrillhart  in  the  field  to  continue  for  a  few 
days.  The  meetings  were  of  growing  interest 
ai^d  we  hope  ere  the  meeting  closes  many  may 
be  added  to  the  Church  qf  Christ.  The  breth- 
ren aud  friends  here  have  erected  a  fine  house 
3Ux40,  a  good,  substantial  brick  structure,  and 
have  it  neatly  finitihed  and  in  good  order.  Their 
mei^bership  is  not  very  large  yet,  numbering 
about  fifty  members  under  the  ministerial  care 
of  brother  Isaac  Ankeny.  They  now,  by  con- 
centrating their  efforts  to  one  place  (the  church) 
at  regular  intervals,  hope  to  increase  faster  in 
numbers,  and  as  all  good  Christians  do,  ad- 
vance more  and  more  in  purity  and  holiness. — 
They  desire  aid  from  the  traveling  ministers  and 
request  that  they,  when  passing  through,  sto|i 
off  and  labor  for  them.  Please  address  brother 
.]Moh  Heistaud  at  Seal,  Wyandott  Co..  Ohio, 
who  says  he  keeps  a  "Preacher's  Hotel"  and 
will,  at  any  time,  convey  you  from  Nevada,  0., 
to  place  of  meeting. 

On  returning  home  we  found  that  two  of  the 
Swihart  brothers  of  Bourbon,  Indiana,  were 
in  this  vicinity,  visiting  their  relatives  and 
preached  for  our  brethren  at  th"  old  church 
(Kagle  Creek)  over  Lirds  day.  This  evening, 
(Monday)  we  went  over  and  had  the  good  pleas- 
ure of  listening  to  an  able  discourse  by  brother 
J.  H.  Swihart.  Were  highly  entertained  by 
he  sermon  and  pleased  with  their  visit  anil 
would  sav,  dear  soldiers  of  the  cross,  please 
come  again.     Yours  in  the  faith  of  Jesu*i. 

S.  T.  IJOSSEBMAN. 

Ditnkirk.Ohio,  Nov.  11,  lU. 

From  Mt.  Morris,  Illinois. 

/Mir  Brethren: — 

BKING  requested  by  many   to  write  to  thein 
when  we  got  home  from  our  journey  West« 


read  and  re-  read 
wiih  much    pleasure.     It   brought  words 
ofcomlortaud  much  encouragement. 

Dear  brother,  I  rejoice  to  learn  that  you,  in 
the  extreme  East  of  the  Vineyard,  feel  so  much 
interest  in  the.welfare  of  the  Church  here  in  the 
far  West.  I  wish  yon  could  be  with  us.  We 
need  your  presence,  your  preaching,  your  words 
of  advice,  but  since  the  frosts  of  seventy  five 
Winters  have  whitened  your  locks,  we  cannot 
expect  you  to  make  so  long  a  journey,  so  I  will 
try  to  tell  you  about  the  welfare  of  Zion  here 
on  the  plains  of  Nebraska. 

I,  with  others,  often  read  the  calls  for  minis* 
ters  on  the  frontier,  but  seldom  heard  of  them 
being  annwered.aiid  finally  I  was  moved  upon  to 
try  to  answer  one  of  these  calls.  We  moved 
from  Carroll  Co ,  Illinois,  came  to  this  place  on 
the  3rd  of  last  May,  and  located  here  where 
there  were  several  families  of  members  already 
living.  We  settled  in  a  good  and  pretty  coun- 
try aud  began  to  hold  meeting  in  the  Nchool- 
houses.  Our  meetings  are  well  attended  by  a 
very  quiet,  orderly  and  intelligent  people,  and 
apparently  the  labor  bestowed  upon  them  is 
notultogether  in  vain.  Three  have  been  bap- 
tized since  we  are  her"  and  several  moved  in  so 
that  we  now  number  twenty-five  souls,  and 
with  Samuel  ot  old,  we  say,  "Hitherto  hath  the 
Lord  helped  us,"  and  in  him  we  trust  for  the 
future.  About  one  week  ago  a  man  came  to 
our  place  i>n  foot,  upwards  of  forty  miles,  hav- 
ing heard  of  the  Brethren,  who  baptize  by  trine 
immersion  and  keep  the  ordinances  of  tbe  Lord's 
hotiMe  a-*  he  had  read  in  Scripture  and  in  an- 
ent  hi-ilory.  After  asking  some  questions  he 
desired  baptism.  He  is  a  Swede  by  birth  or 
nationality.  Ou  last  Sunday  he  was  baptized 
and  then  went  ou  his  way  rejoicing. 

I  have  lately  viNited  several  adjoining  cburch- 
;,  a  distance  i^jf  sixty  or  seventy  miles.  1  found 
them  earnestly  couteudifig  for  tbe  faith.  We 
live  among  very  quiet  and  orderly  people.  I 
have  uot  h'ard  of  a  drunkard  sini:''  we  live  in  the 
ijia  e,  iind  many  other  vices  by  which theEat 
em  people  are  burdened  we  here  know  nothing 
about.  Tlie  country  is  new  aud  we  are  de- 
prived of  some  things.  The  fruit  we  miss  very 
much  as  most  trees  are  too  young  to  bear,  but 
all  trefs  grow  very  luxuriantly  here,  and  in  a 
few  years  we  expect  to  epjoy  fruit  too.  AU 
things  considered,  I  bdieve  we  are  as  happy 
here  as  we  would  be  anywhere,  and  yet  have  no 
rea-sona  to  regret  the  move  we  made.  We 
know  that  to  ruiga  with  our  Master  we  must 
also  suffer  with  him,  believing  he  will  sustain 
us  in  our  trials.  We  still  feel  to  put  our  trust 
m  him,  and  try  to  watch  and  piay  until  our 
labor  ou  earth  closes,  when  we  hope  to  meet 
our  Master  and  many  with  whom  we  labored 
together  here  in  this  world  in  tbe  same  cause, 
ill  that  bright  world  above  where  there  is  no 
>iu.  1  hope  and  pray  you  with  us.audall  Uu*l"s 
frtithful  children,  ma>-  e;er  abide  uudrr  his 
blessing.  We  send  greetiiti^s  to  you  ai  d  fam- 
ily and  all  that  love  the  Lord  Jesus  Chri-it  Can 
1  ou  let  ua  hear  from  you  a^jaiii  ? 


Weeping  Water^  Neb. 


Jesse  Y   Ue-  klek. 


I'Hh:  jjK-tcxH-JriKjsr  ^-r  wt^iti-c. 


November    \ix 


f^aapet  ^ucccsn. 


ANP  Oiey  that  h*  wise  shftll  shine  as  tin- 
tvlJlhtn«s3  of  the  flrmrtmcut :  »nd  they  that  turn 
■uiy  to  rifthte  maiiw*.  iw  th«  sUre  lorever  aim 

tT«r,— Daii.  12:  3. 

Arcadia,  Inrt  — Elfvi*n  turned  from  n'm  to 
•Wte  the  Lord  God  iiy  liis  own  methods. 

Washington  Church.  Iowa.— One  dear  aoul 
"boru  of  the  wiiti^rnii'l  the  spirit." 

West  Lebanon,  Ind.—Oae  received  into  fellow- 
ihip  b>  God's  np[H)iuted  means. 

Cass  county.  Neb  —One,  a  Swede,  brought 
into  the  KiiiKdom  of  Jewua  by  Gospel  means 

Roann,  Ind.— One  baptized;  joy  among  the 
uinta. 

Spring  Run.^Pa.— Four  "born  of  God,"  sent 
forth  to  endure  hanlne^n  as  good  eoldien*. 

Prairie  Creek.  lod.— Ten  ii^ded  by  Gospel 
means,  ihrouyh  llie  blood  of  Jeaua. 

Flora,  Ind.— Sixteen  bapti/^d  and  nix  appli- 
cants. There  is  .'joy  in  thi»t  church  and  in 
heaven  tjo. 

Pleasant  Riilge.Ind.-- Twelve  enroijid  in  the 
army  I'l  the  L'tJ. 

Leiberg,  Ohio  —One  made  the  good  coufeH- 
sion,  and  is  in  t'-llowNliip. 

Valley  Pike,  »Va  — Eixht  persons  conlesaed 
Chrjst.  tind  are  walking  in  newneNS  of  life. 

From  John  Wise— J  clci-wd  a  me-'ting  last 
night  lit  Wobiirii,  Bond  county,  Illinois.  De- 
livered nine  Bennoiis  to  very  att^-ntive  congre- 
gation'*. We  hiid  no  ne cessions  bnt  hope  there 
was  seed  sown  that  will  liring  n  copious  crop. 
The  members  tlmt  attended  were  built  up  and 
edifird.  On  the  21  Hh,  I  will  start  to  i'a.  We 
had  Blieavy  rain  last  night,  and  to-day  the  wind 
is  cold. 


Our  Almanac,  pohlisbed  by  H.  J-  Kurtz. 
DaytoD,  Ohio,  contain  »  a  biogmpbical  sketch 
of  Eider  Peter  Nead.  a  short  history  of  the 
Brethren  io  the  Miami  Valley,  Ohio,  the  Coon 
River  Church.  Iowa,  and  a  lot  of  other  inter- 
esting matter.  The  ministerial  list  i«  divided 
into  Km  tern  and  W'estem,  and  that  of  Ohio 
u  given  by  Di-stricfc*.  On  the  whole,  the  au- 
thor Jieplays  considerable  artistic  ta-ite  in  bis 
work.  Vnce  10  cents,  or  I.'tO  per  dozen.  For 
sale  at  this  office. 


Railroad  Arrangements. 

N  order  to  avoid  confusion  and  misunder- 
fltanding  among  those  who  attend  the  A. 
M  trom  a  distance,  the  Committee  of  Arrange- 
ments have  appointed  Moore  and  E-tbelman.  of 
Lanark,  Illinois,  to  take  charye  of  all  Railroad 
Arrangement*,  and  secure  such  rates  as  in  thfir 
judgment  may  Reem  bent  for  those  attending 
the  meeting.  It  is  suggested  that  no  one  make 
any  ftrrann'*iueut8  witliout  lirHt  conferring  with 
tiieae  brethren  and  have  things  understood  so 
there  need  not  be  so  many  notices  published  in 
our  papers.  By  order  of  the  Committee  of  Ar- 
rangements. J.  II.  MuOltK.  tieiKETAHr. 
Urethrrn''*  paprri',  please  copy. 


M.  N,  Smith,  Da>  ton,  Ohio 1  W 

P.  H.  Baldwin.  Iowa 1  Wi 

Sister  S.  Hulsonville.  Ill l-O^J 

Mary  Kmmert,  Nachusa,  III 1-*^ 

Ui'DJamin  k'cBler "....'* 1*^ 

J.  K.  Deppin "-...'* 1.00 

Isaac  Aukeny,  Poplar,  Ohio oO 

John  KauHtuan.  Seal,  Ohio 50 

A  BrothBr,North  ManchaHter..  Ind l-'JO 

$14  37 

Amount  previously    reported,    157.20 

Total,  ?'-201  ■'' 

S.   T.  BOSSEBMAN. 

Dunkirk,  Ohio,  Nov.  J'J,  7.9. 


PROGRESSIVE  RELIGION  AND 
PROGRESSIVE   CHRISTIANS. 

liY  .1.  H.  UOHLBR. 

PROGRESSIVE  religion  is  theCAlNE,  and 
progressive  Christians  the  RESl'LT  of 
obedience  to  the  doctrine  of  Christ.  Thtre  can 
not  be  a  progressive  religion  without  a  corre- 
sponding projrressive  Christianity.  They  are 
inseparable. 

Progression  means  to  j;o  on  to  perfection  in 
anything  we  undertake  to  do.  The  pupil  pro- 
gresses in  literary  attainments  to  the  ripe 
scholar,  the  raechaniejJproKrefsen  in  his  trade 
till  he  masters  it,  the  traveler  progresses  in  his 
journey  till  he  arrives  at  his  destination.  Pro- 
gression  means  excellency;  )r/r»gression  means 
disgrace.  The  Christian  progresses  in  Chris- 
tian warfare  and  Christian  perfection  until  God 
calls  him  hence.  The  "progressive  Christian" 
is  the  outgrowth'of  jiroifresstre  religion.  Pro- 
gressive religion  means  the  principles  of  the 
religion  of  Christ  lived  out  more  faithfully  ev- 
ery day.  We  do  not  mean  that  we  can  im- 
prove upon  the  moral  precepts  of  the  Gospel, 
but  we  can  imjirnre  oiirsihys  by  living  more 
religiously  as  we  are  passing  down  the  stream 
of  Life.  By  progressing  in  the  religion  of 
Christ,  we  progress  as  Christians.  There  can 
be  no  other  result,  hence  the  phrase,  "/'r(u//-PNN. 
itf  Chri»fian"  is  eminently  proper  as  applied  to 
the  faithful  follower  ofCbrist,  who  is  constantly 
striving  to  pre.ss  forward  towards  the  mark  tor 
the  prize  of  the  high  calling  offiodiu  Christ 
Jesus;  is  aiming  to  arrive  at  Christian  perfection 
by  adding  to  his  faith,  virtue,  knowledge,  tem- 
perance, patience,  godliness,  brotherly  kindne!*s, 
charity,  and  to  ABOl'XD  in  these  virtues.  The 
phrase,  "Progressive  Christian"  has  been  mis- 
applied. Sometimes,  instead  of  saying  "The 
progressive  Christian,"  we  ought  to  say  the 
"unruly  professor."  For  this  class  the  church  has 
little  use,  but  we  hope  that  all  who  have  named 
thenameof  Christ  will  strive  to  be y/royrcfsjfp  in 
the  Christian  graces  and  virtues,  and  never  be- 
come weary  in  well  doing  nor  lay  their  armor 
down  till  the  victory  is  won  and  eternal  life  is 
theirs. 


DaniBb  Poor  Fund. 

DesMoines  Valley  Church.  Iowa, 3  25 

C.  P.  RownNii,  Treasurer. 
Lanark,  III.,  Xor.   ir>th,  m9. 
P.  ('.  Plffivr  Copy. 

Southern  Kansas  Mission  Report. 

fredonia  Church 34  2S 

Slate  (Jreek  Church, .'>  35 

Eight  Mile  Church 5.50 

Cedar  Creek  Church, .'>  On 

$l!0.1i_i 
27oti 


^tt^ratrg  ^ofi^es. 


Tht  Xorth  Ameriran  /?erj>(f,— The  Novem- 
ber number  of  this  Magazine  contains  the 
following  subjecte  treated  by  some  of  the  most 
talented  minds  in  the  literary  world:  "The oth- 
er side  of  the  Woman  Question;"  "Malthusian- 
iara.  Darwinism,  and  Pessimism."  "A  Page  of 
Political  Correspondence."  "The  Oiary  of  a 
Public  Mtn."  "Tariff  Zteaetions."  Price  <:,  00 
per  annum.  Single  number,  50  cents.  D.  An- 
pletoo.  ^*iH  and  .>57  Broadway,  Mew  ^  ork. 


ToUl, ^7.66 

We  hope  that  those  churches  that  have  not 
sent  in  their  donations  will  do  so  at  once  as  our 
brethren  are  about  to  start  for  the  Mission 
Field.  E.  HuiPORti. 


Danish  Mission  Report. 

Keelin  Leonard,  Iowa, Jt^LOO 

Monroe  County  Church,  Iowa, 1.00 

Ogans  Creek  Church,  Ind, 2.00 

Nettle  Creek  Church,  Ind, 6.60 

fiome  Church,  0, 3.00 

Indian  Creek,  Iowa, 200 

A  Sister,  111., 1.00 

Cedar  Grove,  Tenn, 2.00 

Clear  Creek,  III., 1.00 

Tuscarawas,   Ohio, 2.00 

Barren  Rigde,  Va, 2^10 

Union  Center,  Ind, 5  04 

South  Bend,  Ind, 2  00 

Mt.Ciirn.ll,  III, 1.25 

Jonathan's  Creek, Ohio 3  00 

White  Rock.  Kansas, 2.00 

Greenland,  W.  Va  , 1.00 

J.  H.  Jellison,  Illinois, 1.00 

Loudonville,  Ohio,   ■ 3.88 

Rec'd  of  the  Loudenville  Church,  in  May,  3.17 

Rush  Creek,  Ohio, 3.50 

Chestnut  Grove,  W.  Va, 2  00 

Stanislaus    Church,    previous    report  should 

be. 30n 

Elkhart  Church.  Ind,  Sept.  13 5.00 

C.  P.  Rowland,  Treasurer. 
Lanark,  III.,   Nov.  IMh,  1879. 
(P.  C,  please  copy,) 


City  Mission  Fund. 

PLEASE     acknowledge    the    receipt    of  the 
following  monies  since  last  report: 

A.J.  Miller,  Lima,  Ohio, if  1.00 

Josiah  S.  Gabel,  Newport,  Pa., 1.00 

Coal  Creek  Church,  Fulton  county,  DI 6,37 

Jacob  Bareck 111 2  00 

Geo.  Layman.  Troutsville,  Va 100 

Lydia  Nininger,  Daleville,  Va, 50 

Ann  Benton..  .  . ." *' 50 

Susan  Atwell,    " " 50 

Eliza  Nininger,  Cloverdale,  Va., 25 

A  Friend,  Bonsacks,  Va, 25 

Rachel  Tombaugh,  Scenery  Hill,  Pa, 5.00 

Sarah  Bowman,  Aboite,  Ind, 1,00 

Laura  E.  Wallace,  Hamlin,  Kansas, 1.00 

Mahlon  i*.  Lichty,  Waterloo,  Iowa 1.00 

L'-ah  Replogle,  Maria,  Pa, 1  00 

J.  Clapper,  Carey,  Ohio. 5  00 

Augustus  Krabill,  West  Independence,  O,.5  00 

Sister 2.00 

Sarah  Kothrock,  New  Stark,  Ohio, 25 

Sister  Ebersole,  West  Independence,  0, 75 

R  isanna  Qault,  Congress,  Ohio, 1  00 


•^iiliyn  l^slc^p. 


(r  Uint-Bt*.  li:ia. 


ObitoariCB  abould  be  brief,  nrittcD  on  but  ose  side  of 
pAper,  ftud  aepftrele  from  all  other  buBinesa. 

PETERS— lu  Lockp.  Flkhart  Co.,  Indiana, 
October  26l.h,  "Tit,  Leah  Peters,  aged  57  years, 

'  8  months  and  5  days.  She  was  a  member  of 
the  United  Meunonite  Church.  Service  by 
Lampert  and  the  writer. 

RITSMAN.— In  Wakarusa,  Nov.  11,  Isaac 
Ritaman,  aged  26  years,  9  months.  During 
his  sickness  he  united  with  the  Mennonite 
Church  and  was  resigned  to  the  will  of 
Olid.  Remarks  were  made  to  a  large  crowd 
of  people  by  Jbhu  Funk  and  the  writer. 

SCHRIVER.— In  the  Yellow  Creek  District, 
Sept.  li>,  Edith  A.,  daughter  of  brother  Dan- 
iel and  sister  Schriver,  aged  27  years.  Ser- 
vices by  brother  Moses  Hess  aud  the  writer. 

MILLER —In  the  wame  district,  Oct.  19,  sister 
Elizabeth,  wite  of  Eider  David  Y.  MiUer.aged 
*>i  years,  6  months.  Services  by  D.  B.  Stutz- 
man,  and  others. 

FOX-^-In   St.Joseph  District,  James,  son   of 

brother   P'rederick  and   sister Fox,   a^ed 

2  years.  10  months  and  17  days.  Services  by 
the  writer, 

OVERLEES.— In  the  Bango  district,  Elkhart 
Co.,  Ind.,  August  5th,  Harvey,  son  of  Leonard 

aud Ovtrlees,  aged  3  >  ears.     Services  by 

the  writer  from  John  11:  13. 

LONG.— In  Mishawaka,  Aug.  25th,  Catharine 
Long,  aged  56  years,  11  months  and  27  days. 

MILLER  — Aug.  31st,  sister  Catharine,  wife  of 
Joseph  Miller,  aged  67  years.  She  was  help- 
less for  nine  years,  and  we  trust  her  death  is 
her  eternal  gain. 

John  Metzler. 

STRAVER.— In  the  Maple  Grove  church, 
Norton  Co.,  Kansas,  November  8,  1879,  Mat- 
tie  C,  daughter  of  brother  Paul  and  sister 
Elizabeth  Strayer,  aged  1  year,  3  months  and 
23  days.  Funeral  services  by  the  brethren 
from  2  Sam.  12:  23.  N.  C.  Workman. 

NEWCOMER.— In  the  Rome  Church,  Nov., 
5,  '79,  sister  Isabella,  wife  of  brother  Samuel 
Newcomer,  aged  26  years.  Funeral  discourse 
by  Elder  Jonathan  Whitmore  from  Rom.  8: 
1. 
MYERS.— In  the  Buffalo  Valley  Church,  Un- 
ion Co.,  Pa,.  November  12th,  '79,  Eld.  Isaac 
Myers,  aged  75  years,  8  months  and  IS  days. 
Funeral  discourse  from  2  Tim.,  4:  6,  7,  8,  by 
Charles  Royer  and  the  writer. 

J.  L.  Beavek. 
MOHLER.— In  the  Mineral  Creek  church,  John- 
son Co,  Mo.,  of  Typhho-malarial   fever,  our 
much  beloved  brother  David  D.  Mohler,  aged 
23  years,  nine  months  and  16  days. 
He  was  a  son  of  our    well  known  brother  S. 
S.  Mohler,   and    son-in-law    of  brother   Isaac 
Wampler.     In   the  death   of  our   dear  young 
brother  the  community  has  lost  a  good  citizen, 
the  church  a  worthy  brother,  and   his   wife  an 
affectionate  husband.     But  none  can  mourn  as 
those  who  have  no  hope,   for  the  earnest  and 
zealous  life    which  he   lived  could   direct   the 
mind  of  the  beholder  in  no  otlier  direction  than 
that  of  morality  and  Chriatiauity.    Funeral  dis- 
course by  brother  A.  W.  Reese  and  the  writer, 
to  a  large  collection   of  sympathizing  brethren, 
sisters  and  friends. 

EMMERT.— In  the  Center  View  Congrega- 
tion, Johnson  Co,,  Mo.,  Nov.  6lh,  '79,  of  Ty- 
phoid fever,  Mary,  daughter  of  brother  .lon- 
athan  and  sister  Lydia  Emmert,  aged  25 
years,  !*  mouths  and  29  days.  Funeral  servi- 
ces by  the  writer  to  a  sympathizing  congre- 
gation. 

From  the  many  unmistakable  evidences  of 
affection  as  exhibited  upon  that  occasion,  we 
were  made  to  inwardly  say,  "Behold  how  tbty 
loved  her."  She  leaves  a  sorrowing  fatlier  and 
mother,  ai-d  u  dear  aud  affectionate  sisiter  aid 
brother,  with  whom  we  deeply  synipathi/.^^.  Ol 
how  hard  to  take  the  last,  lingering  look  and 
say  farewell,  but  such  is  life  in    thia  world  of 


.sorrow'  iind  sadness.  M«>  we  rH  go  live  Hmt 
we  eau  meet  wbem  the  farewell  tpar  will  m-v^. 
be  ebed.  A.  Hutcuisus_ 

FLORV— lu   the  Thorn   Apple  district.  I„i, 

Co..  Mich.,  Oct.,  27f.h,  Ih7lJ.si<ter  Catherine 

wife  ot  Bro   Jacob  Flory.  Hg.'d  about  28 y.^^^^' 

Sister  Flory  was  a  consistent  membt-r  of  the 

church    lor    a  uuuiiier  of  yearn,    and  vans,  h.vej 

and  respected  by  all  who  knew  her.     Slie  I^hvcn 

a  dear  husband,  parents,  brothers   aud    sifters 

aud  many  friends   to  mourn    her  early   depur.! 

ture.     Her  sickness  was    of  short  duration  but 

severe,  which  she  endured  with  ChriatiHn  fyrjj_ 

tude.     Slie  wits  anointed   with  oil  in  the  name 

of  the  Lord  the  last  night  she  lived.     Her  fung. 

ral  was  largely  attended  by  relatives  and  trifiKjs 

JOSIAH  WiNKT. 
EMIIICK.— In  the  Union  City  church,  Ind 
Nov.  Uih.  at  the  residence  of  her  uncle,  Bro 
Samuel  Winter.  Sarah  S  Emrick,  nged  i^ 
years,  3  months  and  22  days.  Her  tather 
Wni  Emrick,  lived  in  Illinois,  and  died  some 
years  H go.  H^-r  mind  set-nied  to  be  just  de- 
veloping into  a  knowledge  of  the  merits  of  o 
Savior.  lu  her  lasf,  hnurs  she  spoke  often  of 
her  loving  Lord,  and  of  her  desire  to  go  to 
him.  Our  consolation  is  drawn  from  the 
Masters 's  glorious  Innguage,  "of  such  is 
the  Kingdom  of  heaven."  Occasion  improved 
from  2  Cor.  5.  W.  K,  Simmons. 


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of  piiblisliererelail  price.  IneeDdiugfor  booka  ftlwaji, 
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The  Gospel  Preacher  Vol.  1.— a  book  of  twom;   nen 

proparL>'i  aerniuus.  By  BeDJnmio  Franklia.  li'J.OO. 
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GE.yER.LL    .1GE.XTS 
THE  BRETHREN  AT  WORK 


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TRACT   SOCIETY. 


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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


FIRST  I'AGE-Slf in  iiuit  Ray  Debate;  Lnrge 
l^iliijirit's 

SBOOND  Fagb— Trials  me  Blessings.  Tbe  tiecoiid 
Besiinectioii —Joliii  Forney;  Deatti  iuid  Irnmor- 
jj,ljty —Allen  Oberlin ;    The  Soul  of  Miiii. 

jHjTiD  PiOE— How  to  Obtain  Regpneratioii  and 
Salvation ;  and  How  to  Preserve  it.  Daniel  Long- 
^lecker;  Stars.— Mary  LouiaeHopwood:  Long 
or  Short  Prayers,  which  V— R.  R.  Moon ;  Bear  thy 
Burdens;  Who  are  the  Missionai-ies V  Jennie 
Sutnstine. 

FOCBTilPAOE— EmTOiUALS— City  Missions;  Oil 
for  Anointing  Purposes;    Brethren  Wbyia  itV 

Fifth  Page— EDiToniALs.— Hell.— InBersoU  Con- 
verteil.  No.  :i ;  Coaxing  Subscribers ;  Good 
Thoughts  from  others;  Sisters  praying  and 
Prope.sying  Publicly. 

Sixth  Page— Over  the  River;  A  Wayside  Cour- 
tesy; A  Cheerful  Face;  What  is  Home  with- 
out a  Mother —Sarah  C.  Miller;    Your  Mission; 

Froai  Palestine. 


-.J  W.  McGarvey. 


Seventu  Page— What  tan  we  do  for  the  Colored 
Peoi»!eV— lease  Y.  lieikler;  Ft.  Detiance,  Va 
,7  W.  Click  Notle^o  tbe  Brotherhood  at  Large 
Evangelism;  From  Mt.  Park  Home,  Pa.— S  C 
Keim. 

The  Frontier  Mission.-J,  P.  Moomaw;  Echoes 
from  the  East.— P.  B.  Ment/ev;  Among  the 
Churches.— D  C.  Moomaw;  A  Visit  to  Ogle  Co 
and  Mt,  Morris.- Dr.  P.  Falirney. 

Eighth  Page— Xot  far  from  the  Kingdom.- 
Wealthy  A.  Clark;    New  Music. 


STEIN  AND  RAY  DEBATE. 

Prop.  2d.  Baptist  clmrclies  possess  the  Bi- 
ble cliaracteristica  which  entitle  them  to  be 
regarded  as  churches  of  Jesus  Christ. 

D.  B.  Ray,  AiBrms. 

J.  W.  Stein,   Denies. 

J.  W,  StEIN'^    THIRII    IfEU.VTlVE. 

IY  friend  is  evidently  conscious  of  bad  work 
in  his  "negative  line"  as  he  persists  in 
misre[treseuting  the  Brethren.  I  will  first  no- 
tice his  questions.  1.  I  believe  that  every  one 
kgotten  of  liod  has  spiritual  life  in  embnjo.  2 
That  one  hmotten  may  become  nhort'ue  and  nev- 
er attain  to  true  hirth  and  heirship.  3.  "How 
long"  one  may  remain  in  such  a  state  is  best 
known  to  God.  4.  One  hegotfeii,  who  neglects 
tlie  divine  commands  and  hence  becomes  ahor- 
tive  by  "making  shipwreck  of  faith,"  ha»  no 
promise  of  salvation  in  death  that  I  can  find. 
(Matt.  7:  21-22).  5.  "Born  of  water  is  tigura- 
live  and  does  uot  indicate  that  "water  is  the 
real  mother"  of  any  one.  6.  There  is  oweplau 
of  salvation.  Christ  "-herame  the  author  of  ftrr- 
nal  salvation  to  nil  thiiii  that  obey  himy  (Heh.  5: 
!• )  7.  1  think  the  thief  was  saved,  but  had  he 
r(fusc<l  the  rciuirements  of  Matt.  2S;  lit,  Mark 
16,  and  Acts  2:  38,  as  many  do  who  make  a 
false  use  of  his  example,  he  would  have  lalleii 
uuder  the  curse  of  John  3:  36.  "He  iapeitlion) 
'Usobryinfj  the  Son,  shall  not  see  life,"Aic,.  <ii(f- 
t'inetai(iJohR  4:  7),  is  rendered  by  Drs.  Camp- 
Wl,  McNight,  and  Doddridge,  and  b\  the  Em 
phatic  Diaglott  "has  been  begotten'"  "Every 
one  who  loves  Ood  has  been  begotten  by  God 
uid  knows  God."  Just  as  the  hir  and  knotvl- 
^3t  of  a  government  qualifies  one,  who  has 
Wn  a  rebel,  for  induction  into  citizenship  and 
pardon,  or  the  hioulnlije &iii  Inve  of  the  bride 
(trooni  is  hrgotten  io  a  woman  before  the  ordi- 
"lance  of  marriage  introduces  her  into  the  wiii- 
b'  relation  privileges  and  heirship,  so  a  /r(ioi<;/ 
"V  "'"/ /occ  of  God  prepares  fi>r  baptism   and 


pardon.  But  to  know  and  luve  a  government 
as  its  citi:cn,  or  a  man  as  one's  own  huabumi,  or 
Goi  a&  our  Fiithcr  by  mtoptiun,  follows  tte  le- 
gitimate processes  of  induction  into  these  sever- 
al states,  True,  "the  terms  begotten  and  born 
are  translations  from  the  same  original  word." 
But  that  word  "gennno"  is  auibigHnus  and  its 
raeauing  is  to  be  determined  by  the  connection, 
e.  g.  "Abraham  begot  {pgenneme)  Isaac."  Matt. 
1:  li;  and  "Moses  was  born  (egeitnethe)"  Acts 
7:  P2,  represent  very  diftereiit  events.  Mr.  U's 
deuunciatiou  of  the  iutLTmtdiate  states  between 
begetting  and  birth,  drath  and  resurriction^  &c., 
"silly  stuff,"  by  no  means  makes  them  so. 

Christ's /(Vcm/ /jHriVfMn  th«  tomb  to  which 
Baptists  appeal  aa  a  figure  of  baptism  had  no 
reference  to  his  spiritual  life.  It  foHowfd  hi; 
literal  death,  not  bis  literal  remrrertion.  But 
Baptists  destroy  the  whole  design  of  burial  by 
burying  a  man  after  he  profesaes  to  be  reidUj 
resurrected.  I  ask  Mr.  II.  again  to  tell  us  plain- 
ly if  he  believes  it  right  to  bury  a  live  man  at'ter 
he  has  been  resurrected?  He  thinks  that  bap- 
tism "unto  {eia,  into)  repentance"  (Matt.  3;  11), 
only  declared  repeutaoce.  It  no  doubt  did  do 
dare  their  metanteleinn,  a  word  translated  by 
repentance,  (see  its  use  in  2  Cor.  7;  8),  but  it  did 
not  declare  their  "mefanioian."  Matt.  3:  11. 
They  were  baptized  (f  is)  into  metauoian,  and  Mr. 
R.  admits  mefanoia  was  into  life,  {see  the  use  of 
both  these  words  in  2  Cor.  7:  8-9.)  Did  the 
sorrow  "to  (e/s,  into')  repentance"  {metanoitin) 
2  Cor.  7:  9),  only  declare  repeutaoce?  Does  re- 
pentance into  life  only  declare  life?  The  repen- 
tance eis,  zoen.ijilo  life."  (Xcta  11:  18)  was  niet- 
anoia,  and  John  baptized  into  this.  The  fruits 
which  John  required  were  qualifications  for  in- 
duction into  this  metanoian,  which  involved 
practical  reformation. 

The  Baptists  do  not  baptize  as  John  did  into 
repentance.  They  believe  that  "for  the  remis- 
sion of  sins,'  Matt.  26:  28,  means  to  procure 
the  remission  of  sins,"  but  teach  that  tlie  very 
identical  language  in  Acts  2:  3S  means  simply 
to  declare  remission,  &c.  Who  can  depend  up- 
on such  interpreters  of  God's  word? 

Mr.  R.sSth  Arg.  is  based  upon  the  priority 
of  disciplfship  to  baptism.  He  first  assumes 
that  all  disciples  of  Christ  are  children  of  God, 
and  concludes  that  since  they  must  be  disciples 
before  baptism  that  they  are  therefore  God's 
children.  His  2'reinise  is  a  failure.  All  of  God's 
children  are  disciples,  but  all  of  Christ's  disci- 
ples are  not  God's  children.  A  disciple  is  sim- 
ply a  scholar,  a  learner.  Judas  Iscariot  was  a 
disciple  of  Christ.  Luke  tJ:  13,  Matt.  10:  2,  and 
yet  "a  thief"  and  "a  devil."  John  6:  70;  12:  6. 
Was  he  a  child  of  God?  Was  uot  Simon  Ma- 
gus a  disciple?  Was  he  a  child  of  God?  Acts 
S:  and  see  a  description  of  thecharacter  of  God 
children.  Matt.  5:44,  45;  Luke  6:35. 

True,  that  death  to  sin  should  precede  baptism, 
but  when  Paul  says,  "Ue  that  is  dead  is  fretd 
from  sin"  (Rom.  6;  7),  he  expressly  alludes  to 
baptized  believers  who  after  dying  to  sin  had 
been  baptized  into  Christ's  death  where  hib 
blood  dows  "for  the  remission  of  sin."  Mark 
how  he /j»(i7s  the  application:  "so  many  of  us 
as  were  baptized  into  Jesus  Christ,  were  baj. 
tized  into  his  death;' kc.  Rom.  6:  3^. 

In  noticing  Mr.  R's  7th  Arg.,  we  know  that 
spiritual  birth  is  not  of,  i.e.,  is  uot  the  oftspriug 
of  the  human  will,  nevertheless  it  does  not  oc- 
cur without  man's  will.  He  is  the  williug  sub- 
ject of  God's  grace.  In  Johu  1:  11,  13,  egntne- 
thesan  is  correctly  rendered  by  some  transla- 
tors "were  begotten,"  see  Emphatic  Diaglott. 
Such  as  received  Christ,  believed  iu  him,  and 
had  bcm  begotten,  were  given  the  "authority  t< 
become  {genesthai)  children  of  God."  Aud  i 
children  they  were  also  heirs.  Rom.  8:  17.  Yi;t 
Mr.  R.  dogmatically  denounces  those  a.s  "blind* 
who  cannot  see  the  unscriptural  inconsistent  y 
of  his  idea  that  ^Vy(i'scA;Wm(  have  YKT  to  re- 
ceive the  privilege  of  becoinin<j  liis  thildrepi. 
"Receiving  the  inheritance,"  is  uot  '•becouiiug 
sons,"  but  is  the  consequence  of  souship      I  a.^^k 


Mr.  R.— 1.  If  Christ's  blood  was  not  shed  in  his 
death?"  2.  Are  believers  not  baptized  into 
Christ's  death."  "Yes  or  no?"  He  is  of  the 
npmion  that  the  redeemed  who  are  not  members 
of  the  Baptist  church  will  be  happy  guests  at 
the  marriage  of  the  Larab.  We  would  like  to 
have  his  Bible  authority  for  this.  1.  Will 
they  fivr  become  part  of  the  Bride?  Plea.se 
answer?  What  relation  will  the  old  Petrobrua- 
siaus  {whom  Mr.  R.  claims  an  brethren,  Bap- 
tist Succession,  pp.  Ill,  133,  443;  whom  be  en- 
dorses iis  "the  ancient  Waldense.H,"  Idem.  4,  3D(>, 
and  hence  as  "the  church  of  Christ,"  who  hapti/^ 
od  in  order  to  the  remission  of  sins,  Faber's  Ei 
quiry  into  History  and  Theology  of  the  An- 
cieut  Vallences  and  Albigcuces,  pp.  16!1,  181,) 
sustains  to  the  Baptist  church  in  glory?  Pleiwe 
answer.  I  have  shown  that  the  Baptist  church- 
ea  lack  the  evidence  of  true  regeneration,  and 
hence  all  Mr.  R's  theorizing  I'oses  its  applica- 
tion to  his  preposition,  1  have  nothing  to  re- 
tract when  I  say  Baptists  '"'do  such  things'  an 
hatred,  variance,  wrath  and  i<tri/e"  whenever 
they  eugiige  in  carnal  warfare.  This  truth  ui 
no  di>ubt  very  grave  to  ray  friend,  nevertheless, 
it  will  abide  "agaiust  the  day  of  judgment  and 
perditiou  of  ungodly  men." 

Paul  says,  "They  that  do  such  things  shall  not 
inherit  the  kingdom  of  God."  How  then  can 
they  be  churches  ol  Cliri-it?  I  ask  Mr.  R.  plain- 
ly, if  Baptists  can  engage  in  wai  on  any  account 
without  encouraging,  developing,  and  doing 
those  lusts  of  the  flesh,  viz.,  "hatred,  variance, 
wrath,  strife?"     Do  answer  "yes  or  no." 

"The  powers  that  be."  to  which  we  areto  "be 
subject,"  are  such  civil  authorities  as  GM  ap- 
prove=;:  and  the  "sword"  for  the  ptiniahment  of 
evil  doers  is  the  sword  of  civil  justice  in  the 
hands  of  civil  officers.  We  do  not  forbid  the 
civil  police  to  execute  their  office  any  more  than 
John  did  the  soldiers;  but  we  understand  that 
this  belongs  to  worldly  governments,  all  of 
which  more  or  less  violate  the  gospel,  and  are 
to  be  judged  at  last  by  Christ  and  his  chosen. 
These  things  are  not  for  true  christiaua  whose 
lives  aud  characters  are  purer  than  any  civil 
government  requires.  I  a.^k  my  friend  plainly 
if  "the  powers  that  be"  include  all  poVitiral  and 
civil  authorities?  aud  if  td  "be  subject  to"  them 
requires  christians  to  do  everything  theg  may 
ask?  Please  answer.  When  christians  were 
hrought  before  kings  and  rulers  (Luke  13;  11), 
aud  commandetl  to  disobeyJCbrist,  and  still  per- 
sisted iu  their  course  as  did  Peterund  Johu  (Acts 
4:  18,3!);  5:  40-42),  did  they  violate  the  injunc 
tionto"be  subject  to  the  powers  that  be?' 
Are  not  nations  as  truly  under  obligation  to 
obey  Christ  as  individuals?  Will  not  national 
sins  be  as  surely  punished  as  individual  sins? 
Will  the  Judge  of  all  the  earth  acquit  ussoouer 
for  helping  our  country  to  sin  than  for  sinning 
ourselves?  Will  Mr.  R.  answer  the  foUowiug 
plain  questions?  If  he  fails,  readers  will  cer- 
tainly mark  the  failure. 

1.  Do  Baptists  accept  Cornelius,  the  pious 
centurian,  as  a  christian  when  God  first  heard 
his  prayer  and  answered  him  by  vision?  2.  Was 
the  habitual  conduct  of  Abraham  and  the  old 
Bible  worthies  generally,  a  suitable  pattern  for 
christians,  in  all  things?  3.  Have  not  all  the 
wars  in  which  Baptists  have  engaged  unbridled 
carnal  lusts  and  passions  'f  4.  Were  their  spir- 
it aud  passions  not  rapacious,  cruel,  fiendish? 
5.  Were  they  not  the  legitimate  oll'tpring  of 
avarice,  ambition,  envy,  anger  and  pride?  6. 
Were  their  molivi's,  conduct,  and  conse'fuenres 
Christ-like?  7.  Hud  all  those  connected  with 
them,  who  professed  to  be  christians,  followed 
the  example  of  Christ  and  bis  apostles,  would 
th'ere  likely  have  been  auy  such  wars?  S, 
Were  they   not    all  instances  of  barbari-sni- 

9.  Were  they  authorized  by  a  single  chapter 
or  verse   in  thu  christian  Scripture*?  which? 

10.  Did  they  admiaisttr  impantal  justice?  11 
Were  they  likejudicial  processes  of  civil  gov- 
ernment, tilher  in  their  standards  of  appeal? 
their  rules  of  procedure?  their  provision  f-jr  ap- 


piyini,' thelaw?  their  investigation  of  charge* 
iind  administration  of  justice?  1?.  Did  they 
appeal  to  an  imparlial  umpire,  or  decide  their 
quarrels  as  mobs  aud  outlaws  generally  do?  13. 
Did  tliey  not  multiply  losses,  wrongs  and  griev- 
ances, rather  than  recover  and  redress  them? 
Did  they  not  impose  their  heaviest  burdens  up- 
on the  poor,  more  innocent,  and  hard-working 
clasHPs,  wasting  their  property,  destroying  their 
contideiice.  corrupting  their  morals,  and  mak- 
ing .-ad  havoc  of  their  lives?  15.  Were  all  the 
Bapti^^ts  right  who  fought  and  prayed  against 
each  other  on  both  sides  of  tho^e  contests?  16. 
Are  Baptist  churches  free  from  the  wrongs 
which  they  freely  justify  aud  fellowship  and 
apolngiz-i  for  iu  their  members?  17.  What 
■elation  will  the  Novatiaus  aud  ancient  Wal- 
deuaes  and  Albigenses  who  would  not  bear  arms 
on  any  account,  sustain  to  the  Baptist  church 
in  glory  ? 

My  6th  Neg.  Arg.  is  ba>*ed  upon  the  preten- 
sion of  the  churches  represented  by  ray  friend 
to  an  unbroken,  personal,  organic,  mccession 
from  Christ  and  the  apostles  to  the  present  timcy 
throiiyh  apeoplejust  like  thfmsehcg.  Will  Mr. 
R.  deny  this?  I  now  call  upon  him  to  mention 
one  denomination  for  the  first  fifteen  hundred 
years  of  the  gospel  dispeiiflation  ju«t  like  the 
Baptist  church.  They  suNpeod  their  church 
claims  upon  this  issue — &  false  pretention.  How 
can  they  be  churchesof  Christ?  If  Mr.R  fails 
to  point  out  BucQ  a  people,  his  church  claims 
will  prove  a  hopeless  failure. 

^    ■    ^ 


An  aged  minister  said  to  a  young  brother 
"Speak  short.  The  brethren  will  tell  you  if 
you  don't  speak  long  enough."  The  counsel  is 
good;  good  for  speakers  and  good  for  hearers; 
good  for  writers  and  good  for  readers.  Length 
without  breadth  and  thickness  is  a  very  poor  r-^c- 
ommendntion  in  a  sermon,  a  prayer,  or  a  n^-ws- 
paper  article.  The  power  of  condensation, 
abridgement,  and  elimination  of  useless  mat- 
ter is  greatly  to  be  coveted.  When  a  man  has 
five  minutes  iu  which  to  speak,  he  will  usually 
consume  one  of  them  in  telling  the  people  what 
he  is  going  to  say,  or  in  informing  them  that 
he  has  "been  thinking"  of  something  which  be 
proposes  to  relate.  If  meu  who  have  something 
to  Pay  would  say  it,  if  those  who  have  had 
thoughts  would  speak  them,  and  those  who 
had  something  to  write  wouM  icrite  it,  omit- 
ting prefaces,  introductions,  and  useless  and  nn- 
meauing  remarks,  much  time  and  space  weld 
be  saved  with  no  loss  to  any  one. — The  Chris- 
tian. 

LARQE  LIBRAHIES. 

BY  far  the  largest  library  in  the  world  is  the 
National  Library  at  Paris,  which  iu  1874 
contained  2,00ii,000,  printed  hooks  and  150,- 
000  manuscripts.  Which  is  the  next  largest  it  is 
difficult  to  say,  for  the  British  Museum  and  the 
Imperial  Library  at  St.  Petersburg  both  li»d  in 
ls74  1,100,0(10  volumes.  The  Vatican  Library 
at  Home  is  sometimes  erroneously  supposed  to 
be  among  the  largest,  while  in  point  of  f»;:t  it 
is  surpassed,  so  far  the  number  of  volumes  goes, 
by  more  than  sixty  Kuropeaus  collections.  U 
contains  I5ii,l'00  printed  books,  25,tiOl»  maua- 
scripts.  The  National  Library  at  Pans  is  i.'ne 
of  the  very  oldest  in  Europe,  having  been  foun- 
ded iu  1350  while  the  British  Museum  dat«F 
from  1753,  or  a  time  more  than  400  yeare  later. 
In  the  United  States  the  largest  is  the  Lii'rarT 
of  Congress  at  Washington,  which  iu  IS74  .on- 
tained  201,0(Ki  v.-lumes.  The  Astor  aud  Mer- 
cantile, of  Xew  York,  are  nest,  each  hs^ing 
14S,t»0ii.  Among  the  college* at  Harvard's  Li- 
brary comes  Yale's  with  1<>\0<X).  DartmoathV 
is  nest  with  tio.tKHt,  imd  then  come  in  ordei 
Cornell  with  4iMUKt,  the  Univei'^ily  of  \irginiu 
with3ti/hHi,  Bowdoin  34,0i"i;  the  I'nivtrsJty 
of  South  Caroliuft  S'.Vnn';  Ann  Arbor  SO.OOT'; 
Wesleyau,  :**J,QO^*;  aud  Columbia,  24.000.— 
Srientin'f  American. 


TMK    l^RETHKKIs'^    ^X JWXXRK^ 


PeconibRr    J 


TRIALS  ARE  BLESSINGS. 

IF  adverse  winds  arise  nnd  Ijlow 
Arouu<l  oiT  floittiDg  bark, 
Mav  we  not  then  beRin  to  linoiv 

Tlifit  ligiit  siiL'ceeds  the  liurk? 
And  tho"  tlie  dre«d.  ttii)|»estuoU9  waves 

Do  waft  ns  to  tlie  strand, 
May  we  not  know  that  God  is  there, 

To  hold  us  iu  his  hand? 
May  we  not  think  and  feel  and  know, 
'  That  if  we  rise  or  fall. 
The  soni  i-an  never  backward  go, 

It  hathit-s  purpose  all; 
And  tho'  llie  thunder-crash  may  come 

And  for  a  time  o'erwhelm, 
'Tis  only  wcirking  up  the  tium. 

For  God  is  at  the  helm! 

If  lifihtnings  flash  and  storms  arise, 

.4n  i  guests  unwelcome  come. 
Let  us  keep  traveling  toward  the  skies. 

Move  on  and  give  tbem  room: 
And  tho'  the  mildew  casts  its  pall 

O'er  all  the  golden  grain. 
Be  not  dismayed  at  it  at  all, 

Bui  nobly  try   again. 
Trialsare  jewels  lo  the  soul. 

And  never  come  in  vain — 
They  shine  around  that  final  goal. 

Where  jileasures  banish  pain: 
Then  if  they  come,  should  we  repine. 

