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CHRISTIAN FAMILY COMPANION.

AN ADVOCATE OF

ffUMITlVE CHRISTIANITY,

AND
ZPTTIRE A.HST1D TTHSTIDIEIFIILEID ZREHLIGKrOUST-

H. R. HOLSINGER, Editor.
J. W. BEER, Asat. Editor.

-E.R LOVETH ME KEEPETH MY COMMANOME - )

VOLUME VII.

ri PUBLISHED BY THE EDITOR, BY PERMISSION 0? THE CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN.

TYH02TE, PENNA.

1871.

o ftratian jairnig curmpnura.

BY d. K. dO L,SI^[(i t>.tL.

" Whosoever lovcib me keepeth mj commandments" — Jbsus.

At 81.50 Per Annum

Volume VII.

TYRONE, PA. TUESDAY, JAN. 3, 1871.

Number 1.

For the Companion.
Two Extremes.

faith and practice, which are among then
effect a union — so called. Bat a union estab-

During the dark ages ot the present dispensa- lished upon the basis of an unexpressed J/s-uni-
tion, when Popery reigned with almost unlimi- , t.y of sentiment, is a contradiction in terms, and
ted sway, any departure from the doctrines, or cannot, from the very nature of the case, exist
practices ot the Catholic church was punished in a Christian point of view. The enemy of
with excommunication, anathema, and death, the Kingdom of Htaven, at this juncture, when
Toleration has no place in the vocabulary of the so many are crying union, union ! takes the op-
Romish Hierarchy; and long after the corn- portunity to sow tares among the wheat, and
mencement ot the Reformation did the same an- false doctrines are disseminated on every hand,
trchristian spirit, begotten of Popery, prevail in One Minister maintains the Divinity of Chi:
many ot the Protestant churches. Thousands another that he was a very good man, and (;-
were imprisoned or put to death for non-con- any one may be the son of God in the tame
formity to rituals or established formulas. This sense he was, by imitating his holy life. ( I
was one extreme. proclaims that the soul of man is an immortal

God designed that upon the American conti- "pWt; another, that it is merely the iher-
nent, and in this our highly favored land, the ic breath of mortal life, and that the only in-
spirit of intolerant persecution should be first mortality which pertains to man is in the n
shorn of its temporal power. Roger Williams rccted bodies of the just. One a— rts that t
and William Penn, were among the first who n^w birth, spoken ol by Christ to Nicodemu
taught that the entire separation of Church and an entrance into spiritual lite— a con?
State, and universal, civil,. and religious liberty faith and repentance— prefigured
is the only true condition of a Chrstian country; mated by baptism; another, that it i
and now, at length, after a recent manifestation resurrection of the body from the crave.
of the power of the Most High, to cause the bolds forth that the imm srsiou ofb sliev
wrath of man to praise him, our happy land, la- * s valid baptism ; another thi
vored in this above all other countries, enjoys wiU do - Xo ' ,v tll0S(> adverse pn
that blessed state. Oh, how our hearts ought upon %it ' tl P° intl ' ' rwtianity, and Li
to flow out in gratitude*) our Heavenly Father, each point is truth, the other m
who has thus in mprcy remembered us, the for God an
posterity of those that wer^ driven by the blood? at such 1 ds, that It
hand oi persecution to these then desert shores'] "»' -" anything, or not!..
But while gratitude wells no spontaneously from tbose h rtding these diversifi

the hearts of the Lord's people, they have a " fn°re them in in

great and responsible duty to perform in defend-
ing the "faith once delivered to the saint?," b]
the Son of God, against contamination with *r«
ror.

The changed condition of things, brought
about by the <!< itruction of temporal [tower to
inflict penalties in ipiri ual matters, caust i dan-
ger to arise in tie ite direction, l

the garh and in the name of charity, a laxit] l I

p\pi ■ ot t" ai

ministering t«» the unconverted, t:
train from dwelling up • subj< < I

tuse thi I the •• ■ im and

lubstanoe of tie' gospel ; hence il r<

h of thought to i
such uni

ire set

religious belief, has set in. Many of.theprotet- the *ord ' ' l{ perwnn their dutj
ktoftleWwi h'yfcrg'to ignbVd th.% drtftVrtrtVs of CI:' rfftnte "

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who Pee eye to e\e, ;ili(l 8f> A the same thing —

the whole truth, and m thing hut the truth, as it

i» in Jesus.

B '..<<n the rwo extremes — an intolerant
persecuting spirit, willing to lorce compliance
with dogmas hy temporal power, on the one

hand — and a faith, lukewarm, lax, and yielding
lor the sake of expediency, on the other, there is
■ proper mean, sustained by the word of God.
1' 14 the duty of the Lord's people to he very
patienl with those who hold error, in trying to

rinoe and convert them : but, at the same
time, they should be unyielding in defense of
their faith ; never in any manner compromising
the truth, for the sake of being 'men pleasers."
"A man that is a heretic after the first and sec-
ond admonition reject ; knowing that such are
subverted." (Titus 3 : 10).

Two passages will now be given to prove
that the Lord Jesus Christ forbids his people to
permit those to teach among them wiio are thus
subverted ; requiring them to be placed outside
the pale of his church. It is remarkable that
these strong condemnations of false doctrines,
false prophecies and unholy practices ; and this
expelling duty of the Church, were announced
through the instrumentality of John, whose al-
most constant theme, as shown by his Epistles,
was brotherly love. This cirsumstance shows,
in a very strong light, the line of demarcation
between truth and error ; and teaches us that
Christian fellowship must not go beyond that
line.

The first passage to which allusion was made
above, is a sharp rebuke of the Church at Per-
^ramus ; because she retained within her fold,
those that practised a species of idolatry, and
those who held false doctrine. It is in the fol-
lowing words: "I hare a few things against
thee, because thou hast there them that hold
the doctrine of Baalam, who taught Balak to
cast a stumbling-block before the children of Is-
rael, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to
commit lornication So hast thou also them
that bold the doctrine of the Xicolaitaines, which
tiling I hate. Repent, or else I will come unto
thee quickly, and will fight againat them witli
the sword of my mouth." (Rev. 2 : 14-lh.)

The other passage is a severe rebuke of the
Church at Thyatira, as follows; ' l I have a few
»hing* ogninst thcc. b- 1 thoq suf&rest that

woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophet-
ess, to teach and to seduce my servants to com-
mit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto
idols." (Rev. 2: 20.)

The sword of the Lord's mouth is the word of
eternal truth. This weapon, we are taught by
these passages, (and not the carnal sword,) must
be unsparingly used for the suppression of all
spiritual apoatacy. We also infer from these
scriptures, that any church which does not use
the sword of the spirit, and the power ot expul-
sion against those who may attempt to promul-
gate error in her midst, will have that sword
brought to bare against herself, by some instru-
mentality, which the Lord will institute : her
candlestick may possible be removed out of its
place.

Silas Thomas.

Philadelphia, Pa.

For the Companion.
<.;i«r* Promises.

"For all the promises of Ood in him are yea, and in him amen,
unto the glory ol God by us." 2 Cor. 1 : 20.

God made a will or testament in behalf of his
people. It cannot be altered — nothing can de-
nude us of our patrimony. The bequest is his
own exceeding 'great and precious promises."
What a heritage ! — All that the sinner requires
— all that the sinner's God can give. In this
testamentary deed there are no contingencies, no
peradventures. The Testator commences it
with a sure guarantee for its every jot and title
being fulfilled ; "'Verily, verily I say unto you. "
He endorses every promise and every pag^ with
a "yea and Amen." "God, willing more abun-
dantly to show to the heirs of promise the im-
mutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an
oath." But who provided such a rich promised
Treasury \

What is the source, where the fountain head,
from which these streams of mercy flow to the
church ? In him. Btdiever, from Jesus every
promise centres: pardon, peace, adoption, conso-
lation, eternal life, — all in Him. In him you
are chosen, called, justified, sanctified, glorified.
You have in possession all the blessings of pres-
ent grace ; you have in reservation alhhe happi-
ness of coming glory ; and he is faithful that
promised. Your friend may deceive you — the
world has decehvd you — lie never will. Oh,
lie i« >«>n kind a friend to deceive us. Brethren,

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let us rely orWis promises ; for he is indeed a
faithful Creator. Myriads in glory are there to
tell how that not one thing hath tailed of all
that the Lord their God hath spoken. Rely on
this faithfulness. He gave his Son for you,
•that whosoever believeth on him should not
perish, but have eternal life." And where do
these promises beam most brightly X Like the
stars, it is in the night of trouble — in the mid-
night of trial — when the sun of earthly prosper-
ity has set — when deep is calling to deep, and
wave to wave ; when tempted, bereaved, beaten
down with agrta": fight of affl.itions: then it is
that the promises are the brightest and clearest.

Oh ! who could bear life's stormy wave,

Did not thy word of love
Come brightly bearing through the gloom,

A palm branch from above ?

Then sorrow touched by tLee, grows bright,

With more thau rapture's ray ;
Am darkness shows us worlds of light,

We never saw by day.

But the night of sorrow cannot, in itsell, give
us the comfort of the divine promises. It is on.
ly in him these promises can be discerned in
their lustre. Reader, if out of Christ, these
precious promises shine in vain to thee, they
hive to the carnal eye no beauty or brightness.
But to the believers, they are a lamp to their
Unless they come to this blessed Master
and do his will, they cannot obtain these prom-
ises. And again I say, without these command-
ments of Christ they cannot have the holy Spir-
it , and if they have not the Holy Spirit, the]
have no promise. Our adorable R sde< mei — the
great High Priest — was himtelt anointed with
the Holy Spirit. That anointing oil, poured
upon the church '8 living head, runt down to the
-kirts of his garments, anointing, as it flows, all

Itis memb rs ; and those that are lowest and
humblest — nearest the skirts — receive the most

Oil ! let this be our position, at the feet of Jesus.

K ' uler, if unconverted, at the feel of JeittS Yon
can learn the way to heaven. If you are trilling
to learn of him. But if you are proud, heady,
high-minded, you caunot learn of him ; because
he does not teach such. But let those who
have contested Christ, have on the whole armor

of God, and ti_,'hr imuifuliy, that \vr m:iv obtain

that promist — eternal life. Blessed thought, "i
living with Jesus forever ! O! brethren, let us

pray for one another more, thai we may keep on !

the rock, and thst we do not slip aside ; for I be-
lieve we are in the last times, and perhaps he
might come when we are not watching, and we
might not obtain the promise, of being where he
is.

D. B. Coxdrik.

For the Companion.
.Ministerial Labor.

Let no true minister of the Gospel be discour-
aged when he has but small congregations before
him. Most of the prosperous in this world have
had as mall beginning, without which they would
ever be unqualified to estimate the just value ot
that which is greater. Remember what a small
class God had to instruct in the garden of Eden ;
and how he failed to manifest the least sign ot
disappointment, but exhibited a perfect delight
in teaching the happy pair.

Christ was often contented with a small num-
ber, and improved every moment by instructing
others at all times ; nor did he fail to impart the
most sublime thoughts simply because he had a
small number of hearers. The most sublime
thoughts and beautiful ideas were often freely
exhibited to small numbers, much to their edi-
fication.

He who desires to prosper in his ministerial
labor-, must be energetic in small, as well as great
things. Labor with zeal and energy before a few,
and then you will be the better prepared to ac-
complish greater. To be faithful and BUOCetsiul
in great things, you must first learn the ait of
disposing Ol them, b\ taking care ot those that are
smaller. Make it a rule, that whatever you find
to do, must be done with energy and persever-
ance upon your part, ami you will not fail to find
similar manifestation* upon the part o! otlois.

Be trnl\ ii. t about everything you do,

whether great nr small, and perhaps you will

coiuplish enough of small things to make one
gre it one.

.1 II M |
/' Ortflrt, ///.

lo blame enough ; with some, it is all

. puce with the hs their tempera-

mentB ; but to do this delicately, how shall v
learn that I I ai I and tl.

what you will Men will bear am thing it h,v,-
be there.

(JflKlbllAJS FAMILY CuMFASltLY

The F a m i 1 y Circle

«*> n cmtu eh.

II. II m;i!\i on. l>. D

• autiful poem \\ u
ten bi I - II. Harl

i B DUmb DM in

the i nia Dutch, and Dli

|] IN DIB Kail &, and

l»i r • ueedt have gained

•heir author. These
: wo poems were extensh elj pablisbed
and commented on in Germany, and,
..ii in the noveltj of the dia-

were lectured upon at Borne of
the great universities of that country.
I mary to ridicule the
Pennsylvania Hutch, but I submit it
to the candor of any man whether
this poem docs not exhibit its capaci-
ty to express the mo.-t delicate shades
ad the d< | ithos?

I ha, IIu.mwk.h several times

read in the presence of some of our
mia Dutch, and it invarin-
1 them to tears :
1 f-h wees net was die Preach is' —

Wees net warum Ich's thu'.-
En jedes Yohr mach ich der wi

Der alta I la-math zu.
i 1 Bra nix zu sucbe 1 flort,

Ke Erbschaft nn ke Geld ;
I n' doch treibt michaaaHsera.«gefiel
-tnrk wie alic Welt :

rch cue ab, an geh'
\\'i,> Owe Bchon gemelt.

i cher das Lob komm zum Zeil
Wie Bterker will Ich geh.'
Eor Eppes in meim Hertz werd letz

On' Unit mir kreislich weh,
Derletschte Hivel spring Ich nuf.
Dn'ep Ich drowa bin

lc Ich mich uf so boch Ich km
i":r guk mit luschta bin,

alt Stehaus durcb die Be?m,
wot id) wer scbon drin.

(i U k « Shanata Bchm ik'i

\\ i [ch Bel k 'sehl

Waun [ch draus in de Pelder war,
A Buwelc young an' kle.

ichl die i • beine|dort?

th '.\ > 1 lut ;
d .ft, — di ch ni
Pas n - tbut ".

I *ind noch net,

■I net gut !

Birtne,
irt;

ch I- b !
- irrl

plebuigtaich guk wie's gaunsht,
Er nebt sicb cht

tei rothe Eluigel plain
Wan er sei fetu re wescbt :

Will we\'r das ^ir Praile bot

i'f ■ S< 'cht.

11 :t mir noch gauz gut.

\\ • pry Baeme

la en welshkorn-etock,

■ . bt sen warre Haem.
Die Mam me war ans Grandats g'west,

Dort ware Baem wie die;
Drei Wiplcin hot sic nut gebrocbt

I'n' gVut : ",Dort plautz sie hie."
Mir hens gethu, un' glaubschl dus now

Dorl si lie Baem sin de !

Guk ! werklicfa ich bin Bchieram Haus !

Wie schnell get doch die Zeit !
Wanu mer so in Gedanke geht

So wees mer net wie weit
Dort is dor Shop, die Welshkom Crib,

Die Cider press dort draus;
Dort is die Scheur, un dort die Spring,

Frish quilt das Wasser raus ;
Un' guk ! die same alt klapboard Fens

Do's Taerly vor em Hans.

.A lies is still ! — sic wissa net

Das Epper Fremdes kommt,
Teh denk der alte Watch is Tod,

Schonst wer er raus gejumpt ;
For er hot als erschrecklicb bruillt

Wan er hot's Taerle g'boert ;
Es war da Travlers greislicb bang

Sie werra gans verzehrt,
Keg'fohr — er hot paar mol gegautzt,

Nord is er am gekert.

Allcs is still! — die Tare is zu !

Ich steh — besinne mich !
Es rappeltdoch e wenig now,

Dort hinnc in der Kuich.
Ich geh net nei — Ich kan noch net

Mei hertz fuilt schwer un krank ;
[ch geh e wenigh uf die Borch

I'n hok mich uf die Bank —
Es sent mich niomand wan Ich he ul,

Uinter der Tranwarank!

Zwo Bletz sin do nfderra Borch,

Die halt Ich boch in adit,
Bis meines LebenV Sunn versinkt

In stiller Todes Xacht !
Wo Ich vom alte Vatcr haus
rscbt mol bin ganga fort,
S and mei Mnmni;' weinend da

An sellem Rie<el dort !

T'n nix is mir so heilig now

grada sell ir I '

lab kan sie Heit n X b Beta
Ibr SchnnptncA in der baud !

Die Dacha roth — die Auga, nass —
() wie sic doch do .-land !

Dort gab Ich ihr my Fern-well,
In* wciutc als Ich's gab,
rar's letr.te mol in derre Welt,
1 ».i- Ich's ihr gewa hab !

Before Ich widder komma bin
War sir' in ihreui (Jrab !

The Old t ouplr.

The old bouse, so mossy and brown
with gray sloping roof and cumbrous
chimney — the lawn with its carpet of
cowslips and dasies — the tall trees, a
century old, with branches covered
with foliage so dense that the wild
birds sang in concert amid its shade
— there, side by side, on the old oaken
bench, beside the open door, at the
Biiuset hour, sit the happy old pair
bowed with age, yet young in heart,
for time, with its many cares and
changes, has not had power to dim
the lustre of their true affections.

A smile lights up her aged face, as
she bows her head to catch the tones
of his well-kuown voice, that brings
back the happy dreams of girlhood —
that voice that won by gentle love
her carl}- affection and smoothed h«r
cares and sorrows through life. The
twilight shadows deepen, yet they
heed them not ; but, seated more close-
ly to each others side, they have left
the present and gone far, far back in-
to the past. Sweet remembrance re-
calls their youthful hours, and in the
bright recollections of the past they
arc again lovers — young, happy and
free. A new world is before them,
and life is a path of golden sunshine.
He sees her a bride dressed in daz-
zling white — her bright eyes full of
trusting love — her soft hair falliug in
sunny folds on her snow-white should-
er — and, with her trembling hand
within his own, he feels again the life
blood quicken in his heart, and, gushw
ing from that pure fountaiu, goes
bounding through his veius. O, what
a thrill of pleasure enlivens and ani-
mates that aged frame, as he recads
the happy pride that filled bis heart,
when he brought her home to dwell
beneath this roof to cheer and grace
his home ; and, as time sped on, the
rOBJ little prattlers gathered around
to bless their love These were the
happiest moments of their peaceful
and tranquil lile; bat, like a blissful
dream to blight too last, those liitl©
cherubs passed away to a bright land,
and left their sad impression of sorrow
in farrowed brows as now they sat si-

CHRISTIAN FAMILY COMFAMON.

lently alone. Yea alone they sit in
their old age, awaiting the summons
that will call and unite them above
with their buds of innocence now
blooming in glory, and waiting there
to welcome them to enjoy eternal
youth in Heaven.

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For the Compaxio*.
O Death, Thou Crnel Reaper!
[Written relative to the death of my suter
8 C. V. 8. J

What! Death, bast thou chosen
another shining mark in that family ?
Would not one loved one from that
happy circle suffice thee ? Nay, nav,
the mail brings me the sad intelli-
gence that thou hast taken another,
and she an opening flower — just em-
erging into womanhood — nearly
" sweet sixteen." " A devoted child,"
writes the father, " one whom I set
a very high estimation upon, but now
she is gone to return no more forever,
so farewell, My daughter " 0, death,
truly thou art no respecter of persons.
Once more thou hast plunged the
dagger of sorrow into the bosom of
that family, so as to make the father
say, " My heart is almost broken,
and much that gave a pleasing coun-
tenance to my family, to greet me on
my return, is gone." The mother
that can sorrow as mother's can,
must endure the stroke, and dear sis-
ters and brothers mast deeply feel the
loss of a dear sister. Truly, Ueatb,
thou raay'st sing:

" Ye call me a cruel reaper,

And say that 1 lore to mow,
The tatreal and sweetest blossoms
And lay the ; r young beanty low."
Another warning, my young and
blooming readers, to consider the un-
certainty of life. Little did I think,
when, a few months ago, I took the
parting hand of dear cousin Sarah,
so buoyant in health, that ere the

rparkliru-
should be closed in death, and that
throbbing broom should be still in
death mbruce. I5ut it is so;

and God ! should wo murmur at
the dispensation of thy provide
For wise purpo-es thou lafl railed
this, another from that home j per-
chance she was too lovely to be Jell
here amid the influence- of a sinful
world. A ud death at'aiu may sing :
" Ah, yes ! I'm a fl^hllux aiij;*! Of lifhl,

On a mUslon of merry sent,
And wbeucter I n-a t smile too b.l|ht,

And a heart too Innocent,
Too trndi-r and warm lor your world of lee.

1 •»!«;■ lata .t*«j into!' i
• WtU ! thou art gomt
Like the hiueral knell, these word*

break in deep solemnity npon our
mind, when spoken relative to those
we so dearly loved. Oh ! what shall
alleviate our sorroT. or whatTieal the
deep wounds made by the ruthless
hand of death. In all the wide world
or fathomless depths of tbe universe
where shall we turn for comfort ? —
Ah ! peering through the dark clouds
of sorrow, I see the star of hope sur-
rounded by a bright halo of glory. If
these that have been taken from us
in the faith, or are among those of
whom the Savior said " of such is the
kingdom of Heaven," we need not
hope in vain. If we know Jesus in
the pardon of our sins, in heaven we
shall meet them ; and 0, how can we
go on in the ways of sin and bear tbe
thought that at the great day of the
Lord, *s we turn by the irresistible
power of God's wrath to go down to
the chambers of woe, hare to say
farewell to all eternity, to those that
go up through the everlasting gates
of glory.

Header, soon, and very soon, it
may be said of you, and, you, by
your friends, farewell forever, oh,
then be ready. J. S. Flokt.

• ♦ •

Lather on Baptism.
TO P. S. NEWC0SER.

la Companion page 216, Vol. 6,
you stated that Luther says : " I
could wish that such as are to be bap-
tired, should be completely immersed
into water," <fcc , not because he thinks
it necessay. 4c. Now I would lik--
for you to let me know where to find
the record, or in what work it is con-
tained.

The reasou I ask is this : I am well

acquainted with a Lutheran minuter,

and I asked him one day if he knew

Luther's idea of baptism. He said.

O ye*" Then 1 showed him the

paper, and he read it, ana said it in

• hood, that Luther never mad*

that eipres.iiou. He laid he Lad the

life of Luther, uud that he would -

me s<>me day what his meaning was,

and lately he told me he irottid come

(0 my plate and talk with menu bai»-

lisjo, ami convince me that any way

)

mi p. Bum ii

I Hilh I 1....I a < apilstl."

we heard & great, strapping
young man exclaim the other day. !

I Waal ipital, d< And

, * lap] - you bad what yu tail

capita., what would you Jo with it?

You want capita! ! Well, haven't
you hands and feet, and muscle, and
bone, and brains, and don't you cali
them capital ? What more capita!
did God give any body ?

'Oh, but they are not mon"v."
sty you. But they are more than
money, and no one can take uiein
from you. Don't know how to use
them? If you dont it is time you
were learning. Take hold of the
first plow or hoe, or jack, or p ane,
or broad axe you can find, and go
to work. Your capital will soon
yi.ld you a large interest. Ah,
but there's the rub ! You dou't
want to work ? You want money
on credit, that you may play g?n-
t.eman and speculate, and end by
p sying the vagabond. Or yon
want a plantation, with plenty" of
hirelings upon it to do the work,
whi e you run over the country and
dissipate ; or you want to marry
some rich girl who may be foolieh
enough to take you for your good
1 oks, that she may support you.

Shame on you. young man. Go
to work with the capital you have,
and you will soon make interest
enough upon it to give you as much
money as you want and make you
feel like a man. If you can't make
money on the capital yoa have,
cou d not make if if you had a mill-
ion dollars in money. If you don't
know how to use bone and mu.»c!e
and brain*, you would not know how
to use gold. If you let what capi-
tal you have, lie Idle, and waste and
rust out, it would be the same thing
with you if you had gold ; you would
only know how to vis**).

Then don't stand about idle, a
great help m§ chi'd, Waiting for some-
oody to come and feed yon, b I
I Work. Tako the first work You
can find, no u. * -. .

long as you can do it well. A ways
do your best. If you can nun.,,
the capital you nave, you w:
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Church unity in his seven epistles,
one of which is addressed to the
The present of 1'eter in Kome Roman Christians, makes no dis
.•annot be proven from the Vw Tes- tinction of rank among bishops, but
The onlv passa^ which treats them as equals.

yd in its favor is that in
which iYtrr, like John in the Rev.

dati'iTi, ■miinously calls Rome Baf>

■

There is no trace either in the Bi-
lile or in Churchhistorj that Petor ev-
er conferred his prerogative upon
the Bibl« of Rome, or of any other
oky.

The peculiar nature of Peter's

Iren.L-iis of Lyons, the champion
of the Catholic faith against the
Gnostic horcsy, at the close of the
second century, sharply reproved
Victor of Rome when he ventured
to excommunicate the Asiatic Chris-
tians for their different mode of cel-
ebrating Easter, and told him it
was contrary to apostolic doctrine
and practice to judge brethren on

prerogative admits of transfer as lit- account of eating and drinking,
tic as that of 1'aul or John. It was feasts and new moons

his mission to lay, under Christ the
Architect, the foundation of the
Christian Church, on the day of;
Pentecost, for all time to come.

Hippolytua, a martyr and a saint
in the Roman calendar, in the ninth
book of his newly discovered "Phi-
losophumena," or refutation of all

That work cannot and need not be heretics, boldly charges two Popes
repeated ; that rock stands immova- at the beginning of the second cen.
hie forever. tury,— Zephyrinus(201 to 21 y) and

The first Christian Council was Calistus(219 to 223) — withoiding
presided over, not by Peter, but by • the Patripassian heresy, which iden.
.lames, and adopted the compromise | tifies the Father and Son and sub-
offered, not by Peter, but by James, j verts the trinity. Callietus taught,

Paul never was dependent on l'e ! "that the Word ia the Son and is aL
ter in any sense, but he once pub- so the Father, being called by dif-
licly reproved him for inconsistency j ferent names, but being one indivisi-
of conduct before the congregation ble spirit ; that the Father and the
at Antioch, and Peter, instead of. Son are one and the same ; that the
claiming iufallibility, humbly sub- j Father, having become incarnate,

initted to the rebuke of a junior col
league. (Cal. ii ; 2nd 1'et. iii).

defiled human flesh ; that the Father
suffered with the Son." Hippolypus

John, writing to the seven Church, i reveals some curious facts previous-
es at the close of the apostolic age, ly unknown of this Callistus, who
ignores the Church of Rome, and waa first a slave, then a banker, a
recognizes no other primary and , barJtrupt, a prisoner, curator of the
centre of unity but Him who holds ] cemetery, and last, a Pope.
in his hand the seven stars, and ; Cyprian, likewise a saint and a mar-
walks in the midst of the seven can- 1 tyr, and the greatest champion of
die sticks (Rev. ii. and iii). I the episcopal system in the mid-

aent of Kome, the first Roman die of the third century, in his zeal
j) of whom we have any authen- for visible Church union first brought
tic account, wrote a letter to the out the doctrine of the Roman See
Church at Corinth, — not in his , as the chair of Peter and the centre
name, but in the name of the Roman | of Catholic unity : yet he always
rogation; not with an air of j addressed the Roman bishop as his
superior authority, but as a brother j ''brother" and "colleague," and op-
r . brethren, — barely mentioning , posed Pope Stephen's views on the
Peter, but highly eulogizing Paul, . validity of heretical bapti.sm, charg-
irid with a clear consciousness of ling him with error, obstinacy and
the K riat difference between an presumption. lie never yielded to
apostle and a bishop or elder. , Kome, and the African bishops, at a

Ignatius of Antioch, who suffered third Council of Carthage (256),
martyrdom in Rome, under Trajan, : emphatically restrained his opp <si-
highlv as he extols episcopacy and > tion. Firrailian. Bishop of Capsarta,

I and Dionysius, Bishop of Alexan-
dria, likewise bitterly condemned
the doctrine and conduct of Ste-
1 phen.

During the Arian controversies,
! Pope Liberius, in 358, subscribed
the Arian formularies in successBion
for the purpose of regaining his
I episcopate. During the samo pe-
riod another Pope, Felix, was a de-
' cided Arian, but there is some dis-
' pute about his claims.

In the Pelagian controversy,
Pope ZoBimus defended the Pela-
* gians and Ccclestins as sound and
orthodox, although his predecessor,
Innocent I., had fully agreed with
the African bishops in condemning
I them as dangerous heretics. The
! Africans, under the lead of St.
! Augustine, the greatest and best of
I the fathers, adhered to their decis-
ion (417 and 418), and accused
Rosimus, who finally yielded and
condemned l'elagianism in his Hpis-
j tola Tractoria.

The ancient Ecumenical Councils
were called, not by the Pope, but
I by the Greek emperor, and in the
first two, that of Nice (325), and
that of Constantinople (381), the
Pope was not represented, and had
no influence at all. The Nicene
creed, which issued from these tww
Councils, and is the most univer-
sally received of all creeds, teaches
"one holy Catholic Apostolb Church,
without a word on Rome and the
Pope. The second Ecumencal Coun-
cil, in the third canon, put the Pa-
triarch of Constantinople on a par
with the Bishop of Rome, and the
fourth Ecumenical Council, at Chal-
cedon(451), confirmed this canon
in spite of the energetic protest of
Pope Leo the Great.

Gregory Great, one of the best of
Popes, who ruled at the close of the
sixth and the beginning of the sev-
enth century, stoutly protested
against the assumtion of the title of
ecumenical or universal bishop on
the part of the patriarchs of Con-
stantinople and Alexandria, and de-
nounced this whole title and claim
as anti-Christian and devilitk, since
Christ alone was the Head and Bish-
op of the Church universal, while
Peter, Paul, Andrew, and John,

Tears and LuU7GHTSR.-Providence

has made both tears and laughter,
and both for kind purposes ; for as
laughter enables mirth and surprise
to breathe freely, so tears enable sor-
row to vent itself patiently. Tears
binder sorrow fro.n becoming despair
and madaeas ; and laughter is one of
the privileges of reason, being confin-
ed i" the human species.

Funerals and weddings are regard-
ed in this country as special vehicles

of family vanity, pride and ostenta-
tion.

— -^••^ -»-^^— _
No man is in | bad wav. but he
that has a bard heart, and cannot
pray. — Ihdd.

were members of the same Head,
and head." only of single portions of
the whole. Gregory would lather
call himself the servant of the ser-
vants of God.

The sixth Ecumenical Council. !
summoned by the Emperor Constan-
tine Fogonatus, in 680, pronounced
the anathema on the Monothelites
and on Ilonorius, "the former Pope
of Old Home," for teaching that
Christ had not two wills, a divine
and a human, but only one. This
anathema was several times repeated
and sanctioned even by a Pope,
Leo II. who, in a letter to the em-
peror, said : "We anathemize even
Ilonorius, who dared to subvert this
apostolic Church (of Rome) by a
profane doctrine." The following
Fopes subscribed, a', their accession,
a confession of faith in which the
authors of this heretical dogma, in-
cluding Honarius (una com llano-
m), were condemned by name.
This fact is so utterly subversive of
the Fapal claim of infallibility, that
Baronius and Bel armine could not
help themselves in any other wav
but by boldly and impudently denv.
ing it ; but it is as well estab ished
as any fact in Church history, and
has been admitted by all honest Ro-
man Catholic as well as Frotestant
historians to this time. Now, how-
ever, Roman Catholics must either
believe a lie, or they must renounce
the Fope and the last Ecumenical
Council. — N. V. ()l)»erver.

3, 1*71.
Lord'M

Christian Family Companion "As to the time of the celebration

of the passover, it is expressly ap-
pointed between the evenings, or as it
is elsewhere express) I e nl the
fjoin<] down of the sun fDent 16:
6.) This is supposed to denote the
commencement of the fourteenth day
of Xisan, or at the moment when the
thirteenth closed, and the fourteenth
began. The twenty-four hours, reck-
oned from thispoint oftime to the same
period of the next day. or fourteenth,
was the day of the passover. At .-un-
set of the fourteenth day, the fifteenth
began; and with it the feast ofunleav-
ed bread. The lamb was to
lected on the tenth day. by each indi-
vidual or family, and kept up till the
fourteenth day. in the evening of which

day it was to be killed (Ex. 12: 3

G.) Then followed the feast of un-
leaved bread, occupying seven days ;
the first and last of which were pecu-
liarly boly, like the Sabbath. (Ex.
12:15,16.) * * *

Tyrone City, Fa., Jan

The PaSMTor and the
Mapper.

Introdi i noN.

We now enter upon a duty which
to us is both unpleasant and agreea-
ble : unpleasant, because, in a faith-
ful performance of it we must neces-
sarily oppose the theories of many
profound thinkers and excellent wri-
ters; but agreeable, because truth —
the cause which we willingly and
gladly serve — demands it. Much has
been written on the subjects which
we purpose to treat ; but nothing sat-
isfactory has yet come under our no-
tice. Many authors have favored us
with their views ; but while they
have advanced much that is really
valuable, it is a fact to be regretted,
that their theories are so various and

The facts of chief importance in rec-
onciling all the evaugelists are, that
contradictory as to almost hopelessly | the word passover is applied some-
embarrass the mind of many honest times strictly to the fourteenth dav,

inquirers after the truth. A certain
minister, who is noted for his exten-
sive biblical knowledge, once, in an-

and at other times to the whole festi-
val of unleavened bread; that the
over, or paschal supper strictly speak-
ing, was celebrated at the beginingcf
B wer to the question. Did Christ eat I the fourteenth clay of the month, ( r
the Jewish Passover with his disci- ' immediately after sunset of the thir-
on the night ufhis betrayal ? j teeutD ; a "d that the fourteenth, or Fri-

said to us: "I do not pretend to un- ' . d . a - v ,° f P a f ssion week ' happened to be

, ...... ,,., • . . the day of pre| aration for thefeast of

derstandit rhis answer was both „nleavened bread, and also for the

unexpected and unsatisfactory, as we Sabbath." I'mos Bibli DlOHOlt-

-eekiug light upon the subject ; ART, under the head of PASSOVRR.
but it threw us upon our own resoure- In the foregoing it is assumed that

es, and in this way did D6 more good the P be killed "at the

than the labored the fruitless moment when the thirteenth dav clot

attempts of authors. ed and the fourteenth began." and

That those who are seeking light that the "paschal supper, atrictlr

upon this, as well as upon the other sufc> speaking, wai rated at the be

jects which we intend to disco- ginning of the fourteenth dav of the

bfl prepared to follow us in OUrCOUISe month, or immediately after sunset of

of i' and enabled to >(••■ bov the thirteenth."

little dependence can be placed in "The rictio

works upon these subjects, because of on the 1 0th day of the month, and

their multitudinous contradictions, >] ' ul1 "" ll * ,,r ' ,lr Kth,

rill here give a few quotations »»»»orttime before the 16th began to

, ' • reckoned . w nh the comnu
from different works that an i ,, the passover

sively read These quotations refer sopj ■ ,dv and esten."

particularly t _-al time lor kill- — Ni\in*s Mini \i iNTIQtm i

Ing and eating t The P

lead,,- will also observe that on some that the nctm.s s

points there Is a general agreement, slain "on the evening of the H:! a

« tiHISTl \N PAMIL1 CO IPANION.

Bborl • i to be

* 1 tli:it with tbe
• at "f the fifteenth, "at night,

j
niiil •

Bible Die-
as W( re -lain ;it sun-
ae! thi Lb day,
i-r\ ed end eaten at
th«- beginning of the f : but,
'.-■ Biblical Antiqui-
tbevietinia were slain jusl before
-iniMt.Jiln- close of the fourteeDth day,
n'.nl made ready and eaten with the
commencement nf tin- fifteenth. 1 [ere
■onflicting theories indeed. But
it is worthy of special notice that both
works are published, recomend-
ed, and circulated by the Amxbjoan
m M'Ai - BOOL I'niipN We will now
••all your attention to the following
e published by tho Union: —
No Books are published by tl

\lKitir.\N St NDAY-SGHOOL 1'nion with-
out the sanctios of the Committee of
Publication, consisting of fourteen
members, from tbe following denom-
inations of Christian.-, viz: Baptist,
Methodist, Congregatioaalist, Kpi.—
Presbyteriao, and Reformed
Dutch. Not more than three of tbe
members can be of tbe same denom-
ination, ami no book can be published
to whirh any member of tbe I
mittee .-hall object."

With these facts before us we ob-
serve thai these conflicting views are
published with tbe cordial consent of

■

Publication, indeed ! is

this tbe way in which the American

bool Union expects to teach

the rii teration and Bucoeding

: , knowledge of God's word?

. ' Did the I

mittee of fourteen members from >i.\

nt denominations, not know

, right '.' [f so,

nnite in also publishing tbe

;ii<THTit SI

publish i

lom divided itself *

J city

or hi i against I

But this is not an isolated case.
Commentators and teacfaera are divi-
ded In the same manner, some as-
■nming tbe one p isition and others
tbe other; and Borne virtually contra-
dict their own i e may yet
have occasion to show. This contro-
vi r-\ about tbe legal rime for tl ■
ebration of the Pass iver musl be Bat-
isfacl irily Bottled; and this can not be
done by tbe Bp is of authors :
it iii u — t be done In the Scriptures of
divine truth. The truth dues not lie
between those two theories: one is true,
and the other is erroneous, and it is
ours to decide by reference to GrOd'fl
word which is true.

We next quote from Win. Smith's
Bible Dictionary, under the head
of PasSOVXK, in reference to the lart
BUpper of our Lord, eaten with his
apostles ou tho night of his agony and
betrayal : —

"Whether or not the meal at which
our Lord instituted the sacrament of
the Eucharist was the paschal supper
according to the law, is a question of
great difficulty. No point in the gos-
pel history has been more disputed."

In the Bame article in referring to

the apparent discrepancy between the
evangebsts be Bays: " It is not sur-
pris ug i hat some modern critics should
have given up as hopeless the tiisk of
reconciling this difficulty. The recon-
ciliations which have been attempted
fall under three principal heads: — 1.
which regard the supper at
wh eh our Lord washed the feel of his
lies (.John 13..) as having been
a dis inct meal eaten one or more day-.
before tbe regular Passover, of which

our Lord partook in due course ai

ing to the synoptical narrativi a
in which it is endeavored
tablish that the meal was eaten on

the 18th, and that the Lord WSS cru-
cified on the evening of the trm
chal supper. 3 Those inwhicb the
obvious \ iew of the first three
led, and in which
en pted to explain the appar-
ent contradictions of St John, and the
difficult!) s in reference to the law "

II ivingn iwsbowntbatautborscon-
flict .villi each olberatto the legal time

for sacrificing and eatiug the Pass-
over j and that there is no general
agn anient among them as to whether
the meal which our Saviour ate with
h - di-ciples on the night of His ap-
prehension, was, or was not, the Jew-
ish Passover, it now remains for us to
define our position, and to indicate
the course to be pursued in the discus-
topics.
In the statement of our position we
aasume :

1. Tnat the legal time for itacrific-
ing the Paasover, was on the four-
teenth day of the month Abib, or Ni-
san, from the ninth hour until sunset,
the close of the day.

2. That the legal time for eating
the Passover, was, in the evening of
the Cfteenth day of the same mouth.

3. That our Lord ate the supper
at which He washed his disciples'
feet aud instituted the Communion,
on the evening of the fourteenth day
— one day earlier than tbe legal time
for eating the Passover.

4. That "Christ our .Passover."
expired upon the cross on the four-
teenth day of the month, at the legal
time for the sacrificingof the Passover.

5. That "the Passover, a feast of
the Jews," was typical of "Christ our
Passover."

6. That the Lord's supper is a full
meal, eaten in the evening.

7. That these subjects are so in-
terwoven with the divisions and ap-
plication of time, as used in the sacred
Scriptures, that it is absolutely n
sary to be acquainted with that meth-
od of Computing time, in order to un-
derstand these, as well, as many other

rded in the Bible. Being
fo ly pi rsuaded of the correctness of
this pu.-ition, we shall, first in order,
dwell at some length upon Time, its
Division and Application ; and then,
our reader- will be prepared to go
forward with us, to an intelligent and
impartial investigation of the subjects
to which we have already referred in
this uur introduction.

CHRISTIAN FAMILY COMPANION.

Introductory.

En the name of truth and right, and
for the sake of peace and love, we
send forth our introductory greeting,
to you, kind reader, in the first num-
ber of the seventh volume of our pa-
per. Seventh, is that right? Yes,
reader, six years we have been pub-
lishing the Companion, and for six
years many of you have been reading
it, and paying for it. For six years
we have been brought together once
a week through this medium. We
have rejoiced together, and we have
wept with each other, sometimes on
account of the misfortunes of others,
and again over our own errors and
follies. And so we may be required
to do again, though we wish our meet-
ings could all be pleasant and joyful
— and at the same time profitable,
which, however we can hardly hope
for.

Indeed, reader, whatever opinion
you may have formed, regarding our
combativeness we do most heartily
desire that all our deliberations and
conversations, during the present vol-
ume, might be peaceful and pleasant.
But here again we fear that the plans
of ihe great Designer forbid us to
hope. The time for perfect peace is
not yet come. The Savior declares :
"Icamenotto8end peace but a sword "
His religion requires self denial. Hi-
doctrine is a ; sword against the lusts
of the flesh, lust of the eye, pride of
life, self-will, and every other evil
found among men, and wherever Ins
doctrine is declared, and his word de-
fended, there the svrord will be un-
sheathed, and it ii Bad to know thai
among those who will resist it, are
those of our own household. "Whence
(Mine wars and fightings among jron!
Oorue they aol bonce, eren of your
Insti that war in your members?"

lint if there must In- "fighting with

out," let us eedeaVor to have ■• the
peace of God rule in our hearts."
We do not wish to in- among
those prophets « ho " bite a itb their

teeth and cry peace." Micnh. 3: :>.

It is this kind of a peace policy that
destroys the many. (Dan. 8 : 25.
But we shall endeavor to " follow af-
ter the things which make for peace,"
and wherewith we may edify one an-
other, whether they be pleasant or
grievous.

This is our brief, yet kindly greet-
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as we think it is given : in the spirit
of love and candor.

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• More iijout Thai War."

I \m-!i to define my position a little
more fully on the Tobacco question,
: , [ i ice some brethren
. b thai ii is I tlnit has declared
"that war." I said the Bretbern bad
declared war against tli>' "Monarch
Tobacc >," w hich .the 1 the

Companion know is true. I bopethe
bretbern will not lay that "honor" to

me to bear alone. (Jive honor to

w I honor i< due." I am only one

among many that are fighting the in-
temperate use of tobacco. And to the
bretbern in general and brother Steel
in particular, let me say, thai I did not
wish to convey to the reader the idea
that the language of the Apostle,
"Touch not, taste not. handle not was
Bpoken relative to tobacco, or to the
intemperate use of meats or drinks
I use that quotation as a motto that
we might influence the rising gener-
ation to adopt, as touching those nn-

-;iry and injurious practices, that
through the "Inst of the flesh "
Though we may not have 'thus saith
the Lord" against using Tobacco, in
so many words, we most certainly
have a positive "thus saith the Lord"
- that induce tbous-

touse it otherwise than as a need-
ed medicine. I'ride is one of the first

- that induces many to use it.
Morbid desires the next cause, and
thus pleasure in the gratifying of the

: the flesh, leads the victim on to

[( (usion that it is a blessing of
■

\ natural appetite for meats and
drinks follows the laws of nature, and
:i- a general thing develops the body,
and gives health and strength, just as
led they should. A morbid
or cultivated appetite for such things

B neither for health or strength,
ami do not tend to the development of
the body, surely cannot meet the ap-
probation of Him who -aid: the' Lust
, t fresh" is not oftbe Father.

If there is any truth in the e.xpc-

b, judgment, and observation of

tie- most learned physicians of the day.

ib such a thing as transmitting
a morbid appetite from the pari Dt b
tbc child, to ■ more or less degree.

Then is it any wonder we are a de-
generating people, and that dram

drinking, tobacco chewing, Bmoking,
snuff and opium eating, is so alarm-
inglj on the increase, and the yonng

men and women of the present day

hardly equal in physical endurance to
the old men and women of the i
fifty or sixty. What will he the con-
dition of the human race fifty years
from now if we continue to run into
BS in habits of Kving ''. And the

Church, where will she be? Not
many years ago a brother that used
tobacco could not bold office in the
church, at hast in the ministry, accor-
ding to the order oftheold Brethern.
To day how is it ''. Elders, ministers,
deacons, lay members, bretbern and

sisters of all aires are lovers of tobacco.
and many that acknowledge they only
use it for pleasure's sake. Breth-
ern, pardon my disapprobation ol the
weed. I have seen the habit indulg-
ed to such an extent by some that
it seemed the rock- and hills would
cry out against the evil, did I not
raise my voice with others to try to
stay its march. I have seen the young
brother the moment he would cease
preaching take his accustomed chew
and most woefully defile the space
behind the sacred desk where the
brethren kneel to worship God ; and
the sanctuary of the Lord with floors
reeking in tobaccojuiee and as it would
evaporate and mingle with the air, as
a consequence it would be inhaled into
the lungs of the breathing audience.
Thus not only were those that use the
narcotic defiled, nor did the defilement
cease on the floor, but the very air
that (Jod gives us fresh and pure must
be defiled before it is breathed. And
I have seen the child on its mother's
lap crying for the tobacco pipe because
it had learned to love it. and I have
seen the sister chewing tobacco ! Ah!
sUters wtdl might you blush to think
such is the case ; it it true. And why
not '( Have they not the right to chew
as well as the brethern ? In the face
of all this (and the half is not told) is
it any wonder I do not love the bretb-
! eru's tobacco. The brethern themselvs
I love, and in love 1 have penned these
lines. A true friend will always warn
us of our dangers, and if we are truly
brethern let us reason together, as we
along and not fall out on the way.
And, brethern, don't let us, while
fighting tobacco, forget to fight other
enemies tbal are lurking around, but let
us fight all hand to hand, hill to hilt,

until every thing that is an abomination
in the Bight Of God surrenders to the
demands of our Commander. JesttSj
and just BO BOOH as His terms of peace
or reconciliation are subscribed to.
and pardon must, as a natural
consequence follow. An uncondition-
al surrender is what Jesus wants; we
must not muke compromises that will
bring God's word into disrepute.

J. S. Fi.ory.
Fayetteville, \V. Va.

Tobacco.

Brother Holsmger : — I atn hearti-
ly glad to see you take so decided a
Stand against the tyrant, Tobacco;
and trust that your efforts may effect
much good in inducing the brethren
to put away the evil from among us
For myself I can speak from experi-
ence of the evils attending tobacco
chewing; haviBg been a slave for
twelve years to the filthy, health-de-
stroying habit. And whilst I am
writing to-night, my heart is full of
joy and gladness, that I atn free —
free from one of the worst habits I
ever contracted. For nearly four years
I have been a free man. not having
tasted the vile weed during that time.
While using it I was constantly suf-
fering from indigestion ; and although
severely afflicted, never felt willing to
admit that it was caused by using
tobacco. And why? Because I had
tried many times to free myself, but
lacking self-denial, I failed, and men
generally excuse, if they cannot justi-
fy, what they do. Very often, too,
my mental powers were so much dis-
turbed by smoking, that I could only
with great difficulty concentrate my
miudupon any subject. I found, too,
that I had created an appetite that I
could never satisfy: always craving
for more — an indefinable longing, that
would not be allayed. Soon after I
quit using tobacco I fouud my health
improving, at.d within one year I was
actually well, and that, too, without
the use of any medicinal remedies,
and now I have as good digestive
powers as could be desired, and enjoy
life a hundred-fold more than I did
while using tobacco. And as I know
that tobacco was the cause of these
ills, I am as fully persuaded that, had
I persisted in the use of it, I should,
long before this, have been a con-
firmed dyspeptic.

This may not be the experience of
every tobacco chewer, but I know it
is the experience of thousauds, who.

CHRISTIAN FAMILY COMPANION.

like myself, have the nervous temper-
ament predominant. I number among
my personal friend* a young man,
who is suffering just as I Buffered
years ago. lie believes that tobacco
is the cause of all his physical trouble,
and yd he has not been, thus far,
able to free himself from its use. I
have often been asked this question :
"How did you emit it?" My an-
swer is this : " I firmly resolved by
the help of God to overcome the
habit, and then I let it alone." By
pursuing this course, no one will
ever fail, and in a year or two at the
most, when you shall be free from ev-
ery desire to use, you will feel like
myself, to thank God that you are
free from this hard master. I have
never as yet had the experience of any
confirmed tobacco cbewer, who had
not at some time tried in vain to cpjit
its use; neither have I ever heard
one say that he was not sorry that he
ever commenced using it. This be-
ing the case, I am surprised that
any one should defend its use. 1 do
not believe that there is one tobacco
chewer among us who would advice
his children to use it. And yet,
when I remember the terrible ordeal
through which I passed before I was
wholly free — a fight that lasted not
only for a few days, but for many
months — I feel to bear with those
who defend ita use, for, I believe,
were you to ask each one this ques-
tion, " Have you ever tried to quit
it?" the answer would be, '• Yea,
verily, but in vain.''

I). L. -Mii.i.ek.
Pvh, III.

Teach all Nations.

"Go ye therefore and teach all nations,
baptizing them In the name of the Father,
an<1 of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost ;
teaching them to obserre all things whatso-
ever I have commanded you ; and lo, 1 am
with you at way, even un'.o the end of the
world." Math. 38 i VJ, 20.

This is a command directly from
our Savior's lips, to his apostles,
shortly before hia ascension to the
right hand of God. And this holy
command to us applicable onto us u
it was to his followera eighteen cen-
turies ago. Now, llnce, the brethren

claim to be the true followera of our
"heavenly Blaster," the query pre-
sents itself to nn mind, are we doing
our duty to God and our folio* create
are we teaching "all nationi ?"
VTo get many aletchea of travek, A-e.
from numerous brethren, through the

"Christian Family -Companion,'' but
in a general way are traveling through
the various and large congregations,
where their labors are not needed to

■h an extent, or even appreciated as
in the remotest parts or outskirts of
the brotherhood. The command is:
"Go ye into all the world, and preach
my gospel." We have frequently
seen from four to a half a score of min-
isters sit on the same bench, while one
was addressing the audience, and the
real were hearers only; while we are
inclined to believe that thousands of
our fellow-mortals, that are as good
by nature as we are, are starving for
the true bread of life. Since we re-
side in this part of God's moral vine-
yard, and in the isolated part of the
Brethern Church we are made to feel
sensibly the duties that are eDj'oined
upon God's people, more than when
residing in the heart of the brother-
hood; hence, we feel the necessity of
spreading the gospel truth, in its prim-
itive purity, to a dying world. Why is
it, brethren, that we are not more ear-
nestly engaged in thegood cause, since
the reward is so great to the faith-
ful steward; he shall receive in this
world a hundred-fold, and in the world
to come everlasting life. Brethren, is
this not worth striving for? Yes, if
we could persuade one soul to flee the
wrath to come we would be well re-
warded, since one soul is worth more
than all the world.

May God lead and guide us by His
unerring Spirit into nil truth, and may
Zton be enlarged, is the desire of your
unworthy brother. .1. (i. WlBTBT

Campbell, J/u/i.

hear Companion: — I thisdaj

m\ self to pen a few line.- for your col-
umns. 1 often read the Companion,
and with much pleasure, and love to
hear from tho.-e 1 love so well. 1
often think of the dear - ■ . 1 saw
in the far west. I>cur M.-ters, 1 have

not forgotten rou, nor ha- mj love

grown cold towards you. 1 never
will forget the love manifested to-
wards me. 1 often wonder whether
P/e >liall all meet iii heaven, there to

i. >i forever, Dear aisti

write this t" lei you know thut 1 urn
alh e, and trying U "I, and 1

trust it i I tbe Bame \s nli \ .mi 1 am
left alone a great deal tbia winter, and
my chamber is ao quiet that there

I a pin fall to the BOOT tinob-

! bj mel 1 -aid 1 am left uloiie;

no, not left alone, for ti-

me. I can converse with him during
the day, and at night give mvself and
little family into his care, "and ask
him to keep us all safe through (be
night What a great God we have.
I can have him here, and vou can
have him there. Then let us love
him while in this world of sorrow,
that we may praise him "above where
all is love.''

Now sisters, let me see a piece in
the Companion from some one of you
in the Far West Is my God with
you there? Grant me your prayers,
that I may become strong in the faith
of Jesus. I have a strong interest in
heaven, for therein dwell six of my
children, my father and mother, and
many of my friends. And there is
i ;• Savior. O, if I can but have
a seat at my Sartor's fed, I shall be
very happy. I feci, sometimes, that
my stay on earth is but short. Oh,
what when death come* ! We must
die. What next? Go to God, to
give an account for all we have said
or done. Can we stand the great
count? I think we will tremble: 1
think we will almost feint when we
shall see our account there. "God,
lie merciful to me a sinner."

I do not think that 1 can benefit
any one much. " Of them to whom
much is j-iven, much will be requir-
ed. Hut I want my sisters to know
that I still remember them. 1 think
there is a crown for us to wear. I
know there is a cross to bear

Shall Jesus bear the cross alone.
_ And all the world .
No. there is a cross lor every one,
And there's a SrOH for me.

" The consecrated cross I'll bear,
'Till death shall set me l
And then go homo, a crown to wear,
For there's a crown for n

Now may God Me - . g a )i

i> my prayer. Pareweil.

\ w • VfrsK,
- * ♦• ■ ^
i' 11 ''"' -I utn at pr»

afflicted with Kheumutir-:
so, that 1 |

am Buffering rerjf much pain. i had
in contemplation a risit to |
on the I6tb 1 inteudedi

home in company with brother .1 II
fensparaer for tl .

but l am disabled I
on brother ST 1, re* to |*J
place, ao that the appoio
i>e iiiied if tin- Lord permita

tho brethren'* 1 r:h in

\_ I 1 11 1 .. 1 I :\ -> X'/V.UIUX V/UJirAlllUi>,

their behalf: may t lie Lord's bleraingfl

with ihfin. Since we bad iln> dis-
trict meeting with us, as it was agreed
upon that the church should establish
Inline tni-sioii preaching, we as a

church have tried to put it into prac-
tice : and Bince then hare bees employ-
ing nearly all my time outside of our
regular appointments. In May last
the people in Dover, fork county, Pa.
called for uu appointment in the Tin-
ted Brethren church. 1 consented am!
they made an appointment. I have
given them two meetings, and still in-
tend holding meetings at their rc-
qnest. There is not a brother or sis-
ter in the town, bat many warm friends.
I think good can he done in that place.
Many of the citizens had never heard
the Brethren's, doctrine preached.
Now to the ministering brethren.
DS try and put the home mission i
to its full extent ; as much can be
done in tha' way, for the cause of our
Master. Let every bishop that has
not already introduced it do it at once, j
And all that can go away from homo
to the far west, do so. We have
many brethren who can travel who j
have the means at hand. Consider ■
brethren whether you are doiDg your |
duty for the Master ''.

Addam Holungkr.

Brother Henry:— Inasmuch as I
promised some of the brethren to
give a report through the Compan-
ion of a visit to Fayette, Westmore-
land and Somerset counties. Pa., I
v.i! now, after some delay, and by
your permission, try to do so.

On the 14th of September, in
company with brother Samuel Mur-
ray. I started on a mission of love
to the above named counties, and on
the evening of the 16th we arrived
a*, brother Frederick Wiraer's. On
the 17th brother VVimer accompa-
nied us to brother Weaver's, near
Mt. Pleasant. Preached the same
night at the Brush Pun school-
house. On the 18th we started for
In lian Creek, and arrived there in
the cveuing. and stopped with brother
Daniel Myer?, *nd preached to a
small but attentive congregation. —
< * ii the evening of the 12th we filled
an appointment at the County Line
meeting-house, after which we weut
borne with brother Jeremiah FoUal
"n the nvrning nf the 20th wc

started over the mountain to Somer-
set county, and stopped with brother
Josiah Berkley, where we stayed till
the morning of the 21st; then went
to brother Jesse Wagley's, where
we remained till the next day; thence
to brother Tobias Myers. On the
same night, (221) we preached at
the Pleasant Hill meetinghouse. —
The next evening wo returned to
brother Wagleys and preached at
Rhodes' school.house. On Sunday,
the 24th, we went to the Union
meetinghouse and preached at 10
and 2^ o'clock. Then returned to
Rhode's school-house and preached
in the evening. On Monday ev-
ening Riled an appointment at Mid"
de Creek, and stayed at brother
Jacob Miller's ti 1 the next day. —
Thence to brother Jacob D. Mi.ler's,
near Somerset, where we stayed two
nights.

On Tuesday evening we preached
at the Grove meeting house, and at
Fairview on Wednesday evening,
and on Thursday we returned to
Indian Creek and preached in Da-
vistown that evening ; lodged with
friend Jacob Cnstner ; found him
to be an intelligent man, well read in
the Bible and contending fcr the
faith as a brother, and we hope it
will not be long until he shall be-
come a brother indeed.

On Friday we spent the time very
pleasantly at brother Burger's : on
the same evening we preached at
Felger's school houso, and went
home with brother Hen y Kelger. —
Saturday was tht» time for the Love-
feast at the Connty Line House,
where we met with man}' of the
brethren. The meeting was well
attended ; at 2 p M. we were ad-
dressed by brother J. Iletrick. —
The evening services were conduc-
ted by brother Jacob Thomas. Here
we can tru'.y «ay that we enjoyed a
feast of love indeed, and I tnink this
was a time long to be remembered.
At this place we saw two men led
into the water and buried beneath
its yielding waves in baptism, one cf
whom I ui.derstand has since been
buried in the cold, damp grave, there
in rest until the angel Gabriel shall
wiih the loud trumpet call the
saint? to meet their blcwed Lorti.

On Monday we came in company
with brothers Thomas and Hook to
the Fayette meeting-house, and filled

J an appointment, and on Tuesday, the
4th of October, was the time for the
Lovefeast, which was attended with
the best of order. On Wednesday
wc filled an appointment ac the same
p'ace ; after which we returned home

( and found all well.

Christian Siiowalter.

Brother Henry : — Some months
ago I asked the following questions,
and no answer has yet appeared :
"What do the Brethren understand by
; worshipping God in Spirit and in
j Truth? How do we worship in
Spirit, and how in Truth ?" I want
an answer to this, as I think it im-
portant to know what the true spirit-
ual worship of God is. It may 6eem
of small weight to many of your read-
ers who understand it, but to myself
it is not, and it is so to others also.
Let some brother reply soon, and
more than one will do no harm.

Another question I gave was, "Why
do we hear of no Brethren east of
Pennsylvania or Maryland ? Are
there none in Kentucky ?"

Landon West.

Dear Brother: — I was conversing
with a lady who has read all of the
Companions I have, and it seems
that she is well pleased, though she
never heard a sermon by the Breth-
ren. She said that she was glad to
see that there was some others who
believed as she did. In the time of
her first husband she was a Bap-
tist, and her last husband is a Metho-
dist, and she went to them, though
she never knew yet what she was,
but she says she believes what the
Coinpanion says. There is great
talk here about the elect — God's elect,
who they are, and what they are. —
There has been much said on this,
and I wish to have an explanation
from you through the Companion,
for my own satisfaction.

I see in my letter concerning my
sister having fits, I stated that she
had from four to five every day. In-
stead of every day, it is about ten
days at the lull moou, during that
time she has four or five a day. Then
not so often as that. Please correct
it and excuse me. My letter was
published in No. 48 of past year,
pa^e TW Z At BWrfP.

yj±xi.\,i.vA.i.rLx* 1 .li'iiui v^vi'ix zixiiV^XTi .

Kansas City. Mo.,
Dec. 11th 1870.

Dear Brother. — I have the mel- 1
ancholy task of informing you of
the death of our beloved brother
Jeremiah Myers, of Asthma, on the |
morning of the 9th inst., — The cir-
cumstances attending che decease of
our dear Brother are extremly pain-
ful : being in the full vigor of man-
hood, with a wife and six children,
the youngest of whom is but two
months old.

He had an attack of billious fever
some two months since, and on Sun-
day last seemed convalescent, as in
company with father I visited him.
— On Tuesday he assisted in butch-
ering, took cold, and Friday morn-
ing at o'clock was a corpse. — His
death occurred without (if it is pos^
sible) a struggle. He deemed to fall
asleep in Jesus. — In contemplating
his death, I could exclaim with Num.
23 : 7, 10. Balaam said "let me die
the death of the righteous and let
ray last end be like his." —

We telegraphed Eldor D. 1). Sell
to come, but from some cause he
failed. The occasion was improved
by Mrs. Chase, a sister of the Socie-
ty of Friends, she spoke from part
of the 119h Psalm. Amore beauti
ful sermon I have seldom heard —
filled with instruction and encour-
agement to the bereaved widow and
family, as well as friends. One
thought was so beautifully expressed
that I must give it, although I fear
I cannot do her justice. — In speak-
ing of death, she looked upon the
corpse and exclaimed " k Oh ! Death,
where is thy sting ! Oh ! Grave where
is thy victory !' and death it swal-
lowed up in lit\y Another old lady
on hearing of his peacful death, ex-
claimed, 1'salma 37 : 37, "Mark
the perfect man, and behold the up-
right ! for the end of that man is
peace." — Brother Myers was for
merly from Huntingdon Co., 1'a., —
and married to a daughter of Daniel
Holflinger, of Bedford Co., — His
death will cause regret in a large
circle of the brotherhood, —

We aro still unorganized as yet,
although Elder D. D. Sell haspiom-
bed soon to attend to our wauu. —
Wo number <wmc 1H rnrmhure now. '

but hope for several acquisitions in
the spring. — The prayers of the
brotherhood are asked for the build-
ing up of the church here. As we
frequently hear of brethern visiting
the West, who pass through Kansas
City, I would say to such that broth
er Geo. It. llolsinger (my father)
lives at No. 160G, Hockbenny St.,
and desires all such to tarry with him
during there sojourn in the City. I
will wiite again upon our organiza-
tion. May God's guidance direct
U3 and bless all the efforts put forth
for devising good. — Affectionately
yours in the bonds of the Gospel.
FRANK HOLSINGER.

1ST OF MONEYS iv.bIycJ for sabserlp-
. j\\OU, t'OOti, Ac

DIED .

At the residence of her son-in-law, Peter
Keller, in Logan countv, Ohio, on the 25th
day of Sept. 1870, MAGDALENE SHORTZ ;
age about 82 years, and months. She was
a faithful'member of the Ornish Church. Fu-
neral services by David Plank, Ornish minis-
ter, in the German, and J. L. Frantz in the
English. From second Timothy, 4 : 6, — 8.

Also in the Logan branch, Loiran count v,
Ohio, on the 21st day of Oct. 1670. WILL-
IAM S. Infant son of brother John and sis-
ter Martha VANMETEK; age a year-., 1
month, and 2 days. Funeral 6orvices by J.
L. Frantz, from Mark 10: 15, 111-

In the Middle River congregation, Augus-
ta Co. Va., July 81st, Wo, sifter HANNAH
MYEKS ; uged SI years, 10 month, and 4
days. She was consort of brother John My-
ers, descased, and survived her husband,
nearly 21 yearr. Her maiden name was Spit-
ler, disease, cancer in the face. Her alllie-
tlous were great, yet she bore them with pa-
tience and chrisrian courage; with a mud
and will fully resigned to the will of the
Lord ; but she greatly longer for the day to
come in which she would make her exit out
of this troublesome world ; looking forward,
with an eye of faith, for that rest, that rc-
maineth to the people of God. hue kit
children, and a large number of grand, and
great grand >ehildrcn to mourn their loss. —
But, truly, their loss is her eternal Rain. Fu-
neral services by brother Manlu GarbOT and
the writer, from Ret. IS I 11.
Written by rei

LE\ 1 l.ARllL >..

lu tho West Nimlbilla congregation, Blark
county Ohio, ABRAHAM Wll'WLK. .Nov
20th, 1870 ; aged 73 years, and 24 days. Ue
was father of 14 children, of whom 11 are
living ; grand-father ot 03, and great graud-
failii 'i oT I s , as fur a* In kuovvu. Ho BTU a
faithful brother tor a number of year-. The
occasion was Imp | brethren Henry

Province and David Young and the a
From Philip.! • -'1. I

\m A, Murray.

John Brindle, 1.00
Elijah Horn, (3.00
M. R Charles, 1.50
Jacob Barrick, 7.75
D. Heise, .75

A.B.Brumbaugh, 2.00
John Crain, 2.50

George Arnold, 3.00
Joshua Y. King, L50
John R. Wise, 7.75
Wm- C.Miller, 7.40
George Renner, 1.50
David Zook, 4.50
D. H.Hitnes, 3.75
W. N. Clemmer,17.75
John Event, l.CO
'.. \. G. Boner, 1.50
D. Workman, 4.00
H. II. Flock, 3.00
Jacob Wise, 1.00

(i. \V. Ferguson, 5 25
J.P. Lcrew, 1.50

B. Musser, 6.5'J

C. J. Showalter, 3.00

D. Hildebrand, l.M

C. Myers, 3.25

D. Manges, 3.00
J. 8ellers, 2 00
II. Snyder, 4.85
J. Beeghlcy, 20.00
Moses Keim, 1.50
J. Hochstetlcr, 1.50
Daniel Mo6er, 4.50
Sara Phoutz, 3.00
M. Mc. Quaid, 6.50
Samuel Hart, 10.50
B. Warapler, 13.37
J. A. Heiric, 7.25
John Mohler, 3.15
J. L. Frantz, 14.85
D. W. Dilmer, 1.50
Enos Crowd, 1.50
I). Rittlesparger, 1.50
S. Musselman, 1.00
8. Shawver, 3.00
A. Holdeman, 1.50
S. Oblinmr. 3.00
S. A. Overholser,1.50
D. R. Holsinger, 1.50

D. A. Frcelaud, 7.50
Aaron Diehl, 4.50
Sarah Leslie.
S. W. Kimmel,
Eli Horner,
K. Kautl'uian,
David U'elW,
Jacob Bahr,
Joseph Kiiuly,

E. M. Whit more, 1.50
D. M. Bnarely, 1.50
Henry Clapper,
Jacob Monler,
B Glbblo,
J. 11 Stager,
i. U . Huikuar,
J. K. Teilcr,

David M\ir»,
Henry B. Jllllar,
Levi Miller, B.C0

D. Btuterbaogbi
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v\ ■ u. Bob »■

-i. Bowman),
3. S.Bhcilv, 3.00

R. E. I.

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Tobias K.rrk!cr,-~4k60

Miss. Brallier, 5.7.',
C Longenecker.
J. E. Phautz, 15.35
M. Bollinger, 1.50
Q. V. Kollar, 14.00
Frank Holsinger,l.00

T. D. Lyon.
Nancy Boots,
S. Bowman,
L.C. Tavlor,
H. W. Baily,
J. B. Sharraiis,
J. Meekly,
J. H. Elson,
Ella William*.

C. Myers,
Ozias Metz,
George Ebv,
J. B. Gibble,

ank,
Norman Faw.

D. M . Mohler,
D. Zook,

Freed,

Shackellord,

Browcr,

3.75
1.50
3.00
2.00

2 00

2.2

4.50
31:00

12 00

B. Bellinger,
Jacob Bcolt.

■ fa'-ob I

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A 11 Millar ,00

Slrhmet:

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D. Bolt

E. Boechly,

> ock,
D s

14.85

3.00
5.40

2 37
1.50

i; 5o

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.75

10.00

15.00

1.50

22.50

1.00

13.50

3.60

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1.60

1.50

COO

4.50

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H.

J. S. Newc'omcr,15.00
J. Hildebrand, 5.25
B. Bossier, l 50

J. N. Slingluff, :
David Gerlach, l.CO

John Reber,
E. N. Price,
J. K. Reiner,
E. L. Yoder,
Levi Yoder,
Reuben Musser,

1.50
3.00
7.50
20.00
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1.00

Peter W. Ebie, 3.10
Solomon Cogan, 1.50
P. J. Brown,
G. Brubaker,
S. Denlinger,
Daniel Smith,
J. Studebaker,
Win. Kercher,
Henry Reed,
D. Hotelier,
Wm. Kulp,
J. Barter,
lor,
K. R. Price,
J. Warner,
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Number 2.

not transgress the commandment in the text ;

For the Com v anion.
-Owe no Mien any Thing but to Love one
Another."" Koin. i:J:V

Whereas the apostle Paul, in 1 Cor. 14 : 37,
writes: ''It* any man think himself to be a proph-
et, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the
things that I write unto you are the command-
ments of the Lord," and whereas the said apos-
tle is acknowledged, by all professors of Christi-
anity, to have been an inspired embassador of raiment, and some chew and smoke tobacco and
Christ; consequently we must acknowledge that drink whiskey. No wonder the tapes are hard
the above test is one of the Lord's command

as we do not owe a man until the time that
promised to pay Lim.

"The times are hard,'" and "monej is scarce,"
are complaints which continually greet our i
but what is the cause of all this! People live
too fast, they indulge in luxuries, have costly
furniture, build splendid houses, dress in costly

merits, and that it is binding on all who profess
to be his disciples ; and that by neglecting to
ohey the same*, we forfeit our right to the tree
of life, and to admittance into the city, (see
R v. 22 : 14.), and expose ourselves to the curse
pronounced upon the disobedient. But it may
b • objected, as though the Lord had command-
ed us that which we co Id not But

and money is scarce with such. Thus did not
our fathers, they stretched themselves according
t > their cover. Brethren and sisters should not
imitate those who live above their income, but
rather deny themselves of such luxuries, and be
ged in some honest business and attend to
the same regularly and diligently, and not lor-
j and attend public worship as regu-
larly as circumstances will permit, and I vent

think we can obey it as well as all other com- * predict that very fe v will be unable to 'W
mandments, if we are willing to deny ourselves no man an )' U»ng ' l do not meaa tnos e who
of the luxuries which we cannot afford, and be aV( ' uoable, through sickness or bodily intirmi-
careful not to run recklessly into debt, and to &», fy lal in i owes "to such the

make rash promises, which it is likely we will a e they need, In my young days the

not be able to perform. brethren, generally had the Deputation of being

One obligation, according to the text, we P u . is their word ; let us

cannot can t is : to love one another ; this th(>n > forfeit this reputation and becom mi-

we continue to owe one another ; but all our ulin2 : block t< our neighbors, but let our light
oth lould pay at the time stipU] > shine that th

in the But, it i. lid, whal if good w "-^ l '- ] glorify oil* bather which is in

we have not wherewith to pay? To such 1
would say, with all the sympathy and charity
their ca do the I

v >ry pnsiblc effort to pay, and it
you, canny t, ask your creditor to ha -nee

with yon, or for the

■!

And ■ yet fr« e 1 mould adv .

and !y admouish, not ract a d

T tbr Bret hi « n

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0] naoM by >

idll d hi question, and

and make a pi notpretty reformers think the expression is <.;u. .

certain' that a fulfil your promi "Th Brethn

something to fall back upon if you fail; and it the: opinion that a criti(

you ctfnuot fulfil your promise, m . m can. of the subj ling to to th<

tract with your'cji -diior,.jl .possible, und obtain • language, will show the objection unJ
lb wait Ion;.' i i v. ill Und b'eli

lhat i' if in

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faction should be fairly m -t, I beg the indulgence

of the editor and the kind patrons of the Com-
pam'on, while 1 offer the following criticisms :

That then il ■ principle in the English Lan-
guage which recognizes, the propriety under cer-
tain circumstances to change the Possessive to
to the Preposition "of" with the possessive noun
i'>r its regimen, does not admit of doubt. The
primary signification of that Preposition is pot-
Ion, as may be inferred from its origen, being
derived from the verb have. — The principle is
recognized by all good philologists, but it is by
no means without exceptions. — While the pri-
mary significance is retainad in many cases, the
secondary is no less general. Look at the fol-
lowing examples : Primary : "The son of
David."

"Divid's son."

"The name of the Father."

"The Father's name."

Secondary : "The city of Pittsburg."

"A cup of water."

Sometimes the ideas expressed are different:

My father's picture may not be a picture of
my father.

S. W. Clark says : "When the object of the
Prepositional phrase constitutes the Agent of an
action, state, or feeling, etc., implied in the sub-
stantive limited, the Phrase and the correspond-
ing Possessive are equivalent, and therefore in-
terchangeable. Example. : "The people's will."
The people are the agent or cause of the will ;
but in the phrase "The Church of the Brethren, "
the Brethren are not the agent or cause of the
church, but the Lord is ; he called them brethren,
"ye are brethren," and he gives the reason : "he
that doeth the will of my father which is in
heaven,"&c, But there are many organization
which call themselves brethren, hence the true
brethren are distinguished by the definitive thl.

He said, "on this stone will I build my church,"
but there are many so called churches, even as
there are Lords many : — hence the distinction
Church " And bringing all together we
have "The Church of the Brethren.'' But it is
the Lord's church because he hath established it,
and they keep the commandments

Joseph Holsople.
Indiana, Fn

eh let your dignity stand in the way of
rbltjetff

SeUe'td for tht Companion.
The HisUrn Work.

That the Sisters of the Church of Christ have
an important part to act in the present reforma-
tion cannot be denied. Vice and immorality
are prevalent in our land ; and all lovers of truth
and holiness should use their utmost exertions
to raise the standard of Virtue and Religion in
the Church. The great need of reformation,
both in tie church and in the world, calls aloud
to every christian to act. And while we see so
many of our noble brethren responding to the
call — going forth and using every means in
their power to put down evil and spread the
glad tidings of salvation to the world, do we not
see that there is a great necessity for tne sisters,
also to engage in the word \ Shall they remain
silent 1 ? Shall they stand by, as idle spectators,
and see their fellow creatures floating down the
dark stream of dissipation, and not even hold
up to them the " beacon light," (God's Holy
Word,) that they may be able to see the vast
whirlpool of destruction that lies before them,
and into which their frail bark will soon sink,
if they do not turn their course ? Shall they
remain silent and inactive, and see Zion lan-
guishing, when, by their influence and exertions,
many lukewarm souls, who have been over-
taken by the evil one, and dragged back " into
the weak and beggarly elements of the world,"
might be induced to return to the fold of Christ
where they would receive strength to enable
them to resist the enemy ; and where they could
again partake of the christian's heavenly feast.

We do not say that it is the duty of the sis-
ters to leave their domestic sphere and go out
into the world to proclaim the truths of the
Gospel to promiscuous assemblies. But we do
say that it is both their privilege and their duty
to teach them, through the medium of the pen,
and in the social circle.

These they can do without neglecting the du-
ties of home, or subjecting themselves to the rid-
icule of the world They can point to the way-
ward youth the fruits of virtue, and teach him
how to shun the hidden snares that lie along the
flowery paths of pleasure They can Teclaim
the erring, strengthen and encourage the weak,
; by holding up to them the precious promises
contained in the living Oracle. They can visit
the haunts of vice and misery, and speak words
«f ttrirVft to trr- d-^vtfdirfp MH ; trarb thrm

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how to overcome the evil influences by which and blessed are they who who fulfil the minis-
they are surrounded, and pjint them to the try, and in their humble sphere prove themselves
"Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the to be workers together with God. Let us corn-
world." municate unto the poor, and especially unto our
If those intelligent sisters who are spending poor ministers^ for with such sacrifice God is
their time and talents in an employment that well pleased. Thus. G. Snyder.
perishes with its using, could be induced to en- \ , m „, m __
gage in the work of putting down those evil in ! For lUe CoMl . ASIOV
fluences which are poisoning the minds of youth, How to be iiappj .
and dragging so many down to the dark world 1)o all , he gooc i vou can Whenever you
of woe, they could do more toward moralizing hear of a poor w idow, an orphan or an aged
the world, than our most eloquent preachers ; : man> w ho is iu affliction, pay that individual a
ibr it is seldom that the heart, blackened by visit ]Jo not hoard up all you earn ; give a
crime and hardened by sin, is penetrated by the certaul portion to the poor. Never getangrv, if
truths of the Gospel. There we see the neces- < are s i an dered or imposed upon. Better suf-
sity of moral training— of early inculcating prm- ' fer a little than re taliate*and use harsh language,
ciples pure and holy, that the youthlul mind may j Be not proud or selfish . thin k no mo re highly
be prepared to receive ^nd obey the the word of yourse if an a your talents than you do of th
)C *- capacities of others. Pay all you owe; keep

We presume that there is not a sister in the
Christian Church but could assist in the work.
Then let every one who wishes to see the
cause of Christ triumphant — who wishes to see
vice and immorality dethroned, and virtue and
religion crown our laud, come out and boldly
discharge the heavenly duty ; that in the great
day of setribution they may hear it said " well
done thou good and faithful servant, enter thou
into the joys of the Lord."

you owe; Keep
out of debt. Get not entangled in the meshes
of the law — avoid it as the sure gate to ruin
Shun vicious [tin suits and unprincipled as
ciates. Honor the Sabbath and serve God and
be de\oted to truth and religion. Finally, take
the Christian Family Companion, paj i'*i it in
advance, read it attentively and you will be
happy ; peace and contentment will smile on
your path, joy will brighten your countensi
and every lane of life belore you will be Iragr
with blessings, rich and abundant.

C \1'. 1 S B. DlTMl

Merriam, Ind.

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JIUW ALL MAY PBIACK.

All cannot preach from the pulpit, or deliver j Tlll GbbATKKSS Of LttTLE THINGS.— Little

habits drive nails into our coffins. They mote
than make up by their number what the] seem
to luck in individual importance. They are the
true seeds of character, We migbl as well ;
■corns, and nnt e*pr<-t them lo grow, as cherish

long and elocpient orations, but there is a kind
of preaching that is permitted to all men, and of-
ten times this kind is most effectual. Offices of
kindness to the bodies and souls of those around
us ; words of encouragement to the weak, of in

struction to to the ignorant ol consolation to the ^ vllUjl> ;iUll ,,„ , ,;, u , ... , ., (!l ... ,,.
roubled of broherly Kindness to all, spoken „„ reaionabb ttop) ,, .... , U , flllI1 „
by the fireside, the wayside, or bedside . heart, uak u|t lt . lu ,
devotion to the services of religion in our fami-
lies and our closets, as well as in the sanctuary ;
in a word, all of earnest, active, self-denying
love to our fellow-beings, springing from our

sprin^iriLr
love to God, will form a most impressive ser-
mon, b most convincing proof to the world
around us, that we have been with JfSUS. Ml
illed in this wav to pleach th
Th?'m TOW n'Vf' ' tH< -Vlr

Christians are cal

neatness and success in life, where th.
lilies of a thousand Little habits oi iudusti)

virtue had DOl b <-n hrst can Lilly I heihht d

lu • Word, ( !'.'•: ! rutin r

ireat on<
not Moertained '••■ '
meats, 'ail I . • ■ l

rmio< I i
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For the Court •
UM IIt»rv«'i»t (irral but th<i l.almn'rn Few.

The above is become to be a sterotype saying
among the brethren. We hear it from the East
and the West, tin- North and the South. La-
borer is generally a term applied to the minis-
ters of the Gospel, but we think it may be well
applied to every one that is born of God. Can
not every one do something to promote the
cause of Christ, and thus become a co-laborer ;
with God? Paul says, "every man shall receive
his own reward according to his own labor" (1st
Gor. 3 : 9.) So every one that labors to the
interest of God's Kingdom will be rewarded. —
We surely should all be interested in the noble
work; then it tollows, if we are, we will all lend
a helping hand in such a way that we can. To
illustrate ; suppose a dozen of men were inter, j
ested in a vineyard, and one or two were select- '■
ed as gardeners or superintendents, and it would ;
so happen, that those so selected could not do j
justice to the vineyard ; those that were inter-
ested in it would no doubt do all in their power !
to have the garden produce abundantly ; but sup- j
pose one or two of them were interested about i
their own individual affairs more than about the j
vineyard and divested their means to their self •
interest, would it not be said, they were not
doing their duty relative to the vineyard. So
we should not expect too much of those that
are called as laborers ; they too, have individu-
al interests at stake. Must they sacrifice all,
while others that should be "lively stones" de-
vote all their time to their individual interest,
and amass wealth and independance, which is
■II well and good if it is not abused. Don't, '
reader, suppose now, that I am going to favor
a system of paid ministry on a money basis, by
no means ; but can not something more be done j
to disseminate truth over the country, than has
been done and yet keep w T ithin the bounds of the
Gospel. Sow bountifully, and we may expect
to reap bountifully. Had we tracts treating
upon the plain commands of the Savior, and the
principles of the Gospel generally, and scatter
them broadcast in the wake of God's ministers,
mueh good might be accomplished. We do
kuow much enoi is being disseminated thn
the tTact I B of different sects. Surely

truth alsocould be disseminated in some way.—
We hove felt the want ot something of the kind

in this widejield of Wt. Ya. We are falsely
represented by our enemies and many are the
inquirers as to what these people teach.' One or
two ministers cannot keep pace with the inter-
est that is awakening. In the absence of tracts,
our periodicals may accomplish much ; 1 know
of the circulation of a lew numbers of the Com-
panion in certain districts doing good the past
year or two. One of our brethren was severely
censured by a man of another denomination for
causing some ot their members to leave and join
the brethren. The brother wanted to know in
what way he caused them to do so. lty lending
them your paper (-'the Companion") he^said. —

said the brother, I did hud them my papers
and would like to lend you some of them. I
hfive known them to be lent and passed around
from one to another until about worn out, (sure-
ly they answered their mission.) So brethren
and sisters, here is, in this way a chance for }ou
to sow good seed, away up here in the moun-
tains of Wt. Va. A number ot our members
scattered over a large field would be glad to re-
cieve the paper, that cannot otherwise get them,
and they would pass them around to their neigh-
bors, and in many sections, in tact wherever we
go, we find persons that are friendly to us and
the cause, they would gladly recieve the papers
and pass them around. Here is a chance to do
good to the comtorting of isolated brethren and
sisters, and for the cause generally. Just think
of it for a trifle, you can send the Companion
once a week to a poor member, or to a friend.

1 can dispose of one hundred copies in this way,
which would be, during the year five thousand
papers scattered abroad, and I believe much
good can be done in this way. Suppose but one
soul would be led to the truth in that a-.
would it not be money well spent ? Who then
will not deny themselves of just one little lux-
ury and send on their mite to the office of the
Companion to pay the expenses ot a messenger
of truth to go weekly to whom it will be wel
come. Come brethren, come sisters, to the
rescue of souls from error, and in heaven you
may meet face Jo ft • ; have
been instrumental in I to a knowledge of
the truth as it i-. in J God pi tic
cause. ; \-: S. Fi>

.* Fay<$} ■■-'!''. il'. it

( KRISTI w\ 1AM1IA' COMPANION.

The Kelinf-r ot Silver.

Broth, r Wojsinger : Unclosed you will find
an article that I have selected for the Compan-
ion. I must agree with the writer — that it is
a beautilul figure. My prayer is that God may
give us grace to endure our afflictions, till Christ
is clearly reflected in us.

Yours in love.

Henry F. Long.

Sjme months ago, a few ladies who met to-
gether in Dublin to read the scrptures, and make
them the subject of conversation, were reading
the third chapter < 1 Malachi. One of the ladies
gave it as her opinion that the Fuller's Soap and
the Refiner of .Silver were the same image, both
intended to convey the same view of the sancti-
fying influence of the grace of Christ : while an-
other observed, there is something remarkable
in the expression of the third verse :

"He shall sit as a refiner and purifl-T of silver.
They agreed that possibly it might be so ; and
one of the ladies promised to call on a silver-
smith and report to them what he said on the
subject. She went accordingly, and without tel-
ling the object of h«r errand, begged 7 o know
from him the process of refilling silver, which
lie fully desciibed to her.

"Bar, sir," said she, "do you *U while the
fining is going i

• unitfi, "I
■lily fixed on the fur-
nace for if the tira , tor refining be ex-
led i.i tl i sligh
to be injured."

\r once me saw the beauty, and the comfort,

■'■ refiner

and purifier of silver."'

Chri Iful to i> :hildreo into

, but He is si the side of it ;

his eye is steadily intent on the work of purily-

. and His wisdom and love are both i

in tl mner tor them. Their trials do

not i random ; the very hairs oi thi-ir h«\ul

tl i i abered. As the lad] was Leaving the

ith called !■■ said

tuid -till furtM' r to mention • onlj knew

u the pi ■ ■ f purifying was complete bj

seeing I. | m the b ii\

13 tutiful figure ! When Christ sees Ins own
image in his petopl of purifying

accomplished.

For the Companion,
i h.ist Preaching to the Dead.

On page 7r-7, Vol. 6, C. F. C, brother C. P.
L. Roberts desires an explanation of 1 Peter 4: 6.
Which reads : '-For, for this cause was the Gos-
pel also preached to them that are dead that
they might be judged according to men in the
flesh, but live according to God in the spirit."
For the purpose of understanding Peter, we
must understand what he is writing about. See
the 3d, chapter, from the 17th, to the 20th
verse, where he speaks of Christ's sufferings, and
says, "For Christ also hath once suffered for sins,
the just tor the unjust, that he might bring us
to God, being put to death in the flesh, but
quickened by the spirit ; by which also he went
and preached to the spirits in prison, which
sometimes were disobedient when once the long
suffering oi God waited in the days ot Noah,
while the Ark was a preparing." "Suffering
the just for the unjust." We understand that
Christ in his death and sufferings; redeemed all
Adam's lavnily, both dead and alive, from under
the curse of a broken law, and after they were
redeemed, Christ must necessarily preach the
Gospel to those that are dead, after his death,
as he did to those that, are living before his
death, that every mouth may be stopped, and all
(he world stand guilty before God. (Rom. 3:19)

ice, while his body lay in the tomb, his
quickened spirit was with the disembodied An-
tediluvians in the prison of the underworld, there
preaching the Gospel to them that are dead, that
they might be judged according to men in

. b i" livi according to God in the spirit.
(1 Peter 4 : (i.) Paul says, Eph, 4 : 9, "He al-
so descended first to the lower parts of the

b." There he preached the Gospel to the
dead, and then through the power of his resur-

. 'ii . ■ 1 1 ■ ascended op on high, led captivity
captive, and ii'ts unto men." Eph, I s

''Wherefore God hath also highly exalted him,
and given him a name above every name, that
at the name of Jesus' every knee should DOW, of
things in heaven, and things in earth, anil tin
under the earth, and that every tongue shall
thai -i i i 'hritt ia Lord, to the gl
.1 the Father." Phil 2: 91—1.

\ I I Fk.
AfUioch, /u'JuiiKt.

A In re ignorant <• u bus 'ii» fully to

UHR1STIAH J AMI L\ I'u.MJ'AMuM.

< r.lWorula nud Oirgon HlWlMk

••

I n. 1. r tlie fruid

Providence, we left

- ,uil, lien ; on the Cth dnj

We lui.l a ploaeanl

I :,)ifnrni:i, wherowe arriv-

v the 1 9th of October,

. . igi • Elder Geo.

... were kindly received

himself and family, (all members

• ', i w ',• tarried with

,1 the brethren and sisters iu |

[fornie until the following Tuesday,

which time we held six meetings.

In company with Elder Ceo. Wolfe

wo went to Dcisco, stopping

ail the 2dili . st which time

. Wolfe and San Fran-

n a Steamer for Portland, Or-

. we arrived, niter s \

\day the 28d,
P .1/ After a good
bt'a real v>< - took the stage for Al-
mtj seal of Lynn County,
sre Brrivcd at snn-dowa on
Monday the Satb, and wore directed
,,, • m of brother Salomon Kit?,

in Albany, where we were very
kindly received by himself and family
Brother Philip Baltimore, also living
klbany, was absent from homo, but
. Baltimore bis wife, and other
„ .,.. the family came over to

, r Hitter's and we had a very
sting interview. On Tuesday
ber Kiiter conveyed us
io the brethren living eight miles oast
Ubany in the Williamette Valley.
After meeting with the brethren ; we
linted ■ meeting for public preach- i
to be bold on Thursday evening
27th ol October. The brethren
burs attended and the large
■ -vas filled. Good atten-
. and much interest was manifes-
ted by nil present and much desire
. spreseed for more preaching,
beld live more meetings for pub-
preaching, which were well attend-
ed bj t 1 • rs and public gener-
ally. <>:i Monday the 3 1st of October
members from lar and near met
. i 'avid Peebler
Lurch rapacity. Alter meeting
in bumble prayer to God,
informed them that our mission to
and Oregon consisted in
ires bing the ward — that
the Annual
love tU aid

•: .in to form i mora perfect

organisation of the church in Oregon.

Every brother and sister expn
a willingi "lie- into full un-

ion and fellowship with tbi
Brotherhood -to receive and give
council us the gospel directs, accord-
■ the usages of the church, and
a.-> they had troubles ol a erioas na
turc. which had for a longtime de-
prived them of the enjoyment of the
gospel priviliges, not even assembling
themselves together for the pnblic
worship of God, (until wo came to
them) they unanimously desired us
to act as u committee to hear the
causes ol their grievances and to re-
port n decision to the church.

Peeling our weakness yel trusting
in the Lord, we yielded to th(
quest, heard the causes of their griev-
ances and made a report which we
presented to the church, which wa*
accepted by every member, rendering
full satisfaction, nnd christian peace
and love was restored, and in that re-
union and christian fellowship, (after
holding a number of meetings in dif-
ferent parts of the valley where mem-
bers reside,) we left them on the 14th
of November, to return to California,
which we accomplished by stage, a
distance of five hundred and fifty miles,
in four days and five nights, a very
tiresome but otherwise pleasant jour-
ney. We took the cars one hundred
and fifty miles farther to the brethren
in California where we visited, hold-
ing meetings in different places, as the
members are scattered over a large
space of territory. We continued
preaching the.word until Saturday the
10th of December, when we met with
the members, who were assembled
from far and near, in church council.
Wo all labored together in the fear of
the Lord until the much desired, hap-
py result of union and fellowship
was manifested by the Brethren in
California with the general brother-
hood, and our labor in California
was closed.

We then had preaching on Sunday
in the neighborhood of the brethren,

near Elder George Wolfe's, and on

Sunday evening at the Disciple'.-,
church, in Stockton (many of the
brethren accompanying US to the lat-
ter place; to a large and attentive au-
dience, and on Monday we took the
parting hands of brethren and many
friends, and took the train at 12 o'clock
M b t le in South Bend,
• we arrived after a pleasant
trip on the 17lh of December, at 9 o'«
I' M . and found all Well.

Wc truly feel that the Lord was
with us, and greatly blessed us, inas-
much I ' af health ;
had no disappointments in all our trav-
el* j no accidents bappened us, and
our labors were received In love every-
where, both in California and Oregon,
by the brethren and the world. — All
manifested their sorrow that we had
to leave them, — and with many tears
they entreated us to return again, if
we could possibly do so, and to urge
the general brotherhood to lend them
help, which we agreed to do as the
Lord enabled us, and are very sure
that the cause of Christ Jesus requires
that a minister among brethren should
be located in Oregon. And we are
satisfied from all that we could learn
from the brethren, ai.d also from the
citizen-, together with our own obser-
vations of the general appeaanoo of the
country, that brethren could do well
there for themselves and families, and
effect much good. We are confident
the prospects arc very favorable for
the building up of largo church'
Oregon, and so far us we could learn,
the only reason why it has not been
done has been for the want of proper
ministerial labor. The members are
humble and faithful, and would do
honor to any age or country.

California Is B very large field for
the few laborers who reside in that
state, considering the wants of the
people. The members are scattered
over the country very far from each
other, which renders it very difficult
for them to meet often in the one only
organized church in the state. The
brethren and people generally, express
a strong desire that members, and es-
pecially iituii.--'ri-.<. come and settle
among ibcm, and we are sure that
much good would result from a com-
pliance with their request. And we
feel it our duty to urge the general
brotherhood to consider this matter in
the fear of the Lord and to act as
promptly as possible.

We found the brethren in Califor-
nia in comfortable circumstanc
far as the good things of this earth
are concerned ; — enough and to spare,
— and we think that industrious, pru-
dent brethren, could do well there in
accumulating property, yet if we wore
to give an opinion relative to the mat-
ter, our prcferrncu would \.<a in (Savor
of Oregon, at being in most need of
ministers, and agricultural pursuits
being more uniformly remunerative to

ClilUbTLWN hAMXLl G<>i\irAiNKLN.

'£6

the laborer, than in California, the
rains being more regular.

Finally, brethren, the mission to
California and Oregon, through the

ag of God, has been a bucci
far 88 we know, and it is our prayer,
and we ask all the brethren to unite
with us in this prayer to God, that
his blessing may forever rest with
them, and that all may feel an inter-
est in the welfare of souls, praying the
Lord of the harvest to send forth more
laborers into the vineyard, that His
sheep may he fed.

JABOB Miller and
Damkl 15. Stcruis.
South' Bend, Indiana Dec, 30th 18T0.
♦»

For the Companion.
A few 1 liousrhis for the Xew
Year.

The year 1870 is now closed ; and
with it has closed another year of the
Christian's warfare, and another year
of the sinner's day of grace.

The Christian who has been faith-
ful to hia God and Savior during the
past year, is one year nearer, both in
age and experience, to Heaven his
eternal home, than he was a year ago.
He has become more established in
the service of his Master. It will now
require a greater effort on the part of
the enemy to overcome him ; still his
time of watching and prayer is not
yet closed.

On the other hand, the sinner who
has steadfastly resisted the convic-
tions of the Spirit of the Lord during
the past year, is now one year nearer
his final doom, both in age and expe-
rience, than he was a year ago. lie
has become more confirmed in the
ser rice of bis Master; hia opportunities
to escape the damnation of hell, are
gradually growing less ; it will now
require a stronger effort to liberate
himself from the grasp of the enemy
than it would have done a vear ago.
Ili.s heart is gradually becoming hard-
er; the convictions of the Spirit are
becoming weaker arid more easily re-
sisted, lie will soon take His flight,
and leave him to the companv of bit
choice, for time and eternitv : "My
Spirit shall not always strive with
man."

The year 1870 has closed the mor-
tal life of many of the children of men.

Tl ey have

mora n »Urr in all that - *
Beneath the circuit <>i tin

And so it will be during the present

year. The oged Christian, weary of

and disappointments,
will exchange the cross for the crown,
and join the happy number who have
come up through groat tribulations :
"Who have washed their robes and
made them white in the blood of the
Lamb."

Many an a^ed sinner who has long
resisted the Spirit, and who, by his
wicked life and influence, has been a
snare and curse to the rising genera-
tion, will go to his final doom, and ex-
perience the solemn truth: "What
a man soweth, that shall he also
reap."

The careless Christian, who seems
to divide his heart between God and
the world, will go to his doubtful des-
tiny, and see the importance of life as
he never saw it before

Many a young man with fair pros-
pects for honor, wealth, or reputation,
will experience the solemn truth that
man is mortal, and born to die.

Many a darling child, now the de-
light of its parents, will forego the bit-
ter sorrows and disappointments of a
life on earth, and join the holy throng
who are now singing praises to (Joel
and the Lamb.

Many a family circle, sow unbroken,
will, before the close of the present
year, be entered by death, and one of
its members shall bid a long farewell
to those who are strongly attached to
it by the ties of nature and friendship.

Dear reader, these are solemn
thoughts, yet none the less true,

"Like shadows gliding o'er the plain,
Or clouds thai roll successive ou,

Man's busy generations pass ;
And while wegaz*, their forms are gone.

Oh ! Time how few ihv value weigh, —
How few will estimate a d iv I

The year rolls 'round, and steals away

The breath thai rtrnt ii gave :
What'er we be, wha'.Vr w do,

We're trav'ling to ihe grai

D M MolILKK.

DlaiuiiiMl Dust.

Abundance, like want, ruins many.
The mind is the standard of the
man.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is

He is a freeman whom the truth
niak.

Wishing, of all employments, is the
worst.

Spring blocks the (lowers to paint
the laughing soil

It [a better to »utur ilmn to lose the
power of suffering.

The Family Circle.

The Fireside.

No lessons leave a more abiding
impression than those that gently
drop into the mind at the fireside.
No fun is more tickling, or leaves
behind it less to regret. No history
is purer, as whole, than a fireside his-
tory, and none lives longer or more
lovingly in remembrance. He who
cannot look forward with yearning
desire3 to fireside enjoyment* as the
staple enjoyments of his life, is
greatly to be blamed ; for the fire-
side has its duties to be done as well
as its peasures to be realized. They
who make light ol its sanctities, or
who rise up in rebellion against its
spirit or who wantonly disturb its
peace, or who poison its springs of
confidence with suspicion, or who in.
troduce jealousies within that charm-
ed circio, or who profane it by aught
that savorsx>f selfish despotism, break
the spell which environs it, and for-
feit its rewards. It should be the
alter to which we bring our daily sac-
rifices — the turtle doves and young
pigeons of home lite — to offer them
to the genius of domestic unity.
There is no place where we are more
bound to ''mind the things of others"
as our own, or more gracefully dis-
play affection in trifles, or can with
more profit study to please others
than ourselves. — Forgetfulness of
of firesid; duties indicates, to say
the leas', deficiency of distnte
love. A man cannot be truly judged
by what be does before the world.
All manner of selfish motives may
urge him to wear in that broad the
atre the dress of sanctity, or cour-
age, courtesy, or patience, or eon-

•tdat be urn - be Men
of men." Hut it is at his own tire-
side that he best shows bisajeif, when
ho casts aside the garments of pre-
tence, and pu • .e sHppsrs of
natural habit. What he is the:
then he probably is in reality, for
his heart is en dishabille, and com-
mends itself, or otherwise, by his
own proper qualities unveiled and
and undisguised.

has for the fihrlslBW i> — eogaJbft

Clillijbi'IAxN 1A.MIL Y CuMl'AMGOs.

Christian Family Companion

Tjrouc City, l*a.. Jan. ?►. IS71.

Hie PlMtvM ami I lit- lord's
Clipper.

M I

The mi
fijne. In its extended Muse, tin*
that portion of eternal doration whiob
bad iu "beginning" with the crea>
i of the " heaven and t lie eartb,"
•it. 1 : 1,) and which shall end when
the "mighty angel' 1 shnll stand with
' upon the sea, and bis
left foot "a the eartb," and shall
" I'V him that liveth forever and ever.''
thai time tkall i»- no longer. Rey. \0-
1 0.

Bui we have smaller divisions of
time by which its lapse, or onward
'i, is measured and estimated.
In mathematics, denominate numbers
express quantity of av\u\ different
. viz: money, length, sin-face.
eight, divergence, and time.
Each of these different kinds of quae-
baa its divisions, railed denom-
inations, by whieh it is measured. —
The most important division i- the
of measure, and the less impor-
tant are divisions or repetitions of this
thus : I is the basis of num-
. &c, are divisions of
asis, while 2, 3, Ac., are repeti-
IS of the same basis. The foot is
the basis of mcasore in meaenrlng
length, inches are divisions, and yards,
rods, furlongs, miles, kc, are repeti-
tion? of Ibis basis The desij

iring quantity of any kind, is.

• imate and express

lonlity measured.
In measuring ! i ■ we have two
iral unit-, oi •! measure-

ment, tho -/-/./ ami t! • The

e time in which the Earth
min-
Hre division
of the day, while w< eks
ami months are repetitions of the day.
. oe in which the
Karih make.- a circuit about the

U are divisions of tho year, and
Centuries are repetitions of it. It

acorrect application of lli'
visions or their a •■, that we

averse intelligently
about all matters that r< late to time:
and il i vi rv evident that, without
-mh -inc: time,

this could not be done. For illustra-
tion, if we tell you that in six mouths
from to-day, at fifteen minute
three o'clock in the evening, we will
call at your place of residence, you,
being acquainted with our meth-
od ot measuring time, will know pre-
cisely when to expect us ; while if we
had no method of computing time,
mid not communicate that idea
to you at all. The minister of the
gospel announces that in three weeks,
at 10 o'clock in the morning, he ex-

lo preach at a certain place. —
The people know the time, and, when
the hour arrives they come together
at the appointed place to hear the
glad tidings of salvation ; but with-
out a system of computation this
could not be done.

From what has now been stated, it
appears very clear, that circum-
stances, our relation to each other in
life, and the nature of our communi-
cations to each other, render it neces- '
SBry for us to have a common method j
of measuring and estimating time !
We say d common method, for if eacl
had his own method of computing !
time, it would amount to the same as
not to have any at all. In the United
States the denominations of money '
are mill, cent, dime, dollar, fcc, and
n^ we are all acquainted with th«
value of these denominations, we have '
no difficulty to understand each other
in our money dealings with each other.
But in England the denominations Of

■• are pence, shilling and pound. I
If, therefore, we were 1

with Hi having any I

ledge of the value of the differ-
ent denominations of Euglhtb money,
re w • ] be in a sad p

and we should find it neceseay, be-

fore transacting any business, to ac-
quaint oorselvi i with their method of
reckoning money. We venture the
crtion, that there are many per-
is in the United States, who, if
they were offered £50 for a horse
valued at $100, would not know
whether the offer was good or not. —
Nov , jusl a- necessary as it is to
have a common reckoning of money
t" enable us to transact money mat-
ters intelligently, it is to have a com-
mon method of measuring time, to
enable us to understand each other in
matters that relate to time.

Our i are all acquainted with

the mode of reckoning time now in
OSe in enlightened nations, BO that it
1 is i — ary to dwell upon this

'•el. But it may be of some
vantage to notice that, while our yi
j contains 16$ days, 5 hours, 48 min-
! utes, and 40 .1 seconds, most of the
Mohammedans reckon their yea:- by
twelve moons, ro that the Mohamme-
dan year contains only 854 days, -
hours, 48 miniutes, 38 ,2 >ccnu
It is evident, therefore, that, while
our year begins regularly at the sa
time in the Winter season, the begin-
ing of their?, in less than thirty-four
years of our reckoning, runs backward
through all the seasons. Who does
not see, then, that to read Mohamme-
dan history, dated according to their
method of computation, understand-
ingly, we must be acquainted with
their manner of reckoning time'.'

''Some think the Egyptians and
others, once reckoned the time of one
revolution of the moon their year, and
that this is the source of their extra v-
il reckonings concerning antiqui-
ty. It i.-* more certain that before the
Hebrews' departure from Egypt,
they reckoned by a year consisting of
twelve inont! if which consist-

ed of thirty days, and began their
year about the beginning of our Sep-
tember. Possibly the Chaldean year
was much the same, till Naboiiu.-sar.

about the time of Hezekiab, ordered
them to reckon the year by twelve
nonihs, or three buuttred ami sixty-

daya, and the Egyptians soon i
ter . this form. Alter the

CHRISTIAN I'AMlLl COMPANION.

long confusion, the Greeks reckoned
the year by twelve months, of thirty
days each ; but seem afterward to
have reckoned by twelve moons, or
three hundred and fifty-four day?.
They mostly began their year at the
.summer solstice, when the sun is
most northerly in June ; but the Mac-
edonians began theirs about the mid-
dle of our September. At tirst the
(Ionian year consisted of ten months,
or three hundred and four days. King
Noma extended it to twelve months,
er three hundred and fifty-five days ;
and every second year, they added
twenty-two or twenty three days by
turns. Julius Caesar, their first em-
peror, fixed it at three hundred and
sixty-five days and six hour?, which
in four years make one day, which in
the fourth is added to February, and
occasions that year being called leap-
year. By this year we still reckon
our time ; but as it includes about
eleven minutes too much, this, in one
hundred and thirty years, runs the
reckoning forward one day, and in
our reckoning had run forward the
year fuil eieveu day?, till this was
rectified by the introduction of the
New Style among us, as it was in
several countries abroad, by Pope
Oregorv, almost two hundred years
ago. The old Persian year began
about the beginning of June, and con-
sisted of three hundred and sixty-five
days, or twelre mouths.'' — Brown's
Bible Dictionary, under the head of
Ykak.