And  dread  them  as  a  foe?' 
0,  if  we  ask  the  tlreat  Divine, 
The  answer  will  be  no! 

The  stalwart  oak  that  often  bonds 

Will  surely  live  the  longer. 
'Tis  only  help  that  nature  lends, 

To  moke  its  roots  grow  stronger. 
And  so  with  discipline  to  us— 

No  part  of  it  is  vain — 
And  therefore  let  us  falter  not. 

But  risi-  and  try  again. 
We  will!  Ah,  yes!  We're  going  on 

Like  true  and  earnest  men. 
Our  earthly  work  is  not  yet  done, 

But  will  be,  it  we  can. 
Our  sails  are  spread,  we're  outward  bound 

On  life's  groat  trial  trip. 
And  if  we're  wrecked  we  may  be  found 

Still  clinging  to  the  shi])! 

THE  SECOND    RESURRECTION. 


"But  the  rest  of  the  dead  lived  not  again  un- 
til the  thousand  years  were  finished."  Itev.  20: 
5. 

IN  the  second  iimi  lost  rt'Burrection  all 
the  prison  houses  of  the  dead  will 
be  opened,  and  the  rest  of  the  dead  all 
have  to  come  forth  whether  liuried  in 
the  earth  or  in  the  sea,  whether  in  death 
or  in  hell.  Jiide  even  tella  of  some,  he 
tails  them  angfls  that  are  in  reserve  in 
chains  under  daikne-ss  unto  the  judgment 
of  the  great  day;  they  will  also  be  of 
this  great  number  that  John  saw  stand 
before  God. 

That  this  second  or  last  resurrection 
will  not  take  place  until  a  thousand 
years  after  the  coming  of  Christ  is  a 
truth  revealed  iu  the  Bible  equally  as 
clear  as  the  first.  Look  at  the  text  at 
the  head  of  this  essay.  "But  the  rest  of 
the  dead  lived  not  again  until  the  thou- 
sand years  were  finished."  But  John 
did  not  say  of  these  as  he  did  of  those 
that  have  part  in  the  first  resurrection, 
he  could  not  say,  "blessed  and  holy  is  he 
that  has  part  in  the  first  resurrection," 
neither  did  he  say  the  "second  death  has 
no  power  over  such;  much  less  could  he 
say  that  they  shall  be  "priests  of  Godand 
of  Christ,  and  shall  reign  with  him  a 
thousand  years."  Oh,  no;  he  cannot 
<nve  them  this  great  promise.  But  John 
goes  on  and  says,  "at  this  period  of  the 
end  of  the  thousand  years  Satan  shall 
be  loosed  out  of  his  prison."  Oh!  the 
grim  monster!  Oh,  horrible  to  think 
that  this  dangerous  Dragon,  the  old  Ser- 
pent which  is  the  Devil  and  Satan,  that 
was  bound  and  sealed  up  iu  the  bottom- 
lea  pit  a  thousand  years,  will  now  go 
out  once  more  to  deceive  the  nations 
which  are  in  the  four  quarters  of  the 


Our   ever  be  the  nature  of  ihecase  ofself-d^. 


earth   Goc  and  Ma.'og  to   gather   them    our  e.vist..nce   realize   it  as  such,     wnr  ever  oe  .u.  ...u..  „.....„.  „„e„.aeai • 

ZhCZ  battle,  the  ., umber  of  whom    memory  of  the  past  may  portray  to   onr  al  may  assume,  and  hold  on  wuh  a  „„„ 

U tl  the  sand  of  the  sea  vivid  recollections,  dim  visions  of  a  m.s-  grasp  to  a  brother  or  sister's   love,  ^^, 

hermsthafthislte  season   of  Sa-    -spent  and  unimproved  career,    and  our  tinue  in  the   unity  of  the   spirit,   thu. 

thousand    years  I  sentiments  though  une.xpressed  maybe  blockading  all  the  mternai  avenue.,  „f, 

for  :  indicativeof  the  poetical  language,  "Al-  Christian  peace,  bidding  defiance  to  thi 


tan's  loosing,  when  the 

.ire  ftilfilled  will  he  a  trying  time; 


hose  nations  that  shall  now   live   again  !  most,  but  lost."  It  will  be  realized  when    hosts  of  Satan  and  h.s  allies,    and  come 
tZ  the  thousall    vears  are  finished.  I  too  late  to  return  to  .ell  the  untold  story. ,  otT  more  than  conqnerors. 
.My  textsays,  "the  rest  of  the  dead  lived.  Then  will    mortal    life  appear   to    us  .a 
nut  again  until  the  thousand   years  were 


finished."     The  \vord  of  inspiration  here 
plainly  implies  that  they  now  shall   live 
again,  and  Satan  at  the  same  time  is  loos 
ed,  and  now  is  among  them    to  deceive. 
IIoH  mncli  he  will   accomplish    in   this 
his  last  effort,  we  cannot  say.     Accord- 
ing to  .John's  record  he  will  make  a  bold 
effort  on  these  nations  to  deceive  them, 
so  that  a  great  number  will  fall  in    line 
of  battle  with    hini.     "And    they    went 
upon  the  lireadth  of  the  earth  and  com- 
passed the  camp  of  the  saints  about,  and 
the  beloved  city."     It  looks  to  me  as  if 
.Satan,  in  this  his  last  assault  to   deceive 
the  nations,  to    have    them    believe   by 
their  assistance    he  c(mld   yet  overcome 
Christ,  and  the  inheritance  shall  be  theirs, 
and  we  would  possess  the  kingdom  and 
the  heir  of  the  world,  instead   of  Christ 
the  Son  of  God ;  for  this  he   worked   his 
deceitful  plans  since  the  creation  of  man, 
and  will  so  continui!  till  his   final    over- 
throw which  will  be   the    result  of  his 
labors  of  this  little  season    of  tempting 
and  deceiving  the  nations;   for  we   are 
told  in  the  tenth  verse,  "And  the  devil 
that  deceived   them    was  cast  into   the 
lake  of  fire    and    brimstone    where    the 
beast  and  the  false  prophet  are:  and  shall 
be  tormented  day  and  night  forever  and 
ever."     Here  is  the  end  of  .Satan's  work. 
Now  ail  nations  are  ripe   and  ready   to 
be  arrayed  before  the  great  white  throne, 
to  f»e  judged  according  to  their   works. 
"Ami  the  books  were   opened   and   an- 
other bo4)k   \i  as  Oldened,    which   is  the 
book  of  life,  and  the  dead  were  judged 
out  of  those  things  which  were    written 
in  the  books  according  to  their   works. 
And  Avhosoever  was  not  found   written 
in  the  book  of  life  was  cast  into  the  lake 
of  fire." 

Now,  dear  reader,  you  can  see  how 
important  it  is  to  live  a  true  Christian 
life.  For  they  that  are  Christ's  shall  be 
resurrected  at  his  coining,  while  all  the 
others  are  held  in  bondage  of  death  a 
thousand  years  longer  under  a  fearful 
w^aiting  of  judgment  to  come,  while  all 
this  time  the  saints  are  in  the  greatest 
enjoyment  of  life  and  glory  with  their 
Lord  and  Master  to  enjoy  the  marriage 
feast  of  the  Lamb  of  fat  things  a  thou- 
sand years.  l'.aul  says,  1  Cor.  6:  2-3, 
"They  shall  judge  the  world,  yea  an- 
gels." Be  ye  therefore  also  ready  for 
tlic  first  resurrection. 


DEATH  AND  IMMORTALITY. 

IIY  ALLKK  OllEULlN. 

i  S  we  are  being  hurried  to  and  fro 
-^  through  the  l)tisy  scenes  of  life,  our 
p.atliway  dotted  all  over  witii  gloomy 
doubts-  aud  anxious  fears,  Wti  seldom 
if  ever  cherish  an    inclination  to   leave 

"this  unhallowed  ground.  Life  is  sweet. 
Yet  we  frequently  ask  how  many  recog 
nize  it  as  a  precious  boon  from  God's 
bountiful  hand?  Should  we  not  sincere 
ly  thank  him  tor  our  existence,  both 
present  aud  future?     How  many  regard 

j  it  as  that  for  which  our  Maker  has"  de- 
signed it,  an  epoch  of  a  grand  panoram- 

'  ma  which  once  had  a  beginning,  but  has 

]  no  termination,  in  which  to  prepare  to 
meet  our  God.  We  fear  least  we  be 
zealously  engaged  in  the  advancement 


Dear  reader,  we  appeal  unto  you,  s^^\ 

We  repeat   the  assertion,  that ,  ^  jjj^^y  qqj  y^^  enlisted  iu  the  army  of 

the  Lord,  violate  not   God's   1; 


dream. 

unless  we  be  earnestly  and  actively  en- 
gaged in  the  great  scheme  of  religion, 
we  will  realize  it  as  but  visionary.  While 
on  the  other  hand  if  we  spend  a  life  en- 
tirely devoted  to  God's  service,  (for  he 
wants  a  living  faith),  we  have  the  prom- 
ise of  an  endless  life,  and  it  will  afford 
us  solid  comfort  when  we  die,  the  reality 
of  mortal  life. 

Have   you    ever  thought  of  the   mo- 
mentous, and  intensified  meanins;  of  the 
word  <lir.  also  the  opposite    lire,  which 
is  no  less   significant?     Let   us  consider 
with  a  feeling  of  sobriety,  the  oflice  each 
performs  in  its  frequent   uses.     Die,  we 
all  know.signifiestoceaseto  exist,to  pass 
from  the  shores  of  time.     When  we  ex- 
amine the  mighty  frame- work   of  man, 
which  death  falls  heir  to,  this  house  (as 
refened  to  by  Paul  the  apostle )  in  which 
we  live,  how    grand,    how    magnificent 
an  edifice,   how  lofty    and    how     maj- 
estically is  it  formed!     Of  all  the  differ- 
ent parts  necessary  to   the   construction 
of  this  stately  mansion,  is  the  tongue,  al- 
so most  wonderful.  Solomon  says,  "in  it 
IS  vested  endless  life  and  eternal  death." 
It  is  that   organ   the  accents   of  which 
vibrate  through  the  aerial   region,   dis- 
tinct and  clear  to  our  memory,  though  it 
has  long  ago  been  laid  silent  in  the  tomb. 
Should  we  not  therefore    always  strive 
to  have  our  last  words  loving  words,  for 
they  may  be  the  last?    Now  to  contem- 
plate upon   the  inevitable   fall   of  this 
structure,    which    will    ultimately   take 
place,  and  must  through  the  process  of 
death,  be  replaced  the  dust  from  whence 
it  came,  tends  to  excite  our  utmost  sym 
pathy  for  those  who  paid  the  debt  of  na- 
ture- 
Having  considered  the  body,  the  mor- 
tal part  of  man  as  being  subject  to  death, 
we  will  next  ob,9erve  the  spirit,  the   im- 
mortal part  as  relative  to    life.     Life,  is 
more  lofty  in  its  signification.  It  affords 
to  us  a  world  of  intensified  thought.  The 
language  is  in  its  spiritual  import  indi- 
cative of  a  continued  existence  in  a  state 
of  glorified   bliss   with   God's   obedieut 
children,  or  in  perpetual  torment  among 
the  spirits  of  the  damned.     In   view    of 
the  vast  import  of  these  two  great  sub 
jects  under  consideration,  we  ask   every 
intelligent   mind  is   it   not   worth   our 
while  to  make  an    ado    concerning   our 
future  state?     Is  it  not  well   worth  our 
while  to  spend  our  time  in  honor  to  the 
praise  of  God,  and  to  the  benefit  of  the 
soul.     Inasmuch  then  as    we  have  our 
mortal  life  from  the  cradle  to  the  grave 
represented  in  the  language  of  the  apos- 
tle, "as  being  a  vapor  that  appeareth  for 
a  little  time  and  then  vanisheth  away," 
we  will  realize  the  termination  of  it  to  a 
certain  extent  as  waking  from  a   dream. 
Wo  will  not  forget   then,   that   we   are 
placed  upon  this  stage   of  action   for  a 
grand,    noble,   excellent    purpose,  and 
should  take  the   more   earnest  heed   to 
make  that  calling  sure.     Knowing  this, 
that  we  will  not  pass  by  this  way  again, 


aw  which 

was  legislated  iu  the  silent  council  cham- 
ber of  heaven,  the  teaching  of  which  w 
at  the  sacrifice  of  the  precious  blood  of 
the  Son  of  God.  Why  do-you  not  an. 
predate  the  price  with  which  you  have 
been  bought?  Think  of  your  friends 
over  there,  and  that  between  you  and 
them  will  be  drawn  the  sombre  curtains 
of  eternal  sejmratiou,  as  you  are  launch, 
ing  forth  across  eudless  deeps  where  end- 
less ages  roll  and  sink  to  rise   no  more. 


THE  SOUL  OF  MAN. 

THE  Cliurch  . Idvocate  gives  the  fol. 
lowing  interesting  experiment:  "It 
has  long  been  an  axiom  of  a  certain  class 
of  visionary  enthusiasts  that  that  which 
call  soul  is  nothing  more  than  a  high, 
subtle  developement  of  life.  The  mys- 
tical and  proofless  character  of  this  prop- 
tion,  or  its  opposite,  has  so  far  eluded 
the  demonstration  of  the  keenest  ai 

With  the  aid  of  revelation,  attend- 
ed by  the  most  patient  scientific  investi 
gation,  candid  men  of  all  classes  have 
oluntarily  admitted  the  difficulties  aud 
mysteries  which  shroud  the  origin,  char- 
acter, and  destiny  of  the  spirit.  A  lat( 
scientific  experiment  in  the  city  of  New 
York  will  go  far  toward  settling  this 
controversy  by  the  literal  demonstration 
of  facts.  A  man  had  been  caught  by  6 
circular  saw  in  a  planing  mill,  and  on( 
of  the  large  arteries  of  his  arm  was  sev. 
ered,  and  from  this  wound  he  bled  t< 
death.  This  body  was  taken  by  Prof 
Doremus,  Drs.  White  and  Chambers,  anc 
in  the  presence  of  a  number  of  studenli 
from  Bellevue  and  Roosevelt  hospitali 
actually  restored  to  life.  Blood  was  tak 
en  from  two  living  sheep,  incisions  wert 
made  near  the  heart,  and  tubes  inscrtec 
through  which  the  vital  fluid  passed 
galvanic  batteries  were  attached  to  nerves 
a  small  p.air  of  bellows  was  inserted 
the  mouth,  and  at  a  given  signal  eael 
operator  began  to  act  the  part  assignee 
him.  Slowly  the  chest  began  t<i  rial 
and  fall,  respiration  began,  the  pulsi 
beat  faintly,  the  corpse  was  alive!  Th( 
pulse  gradually  grew  stronger,  the  mat 
opened  his  eyes,  and  in  a  few  days  wai 
able  to  go  about  the  room,  on  the  testi 
mony  of  Dr.  Bigelow,  who  witnessed  th 
experiment.  But  the  strangest  part  i 
yet  to  be  told.-  When  pressed  to  tell  all 
Dr.  Bigelow  said:  "Well,  the  man  eat 
and  drinks;  seems  to  be  afraid  of  otlie 
people,  or  more  curious  than  afraid,  an( 
is  strangely  aft'ected  by  the  heat  or  cole 
But  he  can  neither  read  nor  write,  doe 
not  know  the  use  of  books,  plates,  kuive 
or  forks.  lie  is  not  able  to  talk,  bu 
cries  oif  t'|lo,udly  or  jabbers  in  an  inarlK 
ulate  manner.  Once  in  awhile  a  wor 
can  be  distinguished,  but  the  man  Jof 
not  appear  to  perceive  any  ditl'crence  b< 
tween  it  aud  his  jargon.  i"/'«  an""' 
life  has  hem  restored,ibid  not  the  spir' 
[nal  The  mind  with  all  its  compone) 
r   never   to  be  r 


may  we  always  tender  to  our  fellow-be  , 

iug  that  gratuitous  feeling  of  brotherly  |  P^'^f^  ''«''  S""",  I  fear 

love,  which  is  indicative  of  refined  mor  \  "'ored, 

als  as  well  as  synonymous  to  a  child  of 


of  this  mighty,  noble  work,  we  will  not  named  the  name  of  Jesus,  are  willing  to 
at  the  close  of  this  illustrious  period   of  sacrifice  amounts  in  filthy  lucre,  or  what 


God.  I      The  more  you  think  of  yoursc 

How  many   of  us  to-day  who  have   le.ss  will  wise  and   holy  men  think 

you. 
this. 


1:1  f  tl 


You  will  find  it  hard  to  lwl'«' 
Vain  men  would  fain  be  ivi-'e. 


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a'ilK    liKETHKKlN'    ^VX    "WOUIi. 


8 


yTO  OBTAIN  REGENERATION 
"and  SALVATION;  AND  HOW 
TO  PRESERVE  IT. 

ll\   IIAX[EL   LONGANECKEH. 

y,  P.cjKNEUATION  is  a  change  of  tlie 

JX     iinilerstandingand  of   the   will;  a 

,      ,e  of  nature  made  in    the  soul    !>)■ 

J,   I'jj  "VVortl  and  Spirit.     But  some  say, 

r  d  retieuerates  tu'st  and  then  repentance 

J  j'^ith  follow.     But  others   say    God 

rts  in  man  V)oth    the   power   to  will 

^]  to  do  his  good  plea.'^ure.     He  gives 


ibeiu 


to  repent  and  believe  tb 
,el.  He  gives  them  grace  to  hear,  to 
to  feel,  to  pass  from  death  unto  life, 
f'oni  ^atan  to  God.  He  that  doe.s  these 
,  ([le  power  of  God's  Spirit  is  a  new 
renlure,  isliorn  again,isa  child  of  God — 


'cneraled,  born  of  God.    Now  we  may 


.Jl  all  tbis  the  power  of  godliness 
iije  soul.  Now  as  every  kernel  must  have 
a  shell,  so  the  power  of  godliness  in  the 
,oul  must  have  an  outward  form  of  god 
jlness  which  may  be  called  one  baptism, a 
■ovenant  made  with  God,  the  Father  who 
Jrawsthe  sinner  and  of  the  Holj  Ghost 
ivho  s;uides  the  child  of  God  into  all 
truth.  Now  he  is  in  the  kingdom,  boi-n 
of  water  and  the  spirit. 

Now  to  pre.serve  hia  salvation  he  must 
jteeli  Christ's  commands  and  not  walk 
after  tbe  flesh,  but  after  the  spirit.  Now 
to  say  that  the  sinner  must  keep  all  the 
commands  and  ordinances  of  the  gospel 
before  h:;  can  obtain  salvation  or  pardon 
or  pass  from  death  unto  life  or  be  born 
achild  of  God,  is  a  great  mistake.  Sin- 
ners unconverted  are  dead  and  cannot 
do  tbe  will  of  God.  He  cannot  see,  hear 
nor  feel ;  neither  can  he  make  himself 
alive,  but  God  by  his  grace  and  convict 
ing  spirit  draws  tbe  sinner  by  showing 
him  his  danger,  gives  him  grace  to  re- 
pent and  sends  him  in  faith  to  Christ  for 
rest,  pardon,  life  and  salvation.  Being 
made  alive  he  can  and  will  do  the  will 
of  God  to  preserve  his  salvation.  This 
will  show  that  we  are  not  saved  by  our 
own  good  works  or  morality,  but  by 
faith  in  Christ  as  a  Prophet  to  teach  us 
what  to  do  and  what  not  to  do;  as  a 
I'rieat  to  make  satisfaction  to  an  offend 
eJ  God  for  our  sins;  and  as  a  King  to 
reign  over  and  protect  us  until  the  end 
of  tbe  world. 

But  no  one  thinks  that  our  repentance, 
faith  and  conversion  will  give  us  a  pass 
port  into  the  triumphant  kingdom  if  we 
refuse  to  observe  all  things  whatsoever 
Christ  has  commanded,  if  we  knowingly 
and  willingly  offend  and  repent  not,  we 
are  guilty  of  the  whole  law.  There  is 
a  present  rest  and  a  future  rest,  so  a 
jiresent  salvation  and  a  future 
Let  us  have  both. 


wake  many  beautiful  to  look  upon,  but 
none  so  fair  as  tbe  star  of  faitb,  until 
there  arose  that  one  which  guided  by 
(fod's  own  band,  brightened  the  path 
way  through  the  w-ilderneas  forhischos 
en.  So  radiantly  beautiful  it  was.  thai 
when  its  mission  was  aci-.omplished,  the 
hand  of  man  might  not  tind  for  it  a  rest- 
ing place,  but  that  of  tbe  most  High,  by 
Xebo's  lonely  mountain,  laid  it  to  rest, 
and  he  by  whose  command  earth's  great 
luminary  stood  still,  walked  in  the  foot- 
steps of  the  great  Law  giver  of  Israel. 

After  tbe    Mosaic   dispensation  came 
tbe  kingly.  'Twas  then  the  star  of  w-is- 
dom  and  knowle'lge  arose,  of  which  it 
^vas  said,  "Tbere  was  none  like  thee  be 
fore  thee,  neither  after  thee  shall  any  be 
like  unto  thee."  Then  too  like  unto  the 
sweet  singer   of   Israel    liroke   forth 
strains  of  heavenly   music,    which   even 
to-day  thirsts  the  soul    of  the    believer 
with  transports  of  joy.     Othei-a  too  there 
were,  among  them  the  sublime  synonym 
of  patience  of  which  the  world  has  nev- 
er known  a   parallel      But   fairest  and 
most  lieautiful  of  all.    far   surpassing  in 
radiant  splendor,  all  of  its    prede<'essors 
came  the  Promised  One ;  the  sceptre  had 
not  yet  passed  from  the  hands  of  Judah, 
when  Bethlehem's   star    appeared,    dis- 
persing with  its  effulgent  beams  of  heavy 
clouds  which  overshadow*  d    the    tirma- 
ment,  its  mission  to    enlighten    the   sin- 
darkened  minds  of  all   who    would  be- 
hold its  brightness  and  acknowledge  its 
power.  Having  accomplished  that  where- 
unto  it  was  sent.     It  returned    again  to 
its  home  beyond  earth's   confines,  leav- 
ing a  light  brighter  than  the  noon  day 
sun  to  guide  its  followers.     Its  influence 


This  \»  forbidden  in  Matt.  C>:  7.  It  tends  let  their  light  shine,  in  order  to  let  world- 
to  destroy  tbe  life  of  a  meeting.  Tbe  ly  persons  see  it,  that  by  this  they  may 
people  get  weary  and  uneasy,   and   are  1  be  led  to  honor  and   glorify  (iod.     '\Ve 


then  in  a  poor  condition  to  receive  bene 
fit  from  the  word  spoken    Many  a  good 
brother  in  his   zeal    has  untboughtedly 
hindered  the  good  cause  in  this  way.  We 
have  the  example  of  Christ  in    favor   of 
short  prayr  in  public.     Behold    him  at 
tbe  tomb  of  Lazarus  when  be  was  about 
to  call  him  forth    who  had    been  deait 
four  days;  he  prays  as  follows:  "Father 
1  thank  thee  that  thou  hast  heard  me  and 
I  know  that  thou  hearest  me   always, 
but  because  of  the  people   which   stand 
by  I  said  it  that  they  may    believe    thai 
thou  hast  sent  me."     .bdin    11:41,   42. 
We  m.iy  infer  from  tbe   langu.ago   used 
in  this  prayer  that   he    had    previously 
went  to  bis   Father  about  this   matter, 
and  most  likely  in   secret.     Jesus  says, 
"But  thou  when  thou  prayest  enter  into 
thy  closet."     Matt.  G:  U.     There  is  the 
place  for  our  long  prayers ;  there  we  may 
pour  out  our  very  soul  to  our  heavenly 
Father;  there  we  may  agonize  and  wres 
tie  mightly  with  (io<l,  and  tbe    promise 
is  we  shall  be  rewarded  openly. 

Again,  at  the  garden  of  Gethsemane 
when  bis  soul  was  "exceeding  sorrowful 
even  unto  death,"  bis  prayer  was  short, 
but  his  agony  was  so  great  that  he  con- 
tinued to  repeat  it  unto  tbe  third  time 
when  he  found  relief.  He  has  also  giv- 
en us  an  example  in  what  is  known  as 
the  Lord's  prayer,  he  says  in  Matt.  >< : 
7.  "After  this  manner  therefore,  pray 
ye."  Then  follows  tbat  perfect  prayer 
that  be  taught  bis  disciples;  it  is  short 
and  complete.  The  longest  prayer  that 
be  ever  uttered  tbat  has   been   recorded 


was  rapidly  penetrating  the  dark  abodes    is  found  in  John  17.     It  is  not  likely  he 


of  men,  but  they,  loving  darkness  rath 
er  than  light  persistently  refused  to  it 
admittance.  Ere  long,  forms  of  heathen 
and  idolatrous  worship  concealed  from 
view  tbe  pure  light.  Tbe  candle-stick 
seemed  forever  removed.  Many  groped 
=n  terror  through  thick  gloom  and  pagan 
darkness,  trampling  beneath  their  feet 
the  priceless  boon  of  eternal  happiness. 
Ages  rolled  away,  and  darkness  yet  pre- 
vailed. But  the  word  of  tbe  Infinite 
had  gone  forth  that  all  nations  should 
know  and  feel  its  power;  and  his  Word 
shall  not  return  to  him  void.  The  bright 
est  star  of  the  sixteenth  century  arose  and 
came  forth  at  hia  bidding.  Man  may  not 
estimate  the  results  which  now,  and  ages 
hence  will  be  felt  as  having  sprung  from 
the  seeds  of  Reformation  sown  in  dark- 


occupied  more  than  seven   minutes,   in 
delivering  it. 

BEAR  THY  BURDENS. 

BEAR  the  l.urileua  of  the  pteseat. 
Let  the  future  bear  its  own; 
If  the  moruins!  sky  be  pleasant. 
Why  the  coiiiiu^  night  bemoauV 

If  the  uncovered  heavens  lower. 

Wrap  thy  cloak  around  thy  form. 
And  though  the  tempest  rise  in  power, 

God  is  mightier  than  tbestorni. 
Steadfu-st  faith  and  hope  unshaken, 

Animate  tbe  trnstinz  breast; 
Step  by  step  the  journey's  taken. 

Nearer  to  the  land  of  rest. 
All  unseen  tbe  Savior  walketb 

By  the  toiling  servant's  side; 
Comfortable  words  he  talkelh. 

While  his  bands  uphold  aud  guide. 


STARS. 

IIY   .MAKV    LOUISE  HOl'WOOD. 

IN  clear  and  cloulless  nights  when  the 
stars  of  heaven  are  all  marshaled 
in  bright  array,  as  we  look  with  admi- 
ration upon  them,  the  mind  is  led  to 
compare  with  them  the  earth  stars,  which, 
since  the  early  dawn  of  time  have  shown 
forth  with  such  brilliancy.  As  those  of 
heaven  were  not  all  of  eciual  lustre,  so 
those  of  earth  vary;  some  emitting  rays 
of  dazzling  splendor.while  others  are  but 
feeble,  their  rays  apparently  almost  ab- 
sorbed by  the  dazzling  meteors  by  which 
they  are  surrounded.  Of  those  which 
graced  the  moral  firmament  anterior  to 
the  deluge,  our  record  points  to  but  two, 
which  attained  to  tbe  final  degree  ol 
magnitude.  The  first  post-diluvian  star, 
whose  peculiar  brightness  has  been  ad 
mired  in  all  ages,  sparkled  and  glistened 
like  a  fair  gem.     There  followed  in    its 


While  time  endures  its  fairest  records 
will  bear  them  in  grateful  remembrance. 
It  has  been  said  tbat  the  sixteenth  cen 
tury  was  the  epoch  of  a  gi-eat  separation, 
and  the  nineteenth  must  be  that  of  a 
great  union.  In  his  own  good  time  the 
end  will  be  crowned.  Slowly,  but  sure- 
ly the  ages  are  rounding  towards  the 
grand  results  foreshadowed  in  the  morn- 
ing of  time.  Never  in  any  age  of  the 
world's  history  has  tbe  light  shone  so 
brightly  as  now.  A  heavier  weight  of 
responsibility  rests  upon  this  generation 
than  has  been  known  to  a  former.  Pun- 
gent indeed  will  be  the  arrows  of  re 
morse  which  will  enter  tlie  souls  of  those 
who  fail  to  improve  the  brightness  of  tbe 
light  which  God  has  given  them.  Stars 
in  our  crowns  of  rejoicing  should  be 
many    and    brilliant.      God  speed  tb. 

LONG  OR  SHORT  PRAYERS, 
WHICH? 


Urief  nor  pain,  nor  any  sorrow. 
Rends  thy  lieart,  to  him  unknown. 

He  to-day,  and  he  to-morrow. 
Stiengtb  sutKcient  gives  bis  own. 

Holy  strivings  nerve  and  strengthen, 
Long  endurance  wins  the  crown; 

When  the  evening  shadows  lengthen. 
Thou  shall  lay  thy  burden  down. 


WHO  ARE  THE  MISSIONARIES' 


1:Y  .IKNNIKSI'MSTINK. 


must  not  put  our  light  under  a  Vmshel, 
but  be  guided  by  him  tbat  we  may  lead 
others  out  of  the  obscurity  of  sin  and  un- 
belief, tbat  they  in  their  turn  may  V>e- 
corae  tbe  "light  of  tbe  world." 

Christ  demands  constant,  zealous   un- 
remitting labor.     He  has  never  promis* 
cd  ease  and  wealth ;  he  invites  us  to  no 
gayly  bannered   bark    floating   on   still 
waters  'mid  fragrantflowera  anda  cloud- 
less sky;  but  our  bark  is  to  meet  adverse 
gales  aud  breaking  waves.     The  star  of 
Bethlehem  is  our  only   guide  "mid    tbe 
wave  washed  rocks  that  lie   on   either 
side.     "Go!"  is  the  urgertt,  ceaseless  mis- 
sionary spirit  of  the   Gospel.    There  is 
no  middle  ground.     Each  soul  is  fight- 
ing for  God  or  against  bira.    In  order  to 
be  true  missionaries  we   need   not  have 
tbe  elot|uence  of  this  or  tbat  great  man, 
but  we  must  have  the  zeal  of  Paul.  Our 
w(irds  can  be  of  the  simplest  kind  if  we 
only  speak  them  with  tbe    intention   of 
doing  good,  and  in  such  a  way  tbat  they 
may  have  tbe   desired   etl'ect.     Various 
influences  may  bring  people  into  church 
relation ;  but  we  have  tbe   problem   yet 
to  solve  how  each  one  can  be   made   to 
comprehend  and  appreciate  the  mission 
to  which  he  is  called.  Christ  says,  "men 
must  work  out  their  own  salvation  with 
fear  and  trembling,"  and   while  we    are 
thus  engaged,  we  must  make   our   faith 
a  Working  principle;  reaching  out  lov- 
ing arms  to  gather  in    the  erring;    and 
while  we  are  doing  this,  we   are   build 
ing  up  the  cause   of  our  Master.     Oh, 
may  we  all   be   thus  busily   engaged. 
There  is,   there   can   be  no   rest  for  the 
soldiers   of  the    cross.     What  a  great 
pleasure  it  is  to  know  that  we  are  labor- 
ing for  our  crucified  Redeemer,  and  tbat 
after  our  labor  is   ended   here  we   mil 
rest  with  all   the   redeemed.    The  love 
which  "beareth  all    things"    will    make 
the  Christian  a  wise  friend  and  a  zealous 
missionary,  though  be   may    suft'er   the 
ridicule  of  an  unbelieving  world,  yet  he 
is  willing  to  work  on    for  bis  JIaster. 
While  Christ  bids  us  "go"  and  proclaim 
the  truth  for  which  he  gave  his  life,   his 
hand  is  still  ready  to  guide  us. 

Oh,  .'.that   all     professed    Christians 
would  become  missionaries  of  the  cross; 
teachers  of  his  holy  word,  cea.se  to  scat- 
ter tares,   or   show    forth   darkness  for 
light.     Jesus  was  faithful  to  his  udssion. 
He  is  our  example,  and  we  must  be  faith- 
ful to  ours,  follow  the  steps  of  him  if  we 
w-ould  gain  admission    into  that  city  of 
Pearl.     We  must  feel    the    importance 
and  necessity  of  the  work  which    is   en- 
trusted to  the  children   of  God.     Why 
should  we  live  for  tbe  things  of  time,  for 
earthly  pleasure  or  honor?     Can   these 
satisfy  our  longings    or    fill  our  souU 
Brother,  sister,  cleave  to  Christ,  hold  fast 
to  tbe  ordinances  of  tbe   Lord's   house; 
they  will  aid  you  in  living  for  duty,  for 
heaven  and  our  mission. 


THE  gospel  is  missionary  in 
nature.     The   command 


its  very 
to  every 
child  of  God  is,  "Go!"  Go  out  into  the 
highways  and  dark  places  of  the  earth 
and  bring  guests  to  the  gospel  feast;  and 
it  is  not  enough  that  we  go  sometime 
when  it  is  most  convenient  for  us  to  go. 
but  we  must  go  out  i|uickly.  "Go  and 
preach  the  gospel  to  every  creature, 
there  a  soul  who  has  not  felt  the  full 
force  and  meaning  of  this  command  that 
is  not  ready  to  obev  ?  Not  to  the  preach  - 
„Y  a.  aj^iooN.  ^^  ^j^^^  ;^  ;j  ^,i^,^„  t„  „,„„,.t  the  world, 

HOSE  who  indulge  in  long   prayers  but  «H  are  servants  and  misssonaries   of 
are  liable  to  fall  into  the  habit   of  the  Lord.     Those  who  have  enlisted  un 
fiUin"  them  up   with    vain   repetitions. '  der  the  baaner  ol 


T 


King  Fmauuel  inuxt 


TiiKitK  are  two  things  that  always 
pay— working  and  waiting.  Either  is 
useless  without  the  other.  Both  united 
are  invincible,  and  inevitably  triumph- 
ait.  He  who  waits  without  working  is 
simply  a  man  yielding  to  sloth  and  de- 
spair. He  who  works  without  waiting, 
though  ever  faithfiiU  in  his  strivings, 
misses  results  by  impatience.  He  who 
works  steadily  aud  waits  patiently  may 
have  a  long  journey  before  him,  but  at 
close  he  will  find  his  reward. 


As  the  body  cannot  live  without  food, 
so  the  soul  cannot  preserve  the  jr,ice  of 
God,  its  life,  without  prayer. 


THE    BKETHKBN    ^T   AVOHK_ 


Decembi 


er    1 


PUBLISHED  WCBKLT. 


M.  M.  ESIIKLMAN.  1 

S,.?.  HAHKISON.      J^EDiTons. 


1.    TllK  Editor*  will  be  ri-siion 


iMe  only  fortliP 


RllOIISIiaL 

id  llie  liiaerlloii  of  an 
■rticitf  iloi-,s  not  imply  lliat  tliey  (•odorae  everj'  sen- 
timent of  the  writer. 

i  CoNTunti'TORs  in  ordrr  to  secure  prompt  In- 
aerlioil  of  their  nrliclps.  will  pleJis*-  not  liulnlc*'  '» 
pereotmlities  imd  uncourtt-ous  liiii(riiafi«,  but  pr^-- 
sent  their  viewti  '■  with  (rr.KP  si-iisoiiod  witli  aalt. 
3.  TiiK  Uretmkkn  at  Wouk  will  be  sf-nt  W 
auT  address  in  the  United  Statiw  or  Canndii  (or 
f.|."Wper  .inmim.  For  the  IPHdlng  chara*-lcnstlM 
of  the  pHjHT.  as  well  aa  terms  to  JiRCiit*  wee  eighth 
e.    Auiiress  nil  tomniiiniciillims, 

BRETIinFN  AT  WOIIK, 

Lanark,  Ciirroll  Co.,  111. 


pa,^*-- 


LANARK,  ILL.. 


lUXKMBKIt     I,  l«70. 


TfT'  iiifiT)v  «re  very  busy  "flhakinfi  the  tr'-e 
of  kiiowleilge  «iici  scrambling  for  tlie  fruit,  but 
neglect  the  tree  of  Htf." 

TuosB  who  never  ciiHiigi*  their  opinions,  and 
neTer  correct  tiieir  mistakes,  will  bardly  Imv** 
sufficient  charity  to  excuw  the  mistakes  nf  oth- 
ers.      ^ 

From  a  card  of  2mh  lilt,  we lenrn  Uro.  I).  B. 
Gibson  has  been  holding  interesting  nii-ftings 
at  lirbans,  III.  Several  have  bcenbapli/  'land 
the  meetings  continue. 


Khom  beloved  Christian  L-sh,of  Kl.>ra,  Ind.,we 
I--;irn  that  in  his  congregation  during  th«  pres- 
ent yoarabjut  lifty  itcnons  were  added  to  the 
church,  and  that  the  members  Hcem  to  hi  re- 
fft'^hed  and  advancioc  in  the  thristiau  cause. 
U"  exprwses  the  hope  th  it  all  may  still  do  bet- 
t'T.  It  is  certainly  gratifying  to  look  back 
Offer  the  year's  work  and  see  such  glorioiiH  re- 
vults.  _  _      _      

FoRUEiiLY  we  believe  it  waa  the  custom  of 
nil  publishers  to  issue  but  fifty  numbers  of  a 
wppkly  paper  in  a  year,  but  now  a  great  many 
have  departed  from  thin  veuerable  Holliday 
Cdstoin;  and,  had  we  looked  at  this  matter  at 
we  now  do,  we  should  have  printed  fifty-two 
mimbers  ourselves.  Hut  as  we  arranged  to 
print  but  fifty  this  year,  it  in  now  too  late  to 
cbanije.  Next  year,  if  the  L"'d  will  wc  hhiill 
print  the  full  fiftv-two  numbers 

SoMK  of  our  subscriberH  are  renewing  for  «<>- 
hf'ii  mmit/m.  this  makes  even  change /Mv»'/o//«r«. 
Those  who  ilo  this  will  see  that  the  date  after 
fheir  names  is  changed  wixtt-en  months  ahead. 
HV- would  like  if  ail  would  see  within  three 
weekw  aft^r  they  have  renewed  that  the  dite  at 
fcr  their  names  is  right.  Where  any  mistakes 
occur,  it  will  be  to  your  interest  to  correct 
them,  and  we  shall  thank  all  who  will  take  the 
(rouble  to  show  us  our  errora.  A  true  friend  is 
always  ready  with  a  kind  heart  to  show  us  our 
mistakes  and  help  us  correct  them. 


Wk  have  before  iis  a  well  written  nrticle, 
with  out  the  nome  of  (he  wriler  hence  are  com- 
pelled to  send  the  essay  to  the  "wostfl-ba-iket." 
We  must  have  the  name  of  every  writer  us  a 
guarantee. 

N  EXT  Sunday  evening,  (7th),  Bro.  Mt>ore  will 
[/reach  in  the  IJretliren's  Meeting-houpe  in 
Lanark,  from  this  text:  "Verily  I  siiy  nnto 
thee.  To  day  shalt  thou  be  with  rae  in  paradii 
Services  to  conimeiiee  at  seven  o'clock. 

PuoM  many  parts  of  the  Brotherhood  comes 
the  welcome  tidings  of  buckling  on  the  armor 
for  the  coiitiict,  Ministers,  young  and  old,  are 
going  forth  to  "preach  the  Word"  so  that  people 
may  learn  to  know  the  way  of  life  and  live. 

Bro.  D.  L.  Miller  of  Nov.  26th  saye:  "Yesterday 
we  received  o  nf'wstud'  nts.  We  now  have  so  far 
m  this  term  fi^new  students  and  our  ndl  shows 
16S  names,  our  buildingB  are  lull  but  Me  have 
arraugt'd  for  good  corafortitble  rooms  within  (10 
yanls  ol  the  building." 

Thk  PrimUiri-  Christian  is  undcciibd  an  to 
whntlier  it  will  continue  to  piihli-ih  tlie  Stein 
and  Riy  debate  longer  than  this  year  or  not. 
We  wilt  assure  our  readers  that  iS  tlie  dispu- 
tants are  able  to  carry  on  the  debate  the 
BitKTriKKN  AT  WoitK  will  publish  it. 

UitBTHRRN  Martin  Meyer,  Mnoch  Bby  and 
Marcus  Fowler  have  lately  been  to  the  Tipton 
church.  Cedar  C).,  Iowa,  on  church  buwiuess, 
Bro.  Meyer  iuformt  us  the  businens  was  sat- 
isfactorily adjusted,  several  interesting  meetinga 
held,  one  baptized,  and  one  rpciaimed. 

Under  ddteof  Oct.  30th  Bro.  Hope  says, 
that  bis  wife  had  been  very  sick  with  typhoid 
fever,  but  at  the  time  of  writing  was  some  bel- 
ter. He  says  they  have  had  a  hard  time,  but 
expre-sses  the  hope  that  his  companion  will  soon 
recover.    May  the  Lord  deal  kindly  with  them. 

We  have  added  to  our  list  of  books,  Pilgrim's 
Progress  in  words  of  One  SyUable,— a  neat  and 
attractive  book  for  children.  It  is  beautifully 
illastratfd.audfortbe  young  we  specially  recom- 
mend it.  It  wouhl  be  a  very  nice  gift,  and  we 
hope  parents  and  friends  of  children  generally 
will  improve  this  opportunity  to  secure  soiue- 
rhiog  for  the  youth.     Price,  §l..'tO  postpaid. 


Hexrt  L.  Morgan,  a  minister  of  Boston  is 
moving  against  church  gambliog  ^ith  com- 
mendable vigor.  His  purposes  may  be  gleaned 
from  the  following  public  Iett«r  from  him: 

"Irtst  y^ar,  when  I  had  twenty  gamblers  fir- 
rented,  I  found  I  was  powerless  to  couvict  the  in. 
Andwhv?  Because  they  took  refuge  behind 
the  church.  They  said:— 'if  the  chnrcTi,  the  bul- 
wark of  mr>rAlity,  and  ord-jr,  gamble'*,  caunot 
we?'  And  they  piciped  sc^t  free,  without  even 
the  njo*k-»rr  of  a  trial .  Tlii-y  ar^  now,  with  re- 
doobM  energy,  plying  their  n^f^rions  business 
uucti  ilest-'d  aid  undisturbed.  Whfin  I  f')and 
the  chnrch  a  birrier  to  the  suppression  of  tram 
bliog.  I  p'iblicly  made  thefo"owing  vow: 'That 
the  fir^t  church  in  Boston,  of  whatever  sect  or 
cnr^sd,  th**  adv^rlis*?.  seti  up  a'ld  promote^'  a 
lottery,  shall  be  prowicated  to  the  full  extent  of 
tb«  law/  To  my  gri^f  and  sorrow.  I  see  my 
fir-t  ndittment  munt  fall  opon  the  Cathedral 


Thkhb  seems  to  be  <juite  a  "coming  out" 
from  the  "Winebrennariao"  or  "church  nf  God" 
of  late.  In  Northern  lud.  ipiite  a  number 
left  the  "chnrch"  on  account  of  its  tolnrance  of 
masonryiBiid  recently  about  fin  have  withdrawn 
in  Stnithtrn  Kansa.s and  organized  anew  Elder- 
Mliip.  The  Christian  Iiifelh'fffnrrr  charges  "one- 
man  power"  as  the  cause  of  these  divisions.  Ev- 
idcntlv  Hccretisin  lies  nt  the  root  of  the  troubles; 
and  it  is  not  at  all  strange  tliat  bitterness  and 
separation  are  the  result.'*,  for  masonry  is  not 
calculated  to  |>repare  men  for  eternal  happiness, 
"('ome  out  of  her"  is  the  only  remedy  when 
the  church  refuses  to  give  up  the  wicked  things. 

A  JiKoTHKH,  sixty  years  of  age  desired  that  his 
congregation  should  have  a  house  in  which  to 
worship:  ho  he  liegau  to  work  by  subscribing 
$2  00.  Others  followed  the  example,  the  uec- 
fssary  means  were  obtained  and  the  work  lie- 
;;nn.  The  workmen,  while  prenariog  tlie  frame, 
destroyed  some  of  the  timber,  so  the  old  brotii 
took  his  tools,  went  to  the  grove,  felled  the  trees 
and  hewed  out  M  ew  pieces,    Su(-h   an  example 

tlie  part  of  a  minister  will  go  on  speaking 
after  he  is  dead.  Thank  God,  there  are  still  some 
who  are  not  ashamed  to  work  with  their  own 
hands,  while  thousantls  tif  professing  ministers, 
Imnd-box  like,  stantl  aronml  waiting  for  others 
to  (ill  them.  "I  glory  iu  necessaries"  is  P<iul- 
like.  _ 

One  esteemed  Brother  Jesse  V,  Heckler  says: 
"We  baptized  a  Swede  last  Su'jday — a  well  ed- 
ucated intelligent  man.  There  is  a  large  settle- 
ment north  o(  us.  Originally  they  were  Lu- 
therans but,  many  turn  and  fall  in  with  the  Bap- 
li.sts,  BO  did  this  one.  He  thinks  man>  might 
b--  pnr.-iuaded  to  the  trutli,  but  for  want  of  in- 
-^truetion.  He  would  translate  tracts  into  the 
Swede  which  is  different  from  the  Danish,  if 
the  Tract  Society  would  be  able  to  print  them, 
1  am  somewhat  acfjnainted  with  them  and  lind 
them  about  as  honest  people  r-h  I  ever  met.  Ex- 
l)nct  to  go  up  and  preach  for  them  the  last 
week  in  this  month.  What  can  you  say  to 
this?" 

Deiir  Brother: — We  cannot  answer  your 
((uestion,  the  Brethren  can  answer  it  by  donat- 
ing to  the  Tract  Society,  This  is  the  only  way 
tiiat  we  know  to  supply  the  demand. 


It  aeems  that  our  Brethren  in  1789  felt  it  a 
tiuty  to  look  after  children,  for  in  the  Confer- 
•'uce  of  that  year  they  advised  thus:  "Inas- 
much as  many  of  our  children  and  young  peo- 
ple fall  into  a  coarse  life,  and  a  great  occa.siou 
of  it  seems  to  be  a  want  tliat  there  is  not  suffi- 
cient diligence  used  in  instructing  the  children 
according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord.  «  •  » 
It  is  the  opinion  that  there  should  be  used  more 
diligf-nce  to  instruct  our  dear  yoath  and  cliiU 
iren  in  tlie  word  of  truth  to  their  salvation, 
;<nd  that  it  is  the  special  du*v  of  dear  parents, 
;l«  well  a-s  of  the  pastors  and  teachers,  to  b.-  >-\i- 
■iageil  herein  as  the  apostle  teaches,  'Feed  the 
Ib.ck  of  God  which  is  among  you,  taking  the 
iverstght  thereof,' "  This  is  good  advice,  and 
it  is  an  old  "landmark"  that  we  would  do  well 
to  heed  in  this  fast  nineteenth  century.  Par 
■'nts.  pastors  and  teachers  wen-  advised  to  niak-- 
-Pacini  et!brts  to  teach  the  cliitdien.  And  th-- 
nastors  were  furtlier  tf>ld  to  bring  the  word  of 
fJod  "nearer  to  the  hearts  of  children  in  a  sim- 
ple conversation  or  catechization,"  and  that 
this  course  would  be  better  than  a  long  ser 
mon.  This  sounds  very  much  like  Bible  school 
work:  they  favored  fiuestiouing  or  converging, 
and  BO  do  we.     It  is  a  good  method. 


As  a  rule  we  do  not  think  that  it  is  profita- 
ble to  address  individuals  tbroui;h  the  B. 
W.;  but  when  a  letter  may  be  of  general  intfr- 
e-<t,  and  may  be  food  for  all  Christian  believers 
wp  cheerfully  insert  it  iu  your  paper.  To  be  in- 
t')ler«nt,  despotic  and  "wise  above  what  is 
^\ritten"  is  one  thing,  and  to  exercise  the  wis- 
dom that  is  from  above  is  another  thing.  We 
Jerl  that  on  holy  and  divine  thintrs  we  should 
all  have  liberty  to  8|>eak  through  the  B.  at  \V., 
but  when  any  of  us  abuse  this  liberty  we  need 
to  be  checked.  We  are  willing  that  you  should 
watch  us  for  good,  and  OS  editors  we  will,  by 
Gods  grace,  endeavor  to  extend  the  same  watch- 
ful care  over  coutributon*.  How  it  cheers  our 
hearts  when  «yriV»i'/ writes  to  us  and  tells  us 
of  our  erroHil  The  soul  is  enriched  by  the 
kind  a»d  brotherly  words  of  those  who  seek 
the  good  of  others:  and  as  we  are  all  labouring 
in  a  common  cause,  may  we  labor  together  in 
tlie  Spirit  of  the  Lord  Jeans.  We  all  feel  bet^ 
ter  when  we  agree. 

CITY  MISSION'S. 

BROTHER  D.  M.  Miller  and  the  writer  ar- 
rived at  tliis  jdaceon  Saturday,  Nov.  iJ2ud, 
and  the  same  evening  addressed  an  attentive  au- 
dience in  a  public  hall.  We  continued  our  la- 
bors during  the  following  week,  and  think  we 
now  have  a  little  experience  in  city  mission 
work.  Let  me  first  say  that  we  were  not  sent 
by  the  "City  Mission  Board,"  but  came  here  as 
Volunteers  on  the  call  of  Bro.  S.  H.  Swrgart 
who  lives  in  the  city.  He,  wife  and  son  are 
the  only  members  in  this  part  of  the  State, 
and  joy  fills  their  heaits  because  of  their 
Brethren's  presence.  They  are  devoted  to  the 
Master's  cause,  and  long  to  see  a  church  built 
up  here  so  that  they  may  eujoy  the  associations 
and  fellowship  of  kiudred  hearts.  This  is  a  city 
ot  three  or  four  thousand  inhabitants. 

Our  observations  are  that  to  do  effective  work 
in  cities,  a  good  and  comfortable  room  must  be 
engaged  for  at  least  one  month,  and  nainisters 
put  to  work  who  will  exercise  good  judgment, 
and  who  wJl  fearlessly  declare  the  whole  truth. 
To  aid  them,  band-bills,  stating  subjects  to  be 
treat,ed,  should  be  distributed  each  day.  Pos- 
ters, stating  where  the  meetings  are  being  held 
should  be  put  up  iu  all  public  places,  and  a 
notice  given  in  the  local  papers.  City  people 
rely  very  much  on  advertisements,  and  unless 
the  niissionaries  pursue  this  course,  they  will 
Liut  likely  have  very  many  to  listen  to  tliem. 
Nor  should  the  common  people  be  forgotten. 
The  tiaud-bitis  should  make  special  appeals  to 
these;  and  the  laboring  class,  should  be  told 
that,  as  a  people  we  are  common;  that  we  wel- 
come them  to  the  fold  of  Jesus,  and  that 
among  us  there  can  be  no  social  distinctions. 
This  class  of  people  in  the  cities  might  thus  be 
reached,  but  unless  special  efforts  be  made  to 
call  them  forth,  they  will  regard  us  as  they  do 
otiiers,  and  remain  away.  The  wealthy  are  so 
wrapt  in  pride  and  display  that  it  is  hard  for 
them  to  come  down  from  their  lofly  positions 
and  put  on  the  yoke  of  Jesus,  Those  of  them 
that  profess  Christianity,  are  so  cold  and  form- 
al, that  it  is  exceedingly  difiScalt  to  move  their 
hearts.  Occasionally  one  may  be  touched,  but 
ruffles,  nbbons,  tucks  and  laces,  abound  in 
such  profession  that  the  logic  of  Paul  and  the 
eloquence  of  Apollos  can  scarcely  move  them 
to  pity  themselves.  One  need  only  go  into  the 
aristocratic  churches  to  ascertain  the  want  of 
tliat  warm  and  sympathetic  love  that  must 
characterize  the  Christian.  Pride  shows  itself 
every  where.  0  this  ungodly  display!  How 
long  0  Lord,  must  these  things  curse  the  sons 
of  men!  Our  hearts  go  out  after  these  people, 
Ijut  when  they  will  not  hear,  our  worif  is  done, 
and  their  blood  will  not  be  upon  u^.  Then  in 
Older  to  accomplish  good  in  cities  the  common 
(leople  must  first  be  gained.  The  preacher 
will  give  up  these  readily,  for  they  are  no  profit 
to  him.  Only  such  as  can  supply  his  pantry, 
iiis  crib,  and  his  fashionable  garments  will  he 
hold  firm  in  his  grasp.  It  is  important  to  him 
who  is  lich  in  fleeces.  The  poor  who  can  con 
tribute  but  little  to  the  preacher's  support,  are 
often  Itft  to  seek  other  pastures.  We  know 
win  reof  we  affirm,  for  we  have  heard  ministers 
|)  an  and  arrange  how  certain  rich  men  should 
be  caught  iu  the  net.  Why?  "Because  they 
will  do  much  for  our  support,"  say  the  preach- 
■  rs. 

But  the  poorer  classes  may  be  gained  by  the 
Brethren.  It  is  easy  to  stand  off  and  imagine 
that  county  clerks,  judges,  lawyers,  doctors. 
\\\  'ichants,  brokers  and  traders  can  be  caught 


in  the  gospel  not,  but  a  littl*  effort  in  this  A' 
rectioD  on  the  part  of  enthusiasts,  will  gi* 
them  some  experience  that  may  be  vabufau 
We  do  not  say  that  some  of  the  "noble"  runv 
not  be  gained,  but  we  do  say  that  it  is  UBeleaa 
to  rely  on  this  class  out  of  which  to  build 
house  unto  the  Lord  in  cities.  Arouse  the  com 
mon  people,  persuade  them  of  the  advantages 
ot  the  whole  doctrine  of  Christ,  and  truth  will 
have  a  hold  upon  their  hearts  which  will  be 
monument  in  that  community. 


Iiil>. 


«■  M.  B. 


OIL  FOR  ANOINTING   PURPOSES 

IT  often  happens  that  the  calls  for  elders  to 
anoint  the  sick  come  upon  them  suddenly 
and  they  are  unprepared  to  furnish  such  oil  as 
our  holy  Christianity  demands.  We  do  not  be- 
lieve that  a  religion  so  pure  m  the  one  revealed 
from  heaven,  recjuires  impure  material  m  the 
furtherance  of  its  work  in  man.  We  there- 
fore suggest  to  the  churches  the  propriety  of 
purchasing  the  very  best  and  purest  olive  oil 
for  anointing  purposes,  and  have  it  put  into 
the  care  of  the  elder  or  overseer,  so  that  when 
it  is  needed  it  may  be  on  hand,  ready.  The 
leading  druggists  of  the  country  will  furnish  it. 
We  make  this  suggestion  for  the  good  of  our 
holy  religion.  Sometimes  such  oil  is  used  as 
emits  a  very  uupleasant  ojor,  thus  making  it 
disagreeable  to  the  sick  and  all  who  are  present, 
There  is  no  occasion  for  this.  The  best  oil 
should  be  used,  and  the^better  way  is,  to  keep 
it  constantly  on  hand.  The  ancients  were  very 
particular  as  to  the  kind  and  quality  of  oil  used- 
and  well  might  they  be,  for  the  Lord  required 
pure  olive  oil  im  occasions  of  anointing.  We 
should  be  no  less  particular  when  engaged  in 
the  work  of  our  Master.  m.  m  i* 


BRETHREN,  WHY  IS  ITP 

IITE  hear  much  said  iu  favor  of  paying  min- 
f  V  isters,  of  Tract  Societies,  of  missionary 
work,  with  the  City  Mission;  all  right  when 
said  according  to  gospel.  Much  money  is  be- 
ing raised,  or  called  for  at  this  time,  but  why 
is  it  when  a  call  is  maoe  for  the  atHicted  family 
iu  Missouri,  that  the  small  sum  of  $.5.00  can  on- 
ly be  raised.  It  ought  to  be  $800.00  iustead  of 
$8.00,  Brethren,  you  who  have  large  houses, 
and  have  quiet  children  think  of  this  poor  iam- 
ily  in  Missiouri,  and  open  your  purse, 

Ellen  Si-ukler. 

REl'LY. 

We  do  not  want  to  discourage  any  one  in 
giving,  for  the  Lord  knows  that  our  over-cau- 
tiousness often  makes  us  withhold  our  sympa- 
thies from  the  poor.  But  white  in  Missouri  we 
made  some  inquiry  in  the  case  alluded  to,  and 
while  no  one  doubted  the  needs  of  the  brother, 
yet  it  waa  thought  that  it  might  have  been  bet- 
ter to  have  made  the  appeal  to  the  adjoining 
churches  as  per  advice  of  General  Conference 
which  [is  as  follows:  'inasmuch  as  members 
have  been  imposed  upon  since  in  a  deceitful 
manner,  therefore  we  have  concluded  in  this 
present  great-meeting  unanimously,  that  here- 
after no  member  shall  be  allowed  to  go  himself 
to  another  church;  but  if  there  shouhl  be  found 
a  member  in  want  or  distress,  the  overseer  iu 
the  church  where  such  members  live,  is  to  hold 
counsel  with  the  church,  iu  order  to  see  wheth- 
er they  would  relieve  the  want,  and  if  so,  it 
should  not  go  any  further;  but  if  not,  then  the 
overseer,  with  the  counsel  of  the  church, 
.'houldsenda  letter  to  the  adjoining  church 
with  a  brother  of  his  church,  and  if  there  the 
want  can  be  relieved,  it  shall  go  no  further; 
but  if  the  want  be  redress  then  according  to 
the  finding  of  that  church,  it  should  be  pro- 
ceeded iu  the  same  manner  from  that  to  the 
next  church,  until  relief  is  obtained;  so  that 
our  loving  brethren  and  members,  who,  accord- 
ing to  the  doctrine  of  Paul,  are  willing  to  do 
fiojd  unto  all  men,  especially  unto  them  who 
aie  of  ilie  household  of  faith  (Gal.  6:  10)  may 
11)  longer  be  imposed  upon  iu  such  deceitful 
nnuL'uer.  This  is  not  to  be  understood  that 
>v^^  should  not  do  good,  also,  to  those  poor  with- 
<riit  the  (church." 

For  this  reasou  we  did  not  urge  our  readers 
to  respond  to  that  call,  dear  sister.       M.  m.  e. 


Brotiieu  Esheluan  when  last  heard  from 
'as  in  Minnesota.  Bro.  D.  M.  Miller  was  with 
iu-.    We  expect  him  home  this  week. 


THE    UHETHKKZSr    .A_T    AVOKIC. 


f 


IN0EBSOLL  CONVERTED. 


„  ,T  does  the  Bible  teach?  I  am  not  go- 
"  to  talk  about  what  this  minister 
■  '"^nister  says  it  l««ches;  but  what  does 
^'ir teach?  The  only  way  to  Snd  out  »  to 
'  ^  d  a  very  few  people  do  read  it.  and  that 
''■''  '"artly  why  so  many  dn  not  believe  it, 
P|'*'jjjcult  to  believe  what  we  never  saw 
'""  A  The  Bible  is  the  book  to  be  read 
'u'"ls  in  order  to  make  our  children  hon- 
table,  and  good;  this  is  the  book  that  we 
"''"'"  a"  in  order  that  we  have  ideas  of  mercy, 
'*'  ""^^j  jiislice;  il  is  the  book  we  must  read 
'"'''!!«  duties  to  God  and  to  our  fellow. 
'"m  learn  the  wisdom  and  power  of  Qod, 
'  loiance,  stupidity,  aVrogance  and  de- 
jdence  ^ 

,  than  to  behold  evil 
Hah.  1;  13. 


subtance — all  spirit.    She  has   real  powers  of    soul,  it  would  be  for  thousands,  hence  wish   a  I  pray  and  prophecy  with  bis  head  covered? 
body,  mind  and  soul,  and  we  certainly  pay  her    large  circulaliou:  yet  we  think  there  may  be       H.  By  no  means,  for  Paul  here  lays  down 


of  man. 

Bible  we  learn  that  God  is  of  purer 

and  cannot  look  on 

'"'"""'ll,,!,   1:  13.     To  impart  His  hatred 


M' 


loil.v 


ishment 


,lit. 


God  must  tell  us  what  is  his  punisl 
"'  We  understand  the  degree  ol  a  crime 
We  do  not 


the  punishment  inflicted  for  it. 
•Jer  stealing  as  bad  as  murdering,  although 
'°il  are  heinous  crimes,  and  we  express  this 
*     „ce  by  the  punishment  we  inflict  for  the 
.        If  Gud  punished  sin  lightly,  would  we 
'"ffeel  that  he  had  very  little   objection  to  it? 
'Vljniidels  take  the  punishment  for  sin  as 
™i,bments  for  virtue,  and  then  ask  y.ra  wheth- 
think   a  Qod   of  mercy  would  do  so. 
'',„  mil  take  such  scriptures  as  may  be  found 
Deut.  22:42,  Ps.  T8:  23,  Deut.   7:23,  24, 
h  11:  7-23,  Ex.  32:  29  and  pervert  them 
J  shout  in  mad  declamation  that  a  God   of 
"      never  would  wreak  his  vengeance  on  the 
"  t  blossoms  of  iunoeenco  and  helplessness, 
a  i,  said  to  be  plenteous  in  mercy,  and  so  he 
but  one  of  his  attributes  never  lives  at  the 
arense  of  another.    His  mercy  does  not  make 
tim  unjust,  nor  does  his  justice  make  him  un- 
merciful. 

Infidels  say  the  Bible  does  not  tench  political 
Mom.    Does  the  Bible  teach  that  one  mau 


3  another? 


.„  the  right  to  tyrannic  and  ojipvess 
Bms  the  Bible  not  teach  man  to  love  his  neigh- 
himself?  Have  infidels  a  rule  by  which 
„en  could  live  and  be  happier  than  by  this? 
■8  the  Bible  teach  man  to  be  cruel,  lasciv- 
vul"ar?  D'jes  the  Bible  teach  him  to  lie, 
lltai  hate  and  murder?  If  all  men  were  Chris- 
lians-like  Christ-would  there  be  any  wars? 
,ny  quarrels?  any  misers?  any  slanderers? 
.„d  adulterers?  any  defrauders?  Would  there 
beany  evil  of  any  kiiul?  Did  Christ  ever  do 
wrong  to  any  man?  Did  he  not  sufter  the  ut- 
Bostcruelty  and  ignominy  as  a  transgressor 
when  he  was  the  most  innocent  person  on  the 
t.ce  of  the  e.irth?  Although  Lord  of  lords 
mi  King  of  kings  did  he  ever  manifest  any 
Jiposition  of  pride,  arrogance,  or  tyranny? 
Did  he  ever  attempt  a  scheme  by  which  he 
could  get  clear  of  piyingMiis  honest  debts,  or 
by  which  he  could  reduce  the  poor  and  hum- 
ble to  slavery,  beggary,  and  want? 

Infidels  say  the  Bihle  does  not  give  woman 
her  riohts.     They  aav  she  is  not  treated  as  she 
ou.ht'to  treated.    Now  let  us  read  the  Bible 
mdsee  whether  this  is  true  or  not.     "Whoso 
Bndeth  a  wife  fimleth  a  good  thing,  nnd  obtain, 
eth  favor  of  the  L«id."-Prov.  23:  32.  Is  there 
anv  deprecation  of  woman  in  this?     "I'or  this 
cause  shall  a  man  leave  his  ;father  and  mother, 
and  shall  he  joined   unto   his   wife,   and   tbey 
two  shall  be  one  flesh."-Eph.  :,:  31     The 
question  is  here  brought  to   a  focus.    It   tells 
exactly  in  what  esteem  woman  is  held  by  man. 
It  is  here  said  that  a  mau  shall  leave  father  and 
mother,  break  the  nearest,   dearest,  tenderest 
lies  of  relationship-for  what?  to  get  a  slave? 
It  so  we  confess  it  is  a  high  encomium  on 
common  sense  of  man.    N":'',the  Bibl. 
not  say  so.    Does  the  Bible  say  a  man  shall  be 
joined  unto  his  wife  and  she:shall  be  his  shrr.^ 
Not  ciuite;   "thi.y  two  shall   be    one     fl.-sh. 
This  makes  it  impossible  for  a  man  who  lives 
b,  Ihe  law  of  Christ  to  enslave  his  wife.   What- 
ever he  makes  of  her  he  must  make  of  himself, 
because   they   are  "me  JkM'      We    have  no 
sympathy,  however,  tor  that  doctrine  that  wo- 
man is  man's  great  superior  houso-plant-soine- 
thmg  to  be  watered,  to  he  set  in  the  sun  m  the 
Winter  and  in  the  shade  in  the  Summer.     We 
would  cast  no  such  reflection  on  woman  as  to 
announce  her  unfitness  for  the  realities  of  We. 
k   woman   (we   don't   mean  a  butterfly)    has 
strength  a,  a  man  has.    She  is  not  an  ethereal 


no  compliment  to  prepare  a  shelf  for  htfr  in  lifo 
and  stow  her  away  as  a   web   of  aiusliu.     We 
believe  wnriiau  to  be  possessed  with  the  same 
powers,  aame  desires,  the  same  aspirations  and 
the  same  passions  with  which  man  is.    This  ac- 
cords with  the  history  of  her  creation.      Adam 
said  she  is  "bone  of  my  bones  and   flesh  of  raj 
flesh."     So  it  would  be  utterly  impossible  from 
this  account  of  her  creation  being  the  bone  aud 
flesh  of  man  to  make  her  either  inferior  or  su- 
perior to  him.     Paul  in  1  Cor.  11.  expres^eathe 
tnie  relation  of  man  to  woman.  He  says  neither 
one  is  without  the  other,  yet  each,  in  the  econ- 
omy of  nature,  operates  in  a  realm  peculiar   to 
his  adaptation.      Hut  never  dues  the  Bible  give 
mau  the  authority    to    make   woman    a  slave. 
1'aul  in  this  same  chapter  teaches  man  to  have 
the  same  regard  for  woman  that  Christ  had  for 
the  church.     This  ought  forever  to  settle  the 
question  as  to  whether  the  Bible  degrades  wo- 
man or  not.     We  challenge  any    man   or  wo- 
man to  produce  any  scripture  which  authorizes 
a  man  to  enslave  his  wife.     It  does  not  teach  it. 
And  so  far  as  we  know  there  is  not  even  one 
single  church  making  the  profesi?ion  of  Christi- 
anity that  teaches  that  man  has  a  right  to  en- 
slave woman.    One  of  two  things  is  absolutely 
■  ertaiu;  either  infidels  do  not  know  what  the 
Bible  does  teach,  or  they  are  untruthful. 

The  Bible  in  defining  the  liberties  of  woman 
says.  "The  wife  is  bound  by  the  law  as  long  as 
her  husband  liveth,  but  if  her  husband  be  dead 
she  is  at  liberty  to   be   married   to   whom   she 
will."     Ought   woman    to    have    more  liberty 
than  this?    Are  her  rights  too  much  abridged? 
Does  any   infidel  believe  that  his  wife  would 
bf-  better  if  she  could  marry   ^gain    aud    again 
while    "her   husband    liveth"    "to  whom    she 
IP'?    ".Ml  the  language  in  the  world  is  not 
suflicient  to  express  the  infamy  of  polygamy; 
t  makes  man  a  beast  and  woman  a  stone.    It 
destroys  the  fireside  and  makes  virtue  an  out- 
cast.    It  takes  from  our  language  those  sweet-  I 
est  words:  father,  husband,  wite   and    mother, 
and  takes  us  back  to  barbarism,  and   fills  our 
hc-jirts  with    che  crawling,    wlimy   serpents    of 
loathsome  lust."  t 

The  Bible  says,  "Husbands,  love  your  wives, 
even  as  Christ  also  loved  the  church,  and  gave 
himself  Ibr  it."— Eph.   5:  25.    Now  bear  in 
mind  this  is  what  the  Bihh'   teaches   man,  not 
witat  some   miuister    or    comnieutator     says. 
What  claim  can  a  woman  make  that  would  re- 
quire more  than  this?    What  more  than  this 
have  infidels  to  grant  woman?     Who  has  ever 
known  a  Christian,  I  mean    a  man    truly    like 
Christ,  not  a  miserable  professor  only,  who  will 
lie,  and  steal,  aud  cheat,  and  quarrel  witi  his 
neishbors,  but  a  mau   who  abounds  in  every 
good  work— who,   w^  ask,   has   never   known 
such  a  man  to  abuse  his  wife,  or  make  a  slave 
of  ber?     If  the  world  was  only  lull  of  families 
where  the  father  aud  mother  were  both  consist- 
ent and  devoted  Christians,  this  earth  would  be 
a  heaven  and  every  home  would  be  a  paradise. 
Birds  would  sing,   flowers   would   bloom,  and 
suus  would  never  set.    Oh,  ifuagine   such   a 
world!  s-'-^- 


oven  tito  much  coaxing  in  thia    matter.     Occa-  1  a  Gospel  ordtr,  which  I  under»tand  applies  to 
sionally  we  must  say  something  about  our  bus-  I  man  either  in  public  or  priratt-  adminint ration, 
iiess;  but  our  readers  understand  this.  They  ee«        .V.  But  does  not  apply  to  woman  either  pob- 
the  difl'ereuce  bttweeu  a  matter  of  necessity  and  |  licly  or  privately,  does  it? 

//.  Surely  not;  for  she  is  not  entrusted  with 
the  public  ministry. 


an  overdose.  We  shall  soon  complete  our 
Rgrfementwilh  you  for  ISTft  and  stand  ready  to 
make  another  fur  ISSO.  As  already  observed, 
we  shall  most  gladly  welcome  yon  all  to  come 
aud  help  along  the  good  cause  during  ISSO, yet 
we  are  not  inclined  to  coax  and  perfluad«you  a- 
gainst  your  will.  Do  what  seemeth  good  to 
yon:  and  may  the  Lord  not  only  enrich  you  aud 
us  with  grace  in  the  present  world,  but  may 
his  tender  love  and  abundant  goodness  he  giv- 
en unto  us  in  the  mansiona  of  eteru  al  bliss. 
M.  M,  E. 


.V.  You  anstnnt  that:  now  1  Cor.  11:5  iaeith- 
er  a  public  or  private  duty  or  both.  How  can 
this  be  evaded? 

To  this  Hermaa  made  nr>  answer,  henc^  the 
correspond"Uce  necessarily  ceased. 


)nv,  ^xWti  ^lass. 


'  Th4  Worth  of  Truth  no  Tongue  Can  Tell." 


GOOD  THOTJGHTS  FROM  OTHEBS. 


WE  rejoice  in  the  good,  lipuce  with  pleasure 
citnimend  the  following  from  our  ex- 
changes as  being  fatness  for  the  poul.  We  re- 
gret that  our  limited  space  forbids  a  more  ex- 
tensive gathering  of  pearls: 

"What  if  men  of  the  world,  or  worldly-mind^ 
ed  men  in  the  church,  should  stigmatize  us  as 
enthusiasts  or  even  fanatics?  This  should  not 
discourage  us.  If  there  is  damnation  to  the 
ungodly,  unless  they  repent,  should  we  not  be 
instant  in  season,  io  endeavoring  to  save  theiu? 
if  you  wished  to  rescue  persons  from  a  burn- 
ing building,  would  you  pause  to  cnnsult  your 
neighbors  in  reference  to  the  matter?  No;  you 
would  go  to  work  in  earnest,  with  love  to  those 
posed  to  diiuger,  and  you  would  not  allow 
any  interference;  and  if  in  your  enthusiasm 
ou  should  smash  a  window  or  a  door  that 
night  have  b>'en  saved,  every  one  would  excuse 
you  for  it.  So  there  should  be  enthusiasm  in 
religion — in  saving  souls;  aud  little  iut'ormali- 
ties  in  the  execution  of  the  work  will  he  ex^- 
cmeA.'''— Progressive  Christian. 

The  Primitive  Christian  speaks  oat  on  coc:- 
plaint^  in  the  following  vigorous  manner; 

"From  one  of  our  most  wealthy  localities  we 
have  a  lot  of  complaints  like  the  fnlNiwing: 
'Ton  much  begging  for  money;  too  much  blow- 
ing,' &c.,  &c.,  (ic.     Welt  now  there  may  be  a 
little  too  much  of  all  this  and  theu  again  there 
may  U'tt  be.     At  any  rate  we  do  not  believe  we 
I  blow  half  as  much  about  our  paper,  as  some  of 
our  brethren  do  about  their  farms,  their  houses 
and  their  tine  stock      If  any  uf  you  have  a  fine 
horse  you  do  not  generally  torget  to  tell  it,  not 
only  ouce,  but  many,  many  times,  and  it  may 
not  be  a  much  greater  wrong  if  we  tell  our  pa- 
trons that  we  are    going    to   give   them   goiid 
reading  matter.     At  any    rate  it  may  not   be 
much  more  wrong  to  glory  a  little  in  a  sermon 
or  religious  article,  that  has  the  cross  ot  Christ 
in  it,  than  in  a  farm,  or  even  a  house,  or  cow. 
Now  we  are  not  going  to  say  that  we  are  do- 
ing just  right;  we  are  liable  to  err,   but  some 
brethren  st>e  only  one  side  of  a  question,    and 
then  too.  the  mere  mention  of  money  is  a  terri- 
ble thing.     They  don't  think  that  they  them- 
selves handle  it  every  day,  and  that  two  thirds  i 
tii  their  time,  talents,  aud  energies  are  spent  to  | 
get  it,  and  if  thev,  like  the  rich  young  mini, 
were  required  to  sell  all    they  had    and  give  to 
the  poor,  thev  would  go  away  sorrowtul.     W  e 
certainly  have  a  right  to  ask  lor    what   is    hon- 
estly coming  to  us,  iiud  to  our  knowledge  we 
IiHve  done  nothing  more.     We  have  asked  for 
money  to  help  our   missionary,  and  all  other 
laudable  enterprises,  and  if  this  is  referred  to, 
we  have  no  apology  to  otfer.     We  would  much 
rather  be  the  beggar  for  such  enterprises  than 
the  fault-finder." 


This  departmenl  Is  ilesii^ned  for  asking  and  an- 
iwering  questions.  dr;iwii  fmm  ttie  IJlble.  In  cr- 
ier to  promote  tlie  Truth,  all  questions  should  Iw 
brief,  and  clothed  lu  Blmple  lHnguii|;e.  We  ahftU 
assign  questioua  to  our  contributors  to  answer, 
bat  this  does  not  exclude  any  others  writing  upon 
ttie  same  topic. 


Win  some  one  i»leiise  expUiu  the  GLIi  and  6th 
verses  ot  the  6th  cliapter  of  Ueveljitions?  It  reada 
HsfulU^ws:  "And  wlieu  he  liad  onenod  the  third 
deal.  1  heard  the  third  beast  say.  Come  and  see. — 
And  I  beheld,  and  lo,  a  black  horse;  and  he  that 
aat  on  him  had  a  piilr  of  balances  in  bis  hand. 
Aud  I  beard  a  voice  in  the  midst  of  the  four  beaata 
»ay,  A  nie:iaure  of  wheat  for  a  penny,  and  three 
meiuiures  of  barley  for  a  penny ;  and  see  thou  hurt 
not  the  oil  and  the  wine.' 

A.  Nhlson  Graybill- 

1N  this  chapter  the  diflerent  spirits  of  God 
are  set  forth  as  in  Zech.  6:  5.  In  the  second 
verse  the  Kevelator  says,  "I  saw  ami  beheld  a 
bite  horse."  White  is  an  emblem  of  i>eace, 
ud  typifies  the  era  of  success  attending  the 
early  preaching  of  the  Gospel.  In  the  fourth 
verse  the  red  horse  denotes  war  and  desolation, 
and  refers  to  the  era  nf  the  world's  history 
when  Pagan  Rome  became  Papal  Rome  upon 
the  conversion  of  the  Emperor  Conatautine  in 
the  sixth  century.     Rev.  12:  4-T,^and  17:  6. 

In  the  sixth  verse  the  black  horse  denotes 
wrath,  <ir  in  ()ther  words  the  vengeance  %i 
God  as  meted  out  fn  the  oppressors  of  his  peo- 
ple. Rev.  16:  2.  The  balances  typify  justice, 
equality — a  fit  representation  of  the  era  that 
dawned  upon  the  world  through  the  reformar 
tion,  when  millions  who  had  been  the  dupes  of 
those  who  falsified  the  balances  and  bought  the 
needy  for  a  pair  of  shoes,  (Amos  S: -l-^l,  threw 
olf  the  yoke  of  bondage  aud  asserted  the  tree- 
dom  that  belongs  to  the  free-born. 

J.  F.  Ebrrsolb. 


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COAXING    SUBSCRIBERS. 

WH ILE  we  desire  all  our  subscribers  to  renew, 
and  will  welcome  the  new  ones   too.  yet 
we  do  not  wish  to  say  much  about  it.    We  are 
confident  that  our  readers  are  abundantly  able  to 
determine  whnt  will  do  them  the   most  good, 
and  will  act  accordingly.     We  might  invite  vou 
.onstautly  to  subscribe  yet  if  you  dul   not  re- 
gard the  paper  as  edifying  to  you  our  mvita- 
U.ms    would   avail  nothing.      Then,  too  we 
might  <dten  tell  you  that  we  are  trying  to  g^ 
you  a  good  paper,  and  you  might   reply,   well 
ju.t  quit  trying  and  give  the  f,ood  pnper.   '  This 
is  like  the  man  who  prayed,  "Lord  we  desire  to 
a.k  thee  for  thy  blessing,"  and  a  devoted  saint 
wondered  why  he  did  not  ask  for  the  blessing, 
instead  of  telling  the  Lord   that  he  desired   to 
a,k     So  with  journalism;  we  should  not  sim- 
ply try  to  produce  an  acceptable  paper,  hut/n-o- 
,h,n'  it      A  Brother  writes;    "Give  us  a  good 
paper  aud  we  will  read  It.    I  recently  took  up 
n   paper  and  found  fourteen  invitations  tosub- 
.cTibe.  and  this  disgustei  me  so  that   I  would 
not "    There  it  is:  too  much  invitation:  and  we 
recognize  the  force  of  the  Brother's  objections 
and  the  justice   of  his  suggestion.     We  may 
sometimes  be  too  anxious;  yet  we   feel  that  if 
the  paper  is  good  for  the  edification  of  one 


SISTERS   PRAYING    AND  PROPH- 
ESYING PUBLICLY. 


TWO  Brethren  recently  held  a  little  written 
discussion  upon  this  subject,  and  as  it 
may  be  of  interest  we  give  it  to  our  readers 
under  the  names  Hermas  aud  Nereus,  for  we 
believe  they  possess  in  a  measure  the  charac- 
teristics of  these  early  lovers  of  truth. 

Nereus,  Does  not  1  Cor.  11;  5  teach  that  a 
woman  may  pray  and  prophe-y  publicly? 
Hennas.  It  don't  say  publicly. 
A^  Doesitsay.  ;)WrflM*/? 
//.  No;  therefore  there  is  no   proof  in  that 
text  either  way. 

.Y.  But  1  Cor.  11:  5  must  be  obeyed:  where? 
//.  Paul  is  here  giving  order  in  keeping  the 
ordinances.  Prophesying  foretells  future 
events.  The  ordinances  joint  like  a  compass 
with  two  needles;  one  points  back  to  the  cru- 
cifixion, the  other  forward  to  the  .second  com' 


Will  some  one  pleitse  es|iliiin  Mntt.  12;  40?  It 
reads  as  follows:  "For  as  Jonah  w.is  three  dayi 
and  three  nights  in  the  whale's  belly;  so  shall  the 
Son  of  man  be  three  days  and  three  nights  in  the 
heiut  of  the  earth."  U.  K.  Kadki-y. 

GOD  commanded  Jonah  to  preach  to  the  cit- 
izens of  the  great  city,  Nineveh,  because 
of  her  great  wickedness.  In  this  Jonah  was 
ob.^tinate  in  the  first  calling,  but  took  ship  for 
Tarshish;  and  in  consequence  of  this,  the  sea 
became  boisterous  so  that  they  could  not  sail. 
But  Jonah  must  be  cast  overboard  into  the  sea, 
"Now  the  Lord  hud  prepared  a  great  fish  to 
swallow  Jonah,  and  Jonah  was  in  the  belly  of 
the  fish  three  days  and  three  nights."— Jonah 
1 :  IS.     Read  the  entire  chapter. 

The  above  is  a  cnndensed  history  of  .lonah 
in  the  fish'e  belly.    Npw  for  the  explanation. 
I     "For  Christ  also  hath  once  suH'ered  for  sine, 
the  just  for  the  unjust,  that  be  may  bring  us 
to  God,  being  put  to  death    in    the    flesh,   but 
quickened  by  the  Spirit;  by  which  also  he  went 
and  preached  unto  the  SpiritsJ  in   prison."—! 
Peter  3:  IS,  1!'.    Christ  being  put  to  d'  i.th  in 
the  flesh,  but  was  made  alive  bylthe  Spirit  by 
which  (the  Spirit)  also  he  went  and  preached 
to  the  Spirits  in  prison,  I  understand  that  while 
the  body  ot  Jesus  lay  in  the  tomb  (m-t  in  the 
heart  but  in    the    surface   of  the  eartli )    three 
days  and  three  nights,  his  Spirit  went  out  aud 
preached  to  the  Spirits  in  prison— to  the  ante- 
diluvian world,  and  those  thatjbelieved  his  doo- 
trine  were  released   from   that   prison.    "For, 
f.)r  this  cause  was  the  gospel  preached  also  to 
them  that  are  dead  that  they  might  be  judged 
according  to  men  in  the  flesh,  but  lire  accord- 
ng  t)  God  in  the  Spirit"  (I  Peter  4:  ri).  those 


iug.  a*  future  event,  and  it  is  shown  by  an  ad.       antediluviuns  that  were  shut  up  in  that  prision 
V   Then  woman   is   to   pray  and   prophesy    were  uot    only   "dead,"   tunporally.   lut  ^80 


when  the  ordinances  are  beingol  serv.d,  is  she? 

H.  Yei,  in  <i<-t  and  heart  which  can  be  done 
silently  withmt  preaching. 

.V.  Then  m  ui  is  )iemittel  to  do  more,  is  he  ? 

H.  Yes,  because  to  him  is  given  the  public 
ministry. 

.V.  Then  ou  any  other  occasion  mau  may 


Spirituallv— dead  in  tresspasses  and  sins,  for 
this  reas'oii  the  gospel  of  Christ  n;ust  be 
preached,  "also  to  them  that  are  d.-nd"  that 
they  may  be  judijed  as  men  in  the  flesh,  for 
Hod  will  not  judge  luiv  man  by  a  law  that  he 
is  ignorant  of,  neither  can  he  be  saved  uuUm 
lie  has  faith  in  the  LonI  JeMis  Christ  and  bi< 
ffvealed  will,  Jonah  being  the  tvpe  and  Christ 
the  auti-type.  J.  G-  Wixby. 


THK    lUJKXMiiK^f    ^X    WOlili. 


December 


lljutiir  niid  Ipatiiifu. 


agvuient  they  briuf<*     Uive  your  smiles   aluo  to    aad  tliirsty  traveler.     We   etijoy    being    loved 


VM,  siilniiil  your- 
CliiMr.-ii.  obey 


Htisb:iililt 

■•IvPB  unto  .  _      _ ._ _  __ _  _^  ____ 

yottr  par«>iits,  Falhers.  ii[x>vok«iiotyourcliildr«n  to    -,f  vnur  IiFa 
wrath,  luit  bring  (hi-m  up  in  the  uurtur*^  aiid  ad-  J       ^         '"*'■ 
monition  of  tdo  Ivonl.    N?r^•llnt9.  be  obedient  to 
tbem  Uiiit  ;Ln*  your  miuCuRi.— I'al-l. 


the  aged.  TJiey  come  to  thi.-m  like  the  quiet 
rain  of  the  Sumoier,  making  freah  and  verdant 
the  loDR,  wear}'  path  of  life.  Ttiey  look  for 
them  from  you,  who  are  rejoicing  in  thefallne^ 


OVER  THE  RIVER. 


SELEJTED  Iiy   I 


WHAT  IS  HOME  WITHOUT  A 
MOTHER? 


IIY  8AHAH  C.  UtlXER. 


This  beautiful  pot-iii  by  an  Aroerlcaii  writer, 
Miss.  I'rirst,  lias  comniauded  the  admiration  of  all 
readers  duriitR  the  many  rounds  it  has  niadt-  (rf"  tin 
newapapPF  and  Mapij-lne  preas  in  the  Iit.it  tm 
yeari.  To  those  whu  have  liial  iutinaat*-  friunds— 
and  wliu  tas  not?-~»on)e  of  tho  aUaaiouR  are  inex- 
pressihiy  stfectlng.  Many  a  moi9t*nod  eye  will 
follow  the  linos: 
Owr  the  riT«r  the;  beckon  to  mc, 

Lo*M  ones  wbo'ic  goat  (o  tho  oth«r  hiWo, 
Tbe  glrain  of  ihoir  trnowj  robca  I  src, 

3ut  Ihrir  voiccn  nro  lose  in  tliv  ijMhing  liUo, 
Then's  one  ttitb  ringlcln  ofsunoy  gol'l, 

AndryM  the  retloclion  of  IIcavoD'a  own  bluv- 
HvcroMFtl  in  rhu  Iwilighl  gmy  nnil  clO, 

.\tiil  llie  p»1d  nibt  bi<l  him  from  morlul  yitn. 
W«  inw  iiol  .III'  nngelf!  who  mcl  him  there, 

The  goto  of  ihc  ciiy  we  eouM  oot  tee; 
Orer  Uic  river,  o»cr  the  ri*er, 
Mj  molbor  niiindii  reA<l/  to  iielcome  mo. 

Orer  ibc  riTCr  the  UokUnnn  pale, 

OBrrie<i  another— the  boimehoM  pet; 
Her  bright  curl*  waved  lu  the  genllc  gale- 
Darling  Miuiiie,  1  nee  her  jet! 

She  pretsecl  un  her  bojom  bcr  iliinplcd  hanrl. 
Aoil  fckrlewly  I'ulerod  Ibc  phantom  bark. 

Wo  WALahoil  it  glide  from  tho  Rikery  vanJit, 
And  all  our  Kuniihino  grow  strangely  dark, 

We  know  nbo  In  Hafb  on  ibe  other  aide. 
Where  all  Ibr  rnuaonied  nnd  atigcls  be: 

Orir  tte  river,  Ibo  myNlio  river, 

My  cbildreu*  iJoji  arc  wailiug  for  mo. 

Foraone  return  lu  ihoHe  <jiiie(  HborvH 

Who  cross  with  the  boalniun  coM  ond  pule; 
Wc  hoar  the  dij.  uf  the  golden  otir», 

We  oatch  a  g loam  of  llie  nnony  sail. 
.Kuil  lol  ibey  hnyc  paeaed  from  our  heart— 

They  crots  ibo  alietm  itiid  nro  gone  for  aye! 
We  oaiiuotnuudfr  the  vail  apart, 

Tb&thidoi  from  our  vioion  Ibc  galcAofday; 
Wo  only  know  (faui  their  Urkti  no  moro 

Shall  sail  wilb  oiira  on  Iiro*ii  stormy  eeo. 
Vet  sotaehuw  1  bopo  on  tho  unseen  abore 

They  waliih  nnd  beckon  wd  wait  forme. 
And  Isil  and  think  when  IboBUrjaol's  gold 

Is  flushing  river,  bill  and  aboio, 
I  efaalt  one  day  Minnd  by  the  water  culd. 

And  list  to  the  sound  of  tho  boatman's  osr; 
I  Bhall  walch  for  Ibo  gleam  of  Ibu  Happing  sui), 

I  shall  bear  the  boat  lu  il  gains  the  strand, 
I  »bal]  pass  Trout  sight  wllb  Iho  boatman  (iLile, 

To  the  better  nhore  of  Ibo  apiril  latid? 
I  ihall  know  the  loved  who  have  gone  before. 

And  joyfully  sweet  shall  Ihcmceiiiig  be. 
When  over  the  river,  tho  peaceful  river. 
The  angel  of  death  shiill  carry  me! 


DEAK 
whal 


reader,  have  you  ever  experienced 
hat  home  is  without  a  mother?  Indeed 
there  is  nothing  so  sad  in  this  life  a»  to  part 
with  a  kind  niotlier;  no  earthly  friend  is  a^  near 
to  you  as  yoiir  own  mother.  My  dear  niotht-r 
ban  been  dead  over  six  years,  btit  she  often 
■omestomy  memory,  and  then  I  think  how 
disobedient  I  was  to  lier  sometiujt-R.  and  aoi 
made  to  ft-el  Horrj-  for  it.  but  I  always  was  ready 
and  williHR  to  wait  on  her  when  fihe  wa-*  sick, 
and  thouglit  I  could  not  do  enough  for  her. 
My  mother's  love  will    never  be  forgotten. 

Young  friend,  your  mother  is  much  con- 
cerned about  you;  she  in  always  ready  and  wil- 
ling to  help  you  in  time  of  need.  During 
Hicknesfl  she  is  the  6r8t  one  to  lend  a  helping 
hand.  She  is  also  much  concerned  in  regard 
to  your  future  welfare,  and  often  offers  up 
prayers  to  God  in  yoor  behalf  during  tbe  silent 
hours  of  the  night.  Di  not  be  disobrdient  to 
your  mother  for  she  is  the  be.tt  and  ueareat 
friend  you  have  in  this  ivicked  worid,  and  when 
she  is  lying  beneath  the  clods  of  the  valley  you 
will  then  realize  the  worth  of  a  mother's  love. 


and  administered  unto;  how  careful  ought  we 
to  be,  then,  to  minister  unto  others.  Such  lit- 
tle duti'-^  of  love  and  kindness  may  seem  to  us 
small,  but  to  God  they  may  be  counted  among 
his  grandest  works. 

In  these  seemingly  small  mission  fields,  we 
should  "weary  not  in  well  doing,  for  in  due 
wason  we  shall  reap  if  we  faint  not."  Let  each 
dixcouraged  CJiristian  take  the^e  words  to  him- 
self, and  a^k  God  foT  renewed  strength  to  sow 
and  till  his  mission  Geld.  Seek  to  sow  it 
with  seeds  of  good  deedi,  benevolent  acts,  kind 
words,  love,  sympathy,  purity — everything  that 
will  add  to  God's  honor  and  glory.  Let  us  not 
neglect  the  work,  but  see  that  each  hour  wit- 
ness some  mission  of  love  recorde4i  in  the  Lamb's 
Book  of  Life.— CrWrfifM  Censer. 


Kerok,  or  Tarichea,  a  town  which  anciemi 
stflod  here.     From  tliis  ridge    we  obtained 
first  full  view  ot  the  famous  lake,  and  we  o  '^^^ 
upon  it  with  deep  interest  for  a  long  tjnjg    -^ 
view  was   in    two  respects   dieappoiutjng.   m' 
lake  appeared  smaller  than  it  really   ig,  ^\  ..  "' 
mountains  ail  around    seemed  to  rise  abrii  ^T' 
from    the  water'b    edge,    without   the  sloi '  ^ 
beacties  and  narrow    valleys    which    we   kn  ^ 
were  there  in  many  pbwea.     But  the  deen  \  i 
sheet  of  water   iti^elf,  widening  as   it   stretcl  J 
away  to»"ards  the  north,  and  the   tawny  hli 


1,.5U0  feet  high  on  tho   west,  and   1,S08 


FROM  PALESTINE. 


NXTkllillB  XXXill. 


The  Lake  of  Galilee. 


rpH 


Lima,  Ohio. 


YOUR  MISSION. 


A  WAYSIDE  COURTESY. 

I  WAS  once  walking  a  short  distance  beliind 
a  haudsomelj'-dressed  young  lady,  and 
thinking,  as  I  looked  at  her  beautiful  clothes, 
"I  wcmder  if  she  takes  as  much  pains  with  her 
heart  as  she  does  with  her  body."  A  poor  old 
man  was  coming  up  the  walk  with  a  loaded 
wheelbarrow,  and  just  before  he  reached  us  he 
made  two  attempt*  to  go  into  the  yard  of  a 
small  house;  but  the  gate  was  heavy,  and  would 
swing  back  before  he  could  get  througli.  "Wait," 
said  the  young  girl,  springing  slightly  forward, 
'Til  hold  the  gate  open."  And  she  held  the 
gat«  open  till  he  passed  in,  and  received  his 
thanks  with  a  pleasant  smile  as  she  went  on. 
'She  deserves  to  have  beautiful  clothes,"  I 
thought;  "For  a  beautiful  spirit  dwells  in  her 
breast."— .V.  S.  Advocak. 

A  CHEERFUL  FACE. 

CARRY  the  radiance  of  your  soul  in  your 
face.  Let  the  world  have  the  benetit  of  it. 
Let  your  cheerfulness  be  felt  lor  good  wherever 
you  are,  and  let  your  smiles  be  scattered  like 
sunbeams  "on  the  just  as  well  as  on  the  unjust." 
Such  a  disposition  will  yield  a  rich  reward,  for 
its  happy  effects  come  home  to  you  and  bright- 
tn  your  thoughtful  moments.  Cheerfulness 
makes  the  mind  cl^r,  gives  tone  to  your 
thought,  adds  grace  to  the  countenance.  Jou. 
bert  says:  "When  you  give,  give  with  joy.  smi- 
ling." Smiles  are  little  thiugd,  and  cheap  arti- 
cles to  be  fraught  with  so  many  blessings  both 
to  the  giver  and  receiver;  pleasant  little  ripples 
to  watch  as  we  stand  on  the  shore  of  every-Klay 
life.  They  are  the  higher  and  better  reponses 
of  Nature  io  the  emotions  of  the  soul.  Let  the 
children  have  the  benefit  of  them— those  little 
ones  who  need  the  suuBhine  of  the  heart  to  ed- 
ucAte  them,  and  would  find  sympathy  for  their 

buoyant  nature  in  the  cheerful,   loving  faces  of  |  patby  to  those  around  us. 
those  who  need  them.    Let  them  not   be  kept  |  sucti  miniateriu; 


DO  you  see  that  small  fountain  of  pure  water 
gushin-,'  forth  from  every  hillside?  Did 
God  put  it  there  for  any  purpose?  Uas  it  any 
work  to  perform  in  this  world  of  practical  du- 
Ities?  Go  ask  it,  and  if  it  could  answer  in  lan- 
I  guage  you  could  understand,  it  would  tell  you 
how  it  filled  its  little  mission  by  quenching  the 
thirst  of  many  poor,  weary  travelers  who  stop 
to  drink  from  its  cooling  waters,  and  go  on 
their  way  rejoicing. 

We  look  into  the  violets'  winsome  faces,  and 
they  seem  to  whisper  to  us  wf>nderfui  tales  of 
the  missions  of  love  they  have  performed.  Their 
cheery  faces  seem  to  <ipeak  words  of  comfort  to 
the  sick,  and  add  new  life  to  [those  who  admit 
them  into  their  presence. 

In  early  Spring  we  throw  open  our  windows 
to  breathe  the  fresh  morning  air,  and  the  first 
sound  that  greets  our  ears  is  the  robin's  rich, 
melodious  voice.  As  we  listen,  we  feel  he  has 
been  sent  to  tell  us  of  love  and  beauty  in,  the 
world  aiotiud  us,  and  our  hearts  feelj  in  harmo- 
ny with  all  things  lovable.  Jf,  perchance,  the 
heart  was  sad,  it  cannot  help  being  made  mer- 
ry by  the  robin's  sweet  notes. 