We have now called your attention
to the fact, that, in different countries
in the same age of the world, and in
the same country in different a
the world, widely differing methods
of measuring and estimating time have
been in use. This -ve have done that
the reader may bare a glimpse of the
difficulties which attend the study of
universal history, in points having
reference to dates, anil to show that
it is Oi in oiiler to read the

rj of any country understand*
ingly, tu be conversant with the meth-
od of Dg time in use in that

country at the particular period to
vrhieh it relates, The study of the
Bible cones under the same role, j^
the years, the months, the days, mid
t he hours, sj used bj the i eople of
the Lord In ancient times, snd

quently by the sacred writers, were
all different, in some respects, from
those in use among us. It may not
be out of place in this connection to
notice, that in measuring quantity of
all kinds their measures were differ-
ent from ours. In reckoning money
they had the gerah, bekah, shekel,
maneh, talent kc. In measuring
length, their measures were, the digit,
palm, span, cubit, fathom, &e. In
weights their denominations were ge-
rab, bekah, shekel, maneb, talent. In
measuring capacity, for liquids they
had the caph, log, cab, bin, A:c. ; and
for things dry, the gacbel, cab,
omer orgomer, seah, ephab, A:c. But
as these measures have no bearing on
our subject, we mention them, mere-
ly to impress it upon the mind of the
reader, that it is indispensably neces-
sary, in order to understand ihe sacred
Scriptures, to be acquainted with their
different tables of measures.

We shall now enter upon aa exam,
iuation of the divisions of time as used
in the Bible ; and, although this part
of the subject may seem somewhat
dry and irksome, we ask our readers
to follow us patiently, and we feel cer-
tain that in the end you will feel your-
selves more than rewarded for your
trouble.

— ♦♦♦ —

Gltuuiugs Iioiu Subscribers.

' It was seven weeks yesterday,
25tb, I that 1 was at m<
the last time. I had taken a very
bad cold, which turned to Brest
ver ; but 1 am now able to walk utit a

little

David (.'aim acu.
Ml. Joy,

•J shall try in do more for the
cause of the church of Christ than 1
ever did before; hi my daj
gliding swiftly by, and 1 am hurried
to appear before tie throne of God."
Jaggs I. Aim.

sent you the money at once. But I
can say one thing, I do not spend
money for tobacco. I used the arti-
cle for twenty-two years, and I was
induced to quit by reading your pa-
per. In takmg notice of the articles
treating against tobacco, I can
the conclusion that they were right
in saying that it is spending money
unnecessarily. We can put our mon-
ey to better use, towards our families
and for our own souls.

David Rogx.

BurliiKjRme, Kansas.

"1 noticed in our last that then-
would be a falling off of subscribers
on account of tobacco. Is it p< -
that brethren will allow so filth v a
weed as tobacco, to make them so
little as all that comes to ! Bn
just come down on all Buch obnoxious
habit -

J'. S. Cbjte.

The Pilarim was 6trongIy introduc-
ed in our arm of the church ; oi
its editors being through here himself,
and held out inducements by offi

their paper at twenty-live cents
year than the C. F. C."

Well, we have no objection to that,
if he had just told the whule truth ;
viz: that they only gave about tsvo-
thirds the amount of reading, and that
of an inferior class, not at all to bo
compared to the matter found in the
Companion. Hope you will take
rare of that pert

W'r bsi e had eiekm I JJ in

our family, \\ hich

day.-. Those who hail been siek are

now al 1 • t'i be about Had it not

been f,.r this trouble, 1 COUld have

'Vuii will find on BB4

re, I think 1 may .-ay. six new
ones, that are nut seared at the tobac-
CO question, si least they wan; the
/:

Tilt E I

The (
tor at my humble abode 1 am ft]-

■ •> rthi-
« imetimes I am made •
rv when I
"i the brethren Bn
loutroversv, particular J
co and 1 ken.- - -
Holai

and bops I [fence,

but I do think the bretJ ,u\ be

ii. ore mild i
1 1 they coild take ■ in;
of the ■ w ould be an imp

Son

< ui.i.M i a a r.\.un.,i i,u.m'A.\iu-.\.

Deardorff, iter Robrer gave ten what premiums yon otter, mid

ihcir different opii ! " the have not oow time to hunt ii op."

| • .......i in read

c imtnunications. Wish we bad
write for tbe ' 'otnpanr

■

K \ I IIAAINI Fbantz

We ■ . and cannol

why we do DOt have, for man v of
tlifiu bare little else to do. If tl

.itl devote ilio time they em-
ploy in making rutllcs, nnd plai
and other fineries, for then and

children, to studying useful buI
and writing for us, we verily believe
it would he an improvement that
would even lie manifested in our pa-
Hut sister l'rantz's sii^^f'stioii
i- veil made, and We hope i'. will be |

Ved and adopted bj dispUtai
and that they will show for each Other j
that love that should at all times
characterize brethren

R.EBICC \ WaMPLER.
The sister's

I we n ill try to remem-
ber it (>nr rates and premiums
should have boon published in every
Dumber since their first appearance.

K.i pluiinloi >.

It will he seen by our correspon-
dence department, that in every num-
ber, tobacOO gatS its usual share of
rubs. The pressure is irresistahle ;
snoot hold it. back, and would
not if we could We bave bl<
God in our heart for what has al-
ready been accomplished. We bave
a number of names of brethren who,
1 with the New Year, have abandoned
the use of tobacco. We mean to get

up a list, or pledge, nid publish the
»To yonr encouragement 1 will say Qamea f a |i those who for the sake
the tobacco question has not caused of uur hol rcli rion and the lorfl th( . v
nnv decrease in our ehureh, but rather * . ' ° -

an increase. We have heard at least ' bav e for their brethren, will quit the
some speak favorably of you for use of it We firmly believe we shall
placing vour foot on the evil And have a long list.
WO say 'keep it there, and press it ^ thefe . g one _ that er _

harder." , , , Tl . ' , . „.

JOSXPS D Nkhkr. plcxes us somewhat. It is this: \\ e I

do not wi->h to devote BO much of our '
• Enclosed you will Bad a list of to thjs one subjoct an(l V( . t W(1

- of a few subscribers that 1 \ J J J .

fathered together for your pa- , hnve "»many good things, consisting
Four prospectus was received ofessays, confessions, experiences, and
siime time ago, but us the brethren admonitions, which we think ought j
about here had chances of going into U) 1)e pu bU B hed for the good of all.
other clubs, I did not try to get op a [q . q{ whjch we have C0Qchl(U , d
list myself. My husband went into .

a club some time ago. But since to issue a Tobacco Supplement of
of the brethren have been so se- eight pages, at some time previous to
rioualy wounded in the " tobacco the first of April, in which all can have i
war," as lo be unable for duty, even fu|1 i iberty to express themselves. It ;

" "!" f 'n - vour i; ft ' ,c ' r ' l ,1 " J "- hl ' ' will bo sent to all subscribers free, l
would do all I could for you. I com- .

menced smoking tobacco when 1 was but we #111 receive contnbutions from

25 years old and about twelve friends of the cause toward defraying

I quit it I am now 69 the expenses ol is-uing it. We will

Tears old My husband commenced , i ^ n ri , n , jvi> orders for extra copies at

chewing tobacco when he was quite th<j rate of |2 nandrei< Novv> \

voung, and he quit using it about the ' '.

:;., [ did Now, we can see friends, here IS B chance to Bhow

wuat a D8I nd filthy habit we [your faith and seal by tangible man-

have been relieved of. ifestattons. If you will spend half as

Would it ool be convenient for mac b as the tobacco devotee we shall
. ettiuff up clubs, to , .

, . circulate twenty thousand copies i I
part ioi • '

the rate* with .. mpplement We have a "hook

i, nnd premium*. 1 have forgot- : ready for communications, and a book

ready for contributions nnd orders for
extr;'

TO BROTHXB SHANK.

I are a little too lukewarm upon
the subject. We had rather you were
cold or hot. Your position is un-
tenuable. The use of tobacco, as a
habit, either temperately or intemper-
atcly, has never done any good, and
never will, unless it was indirectly,
by giving employment, in which case
the slave owners, doctors, under-
takers, and grave diggers, received the
best patronage. You must not make
any such promises. Tell the brath
ren that you hoped that soon all the
brethren and sisters would quit the
habit, and persuade them to do so,
and then there will be no more of it
in the Companion. 0, that we could
see the day when it can be said :
These Dunkards believe in entire con-
secration ; they will give up every-
thing for their religion, and will deny
themselves of every needless luxury
for their brethren. They have as a
body discarded tobacco using! 0,
what a reputation this would give
God's peculiar people, and what a
God-like peculiarity! Brethren, let
ua all work for it.

Itemcnibrr the Poor.

"The poor ye have always with
you, and whensoever ye will ye may
do them good."

"Thou shalt open thy hand wide
unto thy brother, and to thy needy,
in thy laud." Deut. 15 : 11.

Brethren and sisters, these cold
days you draw your overcoats and
shawls closely around you. And at
night you Bleep under warm blankets,
and thick comforters, in warm bous-
es. Do you, know that there are
thousands of people in the world, ev-
en in our land, and many in our own
Mates, who are shivering with cold for
want of clothing and cover ? Moth-
ers, when you bave snugly tucked
away your little ones in their com-
fortable resting places, under their
nice, thick covers, did you then think
of the thousands and the feus of thou-

CJliUbTlAxN FAMILY UU^itfA^lUaN,

-rr

Be sure and let all
on your hands, it

sands of your sisters, whose bosoms
also swell with motherly affections,
but whose covers are thin and nar
row? And^as you fell down at your
bedside, did a big tear drop upon
your folded hands, as yon said in
your heart, "O Lord bless the poor
this cold night ?" Has such been
your experience
such tears drop
makes them so liberal. Think of the
poor, brethren and sisters, pray for
them, and what i3 worth more than
all, clothe and feed them. We only
recommend prayer, when you cannot
do any thing better. When you are
not by theuj, then pray for the poor.
If your prayers are sincere, you will
act so much more naturally, when
you come in contact with them.
Your hands will be "wide open," and
your dimes and dollars can be taken
away by the poor, without tearing
the corners off. The Lord loveth a
cheerful giver, and in that particular,
we are like the Lord, we love him
too.

^^^•♦•■♦•^

The Guardian.
For young men and ladies. Reform-
ed Dutch Publication Board, 54 North
Sixth St., Philadelphia. Monthly :
$1,50 a year.

— The 'Children'- |Friend' for January
is the most beautifully gotten up pa-
p«r that reaches our Sanctum, and is
as interesting and instructive as it is
nice. Miss E. K. Smedly, Editress,
West Chester, Pa. Price $1,50

The Gospel Visitor.

In arranging the files of the Visi-
tor for binding we find that we have
a surplus of some Numbers, and of
others we aro short. And as we are
anxious to have them full, we would
request any of our friends who may
have them to spare to send us one
copy of each of the Numbers named

btlow :

Volume, 18, No. 4, April 1868

16, " 19, December 1866
" lo, '< 6, May 1863
" 18, " 1,2,8,4,5,11,12,
«« 13, have only No. 7
" 11, hafeonly •' 1,2, & II, 12,
" 10 " 8-0-10-11
" 9, No. 1, 8, 5, 8, 9,
" 8, " 3, 4, 6, 7
"6 "2,8,7,9,10,
" 4 bare none
For one copy of each No, of lbs f him ; it will all conn- lighu

above, we are willing to pay five
cents. The following we have to
spare, and any of our subscribers,
wishing them to fill their files, can
have them sent, by remitting two
cents for postage on each No.

Vol.1 complete

do. 5 No. 6-7-9-10-11-12

do. 7 all but No 10

do. 10 No. 5-6

do. 13 No. 9-10

do 14 do. 1-5-7-8-9-10-13-15-10-19

do. 15 do. 1-3-3-4-6

do 16 do 1-3-3-4-5-10-11

do. 17 do. 1-8.

do 18 do. 5-8.

» m *

"The Independent."

Many of our readers have some
acquaintance with the paper bearing
the above name. We have a copy of
it now before us In looking
over it we observe that Theodore
Tilton , the great woman suffrage
champion, had been the editor of the
paper, but that his connection with it in
that capacity, ceased with that issue,
aDd that Henry C. Bowan, the pro-
prietor, will occupy the chair. This
is as it ought to be. Let a man talk
for himself. And judging from Mr.
Bowen'a introduction, we believe he
can and will do it. Any of our read-
ers who can afford a first class city
weekly, should get The Independent.
Price $2.50 for 52 Nos. Address
Henry C. Bowen, Box 2787. New
York.

m»

Answers to Correspondents.

A. Pearsoll— We have no ac-
count whatever of your second order
for Almanacs; and feel certain that it
never reached us. It is etremely
dangerous to send money by letter
without registering.

D. S. Crite. — The money sent by
Joseph Hart, is credited for volume
seven ; and we have no account
against you for 1870.

S. A. Overholtzer— Yep, as you
cannot obtain green-backs, postage
stamps will answer ; or, you can send
gold by registered letter.

Wm Liatherman. — Yes, we will
allow you ten per cent, on the terms
you propose.

O. W. Bikkiivht -How much
exoneration do you want for your
friuud f

\\ m Basui -Yet, ire will take

M. E. Hook. — Fifty cents more
will pay for both papers

J. G. Winey. — You have now
paid for Yoluuie 7.

Benjamin Sheli.enbekuek. — Six-
teen dollars and eigbty-eignt cents.

B. Cx.em.mer. — All right.

Jos. J Hoover. — It came to baud,
and will receive attention in due time.

D. H. Himes. — Yes, we will send
you the note book. We have no ac-
count of the devil having entered any
other swine except those which were
choked.

J. H. Moore- — There is $1.00 due
on volume G, hence $3 25 will pay for
P. Y. and C. F. C. to end of present
year.

David Hair: We do not publish
the Cnmpanion in German. You
sent 75 cents, how do you wish to
have it applied ?

A. C Barr: Suppose several num-
bers of the paper may not have been
sent, after your subscription had ex-
pired. We have now commenced your
subscription with beginning of year.

„

CORRESPONDENCE

A Visit to Hudson, HI.

According to previous agreement,
I left Urbana, 111., Dec. 10th, and
was aoon in Bloomington, where I
was met by brother T. Lyon. After
dining with a brother in Normal, I
was conveyed to brother Lyon's res-
idence, where I was well entertained,
by a religious and an intelligent fam-
ily. On Sunday morning I was plead-
ed to find at the place of meeting,
brother Philip Moore, (and wife)with
whom we labored during the week,
in tbs vineyard of the Lord. Near
the close of the week ire were joined
by brother John Barnhait, ami with
the brethren had some very pleasant
an stings.

We were pleased to see the chris-
tian, spirited religion that these mem-
bers manifested during our short visit.
This characteristic is not confined to

the aged only, but often fullv mani-
fested in their children. Few things
are more beautiful that the journey
of u father to Jesus,

" With bit companion by the band,
And all lilt children In a band "

M: -inters may boaat of their elo-
quence, philosophers of their know |.
sdgv, hut the DOSt aseful feature tfl

paranta, \* he by example

Can munii' I in the chi

of their rhildreu .l.\o. 11. llOOtl

CHRISTIAN FAMILY COMPANION.

l
rtaio rabscribera for you, I was
told then ■ as too much cooten-

i \ ■ in r columns, aod on thai ac-

■ tln-s felt Indifferent about I

M I Inn there bad

• 1 11 utiv thing of the kind, •

eating -w iiif-llt all.
iatetr/peratc use of t.
I I thought they were pretty
Ptlhttod, I <liil not think
we would have any of them in the
A ml in this belief 1 re-
unions and did all I
could. I!nt. - e by the last

Nuin olume 8, that I labored

h mistaken idea, | feel - >rrv

I made promises 1 eould hot
rol. 1 feel that I must protest

againM tho eontinuanee. I do nut
uk<- Bides wiih either. 1 am not for
or against tobacco, it has dote harm
and it baa d< oe good ; and 1 am chnr-
itable enough to leave it to the judg-
ment of those who use it, and if I See 80V
of my bretharn or sisters ose it to their

the riLrht . and it

duty 1<> admonisb them in /ore and

kindness. But to command my

"thus and so thou

f-hult and must do," it is not mioe hor

other brother's province to do.

Christ JcsUS is our Master, lie ha>

the I i and, and if we claim

his followers,

II in no case assume the Master,

anifest the brother
. Imooishiog and d ting pood
br.

to us on
-uih a mi-

■ !. bat if il

then

: cknowl-

i. rd and Master, i; can not I"'

ompan i

The declaration of war, was an in

priate phrase, in the pages of a

ing periodical, bui could

en looked \ . r w itb f«r-

bad i; not cau.-od war

I of I he ty-

iar. d.

ave run ii)

■ channel. I am not in favor of

■• of tobacco, neither

:;. yet, I n it. opposed

- . arfare is conducted,
with a hicb ( 1 an,

be prosecuted.
■ * and unity, I hope

desist writing, and edi-
ting these disturbing quea-
aml i ontributfl more towards

bolineai and perfection, and all unite

in their efforts to gii a through the
pages of our Companion such instruc-
tion as win peace and bar- !

inony among OS here, and to the wel-
■f our souls hereafter.

( 'm:isi't.\\ Shank.
1 . i ■ ■■ Kansas.

l>. :/• ( 'omp i n i ni .- —It is a ■
p'easant thing to have, friends, f
without them, the world would be a
wi.de ness ; yet J must confess that
I am a little oat of humor with some
of mine ; not that I doVt love them
as well as ever 1 did ; nay, vetilv
; hut I had fondly hoped that
they would all move I into

one house, nine tl f one and

the same occupation and by me
paying & visit to one cou d con
i all at once. Instead of
that I am put to the pains to pay my
address to them individually and
probably each one wishes to be ser
ved lit st ; this isjimpossibte', dne must
be first and the other last. But per-
if none gains much by my visit.
we all shall remain ri.-nds, if

friendship is not founded on loaves
and fishes.

It is wel known to all my f i
that I had a sp 1 of sickness, and
for a long time I cared ve;\ litt e
the things pertaining to this
life, and would rather have bid fare,
well to all, but now that health hatii
returned afl well as can be expected
in my age, I am wi ling to labor a
little longer, and so I took a flying
visit to Bourbon, Marshall county
Indi ina, a Dedication of

the school-house, called eu'le^e.
Though I had never seen a college
inside, I can now say I have been
to college, and 1 believe L am i

•v than 1 had been he-
rb 1 loam g that
I did not know beibl ■:.

The first I learned was thai
the brethern dedicated t
but the citizens and donors of 13
b in d B rather n, and

■ deed to the brethren of the

ortl ;. I »istrict of Indiana.

a few brethern there
which took o)l",-nce, because there
was ina um< nta intieio, and a choir
there, i do confess I fel tcunous^too,

that the brethren should have gone
so far aa that: but I was soon re-
lieved when JuaVe Frazier rose and
addressed the audien ce in plain Eng-
lish. I could have wished that all
our brethern and sisters could have
heard him. I could not give a syn-
opsis or short account of it, only this
that he was cal -d upon without pre.
vious notice to dedicate this college
to the brethern. whose charac;
a people ho discribed, and trusted
thatiu this house those christian prin.
ciples and morals would form an in-
tegral part of education, and that
this school might rise in estimation
aod worth to the highest standard in
our wide spread land. One of the
rn was called upon who gave
a litt'e history, and some of the char-
acteristics of the body called Dunk
ards, remarking that the anticipation
should not be raised too high. This
being the first instituion of the kind
among them, there are many ob-
stacles to be removed like in tvery
other undertaking.

A number of persons made short
addreses and all pointed to this one
particular, that they hoped or were
convinced from the character of the
people to whom they entrusted the
house, that pure morality and chris-
tian virtues would be taught ai
stilled into the minds of the student.
The dedication tlms closed after sev-
eral addreses in the evening.

The citizens ol 1> uvb >n were dis-
appointed in thu. that ail did not get
em to en' t hap-

py to know that those brethern liv-
ing Brotrri 1 BouVbon sustained such
a good character, especially when I
thought back some twenty-five years
when I and some other brethern used
to travel twenty five miles every eight
weeks to preach there, when the
number of brethern was less than a
dozen ; now several churches are
formed of that territory. I will here
remark that tho first speaker, Jacob
Shivaly, eloc' . takes an ca-

;iv, j arti -ning this school,

as well SB his brother David, who
also is an effectual speaker.

The second day after the dedica-
tion the school was organized, by
reading tin- WrH chaptei o the (Jos-
pel of John, an appropriate hymn, ex-

CHRISTIAN FAMILY COMPANION.

hortation and prayer, all the stu- >
dents and persons in the house kneel-
ing. The number of stu dents was I
less than a dozen, but increased next ;
morning. When, after the school
was opened, I bid them farewell and
came home, promising however to i
Boon visit again.

I forbear to say much about broth-
er O. W. Mil er and his companion. |

■y are affectionately remembered, i
I know tuoy will be humble, relying
on God for his aid in their great re- I
sponsibilities.

Now we hope that those who can
not see with up the propiety of such
a scboo', will withold a 1 evil speak. (
ing for awhile, since it is an individ 1
ual undertaking, and if it works well I
we expect them to avail themselves j
of its benefits. And to its friends
we would say come forth then in |
your might, either in donating good
books, periodicals, or money. It is
desired that the students have the
advantage of reading our Periodi-
cals. In them a monthly report
will be published. The teacher de-
sires to use our ihiunbook but it
costs money. Will not our brethern
furnish the same ?

Now in writing and speaking fa-
vorably of this school I shall have to
bear some reproach from some whom
I love, but please look for the rea.
sons of the stand I took in the 'Cos
pel Visitor,' and do not be too hasty j
in condemning, and if you can not ',
pray for its success, then pray Cod j
if He does not approve of it, to put
it d ) wn before evil hath come out of j
it. F. P. Lur.mt.

Blooiiringdale, Mi<\.

ltuudoui Thoughts.

by f. Si.', mi.wich.

If the editor will consent I will '
occupy a small space in atit Com- \
panion, but if he thinks the thoughts i
and deas conveyed in these lines |
detrimental or unprofitable to the
interests of the andthi

welfare of the Brethren, it will be a

•r if tl.li be thrown to the Bani
However my egotism might ca
mo to desire to be seen in print, my '
better, judgm nt ought to teach me !
that i q cd -o. daily avi.w.i-

tion in to prepare food for the by

man mind knows better than I what
is suitable food to place before a
hard to-please people. It would be
Wong for me to try to compel him
to pub ish what I write by a threat
that. " if you do not publish this I
wi 1 nut take your paper any longer."
Neither should I try to coax him
with the bribe that, "if you publish
this I will renew." But I ought bo
to send my manuscript to the press
withont threats or promises and let
it stand or fall on its own merits. —
Should an article be published to
which I had pinned on a threat ot a
promise I would he at a loss to know
whether I had scared it into the pa
per or whether the editor thought it
contained ideas that would instruct
and edily bis readers.

The amount of good that our peri
odicals have already accomplished
is immense, and they should have the
hearty support of the entire Brother
hood. No mercenary or selfish mo-
tire should cause us to with hold the
patronage duo them. Our papers
are furnished to subscribers at as
low a price no doubt as they can be
afforded with the meagre support
they now have-

The idea of subscribing for a pa-
per whose only merit is cheapness,
and introducing it into our family,
knowing that its teachings are in op-
position to our faith, would be as
unwise in us as the merchant who
employed a craay man because he
could be hired cheaply, yet know
ing very we 1 that his buildings
and merchandise were in constant
danger of being burned through the
thoughtlessness of an unskilful hand.
Some religious papers take such
•'liberal grouud " that they will
save all the world with its sin and
corruption ; and on this account
their subscril.. rs number many thou-
sands, for the world loves its own
and will support it. But the paper
that keeps in the narrow way in
which .Icsiis went, will not be SO Ol 1
supported.

There | •■ published in lu-

: .is of the same she 08 the
Companion. >\ roted te tfa

v. It is only published once
a month and the price is I 2
year. 1 1 kbit compare

the Companion foi cheapness ? Let
us see. We get 50 papers fur .- I •"
which is on'y twenty-five cents more
than the .'dasomc organ, and vet the
Companion gives more than four
times tbe amount of reading matter,
ihe Masonic paper will only guide
to the Jordan of death. But the
Companion is a guide through its
turbid waters even to the shores of
B iss. Oh ! no, brother, do not cast
away the pure seeds of truth for cor-
rupt seed, though it seem cheap. —
We may find in the end that it ha>
been the means of damning our souls.
Antiochf Ind.

''Let not then your good be evil spoken of,
for the kingdom of God le not meat or drink. 1 '
—Romans 14 : 10, IT.

Beloved Brethern : — Grace and
peace be with you all amen.

Now since peace is proclaimed we
will also say a few words. Whi'e the
war was going on we wanted to stand
neutral, and we still wish to he im-
partial!, but the prediction of our
thoughts has already come, at least
in part ; that the brethern wi 1 fight a
good y number out of their family
comprny, and probably some alto-
gether out of the church, if not a lit-
tle more carefui ; but if the enemy
be so great they may say, there will
be no harm done. I Jut let us be care
ful brethern, lest we be more de-
Wed by that which cometh out than
by that which goeth in. I am
not going to defend anything that
is evil, no, no. Neither tobace -
evil speaking of one another. I nse
no tobacco, but the swine, and the
sausage 1 will not give up, especially
since our chickens and turkeys are
most all dying out and are more un
clean than our swine. 1 believe
it is very wise for brethern not to
eat anything to hurt '1. >, and

especially also, not to sell anything
- diseased end w< eld hurt < i

let it be swine, chicken, turkey oi

anything e'se It Is \ en Ul

ant to me to greet a brother with a

but I would sooner di i j n

than to drive him out of my com

For moat, d- stray doi rfc of

.'. 1. - : isoee l<

ri of .».d. Tbe chrutisn wai
faro i« * re l one, in long a^

inniSTlA2s FAMILY COMI'AMuN.

we fight Against our own evil propen
nine*, but I have learned that when
we strike too hard at others, we may
do more harm than good. The sh-
are dI" such a peculiar nature, though
they are harmless, yet they »ro very
i - -v.-.i r 1. B J I believe it
would be best to have that war stop-
ped now, an 1 pa/ the cost among um
hv contesting faults one to another,
and pray f<>r DM another, that we
may behold: James . r > : 10, "ye
Sgkl and war. vet ye have not, be
cause ve ask not," chapter 4: 1.

We believe if brother Henry truly
believes as he has a 1 ready confessed,

• those things are not sinful in
themselves except against the body,
'.hon his terms of peace will not be
so hard ; surely not. Brethern let
us pray for one another that those i
who ae yet in chains or prison may
be released and that we may add to
our faith virtue, knowledge, temper-
auce, patience, godliness, brotherly
kindness, and charity, if these things
abound in us, surely we shall neither
be barren nor unfruitful in the knowl- j
edge of our Lord Jesus Christ, but)
on the other hand if we lack, it is
well for us all to consider well what
follows. But we are never going to
vde any hotter by leaving the
truth and going back to the law for
ordinances, which are now no better
than the commands of men, and iu
dimeuts of the word, Col 2: 8, read
carefully to the end and compare the
German translation. I was almost
constrained to write when the gwine
idea came out, and a s ain, when it
was said that it is for them who eat
them to prove their cleanness, but
since I pee that their unclean ineas
or sinfulness i< defined against the
• inly, I *m bettor satisfied.
Hut wc beiievo that it was proven
l.>ng ago that every creature of Cod
is good, atel nothing to be refused if
ivel \m'Ii thai. k-giving, for
it i< MDCtified b) the word of God
pTAjer. 1 Timothy 4: 6 6,
"That which is sanctified by the word
of God and proyer ii clean." J' u
ilear the! 'awl bod refe enee t
• re once colle I
ii ,oi tfiej irould not have need

lanotifiootipD. o wi|h tii»»h*et

prayed and was very hungry. I
believe that the Lord was going t •>
•ken him that he should go right
down with the men, doubting nothing,
neither the uncleanness of the Gen-
tile nor their food, which they set
before him, for they prayed him to
stay certain days, Acts 10 : 13, &c.
Christ so loved his church that he
gave Himself to sanctify and c ! eanse
it with the washing of water ay the
word. And thank God that he
cleansed their food, also, Ephe.-dans
5 : 25, 26. Col. 2 : 14.

John S. NlWOOMIB.

Columbia, Pa.

- — — ^^s^ ♦■^^^— - —
Xotiee to D. M. Holsinger.

Brother Henri/ : Having seen
some of the ministers of the different
churches east of Franklin and Cum-
berland counties, and having taken
into consideration your father's pro-
posed visit to our parts, we have fix
ed the following prog; ammo :

He is hereby noticed to stop off
at Hummelstown, Dauphin Co., on
the 19th, inst, wh?re somebody
will meet him, and convey him (or
them) to the Spring Creek meeting-
house. Remain in Spring Creek
branch until the 24th, evening. On
the -5th, to Chiquea Creek branch.
On the 28th, to Tolpahocken, Leb-
anon Co. On the 80th, to Little
Swatara, Berks Co. On the Gth, of
February, to the Big Swataia, Dau-
phin Co. In every branch I sup
pose daily work. Brother John
Zug, I have not seen personally.
I hope he wi 1 cake notice from the
pages of the Companion, and ar-
range accordingly.

William Herizler.

In reply to your notice, we have
arranged for you to stop off at CautT-
man's station, ou the Franklin R. R.
3 miles north of (ireencastle.

Jacob Trice.

Waynesboro, Pa.

At the day of Pentecoet, was each
of the Apostles understood in more
than one language by the different
nations of people represented there ?

Which, Mosoa or Aaron, used the
"Rod of Cod" when performing
miracles '! B, F. Koons.

A nuoan cements.

The Brethren intend having a se-
ries of meetings in the Dry Valley
meeting-bouse, commencing on the
evening of Thursday, the 2titb, of
January, (inst.). An invitation is
extended, and especially to minister-
ing brethren, to attend

Jacob Moiileh.

Leuistown, 1'a.

We have concluded to open a sc-
ries of meetings on Friday evening,
20th, instant, and would give an in-
vitation to the brethren, and especial-
ly the ministering brethren. Not
having any special promise from any,
wo wish the brethren to think of us.
Come to Spring Run congregation.
Stop off at McYeytown station.

Jos. R. Hanawalt.

Mr Veyloxcn, Pa.

Queries.

What king do we read of in the
Bible, whose height was as the height
ol (he eedara ai.d his si ength as the
oaks ; yet the Lord destroyed hi*
fruit 1mdi above, ind his >ot from

beneath ?

Barbae a Pave.

MARRIED.

On the 24th, of November, \H'0, at the
residence ol the undersi^nei. Ton'AS Kcs-
elb and Elizeiutii HiKBAtrcn, both sf York
Co., fa. Adam Beelwan.

On the 2t.'nd of Dec, 1K70, at the resi-
dence of the bride with her parents, at
Churchtown, by the undersignad, brother
John Baki k and slater Cassis Brisdlf,
both of Cumberland Co., Pa.

Adam Beclman.

On the 7th of June, by the undersigned,
Mr. W. 8. COBAUGH to Mita SUSAN HIL-
DEBRAND.

Also on the Tth of the same month, Ifr.
DANIEL FYHOCK to Miss ANNA W18SIN-
GER.

Also on the 1Sth of September, Mr. FRED-
ERICK GROVE to sister EMILY BERKEY-

Also on the 4th of Deeamher, Mr. A-AR^N
BTA1N8 to MUs LUCY A. NOON.

Also on the 11th, Mr. GEORGE MAJ<
QUEDANT to sister LOV1NA QOCUMOUB.
All of Cambria county, Pa.

brBi'liliX HlLUERBKABD.

Bv the undersigned, at his residence, Nov. *
Sd, brother DAVID MYERS, of l'ork county,
and Mi»» DEL1AU KE1NKCKEK, of Auarus
co., Pa.

At tho residence of brother John Seas,
No*. Sftb, brother JOftSPS N. I.Eas and
Miss MAUNDA BKO.V.N, all ol Yoik co..
Pa.

At the residence of the undersigned, Dec.
4tti. JullN W1KEMAN add LOUISA KIN
tillY* tJoVb Of AtfiUiB count)', Pa,

CHRISTIAN FAMILY COMPANION.

U the residence of the undersigned, Dec. '
15th, brother DANIEL B. REPI.OGLE and
sister SAKAII GUTER, both of Bedford co., '
Pa. 8. A. Moorb.

December Sth 1870 by 8. A. Moore. Ai the
residence of the bride's father, near Lafay-
ettsville, Bedford Co., Mr. Samuel H. Bee-
olk to Miss. Nancy Jane Hoovbk. Both of
Bedford Co., Ta.

At the residence of the bride's father, Wm .
N. Brouqu and Ltdia Tuostlf. Both of
Adams Ce., Pa,

At the residence of the Bride's father, Dec.
25th, 18T0, by Elder C Long, brother II. A.
SNYDER, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Miss
FANNIE C. MI8HLER, ot Waterloo, Iowa^

DIED.

We admit no poetry under any eircumetan
ett in connection with obituary notices. W<
withtoute all alike, and we could not interl
veriee ttith all.

In Skippack Branch, Montgomery Co., Pa.
On the 1st., of December 1870, quite sudden-
ly, brother JOHN DETWEILER, aged 69
years 4 months and 7 days. On the follow-
ing Sunday his remains were consigned to
their last resting place in the Brethren's
burying ground in Skippack, in the presence
of a great concourse of relatives, friends and
neighbors. The occasion was improved by
brothers John Umstead, Saml. Harley, A.
Cassel and J. Gotwals. The deceased was
widely known as a brave soldier of the cross.
Of him can well be said, "he fought the good
fight of faith, and won the palm of victory.
Jas. Y. Heckler.
In Randolph countv Ind., Oct. 24th, 1870
CATHARINE, 8MEUCH, wife of Jacob
Smeuch ; aged about HS years. Her maiden
name was Hildehrand ; daughter of Helise
Hlldebrand, of York rounty. She was a con-
sistent member of the Presbyterian Church
for 65 years. 8he was the mother of 11 chil-
dren ; sis sons and live daughters, all living,
the oldest about 61 years old ; the youngest
41. 8omeofthe children are members of
the Brethren. She was an affectionate wife
and loving mother, often admouishing her
children to be religious. Her husband is
still living ; his age is 86 years ; he is quite
feeble, she wa6 burled at the Brethren's bu-
ryinj? ground near Hagerstown. Funeral
discourse by Eld. Jacob Bowman. Matth.
24 : 44. Daniel 8mitu.

In the Elklick branch, Somerset Co , Pa.,
time not given, Lydia Mili.ek: aged 15years.
In the Yellow Creek congregation, D'^c.
30th, 1870, sister BARBARA HYfcONG, aged
76 years, 8 months, 13 days. Disease Palsy.
Fnneral occasion Improved by the Brethren,
from Hebrew : 27, to a very large aud at-
tentive congregation of people.

8- A. Moobe.
In the bounds of the Clover Creek congre-
gation, Pa. Dec, 23d, 1870, slater CATHA-
RINE PACL; aged 8" years, 1 month, and
12 days. SerTlces by tbo Brethren, from
Rev. 14 i 13.

Also In the same branch, AZARIA, son of
Dr. J F. and slitei Catharine LIVINGSTON,
aged 11 days.

JacoB L. WinELAXD
In tba Crawford Co., congregation, Ohio,
8. pi. 5tb, 1*70, brother HENRY BNYDEB ;
ni;ei| tbOQl 78 years. Funrial dUronm- t>\
K.l'ler John Rrlllhait, and brother Uenry
Heller.

CRTJMTACKEB, wife of Elder Peter Crum-
packer, of Montgomery county, Va., of Ob- I
struction of the Bpwels, in the 6Cth, year of
ber age. Funeral services by brother John .
Bruhakcr and Henry Beehm, from Rev. 14 : j
Hi. She was the daughter of Elder Jacob
Peters, of Botetourt county. She was a
member of the church about 16 years, and I
lived in unostentatious and unaffected piety,
and died as one going peacefully and calmly
to rest.

8he leaves to ber many relations and
friends, a rich legacy of Hope that her tri-
umphant s.pirit has ascended to the man-
sions of the blessed, and while we weep be-
cause of the tender bonds that are severed
by the rude scythe of death, yet we hope to
meet again in heaven if we endure unto the
end. D. C. Moomaw.

Viiit'ix please copy-
In the Manor branch, Indiana Co., Pa.,
Dec. 11, 1870, HEZEKIAH, son of brother
Levi and sistei Mary Ann FRY ; aged 21
years, 3 months, and 21 days. Funeral dis-
course from 2 Cor. 1 : 9, by David Ober, and
the writer, Job. Hoi.sopplb.

December 5th, 1870, BARBARA, wife of
David UABERKER, and sister of the writer,
at Niagara Co., New York, formerly of Lan-
caster Co-, Pa.

In West Hempfleld, December the 8th,
1870, ANDREW BETHEW, ; aged 4 yeajs,
3 months, and 9 days. Funeral service the
Sunday following, to a large audience, by
the writer. J. S. Newcomer.

In the Libertyville congregation. Jefferson
county, Iowa, December 10th, 1870. sister
MARGARET SOLLENBERGER, wife of
brother Frederick Sollenberger ; aged 43 yrs.
8 months, and 32 days. She was only sick
about twelve hours.

YtKiVrr pleusc copy.

David B. Teeter.
In the Waterloo congregation. Black Hawk
Co., Iowa, Nov. 20th, 1870, brother
GEORGE KLIN GH AM -, aged 61 years, 10
months, and 20 days. Leaves a wife and
seven children to mourn their loss. Fune-
ral tiy the Brethren.

J. A. Murray.

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Number 3.

Selected by Hannah Lton.

The Christian and Ili* Echo.

Trne faith, producing love to God and man,
Say, Echo, is not this the Gospel plan ?
The Gospel plan.

Must I my faith an 1 love <o Jc us phow.
By do ; n gr>o I mall. Hoth friend an-l fo i

If be my failing* watchea to reveal,
Must 1 his faults as carefully conceal ?
As carefully conceal.

But if my name and character he blast,
Ami cruel malice, too, a long time last,
And if I sorrow and affliction know,
lie loves to add unto ray eup of woe,
In this uncommon, the peculiar case,
Bwoet echo, say, must I still love and bless 7
Still love and bless.

Whatever usage ill I may receive,
Must I be patient (till, and still forgive?
Be patient still, and still forgive.

Why, Echo, how is this ? thou'rt sure a dove!
Thy voice shall teach me nothing but love '
Nothing but love.

Amen ! with all my heart, then be It so ;
'Tis all delightful, just, and good I know :
And now to practice I'll directly go.

Directly go.

Tnings being so, whoever me reject,
My gracious God me surely will protect,
8urely will protect.

Henceforth I'll roll on him my every care,
And then both friend and foe embrace in
prayer.

Embrace in prayer.

Hut after all those duties I have done,
Must I, in point of merit, them disown,
And trust for heaven through Jt=us' blood
alone ?
Through .Jesns' blood alone.

Echo, enough ! thy counsels to my ear,
Are sweeter than, to tlowers, the dewdrop

tear ;
Thy wise, Instructive lessons please me well :
I'll goand practice them. Farewell, farewell.
Practice them, far«well, farewell.

Vt hut llust Thou Done T

What hast thou done to show thy lore,
To him who left his throne above ;
His glorious throne In yonder sky,
And came to wrth lor ihee to die /
Tell me, my botil !

What hast thou done la all their years,

Since Christ, in love, dispelled thy fears,
And In their place gave thee to find
Access to him, with peace of mind ?
Tell me, my soul !

Hast thou the world renounced entire,
fcnd for its praise f. It no d rirr. f
Pti t, Hv n>'Vi-r tii'-pcl astray
Bu'

■ ■

(ClOTh

1) : t thon •iih generoas soul reply,

or Christ's sak'.-, th\ self deny /
Tell me, my soul !

Hast thou e'er dried the widow's tear I
Or sought the orphan's path to cheer ?
Hast thou e'er raised the fallen up,
And bidden him once more to hope ?
Tell me, my soul !

Or hast thou lived in selfUh ease,
8eeking alone thyself to please,
Forgetful that thy God would claim
Thy service, if thou bore his name ?
Tell me, my 60ul !

Forget not, soul, that by and by,
A reckoning comes in yonder sky.
When Christ, as Judge, will ask of thee,

" O SOUl ! WHAT HAST TUOU DONE FOB MB !"

Speak No Eril.

[There is a lesson to be derived from the
followiugJines ; they speak of an evil which
is perhapPihe cause of more hatred and re-
venge, more sorrow and vexation, than any
other one of the many evils that our tongues
are liable to create :]

Nay, speak no ill— for a kindly word

Will never leave a sting behind,
But oh, to breathe each lale we're heard,

Is far below a noble mind.
Full oft a better seed is 60wn,

By choosing thus a kinder plan —
For if but little good is known,
Let's speak of all the best wo can.

(;ivc me the heart that fain would hide,

That would another's faults efface—
How can it please the huuibl* pride

To prove humanity but buse.
Theu let us reach a higher mood,

A nobler estimate of man,
He earnest in the search for good,

Aud Speak of all ll.e besl we can.

Nay, speak no 111, but lenient t .«-,

To other's ft-clingt> like \uur own,
If you \re the tlrrt a fault to

He not the first to make it known j
For llfu is bnt a parsing day.

No lip can till how bilel us span —
Then oh ! the little while you suay,

I ,»t 's spoak of all the best we can.

for the Companion.
Lather on Baptism.

To Brother Xoah B Blovgh.

In compliance with your request,
I submit an answer to your - 'ntt rr«<<ra-
ti>e; ii rega d to the a

its toll signification, Ine expression

• 1 referred to occurs id G. S Bail,
manuel of Baptism, page 152. as pre-
liminary to Luther's expression. 1
will refer you to what Doets. 8fe*i and
Flat? in their theology Bay, which
| was translated by doctor Schmucker
aud published atAndover; Vol. 11,
page 291. Speaking of the "old cus-
! torn of Immersion being retained in
i the western Churches, and eren after
} aspersion bad been fully introduced
in part of the western churches, there
yet remained several who for some
time adhered to the ancient custom. —
This expression, following, under
these circumstances, it is certain! v t . .
be lamented thai Luther was not able
to accomplish his wish in regard to
the introduction of immersion in Bap-
tism, as he had done in the restora-
tion of the wiue in the Euchar.

Then immediately following, he
(Baiiy) refers to Martin Luther'.-
works, Vol 11, page 76, edition 1.V1
"On this occasion, (as a symbol of
death and resurrection) I could wish
that such as are to be Baptized should
i be completely immersed into water
i occordmir to the meaning of the void
and according to the signification of
this ordinance (not because I t Link it
pocce ss r r) but I • wuuld be

beautiful to have * full ur J perfect
, sign of bo perfect a thing ; as also
without doubt it was Instituted bv
Christ l Chase, on Baptism d i
■ 50. ■ ■

Tor your further benefit and r« •
search into inure ol ti rm .

cr's significant ex] f er vou

u» a sermon ofhw on Bap .ch

.rs in Wslc!
•• "Though it be t„ m j n u ,

All our happiness depends upon placet DO longer to dip tlm ch:
prayer; all <>ur prayer upon love. — wholly in the four, but onlj to pour
ford WatSf on them from it with the hau.l

ii mil' ui-uer him aim m accoruing

to the sense of the word Bapti e, that
u.r child, or any om bIm a bo la Bap-

• il, should be entirely Mink into the

wat< r, ind drawn onl again, as this

would suit the signification of the thing

and furnishes us s fully complete sign.

th of Luther's formulae for Bap-

m that of a .1), 1 518,and the revision
of A, D, 1614, include the rubric:
"Then It- 1 him take the child and dip
it in the font," with dear reference to
our immersion.

H\ referingto Quinter and McCon-
nell'a debate, page 118,Quinter makes
this reference to Luther as a learned,
popular man. In the year 1580 Lu-
ther waa written tobj Henrietta Qen-
osinns, preacher at BchtorahauBen, in
reference to Baptizing a converted
Jeweaa, Luther replied and in his let-
ter h>- !-ii\ - "As to the public act of

-m let her br dreeeed in the gar-
ment usually worn by Females in

. and placed in :i bathing tub up
to the D»c« in water; th«u let the
Baptist dip her head three times in
the water with the usual words: "I
Baptise you in the name of the Fath-
er," Ac. Luther's works, Ed. Welch,
part \, page 8637, translated by C.
I 1. oe, for the disciple. I have
never examined many of Luther's
works, but I am told by those who
have that he abounds in many such
significant e spreooio na, and perhaps
if your mutual friend examines the
groat head ol the church
carefully, he will not be so fluent in
handling the references made as false.
lie opinions of all great men when
once proclaimed to the world do not
become food for public use, so long
SS we exagerate or misrepreseut.

Trusting this letter of information
may prove satisfactory to your wait-
ing mind. I am fraternally yours.
1'. 8. Nkwcomer.

For the Companion.
la It Mo?

I notice an article written by bro.
1» M. Mohler, published in Compan-
ion, Vol. v, page "02, reviewing an
article written by brother .1. L. For-
ii' \, under the head of "Mutual For-
bearance," and published in No. 39.
Brother Mohler says in bis review :
•, the Brethren admiuister bap

I by 1rine immersion, not because
we have s rerbal 'thus saith the
Lord' for it, but we must have some
mode."

i it so mat we nave no rerbal nor
written "thus saith the Lord for it?"
fe U to, that the first sublime truth,
the first holy ordinance ordained, set
and fixed at the "Door" of the church
by the Father and (iod of the uni-
\erse, has no "thus saith the
Lord" for it? ft it so, the first and
most prominent doctrineof the church,
that which the Brethren have labored
ho faithfully to establish, is now to be
brought down on a level with rules
and regulations that the church makes
and changei, as circumstances may
seem to require P The mode of Bap-
tism a mere derivative, a conclusion
of the Brethren's, drawn from a com-
bination of circumstances, and not a
command !

I must confess I have heard this
kind of reasoning from other denomin-
ations, and thus they reason out of
existence every ordinance and observ-
ance that we find in the word of God.

Again brother M. says, "Again,
we have what we call the" Lord's sup-
per, * * * not because the Savior or
the apostles in so many words com-
manded us to eat such a meal togeth-
er." Now as to what the brother
means by "so many words'' we will
not pretend to say, but that baptism
is commanded is too plain to be de-
nied according to the reading of
Matthew 28 : 19, "Go ye therefore,
and teach all nations, baptizing them
in the name of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Ghost.';, Thus
we see it is a positive command to
baptize first., in the name of the
Father, second, in the name of the
Son, third, in the name of the Holy
Ghost, and when it is done you are
at liberty to call it Christian Baptism
or trine immersion, if you please, and
not a mere tradition or conclusion of
the old Brethren, in the absence of a
command, or "thus saith the Lord
for it.".

The same is true of the "Lord's
Supper,"and ofalltheordinancesiu the
household of faith. Now we under-
stand brother M. not as opposing any
of those ordinances, but trying to es-
tablish other things by them. It is
this feature that we "object to, and
would say let every thing stand on
its own merits, or fall by its demerits.
God forbid that we should ever lower
the high tone of the great plan of
Salvation and bring it on a level with
rules and regulations that are made
and changed at the will of humanity.

I do not propose to say anything on
the subject at issue between the two
brethren whose articles I have refer-
red to in this, but do feel like exhort-
ing the brethren, together with all
that write for our "periodicals" to be
careful least at a moment thev think
not, the adversary will seize their
pen and thrust a hard blow at the
precious cause of Jesus.

fours in Brotherly love.

Jonathan Mykks.

Antioch, Cal.

For tbc Companion.
Truth in Briet.

"Any person can soil the reputa-
tion of an individual, however pure
and chaste, by uttering a suspicion
which bis enemies will believe, and
his true friends never hear of. One
puff of idle wind can take up millions
of thistle seeds, and do a work of
mischief which the husbandmen must
labor long and hard to undo, the
floating particles being too trifling to
be seen and too light to be stopped.
Such are the seeds of slander ; so easi-
ly sown, so difficult to be gathered
up, and yet so pernicious in their
fruits, fruits that many a pure mind
will catch up, and become poisoned
by their insinuations, without ever
finding, or caring to seek the anti-
dote or truth of it. No reputation
can refute a sneer, or human skill
prevent its mischief."

The above paragraph, so truthful
in its meaning, I read uot long ago
while visiting at the house of a friend
not far distant. The truth of it forc-
ed itself so sensibly on my mind that
I thought it might not come amiss to
copy it for the C. F. C, hoping that
none of my brothers and sisters in the
Lord will become ofTeuded at it, and
say it was intended expressly for
them, but that, with myself, we may
study each point, and see if there is
not more truth than poetry in it.

Slander, is to my mind a thing a
christian — one of Christ's followers —
should be careful never to utter. As
shown in the above extract, one such
a word is like the thistle seed, which
can do a work which weeks of labor
may not undo again. Why are we so
prone to speak of the rough side of
one ? Why not, with a man of old,
resolve if we have no good qualities
to speak of, not to talk of his evil ones.
A good reputation is of priceless val-
ue, and we should be very careful
what wo say to vilify it. It must

\_/iaiviox±/vx> rAiUiiji \j\joii.i\iM.\jr*.

cause one deep remorse and sorrow
to think, he has injured one of his fel-
low beings, through careless and un-
guarded remarks.

I have not had help to compose
these poor but well meaning line3,
bat weuld that some of my young
friend?, with me, would resolve to oc-
cupy our spare moments in writing
fur the Companion. With me the
Companion has taken place of the ro-
mance and fiction works, and oft-times
when the waters of trouble have
seemed very deep, and the waves
boisterous, that it seemed to me I
could never wade through, and was
almost ready to say : I sink ! I sink !
some column of the Companion,
founded on the holy Word, would
cheer me on, and enable me to look
beyond the dark cloud, to the silvery
liniDg behind ; helping me to put my
trust in God, knowing that he doetn
all things well, and that he will not
send afflictions greater than we can
bear. May we all prepare for a bet-
ter world, and to meet you all in
heaven is my prayer.

LoVINE II. BtUKHART.

Mineral Point, Pa.

Scriptural PasHHgen Alpha-
betically Arranged.

A man that flattereth his neigh-
bor spreadeth a net for his feet.

Better is the poor that walketh
in his uprightnesi than he that is per-
verse in his ways, though he bo rich.

Confidence in an unfaithful man
in time of trouble, is like a broken
tooth, or a fuot out of joint.

Debate thy cause with thy neigh-
bor himself, and discover not a se-
cret to another.

Erery way of a man is right in his
own eyes, but the Lord pondereth
the hearts.

Fret not thyself, because of evil
men, noithcr be thou envious at the
wicked.

Go from the presence of a foolish
man when thou perccivoat not in him
the lips of knowledge.

lie that is greedy of gain, troub
leth his own house, but he that hateth
gifts shall live.

In the fear of the Lord, is strong
confidence, and his children shall
have a place of refuge.

Judgments are prepared for ."corn-
ers, and stripes for the back of fools.

Keep my commandments and live,

and my law as the apple of thine eye.

Let not tby heart decline to her
ways, go not astray in her paths.

My son attend unto thy wisdom,
and bow thine ear to my understand
ing.

Now therforc hearken unto me,
ye children, for blessed are they
that keep my ways.

ye simple, understand wisdom ;
and yo fools, be ye of an understand-
ing heart.

Tut away from thee a forward
mouth, and perverse lips put far
from thee.

Quench not the spirit.

Remove • not the ancient land-
marks, which thy fathers have set.

Say not thou, I will recompense
evil, but wait on the Lord, and he
shall save thee.

To do justice, and judgment, is
more acceptable to the Lord than
sacrifice

Unto you, men, I call, and my
voice is to the sons of men.

Violence covereth the mouth of
the wicked.

Wise men lay up knowledge, but
the mouth of the foolish is near de-
struction. D. E. B.

An Example.

If Christians, when they have a
matter of difference, would gracious
ly agrep to meet with each other in
prayer, and pray together kindly for
each other, their contention would
soon end ; but one cannot stoop and
the other will not. They are not so
wise as Luther's two goats, who met
upon a narraw plank over a deep
water ; they would not go back, and
they dare not fight, at length one of
them lay down while the other walk-
ed over him, and so peace and safety
attended both. Why should not
Christians try this method ?

Ifcatenlj Occupations.

Thanks be to God our Savior, for
his words concerning us of the Gen-
tile world, that "many shall come
from the East and the West, and shall
sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and
I Jacob in the kingdom of beaten. "
', Aye, tit down unth them. That ii
the way to listen to their
I taught stories fr*. m their Bre touched

lips. Sit down with Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob ; and if with them, then
also with Adam and Eve, children
cf God of every age and clime.

W r ill not that be glorious ? What
a world of wonders, new and old,
there will be to hear and tell ! What
a clearing up of mysterious things !
What an unfolding of the riches of
glory, both of the wisdom and knowl-
edge of God, which have been hid-
den from all the generations past,
and whioh are now past finding out !
What an unvailing of the fullness of
his love which passeth knowledge '.
And what a wealth of heart-history,
not unknown, will be opened up, to
bo known and read of all ! — Board
man.

Do Yonr 1'hildren Tray?

It might be a rather hard ques-
tion for some teachers to answer if
the question had reference to their
own conduct. The teacher ought to
pray. If each one could realize how
much the future of each scholar de-
pends on his or her faithfulness,
and how important it was that the
Divine blessing should attend their
1-ibors, the duty would not be so often
forgotten. Do your children pray ?
Have you ever asked the question !
It is not well, either with teacher or
scholar, if the former is unconcerned
on so vital a point. One great ob-
ject of the Snnday school is to lead
these lambs to the Great Shepherd,
and we cannot too early urge them
to seek His favor. The teacher
should know exactly the position of
each scholar, and while making their
salvation a special subject of prayer,
urge upon them the iinpo; tanceuf this
duty. A praying boy or girl will, in
ail likelihood, become a praying man
or woman, and when there u
erful heart, we may count with confi.
donee on a godly, useful life.

Keep as close as you can to the
genuine, oven track of a Christian
walk, and labor for ■ pu.ient and
Beak behavior, adorning jour h
profeeaion, and t hi-* ihall adorn j
and sometimes gain tl. .ro

without, yea, ttea yonr Mmntei
shall tie oonatraincd to approve it.
I

Addrenn Delivered at tin- lirdtc-ulioii oi Saloml'ol-
lfgr nl ltotirboii. luiilaiiii

p. comber 13th i v T<».
i:, i - C. Ileum-.

M • i itendenl of Public Tnalrm I
It 1^ well tor u c sometimes to go Up to tin' top

i.t Mt Ptsgab and Burvey the promised laud.
We ma] read the book ot history and learn much.
We can not fail to be profited by studying care-
fully the condition of the present Aided by,
unfulfilled prophecy, men ol faiih and hope may
take their bearing snd distance on the mean ot I
time.

In the learning of antiquity we must remem-
ber that in the absence of books, men studied
trees, mountains and rivers, plants and animals,
the stars and the ocean, time and eternity; and
what we Bee in Patriarchs, who walked and
talked with God, is but the record of lives and
characters well developed by thought, and obe-
dience to duty, according to the demands ot their
age. They filled up their mission in earth hon-
orably and well, having the assurance that they
pleased God, and in that immortality which
the anchorage of their hope, they still live. |
In seeking a true solution of the designs of
the Creator in placing man on the earth, and of
his ultimate destiney, we must seek instruction '
in His own Book, written for our learning, with
the lesson to all that -Secret tilings belong unto i
God, but those that are revealed belong to us I
and to our children !"

The duty assigned to Adam before the fall, re-
quired thought, and mental development. A
garden was to be dressed and kept, in which
were lour rivers. Plants and animals were to
be named. All the energies of mind and of the
physical powers were called into play, lie had
tires him dominion over the fish of the sea, the
fowl of the air, over all cattle. He was to re-
plenish and subdue the earth. The forces of
nature, and the wealth of the forest and ot the
mine were to be subject to his intelligent pow-
• i-. and he was to keep the way of the tree ol life.
As time and society advanced, and the pur-
poses ot God were manifested by important pe-
riods, we discovered the great instrumentalities
which He has used in the accomplishment of
I lis ends. Men ha^ e stood out in history in full
proportions of intellectual and moral develop-
ment, according to the civilization ol their res-
pective ages.

Abraham was a man whose impress on thought
and religion will never be effaced. His noble
and generous mind, whether we consider him so-
cially, politically, or religiously, was of a supe-
rior order ot development, for the period in which
he lived. He performed well his mission in the
earth as a man of large and generous sentiment,
ot faith and ot works.

When a nation was to be delivered from the
tyranny of a heartless Egyptian oppressor , no or-
dinary man was chosen tor a leader, but one who
blended all the learning of his age with that
faith in (rod which leads its possessor to choose
affliction with the people of God, rather than to
become a devotee to the pleasures of life. He
was a man of letters, of great intellectual power,
blended with meekness, and ot political, legal and
executive ability. The Pentateuch is the work
of his editorial pen, and the labors of his master
mind as an instrument in the Divine Hand, will
exert a wondrous power in the earth through all
time.

For the accomplishment of the great work en-
trusted to him, men were demanded of diversi-
fied skill, learning and ability. Men who were
filh'd with the Spirit of God in wisdom and un-
derstanding and knowledge, and in all manner
of workmanship. "Even wise-hearted men in
whose heart the Eord had put wisdom, even
every one whose heart stirred him up to come
unto the work to do it," such were the type of
men on whom Moses was to depend for the ac-
complishment of the work before him, earnest,
skillful, educated, inspired, devotional, chosen
men. Four hundred years passed away and Da-
vid a shepherd king of God's annointing, was
crowned by the Elders of Israel. Hp organized
his court. A well trained baud ol men made up
his conquering army. He needed, however, a
civil and diplomatic corps, men of learning, to
conduct his correspondence, and adjust his trea-
ties with foreign powers, who spake in other
languages ; men that "had understanding of the
times, to kuow what Israel ought to do." Two
hundred was given as his compliment, in addi-
tion to the Uabbies and Scribes, for the reading
and expounding of the Law.

Solomfon, while yet a youth, was chosen his
successor to the throne. He made his petition
D (iod for )ri*<h>ii> and knowledge that he might
perform well the duties of a monarch. Wisdom

CHRISTIAN FAMILY COMPANION.

and knowledge was granted him, and to this
blessing were added riches and honor, such as
no king beiore nor since has attained. His
learning was diversified. It pertained to trees
and plants, creeping things and fishes. It ex-
celled the wisdom of the east and of Egypt.
Precepts, proverbs, songs, and instructive lessons
of passing excellence, are the products of his pen.

An unfaithful people brought the empire of
David and Solomon to an inglorious end. An
Assyrian conqueror buried their temple. As
captives her nobles hang their harps on the wil-
lows, and sat pensively on the banks of the dis-
tant Euphrates. But they were not destined to
ignorance and idleness. The church had a work
for them even in captivity. Many learned men
were required to hold state relations with one
hundred and twenty seven provinces, and since
Palestine was one of them, it was fitting that her
young noblemen serve the court of her conquer-
ors. The history of D^vid, Hananiah, Michael,
AzarUh, Mordecai, Esther, Ezra, and Nehemiah,
shows how God watched ove#and preserved
His people.

In their captivity Jerusalem was still above
their chief joy, and God restored them to their
Fatherland. With them He sent the intelligent
Engineer, the Architect, the skillful Diploma-
tist and the scholar, as well as the Priest and
the Levite. The rich, pure Hebrew of David,
and Isaiah, and Jeremiah was no longer their
household language. Their dialect was Chaldee.
The Bible, however, must be read and under-
stood. The pure original must be rendered into
the vernacular. The Linguist was the servant
of the Church. Ezra, with his thirteen associ-
ates, erected his pulpit of wood, and "read in the
book of the Law of God distinctly, and gave the
sense, and ciused them to understand the read-
ing."

The Lawgiver has ever watched over 11 i^
Law and has given the hearts of men solicitude
for its preservation and puritv — that the genu-
ine, authentic text should not become corrupt.
He hr<s kept the words, syllable;, and even the
letters counted.

The Jewish college at Alexandria had no!
cultivated Letter* lor nought. The fitting line
came lor the Bible to go to Gl me.

and ( larthage, Ptolemj Philadek>hus, prompt! d
bY a ctesire tb tfe*e in trn j Or Ms Tarrgrmg-e and In

the library in Alexandria, which he had estab-
lished, the book that contained the prophesy
that Grecia should be the conqueror of Persia,
sent to Jerusalem for men well skilled in Greek
and Hebrew, to make the translation. A sol-
emn service was thus demanded of the church,
by a heathen monorch. It was nothing less
than giving to the Gentile world the Divine
Law, to a people from whom in time, the Lord
gathered a glorious harvest. Worthily did the
church and the scholar respond te the call.
Seventyitwo men, six from each tribe, were se-
lected for the work. Their translation was so
faithfully made that both Jews and Christians
have read it in all succeeding time as a standard
authorized version of the Bible. — By this ver-
sion, the Law and the prophets went out. through
the .Jewish Synagogues, to the Grecian and Ko-
man states, and the gentile mind was prepared
for the glad tidings of great joy that came with
the advent of the Messiah.

The Oracles at Delphi had refused to aubwer
the petitions of its votaries. The heathen world
was becoming prepared for a new epoch. The
cycles of time were reaching a transitive perioJ.
There was born in the "city of David a Savior
which is Christ the Lord." The gospel message
w r as proclaimed by angels whose anthem was
glory to God in the Highest, on earth peace and
good will to men." The east sent her wise men
to do Him reverenc \ and waiting evangelists
lingered in the Holy City, to take tin- infant
Kedeenu-r in their arms and to bless Him before
they died. The Prophet which the Lou. their
God had promised to the children of Abraham,
came. 11" accomplished His mission on the
earth and on the cross. lie died to make atone-
ment for the sins of the world, and rose from tin-
dead for our jus ideation and sanctification, and
ascended up on high a glorified Redeemer. 11-
gave gifts to men and commissioned them t
into all the world and to preach the gospel to
every creature.

Wh i were those evangel men! Some u<
when called, unlearned, unlettered, and uutilUd
linen ofOaUle I *US taught them in ;■

sonforthn in His own school luf

ripei years, th< j gavi i tridenoe that neither I

ic nor letters had been overlooked.

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M. d saw in them divine power, and that they
had been with Jesus. They healed the lame,
and raised the dead. God was glorified through

them ami gospel power and fire and light were
felt ami - m l>\ the multitudes. They mi- !
wi 11, their appointed place in the Church. The
Lord has a varied service and can raise up and
qualify the humblest instruments to perform it.
All his Apostles were not of this stamp of men-
tal culture. Matthew was found at the receipt
of custom, a financier. Luke was a doctor of
medicine, a professional man, and had peculiar
qualities which fitted him for a varied service
Manaan was brought up with Herod the Te-
trarch. Alexandria furnished an earnest reform-
er in the person of Apollos, an eloquent man and
mighty in the Scriptures.

The scholar was needed for the work. The
schools of Plato, of the Epicureans, and of the
Stoics were to be fearlessly and successfully met.
Not only in Damascus, the Assyrian capital, and
in Jerusalem the Holy City, were the Doctors of
the Law to have shown to them in masterly log-
ic and clearness the glad tidings of the Son of
Righteousness, the end of the Law and its glori-
ous ante-type, (which Patriarch and Prophets
desired to see but were not able) but pagan
Greece and Rome were to be brought to confu-
sion and the seeds of a new and purified Litera-
ture, and of eternal salvation through a crucified
and risen Savior, were to be sown where the
world worshipped the great goddess Diana, in
Athens and Corinth, the centres of Grecian lit-
erature and art, and in the seven-hilled city of
Italy, in which the wealth, and learning, and
glory of the Roman Empire had concentrated,
in the Forum and in the Palace, in the Latin,
Greek and Hebrew languages.

The fitting man was found in the apostle Paul,
who in early life had been an earnest student,
and whose knowledge of the Law surpassed
many of his equals in his own nation, who was
familiar with the literature and learning of Chal-
dea, Greece and Rome, as well as with the Law
of his fathers, a man who held the pen of a ready
writer, who was an accurate and logical thinker,
whose heart had been baptized into gospel light,
life and faith, the wisdom and power of God.

The fire then kindled still burns, and yet will
burn until it encircles and evangelizes the earth.
Theri* is a majesty and grandeur about the life

of such a man. Superior intellectual attainments,
devotion to his Lord and Master, patience in
tribulation, unconquerable courage and persist-
ent fixedness of purpose, full of faith und hope,
having a large, liberal and tolerant mind. All,
these varied and extraordinary qualities com-
bined to render him a personage that blessed the
church by his labors, and at the end of his event-
ful race he was garlanded with a far richer
crown than honored the brow of the Olympian
victor

Slowly and stubbornly the superstition of the
Gentile world yielded to the higher and purer
teaching of the gospel. The Priests of Jupiter,
Minerva, and Diana, the philosopher and scholar,
for more than three centuries contested the field
before the Roman Empire did homage to the
king of the Jews whom it had ignominiuously
crucified. Not only so, but in that very seat of
learning, in the college of Alexandria, specula-
tive philosophy, supported by an able pen was
found openly and insidiously jeopardizing the
Christian faitb^ Science and Literature when
baptized into gospel light, and life, and faith,
have ever been great powers in support of the
church, but under the influence of unbelief and
of pagan and pantheistic philosophy, are only
equal powers for evil among men.

Under the reign of Roman Emperors, from
Nero to Constantine all the infidel powers were
arrayed against the conquering church, Ignatius,
Quadratus, Eusebius, Polycarp, Juatin Martyr,
Tertullian, Athenagoras, Origen, Cyprian were
but a few of a learned host who met earnestly
and well their ingenious attacks. The Bible
found its defenders among men cf letters and
their names are honored in history.

The design of anything may be inferred from
its capacities. Take the simplest form of exist-
ance — a grain of sand. It is hard and gritty,
and so may be used for polishing. It may help
to rear the bulwark of the coast, to prevent the
ocean from laying waste the land. It may put
forth its tiny might of gravitation, and exercise
a real and necessary though infinitestimal in-
fluence in holding the worlds in their places.
These, then, are the offices God has assigned us.

When we record our angry feelings, let it be
on the snow, that the first beam of sunshine may
obliterate them forever.

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For Social Meetings.

"To do good and to communicate forget
uot, for with such lacriflces Cod Is well
pleased." Hbbbbws, II : 16.

How we rejoice when we assem-
ble together and talk of the good-
ness of God. When we thus meet
we feel like talking about our Heav-
enly Father's will, and we fell as-
sured that white talking on that
'blessed subject, we are just doing
what old brother Paul told the Col-
loasian brethren that they should do ;
that is, to teach and admonish one
another. How often have we been
made glad, when we heard a dear
brother or sister admonishing us to
be faithful in the Master's cause.
When we communicate such thoughts
to one another, it is then that our
conversation is in heaven, and not
about the perishing things of time
and sense. It is then that God is
well pleased with our sacrifice. Then
lee us meet together often ; then our
Christian ties will become stong«r
and stronger, and finally we will
meet to part no more.

Moses Frame.

Elkhart, Ind.

Tlie Monk In Solitude.

I recollect a pleasant story, told
by a pious minister, about a monk
of former days. He resolved to
leave his monastry, on the ground
that he tneie too freu/aently met with
■causes of provocation, and was be-
trayed into anger and other sins.
Accordingly he retired into the des-
ert, in the hope that solitude would en-
able him to servo God with an easier
mind. One day his pitcher hap
dened to upset, and, when lifted up,
fell a second time, which kindled his
anger to such a pitch that bedashed
it to the ground and broke it into a
thousand pieces. When he came to
himself, he said, I now see that I
cann )t be at peaco, even in Bolitudo,
and that the fault lies not in other*
but in myself. He then returned to
the monastery, and after many itren
uous cU'orta, succeeded iu subduing
oil pauiOM, not by flight, but by
self denial. — Ohrittian Scrtuner.

a m ♦ m »

Kind admonitions art; !><:tter thau (
harsh reproofs.

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D A Y I .

The Hebcewi computed tlirir Pay.--
from evening to evening, according
to the order mentioned in the first
chapter nf (J.ncsis: "The evening and
the morning were the first day.' 1 ' 1
Their firxt day of the week began at
MM on the day we call Saturday,
and ended at sunset on the next day,
whero their 6econd day began, and so
on throughout the week; so that their
S.nl>batb, being the seventh day of
the week, had its begiuning at sun-
set on the day we call Friday, and
continued till the next sunset, when
the first day of the new week set in.
Upon this point all authors unite ;
but as we shall follow no man any
tarthor than he fallows tho Bible,
God's word shall be our support and
guide.

We have more than an intimation
of this computation ot the day, in Ex.
20: 11, where Moses says : "For in
six days the Lord made heaven and
earth, the sea, and all that in them is,
and rested on tho seventh day." Here
the creation of "the heaven and the
earth," is included in the six day's
creation ; but by reference to Gen. 1 :
2, 3, wc learn that "the heaven and
the earth" were created before light
was spoken into existence ; therefore
it follow s that the darkness preceding
the light was counted as a part of the
first day.

Again, on tbo tenth day of the
seventh month, thero was a day of
atonement : It was a holy convoca-
t ion. On this day they were required
to afflict their souls, and to " offer an
offering made by fire unto the Lord,"
and to abMnin from all " work in that
samo day." This day was also called
■i Sabbath, and is spoken of in the
lollowing decisive language:] "It
;hall be unto you u Sabbath of reat,
«.nd ye snail afflict your souls, in the
ninth day of the nionih at oven s

'•/i, shall ye celebrate

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this Sabbath was the tenth day of the
month, and as it was to be celebrated
"from even unto even, it is evident
that the tenth day of the month was
reckoned 'from even unto even ;" and
if the tenth day of the month was
computed in this way, a. harmonious
system of computation required all
other days to be reckoned in the same
manner.

Once more, on a certain occasion,
when our Savior was in^Capemaum,
teaching in tho synagogue on the
Sabbath day, " they were astonished
at hie doctrine ; for he taught them
as one that had authority, and not as
the scribes." But they thought it
unlawful to bring the sick to him to
be healed on tho Sabbath. After
healing one who had an unclean spir-
it, he left the synagogue, and " they
entered into tho house of Simon and
Andrew, with James and JohD," where
he healed Simon's mother-in-law, who
had been lying sick of a fever. "And
at even when tho sun did set, they
brought unto him all that were dis-
eased, and them that were possessed
with devilB." Ma. 1 : 21-32. From this
circumstance we see that the Sabbath
day, the seventh day of the week,
ended at sunset ; and, certainly,
where tbo seventh day ended, the first
day oi tho week began. As wo have
now 6hown that they reckoned "from
even unto eren," and that their days
began at sunset and ended at the next
sunset, we will proceed to notice the
divisions of this natural day.

Wo noticed in our remarks on time,
that circumstances render it necessary
for us to have a common system of
computing time, and that the day —
the natural day, consisting of twenty-
four hour6 — is a natural basis of
measuring, or reckoning time. Wo
now add that the Lord gave ns ex-
ample both for the division and repe-
tion of this baaii. " God divided the
light from the darkness: and God
called tho light Day, and tho dark-
ness he called night." Hero God di-
'•Mrv fV rjsnmO <Tnv Tatb fight a*na

darkuess — day and night ; affording
an example for dividing the day into
parts. This division was sufficient
for the purpose of giving a history of
the creation. In following this ex-
ample, mankind made such sub-divis-
ions as were requisite to enable them
to converse understanding!}' about all
their affairs having reference to time.
We also read of the first day, the
second day, and so on, up to tho
seventh day : " And God blessed the
seventh day, and sanctified it ; be-
cause that in it he had rested from all
his work which God created and
made " In this we have an example
of the repetition of the day — the basis
of measurement — and of estimating
the lapse of time. The reader will
notice, too, that on the fourth day,
God having set lights in the firma-
ament of the heaven," to rule over
the night, and to divide the light
from the darkness," he said: "Let
them be for signs, and for seasons,
and for days and years." Thus we
are instructed by God, in Nature, and
in his own reference to time, to have
a system of measuring and estimating
time: a system adapted to the nature
of our communications to each other.

The natural day is the time in which
the earth makes one revolution upon
its axis; the artificial day is the time
during which tho sun is above the
horizon. The term day is used with
both of these meanings in Gen. 1 : 5.
" And God called the light Day, and
the darkness he called Night. And
the evening and the morning were
the first day" It is probable that in
Gten. 1 : 5, 8, 13, 19, 23, 31, the terms
evening and morning mean the earn*
as darkness and light in the fifth verse.
If this be so, the word evening, in
these places means.the whole night, or
time of darkness ; and the word morn-
ing, means the whole artificial day, or
time of light: it hi certain that the
expression, " the evening and the
moruing," embraced the wbele nature-
day.

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it became necessary to have an im- | vided into two equal parts, dividing
proved system of computation; and, the day into four equal parts,or fourths,
although it is difficult to trace the ,' Hence we read in Neh. 9 : 3, " And
changes, and the precise time at which they stood up in their place, and read
tbev were introduced, it is but reas- in the book of the law of the Lord
onable to conclude that the divisions their God one fourth part of the day;
of the day were such as could most ; and another fourth part they con-
naturally and easily be made, and fessed, and worshipped the Lord their
such as were best adapted to their [ God."

circumstances and wants. At first, We also read of the " heat of the
minute divisions not being necessary, day," (Math. 20 : 12,) and the "cool
they were content to divide the arti- | of the day," (Gen. 3 : 8). These al-
ficial day into morning and evening, lusions to divisions of the day are
or morning, noon, and evening. The ' somewhat indefinite ; and as they
Psalmist said: "Evening, and morn- have no particular reference to our
ing, and at noon, will I pray, and cry j subject, we shall pass them by simply
aloud." Noon was, when the sun | stating that the "beat of the day"
was on the meridian — midway be- i was the warmest part of the day, iu-
tween its rising and its setting— the . c ] u ding a part of the forenoon, and a
middle of the day. That part of the [ part f t h e afternoon.
day which intervened between sun- j Tfae divi8ioQ of thp day jntc bours
rise and noon, was called morning; ' was a , gQ in use am0Qg lh \, Hebrews;

and the part between noon and sunset,
was called afternoon — Judg. 19:8 —
or evening. In the 90th Psalm, 6th
verse, it is said in referenca to grass:
"In the morning it flourishetb, and
groweth up ; in the evening it ia cut
down, and withereth." Here morning
means the forenoon, and evening the
afternoon. The words morning and
evening are also used in this sense in
Eccl. 11: 6, "In the morning sow thy
seed, and in the evening withhold not
thine hand."

More frequently, however, morning
means early in the day, and evening,

but they probably knew nothing of
this division before the Chaldean cap-
tivitv. The first mention we have
of the hour is in Dan. 3 : 6. The ar-
tificial day was divided into twelve
equal parts called hours. These hours
were numbered from one to twelve;
the first beginning at sunrise, and the
twelfth ending at sunset. As the
length of time between suuriso and
sunset is not the same at all seasons
oftbe year, it is evident that the
hours also differed in length at differ-
ent time.-

At the time of the summer solstice

lute in the day. This is so evident to when their days were the lougest,
Bible readers, that it is unmv.-bsury their hours were considerably longer
to refer to texts for proof; but for the than thoy wore at the winter BoUtlce
satiefaction of tho6e who wish to ro- 1 w heu the days wore the shortest,
fer to the scriptures on this point, we l o1 j t be remembered, however, that
will give a few citations. For the use \ at a n seasons of the year the da\ was
of tbo word morning, see Gen. 19: 15; i divided into twelve hours: "Are
24: 54; 40 : 5 ; Ex. 7 : 15; 10: 13; there not tw.dw hours in the day '! "
Dcut. 28 1 07 ; Judg. 16: 9; 80: 19; J no 11 : it. When the days and
Mulh 10: 8j -7: 1. Evening, Ps. nights were ofequul length, the coin-
104 : 2 J j Math. 1C : 9 ; Luke 24 : 29. j meaeement of their tir*t hour syn-
Althongh these are but a few of the cbrouized with our aix o'clock A M
many textt in which these words are ' and the end of their second hour
found, we deem them sufficient. ' agreed in time with our 8 o'clock ;

Tho moruing, or forcuo-'U, and the ■ their tbhd hour with our 9 o'clock,
evvnlne'. or amm^on. ^W r*e.n rft- rVatfr pTxth hour, wfth mfr tVtfrw

o'clock, or noon ; and so of the other
numbers in their order. Math. 20 :
1-12.

Your attention shall now be called
to the divisions of the night The
night was divided into watcht -
called because they were severally
the length of time which watchmen
were required to spend in their night-
ly service. Before the captivity, and
according to the proper Jewish reek-
' oning, the night was divided into
i three watches Thev were each
1 four hours long ; and hence the first
watch ended at the fourth hour of the
night, or about our 10 o'clock; the
' second, at the eight hour, or near our
' 3 o'clock ; and the third, at sunrise
• A watch being the third part of
' the night, it is plain that each watch
varied in length one-third as much as
the night* did throughout the year.
The first or evening watch, was call-
ed "the beginning of the watch,
Lam 2: 19; the second was "the
middle watch," Judg. 7: 19; and the
tnird. "the morning watch," Ex. 14:
24 ; 1 Sam. 11 : 11.

After the establishment of the Ro-
man Supremacy, the night was di-
vided into four watches of three hours
each, which were described either nu-
merically ; as, the first watch, the
second watch, Ac, as in the case of
" the fourth watch of the night, "
Math. 14 : 25 ; or by the terms "even,
midnight, cock-crowing, and morn-
ing," All these watches are men-
tioned iu our Savior's eihortation to
his disciples : 'Watch ye theref re
for ye know not whoa the master of
tbo house cometb, at errn, or at mid-
right, or at the r^rl-.ffrowuig, or in
the morning." Math. 13 ; 35.

Thr i ■ xtcuded into the night

as far as the first watch did, und the
morning extended as far back into the
night a* to the commencement oftbt
morning watch. In harmony wltL
this it Is said of Jesus; "And iu the

•.i/iy, ribiug up a
before day, he Went out and departed
into a solitary place, and theix- jx
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Ncvin, in treating on the divisions of I
the night, ujfl : "It was also, like the
day, moiared Into twel ve equal hoars,
from sunset to sunri.-i'." 15 1 n. A.NTIQ.
\ .1 1. Cum-. 8, §4, Watvubb.

Inference is made, to this division
nf the uight in Acts 8tl 23: "And
Li- BtIM 'into him two centurions,
saying make ready two hundred sol-
diers to go to Cosarca, and horsemen
three score and ten, and spearmen
two hundred, at the third hmir of the
nii/fit." It might ho claimed that
" the third hour of the night" is the
same as " the third watch of the
night," hut the position could not be
sustained ; for, according to Brown
and Smith, Antipatris was forty-two
miles from Jerusalem. Albert Barnes
says it was about thirty-five miles from
Jerusalem. In the 33d verse we
read : " Then the soldiers, as it was
commanded them, took Paul and
brought him by night to Antipatris.''
This they could not have done by
starting at the third watch ; but by
starting at the third hour of the night,
three hours after sunset, by a forced
mareh they could accomplish the trip.
It is certain, therefore, that the night
divided into hours, the same as
the day. When Jesus, in the night
of his agony, came to his disciples
and found them asleep, he said :
" What ! could yc not watch with me
one hour?" Math. 2G : 40. And du-
ring our Savior's mock trial before
CaiaphaB, Peter having twice denied
• - Lord, it is said : " And about tbe
space of one hour after, another con-
fidently affirmed," &.c. In both of
(..'isrs the term hour was applied
to portions of the night.

They also used the word hour in
• nee to transpiring events, the
same as is commen amongst us. An-
annias, became of his treachery," fell
down and gave up the irhost," and ho
was buried. "Aud it was ubout the
space of three houri after, when his
wife, not knowing what was done,
came in ." Acts 6 ; 7. Again, when,

at Kphesus, Demetrius had excited
the worshipers of Diana, Alexander
being put forward, it is said: "And
when they knew that ho was a Jew,
all with one voice about tho space of
two hours cried out, Great is Diana of
the Ephesiaus." Acts 19: 34. We
wish our readers particularly to
remember this nso of the hour.

We have drawn up a diagram to
illustrate the divisions of the day,
M used in the Sacred Scriptures,
and to show how these divisions com-
pare with our computation. The di-
agram ropresents the day when the
day and night are of equal length.
O O a fa

"— ^— o-

rji i—

cm"

, en
CI

*. — 1»-

> S3

o»-

■ <3»

(t'aaa tf

V. D. Natural day. D. Artificial day.—
N. Night. 8. 8. Sunset. 8. R. 8uurieo.

The brace X. D. include the natur-
al day, reckoned from(S.S.) sunset to
the next (S.S.) sunset.

N\ spans the night, from (S.S.) sun-
set to (S.Il.) sunrise.

I), spans the artificial day, from
(S.R.) sunrise to (S.S.) sunset.

The A line of figures, represent*
the hours as numbered according to
the Bible computation ; and the B
line, the hours as numbered accord-
ing to our own reckoning. By a com-
parison of these numbers it will be
seen that their first hour synchronizes
with our 7 o'clock, their second, with
our 8 o'clock ; their third, with our 9
o'clock; their sixth, with our 12
o'clock ; their ninth, with our 3 o'clok;
and their twelfth, with our 6 o'cclock.
The hours of the day and of the night
compare in the same manner.

Lino C represents the three watcheB
of the night prior to the Chaldean
captivity, and the division of the day
Into fourths. Line D shows the four
watches of the night after the cap-
tivity; and the morning of the day,
the heat of the day and the evening.

Before concluding this chapter, we
will yet notice a few incidental refer-
ences to the day and its divisions.

" 77ten came the day," as in Luke
22 : 7, refers to the commencement of
the Datural day ; but, " when the day
was fully come," as in Acts 2 : 1, re-
fers to the beginning of the artificial
day, the night of the natural day
being past.

" The daicm'ng of the day," as in
Josh. G: 15: Job 3: 9; 7: 4, refers
to the appearance of light in tbe
morning ; but, " as it began to daw-n
toward (he day," as in Matth. 88: 1,
refers to the setting in of the natural
day in tbe evening.

As already shown, in reference to
daytime, morjiing sometimes means
the entire artificial day, sometimes the
forenoon, and sometimes the early
part of the day ; and evening some-
times means the afternoon, and some-
times Into iq tho day. In reference

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to the night, evening sometimes
means the whole night, or time of
darkness, sometimes the first half of
the night, sometimes itjis equivalent
to " the evening watch," and some-
times it means early in the night ;
and morning sometimes means after
midnight, sometimes it is the same
as the morning watch, and sometimes
it refers to the dawning of the day.
It is clear, therefore, that the term
morning is used in reference to all
parts of the natural day, except the
first half of the night ; and the word
evening is also U3ed in reference to all
parts of the natural day, except the
first half, or forenoon of the artificial
day. From this let us learn to as-
certain the precise time referred to, by
reference to the context. Indeed, it
is only by taking the Bible as its own
expositor, and by a just comparison
of scripture with scripture, that we
can come to a correct knowledge of
its teachings.

CORRESPONDENCE

Oorrispondene* of church news solicited from
all parti of tht Brotherhood. Writer's name
and address required on every communication
as guarantee of good faith. Rejected communi-
talions or manuscript used, not returned. All
communications for publication should beurit-
ttn upon tne side of the sheet only.

Brother Henri/ : — A Happy New
Year to you.

The brethren of tho Koon Hiver
Church, Guthrie county, Iowa, wish
mo to inform you that we met in
council on Saturday the 31st of L)e.
cembor 1870, nearly all tho mem-
bers present, reciered and confirmed
a selection of 8 acres of ground
which a former committee had se-
lected,having been appointed fur that
purpose, for a burying ground and
a meeting house ; and wo will pro-
ceed to make tho necessary prepar-
ations for building u House during
tho present year, if the Lord will
and wo are able. We will meet in
council again in a few weeks, and in

the mean time will try to find out
our strength to build. The congre-
gation is small, numbering at pres-
ent between twenty and thirty mem-
bers only ; consequently it will be a
heavy tax upon us ; but we need a
house so badly that we are deter-
mined to try. If the richer congre.
gations east, or any brethren that
have plenty of this world's goods,
feel like giving us aid, it would bo
very tfaankfulully received. The
money could be sent to either of the
undersigned, brothers J. D. Ilaugh.
telin, J. W. Diehl, or the writer; at
Panora, Iowa.

Brother Robert Badger and Zach-
ariah Mummert of Painter Creek,
were with us and had preaching
Saturday night, Sunday, and Sun-
day night. Meetings were well at
tended, and much interest, appar-
ently manifested. May tho good
Lord bless the efforts of our beloved
brethren, in helping to build up our
little Zion. Yours in love.

By order of the Church.

B. E. Plaine.

Panora, Iowa.

Brother Henry : — The brethren at
Hudson, are about trying to raise
funds for the erecting of a meeting
house, for the use of the brethren.
We very much need such a house ;
and fiiwling that the means are hard
to raise, wo thought by giving a no-
tice of our intentions in tho C. F. C.
that some brethren in easy circum-
stances mi^lft help us to accomplish
the enterprise. Any remittance for
that purpose may bo sent to John Y.
Snavely, Hudson, Ills., and will bo
acknowledged in C. F. C. from time
to time, and will be gratefully re.
ceived.

Thomas D. Lyon.

Urol her ]/<■ . d you

will find £13 60 for 9 copies of the
Companion, to partly supply the
place of tl. suribera who huve

discontinued your paper, for the sim-
ple reason that you have published
some pii-n I It the tilth v pi

of chewing and smoking tobacco ; and
1 am fully persuaded in my mind,
that every number of the lioepel of

Christ, should oppose the evil alluded
to above, for it is a moral, religious,
physical and intellectual evil, and all
Christians should stay if possible, any
evil so injurious to the morals of the
young and rising generation, as the
drinking of ale, beer, or any kind of
intoxicating liquors, and that of chew-
ing and smoking the nauseating weed,
called tobacco.

Let me here remark, that I was
sorry to learn through your paper,
that old brother Jacob Steel, (whom
I, in my boyhood used to hear preach,
ing the Gospel, and heard him glad,
ly ), was advocating the usage of to.
bacco. I have often heard some of
our old brethren preach against pride,
or the "lust of the eyes," but omitted
to say a word against "the lust of the
flesh." Consequently they shunned,
or failed to declare the whole Gospel
of Christ, and I do not believe that
any man can consistently preach the
doctrine of cleanliness, holiness and
perfection, being himself a servant of
such a filthy practice as named above.

Let me say in conclusion, that the
practice of chewing and smoking to-
bacco is either a sinful or a virtuous
practice ; if virtuous, then let us rec-
ommend it to our wives and children,
our neighbors and their children ; but
if sinful, then let us abhor it, resist it,
and stay its evil Influence, that we
may save the young and rising gen-
eration from the sinful practices now
so prevalent in the world, and be
prepared for that city where nothing
unclean shall enter, but the pure in
heart, who shall enter through the
gates into that heavenly city, and
shall see God, aud enjoy him for

J. K. TlCETEU.

Proposed Visit.

Leave home on Thursday, the 20th
January ; stop off at the city of 1 an
caster one night. Leave l.an
on tho morning of the 27th, fol
nstown Pa., stay over Sunday, til'.
Wednesday following <>n Thurs-
day tht -ml of fabruarj will

Philadcl] hi.i, an A . r Sunday

[fdwirod, God willing tad wi K?§,
Obaxjull Mtuk*.

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A Ilrlrl kh< Irh of * 4 itlliollr
Funeral.

To-day, D<W Mlh, 1810, the funer-
al of Mrs. John Na^rif , of Cornwall,
i-amc off. Having boon requested to

give conveyance, I consented to do BO;
and. therefore, had an opportunity for
the tir>t time t» witness tin- caremo*
aiea of n Catholic Funeral. The
h.nlv of the deceased, and the friends
and acquaintances present, having
been convoyed to the "Catholic
Church" in Lebanou, a disiaix i- of
five miles, the ceremonies of "Mystical
Baby loo" were performed. The house
told, and so waa everything. It
was beautifully decorated ; and of all
the images, I confess my inability to
give a description.

The ceremonies consisted properly
of chanting by the priest, three little
and a choir of lady singers.
The? had music on the organ too. 1
could not understand their chanting
for it was all in "an unknown
tongue" — Latin, and therefore I could
not "prepare for the battle."

Some water was sprinkled over the
coffin, and various other manoeuvres
were performed. All took about
furtv-five minutes. Catholics verily
nave much patience for listening so
long to what they do not understand.

The Priest now said, "I am the
resurrectiou and the life; he that be-
lieveth in me though he we;e dead,
vet shall he live," He spoke about
ten miuutes on these words, and the
principal points which he noticed were
about these : "We must have the
true faith, — the Catholic faith, — uot
the Protestant faith which originated
three hundred years ago. O what
consolation, brethren, to belong to the
Catholic church ; lor 'though we were
dead, yet shall we live !' Nor is it
faith alone as some heretics teach.
Bt James say*, 'faith without works
is dead.'" The works which be no-
ticed were, "that the body of the de-
ceased bad been brought here that
theso ceremonies could be performed.
We trtul she is at rest, but if she has
sinned so that she is in punishment
it now remains for the priest and
lrieuds to pray for her that she may
■ot remain long there."

The bodv of the deceased was now
taken to the Catholic cemetery , about
on.- mile from the church, and inter-
red amidst "unknown" chanting-, \ C.
Now the priest aaid: "Brethr en i I
ma* rtfti t^i 5"o n"g%t off honre frtna

here, t. e, yon aro not to stop in Leb-
anon, but go directly homo to Corn-
wall. When wc had the last funeral
from Cornwall you went from bote!
to hotel, and made disturbance along
the way. There was a talk about it.
It gives ProteatBtttfl an occasion to
ridicule II any will stop I will read
their names in church next Sunday.
It is disgraceful for Catholics to be
have so." And we returned home
wel 1 pleased with the command, and did
not stop save to water the horses, and
for somo other necessaries.

Geo. Bither.
Cornwall, Pa.

Brother Uohinger ; My the grace
of God I will endeavor to write a few
x linos unto you. I received a circular
I from you some timte ago to solicit
'; subscribers to the C. F. C, but am
; sorry to say, so far have been unsuc-
cessful, but I will try again and
j again. I am not discouraged. I
j think in a few weeks I will get out
j among the people more, and if I get
! any subscribers, will send the listim-
! mediately ; I will do all I can for you
J as I would like to see j-our paper in
; every family, especially in our town,
J where pride and the fashions of the
j day, are corrupting everything, even
j the churches. I do not get to church
often, therefore the Companion is a
welcome messenger to me. How I
love to read its comforting pages, and
I do not see how any brother or sis-
ter can do without it, especially when
they have the means at their disposal.
1 do not have much leisure time
with the cares of a family renting up-
on me, but yet I love readiug so
very much that I find time to read
the Bible, Testament, and other reli-
| gious books, and the Companion too
j It is not quite a year ago that I uni-
j ted with the Church of the Brethren.
1 was a church member for several
: years, ""but, alas ! I was blind like
there are thousands at the present
day, serving both God and Mammon.
I prayed for light and understanding.
as 1 thought the church I was united
with did not obey all the commands
of Jesus Christ. My eyes were
opened and I could see the dreadful
precipice whereon 1 rested. I then
resolved by the help of God to unite
with a church that obeyed the com-
' mands of tho Lord, but it was a bit-
i tor struggle to leave all my gay com
•wftnioas | rafj e*"tn frtendfc vunred

cold toward me, as if I had done a
disgraceful thing; but the grace of
God has thus far been sufficient for
mo, and in Him is my trust. My
husband is not united with any
church, and my desire is, to let ray
light shine before him and my family,
and live near to tho Lord, that they
can bcc that it is better to have a wife
and mother to be a follower of the
meek and lowly Jesus, than if she
follows all the vanities and follies of
the present day.

M. It. Charles.

Brother Henri/: We feel to give
a little news to the Brotherhood from
our arm of the church. We have
had a few night meetings, which were
crowned with the very best of success.
Our dear young souls were made to
rejoice on accoHut of God's love that
flowed into their hearts, and the par-
don of their sins, and were led down
into the water, and buried with Christ
in Baptism, and are now rejoicing in
hope of being saved in obedience.
Many more were made to feel the
need of a Savior. Our meetings we re
well attended throughout Ourchurch
is small, but firm in the faith. Now
brethren, pray for us, that God may
gather the stray sheep into the fold
of Christ. This church lay in the
swamp, called the Hemlock. The
ministering brethren present at our
meeting were, I. Paulson, J. Hop-
pock and the writer.

Eld. Robeson Hyde.

New Jersey.

The Holy Hiss.

Brother Holsinger .- — The follow-
ing is clipped from a stray sheet of the
WaverUj Magazine, on the Holy
Kiss ; from it those intrested
can learn on what foundation the
faith of those professors who deny the
propriety of the Kiss of Charity,
rests, namely, the Council of Carth
i ge A. D. 397. Jos. Holsopele.

Kissing, which means in tho He-
brew, simply adoration, or "touching
with the mouth," was always one of
the essential parts of heathen religion,
without which was no possibility of
either piety or virtue, and people were
branded as ntheists who neglectad to
kiss their hands, or the statues of the
gods, when they entered a temple.
Indeed, the feet and knees of the gods
were quite worn away by the touch,
rjf ^vtrsforppitrg' lrpw- vs in tire ctefe nrr/w

^-iiuioiiA^ r.iiaiLi v^v.ttra.uvw.

-to

with certain saints and shrines
abroad. This custom stood the brave
Demosthenes in good stead ; for when
be was the prisoner of Antipater, and
was taken by the soldiers into the
temple, he raised his hand to his
mouth, as if in worship. The sol-
diers thought it an act of adoration ;
but it was an act of despair iustead.
He did not mean to salute the gods,
but to take the poison which he had
long ago prepared for such au
emergency. And did not the people
of Cos, when they fouod I'sjche
sleeping among the butterflies and
roses, treat her as Venus " by kiss-
ing her right hand?" So, at least,
says Apuleius, that most original and
delightful of storytellers. Even at
this present day the Mahometans kiss
the ground in the direction of Mecca.
Tne early Christians had their relig-
ious kiss, like all the rest. As the
initiated into the Eleuisinian mys-
teries kis3ed each other in token of
brotherhood and equal knowledge, so
did the first disciples in their Agapes,
or Love Feasts. But in 397 the
Council of Carthage thought lit to for-
bid all kissing between the s^xes, not-
withstanding St. Peter's exhortation,
"Greet ye one another with a kiss of
charity." It also forbade all lying on
couches at mixed meals; and finally
broke up the agapes altogether, as of
a somewhat too dangerous tendency
for ordinary humanity Several later
sects have, at various times, sought
to bring back the institution of the
kis3 of peace ; but, though very
pleasant to the feelings, and doubtless
exceedingly edifying to the young, it
has generally been found necessary to
prohibit the use and continuance of
the same, and to go back to less
godly form3 of salutation. It still
lingers both in the Greek and Romish
Churches. In Russia, and wherever
the Greek Church prevails, all per-
sons kiss each other on Easter Day.
that being their great festival and
day of rejoicing, as Christmas is with
us, and the Jour de 1' An with the
French. "Christ is risen," they say,
as they kiss euch other on the cheek
-great hairy moujiks, flat-fared peas-
ant woman, slim nobles and high-
bred ladies mdiM-rimiuutelv. Form-
erly the women kissed each other at
ayble immediately after the pn>fational
glass of brandy or vodki had been
served, but that pretty custom bee
now gone ont. Just before the cele-
bration of tho Communion, too, in the

Romish Church, some kissing is done.
The officiating priest kisses the altar,
theD embraces the deacon, saying,
" Pax tibi, frater et ecciesae saactse
Die." (Peace to thee, brother, and
to the Holy Church of God ) The
deacon embraces the sub-deacon, with
"Pax tecum" (Peace be with thee)
only ; and the sub-deacon, in his turn,
kisses the inferior clergy, who thus
are all bound in a mystic chain of
love and concord ; the first link of
which lies in the kiss of the officiating
priest laid on tho alter. No religious
ceremony in our own Church is now
specially consecrated by a kiss, ex-
cept, perhaps, the redding kiss,
which old-fashioned clergvmen yet
contrive to get from bride and bride-
maids during that mysterious confer-
ence in the ve3try, when a bride signs
away her independence for lite.

Elk City, Oregon,)
Dec 22, 1870.)"

Brother Hohinger — A few words
from me may not be lost labor. Not
being a public writer, I will not at-
tempt to write in a figurative style.
I have almost forgotten the Brethren
as I have not seen any of them for
about seven years; but accidentally
coming into possession of a copy of the
Companion it reminds me that there
is a class of people in existence known
as the German Baptists, whom I have
enjoyed myself with at different times,
and have not forgotten all of their
good work. I feel as if it was my
duty to commuuicato with them in
some way or other, and knowing of
no other way at present, I have
resnlvod to do so by writing a few
lines to the Companion for the
benefit of those whom it may concern.

I see by the copv of the Compan-
ion that I received, that there was a
mission of the Bretheru sent to this
coast, known as the California and
Oregon Mission. I should have
been exceeding glad to have seeq
those Brethren, as I have set under
the sound of Brother Jacob Miller's
voice a number of times, and 1 could
not have enjoyed a better treat than
to have bad the privilege of hearing
him expound the gospel of our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ But I am
deprived of that pleasure this time ,
but hoping tb*t this -Mission is only

tho forerunner of a more ezteaded

one I will content myself with fttjuag

(as I am informed that they ha\e
com* and gone again, and I am none

the wiser of it, though had I known
when and where to have written I
would undoubtedly have communica-
ted with them and tried to have en-
joyed their company for a season)
what their mission was, what tbey
came to the coast for, what they did,
where they were, and whom they
saw. whither tbey went and whence
they came, for I cannot find out any-
thing they have done as yet, though
they might have doue a great deal of
good, but if so it must be (as it were)
in under currents, and has not got
far from where the labor was per-
formed, for I have not heard a word
that they have said, or an act that
they have done, yet I h'pe that they
have done a great many good things,
and that their words and acts may
multiply a thousand fold, for indeed
the harvest is plentiful but the labor-
ers are few, and of all the places that
I ever was in this Oregon has the
greatest fields for preaching Jesus
Christ and him crucified. Now I
don't want it understood that I find
faultjwith brethren Miller and Sturges,
but it does look to me as though they
ought to have stayed a month or two
and have given us all a chance to see
and hear from them. Even one vear
would not have been too long for the
work that ia here to be done

Now as I have said above, I know
of no field that needs laborers as
badly as Oregon. I think that some
of the laboring brethren ought to take
up their families and move to this
coast. The way is not so difficult as
it was a few years back, and 1 think
the brethren ought to send us some
good speakers to remain with us for
a few years at least, until the Lord
sees fit to choose from our own uum-
bcr preachers to lead his flock on Zion-
ward. The enemy has full control of
a majority of men's souls in this
country. We have all the isms and
'i-m- preached here that vcu have
there, but as to the preaching of the
gospel of our Blessed Lord to its
primitive purity, we have none such
in this country, as far as I know of-
1 think therefore, that it is a dutv
that you owe to God and \ our fellow'-
man, that you should send preachers
to this const to preach the gospel to
every creature, teaching them to »b»
sorv* all toll .

Years in Lot e,

<i R Kim.
rt of the M ' .miii-

.1 give the brother some .

4r.

nilllSTIAN FAMILY COMPANION.

Oregon and California Tllmlon.

BvoA$r //>nr</: Allow the un-
dersigned to acknowledge through

the columns of the ('. V C. that
money has been received from the
following niimtd churches, up to .Ian.
l>t, 1 > 7 1 :

Dftl id I. "UK. Mil.

Thorn Apple, Mich.

Elkhart. 1ml.

Angwieb, I'».
: Bank, i'n.

Pipe Creek, Md.

ELeokak church, *k Domoinse Val-
ley, luWll.

Upper Conawega, Pa.

Daniel Miller, Ohio.

I.< , Kivcr, I ml.

QeorgC Carver, Dayton, Ohio.

Received from tho Churches A
paid over to (he Committee, $300,50.

Tbej received of the brethren in
Oregon and California, $106,25

Their travelling Expenses were:

$813,05, so you see tbat leaves mc

short of paying tbem up, $200,30.

How will we Balance the Remainder?

Christian Wknoir.

IuTitutiou— ttpecial and Personal

I wish to inform friend Berkey that
we have almost arrived at the conclu-
sion that you are not coming to visit
us again ; but we cannot think of that.
"We will still urge upon your coming,
if circumstaices will permit. Bring
M Sboats along if possible, or some
other able speaker, and stay a few
weeks with us, and console the minds
of some of our inquiring sinners. —
There arc a few Brethren here, and
they aro compelled to attend other
churches or stay at home, and hear
no preaching. They have bad no op-
portunity of communing, and no en-
couragement. I would not feel
strange if they strayed off. Others
In ri wish to join, but have no oppor-
tunity. Now, Bay, will you come ?
The neighbors here within 7 and 8
inquire of me ever)' week
whether those preachers are coming
again, and sonic said that they would
■ me, fur them "Dunkards" don't
do as they promise. So 1 did not
like to stand that, and I thought I
most write ami inform .1. Berkey,
through the C. P. C Now then,
friend Berkey, if you will come soon,
while wo have good sleighing, yon
may expect a large attendance. So
make your coming sure and soon

Prom your friend. II. Hunt.

Sheppardsville, Mich.

«. leanings.

"Such pieces as that in the last
Companion, Vol. I, page 781, from
a minister.- wife, should awaken ev-
ery member to a sense of their duty.
1 have often thought if the money
that is vainly spent for tobacco, ware
given to poor minister's families, what
a blessing it would be to tobacco
users, iu this world, and ten fold more
in the world which is to come."