And  thus  WG  might  study  all  Nature,  and 
find  that  everything   seems  to  have  some  spe- 


\Tiata  lh»  "fSbiiaxXna  8l.iridiird"  \ij  ipwlBl  Amos*m»Dt.1 

HE  Lake  ol  Galilee  puisesses  so  much  inter- 
est in  the  mind  of  every  reader  ot  the  New 
Testament,  that  I  have    concluded  to  devote  to 
it  one  entire    letter.     We    approached  it    from 
the  south  by  ascending  the  valley  of  the  Jordan 
from  Bethshean.     We  expected  a  hot  ride  along 
the  valley,  so   we  arose  at  three  o'clock   in  the 
niDrniug,  and  were  in  the  saddle  a  few  minutes 
alter  four.     Daylight   was  just   beginning   to 
dawn  over  the    mountains    of  Gilead,    and   the 
light  of  the  descending   moon   in  the  west  had 
not  yet  faded  out.  when    we  rode  through    the 
village  of  Beisan  amid  the  barking  of  innumer- 
able dogs,  who  saluted   ua  from   the  housetops 
as   well   as  from  the  streets.    Dogs— barking, 
not  biting  dogs,—  are  a  specialty  with  tbe  Arabs. 
Our  route  lay  along  the  direct  road  from  Je- 
rusalem to  Damascus  until  we  reached  the  river 
at  what  is  called  the   Mejamia  bridge.     This  is 
a  massive  stone  bridge  which  spans  the  Jordan 
by  one  large  arch  over  the   principal  bed  of  th' 
stream,  and  two  of  less  size  over  side  channels 
which  are   filled  at  high  water.     The  bridge  is 
rudely,  but  strongly  built,  and  for  many  centu- 
ries it  has  been  the  only    bridge  over  the  river 
in  actual  use.     It   is  built  of  black   basalt,  and 
wasonce  guarded  by  a   large  fortified   caravan- 
serai of  the  same  material,   the  ruins  of  whicl- 
lie  a  short  distance  from  it  on  the  western  side. 
The  stream  is  contracted  here  by  the  masses  of 
rock  which  form  the  shores,  and  just  below  the 
bridge  there  is  a  rapid  in  which  the  river  dash- 
es and  roars  over  a  descent  of  eight  or  ten  feet. 
Here  the  Damascus  road   crosses.    Here  Paul 
and  Naamau  crossed,  and  it  is  quite  likely  that 
the  latter  here   dijiped   himself  as  directed  by 
the  prophet,  and  was  healed.  Here  also,  I  think,  I 
must  have  been  one  of  John's   principal  places 
of    baptizing,   for,   being  a  principal   crossing 
place,  routes  of  travel  concentrated  here,  and  it 
was    one    of  the  most  convenient  places   on 


ast,  were  there,  as  I  expected  to  see  th( 
ter  satisfyiiiy;  ourselves  with  thi 
southern    shore,   we  went  on  our 


on  tbe 


■  Af- 
^'^«'    fromth- 
^ay  toward 
Tiberias,  whither  our  pack   train  had  precede 

US. 

The  thermometer  stood  at  about  90°  but 
refreshing  breeze  swept  over  the   lake  from  tl^ 
north,  and  we  scarcely   felt  the   heat.    Jusi   ^ 
we  rounded    the  corner    of  the    lake,  howt-v 
there   came  down  suddenly   upon   us   from  tU ' 
ve  ever 


western  hills,  the  hottest  wind  that  I  hai 
felt. 


cial  work,^80me  love  mission  in  this  little  worid  |  the  river  for  the  gathering  t&gether  of  the  peo- 

fl«-     I  need   scarcely  add   that  there  is  water 


Iromthe  muidle-aged.  wlio  need  the  encour- 1  the  fountain's  coolmc  waters  are  to  th 


of  ours.  Yet  to  notliing  is  there  so  great  a 
mission  given  as  to  man— man  created  and  fash 
ioned  aiter  God's  own  image.  To  him  is  giten 
the  work  of  saving  souls  for  God,  of  helping 
and  miiiialering  unto  his  fellow-men. 

Our  general  thought  of  mission  work  lies  in 
the  lands  across  the  sea,  where  we  hear  of  the 
heathen  heiug  Christianized.  All  cannot  go 
to  the  foreign  lands,  neither  are  all  htted  for 
that  work,  but  all  can  share  in  God's  mission 
fields.  Each  one  lias  a  mission  aiipointed  him, 
but  alas,  many  are  neglecting  the  field  wherein 
they  .should  labor.  They  are  vainly  waiting 
and  looking  for  some  great  deed  to  perform, 
sometliing  to  make  their  names  famous  in  this 
world.     Few  are  they  who  find  such  fields. 

Some  may  say,  I  know  not  what  my  mission 
is;  I  know  not  what  I  can  do.  Each  day  our 
work  is  pointed  out  to  us,  if  we  will  hut  heed 
the  call.  It  may  be  we  are  sent  to  minister  to 
some  poor  outcast,  or  some  lonely  invalid, whom 
God  has  seen  fit  to  afflict  for  years,  and  to  them 
our  presence  may  be  a  great  comfort.  Our 
words  may  seem  te  them  as  sweet  and  cheering 
as  the  robin's  first  warbliugs  in  Spring.  It  is 
oftener  we  are  not  called  from  our  own  homes 
to  do  our  mission;  but  that  God  has  placed  us 
there  to  watch  over  dear  ones,  to  mould  their 
young  hearts,  to  speak  words  of  love,  of  char- 
ity,  of  sympathy.  0,  how  often  do  we  neglect 
these  little  duties!  How  often  do  we  fail  to  see 
the  necessity  of  their  performance,  and  by  our 
neglect,  how  many  poor  souls  are  hungering 
and  thirsting  for  more  love  and  tenderness 
from  those  who  are  near  and  dear  to  them,  and 
from  whom  they  have  a  right  to  claim  such 
attention.  We  can  give  more  love  and  syiu- 
if  we  but  will,  aud 
may  be  to  their  souls  what 
e  weary 


here,  at  any  possible  stage  of  tbe  river,  admi- 
rably suited  for  immersing.  Indeed,  1  may  say, 
once  for  all,  that  I  have  now  seen  the  Jordan 
from  its  mouth  to  its  source;  I  have  ridden  ma- 
ny miles  along  its  banks;  I  have  crossed  it  on 
horseback,  on  a  bridge,  and  in  a  boat;  I  have 
swum  in  it  repeatedly  aud  have  often  ridden  in 
it  to  try  its  depth;  and  I  affiru,  with  the  assu 
ranee  of  positive  knowledge,  that  there  is  no 
section  of  it  in  which  a  man  seeking  a  place 
for  immersion  would  encounter  much  incon- 
venience in  finding  one;  and  that  there  are  few 
places  at  which  it  can  be  approached  without 
finding  such  a  place  immediately  at  hand.  Al- 
though in  many  places,  as  in  all  rivers,  the  | 
banks  are  ton  precipitous  or  too  muddy  lor  the 
purpose;  and  in  many,  the  current  is  too  deep 
or  too  swift  at  the  bank,  yet  not  far  from  all 
such  places,  and  usually  within  a  few  stepj, 
otl^r  spots  are  found  in  which  none  of  these 
ob«acles  are  encountered;  and  the  further  you 
ascend  from  the  mouth  ot  the  stream,  the  fewer 
obstacles  of  the  kind  do  you  encounter.  The 
Held  of  John's  preaching  aud  baptism  included 
the  entire  length  of  the  river,  below  the  lake  of 
Galilee  (Luke  iii.  3/ 

Leaving  the  Mejamia  bridge,  we  ascended 
the  valley,  with  the  river  almost  continually  in 
view,  to  the  southern  end  of  the  lake.  The 
river  all  along  this  part  of  its  course,  has  rocky 
banks  and  bed,  and  its  water  is  clear.  It  leaves 
the  lake  from  the  points  of  a  narrow  bay  at  the 
sjutheasteru  corner  thereof,  and  at  first  it  runs 
due  west  nearly  a  mile,  af«r  which  it  turni 
abruptly  to  the  south.  Between  this  westwar.l 
course  ol  the  river  and  the  main  shore  line  ol 
the  lake,  which  is  parallel  to  il,  there  is  a  ridge 
about  tilty  feet  high,  the  entire  surface  of  which 
is  covered  with  ruins.    These  are  the  ruins  of 


Its  first  etfect  on  the  body  was  coolin 
as  iC  rapidly  evaporated  the  perspiration  which 
bad  been  flowing:  but  it  was  burning  too 
faces,  and  we  involuntarily  closed  our  mouth 
against  it.  The  mercury  went  up  in  a  fo  . 
minutes  to  10(i=.  When  we  had  ridden  in  it 
short  distance.  I  remarked  that  it  would  tio 
dangerous  to  endure  it  long  without  relief  so 
we  rode  into  the  lake  and  wet  our  heads  antl 
the  rapid  evaporation  of  the  water  from  our  fa 
ces  and  hair  kept  our  heads  cool  until  the  tem 
perature  of  the  wind  was  reduced.  It  was  reallv 
a  sea  breeze  which  had  set  in.  It  first  blew 
down  upon  us  the  hot  air  from  the  hill8ides,aiid 
afterward  brought  io  us  the  cooler  air  ot'the 
Mediterranean.  The  thermometer  came  down 
to  about  80^  before  sunset. 

Tiberias,  now  known  by  the  more  eupho- 
nious name  of  Tabirijeh,  is  about  four  miles 
from  the  southwestern  curve  of  the  lake.  About 
a  mile  btlow  it  are  the  celebrated  hot  spriui.s. 
The  teuiiieratnre  of  the  water  is  137',  and  it^L^ 
supjiosed  to  have  medicinal  properties.  Several 
rude  stone  buildings  are  constructed  about 
them  for  bathing  purposes,  and  it  is  a  place  of 
much  resort. 

From  the  hot  springs  begin  the  ruins  of  an- 
cient  Tiberias,  which  eitend  up  the  lake  shore 
to  the  present  town,  and  include  it.  The  pres- 
ent town  is  surrounded  by  walls,  with  large 
round  towers  at  intervjils,  and  a  gate  on  every 
side.  The  eastern  wall  stands  in  the  water,  and 
the  gate  on  that  side  is  the  landing  place  for 
boats.  Walls,  towers,  and  dwellings  are  all 
built  of  basalt,  and  the  place  has  a  most  gloomy 
appearance.  An  old  crumbling  mosque,  with 
a  beautiful  minaret  built  of  yellowish  limestone 
with  an  occasional  hand  of  black  basalt,  tells  of 
the  tormer  glory  and  present  decay  of  Moham- 
medanism;  while  a  clean  and  neatly  built  con- 
vent, with  a  pretty  chapel  adjoining  it,  speaki 
of  the  efforts  which  the  Romanists  are  here 
making  to  gain  control  of  both  Jews  and  Arab.5. 
The  population  of  the  town  is  about  3,000, 
principally  Jews.  Here  lived  and  died  and  was 
buried  the  famous  Jewish  Rabbi  Maiiuouides, 
and  here,  for  several  centuries  after  the  fall  of 
Jesu<alem,  was  the  greatest  scat  of  Hebrew 
learning.  The  Sabbath  is  kept  here  strictly; 
the  Lord's  day  is  but  little  observed.  The  town 
suft'ered  severely  from  an  earthquake  in  18  37. 

On  the  morning  of  our  arrival  at  Tiberias, 
we  chartered  one  of  the  three  fishing  boats 
which  now  supply  the  town  with  fish,  for  our 
use  the  following  day.  We  were  to  pay  S8,C0 
for  the  boat  with  sii  boatmen,  and  were  to  have 
the  privilege  of  directing  its  course.  The  next 
morning  at  eight  o'clock  we  set  sail  from  the 
water  gate  of  the  town,  and  directerl  our  course 
toward  the  mouth  of  the  Jordan  at  the  north- 
em  end  of  the  lake.  The  boat  was  about  seven 
feet  wide  in  the  middle,  and  about  twenty-four 
feet  long.  At  each  end  was  a  little  deck  about 
six  feet  long,  and  soft  rugs  were  spread  on  these 
tor  our  use.  I  took  my  iiosition  at  the  bow, 
and  spreading  my  shawl,  thickly  folded,  along 
the  rug,  with  one  end  covering  the  coiled 
up  chain  of  the  anchor,  1  used  the  latter  for  a 
pillow,  and  rested  very  comfortably  in  a  reclm- 
ing  position  as  the  boat  glided  slowly  along.— 
There  was  wind  to  fan  our  faces,  and  keep  us 
cool  under  our  umbrellas,  but  not  enough  to 
hll  our  sail,  though  it  wa.s  spread  and  ready  for 
the  breeze.  The  boatmen  steadily  plied  the 
two  large  oars,  relieving  one  another  in  pairs, 
and  we  moved  along  at  the  rate  of  2*  miles  to 
the  hour.  The  surface  of  the  lake  was  rising 
and  falling  with  a  very  gentle  swell,  but  its 
glassy  surface  was  not  broken  by  a  single  rip- 
ple. For  an  hour  or  two  scarcely  a  word  was 
spoken,  the  silence  being  broken  only  by  the 
regular  splash  of  the  oar.-,  and  an  occasional 
humming  of  an  Arab  song  by  some  of  the  boat- 
men. Everything  invited  to  repose;  and  but 
for  the  tender  memories  which  were  softening 


iinber 


^^^TandoMMonallv  fiUine  my  eyea  with 
»!  Icerumlysliould  have  Mlpn  asleep.  I 
•^"i  »lina  on  ">«  "»'«'  '''^"''  •''"""  '°  """' 

'"*' '!va  uumbpr,  lour,  our  dragonwn.  and  a 
pot  ■'" 


THE    -BPtETHKElSr    AT    AVOKTC 


l,,llel«>y 


le  twelve  in  the  boat,  only  one 


les! 
its'" 


.l,»n  were    here  when    Jesus  Wiis  asleep  en 
than  "o       .   .„..   u„..  .„J    Ifollthattl-e 


.kofa  similar  boat;  and   I  felt  that  the 
*'    .tone  could  not   be   far   away.     We   had 


'""  liut  a  short  distance  when  there  came  into 
*°°'  w  the  westward,  th.-  unniistal.  able  "Land 
'""'•  ^e,aret,"  where  Jesus  wrought  so  many 
"        »,.d    where  the    people  tiocked  so  conli- 


Aftor  the  readins!  of  the  15th  chapter  of  1st    of  "The  Prodigal  Son."     When  we  gather  over 
Corinthians,  brother  Oiler  spoke  on  the  lith    the  n»er  we  will  realiwi  all  the  rwulU  of  that 

verse.  ^'^  '  "'"''• 

CHRIST  TKBACHED,  We  rctumed  to  brother  J.  C.  Moomaw'aon 

. .  ,  seemed  to  be  the  subject.    He  spoke  of  the  mis-    the  following  Monday  evening  and  met  with 

to  remain  over  night  in   H,.ntingdon,  and   to-    „„„  o,  Ch.ist-His  life,  death  and  resurrection,  |  brother  W. . I.  bwigart,  o)  Huntingdon,  la.  H. 
morrow  resume  his  journey.     Haviug  remained    ^tiiliug  that  th 
here  six  weeks,  he  telt  much  improved,  so  much 


From  Mt.  Park  Home,  Pa. 

Drar  Ihrtliren: —  i 

'pO-DAY.  Not.  ISth,  brother  Kelso  left  us  to 
1      greet  loved    ones   at  home.     He  expected  | 


_„^ ^rtlo  •!>  nnlo  you.  «'•'  y""  J"'  """y  **  Mil— John . 

^bat  Can  We  do  for  the  Colored  People? 

WHILE  we  wish  inuih  success  to  the  "City 
Mission,"  we  desire  to  call  the  attention 
filie  friends  of  missions  tea  new  Bcld  lately 
„ed  the  colored  people  who  lately  fled  from 
rt'Ilan'd  of  bondage   and  oppression  and   are 
mine  in  different  parts  of  Kansas   and  the 
r,th-west.     I  would  be  pleased  to  hear  what 
,1  be  done  for  them.     Brethren,  let  us  hear 
liat  you  think  we  as  a  free  people  can  do  for 
,W„  i.oor,  despised  and  down-trodden  race. 
™    '  Jesse  Y.  Heibleb 

IlVpynnr;  )Vitter,  Nel 

From  Ft.  Defiance. 


-His  life,  death  and  rcsurrecti.m,    •>"'""■'  ■■■  ■■■  —  ■»...,-.  «.>,..»b..-~,  . 

.,    .  .1.                  .„.,  (V«m  n,o  ,le«d  WM  was  aohciting  aid    tor  the  Urethren  B  College  at 

staling  that  the  resurrection  trora  tne  aeaQ  was  °                                      i     .i,        » 

^,           ,                 ni,o„,..  nf  «,mstnlio  that  pace.     He  certainly   reprenenli!  the  inter- 

oue  ol  bhe  mo!-t  prominent  themes  ot  apostolic  .    "^^  „         ,      i      -,l    j     j  j     i.-i-i        ti- 

u        I                       chri.t   tried  hard  csts  of  the    school  with   decided   ability.     He 

preaching.     The  enemies  oChmt  tried  h^rd^  ^   ^^  ___^_^^                  ^_^^    ^^^   ^.^^^ 

to  con  use  the  truth  of  His  '»""='•  °°;.'"«"  gonth-west  Va.  We  had  a  delightful  evening 
ding  thereby  to  put  an  end  to  Chm Uani  J     but  ^__^   ^_^^^K^      ^  » 

they  fai  ed  '>''r'\^""'uZlVZJ  have  our  beloved  Church,  and  the  varion,  "cause." 
Some  of  the  Corinthian  '■'  *  «''""'  ^»;«  (,„t  „,  „„„Mi„g  the  destiny  thereof.  I  pro. 
enterlaineddoubU  on  the  subject  ol  '^^  J'™'  L„„„„,  brother  S  decidedly  companionable  and 
rectionortheapostlePaul  would  not  have  Ud  ^^^1    meet  frequently    on    the   mi«ion 

occasion  to  write  as  we  find  it  in  the  text.     Hut        i- 
the  minds  ufinvalids.     I  am  not  yet  sufficiently    that  Christ  rose  from  the  dead  was  a  solid  truth       'yj^  j^^  ^^^^j        f  j^^  .jgth,  the  Love-feaat 
restored  to  return  home,  and  will  remain  for  Und  therefore  the  P"™*™   "''"•«'«."  f^,'™  L(  t^,  K„^„„|,e  congregation  began.    A  goodly 
some  time  yet.  1  am  rejoiced  to  hear  of  the  good    „era  fully  able  to  argue  on  that  subject    Christ         ^^^^  ^^  ^^^^^^^  ^^^^    ^^^^^  ^^^  ^^^  ^^^^^^ 
work  of  the  Lord  going    on  in  all  paiU  of  the    ;,  ,„deed  resurrected,  and  gone  up  into  heaven.     ^^  ^^  ^^_^  ^__,^_^    ^^  ^^  ^^^^  ^^  ^^^^ 

Brotherhood,  and  what  gladsome  news  to  hear  We  wait  for  his  second  coming,  and  't  liecomes  ^^^  '  ^^^  ^^^^  ^^^^  ^^^^  ^  ^^  ^^^^^  ^ 
of  so   many   new  soldiers  enlisting  under  the    „,  „ot  to  doubt  Ws  resurrection  Iromlhe  dead  i^  ^^^.^  ^^^^^^  ^^  ^^^^  ^^  to  do,  and  we 

banner  of  King  Emanujl  through  his  recruit-  b^t  to  act  as  those  who  truly  believe  it,  and  J^>;^^_^^  .^  ^  ^_  ,^j  j,  ^^^  j„  „„^  i,^,;^,, 
ing  agcLts,  and  even  some  backsliders  made  „ho  live  in  hope  that  after  our  dece^e  we  shall  J^  ^^^^^^  ^^^  ^^  .^  ^^  ^^^^  ^,„awg  of  the  Ist 
new  resolves.  I  am  sorry  to  learn  that  some  ii,e  again  through  the  power  of  Ills  glorious  ^^  sj„^„„,i,„,  our  feast  at  .lobns  nlle  began.  0, 
thus  laboring  successfully  must  leave   m  the  Ueju„ection.  lohnsville'  how  often  do  thy  dear  courU  lesti- 

m.dst  of  their  work  for  other  engagements.  Bother  Benedict  added  some  'PP'oi'"'"*  ^^  ^^e  joy  of  the  worshiped,  who  praise  God 
and  some  lose  their  health  and  have  to  give  up    „„,ds  of  exhortation  and  brother  Oiler  closed  1'^  ^^^^     ^  ^^^  ^    ^^^^  ^^  ^^^  ^^^^  ^^ 


so  that  be  will  be  able  to  till  his  duties  iu  thi 
church  as   formerly.     No  doubt  the   brethren 
and  friends  will  welcome  him  in  his  much  im- 
proved condition.    His  address    will  again  be 
Elk  Lick,  Pa. 

Last  night  we  had  a  soaking  rain  which  was 
much  needed.  To  day  is  a  very  cloudy,  misty 
day,  and  has  a  tendency  to  cast  a  gloom  over 
the  minds  ufinvalids.     1  am  not  yet  sufficiently 


some  lose  llieil   ueaim    o">'  .....^   —  j, ,       tvuiua  oi  c.v, 

the  work.  Brethren,  pray  earnestly  for  God  to  1  the  meeting 
bless  the  labors  of  those  who  art  out  from  their  „e  patient, 
homes  laboring  earnestly  for  the  safvation  of  g^^j^y^  November  0th.— This  seems  to  bo  a 
souls  and  the  upbuilding  of  Zion,  and  also  pray  ^^^  .^  Indian  Summer.  Our  services  this  morn- 
God  that  he  may  impress  the  duty  upon  ""!  h^  ^  p,.i(.j3  Meeting-house  were  well  attended. 
Brotherhood  to  provide   for  their  necessities  so  I  -         •■      -'    -■ 


Dmr  Brrthrtn:—  ,    .  ,     ,        , 

OUR  Love-feast  was  held  in  the  hnck  church 
on  the  '2Sth  of  October.  The  occasion 
«as  one  long  to  be  remembered.  The  word 
„a8  preached  in  its  primitive  purity,  and  from 
the  interest  manifested  we  have  great  reason  to 
i^lieveitwa,  appreciated.  About  three  hun- 
dred and  fifty  members  were  present.  We  have 
bad  several  additions  recently,  and  we  believe 
there  were  many  impressions  left  upon  the 
minds  of  the  spectators  while  the  brethren  and 
sisters  portrayed  the  sufferings  and  death  of  our 
.lorious  Redeemer.  This  is  one  of  the  oldest 
churches  in  the  valley.  J-  W.  Click. 

Notice  to  the  Brotherhood  at  Large. 

THE  undersigned  committee  of  the  Zachariah 
Albau»h  Poor  Fund  would  hereby  report 
that  in  purTuance  of  the  provisions  of  said  Al- 
bau"h  will,  said  committee  have  paid  within  the 
last"  two  years  to  each  of  forty  churches, 
amounts  ranging  from  twenty-hve  to  fifty  dol- 
lars and  have  denied  twelve  applications  for 
various  causes.  And  said  committee  would 
now  call  the  attention  of  all  poor  churches, 
who  have  not  al'ready  received  their  portion,  to 
the  fact  that  there  is  yet  a  considerable  amount 
of  said  funds  on  hands  ready  for  distribution  to 
any  churches  entitled  thereto. 

Bear  in  mind  that  only  those  churches  whose 
members  in  the  main  are  poor,  and  barely  ah  e 
to  help  themselves,  and  not  well  able  to  help 
their  still  poorer  members,  are  the  churches 
that  prop,  riy  come  under  the  provision  of  this 
will  Rich  clmrches  and  individuals  need  not 
apply.  Correspond  with  David  Bowman,  Ha- 
geratown,  Ind.  The  Committee  are  Jacob  llite, 
Jacob  Yost,  David  Bowman. 


that  all  may  take  an  humble  part  in  the  glorious 
work  which  is  now  begun.     Fraternally, 

S.  C.  Keui, 
WernersviUe^  Pa. 


Evangelism, 


mHE  Board  of  Evangelism  appointed  by  the 
1  late  District  Meeting  of  Southern  Illinois, 
mei  and  organised  at  the  house  of  l-othor  Mo- 
ses Uruhaker,  Girard,  Illmois.  Nov.  l.th,  1ST9. 

1.  This  board  is  to  be  governed  in  transacting 
business  by  parliamentary  usage. 

2.  No  one  is  to  he  entitled  to  more  than 
two  speeches  on  the  same  ijuestion  without  th. 
consent  of  the  Board,  the  first  not  to  exceed 
fifteen,  nor  the  last  five  minutes. 

BESOLUTIOKS  PASSEP. 

1  itesolved  that  we  keep  blanks  upon  which 
evangelists  sent  out,  shall  make  their  reports, 
ZZ!l  have  all  reporte  m*  in  the  same  form. 

2.  The  Board  after  receiving  calls  for  preach- 
ing shall  appoint  a  brother  or  brethren  to  go 
andpreach,ld  also  inform  those  making  ,c 
.{luests,  who  is  coming. 

3  The  H<  ard  is  now  ready  to  start  out  evan- 
gels but  has  received  as  yet,  very  little  money 

to  work  with. 
There  are  urgent  calls  to  fill,    here" 

Board  reiuest,  solicitors  appointed  tot "S work 
to  send  in  some  money  .^  soon  as  P™^  ''-;^  c^ 
,1.  Resolved,  that  the  above  proceedings  ot  the 
Board  be  published  in  fcl>e  B.  AT  W- 


The  Frontier  Mission. 

WE  see  that  when  brother  Moomaw  went  to 
New  York  and  saw  there  the  great  neces- 
sity of  city  preaching,  he  suggested  a  plan 
which  has  gone  into  etlect  and  we  hope  much 
good  may  be  done.  A  few  years  ago  the  Dan- 
ish Mission  was  only  commenced  and  now  we 
read  ot  a  prosperous  church  across  the  briny 
deep,  and  of  Southern  Illinois,  and  many  others 
equally  as  important,  accomplishing  much 
good.  In  So.  45  of  B.  at  W.  we  have  an  ap- 
peal for  help,  also  in  No.  IT  of  Brrlhrens  A'l- 
oocate,  which  no  doubt  is  read  by  many. 

Our  front  lines  a  few  years  ago  were  Illinois, 
a  little  later  Iowa,  and   now   Nebraska,  but  the 
front  is  only  a  mere   skirmish,   and  as  you  see 
in  the  appeal  referred  to,  we  need  help,  and  that 
too  of  strong,   able  men  (spiritual),  to  rout  the 
enemy.    He  is  not  very   strong,   but   we  are  , 
weak  and  need  reinforcements.    Now  brethren 
of  the  front,   let  us  rally  to   the  one  glorious 
cause  and  make  a  united  call  for  rnntorcemeuts 
until  we   accomplish  the  great  work,— like  Ja- 
cob   of  old,    not   let  thee  go   until   thou    hast 
blessed  us.     As  1  am  a  poor  hand  to  suggest  a 
plan  that  will  reach  the   Frontier  Mission,  will 
some  one  of  our  readers  give  us  a  plan  that  will 
supply  our  wants  and  feed  starving  souls,  that 
churches   may  be  established  on   those  fertile  . 
prairies  which  a  few  years  ago  were  trodden  by 
the  wild  beasts  and  red  men  of  America? 

Brethren,  help  us,  think   ol   us,  pray  for  us. 
We  have  to  travel  from  ftiteen  to  fifty  miles  to 
reach  the  ditlerent  little  groups  of  brethren,  and 
then  not  half  of  the  calls   are   filled.    Here  is 
labor,  come  and  help  us.     Our  territory  ex- 
tends west  to  Colorado,   where  brother  Flory 
has  commenced  the   Frontier  Mission.     Let  us 
have  a  plan  that  will  reach  onr  case.    We  think 
a  »ood  way  is  to  come  and  settle   here  and  live 
out  what  you  preach,  but  we  need   immediate 
relief      We  have  been  in  the  front  nine  years 
with  now  and  then  small  reinforcements,  whicl 
would  only  fire  and  th.n   fallback  to   there- 
serves     It  only  others  were  then  ready  to  take 
theii-  place   good  service   might  be  done,  but 
when  only  a  shot  is  fired  once  in   tour  weeks 
and  sometimes  longer,  from  a  small  gun  at  that, 
we  cannot  expect  to  hear  of  much  destruction 


Brother  Baker  took  his  text  from  the  7th,  8th, 
and  9th  verses  of  James,  and  spoke  on  Christian 
patience.    He  alluded  to  the  fact   that  James 
was  one  of  our  Lord's  apostles— that  he  wrote 
to  the  scattered  members  of  the  church   of  his 
times— that  the  Christians  were  much  tried  be- 
cause of  their  religion— that  James  comforted 
them  under  their  trials,  and  encouraged  them 
to  he  patient- that  they  should  "stablish  their 
hearts"  or  see  that  they   were  grounded  in  the 
faith  and  practice  of  the  Gospel.    Our  brother 
applied  the  subject  to  our  own  times  and  ofier-        j„„ 
ed  the  text  as  an  advice  to  the  Lord's  followers    district 
Whatever    our  trials  or    trouble?    ne  I  l. ,:__-.. 


now.        Y»  uatoci       "".     -■       T 

should  endure  unto  the  end  because  the  coming 
of  the  Lord  draweth  nigh.    It  is  important  that 
we  be  ready  any  time   to  meet  the  Lord  when 
He  comes.    Christian   endurance  is  necessary . 
and  this  is  so   well   illustrated  in  the  seventh 
verse,  that  we  refer  the  reader  to  it  for  medita- 
tion.   "Be  j.itient."    Lot  us  be   patient.     Pa- 
tience is  found  among  those  who  do  not  profess 
to  be  Christians;  but   we  may  most  look  for  it. 
aud  expect  it,  among  those  who  name  the  Name 
1  of  Christ.    Patience  among  the  unconverted  is 
beautiful;  but  when  we  see  its  jierfect  work  in 
the  believers,  how  much  more   beautiful  I  We 
may  have  trials  in  life,  and   we  may  have  dis- 
couragements in  religion,   but  true  Christian 
patience  will  enable  us  to  eurmount  them  all. 
Brethreu  and  sisters,  let  us  be  patient. 

D.  B.  Mentzeu 
Waynesboro,  Pa. 

Among  the  Churches. 


mournings.     Brethreu    minister*.    John    and 
Moses  Brubaker,  J.  C.  Moomaw,  Levi  Hnff  and 
Isaac  Ilin  were  present  and  a  large  number  of 
visiting  brethren  and  sisters.    .\n   unusually 
large  number  of  our  local  members  were  pres- 
ent. It  was  the  largest  communion  service  ever 
bfld  in  this  congregation.    The  brethren  rep- 
resented the  doctrines  of  the  Church  in  a  very 
efhcient  manner  and  the  audience,  which  waa 
very  large,  paid  devout  attention  to  the  labors 
of  our  teachers.    On  Sunday  morning  the  hills 
and  vallies  jioured  out  a  full  tide  of  hungering 
souls,  and  at  an  early   hour  the   large  audience 
room  was  filled  and  were   addressed  by  brother 
J.  C.  Moomaw  from  Matt,  o:  IT,  in  his  usually 
impressive  manner. 

This  meeting  closed  the  festival  season  in  our 
district.  What  inexpressible  joy  there  is  in 
believing  and  doing  what  the  Master  commands 
us  to  believe  aud  do. 

A  few  days  before  our  meeting  a  young  wo- 
man, Sallie  Wells,  of  Lafayette,  aged  21  years, 
who  was  visiting  her  brother  a  few   hundred 
yards  from  our  house,  sought  her  couch  to  lay 
down  her  weary  body  to  die.    Youthful,  health- 
ful, gentle,  kind,  loving  and  loved,  yet  her  ap- 
pointed hour  was  at  hand,  and.  without  a  mur- 
mur or  complaint,  she  yielded  her  soul  into  the 
hands  ot  Him  who  gave  it,  and  her  body  to  the 
dark  aud  silent  grave.    On  the  evening  of  the 
Dth,  her  spirit  took  its  departure    to  the  realm 
of  spirits  and  the  followiug  day  her  friends  took 
up  their  sad  journey  to  her  father's  house  twen- 
ty  miles  distant,  and  now  the  rests  "near  the 
hiimljle  hamlet  where  her  fore  fathers  sleep." 
Peace  be  to  her  soul.  D.  C.  MooMiw. 


SINCE  my  last  communication   I  have  been 
abont  mv  Father's  business,  looking  up  the 
interests  of  the  sheep  fold  and  drumming   up 
recruits  for  the  war.    On   the  morning   of  the 
■2ith  of  October,  I  started  to  pay  a  long-prom- 
ised visit  to  the  little  Hock  in  Alleghany  county. 
■V  wearisome  and  lonely  ride  brought  me  to  the 
humble  home  of  brother  Switzer,  who  lives  on 
the  summit  of  one  of  the  highest  mountains  in 
Va     On  the  following   momujt,  in  company 
with  brother  Switzer,   we  started  for  the  place 
of  meeting,  about  nine  miles  distant,    Brother 
S  was  afoot  and  is  about  sixty-five  years  ot  age, 
and  the  way   was    over  coutinous  langes  of 
mountains.    Think  of  that,  ye  fortunate  ones 
who  lide'to  preaching  in  Pullman's  Palace  cars, 
or  in  richly  upholstered  carriages  aud  buggies. 
We  arrived  at  our  destination   in  time  for  the 
Luvefeast.    Away  over  the  mountains,  nestled 


A  Visit  to  Ogle  County  and  Mt,  Morris. 

BKI'WEEN  the  time  of  the    Annual    Meet- 
ing at  North  Manchester,  Ind.,  and  Nov. 
Tth,  1879,  it  did  not  fall  to  my  lot  to  get  out  of 
this  city.    To  tell  of  my  trip  and  all  the  kind 
friends  I  met  would  be   very  pleasant  to  write, 
but  might  be  a  bore  to   the  reader.    Then  to 
make  a  long  story  short,  1  reluctantly  skip  over 
a  three  day's  visit  to  say   that  on   November 
10th,  ray  desires  were  gratified  by  an  introduc- 
tion to  brethren  Stein,   Newcomer,  Miller,  and 
sister  Mattie  A.  Lear,   of  Mt.   Moriis  College. 
Having  read  so  much  over  the  signature  of  sis- 
ter Lear,  it  was  a  brief,  but  long  desired  inter- 
view.   Mothers  who  have  daughteis  there  can 
r.-st  assured  that  they  find  iu  sister  Lear  a  teach- 
er who  is  a  pattern  of  plainness,  who  will  look 
after  their  wants  and  ho  a  mother  indeed,  hay 
ing  a  daughter  of  her  own  at  the  Institution. 

But  pan-nU  shoiJd  kuoif,  and  doubtless  do 
by  this  time,  that  the  College  is  an  educational 
institute,  and  not  a  reform  school.     Insubordi 


in  the  camp  of  Satau. 
Y'our  needy  brother, 

}•„,■, ilc  Ciiiir.  Nrh. 


rom  asuiaoii "'       „„  v»o«t     Awav  over  the  mountains,  iiesiiea   insiiiuie,  .u., —  •■ --         -  ,  j  i ,.  ii,. 

,„r  of  much  destruction    >"""•';»'■  ^ZZ^^  dales,  bv  the  limpidstream    nation  cannot  and  will  not  be  toleialcd  by   he 
Letushearofti,eplan.UmonR"'eB    "sand^  unpretentious    president.  Eld.  Stem,  who  hss  no  use  for  ft. 


.1.  P.  MOCMAW, 


Echoes  from  the  East. 

NUMBER  XXVI. 

■naBRE  was  a  good  attendance  at  our^neet- 
I  iug  at  the  Welly  Meeting-house  this 
morning,  November  2nd.  Brother  Benedict 
„,,-„.d  with  the  ISothhymn.  How  grand  this 
1.,  of  Zion!  We  love  it  because  it  breathes 
theliraisc  of  a  penitent,  and  pardoned  soul.  It 
peaks  of  Hie  relnge  of  the  Christian  as  he  wan- 
ders through  the  wilderness  of  this  world 


among  the  glens  anu  uaies,  .-J -..=  — r.,— -— ,  - —-- ^  use  for  the 

of  Potts  Creek,  we  fonmi  '^"^    ""f  ^^JJ^'^^^M  J'^ '^^^^^^  of  torture,  but 

meeting-house    which  the   *^"'f;  ■■  ,^  „^  ^^™  I  ^^ '",'^;^^^^^^^^  are  sent  home  and 

have  built  for  his   worship.    "*   '"■'°''''°'    ""^"..bkemail  matter,  "Returned  for  belUr 

t^t:^::^:^   -  t^::^^^  -  CoUege^seems  .U. 
of  Bottetourt  county   unexpectedly  joined  me 
just  before  the  commencement  of  the  services. 
We  had  a  delightful  evening,  jnit  such  as  we 
would  expect  to  ensue  from   compliance  with 


the  commands  of  our  Lord  and  Master  1  e 
who  do  not  believe  that  God's  commands  shou.d 
be  obeyed,  just  come  and  see  how  happy  are 
they  who  their  Savior  obey. 
Ou  the  following  morning  a  large  audience 


well   with  the    people,  isiecially  these  hard 

liuies.  ,    ,      ... 

On  ray  return  to  the  citjf  a  crowd  about  the 
High  School  building  attracted  my  attention 
iaquiring  of  ray  son  what  it  all  meant,  he  s«d 
•  twas  the  High  School  brigade  dnlhlig.  He 
then  halted,  and  after  standing  up  in  the  vehi- 
cle  1  could  see  over  the  people  steads,  several 
hundred  young  men,  apparently  between  the 


nunareu  youuj;  "■«".  -i-i     -      -      ,        , 
our  God. 


a\H.K  tt±^ii:'jL\tiJri±!jjv  ^x  ^vol<^ 


iiip  ui  the  park  of  tin 
you  ptvfer  to  seutl  >•<, 


sfhuoi. 


High  Scliool  where  part  of  tlie  exerciaea  in  lo 
learn  the  arf  of  ww.  awrJ  wear  a  military  tini- 
fbrDi,or.se)id  them  to  Mt.  Morris  CV.ll.'p.?  wfaprf 
they  are  reipiirt^  to  wt-ar  plain  ciothiug  which 
denote?  peace,  good-will  and  hrotherly  love? 
Dr.  p.  Kahhnky. 
Chicaijt),  Iff. 

•NOT  FAR  FROM  THE  KINGDOM. 

"Not  far.  not  far  from  the  kingdoin. 

Yet  in  the  shadow  otslo, 
llow  niruiy  are  cominff  iind  f^oliif;. 

How  few  are  enterfnji  In ! 
Xot  frtr  from  tlic  goMen  f;at«-W)i>, 
Where  voices  whieper  and  waft, 
Fearinji  to  enter  in  boldly. 
SollrifterinR  Ntlll  at  the  (pite: 

Catching  the  .itralri-sor  tlie  music 

llontlnff  no  flweetty  nionfr. 
Knowfiiff  the  soni;  they  are  sinfj^ng 

Yet  joining  not  In  tlie  aoug: 

Soeinc  the  %rarmth  nnil  llie  beaut  y. 

The  infinite  love  and  tlio  lij^ht. 
Vet  wuMry,  and  lonely,  and  waiting. 

Out  lu  tlio  desolate  ni^Utl 


P.irents,  would  |  of  the  angels  of  God  ovrr 
to  the  ChicflKol  pentetfa." 


<'«'  sinner  that   k. 


hI'jinI  iiutside  the  gate. 

A  poor,  wayfaring  child; 

Wltliin  rny  hnart  ttic-re  beat 

A  tempfdt  loud  and  wild; 

A  fear  opjirpssH  my  soul. 

That  I  niinrht  Ite  too  late; 
And  oh,  J  trembled  sore. 

And  prtijcd  uutitidc  the  gdte- 
In  Mercy's  gnist  I  Itnew 

TIte  Nivlor  ionn  abused. 
Who  often  sought  my  heart. 

And  wept  when  I  refused; 
Oh!  what  a  blest  return 

For  all  my  years  of  sin  t 
I  stood  outride  the  Rafe, 
AndJ.-aufl  let  nn-  in" 

WkaITHV  a.  (XA 

Lanark;  ///. 


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BOt^TON. 


January,  1S80.  Tuk    FAL'LKENDKii.— lu  the  P        ^ 
.,»...  nn^  l-iro..r  I      n«ifl  r",.      In      I   .  '18  Cre« 


THE    POPULAR    SCIENCE  MONTH- 
LY FOR  DECEMBER,  1879. 

The  Decenibpr  "P..pular  Siieiicf    Monthly" 

has    an    excellent   invoice.     E.    li.   Tjlor,    the 

great  English  flniliroi>,)Iogist,  leads  off  with  an 

article  on  "Kecent  Anthropology,"  in  which  he 

AND    thi-y    that    be    wise  shall   shine    as    tbe  I  ^■"*'^""y  ""eviews  the  present  state  of  knowledge 

iver.-Dan.  12:3.  |  speaks  on  tins   qiwrtion    with  autliorily.     The 

fine  researclies  ol  Crookes  on  "Radiant  Matter" 


^o»prr  ^ucccas. 


Ogle  Co..   111.,  ,)„,,„„„  ... 

hamnel  and  .,su,r   |,ena  p '^^  »'  b^ 

OBEEX.-Iu  the  Ug  CrJ  IT  "'''^- 
Co  .  Mo.,  October  m,  -79  s.,  ^"'''■'  CUJ. 

ased  16  year..,  9  months td^fiT'"'  CT 

She  had  tits  from  a  child  and  V°^'- 
never  developed  to  a  proper  Z,!       "''i 


Out  in  the  dark  antl  the  danuer. 
Out  In  ihe  night  and  the  cold, 

Though  he  Is  lonjing  to  lead  them 
Tenderly  into  the  fidd. 

Not  far,  not  far  from  tbe  kingdom, 

'Tis  only  a  little  sj)ace; 
Hut  It  may  be  at  last  and  forever. 

Out  of  the  resting  place," 


Berlin,  Pa.— Seventeen  indoced  to  ceaj 
Bin.  and  put  on  Christ  by  baptism. 

Linc.ln  county,  Kan.— 1  am  here  to  hold 
meetings  during  this  week,  then  go  to  Otoway 
county  Wh  had  ten  night's  meeting  and  twice 
ill  day-time  in  Mitchell  county,  near  BI.,. 
Hills.  The  Lord  added  six  to  the  church  by 
baptism,  and  three  were  restored  to  fellowship. 
John  Forney, 


aeral  services    by  Eld.    .1 


THE  sentiment  in  the  above  poem  Ijeautifully 
expresses  the  condition  of  some,  who,  du 
ring  the  past  week,  attended  the  series  of  meet- 
ings at  this  placi',   but    who   said  to   the  good 
Spirit,  "Oo  thy  way  for  this  time;  when  I  have 
a  more  convenient  season  I  will  call  for    thee. 
The  arrow  of  conviction    reached    their    heart 
and  caused  them   to  feel  that  all  was  not  well 
bitter  tearM  were  made  to  (Ikw  on  account  of  sin 
but  ,1,11  they  stand   shivering  j„.t  outside  the  ,  n,  „^„|,^^ 

gale  feanuB  t^  en  *r  ,„,  They  are  ■'not  far  from    th,„  „  ,„       ^  |y.^  |^^^ 
the  hingdom    yet  are  in  "the  shadow  ofsm,    I     j\r^j,,  ^j 
and  are  strangers  to  the  covenant  of  promise.— 

How  sad  the  condition   of  such  to-night,  and        ^""^  ^''°-  Hoover.— Since  my  last   report,  I 
how  wearv  and  desolate  thev  feel  as  thpv  rr>nli./..  I  conducted  a  series  of  meetings  in   the  Beeghiy 

:hurch,   Berlin  congregation.    There  are   not 

,        nibers  in  that  arm   of  the  church   and 

some  oppo.sition    by   other  denominations,  but 


a  new  state  of  matter,  which  fixed  the  atteu 
tion    of  the   Royal  Society  so    intently,  ar 
l-rought  to  a  close.    The  article  is  exquisitely  |  ■'™''"°  """"'T 
illustrated.    But  the  most  striking  article  of  the    ""'""'  "'  ''"'"''' 

mber  is  the  novel  and  original  paper  of  Prof. 
Joseph  Le  Conte  on  "The  Genesis  ol  Sex."  How 
sex  primarily  originated  has  always  been  an 
obscure,  and  indeed  an  impossible,  cjuestion  in 
physiology;  but  I'rofessor  Le  Conte  takes  it  up 
as  a  problem  of  evolution,  and  deals  with  it  as 
Hararstown     MH      I  „..    a  i  i    .u  ,,  I '"""'K  under  the  general  law  of  differentiation, 

me"  ,ng  tS  ZTmIa  )     "^  ""''  *"'"'  ""'  ""'"'  ■>'  "'"  ^^  "'"'"'  "-at  much 

Bro  S  H  ithorl.rJfched  ";''''°8-l>7<--  ■»  already  known  in  relafon  to  the  quesfon, 
i>ro.   o.    H.  tJttslior   preached.     After    meetmc    and  that  it  ia  hn„»A  *„  i  .    t*-      it  ,  .  , 

ix  were  baptised,  making  two  n.ore  than  Bro  .",ved  Thj^  cTav  ^  M  """"'"•'  ^■""""■''''^ 
Silas  Hoover  reported.  There  have  been  twen-  "rt  „f  thos  Vh^  c^r  "","""''  f'^^^.  °"  "'^ 
ty-f..ur  added  since  the  beginnmg  of  the  series  The  subtc  o  "(Z,  M  ';°°", "'"'!!'  """«'■- 
of  meetings.     In  the  evening  Eld   D.  F.  Stouff.    bvi  Z,Z       T  '"'"•^""'"gy    «  P^sued 

er  preached.     His  remarks   were  pnncipally  to    oiti.ZZl   Zrd         "Z  "  °T """"'" 
mbers.    Hon.  Ihev   will  think  „f    lf!'°'^"'\"^Z^'?.^Z"'^''".^^  "»"«"• 


anything.    She  was  conhned 'to  1    '""''''■8  », 

yearsandsuderedagreatde?"s;^4 

kmd  father  and  mother,   and  br  ..^'  '«»« 

ters  to  mourn  their  loss.  7,  ^  "  >0d  .j,' 

WEAVER.-I„the  Plea,au,  Va,,'*'"""''- 

nd.,Oct.«th,'79,Eld.Mose;w?a'''"'k. 
blyears,  5  months  and  26  day,  "^'"''.  W 
Brother  Weaver  emigrated  fro„  , 
county.  Pa.,  to  Ashland  county  Ohi  .'°''>'«r 
was  elected  to  the  ministry  in  1857  '  ""  'S)0 
a.s  elder  fourteen  years.  Moved  t„u°'!  '"'ed' 
March  18-9.  He  preached  a  verv'''^^^ 
sermon  on  Sunday  the  19th  „„j  ,  'T«'«li„„ 
the  32nd.     He  leH  »  ,vif„  „..'j.    "   '""tsicl,.! 


the  32nd.     He  left  a  wife  audi 


'WO  child. 


Hope  they   will  think  of 
Wilfred  liicE. 


"u..     oou    luo      lUIIUILKIK      Ul      SUCIl    Ul-UlgUt,     BUU 

how  weary  and  desolate  they  feel  m  they  reali/A- 

the  truth   that  they  are  out  in  the  cold  and  I  •   "^ 

darkness,  and  yettliey  refuse  to  be  led  "tenderly    ""^"^  "'«'"' 
„l,l  "  some  oppo.si 


into  the  fold 

Dear  friends,  Jesus  stands  with  outsretched 
flrma  to  receive  you  within  His  loving  embrace. 
His  great,  sympathetic  heart  yearns    after  you 
and  He  whispers  in  accents  of  love,  "Come  unto 
Me  and  I    will  give  you   rest.    His  sjiirit  has 
been  striving,  and  has  impressed  you  with  the 
necessity  of  turning  away  from  sin  and   living 
for  God.     Within  your  hearis  there  ia  conimo. 
tion,  but  He  who  walked  upon   the  waters,  and 
who  commanded  the  winds  and   the  seas  and 
they  obeyed  Him,  will  pronounce  thesweet  ben- 
ediction, "yViKT,  he  slill,"   and  there   will   be  a 
great  calm.    Then  you  will  wonder  why  you  so 
long  slighted  the  offers  of  love  and  mercy,  and 
you  will  feel  constrained  to  go  out  and  compel 
otherB  to  come  in  and  enjoy  that  "peace  which 
the  world  can  never  give  nor  take  away." 

We  often  wonder  why  jicople  prefer  living 
outside  the  Church  and  "away  from  the  tender 
Shepherd's  care,"  when  within   there    are   so 
many  pleasures   to  be  realined.    The  cold  and 
cheerless  world  offers  nothing  that  can  be  com- 
pared  with   the  rich   pastures  and  the  "still 
waters"  of  the  life  of  the  Christiau,  nor  are  they 
enduring  and  satisfying  in  their  nature.    True, 
you  may  enjoy  a  few  trilling  pleasures   in  the 
giddy  rounds  of  fashion,   but   there  are  times 
when  these  transitory  things  are  not  appreci- 
ated, and  you  long  for  something  higher  and 
nobler- a  want  that  can  only  he   filled  by  ac- 
cepting Christ  and    yielding   obedience  to  His 
reriuirements.    When   the  day   with   its   hum 
and  bustle  is  over  and  the  dark  shadows  envelop 
the  quiet  world,   then   it  is  you   have  time  to 
reflect,  and  no  doubt  often  retire  to  rest  with  a 
troubled  conscience,    and   you    long   for   the 
strong  protection  of  One  who  is  willing  to  save 
hut  still  you  "halt  between  two  opinions."  Vou 
are  not  "far  from  the  Kingdom,"  but  you  are 
not  in  it,  and  hence  fail  to  enjoy  that  peace  the 
people  of  God  enjoy.  Itemember  that  while  you 
linger  "outride  the  gate"  you  are  being    borne 
rapidly  down  the  stream  by  the  current  of  Time 
and  yonr  privileges  are  Ie8.seuing.    Jeaus  says 
"ro-<i,i,  if  yon  will  hear  Mi/  voice,  Imnln  mi 
your  hmrlt,"  but  you  say,  "f,/(fr(i  while."  "My 
spirit  shall  not  alirayi  strive  with  man,"  is  the 
language  of  that  Savior  who  now   stands  wait- 
ing to  receive  you.    Then  come  while   in  the 
morning  of  life  and  dedicate  your  time,  talents 
—your  all  to  the  service  of  God,  and  the  glad 
news  will  be  carried  by  angels  to  the  upi«r 
regions  and  cause  joy  and  rejoicing,  for  Inspira 


thegnod  Lord  blessed  our  meeting, 
made  apiilication  and  two  reclaimed 
Baehor  preached   three  sermons    toward; 
close  of  the  meeting. 


the 


t^f^m  Sof^jfs. 


NEW  MUSIC. 

My  Grandpa's  Advise. 
The  Little  Blind  Match  Seller. 
He  Holds  the  Pearly  Gates  Ajar. 
Sleep  on  Sweetly,  Little  Darling. 
Father,  won't  you  try.^ 
I'll  Tell  \our  Mother. 
Remember  the  Old  Folks  at  Home. 
Will  mail  all  the  above  seven  pieces  of  Sheet 
Music,  to  any  address  on  receipt  of  ?1.00. 
W.  L.  Thomp.son,  &  Co., 

East  Liverpool,  Ohio. 


THE   ATLANTIC  MONTHLY 

FOK  1S80 
Promises  to  be   peculiarly  attractive  and  valu- 
able.    It  will  contain— 

POLITRAL  4NI)  SOCLAL  LtFE  AT  W.lSHlKdTON 

lor  the  last  thirty  years;  a  series  of  particularly 
interesting  papers  on  persons  and  incidents  of 
national  fame,  by  one  who  has  been  on  the 
spot  and  known  all  about  them. 

Livmo  ;tJuE5Tl0Ns  in  Politics,  Education 
Art,  Social  Life,  and  whatever  most  interests 
the  American  .leople,  will  be  discussed  by  per- 
sons  specially  qualified  to  write  of  them  in  au 
engaging  and  instructive  manner. 

Industbal  Topics  will  receive  particular 
attention. 

The  LiTERABY  Features  of  the  Ati.akiic 
will  be  even  fuller  and  better  than  ever  before 
The  CoNTKiiiuTOHs'  Cub  which  has  proved 
so  pjpular  a  feature,   will  be  remarkably  full 
and  varied. 

The  Contkiihtohs  will  include  Longfellow 
Whittier,  Holmes,  Lowell,  Mrs.  Slowe  H  H 
Hose,  Terry  Cooke,  Miss.  Larcom,  Miss  Pres^ 
ton,  Miss.  Woolsou,  Miss.  Jewett,  Mrs  Piatt 
Warner,  Waring,  Norton,  Stedman,  Stoddard- 
Itichard  Grant  White,  Scudder,  Mark  Twain 
DeKorest,  Bishop  and  others. 
A  Superb  upe  size  portrait  of  Db.  Holmes 


tion  at  sea.  Dr.  W.  B.  Dalby  discourses  of 
"!•  jrst-hand  and  Second-hand  knowledge,"  show 
mg  the  gulf  there  is  between  them  and  their 
diSerent  functions  in  the  cultivation  of  the 
mind.  Dr.  Mortimer  Granville  takes  up  braiu- 
action  in  relation  to  education  and  the  re-edu- 
cation of  the  adult  braiu,  where  its  acquisitions 

~ ---  I  '""c  been   temporarily   lost.     Brain-aetion    is 

Seventeen    cell  nutrition  and  reproduction,  and  it  la  there- 
Brother  I  fore  the  cells  that  have  to  be  educated.     These 
views  are  illustrated  by  Dr.  Granville  in  a  very 
clear  aud  instructive  manner.     Professor  E.  O. 
Vaile  gives  a  curious  chapter  in   the  history  of 
early  arithmetic;  and  there  is  a  discriminating 
and  able  criticism  of  spencer's  "Data  of  Ethics" 
hy  Professor  Bain.     Professor  Marsh's  Saratoga 
address  on  "History  and  Methods  of  Paleontol- 
ogical  Discovery"  is  furnished,  revised  aud  with 
new  notes,  by  the  author.    "The  Beginnings  of 
Geographical  Science,"  by  George  A.  Jackson 
IS  a  very  readable  bit  of  scientifiie  history.  Proc- 
tor dilates  on  the  "Expected  Meteoric  Display"; 
and  there  is  a  curious  illustrated  paper  on  "Ma' 
ny-toed  horses."     Dr.  Frederick   Hoffman   fur- 
nishes a  sketch  of  Hemrich  Wilhelm  Dove,  the 
late  celebrated  German  meteorologist. 

The  editor  devotes  two  pungent  editorials  to 
Goldwm  Smith's  late  manifesto  on  the  break- 
down of  morality  caused  by  evolution.  It  looks 
as  If  there  was  very  little  left  of  the  historian's 
case.  Smith  accused  the  Chinese  of  having  no 
real  rehgion-of  being  a  nation  of  positivists- 
whereupon  the  editor  of  the  "Monthly"  makes 
inquiry  into  the  state  of  morality  in  the  celes- 
tial country,  with  rather  striking  results 

New  York:  D.  Appletou  &  Co.  Fifty  cents 
per  number,  §.1  per  year 


-,,  „ ,     B    o,  --"Ten. 

Joseph  Hoover  from   Rev.  2:  17  to'''"l''^"  '^i 
course  of  people.  **  ''^''ge  con, 

MYERS.-In  Miffiinburg,  Pa    jj 
der  Isaac  Myers,  aged  75  yea',',  «"'  ""'  B- 

IS  days.  ^     ■•*""»nMisaaj 

Elder  Mjers  was  a  member  of  th 
Church-a  minister  of  that  faith  fo,  "'''•' 
about  forty  years,  his  last  sermon  .ii:™*"' 
ered  on  last  Sunday  three  weeks  a«,  u  "■ 
bom  in  Lancaster  county  and  removed  .  "* 
county  about  fif,y-six  iars  a„„  ^  '° 'Wi 
K-elley  township' thirty'.tree'year*"^  » 
Miffiinburg„b„uttwenty-threeyer?r'» 
greatly  esteenied  by  all  who  knew  him  i"!;'' 
respect-in  bu.„ness,socially  and  in  tbl  1,  '" 
He  wa.  a  plain  man.  unassumi"  In  '* 
sympathetic,  agreeable  and  courteous'  to  al  '°°' 
matter  their  statiou-aud  hi,  death    u^"~"'' 

sadness  throughout  the  entireleialirr^ 
The  funeral  occurred  on  Sunday  la,  'tb"^' 
vices  being  held  in  the  Dunker  Church!  f" 
mi  es  west  of  Milflinburg,  Elds.  Charies  R™ 
and  John  L.  Beaver  officiating.  Tbe  i^'f 
pr<Jcession  ivas  very  lengthy,  as' it  pa,  edS 
MiHliuburg  numbering  nearly  seventy  veh^o 
01  various  kinds,  to  which  additions  4  c  mje 
as  It  approached  the  church,  increasTn^  tl 
number  to  3U.-probably  th;  lar^^nuVw 
ver  in  line  on  an  occasion  of  this  character  in 
Union  county.  Many  could  not  gain  access  Z 
the  church,  all  the  seats  and  even  the  ai^  eTb^ 
ng  taken  ^p.~MiJ/n„hu,y.  (/•„  ,)  Tclcp-ai,k 


f  allitit  l^sli-pji. 


tion  teacheausthat  .'There  is  joy  irthepres'ence|/t.SiXff„r^nTL^i""''''^'''-^^ 


Obilaui.,  .hoald  b.  brief,  .riil.n  ol  bat  on,  ,id,  ,( 
PTor,  .nd  .op.r.,,  from  .11  oihor  bu.lnoe. 

EASTON-In  the  Silver  Creek  Church,  Cow- 
ley  Co.,  Kansas,  Oct.  21st,  '79,  of  Membrane 
croup,  Bertha,  infant  daughter  of  brother 
John  and  sister  Sarah  Easton,  aged  1  year  1 
months  and  IB  days.  J.  j.  Tkoxel  '  ' 

BEEGHL  Y.--ln  the  Maple  Grove  district,  Ash- 
land Co  Qhio,  Nov.  17,  1879,  Elsie  M,  son 
ol  brother  Samuel  and  sister  Francis  Beeghlv 
aged  12  years  and  7  months. 

U-  N.  WoRinn!, 
MILLER^-In  the  DesMoinc,  Valley  Church 

brother  John  Miller,  deceased.  She  was  the 
mother  of  six  children-  She  wa,  an  exem- 
plary Christian,  and  a  kind  mother,  and  we 
have  every  reason  to  believe  that  she  has  now 
gone  home  to  enjoy  the  fruits  of  her  labors 
S.  M.  GOIOHNOIH. 


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ofp»bb.be.„e,«i,p..,.  ..,000,.^:';.:^:;; 

give  isl,  Tbo  n.„e  of  .he  book,    2.d.  The   n...  ,7  J 
•athor     3rJ.  The  address  or  .he  pobli.hen. 

pr.parL.J  „rmoi.»      Bj  R8iij,io,.o  FrantUn.   jaiJO 

K,,,,  Non-oonrormil,,    or     Pl.inae,,  ot  Dm*  "J 
Auli-SeerMi.ni.     Ihe  „„,k  i,  complole  .nj  1,  io  „ 

ranged  ihiil   the   argumenls  on   each    .ubjeot    «.„  k. 

ei>.lj  found  and  understood.      Il    .hould  ha,e  TiiT. 

Nea%  hound  ,n  ololh,     J1.60.     Ihe  book  Ba,  b.  S 
w^lb,.olbce  or  from  Ihe  .athor,  E,  H.  Miller,'  Ud.^ 

'^I'rifX  KL'","=°f •""»  '»'"'  War.  Being  .„ 
tion.  Uv  V  w  c.  «,<'''«ng»  io  hi,  ohureb  r.ll. 
t.on..    Ilj  J.   W.  6,e,n.     P„ee.    26  cent, ;   26  copie., 

•en     i?„„^;?i  "*;"''   '""^     Escb  of  the  t».l„  p,.. 
tn«      PH?.        "'"  *■'  '.T'  '°  """"gin  »f  Ibe  pic. 


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J.  H.  Moore,  Lanark, CanolU'o..  Ill 


W.  U.  R.  R.  TIME  TABLE. 


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lieie  tl.ev  ,;,  .  i"  '".","'  Western  Union  Junction; 
nlo  &  "'""  '""  ""  '"iuutes  for  the  Chi- 
t  Mil',;. ,  ',  ,  ■""'  ■■''■  '''"Il  l«i»"enger  train.and 
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bereai  1  i-^ '?'""■'•"»  '"-  Lanark,  ond  arriv 
uere  at  l  .57  in  the  morning.  J 


'UMH  UBUl^l 


The  Brethrein  At  Work. 


•'BehoU  I  Bnng   You  Good  TUings  of  Great  Joy,  which  Shall  be  U>  All  Peopfe."  —  Lokk  2:  10. 


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IV. 


Lanark,  111.,  December  15,   1879. 


No.  BO. 


GENERAL    AGENTS 
j2E  BRETHREN  AT  WORK 


Tlt.4-CT  SOCIETY. 


D.  B.  Mi^ntwr.WBJfOMl-f,  V« 
IlinlKl  Vknlmu,  Vlnleil.  Ill 
I  S.  TloTy,  LonBmonl,  Colo 
.loUn    MiUBui.  Com)  Qoido,  111 

nilriclll,    "    "       "       " 


TABLE  OF  COITTEKTS. 


u-  ,PAGE-St6in  and  Uaj  Debate;  Predictiom 
'^out  I^SO  and  18S7 :  An  Anecdote  of  GaribMdl ; 
^  PAGR-Tbe  time  is  Short.-Georne  D 
KZs.  C..n.Klence.-John  Fon.ey ;  Ske.liciBm  ; 
^  iilV.nl'  Complete  Siuicliftc-ation.-W.  H 
^^;  ''.  Fivf  Reasons  fnr  not  Attendinp  Public 
!JS.M..--.IobnCalviu  Bright; 

^nPAOK-The    Wondeifiil  Name,     and    tbe 
^.ere*ore.-C,    H.    B«lsb«ugh;      Fashionable 

Kiiiilnes  ■.  - 

-„„„TU  PAGB-EDITOIUAI.S-A    Glance    Back- 

w»M;  Cratefnlness;     Ilen-lngeraoll  CoIlVer^ 

FivTH  Pa«k-EditobiaL3.  Big  I ;  Book  of  Jasb- 
Jr- Home  Again;  Chronicles. 
.  Jn  PAGE-Hora^;.  The  Loss  of  a  Wife;  Giils 
^■!LslanK;  Sketch  of, I  Family:  From  I'al- 
^•ti„P.-jW.  McGarvey;  From  Moscow  A  a 
R.T.Moubray.-FromLorainB,  mmoi3.-H-  W 
Sttickler. 

•wsvTu  PAOE-From.Lonisville.  Kansas-  W-  B. 
^;^,  From  Bond  OouMy.  lU.  George  Nev- 
incer;  Kotes  and  Jottings  by  tbeJV„y.-I.  J 
t^eftherBL-i ;  Th«  BergBtrewer-Bashor  Do- 
bate.-P.  B.  Mentzer. 

Page— A  Sad  Trial— Isaac  BHriihurt; 
C'llrence  lowa.-Johii    Zook;  From   the 
)ii  ViiUey  Church.  Kan.  FromWest  Liber- 
ty 0  lara.d  Kunkel;  From  Franklin  Grove,  111.. 
lehnian;  To  our  Editors.-Landon  West 


ElOllTD 
Solni 


J.  c. 


STEIN  ANT*  RAT  DEBATE. 

Prop.    -^J-     Baptist  churches  possess  the  Bi- 
ble characteristics  which  entitle  them  to   be 
regarded  as  churches  of  Jesus  Christ. 
D.  B.  Kay,  Affirms. 
J.  W.  Stein,  Deniee. 
Ray's  4th  Affikmative. 

THE  repeated  charge  that   we  are  "misrepre- 
senting the  Brethren,"  is  not  true.     But 


Mr.  S.  misrepresents  our  5th  Arg.  We  said 
■'Disciples  made  such  by  Jesus  Christ  are  the 
children  of  God."  Luke  14:  26-33.  Jesus  made 
iiscipieaand  then  baptized  them;  therefore  his 
eiample  sustains  the  Baptist  characteristic 
which  demands  spiritual  regeneration  and  life 
in  order  to  baptism  and  church  membership 
Mr.  S.  admits  that  "death  to  sin  should  precede 
baptism."  Of  such  Paul  says:  "He  that  is  dead 
la  freed  from  sin."  Therefore  freedom  from  sm 
must  precede  baptism  and  church  membership. 
Inhis2.  Neg.  Mr.  S.  overthrows  himself  by 
saying,  "Because  we  love  the  brethren  is  John's 
eddence  of  transition  from  death  to  life."  1. 
Love  to  the  brethren— the  children  of  God— is 
tlie  Bible  evidence  of  transition,  from  death  to 
life.  2.  Every  one  must  love  the  brethren 
prior  to  baptism  and  church  membership.  3 
Therefore,  every  one  must  have  evidence  o! 
trausition  from  death  to  life  prior  to  baptism 
snd  church  membership. 

lu his 4thathriuative  Mr.  S.  surrendered  thus: 
"True  baptism  can  only  be  received  by  one  aft- 
«  he  loves  God."  2.  But  "love"  is  the  evi- 
dence of  transition  from  death  to  life."  3. 
Therefore,  one  must  possess  evidence  of  passing 
^om  death  to  life  before  true  baptism. 

InhisSd  athrmative.  he  was  driven  to  cou- 
fws  that:  "We  baptize  those  who  are  regener- 
»»ed  through  the  word."  2.  Those  wh..  are 
"fegeneratfd  through  the  word"  are  children  of 
''od  aud  possess  spiritual  life.  3.  Therefore,ac- 

'rding  tit  Mr.  Stein,  the  children  of  God   pos- 
■ing  spiritual  life,  are  the  "only  proper  sub- 
of  baptism. 


Aa  Mr.  S.  concedes  our  position,  that  we  are 
to  be  subject  to  the  civil  powers  that  be,  that 
are  ordained  of  God  to  bear  the  "sword"  against 
evil  doers,  his  batch  of  questions*  concerning 
the  evils  of  wars  are  not  in  puint.  He  knows 
that  Baptist  uliurches  neither  make  war.  go  to 
war,  nor  advocate  war.  with  carnal  weapons. 
He  refuses  to  take  hack  bis  vik  and  slamltrous 
chartjes  that  Baptist  churches  have  "legal  li- 
censfj"  to  fulfill  the  lusts  of  the  flesh.  He  does 
not  dare  to  try  to  prove  it, 

In  order  to  sustain  the  Tunker  rendering  of 
the  Greek  proposition  eis  by  in  onltr  to  { icts  2: 
38)  Mr.  S.  is  forced  to  make  baptism  in  orikr 
to  repentance  in  Matt.  3:  IL  He  has  confuCed 
himself,  as  seen  already.  To  make  baptism  a 
condition  of  repentance,  is  too  bad. 

Mr.  S.  does  not  believe  that  his  "Bth   Neg. 
Arg,,"  based  on  the  succession  which   he   per- 
verts, i3  valid.    It  is  only   pretense.    We  at- 
tend to  the  historic   argument  at  the  proper 
time.     The  attempt  of  Mr.  S.  to   literalize    the 
ui  w  birth  Ijy  inventing  "an  inteiniediate   state 
between  begetting  and  birth."  has  involved  him 
in  hopeless  confusion.     He  has  the  sinner  "be- 
gotten by  the  word"  even  prior  to  repentance 
(see  his  5th  affirmaLive.)    In  his  2d  affirmative, 
he  taught  that   those   that   "nimply  believed," 
were  liable  to  the  Savior's  charge,"yeareof  your 
father  the  devil,"  aud  thut  the  dead  "faith  thvii 
must  be  vitalized  by  subjection  to  Christ's  yoke," 
in  baijtism.     He  evidently  thinks  that  the  chil- 
dren of  the  devil,that  siinplij  believe,  are  "regen- 
erated" and  "begotten  of  Gud."  and   that  they 
may  remain  unborn  of  God    tiirough    life  and 
"become  abortives"!    Such  spiritual  darkness 
CHn  be  felt.    He  ought  ttf  know  that  the   terms 
begotten"  and  "born,"  rendered  from  the  aaine 
original,  Gennao,  are  both  alike  applied  to  those 
who  are  already  the  children   of  God.    These 
words  denote  that  those  to  whom  they  are  ap- 
plied are  the  oft'spriug  of  God.  The  construr-tiou 
of  the  connections  in  which  this  original  word  is 
found,  determines  whether  it  should  he  rendered 
begotten  or  born.  Where  there  is  but  one  parent, 
the  distinction  between  begetting  and  birth,is  ab- 
surd and  nonsensical.    When  we  are   "begot- 
ten" or  "born  of  God,"  we  are  "made  partakers 
of  the  divine  nature,"  aud  are   the  children   of 
God.    The  phrase  "begotten  of  God"   is  never, 
in  the  Bible,  applied  tu   an   unborn  ^^embri/oJ" 
It  is  always  applied  to  those  who  have  already 
been  ban}  of  God.    John  says:  "Every  one  that 
loveth  him  that  begat,  loveth  him  also  that 
begotten  of  him."    1  John  4:1.     Is  it  only  the 
'^enibri/o"   here    meutioned   as    loved?     Again, 
John  says: '"We  know  that  whosoever  is  born 
of  God,  sinneth  not;  but  he  that  is  begotten  of 
God  keepeth   himself,    and    that  wicked  one 
toucheth  him  not."     1  John  5:   18.     But  our 
friend  has  it  that  the  "begotten  of  God"  become 
"abortives!"     Begotten  of  Gad  and  bom  of  God 
are  used  interchangably,  and  always  denote  the 
children  of  God. 

In  his  attempt  to  answer  our  six  questions, 
Mr.  S.  has  hung  himself.  1.  He  admits  that 
nue  must  have  "spiritual  life  in  embryo"  prior 
to  baptism.  2.  "That  one  begotten  may  be- 
come 'tb'irtine,"  and  be  lost  for  want  of  baptism. 
:'..  That 'water  is  not  the  real  mother  of  any 
one."  4.  That  there  is  but  "one  plan  of  sal 
viition,"  in  whicli  baptism  is  a  condition.  5 
"That  the  thief  was  saved"  without  baptism! 
Our  friend  seems  to  be  in  the  condition  of  tip- 
sy Paddy's  spilt  buttermilk— 'Just  laying  loose 
about,  generally."  If  these  "regenerated,"  be- 
gotten "abortives"  are  lost,  what  will  our  scat- 
tered friend  do  with  himself  for  saying  that, 
"The  truly  regenerate  overcome  the  worid?" 
(1st  Neg.)  Oo  "embryo"  "abortivea"  "over 
come  the  world?"  As  there  is  but  one  pi  in  of 
salvation,  and  that  by  biiptism,  how  did  the 
thief  get  saved  on  another  plan? 

As  to  his  twenty  questiouh,  more  or  loss  (bas- 
ed upon  his  false  accu'atii'n-?,  concerning  wars, 
they  will  not  be  appropriat..-  ti'l  he  proves  his 
iiendish    charge  that   Baptist  churches  grant 


"legal  license"  to  fulfill  "the  works  of  the  tlesh." 
He  did  charge  Baptist  churches  with  all  the 
crimes  named  in  Gal  5:  19-21.  though  he  only 
quoted  a  part  of  each  v.'i-se.    Paul  says: 

"Now  the  works  of  the  flesh  are  manifest, 
whicli  are  these:  adultery,  fornicatinn,  unclcau- 
uess,  luaciviousness,  idolatry,  witchcraft,  hatred, 
variance,  emulatioDs,  wrath  strife,  seditiona. 
heresies,  envying,  murders,  druukeuneiw,  revel- 
ings,  and  such  like," 

He  mu»<t  prove  orwithdraw  thene  foul  charges, 
or  be  advertised  as  adelibsrate  and  wilful  slander- 
er of  the  churclies  of  Christ.  He.in  ettect,repeats 
the  sani"  biUofslandersiuhis  lastNegative.with- 
out  one  line  of  proof.  When  we  made  an  allega- 
tion against  his  church  claims  we  put  in  the  proof. 
2.  We  regard  it  as  proper  to  bury  in  baptism 
only  tho^e,  who  are  "dead  to  ^in,"  and  mtide 
alive  by  the  Spirit.  In  baptism  we  have  both 
an  emblematic  burial  aud  resurrection.  The 
resurrection  to  spiritual  life  must  precede  the 
eniblemutic  resurrection  in  baptism,  otherwise 
the  *-ml)lem  would  be  false.  3.  Christ's  blood 
was  shed  before  and  after  his  death,  as  well  as 
in  it.  4.  Believers  should  be  baptized  into  the 
death  of  Christ,  that  is,  "planted  togetlier  iu 
the  likeness  of  His  death."  Rom,  6:  5.  5.  The 
Bible  authority  for  happy  saved  guests  at  the 
marriage  of  the  Lamb,  is  found  in  Ilev.  I'J:  6-!' 
and21:  24,  6.  The  Hi!.le  Joen  notsay  wheth- 
er these  "nations  of  them  that  are  sav-yd"  will 
ever  become  part  of  the  Bridn  City  or  not. 

His  other  questions  are  sufficiently   met   in 
our  review. 

Will  Mr.  Stein  try  to  answer  the  following 
questions: 

1.  As  y9u  hold  that  there  is  "an  intermedi- 
ate state  between  begetting"  and  the  new  biith, 
when  one  is  "born  of  water,"  who,  are  what  is 
his  mother?  2.  Did  the  thief  go  to  heaven 
without  the  new  birth?  Im  it  now  possible  for 
God  to  have  a  child  born  without  a  Tunker  ad- 
ministrator to  deliver  the  "emljryo."  which  is 
not  a  child,  into  a  state  of  chiidlioodV  4.  If 
there  is  only  one  plan  of  salvation,  in  which 
baptism  is  essential,  what  did  the  Savior  mean 
(Luke  7:  50}  when  he  said  to  the  woman,  "Thy 
faith  hath  saved  thee;  go  iu  peace?"  5.  Were 
those  that  had  received  the  gift  of  tne  Holy 
Ghost  and  spake  with  tongues,  baptized  before, 
aud  in  order  to  make  them  childr<;u  of  God? 
See  Acts  10:  43-18.     Do  anmrer. 

Our  8th  Arg.  in  support  of  the  fundamental 
Baptist  characteristic  that  demands  spiritual 
regeneration,  the  new  birth — and  spiritual  life 
as  e-ssential  to  baptism  and  church  membersliip 
is  based  on  the  (act  that  saleafion,  in  the  sense 
of  pnrtlon,  is  by  grace  without  iiorks.  (a)  "Abra- 
ham believed  God,  and  it  was  counted  unto  him 
for  righteousness.  Now  to  him  that  worketli 
is  the  reward  not  reckoned  of  grace  but  of  debt 
But  to  him  that  worketh  not,  but  believeth  on 
him  that  justifieth  the  ungodly,  his  faith  is 
counted  for  righteousness.  Even  as  David  also 
describeth  the  blessedness  of  the  man 
whom  God  imputeth  righteousness  without 
works."  Horn.  4:  3-6. 

I'aul  did  not  oppose  good  works,  but  he  did 
oppose  works  as  a  condition  of  pardon  and  sal- 
vation. But  if  salvation  depends  on  baptism  or 
church  membership,  then  it  depends  on  works 
This  cannot  be.  therefore,  this  Baptist  peculi- 
arity is  sustained. 

(b.)  "For  by  grace  are  ye  savetl,  through 
faith;  and  that  not  of  yourselves  it  is  the  gift 
of  God:  Not  of  works  lest  any  man  should  boast, 
For  we  are  his  workmanship,  created  iu  Chri^t 
Jesus  unto  good  works,  which  God  bath  before 
ordained  that  we  should  walk   in   thorn."  Epli 

2:  8-10. 

Baptism  and  joining  the  church,  ore  includ 
cd  "in  good  works,"   but  salvation   is  "not  of 
works;"  therefoie  our  doctrine  that   none  ex 
cept  spiritually   saved   persons  are  entitled  t' 
baptism  and  church  membership  is  sustained. 

(i)  "Not  by  works  of  righteousness  which  «e 


have  doue,  but  according  to  his  mercy  he  saved 
us,  by  the  wa.shing  offegeneration  and  renew- 
ing of  the  Holy  Ghost;  which  he  shed  on  ..» 
abundantly  through  Jesus  Christ  our  Savior  " 
Titus  3: 4.  5. 

Being  baptized  and  uniting  with  the  church 
are  "works  of  righteousness  which  we  have 
done."  Our  friend's  doctrine  contradicts  Paul 
by  making  salvation  l)y  baptism  and  church 
membership.  But  "according  to  his  mercy  he 
saved  us"  "not  by  works  of  righteousness." 
Therefore,  the  Baptist  characteristic  that  de- 
niauds  spiritual  life,  which  is  embraced  in  be- 
ing saved,  as  independent  of,  and  essential  to 
baptism  and  church  membership,  is  sustained 
by  the  Scriptures. 

PHEDICTION  ABOUT  1880,  AND 
1887. 

3K1.E(;TEI»   HY  T.  a    8.SVUER. 

IN  a  phHmi>let  recently  published,  the  author. 
Prof.   Grimmer,  asserts:   "From  1880,  to 
18S7  wilt  be  one  universal  carnival  of  death." 
Asia  will  be  depopulated;    Europe  nearly   bo. 
America  will  lose  fiftpen    million    people.     Be 
sides  plagues,  we  arc- to    bive   stonnn  and   tidal 
waves;    mountains  are  to   "toss    their  heads 
through  the  choistst   valleys."  Navigation  will 
bt?  lost  by  the  thousands,  owing  to  the  "capra:- 
cious  differences  oi  the    magnetic   needle,"  aadi 
is-lands  will  appear  in  luid  ocean.  All  the  beast?, 
irds  aud  tiih'J*    will    htdtt-*n^d:    famine   aud 
civil  strife  will  de.stri>y  most  ot  the    human  be- 
ings left  alive  by  the  plague,  and  finally,   "two 
years  of  fire"  from  18S5  to  l!>87,  will  rage  witn 
fury  in  every  pitrt  of  the  globe.     In    18,S7   th«; 
Star  of  Bethlehem    will    reappear  in  Cassipa's 
Chair.    The  immediate  result  being  universalv 
war  and   proteiitious  tlooda  and    shipwrecks. 
North  America  is  again  to  be  involved  in  civil 
war,  unless  a  "Napoleon  arises  to  quell  it.   But 
during    the   the.'ie    terrible    days,  the  Paci&c 
States  will  be  a  paradise  ot  peace  to  the  hellish 
strife  that     will    be  waging    throughout    the 
world."     The  few  people  that  managel  to  sur- 
vive till  1SS7  will  have  reason  to  be  thankful.— 
From  The  Sunday  Times. 


AN  ANECDOTE  OP  GARIBALDI* 

ONE  evening  in  1861,  as  Gl-ii.  Garibaldi    wa^ 
going  home,  he  met  a  Sardinian  shepherd 
lamenting  the  loss  of  a  lamb  out   of  his  tlocl:. 
Garibaldi  at  once  turnfd  to  his  statf  and  an- 
nounced his  intention  of  scouring  the  mountain 
iusetrch  of  the  lamb.    A  grand  expedition  was 
organized.     Lunterns    were    brought,    and    old 
otKciers  of  many  a  campaign  started  otf  full  oi 
zeal  to  hunt  the  fugitive.  But  no  lamb  wasfound, 
and  the  soldiers  were  ordt-Tcd  to  their  beds.  The 
next  morning  Garibaldi's  attendant  'found  hinx 
in  bed  fast  asleep.     He  was  surprised   at  this, 
lor  the  general  was  always  up   before  anybody 
else.     The  attendant  went  otf  softly  and  return- 
etf  in  half  an  hour.    Garibaldi  still  slept.     Afi- 
er  another  delay  the  attendant  waked  him.  The 
general  rubbed  his  eye.s.  and  so  did  bis  atteud- 
iiit,  when  he  saw  the  old  warrior  take  from  ur>- 
der  the  covering  the   lost   lamb,   and   bid  him 
convey  it  to  the  shepherd.    The  general   had 
kept  up  the  search  through  the  night   until  fit- 
had  found  it.     Even  so  doth   the  Good  Shei>- 
herd  go  in  search  of  bis  lost  sheep  until  he  ticdf; 
them.— Se/. 


Christianity  means  to  the  merchant  that  iw 
^hould  be  honest;  to  the  judge  it  means  that  he- 
should  be  just;  to  the  servaut.  that  he  should 
he  faithful;  to  the  >chuol-boy,  that  he  should 
be  diligent:  to  the  street  sweeper,  that  he  should 
sweep  clean;  to  every  work-r,  that  his  work 
shall  be  well  done. 

"Hear  instruction  and  be  wise,  ami   refuse    t 


TM  n  ;    LiHllTHI^JZX     -VT    ^VO}<l<i. 


December 


"THE  TIME  IS  SHORT." 

BY  (1RORGK  I).  ZOLI.EBS. 

THK  Spring- lime  and  Sumnipr  have  Taniflhed^ 
Tho  beautiful  flowers  have  gone, 
Tli«  trvcs  *r*  disrobed  of  tlieir  foliaRi*. 
And  thf  wood-Iwid  uiiiifitrolB  have  flown. 

We  have  reachi'd  the  bleak  month  of  Novoraber, 

And  witue-vs  the  Wioter's  gloom; 
Oh.  nittV  we  |>oor  morlalM  n-member, 
That  we're  passing  away  to  the  tcmilt. 

The  beauties  of  youth  are  declining. 
The  world  fades  away  with  it*i  charinc. 

And  noon  we  will  lie  with  psle  face". 
Enveloped  in  death's  cold  arms. 

Forget  not  the  Biblical  sentenoe, 

Dii^rtosed  by  the  servant  of  God, 
And  with  vigilance  wait  for  tiio  summons, 

When  life's  troubled  journey  is  trod. 

Let  each  soldier  be  prompt  at  his  station, 
And  the  watchword  of  Jesus  retain, 

L««t  he  meet  os  in  dread  consternation, 
When  he  comes  in  liis  glory  to  reign. 

Are  V.V  wailing  and  watching,  my  brethren, 
Eijiiipped  with  the  armor  of  light? 

Do  we  trim  our  light*?  are  tlicy  burning? 
Can  we  hail  hiit  return  with  delight? 


CONFIDENCE. 


IlY  JOHN   FOttXEY- 


COXFIDKNCE  means,  Ist,  act  of  run- 
fideuce  or  belief  in  the  reality  «>f  a 
fact  or  the  integrity  and  v(;raeity  of  an- 
other; 2Bd,  or,  th^t  in  which  faith  is 
|iut.      Webster. 

We  must  therefore    conclude   that   it 
re<iuire8  certain  things  to  establish    con- 
fidence, and  nothing  is  better  calculated 
to  establish  it  permanently  in    one    an- 
other than  to  be  true  to  one   another  in 
all  onr  business  transactions  in  life  with 
»*ach  other.     For  e-xample,  how  does  the 
little  innocent  child  get  confiilence  in  his 
j)arent8?'Wean8werby  the  faithful  watch- 
ful care  iin((  true  nets  of  kimliiesf*    the 
father   and     mother    bestow     upon    it. 
When  hungry  they  fed  it;    when  naked 
Jothed  it ;  when  in    distrij.M    they    com- 
forted it,  when  it  fell  down   they    raised 
it  up,  and  even  .showed  a  willingness  to 
■  Huder  its  life  hajipy.     Here  are  the   ev- 
i'lences  that  convinces  the  child  that  his 
narents  are  a  safe  refuge  to  whom  it  can 
i'eein  time  of  danger,  and  call  on  them 
when  in  want,     .'ird.  For  confidence  also 
jjieana  a  feeling  of  security,  self-reliance, 
trust,  affiance,  assurance,  boldness,  cour- 
■age,  and  is  a  characteristic  that  is  high- 
ly necessary  for  man  in  all  business  trans- 
utions  in  life.     If  he   ever   expects   to 
ciiake  a  success  in  the  same,  to   enjoy  a 
happy  reward  as  a  result  of  his    under- 
taking, and  uuless  a  man  has  confidence 
iu  what  he  undertakes,    he  mil   fail  in 
any  business,  and   will   suller  loss   and 
«hame  to  himself  instead  of  gain   and 
liappiness.     For  example,  a   man  may 
own  a  farm  and  if  he  has  no  confidence 
in  farming  and  withholds  the  seed  when 
seed  time  is  here,  because  he  conjectures 
some  unseen  difficulty  of  insects  or   oth- 
-rwise — that  will  cause  him  to  turn  a  way 
u  despondency — this  man  cannot  expect 
■ly    more   than  an    unprofitable     r.ud 
hameful  production  of  obnoxious  weeds 
at  harvest  time;  while  the  one  that   had 
confidence  in  Providence  sowed  his  seed 
the  proper  time,  could  look  forward  with 
a  hope  of  a  rich  harvest.    The  wise  hus- 
>»andman  waiteth  for  the   precious  fruit 
f  the  earth,  and  has  long   patience   for 
%  until  he  receives  the  early  and    latttr 
'  .in. 

I  have  said  that  confidence  is  a  char- 
acteristic that  man  must  have,  and  a 
TovLU  that  is  in  want  of  this  principle  is  a 
poor  wretch  indeed.  No  man  is  fit  to 
uia7r\  a  woman  unless  he  can  have  ex- 
'  ett  confidence  iD  himself  and   in    the 


woman,  that  he  can  live  with  ber  and 
*  njoy  her  society,  and  give  her  support 
and  comfort  in  life  as  it  becometh  a  hus- 
band And  ju^t  as  little  is  a  woman  fit 
t<i  marry  unle-ss  she  has  the  same  confi 
deuce  in  the  man  she  marries.  This 
holy  confidence  mu^t  be  established  up 
tm  the  same  principle  in  one  another  as 
it  is  in  the  child  by  the  pan-ots,  by  acts 
(►flove  and  kindness  that  will  create  a 
confidence  that  they  can  tru.st  their  life 
an<I  their  nil  in  each  others  care.  When 
a  lack  of  this  holy  confidence  is  in  one  or 
the  other,  it  will  make  life  miserable  and 
unhap])y  to  the  innocent  party,  as  well 
Its  to  the  guilty  one. 

No  man  would  volunteer  to  be  a  sol-' 
dier  had  h<*  not  (^jnfidence  tliat  he  couhi 
not  gain  the  victory  over  the  enemy  and 
have  a  reward  for  his  labor,  much  less 
would  one  oM'cr  himself  to  become  i 
I'resident  had  he  n.>  confidence  that  h^ 
could  fill  hisofliceiLS  a  ruler  of  the  great 
nation  of  America.  But  the  nation  must 
also  have  confidence  in  him  or  his  u 
dertakiug  will  prove  an  entire  failur 
nnd  this  confidence  cannot  exist  witliout 
good  evidence  on  both  sides,  and  in  case 
this  confidence  is  lost,  there  will  be 
rebellion,   war,  and  blood  shed. 

If  confidence  on  the  part  of  the  humau 
family  is  so  necessary  to  accomplish  the 
desired  ends  of  reward  and  happiness  in 
this  life,  how  much  more  is  it  essential 
for  the  Christian  to  have  an  unshaken 
confidence  in  all  his  undertakings  and 
transactions  in  his  Christian  life.  If  I 
had  noconfidence  in  God  and  his  Word, 
how  could  I  become  a  Christian?  And 
this  confidence  must  also  be  established 
upon  testimony,  and  these  God  has 
bountifully  given.  He  sent  his  Son  to 
redeem  and  raise  him  up  again,  and  still 
continues  to  give  us  rain  from  heaven 
and  make  the  earth  fruitful,  and  often 
fills  our  hearts  with  gladness.  "Behold 
what  manner  of  love  the  Father  hath  be- 
stowed uf)on  us  that  we  should  be  call- 
ed the  sons  of  God."  Why,  dear  reader, 
he  took  our  infirmities  and  our  sin  and 
laid  them  all  on  his  Son  ■»  ho  bore  them 
willingly  in  his  own  body  up  to  Calva- 
ry's Mount,  where  he  tasted  death  for 
you  and  me.  Oh,  dear  reader!  are  not 
these  evidences  powerful  enough  to  con- 
vince you  of  the  heavenly  Father's  love? 
to  put  full  confidence  in  him?  And  give 
to  him  the  required  testimony  that  you 
also  love  him  because  he  first  loved  you? 
This  you  must  show  by  keeping  his  com- 
mandments. 

{To  le  continued.) 


SKEPTICISM. 

BY  HtOK.SAXFOau, 

A  MON(x  the  most  important  influences 
-^^  that  have  been  brought  to  bear 
upoa  the  difierent  religious  and  philo- 
sophical  systems  of  the  world,  may  be 
mentioned  the  tendency  to  skepticism. 
Uy  skepticism  we  mean  the  habit  of  mis- 
trusting evidence,  though  the  term  is 
more  commonly  employed  as  relating  to 
certain  kinds  of  evidence,  and  especially 
to  evidence  of  a  religious  nature. 

It  is  not  strange  that  among  the  con- 
flicting theories  of  philosophy  and  mor 
als,  such  a  tendency  should  arise.  T)ie 
history  of  philosophy  is  in  the  main,  but 
the  history  of  two  great  systems,  the  sen 
salional  and  the  ideal.  From  them  have 
sprung  all  the  minor  schools  of  philoso- 
phy, and,  in  one  form  or  the  other,  they 
have  shown  themselves  in  the  religious 
belief  of  every  people. 

In  tracing  the  progress  of  these  oppos- 
ing systems,  we  find  that  in  every  age 
menhave  run  to  extremes  in  one  of  these 
iwo  directions.     Hardly  does  the    phil 


osopher  beoome  absorbed  in  investigat- 
ing the  facts  of  sensation,  when  the  num- 
ber, variety  and  magnitude  of  the  phe- 
nomena seem  to  overwhelm  him,  and  he 
makea  sensation  the  basis  of  every  men- 
tal state,  xvhile  he  disparages  the  value 
of  the  other  faculties.  On  the  other 
hand,  let  the  metaphysician  become 
\vraj)ped  iu  the  contemplation  of  the 
powers  of  reason,  and  he  begins  at  once 
to  detract  from  the  vabie  of  the  senses, 
and  to  look  with  contempt  upon  all  ex- 
perimental knowledge. 

As  these  tendencies  are  followed  up  to 
their  legitimate  results,  we  find  the  first 
It-adiug  to  egotism  in  morals,  atheism  in 
religion,  and  materialism  iu  philosophy; 
while  in  the  latter  case  they  have  given 
rise  to  religious  rationalism,  to  fatalism, 
and  ultimately  to  complete  pantheism. 
When,  therefore,  either  of  these  systems 
has  been  carried  to  such  an  extent  that 
it  could  no  longer  impose  upon  the  ere 
dulity  of  mankind.skepticism  has  sprung 
up,  or,  in  other  words,  ttie  common  sense 
of  mankind  has  rebelled  against  the  cur- 
rent ])hilosophy  of  the  age. 

Had  skepticism  been  content  to  keep 
within  its  proper  limits,  and  to  confine 
Itself  to  the  task  of  exposing  the  errors 
in  the  difierent  systems  of  philosophy,  it 
would  have  been  the  means  of  accom- 
plishing much  good  in  the  world;  but 
like  the  jihilosophies  which  it  was  en- 
deavoring to  expose,  it,  too,  rantoan  ex- 
treme, and  culminated  in  the  assertion 
that  no  possible  system  of  philosophy 
can  develop  any  truth  whatever  vrith 
absolute  certainty. 

This  spirit  of  skepticism  has  shown 
itself  in  three  principal  forms,  called 
absolute  skepticism,  authoritative  skep- 
ticism and  the  skej^ticism  of  ignorance. 
Absolute  skepticism  consists  in  that  dis- 
position of  inind  \vhich  denies  the  cer- 
tainty of  any  kind  of  knowledge.  It  is 
rarely  found,  and  when  it  does  appear 
it  is  only  among  the  more  thinking  class- 
es of  mankind.  It  has  its  best  represen- 
tative in  the  person  of  David  Hume,  who 
having  gone,  as  he  thought,  to  the  very 
bottom  of  the  foundations  of  the  con- 
flicting schools  of  sensationalism,  and 
rationalism,  reached  the  conclusion  that 
neither  our  sensations  nor  our  r^'asoniug 
faculties  can  be  relied  upon,  and  that 
the  acquirement  of  positive  knowledge 
of  any  kind  is  an  impossibility.  This 
branch  of  skepticism  has  not,  to  our 
knowledge,  any  distinguished  represen- 
tative at  the  present  time. 

The  next  branch  that  we  shall  notice, 
the  skepticism  of  ignorance,  is  confined 
to  an  entirely  different  class  of  men.  It 
is  peculiar  to  the  less  educated  and  more 
unthinking  portion  of  mankind.  It  is 
this  kind  of  skepticism  that  has  marked 
the  great  periods  of  unbelief  that  have 
existed  at  different  times  in  the  world's 
history.  Current  systems  of  belief  will 
from  various  causes  become  shaken  to 
their  very  centers,  and  the  people,  sym- 
pathizing in  the  work  of  destruction,  will 
carry  it  ou  till  e^■ery  vestige  of  their 
former  faith  is  swept  away.  The  next 
generation  will  grow  up  Juneducated  in 
any  belief,  and  a  skepticism  will  follow, 
not  resulting  from  any  designed  rejec- 
tion of  the  spiritual  sfaith  of  mankind, 
but  from  ignorance  of  what  there  is  to 
believe  in.  It  is  to  this  cause  that  much 
of  the  religious  skepticism  and  infidelity 
of  the  present  day  may  be  referred. 

COMPLETE  SANCTIFICATION. 

IIY  W.   H.  MILLKa. 

TT^HAT  is  sauctification?     Some  say 

'  *       it  means  to  be  holy,  pure,  elevat- 

L-d   above  sin,   &c.     They  further  say 


thfft  they  have  not  sinned  for  four      "" 

years,  and  that  they  have  no  g:  °'^    * 

when  you  quote  to  them,  "If  ^g   '  ^^^ 

have  notsiuned.  wemakehim  alj  ^  ^^ 

his  word  is  not  in   us."  1  .  JoIjq    ,.  ^"^ 

Thev  reply  that  thev  have  no  doc-     ^'*- 
"e«ire  to 

'ire"  to   ^ 


sin.     Neither  have  we  a  "desii 


Iput  we  do  not  claim  to  Tie  perfectly  t,"" 


lOlj 


be 


»I'ai1, 


and  pure 

To  be  sanctified   is    to 
t'hrist's    prayer   was,     "sanctify 
through  thy  truth."  They  were  set 
for  the  service  of  God,  tliev  wepo    i. ' '"' 
out  of  the  world ;  hence   they  ,yj 
apart  from  the    world— were  sanfL*l 
through  the  truth.  "''«'i 

Another  fact  is,  that  we  "m-o  . 
grace  and  intheknowledgeof  the  tn  tl,'° 
How  could  we  "grow"  if  we  were  1 
ready  grown.     It  is  impossible  for  u/^ 

be  entirely    ^vithout   impurity [u^ 

we  might  not  desire  to  .sin.  To  be  wh  i 
ly  sanctified  is  to  be  set  apart  from  tf 
world. 