If. Cahhkr

Yes, and if to that were added
what is just as vainly spent for fash-
ion, and luxuries, and if the time that
is idled away were usefully employed
and the proceeds appropriated to the
purpose, how we could gladden tho
hearts of our brethren and sisters in
the far west, whose cries for the bread
of life are continually ringing in our
ears, by "sending" the heralds of the
Gospel, two by two. into their midst !

If if if. Let us labor to

make it a reality.

"Some object to the paper on ac-
count of the advertisements. They
think you should not publish any
advertisements, and I am of that
opinion myself."

Isaac Lutz.

Well, now, we do not see tbat any-
body ought to object to the adver-
tisements we publish. .And we are
sure we are giving reading master
enough for the price of subscription
asked. Nevertheless, let us hear
what can be said against the adver-
tisements ; and if tbey have a suffi-
cient show of plausibility, and there
be a general opposition to them.
some method may be devised, by
which thoy can be dispensed with.
"What have you to say, brethren ?"
— -^•"» ♦•^^— — .
<luori«'«.

Brother Holaingtt : Can a broth-
er, a minister be ordained, who had
once been put in avoidance, and after
a while released again ?

And another question : When a
minister had been silenced, for suffi-
cient reasons, and afterwards r<

ed again, tan he be ordained ? We
, look for an answer to the above
through the C. P. C.

(Name lost, — Ed.)
We prefer that some brother, or
brethren of more experience in church
business, should answer the above,
and will give due time for meditation,
and response. — Editor.

AVere Joseph and the Savior, sold
for the same price, as it is often
preached ? We find tbat Joseph was
sold by his brethren to the Ishmae-
lite traders for twenty pieces ofsilver,
and by reference to Math. 2G : 15,
and 37 : 3, we find that the Savior
was sold for thirty pieces of silver.

Will some brother give his views
as to how long Noah preached to the
Antediluvians and bow long he was
engaged in building the Ark ?

B. Pi Rooks.

Dal Ion, Ind.

Will some brethren give an expla-
nation on 1st Cor. 7 : 14. " For the
unbelieving husband is sanctified by
the wife, and the unbelieving wife is
sanctified by the busband, else were
your children unclean, but now are
they holy." Sam'l Marklby.

MARRIED.

At my residence, 97th, December, J870,
Mr. T. M. AKE, and Miss. M. HOOVER,
both of Woodberry, Bedford Co., Pa.

8. A. Moobb.

At Mevcrs Mills.Dccember 18th, 1870, bro.
JACOB BAEK, of the Elklick branch, and
sister MARY BLOl'GR of the Berlin branch,
both of Somerset Co., Pa.

C. G. Lint.

By Eld. D. M. Holsine;ar, at the residence
or Joseph Holelnger, Eld. JOHN 110 YER,
to MARY 8UTON, both of Somerset Co., Pa.

DIED.

We admit no poetry under any circumttan
mi in eonneetion with obituary notices. We
wishtoute all alike, and vie could not insert
htim with all.

In the East NMraishilling congregation,
Stark Co., Ohio, ELI. EN CARPER, twin
daughter of brother Andrew and sister Susan
Carper, the parents were from home bntch-
rrir. sj:, leaving 6ix children to take care of
the house. In the evening, after fire o'clock
Ellen went to the cellar with a candle to
fetch an apple. Shortly after her screams
and shrieks wart heard, and the one next
older running down found her enveloped in
!l:iMH'i«. The rest of the children were at the
barn doing their feeding. By the time they
came to their assistance, she proved to be so
terribly burned that she died after fl'vc hours
of pain. Thi6 is anothor sad warning to pa-

UlilUfcTlAiN Jj'AMILI -JUAirAxNlUIN.

rents- Age, 3 years, 8 month*, and 20 day*.
Funeral discourse was improved by tke
Brethren. Samuel Marklbt.

In Upper Conawaga, Adams county, Pa.,
Deeeniber 34th, 1870, HENRY WALER ;
aged 77 yearn, 7 months, and 20 days. He
fell dead in Ibe morning while washing, and
in usual good health, and never spoke. —
Thus were two of our neighbors summoned
suddenly to the Spirit world ; only y, mile
from my house.

In the same branch, December 24th. 1870
sister POLLY HE88 ; widow of Philip ness ;
aged GO years, 7 months, and 6 days. She
lived with 3 grand children, aged 8 and 10
years- In the evening at about 7 o'clock,
she was sitting in her arm chair sleeping,
enjoying good health. The childrea wish-
ing to waken her, discovered that she was
dead. Affrighted they ran up stairs, and
went to bed, leaving old grandmother in
her chair, lifeless, «ntil n#xt morning, at 8
o'clock the children woke up and gave the
alarm. The neighbors found her in a natur-
al sitting position. So sudden can death take
us without a struggle.

Adam HoLLnroBR.

Dec. 10th, 1870, In the Sandy Creek congre-
gation, Preston Co, West Va., of Old Age,
brother JOHN GUTHRIE, aged 78 years, S
months, and 11 days. Brother John was a
benevolent friend at heme, abroad, and in
the church, having been a faithful member
of the church for a number of years, earnest-
ly contending for the faith revealed in the
Gospel, and enjoying that blessed hope of
obtaining eternal rest with all saints in
heaven.

He leaves a sorrowing widow, with quite a
number of sympathizing friends. Funeral
occasion improved by Eld. Jacob M. Thomas,
from 1 Cor. 15 : 54-51, to a large congrega-
tion. F. C. Barns*.

In Chnrchtown, Cumberland county, Pa.,
on the 17th, day of December 1870, brother
AVILLIAM C. LAHMER ; aged 39 years, 9
months, and 11 days. He was a faithful
brother, and his death was felt as a loss to
the Church and friends. He suffered for
many years with Asthma ; and after a sud-
den and severe attack he calmly fell asleep in
Jesns. Funeral services by the brethren
from the 39th Psalm, to a large concourse of
people and friends. G. Brindlb.

In the Dnncansville branch, Blair county,
Pa. Jan. 3rd, our beloved sister CATHA-
RINE COGAN ; aged about 55 years. Dis-
ease, Infiamation of the Bowels.

Very suddenly and unexpectedly, but calm-
ly and peacefully did she close her eyes to
the scenes of earth, leaving her devoted hus-
band and dutiful children to mourn the loss
of one whose worth is ouJy known in death.
She was kind to hor wniily, loved in the
Church, respected in the neighborhood, and
therefore her death has caused an aching
void that can only bo mitigated by the sooth-
ing hand of time.

The sacred volume was a dear delight to
her, and while her lamp held out to burn she
failed not to become well acquainted with it.
With her friends we drop the sympathizing
tear, but through that we see the bow of hope
to meet agaiu beyond the hills and vallies of
time when the. disappointment and sorrows
of life are over, if we but prove faithful, hold
fust and endure unto the end.

Fnneral services by the writer, from Rev.
H : 18. Jambs A. Sbll.

In the Shade Mill branch, Alleghany Co.,
Md, Sept. 1870, sister NELLY WORKMAN ;
aged 84 years.

In the »aine branch Feb. NIMROD
WORKMAN ; aged 41 years. Came to his

death by the cover of a coal pit falling on
him, killing him instantly.

In the same braach July, of conception,
CLANA 80PHIA WORKMAN. The above
8 funerals were attended by the writer and
brother Jonathan Kelso, on the 11th and 13th
of December, last, two were preached in a
Methodist meeting-house, and in a place
where the brethren were not known, at least
only by a very few. We were very well
pleased with the order and attention.

In the Elklick branch, Somerset county,
Pa. December 2nd, of age, Brother WILL-
IAM 8HO0KEY ; aged 84 years, I month,
and 1 day.

In the same congregation December 14th,
MAGGIE ABBERTH, daughter of brother
Elias and sister Emma YOUNKIN; aged 1
year, 6 months, and 34 days. Disease, Croup.

In the same branch December the 18th, of
Erysipelas, sister ELIZABETH BEAL ; aged
59 yearB, 8 months, and 29 days. Improved
by John P. Cober and the writer, from Isaiah
3 : 10, 11. C. G. Lint.

Henry Shaffer, born Sept. 19th, 1809, died
November 29th, 1870 ; aged 61 years, 2
months, and 10 days.

Daxibl Keller.

Near Williamsburg, Blair county, Pa.Ju-,.
ly the 24th, 1760, JACOB SNIVELY, sou of
elder Jacob Snivel)*, Deceased ; aged 56
years, 11 months, and 10 days. Funeral ser-
vices by Andrew Bassles and John Bowers.
Visitor please copy.

A. Shklley.

In the Conemaugh congregation, Cambria
county, Pa. December 14th, 1S70, AMAN-
DA, daughter of brother 8olomon and siBter
BALDWIN ; aged 1 year, 2 months, and 18
days. Fnneral sermon preached by brother
Stephen Hildebrand and the writer, from
Matthew 24 : 44. Samuel Brallier.

At the residence of her son, Peter Altland,
in Shipewanny branch. Lagrange co., Ind.,
Dec. 2nd, 1S70, our old sister SALOME ALT-
LAND.

She was born Sept. 28th, 1784 ; brought
her age to 86 years, 2 months, and 4 days.
She suffered almost beyond description for
the last four years, with Rheumatism, being
as helpless as a child, her body and limbs
drawn much out of shape. Her remains were
buried in the White Pigeon grave yard,
Michigan. Brethren David Truay, and Hen-
ry Gephart improved the occasion by preach-
ing from the text : "lam the resurrection,"
<fcc. The writer had visited the departed
several times, during the last few years, and
she was indeed the most pitiable object we
ever beheld In the mortal. We thanked the
Lord, when we heard of her exchange for
an immortal life. Giorgk Lowe.

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Number 4.

For the Companion
Anti-Christ.

Especially does John in his epistles
«xhort his brethren and sisters to an
earnest in the love of God, and to sin-
cere obedience in keeping the com-
mandments. "For this is the love of
God, that we keephis commandments."
"We love him, because he first loved
us. If a man say, I love God, and
hateth his brother, he is a liar." "Who
is a liar, but he that denieth that
Jesus is the Christ ? He is anti-christ,
that denieth the Father and the Son."
"For many deceivers are entered into
the world, who confess not that Jesus
Christ is come into the flesh. This is
a deceiver and an anti-christ." "Even
now are there many anti-christs."
"Every spirit that confesseth that Je-
sus Christ is come in the flesh, is of
God; and every spirit that confesseth
not that Jesus Christ is come in the
flesh, is not of God. And this is that
spirit of anti-christ, whereof ye have
heard that it should com* : and even
now already is it in the world." From
the tenor of these passages, it appears
plainly that John understood anti-
christ to be a spirit working in the
children of disobedience against Christ;
fur anti means against, and anti-christ
means against Christ ; as he also said
to his disciples on a certain occasion,
"He that is not against ug, is for ua •"
and consequently, he that is not for us,
is against us, -vhicb is anti-christ—
Therefore every person, or spirit who
is not for Christ, is against him, and
that is anti-christ. Since John so
earnestly encourages bis brethren to
the love efGod by being obedient unto
hiheommuHdmeiits, ii seems that even
thort who profess Chftst, but obey
not hisfommumlni. IntB, are anti ■
since they deny him in their work
Such seem to baVe been the A.po
viewy, and inch have Keen our (

Bat upon a mora mature reflecUon on

this Subject, it. appears that Jobii in
the first place dlliul.r In tOtttotbiog

ihaimirivly i -pint of utiti .
For tins iidver-:iry spirit «r&S perCfcpt-

ible in all ageq of the world; eyeu in
the first family.ia Cain when he Blew

his brother Abel, who was already a
type of Christ.

In the long period from Adam to
Christ, the spirit of anti-christ con-
fronted the Lord's people, at various
times, very distinctively, in the rfhapc
of false prophets. And now, in these
Last days, this same spirit is in the
shapo of false teachers, ignoring the
plain, simple commandments of God ;
is puffed up witn worldly honor,
" teaching for doctrines the command-
ments of men," in creeds, confessions,
and articles of faith, aside from the
plain word of God. But, mark what
the Apostle says, "Little children,
it is the last time ; and as ye have
heard that anti-christ shall conw
now are there many anti-christs;
whereby we know that it is the last
time. They went out from us, but
they were not of us ; for if they had
been of us, the}' would have contin-
ued with us."" 1 John 2: 18. 19. —
In the first place he say a , "ye have
heard." Mark what ho says: "ye
have heard." Heard what ? " That
anti-ehrist shall come " Wheu ? In
the last time. But now it is the last
time. "Even now are there many
anti-christs. They went out from us,
but they were not'of us." But from
whom have ye heard that anti
shall come? Answer, from old brother
Paul. Mark what he writes to the
ehureh at Thessalonica. "Xteniember
ye not, that when I wa ■ byou.

I told you these things." What tl
Why, that the day of the I

■ me, "except there come a
away first, and that man Of sin l>u re-
vealed, t| 1( . bqii of perdition ; w I
posetb and exalteth himself above a'li

that ifl called I . i lt;lt is

sloped ; so that hens Gpd.sittitb in the
temple ofCrod, -bowing himself that
he it God, Hem . that

when 1 wa.i \ «t tl ith yon, 1
these things V\ Paul in - > many
words, adi his brethren not

haken In mind, nor troubled in
regard to the which

that, tuOUgh
tery of iniquity work,

yet thoae going out from them, and
turning against them, of v

speaks, is not that falling awav ■
shall come before that man of sin, chat

IT, that adversary to the truth.

. ealed, prior to the coming of
Christ. Paul saw in the b
Daniel that tome of Ins visions and
prophecy were aot yet fulfilled, and
that thas which was determined
surely come to pass Paul kfiew that
he was dwelling in that k;:>_
which Daniel saw represented
''beast, dreadful andterrible.and strong
exceedingly :" It had ten horns ; and
there came up among them a-,
little horn, and in this horu \rer.
liketbeeyesofmen,and amiuth speak'
tag great things. "I beheld, "

I, 'and the same horn made war
with the saints, and prevailed c.
them : until the Ancient of da-. -
lie further speaks of this horn, calling
him a king. "And he shall

words agaiust the Mi
and ?hall wear out the saints of thy
Most High, and think lochu
and law.-.." ••And such as d
ly against

be corrupt by I ; but th •

pie that kuow t heir ( i od aha. I
and do exploits. And th^v tb
demand among the pi all in-

struct many : yei they shall fail '

and by flame, by cap.
by spoil many day I \

shall d ,j l K T

shall exalt

Soli jtbo\c •

till the

rmined shall

This n )t ] :1 |i

-
eompl

Bruis, under t! ■
Brnls •

reform

CBnturj
great,

i
admit of any pfi

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M the popish part j called

i : t believed the

The iNfALU-

p- m ! Uc aroes in thr oharcb,

bank i« tke temple of (Jod ;

,.s exalted himself above every
; that. i6 worahipped, as it w»8
led Though poporj is now
much on the decline ; the power of the
•.. Dark Ace-* was unlimited.
• "that Wicked" has been revealed
ng destroyed by the brigbt-
'•rd'fl coming. When I
...Mi,, orer the prophecies, aud compare
with the annals of the paat, I
. iq liud nothing which lacks fulfill-
at thil lime before the Lord's
ng, It appears to me that the
• lobulation has been shortened
rml now thev ear, " l.o, here is Christ,
.. there !• Christ." Mark 13: II.
/Mness of his coming is a." the
ling shining out of the east even
reel The apreading of the
I '. re-ambles the lightning, since
L of 4 iod is light : "that is the
bt which enligbteneth every
■hat cometh into the world." It
is an error that some people aro in,
■who are looking for a personal anti-
christ to ounie to deceive the world,
which is, and has long ago been de-
* '.en all the prophecies rela-
tive tu antichrist, the man of sin, have
both literally and spiritually
fullilled. Though the spirit of anti-
the opposition to Christ, shall
rontinuc to exist until the time when
knee shall bow, and every
..e confess that Jesus Christ is
d of lords and king of kings.

.1 LB. ST, IIk< KI.ER.

Harley$vilU, /'«.

for tht Companion.
Ili-itrliiuOiir Another's lturdenw.

sr ve one another's bnrdeas, and »o
lie law of Chriit.''— (tAi.. 8 : J.

Dear Brethren: — I will for the

[me endeavor to write a few lines

impanion, not that I wish

'idled great in the eyes of the

ren, or the world, for if you will

• Bd verse of beaaing chapter

can learn what I am, or any one

baa this Wish, when we have

all in our power, iu serving our

a end obeying our Master, ere

Dprofitable servants. But to

W'c all have a bur-
>,uve a heavier

one 1 ere, and therefore need

bar thai they nmv not fall

Brethren, let not our soul of as
think we need no assistance to bear
our burden. That would be pride,
selfishness, and will be sure to fall. I
will enumerate a few items oul of
many, to give a more clear idea of
what we want to understand from the
heading of this article.

The majority of us have families
to maintain, and when the minister
of the word is called off to a work in
his Muster's cause, it often happens
in a very busy time of the season ;
but he mutt go. How well could
some of the brethren donate a few
days labor to him. Would not this
help bear his burden ? But some
think preaching is not labor or burden.
Brethren, you that think so. please go
with your weak brethren and bear a
part. Sometimes wc that arc but
laborers are left to fill the place of
our co-laborers, and by the help of
God we do the best we can in declar-
ing the truth. And you know the
truth condemns some of unrighteous-
ness, and they begin to shake their
beads in time of delivering the truths,
and after services they call you to one
Bide, and give orders not to preach
this publicly any more, as it has be-
come a general practice by the breth-
ren as well as the world, and that
some of our old fathers and mothers
have practiced the same before us.
My advice is, with the apostle, put
away all lilthiness, and superfluity
of naughtiness, and bear the burden
by standing the w r ord between the
scrvantsofsatanaudtheservatsofGod.
If not truth, rejectit, and in order to
knowthiswemustsearch the scriptures,
for by them I am willing to be tried, but
not by man's carnality. John says, to
try the spirits, and I understand him to
mean that by the word of God we are
to try them. If the word condemns
us, we have not the spirit of Christ,
and if wo have not his spirit, we arc
not his.

" Bear ye one another's burden, and
so fulfill the law of Christ." A hint
to the wise is sufficient.

Jacob H. Fisim..

Batavia, Iowa.

♦» -

Far tkt Companion.
Couverslon.

We learn from the holy scriptures

that this change is necessary to our

d iu peace. The change is

produced by the power of divine

p m other words, by the agen-

tbe HoTv ^prrir. in all who

truly seek the Lord. The necessity
of it is found in the corruption of hu-
man nature and action. The testi-
mony of God concerning our race is
that they " have corrupted their way,
that " there is none good (by nature)
no ,not one,"' that the imagination and
thoughts of their hearts are evil, on-
ly evil, and that continually ; that
they " are by nature children of
wrath," and, therefore, that they most
be " renewed in the spirit of their
minds," and have the whole course of
their lives changed But it isnot necos-
sary to go largely into the proof ol
the necessity of such a change in this
our day. It is, however, of impor-
tance to those who would become
converts, that we point out the way
according to which conversion may be
obtained. Many, understanding that
conversion is the work of the Holy
Spirit, too hastily conclude that hu-
man agency and means have no in-
fluence in bringing it about; and
therefore that we must wait the pleas-
ure of the Lord, in any providential
deliverance. The extraordinary mau-
ner of his reviving his work in our
day (?) and our manner of speaking
of it, have a tendency to produce that
impression. We see that God pours
out his spirit at some times, and in
some places, more than at others. —
How natural, therefore, to conclude
that we must wait for the seasons of
refreshing from his presence. This
is, however, a great and fatal mis-
take. There are diverse operations
of the same spirit. We must distin-
guish between his ordinary and ex-
traordinary operation!, and may be
compared to the pouring out of water:
the ordinary are like the gentle in-
sinuating dews, and yet nothing more
is necessary to conversion. Let any
sinner, as a rational, accountable
agent, bring his understanding to bear
on the nature, necessity and means of
conversion ; let him, in the appointed
meana of grace, seek a change of
heart ; the Holy Spirit is in every ef-
fort he makes, and in all the means he
uses, and will certainly, convert and
save him, it he perserveri. It is not
necessary that his understanding
should be fully opened suddenly ; that
his mind should be agitated with fear
Bod despair, in order to obtain par-
don, and be assured of an interest in
the divine regards. But he may say
thnt bis mind is dark, stupid, and
barren of every thing good. It is
well thi* he feaB 3 sense 'f the«f>

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things ; but he means to say, that he
has no adequate sense of them ; yet
he has a sense of them adequate to
present necessity, and if be goes on
the Lord whom he seeks will give
bim a deeper conviction when that
shall be necessary.

Prayer is one of the chief means to
be used — the prayer of confession, at
least, and this will lead to the prayer
of supplication, which will in due
time bring into his soul the kingdom
of the living God, which is righteeus-
uess, peace, and joy in the Holy
Ghost. This conviction, and these
efforts, constitute repentance. Faith,
also, is a condition of conversion ; but
faith, here, is not a luminous, joyous
faith. I now speak of a couviction
of sin, both original and actual ; a re-
nunciation of our own righteousness,
and an earnest desire for renewal
through the merits of Jesus Christ
alone. He that uodcrstundingly usee
all the means of grace within his
reach, shall find increasing desires,
until they are ail embodied in the
" love of God shed abroad in his
heart by the Holy Gliust given unto
bim." Tbeu, and not till then, is he
a real couverr. But let bim not, on
the one band, conclude that ho is tru-
ly converted because hu sees and la-
ments his situation ; nor, on the oth-
er band, despair, because he cannot
••mm vert himself. The Lord, whom

eeka, shall suddenly come to hi*
temple, and make his abode with him ;
even the Father, bhe Sou, unci the
Holy Ghost But if these gentle cou-

ons ahme be v, and be

attainable by man as a free agent, in
the use of the means, why is rover-
sion ascribed to God '! Let nx
be misunderstood, when I say that
man maj obtain conversion "l do

not mean that he can convert himself
Uul although he cannot convert him-
self) ho may, as a free agent, use i!.<-
which Qod has appointed ; u\u\
these means must lie osejd, or th

HOC Will never be converted Hut if
lii'' question he eoulined to tbo Q dis-
tracting fears, despairing borrow, mid

of mind, wh
quently attend n of sin, the

answer u», that (i id may permit these,

for a season, to .subdue the obstinacy
of the sinner, and deter him from toe
path thai leads t » et< roal death.
Many tvunld never reflect on their
I I '', were they not thus compelled;
nnd it in no wonder tlmt a Rinuor, on

discovering his guilt and danger,
should feel all the painful passions of
his mind put in motion ; but bis con-
version is not hastened, but frequent-
ly retarded thereby. His conversion
is not the more sound for these things,
nor is it certain that his Christiau
course will be the more even and
steady on their account. St. Paul
was dealt with in the extraordinary
way; the twelve apostles in the ordi
nary, and yet their conversions were
as sound as that of St. Paul. Many
things often mingle in the exercises
previous to conversion, which are not
essential to that work. Let us then
learn to separate the dross from the
gold. Conversion is a thing of the
utmost importance to every individ-
ual. Let us not rest without this and
the evidence of it. "Jesus answered,
verily, verily, I say unto thee, except
a man be born of water and of the
spirit, he cannot enter into the king-
dom of God." John 3 : 5. "Let him
know that he which couverteth the
sinner from the error of bis way, shall
save a soul from death, and shall hide
a multitude of sins." James 5 : 20.

I. U. TlIARP.

WeUervbung, Pa.

Uueonditienul Prayer.

The spirit of true prayer is a sub-
missive spirit. It one is pleading
an absolute promise then may he in-
deed be importunate and assured,
lie stands on a Solid rock. Hue
there are errands which the praying
sou! brings to the throne of grace,
embraced in no spescilic promise,
and iu regard to which the uiostier-
vent petitions should close with ins
memorable words, ".Nevertheless,
Dot my will, hut thine be d one."

It was many years ago, whrn I
was pastor in another State, that 1
was visiting my senior deacon, one
afternoon. He and his wife were of
the excellent of the earth. The
conversation turned on the subject
when the good w>miii turned to me
and said, with greatsolemnitv, u My

young brother; i over pray one odi

\ 1 i r any temporal good."
After a m uncut of I BOO, she

• daughter, some
thirty years old, who was standing

iii the room and ;_'a*iug St uj with a
vacant, meanioglesa look. "You
bco," said she, "that poor creature.

When she was a babe, not more than
a year old, she was dangerously sick.
I felt I could not part with her. 1
clung to her with all a mother's love
I now remember it ail as though it
were yesterday, I went into the bed
ohamber yonder, shut the door,and,
kneeling down, agonized in prayer
for the life of that chiid. I told
God I could not part with her, and
closed by beseeching him to send
what he would if only he would but
spare the life of my child." Affect-
ed by the rehersal, th»re was a mo-
menatary pause, and then she added,
"God took me at my word. He
granted my request. The life of
my child was spared to be the bane
and the burden of my life these thir-
ty years."

The story , the solemnity with which
I was myself then placed, in circum-
stances which made the lesson espe-
oial'y applicable, all these combined
to render tho impression deep and
permanent. I felt that the good
mother in Israel had preached to
her pastor a most valuable sermon
from the teat, "Never pray uncon-
ditionally for any temporal good."

Be Ssnsibli. — Do not be above
your business ; he who turns up bit
nose at his work, quarrels with hu
bread and butter. lis is a poor smith
who quarrels with his own sparks ;
there's no shame about any honest
calling; don't be afraid of soiling
your hands, there is plenty of soap to
be bad. All trades are good to trad-
ers. Vou cannot iret honey if you
are frightened at bees, nor plant corn
if you are afraid of getting mud on
roar boots. When you c^n dig fields
with a toothpick, hlow ships along
with fans, and grow plumcnkes in
(lower-pot.-, then i( still be a fine t me
for dandies

An Lilian whenever he go' int »
a bad place in the swamp, used it
mediately to put up a stake to msri.
the spot. Thus he not only koj t
clear of the danger the second time,
but kept other t from the same dan
gor. \Vo not only *h«uld guard
Sgainai ''ur o.\:. but as

■S. |" ay, "Lead us not iu*o teuq i
tion, he careful to remove all temp-
tation from others.

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sense none else can have it, not even the glori-
fied saints and "elect angels." In the same sense
God only is holy. But if we cannot ascend to
God's altitude, we can "yrmc in grace," be even
own [ n th e process of transformation, "with open face

A Word ol r.uronrii|{<'iuol to Young Disciples.

The atonement is no half-way measure, and
religion is no half-hearted service. No feat of
SateO is equal to his persuasion of people that
they can "fear the Lord and serve their

gods." Christianity and worldliness are fixed beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord,"
and absolute opposites. "Ye cannot serve God j wn il e we are being "changed into the same im-
and mammon." "\ e cannot drink the cup of the age lr0 m glory to glory, even as by the spirit of
Lord and the cup of devils." The scales cannot j tne Lord." It is to be feared that not a few of
balance both sides of the beam at the same time. our mem bers do not strive for perfection with an
1 1 dress has more of our attention than, the adorn-
ment oi the sou l w ith the jewels of grace, we are
no! 'on the Lord's side." If the market has
stronger attractions than the sanctuary, we are
none of Christ's. If "the love of money" makes
us more devotod to business, than the love of
Chi let does to the prosperity of Zion and the
sah \Uon of the soul, we are "dead while we have
a i ..Qie to live." Where our treasure is there
ml heart also, and thither tend the main cur-

rent! of life's activities. To the saint the Savior
is- pi :ious, "the chief among ten thousand," the
} I ag i .et of the soul's deepest, warmest love. We
"sit under His shadow with great delight, and
His fruit is sweet to our taste." Holiness to the
Lord "must be written in letters of sacred blood
on every article of raiment "from the sole of the
foot even unto the head." Everything we put
on for the public eye is an unrobing of the soul
of its Divine attire. To make public sentiment
the criterion of our costume, is to barter the blood
of Christ for the smiles of His enemies. Take
rare, my beloved, that you add not a little here
and a little there to please those who appreciate
only superficial beauty. These little fixtures in
i Less cannot long be allowed for the sake of others,
before we wear them to please ourselves. Keep
yourself in the atmosphere of Golgotha, always
in hearing distance of the death-agonies of the
-in-bearing Savior, and the devil will tempt you
in vain with the gewgaws of fashion. Every
«m necessary flounce and ribbon is purchased at
the expense of the Redeemer's blood, springing
,rom the very element that nailed Jesus to the

T» \< hul\ for I am Holy." This is the sol-
emn point on which turns our eternal destiny. If
we have this we have all else that is included in
( 'In -Ltian character. Absolute holiness isun-
linable by the creature, lure or hereafter.
I tod <ii!v hnth immortality," & in thic absolute

ardor that will secure it in the world to come.
The old serpent has coiled himself into the gar-
den of the new Eden, and persuaded many that
they shall not surely die, although they eat of
the interdicted tree. The little indulgence that
promises such great advantage without a compro-
mise of principle — this is the pivot that swings
souls hellward, imperceptibly at first, but with
even increasing velocity, until, with the ponder-
ous millstone of accumulated guilt hanging at
their necks, they are drowned in the depths of
perdition. "77m one thing I do" dying unto
self and the world, rising higher and growing
stronger in the lite of God, "pressing toward the
mark," "following after" the Divine Ideal with
an earnestness that involves "the loss of all things
for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ
Jesus our Lord." This was the constant aspi-
ration of Paul, and is the language of every soul
in which the Holy Ghost is resident. O dearly
beloved, let nothing come into competition with
the claims of your blessed Lord and Savior. Nev-
er confer with flesh and blood, but at once pluck
out the right eye, cut off the right hand and foot,
and cast them from thee ; for it is better to enter
halt and maimed into life, than to have thy
whole body cast into hell, "where their worm
dieth not, and the fire is not quenched." It
matters not what you lose, so long as you keep
the testimony of a good conscience and the favor
ot God. You can have no plans, arrangments,
and ends apart from your Christian character;
and just so far as you have, you dishonor God. No
sooner do we set our feet on debatable ground,
than we offer ourselves to the wiles of Satau, and
show that we do not regard the service of Christ
sufficient to yield "■fullness of joy." You con-
stantly need wisdom and guidance from on high
to keep your garments unspotted from the world."
Fightings and fears, temptations and conflicts,
gilded evils and alluring baits, meet us at every

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Btep. Satan never slumbers, and our inbred
corruptions are ever ready to respond to his wick-
ed suggestions. There is a devil in as well as
a devil out, only that is chained and decreasing,
while this is at liberty and raging. When the
adversary outside calls, his lettered accomplice
inside answers. He that would reign and rejoice
with Christ hereafter, must wrestle and bleed
and triumph with him here.

In one aspect the Christian lite is dark and
sad and perilous and burdensome. It has its
yoke, its cross, its sacrifices, its tribulations many
and sore. These are in themselves "not joyous
but grievous." But the other side is luminous
with the beauty of Divinity and the glory of the
upper Paradise. One beam from the face of
Jesus scatters the thickest gloom in the believ-
er's sky. Faith no larger than a grain of mus-
tard-seed, overbalances the world, the flesh, and
the devil. The saint's weakness, is more than
a match for the sin-father's strength. Christ's,
little finger is thicker than the devil's loins. 2
Chron. 10: 10. One throb of Divine life has more
power than all the hosts of hell, and more rap-
ture than all the pleasures of sin. One hour on
the bosom of Jesus yields more thrilling joy, than
has ever been felt by the unregenerate since the
forbidden fruit wa^plucked in Eden. "Sack-
cloth and ashes" are a more glorious garment,
than "purple and fine linen." The crumbs under
the table are sweeter to Lazarus, than the sumpt-
ous fare of the glutton. The least manifestation
of God to the soul is great enough to beggar the
universe besides — great enough to live for, and,
if need be, to die for. The sun is reflected as
fully^andjjclearly in a dew-drop as in the ocean.
So the babe in Christ has the image of holiness
as distinctly stamped upon the soul as the father
in Christ. The infant on its mother's breast rel-
ishes its nourishment as keenly as the giant his
strong meat. The holiest saint on earth is only
a iiii/ii<t/urc o£ Jems. O dear fellow pilgrim, 1
beseech you as one whose heart bums with|holy
desire fur your salvation, <ftUtimte a cfote, loving
intimacy with Je*w. Every day, every Jhour,
open your heart tu its utmost capacity, and in-
vite Him to possess and sanctifj and direct e\. n
faculty and power and impulse of' ytAir being.
Become more familac with Jesus than with anj
friend on earth. Tell 1 liinall your wants. Carry f
every burden to Him. Whisper every soundl

into His ear. Pillow your soul on His bosom
in every trial and perplexity. Confide all youi
troubles and heart-achs to Him. Let all your
tears fall upon His feet. Cling to Jesus with
such love and fervor as those alone can feel who
are wedded to him forever. Close your eyes to
"the pride of life," and your heart to the seduc-
tions of the flesh. Let your baptismal vow be-
come daily more solemn in its obligations, and
more Divine in its significance. "Look not be-
hind thee," "Remember Lot's wile. "Sell not
your birthright for the pleasures of sense."
"Give all diligence to make your calling and elec-
tion sure."

C. H. Balsbaugh.

Address Delivered at the Dedication otSnlcniC'oI
legeatBourbou, Indian u

(Contin«ttl.)

Constantine, "professing himself a Christian,
undertook to convert the kingdom of Christ into
a kingdom of this world." The visible church
becoming thus the object of royal favor the
teachers and overseers of the fleck being exalted
into affluence, grandeur and influence in the em-
pire, the light that had so clearly shone over the
world, and the gospel pow%r and love which had
enabled thousands to die cheerfully and trium-
phantly at the stake began to grow dim ; and
centuries passed while spiritual darkness covered
the earth and gross darkness the people. Heav-
en seemed, till the tweltth century to frown on
the earth. The pen and tongue were fettered.
The persecutor performed his work without hind-
rance. The voice of religious liberty wa6 hushed.
The humble true devotee retired to the Alpine
valleys, and mountain caverns. But the Bible
was in the keeping of God who was waiting His
own time to call it forth to the light, and t<>
publish truth among the nations.

The scholar led the way. Putei Walus ol
Lyons, in love for the church translated the Bi-
ble into French. The minds of many were
awakened and the fire burned. "Men love dark
nees rather than light because their dwd^ are
evil," and all the power of state were brought
tQ bear upon the rapidly developing (lnistain
lile and power. Catherine 1 >e Mediei and Si.
Bartholomew's day will call up terrible thing
the end of time. "Truth struck to the earih
will rise again."

The usurpations of the Court of Rome were

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at theii zenith. That astonishing power had
extruded over nearly all Europe, England was
well nigh subjugated. The fitting time came
tor the pall to be Temoved from modern Europe.
The slumbering fire that had kept secretly
burning in the bosoms of Waldenses and Albi-
gtpMt, had begun to show signs ot growth and
power. Ecclesiastics hid in cloisters the Divine
Law, and had substituted formularies in its stead.
There was an intellectual and spiritual upheaval
in western and central Europe. Men thirsted
tor a better life and cried for light. Their pray-
ers were answered. It came through collegians.

VVickliffe, whose learning and sterling piety
had secured tor him both honor and place was
first warden of Cantebury College, Oxford. His
sonl was warm in the cause o[ the Reformation.
He felt that his Wrnir.g, his pen, and his life
must be devoted to the cause cf the church. He
translated the Bible into Anglo-Saxon. Multi-
tudes rejoiced to read it in their mother tongue.
Its long suppressed precepts gave new life to thou-
sand!. The Eord blessed the man and the work.

The Areopagi of Athens had long ceased to
canvass the merits of Platonic, Epicurean and
Stoic Philosophy. Academic Groves of Greece
were no more the centres of learning, but "be-
yond the Alps," and among a modern people the
seeds of learning were sown, along the banks of
the Rhine and the Danube and in the valleys of
the Alps. The names of Luther and Melanc-
thon, of Zwingle and Calvin, are eminently con-
spicuous in that memorable encounter of Truth
with error, — that life and death struggle which
marked the history of the sixteenth century.

John Knox, of the university of St. Andrews
became the dread of the enemies of reform.
Priest and monarch quailed in his presence. He
taught the truth that the world had not yet com-
prehended, that both civil and religious rights
were the common inheritance of all new truths,
which, when recognized would require kings to
relinquish prerogatives, and the enfranchisement
of their subjects.

In these rough controversial days, when light

the earth was yet dim, and human rule arbi-
trary, and men were vindictive, we may find
much that we may wish were wiser and better.
1 ,it us throw over the times the mantle of charity,
when we find among them a consciousness that
the truth was then but dawning, that the sun

had not reached its zpnith. Both on the conti-
nent and in the British Isles the master minds
both for and against the church were found
amongst Collegians. At the seats of Learning
as in Jerusalem, Alexandria, Athens and Rome,
where the best cultivated intellects assembled,
were found the centres of the great reform life
and power.

The records of another century disclose the
fact that while kings are contending for prerog-
atives and parliament for power, the printing
press had become the great instrumentality in
the hands of the controversialists. Tyndal trans-
lated the whole Bible and published a printed
edition. The church had still its cloud of wit-
nesses. The version in present use called king
James's translation followed. The fires were
kindled in academic halls, Kenelon, Flavel, Bax-
ter, Milton, Kempis, Bunyan. Barclay, Penn,
Fox and Robenson were few of a host who spoke
and wrote in defence of civil and religious libertv,
as well as of the apostolic, and evangelic faith
At a later day we have the touching and elo-
quent teachings and able writings of such men
as the Wesleys, Horne, Newton, Clark, Calvert,
Scott, and Hunter, Asbury and Whitfield. I
need not dwell on the advance made by mod-
ern Europe nor of the learned works of Neander
ot Germany, and of Chalnkre of Scotland ,of kin-
dred intelligent minds of our own century ; for
with them come a cloud of witnesses to the fact
that the religious world is constantly assuming
higher ground and entertainig more catholic con-
ceptions of the apostolic faith.

Let me then, my young friends, who are to be inmates
of this college, bring this truth solemnly home to you. —
To such as you all through our land, must we look for
that great work which remains to be done before prophe-
cy shall be fullillcd, when " the glory of the knowledge of
the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters do the sea ."
To you must we look to hasten this glorious result.

Let us look over the earth, and contemplate its thous-
and millions of people, only about one-third of whom have
heard, mach less read, the written Law of God. Even
Christendom is groping in the dark. Evangelical Chris-
tianity finds too many men of highly developed minds ar-
raying their learning against it. Pantheistic and My-
thological philosophy in our day revives in the guise of
Materialism and nationalism in their diversified forms.'

In the very church itself the controversy is earnest and
persistent, a contest which must go on until the gospel
day shall thine oat in its native primitive parity, fair M
the moon and clear as the sun.

In this controversy, mind will continue to grapple with
mind, and the strongest intellects on both sides will be

christian family o.>Mi#Ajnu>;.

earnest for victory. History is ransacked for proof, lan-
guages traced to their roots, philosophy, logic and rhet-
oric, are taxed for aid. The real contest is for God and
his Law ; for the Church and the Bible on the one side,
and for the Prince of this world on the other. A king-
dom is arrayed against a kingdom.

1'rophets have told u.s that a glorious future awaits us.
But to do this work, will require much earnest, patient,
ehristian life-labor. Men and women in Europe and
America have laid their lives on the altar. All our learn-
ing is demanded for the Lord's cause.

The history of the Reformation is but the developement
of those fundamental truths that sustain both church and
state, and secure to this nation whatever of gratefulness
and happiness, in the providence of God, it may possess.

The pioneers that sought a shelter on the rock-ribbed
coast of New England, on the beautiful Hudson and Del-
aware, and on the Ashley and Copper rivers ornamented
by stately pines made fragrant by the yellow jessamine,
were pilgrims who had no continuing city here, but sought
one to come.

They bad learned in dungeons, and by passing through
the fire and by gibbet, that a peaceful home in the deep
wilderness, with God and freedom, is better than a pal-
are with political and spiritual bondage. In these fit re-
treats, the stern Puritan, the Catholic, the Swede and
Finn, the Huguenot, and the Quaker, the persecuted of
the old world under whatever name, could seek shelter
from the wrath of tyranny, and perform their devotions,
each under his own vine ; and the church had rest.

These pioneers were not ignorant men. In gospel
light, in Literature sacred and profane, in Science and Art,
they had seen the true relations of Church and ltate. —
Kin^s were begging for the protection of their preroga-
tives while their thrones were being shaken, and their
subjects were inquiring about their natural rights.

But the American mind wa9 not all clear ; some had
not yet learned that civil and religious liberty are the
commoniuhrr dance of all. They assumed that, " We are
right and being right, are entitled to liberty. Being right
we are proper judges of others, and none but those uho are
right are entitled to liberty. When men will not of their
own free will, do right, they should be compelled, or suf-
fer until they will, For a "time, until the light of the Ref-
ormation became more generally diffused, the inquisitori-
al honor made a dark chapter in American church history.

In that deep deadly struggle of two hundred years
ago whin jrreat minds grappled with error, and "seized
upon truth where'er twas found'' when with a martvr
spirit the trials of tea and land, the tfibiernfiM, famine,
pestilence and death were resolutely met, we find, as the
result of all this baptismal ordeft), principles like the fol-
lowing the fruit.

1. That the most successful method of resisting tyr-
any id by iinbucing the minds of the whole people, with
a true and intelligent love of liberty, and thus creating a
necessity for a free government.

-. That revolutions. In gorernnent can be moat safe-
ly made bj the ballot, and by teaching truth.

B Thai (i-mI blesses food and prayerful men and will
-t them in accomplishing hli purposes in the sartk

4 That governments 1 1 k*< aseoks, go from the mo-
tive imparted to them and depend on WUe men more than
on good /r?"

5. That good government succeeds best when the
citizen is a patriot through a conscientious desire to hon-
or the divine law.

'1. That no class of men can monopolize moral truth.
It is the common inheritance of all.

7. That all men are equal in privilege and accounta-
bility before the law, that every citizen is entitled to the
right of trial by a Jury of his compeers whose verdict
should be unrestricted.

8. That noble blood is only found associated with a
noble heart and mind.

9. That no people may be brought into bondage bnt
by their own consent.

10. That the power for making, sustaining, and m
ifying governments is in the people.

11. That knowledge and learning generally dillu
throughout a community are essential for the freed
and happiness of any people, and that the orphan a- well
as the more fortunate child is the ward of the state.

IS That no earthly power may absolve man fi
his allegiance to God, and that all men should of right,
be permitted to worship him according to the die
their consciences.

13. That even savage nations should be recognized
as possessing instincts, and a sense of right in common
with ourselves, that may be controlled by sound rea
truth, and justice, and that they may be made allie
more favored nations in the improvement of sooi-

14. That the tendency of Christianity and genera!
intelligence is to advocate the happiness and secure the
permanent peace of nations, and by the light of prop!

we may feel the assurance that the destiny of man is to
rise upward ever until every nation shall be enfranch
and evangelized.

These elements, the fruit of the reformation of martyr
and evangelic lives, beautifully blend in the coustitu;
al law of our state and nation. In these elements the
church can take root and live, and it is for the patriot
Bcholar, and the christian statesman to guard. de\
and mature them.

The truly conscientious man is the be^t citizen 1 1 ■-
that acts through both the love and fear of God, will
ford the best security to the state The rights ofoOJ
are the most sacred rights. It is God's prerogativi
hold the heurts und minds of men obedient U) tbi
Law. Aj we come to this SS citizens wo will not only
feel a desire, mutually, as Christians to encourage
other to faithfulness, but we will as eiti. I

laws and character of the state that bamaa forcrni
shall harmonise with the Divine

This great work with its responsibi
hands. It is for us, as laborers for the chnrcb, to
that these elements of the reformation are no: oolyuui-

rertally diffused tbrOSgh our own nation, but v..

also rec . . • tact that a l»ivine Providence

meant that the pi ir intelligence, freedom und

moral influence should be bit among the : th«#

Qlol

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the rudder, and bi <• time iijjo.n I

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Wr

The first

i ferencs to tl.'
ting, which Jac

* "i-toni of the limes,
I ab'8 marriage, be'
Rachel. The measure
all 1 we< k, however, is as
•ion of man. This
H ded, ii" d'.ulit, to bo n
m< : lorial, to preserve tbo
of the srx day's crea-
irenth
.. all bis work. She six days
work may be done, remind
lays in which " the Lord
l e:i and earth, the sea, and
, them is," and the day of
• ! before our minds the com-
i of \h>' creation and tlie Lord's
from all bis work which he had
rforc the children of
[] keep the Sabbath, to ob
. ibath throughout their
as, for a perpeteal covenant.
sign between me and the chil-
li Israel forever*; for in six days
; made heaven and earth, and
be rested and wiaare*
, 1:16,11 As Cod ended his
- : d the seventh day, and work
■ t'd the seventh

generation, so

eased i. >rd ended his great

n ibo first day of

n .- . when b« arose truimphant

■ ■II and the grave, in

of which his people observe

'a day — the first day of the

• 1 still preserve the cycle of

rs as a memorial of the work

On the Brat day of the

M which he
:.<mi the dead — our Savior ap-
1 unto hi- disciples ; and in a

from that, be met with them every seventh day for seven conseoa

again ; on both of which occasions he

said : "V into you." John

2o : i . I in the day of pen 1 '

which also was the first day of the
week, he led captivity captive, and
•ifts nnto men,'' qualifying his
disciples to execute his great commis-
"and the same day were added
unto them about three thousand
souls." .' . 11.

A prophetic tveelc, (Dan. '.): 24-27,)
is the .-pace of seven years, a day for
a Mar. This method of calculation
was- very easy to the Jews, vrhose
law required them to observe the
Seventh year as a Sabbath, as well as
the seventh day ; it also required
them to number " seven Sabbaths of
years," " seven times seven years,"
or forty-nine years, at tho end of
Which they were to observe a sab-
batical jubilee, "and proclaim liber-
ty throughout all the land unto all
the inhabitants thereof." Lev. 25 :
1-17.

The seventh day of the week was
■ Sabbath — a day of rest; and the
seventh year was a Sabbath — a year
of rest. Beside these they had other
rest days — holy convocations — also
called Sabbaths. The tenth day of
the seventh month, irrespective of the
day of the week on which it fell, was
"a Sabbath of rest." Lev. 1C: 31;
23 : 26-32. So was also the first day
of the seventh month, Lev. 23: 24.
The first and last days of the feast of
tabernacles were holy convocations,
and wore called sabbaths. Lev. 23 :
33^40. As their holy convocations
were sabbatlrs, and as tho first and
last days of the feast of unleavened
bread — the fifteenth and twenty-first
days of the month Abib — wore holy
convocations, in which they were to do
no manner of servile worit, (heap days
were also sabbaths. I*'v. 28: f>, It',.
From a careful examination of this
passage of scripture it also appours
very clear, that, counting from the
sixteenth day of the month, the mor-
row after the fifteenth day 6abbath,

tive weeks, was a sabbatb. How
absurd, then, it is to say, as we bavo

heard from the pulpit, that no day ex-
cept the seventh day of the week was
called sabbath.

Moxtm In the Bible there is a
very close connection between the
terms "month" and "moon." The
principal points in connection with the
Hebrew month, are, its length and the
manner in which it was calculated. It
may be reasonably inferred that the
month at first corresponded to a luna-
tion, that is, that it set in with the
first observance of the new moon, and
continued until the next new moon. —
As they ware not skilled in making
astronomical calculations, tbey could
not tell the precise time of the moon's
conjunction with the sun ; but by care-
ful observation, tbey were generally
enabled to kuow the day on which
the new moon could first be seen, and
with which their months would com-
menco. "And David said unto Jona-
than, Behold, to-morrow is (lie new
moon;" "and Jonathan said to David,
to-morrow is (he new moon. 1 Sam.
•A : 5, 1 8. From these texts we infer
that, in the time of David, they knew
when to expect the new moon. From
the same chapter, 24 — 26 verses, we
ascertain that their months were reck-
oned from new moon to new moon :
" So David bid himself in the field ;
and when the new moon was rome,
the king sat him down to eat meat. —
And the king sat upon his seat, as at
other times, . . . and David's
place was empty. * * * * And
it came to pasB on the morrow which
was the second day of the month, that
David's place was empty ; and Saul
said unto Jonathan his son, "Where-
fore cometh not the son of Jesse to
moat, neither ycsfcrdtiy, nor to-day V
From the circumstance here noticed
it is evident that tb« new moon mar-
ked the first day of the month, and
that the second day of the moon's age,
or the morrow after the new moon,
"was the second day of the month."

In the account of the Deluge, Gen.

UfiltlSXiA^ hAMlLZ OOM^A^KW.

7: 11, 24; 8: 4, from the seventeenth
day of the second month, to the sev-
enteenth day of the seventh month is
reckoned as one hundred and fifty
days. From this faet some have con-
cluded that the month was not strict-
ly lunar. We must, however, not for-
get that, in this early age the world,
they had not become sufficiently ac-
quainted with the motions of the
heavenly bodies, to calculate the exact
time of the moon's changes. They
were, therefore, led by observation ;
and the first appearance of the new
moon marked the first day of the month.
It did not require a long time to dis-
cover that none of their months ex-
ceeded thirty days ; but as some of
them numbered thirty days, whenever
fog or clouds prohibited them from
seeing the moon, not to commence the
month too soon, they reckoned it thir-
ty days. This might occur for sever-
al consecutive months, as in the case
of the Hood, and each month would
have thirty days, as in that case when
five months numbered one hundred
and fifty days. Whatever departure
from the true lunar month would in
this way be made, could easily be cor-
lected when the new moon was first
thereafter observed ; for disregarding
the number of days in the month, it
ended when the new moon was seen,
as that marked the beginning of the
new month.

As regards the number and names
of the months, and the manner of their
use, we can do no better than to quote
rom Smith'* Bible Dictionary un-
der the head of Months. IIo says : —

The commencement of the month
was generally decided by observa-
tion of the new moon, which may be
detected about forty houre after the
period of its conjunction with the sun.
According to the rabbinical rule, how-
ever, there mint at all timei have
'••■•'ii a litttlc uncertainty beforehand
as to the cvirt day on which the
month would begin; for it depended
not only on the appearance, but on
the announcement ; if the Important
word Mekuddaah were qo( prpnonnc

ed until after dark, the following daj
was the first of tho month ; if befsw

dark, then that day (Bosh hash. 3, §
1). But we can hardly suppose that
such a strict rule of observation pre-
vailed in early times, nor was in it
any way necessary : the recurrence of
the new moon can be predicted with
considerable accuracy. The length
of the month by observation would
be alternately twenty-nine and thir-
ty days, nor was it allowed by the
Talmudists that a month should fall
short of the former or exceed the lat-
ter number, whatever might be the
state of the weather. The usual num-
ber of months in a year was twelve,
as implied in 1 K. iv. 7 ; 1. Chr. xxvii.
1 — 15 ; but inasmuch as the Heb»ew
months coincided, as we shall pres-
entlv show, with the seasons, it fol-
lows as a matter of course that an
additional month must have been in-
serted about every third year, which
would bring the number up to thir-
teen. No notice, however, is taken
of this month in the Bible. In the
modern Jewish calendar, the inter
calary month is introduced seven times
n every nineteen years, aecording to
he Metonic cycle, which was adopted
by the Jews about A. D. 360. The
usual method of designating the
months was by their numerical order,
e. g. "the second month" (Gen. vii.
11), "the fourth month" (2 K. xxV.
3) ; and this was generally retained
even when the names were given, e. g.
"in the month Zif, which is the sec-
ond month" (1 K. vi. 1), "in the
third month, that is, the month Sivan"
(Esth. viii. 9). An exception occurs,
however, in regard to Abib in the
early portion of the Bible (Ex. xiii. 4,
xxiii. 15; Deut. xvi. 1), which is al-
ways mentioned by name alone. The
practice of the writers of the post-
Babylouian period in this respect
varied: Ezra, Esther, and Zecbariab
specify both the names and the nu-
merical order; Nehemiah only the
former; Daniel and Haggai only the
latter The names of tho months be-
long to two distinct periods: in the
iir»t place we bay* tli.w peculiar to
the period of Jewish independent

which four only, even including Abib,
which we hardly regard as a proper
name, are mentioned : vir. , Abib, in
which the l'assowsf Ml (Hi xiii. 4,
xxiii. 15, xxx If, 18 j Deut. xvi 1 ),
and which was outablished as the
fii'-t month in commemoration of the
Rxbdu I I ciL 9 1 ; Zif, the i
month ilk u L, ST ) ; Bui, the
eighth fl K. vi. 38) -, and Ethanim,

the seventh (1 K. viii. 2). In the
second place we have the names
which prevailed subsequently to the
Babylonish captivity; of these the
following seven appear in the Bible :
Nisan, the first, in which the Pass-
over was held (Neb. ii. 1 ; Esth. iii.
7); Sivan, the third (Esth. viii. • ;
Bar. i. 8) ; Elul, the sixth (Neh. vi.
15 ; 1 Mace. xiv. 27) ; Chisleu, the
ninth (Neh. i. 1 ; Zech. vii. 1 : 1
Mace. i. 54) ; Tebeth, the tenth (Esth.
ii. lb) ; Sebat, the eleventh (Zech. i.
7 ; 1 Mace. xvi. 14) ; and Adar, the
twelfth (Esth. iii. 7, viii. 12 ; 2 Mace,
xv. 36). The names of the remaining
five occur in the Talmud and other
works : they were Iyar, the second
(Targum, 2 Chr. xxx. 2) ; Tammuz,
the fourth; Ab, the fifth ; Tisri, the
seventh; andMarcheshvan, theeighth.
The name of the intercalary month
was Veadar, t. e. the additional Adar.
Subsequently to the establishment of
the Syro-Macedonia Empire, the use
of the Macedonian calendar was grad-
ually adopted for purposes of litera-
ture or intercommunication with oth-
er countries. The only instance in
which the Macedonian names appear
in the Bible is in 2 Mace. xi. 30, 33,
38, where we have notice of Xantbi-
cus in combination with another nam-
ed Dioscorinthius (ver. 21), which
does not appear in the Macedonian
calendar. It is most probable that
the author of 2 Mace, or a copyist
was familiar with the Cretan calen-
dar, which contained a month named
Dioscurus, holding the same plan in
the calendar as the Macedonian Dvs-
trus, t. e. immediately before X ant In-
cus, and that be substituted one for
the other. Tho identification of the
Jewish months with our own cannot
be effected with precision on account
of tho variations that must inevitably
exist between the lunar and the solar
month."

Year. —The year among the llo-
BfMTi gen. rally consisted of twelve
mOOIli, or lunar month*; but u it
w u necessary, in order for a proper
observance of all the rites of U

feasts that the year should almi\s
li.k'iu about the name M-ason, it be-
came necessary about once In three
years to add one mouth , for, u-
noliced ill the iulf I l! the \

should aiw ays consist of twelve lunar
month*, in almut thirty-four vex* tta

GttltlSTlAM FAiMiLV COMPANION.

- inning would run backward
through all the .seasons. This was
not allowable ; a- certain fruits, the
productions "f the earth, were
quired to be offered on specified days
of the year Here again we will
c|<mte from Smith's 1 *> i b. Dictionary
— article, Year : —

I he Hebrew year, from the time
of the Exodus, was evidently lunar,
though in some manner rendered vir-
tually solar ; and we may therefore
infer that the lunar year is as old as
the date of the Exodus. As the He-
hrew year was not an Egyptian year,
and as nothing is i-aid of its being
new, Bave in its time of commence-
ment, it was perhaps earlier in use
among the Israelites, and either
brought into Egypt by them, or bor-
rowed from Sberuitic settlers. 2. The
year used by the Hebrews from the
time of the Exodus may be said to
have been then instituted; since a
current month, A bib, on the four-
teenth day'of which the tirst Pass-
over was kept, was then made the
fi r.-t month of the year. The essen-
tial characteristics of this year can
be clearly determined, though we
cannot (jx those of any single year.
It MM essentially solar; for the of-
ferings of productions of the earth,
fir.M-fruits, harvest-product, and in-
gathered fruits, were fixed to certain
days of the year, two of which were
in the periods of great feasts, the
third itself a feast reckoned from one
of the former days. But it is certain
that the months were lunar, each
commencing with a new moon. There
must, therefore, have been some
method of adjustment. The first
point to be decided Is how the com-
mencement of each year was fixed. — ■
Probably the Hebrews determined
their new year's day by the observa-
tion of heliacal, or other stac-risings
or Bettings known to mark the'right
time of the solar year, it follows,
from the determination of the proper
new moon oflhe firnt mouth, wheth-
er by observation of a stellar phenom-
enon, or of the forwardness of the
crops, that the method of intcrcala-

i nu only bave been that in use
after the Captivity, the addition of a
thirteenth niojuh.- whenever the
twelfth ended too long before the
equinox for the offering of the fir^V
fruits to Ix- made at the time fixed.
The later Jews had two commence-

ments of the year ; whence it is com-
monly but inaccurately said that they
had two years, the sacred year and
the <ivil We prefer to spenk of the
sacred and civil reckonings. The sa-
cred reckoning was that instituted at
the Exodus, according to which the
first month was Abib: by the civil
reckoning, the first month was the
seventh. The interval between the
two commencements was thus exact-
ly half a year. It has been supposed
that the institution at the time of the
Exodus was a change of coramenc-
ment, not the introduction of a new
year; and that thenceforward the
yrar had two beginnings, respective-
ly at about the vernal and the autum-
nal equinoxes."

Our Savior's resurrection was on
the first day of the weak which came
first in order after the full moon in
the month Nisan": and Easter Sun-
day, which is held as the anniversary
of his resurrection, is, according to the
council of Nice, which was held in the
year 825, the first Sonday after that
full moon which comes on the 21st of
March, or next after that date, Ac-
cording to this rule, the new moon
that first preceeds the full moon which
regulates Easter, marks the begin,
ning of Abib or Nisan. But in more
ancient times, the beginning of the
Ilebrew year was decided, either by
the appearance of certain stars or by
the forwardness of the crops.

We shall now arrange the numbers
and names of the Hebrew months in
order, showing how they compare
with each other according to the civil
and sacred reckonings of the year,
and also their comparison with our
mode of computation. The first col-
umn of figures indicate the number of
the month according to the sacred
reckoning, which had its origin at the
tiuie of the Exodns, and the second
column the number according to the
civil reckoning. The first column of the
calendar months, our own reckoning,
shows the months in which theirs
allj began, and the second, the
mouths in which they ended. It- is
however, evident that their mouths
sometimes commenced earlier than at

others, according as the new moon

was earlier.

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swered mostly to March.

Hoping that our readers have close-
ly followed us in onr notice of the
divisions of time as used in the Bible,
attention shall next be called to the
Passover.

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The Fiona Y*nth.

The January number of our juven-
ile paper, has now gone lorth to meet
its young patrons and readers, in its
new form, and a beautiful colored cov-
er. Men are not the best judges of
their own work ; but we confess that
we are very much pleased with the
Youth in its present form, and with
the January number, especially, both
in its execution and contents ; regret-
ting only the many typographical er-
rors, some parts of it not having re-
ceived any correction at all.

We now offer the Youth as a first-
class paper, aud if our Brethren and
friends desire such a pai>er to be pub-
lished among us, we invite them to
support it. It will not pay exponses
with less than a thousand subscribers
above our present list, most of our

C4IMSTIAN FAMILY C'OMBAmUN.

subscribers paying us only seventy-
five cents, taking it in connection with
the Companion. At this rate, it will
take a large circulation to compensate
for the labor. The present form con-
tains over a column a month more
than that of last year, besides what
is gained by driving out all the adrer-
ti8emeuts.

It is so arranged that it can be di-
vided into four parts, for distributing
among Sunday Schools, furnishing
one part for each Sunday in the
month. In that case we do not sup-
ply the cover but cut them apart, and
send them well wrapped, and offer
them at reduced rates, when ten or
more copies are sent to one address.

We have a few extra copies of the
January No., which will be sent as
specimens, on the receipt of ten cents.
Specimen packs for Sunday Schools,
will be sent for ten cents.

"Monej is so Scarce."

That is the complaint in almost
every letter. Our agents say they
could do much more for us if money
were not so scarce. Well, of course
we cannot publish our paper without
money, for every thing we use costs
us money, and it is generally wanted
cash down too ; but'we want to ac-
commodate our friends, and will give
them all the time we can afford. We
will take any number of good, honest
subscribers, who will pay us within
the year. However, let no one delay
a week after he can spare the mon-
ey, as wc will be in need of it all l In-
time. Agents will send us what they
have collected. Don't scut over $1.50
at our risk, without registering tin-
letter.

IIuv«- I'lilli nrr .

Already some of our subscribers
arc beginning to write tin- seqond
time, on account of the irregular arri-
val of their papers. Have patience
friends ; we are still about five- duys
behind time. We would have nearly
caught up, but our new. snpplj of pa-
per did not arrive in time, ami delay-

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them without fail.

Children's Paper.

The Childrens' Paper is the title
of a small monthly, the first number
of which has found its way 'to our
sanctum. It is somewhat of an illus-
trated paper, having one cut showing
Daniel in the lions' den, another of a
little girl feeding chickens, another of
a boy beating an ass, and the fourth
of a Winter scene in a barn-yard. It
is quite neat and readable. Price,
per single copy, 40cts, a year ; ten
copies 3$. Address II. J. Kurtz,
Dayton, Ohio.

Specimens oftlie Phrenological
Journal.

Having had frequent applications
for specimen copies of the Phrenolog-
ical Journal, we have applied to the
publisher, aud have received a num-
ber of odd copies of last year, which
we can send to those who wish to ex-
amine it, at ten cents each, which
they are well worth to any one who
can appreciate good reading.

Brethrens' Almanac.

The second and last edition of our
Almanac fos 1871, haa now been ex-
hausted, and we can receive no more
orders.

In this connection, we will say, we
have a copy of the Almanac, in which
we will note all errors in name's and
addresses, deaths, ministers elected
Ac, to be corrected in the edition for
1872. There are a number of names
of ministers omitted, which we hopu
to obtain in future editions It will
be in order to make corrections, at any
time; but we will call special inten-
tion to the matter about the lirrU of
.Ink

ilrruttiui.

Iu the concluding portion of 1' 8
Newcomer's article, No. \i, pa*-

read : " The opinions of all gre.at men
when once proclaimed to the world,
become food for public use, so long as
we do not exagerate or misrepresent.

Back N umbers

We can furnish back numbers to all
new subscribers to the C. F. C, for
volume seven, to the. number of sev-
eral hundred. Send on your orders.

Ministerial Visit.

We were favored with a visit by
brother John W. Brumbaugh and ;-is-
ter Peggie, his wife, and brother Sam-
uel A. Moore, on Friday the 13th. —
They remained with us over Sunday,
and had preaching in Birmingham,
but on account of the very bad weath-
er they had rather a slim turnout.
They found ourself sick and in bed,
so that^we could not attend the meet-
ings, but we did enjoy their company,
and their kind admonition and words
of encouragement; and we believe that
such visits frequently repeated would
have a good effect upon the Compan-
ion family. Try it brethren and sis-
ters.

Answers to Correspondents. ■

Isaac Farnemax. You over paid
by 75 cents : we apply it to the poor.

I L Glass. It is right ; and we are
thankful to you fur remitting se
promptly.

Lewis W Teeter. We cannot ac-
count for the failure in acknowledging,
but your Money Order for $20.00 was
received. •

M 8 JACOBS. A fair understand-
ing: we are square

Samiti. M BROKE. Your cornmi*-
■ion is CiO eeats, which you cau de-
duct from the price of nny of our
books or publications.

1>amkl Smith M D. The Alma
Q»Cfl were sent before your letter ar-
rived. Shall we still ecud tin ti. V. ?

Da\ii> H. Smi.r/.. Who »«-nt in
v our name feat year I

\s\ I RoKJ Your sulmcripiion
had expired . \\ ah roluoie », A \\
have entered your name for another
year.

CHRISTIAN FAMILY COMPANION.

CORRESPONDENCE

Correspondence of church nnet solicited from
a'.\ parte of the lirvtherhood. Writer's name
and address required on every communication
at /uarantee of goo<l fatth . Rejected communi-
ty manuscript turd, n»t relumed. AU
oirnmuricationi fur publication should be writ-
ten upon one Mid* o/tht sheet only.

Dear Brethren and Sitters. — I
will give a short report of my late
visit to .Bedford and Somerset coun-
ties, Fa. Arrived at the new meet-
ing house at Dunning' s Creek, on the
evening of the 17th of December.
Il:ul ten meetings in that branch:
quite an interest was manifested by
ihe members and others. A general
desire is manifested, not only by
members, but others also, to obtain
more light on the ordinances of bap
ism and feet-washing. On Monday
26th was conveyed by brother Hiram
Musselman, across the Alleghany
mountain to the Shade Branch, Som
erset county, where I enjoyed myself
very much among the dear members.
A ttended ten meetings in this branch,
generally well attended, by mem-
bers and others ; and quite an inter-
est manifested in the word preached.
I Mi the '2nd of January was brought
across the mountain, back to Dun-
mug's Creek, by brother Jacob Ber-
key, accompanied by brethren Jos.
Berkey and II. Musselman, having
been invited to attend a council
meeting in said Branch, on the 3rd.,
that evening (2nd) brother J. S.IIo).
singer spoke in the Lutheran church,
at Pleasantville, on tho subject of
Christain baptism, by request of
some of their members. I trust the
truth did not suffer by the investiga-
tion. On the evening of tho 8rd tho
subject of Feet-washing had been
announced, and was treated on, ac-
cording to the ability that God gave.
On the 4th was conveyed to brother
John M. Holsinger's, where I atten-
ded meeting that evening, and an ap-
pointment was then made for Satur
(lay evening, & the subject announc-
ed to be: "Church Goverment."
A professed preacher of the gospel.
having some weeks bofore, in a school
n<a: h_v, spoken ou that sub-
ject, and openly, and positively de-
nied the authority of disowning mem-

bers, no matter what their conduct | Brother John S. Holsinger was
or deeds may be. On the .*>th was | ordained at the same time. So that
conveyed by John S. Holsinger to ' part of the Yellow-creek congrega-
:?nowberger's meeting-house, where j tion k now considered a separate
I met brethren J. W. Brumbaugh ' branch ; and will hereafter be repre-
and Joseph Snowberger of Clover- ' sentcd as such at district meetings ;
creek Branch, on their return from adding one name more to the list
a visit of several weeks. We had of churhes for Middle Pennsylvania
two meetings that day, and also on ' District.

the 0th, the evening meeting on the
0th was also devoted in examining the
subject of "Church Government."
On the 7th, was taken by brother
D. Snowberger to Ilolsinger'a meet-
ing-house, where the disputed point
was spoken on at length to a 1 arge
and attentive audience.

Eighth again conveyed by brother
S. to their meetinghouse, at 10 A.
M. and in the evening to Esholman's
for evening meeting. 9th to Brum-
baugh's, Cltver-creek Branch ; where

Elders Jacob Miller of Yellow,
creek, and Joseph Berkey of Shade
Branch were in attendance at said

Meeting.

I met my companion, and learned
that she enjoyed reasonable good
health during my absence: also met
brethren W. Howe and A. Van Dyke
of the Lewistown Branch, and enjoy-
ed their company very pleasantly
for two meetings.

On the 11th I started for home
with staff in hand, but was overtaken
by brother G. Puderbaugh who took
me on his sled to Martinsburgh —
here engaged a sleigh, took his sled,
home, unhitched one of his horses
sent his boy with me the greater
part of the way. When a cup of
cold water will be noticed, such
iflits of self sacrificing kindness will
surely not pass unrewarded.

Saturday, January the 14th re-
turned to Dunning's-creek again,
where, according to previous an-
nouncement, a choice for a minister
was to take place. Preaching on
that evening, and next day at 10
o'clock; alter which the choice was
attended to ; which resulted in tho
selection of brother Jno. B. Miller
for the ministry. Ho having served
for some time in the office- of deacon,
the church decided to choose anoth-
er one in bis place : whereupon the
votes were aghin taken and resulted
in a tie vote f .r brethren George
( alaban aud Christian S. Holsinger,
and so both were installed into the,
office of deacon.

Daniel M. IIolsixueii.

Brother Henry : — Inasmuch as
church news is always more or less
interesting, and we trust edifying too,
we have taken upon ourselves the res-
ponsibility of communicating a few
items, relative to this part of God's
moral heritage ; and we have conclu-
ded to transmit through the medium
of the Gotnpanion, believing that the
majority of your readers love to read
and hear of the success and prosperity
of our beloved fraternity.

According to previous arrangements
a series of meetings commenced on the
evening of the twenty-fourth of De-
cember in the Berlin congregation, and
continued about two weeks. Breth-
ren D. F. Good, G. Bricker, and D.
W. Rowland, from Franklin Co., Pa.,
and J. H. Baker, from Meyersville,
Md., came to our help. C. G. Lint,
from Elklick congregation, was also
with us a few days, and took a part in
the ministerial labors. But unfortu-
nately brother D. H. Rowland took
sick, and consequently could only be
present at a few of our meetings, and
brother G. Bricker being a mere youth
in the ministry, almost the entire la-
bor rested upon brethren D. F. Good,
and J H. Baker, to whom the success
of the meeting may, in a great meas-
ure be due. The brethren met twice
a day, morning and evening ; and the
attendance being very large and regu-
lar, the meeting, of course, soon be-
came very interesting and edifying to
both saint and sinner.^aa the sequel of
i this communication will show.

All classes and sects came pouring
in, seemingly anxious to know what
these hnmble strangers had to say, as
servants of God, in regard to the wants
and spiritual interests of the *Oul, as
portrayed in the Gospel. AudWesrc
satisfied that many have goie away
with quite different coneiusitJfls, in

GHMSTLAN FAMILY COMPANION.

reference to the application of the sa-
ving means of the Gospel, as adapted
to the soul.

No sooner had these servants of the
most high God introduced themselves
to the people of Berlin and vicinity,
and commenced to preach the word in
its primitive purity and power, than
the work of the Lord commenced to
revive ; stirring up the minds of the
people by way of remembrance of these
things. Every member seemed to be
at his post, together with the preach-
ing of the Word to such great effect
in the demonstration of God's Spirit,
and the combined prayers of God's
people ascending even before the throne
of Jehovah, we trust, verifying the
saying that "The prayer of the right-
eous availeth much." Thus the ark
of God commenced moving forward,
and we are persuaded in our minds,
according to promise and the assur-
ance of inspiration, that the tears,
groans and supplications of the saints
have been heard in heaven and ans-
wered upon earth ; not only in reviving
the poor way-faring pilgrim through
this benighted world, but also in
bringing the sinner solemnly and sin-
cerely to reflect upon the danger of
procrastinating time, and thus jeopor-
dizing his soul in the prospects of
heaven and its congenial climes, upon
the sunny banks of final deliverance.
Nor is this all, whilst the brethren
have been so liberally disposed in deal-
ing out the crumbs of the bread of life
to the hungry foul, our hearts have
been made glad in the reception of the
same. It was a rich feast to the bouI
indeed. At the same time they have
not refused to send arrows of convic-
tion to the sinner's flinty heart : thanks
be to Goa, wounds have been inflict-
ed that can only lie healed by Jesus.
The result is that twenty souls have
confessed Jes«8, and were added to
the church by immersion, giving u«
their bands and Jesus their hearts. —
Notwithstanding the depth of winter
with its keen blasts and garb of ice
and snow, the ice was cut, and an
edict went forth from the hearts of
this people : "Not my will, but thine
be done in all things.'' Manv others
have almost been persuaded to be
christian-, laboring under profound
convictions, and we trust, jos, pray,
that they too, may be led into t In-
fo! <1 of king Jesus.

We would here state that siaoe
June last, forty-ono members 1
been added to the church here, to

the chucrch militant here below, and
we pray that we might be so unspeak-
ably happy as to be translated into
the church triumphant above.

Dear brethren and sisters, let us la-
bor and pray a little more, ia order to
become more thoroughly qualified unto
every good work, that we may become
efficient instruments in the hands of
God, in doing good all around us. —
No matter whether official or lay
members, we have all a work to do,
and cannot be idle in the vineyard of
the Lord. In short, we aro all labor-
ers together.

By way of conclusion, wc would
just say, from what we have experi-
enced of lato, and from the glorious
results of our meeting, that we feel
like encourageing meetings of this
kind. Yours in the bonds of union.
E. Cober,
E. J. Meyers,

Berlin, Pa. W. G. Schrock.

Brother Henri/ : — It is with pleas-
ure that I take my pen to contribute
a little church news for the Compan-
ion. We had purposed, some time
ago, to hold a series of meetings about
the hollidays.and had written for help ;
but obtained none from the brethren,
on account of hindering circumstances.
Being disappointed in this, we conclu-
ded that we would petition the good
Lord for help, and go to work. We
commenced our meeting on the first
day of January, and continued until
the evening of the tenth, in which
time the Lord added unto our little
zion thirteen souls, which wore inita-
ted by baptism ; and two more, which
had strayed away from the fold were
made willing to return ; which makes
an aggregate of fifteen ; and wo trust
that manny more were deeply impres-
sed. The church in general was much
revived. Amongst those that were
baptized, was Peter Lohr. I here
mention his name for the satisfaction
of bis friends what we think would bo
glad to hear of his return to the Lord,
even in his old days. Dear brethren
we can truly say that we had a time,
of refreshing from the presence of the
Lord, which made our hearts greatly

rejoice .May the Lord continue his

good work, and may we one and all
gird up tlje loins of our minds, and
bopS to thy end. for the grace that

•ball be brought to u - st toe pei ela-
tion of Jesus Christ, ia the prayer of

your week hut sincere brother,

CHJCIb't J BHOWALTBB.

Gleanings lront Subscribers.

" says he will quit the use

of tobacco in every way, and pay ten
cents for the paper, though be is well
able to pay full price. I submit him
to you ; do as you choose."

Well, we'll take him, though really
he ought to pay full price, as he will
get all the benefit of the reform. Per-
haps by the end of the year, when ho
sees how much he has 6aved and
gained he will conclude to pay the
balance ; unless he should happen to
take to the " root " instead of the
" weed."

I mean to do for you what I can,
and help to make up the loss you
may have on account of the decided
stand you have taken in opposition to
tobacco, though I must confess to my
shame I still use a little myself ;
though I have Bpont no money for it
for the last eight months, and hope,
by the help of the Lord, soon to be
entirely free from it. II. F. Lev.

That is the way to do it : say I
will, and then ask the Lord to help
you ; and it will bo an easy matter.
God helps those who help them-
sell es. When we help ourselves into
a had habit, we ought to go a good
ways towards helping ourselves out
of it.

1 do not belong to the church, but
I feel an interest in your paper, he-
cans. • it exposes evil, such as tobacco,
and other evils. I hope you may
prosper, and still expose other evils;
and I would name as such, the rais-
ing of tobacco, and raising corn for
distillers, and thus sending destruc-
tion throughout the laud. All such
evils have a bad influence upon the
church."

It doefl appear reasonable, that,
if it is not right to use the tobacco
and the liqoOT, we ought not to help

make it, or to sell it \\Y would not

do either I. .t Si W '. help the ene
my in the least, not BTSO bj ■ wink,
lie has help BQOUgh without BJ
hail you not betti : the

church, friend Lf ^ru could do

espeds j •

Think of it

CJ1PJ£TIAN FAMILY COMPANION.

\\ b feel thankful to our heavenly
Father that then arc still some thai
can (rive good advice ami encourage*
meat to us who art- so far from hear-
ing the true Qospel preached •
Lora'a 1'iiy, as many can do. We

still hope that soma good speaker
from among the many that are in
other parts of the Brotherhood, will
come ami srttle in OUT neighborhood.
Brother Michael Forney was up from
Kichland, and held six meetings here
with us ; and we wore much rejoiced
to hear him speak

Jamk- M' Buipk
Uazlr Deli, III.

" I frit sorry when 1 saw in the
Companion that there are brethren
who would rather pay two dollars for
a larirer paper that does not advocate
sound doctrine, than to pay one dol-
lar and fifty cents for the Companion.
which advocates the truth as it is in
Jesus. I think it shows a very weak
faith in the word of the Lord."

S. L. Nkwcomer.

I wish you would send the ('. V. ('.

to young Sister : . She

ii a poor, weekly sister, and has noth-
ing except what she is nolo, to work
for. She does not spend money for
tobacco, or any other unnecessary
things, and is very fond of reading
the Competi t ion and would be lost
without it. I hope the Lord will
cause some good brother or sister,
who has the means, to send you
$1.60 for it.

A. J. CoRRELL.

She fills the bill, and of course
must have the C. F. C. ; but we join
brother Correll in his hope that some
brother or sister may be induced to
pay for it. as our list of free copies is
getting quite lengthy, while our con-
tributions for that purpose do not yet
reach $5. Those who contribute to
that fund, and do not wish their names
published, will plea»e select the
name, or token by which we can ac-
knowledgetbcir contributions through
the paper. When the amount reach-
re dollars we will publish it.

\ ; were kind enough to Bend the
Almanacs, but said the monej

to hand 1 now send another

fifty cents to pay for them, Si I think

I can tope a little as easily as you can

much I am vcrv much pleas-

ed with the A Imauacs, and consequent-
ly I don't want you to lose anything
on them. Ifa.v t. UtBIH.

Thank you, brother (iarber, it does
us good to meet with abrotherofyour
stamp, occasionally. We lose quite an
amount of money in that way, during
tho year. And yet it is a delicate
matter in business. Urn Writer is sure
he has sent it, and does not feel like
sending twice ; and if wc do not send
hi:n what he had ordered, he will cease
to patronize us. Ilence, in nearly all
cases, we have borne tho loss, amount-
ing, some years, to over a hundred
dollars a year, expecting to make up
part of it by continued patronage and
confirmed friendship.

Another drain on our income is, by
the loss in bad money, counterfeit
notes, which amount to considerable
in a year. All suspicious-looking bills
we mark, and if pronounced bad we
return them ; but still we are frequent-
ly taken in, mostly on 50ct notes. —
Now, these are passed off on ns by
our brethren, unconsciously, of course,
and we must lose it. We, therefore,
highly appreciate it when our breth-
ren manifest a willingness to help bear
some of those losses which cannot in
any way be attributed to any fault or
•hort-coming on our part.

satisfy the minds of the ignorant who
know so better, or perhaps in obedi-
ence to the Methodist Discipline.

We did not realize that the (
pknio* added so much to our enjoy-
ment, until last week it failed to reach
our post office. Its loss made us feel
the uecesity of having a Com// anion
visit us every week for our instruction
and edification. One brother came
three miles through wet and mud for
his C. F. C. I hope the time will
soon come, that our paper will be so
well supported, that it will make ub a
visit for every week in the year.

Antiovh, Ind.

We fondly hope that our brother
may be gratified in his desire. And
besides, being prosperous in the busi-
ness, we hope that we may also be
supported by a strong corps of carefu 1
contributors and correspondents, who
will prepare their manuscript with
care and skill, so that the editors can
occasionally leave the office for recrea-
tion, and to mingle with kindred spirits.
In every congregation, some one ought
to be appointed whose duty it will be
to communicate deaths, marriages.and
all other matters of interest.

Kan. Mm; Thoughts Xo. 2.

BY S. M. MINNICK.

On last Sabbath, the certainty of Brother Baily has been here twice

death was very forcibly presented to We are very lonesome, and would

the minds of the citizens of our village. ' like fer seme of the brethren to come

They assembled at the SI E., Church and preach for us, as I think there

in the A. M., to hear a discourse by could be much good done. And as

the pastor, iu memory of a little girl, we are commanded to go into all the

whoee spirit hadasceuded.totbeCourts world and preach the gospel. If they

above. In the V. M , they were again will come and preach for us we will

called upon to sympathize with par- treat them the best we are able. I

entS who Were compelled to hare their live nine miles west of Charleston,

only child consigned to the cold grave, on the north side of the river, near

The minister had baptized (a» they cross lanes,
call it, ) one of these little Iamb Mother has been taking the Corn-

few hoors before- its death He bad panion sinc« August, anal have-been

to say, however, in his reading it, and am highly pleased

on, that " The spirits of a//chil- with it. It is a great pleasure to me

dren who die iu infancy, go to the to hear from the brethren and to read
arms of Jesus." This being his bclii explanations on pa

m only account for bii e scripture, when i have no' theoppor-

hy assuming that besprinkles these t unity of hearing them preach,
lambs of the kingdom of Ilcaven to I. H- Starkey

Brother Henry: — I have neglecbd
•■• riting to you for several days. I
wish to inform you of our lonesome
condition ; there are but four of us
that belong to tho church in these
parts. My wife and myself were
baptized last November. My mother
and grand-mother belong to the church.
We are here without any preachers.

aWIMSTIAfl FAMILY COMPANION.

How Is it r

Brother liohinger : — We general-
ly believe that Martin Lutlier was j
the founder of the Lutheran church.
.John Weslev of the Methodist, and |
Alexander Campbell of the Camp-
bellites, and according to jour bio- 1
graphical sketch Alexander Mack |
must have been the founder of the
Brethren Church, as you say be
was the firatminister among thelireth-
ren. Here in Indiana we preach
that Christ was the founder of our
church. J >o. II. Miller.

R EMARK.S. — We would not say that
Luther Oalvin, and Campbell are the
founders of the sects that are named
after them. They were the agents
the instruments through whom said
churches were organized ; but the
founder was in advance of them, and
must be traced either to the source of
good or evil. We do not say in our
biographical sketch of Alexander
Mack, that be was the founder of the
church, but he was the first mintster.
We do not claim our roligion by birth-
right, or apostolic succession. We
see no advantage in denying what is
true ; but on the contrary we see harm
in it, by avoiding the true issue and
assuming a wrong one. Alexander
Mack was the first minister of the pe-
culiar organization of which we are
now a member, and we can see no
good reason why he should be de-
spised for that. Neither did he ever
claim, nor do we now claim for him
any special honor from that source ;
but facts are facts, and when we go to
recording historical events, or biog-
raphies of men, we desire to deal in
facts. We believe that Jesus is the
Author, the Founder of the Church,
but mei were the instruments through
whom he accoomplished the work,
and brother Murk was one of them.
Rut we never prearh upon this mat-
ter at all. Wo preach Christ, and
show that the Church of Christ will
keep the commandments of Christ ;
then we i»how that the Brethren
do keep the commandments, and the
inevitable conclusion is that the

Rrethren are the Church of God, no '■
matter " whence it cometh or wbicher
It geetfc, for so ii every one that is
born of God."

<|ueri«s.

Will some of the young readers of
the Companion, tell us why Christ
is called the Word and Wisdom of
God? E. S. Millkb.

Brother Henri/ : — I should like
for some brother to give an expla-
nation of Matthew 1G : 18, '-And I
gay also nnto thee, that thou art
Peter, and upon this rock I will
build my church, and the gates of
hell shall not prevail aga : nst it "
What rock had the Savior in view
in speaking unto Peter?

W. G. Lint.

MARRIED.

On the 3rd of January by Elder C. G. Lint,
brother SIMON MILLER of the Black Hawk
Branch, Iowa, to slater LYD1A FIKE, of the
Elklick Branch, Somerset Co. Pa.

In the Elklick Branch, Somerset Co. Pa.
Sept. 25th, 1870, of Typhoid Fever, LYDIA,
daughter of brother Samuel P. au:l
8asau MILLER: aged 15 years, 6 months,
and S3 days.

DIED.

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At the residence of her son-in-law, Thomas
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1570, sister ELIZABETH RESLER ' aged 61
years, 8 mouths, and 11 days. She lived a
consistent member In Christ, for 35 years. —
Funerrl services by Eld. Joseph (i.irber.

Also in Cedar Co., Iowa, Oct. 7lh, 1870,
Ll'CINDA KIIALER, daughter of the above;
•gad 39 years 3 months, and 3 days.

Taos. O. Sbtpbb.

In the Benton Co, congregation. Iowa,
Jan 4th, 1871, brother JOHN TROXEL; aged
33 years, 8 months, and 3 days. The deceas-
ed was a faithful deacon In the church. His
wife and three of his children died seme time
before hi* death. Three small children are
left without father, without mother, to
mourn their loss. May the Lord bless and
provide for these little orphans. Since May
last, eleven of the Troxels have died In the
town of Marvvllle. Disease, Tpyhold Fever.
Funeral services i v ' 0, Watters and the
writer, from the U$d, Psalm IS, 14. IV

Thos. (; Snyder.

In the Upper Cumberland District,
berlaml < .. . l'i rfovembe Nth 1870 broth-
er Ml M:V SHEAFS! 91 years. 3
months, anil 10 daj He suflei

(tor MVeral vars, from Dropsy; but

I affliction* with Chrlalla
until the good Lord saw tit to end his suffer-
ings by taking his spirit bone to Himself,

who gave It. He left a widow— a slater, and
eons aud a daughter, and brelhern and sis-
ters la the eliurh to mourn their loss- But
we do not sorrow as tbo-.e who have no hope.
Funeral occasion was improved by the breth-
ren from Philemon 1 : 31.

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months, and 27 days. She spent 8 mouths
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nursed like a child. "And whosoever shall
give to drink unto one of these little ones, a
cap of cold water only, in the naoae of a dis-
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wise lose his reward." The occasion was
improved by the Brethren from Isiah, 35 : 10.

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" Whosoever iov6tb me Ketipetn rm cominundaienis"— Jesus.

TYRONE, PA. TUESDAY, JAN. 31,1871.

AUi.oOFer Am

Number

The Prayer ot Nabmisftion.

Father, I know that all my lifo

Is portioned out for me,
And the changes that are sure te come,

I do not fear to see ;
But I ask yet for a present mind,

Intent on pleasing Thee.

I ask Thee for a thoughtful love —
Through constant watching, wise.

To meet the glid with joyful smiles,
And wipe th« weeping eyes ;

And a heart at leisure from itself,
To soothe and sympathize.

J would cot have the reitless will

That hurries to and fro,
Becking for «ome groat thing to do,

Or secret thing to know :
I would be treated as a child,

And guided where I go.

Wherever in the world I am,

In whatsoe'er estate.
I have a fellowship with hearts

To keep and cultivate ;
And a work of lowly love to do,

For the Lord's owu. welcome wait-
So I aik Thcc lor the daily strength,

To none that asJ; denied,
And a mind to blend with outward life,

While keeping at thy aids ;
Content to lill a little space,

If Thou be glorified.

And If some things I do not ssk

In my cup of blessings be,
1 would litre my spirit llled the more

With graceful love to Thee ;
More careful but to serve Tiiee much,

And to please Thee perfectly.

There are briars besetting every path

That call for patient care ;
There is a crosi in every lot,

' '1 an earnest need for prayer ;
But a lowly heart that leant uii Thee

Is happy everywhere.

In a service which Thy will appoluts,

There are no bonds for |
Kor my inmost heart is taught the truth

That makes Thy children free .
\n.l a life of eelf-ienouDcing !

Is a life ol liberty.

A Family Itutj

To fear God and keep Li* com*

inunil:. .iv of until.

Borne of those commandments relate
directly to things temporal, while
others to 1 1 . i 1 1 1_> - spiritual, or

eternal. Christ teaches thai some of
these are weightier, tbao others, ami
terms them "the good part,
would thai is first to

the kingdom ol God and his right

eousness." Seeking the kingdom of
God, and hif> righteousness, is our
first, and may I not Bay, our chief du-
ty ? If we obtain this kingdom —
which is a spiritual kingdom — it will
be manifest to all around us. It will
be like a city set on a hill, or like a
lighted candle net on a candle-stick ;
yea, more, it will be like leaven. Al-
though it is set up first in the heart
of man, it will uot be hidden there,
but will soon iufluencc all with whom
it comes in contact. It is impossible
for man to profess religion — at least
the religion of Christ — and keep it se-
cret. Religion Implies such duties as
to make it a mutual thing ; and if a
parent professes it, he will no longer
live for himself If the injunction:
"seek ye first the kingdom of God," is
observed, it will be made a family
duty. Beading and speaking the
word of God, as well as prayer are
indispensible family duties ; and it is
this part of the worship of God that
I wish to write on ut prc.-ent. 1 am
aware that some object to making
this a family duty. I was t n <• call-
ed on to speak in Elkhsrt Co., lod.,
and in my desultory remarks, spoke
of the duty — as 1 considered it — of
family worship; and after 1 took my
seat, a worthy brother, ruse and re-
marked, that "we should always be
careful not to teach thai fi r a
mandnoent which was m t command-
ad ;" and, said he, "family worship is
not a command ;" but "it id
and « hataoei er i g >od ia right. " 1

know not why he Bp k but I can-

not forget it

Were I to write oo public worship,

I Would UOt e\pcrt OppOSitil

rom the ministers
. i the great institutions ol i
keeping ali re in I lii • w orld, a
curing to nu o I lie benelii - of the

.
thai of tho
that when

through thai Cbristiai
.i church, and a-* ui rvn aud be-

In lie "11

. it," uml u ■ ■ man
out the w uma
without lLo man, iu the Lord," tho

one who is in the Lord, i

ly attend to the worship of God in

his, or her sphere; for women sh

■ "labor in the Lord."
ship of (rod, with but a few ex
tions, was performed in families by

, the faithful ones, in the earlic-

, of the world. Although we do
find the direct command of doing
before Abraham's time, yet we know
that Abraham did so, and thut G
blessed him for i

, I hide from Aural
which I do
shall surely become a great aud

' mighty nation, and all the nation!
the earth shall be blessed in him:
! ■ I know him, thfi
macd his children aud bit I
hold after him, and they Baall I
the way of the Lord, to do justice and
judgment, that the Lord may b

' upon Abraham that which M I
ken of him." Audafur the Law
given unto the children of!

enforces the first principles of n
ligioo on his people, by exhoi
them to keep the eon
statutes; and judgments of the Lord,
and says, "] words, which I

command thee this day. be In thin i
heart ; and thou sbalt teach i
diligently onto thy childre
.-huit talk of them when th ill -
in thy house, ami when thou walk
by the way, and when thoo
down, and when thou risesi up " —
- much for the i
of the word of the I. ni I i < ur fum;-

id If you . . word can -

full\ l 11 learn that the com-

;> liie I
uml I'

well
mist) •

well as Ali.
and therefore

out his fury upon | '

to h
' ibu' bii ,

wuu.>i l.A.s 1'AMILI COMrANlOX.

■
Brethn

id teach-
" God Ian-

in Matt 6: 33, is in u
in Tim. 2: i,

i to
iflip, inn botl . u.ilv

well as public. B

- . ad how i

this du-
" will give jrou
!U wting point, but like pub-

i rship, dmty and Burrounding
imetimea demand
Llthough there arc do re-
• t, when all is Bum-
■ have a Bofficienl
rn trbid the neglect

• the twig is bent, the tree
lined." It is in the family that
good can be done to children.
If pan ntfl all would perform their du-
theia famili«H, tbi | be

who would i
■ires from a child."—
apoatle Paul gives i!
Christian family, I
; : parent in language as fol-
I Rthers, provoke not your
ildran to wrath: but bring them up
in the nurture and admonition of the
Lord.'' It is always necessary for
to have the
i will of ilia pupils; BO
went in a Christian family, must
bare the confidence, love, and good
I of his children, which are gii
■ his care to be instructed for heav-
i rial life. A. such is uu-
dly the a - ay it

is, then, that fathers proi their

en to wrath. Having the con-
re, and good v, ill of bis
Idren, the parent is then I..
•net them. "Nurture and ad-
ion of the , what a world
ming do these few words con-
Nnrturo— food, or diet, uour-
■ ■dueatiou. &c. Christian
. your children have fouls as

duty
i
be fed with the bread of
■ '•■ done dailv , vr

words of Christ are nol

■ our dai-
hild in the
I when .
Bi

' ' ' fi

up, and "nurture in the Lord "
requires thai you do il in the

ionition,"
jy reproof and counsel againsl fi
■v, and all this
■•'•"I in early childhood. Ji

the teach ( r fa

over children than the i : .

<; '" i ' '" from

«per Bpow in then

that the parent act his par; as I

er m the family. The v ,

is so plain on this duty that I tl

K nnm QOro

■ ti Long

For the '
Ought— la it Binding?

intransitive rcrb, and n consii
by many i binding

ing. We shall therefore proceed to
examine the word carefully by differ-
ent authorities. We refer
the reader to some of our standard
lexicons, and eminent men of the day,
as to how they define the word.

" Ought"— to be held or bound iu
duty, or moral obligation."— in
"To be obliged by duty."— Walker.
" To be bound by duty, or to be oblig-
ed. " — Worcester. '• To be bound bv
datyVMcGufey. " Bound."— 2
We will now get the meanin
some of the principal words in the
definitions. Bound — "to be obliged
t, "ail, or kindness.'' Duty
bal which a pi bound by

any obligation to do." Obligal
" the binding force of a vow, promise,
■ ct, law; any act by which a
person becomes bound to do." C
—"to be under obligation."
definitions of the word ought and the
meaning of the principal words in
them, we find the word ought to be
binding.

Opon examination of the I
find the word • bo binding —

"that

d the weightier matters of the

law, which by the meaning of the

word oughl they were bound by duty

t >

tl
': 23. Luke 11 : 42.

te reader
I which I i

• •

a we the love
laid down his life
for us : and we ought to lav downour
lives for the br< i John, !

worthy opponent, wl.

you may be, tl andment frojn

•■."inning is •• that i 7 love

1 John, .; : 11. ■■ I.

■' also to love

" For when we were

without strength in due time

Christ died for the ungodly." " But

in that while we were vet Burners.—

Christ died for us." Rom. 6 : 6, 8.—

" This is my commandment, that ye

love om i have loved

you. Greater love hath do man tl

this, that a man lay down his life for

" I
!U!1 t'lf uephcrd; the good

shepherd givetb bia life fortbeeheep "
John 10: 11. The above quotations
are sufficient to convince any un-
prejudiced mind that the word 'ought'
in the above text is binding and that
we are under an imperative dutv to
lay down our lives for the brethren.
But as the above text is the founda-
tion upon which man builds his doc-
trine that the word ought is not bind-
ing, I shall refer to other passages of
scripture containing the word ought,
which is just as binding.

"If I then your Lord and Master,
have washed your feet, ye also ought
to wash one another's feet." .John l.; :
14. Now -we that are Bible readers
■ that "feet-washing" is an ex-
ample given by Christ, and we .
his disciples are under obligation to
w: sh one another's feet.

" Every man praying or prop!
ing, having his head covered, dis-
honored his bead. But ev< .
man that prayetfa or propbesietb with
her head uncovered dishouoreth her
head." I Co;-. 11:1, ;,. •• ]•',„■ a , uan
indeed ought not to cover his head."
If a man dishouoreth his head bypray-
iug or prophesying with it covered, is
it left to his choice to have bis Ln
I deny thai it is left to I
elmice, but he is under obligation
have his head uncovered. " forasmuch
e is the image and glory of God."
Vll d far as 1 1

• rlu for a man not to

covered while at

ship. Bui win ,i h is for a woman

i. they all

ought"

not to cover bis head." lhis lan-
guage plainly .signifies that a woman
ought to have her head covered. I
am not quoting scripture to prove
that a woman is to wear a coveriug
on her head, but to prove tbat the
word "ought" in the quotations of
scripture is binding in meaning. Paul
says, " neither was the man created
for the woman, but the woman for
the man. For this cause ought the
woman to have power on her head,
because of the angels." 1 Cor. 11: 'J,
10. Now is it left to the choice of a
woman to have power on her head?
No, she is bound by duty to have
power on her bead. And especially
"because of the angels"

" Out of the same mouth proceedeth
1m< — in»- and cursing. 3Iy brethren,
these things ought not so to be.'
. I aiiics 3 : 10. If the word
in the above sentence is not binding,
people professing Christianity are at
liberty to bless or to curse. Can a
christian both bless and curse ? "Can
a figtree, my brethren, bear olive-
berries, either a vine figs ? so can
no fountain both yield salt water and
fresh." James 8: 12. And so can
DO christian both bless and curse. —
" No man can serve two masters : for
cither he will hate the one, and love
the other, or else he will hold to the
one, and despise the other. Ye cam
Cod and mammon. '' Matt.
6: 21.

i ought men to love their wives
aa their own bodies." Eph. 5: 28. —
Should a man love his wife or should
he not '.' l'aul says, " Husbands.
love your wives, even as Christ also
loved the church, and gave himself
for it." Bpb. 6: 26 Thi* is sufficient
to prove that men are bound by duty
to love their wives even as Christ
loved the Church. lie loved the
church that he gave himself for it.

• 'Therefore v\ ( - ought to give the
more earnest la-eil to t),e things which
v. e liave heard, lest at any time we
should let them slip." Ileb. 2: 1
This language 1 proves thai we are un-
der'obligatioo to gire earnest heed to
the Uqi pel, lest at any lime uc abould
let 9ome of the thing Blip which are
rein

" For the llolv G ball teach

you in the sat** BOtM rl hat \ .• oueht
-Luke 12: I

lie hall tell tbei v. hat th-u

ought

■ WYoii-jft loohev <;..,; rather ib-m
man. — ,< |

" He knoweth nothing yet as he
Ought to know." — 1 Cor. 8: 2.

■■ I should have sorrow from them
of whom I ought to rejoice." — 2 Cor.
2: 3.

" I may speak boldlv, as I ought to
speak."— Eph. 0: 20."

'• For that ye ought to say. if the
Lord will, we shall live, and do this,
or tbat." — James 2 : G.

" Beloved, if Cod so loved us. we
ought to love one another."- .1
4: 11.

For the benefit of the reader I have
noted the above passages in which
the word " ought " is found, and if it
is binding in one place it is binding
in all other places. If it were not
binding in the above passages of
scripture the language would read
differently, and the word in the place
of " ought" would be option. We
leave a thing to a mau's option, and
he makes his choice. By substituting
the definitions as given above in
place of the word " ought" we find
that they correspond to the language
in which it is found and makes it
binding in meaning.

I shall now proceed to finish this
article. In referiug to the parable of
the talents, and the reward to those
who improved them. '• Then he
which had received the one t.
came and said, I vtas afcaid and went
and hid thy talent in the earth, lo,
there thou hast that is thine." His
Lord answered and said unto him,
thou wicked and slothful servant, thou
oughtest therefore to have put mj
. to the exchanges, and then al
my coming 1 should have received
mini' own will 'fake there-

fore the talent from him, and
it unto him which hath to.; talents
And cast ye the unprofitable servant
into outer darkness, where there .-hall
be weeping ai:d gnashing oftewth." —
Matt. 25 : 27, 38, 30, lb-re v.-,-
ily see the reward to biro who re-
ceived the one talent and did not int-
prove it, which it was his bonndcri
duty to do. It wa- not K It t > | (

obotee, but be was under obligation
to improve the talent, and the r<

for not improving it is that be h;i-
into outer darkni

I : . n;

attend t

own. Hm't buy what YOU don't
waul I

and study to make a leisure hour use-
ful. Look over your books regular-
ly. If a stroke of misfortune comes
your business, retrench, work
harder, but never fly the track Con-
front difficulties with unflinching per-
severance and you will be honored,
but shrink and you will be despised.
Seek to acquire the power of continu-
ous application, without which you
cannot expect success. If you do
this, you will be able to perceive the
difference which it creates between
you aud those who have nut such
habits. You will not count yourself,
nor will they count you as ot.
them. Thus yon will find yourself
emerging into the higher regions of
Intellectual and earnest men — men
who are capable of making a place
for themselves, instead of standing

idly gaping, desiring a place.

— . «_»

Selected bv Piiebi A. Holtz.
flake Haste.

Make haste, O man, to do

Whatever mast be done ;
Thou hast no time 10 liv\ii:i Moth,

Ti'.y work will soon be done.

I' p, then, with *pced and work,

and self away ;
This is no time for thee to sleep,
Up. work, aud waich, and pray.

The useful, not the (real,

The thin:: that nerei
The silent tPH lha! is not Lo

1 ho seed who>c lea! and llov

Though poor in human - .
Brings forth at last the eternal fruit ;

Sow thou, by day a-

Make haste, () man, to life,

Thy time i* almost l '
1 < - M>t, lit- mi not, but ■

' ujge is ■

••Stand like an Vim

UBBIAQI OF \^ N I

mvil, when the stroke,
Of stalwart men falls teres and t i
Storms but more deeply root I

tVlio-c brawny stipe oml rj ■,■ the '

rsr an 1 wldt, n

\ ii t n ■ Had ti utli niii^t still in :ii.. .

1 "ill v shall hi

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\<lilr« ss Delivered ui the Detlleation ol Naleni Col-
lege at llourbou, I udiana

(Cotitinued.)

Bat to reach this the Bible must be taught in n,

than three hundred languages and dialects. He-
ber, Martin, and Judson have been pioneers in
the work. Hundreds are now in the field. Mex-
ico, South America, Spain, France, Italy, Hun-
gary, Pussia, Germany, Turkey, Palestine, Ara-
bia, Persia, China, India, Madagascar, the In-
dian and Pacific Isles, Tusmania and New Hol-
and, the Barbery States, the whole of Africa,
are thirsting for living "-uters, and hungering
tor "that bread that cometh down from God out j
of'heaven."

Men and women strong in faith, and earnest j
in labor, hare by the combined aid of the Brit- j
ish and American Bible Societies responded to :
this demand for aid in but about sixty languages. \
Only about one-sixth of the work is done. There
are men all around the earth patiently tracing
out, step by step, the laws ot unknown tongues
and adapting them to the work ot the evangelist.
To this enterprise there will be no backward
movement. Not only from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, from the Northern ocean to the Med-
iterranean, must the glad tidings of redemption
be heard, but the Hun must hear it in the val-
leys ot the Obi and the Amoor, the Celestial
Empire shall respond to the same. The Arab
once more shall become the child of Abraham,
not by the bond- woman, but by the free, and his
caravan will bear to the Ethiope on the Upper
Nile, and to the Niger, a better than Moslem
faith and hope. The islands of the ocean shall
catch the joyous sound and waft it onward
around the earth.

But to accomplish this grand work, we must
fulfil our mission in the creation, which was to
subdue the earth as well as to replenish it. The
wilderness must be made a fruitful field, and the j
forces and resources of nature appropriated.
Enterprising and intelligent men will be em-
ployed in sending the rail-car across the moun- j
tains, from the eastern to the western ocean, and
in bringing out from the depths, earths mineral j
wealth, in sending commerce across every sea,
and in conducting that grand system of peaceful
trade and exchange which brings nations into
one rommon interest.

When Christianity shall have vitalised the
< hutch, and its influence fchall have pervaded

society, professional men, doctors, lawyers, and
teachers, farmers and mechanics and merchants,
men and women, old and young, will feel that
there is work for all to do in building the walls
of Zion and in beautifying her courts. The com-
mon school, the Academy, the College and the
University, will each be dedicated to the work.
The Sabbath and Mission school, will abound
with earnest teachers, and he who travels across
the continent and the seas, will scatter the Bi-
ble and the tract among the nations. The
church will send out healing waters, and leaves
from the tree of life.