FIVE  REASONS  FOR  NOT  ATTENn 
INQ  PUBLIC  WORSHIP. 

BY  JOHN  CVLVIK  BRInHT. 

T1IRST,  "1  worked  hard  all  week  and 
-L  I, as  wellasmyteam.amveryiired" 
Why  did  you  not  use  a  little  foresiglij) 
You  knew  that  this  day  was  set  apart  for 
the  worship  of  God,  and  you  should 
not  have  exerted  yourself  to  such  an  es- 
tent  that  you  would  be  too  tired  to  meet 
in  the  sanctuary  of  the  Lord.  Besides 
you  had  sis  days  to  labor  in  your  tern 
poral  afi'airs,  and  are  you  too  much  fa- 
tigued  to  spend  one  in  the  interest  of  the 
immortal  soul? 

■2.  "The  roads  are  too  bad."  Hon- 
did  they  get  in  such  a  plight  ?  Did  you 
not  help  to  get  them  in  that  condition 
by  hawhng  away  your  grain?  Or  if  you 
were  sure  of  making  one  hundred  dol- 
lars by  traveling  them  to-morrow,  would 
you  not  do  so  ?  Would  not  that  consid- 
eration improve  them  considerably? 
"And  whatsball  a  man  give  in  exchange 
for  his  soul?"  "What  shall  it  profit  a 
man  if  he  gain  the  whole  world  and  lose 
his  own  soul?" 

■3.  "The  weather  is  tooinclement,too 
hot  or  too  cold."  There  it  is  again.  But 
I  ask  what  were  you  doing  all  week; 
Was  the  weather  too  warm  to  harveat 
the  golden  grain,  or  too  cold  to  market 
it?  If  Dot,  you  should  hold  your  peace. 
Besides,  did  not  he  who  made  the  weath 
er  give  the  command — "not  neglecting 
the  assembling  of  yourselves  together"  f 
And  does  he  not  know  how  to  "temper 
the  wind  to  the  shorn  lamb"  ? 

4.  "Brother  X.  will  do  the  preach- 
ing, and  he  always  has  the  same  old 
song."  Of  what  are  your  daily  meals 
composed?  Is  not  the  bulk  of  them 
the  same,  year  in,  year  out?  Would 
you  like  to  do  without  them  ?  Or  rati 
er,  are  you  not  very  thankful  for  theini 
Then  you  should  be  satisfied  if  y"'' 
spiritual  food  is  materially  the  same- 
Truth  never  becomes  unpalatable  to  a 
healthy  stomach.  And  perhaps  you  have 
not  masticated,  digested,  and  been  uu 
bued  with  the  doctrine  of  the  "old  soag. ' 
Besides  if  you  had  to  take  brother  ^  '' 
place  it  is  quite  probable  that  you  won!'' 
not  do  as  well  as  he  does.  Here  is  ""' 
remedy :  Brother  X  is  probably  a  poor 
man  and  ha,s  a  large  family  to  supporl- 
Encourage  him,  and  give  him  of  youi 
.'ibundance.  Do  not  be  afraid  it  wi" 
'wrrupt  him,  for  that  will  only  demon 
^-rate  how  much  it  has  corrupted  Jon 
Attend  meeting  regularly,  pray  '"' 
I'rother  X,  bear  up  his  hands.  Auu 
assure  you  it  will  not  be  very  long  ""l' 
you  will  declare  that   brother   X's  sev 


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^,11,  are  very  mterustiDg. 
'^^      "Bat  I  can  stay  at  home  and  study 

'  ^L*ript"rea."  You  should  read  the 
.  iptures  daily  as  did  the  Bereans.  But 
'.  twill  not  justify  you  in  disobeying 
"f  postolic  injunction,  "not  assembling 
',  -ourselves  together."  Think  what 
^  1  where  would  our  hope  be  if  Christ 
vA  stayed  at  HOME.     Echo  answers, 

v^re?     Again,  an  Apollo  might  be  at 

,^Q(r  whom  it  might  be  necessary  to 

""jtructmore  fully   in  the   way  of  the 

»  -d.     This  no  doubt  you  could  do. 


».«E  WOWDERFUL  NAME.AND 
THE  WHEREFORE. 


A  Christmas  Contribution. 

BY  0.  H.  BALSBAUOH. 

1  \  E  Die  ATED  to  a  Saint  at  Zareph'ath , 
J '     who  is  a  widow  woman,  and  to  all 
vho  relish  the  dainties  of  the   Celestial 
Banquet.     It  is  my  Christmas  Gift  to  the 
Tarael  of  God,  seasoned  with    the   Love 
that  bleeds  for  sinners,  and  dooms  fiem 
eternally  if  they  live  and  die  in  sin.  M; 
the  Name  of  Jesus  be  "as  ointment  pour 
ed  forth"  to  every  reader,   and  may 
Jow  as  rivers  of  water  in  the   self  sacn- 1 
ficing  lives  of  us  all. 

The  Old  Testament  is  not  obsolete. 
Christ  antedated  His  Incarnation,  and 
filled  the  Old  Economy  in  all  its  minutia 
ffith  himself.  So  he  also  reaches  back 
and  comprehends  in  His  Person  as  God- 
man  of  all  dispensations.  Old  names 
and  old  localities,  old  institutions  and 
events  are  replete  with  present  interest 
and  instruction.  Zarephatli  is  still  the 
smelting-plaee  of  the  King's  gold  for 
beautifyingtheHeavenly Temple.  There 
the  handful  of  meal  and  the  few  drops 
of  oil  are  still  the  standing  miracle  of 
faith. 

"A  name  above  every  name."  We 
cannot  refer  to  the  august  Title  without 
touching  a  principle  that  runs  through 
the  Universe  like  a  thread  through  a 
handful  of  beads.     "He  was   Wore   all 

things,  III/  Him    ALL     THINOS     I'OKSIST." 

Col.  1:1'.  Jesus  has  many  Names — 
several  hundred — not  one  of  which 
would  be  a  source  of  hope  and  joy  to 
smners,  hadHe  not  also  rf/i.sName  above 
every  name — Jusis.  Emmanuel  is  the 
Root-name,  the  bottomless  Fountain  of 
Mystery  and  Love,  "God  with  us,"  in 
ua,  for  us.  Jesus  is  the  mighty,  thrill- 
ing, uplifting  .S'lH-name,  summing  up  all 
the  marvelous  evolutions  of  God  and 
man  in  the  Divine  Prodigy  of  Nazareth. 
The  Name  of  names  which  Paul  utters 
with  such  holy  vehemence  as  the  crown 
ing  glory  of  the  Eternal  Trinity ,is  a  Kes 
urrection-name,aPostcrucifi-\iou-cogno- 
men,  a  Name  that  stands  for  all  that 
God  has  done  for  man  and  all  that  man 
must  be  in  God.  Faith  in  Jesus  is  some- 
thing so  profound,  so  high,  so  vast,  so 
far-reaching,  that  all  the  cycles  of  an 
Endless  Future  of  ever-untolding  reve- 
lation will  never  compass  its  significance. 
"Let  every  one  that  uameth  the  Name 
of  Christ  depart  from  all  iuhiuity,"  is 
the  key-note  of  every  God-quickened, 
Wood- washed,Spirit-8ealed  soul  on  earth. 
2  Tim.  3:19.  "Unto  Him  that  lovkd 
us,  and  washed  us  frmn  our  sins  en  ins 
OWN  iiLooD,  and  hath  made  us  kings  and 
prinsts   unto   God   and   His   Father;  to 


HIM  be  glori/  and    dominion,   koreveu 


Axi.  KVEii,  Amen,"  will  be  the  rapturous, 
ever-deepening  hosanna  of  the  redeem 
ed  in  the  sinless,  deathless,  painless,  sor- 
rowless,  nightless  Paradise  of  Jesus. 

Something  of  the  significance  which 
the  Name  Jesus  has  to  Iliimelf  must 
attach  to  us  before  its  virtues  and  beat 
itudes  can  become   our  life,  our  joy,  our 


lory,  and  end.     The  orih;-  in  which   it 
liecame  His  must   reveal   to  us  how  it 
must  become  ours,  as  co  sufl'erera  and  co- 
heiis  with  Him.     "Thou  shall   call   His 
Name  JESUS,  ion  He  shall    savk    His 
people  FROM  THEIR   SINS,"    Matt. 
1 :  *21.  "Being  fount!  in  fashion  as  a  man, 
He  humhled  him.'ielf,  and    became  ohk 
iiiKNT  vNTo  DEATH,  even   the  DEATH 
OF  THE   CROSS."    Philpp.  i:   ».  O 
the  heights  and  depths  of  these  wondrous 
revelations  of  Love.     Here  the  heart  of 
God  is  not  only  laid   bare,    but   gashed 
and  laid  open  to  the  astonished   gaze  of 
Heaven,  earth,  and  hell.     As  Emmanuel 
became  Jesus,  so  we  become  saints.    No 
Savior  without  the  Cross;   no    Christian 
without  conformity  to  the  image  of  In 
carnate   Deity.      Shunning    the     Cross 
means  courting  Hell.     Pampering    and 
petting  any  sin-begotten  propensity  of 
body  or  soul,  is  to    wag    the   head    and 
spew  contempt    at   the   pain-quivering, 
soul-harrowed,  groaning,  bleeding,  dy 
ing  Jehovah-Jesus.     To  such   Jesus   is 
not  Jesus  e.xcept  that  He  saves  His  own 
honor   in   their   everlastiug  damnation. 
"He  saved   others.   Himself  He  cannot 
save,"  was  perhaps   the   bitterest,  most 
Satanic,  most  soul-stinging  taunt  that  1 
'grated  the  sensibilities  of  Jesus   during 
His  ministry  of  sacrifice   on   earth.     He 
saved  Himself  even  while  the  cruel   de- 
risi'ms  of  His  murderers  were  ringing  in 
His  viars,  and  He   will  in  like   uiauner 
save  Himself  as  He  thrusts  all  opposers 
and  muckers  and  self-pleasers  into    bot- 
tomless perdition.     AVhat  on   earth    are 
called    conventionalities,    and    personal 
privileges,  and  harmless  indulgences,  are 
registered  in  Eternity  as  "enmity  to  tli 
Cross  of  Christ."  Phil)>p.  a;  18,19.  What 
is  winked  at  by  the  church,  is  branded 
by  the  Cross  as  "filthy  lucre,"  the  "wor- 
ship of  mammon,"  "uncleauness,"  "sp'r 
itual  wickedness,"  and  moral  rottenness. 
The  all-overshadowing.  All- penetrating 
Name  is  only  another  spelling  for   holi- 
ness and  righteousness,  and  salvation  by 
self-crucifixion,    blood   and    death.     It 
means  "wrath,  tribulation,  and  anguish" 
for  many  a  pet  habit  which  custom  has 
white- washed  with  the  sanctions  of  man- 
made  religion.     The  devil  has   the  up 
perhand  in  many  thing.-  in  Christendom, 
on  which  tlesh- nursing,  would-be  Chris- 
tians vainly  strive   to   print  the   awful, 
pride-blasting,  lust  cauterizing  Name  of 
Jesus.     Witness  a  late  editorial   in  the 
New  York  Independent,  entitled  "Liter- 
al Errors  and  Material  Truths  in  Scrip- 
ture;"  and  the  pictures   of  the  family  of 
a«certain  pulpit  celebrity,  which  recently 
appeared  in  a  Religious  Magazine.    Dis- 
tinguished editors  and  famous  preachers 
are  trying  hard  to  prove  that  the  Cross 
oft'ers  a  premium  to  "the  lust  of  the  flesh, 
the  lust  of  the  eyes,  and    the   pride   of 
life."     To  preach  against  sin  in  the  ab- 
stract "with  the  tongues  of  men  and  an- 
gels," and  then  endorse   the   trash   and 
flash  and  dash  of  fashion,  is  making  the 
Name  of  Jesus  the  synonym  of  iniquity. 
Place  side   by   side  the  thorn  crowned, 
sin-bearing,  prlde-damning    Emmanuel, 
and  the  pictures  referred  to,    and    what 
Christ  loving,   sin-hating,    self-loathing 
soul  can  help  being  shocked  at  the  con- 
trast!   O   miserable   corruption   of  the 
doctrine  of  the  Cross.     To  follow  in  the 
footsteps  of  the   despised   and   rejected 
Carpenter — Savior,  and    make    our  life 
the  embodiment  of  the  petition,  "hallow- 
ed lie  thy  yume"  is  to  be  the  laughing- 
stock of  those  whose  fame   as   truth-ex- 
pounders and  gospel  defenders,  is  echo 
ing  round  the  world.     Many  of  the  pro 
ductions  of  these    intellectual  Goliaths  I 
a-lmire,  and    read    them    with    pleasure 
and  profit;  liut  that  the  authoi-s  are  am- 


bassadors of  the  Cross  in  the  true  and 
deepest  sense,  and  faithful  representa- 
tives of  Jesus  as  the  Incarnation  of  I)i 
vine  self  sacrifice,  I  am  slow   in  believ 

ing. 

"Let  this  mind  be  in  yoii    which   was 
also  in  Christ  Jesus."     This  is  salvation 
In  this  we  lose  the  consciousness   of  sin 
in  the  consciousnei^s  of  God.     Let  us  not 
forget  that  to  lose  the  sense  of    comlem- 
nation   is  not  necessarily  acquaintance 
with  Jesus,  whose  office  it  is  to  save  from 
sin.     Placidity  may  come  from  indiffer- 
ence and  insensibility,  as    well  as    froui 
faith  and  love.     Let  this   mind   be  in 
you" — the  mind  to  stoop,  to  spend  your- 
self for  righteousness  to  give   your  last 
drop  of  blood,  your  last  spark  of  life,  in 
the  struggle  against  sin,  in   the    preser- 
vation  of    moral  integrity.      This  did 
Emmanuel,  and  thus  became  the  fulfill- 
ment of  his   prophetic  infant    Name — 
thou     shall      call  Him      Jksus.     The 
sacrifice  and  yet  retention  of  his  eternal 
dignity  and  glory,  or  the  endless   dam- 
nation of  the  human  race:    this  \vas  the 
alternative.      "He    was   in  the  form  of 
God  and  thought  it  not  robbery   to  be 
equal  with  God,  but  male  himself  of  no 
reputation,  and  took  upon  iiim  the  form 
()/rtS(?rv«7ii,  and  was  made   in  the  /i/cc 
7ies-s  w^'mflri;  and  being  found   in  faih- 
ion  as  a  man  He    hi-miiled   uimseli--," 
and  stooped  lower   and    lower,   till    his 
obedience  brought  him  face  to  face  with 
the  direful  ultimate  wages  of  sin,  and  he 
hung  upon  the  Cross  the    poorest,    most 
despised,  most  accursed,    and    yet    most 
glorious, most  victoriousof  Beings.  From 
the  Throne  of  Light  and  Universal  Em- 
pire to  the  darkness  and  seclusion    of  a 
vestal  prison,  then  to   the   manger   and 
swaddling-bauds,  then  to    the   toil    and 
sweat  and   w'eariness   of  a  poor  man's 
craft,  then  to  the  sj  mbollc  gr^ve   of  sin 
and  death,  to  the  wilderness  to  confront 
the  person  and  bear  the  wiles  and  taunts 
and  temptations  of  the  arch-fiend,  then 
to  the  trials  and  vigils  and  labors    and 
tears  and  heart- aches  of  a  rejected  minis- 
try, then   down,  down    to  the   central 
midnight  and  horror   and  soul-anguish 
of   Gethsemane,  then  deeper  down   to 
the  lash  and  spitting,  the  mockery    and 
treachery,  the  injustice   and  barbarism 
of  the  Pretorium,  and  then  to  the  lowest 
depths  of  humiliation  and  ignominy  and 
hell-tasting,  of  the  eternally  memorable 
Golgotha.     Such  was  the  descent  of  the 
Son  of  God  to  redeem  ns   from   sin   and 
its  woful  issues.     He  Iminhled   himself, 
intMiiLEU  himself,  and  HUMBLED  him- 
self till  he  was  low  enough  to  atone   for 
the  vilest  sin,  to  taste   death    for  every 
man,   make    salvation   possible  to   the 
blackest,  most  sin-disfigured  soul,  break 
the  scepter  of  Hell,  and  satisfy  every  jot 
and  tittle  of  the   everlasting  righteous- 
ness of  Jehovah.     Now  comes  Paul  rap 
turous,     triumphant,     angel-chorusing, 
God-endorsing     "WHEREFORE"     in 
Philpp.  •-':  9.     O  the  height  and   deptl 
length  and  lircadth  of  the    mystery 
Divine   Love!     How  tender,  how   self- 
sacrificing,  yet  how  stern,  how  inexora- 
ble, how  indi.ssolubly  wedded  to  Right- 
eousness!    How  high,  how  ecstatic,  how 
glorious  its  Heaven!     How   deep,    how 
dark,  how    horrible,   how  hopeless   its 
Hell!    Love  reaches  through  Righteous- 
ness and  imiialesits  only -begotten  Dar 
ling  on  the  Cross,  and  sends  all  the  final- 
ly impenitent  into  the  unutterable   tor 
ment  of  unquenchable  fire.     Righteous 
ness  reaches  through    Love  and   plucks 
hell- kindled  souls  from  the  smouldering- 
of  sin,  and  lif'us  them    above  Angels  in 
the  ble-ssed  sonship  of  Divinity  into  ihe 
Heaven  of  Heavens,  in  co-heii-ship  witl 
Kmmanuel  rising  forever  in  the  scale  of 


wisilom  and  bliss  and  dignity  and  ado- 
ration!    So  the  Son  of  God  became  Je- 
si-s.    So  He  gave  him.seif  into  tlie  hands 
of  Infinite  justice,  and  the  abuse  of  raen 
and  devils,  and   became  our  Sin-liearer, 
our  Hell  averter.  "WiiEREFOitKGod  hath 
also  highly  exalted  Him,  and  given  Him 
a  Name  which    is   above   every  name: 
that  at  the  Name  of  Jesus   every  knee 
should  bow,  of  things  in    Heaven,   and 
things  in  earth,  and    things  under   the 
earth:  and  that  every  tongue  should  con- 
fess that  Jesus  Christ  is  Lord  to  the  glo- 
ry of  God  the  Father."  Philpp.  2:  9-11. 
O  with  what  amazement  and  awe  must 
the  seraphim  and  cherubim,  the   princi- 
palities    and   powers   in    the   Celej^tial 
Realm,  ponder  the-se  words!    And  how 
full  of  interest  and  solemnity  to  us  who8*s 
sin  necessitated  all  this  Divine  sacrifici 
and  humiliation! 

In  view  of  these  facts  of  overwhelm- 
ing significance,  what   unutterable  em- 
phasis the  Crosspre.sses  into  these  words — 
■LET    THIS    MIND   BE   IN    YOU 
WHICH     WAS   ALSO   IN  CHRIST 
JESliS."     Words  so  pregnant  with  the 
meaning  of  God    and   eternity,   that   tt> 
pronounce  them   with  due   force  Deity 
wandered  in  the  dust  of  His  footstool  in 
human  form  thirty  three  years,  and   at 
la-st  burst  his  Divine-human  Heart  in  a 
cry  of  agony    to   give    vent  to  all    the 
depth  and  fulness  of  their  overpowering 
significance!     Who  will  make  them  the 
unalterable,  ever-brightening,  ever-glad- 
dening,  ever  sanctifying   motto  of  life 
here  and  forever?     Who  will  venture  to 
step  where  Jesus  has  not   left   his  foot- 
print! Who  will  dare  to  cherish  thoughts 
and  desires  alien  to  the  mind  of  Christ  ? 
Who  will  deal  with  self  more  indulgent 
than  the  Patteru  which  made  the  Crosu 
the  power  of  tiod  unto  salvation  X  Who  \ 
I  [ear  the  awful  verdict  of  Heaven :  "  let 
iiiM     iiF.    ANATHEMA     MARANA- 
THA." 


FASHIONABLE  KINDNESS. 


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of 


ISDOM  and  fashion  are  seldom 
lompany  for  each  other.  Hos- 
pitality, meant  to  be  kindly  and  genial, 
becomes,  under  the  influence  of  fashion, 
fatiguing  to  one  party  and  oppressive  to 
the  other.  Measured  by  the  standard  of 
common  sense,  must  we  not  regard  it  a 
foolish  sacrifice  of  personal  comfort  for 
a  whole  family  to  be  subjected  to  fa- 
tigue duty  for  days  before  and  after  a 
dinner?  And  for  what  end!  Ostensibly 
to  give  pleasure  to  a  certain  number  of 
friends,  the  guests  on  the  occasion,  but 
the  real  effect  is  to  make  them  sick. 

Instead  of  "do  let  me  send  you  some 
more  of  this  mock-turtle,'  "Another 
piece  of  pie!"  "Sir,  some  of  this  trifle!" 
"1  must  insist  on  your  trying  some  of 
this  nice  melon,"  the  langu.Hge  of  sincer- 
ity would  run  as  follows:  "Pray  let  me 
have  the  pleasure  of  giving  you  a  touch 
of  the  gout;"  "Sir,  let  me  help  you  to  a 
sick- headache."  "Madam  you  cannot 
surely  refuse  a  crop  of  pimples  and 
blotches  on  that  face  of  yours."— i'f'. 

Spend  your  time  in  nothing  which 
you  know  must  be  repented  of.  Spend 
it  in  nothing  which  you  could  not  re- 
view with  a  quiet  conscience  on  your 
dying  bed.  Spend  it  in  nothing  which 
you  might  not  safely  and  properly  be 
found  doing,  if  death  should  surprise 
you  in  the  act. 

There  is  iniuiense  wisdom  in  the  old 
proverb— "He  that  is  slow  to  anger  'B 
better  than  the  mighly." 


THK    UKKTiiKKiSr    .^X    'WOUiL. 


December   j 


PtBLISnUU  WEEKLY. 


>r.M.  ESirKI.MAN.) 

S.  J.  ITAItKISON.       \  Editihi*. 

.J.  W.STKIN.  ) 


1.  Thk  K.lilors  will  I'K  n-.snoiisil.le  only  for  tin- 
jenpni!  tom^of  fhp  i»:ipfr.  iiml  I  In*  Insertion  of  an 
irlicle  tioes  nut  luiply  Hint  tlivy  i'iiiloi*«  every  aen- 
Umriit  of  tlio  « liter. 

2.  roNTitmrTKiis  111  order  to  scctirc  prompt  in- 
sertion of  lluir  aitK-lcs,  w III  plciuti-  not  imlnVe  in 
person«iitii-a  and  nnrntirtcous  laniruiiRe,  Iml  pn- 
Miit  their  view*  ■■  wltd  ^acp  spHHunct!  wllliaalt  " 

3.  TiiK  UiiBTnRT.N  AT  WonK  will  be  sent  to 
Miyaddresflin  tlit-  rnftM  Slttf*  or  <'«ii.i<lft  for 
♦iJWperuMinin.  For  tlie  Ic-mliiift  cliiiract#riBtic> 
of  the  paper,  aa  well  ns  liTms  ti>  viKcnUt  »ee  eighth 
patf^    Auilress  till  roniniunirjiUiius. 

»KKTIIKK.\  AT  WOKK, 

Unark.rnrrollCo.,  III. 


LANARK.  ILL.. 


DECKMIIRIt  I.'*.  1870. 


A  LL  sulwcriptiont  marked  ".Iiin."  are  the  canif 
as  if  uiarl(.a  "Jbh.  1.   I8S1." 


On  the  i;!th  inst.,  Hro.  UoBscrman  commen- 
ced aserieit  urjneetiugHMoutli  olDubklrk,  Ohio- 

Hrotbeh  J.  W.  Stkih  rcachfd  Karleywvilli 
Pa.,  the  .')th  initio  and  i*i  expecUtd  to  return  the 
13th.  

If  >ou  wi^h  to  act  an  BRpnt  for  B.  AT  W. 
oend  for  Pro^ppctns  and  lenrn  of  the  excellrnt 
term?  offered  lo  active  workerA. 


Do  iiot  forget  the  "Success"  coludin.  Send 
newfl  promptly  ou  po'tal  c«rd,  and  help  keep 
the  joyful  iiews  Ijefore  tlte  chnrch. 

TiU'^E  who  can  not  nntke  remittancon  in  any 
thiii^  lint  poKtuge  Htanip'*,  will  jiIeiLSe  5itnd  en 
eijual  number  of  our'^  and  tliree's.  Send  no 
other.  ^^ 

Hro.  P.  II.  Wriuhtsmim  writes  3(d.  iiist.:  "  1 
have  just  arrived  home,  with  nmch  imprnve'l 
health,  and  found  all  in  UMial  heaUh.  Thank  God 
for  Hi«  gdodnecs  " 


BnoTHKK  aid  Sister  N<rmBn.  of  Le  Sueur 
County,  Minneso  ta  are  actively  engaged  in 
their  Master's  work.  From  hou»«  to  house,  on 
the  highways,  in  feafon  and  ootof  season,  the/ 
earnestly  contend  for  the  faitii.  IJible  in  hand, 
they  fearlfssly  contend  )(.r  the  primitive  prac- 
tice of  our  Lord  and  M^t^^r.  One  liundred 
such  workers  would  in  a  few  yearn  almost  re- 
form the  State. 

Wk  are  glad  to  learn  from  the  Froffrftnire 
C/iri.sfi'tn  that  Mro.  Ba^lior  was  more  than  a 
Kitttcli  for  Mr.  [Jerfi-tresRpr  in  the  debate  at 
Waynenboro.  I'.i.  The  discun»ion  lasted  fic'- 
daytt,  and  s  report  will  be  given  in  |)amphlet 
ffirm.  It  is  gratifying  to  note  that  the  jnofiU 
arising  from  the  sule  of  the  report  is  to  be  UNed 
in  niJHwion  work.  May  the  Lord  bles-f  Bro.  B. 
iind  enable  him  t<»  go  on  defending  the  truth 
of  Jesus.  We  regref  that  we  could  not  be 
j)re8ent  to  hear  the  debate. 

It  has  been  a  custom  among  papers  to  is'ttie 
but  fifty  numbers  during  the  year,  and  into 
this  cufltom  we  have  litlleii;  not  that  we  wi^h  to 
avoid  duly,  but  it  enables  us  to  put  thiug'4  in 
ord*r  for  another  year.  At  this  time  of  the  year 
piiblK-liers  bave  an  iiiiiiien»e  amount  of  w<-rk 
to  do,  hence  they  take  the  two  weeks  vacation 
to  jiiit  thinp;s  in  order.  We  shall,  however, 
hereafter,  issne  filly-two  numbers,  and  try  »o 
to  arrange  our  busine-'B  as  to  acuonimodate  our 
patrons,  whetlier  we  are  accommodated  or  not. 
The  first  number  of  next  year  will  be  sent  out 
80  as  to  reach  the  readers  about  January  Ist, 


Ui' to  tbe  10th   of  December   171    students 
bad    been   enrolled  ul-  the    Mt,  Morris  Collegi 
and  the  jirospect.-*  are  that  200  will  be  in  before 
the  beginning  of  tbe  next  year. 

Wb  again  request  yon  nil  to  notice  the  dale 
after  your  names.  If  it  is  "Jan.  1.  '80,"  then 
tliio  ifi  the  last  puper  you  will  get  unless  you 
have  renewed  since  this  paper  was  mailed. 

Wk  shall  soon  begin  a  series  of  articlea  on 
biiptisin  by  Hro.  J.  W.  Stein.  Thei^e  articlew 
are  the  result  of  long  and  earnest  labor,  and  are 
desigjied  for  book  form  after  going  through 
the  paper 

TuK  "History  of  the  Church"  in  the  next 
year's  IJ.  at  W.  *houid  be  read  by  every  broth 
erand  sister.  Some  valuable  facts  will  be  pre 
eented,  showing  how  things  were  done  in  tht 
early  ages  of  the  church. 


Hho.  J.  G.  Winey  of  lonui  Co.,  Mich,,  sends  a 
report  of  their  Bible  Sirbool  with  the  following 
result.  Average  number  teachers,  'J;  Average 
number  pupils,  43;  number  verst s  committed  to 
memory  about,  IifiDO;  No.  Children  af  Work  dis- 
tributed, S()0,  mid  adds:  "It  is  an  evident  ftict 
that  while  cliildr' n,  and  adults  too,  are  at  the 
Douse  of  woi*ship  they  can  not  at  the  same  time 
rove  through  the  woodn  with  gun  in  hand,  or 
along  thestreams  fishiTig,  or  in  other  mi'ichief. 
Children  must  and  will  do  something.  Better 
take  them  with  you  to  the  house  of  the  Lord 
and  spend  a  few  hnur.' in  reading  and  medita- 
ting upon   Hod's  word." 


Thkke  were  over  thirty  rainislera  of  differ- 
ent denominations  in  attendance  at  the 
Waynesboro  debate,  and  a  vast  concourse  of 
people.  Many  hundreds  failed  at  times  to  gain 
admittance.— fVow/^ff/  Prnit-her. 

Brother  B.  W.  Nkkf  writes:  "Some  twenty 
■  r  thirty  have  been  added  to  the  church  here 
the  past  year.  Brother  Knianuel  Shaver  came 
and  held  some  meetings,  and  the  result  was  one 
reclaimed  and  three  applicants  for  baptism." 

Now  is  the^  the  time  mistakes  are  most 
likely  t(.  occur.  Heniember  we  shall  always 
make  corrections  when  we  possibly  can.  Si.  do 
not  hesitate  to  notify  ue  if  your  paper  does 
not  come  right;  or,  if  anything  else  is  wrong 
and  you  think  the  fault  is  with  us. 


TiiEpriceof  paper  is  over  20  per  cent,  higher 
now  than  when  we  purchased  our  last  lot.  That 
i«  the  piper  we  could  then  get  for  $1,000  we 
most  now  pay  overSl,200  for.  Now  since  we 
have  not  increased  the  price  of  the  B.  at  W. 
we  hope  an  extra  eH'jrt  will  be  made  to  oHset 
tbe  increase  in  the  price  of  the  paper  by  an  in- 
crease of  subwribers.  la  it  not  reason-ible  h, 
*xpect  this? 

Thk  Brethren's  Hymnal  is  not  bound  in 
arab*  Hfjoe  any  more  and  the  first  lot  is  exhaost- 
fA.  Tn ere  are  just  two  kind*  now.  One  bounH 
in  morocco  at  if  l..>0  per  copy  post  paid,  orJjH.T.'t 
per  do»  by  express:  the  other  is  bound  in  cloth 
witii  a  leather  l^ack  at  !pl.25  per  copy  post  pa  d 
4jr  *]2.00  per  doz  ,  bv  express.  We  have  also  a 
tirge  lot  of  Brethren  a  Hymn  Books.  For  pnce^ 
"-'iMt  page. 


The  fourth  rule  of  the  new  plan  of  holding 
tlie  General  Conference  reads  thus: 

"The  members  r,f  the  ehuich  in  which  the 
meeting  is  held,  shall  be  e.touerjited  from  pay- 
ing the  amount  that  others  shall  piiy.  And  Mie 
("oiiimittee  of  Arrangements  shall  decide  who 
are  entitled  to  exoneration  besides  the  congre- 
gatiou  ill  whicli  the  meeting  is  lield,  for  servi- 
4  rendered." 

According  to  this,  the  members  of  the  Lan- 
ark Church  will  not  be  rujuired  to  pay  nny- 
tliing  into  the  Treasury  for  the  support  of  the 
meeting.  However,  they  agreed  in  council  the 
lOlh  inst.,  not  to  accept  this  privilege,  but  that 
each  should  pay  as  others  are  required  to  do. 

A  GLANCE  BACKWARD. 


AGAIN  old  father  Time  tells  us  that  anoth- 
er year  is  almost  finislied  and  that  we  are 
rapidly  Hearing  our  graves.  All  along  the 
highway  of  life,  God  lias  been  good  to  us,  and 
« itli  grateful  hearts  we  look  up  to  him  for 
what  we  have  enjoyed. 

The  year  that  is  just  closing  has  been  one 
full  of  j'ly  to  many  hearts,  and  great  sadiie.ss  to 
others.  Upon  one  hand  health  and  prosperity 
have  smiled,  while  on  the  other  sorrow,  sick- 
ness and  adversity  have  laid  hold  of  many  dear 
souls.  Amidst  them  all,  we  trust  great  good 
has  resulted.  It  is  a  blessed  thing  to  possess 
godliness  with  contentment. 

The  past  year  has  witnessed  nian>  changes, 
we  believe  for  the  better.  Thuusands  have 
boldly  confessed  Christ,  put  him  on,  fltd  from 
sin,  and  are  now  living  in  the  light  of  God's 
eternal  truth.  Many  of  the  brethren  have 
traveb-d  to  and  fro,  persuading  men  to  repent, 
wliileothei-s  have  from  time  to  time  fed  the 
flock  over  which  the  Holy  Ghost  made  them 
overseers.  Wliile  many  may  mourn  because 
they  have  not  been  diligent  oiough  in  tbe 
Master's  work,  not  one  of  us  can  weep  because 
we  have  done  too  much.  Some  of  us  may  shed 
tears  because  we  gave  "filthy  lucre"  too  much 
attention,  but  who  of  us  are  sorrowful  because 
we  gave  much  attention  to  the  things  which 
are  from  above?  Who  is  mourning  because  lie 
has  sown  the  seed  of  truth?  Not  one;  but  on 
the  other  hand  are  not  some  sorrowful  because 
their  affections  have  been  largely  set  upon  the 
things  of  the  earth?  Will  we,  by  God's  grace 
r/wic/Zer  in  the  future?  Great  God,  help  us  to 
se>  k  each  other's  good  as  well  as  our  own. 

During    the    year     Ashland   College, 


Mt.    U-trri«    Colleg.*    Yiw,^  been   opened    to  all 
whodenire  to    prepare   themselves    more    thor- 
oughly    for     the  active     duties  of  lite,   while 
Hunt  iigdoii    Normal    ha«     given  eviderc    of 
increased  /'^at  and  energy  in  the  work  of  train- 
ing    the    mind.     No    doubt    muiy     brethren 
and  !-i-ter^  who  are  attending  these  schools,  ar.? 
much  more  liappy  th*iu  if  they  w.-re  attending 
Mchools  not  conducted  by  brethren.     We  pray 
God  thdt  those  minds  may  be  sanctified  through 
the  truth,  so  that  God  may  be  glorified  and  (h' 
cJiurth  strengthened.     We    wish  also  to  noti 
that  the  year  junt  closing  has  witnessed  the  in- 
troduction of  increased  mediums  for  the  dissem- 
ination of  truth.      The  (wo.ye!  Prrnrher,  Ash' 
land,    Oliio,   stepped    forth    as   a    defender    of 
truth,  and    has    been   gently  knocking  at    the 
door  of  many  hearts  with  its  hand  of  love.  The 
ProtjrfsKire  Chrhliau,  Berlin,  Pa.,  with   bold- 
ness declared  it3  determiuation  to  fight    sin  and 
hold  aloft  the  banner  of  King   Emanuel.     Our 
S tiiii/ii If  Srhool,  A»h\aud,  Ohio,  atldressed  itself 
to  the  little  folks  and  the  Sunday  School  teach- 
ers,   ajjd    now    having   taken    unto     itself  the 
Yinnnj  iJisriplc  as  a  husliand,  dechire*  its  deter- 
miuation to  continue  its    weekly    visits    to    all 
who  shwll  give  it  an  invitation.  The  Jirrfhren's 
All VDcate,  Waynesboro,  I'a ,  we  believe,  is  still 
moving  ituward.uud  with  its  purpose  to   make 
people  bt;tter,  may  it  find  lodgment  in  many 
families.      We  have  now  noticed,  briefly,  the 
progress  of  our  church    literature,  and   hop? 
that  all  our  co-t^mi)orarips  may  be  able  to  do 
much  good  with  us  in  the  name  of  Je&us.    To- 
wards them  all  we  wish  more  and  more  to  i^ul- 
ttvate  feelings  of  brotherly  love;  and  whil*  we 
are  engaged  iu  a  good  and  noble  cause,  may  we 
labor  for  that  Christian  character   which    was 
etemplilied  by  our  Master.     We  each  have  our 
way  of  teaching  school,  and  the  readei"s  of  our 
periodica's  sre  the  proper  judges  as  to  the  mer- 
its of  tlie  various  method-).      Principles  change 
not;  their  application,  however,   is  varied. 

Perhaps  in  opening  up  Bible  Schools,  the 
Brethren  have,  during  tlie  year,  advanced  more 
rapidly  than  in  any  other  work.  Many  ph\ce5 
now  for  the  tirst  time  witness  old  andyouugas- 
stmbling  to  read  and  study  the  Word  on  the 
Ijord'a  day,  Thousands  of  verses  have  lieen 
memorized  to  be  used  iu  years  to  come.  Things 
have  been  made  plain  by  reasoning  together, 
thus  brotherly  love  is  increased. 

In  missionary  labors  the  church  iu  many 
places,  has  been  quite  active.  Evangelists  have 
gone  forth,  and  amidst  severe  toils  and  strug- 
gles, scores  of  precious  souls  have  been  brought 
to  Christ.  Ou  the  whole  we  can  look  back  ou 
this  Chrislian  laborwitli  a  considerable  degree 
of  satisfaction; yet  much  more  might  be  done 
if  ail  were  aroused.  May  the  coming  year  find 
none  falling  behind  in  this  holy  work.  We 
are  writing  this  iu  the  Central  part  of  Minne- 
sota, in  a  community  where  only  a  few  days  ago 
tlu:  Gospel  w^  preached  for  the  first  time.  We 
see  the  need  of  more  workers,  and  greater  ef- 
forts to  reach  those  who  are  not  obeying  all 
tlie  commands  vf  the  Gospel.  In  fact  we  have 
and  are  ispcrieiiruif/  something  that  will  do  us 
good;  anil  if  several  thousand  otliers  would 
travel  over  the  road  of  experience,  pei'baps 
tjivij  would  find  food  that  would  make  them 
strong  in  the  Lord. 

"Have  we  gained  in  piety  and  humility?" 
queries  one.  We  can  not  epeak  for  all,  but  we 
unhesitatingly  say  that  wherever  we  have  been 
during  the  year  we  have  seen  many  changes 
for  the  better.  In  regard  to  uniformity  and 
plainness  of  dress,  despite  the  many  cries  of 
departures,  we  have  noticed  a  marked  change 
in  favor  of  uniformity.  We  speak  in  a  gener- 
al sense,  and  we  have  confidence  that  when 
people  once  learn  the  principles  underlying  the 
dress  question  very  few  will  desire  to  follow  the 
abduiinable  fashions  of  the  world.  There  are 
other  things  which  we  would  with  pleasure  ob- 
serve, but  we  are  weary  and  worn  with  labors, 
lience  commend  all  the  loved  ones  to  the  grace 
of  God,  trusting  as  we  grow  iu  years  and  exp-- 
rience,  we  may  more  fully  learn  God's  will  and 
at  last  meet  in  the  beautiful  beyond. 

M.  M.  E. 

Sharon,  Minn. 


whirh    come    from    sairifites    f<.r    the  d 

We  also  thank  all  our  readers  fop  their     ' 
pathy  and  love;  but  above  all    thank  {i,,A 
what  we  have  enjoyed  from  hi-i  hand.     If 
ed,  the  coming  year  will  find   us  wilijiigj^^ 
to  contend  for  the  whole  truth.     Our 


promiju 
for  field  work  are  about  all  filled,  hence 
pect  to  devote  about  all  our  time  to  the 
the  coming  year.  We  make  but  few  proniia''* 
rather  preferring  to  do  more  than  we  are  u 
ing  to  promise.  We  expect  the  asaiatam-e ' 
you  all,  and  invite  every  one  to  labor  will 
in  making  the  Brethhen  at  Wohr  a  compl  ? 
missionary  paper— one  that  will  sound  out  IK 
Gospel  in  it")  primitive  simplicity  with 
bi'ldness.  If  we  have  erred  in  the  past,  let 
strive  to  do  betti>r— to  flee  farther  anj  ft,-j.  ' 
from  sin,  and  live  nearer  fo  Christ. 


HELL— INGERSOLL  CONVERTED 


GRATEFULNESS. 


WE  thank  our  Hgeot^  for  their  labors  of  love 
during  the  year,  and  hope  their  reward 
may  be  great  in  heaven.    We  express  the  wish 
that  you  may  continue  to  assist  us  in  the  work 
nd  '  of  the   Lord,   and   still   seek    th(  ee    blessings 


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NrMHER    III. 

DOES  the  Bible  teach  the  existence  of  devila? 
Of  couise  it  does.  Yes,  it  teaches  not  onb 
the  existence  of  a  God,  but  also  of  a  devil.  QqA 
hps  to  have  a  home;  that  home  is  heaven.  Thft 
pevil,  too,  has  to  have  a  home;  that  home  is 
hell.  People  have  imagined  many  things  coq. 
cerning  both  these  places.  The  Bible  does  not 
give  us  a  complete  programme  of  the  exercisea 
of  either  of  them,  but  it  does  teach  us  tha 
horrors  of  the  one  exceed  our  wildest  imugin. 
ation,  while  the  glory  of  the  other  ia  beyond 
all  present  human  comprehension. 

Infidels  say  the  Bible  teaches  witchcraft 
Who  ever  learned  witcbcaft  from  the  Bible? 
Let  us  have  the  chai»ter  and  verse  where  it 
taught.  Does  the  Bible  not  teach  that  witch- 
craft  is  an  abomination  to  God?  Would  God 
oppose  himself?  Suppose  Saul  did  go  to  a  witch 
of  Endor  who  was  said  to  have  a"'faniiliars|iirit." 
Do  we  read  that  she  got  it  from  the  Bil>it;  or 
from  God?  Now  if  God  and  the  Bible  t.aih 
witchcraft,  then  all  witches  would  be  chiliiren 
of  God,  heirs  of  the  promise,  and  what  crml.i  ht^ 
more  absurd  than  to  imagine  brethren  ami  sis- 
ters persecuting  each  other  instead  of 
luon  foe! 

The  Bible  records  events  as  tbpy  appeared 
and  not  necessarily  as  they  actually  were.  If 
the  Bible  narrative  would  not  correspond  with 
what  the  people's  ideas  or  impressions  of  it, 
whether  their  idea.s  or  impressions  were  correct 
or  not,  how  could  they  regard  it  as  a  faithful 
record?  What  would  be  the  sense  of  preserv- 
ing the  history  of  a  thing  in  such  a  way  that 
those  who  were  eye  witnesses  of  it  would  not 
recognize  it?  Shall  we  charge  such  folly  up- 
on an  all-wise  God?  Then  instead  of  the  fact 
that  the  Bible  recognizes  such  a  thing  as  witch- 
craft being  any  evidence  agains.t  it,  it  only 
shows  how  minutely,  accurately,  faithfully,  the 
Bible  describes  and  records  events  which  took 
place  in  its  time,  and  is  therefore  an  evidence 
of  its  veracity.  Mr.  Ingersoll  in  his  lecture  on 
hell,  next  takes  the  history  of  the  temptation 
of  Christ  by  the  Devil;  and  asks,  if  any  one  can 
believe  that  tbe  devil  actually  did  do  these 
things;  just  as  if  he  did  not  know  that  the 
most  intelligent  of  thousands  living  and  mill- 
ions aead  do  believe  and  did  believe  it.  Next 
asks,  in  reference  to  the  narration  where 
Christ  met  the  man  with  the  unclean  spirit  in 
the  country  of  the  Gadareues  and  granted  the 
si'iiit's  request  to  enter  a  herd  of  swine,  which, 
when  the  spirit  had  entered  them,  at  once  ran 
over  a  precipice  and  perished  in  the  eea— he 
asks  whether  reasonable  men  in  this  nineteenth 
century  should  believe  this  to  be  an  actuai 
occurrence,  and  then  adtls,  "If  my  salvation  de- 
pends upon  believing  that  I  am  lost,"  just  as  if 
the  truth  of  it  dejit^nds  upon  whether  he  be- 
lieves it  and  was  saved  or  not!  But  we  cant 
toll  but  what  he  does  believe  it;  for  he  teaches 
that  it  is  better  to  lie  than  to  receive  the  pun- 
ishniK-nt  which  truth  would  entail.  Hear  what 
he  says  about  lying.  "Suppose  your  chiM  t^"^ 
a  lie.  Don't  pretend  the  whole  world  is  going 
into  bankruptcy.  Don't  pretend  that  that  H 
the  first  lie  ever  told.  Tell  them,  like  an  hon- 
est man.  that  you  have  told   hundreds  of  h«* 

yourself *     *     *     *     Suppose   a  man  a» 

much  larger  than  we  are  as  we  are  larger  than 
*  child  five  years  old,  should  come  at  us  with  fl 
liberty  pole  in  his  hands  and  in  tones  of  thun- 
der want  to  know  "who  broke  that  plate,"  there 
is  not  one  of  us  not  excepting   myself,  that 


pecember    15 


THE  x=iiiii:xiiRii.:x  jsjr  avoi^k:. 


(juld  not  swear  tliat  we  had  uever  Been  that 
nlate  10  *"  o""^  lives,  or  that  it  was  cracked 
when  we  got  it.  Here  then  we  have  the  infi- 
dels ix'gard  for  truth.  He  would  choose  be- 
in'eeii  telling  a  lie  aud  the  truth  wholly  ou  the 
crouuds  as  to  which  would  pay  the  beat!  Now 
since  uo  church  would  pay  hiii'  to  plead  her 
Cauee  what  infidels  do  lor  ridiculing  it.  aud 
^jpcf  liR  would  just  as  soon  tell  a  lie  as  the 
truth,  when  he  nieerts  a  thing  how  are  we  to 
know  whether  he  has  told  the  truth  or  uot? 
gimply  by  fiudiug  out  whether  it  would  pay! 
Mr.  lugeraoU  uext  pitches  into  the  Bible  for 
teaching  slavery.  He  wholly  neglects  the 
cau-es  by  wliich  uiau  tell  into  slavery.  Suppose 
J  visitor  from  3ome  foreign  land  sliouhl 
COW  to  the  United  Slalisuiid  visit  our  prisons, 
iails  and  pfrniteiitiurie*.,  and  then  return  home 
and  report  what  a  set  ot  ly  rant",  upj)reiia(,rs  add 
pfrsecutora  the  peopU'  ut'  the  United  Stutt:S  «re, 
[plliug  about  tlie  convicts  of  the  prisons  and 
peinteuti*"^^,  &c.,  what  would  be  your  opin- 
ion of  him?  Would  you  not  reg.ird  him  as  a 
base  impostor,  a  narrow-minded,  bigoted  fanat- 
ic or  a  prejudiced  idiot?  Then  what  must  we 
think  of  a  mHU  who  does  the  same  thing  with 
the  Bible  aud  the  church? 

Mr.    liigersoll  uext   ridicules  the    Bible    for 
what  it  tenches  in  Eph.  6:  5;  1  Peter  2:  18.  VJ; 
blxodus  21:  7  11,  hikI   then   fur  what  is  said 
(il)out  .Jpphtha's  daughter  and  Job.  He  (not  the 
Uible  but  Ingersnll)  says,    "Servants,  he  obedi- 
ent to  yi-ur  masters,"  is    the  salutation  of  the 
mO't  ni'jrcit'u!  iiniX  to  one  who  works  for  niith 
jag  and  who  receives  upon  his    naked  b..ck  Hi' 
liish   as    legal   tender  for  service   performed." 
"  'Servants,  be  obedient  to  your  master's,  is  the 
salutation  of  the  most  meiciful  God  to  the  slave 
mother  bending  over  her  infant's  grave.      'Ser- 
vants, be  obi>dient  to  your  masters,"  is  the  ealu- 
talion  to  a  man  endeavoring  to  escape  pursuit, 
followed  by  savage  lilood  hounds."     Where  do 
we  read  anything  like  such  stuff  in  the  Bible? 
Give  us    the  ciiapter   and  verse    wlier^,  "  'St- 
vaiiis,  he  ohedit  iit  to  your  masters,'  is  the  saln- 
lationofthe    most    merciful  God  to   oue  who 
woiks  for  nothing  and    who  receives    upon  his 
Uftked  back  the  lash,  as  legal  tender  fur  service 
performed,"  or  "of  a  slave  mother  bending  over 
her  infant's  grave,"  or  "of  a   man  endeavoring 
to  esi-ape   pursuit,   followed   by  sarage   blood- 
bounds"     Away   with  such  atrocious   raisrop' 
resentations!  It  matters   uot  what  some  minis- 
ter or  comoientator  says,  but   where  docs  the 
B/A/c  teach  any  such   barbarism?  If  the  gate; 
of    Heaven  stood  open   to   receive   men,   who 
would  thus  misrepresent  and  falt-ify  the  grand' 
est  truths  ever  divulged  to  mau^we  a>rk,  if  the 
gates  of  Heaven  stood   opeu   to  rtceive  such, 
what  would  be  the  difference    between    such    a 
place  and  hell?  As   additional   evidence  of  how 
unfair,   biased  and  sophistical  infidels  are,  we 
call  your  attention   to  the   following  circular, 
advertising  lugersoU's  lectures; 


BIG    I. 


BKt  I  represnnts  the  amount  of  selfishness  a 
man  possesses.  Wit  j  6onie  it  is  the  whole 


"TbMc)icluri.'s1in*o  cxcllnlllio  linlredoftlii  CIiukIi,  Andtbead- 
mlnttlon  of  Um  inlcllIgaDl  iinil  g^'rivroiii;  tlioy  ura  dvuouucad  b;  nil 
kllcicnin  l/muii},  jiidftvoi/.  by  Un'lieatonof  wlieJ,  tlio  wlilpponi 
ol  clillrlrpn,  tli«  licllvvers  iu  IidII,  tho  bntuni  ut  ptngrcf^  llie  dMpIsvn 
crn'ntun,  by  ull  Iho  Diogonnudcnwloni,  by  thadormiiDnKirthodi-ui). 
toil  !>}  .ill  ibf  bypoctlti;^  njw  living.  Dy  »  grrni  iiiHiiy  uUicn  Ilii>y 
jr^iddlnUic  liiglifleslc-m    " 

It  assumes  and  insinuates  that  all  Christtaus 
are  ignorant,  stingy,  "believers  iu  tyrany  and 
slavery,"  "beaters  of  wivts,"  "whippers  of  chil- 
dren," "haters  of  progress,"  "deapisers  of  rea- 
son," "cringera  aud  crawlers,"  '"defameis  of  the 
dead,"  aud  "hypocrites."  Where  is  there 
church  iu  all  this  broad  laud  that  would  own 
members,  who  could  be  honestly  stigmatized 
with  any  such  epithets?  To  know  what  Chris- 
tianity does  for  woman  let  Dr.  .lessup  tell  us 
how  she  is  treated  iu  heathen  countries. — 


WOMEN  IN  UAHOMMEDAN  LANDS. 


I  Li 


•')  ^iidkoii  of  tli«   dggreiloUon  of  women.     Yoa  bnvo   m 

tOiiiofllintbU  couDlry.     Woman  Islnxidxn  under  rout.     Ai 
'i;>ifilcil  tUlldleiu  If  he  bm  oDly  dniigbtuM.     II  la  not   liLwfii 
'>i'>ri  tbc  nnmvurwiitiitD  io  Uob>niinv>lsn  aw-ivty,   wllbout  I 
fan  iKirduo  .,f  iboKU  wlio  nru  proseut  for  luuulloiilug  so  lilu  it  Bubji 
\  niaa  liiu  Iu  use  tbo  mairullnp  gender  1ii  spcnklog  of  womeu. 
■nltiiK  to  n  woninn  b*  will  noTer  put  a  feminine  nftmo  on  the  out 
"Inu  iDvelopu,     I  know  u  man  wli»  hnd  biiKu  diuon  daiit;Llora.    I 
L'ki'JhiinboM  Dinny   cbfldrvD   bo  bod,    Itu  wu  dbptoiued   wilb  mo 
*o<l  iHl.t  he  bid  Tio  cblld.    "Whwe  c'rlaura  lbo(ii.t"  |  lur|nlri'd.    He 
"■opilni,  "Thoy  oro  notblnb'ibut  glrl»;  vm  dou't  souiit  glrUnoytblug." 
Tliey  duo't  Foutil  women  orglrl».     It  li  far  dllloroal   wbnl  religion 
^' (jr  womiin.     Prof.    Do«worth   Nmllli.   of  Oxford,   bus   written    n 
™k.  "Oa  Hobamnipd  and   Mubitoiiucidonliiui,"  it  liiadMInu  of  Itlam. 
lie  would  even  plaru  it  ikbovo  Cbrbtiaiilty  in   Ita  pthlial  fniiU      I 
"ould  iik«  10  uh  lilm  to  luko  his  wife  and  •Inuthia  a,  II  lia  hns  ui>y 
^d  Hu  to  ibu  city  ofDaniniriu,  put  tlioni  Int)  a  MohomiuiMlum    bu- 
f"n  anii  di,„[  |,,^,j,,(  ^ml  ,|,oi„_    ir  poulble,  of  nil  Ihnl    be  over  du 
""^Ifrom  Ibu  DlldcnndObrlBtlanlly;  let   bim   aro-irge  lilii  wlfo   ami 
'UiiKlitun  uud  tioat  tbem  aa  btuld*,  a*  ILi'  MoaUm*   do.  knd  nflor  ("n 
I'ari  <.ir  tliat  DiperlonovuiUu  11  Duw   wUlion  .if  bla  book  ^a  Hobniii- 

8.  J    H. 


CovETousNEss  not  only  bursts  the  striug  of 
tbe  purse,  but  him  who  carries  the  purse. 


man.     Take  it  away  aud  nothing  remains.     It 
is  the  outside,  inside,  aud  middle  of  him. 

If  he  be  a  farmer  all  grain  that  haji  not  been 
sown  at  the  time  and  put  iu  the  ground  in  the 
way /(c  does,   or  says   it   fchould    be  done,  is  all 
wrong  ami  will  never  be   worth    auythnig.     If 
he  be  a  school-teacher,  all  knowledge  uot  im^ 
parted  according  to  hia  iofaUible  rules  is  worth 
less.     If  he  be  a  student,  ull  knowledge   attain- 
ed iu  any  other  way,  aud  from  any  other  source, 
than  from  that  which  he  attained  his  is  decep- 
tive uud  iiilse.     If  he  be  a  minister  nobodv   can 
preach  right  who  lijs  uot  kuelt  at  his  tect   aud 
bt!ou  taught  by  him.     If  he    be   an   editor,   uo 
uther  paper  is  worlli  auytliing  except  as    it  is 
likj  his  own.  Rather  than  that  any  body  ahoulil 
surpass  him  ill  farming,  he    would    prefer   uni- 
versal   tamiue.     Rather  than  that     any    body 
should  surpass  him  in  teaching  he    would   pre- 
fer that  all  school- houses  be  destroyed.     Rath- 
er thau  that  any  body  should   surpass  him   iu 
learning  he  would  prefer  there  were  no   teach- 
ers nor  books.     Rather  thau  any  body   should 
surpass  him  iu  the  miiiislry    he    would    prefer 
there  were  uo  chinches.     Rather  than  any  one 
shiiuld  surpass  bim  in  editing  he  would    preter 
there  were  no  papers.     If  big  I  cannot    be    the 
to[j  auil  bottom  and  middle  he  would  rather  see 
tlif  pale  hand  of  death  smite  ull    manitind,  aud 
Ihe  gloom  aud  sensuality  of  ignorance  aud  the 
bl.lckue^B  of  crime   sweep  from    the   earth    all 
viitues  and  blessings. 

There  is  no  sphere  in  this  world  that  he  can 
call  his  own.  Druukards  spurn  him  because  li 
is  too  stiugy  to  "treat."  Gamblers  hate  him 
because  he  won't  play  unless  he  kuows  he  can 
wiu.  He  seeks  <)uly  his  own  good,  his  own  glo- 
ry, his  own  exaltation.  He  would  let  an  or- 
phan freeze  to  death  ou  his  own  door  step,  or 
starve  to  death  under  his  own  table.  No,  there 
is  uo  place  in  this  world  he  tan  call  his  own. 
He  is  a  curse  to  the  church  and  a  stigma  to  the 
world.  Now  need  we  say  such  persous  have 
no  Christ  in  their  souls?  There  is  no  more 
coucord  between  them  aud  Christ  than  thpreis 
between  Christ  and  Belial.  Christ  dwells  m 
more  in  them  than  be  does  in  devils.  Whili 
the  angels  weep  over  them,  devils  clap  their 
hands  and  shout  and  roar  in  hellish  joy.  A  sel- 
fish man  a  Christiau!  as  well  call  a  Chimpanzee 
a  Christian!  Bless  God,  there  is  no  cloak  by 
which  selfi'^hncs?,  that  "big  I,"  can  be  screen- 
ed from  the  eye  and  contempt  of  the  church 
siiii  the  world.  All  efforts  to  do  so  are  fruit- 
Kss.  No  garb  of  accomplishments  can^ide  it. 
Oild  a  man  with  education,  set  in  hiin  the  dia- 
monds of  experieiic?,  surround  him  with  a'i 
the  embellishments  of  society,  and  the  acres  of 
wealth — yet  all  these  cannot  so  encase  the  hor- 
rid visage  of  the  cloven-footed  fiend,  but  Jwhat 
even  the  eye  of  the  prattling  babe  will  see  and 
sliiiuk  in  horror  from  it.  Oh,  how  dark  the 
heart  of  the  selfish  man!  No  ray  of  Gospel 
light  ever  reaches  his  hell  benighted  soul!  No 
wooing  ot  the  spirit  has  ever  cooled  bis  fiery 
brain.  No  emotion  of  love  for  lord  or  lady, 
man,  woman,  or  child,  has  ever  swelled  his  soul! 
No  appreciations  of  other's  works,  virtues  or 
accomplishments  have  ever  given  him  one  mo- 
ment ot  pleasure. 

He  works  for  destruction.  He  longs  to  sit 
high  above  his  fellows  on  the  tower  of  fame 
and  power.  With  tearful  eyes  he  sees  others 
far  above  himself.  The  object  of  his  black  heart's 
desires  can  only  be  accomplished  by  demolish- 
iug  the  work  of  his  fellows.  He  has  neither  the 
desire  nor  ability  to  rise  liigher  than  they  are. 
Their  tower  is  built  of  deeds  of  honesty,  chari- 
ty and  benevolence.  Of  these  he  has  uone. 
But  he  is  determined  to  be  «i(j(>-.  To  do  this 
be  seeks  to  bring  his  fellows  low.  How  does 
he  do  this?  He  throws  up  a  fort  of  ambiguity. 
Behind  this  he  plants  liis  battery  of  public 
speech  uud  print.  He  then  opens  fire  on  them 
with  the  shot  and  shell  of  slander,  base  insinu- 
ations and  misrepresentations.  One  comes 
•'neither  eating  nor  drinking"  and  he  says  "he 
hath  a  devil."  Another  comes  "eating  and 
drinking"  and  he  says  "a  man  gluttouous  and 
a  winebibber,  u  friend  of  publicans  and  sin- 
nera." 

All  this  he  does  in  the  name  of  prinriph! 
Oh  what  loyalty  to  principle!  The  nefarious 
means  whicli  he  uses  to  accomplish  the  objects 
of  his  envious  heart  make  him   two   fold  more 


a  child  of  Satan   than    the  act  itself.     In  the 
name  of  every  virtue  which  has  found  exiress- 
ion  iu  our  language — iu  the  name  of  principle, 
in  the  name  of  charity,  in  the  name  of  Chriati- 
nnity — the  cross  of  Christ  has  been  turned  into 
a  whipping-post  for  slaves,    women   aud   chil- 
dren thrust  iutu  sacks   with    poisonous  snakes 
and  thrown  into  the  sea.     In  the  name  of 
cy  aud  love,  men  aud    women  have  been   dis- 
jointed on  riick^>;ind  then  thrown  to  wild  beasts 
to  he  torn  to  pieces.     "Be  not  deceived    God  is 
not   mocked."    "Whosoever  shall  exalt  him- 
self shall  be  abased."  "God  resistcth  the  proud." 
"A  high  look  and  a  proud  heart   is  ^in."     God 
"will  caurie  tlie  arrogancy  of  the  proud  to  cess*." 
"Every  one  •  *  *  proud  in  heart  is  an  abomin- 
aiou  to  the  Lord."  "'HUssed  is  that  n)an  '  *  ' 
that  rtspecteth  not  the  i)roud  "  I  Cor.  15;  33; 
Matt  2:i:  12;  James  4:  tj:  Prov.  21:  4;  Isaiah  2 
12;  Prov.  10:  5;  Psalms  40:  4.  S.  J.  H. 


"BOOK  OF  JASHER." 

Jkar  Brrthi-en.— 

N  the  BuRTHRKN  AT  WonK,  Nov.  24th ,ycu 
make  some  suppot-itions  about  this  hook 
which  are  incorrect.  It  is  a  book  now  trauslat- 
fd  into  the  English  language  fromt'ie  Hebrew, 
pibli^hHl  by  M.  M.  Noah,  and  A.  S.  Gould, 
144  Nassau  St ,  New  York.  It  is  a  hook  ot  iU 
chapters  about  the  usual  length  ot  the  chapters 
in  St.  John's  Gospel.  It  has  267  pages,  be- 
sides prel'ace  &.c.  I  havo  the  privilege  of  hand- 
ling it  tc-day  iu  Bro.  A.  H.  Ca^sels  library. 
Kratern;illy, 

J.  W.  Stkin. 
IlarlrtjsviUc.  I'd  ,  Dec.  lUh. 


HOME  AGAIN. 


AS  already  aunounced,  Bro.  D.  M.Miller  and 
the  writer  began  meetings  in  Ripon,  Wis- 
cou'^iii,  Nov.  22iid,  and  remained  four  days, 
preaching  six  sermons.  Interest  good.  On  the 
27th  we  started  for  Le  Sueur  County,  Minnesota, 
the  home  of  brother  aud  sister  Norman,  arriv 
ing  there  the  2!*:h,  and  commenced  meeting  ii 
the  Disciple  church  the  same  evening.  We 
would  like  right  hereto  give  a  full  account  of 
the  contest  for  truth  while  in  Minnesota  but 
leave  that  for  him  who  "Chronicles."  We  en- 
joy earnest,  active  work  and  when  men  with- 
stand the  truth,  we  feel  like  being  David  all 
the  time  in  God's  hand  to  meet  the  QoHah's. 
The  Lord  has  a  people  in  Le  Sueur  county, 
Minnesota,  and  will  cull  them  out  shortly 
Nothing  preventing,  .we  shall  retuiu  to  the 
work  of  the  Lord  next  Summer.  The  feed  is 
sown,  Ihe  Bible  is  being  read,  the  mind  awak- 
.ned,  and  all  will  result  to  the  salvation  of  souls. 
Ou  .  •  <  '"e  were  kindly  receivt^d  and  car  ■ 
ed  for;  and  glad  to  meet  an  intelligent,  loving 
people.  Some  preachers  became  alarmed,  and 
endeavored  to  stay  the  work  of  the  Lord,  but 
the  truth  triumphed  all  the  time.  Go  where 
the  doctrine  of  Christ  is  not  practiced  in  its 
ancient  simplicity,  hold  it  up,  urge  it  upon  the 
people,  aud  thun  you  will  hear  the  "hireling 
ministry"  cry  out,  "We  be  Abraham's  seed," 
(John  8:33),  "Dost  thou  teach  us?"  (John  !': 
34).  But  the  common  people  will  hear  "gladly." 
We  arrived  liome  the  10th,  somewhat  wearied 
aud  not  a  little  unwell:  we  find  so  much  to  do 
that  there  is  nn  time  to  rest,  much  as  rest  is  de- 
sired. We  shall  now,  for  sometime,  give  all 
our  labors  to  the  Brethren  ^t  Wokk,  aud  en- 
deavor to  hold  forth  the  word  of  life  as  given 
by  Jesus  Christ  and  the  apostles,  whether  men 
will  hear  or  uot.  M.  M.  E. 


pel,"  showing  that  "iu  (^vi-ry  nation  be  that  fear 
eth  him  and  wurketb  righteousneiM  in   accept- 
ed with  him."     Moreover  from  day  to  day  they 
shunned    not  to  declare  to  the  people  that  "  the 
wages  of  sin  is  death,  but  the  gift  of  God  is 
eternal    life    tlirough     Jeauii  Chrint  our  Lord," 
and  that   "without  faith  it    is  iniposoible     to 
please  him."     And  it  came  to  pass  that  on   the 
morning    '  of    the  27th,  day  of  the  eleventb 
month,  (being    un   high   day)    they     departed 
and  passed  through  the   cities  of  I'ortage  and 
L:uTosi*e,  aud  came  to  the  city  of  Winona  in 
Miuuesdta.     Ou  the  morrow  thtjy  departed  for 
St.  IVter;  arriving  there  at  the  going  down  of 
thu  sun,  and  lodged  in  an  inu  hard  by  the  rail- 
road.    Here  were  many  boisterous  fellows,  and 
like  just  Lot,  the  souls  of  the  disciples  were 
vexed  by  the  filthy  conversation  of  thebaaer  sort. 
Now  when  the  keeper  of  the  inn    saw  that  the 
brethren  were  troubled  by  the  uproar,  the  drink- 
ing and  smoking,  he  took  them  to  Muother  part 
id*  tile    house  and   bade    them    b.;  comfortable. 
Early  the  next  d.iy  they  departed  by  railway  for 
the  village  of    Ottowa  over  aginst  St.    Peter 
where  they  mail' iutpiiry   f.jr  a  disciple  named 
Noruiau  who,  it  was  said  lived  in  the  region  of 
Sharon.     Aud  they  jouriieyid  on  foot,  arriving 
:tt  the  house  of  Norman  who  took   them  iu  and 
luiuislered   to  tluir  waiit*i.     Brother   Norman 
and  his  wife  Mary,  being  the  only  disciples  in 
this  region, hHd,from  day  to  day  gone  from  house 
to  house  and  ntrove  to  tench  the  people  the  way 
of  the    Lonl  uKire  perfectly.      All  the  country 
was  stirred  up  by  this  "strange  doctrine"  inso- 
much that  uot  a  few  of  the  chief  men  feared  that 
their  power  over  the  people    might  be  taken  a- 
way;  but  the  disciples    assured  them  that  only 
the  word  of  the  Lord  would  be  preached. 

And  it  came  to  pass  that  as  they  were  about 

reaily  to  depart  to  the  "synagogue"   which  was 

hard  by,  two  brutliern,  Wirt  and  Obliuger  came 

in;  aud  their  was  much  rejoicing  in   the  house. 

And  as  they  had  preached  the  word  in  the 

house  of  the  C ites,  and   were  about  to   tell 

the  people  to  assemble  on  the  morrow,  a  certain 
ruler  arose  and  desired  to  know  what  the  disci- 
ples of  Jesus  Were  going  topreiich,allegiDg  that 
it  lr.td  been  noised  abroad  that  they  pamn  hith- 
er to  pull  down  the  Lord's  work.  But  the  dis- 
ciples continually  aHiriued  that  they  came  not 
to  destroy  the  work  of  the  Lord,  but  to  estab- 
lish it.  This  seemed  to  satinly  Ihe  chief  men 
and  they  signified  their  willingness  to  give  an 
answer  on  the  morrow.  And  when  the  mor-' 
row  came,  they  were  assured  that  they  could 
continue  to  preach  the  word  there.  And  it 
came  to  pass  that  not  a  few  believed,  and 
searched  the  Scriptures  daily  to  see  whether 
these  things  were  so.  The  remaiuder  of  the 
acts  of  the  evangelists  will  be  written  in  the 
next  number.  L.  E.  Arner. 


CHRONIOI/BS. 


AND  it  came  to  [iiiss  that  word  came  to  one 
Daniel  surnamed  Miller  that  the  word 
of  the  Lord  should  he  preached  in  the  state  of 
Wisconsin.  Aud  he  thought  it  profitable  to 
choose  Matthew,  the  editor,  and  departed  from 
Lanark,being  recoiumended  by  the  brethren  unto 
the  grace  ot  God."  Then  came  they  to  the  city 
called  Ripon  aud  "behold  a  certain  disciple  was 
here"  named  Swigart,  who  with  some  of  bis 
house,  beleived  on  the  Lord;  and  be  took  the 
brethren  and  ministered  unto  their  necessiti-'s 
so  that  they  lacked  nothing  while  they  sojourn  d 
among  that  people.  And  the  Brethren,  as  wis 
their  manner,  went  into  the  city  and  reasoned 
with  the  people  "nut  of  the  Scripture8,oiieniiig 
and  alleging"  that  "God  now  commaudeth  nvn 
everywhere  to  repent,"   and  "believe  the   Goi- '  is  discontinued. 


MEETING  OF  ELDERS. 

FROM  a  correspondent  in  the  Profjressivt 
Ckrhtian  we  learn  that  some  of  the  el- 
der*  in  the  Miami  Valley,  Ohio,  ht-ld  ameei;ug 
Nov.  11th,  with  Bro.  John  Harshey,  and  ap- 
pointed three  brethren  to  prepare  petitions 
which  are  to  be  presented  at  their  next  meet- 
ing nhicb  is  to  be  held  iu  March,  ISSU.  It  is 
said  that  Bro.  Harshey  will  also  prepare  apeli- 
tiim  to  be  coosidertd. 

We  had  heard  of  the  contemplated  nieetiug, 
but  not  knoiving  its  nature  and  object,  we  pre- 
ferred to  wait  until  something  more  definite 
should  appear.  Of  course  the  elders  have  a 
perfect  right  to  hold  meetings;  but  we  hope 
they  will  always  keep  in  view  the  good  of  the 
church,  and  carefully  avoid  even  the  appear- 
ance of  evil.  We  believe  that  the  Brethren  of 
Southern  Ohio  possess  too  much  love,  too  much 
devotion  to  Christ  and  his  blessed  truth  to  be 
carried  away  by  the  tiatteries  and  whims  of 
any  one.  We  believe  that  when  they  once 
learn  all  the  facts  from  Southern  Missouri,  they 
will  be  better  qualified  to  act  wisely  and  judu 
ciously  for  the  maintenance  and  perpetuity  of 
peace  and  harmony  in  our  beloved  Brotherhood. 
We  do  not  believe  any  number  of  elders  can 
\ie  persuaded  by  ivne-sided  evidence  to  do  any 
rash  act.  We  have  confidence  in  their  ofl-re- 
peated  desires  for  peace  and  uninn,  and  think 
that  to  those  who  are  younger  in  age  aud  experi- 
ence, the  elders  will  give  gocd  examples  of 
charity,  judgment,   forbearance  and  humility. 


The  Deacon,  published  by  Brv\  P.  H.  B<«Tet 


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Deceniber    15 


l^omr  itnci  '^amirsi. 


HiisK^itiK  111' 
atir^  ,,„,  ,  ,  ,, 

moni:. 


IV05.  Wivw,  flultmlt  yoiir- 

■ -■■iMdn.    Chililren.  oli*y 

I  ■■not  yniir children  lo 

I-   niirluri-  and   ml- 

lilts.   I>*   obedient  to 

..-..-   I'AIL. 


HOME. 

Wliew  is  the  hajipiftat  home  on  enrtli  'f 
,Tis  not  mid  "scenes  of  noisy  mirth  ; 
But  wher*  GviVs  favor  soiiRlit  aright. 
Pills  overy  breast  with  joy  mid  liRht. 
The  richest  home?  It  is  not  fonnd 
Where  weAlth  and  splendor  moat  abound ; 
But  whereao'er  in  hull  or  cot. 
Men  live  nniU-nted  with  thi-ir  lot. 
The  fairest  homey  It  is  not  jdaced 
In  scenes  with  outwiird  hPiitity  grftt-ed : 
But  where  kind  wonis  and  smiles  impart 
A  conilant  sunshine  to  the  hearL 
Onaurh  a  homo  of  peace  and  love 
God  showor»  his  blessing  from  above; 
Aaid  ungels.  wiitehliiB  o'er  it,  cry. 
"Lo!  thisii  like  our  homeon  hlghl" 

—The  Chrii'tian. 


THE  LOSS  OF  A  WIPE. 

IN  cocnpanFion  with  the  loss  of  a  wife  all  other 
be^•H^■emellt»  are  triflinj?.  The  wife  I  She 
t^ho  fills  so  Inr^'i'  a  npace  in  the  domcHtic  heaven 
she  who  busied  h^r=elf  po  unweariedly  for  the 
preoioiDi  oiiefl  nrouud  her;  bitter  in  the  tear 
which  falU  on  her  cold  clay.  You  ntand  heMirie 
her  coffin  and  think  of  the  past.  It  Beoms  an 
amber  colored  pathway,  where  the  nun  ahints 
upou  bcaulihil  tluwerii,  urlhe  fturii  hung  glitter- 
ing overheiid.  Fain  would  the  uouj  liugor  there. 
No  thorns  nr«.*  remembered  save  those  your 
hands  have  unwillingly  planted.  Her  noble, 
tender  heart  lie5  open  to  your  inmost  sight. — 
You  think  of  her  now  m  all  gentleueHA,  all  pu- 
rity, all  beauty.  But  ^lie  is  dead.  The  head 
is  laid  upon  a  pillow  of  L-Iay.  The  hainlH  that 
have  niiui.-terfd  so  untiringly  are  folded  beneath 
the  gloomy  portal.  The  litart,  whose  very 
beat  meuhuted  an  eternity  of  love,  ties  under 
your  feet.  Thf  flowers  she  bent  over  with 
smile&,  bend  3017  pver  her  with  ff.'iirs,  shahirij; 
the  dew  from  their  petals,  that  the  verdure 
around  her  may  he  kept  green  and  beautiful. 

There  is  no  white  arm  over  your  shoulder, 
no  speaking  face  to  look  upjiuto  the  eye  of  love, 
no  trembling  lips  to  murmur,  "Oh.  it  is  too 
sad!*'  There  ie  so  strange  a  hush  in  every  room ! 
No  smile  to  meet  you  at  nightfall!  And  the  old 
clock  ticks  and  strikes — it  was  such  music  when 
■be  could  hear  it.  Now'  it  seems  to  kuull  on 
the  hours  through  which  you  watched  the  shad- 
ows of  death  gathering  on  her  NWcet  face.  And 
every  day  the  clock  repeat*  that  old  story.  Ma- 
ny aiiotluT  tale  it  telleth,  too,  of  beautiful 
words  and  deeds  that  are  registered  above.  You 
feel— oh,  how  often— that  the  grave  cannot 
keep  her— that  she  will  live  again. 


gunge  whieb  will   have  a  tendency  to   lessen  a  ,  mother.     Now  we  alt  live  together,   and  sistflr. 
man's  rwo'-ct  for  you.  1  "^'*  love**   tw.  teaches  as,  and   we  learn    to  be 

Surely  your  pure  English  language   ia  ad.-    iudustrious   and  useful.     We  w.ire  none  of  m 
i^unte  to  cipri'S'*  anything  we   may  desire  t^  |  biippy  when  we  were  rich  and  did  not  work.  S'>, 
say.     If  the  use  of  slang   continuea  to   be   so  |  Wher.  please  not  to  be  rich  any  more.— .Vr.f. 
freely  indulged  in  it  will  become  so  corrupted  a-i  >  ^*tl'^"rnty. 
to  make  it  impowiible  for  a  single  sentence  Vi  •"  '•'  ' 

be  uttered  entirely  free  from  slang. --SW.  FROM  PALESTINE 


GIRLS  USING  SLANG. 

GIULS  should  be  careful  never  to  sully  their 
lips  by  the  use  of  stung  phrases,  for 
though  they  may  be  innocently  uttered,  they 
are  apt  to  hav.'  a  double  meaning,  and  originate 
with  a  class  of  people  wlio  do  not  lie.sitate  to 
make  u^e  of  the  very  lowest  and  vilest  lan- 
guage 

Some  girl^  use  slang  becauBe  they  think  it 
make>  their  words  more  eipreHf-ive  and  inter- 
esting; but  this  i^avery  much  mistaken  idea,for 
there  i-<  nothing  more  displeasing  than  to  hear 
words  of  slang  fall  from  the  lips  of  girls  wlio 
should  be  pure  and  free  from  any  expressions 
not  calculated  to  impress  their  hearers  with  a 
Sense  of  their  refinement  and  culture. 

The  use  of  hlang  n  becoming  so  common  that 
ladies  use  it  when  conversing  with  gentlemen. 
With  what  degree  of  respect  does  a  gentlenmn 
regard  a  lady  who  in  his  presence  makes  use  of 
language  such  as  is  used  in  the  very  lowest 
class  of  society?  He  certainly  cannot  accord  her 
the  same  respect  which  would  be  hers,  if  her 
iitras  were  expressed  in  chaste,  lady-like  terms. 
It  is  true,  she  may  not  mean  to  use  words  that 
will  make  her  seem  unludy-like,  but  she  cauuot 
use  slang  in  any  way  without  saying  something 
ceicr  intended  for  the  lips  of  a  true,  pure  wo- 
man. 

A  geotlemau  owes  more  re«pect  to  a  lady 
than  to  nse  flaog  in  her  presence,  and  if  she 
refrains  from  its  use  he  will  be  more  careful  of 
his  own  language.  It  is  bad  enoogh  for  him  to 
UM  it  at  any  time,  but  how  much  more  it  i:>  for 
him  todobo  when  with  ladies!  He  is  to  some 
^itent  excouhie,  Uurngh,  when  ibt  use  i<i  en- 
couraged by  bearing  it  firom  his  lady  compan 


tens.    UememVr.  girls,  you  owe  it  to  yonrselveB 

and  to  '■o>  own  self-respect  never  to  u«e  Ian-  '  in  the  nursery,  and  did  not  see   much  of  you  or 


SKETCH  OF  A  FAMILY. 

IT  is  the  duty  of  mothers  to  sustain  the  rever- 
ses  of  fortune.  Frequent  and  sudden  as 
they  have  been  in  our  own  country,  it  is  impor- 
tant that  young  female?  phould  possess  some 
employment  by  which  they  might  obtain  a 
livelihood  in  case  they  should  be  reduced  to  the 
necessity  of  supporting  themselves.  When  li 
males  are  suddenly  reduced  from  aHluence  to 
poverty,  how  pitiful  and  contemptible  it  is  to 
see  the  mother  desponding  and  helpless, 
and  permitting  her  daughters  to  embarrass 
those  whom  it  is  their  duty  to  assist  and  clieer. 
"1  have  Inst  my  whole  fortune."  aaid  a  mer- 
chant as  be  returned  one  evening  to  his  home; 
"we  can  no  longer  keep  our  carriage.  We  must 
leave  this  large  house.  The  children  can  no 
longer  go  to  expensive  schools.  Yesterday  I 
was  a  rich  man;  to-day  there  is  nothing  I  can 
call  my  own." 

"iJear  husband,"  said  the  wife,  "wc  are  still 
rich  in  each  other  and  our  children.  Money 
may  pas*  away,  but  Ood  ha.f  given  us  a  better 
treasure  in  those  active  hands  and  loviut 
heart! 

"Dear  father,"  said  the  children,  '*do  not  louk 
so  sober.  We  will  help  you  to  get  a  living. 
"What  can  you  do,  poor  things,"  said  he. 
"You  whall  see!  you  shall  ■'•^e'."  wnsivered  sev- 
eral voict's.  "It  is  a  pity  if  we  have  been  in 
school  for  nothing.  How  can  the  father  of 
eight  children  be  poor?  We  shall  work  and 
make  you  rich  again." 

"I  shall  help,"  snid  a  little  girl,  hardly  four 
yearn  old.  "I  shall  not  have  any  new  things 
bought,  and  I  hhall  sell  my  great  doll." 

Tlie  heart  of  the  huiubnnd  and  father,  which 
had  sunk  within  his  bosom  like  a  stone,  was 
lifted  n p.  The  sweet  enthusiasm  of  Uu- i^cene 
cheered  him,  and  hia  nightly  prayer  wan  M^^  a 
song  of  praise. 

They  left  their  stately  hoii.=;e.  The  serv  ii*- 
were  dismissed.  I'ictures  and  plate,  rich  car- 
pets and  furniture,  were  sold,  and  she  who  had 
been  mistress  of  the  mansion  shed  no  tear;! 

"Pay  every  debt,"  aaid  she;  "Letnoonesi.HVr 
through  us,  and  we  may  be  happy." 

He  rent^ed  a  neat  cottage  and  n  small  piece  of 
ground  not  far  from  the  city.  With  the  aid  of 
his  sons  he  cultivated  vegetables  for  the  mar- 
ket. Ue  viewed  with  delight  and  astonish- 
ment the  economy  of  his  wife,  nurtured  as  she 
had  been  in  wealth,  and  the  efHcieucy  which 
his  daughters  .sunn  acquired  under  her  training. 
The  eldest  assisted  in  the  household,  and  also 
instructed  Ihe  young  children;  besides  they 
executed  various  works  which  they  had  learned 
as  accomplishments,  bnt  which  they  found 
could  be  disposed  of  to  advantage.  They  culti- 
vated Howers,  and  sent  boquets  to  market  in  the 
cart  that  conveyed  the  vegt-tables;  they  plaited 
straw,  they  painttd  maps,  they  executed  plain 
needle- work.  Every  one  was  at  her  post,  busy 
and  cheerful.  The  little  cottage  was  like  a  bee- 
hive. 

"I  never  enjoyed  such  liealth  before,"  said  the 
father. 

"And  I  never  was  so  happy  before,"  said  the 
mother. 

"We  never  knew  bow  many  things  we  could 
do  when  we  lived  in  the  grand  house,"  said  the 
children,  "and  we  love  each  other  a  great  deal 
better  here.     You  call  us  your  little  bees." 

"Yes."  said  the  father,  "and  you  make  just 
8Ui:h  honey  ai  the  heart  likes  to  feed  on." 

Kconomy,  as  well  as  industry,  was  strictly 
observed;  nothing  was  wasted.  Nothing  un- 
necessary was  purchased.  The  eldest  daugliter 
became  assistant  teacher  in  a  distinguished 
seminary,  and  the  second  took  her  place  as  in- 
structress to  the  family. 

The  dwelling,  which  had  always  been  kept 
neat,  they  were  soon  able  to  beautify.  Its  con- 
struction was  improved,  aud  the  vines  and  flow- 
ering trees  were  replanted  around  it.  The  mer- 
chant was  happier  under  his  woodbine-covered 
porch  in  a  Summer's  evening,  than  he  had 
been  in  hia  showy  dressing-room. 

"We  are  uow  thriving  aud   prosperous,"  said 
he,  "shall  we  return  again  to  the  city?" 
"Oh,  no'"  was  the  unanimous  reply. 
"Let  us  remain,"  said   the   wife,  "where  we 
have  found  health  and  contentment." 

"Father,"  said  the  youngest,  "all  wq  children 
hope  you  are  not  going  to  he  rich  again;  lor 
then,"  the  added,   "we  little  ones   were  shut  up 


NL'MBEK  XXXIV. 


The  Lake  of  Galilee. 


irrom  ihB  *taiflftl*a  8lui(Urd"  t>j  tp«cl>l  Amu)E*m*at.| 

THKhuUoftbe  little  village  ofMejdel.  at 
the  southern  extremity  of  this  plain,  point- 
ed out  the  locality  of  Magdala,  aud  brought  to 
mmd  all  the  tender  love  and  gratitude  bestowed 
on  Jesus  by  Mary  of  Magdala,  than  whom 
there  was  none  moredevoted  among  his  earthly 
friends. 

I'artber  on  we  came  in  sight  of  the  rude  huts 
which  the  Arabs  built  from  the  ruins  of  Caper- 
naum. For  a  mile  along  the  lake  shore,  aud 
half  a  mile  back,  tliese  ruins  are  scattered  about, 
and  the  Arab  huts  built  among  them  are  now 
deserted.  How  strikingly  have  been  fulfilled 
the  words  of  Jesus:  "Thou  Capernaura,  which 
art  exalted  to  heaven,  abalt  be  brought  down  to 
hades."  And  there,  too,  lies  what  is  left  of 
Bethsaida— a  few  heaps  ofblack  building  stones, 
scattered  about  over  a  little  cape  a  mile  north- 
east of  Capernaum.  Chora/in  is  equally  de-io 
late,  but  if  liej'  two  and  a  half  miles  inland,  and 
is  hid  from  the  view  by  an  intervening  ridge. 
All  of  these  places  have  been  clearly  identified 
by  Captain  WiUon,  acting  under  the  aupices  of 
the  Palestine  Exploration  Fund  of  Great  Brit- 
ain. 

Our  boat  lauded  at  noon  on  the  northern 
shore  of  the  lake,  about  halfa  mile  west  of  the 
month  of  the  Jordan.  There,  under  the  shade 
of  the  dom  tree,  we  (00k  our  noon-day  meal.  In 
this  part  of  the  lake,  as  tfle  boatman  assured 
me,  at  least  three-fourths  of  tbe  fishing  is  done, 
the  fish  being  attracted  thitlter  by  the  fresh 
food  which  the  Jordan  constantly  supplies. — 
Here,  then,  most  probably,  is  the  place  where 
the  disciples  were  fishing  when  Jesus  callt^d 
them,  and  the  place  where  the  seven  returned 
id  fiiib''iri  ;'V-»  the  '.  resurrection.  That  the 
place  i^  not  1.  >.  IJethsaida,  serves  to  confirm 
-ihu  supposition.  We  ate  our  lunch,  I  think, 
not  far  from  where  the  seven  ate  the  broiled 
fish  prepared  by  Jesus. 

From  the  place  at  which  we  had  landed,  we 
skirted  the  remainder  of  the  northern  end  of 
the  lake,  eastward,  and  one  half  of  the  east':ru 
shore.  The  Jordan  enters  the  northern  end  of 
the  lake  nearer  the  western  than  the  eastern 
side.  For  about  one  mile  back;  it  flows  through 
a  valley,  having  broken  down  to  it  through 
high  hills  by  a  very  rapid  descent.  This  valley 
extends  around  the  north-eastern  curve  of  the 
lake,  and  is  probably  five  miles  loug,  and  two 
wide  at  the  widest  place.  At  its  farthest  f-x 
tremify,  along  the  eastern  shore,  must  have 
occurred,  I  think  the  feeding  of  the  five  thou«r 
and.  There  is  the  smooth,  grassy  plain  for  the 
people  to  sit  down  upon;  there  the  lake  shore, 
on  which  the  boat  was  tied  up,  is  close  at  hand; 
and  there  rises  the  mountain  slope  up  whicli 
Jesus  ascended  when  the  disciples  had  entered 
the  boat  aud  he  liad  dismissed  the  multitude. 
Any  furtlier  south,  the  place  would  not  have 
pertained  to  the  wilderness  of  Bethsaida  {Luke 
ix.  10)  Lor  could  the  people  whom  he  had  left 
have  gone  to  it  around  the  head  of  the  lake 
while  he  was  going  across  (Matt..  liv.  12;  John 
vi.  17.)  On  the  other  hand,  if  it  had  been  far- 
ther north,  the  disciples,  in  sailing  to  Caperna- 
um, or  the  otiier  Bethsaida,  would  not  have 
been  going  across  the  sea.  John  vi.  IT;  Mark 
vi.  35. 

Captain  Wilson  was  the  first  explorer,  1 
think,  who  claimed  to  have  identified  the  place 
where  the  herd  of  swine  ran  violently  down  a 
steep  place  into  the  sea,  aud  were  drowned.  He 
asserted  chut  there  was  only  one  place  on  the 
eiistern  shore  where  the  steep  sides  of  the  hills 
came  down  close  to  the  water,  and  that  else- 
where there  was  a  valley  between  the  hills  and 
water,  never  less  than  a  quarter  of  a  mile  wide. 
I  wa^  anxious  to  verify  this  identification.  1 
had  carefully  scanned  tliat  shore  from  the 
southern  end  of  the  lake  where  I  first  came  to 
it,  and  as  far  as  I  could  see  distinctly  the  valley 
of  which  Wilson  speaks  was  there.  I  had  now 
sailed  down  several  mites  from  the  northern 
end,  and  had  found  the  valley  thus  far  not  less 
than  half  a  mile  wide  in  the  narrowest  place. 
We  sailed  slowly  gu,  and  just  at  five  o'clock  in 
the  afternoojj,  when  we  had  reached  the  cape 
formed  by  what  is  called  Wady  Seniak,  I  saw 
the  ateep  place  about  a  mile  away.  It  is  so  di- 
tinctas  not  to  be  mistaken.  1  was  not  satisfied 
with  the  day's  excursion.  We  were  nearly  oj>- 
posiieTibt'riLB,  a  south   wind  had  arisen  of  suf- 


ey 


ficieut  force  to  help  us  on  oor  way  if  our  bow 
were  turned  westward,  and  I  told  the  b,.atman 
that  they  might  cross  to  Tiberias.  I  had  scarce- 
ly uttered  the  word  when  they  all  began  Iq 
gaze  at  the  wewtern  sky  and  chatter  with  one 
another  in  Arabic,  in  a  most  exciting  manner 
la  their  cij.t;meut  they  dropped  their  oare,anii 
the  boat  began  to  drift  before  the  wiud,  I  i^. 
quired  of  the  dragomen  the  cause  of  the  excite- 
ment, and  he  said  that  they  saw  signs  of  ^ 
coming  storm  from  the  west  which  alarmed 
them,  and  they  thought  it  necessary  to  pull  ag 
fast  as  possible  for  the  north-western  shore 
We  felt  annoyed  at  the  thought  of  thus  turn- 
ing at  a  right  angle  to  our  intended  course 
when  the  sun  was  getting  low,  and  it  appeared 
to  us  that  their  fears  were  ill  grounded.  One  of 
our  party  began  to  remonstrate;  but  I  remem- 
bered how  treacherous  the  winds  had  been  to 
others  on  this  lake,  and  I  insisted  that  the  judg- 
ment of  the  boatman  aliould  prevail,  it  wag 
well  that  we  so  decided,  for  before  we  had  gong 
one-third  of  the  way  across,  we  were  in  the 
midst  of  a  storm  fully  as  severe  as  our  boat 
could  safely  ride.  By  a  skillful  luauagement  of 
the  boat  we  succeeded  in  reaehiug,  about  sunset 
the  little  bay  above  the  ruins  of  Bethsaida,  as 
far  from  our  camp  as  we  were  at  noou.  There 
we  anchored  tor  a  short  time,  and  the  boatman 
stopped  a  leak  which  had  started  111  the  side  of 
the  boat.  By  hugging  the  lea  shore  we  uext 
managed  to  work  our  way  to  a  puintjnat  bjlow 
Capernaum,  but  further  than  this  it  was  dtcide( 
that  we  could  not  go  until  the  wind  abated. 
was  now  after  dark.  The  anchor  was  cast,  ; 
all  hands,  weary  and  hungry  went  to  sleep.  \ 
happened  to  lie  lying  with  my  face  toward  the 
east:  and  wlieu  the  moon,  just  passed  and  full 
aro-'-e  over  the  hills  of  Bashan,  her  bright  light 
fell  full  upon  my  face  and  awoke  me.  1  looked 
around,  aud  saw  that  the  wiud  had  somewhat 
fallen,  and  that  tlie  lake  was  less  agitated.  I 
called  the  dragoman,  aud  he  the  boatmen,  and 
soou  we  wtre  again  in  motion.  It  was  a  hard 
pull  against  wind  aud  wave,  reminding  us  of 
the  night  iu  which  tlie  apostles  were  "toiiiug  in 
rowing  because  the  wind  was  contrary  to  them" 
(Mark  Vi.  48);  but  we  reached  the  gate  of  Tibe- 
rias at  2  o'clock  A.  M.,  and  by  3  o'clock  we  had 
eaten  the  dinner  which  should  have  beeu  eaten 
at  6  the  previous  evening.  We  were  afloat  on 
the  laket  eighteen  consecutive  hours,  and  it  was 
a  wearisome  day;  but  we  were  well  recompensed  - 
by  the  inlorniation  gained,  aud  by  having  en- 
tered somewhat  into  the  experience  of  Jesus 
aud  the  twelve. 

The  next  day  we  made  a  horseback  excursion 
up  and  down  the  western  shore  of  tne  lake;  but 
ol  this  I  cannot  now  speak  in  detiul.  It  was 
full  of  interest.  The  following  duy  (Lord',-*  day, 
June  S)  we  spent  iu  our  camp,  there  being  no 
place  of  public  worship  for  us  to  attend  in  Tibe- 
rias. We  bade  farewell  to  this  town  gladly,  be- 
cause it  was  the  hottest  place  we  had  seen. — 
During  our  stay  of  three  days  the  average  tem- 
perature was  82"  at  sunrise,  83'^  at  noon,  and 
85"  at  dark.  The  coolest  place  we  could  find 
was  at  the  western  gate,  either  on  the  shady 
side  of  the  wall,  or  under  the  arch  of  the  gate- 
Wity  itself.  While  sitting  there  and  watching 
the  almost  constant  stream  of  comers  and  goere, 
1  thought  of  Lot  sitting  iu  the  evening  at  the 
gate  of  Sodom,  and  1  remember  that  Sodom 
was  a  hotter  place  than  Tiberias. 

J,  W.  McGakvey. 


^ot[t;^S|iond^ni;^. 


TbHo  Ihlngi  nrlle  «e 


il  your  Jbj  may  bufull— JobD. 


rom  Moscow,  Va. 

rHE  ark  of  the  Lord  is  moving  slowly  along. 
Occasionally  a  passenger  gets  aboard  the 
good  old  ship  Ziou  to  travel  along  with  us  'till 
we  shall  land  at  the  Ha?en  of  rest.  Though 
at  times  our  little  vessel  is  tossed  to  and  fro  by 
the  waves  of  temptation  and  trouble,  and  g*Jd 
we  are  persi^aded  to  give  the  struggle  ovt.^,,  '■. 
since  King  Jesus  is  our  captiiin  we  need  not 
ftar,  for  he  will  steer  our  course  for  us  if  we 
will  trust  in  his  strong  arm 

U.   T.  MOIURAV. 


From  Loraine,  Illinois. 

WE  expect  brethren  Daniel  Vaniman,  Abra- 
ham Lear  aud  Isaac  S^udahaker  with  as 
at  ou' council  at  Liberty  next  Saturday.  We 
are  having  some  good  meetings  at  this  place 
and  at  Liberty.  Luminaries  are  rising  and  the 
pathway  brightening,  but,  as  may  be  expectei^, 
as  he  north  winds  blow  a'  d  the  chilling  blest 
of  the  cold  regions  of  forgetf  uluess  steal  around 
UK,  there  appears  an  occasional  dark  cloud  with 
threatning  ap^jearance.  Sometimes  they  prove 
fatal,  but  He  look  for  brighter  days  and  a  iuor« 
genial  clime.  May  the  grace  of  God  attend 
your  labors.  ~H.  W.  STRic-faKH. 