Ignorance and Christianity do not long exist
together. When the Great Sower goeth forth
to sow, the harvest of thirty, sixty, and a hun-
dred fold is found in good soil, soil that has been
broken up and the stone and tares removed.
The properly educated mind is the element in
which the grace of God can best operate to bless
the world. History is our proof. Civilization
and Christianization must exist together. Sci-
ence and Literature ever have been and they
ever will be the instruments by which the Bible
has accomplished and will accomplish its mission.

The history of the reformation is but the hif-
tory of the civil and religious rights of man.
Martyrs in untold numbers, have perished in
prison and at the stake, and thousands have
been slain in sanguinary strife, that these rights
might be enjoyed and transmitted to succeeding
generations. But why think of transmitting
them to posterity without intelligence to main-
tain and enjoy them. No people, without intel-
ligence among the masses, can long be free.

Let me then bring this matter solemnly home
to you. The Lord has created you tor an object.
You have a mission to perform in the earth, and
your lite will be worse than a failure if you live
out of the Divine harmony. Seek then to look
into the great future and search into the true
ideal of its demands.

The path of Alexander or Napolean may sat-
isfy the ambition of him who lives only for earth.
When our race of three score years and ten is
run, we shall only have commenced our exis-
tence. Life passes into eternity, but "not every
one that saith, Lord, Lord, shall enter the king-
dom of'heaven, but he that doeth the will of his
Father which is in heaven." The delectable
city is only fo :nd of those who live in the Di-

christian family companion.

vine harmony, of those who cast the anchor of
their faith and hope on the Rock of their salva-
tion and press forward through every crowd of
difficulty.

One thought more and I will close,. Our
blessed Savior told his disciples, when they were
entertaining sectarian prejudices and were bord-
ering closely on religious bigotry, "He that is
not against me is for me." He had "other sheep
that were not of that fold," and would in the
end, when their work on earth was done, gather
them into one fold and He would be their one
Shepherd.

Let us all, then, learn the lesson of life well,
that God loves and blesses others as well as
ourselves,that "He will have mercy on whom he
will have mercy." His harvest is large and
needs many laborers. Let then, each company
upon the walls of Zion, learn to rejoice in the
work of other laborers, that her walls may be
made strong and her gates may speak of praise.
Let every one learn to "help his neighbor," and
"say to his brother, be of good cheer." How
nobly did Jehu approach the king of Israel,
when he said, "If thy heart be right, as my
heart ii with thy heart, give me thy hand."

( )ne of the most cheering aspects of the times,
is, that evangelical Christians are expanding
their hearts and minds, beyond their hitherto
denominational boundries, and can rejoice in the
success of the common cause. *

Not only the Common school, the Academy
and College will be the objects of our common
solicitude aud labor, but the Sabbath and Mis-
sion school, and the various means of reform will
bring our hearts and heads together in our com-
mon journey to that river which must be passed
to reach the Promised Land. Let us learn to <
approach its waters with that faith and hope by !
which we can see "life and immortality brought
to light." Though we may have gathered there
from every land, from every kindred, nation,
tongue and people, though we enter, clad in our
varied garments, and may show the imperfections
of our forms and creeds, seeing now "only in
part," yet if he who is our High Priest, our R ■.<<-
urrection and Life, our Redemption, Sa&Ctifica-
tion and Righteousness, be with us, we shall I
fear no evil, and rising triumphantly from the
floods, on the other side, we shall appear no
more as servant or Master, as Jew or Gentile, as

'■ anchorite or pilgrim, as civilized or barbarian,
as Baptist, Methodist, Episcopalian, Presbyte-
rian or Friend, but all in the vigor of perpetual
youth, and being clothed in the robes of white,
which is the righteousness of saints, and having
our hearts attuned to sing the same songs ot
eternal redemption, to the Lamb that was slain,

, the student and the teacher, their labors o'er,

I the flock and the shepherd, shall enter the beau-
tiful city, whose walls are salvation, whose streets
are gold, and gates pearls, which needeth not

■ the light of the sun or the moon, for the glory

| of God is the light thereof.

; THE FOLLOWING DEDICATORY CEREMONY, WAS THE
CLOSING EXERCISE.

In the name of the United States of America,
which has proclaimed liberty of conscience, of

' thought, and of speech, to its citizens, and that
men are endowed by their Creator, with certain
inalienable rights, that among these are life, lib-

' erty, and the pursuit of happiness.

In the name of the state of Indiana, whose

, laws and protection are thrown over and around

I it, and which has recognized in its fundamental
law, that in order that the rights and privileges

i of its citizens, may be perpetual and the bless-
ings of heaven, and of our scientific, literary and

J religious institutions, may be perpetuated to all
future generations, has declared that moral, Kt-

| entific, literary and agricultural learning, is* the

\ common right of all its citizens, and that the

1 Bible shall not be excluded from its schools.
In the name of the Scientific and Literary

j Institutions of America, which welcome it into

, the sisterhood of Colleges.

In the name of the Churches, that extend
their fraternal sympathy and interest for its pros-
perity and success.

In the name of the citizens who have liberally
contributed their means in its support, and
whose hearts are earnest in its welfare.

In the name ot the German Baptist Church,
whose prayers have gone up to the Throne oi
Grace, in its behalf, accompanied bv their gener-
ous contributions for its erection and laoetM in
the great tad gforioui work q| the mead of

Christian intelligence, und for the building up
of the chureh, and that the day ma\ be hastened

when the knowledge o! the glory ol the Lord,

shall cover the earth as the ■ aters do the lea, and

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when the kingdom* Of l>i i -^ world
shall ibc kingdoms of our

Lord Mid Of lii.-> fliriat.

be BOme of Li in who sittotb in

the Heavens; In hi< help and in his

excellency in the ektf, and without

v\ bote li :io institution em

and prosper,

i the w ork
of intellectual, mora!, and christian
culture, Invoking the wisdom that

••' ■•. out of In

and his ch logi upon the

heada and hearts of all that may soek
halls, either to teach or bo
a. and may it lire long in the
earth, to increase in usefulness, pow-
er and life to be a blessing to a mul-
titui i the world. Amen.

for (he Companion.
Mitt mil ForbcnranoC"-Dre«.

. iOtitne ago, we presented to
the readers of the nion a few

thoughts on Mutual Forbearance. —
Whatever we may have said in that
article, we merely endeavored to ar-
gue, that when a difference of opin-
ion obtains among Christians on
points, not clearly revealed in the
Bible, they should bear with one an-
other, and not depisse or judge one
another, simply because of this dif-
ference. We also intimated that,
since Christ and the apostles have
not specified how christians shall
dress, wo thought it wrong for some
brethren to adopt one peculiar mode
of dress, and hold it up as the model
of humility, and only standard of
right, and then judge others by this
standard.

I will here say that I take no
p'oasure in disputing or arguing on
.|Ucstions on which the brethren hold
different views, and would not have
written that article, but I was al-
most compelled by force of circum-
stances to do so. And since a reply
article by 1>. M. Mohler has
been' published in No. 11. vol. 6, of
/', in which it is alleged
, 'hate with a perfect hate, all
is externa' a? worn by the chil
\iinly
1 now ask liberty to de-
••» the subject a little farther.

■ Mohler*i

y refer Us tfi Rpjn&flS,
12: 2: "And l»c not conformed to
this world. " They eccin to think

this proves, beyond all controvcuy,
that Christians should dress different
from all other people. It mist, how-
ever, be admitted that this passage
of scripture is not to be understood
in ae unlimited sense. It does not
mean that wo are not to conform to
the world in any respect. The world
has made many good and useful in
ventions to facilitate labor, and ad
v3nce civilization, and all christians
>rm to the world, in adopting
ana uiing those inventions. The
early christians traveled from place
to p'aee afoot or on horseback ; but
the world has invented cseier and
speedier modes of travel, and the
Brethren now conform to the world
in traveling by rail road and steam
boat. And now how about dress ?
Does the Apostle mean that we are
not to conform to the world in dress?
We think not. It would be a diffi-
cult matter to dress at all, without
conforming to the world in some de-
gree. Some worldly people dress
just as p'ain as the humblest christ-
ians.

Others dress a little more grand,
and others a little most gaudy. —
Christ has established no mode of
dross ; hence all mode9 are worldly
and no matter how we dress, we are
to some extent conforming to the
world. What then does the Apostle
mean by the injunction : "Be not
conformed to this world?" "We think
the inevitable conclusien is, that we
are not to conform to the world in
anything that is sinful. That the
Apostle had not reference to exter-
nal appearance only, is evident from
the expression which he immediately
uses : " But be ye transformed by
the renewing of your minds.'' If tho
world dresses sinfully, Christians are
not to conform to it in those re-
spects in which it is sinful. That
the slaves of fashion are a shameful-
ly, sinfully over-dressed people, is a
fact admitted by all ; and we think
no one, who has been ''transformed
by the renewing of his mind" will
have a desire to conform to them.

Hut how can we know what is sin-
ful in dress, and what i< alowahle ?
Brother Mohler refers us to 1 Tim.
2 ; 9 : ''That women adorn them
selves in modest apparel, with shame*

facedncss and sobriety — not with
broidered hair, or gold, or pearls,or
costly array." But here christians
will differ again as to what constitute
"modest apparel." Some aro certain
that they are "adorned in modest
apparel," while they readily see that
their brethren and sisters are not. —
We will quote Barnes on this pass-
age, "The apostle, by the use of the
word adorn, shows that he is not
opposed to ornament or adorning,
provided it bo of the right kind. —
The world, rs God has made it, is
full of beauty, and he has shown in
each flower, that ho is not opposed
to true ornament. There are mul-
titudes of things which, so far as we
can aee, appear to be designed for
mere ornament, or are made merely
because they are beautiful. Religion
doe3 not forbid true adorning. It
differs from tho world only on the
question what is true ornament. —
Modest apparel means that which is
becoming or appropriate. The apos-
tle does not positively specify what
this would be. but he mentions some-
things which are to be excluded
from it, and which are inconsistent
with the true adorning of christian
females: "broidered hair,gold,perals,
costyl array." These are for-
didden. But there is no religion
in a negligent mode of apparel, or
in inattention to personal appear-
ance, any more than there is in
wearing gold or pearls : and a female
may as truly violate the precepts of
her religion by neglecting her per-
sonal appearance, as by giving ex-
cessive attention to it."

It may be a difficult (juestion to
settle, how much ornament is allow-
able, and when the true line is pass-
ed. But though this cannot be set-
tled by any exact rules, since much
must depend on age, and on the
relative rank in life, and the means
which one may possoss, yet there is
one general ru'e which is applicable
to all, and which might regulate all.
It is, that the true lino is passed
when mart ifl thought of the exjternal
adorning, than of the ornament; of
theheatt. Any external decoration
which occupies the miud more than
the virtues of the heart, we may be
certain is wrong- The apparel should

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bo such as not to attract attention :
such as becomes our situation ; such
as will leave the impression that the
heart is not fixed on it.

We do not wish the reader to un-
derstand us as arguing again
plain node of dres3, which many
brethren have adopted ; not in the
least. It is only when this one mode
of dresa is preached up as the only
mode becoming for christians, and
those who cannot see the propriety
or necessity of adopting it. are stig-
matized as "proud, breachy breth-
ren, nominal church members," &c,
that we commence to protest.

Not very long since, we heard a
preacher proclaim from the pulpit,
(I blush as I write it down,) that if
a man was not willing to wear a hat
like he wears, he is proud, and he
can prove it that he is proud. I
blush, — not that I "hate with a per-
fect hato" this peculiar style of hat,
but b: cause I am fearful that such
preaching will have a tendoncy to
injure our common cause.

That a difference of opinion obtains
among christians is a fact well known;
that this diif;renoe of opinion existed
among the early christians, i
dent from ltom. 14. And tho apos-
tle in this chapter exhorts them to
bear with one another: "Lot not
him that eathetb
eateth not : and let not him
cateth not, judge him that eateth."
We will quote again on this

verse : li The Apostle has h ire hap-
pily met the Whole case in all dtt
ftbout dress, and scruples IB

us matters, thai
One party common! .
the other, as

bly scru] and the

make it *

i idicule an I
and i h. ji,

their view, deserving of condemna-
tion. Tii
en in lueli

not to treat the i< ru| le i oj tin
with ill ri i m •, but with

ti nde "1 inda Lei

bim hive bis w ly in i I
■

is unkind, and will tend to confirm
him in hi « \ ie in. V I to tho other

party, it should be said, they have no
right to judge, or condemn another.
If I cannot see that the Uib'e re-
quires a particular cut to my coat,
he his no rigbt to jud^e me harshly,
or suppose that I am to be condemn-
ed for it. He has a right to his
opinion* ; and while I do not d
him, he has no right to judge me. —
This is the foundation of true chari
ty ; and if this simple rule had been
followed, how muchsteife and enven
bloodshed would il have spared the
church."

J. L. Fokbtby"-
rnetia, M >.

New Jerusalem.

" And I John saw the holy city, New Jeru-
. from GoJ out of HeaTen.""
Iter. 3t: a.

We loam that John was favored by
a vision, to have a view of this Holy
City, m all its splendor andgreal
or, iu oihcr words, he saw I
in great prosperity.

I am of the opinion that this holy
city, railed the lem, signi-

fies tho Kingdom of God ; the Kiog-
dom of the Messiah; the Church of
Christ on earth, that Kingdom into,
which we are translated, if we ■
childre id, and that state in

which all the disciples of Christ are,
while in the pp • taoce.

I
fer j ou to Paul's letter to the H
10:22, wh informs the church

ation to i( I state, hi

"Ye are come m

I id, ih" i isalem."—

■

f already
unto tl
ebur< b i tho

h of < Ibr
■

i.-h ehurch

pf it. i •

\
a wall

that city, no moral darkness, no heath-
en idolatry; nothing but life, h_

J activity, attended with ■
ing hapiness and joy, will he appi
ated by the inhabitants of this I
ly city, the New Jerusalem, the I "
of Cb

J. T. K

Pleasaht llill, Ohiu.

open

The Wind as a Mi -
wind i3 a mv irtb. We

extend a silken thread iu the
of a window, and the wind finds it
and sings over it, and goes up and
down the scale upon it, an 1
Paganini must go somewhere eh
honor, forlo! the wind is perfon
upon a sir :. It tr •

anything on earth to see if tb
music iu it, it persuades a note out ol
the great bell in the tower when the

♦ is at home and asleep
makes a mournful harp of the .

es, and does nol

it kind of a \
in the humblest chimney in the world.
How it will play Qj
until every I
in it, and the river that runs

• is a sort of murmuring :•.■■
uiment. And v. hat am-
when :

: r ol the waves ol

ds an antbe - • \\ o

•

the lirst. T,-, ■
it haunts the old i.
under I

an ;
old

Whi

he i nail a

could 611

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Th* k»it«.N<n*r and thr Lord"*
Sni»|ior. \o. 5.

PASSOVER.

r, a feast ofthe Jen b,"

i . .1- instituted by the Lord,

iru : .■ : observed by bis chosen

io Egypt, according to some

\ M., 25] D, I. nt

f to < there, A. M . 2515.

design of 1 1* I — i feast may prop-

erly be spoken ol under three beads:

immediate design, the intermedi-

and the ultimate.

immediate design of the Pass-
over eras attest of faith and acoDilition
:y to tli" Hebrews, the chosen
people "I the. Lord, when he would
gh the land of Egypt," to
ail the first horn in the land of
and to "execute judgment
Bt all the godfl of Egypt." Ex.
12 : 12,
The intermediate design ofthe (east
- commemorative. It was intend-
ed, by its annnl observance, to k<
n in continual remembrance of the I
ng mercy of the Lord, mani- j
■ii towards them in that night in
'l Based over the honses of
the children of Israel in Egypt, when
mote the Egyptians." Ex. 12:14,1
— 27.
The ultimate design ofthe " sacri-
thi Lord's passover" was typ-
l . e < baracter of tije victim, the
Dg of it, and the feasting upon
e all typical of "Christ our Pass-
over." All these designs shall be
• i io their appropriate places;
but at present we will proceed with
ral remarks upon the insti-
totlon, and first observance of the
Passover, s full account of which we
have in the twelfth chapter of Exodus.
The | ■ * rer was instituted in the
ly part of the Same month in which
il was to be observed which month was
t.. be Hebrews, "the 1 1

uing ot month--" — "the first muuth
of th* year." Verse 2.

The whole congregation of Israel

were rve the Passover, and

and Aaron were to instruct

when and bow to observe it. —
. 4 7.

They were commanded to select ,
tlim'r victims "<>n the tenth day of the |
month," and to keep them "up until j
the fourteenth day ofthe same month,''
on which day they were to kill the j
Passover "in the evening," or, accor-
ding to the marginal reading, "bftu-i m
the two evenings." Verses :t, 6.

Their victims were to consist of
lambs or kids, males of the first year;
and they must be without blemish,
according to the standard of judging
of the perfection of animals. Verse 5.

The head of every family might se-
lect a victim for his own family, if
there were members enough to use or
nearly use it ; but if the family was
too small, he and his neighbor next to
him might consociate in selcctiug a
victim for the use of their families in
company. Verse 4.

When the victims were slain, the
blood was to be caught in basins, and
they were required to take a bunch of
hyssop, and dip it in the blood, and
strike the lintel, and the two side-posts,
and none of them was to "go out of
the door of his house until the morn-
ing." Verses 7, 22.

They were to be careful in dressing
the Passover, so as not to break a bone
of the victim; neither were they al-
lowed, in the case of neighbors join-
ing together, to disjoint it and eat
part in one house and part in another .
"In one house shall it be eaten ; thou
shalt not carry forth aught of the
tlesh abroad out ofthe house : neither
shall ye break a bone thereof." Vcr4b\

They were commanded to eat the
ir-h in the night which immediately

■ followed the sacrificing of the Passo-
ver. They wero forbidden to eat of
it raw or Sodden with water ; but were

; required to ronst it "with lire; his head
with his legs, and with the purtenauce

.thereof;" by which we understand

I the undivided body, including the head,

legs, liver, heart and lungs. They
were to eat it with "unleavened bread
and with bitter herb- " Verses 8, 9.

They were to eat it iu haste, with
their loins girded, their shoes on their
feet and staff in hand. They were to
let nothing of it remain until the
morning: if any remained till the
morning, it was to be burned with fire.
Verses 10, 11.

Upon a faithful observance of this*
service, as instituted by the Lord and
enjoined upon his people through his
servants Moses and Aaron, they had
the happy assurance of God"s unfail-
ing promise, that they should be kept
from the plague, when the Lord would
pass through the land of Egypt, to
smite the first-born of man and beast,
and to execute judgment against their
gods. Verses 12, IS, 23.

This service was to be observed an-
nually throughout their generations,
to keep them in remembrance of their
great deliverance from the plague and
from the Egyptian yoke ; and it was
strictly enjoined upon them to teach
their children the importance and
meaning of this solemn service. Vers-
es 14, 24, 127.

Not only were they to kill the pass-
over on tho fourteenth day (v. 6,) but
also to put away the leaven out of
their houses, and to cat unleavened
bread at even, ( verses 15, 18); and
for seven days, commencing at even —
the close of the fourteenth day, and
ending at even — the close ofthe twen-
ty-first day, they were strictly forbid-
den to use unleavened bread : it was
even enjoined that there should be no
leaven found in their houses. Vers-
es 15— 19.

From what has just now been said,
it will be seen that the commencement
of the feast of unleavened bread and
the feast of the Passover met in point
of time. God, in the institution of
these feasts, joined them together ;
and as we are strictly forbidden to
sunder what (Jod has joined, it is
found necessary to considder these
feasts in connection.

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The children of Israel did as they
were commanded, and they realized
God's promise : they were secure with-
in their blood- sprinkled houses while
"at midnight, the Lord smote all the
first-born in the land of Egypt, from
the first-born of Pharoh that sat on
his throne, unto the first-born of the
captive that was in the dungeon ; and
all the first-born of cattle." Verses
28, 29. Now, when "there was a
great cry in Egypt," because " there
was not a house where there was not
one dead." The hard heart of Pha-
roah was broken. He, who on a for-
mer occasion had said : " Who is the
Lord, that I should obey his voice to
let Israel go ? I know not the Lord,
neither will I let Israel go," Ex. 5. 2,
now "called for Moses and Aaron by
night, and said, Rise up, and get you
forth from among my people, both ye
and the children of Israel ; and go,
serve the Lord as ye have said. Also
take your flocks and your herds, as ye
have said, and be gone ; and bless me
also." Ex. 12: 30—33.

As "the Egyptians were urgent up-
on the people, that they might send
them out of the land in haste, for they
said, we be all dead men," the people
who had eaten the Passover with
their loins girded, their shoes on their
feet and staff in hand — ready to trav-
el at a moments warning — "took their
dough before it was leavened, their
kneading troughs being bound up in
their clothes upon their shoulder-,*'
and having " borrowed of the 1
tians' jewels ofBilver, and jewels of
gold, and raiment," "the y journeyed
from Harnesses to Succoth, abouth six
hundred thousand on foot that were
men, besides children." Ver. 18 — 37.

In our remarks on the divisions of
the day and night it was shown that
the word morning, in the Bible, is
used in reference to all parts of the
naturul day, except tbe afternoon, aud
that we must determine ibc precise

time referred to bj the term, bj refer*

encc to the context, According to

this rule, we determine that the word
morning, as used in the clause, " and
none of you shall go out of his house
until the morning,'' 1 means the after
part of the. night — after midnight. —
The blood was to be for a token upon
the houses where they were ; and as '
there was no security outside of the
houses having this token, they were to
remain in them until the morning —
until tbe Lord had passed through the
land, and accomplished his work of
destruction. This work was accom-
plished at midnight ; and then " Pha-
raoh called for Moses and Aaron. —
The immediate design of the Passover
as a test of faith, and a condition of
safety, having now been fulfilled, and
the morning, in the sense in which it
had been used, having now come,
they did not hesitate to go out of their
houses to converse with the Egyp-
tian kiDg. (Compare Ex. 9 : 27 ; 10 :
10; with 18: 31;). And not only
did Moses and Aaron go out of their
houses in the morning,or after-part of
that night, but the whole congregation
of the children of Israel "journeyed
from Rameses to Succoth." Where-
fore it is said in Deut. 16 : 1, " The
Lord thy God brought thee forth out
<>f Egypt by night." Also in Ex. 12:
42, "It is a night to be much observed
unto tbe Lord, for bringing them out
of the land of Egypt : tbis is that night
of the Lord to be observed of all the
children of Israel in their generations."
The whole train of circurnstam
they are recorded, establishes the fact
that they left Harnesses in the morn-
ing of the Bame night in which they
ate the Passover. We wish our read-
er.-^ to examine this point closely aud
to have this fact impressed upon their
hearts, M Wt fchall find farther OM for
it hereafter.

It btfl SjOU been shown th«t the
immediate design of tbe PtMOVOf was
fully accomplished. The faithful ue.-s
of the Lord ii people \v«

ed, and th< tj W ax eonlirn.i d j

the haughty Spirit Oi Pharaoh \wih
humbled to the du-t, and hi-< .-tubboru

will was made to yield to the demand
of the Lord, to let his people go ; and
the Lord's people were delivered from
their bitter bondage. In the language
of the Psalmist : "He brought them
forth also with silver and gold ; and
there was not one feeble person among
their tribes. Egypt was glad when
they departed, for the fear of them
fell upon them." Ps. 105 : 87, 88.

But if the only design had been a
test of their fidelity and a condition of
their safety from the fearful ravages
of the destroyer, it would no doubt
have ceased to be observed as soon as
these ends were gained; but the wor d
of the L«rd was : "This day shall be
unto you for a memorial; and ye shall
keep it a feast to the Lord throughout
your generations ; ye shall keep it a
feast by an ordinance forever." Ex.
12:14. " And ye shall observe this
thing for an ordinance to thee and to
thy sons forever. And it shall come
to pass, when ye be come to tbe land
which the Lord will give you, accord-
ing as he hath promised, that ye shall
keep this service. And it shall come
to pass, when your children shall say
unto you, What mean ye, by this ser-
vice? that ye shall say, It is the sacri-
fice of the Lord's Passover,
who passed over the bouses
of the children of Israel in Egypt,
when he smote the Egyptians, and
delivered our houses. And the
people bowed their head and wor-
shipped." Verse 24 — 27. We learn
from these scriptures, that the passo-
vcr, after its first celebration, was to
bo observed annually on the same dav
of the first month, as an ordinance
commemorative of the delivering mer-
cy of the Lord, manifested in passing
OTM the houses of the children of Is-
rael, when he smote the Egyptians,
and eiecutcd judgment against all the
Hods of Bgjpi, In the commemora-
lise character of tbe institution we
heboid the intermediate design of the
PflMOl ' r

Lord also instituted the fetst
of unlcin ened bit ad to be observed in

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connection wit li tin- Pas.-ovcr. Th e

language of institution is : "Seven

«hall ve cat unleavened bread •

lie lirst day ye shall put away

l out of your houses: for whoso*
ever cateth leavened bread from the
Br«( day until the seventh day, that
■oal >hnll he cut off from Israel. And
in the lirst day there shall be a holy
convocation, and in the seventh dny,
-hall be a holy convocation to
you ; no maimer of work shall be done
in them, save that which every man
must eat, that only may be done of
you. Ami v -hall observe the feast
of unleavened bread, for in this iclf-
HM day have I brought your armies
out of the laud of Egypt i therefore
shall ye observe this day in your gen-
erations by an ordinance forever. In
the first month, on the fourteenth day
of the month at even, ye shall eat un-
leavened bread, until the one and
twentieth day of the month at even.
Seven days shall there be no leaven
found in your houses : for whosoever
eateth that which is leavened, even
that soul shall be cut off from the con-
gregation of Israel, wbother he be a
stranger, or born in the land. Ye
shall eat nothing leavened ; in all your
habitations shall yc eat unleavened
bread." Kx. 12: 15—20. The read-
er will readily observe that the feast
of unleavened bread was also com-
..m\ that it was designed
to be the anniversary of the time in
which the Lord brought the armies
of Israel out of the land of Egypt
A moment's reflect ion will enable any

in to see the advantages to be de-
rived from such commemorative obser-
vances. The Lord had made bare his

arm ta deliveringhis obedient peo-
ple, and in meting out justice, by taking
vengeance upon hi- disobedient and
rebellions anemias. By having these
brought fresh to their minds,
from time to tim<>, they would be
moved to gratitude and fear : to grati-
tude, because of his mercy so proi

bed upon them; and to fear, be-
of the visitations of his wrath

upon those who disregarded his re-
quirement*. 13y this means their faith
in his promises would be greatly
strengthened, and they would at each
remembrance, be enabled to see more
clearly the grand importance of ren-
dering a strict obedience to all of bis
holy requirements. In this way, the
study of the historical part of the Bi-
ble may contribute largely to our ad-
vancement in the divine life ; hence
"Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ,"
says: "I will therefore put you in re-
membrance, though ye once knew this,
how that the Lord, having saved the
people out of Egypt, afterwards de-
stroyed them that believed not." —
Jude, ver. 5.

But some of the constituent require-
ments of these feasts were not com-
memorative ; we must therefore look
for their signification, to their ultimate
design. The purpose of God in insti-
tuting of these feasts was, not only to
test the fidelity of his chosen people
and afford them commemoratives of
his delivering mercy, but also to give
them types, to foreshadow his greater
delivering mercy, in the fulness of
time to bo manifested toward all his
chosen people, and to point specifical-
ly to the great anti-type — "Christ our
Passover."

— ^» ■ ^m

Salem College) Address.

In the present number will be found
the closing chapter of an address de-
livered at Salem College, at Bourbon,
Indiana, by Barnabas C. Ilobbs. The
closing paragraphs demand some crit-
icism, though much of the address is
interesting and instructive. We do
not look upon the great Union Move-
ment among the popular religionists
of our Bge, a.- foreboding any good to
the true follower of Christ : hut re-
gard it as an unmistakable precursor
of religious persecution. Let us not
be deceived by the "horns of the
Lamb," for when he shall have re-
ceived power, nil who will not wor-
ship his image shall In* killed. Our
hearts Bboald be right toward all

men, and should be filled with a de-
sire for the salvation of all : but that
we should wish God-epeed to all the
and isms, and heresies of the
present state of the religious world,
is as foreign to pure Christianity, as
no faith at all, and much more dan-
gerous.

We hope, too, for the success of the
college, that its managers do not en-
dorse that part of the address. If it
is to be patronized by the Brethren,
let it be a " Dunkard" school in fact,
teaching and upholding our peculiar
faith and practice, standing aloof from
the vanities, affectations and haughty
airs so prevalent in worldly and sec-
tarian institutions of the kind. To
such an institution among us we are
favorable, and such a one we believe

will be liberally patronized.

♦♦

Remarks to A. Lady, Jr.

We do not now wish to justify our-
selves in the position we took at last
Annual Meeting, upon the tobacco
resolution, but we do wish to explain.

1st. We are opposed to all hasty
and arbitrary ecclesiastical legislation;
except where we have a plain "Thus
saith the Lord." We believe in church
discipline, believe it will answer its
designed purpose, but do not regard
it as one of the most available means
for working reform. Agitation is far
more successful, and does not appear
so oppressive. Persuade a man that
his "idol is nothing," and he will de-
molish it in good nature, but you un-
dertake to destroy it for him while he
yet reverences and fears it, and you
may expect to feel his vengeance.

2nd We did not think the subject
had been sumcently ventilated. We
feared if the resolution would receive
a premature passage, it would be like
many others on our minutes : a dead
letter. Let us convince our members
that it is an evil, that it is useless, that
it is wrong, and that it is their duty to
abandon it, and there will be but lit-
•islution required.

The above were our reasons for
doing what we did, which, however,

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we do not think amounted to a3inuch
as our brother intimates. We ar e
willing to confess that we may have
heaped upon ourself some "perplex-
ities," and we are also willing to suffer
for the sake of advancing truth and
holiness. We, however, plead for
mercy, that our chastizement may not
be beyond what we can endure, and
especially that which somes from our
friends may be Tery mild, as brother
Leedy's has been.

That tobacco using ought to be
placed iu the same category with wear-
ing hoops, military clothing, shawls,
&c, we agree, for it can easily be
proven a greater abomination, and far
more injurious, morally, mentally, and
physically,

■ — ^ % ■*■ ^

Mistakes.

It is said mistakes will happen in
the best of families, and we presume
the Companion family will not be an
exception in that particular. But we
are always willing to correct our mis-
takes. We want to be right, and we
know no better way than when we see
that we are wrong, to try to get right.
We have now revised our books, and
the addressing apparatus, and tried to
correct all the mistakes we could find ;
should any occur in sending out this
number, then we nuit have light from
some other source than ourselves.
Please pive it at once.

Answers to < orrespondeuts

Levi Andes. The Assistant Editor
is the author of the editorials on the
Passover and the Lord's Supper. If
you will have patience a few weeks
longer, the point that is now dark to
you, will bo made quite clear and
elusive. A clear understanding °f
the method of reconing time, will rec-
oncile ul! apparent differences. The
Lord and bii disciples cam.

washed feet, mid at'- t ii> - sapper iu the
first evening, or Bight of the I4tb,
and in the aftertoon, or do
odd evening of the i Mi, at tin
time for killing tin- Passover,
di.-d opoa the otom. This win be

fully shown in connection with all the
intervening circumstances, and illus-
trated by diagrams, in a few weeks.
In the mean time we invite friendly
criticism, which will receive due atten-
tion as the subject reaches the points
at issue

D. M. Bare : The 6 meant that
you had paid for volume G. You
have now paid for volume T in full.

Landon West : It is all right.

W. E. Fadely: One dollar and
fourteen cents will pay to the end of
volume seven.

J. H. Price: We really cannot tell
how it did come. Hope the paper
will come right now.

Abraham H. Cassel : A. S., in-
cluding volume seven, owes $2,25-
We have no report of the Salem Col-
lege, except that published in the
Companion.

Name Withheld: and tor that
reason it went into the waste box,
where everything of the kind is
doomed to go.

MISCE LL ANEOTJ S .

Strive lor the Mastery.

Strive for the ma6tery ! never cave in ;

Never give op, no, never ;
Always remember that those who win

Are those who make the endeavor.

Never complain of the want of a friend,

Eipecl r.ol auother to aid you,
Success must ever on toil depend,

And toll will never degrade yon.

Work willingly, then, nor let It be said
By those who would seek to upraid you.

That a "streak of good fortune" ha* come to
your aid,
Or that another hat made you.

All that is wautiug is latent within,
Is slumbering, Is dormant within you ;

Awake from your slumber ! tin limeyo .
To 1st the world know what you can do.

Wake up ! all around khan Is work to be
done !

Heboid the wreck and the ruiu !
Take hold like a num. for the hour h: -

That should And yon up and fli

ip ' what's the nse of ci< B]
Like a snail in the path«
Go forth like a man that is valiant an,',
.umutiil) lii.iy UOt i||

'Til a shame that a<
,:d bear,

:ib!e to bear thrtn ;
r that TOU lino! I | . rlmir

Earn the bread that you eat by the sweat of
your brow,
And see that you cat no other ;
With a resolute will put your hand to the
plow,
And never look back, no, never.

But on, on in your furrowed pathway tread.
And well be that pathway beaten.

And be it ef all men known and read
That you've earned tha bread you've eaten.

Then when summer and harvest is past and
gone,
And age is o'er you creeping,
You'll rejoice that you toiled when young
and stromg,
Your life-work well csmpleting.

Do we desire to have the dead rais
ed, Lazarus-like, from the sepulcher
of their cold indifference and unbelief,
and made alive in Christ ? Then we
must, Mary and Martha like, bring
Christ to them in his living power to
save. We may indeed have some
stone to roll away, even then, before
the command will be given, and the
dead come forth alive to our embrace ;
but that is only part of the same gr
work of bringing together the Savior
and those we desire to have him save.

Patience is always crowned with
success. This rule is without an ex-
ception. It may not be a splendid
success, but patience never takes
anything in hand that it does not suc-
ceed with in some form.

The question is. not whether a doc-
trine is beautiful but whether it is
true. When we want to t;o to a place,
we don't a?k whether the road leads
through a pretty country, but wheth-
er it is the right road, pointed out by
authority — the turnpike road.

. ship held by aa anchor looks
hough it were going out with the
tide, vet never ; .ouls

that scent constantly to be getting
nearer tn Christ, never come, because
they are anchored and held by some

sin.

It is not required that a man
always be perfect, in order to I
true Christian. Put it ijred

that he should be a Braccre seeker af-
ter perfection'. It is required that he

>\ ing forward, and
vanciiii- op lb.- straight and nan

•!'e

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attained

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A Winter Thought.

They were bright and green In Summer,

These naked, leafless trees,
They tossed their branch's gaily,

To meet the langhiag br'
But the Winter's breath hath blighted

Kull many a happy thing.
Whose lamp of joy vrni lighted j

At the guidon lire of Spring.

The Bummer leaven have faded,

The Bummer flowers are dead,
And the nooks aru dark and shaded,

Where once their breath was shed.
Still underneath our loot steps,

l no grass Is fresh and green,
But the Tirdure once aboTc us,

No longer may be seen.

We found In life's sweet spring time,

Kalr blossoms 'ueath our del
Thronging In wanderous beauty,

Our loviug looks to greet.
As the years wunt on the flowers

Took on a richer hue,
But they faded far more quickly,

Than when our life was new.

There will come another summer,

And lephyrs fresh and free,
Will kiss the leaves returning

To the ratt and Baked tree.
But for us — we wait the harvest,

And the Angel Reaper's time,
Ere hills of summer's beauty,

Bball rise for us sublime.

In the land to which we're going,

So autumn wind hath power
To blight the leaf immortal,

Or dim the Amaranth flower.
Thither our steps are tending,

For this our dim eyes strain
The home, that knows no parting,

Nor shadow ol a pain.

The Bloom ol Age.

A good woman never grows old.
Years may pass over her head, but if
benevolence and virtue dwell in her
heart, she is at cheerful as when the
spring of life first openod to her
view. When we look upon a good
woman wo never think of her age ;
•ho looks as charming as when the
rose cf jouth first bloomed upon her
cheek. That rose has not faded
jet; it will never fade. In her
neighborhood, she is the friend and
benefactor. In the church, a de-
vout worshipper and exemplary
christian. Who does not respect
and love the woman who has passed
her day* in acta of mcrcj and kind-
ness — who has been the friend of
man, and whose life has been a scene
of kindness and love, a devotion to
trutli and religion ? We repeat such
a woman cannot grow old. She
will aiwavs be ft— ■ and buoyant in
•pirits aud active in humble deeds
of mercy and benevolence. If the

young lady desires to retain the
bloom of youth let her not yield to
the sway of fashion and folly ; let her
love trufh and virtue, and to the
close of life she will retain those
feeling which sow make life appe.tr
a garden of sweets ever fresh and
ever new.

•• \n Jierrei. Doctor."

"I noticed,'' said Benjamin Frank-
lin, "a mechanic, among a number of
others, at work on a house erecting
but a little ,vay from my office, who
always appeared to be in a merry
humor — who ha 1 a kind and cheer-
ful smile for every one he met. Let
the day be ever so cold, gloomy, or
sunless, a happy smile danced like a
sunbeam on his cheerful counte
nance. Meeting himone morning, I
asked him to tell me the secrete of
his constant happy flow of spirits.
"No secret," he replied. " I have
got one of the best of wives, and
when I go home, she meets me with
a smile and a kiss ; and then tea is
sure to be ready ; and she has done
so many little things to please me,
that I cannot find it in my heart to
speak an unkind word to anybody."

What influence, then, has women
over the heart of man to soften it,
and make it the foundation of cheer-
ful and pure emotions ! Speak gent-
lv, then ; a kind greeting, after the
toils of the day are over, cost noth-
ing, and goe« far towards making a
home happy and peaceful. Young
wiveB, and girls candidates for wives,
experience, no doubt, may have al
ready taught them this important
lesson. And what we say to wives,
we say also to husbands,— a loving
word and kiss go very far with a
woman.

-^^av«- -»-^»- —

Nanny Rooms.

Folks need sunshine quite as
much as plants do. Men and wom-
en who have a fair degree of strength I
and the uso of their legs can get out
into the world, and get a glimpse of;
the snnshine now and then, and if;
they choose to do so, let them live
in rooms with only a northern expo-
ntre hut if possible, let us secure j
rooms into which every iay of sun- !

j shine that falls in winter may enter
I for the little babies who are shut up
in the house, invalids who cannot
leave their rooms, and aged people
i who are too infirm to get out of tho
i doors. Let us reflect for a moment
; that these classes of persons, if kept
in rooms with only north windows,
will suffer just as much from the ab-
sence of sunshine, as green plants
would do in the same rooms, and
their suffering is on account in pro-
portion as a human being is better
than a geranium or a fuchsia. Every-
body knows how a bright sunny day
in winter gladdens every one who
is so situated as to enjoy it. Let us
make some sacrifices, if need bi, in
order to give tho feeble ones their
measure of sunshine.

Every woman is wise enough and
careful enough to secure for her
house-plants every bit of available
sunshine during the cold winter
months. Great care is taken to get
southern exposure for them. Indeed,
if one can secure no other than a
north window for her plants, she has
too much love for these unconscious
inanimate things, to keep them at
all. She would rather leave them
out in the cold to die outright, than
linger out a martyr existence in the
shade. — Laws of Life.

Inspiration of thi Scriptures. —
Seeing a man reject the inspiration of
the Scriptures, while he maintains
his belfef in Jesus Christ and his re-
demption, I compare him to some one
who has a costly perfume in a glass
vessel ; be breaks the vessel, think-
ing he can at the same time preserve
the perfume, but loses all. Set aside
the inspiration of the scriptures and
all Christian doctrine will disappear.
This is not a theory ; I have seen it
to be a fact ; therefore the question is
one of the greatest importance. I am
not ignorant of the difficulties that
are raised, but the plentitude of the
divinity to be found in the scriptures
is too great to be in the least preju-
diced by them.

If a man has any religion worth
having he will do his duty and not
make a fuss about it. It is the empty
kittle that rattles.

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From (he Upper Cumberland
Branch.

We are still trying to get along in
the fear of the Lord. Our ministry
hai been confined to home services
this fall and winter, except brother
John Brindle and Zach. Hollinger,
who made a trip to Virginia. Bro.
Koller met with a misfortune in the
fall. He had a barn burned by an
unknown person. The writer has
the charge of a suffering mother,
which has demanded our services so
far. May the Lord be our helper
in all our afflictions and misfortunes.
We have added a few to the church
during the past fall and winter. —
The church met in quarterly council
on the 24th of December last, to
council matters and subjects, and
amongst other things the insurance
question came up in this wiie :
Would it be wrong for the Brethren
to form themselves into an Insurance
Company for protection against fire ?
The council say no. This subject is
to be referred to the district Meet-
ing for adoption or rejection. The
brethren here wish the brethren of
Middle Penn'a. District to consider
this subject in the fear of the Lord,
and compare it with the gospel, and
besides for the good of the church.

I will here propose a system. —
Suppose the Middle Penn'a. Dis-
trict to form itself into a company,
and this council to appoint a secre-
tary, and each church appoint three
brethren to assess or appraise the
buildings, goods and chattels of each
brother or sister that wishes Ml
building, goods and chattels tO be
injured! and those valuations or as-
sessments of buildings, Ac, to be
sent to the secretary appointed by
the district council, ami in caso of
fire let the church in which the loss
occurs appoint brethren to appraise
the loss and tend it to the District
Secretary to mako a dividend on

all assessed property ; and each
church to appoint a collector to
collect the assessed amount, and the
church in which the loss occurs to
appoint a receiver to receive the
said amount, and pay to the loser
by fire. Any member that has his
property insured who will refuse to
pay his dividend to be dismem-
bered from this Insurance Company,
and not to affect anything concern,
ing the spiritual kingdom.

Brethren, I have now introduced
this subject to you, and I say for
this church that if this will not be
approved of at the next district
council, this church wiil submit as we
ever did. Daniel Hollinger.

Lees Summit, Mo. )
January, 12th, IpTI. j

Brother Hohinger : I hepe by
writing a few lines to prevent others
from being imposed upon as we have
been, by a certain old woman who
came to our house the 80th, of No-
vember. She claims to be a Menno-
nite. She gave her name here as
Annie Hoover. She is tall, and
spare, with rather dark complexion ;
about 65 years of age. Said she
lived near Mechanicsburg, in Cum-
berland Co, Pa. Said she had 3
daughters; one was James Quin-
tor's first wife ; one was married to
brother Eiuuu-rt, in Lee county. 111,
and the other was in Council Bluff.
Iowa. She complained of being un
well, so we did all iu our power for
her. She had access to the whole
house, and made herself very fa mil
iar and troublesome. She was here
10 days; then went to Pleasant
Hill, 12 miles from here. There the
called herself Annie Snivel v. Her
story there was entirely dilVeicut
from what she had told here. She
had a pair of boots in her basket,
at the latter p'ace. From there

she went to llolden in Johnson Co.

and took stage t» Mr. W alburns, in
Cass Co. Prom there she got pn
vate conveyance U) Dayton, in t'ass
1 '"■ She to .1 in the names of all
the principal speakers among the
Brethren in udbrly every Mate. —
About thu time alia loft 1 missed |
pair of splendid boots. Who cm

give a little history of her? I hope
thie may get down into Southern
Missouri, whore I think she has
gone, in time for some one to give
her a piece of good advice.
Yours fraternally.

Kicuard Arnold.

Brother Henry : — I would like the
Companion to visit me another year.
; I don't see how I would get along
without it; it makes me feel happy
' when I cau hear from my brethren
i and sisters, both far and near, how
they are striving to gain a right to
the tree of life. The Lord has said :
" He that has a right to the tree of
life shall enter in through the gates
into the city." Now, my brethren
and sisters, let us be on our guard, for
the Savior has said, "watch, for in
such an hour as you think not the
Son of man cometh," that we mav
be ready to meet him when he cometh
in the clouds with great glory to col-
lect his children home.

H. E. Slifer.

^ Brother Henry j Brother John S.
Newcomer wants the tobacco war to
Stop ; but we say no: never, never,
never, until it is placed along side of
wearing hoops, soldier overcoats,
frock and sack coats, shawls, du
wearing fine apparel, going without
caps, Ac, A • See A. M 1868
3; 1864, Art. 10; 1866, Art. 27
Place it along side of these, under the
same rule of Matth. IS, and then we
are willing for the war to oloee Hro.
X -ays, also, "the Brethren will Bgbl
a goodly number out of their family
company, and probably Some out of
the church " Is it possible tl at there
are brethren that think more of their
tobaCQQ, than of the cause of Christ,
and the salvation of their soul- ? The
! BOOM things being sinful
against the body, and QOl tl,,- |otll, Is
Indeed a very Strange doctrine I
beooo is us much a sin Igeinsl the
soul as the wearing of hoops,
soldier's ovn- coat

made i tend of fellowship under
.Matt 18, and tobacco which If

than any of them Is to bl I
g' tree Place it along with |
and then judge with mercj and long
forbearance ami we are SStisfli
But it is sometimes the eaes that our
■Oat excessive tobacco users arc the
most tenaciously OPpoeod U) supcrtlu
' ilies about tho apparel 1 kaow a

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case whan u number of i

. . . . oat of the church
f,,r w i mall hoops, \\ hen at tin-

time they proposed to their"
brethren, old and young, wb

in judgment against them, that
if they w >uld qoM aalngtobaoea they
would quit wearing hoops. But nay,
Bay they, the question is not

under consideration to-day ; yon must
either gat oat of the cburoh or out of
the hoope " < >. cons stency, whi re art
thou! Make us all equal, and giro
| Ltiafied.

nicer under the boo than to see
a body of brethren, old and young.'
. leanly, neatlj y and

from all extras or super-
fluities, joined together in holy rwer-
1 what is mure oh-
ms and fetid, than to smell the
breath of others made odious by the
fume- moke, and the am-

ber Hung around iu different plai
M\ brethren, let us all be equal, not
i, and others go free, for
this reason. On last year, ycur hum-
ble brother labored hard to get a que-
ry firom home through the District, to
the Annual Meeting. Brother Henry,
1 have a word of reprool for you. A
few numbers ago. you referred to the
is over our tobacco query ,at
Lnnual Meeti - ae did

not like this, for if it had not been for
vou, the Annual V 1 have

the request of the query,
which was to make the u.->e of tobac-
co, other than foi medical aud mechan-
ical purposes, a test of fellowship, as
in regard to .-'.avcry, during the war.
is moving in this matter, and
. ,ur lolly in diverting the correct
:.ju of the A. &., from our query,
you have now got it hanging on your
own shoulders, and agood deal of per-
plexity through your paper.

But, dear brother, as we expect to

make an effort to have the A. M., re-

. r the decision of our tobacco

unary, and grant the request of the

V, , pe you will give us your

and \se arc gati^lied

\\ e can't get from our mind the

;,l c a il ner Newcomer hints,

• lie of thelwctkren would Ii

re up
that look in
the Savior's langui

ot father, uioihcr,
husband, wife, children, or Ian

and

not worthy of me?" In the
name of our holy Christianity, what

would such brethren think if the
sword of persecution were to sweep
over our land ! Could they give up
their lino lands, barns, house-, and
even their own li\ efl f>r( !hri
1 (c;ir not, if they can't give up their
tobacco. In Christ 1 love all the ho-
ly brethren, notwithstanding their to-
Breihren, bear with your
humble brother.

A. LlKDY, Ja.

Antiodh, lad.

For remarks see the editorial de-
partment.

Northern III**. District Meeting.
'Jter Henry i Please allow me
to inform the brethren, that the dis-
trict council meeting, of Northern II-
uill be held, the Lord willing
at the Wadam's Grove meeting house,
Stephenson Co., on Easter Monday.
Preaching on Saturday evening, Sun-
day, and Sunday evening. And we
wish a good and general represen-
tation of all the different congre-
gations comprising said council, and
also extend a general invitation to all
our dear brethren and sisters.

We next call for special attention
from the Elders, to the decision of
last Annual Meeting, relative to the
manner of Electing delegates to the
Annual Meeting, as set forth in Art.
i'.K viz: "That each sub-district send
■ites to District meeting, who
only shall bethelegal voters to elect
the delegates to the Annual Meeting.''

Those coming by U. K., will stop
at Lena, on the Illinois II. II., two
miles from place of meeting.

By order of the church.

Enoch Ebt.

Dear brethren: I will give you
a little church news, which brother
.]. Miller, of German Settlement, had
promised to send to you in full, hav-
ing taken a transcript from our pass
book, on the outii, of last October^
but as it has never appeared, and as
We promi»'d the members to have it
published, I will endeavor to dlSr
charge the duty as best I can.

I left my home, on a mission of

love, on the 12th, of September, and

• Elder Samuel A. Pike vn the

lMh, in Preston county, W i v . I.

I Thence to Harbour county, and bold

a church meeting. Thence to Km

dolph rounty, and held three meet

Than Jthttwgh Barbour. r M'p

shire, to J'raxtuii Co., where we held
a Lovefeast, the lirst held by the
Brethren In that county; had good
Order. Ten were added to the church
before the Lovet'erst ; live of these
were baptized in Lewis county, with-
in three miles of the Webster lino,
where the Brethren had never preach-
ed before. They all belong to the
Praxton branch, organized by brethren
Jacob M. Thomas aud John L. Hook
about a year ago. There are three
ikers and two deacons, and 21
members, and there were good pros
pects for a large church.

Then returned to Upshire county,
and baptized three ; held a Lovefeast,
and a number of meetings. Thence
back t ' Barbour; baptized three and
held two Lovefeasts — one where none
had been held before. We attended
the election of 8 ministers, 3 deacons,
4 promotions from lirst to second de-
gree, and attended some 41 meetings
in all.

We thank our brethren and sisters,
for the love manifested toward us un-
worthy ones.

Jacoij Beeuiily.

Somerjield, Pa.

Auswers to Landon West.

Query 1st. "What do the breth-
ren understand by worshipping God
in spirit and in truth '!"

"Cod is a Spirit, and they that
worship him, must worship him in
spirit and in truth." John 4 : 24.

The above is what the Savior said
to the woman of Samaria, iu bis talk
with her at the well, and my under-
standing of the text is, that to " wor-
ship God in Spirit" we must wor-
ship him under the guidance of the
Holy Spirit, i. e., we must become
subject to that Spirit which the Sa
vior said should lead us into all truth.
We must become obedient children,
to obey the Lord in all his precepts,
as far as lieth in our power. If the
Holv Spirit dwells in our heart, we
are subject to it, it has the control
over us, we submit to all its teach-
ings, Then we can worship God iu
Spirit, " and in Truth.'"

We cannot worship God in truth
if we worship him contrary to his
will. We must not come before him
as did the Pharisees of old, who
drew nigh unto the Lord with their
mouth, and honored him with their
lips, bat their heart was far from him.
We must eoiue before him, under the
guidance of the Holy Spirit, obedient

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subjects to bis will, then we can wor-
ship (Jod ia Spirit aud in Truth.

Query 2. " Why do we hear of no
Brethren east of Pennsylvania and
Maryland? Are there none in Ken-
tucky ?

1 would say I don't know of any
existing in Kentucky. In New Jer-
sey there is at least one congrgation
that I know of. It sometimes ap-
pears to me that even as the suu rises
in the east and sets in the west,
(night following in the same way)
even so may it be with the Sun of
glory. That heavenly light sprung
forth in Palestine, and now it has
wended its way even to the Pacific
ocean, nevermore to return — the night
of Popular religion following hard af-
ter. So the plain, simple doctrine of
ihe brethren will not take any more
because men love darkness rather

than light.

Levi Andes.

<;i<-;iuingM from Subscriber*.

" We havo had the largest sheet of
ice this winter, that I ever saw. —
Much timber, and many fruit trees
have been destroyed."

Samuel Sthi.ne.

Miller sburg, Ind.

"The year 1870, with its ponder-
ous records has gone with its prede-
ira down to eternity; 1871 is
here, and it, too, will soon glide away ;
and a few more after it and ibis dis-
pensation will have closed, for tiie
end is nigh. Hence let us be watch-
ful. The Lord help us to be ready."
Philip Boyle.

" I am sorry that our periodicals
cannot be united, so that we would
but one publishing office. Then
I could get more subscribers."

' I'-l 'HER.

In reading tin- Brethren'e Almunae,

1 notice in i lie list of ministers the

nl omc who are not ministers.

I ;d..o know ol a number who are

minister ft, but whose names aru not on

the Hst Pot Instance, there are

□ in our Plat Rock branch. Thi--

. our fault.

Fight the tobacco In ;■ mild and

table \\ ay, B

e and offensii e. we bai • •

then let us la-

bor t i you through

jul >•■ i mii the wall

ol ZI. Ram'l H MYef.S

" I take great pleasure in reading
the Bible aud your papers. I cannot
get to meeting, for there is no Dun-
kard preaching here. It grieves me
that I cannot go. There are no other
members of our society here that I
know of. I do wish that some good
ministering brother would move here,
and establish a church. I believe
there could be much good accom-
plished I am getting along in years ;
am going on my sixty-third year, and
my health is poor, but if God spares
my life, I hope to be able to send you
the money for the papers. I should
love to hear you speak, but suppose
it is impossible. O, may we meet in
heaven where there will be no more
sorrowing. Piieije Davis.

Ghampavjne, III.

We have two subscribers at Kan
toul,andfiveatUrbana,in Champaigne
county. Perhaps they could pay sis-
ter Davis a visit. A blessing would
no doubt result from it to both parties.
Don't forget the visitiug part of our
religion, brethren and sisters.

Dear Huhinger i--I have often
felt sorry that the nfrmber of Church
papers is increasing. Now I am
sincerely afraid it is not for the bet-
ter. But I rejoice that simply an
effort has been made by its editors to
consolidate We do verily not stand
in need of quantity, but sorry to yav.
sometimes of ijuality. I am encour-
aged for I see a vast improvement.
I di, however, believe more good
could be done if we had only One
Church paper containing all the good
(puiities ol all. It is too expensive
for every family of the brethren to
have them all, and to have only part
is not so satisfactory. And the more
we read the papers the less we will
read tho Bible. Shall we neglect
the Bible for the sake of Church pe
riodicals ': 1 know you answer in
tne negative, my (L-ur brothor, with
myself. What should make us neg
leet

o constancy *r' •
While all wt i found ll I:

juunrlot ,i
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'in the Bachelor's Run congregation, Car-
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NA SNOWBERGER, widow of John K.
Snowberger, who died in 1857. Her age was
69 years, 10 months, and IS days. Funeral
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VOLUME VII.

TYRONE, PA. r i . FEB. 7, 1871.

NUM BB G.

I.ittZc Things.

Little grains of sa

■.- ocean

ild despise the small things of

in the bi when God created the

he gathered together the

ipon

;sd the world ; rearing

stone upon le upon particle, until

lit-
tle i it fall to their lot

i
•id caiv ir name on F

;
ime seeming, pet,

good or ills oft

■nt opportunity. the

i
right spirit and fro
in j

the

toward the b

ul, by

■

not again—

ul* \.

sess no - -nut

ning

just ho

the ono rare bli irth — •

For ibe Comfa-
Is it Well wilh the Child ? 2 Kings 4 :G.

However hard it may be. to part with thi
little g; d lay their bodies in the dust, it

is a consoling fact to know, that all infants are
saved. Hence, it is well with the child. I can
sympathize with the b its, as I too

a lit!; \>ne to radise of (.

cable and full oi glory.
Those little gc not Jos', but gone to

•Ad. We have
the prmleg ing to them, but they can nev-

knovv we
departed from death antoetei
i should prompt us to sen.- (iod
all our ■ oul, mig

! ! • - the mother, who h

died to v. ' ixted

Oh ! it is 1 re up tl

I child: .
■
i

tarns to her of mournii

mtetnplates its empty cradle •
I by her bright eyed boa\

with •
• 11 with

( '. r. i. Hi

f the 1 !

(It

•-

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l!i«' « liriatiuu'a iXpiirlmr.

''.Hi Of the riirhteonp."— Nrmiiii'-

1 >entb is not only the common {ate, but the
u of Hviug beings. It strikes terror
alike to men and blasts. The smallest ine
will put forth astonishing exertions to save it-
self from death. The most timid animal will
struggle f >r its existence ; while " skin for skin,
all that a man hath will he give for his life.",

This principle, therefore, is implanted in liv-
in i creatures, bj the Creator, to impel them to
preserve life and to shun death. So far it is in- !
stinct and is common to all classes of sensitive
things.

Hut in man a higher element is brought to
bear, which operates with widely different effect I
in the characters of the righteous and the wick- '
ed. The event, indeed, is common to both. '
"As the one dieth so dieth the other." But the
difference is found in their future condition and
final state. Hera, it is easy to show, all are in !
favoi of the righteous. To him death is attend-
ed with the following advantages :

1. Release from labor. Life is burdened with
toil and care. "All things are full of labor ; man
cannot utter it." " For all his days are sorrows
and his travail ^rief; yea, his heart taketh not
rest m the night." " And if by reason of
strength our years be fourscore, yet is their
sterngth labor and service." Death is the only
relief. There is no work nor labor in the grave.
There the wicked cease from troubling and the
servant is free from his master. " Blessed are
the dead which die in the Lord ; yea, saith the !
Spirit, they shall rest from their labor."

2. Udeas*. from affliction. The Savior tells
us : " In the world ye shall have tribulation,"
"Think it not strange concerning the fiery trials
which are to try you." All experience tells us :

' Many are the afflictions of the righteous." —
Hut if our days are " evil" they are also " few."
Soon " God himself shall wipe all tears from our
" There shall be no more sickness,
neither sorrow nor crying ; for the former things
are passed away."

3. Suetaining grace. This is a sore trial to
the flesh. Men's hearts fail them in the contem- j
plation of it. Hut when th«» trial comes, there'

always grace to support it. "My grace issuf-'
fici nt, lays th - ' bMox ; and - as thy davs, so

thy strength be." "To the upright in

light in dark 'Yea,

though 1 walk through the valley and shadow

of death; I will Chon art with

me ; Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me."

4. The consummation of faith. "Now faith
is the substance of things hoped for ; the evi-
dence of things not seen." But death is the
end of faith and hope. The wicked cannot
hope, the righteous need not. "For what a man
seeth, why doth he yet hope for ?" "He that hath
the bride is the bridegroom ; but the friend of
the bridegroom which standeth and heareth him,
rejoiceth greatly, because of the bridegroom's
voice." It is not, now, "Go work in my vine-
yard," but, "come, thou blessed of my Father,
inherit the kingdom" — "enter into the joys of
thy Lord." For him, truly, "to live i? Christ,"
but "to die is gain." To remain with his
friends is desirable, and natural ; but "to depart
and be with Christ is far better." If he is "in
a strait betwixt two," he is prepared for either.
If the "flesh is weak," the "spirit is willing ;"
so that, when the summons comes, he can cheer-
fully say : " I am now ready to be offered, and
the time of my departure is at hand. Henceforth
there is laid up for me a crown of life."

Such are some of the cheering prospects which
soothe the Christian's heart, — such the blissful
realities that gather about his soul in a final
hour. Only let us not forget to whom we owe
these heavenly hopes, these blissful comforts. 'Tis,

"Jesus makes a dyinj: bed,
Feel ioft as downy pillows art."

Wherefore let us "comfort one another with
these words," while we "thank God through
our Lord, Jesus Christ."

J. K Pbn< b.

Jonesiboro., Tom.

For the Companion.
Kuowu bj Their Fruits.

The questions are often asked. "Who are
christians ? how can we tell V The answer to
this oftentimes is, " No one can tell ; this mat-
ter must be left until the judgment of the gr-at
day, then the good shepherd will separate them
one from another, and set the righteous on his
right hand, but the wicked on the left,"

If this is a question to be solvt d after death,
what, then, did th j Savior mean by his clear
and pointed argument, recorded in the seven-

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It means, " by
''heir fruits >/<■ shall know them" ■ sus-

by the follow ' at ; " D

grapes ol thorns, ox figs ol I !" —

tainly that would be as ui
tcr to flow up the mountain slope, The truth
is. that 'every good tree bringeth lorth good
fruit ; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil
fruit." Most positively, " a good tree cannot
bring forth evil fruit; neither can a corrupt tree
bring forth good fruit." What, then is the con-
clusion 1 "Wherefore by thiir fruits ye shall
know them."

Where, then, is the uncertainty that is sup-
posed to be involved in the matter? True we
may not be able to determine in regard to all.
tor the want of a more intimate acquaintance.
Time is a <^rand revealer of the intents of the
heart. The true character mav not be revealed

sion many mi

real

.
decidii

poor ?
other ac: if rather, non-actio

erth< '

not attending chn

of yo

his brother

els of compassion from ow dv

love of

shine : "Let your Ligh

out from the world : " come

them." Who dare say he is

knowingly;

■

to us, as v, to some of the prophets and the light of th<

re is, sometimes, a blending of of the word, and .
spirit with spirit, an interpretatioi

that almost amounts to revelation. the

spirit,

t us inquire

line from I

How can we know the

the true irom the

— the sheep Irom the wolf — the christian

on-christian 1 Answer; " By their

miliar with iruir, trees. How

3. Tei

—
le, humanity,

lovi

b >' its api sorrow.

telling j not by and <lf a m

limbs, its foliage, nor the beau A h . . ^ . mu

m; thi
i all of I What then ! The fruit is

of; nothing else.

Whal : i •■■ raits 1 Pii

idly, th( >ns ; third!;

1. Words
ii iart, sn

■

i .
mou

.
j

won

tho :u ■.■!.*'

2. Action
Th< • k loud< r, thai u , i ■

truthfully. They arc more to b<- lelicd Up
I - y speak, thby convey ii

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►

The l.orri'M Prayer.

who in i -

'i by I ome, thy will be

TbroughoDt lb la earth tl

T now

• • ■• liumldy I
imt and bleat l In-ill now ;

> II (log tin o'er

\j lin.nl.
Our

m niaii

• An.

Jnlo termination lead uk i
U defend,
Lalne tiit- kingdom! power, all,
v without end.

Babbajm Tai I..

tor lion.

VoK(< ol Christ.

I M M Of

M t. ]

In nothing arc man's abilities more

rted than in the acquisition of
knowledge. It is one of the funda-

Qtal principles of the human mind.

- is observable by the many exer-
tions that arc daily made for' its at-
tainment -Men will violate the laws
of health, and sacrifice their lives just
a clear perception of that which
is yet a little obscure. Ilenee they
traverse the whole world, all for the
par] gratifying their desire for

knowledge. Yet in Borne cases we
serve people exerting their abilities
in a sphere that is infecting their in-
tellects, and destroying their health.
This propensity to pry in the mys-

ius is exceedingly baneful to the
intellectual powers, and in nothing is
it more pernicious than in the chris-
tian discipline. How many who have

ized the efficacy in religion, and

were Busceptible of comprehending

- », are now departing from

true faith and have become
imitation.- of false doctrines. And
why is it thus? .lu.-t because they
have tried the teaching of Jesus and

I it to he of a condescending na-
and hence they pervert the <,
i' i to nil theii own pbarisaical d

tion. May heaven forbid that we
Bhoold ever fall into such a condemna-

An inordinate • , v the acqui-

bas can
sny other of
ch Satan I
nman soul. [| it

of acquiring unto Mlc

ted to tl, of the Al-

mighty.

'I'i»' kn and information

which we gather from worldly or
material objects may he denominated
worldly wisdom. This wisdom
potent tendency to create in man a
proud and ambitious In. hi. Hut the
wisdom which your unworthy writer
wishes to impart a few suggestions
upon, is spiritual wisdom. Thi
dom, if proper applicat made

for iu attainment, v. ill make us wise
unto salvation, ami ultimately work
out the happy results so beautifully
portrayed in the history of divine
revelation. This, then, is the w •;

wo should most prefer. Yet when
we compare the general ex< rtioni that

are made for that of the former with
the latter, it appears that men prefer

worldly wisdom. Science, art and
literature are daily studied with in-
exorable /.eal, while the Bible, which
contains the history of him who is
worthy of all imitations, is confined
to some old desk where the dust col-
lects on its sacred lids, on which the
owner's name and condemnation could
he plainly written with legible letters.
Such indeed are some of the lamenta-
ble facts. And it is to he feared that
we, as the imitators of the sacred in-
junction of the meek and lowly Jesus
are having our minds a litt!
much inveighed with the transitory
things of this world, and thereby be-
delinquent in the things that
pertain to our eternal peace and hap-
piness beyond this terrestrial sphere.
God has endowed man with pecu-
liar faculties, and the motives that
enforce them are suited to the differ-
ent capacities of men. We are to re-

the design in bestowing them

is that

trify his name. This

has been tin- principal design in our

■ ' we

make of them will not justify us when

.ete stand before the tribinal

of Jehovah, to give an account of our

stewardship here; below.

Believing that we are the
of Christ's kingdom it becon
aary for us to consider whether we
are making an effort. Are we striv-
Do we avail ourselves of the

have ac-
cess to? Do we show by our daily
deportment that we are learners of
Jesus ? Or are we exerting our abil-
ities in the acquisition of an earthly
ire, and thereby eontamenato our
souls with utter deception? Our

sole object should lie to CXpU
ourselves from everything that i
tendency to lead u~, astray, that we
may glorify God in our bodies and
our spirits which are his, in a manner
that will prove acceptable in his sight,
endeavoring to put on the whole
armor of God.

Also we are told to walk circum-
spcctfully, not as fools, redeeming the
time because the days are evil ; I
careful not to have fellowship with
the unfruitful works of darkness ; but
rather reprove them. Then c
that beautiful and pathetic admoni-
tion which is worthy of being in-
scribed upon the tablet of our hearts:
He ye kind to one another, tendcr-

i hearted, forgiving one another even
as God, for ■ Bake, hath for-

! given us. "

Let us console one another with
these words, so that wi en death may
issue its irresistible summons, that we

member the Almighty as the giver of ' may, with a solaced conscience, fall iu-
cvery good and perfect gift, and we to the hands of angels to be borne into
as weak fallible creatures receiving the paradise of bliss, where our voiei -
blessings as an attribute of the di- may be BWeetly Mended together in
vine Providence. \nd that we are ascription of praise to the Almighty,
held responsible fur every talent en-

trusted to our care. This should l
duce men to consider in what way
they make use of their talents. He
who receives but one need not de-
spair, but willingly goto work and im-
prove that which we have, and there-
in a few more; by so doing we
may meet ihe approbation rl' the

talent we principally
id the different mental abili-

■ itfa which men are invested -

w hi' h V • i bom

li is the prayer of your unwor-
thy young brother,

Jacob T Meyibs,
ncrst ', Pa.

For nion.

"BvlMltJ the Ltiinbol God."

proclaim)

: truth, I
multitude at the time when tl
vior came to the Jordon to receive
the initiatory right into his priestly
office. The forerunner says : "I have
! ed • '■ baptized ol tl
pit thou to me

vJlIilLSTIAN FJlMILX CuMl'AMO.V

6i>

him : "Sufliar now ; for

thus it becomcth ua to falfil all

are we taught to
behold hi King Emmanu-

el bora in Bethlehem ofJudea. Lo,

. Lso men came from too East to
worship him. Behold his star is
seen ! for thus it i.s written by the
prophet: "And thou Bethlehem in
the land of Juda, art not the least
among the princes of Juda ; for out of

shall come rnor that shall

rule my people I

We see him at the ago of twelve
years in the temple, asking and an-
swering questions with the Jewish
lawyers and doctors, deeply interest-
ed about the kingdom of God. And
in the language of one of old, he truly
'•is a light to lighten the Gentiles,
and the glory of thy people Israel."
er three days, Ids mother
said, why hast thou thus dealt with
i "Wist ye

not that I must be about my Father's
business 7" We behold him through-
out his ministerial mission, doing
to both t^e souls and bodies of

ihildren of men. There was no

itatioua principle ever harbored
in his breast, lie made himself of
no reputation but condescended to the
of people aa his

l.'j for Ids good deeds we be-
hold him idemned to

U . cp tO

and like a lamb, dumb

before opened he not

louth. In his humiliation, his

i who

.shall declare his g a ''. for his

taken fn rth." He was

i' 1 li<-; weun tli

. lie Lo, tin' \ til
1 ent, the earth did

■, and ill 'And the

J laid
in the toi.i

And on thf morning of the third day,
be burst the i b, and

mighty
of deal h, bell, and tb<

Whi itive \ iew

: ii day

: •

tiou him, leaving the

, , .Martha, and 1.;
u hum ho had foi I his as-

V i i him moVO at an

even pace, with slow but majestic
step, on toward the bill of Bethany.

iscends the mount as a mighty
king. The green hill-side is strewn
with an awestricken multitude at be-
holding bis glorious . Hisper-
son growing brighter and brighter. —

.■sends to the top of the mount
and stands upon its apex alone. At
the foot of the eminence sleeps the
garden of Gcthscmaue : Jerusalem,
with its towers, pinnacles, palaces,
and gorgeous temple, glitters in the
distance ; and calvary, stretched with
fresh Roman crosses, and the tall cy-

3 above the tomb of Joseph
where he had laid, all visible. He
surveys the scenes as a divine con-
queror. Behold him turn to his dis-
ciples and say, "To-day 1 take leave
of you, and ascend to my Father and
your Father. You have been with
me in my afflictions, and ye shall be
with me in my glory. 'In my Fath-
ers house are many mansions: if it
were not so, I would have told you.

to prepare a place for you.' -My
friends, the gate of the tomb opens in-
to the world of life eternal, to all those
who love and keep my eommands-
menls. 'AH power is given unto me
in heaven and in earth, (jo ye there-
id teach all nation* baptizing

in the name of the Father, arid
of the Son. and of the Holy Ghost;
teaching them t<> observe ad things
whatsoever I have commanded you ;
and lo I am with you alway even un-
to the end of the world. Amen."
Lo, he is lifted from the earth ; he
•nds. up into

liddle air. Ilis disci;-
with bli id clasped

hands, with awe and amazement, be-

Qg their Lord and Mai

ry illuminates
now aline the brightm

the Material BUD. Lo! he i-

nOW in the iar oil' blue depths of heav-

irroumled by his angelic Ii
who have escort the Son of

God to hi .il abode i :

WO hear loud anthems of praises sung
by his angelic horns

ever up your

..lid the Km:

.'■ .

i , :

, and

. in."

We behold him enter into the
id take his -
hand of the throne of God, th>
terceding for u- 1 if any man

sin, we have an advocate with the
Father, Jesus Christ the righti
"Behold what manner of love the
Father hath bestowed upon us, that
we should be called the sons of Cod !
therefore the world knoweth us not,
because it knew him not. Beloved,
now are we the sons of God, and it
doth not appear what we shall be ;
but we know that, when he shall ap-
pear, we shall be like him; lor we
shall see him as he is." 0, ma
cent work, to be made like unto the
Son of God, our vile bodies fashioned
like unto his glorious body ! Magnan-
imous thought, indeed, beyond the
comprehension of mortal man ! t »
sinner, behold the Lamb of God !
"Repent and be be]
of you, in the name of i
for the remission o'
recieve tiie gift of the 11
You should behold him, by being
buried with Christ in baptism: as
Christ was buried i be.

Von should behold him bj
tiou after the utterance of each name
a- given in the formula by the So
himself; then : .. newm

life, and "be l: ■ this

world, but be ye transformed by the
renew ' that ye maj

prove what is that good, and
id perfect will of I ■

"W< '- we

prove what is I
ble, and perfect will id God': '
unworthy writer i other

way to prove it than by a literal per-
formance of Ids holy

cording the law of the I
the Lord is a pel
when that law is filled, then it

cepted and hi- perfect will
friendly r
him in the I- 1 . 1
washing. 1 can trolj

,d.d to the ordinam

my life, without thinki:

lent name, \ » ;., 1 rememl
memorable night when tl ■
strayed into the I.

■ . l<

!
had u u In ill'

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f the
ukind, the

; him

■

I : the !

■
I !■

e that I iv-

embleinatical
. and shed I
- - I upon the

Wc behold him
the Christian

-,,i>|: ! "ii the

in u hich he waa betrayed. We
d look far
heyoi avc: "And I B]

father

e may

aty 1 . king-

in ilit- i..
i the (

f !ifc\
bold

and

■

..I lion i.

an r\ e for an i i

Mi, lmt I

.ion.
The Old l'nth.

■

"tut

to I

irk-

•ntinued to walk in i
dieii ■ Ifi and imagina-

9 < f their e\ .1 hi o went

tinually backward, and not I
ward ; for Bays I < throogb

prophet,"tbi6 thing commanded 1 tl
saying, obey my voice, and 1 will be
your Cod, and ye shall be my people,
and walk ye in -11 the ways that J
have commanded yon, that il may
well with you.'' But stiff-necked and
nncircumcised in heart, they continue

■ their vain oblations and
rifice to idols; rejecting the whole- 1
Borne and life-giving counsels of the
in. st high Cod, until forbearance,
perhaps ceasing to be a virtue, calls
forth the indignation of his fury upon
tbem. " For thou hast forsaken me,
saith the Lord: thou art gone hack-,
ward and not forward ; therefore will \
I stretch out my hand against thee,
and destroy thee. I am weary with
repenting." No wonder this pathetic
nation : "O, Jerusalem, Jerusa-

bered
as a hen doth her I
audi r not ! "

sp< aketh i

tartling ifll
n of old, thn

comp

c iristian world

.-lands united. Upon this

fundamental truth we might all take

ry in
■ all

All things noi

wer in 1.

■

I have
demptive

all the

thei
■ ith mj : laid down

ibing tbem to
1
manded you ; but do i ■ b for

■
int of d
g< ace,
immaterial
so we think, relyin
utes of !• •

way a little ; we will in-
ime new planks in tie platform
o) redemptive grace. f the

timber is too km tty :•' does ni
the pr it of the age. Its

surface is a little too rough; we'll
pull it out and insert another more
inviting one, thai will be more in har-
mony with this fastid; of a
discriminating world, who deli
worshiping and serving the creature
more than the Creator, thereby chang-
ing " the truth of God into a lie,
giving the significance be has ordain-
ed. God grant that the prophetic
language of Jeremiah i ubly
instilled ii t i oor Ic a ts : that we may
i iate its vital significance. Let
all who profess to have taken upon
themselves the whole armor of :
and have obeyed from the heart that
form of doctrine once di

-
rue holin SB, stand in the
ivayo rough indiffe

. principles of the di

Christ, dissent from and teach

- mere palliating to the carnal

mind, le-s bumble in their attributes,

in their - ■

old w hilt \ we

in. r. redound ie ed-

ification an^ redemption of our souls;

may we Maud in the gate of tht?
Lord's house, and proclaim there this,
and Bay : " Hear ye the word of the
Lord, all ye of Judab, that seek to en-
ter in at these gates to worship the
Lord," "enter ye .in at the strait
gate, for wide is the gate, and broad
is the way that leadetb to destruc-
tion, and many there be that go in
thereat. Because strait is the gate,
and narrow is the way, which leadeth
unto life,and few there be that find it. ; '
" Not every one that saith unto me,
Lord, Lord, shall enter into the king-
dom of Heaven ; but he that doeth
the will of my father which is in
Leaven.*' " 1 am the way, the truth,
and the life : no man cometh unto the
Father but by me." " The words that
I speak unto you, I speak not of my-
self, but the Father that dwelloth in
me, he doeth the works. And as
the Father gave me commandment,
even so I do.'' " It ve love me keep
my commandments. He that hath
my commandments and keepeth them,
he it is that loveth me."

This, then, is the evidence of the
genuineness of that love we profess to-
ward God: implicit faith, in obedi-
ence to his holy demands and precepts
— that we do virtually love him in the
sense he has required it. He has made
this a test of our fidelity toward him,
that we may secure his friendship,
which should be tin: highest aspiration
of heaves. Whilst misplaced conli-
dence in man has ruined many, im-
plicit confidence in God, acting in pure
fealty to i. md ordinance

never failed in receiving reciprocation
in its fullest, saving sena . The near-
er we approach him. the more fully we
realize the fact that he is a friend that
Bticketh closer than a brother, eonlirm-
.'l Banctifying his truth to oar
advancement in the divine life. "Ye
are my friends if ye do whatsoever 1
coram and you " Stand in bis s

i ays are ways of pleas-
antness, and all his paths are paths of
peace " "His word is a lump i

uid a light to our path
us into that Straight and narrow way

that leadeth to everlasting life. But
we ii. ii t not diverge to the right nor
the led, hut itand in the ways,see and

ask for the old path- in which OUT

tainted ancestors have trod ; which
we have ever] to believe w as

tod way that led them safely in-
to that haven of eternal rest, prepared

'nr all w ho love and lei ve him faith-
fully, by walking lilain.le dy in all

the laws and ordinances of the Lord;
who stand in the ways and proclaim
the great, fundamental prin
taining to Christ's kingdom, accept of
his redeemership, with all the saving
eilicacies resulting from the perfecting ,
of all things in him. Mow in bumble
submission to the divine authority in-
vested in him, by virtue of which, he
has become the author of eternal sal-
vation to all who obey him. Hearken
to the voire of the trumpeters, set as
watchmen upon the tower of Zion to
proclaim the acceptable word of the
Lord, who shun not to declare his
whole counsel ; but be careful not to ;
hearken unto the uncertain sound of i
those who lie in wait to deceivebycalling
your unconscious souls into uncertain
security, by ignoring many of ti
sentialities necessary to secure your
salvation. Seek your peace through
the merits and mediation of a Cruci-
fied Redeemer. It is the way, the
truth, and the life ; and in him is no
darkness at all. He comes to you in
this sublimely inviting language :
•Come unto me, all ye that are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest. Take
my yoke upon you, and learn of me,
and ye shall find rest for your souls."
My dear, unconverted friend, let me
you from the earnest convic-
tions of my heart, that there is no
spiritual rest outside of Christ. The
fleeting delusions of this world are all
subject to decay, and will not stand
the test when you are called up! n to
ret the Jordan of death. Hut
the hydra-headed monster of sin and
iniquity, will raise his formidable di-
mensions in the way between yen and
your eternal deliverance, giving yon a
foretaste of the interminable woes that
await you in the depths of irre: :
ble ruin. Oh! then, will you not
com') to Christ, and live!' Ask him to
direct you in the old paths, marked
out in his redemptive plan of salva-

• udou you with meek and

submissive spirits, that may lead you
into humble and implicit obedience to

all his holy and righteous demands.

Accept in faith all the saving efficacies

he has Instituted for your redemption. '

iii their fullest and most significant

sense; that they ma\ be made to |QO-

sen e to t he edification and eternal sal-
vation of your B and j e in

the w a\ I, and BSC, and a-k f ir the old
paths, wherein is tl ■ and

when j therein, walk dream-

SpSCtly, and ye shall surely find rest'
f'>r \ ur BOula I' 8 NlWCOMU

Alphabet of l'ro verbs.

A grain of prudence is worth a
pound of craft.

Boasters are cousins to liars.

Confession of fault makes half
amends.

Denying a fault doubles it.

Envy shooteth at others and
woundeth herself.

Foolish fear doubles danger.

God reaches us good things by our
hands.

He has hard work who has nothing
to do.

It costs more to avenge w I
than to bear them.

Knavery is the worst trade.

Learning makes man fit eompanv
for himself.

Modesty is a guard to virtue.

Not to hear conscience is the way
to silence it.

One hour to-day is worth two to-
morrow.

Proud looks make foul work in
fair faces.

Quiet conscience gives Bweet sleep.

Richest is he that wants least.

Small faults indulged are little
thieves that let in greater.

The boughs that bear most hang

low.

I'pright walking is sure walking.

Virtue and happiness are mother
and daughter.

Wise men make more opportuni-
ties than trfey find.

Sou never lose by doing a ,
turn.

Zeal without knowledge i- fire
without light.

To everythi atfa the t-uu

there comes a last day — and of all fu-
turity this is the only portion of the
time that can in all infallibly

predicted. Let t: . line then

take warning, and the toned

take courage ; for to every it j
every
ir, there will come a last
day, and the man ought SO to live < >v
.lit, that while he learns in ev-
ery state to be content he shall in
each lie prepared for another, wl
er that other mav be

■ » ♦ 4»-

If God has no nerd of Our
he bath still less of our Igfl

I! ■ • .bo dili

..ii 1 | ■

-^ ♦ -• ■

law

CHRISTIAN FAMILY COMPANION.

hbor."

\\i' don't

.•.nil kind,
them,
bat oth(
, we can

e tw o ki

r our rc-
:■ friends :

■
nir There Bbould 1

for vould aol bad

favor. '.
kii i charity, and is

ribed in the thirteenth
pter of I rsl < 'orinthians. It is the
id bids all aag< r,

ali i juries, n! 1

- when they ha\ e any:!

things whi< h
It forbid

|Q to ha.

we c»n. It : generous,

aring, patient, bumble,
< >h, it is a blessed
•

weet and
: iii 1 atmosphere; full of the de-
is perfume of Rowers, and

irmonious and delightful. It

>d'a sunshine streaming down

3 with joy and

blessing every body who

- within celestial in-

tsic ot the
at, and beauti-

this love i.- tu l)e like ■

■ have this lore
.a in our hearts
.. I
i tb

lis and

this love

. . ;.- by

| IBN in i\

? Wo
they

i icked

r Imp-
ed that will ra ixioua
tu pray for them, and to help tl
waj m
not think
• than Bt

' tbein ''. \h) you not think tl will

ppier '.' "i es, thai is
the way Cod feels It was tbfl
: that mad': him wilii"

:mers
that mak
and bo long-suffering toward as ; and
it is this inli:: vr, which

maki
Oli ! let as try to bo like God,
■•'11 bfl always happy our
shall make -.tm bapv

J. EL 1'KTM'k'X.

♦ ■»♦

How «o Prevent a Divorce.

Whe r John Trumbull

i
i called at hi

icy in pri
cordingly he own into his

. and the t
nor came forward to mi re \V.,

saying, Good morning, sir; I am
to sec you." Squire \V. ret
ation, adding as he did
called on a very unpleasant errand,
sir, and want your advice. My wife
and I do not live happily
and 1 have been thinki ting a

divorce. What do you ad', ise, sir ?"

a ('tw-
in deep thought ; then turning to
Squire Hew did

W. when you were courting
and how did you fe< .
: the time of her m
Squire W. replied, " I treati
kindly as I c ! her

dearly at thai
" well, sir," said the Governor, .

now
i did then, and love her as
.
■

Let us pray. red in

and separated. rVl

W. called
wasp-

: - J 1,
70U for ti

■ 1 yon that n:.

Were

! I

nr good i

it, Mr. W., and

'■« wiilcontin
wife as I
The result v Squire W. and

hi" wi happily together to the

■
thinking iraiion in

ml do hk

b Bridgman,*
at into this world without sight
r the power of speech. She
could see nothing, hear nothing, ask
nothing: To her the very thunder has
cvcr I and the sun black-

The tips of her fingers, and the
j palms ol her hands have been her
; and tongue. Yet, tha -i,-'klv

! girl k

of huninn
relationship) and p

Bbould !

sin, and death, and the

:ini1 J ' Heaven. And all this

through the child's

.-lender fingers, darkly feeling the fin-

of another; and thus she tells her
bopee, and fears, and sorrows. And
so blindly for the
Saviour, finds him, and rests her weak
hands on his lowly head — that bli
head, that leans lowly enough even
for this — oh how will she rise up in

lent, Matt 12. 41—42, and con-
demn, with utter overwhelming, you,
0, sinner! upon whose very b<
pouring the know God, wi

yon* eod his holy word, and

your ears hear a thousand times over

!o-

Jasj • i.i..

1 ' Ot learned the lessou

ul ' " made little

- grown ni-
hilhood. Half the
- own thinking,
■•vn
i he
Id who will not do this be

the other half who will.

LlllUDllA^ r/ViVllJUi V;Viuiniuwi>.

Christian Family Companion

Tyrone City, Pa., Feb. 7, 1871.

in his appointed anient; the ' of Abib the Lord tby God brought

children of Israel ? And Moses said thee forth out of Egypt by night. —

unto them, stand still, and I will hear Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the pa

what the Lord will command con- over unto the Lord thy God, of the

Sappcr.Xo.fi. rning you. And the Lord soake Book and the herd, in the place which

,, . unt0 Mi eak unto the ' the Lord shall choose to place Lis

The attentive reader has observed children of Israel, saying, if any man name there. Thou shall eat no

that we are also treating the l <* vou, or of your posterity, shall he leavened bread with it :_ seven days

unleavened bread under the head of

ver. This is done, not because

they are in reality the same, but be-
e:m-e they meet in point of time, and
use the feast of unleavened bread
is sometimes "called the Passover.' 1
"Now the eavened bread

drew nigh, which is culled the Pass-
• Luke 22: 1. " In the first
month, on the fourteenth day of the
montL, ye shall have the /

• unleavened bread
shall bo eaten." Ezek 45: 31.

It is proper, in this connection, to
notice that the law relating to the fu-
ture observance of the r was,
after its first appointment, somewhat
changed ; but .this change related
principally to the places in which the

unclean by reason of a dead body, or shalt thou cat unleavened bread tl,
be in a journey afar eff, yet he shall with, even the bread of affliction ; for
keep the passover unto the Lord, thou earnest forth out of the land of

The fourteenth day of the second

Egypt in haste : that thou mayest re-

month, at even, they shall keep it, member the day when thou earnest

and eat it with unleavened bread and forth out of the laud of Egypt all the

bitter herbk. They shall leave none days of thy life. And there shall be

of it unto the morning, nor break any no leavened bread seen with ti

bone of it : according to all the or- all thy coasts seven days; neither shall
dinances of the passover they shall

15ut the man that is clean,

there anything ol the flesh, which thou

sacrificedst the first day at even, re-

keep it

and is net in a journey, and forbeareth I main all night until the morning —
to keep then;; evefi the same Thou mayest not sacrifice the p.

soul shall be cut off from among his or within any of thy gates, which the
b: because he brought not the Lord thy God giveth thee; but at
g of the Lord in his appointed the place which the Lord thl

:. that man shall bear hi

And if a stranger shall sojourn among

you, and will keep the unto

passover "should be sacrificed and fthe Lord, according to the ordinance

eaten, and was not commanded until

••fore the Israelii'
tercd the promised land.

Mini. M ; 1, :;, we read : " And
the Lord spake unto ' in the

wilder Sinai, in the first month

of the IT after they were

come out of the Land
ing, let the children of Israel also
jover at his appointed

of the passover, and according to the
manner thereof, so shall he 4o: fe
shall have one ordinance, both for the
stranger, and for him that was
in the land." Num. '.» : 6-14.

l the foregoing we learn that
e nnclean or in a
journey at the proper time for ob-
Berving ti er, were command-

ed to keep it on "the fourteenth day

m. In th ith day of this ofthe month at even." This

moii! I I keep it in his

according I
the rites of it, and according to all the
hall ye keep it'
1 1 rii- no change. But

" tie" in men, who

■ ! by the dead body ot a

on that day ; and they COtBO I

"ii that daj Ind

re de-
filed by the U of a

wh( bal \\<-

■ ■I' the Lord

shall choose to place his name in,
there thou shalt sacrifice the passover
at even, at the going down of the
sun, at the season that thou can*
forth out of Egypt And tLou sLalt
roaat and eat it in the place which
the Lord thy God shall d and

thou shalt turn in the morning, and
go unto thy tents. Six days thou
shalt eat unleavened bread : and OB
i he seventh day shall be a solemn as-
sembly to the Lord thy God : thou
shalt do no work therein."

a the foregoing it is very
that the time for celebrating the I'

- to remain precisely the same
bat BTSt appointed ; bat i!
to be i\ eluui-

f..i- sacrificing, and for eating lh<
.nrr T\\ •• points, "t tl ire,

call for Special attention. I \\ bal

meant bj ' ord

to be in. i

is all the difference from the

appointment that is uoticeablo in this

t i. mi. Lut in the fortieth year

ir wanderings, on the first day

of the eleventh month, when Moses

.•.rll addn

tnlated the law, and delis I

. in n !'■ tO the

r, lie

Prut. 16 : I - : ' '

ib and keep the

., l | u . IMl ,,,. h hlain sad l

CIIIUSTIAN FAMILY COMPANION.

i Bid mistake,

- ■
itch difference
which the Lord
thj G "l -ii ace hisi

ami "tin' place wliich the Lord
•I Bhall i - there is br-

and Jerusalem ;
Sh»ll now factiirilv pro-

• i Deal LB: 10, 11. we read :
"Bui when ye go over Jordan, and
dwell i:i the lam! which the Lord
' I i giveth yon to inherit, and
when be givetfa yon real from all your
ind aboot, bo thai ye dwell
in safety ; then there shall be b place
which the Lord yonr God shall ch

• me to dwell there;
ther shall ye bring all that I com-
) in." That this | - not

1,1 i as they should

Jordan, is evident from the
s giveth you rest
from all your enemies round about"
After they had crossed over Jordan,
Bhil ih, about twenty-live miles
■ h of Jei I Qua divided

western Canaan to the nine bribes and
a half. Hi be fixed the tab-

B of God, and it remained here
re than three hundred years. We
may conclude from this fact, that Sbilofa
was the place which the Lord chose
firsl : but because of their wicked-
rejected, as it is said by
the prophet Jeremiah: "lint go ye

DOW unto my place which was iD

Sbilob, whi I • my name at the

and Bee what I did to it for the

ly people Israel." Jer.

7 : 1:2. Iu 1 Sam., 1th chapter, we

have an account of the battle between

Hi brews and Philis . iien

the firmer were d< and the

"aik of God" was taken, am! the
Lord "for^.ok the tabernacle of Shi-
lob, the tent which be placed ami
Pa ?8: 60.
VFe i to the time of Bang

When he had rest from his
■ I in Ins heart

'"I • B for tie' name of the

Lord— "a hoi,- u ^ „ r

ml Of the Lord, and for Hie

ool of our God, and he made

ready for tin; building.' 1 But '. |
said unto him : '■Thou shall ool build

a house for my name, bee

I en a man of war and hast shed

blood." "When thy days be fulfilled

and than shalt sleep with thy fathers,

I will set up t' iftertbee, * * *

dl build a house for my name.''
3 noil thy son, be -hall build my
bouse and my courts." (Compare
1 Chron. 38 : 1— d with -2 Sam. 7 :
1 — L8.) David "died in a good old
full of days, riches, and honor ;
and Solomon bis son reigned in his
!." (Chron 2
a after Solomon Bucceeded to
the throne of I ;,i to

Hiram, king of Tyre : "Tboo know-
est how that David my father could
not build a house unto the name cf
tie- Lord Iks Cud, for the wars which
were about him on every side, until
the Lord put them under the soles of
his feet. But now the Lord my God
hath given me rest on every side, so
that there is neither adversary nor
evil occorrent And, behold. I pur-
pose to build a house unto the name
of the Lord my God, as the Lord
spake unto David my father, saying,
I thy son, whom I will set upon thy
, throne in thy room, he shall build o
house mil, i ray na

Solomon built the house — the tem-
ple, and he solemnly dedicated it to
the Lord. 1 Kin-- 8. lie built it
'Tor the name of the Cord Cod of
Israel" 1 Ki. 8: 20. The house
was called by the name of the Lord.
(Ver. 43.)' The Lord said: "My
name skull be there." (Ver. 29.)
The house was built iu the place —
"thecity n — which the Lord bad chos-
en; for Solomon said: "If thy peo-
ple shall go out to battle against their
enemies, whithersoever thou shalt
send them, and shall pray unto the
Lord toward the »•//// which limn hast
and tow ; >ni ti H - house that I
have built for thy name " Vers, -It, 4S.

After the dedication of the temple
the Lord appeared to Solomon, and
.-aid to him : "I have hi ■ ::iver

and thy supination, that thou

before me: I have hallowed this
which thou bast built, to put
my name there forever ; and mine eyes
and mine heart shall be there perpet-
ually." 1 Kings, ;. ; 3, It is very
Clear, therefore, that the ]>la<<- which
the Lord chose — chose to place his
name there— was tbe city which he
chose — the city of Jerusali m : but the

■'. bich he chose to place his name
in, wa- the lemple— the house of the
Lord.

The command in reference to Ihr
place for sacrificing the passover, was:
"At the place which the Lord thy God
shall choose to place his name in ;"
but the temple was the place the Lord
chose to place his name in : therefore
at the Tt 18 the place to .-•«. r,-

the Passover. But they were
commanded to roast and eat it in the
place which the Lord, should choose;
and, us Jerusalem was the place — the
city which the Lord chose, Jerusalem
was the place in which to roast and
eat the l'assover.

The time for the observance of the
Passover remained the same ; and we
have no intimatioa iu the law, that
the manner of keeping the Passover
was to undergo any material change.
The command was : "according to all
the rites of it, and according to all the
ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it ;''
and as there is no command, or grant,
to dismiss any of its rites or ceremo-
nies, it is evident that no change was
intended, except what Would naturally
and necessarily follow from the place
in which the l'assover was to be kept :
this might affect the selecting of the
victims, and the disposing of the blood,
(fee It is also to be observed that
only the mates were bound by the law
to keep the I'a.-so\er J and this Would

asarially affect the grouping into
companies. ■Three times in a year
shall all thy males appear before the
Lord thy God in the place which he

CHRISTIAN FAMILY COMPANION.

shall choose ; in the feast of unleav-

,1 in the feast of •■
and in'the feast of tabernacles." Dent.
L6. Ex. 28: 11-17; 34: 23.—
For a particular account of the cere-
monies during the feast of unleavened
bread, .sec Lev. '21: 9—14.

o ■»■ ♦ **

Our Affliction.

the past six to eight weeks we

have been more ln-ashy than usual ;
and during the past week were alto-
gether laid up, and since our last pa-
per have Buffered severely. The fam-
ily becoming alarmed, called in the
physician, who told us there was
nothing alarming about the case ; on-
ly worn out, over-worked, must have
me rest. Accordingly we .

; in from mental

labor, until we v

bear it. At present we fee! quite

ill under
itraint, both from witl in and v.
week we hope to tab
orial chair again.

Visit to Maryland.

Under tbe blessing of God we ex-
pect to meet the brethren and friends
of Maryland during the present month.
Our arrangements are to arriv.
Ii„ q on Friday evening, Feb-

ruary 17th, and to return to \Vn\
boro, Pa., >-y Saturday evening, Mar.
kli, where we remain over Sunday,
ami then return home. Eldt '
bill Mv> i- will be our leader, and if
we are at all able to travel, we shall

make tbe trip, by the recommenda-
tion of our physician, though we

ould not Ik- aide to preach We can

,,iii- brethren, and they OS, and

, ,, one another, and make

quaintances, which thoj and we I

Ired

I. 11. Wolf, :.nd Ai.

and
make the appointments bo as t"
ih, the bretl

. U1 ,l J,, c ■ w tb tbe above out

\- Ul , b furnish-

broth*
obliged to d ntch and a I

,, , . ,. „„««„„ ' much to care for, and with

For ourself we ask especially, protec- IUU{ -" ™\ »

tv fur being unenvied.

from c ' ; et , . I would not deprive life of a sin-

Brethren and sisters will you ask I lfl grarfl ol . a single en j oyn ient,
the Lord to help thi- projected visit ^ ut L wqu1( j counterac t whatever is
of love? Do. _ penicioos in whatever is elegaut . —

. ~*~" Ifamo. .vers there is

Almanacs. 6 „ . ,

. , I would not root up my flower- . x

All who have Almanacs on hand, W()uld km UlC suake>

and not paid for, will please return to Conversation is the daughter of

us all they think they will not have rtaion i n g l the mother of k-

The. eath of the soul, the com-

sale for, as soon as
will be n< eded here.

merce of heart*, the frien 1-

-~- ship, the i. snt of content,

Answers to Correspondents. &n( j ^ occu if men of wit.

John Fun/.. You have a credit by fc 0Q slanderera as direct

75 cts about the time referred to. We mus to civil society; as persons

will send the I to If. E., without honor, honesty or humility.

t'll V 1 - No 11 ' Whoever entertains you with the

^ DAM H > The money you faults of others

thine* in the

i •, ,1 „i; .. in a similar mi
ckoowledgedinthelist

_ ;.-„, Tli, tli« Hvmn

of moneys received. Did I

.- not come to hand ?

D. ! :

Jan. 13th. Hope it has

come to your hand

j i, ; money came

all right

aaB WOUB. We mailed two,
Almanac, to S. Broadhurst, on the

4th of Oct which leads us to s)U|
that your favor came to hand We
will send the Hymn Book and also

world that k int,

| and are governed by no laws, but

. ttality —

family uuar eli, and re-

Lisputes.

BibU is i map of B
true history of the primitive Church
an iufallible rule of life, an immova-
ble grouioi i f and an
ing spring of consolation
A- til.- tig* r ] reys upon every
other animal, both wild and d

S. C. and He,

char ith tbe balance. oth ." e k m ^.°V th . at , U '

ALmIm Cbonsb. Allrightnow, reign und the aoul.

we believe: tin Post Office Ordi Mew .. I i vat ted told

prejudices ; let them a i

Thi guileless are nana ly wil

came to 1.:

Lbwib -M. Kod The a
der was received, and we are 1

1 1 «_r the i " d- suspicion, but the dishonest mat

>- the ■■

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- -:i tO

\\\

Genus oi Thaaght*

1. ri

tidoned <

are born in no] • A g00 j man ', l i t V . like tl .

our childhood in hops ; we ai »p, looks beaut;-., i

I by hope through the whole ..
: our lives : and in our I

[f n

. i u.
oh nothing hut the trul
God, 1

» • •■ ■ ■■'-
true I
ed wi »n» u,d ' w] "

« II HI .VJ'l AN FAMILY COM l'ANJ<

N C B

I By y.uir permia-

'lill.L', ||,

brother Shiveli led to

brother Barmo

"' the • in the | i;,..

■ a the
morning visited . , ue ] E 8 h-

I will try and fire your readers lenia n v

a sketch oi ■ rial! to the ehoroh in corap

»f the 6th of Janu her lot —

y with brother Samu, . 1IllU

took the < Johnstown «

"" e ', an ■ ""' la "' a chant,

abouUo'clockp m. Pntup ure Tas read, a,

■ House for the night After munion i i ft . >r

ted with supper, bed this we took our la
y the next morning ily, probably for the last time in this
arorld, went to bro
eight a Beat in his spring wa

list church near brother

tail Road for Bmlen-

co, arriving

After waiting a kw minutes

u! ''" ed for the house

her Ha 'mon Snyder, who lives

••.here we arrived about

jvhcre we
had our last n breth-

ren and sisters of the church at Clari-
on. The meetings were well attend-
ed, with good order, good attention,
and we hope with
After bidding the brethren and sis

t day oi

• should be kept holy and in

and in

rnity beyond the

.' of thine
now 10 ttal ■

These solemn oonaecrati
may my soul adoring <

i
. Bccrct thought

bou nil in;

irt,
1 bid t!iy word n

I warm t|

Asmrbtv Btalkaki

ii . r , ,. ,. ""n '"<■ oiuunea anu sis-

lock. After taking dinner, we ters farewell, we started for b

;t to broth< r Joseph Dialer's ; re-
mained with him and family over the
Early next morning, v.
■ wuii in-other Dialer in hie
for Easton, n had ■ mi

in a school house. Alter meeting we
dinner with friend Vetera, and
I m here, brother Dialer
• to Joseph Wood's : meeting in
a Bchool house in the evening. After

we went home with friend
N- Xl morning we went to

stopped with brotl uel Knaus

and family for the night \e\r day
brothrer Knaus took at

where we took the ears for home, at

which place we arrived abou

ik p m., and found cur families
well, for which

Stephen Hi -;n.

Mim ral Point, ]>„.

Dear Companion.— After employ-
incahard & laborious week, withonr

brother Geprge Shirley's. Meeting Compels 7^%^WZ£
m the evening at the Brethren's new which we ur food aud raiment-
meeting house. After meeting, went still awaiting your arrival but alas'
borne with brother George Wood, a the fleet wings of time are rolling as
wortnjr . ■amongthe brethren, on to the Judgment, and without
'" ;.'■■ ' a church. ing the friendly columns of th

' on, we learned that number Jan. 1871. But we are assured

l,ru,J, ' r o( you wUI come; we know von have

w,,rk the ministry, only hav- never fail we know that you

tant, andbe living in the are a constant frien era oi

extreme end of the congregation.there- truth; andfeeli w .„r,i

weaakol the ministering breth- have been with us, unl.

er the had happened

. for the

will noi
wait patiently \
•ther Wo d took u . ilh

eeti ig-hous ...;„.,

ourunprofiti . d puttina

of a meditative thought
boae with brother Shi vely Next (thou itmaybe,) upon the

Brother Henry .— I hope through
the < ,. tm>

brethren and Bisters throughout the
brotherhood, b j. or _

I. a id her walls
strengthened.

A requi nt to brother .John

of the church,

that he would pay ;, which

•mplied with. Ho an
on the last nighl

preached one night in the "little vil-
lage of Oakland. Then in the Breth-
ren's church near by, where he con-
tinued to preach night after night, for
two weeks, with great zeal, to a Iar
and attentive congregation, and -
were made to rcjoi ■ nine pre-

cious souls to forsi

eons tho id turn

to the Lord who would have mercy,
and to our God who abundantly par-
dons ; for thi lid through
his prop'nets that be would pour i
his spirit upon us, and would make
i n his word- : and i
think we can tru

through our
beloved brother in the Lord, who has
preached to us in its purity the Q
pel of God's dear S in, which we tr-
ims left manj | • ons, and

shall be the i.

round, which

will yet spri tO

Our beloved has our prayi rs

and i lie wen- a i the church in

general ; hoping tin: be may .

CHRISTIAN FAMILY COMPANION.

complieh groat pood in the work, and
in fhe resurrection mornin
pear with rejoicing, bringi
sheaves with bim, which may add
many Btars to his crown.

P. (.'. IlLiltK'K.

Oakland, Pa.

Brother Holsinger: Having re-
cently become a reader of your paper,
I find that vour columns are open for
contributions, and i ms to some

extent, at least. We do not purpose
entering into any controversy with
ony one, but would express our satis-
,n with your paper thus far, es-
pecially as it is anti-tobacco, and anti
on all" subjects calculated to impede
the progress of true bolin<

in the Brotherhoo<
i„ the world. This is right, and,
dear brother, falter not in
undertaking, until the desire ol
heart is fully realized. But I am di-
from my object. I took up
my pen to give you Bome church
nov.
I left our home on the morning of the
, to visit brother Calvi
q, for the purpose of hold-
ew meetings. Th* meeting
I commenced before we arrived.
The people were attentive and pal ♦
ions wen
• . The holding the meet-

i' small school-house, and
most of the tin ely crowded.