^•"rom  LouisviUc,  Kansas. 

nti"'"»  *^'""  l"^"chiDg  have  not  >eeu  m 

0    v,iii.     On  the  '22Dd,  hrothfr  Samuel    Ba- 
\  C   P'lory  of  Douglass  Cu.,   thi(»   State, 
''*\ii,l    preacbed  8x    sermons    for     u-". 
very  miiuli  t.nc'iurage.1    aud    hult  up. 
iliHiirHt  preachiug  by  the  Bifthreu  in 
.,„mty  that    I  kuow  of.     Tiie  dictrine  ia 
/i,.,v.  aud    the  pf-ople   ato    pleasM  with  it. 
■  Ls   deiuocstrated   hy   crowdd    houses 
-lit.     We  truly  believe  that  m  interest 
nwaltrtied  in  thii  vicinity.  7hey  prom- 
con*   ag»iu.    We     invite    tiiuistering 
,1  to'step  with  us  when  the;  can.     We 
i,e.f  why    the    Brethren  do  not  come  In 
Miiitv    (l-otuwatomie),    tor   i  is  just  a'* 
the    ^tate,    and  in 
c  th.T  most  ot 


who  grew  ill  tuid«r  thm  liOe  fuliguing  labor  of 
the  m^PtiDff.     We  off«r  tlie  foflowing: 

1  Would  it  not  be  well,  iu  localities  where 
the  members  are  so  onmerous,  by  mutual  cou- 
3ent,  to  have  two  or  more  feasta  on  the  same  day 
in  adjoining  congregations? 

2.  Would  it  not  be  in  harmony  with  the 
Guspel.  on  occasions  where  the  attendance  at 
commnuioca  is  so  large,  to  lmv«  the  server  pro- 
vided wiHi  an  assistiiit,  ro  that  the  circle  in 
p!i.«ii,g  the  sflliitiition  and  in  administer  lug  the 
em«lem9,  could  be  completed  in  going  opposite 
directions,  and  thus  in  half  the  time? 

I.  .1.   KoSENHEKnEK. 


y   as    any 

l;y  m.tny  to  be  superior  U 

'he  tliunte  in  exu-Uent   aid  b4«t  b-ttf-r 

'i  ju'JieN  than  many  other  coimties.     It  ia  an 

Lty  y.'t  tliere  is  cvi^iderablf  unimprovod 

We  invite  biethn-n   drntemplatiny 

IWest  tc  come  and  see  us  and  oureoun- 

iiillwL'  tiiiuli  they  will    be  pfeased,     'fbose 

lurtiiir   information  will  write  to  me, 

me  wishiug  to  stop  with  Ine,  I  m\i  meet 

rain  if  he  will  write  to  iim. 

Your.^  iri  biotherlt'  love. 

VV.  li    PitiCE. 

From  Bond  Counly,  111. 

inirch  ouv  temporal  health  ing->od,  and 
Itbimi^'h  a  few  dark  clouds  hang  arouii.l 
ritinl  liorr/.on.  yet  we  pray  tint  imr  lUar 
5i,(i'  ■  will  swiftly  let  his  hive  beam  in  ev.ry 
ii*rl  tlmt  it  may  chase  away  tliose  darli  nights 
tlmtiicca^ionally  overshadow  our  pilgviniage 
(iroiigh  this  "vale  of  tears.  " 

iiW  week*  apo  brotlier  John  Wisedelivered 
aineJermonsat  Newport,  some  three  or  four 
oilp  from  oiir  church.  Notwilhttaiidiug  he 
(irwhfd  doctrinal  sermons  part  of  the  time, 
lad  sliimned  not  to  declare  the  whole  counsel 
jt6d."  by  his  unanswerable  arguments  and 
ilo'i'I  tacts,  y<-t  he  was  so  mild  and  loving, 
Wile  congregation,  although  large,  was  the 
nio^latti-ntive  and  orderly  that  has  convened 
'at  tint  place  for  some  time.  Though  we  see  no 
frill'  if  the  labor  among  siuuera  yet,  we  trust 
-r-  Qg  many  may  be   constrained   to   accept 


work  can  ui4  ought  to  b«  4od»  in  ud  arooDd 
otur  diatrict,  aod  ia  ordsr  to  do  Uus  it  Urns  bHaa 

thought  that  an  organized  elTort  might  be 
made  to  adviinloge;  something  to  awaken  a  gen- 
eral interest  :ind  secure  a  mutual  co-oporation 
among  our  brotherhood.  There  hiw  been  free 
consultation  held  among  th<  minister?"  and  oth- 
ers at  several  of  our  communion  meetings  du- 
ring this  seai^on,  in  which  it  was  agreed  that  a 


leuc*.  The  cballengTlhouOTTlMya  corn*-  froj^ 
tbo«e  who  dupute   the  c^rrecliuM  ut    .^r  ^Ix.- 

trine.  Odr  charge  ix  to  "preach  the  Word,' 
aud  defend  our  principlps  with  great  caution, 
deep  siuterity  and  humility,  fervently  praying 
for  the  salvation  nf  souU.  | 

A  coramitlee  of  three  brethren  were  appoint- 
ed to  wait  on  the  Dr.  and  re-vl  the  decii»ion  of 
the  brethren   and  ai.^ters.     A  challenge  was  at 


co-operation  meeting  should   be  held,  and  an    ooco  handed  over  in  a  very  apparent  good  feal- 


L 


■-.\ 


L.ll. 


in> 

lohn    and    wif. 

>.,  aud  turned  tUeir  face*  toward,  tlieir 

Itunlay'and  Sunday  and  again  ateven^ 
beloved  brethren,  .l.H.  Goodman  a«d 
aylor,  spoke  to  u^  at,  our  home  church 


Virginia  Evangelism. 

ON  Thursday,  the  13th  in*t ,  I  left  home  on  a 
tour  to  tl\e  int'tior  of  Uockbridge  county. 
t,r..vi'Uiig  a  diitiuice  of  fifty  inilt-s  on  hor^fback. 
Met  with  binlher.l,  W.  Puraley  and  son,  accor- 
ding to  appointment,  ab  the  Baptist  chnrch 
near  Bnnavista  Iron  Works,  which  was  de- 
stroyed by  the  Federal  army  near  the  clo^e  of 
the  war.  Had  a  meeting  ou  f^aturday  nigiit. 
On  Sunday  forenoon  our  appoiutineut  came  in 
contact  with  a  special  appointment  of  the  Bap- 
tist friends  au'i  baplisni  by  tUera  to  b«  admin- 
istered, The  hour  arrived,  a  large  congregation 
assembled,  and  the  niiHi-ster,  Mr.  Harris,  present. 
The  qufHtion  now  arose  aa  to  who  should  oc*  u- 
py  the  lime;  both  parties  were  disposed  toyield, 
each  in  favor  of  the  tither.  but  finally  by  the 
persistent  importunities  of  friend  Harris,  we 
accepted  his  courtesj.  and  took  for  onr  subject, 
"We  will  go  with  you  for  we  have  heard  that 
find  is  with  you."  Upon  this  text  we  proposed 
to  lay  the  foundation  for  the  future  labors  of 
the  meeting,  assuming  that  God  was  with  the 
Apostolic  Church,  and  that  as  evidence  of  his 
presence  with  any  religious  organization  since 
that  time,  aud  at  the  present,  we  must  look  for 
the  peculiarities  characteristic  of  the  Chnrch 
when  instituted  by  the  Son  of  God,  and  under 
the  control  of  inspired  men.  Our  Baptist 
brother  closed  the  meeting  by  prayer  aud  an- 
nounced the  service  of  baptism.  The  audience 
then  repaired  to  the  river  where  we  for  the 
first  time  since  our  connection  with  the  Breth- 
ren, witnessed  the  backward  single  immersion. 
The  service  at  the  .water  was  commenced  by 
singing  the  hymn  found  in  the  Baptist  hymn- 
book..  .__       . _^  _  _  -    -  - 

of.TsruftB. 


invitation  given  to  all  who  feel  inclined  to  do 
80  to  be  present,  and  for  those  who  have  a 
thought  ou  some  plan  to  present  it  in  writing, 
and  after  a  free  interchange  of  idea.",  to  decide 
upon  that  plan  that  will  bo  thought  most  con- 
ducive to  the  ndvancemfiit  of  the  interests  of 
the  Muster's  Kingdom.  And  it  i-*  decided  that 
if  the  Lord  will,  this  meeting  will  be  held  with 
our  brethren  of  Iloanoke  Co,,  iu  their  meeting- 
huu-e  on  Peter's  Creek,  on  Christmas  day.  I 
will  say  further  that  those  cougreijationa  who 
art-  iu  arrears  in  Annual  .Meeting  expenses  will 
please  bring  the  money  along  at  tlmt  time. — 
Please  atteud  to  this  matter  as  we  are  exceed- 
ingly anxious  to  get  it  off  our  hands, 

B.  K.  MooMWv. 

The  Bcrgstresscr— Bashor  Debate. 


1)^ 


AN  ISTEBHSTING  OrrASION, 

OUBTLESStho  readers  of  thii  j mrual  have 
some  knowledge  of  an  expected  doctrinal 
discussion  at  this  place.  Brother  S.  H.  Bashor 
prenched  several  sermons  here  in  January  1S78, 
and  iu  discoursing  upon  this  iiabj<:)ct  of  baptism, 
he  cha^limgfd  a  contradiction  of  what  hd  said. 
(Rev.)  Mr.  BL^rgstresser  of  the  Lutheran  pasto- 
rate was  pr«>seut.  Soon  after  liro.  Bashor's 
meetings  closed,  the  Lutheran  pastor  preached 
in  his  church  upau  these  subjects,  and  repre- 
sented things  quitt  diffeniitly,  and  as  was  ru- 
mored, made  some  HlUisious  to  onr  Church 
doctrines  aud  practice.-*.  Ue  alsu  made  remarks 
of  a  provoking  character  in  public  places  of 
business.  These  facts  led  some  brethren  to 
ci.mmunicate  with  brother  Bi^hor  and  encour- 
age a  defense  of  the  doctrines  wt  hold.  Accor- 
dingly the  Lutheran  miniater  w*  challenged 
for  a  discussion  of  points  of  diBereiUi^.  There- 
upon a  correspondence  took  place  in  the  liec- 
or<l  published  here,  which  entered  riebt  ^^71 


ajJ.J.-*a_«J' C 


"Beneath  ite 
The  Sftvior  meekly  liow&l. " 
I  was  forcibly  struck  with  the  uu^uitablenesa 
of  the  idea  for  the  action  performed.    Surely 
our  Savior  did  not  bow  backward.     Alter  sing- 


ing. Brother  Bwihor  sent  in  bin  acceptance, 
and  a  reporter  wan  jointly  employed  as  previ- 
ou»ly  arranged. 

The  appoiutt-d  hour  having  come — NoT.2lst, 
6:  SO  P.  M.,  a  very  large  congregation  waa  aa- 
sembled  in  the  Lutheran  chnrch  to  attend  the 

FIKST   SK3I0N. 

After  singing  a  familiar  hvmn  the  presiding 
mod'?rator,  (Rev.)  Mr.  Keith  assigned  the  read- 
ing of  the  133rd  Pwlm  to  one  of  his  assistantB 
—Elder  D.  F.Stouffer.  A  brief  prayer  followed, 
collection  was  taken  to  defray  expenses  of  fuel, 
oil,  &c.  After  th-i  presiding  moderator  had 
read  the  arrancjed  preliminaries  and  made  nec- 
essary introductory  remarks,  he  called  for  the 
limt  speech  immediately  after  reading  again 

Piioi'osiTioN  I  —That  iufauta  of  Christian 
parents  are  proper  snhj-'cts  for  Christian  Bap- 
tisni  and  churi^h  niomberi»liip. 

At  7  o'clock  P.  M.  Or.  Bergntrewer  occupied 
bis  pulpit,  and  after  some  introductory  remarki, 
read  a  well-written    production  opening  with  a 
n<'finition  of  Baptism  as  found  iu  the  catechism^ 
Reference  was  made  to  circumcision  as  the  type 
of  baptism.    The   commission,   Matt,  28:  19, 
was  appealed  to.  stating  that  '"all  nations"  in- 
cluded men,  wrnn'>n  and  rUildrrn.    Mark   14; 
10,   "Snlfer   little    children,"    *;;.     Luke   sayi, 
"iuf-ints."    The  f/p-viVc  for  Infant   Baptism  it 
the  foundation  of  it.    .Tesus  was  displeased  at 
tho^e  who  tried  to  keep  the  children  away  from 
him.    We  must  become  as  little  children.   The 
fitness  of  children  for  Baptism  was  argued  as  a 
htroiig  point.     ChiUiron  have  only  original  sin, 
and  need   baptism.    No  reason  e-xist^  to  hinder 
them.    Children  have   the  better  right  to  Bap- 
tism and  church  membership  as  they  are  free 
from  pollution.     A  drunkard    aud   tittle    giKl 
compared.     Pcov.  J4**.  6.    The    Hel)rew  sai-*- 
'Traia;in.a.f.'HMLifi:rt:  woon  natttta  ifive«  them 
a.lvni.lri*l"v.     True.  '•biMr'Ti    h^^f   Tin  pftraonal 
kuowledjif  iu  Baptr 
into  wB^ct^y  it. 
Acts  in:  1,  2,  47, 


v 


'"""  °         '  'mfaulburtisii,.    Justin  Martyr  quoted;!  John 


,e«rcl.ab\e  riches  of  ChriBt."  Thoogb 


!:;  ,;s:;;;^  "pre^chmg,  ^^^^-^^ 


in  bis   piper  a    -  -  ,  .    ,i      „„ 

:;"p«;er  wa,  made  and  then,  th.  advent  mto  I  ,,;„  ,„,,  [,r.  Uerg.tr«-.r  in  r<(g^d   o  t  j,  c„^ 

Iter  then  ,ilion  take",  theHdmimstratorkmplated  disou^.on,  but  neither  broUlor   U.  1  -  l 
"     '        '  ■  •    -■  --'nor  any  one  eU,  could  infer  from  the  Dr.  8  re- 

plies that  a  d,«ussiou  would  eon.<  to  pa».  Uro. 
■  the  matter  from  luither  thought. 


the 


^ny    "In    obedience  lo  tlio  comn.and  of  my 

was  I  Lord  and  Master,  I  baptise  you  iu  the  name  o 

,  "  ,■     „  words  of  man's  w.sdom,  but    the  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Ghost."    Loolon,  a 

-^t::!!irl.^>   ^ere  h.thf.,y  1  ^--^^ -— ^^^ ^:t:':^"; 


w.tru' 
bjwtliri 
to  mi 
lote  at 
ini  si: 
wo  rill 


\ni  saints  edihed.     Once  each  week  the 
.  and  sisters  meet  at  their  pr.vate  houses 

,d  pray,  and  exhort  one  another  to 
.  ..ood  works.  Press  on,  dear  brethren 
)lr°   and  Christ  will  give  you  rest  in  the 

come.    Your  brother  in  Christ. 

Geo.  Nkvinobb. 


pom 


mission  when  given  by  -  - 

i,  necessary  to  abridge  it    from    its  already 

.il,rid«d  form  as  given  by  tlve  Master,   to  suit 

R»tinng  Irom  the  wa  ^_,^^  y  ^^  ^^^  ^^^  ^^^    ^^^  ^^^^^^  ^^^^^^     ^.^^^^  .^  ^^ 

native    j^ted  to  brother  Ba.shor,  and  after  several  tele. 


U. dismissed  v«v  » -        ..      ,   ,   „ 

About  November  6th,  the  Cr.  attended  a 
funeral  in  a  neighboring  village, 
asked  in  regard  ?c  the  discussion  at  VVayn-s- 
bovo,  stated  that  he  would  have  his  bnll  r.i.ig 
aud  he  ivould  go  to  his  church  at  the  hour  »p- 
nted  on  the  Uth,  and  if  his  challenger  were 
ould  prepare  to  preach  a  series 


preachinf; 


iiiiiial 
&ii( 

brt 
tot 

\,r 

fioas 
Siuiij 
fiani 


"tes  and  Joltings  by  the  Way, 
lu  thcAiilu'^Teasts  that  it  wa»  our  |  m  P^riuce, 
attend,  was  with  a  small  colony  ot 
Vanwert  county,  Ohio,  ou  the  2411 
Bein'-the  first  ever  held  m  the 
"tv  aud  in  this  new  house,  it  proved  to 
,n  ot  refreshment  to  all.    But  what 
,  us  so  very  commendable   with  them, 
■uergy  and  zeal  they  manifested  in 
of  their  house.    One  brother,  a  car- 
ook  upon  himself,  vvith  a  little  assist- 
,  building  ot  the   house,   and  another 
••.ho  had  a  saw-mill  and  planiug-mill, 
Va  him,  with  a  little  assistance,  the  pre^ 
d  dressing  of  the  juaterial. 


M  1;  30  I'.M.  Uro.  Baihor  said  the  sobject 
waa  gne  of  intc^st.    Denied  inro/initary  Bap- 
lism    and    innlt-ilnrij    church    membership. 
Spoke  also  of  the  diKt-^nce  beTOcen  infants  and 
children  who  are  capa^i.  of  h«mg  taught.    In- 
lauls  cannot  believe.    Chldren  who  can  believe 
-lii;ihle  to  Baptism  and  nieuibership.     The 
controversy   lodges    in  the    ,roposition— that 
iiiOm*    Baptism  and  membarshi,  are  not  com- 
manded in  the  Scriptures.    "Pre.j.h  the  Qo.- 
doea  not  refer  lo  infants.     Wcjn  preach 
„l  tliem  but  iiol  ("  them,  as  they  oau,nt  com- 
orehend.    "Us  that  believeth "    B*el  ;.  the 
onditionof  salvation,    Teachmg   the  P^nts 
for  the  child  is  not  Scriptural.   The  infant  u^. 
„„t  believe,  so  baptism  cannot  he  a  saving  grM- 
and  hence  forgiveness  is  misapplied- 

was  considered  in  regard  to 
If  infants  who  do  not 


dined  with  Mrs  Jordan 

'tTr^^^n^t:  n::linamr;a;i;::;;;:i;:;;d;h"Vta,.edmid   amv,^  ..ere 

■;  .    1  a  descrnd'ant  of  "he  Brethren,  and  great   f^ont  11:  30  A.  M.  on  the  11th,  just  alittle  too 

.       dthat  her  sympathies  are  much  With  the         „i^i..met.yn^^ 

t'met  at  the -church   again   at  "ight  for  L^rators  were   chosen--(Rev     Keith  o     he  ^  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^  ,^^^^  ^^„„„  ,,„  ^ 

^'  ™' where  brother  Parsley  delivered  M  M,  K.  Church,  (l^v.)  Mother      St   ,^^^^^^^^  ,^,^^.^, 

Ihotic  di^ourse  to   an  attentive    ,„rnicd  Church,  and  EW.  Uau.el  l    =  ,      1 

ativc audience,  mainly  Baptists,    Beiiver  Creek    congregation,  Md.    ^  to  two 
'■7;,ther  churches  and  brethren.    We  Ljay'.  work   on  the   preliminaries-  Articles  ol 

^ir*Ter:^-""'»' ''--■«:.-^7;iU«'--^'it!^tr°"^^^ 

IlesTre  for  a  pretty  thorough   expo^sitiou  ol  the  |  „„„  was  appointed  for  10  ■\..M.^™_     ^^_  „_,^^_ 
peculiar  doctrines 


d  an  apprecia' 


of  our  church  by  the  good    tl„.  19i,h.  a  note  was  received  Iron 
T'orthis   vicinity   of  all  persuasions,    it  L.ress.r  stating  that  on  account  oi  a  catarrh 
""°""'         td  lb    close  of  this  meeting  that  Lifection  in  the  throat  he  declined  to  entei  the 


No  one 
can  bo  rightly  in  the  church  witnout  knowing 

tUaptlm  is.  command,  and  is  tor  such  u 
L  believe  aud  obey     Baptism  involves  a  P«- 

™„1  act  and  rMpousibility.  It  is  for  none  but 
those  who  can  receive  it.    HeV  .8:0. 


Tiiefree- 


nt  ol  vnn^w  ,,.i„...,-„,,  nr   Wftt-r   r-F-n- 


was  annoum 


l^uil 


Another 
,h,ble  feature  was,  they  did  not  dun  the 

„„ity  for  assistance;  all  free^'"  "J"""" 
Zrl  kindly  accepted.  We  were  made 
\,  finding  them,  although  with  himted 
OK    yet  in   a   pleasant  house  of  worship 

cumbered,  the  interest  bidding   fair. 

lice  of  petitioning  through  our  papers 
...n,  n  building  ".hurch-honses,  we  think   is  not 

0  nieudable. 


laborers  of  the  following  days  woiild  be  an  |  discuesion,_but  was^ 


otherwise  prepared.   Outhe 


prat 

Ul't 


Covi 


of  II 


'le 

1/ 


t  'rt:"»Wv  a^Si-'BreJhren  Parsley's  I  ;;;^ing  Jf  the  20th  at  10  'oclock  many  breth 
effort  to  grain,  .  ,i,„;m    „„„  „„,l  .; 


ued  with  us  assisting  in  the^labor^^during  j  ren  and  ^;^^^^^  ,i,,  ,„^i,„,  Son 


Monday-  u?''!^'^i^.:rtJr:^:^\zz::7::^o;.n^'''rc^  '>-  »^'''»- 


.  of    the  Lutheran  church   were 


Wednesday  night  aud  Thursday  morniug, 

-p"r  ^:rtCr":!i"s^r  wi^beriCi.;;  ^^-^t^-rx 

a  future  time.    Gool  order   a  a    ^^^^^^^   „„d  I  j..^  to  brother   Bashor,  and  at  the  close  of  the 


-;-^"ar^::s- ti^\rtpii»a . 

ration.     ■""J""  V.,„il;,.s  in  which  were  no 

■         d  1  rrueu"'  h"    s'an/THulUau  "opp^^  inf«.t 
bled  in  public  service  and    .Aildreu.nt  ^^   ._ ._,„^„  ^ 

'  ;XraV .nearly  age.    Two  mop  sp«W 

"    ■  venmg'  ana  we 


firet 


Z    Served  throughrmt  the  -« J--   ^  j  ^  ^^.^  .i;;  members  present,  and 


i  hiive  reason  t 


ivithdrawal  of  the   former 


the  33th   we  wore    -'"  the  brethren  at 
the  30th   at  Harris  Creek, 


'-tzit£i'=.^^^^(?i$^^3^^ 


t'.il'oA'^d  s;ime 

^'r;liet.::rs[r:'s.s-:iwh;f  rr?^ 

"'TA      The   disciLssion    lasted   tire  o,..s.   .en 

':i:;;,ns,  f^'^y  .Uhe.  m  »m,  wh,ch  h.v.  wn 

.refully   reported  «^  ^''U  well  be  don,.- 


,g ton,  and  on    i-..-^ ^;„f\,(,t 

As  the  membership  is  very  large  in  that 

.  , ion  of  country,  Uhonght  the  atten- 

,.  was  such  that  we  proved  bwlcnsomc  to 
,„otlier.  The  long  and  wearisome  eierc 
"meetings,  those  large  feasts  certainly 
„y  much  of  their  interest,  both  to  the  out- 
.::„rd  members.    We  met  with  one  sister 


„.i,lhave  some  work  to  'l™' /;«  ™<»"«»"* 
",;'lt;,preventthelo..otmo,.orih.,r™rml-.rs 

Number,  of  them  seemi' 
the  matter  and  Rniuire 

eiercisel  God's  presence. 


TO  THE  FIRST 

Tlie    sentiment 
amongst  us  that 


I 


Ww  dissuasion  at  once. 

!:.rs  present  decided  unanimously  to   have   no 

,,„n;  but  granted  thai   in  the  want  ol  a 

..  from  the  Dr.  brother  Bashor  should 

i.dlo  accept  if  ho  chose. 

1  „  „h  to  remark  here,  that  however  «alou. 

„,ren  mav  be  lor  the  cause  of  the  Wor-l 

1  ,11  ;i,  w,.  .bould  never  chu 


be  published  in 

„Wase  write  -'-jJ.-S  >„,';  ^'J',^,^^'  t<^~  '^■^■^^ 


■1  LfSScN  ^T    WOKJ=^ 


iljOiijJcT  ;^ui;qcsa. 


AMD  tb#T  th»t  bo  wi«p  sliftll  sblne  M  th# 
brtahliiC!«of  th«  llrmiunent;»nd  ther  Uiat  turn 
mimy  to  rigliteiimnoM.  as  th©  atan  forever  and 
•Ter.— Dan.  13:3. 

Urbana.  HI-  The  inlereal  here  is  (sood.  Se»- 
enil  bn;ilii<'d,  and  among  th»  number  waa  a 
Baptist  lady.  Weather  Tery  iinfavorBblf — 
tmda  muddy.  Will  change  t<p  St.  .loncph,  «eme 
con(trfgalion  in  a  lew  days.  D.  B.  GliwON. 
Dk  SiiiI. 

Edoa  Mills,  Ind  — Held  Um  meetinga  at  Weal 
Lebanon,  Ind.  Baptized  two,  one  ft  boy  in  his 
fifteenth  year  and  the  other  had  been  a  Metli- 
odiat  some  five  vean.  May  Ood  We»«  thn  dear 
brethren.  J-  W.  MtTZOEa. 

A'or.  -jm. 

From  Kansas— l)u  Sunday,  Nov.  I.'ith,  one 
more  pri-ciouM  soul  was  added  to  tli.'  Maple 
Grove  church,  Nortou  Co.,  Kansas,  and  others 
fere  near  the  kingdom.  Tray  for  us,  brethren 
and  sisleni.  N.  C.  Workhan. 

Dunkirk  Ohio.— One  more  added  to  the  Eagle 
Creek  church   by  baptism   on   last  Sunday.— 
PraiM-  God  lor  salvation  from  sin. 
J>ir.  4lh.  S.  T.  l!oS8BliM*N. 

Colfax,  Ind.— Brethren  and  sisters  much  re 
fmhed  by  the  Love  feast.  Three  were  added  to 
the  flock  by  baptism.  May  the  Lord  bless  those 
who  prayed  fur  success.  M.  liowElU). 

Gospel  Proacher.— Hro.  W.  A.  Gaunt  recent- 
ly preached  thirty-one  sermons  in  the  isolated 
district*  ol  W.  Va.,  and  baptlMd  nineteen.  He 
traveled  one  hundred  and  sixty  miles  to  do  this 
work,  and  confined  bis  labors  mostly  to  places 
where  the  brethren  seldom   preach. 

Hudson,  111.— We  come  ngain  with  good 
news.  About  the  middje  of  this  month  breth- 
ren Ilillery  and  Yoder  came  among  us  and 
preached  until  this  evening,  winch  resulted  in 
the  conversion  of  two  soula.  tin  occountof  the 
inclemency  of  tho  weather   the   meeting  was 

Clo^'d.  lUllKCCA  Snavkly. 


A  Sad  Trial. 


ON  Sunday  night,  November  lUh,  while 
sealed  in  our  church,  I  was  called  out  and 
a  telegram  handed  me.  It  contained  only  four 
words,  but  they  will  never  be  erased  from  my 
memory.  They  announced  the  sudden  death 
of  a  dear  brother  by  the  falling  of  a  railroad 
bridge  over  the  Missouri  river,  forty  miles  west 
o(  St.  Louis,  known  as  the  St.  Charles  bridge. 
In  that  fearful  fall  of  eighty-lour  feet,  there 
were  seven  precious  lives  lost,  my  brother  .lo- 
si'j.h  included.  1  took  tho  train  the  same  night 
and  arrived  in  Moberly,  Mo.,  on  the  morning^ 
t  the  10th,  there  to  meet  the  wife  of  tiro  dear 
departed  one.  We  endeavored  to  reconcile  our- 
selves to  the  sad  reality  of  what  had  befallen  us 
and  took  the  the  body  on  the  train  and  came 
across  tho  Mississippi  and  proceeded  to  Dan- 
ville, Illinois,  where  the  friends  of  the  heart- 
broken young  wife  lived.  There  the  body  was 
interred  and  tho  nelt  day  we  took  our  sorrow- 
liil  journey  home. 

As  all  the  friends  hero  could  not  attend  the 
funeral  at  Danville,  we  concluded  to  have  a 
sermon  here.  Urother  John  Melnger  and  oth- 
er»  delivered  appropriate  addresses  in  this  town 
lust  Sabbath,  from  1  I'etcr,  1:  24.  He  was  34 
years  old,  20  years  he  had  spent  on  the  railroad, 
u  well  known  conductor  on  the  line  of  the  T. 
W.  k  W.  Itoad.  IssAr  Darsiiaht. 


From  Clarence,  Iowa. 


Crotoji.  I 
and  souls  are  coming  out  on  tin- Lord's  sidi-. — 
Two  or  three  hundred  hearers  every  night,  atld 
good  onler  and  attention.     From   here  wo  go 
-Wtlf»^fasMli  "fai^  uhmtiVi^  l'a.,.Miid  i^OTStfaeru 
to  the    Plum   Cr*s'k.'   Armstrong  Uo,,   to  hold 
meeting  several  days,  nod  from  there  to  Oiiio. 
Jons   NlCHol-SON. 
Nor.  ■>M,. 

ColutDhla  City,  Ind.— 1  closed  a  meotias  in 
Blend  lliver  church  this  evening  with  three 
additions  and  a  very  good  interest,  f'me  said 
they  would  come  soon.  Left  hrothe-  S.  Plieils 
to  preach  for  them  this  evening;  'Ope  the  Lotd 
may  bless  his  labors  Sa><:'^"-  Mikuay. 

Noi'.-J7lh. 

fiuutingdon.  Pa.— I->ni  a  pnvale  letter 
we  learn  ihht  ou  Sunday  (7th),  three  more 
were  received  into  ^Iio  church  by  baptism. 
T  ey  fare  Quite  '  ""ig  girls,  members  of  tho 
Sunday-school,  •ii'i  f'^'"  of  them  not  froui  fam- 
ilies of  the  Brihren.  May  the  good  work  con- 
tinue Iher/^'ind  everywhere.    W.  A.  ClaBKe. 

Ervin -""l —Brother  Jesse  Calvert  came  to 
us  antliTeached  siiteen  sermons,  and  ten  were 
adde' '"111'' church,  making  twenty-two  this 
SerOli.  The  church  has  decided  to  hold  a  Sab- 
'ath-school  and  will  commence  in  the  Spring. 
HiEL  Hamilton- 


Ikar  Uivthren:— 

the  21st.,  of  Nov.  '79,  tho  church  nJ'Cedar 
county  Iowa,  met  in  council  au'*  orgiin- 
>d  by  selecting  Bids.  Koocb  Eby  «nd  Martin 
Myers,  of  Illinois,  and  Marcus  For.ler  of  Jack- 
sou  county,  Iowa,  us  a  conipilttoe  to  adjus! 
existing  dilliculties  which  wet^seriously  imped- 
ing the  progress  of  our  litO  band  of  believers 
After  holding  six  sossioss,  the  meeting  closed 
on  the  '24111.  Taking  "le  nature  of  the  case  in- 
10  consideration,  a  tery  commendable  spirit 
was  manifosled  throughout  the  meeting,  and 
bv  the  grace  of  J^od,  and  the  inlluence  of  the 
-<irniiiit.t.ei'.  th.ur  wisdom  and  xeal  for  /lou's 
^l^^.,t.lli«u  w,.re  adjusted  to  the  satis- 
Iticlion  or^,.^,,,.,,L  „„,)  ^„  liiirmrinv  with  the 
genera'  order  t>i  our  lielov.-.i  FiaT-MiTity.  :sl„y' 
the  ','rd   Mess   them   fur  their  work   of  love 

iliiirefised  spirits,  the  church  is  made  to  weep 
or  joy,  tho  dead  are  made  alive,  and  the  lost  are 
J'oitud. 

During  the  meeting  one  preiious  Iamb  was 
received  byhiptism,  the  ice  being  cut  to  op.>n 
the  watery  grave.  At  tho  close  of  the  council 
another  precious  one  was  restored  into  full 
fellowship  amid  tears  of  joy.  Public  meetings 
were  coutinued  at  our  church  house  for  several 
days,  by  brethren  ijyeis  and  I'owler.  During 
this  time  brother  Eby  was  li..lding  meetings 
with  tile  Clarence  brethren  at  their  meeting- 
house four  miles  south  of  Clarence.  On  account 
of  the  inclement  weather  and  had  roads,  a  full 
attendance  was  not  obtained,  but  some  were 
out  who  never  before  heard  the  Brethren 
preach.  Brfither  Myers  alio  preaclied  an  in- 
teresting sermon  for  us.  Brother  Kowler  con 
tiiuied  the  meetings  up  till  the  evening  of  the 
when  they  were   concluded  amid  the  best 


l.«.kr.i.t»»n.v.l  and  h»l4  «.ri«  of l»«ting. 
:"en  they  do  not  conform  lo  the  order  of  .lie 

Brethren  in  their  dress? 

Answer.  Such  brethren  "«  "/'"^  '°  ^ 
deci.ions  of  Annual  Meeting  in  the  past  Dec, 
ded  therefore  that  we  will  not  cncour  go  o 
consent  to  traveling  minister.  Preaching  m 
the  bounds  of  our  district  who  are  not  con^ 
formed  to  the  order  in  their  dress,  and  that 
these  proceedings  he  published  in  the  B.  .VT  »  . 
so  that  the  brethren  can  govern  themselves 
accordingly.    Bv  order  of  the  church. 


TO  OUR  EDITORS. 

1  \EAK  BliKTlIliEN;— You  will  allow  me 
]  j  to  address  a  word  to  you:  The  church 
has,  so  far  as  my  knowledge  goes,  made  it  a  rule 
in  all  eases  that  parties  offended  should  apply 
Krst  to  the  ofiending  party  liir  satisfiction.  be- 
fore bringing  the  matter  to  the  church  for  a 
hearing  there,  and  that,  too,  before  blazing  it 
abroad  to  the  world.  In  short,  the  ISth  chap- 
lor  of  Matthew  was  required  to  be  applied  first, 
in  all  personal  offences,  and  this  rule  we  believe 
l.i  be  advice,  and  a  good  one,  and  its  effects  ex- 
ceed any  and  all  others  when  applied.  But 
good  as  the  rule  is,  and  general  as  its  require- 
raenls  in  tho  Brotherhood,  it  is  sometimes  over- 
loeked.    We  cite  to  only  one  case. 

It  would  seem  that  brother  John  Ilarshey  ot 
Missouri  claims  to  bo  injured  and  offended  by 
the  statement  of  brother  Eshelman  as  given  by 
him  in  report  of  council  meeting  al.d  publi-hed 
in  B.  AT  W.  No.  43,  and  I'nuresain  Clinslian. 
No.  -13,  but  instead  of  takiug'his  wish  to  broth- 
CD  Eshelman,  tho  reporter  of  the  statements, 
and  have  him  to  'correct  any  mistake  which  had 
been  made,  and  which  we  are  certain  he  would 
gladly  have  done,  Brother  Ilarshey,  although 
ordained  elder,  and  "able  to  teach  others 
also,"  quite  imprudently  carries  his  grievance 
to  a  third  party,  brother  Kiiisey,  of  the  Viiiili- 
rnlor,  and  through  it  to  the  world  before  the 
accused  party  could  know  anything  of  the  mat- 
ter, or  have  an  opportunity  to  correct  it.  This 
as  an  oversight,  lor  the  18th  chapter  of  Matt, 
will  apply  as  well  to  writers  as  to  talkers.  Our 
i-ttqjiflst  of  you  who  are  editors  is  this;  When 
writers  seem  lo  forget  tho  MasVr's  word  upon 
tbis..suliject.  and  write  to  you  to  bring  their 
gl-ieVauces  outTieinre  the  CliiTixh  and  the  world, 
please  to  remind  them  of  their  promise  tithe 
Church,  and  that  the  matter  is  not  yet  ready  to 
be  made  public.  In  this  way  the  feelings  of 
our  Brotherhood  will  not  become  so  widely  agi- 
tated over  some  little  matter  which  should  be 
hushed  up  at  home.  And  if  any  of  us  feel  we 
cannot  go  alone  and  tell  our  brother  of  the 
wrongs  we  think  he  has  dnne,  then  let  it  die  in 
tho  bosom  where  the  wounded  feelings  were  first 
felt.  Let  us  at  once  forgive  and  forget  it  with- 
out any  more  ado  about  it.  Tho  Lord  bless 
yon  »11.  LiNiioN  West. 


f  denw^in  tip  rulings  of  her  di»ineM_(- 

t,ll  a-lecp  it  .leSMs.     V,u.t,.,]  ,.  r.i,,V|7'  , 
son  Harper  ind   brother  Wine  ot  Va    \    ^ 
ther  inlorimtion  regarding  her  cau  be  obu '"' 
by  writing  ti  Davi,l  Moore,  Milleville  \i    '"** 

J.  H.  MuoHi 
Frimiii-e  CfitiMiiin,  please  copy. 
.STUDABAMR-In  the  Upper 'Deer  CnA  ■ 
congregatioi,  Cass  Co ,  Ind.,  Nov.  ai»,  jg-J  ' 
Francis  Ii,son  of  friend   Isaac  ai-.J  „iJ' 
Mary  Studaiaker,  aged  1  year  Byd  10  mon'kj. 
Funeral  discnirse  by   brother  AVani   Kin 
hart,  assisted  by  tho  writer  from  Li-^g-.,. 
Another  littt  bud   is  taken   from  ea.^]j      . 
transplanted  ia  Heaven,  and  may  the  I\v^^ 
so  live   in  tha  world  that  they   miy  a;i 
meet  little  Frtnkie  in  that  land  of  rest. 

W.  S.  Toxi... 


%\t  ^tllpi  ill  ^Qrl<" 

F0|  EVBRYIJODY. 

TT^nK  hretiirbV'' 

\fl  ,     mMfig  mhoii-.-  ol   I'r....it.vt  LUr; 
^     iKjindi.-nt  piii'il'. 

Il  rccoc.i/^*  l!iL-  N>-  TcsX^xuK-.M  i\^  the  only  liilrtH|| 
riik  ut"  (.lith  and  |irin.itttf. 

And    mulritnin*  IhnRflie -^.'vcrrii:!*,  immiTiU-d, 
lu-.lcJ  i-i-i^iw  ol  Go<i  utic  only  fcoi.icc  of  iKirdo«.  i 

Tliul  Ihr  viiiirioiinsiiflcrin?*  Ji'i'l  iiicriloriows  w" 
Cliri>I  an-  tin;  only  prlct  ol'  rcslBiUption^j^ 

■ni.ii  f.iitli.  R^pctiMi--^ui'l  Iliptisin  arr  condition* 
.mrdon.  ;in,l  hcnco  fnv  iIJl-  ivmk*ii>i»  ol'  siii«:  I 

Tli.ll  Trine  ;mm<r»i'v)  or  dippiriti  llic  c:mrtMuti' till 
linift  fiuvforw  :ir.l  i-»  CliH^ti.in  B;u>i: 

T.'iat  rcctAVa^hin;,'..:!^  I 
cnminnml  lo  bc(il>'vi  vol.ii- 

TIi.it  till-  l-orti'i  ,S»|>))(tr 
lion  with  llic  Comin 
inc.  or.TlliT  the  clo- 

Thrtl   Ilic    Saliit.ii 


itjhtii.  loh.t  1 

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Kk 


s  .■)  fnll  i»ci\l,  ^J>;1,  in  coniic| 
Itniilkl  be  tiiktii  ih  the  c 
of  Oic  tliv : 

«>  i>r  tlic'iioly    K^:.   or  K 
ClmriU'.  K  liiiiiliiiir  "l""i  tl'i-'  r'tjllowtK  of  Cliri*H 

That  Wnr  and  Rfflrilintion.in-conlriiry  to  Iltc- sfnrirnil 
sfli-dciiyiriy  priiicii»li:s  of  tlu-  pcligion  ofji  -»•.  CIiti 

That  ft  Noii-Conformitvtothc«rtrhl:n  -'.y---  rni^tomj 
diiily  wolk-iodconvei-^atroa  iswicnKiU  li  'n-  holincfl 
aiid'Clii'iktinn  pleiv, 

Tt  m>ih)tii)ns  that  in  [niblt<:  » 

i;Ues,  ChiMianniiliOiildapjKiii   ■ 

Il  iil-ondvora^.-a  ihc  stH|ti 
Mrk  with  oil  in  the  >..iim.- of  Ih-    1-      - 

In  short  it  is  it  viii.liaHor  of  ail  ili-it  Clii-int  aiiU  t 
Aposllc-s  hiivi;  cniohii'.l  nito-i  uv.arul  aii(>,  fttnlll  (tiC  Coll)| 
tJictinK  thcorii's  .-nid  discords  of  moJorn  Chi-iHtendonjl,  t^_ 
[lointonti'rnnnd  that  alt  mti^t  toiiL't:dk.-  t'.)  Iw  inl'iilliU)|| 
(nfc  Price,  por  Annum,  $1.50. 

Address.  BRETHIIKN    AT  WORK. 


Any  Religiotia  or  Ilisiorical  work  in  ^rim  Hen,  ,„i . 
of  publisher-B  retail  price.     In  sending  for  books   » 
msoF  llic  b.r,k.    2qi1.  Tho   niime  „ 
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gieir  Int 


Tho  Prince  of  ihe  Hoaso  of  David,  t>r 

lluly  Ciiy,  beiug  it  freries  of  loirers. 


Thr. 


From  West  Liberty,  Ohio. 

/A//r  B^r'M;r».— 

1HAVEcoIlclucIed  to  take  your  paper  nwhile 
longer.  The  church  here  iiiu  love  a»  far  us 
I  koow.  I  think  it  is  wrou;;  t.)  fight  numust 
the  Lord's  comnmndB,  and  do  only  a  pnrt  of 
them,  or  those  we  may  like  best.  It  13  like 
a^rfeing  to  do  a  certaiu  work,  and  then  dtiiug 
only  a  part  (.fit.  The  party  that  hires  you  to 
do  the  work  will  not  pay  uuiess  it  be  done  ac- 
cording to  contract.  Let  ue  remember  to  do 
oor  work  according  to  contract. 

ISUAEL  KlNKEI.. 

From  Franklin  Grove.  Illinois. 

]h,ir  Brithrfu:—  I 

THE  sword,  that  carnal  weapon,  ha."*  been  put 
op,  and  "epeare  are  made  plow-Bhares."— 
The  Sword  ol  the  Spirit  drawn,  the  furrows  are 
drawn  deep  and  long  upon  the  hearts  of  his 
hearer.')  by  onr  beloved  old  brother,  A.  Uarper, 
of  MiBsouri,  who  has  been  among  ua  for  a  few 
days  by  hifl  reasoningw  which  are  log-cal, 
Scriptural,  spiced  well  with  the  love  of  God! 
Sinnera  are  made  to  tremble  and  saints  rejoice 
in  the  b'eMed  plan  of  salvation  for  the  redemp- 
bOD  of  the  whole  human  family  in  the  Lord 
JeiM  Chrwt.     ,  J.  c.  Lehmak, 


:iotii. 

offecliugfl.     Brethren,    come  again    aud  stay 
longer.     Peace  be  with  all  the  brethren. 

John  Zvck. 

From   the  Solomon  Valley  Church, 
Kansas. 


Blmrd  Mv  UiD  dnul  whicli  iIIuId  llii.  LunL— B,,.  14:  J3. 


Obiluftries  ebould  bo  brief,  written  on  but  one  side  of 
pftper,  &nd  separate  from  all  other  business. 

BOYER.— Iq  K^ut,  Illinois.  Nov.  2l9t.,  1S79 
.Iame!».  youngeat  son  of  brother  Ezr.i  and  sis- 
ter Kate  Boyer,  aged  2  years,  9  months  and 
12  days.  Services  by  the  brethren  from  2 
Samuel,  12:  15-23. 

BOU:il.— NearL?na,  III ,  Nov.  23,  79,  Leah 
daughter  of  John  Boyer,  aged  4  years,  5  mos. 
and  21  days.  Funeral  services  i)y  Mr.  Od- 
gers  and  brother  David  Eby,  from  2  Samuel, 
13;  23.  Both  the  above  weragraud-children 
of  the  writer.  Allen  Boyer. 

ANGLEMVER.— In  the  Union  Center  District, 
Indiana,  brother  DeLorma  Aiielemyer,  aged 
30  yeai-s.  S  months  and  25  days.  Lett  a  wife 
„„j     --"    child.     Funeral    services!   by   the 


Ve.'Lr-  iB 

pbmre,  aad  reUted  .ts  by'nn'eySness,  'hu' 
scones  and  wonderftil  iucideni-  in  ihe  hfe  „f  J 
of_Nn«irotli,  from  His  b^pti.n,  in  .lorda,.  .0  , 
Oltn.on  on  Calvsry  ;  hy  J.  H.  Inor.uiam.      $2.0l'     ' 

ThToagh  Bible  Lands.-Noie«  „nn.vei  it,   Eevm 

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bretliren.  F.  Anglemyer. 

SWIGART -Near 'Astoria.   Fulton  Co,  Tils, 


Ikar  ii,;tl,nu.— 

IN  Rccordani'^   with  the  5th  and   6th  queries 
and  their  answers  which   came  up   at  our 

District  Meeting   held    with   the    Burr    Oak 

church,  April  7th,  18T9,  our  atiu  of  the  church 

itssembled  in  council  on  the  3U;h  of  November, 

and  Hi  order  to  keep  difficulty   from  among  us,' 

decided  on  the  di^ciaions   of  the  queries.    The 

5th  query  auJ  answer  rciida  as  follows; 
U  it  right  to  grant   members  church  letters 

recommending  them  in  love  uud  full  fellowship  . 

when  they  are  disobedient,  aud  do  not  conform        ^^''^'    -*'^^'  ^''^a^'eth.    daughter    of  broth. 

to  the  Gospel  aud  the  order   of  the  Brethren  in       Joseph  and  Mary  Swigart,  aged   five  years. 

adorning  their  bodies   in  modest  ujiparel  as  be-        ^un^^ral  services  by  the  brethren. 

Cometh  the  aaiuts?  J,  Q.  Denny. 

I      Answer,     Considered  wrong.  FETTV-Near  Milleville,   Ray  Ca.,  Mo..  July 

Therelore  we  have  decided  that  members  who  ItJ,  187!l,  sister  Margaret  Petty,  aged  72 
are  out  of  order  presenting  certificates  to  this  yours,  s  months  and  6  days, 
arm  of  the  church,  be  vi.ited  and  exhorted  to  The  subject  of  this  notice  was  the  daughter 
come  to  the  order  as  soon  as  possible;  and  fur-  of  David  Miller,  aud  was  horn  and  raised  in 
ther  that  we  grant  no  certificates  to  memb..«  New  Mark.H.  Va.  Her  fir.f  hnsband'«  name 
that  are  out  of  order  However,  if  a  member  wa«  .'.b-  '^iU.  Several  years  after  his  d^.th 
.n.ists  ou   u«  taking  his  or  her  certificate  with-    she  u.  wi«.  of  Abner  «.ttv.    who  died 

outcouHentu.gto   come  in  o.d.r,    that  we    re-    abc  nr.     Since  then  she  has 

ceive  him  cr  her  and  deal  with  him  according  '  >^  ■  -time   in  tho   we,s( 

*  .L'     I.   .  -  1   k«    .-        r  '  Toted  Christian, 

ren  of  Ihl!   Umtnct  Meelii,g  .for   aim..-  nbouodp,!  ,    n- 


New  Tune  and  Hymn  Books. 

Half  leather,   finglp,   post  paid,   Sl.'i.V 
dozen,  by  exiress,  Ui.W);  Morocco,  .>in.»i,.  c. 
poet  paid,  ?L50;  Per  dozen,  by  express?  Ui 

HVUN  BOOKS,— EKQLisH. 

Morocco,  single  copy,   post   paid,*   '.«!■ 
dozen,  ?9.S0;  Per  dozen,   by   express,    ?;' 
Ar.ibesque,   single    copy,   jiost   paid,   .63- 
dozen,  by  express,  Sie.SO;  Sheep,  sin.-le  l, 
pos(;-paid,   65;  Per  dozen,  86,30;  Tuck  siu 

«U0;  Per  dozen,  «U.OO;  Per  dozen.by  exp, 
*11.40. 

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ItRETllKE.V  AT  WORK, 

Lanark,  Carroll  Co.,  1 


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