But the Lord was with his people.
Their bearl with his

love Tl e word preached ■■
ed to tl. rting of sou

meetings continued about one week. |
There were twenty-two applies
for reception into the church, tw
which were no'
known to the church.

■ church ws ; much built up ;
many hearts u ejoice in

oing their children come to CI
and bo made to obey his holy -
mandments, For winch object l<
all continue to labor and to p
nr unworthy brother in Christ.

\ .!. HlXOK.

//■',. I

ring a li
bort i
rived at Hum bin

■
the I Oth, I

Spring Creek Meeting-house ; where
we D a : attendance

small. Tl
Jacob

Meetmg-hc . ...- three meeting*
here : attendance good here, except
the first night, which was owing to
heavy rain. Tnence conveyed, by
brother Joshua Hoffard, to the Ann-
ville Meeting house, Lebanon county.
ing all day : quite an unpleas-
ant-trip. This evening had but a

;ation;but the tw
ceedii wellatte

and quite interest';
nine meatisgs were in the S|
Creek branch— Elder llollin
district. The rvcmbcis generally

alous
1 e n
much in

sd good
left home, o

spell ; pose,

to having tak nday,

travelling L8 miles with the

wind m tuc

kgain.

n, to

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L>A^ IE*.

Brother Holsinger : Please ask
Brethren's Periodicals to copy this
correction- It is of importance ;
and as the error is yours, I hope
you will see to it, to be corrected as
much as possible.

Christian Shank.

. Kansas.

( New Cumberland, Ind.,
(Dec, 19, 18T0.

Brother II B. Holsinger : — I have
ubscriber for I

for one year; which, I presume. :

ired. 1 received a
prospectus to solicit subscribers, and
have obtained live, including I
for the Companion, and two for the
.n will see indicated in
the list As your valuable paper bad
never been intr< duced in this, par;

..oral vineyard, and in
quenee of there being but few brethren

rhood, you
will observe 1 have not got very much
territory to work in, unless 1 can
tain are act brethren ; of

which I obtained one. 1 haV(

the conclusion, let what may be
introduced into a community, people
must 1m

|
on. After it has once been fairly
introduced, and the people become ac-
quainted with its designs, and the
doctrine it teaches, there will be no
trouble to obtain subscril

\V W. lluo

in the list of min- ,

...

to be consider-
nor desire I
1 ,1,, that that le-

-
an hi, od. But -.nou d

) that if

■\ call

Oil lie ' • " l k* w "

■

• //, ,7/7/ .-Since there is war
declared, and I I oft" and am

looking on, it is a query in my mind
whether 1 am justifiable without help*

•

i. 1 feel like
while, iu
bondage, or under the i'dluence ol
tobacco. It is over t •■
I quit of it. 1

to bed

I slave, 1 had to

■

I
: 1 ! : t ;■

• "IlItlsTlAN FAMILY COMPANION.

you

■

[Ilgemec oi Duty.
- Brother Henry ; 1 feel like

| a fi w ■ for the (

do s me
it will do do
barn. D< i ren and Bisters,

ni \ heart has often been made Borrv
to .<•■ ■ our 'tear bretbn u and sister.-;
bo negligent oi that privilege aud
duty that wc ow to G i, mi. Heav-
j Father, that devolves upon the
fo lowers of Christ,*to assemble our-

1. We
r ! retbren aim
me when tb
is pi od we fear

:u«e. But we
oee hear them bay, it is too
times too far, sometimes
, or the weather too unfavor.
. r Wi havo not got time. Oh !
■ i' brethren and Bisters, let as
i e earnest in the cause of our pro-
i and serve our <Jod moro and
more ; for the t'nao will come, when •
he will call for us to leave the sho.
of mortality ; then we will hare no
i ike. Bnt vr? often see
dear brethren and sisters en-

i the things that pertain
wor d.
' • 1 or heat, rain

•nd late, perhaps in
• prices —
are carnal. U

■
. ■ |

that we Could not sit under the

■ an one

. in well I B ri0

' 3 provoked, in-

i*ter« L he

w01 !. And

when r

res
hold'
titbful to toe en ! prav

thy brother.

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A Letter

FROM .\ MOTHER To H] UTER

IN THE PAR WEST.

My Ih-ar Hettie, I often ti
1 would try and write something for
| the dear Companion, as I have been
a icadei of it for a long time; but
feeling a delicacy to attempt, have
J put it oil" until now. I often think
of you and your family, that veuare
bo far eepari

by the ties of nature, aim
of that great privilege of heaii'
; gospel proclaimed to jou, as wo do.
; But it tilled my heart with gla
to hear you say ycu could enjoy
yourself very much, and also your
husband, in reading your liiblo and
the Companion. I am glad to hear
you both love to read it so well. I
hope you may soon sec the time that
you can enjoy the pleasure of hear-
ing the gospel preached in itspuritr. I
1 knew you loved to lead the

". that is one reason why I had
it sent to you ; and I wai
lot your neighbors have it to read. ;
and try to

it is a g [ find it a?

a welcome me in our home.

The children all I
when ire no fa

■ le kingdom of heaven thai
were here. You baid you saw in the
whi • a ^ood communion
rig we had in October in

I house, and 1 .• |

old have been to have been

with us. Yes, 1 thought of you of-

thousand . re Bt yi re .

member you both, and your two dear

Kttle ones. Oh, Bettie,try and raise

those little ones up in the aumjni-

very
much affected to he ft ffli c .

tion I ague, hut be

it n good to be afflict

• o know that he that lays the
:g hand upori u ' r 8 U3

low, can raise us up igain if we put
our trust in him. D ( p,

each other no good in our ::
b«t if • to our Savior m a ridit

and cxceptable manner, he will hear
aud answer our feeble petition. Oh!
amid all our afflictions and trials,
temptations and Borrow, let us ke
close to the Savior, and try to wa
m bid foots; as we can.

I try to li '

We ■ .. grave,

are parted and scattered abroad.—
Wc must pray for each other, ai
in i te Lard.

N. C
Fayetteville, W. Va.

Missonrl District Heetiaa;.

Brother HoUinger: ! 'lease an
nounee through the Companion
that the District Meeting, in the
District of Missouri, for 1871, will
be held with the brethren in the
Logcreek congregati
county, on the

ing,
t»f Kingston, ant
about the i ame di hwest

of'Kl Co. I:

ing by W. R. i south-

west, will stop off at Lawson, where
;11 be furnished a pri

ly informing
brother Peter Overholtzer, of Polo,
and tbose coming on the Hannibal

CHRISTIAN FAMILY COMPANION.

and Stj Joseph road, trill inform the
writer, at Mirabile.

By order of the church.

N ('. IlouT.

tthren and sisters ; When we

are tempted to contract for an article,
let us be sure that it is comfortable
or necessary — anything above this is
sinful.

F... ('. :

lutormation to J. I>- Mail.

The name and address of the house-
keeper in the congregation where
John S. Kline lives, is : John Zug.
Shaefferstown, Lebanon county, Pa.

MARKIED.

of the

89th, 01 January, 1871, at ihe hou

Mr.
I '
. Pa.

,]VrlS Ihl.r.KHKA»I>.

On the 26th, of January, at the residence
, of brother Heller, the bride's father, in the
Upper Cumberland branch, bT the under-
signed, brother DANIEL BOBB and Bister
ANNA E. HELLER, both of Cumberland
county. Dahibx HolIingbu.

DIED.

V, ~e admit no poetry under any eircumstan
ees in connection with obituary, notias. We
mthtouse all alike, and we could not intcrt
vertet with all.

In Favette countv, W. Va., December 18th,

Of StarJet Fever, VIRGINIA M. HOLIDAY,

Please say through the Com pan- , oldest daughter of brother Abel and sister

ion, for the satisfation of brother '
Samuel Oblinger, that the address ot
brother Wm. Gish,
Jefferson Co., Kan.

She warned (. t o do

hei I ;r: ' 9

and bade them farewell to meet her ii
She b sen in the chui

i
did. Sh
i bright hope lor her wee)

DOt wtep as those who hare no hope,

I ob ! what a blessed hope this is ! May God

I help ue all to prepare for hearen. Dip

| was Typhoid Pever. Funeral by the writer,

from BeT. H :18, IS, to a large congregation

«mpathzing friends.

J. B. Allbswokth.

Ip the Yellow Creek congregation, Bedford
county Pa., Jan. 10th, slater CATHARINE
SNIDES, widow of broth*- Bamuel I

who died Dec. 3-1, 1866. 8he leave* 8 chil-
dren, (one a member of the church) to
mourn their lo65. We hope their loss, which
is deeply felt, Is her eternal pain, i
years, 4 months, an 1 S days. Funeral occa-
sion improved by the Brethren from Hebrews
9 : 37, 88.

days

Erratum.

In No. 5, page 72, third column,
fourteenth line from the bottom,
read leavened, instead of "unleaven-
ed/'

The subject of ttiis notice was a remarks-
brother Wm^Gish, is Cook's Ford, ^^^JS^SSTSSSSS.

ner. She. upon several occasions, told her
mother she wanted to be baptized. When
asked why, she said because the " Good man
wanted her to be." She would ask her
mother when she thought she would go to
heaven. Her mother would teil her when
sh» came to die. Then she would say she
wanted to die so she could go there. When
taken sick she said she was going to die ;
■ ai.d in twenty-four hours from the time she
was taken sick she died. It made her smile
to think she was going to die ; a-jd just be-
fore she died, she broke forth in a childish
song, but in death her voice was hushed on
earth. Too gentle and pure for this world of
vice, so an angel from h*;iTen, as with a
mighty swoop, took tb little lamb from
I it in Paradise. Weep not,
Father and Mother, for little Virginia ; but
look up, as thro.

you have a bright jewel in beaten— one
songster iu the cherub throng in the ( ■■
world. Onward move, in the path of duty,
that, when yonr souls plume their pinions,

1ST OF MOSEYS received for subscrip-
tion, books. Ac,

Queries

1 wish to know through the Com-
panion about the brethren that prom-
ised to visit us, why they did uot
comt. We are waiting patiently. We
wish them to inform OS through the
Companiov when they can come. —
We wish them to come as soon as
possible. I». BakJBB.

pardsville, Mich.

P. L. Swine, 1,00

John Frick, 3.50

JohnBecd, 1,50

Stephen Yoder, ,75
M. Glotfeltv,

])• M. Wltmer, 1,40

II. P. Strickler, 5,25
W. G. Wininger.^.vij

B. A Garber, ,75

Lewis Trent, 1.50
J. /.. Replogle,

J. L. Beers, 1.50

J. B. l'fantz. T.50
T. F. Imler,
Bteph. Hildebrnd.8.00

Sani'l Lutz, 4,85

S. Mi -

J. Keichard,

J. B. Klorv, ,50

J- W. Hi •■

D. D. Wine.

A. W. Mat

W. H. Pullen,

John Fritz. 5.00

n. H. Martin,

th, 1,40

Jane Reinhart.

ItcCllntock.
P RWrigbtemai ■
A. P- Gerber -
J. L Bhueey, 1,50
Dan'l Ebie,

. ', i . /., • . I tou mav mount up to 'hat world on high,

At how early a day belore Christ ^ ."^J W!lb , -ear o.ks gone before.

did men believe in the n ion of

the body ? I » Smith.

r Brethren : As the Companion

gives light on scriptural points, I
to have an explanation of the follow-
ing words: "Whosoever ii born of
God, dotb n"i commil sin ; for bis seed
remaineth in bim, and be cannot sin,
because lie is born ofOod." John 3:9
A. Mteks

Dear Brother Henry .• Plea
form me through the colnmni of the
Companion, whether there are un\
i',[< thren living in l lolorado, if so,
Ated? what there
names and addret e • ' Pl< i
swer soon. \ 001 in love.

John Obi i
i ird\ . Hi.

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Unlike an; : j; CBn

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Iu Memory ot Our Beloved Sister
I uistoud.

l.V SL'UIE it. TH0A1 '

iu doth toll the funeral knell,
That doth of mortal parting I

Aud hearts are sad and dieir;
i a loved and loving one,
lias iro:i« to rest, — her victory won —

An 1 left us veeplng here.

Oh ! kindred heart, cease thou to weep,
She now enjoys that holy sleep,

free from all toil and care

there, no grief or pain,
Our loss is her eternal caiu,

With saints aud angels there.

While a sojourner in-- • ij-i >w,

bhe sought whence living wales How,
1 i hat eh mi,

That emenates from Je.?Ub' throne,
And 'luenehcth every thirsty one,
Who doth the cros>

J/ikc Mary, thai dear one of <H<1,
liar love lor Jesus oft waa told,

P.y GotUj walk and I
And all who knew her plainly tell,
She loved her Lord and Ma-i-i well,

Her Barlor evci dear.

Do those who loved her, ini^s h<r ],
Let this hlcsi thought their bonoin-

Vour SQrro |cv ;

For Jesus saith "those InaJ
Shall heaven an 1 iK glories see,"
Ot can bliss anuoy.

Dear Brother, art th*n weepiuq here,
The loss of th .

Loofc to that '.
Oh ! cast on him thy every ea
He'll kindly all thy bnrth

'1 hy grid .*& calm.

No doubt have wx, ai partitg-day

Vou mourn thu loved one pas«e(i » I

An ly.fjone o"cr ;

But le

On Canaun'i peaceful shore.

There loved 01. ad new pari ;

'J' here Jcsu» calms the contrite heart,
Bt Ins omniscient lo

I ii' n

1" « '.I 111,' .ll llMlll.l

Iu that hrii; tit woil I

i Hi q

oh ! thire the whit.

Praf*. Uod th- C re,t ! am;
I mil the heavenly arche- rhijf,

Willi I'YIllI

I'lllU !

Horn In din.

We often hoa I thai we are

born in sin. or that w* ara ben
ncra. 1 fail be hu<i tin- bet recorded

in tb i

i i ico is dra wd from 1
titjir to the Romans, .*. : 19,) where
be says : " For as by one n
bediepce many wi

by the obedience i ball many

be made righteou-

The Pharisees told the man that
born blind, ''thou wast altogeth-
er born in sin, and dust thou tc~.
And they cast him out," ButChrist
told the apostles that neither this
nia:i had sinned nor liia par.
showing at once that the Phari-
sees wen; wrong. Who will look at
a little child, laying asleep in its cra-
dle or en its mother's lap. w
innocence is beaming from it> coun-
tenance and dare ray ti)i
there ? lias nut ttjo S ivior
them, and said , klng-

P heaven.'' and " exfcejft a man

a ' hilii be cannot enter"

therein '." » . i nito heaven '.

•Ttauiiy not. Children arc lit
subjects for heaven, aud therefore are

it sin — cam. rn in sin.

It follows, therefore, that v
sinners till we coiMiii: -\\\ rVcf rmisl
be old enough u> know the law i

i commit sin " i- ei
transgression of the law ."

About the first law to child.

I .- lir-t the
of the parente! to "not
provoke their chil ,
to " bring them up in the nurtun
admonition of the Lord*' A^ soon
ns children leart! that it is their
to obey their p ad d< ui

th.y commit - \

learn other dulie . and l.t^ to du

and doJn 1 1 ,

bavo heeom- hinders.
i be mad--
■h the b|

- I

1 '

ti» tit one, i!.
bedierii

obedli

Trin-. had ■
tree of life, Instead of
fruit, c m m x\« come mto

likely we ncilh-
it was after the trans-
, that it was told Kve : "In
sorrow shalt thou bring forth cbj]

■ one
disobedience many were born
into the world, ami inherited tl
clination to run into sin, gq b\

.ice of one, (Chris .' shall

recievc re: - thai

they i committed, by nli- \ -

nt ono, and thu
come rig] [,. ;,[\ ,

S ■ ■>. in.

S«-r>iveol (Im- blaster.

Chi i
be their master, aud .

rfully to obey him
find w [ml lo

k iii I lu- Ivord'a i

twelve |'. i»li- of u

!. They can ;
the sauctuarj ii.

'2. They can ula:-

Iv present at the prtiyer-rm

the church.

■
i
4 \

impi •

d them to I
.». 'I hoj can u.

A '":■ -i: ■- '.i <v ■ •■

often one to another on i!

the kingdom.

aud w id'..
J T

.c; - mi

ami .

»y«t preaching In

I .' II.. r«i

"i a £KM

OIIKISTIAK FAMILY (JUMPAMuN.

riodical and tend them to BOOM poor families who cannot
afford to lake it.

In these twelve way -not to mention others — they
can acceptably sen e Him whose profesBed friends they

are, and be bwiatngi in their day apd generation.

i in- I nirrpr.! ni urn ol n I>reaui.

IKA..MKM (IP A I.ETTIR To A VKRY TolSi. BISTSB.

liv C. II. BALSBAU6H.

"We bore uVoemod a dream, and there is no interpreter
,,f it. — l>o not interpretations belong to God? Tell me
them I pray yon." — (Jen. 40: 8,

The dream it certain, and the interpretation sure." —
Pan. 'J: 40.

The tnie state of man, as dominated by sin,
never so distinctly and terribly reveals itself as
in sleep. Reason and will, the leading gifts of
Infinite to finite being, are guilty of decking the
life with many a false color, which sleep strips
off. The nature which has attained to a sancti-
ty that keeps the devil out of its dreams, is
'pure as God is pure." A redeemed sleep is "a
consummation devoutly to be wished." We
are delivered from the dominion of sin, just so
lar as the free play of the soul in sleep is prompt-
ed and directed by the Divine life in us. The
passions, self-seeking, foul imaginations, base de-
sires, corroding jealousies, and polluted currents '
of thought, which conscience, or a sense of pro-
priety, constrain to wear a mask in the waking
state, become, very often, the predominant feat- !
ures of our dfeam-life. What we would be j
ashamed to do, and tremble at the thought of'
being, in our responsible hours, is done, often-
times, without compunction when "sin that j
dwelleth in us" sways his cepter over mind and j
member. It requires a wonderful absorption I
of our whole being into the Divine, while awake,
to preserve our sleep from what is low and sor- !
did and siniul. A dream that is stained with
what would be criminal when awake, should j
make any Christ-loving soul wrestle "with !
strong crying and tears" tor increased sanctiti-
cation. The soul that can habitually bask in
the Divine peace, and lave in the crystal fount
id' purity, in its dreams, to which the sin-hating,
holiness-coveting believer aspires every hour:
of his waking life, has a blessed evidence that
what is deepest and constitutes most truly the
personality, if "hid with Christ in God."

One of the most weird and startling poetic
rtfnstons of Lord Byron, begins in this wise: "I \
had a drpam which was not <d! a drpam." So'

with yours, mine, and whose not? Something
precedes every dream which enters into it, either
as its origin, or giving it a marked feature ; and
something follows that will make us more like
or unlike our dream. Few persons imagine
how much they are truly themselves in their
dreams, and what significance and solemnity at-
tach to our night-visions. They help us to learn
what we are better than our waking state. —
Were it not for the restraints of grace and the
sense of propriety, we would be as vile, as heart-
less, and selfish in fact, as we seem to be in our
dream characters.

Your dream was indeed frightful, and is the
vehicle of a solemn lesson, not only to you, but
to all who may hear of it and the interpretation
thereof. You "saw a dream which made you
afraid, and the visions of your head troubled
you." No wonder that your schoolmates trem-
bled when you related it to them. In your
dream you saw the Prince of Hell emerging
from some place of obscurity, and, with dread-
ful aspect, attempt to seiza you with his fiery
trident. Not succeeding, he struck his fatal
hook into the dress of your dearest schoolmate,
dragging her away to his abode of darkness and
woe. The tenor of the unfortunate victim, the
consternation of those that escaped, the frightful
mien of the devil, combined t© make a scene
which caused "fear to come upon you, and tremb-
ling, which made all your bones to shake, and
your hair to stand up." Satan is doubtless af-
ter you with hi3 hook. He is "the enemy of
all righteousness,' and has a fiery dart for every
soul, poison for every cup, a snare for every toot,
an opiate for every conscience, a lure lor every
inclination, and a silk-covered yoke for eveiy will.
He generally hooks his captives in their dress.
Your dream is not all a dream : it is a sad,
fearful reality. If you interpet the visions right-
ly, you will perhaps miss more than one of your
schoolmates whom satan has dragged away by
striking his hook into their ribbons and crino-
line. There are millions of fashion-slaves on
earth in whose dress satan has fastened his hook,
and instead of being alarmed of their perilious
condition, they laugh, and dance, and carol as it
their fiendish leader were conducting them to
Heaven in place of Hell. In many instances
no grander opportunity is presented to the old
Red Dragon for plying his hook, fhan of >hnrch.

Vjl'lIVloxl/iX^ ra.uiux vu.m /1j.uvj.l

There he is nearest at home. There the varie-
ties of costume which he has devised, congregate
in the name religion, (taking his work shorter
and surer, and keeping his hook ever full of
those who call themselves christians, while they
are the devil's puculiar property. If you see
any of your schoolmates put on airs because ol
any article of apparel, or manifest any unaesi-
ness in close fellowship with those whose only
default is a patched or rent garment, you may
rest assured that satan's hook holds them fast,
that they have already made an idol of their bod-
ily decorations, and unless they be emancipated
from the bondage of pride, they will eventually
be dragged into the pit 'where the worm dieth
not, and the fire is not quenched." There is
perhaps no soul among the lost who had not
satan's hook in its dress on the way to perdition.
Pride in dress is one of the earliest sins. The
first lofty, eelf-pleasing thought invites the ap-
proach of satan. The first feeling of egotism
springing from personal appearance, is the en-
trance of the devil's hook into our dress. It is
amazing that Christ-loving parents, who pray
and weep much for the salvation of their chil-
dren, are so reckless in the dressing of their lit-
tle ones, fostering a passion, and giving it ex-
pression, which will make them the early cap-
tives of satan, and may seal them to the service
of fashion till Abaddon's hook drag them to the
realm of damnation. This dress- worshipping,
which so often ends in the loss of the soul, is
generally implanted on a mother's knee. I D
intentionally they give satan the first invitation
to appropriate the after; ions and service* of
their children. While the arch-fiend stands
waiting with his hook, they are getting ready a
place to fasten it. O be wise, mothers in 1-:
and offer not your children a phy to the h"okof
the devil, and the horrors to which it leads !
"The interpretation is sure."

I hope you will never forget your dream,
more important and impressive lesson you ooold
not have been taught through the medium of
the holy ministry. It is a stern call to that low-
liness and renunciation of self which ch
izes all the follower* of Christ. I nifornitv
dress i* no more a cardinal element of ('In-
anity than uuifbrmity of feature ia essential
human nature; but simplicity 1- Inseparable
from christian discipleship. 'Holy, harm

undefiled, separate from sinners :" this is the
character and manner of our Great High Priest.
*Come out from among them, and be ye sepa-
rate, saith the Lord, and touch not the uuc'
thing : and I will receive you ;" this is the
counterpart in the saints. There was once an
embryo devil in Heaven, for the great insurrec-
tion originated there; but no germ will be cai*
ried back to Paradise regained that can possibly
be developed into opposition to God. "There
shall in no wise enter into it anything that
defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomiua*
tion, or inaketh a lie : but they which art-
written in the Lamb's Book of Life.'' The
adornment that fascinates the sense is the most
common and fatal illusion by which satan popu-
lates the regions of dispair. For no other ab-
erration do sinners and pseudo^christians framp
so many excuses. The devil's hook is in their
dress, and they would fain make us believe ir
is the Shepherd's crook. Let not pride tempt
you to exchange sinplicity for gaudy embellish-
ments ; neither suffer simplicity to decoy you
into the pride of "voluntary humility." Satan
has his hook in many a plain dress, and alwa\>
in a fashionabie one. "Tie not high-minded,
bui fear." "God resisteth the proud, but giveth
grace to the humble." "Resist the devil, and
he will flee from you." "Be clothed with hu-
mility." "Hate even the garment spotted bj
the flesh." Memorize and oxemplily tl
comprehensive words in 1 John '2: 15, lb\ 17.
If you heed the -Vpostle's loving admonition,
satan will •. g | his hook fist in your g

menU. li . irr night-vision as the v rice

of (rod, warning yon to bewardofth ling

foe. Keep your fingers in the print of the Di
in Chri-t'.- hands and fret. If the enem\

his b.O< W him the < R •■member

your dn am and theint
the devil's hook out of your d;

In old divine ha somewh< i I .-

majestj implied in the name |

an independent being in Jehovah, Tb

' in

■ l"'.p in rVdvo • ■!• !: ■
.lion in no other name under heaVeU, tl

in Jeans— '

i iii.i. i « . v . . l.l.'liux \JKJ.11J- J\X1X\J±1 <

llir Sinners' Cull.

•li.

in ln*»r nj d the door, I

■ :ur> Into him, an. I « ;U hilll.

.iinl he with me. 1 -30.

Let us raprj a father

builds a beautiful, large, and conve-
nient li"iiM',in wiii.ii be expects spend
bis time, and enjoy t Ik* comforts and
- of life, while Bojournlng in
this benighted world When furnish-
cl, it is Riled with such furniture as

bete of the family would seem to
require from time to time. Around
thin stately edifice, the plants, rare
Bhrtbery, sweet scenting flower
aamental ovej E oi ety shade,

and delicious fruit tree.-, of every eario*
ty, inch as the best nurseries the world
can produce. In order to give the
1 more natural and attrac-
tive appearance, ho puts it into
to give it a garb of verdure
and then intersects it with magnificent
walks, all terminating to a focus in
front of his dwelling. Lastly, but not
least, he orders his architects to con-
struct a fine einbclished fence, to pro-
tect himself and his rights from the
invading foes without. I would here
venture to .-ay, that such ahouse,thus
filled within, and surrounded without
with the choisests gems from the veg-
etable kingdom, no one would for a
moment hesitate to call a paradise
upon earth. The father, after toiling
day and night, expending his entire
means and strength- all in order to
procure a timely hofce to spend and
enjoy the remainder of his life, saw lit
to give the same to . that they

might together share" the fruits of his
labors. But no sooner had the son
taken possession of the place, than he,
through self-conceit and independence
of position, forbids the father to cater
the threshold of the door, notwith-
standing he stands pleading with his
tottering steps and feeble limb.-, for
admitance. The hope and rejying
d( pendente upon his once lovingson,
is, in MHrt now -one, and he .
upon the cold charities of the world.
The lather may continue to plead and
knock, and unless the son hears and
opens the door, be may Boeneror later
take his final li .\ gj Vfl bitu over

to "hardness of lean and repn
of mind.'' I believe every sane man
ami woman would at once come to i lie

table cum lu. i mi, that, after re-
SUCh kind treatment at the
hand- of a kind father, and then thru t

|ng him out of his house without a
would almost be unpar-
donable ; li would plainly ma
a spirit of inhumanity and unkind-!

V... this is precisely the Burner's

"Behold I stand at the d00T

and knock," is the language of inspira-

' tion. I DCOnverted man and woman,

do you hear the vo|oe of Jesus ? If. so,
open the door of your hearts
and let him in. Open your hearts
freely, and invite him; yea. pray him
to come and take i n of your

hearts thai he may set your ho .
order, heal your convicted hearts, and
pardon all your past offenses, which,
in the course of time, bv living in
Open rebellion aglinsl a kind (iod.have
accumulated like a mountain of sin in
, your sight. What a kind friend Jesus
ia Every sinner needs Buch a friend,
and a friend in need is a friend indeed
But the misfortune is, where Jesui

knocks at the sinner'.- heart, he i.- per-

1 haps in ninety-nine out of one hundred

; cases, thrust away and told "(Jo thy

' way for this time, at a more conven-
ient season I wiilcall upon thee." He
goes away perhaps, deeply mortified,
and grieved at the thought of being
thus rudely treated. Oh, wretched
sinner, how cruel and unkind you are
to the best of friends ! It may be a long
time before- this good friend knocks
again at your heart, and thus gires
you another call ; or, it may be the last
call on this side the cold grave and
a never ending .'ternity.

Dear sinner, just for a moment pat
yourself, in a natural point of view,
into a similar position. Suppose you
should call at your neighbor's house,
and step up to the door and knock for
admission into his house, with the
happy anticipation of enjoying his
pleasant society, but instead of kindly
opening the door, and welcoming you
in, he should say, "nay,gothy way ; I
have not time to receive you now. I
don't like your company : the Bociety
and strain of things around me affords
me morcgratiiication'' &C. You would
at once come to the conclusion never
to call at you* friend's house any

' more, anil turn sadly away with sore
disappointment. I believe every per-
son who arrives at the age of acount-

' ability, gets at least one call, however
transient his slay in this life; for God
does not leave him.-elf without a wit-
Sorne peopli . t a multi-

plicity of calls. The rmestion might

i hereari.-r with pomo.how ran we know

when (,'.,,1 ,a!!s ? We answer, every
time we are brought to a sense of our
duty, or whenever We fire made seri-
ou.-ly to I God'8 arrange-

ment- as portrayed in the Gospel
p< cially asregards our final destina-
tion in the spirit world.

God calls in various ways to the
sinner. lie may cail through I
reading of his word. Men soimiii
take up the Bible, and persue its
cred pages, merely for the sake of cu-
riosity, or for argument's sake ; and
in this way become posted in the mild
and peaceful principles of the religion
of the cross. This, then, affords
means for serious consideration, in
private as well as public — more so in
private. After having obtained a
knowledge of the IJible, the mandates
of high heaven do not cease to echo
and re-echo upon the mind of man, un-
til he is brought to a -ense of his duty
and a call i- effected.

Again, (Jod calls powerfully through
the ministry. In the Savior's dying
words, we have language like this:
"Go ye into all the world, and preach
the Gospel to every creature." And
the Apostle Paul, previous to his de-
parture, gave his sou Timothy his
ministerial charge in these word.- :
"Preach the word; be instant in seas-
on ; out of season ; reprove, rebuke,
exhort with long suffering and doc-
trine." Undoubtedly the Savior knock-
more frequently at the sinner's heart
through the effectual preaching of the
word, than in auy other way. In fact,
the promulgation of the Gospel and
the extension of the Redeemer's king-
dom can only be accomplished through
the successful preachiug of the word.
In short, every soul that is so fortu-
nate as to acquire a correct knowledge
of the scriptures, either by reading »r
through the preachiug of the Gospel,
and feels the soothing power of the
same, is, in a certain measure, (ailed
of God. But again, in the death of
our fellow men the Saviour takes fre
queut occasion to knock loudly at the
sinner's flinty heart. Perhaps a kind
father or mother, brother or .-i-ter, or
some other near and dear member of
the family has been snatched away
by death'- cold, resistless hand : and
what, oh! what would be my fate, if
the icy hand of death had been laid
upon me ! The deepest emotions of
the heart arc stirred ; and thoughts of
the most serious cast pervaded the
ruiud Ai this juncture the languid
I perish with hunger'

CHRISTIAN FAMILY CuMPAN N.

101

upon ti-reu mountains of sin

and folly.

The Savior calls iu many ways, as
stated before, but I forbear, and shall
not particularize farther at this time ;
but I would say, by way of conclu-
ding', to tho»e who are yet outside of
the ark of safety — who have yet neg-
lected that great salvation — who have
not chosen that good part with Mary
of old, when the power of God is
manifesting itself in your midst, and
the arrow of conviction is sent into
your heart, and you are called, for
(iod's sake don't resist or stifle the
convicting influence of Clod's spirit. — -
If you do, you grieve the Spirit, and
thus jeopardize your soul in the an-
ticipation of heaven and its hissed as-
sociations Let us, one and all obey
God's calls ; so that when we come to
leave this stage of action, and cross
the cold Jordan of death, we may be
so unspeakably happy as to land up-
on the sunny banks of final deliver-
ance, where parting shall be no more.
\V. (J. SoBftb

Berlin, Pa.

for the C"ir
Who Khali Stand ?

'•If tliou, Lord, shouldstmark ini.|ukie.-, O
Lord, who shall stand ;"— Pts. 13U : ;;.

The t, David intern,

the Lord with a subjunctive. 11 e
realises that, if the Lord would fully
exact fur al! iniquity, no one could
stand. When he looked around
him ami beheld the nickedness of
his fellowman, their worship of idols,
their scorn a:. n of the true

; to believe that
none could he able to stand ; hence
claims: '"If thou, I. pi. houldst
mark iniquities. Lord, who shall
stand '."

In searching the scriptures, we
and similar questions relative to mm
qua ideations. '-Thou, even thou
art t'j he feared ; and who may sia d
in thy sight when once th< u ait an-
gry?" I's. TO: 7. "But who may
abi Ic the <\a\ o| hi .,,*!

who shall stand when he appear. -th ?

Mai. 8; 2." "r'..r th. great day of
Ins wrath i con ■ ; u.d who ihall be
able to stand .'" Lev. U : IT. 'I |
a few questions have Ivanced

'" reference i i who ball band,
which can en ilj be an iwi rotl in fa

vor of the righteous and humble fol-
lowers of the Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ. "And if the righteous scarce-
ly be saved, where shall the ungodly
and the sinner appear ?" 1st Pet. 4:
18 ; showing unto us that it is the
righteous that are saved, though
scarcely, signifying through many
trials and afflictions : and they are
the only ones who shall be able to
stand. When we look around us and
behold the wickedness that is perpe-
trated, both in church and state, we
are led to believe, that mauy would
not be able to stand. So much dis-
sention in church ; coldness and
lukewarmnes3 in members who com-
pose that body. If the Lord would
ma-, k their iniquity, how many would
be able to stand ? The man who
attends the card table, or gambling
room, or partakes of the maddening
and intoxicating howl, or profanes
the name of his God, if the Lord
would mark your iniquity, would
you be able to stand ? The lady who
enters the ball-room to engage in
the lively dance, thu3 destroying her
health and morals, if the Lord would
mark your iniquity, would you be
able to stand 1 Those who follow
every idle fashion of the world, till
modesty is put to the blush, impov-
erishing themselves or families, if
tiie Lord would mark your iniquities,
would you he able to stand ': \ ques-
tion we might ask one and a!i ; it
the Lord would mark our iniquities,
would we be able stand ? .\. qq
of great magnitude ! Who can an
swer '.' If we could see all the iniqui
ties that have been marked against
US timing the | u, from which

we have just emerged, wo would per
haps exclaim. Lord, have mercy on
us, we are not ind. 1 V-i -

baps w6 have not worshiped the L id
wa should ; not

as hum 1 , i nieth christian- -

i'e bftps we have not been prayerful
_ii — not adminis! • the

wants of the poor or lick,
should have done. Perhaps we have
our n< .. i a ight, or
our » 1 rnelj . Thus chen we

• i trospective visa . t th

iwe find that manv tin
ia\ e eomi ity, which

Inay be marked a^iin t u || iniqui-

ty, if we do not repent of it. Then
let us sue for pardon, renew our cov-
enant, and try, by the help of God,
to live more devoted to him and his
cause the ensuing year. Let us
arouse from this lethargy of sou 1 ,
gird on the whole armor of God and
fight valiently the battle of the Lord.
This frail body of ours may cease to
have vitality long ere the close of
this year ; and we shall be called to
give an account of our stewardship
while here below. Then let us strive
to live for God, and him only serve,
that, when the "angel shall stand up-
on the sea and upon the earth and
swear that time shall be no longer."
we may be able to stand before the
Lord and heir that welcome plaudit,
•'well done, thou good and faithful
servant, enter thou into thejovs of
thy Lord."

REMAN.
Dunl

For the Companion.

"Let your light shine,'' Matt. 5.15.

Light, we are aware, is a delightful
medium. Jt< motion is quid — said
to be eleven million miles in a minute.
It renders other heal, visible. After
God had formed too heaven and the
earth, "darkness was upon the :

op; and the^pirit of (iod moved
upon the face of the waters And
God Bald, let there be light ; and there
was light And Qod saw the light,
that it u ; divided

the light from the darkness. And

God called the light day, and the
dfffkn. .'Vd uighl I 1:2-5

the fourth day hunitn:

M i. and the me..

communicating this Ughl to our «
and all other things tending
or receive light, as window -
candles, .'. ailed li ? i

The ^^

lamp unto my feet. ;,:.

unto my path."
Cbri rU»d by Simeon,

ten the aud

of thy peopk I

R SB ad ln->M'd 1,1 the
.'!! the me

h them lii'ht mil'

ted I., the world l'.\ •

L02

CHRISTIAN FAMILY COMPANION.

their conversation, by fill their inter- ' our pleasure on his dav. but call it a Brother.

i uh their fellow men, they are delight, the holy oftbe Lord, honor*. "Brother !" Beautiful word ; and

to wmlk children of light;" and able; and' honor hint not doing our how pleasant when kindly spoken'

do informs us that "the path of own pleasure, nor speaking oar own How much of true love is bound up

the Bhiufng hgbt, that words*" And,isnoti snth of in those seven letters '
nhioetb more and mora unto I our tune a small portion to devote te

be shinny light ;'
lug forth effulgent ray.-, that will illu-
minate the path around us. What
benefit will a traveler, on a stormy
night, derive from the lights that are
shining within the dwellings, when

the caftains are Closely drawn '.' With-
in, all may Ih 1 mirth and son?; but
without, the storm must beat merci-
sly, aud ho is unconscious of the

within.

A How me i" ilUistrajfl again

the promotion of his can

The marriner, seeking the .shore,
looks eagerly forward to the light-
bouse, There it stands, eight or nine
stories high. The evening comes on
— the lamp is lighted, and "far, far at
sea, it sends its effulgence, and the
waves phosphoresce and flash the
brightness on. So it is our duty to
shine, bo kindle lights upon our feat-
ures that will send li^'lit abroad* and
by frequent communion with God, we

youiig 1 1 1 a 1 1 in

a farmer (a stranger to him) for the
summer. Several week- passed, and

le Sabbath morning, the famiily pre-
pared to go to meeting. The young
man said he also would go, and to bis
surprise his employer was tin'
preacher. Did that man's light shine'/
Methinks it was covered with the
Imshrl of worldly cares. We might
also fear the char on that candle will
eventually extinguish it, if it is not
kept better trimmed.

.Many have a light, but it scarcely
shines in the home circle ; and I fear
the consequence will be in that circle,
thick darkness. .A^Jamp kept con-
stantly burning, wewll know, requires
frequent tilling and trimming: and how
necessary that we bUl our dai-

ly with tin.- oil oftnWjriaee, that G
lamp in us may lie kept continually {
burning, and the light bright, illnmin- j
attng far out over the world! What
better way to illume the family circle, |
than by rearing an altar OQ which to
offer mi ruing and evening sacrifices?
And if we consider God as our stay,
and that from Him cometh every good
and perfect gift ;" if we consider Jesus
the mediator of the new covenant ; if

consider the saints as "children of |
:" if we consider our relations to
moth) r.our neees-.ities.our duties,
we will no: neglect this important du-
ty

We iiiu-t also allow the eaemv no
advantage, in our observance oftbe
reek Although we
the old covenant has j

I the law of Mioses is no

. , -till, as we celebrate
• . i n a- i !.■ 1 lord's

1 we not render him one
DCS "by refraining from doing

hired with become partakers of his glory ; like

. w ho was with God on the

mount, forty days and nights, and

when he came down, we are informed

kin of his face shone.

Let us, as individuals, endeavor to

put lights in the windows, that all

passing by us may see, through that

light, "a mansion in heaven, a crown,

robe, and palm" which the Savior has

| gone to prepare :

'•Then on, persevering^? on, brother,
Till from conflicts aud suti'criu^ free.
Bright angels now beckon you over the

[stream ;
There's a light in the window lor thee."

't is also the privilege of Zion, for her
j "righteousness to go forth as bright-
38, and the salvation thereof, as a
la:nj) that burnetii. 'And the Gen-
| tiles shall see thy righteousness and
all kings thy glory, and thou shalt be
called by a new name which the
mouth oftbe Lord shall name. Thou
shalt also be a crown of glory in the
hand, of the Lord, and aioyal diadem
in the ham! of thy God. I have set
watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusa-
lem, which shall never hold their peace
day or night. "Ye that make mention
of the Lord, kwp not silence. Go
through, go through the gates ; pre-
pare ye the way of the people; east
up, east up the high-way: gather out
ones; lift up a standard for the
people."

Behold, the Lord bath proclaimed
unto the em! of the world, say ye to
the daughter of Zion. Behold, thy sal-
ration Cometh ; behold, his reward i.-
with him, and his work before him. —
\ d they shall call them, The holy
people, the redeemed of the Lord ; and
-halt I'e called, Sought out, A

not forsaken " I ! ft*.

1 1 \ i i ik P. Mu i.i:k.
Bourbon, Tnd.

What a relationship it expresses !
It is the name of him who is our
equal : our father is his father; ou,-
mother is his mother. The love.
which cares for us cares for him;
aud the eyes that weep when wo sor-
row, weep also when be sorrows.

ilow doubly sanctified was that
word from the lips of "Him who
spake as never man spake !" What
a savor of sweetness attends it in
every sentence in which Jesu3 used
it lie has given a dignity and ^lo-
ry to it, brighter than that given to
field and flower, when the sun re-
moves the veil of weeping clouds
fro.n before hi3 face, aud looks
down in the splendor of his beauty.
Brother! Generous epithet! Ev-
ery man should speak it lovingly to
his fellow: but how much more the
Christian ! Who should utter it a^
he does to his brother Christian?
The term is his peculiarly ; God has
given it to him ; and will he not use
it '.' Is the poor Christian afraid or
ashamed to apply it to the rich one ?
is the rich one too exalted to call an
humble man by so levelling and yet
so sweet a title ! And is it so ? Chil-
dren of our Father, uho are goinc
to the same glorious home — to live
there together forever — refusing or
neglecting to call one another by
their heavenly name !

When that word from the lips of
a Christian brother enters my ear,
it touches my heart like holy music,
and its sweet intonations are treas-
ured up as if they were sounds by
angels spoken ; and I leirn to love
him more. It is not thus with you,
brother ? — Simple Speech.

Fasten your hold on Christ.
Having him, though my cross were
as heavy as ten mountains of iron,
when he putteth his sweet shoulder
under me and it, my cross is but a
feather.

Adam Clarke when asked by a
young preacher how to preach, re-
plied" Coand study yoursel: todoath
and then pray yourself alive again."

CHRISTIAN FAMILY (JuMP. ANION.

103

For the Companion.
"Why Ntaud ye Here all the Day Idle."

Is there nothing for you to do ; or has no man
employed you, that you sit idle by with folded
hands indolently wishing and waiting for the
world's best gifts ? "Get thy spindle and dis- 1
taff ready, and the Lord will send you flax," is
an old adage full ot truth. There is work ev-
erywhere, and it lies all around you — the far dis-
tant fields may seem more enchanting, and toil
gweetei and the reward surer to our longing
eyes, but even these thorns and thistles will
choke, and noxious weeds poison the fair heri-
tage. Since the decree : "by the sweat ol thy
brow shalt thou live ;" man goeth forth and
toileth until the evening ; yes, beareth the bur-
den and heat of the day.

The world owes us nothing, it pays as it goes, |
the labor of our hands feeds and clothes, and
ministers to the wants of the unfortunate and
destitute in our own or other lands. No one !
lives for himself alone — the good done here, ;
widens in ever increasing circles until it "breaks
in whispers on the other shore."

"Let us then be up and doing,

With a heart for any fate :
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait."

If Satan finds mischief for idle hands to do, it ,
behooves us all to employ every moment, that
little sins may not creep in and destroy the
growth ol years, the labor of many an anxious
moment.

Whatever thou doest, do with thy might, for
the Lord will accept no careless offering from
the band of indolence or indifference. First
fruits alone will God receive from his creatures.
Talents rightly improved and time usefully
spent will in the end yield an increase, whose
inlluence will weigh in the dav of reckoning. —
Then—

Tarry not toilers, tho end diawetli mar,

The goal is before u», we've nothing to fear .

The Master will Bay, fof khfl race is IOOB l'Ul),

(.Hue borne faithful servant, tbj work i- well done.

Lai ii a

— — • ► • - m

Fur rV ' '■•iaj"iulun
"Fur Charity Slmll < over Hie Multitude ol sins."
1 INt. I : S.

Charity ; what is charity \ We can term it
nothing more or less than love It was nothing
more than chaiity thai mowd the 1 a'.her CO send
his only Sou into tin; world, that we through

him might be saved. It was nothing more than
charity that made our Savior willing to be ex-
tended on the cross, and to suffer the ignomini-
ous death. And it was charity that caused him
to rise again. And it was charity that caused
the Apostle Paul, with many others to labor so
earnestly in the cause of our Lord and Master,
and we must acknowledge that through them a
multitude of sins was covered.

And again ; is it not charity that holds the
church together 1 We think it is, and thus
many sins are covered. And we might bring
it nearer home to ourselves. If charity abides
between neighbor and neighbor, it will cover a
multitude of sins. It is charity that makes home
pleasant, and if charity abides there it will cover
a multitude of sins. So where charity rules,
sin is covered. So dear readers let us try and
have our sins covered with charity ; if not we
may try to cover them with sometings else.

Ctbus M. Sitkr.

Ash ton, 111.

The True .Magnet.

Here is a simple illustration practically ap-
plied, and worthy to be pondered by those who
would "preach not themselves, but Christ Jesus
our Lord." It is from that veteran minister,
John Angeil James :

"The power of the magnet gains nothing from
the gelder's or the graver'%art ; its attraction
lies in itself, and is diminished by loreign accre-
tions. So it is with the greatest of all magi
of which Christ spake when Tie said: 'And I, if
I be lifted up, will draw all men unto me.' We
may draw men to ourselves by genius, eloquence,
eccentricity ; but we can draw men to Christ
only by the attraction ot the cross."

Never in the presence of your child make
individious comparisons of its behavior with that
of other children ; nor present to them anv hu-
man example to follow, only t > la- as that model
, follows Christ the perl, i *. 1 ",\ ample.

— -^»- • -^
i

How sordid is the love of gold. The base

passion is beneath even the oontempt >i the

■aring power of truth as the worldh minded.

Milton deeciib - M unmoc in heaven as tailing

to see 1 1 itj himself, having his eyei al n

fixes] «>n its golden porchi

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CHKISTIAN FAMILY COMPANION.

Christian Family Companion ir tli«- Passover was to be killed "in ■//<<• fourteenth day of the lunar

tli' ltd if 'there weijc two i month." When be say- "leaving

evening.- in each day, in which of the nothing of what we sacrifice till the

Kias-it to be killed? Some day following,'" he means through

..just after sunset the close of the the night, till the next artificial day.

. I'u.. VcU. II. 1HTI.

I •• Passover and the Lord's
Siil>l»i>r. Xo. 7.

in tin- in , atiug pur

thirteenth, in the Brst evening of the

:;'tcenth day ; others, just bi

ion, we assumed, that the legal Mi.i.-n the close of the fourteenth, in

■ the Passover, was en { \„. M ,.„„,, e v»ni»g of ih< fourteenth

. ■ : Ni.-un, from the I ,lay. The latter is our position.

a hour till sunset, the close of the |„ support of this position we could

ami that the law required the .p,,,;,. from many good authors ; but

• •a in the nigit or as it has aJ ready been shown that au-

tbe fifteenth day, which immediately ,,.. divided, we do n..t see that

• d ll.e close of the fourteenth, the testimony of a thou, ami authors

This expression is used in the same
sense in the scriptures ; "And David
smote them from the twilight even
unto the evening of the i:<\\t day"
a. 30 : IT. Acts. 1 :8:
We will now hear what this emi-
nent Jewish historian has to sav m
reference to the particular time in the
fourteenth day in which they slew
their sacrifices at the feast of the peas-

We will now proceed to establish could beof any real service to us in ' over : "So these high priests, upon

disposing of this controverted point.

maud was: feid ye shall This, however, cannot be said of an-

» uiitil the fourtoentn day of cient history! written by those who

month;' and the wliole as- knew the facts as they existed. We

■ml.lv of the congregation of Israel therefore shall make use of the

kill it ill the evening," or as in ,,iony of 1'lavh s Josephus, in Tiik

.nling to the margin- ANTIQUITIES OF the .1 kws. 'and in

12 : C The day of the montli on

v, hieh lli«" urn -i l>e killed, i.s

dclinalely st:ited to In- "the fourteenth

.me month :" that i- r of

lie t. ;. the month Aliib or

In this there is no room for

oversy. "In the fourteenth day

of the lir.-t month ^m even is the

The Jewish Wars. The edition which

we use is that published by Lippin-
eott, Qramb'o A Co., Philadelphia;
Pa., A. 1» 1852: The Jewish Wars'

was first published about A. D. 7"),
ami Trir. Awpiqi rTTEfl ok the Jews,
about A. ]).

In Avr. Vol 1, li. 3, ch. Id.

dosephus says : ' I n the month .\an-

: .'). 'And <i,ieiis, which is by us called Nisan,

In the fourteenth da^ of the first and is tlic beginning of our year, on

month is the ] the Ldrd," th§ 14th. day of the lunar month,

Num. W : [G, lint the pr< eisc time , when the sun is in Aries, (for in this

ii.' the fourteenth day, in which the month it was that we wrre delivered

v.-r mu.-t he .-lain, is a point, as from bondage under the Egyptians,)

iiown in the introductory re- J the law ordained, that we should ev*

marks, that is mu<h disputed. As 1 ery year slay that sacrifice, which J

"nth day had its beginning before told you we .-lew when we came

• ol the thirteenth

out of Egypt, and which was called

I after sun- the I'a.-.-ovcr ; and so do we eelelirate

ling— the even- this passover in companies, leaving

ht— in the .beginning, of nothing of what we sacrifice till the

the fourteenth day; so also, there day following. The feast of unlcav-

■ •• evenin • vening of the ened bread Buceeeds that of the pass-

in the afternoon, the close of j over 1 ,' and falls on tbd l.~>th d.v.- of the

urtccntfi day: it is evident there- month, arid continues 7 days, where:

• -here were two evenings — in they f.ed on unleavened bread"

of II." night and ti ••phus here testifies that t'

'the artificial rdained thai they should everv vear

the coming of the feast which is call-
ed the I'a.-sover, when they slay their
sacrifices from the ninth hour till the
eleventh hour, but so that a company
of not less than ten belong to every
sacrifice, (for it is not lawful for them
to feast singly by themselves.) and
many of us are twenty in a Compa-
ny," Vol 2, I}. 6, ch. 10, §, 3. lie
fives the time for the slaying of the
sacrifices "from the ninth hour till
the eleventh." This could not mean
from the ninth hour till the eleventh
of the night, or natural day : for it
must be "at the going down of the
sun," (Deut. 1(1: C.) and that would
have been just so many hours after
the sun had gone down ; for at sun-
set they commenced counting the
hours of the night, and of the natural
day, which was reckoned from sunset
to sunset. It must, therefore, mean
"from the ninth hour till the elev-
enth'' of the artificial day, or from
the middle of the afternoon on, com-
pleting the service before sunset, so
as to be certain to have it on the day
appointed — the fourteenth day. Here
is the sum of the testimony of
Josephus as regards the time for kill-
ing and eating the Passover; They
slew "their sacrifices from the ninth
hour till the eleventh" in the end of
the fourteenth day : and, as they left
nothing of what they sacrificed "till
the day following,'' that is, till the

slay the sa#ifice of the pas -over "on next artificial day, it is certain that

CIIMSTIAN FAMILY COMPANION.

10 5

they ate the passover on the night of sunset ; and midway between these 3. Although we might now leave
the fifteenth, whieli had Its beginning two beginning.-, would be the middle this point, with a thorough convic-
at sunset, the close of the fourteenth of the afternoon, or the ninth hour of ', tion that every careiul and candid
day. the day, according to the Hebrew reader is persuaded of the correr

We will now pass from the testi- computation. This would be at the of our position, that the passover was
mony of history, to the teachings of going down of the sun ; and, indeed, to be slain in the second evening of

the Bible, and will fully establish the
correctness of our position by this in-
fallible witness.

1. The law said : 'Thou shalt sac-
rifice the passover at even, at the go-
Inij dm ■,, of the 8un. h Deut. 1G:C.
This could not apply to the first even,
at the commencement of the four-
teenth day ; for this first evening did
not set in until the sun had gone
doicn — it began at sunset ; we must,
therefore, of necessity, apply this to
the evening in the end of the four-
teenth day, "at the going down of the
sun," or as the sun was going down
toward the western horizon. Asthey
were commanded to sacrifice the pass-
over at thetemple,and as, many victims
were required, it was necessary to be-
ll early in the evening, even at the
ninth hour ; for the passover must be
killed on the fourteenth day, which
ended at sunset.

-'. Tin- law al.-o .-aid : "The whole
mblv of the congregation ot -
.shall kill it in the evening." It has
already been Stated that the marginal
reading, which no doubt is the prop-
er rendering, is, between the. two
ings." This cannot mean between
the two evenings" of the fourteenth
day; fur the first ended at midnight,
and the second began at noon, or
midday; no time between these two
evening* could be "at the going down
of the Sun. 7 ' In tact no part of the
natural day, except the afternoon,
COUld be "at the going down of the
sun ;" so it is certain that, whatever
una be meant by the phrase, "be-
■ (lie two evenings," it must be
applied to some part o!' the B ftei
We understand it to mean midway
between the beginning of the evening
of the day and the beginning of the
evening of the nigfy followin
former began at noon ; the lat».

right at the middle of its going down, the fourteenth day, and consequently
and therefore they could with the ; to be eaten on the night of the fif-
greatest propriety call this point "be- J tcen'.h day, yet, to place the matter
ttceen the two evenings." and speak beyond all doubt, we will bring foT-
of it as being "at the going down of ward one more argument,
the sun." So the Hebrews under- ; i t i s certain that the Passover
stood it, and so they obeyed this com- must be eaten in the night which
mand, as Josephus says, "from the immediately followed the killing of it.
ninth hour till the eleventh:' \ t ^ a > s0 equally certain that the lic-

it is reasonable to suppose that the brews left
phrase "between the two evenings" night in whic
means about the in one place as in Both of these facts have already been
, other. In Num. 28: 3, 4j we have clearly proven; and we do not know
the following language in reference to that any doubts are entertained upon
the continual burnt-offering: "This these poiuts. Xowifwe can .-Low.
is the offering made by fire, which ye ! as we certainly can and will, ihat they
shall offer unto the Lord; two lambs left Harnesses on the fifteenth daj
of the first year without spot dav by the month, the conclusion will be in-

eh th

s ou the same
hey ate the Passover.

day, for a continual burnt-offering.
The one lamb shalt thou offer in the
morning, and the other lamb shalt
thou offer at even." Here the mar-
ginal reading for "at even'' is ' be-
'/,,' two evenings." So far as
our know!* ■ ndfl then

ficulty in determining, the time of the
evening sacrifice; and it is assigned
to the middle of the after-noon — the
ninth hour of the day. In connection
with the offering of the evening
fice they made confession, and
Boleinn prayer and pra 1. 1

Cbrou. I6j 40, U ; K/.ra 9: 1, \<-
On this account it came to be called

"the hour of pri and we read in

.; : l that "Peter and John went

Up together into the temple, at the

hour of prayer, being the ninth hour."

"Between tbc two evening*,'' the
time of the evening sacrifice, was the

hour of pi a\ er ; hut the hour of praj-

evitable that they ate the .

on the night of the fifteenth; and if

they ate the passover on the ni_

th'; fifteenth, it i :r tain that

they killed the passover in the

iug, "at the goinaslowii of the.-un,"

in the afternoon flkjRi

In Num. 33 : 3, \\< I .uclu-

uuAa\
scripture : '^B th. u .,j

from Ra

fourteenth day of the maniji ; on
the morrow after the p
children of Israel went out with
high hand in the b |] lt .

Egyptians " 1: I
not prove i.
left Kan,

the first mo ,. nothing e\ •
pro\en, | pr.v.n l, v

s.ri|i:me Dm it #•■ l.v tight:
month Ai.il> the Lord lb)

Pent. Id I ||

er WM the ninth hour ; tb< .,t|,

"between the two evenings" was the

mnth hour ,f ibo daj the middle

the afternoon. Our iiremixes in tin- ,,

true-Land we chat- llu "
• refutation ''And thu-

unavoidably and IntontroT i11 7« an It j

LOG

CHRISTIAN FAMILY COMPANION.

ed, your Bhoea <>u your Feet, ami your

stuff ia litintl ; and ye shall eat it in
baste." They did as they were coui-
nnnitlcil ; at midnight the lirst-born of

pt l bothofmu and beast, were
slain ; Pharaoh rose up in the night,
und called for IfoSBfl and Aaron by
night ami nrged them to go ; and as
i . ptiana were urged npon the
people that they might send them
out of the land in haste," they bor-

d jewels of silver and gold, and
raiment, and "took their dough before
leavened, theirkneadiug troughs
being bound op in their clothes upon
their shoulders," 'And the children
of Israel journeyed fsjp Rama--
BaCCOth." Ex 12: 28—37. Hen-
is the argument: — The Hebrews left
Rameasee on the fifteenth day of the
first month ; but they left by night ;
therefore they left on the night of the
fifteenth day. Again, they left Ra-

Bfl on the night of the fifteenth
day ; but they left in the same night
in which they ate the passover ; hence
they ate the passover on the night of
the fifteenth. Once more, they ate
the passover on the night of the fif-
teenth day; but they must kill the
the passover on tJfl fourteenth day ;
and as they ate tne passover on the
night which imn^diately succeeded
the -laving of it, to must follow as the
only legitimate conclusion, that the
passover must be killed in the second
evening, the close of the fourteenth
day, "between the two evenings,"
after the middle of the afternoon, at
the going down of the sun ; or as Jo-
sephus has it, "from the ninth hour
till the eleventh hour" of the day.

Having now shown the legal time
for killing hihI eating the Rassover,
we will pr o cee d to show the legal
time for the observance of the feast
of unleavened bread. This was a
-.•veil days ; and it was insti-
tuted at the same time the Passover
was The language of institution is :
■ n days shall ye eat unleavened
bread ; even the first day ye shall put

away leaven out of your houses; for
whosoever eateth leavened bread,
from the first day until the seventh
day, that soul shall be cut off from
Israel. And in the first day there
shall be an holy convocation, and in
the seventh day thorc shall be an boly
convocation to you ; no manner of
work shall be done in them, save that
which every man must eat. that only
ma] be done of you." Ex. 12: l.">,
16.

That it was a feast of seven days is
abundantly testified:" Thou shalt
keep the feast of unleavened bread;
(thou shalt eat unleavened bread sev-
en days, as I commanded thee, in
the time appointed of the mouth Abib :
for in it thou earnest out from Egypt ;
and none shall appear before me
empty.") Ex.23: 15. See also Ex.
13: G, 7; 34: 18; Le*. 23: 6 ;
Num. 23: 17; Deut. 16:3, 8.—
Many other texts might be cited, but
these are deemed sufficient both as to
number and perspicuity.

One prominent design of the feast
of unleavened bread was, to commem-
orate the departure of the Hebrews
from Egypt. This was clearly stated
in connection with its apppointment :
"And ye shall observe the feast of
unleavened bread ; fo r in this self
same day have I brought your ar-
mies out of the land of Egypt ; there-
fore shall ye observe this day in your
generations by an ordinance forever."
Ex. 12 : 17. It will be observed
from an examination of this text, that
the day on which they started on
their long journey, is spoken of as be-
ing the day in which the Lord brought
their armies out of Egypt, as though
they had performed their journey in
•ne day. The day of their departure
is spoken of in the same manner in
Ex. 13: 2, 4, "And Moses said un-
to the people, Remember this day, in
which ye came out from Egypt, out
of the house of bondage ; for by
strength of hand the Lord brought
you out from this place; there shall

no leavened bread be eaten. This day
came ye out in the month Abib."

As of the first day of their journey-
ing it is said: "Thit day came ye
out," so the first day of the feast of
seven days which was commemora-
tive of their departure, is, by way of
eminence, styled "the feast of unleav-
ened bread." Hence we read in Lev.
23 : G, "And on the fifteenth day of
the same month is the feast of unleav-
ened bread unto the Lord." It is
clear, therefore, that the fifteenth day
of the month was the first day of the
feast of unleavened bread. As the
fifteenth day set in at sunset the close
of the fourteenth, the feast oft
days began at the close of the four-
teenth day, and ended at the close of
the twenty-first day. Therefore it is
said: "In the first month, on the
fourteenth day of the month at even,
ye shall eat unleavened bread, until
the one and twentieth day of the
month at even." Ex. 12: 18.

An Appeal.

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concern." This appeal does not par-
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In lookiug over our account book,
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CHRISTIAN FAMILY COMPAMUN.

JOT

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We have made this appeal in good
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New cash subscribers will also
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Answers to Correspondents.

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Ti sk ami llvM.s Book. The work
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Ind?

PHOTS BotUL We found all as
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any order fBbooks. When was the
money sent, and how much f and
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C — B All came in good or-
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were received.

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three, at another. Is it right '!

s T BoesnsMAK. J a C itaers
time, according to books, is expired.
Shall we .-end on ?

JOHN Cue*. John Kenuer, at
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do, is a subscriber to the I
Perhaps be ceuld give joa the desir-
ed information.

\ O. Si mmt. It «re* OUT mistake,
hope all will be right :

M Bi laouus, Sr. There is ji i..
comm

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Dame i \ u —

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< ' I i I! 1STIAN FAM 1 L\ COM PAN i< ».\ .

MI SCE LLANEOU S.

The Dying luli«l»-l'» s«tiiiou.

th< r M., ot Massachusetts, Who
l_v died in faith,

1 . ing bed of an aged infi-
del "• [uaintauee. The good
old man had Long prayed for his ol<l
!. but his ei ■ had fiver
been met by the infidels arguments
and m- nil. As he approached the
bed; • that his mind was in
. The man confeadfid himself
a sinner, and that lie was nut pre
1 to meet death.
Father M. aalced him if he had

v ; I can't pray^^ 1 have con-
tinually refused mercy, and it is now
.c 1 have tried to pray,
but my lips will nut move."

"Are you willing that I should
pray for you, then, and let your
hear;' go up with my words ?"

u fl . . innot pray for me ;
others have tried it, but could not.
Vhu may kneel, but it will be use-

And the aged saint knelt a f . the

: le of the agonized sinner. —

Those lips hail daily moved in prayer

for half a century ijL'hat tongue had

daily bicu-ht the^me of sinners

one : but. strange

his ^mities of spftech

seeme 1 i Rw . Mercy was

r word he could not speak ; and for

the first time, prayer was impossible.

infideL, as father

M. in his knees. -'I want to

preach :.t my own funeral. When

i have closed the other part- of the

rice, 1 want you to eon:.' down

i , • i .pit and place your I

fo re-fit) gan on my lit s. and >ay,

••'/'/,/* tqul it ffbedfor kell .' '

"Yo« must spare me from such a

It will frighten the

I '°"

It i quest, and I I

that you mu Let others take

warning by ray death. 1 cannot ex

. ""■"

. at his funeral, after

be had finished the s< rm
down from the ] u1pit,and, approach-
ing the coffin, laid the tip= ot his (in
gers on tho=e marble lips, ami. with

tears streaming from hi - >, ted of divine appointment

the man's dying request, and pro Williatrii.

— Wm. R.

nonnced the w

"'l'lll.- BOOL is IEALM) POR lin.l. '."

0, my leader, whether ( hristian
or nut, be admonished.

Ifyour peace is not made with <Jod,
ul is following

The World Without a MSVJS-
l>:»per.

At a meeting of the Urban Club,
Mr. G- Linneaus Banks, in the
course of a most effective speech on

that infidel's and will ere long be proposing the toast of '-The Press
. Your lii a can move in pray. :llld Edward Cave," dwelt upon the

debt we owe the enterprising printer
of St. John's Gate, for imitating the
system of Parliamentary reporting,
and closed his remarks with the fol-

em pray
er now. The time m when

this, the greatest ol all earthly priv-

i, will be in vain, ( hristian
brother, remember that souls— tl
souls of your friends, relatives and 'owing startling and suggestive
neihgboi-t— are dailv going down home thrust:

to hell ; and no small Bhar,e of res "fl»is are people— hard-hearted,
possibility is lying at vour door. «"atter-of tact people— who affect to
May Cod hep us to feel'thc hnpor- despise both newspaper influence
tancc of that infidel's sermon !— . an(1 newspaper writers. [ should

Christictn Obeervt r.

Truth Exclusive*.

There are truths in religion of
such vital importance that departure
from them must destroy the soul.
The holiness that the Cospel came
to foster, is the effect of truth receiv-
ed in the love of it. And this truth
is in it;: own nature harmonious and
one. Truth cannot contradict itself;
nor in science or art can there be
two opposed and warring truths. —
So is it also in religion. The single-
BOBS of truth comtitutes the ba
its exclusiveness. It c'aims for it-
self, exclusively and without lival,
the faith and obedience of mankind:
a claim that is exclusive because it is
just, and that Could not bj c i;>i--
tent without requiring thus tho re
ii of all error. These exclusive
claims are oftfii misrepresented as
invojviiiL' the mist odious intolerance
and illibcrality. But in truth there
13 no more a possibility of the exist
\ era! true re igions, than
is uf the existence of more
than one Cod. From the one Jeho.

vah there can emanate but the one

like such people to have a
momentary glimpse, if it were possi-
ble, of the mere business world as
it would be, if all newspaper facili-
ties were annihilated. Extinguish
all the light which the Tress has shed
upon the wants and interests of so-
ciety ; let all the information it has
gathered from all paits of the world,
and scattered among its reaicis, be
forgetten ; let all the intelligence it
has imparted, all the enterprise it
has awakened, all the ingenuity and
energy it has stimulated, be cast in-
to oblivion ; and in what stage of
advancement may we suppose the
mercantile world would be found ?
Would not the unfortunate English
traders fancy himself transported
back into the da:k age-: Bat if
such the commercial, what then the
social and moral aspect of society ''.
Let a*ny one reflect an instant upon
the gigantic power for good or evil
exercised by even one ably conduct-
ed journal, and then tell me, if you
can, of any other human agency
that is at all comparable to it r

Fear ol Death.

Above all things, the foaff of death
should '"' valiantly couabatted. " '1'"
truth-develop.! indeed, „. differ- |oye ,. fe WJlholll fearing death," said
• nt degrees at different ages — in

Hufeland, "Is the only means ofliving
Judaism the bud, in C hnstunity the h:i]mv !111(1 ,i v i n „. at a n-„od old i
■ span led II wee— tut essentia 1 . ,,-,. who dread death seldom st-

and in all age-;, the one unchanged tain longevity If death presesta it-
and unchangeable religion, reveal self to us under a repulsive and ier-
irig for man the sinmr. Bftlvation, I rifying aspect, it is Bolcly owing to
through an atonement and Mediator \ our habits and prejudices bavin- per-

verted our feelings. Montaigne ju
ly said that it is darkening the room,
the faces full of grief and desolation,
the moaning ami crying, tdat make
death terrible. Civilization, by inv<
ing death with the most lognbri

SOeiatforiS that it can conjure Op,
has also contributed 1o rendering it a
hideous spectre. It is the reverse with
the patient. In nine cases out of ten,
death is net only a relief, but almost
a sense of voluptuousness. Sleep dai-
lv teaches as the reality ot death. —
'•Sleep and are twins," said the poets
olautiquity. Why, then, should we
fear death* when wo daily invoke its
brother as a friend and aconsolation ?
■ l.,r '■>aid liulfon, "begins to fail bug
before it is utterly gone." "W
then, should we dread the last mo-
ment, when we are prepared for its
advent by so many other moments of
a similar character? Death is as natu-
ral as life. Both come to us in the

DM way, without our consciousness,
without our being able to determine
the event of either. No one km
the exact moment when he goes to
sleep, none will know the exact mo-
ment of his death. It is certain that
death is a pleasurable feeling. Lucan
id to say that life would be in-sup 1
portable to man if the gods had not
hidden from him the happiness he
would experience in dvip£. Tullius
.Marcellinus, Francis Sauivz, and the
philosopher La Meurie, all spoke of
the voluptu • of their last mo-

ments. Such are the consolation-

whieh philosophy presents to timid

minds that dread death. We need not

say that much higher and loftier conso-
lation a await tie • 'if" 1
and steadfast in his faith, and ha
fore him the prosi cct of ternallife.

,i -,11111 fterrn Gfjriflnm
d)ortlfd)et <prrt>ijjfr fatfe rincs fcfnn
nu-intr jilicrrr tints Jaqce" in 9 |
tmhiif;'. SM |'r(dt $ftfa? nu.l t.-r
^rrbigrr. tSi, bf r :0&ff n?ar an mto, tv-*ir
.'liitii'oit. Unt mi bflt or fltftlgt:
"Cir ia.it, d fei ftttrl umfiMn: ""HMt

ciciir, t9 gabc h'nini VMiiuiu'l nod; £>6Ur,
ninnt .vvtlaiio h.uulu- until unbt, «
uiuv lauttr mi lUium nut \! ; . .
8lbcl fti tin vii.i. . u --t t}at t\
fdjvn beute ten aaii la^jt."

"Hut iv ad baj) tn iImu gcjnhvt
rautwortel
a n i ri> r bilft, benn cr n't mil

hi )u &1 bfvd

frru

F V !■

CO R :: K8 I'ONDENCE

Correspondence of church news solicited from
a'A part* of the Brotherhood. Writer's name
and addrtmrc-i aired on every communication
as guarantee of good faith. Jiejected communi-
cations or manuscript used, not returned. All
communications for publication should be writ-
er*, upon one side of the sheet only.

Broth' r ttokinger ; By the mer-
cies ot God, we were permitted, ac-
cording to previous arrangements,
to hold sweet fellowship, with our
brethren and sisters in the -
part of this county, on Saturday
and Sunday last, an 1 to listen to
words of exhortation, and the
pel of Christ; Brother David Wolfe
being the laborer on this occasion.
Three discourses were given and the
eager multitude gladly listened, to
the word of God. Many going their
Having within themselves, and
! with one another, "It was well for
\ us to be here, and hear the truth
I as it is m Christ JesOB.' 1 We sin-
, cerely trust much good may yet be
1 done in this community, and the
word run and be glorified

by many dying and dependent

[send for the i

.,, each I'm one year, com-
mencing -Tan. ' 71. Tlr
sufficient evi I

here without a
. gave the great S
A visit from ministering
brethi . hankinlly re-

ceived. Ma\ the Lord grant that
we may so live that all may be wor-
thy to enter into the llaten oi
nal rest and I ire.

r's in loVC and the hope of
.1 life, through Christ
Lord. Farewell.

I'm hi: WoLl

Ilcrtzler of Dauj re

i . atten ance. an

of the -Tth, we a'.i 1

ly 01 Elder J'. Ziegler, :.

ter being somewhat affiicted, -

:ould not attead meeting. We
had a very ] time — a tin e. I

trust that will not boob be forgotten.
Un che afteruou' " as

conveyed to the Tu'r-ehocin ': . r a. i .
by brother I 1 Wiener. 1 lore

Llder John Zug M fche h laskee]

-h;
three in company with bl
inoti Seiber oC dunia-
Isaac littrt.'W of 1 erry county. 1
weather bein^

good, the - were wed at

tended in this branch Tuesday af-
ternoon visittpfehe family
J. Zug and^ft tiuite a ] leasant
time. On^he evening

.1 bv brother John Witt
to Myers's mooting house Lsfcpu
count win the Little ^watara branch.
Here Klder David Varkey is the
hou- three a

e. well attended and excellent
From there conveyed by brotii-
. •:• Keni.in.in (isrbeT to Ziegler'a
meetii . Berks cswaty, Bams

branch, one -V. M. The

nsrally enjoy
health, and manifest much love
christian courtesy.

Mv health ^itfe: '.'ly ha*
• >wing t^^^m^takc
1 had the headjpfl| a^<

- - '''" ^|
caused labor very hanl But at

nd 1 still t!- UTige

for the lutuie, by trusting in the
1.

D'ambl M. 11

i:. unr.ii.-LiK.., 1'a. .
Feb. the Lst.1871 \
■ tailed at

torsonvjllo, Lane where

1 nrri as -veiling ot tie

of Jauuan , inled b) ■

bbeL In this branch
Elder Philip 2 l< r is the I

r. He!'

other Jon
. and broth' n

K( porl.

k church.
by the hand
fctr btrikl

church

brethren, for your kind

bit threii wi 1
you add the tub

ttlili*' aid YOU Btiit u

fectual fervent grayer of the right
■nan, availuth much."
If the editor of the <' npanion
t us, we will itafa our cir-

• 111!!-'

\\ e have a very healthy climate,
tnd .1 good o< untiy, but dova-
and impoverished by the late war.
We have a little church organized,
but have no pla-ce of worship of our
own. Our member! are poor, and
to the poor wo wish to preach the
gospel, but without a place of wor-
ship, our efforts are crippled. Owing
to these circumstances, the church
held a council some time ago, and
concluded to send an appeal to the
various churches, where they might
hope to obtain soma aid. The fol-
lowing is a copy of thoapi ■ il :

"Beloved Bruhrw: We, the
Brethren of Oakland Congregation,
Tenn., have no meeting house or
other place of our own for preaching
or practicing the ordinances, and
being too poor to build a house with-
out aid, and too far removed from
neighboring congregations of the
Brethren to avail ourselves of their
churches, we look to you as instru-
ments in God's hands to aid us in
building a meeting-house for the
spreading of the gospel over this
part of the iouth.

Any aid your bounty and gener-
osity may remit thither of the sub
scribers will be thWk fully received.

Bv order«of ttaaChureh.

/MfcARi-. Elder.
J. \V\Byrne, Deacon.

Brother Henri/: I will say that
our little number of brethren is still
increasing slowly. Our increase,
this season is eleven. One of them
buried in a channel cut out of
the ice, although the ice was about
six inches thick, be was very calm
and cheerful ; the Lord blesses his
m< .ins of grace, so that cold weath-
er is warm to those that sincerely
repent. < >ur prospects are good
for more soon. Our church appears
to be at peace. John* J. Coyer.

/■ (her ll.nry • In the 0. P.O.,

.:. Queries, it is asked: "What
king do we read of : .n the Bible.

whose height was as the height of
the cedars, and his st enirtu as the
oaks ; yet the Lord destroyed his
fruit from above, and his root from
beneath ':" In Amos 2:9, the Am-
oriteswerc those people, and Sihon
si- king of the Amorites.

I neverhad tuken the Compan-
ion until 1871. I am well pleas
c<l with it with but one excep-
tion, and that is the Tobacco.
I think, brother Henry, you might
fill the pages with something worth
more to the dying soul, than tobac-
co. I don't use it myself, I am
against the use and also the abuse.
8 ime brethren will use it to ex-
tremes, while others will write to
extremes, and two wrongs will never
make one right. I will admit it
goes hard to meet a brother with
the kiss of charity, when he has his
mouth, lips, and beard all bespat-
tered with tobacco- Brethren we
are to make ourselves lovely. We
read in Phil. 4 .- 8, "whatsoever
things are pure, whatsoever things
are lovely, whatsoever things are of
good report ; if there be any virtue,
and if there be any praise, think on
these things." I believe that tobac-
co certainly grows to be made use
of in some way, for when God crea-
ted the heaven and the earth, God
said : 'Let the earth bring forth
gra8s,the herb yielding seed," and
(iod "saw that it was gooi." Can
any one give sufficient proof through
the 0. F. C, that God did or did
not create the tobacco in the begin-
ning? I think we ought to bear
with each other brethren.

Joseph E. Bowser.

have to work out our own soul's
salvation ; therefore let us go to
work at once, for we do not know
how soon we will have to meet our
(iod, and if we are not prepared,
what will be our end ! Let us ask
God to give us new hearts, prayin"
hearts, hearts fully resigned unto
his holy will, that when we come to
die, we can say :

"Come welcome death, the end of fear,
I'll gladly go with thee."

Sinners, why stand ye here all
the day idle ''. Have you nothing
to do ? Have you no soul to be
saved ? Have you no God to meet ?
Then why do you not try to make
heaven your home ?

Dear brethren and sisters : per-
hrps some of you have friends, who
were near and dear to you, who
have gone to try the realities of an
other world unknown to you, and
you are trying to meet them in
heaven. I have two little sisters,
who were dear to me, gone to heav-
en, and my heart's desire is to meet
them there, and I hope also to meet
my dear brethren and sisters in the
Lord. It is my prayer.

Margaret J. rirkuart.

Nolo, Pa.

Bear Brother : As I did not get
to meeting to-day, and have not
been for some time,our nearest place
of meeting being four miles, 1 feel
somewhat lonesome, and thought I
would write for the Companion. 1
love to read its columns, and to hear
from the brethren and sisters, in so
many parti of the country. It is but
a few years since I have joined in
with the Brethren ; but I love the
brethren and sisters, and love to
meet them in tho house of worship.
We all have a work to do ; we all

Brother Henri/ : I herewith send
you a little church news, with ex-
tracts from letters that I think
would not fail to be of interest to the
readers of the Companion. About
ten days ago 1 received a letter, re
questing me to come to a council
meeting on Saturday the 28th of
January, which was about twenty
miles distant. Accordingly, on Fri-
day afternoon, the day before the
meeting, I started and went about
12 miles, and stopped for the night.
Next morning took our leave, and
went on our way to brother Samuel
Bowman's, the place of meeting,
where an election was to be held for
a minister. On arriving, a number
of members had already collected,
among them Eld Jacob >Jetzger. —
Soon after Eld. P. P. Loehr, from
Mich., and Eld. Joseph Cripe, from
Marion county 111,, arrived. The
result of the meeting was, the elecs
tion of Jacob Saell to the ministry :
a brother much beloved. Had a very

i;niUDHAi> rAivuiji v>uiui'/\i>(iu.o<.

111

pleasant meeting. Had public ser^
vices at night. Brother F. J'. Locher
led out in the ministration of the
word. After meeting, went home
with brother Jonas Umbaugh, and
was pleasantly entertained for the
night. Next morning all went to the
same place to meeting, where we
tried to preach to the people ; follows
cd by F. P . Lcehr, who had been
preaching for the brethren about a
week. Cood attention, good con*
gregations,and brethren all alive. —
/It 15 minutes before 3 a. m., took
our leave of the family, and starced
off a distance of 18 miles, where
ElderSamuel Murray was preaching.
Arrived at about 30 minutes after 6
p. m. There was a large congrega-.
tion present at this meeting. Bro.
D. Bonebrake handed me some let^
ters, and told me to take them home
with me, and read them, and then
let him know by letter what I thought
of them, which I did, when I at
once saw his anxiety for me to read
them. A part of these lettei-3 will
be of interest to the readers of the
Companion. J lore they are :

Troy, Doniphan, Co., Kan. )
July 25th, a. D. 1870. \

Dear father and mother, it is
with great pleasure that I seat my-
self to wiite you a few lines, to let
you know how we are getting along.
We aro all well at present. We
have had another death in our fam-
ily : a little boy four months old.
And the old man Ilnur died last
April Hope this ma/ find you all
well. Well, now, pap, I will tell
you that we have no "Dunkard"
church here. The people in our
neighborhood belong to the Chris-
tian New lights : and we have been
telling some of them about the "Dun-
kard" chureh, the way they do, and
their doctrines, and the way they
take the Lord's supper ; and they
woulJ have us write to you to come
out to see us this fall, and bring a
"Dunkard" preacher with you
Some say they would go a bandied
miles to hear a "Dunk |
Sarah and I want to join the oharoh,
and we don't want to join an v but the
"Dunkarde." If rou will" bring a
1 preacher, i think that there

would be one of the largest meetings
that has ever been in Kansas.
Some have never seen a "Dunkard"
and they are anxious to hear one
preach. Now, pap, the New Testa
inent says, go ye, theretore, and
preach to all nations ; and if the
' Dunkards" want to follow the New
Testament, they must send a preach-
er to preach to this people ; for there
never has been a "Dunkard" preach-
er here yet in Doniphan County,
Kansas. You won't treat us in a
Cod-like manner, if you don't come
and bring a preacher with you. —
Write as soon a-? this come3 to hand,
and let us know how soon you will
come. Now do come as soon as
you can, for the people want to see
that meeting. Don't f;rget,to write.
No more. We remain your affec-
tionate children.

Mr. <i. P. Simpson sajs he wants
you to be sure and come, and bring
a good preacher along. I must say
once more, that you must come as
eoon as you can.

GOLIAS BOKEBRAO.
S Alt MI BONBBBAKB.

Dear brethren, think of children
five or six hundred miles from home
— far off in the wilderness — out of
Christ, and death doing; his work in
their family, with such vehement ap-
peals to a kind father to come and
see them, and bring a preacher with
him, a- they desire to unite with the
church. they, of course, don't
know that there are "Dunkard"
preachers close to them. There are
brethren Joseph Besloar and Ceo.
Witwer, the brethren Sell?, with
brother Harper, arid others that we
might name in western Missouri : IS
also brethren living nearest in Kan-
sas. The address of (iolias Bone-
brake is Troy, Donephan Co., Kan
sas. The address of the lather,
Daniel liunebrake, m Huntingdon,
Indiana.

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The Waste Places ot the Earth.

What different events have transphed on the
same spot ! we must all exclaim. Where once
the sea gull perched on Plymouth rock, a com-
pany of devoted Puritans landed, and through
hardships and trials succeeded in planting a
colony, which has extended, and now embraces
many hundred miles, known as the Eastern
States. Where once the stealthy step of the
wolt and panther, was heard over the autumn
leaves, and the smoke from the Indian wigwam
arose, the busy population of New York city
now sweeps along. Where once the Western
Reserve was considered the far West, and a few
adventurous settlers availed themselves of their
right of possession, a populous portion of the
country now causes no remark. Where once
to remove to California, was to leave home and
kindred and bid them a final farewell for a jour-
ney through the Isthmus, enterprise has built a
rail-road through the heart of the country,
which connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Where once the impenetrable forest was track-
ed by the Red man, civilization has removed
the forest, and built thriving cities and towns.
An instance of this, Bourbon, where only thirty
years ago solitude was scarcely undisturbed,
to-day takes its place among other Western
towns. Has school privileges with the older
cities ol the East. Its college lately established,
to be second to none in the country. Where
once a band of seven, came to this country, set-
tling at Germantown, in their humble efforts to
do good, they have spread, till nearly every
state of the Union contains some disciples. —
Where once these unpretending followers ot .le-
sus saw no benefit, but much injury arising fi
education, (as some who have possessed learning
used it only for the furtherance of S
dom (which check has kept the church p
yet now we sec them endeavoring to <
. ii institution where their own children can be
educated, nurtured in the church's pr<
arms, believing that the tunc !■ Band I wuh i

scope of knowledge to confute and confound
ror.

Where once stood the great temple, now
stands a Mohammedan mosque. Where o:
stood the Son ot God, "When after six d
takethjjath him Peter, Jamr ■ John ii

Mount Tabor, and was transfigured before th
Napoleon brought to bear his deadly weapons
of warfare, upon thirty seven thousand Turks in
the. valley below. ^

Where once, the Vamose valley was '.lie-
scene of much confusion and blood-shed, and
the trembling peasant scarcely dared to e
forth a hymn of praise to the Creator, lest his
hiding place should be discovered to his p< .
cutor, the peaceful hamlet and the \ ii;
church now rear their heads in undisturbed
re|!Oje. Where once Dr. Judson and wile toil-
er over the tropical sands of India, er.de:
to proclaim the Gospel, many have obeyed the
call of other missionaries, and more than i
church stands as a monument of their until,
zeal. And so in almost all countru
has been opened for the entrano^g^he light of
divine truth. But men must hfjfMparrd to
this.

[t is sometimes said that me A,
illiterate men. This m ins to be true of them
at the lime they were called, but I re with

ter three years, and learned from him.
And r his ascension when a man

needed for a great work, a great man
quired, he was provided b]
as in th f Paul. \ , but th

of miiat i and tho I «ortl requiri hn

man

own them for his m rfi !

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Mi»> Ur»iirrecUon.
liV (.' II. BAL8BAU0H.

I low loon <lo wc get beyejpsi our
•lejith when we occupy ourselves with
"tin" mvstery el godline The

Dplett feature m tbe life of Christ
runt* into the fathomless abysses of
the Godhead. Every word he ut
ten '. inaa was, in Borne sei

voice that broke tiie silence of
F'ernity, and usheied the universe
into being. Ilia name is "Wonder-
ful," and his life is replete with
Marvel?. He was "God over all,
fortrer, "whether in the swad-
dling lmnds of infan cy, t he agony of
the cross, or on the 'flfeuno of Uni-
versal Empire. Tho ^menee of 1 >i-
vinity is strongest where to sense he
is the weakest. "He was conceived
through weakness, yel be livcth by
tbe power of God." No state can
be more helpless than that of death,
which is the wages and culmination j
of sin ; and the power that redeems
V from this ultimate issue of evil,
must be Omniptent. The love that )
constrains to die for a sin-smitten,
hell-threatened race, must be com- (
bined with ] ©wet to exhaust the ut- }
DSOSt penalty <>f violated law without
losing capacity to emerge from the
deepest under-swell of penal woe. and
take his plf^fteA the Mediatorial
Throne as the Bl's Redeemer. —
The power of Tww. as "the Resur-
rection and tho Life." is a doctrine
tban which none yields sweeter com-
fort to the child of Cod. Whatever
■tiir b eased Ravioui has been to 'he

church, and to each individual mem
ber ot' it since his ascension to glory,
has been by virtue of his resurrec-
tion. The All-power, in heaven and
on earth, which was requisite for the
recovery of sinners to holiness and
I mmI, B«St be exercised through a

/ led human body. "Emmanuel"

luua become I word in which all the
appellations of Cod, and all the terms '
of -salvation find their true moaning
inthescbemeof reconciliation. ''God '
with us" is ai, verlasting verity,
whether we bo 1 H or saved. God
in our nature is He true in relation j
t.- the inner, as Lite saint. .Ic6U8

ii bun || v i ■ exempt

from the wages of sin, and, conse-
quently, not exempt from the causes
that naturally issue ii: death. Here-
in lies all the sinner's hope. That
"Christ died for our 6ins, according
to tho scriptures," is our anchor as
fallen beings ; that he "could not be
holden of death," is the ground of
the "hope that maketh not ashamed."
For if, when we were enemies, we
were reconciled to Cod by the death
of his Son ; muck more, being recon-
ciled, we ahull be eaved by foe life"
thatjaJby his resurrection-life. Rom.
. r > : uW What he gains for us by his
death, he now lives to plead and ap
ply. "I am he that liveth, and was
dead ; and beheld. I am alive for ev-
ermore." Tbe life of .Jesus is the
substance of the Liblc, the lifo of
life, and the bliss and glory of Heav-
en. The quickening of the slain
Lamb in the rocky tomb of Arima-
thea was felt by the progemitor of
the race, by patriarchs and proph-
ets, by tho elect in all ages of the
world, lie will judge the quick and
the dead, in the resurrection state,
but the righteous only will rise as he
rose. All that sleep in the dust will
hear his voice, and come forth, but
he is in a peculiar sense "the Resur-
rection and the Life" to those who
constitute tbe bride. "lie is risen,"
are words of Divine majesty and sub-
lime import to all who "have tasted
the powers of the world to come." —
With such a guarantee, what is more
reasonable than that the heirs of
grace should "rejoice with joy un-
speakable and full of glow." Kverv
obstacle that lay In the way of salva-
tion, has been removed, and the
conqueror of Satan, sin, hell and
death, now sways the sceptre of
Universal Dominion, as our elder
brother,our sympathizing high Priest,
God forever enshrined in our gloria
lied humanity the fountain of our hope
the Conservator if our interests, our
strength and confidence in weakness
and peril-, our security in temptation,
our light and stay in dark p:ovidcn»
ces and the pledge of our ultimate
triumph over sin and death. »S'uch
a Redeemer can never be ballled by
any machinations of Satan. The
powers of hell have marshalled all
th ir j lint" their mightiest

onset, and met with a signa' over»
throw in tiie resurrection of -Tesaa
from the dead. They can never ap-
proach the saint with such panoply
and advantage a* that with which
they assu'.ted tbe Codman. Every
regenerate soul is vitalized by the
resurrection-life of Jesus, and has
all the resources of Deity at His com
mand against the wiles of the devil.
If it is a vital concern to the be iev-
er that Jesus is risen, the advantage
is co extensive with all the love and
sympathy and faithfulness and power
that exist in the Divine human Me-
diator, lie has no attribute or
qualification that lie holds not at the
disposal of those who have been "bap*
tized into His death," and rose "in
the likeness of his resurrection." —
Np petition will be accredited in the
court of Heaven that comes not with
the signature of a living Savior. —
The blood that congealed in death
for sin, must be applied by the au-
thority and power of him who re-
touched the life current with the
underived life of Deity, and rose
from the dead by his inherent power.
It was necessary to show us what he
can do, and to inspire us with confi-
dence that what he can do. he will.

From first to las* we are depend-
ent on Jesus as he is. and where he
is. All that that he has been went
with unbroken history through the
grave, and was made the exhaustless
resei voir of grace in the glorified
Being. There could be no living
Savior, had there not been first a
bleeding sacrifice on the t 'roes ; and
all the humiliation of the manger,
the life of toil and derision and
dejection, and the dreadful trag.
edV of Golgotha, had been in
vain, but for the resurrection. In
his life he provided a righteous-
ness whichwould satisfy Infinite Jus
tiec, in his death, he sustained what
was equivalent to out p. -unity, in his
resurrection he exhibited his omnip-
otence and the validity of his claims
as "Lord of lords," and now occu-
pies the Throne of Heaven dipens-
ing the spoils he gathered from the
time he vocated ins Father's bo#om,
until he returned with the approbation
of the Trinity, and ami I the accla-
m.r.i n if 11 i* u'- prirv ipalitiet and

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powers. Tho chief of Binners has the I benotraised,yeare yetinyoursins."
same pea at the Throne ol Ciaee \ Oh, what tremondous issues depend '
as he who has no other stain on his on a living faith in a living lledecni-
soul than a single vagrant fancy.— j er. If we look back by faith into
The felon on the cross found no less j the open tomb of Emmanuel, and up

efficacy in the prospective atonement
than tho child-saint often yeais now
does through faith in a risen Savior.
His resurrection connects with every

fco the Throne where the once shroud-
ed Mazarene now reigns, and strive
to make the radiation of his risen life
in our daily walk tbe supreme object

stage of the new life ,and is the source I of our existence, we may look for
whence the first tremulous pulsation I ward with blessed assurance to the
is derived. "He is exalted to give I august event of "the first resurreo*
repentance." Without conviction of tion." To the true believer, the
sin, there can be no "repentance unto I greatday *hich is to unseal the grave
life," and without the function of the j of every saint, wears an alluming as-
Holy Spirit, there can be no convic- | pect. Oh the direful calamity of
tion ; and it is the Savior's own dec- ; lying down in the grave with a seal
laration that "if I go not away, the on ear and eye which the dread phe-
Comforter will not come unto you ; nomena of the second advent cannot
but if I depart, I will send him unto | brejik. One sin clinging to us
you." This same agenc was, first through the dark valley, will fold us
of all, to "convince the world of «n;V in a shroud which "the voice of the
and this conviction must spring from j arch-angel and tho trump of God,"

a saving apprehension of the resur
rection power of Christ. And in or-
der to make this doctrine the means
of such power to the soul, it must
include the antecedents of the Re-
deemer's resurrection-state. A knowl-
edge of sin derived from a Spirit-
directed contemplation of Jesus on
His Throne, will lead to the brink of
hell, from which the Bool was snatch
ed by the death of Christ. This bo-
gets such loathing of self, and horror
of sin and desire for deliverance. that
the sinner receives in a sense the
nails of the cross into hid own hands
and feet, in his acknowledgment of
sin's doom, and his appreciation of
sin's atonement. Here tho soul
emerges from what is termed tho
of death, into a life wliose ac*
tivities ho is conscious spring not
from anything inherent, nor from
anything beneath him. He has ta-
ken hold, by faith, of the terms that
involve sanctiheation, which is a
greater matter with tho properly
illuminated soul than forgiveness.—
The faith of tho elect, from the first
dawn of light and Bret thrill of joy,
to tho full braze of eternal day, and
the unrestrained rapture of fil

II, is faith from Mid faith
in a rise tea tho

A i tie : "if Christ ' I inn,

then is our preaching vain, and
your fr>ith \% ..' . " "If Chrift

the flaming heavens and the shudder
ing earth, the warring elements and
the thunders of Jehovah cannot un-
wrap. 13ut "there is no condemna-
tion to them which are in Christ
Jesus." "They shall walk with me
in white, for they are worthy." —
"Blessed and holy is he that hath
part in the first resurrection ; on
such tho second death hath no p'owei .
but they shall be priests of Cod and
of Christ, rnd shall reign with him a
thousand years." Glorious destiny !
The resurrection of the body ! "This
corruptible must put on iueorrup
tion." Thueartiiiy (abornaclo. which
death dissolves, thai] be rebuilt, and
be embellished with the perfeel
cellences and eternal glory of the
Godman. lie shall change our vile
bodies, that they may be :
like unto his glorious body." Won*
der of won !• r ' "Awako, an'!
ye that dwell in the d ■
blessel jubilee day of creation
far distant. Soon shall we g| -et the
saints of all tim--, in glorified bodie ; .
Do K ' I » i w.

tl
Arc we ' ' tening

unto the caning of the day of < I
Do we study hi* provider,
tat • Od hifl law day and night, and
make it "

holy as ho m hoy , uu i take his great
purp"

thies. and offer ourselves as instru-
ments for their accomplishment '.' Ob,
brethren, is the amen of our inmost
souls ready to rise to our lips, in an-
swer to these questions ? If his res-
urrection.life control us not in our
affections, conversation, and action-,
we cannot share his reign. His life
on earth was but an episode; his heart
and home were in Heaven. If our
strongest attachments and profound-
est delights are in things perishable,
wc have not the spirit of Christ, and
no title to the inheritance of the
saints. The power that is to issue in a
glorified body, must transform the
ntiaually until it be consum-
mated in the MB»rrection. This
consideration af^V have a mighty
influence in correcting all polluting
personal habits, and in guarding our
relation? to the world. Our love t>
Jesus, our desire for holiness, and
constant fear lest we come short of
the joys and glories of the resurrec-
tion morning, 6houId be sufficient to
overcome all indu'gences and pi
I tices incompatible with the solemn
j thought that we are to be temples of
the Holy Ghost. A right view of
I the manger,the cross, the m^r ••
the Judgment throne, won
purge the church of every voluntary
habit that defile th it. 1 aim uiv re
mark \ at no one in
ply plead for th
which christian! -
is to culminate in a
the gluritied humanity of Jc-ms.--

I hath an car, let him I
jrhat the Spirit saith untj the
"II ;

i8«s thing
■• "Moitify your no u

•h are up ml
ry artifi . '
1 • ■ Bortfa! to the soul.

rather than be enslaved by a ..
of sensual indu gen e. r j„

lie

but
r f life
8 which
ike

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Christian Family Companion.

Tyroiir City. Pa., Feb. M, 1»71.

The PMNOver nn<l the I.ord'N
Nupper. \o. H.

PAstoi i b

Diagram NoL'.inclutlosri^bt full days
from the beginning of the fourteenth
dnv, t<> the end of the twenty-first
■f A bib, or Nisan ; and it is In-
1 to illustrate the 1'assover and
fenst of unleavened bread. TbeM
eight doys ore called "the days of mi-
ned luvud." Acts 12 : I ; 20: &
JoeepbOB la one iustauce calls them
• the feast of unleavened bread." He
says : ^v

"So tbe Hebrel^fc-ent nut of Egypt

while the Egyptians wept, and repent- days, whirl, is called the feast of lin-
ed that tbcv had treated them so leavened bread. Vol. 1, Cn. If), 15. 2,§ 1 .
hardly. * Hut as they went Dut Joscphus did not understand,
away hastily, 00 the .'<rd day they that the feast of unleavened bread
came to a placr called l'.aa! Zephoii, on proper consisted of eight days, for we

the BLod sea; aud when tbey had no
food out of the laud, because it was a
detail, they ate of loaves kneaded of
flour only warmed by a gentle heat,
and this food they made use of for 30
days, tor what they brought with
them out of Egypt would not suffice
them any longer time ; ami this only
while they dispensed it to each person
to use so much only as would serve for
iMccrsity, but not for satiety. Whence
it is, that, in memory of the want we
were then in. wo keep a feast for S

J) I A G 11 A M N O . J

have heretofore quoted his language
where he says, "The feast A unleav-
ened bread succeeds that of the pass-
over, and falls on the 15th day of the
month, and continues T days, wherein
they feed on unleavened bread."

We shall now precocd to speak or
these feast days in order, and hope
the reader will be mindful to refer to
the diagram, as by so doing the sor-
vice> of the several days will be more
firmly fixed in the mind in their prop-
er time, order, and connection.

1
15

2
16

123 9

UNI

us <■- «ia

3 6 9 13 3 6 9 13 3 G 9 13 3 6 9 13

6
20

EXPLANATION. The figures 14, 15, 16, &c, signify the days of the month ; and 1, 3, 3, ifcc, the days of the feast of uulaavcned bread.
The ss marks sunset ; and sr sunrise. Between ss aud sr is night : and between sr and ss Is day. The figures 13, S, 0, 9, 12, &e., show
the hours of thr day and night.
As this diagram Is on a small scale, the reader should also refer to Diagram No. 1-

The first day represented in the i feast of unleavened bread. Through-
diagram is the fourteenth day of the I out the seven days of this feast, there
month Njiikp. On this day they were was to be no leaven found in their

houses, nor seen with them in all their
quarter* "Seven days shall there be
no leaven found in your houses." Ex.
12: 19. "I'nleaveued bread shall be
eaten seven days ; and there shall no
leavened bread be seen with thee,
neither shall there bo leaven seen with
thee in all thy quarters." Ex. 13:6.
SiDce then, there was to be no leaven
fouDd in their houses, nor seen in all
their quarters, during the seven days
of the feast (if unleavened bread, and
the fifteenth day was the lirst of tbe
seven days, it must be clear to the
mind of every one, that the leaven was
removed before the fifteenth day Bel
in : for, on the day of its removal, it
must be both found and seen. As an
item of interest upon this point, we
g i v ^ tbe following quotation from
K r ins Bir Am pp 3T6, 8T*

On this day they were
amil the Ptssover : "And
\ e slialrl P^P until tho fourteenth
day of the lib ; and tbe whole

aooembrj of the congregation of Isra-
el shall kill it iu thecveuing.'' Ex 12: 6
And they killed the passovcr on tbe
fourteenth day of tbe first mouth." —
_ i liron. 85: 1.

On the fourteenth day of the month
tbey mu3t put away the leaven out of
their houses, and eat unleavened bread
it even, the close tit tbe day : "In the
Ui -t moatb, on the fourteenth day of
the month at even, ye shall eat un-
leavened bread, till the one and twen-
tieth duy of the month ut even." Kx.
18; 18. Aiiot!.- r argument, to prove
that tbe leaven b*QSt be removed on
the fourteenth da; \A tbe month, will
hi r.-> be introduced The fifteenth day
• I <hf mon'h N«sth> first d*.- <>f th»

"Exceedingly great care was taken
to have every particle of the leaven
cleared from the houses before the
time of the passover began. The law
on this subject was very strict, and to
make sure a proper observance of it,
the most diligent pains were consid-
ered necessary. As early as the be-
ginning of tho 14th day, that is, the
night before the feast, there was a
general search made all over every
kouse with lighted candles, not leav-
ing unexamined the smallest corner or
hole where it was possible for leaven
in any shape to be lodged The next
morning before noon, allthat could be
found was carefully burned, or thrown
into the water, or scattered to the
wind : and every one, as he thus put
it away, was accustomed to repeat the
established form of execration. 'All
ike haven that is toithin my posses-
which 1 have seen or vhich I
hn>r not uten, >ih»'h J hoy east end

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117

or which I hare not rast out, be it as
(hough U were not! be it at 'in - duet
of the earth ." Thus was every house
purge 1 for the celebration of the pass
over; and after this it was not consid-
ered proper even so much as to make
use ofthe word leaven, lest the thought
of it should pollute the mind. The
unleavened bread, which was now
prepared for use, was baked in the
form of thin cakes, full of holes, to keep
them from the slightest fermentation,
unseasoned with salt, and made only
with water without any sort of oil ; in
some eases the higher class of people
had them enriched with sugar and
e<rgs, though even such bread was not
allowed on the first day of the feast,
but only on these that followed."

From the fact that the most impor-
tant service connected with the obser-
vance of the Passover, namely, the
killing ofthe victims, fell on the four-
teenth day of the month, it was spo-
ken of as the day on which they kept
the passover, although it was not
eaten until that day had closed. See
Lev. 23: 5, Num. 2S : 10, Chrou.
:;."> : l. And because on the fourteenth
the leaven was removed and the un-
leavened bread baked, the passover
sacrificed, and all the preparations
made for the feast of anleavened bread,
it, the fourteenth Jay, w a- called "the
day of the preparation;" (Math. 27 :
r>2, Lu. 28:54,) and "the preparation
of the poaaover," John 19: 14. From
lerationo; in eonneel ion

with t lie fact that the law enjoined

tbe eating of unleavened oread a) ■
the close of, the fourteenth day, (Ex.
12 : 18,) it was called the day of un-
leavened bread," ( Lu. 22 : 7 ) and "the
first day of unleavened bread." Ma.
II: 12. Let it be remembered by

every render, that the fourteenth dav

was "the pa isovcr of tbe Ford," the
i iv on which tbe pos#o> er muat he
killed in the evening the eloee of tbe

day, the preparation day , andtlie first
Df unleavened I. read The prc-

Lme for killing the pasaoi w w u
heretofore shown to have baea from

the ninth hour to sunset, the close of
the fourteenth day.

In the diagram, the second day rep-
ts the fifteenth day of the month,
which was the first day of the feast of
unleavened bread. It has already
been shown that this feast was of sev-
en days continuance, and that it was
designed to commemorate their de-
parture from Egypt. It has also been
shown that in Egypt they ate the
passover on the night of the fifteenth i
day. and that they left Egypt in the
morning, or latter part of the same
night. It is not necessary here to re-
peat the arguments by which these
facta are established ; but the fiicts
themselves aie stated, that the reader
may have a clearer view, and a more
systematic arrangement of them. It
is proper, however, to notice in this
connection, that as the time of their
deliverance is particularly mentioned
as a part, at least, of that which was
to be commemorated, it was necessary
to observe the same time The lang-
uage of inspiration is, "In this self-
same day have 1 brought your armies
out of tbe land of Egypt j therefore
shall ye observe this day in your gen-
erations by an ordinance forever." F.\
IS: 17. "Thou shalt therefore keep
this ordinance in bi I from year

to year." Ex. 18: 1 * • -

As the fifteenth was the first, it is
plain that the twenty-first was the
seventh day ofthe feast. Iloth of |

lays were holy convocation day :

•And in the lir.-t day there shall be
an holy convocation, and in the
eoth day there shall be an holy convo-
cation to yon : no manner of work
shall be done in t hem, save that which

every man must eat, thai only asay be

dine of you " Fv 12 : 16,

S'oyiu oh ion dftrr it be

came dark, that is, with the COUllUi
luelil of the I >th "lav, lh<- pa-

table w a - ttpread, and inrrouuded bj

its little eOJUpanj III "II the he n-
.lerti.-alem Bll \ m I" I . I Thus

the pa iSemn

and impressive introduction of the
feast of unleavened bread. This meal
was so different from their ordinary
meals, as to excite the curiosity of
children, and induce them to ask what
was meant by it ; and it is said with
reason, that, if the query was not pre-
sented by a child, some other person
brought it forward. Then followed an
account of its institution and an ex-
planation of its design. This was
rendered all tbe more impressive from
the consideration that the great deliv-
erance which they recounted, was
wrought on the same night of the
same mouth. Thus it was a meniori"
al to them iudeejfl^ the fullest sense
of the term, hav^^the same service
that they had in Egypt, and that in
tbe same night. Ex. 13 : 2G, 27.

We will here ask ofthe reader to
call to mind the following facts : The
passover was sacrificed on the four-
teenth day, but it was eaten on the
night of the fifteenth ; the fourteentn
day was "the Grst day of unleavened
bread," but the fifteenth was the first
day of the feast of unleavened bread ;"
on the fourteenth day the leaven was
sought out, found, seeu and pat awav
out of their houses, but on the fifteenth
day, no leaven was 1 . ejoafcAin their
houses, nor seen witn^H Bn their
quarters; the fourteeW Plras "the
preparation day," in which the work
preparatory to the feast must be done,
but the fifteenth wu "an holy convo-
cation and they were allowed ti do
"no manner of servile work therein" —
it was a root da;. . a sabbath.

The day follow ing this sablmtl
the sixteenth day of the mouth, and
is represented by the third in the dia-
gratn. This was the second di

of unleavened bread; and
it, too, had its special

this day the priesl • quired to

wave the -heal -the first-fruits ofthe
The law relating to thU
■un Ice ii found in I e\ 23 It 14,

Which reads AM follow - \\ leu

eoiue into the l.tnd which I giro unt >
\ on, anil shall leap the hill I I

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ClllilSTIAN FAMILY COMPANION.

of, then ye shall bring a sheaf of tbe a- ii lay upon the altar. On the sec-
first-fruits of your harvest unto the orid day after the sheaf waa wared by
I he -hail '»;nv the sheaf the priest, it was to be threshed, and
e the Lord, to be accepted for the barley dried ami gronndf after
you; on the morrow aflef the sabbath which ■ homer of the meal was to be
theptlesl shall wave it. And re shnll taken, heave.], and waved with oil and
offer that day when ye wuvr the sheaf, frankinn n.-c ; then a part of it was to
an he lamb without blemish of the be burned on the altar, with a lamb
year, f.>r a burnt-offering unto of the fit* year for a burnt offering,
Lord. And the meat-offering with two tenth deals of fine Hour for a
thereof shall he t WO tenth-deals of line meat-offeriHg, and a fonrth part of a
(lour mingled with oil, an offering hin of wine for a driok offering. Lev.
made by lire unto the Lord for a >>\; \ |, Nuin. 9: y.-14 • l's ■ ]7_25
sweet savour ; and the drink-offering The importance of the feast of the
thereof shall be of wine, the fourth Hebrews, and their influence over
part ..ran hin. Lnd ye .shall eat nei- their civil, social, and religious rela-
ther bread, norJMchcd corn, nor ' tions, can be seen only by remembcr-
initiMfcclf-suine day j„cr that but few copies of their law
'ring unto your were written, and that they had not

God: it shall be a statute forever
throughout your generations in all
your dwellings."

This offering of the first-fruits of
their harvest, was a grateful acknowl-
edgment of the goodness of God, who
them rains and fruitful seasons:
it was a^so typical of Christ the first-
fruits from tbe dead

the advantages of spreading intelli-
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and lightning which we have to-day.

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the first day of the feast of un-

aad bread. See Lev. 2?> : 15-20,

Num. 28: 20-:;i, Deu. 16: 9-12.

but we will briefly refer to the law
partaining to sacrifices and offerings
throughout the feast. It required
then on every day of the feast to of-
fer for a lHirnt-ofTcrinv.t wo bullocks,one
ram, I of the lir.-t year,

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MISCELLANEOUS.

MORAL GEMS.

-A Word Ally spoken, how good it \e.'

may

lose

Heaven

by NEU-

TRALITY

as well

as by

HOSTILITY.

When a believer prays, he is not
alone, — there are usee with hiru :
the Father, seeing the secret, His ear
open ; the Son, blotting out sin, and
offering up prayer; the Holy Ghost,
quickinfng. and giving desires. There
can be no true prayer without these
three.

wisdom shines, and what things -
ever are true, honest, just, pure, love-
ly, and of good report. To verify the
proof of this assertion, instance Scot-
land. Her "rich and poor, bond and
free," at morn and eve assemble
around the family hearth ; the ve:
are Bang, the chapter read, and pray-
ers sent up to heaven. Hence the
children, like Timothy of old, know
the Scriptures from their youth. —
Every man and woman and child
read the Bible and write their own
name. Hence comparatively speak-

• ing, you find no Scotchman in the
almshouse, penitentiary, or state-pris-

i on.

To "resist the devil" successfully,
one must always uct on the contrary
with him ; that is, be must believe
the opposite of what he says, and do
the opposite of what he suggests.

Dear anxious soul, why do you
keep away from Christ ? * You say
Christ is far from you; alas, lie has
been at roar door all day.

lie that Defoliates between God and man

l I's Air.'jatsador, the grand concern*
Of judgment and of mercy, should beware
Of UghtOMI in his speech. 'Tis pitiful
To court a grin, when you should woo a soul ;
To break a jest, when pity should inspire
Pathetic exhortation, and to address
The skittish fancy with fictitious tales,
Wh.-u neat with God's com mission to the
heart !
So did not Paul.

One of the Savior's most delightful
discourses, second only to the ser-
| moo on the Mount, is that delivered
at Jacob's Well to but one listener —
and that one, a poor, despised Sama-
ritan woman. It encourages the heart
1 of a minister, of course, to be able to
preach to multitudes — often it fosters
vanity and pride. Bin let him not
count it condescention, when the oc-
casion calls for it, to speak the truth
of the Gospel to solitary listners, or
"two or three, - ' gathered together in
the name of Jesus. For, he thai
; converts but one sinner from the er-
: ror of his way, saves a soul from
! death, and hides a multitude of sins.

Kor men to judge of their condi-
tion bj the decrees ofGod which un-
hid from us, and not by his Word,
which [a near us and in our hearts, is
as if a man wandering in a wi'i.
in a dark night, when the heaven is
all clouded above, should yet resolve
to steer his course bj the -tars which

he cannot see, but only guess al and
neglect I he compus.- whii b IS al hand,

and would afford bioa s much better
and m in certain direction

The Bible shoold be lite text-beck

or foundation of all intellectual and
religious truining, fur wbenevi
blessed doctrines and are

embraced, treasured In the beai
carried oat practically in erery-dej

life, there truo grit-,- prevails, true

Though holy in himself, and virtuous.
He still to sinful men was mild and piteous ;
Not of reproach imperious or malign,
Bnt in his teaching soothing and beuiirn.
To draw them on to heaven, by reason fair
And good example, with his daily care.
The lovu of Christ and his Apostles twelve
He taught — biUJir»l ht jollomil it hirnnclj.

"( Ine should think,* 1 said a friend to
the celebrated Dr. Samuel .Johnson,
"That sickness and the view of death
would make men more religious. "
"Sir," replied Johnson, "they do not
koow how to go about it. A man
who never had religion before, no
more grows religious when he is sick,
than a man who has never learned
figures can count when he has need
.Iculatioii

\\ icksd men stumble at a straw
in the way to heaven ; and climb
OTST KTeat mountains in their w..\ tC

\ joud woman who had ln-en to
the boUSS Of <i"d was mil OB her
by a friend, who

her If the ssf i a at done "N o "

she replied, "it i- nil aeid ; n ban y*e(
to be aone."

Garrick showed Dr. Johnson his
fine house, gardens, statues, pictures,
etc., at Hampton court "Ah! Da-
vid David," said the Doctor, "tinw-
are the things which make a death-
bed terrible.''

The greatest thoughts, it has been
said, spring from the heart ; but the
lua.vim is far more true with reap*
to the noblest actions.

In the judgment-day there will be
a fearful reckoning against soft, white
hands as well as against bard, black,
heart.-.

(rime in New York. — Judge
Barnard, in charging the Grand Ju-
ry of the Oyer and Terminer Court,
said : "I presume that from this time
onward this court will have to be in
an almost ^B^inuous session until
such time sjHPgencration shall have
passed awsy^Bo that the vast major-
ity of men now engaged in the com-
mission of crime shall either be incar-
cerated, run away, or dead. I use
the word generation, because history
tells us that after every great war, it
requires a generation to clear out the
bad men that have grown bad at
camp followers, swindlers ami rob-
bers."

Do little things as if the\ wen- great
because of 'the majesty of the Lord
Jesus Christ, who dwells iuthee; and
do great things as if they were little
and easy, because of his omnipotence.

"When a stranger treats rue with
wunt of proper resjSB^" said a phil-
osophic poor mas^HHnifoit mvself
with the ret:. '.iodfrtl. .' .: is not :
self he slights, ^^rn\y old shabbv
coat and hat, which, to gey the truth,
have no particular claims to admira-
tion. So if my hat and coat cho
to fret about it, let them : it is not bing

to 111.

Charity. — The best chanty .

that which gtoeth alms, whether

crctly or with ostentation The I
charity— that which "worketh no
evil" — is the charity that prompts u^
to think and speak well of our

bore. K\ en if the\ be openlj i
damned, and that with w ■ i-

a noble charily in BS not to gall ll.
wounds by multiplying knowledgi

their offei

If you do bat lake mid pi< .
a onl, and do but ataj upon
bee d itb r, and will not

I \ cu I thing out of it,

tint a ill inn'. h in know led

v.jiui,^iiaj.>i r.\_>uijj cu.ut* Allium.

The Family Circle .

irtje famil

Which?

nil it be i"

-John looked at me—
> loves iuc yet
b mj lo kl were jet)
Imi 1 found tlinl 1 must ipeak,

:. v low aud v
• /■•

then lilt":

• • ' I w 1 1 ;

..lie you ihall live,
If in retain, from out your seven,
;o me for aye i* given."
• :l John's old garments worn,

I thought of all that John h&Jsejftrin-
work, and f^^^B
ough willing, I'oMV spare ;
of seven months to I
. ■

"Come, Jolin," said I,
'We'll choo=e amon^' them as they lie
■ walking hand In hand,
John and I mrveyed onr band,
l'irst to Aic cradle lightly stepped,
Where Lillian, the baby, I

gainst the pillow white j .
;>ed to lay '
gh hand down in loving way,
When dream or whisper made her stir,
And hn j'ul, ''No: her— not her !"

<■ the trundle-l
ogampljg:.'

I I side the trundle-bed
And one long ray oJfltHHeht shed
Athwart the boyist
• ep so pitiful

our Jamie's rough, red cheek—
. undried. Krc John could Speak,
i baby, too," .-aid I,
■ve hurried by.

. i'i angel face
p bore suffering's trace,
i, for a thousand crowns, not him,"
!i v. ..hile our eyes were dim.

1'oor Di Is ' bad Dick! our wiyward son,
Torn l<ilc one—

Nay, he who gave,
him to the -rave ;
tther'e heart could be
ICb as he ;
••I would not da
I ,m from her bedside prayer."

I we softly up above,
| Mary, child of li

"f.vould better be,"
hn. Quite silently

1 that lay

Across her cheek in wilful way,

'.ook his head. '".Nay, love, not thee."
While my heart beat audibly.
Only one more, our eldest lad,
Ti osl . I ful, good and glad-

rather. "No, John, no—
I cannot, will not, let him

Ami 10 ITS wrote, in courteous way,
We could not drive one child away ;
And afterward toil lighter sccined,
Thinking of that of which wo dreamed ;
Happy, in truth, that not one face
We missed from its accustomed place :
Thankful to work for all the sc
Trusting the rest to One in heaven.

The I,ord Will Provide.

In some way or other the Lord will provide j
It may not be my way,
It may not be thy way ;
And yet in his own way
''The Lord will provide."

At sometime or other the Lord will provide ;
It may not be tuy time,
It may not bo thy time ;
And yet in his own time
''The Lord will provide."

Despond, then, no longer, the Lord willpro-
And this be the token, [vide ;

No word he hath spoken
Was ever yet broken.
"The Lord will provide."

March on then right boldly, the sea shall di-
Thy pathway made glorious, [vide,
With shoutings vlctorions,
We'll join in the chorus,
"The Lord will provide !"

— American 31e*senger.

, finding fault, am contented and thank
1 ful. A nice palate is a plague to get
rid of.

My joint.- are ratber stiff. Well, if

wire ever so stipple, 1 do not

want to go and nee the eights, hear

cobcerUi make speeches, nor carouse

at feasts.

I am not so strong as I was ; but
for what do I need to be stout ? I am
not going to wrestle or figlit with
anybody. My morals arc generally
improved.

The Seed and the Fecit. — A
young man who recently committed
suicide in Indiana, ascribed his down-
fall to the influence of the "vilest kind
of novels," which he was allowed to
read when eight or nine years old.
"If good books had been furnished
me," he says, "and no bad ones, I
should have read the good beoks with
as much zest as I did the bad ones.
Persuade all persons over whom you
have any influence not to read nov-
els," was his parting message to his
brother. The chaplain of Newgate
prison in London, in his annual report
to the lord mayor, referring to many
fine-looking lads of respectable pa-
rentage in the city prison, says that
be discovered "that all these boys,
without one exception, bad been in
the habit of reading those cheap peri-
odicals which are now published for
the alleged instruction and amuse-
ment of the youth of both sexes."

Conilort iii Privations.

A philosophical old nonagenarian,
finds these comforts in growing old
White-headed grumblers should take
notice :

1 have become very deaf. What a

tpg ! There is such a lot of silly

talk I cannot hear, such scandals, etc.

My eyes are failing. How fortu-
nate ! J do not see a tithe of the folly
and wickeduess that is going on around
me. I am bliud to faults that would
provoke me to censure.

I have lost my teeth, and my voice
i nit very audible. Well, I find it
no use babbling to folks who won't
listen, so I save my breath for better
purposes. I don't show my teeth
where I can't bile. I venture on no
ii meat.

.My taste is ii criminating as

in day- of yore, and the good is that
i ily satisfied ; don't keep

If three men were to have their
legs and arms broken, and were to
remain all night exposed to the in-
clemcmcy of the weather, the whole
country would be in a state of the
most dreadful agitation. Look at the
wholesale deaths on the field of battle,
ten acres covered with dead, and
half dead, and dying ; and the shrieks
and agonies of many thousand human
beings. There is more of misery in-
flicted on mankind by one year of
war than by all the civil peculations
and aggressions of a century. lei
it is a state into which the mass of
maukind rush with the greatest avid-
ity, hailing official murderers in scar-
let and gold, and cock's leathers, as
the greatest and most glorious of hu-
mai creatures. It is the business of
every wise and good man to set him-
self against this passion for military
' glory, which really seem? the most
fruitful source of human mipcrr.

CHRISTIAN FAMILY COMPANION.

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A Visit to Carroll Co., Mo.

Agreeably to previous appoint^ j
merit, Elder Peter Overholtzer came
to the house of the writer on the |
2(3th, day of January last, where
he expected to meet Elders Oeorge
Witwer and Daniel 1>. Sell, to ac-. '
company us on a visit to Carroll !
The last two named brethren howev- I
er failing to meet us, we set out, I
leaving my house at 7 o'clock, and
reached the house of our friend !
Dennis T. Davis, at sundown. On
the evening of the 27th, we reached
our destination, brother William
Kneppers. On the morning of the
28th, all the members living in this
settlement, so far as known, except
three, met at the house of brother
Knepper's in church council ; and
finding that they number some 13
members, living here remote from
any organization, they favored an
organization. Whereupon their
letters being presented and read, it
wag revealed that they had already
one deacon among them, namely,
brother Wrn Knepper. The uuan<
imous voice however was, to appoint
a brother to the ministry, and an-
other one to the visit, which resulted
in the choice of brother Richard
Morris to the ministry, and brother
Henry Capler to the visit. Their
congregation is designated as the
Grand River, Carroll Co., congie-
gation. We had an appointment
for public worship at the
place that evening, after which we
went homo with hi other Henrv
Cayler. On the morning of the
29th, (Lord's day) wc filled an up-
pointincnt at the school louse in
that vicinity, and after meeting, ac-
companied la-other Richard Morris
and family, to their boma, took din.
ner, and met again at toe I
bouse in the evening 1 , where we
i found a large h bi • thronged
with an eager and waiting audience.
After services wo repaired for the

night, with brother Daniel Loro and
family to their house. On the
morning of the 30th, there was an

appointment for us a: the hous? of
our old brother Frederick and
ter Michaels', from Wabash, Ind.
Here we met at eleven o'clock ; but
owing to the thaw and rain the au-
dience was not large. Another ap-
pointment for that evening at the
school-house in that vicinity, had
been well published, and was equal-
ly well attended. Letter order and
attention than was manifested at all
these meetings, cannot be desired.
From this, our last meeting here,
we were kindly and comtortably
received and entertained for the
night by our friend Clayburn and
sister Kay, of whom we took leave
on the morning of the 31st, and ar-
rived safely at home that night,
where we found all well.

We wish to tender our heartfelt
thanks to ad our dear brethren,
sisters, and friends, for their kind
ness and hospitality which they be-
stowed upon us everywhere we went.
And for ail this, praise we God, to
whom all praise belongs.

Christian C. R

Mirabile, Mb.

■»»

Answer to B. F. Hocus.
In Companion N>. 3, page 46,
brother L. F. Noons requested that
some brother give his views ae to
how long Noah preached to the An-
teiliinviaiis, and how long he was
engaged in building the ark. Now
the Bible does not inform us hove

he preached, nor docs it ili
tell us that he preach
all ; but the Apostle I'
him "'a preacher of righte

Pet, 2: .">, from which we in*
fer that he preached, but as to bow
long, we must be contented I
main in ignoranoe, Neither are we
informed how long he wa> en
in building the ark. Brethren
times preach that be was one hun
d ad an i twenty i building

it ; but where the) get

from 1 don't
not from the Bible ; for the Bible
tells ua th it the Lord imosao l< d
to make an ark >f gopher
ami that he ihould

into the ark, he, and . and

his wife, and hi.- with

him. Now we find that ".•
500 years old : a
. Ham, and .

... Now if we suppose that his
sons were married at the age i 2 .
then Noah must at least have been
525 years old when the command
was given him to build ; and
was 000 years old when the flood
came upon the earth, so, if we Bub-
tract 525 from GOO We see that he
could, at the outside figure, not
have been engaged more that 7~>
years : and it 3eems to me very un-
reasonable that he should have been
employed that l^flfe of time in con-
structing it ; a^Hpouht very much
whether he wa^rBut let us not
troub'.e ourselves about this, but let
us hasten to enter the ark of the
New Testament, the church af Chi ist,
which is the antitype of Noah's ark,
and hold out faithful unto the end,
and we will be admitted into the
golden city.

Daniel Snowberger.
A" ■ '. . Pa.

r Brethren and Sisters: I
wrote last from Kehrersburg, llerks
Co., on the 1st inst. At kj
1 had attended four meetings i
Little Swatara b ranch, ^ftenvard -
1 attended five m 'iv, olAlie south-
ern side of toe Blue mountain
three on the northern side, all be-
longing to the same congregation.
In this b: annual meeting

is to be held this year. The follow-
in,: are the names of the ministers
of this branch ; Bidet David Mer-
John Wools, Samuel Gettel,
south, and .InJ.ua frruphar, and
George Smith, n.> th or the moun-
tains. On the 2nd, inst.. I
conveyed by brother John Herl
to the houso of brother Joho. Mr

key ; the place where our next A.
to be In Id. We took n |

■Mil and a l\

the p emit is, in view of I
•ml ai tie ■ lv a

and i >ainsi - hi

ions can i| i,s not

d that th m disad-

vantages, but on the whole, 1 oonsid-

.-_

I J1K1.-T1AN Jj'AMilA COMPAKlOK,

e very
well, if the arrangement* and prep
properly c irried
Kicli I li .
< In ning of the 5th, bad

meeting in this branch, in
the Unite 1 1! ethren church at
I'ine Grave, Schuylkill county.
ming at 7 \. M. took ca s
:it Pin ■ i Irove, and landed at Pal-
myra, Lebanon Co., about half after
nine ; but being one tram in ad-
• the brethren expect
c 1, no ■■ .[ my arrival, so I

made my way to the bouae of Elder
John per of th( Bi \

Swatara branch. In this branch
attended five aMpjpjitinents. On
the 7th, a lum-rak^^A in,

• n with the a^Pntnicnt at the
West lianiver meeting-house. 1
'. 1 this eras the eleventh funer-
al attended to at that house since
New Year. Scarlet Fever is unite
prevalent in this locality. In a
al way I found the members
well, since my last, manifesting
much lore and christian courtesy.
My health during the last week has
good ; the hoarseness
has wore oft' again, and my voice as
good as usual. God be praised lor
aeaa. To-day I leave Dau-
pbin for Franklin County.

Daniel M. Holsinqbe.

Iv returned from a

I have recent-
tour in Ohio,
which may be published if you please.
I left homo on the 10th of -lamia-
D I stopped first in the Canton
rregatioa, in Sta;k count,, O. —
Had some interesting meetings.

ihen passed on to the Chippewa
congregation, in Wayne Co. Then
to the Mohicootycongregation, same
county. Then to Black River cong»
gTdgation, Medina Co. Then to
duple Grove congregation in Ash-
laud Co. Then to Ashland oongre-
ue Bounty. Then to Lou-
donville . at county.

W c held a number of interesting
meetings, ami had tl ire of

Added to the church. —
May God awaken and draw many
more. Amen.

i ivtu ned home on the 2nd

of Fi . and tound all -

Thanks to God for hi

mercy. Mj health 1,., rather

ite for some tirjo -, hut I am now
better.

ours,

-1. \Yi,i;.
< //ill, Pa.

Broth i r Hohinger ■ After so long
an abacenee I again take my pen to
contribute a few lines to the columns
of the Companion. According to
previous arrangements with Elders
Overholser ol Caldwell Co..
'I and George U'itwer, of Ilamil-
ton, Mo . we were ull to meet with
the brethren in Carroll Co., Mo., Dear
Hewitt, for the purpose of organizing
them there. But the day before t

was to -tart, I was thrown from a

horse, injureing my arm so badly
and producing such pain that I could
not go. It is with difficulty that I
ean hold my pen to write ; therefore
I mention this to let the brethren
know the reason of my abacenee. I
hope the brethren had a pleasant time
as well as, a profitable one. Breth-
ren let us hoar from you through the
C. P. 0, 1 have nothing of any note
to write about our little. Bock here at
this place ; except that we are trying
to do our duty as lies: we ean, and
trust the Lord tor future prosperity.
Daniel D. iShi.i,.
Platteburg, Mo

Dear brethren and sisters: My

health has been very poor for sev-
eral years, but more so for the last
year. Part of the time 1 cannot lie-
in. bed nor rest in any way. Mv
complaint is mostly Spinal affections
My physician, as good as we have
in the West, recommended me to
wear a brace; saying that if I
would I could soon dj my own work.
This indeed would be of great ad-
vantage b.'-id • the relief from my
suffering, a* I have to hire my w »rk
done. I therefore fee! like asking
a favor of the brethren, which is, to
lend me fifty dollars, the cost of the
brace, until I can pay it back. 1
would not a.->k it, but wo settled here
in the woods and had debts to pay.
W e made one payment on our littie
home this fall, and we have ona
more, and then we will, if favored,
be out of debt. Wiil not some

brother, or more than 0&4 together,

lend me the amount mentioned ti I I
can return it ''.

V7e have but few Uacthren in this
country, but we still live in hope
that we may be blessed in a minis-
ter coming to our country. I hope
some one may locate hero. Anv
traveling through this section anil
wishing to give us a call, will stop
at Kaston tiapids, Mich., and there
inquire for Leander Mil bourn.

Sarah Jank Miuiontx.

Brother Hqltinger. : I am not
ashamed nor afraid to say that I al-
ways was, and am yet, a very warm
friend to the Companion ; and must
say I feel sorry to hear that some
of our brethren think that >1.50cts
is too much for OU visits of such
good news as the Companion gives
its readers ; and that they would
prefer a certain Baptist publication.
We do not say but what said paper
may be a good one, ( we think it
should be for the price, $3.09,) but
still we beg leave to differ with those
brethren as it being the cheapest
paper of the two ; so much so, that
if the latter costs two dollars, and
the Companion cost three times the
amount it does, we prefer the Com-
panion, We want to hear from the
brotherhood. We think number 4,
present volume, contains glorious
news indeed — such as our brethren
report from Sommerset county ;
twenty additions at one series of
meetings. Good news indeed. Send
along the Companion, we would like
to hear more such good news, al-
though we have given our agency to
our brother David, yet we shall see
that we get our share of names.
Your's in love.

Stephen Uildbbjux?.

x i, 1'avkttl Co.", IowaA
Fi;a. 4th, W71.J
Friend ffolstngef: In reading the

columns of the C. F. C. I noticed an
article dated .Ian. 18th, I8fl, LeeS
Summit, Mo., and signed Richard Ar-
nold, soliciting a little history of an
old woman deseribed by him Five
years ago this mouth, a woman an-
swering the description come to my

house, and said she wa< 1"-' ; said
she lived in IJcdford county, Fennsyl

CHRISTIAN FAMILY COMPANION.

vaDia, said she had three daughters,
one dead, one married to a "Dunkard''
preacher near Freeport, 111., one at
home single: represented herself a.-, a
"Dunkard," and said .Jacob Steel re-
quested her to call and see how we
were getting along. My mother-in-
law being a sister to Jacob steel, and
also a member of the same church,
we kindly received her, and gave her
all freedom (and more confidence than
she deserved) and privilege of our
house. She remained with us three
weeks. She knew something of eve-
rybody and every place. We miss-
ed some small articles of clothing,
when she left — suppose 6he made
presents of them to other friends. —
We 'believe her to be an imposter.
She gave her name here Anna Nico-
demus. With friend Arnold, I hope
the old lady will get some good ad-
vice ; I think I could remind her of
several falsehoods practiced on us
while here.

Your's truly.

J). W. Dort.and.

Answer to Lantlon West.

Dear Brother : I have been look-
ing for an answer to brother Landon
West's quercy on page fourteenth,
present volume ; and as the breth-
ren are slow in answering said que-
rey, I thought I would try in my
weakness to give my views upon the
subject.

The passage of scripture referred
to reads as follows : "Cod is a spirit ;
and they that worship, him must
worship him in spirit and in truth."
John 4 : 24.

First, "must worship hiin in spir-
it." ''It is the spirit that quicken-
eth, the flesh profit?th nothing : the
words that I speak unto you, they
arc spirit, and they are life.'" John
(5 : 88, Also read the latter clause
of Rom. 8 : 9, "Now if any man have
not the spirit of Christ, lie is none
of his." Now the spirit of Christ ■
an humble, obedient, and unassum-
ing spirit, and always ready
his Father's will, I na3suming,why :
Because he said, "\\ hy callost thou
me good? thuro is none good hut
on.', 'that is God." Matt. 19: 1 '.
We further read that "the fruit of
the spirit is love, joy, peace, long-
suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith.
M i < ■ ' ■ aperonoe : again I

there i3 no law." Now, if we are
thus minded, we worship in spirit.
But how in truth ? Why, worship
agreeably to his word ; for the Sa-
vior said, "Sanctify them tbroungh
thy truth: thy word is truth." When
we say agreeably to his word, we
mean, keep his (the Savior's) com-
mandments. In love

A. Beekbbele.
Delta, Ohio.

Dear brethren and sisters : My
third report was written in the house
of brother George Smith, Dauphin
Co. By him I was conveyed to the
city of Harrisburg, where, while
waiting for the train, I fell in compa-
ny with brother John Rciff of Ind ,
\vith whom I had a pleasant conver-
sation. At 1.55 P. -M., took cars for
Cauffman's station, Franklin Co. On
the evening of the 10th, had meetiug
in the Antrim meeting-house, Falling
Spring branch; 11th, A. M., at
Ilayde's meeting-house; thence to
Price's meetiug-house, Antietam
branch, where we had three meetings.
Thence to Snowberger's, where we
had two meetings. Thence to the
Amsterdam meeting-house, where we
had a small meeting this forenoon,
owing to the state of the weather, be-
in? snowy.

1 found the members and friends
mostly well, in this county. On the
night of the 10th, lodged with broth-
er Jacob Zarger, who has his parents
living with him, having attained lin-
age of 86 years, raised T children, all
living yet. The youngest being now
even year- old. A n extraordi-
nary family ! The old members are
frail ' On the 12th, visited El-
der Jacob Price, who has been afflict-
ed for some weeks, but now iq
to be slowly recovering, and from
present appearances, may booo be
able to attend meeting again, if the
Lord wills it

On the I3tb, Visited aunt Nancy
: . at present confined to her bed.
I ler age I - near s7 years.

th has been good since m\
tail 1 am writing this in the house

of brother A braham Shock

Daniel M Hoi -im.i.u.

I'd.

- - *.
// /.' i.

meetings at Spring Hun. Mifflin

I'm , \m now over PnbHc preaching

was held in six different places ; and
at two or three places a', one time.
The word preached was with power,
and effect. Those who engaged in
proclaiming tLe good news — glad
tidings, and giving saint and sinner
a portion, ganeeker,

Grabill Myers, Daniel Bnowb
Wra. How, Adam Bearer, George
Myers, James Lane, and Christian
Myers.

S. W. Bollinger.
Mc Veytown, Pa.

Correction.

Brother Henry : The information
you gave to J. D. Mast is not correct.

The house-keeper in the congrei.

where Jo

Merkev

and whe
John Zu
Co., Pa

Kline lives, is David
1, Berks comity,
n L. Kline Kvi
Sbaefferstown, Lebanon

John Hkrtzi.kh.

Queries.

Why do you omit the letter u in
spelling the Barior's name.

Wm BooKWAX.ro.

We omit it, because we have been
taught to spell the name without it.
.Second, Because our judgment ap-
proves of it. Third. Because
quires less labor and is better.

Brother Henry ; 1 should like
for some brother iajyj an axplana-
tion of Mi'tthew ^k l.">, "Beware of
false prophets, wVru come to you in
sheep's clothing, but inwardly they
are ravening woll

T I

.Khn 10 : 9, latter part : "And
shall go i.: and out and lin 1 pasture "
Query: [a there any pasture outside
the door or fold •

Jos:.\!i BaSOBI

Dill

Jaj

;
a brother who is a private tneml

appoint meetings, and read a

: exhort therefrom
11 .1 \\ I

Brother 11 Could

Rome ■ me the ..

1 . . s in the

State of Ii lo be

sent i"

uddress

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CHRISIiAN FAMIL1 COMPANION.

Cher • is./

i, 1871. i

Although I I :! »» inclined to ti»<- opii .

h IVS :it in DO'

.1 of • maj irity • there

ana for gotten you, nor might be much go v the

my d •atributoi to your pa- Brethten, if they irould mo.-o fre

qoently visit such . And,

° 1 M iS ed £ '"" ! - feet way. „. : ,l \ D t!l ,; r " hear

■ doing. From thi> circumstance inc.

of late have been really, these are the very places to Timothy
.Kiel scarcely ever have any where the doctrine which the Breth- n-

We reasoned with thein for four
five days uad nights, on th
- ittoo "(Study to show thyself
approved unto God, awotkmsm that

necdeth not to be ashamed, rightly
dividing the word of truth." Paul

leisure I rrite you, owing to fen preach, needs most to ho pro-

It is not my intention to enter in-

,fmy mulgated,— *for h f call - a " ela ^P r , ate treaties of the prop-

health, and consequently b of on him in whom th tot believe ° l - ,n wb,ch wc h:ul under consi ' 1

. both secular and min and how shall they' believe on bun er , at, °" on the occasion, but only to

. I think will of whom they have not heard, and ,!, to a ve ! y few pem * rks 0f|Jthe

oient jyfor my protracted si- howshall they hear without a preaeh- !» ? e , the P ro P oslt| on, or

my health has, er, and how shall they preach except r , •''' e ,? P™Po 9,t ' on of the

,ncej con- they be sent?" subj^rt, «rig*tty dVvidrng the word

I left Knoxville on the evening Wa ' . , t , , ,.

tram for M i.wi.lo, and arrived at L V ™ m *&** U»t «f believed
the latter place at 5 o'clock, where S*' * ^ l W g? CW^* of the
I was met by hr,». J. W. Byrne I (hsccnsl0ns in the Christian world,
it is my privilege, and also my duty and shown to bro. S Z Sha-p's' i 7™ f tUniy attnbutab!c to our lack
to write you something for the Com- \ who lives in the neighborhood of the ° L ""^^'^"g of the word jf God,

place, where we had an appointment ° Ur kck ° f ' m ' ier ;^n(]ing, was

< >n Friday morning before Christ- for a Conference meeting ' ? con ^H u ence of our fading to read

The weather being extremely cold | £ TaleaTSfwol-d I ""

mBb so that
ain able to resume my busl
10 1 i Dgage in my min
. LtieS, 1, therefore feel that

Blount "County, Tenn., I took the J we thought it not prudent'to' have ! w£ l " "™ ^ W0/u . i,lte,Ii Sently,

?. lu . Ul t( a ^ e | was in consequence of our want of

proper arrange-

at l°™ -""' in order to ! any meeting on Saturday; hut as understanding its

perform the \

ville in duo time. Knoxville is a miles from ftlaryville-
conside table town, consisting ot sev-
eral manufactories, and machine

J, and a potation of

1500, or 2000 inhabit ints. There

vera' very fine churches in the

Almost every Denomination

extant in our country, except the

riptures. And believ-
ing that this part of our libors would
I not be uninteresting to many of the
readers of the Companion, I herein
give some of our conclusions :

The Holy Scriptures are properly
divided .nto two grand divisions, the
Old and New Testament. These
two divisions are sub-divided into
three minor divisions, and they are

ere was an appointment for meet I mcnt and division. I therefore pro-
. thy of note occurred |ng at < arpenter 8 Camp -ground on po8e d to devote one hour to the ex-
Arnved at Knox- 1 lace was some .six i animation of the subject, of the

we left Bro. j p ro p er division and arrangement of
Sharp sin the evening, to go to the Holy Sc '
bro. .lonn Bowman 8, who lives in
the vicinity of theCamp-grouml v, here
wc had an evening meeting. Owing
to the extreme coldness of the w gath-
er — it being decidedly the coldest
we have had in this latitude for a
. and even to the Roman I number of yea: 8,, — we did not have
Cathol ■■■ churches here a very extensive "tu, n out"' on the

I visited this place about two years 0CC * 8 *°n.
ago, and had meeting here, which, On Sunday morning bro. S lyetematTcally

the lust that the and myself, accompanied by severe 1 lowing order.' 1st. The first grand
ted in p. other Bretheren and Sisters, set out division, or Oid Testament -pertains
»•» to b or the "C*mp ground." We arrived excusively to the old dispensation.

it the place of appointment in geod i e, the dispensation prior to the
I tmir, and found a considerable num. coming of Christ in the flesh. This
her of per ►mblod, and Await- is subdivided and arranged as foil-

ing our appearance with apparent j lows i l»t—Histofy, 2nd;— Law,
ty. This is another point at j 8rd.— Prophecy. The Historical pa t
which the Bretheren bad never treats of the creation of the world
, and requested me to preached, except bro. Sha pa !'- and of the people of the earth of
make an appointment for the next times. The people received us very what kind of bein-'sthev were, of the
that I should con- kindly, and eeemed very much inter- deluge, of the wars and fightings
meeting for some day,:, | i n hearing "the word of truth," 1 among the nations, how
ither engagements, 1 which we endeavored in our irnper- 1 and what they did, Ac.

Ureth en ever pr
plai

il i
citizens in
"Dunkard" preaeh. When my dis-
■ is ended, the Pastor
h, wno was a Methodist Minis-
rd and introduced

they lived

LlllUtollAo. 1'AiUlL.l LU.Ml'A^iUiN.

125

w The 2nd sub division treats of the
Laws by which they were governed,
and is contained in the books of
Loviticus, Numbers, 1st and 2nd
Samuel, iVc.

The 2nd sub division treats of the
Laws by which they were governed,
and is contained in the books of Le-
viticus, of Numbers, 1st and 2nd
Samuel, &c.

The 3rd sub division is prophecy,
and is contained in the i?ook of Zi-
on, of Nebemiah, Psalms, Songs of
Solomon, Isaah, Jeremiah Ezekiel,
Daniel, &c. Although we often find
those divisions rather interchangable
treating of all these subjects pormis-
ouously, yet, by a little discrimina-
tion, we are able to keep up the
proper divisions.

The histoiy is a chronological rec-
ord of the geneology, and doings of
the people. The law is a system of
types and shadows of the Christian
Law, and the prophecy is the annum
ciation of the certainty of the com-
ing of Jesus Christ in the flesh.

The Law is said to be "our school
master, to bring us to Christ," and
again it is said that "Christ is the
end of the Law for righteousness, to
every one that believeth. therefore,
this brings us down properly to the
2nd Grand division of the word of
truth.

The 2nd grand division of the
Holy Scriptures is the New Testa-
ment. This, like the first, is sub-di-
vided into three subordinate or minor
divisions.

The 1st is history, 2nd Law,
3rd Prophecy. The first is a l.istor.
ical account of ""the birth," the char-
acter, the life, the death, the burial,
the resurrection, the forty days bo-
journ with his disciples, in givii.
them their last commission, and fina-
ly his assension op into Heaven.—
This is called the Gospel. We then
have a further historical account of
how the Apostles acted upon this
commission, how they preached tin-
Gospel, what they called the Gospel,
and how tin- people rec tived it, and
what they did in obeying it I' ■ ■
cost — Acts 2.

second part of this Historical record
is contained in the " Acts of the
Aposth ." ;-cfo e it i< very clear
ly to be seen that any faith which
we may be in possession of, which is
predicated upon any proposition con-
tained ir> this part of God's word, is
of a historical character. This, then
is the 1st sub-division of the 2nd
grand division of "the word of truth"
and treats of history entirely ; hence
it is denominated the gospel of Jesus
Christ, the Son of the living God.

The 2nd subdivision of tho word
of truth is the "Lw of the spirit of
life in Christ Jesus, which makes us
free frou* the Law of sin and death."

This is that Law which was to go
forth from Zion, and is the law which
is given by inspiration of the Holy
Spirit, and through the medium of
the Apostles of the Lord Jesus
Christ. This is contained in the
Epistles of the Apostles for the gov-
ernment ot the Churches. This part
or division is exclusively applicable
to the Christian, bo those who have
been inducted into the Kingdom, and
adopted into the family of the faith
ful, have become heirs of God, and
joint heirs with our Lord Jesus I

The 3rd and last sub division of
the second grand division, is the
prophetic part, or the revelations ol
St. .John, in the ls'e of 1'atiii

This is a prophetic description oi
.-e and progress of the Church,
of its final triumph, and of the sec-
ond comin ras Co is* to reign
in it as King, until he has put down
all re rity, and until he
ed the last enemi — which
is Death ; then shall he deliver up
the kingdom unto the father — that
God may "be all in aU." After
having discussed this subjei
length unti'l Wednesday night,
to a very atti I we 1 ordered

egation, ither sti I

tinuiri" to be very untavoi abl
thought it prudent to not protract
the - t\ icec ' inger, dismisi ed our
meeting, an I rel I to Marj villo,
in or . and enjoj the

Bociety and hospitalities of bi
i|. and famil

Tho fir, i part oi this account. oi Fl Jit we b

tho go'sp«l proper, is of John |

eight Bretherc isre.s, wh-

convened at the house of brother
Sharp for the occasion.

1 must here ba permitted to stat\
that, in all experience sinee i
ging in the solemn vocation of the
ministry, I have never enj o
self better than in this social meet-
ing. All the Bretheren and Sisters
present seemed to enjoy and feel
that freedom which the occasion of-
fered. Several subjects for conver-
sation were introduced, and discuss-
ed upon by the bretheren
tc:s, but more particularly were we
all interested upon that of ''an^t
ing the sick with

the Lord." I have no doubt but
many of |H^eaders of the Co
ion woa'dsjjkwinterested with a reci-
tal of that conversation, but time
and space forbid.

On Friday morning, I left on
Maryville train to go to Rogeraville
Junction, where I had an evening
appointment. I was met at the
Junction by some bretheren who
conveyed me to the meeting bouse,
(AYhitehorn,) where I continue d un-
til Monday noon, when 1 agai;.
the train for Joncsborough, where 1
et by my s,m at 5 p. m., with
my horse, to convey me home, ,
I arrived about 7 o'clock, and found
all well. Thank the Lord for his
good:,

Jfc

Dear linthr.

morning 1 will n

alone this
un attempt to

oontii the C. K. C. though 1

am aware of m\ inability. 1 will
Willingly leave i; to the" opti
the editor to publish or rfje
wing that brother li Isii .
burch ai
for what he |
that the china h should

. im to tl
bear glad tidings in a

Adam : and < •

that

le to di i

. il, and that I
culated t.
and breadth ol tl \

CIlkJSTIAN FAMILY COMPANION.

and fasl ! lib

et ; 5 : 12 ; J

1 :

When I aros • from my e och
m »rnii. 1 look in any direc-

clean and
wl md with

md -ii >\\. <> • ],u rc

and white, without a vi ,t or

blemish. ! pure and white

t i be I i iwn with out foot. —

But alas ! how soon its poreni
spoiled by the interruption of other
bo lies. In this way my thoughts

. <■ carried to the dear inf..
wi* are pure, fit subjects for the
kingdom. Mnr!> 10: 'l !. But like
onto thi ttOW, theirpurity be

aes defile 1 by the injf^sition of
other bodii i^P>:her, oi-

lier or sister may be in-
strumental in giving tnc pure body
an impure appearanoe. Dear sisters ;
do you, or can you ask (Jod's b]
ing upon you and yours, when you
dee irate the little ones with all the
lions of the day : and thereby
fill their little hearts with pr: I

• ns consider our relationship to
him with whom we have to do, as
are living in a fast age, so that
when our gammons c >me to join the
innumerable caravan, wc may be
1 bo meet him, -'who shad
(he second time without sin
unto salvation." Is it not worth de^
: ourselves aujL seeming pleas-
ure, to gain the smiles of heaven,
to meet the approbation of(iod;
and. in the end enjoy the happy
privileges that are promised to ail
those that love his appearing. Let
US lay aside every weight and the
nn which doth so easily beset us,
and run with patience the race that
re u •. The dp of unbev
lief, oh! it makes my heart ache to
■ many turning tj the allureing

■

: '^ '• and beside this they
must bel mg to the royal pries: . |.
Take notice, the Lord's prophet who
made manifest to Jeroboam the con-
sequence of his wiokedness, (1st
Kings 18 : :: i after he became
w< ary and rested nnd< r an eak,
I I ) he was there induced by
ing p ophet to withdraw from
the Lord's path to partake of that
which (in Ins imagination) appeared
pleasant. What follow : ' \l id
24th verse. To us it is said the
sou' that sins shall die, and those
that forget God shall share- -with the
unbelievers.

Then let our aim ami object be,
For Jesus' precious face 10
narrow ! mortal, boast not though
Of time and U.le that are not now ;
Hut think, in onfi revolving <;
lion- earthly things may pass away.
Mm.UE (JiBi'.uv

Linganore, Md.

which are prevalent in the
B il n mer&bered that the
' this world are transitory

' • ■
faring ■ ugh a t

ill not err therein," !

the
ll iwera

It ich in.

If J

Brother HoUingers I feel like
writing a ]j lt ] e f or ' t i ie (jompa
and hope it will not be lost labor.
You request church news, which no
doubt all love to hear ; especially
when in a prospering condition. Yet 1
cannot say that we are advanced in
our spiritual welfare as we should be,
on account of disappointments, made
by brethren wdio were to come and
preach for us the first of January.
I wish to inform those brethren that
we have arrived at many conclusions j
with regard to their not coming ; yet '
we cannot but think that Providential
occurrences hindered.

There are but few brethren here,
and we are compelled to attend other
churches, Or stay at home: except
once a month, we have preaching, if
it IS possible for a brother to come
thirty or forty miles; if not, we
wait till the next month, and perhai
meet the same fate.

It Seems that, when as high as
eight Of ten speakers will attend one
meet ing, and four or live speak, one
after the other, until the patience of
worldlings is so wearied that they de-
clare they will not go to "Ihinkai'ii"
meeting again, it were better if
would go where they are needed.

Brethren, do you ull do your duty,
rhp eely ever go from your

liate vicinity to preach? £
do, I 1 •- '■■ thev bare become

van:. of God, and have their fruit un-
to holiness, and the end, eternal life.
We had anticipated a season of spir-
itual refreshing, daring the series of
meetings the brethren proposed hold-
ing with us.

But alas ! all our hopes were
blighted when (fee hour for services
arrived, with a large audience, and,
to our surprise, no speaker Imag-
ine our anxiety, when the people are
frequently inquiring to know when
those preachers are coming, and tell
us, if ten dollars or more were ready
for them as other preachers get, they
would not fail to come.

Brethren, let not the world have oc-
casion to say that we are grasping on-
ly for earthly treasures. When ap-
pointments are made, meet them ; let
nothing but Bickness or death Under.
We think much good might be done
here at this time. The people hear
but little preaching and appear anx-
ious to bear the doctrines ot our
Lord. Brethren, ministers, who will
be first to respond, and grant us a se-
ries of meetings ? We need it jwA
novo.

We hope it will be those brethren
by whom we were disappointed, if
congenial, and suitable for them.
They will thus aid us in advancing
the cause of Christ in this part of
(jod's moral heritage. Any brother
who can, come and help us.

Lucinda Shick.
Orove City.

Glenuiii£9 from Subscribers.

The tobacco question has not
frightened me away from the Com-
panion. I think the subject needs
still harder pressing, for it is a little
like the Queen of Sheba, said to Sol-
omon ; much has been told us of the
evils of it, but the half has never been
told that can in truth be said about it.
Joun Forney 3k.

1 bar that brethren are finding
fault with the paper on account of the
advertisements in the C. P. C. I
think we have mucb good reading-
matter, ami very few advertisements.
Come, brethren, let us have charity.
John U. Stager'

ems as though one member of
our family has been missing since the
Companion has stopped coming. I
miss it so much, I cannot do without
it. The brethren and sisters here are
well, except brother Joseph B. Bash-
;r e : 1 feflr r hv will nirr-r recov-

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127

er. We ask the prayers of tbo breth-
ren and sisters in lier behalf.

I >IA J. Bashob,
Whitesville, Mo.

"I think a few dollars spent for
useful reading, is ruoDey wisely in-
vested. The mind needs to be fed as
well as the body. Pampering the
body and starving the mind, is the
height of folly. So also is providing
for the body the best that earth can
afford, and feeding the mind on tra.-di
and poison." Uohert A. Patton.

Second Greek-, W. Va.

MARRIED.

At the residence of the undersigned. Mr.
THOMAS BROADWATE, to Mna BETTIE
MILLER, all of Allegany Co., Md.

ElUS WHTTZBL.

At the house of the bride's parents, in Ju-
niata Co., Pa., bv the undersigned, on the
21st Of January, 'brother SPENCER BEAV-
ER, of I'niou county, and Miss MINERVA
BE8HOAR. By request. George Myers.

By the undersigned, Jan. 12th, at the resi-
dence of the bride's father, brother DANIEL
B. SELL, and sister FRANCES WITWER,
daughter of Elder GEO. WITWER. all of
Hamilton, Mo. D. D. SELL.

On the 7lh iust., at the residence of (hi;
bride's parents, by H R. H0L8INGRR. Mr.
B. F. MYERS and Miss KATE CHERRY,
both of Blair county, Pa.

At my residence. Feb. 9th, JOSEPII C.
KACFFMAN and Miss MAGGIE KACFF-
MAN, both of Bedford Bounty Pa.

8. A. MOORE.

On Thursday December the 22ud 1S70, at
the residence of the bride's Father near An-
tiodi, Indiana, bv Daniel Heinev, E. T.
BROWN and SARAH J. LUDT, all of
Huntington County Indiana.

On Sabbath day, February the 5th at the
residence of the bride's Father bv the
L. N. EALLOWELL and ANGELINE H.
BAILY, all of Huntington Co. Indiana.

i> I i; ii .

Ill t hi- sa ranch, LtJ

MAR? MYRTIE daughter of brother HI
KY and lUter MINERVA MANCHL1 !

7 months a Funeral ser

the writer from Matt. 19 : 11.

AARON BERKEYBILE.

In the Aughwlck branch, Huntingdon Co ,
Pa., February, Ifch, hUtcr CATHARINE
Contort of broil IP AN OGLE ; aired

M years, 8 months, ('» dayi. Occasli
proved by the brethren iiom i Tim. i I
to B ! I ''-Ml ion of people.

A. I .. II NK.

In lb '. lllej cburcbi Washington

county Teiru Di ■ 90th l^ro, sister i
ItKIII Kl ". f.l I; vears, 5 mouth-,

i days. She died in tb • triumphs of a
living faith, and bid all li< r kind;

meet het In boaren.

J. 1! PI M I
In U tntj • Pa., January 19,

William BAKER ; age i years and

9 nil • Tb* rabjeel ol (bit doi

blind '.. . and ili.-d at tin-

houie ni ii [end D iixli i B > w^- 1 , near

i v i| >r

writer fiom the words, "Set thy honse in or-
der." D. D. HORNER.

In the Augbwick branch, Huntingdon Co.,
Pa., January 3d, PAUL WITS AL j aj

years and 3 days. Funeral service by the
brethren.

In the same branch, January ltkh, DILLIA
M. MILLER, only child of Jacob and Ellen
Miller ; aged 1 month. Occasion improved
by the brethren.

In the same branch, Feb. 1st, sister ELIZ-
ABETH BLOCHER; aged 70 years, aud 17
davs. Funeral service by the brethren.

• Bloeher was formerly from Adams
county, Pa. A. L. FUNK.

Ki II asleep in Jeans, in the Woodstock
' Branch. Shenandoah Co. Va., January 80th,
[ brother ISAAC GOC II ENO I'll: aged 40 years,
' 3 months, and days. He leaves an affec-
tionate wife and four dutiful children to
mourn their loss ; but they are not alone in
their grief, the church feels that one of its
devoted memb»r«, has gone to join the disem-
bodied spirits, and his well attended seat is
vacant In the hou'e of the Lord, and his voice
will be heard no longer leading his brethren
and sisters in the songs of Zion. aud his
presence will he seen no more in the earthly
sanctuary where prayer la wont to be made.
Though lie labored for a long time under the
afflicting hand of a chronic disease, yet be
faithfully discharge 1 the duties of his cal-
ling in the office of a deacon. We mourn not
as those without hope. Words of comfort
were spoken to a large concourse of people by
Elders George and Samuel Shaver and J.
Wakeman, from Philippians 1 : 21

E. B. SHAVER.

Visitor j.leane eop;/.

In Huntington Co., Ind., January Cfith.
PETER HASLt>R, bom January 31*1. 1S10,
in lierks count v Pa. He was joined In mat-
rimony to Folly Liech in IK'A. They raised
a family of 9 sous and 1 daughter. He was
buried on the 2Sth. F mineral occasion im-
proved by the writer and I). Shidlcr, from
Heb. 27 : 0. Elder SAM I EL MURRAY-

Visitor jAetiiC copy.

In the Aughwick branch Huntiugdon Co.
Pa. Dee i, SARAH E. BOOK,

aged 1 year. 8 months, and rj dav-.

In the lanie I . -mber 5th

Willie Book, aged 5 years, 11 mouths, and I
dav.

The above are all ihr children of brother
Isaac and ilater MARY BOOK. We trnely
condole our bereaved brother and sister, and
their family ; bill "'. sorrow as those

who have nobopi ■ igivctbauJ the

Lord takctli away, aud bleaeed be his holy
name. JOHN (i. CLOCK. '

In tin- t i ; si 'I « ■ •■ [.-. ' branch. February
1st, of • MAB1

HART, wife of brothel

con) and danghur of El h I Miller in

louths
■ kind bnaband and
ihlldren lo mourn the loss of 01
was llllleh loved by all who knew het. lis
her reqnesl tho funeral occasion was improv-
ed from 2 Tim. I

Nathan Haywood, to a large concourse of
people. NO Ml MILLER.

In lb

.. 1870, W1LLE, ion ol i .

I': i

var. 1
Sim a;

In I' .. Jan.

17, JOHN i

a*'-, Ii.
I

i |

In the Quemal.

ELIZABETH PETER
DOntbj and 2S days. Her
was cancer. 8he suffered great pain,
but endured it with much patience. Funeral
services by Elder Tobias Blough and the wri-
ter from Fhill. 1 : 81.

Iu the Indiana Creek branch, Westmore-
land county, Pa-, Nov. 1st, 1670. MAI.
PHIA, daughter of brother Jeremiah and sis-
ter Lydia'FOUS-T, aged 1 year, 6 months, and
7 days. The funeral occasion was iiagrovcd
by Eld. Soseph Berger and brother Jonas
Beunct, from Lu. IK : 16.

In the same branch, Dec. 30th, 1S70, infant
son of brother David D.and sister Mary HOR-
NER, aged 1 month and 7 days. His days on
earth were few, like those if the lovely,
bloomicsg Uowers. The funeral oerasion was
improved by the writer.

Also, in the tame branch, Jan. Itsth. 1871,
our aged brother WILLIAM MURRAY, de-
parted this life, aged almost 67 years, lie
was called to the ministry iu the prime of life.
He has not preached much for the last lew
years ; but he earnjaUy contended for the
faith once deliverf^^fc the saints. His dis-
ease was fever. qJHnrc his affiiction with
patience. He has ren a widowed mother. 4
sons and 2 d with Many Met

mouru their loss. On I ■■ was taken

to the Indiau Creek church, where thr
ion was improved by Eld. Burger and the
brethren from 2 Cor. 5 : 1, 21 ; alter
his remains were taken to their resling place,
followed by a large concourse of people.

Also in the same branch, Jan. 25th, ISA AC

youngest son of friend Peter and sister Re*

'■HTH, aged 2 years, and 5 months.—

Disease croup. Occasion improved by the

writer. J. Fol .-

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Tbe Karfcorism ot Christendom.

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.1 he founded was above
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their calling, by imbruing their bapds
in one another's blood ? I )r > the;
this confirm t! -atiou of their

Savior: "By thi J shall all men knoW
that ye are mj
lore one* toward another

ration of lore, to kill on*
cr. Such is loving only in word,
(havdlvthnt.) i loving indeed,

as the beloved Apostle John :" :
the brethren to love.

\V J. II. B ■

For the <

A Few Words to Siuut r».

■ Come unto me. all ye that labor and are
heavy laden, and I will jrive you rest. Take
mv yoke upou you, au.l lean: of u.

Do the cares of tl d lil "

g precious

think that the next may be you—;
unprepared ! Oh ! come t
von :ul he will save you lie

will tak- rod will

have rest.

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pre in serving 1 —

in serving
that the world eann

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children of God, and

children uftlm

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'.'.': a
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CHRISTIAN FAMILY COMPANION.

watches over you. When you are
isleep, hi> keeps you safe : and all you
have OOBMI from him. And are you
DOl willing to obey hiH culls F Why it
is no wonder ho is angry with the
dinner every duy. Hut turn to him,
he loves \ on. He govs his Son for
you. Yes, he came into this world
and died that you may lire. And il
you l«>ve thifl blessed Jesus and keep
his commandments, you shall enjoy
hiri presence forever; for ho has gone
10 prepare a mansion for you, that
where he is, theft you may be also.
O blessed thought of living in Heav-
en Where there is no sickness, uo
puin, no death ; where God shall wipe
every tear from our cyos ! There we
will only uppreciaj^the blessedness
of serving God. dfctne, then, before
it is too late, and while you may ob-
tain that rest: for "there remaineth a
rcat for the people of God."

''Hasten (inner to be wise ;

Stay not for the morrow's sun t

Wisdom If you still despise.

Harder H it to b« won.

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For the Companion .

MM ■»! Sal\ Hlion-n«w to Obtain
■ t.

"And being made perfect, He became the
author of eternal salvation to all them that
obey him - " Hebrews a : 9.

The subject of salvation, though
very apparent to seekers after diviie
truth, is one of vast importance.
The word "salvation" means deliver-
ance, and not a whit more. Before
the time of Christ there were many
instances of salvation by the miracu-
lous power of God. We will howev-
er sav but little upon the subject of
salvation prior to Christ, but will
lead you in another direction. It is
upon the subject of eternal deliver-
ance — the great Gospel plan of salva-
tion delivered by Jesus Christ him-
self — that we shall make a few sug-
gestions for the careful consideration
of our readers.

Saltation, prerious to Christ, did
'. neither could it, meet the gener-
al wants of fallen humanity. The
salvation of the Hebrews at the Red
Sen. and of the \ntediluvians, was
only temporary in that it only saved
them from suddei death and destruc-
tion. To make anything else out of
it, we wmild do injustice to the salva-
tion bv Jesus (.' hrir-r Kteriial salva-

harrnonir" hum mi, - di'Tnirv

place Finite and Infinite both into ono
sphere — could meet the wants of de-
praved humanity through none other
thau the efficacy of Christ's blood.
He, "being made perfect," could, and
did, "become the author of eternal
salvation to all them that obey him."
To oil them 1liot obey him. This

work out his own salvation Indeed
it would have been a great pity, had
God permitted man to die as he is
prone to live,& then give hiru an exist-
ence in eternity, there to live in sor-
row throughout its unceasing ages as
he lived while clothed with mortality,
and while forming character void of

phrase which we have from the pen the Holy Spirit and oil the qualities

of the inspired apostle, will place for- necessary to make him happy, whilst

ever upon a baseless foundation all surrounded with the magnificent works

I'niversalian and Unitarian creeds of the Deity, and in the presence of

Having briefly noticed the impossi-
bility of salvation without Christ in it,
or it by Christ, we uow purpose to
show that without obedience, salva-
tion is not promised. We cannot in-
fer from any of the epistles of that
learned and eminent Apostle, that
salvation was attainable without obe-
dience. "How shall we escape, if we
neglect so great salvation ?" shows
that something is demanded from the
recipient, in order to obtain eternal
salvation ; and all who have a knowl-
edge of the conditions of salvation
before the incarnation of the Son of
God, know that it could only be ob-
tained by obedience. Had not the
Hebrews obeyed the voice of Moses
ere they arrived at the Red Sea, or
even afterwards when they received

him whose wisdom and goodness the
universe can but contain. Though
life's sorrows are great, the effusion of
the Holy Spirit upon the soul will fill
the hearts of the obedient with ineffa-
ble joy, until they arrive at their
glorious destiny which awaits them,
there to continually enjoy happiness
begun on earth.

Hence what will truly beautify the
soul while in its house of clay, will
make it happy while inside the mag-
nificent walls of Zion. Who are they
that fa'l to enjoy life ? Are they not
those who have not a cheerful view of
what pertains to future bliss, and that,
too, because they would procure sal-
vation without seeking tor it ? If such
be the case, we can come to no other
conclusion than that they hold the

the command to "go forward," they plan of salvation as of but minute im-
would not have been saved, but would
have fallen a prey to the enemy, or,
have been buried beneath the waves
of the briny deep. We might also
notice other instances to prove our
position in arguing this point, but will
let the foregoing suffice. Our object
is to give the skeptic a death blow,
and must come a little closer the sub-
ject ; yet we hope that none of our
readers are such. If we thought the
skeptic's position a safe one, God for-
bid that we should say anything
against it. Hut, that inspiration should
place the atheist or skeptic and the
christian both into Christ's yoke is a
matter of incredibility. Where are
the inspired Apostles ? What have
they done ? Have not they clearly set
forth the conditions of salvation ?
Have they not passed from time to
eternity, aud that, too, by the cruel
band of skepticism ? O inconsistency!
inconsistency ! where art thou not ?
To maintain that mortal man shall
obtain eternal salvation without res-
pect to God aud obedience to his Son,
will exalt man, and abase his Redeem-
er. All that the Cre&tordid to rescue

portance. Don't know whether they
would enjoy heaven or not. True,
such is the case. Shall corruption
inherit incorruption ? Verily no. Nei-
ther shall the wicked then mar the
peace of the righteous. Oh! why is
humanity in this enlightened age so
blinded ! Was not disobedience the
whole cause of human suffering? We
must admit that it was ; but through
obedience to Christ, ' the author of
eternal salvation," we «an come to
that sphere of bliss, where sorrows
cannot ent?r, and where suffering is
unknown.

Dear readers, you who have here-
tofore estimated the plan of salvation
of but little consequence, can you not
yet see the importance of it ? Would
you not rather take the wings of sal-
vation, faith and obedience, and fly
away and be at rest, "where the
wicked cease from troubling" thau to
be hurled where "the wicked shall be
tormented" forever ? With what fear
shull ye meet him in eternity whom
vo would rather not now see ! But
submit lo the will of God who holds
in his mighty hand the thread of your
aud his appointed time wili

roach thepaeahfl wWeby he ctfqW I then be y*Wr time Tb^ wrfv of ?»Iva

CHRISTIAN FMIILY COMPANION.

lul

tion is not so bard as you may thiDk.
Christ through his sufferings has
made it comparatively easy. To obey
God in all his appointed ways, will
plant his Holy Spirit In your souls,
cause his imuge to shine through yours
and thus move all darkness from your
pathways, that you may behold in
everything that God has created, his

gospel, and it is not uncommon for unrighteousness and unnecessary hab-
tlicin to become angry as soon as their its, and come to the church that he
manner of worship or faith is spoken knew was free from them '( I have
against. Although they believe their ! expressed myself at different times
hearts have been changed by divine that if the church could be freed from
grace, yet they will follow the incli- the use of tobacco, 1 would give a
nations ot their own corrupt nature, thousand dollars; fo that we could
Uut I must come home to our own show to the world that we have era-
brethren, I have read the "Visitor" cified the old man, and thereby give

love, wisdom, and goodness, until and Companion from their origin ; and more proof of our profession. Now,
you arrive safely in that peaceful | have scon much fire kindled which I 1 think our brethren should think of
clime, illuminated with the presence thought ought not to have been, if the these things. If they arc so detcr-
of the Deity himself, and the Son of old man had been kept in full Bubjec- mined not to quit the use of tobacco
God at his right hand, "who ha ion, especially about polities and to- ' themselves, thev should, at least, not

bacco. I think, if our American con- speak in favor of it, and give eucour-
: tinent were looked over from sea to | agemeut to a rising generation. What
( sea, and the auuals of history ever
I since wo are a nation, there could not
| any other two subjects be found so
: completely wrapped in with the ear-
j ual nature, and so useless as well as
opposite to Christianity ; but only na-
•Then said Jesm onto his disciples, If any < ture's slaves, and yet, as soon as there

hi will come after me, let him deny nun- ' • „ , , J ! _. ... _ , u

fand take up his cross and follow me." ls !l * ord ^ )oken against either, there

are some brethren already offended

come the author of eternal salvation
to all them that obey him "

F. M. Snyukk.
De Graf, 0.

For the Companion.
Self-denial.

man
sal

Matt. 1G:24

I have written
tion and the
kingdom of Ch

i.-. '.■:

or our conaidcra-

neement of th-
ou earth
David Ki rr.i
North Liberty, Lul.

A. History of the Popes.

The Neue FreU Preue of Vienna
sums up in the following severe terms

This is a subject worthy of our at-
tention. It seems that if any would
follow Jesus, they must deny them-
selves and take up their cro.->. Now
comes the question, what is that ? The
Apostle says, "knowing this, that our
old man is crucified with him, that the
body of sin might be destroyed." Now
I think our old man means our nature,
or carnal mind. I wish here to be un-
derstood that our nature of itself is
not sinful, but only subject to sin. If
we believe oar nature is sin, wo will
destroy the faith in the atonement,
and would believe with BOOS others
that our infant children die in sin.
Now I believe ••. tinners by

transgression, and not any more l.v
nature or inheritance. A II that come

to a knowledge of God's will, can see

at onee that Ibeir nature leads them

away from God, or into trai
which ifl Bin ; and will do so until they
crucify that nature tin , and

bring it into subjection to the will of
Cod, which is righteousness. We
need aol wait for God to do all the
work: when we have willingly trans-
gre ete d , we should willingly repent,

or cea-e to sill ; and this we will never

do while we let nature have its «j j
We maj ,1 on over, cl
habits, and think we have I'ullv re-
formed ; but if we are not able to con-
trol our whole nature, we nia\ I
I" think the did man i Dol yel fully '

rrncified I have had conversation
with different | rard to the

manner of wur. bin i'lid faith il

\\ hat does this prove to the church, | t , j( . h ^ wv q( (he p "

or to the world at large '. If it is true ,. From fc t p otpr ,£ Bappo8|ng th;) .

that the church of Christ is the light be ever was at Rome) te Pioa IX.

of the world, or as a city that is set
' on a hill, there must be something to
show that fact to the world ; and the
world should see it in every member.
The brethren in an early day, were
very particular and zealous in the
wearing of the apparel in a st\ !<
arete from the world, which I glory
and rejoice in and think it Bhould ever
continue BO ; and I fee! sorry that it is
so last depreciating; and yet they
overlooked and allow these un
sary habits in the church. Now, in
this late age of the church, it is not
much worth while to .-peak a
..at nature clings
closely, when Borne brethren would
much" rather gratify their aatan
the wislu of the church,

A f( i when the breth-

ren were contending a, -lineal

Voting, I W8B it) hopes thev would
make it R test of church fellow
believing that we wullld not lo.-e

many in number, but receive u heav-
enly blessing. But the toba

different Brethren al-
ters are bo i ' in the use <>f io-
■ tbat n- use baa b«c ime strong"
et than tlieir mind- ; and many would
rather leave the church than ih<
of tobacco tfo« . the mini

of the church -with bow
much greater

tl.tr • have been ^'.»T Popes, including
24 Anti-Popes, and one Female Pon-
tiff: 10 of them left Rome, and 35
reigned in foreign countries ; B ruled
a mouth only; 49, one year : If, two

, ot, five ; 51, fifteen : H, |

ty ; and nine only for a longer period.

Among the '2'.)T, SI were declared to

be u.-urpers and heretics. Out of 266

■ d a violent death ;

.-. . is were poisoned, and
. strangled, I perishing in

I u li of the

D, 'J i Pontiffs v,
deposed, expelled, and ba from

lie* only maintain

. ea bv the aid of the foreigner.
Out of the whole number, li.'!,.>r m

than hi i d tl.em i nfil

for ibei te of tl

v>... bildren. I en I \ , it is

woman. I rb.ui \ «
•■d his infallibility, and submitted
to the rensni es of at 'onecll ; t .\ <> oth-
er I'orx Ctor 1 I I and Vdrian \ I
confessed in publie that thev had
sinned. .. oin it i- that in U

j of ( 'hrist's \ lean
maj

• the I : lit " s

WrtKlaTIAN FAMILY COMPANION.

_ _ , ._ , . /T ( "**■■ | quickly," is the emphatic behest of Heaver. ;

Taltie ulurrtKMl bat uucnnvorto«l. lnlhe(oinmn 1 l i • i

ni*;r ot ruo itvritn ciiurrh. N^niemtM < o.. i«:i ; and tne manner in which you pass this momen-
mc. u. »u»i/ ! tons crisis, will either "seal yon unto the day ot

This if=, in a gracious sense, "the time of vo:ir ' rr,!; mption," or rivet body and soul with the
visitation." The Sternal Father has '-vis; must clank in the priso.

his people" in your midst with a special outpour- damnation forever. All Heaven is expectant as
big offfil Spirit, quickening them to more J to thu result of the Divine merry in your con-
^scrutiny, and greater zeal in their, viction of sin ; and the church of Christ is bear-
•ttbrts to r.ehii.n dinners, and blessing their on- j in g y ou perpetually to the mercy-seat in the
A irota in the conversion of manv who a short : ***** of prayer, with intense yearning for your
in ae ago were, with you, "in the gall of bit ter» accession to their number. And we may with
l, and in the bond of iniquity." Your own I reason believe that all hell is anxious and active
rta have been wrought upon by the Divine 1 to defeat the gracious purpose of God in awak-
ttt whose office it is to "convince of sin," : ening you to a sense of your guilt and danger.
and vou ara^ufficiently awakened to see thati° h > (li(i ) ou knovv lhe unutterable interests at
irojpenitence fcerits a terrible doom, and that "it stake in the treatment of your serious impres-
ts a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the sions— could you gain a glimpse of the eternal

living God." Some of you have such a view of

joy or woe which must date from this opening

your moral defilement, and such a sense of Di- ' >' ear of grace 1871,— could you see in your pres

y«ip divpleaMire on account ol it, that it can be
exceeded only by the torments of the damned. —
O the light which has been shed upon you,
Heaven and earth beseech you to begin the all-
important task of "working out your own salva^
feion with fear and trembling." God has signifi-
ed his readiness to "work in yoa both to will
and to do nf*hi« good pleasure," and if you neg-
lect the present opportunity to secure the ad-
vantages which abounding grace offers, you
incur sevenfold guilt, proclaim to Heaven and
earth and hell that you count the precious blood
of Jesus unworthy of comparison with the hon-
ors and gain^ ot the world, and the ease and
pleasures of the flesh, and "treasure up unto
yourselves wrath against the day of wrath and
revelation of the righteous judgment ot God."
\\ hile others, whose attachments to what is
fleeting and forbidden were as strong as youis—

gain
an

ent visitation the awful occasion which is to
stamp the irrevocable seal of Eternity upon
your immortality, you could no more be induc-
ed to remain one hour longer in the bondage of
curruption and under the curse of the Almighty,
than be undecided in a house in flames which
is momentarily threatening to crash to the
ground a mass of fiery ruin.

There is a deep, startling signification in the
words, "the hour is come ;" "for (his cause came
J utile this hour ,-" "■(his is your hour." This
is emphatically and solemnly true to you. Eve-
ry responsible creature is bound to do the will
of God, being so constituted as to find his hap-
piness in such service, and this is your "high
calling,'' — not to-morrow, but to-day. jwo
words comprise all that concerns you for time
and Eternity, and have in them all the weight
of the Godhead, in his "power to save and to
destroy." They are these: 'COME, NOW.'
( ] All the wondrous arrangements of God's wisdom,

who had no less to lose and no more to
than you, — have forsaken all for Chri

ised into the kingdom, vou are still balancing \ and wondrous exhibitions ol his power and love,

the claims of God and the joys and glories of in aU his dispensations in Heaven and an earth.

ition, against the applause and preferments ! concentrate in the present crisis ot your life.—

ol the world, and the low, shortlived enjovwents All that transpired in a by-gene

-nse. Your condition is extremely perilous. , conjerence i
i i stand on the narrow isthmus thatdivi
consecration to God and devotion to the inter*
rests ot time, Heaven and hell. Your eternal

• Lipt'.ny may hang on your present decision
To uoi a fey' of you this will unquestionably

all that •
felt and thought and purposed and sacrificed in
II aven when the S cond Person in the God-
d became il ih — all that was achieved and
{endured in the life and death of Incarnate Dei-
ty — all the fullness pj gra'qe and jfoVe ridVe and

prove, th- solemn truth. ""VVrmt thou doest, do | which 'be Rolv Ghost here to farth from

th-

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bosom of the Godman — all that the Triune Dei- j and justification. Your hour is come, and you
ty ever did lor ft guilty, rebellious, accursed j are to find in it almighty strength to deliver
( ii oomiacted with yom* promt hour of: you, and infinite love to pardon. This is God's
conviction. To convince of sin and save of gin, hour in your behalf, and it is your hour as prob-
sum up all the purposes aud accomplishments ! ably the only opportunity of availing yourselves
of God. All that Jehovah has purposed, and of the offers of salvation ; and you earinot allow
the Son excuted, has been committed to the this (season of grace to pass into indifference and
Spirit for the consummation of the great work coluuess without mocking God, insulting the
of redemption in the calling, conversion, and sufferings of His Only Begotten Son, grieving
sanctification ot the individual sinner. And the the Holy Spirit, branding the work of hell deep,
function ot the Holy Spirit i3 maniiest in your er into your soul, and rendering your ultimate
case, in the deep revulsion of tiding in relation salvation extremely problematical. It may be
to sin, in the sharp upbraidings of conscience, now or never ! In the face of all opposing mo-
in the irrepressible anguish that rends your in^ tives you are to decide for God and holiness and

ner being, in "the terrors of the Lord" which
shake your soul as with a tempest of wrath, in

eternal life.

That the glorious work now progressing in

the fearful quarrel you have with yourself on ! your community is of God, you cannot but ad-
account ot sin, and with God on account of his : mit. That it has affected but nw saved you,
hatred of it and threatenings against it. "Your j quickened to a sense of sin but not of peace,
hour is come ;" this is "the time of your visita- j you are painfully conscious. While others
tion." Suffer this to pass unimproved, and j have been "plucked as brands from the burn-
you are already numbered with the wretched j ing," and now rejoice in "the glorious liberty of
multitude whose doom human language cannot the children of God," You are still aliens and

depict. There is a crisis in every life that de-
termines the ever-future. It reaches the deep-
est elements ot our being, aud stereotypes them
for Heaven or hell. There is a moment that
turns the scale for Eternity, when the Holy
Spirit has thrust the arrow of conviction into
the soul's finest and inmost sensibility, and we
make choice of "the reproach ot the cross," or
the treasures and pleasures of earth. All the
varied and unspeakable mercies of God for you
and to you, contemplated this hour, and He will
"see of the travail of his soul" in your emauci^
patioa iroin lip, or you will see and feel the hor-
ror that whelmed Him in Gethsemane, and the

agony unutterable that flooded His soul trom
Heaven ami 11-11 on the cruss. Tn is a

point iu Bu life to which everything ooraeri

and on which everything depended ; 'the huar
it come;" "/or this cause OBJOae 1 unto this hour."
So with us all. Your hour is now. Conv< prion

is not an isolated event, any a ore than the great

transaction in the life ol which in .

conversion possible, All that went b I

Divine influence and Ltfl i 08 dts, is taken up in

strangers, desiring deliverance, yet unwilling to
"escape the judgment of God" on the terms pro-
posed in the Gospel. The remarkable rnanites-
■ u of Divine power, the exhibition of Divine
tenderness and love in calling and pardoning so
large a number of sinneis at the same time and
in the same place, and all this before your t *
with the saint offers ol mercy tendered you, not
only leaves, you without excuse, but renders
your hesitation .and delay a sin of fearful mag-
nitude. The bread of life has not only been
brought to your door but held to your lip*, and
rou have been earnestly entreated by Christ
and His ambassadors, to put forth your I...

and partake of the hi- and in:..>. your

calling and a sure." But you stand to-

day outside the Ark ot Grac urn iled to

God, and exposed to the deluge ol fierj indig-
nation which will iwe< p all the unoovenan
into bottom! [dition, It you rein rue

:. immediate and positive decision in a n
p| tin and imperative, and followed by > ich
unspeakabl) glorious coaseu, G d will

ten the day in which he will decide i i

it, and carried lorward into the sanctified \,\ putting forth his sickle to
You pannot reasonably exp cl occasioi lasting burning A>

favorable than the present for the great trau narvel the n I in

tion from guilt and condemnation to holin > fan lei S

and offering you Heaven and eternal glory as a
tnc gilt, so great will be your tribulation and
anguish of heart on your death-bed, when re-
pentance will merge into despair, and every en-
couraging aspect oi Deity will be lost in the vivid
presentation of what is terrible and relentless
and consuming in the Divine Character. • To
continue in sin under such extraordinary advan-
tages and wonderlul tokens of God's presence,
and displays ol mercy, is to "6ear the conscience
m ith a hot iron," to harden the heart and
stiffen the neck against future appeals and means
of grace, and prepare for yourselves a hell equal
in torment to the depth and intensity of God's
love for your rescue, and the greatness ot His
sacrifice to make His love available, and the
many opportunities and pressing invitations giv-
en you to escape from the undying worm and
unquenchable flame. As great as would have
been your joy in the immunities and beatitude
of tiie kingdom of God, so intolerable will be
your punishment in the realm of woe.

What response do you return to these heart-
piercing, soul-quaking considerations 1 With
Heaven and Hell unveiled, and endless bliss
and misery brought into appalling proximity,
and the present hour offered as the time in
which to seal the great, irreversible transaction,
will you turn your back on Christ, deliberately
choose "the beggarly elements of the world,"
and be content with the coarse, sapless husks of
sense "? God forbid. With "strong crying and
tears," with holy violence and unsparing self-
crucifixion, unclasp your affections ftom every
thing perishable, and entwine them around the
cross and the glories to which it leads. What
keeps you from immediate and unreserved con-
secration to Godl Are the pleasures of sin so
sweet that holiness tastes insipid 1 Is "the man
of sin" so fascinating that Christ seems "without
form or comeliness"?" Is the drudgery of Satan
so delectable, and the companionship of sinners
so delightful, that the service of God is a galling
weariness, and the fellowship of the saints an
unbearable vapidity ] Does not a faithful in-
spection of the heart bear affirmative testimony
to these interrogations X Oh, "the deceitfulness
of sin," and the "desperate wickedness" of the
human heart! How can you, awakened by
(iod's Spirit, steadily and soberly contemplate
the nature and consequences of sin for one hour

— your relation to God as a sinner, your con-
stant liability to death, and the abyss of dire
ruin into which you would sink were you to be
called hence in your present state, — without hav-
ing your whole being convulsed with apprehen-
sions of the wrath of God ? Your salvation is
made the subject of importunate prayer by many
of the elect. Those who have lately been re-
stored to holiness are wrestling in prayer for
your enrollment with the pilgrims of the cross,
and the inscription of your name in the Book
oi life. I low long will it be ere you make
Heaven and earth rejoice by your acceptance
of the overture of mercy 1 Fathers and moth-
ers, brothers and sisters, friends and neighbors,
would unite in a song of thanksgiving, were
you to enter the ark that is floating them to the
evergreen shores of Paradise. The angels
would strike their harps with rapture, and roll
a joyous halleluiah along the dome of the Ce-
lestial Temple. They would not deter their
anthem till you had passed through the three-
fold crystal gate into the church militant, but
as soon as you would "repent unto life" they
would break forth in a jubilation that would
swell like an ocean of billowy harmony from
heaven to heaven. Can you ponder all this, and
not sink down upon God's footstool in profound
self-abasement and unqualified submission to
"the Father of Spirits 1" But if you continue
in sin, all this will be reversed. Parents and
friends will weep, angels be amazed, the Spirit
grieved and quenched, Jesus rejected, His blood
despised, God dishonored and provoked, the
sword of justice furbished, the vial of vengeance
filled to overflowing, and your soul given to the
dominion of evil to be ripened for the great con-
flagration ! A momentous alternative — a deliv*
erance of "joy unspeakable and full of glory," or
a catastrophe ol endless, unmitagated, ever-
deepening horror ! "Escape tor your lives,"
"look not behind you," "flee to the mountain"
before the descending "fire and brimstone" over-
take you, before death drives the bolt that shuts
the door of mercy forever ! "Flee from the wrath
to come." Oh, those unutterably fearful words :
"■the wrath to come" — "the wrath of the Lamh !"
'T beseech you, in Christ's stead, be ye reconcil-
ed to God." Halt no longer "between two
opinions." Advance not another step hell-ward.
Lose sight of every other object in the content

plation of Golgotha, sin, death, judgment, eter*
nity. 'Suffer the loss of nil things, so that you
may win Christ." There is no neutrality in rilig-
ion. "He that is not with me is against me."
Compromise is the back door to hell. "Whoso-
ever he be ot you that forsaketh not all that he
hath, he cannot be my disciple." "Turn ye,
turn ye, for why will ye die?" "The Spirit and
the Bride say, COME."

For Out CinjHUtlw.
The I'ngodly and the Mluaer.

BT NOAH LONOANBCKIB.

Does the Bible make a distinction between
the ungodly and sinner \ Ungodly men are aN
ways sinners, but sinners, are not always ungod-
ly men. A few evenings ago I listened to a
homily on Psalm 1:5, in which the minister
affirmed that there was no difference between
the ungodly and sinners ; and as others hold
similar views, I will submit my views to the
readers of the Companion, with the desire to ed-
ify, giving you to understand that I court infor-
mation on all subjects.

I first refer you to the first Psalm. "The
ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor
sinners in the congregation of the righteousness."
The use of the connective nor, as well as the
manner of its use, does, in my estimation, make
them out two different classes. But if there
weTe no other passage in the Bible but the one
in 1st Peter 4 : 18, namely, "where shall the
ungodly and sinner appear?" I would be forc-
ed to the conclusion that there is a difference
between the two characters. I once conversed
with a professed minister on the language of
Christ, when he says "born of the water and ol
the Spirit," and when I asked him what Christ
meant when he said "born of the water," he re*
marked he meant that we must be baptized
with the Spirit, and that the reason he believed
•O, was. because the spirit was frequently refer-
red to, figuratively, by the term water. Now,
while I admit the last to be so, I can never con-
sent to the former. Such tautological language
does not become the Bible, for it would involve
us in many difficulties never to be removed. —
Horn of the Spirit and ot the Spirit ! two bap-
tisms ot the Spirit. But to my subject, where
shall the ungodly and tin? sinner appear { While
1 admit that sinners shall not stand in the con-
gregation of the righteous, yet I Rust belie\e

that there will be a marked difference bet wee 11
them and the ungodly.

I will yet refer to a few passages in the Bible
and then give my conclusions of those referred
to. Paul says that the law is made for the un-
godly and sinner ; what use for this repitition.
of the same 1 Again, in Jade we read of "un-
godly sinner,"and by a careful examination we
will find that they denied the only Lord God,
and the Lord Jesus Christ, and they spake
against him, to use Jude's own language, with
hard speeches. There are those in the world
that fear God, but do not keep his command-
ments, — who believe he is, who never speak of
God, or of his word, but with fear and respect,
and acknowledge all to be true ; but while they
know to do good, and do it not, it is sin to them ;
and if they neglect so great salvation, how shall
they escape * I admit that sinners, as well as
the righteous, will be gathered before the Judg-
ment seat ot Christ ; but while the righteous,
or sheep, will be on the right, the sinners will
be on the left. Compare Matt. 25, with Rev.
20. But while the sinners spoken ol in these
passages may have brass enough to stand on his
left during the judgment, Rev, 20 : 12, the un-
godly will not have even that brass, but know-
ing their doom, they cannot bring one plea like
those referred to in Matt. 7 : 22, and Luke 13th,
but merely await there final doom of being tor*
mented day and night for ever and ever. The
Bible everywhere teaches that men will be
judged "according to their works," and judging
from the doom pronounced on the ungodly, they
committed crimes above those of the sinner re-
ferred to in the above named passages. The
ungodly then must be the Atheist, the Infidel,
those who deny the existence of God, and those
who deny Christ to be the Savior, God man-
ifest in the flesh ; while another class will have
so much respect for Christ that they will do the
disciples of* Christ good, because they belong to
Christ, and they shall in no wise lose th*ir re-
ward, yet they hare neglected their salvation,
and how shall they escape, where shall the y upp« ai I
Holy God, "thou art ol purer eyes than to b©»
Holy God, "thou art of purer eyes than to Ud.o'devil, and
i ih t nut look mu iniquity ; therefore may we be holy 1*h „
thou url holy. If tlie reader be fuiuiliur with the did. ■

•.he Judgment, let him compare the run
of Matt I • • <: W hat 1 have written. 1 havo writ-

l'p>ve =>'' 'hinira, and hold fail to tlial wbi.-L

V.I11.WCU J..Al>4 i'.A.MiljI tU.Vll'AiMUiN.

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Feb. 2S.

Christian Family Compauioa , i- of Lim." Peter \n Re adds ; "It is very observa-

plic^ this prophecy bo Chi

The tjpi , . entered

■ : thus I four da; . e, the

the antitype, was sacrificed in tbi lay that the Paschal lanib was

coflifc— in tbo vigor of ma;: it apart

I not in his infancy with tl 2 lb ..:...• f .' lV er.

,,.,,,, ':'■ Ichem, nor at aii old age when This we understand as typifying the

given ii. Of all | 3 toil had wasted bis human sacrificing of Christ ; "fur even Christ

in the legal eei uadcr vitality and physical strengUi. It al- our Passover is sacrificed for us."

the strength and sufficiency j l Cor.
than that of the ' ( "" r ' s, > on whom was laid the in- Tfie passover was to be killed on

which was. typical uf "Christ iquily of usWl" Mie "bath D*orne our' the fourteenth daH ofthfemontb,!

acrificod ''■ '•■ irric 'd "" ; ' sonOWs:" J 12: '\£,) pointing cut the prceise^day

'l'li«* Piuisovef and lti«» l,or«S'-»

Nup|»t-r. .No. «.».

Th< niport of :ho jia.*.-^' \ . r

' O'l ' c
: lamb

notiei '' "' ' : "* m which our Passover was to be

. s;u .|i|i- ft'H without blemish — per- frfieed. It has been fliown that the

. .-; -;•; , standard of ' fourteenth day, the day on which the

,,^ r Iging"' This denoted the spotless passover was killed, was called 'the

1 The livin" lamb. "Your lamb P up 'tj °' Qtoiet, by whose precious r4ay Of the pt^phrafton," and Wie

shall be without blemish, a male of
the first year: ye shall take it out
from the shcr-p or from the goats.'

blood, "as of a lamb without blemish
aud without spot," we have been re-
deemed from our "vain conversation,

They were permitted "to received .by, tradition" (1 Pet. 1:
either a lamb Of a. kid; but the l IS)— from the galling yoke of sin.

ace, "Your lamb shall be with-
out blemish," seems to favor the use
of lambs ; and as Christ is frequently
under the emblem of a

La ntb and never uuder that of a kid

it would appear that lambs were

d. Be this as it may,

•liiu was to be taken from that

class of animals which was afterward

pronounced clean, representing the

No unholy, unjust, or evil thought,
desire, word, or action, ever marred
the perfection of the sinless, ban.

preparation of the r ;" but by

examination we find that he was cru-
cified on "the preparation of the \
over; therefore it follows that he
crucified on the fourteenth day of the
month, the day on which the passo-
ver must be killed. Matthew speaki
of the day following the day of the

spotless Lamb of God : be was with- 1 crucifixion, as follows: "Now the

out blemish. lu order to know
whether the victims were without
blemish, it was necessary to ex-
amine them closely ; so was Christ
examined before Caiaphas, Pilate,
and ITerod, and vet there was no

chosen people of the Lord ; and not fault found in the man : h

from the unclean, which represented
the fJentile nations. Thus was clear-
ly taught in figure, what was also
foretold by prophecy, that <
should be the seed of Abraham : "The
Lord thy Ood will raise up unto thee

e was sacri-
ficed, a victim without blemish, to
bear the sins of many. Matth. 21 ; 24,
Lu. 23: 4, 14, 15; 22, John 18
10 : •!. 6, Hebrew " : 28.

The lamb was to be set apart in
the tenth day ofthe month, (Ex. I
which was in the fourth day or

next day, that followed the day ofthe
preparation, the chief priests and
Pharisees came together unto Pilate."'
Matth 27 : G2. As the day "that fol-
lowed the day of the preparation"
was the next day after the crucifixion,
the crucifixion was on "the day of the
preparation ;" but "the day of the
preparation" was on the four;
day of the month, therefore Christ
ruciGed ou the fourteenth Jay of
the month, the day on which

the type was slain. This will be fid
■ eloped and demonstrated here-
after.

The • to be sacr';

"in the evening." or "between the

a prophet from the midst of thee,

thy b like unto me; unto him I ing that in which :

shall ye hearken." Petit. 18: 1 -minting a y

nnd 19th, v< lay, would represent Christ's en-

"I will i a up a prophet from \ trance upon his public" mini^ry,

like unto thee, I which was in the fourth year before ' time, as We have abundantly proven,

»riH P ut ' in llis month; that in which he was sacrificed for us. I referred to the middle ofthe afternoon.

nnd he Bhall Ppeak unto them all that Matthew Henry, according to the I the ninth hour ofthe day. This

two evenintrs.'' Ex. 12:0. This

b< in. And il

e\ir will

.to my word-;, which he

shall -I will rcquin

naive Con r. entury, under- I pointed to the hour of the day in

the desi-na- I w hici) iix :
sua to be d yield up his lite, have

in the purpose and in the prom- f his blood shed, to prepare a token

CHRISTIAN FAMILY COMPANION.

, ;lsly pa , ad wonders, and i . of Christ.

ZuZl n^y SLftt wool, Ota,) which Cod did by hhn La the I ue iumb w*« not MM*, te hurn«,

erwigfi be destroved. "Aud I )'W, W ye yoursehes also know :

the ninth hour Jeaua cfi , livcred by tf»fl

loud . ■. feg, Kli, Hi, ••■ I'dnate counsel and foreknowlcd g«

bachthaui f that is Do ,uv, My fed, of God, ye have taken aud by wicked
iny God, why hast thou fotaak If have crucified and slum." Acts

And "Jesus when be had cried 2 : 22, 23.
again with a loud voire, yielded up l n reference to the pussover it was

the Ghost." Matth. 27 : 46, 50. It sa id : "Neither shall ye break a bon«

is clear that he expired on the cross,
not only on the day, but, also, at the

thereof." Ex. 13:4ti: Num. «:12.
This wars expressly said to be fulfilled

very hour specified in the law for the , i u Christ : "But when they came to
sacrificing of the passOver. sub, and saw that he was dead al-

The first ob of the ; ,-ady, they brake not his Iflgl ; but

over, in fegyjpt, was not coniraeuaora- ; on( . f tlie soldiers with a spear,
tivej and as a test of fidelity and a pierced his side, and forthwith came
condition of safety, there was nothing I thereout blood and water

For these things were done that the
scripture should be fulfilled, A bone
of him shall not be broken." John
l'J: 3fl

"The sprinkling of (he blodd was
typicHl. (1.) It farftfl >.ot enoiiirli that

in it that would require these partic-
ular times to be enjoined for tl
lectiugofthe , and the killing

of the passover ; but as God I
purpose in all his appointments, aud
as he intended tbis sacrifice to be a (

type of Christ, he fixed the time of, it was shed, but it mu-
the most Important services eo as to denoting tie appjicntyn of tl

. , . , e i-i otGhrist's death to our souls; we

meet, .n point of tune, the facts wh.eh *S>*W ng ^ ^^

they typified. | n &'.) l\ prinkled with

it was to be killed by "the whole Q /,„,„•/, of />.'/■-•>■",", ( ™r. 82,) ' ;
jsembiy of the congi loflsra- dtittttog Mm benefits

I oi Christ, ( and privileges p d by

"the whole multitude of them i
and led him unto i'ilatc ;" "Aud they

blood of Christ. (3.) It was to be
sprinkled on the <! denoting

the open profession we are to make

' •* x lit* open UIUICOOIUU « v ..i> >" ...>...».

cried out al! at once, saying, Away : ot - f a ith j n Christ, and ob«
with this man, aud release unto us ( him, as those that are not as:

Barabbaa." Lu. 23: 1. 1 Poter " u h j m -

... ,. , ,. ' It was to be sprinkled on the hntel

allus.ou to this, in addressing the ; .^ „,,. ,„/,;„/,, bul not on the

'ineu of 1 aid: "The (Jad of threth'dd I whieh cautions

Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, j Urt l( , ^ke heed of Irum/ii,

Iod of our fathers, bath gloriGfcd ;oud of ; ia*t, Jleb

..! ; whom ve delivered up l< - I rf.^hnl

.' . - . ' us to us (5 rbe biood thus

aud deumd him m

late, when he was determined to. let : va , i()n ,,,- ,)„, | ~ ( v ,-litt-s from tM de-

hini go. UuL ye who hud D

One, and the Just, and desired a ; do t'beiv u here the blood wa

muni. > you; and the bl i e spr.ukl,

, •,/ / i I. r it lence, it will bq i

killed ih^ r.n.eeot llf. , rurM .

hath raised from I , tna (iuv Hl|( | tin dWUlU I of hell

Horn, ti : l.'

i the
• :i K\.

Al o .,n the day of I'ciitceuHt the, l.'unij

heur tli, ;h, olemu fi upou the

or thrown away, or merely to Ue look-
ed upou, but to be fed up

- l.y faith feed upon Christ, ,
slain Lauib, or v. ■ to life iq u

"Then said J i them, Verily,

verily, I say nuto you
the flesh of the Son of man, aud
drink his blood, ye have no life iu
you. W eth my flesh, aud

drinkcth my blood, hath eternal life ;
and I will rftise him up at the la
daw Tor my flesh is meat indeed
uud my blood is drink indeed. He
that eateth my flesh, aud driuketh
my blood, dwelleth in me, and I iu
him. As the lipng Father hath sent
me, and as I live by the Father, so
ho that eateth me, even he shall live
by me." John A- we re-

ceive nourishment from food, SO w<
iuu-' 'urishmeut

from Christ I : ou him ; whieh

we do by meditating upou, aud hea

doing, his will. & who is

hungry delights in eating aud drink-
ing, so ho who hungers and thirsts
after rightec n lights to feed

upon Cbrif

It was to be all eaten ; aud if any
of it remained until morning, it «
to be burned ; it could be of no

them afterward, (.Ex. 12: luA
So it is with those who by faith — a
living faith — feed upon Christ : they
must feed on on undivided Christ. "Is
Christ divided:"' I Cor. 1 : 13. We
take, not only Christ and his
crown, but also Christ and his yoke,
Christ an,. Wenrost i ot Only

■
iu our I "1. So

1 earing i
body, tl
. that th> Iff
„• mi

I lii. It \. eed upou

Chrigt

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nciu wiese \vu; e: .x.i/. oen. • ">■ - »— 1 n

a | Umb, i of duties irfffcrtog '

and persecutions which attend a faith-
ful feasting on him ; for we must be
partakers of his sufferings, if we
would I* the recipients of his consola-
tion. ('2 Cor 1 : 7.) "Beloved, think
it not Mrange concerning the fiery
trial which is to try you, as though
some strange thing had happened
unto you : but rejoice, inasmuch as
ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings ;
that when his glory Bhall be revealed,
yc may be glad also with exceeding
joy." 1 Peter 4 : 12, 13.

It was to be eaten with unleaven-
ed bread. Leaven is used to denote
corrupt doctrines, and also malice and
wickedness; and unleavened bread,
to denote sincerity and truth. Christ
in warning his disciples against the
corrupt doctrines of the Pharisees and
of the Sadducces.said to them : "Take
heed and beware of the leaven of the
Phariseess and of the Sadducees, and
of the Sadducees." Matth. 16: 6.
Paul also said ; "Purge out therefore
the old leaven, that ye may be a new
lump, as yc are unleavened. For
even Christ our Passover is sacrificed
for us ; therefore let us keep the feast,
not with old leaven, neither with the
leaven of malice and wickedness ; but
with the unleavened bread of sinceri-
ty and truth." 1 Cor. 5:7, 8. In
the performance of all our Chris-
tian duties, and in the enjoyment
of all our Christian privileges, we
must be sincere and upright in heart.
The hypocrite's doom is lamentable
in the extreme.

It was to be eaten "with bitter
herbs," in remembraace of their bitter
bondage in Egypt. So must we feast
upon Christ with bitter, pungent sor-
row and brokeness of heart, in re-
membrance of our rigorous service
while in bondage to Satan. The remem-
brance of the bitternne3s of their bond-
age, rendered their liberty more pleas-
ant, and the bitter herbs, the passovcr
more palatable : so the remembrance
of our wickedness and bondage to
corruption, renders our liberty in

Christ more delightful, and our feast-
ing upon him, soul-satisfying.

It was to be eaten in haste, and in
a deputing posture. So should we
eagerly feed upon Christ by partaking
of the rich provisions furnished and
offered to us in the Gospel ; and with
waiting, willing, anxious hearts, we
should embrace the earliest opportuni-
ty to depart from sin, and the service
of that Pharaoh who is king over the
Egypt of all vice and folly, of all crime
and corruption of every sort and ev-
ery name.

In short, the living lamb without
blemish, was typical of the living
Lamb of God, who was holy, harm-
less, spotless, undefiled, and separate
from sinuerB. The sacrificing of this
unblemished victim and the nature of
all the concomitant services connect-
ed therewith, were typical of the
death of the God-man, the only victim
in heaven or earth — in the wide uni-
verse of God — that could satisfy the
demands of Divine Justice. The
feasting upon the lamb, after it was
sacrificed, and the connected obser-
vances, were typical of all the gra-
cious benefits of the atonement made
by the sacrificing of Christ our Pass-
over, who is sacrificed for us.

The feast of unleavened bread for
seven days, and the abundant offer-
ings during the feast, were a type of
the Christian life, which is a life of
love — a life of sincerity, free from all
envy and ill-will, and from the leaven
of malice, and wickedness, and hypoc-
risy. The waving of the sheaf, the
first-fruits of harvest, we regard as
being a type of the resurrection of
Christ the flrst-fruits from the dead.
(1 Cor. 14 : 23). The sheaf was
waved on the morrow after the Sab
bath, which was the 16th day of the
month; so "Christ the first-fruits"
arose from the dead and manifested
himself to his disciples on the morrow
lifter the Sabbath, which was also the
first day of the week. (Matth 28 : 1,
Jno. 20 : 19.)

W> no» eave this general outline

with the reader, in hope that he will
continue to investigate this subject for

I himself, and that he mav purge out
the old leaven that may yet be found

! in his heart, and feast upon "Christ
our Passover," who "is sacrificed for
us." "Blessed are they who hunger
and thirst after righteousness' ; for they
shall be filled." Matth. 5 : C.

Editorial Correspondence.

Brother Assistant: We have been
thinking of you much since we left
the office. How we do wish that
during our abscence, none of our cor-
respondents may forget to give his
name or address, or tell half what he
wants, and compel you to gues s at
the remainder. Hope, too, that none
will presume that we remember the
contents of all previous letters receiv-
ed during the past year, but will plain,
ly and explicitly state what he wants,
just as though we had never known
him before. And then when changes
of addresses are desired, hope it will
be remembered that we need the post-
office, wherefrom as well as whereto
the address is to be changed. If those
things would be observed by all our
correspondents much labor would be
spared you.

And especially have we been made
to think of you, and of the Compan-
ion family since we have been permit-
ted to breathe this pure Maryland,
country air, and enjoy the comfortable
habitations and hospitalities of the
good people of this community. We
are living on the fat of the land, with
absolutely nothing to do but eating
and talking, neither of which you know
we regard as labor, while you are con-
fined to the narrow walls of the edi-
torial sanctum. But never mind, be
encouraged, keep in good spirits, we
expect to recuperate so that when we
return, we shall be able to take charge
of the office for a while, and allow you
a furlough.

We are surrounded by muny temp-
tations. Poor dyspeptic! Rich vi-
ands are set before us on every table.
J So far we have been enabled to resist

thera to a healthful degree, and the
superfluous luxuries of coffee and tea
in every instance. If we cannot be-
come a reformer, perhaps we may
still reform ourself, which, if every
one would do, the work would be ac-
complished.

We made our landing paint at Ha-
gerstown on Friday evening, were
met by brother Benjamin Emmert
and conveyed to brother Samuel Em-
mert's in Funkstown, where we met
in public worship in the evening. —
The weather was bad, and the congre-
gation was small, but the greetings of
the brethren and sisters kind and
warm.

We made our head-quarters at
brother Emmert's during our stay at
Funk3town. On Saturday we visited
sister Ella Williams, one of our
most worthy contributors, and our
agent at this place. We found her
an invalid, giving more promise for
the life which is to come than for that
which now is. Had meeting on Fri-
day and Saturday evenings, and on
Sunday forenoon. At that time breth-
ren David Long and Daniel Wolf,
ministers from the Manor congrega-
tion, and brother Harmon from Welsh
Run congregation were also with us.
The attendance was respectable and
with considerable interest In the
evening (Sunday) brother Stouffer
conveyed us to Fahrney's meeting-
house, stopping by the way at the
house of brother Daniel Stoufl'er, one
of the ministers in the Beaver Creek
congregation, and the moat popular
auctioneer in W^MhiqgtOO Co. How is
that for news, an auctioneer and a
"Dunkard" preacher ? It is all right,
however, for it is by consent of the
church, and brother .Stouffer is amen-
able to the church for any misconduct
or impropriety indulged in while en-
I in his business. We presume
it is not necessary that an auctioneer
should make a monkey of himself in
order to become tgood salesman.

In the evening we bad a meeting at
Fuurnwy'snioeting-bouBo, bro. Myers'

remaining to fill an appointment at
Funkstown. It therefore fell to our
lot to try to preach. We had good
attendance and excellent order and at-
tention. After meeting we went home
with Dr. Daniel P. Fahrney, who re-
sides on the old homestead where the
famous old Dr. Peter Fahrney, used to
reside. We made our home with the
Doctor for several days He enjoys
a good practice an enviable reputation.
Hope he will not content himself with
having a good name here but will also
secure a right to the name which is
above all others. His wife has al-
ready chosen that good part.

This is the principal meeting place
in this branch of the church, (Beaver
Creek). We have now made the ac-
quaintance of all their ministers ; who
are Jos. H. Wolf and Andrew Cost,
Bishops, Leonard Emmert, Daniel
Stouffer, Ed. S. Miller and Samuel
Foltz, all zealous supporters of the
cause. Brother Wolf is aged and
feeble. Poor brother Cost, how we
do feel for him. A heart and a soul
big enough to take him around the
world, but hardly physical strength
enough to hold soul and body togeth-
er. He accompanied us from Satur-
day during the meetings, and the long-
er we were with him the better we
loved him.

Now, brother editor, if you have
not time to write any better editorial
than this, you may publish it, but do
not insert it and then blame us for
spoiling your paper. In our absence
you will be held accountable for the
reputation of the paper, and we wish
you to use your privileges. I am still,
Yours truly,

H. R. Hoi.siNdEit.

Feb. 20th, 1871.

V I l< ill Ion.

We invite attention to the Fditorial
Correspondence in this number i Mpfr
daily to that part which refers to the
transaction (if business with ibis office.
If Mime of our friends would be more
careful, uud bo MM thai thuy lell M

clearly what they want — just as they
would if they thought we knew noth-
ing about it — they would save us
much time and trouble, and themselves
much anxiety and cause of complaint.
Frequently, by the addition of a few
words, which would require only a
few moments, we might be spared a
half an hour of unpleasant and un-
profitable labor. J. W. B.

Answer to Correspondent*.

F. F. Murray. Thank you It
was our mistake. We are sendin g a
paper to John Lehman at Uptoi, Pa.
and the Post Master informs us that
there is no such a person living in
the bounds of the delivery of that
office. Who knows anything about
it.

Jesse Roop. You have credit for
$10.00 received Feb. 2nd.

Jos. Strickney. Your name was
overlooked in transferring the names
from the old to the new book. Thank
you for correcting. Give us the name
and addressof the subscribers you say
you sent some time ago ; also say if
you sent the money. We do not know
who to look for, or who to send the
back Nos. to.

Josiah Beeguly. Your name is on
our subscription book all right. We
will send back Nos. Think they will
come all right now.

John Harley. It was an oversight.
Thank you for calling attention to it.
Hope all will be right now.

Mus. Belle Ripple. The money
came to hand about the time you
mentioaed and your name entered, but
was missed in transferring to our new

book

Pan'l Trump. All right, you need
not send it back.

Isaac Bartow. Yes, it came We
are sending the ('. F C, as directed

B. Teeter. It is all right; the
Pious Youth for Feb. is behind time.

C. Hoover. Who sent you and
Isaac Steel's name, and did you pay,
we have no account ol you We have
now entered your names at Willa-
mau.

D. N Yothehs: Tour subscription
in paid for both Tolumcs, fix and mjv-
en. We have no farther rbargva
uguinsl you.

1 1"

C'lilUbTl AJN 1- A .\ 1 1 1 , \ C< ) M T A M ( ) N .

c o k u i: S r n p i: \ U i: .

/.'/■ r ; \ - before .-ta-

teii through the l in No *

Vol 8, by brother Harper, that the
brethren there Lai dec dad bo build ;i
-. aad still Boeing the
-n;it necessity of it, have determined
nexl spring. Wo again met
I in the 2'<rd of December, to
sec w hat means we would be able to
raise. The I reihre* •uUacribed liber-
ally ; lull ljuinft lew iu number, weatiU
lai k -Kill dollar- -

Therefore, we have decided tp make
another appeal; and I have been re-
quested to address the Brotherhood
through the Pomp lb that all

who have not responded to our former
st, cap now bave the opportuni-
ty of aiding us in the work. If each
one would give only a small ami tint,
-even down to a dinii — altogether
would be a great help in our underta
king, and in spreading the glorioo9
el of Christ. If some brother in
each branch would Bee what he could
iret for us. the amount beiug ever so
small would be thankfully receued
All money can be sent to 1). B. Bow-
Or .1. Vantrump, Harden, Bay
M ... which will be acknowledged
through the Companion.

S B SlIKKKEY.

Money received :

From P. P. JJrumbagh, $1

" Joseph Miller, 1

" Solomon Garber, 2

" John Oaks, 2

Holt Co. Mo. brethren 30

$3c oo

♦♦♦ —

Brother Hohinger : As it is alwaj's
very encourageing to me, to hear of

' the Kingdom of our
d Lord and Master. I have also
concluded to give an item ofthoprog-
• i Zion in this part of God's mor-
al vineyard. \Ve commenced a I
of meeting* on the 27th of January,
I until the 4th of Febru-
ry, with very encouraging results. —
lire I, G : M j "!-. and Jacob

llinchold were with us from a dist-
ance, i I by our own btet hren :
they till labored very faithfully with
us in presenting the truth as it ; s in
( * hr i and many were p
fully wrought upon. Three preeioils
souls were made willing to renounce
the kingdom of darkne--. and to enlist
under the banner of King Lmmamiel;
and many more were a I most persua-

ded to bocoma < 'liri.-tians. Slay the
Lord carry 90 bis go id woik 1.
our midst, and qol here only, but
thai in, in. rna) \. I be

bl out from nati u kness

He marvelous Itg
pel. So, dear brethren 1,
let us all be right faithful in our call-
ing, that we may so let oui lightashine
that men may Bee our good works,
and glorify our Father which fa fa
Heaven ; tint we :n iv be instrument-
al in bringing others into the vineyard
of our master. We all have our tal-
ents to improve. Let us not bury
our talents, but improve them while
it is called to-day; for the night is
coming wherein no man can work,
when we shall all be called to give aB
account of our stewardship; Oh ! may
tl e Lord Impress it solemnly upon our
every heart to work for the salvation
of our fellow meu, is the prayer of
your unworthy brother in Christ.

Wll. -V Cl.K.MMKK.
Sovou Spirit* oiCiod.
Brother Jlrnrij .- 1 noticed a que-
ry some time ago, in which the que-
rist wanted to kuow the view of
the Brethren concerning the seven
Spirits of Cod, spoken of in Rev. -1 :;">.
Feeling it our duty when called upon
to answer queries punctually, al-
though 1 have not been punctual, and
my reason was this, I always would
rather hear the views of my brethren
aud sisters. Since the query has not
been answered, and is probably for-
gotten by some, though not by the
querist who probablv felt and still
feels disappointed, I would feel a
willingness to give my views. If
not correct, convince 1110 by the word
of God that I am wrong and I will
yield.

1. Love: "God is Love." Juo. 4:10.

2. Truth: "A God of truth.'' Deut,
32 : 4.

3. Mercy ;."Be ye therefore merci-
ful, as your Father also is merciful."
Luke 0: 30.

4. Wisdom: "For alter that iu the
wisdom of God.'' 1 Cor. 1:24

.">. Power : "Christ the power ol
I •' 1 Cor. 1:24

C. Justice: "Justice and judgment '
are ths habitation of thy throne:
cy aud truth shall go before thy I
Ps. s.i : 14.

7. Peace: "The 'everlasting Father,
D of I'eace." Isaiah 5) : ,; .

\\ • notice there are .-even spirits;
dwelling in the Supreme being of J

God, which constitute bis eternal,
living principle, or Nature, which is
divine; heuce the word of the Lord
itttribu'i s the 1 Attri-

bute-) to him, whieli constitutes his
Divine Nature.

Aaron Bkrki . cn.r.
/'■ '(a, Ohio.

From 1 li<- Auiief 11111 Church.
! ran III in Co., I'a.

Brother Henry .- It is encourage-
ing tome to read church news, and
■ I" dally such news as causes the
angels to rejoice. What can be more
joyful to read than to hear that poor
sinners are converted 10 God. On
New Years day we baptized seven.
At that time we bad a series of meet-
ings in our arm of the church. The
brethren came to our assistance, and
up to this time we have baptized
twenty-nine in all, and there yet re-
main others who are seriously im-
pressed, and arc not far from the
kingdom. Oh ! that the Lord would
continue to work among us ; for
there are so many around us who are
occupying unsafe ground — walking
00 slippery ways in dark places.
How many we see whose gray hairs,
and furrowed cheeks indicate their
Bhort stay here, aud yet they seem to
delay their return to God! We shall
still coutinue our petitions to the
Lord in their behalf. In this pro-
tracted effort of the ministry, the
church has become alive and much
revived. Oh ! how we should bless
and praise God for the love and un-
ion which now prevail among us,
and for the increase of God's people,
May we feel more and still more zeal-
ous in the cause of Christ; helping
those that need spiritual help, and in
this way we can glorify God iu our
bodies and spirits which are his.
Fraternally yours.

I. P. Ol.LKK.

— ^1 ♦• ■*■ tm •-

Sulibadi School.

1 wish to call the attention of the
brethren to the subject of Sabbath-
schools, requesting them to give us,
through "^he Companion, the best
plan for organising and conducting
Sabbath-schools. 1 am a ftiend of
Sabbuih-schools, aud desire to see
them conducted in the u.o^t interest-
ing manner possible. Let several
brethren write and give us their best
instruction.

Jacob Baiir.

M»UUon, lni'-a.

CHRISTIAN FAMILY COMPANION.

141

Keplr to B. F. Koons.

My answer was, "Two, viz : Caleb
and Joshua;*' and so I still say, and
so every body preaches. la volume
C, page 790, brother Koons in his re

Next we will refer you to the book hardened ; so I will live in hope-

of Joshua 14 : 3, "For Moses bad giv- that, ere long, some true minister of

en the inheritance of two tribes and a the truth as taught by the Sa\

half tribe on ti.o other side Jordan; miy come this way, and.be able to

but unto the Levites he gave none ia- turn Borne from darkness.

ply to my answer c intends that there heriiance anion.' them.'' There are
were others, who were over 20 years i numbers of other texts which go to ,
old when they left Egypt, that enter- prove that the Levites were not count- |
ed the promised land, "even the whole ed Israelites, but let this suffice for the
tribe of Levi. If the Levites did enter ,
the promised land, they were not in-
cluded in the number of the Israelites
who left Egypt. It is always under-
stood that there were 000,000 men
above 20 years old that left Egypt;
of these only two entered the prom-
ised laud.

Xow I will admit that the Levites

were not included in this number: ■

A -,i A 4 . ., ''way. Mav the Lord add his bii -

and wdl endeavor to prove that thev . ■> -

is inv prayer. Amen.

I >ica.

J. N. Crossv

urbs for their cattle. Fearing my re-
marks will become tedious, I will add
no more at present, but hope if my
views are wrong, some brother will
be good enough to put me. in the right

were not counted Israelites. To do
this we will go back to the 49th chap.
of Gen. where Jacob blessed bis sons,
and we find that Levi had no blessing,
for some reason best known to that

A. I). Mili.br.

Antioch, fr'l.

Dear ttrbther Hohinqrr .- 1 was

old patriarch himself. This is one t down in Missouri la=t "December, n>

strong proof that they were not to be
counted with the rest of the tribes.

Also by referring to the 13th chap.
of Num., where Moses .-cntout the 12
spies, to spie out the laud of Canaan,
there was no spy sent from the tribe
01 !■ vi, bmt in lieu thereof, he sent a
spy of the tribe of Ephraini, which I
understand was a grandson of Jacob,
ph's Son. Sum 3:9. 'And thou
shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and
to his sons ; tbey are wholly given
unto him out of the childrt D of Israel."
12th verse, "And I, behold, I have
taken the L'evit68 from among the
children of Israel, instead of

far n- where ibo brethren are in Clin-
ton Co. They have some line coun-
try there, and there are some fine,
large farms for Falc there, on fair
terms ; some of which would suit for
good Pa. farmers' homes. There are
places that have plenty of timber and
stone. The timber on the west and

would not be amiss to publish in the
Companion. I will therefore give
you the notes as I received them from
him.

Left home on Dec. tl
in company with Joseph and Andrew
Myers, to visil the Tulpenhockm
church, Lebanon county. Pa. Ar-
rived at M -i station, at half
past three P. M. Were met by
brethren John Zug, and Martin "W it-
ters, and were conveyed to \\
home and family. After supper left
for the first appointment in the Tul-
penhocken met- se : had
attendance. Afrer meeting, was tak-
en to brother Jonathan Hertzler's,
(father of William and John Hertz'er
ministers) for the night. Next morn-
ing • ! inuary the fii taken to
the I !■

falsing country. The price and
terms are favorable, where the ini-
naents are not of much value.
i to make a very desirable
farm, in a of cultivation,

and a cheap order of build mars there-
can !.■ 1. mffhl for $20.00 to
botn that openeth the matrix anion per acre : with railroads plen-

tbe children of Israel ; tberefo I
Levites shall be mine." lu the l. r >th

9nd that the Levi'
be numbered from a month old and
upward. In the 39th verso we find

north of good prairie, make it a great attendan

er Samuel ^
and i:: the after-noon to the Ri
meeti' ■. 11a I met tfng in the

after-noon, and also in the evening:
had a crowded bouse, but got d atten-
tention. After mee nt home

with brother Daniel FTostetler ;

:• night, and -ning we

were again conveyed to the T .

i house. II
forenoon, and b
ken to brother I

Afi.r dinner, left I

ty, and all the conveniences common- 1
ly found Tl e brethren there, are I
anxious to ha\ ■ | th, to

come and settle among them I
would also stale* that we bavs here, '

that the number of the Levites as in C» ' wn, better land than 1 >■ ! per, and I

they were numbered "were twenty saw in Mo., a.-.ywhere, and
and" two thousand." it in its wild -tide Hut, we ha-

Mow it appears by reading the Christian church hero, and, t h.-
concluding part never orningat

that the Levites wi bare ' Daniel A

ted In the place of the first born of th • who

child] ' Israel, as an offering badtbeopp r{un ich-

I era have • iltc skep

Lord spake a ring, Take still, the truth In ivould

tnl .

lh \ e thai ■ be

pel

uuioug iheej.jj effect tl wi j p'tce. — the meeua^ still on •

• 'LflWfw TOfflrJBTrf? n - r^tJTgrna

om among the children

Of I ruel, und them.

1 1th) "Thus sliah

time with

Hertzler. Jan 4 lb, nil i

CHRISTIAN FAMILY CO\tt>ANI0N.

with old brother Hertzler. January
4th, meeting at same place in the
morning. After meeting west toJoel
und in the afternoon went to
vi-it an old friend. I'pon inquiry as
to whether he is still satisfied without
the fold* ot the ehureh. he made an-
swer that lie .still intends to become ■
brother before he dies. Took supper
with him and too of his daughters that
still live with him, and are members
of the church. Evening meeting at
the same place, when also our old
brother David Kshlermeu, brother
Win. Nice, joined our preaching force.
Pound a very large audience assem-
bled. Had good order at all the meet-
ing! »t this place. It seemed as if we
had a God-fearing people before us;
aud hope ihe seed sown will spring
up and not soon wither away. After
this our last meeting at this place,
were taken by brother Levi Hertzler
to his home for the night. Next
morning, the 5th, brother Hertzler
took us to the Heidleburg meeting-
house, where we had meeting in the
forenoon; after meeting, went home
with brother John Witters, took din-
ner and supper, and then went to
meeting. Met a full house and atten-
tive congregation. Corns back to
brother Witters, and his mother also,
a sijter, stayed all night. Jan. 6th,
meeting in the forenoon at the same
place. After meeting were taken by
brother John Gibblo to his point; and
were taken back for the evening meet-
ing, and met an attentive congrega-
tion for the last meeting, and have
given farewell to meet where parting
will be no more. Were taken by
brother Samuel Kurtz, to his home.
Next morning on our homeward way,
stopped in with our old brother John
/Cug ; bad a short season of devotional
exercises; thence to Lebanon. Dined
with sister ELoSS, and then were ac-
companied by brother Kurtz aud wife,
and si6tcr Ross, to the depot. Took
the cars at 12 o'clock, and arrived
safely at home in the evening. Found
all well, and were gladly received. —
Thanks be to God for his kind protec-
tion. Should have bad mentioned
that brother Eshleman and Nice re-
mained at last place of meeting, to
continue several days longsr.

Levi Hekt/.i.kk
hi'-hland, Lebanon Co., Pa.

BtvOter Henry : As wo all feel
interested '" ,n '' sjflfers of our fellow-

man, especially in a spiritual point of
view, and as we love to hear of tho
success of the churches in the acces-
sion of members and of the revival of
God's grace in our midst, we feel like
communicating a few thoughts in ref-
erence to our series of meetings, held
in this branch of God's moral vine-
yard, namely, Kagle creek, Hancock
Co , Ohio, commencing Jan. 28th,
and ending Feb. 5th, brother James
Quinter arrived on the 28th, and com-
menced the series of meetings, and
on the 30th, brother Joseph Kauff-
man came to his assistance and both
labored very earnestly and zealously
for the cause of Christ during the
meetings, which were well attended
and good order manifested and all
seemed deeply interested. Though
the result was not such as we desired,
but three accessions to the church by
baptism, yet if there is more joy in
heaven over one sinner thatrepenteth
than over ninety and nine just per-
sons, who have not went astray ; we
can of a iruth say the result was good :
so precious in the sight of heaven is
the return of the prodigal But we
hope the impressions made on many,
are lasting, and will finaly result in
their return to God. We hope and
pray that the good seed sown, may
be as "bread cast upon the waters,
that it may be gathered many days
hence." May the Lord enable us all
to heed the instructions and exhorta-
tions, so faithfully delivered unto us
by the brethren, that we may be fully
aroused to a sense of our duty, serve
God as he directs, and let our light
so shine, that others may see our
good works and bo constrained to go
with us and glorify God.

S. T. Bosserman.

Dunkirk, Ohio.

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Brother Hoteinger : I greatly feel
the need of the Companion, since I
have moved to this place, as there
are no brethren in this part of the
country. Speaking of this factorings
me to think of the missionary cause,
which is so neglected by our breth-
ren. As an instance of this, 1 would
say, that I am living about half way
between the Sangamon county and
Bond county churches, being about
thirty-five miles from one, and about
forty-five miles from the other — both
old standing churches, and there is
scarcely any body In the neighbor-
hood, that ever heard the brethren
preach Now I do not wish any one

to think that I am trying to impeach
the brethren, for want of energy to
spread the Gospel : to the contrary,
they are very energetic, but the
trouble is, the labor and expense falls
too much on the laboring brethren
under the present system of spreading
the gospel. Hence the necessity of
adopting some other plan. Where
could we find a person that never
heard a Methodists preach ? I pre-
sume it would be a difficult matter to
find one. The reason is obvious.
Then let us learn from their example.
With these few poorly written and
scattering remarks, I close, subscrib-
ing myself, Yours truly,

Wm. S. Beanblosbom.
NoLomis, III.

Slander.

Dear readers of the Companion
having so often been encouraged on
my weary pilgrimage, through the
lovely admonitions, wholesome ad-
vice, and encouragement from the pens
of dear brethren and sisters, that I
too ought to cast in my mite, has long
been impressed upon my mind ; but
feeling my inability to write for pub-
lic perusal, I have hitherto declined.
In Companion No 3 present Vol., is
an article written by a sister, on slan-
der, which I think contained much
good sentiment.

Cruel, indeed, is he who will, with
harsh words and bitter reproaches,
wound the heart of his fellow crea-
tures ; but far more cruel yet is he
who assists in circulating an unfavor-
able report, though it be merely by
insinuation or assent, thereby encour-
aging what another may say. I think
no one can as fully realize the keen
anguish of such wounds as those who
have waded through deep waves of
sorrow, or as highly appreciate the
noble, who stand faithful through
storms of adversity, as in sunshine,
testing the validity of the slanderous
gossip, before giving it room in their
heart, much less in their conversa-
tion. How very careful wc, as chris-
tians, ought to be in speaking of others.
We will have encugh of evil to an-
swer for, without having assisted in
casting stain on an innocent charac-
ter, or in binding bundles to lay on
the already bunlencned shoulder.
When we are tempted to speak re-
proachfully of others, let us endeavor
to place ourselves in their stead ; re-
membering that they have many se-
cret sorrows that the world knows not

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143

of. In this manner we may heal the
wounded heart, instead of crushing it
still more deeply into despondency.
I have written through love, not ex-
cluding self, or with a design of cen-
suring any one, but merely endeav-
oring to impress this important matter
upon the minds of many I love. May
God grant us grace to keep a watch
over our words as well as actions, and
finally admit us into his glorious king-
dom, where we shall err neither in
word or deed, is the prayer of your
unworthy sister.

Sallie Tibbals.
Franklin Grove, Ills.

Brother Henry .1 see in the Com-
panion many calls from the west for
preaching the Gospel. I will say we
are as needy of a preacher here in
Cumberland Co , 111., as anywhere
else. We do not live as far iu the
west as some do ; and we have a
good country, a rail road convenient,
and another under contemplation.
David Rothrock.

Hazledell, III.

Queries.

Is it in accordance with the Gos-
pel, for a brother to participate with a
person, who is a member of another
denomination, in holding prayer meet-
ings, reading the words of eternal
truth and thereby exhorting ?

A full explanation desired through
the Companion.

Jacob T. Mykus.

Somerset, I'a

Brother Henry : I should like for
some brother to give an explanation
of John 4 : 37, 38 : "And herein is that
saying true , One soweth and another
reapeth. I sent you to reap, that
whereon ye bestowed no labor, other
men labored, and ye are entered iuto
their labors."

L. B. Kei'I.oule.

Will some brother answer through
the Companion, whether it is right,
and according to the Gospel, for
brethren to wear soldier overcoats, or
any soldier cloth ; or is it not in fash-
ion with the world '(

.1 S K KIM

< entropolit, ffamoj.

about Christ preaching to the dead,
in which he says : "While his body
lay in the tomb, his quickened spirit
was with the disembodied antedelu-
vians in the prison of the underworld."
Now, I would like for brother Leedy
to tell us when bis spirit was killed,
that it hed to be quickened or made
alive.

Yours in the bonds of the Gospel.
J. Thomas.

MARRIED.

By the undersigned, on the evening of 5lh
Of February, Mr. D. F. BURKHART and Miss
ELLEN JANE 8HAFFER, all of Mineral
Point, Cambria Co., Pa.

Stephen Hildebrand.

On page 21, Vol. 7, C. K. C. bro.,
A. Leedy gives an explanation t>
ItothrM V I. Robert*! qm-rv,

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In the Clear Creek district, Huntingdon,
county. Iini.. Jan., 29th, of Lung Fever,
HENRY SPRINKLE, aged 69 years, 4 mo.,
and 13 days, lie led an exemplary Christian
life for many years- We are glad to know
that the children and friends need not sorrow
as those who have no hope. O dear children,
follow the example of yonr deceased father,
and yon will meet again to part no more. —
The subject of this notice, was born in Lan-
caster countv Pa. He was married to Susan-
nah Summers, Jan. 'Jnd, 1831. They lived
in matrimony 23 years, 9 months and 25 days,
and were blessed with 8 children — 2 son and
4 daughters. His companion died May 27th,
1*55. Two Fons and two daughters art still
surviving the parents. May the Lord enable
them to live iu Christ, that they may die in
him, and meet their parents again. Funeral
services by the Writer, from ReT. 14 : 13, to
a large and attentive congregation.

EM. Samuel Murray.
Vitltor please copy.

Iu Benton county, Iowa, June 10th, 1870,
NOAH ALIVE BONSTE1L, infant son of
brother N. I), and sitter Emetine Bonstell ;
aged 8 months, and 10 days. Fuueral servi-
ces by the writer, from 1 P eli r 1 I 24. 'J.V

Same p ac -On. SUt bro' SAMUEL LONG ;
aged 45 years. Funeral service* by the same
and others, from Rev. 14 i 13. The deceased
was a worthy brother, and is greatly missed
by the church and his family. He was elec-
ted to the ministry some years ago ; and al-
though he seldom spoke, in public, his scat
was seldom vacant. We hope the loss sus-
tained by his Mud family and the church, Is
bis great gain.

In the Norrlstown Branch of the Mingo
church, Pa., Jan. 13th. alter a loug illness,
our belovrd brother J. B. ROTES, 'aged f4
years. He •adnrad bin lllnaae patiently. We
hope our loss it bU grrnl gain, and that we
shall all meet hlui where parting shall be
known no m..i. Kuneral occasion Improved
• : . r ■ 1 1 John and Jacob Golwallz, hum
• Cor. Si 1 W.M.i letniurr.

At the rest. I. in i oi brr MM, in Washington.
roTiDfv. M P . •' ■" i ■ r th" ttt'i.

beloved sister CATHARINE WIS8INGKR ;
aged 87 years, within 3 days. She was a
poor sister ; but her holy life was the key
that would unlock every door at a single trial:
every house of the brethren and siaters was
a home for her. She was so full ol the love
of Jesus that her courteaacce shone all
around with the splendor of her Master. Breth-
ren L. Emmert and D. F. Slouffer addressed
the congregation with the deepest svmpatby;
they moved macy to tears, in speaking of her
kindness. Brother StouOer remarked that
after singing and praying with her, she would
take hold of his hand and kiss it, saying,
"Danie. don't make it so long till you come
again." In this we are reminded of righteous
Abel : though they are dead, yet they speak.
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TO A YOUNG BEOTHER.
BT C. H. BALSBAUGH.

To answer the questions contained in your
letter would fill a volume. They are, most of
them, ot sufficient importance to warrant a re-

I can do no more, how

2. There is perhaps no very grave objection
to hearing a gertnon preached by a minister of •
another denomination, provided you have suffi-
cient equanimity to bear its absurdities, and
sufficient root in truth to prevent your inocula-
tion with error. As a general thing sectarian

| preaching is too dry and chaffy for a spirit il-
| lumined soul, and too adroit and tricky for an
ignorant one. It will disgust or poison. I would
rather hear a brother present the truth feebly
and in fragments, if he can do no better, than to
listen to an alien preach with the tongue ol ;t
seraph, so artfully gilding errer and shaping it
into the semblance of truth as to lead the imag^
ination captive, and bring us into sympathy
with the doctrines and traditions of men. A
filial spirit will prefer a dry crust of Heaven's
loaf to the buttered and honeyed impositions of
those who claim to be wise above what is writ-
ten.

3. The doctrine which you heard preached at
Mechanicsbur£, Fa., asserting the origin of the

ply through the press.

ever than simply drop a hint on those of gener-^ Church in the descent ot the Holy Ghost on the
l taraaT day of Pentecost, is one of the wiles of the <l. vil

to assist his ministers in getting rid of baptism,

al interest.

1. To attend revivals conducted by the Uui

SoBT^ton~of~wlii<i~t& anxious'-bench is the ioaHy no less than vitally and doctrinally.
central idea, or an essential concomitant, is a i I How many were present at the pentecostal
miserable subversion of the Divine order. The • effusion is not definitely stated. A short time
element of unintelligent excitement is the verj previous one hundred and twenty "continued
corner-stone of its existence, which debars the with one accord in prayer and supplication."
soul from that deliberate, Heaven-directed intro« But 'when the d ij - f Pentecost wastully come,
spection which the deepest and most momen- \they voen all with one sccord in one pit
tous of human interests demands. The revival- Before his ascension, Christ \\.. en ol
pf which you speak are the fruit ot wrong prin above five hundred brethren I

ciples, and oftentimes of wrong impulse* , fori i Cor, 1 5 6 Whether th
make the atu£ious*benoh a sui seas, its advocates the rime of the Spirit 1 nt,the rec >rd

must needs appeal to elements in hnnum nature not show, There is bnt feel l the

that true religion seeks to suppress and eradi- numb. , ted one hundred and

oate. [f you ieel at home in such a scene, breathe the probability is th. • itUIlesa, ifiaim-

Ireely i" inch an atmosphere, "you have need material.

tint one teach you again which be the first 5 You want an explanation ol Lrike 9 62

principles of the on Heb, 5 p I presume you knou, someU)

A till, r of the g] his

i\\ on the proper man-
agement ol the soil. If yon were to enter
field with your plough, commence a furrow, and
instead of fixing your eye on your work, and the
implement with which it La done, you turn your
in the opposite direction, aaid Tiabitvalty
look back, would you he jit for a fawner? I

. no'* To put one's hand to the plough is
to b i ted to God, enter his held of ser-

vice, and this requires "all the heart, all the soul,
all the mind, all the strength." How much is
left tor the worhU He that looks back — turns 1
his d •epest, most controlling personality world-
. cm he be fit for the kingdom ofj
! It is well enough for one that follows'
the plough to stop occasionally and look along
the furrow he has drawn. It is proper frequent-

-.. review our course of lite, and profit by the
discoveries we make. But this is not looking

k iu the sense rebuked by the text. The
I : unfit lor the kingdom, is not

improvement of I he nete lift, but resumption
of the old. It is not a look that humbles but
fascinates and wins the soul. It is not a look
that may enable us to plough better, but one
that Bhows the style and quality of the man to
be a product of nature. His eyes and heart are
with the world, and his hands must needs be
there too.

6. My rejoinder to the '-Western Goliath,"
as you term him, appeared in the November
No. of the VisitOT. It is a dissection of the cal-
umnies and outr i^eous falsehoods with which re-
ligious quacks and creed-mongers are incessant -
lv assailing us. Had the Father of lies no abet^
tors in the disguise of religion, such painful,
nerve-tearing strictures, would not be called tor.
Would to God that errorists would confine
themselves to terms which are truly expressive
ol their anti-christiau dogmas. But they "steal
the livery of heaven to serve the devil in."

7. David's vr.other was the daughter of

who knows > The Bible is silent, and perhaps

had beta r b •. She is best km wn in the ex-
emplification oi the lofty virtues oi her royal son
— the man alter the heart of God.

8. The word baptize, signifies to immerse, and
maintain the contrary is as absurd as to con-
• ! that the river Jordan can be com pre

j '• ■ }A\ D de's great work

on classic and Judaic baptisms is about as much
to the point, as if he had attempted to pr
that we ought to wear only a collar and a spur,
.use some savages have been found running
naked. His the weakest argument and the
greal OW of strength that has recently ap-

peared. The circumstances connected with the
institution, are sufficiently clear and significant
to designate the mode without wading through
a thousand years of mythological mire. "I
thank thee, () Father, Lord of Heaven and earth,
because thou hast hid these things from the wise
and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes."

9. My article on Feet washing was addressed
to "Alexander the Coppersmith," not becai
the founder of the falsely so>calfed disciple
church, was a master of that craft, but because
the personage so named in 2 Tim. 4: 14, did
the cause of Christ "much evil," and "greatly
withstood the words" of Heaven's ambassador.
In this sense, the originator of the disciple sect,
was "Alexander the Coppersmith," and all his
adherents bear the same unenviable title. To
mutilate baptism, and reject teetwashing, is to
contemn the 'counsel of God," "withstand the
words" of the Most High, and do "much evil"
against the truth.

10. You ask, "What is plagiarism ?" Liter-
ary theft — a very mean kind of robbery. Claim-
ing paternity to another's mental offspring.
Perhaps none of our brethren are guilty of it,
but some articles in our periodicals have a
strong plagiaristi'; savor. Making another man's
suggestions the substratum or warp of our own
is not plagiarism. I have never known the
genius that was indebted to nobody for mental
warp. But to take another's warp and waot,
and claim it as home born, is a kind of pilfering
that has its root in the lowest form of egotism.
When we have appropriated, by mental process,
the thoughts of another, they are i^art of us. and
every thought born by such conjunction is our
own. We reproduce them through our proper

uad may claim them as much as the
>u'L physical labor which are the re-
sult of assimilated elements prepared by others.
"Whetheis^e eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do,
do all to the glory oi (iod." Then there will
be no plagiarism.

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For the Companion.
Need of the Church. No., 1.

That the church has not yet accomplished
the conquest of the world, is not to be denied :
that she is at the present time immensely inef*
tlicient is to be deeply deplored. But why this
want of success 1 What are the causes of this
inefficiency \ Infidelity finds the solution in the
position, that, as a saving system, Christianity
is essentially defective — that, having been
weighed in the balance of a fair and patient tri-
al, it is found wanting. But this solution is not
to be admitted for a single moment. The origin
of Christianity is not a question to be discussed :
this having been repeatedly settled by evidence
both internal and external , and being divine it
cannot be defective.

Let us give attention to the causes of the
present inefficiency. These will be found to
spring from, and to run into each other. Among
those causes the following may be enumerated :

1. Want of adequate appreciation of relative
position and work assigned. As to the relation
of the church to the world, the Savior says : u Ye
are the light of the world, and the salt of the
earth." Hence the work of the church is, to
enlighten and conserve — to disciple the nations
and teach the observance of all things that Christ
has commanded. We should pray and labor
for the establishment of the kingdom of heaven
on earth. "Thy kingdom come ; thy will be
done on earth as it is in heaven." This work
thu.-. i is noi sufficiently understood and^appre-

ciatod : it should forever be concentrated in the heart.

2 The church needs to be more deeply sensible of the
double truth that without Christ we can do nothing, but
that having Christ to Strengthen 08, we can do all things.
There is too much self-reliance, end too little reliance up-
on God. There is too much trust in wealth, too much
strife, and too little prayer. If Peter-like we attempt to
walk on the wave elone, like P nk. This

great truth should be written all over Our "ids

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Selected for ilu- ComptDion.
AbruhuiiiN Cull.

What was Mnram called to do! Wai il
some light thing t Something that would not
i r i8i his feelings, or try his faith, or make hia
tears flow? No, it was b very serious affair
when God said unto Abram, "Get tin I
thy country, and from thy kindled, and fi

father's house, unto a land that 1 will show

thec" Men of all nations love their cotiutn ,
however bleak and unimiting it may be. It is

the fatherland, and dear to their hearts. And
Abrarn who was a man of strong attachment,
lelt his heart ache when told that he must leave
scenes so familiar and dear. Not only must he
leave his country, but his kindred : his cousins,
his friends and relations. Ah ! many pleasant
days he had spent with them, but now he must
bid them farewell, except the few who were to
accompany him on his journey. Hereafter he
must look upon the faces of strangers. He
must forsake his father's house too. He must
leave the old homestead with its sweet and ten-
,der associations — the time worn chair, where
his father Terah had rested at even-tide.

When Christ invites one to forsake his sins
and flee to the great salvation, it is with the
same voice that said to Abram, 'Get thee out of
thy country" and come into a land that I will
show. Yes, the sinner must fjrsake his birth-
place, the city of destruction, where he had liv-
ed so long and so pleasantly — all the scenes,
companions, and pursuits that would hinder him
on his journey, and lirmly set his face toward
another country, even a heavenly. He has
been told on good authority, that he that loveth
lather, mother, brothers, sisters, house3, lands,

reputation, more than Christ, cannot be his disci-
ple. (Jod only knows the fierce struggle that agitates the
soul, as it answers the questions the spirit of God ad-
dresses to it in words like these: "Oh! sinner, will you
lire, or die? Which will you have, earth or heave a ?
Will you wander in the wilderness with God's peopl<
remain in t£gypt to enjoy the pleasures Of sin for ■
he universe made for you or for God .
not God a right to you by creation and preservation, and
bj every blessing he has showered upon you over -
you bad your being 7 Have you not been bought with
a price, even the precious blood of Christ for-

sake ihe btcg%rly el world, au.'

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We propose to notice the glou
H'i'. G id, out adora-

Mm Redeemer, (whom we try to wor-
ship Id spirit ami in tTUl h bj
from the heart that form of doctrine
which lie delivered when tabernacling
here on the earth, over eighteen hun-
dred years ago,) and the glorious
suit thai shall follow, with those who
obey hio commaadruents,and the awful
ister that shall befall those who
will not obey his gospel.

We do believe from a close in
ion of Ins word, that tbo second
advent 1 1 the Savior is just at band,
yea, even at the doors. And shall
the unworthy writer behold it before
n separation from this vile body?
Lord, tbou knowesl. "Behold 1 be
<■•iiV.li with clouds, and every eye
shall see him ; and they also which
pierced bus, and all kindreds of the
•in ih shall wail because of him. Even
Amen.'' [lev. 1: 7. And the in-
spircd Apostle also says in his first
epistle to the Thessalonians, fourth
Chapter: "For the Lord himself shall
descend from heaven with a shout,
with the voice of the archangel, and
with the trump of Cod; and the dead
in Christ shall rife first. Then we
which arc alive and remaiu, shall bo
caught up together with them in the
clouds to meet the Lord in the air,and
shall we ever be with the Lord.
Wherefore, comfort one another with
these words."

From the man) passages of scripture
whi - eing fulfilled atthe present

v in our ears, we think the time is
>u 1 and. We do not pretend to say
in what day or hour it shall be, for
• is not for ds to know; for the
i 1 of Glory himself declared when
on earth: "Bui of that day and hour

Mill do man, do, not the ang
of heaven, but my Father only."'
And he farther said : "Bui rn van
hey worship me teaching for doc-
trines the commandments of men."
Do ' ee the many different doc-

li ines tai gbt now in the world ; the
•v different organizations in.-titu-
led by men who are claiming to be
the peculiar people of God ; the many
disciplines franied and instituted by
uu :it of their socie-
ind contrat . to ibo

banded! il ernor

• Betblebero in tbo

uld rule his pt ovetonsness shall they with feigned

Israel, and who is Lord of lords and words make merchandise of von." <>

| King of kings!'' And farther, the
Apostk- in his 1st letter to Timothy,

1: 1 .-ays: Now ".he Spirit spcaketh ex-

pressly thai in the latter times some
shall depart from the faith, givin |
tos< duoing spirits and doctrines of de-
vils; speaking lies in hypocrisy, hav-
ing their conscience seared with a hot
irou; Forbidding to marry, and com-
manding to abstain from meats. which
God hath creat i received with

thanksgiving of them which believe
and know the truth " i 1 i we D
the above passage fulfilled in this
present day ? Yea, we know of many
eren in our own country, who are
"commanding to abstain from meats,
which God hath created to be receiv-
ed with thankgiving.*' "Now the
Spirit spcaketh expressly thai in the
latter times some shall depart from
the faith. Pear reader, mark the
language, for by this we know that
bis coming draweth nigh.

And again, iu second Timothy,
third chapter : "This know also, that
in the last days perilous times shall
come. For men shall be lovers of
their own selves, covetous, proud,
blasphemers, disobedient to parents,
unthankful, unholy, without natural

Lhou archfiend to souls,
far from unworthy me; for
the love of money is the root of all

evil."

"Knowing this first, that there shall
come in the last days scoffers, walk-
ing after their own lusts. Do we not
some in the world, yea, many,
We should have said, who are fulfilling
the lust of the flesh, the aesire of their
hearts, and going after strange flesh
and saying. "Where is the prou.
bis coming?'' even denying his person-
al appearance; and also saying this
I ranch of the church is right, and
that is right, tantamount to saying,
"Lo, here is Christ, or Lo,he is there?"
Deal brethren, believe them not, for
he shall "come as a thief in the night "
We know that his appearance is at
baud, from what our eyes see and our
cars hear.

I was accosted some time since, upon
the subject of religion pertaining to
our peculiar religious faith, by a very
able and eminent man, or Elder in
the M- E. Church, who, by the. way,
is highly esteemed by the popular
voice among our West Virginia hills;
and after some colloquy ensued be-
tween us, be claimed for an iliustra-

affection, iruca-breakers,false accusers, ; tion that God had given to himself so

incontinent, fierce, despisers of those

that are good, traitors, heady, high-
minded lovers of pleasure more than
lovers of God; having a form of god-
liness, but denying tbo powor thereof:
from such turn away." Do we not
see the above quotations literaly ful-
filled before our eyes, in these last
days ?

Ooveteousness seems to be the lead-
ing principle in the mind of man
throughout this wide domain. 5fea,
we Bee men v. ho are making a loud
profession of the exalted name of kins:

many different kinds of fruit trees, and
so many various kinds of vegitation,
for bis own glory and our comfort.
Even so bad he given to himself the
many different persuasions,or branches
in the christian church, for his own
glory and our comfort, that all man-
kind might embrace tbe christian reli-
gion, and all he saved ; for it was im-
possible for us all to sec alike, and it
was thus constructed for our conven-
ience. While he was talk'rng I could
not help thinking of the language of the
apostle. Peter, 1 Pet. S: and of Paul's

Jesus, who deny the essentiality of instructions to the Fphcsinns 4 chap
the plain and simple commands of 5, verse My mind was also called
God our Savior; who are standing, as to the language of tbe savior then lie

it were, on the streets and cross-roads,
waiting and watching for a stoer.oxen,
or a calf that may pa Lhink-

ing, perndventure, that some may
chance to sell for lt>s than it.- real
worth, that they may make clear their
almighty dollar. Do we nol w
many so called christians now in tbo
world w/io are striving to ascend tin-
ladder of fame, seeking higher office
in their ministerial capacity for the
sake of larger salaries : Remember
the langm

said. "And they shall say, lo, here is
or lo, be is there;" and as I
am commanded to obey the voice of
the Son of Cod 1 believed him not.
iin, we see in '2 These. 2 : '■'<,
"let no man deceive you by any
means; for that day shall not come,
except there come a falling away
first, and that man of sin he rev

i of pi rdition." Who is that.
: sin, the sou of perdition r 1 ba-
it i;- genera ly acko d that
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now declared infallible: and though
protestante may laugh at bheabsurdi-
yet, one hundred and fifty-five
in i 11 i *>ijs> recognize him a? such, and
regard him as, 'The most b
Father, sitting in the temple," and are
ready to execute all his command-
ThiDgfl infallible have already entered
his mind. See the 8th verse : "And
then shall that wicked be revealed,
whom the Lord shall consume with the
spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy
with the brightness of his coming."
Mark the language, my beloved and ,
friendly reader: "And then shall
that wicked be revealed, whom the
Lord shall consume with the spirit of
his mouth " "And then," we under-
stand to mead when these things
shall be fulfilled. So we think the \
full time is about at hand, when he (
shall appear "with ten-thousand of his
saints, to execute Judgment upon all,
and to convince all that are ungodly."
When he shall descend "from heaven
with his mighty angels, in flaming
fire taking vengeance on them that
know not God, and that obey not the j
gospel of our Lord Jesus Chris
Jfes, be shall descend in flames of fixe;

"and the lire shall try every man's
work, of what sort it is," and the
wicked and disobedient shall not abide \
and stand at his coming, but will be
destroyed by the fire, when he shall i
come to colled hi< precious jewel-. .
"Then shall they say to the rocks and
mountains, Fall on us, and hide us from
the face of him that sitteth upon the
throne, and from the wrath of the
Lamb." I Jut we nnderstaod that their :
request shall be denied them then ; for
the rocks and mountains shall be bur n-

ed up, and the element- shall roe It
with fervent heat; the earth, »lso, and
the work- that are therein, g-bftll
burned up. Seeing then, brethren,
"that all these things -hail be dissolv- '
eil, what mariner of perSOUB OUght ]

tn be in all holy conversation and
godlinesi

Well, then, in the language of the

apostle Paul, "Brethren, lei ns be

Strong in tin- Lord and in the power
<>f his might. Put on the whole ,
a; mOf "I God, that We mav be able to
stand against the vital of the devil.
For we wrestle not against flesh and
blood ; but against pi iocipalities,

. :i.-t pou | | ii-i the rulei

the darkues insl

-minimal wickedness in high pis ■
Wherefore take uuto < on the w
armor of God, that ye way be able to

' stand in the evil day, and baring done
all to stand. Stand, therefore, having
your loins girt about with truth, and
having on the breast-plate of right-
«• tusness, and yonr feel shod "vi
preparation of the g -
above all, taking the shield of faith,
wherewith ye shall be able to quench
all the fiery darts of the wicked. And
take the helmet of salvation, and the
sword of the Spirit which is the word
of God "' Yea, let us wear the entire
robe of righteousness as it has been
brought from heaven, and not patch
our old garment with the new; other-
wise the rent shall be made worse.
But wear the new garment of righte-
ousness, by obeying his gospel law
with every injunction couched therein ;
then we think, yea, we know, that
those who obey the gospel shall be
caught up together with the resurec-
tcd saints, in the clouds, to meet the
Lord in the air. Yes, those who shall
bo accounted worthy the fire will not
hurt. It shall be with such as it was
with Sbadrach, Mes-hacb, andAbedne-
go when the princes, governor and cap-
tains, aud the king'? counsellors, be-
ing gathered together, saw those men
upon whose bodies the lire had no
power, nor was a hair of their head
singed, neither were their coats chang-
ed nor the smell of lire had passed on
them. See Daniel 3: 27. Even so
do we believe that the fire will not
hurt nor singe a hair upon the heads
of the obedient; b the Son of

man shall be there who is K;
king! and Lord of lords. At his di-
vine command will even lire obey his
voice, and shall not be felt as painful
by the righteous, while the disobedi-
ent and c« .11 lie pun-
ished with everlasting destruction
from the presence of the Lord and
j lory of his power, when he
shall come t" fi glorified in bissajnts,
and tn be admired in all them that
belii i

In imagination we can see him
leave h ■ ial abode, bringing with

him the glory of hi- Fat .bun,

with ten thousands of his .-Mint.- ; the
heavens departing i v.

i.-. rolled together, like tie
many wat< wift winged angjls

clap their bands, and obedient I

powerful voice, !<■, he i> in the middle
air ; the b , of the earth

their trade of oniim. . the

rocks and bills melt at hi- presence,
earl abashed and cbsn

form n? Ins command j the inhabitants

of the earth — affrighted, lamenting,

wailing because of him — I
wicked crying for rocks and mountains

fall on them ami hide them from
fr.-c of him that sitteth upon the

me and from the wrath of the
Lamb! We see the graves of the
saints are opened; and. Lo, the dif-
ferent particles of the decayed putre-
faction coming to life, are called forth
and placed together, every joint and
sinew to his proper place : and now
their long departed spirits conn
reunite with their former habitation.
Oh ! what a union ! They ri»^ first ;
then we which are alire and remain,
shall be caught up together with tt.
that rise from their graves, to t.
the Lord in the air • so shall »ve
ever be with the Lord. But our vile
bodies shall be chaDged ; yea, in the
twinkling of an eye shall they be
changed, and be made like unto his
glorious body. "But theiestoftbe
dead lived not again uatil the thous-
and years were finished. Blessed and
holy is he that hath part in the fir.-t
rc>urrection : on such the second death
hath no power. O, Lord, may 1 I e
one. Andrew Stataakf.i;

( To be Continued.)

For i
The Jliud ol Maa.

The mind is immortal and imma-
1. Since, then, the mind i.-uot
Buch irreat worth. It mr tir»t

and highest duty to cultivate and im-
prove it in the best manner Wi
blv can. We should remember that
tbe mind is destined for OU
therefore we <houid take especial care
in the manner of training it In whst-
soe\ rial mind lea e

ihi- bouse of clay, in that conditioi
enters it. Although it ii< immaterial,
it has, nevertheless, a potent influei

' the material body. If left to it-
sdf.and without a proper guide, it n
become reprobate, nnd finally be the
much lasting misery. Hence
the cultivating t in

such a manner as to qualify it for au
unknown futurity.

Not onlj the

i for this world, since this world
i- only its origin, or birthpl* . 1

think \\ i v say if alv

c r and n. he

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eternity. There ie then much beauty
in the proper cultivation nml edi :

of the human mind. Bat »b<
nil tbin^s, it mast '"• UUghl the 68-

;ul virtues of » meek and gentle
spirit

There are different opinions enter-
tained in regard to tlie mind of man.
That it is an immaterial and thinking i
principle in man, is conceded by n<
|y all Metaphysicians of good stand- j

. but whether it is immortal is a
question yet with Borne. It is, how-

. admitted by nil, that the brain
is the organ of the mind, that, through
tbe matter of brain and its natural
functions, it performs it» high office.
Tbe strong qualifying terms I have

; in connection with my subject I
hope can be sustained upon good
ground, in true mental philosophy. I
am a thorough and faithful believer in
the doctrine upheld, and especially in
the full qualified assertions made in j

outset of this essa y
In conclusion! would only say, let
us one and all pry more fully into the
t workings and operations of the
bumau mind. Lot us not be content
with merely a superficial knowledge
ol things, but investigate the subject
matter under consideration, always, to
a full satisfaction.

Wm, C. Schbock
Berlin, Pa.

For the Companion.
The Might ol God.

••Messed are the pure in heart ; for they
shall see llo*" Math. 5:8.

There i9 no thirst in man more
craving than the desire to behold
God, tbe Creator of all things. If
we study nature, we can form some
idea of his wisdom, goodness, pow-
er, and glory. If there were now a
spot on earth where we could see
him, even as he was manifested in
the flesh, millions would spare no
expense or pains to gaiaa look upon
hiin : crying to behold Cod. Moses,
himself, coveted most of all things
ee liim who was accomplishing
such wonders by his hand. Not all
the sublime experience of Mi
satisfied him, as when God gave him
some visible manifestation of hn;
. There is no glory of Cod of
which we can conceive, that can
posBibly le so satisfying and trans-
porting as that of beholding him,
f r ( urs< eing his g

Codgavc wisdom and glory to Solo-
mon ; and tbe queen of Sheba, when
she heard of it, came to sec the
glory of Solomon — the type of the
greater than Solomon. She bad
''beard of his fame concerning the
name of the Lord," as we have heard
of the Lord .ml his glory. But
there seemed to have been some*
thing wanting to complete her enjoy-
ment: she needed yet to a ;e the
reality of which she had heard. To
secure this, a journey of months,
through exposure and dangei secern-
ed of small account. And when
she b*d seen all Solomon's wisdom
and the bouse he had built, and the
meat of bis table, and the sitting of
his Servants, and the standing of his
ministers, and their apparal, &c,
the fainted for very ecstacy. Now
she could say the report was true :
and, behold, the half was not lold
me. If to Bee Solomon's grandeur
was an event worthy living for, who
shall estimate the heavenly rapture
of beholding Cod, and the Savior
on his high throne of giory — the
King of king's, crowned witrV all the
sublime beneficence of heaven; thous-
ands ministering unto him, ten
thousand thousands standing before
him, and multitudes of celestial
spirits shcuting to his praise, Thrice
Holy Lord Cod Almighty? The
glorified saints shall ever bo near
him, in the closest communion with
him ; for he is their brother as well
as their Redeemer and kin<r. And
they shall be arrayed in white robes,
and palms in their hand, they shall
hunger no more, neither thirst any
more ; "For the Lamb shall feed
them and lead them unto the living
fountains of water, and Cod shall
wipe away all tears from their eyes."
The pure in heart shall see Cod.

Now, dear reader, if we want to
sec Cod. we must have a pure heart :
pure from all ^ins and lusts of the
flush, the eye, and the heart, forsake
all sinful pleasures of this world ;
believing in Jesus (,'hrist whom Cod
raised from the dead, and gave him
glory, that our faith and hope might
be in God. Seeing ye an: to purify
'•your souls in obeying the truth
through the spirit, unto unfeigned
iretnron, see that ye

love one another with as pure heart
fervent'y. 1 Peter 1 : 22. We are
to love God with all our heart. John
Baith "this is the love of Cod that
we keep his commandments." "Be*
loved it hath not yet appeared what
we shall be ; but we know that, when
he shall appear we shall be like him
for we shall see him as he is. And
every man that heath this hope in
him, purificth himself even as he is
pure."

Litiz, P>i. J. 15. GlBBLB,

Best.

A wanderer through earth's wilderness,

And heavy-laden with my 6in,
Vainly my spirit sought release ;
And all was gloom without — within :
Onward I journeyed wearily,

Earth had no resting place for ine.
Faintiug I could no farther go

When lo ! a sweet voice calmed my fcara
It spake in accents soft and low,

"Poor pilgrim, wipe away thy tear* :
With all thy guilt and sin opprest,

Come hither, I will give yon rest.
'Twas Jesus bade my sorrows cease.

And he my heavy burden bore ;
; Tis he can give my conscience peace,

And he can joy and strength restore.
O matchless grace ! O love divine !

What joy to call this Savior mine !
And now, through all my onward way,

His gentle hand shall lead me still :
His mighty arm shall be ray stay :

His love my soul's desire fulfil.
How can I faimt with such a friend ?

My Savior, guide me to the end.
And oh ! when death's dark shadows fell,

Again, dear Jesus, bid :ne come ;
Then may I hear thy welcome call,

"Come, wanderer, to thy heavenly home
Enter and be forever blest :

Come and partake thy promised rest.

• »

Prayer draws all the Christian
graces into its focus. It draws Chari-
ty with her lovely train; Repentance
with her holy sorrow ; Faith with her
elevated eye ; Hope with her grasped
anchor ; Benevolence with her open-
ed hand ; Zeal looking far aud wide
to bless ; aud Humility looking at
home. — Hannah More.

Ha I is an interjection of laughter.
Ah ! is an interjection ol sorrow. The
difference between them is very small,
as consisting only in the transposition
of what is no substantial letter, but a
bare aspiration. How quickly in the
»L r e of a minute, in the very turning
of a lireath, is our mirth changed into
mourning ! — Thomas Fuller.

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Otirlstiau Family Companion

Tyron* City, »»»., Mar.

1*71

Paniki. Wui.!'. M,l )
Feb. 25&, 1871. J
Brother Auittanti This is the
place where the Annual Meeting w a
hold in 1857, fourteen years- age. The
same brother (Daniel Wolf) is Btiil
living here. This is the first place
we have come to on this trip, where
we had ever been before. We came
here this morning, and had meeting
in the meeting-house close by. Broth-
er Wolf brought us here from the
Beaver Creek branch, where we closed
our labors on yesterday evening,

We had a line time among the Bea-
v.-r Creek brethren : bad two meeti
every day this week, except Wednes-
day, with a growing interest every
day. it was really surprising to us
to see such good attendance on week
days. There was more of a congrega-
tion every day than we out
fit Warrior's Mark on Snadays. And
i L'ood attention. Why, the peo-
p4e just listened as though thev
were having the lest of preaching.
Bome declared themselves plea
others were convicted of nn, and three
professed Christ and were ininie: ■
The. brethren and t-i- our-
aged and built up, or Grod-sneeds,b
ing.s, tears, and other recognized ex-
dngs. Thev
think ilie Lord has been at work
among them, and thai bread has
;i east that will shortly return, if
it does, we hop' tome ct the Young
men and young Women may find it,
fur we believe that a number of them
very hungry. W.ll, if ibe Lord
I done, Hi- may ben after do
anything for them, we I i e thi \ wil|

ne the praise. We bi
we wrote the last eomunieation in the
Offloe <»l l>r. D. I'. I'ahrn.y. After

enjeying his hospitality for several

d y -, we \ ited In i kfotl •

a my Fahrnej , a boss Ganiilj con

ted "f breself, aiai ter \\ •

and a hired young woman, who all

love the Brethren, and delight in
waiting on them. We ah

i ard Emmert's, Peter
Fahrney's, and brother Henry New-
comer's, and enjoyed pleasant se
of Christian association at each place.
At brother Newcomer's we met broth-
er Peter S. Newcomer his son, «
uame will be readily recognized by
our readers. He gives evidence of
earnestness; and we recommend that
his contributions be read as convic-
tions from an intelligent mind and a
zealous heart. At brother Emmert's
we made the acquaintance of hi-
a young man of about seventeen. who
much promise of success in the
tine arts, as well as in intellectual
pursuit.-. Be has promised to give
us a helping hand.

Now we say, farewell brethren,
rs, and friends of the Beaver
Creek congregation. We thank Cod
for you aud your kindness toward us.
We hope the ministering brethren
will labor avdently to brighten the
jewels that are among them. Brother
Cost sufl'ered^vith headache nearly
every day, yet attended every meeting
at the Pabrnev meeting-bouse,
also did brother Fmmert. Brethren,
don't forget what Jesus Bays : "Feed
my lambs."

Now a few words for oursclf. All
bat's I ) .

improving in health. We have stern-
ly avoided coffee, tea, aud fowl, but did

a <.\ ir en mince pie en on
BI0O,and suffered the penalty of di~
ranged digestive organs. Bui k

In on a fair way of recovery ; if

we continue at present rates, we shall

be read' the
time we return. We stood preaching

irery well u we

Ik nil >• qui i by ti \ in-

.-peak bo that nil we said might be

understood by several brethren n

are I ard ol They thoL.

if w<

all ; an .

ivord ' them

day wo are not fit for duty, though we
are quite well. Farewell.

II. B. B0L8INOK*.

The J'as'.over a:sd the I.or:l>
Slipper. No. IO.

h I D CHRIST EAT HIE P AS 8 O \ t:.

"Yes," ery one who says

anything about it, ''Christ ate the le-
gal, or Jewish Pa-sover ;" but
say he observed it only prior to his
entrance upon his public ministry ;
others say he also kept it during his
ry, but not on the night of his
betrayal — the night before his cruci-
fixion and death ; while others, agaiu.
say that he did eat the Passover with
his apostles in thai night. Now one,
and only one, of these positioi
true: the other '.wo must be errone-
ous. The -eeond position is ours. —
We positively deny that Christ ate
"the Passover, a feast of the J

night of his be'.rayal; and we
as unequivocally assume that he did
observe it during his ministry : If
these are not the facts in the
words arc meaningless, their relation
to each other, unreliable aud worth-
ami the Scriptures, p. mat
confusion — an insolvable enigma. We
will show: 1. Thjt Christ
under obligation to observe the I
over. ! a h^ did observe it.

even during his ministry ; ::. That
; at it in the ni|

agoLV and betrayal.

1 Ohn

1 1
for the sake of system that we Intro-
duce arguments '.his point,
for no Biblereaderdoubts it -.umltbt-rr-
■ on it will be brief

1-t. "Now iw that

the law saith, il
to them who

! n : but made

under the .\ I :

fore the law ad

1
l •■ law

.-.

2nd - that « »•

I ,2

CHRISTIAN FA.MIfcY COMPANION.

I v, .'.- a debtor to do tic wl
. " (Gal. ."• : .*.) : but Christ whs ■
i incised 21 ) : therefore

< 't.i :i debtor to do the whole

law." These arguments prove to a
demonstration that Christ we* under
obligation to keep the law — "a debtor
i tin* whole law ;" and as the
law enjoined the observance of the
vcr he was a debtor to observe
it.

8, Christ iliil observe the legal
Passover. We will lir>t show that
lie did keep the I'nssovcr, and then
that he observed it during his minis-
try.

1st. Our first argument shall be
drawn from fact- already proven. —
- character and perfect
holiness everywhere in the Scriptures
•scribed to Ohri.-t, establish it as a
fact that he discharged all his obliga-
tions — did all that he was debtor to
liut it has just been shown that
be was under obligation to observe
Pass-over ; we have, therefore,
no choice in drawing the conclusion
from these well established premises
— /(.■ did observe the Passover.

2nd. The law required that three
times in B year all their males should
appear before the Lord, and one of
these times was at the Passover and
least of unleavened bread, (Ex 23 :
11, 1T>). In obedience to this require-
ment, as we read in Lu. 2 : 41, "his
parents went to Jerusalem every year
at the feast of the Passover." You
will remember that Luke says, "eve-
ry ii>-ar." It is clear then, that while
he was with his parents, he observed
the 1 tevery year.

3rd. Having now shown that
Christ did observe the 1'ussover, we
will prOO ' d to .-how that be kept it
during his mini-try. Christ was un-
der the law, and the law was binding
upon him ; he was circumcised, and
was ' " debtor to do the whole law ;"
ijoined the yearly observ.
er, and "his pa-
,-,.; i l«iii every year? 1

but it is not to be presumed that be

was less obedient or leas zealous in 21: 13, we may be enabled to see
obsen iog the requirements of the law what oar Savior refers to. Matthew
than hi- parents were; it is therefore says: "For nil the prophets and the

prophesied unti'

fair to e, include that be continued to

observe the Passover. We am aware
that many suppose that, when he en-
tered upon his public ministry, be
was liberated from all obligations to
render active obedience to the law.
We have conversed with many who
held this view, and have invariably
found that they based their opinion
on this language of our Savior: "The
law and the prephets were until John :
since that time the kingdom of heav-
en i- preached, and every man press-
eth into it." Luke 10 : 1G. If
this has reference to the binding pow-
er of the law, it proves a great deal
more than those holding that view
are willing to admit: it proves en-
tirely too much, and, consequently,
according to an old maxim, it proves
nothing at all. If the language, "the
law and the prophets were until John"
&c. teaches that the law then lost
its binding power over Christ, it
proves just as conclusively that its
binding power over every other Is-
raelite ceased at that time. But this
cannot be admitted, and it will not
be, even by those who hold the view
referred to ; for then all the types of
the ceremonial law that pointed to
the death of Christ, must fall several
years short of meeting that which
they'typified : from this conclusion
there is no escape. We unhesitating-
ly deny that the text quoted proves
what is claimed ; and we extremely
doubt whether any one would so un-
derstand it, if there were not some
other point to be made.

Do you ask how we understand
this text? If you do, we answer:
We are not certain that we under-
stand clearly what it does mean, but
we would a thousand times rather
confess total ignorance as toils mean-
ing, than to give it a meaning that
is repugnant to sound reason and con-

aw prophesied until John." The
last of the Old Testament prophets
figured more than four hundred years
before John entered upon his mission,
and some of them had been sleeping
in the dust more than a thousand
years ; but, although they were num-
bered with the dead, they still proph-
esied ; for all along through this long
interval, even "until John," the law
and the prophecies were read and
taught. In this sense "all the proph-
ets and the law prohpesied until
John." Some of the prophets had
also spoken of John. Thus he was
not surpassed by any of the prophets ;
for he himself was both a prophet and
the subject of prophecy. Now by
examining these texts you will observe
that it is not said, that the law and
prophets were only until John, and
that they then ceased. The language
does not convey that idea ; but it is
said that from that time on the king-
dom of heaven was preached. Christ,
in using the language referred to, ap-
plies it to John the Baptist, and not
to himself.

If the law was not of force after
John entered upon bis ministry, dur-
ing Christ's ministry God bad no law
in force at all ; for the will of God
revealed through Christ, was not of
force till after the death of the Testa-
tor. "For where a testament is,
there must also of necessity be the
death of the testator. For a Testa-
ment is of force after men are dead :
otherwise it is of no strength at all
while the testator liveth." Heb. 9 :
1G, 17.

Christ in his sermon on the mount
said: "Think not that I am come to
destroy the law, or the prophets; I
am not come to destroy, but to ful-
fil." Matt. 5 : IT. His mission was
to mlfil the law, in the letter and in
the spirit, actively and passively:

Jflicting with other portions of God's [ not only before his public service, but

word. But by comparing with Matt. [ to the end of his mission on earth. —

CimiSfflAtf FAMILY ioMJaANION.

153

But he not only fulfiled the law him- the victims were all slain at the tern-
self, but he taught his disciples to ob- pic the priests and Levites would
serve the teachings of the scribes,

and Pharisees, Saying, "The BC
and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat ;
All therefore whatsoever they bid
you observe that observe and do ;
but do not ye after their works ; for
they say and do not." Math 23: 2,
3. By sitting in Moses seat is to be
understood, that they taught and en-
forced the law of God, delivered
through his servant Moses; and he
instructed the multitude and his dis-
ciples to observe what they taught.
Would he have done this if the law
had previously lost its binding force ?
Nay, surely not : reason recoils from
the thought. Not one text in the en-
tire word of God, from the beginning
of Genesis to the final Amen of Rev-
alations, teaches that Christ was not
under obligation to render an active
obedience to the law after he was
baptized in the Jordan ; and every
text that can be perverted so as to
convey that idea, in the same manner
destroys the obligating power of the
law, making it null and void from the
same time. Let this suffice upon this
point.

4th. The next argument in favor
of our position that Christ observed
the Passover during his ministry, is
deduced from the fact that the Jews
never charged him with violating the
law. It is well known that they ever
vrfttched him that they might find an
accusation against him. So closely
did they observe that they noticed
that his disciples did not adhere to
the tradition of the elders in washing
before eating. They came to Ji -
and H»aid : "Why do thy die
transgress the tradition of the eldera F
for they w;i-b not their bands before
tiny eat bread." Mutt 15 : 2. In
reply, he reprimanded them fur viola-
ting the commandment of God hi
their tradition, Barely if he bad not
kept the Pai ov« tbej a ould baya

known it, for then the I of the

Jewish world were on him ; and ai

have observed it, and they would
have brought complaint against him ;
but we hear no such complaint from
priest or people ; we therefore con-
clude that they had no ground for
such complaint, and that he did ob-
serve the Passover
I

5th. There were only two legal ex-

j cuses for not observing the Passover
I at the appointed time in the first
j month : uncleanness by reason of
I a dead body, and being in a joHrney
afar off; and in these cases there was
! provision made to observe it at the
corresponding time in tho second
month. "But the man that is clean,
and is not in a journey, and forbeareth
to eat the passover, even the same
soul shall be cut off from among his
people." See Num. 9 : 10-13. Was
Christ unclean at the time of the
passover ? Surely not. Was he "in
a journey afar off ?" No, for we find
him in Jerusalem at the proper time :
"And the Jews' passover was at hand,
and Jesus went up to Jerusalem."
Jno. 2 : 13. Now, here is the argu-
ment : "The man that is clean, and is
not in a journey, and forbeareth to
keep the Passover, even the same soul
shall be cut off from among his peo-
ple ;" but Jesos was clean, and was
not in a journey ; therefore if he for-
bore to keep the passover, the law re-
quired that he should be cut off from
among his people. What position do
you assume, kind reader? Will you
assume that he did not observe the
ver, and that the .lews had a le-
gal canse to cut him off from among
them, or that he did keep the
over? There is no ua\ of evading

this Important alternative, We do
not falter in making our choice
h. re it is : Christ did keep the r .
over, mid the Jews had no legal canse
to crucify our Lord Tbua we wash
our bandi before yon, and declare our

nee "of the blood Of thl

•..• to it.''
6tb. Christ was not only ul

salcm at the time of the Passover,
but he was in the temple. "And the
.lew-' passover was at hand and
sus went up to Jerusalem, and he
found in the temple those that -
oxen, and sheep, and doves, and the
changers of money, sitting ; and when
he had made a scourge of small cords
he drove them all out of the temple,
and the sheep and the oxen; and
overthrew the tables ; and said unto
them that sold doves. Take these
things hence ; make not my Father'.-!
house au house of merchandise." Jno.
2 : 13-1 U. If Christ was not under
obligation to observe the law duriug
his ministry, is it not passing strange
that he would go up to Jerusalem at
the time he did, and go into the tem-
,ple, and make so much ado obout the
abuse of his Father's house? It is
too strange to be worthy of credence.
But, on the other hand, if he was in-
terested in the services of the temple,
and ohserved the law, there is noth-
ing mysterious about it : we therefore
argue from this circumstance, that he
obeyed the requirements of the law,
and kept the Passover.

7th. Christ obserred the fen-
tabernacles during his ministry; and
from this fact we justly infeiBthat he
kept all the feasts. "Now the dew.-'
if tabernacles was at hand. His
brethren therefore said unto him, De-
part hence, and go into Judea, that
thy disciples also may see the works
that thou <. • "Then Jesus .-aid

unto them, My time is not yet come;
but J our time ifl alwftj - resdj | ,

ye op onto this feast : 1 go not up yet
unto this feaat ; for my lime
full come." He did not say that he
would nut go to th< hast ; bat,
not up yet." The reason assigned for
- ting yet a as, thut bis tim<

not fully Dome We understand from
thi> that lie purposed to go "up

M hell his till.i

"But a

I m at the

154

CHRISTIAN FAMILY <'<>MT \NION.

iid, when They

expected him to be there, and they

nghl li i in at the feast." No doubt
: their hearts beat high in t lie
hope thai be would not attend the
■ thai they could bring an ac-
cusation against him for not observing
the requirements of the law. Hut he
w\ rer faithful hnd gone np,

not only to Jerusalem, out "unto the
fea • bat, while the question,

"Where is be?" was going the rounds,
be waa there in the discharge of duty.
•Now about the midst of the least be
went op into tin- temple and taught ;''
and ''In the last day, that great day
of the feast, Jesus stood and cried,
saying, If any man thirst, let bim
come onto me, and drink." He in-
structed his brethren to #o up to the
feast; they went up: "Then went ho
also up unto the feast. " Weindhim
there "about the midst of the feast ;"
and "in the last day, that great day
of the feast.'' After considering all
this, it would betray a degree of
skepticism amounting almost to infi-
delity, to deny that Christ observed
the feast of tabernacles ; and, to say
the least, it would be very inconsis-
tent to admit the fact that he observ-
ed this feafet, and then deny that he
kept the Passover. See Jno. 7 : l-o9.

Bth. We have one more argument
to offer. When we read that Chris! "s
"parents went to Jerusalem every
\< ar at the feast of the passover." we
all understand that they went to keep
the feast, although it is not expn
ly said, that they went up to the fi set,
or that they were a! the feast. Why
is it, then, that all do not understand
the same in regard to Christ, when it
i- said that "the Jews' Passover was
at hand, and Jesus went up to Jeru-
salem '.'" But in our last argument we
noticed, that it was not merely B&id

that Jeans went np to Jerusalem at
the time of the feast of taberni
but, that be went "up unto the/eaat, n
(Jno. 7 : 10.) We have therefore,
more definite language to prove thai
i irist observed the feast of taberna-

ban we b bat bis

'■served the feast of the
•ver. Is it D LDge then,

that, while all believe the latter, some
try t • ■ dispute the former, which has
much clearer proof? We love con-
sistency. But we will now Bhow
that there Is stronger testimony to es-
tablish the fact that Christ kept the
vet during bis ministry, than
there is to .-how that either be or his
parents ever observed it before bis
ministry. In Jno. 2: 23, we have
this very significant language : Now
whm he was in Jerusalem at the
pa890\Jer, in the feast day, many be-
lieved in his name, when they saw
the miracles which he did." This is
more than Baying that "the Jews'
►ver was at hand, and Jesus
went up to Jerusalem ;'' it is more
than saying that he was in Jerusalem
during the Passover, or at the time
of the Passover ; it is Baying explic-
itly that "he was in Jerusalem at the
Passover." This is so plain, so di-
rectly to the point, that there i- no
room left for controversy or doubt
If it should read, that he was in Je-
rusalem at the supper, we would all
understand that he was eating sup-
per ; why not, then, when John the be-
loved disciple, says, "lie was in Je-
rusalem at the passover," also under-
stand that he was there keeping the
feast ? So we believe with all our
heart ; and we are not. without hope
that the candid reader will receive
this fact.

Being aware that our arguments
on this subject will be read by some
who "entertain a different view, we
will Bay to such, whoever you may
be, that the only ppology we have
to offer for assuming this position, is,
a love of truth, and a sincere desire
that it might be more widely dissem-
inated. In our younger years, like
thousands of others, we had no mind
of our own upon this Buhject, and
willingly submitted to the instructions
of those in whom we reposed confi-
dence. Our instructors occupied the

-nine position you do — that Christ did
not observe the Passover during bis
ministry ; and to their honor be it
said, that some of them were "mighty
in the Scriptures." Their aaguments
were willingly heard; and, although
they were not satisfactory to us, we
endeavored to believe that it was all
right — that the fault was in our own
weakness, and not in the position
itself, nor in the arguments employ-
ed to sustain it. But time, circum-
-, laborious research, and the
grace of God, brought us to the posi-
tion we now hold. We are also glad
to say, that, partly through our weak
efforts, but more through the ble
of heaven, those on whose instruc-
tions we had mostly relied, are now
with us. The arguments on this sub-
ject are submitted to your consider-
ation in the hope that you will give
them an impartial examination ; and
if this is done, we entertain no doubts
as to the result. We will next pass
on to show that our Savior did not
eat the Passover with his disciples on
the night in which he was betrayed ;
and we ask you to follow our argu-
mi Dta closely, critically, yet impar-
tial! v.

CllEWSYlLLE, Md. )

March 1st, 1871./
Brother Editor : We left the Manor
branch on Monday, Feb. 17th. We
had four meetings iu that congrega-
tion. We visited the family of David
Long, between the meetings, and
lodged a night at brother Peter
Sbamel's. Found both families kind
and interesting, and in the enjoyment
of good health.

I'l.e ministers in the Manor church
are : Jacob Higbberger, I'.nidLong,
DanJ. Wolf, Joseph tiong and P. S.
Ni wcomer.

The weather being very unfavora-
ble, our meetings were not as large
as we would have desired. On
day morning brother Jos. M. Wolf
and his son met us at the house of
I brother Daniel Wolf, where we had

CHRISTIAN FAMILY COMPANION,

our head-quarters. Brother Daniel is
our agent, and a zealous friend of the
cause. May the Lord blessthe Manor
brethren.

Thence to brother Jos. M. Wolf's,
where we are now writing, and where
we have been boarding since Monday.
Have had two meetings in the Uni-
ted Brethren meeting-house in Cbews-
villo. The brethren had the promise
of the house for three meetings, but
after the close of brother Myers' first
sermon, they (the IT. B. ) concluded
it would not be safe to risk more than
two meetings, and so we have been
lying upon our oars for a day. The
worst feature in the case is, that we
made a promise at the close of the
first meeting of what we expected to
do during the progress of the meet-
ings, when lo ! the door was closed
upon us. We learn that a number
of persons was at the house, and some
had come quite a distance. Some of
the people here have expressed very
severe censures against the 1 I'.
Church, but we cannot. They have
the sway, (there is no other meeting
house in Chewsville,) and by their
craft they hu.ve their wealth, and it is
pretty generally known in Washing-
ton county, that we try to persuade
people that "mourner's bench" religion
is a delusion ; .so that their temple as
well as their craft was in danger of
being depreciated. We should ex-
pect nothing else from them.

We are now about to leare brother
Wolfs, ami Feel almost as though we
wan going from homo. The brel bren

from Long Meadow arc ben for us,
and after dinner we start again.

We are still in good health, and
improving In strength, roice, and
mind, (we think, )aml ire feel as though
we ought U) OS at home and at work ;
which we hope We will attain ere long

Till then farewell.

II II. Hoi.mnoi B

^ — -» m

Answers lo < <>rr<-»poiiU<iilM.

n.ymi ki. tfiTZon: Not right.
Mead's Tb i.i.,, post,

prepaid.

Joseph L. Myers: The Compan-
ion and Yonth cost $3,95. If you got
oaly one Almanac, there is twenty-
five cents due you How is it ?

Jane II. Rineiiart. No harm
done — at least to us.

Abraham Bowman. It was an
oversight: G. Ulrich's time expires
with No. 9.

Josiah W. Brady : Can't send the
paper free so long as she persists in
following the fashions of the day and
i in useless finery.

MISCELLANEOUS

Selected by H. II. Aunold.

Feed Hy Lambs.

When Christ the Lord was here below,
About the work he had to do ;
Before he left his little band,
fie gave to them bis- great command.

Then fishing Peter leads the *
And nothing caught 'till break of day ;
To give them food, thus Jesus 6tands,
And says to P«ter. feed my Lambs.

Thomas was of a doubtful mind,
But Jesus leaves him not behind :
Thomas, said he, behold niv hands,
And, Simon Peter, feed my Lambs.

Though men and devils, all unite,
Aud earthly comforts fail us quite ;
The promises ol Jesus staud,
And free our souls from Satan's baud.

O little chrildren, lend an ear,
For Jesus Christ doth cast out fear ;
Poor doubting souls are in his hai
Aud precious food for all bis Lam

Though Peter once denied his Lord.
By dUbelleTlng in his word ;

retJeeu knee hon frill «.»^ man,

And says to Peter, feed my letnbe.

The rich, ,, Vl .,

in the enjoyment oi'iiis :■
So run to Christ with all vour might,
And 1 will try lo keep iu sigh*.
Dayton, O.

Longevity in Man mitl ihc |. ( .««- r
A ni in »l<t.

The duration (A ifo of larvfli i'i

closely ailird forma rariee fn a
years an 1 more to ■ week.

are said tn live as long ai
months. Fish ha

of life. The orab ia stated to have

rta ihod one hundred an I B

A | ike which d it lla'ihrun

in Suabia, in * 170, •■

hundred and G Is, and

a isg nlnteen feet, had a rii

tached to it bearing an inscription
which, if genuine, would warrant u*
in believing 'he age oi tLe fish to Lc
two hundred and sixty seven Year-.
The toad lives thirty-six years,
irog twelve to sixteen years ; and
tortoises mu.-t have seen many ;.
if we may judge from the sizes to
which they attain. Parrots and
geese reach an age between one hun-
dred and one hundred and twenty
years, and falcons and ravens outlive
one hundred and fifty years ; but the
little irrens live only two or three
years. Of mammals, the whale and
the elephant have the longest term of
existence, living as they do over on*
hundred, perhaps two hundred
The horse lived twentj-five, b«> t
sometimes reaches forty years: the
sheep and goat twelve j
lion from twenty tj fifty years. .Man,
there is no re;. Iottbt, has liv

ed past The Psalmist's limit of throe
BCore and ten, thete being we i-
authenticated instances of Lis living
over one bund ed years ; but it is
only amon^ highly oiv.izod nations
atisfactory data can be obtain
ed regarding his longevity. A minute
investigation of the condition-
conduce to length of life goes tosup
po# the theory that the Ion.
of animals is influenced by their
amount of procreatjsjav |
their ability to ^usWm
tear. — Scientific American.

and

Ten effect of your example on others
will correspond with your own mo-
A hard, formal, cheerless pro-
fession will reproduce itself, making
so- calle d Christians seech as the I
er stakes bis figures of iron men in

old.

-/iN'nottr. w hen a boj . ustd to

write lilt!. . n> the S I

throw them out of the window
log in Ins sweet ehild-: u-itv.

that the dear Lord .1. BUS WOU
them : sneh were his early lb

IU8 ami ' love to him.

W\ i'i \ i.u «,

have, if their insirucliona do a

' • Word and

t.. i

h any •

abut b

hut all

| shut out with bun

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. B - lo N I) KN i
of church n

n.'l ;>,irf» ,.j [!■'

«•"' / <>n errr]/ communication

communi-
I. not rrttirtiril. All
' lifaf Or 11 ri
•i *pon our *l«lt* of On »,>,{ „nlt/.

Dear Brother: — I am away up

hero in Michigan this cold day, .Inn
24th, 18T1; and I have been reading
l John i : 10, II, wore he Bays, ' It
a man Bay, 1 lore God, and batetfa bin
brother i liar ; for he that lov-

eth not liis brother, whom he bath
seen, how can he lore God, whom be
hath nol Been '.' And this command-
ment have we from him, that lie who
loreth God, love his brother al

This 1 believe in niv very soul, if
1 did net, I would have been driven
from what I believe to be the true
church of God long ago, and where I
would lie at this time God only knows ;
for when 1 search the scriptures as
G : i- given command, I can find
no other pool. But thanks be to God,
1 am yet alive, though not very well
in body, yet I will try in my great
weakness to hold out a few days more
in this laud of trial. And now, dear
brother I wish to drop a few lines to
—not to complain, but to encour-
and build up.

I live in n community of many
kind, loving brethren and sisters ; and
am surrounded by many kind neigh-
bors whom 1 l^M. .Now, dear reader,
look at this mroer with coolness and
Bee whether all is right within our-
selves, or not, when we meet in pri-
vate conversation, and say to our dear
brother : "I have no objections to
meeting with you as a brother, but in
consequence of the prejudices that arc
in the world, 1 sometimes think that
1 bad better not do it in public." Oh !
dear reader, methinksl bear my Lord
ami Master Bay : be that is "asbam
ed of me and of my words, in this

adulterous and sinful generation, of

him also shall the Son of man be

ashamed, when be conieth in the glory

of his Father with the holy angels "

Look at this: suppose our Lord'

and Master Bhonld come and find as

dragging along in thnt kind of faith,

ild we not call on the mountains

1 on us and •■over us from the face

I f him who Bitteth upon the throne '.'

reived, God is Dot to
be mocked : what we d i is done u
aalvation or destruction, and then- is (
no halfway grounds ; it is either for

a- or against u& Itisjust as mncb
against my natural disposition to
lute a brother us it is against hi- t"

salute inc.

Hear reader, do not be mi staken :

hearken to the blessed Savior where
he says. "Go ye into all the world,
and preach the gospel to every crea-
ture ;'' and to Peter's "in every nation
he that feareth him and worketh
righteousness, is accepted with him."
I tell you, my dear reader, when I see
one of the members of Christ's body
disregarding the word of God.it makes

when you die and go to judgment,
you will have to be judged by the
same Judge, by the same law, and
yon will have to meet them either in

happiness or misery, one or the other :
you can't dodge it, so I leave that for
you to decide for yourselves.

Now dear brother, I do earnestly
ask you iD candour to give these few
thoughts a place in the Companion ;
for I do think when we take the res-
ponsibility of looking upon our neigh-
bour with contempt or disdain we
assume too much. I believe that

me almost tremble. Vet I k'mvr God's work is a perfect work. ^ v e must
that the word of God says that the | either make the tree good and its fruit

time will come that there shall be a
great falling away. The reason I
speak about these things is, because I
hear so much caviling about the dif-
ferent colours. Be care ful that you

good, or the tree evil and its fruit evil.
God "made of one blood all nations
of men for to d»ell on all the face of
the earth." But mankind violated his
law, and he saw that the}- had all

do not get hold of the WTOflg end of I gone out of the way — all had sinned.

the story. 1 saw in a number of the
Companion of 1869, what appeared
to be the language of an old elder in
Botetourt Co. Va., and in reference to
a question that had arisen as to w heth-
er colored brethren should have or
enjoy the same privilege in the church
as the white brethren enjoyed. The
old brother remarked that it was too
soon after their emancipation, to have
equality with their white brethren

Then be sent his only begotten Son
unto the world, to call sinners to re-
pentance. Now, if my dear, white
friends only are sinners, then the call
is to you ; but if the poor, despised,
down-trodden people of color are sin-
ners too, when the call is given, Oh!
do let us obey the call, for our sake,
and for your own soul's sake.

Think for a moment ; a few years
ago when our land aud country was

and sisters. We of course understand ] in a perilous condition, you know the

him to refer to the church. I would
just say to the brethren aud sisters all
over this wide land: try to pray for
that dear old brother, that he might
be converted, so that he may see the
beauty of the words of the Lord, that

government called on the people to
sustain it. The white man went, the
black man went, and the red man
went; and all were willing toward
the close of the war. They did not
care how black the man was, so that

God is no respecter of persons, and of the country was saved. You did not

want the blood of your darling sons
and noble brothers to be spilled in

vain.

no.

But now we are

the declaration of Peter .• "Of a truth
1 perceive that God is no respecter
of persons: but iu every nation, he.
that feareth him and worketh righte-
ousness, is accepted with him." So
We can plainly see that the middle
wall of partition between .Jew aud
Gentile was broken down, so that all,

in the same manner, might have access not willing to take up the sword that
to one common Father, and so mak- the great Lawgiver has given, which
ing peace \c. is the word of God, that is sharper

Now, dearly beloved, a few words than any two edged sword, and light
to you, out of love to God and your- Bide by Bide with a colored, fellow
I hear every few weeks that soldier, to repulse the great arch-foe
Borne of you have said that you would of the human race, and to rescue

done fighting with carnal weapons ;
and yet I hear of some saying that
they will never come to the church
while there are any colored persons
belonging to the church. They are

like to come to the church if there
were no colored people in the church.
Let me say to you that, if you stay
out of the church, you will have to
breathe the Bame air, and drink the

Same water; ami if you travel any by

rail and eat at any of the hotels, you

their fathers and mothers, brothers
and Bis ers,sons and daughters, friends
and neighbors, from impending ruin.
Oh! do be content. If you expect
to enjoy the society of Abraham,
l.-aac and Jacob, Moses, Aaron and
Solomon, and of all the holy prophets.

will have to eat of their cooking, and ' priests, and kings, and of the apostles

CHRISTIAN FAMILY COMPANION.

157

and martyrs of Jesus, and of all the
children of God of every nation age
and clime, you must lay aside that
tradition and receive with mcekne.-s
the ingrafted word which is able to
nave your souls from eternal ruiu.
That this may be your happy lot is
my prayer. Bami i.i.. Marbs.

Xtlcs, Mien.

Hiindviu Thoughts, \«. 3.

BT 8. M. MINNICH.

In advertisinggood reliablo articles,
the public are often benefited.

Brother Thomas having good teas,
spices, Ac. ; Messrs. Bane & Co. hav-
ing good books, or Mr. Agriculturist
having farming implements, grain,
seed, &c. to sell, by advertising it
will often be of more benefit to the
subscriber than to the publisher or
advertiser. Certainly then, let us
have the good advertised in the Com-
panion. But with the i oil set before
the public iu humbug ad\ nte,

we trust brother Bolsinger will ever
keep trom defacing its pages. No
advertisement ought to be admitted
that misrepresents, in the least, what
is advertised.

A few weeks ago I asked a man,
what would be the prospect of collect-
ing some money that is due me, from
a neighbor of his; telling him, that
his neighbor had owed me for year.-,
and that he had made many "fair
promises," but had never filled one of j
them. Said he, "I will report him."
"Report him ! What do vou mean
by that? - ' "Why, sir, members of
our order, (Odd Fellows.) are not
permitted to contract debts they can-
not, or do not, pay; and then, add to
thin, the .-in of lying ; 1 will i
him to the lodge." "() \e-, \.

ar your odd Fellow law,' like
the higher law, b not always obeyed "

If the types will allow,' 1 will alio

"reportj' a brother ; DOt to bring con-
demnation on him, but to show, bow
reproach sometimes is brongbl upon
the eiiureh, in bui iness transact

In a conversation with a merchant
in Toledo months ago,

and their payment, be remark* d

that it partner ol big tbougbl "Dun-

Lbe slowest order of peo-
plo hi knea In paying their d<
The bnly foundation this

(whom I will ,^11 j; , Dft( j (•,„. {U .^

•'pinion was tbiti : a brother,

1 wilj call i„, bad owed bim

>''■"■ | to the eiu

•

but he could not. lie left the account
with his partner who tried four years
without so much as getting the ac-
count into a note. Trying for ten
years without any result, friend B.
became a little impatient, and wrote
to his partner that he would be at
his old home, on a certain day,
and that he should notify our delin-
quent brother L. to meet him there
on said day. The day came ; the
debtor and creditor were brought face
to face ; the business for which they
had met, brother L. introduced in
these cheering words: "Uncle Billy,
aint you iu a little of a hurry to set-
tle that account?"

Oh ! that I aud every brother, and
every sister, would let our light shioe
in every day life, so brilliantly, that
the world would be convinced that
ours is the religion of Jesus !

Dear brethren end sisters: My
fourth report was written from Frank-
lin county, Antietam branch. Hud
one more meeting, at Amsterdam
meeting-house, and one at Price's —
Thence conveyed by brother Henry
Peardorf to Mt Zion meeting-house
— Falling spring branch; audit) the
evening to the Falling Spring meet-
iDg-bouse

On Feb. 17th, arrived at brother
Jacob Fogelsangcr's in the Uidge con-
gregation ; but owing to a misunder-
standing, or iiirsarrangement, no ap-
pointments were made in this branch.
Thence conveyed by friend David
Fogelsaoger to the Upper Oomber-
laud branch, where we had four meet-
ings in the Union meeting-house, and
also four at Mcntser's achool bouse.
Iu this branch Bide* Daniel Keller
is the house keeper. On '.he 23rd ar-
rived at Mechanicsburg, was met by

elder .M Killer, and conveyed to

his bouse, with whom 1 had pleasant
and interesting conversation. One
meeting in Mechanicsburg this even-
ing, which closed my labors for this
visit Todaj was brooghi <>n my
way by brothi r M Miller at Me-
chanicsburg, where 1 left at 13. 15.
1' .M. At Ham-burg met brother
Siiniiii. i -■ .:. i ... i returning from
a \ iait I . ity, w here he

laugh-
ter I. uslj ill
rived at Tj >ut dark, Foun

in n aouulile health. A D
the iii>-. t iugl Iu this rep rath-

er u bliin i irder

and attention Mv

I here acknowledge the tokens of
Christian affection and kindness re-
ceived at the hands of brethren and
sisters everywhere, and the good-
ness of Cod in sparing life and grant-
ing health. Ac.

Daniel M. Holsinuek.
Tyrone, Pa.

— — ■ m ♦ — .

Friend HoUiiujcr, and readers of
this Companion, I will endeavor to
inform you, that three of your kind
brethren have been here with us, and
tried to reconcile the minds of the
careless, and unconcerned. They
held nine meetings, eight in a school-
house, and one in a private hoi.-
aud they have made a great imp:
sion on the minds of the people. The
majority of the people here, acknowl-
edge that they have been eulighten-
ed more than th> y ever were before ;
ana people making no profession said
they would have boarded them a
whole week if they had stayed long-
er. One man came early in the
morning, with the intention of being
baptized — he and his wife — but t!
were gone ; and they left many more
pondering between two opinions. —
They had just got the people's mind-
aroused ; aud if they had stayed one
week longer, they would have done
well. The people said they did not
do their duty, by going awav
soou, The only fault we find to vuur
traveling brethren, is, that they .-tav
just long enough to arouse the minds
Of the people. The ua^jlebave been
roared at so much nPaV: ■ roaring
Lion, that they Lardlvanow what to
do any more, aud it takes some time
to convince them of their wrongs —
We arc sorry that they left go BO00 ;
but as it is so, we will expect them
to come 1...
work tO be done here. 1 belil

theie can be a church established hi
of the brethren faith. So brethren,
do all you eau to ur

preachers, into the world ; so thai

ihe\ can let their light >hine before the
world, and conviuce them of ili.-tr
wrong- Be liberal ; it is hard tor

thren to travel and pay t!.
own expenses ; .-o you ought to all
be liberal to those traveling brethren
I : i . \ par. 1 1

Although 1 am not a men.'

of the bri burch, 1 shall fight

for the Cause, for 1 believe it |

tine one, and \ . b-

lior, where frii L'alvi I i

.1 the night ho:

158

CHRI8TIAN FAMILY COMPANION.

tin- morning, ^m. : « 1 be would have giv-

oii them five dollars as freeh
drink of water, if lie liad had is : and
that neighbor makes no profeasioo at
ail. Your brethren, let their light
shine, and the people .-aw it, and they

loved than for it. 1 say, friends,

(in. Come again, I
and let your lighl shine onee more,
that the e\es of the people may be
opened; that they may see that there
i> a true gospel taught in this world ;

hay may he Uuight that the
will of our heavenly Father mnsl lie
all observed, and not a word tram-
pled tinder foot And give the peo-
ple to understand that we eau*t read
of half christians going to heaven ;
nothing hut a full christian, and they
arc scarcely saved. Then it is time
for people to open their eyes to the
deceptions of the world. Let breth-
ren he liberal to their trensury, and
■end forth their gospel teachers; and
let them teach the true gospel to be

red. Then i Bay to yon, breth-
ren, rejoice in the building up of your
church; for I believe it is founded on
a rock, and nothing can prevail

sl it. II. Hunt.

Sh cj ih a rdtvitte, Mick .

Oregon and California Mission.

The undersigned acknowledges
mount received from the follow-
ing per- his and churches since our
. report :

Daniel I'rowor. Ohio.

Tiwc:iiMAas^||-eli "

\ -laze '• "

Lafayette - "

Ajhland " "

Total for the Commitl $ 9,00

Eld. C. Wbnqer.

■

Dear Brotlur : Since I came to

lh • Big Cove, the time being about

three years, I have been trying to

make every exertion to further the

divine cause of our Lord and Master,

an 1 Iti'.l feel i' a duty to do so. We

have only fifteen members in the

Cove, and petty well scattered, so

not see them together

appointments being

i] an. 1 thought per-

.• i I the ministering breth-

Ijoining disti icta would

come over and help in, since we arc

but few, p,j that, if the Lord will, we

might have, not only a brother hero
and there, but many. The invitation
is to all ourkindministering brethren.
We have had strange ministers here,
and it proved good to srint and sin-
ner. If any kind brother would
wish to come and labor for the Lord
among us, please let us know ten or
fifteen days previous.
Yours in bonds of love.

Jacob Bovez.

Big Cove Tannery.

Bloomvtllb, Ohio, )
Feb. 81.1871. f

Brother tlolsingef : Please an-
nounce through the Qos .that
the North-western Ohio District
council will be held on the 12th,day
of May next, in the bounds of the
Seneca church, at the house of broth-
er David Roop, on the road leading
from Tiffin to Attica, twelve miles
from the former, and five miles from
the latter place. Those coming from
the case and wishing to stop off at
Centerton, will please inform breth-
ren David or Israel Roop, at Attica,
Ohio. Those stopping at Tiffin, will
be met there by the brethren, with
ample means to convey them to the
the place of meeting.

By order of the church.

S. A. Walker.

Dear Brother Henry: I have not
taken the Companion fer some time,
nor any other paper. I have been
engaged in reading the Scriptures
of divine truth, and also have I
read various works of man, such as
comments on the word of God, by I
Benson and others. But thoy do not I
compare well with the Gospel. They !
Beem to build something to live by,
instead of the Gospel ; therefore I re- i
j ■(•; such men's works. The best and
Barest way is to obey Christ, and not i
man. Now I want to hear from the

! brethren and si-ters wherever they
may be, and I am sure that they bavc
given good advice through the Com-
panion, and I believe that they are
willing to do so yet. I believe also,
that if those outside of the true church

I of God, would take the Companion
and read i! and the (.'ospel, or D(
pare them together, th«y would not
■ to obey < Ibrist

John Tricks*.
Perry, India

Brethren, Editors: I desire to in-
form you and your readers, that we,
in the providence of the good Lord,
have had and enjoyed a series of
meetings in the Blum creek congre-
gation, Armstrong Co., Ba. Broth-
I'. J. Brown of Congress, 0., and
brother Jos. Keim of Louisville, 0.,
came to us on Thursday, Feb. 9th,
had meeting on said evening ; next
day at 10 A. M. and 0£ B. M , and
so continued to meet daily with those
who felt to meet with us to worship
God in earthly tabemaclaa,untii Mon-
day Feb. 23rd, 9 A. M., Thirteen
desiring the ordinance of baptism to
be administered, *c met for counsel &
to hear from brethren Brown and
Keim, on the ordinance of Christian
Baptism : at which time brother
Brown brought forward such argu-
ments as were pertinent on the oc-
casion ; and, having finished the
prelimina: ies, he went as the servant
down into the water, cold as it was,
(say the bystanders,) and the thir-
teen, found a watery grave, to bury
the old man in, and rose, we trust,
'"to walk in newness of life." Meet-
ing at (ih P. M. After meeting, it
was made known that, six more de-
sired also to be ingrafted into "the
true vine" by bapti m. Accordingly,
on Tuesday, at 9 A. .,the church
was called for counsel, and these
six also obeyed the Lord in being
baptised. The brethren here still
urged our laborers to sta y for on»
more meeting, at 6£ P. M., when
one more came and desired to obey
the Lord ; hence at this, our last
meeting, the church council conven-
ed on Wednesday 22 Feb. at 9 A.
M., to receive this one and induct
him into the buismal grave, and thus
into Christ.

Now we fondly trust that these
twenty who were "baptized into
Christ, have put on Christ ;" and
that they "also should walk in new»
ness of life ;" and "likewise reckon
ye also yourselves to be dead in-
deed unto sin, but ali/e unto God
through Jesus Christ our Lord. '
Gal. 3: 27 : Bom. 6: 4-11. At this
time we take the parting hand and
brethren Brown and Keim visit
brother G W. Shafer's family, and
havo a little meeting on the eve of

CHRISTIAN FAMILY COMPANION.

159

the 22 i nst., ready to take,the morning
tain at Indiana for their homes in
Ohio. The brethren here were much
revived, and many prayers went up
to him who sees all things, for their
safe return to their families.

Now brethren, you who read this,
and feel an interest in the prosperity
of zion, and every individual member
thereof gaining u the crown of life"
laid up for the faithful, fray for us,
that all may, by the o;iace of (Jod,
be enabled to prove faithful to the
end. I desire to say in this connec-
tion that brother J. P. Iietric, of
Oakland, Pa., wa3 with us at three
meetings, and labored at one. On
leaving he said, (for things looked
dark )' Continue,you will yet be bless-
ed." Our well wishes and prayers
go up for our brethren whr. have la-
bored for us ; and wo trust that some
of the seed sown, that has not yet
gri>wn up, will yet manifest itself,
and many souls m,iy yet, in conse-
quence of our little meeting, be ad-
ded to the church in Christ Jesus.
Lewis Kimmel.

Elder ton, l'a.

.\olice.

Tiic bistrict-meeting for Middle,
l'a.. will meet, the Lord willing, on
Monday the 8th day of May next,
at the Spring Run meeting house,
Mifflin Co. McYeytown, on the P.
R. II., U th'.- -tupping off place.
"Dan'l. M. HoLSINGER. Cvr*g. sec.

Queries.

Sok - »ng .') : it;. In the 9tb,

:i query proposed by
the Bpouse to the asogbtera of Jeru-
salem : "What i-> thy beloTed more
than another belored, thou fairest
among we 'turns her

.■in wen in the following
"My beloved is white and ruddy, the
cbiefesl among ten thousand ;" &c
doting willi tin- wordfl "Hi- month
is most sv. . el \ !.

An explanation i
the Companion.

M M li. i

I < for. 6 : I, "If then \ .• ha\ <■ judg-
ment pertaii I bis life,

set them to judge who are least c^-
teemed in the church." Who are the
least esteemed in the church ?

David I.auinger.
Elkhart, lnd.

Errata.

In No. 8, Vol. 7, page 114, first col-
umn, 10th line from the top, for "con-
ceive" read crucified.

On page 115, in 2nd colnmn, loth,
line from the top, for "alluming"read
alluring. C H. B.

Correction.

In notiDg the ministers in the
Little Swatara branch, an • rror oc-
curs, (I'age 121). Instead ot John

Abr

D. M. HOLSTNGBB

>atz, it should read John Hertzler,
iraham Pfoutz, A:c.

MARRIED.

Bv the undersigned, at hi? residence, on
the lflthof Feb., MR. SOLOMON WAGNER
and MISS BACHEL8HUMAN, all of Jack-
eon townthip, Cambria Co., Pa.

By the same at the house of the bride's
Father, John J. Good, on the 30th ol'Feb-
MB. GEORGE CONSTABLE and MISS
ELIZABETH GOOD, all 01 Cambria Co.,
l'cnu'a. Stbphe.s Hildekkanu.

DIED

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GRB gaged 1 year, 8 months and 21 days.

improved bv Eider? Jacob
Miller and D. B. Btm

Ei.n. C. Wbsger.
Watte* /<■'.

In the AngUwick branch, Hunting.!
Pa., Dee. Bib, 1870, MAEV BELLI BOOK;
u^cd .s DOAlha and 18

notice should have b-iu ou page l'JT, with
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TO AN BARNl.vi' CHRISTI AN.
BY C. H. BILSBv

The most bustling are not always the most effr*
dent workers. Those are not necessarily the best
christians who live in an unruffled sense of peace.
A hundred giants may not be able to uproot a
tree whieh a little worm may lay low. A true
apprehension of" God, will render sin exceeding,
ly sinful, holiness exceedingly beautiful, obedi^
ence exceedingly delightful, the promises exceed-
ingly precious, and every moment exceedingly
valuable. Every sin will be measured, not by
its form or circumstances, but by the law it
violates and the Character it dishonor*. Every
act and work will be gauged, not by its apparent
magnitude, but by its true proportions in the
light of Eternity, and by its relation to the
Infinite. The transformation of the fallen finite
after the Ideal of the Divine, will give to every-
thing a new aspect, and help us in the valley of
humiliation by the sense of demerit, and on the
mount ot transfiguration by the sense of the
Divine rn^being, and a peace, through faith,
which passeth all understanding. We need not
then go far in search to find our sphere, or for
work to suit our sanctified capacities. "The
earth is the Lord'* and the fullness thereof," and
as he owns and superintends even part, there
is not a work too humble or obscure for tin
greatest in the kingdom of Heaven." "The
of the Highest" — very God incarnate,toundroom
and dignity enough in a stable for the inaugura-
tion 01 the stupendous scheme which eldest
angelfl fail to comprehend. He worked none the
less mightily lor God and for oa when he Lay in
the mangei in swaddled helplessness, unknown
stv • to :i few <>f earth's humbles! citizens. II
came t" d 1 hi- Father's will, and this ii
an entrance into life that would teach all be-
lievers in every age, thai t-- !
plish a great work, we need | mspicui

The world knew hi;:, . en in (he oiitw

sense, Ironi the necessity ,.|'!, much like •

q sjmply human being |n

ditions essential to our redemption. You may
possibly have erred, my beloved, in your concept
tion of the dignity and glory of religion asregar Is
the principle we have endeavored to unfold.
You perhaps need to be cautioned against the

; mistake of being chiefly occupied with what is
incidental, instead ot the intrinsic excellence ot
Christianity. This is the natural tenden*
the human mind. The oppressive sadness and
loneliness of which you complain, is not ow
to your destitution of grace, nor to the want of a
higher sphere in which to labor. The very desire
to work for God is itself of grace, and willing
ness to work where providence assigns our lot,
must be of grace also. You "see men a
walking," and need another touch of ti.

; Oculist to enable you to see every ti. irly.

Likeness to God in character, and oneness with
him in aim and the means of accomplishment.

! make a growing, contented, useful christian.

: You remark that you "sometimes become so dis-
couraged that you scarcely know how to li\
Your experience is not new to the saint
this point a strong m .

connects you with a loving Brotherhood. ^ u
have not forgotten, 1 humbly trust, the search
impressive discourse of brother Quinter at your
last Lovefeast, in which he expounded the' .
sion recorded m Isaiah 6 : 1 — S. 1 ( of

, the Divine manifestation on that /,.■'

I to give him such i ot idleness and unv

.that he cried out, ■
done : I um

This is invariably tl.
tion ot the l);\ [)arkn< - alu

becom- s darker when ;- .. ■ , the \.

glan v! tig iti ing S
prophet with t) d him he maj be pi

noun I holy; but i

m of the lnw

J OUlj 10 much of the g\ { ,
mortal l ; y h h M. than I

toll mice, and ,i, ( .

tgeet ex]

CIIKI ': IAN FAMILY COMPANION.

I reveals himself to ^oul, there will be self, or whaj s do, do all to^the g]

BthinVf and ealtoest, unr< d This is every-day glory — the grandeur of living

consecration to God ifyougiv« yourself to the to God in Bmall things — and it

temptation ot'&e Divine character and the lor those who have rightly conceived of the
crucifixion ofsu ir baptismal vow demands, Christian Religion. To eat and drink, to cook

you will ofyd have occasion to repeat the pio* and bake, to wash and mend, to scrub and scour
phel matioD, "woe is me ! for I am uns to the glory of God every day, is a more glorious

done; hrcause I am a person ot unclean lips." ie in the sight of God and his Angels,

jofholi ! sin are no ground than to live an indifferent life, relieved bj

nent, but, on the contrary, are casional acts of generosity and sacrifice which
designed to inspire hope and confidence. God compare as strangely with the person's general
drav. , and unveils his glory, not to repel conduct, as dors the christian life with the course

but to sanctify and humble us ; to give us titter ; of the world. It is not the outwardly great

as of his majesty and purity, and of our astonishing the mind arid winding admiration
filthiness and demerit The unclean lips that but the devotion that parts with the last mite,
are seen in the light of his presence, are to be j that marks the truly noble, Crist-loving soul,
purged with a live coal from off the Altar of holi- Imitate the quiet, unobtrusive Mary, who -

The "woe is me" is speedily followed by
the high commission of the Supreme, and the
ready response to be any thing, do any thing, or
L r 'i any where, at the Divine bidding. This pre-
pare e the way to dogreat things for God in ways
have only the appearance of dullness and
servility to eyes not anointed from above. Your
readiness to run the Lord's errand finds express-
ion in language like this: "Oh, if I only could domestic duties, and throws the lustre of Heaven
do something good in the world ; if I could but I around your table, your stove, your br >om, your
be the means of bringing onermOSi

<>f the earth, shall they assemble an-
nually t" Lamb then
God 1 1 ■
there be ' one law gh . uord,

and his name one. They whom the
i shall accept iu that day; they
who keep his commandments faith-
fully until death, shall be made the
happy participants of the ambrosial
fruit which is to grow on either side
of the river, 'whose leaf shall not
fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be
consumed : it shall bring forth new
fruit according to his month, 1
their waters they issued out of the
sanctuary ; and the fruits thereof
shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof
for medicine." Ezek. 4 7 : L2. And
when thirsty, his servants shall sip
the healing waters and live; aud
should there be any pain or disea-*
with those who come from the utter-
most parts of the earth to the annual
meeting, they shall be healed bv the
leaves of the trees ; for they shall
be for the healing of the nations
[" To be Continued.]

A \:<KKW Si 'AI.NAKKK.

For l lie Co,i,p*

A Savior"* Love.

W&V do I love Jesus I Because :.
loved me.

How many are made to appreciate
the grand significance attached to the
above poetical lines. How beautiful-
ly they portray before our wandering
minds the inscribed love of JV
Truly they are worthy of being in-
scribed in words of living light npon
the tablet of our hearts How is
their accents of love come to us with
redoubled force, when we .-ee it verifi-
ed by a personal c mfirmatiou in the
person of Jeans, who, in ti. tyof

his power, ascended to the celestial

climes, u here Angels and mil;

are singing the sue :; , a( man

redeemed alone can -.: g M.thinks,
when 1 contemplate the inefla
that are to await the faithful CI
1 ( '"» a\Im< through the .lark-

cloud that intervene,, and behold the
Saint- surrounding the throne of the
• ith a perpetual
Bong of \| the Lamb \

there we -hall, if permited to enter.'

walk the golden . y aw '

Jerusalem, w itfa palms of victory in

osr hand- and bathe in the crystal

fountain.- of love, that floe :.

throne of tl i

tollowinth. ir on | trainju:.

roll

u rtrey

i v< bath not

nor ear In..

MILY COM i'A:

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m the
. how

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• what

. i advance

e who

them
It we

rcouae
n hich

...
.
i
I

eth i. mmandra

in all

and wis
He may view the ficldsclotlh

ed \t<

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cl.3: J !.

ra:id

in the (
.i Su|

And

i by a regard for his house,
his wo linances. This

in beautifully illustrated by the old
from whom we arc
so frequently refresbed by many
oppressions full of pathos and deep
significance,
lovely are

. even

Oh! that the words of David could
be deeply d upon our hearts,

and cause us to manifest a love for
the sanctuary of the Lord. 1 have
frequently ob that upon our

ether for the purpose of

'ping the true and living God,
gropped together around in thchousc,

id that bur conver

:• S ouls

ot, like Davii

of the Lord. "Out of

i he mouth

;eth." This proves conclusively

thai if our conv< i chiefly on

the H

it not all at once
.
ter Vi r the

6 to meet
there. , >,- i t Ii our own

■I with God ; the i

d his holy
.

istianity in

your

■

four calling is
a ho:>. u make hi

and ii t, and en-

mder the

■
the kingdom of eternal bli

Yottug Brother, you ■. and

old ones ton, you are ■ in a

warfare. , • ; ,,,<|

so terible is that war, that it i
safe for yon to lay your weapons
down for a momci,
santly on the alert to attact yon.

utto
deceivs or destroy! The world, the
I the devil are to :

overcome, is the
promise of an inheritance with .],■-
Christ the righteous. The wildern
of trial is before you, and you en1
it as yon • baptismal

grave. Strive lawfully, and go :
ward, and see the salvation ot Clod.
.ted reader, as you value
the eteraal destiny of your poor per-
ishing souls, let me impress this
solemn declaration upon your bea
ist die. Yes, death
writen in glowing letters upon the
tablet of your throbbing little heart,
and ere yon re;; onr

youn ributor, your bouI u

ht to yonder world, to
witness the scenes ofa never end;
futurity. Fearful dilemma, if uncon-
vert< Mud on the very brink of

death, and the least pulsation of Gc
wrath may crush you down beneath
the surging billows of hell. Flee, oh !
flee from the wrath to come ! lay hold
on eternal life, and accept the Savior
>ur dear and intimate friend, and
you, too, will be joined with the Saints
of heaven.

Pa.

It is our own vanity that makes
. ities of 6th

One of the finest qualities in a

human being > - nse of

•hich renders it impossible

for him ever I i uder or a

It i "i divine that follows

■' instructions. I can e

men what wi

I of the

i ." mine I thing.

ElRlSTlA ■. FAMILY COMPAQ

. ,

christian Family Ooiupau;

Tyrone C'ltv, Pa., Mar. I!, t*7t

BOEO, I'A- )

March 7th, 18T1. >
Dear G. F. G,i Once more by
. oi aorrespondenoi and

have done for this trip.

At Long Meadow we visited broth-
er Daniel Shelter's and sister Aun
Boland's, and held two' evening dud
one day mee ii Also made the ac-

quaintaaoe of brethren Baker and
Harmon oi' the Welsh Kua branch.
Ui Thursday evening; Elder G.
\l . b i !'-• ut farewell, h v.

COD

bouse near brother il -, and in

ill- morning to ta ears for

Montgomery county', Pa., while we
wen 611 the last appointed

at Long Meado nail,

but not without interest

friend J • Roland
iveycd us to Wi ro. We

now among our relatives. Took
dinner at Daniel II Fabrney'B. —
Lod Jac ■'> Ilolsinger's, where

I ths pleasure of laying our
lui . i the first table owned by

rand-father, a:id from i's
we worn .
in .. be lived, I

have bev to of good taste. 1 f

we bad it at hooas it would b
prj ■• il 1 tako^ only a

piece of it as a relic.

On •• • • i ij , to Bister I I
Fabrney, widow of brother Jt
Pahrney, a noted physician and min-
ister among the Brethren. Dined
H iiii bi Die I Holsiugi ■ ■'.-, re-

siding on the old Uolsinger I

-. biefa li:i been in the
Cor bvndrod year . but baa

lately b I Li n a

■ ik's, wil
Thence to meeting la

!'r. ;

1 . od attend

i. All night .'.i brothi r Josiah
Fabrne] 's. A il the Fahroo

mentioned arc brother Jacob

iSabmey, referred to above.
On Sunday forenoon, pr<

noeotisg-hense, and din-
ed at brother Jacob Snowberger's,
and yudted his mother who is nearly
E age. In the evening
preached at Price's | house.

Both meetings were smaller that we
had expected, but those who were
pjresei good attention to

■■!. Lodged with bi
Daniel Fabrney.

Monday, visited sister Nancy Ba-
ker, grand-father Biolnnger's sister,
who is very old and sickly. Dined at
brother Henry Dear dor fa, married to
a cousin. In the afternoon visited
the "Snow Hill," the Seventh Day
Baptist Nunnery. This institution is

tument of the religious fanato-
of the age. The building is

and roomy bnt low and gloomy,
and rapidly approaching dilapida-
tion. There are but a few nuns,

than a dozen) living in the in-
stitution. Henry Bowman, an old
inhabitan* d as through the

building from top to cellar. The
most desirable part of the i
rnent are the beautiful Bprings in the
and about the house. We ob-

1 that one of the extensions was
about six inches lower than the oth-
er part of the building, and were told
that the leader bad n dream :»; the
time ' \ as about building,

in which it was told him that If it

be n btgh as the principle

building, the [nstitntion would

to naught ; hence the effort.

Lodged \\ ith brother Daniel 1 1 .

form-
. better acquaintance than we
heretofore enjoyed, a

ation,
without j_'i-t 1 1 nt.

Tuesday I l'.>\ Id Fabraey'a,

and aistoj who live

W their pbi'

.
by a p ion of a

men were in the well at
One escaped without sny inju-
ry, while the other had his left arm
lacerated badly, though no bo
were broken. It was much better
than it night have been. Thence to
Christian Stouffer's, wife's relatives.
Thence to tne "Bottle II >use," as
daughter and I have cbristeued it. be-
ing the medicine establishment of Dr.
1'. Fahrney's Blood Cleanst f Pan-
acea, having tor it> sign a hogh wooll-
en bottie. The medicne is manufac-
tured here by Dr. P. Fahrney's Broth-
ers 8t Co. After spending some
time looking about the establishment,

a few hours in company with the
family of brother of D. H. I'ahrney,
who lives up stain, and our former

-;ant, D. B. Mentzer with him,
who is also connected with the med-
icine business, we put np at brother
Josiah Fahrney's. This family

ad ot brother Josiah, brother

ph Emraert, sister .Margaret Em-
mert. each of whom death hath rob-
bed of a life partner, and sister Cath-
arine Fahrney, and several children.
Hope the Lord will give them con- -
lation in their bereavement. To-inor-

row (God willing) we go bono.

April rilWft.

Will soon be at hand. Then we
will need one thousand dollars. There
is nearly twice that amount due us.
If we can just get two-thirds of it uow
and the balance during the Summer,
we .-hall get along finely. Hope all
subscribers in an ears, will pay what
they can to the agents to whom tl
Bnbaeribed, at once, so thai we may
yet be able to me. i payux nta a ,tli
liao prumptni

We a ;■ h to employ ta
leu us appren the pi ini

business We would prefer memU

of tbe church, but in-
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practical peuman«hi| tiul
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The l'n<iKov«r nml I he Lord's
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I i • upon this part of our

that we may be
i apderet i 1, we think it nee*
ttfl our position. This
ne aa briefly and clearly as
possible. Wherein We differ from
the opinions of our renders we ask
yout indalgoace till you hear our ar-
guments, and we ere fully confident
thai you will both see and acknowl-
e our correctness. We asaonu i

1. That oar Savior did eat a meal
w it** ln< apostles in th? night in which
be was betraj

2. That we have an oceount of
this meal in the 26th chapter of Mat-
thew, Hth of .Mark, 22iu\ of Luke,
and 1 : 1 1 1 1 of John.

.",. That "the passover" spoken of

by the evangelists in these chap
was "the passover a feast of the

I That the meal which our Sa-
vior ate with his apostles in that
nightt was not "the passover," aud
that it is nowhere called passover, but
supper.

That this supper is a religious
ordinance, instituted by Christ, and
to be observed by his followers.

That our Savior did eat a meal
with his apostles in the night of his

rayal, which was the night of the

oe day in which he was crucified,
i< universally admitted ; and it i3 so
plain that it ifl unnecessary to occupy
space with arguments to prove it, —

l>ut as .-.pine Seem to doubt the fact
that John refers to the same meal
that Matthew, Mark, and Lake do,
imed iii our second position,
we will introduce a few arguments
to prove that they do have reference
to the same meal.

1st Each gives an account of
Christ making known the betrayer.

. th 26: 'I: 1"— -'•

I.i 22: 21—23 John 18: 21 -26.

w,. pnrp a harmony

of the four evangelists on the points
referred to in these chapter*, the
reader is solicited to read the pas-
referred to in this and the fol-
lowing arguments. From the fore-
going reference* it appears very clear-
ly that John connects the making
known of the betrayer with the meal
he speaks of; but Matthew, Mark,
nsd Luke, eonnoct this circumstance

We shall now proceed to offer a
harmony of the account given by the
evangelists of this meal and of the
various circumstances connected with
it, and also oi the agony, apprehen-
sion, trial, crucifixion, death, burial,
and resurrection of our adorable Re-
deemer. The different circumstanoes
shall be taken up and considered in
the order of their occurrence. The
with the meal they speak of; there- ! scriptures relating to the facts shall

fore it is clear that they all refer to
the same meal.

2nd. The prediction of Peter's
denial of Christ, is recorded bv John

first be given, and then the comments
showing their harmony and the facts
taught.

1. "Now the first day of the fcatl

in connection with the sapper to which \ f unleaveuod bread the disciples

he "refer? ; and Matthew, Mark, and
Luke, record the same prediction in

came to Jesus, saying unto him,
Where wilt thou that we prepare for

Matth.

connection with the meal thev refer t^e to eat the passover V

to ; therefore it is evident that they
all refer to the same meal, or sup-
per. See Math. 26: 22—36, Ma 14:
27—31, Lu -2'2: 31—34. Juo. 13:
3—38.

3rd. John speaks of our Savior
going from the supper to the garden
of Gethsemane ; and the other evan-
gelists speak of him as going to the
garden from the meal they record ;

And the first day of unleavened
bread, when they killed the passover,
his disciples said unto him, Where
wilt thou that we go and prepare,
that thou marest eat the passover t M
Ma. 14: 12.

"Then came the day of unleaven-
ed bread, when the passover must
by killed.'" Lu. 22 : T.

" "Now before the feast of the pass-
over, when Jesus kaew that his hour
was come that he should depart out

hence it is evident that they all re- f tn j s wor ld unto the Father, hav-
cord the same meal. Compare Math, j j D g loved his own which were in the
20: 36, Ac., Ma. 14: 32, &c, Lu.

22: 30, ic, Jno. 14: 31 ; 18; 1 \e.

Other arguments might be advanc-
ed to established the fact that they
all speak of the same meal ; but these
are deemed quit* sufficient to satisfy

world he loved them unto the end."
Jno. IS. 1.

John, in introducing his account

of the supper, says : "Now before the

feast of the passover ;" but he does

not say in this connection how long

the candid reader, and we have no before, neither docs he mention the

inclination to waste time with those question asked by Christ's disciples.

who are not willing to receive the | MaUhew seems to say that this

truth. In fact, we have never known question was asked on "the first day

any one to assume that they do not of the feast of unleavened bread;"

refer to the same meal, except such and as we have shown that the first

as have some beloved dogma that day of the feast of unleavened bread

they think to establish by so doiug; ' was on the fifteenth day of the month,

and we confess that we have no this rendering of Matthew's testimo-

for them, unless their corrupt ny would place the asking of this

hearts are changed, so that they are question on the day after that on

willing to accept of the plain teach- , which the passover must be killed. —

f God's word. When this mir- We object to this rendering, first,

!' grace shall be wrought, the because Christ was crucified about

Dents already offered will be fifteen hours after the question was

idered abundantly ample, asked, and he was crucified on the

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preparation day, which was the four-
teenth <luy of the mouth; and, sec-
ondly, becauec Mark places the ask-
ing of the question on "the first day
of unleavened bread," (which as we
have shown, was the fourteenth day
of the month,) "when the passover
must be killed." Thus Matthew's
record would conflict with Mark's, as
well as with his own in reference to
the time of the crueifixiqn.

But Matthew does not say what
he appears to say. He did not say
that the disciples asked this question
on "the first day of the feast of un-
leavened bread." True, the transla-
tors make him say so; but what of
that? translators always make au-
thors say what they understand them
to mean King James' translators
did not understand, or they did not
keep in mind, the important fact that
"the day of unleavened bread," or
"the first day of unleavened bread,"
was the fourteenth day of the month,
while the first day of the feast of un-
leavened bread was the fifteenth day
of the month. But we are glad to be
able to say that they placed into our
hands a very important key to the
original reading. Words which tl
supplied themselves, having no cor-
responding words in the original,
are given in italic letters. "In the
English BibU tin tupplied

by the translators "re in italics, to
om thosi
nnaV'—Burtt's English
dframmar, P. 11, Now, by ao
animation of Matth. 26 : 17, it will
be seen that the words "Jay" and
"feast of" an- in italics, and, there-
fore, according to the foregoing rule,
these word- wen supplied bj the
translators. This is not a mere
whim of out brain, but a stubborn,
inalterable fact; ami let him who

dare.-, to d »ubt it look niter his proof,

and be will i ,, VlT t | m , | JP ]inh

none. \\ e therefore claim i,

lege of rejecting rrom the U i\ the

which the tran»i.
ad the audacity to *upph i;,

this we read as follows : "Now the
first of the unleavened bread the d
ciplcs came to Jesus, saj-ing unto
him, Where wilt thou that we pre-
pare for thee to cat the passover V
This is the true rendering ; and it
places the asking of this" question on
"the first of the unleavened bread,"
agreeing with Mark's "first day of
unleavened bread, when the passover
must be killed." This not only
agrees with the original, but also
with the German and various other j
translations. We therefore take our
stand with full assurance of the un-
yielding character of position, that
this question was asked by Chri
disciples oa the day on which the
passover must be killed — on the four-
teenth day of the month.

We must pause here to notice the
fact that lie !'.■ . -• 1 Translation by
the American Bible Union, would
place this question on the first day of
the feast of unleavened bread. Ac-
cording to this translation Matthew
and Mark both say: "And on the
first day of the feast of uulcarened
bread" Ace. Now, while we readily
admit that the Revised Translation
contains many improved readings, we
arc compelled by the force of circum-
stances and well established facts, tu
declaim against this u.« a deplosrable
perversion. When we look at it in
the light of reason and God's clearly
isled law, sre feel like treating the
translators with nnspari
for this unwarranted departure from
the original text, and for their palpa-
ble violation of the i . ited by
themselves for their guidance in their
labours. We here give a the
rules prescribed by the Union:

" l'h' 1 1 ext, critical)?

editrd, willi known pit. •
mUSl lie followed.

The e .mm.
mu-l I

only such alu

a* the exact

the existing - ate

maj i ■• j u

The exact meaning of the inspired
text, as that text expressed it to
those who understood tho^r .
Scriptures at the time thfl^kwer'
written, must be given in com-
ing words and phrases, so f
they can be found in the El
lansruagp. with the least possible ob-
scurity or iudefiuitenc

We have not space to relieve our
mind on this subject; but we cannot
I by without entering oor pro-
test against this rendering.

1. We deny that "the received
Greek text, critically edited,"

was followed in this instance.

2. We deny that "the exact mean-
ing of the text and the existing

of the language"' required this render-
ing.

3. We deny that 'the exact mean-
ing of the inspired text, as that text
expressed it to tho>e who under -

the original Scriptures at the time
iLcy were first written ren in

corresponding words and phra&i
fur as they can be found in the
lish lang

4. We i • uder-
ing, because, it not only arrays
Matthew and Mark against their own
testimony in reference to the cru-
cifixion, death, burial, and resurrection

i-t, but also against the
mony of Luke and John, arid against
Baled law of God in re-
gard tO the -f the f, a

er and the feast "f a
bread We regard it ..

■ \ . well calcu-

lated to bewilder inquiring souls, and
i-tir up strife and division among the
to the meek and
lowly Lamb of God. With

which i- but
of our convictions, we return t<

log thai, if tlii— render-
Insisted upon, it i
the grounds that the feu-' ofui
em d bread consisted

from 1 1
that "1

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But uHfi' M 1 1 b( a and Mui k

.- that it was

irteeath day of the month

. iliis question,

neither of them tell us what time in

considering
ode that it
at the comi • at of the

fourteenth day, just after sunset the
; the thirU enth,
tie says: "Then came the day of
(1 bread." When did it
that it
eding day closed, which
shown that
our Savior did observe the Pat
duriog his ministry; and now when

lay of unl
on which the preparation must be
made and tie Passover killed, came,
the question very naturally presented
to their minds, and they came to
. "Where wilt thou that
thee to eat the pass-
- Mark has it : "Where
wilt thou that we id prepare,

boa mayes cat the passover ?"
We wish here to remind you of the
pies were well ac-
quainted with the law relating to the
observance of the Passo [they

knew that it was yet twenty-one
• until the time for the killing of
iver ; hut they knew i
ly will that they had now en

the day on which the prepara-
tion must he made, and thai they
must have a place in which to ol
the feast. Knowing these

. ; their Master in regard I

in which »uld uia'.v

; v.r al tin' time and i i
ner specified in the law. We
pbrai < This La I

ration day : a; the i
at the going

from tins

the 1 • luUi

now light it m
and it i- now time for us to secure a

and make the I prepara-

tion; "Where wilt tbbn that we pre-
pare for thee to eat the I
"that thou mayest eat the pa

fore, and as required by the
law ''. We now pass to the next point
in order.

And he said, Go ye into the
city to such a man, and say unto him,
The Master saith, My time is at hand ;
I will keep the passover at thy house
with my disciples." Matth. 26 : 18.

"And he sendeth forth two of his
disciples, and saith unto them, <'•> ve
into the city, and there shall meet
you a man bearing a pitcher of water,
follow him. And wheresoever he
shall go in, say ye to thcyood-rnaa of
the house, The Master saith, Where
is the .amber, where 1 .-hall

eat the passover with my disciples ?
and he will show you a larjre upper
room furnished and prepared: there
make ready for us." .Matth. 14 : 13-15.

"And he sent Peter and John, Bay-
ing, (io and prepare us the pa
that we may oat And they said unto
him, where wilt thou that we prepare ?
And he said unto them, Behold when
ye are entered into the city, there
.-hull a man meet you. bearing a
pitcher of water ; follow him into the
house where he eutereth in. And ye
shall sav unto the good man of the
house, The Master saith unto thee,
Where is the guest-chamber, where I
shall cat the pi with my disci-

ples? And he shall show you a
large upper room furnished : there
make ready." Luke 2", : 8-12.

John is silent upon this point. : bu1

the other three agree that he sent

them into t: to prepare. —

Matthew does not say how ;: any he

but .Mark says, two, and Luke

tells who they v. ere, namely, :

.lie! John. Matthew says they shall

uch a man ;" intimating

a description i-l* the

man; and Mark and Luke agree in

en : they were to
meet the i. ; a pitcher of

The three ud

-
keep or •
man- Mat-

; boul thi
maud to pre] "there

make ready for us;" and Luke
"Prepare us the passover, that we
may eat." Prom this expr<
many uuder.-tand that Christ instruc-
ted them at that time to ki,!
roast the passover that they might
eat it. We shall show that thi-
mistaken idea. By the cxpre
"Prepare us the pas-over," lie did
not mean that they eboula at
time kill the t : for this was

just a! it in the beginnii

the fourteenth day, and the law re-
quired the victims to he slain before
. "a! tl i down of the

sun," in the end of the fourteenth
day. By the clause, "that we
eat," he did not mean, that they
might eat the i ; for this was

before the darkne.-.- of the night of
the fourteenth had set in, and the
passover must be eaten on the night
of the fifteenth — a full! day after this
time.

We before remarked thai the ch
of the law, requiring 1 1

Ire kept in the place v. inch the Lord
should cho

ing of the lambs on the tenth day of
the mouth. We have reason I
lieve that it did. It is not reason a -
suppose that they all selected
their victims at home and took them
along to Jerusalem. Upon thi- ;
\kvin says :

"Individuals might bri

■ witli them to Jerusalem ; but
it was more common to purchase them

temple it-elf, from the pi
who always had a large supply of
suitable Ones, ready to be diS]

of on the occasion, being
ed, it wouidseem. to select with care
beforehand, (probably on the lOlb
day of the month,) from the general
market wl the) encouraged to be
held in the outer court at these sea-
sons, such as were in every way free
from blemish, and to have them in
as many as wan:
might have
Becurity.in getting their victims, that
they were altogether sound and per-
• law n quin d. than
I have, if left to look for them-
i:i the market, after they had

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arrived at the citv." Bib. Antiq P.
941.

and pri the passover

that wo may cat," means no more
than this : Go and secure the I
and make the requisite preparation
for a legal observance of the passo-
ver. Wh en Christ said '-'that we may
cat," he indeed knew what they would
cat, but to their minds it conveyed
the idea of their ordinary evening
meal ; as though ho had said : Anoth-
er day of toil is past, and the time
is at hand to eat our supper ; but it
is necessary first to make some im-
portant preparations for the coming
feast ; make these necessary prepara-
tions, "that we may eat." That this
is what they understood him to mean
will appear more clearly in every
step as we advance. Let the reader
fix this fact firmly in bis mind, that
this was in the first evening of the
fourteenth day, shortly after sunset,
the close of the thirteenth ; and if
there should br> any difficulty'in bis
mind, let him follow us through on
this point, and we assure him that
his difficulties will all flee, even as
vapor that appeareth for a little time
and then vanisheth away.

No ."Wore Back Xuinbcrs- Thank*
to oar Friends— lteo2>ening oi the
Tobacco War— A Cull lor 'Sen
Iltintlred More — .1 Xew Oiler.

a past experience we bare
learned that many subscriber:
names are received during the first
ten to twel 1 1 ar, pre-

fer to have the full volume ; and I.
we have been printing several hun-
dred copies more than needed, and
stored away the back numbers for the

'alien of BUcb as would v.
them. This year w i ided to

continue the unber of copies

v. itb which • 1 the preceding

IT. And we are now ham-
to our friends, tli.it tL-\ are t •.!.
tfld, :a\ e a le\, ( ,dd liilln

ban
■ done before. • >ur grat-
itude to our friends is inoxpi

- it can be understood by the
words: God bless you, friends, for
j your labor of love Without the in-
defatigable labors of our agents and
■ friends — among whom are brethren
who are friend-
f ly to the cause — we could not have
I achieved such a success. Believe us,
friends, we highly appreciate your fa-
vors, and would be willing if we were
able to remunerate you much better
for your labor. But, knowing that
you arc impelled by motives of prin-
ciple, we know also that you will
look to a higher source for your full
reward.

During the latter part of lust year,
and first fe ■& of the present, we

received several letters in a discour-
aging mood, deploring our radicalism
on the Tobacco Reform, and express-
ing 1'ears thai the 0. P. ('., would
lose much patronage. We are no
prophet, but we could not be persua-
ded that we would lose much patron-
age from that source. And now it
has occurcd that instead of losing we
have gaini d ! An actual inci
over last year! This affords us an-
other assurance that a straight for-
ward, independent pursuit of the
RIG II T. regardless of the consequen-
wilh the approbation of
aright thinking people. This course
. dl ever pursue, and hope to
maintain the support of all who
Cod and love right)

i now, fegarding the Tobacco
War, we have to announce that the
time of the armii ; ally expir-

ed, and therefore we an it full

liberty to march forward upon the

■holds of king '!
gel your

irpen and polish them.

by prayer aid meditation.
well the grounds occupied by U
enay, In your atta
id bar iul<

I
on CI

C them d<> to US

y stimulus allowable ;
thinj contraband,

Tobai i Supplement

We have in contemplation the pub-
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to be altogether devoted to the
subject of Tobacco. We have n
matter enough to fill it, besi I
shall appear in our regular i-
frwin time to time. The sup-dement
will be sent free to all regular sub-
scribers. K.\'; - will be fur-
nished at 9 Vow frien
reform, here will be an opportuni

intiments favorable to
the success of our cau^-e. Shall we
circulate fifty thousand copi
many '. Please order soon. Hold a
collection, and adred <

ill t vents. There will be ;

Something good upon the sub
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Will not our friends make ju
little more effort and secure u.- only
' one thousand more subscribers! II
every four now on the list, will unite
! and get one subscriber, the call will
I be filled. To aid them in tl:
we offer the balance of thi.- year —
that is all that remains from the time

the names and the m
— far one dollar The soon, :
Subscriptions are sent in, the greater
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look, forehead full and broad,
bI 1i, Brooked ;i pipe, and appi

■ ■ be about 50 years old, or upwards.

ih..«d. II ril-r .. name ... ... J , . . . '

lnita . ry comm\ Please publish for tbe information

Kej«cttd communi- of the Brethren geuerailv.

A B t 'y.

I. SWITZEB.

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■ n thixilti be i/ri

'.'»r only.

1 w v ci,v. March 2nd 1871.

Pi - the old
Lady 'round. Two years ago tins
winter she honored us with a call and
a few days boarding gratis; then spent
■overal days pleasantly at friend Gee.

r's, in Iowa city. She came to
the city hunting a certain William
Rhinehart, for whom she had thirteen
hundred dollars in Inr carpet B
bud tbo n care-

full\ overhauled, bat said Jlhi
could not be found ; and then mi
brother .Jacob Erb, she made the fact

:i that Bhe was Sister Anna
Hoover, from near Gettysburg I'a.
To him she wasasister to I>. P. Bay-
lor's wifcj but when she arrived at
our bouse, finding that mother knew

Daniel V. Saylor's wife very well, she
said nothing more about her relation-
Bhip in that direction. I Wit she had
three daughters: one married to
brother Enoch Eby, one to a brother
Emmerl in Nebraska. She had an
important Becret to tell, wliich fibc
would only divulge very confidingly

itber, that her remaining young-
est daughter was to be married to
Prof, Ebersole, of the Iowa State
University, located here

Herself and only daughter lived
upon the battle ground during the
great conflict at Gettysburg. Her
bountiful harvests were all destroyed ;

If and daughter were confined to
their cellar several days and nights,
lly emerged to find their h mse
furniture, cups and dishes, all shot to
pieces. Afterward she receii eda per-
mit from "Thaddj " to go to
sec President Lincoln while lying dead,
in Washington; but said that broth-
er Daniel I*. Sailor "thought si '

ling " She seemed to

know a great many of the speakers
amongthe Brethren; and was well
informed as to localities and many
other particulars relating to the
churches. When she left tb<
ready made clothing I
i eBlei - family

rd of afterward D(
Hon : Tall, dark complexion, dark hair

Dear \ mion : — -I will try to

give a little church news. We are
still progressing slowly. There

were in the last year, some eleven or
twelve additions by baptism. On
the first Sunday of I December 1 >T 1 ,
brother Joseph Leedy labored for us
at Bui nettfiville,und for about a week;
during which time eight pr
souls were added to tin- L mi's peo-
ple, and many more were made to
think and we hope have searched,
with some of old, daily to know their
condition. On the firsc Friday even-
ing of tliH month brother Joseph
i- again to be with 03 to labor at the

! same place, when we expect to en.

I joy a feast of fat things, in the sanc-
tuary of Oofl's divine love ; and we

I hope there willbo an ingathering of
precious souls, to the comfort of
saints and joy of angels, and to the
praise and honor of him who died
that sinners might 'ive.

On tbe 9th of last month brother
A. Ymini; and mvself started on a
mission of love : first to hik-b
where we bud three meetings. From
there we went west into .Jasper Co.,
near Rensselaer where we had meet-
ing from Saturday evening till Thurs
day evening following in what is
called the Bluegrass school hou?e.
We had uood attendance, an strict
attention to the word spoken. One
dear soul was made willing to enlist
under the banner of love, ftnd omir
out on the Lord's side, while otiurs
gave evidence of serious thoughts
and anxiety to know the truth. Oa
the 18th I came home, finding all
we 1. Thank the Lord.

.J. Snow berg
Monticello, ln.i.

■> . r Uol singer .- — As 1 did not
. m ; j to day. and fee

1 will write to the

n. 1 love t0 pi rn

and acqui

what the brethren and sisters are

doing in different parts of the coun-
try. Then we get explanations on

many passages of scripture which
give much satisfaction.

We are not so much disheartened,
or depressed in spirit, as wc were
a few-weeks ago. By tbo mercies of
God we have been permitted to hold
fellowship with those who profess to
love and servo God. We feel much
encouraged : our prospects are bright,
our souls have been nourished with
heavenly food, and our drowsy sen-
ses, or languid spirits, have been re-
animated into new life. The depres-
sion of spirits caused incidentally by
those brethren who failed (on ac-
count of sickness and death, as we
have since been informed) to come
and preach for us, has been removed
by brother Robert Edgcouab, who
responded to our call for a series of
meetings. Notwithstanding the many
perplexing difficulties, and objections
brought against the doctrines which
the brctlucn preach and practice, he
labored witn us a week, faithfully,
giving strict observance to tbe word
of God ; and the minds of tbe peo-
ple have been wonderfully wrought
upon. Tlie ardent number congre-
gated, anxiously listened to bear the
word preached, and we truly hope
much good has been doue in tiii j
community.

Brethren, come and help us When-
ever you can : it encourages us. We
feel like pressing toward the mark
for the prize of the high calling of
God in Christ Jesus. Let us there-
fore as many as be peifect, be thus
minded. May we grow in grace,
and to him be the honor and glory,
both now and forever. Amen.

Luctna Siii'ic.

Grove City, 111.

Dear Editor*, and (Jo laborers in
Christ, 1 was called to preach a fu-
neral discourse (ov brother Abraham
Kaggy in Trumbull county Ohio OB
the 19th of February. Accordingly
I pleached the discourse from lie
14 : 13,, to a large and attentive con-
gregation, in the brethren's meeting-
bouse. Bis remains had been interr-
ed in tbe silent grave several days
Brother Saggy lived a con-
sistent member of the church for
something more than 4 years. A

CHRISTIAN FAMILY COMPANION.

few words to the afflicted friends
Some of you are members of tbe
church, ami some are not. Your kind
father was one of those few men,
whose reputation slander dare DOt
touch ; whose retreat malignity dare
not invade, whose motives prejudice
dare not impugn. Men who knew
him best loved bim best ; and those
who associated with bim most, valu-
ed him most. Your kind Father lives ;
he lives in heaven. Let us, iustead
of murmuring at bis loss, imitate his
example — copy his virtues, so that,
when the icy hand of death is laid
upon us, we may die with that calm
trust in God, which made him whom
we mourn, so tranquil and happy in
his last moments.

I left Bristol on Monday morning,
tin- 20tb ; took the cars at Warran,
arrived at Green Station, on the Niles
and New Lisbon It. B. Mahoning
( !o , Ohio, commenced a meeting in a
Bapt' ag-house same evening,

near the station. Continued the
meeting until Sunday the 28tb, dur-
ingwhichl baptizedtbree. Alaop
ed a funeral discourse for a little
child of friend Charles A. Single. —
His companion was numbered with
the pole army of the dead a short
time before. All our meetings were
well attended, and we had good at-
tention -May the Lord blee
labor- of the mini-try every where.
I feel thankful to the kind brethren
and sisters for their kindness while
with them may the Lord bless them
John Nichoi

Brother Holsinger: — I"-. B. Burk-
hart and myself left home ou the
morning of the 8rd of .March, for the
Danning's Creek Church, in Bedford
Co. Pa. Arrived at brother .J. S
Eolsingcr's some time in the after-
noon Meeting in the evening at tbe
Brethren's new meeting-bonB€ M
morning, in company with brother
John s. visited brother Gideon 15.
Rodgen and family. Found them
well with the exception of brother
Gidi on u |,., \ offering very much
with a »orei ye, which ha* 1 deprived
him of meeting with the brethren
in public w orsbip for - >oie time a f.

ter singing a ;■ . ther, and

reading a portion of God's word, we

bad a Sea- if prayi rtog< I hi r

which we .-tailed for tic meet Log.

bouse again, where we bad an appoint
l ii A M In tie

visited aunt Sarah Qolsinger, whom
we found well and lively, and we
think zealous in the cause o:
Meeting this evening in the United
Brethren's meeting-house. Next
morning, in company with brother
Thomas Holsinger, went to Pleasant-
ville, where we bad meeting in the
Luthern Church. After meeting
went to brother Christian l[olsit:_
Some time in the afternoon went to
brother Joseph Holsiuger's. Meeting
in the evening at the brethren's new
meeting-house again. This was our
farewell meeting with the brethren
and sisters and friends of the Duning's
Creek church. Th^se meetings were
all weil attended, with as good order
and attention as ever we .-aw, and we
do hope that our labors were not in
v.dn. The brethren think that more
visits would be good, and are ready
to receive you at any time. Suppose
one or two ministering brethren of
some other congregation pay them a
visit. Uemember the name of the
Church: Duning's Creek. Brother
John S. Holsinger is overseer, who.-e
addresa.you can find in the Brethren's
Almanac Try it, brethren, and Bee
if you don't find a very wane
brethren and friends to preach to.
Arrived Lome on the evening of

the sixth: found all well except one
of our little girls whom we found very-
sick, and is very little, if any, better
Yours in Lo

PHES HlLDEBRAND.

I 1'nntt I'll

flct-npil illation.

Having been favored by a kind
Providence, in my late visit tot
Pennsylvania, not only to enjoy
health of body, that, during five weeks

1 \\a- enabled to attend to every ap-
pointment made lor me, but al
realise the answer of many prayers

Offered in my behalf, to have had the

timing in safety, to the
embrace of my little family, whom 1
found in reasonable health, unt

all our thanks are due Although we

sometimes reel and express our grat-
itude to one another, i: that i.-
and fountain of all |
:i be praise ei ei a
I was al.-* m from January I8tb,
till February 25th, during which
time I atteuded I I appoint-
ment

mini-' i ibroD w ere in altend-

•

id alt:

-3 age

ntertai

loUS
:;i A

are
rau-

• re present: a few times I was
left alone. The churches app>
be in good condition, the
filled with love and kir
in the good cause And
majority of them p
of that wherewith to
gers and make them comfortable, and
seem also to pos.-ess. "as though th

1 it not,'' yet- 1 havo learned
by observation, that the Savior's
word still holds good : "In the world
ye shall hare tribulation. ' Where-
ever God has a vineyard, there will
be labor to perform. I was made to
rejoice that, so far a- 1 could under-
stand, the laborers generally work
gether — are joined together in the
same mind and ju igment, which my
own experience teacnes, makes the la-
bor much easier. 1 did however learn
that there are several points ou which
in sections, different views are held,
and hence different practices. Th
are : protracted meetings ; and the
doctrine of receiving the Holy Gh
before baptism. Although none of
these points were advocated in
presence, yet I did hear that there
different views held on these points,
and the great trouble is, when breth-
ren undertake to iuterci ira
on such points, they :-uiier their
minds to become excited, and hence
do not understand one another.

A- to protracted meetings, I be-
lieve with the brethren at Annual
Meeting, there is no limit how !ong
we shall or may continue a aerii s of
meetings. But there is a mode of
conducting given : "A- - iery thimj
he d itly and i And

never that mode is led,

whether in one meeting only, or r
■>- in bo I, then and ti •

will be diaorder. (confusion,) and the
result will be trouble partore

from the simplicity of the Gospel
Then the matter
the ministers chiefly If tie
duct the exercises a- on
.-ions ; preach thi the \s I.

ti'o -pel and nothing but the »■ S|
no evil likelj

iracted effort But Bbould ih<
in those elfori-, be t!..
el had in desin j ..

1
Suilillel -

the -llii) ' I •«

ap '

CHRISTIAN FAMILY COMPANION.

!) ami the Lord, as in their
m : "They I
' Um, thill I should cot reign

" 1 Sum. v : 7.
Brethren, 4«t us guard uguinsl the
ii.i lie nramies .

If V, C CJlll-

n>>t snil wiiii rail-road Bpeed, ■
those who have not tin* same regard
for tln> Qospel that wo have, Let ae
be content with the pro: ar,

wing ; for, in general oars is
•thou .!■,.•• , Vnd as

those two points, in their extri
generally g ia hand, and

it hinted at the affects of those eje-
cted i: • and the numbers of
backalidings that do follow them, 1
will all a few thoughts on the
latter point; for 1 Gear that I
if ool tli" ma ko shipwreck
at here; mistaking the refreshing,
(or the rest of the soul — qaickeniug
for the birth— ooming to Christ, for
having put ou Christ— obtaining pow-
er to, far having become a child of
(Jorl already, and the willingness of
Christ to accept sinners, and to save
DD, for remission itself, or salva-
tion. When the awakened sinner re-
nounces Bin, obtains his own consent
or in all things, and
make res known to the church,
quite frequently a heavy harden is
removi d ; but the question ari-
tbe debt cancelled :" Some will Bay
re, no. Withont setting up
myself as a judge, 1 will try bv wuv
of illustration to give my views, and
perhaps in a measure reconcile the
two extremes. Suppose an individ*.
ual involved in debt, to the extent
that it is utterly impossible for him,
by his own exertions to discharge
his liabilities, (the very case of the
sint.cr in a spiritual point of view)
I a .i friend, in whom he has all con-
fidence, ( as the believing sinner has
1 ong and oilers to
him in circumstances by which
: :ill hi-; d 1 once
more become a free man. it may
lerablc exertion on hi's
ercise the power obt lined :

there,

if 'b lied

and band : but.

mal tlie mean- giv-

< n into his hands, his condition is not

I for ( bettei not in the

i with the sinner. If,
/ his faith in the pro
of th. joying the ro-

ll; ehing, or quickening iidl

ofthe he does not make use

of the means given into hi? I
I not a whit better than !

. The evil jriri: may have
out, '-the house em,
and furnished ;" hut it still remains
unoccupied by the .stronger on
therefore liable again to be occ
bj ita fori . for weak

m in,with Ins best i unable to

inst the wiles ofthe devil,
while Btan 'ated from C

But by exercising the power given,
he is brought into fellowship with
the saints and not only with them,
but also with the Father and his Son
Cnirst. ''If a man love me, he
will keej) my words ; and my Father
will love him, and we will come unto
him, and make our abode with him."
John 14: 23. Thus the creature
not only believes, but realizes the
promises and power of the Gospel.
And having kept,obeycd,the Savior's
words he has put on Christ, and now
stands in covenant relation with him,
"Lo, I am with you &c." Now it is
he can "draw near with a true heart,
in full assurance of faith &c." Now
the dent is cancelled, and the r,
sealed: "Who hath also sealed us,
and given the earnest of the Soirit
in our hearts." 2 cor. 1 : 22. *"In
whom also, after that ye beli
ye we c sealed with the Hi 1. Spirit
mise Eph.l :18." "And grieve
not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby
ye arc sealed unto the day of re
demption." Eph.4: 39. And again,
"beware ye are sons, Cod hath sent
forth the Spirit of his Son unto your
hearts, crying, A.bba, Father." Gal.
4: 6. l have now refered to a few
ofthe point in . ; and in eon-

elusion would yet say, as we nil, arc
liable to misi • i ■ •, "prove all
. and hold fast to that which
is good ;" and in 80 doing we will
make the word of God our guide,our
standard, our text b 1 our

rule of faith and practice : we will
imc things, and be
joined togeth< r in the same mind
and judgment. Thereby error will
be detected and purged out. truth

known

•\ u " ealized, and

freedom obtained. "If; inue

in my word, then are ye my disciples
indeed ; and ow the truth,

and the truth shall make you free "
■John 8: 31,

DAN'L. '.. JJ> LSINi BR.

•-«-

l!r ' '-.',' • We v.! !. to in-

form the Bretb --n\

thoBe inl particularly , that the

Dial -ting of East "Tenni

will be held with us at the Pleasant
Valley meeting-house. 5 miles north-
west of Jonesboro, on the Hth and
15th of April next eneral invi-

tation is given to tl m to be

with us at that time. Those wishing
to come can inform either of the fol-
low ing brethren at J boro, Wa
fngton Co , Tenn. : Samuel Mill

irad Bashor, or the undersigned,
and they will be met at the above na-
med place.

By order of the church.

Isaac Billhimeb.

I:. ' ved Brethren; In my lonelv
isolation from those, tome far more
dear than all else, (save my own
companion and my children,) I have
taken my pen to try. if possible, to
give some degree of expression of
my mind in regard to so living.

This morning, while seeking com-
fort in the perusai ofthe sacred word
otLife, given by God's own Son, I
was very fooeibly struck with th"
words, "But we, brethren, having
been severed from you for a short
time, in presence, not in heart, en-
deavored the more abundantly to
sec your face with great desire."
This is found in 1 Thess. 2; 17.
When I read this passage, it seemed
r i me that the apostle there expir-
ed the language of my poor heart
in re fully than I had ever been
able to express it before. It \i
at once | I pon my mini

write a short article for the ( '. /'. C.
to my brethren and si itera in gener-
eral : ar.'! especially to those with
whom I have been acquainted.
I have, as t! -, been on-

ly a short time from meet-

ing wite the Brethren ; yet it •
a long time: those 6 months of lone-
line 1 ^, seem tome more like a year.

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175

None need think they know how to
late the great privilege
use trying to obey
all the requirements of the Savior,
until tl 50 the pleasure of thus

being favored for sometime. Still,
I can ou my brethren, that,

as the apostle says, the severance is
I rcsence, and not in heart."
No, my dear brethren, though ab-
sent iu body, still my heart is truly
with you : and its most tincert and
ardent desire goes up to a throne of
, that you might with your
r, beu I strength-

ened by the constant and never-tail-
. of that healing stream,
:i fhe crucified and ris-
en, ever-living Son of God, in whom
ive ;. I'rien 1 that will never for-
sake, if we do his commandments.
Oh, what a oonsolation, to know
that, if wit obey the easy require
ments of the meek and lowly Jesus,
he will be our friend ! What a gl
ous thought! What a friend ! He
our friend ! He who is aide and b
promised to protect us through life,
and above all, to give us in the end
oal life.

re I close, I must say a few
words in regard to the hope, of the
Lord's ; cond c wring being near.
In my humble judgment it i
The signs he gave by which we should
know it was ne urely con

■., in view o( this fact, we should
gird on the whole armor, and have
our lamps ti . id burning, and

oil in our vessels, that, when he
■ 1 rend tl: 1 in

pov, r . taking ven

geai those that know I

;uid obey not tlie CioBpel, we, ! is
obedient children, may he
meet bim with great joj ; and, with
will then ca I forth,
the dead in Ci.ri- 1 be 1 I to

ind to reign with
him a thousand 3
Thon, will we 1

all who are in that hapi

• to ei. '•. and all will

be 1 • 1 love ; and whether we

live t.i that great day or fall asl

that h<- ir dust and no

■ili« bodies like his gloriou

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Bliae Steel, is Ws'kerton, St. Joseph
Co., Ind ; and that of Jacob Iloch-
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Ind. C.Wbngbr.

Brother Lewis Kinsey has changed
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Ind., to Hagerstown, Wayne Co.,
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MARRIED.

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ANDREW NEWCOMER of Quincv, to
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Jacob Fbiedlt.

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By the undersigned, at the residence of
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LING WOOD and slater ELLEN KE! -
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8. C. KEIM

DIED

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Brieto), Trumbull Co.. Ohio, Peb, 4th,
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bar of t lie ebnrch four
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from Rev. 14 : 18.

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Promulgated against Victor Emmanuel.

By authority ot the Almighty God, the Fath
er, Son, and Holy Ghost ; and of the holy can

the honor ot Christ have despised the things of
the world) damn him ; may all the saints (who
from the beginning of the world and everlasting
; ages are found to be beloved of God) damn him ;
may the heavens and the earth, and all the holy
ons; and of the undefiled Virgin Mary, mother : things remaining therein, damn him.
and nurse of our Savior ; and of the celestial vir- May he be damned wherever he be, whether
tues, angels, archangels, thrones, dominions, pow- in the house or in the field, whether in the high-
ers, cherubims and seraphims ; and of all the way or the by way , whether in the wood or the
holy patriarchs and prophets; and of all the apos^ water, or whether in the Church. May he be
ties and evangelists ; and of the holy innocents cursed in living and in dying, in eating and
(who, in the sight of the Holy Lamb, are found drinking, in fasting and thirsting, in slumbering
worthy to sing the new song) ; and of the holy , and sleeping, in watching or walking, in stand-
martyrs and holy confessors ; and of the holy ing or sitting, in lying down or working, win-
virgins; and of a'll the saints, together with all gendo^ aacando, and in blood-letting,
the holy and elect of God— we excommunicate ; May he be cursed in all the faculties of his
and anathematize him, and from the threshold ! body. May he be cursed inwardly and outward-
of the holy Church of God Almighty we seques- ly. ^ I;i > li( ' ]n% cursed in his hair. May he be
ter him, that he may be tormented in eternal cursed in his brains. May he be cursed in the
excruciating sufferings, together with Dathan crown of his head and in his temples. In his
and Abiram and those who say to the Lord God, forehead and in his ears. In his jawbones and
"Depart from us, we desire none of Thy ways." in his nostrils. In his Foreteeth and in his
And as fire is quenched with water, so Let the grinders. In his lips and in his throat. In his

In his arms, his

shoulders and in his wr;
hands, and in his ling*

May he be damned in his mouth, in his brr,
in his heart, and in all the viscera of his body ;
may he be damned in his veins and in bis groin.

light of him be put out fbrevermore.

May the Father who created man curse him.
May the Son who suffered fur us curse him.
May the Holy Ghost which has given to us in
our baptism curse him. May the Boly Cl

which Christ (for our salvation triumphing ovi r m 1!S , {ll, ^ lis and genital organs, in his hips and

his enemies) ascended, curse him. May the Bo- in h , ,s ka ? P *> VA hu " ' aml UhM;:u1s -

ly and Eternal Virgin Mary, Mother of God, , M '>' iu> je curaed in aU Ae joints and arUc>

cursehim. May St. Michael, the advocate ot ho* J 1 ** 008 ° dm meml i m the top of his

ly souls, curse him. May all the angels and Bead to the sole of his fo

archangels, principalities and powers, and all the soundness in him.

heavenly armies curse him. May St. .John, the ^ A ) ,!u> Son of the livui I the

precursor, and St. .John, the Baptist, and Si. gloryofhis majesty, curse him ; and ma) Hear

Peter, and St. Paul, and St. Andrew, all other en, with all the powers that move th< i

Christ's apostles together, curse him. tad maj "i' against him i ind damn him ! i\

the rest, of his disciples and the four Evangelists S:l '"' ''■ Amen.

(who by their preaching convi it. d the onivi I RMAB i.

world), and may the h.oly and wonderful compa- h. all nee th<

ny of martyrs and con* who by their holy thing that we bai I tell

works are found pleading to God Umighty), ,i Onlj behold th and cm

curse inm. ( | u . Roman Pontiff over his temporal d<
Ma\ the Choir ot the Holy Virgins (who for Lmenf by victor Kminanuel, one of 1 rdi

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Date Kings, who has 60 completely shorne him
oi' his temporal power. This beastly Monarch
been the subject ol prophecy over two thou-
■and years. The prophet Daniel saw him 11, ,
•11 years before his rise. Dan. 7-8, 20, 21-2.0,
Pan] saw him 546 years before his rise. 2 Thess. '
2-1-4. And the Revelator 514 years before his
rise. Saw him rise up out of the sea having
seven heads and ten horns and upon his heads ,
the name of blasphemy. And there was given
him a mouth speaking great things and power i
was given him to continue forty and two months !
(i. e. 1260 years) Rev. 13: 1, 5, 6, 7, 24.
Months here are the same as time, times and
the dividing of time. Dan. 7, 20. All 12G0 years.
In the year A. D. 610 or about 298 years after

I nstantine overthrew Paganism out ol an ordi-
i. '.; y bishop, this Demon grew up to be one of
the most cruel tyrants that ever ascended any
throne. And in the city of Home, the Dragon
gave him his seat and great authority. Rev. 13:
2. And from the year A. D. 610, to 1870, is
just 12b0 years. Here dear reader and Chris-
tian brother, we see the fulfillment of some of
the most important Scripture prophicies. This
blood thirsty Autocrat, who is none other than
the man ot sin or son of perdition, that St. Paul
saw sitting in the temple of God, exalting him-
self above all that is called God, and is worship-
ed as God. 2 Thess. 2 : 4. Claiming to be
the vicar of Jesus Christ on earth, having pow>
er to change laws and times. Deut. 7 : 25. —

I I e, I say, ascended the throne in the city of
Rome, that great "city that reigneth over the
Kings ot the earth." Rev. 17: 18. It is said
he wore two swords, one upon either side ; the
one to represent his temporal, and the other his
spiritual authority. This bloodthirsty tyrant,
nay devil in human form, with his unlimited
power, often made the monarchs and powers of
I ,'irope tremble during his long reign. But his
time is up, and God stirred up the tool hardy
Napoleon, Emperor of France, t3 declare war
.tgainst her neighbor, King William of Prusin,
which resulted in the withdrawal of the French
troops, from the city of Rome, which supported
the Pope, wh n victor Emmanuel with but lit-
tle opposition marched his army into the great
city and dethroned him. Hence the cursing
and bellowing of this Roman bull, In all this

& t the finger , {(ind dealing with tbp nations

to bring about the fulfillment of his word.
This is he unto whom power was given to make
war with the Saints, and to overcome them. Rev.
13: 5. Dan. 7: 1. This inhuman monster
during the dark ages, murdered thousands and
millions of the innocent lambs and Saints ofGod.
But thank God the accuser of our brethren is
going down, and as Daniel says : "The Saints
of the most high, shall take the kingdom and
possess it forever and ever. And the kingdom,
and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom
under the whole heaven was given to the peo-
ple of the Saints of the most high, whose king-
dom is an everlasting one and all dominions
shall serve and obey him. Cheer up my breth-
ren, this time is close at hand.

In conclusion; although his most satanic maj-
esty has lost his temporal power, he will never-
theless continue to exercise his spiritual functions
to the end, "whom the Lord shall destroy with
the spirit of his mouth and brightness of his
coming. 2 Thess. 8. Also Rev. 19: 11—21.

Antioch, Ind. A. Leedy, Jr.

Salem College.

I can heartily wish it may be the means of doing
much good, for it seems to me there is great room for ad-
vancement in "pure and undeGled religion." As regards
morality, there has been great improvements made in the
last few years; but pure and undehled religion, it seems
to me, has gained but little. Whether this school will
be a means of advancing this kind of religion or not
time will tell — hope it may. Bat one toingl do not like,
that is dedicating it in tbe name of the German Baptist
Church. No brethren or company of brethren should be
allowed to use the church as a cover for any enterprise
without first getting the consent of the church. The
fault I finil is dedicating the college in the name of the
German Baptist Church, when it is not really a German
Baptist school. Neither do the members of the German
Batpist Church see the necessity of such a school. If a
few members in Indiana think they do, they are welcome
to it as far as I am concerned, but I do not think they
should implicate every member of the church in seeing
what they see, for as yet a great many do not see the
need of such a school. I hope the time may soon come
that wc will be enabled to see eye to eye and be more ot
one mind, but we must be satisfied with the light we
have until we get more. Dedicating the school in Indi-
ana in the nime of the German Baptist Church gives
| great room for remarks. Many Bay, "Well, your church
' sees the necessity of a college at last." And hundreds
have to hear this who do not see the necessity of such a
school because of. its extensive title. Surely none will
think hard if exceptions are taken to the using of the
name of the church where members have not consented
or even beeu consulu ■■■!. \u<'iiv Y \n Dtkc.

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The Deacon and the Preacher.

In an account which John Ash-
worth gives of a godly old deacon,
John Keishan, whom he knew, ho
tells the following story of his faith-
ful dealing with an inexperienced
young man : —

The old deacon was very direct
and pointed in his observations, and
knew nothing of circumlocution. He
was loving, honest, straightforward,
and wished to do everyone good. I
had called to take tea with him one
Sunday. During the repast he was
silent, and seemed a little troubled.
A young man sat at the table who
had been preaching that afternoon
what lie thought to bo a magnificent
sermon, from the text, "All thy
works shall praise Thee, O Lord, and
thy saints shall bless Thee." He
opened out his discourse in a grand
iloquent style, quoting from Young,
"Morning stars exulting, shouting
o'er the rising hall ;" f. om Shakes-
peare, ''Cloud capped towers on g<ir-
geoui palaces ;" and that sublime
piece from Pollok's Course of Time,
beginning,

"Whose garments were the eloudi :

Whose minstrels, brooks ; whoso lamps, the
moon and stars ;

Whose angel choir, the voice of many waters;
Ijociuets, ruorniug dews ; whose he-
roes, storm's ;

Whose warrior*, mighty winds ; whose lov-
ers, flower* ;

Whose orators, the thunderbolts of God ;

Who-te palaces, the everlasting hills ;

Whose ceiling, heaven's unfathomable blue.

Mounting up still amongst what he
called the 'stellar worlds,' he ezpa

1 oil the satellite.- of llcrschcll,
Uranus, and Jupiter, and finished

his aerial flight in the mi/ky way.
After tea, the old deacon req D
t!,o young preacher to go with him
into the front parlor. When both
were seated, he said, "My yonng
man, thou hast been Hying thy kite
high this afternoon, very high, and
il thou Joel ii' t mind the string will

break, and it will h ill 1 le

ilc down : thuii has been walk
ilts, eloud
eappe'd towers shouting o'er the ris
ing bfi I ites, In, 1 mil

ky way indeed. It is lain milk in
the pulpit. Thou got so high up,
(hen 1 1 < ■ \ e r naw f'nlvary where toe

J Maker of a'l died fur those gospel*
hardened stutters that were scaring

', at thee ; thou never told us that the
work of Cod that praises Him most

, was the work of redemtion, shedding
his blood for a gui ty world. My
dear young friend, do come down,
before thou tumbles down ; keep at

1 the foot of the cross ; it is he and
only he that humbleth him- elf that
shall be exalted, either in the pulpit
or out "

Few can conceive the agony of
the young preacher, while the old
doacon was so tenderly crushing him.
He had to preach again the same
evening, and preach to this terrible
old man. He was in great fear, and
trembled as he walked up the pulpit
steps. In his sermon he never reach-
ed the lowest star During prayer
he wept, and the people wept with
him. Christ c'ueified to save per-
ishing mortals was his theme, and
Cod blessed His own word, as he
ever will. The old deacon met him
at the church gate, saying : —

"Thou wilt have to pass my house,
and must call to take as much sup
per as ever then likes ; let me tako
hold of thy arm, for thou arc young-
er than me. \nd now, mv dear
young brother, (rod has bltse
all to night : 1 have been w : t l i Pe-
ter, James, and John '>n the mount
and with the Blaster, for we never
i the mou'it without the V
The Lord will male t:
useful preacher, when he ha; cured
thee of cloud capp'd towers."

That young mini
the old deaoon's t

■ ver will, bnl ntfl him as

■ bis t u iends and
ho felt his reproof ev I I o this
d K ■

'I'Uv Ilui»|ty .Mini

The happy man is be who shows
bis love i" * br it, and bis faith in
him, by keeping bis commandments
and bearing hti I m baa

>f life 11
eat his meal with gladness uf b<
praisin Uod. 11 • the

'i friendship, and
he can enjoy ill tl e endeai
if domestic life nil tbe
of husband) father, brother Rh

feel hi.-, heart expanding toward
poor, and joy in pouring the

oil of consolation into the troubled
breast. He can rejoice in every open-
ing prospect for the extensiou of the
Redeemer's kingdom, through institu-
tions devised by Christian wi-
and conducted in Christian simplicity.
He can weep over the effects of the
fall ; not only as felt in his owni
but as beheld in the world ; and weep
with them that weep. Say, then,
can such a man be miserable ? can
such a man be destitute of real sour-
ces of enjoyment ? He lives by taith;
be longs for heaven ; he desires to be
wholly conformed to Jesus, and to
lorify him, whether it be by life or
gdeath : to him to live Is Christ and
to die Ls gain. Solomon Bai.mvi.n
Johnstown, Pa.

ITIlSlTSMi

ik kindly to thy brother, man.
for he has many cares thou dosl
know; many Borrows thine eye
not seen ; and grief may he gnawing
at his heart Strings, which ere long
will snap them in sunder. O,
kindlv to him! Perhaps a word from
thee will kindle the light of joy in hfs
o'er*ehadowed heart, and make hi>
pathway bo the tomb a pleasant
Speak kindly to thy brother man.
even though sin has marred th I

id turned into d
the once perfect my of hie

ing. liar-: au nev< I

him. Kindness will. For far d
.-. h all his depra\ i
-jiark of the
word IV

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act kin

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For the Compel
\»sis!iii_ 'I i in-.Ii I ■>.

'• \ie! lie Mid Onto them, (io ye into nil the
\»orlii, ami jireaih llic gotpel to every (i\a-
lura." Mark 101 1".

1 1 ■ -•• ire the words of the Savior,

Bpoken to bis disciples, shortly before

hie ascension to heaven. That it is

the duty of nil true christians to
.-pread the glad tidings of the gOBpel
to the Qttermofil parte of the earth, I
presume none of my brethren will
deny. It would be an unnecessary
use of nace in the Companion, to
cite ull the texts of scripture enjoin-
ing it upon the followers of Christ.
It la ae positively enjoined upon 08,
I think, us it is to observe the ordi-
nances of feet washing, the Lord's
-upper, the communion Ac.

Mv attention was called to the sub-
ject, lately, by reading the Oth ehap.,
ofPaol'l first letter to the Corinthians.
The questions arose in my mind:
Arc we doing our duty in the matter?
How shall we preach the gospel?
What means shall we omploy ? &c.
I frequently see letters from our
brethren and sisters, published in the
Companion, in which the writers re-
iterute the Macedonian cry for help.
.Many of them complain that they
have not heard any of our ministers
preach, for a longtime ; that there are
a few members living in their neigh-
borhood, but have no speaker, and
have not the means of attending our
meetings, &c.

Now, I think I may safely say it is
not the fault of our ministering breth-
ren, that so many of our brethren,
-inters, and friends are left "as sheep
without a shepherd," for certainly
they, our ministers, are spending
some of their time and money travel-
in;,' and ] preaching. Hut they and
their families must be provided for,
the same as we and onrs ; and many
of them are in moderate circum.-tan-
\ith large families, and nothing
to depend upon, but their own labor,
mi! therefore cannot devote so much
time to traveling and preaching, a>,
I believe, many of them feel inclined
Bat cannot v. e assisl them in the

good work!' it Pan! eaya "Do ye

not know that they which minister
about holy things, live of the things
of thr temple ? and they which wait at
the alter are partaken with the altar'

i o hath the Lord ordained that
they which prea< h the - bould

i i

and the whole chapter, in my opinion,
plainly shows that preachers should
recieve more aid from the church,
th an, I fear, many of ours do.

I canuot find that, while the Savior
was on earth with his disciples, they
followed any secular occupation, bat
as soon as he was taken from them,
we ti nil them at their old occupation
of fishing 1 , and certainly, it is a- nec-
essary to labor now for the meat that
perishetb, as it was then. We all
know that we cannot extract money
from the mouth of a fish to pay tribute
or taxes, nor can we feed live thous-
and persons with five loaves and two
fishes, and afterwards take up twelve
basketsfull of fragments.

Christ sent his disciples to preach,
without purse or scrip, and they lack-
ed nothing, but afterwards, when re-
ferring to the subject, he said : "But
now, he that hath a purse, let him
take it, and likewise his scrip, ami he
that bath no sword, let him sell his
garment and buy one. He,afterwards,
directed them not to use the sword,
but did not forbid the use of scrip.
Now, can we not enable our minister-
ing brethren to devote more of their
time to traveling and preaching, by
rendering them such pecuniary aid as
our circumstances will permit? Have
we been doing our duty in the premi-
ses? I humbly ask my brethren and
sisters to tase the matter into serious
consideration. Let us examine our-
selves upon the subject. Aie we not
able to give more to the cause than
we have heretofore given? Does our
love of the "almighty dollar'' affect
our contributions, more or less ? If
by investing thus, the sum would be
returned to us annually, with twenty-
five per cent interest would we not
give more freely ? I hope none of
my brethren will understand me a<
making such charges against them.
I merely wish to put them upon their
guard against those popular errors.

In the chapter last alluded to, the
apostle seems to place the gospel
minister on an equality with the
Jewish minister or priest And by
reading the law, given to the Jews, 1
find there was ample provision made
for the Bupport of the priests. Lev. 6:
lii, 26, Num. 5, '.', and many other
passages.

Our mode of choosing ministers is
well known to every member of our
fraternity, and it is also known that
the most wealthy members are not
a!* ayt -• p i he pi i

chosen, is ordained, instructed, and
sent forth to preach, as the Savior
sent forth his disciples, during his
earthly mission here. 15ut have not
times and circumstances chai
since then? The different parts of the
inhabited world, cannot be visited
now, as they could he then. It requires
a man now, to follow some occupation,
or have a large worldly income, io
order to support himself and Tamil v,
besides the expense of travel.

Bene? MoCaetnet.
Oonemaufh, Pa.

For the Companion.
AgaiuHt Tobacco.

I am glad the Tobacco question is
being agitated as it is, and I do hope
that its use will soon be clfl
among all other superfluities, for it is
not only superfluous but a great det-
riment to health. And it has its sub-
jects under such supreme control that
very frequently I have known sisters
to leave the house during divine ser-
vices in order to enjoy a smoke. And
sometimes those same sisters have
seen something on the dress of others
which wounded their feelings, although
it did not compel them to leave the
house. Now sisters, let us reason a
little on this subject.

You go to meeting, with pipe, to-
bacco, and matches, and a powerful
appetite for smoking Other sisters
go with a ruffle on the bonnet, or
small hoops. During preaching, you
feel such a strong desire for the pipe,
that you cannot enjoy the discourse.
Perhaps you are compelled to leave
the house for a smoke. The other
sisters sit there quietly, their ruffles
and hoops do not interfere with their
religious enjoyments half as much as
your tobacco does with yours. Now
sisters, how can you have the
science to bring a charge against your
sisters for doing that which is no in-
jury to health, and which docs not
drive them from the house to enjoy
it, whilst you are engaging in a habit
which destroys health, interferes with
your enjoyments at church, and so
corrupts your breath as to make your
society very unpleasant. This you
may look upon as B grave charge, but
if you knew how obnoxious your ex-
halations are, I verily believe many
of you would forever abandon the use
of Tobacco. 1 am truly sorry that
brethren refuse to take the COMPAN-
ION, because it opposes this evil. —
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light Why not continue your sub-
scriptions, and if you consider it right
to use the weed, present your argu-
ments and win us over for conscience
sake. Do not become offended at us,
but in the language of the prophet,
come let us reason together. This thing
of becoming augry because our posi-
tion is assailed, is strong circumstan-
tial evidence, that we doubt the truth-
fulness of our practices or profession :
but as long as we have a conscious-
ness of rectitude, we care not who
speaks evil of our profession. "Re-
joice," says our Savior, "and be ex-
ingiy glad, for great is your re-
ward in heaven."

If there is no wrong in using tobac-
co, why become vexed because some
one says it is wrong to do so. Let
us talk together plainly, and carefully
about it, until we finally say one way
or the other ; it is right or it is wrong,
it is decent or it is not.

DANIKL Smith.

— ' — i ^ ♦- •*--^^*-

For the Companon.
"Hetliut hath Seeu .Me Hath seen
(he Father/' J«hn 11 : 9.
The above words were spoken by
Jesus himself, and they imply that
Christ declared himself to his disci-
ples to be the eternal God. And as
the Bible teaches us, that the Chris-
tian has but one God, and that Jesus
Christ is tailed God, and the Almigh-
tv, we have come to the conclusion
that Jesus Christ in his Divine nature
ie tho onoriginated, and eternal God.
We learn, that by him, and for him,
(i. e. Jesus Christ,) were all things
created, that are in heaven, and in
earth, risible and invisible, thrones or
dominions, principalities or powers,
all things were created by him, and
for him. Col 1 : Id. Consequent-
ly we cannot avoid to come to the
conclusion that Jesus Christ is trulv
;iml properly God, f'>r whatsoever
created, was created for himself
Now creation requires omnh,
power, and as there can be but one
Almighty, Jesus Christ must \»- the

Almighty. As the ancient prophet
declared that he shall he called, "The

Might; God, 'he Everlasting Father,
ami Prince of Peace " And as the
Bible declare - thai Be li •!,.• \ imiirh-
tv, and called Jehovah, the Mighty
God, we should belle* o the doctrinei
of the Bible, though men may deny
the divinit\ , and eternity of our I
ed Lord

Bui saj i an objector, Chri t oi

by a delegated power." If this were
true, it would prove Christ to be a
dependent being, and not possessing
unlimited power, it is therefore evi-
dent that creation cannot be effected
ollicially, or by delegation, for this
would imply, that a beiDg who con-
ferred upon another being ; Almighty
power would cease to be Almighty,
and consequently cease to be God,
for if God would or could be dispos-
sessed of his attributes, such as his
eternity, omnipotence, omnipresence,
omniscience, truth, and mercy, he
would cease to be God. Thereiore,
we cannot believe that God delegated
unlimited or almighty power upon
any being in the universe, but that
Jesus Christ (not in bis human na-
ture) is the Creator of all the intelli-
gent beings in heaven above, and in
the earth on which we dwell. The
sun, moon, and stars, with all the
millions of worlds, that run their am-
ple rounds, are the creation of Jesus
Christ, the Mighty God.

J. K, Teethr.

Pleasant Hill, Ohio.

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Think ofth* Poor.

How much of true religion is
with the poor ! Christ seems to have
taken them under his special care.
His Gospel was preached to the
poor, and this was one of the signs
that was sent to John the Raptist in
Prison. With his own blessed hands
he fed the poor by a creative act,
having compassion on them when
they fainted. His miracles, we have
reason to think, were in the large
majority of the instances, wrought
upon the poor, and *'the common
people heard him gladly." The
Apostles at Jerusalem were always
anxious that Paul should remember
the poor. And when Christ shall sit
on his throne oFjudgemet He will
make inquest concerning all we have
done, or failed to do in regard to (he
hungry, the nuked, the stranger, the
prisoner and the sick, and will r<
uh as having done, or failed to do,
all this to himself. There are DOU
erful motives to make us think of the
poor. When it is well with us we
should remember them, When wo
hear the storm beating upon our bah
Stations, raol \ *1 irely ihel

tered, warms i. an I Fed sitting over
■ an- books or among our chfl I en,

\\' ihould think of the poor.

How to Itead the Bihle.

1. Head it every dav.

2. Read, sometimes, one verse
a time.

3. Read, sometimes, a whole
chapter : at others, a whole book.

4. Sometimes, read by subjects :
i. f. the parables, by themselves, one
after another, etc.

5. Take one "chapter," and trace
it through the Old and New Testa-
ment, thus : direct history or geog-
raphy ; illustrative comments, either
in the way of enforcing as an exam-
ple or exhibiting as a warning, by
contrast with others of a differenttype.

6. Find out the contrast between
the Old and New Testaments; be^
tween some zealous Christian and
some zealous persecutor ; between
Jew and Samaritan.

7. Take a verse, sometimes, to
pieces, word by word, and find when
the potential words are used as else,
where, and in what case.

8. Use all the helps yeu can get
— if you haven't a commentary, put
by the difficult passages to ask your
minister the meaning of them.

!'. Above all, endeavor to make
your reading of God's word improve
you in the article of self-examination
and growth in grace.

— ^ssa> ♦ ♦ am

Where the Trouble Watt.

The following pleasant story is
told by a pious minister about a monk
of former days. He resolve 1 t •
leave his monastery on the ground
that he there too frequently met with
causes of provocation, and was be
trayed into anger and other
Accordingly, he retired into the des-
ert, in the hope that solitude would
enable him to serve <i i with an ea-
sier mind. One day, his pitcher
happened to upset, and, when lifted
up. fell S second time, which kindled
his anger to raoa a pitch that he

dashed it t>> the gl t .1,1 broke

it ii.t i a thousand pieces. \\ hen lie

came to himself, he -.i! 1 . •• I . I

see thai 1 oannol he at j .

itude, Sad that the fault lies

n.it in others, hut iii myself." He
then turned to the monastery, an. I,

after many - 1 r ■

Oil in subduing I

th ht hut l>\ solf denial.

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«;<>no to Judgment.

spake ii Sister some time ago, when she
ard announced the death of an ill-to-do neiffh-
U>r. 'What! Gone to Judgment 1" fee, gone
to Judgment. Momentous thought] But
s'ill more momentous place, the Judgment!
I !iu-.' few words ol our Sister, have been a text
that lias caused profound meditation. It is ap-
pointed unto men once to die, and after that the
Judgment.' 1 It is already nearly six thousand
jince mankind have commenced going to
Judgment. And in all this time myriads have
gone thither; though the Judgment has not yet
a Bet, and their books have not yet been
opened. How little does the world think of
"Judgment to come." And what is worse: how
little do some people care. They live in the
world, go along with the current of sin and folly
through the world, without ever experiencing
\ change. And some even live to the full age
allotted to man, in the pride of life, and accord- ,
ing to the lust of the flesh. And when their '
whole career of sin and tolly is run, they go to j
Judgment. So little do some people fear the
consequence, that they will stand and swear, and
damn themselves to hell, and curse the Al-
mighty God who gives them life and breath ; !
i arse the Lamb that suffered lor their sins.
But in that momentous day when they must
;.ll appear naked before the Judgment seat of
Christ: when the book of each one's life shall
be opened, and all shall see their own ca-
reer as run in this world ; the good and evil
ich they did, their own condemnations which
they made, they can not fail to see how just and
righteous is their doom. So we would think.
1 5 1 1 1 by referring to the word of him who is to
judge the quick and dead, we find that only
those

will think themselves unworthy of their great
reward. Hut the wicked in their blindness here,
then will still be blind, and instead ot seeing the
righteousness of the Judgment, in their wicked.

3 will justify themselves. Matt. 25, 44.

d< ;, remember, in a few more years, perhaps

in a : re d ivs, you and I will be gone to

And since the Judge has given us

his law that we should judge ourselves, let us

prepare ourselves by obedience unto his will,

who have b:en quickened by the Spirit,
will see the justness of his judgment, and

that we may be able to stand before the judg-
ment seat of Christ. Jas. Y. Heckler.
Harleyeville, l'<t.

A Won! lo.Sleru Father*.

It never can be too strongly impressed upon
the mind that nothing releases a parent from his
| duties toward a child. No waywardness, no
disobedience, no rebellion, no profligacy can ev-
er justity a father in casting a son or daughter
adrift. We hear of sons being cut off with a
' shilling, of daughters being forbidden their lath-
| er's house ; and, without any exception, such
i cases are proof that, ol whatever sins the chiK
dren may have been guilty, the father is even
j more guilty. No person can commit against so-
ciety so great a crime as a father commits who
| is thus false to the trust which he himself has
j imposed — who thus thrusts off from himself the
; soul which he called into being.

A father should be governed by no motive but
his child's best interests, and a child's best in-
terests can never be severed by anything but
his father's constant and loving care. If a child
is so bad that his influence is feared on the other
children, a separation between them may be effec
ted. If it is feared that money bestowed on him
will be for his injury, provision may be made
against that in a variety of ways. But when a
father, in a fit of anger, or as a reward for ill-do-
ing, disinherits or refuses to see his child, he
commits a crime which the laws indeed do not.
recognize, but whose guilt it would take many
a legal crime to outweigh. There should be ab-
solutely no limit to parental forgiveness and for-
bearance. Seven times and seventy times seven
should the father receive the prodigal son who
seeks his face ; and if he never seeks it, if he
goes, stubborn and rebellious, not one atom of
fatherly care and interest should he relax ; for
the child is his child, his offspring, born of his
will, and no vice or violence can release the
man from his solemn obligaticn to guard and
guide, so far as possible, the lite which he dared
to give. — Qail IlnnUlon, in Harper's Bazar.

Everlasting Giving.

"Oh this everlasting giving, giving, giving !
Giving all the time ! Never done ! No sooner
done with one thing than up comes another.
It is lor this, that, and the other, all the time !
It is for churches, then for Sunday Schools, then

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for books and papers, then lor missionary socie-
ties, aid societies, orphans, worn out preachers,
tract societies, and the dear knows what all ! I
am almost tormented to death. How can we
give to everything and to every one ? Oh, this
everlasting begging, begging, begging all the
time. Every man you meet is a beggar. The
very life is begged out of you. Every preacher
that comes along is begging for something. 1
should think that he would get tired ot everlast-
ing begging himself. Must we always be giv-
ing ■? When will it stop"?"

When the Almighty stops your mouth, sir.
Stop, now, you have gone far enough ! You
speak not as a Christian, but as a miser ! Yes,
a miserable miser in the Church! Who gave
you what little brains you possess 1 Where did
you get that little narrow contracted heart of
yours ? Who gave you your eyes to see with ;
ears to hear with ; hands to work with ; feet to
plod with ? Who gave you muscles, mucilage,
bone and body, food and drink 1 Who gives
you the early anil latter rain, seed-time and har-
vest, golden grain and teeming flocks ? Why
don't the Almighty bring charges against you,
for complaining, whining, simpering 1 You are
a consummate beggar yourself; you are continu-
ally begging and asking for strong hands, sound
body and plenty of daylight ? You are all the
time begging for sunshine, and rain, and pros-
perous gales. You are everlastingly begying
for a hundred fold. Begging for grain and gold, i
begging for gre< nbaeks and for a long life, and
small taxes. After all that you now complain.
You ought to stop and be thankful that God
bean so kindly with you, and never complain

, more until you learn the art of giving which
i- Godlike, while withholding more than is
rnct'ttendeth to poverty and leanness of soul.

H. HOLDBIDGE

For ilic Companion,
4 hrixitlau ( liiunclf r.

There is nothing more amiable, and more be-
coming a professing Christian, than striving to
attain to a high standard ol" christian virtue and
morality. What can be more beautiful in ;inv
one, than a pure and sp >tless religions character
— one which shines with the lustre ofaincOM
piety and true holiness. Such ;i character ele-
vates its POSSeSSOX above the generality of mor-
tals and makes him stand the highest of the hu-

man race for excellence in the sight of God and
in the estimation of the good and great. It is
an ornament which outshines the sparkling dia-
mond, and is mare to be appreciated than the
purest gold. W r ho can estimate its value ?
Who would not acquire it \ and use the most
untiring and prayerful vigilence to preserve it
untarnished %

Observe what a high commendation the Lord
of Heaven gives Job in the 1st chapter and 8th
verse of that book : '-Hast thou considered my
servant Job, that there is none like him in the
earth, one that teareth God and escheweth evil !
Nothing is better calculated to build up the
church, and advance the kingdom and glory of
the Redeemer in this world, than a holy, pious,
consistent walk and conversation on the part of
the professed followers of our Lord and Savior.
And on the other hand nothing is more detri-
mental to Christianity, and the progress of pure
morality, andundefiled religion, than glaring in-
consistencies, gross immoralities, scandalous or
unbecoming conduct ol the professors of religion.
How important it is that every one who nameth
the name of Christ should depart from evil, yea,
shun the very appearance of evil, and abstain
from everything which will tend to bring odium
upon the church, and tarnish his religious char-*
acter.

''Happy are t to* v. and only tl
Who from thy judgment, never stray ;
WIhi kuow what's right, nor only so,
But always practice what they know."

But many a one may truly say :

"I kuow the rij. r ht, ami approve it too

I know the wrong, yet tin- wrong pursue.' -

None know when they cast off the impressions
di a religions! ducation or forget their ptotessions
and venture to neglect known duty, how far the]
may be left to proceed ; they ina\ rush down-
ward in impiety and iniquity with accelerated

force, as the stone falls to the ground, and go

heaping up wrath against the da] ol wrath and
revelation of the righteous judgment otGod,tnv

til tin) ai i\i rwhelmed in <i< Btruction and per-
dition.

We would warn the young especially, not to
venture aside in forbidden pvli- which ar<
atn niled with the most fatal
man) aie given up ot God, become hardened in

sin and finally perish RoBEH \ I'

nd ( 'ri ' f>\ 11'. I >■

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Christian Family Companion el and girded himself After tha: he

pouretb water into a basin, and began

•|jroiM« < ilj, |»u.. Mar. "Js, 1S71 to wa.-h his diseinles' fect.and to wipe

them wiili the towel wherewith he

The PaMOtW »...l the Lords waagirded „ .,„„ , :; ..,_,, „ is
Simner. Xo. IIS. „ ,• , ,

11 active observance ol the ceremonies

of the law being completed, he now
niters upon the Institution of a few

i i

F KF.T-WASIIINQ, T 1 1 :
I ill. OOMMI S

Kit, AND

significant ordinances, to be observed

by his faithful followers under the
. -mi ion. lie first pre-
pares himself aa a » rvant, and then

takes the water that bad probably

•Lit we prepare lor thee to eat , . , , r

been provided lor some purpose in

connection with the feast, and a

They were nigh to the city of Jeru-
salem, v. hen.in the beginning of "the
prepnration of the Passover," the
disciples said to Jesus, ''where wilt

the passovcr ?" They had not far to
go; they hail no difficulty in securing
a place, and it did not require much

time to make the necessary prepara-
tion; for the room was furnished, and

for his own purpose in instituting the
very expressive ordinance of Feet-
washing. "Then cometh he to Simon

Peter; and Peter saith unto him, Lord,
it was an csy matter to secure their i]n< (h;)]1 ^ feefc? „ _

lamb. Kverytbing considered, it is A „ fth ree med B trangO and new to

reasonable to conclude that it was , ,. ,,• • , . , ,, . . . ,

„ , the disciples: and Peter, struck with

alu.iit the se<-ond hour o t he niL'ht, or i „ c . f ,, 1 - k,„ . . .> • ■,

b ' ' astonishment at the amazing conde-
8 oclock ,n , he evening, when he ; Bcei; . sion of ]lis Lofd( exclaimed,
came and sat down to the supper with „, i0r(]) ( , ost , w ynA ■ ^ ,„

the twelve. Jeans now ga*e bis |Y trM ,ad been ac<p.ainted with vari-
apostles to understand that he could 1 ous Wfishinff9 under the , an , and a]si)
not lealize bis desire to eat this Pass- w ith a cu9tora of the times for ser-
ei with them for which they had : v . ultS) or menials, to was the feet of
uade ready: that his active obedience lLeir masters, and of distinguished
to the requirements of the ceremonial guests; but, that the Master should
completed. Having come WMfi tbe feet of his servants, or the
to this juncture, he instituted certain Lor(]) the feet of hia discipIcs „ suh .
ceremonies, to be observed by bis j ec£Sf was something beyond bis com-
disciples under his Testan cut, which prehension ; and he did not feel in-
he must, before the dose of this day, clined t0 8ubmit t0 it ..j esu8 anQ .
establishbytbe shedding ofhie blood— were d and said unto him, what I do
by bis solemn, painful, excruciating thouknowest not now ; butthouehalt
,],:,tL know hereafter." (Ver. 8 ) This was

We shall now proceed with a con- equivalent to saying, that they did
neetcd account <•! the important events not yet understand the nature and
of this day, and up to the morning design of this service: but that he
ol Christ's resurrection, in tbe Order, would give them an explanation, that
and in connection with the probable would enlighten them in regard to it
time, of their occurrence; and then Hut not being able to endure the
• II furnish a diagram illustrating thought of his Lord's stooping down
the whole. After they had set down J to wash his feet, be remonstrated
together, knowing thai tbe against it saying. "Thou shalt never

Father bad given all things into his wash my feet'' To giw Peter an
and that the time of his re- idea of the importance of this service,
,,mi ; her was fast approach- and of the absolute necessity of being

eth from supper, am! submissive to him, "Ji wered

k a tow- • him, if I wash thee not, thou bfl

part with me.'' (Ver. 8.) Although
our Savior's language has a spiritual
signification, Peter understood him as
having direct reference to the literal
ng in which he was then engag-
ed ; and seeing the importance attach
ed to it by his Master, and not wish
ing to lose his interest in bis Lord,
be said, "Lord, not my feet only, but
also my hands and my head." (Ver.
9.) But, as this washing was design-
ed to be a symbol of an internal)
spiritual cleansing, and as the symbol
must be suited to the thing symboliz-
ed, Jeans gave him to understand,
that to wash more than tbe feet of
those who bad once been wholly
washed as a symbol of the cleansing
of the soul from the guilt of sin, would
not be proper nor necessary : "Jesus
saith to him. Tie that is washed
necdeth not save to wash his feet,
but is clean every whit, and ye are
clean bat not all." (Ver. 10.) By
the expression, "ye are clean, but not
all," be had reference to Judas ;
signifying that this washing had not
in it a sin-remitting power, but a spir-
itual significance; for Judas had his
feet washed as well as the rest, and
externally, no doubt, he was as clean
as they ; but iniquity still reigned m
his heart, and sin polluted his soul :
"For he knew who should betray
him ; therefore said be, ye are not all
clean." (Ver. 11.) Tims we see that
it is possible to submit to the extern-
als of religion, and at the same time
be a hypocrite in heart. It does not
show, however, that a truly regener-
ated soul, may or can reject or disre-
gard these outward rites: no, not any
more than the fact, that all men arc
mortal 'proves that anything that is
mortal is a man. "So after be had
washed their feet, and had taken his
garments, and was set down again,
be said unto them, know ye what I
have done to you." (Ver. 12.) In this
way be called their attention, not
only to the service he had performed,
but also to what be now purposed
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impressed upon their minds his high
vuthority over them, aud their conse-
quent duty of honoring that authority
by observing whatever he enjoins
upon them either by precept, or exam-
ple, or by both : "Ye call me Master,
and Lord ; and ye say well, for so I
am." (Ver. 13.) Having impressed
this fact upon their minds, he deduces
therefrom their obligation "to wash
one another's feet :" "If I then, your
Lord and Master, have washed your
feet, ye also ought to wash one anoth-
er's feet." (Ver. 14.) He then tells
tliem that his object in performing
this service was, to enjoin it upon
them by his high, authoritative ex-
ample, lie says, "for I have given
you an example, that ye should do as
I have done to you." (Ver. 15.)
Knowing that this service was of a
humiliating nature, aud consequently
repugnant to the carnal mind, which
is inclined to self-exaltation, lest they
should spiritualize it away, or neglect
it as of little or no importance, he de-
clared with a "verily, verily," that
they were not greater than he : to the
contrary, it must be apparent to every
right reasoning mind, that thi
is above the servant, and he that
sends is greater than he that is sent ;
and it follows, that any service that
is not too humiliating for the Lord, 18
not too mean for the servan'
anything that is not too low for the
commissioner or sender, is not beneath

dignity of the commissioned, or
him that is sent Hear him : "Verily
verily, I Bay unto you, The servant
is not greater than his Lord ; neither
he that is sent greater than he that
sent him. If ye know these things,
bappy are ye if ye do them.'' (Vet
16, 17.) Hut all this notwithstanding,
ii occurs to day, that thousands opon

lands,- poor worms of the dust, —

exalt themseh • i from

:i ; ami they assume the prerog-
ative tO reject the precept, and to dis-

bim whom they

are sent to eall their Lord and M U
ter ! All shame to their carnal pride !

May the Lord bring them t
arrogance aud folly, and lead them
into the way of humble obedience, i3
our prayer.

The text, "If ye know these things,
bappy are ye if ye do them," is full of
meaning, and requires particular at-
tention. Upon this we remark :
"Things" is in the plural number.and
hence denotes more than one thing.
Different opinions prevail as to what
things are meant. Without pausing
to notice the different positions ae
ed, we shall proceed to give what we
understand to be the real meaning. —
To assist in arriving at the correct
conclusion, your attention is called to
the demonstrative "these." It has
been clearly shown that "this" refers
to the nearest of the class to which
it relates. You will now bear in
mind, that our Lord had entered up.
on the institution of ordinances to be
observed by his. disciples. lie had
already washed the fret of his disci-
■ nd had enjoined the service up-
on them ; and at the time he used this
language they were sitting at the sup-
per table, and about to eat. At the
close of the so pper, he instituted the
Communion, — the bread and wine. —
natical of his broken body and
shed blood. livery reader will readily
see, therefore, that he referred to Feet-
washing, the supper, and the ■
munion, when he said, "If yo know
these things;" for these were the

the class of things to which
he referred. The institution of ordi-

- what be was engaged iu
at the time; it was what be had hern
speaking of Just before ; and it was
what be afterward spoke of. While
washing their feel be said, "What I

do tli Ol now ;" after he

had washed their feet, be said, "Know
ye what I have d.nic to you '!" and af-
ter he had given t lit-iii an explanation
bo thai they understood thai be w as
Instituting ordinances for their ob-
servance, bo >.iid, "If ye know the**

I ippy are \
This was oquh alent to

much as ye now understand that I
am to-night instituting ordina:.
for you to observe, happy are ye if ye
re them." He said : "Ii ye
J know these things," — but they did
' know, for he had just told them, —
'happy are ye if ye do them." The
promise of happiness is not connei
with merely knowing, but with doing
the will of the Lord. "To him that
knoweth to do good, and doeth it not,
to him it is sin. Ja. 4:17.
that servant which knew his lord's
will, and prepared not himself, neith-
er did according to his will, shall be
beaten with many stripes." Lu. 12 :
■is. The foregoing we hold as being
the true meaning ef the text undir
consideration. With this view we
are enabled clearly to under
what foil

The Lord ami his discipli
seated at the supper table ; and they
begin to eat this significant meal. An
ordinary supper is an important .
The toils of the day are over ; the
various members of the family are

collected together; they seat then -
selves iu proper order around the sup-
per table, and together they partake
of the provisions before them. Here
is a scene for the pencil of the artist ;
and where is the Apellas th.
fully depict its significance and
deur? It seems to say : "W
family ; we are bound t< j
common inten the endearing

ties of consanguinity, and bj tie
of love which know.- no disaimula
we bear each other's burdens
thi/.e with each other in our troubles
and Bbare in each oth» r
is the language of tin .

or supper. Our, E

hi- chosen twelve are purtak

Supper with each i

more clearly than we

through a

tend- Ibis meal to I

.a t tbibition i 1 u
and love, but i

the the

redeemed of I

christian family companion.

with each other the rich provisions of
i table — "the marriage

supper uf the Lamb." Bat, ah, all
Families »re not what t ho language of
Bupper represents them to be ; and
althongh tin' heari a'jnoat refuses to
indite, and the pen to traoe,the fact, —
f.>r it i- u fact, this Supper company
l- do1 an exception. The blaster
this and says, "I speak do! of

J0H all ; 1 know whom I have ebos-
en ; )>ut that ilic scripture may be
fulfilled, he ilia! eateth bread with
me, hath lifted up bis heel against

me. Now I tell you before it come,
that when it is come to pass, ye may
believe that I am be. Verily, verily,
I aaj unto you, be thai receivetb
whomsoever I send, receivetb me ;
and be that receivetb me, receivetb
him that sent me." liut the fact, that
in their little company there is a dis-
cordant element, that they are not all
clean, — pressed itself upon him, and
he is greatlj troubled ; for we read :
'When Jesus had thus said, be \\ as
troubled in spirit, and testified, and
said, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
that one of you shall betray me." The
language of the supper says, that they
are one family ; but they are not —
that they have common interests, and
are bound together by the bond of
lore ; but there is a traitor among
them. It is to be feared that there
are too many discordant clements.not
only around ordinary suppers, but
around sacred meals. Now the be-
trayer is made known while they are
eating. The four evangelists agree
in testifying to this fact. Matthew
says : "And as they did eat, be said,
verily I say unto you, that one of you
shall betray me," Sec. Matth. 20:
21 — 85. Mark says: 'And as they
sat, and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I
ssy nnto yon, one of you which
. with me, «hall betray me." &C.
Matth. 14:18—21. Von will notice
particularly that Mark docs not Bay,
</<</ . -nl nor Imlli rutin ; but he BSeS the

.t tense, "eateth," signifying that
they \\er<> eating at the time the !>«•-

t raver was manifested. John says, as
already quoted. "He that eateth bread
with me, bath lifted up bis heel against
me:" not, did eat, nor urill eat, but
"eateth.*' Lul imony is sub-

stantially the same Be Bay 8: "Hut

behold. the hand of him thai hclrayeth
me '- with me On the table." Lu. 22 :
81.

It is worthy of remark that there is
not a solitary word in the record of
any of the evangelists, to show that
there was any flesh used ID this meal,

but bread is mentioned by all of

them. The reference to the sop, is
not sufficient to show that they had
flesh ; for anything steeped, or dipped
and softened in any liquid food, is as
much a sop, as if it were dipped in
broth, the liquor in which flesh is
boiled. It does not, however, particu-
larly concern us of what their supper
consisted : we merely mention this
fact, and pass on.

Another fact worthy of notice is
this: There is nothing in the record
of cither of the four gospel writers to
prove that they used unleavened
bread at this supper. The law, in-
deed, enjoined the use of unleavened
bread at the close of the fourteenth
day ; but this was yet near the begin-
ning of the day. They may have
used unleavened bread for aught we
know, as there was nothing in the
law to prohibit its use at any time :
but as it is altogether immaterial to
us, we have it just where every
other person is obliged to leave it: it
is not good in such cases, to be wise
beyond that which is written. Leav-
ing these digressions, which, — al-
though not so intended, — might be re-
garded as animadversions, we now
return to our subject.

When the traitor was made known,
" Be then, having received the sop,
went immediately out: and it was
night."' J no. 13: 30. But there is
yet a circumstance connected with the
making known of Judas as the be-
trayer, that we must not fail to notice.
After giving the sop to Judas, Jesus

said to him, " That thou doest, do
quickly." None of the disciples un-
derstood this; but "some of tbem
thought, because Judas had the bag,
that Jesus had said uutojhim, ' Buy
those things that we have need of
against the feast; or, that he should
give something to the poor.' " (Verses
27 — 29) They could not comprehend
their Master's meaning. The thought
was suggested: Judas is to "buy
those things that we have need of
against the feast ;" but that would not
do, for Jesus had told them that be
would no more cat the Passover
Then they thought that Judas "should
give something to the poor." But
they were undecided ; for " no man at
the table knew for what intent he
spake this unto him." (Ver. 28.)
We however learn one fact from this
circumstance : we learn that the feast
was yet in the future — that this was
on the night of the preparation day.
It is only by closing our eyes against
clear, uu alterable fucts that we can
avoid seeing this ; for the fifteenth
day was a holy convocation, in which
the law prohibited all manner of
work being done. It was certainly
on the fourteenth day of the month,
the day on which the preparation
must be made, and those things that
were needed against the feast were
procured.

Doomed to be Disappointed.

Here is the 28th of March ! A few
more days aud the first of April will
be at band. The first day of April is
no more than the beginning of any
other month, only here in I'eunsyl-
vauia it is a day for general settle-
ment, and squaring up of old accounts.
And it so happens that we, too, have
payments to meet at that time; but
even that would be no cause for con-
cern if we had the wherewithal to
discharge the obligation. Wedeligb t
in paying when we have the money.
We hare more than three times the
amount of our indebtedness due us
from our subscribers, aud we had

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203

kindly, (we thought) asked them to
pay us at least one-third before the
first proximo, and until the present
time we had still hoped that our pe-
tition would be heeded. Now we are
beginning to despair, and are thinking
of other resources. Our notice must
have been overlooked by the delin-
quents. All our advance paying sub-
scribers no doubt read it, and sympa-
thize with us ; but then it did not mean
them We never believed in newspa-
per duns, and now we are convinced
of their utter incapacity. They can-
not be written so as to mean the right
persons. And yet it is the only me-
dium by which we can ask for our
dues. But it shall be a long while
before we publish another. This item
is not a dun.

Late.

We have been somewhat behind
time with our issues for several weeks
past, owing to a disarrangement of
the office for want of paper, oar paper
makers having disappointed us. In
a short time we shall be all right
again.

The Pious Youth for March is also
much behind time from the same; rea-
sons. We hope to send it out with
this week's issue. It will be good
when it does come, being nearly
an original number. Xow that the
Sunday-schools will be opening may
we not expect large additions to our
We do not believe there is a
Juvenile paper published that teaches
Beonder doctrine, purer morals, and
better literature than is taught in the
Youth, Send ten cents for ipei
and examine for yourself Ad
II. K. Eolsinger, Tyrone IV

\oh :t. 9 and lO.

If we had a few copies of Nob. '■'.
9 and 10 we could supply as many
more full BetS of back numbers of
j . i . .ut volume. Those v\ bo have

numbers B, t and id to ipsre, and in
good order, will please return then

Crowded.

For sometime our columns have
been so much crowded, that we fear
some of our contributors will become
almost impatient. Our manuscript
box is chuck-full, with copy enough
on the "hooks" for a week ahead.
We rojoice that we are so favored,
but regret that we cannot better ac-
commodate. Xow what shall we do ?
Shall we enlarge our paper, to about
double its present size and make it a
iolio in form, like the regular news-
papers? Or shall we get quite small
type and crowd our matter closely to
gether. We fear our aged brethren
and sisters will not favor the last
proposition. Or will our worthy con-
tributors consent to use more brevity
Something we must do in order to
give satisfaction all around. What
shall it be friends ? Let us hear from
you. We will do anything to please
that is right and fair, so far as our
ability extends.

— — — ^^^- ♦■ •♦ ^^^— - —
Answers to Corre>poudeu(».

Manuscript. No; manuscript for
our paper, must be paid for at let-
ter rates. Book manuscript may be
sent at the rate of two cents for four
ounces, but ours is not a book in the
eyes of the law.

!. IfXTZOXB. res ; all right.

Georse Long. The money order
has not yet come. Your last letter
came to hand on the third day, in-
cluding Sunday. There must be
some one intercepting our communi-
cation.

A. II. BnOWBBBQM Have sent

those numbers agaia If you should

duplicate of Noi

and lo, please return them to us, (if
ire lark those nam ■

hers to make full sets No

iiui those three numbers are .-hurt

A B. Miller. Ii at fault —

Eope all will come right now

L. s Bntsii Your aeooant la

square, without allowing you any
I., reenl

John L. Btotz mam Mlssii g num-
ber! sent except v *
bausted Apply to B P. Btu

u h , a ap bad tWO numbers

Cov etoi BMJ Sfl Slaughtering dis-
eased cattle, or selling or even using
them, is no doubt an indication of
covetousness. And if you know of
any of our brethren who are guilty
of such a foul crime, you should hi i -
given us your name that we might
have traced up the offender, and as
sisted in putting down the "Hood
gates of impurity which are opened
from darkness upon the church," and
thus save ''the whole state of Chris-
tianity from ruin," for we agree that
"a little leaven leavens the whole
lump." We do not believe in 'smug-
gling such conduct in the church,"
neither do we favor smuggling anon-
ymous letters into papers. If such a
crime has been committed let the ac-
cused and accuser be brought face to
face, and if guilty, then let that wick-
ed one be put away from among us.

Joseph L. Myers. You are right;
tbauk you for the explanation ; we see
it all as clear as sunshine. If all our
correspondents would give us such
explanation, how easily and cheer-
fully we could attend to all their
wishes. Hereafter you will receive
but one copy of (' P. 0. and uone of
the Youth. Distribute the extra cop-
ies as you think best, and they :
aid you in filling your quota in the
ten hundred call.

J. II. Crist. We haveyou credited
with $1 1.25 cash, and $1.50 per cent-
age, making $15.75, and have you
charged with $17.^."). Is that right ?

.1 K Swuivur. Weack nowledge
it was all our fault, and a?k pardon. —
Will be all right now.

GrstMII Mjer's lteport.

Lately visited the Mingo congrega-
tion, Montgomery county, Pa . and

held ■ series of meetings Brother

Reinhold Of Lancaster I with

me part of the time The meetings

appealed to be interesting, especially

to the members W as taken to R j

, ■■ . i ord by i roth* r Cone* ■ here 1
took tl Arrived borne about

i P. M without hindrance, Bo the
prayers "I mj brethren and eisterr,
that 1 might get safely home, were
answered Pound my family a'
Thank the Lord for his mercy, and
the brethren and listen for the kiuJ-

|a ue \\ hie In
their • Farewell.

Qrabii i M>

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CHRISTIAN FAMILY COMPANION.

IPONDENG

• f church Mttl folicUcd from
Wrihr's name

i ii eommunteaUon

U il commtmi-
•int returm-l. At!
.'.hi should be uiri
•■•> t</' oar n:«J»' ofth» thert only.

PMM Principles.

firothi r Holsinger :— I send you for
pablicattoD in the Companionthe fol-
lowing editorial, clipped from the Pub-
lic Ledger of tbiscity. Judging from
comments, tbe "address," npon
which they are founded, Bets forth
Hrethi ■ ' Pr\ iciples as well as
"Friends' Principles" upon the sub-
of war.

May we pot hope 1 , now that slavery,
relic bf barbarism" the very in-
cipience of which was in wrong, out-
rage and war practised npon the in-
habitants of Africa, bas been removed
from our country ; its "twin relic,"
fratricidal bloodshed, may be, hencc-
foith and forever, a thing of the past
io the doited s -'rid that soon

that glorious time spoken of by the
propbel ( Isa. 2:4) will he ushered in,
, "Nation shall not lift up sword
against nation, neither learn war any
more'" We have the 'sure word of
prophecy" upon which to found this
hope.

However some of those, who claim
to be ministers of the Gospel of "the
Prince of peace," may inconsistently
preach war) and, themselves buckle
(in tin 1 carnal weapon ; thereby discar-
ding and dishonoring "the sword of
the Spirit | " yet the written, unadul-
terated Word of God," which is that
sword, is being profusely disseminated,
■id wide, over "all the world ; "
an 1 the masse.--, in continually aug-
menting numbers, will read the Di-
iraclcs, and compare its teachings
with tie se of men ; and thus he able
to discern and rebuke the "lying
spirit" which attracts those preachers
who advocate war. In fact all men,
who read the New Testament, both
professor and non-professor, are be-
coming increasingly imbued with the
conviction that it is not only inconsis-
tent, but utterly impossible, for afol-
r of the meek and lowly JeSUS to
■■• i:i bloody strife. ThuH sailh
>rd, "My word that goeth out
of my mouth shall not return unto me

void, bu< it shall accomplish that which
I please, and it shall prosper in the
thing whereto I sent it. ( [sa 55 : 11)

"lie i.l, ii- i 'hrist ) shall judge anion.!,'

the nations, ami shall rebuke many
people: and they shall beal their
swords into plough-shares, and their
spears into pruning books. (Isa - ■
4) '/'/lis is tin; word of the Lord,
through the prophet, and it "will not
return to him void."

Silas Thomas.

At a "meeting representing the re-
ligious Society of friends, held in
London the 6th day of the First month,

L8tl " an Address was adopted, which
is now in course of circulation The
subject is the present war in Eu-
rope. The inconsistency of war and
Christianity is put in strong language,

fortified by lamentable facts. It is

no1 our purpose to follow the reason-
ing, nor is it necessary. No doubt
the Address has been or will be re-
published in this country. And the
general sentiment of the religious
teaching of tbe age concedes the truths
which are the basis of "Friends' testi-
mony" against war.

To oppose to the argument against
war the declaration thai war is a ne-
cessary evil, is to deny the power of
Christianity and philanthropy to ac-
complish their work. And if we qual-
ify the declaration that "war is
sary," by the addition of the words
"in the present state of the world,"
then the question comes up : "Is it
not this very state of the world that
the new revelation, the religion of
peace, is intended to remove ?" A
practical point, made in the address
belbre us is : "When difficulties arise
between individuals, whether from
passion or mistake, these are no longer
decided, as of old, by an appeal' to
physical force, but by law, adminis-
tered upon principles of general ap-
plication. Can we doubt that the
happiness of the world would be pro-
moted, and a vast mass of misery and
ruin be averted, if a similar method
were applied to questions arising be-
tween nations ?"

It is very easy to smile at a prop-
osition like this, as visionary, and,
b amiable, impossible. So in
the old times, when one feudal chief-
tain Buffered wrong, or fancied that
he did, from another, the readiest rem-
edy was a "raid " The proposition
to submit the quarrel to a law, or to
arbitration, would have been regard-
ed as in itself unmanly, uncbivalric,
cowardly and mean. The honor of
knighthood scorned every mode of re-

dress except what lay in the strength
and courage of the person wronged or
insulted. The "clans" could "right
their wrongs wherever given." .\n-
'• tions, with these feudal antecedents,
are but clans on a larger scale. And
| the same spirit of defiance rules raon-
archs and inspires the representatives
of governments of whatever form.
The old clanish spirit is preserved in
national spirit. The reformation which
among individuals has substituted
law for violence, and public justice
for individual retaliation, beginning
with the people as citizens, has not
reached governments, which are the
instruments of the people. There is
one code of morali